PARIS.- Bernar Venet is the Palace of Versailles’s guest in 2011. He is taking over from Takashi Murakami who, as we know, attracted considerable interest and sizeable crowds in 2010. The exhibition is on view from June 1st through November 1st, 2…
Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil in Mexico City Shows Siqueiros ~ Landscape Painter
MEXICO CITY.- A term Siqueiros used to refer to the sketches that would eventually become murals, “portable paintings”, are the works presented in this one-of-a-kind exhibition—consisting of approximately eighty paintings and drawings—that showc…
Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil in Mexico City Presents Siqueiros: Landscape Painter
MEXICO CITY.- A term Siqueiros used to refer to the sketches that would eventually become murals, “portable paintings”, are the works presented in this one-of-a-kind exhibition—consisting of approximately eighty paintings and drawings—that sh…
Wide Range of Latin American Painting and Sculpture at Sotheby’s Sale on May 25 & 26
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s various owner sale of Latin American Art in New York on 25 and 26 May 2011 will showcase a range of Latin American painting and sculpture from the continents’ most important artists including exceptional works that ar…
VMFA Will Be The First US Museum Exhibiting Its Art In Beijing’s Palace Museum
RICHMOND, VA.- Governor Bob McDonnell today signed an historic cultural exchange agreement to bring “Treasures from the Forbidden City,” a showcase of approximately 200 objects from Beijing’s Palace Museum to Virginia in the summer of 2014. Th…
The LOOP Videoart Fair Comes to Barcelona in May
Barcelona.- The 9th annual LOOP Fair, dedicated exclusively to the promotion of video art and film takes place May 19 – 21 at the Hotel Catalonia in Ramblas, Barcelona. LOOP is the annual meeting point in Barcelona for video art lovers from ar…
Detained Artist Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads Opens in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads, the first major public art sculpture by celebrated contemporary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, makes its outdoor debut in New York at the historic Pulitzer Fountain in Grand Army Plaza, the gateway to Central P…
New Exhibition Highlights through Art and Photography the History and Impact of Aviation
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The fantasies and realities of flight and space exploration, as depicted through art and photography in the West and around the world, went on display in the Autry National Center’s new Skydreamers exhibition. The great journey o…
ArtQuilt Gallery NYC, the Only Showcase of its Kind in America’s Art Capital
NEW YORK, NY.- The ArtQuilt Gallery•NYC opened April 5, becoming the only commercial gallery for quilts in New York City, filling a void in the nation’s art center. Located in Manhattan’s Chelsea district, next to The City Quilter, the …
Sony World Photography Awards Winners Showcased at Somerset House
LONDON.- The Sony World Photography Awards Winners’ Showcase is the flagship exhibition of the World Photography Festival. Showcase theme ‘From Chaos into Order’ mirrors the process by which we make sense of photographs in the world. All of the Wo…