LIVERPOOL.- The Walker Art Gallery has acquired a striking watercolour study of 19th century emigration by the French artist, James Tissot with help from the Art Fund, the UK’s national fundraising charity for works of art. Goodbye on the Mersey i…
Walker Art Gallery Acquires Important Watercolour: "Goodbye on the Mersey" by James Tissot
LIVERPOOL.- The Walker Art Gallery has acquired a striking watercolour study of 19th century emigration by the French artist, James Tissot with help from the Art Fund, the UK’s national fundraising charity for works of art. Goodbye on the Mersey i…
New Exhibition of Modern and Contemporary Work at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
BUFFALO, NY.- A new exhibition of modern and contemporary work rooted in the exploration, observation, and construction of the landscape opened at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery on Friday, February 18, 2011. Curator Heather Pesanti’s multi-layered…
James Cohan Gallery Presents an Installation of Three Solo Exhibitions by Emerging Artists
NEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan Gallery will present Continuum, an installation of three solo exhibitions by emerging artists Peter Matthews, Katie Paterson, and Karen Seapker. While formally distinct, these artists’ works share an interest in the mutu…
The Work of Artist, Writer and Experimental Geographer Trevor Paglen Displayed at Secession
VIENNA.- The work of American artist, writer and experimental geographer Trevor Paglen centres on a political and aesthetic engagement with the covert activities of the U.S. secret services and military, collectively known by the name “Black World…
Andrew Deutsch & Ann Hamilton: The First Line (Sounds for Drawing) at Tampa Museum of Art
TAMPA, FL.- The Tampa Museum of Art presents Andrew Deutsch & Ann Hamilton: The First Line (Sounds for Drawing) on view at the museum from October 9 through October 31, 2010. Andrew Deutsch & Ann Hamilton: The First Line (Sounds for Drawing) is the cul…
André Kertész: On Reading at the Carnegie Museum of Art’s Works on Paper Gallery
PITTSBURGH, PA.- Henri Cartier-Bresson once said of himself, Robert Capa, and Brassaï, “Whatever we have done, Kertész did first.” He was referring to André Kertész, one of the giants of 20th-century photography, whose work is featured in…
Ordinary Madness Mines the Carnegie Museum of Art’s Rich Holdings of Contemporary Art
PITTSBURGH, PA.- Carnegie Museum of Art presents Ordinary Madness, an exhibition that mines the museum’s rich holdings of contemporary art to suggest an unsettling observation: that the ordinary is in fact laced with the contradictory, uncanny, an…
Recent Glass Sculptures by Tristano di Robilant at Faggionato Fine Arts
LONDON.- Faggionato Fine Arts presents Water-Point an exhibition of recent glass sculptures by the Italo-American artist Tristano di Robilant. The exhibition presents 9 works, which at first appear to be simple and rudimentary organic compositions in d…