Head of a roaring lion, 9th–8th century B.C.; Neo-Assyrian period; Assyrian style MesopotamiaIvory; H. 3.7
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Cesi Palace, Camaver Kunsthaus: ANCIENT PALACES - THE GREEN LION : THE CREATIVE SPIRIT ITSELF
Green Lion is the ambitious title of the artistic event that will present, not only paintings, but also sculptures, photography, literature, music and movies. The exhibition is inspired by one of the most important members of the group of Renaissa...
Art Gallery of Hamilton: Magnetic North: Canadian Experimental Video
Many of the tapes are very challenging, says AGH curatorial intern and independent video producer Steve Loft. They tell stories: some are very funny, others are hard-hitting and compelling. All are in a format that’s very accessible.
Acco...
Brooklyn Museum of Art: Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from The British Museum
Through these treasures, many of which have never before been seen in this country, experience more than 3,500 years of this vanished African civilization that has captured the imagination of generations down through the ages.
From the Firs...
Bibliotheque Gabrielle-Roy: Call to Artists: Happiness and Pretence - A Mail Art Exhibition
No artist's fees will be paid. Works must
be received by mail. Required format: postcard 4 x 6 inches (10 x 15 cm). All works relating to the theme will be exhibited and none will be
returned to their creators. Please create your work from withi...
Wexner Center for the Arts: Julie Taymor: Playing with Fire
The magnitude of Taymor's creative vision will be captured through
large-scale installations featuring scenic elements, puppets, masks, and
costumes designed by the artist and her collaborators. V...
Experimental Art Foundation, Lion Arts Centre: The Cloak Room: Anton Hart and George Popperwell
The Experimental Art Foundation curates its exhibition program to represent
new work that expands current debates and ideas in contemporary art and
culture. The EAF incorporates a gallery space, bookshop and artists studios.
The Experiment...
Artangel: Die Familie Schneider in London
Dead House ur was recently reconstructed in the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2001 when Schneider was awarded the Golden Lion for Sculpture.
For his first major project in the UK, Die Familie Schneider renews Schneider’s obsession ...
Cesi Palace, Camaver Kunsthaus: Call for Artists: The Green Lion
Green Lion is the ambitious title of the artistic event that will present, not only paintings, but also sculptures, photography, literature, music and movies. The exhibition is inspired by one of the most important members of the group of Renaissa...
University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong: Early Hong Kong's Kowloon Peninsula
In the early days, Kowloon was divided into "British Kowloon" which referred
to an area south of Boundary Street, ceded to the British in accordance with
the Convention of Peking in 1861 and "Chinese Kowloon" (later known as the
New Territories...
Orlando Museum of Art: East African Splendors: Selections from the Norma Canelas and William D. Roth
Collection
Spectacular beadwork, basketry and animal hide works
from cultural groups such as the Masai, Tutsi and Turkana will be included in
the exhibition...
Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery: Peter Doig: Paintings and MAGNETIC NORTH: Canadian Experimental Video Open This Weekend
Peter Doig is known for his exploration of the formal and thematic possibilities of landscape. His experimental approach to surface, texture and colour make him among the most innovative painters of his generation. Curated by Kitty Scott with the ...
Sam Fogg: Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture, 1100-1520
The collecting of Medieval art is enjoying something of a renaissance. The past five years have seen a series of highly acclaimed exhibitions including most recently, Medieval Ivories from the Thomson Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art,...
Space 12 Gallery: Steel Sculptures by John Kearney
Now 78 years old, John and his wife Lynn founded the Contemporary Art Workshop 53 years ago in Chicago and have contributed through his art to the life and style of the Windy City. Chicago and environs is gifted with many pieces, noteably the city...
Muse Gallery, Notting Hill: Wendall Wong: Earthman Sculpture - Earthaearth
Inspired by the landscapes of Trinidad as well as his travels through the mountains of Tobago, Cyprus and Malta, Wendall represents the Rastafari approach to naturality in his work by depicting jungle scenes, hunting and local wildlife as well as ...
Detroit Institute of Art: Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection
These works were created by artists and craftsmen from
throughout the Ottoman empire, not only by Turks from the
homeland, but also people from the Balkan lands, Armenians,
Greeks,...
Woman Made Gallery: Ice World of German Artist Petra Voegtle
The Woman Made Gallery (WMG) was founded in 1992 by two art students and is a non-profit organization that supports all women in the arts by providing opportunities, awareness and advocacy. Unlike the mainstream art world, they are building an alt...
Pan American Art Gallery: Maysey Craddock and Carlos Estevez
Maysey Craddock was born in 1971 and was educated at Tulane and Maine College of Art. Her solo shows have included shadow, at the Franny Koelsch Gallery in Houston in 2007, unsaid at David Lusk Gallery in Memphis in 2006, and Three Feet High and R...
Institute of International Visual Arts - INIVA: THE KINGDOM OF THE BLIND: Hugh Locke
The installation combines a carnivalesque frieze of monumental figures (reaching up to 14 ft tall) with an elaborate backdrop of wall drawings. Depicting this fictional leader's rise to power, Locke's figures enact victorious moments in battle and...
Kunsthistorisches Museum: 7000 YEARS OF PERSIAN ART: Masterpieces from the Iranian National Museum, Teheran
Prehistoric Iranian ceramics will form one of the
numerous highlights of the exhibition. The various
shapes and decorations document a varied and
fascinating spectrum of early artistic creation. The
magnificent gold and sil...
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst: An Arbitrary History: Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang
The work of Cai Guo-Qiang involves such themes as national and cultural identity, intercultural exchange, spirituality - especially eastern philosophy - and the power of nature. In this way our awareness of the interaction of different cultures fr...
Experimental Art Foundation: Lucas Ihlein: Bilateral
Lucas will be presenting installation works made during these residencies. It is the first time the works have been shown together and include writings and drawings produced in Singapore, memories from Hong Kong and dreams from Perth - each record...
Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College: Inaugural Exhibtion: S.O.S. - Scenes of Sounds
Inventions such as the telephone, tape recorder, loudspeaker,
radio, Walkman, compact disk, internet radio, and
computer-synthesized speech have produced dra...
Exit Art Gallery: Regina Jose Galindo
For this performance, the artist will sell each article of clothing she will be wearing for $5 a piece to any audience member willing to pay and remove it from her body. The other performances in the series, Hair and Blood, were performed at the K...
Yorkshire Sculpture Park / Longside Gallery: Kenny Hunter: Natural Selection
Features and attributes are immediate, recognisable
and precisely defined. The ultra-smooth form does not simply recreate
a classical mode, but alludes to children’s toys and cartoons.
Recent work features seemingly ordinary, young people. They...
National Museum: Renaissance Drawings from Florence
What was not noted at the time was that the entire collection had been compiled by
Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574), whose monumental work, Lives of the Artists, serves as
a basic source of knowledge about Renaissance art and was the foundation st...
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen: Peter Fischli and David Weiss
In 1979 Peter Fischli (*1952) and David Weiss (*1946), both born in Zurich, decided to work together closely. Almost 25 years later they still form a duo of artists, operating from Zurich. Fischli and Weiss’s oeuvre is often about seemingly insign...
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu: 51Degrees South
Gallery Director Tony Preston commented that the Tait Electronics Gallery is dedicated to Antarctic themes and the unique connection between the region and the city of Christchurch, long a starting point for Antarctic exploration and adventure.
...
Oakland Museum of Califoria: California Species: Biological Art & Illustration
The artworks were chosen by a panel of professional
artists, illustrators and scientists. In addition to being
aesthetically appealing and technically accomplished, they
had to show native C...
Detroit Institute of Art: Reflections in Black: Smithsonian African American Photography
The First 100 Years: 1842-1942 In the early 19th and 20th centuries, African Americans were
pioneers in the medium. Jules Lion (1810-1866) began producing daguerreotypes in New
...
Orlando Museum of Art: From Goodnight Moon to Art Dog: The World of Clement, Edith and Thacher Hurd
Among the material included in the exhibition are watercolors, pen and ink sketches, woodcuts, drawings and tempera paintings. Ranging from early sketches to final illustrations, these works provide a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the ste...
High Beam Festival: Call for Artists - High Beam Festival: Contemporary Expressions of Disability Culture
There is still time to register your event as part of the High Beam
Festival and compliment Arts in Action's core program which will be a
10-day feast of shows and cabarets in every performing art form, loads
of exhibitions and installations, w...
Taft Museum: Etchings and Drypoints of James McNeill Whistler
This exhibition is sponsored by the Oliver Family Foundation.
While Whistler’s paintings were often subjected to harsh criticism, his
printed work garnered him a reputation as ...
Stedelijk Museum: Shirin Neshat: Ambiguity of Boundaries in Islam
When she was 17 Shirin Neshat moved from the land of her birth to Los Angeles, to begin her studies at an art academy. The Iranian Revolution broke out while she was in the United States, and Ayatollah Khomeini came to power. Under his regime wome...
Guggenheim Museum: HUGO BOSS PRIZE 2008: EMILY JACIR
In their statement, the jurors* of the HUGO BOSS PRIZE 2008 describe their selection: "Emily Jacir's rigorous conceptual practice-comprising photography, video, performance, and installation-based work-bears witness to a culture torn by war and di...
Christie's: Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Including Important Sancai Glazed Pottery from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman
Ming qi, or articles of the spirit, were objects such as vases, jars, ewers and figures specifically
created to accompany the deceased on their voyage into the afterlife and often vividly reflected
the social and cultural atmosphere of the tim...
Dia:Beacon: Agnes Martin: Homage to [a] Life: Paintings 1990–2004
“Homage to [a] Life” features works from the prolific years in Martin’s late career. Exploring both horizontal and vertical fields, Martin remained dedicated to pushing the formal possibilities of her luminous compositions. Adopting a smaller, fiv...
Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard: Eat Art: Joseph Beuys, Dieter Roth, Sonja Alhaeuser
The use of nontraditional, especially edible and organic materials, is a major theme in 20th-century art, and the works presented in Eat Art will incorporate a wide range of unorthodox artistic materials, including chocolate, margarine, salami, te...
Atlanta History Center: Reflections in Black: Smithsonian African American Photography
Divided into three sections - The First 100 Years: 1842–1942, Art and
Activism, and A History Deconstructed - the exhibition documents the black
experience from slavery through the Civil Rights Era to the present day.
The First 100 Years: 1842–...
Aakriti Art Gallery: Constructing Innocence in Bronze / Recent Sculptures of Subrata Biswas
Exploring indigenous tradition and flowing life was the essential quality of our first modernist in sculpture, the celebrated artist of twentieth century, Ramkinkar Baij. He also internalized the quintessential elements of Western modern idioms, b...
Hamburger Bahnhof Museum: Shirin Neshat: Women without Men and Other Works
Shirin Neshat: Women without Men and Other Works at the Hamburger
Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin surveys the recent developments in
the practice of this leading international artist, introducing two films –
Mahdokht (2004) and Zarin (2...
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