ATHENS, GA.- The Georgia Museum of Art (GMOA), located on the University of Georgia (UGA) campus, recently acquired two significant American paintings from the West Foundation Collection of Atlanta, Ga. The foundation gave Benjamin West’s Portrait…
The Whitney to Present Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time
NEW YORK, NY.- As American artists rebelled against the academic art and aristocratic portraiture that predominated at the turn of the twentieth century, they began looking to modern life for their subject matter. One of central figures in this dramati…
The Whitney to Present Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time
NEW YORK, NY.- As American artists rebelled against the academic art and aristocratic portraiture that predominated at the turn of the twentieth century, they began looking to modern life for their subject matter. One of central figures in this dramati…
Cabinet Secrets: Exhibition of Prints and Drawings at Tel Aviv Museum of Art
TEL AVIV.-The publication of the Surrealist VVV Portfolio in 1943 is considered to be one of the highlights of Surrealist activity in New York in the early 1940s. This album features works by 11 artists – including both European artists in “exile”…
Cabinet Secrets: Exhibition of Prints and Drawings at Tel Aviv Museum of Art
TEL AVIV.-The publication of the Surrealist VVV Portfolio in 1943 is considered to be one of the highlights of Surrealist activity in New York in the early 1940s. This album features works by 11 artists – including both European artists in “exile”…
A Jaunty Stroll Through (Art) History: The Hudson River School Art Trail
CATSKILL, NY.- Fifteen scenic miles in the Catskills between The Thomas Cole National Historic Site and Olana New York Historic Site (www.olana.org) couldn’t be more beautiful. This stretch of history, known as The Hudson River School Art Trail, l…
Tracey Moffatt to Speak at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
SYDNEY.- Leading visual contemporary artist, Tracey Moffatt is arguably Australia’s most successful international artist. Now back in Australia after 15 years of working in New York, she is known for her film, photography and video works, which ar…
The American Landscapes of Asher B. Durand to Be Explored in Exhibition at Fundación Juan March
MADRID.- This exhibition of 140 works—including oil paintings, drawings and prints—is the first monographic exhibition devoted to Durand outside the United States, where he is recognized as a leading landscape painter and pioneer engraver. Th…
DeCordova Announces Installation of Roy Lichtenstein’s Five Brushstrokes
LINCOLN, MA.- DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum announced the arrival of Roy Lichtenstein’s Five Brushstrokes, a monumental addition to the Sculptu¬¬re Park on Thursday, July 22.. The 2010 fabrication of Lichtenstein’s iconic Five Brushst…
The School of American Ballet Celebrating its 75th Anniversary
New York, NY – “THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAN BALLET is on the
same order as the Muscovite Imperial Ballet back in the days when the czar
racket was a paying proposition.” So begins an unpublished 1933 draft for a news
release for the School …