Press Releases by Category Arts & Culture
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…
Heryk Tomassini Presents his Dreamlike Landscapes in The Substance of Abstractio …
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature Puerto Rican artist, Heryk Tomassini, in The Substance of Abstraction. The exhibition is scheduled to run from February 02, 2010 through February 23, 2010 (opening reception: Thursday, February 04, 2010).
Heryk Tomassini’s upbringing surrounded by the natural beauty of Puerto Rico has inspired him in his paintings, which bring a wide variety of visual tones together in an instinctual way. He has said that one…
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,…
Current Programming on VernissageTV: Focus Miami
Basel, Switzerland, January 13, 2010 –– The current episodes on VernissageTV Art TV focus on art exhibitions and events during Art Basel Miami Beach Week. Among the highlights: Interviews with Jonathan Meese, FriendsWithYou, Olaf Breuning, Dzine, Greg Lynn, Maarten Baas, and Rosa de la Cruz.
Focus Miami
The current programming on VernissageTV has its focus on the art events during Art Basel Miami Beach and the local art scene in Miami. With…
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra performs works by Mozart, Kurtág and Beethoven unde …
Berlin, 13 January 2010 – The Mahler Chamber Orchestra (MCO) returns to the Salzburg Mozart Week at the end of January, where it was orchestra in residence from 2005 to 2007. Once again, the festival’s main focus, alongside the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is contemporary music: György Kurtág, one of the most important composers of our time, has been invited to help design programmes in which his music encounters…
Historic Grand Rex lights up with Daktronics
Theatre Le Grand Rex, Paris, France, partnered with Daktronics Inc. of Brookings, S.D. (NASDAQ-DAKT) to light up the façade of its famous, historic building that was built in 1932.
Daktronics manufactured and designed two vertical displays, featuring the latest LED video technology, that replaced fixed banners, previously used for promotion. The displays are approximately 11.8 meters high by 2.7 meters wide (39 feet high by nine feet wide) with pixels…
Gregor Gaida - Sum of Stories @ Galerie ADLER, Frankfurt am Main
GREGOR GAIDA - Sum of Stories
Opening: Friday, January 15, 2010, 7 pm
Exhibition: January 16 – March 6, 2010
„The result of my work is a translation of reality. With it, the spatial object is put into relation while the sum of perceptions reflects the ambiguity of reality.”
Quantum physics postulates that a particle can follow every possible path in space-time on its way from one place to another and thus live…
Maki Umehara at Markus Winter
Maki Umehara - Silver Sea - Born at Nagoya, Japan in 1976 the artist Maki Umehara deals in her works with the articulation of different forms through objects.
The converging of artwork and circumfluent space as well as the change in perception of material under distinct outside conditions is locating Maki Umehara’s work in adjacency of the Japanese Metabolists. So the artist maintains a close dialogue with architectonical design vocabulary.…
London Barcelona 2010: Dual City Summer Sessions for Art and Design in Europe
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London is collaborating with Elisava, Escola Superior de Disseny in Barcelona, to offer a fascinating European design journey over four weeks in Summer 2010. Starting in the vibrant, sprawling metropolis of London with its wealth of sources of inspiration from the past to the present and ending in one of southern Europe’s most desirable, design focused cities that continues to be…
SOCIAL MEDIA MEETS MUSIC: Rock-Legend Donovan gives a special concert in Munich …
Donovan & Friends is a special charity concert at the beautiful Cuvilliés Theater in Munich, Germany, on January 24th, 2010.
The legendary folk-rockpop troubadour Donovan is known for hits like “Season of the Witch”, “Sunshine Superman” or the acoustic hit “Catch The Wind”. Donovan will sing his popular songs and also some his new works.
As special guest Donovan welcomes Claudia Koreck on stage. She is a talented German singer & songwriter…
THE HARD BARGAIN Opens at the Overtime Theater
January 2010 - SAN ANTONIO, TX - THE HARD BARGAIN: World Premiere “Stage Noir” at the Overtime Theater
Now ensconced in its new home in the Blue Star Arts Complex, the arts center of San Antonio, the Overtime Theater will stage even more original works by San Antonio playwrights and directors. As our grand opening show in the Blue Star space, the Overtime presents "The Hard Bargain," a “stage noir”…
The Beautiful Frida: Tehuana huipiles, jewelry as Frida Kahlo painted them
Starting at the beginning of January till February 25th 2010 additional Tehuana blouses (huipiles), skirts and jewelry will be exhibited in the Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund in Baden-Baden, Germany.
Frida Kahlo, whose self-portraits represent over 40% of her work, painted herself with the clothes she used to wear. These were the blouses and skirts the women of the isthmus of Tehuantepec use to wear, these women are known to have strong and independent…
Mira Sound Germany releases Michel Montecrossa's 'The Jesus Symphony Live Concer …
'The Jesus Symphony Live Concert' released by Mira Sound Germany as DVD is Michel Montecrossa's twenty-eigth concert of the Courage & Love Climate Change Concert Tour 2009.
'The Jesus Symphony' composed by Michel Montecrossa is a modern Christian Spiritual Symphony for electronic instruments, choir and solo chants in English and German language based on the Gospel of Thomas.
'The Jesus Symphony' is modern classical music of light and love in honor of…
Taiwan seeks World Heritage status for traditional Chinese characters
President Ma Ying-jeou announced on December 26 that he has asked the Executive Yuan to begin the application process for placing traditional Chinese characters on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Speaking at the Ninth International Conference on Chinese Language Teaching organized by the World Chinese Language Association, the president referred to traditional Chinese as the oldest and most beautiful written language in the world.
As the culture with the longest history,…
The Crystalline Chambers of Steven Glatt’s Work in Enigmatic Perspectives at Ago …
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature Arizona artist, Steven Glatt, in Enigmatic Perspectives. The exhibition is scheduled to run from January 08, 2010 through January 29, 2010 (opening reception: Thursday, January 14, 2010).
The large-scale paintings by Steven Glatt open up channels of meditative repose in his audience. There is an aesthetic correlation to rock in many of Glatt’s works, with some images pouring down the canvas like fiery lava while…
OPEN CALL (till 1st March 2010)
Open call for submissions to re-design the site of the Lueger Statue transforming it into a monument against anti-Semitism and Racism in Austria en. luegerplatz.com
Subject matter and aims
Elections both in and outside Austria have shown just how much anti-Semitism continues to be politically instrumentalised by parties and social groups. Anti-Semitism is usually a part of a more extensive racist rhetoric that attempts to make cheap populist points.
The statue to former…
Winter Exhibition at The Colomb Art Gallery, London
An all encompassing selection of art works from artists exhibited at the gallery throughout the year.
The exhibition is now on until the 31st of January 2010.
As one of Central London’s leading independent art galleries, The Colomb Art Gallery is synonymous with quality contemporary art work. This winter the gallery is proud to exhibit a selection of art works from recognised artists featured throughout the year.
The exhibited gallery artists…
Michel Montecrossa releases '5 Green Tomorrow Eco-Hits' for the UN Climate Summi …
'5 Green Tomorrow Eco-Hits' released by Mira Sound Germany as Audio Maxi-Single, presents five Michel Montecrossa Eco-Hits for the United Nations Climate Change Conference: 'Green Tomorrow', 'Are You Gettin' Ready?', 'Another World', 'Sunray Revolution' and 'Living On A Planet'. Michel Montecrossa is a Green Tomorrow Eco-Musician and Activist, a voice and writer-composer of great up to date Eco-Solution Hit-Songs. As Eco-Activist he is financing, organizing and realizing large scale afforestation,…
Carolina Echeverria Vernissage at Splurge Gallery - Delicate Feminism with an ed …
Splurge Art Gallery is proud to host the vernissage by Chilian artist Carolina Echeverria on December 29th at Splurge Art Gallery.
CAROLINA ECHEVERRIA is no stranger to controversy. Her past exhibits have always challenged the social norm. Carolina believes in the power of a woman to change the current of perception in today’s world. A stranger in a strange land, she has adapted to a new culture, but protected…
Michel Montecrossa addresses new video at the Copenhagen Climate summit
Michel Montecrossa in his new video 'Climate Summit Songs by Michel Montecrossa' sends a message of concern to the ongoing climate summit in Copenhagen. In this video consisting of concert scenes, music-clips and statements Michel Montecrossa's straightforward lyrics speak about climate change, hunger, war and the need for a global cooperation to save the planet and its resources. Since the beginning of 2008 Michel Montecrossa's concert tours and CD releases…
Robin‘s 13: The Last Supper re-interpreted
2010 one of world‘s greatest photo adventures takes place in Las Vegas
London – 1498 Leonardo DaVinci finalised one of the most famous and widely discussed paintings of all times: The Last Supper. In 2010 internationally renowned photographer Robin Preston is going to create his vision of The Last Supper. At Easter 2010 his interpretation of the famous motive will be carried out over 8 days in Las Vegas. The aim…
Tommaso Arscone’s Works of Women’s Visages Convey Power and Beauty in The Odysse …
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery announced its annual exhibition of fine art by Greek and Italian artists is scheduled to run from December 15, 2009 through January 5, 2010, featuring work from Tommaso Arscone.
As depicted by Tommaso Arscone, the female face is intriguingly complex, suggestive of attitude and personality. Above all, however, Arscone’s paintings of women’s visages convey the power of a beauty born from order and harmony. Working generally with oil…
The Only Way is Up: The Journey of an Immigrant by Folake Taylor Makes an Entry …
Author Folake Taylor was inspired to write this book by the troubling social trends in the developed world. She is a foreign born MD who has dared to express an opinion about issues she believes are in need of a new direction in the American society and most of the western countries. She offers solutions to alleviate these and other problems, even as she makes a connection to global views…
South Bay Ballet's Nutcracker Comes To Life this Holiday Season
TORRANCE, CA – South Bay Ballet’s beloved production of The Nutcracker comes to life this holiday season at the Marsee Auditorium at El Camino College Center for the Arts, December 19 and 20, 2009. This year’s production sparkles with dazzling distinction as it marks the opening of South Bay Ballet’s 30th Anniversary Season!
South Bay Ballet’s Nutcracker takes this local company to the grandest place as it rivals…
Renaissance painter Pietro Perugino and Lake Trasimeno scenary a special art tra …
This project is one part of a vast programme created to make better use of the cultural and environmental resources of Lago Trasimeno.
The main goal is to improve the awareness of the masterpieces of art produced at a very important time in the history of the Trasimeno area, and keep them in the context of the area which inspired them and which is represented in an evocative way by Pietro…
Bangkok, Thailand 4D Light & Sound Facade Installation on the Royal Throne by Ph …
Bangkok, Thailand 4D Light & Sound Facade Installation on the Royal Throne by Philipp Geist
Place:Ananta Smakhom Throne Hall (Bangkok / Thailand)
Date: 5th December - 13rd December 2009
4D Light & Sound Installation by Philipp Geist
www.videogeist.de
The facade installation on the Royal Throne in Bangkok, Thailand is a central part of the festivities celebrating king Bhumibol's birthday and will be attended by thousands of Thai citizens who honour their king. The art work…
Network Music Magazine, Rivmixx, Expands To Include Aggregated News 24/7
Expanding to include aggregated news from around the world 24/7, the exciting new music network magazine, Rivmixx.com, is getting closer to its aim of being the one-stop-shop for everything music related.
Rivmixx.com announced as part of several new features, including We7 and Spotify links, the every genre, every angle music platform has been growing in popularity since its launch earlier this year.
“We7 and Spotify links have now been added to…
Dornier Museum Friedrichshafen puts aeronautical visions on display
Friedrichshafen Airport has a new landmark: the Dornier Aerospace Museum Friedrichshafen depicts the fascination of flying in a spectacular way and merges it with the company history of Dornier. The museum was planned by Munich architects Allmann Sattler Wappner, the arrangement of the exhibition realised by Atelier Brückner. Zumtobel provided more than 200 individually controllable lamps and systems for the 5,000 square metre exhibition. Thus a fascinating lighting diversity is…
Ravenel Autumn Auction Modern and Contemporary Asian Art Taipei 2009
Ravenel is delighted to announce that our Autumn Auction of Modern and Contemporary Asian Art will take place in the Fubon Center in Taipei on Sunday, 6th December 2009. With recent auction results in Hong Kong pointing to a recovery in the art market especially in Chinese contemporary art, Ravenel is anticipating a very strong showing in its Taipei Auction, and in our 10th anniversary year, are very excited as…
Udo Spreitzenbarth and his producer Matt Lehitka hit the bullseye. The art scene …
Shanghai, ©svgn_news, November 2009, 17th - by Ariane Blankenburg - For some time now the term *Hot Pot*, a traditional dish with chicken and pepper, is synonymous for the fast developing neighborhood of galleries around Moganshan Road. This area, also called M 50, consists of narrow alleys and old industrial buildings, and offers numerous galleries, studios and showrooms spaces for experiments and artistic ventures.
The Tangram…
Frida Kahlo as a young woman now in Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund, Baden-Baden
A private collector has given on loan to the Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund in Baden-Baden a painting “Portrait of Frida”. The painting reproduces a black and white with sepia tones photo of Frida Kahlo taken by her father, Guillermo Kahlo, on February 7th 1926 (7-II-1926).
The photo was taken five months after the almost fatal bus accident Frida Kahlo suffered on September 17th 1925. The painting “Portrait of Frida” based on…
Welcome to the Jungle
South Australian artist Jungle Phillips is having his first solo exhibition in NSW at Artereal Gallery, 747 Darling Street, Rozelle, NSW, Australia from Dec 2-19.
The exhibition will be opened by Professor Colin Rhodes, Dean of Sydney College of The Arts, during the preview evening from 6-8 pm, Wednesday December 2.
Jungle is an “Outsider” artist, who lives with schizophrenia. His prolific painting practice and almost obsessive need to express…
Singer-songwriter Chris Hassett, just shy of his 60th birthday, releases new CD, …
San Diego, Calif. — November 16, 2009 — In a tribute to nearly three decades of singing in and around San Diego and on the eve of his 60th birthday, San Diego singer-songwriter Chris Hassett releases his first collection of original songs and standards, Bring Love Home. Having developed a small legion of supporters in San Diego over the years — primarily a cross-section of this town’s progressive, gay-lesbian, and…
Ciceros Paints Primal Expressions of the Human Soul in The Rhythm of Color at Ag …
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature Colombian artist, Ciceros, in The Rhythm of Color. The exhibition is scheduled to run from November 20, 2009 through December 11, 2009 (opening reception: Thursday, December 3, 2009).
Ciceros’ art is shaped by a combination of shamanistic inspiration and a highly charged political/cultural awareness. His work at times presents volcanic eruptions of color, as dramatic events are framed in sprays of fiery tones bursting forth…
Brian Reed Creates Psychological Color Games in Metamorphosis
Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature New York artist, Brian Reed, in Metamorphosis. The exhibition is scheduled to run from November 20, 2009 through December 11, 2009 (opening reception: Thursday, December 3, 2009).
New York-based artist, Brian Reed’s work moves between extremes that share a psychedelic color palette and kinetic sense of movement and energy. Always working from those visual constants, Reed experiments with traditional, region-specific aesthetic styles, like the torturous,…
Jazz from New York City | Live in Europe - ANTONIO CIACCA QUARTET NOVEMBER 2009
Antonio Ciacca is a pianist, composer and also programme director of the well-known Jazz At Lincoln Center in New York. "A great jazz man and fine pianist", saxophonist Benny Golson explains in Italian newspapers. Antonio Ciaccas international reputation started with his collaboration in Benny Golsons quintet and in the quartet of Steve Lacy, with whom he toured widely all over the world.
With his appointment as the programme director of New…
Dummies and Dignitaries An exhibition of painting and drawing by artists Rachel …
Private View: Friday 27th of November 2009 - 6 pm to 11 pm
Second Viewing: Saturday 28th of November – 3pm to 10pm
Exhibition runs from: Friday 27th November to Thursday 3rd of December 2009
Gallery Opening Hours: Fri, Sat, Mon, Tues, Wed: 2.30 pm - 6.30 pm
Last day of Exhibition: Thurs 3rd of December: 11.00am to 5.00pm
‘Dummies and Dignitaries’ is a collaborative exhibition of painting and drawing that brings together…
This is Maroc A Reportage including Film & Photography documenting contemporary …
Private View: Friday 4th of December 2009 - 7 pm to 2 am
Film Screening: 9.30 pm
Exhibition runs from: Friday 4th to Saturday 5th of December 2009
Gallery Opening Hours: Fri - Sat: 2.30 pm - 6.30 pm
"This is Maroc", is a reportage documenting recently emerging trends of contemporary and eclectic Moroccan music. The exhibition will include photographs representing the spirit of present day Morocco as well portraying cultural aspects that…
Michel Montecrossa's 'Jesus Symphony' has its premiere on November 14th, 2009 in …
On November 14th, 2009 Michel Montecrossa and his Lightsound Orchestra will present the premiere of 'The Jesus Symphony' at the St. Martin Church in Lagerlechfeld, situated in the Augsburg region.
'The Jesus Symphony' composed by Michel Montecrossa is a modern Christian Spiritual Symphony for electronical instruments, choir and solo chants in English and German language based on the gospel of Thomas.
'The Jesus Symphony' is modern classical music of light and love…
