The Art & History Museums - Maitland (A&H) opens a new exhibition titled Ex Libris: Altered Book Sculpture by Dawn Rosendahl, on Friday, November 29, 2013 at the A&H's Maitland Art Center Galleries, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL. The exhibition continues through January 5, 2014. An Opening Reception is held on Friday, December 13, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the A&H's Maitland Art Center. Reception admission is $5; A&H members receive free admission.
Garret Storms will make his WaterTower Theatre debut as David (Crumpet the Elf) in the David Sedaris holiday season comedy The Santaland Diaries, December 13 to 29, 2013, in the Studio Theatre at the Addison Theatre and Conference Centre. Kelsey Ervi, Assistant to the Producing Artistic Director at WaterTower Theatre, directs.
Ray Yoshida taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for four decades and was an icon of the Chicago arts scene. He influenced generations of artists, including the forward-thinking group known as the Chicago Imagists with his invitation for students to draw inspiration from their daily environment and develop their own unique practice.
The Princess Grace Foundation-USA (PGF-USA) is proud to announce that Cicely Tyson will accept the Prince Rainier III Award and filmmaker and New Arts Axis Director, Wendy Levy, and New York City Ballet Principal Dancer, Tiler Peck, will receive Princess Grace Statue Awards at the 2013 Princess Grace Awards Gala tonight, October 30, 2013, at Cipriani 42(nd) Street in New York City.
The Joffrey Ballet and Executive Director Greg Cameron have announced that Sarai Hoffman has joined the Joffrey's executive leadership team as its new Chief Development Officer.
The Joffrey Ballet and Executive Director Greg Cameron have announced that Sarai Hoffman has joined the Joffrey's executive leadership team as its new Chief Development Officer. Hoffman brings to the company over 20 years of experience in fundraising for some Chicago's leading cultural and educational institutions.
This season, the Art Institute of Chicago invites visitors to feast their eyes on the rich tradition of food in American art with the opening of the major exhibition Art? and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine. Exploring the many meanings and interpretations of eating in America, Art and Appetite--on view from November 12, 2013 through January 27, 2014 in the museum's Regenstein Hall --brings together 100 paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts from the 18th through the 20th century to demonstrate how depictions of food have allowed American artists to both celebrate and critique everything from the national diet to society and politics. Following its premiere at the Art Institute, Art ?and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine will travel to the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas (February 22-May 18, 2014).
This season, the Art Institute of Chicago invites visitors to feast their eyes on the rich tradition of food in American art with the opening of the major exhibition Art? and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine.Exploring the many meanings and interpretations of eating in America, Art and Appetite--on view from November 12, 2013 through January 27, 2014 in the museum's Regenstein Hall --brings together 100 paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts from the 18th through the 20th century to demonstrate how depictions of food have allowed American artists to both celebrate and critique everything from the national diet to society and politics. Following its premiere at the Art Institute, Art ?and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine will travel to the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas (February 22-May 18, 2014).
The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) will present four Awards for Architectural Excellence during its annual SAH Awards Gala on Saturday, November 9, at The Casino. The awards will honor local individuals and organizations in the categories of design, planning and sustainability; media; criticism and stewardship. The theme of this year's gala is a Century of Progress: 1913-2013, recognizing the changes in the urban landscape over the past 100 years. The gala benefits SAH and supports its mission to promote the study, interpretation and conservation of the built environment worldwide.
The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to present the first museum exhibition in the United States devoted to the work of Berlin-based artist Monika Baer. This presentation-on view in the Abbott Galleries (Galleries 182-184) in the museum's Modern Wing from today, October 24, 2013 through January 26, 2014 -includes nearly 30 paintings created between 1990 and 2013. The selection of canvases and their nonchronological groupings reflect the emphatic diversity of subject matter and the stylistic and material explorations of Baer's practice. Often called both conceptual and performative, her paintings are simultaneously spare and sensuous, oscillating between revealing and pretending to reveal themselves.
New York, NY... Hauser & Wirth is proud to present an exhibition comprising two new series of works by artist Roni Horn. Opening 11 November 2013, 'Everything was sleeping as if the universe were a mistake' will fill the gallery's West Chelsea space in Manhattan with large format drawings and two multi-part sculptures that continue Horn's exploration of the nature of
perception, memory, and identity. The experiential quality of Horn's glass installations link the relationship of time to space and light. Employing the formal devices of pairing, repetition, and doubling, Horn challenges the viewer to reconcile the eye and the mind. 'Everything was sleeping as if the universe were a mistake' will be on view through 11 January 2014.
The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to present the first museum exhibition in the United States devoted to the work of Berlin-based artist Monika Baer. This presentation—on view in the Abbott Galleries (Galleries 182–184) in the museum's Modern Wing from October 24, 2013 through January 26, 2014 —includes nearly 30 paintings created between 1990 and 2013. The selection of canvases and their nonchronological groupings reflect the emphatic diversity of subject matter and the stylistic and material explorations of Baer's practice. Often called both conceptual and performative, her paintings are simultaneously spare and sensuous, oscillating between revealing and pretending to reveal themselves.
The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to present the first museum exhibition in the United States devoted to the work of Berlin-based artist Monika Baer. This presentation—on view in the Abbott Galleries (Galleries 182–184) in the museum's Modern Wing from October 24, 2013 through January 26, 2014 —includes nearly 30 paintings created between 1990 and 2013. The selection of canvases and their nonchronological groupings reflect the emphatic diversity of subject matter and the stylistic and material explorations of Baer's practice. Often called both conceptual and performative, her paintings are simultaneously spare and sensuous, oscillating between revealing and pretending to reveal themselves.
The Jewish Museum's extensive program offerings in November will include celebrated author Joyce Carol Oates in conversation with NPR book critic Alan Cheuse; an interactive performance conceived by innovative fashion collective threeASFOUR; artists Amy Sillman and Peter Doig in discussion about contemporary painting issues, and a lecture on Marc Chagall by noted scholar Kenneth E. Silver. These programs continue The Jewish Museum's expanded fall series of lectures, conversations and events.
WCVE presents David Sedaris, author of the previous bestsellers Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and regular National Public Radio contributor who will be appearing for one night only at the Landmark Theater tonight, October 19th at 8:00pm.
Hilton | Asmus Contemporary presents LUSTER by Lorraine Peltz. Peltz is a Chicago based artist whose paintings and works on paper examine the ideas of memory, place, and identity. The opening reception is set for today, October 18, 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
The Princess Grace Foundation-USA (PGF-USA) is proud to announce that Cicely Tyson will accept the Prince Rainier III Award and filmmaker and New Arts Axis Director, Wendy Levy, and New York City Ballet Principal Dancer, Tiler Peck, will receive Princess Grace Statue Awards at the 2013 Princess Grace Awards Gala on October 30, 2013, at Cipriani 42(nd) Street in New York City.
An exceptional loan from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Artemisia Gentileschi's shocking Judith Slaying Holofernes (c. 1620), comes to Chicago as the centerpiece of Violence and Virtue: Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Slaying Holofernes, on view in Galleries 202 and 202A from October 17, 2013 through January 9, 2014.
An exceptional loan from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Artemisia Gentileschi's shocking Judith Slaying Holofernes (c. 1620), comes to Chicago as the centerpiece of Violence and Virtue: Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Slaying Holofernes, on view in Galleries 202 and 202A from October 17, 2013 through January 9, 2014.
