VALENCIA.- The Institut Valencià d’Art Modern has received a lot of artworks over the last 25 years. Out of the 10 643 works comprising the IVAM’s collection, 61 % are donations made by collectors, artists and heirs who have considered that the IVAM i…
Walker Art Center Invites Audience to Select Artworks for Exhibition
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Walker Art Center’s audience will share the spotlight with the museum’s curators when they jointly select the artworks for the upcoming exhibition 50/50: Audience and Experts Curate the Paper Collection. Visit the kiosk …
Christie’s to Sell Property from the Collection of Dennis Hopper
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced the sale of artworks Property from the Collection of Dennis Hopper during its Post-War & Contemporary Evening and Day Sales in New York on November 10 and 11, 2010. The late Hopper, who fused film with fine art…
Shortlist Announced for New Fourth Plinth Commission
LONDON.- The shortlist of artists for the next commission to go on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square was announced today. The artists are Allora & Calzadilla, Elmgreen & Dragset, Katharina Fritsch, Brian Griffiths, Hew Locke and Mariele Neudecker. …
Exhibition Provides a Glimpse into Studios and Minds of Miami’s Art Community
MIAMI, FL.- Miami Art Museum, a modern and contemporary art museum located in downtown Miami, FL, will provide a partial snapshot of the Miami art scene at this moment with New Work Miami 2010, opening Sunday, July 18, 2010 and closing on Sunday, Octob…
Guggenheim Museum Launches YouTube Play: A Biennial of Creative Video Blog
NEW YORK, NY.- The Take is a blog created by the Guggenheim and inspired by YouTube Play. A Biennial of Creative Video. With writing by experts, scholars, and artists from the worlds of film, video, and Internet culture, the Take will feature discussio…
Lights! Camera! Action! The Tate Movie Project Launches
LONDON.- Tate announced yesterday the launch of the interactive website and national roadshow of the Tate Movie Project. Children from across the country are invited to take part in creating the Tate Movie, the first of its kind, an animation film mad…
Italian Police Show Latest Recovery of Looted Art at the Colosseum
ROME (AP).- Italian police have recovered hundreds of ancient artifacts in their latest effort to crack down on the looting of art, and have looted art, and they chose a unique setting to display them Friday: the Colosseum. The 337 pieces displayed in …
Paintings Taken by Serviceman in WWII Return to Germany
NEW YORK, NY.- In a ceremony at the Goethe Institute in Manhattan, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) displayed some of the 11 oil paintings that were taken by a U.S. serviceman from a Pirmasens air raid shelter after the allied invasion of…
Caravaggiomania for iPhone and iPad: New Multimedia Guide
FLORENCE.- CaravaggioMania is the multimedia guide to in-depth knowledge of the great master’s art! To mark the celebrations of the 400th Anniversary of Caravaggio’s death, Scala Group International presents CaravaggioMania, the application d…