A solo exhibition of the work of renowned Czech artist Magdalena Jetelová will go on view at the Czech Center New York beginning September 13, 2013. Titled Multiplication of Horizons, the spatial installation is being presented in celebration of the 5th anniversary of the renovation of Bohemian National Hall–the historic […]

Wayne Higby’s vision of the American landscape appears in ceramic forms ranging from vessels and sculptures to architectural installations that have brought him national and international recognition. Higby (b. 1943) is a leading artist of the contemporary ceramic studio movement. “Infinite Place: The Ceramic Art of Wayne Higby” is the […]

As part of its fifth anniversary celebration, the Museum of Arts and Design will present Inspired, an exhibition showcasing works that have joined the museum’s collection since the opening of its new Columbus Circle building in 2008. Featuring more than 100 works of sculpture, jewelry, ceramics, furniture, and textiles, Inspired […]

Best known for bird’s-eye-view landscape photography, Gerco de Ruijter (Dutch, b. Vianen, 1961; lives and works in Rotterdam) mined Google Earth for the images he montaged into his stop-frame animation “CROPS” (2012). The hypnotic four-minute video work opens in the Hirshhorn’s Black Box space Aug. 12. De Ruijter’s still photography […]

The Smithsonian American Art Museum announced today that it will acquire from The Irving Penn Foundation 100 photographs by the legendary photographer Irving Penn (1917-2009), who is one of the most celebrated photographers of the 20th century. Penn is best known for the spare, elegant style he applied to the […]

Opening its 2014 season from 9/26/2013-1/26/2014 with SEE IT LOUD: SEVEN POST-WAR AMERICAN PAINTERS, the National Academy presents the work of American representational artists — Leland Bell, Paul Georges, Paul Resika,Neil Welliver, Albert Kresch, Stanley Lewis and Peter Heinemann — who forged an original and dynamic synthesis between representational and […]