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November 24, 2009

Raafat Ishat’s 20-painting series Emergencies, Accidents and Congratulations, part of Brisbane’s upcoming sixth Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, is also a journey in art history, with references to modernism, Italian Renaissance architecture, Russian contructivism and cubism — one work is immediately recognisable as a reference to Marcel Duchamp’s famous cubist work Nude Descending A Staircase.

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Alias Man Ray: Mercurial Jester, Revealing and Concealing

November 23, 2009 "Alias Man Ray" doesn't challenge the long-held view that photography was Man Ray's most enduring contribution to modernism. But it does change our picture of the artist. Duchamp was supposed to be the elusive one, but here it is Man Ray who slips among cities and mediums and personas -- and, finally, out of Duchamp's shadow. "Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention" continues through March 14 at the Jewish Museum (1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, New York City); (212) 423-.. read more...

Glass sculptures show modern influences

November 17, 2009 To honor a condition of a Houston Arts Alliance grant artist Michael Crowder received — that he exhibit his recent work by year's end — Crowder and gallerist Wade Wilson had to scramble to squeeze a short-lived exhibit into Wilson's already full roster. But the result, L'heure bleue, looks like anything but a rush job. Crowder's masterful trompe l'oeil glass sculptures like Air amusé (Amused Air), are witty, lovingly crafted homages to such modernist influ.. read more...

Against all Reason. Surrealism Paris – Prague

November 6, 2009 With over 300 works, this large-scale exhibition takes a fresh look at Surrealism as an international art movement involving major contributions from eastern Central Europe. The organisers, the City of Ludwigshafen and BASF SE, are not only showcasing major works at the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum by Surrealist artists such as Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Max Ernst, André Masson and Meret Oppenheim, but also numerous works by artists such as Giorgio de Chirico, .. read more...

Archived BBC Footage of Marcel Duchamp

November 4, 2009 The video below is an excerpt from archived footage of Marcel Duchamp including many of his works and an interview with him in his studio. It was filmed by the British Broadcasting Company for an unknown program. .. read more...

Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention

November 2, 2009 The constant motif of Man Ray’s life was liberation, change, and transgression: whether in name, medium, style, or content, he sought to free the object or subject of its limitations, just as he sought to free himself from his own personal origins and outsider past. The exhibition will demonstrate how the artist’s assimilation, his emergence from an immigrant world of stereotype, ethnicity, and fixed identity, produced a dynamic polarity of revelation and concealm.. read more...

Tears of Eros Exhibition opens in Madrid

October 30, 2009 The Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid presents "Tears of Eros" opening October 20, the title of the exhibition is borrowed from Les Larmes d'eros (1961), Geoge Bataille's last book before his death. Bataille explores the connection and similarities between sex and death, examining their parallel sensations as written about in ancient mythologies. Likewise, the artworks in the exhibition adhere to this connection, a handful of artworks are selected to illustrate ea.. read more...

Artnet Launches Modern + Contemporary Art Sale

October 29, 2009 Artnet Online announces it's launch of their Modern + Contemporary Art Sale. The sale will start today and last until November 12, 2009. Artnet serves as a price database for sale and auction results from thousands of galleries worldwide. It was not until recently that they had started their own online auctions. This auction will feature 70 artworks from Modern and Contemporary Artists including: Damien Hirst, Sol Lewitt, Robert Rauschenberg, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Kenn.. read more...

MIDNIGHT at the MUSEUM with RV & HIS DEAD FRIENDS HALLOWEEN NIGHT

October 28, 2009 Art meets Halloween in an adults-only fundraiser at the Lake Eustis Museum of Art, where Orlando artist Robin Van Arsdol will present his live homage to Yves Klein. Here's more:   Please join us at Lake Eustis Museum of Art Halloween (Saturday Oct. 31, 2009, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.) for an ADULTS ONLY fund raising event featuring Robin Van Arsdol with his infamous Live Homage to Yves Klein at Midnight at the Museum. Tickets are $40 each in advance or at the door. Come as.. read more...