LONDON (REUTERS).- Civil war was raging in Spain, bombs were exploding in Guernica, and Spanish artist Joan Miro, stranded in Paris, was painting “Still Life with Old Shoe,” where psychedelic colors spilled into everyday objects to create a scene of ni…
Artist as Activist: United Kingdom’s Tate Modern to Show Joan Miro: The Ladder of Escape
LONDON (REUTERS).- Civil war was raging in Spain, bombs were exploding in Guernica, and Spanish artist Joan Miro, stranded in Paris, was painting “Still Life with Old Shoe,” where psychedelic colors spilled into everyday objects to create a scene of ni…
Major Exhibition of Work by Queensland Artist Scott Redford at the Queensland Art Gallery
QUEENSLAND.- In a new exhibition, leading Queensland artist Scott Redford explores surf and pop culture through new and recent works, including many attributed to the fictional persona of Reinhardt Dammn. The major exhibition of paintings, sculptures a…
Laumeier Unveils New Blind Maquettes with Support From Lighthouse for the Blind – Saint Louis
ST. LOUIS, MO.- Laumeier Sculpture Park unveiled six new blind maquettes offering enhanced interpretation for visitors of all abilities. With financial and evaluative assistance provided by the Lighthouse for the Blind – Saint Louis , Laumeier has…
Diminutive Yet Powerfully Resonant Objects by Charles LeDray at the Whitney Museum
NEW YORK, NY.-The New York-based artist Charles LeDray, known for his diminutive yet powerfully resonant objects made of fabric, clay, and human bone, is the subject of a major mid-career survey this fall at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Organize…
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg Presents an Overview of Alberto Giacometti’s Mature Work
GERMANY.- Space does not exist, it has to be created… Every sculpture based on the assumption that space exists is wrong; there is only the illusion of space. – Alberto Giacometti, Notes, circa 1949. For the first time in 12 years, the Kunstmuseum W…
Major Sculptures and Projections by Seven Internationally Significant Artists at The Fruitmarket Gallery
EDINBURGH.- The Fruitmarket Gallery’s 2010 winter exhibition brings together major sculptures and projections by seven internationally significant artists from Britain and the United States in an exploration of what curator David Hopkins terms the …
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg Presents an Overview of Aberto Giacometti’s Mature Work
GERMANY.- Space does not exist, it has to be created… Every sculpture based on the assumption that space exists is wrong; there is only the illusion of space. – Alberto Giacometti, Notes, circa 1949. For the first time in 12 years, the Kunstmuseum W…
Major Sculptures and Projections by Seven Internationally Significant Artists at The Fruitmarket Gallery
EDINBURGH.- The Fruitmarket Gallery’s 2010 winter exhibition brings together major sculptures and projections by seven internationally significant artists from Britain and the United States in an exploration of what curator David Hopkins terms the …
Internationally Acclaimed Abstract Artist, Nathan Oliveira, Dies in Stanford at Age 81
NEW YORK, NY.- One of the leading American artists of the twentieth century, Nathan Oliveira maintained an abiding concern with the abstracted human figure for over fifty years, in a body of work unconstrained by the dictates of representational art. I…