MADRID.- This morning Teatro Fernán Gómez. Centro de Arte/Fundación Banco Santander and PHotoEspaña have presented Face Contact, the flagship of the thematic selection. The exhibition gathers the work of 31 artists who have worked on portraiture a…
First Major European Retrospective of Brazilian Artist Anna Maria Maiolino at Malmo Konsthal
MALMO.- Malmö Konsthall presents the first major European retrospective of Brazilian artist Anna Maria Maiolino (b. 1942). Maiolino’s complex works have developed through a variety of media: poetry, woodcuts, photography, film, performance, sculp…
One of the World’s Rarest, Most Legendary Motorcycles Comes to Auction at Bonhams
CARMEL, CA.- Bonhams announces that it will be offering the ultra-rare 1954 AJS E95 “Porcupine” at its renowned August automotive auction in Carmel, California on Thursday 18th August. One of just four E95s completed by the factory, the Porcu…
The Power of the Iconic Photograph Featured at Irvine Contemporary in Washington
WASHINGTON, DC.- Irvine Contemporary presents Image/Fame/Memory, an exhibition of works by four major portrait and documentary photographers, Curtis Knapp, Gerard Malanga, Billy Name, and Kate Simon, who worked mainly in New York City from the mid-1960…
The MFA Houston Announces Landmark Acquisition of a Dozen Works by James Turrell
HOUSTON, TX.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), builds on its longstanding commitment to the work of James Turrell with the recent acquisition of a dozen light-based works by the renowned American artist. Turrell titled the grouping Vertical Vin…
Museu da Electricidade in Lisbon Opens Exhibition of Manuel Baptista’s Work
By: João Pinharanda
LISBON.- The present exhibition is a rare historical opportunity: it reveals to us unknown parts of the artist’s work (projects created from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, but never built until now). A concentration on paint…
Comprehensive Retrospective Dedicated to the German Painter Eugen Schönebeck at the Schirn
FRANKFURT.- From February 23 to May 15, 2011, the Schirn presents a comprehensive retrospective dedicated to the German painter Eugen Schönebeck, which will feature almost all of his surviving paintings and his most important drawings. After devoting …
Jim Nutt at Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago Jim Nutt Coming into Character January 29–May 29, 2011 Seeing is a Kind of Thinking A Jim Nutt Companion January 29–May 29, 2011 Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago 220 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 mcachicago.org Known for his fantastical invention, biting wit, and distorted figuration, renowned American […]
Jim Nutt: Coming Into Character on View at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
CHICAGO, IL.- Known for his fantastical invention, biting wit, and distorted figuration, renowned American painter Jim Nutt has focused on portraits of female heads for the past two decades. These imaginary portraits are similar in some ways, yet each …
MoMA Presents Andy Warhol’s Influential Early Film-Based Works on a Large Scale
NEW YORK, NY.- Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures, on view at MoMA from December 19, 2010, to March 21, 2011, focuses on the artist’s cinematic portraits and nonnarrative, silent, and black-and-white films from the mid-1960s. Warhol’s Screen Tests revea…