LONDON.- A handwritten account of an extraordinary trip to the remote areas of Western Australia?s North-West Coast is being auctioned at Bonham?s Travel and Exploration sale in London on 15 September 2010. In 1982, five famous Australians, the artist John Olsen, writers Dame Mary Durack and Geoffrey Dutton, the conservationist Vincent Serventy and the art dealer and collector Alex Bortignon, set out on a 10 week journey to visit Aboriginal and other isolated communities and to study the land fo...
BOSTON, MA.- To further add to its collection of material related to its historic properties, Historic New England is acquiring a bronze reclining figure by sculptor and artist Henry Moore (1898-1986) that was a gift from Moore to Walter and Ise Gropius and, during their lifetime, was displayed on a shelf in the living room of Gropius House in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Moore, one of the most celebrated sculptors of his time, visited the Gropiuses at their home in 1946, signed the guest book, and p...
Organized by the Bradywine River Museum, of Chadds Ford, PA, Elegant Enigmas opens at the Orlando Museum of Art on August 13, 2010.
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Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey will feature the work of master artist and author Edward Gorey (1925-2000). Described by The New Yorker as “an artist and writer of genius,” Gorey’s signature pen-and-ink illustrations and witty writings have led him to be considered one of America’s most imaginative and eccentric creative artists. The...
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Published 25-Jul-10
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Organized by the Bradywine River Museum, of Chadds Ford, PA, Elegant Enigmas opens at the Orlando Museum of Art on August 13, 2010.
About the exhibition -
Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey will feature the work of master artist and author Edward Gorey (1925-2000). Described by The New Yorker as “an artist and writer of genius,” Gorey’s signature pen-and-ink illustrations and witty writings have led him to be considered one of America’s most imaginative and eccentric creative artists. The...
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Published 25-Jul-10
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WASHINGTON, DC.- Late Italian Renaissance master Andrea Palladio (1508–1580) is considered one of the most influential architects in the Western world. His interpretation of ancient Roman architecture as a contemporary style spread throughout Europe and Britain to North America, and his finished buildings, drawings, and writings have become cultural touchstones. Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey presents 31 rare drawings by Palladio from the outstanding collection of the Ro...
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Published 25-Jul-10
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Artist: Andreas Schulze
Venue: Sprueth Magers, Berlin
Date: July 2 – August 21, 2010
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Press Release:
Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers are pleased to present for the first time an exhibition by Andreas Schulze in Berlin. It follows upon the large survey exhibition INTERIEUR. Werkschau Andreas Schulze at the Sammlung Falckenberg in Ham...
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Published 24-Jul-10
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WASHINGTON, DC.- Late Italian Renaissance master Andrea Palladio (1508?1580) is considered one of the most influential architects in the Western world. His interpretation of ancient Roman architecture as a contemporary style spread throughout Europe and Britain to North America, and his finished buildings, drawings, and writings have become cultural touchstones. Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey presents 31 rare drawings by Palladio from the outstanding collection of the Royal Ins...
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Published 24-Jul-10
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This Could Happen To You, BirminghamSubtitled Ikon In The 1970s, this show charts the gallery's life from a kiosk in Birmingham's Bullring to its status as one of the best-known UK galleries outside London. The guttural catharsis of Stuart Brisley's performance You Know It Makes Sense is engaged with a kind of desperate optimism. In contrast, Tim Mara and Boyd & Evans presented work that exposed the shallowness of the consumer façade.Ikon, to 5 Sep Robert ClarkUnderwater, Exeter...
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Published 23-Jul-10
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For an artist with a decade-long reputation for cheeky angst, Nick Relph can make work that is oddly facile and decorative. The young British artist’s solo show at Overduin and Kite (until recently he has teamed up with Oliver Payne) touches on fashion, authorship, integrity, subversive style and its exploitation, and the life of the street. But it fails to settle meaningfully anywhere.
A tilted fluorescent fixture mounted outside above the gallery door is invisible and inconsequential by day....
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Published 23-Jul-10
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ART PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW INDONESIAN ART EVENTS
New Zero Art Space in Myanmar and Cemeti Art House in Indonesia joined hands in June this year to present the collaborative project and exhibition “+Road,5 Myanmar Artists + 5 Jogja Artists“ in Yogyakarta. Within a tight schedule of two weeks, five Burmese artists and five Indonesian artists interacted and produced performances, videos and installations. These creations acted as a language through which the two distinctive cultures could communic...
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Published 21-Jul-10
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