NEW YORK, NY.- The Paula Cooper Gallery announced that Christian Marclay’s groundbreaking new 24-hour video work The Clock has been awarded the Golden Lion for best artwork in the 54th Venice Biennale. Called “an abundant, magnificent work” (The Finan…
With a Record 89 Countries, Venice Biennale to Kickoff Europe’s Art Summer This Weekend
VENICE (AP).- The Venice Biennale contemporary art fair kicks off Europe’s summer of art this weekend. This year’s edition of the art fair held every two years is curated by Switzerland’s Bice Curiger, who titled the show: “IllumiNations.” Curiger said…
The 54th Venice Biennale & International Art Exhibition Opens June 4th
Venice.- The 54th International Art Exhibition, with the title of “ILLUMInazioni (ILLUMInations)”, directed by Bice Curiger and organized by la Biennale di Venezia under the presidency of Paolo Baratta, will be opening on Friday, June 3rd, and will b…
Paolo Baratta and Bice Curiger Present Concept for This Year’s Biennale:"’ILLUMInazioni"
ZURICH.- The 54th International Art Exhibition, with the title of ILLUMInazioni – ILLUMInations, directed by Bice Curiger and organized by la Biennale di Venezia under the presidency of Paolo Baratta, will be opening on Friday, June 3rd, and will …
Paintings and Drawings by Maira Kalman’s Light Up New York’s Jewish Museum
NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP).- You may think you’ve never heard of Maira Kalman, but you have. In 1981 her doodles appeared on the cover of a solo record by Talking Heads lead singer David Byrne and she is the author of a dozen children’s books, some featuring …
Getty Museum Displays Stories to Watch: Narrative in Medieval Manuscripts
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The illuminators of medieval manuscripts found creative ways to tell stories through pictures. A sequence of illustrations was often linked on a page, or several parts of a tale were incorporated in a single image. On view at the J. P…
Lost Manuscripts from the Sistine Chapel to be on View in the United States for First Time
DALLAS, TX.- On January 23, 2011, the only remaining set of codices from the Sacristy of the Sistine Chapel will be on display at the Meadows Museum as part of the exhibition The Lost Manuscripts from the Sistine Chapel: An Epic Journey from Rome to To…
Lost Manuscripts from the Sistine Chapel to be on View in the United States for First Time
DALLAS, TX.- On January 23, 2011, the only remaining set of codices from the Sacristy of the Sistine Chapel will be on display at the Meadows Museum as part of the exhibition The Lost Manuscripts from the Sistine Chapel: An Epic Journey from Rome to To…
Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations at the Contemporary Jewish Museum
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- This summer, the The Contemporary Jewish Museum presents Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World), the first major museum survey of the work of award-winning illustrator, author and designer Maira Kalman. Well-known f…
Maira Kalman ~ Various Illuminations at the Contemporary Jewish Museum
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The
Contemporary Jewish
Museum presents Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a
Crazy
World), the first major museum survey of the work of
award-winning
illustrator, author and desi…