ArtBabble: Painting

The Art of Boxing - George Bellows at the National Gallery of Art, Washington

National Gallery of Art, Washington — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:57:08 +0000

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In The Art of Boxing, Sharmbá Mitchell, former two-time Junior Welterweight Champion of the World, and Charles Brock, associate curator of American and British paintings at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, talk about four of the greatest sports paintings in American art―Club Night (1907), Stag at Sharkey's (1909), Both Members of This Club (1909), and Dempsey and Firpo (1924)―by George Bellows (1882–1925), now on view as part of a landmark retrospective exhibition of Bellows' work at the Na

Lauren Zoll: Something is

Indianapolis Museum of Art — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:52:54 +0000

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Indianapolis Museum of Art

Something is features a newly commissioned body of work by Indianapolis-based emerging artist Lauren Zoll that explores the intersections of painting and video. Numerous large-scale paintings, videos, and a collage affixed directly to the gallery wall will form an immersive and variable installation in the Carmen & Mark Holeman Gallery. Something is proposes an open-ended investigation—the title itself is the start of a phrase to be completed by exhibition visitors as they interpret the changing and foreign environment of the installation within the gallery.

A Conversation with the Curators about Snapshot: Painters and Photography

Indianapolis Museum of Art — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:45:23 +0000

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Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard

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Indianapolis Museum of Art

Join Ellen W. Lee, Wood-Pulliam Senior Curator at the IMA; Elizabeth Easton, Director of the Center for Curatorial Leadership; Eliza Rathbone, Chief Curator of The Phillips Collection; and Edwin Becker, Head of Exhibitions at the Van Gogh Museum, for an informal discussion exploring the artists' intriguing experiments with snapshot photography.

Howie Tsui on Mount Abundance and the Tiptoe People #1 and #2

Asian Art Museum — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:18:08 +0000

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Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past

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Asian Art Museum

Born in Hong Kong and raised in Nigeria and Ontario, Howie Tsui’s influences include ghost stories, Buddhist hell scrolls, Japanese monster culture, and Hong Kong vampire films. As part of his Horror Fables series, Tsui contributes to "Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past" (on view at the Asian Art Museum from May 18-September 2, 2012) intricately drawn human-monster hybrids that combine imagery from traditional Asian folklore with contemporary pop culture.

Art of Another Kind: The Exhibition

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 22:36:31 +0000

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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Art of Another Kind: International Abstraction and the Guggenheim, 1949–1960
June 8–September 12, 2012

Dallas Museum of Art Collection: The Icebergs

Dallas Museum of Art — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:42:53 +0000

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Dallas Museum of Art Collection

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Dallas Museum of Art

When The Icebergs was first exhibited at a Civil War fundraising exhibition, critics hailed it as "the most splendid work of art that has yet been produced in this country." Both sides of the Atlantic thrilled to this dramatic scene, which was based on sketches made by the artist during a month-long chartered boat trip in the North Atlantic, off the Canadian coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Kehinde Wiley/The World Stage: Israel

The Jewish Museum, New York — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:43:07 +0000

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The Jewish Museum, New York

Curator Karen Levitov takes us on a brief tour of the exhibition Kehinde Wiley/ The World Stage: Israel. The exhibition features Wiley's vibrant large-scale portraits of Israeli youths alongside a selection of traditional Jewish papercuts and textiles from The Jewish Museum's collection.

Kehinde Wiley/ The World Stage: Israel
The Jewish Museum, New York
March 9 - July 29, 2012
http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/kehinde-wiley

Sitting for Vuillard

The Jewish Museum, New York — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:07:48 +0000

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The Jewish Museum, New York

Madame Claude Dalsace, née Bloch, recalls what it was like to sit for the artist Edouard Vuillard as a child (interview, 2012).

Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, 1890-1940
The Jewish Museum, New York
May 4 - September 23, 2012
http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/vuillard

Artist Talk: Lisa Yuskavage on Edouard Vuillard

The Jewish Museum, New York — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:50:53 +0000

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The Jewish Museum, New York

Artist Lisa Yuskavage and Chief Curator Norman Kleeblatt discuss the paintings of Edouard Vuillard and his impact on contemporary art. The conversation highlights Vuillard's influence on artists from after World War II to those working today, and examines Yuskavage's own complex art.

Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, 1890-1940
The Jewish Museum, New York
May 4 - September 23, 2012
http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/vuillard

The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats

The Jewish Museum, New York — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:46:36 +0000

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The Jewish Museum, New York

Emily Casden, curatorial assistant at The Jewish Museum, tours the exhibition The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats.

The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats
The Jewish Museum, New York
September 9, 2011 - January 29, 2012
http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/the-snowy-day-and-keats-exhib...