LONDON.- Significant new acquisitions to Tate’s Collection by some of Britain’s most innovative contemporary artists are on display at Tate Britain. Presented in a newly re-hung suite of contemporary galleries, works by artists including Marc…
Kunsthalle Detroit, International Center for Contemporary Art to Open in Rough Section of Detroit
DETROIT, MI (AP).- A nonprofit group is trying to restore Detroit’s status in the art world by drawing artists to an unlikely place: a century-old former bank in a neighborhood so infested with crime that some of the building’s pipes were stolen and it…
Andy Warhol’s Portrait of Liz Taylor to Be Projected on Building During Exhibition
SOUTHAMPTON.- Southampton is getting ready to paint the town this coming Sunday (27 March), when it opens a major exhibition by Andy Warhol (1928 – 1987), one of the giants of 20th century art. Nearly 200 works, including paintings, prints, poster…
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Presents Jeff Koons: Artist Rooms Exhibition
EDINBURGH.- One of the most highly acclaimed and internationally successful artists working today is the focus of a new display at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art this spring. ARTIST ROOMS: Jeff Koons brings together a selection of 18 majo…
The Artangel Collection Brings the Moving Image to Audiences Across the UK and Beyond
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Artangel announced The Artangel Collection, a new initiative to bring 21 outstanding film and video works, commissioned and produced by Artangel over the past 20 years, to galleries and museums across the UK, and to commission new works…
The Artangel Collection Brings the Moving Image to Audiences Across the UK and Beyond
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Artangel announced The Artangel Collection, a new initiative to bring 21 outstanding film and video works, commissioned and produced by Artangel over the past 20 years, to galleries and museums across the UK, and to commission new works…
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Pays Tribute to Innovative Architect James Stirling with Exhibition
STUTTGART.- James Frazer Stirling (1926–1992) is considered one of the most influential and innovative architects of the second half of the twentieth century. With a selection of models and plans as well as theoretical writings and hitherto unpubl…
Late Night Opening for James Turrell Show this Thursday at Gagosian Gallery in London
LONDON.- As the result of overwhelming popular demand, the exhibition of light installations by leading American artist, James Turrell at Gagosian Gallery, Britannia Street will open until midnight on Thursday 9 December 2010, marking the final week of…
The Work of Alex Katz Travels to North Wales as Part of 2010 Artist Rooms Tour
LLANDUDNO.- The work of influential contemporary American painter, Alex Katz, comes to North Wales as part of the 2010 national tour of ARTIST ROOMS, a new collection of modern and contemporary art held by Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. The e…
Tate Archive Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary with Display and Over Forty Pledged Gifts to the Collection
LONDON.- Tate Archive will celebrate its 40th anniversary this week with a fascinating new display, 40 Degrees of Separation, featuring forty items from the Tate Archive Collection, all of them interconnected in sequence. From Kenneth Clark’s not…