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10th May 2008
to 12th Oct 2008 |
The Impressionist Figure - Selections from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery |
Exhibition
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| Presented exclusively by the Paine Art Center and Gardens, this exceptional exhibition features depictions of the human figure and scenes of everyday life in French art from the 1850s through the turn of the 20th century. |
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11th Oct 2008
to 4th Jan 2009 |
A Continuous Line: Ben Nicholson in England |
Exhibition
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| This is the first major tour of the work of Nicholson in the UK for over fourteen years, focusing on his career from the 1920 to when he left Britain to live in Switzerland in 1958. |
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11th Oct 2008
to 26th Jan 2009 |
Monet and the Impressionists |
Exhibition
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| The Art Gallery of New South Wales is the only Australian venue for this superb exhibition from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, which has one of the world's finest and most famous collections of impressionist paintings. |
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11th Sep 2008
to 4th Jan 2009 |
Francis Bacon |
Exhibition
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| An exhibition of the work of Francis Bacon (1909-1992) opening in September 2008 at Tate Britain will be a major celebration heralding the artist's centenary in 2009. |
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14th Aug 2008
to 11th Nov 2008 |
Power of Water |
Exhibition
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| Paintings, graphic works, sculpture and installations with representation of water that is one of the most popular motifs in the Russian art since the XVIII century till now will be presented on the "Power of Water" exhibition. |
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15th Oct 2008
to 18th Jan 2009 |
Renaissance Faces: Van Eyck to Titian |
Exhibition
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| A landmark exhibition at the National Gallery explores the dramatic rise of portraiture in the Renaissance, through the great Masters of Northern and Southern Europe. |
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16th Aug 2008
to 2nd Nov 2008 |
Andy Warhol's Athlete Portraits star in American Pop Exhibition |
Exhibition
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| American Pop: Featuring Andy Warhol's Athletes from the Richard Weisman Collection highlights 36 works drawn from major private collections as well as the Crocker's own. |
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16th Oct 2008
to 19th Oct 2008 |
Frieze Art Fair 2008: Details Announced |
Fair
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| Details of Frieze Art Fair 2008, 16-19 October, have today been announced by directors Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover. Frieze Art Fair is acknowledged as both the UK's most important contemporary art event and one of the world's most influential contemporary art fairs. |
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18th Aug 2007
to 30th Jun 2011 |
Restaurant Commission: James Aldridge Cold Mouth Prayer |
Exhibition
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Cold Mouth Prayer is a panoramic new painting, specially commissioned for Tate Modern's Restaurant.
Tate Modern, London |
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1st Jul 2008
to 14th Dec 2008 |
Constructed - 40 Years of the UEA Collection |
Exhibition
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| Constructed, the most extensive exhibition of the UEA Collection of Abstract and Constructivist Art, Architecture and Design, opens at the Sainsbury Centre on Tuesday 1st July and runs until Sunday 14th December. |
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20th Jun 2008
to 5th Jan 2009 |
Great Company: Portraits by European Masters |
Exhibition
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| A selection of portraits and sculpture by European masters dating from the Renaissance to the 20th century will grace the Coolidge Gallery in the Upper Hemicycle at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in the special installation Great Company: Portraits by European Masters. |
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20th Sep 2008
to 4th Jan 2009 |
Oasis: Western Dreams of the Ottoman Empire from the Dahesh Museum of Art |
Exhibition
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| Tacoma Art Museum's exhibition Oasis: Western Dreams of the Ottoman Empire from the Dahesh Museum of Art features a survey of nineteenth-century Western artists' responses to the diverse cultures of the former Ottoman Empire. |
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22nd Sep 2008
to 1st Mar 2009 |
Beyond Painting: Max Ernst in the Würth Collection |
Exhibition
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| The exhibition brings together fifty-seven works, comprising illustrated books, paintings, collages, sculptures, drawings and engravings. |
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23rd Aug 2008
to 19th Oct 2008 |
Landscape of Slavery: The Plantation in American Art |
Exhibition
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| This groundbreaking exhibition will examine plantation images in the American South, plus related slave imagery in the context of the American landscape tradition. |
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24th Aug 2008
to 16th Nov 2008 |
Yoko Ono. Between the Sky and My Head |
Exhibition
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| With Yoko Ono, the Kunsthalle Bielefeld is showing the works of an artist who has been active for more than fifty years and doubtless should be credited with having founded conceptual art. |
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24th Jul 2008
to 26th Oct 2008 |
Hadrian: Empire and Conflict |
Exhibition
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| The Roman Emperor Hadrian is best known for his passion for Greek culture, interest in architecture, his love for Antinous, and of course the wall he built between England and Scotland. |
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24th Jul 2008
to 5th Oct 2008 |
Love |
Exhibition
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| Comprising works of art from the 16th century to the present day, this exhibition explores how artists have represented this most powerful of emotions. |
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24th May 2008
to 2nd Nov 2008 |
Moore in America |
Exhibition
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| Moore in America: Monumental Sculpture at The New York Botanical Garden is the largest outdoor exhibition of Henry Moore's sculpture ever presented in a single venue in the United States. |
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25th Oct 2008
to 22nd Mar 2009 |
Byzantium 330-1453 |
Exhibition
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| Highlighting the splendours of the Byzantine Empire, the exhibition will comprise around 300 objects including icons, detached wall paintings, micro-mosaics, ivories, enamels plus gold and silver metalwork. |
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26th Jun 2008
to 5th Oct 2008 |
The Courtauld Cezannes |
Exhibition
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| The Courtauld Gallery holds the most important group of works by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) in Britain. This exhibition presents the entire collection for the first time. |
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26th Sep 2008
to 1st Feb 2009 |
Rothko |
Exhibition
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| Tate Modern presents an exhibition by one of the world's most famous and best-loved artists, Mark Rothko. This is the first significant exhibition of his work to be held in the UK for over 20 years. |
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28th Jun 2008
to 12th Oct 2008 |
Coming of Age: American Art, 1850s to 1950s |
Exhibition
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| The selection of works offers a comprehensive look at the major developments in a period of one hundred years, marked by the rise of modernity and by a dramatic change in the physical and social landscape. |
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29th Jun 2008
to 2nd Nov 2008 |
The Impressionists: Master paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago |
Exhibition
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| Some of the most celebrated and iconic works of the great Impressionist painters are coming to the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. |
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29th Jun 2008
to 5th Oct 2008 |
Gustave Caillebotte - Parisian Impressionist with a passion for water |
Exhibition
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| "Gustave Caillebotte - Parisian Impressionist with a passion for water" is the first individual exhibition of work by the French painter in Germany. |
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2nd Aug 2008
to 9th Nov 2008 |
Tracey Emin: 20 Years |
Exhibition
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| The first major UK retrospective exhibition of work by Tracey Emin, one of the most celebrated and influential artists of her generation will be the highlight of this year's summer exhibition programme at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. |
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2nd May 2007
to 30th Apr 2012 |
Colour and Line: Turner's Experiments |
Exhibition
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Discover how Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) revolutionised two different kinds of image-making: watercolour and print.
Tate Britain, London |
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30th Oct 2008
to 4th Jan 2009 |
René Magritte 1948: La Période Vache |
Exhibition
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| René Magritte numbers not only among the most important, but also among the most popular artists of the twentieth century. With "René Magritte 1948: La Période Vache," the Schirn continues a series of exhibitions that started with "Henri Matisse. Drawing with Scissors" and "Paul Klee. 1933" and was followed by "Max Beckmann. |
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3rd Jul 2008
to 19th Oct 2008 |
Wyndham Lewis portraits |
Exhibition
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| An important new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, showing the striking portraits of the great British modernist artist and writer Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957). |
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4th Jun 2008
to 5th Oct 2008 |
Spared from the Storm: Masterworks from the New Orleans Museum of Art |
Exhibition
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| The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University presents "Spared from the Storm: Masterworks from the New Orleans Museum of Art" and includes paintings, drawings, and sculptures by many of the most influential artists of the 17th through the mid-20th centuries, such as Luca Giordano, Claude Monet, and Pablo Picasso. |
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4th Oct 2008
to 7th Oct 2008 |
Hong Kong International Arts & Antiques Fair |
Fair
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| The Hong Kong International Arts & Antiques Fair, to be staged at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, will mark a new milestone in the exciting and robust Hong Kong art scene. |
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4th Oct 2008
to 2nd Jan 2009 |
Miró, Calder, Giacometti, Braque: Aimé Maeght and his artists |
Exhibition
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| This October the Royal Academy of Arts will present an exhibition of works selected from the collections of the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France. |
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5th Sep 2008
to 8th Dec 2008 |
Van Gogh: Heartfelt Lines |
Exhibition
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| The Albertina's large autumn exhibition is presenting Vincent van Gogh from an entirely new perspective: the show unites both the painter and draughtsman Van Gogh, and its 150 works illustrate how much the artist's expressive brush work in the paintings was prepared by his dynamic draughtsmanship. |
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5th Sep 2008
to 31st Aug 2009 |
Unspeakable: The Artist as Witness to the Holocaust |
Exhibition
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| Unspeakable is the first opportunity to see together the different artistic responses to the Nazi persecution of the Jews of Europe, from the Imperial War Museum's Art collection. |
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6th Jun 2008
to 12th Oct 2008 |
Bad Painting - Good Art |
Exhibition
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| 'Personally, I like bad better than good painting' (Asger Jorn) at the MUMOK. This bold exhibition Bad Painting addresses the phenomenon of consciously 'bad' painting which can be found throughout the history of 20th century painting. |
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9th Jul 2008
to 5th Oct 2008 |
Painting Family: The De Brays, Master Painters of 17th Century Holland |
Exhibition
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| This beautiful show will be a complete revelation to all lovers of 17th century Dutch art. Jan de Bray was the most important painter in Haarlem in the second half of the 17th century, a mantle he inherited from his father Salomon, who trained him. |
