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CALL FOR FINE ART - October 21, 2008 (Art Deadlines List)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:18:00 GMT

Now accepting entries for its 32nd Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition to be held December 6 – 30, 2008, at the Mills Pond House Gallery with cash prizes. Juror: Tina Kukielski of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Open to all artists working in 2D and 3D except photography and crafts. Work may not exceed 54" in width. Entry fee. For a prospectus send an SASE to: Artist...

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Whitney Museum of American Art to Present Corin Hewitt: Seed Stage (Artdaily)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:26:45 GMT

NEW YORK, NY.- This fall, the artist Corin Hewitt takes up occupancy in the Whitney's Anne & Joel Ehrenkranz Lobby Gallery for Seed Stage, an installation merging performance art, live theater, and an investigation of ideas about still life. Redefining the notion of the artist-in-residence, Hewitt physically moves about the Whitney's Lobby Gallery space for a period of three

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12th Copper Corner Safe! (Slog)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:48:00 GMT

Remember the Carl Andre sculpture I posted about a couple of months ago that was, according to the artist, "RESCUED FROM MUTILATION AT THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART" ? Well, now this victim of institutional abuse has come to rest at the Seattle Art Museum (thanks to rescuers Virginia and Bagley Wright). 12th Copper Corner is one of many artworks in SAM's latest round...

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Fleshmap Music (linkfilter.net - fresh links)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:22:04 GMT

... pioneering work in data visualization, which has been exhibited in venues such as the New York Museum of Modern Art, the London Institute of Contemporary Arts, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. : 0 Hits: 2 Points: 163487 Vote Now! [

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Art Review: Modernist Optimism and Postmodernist Doubt (New York Times)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:42:14 GMT

“Progress,” an intermittently thought-provoking show of works from 1926 to 2008 at the Whitney Museum of American Art, starts strongly but ends weakly.

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Unlocking the Power of Art to Counter Injustice (Alternet)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:00:01 GMT

The Drug Policy Alliance's re:FORM art auction benefit marries art with tackling the ridiculous "war on drugs."

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Promega Art Showcase Features Works of Pedro E. Guerrero and Family (Artdaily)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:18:44 GMT

MADISON, WIS.- The Promega Fall Art Showcase presents "Pedro E. Guerrero, Beyond Frank Lloyd Right". Guerrero, best known for his photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright, will also showcase work from his long time association with artists Alexander Calder and Louise Nevelson, 1940's New York City street scenes and photographs from his freelance years including Julia Child's kitchen. Exhibiting

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Michal Rovner Exhibition at The Heckscher Museum of Art (Artdaily)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:45:52 GMT

HUNTINGTON, NY.- The Heckscher Museum of Art presents Michal Rovner: Video, Sculpture, Installation. Known for creating multimedia work on the edge, the evocative Israeli American artist Michal Rovner explores the new fragments of the human condition. Michal Rovner's art transcends genres. Her work involves photography, video, sculpture, installation, light, and sound. Many of

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Promega Art Showcase Features Works of Pedro E. Guerrero and Family (Business Wire)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:00:00 GMT

MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Promega Fall Art Showcase presents “Pedro E. Guerrero, Beyond Frank Lloyd Right”.

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Changing Times, Changing Notions: ‘Progress’ at the Whitney (News & Information)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

As crowds throng the Whitney Museum of American Art to see “Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe,” curators Donna De Salvo and Gary Carrion-Murayari had the bright idea to pull from the museum’s……Read more

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Whitney Reportedly Selling Upper East Side Townhouses (The New York Observer)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:29:32 GMT

The Whitney Museum of American Art is selling five townhouses by its Upper East Side museum, Crain's is reporting . The sale of the buildings, which are on 74th and 75th streets, come after the museum scuttled plans for an expansion in the area, and settled on building a new museum at the base of the High Line in the meatpacking district. Expected price for...

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Art in the Age of Steam at The Walker (Liverpool Art and Culture)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:57:57 GMT

... but others with the trains off to one side meandering its way through the mountainside. Art in the Age of Steam, at the Walker Art Gallery 18 April – 10 August 2008, is the most wide-ranging exhibition yet held to look at how artists responded to the extraordinary impact that steam trains had on landscape and society. It is one of the top attractions during Liverpool’s European Capital of Culture...

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John Stanley, leaving MFA (Exhibitionist)

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:31:51 GMT

John Stanley, deputy director and chief operating officer at the Museum of Fine Arts since 1995, has been named deputy director of the Whitney Museum of American Art....

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Reexamining Bucky (A Daily Dose of Architecture)

noreply@blogger.com (John) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:30:00 GMT

The abundance of R. Buckminster Fuller in New York City this summer -- the " Starting with the Universe " exhibition (and catalog ) at the Whitney Museum of American Art, an exhibition and series of events at the Center for Architecture 's "Dymaxion Study Center", reprints of three of Fuller's books , and reruns of an American Masters profile on PBS -- raises the same question...

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Searching for the true legacy of Buckminster Fuller. (OTB News)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:48:18 GMT

The Buckminster Fuller exhibition that has just opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York has already received a lot of press coverage, with long stories in The New Yorker and the New York Times. The latter ran a sensational report suggesting that Fuller’s depression and near suicide at age 32—which he [...]

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Paris Men’s Fashion | YSL Update (The Moment)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:09:27 GMT

... images by the photographer James Welling. 2 comments | July 2, 2008The exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art until September 21, isn't just a vindication of the visionary ideas of its subject ...1 comments | July 2, 2008T Magazine's Senior Editor Sandra Ballentine opens up her little black book of tips on where to go, what to buy and whom to know. Name: House of...

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Now Showing | Buckminster Fuller (The Moment)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:00:33 GMT

The exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art until September 21, isn't just a vindication of the visionary ideas of its subject ...

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Searching for the true legacy of Buckminster Fuller. (Slate Magazine)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:48:29 GMT

The Buckminster Fuller exhibition that has just opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York has already received a lot of press coverage, with long stories in The New Yorker and the New York Times. The latter ran a sensational report suggesting that Fuller's depression and near suicide at age 32—which he famously described as spurring him to embark on his lifelong...

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Times New Viking: Times New Viking w/ ACME @ Whitney (prefix)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:42:13 GMT

Photo gallery of Times New Viking with ACME at the Whitney Museum of American Art as part of the Wordless ...

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Wordless @ the Whitney ends tonight w/ Times New Viking (Brooklyn Vegan)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:48:25 GMT

The Berg Sans Nipple @ The Whitney Museum - June 6, 2008 (Lori Baily) June 06 - The berg sans nipple June 13 - A sunny Day in Glasgow June 20 - Prefuse 73 June 27 - Times New VikingThe...

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