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Curator Jennifer Mergel stopped to look at a large portrait by American painter Scott Prior at the Museum of Fine Arts. The arresting image – roughly 5 square feet – of a woman and her dog doesn’t get the attention it deserves because it hangs ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:47:00 GMT
... long as I can remember," Valencia said the other day at the small Cactus Bra Space in the Blue Star Arts Complex, where an exhibition of her latest work just opened for Contemporary Art Month. "And it goes back to when I was raising my kids and ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:41:00 GMT
March 10 (Bloomberg) -- A record 263 dealers will offer paintings and other works worth $2.7 billion at the world’s largest art and antiques fair, anticipating the return of the billionaire big-spenders. The 23rd annual edition of the European Fine ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:55:00 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) marks 75 years as a pioneering force in art with exhibitions and events, including a series of three Thursday evening happenings that offer a sophisticated social experience for late ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:15:00 GMT
The 40th annual Scottsdale Arts Festival offers the works of more than 200 artists, but that's only the beginning. There are two stages offering continual music plus dance lessons, public art to check out and, of course, tempting food. Scottsdale ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:25:00 GMT
The Museum of Contemporary Art is many things, stark and ever changing, but it is very clear on one point, the art it houses is not modern. Without an extensive knowledge of art it can be hard to fathom the difference between modern and contemporary ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:51:00 GMT
For the past decade, I've had recurring visions about the future of Toronto, and they can be summed up this way: a dazzling cultural district with first-rate attractions and iconic architecture on prime waterfront land. Long before now it was ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:32:00 GMT
Linda Benedict-Jones. PITTSBURGH, PA.- Carnegie Museum of Art announces two staff promotions and two curators sharing responsibilities of the chief curator. Dan Byers, previously assistant curator of contemporary art, and Amanda Zehnder, previously ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:15:00 GMT
The works on offer in Amsterdam were the property of British American Tobacco The Netherlands and formed the largest collection of such art ever to come to auction in the country. Sotheby’s had expected to raise between 4.4 million and 6.3 million ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:55:00 GMT
Yui Kugimiya uses her paintings to create stop-motion animation. It’s an eye-catching form, stilted but compelling, like William Kentridge’s animated films made with drawings and erasures. But Kentridge, a South African, touches on issues of ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:25:00 GMT
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