galleries

Nine Shades Of Whiteley

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:28:37 -0500

This is the first time a Brett Whiteley exhibition has toured to regional Australia since the Brett Whiteley Studio opened in 1995. The exhibition includes 20 Whiteley works and traces the artist’s life and career from his earliest painting Self Portrait at Sixteen, 1955 to just a few months before his death with Port Douglas, Far North Queensland 1992.

Kate Beynon’s New Paintings: Auspicious Charms

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:59:52 -0500

Kate Beynon’s new paintings feature female characters surrounded and supported by owls, dragons, bats, orchids, flags and emblems – charms and talismans that draw out aspects of the figures’ identities and have the power to influence their futures.

Simon Sainsbury Bequest At Tate Britain

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:56:01 -0500

The Simon Sainsbury Bequest to the nation goes on public display for the first time through 5 October 2008 at Tate Britain. All eighteen paintings from the Bequest are brought together before entering the permanent collection displays at the National Gallery and Tate.

Tradition In Transition: Russian Icons

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:51:42 -0500

Memorial Art Gallery, New York will exhibit Tradition In Transition: Russian Icons in the Age of the Romanovs, on view from October 5, 2008 to January 4, 2009.

Yayoi Kusama: Mirrored Years

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:07:06 -0500

The Mirrored Years exhibition of work by the celebrated Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama confronts early installations, films and sculptures from the 1960s with recent works. The exhibition reveals the coherence of Kusama's oeuvre over the years while at the same time highlighting the freshness and innovative nature of certain themes explored in her work.

Gagosian Gallery Exhibits Douglas Gordon

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:04:10 -0500

After the flamboyant, dazzling and sunny exhibition of last Summer given to us in Avignon by Cy Twombly with the jubilatory title "Blooming, A Scattering of Blossom and other things," the summer of 2008 shall be devoted to the Scottish artist Douglas Gordon who, as a counterpoint to this blissfulness worthy of Matisse, will propose a lunar, sombre exhibition of a quite saturnine melancholy.

Canada Gallery Unveils Celebrated Canadian Photographer Geoffrey James

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:06:33 -0500

Through October 19, 2008, The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) will display its first major retrospective of the work of one of Canada’s most celebrated contemporary, landscape photographers, Geoffrey James. Presented by Pratt & Whitney Canada, the exhibition comprises 91 works created between 1987 and 2002.

Perspectives: Y.Z. Kami

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:46:35 -0500

The Perspectives series of contemporary Asian art resumes with an exhibition of new works by artist Y.Z. Kami. Born in Tehran, Y.Z. Kami draws from Eastern and Western aesthetic and mystical traditions to create large-scale works that explore the movement between the physical world and the inward spiritual journey. A student of philosophy, he developed a particular interest in the human face and its relationship to the divine which has inspired several groups of portraits.

Cy Twombly: Cycles And Seasons

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:21:31 -0500

Coinciding with Cy Twombly's 80th year, this will be the first major retrospective in the UK for twenty years of the work of this artist. It will present a unique opportunity to examine his paintings, drawings and sculpture across his long and distinguished career. The exhibition will be on view from June 19 to September 14, 2008.

The 1930s: The Making Of New Man

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:21:11 -0500

Power, pathos, beauty and destructive force are all words that characterize the National Gallery of Canada’s (NGC) summer exhibition, The 1930’s: The Making of “The New Man.” Presented by the National Gallery of Canada Foundation, this rich and thought-provoking exhibition comprises 206 works, created by some the most celebrated artists of the 20th century.

London Gallery Exhibits Photograph By Donald MacLellan

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:43:46 -0500

'Want to see more of me?' is a striking new series of portraits of talented and successful black British film actors by photographer Donald MacLellan, funded by the UK Film Council.

National Portrait Gallery Exhibits Tudor And Jacobean Portraits

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:39:54 -0500

An innovative new display of Tudor portraits featuring virtuous wives and scandalous women some not seen in public for more than 70 years opens at the Elizabethan National Trust property Montacute House in Somerset, a regional partner of the National Portrait Gallery.