VIENNA.- It was in the nineties when Marilyn Manson
(born in 1969) became well known as a shock rocker combining
brutally
hammering industrial sounds with thick theater make-up and
controversial
texts about serial killers a…
NEW YORK, NY.- Since 2006, acclaimed Los
Angeles
artist Mark Bradford has been erasing, obscuring and reconfiguring the
text and
graphics of advertising posters he collects from the South Central
neighborhood
where he was raised. His “…
WINSTON-SALEM (AP).- Poet Maya Angelou is inviting fans of Michael Jackson to be represented in a pointillism portrait of the late singer, who died almost a year ago. Angelou met Monday at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C., with artist David Ilan, who i…
STOCKHOLM.- The exhibition shows how home
interiors and design styles have changed from one era to the next, and
also how
the image of the home as portrayed by artists has evolved. Artists
became
increasingly interested in painting domes…
MEXICO CITY.- President Felipe Calderón inaugurated
the Tamara de Lempicka Exhibition at the Palace of Fine Arts,
adding that during his government, an enormous effort has been made to
enable Mexicans to discover and enjoy gre…
LONDON.-
Helly Nahmad Gallery presents a collection of
radiant masterpieces by Henri Matisse (1869–1954). Influenced by the
relaxed and
joyous atmosphere of the Côte d’azur, Henri was at his happiest and most
creative in this warm…
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that its
Contemporary
Art Evening Auction on Monday, June 28, 2010 will present collectors
with a
one-off opportunity to acquire some of the best Post-War and
Contemporary
artworks by the venerated and hi…
ISTANBUL.- Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation
Pera
Museum welcomed one of the most exceptional artists of the 21st century,
Fernando Botero in İstanbul for the very first time with an exhibition
comprising a selection of 64 works. Botero’s art is not exclusively a
narration
or a representation, but brings with it the force of an inner vision, of
his
knocking on life’s door. Protecting his Latin and Colombian identity,
Botero has
succeeded forming his own style nourished not only by folkloric elements
but
also by the works of grand masters, and has poured his rich inner world
into his
works with a sophisticated, humorous and wise approach. From
acrobats
to matadors, dancing people to naked lovers, cardinals to sad clowns and
to
musicians, the exhibition invites us to discover Botero’s lyricism and
his
enchanting world.
BEXHILL ON SEA, UK – Tony Bevan (born in Bradford, 1951) is
one of
the most important painters working in Britain today. For his new
painting
installation at the De La Warr Pavilion, Bevan has produced three
colossal works
specifically to utilize the dimensions of Gallery 2. Inspired by his
recent
travels to China, in particular his experience of the Giant Buddha of
Leshan, and his ongoing interest in the ‘character heads’ of
the 18th
century German-Austrian sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, the new
paintings
continue Bevan’s exploration of self-portraiture in his practice.
WASHINGTON, DC.- One of the 20th century’s
most
influential artists, Yves Klein (French, b. Nice, 1928; d. Paris, 1962),
took
the European art scene by storm in a prolific but brief career that
lasted only
from 1954 to 1962. “Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers,” on view at
the
Hirshhorn Museum May 20 through Sept. 12, is the first major
retrospective
of the artist’s work in the United States since 1982.
Co-curated by the
Hirshhorn’s deputy director and chief curator Kerry Brougher and Dia Art
Foundation director c, former chief curator and deputy director at the
Walker
Art Center in Minneapolis, the exhibition is co-organized by the
Hirshhorn and
the Walker and developed in full collaboration with the Yves Klein
Archives in
Paris.
