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Written by Clarke Canfield, Associated Press Writer
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 01:54 |
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WINTERPORT, ME
(AP).- Boat enthusiast Jon Johansen
has set out on an ambitious and exhaustive task: documenting every ship
built in
the United States. For years, the 56-year-old publisher of the monthly
Maine
Coastal News has catalogued more than 50,000 vessels — from 20-foot
lobster
boats to seven-masted schooners to modern-day warships. Eventually,
the
Winterport, Maine man plans to create a Web site with his gobs of
information
and call it the International Maritime Library. He says it's his way of
helping
preserve a part of America's rich maritime past.
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Read more... Maine Maritime Buff Creating The International Maritime Library
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Written by Corey Bartlett
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 01:54 |
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EAST HAMPTON, NY - Born into a family of stone carvers in the town of Mure on the Japanese island of Shikoku, Masatoshi Izumi was the principal collaborator of Isamu Noguchi on the artist's late stone sculpture. Izumi began working with stone in 1953, and in 1964 he co-founded the Stone Atelier in Kagawa Prefecture, dedicated to new architectural and artistic uses of traditional stone cutting techniques.
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Read more... Izumi Masatoshi Exhibits at LongHouse Reserve
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Written by Leslie Sacks
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 01:54 |
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SANTA MONICA, CA.- Greenfield Sacks
Gallery
presents an exhibition of works by celebrated New York artist Alex Katz.
The
exhibition will include oil paintings and prints from 1992 - 2008 in the
genre
of landscape and seascape. Unlike Katz’s large-scale paintings,
the
paintings exhibited are small and intimate in scale, each are 9 x 12
inches. The
prints range in size from 29 x 23 1/4 inches to 28 3/4 x 67 3/4 inches.
On exhibition through 24 April, 2010.
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Read more... Landscapes and Seascapes by Alex Katz at Greenfield Sacks Gallery
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Written by Marlene Gibbons
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 01:53 |
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, VA.- The University of
Richmond Museums presents "Surface Tension: Pattern, Texture, and Rhythm
in Art
from the Collection", on view from March 20 to May 14, 2010, in the Joel
and
Lila Harnett Museum of Art. The exhibition features art in which
pattern,
texture, and rhythm are the primary elements that generate energy and
visual
movement as well as emotional and aesthetic content. These
selected
paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, and textiles are from the
permanent
collection of the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art and Print Study
Center.
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Read more... University of Richmond Opens Exhibition of Art from Its Collection
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Written by Stephanie Giddings
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Monday, 15 March 2010 01:47 |
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LONDON.- This exhibition is the first ever
to
focus on Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s shared enthusiasm for art.
Bringing
together more than 400 items from the Royal Collection, it celebrates
the royal
couple’s mutual delight in collecting and displaying works of art, from
the time
of their engagement in 1839 to the Prince’s untimely death in 1861.
The
exhibition also challenges the popular image of Victoria – the
melancholy widow
of 40 years – and reveals her as a passionate and open-minded young
woman.
On view 19 March through 31 October, 2010.
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Read more... First Exhibition Ever to Focus on Queen Victoria & Prince Albert's Enthusiasm for Art
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Written by Robert M. Place
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Monday, 15 March 2010 01:20 |
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Los Angeles, CA - While known today primarily as
a fortune
telling or occult deck, the Tarot was born out of
the intellectual and artistic developments of
the Italian
Renaissance. Links to the
Tarot’s icons and symbology can be found in the
popular
arts, and philosophy of this rich
historic period. Influenced by alchemy,
Hermetic
mysticism and the concept of Anima
Mundi (the
fifth element of life), the Tarot became a
conversation between mystics and
artists that has lasted over five centuries. This
exhibition was curated by Tarot scholar, writer, and artist Robert M.
Place.
Fool’s Journey will be
on view at CAFAM
through April 9, 2010. A host
of events,
including artists’ talks, children’s workshops, and adult classes, and
other
cultural adventures will take place during the run of the
exhibit.
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Read more... The Fool's Journey ~ The History & Symbolism of the Tarot
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Written by Octavio Brenes
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Monday, 15 March 2010 01:19 |
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VALENCIA,SPAIN - The sea has been an indispensable
element of cultural germination and a symbol of inspiration thanks
to the
magic of its waters, its legends, its light, the contrast between
calmness
and roughness and, for that reason, artists have not overlooked
these
aesthetic sensations. The sea is a psychological allegory
that
encloses clear antitheses: surfaces and depths, the absence of
confines on
the horizon and the absence of light in the abyss. Unlike the
earth – a
symbol of the rational soul – the sea is indeed the metaphor of
the heart.
It is the figure of the uneasiness that tortures us: of our need
to go in
pursuit of unknown goals. On view through 10 May,
2010.
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Read more... The Sea as a Pretext" Opens at Valencian Institute for Modern Art
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Written by Bert Green
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Monday, 15 March 2010 01:19 |
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LOS
ANGELES, CA.- Bert Green Fine Art presents a
long-overdue solo exhibition by San Francisco based artist John U.
Abrahamson,
and the gallery debut of the works of Paul Guillemette. John U.
Abrahamson paints in a
dramatic, pained style
which is born of a gothic sensibility, but fully transcends that
stylistic
limitation through the masterful application of technical skill in the
service
of a real, experiential subject matter. On exhibition through 24 April,
2010.
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Read more... Long-Overdue Solo Exhibition by John U. Abrahamson at Bert Green Fine Art
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Written by Barney Schuman
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Monday, 15 March 2010 01:19 |
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NEW YORK, NY.- Larry Zox: Paintings
includes key
paintings from the late artist’s personal collection, including rare
works from
the Round Centers and Loops Series. Represented in nearly every major
museum in
the country, Larry Zox achieved art world prominence in 1973 as the
subject of a
major retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Zox’s
signature style – the splicing of a color field to give the sensation of
shifting planes – was pivotal in his early collage paintings, and
evolved into
the graceful looping patterns of his later work. The paintings on view
in this
exhibition reveal the individualism and brio that are the hallmarks of
Zox’s
contribution to American art.
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Read more... Stephen Haller Gallery shows Rare Paintings by Larry Zox
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Written by Adolph Kliener
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Monday, 15 March 2010 01:19 |
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VIENNA.- Markus
Lüpertz, born in 1941, has been
one of Germany’s most important contemporary artists on the
international scene
for quite some time now. The presentation focuses on central themes of
his
oeuvre and, with its retrospective approach, offers a fascinating
introduction
into the creative process pursued by the painter, graphic artist, and
sculptor: it highlights his “German Motifs,” his nudes, and his
exploration of subjects from the canon of classical art and cultural
history in
a representative selection of about 100 works and seven bozzetti for the
sculpture Daphne (2002–2005).
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Read more... Markus Lüpertz' Metamorphoses of World History at the Albertina Museum
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Written by Otto Messenger
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Monday, 15 March 2010 01:18 |
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KASSEL,
GERMANY - The exhibition (White Reformation Co-Op) Mens
Sana in Corpore Sano combines a large part of Thomas Zipp's oeuvre with
new
works to an elaborate installation. Zipp is dedicating his show in
Kassel to the
question of standard and deviation, social exclusion and the exploration
of the
self, by turning the spaces of the Kunsthalle Fridericianum into a
"psychiatric
hospital" depicted with a gloomy aesthetic and satirical exaggeration.
On
exhibition through 13 June, 2010.
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Read more... Thomas Zipp Transforms Kunsthalle Fridericianum into a Psychiatric Hospital
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Written by Peter Krovik
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Monday, 15 March 2010 01:18 |
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ISTANBUL.- The Topkapı Palace which has
been the
center of the state administration for nearly four centuries of the
Ottoman
Empire, is preparing to host the masterpieces of the Kremlin Palace. The
exhibition that is named “Kremlin Palace Treasures are in the Topkapı
Palace” is
inviting all residents of Istanbul to be witnesses of the great meeting
of the
two palaces. The exhibition which is realized within the
activities of
the Cultural Heritage and Museums Directorate of the Istanbul 2010
European
Capital of Culture Agency is going to meet with the art-lovers at the
Privy
Stables section of the Topkapı Palace.
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Read more... The Kremlin Palace Treasures on View at the Topkapi Palace
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