HOLTE.- Ceramics as an artistic medium is once more making an impact on the international art scene. All over the world, artists are breathing new life into this many thousand-year-old material, creating works that range from well-known everyday cups a…
Smithsonian American Art Museum Announces Artists Selected for Exhibition "40 Under 40: Craft Futures" Opening in 2012
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum has selected the 40 artists who will be featured in its upcoming exhibition “40 under 40: Craft Futures” that will be on view at its Renwick Gallery from July 20, 2012, through Feb. 3, 2013…
Selection of Old Master Prints Go on Show at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin
DUBLIN.- An exhibition of Old Master prints by many of the most famous artists ever to work with print-making is now open to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA). Works by Albrecht Dürer, Francisco de Goya, William Hogarth and Rembrandt…
Japan Society Reframes the Prevailing Perspective on Contemporary Japanese Art
NEW YORK, NY.- A shimmering taxidermy deer and a gasp-inducing canvas depicting a tumulus of minuscule salary men are among the compelling works that greet visitors to Japan Society Gallery from Friday, March 18 to June 12, 2011. The occasion is Bye By…
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Presents Jeff Koons: Artist Rooms Exhibition
EDINBURGH.- One of the most highly acclaimed and internationally successful artists working today is the focus of a new display at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art this spring. ARTIST ROOMS: Jeff Koons brings together a selection of 18 majo…
Chazen Museum of Art Presents Exhibition of Russian Icons from Its Collection
MADISON, WI.- The icon is a distinctive form of holy image in Eastern Orthodox cultures, intended to evoke sacred presence by appealing to the senses. Holy Image, Sacred Presence: Russian Icons, 1500–1900 presents about thirty works from the museu…
Exhibition Examines the Pervasive Presence of Artist Robert Smithson in Contemporary Art
SALT LAKE CITY, UT.- The Utah Museum of Fine Arts opened The Smithson Effect, an exhibition highlighting the pervasive presence of artist Robert Smithson (1938-1973) in contemporary art since the 1990s. The most ambitious contemporary art exhibition ev…
Degas: Form, Movement, and the Antique Exhibited at the Tampa Museum of Art
TAMPA, FL.- The exhibition which will open to the public on March 12, 2011 will include 47 works by the French Impressionist master Edgar Degas (1834-1917). The museum will complement the exhibition of works by Degas with selections from its pre-emine…
Portland Museum of Art Receives Exhibition Funding from the Henry Luce Foundation
PORTLAND, ME.- The Portland Museum of Art has been awarded two grants totaling $285,000 to support the Winslow Homer Studio Campaign from the Henry Luce Foundation. The grant of $200,000 is in support of the Museum’s September 2012 exhibition and …
Annely Juda Fine Art Presents Its 7th Solo Exhibition of the Work of Alan Reynolds
LONDON.- Annely Juda Fine Art presents its 7th solo exhibition of the work of Alan Reynolds (b.1926). The exhibition, on view until March 26th, consists of constructed white reliefs and tonal drawings and prints. The pieces in the exhibition display Re…