Exhibition of the New York based artist Charline von Heyl opens at Tate Liverpool
LIVERPOOL.- Tate Liverpool presents the first major UK exhibition of the New York based artist Charline von Heyl (b 1960). Von Heyl is at the forefront of a new generation of abstract painters who have acknowledged painting’s contradictions and re…
Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt releases Dataset to broaden access to Online Collection
NEW YORK, NY.- The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum today announced the release of its collection dataset, which will broaden access and allow for increased analysis of the museum’s object holdings. Basic museum data…
Photography’s Angel Provocateur ‘Cindy Sherman’ at Museum of Modern Art
New York City – There are several conclusions to be drawn from the Museum of Modern Art’s magnificent if somewhat flawed survey of Cindy Sherman’s brilliant career. But one of them is surely that reports of the death of the author have been grea…
New Works by British-born Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE at James Cohan Gallery
NEW YORK.- James Cohan Gallery presents an exhibition of new works by British-born Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE running through March 24th. In this multi-part exhibition of new sculptures, photoworks and the premiere of a new film, Shonibare …
"The Ruins of Detroit" ~ Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre exhibit at Wilmotte Gallery
LONDON.- Tristan Hoare and Julien Dobbs-Higginson present a selection of photographs from the much acclaimed body of work The Ruins of Detroit (published: Steidl, 2010). Photographs from this series have previously been exhibited in Ville Fert…
Pennsylvania museum automaton has link to Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’
By: Joann Loviglio, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP).- An Academy Award-nominated movie is casting a bright spotlight on an unusual machine at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The science museum’s 200-year-old automaton is a mechanical doll an…
Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination at thr Frist Center for the Visual Arts
NASHVILLE, TN.- Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination, an exhibition of photographs, paintings, videos, sculptures and installations by contemporary artists who invent human-like, animal or hybrid creatures to symbolize life’s mysteri…
The National Air and Space Museum announces new images show recent geologic activity on the moon
WASHINGTON, DC.- New images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft show that the moon’s crust is being slightly stretched, forming small valleys—at least in some small areas. High-resolution images obtained by the Lunar Reco…
First major UK exhibition of the New York based artist Charline von Heyl opens at Tate Liverpool
LIVERPOOL.- Tate Liverpool presents the first major UK exhibition of the New York based artist Charline von Heyl (b 1960). Von Heyl is at the forefront of a new generation of abstract painters who have acknowledged painting’s contradictions and r…
Asia Week New York capitalizes on surging world market for Asian art and antiques
NEW YORK.- A connected global economy, affordable global travel, and constant global migration are the clear signposts of a world that has truly shed its boundaries. Is it any wonder that interior design has itself become globalized? And nowhere will …