FORT WORTH, TX.- To mark the 100th birthday of pioneering printmaker, painter and educator Will Barnet (b. 1911), the Amon Carter Museum of American Art presents Will Barnet: Relationships, Intimate and Abstract, 1935–1965, on view through Decembe…
Louise Bourgeois’s Sculpture "Maman" Coming To Fondation Beyeler Park
ZURICH.- Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) was one of the most significant and influential artist personalities of our times. She would have celebrated her 100th birthday on December 25, 2011. To mark this occasion, the Fondation Beyeler is mounting an …
Louise Bourgeois’s Sculpture "Maman" on Tour Prior to Major Exhibition at Fondation Beyeler
ZURICH.- Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) was one of the most significant and influential artist personalities of our times. She would have celebrated her 100th birthday on December 25, 2011. To mark this occasion, the Fondation Beyeler is mounting an exh…
National Academy Museum in NYC to Reopen in September with Exhibitions of Masters of American Art
NEW YORK, NY.- One-hundred years in the making, Will Barnet at 100 – the artist’s first New York museum retrospective – will open at the National Academy Museum on September 16, 2011 and continue through December 31. Barnet has work in v…
The New York Public Library Celebrates 100 Years
NEW YORK, NY.- The New York Public Library features over 250 artifacts from its incredible research collections in the new exhibition Celebrating 100 Years, which opened on May 14th at the Library’s landmark Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. The exh…
The New York Public Library Spotlights Its Vast Collections as It Celebrates 100 Years
NEW YORK, NY.- The New York Public Library featurs over 250 artifacts from its incredible research collections in the new exhibition Celebrating 100 Years, which opened on May 14th at the Library’s landmark Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. The exhi…
Reagan Memorial Idea Splits Berlin Long After Wall
BERLIN (REUTERS).- A dispute over whether Berlin should honor late President Ronald Reagan for his 1987 speech urging the Soviet Union to tear down the Berlin Wall has divided the German capital. Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and other co…
Exhibition at Bauhaus Dessau Marks the 100th Birthday of Bauhaus Student Kurt Kranz
DESSAU.- The Bauhaus Dessau dedicates a comprehensive exhibition to the painter, graphic designer and photographer Kurt Kranz to mark his 100th birthday. In 1930, the then twenty-year-old lithographer came from Bielefeld to study at the Bauhaus Dessau,…
Guercino’s "King David" and "The Cumaean Sibyl with Putto" Displayed Together at the National Gallery
LONDON.- Guercino’s King David (1651) has come to the National Gallery to join Guercino’’s The Cumaean Sibyl with a Putto (1651) on display from November 5 2010 until November 21 2010. This is the first time the pair have been seen together since …
Bauhaus Archive Commemorates Hajo Rose’s 100th Anniversary with Exhibition
BERLIN.- ‘Finally – a house made of steel and glass!’ This was the enthusiastic reaction of Hajo Rose (1910 – 1989) to the Bauhaus building in Dessau when he began his studies there in 1930. Rose promoted the methods of the Bauhaus throu…