Important Works on Paper exhibition Nov 17, 2009
Henry Moore, Seated Figure On Bench, 1958-59, double-sided drawing with pencil, pastel, and wash, 11 5/8 x 9 3/8 inches, signed and dated ... This exhibition includes works by Sam Francis, Shane Guffogg, David Hockney, Wassily Kandinsky, Minjung Kim, Andr; Masson, Henry Moore, Robert Motherwell, Jules Pascin, Pablo Picasso, Camille Pissarro, Larry Rivers, Ed Ruscha, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Andy Warhol. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Fountain recaptures its youth Nov 11, 2009
Roy, who has restored an 80-foot statue of Robert E. Lee, a Henry Moore sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Va. and countless other works around the United States and Europe, removed two stars from the plaque. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Atlanta Botanical Garden's scarecrows a fright of fancy Oct 2, 2009
The ABG s Moore in America Henry Moore exhibit also ends in late October ... I have the scarecrows set up so that if someone wants a shot of Henry Moore, they won t end up with a scarecrow in the background. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Kapoor Royal Academy show opens Sep 23, 2009
In the 1980s there were plans for Henry Moore to enjoy that accolade, but he died before the show opened. Razia Iqbal reports. (BBC News -- Europe)
Big sculptures superbly sited Sep 20, 2009
Here are displayed more than 100 large-scale sculptures by many of the most famous artists of the past 50 years, including Alexander Calder, David Smith, Henry Moore, and Louise Nevelson. In 1960, two businessmen purchased a Mountainville mansion for a museum devoted to landscape paintings. (Boston Globe)
At MIT, art collection is more than numbers Sep 4, 2009
With the help of a freely available map provided by the school, you can find yourself walking all over a stunning, brightly colored floor piece by Sol LeWitt, taking in outdoor sculptures by Alexander Calder, Mark di Suvero, Jacques Lipchitz, Louise Nevelson, and Henry Moore and sniffing out installations by such international stars as Frank Stella, Dan Graham, Matthew Ritchie, and Lawrence Weiner ... To execute a major conservation effort like this, it has to rely on applications to the Council... (Boston Globe)
Sculpture city in misunderestimated' Michigan Aug 25, 2009
Naturally the outdoor and indoor collections feature names such as Rodin, Degas, Henry Moore, Roy Lichtenstein, Barbara Hepworth and Louise Nevelson. Visitors love the unique carnivorous plant house, a desert garden and a tropical conservancy where visitors can enjoy the largest free-flying butterfly exhibit in the land. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Combo ticket: 'Moore & Monet' in Atlanta Jun 23, 2009
The combination ticket is called "Moore & Monet." It will allow entrance to "Moore in America: The Monumental Sculpture of Henry Moore" at the garden and "Monet Water Lilies" at the High. It also gives access to other special exhibitions and collections at both places. (Yahoo News)
MP expenses row widely reported May 17, 2009
The Observer says the mystery of what happened to a stolen Henry Moore sculpture has been solved. The disappearance of Reclining Figure, from the Henry Moore Foundation at Much Hadham in Herefordshire in 2005, baffled art and crime experts. (BBC News -- UK)
Hotter Topics May 1, 2009
Living in little more than a bump along state highway 50, about an hour east of Pueblo, the kids of the tiny ranching town are apt to know more about dust than they do about Rodin, more about milking cows than they do of Henry Moore. That's why CU-Denver sculpture major Bobby Doerr got involved. (UCD Advocate, CO)
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Photos: The Atlanta Botanical Garden is showcasing 20 pieces from famed sculptor Henry Moore. Kara and Bill Pumphrey have a slice of Savannah in their Duluth neighborhood. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Atlanta Botanical Garden unveils expansion Apr 29, 2009
The unveiled for the media Tuesday the first phase of its $55 million expansion, and its highly anticipated Henry Moore sculpture exhibit, which premieres Saturday. It s been a long project, said garden Executive Director Mary Pat Matheson of the six-year design and capital drive for the expansion. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
Virginia Deknatel, collector of art, museum benefactor Apr 18, 2009
"Frederick Deknatel taught at Harvard for some 40 years, where he became the William Door Boardman professor. His writings on the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch were among the first significant assessments in English of his work.With her husband, Mrs. Deknatel began collecting works by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Paul Cezanne, Paul Klee, Eugene Delacroix, and Emile Nolde. Mrs. Deknatel also purchased sculptures by Henry Moore, prints and drawings by Jasper Johns, along with prints and... (Boston Globe)
About the exhibit Apr 10, 2009
Outdoor exhibition of British artist Henry Moore's sculptures ... Photo, top left: Draped Reclining Mother and Baby, 1983, by Henry Moore ... (Courtesy Anita Feldman / The Henry Moore Foundation). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Home & Garden)
10 Favorite Sculptures Mar 22, 2009
A classic 1966 abstracted figure by the late English master Henry Moore, owned by the San Francisco Arts Commission. The figure's edges slice and jut; the greenish bronze surface is smooth and gouged, like some ancient rock formation. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Photographer Leibovitz pawns rights to her life's work Feb 26, 2009
Among artworks recently been taken in by the company are pieces by Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Henry Moore and even Picasso. Cash-strapped clients have borrowed against vintage film posters, antique teddy bears and valuable scientific instruments. (The Age, Australia -- National)
PAPER: Photographer Annie Leibovitz pawns life's work for loan to pay her mortgage... Feb 26, 2009
The company has recently taken in - and put into secure and climate-controlled specialist art warehouses for safekeeping - pieces by Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Henry Moore and Picasso. Clients have also borrowed against vintage film posters, antique teddy bears and valuable scientific instruments. (The Drudge Report)
New look for CT icon Feb 25, 2009
The quality of natural light in the lobby and the plaza has brought art exhibitions by Henry Moore, Jean Dubuffet, Mir and Mark Rothko among others. Digg | | | | | | Copyright 2002-2009 iafrica. (iAfrica.com)
Leibovitz pawns life's work in a scramble for cash Feb 25, 2009
Among the art works that have recently been taken in by the company, and put into secure and climate- controlled specialist art warehouses for safekeeping, are pieces by Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Henry Moore and even Picasso. Cash-strapped clients have borrowed money against vintage film posters, antique teddy bears and valuable scientific instruments. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Rose Art Museum a reminder there are many hidden gems Feb 15, 2009
But many of the best art collections are tucked away in universities - at Williams College, for example, where you can find work by Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper; and Tufts University, which has pieces by Henry Moore and John Singer Sargent; and Smith College, where you can see paintings by Pablo Picasso and Georges Seurat. The Davis Museum, at Wellesley College, is a beauty. (Boston Globe)
Mark Wallinger's white horse is a winner Feb 13, 2009
While there's barely an artist in the country who could create a convincing traditional statue and the days when Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth's Modernist sculptures were wheeled out to lend a contemporary edge feel as remote as the Renaissance what we have now is art that is pure entertainment. An installation such as Carsten Holler's steel slides, which swept recently through the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern, provided a great afternoon out with the kids and was understood by its audience as... (Telegraph.co.uk)
Monet auctioned for 11m - well short of reserve price Feb 7, 2009
A Henry Moore sculpture, Reclining Mother and Child, also fetched more than the predicted 2m. The auction was seen as a further test of the art market's health in difficult economic conditions. (BBC News -- Europe)
