Category Archives: Artist News

Comprehensive Exhibition by German-American Artist Jerry Zeniuk Opens

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May
2012
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The Staatsgalerie Moderne Kunst in the Glaspalast Augsburg, a branch of the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, is staging a comprehensive exhibition of works by the German-American artist Jerry Zeniuk. The exhibition, drawn up in close cooperation with the artist … Continue reading  

Documentary “Gerhard Richter Painting” to Have its Los Angeles Premiere at LACMA

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May
2012
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Kino Lorber announced that Corinna Belz’s acclaimed documentary Gerhard Richter Painting, now in its sixth week at New York’s Film Forum, will open at local Laemmle Theatres in Los Angeles on Friday, June 15. The Los Angeles County Museum of … Continue reading  

Anita Lobel: Caldecott Honor Medalist’s Illustrations at Joslyn Art Museum

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May
2012
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All the World’s a Stage at Joslyn Art Museum comprises more than 70 colorful, richly patterned artworks — pen and ink, watercolor, and gouache (a technique of painting with opaque watercolors prepared with gum) pictures — from 31 children’s books … Continue reading  

Robert Miles Parker, Artist and Preservationist, Dies at 72

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May
2012
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Robert Miles Parker, an artist and preservationist whose pen-and-ink drawings of urban landscapes displayed a whimsical delight in storefronts, apartment buildings, houses and theaters, died on April 17 at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, a neighborhood … Continue reading  

Bill Bollinger’s Works Resurface in Two Exhibitions

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May
2012
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In the second half of the 1960s Richard Serra, Eva Hesse and Bruce Nauman, among others, were carving out the afterlife of Minimalism. Bill Bollinger, then in his 20s and now the subject of revelatory exhibitions at the SculptureCenter and … Continue reading  

Donald Young, One of Chicago’s Most Influential Gallerists, Dies at Age 69

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Apr
2012
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of the founder of the Donald Young Gallery. After a yearlong battle with cancer, Donald Young was surrounded by his family when he died on April 12 in Chicago. An … Continue reading  

Einstein Archives Website Received Nearly 1 Million Unique Visitors in First Month

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Apr
2012
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In the month following its launch, the updated and expanded Einstein Archives website recorded tens of millions of hits and was visited by nearly 1 million people from around the world. Launched by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem at a … Continue reading  

‘Dürer and Beyond’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Apr
2012
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The title of a new exhibition, “Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700,” presents a bit of a conundrum. How do we get beyond Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), the ne plus ultra draftsman and all-around … Continue reading  

Hirshhorn Museum Plans Ai Weiwei Retrospective

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Apr
2012
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So much attention has been paid to Ai Weiwei the Chinese rebel that it seems to have eclipsed Ai Weiwei the artist. A major retrospective at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington this fall, as well as a … Continue reading  

Dartmouth Selects Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects to Design Hood Museum Expansion

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Apr
2012
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Dartmouth today announced that it has selected Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects to design a major expansion and renovation of its Hood Museum of Art. Since the museum opened in 1985, its collection and programming have grown exponentially, and it … Continue reading