Nasher Museum of Art presents " From El Greco to Velazquez "
DURHAM, N.C. - The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, in partnership with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, presents the exhibition, El Greco to Velázquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III, the first comprehensive exhibition of art made for this Spanish court four centuries ago. Among the works of two giants of Spanish art, the show will introduce great unknown masters of painting and sculpture. El Greco to Velázquez will be on view at the Nasher Museum from August 21 through November 9, 2008.
http://www.artknowledgenews.com/Nasher=Museum_of_Art.html
Meselson Collection Offered at Bonhams’ September 19th Fine Japanese Art Auction
New York City - Bonhams New York announces an important sale of Fine Japanese Art is to be held on Friday, September 19, 2008 at 1 pm in its prestigious new premises at 580 Madison Avenue. This auction will showcase inro together with a selection of netsuke from the collection of the late and influential Ann Swedlow Meselson of Los Angeles, California.
http://www.artknowledgenews.com//Bonhams=Japanese_Art_Auction.html
Calgary Celebrates Art from Canadians at The Glenbow Museum
Calgary, Canada - The Glenbow Museum brings you the art event of the summer! The BIG Gift: Calgary Celebrates Art from Canadians opened at the museum on July 26th! Come feast your eyes on approximately 200 works of contemporary art – including painting, sculpture, videos, art installations and photography. The range is stunning. On exhibition through 14 September, 2008.
http://www.artknowledgenews.com//Glenbow_Museum.html
Hammer Museum Shows First Major U.S. Presentation of Paintings by Tomma Abts
LOS ANGELES, CA- The first major U.S. solo exhibition of paintings by London-based artist Tomma Abts (born Kiel, Germany, 1967) at the Hammer Museum. The exhibition originated at the New Museum in New York and is organized by Laura Hoptman, Kraus Family Senior Curator. The exhibition includes roughly fifteen paintings created over the past ten years, as well as a selection of colored pencil drawings. Abts’ works might be modest in size—18 7/8 by 15 inches (48 x 38 cm), but actually they are extremely ambitious undertakings. On view through 9th November, 2008.
http://www.artknowledgenews.com//Tomma=Abts.html
Tibetan Buddhist Monks to Create a Mandala Sand Painting at JCSM
AUBURN, AL - The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art announced the opening of a small exhibition of works from the Nelson and Joan Cousins Hartman Collection of Tibetan Bronzes. The exhibition, Aspects of Buddha, is open now and will be on display through the fall semester. On August 21-24 monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery in Atlanta will create a sand mandala in the Grand Gallery of the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. The public is invited to see the monks at work, and take part in the opening and closing ceremonies of the mandala making
http://www.artknowledgenews.com//Jule_Collins_Smith_Museum.html
Victoria and Albert Museum in London displays " Fashion V Sport "
LONDON - At the V&A this summer, Fashion V Sport, will explore the relationship between contemporary fashion and global sportswear brands. Both industries have been inspired by street style and have been working in closer collaboration in recent years. On display will be around 60 outfits including performance sportswear, work by fashion designers such as Stella McCartney who have designed sportswear ranges, and garments such as the work of Japanese label Visvim which show the influence of sportswear on high fashion. There will also be design drawings, photographs and film to examine how these products are worn, designed, advertised and collected. On view through 4 January, 2009.
http://www.artknowledgenews.com//V-and-A_Fashion_V_Sport.html
Le Corbusier "Le Grand" ~ A Spectacular Visual Biography of his Life and Work \
NEW YORK CITY - Using the same grandly oversized format as Warhol "Giant Size" (Phaidon, 2006), Le Corbusier Le Grand includes approximately 2,000 images and documents, many previously unpublished, featuring his major built works, urban plans, paintings, publications, and furniture as well as sketches and archival photographs. Rarely seen photographs and personal correspondences also shed new light on Le Corbusier’s relationships with Josephine Baker, Eileen Gray, Fernand Léger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Prouvé, and many others.
http://www.artknowledgenews.com//Le=Corbusier_Le_Grand.html
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