Abstract Art

A MUSEUM in Italy has started burning its artworks in protest at budget cuts which it says have left cultural institutions out of pocket. Antonio Manfredi, of the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in Naples, set fire to the first painting on Tuesday.  “Our 1,000 artworks are headed for destruction anyway because of the government’s indifference,” he said. The work was by ...  

In order for a contemporary art gallery to be successful it cannot have an overt political, religious or ideological agenda, the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg said on Friday. “I regret the divisiveness that the exhibition has caused, and reiterate that ...  

IF art gallery novices heed the advice of accomplished Perth abstract expressionist painter Waldemar Kolbusz, they need not be daunted. Once dubbed a “design aficionado” by Vogue Living magazine with works held in corporate and private collections ...  

In the current shock-worn, étonné-by numbers climate, abstract art takes us totally by surprise. With one bold stroke-or several-it sweeps away the detritus of modish art world vocabulary-Adieu, post-modern! Fare-thee-well Colportage!-and replaces it with  

While Rina Prajapati’s and Ranjan Narkar’s abstract paintings focus on a larger issue, the Gujarat-influenced motifs are evident as is the case with the rest of the artworks. From the works of these young and upcoming artists, Prashant Patel’s play ...  

There is just one week for artists to put the finishing touches on entries into the biennial Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, an event with a rich history and even richer prize purse. Formerly the Fletcher Jones Art Prize, the event is conducted by the ...  

The FINANCIAL -- The work of New Zealand’s top emerging artists from Elam School of Fine Arts at The University of Auckland has been published in a new book. Elam Graduate Work 2011, a catalogue of Elam’s annual end-of-year Graduate Shows, gives a ...  

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.-The Asian Art Museum, long known for its superb collection of historic Asian art treasures, celebrates the arrival of its first large-scale contemporary art exhibition. Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past—which opened ...  

Barcelona has unveiled its new kits for the 2012-13 campaign at an event at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA). The club's new home jersey will be in the classic blue along each side of the shirt and red colors with merging stripes down the middle.  

The trustees of the Contemporary Museum announced Monday that they have ... The museum, which has presented a broad range of cutting-edge art projects for 23 years, started out in nomadic fashion, presenting exhibits at various locations before ...  

7 pm. Contact for details. Information: www.artmuseumgr.org. Gerhard Richter: Painting (Film), Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts. Contact for details. Information: www.uica.org. Greg Miller (Community), Mangiamo!. 7-10 pm. Contact for details.  

Even the grumpiest among us are jolted into a state of joy and wonder at the sight of a rainbow. (Just refer to the "Double Rainbow" guy, if you haven't watched this video a thousand times already.) Rainbows give us the magical high we try to ...  

But here’s an exception: on Friday, the Carnegie Museum of Art announced that an endowment had been created for the position of curator of contemporary art. Lynn Zelevansky also announced the appointment of the museum’s Associate Curator of ...  

NORMAN — Two duck sculptures destined for installation at the city's splash pads will be displayed first at the MAINSITE Contemporary Art gallery at 122 E Main St. The art gallery is home base for the Norman Arts Council. The ducks were ...  

NORTH ADAMS — Denise Markonish grew up in Brockton and still lives in Massachusetts. She is a curator at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams. She is, in other words, a local. But Markonish has a treacherous heart.