Articles related to "Modern Art"



A Tour of New York City's MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art displays a vast collection of art including paintings, drawings, sculptures and film programmes - A New York experience for the whole family.
• the museum of modern art moma • hours of operation the museum of modern art moma • hours of operation • free tours moma museum of modern art • family programmes museum of modern art

Early Modern Vietnamese Artists
The first artists of Vietnam's modern art, each in his own way, greatly contribute to the development of art in Vietnam.
• vietnamese early artists • vietnamese art masters • vietnam's early modern art • vietnamese modern painters • first artists of vietnam's modern art

Dreaming
for the Jung at heart? Or, Ms Budget Travel starts with a nightmare and ends up on the Museum Boat. . .
• amsterdam • van gogh • museum • museumboot • museum boat

Essential Eames
Explore innovative works of design from the modern minds of Charles and Ray Eames.
• charles eames • ray eames • architects • modern art • architecture

Gary Hume: Door Paintings
Some twenty years after the artist first emerged onto the re-ignited British art scene, Modern Art Oxford presents the first survey of Gary Hume's impressive oeuvre.
• modern art oxford • gary hume • door paintings • conceptual • visual artist

Modern Art History Events
Confirm your knowledge of modern art history with an overview of art history events from the 17th to 20th centuries.
• timeline art history • claude lorrain • modern art history • peter lely • pierre puvis de chavannes

Overview of Shocking Changes Brought on by Industrial Revolution
The 1900s saw a lot of changes, and the Museum of Modern Art has a beautiful group of concurrently running exhibits on right now regarding some of them. Here is one example...
• art • arts • visual arts • 1900s • 20th century

Pablo Picasso , part one
The first of two articles on Spanish artist Pablo Picasso.
• picasso art spain modern art art history

Pablo Picasso,part 2
Second of two articles on Pablo Picasso
• modern art history picasso spain

Peggy Guggenheim's Museum Part One of Two
A walk through Peggy Guggenheim's Museum
• peggy guggenheim • museum • venice • modern art

Percy Wyndham Lewis
This abstract artist is today best-known for his dramatic Vorticist design that shows his commentary on industrialism and modern life.
• percy wyndham lewis • vorticism • blast • 20th-century painter • abstract expressionism

The Importance of Photography ( a new medium) as an Art Form
Alfred Stieglitz was not just a photographer, but a real organizer and a very important leader for the new (20th) century movement in the U.S., known later as Modern Art. And he had a very influential group of artists as friends and collaborators.
• stieglitz • photography • modern art • art photography • portraiture

Willem de Kooning
Article on Abstract Expressionist Willem de Kooning
• abstract expressionism • de kooning • modern art

Art Museums in Helsinki, Finland
The best art museums in Helsinki, Finland, whether you are interested in modern, Scandinavian art or artworks created by old European masters.
• helsinki art museums • finland art museums • didrichsen art museum • helsinki museums • helsinki city art museum

Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night at Yale
A special exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut unites two important paintings by Dutch Post-Impressionist Vincent van Gogh.
• art museum exhibitions • vincent van gogh • starry night • cypresses • post-impressionism

17th-Century European Painters
Discover artist Hobbema's most famous painting, the definition of academicism, and how a celebrated 19th-century artist has been ignored for decades.
• meindert hobbema • charles le brun • bouguereau • academic art • academicism

Art of the Cyclades
The prehistoric Cycladic culture made distinctive and strange yet elegant statues of an almost extraterrestrial appearance.
• cycladic art • white marble • statuette • cycladic figurine • harp player

ATHLETIC SHOES ON EXHIBIT AT SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART!
ATHLETIC SHOE DESIGNS OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS
• adidas • prada • ralph lauren • nike • new balance

Cologne - Carnivals & Cathedrals
Cologne is a much underated city in guide books. Germany's oldest city has many attractions for the visitor including its famous cathedral, carnival and comedy festival.
• cologne germany • cologne cathedral • cologne carnival • comedy festival • heritage sites

Disney Art Returned
Chiba University in Japan is returning 250 pieces of Disney art after they were found in a janitor's closet. The stills were part of a Sleeping Beauty exhibit in 1960.
• disney art returned • sleeping beauty • silly symphonies • fantasia • walt disney

In Memoriam: Anne d'Harnoncourt
The Philadelphia Museum of Art's Anne d'Harnoncourt, Director and Chief Executive Officer, died on June 1, 2008. She was 64 years old.
• anne d'harnoncourt • philadelphia museum of art • pma • director and chief executive officer • rené d’harnoncourt

Kandinsky: Russian Years
Wassily Kandinsky is one of Russia's most famous artists. Kandinsky is considered to be the father of abstract art. This three-part series explores his life and artisti
• wassily kandinsky • jawlensky • phalanx • abstract art • monet

London - Royal Academy of Arts
From Russia,an exhibition of over 120 paintings of French and Russian 19th and 20th century masterpieces. Picasso, Gaugin, Matisse,Chagall, Tatin, Malevich, and more.
• russia accumulated modern art • more than 120 works on show • matisse’s great masterpiece • royal academy had an illustrious start in life • founded by joshua reynolds

Luxembourg Photo Exhibit
Edward Steichen, a native of Luxembourg who became an American citizen in 1900, brought the concept of color photography to life.
• edward steichen • luxembourg photo exhibit • museum of modern art grand-duc jean • pioneer color photography • pond-moonlight

Lyonel Feininger German Exhibition
The artist's drawings, prints, and watercolors represent his distinctive originality with characteristics of major styles of modern art.
• lyonel feininger • harold loebermann collection • kunstsammlungen • chemitz • german art exhibition

Madrid Museum Guide
In Madrid, museums are grand affairs, surrounded by gardens and filled with historical treasures. These three museums offer the best view into Spanish history.
• madrid museums • spain museums • spain history • spain travel • spanish art

Museum Honors George Lois
A new exhibit will be on display at the Museum of Modern Art featuring 32 of George Lois' 92 Esquire covers dated between 1962-1972.
• esquire covers exhibit • george lois • museum of modern art • advertising exhibit • esquire magazine history

NYC Museum Exhibits: Summer 2008
Masterworks of art from 3000 B.C. to the modern era are on view in 17 exhibitions at nine Manhattan museums during Summer 2008.
• art museum exhibitions • ancient medieval renaissance modern art • new york special exhibitions • guggernheim museum • jewish museum

PostSecret: A Lifetime of Secrets
Frank Warren's PostSecret.com is an Internet phenomenon, and a unique and touching art project. His new book, out this week, compiles hundreds of new secrets.
• postsecret • post secret • postsecret.com • frank warren • a lifetime of secrets

The Word and Religious Art
Painters such as Colin McCahon, outsider artists and preacher artists have all turned to word symbols to address religious questions.
• religious art • modern art • outsider art • biblical text and art • colin mccahon

Which 19th-Century Painter
Which British or French painter was dismissed as sentimental, was known for satanic subject matter, was the father of modern art, or was honored symbolically as an eye?
• 19th-century european painting • john everett millais • aubrey beardsley • paul cezanne • claude monet

Why Do We Collect?
A diversionary trip to a most unusual web site, the Museum of Jurassic Technology, leads to an exploration of the question "why do we collect?"
• museums • collecting • collectors • jurassic • noah

20th-Century Artist Self-Portraits
Self-portraits by French and German artists from the early 20th century feature the modernist sensibility of discontent with traditional European art.
• self-portrait • die brücke • fränzi • ernst ludwig kirchner • lovis corinth

20th-Century Artist-Writers
Early 20th-century expressionist artist Bratby and mixed-media artist Tàpies added components of writing to their repertoires.
• john bratby • antonio tàpies • essay nothing is mean • artists who are also writers • 20th-century art

Accessible Tourism in Valencia
Valencia in the northeast of Spain is a superb destination for disabled or older travellers. Some useful access information for visiting Valencia.
• accessible tourism valencia spain • valencia by wheelchair • public transport in valencia for disabled • disability information for valencia • accessible beaches around valencia

At the Prado: Spectacular Goya
Versatile and innovative artist Francisco Goya changed Spanish art as he recorded a tumultuous period in Spain's history. The Prado shows both Goya's art and his times.
• prado goya in time of war exhibit • must-see madrid • artist francisco goya exhibition • spanish art • spain’s history

Center for Curatorial Leadership
The Center for Curatorial Leadership, a New York organization that develops directorship skills in museum curators, has announced its premiere class of 10 fellows.
• center for curatorial leadership • curatorial studies fellowships • museum curators directors • agnes gund • elizabeth easton

Dalí & Film: An Exhibit Overview
"Dalí & Film" is a groundbreaking traveling museum exhibition that explores the relationship of painting and film in the works of Spanish Surrealist Salvador Dalí.
• dalí & film • dalí: painting and film • salvador dalí • surrealism • surrealist art painting film cinema

DMA Director John R. Lane Retires
John R. Lane will retire as the Dallas Museum of Arts' director on May 30, 2008.
• art museums • dallas museum of art • john r. lane • bonnie pitman • san francisco museum of modern art

Guggenheim Museum's New Exhibits
Four special exhibitions at New York's Guggenheim Museum of Art during Summer 2008 return to view seminal works of Modernism from its permanent collection.
• art museum exhibitions • solomon r. guggenheim museum • modern art painting sculpture drawing • paul cézanne • edgar degas

Holiday Gifts: Museum Books 2007
Ten scholarly books with color illustrations, produced for nine museum special exhibitions and one permanent installation, are recommended for holiday giftgiving in 2007.
• art history archaeology museum books christmas gif • museum exhibition catalogues monographs • ancient medieval renaissance modern african art • egypt tutankhamun • greek and roman art

JSG Boggs, Counterfeit Art
J.S.G. Boggs is an exceptional conceptual artist and master forger who has fallen on hard times.
• jsg boggs • j.s.g. boggs • counterfeit • forger • currency

Lanzarote Artist, Cesar Manrique
Because of the multi-talented surrealist Cesar Manrique, Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands, is a major art destination for sculpture and exciting modern architecture.
• lanzarote artist • cesar manrique • caesar art • canary islands spain modern architecture • spanish surrealist art destination

London South Bank Sights & Culture
The South Bank is home to some of London's most popular attractions. Below are six of the best - there are many more.
• royal festival hall showcases international orches • national theatre performances in three theatres • london eye for fabulous city views • gabriel's wharf • tate modern for outstanding modern art

London's Art Galleries
Tate Modern is the world's largest modern art gallery, housed in a most unusual buildng.
• tate modern south bank • new millenium bridge • sculptor louise bourgeois • he turbine hall tate modern • collection of international modern art

Manhattan - New York
Manhattan is laid out in a grid pattern and finding your way around is easy- avenues run parallel to the island's length and streets criss-cross it east to west.
• empire state building - most loved by new yorkers • fifth avenue is place to shop • manhattan is full of fine museums and art gallerie • museum of modern art - one of top attractions • central park - an oasis in the urban jungle

Marc Chagall French Painter
Marc Chagall is considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. A brief look at the life and artwork of the French artist Marc Chagall.
• marc chagall • jewish artist • russian artist • famous artists from art history • degenerate art

New York - 5th Avenue
New York has soaring skyscrapers, world-famous art galleries and Central Park plus much more, which makes the Big Apple one of the world's top tourist destinations.
• fifth avenue most glittering shopping area • empire state building on 34th street • rockefeller centre city within a city • rest in st. patrick's cathedral • museum of modern art at 53rd street

Norman McLaren at MOMA
Norman McLaren has yet another retrospective, this time at NYC's Museum of Modern Art, from November 29-30th.
• norman mclaren • national film board of canada • museum of modern art • animation • nfb

Paul Nash and Yves Tanguy
Learn something new from comments made about these two abstract and surrealist artists who created unique landscapes.
• paul nash • yves tanguy • surrealist painter • surrealism • modern art


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