OTTAWA.- Steven Shearer is known for using a wide range of traditional and contemporary media in works that address the human subject and its relationship with the outside world. The Vancouver-based artist will represent Canada at the 54th Internation…
SFMOMA Elects New Members to Board of Trustees, Salutes Three Staff Members
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- At its May meeting, the Board of Trustees of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) elected Yves Béhar as the museum’s third Artist Trustee. Béhar joins Irwin Federman, who was also elected as a trustee at the meeting. Bo…
Archiving Place & Time: Contemporary Art Practice in Northern Ireland since the Belfast Agreement
LONDON.- Through photographs, installations and drawings, Archiving Place & Time reveals how a new generation of contemporary artists from Northern Ireland have responded to the changed situation since the signing of the historic Good Friday/Belfast Ag…
The Heckscher Museum of Art Presents the Long Island Biennial 2010
HUNTINGTON, NY.- As part of its 90th Anniversary Celebration, The Heckscher Museum of Art is pleased to present its inaugural Long Island Biennial featuring artworks by Long Island professional artists. This juried exhibition will run from July 31 to S…
Princeton Museum Announces Outdoor Projection of Doug Aitken’s Migration
PRINCETON, NJ.- Doug Aitken’s monumental video installation Migration (Empire) will be on view in front of the Princeton University Art Museum, one of the most visible sites on the historic Princeton campus, from August 28 through November 14. Migrati…
Princeton University Art Museum Announces Outdoor Projection of Doug Aitken’s Migration (Empire)
PRINCETON, NJ.- Doug Aitken’s monumental video installation Migration
(Empire) will be on view in front of the Princeton University Art Museum, one of the most visible sites on the historic Princeton campus, from August 28 through November 14. Migrati…
Exhibition Celebrates Chicago Collectors’ 50 Extraordinary Gifts
CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago presents a landmark presentation of one of the country’s leading private collections of contemporary art, Contemporary Collecting: Selections from the Donna and Howard Stone Collection, on view through Se…
Sotheby’s to Sell Group of Important Paintings by Mahmoud Said
LONDON.- Following the record sums achieved for paintings by leading Egyptian modern artist Mahmoud Said (1897-1964) earlier this year, Sotheby’s announced that four works by the acclaimed artist will highlight the forthcoming London sale of Moder…
Sotheby’s to Sell Group of Important Paintings by Mahmoud Said
LONDON.- Following the record sums achieved for paintings by leading Egyptian modern artist Mahmoud Said (1897-1964) earlier this year, Sotheby’s announced that four works by the acclaimed artist will highlight the forthcoming London sale of Moder…
Comics and Contemporary Art to Be Featured at Le Havre Contemporary Art Biennale
LE HAVRE.- The third edition of the Le Havre contemporary art biennale will take place from 1 to 31 October 2010. The event will be dedicated to the exploration of the relations between comics and contemporary art. «We knew for a long time that litera…