BALTIMORE, MD – School 33 Art Center and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts are pleased to exhibit Vision Quest curated by Jason Hughes, School 33 Art Center’s exhibitions coordinator. The exhibition runs through October 4, 2008. The featured artists in the exhibition Vision Quest include Seth Adelsberger, Sarah Gamble, James Johnson, Patrick O’Malley, and Christine Buckton Tillman.
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New York City – NY Studio Gallery presents THE WATERS ARE UNSAFE by video artist and painter Robert O’Connor. Inspired by junk-mail charity letters, O’Connor focuses on the burden of empathy. He states: “But how can I possibly respond? How can I, or anyone for that matter, assimilate this constant stream of despair (not only from my mailbox but from
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LONDON – The 2008 Sovereign European Art Prize exhibition opens at the Embankment Galleries, Somerset House, London, on 1st October. The 2008 Sovereign European Art Prize exhibition presents works by 30 contemporary artists from across Europe selected by a panel of judges including Sir Peter Blake, Tim Marlow, Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Philly Adams, Alan Yentob and Jarvis Cocker. The winner will
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MADRID, SPAIN – Yesterday’s Spanish Art Sale held in Madrid totaled €5.575.450 / £4,404,606 / $7,749,876 USD. The sale’s top lot was the painting “Matisse como pretexto” by Manolo Valdés, which achieved €505.000 and set new a world record for the artist. Juan Varez, Managing Director of Christie’s Spain, commented: “Christie’s Spanish Art art sale witnessed a packed saleroom and
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We have the pleasure of inviting you to the opening reception of a solo exhibition featuring the latest works by Professor Zhang Jie, Vice President of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, China. Exhibition Opening:Thursday 6th November 2008, 6.30pm to 8.30pm. On exhibition through November 19th, 2008 at Karin Weber Gallery. His latest works on oil sometimes present the viewer with a
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“JEFFAR KHALDI: With you, Without Ever Seeing You” 2008-10-15 until 2008-11-01 John Martin Gallery London, , UK United Kingdom In October the John Martin Gallery will be holding the first European exhibition of the Palestinian painter Jeffar Khaldi. The winner of the Grand Prize at the Sharjah Biennial in 1997, Khaldi is regarded as one of the most significant new
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The exhibition, organized in conjunction with the Lazio Regional Authority’s Culture, Performance Arts and Sport Department, with the significant contribution of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage – Superintendence for Etruria Meridionale Archeological Heritage, tells the story of the Etruscan civilization in Lazio and describes its extraordinary level of achievement through the development of its main urban centers. Veii, Cerveteri, Vulci
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José Berardo, born in 1944 on the island of Madeira, is one of the biggest Portuguese entrepreneurs. Barely aged 19, he emigrated to South Africa where he made a fortune working in various fields (goldmining, wine, banking, telecommunications). He came back to Portugal in 1986 and started gathering one of the most interesting collections of modern and contemporary art in
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The sixth edition of the leading international contemporary art fair is sponsored by Deutsche Bank and takes place in London from 16-19 October 2008. 151 of the world’s most exciting contemporary art galleries, representing 27 countries, will present new work by over 1,000 artists at Frieze Art Fair. 2008 will see 11 galleries exhibiting at Frieze Art Fair for the
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The Museum of Modern Art in New York has acquired 28 photographs by 11 contemporary Chinese artists, including Ai Weiwei, Rong Rong, Huang Yan and Sheng Qi. The works were purchased from New York collector and former publisher of Museums magazine Larry Warsh, who bought most of the pieces directly from the artists’ studios. Valued at over $400,000 by Mr
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