Archive for the ‘Modern Art’ Category

Virginia Knauer, a Collector Who Also Made History

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As part of Freeman's bi-annual American, Furniture, Silver, Folk & Decorative Arts auction on April 30, this collection presents an occasion for the public to understand a segment of Mrs. Knauer's personal life as a passionate, informed collector with …
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'Modern Way' symposium, garden tours this week

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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. (323) 857-6010. Feb. 25: Internationally recognized bonsai masters share their passion for the art form in this annual event that includes exhibits, demonstrations, a “bonsai bazaar” …
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Project MOCA challenges fashion students to create designs based on Ursula von …

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By Emily Hamlin Smith, The Plain Dealer Courtesy MOCAThe Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland will host a competition Saturday — loosely based on "Project Runway" — to highlight its main gallery exhibition, "Ursula von Rydingsvard: Sculpture," and …
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Guimarães, Portugal: Europe's cultural enigma

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Culturally, too, the north of Portugal is known primarily for Porto, some 37 miles (60km) south-west of Guimarães, with its imposing Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art and buzzy, after-dark street life. Guimarães is an enigma. But for Carlos Martins, …
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Philanthropy, Multiculturalism and Contemporary Art in Sydney

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CLOCK-WATCHING IS usually a sign of boredom, yet for Liz Ann Macgregor, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, it is a sign of triumph. It is no bejewelled horological contraption that she has acquired, but one of only two loan editions …
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Giveaway: Travelling Light

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We have tickets for three North Texas locations where it will be shown: the Angelika Film Centers in Dallas and Plano, presented in conjunction with By Experience HD; and also at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, where the screenings are presented …
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Tedeschi at White House, blues show,

Nedra Matteucci Galleries Santa Fe Announces Schedule of Exhibitions for 2012

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Matteucci Galleries will exhibit leading contemporary sculptors who represent the depth and diversity of modern, western and representational art throughout the year. The exhibition Monumental and Garden Sculpture: A Lifestyle in Art, will highlight …
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Christie's London evening auction of Post-War and Contemporary art totals …

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Christie's evening auction of Post-War & Contemporary Art totaled £80576100 ($ 126504477 / €96127287) selling 95% by value and 89% by lot. This is the 2nd highest total for the category at Christie's London. The top lot of the sale was Francis Bacon's …
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Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat, billionaire cement heiress and modern art patron …

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Fortabat traveled often as she expanded her modern art collection, which includes an Andy Warhol portrait of her, painted in the same style as his famous Marilyn Monroe series. Despite her many properties, her private art collection grew to the point …
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