]> http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/news Arthistoryclub.com news feed en http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31379 The Tea & Tiffany series ends Wednesday with a presentation at 7 p.m. at Willard Memorial Chapel in Auburn. The curator of the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art will talk about conserving the collection of Tiffany's work at the museum in Winter Park, Fla. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:29:01 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31380 The exhibition of 75 treasures of early modernism from the permanent collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art that opens today at the Detroit Institute of Arts includes one of those luscious Matisse interiors that make the knees go weak. The best thing about "Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art" is that the pleasure principle reigns supreme. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:29:07 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31402 Dennis and Debra Scholl, among Miami's top contemporary art collectors, should be more frazzled right now. Their house off the Venetian Causeway is a jumble. The furniture has been pushed out of the way and workers are traipsing through every room wielding hammers. There's art coming, art going, art stacked against every wall. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:29:22 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31382 In every branch of the arts, but especially visual art, conglomeration drives 21st-century creativity. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:29:09 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31399 The work of artist Huma Bhabha is intriguing, mystifying and captivating. A small but powerful show of her work is now at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:29:21 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31405 Ambitious, globe-spanning show may make New Orleans a major art destination Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:29:25 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31398 A Greenville gallery director recently received an invitation to this week’s fundraising gala for Columbia’s 701 Center for Contemporary Art. She had never heard of it and couldn’t quite make out what it was or who was running it. But she did see some well-connected folks listed as underwriters on the invitation. The center — or CCA, as those involved are calling it — is a nonprofit gallery for ... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:29:20 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31397 Their gossip may be casually littered with talk of financial meltdown, but the world’s super-rich will be out in force in London next week to take part in one of their favourite pastimes that is seemingly impervious to the turbulence of the global economy: the buying of contemporary art. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:29:20 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31406 SINGAPORE: For close to a decade, Chinese and Indian contemporary art has been setting record new prices every year. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:29:25 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31362 Memphis Brooks Museum of Art will receive 50 works of contemporary art through a program established by the National Gallery of Art, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:29:17 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31363 After spending some quality time with the most popular boy wizard, you can see experimental shorts by muggles at the Institute of Contemporary Art. The International Experimental Cinema Exposition , a national group that highlights innovative, experimental films, will be showing works by local filmmakers, who will be on hand for a Q&A. Also attending will be Christopher May, Exposition ... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:29:17 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31349 SAVANNAH -- The Telfair Academy Guild will meet at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Telfair Academy Museum in Telfair Square Rotunda. The lecture will be presented by Dr. Julie McGuire, professor of art history at Georgia Southern University. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:29:10 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31351 This symposium, part of the Amon Carter Museum’s Anne Burnett Tandy Distinguished Lectures in American Art, explores the work of Alfred Jacob Miller, the first American artist to visit the heart of the Rocky Mountains. Speakers include Yale University history professor John Mack Faragher, University of Illinois art professor Jennifer Greenhill, University of Oklahoma art history professor ... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:29:11 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31352 MBA graduates aren't used to sweating the job market. But with the global financial crisis worsening by the hour, business majors may be left wondering whether they should've studied art history or philosophy instead. That's how uncertain it has become for students completing a master's in business administration, or other business-related degrees. "I feel very fortunate to be in school at this ... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:29:11 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31350 This exhibition, which aims to show the secret and intimate side of one of the most popular artists in art history, draws from the collection of the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo. Curator Marco Goldin has selected 20 paintings and 85 works on paper from throughout the artist's life. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:29:10 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31365 The new Saatchi Gallery has just opened on the famous Kings Road in Chelsea, London. And in Spain, Elvis Presley is the subject of an exhibition in Salamanca. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:29:18 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31361 Dennis and Debra Scholl, among Miami's top contemporary art collectors, should be more frazzled right now. Their house off the Venetian Causeway is a jumble. The furniture has been pushed out of the way and workers are traipsing through every room wielding hammers. There's art coming, art going, art stacked against every wall. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:29:16 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31345 From the streets of Harlem to the pitiful slums of Brazil, Gordon Parks focused his lens — and his life — on subjects that many people would prefer to ignore. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:29:07 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31360 A Winnipeg artist found nothing but bad news in the trunk of her vehicle Thursday morning, after thieves made off with thousands of dollars of her artwork. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:29:16 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31348 Keith Holz, assistant professor of art at Western Illinois University, does not particularly like or dislike photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, the subject of his lecture last Wednesday in Malpass Library. Instead, he sees him as an important figure in art history, and said, summarizing his body of work, "(Mapplethorpe) has pictures for everyone, and pictures to upset just about anyone. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:29:09 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31343 ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- His mane bristling, the roaring lion bares his teeth as he pins down a defiantly hissing snake, every hair and rippling muscle in the big cat's body faithfully captured in bronze. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:29:01 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31364 With prices for Chinese contemporary art now out of many reach for many collectors, some are looking to Korean artists. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:29:18 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31303 A proposed deal between the IPL and Sri Lanka cricket means 2009's Test tour of England will 'definitely not take place' Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:01 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31305 Iowa City, Ia. — Nearly 250 works of art from the University of Iowa Museum of Art’s collection have returned to campus following the June floods that closed the museum. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:11 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31304 Mario Sanchez's detailed carvings brought to life the Key West of the early 1900s, when the Monkey Man roamed the streets with a barrel organ and kids traded bottles for balloons from the island's original recycler. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:10 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31342 The theory of plate tectonics has always fascinated me. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:38 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31312 This symposium, part of the Amon Carter Museum’s Anne Burnett Tandy Distinguished Lectures in American Art, explores the work of Alfred Jacob Miller, the first American artist to visit the heart of the Rocky Mountains. Speakers include Yale University history professor John Mack Faragher, University of Illinois art professor Jennifer Greenhill, University of Oklahoma art history professor ... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:15 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31330 Tatzu Oozu changes the context of the James Cook monument in Victoria Square, Christchurch New Zealand. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:30 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31306 Dr. Palade?s discoveries about the intricate inner workings of cells were useful in understanding protein production, the basis of the modern biotechnology industry. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:11 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31311 A wedding gift, given to a young couple in 1955, led a retired college professor to uncover perhaps one of Missouri -- and Saline County's -- great artists from the 19th century. However, the artist, William B. Cox, had been all but forgotten in art history. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:14 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31310 Discover a selection of remarkable stained glass during the inaugural tour of "Inspired by Faith: Stained Glass in Waterbury," hosted by the Mattatuck Museum Art & History Center on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:14 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31329 1.) I continue to be disappointed in the strange behavior of many of Washington's under-performing museums. The latest unfortunate trend: DC museums are teaming up with dealers for their programming: The Hirshhorn has signed up with at least one dealer for a talk. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:29 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31359 A fourth-generation Pittsburgher, Henry Ossawa Tanner was born in a house on Enoch Street in the Hill District that had served as a station along the Underground Railroad. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:29:15 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31319 A fourth-generation Pittsburgher, Henry Ossawa Tanner was born in a house on Enoch Street in the Hill District that had served as a station along the Underground Railroad. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:22 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31333 Works by an innovative group of artists from throughout the world will be featured in the second show of the new Preston Contemporary Art Center, opening with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and running through Dec. 21 at the center, 1755 Avenida de Mercado in Mesilla. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:31 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31334 Poetic collage, screen printing and contemporary sculpture will all be included in an art exhibition opening Friday at Mainsite Contemporary Art, 122 E. Main St. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:32 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31325 Zhang Xiaogang (Born in 1958), Bloodline: Big Family, No. 2 signed and dated ‘Zhang Xiaogang; 1995’ in Chinese & Pinyin (lower right) oil on canvas 180 x 230 cm. (71 x 90 1/2 in.) Painted in 1995. Estimate: US$3,846,100 – 5,128,200. Christie's Images Ltd. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:27 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31309 Stanford will construct a new building for its Art and Art History Department, uniting the department under one roof, thanks to more than $200 million in gifts earmarked for arts education at the university. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:14 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31308 As a high schooler studying under a French teacher with a penchant for art history, Silvia Karman Cubiñá realized she could do art without having to make art. Thus began her career in the art world — not as an artist, but as a curator and administrator. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:13 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31307 Longtime Stanford supporters Deedee and Burt McMurtry, former chairman of the Board of Trustees, are giving $30 million toward construction of a new building for the Department of Art and Art History. The building will be named in their honor. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:12 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31341 The work of art "Civilization" by Chinese artist Bai Yiluo made in 2007 is shown to the media today October 7, 2008 in Charles Saatchi's new art gallery. Photo: EFE / Andy Rain. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:37 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31332 The third edition of TINA B. – The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, organised by Prague's Galerie Vernon, aims yet again to combine the creative energy of the cultural scene in Central and Eastern Europe with emerging talents and trends from around the world in the Czech Republic's vibrant capital. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:31 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31331 The ambitious project, which was organized by the Berkeley Art Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego with an assist from the conservation group Rare , is a mix of artist residency and exhibition. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:30 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31340 A retrospective on the 40-year career of the abstract painter Mary Heilmann, titled "To Be Someone," begins the final leg of a U.S. tour in New York on Oct. 22. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:37 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31328 HONG KONG (Reuters) - Global financial turmoil has caught up with the red-hot Chinese contemporary art market as bidders failed to buy top-flight paintings at a major Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong on Saturday. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:28 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31326 SAN DIEGO, CA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego opened Weighing and Wanting: Selections from the Collection at MCASD’s La Jolla location. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:27 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31327 Work of art on view at Seville Biennial. SEVILLE.- The Seville Biennial is — indeed, a global Biennial. Contemporary art production is not restricted to Europe and North America, but takes place all over the globe, from Chile to Korea. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:28 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31339 It?s not every day that a painter with a 40-year career gets to feel like a hot young thing, but Mary Heilmann is coping. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:37 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31338 Heimo Zobernig (b.1958), Untitled, 2007, Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm, © Archive HZ. ST. IVES, UK.- Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:36 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31318 MUNCIE — A Ball State University student who repeatedly spray-painted the word “MOBO” on campus-owned buildings, vehicle and elsewhere on Thursday was sentenced to put his artistic skills to better use. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:21 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31357 JUDE Rae has won Australia's most prestigious art prize for women for a moving self-portrait inspired by her husband leaving her. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:29:14 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31317 JUDE Rae has won Australia's most prestigious art prize for women for a moving self-portrait inspired by her husband leaving her. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:21 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31337 Jasper Johns, American, born 1930. Light Bulb I, 1958. Sculp-metal, 11.4 x 17.1 x 11.4 cm. Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, gift of Mrs. Jack M. Farris. Photo: © Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:36 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31316 DELETE THE DETAILS -- Abstract painter Joan Reutershan deletes the details and leaves the textures and the color shapes in her studies of New York, in her Chromatic New York, at the Watchung Art Center, in October. AREA --... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:20 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31336 The Blade will periodically feature intriguing homes and gardens that reflect the creativity of their owners. Tell us about your abode by writing Tahree Lane at tlane@theblade.com or calling 419-724-6075. They were all about thinking outside the box: location, construction materials, design, aesthetics, fixtures, and furnishings. Now they live in a box: A 21-by-62-foot rectangle, 24 feet ... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:35 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31315 Artwork from across the career of the state’s most prominent portrait artist is presented. A full-color publication accompanies the exhibition. PLEASE NOTE: Entry errors sometimes occur. Always use the provided contact information to verify event times and locations. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:19 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31314 YONKERS - A downtown exhibition celebrates elevated subway tracks winding through New York City's outer boroughs, without the deafening din of passing trains. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:19 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31335 Giorgio Morandi, Natura morta, 1954. Oil on canvas 26 x 70 cm Mart, Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Collezione Augusto e Francesca Giovanardi. Archivio fotografico Mart © Giorgio Morandi by SIAE 2008. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:34 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31313 Yvonne Lineberger will never forget the time she huddled with Eileen Gurkin under a tent at Alamo Plaza as pouring rain caused water to creep up their ankles during an art show. Drenched, the two artists for some reason got hysterical with laughter. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:18 -0700 http://www.arthistoryclub.com/community/node/31320 A glimpse of the 18th-century good life in the heart of the Marais. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:29:24 -0700