MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) presents works from one of the nation’s finest collections of wood art in the exhibition “Conversations with Wood: Selections from the Waterbury Collection.” Ranging from exquisit…
Golden Lion Award in Venice for Best National Participation for the German Pavilion
VENICE.- After Christoph Schlingensief`s death in late Summer of 2010, the curator Susanne Gaensheimer and Aino Laberenz, Christoph Schlingensief‘s wife and longtime collaborator, decided not to exhibit his latest project, which existed in develop…
Unsealed Jackie Kennedy Interviews to Air on TV
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- A series of unsealed 1960s audio recordings of Jacqueline Kennedy talking about her life with husband and revered President John F. Kennedy will be broadcast on television, ABC News said on Wednesday. In 1964, the former first lady…
"Conversations: Photographs From the Bank of America Collection" at MFA Boston
Boston, MA.- The art of conversation is explored in a new exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (MFA), to highlight visual dialogues among some of the most notable photographs of the 19th and 20th centuries. “Conversations: Photography from t…
The MFA Houston Announces Landmark Acquisition of a Dozen Works by James Turrell
HOUSTON, TX.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), builds on its longstanding commitment to the work of James Turrell with the recent acquisition of a dozen light-based works by the renowned American artist. Turrell titled the grouping Vertical Vin…
New Portrait of Dame Anne Owers by Diarmuid Kelley Unveiled at National Portrait Gallery
LONDON.- A new portrait of Dame Anne Owers by prize-winning artist, Diarmuid Kelley, has gone on display at the National Portrait Gallery. Dame Anne was the first woman to hold the post of H M Chief Inspector of Prisons (2001–10) and spoke out aga…
A Night at the Museum ‘Dream-Over’ for Adults Provides Opportunity to Have Art-Inspired Dreams in Museun Galleries
NEW YORK, NY.- The Rubin Museum’s acclaimed BRAINWAVE series has kicked off its fourth season on February 7 with a conversation between spoken-word artist Henry Rollins and neuroscientist David Eagleman. Subsequent conversations feature composer a…
Los Angeles Mexican-American Culture Center Stops Work over Found Remains
LOS ANGELES (AP).- Construction at a Mexican-American cultural center was suspended Friday after American Indian groups raised concerns that human remains unearthed were being disturbed. It was in the best interest of the LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes c…
Derek Eller Gallery Opens Shows by Adam Marnie and Tom Thayer, and Ruby Sky Stiler
NEW YORK, NY.- Derek Eller Gallery presents Adam Marnie and Tom Thayer in the Main Gallery and Ruby Sky Stiler in the North Room. In a sequence of intimate photo collages and a large-scale wall installation, Adam Marnie uses flowers as flexible signif…
Major Sculptures and Projections by Seven Internationally Significant Artists at The Fruitmarket Gallery
EDINBURGH.- The Fruitmarket Gallery’s 2010 winter exhibition brings together major sculptures and projections by seven internationally significant artists from Britain and the United States in an exploration of what curator David Hopkins terms the …