Postwar Poster Fest
By Darrell HartmanArt of the Modern Movie Poster opens December 3 at Lincoln Center’s Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery. Yes, the main purpose of these splashy broadsheets is (or, in the case of these historical specimens, was) to get butts into theaters….
American by Design
By Aimee WallestonAt times, true innovation is most evident in design that makes a brave foray outside the confines of sanctioned good taste. As the International Contemporary Furniture Fair showcased sophisticated global design at the Jacob Javits Cen…
Dutch artist Melanie Bonajo solos at P·P·O·W Gallery in NYC
New York City – P·P·O·W Gallery is
pleased to announce our first solo exhibition of the Dutch artist, Melanie
Bonajo. As Thrown Down from Heaven, is a photo series that focuses on a
theme that Bonajo continually explores; the relationships th…
James A. Michener Art Museum to exhibit "Images of American Life"
DOYLESTOWN, PA – The grittier side of life will be
on display in the upcoming exhibit Painting the People: Images of American Life
from the Maimon Collection, which opens July 11 and runs through October 18,
2009 at the James A. Michener Art Mus…
The Muskegon Museum of Art 81st Regional Exhibition to Open
Muskegon, MI – The Muskegon Museum of Art
will open its 81st Regional Exhibition on Thursday, May 28th, at 10:00 a.m.
The public is invited to attend an opening reception that evening from 5:30
to 8:00 p.m. Artist awards will be announced at …
American Folklife Center Announces 2009 Season of Concerts at the Library of Congress
Washington, DC – The American
Folklife Center in the Library of Congress kicks off its 2009 season with a
concert featuring New Hampshire fiddle music in May and a lecture on the 1963
documentary “The High Lonesome Sound.” The 2009 Homegrown
c…
Art Space Gallery shows Paul Hamlyn’s ~ ‘Rendlesham Forest’
LONDON – Living and working in Suffolk and London,
Paul Hamlyn’s paintings draw on aspects of the British landscape into
which he weaves a narrative that infuses the work with a dreamlike,
surreal sensibility. His solo exhibition at Art Space …
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao offers the Art Archives of Joaquim Mir
BILBAO, SPAIN – “All I want is for my works to
lighten the heart and flood the eyes and the soul with light.” That was how
Joaquim Mir (Barcelona, 1873—1940), one of the most famous and influential
artists in Catalonian art circles in the earl…
The Emergence of Gay Liberation Explored in Exhibition at The New York Public Library
NEW YORK, NY.- June 28, 2009 will mark the 40th
anniversary of the historic Stonewall Riots that occurred in Greenwich Village,
New York. Many cite the riots as the birth of the Gay Rights Movement in the
United States. From June 1969 until June…
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) features “Pathways to Unknown Worlds"
Philadelphia, PA – Jazz pioneer,
bandleader, mystic, philosopher, and consummate Afro- Futurist, Sun Ra, (born
Herman Poole Blount 1914, Birmingham, Alabama, died 1993) and his personal
mythology have grown increasingly relevant to a broad range…