Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) became a household name in the 1990s because of her ability to fold her own experiences into her work. She was born in Mexico in 1907, but often claimed she was born in 1920, the same year as the Mexican Revolution. This is one of […]
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CLAUDE RUTAULT “ACTUALITÉS DE LA PEINTURE.” Galerie Perrotin, Paris / 12 September – 9 November 2013
“my paintings have a short life, but they have several lives” Claude Rutault Claude Rutault’s work uses a set of rules that was established in 1973 in de-finition/method 1: ‘A canvas braced on a stretcher, painted the same colour as the wall on which it is hung. All commercially available […]
DRAMATIC STORY OF THE SINKING OF TITANIC COMES TO SOUTH FLORIDASouth Florida Science Center and Aquarium to host exhibit from November 16 through April 20
(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) – On April 15, 1912, the world’s largest Ship, Titanic, sank after colliding with an iceberg, claiming more than 1,500 lives and subsequently altering the world’s confidence in modern technology. A little over a century later, the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium pays tribute to […]
NSU’s Museum Of Art Welcomes New Director Bonnie Clearwater
South Florida’s art world just got bigger. From Miami to Palm Beach, old friends and new flocked to NSU’s Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale to welcome Bonnie Clearwater as the museum’s new Director and Chief Curator. Five hundred guests attended the museum’s End of Summer party that also celebrated […]
The Jewish Museum in New York Presents First U.S. Exhibition Exploring Darker Works by Marc Chagall Created During World War II Era Chagall: Love, War, and Exile September 15, 2013 – February 2, 2014
The Jewish Museum in New York will present Chagall: Love, War, and Exile which, for the first time in the U.S., explores a significant but neglected period in the artist’s career, from the rise of fascism in the 1930s through 1948, years spent in Paris and then in exile in […]
Jeff Kahm “VERNACULAR” NOW ON VIEW AT MADISON GALLERY
I started exploring abstract work in the early nineties during my undergraduate studies at the Kansas City Art Institute, where I was introduced to various art movements of Western art history including the tenets of modernism. Modernist practices, which set aside artistic traditions of the past in favor of experimentation, […]
Leila Heller Gallery is pleased to present a major exhibition of works at the inaugural year of Art International Istanbul
Leila Heller Gallery is pleased to present a major exhibition of works at the inaugural year of Art International Istanbul. Showcased September 16-18, 2013 in booth D1 at the Haliç Congress Center in Istanbul, the gallery will be exhibiting a number of new pieces by international contemporary artists Shiva Ahmadi, […]
Norman Rockwell Museum Illustrated Talk To Look at “Food at Home and at War During WWII”
Upcoming Rockwell Center Tea & Talks “Imaging Thanksgiving” Sunday, October 6, 2 p.m. Americans have been enjoying Thanksgiving feasts since the settlement of Plymouth, Massachusetts in the 1620s. Join Rockwell Center curator Joyce K. Schiller, PhD for a look at the popularization of this national holiday and the plethora of […]