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Charles Clough: The Way to Clufffalo‏

University at Buffalo Charles Clough: The Way to Clufffalo March 31–May 19, 2012 University at Buffalo Art Gallery, Center for the Arts The State University of New York at Buffalo www.ubartgalleries.org Charles Clough’s experiments with additive and subtractive paint applications are often filtered through an array of media and information technologies. His invocations of the […]

WWII Nurse in Iconic Times Square Kissing Sailor Photo Dies at 91

LOS ANGELES (REUTERS).- A nurse famously photographed being
kissed
by an American sailor in New York’s Times Square in 1945 to celebrate
the end of
World War Two has died at the age of 91, her family said on Tuesday. The
V-J Day
pictur…

Anne Frank’s Full Diary on Display at the House Where She Wrote It

Dutch queen Beatrix (L) and Teresien da Silva (R), head of collections of the Anne Frank Foundation, look at the original diaries of Anne Frank in the House of Anne Frank in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 28 April 2010. It's the first time the works are being exposed, as the museum marked its 50th anniversary. EPA/ Marcel Antonisse

AMSTERDAM (AP).- Nearly all of Anne Frank’s diary
went on display for the first time at the Dutch house where she wrote it
during
the two years the Jewish teenager was in hiding from the Nazis. The
notebooks
and pages that comprise the World War II diary have been moved into the
Anne
Frank House museum to mark 50 years since it opened its doors to the
public.
Dutch Queen Beatrix opened the exhibition, then attended a commemoration
at the
17th century Western Church a few dozen steps from museum.

Idea Generation Gallery hosts Storm Thorgerson One of the Great Album Artists

Pink Floyd The Division Bell 1994. Design by Storm Thorgerson & Keith Breeden © Pink Floyd.

LONDON.- Idea Generation Gallery presents a
unique
exhibition uncovering some of the events, exstallations, sculptures,
images,
drawings, and ideas behind Storm Thorgerson’s 40 year career as one of
the
pioneers of original commercial design. The retrospective is not only an

exhibition of his most celebrated covers but also offers a unique
insight into
the otherworldly and incongruous work Storm is carrying out today. On
exhibition
2 April through 2 May, 2010.

Wayne Thiebaud ~ Seventy Years of Painting at the San Jose Museum of Art

Wayne Thiebaud - "Watermelon Slices" 1961 (detail) - Oil on canvas. Private Collection - © Wayne Thiebaud/Licensed by VAGA, New York

SAN JOSE, CA.- The San Jose Museum of Art presents
“Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting,” a survey of more than one hundred twenty
works
drawn from the oeuvre of the celebrated painter.
Thiebaud is best known for his vibrantly colored paintings of bakeries and
delicatessens and has also specialized in Northern California landscapes, San
Francisco cityscapes, and colorful beach scenes. A variety of these paintings
will be on display along with prominent drawings and rarely seen figurative
works spanning his career. On view February 16, 2010 through July
4, 2010.

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