Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) MACBA Collection 11 February–4 September 2011 Curators: Bartomeu Marí and Antònia Maria Perelló Organised by the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) Plaça dels Àngels, 1 08001 Barcelona www.macba.cat The MACBA Collection, which includes works owned by Catalan, Spanish and European institutions, both public and private, provides MACBA with […]
Moore College of Art & Design Receives Largest Endowment Gift In School’s History
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- In a major advancement for both its endowment and for the Moore College of Art & Design mission of preparing students for careers in the visual arts, Penny Fox, Chair of Moore’s Board of Trustees, and her husband Bob, have giv…
Exhibition at Fundació Suñol of 27 Works, Dating from 1924-1998, Reflect the Visions of 18 Artists
BARCELONA.- The Fundació Suñol has put together an exhibition of 27 pieces from the Josep Suñol Collection to help expand visitors’ knowledge of 20th-century art. It comprises work by 18 artists who played a key role in the field of visual arts…
Sylvie Clermont Madely Appointed Director National Gallery of Canada Foundation
OTTAWA.- Thomas d’Aquino, Chair of the National Gallery of Canada Foundation, announced the appointment of Sylvie Clermont Madely as Director of the National Gallery of Canada Foundation. The Foundation’s Board of Directors selected Ms. Madel…
Privateers of Utopia: The Art of Improving the World at Weserburg Exhibition
BREMEN.- With the exhibition “Privateers of Utopia,” the Weserburg is presenting thought-provoking impulses by artists with regard to the possibility of changing the world and society. The worldwide economic crisis has vividly demonstrated how dangerou…
Artist and Composer Ryoji Ikeda to Create Immersive Visual and Sonic Installation for Armory’s Vast Drill Hall
NEW YORK, NY.- Park Avenue Armory has commissioned artist and electronic composer Ryoji Ikeda to create a large-scale digital installation and sonic landscape as their third annual visual arts commission. Within the Armory’s immense 55,000-square-foo…
Major Commissions Awarded to Ground-Breaking Program for Disabled Artists
LONDON.- The London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, the UK Arts Councils and the British Council have awarded £820,000 funding to a new round of major commissions for Unlimited, the ground-breaking programme that celebrates arts and culture by disabled and de…
Inside Art: Creative Responses to the National Gallery’s Collection by Young Offenders
LONDON.- The National Gallery is to display artworks created by young men detained in Feltham Young Offenders Institution. The 48 works in the show are inspired by the Gallery’s collection and include paintings, prints, sculptures, drawings and co…
Colorado University Art Museum Opens Four Concurrent Exhibitions
BOULDER, CO.- In 2008, the CU Art Museum received 156 photographs by Andy Warhol as a gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts as part of the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program. The CU Art Museum premiered 112 of the gifted photograp…
"Interventions" Sculptural Furniture by Yoav Liberman, Windgate Artist in Residence at Purchase College
PURCHASE, NY.- In “Interventions” Yoav Liberman exhibits new works he created from found objects and discarded wood while in residence as a Windgate Scholar at the Purchase College School of Art + Design. The sculptural furniture pieces will…