STUTTGART.- For museums the exchange with private collectors is becoming increasingly important. A new series of exhibitions in the Kunstmuseum aims to make the engagement of these art patrons visible. The first show presents Ute and Rudolf Scharpff, w…
International Artists Deal with Unsharpness in "Blur After Richter" at Hamburger Kunsthalle
HAMBURG.- Blurred surfaces, dissolving contours, hazy appearances and indistinct motifs: More and more often images that are out of focus appear in both contemporary painting and photography. Like no other artist, Gerhard Richter (*1932) has been empl…
SFMOMA Launches Collections Campaign with 195 Promised Gifts of Art from Bay Area Collectors
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art today announced that it has received an unprecedented 195 promised gifts of art from nine leading Bay Area collectors who are leading a campaign to strengthen the museum’s collection. The pledg…
Protest Painting by Nicholas Middleton Wins Visitors’ Choice
LIVERPOOL.- Nicholas Middleton is the winner of the John Moores Painting Prize’s Visitors’ Choice for the second time with his painting Protest, April 1st 2009. Nicholas scooped the £2,010 prize, sponsored by Rathbones, with a detailed photo…
Jewish Museum in New York Exhibiont Shows Key Works by Top Women Artists
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- A new exhibit at The Jewish Museum explores the impact of feminism, which inspired new ideas and challenged old ones, on contemporary painting over the last half century. With works by Judy Chicago, Nicole Eisenman, Eva Hesse, Lee …
Jewish Museum in New York Exhibiont Shows Key Works by Top Women Artists
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- A new exhibit at The Jewish Museum explores the impact of feminism, which inspired new ideas and challenged old ones, on contemporary painting over the last half century. With works by Judy Chicago, Nicole Eisenman, Eva Hesse, Lee …
Jewish Museum in New York Exhibit Shows Key Works by Women Artists
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- A new exhibit at The Jewish Museum explores the impact of feminism, which inspired new ideas and challenged old ones, on contemporary painting over the last half century. With works by Judy Chicago, Nicole Eisenman, Eva Hesse, Lee …
National Trust and Art Fund Launch Appeal to Save Brueghel Painting for the Nation
LONDON.- Today, the National Trust and the Art Fund are launching a £2.7 million fundraising campaign to save an iconic Old Master painting for the nation. ‘The Procession to Calvary’ by Pieter Brueghel the Younger is the star attraction at …
National Trust and Art Fund Launch Appeal to Save Brueghel Painting for the Nation
LONDON.- Today, the National Trust and the Art Fund are launching a £2.7 million fundraising campaign to save an iconic Old Master painting for the nation. ‘The Procession to Calvary’ by Pieter Brueghel the Younger is the star attraction at …
Artistic Explorations by 22 Artists at Benrimon Contemporary
NEW YORK, NY.- Benrimon Contemporary presents its first annual Younger than Moses group show, a collection of artistic explorations featuring 22 contemporary artists younger than 120 years old, the age at which Moses died. Curated by TS+ Projects, Youn…