Artist: Aaron Douglas (1899 - 1979)
Nationality: American
Movement: Modern American School
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Aaron Douglas studied at the University of Kansas before moving to New York in 1925 to work with Winold Reiss. He began his career by illustrating books for African American authors and publishing drawings in magazines. He also produced a number of large murals about black culture in Nashville and New York City. Because of these efforts, Douglas was one of the major forces behind the Harlem Renaissance at this time. He then traveled to Paris to study at the Academie Scandinave with Charles Despiau. After an extensive trip through the southern US and Haiti, Douglas returned to Nashville to teach at Fisk University.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Aaron Douglas - Into Bondage 1936 oil on canvas Corcoran Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Hart Benton - Aaron 1941 Lithograph Arkansas Arts Center American
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Francis Alexander - Aaron Baldwin c. 1835 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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Anonymous Moses informing Aaron of God's Message to Pharoah (from Moses and Aaron series) wool, cotton, silk (?) early 16th century
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Anonymous Gathering Manna: Moses Directing Aaron to keep an Omer of it (from Moses and Aaron series) wool, cotton, silk (?) early 16th century
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Gilbert Stuart - Mrs. Aaron Lopez and Her Son Joshua 1772-73 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart, American, 1755-1828 Aaron Davis about 1816 Oil on panel 73.02 x 58.74 cm
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Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: An Allegory of the Dinteville Family, 1537 Master of the
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Aaron Bohrod Church in Luxembourg Lithograph 20th century
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Aaron Bohrod New Orleans Street Lithograph 20th century
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Thomas Hart Benton Aaron Lithograph 1941
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Ezra Ames Colonel David Cady (formerly called Colonel Aaron Ogden) oil on canvas 1810
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Samuel J. Miller - Frederick Douglas 1847-52 cased half-plate dag The Art Institute of Chicago American
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Anonymous Jacob and Rebekah (from Moses and Aaron series) wool, cotton, silk (?) early 16th century
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Barthel Beham Moses And Aaron Engraving 1526
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Paine of Islington Mr. Ira Aldridge as Aaron in Titus Andronicus, Act IV , Scene II. 19th century
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Anonymous Moses Receiving Tablets of Stone on Mt. Sinai (from Moses and Aaron series) wool, cotton, silk (?) early 16th century
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Douglas Volk - The Artist's Daughter (Marion Douglas Volk Bridge, 1888-1973) 1914 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Anonymous Jacob Receiving the Blessing Intended for Esau (from Moses and Aaron series) wool, cotton, silk (?) early 16th century
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Anonymous Joshua Defeating Amalek: Battle in Rephedim (from Moses and Aaron series) wool, cotton, silk (?) early 16th century
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Cornelis Cort Moses and Aaron before the Pharaoh Engraving 1567
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Moses & Aaron
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Douglas Tilden The Tired Boxer bronze 1892
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Aaron Siskind - New York 3 1951 gelatin silver print Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Aaron Siskind - Peru 129 1983 gelatin silver print Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Aaron Siskind - Peru 297 1983 gelatin silver print Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Aaron Draper Shattluck - Landscape 1864 oil on canvas Hudson River Museum American
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Aaron Siskind - New York 88 n.d. gelatin silver print Mead Art Museum, Amherst College American
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Douglas Gorsline Dog Days Etching 20th century
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Douglas Gorsline Express Stop Etching ca. 1930 - 1940
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Douglas Fenn Wilson Upstream Passage watercolor 1973
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Aaron Fink, American, Born in 1955 Portrait 1988 Oil on canvas 182.9 x 167.6 cm
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W.G. Jackman Douglas jerrold 19th century
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August von Pettenkofen, Austrian, 1822-1889 Gypsy hut mid 19th century Watercolor Sheet: 26 x 33.5
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Maxime Lalanne, French, 1827-1886 La tour undated graphite pencil Sheet: 16.9 x 16.1 cm (6
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Aaron Siskind - Martha's Vineyard II 1947 gelatin silver print Spencer Museum of Art American
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Aaron Draper Shattuck - Trail Scene 1859 oil on academy board Florence Griswold Museum American
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Aaron Siskind - Peace Meals n.d. gelatin silver print Mead Art Museum, Amherst College American
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Aaron Draper Shattuck - Graznig in Granby n.d. Oil on board Florence Griswold Museum American
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Aaron Fink - Untitled (Man with Cigar) 1982 lithograph Portland Museum of Art American
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Douglas W. MacLeod The Chellah, Rabat Etching 1928
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Douglas I. Smart The Pier Etching 19th - 20th century
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Douglas I. Smart Untitled Etching 19th - 20th century
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Douglas I. Smart Giford Castle? Etching 19th - 20th century
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Douglas I. Smart All Saints' Oxford Etching 19th - 20th century
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©Yousuf Karsh ; Yousuf Karsh, Canadian (born in Armenia) 1908 Aaron Copeland USA, 1956 Photograph,
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Aaron Bohrod, American, 1907 –1992 Oak Street Platform about 1940 Oil on Masonite 42.54 x
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Alexandre Calame, Swiss, 1810-1864 Mountain Waterfall mid 19th century Watercolor Sheet: 13.8 x 20.8 cm
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Gaston Roullet, French, 1847-1925 Harbor at sunset 1874 Watercolor Sheet: 15 x 21.3 cm (5
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Louis Haghe Tomb of Aaron, Summit of Mount Hor - The Holy Land Lithograph 19th century
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Douglas I. Smart St. Jacques, Antwerp Etching 19th - 20th century
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Douglas I. Smart A Distant Town Etching 19th - 20th century
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Douglas I. Smart Low Tide, Berwick Etching 19th - 20th century
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Douglas Volk They Shall Not Perish - World War I Poster lithograph poster 1918
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Douglas W. MacLeod The Stoker Etching 19th - 20th century
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Douglas W. MacLeod Gibralter Etching 19th - 20th century
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Douglas I. Smart Thames Barges #1 Etching 19th - 20th century
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Douglas I. Smart Thames Barges #2 Etching 19th - 20th century
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Douglas I. Smart Old Houses Walham Green Etching 19th - 20th century
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Douglas I. Smart Banks of the Seine Etching, drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, French (born in Switzerland), 1859-1923 Les forgerons undated Charcoal Sheet: 35.9 x 24.4
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Maxime Lalanne, French, 1827-1886 Paysage au bateau undated Charcoal drawing on buff paper Sheet: 13.5
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Maxime Lalanne, French, 1827-1886 Le pont 1864 Pencil and white chalk on brown paper Sheet:
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Charles François Daubigny, French, 1817-1878 A plain with isolated grove and tree undated Black and
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David Roberts Tomb of Aaron, Summit of Mount Hor, plate 97 in the book The Holy Land, with historical notes by George Croly (London: Day & Son, 1855), vol. 3 (of 6), Idumea and Petra, [bound with The Holy Land, with historical notes by William Brock
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Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, French, 1803-1860 The fallen hero 1834 Crayon on buff paper, drawing Sheet:
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Maxime Lalanne, French, 1827-1886 Paysage au fusaid ? (House and twin trees) 1855 charcoal and
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Aaron Draper Shattuck - Sunday Morning in New England 1873 oil on canvas Utah Museum of Fine Arts American
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Douglas I. Smart Chateau Gaillard, France Etching 19th - 20th century
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Douglas I. Smart Toledo Bridge, No. 6, Spain Etching 19th - 20th century
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Douglas I. Smart Toledo Bridge, No. 2, Spain Etching 19th - 20th century
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Douglas W. MacLeod Cadiz, Spain Etching 19th - 20th century
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Paul Douglas Pearly Gates Color silkscren 1980
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Douglas W. MacLeod Ayr Prison "The last of Ayr Prison" Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Charles Émile Jacque, French, 1813-1894 Landscape, with hut and seated figure late 19th century Graphite
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Maxime Lalanne, French, 1827-1886 Ferme au grande arbre (page d"album) undated Graphite pencil, gray and
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Douglas W. MacLeod Church at Ronda, Spain Etching 19th - 20th century
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Douglas W. MacLeod Andalucian Bull Farm Etching 19th - 20th century
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Douglas W. MacLeod Palace Tower, Siena etching 19th - 20th century
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Douglas W. MacLeod Ponte Vecchio, Florence Etching 19th - 20th century
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Douglas W. MacLeod Sunrise, Tangiers Drypoint and etching 19th - 20th century
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Douglas Parshall House, Palm Avenue, Santa Barbara watercolor 19th - 20th century
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Hugh Douglas Hamilton Portrait of a Gentleman colored chalks over black chalk 1775
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Ernest S. Lumsden Douglas Street, Victoria Etching 1910
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Douglas W. MacLeod Tuscany (Peasant plowing with oxen) Etching 19th - 20th century
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W. Douglas Morland Sea wall at Cadiz Etching and drypoint 20th century
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Aaron Siskind - Lima 89 (Homage to Franz Kline) 1975 gelatin silver print Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 Disparate de Tontos (Fool"s Folly); plate from the
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Godfrey Douglas Giles (G.D.G. or GD.G.) "the Cavalry Division", from Vanity Fair, July 12, 1900 Lithograph 1900
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Aaron Draper Shattuck - Rocks of Maine Coast, Resort Hotel 1858 graphite on paper Florence Griswold Museum American
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Artist: Douglas Volk Title: Portrait of John Scott Bradstreet Date: 1906 Medium: oil on canvas
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John Joseph Enneking, American, 1840-1916 Breaking Up of Winter 1904 Oil on canvas 57.15 x
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San Andreas Fault San Francisco Rock Poster: Family Dog Productions "The Family Dog Revival," The Mothers; Sir Douglas Quintet; Winterland, 1/17-18/69 color lithograph 1969
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Stanley Mouse San Francisco Rock Poster: Family Dog Productions, "Reach," Spirit; Sir Douglas Quintet Plus 2; Notes From the Underground; Avalon Ballroom, 8/23-25/68 lithograph 1968
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Rick Griffin San Francisco Rock Poster: Family Dog Productions, "Motherload," Big Brother and the Holding Company; Sir Douglas Quintet; Avalon Ballroom, 5/5-67/67 color lithograph 1967
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Douglas Warner Gorsline - Bar Scene 1942 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Douglas Warner Gorsline - Check-Up c. 1941 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley San Francisco Rock Poster: Family Dog Productions, "One Year Anniversary," Big Brother and the Holding Company; Sir Douglas Quintet; Avalon Ballroom, 10/15-16/66 color lithograph 1966
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Mary Ann (Toots) Zynsky Amulet Mycelium fungus 20th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (30)
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Dia Center for the Arts: Stan Douglas and Douglas Gordon: Double Vision
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Museum of Contemporary Art, LA: Stan Douglas
Using the languages of photography, television, and film, Douglas addresses complex issues of colonization, urban development, and mass media. His work has been ...
Art Institute of Chicago: FOCUS: Stan Douglas
Douglas’s work has been featured in several one-person museum exhibitions and included in nearly every major international exhibition of contemporary art in recent years, including Johannes...
Smithsonian, National Museum of African Art: Sokari Douglas Camp: Church Ede, A Tribute to Her Father
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Modern Museum: Moderna Museet Projekt: Douglas Gordon
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Kunsthalle Basel: Stan Douglas: Le Detroit
The film installation Le Détroit, to be shown for the first time in Europe in the glass-roofed room of the Kunsthalle Basel, takes the viewers to the heart of a city that is haunted by dilapidation and unemployment and divided into strict socia...
Vancouver Art Gallery: Douglas Gordon: New Works and Off-Site Projects
Curated by Russell Ferguson, formerly Associate Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and currently UCLA Hammer Museum deputy director of exhibitions and programs and chief curator, Douglas Gordon examines the artist's explorat...
4 Design: No Limits: A One-Man Show by Douglas Poloway
Doug and his works were highlighted in a feature in the January 2003 issue of the e-zineIonOne LIVE magazine and he was named among the best digital photographers by IonOne on their
Juan Miro Foundation: Something for Everyone: Cycle Selected by Ferran Barenblit, Frederic Montornés and Mònica Regàs; Works by Douglas Gordon, Joseph Grigely, João Louro, La pensée et l’erreur
Douglas Gordon will be showing in the Octagonal Room at the FJM, João Louro will be using the Espai 13 itself, and Joseph Grigely's proposal will consist of a poster – which is in fact the exhibit – displayed at selected points around the city as ...
BANG the gallery: Words of Art
His first show, Indirect Confessions, was staged at The Coffee Lounge in early 1998 and he was then granted a sponsorship to perform the same show at the Grahamstown Arts Festival the same year. Indirect Confessions was voted one of the top ten sh...
Ackland Art Museum: Transatlantic Dialogue: Contemporary Art In and Out of Africa
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Tate Modern: Between Cinema and a Hard Place
Ranging from film and video to sculpture, the exhibition features works by the following artists: Miroslaw Balka, Matthew Barney, Christian Boltanski, Janet Cardiff and George Bures-Miller, James Coleman, Stan Douglas,...
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Roy Douglas: Roots and Culture – from Jamaica to Birmingham UK
Much of his work is highly personal and reflects his early life in Jamaica, his family and his memories. He also takes inspiration from every day life and his pieces have a practical function. Examples include the mythical ‘The Owl and the P...
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: Seeing Time: Selections from the Pamela and Richard Kramlich Collection of Media Art
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Camden Arts Centre: Pioneer American Conceptual Artist Douglas Huebler
Many of the works are self-portraits and photographs documenting personal activities (following the sound of bird-calls in Central Park), photographs of friends and family (the artist Bernd Becher pulling faces), or photographs of strangers in cit...
Dagmar de Pooter Gallery: Cian Quayle: Photographic Readymades and Other Found Objects
This exhibition reprises diverse strands of Quayle‚s recent work, which are connected by his ongoing concern with travel, place and identity. The identity of Quayle's artwork is also investigated in terms of its changed materiality as he travels f...
artoose: Spring Open Weekend: Work by 14, Young, Contemporary Artists
We are also showing a collection of 80 cards made by contemporary surrealist Dan Bendel, recent 'chaos' paintings by Rufus Knightwebb, 'encapsulated' resin sculptures by Mark Russell, radical painting by post-pop artist Gary Colclough, dystopian c...
Deutsche Guggenheim: Douglas Gordon‘s The VANITY of Allegory
For The VANITY of Allegory, Gordon turned to the histories of art and film for his source material, appropriating existing works as so many readymades with which to articulate his theme. His installation — which houses its own cinema — includes lo...
Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art: MAKING TIME: Considering Time as a Material in Contemporary Video & Film
Time in art had for centuries been connected to the idea of permanence, and then, since the 1960s, performance. But where is time nowNULL In an age when global ...
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford: Enclosed and Enchanted
United by an interest in architecture and how the outside world can be reconfigured in the context of the gallery, these artists examine the duality in man-made, yet natural, spaces. The result is a kind of double enclosure, in which the appropria...
Museum of New Art: Piss Off: International Artists United by a Heavy Dose of Attitude
A situation that has spawned artists who defy by defying art itself. A situation that has allowed such artists to shout “piss off!” and, by so doing, allow for a glimpse of a different future for us all.    - Jane Speaks, from the exhibi...
Andy Warhol Museum: Summer of Andy: Program Celebrates Andy Warhol's 75th Birthday
Keith Edmier and Farrah Fawcett The exhibition, Keith Edmier and Farrah Fawcett, examines the connection between artist and muse through a series of collaborative sculptures and photographs by contemporary artist, Keith Edmier, and actress a...
Halle Saint Pierre: Douglas Padilla: dougieland Paris
Set at the foot of Sacre Coeur, the gorgeous white cathedral in Montmarte, the 18th arrondissement, home at the turn of the century to the likes of Toulouse-Latrec, Van Gogh, Utrillo, and Picasso, Halle Saint Pierre, part of the Paris museum syste...
Auckland Art Gallery: Pressing Flesh: Skin, Touch, Intimacy
The show includes Maria Abramovic and Ulay, Pat Brassington, Steve Carr, Derrick Cherrie, Julian Dashper, Jae Hoon Lee, Luise Fong, Lucio Fontana, Douglas Gordon, Terrence Handscomb, Heavy Industries, Andrea Low, Fiona Pardington, Peter Peryer, An...
Talwar Gallery: Ranjani Shettar: The Indian Spring
Employing organic materials invested with tradition and history, Ranjani Shettar creates multidimensional works that bring forth the metaphysical attributes of residing within a changing physical environment. She exposes the permeability of the of...
Oakville Galleries: Walk Ways: At Centennial Square and in Gairloch Gardens
Artists: Francis Alÿs, Eleanor Antin, Janine Antoni and Paul Ramirez-Jonas, Mowry Baden, Jim Campbell, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, Hamish Fulton, Sharon Harper, Martin Kersels, Tom Marioni, Matthew McCaslin, Curtis Mitchell, François Mo...
Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami: CUT/Film as Found Object
Curated by Stefano Basilico, Milwaukee Art Museum adjunct curator of contemporary art, the exhibition is organized by the Milwaukee Art Museum with the assistance of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), North Miami. It will be on view at MOCA du...
Norton Museum of Art: Jacob Lawrence: The Toussaint L'Ouverture Series
Born in 1917 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Jacob Lawrence was raised in Harlem where he not only witnessed the poverty and prejudice that most African-Americans faced in th...
Red Ink Studios: The Resurrection Show: A Soul Inhabits a New Body
Doug’s work is a blending of traditional and digital photography and computer art. With a background in commercial photography and the advances in photography and art in the digital age, Doug takes his work to a new level of creativity. He strives...
The High Museum: Ellsworth Kelly: The Early Drawings
This experimental period is featured in the exhibition Ellsworth Kelly: The Early Drawings, 1948-1955. The exhibition includes approximately two hundred drawings and collages–many of which have never been exhibited before–that present ins...

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