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| Daniel Libeskind-Designed Contemporary Jewish Museum Celebrates Grand Opening |
Daniel Libeskind-designed Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM), in San Francisco. Photographer: Bruce Damonte - Courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco. View from Yerba Buena Lane at night.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The new 63,000-square-foot, Daniel Libeskind-designed Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM), in San Francisco's Yerba Buena cultural district celebrated its Grand Opening on Sunday, June 8, 2008. The ribbon cutting ceremony began at 10 AM, followed by a full day of activities for all ages. Visitors enjoyed admission-free access to the Museum from 11 AM - 5:30 PM. Daniel Libeskind's design is an adaptive reuse of the landmark 1907 Jessie Street Power Substation. Preserving the character-defining features of the substation, the new design introduces bold contemporary spaces dedicated to galleries, performances, and education programs....More
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| The 39th Edition of Art Basel Closes With Outstanding Results |
BASEL.-The 39th edition of Art Basel closed its doors on Sunday, June 8. The international reunion of the international art world attracted 60,000 artists, collectors, curators, and art lovers from around the globe. The participating galleries, Show Management, art connoisseurs, and the media were unanimous in pronouncing this a very good year for the illustrious show. Art 39 Basel...More
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| REAL - Photographs from the Collection of the DZ BANK at the Stadel Museum |
FRANKFURT.- Städel Museum presents “REAL – Photographs from the Collection of the DZ BANK”, on view through September 21, 2008. The Städel will present a selection of outstanding works from the DZ BANK art collection. On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the DZ BANK’s founding, the exhibition will provide a broader public with the opportunity to gain an impression of the quality...More
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| Spared from the Storm: Masterworks from the New Orleans Museum of Art |
STANFDORD, CA.- The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University presents “Spared from the Storm: Masterworks from the New Orleans Museum of Art,” on view through October 5, 2008. This exhibition includes 80 paintings, drawings, and sculptures by many of the most influential artists of the 17th through the mid-20th centuries, featuring works by renowned artists such as ...More
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| Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968 Opens at High Museum |
ATLANTA.- The most significant art-museum exhibition devoted to photography of the Civil Rights Movement in more than two decades premieres at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. "Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956–1968" will include unforgettable images that helped change the nation, increasing the momentum of the non-violent movement by ...More
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| Narrative Figuration Paris 1960-1972 at Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais |
PARIS.- Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais present Narrative Figuration Paris 1960-1972, on view through July 13, 2008. Narrative Figuration was never proclaimed as a movement as such. It grew out of the initiative of art critic Gérald Gassiot-Talabot and artists Bernard Rancillac and Hervé Télémaque who worked together in July 1964 to set up the exhibition “Mythologies quotidiennes” at the ...More
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| Carlos Rojas: A Visit to his Worlds at Museo Nacional de Colombia |
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.- The Museo Nacional de Colombia and the Casas Reigner Gallery present the exhibition titled Carlos Rojas: A Visit to his Worlds, on view through July 20, 2008. The exhibition was curated by three young researchers: Felipe González, Julián Serna and Nicolás Gómez, coordinated by the Curatorship of Art and History of the Museo Nacional. The exhibition proposes a ...More
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| New Yale Facility, With Restored Art & Architecture Building, Nears Completion |
NEW HAVEN, CT.- Yale's major new building comprising the renovated and restored Art & Architecture building, the Jeffrey Loria Center for the History of Art, and the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, will welcome studentsand staff in August 2008. The Art & Architecture building, which has been renovated with the support of Sid R. Bass, will be renamedPaul Rudolph Hall and will be officially ...More
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| New Museum Organizes First Elizabeth Peyton Survey |
NEW YORK.- The New Museum announces today that it will present the first survey of Elizabeth Peyton's work, including paintings, drawings, and prints. " Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton" premieres at the New Museum. The survey will include more than 100 works made over the past fifteen years. Peyton's oeuvre can be read in chapters, each of which feature portraits of friends, family...More
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| Painted Photographs: Colored Portraiture in India from the Alkazi Collection of Photography |
LONDON.- The Brunei Gallery, SOAS, presents Painted Photographs: Colored Portraiture in India from the Alkazi Collection of Photography, on view through September 27, 2008. This exhibition presents a unique Indian Photographic form: the painted photograph. This technique, which emerged during the second half of the 19th century, made an extensive use of colour tinting on images....More
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| City of Sydney Calls on Photographers - Sydney Life Opens for Artists |
SYDNEY.- The City of Sydney is calling on photographers to showcase their art in the $10,000 Sydney Life photographic competition and exhibition, as part of this year's Art & About public art festival. For the seventh consecutive year, Sydney Life will transform Sydney by exhibiting 25 large scale photographic works along the central walkway of Hyde Park North from 4-26 October 2008. ...More
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| York is Transformed into an Outdoor Gallery |
YORK, UK.- The National Gallery and Hewlett-Packard (HP) in collaboration with York Art Gallery unveiled the Grand Tour in York. Full life size recreations of paintings from the National Gallery and York Art Gallery will transform the streets of York into a gallery for the next 17 weeks. A total of 49 works – 45 from the National Gallery and four from York – will be hung around the ...More
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| Witte de With Announces the Publication of Manon de Boer |
ROTTERDAM.-Witte de With announced the publication of Manon de Boer. Co-published with the Frankfurter Kunstverein and Revolver on the occasions of Manon de Boer's solo exhibition at Witte de With curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen and Zoë Gray (25 January 25 to 24 February 2008) and her survey exhibition Manon de Boer: "The Time That is Left" at the Frankfurter Kunstverein curated by ...More
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