KANSAS CITY, MO.- A new program at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art offers monthly tours through 2011 for people who are blind or visually impaired. Inspired by the 100th anniversary celebration of Alphapointe Association for the Blind, as many as nine …
Nearly 3,000 Calligraphers in Japanese Break Out the Brushes for Annual New Year’s Ritual
TOKYO (REUTERS) .- Nearly 3,000 people gathered in Tokyo on Wednesday from as far away as Brazil to break out their calligraphy brushes for an annual new year’s ritual to bring in 2011. Traditionally, people across Japan use ink brushes and paper to wr…
Prado Museum Loses Visitors in 2010 but More Students and Tourists Visit the Museum
MADRID.- The Museo del Prado, in 2010, concluded the third consecutive year surpassing the 2.7 million annual visitors, a figure that was reached for the first time since the opening of its expansion. The final number of visitors received by the Museum…
18 Cross-Generational Artists will Be Featured in MoMA PS 1’s Presentation of The Talent Show
NEW YORK, NY.- MoMA PS1 presents The Talent Show, featuring works by 18 artists in the First Floor Main Galleries beginning on December 12, 2010. The exhibition is curated by MoMA PS1 Curator Peter Eleey. In recent years, television’s reality sh…
Nottingham Contemporary’s First Year a Complete Success with Record Visitor Figures
NOTTINGHAM.- Nottingham Contemporary will celebrate its first anniversary on Sunday 14 November 2010. Nottingham Contemporary is widely regarded as one of the most exciting galleries in the country, in or out of London – with a large local audience an…
The Hayward Gallery Presents Seminal Works by Leading Artists in Move: Choreographing You
LONDON.- The Hayward Gallery presents seminal works and new commissions by leading artists in Move: Choreographing You. Exploring the historical and current relationship between visual arts, dance and performance, the exhibition focuses on visual arti…
The Hayward Gallery Presents Seminal Works by Leading Artists in Move: Choreographing You
LONDON.- The Hayward Gallery presents seminal works and new commissions by leading artists in Move: Choreographing You. Exploring the historical and current relationship between visual arts, dance and performance, the exhibition focuses on visual arti…
Fifty Auctions Later, Los Angeles Modern Auctions is Still Going Strong, Sale Totals $1.55 Million
VAN NUYS, CA.- Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) October 17, 2010 Modern Art & Design auction, LAMA’s 50th auction since 1992, totaled $1.55 million (including buyer’s premium) selling 65% of the 509 lots offered. Over 250 people registered for the a…
Second Cycle of Exhibitions for Espai 13 at Fundació Joan Miró Opens with Marcus Coates
BARCELONA .- The Fundació Joan Miró presents Implicit Sound, the second cycle of exhibitions for Espai 13 curated by multidisciplinary artist TRES. The title of the project not only stresses its connection with the previous Espai 13 cycle, Explicit S…
Largest Independent Contemporary Art Award Presents Its Nominees
MOSCOW.- The “Kandinsky Prize” established by “ArtChronika” Foundation in 2007 in the very short period became the independent institute of development, support and motivation of the modern Russian art. It became possible due to the…