Press Releases by Category Arts & Culture
Ravenel Art Hosts Unveiling for Xu Bing's sculpture "The Phonenixes" in Beijing
Xu Bing’s towering sculptural masterpiece ‘The Phoenixes” will be unveiled at a ceremony at the Today Art Museum in Beijing on Saturday March 27 at 4pm. The truly impressive 2 Phoenixes are colossal in size, measuring 15 meters in height, 28 meters in length, 8 meters in width, and weighing in at 12 tons. On Saturday afternoon 6 large cranes will be present to position the sculpture into place for…
Important Private Maritime Collection at Bonhams New York
New York – On April 14 at Bonhams a significant private American collection of Maritime paintings, ephemera and models will be sold in New York. Entitled An Important Maritime Collection, Including Maritime Paintings and Shipbuilders’ Models, the auction features over 100 lots, and the collection in its entirety is estimated to realize in excess of $1.4 million.
As Gregg Dietrich, Head of Maritime, states, “This collection represents an important vignette into…
AC/DC: Rock 'n' Roll Train rolls again - eps supplies Australia & New Zealand To …
It was the first AC/DC tour in Australia and New Zealand for nine years. And probably the most successful ever. 500,000 sold tickets on the first day. 14 concerts in seven venues. The Black Ice Tour rolls on.
And again eps, company for infrastructure and services, was part of the tour truck through New Zealand and Australia. Tour operator Garry Van Egmond Enterprises Ltd engaged eps to provide ground protection systems…
Anouk Kruithof - BECOMING BLUE
From 12 March to 1 May 2010 Galerie Adler is putting on its first show of works by the Berlin-based artist ANOUK KRUITHOF (*1981, Dordrecht, Netherlands). The exhibition BECOMING BLUE was already shown in 2009 at Het Domein Museum in Sittard, NL, and at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin.
The people in Anouk Kruithof’s photographs have a vulnerable look, perhaps due most to their expressive faces, which tellingly lay bare their emotional…
777 Studio Gallery Presents: Antonia Wright and Ruben Millares; A Great Disorder …
777 Studio Gallery: 166 Alhambra Circle, Coral Gables, FL
EXHIBITION: Antonia Wright & Ruben Millares / “A Great Disorder is An Order”
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, March 20th, 7-10pm
For more information please call 305.444.0333
777 Studio Gallery in Coral Gables is pleased to announce the upcoming public exhibition of artwork by two Miami-based talents, Antonia Wright and Ruben Millares. The exhibition is centered on the exploration of the human experience in the built…
Tesh Parekh of Raleigh, NC has won the 2010 Parade of Homes Plan Book Magazine C …
This annual contest is a great opportunity for both new and established artists to get recognition for their work and specific appreciation for their talent. The Plan Book Magazine has been recognized as Best in the State and limited edition prints of the winning entries have become collector's items not just in the Cape Fear region, but all over the state!
2010 theme was "Building Dreams" and required showing some…
Neuschwanstein Castle illuminated by LEDs
King Ludwig II would have been delighted! The sovereign, who had always been very open-minded about innovative technologies, had a number of sensational engineering advancements implemented during construction of Neuschwanstein Castle in the nineteenth century. All of these, but in particular the high-quality artistic furnishings of the magnificent rooms, are now being highlighted efficiently, but above all gently, by LEDs supplied by Zumtobel. Hence, the Supersystem LED lighting system and…
Award-Winning Soprano to Perform at Ballet Meets Orchestra Concert
Andrea Edith Moore Solo a Highlight of the March Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle Program
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (March 9, 2010)—The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle (thecot.org) will host its Ballet Meets Orchestra concert on Sunday, March 14. The 3 p.m. concert will be held at the Carolina Theatre in Durham and feature award-winning soprano Andrea Edith Moore.
“Andrea’s delicate tone accentuates her warmth and grace as an artist,” says Lorenzo…
Current Programming on VernissageTV: Focus New York
Basel, Switzerland, March 9, 2010 -- The current and upcoming episodes on VernissageTV Art TV focus on the art scene in New York, with highlights such as the Whitney Biennial 2010, the Jeff Koons curated show Skin Fruit at the New Museum, and The Armory Show week.
Focus New York: Whitney Biennial, Art Fairs, Galleries
The current programming on VernissageTV has its focus on the art events during the Armory Show…
Esa-Pekka Salonen makes his debut with the MCO in Ferrara, performing the Italia …
On 12 March 2010, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra will perform its first concert with Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen in its Italian residence Ferrara. The programme comprises Gustav Mahler’s 1st symphony and Salonen’s own Violin Concerto, composed 2009. The soloist will be Leila Josefowicz, to whom the work is dedicated and who premiered the piece with great success in Los Angeles in April 2009.
The evening will begin with Mahler’s 1st Symphony.…
The Velveteen Order featuring Keer Tanchak + Christina Corfield
Johansson Projects presents The Velveteen Order, where powder and paint mask flesh in favor of fiction, serving up Rococo thrills yummier than brioche.
Christina Corfield crafts moving dioramas which flaunt the brush of a gaze and the stroke of a sword. Her videos hyperbolize the Old Regime's pretend-sion, ignoring distinctions between historical documentation and fairy tale musings. Redundancy and stripped down actions append significance to the subtlest minutiae.…
The biggest self-portrait of Frida Kahlo: “The wounded Table” (“La Mesa Herida”) …
Exceptional event in the world of art: Frida Kahlo’s “The wounded Table” (“La Mesa Herida”) now replicated and in exhibition from February 27th to June 30th 2010.
One of the things that make artists great is the extraordinary ability they have to search themselves. The best believe they will find a way to define their identity, to express their interior world, to create unsurpassable imaginative artworks. No one has defined…
Look Deep into Adriana Cora’s Images in Portals of Perception at Agora Gallery
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature Argentinean artist, Adriana Cora, in Portals of Perception. The exhibition is scheduled to run from March 23, 2010 through April 13, 2010 (opening reception: Thursday, March 25, 2010).
Beauty is not the subject of Adriana Cora’s mixed media canvases, but rather the raw material from which they are created, tweaked and repeated in layers across multiple works. The basic units of her compositions are nude…
Prof Nirupama from BITS Pilani invited to attend UNESCO International Mother Lan …
It is known that we dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language and that language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it. Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests. No one has any doubt that language shapes the way we think, and determines…
New platform for film people and score writers: Film-Scoring.com
Starting March 2010 the new film-business specific portal Film-Scoring.com opens for registering users for the beta phase.
It is targeted to provide a communications and collaborations platform for the film music business. With means specifically tailored to the film business' needs, creatives and producers can get together easily and efficiently. Film-Scoring.com's target group consists of composers, arrangers, musicians on the one side and producers, directors and other film people on the…
Dr. Lusine Breitscheidel’s Works Portray Her Expansive Imagination in Contempora …
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature German artist, Dr. Lusine Breitscheidel, in its premier exhibition Contemporary German Art: The New York Experience. The exhibition is scheduled to run from March 23, 2010 through April 13, 2010 (opening reception: Thursday, March 25, 2010).
Mysterious, poignant, surreal, visionary. There are many words that aptly describe the work of Armenian artist, Dr. Lusine Breitscheidel, who possesses a painterly virtuoso and expansive imagination. A step…
A Hangling Conversation
This group exhibition brings together a collection of new paintings by four Wimbledon College of Art 2nd Year painting students, with the aim of creating an exhibition diverse in works holding a variety of minds.
Maya Brodzinska tries to integrate and reflect in her art practice her interest in certain aspects of today’s materialised and digitalised society. Her latest works explore the idea of beauty within this commercialised world, and…
From the remains of civilisation: Calixto Bieito stages Richard Wagner’s „Parsif …
Music Director Manfred Honeck conducts Wagner-Opera
Apocalyptic sentiment and questions of meaning is what Calixto Bieito deals with in his interpretation of Richard Wagner’s “Parsifal”, which premieres on March 28th, 2010 at 4 pm in the Stuttgart opera house. “Who are the bad ones?” Parsifal asks. Does Gurnemanz know the answer? The Catalonian director Calixto Bieito and conductor Manfred Honeck seek to find answers in the score.
Interpreting the title role of…
Smile: an exhibition that brings back laughter
Featuring works by:
Amy Russell ●Anna Siemaszko ● Ian Tatton ● Joe Townend ●Juan Blanco ● Leslie Wilson-Rutterford ● Maia Schweizer ● Paul Vincett ● Roxane Grant ●Sibylla McGrigor ● Soheila Keyani ● Soraia Almeida ● Susie Lowe ● Wiracha Daochai ● Zannah Cooper
Opening: Friday 2nd of April 2010 - 6 pm to 1 am (Live Music and DJ)
Exhibition runs from: Monday 29th of March 2010 – Thursday…
Climate change activist Michel Montecrossa invites to his 2010 Concert Tour
In his video 'Happy Future & Climate Change Tour 2010 Interview' Green Tomorrow Musician Michel Montecrossa invites to his 2010 concert tour.
During 2010 all Michel Montecrossa concerts are part of his 'Happy Future Climate Change Concert Tour 2010'. In his concerts one can experience great new Cyberrock and Climate Change songs, as well as beautiful Cybersymphonies inspired by the challenge of opening to a new consciousness in a changing…
Historical Thriller Writer Alexander Galant Signs With NY Literary Agency, Write …
Toronto based writer Alexander Galant has signed with New York Based literary agent Michelle Rubin of The Writers House to represent his work. The Writers House is one of the largest literary agencies in the world that represents well-known and respected novelists in both fiction and non-fiction.
Since the release of the NY Times Best Seller “Dracula the Un-Dead” in October 2009, for which Alexander Galant did all the historical research…
Actor Alex Ferris Set To Appear In Twentieth Century Fox Films’ Diary Of A Wimpy …
Canadian actor Alex Ferris set to appear as “Collin” alongside Zachary Gordon, Chloe Moretz, Steve Zahn, Rachael Harris and Robert Capron in Twentieth Century Fox Films’ DIARY OF A WIMPY KID premiering March 19, 2010.
LOS ANGELES, CA (February 15, 2010)— Canadian actor Alex Ferris is set to appear as “Collin” alongside Zachary Gordon, Chloe Moretz, Steve Zahn, Rachael Harris, and Robert Capron in Twentieth Century Fox Films’ DIARY…
DANZAS ARGENTINAS: Popular music in the Classical concert hall
Available in February 2010:
Latin American piano gems of the 19th and 20th centuries
Argentinian, Cuban and Creole music – on this, her first solo release, pianist Claudia Schellenberger strikes the chords of different North and South American regions. With their fiery exoticism, the three composers featured here can certainly guarantee much listening satisfaction – yet their biographies too, interesting in themselves, have much to tell about the “musical tightropes” each…
Project Austerlitz in 2010
In 2010 we will commemorate the 205th anniversary of the battle of Austerlitz, known also under the name of Battle of the Three emperors : french emperor Napoleon, austrian emperor Francis and russian emperor Alexander. The battle that Jean Tulard compares to a game of pokker rather than to a game of chess, fascinates even after two centuries not only the military historians and is considered with justice to be…
Town history & architecture: Historical photos, sounds and stories - the new tim …
Synopsis:
The world of time-o-rama.com is a treasure trove for local heritage and architecture enthusiasts with old and new photos, sound recordings and interactive timelines going back to 1900. The photo community was recently given a general overhaul and spiced up with lots of new features.
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Berlin, Februar 12, 2010. Peter Debik, creator of the time-o-rama.com town and city history project says enthusiastically "Our platform has been spruced up and…
April auctions at Ketterer Kunst revive the lust for art
Munich, 12 February 2010, (kk) - “After the excessive days are over, stability has once more gained a foothold on the art market. Quality objects make for great results“, said Robert Ketterer, auctioneer and owner of Ketterer Kunst. “There is an upward tendency“, he adds with regards to the upcoming spring auctions. The lots of the auctions on 23 and 24 April 2010 will already delight the hearts of art…
La Rogaia Italy holiday Romantic villa in Italy offers a relaxing, romantic geta …
Amidst the peaceful hills on the northern shore of Lake Trasimeno in Umbria lies Villa La Rogaia, an old italian country house. In its holiday apartments for 2 – 8 persons guests enjoy a relaxing romantic break from their everyday lives. La Rogaia is an original italian agritourism amidst olive groves, vineyards and pastures, a paradise for family holidays. There is a large garden with playground for children to…
John Lennon´s Quarrymen - Live- and interview film now available as Download
The complete film „The Quarrymen – the Band that started The Beatles“ can now be downloaded to see it on a Computer- or TV-connected Mediaplayer.
The film is available either in 4 parts ore complete in one part, in a high resolution MPEG4-format (as a self-extracting zipfile). Approx. size/part 1 GB. Depending on the speed of the individual internet-connection it will take some minutes up to 1 hour to download…
KEVIN JENNE VERNISSAGE AT SPLURGE GALLERY
Splurge Art Gallery is proud to host the vernissage by Montreal artist Kevin Jenne on February 25th, 2010 at Splurge Art Gallery.
KEVIN JENNE is a Montreal artist whose work has been featured across North America, Europe and Asia and featured on Television, magazine covers as well as on wine labels.
His impressionistic style is infused with an inner glow and luminosity that gives each piece a life of its own.…
Themes and Variations A group exhibition including works by Errol Linton, Dom Ha …
Private View: Friday 5th of March 2010 - 6 pm to 11 pm
Exhibition runs from: Friday 5th to 11th of March 2010
Gallery Opening Hours: Mon to Fri: 11am-6:30pm, Sat: 2.30 pm - 6.30 pm
Last day of Exhibition: Thurs 11th of March: 11.00am to 5.00pm
‘Themes and Variations’ is a group exhibition of works by Errol Linton, Dom Hanley, Justin Hindley and Maggie Winnall. Errol Linton’s work transports the…
Announcing Directors Lounge Berlin 2010
At the same time as Berlinale reaches its 60th year, Directors Lounge celebrates her 6th anniversary this February, in 2010. Starting off in 2005 as a spontaneous self-organized place for friends of experimental media arts and for stressed-out film ticket hunters, the small festival has grown to an international platform for exceptional film and media shows. Directors Lounge has presented artists and their works on fairs and exhibitions, features single…
Sachie Koyama Displays Atmospheres of Inspiration in the Matrix of the Mind at A …
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature Japanese artist, Sachie Koyama, in The Matrix of the Mind. The exhibition is scheduled to run from February 26, 2010 through March 19, 2010 (opening reception: Thursday, March 04, 2010).
Sachie Koyama’s exquisite drawings and paintings display a lightness and sensitivity that truly mark her works as outstanding. With no theoretical basis from which to start, she draws inspiration intuitively from nature in its most…
Frankfurt Music Prize 2010 for Keyboard legend Keith Emerson
Founding member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer to receive the prize on the occasion of Musikmesse 2010 – speech by Greg Lake
Award for artistic and technical innovation
The Frankfurt Music Prize 2010 goes to Keith Emerson, keyboard player and founding member, with Greg Lake, of the progressive-rock band, Emerson, Lake & Palmer. The presentation will take place at the ‘Römer’, Frankfurt’s Town Hall, on the eve of the Musikmesse, 23 March…
LUCKY TRIMMER Dance Performance Series at Volksbühne in Prater Berlin
LUCKY TRIMMER takes its 14th edition up the road to the Volksbühne in Prater, Berlin / Germany.
On February 27th, 2010 a new set of short dance pieces will be presented, each no longer than 10 minutes. Eleven choreographers from Germany and abroad have been invited to show their newest creations. The spectrum of pieces span from remarkably detailed movement studies to challenging physical extremes to highly…
History Associates Cofounder Rodney Carlisle Authors New Book on World War I
History Associates cofounder Rodney Carlisle recently authored Sovereignty at Sea: U.S. Merchant Ships and American Entry into World War I. Published by the University Press of Florida, the study provides new insights into the United States entry into World War I.
The book reexamines the actual events, or casus belli, which precipitated the war. Dr. Carlisle concludes that the emphasis by some historians on the importance of the Zimmermann Note, and…
Two of Sydney’s most promising contemporary artists in their first solo exhibiti …
Claude Jones – Taxonomy and Rhonda Dee – Second Nature
3 - 27 Feb 2010 at Artereal Gallery, Rozelle, NSW.
Both of these artists make work which addresses issues of what it is to be human in unique and sensitive ways.
The surreal sculptures, and meticulous fine-lined drawings and collages of Claude Jones expose a vision of a Frankenstein-like mingling of species and highlight man’s double standards in the way animals are categorized…
Symphony of Dreams: Haiti Memorial Benefit Concert
Classical Music World Thunders into Relief Effort
NEW YORK, NY, JANUARY 30, 2010: As the team of newly graduated doctors and interns begin their trek through the devastated Haitian countryside, they know only that they expect to find widespread death, broken bones, disease and famine. They also know that their backpacks, now stuffed with bandages, antibiotics and analgesics, will soon enough be empty.
Their hope lies in a dark wonderland…
An Exhibition Nearly 40 Years in the Making: Works of Renowned D.C. Artist Tom G …
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 28, 2010)—The American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center will kick off its 2010 season on Saturday, January 23, with the first exhibition to feature nearly 40 years of work by renowned D.C. artist Tom Green.
Green taught at the Corcoran College of Art and Design for about 35 years and has been extremely influential in the Washington, D.C., art scene. During his tenure at the…
Exhibition Josef Schulz "sign out"
Heinz-Martin Weigand Gallery is pleased to announce an upcoming exhibition of new work by Josef Schulz: sign out. The opening reception will be on Friday, January 29, 2010 (7pm to 10pm).
Exhibition from January 30 to March 27, 2010
To start off the year 2010, Galerie Weigand is showing new photographs by Josef Schulz.
They can be considered an expansion of the Sachliches series of works, if one goes along with the…
Taipei international book fair boasts new exhibitor record
The Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE) 2010, which runs from January 27 to February 1 at the Taipei World Trade Center, is hosting exhibitors from nearly 60 countries—a record high for the trade show. One million titles in Chinese and foreign languages will be on display. In addition, around 400 seminars and forums on digital publication and book design, as well as book signings, will be held during the six-day…
FinerWorks Helps Artists and Photographers Sell Their Work
January 26, 2010, San Antonio, Texas – In today’s economy many professions are struggling more then in recent memory. This is especially true for the artist and fine art photographers whose sales are primarily dependent upon a consumer base with discretionary income. FinerWorks (http://finerworks.om) is one company that seeks to help the struggling artist overcome the obstacle of a smaller buyer base.
The company was originally developed as an…
Club Tropical - An exhibition of photography by Collective Club Tropical
Club Tropical is a new and undiscovered collective of eight young London-based photographers. Red Gate Gallery is proud to present the first exhibition for this collective, showcasing new and eclectic photography by emerging artists and presenting and exciting opportunity to celebrate the launch of a potentially leading London photography group.
This exhibition focuses on how each individual artist perceives their surroundings through capturing images. Themes such as portraiture, landscape and…
Salzburg July 2010: International Summer Ballet Workshop
International Ballet Workshop with internationally recognized dance educators, ballet dancers from all over the world, four public gala shows, and much more
(News4Press.com) EDAS - European Dance Art Salzburg organized for the sixth time the „International Summer Ballet Workshop“ in Salzburg, the famous city of Mozart.
The stimulating workshop atmosphere allows ballet dancers to improve their skills, their expression in dance and their creative potential. The four weeks provides insights into…
International Summer Ballet Workshop in Salzburg, Austria
EDAS - European Dance Art Salzburg organized for the sixth time the „International Summer Ballet Workshop“ in the famous city of Mozart Salzburg.
The stimulating workshop atmosphere allows ballet dancers to improve their skills, their expression in dance and their creative potential. The four weeks provides insights into the life of a ballet company.
During this summer ballet workshop (July 12th to Aug. 9th 2010) in Salzburg the students live, eat,…
South Bay Ballet’s 30th Anniversary Season Continues with BRAVO! The Classical & …
Heather Gray – Kenneth Walker – Julie Rose Shulman & introducing emerging choreography by Skylar Kolby Burson
ONE WEEKEND ONLY!
Saturday, March 6, 2010 – 7 pm
Sunday, March 7, 2010 – 2 pm
James R. Armstrong Theatre
Torrance Cultural Arts Center
3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance
South Bay Ballet’s 30th Anniversary season continues with its annual dance concert BRAVO! The Classical & Contemporary Ballet Experience, an eclectic repertoire from traditional classics to exciting contemporary ballets.…
The young British conductor Edward Gardner replaces Seiji Ozawa in the upcoming …
Following the unfortunate news of Seiji Ozawa’s illness and his subsequent cancellation of all appearances in the first half of this year, British conductor Edward Gardner has now been confirmed as his replacement for the concerts in Cologne, Dortmund and Ferrara. The young music director of the English National Opera, considered one of the most promising young talents of his generation, gives his debut with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra (MCO)…
Call for Entries: Second International Rotary Short-Film Festival in Turkey tack …
ANKARA, TURKEY, 19. January 2010 -- The International Rotary Film Festival in Turkey is now accepting submissions for its 2nd annual short-film competition. The festival will be held 24-27 February in Ankara.
Filmmakers of all ages from around the world are invited to submit entries on the following themes: world peace, hunger, clean water, child mortality, education, and homeless children. The submission deadline is 31 January. The participating films should have…
VernissageTV creates short documentaries for Velux Stiftung Daylight-Award
Basel, Switzerland, January 19, 2010 – The creative team of VernissageTV art tv project was commissioned to produce short documentaries about the three prize winners of the Velux Stiftung Daylight-Award 2010. The Daylight-Award has been established by Velux Stiftung to encourage developers, planners and specialists to systematically use daylight in order to increase quality of life and energy efficiency in buildings. The prize was first awarded in 2007.
For this…
Youth Arts Concert
Concerts Planned to Feed Hungry Kids during the Holidays Presented by the Youth Arts Forum of Greenwich Village These First-of-their Kind “Kids Helping Kids” Concerts Will Raise Money to Stock a Local Food Bank that Feeds New York City’s Homeless Children New York, N.Y., December 2, 2009 – Young artists from across the country are gathering in New York on Dec19th at The East 13th Street Theatre in New…
Heba Hafez Paints Intricate Patterns in Elemental Realms at Agora Gallery
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature Egyptian artist, Heba Hafez, in Elemental Realms. The exhibition is scheduled to run from February 02, 2010 through February 23, 2010 (opening reception: Thursday, February 04, 2010).
Personal and poignant, Egyptian artist Heba Hafez paints with an unusual amount of awareness and sincerity. Layers of thought are transformed into imagery rich with meaning as she responds to the world around her. These are daring artworks,…
