TULSA, OK.- Catherine Whitney joined Philbrook as Chief Curator and Curator of American Art on July 12. Whitney will oversee the curatorial department’s ambitious and expanding special exhibition programs, and research, interpret, install and furt…
Van Gogh Museum Announces Naturalism in Art with the Exhibition Illusions of Reality
AMSTERDAM.- From 8 October 2010 to 16 January 2011, the Van Gogh Museum will be presenting Illusions of reality: Naturalist painting, photography and cinema, 1875-1918. The exhibition, curated by guest curator Gabriel P. Weisberg, Professor of Art Hist…
First U.S. Exhibition for Cuban Painter Raúl Martínez at Magnan Metz Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Magnan Metz Gallery presents for the first time in the United States an exhibition of personal work by Cuban painter Raúl Martínez (Ciego de Avila, 1927- Havana, 1995), considered one of the most influential artists in Cuba’s hist…
Zhang Huan’s Hope Tunnel Opens at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art
BEIJING.- Zhang Huan is one of China’s best-known performance and conceptual artists. He is also known for his shocking and absurd photographs and images. For his solo show at the UCCA, Zhang Huan will exhibit remains of the train which crashed during …
Electric: An Exhibition of New Works by Jennie C. Jones at Sikkema Jenkins & Co
NEW YORK, NY.- Sikkema Jenkins & Co presents Electric, an exhibition of new works by Jennie C. Jones, on view from July 8 through August 13, 2010. Jennie C. Jones works at the intersection of art history and black history. She layers the formal languag…
SMU Names New Distinguished Endowed Chair in Art History
DALLAS, TX.- Following an international search, the Department of Art History at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts today announced the appointment of Dr. Roberto Tejada as the new Distinguished Endowed Chair in Art History, effective August 1. The …
Famous Chinese Modernist Painter Wu Guanzhong Dies at 90
BEIJING,
CHINA – Wu Guanzhong, known as one of the fathers of modern Chinese art
for combining western and Chinese elements in black and white oil
paintings, has
died. He was 90. He died in Beijing on Friday. Wu’s works have become…
Sam Francis’ Biggest Show in Europe Since 1995 Opens in Slovakia
BRATISLAVA.- 100 original works by American artist Sam Francis will be exhibited at the Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum from June 19 until August 29, 2010. This Sam Francis retrospective is the biggest show in Europe since 1995, made possible by two E…
Auction of the World’s Largest Collection of Original Vintage Glamour Photography
CALABASAS, CA.- George Hurrell’s iconic portrait
of Jean Harlow on a white bearskin rug created for Vanity Fair magazine now
spearheads the largest auction of Glamour Photography in art history. The
original camera negative, as well as a custo…
‘Red,’ a Play About Artist Mark Rothko, is Big Winner at Tonys
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- The tense drama “Red” delivered one of its half-dozen Tony Awards to Eddie Redmayne for his performance as the young, increasingly defiant assistant to artist Mark Rothko. But Redmayne, honored Sunday at the 2010 Tony Awards as best…