LONDON.- This year Tate Britain has commissioned conceptual artist Giorgio Sadotti to create the Tate Britain Christmas Tree. The work, entitled Flower Ssnake, is on display from 10 December 2010 until 5 January 2011. For Flower Ssnake, Sadotti has cho…
Tate Britain Commissioned Conceptual Artist Giorgio Sadotti to Create Christmas Tree
LONDON.- This year Tate Britain has commissioned conceptual artist Giorgio Sadotti to create the Tate Britain Christmas Tree. The work, entitled Flower Ssnake, is on display from 10 December 2010 until 5 January 2011. For Flower Ssnake, Sadotti has cho…
Glasgow-Born Sound Artist Susan Philipsz Wins 2010 Turner Prize for Contemporary Art
LONDON (AP).- An artist who used her own singing voice in an art installation won the prestigious Turner Prize award for contemporary art on Monday. Susan Philipsz received the 25,000 pound ($39,000) prize at the Tate Britain in London for her recordin…
Glasgow-Born Sound Artist Susan Philipsz Wins 2010 Turner Prize
LONDON (REUTERS).- Glasgow-born Susan Philipsz, the first artist working primarily in sound to be shortlisted for the Turner Prize, is the winner of Britain’s most prestigious art award when it is announced later Monday. Her “Lowlands” installation fo…
Glasgow-Born Sound Artist Susan Philipsz Favorite to Scoop 2010 Turner Prize
LONDON (REUTERS).- Glasgow-born Susan Philipsz, the first artist working primarily in sound to be shortlisted for the Turner Prize, is the bookmakers’ favorite to win Britain’s most prestigious art award when it is announced later Monday. Her “Lowlands…
Tate Britain is Changing: First Phase of Major Building Project Starts this Autumn
LONDON (REUTERS).- The national home of British art from the 16th century to the modern age has embarked on a major revamp of its galleries starting in 2011. Tate Britain — which houses works stretching from portraits of England’s Queen Elizabeth I to…
Tate Britain is Changing: First Phase of Major Building Project Starts this Autumn
LONDON.- This autumn Tate Britain embarks on a process which takes the gallery into the first phase of a major building project, through a period of transition and into a changed approach to showing the collections in newly refurbished galleries. The t…
Masterpieces From Tate’s Collection Travel to Oman for 40th National Day Celebration
LONDON.- An exhibition of masterpieces from Tate’s historic British collection, The Art of Seeing Nature: Masterpieces from Tate Britain will be presented at Sayyid Faisal bin Ali Museum, Muscat from 30 November 2010 to 25 January 2011. The exhibi…
Announcing the Winners of the Contemporary Art Society Annual Award for Museums, Commission to Collect, 2010
LONDON.- The winners are The Hepworth Wakefield and Wolverhampton Art Gallery in association with Film and Video Umbrella for their proposal with artist Luke Fowler. The award of £60,000 was presented on Tuesday 9 November and will enable the two muse…
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York: November Programs
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Avenue (at 89th Street) New York City http://Guggenheim.org/education This November, an exciting schedule of programs will take place at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, including the following: