Archive for the Contemporary Art Category

June 29th, 2009

Recycled Art Trail in South Devon, July – Sept ‘09

Now in its fifth year, art works created for TRAIL will be in place along the South Devon coast linking Shaldon, Teignmouth and Dawlish for seven weeks from Sunday 19 July to Sunday 6 September. TRAIL, A Recycled Art in Landscape project, will feature dozens of structures created by local and national artists

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March 16th, 2009

It’s Art, It’s Smart and It’s in the Pays de la Loire This Summer

If you think that art exhibitions are only mounted in galleries or gardens, think again. This summer (June 6 to August 16), the mouth of the Loire River is the setting for what must be one of the world’s largest art shows: Estuaire.
The works will be displayed and created on, along and even in the [...]

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February 9th, 2009

The 2009 Florence Biennale is planning to dedicate an area to China

The 2009 Florence Biennale is planning to dedicate an area to China. On a recent trip to Beijing, the gallerist Hongbin Zhang,  director of the Qingdao Modern Art Gallery and a new member of the Biennale’s Scientific International Committee, invited the organizers to meet the highest representatives in the art field.

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November 26th, 2008

How Do Visually Impaired People Experience Visual Art?

How do visually impaired people experience visual art? This is the question explored in a new video work by artist and former doctor Eric Fong. Collaborating with Henshaws Society for Blind People, Fong visited a contemporary art exhibition with a group of visually impaired art enthusiasts.

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November 14th, 2008

Daan Van Golden at Camden Arts Centre, 5 December 2008 – 8 February 2009

Renowned and celebrated in The Netherlands since the 1960s, Daan van Golden presents his first solo exhibition in the UK at Camden Arts Centre.
In his meticulously executed paintings and photographs he seeks out beauty in the insignificant, using everyday motifs and images taken from the history of art.

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November 12th, 2008

First Glance at New Work from Artists Shortlisted for the Northern Art Prize

Northern Art Prize is a prestigious art prize for contemporary artists of any age, working in any media and living in the North of England (North West, North East and Yorkshire regions). It is supported by Leeds City Council, design and communication agency Logistik and business and design consultant Arup.

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November 11th, 2008

MADE, Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s Annual Craft and Applied Arts Exhibition

Continuing a tradition of exclusive and exquisite craft at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, YSP’s annual craft and applied arts exhibition, MADE, will open this Saturday 15 November 2008 and continue until Sunday 22 February 2009.

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November 7th, 2008

Saul Steinberg Illuminations at Dulwich Picture Gallery in London

Saul Steinberg (1914 – 1999), an American artist whose magic lit up the pages and covers of The New Yorker for six decades, is the subject of Dulwich Picture Gallery’s latest winter exhibition.

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November 4th, 2008

Gerhard Richter Exhibition at the National Gallery Complex, Edinburgh

One of the greatest and most influential European artists of the last fifty years will be the subject of a major retrospective exhibition at the National Gallery Complex in Edinburgh this autumn.

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October 20th, 2008

TEA, a New Space for the Arts in Tenerife, Canary Islands

The innovative TEA (Tenerife Espacio de las Artes) developed by the Cabildo de Tenerife, the Tenerife Government, opens its doors on 31st October and will be the latest addition to the cultural infrastructure in Tenerife and the Canary Islands.

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