Press Releases by Category Arts & Culture
Laugh Factory and Times Square Arts Center Resolve Litigation
Laugh Factory, Inc., Jamie Masada, Times Square Arts Center and Richard Basciano recently announced that they have reached an agreement, resolving a lawsuit that claimed Times Square Arts Center and Richard Basciano infringed the Laugh Factory trademark and logo.
In the lawsuit, originally filed on February 28, 2008 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the Laugh Factory sought damages and injunctive relief for infringement…
San Pedro Awaits THE LAST FIVE YEARS
THE LAST FIVE YEARS COMES TO SAN PEDRO
The Relevant Stage presents Marla McClure and Ray Buffer in Jason Robert Brown’s, THE LAST FIVE YEARS. Performances are August 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22 at 8PM, and August 9, 16, and 23 at 2:30PM at Warner Grand Theatre – 478 West 6th Street, San Pedro, CA 90731. Tickets are only $20 for adults, $15 for students and seniors,…
Dream Watching – Gert-Jan Akerboom's Drawings and Murals on View at Kunstraum Ri …
Kunstraum Richard Sorge is proud to present the first large overview in Germany of Dutch artist Gert-Jan Akerboom’s ink drawings on paper. The artist executed several large murals, turning the presentation into an immersive experience.
Eschewing easily interpretable statements in his work, Gert-Jan Akerboom prefers ambiguous signals, dreamlike in nature; they can be interpreted in myriad ways, none of them right or wrong. His drawings take their energy from this unfixed,…
Art Exhibition Opening "Caught in Human Reality", Teresa Brutcher
We cordially invite you to our next exhibition opening on the 24th of July 2009 at 7 pm.
Teresa Brutcher`s paintings show individuals, faces, eyes, hands, painted with a technique which has come to be known as Hyperrealism as it exalts detail to its maximum degree as though everything were seen through a magnifying glass. Her works tell a story on emotions, social and cultural themes are incorporated in her paintings.…
SHANE SPARKS RETURNS AS A JUDGE ON SEASON FOUR OF “RANDY JACKSON PRESENTS AMERIC …
Los Angeles, CA (July 9, 2009) – Emmy-nominated choreographer Shane Sparks returns to judge MTV’s hit dance TV series “RANDY JACKSON PRESENTS AMERICA’S BEST DANCE CREW,” which is kicking off its fourth season with a special 90-minute season premiere Sunday, August 9 (9:00-10:30 PM ET/PT). To tide fans over until then, Randy Jackson will count down the ten best performances from seasons past on August 2 at 9p.m. ET/PT. Season…
About Chinese Calligraphy
Derived from the Greek words for "beauty" and "writing", calligraphy is a very old art. Usually the necessary tools for writing calligraphy are paper, quill and ink. Chinese Calligraphy is based on Chinese characters that are handwritten on paper as well as bones and plates of clay or stone using a brush or a knife (seal carving).
In the broader sense calligraphy is a play of brush strokes both, in the…
Outstanding launch for new House for Art - Very good half-year balance at Ketter …
Munich, 9 July 2009, (kk) - Over € 7.9 million*, thus the very good results from the Spring Auctions at Ketterer Kunst in Munich and Hamburg. “Even though it isn’t easy currently to get hold of good works, we succeeded in collecting an offering that met with an enthusiastic response and ensured outstanding sales proceeds. You could have hardly wished for a better start in a year like this,” observed…
Brief Encounter
An exhibition of drawing
Private View: Friday 4th of September 2009 - 6 pm to 11 pm
Exhibition runs from: Friday 4th to 10th of September 2009
Gallery Opening Hours: Fri, Sat, Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs: 2.30 pm - 6.30 pm
Last day of Exhibition: Thurs 10th of September: 11.00am to 5.00pm
Art is a state of encounter (Nicolas Bourriaud, ‘Relational Aesthetics)
Brief Encounter explores the intensification and acceleration of social exchanges…
Time Travel: A Century of Travel Posters at International Poster Gallery
BOSTON – International Poster Gallery proudly announces its 16th Annual Summer Poster Show featuring a spectacular collection of original vintage travel posters from the last 100 years. The exhibition runs July 2009 through September 7, 2009. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday 10 am to 6 pm and Sunday noon to 6 pm. The Gallery is located at 205 Newbury Street in Boston.
Travel has been one of…
Discovering Polish Art Photography: Edward Hartwig (1909-2003) in the Polish Mus …
07.07.2009, Rapperswil. Ihe course of a private view in the Polish Museum located in the Castle of Rapperswil / Switzerland, Moonblinx Gallery together with proArte launched the Edward Hartwig Retrospective “Keep out” on Saturday, July 4th. Edward Hartwig (1909–2003), the great polish master photographer, would have turned 100 in the present year. Reason enough for a rediscovery of his comprehensive oeuvre. With 70 years of active photography life and…
217 young musicians have been admitted at the 58th ARD International Music Compe …
From August 31 to September 18, 2009, the ARD International Music Competition, one of the most renowned music competitions in the world, will take place in Munich. The categories announced for this year’s Munich competition are voice, violin, double bass and harp.
All in all, there were 406 applications from 44 countries on five continents. 135 singers alone were among them, closely followed by the violinists. There were 94 applications from…
FASCINATION
Tracey Welch, one of Sheffields most prominent and award-winning photographers, is launching an exhibition of her work at Londons Red Gate Gallery on 31 July. Welch, who holds a Master of Arts degree in Photography, will be showcasing a selection of her latest work inside the music industry.
I am so looking forward to this exhibition highlighting my love of music photography, said Tracey. It’s a great opportunity for people to…
Frida Kahlo Hospital School children show their work in the Frida Kahlo Exhibiti …
Starting on July 6th 2009, on the occasion of the anniversary of Frida Kahlo birthday (July 6th 1907), the Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund in Baden-Baden which has the largest exhibition of Frida Kahlo paintings (hand painted licensed replicas from © Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2008), will show paintings and ceramics made by the children of the Frida Kahlo School in Dortmund.
The…
The Otherness
A collaborative exhibition of edging, painting and mixed media featuring:
Amy shin hye jung, Angela Edwards, Leah Newman, Meiko Kikuta, Oliver McConnie, Ryuta Suzuki & Sujin Shin
Private View: Friday 28th of August 2009 - 6 pm to 11 pm
Exhibition runs from: Friday 28th August to 3rd of September 2009
Gallery Opening Hours: Fri, Sat, Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs: 2.30 pm - 6.30 pm
Last day of Exhibition: Thurs 3rd of September: 11.00am…
Scots community band together to release classic Bowie track to raise awareness …
A local Scottish community is set to release a version of the classic Bowie track 'Heroes', which is the end product of six months hard work by over 100 singers and musicians from the Helensburgh area of West Scotland.
‘Heroes’ by the Helensburgh Heroes Experience will be premiered and released on Saturday 1st August 2009.
In an attempt to raise awareness of both the talented and inspirational people that have…
Frida Kahlo Hospital School children show their work in the Frida Kahlo Exhibiti …
Starting on July 6th 2009, on the occasion of the anniversary of Frida Kahlo birthday (July 6th 1907), the Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund in Baden-Baden which has the largest exhibition of Frida Kahlo paintings (hand painted licensed replicas from © Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2008), will show paintings and ceramics made by the children of the Frida Kahlo School in Dortmund.
The…
Ibid. featuring Jennie Ottinger
Johansson Projects presents a solo exploration by Jennie Ottinger, a delicate and haunting display of the familiar suspects stripped of their familiarity. From her ballerina lineups to her team of surgeons, Ottinger's characters contain all the parts in place, yet a lurking trace of disorientation lingers in the way of recognition or comfort. The subjects are more skeletons of flesh than human beings. A crafted impossibility echoes throughout Ottinger's presentation…
OnCell Systems, Inc. is 1st to Launch Tour GeoTagging
Rochester, NY, July 2, 2009 – OnCell Systems, Inc., the leading provider of on-demand, location-based multimedia content to cell phones, announced today the addition of OnCell GeoTagging™ to its’ portfolio of services. This new feature adds to OnCell’s .mobi suite of services directed at the growing number of smartphone users. Now visitors of museums, CVB’s, historic sites, zoos, parks and other venues will be able to use their web-enabled cell…
International Art-Contest „Money - Greed - Crisis“
Online-Gallery artists.de announces the international art-contest Money - Greed - Crisis from 01. july to 31st of october 2009.
The global financial crisis shook the world and questions the economic and political systems.
How do artists see the crisis? Is greed the cause?
Artists.de is looking for artists and art-students to create pieces of art with their personal view of the global crisis.
The contest is open to all mature artists and art-students.
Public voting…
MEIKE ZOPF - ZWEI SONNEN, Exhibition opening July 10, 7-9 pm
From July 11 to August 22, 2009, Berlin Art Projects proudly presents „Zwei Sonnen“, a solo exhibition by painter Meike Zopf. The exhibition opens on Friday, July 10, 2009 in the Project Space at Berlin Art Projects, Auguststraße 50b.
Meike Zopf's mysteriously beautiful, complex paintings seduce as multi-layered contradictions blend and merge on a number of levels: abstract and figurative, illustrative lightness mixed with painterly concentration, the tender and the rugged.…
A NEW SEASON AT THE BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER'S "DIGITAL CONCERT HALL"
Berlin, 30 June 2009. The Berliner Philharmoniker’s Digital Concert Hall is going into its second season. From 1 July, tickets for the upcoming concert broadcasts on the video platform will go on sale, making it possible to follow almost all the orchestra’s Berlin concerts in the 2009/2010 season live on the internet at www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/dch. After the broadcast, the concerts go into the Digital Concert Hall video archive, where you can…
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra makes its debut at the Munich Opera Festival with B …
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra (MCO) is making its very first appearance at the Munich Opera Festival at the Bayerische Staatsoper this year. All three performances of Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti, conducted by Kent Nagano and staged by Schorsch Kamerun, sold out in a short time. In addition, the ensemble, as one of the festival’s few guest orchestras, is presenting a programme of works by Richard Wagner, Ferruccio Busoni and…
Square Curve
An exhibition of featuring works from artists Tim Miller and Mark Knight
Private View: Friday 24th of July 2009 - 6 pm to 11 pm
Exhibition runs from: Friday 24th to 30th of July 2009
Gallery Opening Hours: Fri, Sat, Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs: 2.30 pm - 6.30 pm
Last day of Exhibition: Thurs 30th of July: 11.00am to 5.00pm
Mark Knight: Knight picked up the brush in his youth but his passion…
Some Remaining Places Available for Design Summer Courses 2009
NABA, the New Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, is proud to announce the 2nd edition of Design Summer Courses.
But only a few days remain to enroll at Design Summer Courses session from July 14th to July 24th.
Some places are still available for the intermediate courses scheduled on such dates, so for those who are art, fashion or design lovers, it is time to enroll at their favorite course.
Intermediate…
The Contemporary 5
An exhibition of works by Kymberly O’Carroll-Fitzpatrick, Melanie Blackwell, Lukas Kasprowicz, Sarah Crew and Blair Zaye
Private View: Friday 14thof August 2009 - 6 pm to 11 pm
Exhibition runs from: Friday 14th to 27th of August 2009
Gallery Opening Hours: Fri, Sat, Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs: 2.30 pm - 6.30 pm
Last day of Exhibition: Thurs 27th of August: 11.00am to 5.00pm
Drawn together by Kymberly O’Carroll-Fitzpatrick ‘The Contemporary…
Thirteenth Annual Boston International Fine Art Show (BIFAS) November 12-15, 200 …
The Thirteenth Annual Boston International Fine Art Show (BIFAS) takes place Thursday - Sunday, November 12-15, 2009 at The Cyclorama at The Boston Center for The Arts (BCA).
The show opens with the Gala Preview on Thursday, November 12 from 5:30 to 9:30pm to benefit Boston's Handel and Haydn Society. The weekend show is Friday 1pm-9pm, Saturday 11am-8pm and Sunday11am-5pm. Tickets are $15 online or at the…
KETOS 2.0 - "Whaleless" at the Civic Museum of Reggio Emilia in Italy
KETOS 2.0 is the title of the the first “Whaleless” exhibition in a public space and will feature site specific installations and digital as well as fine art. It opens at the Museo Civici on July 9th at 9pm.
Whaleless is an art project dedicated to those artists wishing to express their indignation, rage, shame, disbelief or concern about the slow disappearance of the fascinating giant marine mammals.
Pollution, whaling and…
The Dinosaur Museum celebrates Monster Birthday at 25
On Saturday 27th June, the Dinosaur Museum is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The Museum opened in 1984, in Dorchester, gateway to Dorset's World Heritage Jurassic Coast. From the very beginning visitors loved its novel and innovative approach to dinosaurs, and It quickly became the Town's foremost visitor attraction bringing, over the years, millions of dinosaur hungry families and schools to the county town.
Jackie Ridley, the Museum's Director, said …
Inaugural auction at Ketterer Kunst – Optimistic forecasts surpassed
Munich, 23 June 2009 (kk) - “It was an outstanding auction, an exhilarating auction,” was the comment made by auctioneer Robert Ketterer on the auctions he held on 19/20 June to officially inaugurate the new Ketterer Kunst headquarters. “The sales quotient by lot numbers was comparable to the best results achieved in the golden age of the past three years. With post-auction sales it will probably even surpass them,” adds…
New Ketterer Kunst headquarters inaugurated - Summer festivities at Ketterer Kun …
Munich, 22 June 2009 (kk) – The new Ketterer Kunst headquarters next to Messe Munich are certainly impressive. The House for Art deploys 3500 m2 of surface area, which includes a spacious auction room, light-filled exhibition rooms and a library with some 1000 m of shelf space. A highlight is what is probably the world’s largest art show window measuring eight metres in height and 23 metres across.
On 18…
Michel Montecrossa plays 'Alternative Future' Concerts at the Spirit of Woodstoc …
Michel Montecrossa and his band the Chosen Few this year bring to the Spirit of Woodstock Festival in Mirapuri the brand new songs of their 'Courage & Love Climate Change Concert Tour 2009'. During the ten festival days, from 31.07. - 9.08.2009 they present a stunning concert series with Cyberrock and Climate Change songs under the title 'Alternative Future'.
Michel Montecrossa about his 10 days 'Alternative Future' Concerts at the Spirit…
Art project Mybadbank opened in Berlin
Mybadbank (MBB) is a temporary art project from Berlin.
MBB is a fictional bank that consists of several happenings. The project centers around a fake bank used as a ironic statement towards the absurdity crisis financial crisis. As a "bank" MBB offers its customers to get rid of their unwanted debts, deadly mortgages and other installment contracts, analogue to how the big shots act, but discreet and without a big ballyhoo.
In…
With a refreshing mixture of classical and modern, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra …
Directly following their appearance at the Arts Festival of North Norway, the musicians of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra (MCO) will travel to the 62nd Aldeburgh Festival. Here, they will present works by Györgi Ligeti, Joseph Haydn and Sir Harrison Birtwistle under the expert direction of Susanna Mälkki and featuring Pierre-Laurent Aimard on the piano. A second programme will be directed by Aimard and will feature works by Haydn, Stockhausen and…
Electronic Petz 'SLOK' Remix Contest
FOEM, the netlabel and talent pool, is hosting an international remix contest together with SLOK and the Paris based label Electronic Petz. The winning remix will be released on the Paris label, next loads of other prizes like radio gigs, radio interviews, a physical release on TSUGI magazíne compilation (30.000 copies), free tracks and for sure - designer t-shirts. . The contest is running from June 1st 2009 until August…
Expressionist Artist David J. Padworny Featured at Buchanan Museum Art Exhibit
The Buchanan Museum of Fine Art opens Front Street Exhibit featuring the Figurative Expressionist Art of David J. Padworny.
The Buchanan Museum of Fine Art is pleased to announce the opening of its summer Front Street Exhibit featuring several works created by figurative expressionist artist David J. Padworny. The Front Street Exhibit is the Buchanan Museum's most widely viewed installation, with several thousand daily viewers.
David Padworny was born in…
Discovering the world of Fashion & Design in the stylish Milan
NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano, has a lot of ideas for the coming summer.
Milan with its vibrant urban atmosphere and unmistakable creativity is the ideal destination for those who are looking forward to getting a close look at the world of creativity in Milan, the world capital of Fashion, Design and Communication.
Thanks to this institute, which hosts a team made of young International designers, it will be possible…
Animals' Souls bared on Internet
The first official website of wildlife artist Gary Hodges (garyhodges-wildlife-art.com) has been launched amidst enormous acclaim from collectors and celebrities. Gary Hodges’ appeal has been built on his extraordinary ability to capture, what many would say, the “soul” of the wild animals he draws.
The 58 page website provides insight and background to the highly successful artist’s 120 published limited edition prints and pencil drawings. In the first month trial period…
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra plays the opening concert of the Arts Festival of N …
After a successful debut at the Fespillene i Nord-Norge in 2008, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra (MCO) was once again invited to the festival, and will lead its audience on an eerily exciting tour of the music of the 20th and 21st centuries. The composer HK Gruber will conduct his own work Frankenstein!! Ein Pandämonium für Chansonnier und Orchester, as well as Kurt Weill’s sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins). Another…
Lost portrait of Shevchenko resurfaces
Munich, 11 June 2009, (kk) - The Louis Picard painting “Ira Aldridge in Taras Shevchenko’s Studio” is bound to cause a sensation. Painted around 1900, the portrait will go under the hammer at the Ketterer Kunst Old Masters and Art of the 19th Century auction as the spectacular prelude to the four Welcome Auctions to be held on 19 and 20 June 2009 at Ketterer Kunst in Munich.
There…
Romania Resurgent: The 19th 'George Enescu’ International Festival and Competiti …
Bucharest, 30th August – 26th September 2009
‘The mighty Salzburg Festival now has a rival’ – The Guardian
Doors previously closed to the world were swiftly unbarred following the Romanian Revolution almost two decades ago. One of Central Europe’s great cultural centres, Bucharest, certainly gained a new lease on life. The city’s ‘George Enescu’ International Festival and Competition became a leading player in Romania’s resurgence in the years following the…
Ravenel Art's 10th Anniversary Spring Auction of Modern and Contemporary Asian A …
Ravenel Art, once again, has set the standard for auctions of modern and contemporary Asian art with outstanding results at its Taipei Spring auction on Sunday June 7, 2009. The total amount realized at the auction was 212, 804, 000 NT Dollars, 6, 507, 768 million US Dollars including commission. 77.7% of lots were sold, 136/175, with a value of lots sold at 111.4%. A truly great result in…
In the Strauss anniversary year of 2009 Zell am See-Kaprun stages Hochkultur on …
When you think of Austria, one of the first things to cross your mind will probably be the Alpine mountain world. But without any doubt music is inextricably linked with this country, too. One of the most renowned Austrian dynasties is the Strauss family. On the 160th and the 110th anniversary of the death of Johann Strauss, Sr., and Johann Strauss, Jr., respectively, Zell am See-Kaprun puts a limelight on…
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra renews General Manager Andreas Richter’s contract t …
The MCO and its General Manger Andreas Richter will continue their successful collaboration in the future: they have renewed the General Manager’s contract, which expires in March 2010, to 2013.
“I am delighted about this affirmation of my work and understand it as a gesture of approval to continue on the path on which we — the musicians of the orchestra, and my colleagues — have started” commented the old —…
San Pedro Gets Down With $3 Movies - Produced in part by Central San Pedro Neigh …
San Pedro’s 78-year-old movie palace and arts venue, Warner Grand Theatre will present a series of Summer Films on most Wednesday evenings, beginning June 17. The series will be called Warner On Wednesdays (W.O.W.) and will feature new and classic films shown at 6PM and 9PM for only $3 admission per person.
W.O.W. is being produced through a community partnership between Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council, Sacred Grounds Coffee House,…
Country Music Artist Billy Craig NEW CD is in the works
Country Music Artist Billy Craig is in the studio cutting 17 brand new songs in which 14 will be packaged for his new full length CD to be released late summer. Although there are big songs with big fun with big guitars and attitude he will still deliver tunes from the sentimental and emotional side as well.
“Billy is an amazing artist with tremendous scope and he successfully touches…
Fotosearch Stock Photography Hits 5 Million Images
(Waukesha, Wisconsin - June 1 2009) - Fotosearch, a leading provider of premium stock photography, announced today that it recently uploaded its five-millionth image. Adding more than two million photos in the past year, Fotosearch continues to be one of the largest collections of premium royalty-free and rights managed images in the world.
Fotosearch offers content from more than one hundred of the world's highest-quality stock photo, video, and music publishers.…
Current Programming on VernissageTV: Focus Cologne, Venice Biennale and Art Base …
Basel, Switzerland, June 1, 2009 -- The current episodes on VernissageTV Art TV focus on the art scene in Cologne and Art Cologne 2009. Apart from reports from the international art fair Art Cologne 2009 VernissageTV covered three exhibitions at Museum Ludwig, which currently presents paintings by Christopher Wool, and video works by Erik van Lieshout and Jonathan Horowitz.
The much anticipated inauguration of the new Museum Brandhorst in Munich, designed…
Official Inauguration - Celebration at Ketterer’s new House for Art
Munich, 26 May 2009, (kk) - “Today’s art market demands, apart from high quality, the factors of rarity and market freshness,” thus Robert Ketterer, auctioneer and owner of Ketterer Kunst. And he adds: “I’m very glad, especially at our grand Welcome Auctions on 19/20 June 2009 in our new Munich House, to be in a position to provide an extremely choice offering of over 320 objects that meet…
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra opens the Whitsun Festival in Baden-Baden with Webe …
A year after the celebrated performances of Beethoven’s Fidelio at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra (MCO) returns with another opera production. Der Freischütz, as interpreted by the MCO and Thomas Hengelbrock, will open this year’s Whitsun Festival. The orchestra will present a further high-point of German Romantic music in a concert featuring Schumann’s Symphony no.3 in E-flat major op.97 in addition to selected works of Mozart.
Since 2002,…
FIRST INTERNATIONAL SOUL SONG AND SOUL MUSIC CONCERT SET FOR JUNE IN DÜSSELDORF, …
World Renowned Spiritual Leader, Dr. Zhi Gang Sha and Acclaimed Soprano Helene Ziebarth to Appear
Düsseldorf – May 13, 2009: The first international Soul Song and Soul Music Concert will take place on June 13, 2009, at the Zeughaus in Neuss, Düsseldorf, Germany. The concert will bring together internationally renowned hosts, Dr. and Master Zhi Gang Sha, spiritual leader and servant to humanity, as well as acclaimed German vocalist and…
