CORNWALL.- Newlyn Art Gallery presents an exhibition celebrating the centenary of the birth of Roger Hilton (1911-1975). It is a personal selection by his widow Rose Hilton, chosen from private collections across Britain. The exhibition includes oil pa…
A Selection of Important Works from the Van Abbemuseum Invite Visitors to Play Roles
EINDHOVEN.- On Saturday 26th February, Play Van Abbe Part 4: The Pilgrim, the Tourist, the Flaneur (and the Worker) opened in the Van Abbemuseum. The exhibition presents a selection of important works from the museum’s collection together with sev…
Private Collectors Make Fantastic Donations of Photographic Art to Moderna Museet
NEW YORK, NY.- Several photographic works by Annika von Hausswolff, Cindy Sherman, Robert Mapplethorpe and other artists have been donated to Moderna Museet. These works will be shown in the museum’s new presentation of the collection – Anoth…
Private Collectors Make Fantastic Donations of Photographic Art to Moderna Museet
NEW YORK, NY.- Several photographic works by Annika von Hausswolff, Cindy Sherman, Robert Mapplethorpe and other artists have been donated to Moderna Museet. These works will be shown in the museum’s new presentation of the collection – Anoth…
First Major Retrospective of the Artist Arman Presented by Museum Tinguely
BASEL.- From February 16 to May 15, 2011, Museum Tinguely is showing a comprehensive survey of the work of the artist Arman (1928-–2005). The exhibition is a cooperative project with Centre Pompidou in Paris, where it was presented last autumn to …
Galerie Max Hetzler Presents a Small Retrospective of Major British Artist Bridget Riley
BERLIN.- Galerie Max Hetzler presents a small retrospective of this major British artist’s work with a special focus on works from the last three decades, which includes studies, paintings and wall paintings. Almost ‘drawing with colour’, her…
Exhibition of Polish Design 1955-1968 from the Collection of the National Museum in Warsaw
WARSAW.- This pioneering exhibition of ca 180 objects from the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw, featuring the most important examples of Polish design, rarely seen in the West, will explore the significance of the objects of everyday use in…
Denver Art Museum Brings Artists’ Voices to the Forefront
DENVER, CO.- Building on the approach the Denver Art Museum (DAM) pioneered in 1925, when it became one of the first American museums to collect Native American objects as art rather than artifacts, the museum completed an artist-focused renovation a…
150 Years Later: New Photography by Tina Barney, Tim Davis, and Katherine Newbegin
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY.- As part of a campus-wide celebration of Vassar’s sesquicentennial anniversary, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center commissioned three photographers to create new work to highlight different aspects of campus life. The resulting p…
Ida Kay Greathouse, Director Emerita of the Frye Art Museum, Dies
SEATTLE, WA.- It is with great sadness that the Frye Art Museum announces the passing of Ida Kay Greathouse, Director Emerita of the Museum, on Thursday, January 6, 2011. Mrs. Greathouse and her husband, Walser, were friends of Charles and Emma Frye, t…