ArtBabble - Inspiration

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

GlassLab Design Session: Steven & William Ladd

Corning Museum of Glass — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:14:45 +0000

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Corning Museum of Glass

Designers Steven and William Ladd describe working at GlassLab during a two-day design session at The Corning Museum of Glass, August 28 - 29, 2012.

Rineke Dijkstra: A Retrospective

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:56:57 +0000

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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Rineke Dijkstra: A Retrospective
June 29–October 8, 2012

Ann Hamilton

National Gallery of Art, Washington — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 06:23:27 +0000

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National Gallery of Art, Washington

Ann Hamilton presented a lecture on her nearly 30-year career as part of the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Lecture Series at the National Gallery of Art on September 16, 2011. Hamilton has made multimedia installations with stunning qualities and quantities of materials: a room lined with small canvas dummies, a table spread with human and animal teeth, the artist herself wearing a man's suit covered in a layer of thousands of toothpicks. Along the way, she has constantly set and reset the course of contemporary art.

Anju, from the Far World (after seven paintings by Fuyuko Matsui)

Asian Art Museum — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:58:54 +0000

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Phantoms Arise!

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Asian Art Museum

Mari L'Esperance reads a poem she wrote in response to seven paintings by Fuyuko Matsui in the exhibition "Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past" (on view at the Asian Art Museum from May 18-September 2, 2012). For more information: http://www.asianart.org/phantoms/ This presentation was part of MATCHA: Phantoms Arise! For more information: http://www.asianart.org/matcha/pastevents.htm#m2012 Co-presented by Litquake.

Untitled by Kevin Simmonds

Asian Art Museum — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:05:55 +0000

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Phantoms Arise!

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Asian Art Museum

Kevin Simmonds reads a poem he wrote in response to the exhibition "Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past" (on view at the Asian Art Museum from May 18-September 2, 2012). For more information: http://www.asianart.org/phantoms/ This presentation was part of MATCHA: Phantoms Arise! For more information: http://www.asianart.org/matcha

GlassLab Design Session: Constantin & Laurene Boym

Corning Museum of Glass — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:23:27 +0000

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Corning Museum of Glass

Designers Constantin and Laurene Boym describe working at GlassLab during a design session at The Corning Museum of Glass, August 7 - 8, 2012.

GlassLab Design Session: Michele Oka Doner

Corning Museum of Glass — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:23:14 +0000

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Corning Museum of Glass

Designer Michele Oka Doner describes working at GlassLab during a design session at The Corning Museum of Glass, July 31 - August 1, 2012.

GlassLab Design Session: Tom Scott

Corning Museum of Glass — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:22:59 +0000

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Corning Museum of Glass

Designer Tom Scott describes working at GlassLab during a design session at The Corning Museum of Glass, July 24 - 25, 2012.

GlassLab Design Session: Jon Otis

Corning Museum of Glass — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:14:51 +0000

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Corning Museum of Glass

Designer Jon Otis describes working at GlassLab during a design session at The Corning Museum of Glass, July 17 - 18, 2012.