Bernd and Hilla Becher. Winding Towers. 1966-97. Nine gelatin silver prints, overall. The Museum of Modern Art. Acquired in honor of Marie-Josée Kravis through the generosity of Robert B. Menschel. © 2010 Hilla Becher
The addition of a major work to the collection is always an exciting event at MoMA. Bernd and Hilla Becher’s nine-part photographic work Winding Towers (1966–97) is one such highlight among recent acquisitions in the Department of Photography.
Bernd and Hilla Becher, known for the...
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Vienna, Austria - In autumn 2008, the Bank Austria Kunstforum will be presenting 270 highlights from the FOTOGRAFIS collection. After two decades – the last FOTOGRAFIS exhibition was in 1986. In the FOTOGRAFIS collection, started in 1976, the Bank Austria owns one of the earliest and most outstanding collections of photography in Europe. The exhibition FOTOGRAFIS collection updates positions in the history of photography, stylistic strategies of pictorialism and Neue Sachlichkeit (New ...
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Published 18-Jun-10
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LONDON.- An innovative and radical vision of the city is played out across an impressive elliptical chandelier screen, which stretches for 48 metres around the Sackler Hall, the hub and heart of the Museum?s new galleries. The cinematography of LDN24 takes its inspiration from the still frames, tone poems and landscapes of filmmakers and photographers such as Patrick Keiller, Andreas Gursky, Koyaanisqatsi and Edward Burtynsky. But The Light Surgeons craft a dynamic exchange with the living city...
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Published 12-Jun-10
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LONDON.- Christie?s announced that they will offer an icon of Pop Art ? Silver Liz by Andy Warhol (1928-1987) - at the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 30 June 2010. Unseen in public for over 20 years, the work was executed in 1963 and is one of only 2 paintings to depict the celebrated actress and Hollywood icon with her legendary violet eyes. Painted the year that she became the first $1 million actress, it is expected to realise £6 million to £8 million. The evening auction wi...
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Published 09-Jun-10
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6.30–8.30pm
Performance at 7.30pm
An evening event in collaboration with Studio Voltaire at the Serpentine Gallery. The evening will include a performance by artists Thea Djordjadze and Andreas Reihse in the Gallery, a concert related to their work Suedstadtvirus at La Chambre de Voltaire/Studio Voltaire in 2005. This will also be an opportunity to view the Nairy Baghramian and Phyllida Barlow exhibition, as well as Tim Davies’ project in the Sackler Centre for Arts Education.
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Published 08-Jun-10
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MUNICH.- With the exhibition of photographs by Michael Schmidt, the Haus der Kunst presents another formative position in contemporary photography. Works by Bernd and Hilla Becher, Robert Adams, Lee Friedlander, Andreas Gursky and William Eggleston have already been shown as part of this exhibition series. With 390 original photographs "Grey as Colour" is the most extensive overview of Michael Schmidt?s work to date. A third of the pieces are new works or ? like "89/90", whic...
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Published 21-May-10
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An international selection of artists, writers and curators tell frieze what they’re looking forward to in the near future
Armando Andrade Tudela, artist, Berlin, Germany
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Published 11-May-10
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