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AD20/21: A New Modern To Contemporary Show For Boston
An exciting, all-new art and design show for Boston launches April 3-6, 2008 when Fusco & Four, producers of the Boston International Fine Art Show (BIFAS), present AD 20/21: Art & Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries. The show takes place at The Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street in Boston’s South End.
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Thousands Of Unique Objects At Almoneda 2008
ALMONEDA, the Antiques, Art Galleries and Collectors Fair, will bring together the most comprehensive range of objects with a sense of history that are at least 50 years old during the course of its eighteenth edition, which is due to take place between 29th March and 6th April at Feria de Madrid.
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Art Ireland Welcomes You To The Spring Collection
If the season of renewal has put you mind of brightening up your office or home, there’s no better way of achieving that fresh new look than with an original work of art from the fourth annual Art Ireland Spring Collection in the Main Hall of Dublin’s RDS from Friday to Saturday, 28th to 30th March 2008 next. With over 90 exhibitors taking part, this year’s Spring Collection is the most diverse yet, providing a unique showcase where collectors and connoisseurs can browse and buy from a huge selection of contemporary and modern art from both home and abroad.
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Christie´s Rediscover Watteau´s "La Surprise"
Christie’s announce the rediscovery of "La Surprise" by Jean-Antoine Watteau. The painting has been missing for almost 200 years, presumed to have been destroyed, and was previously known only by a copy in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace and through a contemporary engraving. It was found in the corner of a drawing room in a British country house during a valuation last year and will be offered at Christie’s auction of Important Old Master and British Pictures on 8 July 2008 where it is expected to realise £3 million to £5 million and establish a world record price for the artist.
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Governor General’s Awards In Arts Announcement Of Winners
The Canada Council for the Arts announced the names of the eight winners of the 2008 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts. Kenojuak Ashevak, Serge Giguère, Michel Goulet, Alex Janvier, Tanya Mars and Eric Metcalfe will receive awards for artistic achievement; Chantal Gilbert will receive the Saidye Bronfman Award for excellence in the fine crafts, while Shirley Thomson will receive the outstanding contribution award for her work as a cultural administrator, gallery director and arts advocate.
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Bridge Art Fair Announces Exhibitor List for Bridge New York
Bridge Art Fair proudly announces its list of exhibitors for Bridge New York ’08, which will take place from March 27 to 30 at the Waterfront, 222 12th Avenue, in the northern section of Manhattan’s Chelsea gallery district. This show marks the debut of the New York edition of Bridge Art Fair, which is rapidly gaining recognition as one of the most influential exhibitions in the contemporary art world.
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Sotheby´s To Feature Francis Bacon´s Triptych In May
On the evening of May 14, 2008, Sotheby’s sale of Contemporary Art in New York will feature a masterpiece of the 20th century, Francis Bacon’s "Triptych", 1976, the most important work by the artist in private hands. A masterwork of the first order, the potent concentration of imagery in "Triptych", 1976, provokes a wide range of possible interpretations in a painting which matches the tragic grandeur of Aeschylus. "Triptych", 1976, was the centrepiece of the artist’s most important show of new work of the 1970s, held at the Galerie Claude Bernard in Paris in 1977, which closely documented Bacon’s unease and restless mind during that time. One of only three large-format triptychs in the Bernard exhibition, it was illustrated on the cover of the catalogue. Acquired by the present owner at that time, it has been included in all the major surveys of the artist’s work to date, including the Tate Gallery, London, in 1985; Museo d’Arte Moderna, Lugano, in 1993; and the Musée National d’Art Moderne Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, in 1996.
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Grand Rapids Art Museum Is The First Gold LEED Art Museum
The Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) announced it has received a gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program, the first and only newly built art museum in the world to receive LEED certification.
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Art Dubai Grows In Size For 2008
Nearly 70 of the world’s leading contemporary and modern galleries from 29 countries, selected from over 350 applications will gather in Dubai today for the second Art Dubai fair (formerly the DIFC Gulf Art Fair), nearly doubling the size of the Fair for 2008.
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Jonathan Yeo At The Lazarides Gallery London
Jonathan Yeo, leading painter of celebrities and politicans of our time, will present a series of new works, inspired by his famous George W Bush porn collage, at Lazarides Gallery London. Yeo’s skill in portrait painting has seen him receive commissions from a huge variety of high-profile personalities, from David Walliams to Erin O’ Connor, Dennis Hopper to Bush. Yeo’s depiction of Tony Blair in 2008 with its blood red remembrance poppy has become the iconic image of the British Prime Minister around the world.
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MGM MIRAGE Unveils $40M Fine Art Program at CityCenter
MGM MIRAGE is unveiling initial plans for CityCenter's $40 million Fine Art Program. Opening in late 2009, CityCenter will feature works by acclaimed artists including Maya Lin, Jenny Holzer, Nancy Rubins, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Frank Stella, Henry Moore and Richard Long, among others. Validating CityCenter's status as a cultural destination of worldwide significance, the CityCenter Fine Art Program will feature numerous sculptures and fine art installations in both interior and exterior locations to create a dynamic and enriching fine art collection.
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Palm Springs Art Museum Received Gift Of Major Photography Collection
The Palm Springs Art Museum has received a transformative gift of 543 photographs and limited edition books with original photography dating from the mid 19th to the late 20th centuries encompassing a range of important artists and styles. The gift, received from an anonymous donor, significantly elevates the museum’s growing photography holdings and strengthens the permanent collection as a whole. The scope of the new collection ranges from early views of Egypt and the Holy Land by Francis Frith and photographs of Rome by James Anderson from the 1850s and 60s, to contemporary work by artists such as Duane Michals, Milton Rogovin, Jock Sturges, Joel Peter Witkin, and Arthur Tress.
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FBI's Real Indiana Jones At Penn. Academy
On Friday, March 7, as a part of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts’ Academy First Friday, Special Agent (SA), Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert K. Wittman will present a lecture entitled "U.S vs. Art Thieves: Tales from the FBI's Real Indiana Jones!"
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"I In The Sky" In The Heart Of Times Square
Internationally-acclaimed artist Raul Vincent Enriquez has joined forces with The Durst Organization and chashama, a non-profit arts organization, to present "I in the Sky," an exciting and interactive public art project. From March 6-April 26, 2008, New York City residents and visitors will have the chance to see themselves larger and brighter than life – 48 stories above Times Square.
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Clyfford Still Museum Unveils Design For Future Home
The Clyfford Still Museum unveiled the design for its future 31,500-square-foot home in Denver, scheduled to open to the public in 2010. Created by Brad Cloepfil of Allied Works Architecture, the design reflects the institution’s mission to preserve, present, and celebrate the work of this legendary American artist. The building will provide intimate, architecturally compelling spaces for the study and enjoyment of the museum’s extraordinary collection, which encompasses some 2,400 works spanning Clyfford Still’s career and is one of the most comprehensive single-artist holdings in the world.
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Christie´s First US Auction Devoted To Chinese Textiles
On March 19th Christie’s will be offering a superb single owner sale of Chinese textiles from the collection of Linda Wrigglesworth, a renowned dealer and collector in Chinese textiles whose dedication and passion contributed immensely to developing the Chinese textiles field into the buoyant collecting category it is today, especially in the area of Qing dynasty material (1644-1911). The upcoming sale at Christie’s New York will be the first single owner auction in the West entirely devoted to Chinese textiles and will consist of approximately 150 lots with an expected value of US$3.3 – 4.6 million. Several of the treasures that will be included in the sale have been published in Ms. Wrigglesworth’s seminal publication, Imperial Wardrobe.
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Carnegie Museum of Art Acquires Tennyson Vase
Carnegie Museum of Art announces the acquisition of the Tennyson Vase, 1867, a superbly crafted silver urn from the late 19th century, by British sculptor and designer Henry Hugh Armstead, and made by Hancocks and Sons, silversmiths to Queen Victoria. The vase was exhibited at the 1867 World’s Fair in Paris, and then at the 1873 World’s Fair in Vienna. In 1887, it was chosen as the Ascot horse racing cup to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. At that time, a British royal coat of arms and the words "ASCOT/1887/JUBILEE CUP" became part of the object’s decoration.
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