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Museum preview 2008/2009.

Aug 01, 2008 ... Summer Buckminster Fuller Best-known as the inventor of the geodesic dome, R. Buckminster Fuller was a 20th-century visionary whose proposals incorporated art, architecture, literature, mathematics, biology and other disparate fields. Many of his ideas on ...

Art in Ohio 2008/2009.(Calendar)

Aug 01, 2008 ... ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM Oberlin College 87 North Main Street, Oberlin, OH 44074 Phone: 440 775 8665 Fax: 440 775 6841 www.oberlin.edu/allenart Modern and Contemporary Art from the AMAM Collection July 22, 2008 June 2009 ...

Auction highlights.(2007 IN REVIEW)

Aug 01, 2008 ... Listed below are highlights of the spring and fall 2007 auction seasons, featuring works of Impressionist, modern and contemporary art from five of New York's most prominent auction houses. Each entry provides the artist's name and the works's title, date, final price, presale estimate and ...

Auction house directory.(Directory)

Aug 01, 2008 ... CALIFORNIA Bonhams & Butterfields San Francisco: 220 San Bruno Avenue, CA 94103 415-861W500 * Fax: 415-861-8951 Los Angeles: 7601 Sunset Boulevard, CA 90046 323-850-7500 * Fax: 323-850-5843 info.us@bonhams.com * ...

Metropolitan Museum.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Philippe de Monte-bello, director ...

Walker Art Center.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Olga Viso was named director of the ...

Robert Herbert.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Robert Herbert, art historian and Mt ....

Ellen Stewart.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ellen Stewart, founder and artistic director ...

Contemporary Arts Center.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Raphaela Platow, chief curator of the ...

MOMA.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kathy Halbreich, head of the Walker ...

Guggenheim Foundation.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Thomas Krens, director of the Guggenheim ...

Laurie Anderson.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Laurie Anderson, experimental ...

Joan Snyder.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Joan Snyder, painter of bold, ...

Chris Kraus.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Chris Kraus, writer, filmmaker and ...

Whitfield Lovell.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Whitfield Lovell, whose installations ...

Jessica Stockholder.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jessica Stockholder, assemblage artist, ...

Morgan Library & Museum.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] William Griswold, head of the ...

Edgar Arceneaux.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Edgar Arceneaux, L.A. artist, received a ...

Tony Cragg.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Tony Cragg, sculptor of striking organic ...

Contemporary Art Center.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dan Cameron became director of visual arts at ...

Richard Rogers.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Richard Rogers, designer of Tower 3, in ...

MCA.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Madeleine Grynsztejn, senior curator of ...

Milwaukee Art Museum.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Daniel Keegan, executive director ...

Sylvia Sleigh.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sylvia Sleigh, feminist pioneer known for her ...

Yoko Ono.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Yoko Ono, early Fluxus member and conceptual ...

Daniel Buren.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Daniel Buren, known for his large-scale stripe ...

Franklin Sirmans.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Franklin Sirmans, modern and ...

Herzog & de Meuron.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Herzog & de Meuron, co-designers with ...

Walid Raad.(2007 IN REVIEW: PEOPLE)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Walid Raad, maker of politically engaged ...

1 Roxy Paine: Conjoined.(Photograph)

Aug 01, 2008 ... 1 Roxy Paine Conjoined. Two 45-foot-tall stainless-steel trees joined by their branches, one of three ...

2 Sol LeWitt: Bars of Color within Squares.(Photograph)

Aug 01, 2008 ... 2 Sol LeWitt Bars of Color within Squares. A terrazzo floor comprising 15 boldly colored sections of geometric patterns, at ...

3 Sarah Lucas: Perceval.(Photograph)

Aug 01, 2008 ... 3 Sarah Lucas Perceval. A 7 1/2-foot-tall painted bronze draft horse, named for King Arthur's knight, hitched to a cart filled ...

4 James Turrell: Sky Garden.(Photograph)

Aug 01, 2008 ... 4 James Turrell Sky Garden. Gradually changing colored LEDs outline and extend from a recessed space in San Francisco's new ...

5 Alice Aycock: Ghost Ballet.(Photograph)

Aug 01, 2008 ... 5 Alice Aycock Ghost Ballet. Atop a crane once used for bridge-building, a neon-and-metal structure sits on the east bank of the ...

6 Yayoi Kusama: Hymn of Life: Tulips.(Photograph)

Aug 01, 2008 ... 6 Yayoi Kusama Hymn of Life: Tulips. Three 10-foot-tall painted fiberglass, steel and ceramic flowers in a park at ...

7 Ellen Harvey: Carpet.(Photograph)

Aug 01, 2008 ... 7 Ellen Harvey Carpet. A 54-by-6-foot marble-and-glass mosaic sidewalk modeled after an Oriental carpet, ...

8 Christina Ulke: The Hall of Shadows--Amigo Studios Revisited.(Photograph)

Aug 01, 2008 ... 8 Christina Ulke The Hall of Shadows--Amigo Studios Revisited. Colorful images inspired by album covers from the '60s and '70s are projected ...

9 Donald Lipski with Jim Green: The Doors.(Photograph)

Aug 01, 2008 ... 9 Donald Lipski with Jim Green The Doors. Lipski's three 28-foot-tall leaning wood doors lined with stainless-steel mirrors and LEDs create a walk-in ...

10 Stephen Hendee: Monument to the Simulacrum.(Photograph)

Aug 01, 2008 ... 10 Stephen Hendee Monument to the Simulacrum. A "snow-capped" stainless-steel mountain dedicated to Jean Baudrillard (d. 2007) marks the site of ...

11 R.M. Fischer: Langley Observatory Clock.(Photograph)

Aug 01, 2008 ... 11 R.M. Fischer Langley Observatory Clock. Inspired by Samuel P. Langley's 1870 creation of a train timing system, Fischer's 21-foot-tall steel sculpture for North ...

12 Dennis Oppenheim: Wave Forms.(Photograph)

Aug 01, 2008 ... 12 Dennis Oppenheim Wave Forms. Referencing the Liberty Bell, six aluminum and mesh bells, each 22 feet tall, occupy a ...

13 Phillip Smith: Infinity Column.(Photograph)

Aug 01, 2008 ... 13 Phillip Smith Infinity Column. A 15-foot-tall tower made from 45 rusted steel pieces stacked in shapes from a ...

14 Lynne Yamamoto: Of Memory.(Photograph)

Aug 01, 2008 ... 14 Lynne Yamamoto Of Memory. A memorial to the near-obsolete card catalogue, cast in white result from a set of ...

15 Perri Lynch: Straight Shot.(Photograph)

Aug 01, 2008 ... 15 Perri Lynch Straight Shot. Twelve 6-foot-high lime- 1 stone slabs, each drilled with two holes, sited along a ...

16 Alison Saar: Swing Low.

Aug 01, 2008 ... 16 Alison Saar Swing Low. A 13-foot-tall, bronze-and-granite monument to Harriet Tubman in ...

17 Jun Kaneko: Water Plaza.(Photograph)

Aug 01, 2008 ... 17 Jun Kaneko Water Plaza. Seven ceramic sculptures--five spotted, oblong forms and two striped heads--sit on the ...

18 Ralph Helmick and Stuart Schechter: Persistence of Vision.(Photograph)

Aug 01, 2008 ... 18 Ralph Helmick and Stuart Schechter Persistence of Vision. Over 3,000 hanging pewter heads controlled by motors that, over a week, shift the tiny sculptures into ...

19 Tom Otterness: Large Covered Wagon.(Photograph)

Aug 01, 2008 ... 19 Tom Otterness Large Covered Wagon. A pioneer woman drives a 15 1/2-foot-long bronze wagon pulled by a bull, sited in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn ...

20 Al Held: Untitled.(Photograph)

Aug 01, 2008 ... 20 Al Held Untitled. A posthumously completed installation of six abstract stained-glass windows at the George ...

21 Howard Meehan: Circles of Time.(Photograph)

Aug 01, 2008 ... 21 Howard Meehan Circles of Time. Three vintage gas pumps, ah adobe home and five glass discs ...

Obituaries.(2007 IN REVIEW)(Obituary)(List)

Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sol LeWitt, 78, artist known for his abstract wall drawings and minimalist sculptures. His first survey was held at MOMA in 1978-79. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kitty Carlisle Hart, 96, entertainer and arts advocate who chaired the New ...

2008 guide: galleries museums & artists.(Mississippi-New York: ALBANY-MALTA)(Directory)

Aug 01, 2008 ... Mississippi HATTIESBURG 2971. Rush Lennon Gallery 119 E Front St 39401 (601) 544-2000, fax (601) 544-2001 Tue-Sat by appt Dir: Rush Lennon 20th-century paintings and photography; modern and contemporary D ...