WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Portrait Gallery will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865, with seven exhibitions, many of which draw heavily on the permanent collection. These rotating presentations, which mark e…
Archives of American Art Receives Second Multimillion Dollar Grant to Support Digitization Project
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Terra Foundation for American Art has awarded a $3 million grant to the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art to support another five years of the Archives’ digitization project and to fund a new position that will create and …
Amedeo Modigliani Biography Is Subject Discussion at The Library of Congress
Washington , DC – Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) was considered the quintessential bohemian artist, his legend almost as infamous as Van Gogh’s. In Modigliani’s time, his work was seen as an oddity: contemporary with the Cub…
Smithsonian American Art Museum Announces Artists Selected for Exhibition "40 Under 40: Craft Futures" Opening in 2012
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum has selected the 40 artists who will be featured in its upcoming exhibition “40 under 40: Craft Futures” that will be on view at its Renwick Gallery from July 20, 2012, through Feb. 3, 2013…
The Power of the Iconic Photograph Featured at Irvine Contemporary in Washington
WASHINGTON, DC.- Irvine Contemporary presents Image/Fame/Memory, an exhibition of works by four major portrait and documentary photographers, Curtis Knapp, Gerard Malanga, Billy Name, and Kate Simon, who worked mainly in New York City from the mid-1960…
National Portrait Gallery in Washington Presents "Calder’s Portraits: A New Language"
WASHINGTON, DC.- Best known for his abstract mobiles and stabiles, Alexander Calder (1898–1976) was also a prolific portraitist who created hundreds of likenesses over the course of his lifetime. An exhibition of these works is being shown at the …
First Nam June Paik Exhibition at National Gallery of Art Includes Ambitious Installation
WASHINGTON, DC.- A new exhibition featuring 20 works by groundbreaking contemporary artist Nam June Paik (1923–2006) will be on view through October 2, 2011, in the East Building of the National Gallery of Art. In the Tower: Nam June Paik is the t…
National Portrait Gallery Presents "Calder’s Portraits: A New Language"
WASHINGTON, DC.- Best known for his abstract mobiles and stabiles, Alexander Calder (1898–1976) was also a prolific portraitist who created hundreds of likenesses over the course of his lifetime. An exhibition of these works is being shown at the …
Luigi Presicce Wins Centre for Contemporary Culture Strozzina’s 2011 Emerging Talents Award
FLORENCE.- Emerging Talents is a biennial project promoted by the Centre for Contemporary Culture Strozzina (CCCS), Florence , comprising an exhibition and prize which aims to identify and foster the younger generation of Italian artists, aged between …
Candid Cameras Give a Chance to See Wildlife as a Scientist Does
WASHINGTON, DC.- Researching animals in the wild can be challenging, especially if it involves a rare or elusive species like the giant panda or the clouded leopard. To remedy this, scientists rely heavily on camera traps—automated cameras with mo…