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NEW YORK, May 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ Healing the broken and preserving the unbroken are the basic concepts of Yoko Ono's new artworks for illy Art Collection, exclusively released today on the occasion of the artist's upcoming exhibition Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 19601971; May 17-September 7, 2015 at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York.

The artist Beau Bradbury, who goes by the singular, Beau, is showing a series of new works with gallerist Amy Li in May.

The artist Beau Bradbury, who goes by the singular, Beau, is showing a series of new works with gallerist Amy Li in May.

The National YoungArts Foundation's 2015 YoungArts New York program will take place from April 27 to May 3 and will offer life changing experiences to more than 100 aspiring artists -- all of whom are 2015 YoungArts Winners.

CHICAGO —Douglas Druick, President and Eloise W. Martin Director of the Art Institute of Chicago, announced today the largest gift of art in the museum's 136-year history: the Edlis/Neeson Collection, 42 iconic masterpieces of contemporary art donated by the Chicago-based collectors and philanthropists Stefan T. Edlis and his wife, Gael Neeson. The gift includes nine works by Andy Warhol, three paintings by Jasper Johns, one Robert Rauschenberg Combine, two paintings by Roy Lichtenstein, four paintings by Gerhard Richter, and a painting and sculpture by Cy Twombly. Works by Brice Marden, Eric Fischl, Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, Charles Ray, Takashi Murakami, Katharina Fritsch, Cindy Sherman, Richard Prince, and John Currin complete the exceptional gift.

Today the National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts), the non-profit organization that recognizes and nurtures the nation's most talented young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts, announced that applications to become a 2016 YoungArts Winner will be accepted from April 21, 2015 through October 16, 2015. Young artists between the ages of 15 and 18 or in high school grades 10-12 (as of December 1, 2015) across the nation are encouraged to apply online at http://www.youngarts.org/apply.

In a career spanning more than four decades, the contemporary American choreographer Karole Armitage has been celebrated for blurring the boundaries between dance, music and art. Inspired by disparate, non-narrative sources—from 20th century physics, to 16th century Florentine fashion, to pop culture and new media—the classical dance vocabulary, in her hands, is given a needed shock to its system with speed and fractured lines, abstractions and symmetry countermanded by asymmetry.

"Revealed" by Sofitel, a photography exhibition that takes an intimate look at the world's greatest modern artists at work, will open to the public at Sofitel Los Angeles at Beverly Hillson April 15 th and will run through June 30 th, 2015. The 30-plus compelling images were curated by Olivier Widmaier Picasso, grandson of Pablo Picasso and author of Picasso: Portrait Intime, from the collection of French weekly magazine Paris Match. The photos are on display in the hotel's restaurant, bar and lobby.

Firmly established on the international arts scene as one of the big four UK arts festivals, Norfolk & Norwich Festival continues to expand its horizons. The 2015 Festival, running from 8 to 24 May, further strengthens its position as a major commissioning festival presenting new work from around the globe.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and the Humanities Center of Carnegie Mellon University announce the launch of the inaugural Pittsburgh Humanities Festival, scheduled for March 26-29, 2015. The Festival will take place throughout Pittsburgh's Cultural District and neighboring locales.

In a career spanning more than four decades, the contemporary American choreographer Karole Armitage has been celebrated for blurring the boundaries between dance, music and art. Inspired by disparate, non-narrative sources—from 20th century physics, to 16th century Florentine fashion, to pop culture and new media—the classical dance vocabulary, in her hands, is given a needed shock to its system with speed and fractured lines, abstractions and symmetry countermanded by asymmetry.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ The Broad, the new contemporary art museum in downtown Los Angeles, announced today that it will open to the public on Sunday, September 20, 2015.

In THE FOREVER NOW, seventeen contemporary paintings stir up mixed feelings--and drum up big questions about the state of contemporary art.

A semi-Beatles reunion took place last night at a gala honoring fashion designer Stella McCartney.

Norfolk & Norwich Festival has announced the first highlights of its 2015 Festival. They include two major new commissions; a promenade performance deep in the woods of the National Trust's outstanding Felbrigg Hall created by acclaimed theatre makers Wildworks and a groundbreaking new show from Circa, one of the world's truly great new circus ensembles.

An essential new anthology from the Library of America charts the glory days of Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and Minimalism--a time of almost-unmatched vitality in art writing.

The AG!D Intensive Professional Project -- YOU & GONE! -- offers emerging and professional dancers and dance instructors an opportunity to investigate and experience the creative process and choreography of renowned choreographer Karole Armitage.

The AG!D Intensive Professional Project -- YOU & GONE! -- offers emerging and professional dancers and dance instructors an opportunity to investigate and experience the creative process and choreography of renowned choreographer Karole Armitage.

ROM Contemporary Culture (RCC) today announced its new season of exhibitions, events and lectures. RCC's dynamic new calendar features Douglas Coupland's exhibition everywhere is anywhere is anything is everything, presented by TD Bank Group, opening at the ROM and the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) on January 31, 2015. Also featured is Bob Colacello, Vanity Fair Special Correspondent and former editor of Andy Warhol's Interview, who will present this year's Eva Holtby lecture Warhol and Reagan: Architects of Change? on November 17, 2014. In addition, best-selling author Sarah Thornton will speak on October 30, 2014 on her new book 33 Artists in 3 Acts which examines the inner lives of contemporary artists.