Art & Artworks

Icons of Costume: Hollywood’s Golden Era and Beyond

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:27:20 +0000

Icons of Costume: Hollywood's Golden Era and Beyond Michener Art Museum April 17 - September 5, 2010 The James A. Michener Art Museum has organized an exhibition of Hollywood fashions worn by such classic stars as Loretta Young, Elizabeth Taylor, Errol Flynn and James Dean, as well as costumes and accessories used in more recent films featuring Harrison Ford, Kevin Costner and Sean Connery. Related posts:

The Essence of Things. Design and the Art of Reduction

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:02:01 +0000

The Essence of Things. Design and the Art of Reduction Vitra Design Museum 20.03.2010 – 19.09.2010 Introduction Do financially difficult conditions automatically lead to more economical and longer-lasting products? In this current discussion, both Darwinist model of the “survival of the fittest” as well as design icons from past crisis-ridden eras are presented as arguments. Related posts:

Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:46:56 +0000

Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Part I: March 26–September 6, 2010 Part II: June 4–September 1, 2010 Much of contemporary photography and video seems haunted by the past, by the history of art, by apparitions that are reanimated in reproductive mediums, live performance, and the virtual world. By using dated, passé, or quasi-extinct stylistic devices, subject matter, and technologies, such art embodies a longing for an otherwise unrecuperable past. Related posts:

Ayami Aoyama at Michener Art Museum

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:25:50 +0000

Ayami Aoyama Michener Art Museum (in the Outdoor Sculpture Garden) March 20 - June 20, 2010 The James A. Michener Art Museum presents stone sculptures by artist Ayami Aoyama in the Outdoor Sculpture Garden from March 20 through June 20, 2010. Situated between the Museum and the Bucks County Library Center, this exhibit features marble and granite works that suggest both figurative forms and the landscape, in a style that is at once minimal and abstract. Related posts:

Kevin Red Star at Missoula Art Museum

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:13:55 +0000

Kevin Red Star Missoula Art Museum April 2 – August 27, 2010 Missoula Art Museum (MAM) is pleased to present Kevin Red Star, a celebrated artist in our region. Red Star draws from his Crow tradition and culture for his subjects, both historical and modern. Related posts:

Julián Zugazagoitia Named Director of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:37:07 +0000

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art announced today that Julián Zugazagoitia has been named the new Director/CEO of the Nelson-Atkins, the fifth director in the Museum’s 75-year history. Zugazagoitia, 46, an international scholar, museum director and consultant who has served for the past seven years as the Director/CEO of El Museo del Barrio in New York, was the unanimous choice of search committee members and will begin his position Sept. 1, 2010. Related posts:

Annual Student Art Show: The Artist Behind the Architect

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:22:52 +0000

The University of Miami’s School of Architecture (SOA) will host its first Annual Student Art Show titled “The Artist Behind the Architect” from March 4-6 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day at the School’s Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center Irvin Korach Gallery (1215 Dickinson Drive, Coral Gables). The announcement came from the SOA’s Student Council leader Michael Galea. Related posts:

Utopia Matters. From Brotherhoods to Bauhaus

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:35:39 +0000

Utopia Matters. From Brotherhoods to Bauhaus Peggy Guggenheim Collection May 1 - July 25, 2010 The realization of a utopian society has always been an aspiration of humankind, but its achievement has been countered by the paradoxically dictatorial precepts upon which it must be founded. Related posts:

Man Ray – Robert Mapplethorpe

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:35:21 +0000

Man Ray – Robert Mapplethorpe Fondazione Marconi 24 march – 22 may 2010 On Tuesday 23 March the Fondazione Marconi presents the exhibition entitled “Man Ray–Mapplethorpe”, realized in tandem with the exhibition “Robert Mapplethorpe. The Perfection of Form” (running 12 March to 13 June 2010), organized by the Museo d’Arte in Lugano (Switzerland), and curated by Bruno Corà, in collaboration with the Mapplethorpe Foundation of New York. Related posts:

Women Only: Folk Art by Female Hands

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:52:45 +0000

Women Only: Folk Art by Female Hands American Folk Art Museum April 6 - September 12, 2010 The exhibition Women Only: Folk Art by Female Hands, on view from April 6 through September 12, 2010, highlights the wealth of female artistic expression from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Related posts: