WASHINGTON, DC.- After a visit to his native Moscow in 1912, Wassily Kandinsky (1866−1944) sought to record the “extremely powerful impressions” that lingered in his memory. Working tirelessly through numerous drawings, watercolors, and…
Taxter & Spengemann Opens Exhibition by Daniel Lefcourt "Prepared Ground"
NEW YORK, NY.- The intimate monochrome paintings in Daniel Lefcourt’s exhibition Prepared Ground return to the subject of painting itself, yet here painting is never fully itself. On the one hand, the works are positivistic, presenting only brute mate…
Deep Impressions: Willie Cole Works on Paper at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
MEMPHIS, TN.- On Friday, February 11, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art opened an exhibition of 31 prints, drawings, and photographs by internationally recognized and award-winning artist Willie Cole. Organized by Patterson Sims, Deep Impressions: Willi…
Nordic Water Tales by Susanna Majuri at Galerie Adler
FRANKFURT.- Stories are a wonderful thing! You can lose yourselves in them, assume a different form or personality – and yet, in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth. Finnish photo artist Susanna Majuri (*1978) is the storyteller of the Nort…
Matt Stokes: No Place Else Better Than Here Opens at Kunstahalle Fridericianum
KASSEL.- In his works, many of which are film or event-based, the British artist Matt Stokes (born in Penzance, England, in 1973) deals with subcultures. In meticulous research, he explores the origins of music scenes and groups, investigating the loca…
Collection of 40 Rarely-Exhibited Abstract Prints by Jules Olitski at the Everson Museum of Art
SYRACUSE, NY.- The Everson Museum of Art presents the Jules Olitski: An Inside View, a collection of 40 rarely-exhibited, self-portrait and abstract prints in a variety of media. The exhibition will be on view November 13, 2010 – January 16, 2011….
London Show Explores Skin as Human Body’s Frontier
LONDON (REUTERS).- “Visitors may find some images in this exhibition disturbing,” reads a sign at the entrance to the Wellcome Collection’s latest exhibition: “Skin.” “Skin” tracks attitudes toward the human body’s largest organ since the 15th century …
London Show Explores Skin as Human Body’s Frontier
LONDON (REUTERS).- “Visitors may find some images in this exhibition disturbing,” reads a sign at the entrance to the Wellcome Collection’s latest exhibition: “Skin.” “Skin” tracks attitudes toward the human body’s largest organ since the 15th century …
Library of Congress Acquires Charles Randall Dean Print Collection
Washington, DC – The Library of Congress has acquired an exceptional collection of American Abstract Expressionist prints from the 1940’s to 1960’s, now available through the Library’s Prints and Photographs Division.The Charles Randall Dean Col…
Marcin Maciejowski is the Winner of the 2010 Lovis Corinth Prize
REGENSBURG.- Marcin Maciejowski (*1974 in Poland) is the first Polish artist to win the Lovis Corinth Prize. To mark the occasion, the Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg presents, for the first time in a German museum, a major exhibition of work…