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MANCHESTER, England, Dec. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- It's almost that time of year again as equestrians across the globe prepare to battle it out for victory, and not in the fevered Christmas shopping at your local tack shop! The annual competition to win an Equestrian Social Media Award ("ESMA"), and the nominations for the 2013 installment are open until December 21, 2012. Now in its third year, the ESMAs aims to connect the global equestrian community and reward those who enrich...
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Dec. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- "WARHOL WOULD HAVE LOVED TO BE AT THIS PARTY," said Ultra Violet, Andy Warhol superstar and artist who attended the fast becoming legendary party hosted by Walter Otero Contemporary Art at the Bass Museum of Art on Saturday, December 8(th), during Art Basel week in Miami Beach. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121214/FL30195-a ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121214/FL30195-b ) "This event is by far the best...
NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Anything can substitute art: George Maciunas in SoHo, a singular exhibition that has brought never seen before Maciunas pieces held by the Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center in Vilnius, Lithuania to the United States opened at The Cooper Union Gallery in New York on December 11. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121213/DC29471) Lithuanian-born artist, architect, designer, and "chairman" of Fluxus, George Maciunas (1931-1978,...
RACINE, Wis., Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This winter season, SC Johnson invites families to experience the iconic designs created by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Free tours are offered at the company's historic Wright-designed campus, including the latest addition to campus, The SC Johnson Gallery: At Home with Frank Lloyd Wright. A variety of unique and informative programs provide a great activity for families and visiting guests. (Photo:...
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- After graduating in 1994 from the University of Pittsburgh with a double major in art history and Japanese, Eric Shiner began a one-year internship at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh the week it opened its doors. He went on to become an expert in contemporary Chinese and Japanese art, and in 2008, he received a phone call from the then-director of The Warhol, asking him if he would like to become the Milton Fine Curator of Art. Shiner...
Give your blanket, share your story, and be part of artist Marie Watt's Blanket Stories installation OTTAWA, Dec. 4, 2012 /CNW/ - The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) invites the public to help create a work of art by donating a wool or natural fibre blanket with a story to tell to artist Marie Watt. The blankets will be part of the artist's ambitious installation Blanket Stories: Seven Generations, Adawe, and Hearth, which will be shown at the NGC next year, as part of the summer...
NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and Lambent Foundation (a project of the Tides Center) today announced a two-pronged major relief effort to assist artists and non-profit arts organizations who suffered serious damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. At a special meeting this morning, the Warhol Foundation Board of Directors approved an allocation of $2 million, half to go to affected...
CHICAGO, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Susanin's, the Midwest's largest fine art auction house, announced today that it will offer the rare and iconic Norman Rockwell painting, Willie Gillis: Package From Home, at auction in Chicago on December 1, 2012 at 1pm CST. The 1941 painting is the first of a series for the Saturday Evening Post that followed the fictional Willie Gillis through his WWII U.S. military service. "This is an extremely rare and important piece of American history,...
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), a senior Democratic Appropriator and an advocate for the regional arts community, sources for the arts, announced today the federal government's investment in 18 Philadelphia arts organizations to the tune of $513,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts. "Philadelphia is a world renowned center for the arts, theater and culture. It is significant that the National Endowment for the Arts has...
AMSTERDAM, November 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - November 3 - December 15, 2012 Gallery Delaive is proud to announce Sam Francis: Works from the 1950s on paper and canvas. Sam Francis' (1923-1994) career spanned approximately 50 years and includes a staggering amount of paintings, drawings and prints. Influenced by Abstract Expressionism and the works of Clyfford Still and Jackson Pollock, Francis developed a unique style characterized by his sensitivity to light and the...
