New Work : New York Nov 12, 2009
His work is in numerous private and public collections including The Museum of Modern Art in New York, NY. ... His work is in numerous private and public collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, NY.. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Digital cloud plan for city skies Nov 11, 2009
Paola Antonelli, senior curator of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York who has seen the design described it as a "sculptural spectacle" and "a celebration of technology". Data streams. (BBC News -- Technology)
Save the date: Reading by Eleanor Antin, Saturday 21.11.09, Erna Hecey Gallery Nov 10, 2009
She has had numerous solo exhibitions, including at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, the Wadsworth Atheneum, and a major retrospective at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1999 which traveled to the Washington University Museum in Saint Louis before touring the UK. In 2009, Antin returned to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art with a solo exhibition titled "Classical Frieze" ... Antin is represented in major public collections including those of the Art Institute of Chicago,... (AbsoluteArts.com)
READ THE REVIEW (SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED) Nov 9, 2009
ABSTRACT: THE ART WORLD on a Bauhaus exhibit at MOMA. Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity at the Museum of Modern Art has some four hundred works by scores of masters and students. It is a cascade of invention, brilliant in itself and poignant for its varieties of foredoomed idealism. (New Yorker)
Newport Man's Lasting Legacy to Modern Art Nov 9, 2009
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City is world renowned for its collection of Picasso, Monet and Warhol ... "If you had told me that there is a multi-millionaire in Newport, Vermont interested in Modern Art you would have been able to knock me down with a feather," he said ... In a second floor gallery of the Museum of Modern Art, with paintings of Monet's water lilies hanging nearby, a plaque on the wall now marks the remarkable legacy of Newport's Michael Dunn. (WCAX.com, VT)
Melbourne gem helps city get its groove back Nov 8, 2009
On opening the exhibition last month, Heide Museum of Modern Art director Jason Smith compared Davidson to the ossicles, the three smallest bones in the body. They transmit vibrating sound waves through the ear, just as Davidson works, high above the streets, creating vibrations that help Melbourne hear its groove. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
Historic home far from traditional Nov 8, 2009
His modern design went hand-in-hand with his love for modern art. Saltonstall was the founding president of the Institute of Contemporary Art in 1936. (Boston Globe)
Today in History - Nov. 8 Nov 8, 2009
In 1929, New York's Museum of Modern Art first opened to the public at its original location in the Heckscher Building on Fifth Avenue, a day after an invitation-only showing. In 1932, New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated incumbent Herbert Hoover for the presidency. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
$180M take buoys hope for art market Nov 7, 2009
New York (CNN) -- A recent sale of Impressionist and modern art at Sotheby's auction house exceeded sales estimates and raised the hopes of industry insiders that a rebound is under way ... "Wonderful" said Emmanuel Di Donna, who is Sotheby's vice chairman for Impressionist and modern art worldwide, director of evening sales ... Cross-town rival Christie's declined to comment on Sotheby's huge night, but that auction house also had a good evening Tuesday, recording expected sales of just over... (CNN)
Pompidou art hits the road in a circus tent Nov 7, 2009
Paris' Pompidou Center plans to fill a colorful circus big top with Picassos, Matisses and Calders, creating a roving museum to take its masterpieces of modern art to France's culturally deprived rural regions and rough suburbs ... Paris' Pompidou Center plans to fill a colorful circus big top with Picassos, Matisses and Calders, creating a roving museum to take its masterpieces of modern art to France's. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
MoMA Film Press Release: Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You, Nov 19-22 Nov 7, 2009
NEW YORK, November 5, 2009 The Museum of Modern Art presents the fourth edition of Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You, an exhibition of the five films nominated for the IFP Gotham Independent Film Award Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You ... Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You is organized by Joshua Siegel, Associate Curator, Department of Film, The Museum of Modern Art; Michelle Byrd, Executive Director, IFP; Scott Macaulay, Editor, Filmmaker Magazine; and Milton... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Rare Degas bronze caps Grays auction Nov 6, 2009
This (sculpture) is a gateway to modern art. It s revolutionary. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Art under the big top: The roving Pompidou Nov 6, 2009
Paris' Pompidou Center plans to fill a colorful circus big top with Picassos, Matisses and Calders instead, creating a roving museum to take its masterpieces of modern art to France's culturally deprived rural regions and rough suburbs. More travel stories. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Record prices mark art sale boom Nov 6, 2009
A sale of Impressionist and Modern Art fetched more than than $180m (108m) at an auction house in New York, marking an unexpected boom in the market. Top of the lots was a bronze sculpture by Italian artist Alberto Giacometti which fetched more than $19m (11. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Invitation | Luc Tuymans | The Strand Bookstore Nov 5, 2009
The Strand Bookstore and D.A.P. invite you to join LUC TUYMANS signing copies of his new book published by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Wexner Center for the Arts, and D.A.P. Saturday, November 7th 2pm The Strand Bookstore 828 Broadway at 12th Street pre-orders available at www. strandbooks. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Artist explores the intricacies and its effects Nov 3, 2009
Antique collector and personal friend Edwin Ooi said: It is interesting that Phillip has chosen this rather cerebral topic but not surprising considering that contemporary art or modern art has its basis in the exploration of human emotions and conditions represented in art. . (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Arshile Gorky: The Shape Shifter Nov 2, 2009
Organized by Michael R. Taylor, the museum's curator of modern art, it has final galleries so triumphant, you want to throw your hat in the air, even though you know--and how could you forget. --that this is a story that will end where it began, in darkness. (Time.com)
Since You Asked: 99-Cent Only not opening this year Nov 2, 2009
The photo has been displayed in the New York Museum of Modern Art and recently sold for $3,346,456, according to the company. The stores are advertised as an exciting destination for price-conscious consumers "and a fun treasure-hunt shopping experience.". (Appeal Democrat, CA)
Rise of Elkann could finally lead to demise of car maker Nov 1, 2009
He is a life trustee of New York's Museum of Modern Art. Naples-born lawyer Grande Stevens, 81, has served as the secretary of Fiat's board from 1982 and was Gianni Agnelli's legal advisor. (Business Report, South Africa)
Architect brings transparency to W Hotel, Cambridge library Nov 1, 2009
All finishes and furnishings are by New York architects Bentel & Bentel, who did the marvelous Modern restaurant at the Museum of Modern Art. Here, though, they ve done less well. (Boston Globe)
Combating infertility problems Oct 31, 2009
Talking about modern techniques that are helping men with low sperm count achieve parenthood, Dr Sohani Verma, IVF in-charge at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, says that with modern ART using intra-uterine insemination , in vitro fertilisation and ICSI, couples with male infertility can be helped. "Even when there is no sperm in the semen sample, these can be retrieved from the testes using testicular sperm aspiration or testicular sperm extraction techniques, and thus pregnancy can be achieved.... (India Times, India)
Art market looks ugly Oct 31, 2009
It featured a specially designed show of Modern Art bringing together 25 museum-quality 20th century works gathered by some of the world's leading dealers, including Gagosian, PaceWildenstein and Acquavella. Among them was a Mondrian titled "Composition with Blue, Red and Yellow", estimated at $35-million and said to be the most valuable in private hands. (iAfrica.com)
Roy DeCarava; photographer chronicled jazz, life in Harlem Oct 30, 2009
Some of his works were featured in the 1950 New York exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, The Family of Man, that was curated by renowned photographer Edward Steichen ... His works are in the collections of major museums, including the National Gallery of Art and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.; the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. (Boston Globe)
NAi Booksellers newsletter October 2009 Oct 30, 2009
From the early buildings accomplished in Naoshima, Osaka and Oyamazaki, through the Pulitzer Center in Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art in Fort Worth, and the restructuring of Palazzo Grassi in Venice, readers will be guided into the reserved and rigorous world of Tadao Ando, gaining a sense of the "secret" of his project work. Occasions. (AbsoluteArts.com)
November at the Center for Creative Photography Oct 30, 2009
Guest curator Sally Stein takes as a starting point the 1941 juried photography exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, Images of Freedom, and considers in particular how the strange yet successful submission by Gutmann exemplified his own defiance of convention and his love of the anti-traditional in his adopted homeland. Stein is Associate Professor Emerita in the Department of Art History at the University of California and continues as an independent scholar to study American photography and... (AbsoluteArts.com)
New MoMA tower gets go-ahead Oct 30, 2009
An 82-storey extension to New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has been approved by the city council. The extension, to the west of the current museum building, will include three floors of new gallery space, hotel rooms and luxury apartments. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Press Release: "Chinese Masters Prints" at Public Art Space, Pan Pacific Singapore Oct 29, 2009
An ideal partner and guide amidst the vast landscape of Modern Art today, Yang Gallery assists in selecting art to suit different tastes and budgets as well as advises on the investment potential of the resident artists. For more information on the gallery, visit. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Nordic-China Arts Festival opens in Beijing Oct 27, 2009
"In the modern art jewelry field we often hear artists talking about identity," says jewelry designer Dai Xiang. "As an artistic media, artists use it as a way to express themselves. The context has already gone beyond jewelry design. It is a symbol of self-identification.". (Xinhuanet, China)
Brussels: Europe's great secret Oct 25, 2009
The Museum of Modern Art next door also makes for an enjoyable stroll. Brussels has its silliness, too. (CNN -- International)
Nancy Spero; feminist artist addressed political violence; at 83 Oct 24, 2009
Ms. Spero had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1992 and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles in 1988. A traveling career retrospective was organized by the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, N.Y., in 1987. (Boston Globe)
Kyffin 'inspired' drawing winner Oct 24, 2009
She said: "He lamented the lack of the teaching of drawing in modern art schools.". Ms Theunissen won the 3,000 Kyffin Williams Drawing Prize for Deep Inside, her charcoal of a derelict factory. (BBC News -- UK)
When Tinguely met Rauschenberg Oct 23, 2009
A few months later Tinguely staged his Homage to New York in the garden of the Museum of Modern Art. This huge mass of metal recycled scraps was the Swiss artist's first self destructing sculpture. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Exhibition and artists news Oct 22, 2009
s works in The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) are now documented in the new catalog of the collection, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Catalogue Raisonn;, published by the museum (2009). in the museum collection. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective Oct 22, 2009
Curator Michael Taylor The Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art. Location Dorrance Special Exhibition Galleries, first floor. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Parviz Tanavoli & Abbas Kiarostami Exhibition Press Release Oct 22, 2009
His works are housed in international private and public collections, including the British Museum, London; Grey Art Gallery, New York University Collection; Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota; Esfahan City Center; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Nelson Rockefeller Collection, New York; Museum of Modern Art, Vienna; Olympic Park, Seoul; DIFC, Dubai; and Royal Society of Fine Arts, Amman ... Exhibitions of his work have been held in France, Italy, Spain, Norway, Germany, UK, Russia, China,... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Read Indepth Article Oct 22, 2009
Benefiting from new biographical information that has come to light in recent years, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective will present a critical reassessment of this key figure in modern art ... Curator Michael Taylor The Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Toluca Editions: 6 Projects Oct 21, 2009
Last year, the 16 works published by Toluca were exhibited at Mexico Citys Museum of Modern Art in a scenography conceived by Mauricio Rocha one of Mexicos leading figures in contemporary architecture ... Founded by young architect Oki Sato in 2002, NENDO has received more than 30 design awards, their iconic "cabbage chair" made of paper waste generated by the fabrication of Issey Miyake's Pleats Please, is currently on view at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Inside Tim Burton's wonderland Oct 21, 2009
An exhibition chronicling his 27-year career will travel from the Museum of Modern Art in New York to the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne. It will bring together more than 700 examples of rare drawings, paintings, photographs and puppets and costumes. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
Flood washes away artist’s work Oct 19, 2009
She took the degree she earned in studio art from Hollins University in Virginia and money from waiting tables and made a go of it interning in New York City galleries and eventually the Museum of Modern Art. The experience was great, the money was not. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Exhibition of Chinese, Belgian modern art opens Oct 18, 2009
Exhibition of Chinese, Belgian modern art opens in Brussels - People's Daily Online ... Exhibition of Chinese, Belgian modern art opens in Brussels ... Fan Di'an, director of the National Art Museum of China and one of the curators of the show, said an important feature of this exhibition was putting works of modern artists from China and Belgium side by side in the same exhibiting room. (People's Daily Online, China)
New conductors in LA, NY pose a challenge to the BSO’s agenda Oct 18, 2009
In that spirit, critics routinely lament that culturally curious people who follow contemporary trends in literature or modern art seem blithely oblivious to classical music. Big orchestras, including the BSO, need to be giving them more reasons to feel otherwise. (Boston Globe)
'Whirlwind' Swiss curator tops modern art power list Oct 15, 2009
Whirlwind' Swiss curator tops modern art power list - Yahoo ... Whirlwind' Swiss curator tops modern art power list ... Glenn D Lowry, the director of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, comes second in the list, while the director of London's Tate, Nicholas Serota, is third. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Hirst tumbles down art power list Oct 15, 2009
ART POWER LIST 2009 1 Hans Ulrich Obrist - Director, Serpentine Gallery 2 Glenn D Lowry - Director, Museum of Modern Art, New York 3 Sir Nicholas Serota - Director, Tate Gallery 4 Daniel Birmbaum - Director, Venice Biennale 5 Larry Gagosian - Owner, Gagosian Gallery Source: ArtReview magazine. Entrants from Germany have increased this year, reflecting the growing importance of Berlin as a centre of art. (BBC News -- UK)
Central Texas Womans Red-Bull-Inspired Sculpture Wins The Prize Oct 15, 2009
Beale, 53, won a trip to the Art Basel modern art exhibition in Switzerland. She worked for years as a childcare professional, but more recently has devoted her energy to art, creating a mural for a Ronald McDonald House, a life-size nativity scene and paintings and small sculptures. (KWTX.com, TX)
Red Bull-inspired art on view at Union Station Oct 14, 2009
Beale wins a trip to the Art Basel modern art exhibition in Switzerland. On the Net. (KSLA.com, LA)
Recreating the artist's hand Oct 14, 2009
In his 30th year constructing and coordinating art installations inside the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Kent Roberts take on the commercial scene is marked by a certain jaded familiarity. I see the whole politics of it, says the 62-year-old Moss Beach sculptor, who works as chief preparatory and exhibition design manager at MOMA. It s not a pretty picture. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
Hudsons Dog statues move from streets to homes Oct 12, 2009
The auctioned statues ranged the entire spectrum of artistic aptitude, from detailed works portraying the flowing fields of Columbia County, to painted faux stained-glass, to flashy modern art pieces covered in mirrors. As the auction wound down, it seemed that many of the auction-goers agreed with Cannavo about their new pieces of art being their favorite parts of the auction, with people either showing off their new trophies, or delicately carrying them down the stairs to load safely into... (Hudson Register Star, NY)
What will happen to the reputation of Hyman Bloom, one of Boston’s most celebrated artists? Oct 11, 2009
After visiting New York s Museum of Modern Art, Bloom fell under the influence of Georges Rouault and Chaim Soutine ... Bloom was included in an important American art survey at the Museum of Modern Art in 1942, and became known as one of the country s most influential young painters. (Boston Globe)
Charles Seliger, 83; painted jewels of imaginary nature Oct 10, 2009
He began painting and drawing as a child and, after moving to Jersey City in 1940 and discovering a copy of Amedee Ozenfant s Foundations of Modern Art, experimented with the styles of Aubrey Beardsley, Persian miniatures, and Cubism ... In 1946, the Museum of Modern Art bought Natural History: Form Within Rock for its permanent collection, and in 1948 he was given his first important museum exhibition, at the De Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco. (Boston Globe)
Gallery Glimpses Oct 9, 2009
His works are part of public collections in the United States and abroad, including the Australian National Gallery, Canberra; Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. This installation is made possible by the Helyn MacLean 80 Endowed Program Fund. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
SFMOMA Futurism banquet a food flight Oct 9, 2009
The trussed-up cow will be bound for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, where it will be carved and turned into stews and savory cones - right in front of diners - as part of an avant-garde banquet celebrating the 100th anniversary of Futurism. With the main course arriving by motorcade, wine being served out of giant gas cans and desserts parachuting in for the finale, the dinner is as much about performance as it is palatability. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Paintings at the White House Oct 8, 2009
William Allman, the White House curator, told The Washington Post that the Obamas' picks express "probably more interest in truly modern art". Jackie Kennedy brought Cezanne to the White House, while Hillary Clinton liked abstracts by Kandinsky, de Kooning and works by Georgia O'Keefe. (India Times, India)
Irving Penn, 92; his sparse, lustrous portraits revealed Oct 8, 2009
The calm spareness of his vision and manner in his pictures was breathtaking, John Szarkowski, director of photography at New York s Museum of Modern Art, once wrote ... Mr. Penn s photographs are in the permanent collections of numerous institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Morgan Library, the Getty Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago. (Boston Globe)
Abstract modern - White House hang reveals Obamas' tastes Oct 8, 2009
Obamas reveal modern art tastes. Ed Ruscha's I Think I'll. (BBC News -- Americas)
Celebrity photographer Irving Penn dies Oct 8, 2009
An exhibit of 14 large prints of cigarette and cigar butts at the Museum of Modern Art in 1975 was more controversial. It was lauded by some critics as a powerful elevation of the banal to the monumental, but criticized by others as self-indulgent. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
NYC Residents Furious Over Proposed Empire State Building-Sized Tower In Midtown... Oct 7, 2009
There's a fight over a proposed new structure near the Museum of Modern Art that would as be as tall as anything in New York City ... A dramatic sliver of a structure on a narrow lot between 53rd and 54th street near the Museum of Modern Art had the neighbors begging the City Council planning committee Tuesday: "Don't let 'em do it." ... "This is vital because the Museum of Modern of Art does not receive direct support from either the city or the state. We depend entirely on our endowment,... (The Drudge Report)
From the Editor: Here’s one opinion I’m not offering Oct 7, 2009
It wasn t long before I found myself staring at a piece of modern art that I just couldn t figure out. I ll spare you the dramatic buildup and get to the punch line: I nudged the guy next to me and said, Have you ever seen anything uglier in your life. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Manhattan Walking Tours in NYC Oct 6, 2009
Museums along the famed museum mile include the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 5th Ave.), the Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53 St.), the Guggenheim Museum (1071 5th Ave.), and El Museo del Barrio (1230 5th Ave.). Planning a Budget NYC Vacation. (Suite101.com)
Ordinary life has become an underachievement Oct 5, 2009
You try creating modern art if you can't actually draw, paint, sculpt or photograph and then see how you feel. Shari Kirchner. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
A rare Chicago visit by a Caravaggio Oct 4, 2009
This Museum of Modern Art exhibition displays more than 400 works - paintings, furniture, textiles, and much else besides - to indicate both the range of the school s handiwork and its impact on 20th-century culture. 11 West 53d St., 212-708-9400. (Boston Globe)
America's Best DJ Z-Trip Ignites a Revolution as the New Resident at Rain Nightclub Oct 3, 2009
The Smithsonian, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, New York's Museum of Modern Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London all include Fairey's work in their collections. To be part of Z-Trip's Revolution, purchase tickets at. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Newsweek: Afghan war from Taliban's viewpoint Sep 30, 2009
Propaganda is plentiful, as are prideful boastsand the Taliban have certainly been quick studies at the modern art of information warfare. But the fears and ambitions of ordinary fighters are too often buried under statistics and theories propounded from thousands of miles away. (MSNBC -- International)
Editor's note Sep 30, 2009
Today's Leah Garchik column (Datebook, E8) includes an item about a San Francisco Museum of Modern Art event held last week that mentions arts patron Donald Fisher. It should have been edited to reflect Fisher's passing over the weekend. (San Francisco Chronicle)
SFMOMA mapping out wing for Fisher art. Maybe. Sep 30, 2009
Gap co-founder Donald Fisher's final gift to the city before his death Sunday came last week, when his family reached an agreement to display their renowned art collection with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ... Articles Gap co-founder Donald Fisher's final gift to the city before his death Sunday came last week, when his family reached an agreement to display their renowned art collection with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Photographer stirs an awed audience Sep 30, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO -- It would be entirely too much of a gimmick for a world-renowned museum, but imagine this: When you exited the expansive Richard Avedon photography show at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, a visitor could be blinded by a gauntlet of papparazi flash bulbs. Can't you see it. (Fresno Bee)
