MAASTRICHT.- The BACA is the only major award for international visual art in the Netherlands. The 2010 jury, comprised of Enrico Lunghi, Dirk Snauwaert and Alexander van Grevenstein, decided unanimously to give the award to Francis Alÿs (B – 1959), f…
Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin Showcases Its Collection with Rotating Exhibitions
BERLIN.- Since November 1996 the Hamburger Bahnhof has housed the National Gallery’s ‘Museum für Gegenwart’ or ‘Museum of Now’. Parallel to temporary exhibitions, the museum also presents works from its own important collections in a serious of rotati…
Recent Works by the Internationally Renowned Austrian Artist Erwin Wurm at Essl Museum
VIENNA.- With the solo exhibition >PRIVATE WURM
The Indian Empire: Significant Works from the Portvale Collection on View in Sydney
SYDNEY.- The Indian Empire exhibition, shaped by a promised gift of significant works from the Portvale Collection, introduces the competing narratives that emerged following the first European encounters with India. This extensive exhibition, compris…
Unemployed Book Dealer Gets Jail for Stolen Shakespeare Tome
LONDON (AP).- An unemployed book dealer who paraded as a wealthy playboy was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison for possessing a stolen first edition of Shakespeare’s plays, a rare volume described as a “quintessentially English treasure.” Last …
Unemployed Book Dealer Gets Jail for Stolen Shakespeare Tome
LONDON (AP).- An unemployed book dealer who paraded as a wealthy playboy was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison for possessing a stolen first edition of Shakespeare’s plays, a rare volume described as a “quintessentially English treasure.” Last …
Exhibition of Recent Works by Dutch Artist Allard van Hoorn at Galerie Gabriel Rolt
AMSTERDAM.- Galerie Gabriel Rolt presents Urban Songlines, an exhibition of recent works on paper, photography and video / animation by Dutch artist Allard van Hoorn. This will be his first exhibition with the gallery. Allard van Hoorn explores our rel…
Brigitte Kowanz in Retrospective at MUMOK in Vienna
VIENNA.- The Brigitte Kowanz retrospective
is a
part of a series of exhibitions that the MUMOK is putting on dealing
with
internationally successful Austrian artists. With the consistent
depiction of
light and language Kowanz’s work …
Light and Language by Brigitte Kowanz in Retrospective Opening at MUMOK in Vienna
VIENNA.- The Brigitte Kowanz retrospective is a part of a series of exhibitions that the MUMOK is putting on dealing with internationally successful Austrian artists. With the consistent depiction of light and language Kowanz’s work is an exceptio…
Turner and The Masters Opens at the Museo del Prado
MADRID.- Having already been seen in London and
Paris, Turner and the Masters will now be shown at the Museo del Prado in
Madrid. Its aim is to reveal to visitors the extent of Turner’s links with other
historically important artists and t…