| Jakob and Rudolf von Alt | BY ORDER OF THE EMPEROR
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, who became Emperor Ferdinand I in 1835, commissioned the leading watercolourists of his day to create a “picture book” of the major towns and most scenic regions in the Austrian Empire and neighbouring lands. The project was carried out from 1833 until 1848 when, at the end of that Year of Revolution, Emperor Ferdinand was forced to abdicate.
The... |
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| Yuri Gorbachev | Paintings 1994-2009
Gallery K of Hampstead, together with La Parole Divine, a new art consultancy is exhibiting the art of Yuri Gorbachev, and to welcome him in person at the opening. KALEIDOSCOPE is a wonderful array of paintings in brilliant jewel-like colours. The myriad elements in the images are derived from traditional Russian folk themes, village life and childhood dreams, all executed with great... |
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| Robert Olsen
Susanne Vielmetter Berlin Projects is presenting new paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Robert Olsen in our Berlin gallery space.
Robert Olsen's new series of paintings focuses on a tradition of northern European still life paintings. Exploring a stark difference between dark, almost black backgrounds and dramatically illuminated objects in the foreground, this group of... |
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| Crystel Ceresa: Drops of Poison
Laleh June is presenting a solo exhibition by the Swiss painter Crystel Ceresa (born in Geneva 1977, lives and works in Geneva ). In her first solo exhibition at Laleh June Galerie, Crystel Ceresa presents a project based around the twin themes of automatic writing and random poetry, a project which takes the form of a series of painted tondi, an installation on the ground, and a large... |
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| Vassilis Karakatsanis in Morfi Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
morfi gallery
Agkyras 84, Limassol 3042, Cyprus
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morfi@morfi.org
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Vassilis Karakatsanis
‘Urban Behaviours’ 2008/2009
February 24-March 14, 2009
Morfi Gallery in Limassol/Cyprus is pleased to announce ‘Urban Behaviours’ 2008/2009 an exhibition with painting by Vassilis Karakatsanis (b. Athens 1957).
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| Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
One of the National Gallery's most iconic images is heading to York in 2008. Whistlejacket was painted by George Stubbs who spent his early career in York - even marrying in the city.
This exhibition will showcase this magnificent work and will bring together work from local galleries and private collections, including a portrait of the famous racehorse Gimcrack, his midwifery... |
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| Oskar Kokoschka: Exile and New Home 1938 – 1980
There has long been a need for an exhibition of the late works of Oskar Kokoschka and a corresponding new positioning. The Albertina’s show pays tribute to this important creative period, exhibiting 40 paintings and some 160 watercolours, drawings and graphic prints. More than half of the objects on view come from the holdings of the Albertina, whose collection of some 1200 of... |
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| GORAZD SATLER - Transitions: Paintings 1976-1993
Posthumous exhibition that shows the most characteristic works of each period of the painter's opus.
Curator: Miloš Bašin, Marina Mihelič Satler
Gorazd Satler was born in Ljubljana in 1948. After finishing the Secondary School of Design in Ljubljana, Satler went on to study painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana, graduating under Prof. Maksim Sedej. He worked as a... |
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| RONALD KODRITSCH: This is not a love song
Ronald Kodritsch´s artistic field is a media- pluralistic one. The constant move from traditional media such as painting and drawing to photography and motion pictures is primarily rooted in the intention to depict the self, the image of the artist – whether as authentic mirror image or as staged distortion of reality. The artist meanders in a dream-like state through his personal... |
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| Action Painting
Jackson Pollock, circling like a dancer around a canvas spread out on the floor, dripping and throwing paint – this image of an “action painter” not only made Pollock the leading representative of one of the most influential avant-gardes of the twentieth century. It also became an unforgettable icon of modern art in general. The exhibition Action Painting is devoted to the... |
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| Albert Bitran: 1955-2005
Ankara Galeri Nev continues the 2008 season with the personal exhibition of Albert Bitran. Nev, who showed the works of Bitran in Turkey for the first time in 1998, is now organizing a retrospective that brings together the milestones of his artistic career of over fifty years.
Born in Istanbul in 1929, Albert Bitran traveled to Paris at the age of twenty to study architecture.... |
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| RECORDING BRITAIN: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY LANDSCAPE
At the outbreak of the Second World War, the influential art historian Sir Kenneth Clark initiated an ambitious extension of the Official War Artist scheme, calling it 'Recording Britain'.
This exhibition is in the spirit of that project. It aims to encapsulate the variety and beauty of Britain as it changed throughout the century, and highlight the renaissance in landscape painting... |
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| Simon Gales at the Albemarle Gallery
SIMON GALES was born in 1964. He studied at Ipswich School of Art followed by Goldsmiths College, London where he was a top student graduating with first class honours. In 1988, Gales was selected as one of 25 young contemporary artists to take part in an unprecedented and highly publicised sale at Christies where his work fetched up to four times the estimate. Since then his work has... |
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| Luciano Ventrone
LUCIANO VENTRONE was born in Rome in 1942. He is regarded by the Italian art establishment, museums, curators and critics as one of the leading exponents of his genre. He is loved, admired and respected by the Italian people, collected by the Italian Government, Corporate Institutions and avid collectors to such extent that his one-man shows are complete sell-outs. Described as... |
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| The Painters Master
In 1937 DechkoUzunov was appointed Professor at the National Academy of Arts in Sofia. At the time, at an unusually young age for a professor - only 38, he was already a distinguished painter with many awards. His studio in the Academy quickly became the scene which gave rise to the artistic accomplishments of the most talented Bulgarian painters.
The exhibition “THE PAINTERS’... |
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