Category Archives: Artist News

Santa Monica Museum of Art Presents “Samira Yamin: We Will Not Fail”

22
Jan
2013
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Santa Monica Museum of Art presents Samira Yamin: We Will Not Fail, the artist’s debut solo museum exhibition. The exhibition is on view from January 19 through April 20, 2013 in the Museum’s Project Room 2. We Will Not Fail … Continue reading  

Ada Louise Huxtable, Famed Architecture Critic, Dies at 91

9
Jan
2013
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Ada Louise Huxtable, who pioneered modern architectural criticism in the pages of The New York Times, celebrating buildings that respected human dignity and civic history — and memorably scalding those that did not — died on Monday in Manhattan. She … Continue reading  

Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Publishes his “Little Black Book,” WEIWEI-ISMS

28
Dec
2012
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Statements on freedom of expression; art and activism; government, power, and moral choices; the digital world; history, the historical moment, and the future; freedom, power, art, and moral choices. “Everything is art. Everything is politics.” Now, China and the world … Continue reading  

Britain’s National Portrait Gallery Buys Craigie Aitchison’s Defaced Self-Portrait

18
Dec
2012
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The National Portrait Gallery in London has purchased a self-portrait by the highly regarded British artist Craigie Aitchison that is covered with slash marks put there by the artist himself, the BBC reported. Mr. Ferguson, defaced the painting, which dates … Continue reading  

Chicago Architect Wins $200,000 Prize From Notre Dame

13
Dec
2012
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Thomas H. Beeby, one of the “Chicago Seven” architects who challenged modernist orthodoxy in the 1970s and ’80s, has received the 2013 Richard H. Driehaus Prize from the University of Notre Dame. Mr. Beeby is the 11th recipient of the … Continue reading  

Oscar Niemeyer, Modernist Architect Who Gave Brasília Its Flair, Dies at 104

6
Dec
2012
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Oscar Niemeyer, the celebrated Brazilian architect whose flowing designs infused Modernism with a new sensuality and captured the imaginations of generations of architects around the world, died on Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro. He was 104. The medical staff at … Continue reading  

Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami is Only Venue for Major Bill Viola Exhibition

5
Dec
2012
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The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami presents a major exhibition of work by Bill Viola, recognized as one of the leading practitioners of video art. Bill Viola: Liber Insularum begins its sole presentation in the United States at MOCA, … Continue reading  

Video Artist and Musician Elizabeth Price Wins 2012 Turner Prize for Arts

4
Dec
2012
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Video artist Elizabeth Price, who uses collage and clutter to explore people’s relationship to consumer culture, was named the winner of British art’s much-coveted — and much-mocked — Turner Prize on Monday. Price, a London-based musician and co-founder of 1980s … Continue reading  

Jackson Pollock Painting Being Restored at the Seattle Art Museum

29
Nov
2012
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Seattle Art Museum has received funding for the conservation of Jackson Pollock’s Sea Change (1947) through the Bank of America Art Conservation Project. The Art Conservation Project is a unique global program that provides grants to nonprofit museums throughout the … Continue reading  

Vincent van Gogh Handwritten Letter Goes on Display Next Week

28
Nov
2012
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Profiles in History, run by Joe Maddalena, announced today they will move forward with plans to exhibit highlights from their upcoming auction, The Property of a Distinguished American Private Collector in New York City. The exhibit will now take place … Continue reading