Sentences with phrase «ancient world galleries»

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The bustling capital of Trinidad, Port of Spain, is an exciting city that intricately blends ancient and modern worlds and has a wide selection of shopping, art galleries and restaurants.

Discover the romanticism of the historical country houses, royal palaces and ancient castles of the British nobility, cosy down in the warmth of the picture - perfect Cotswolds, ramble in the blustery wilderness of the Scottish Highlands, and experience world - class cuisine and excellent museums and galleries in the buzzing urban hubs.

Whether you take the more traditional route of exploring the world's great museums and art galleries, or go even further back in time to explore our ancient ancestral roots in Africa, cultural holidays are an important reminder of the lessons of the past.

Spend the day exploring the city's world - renowned ancient sites or the boutiques and galleries of Kolonaki before returning in time for champagne cocktails at the rooftop bar.

Art of the Ancient World is currently in the process of transforming its many galleries into freshly reimagined, beautifully designed spaces.

Taking advantage of an ancient optical principle that a ray of light entering through a small hole into a dark room will project an upside - down view of the outside world, Leonard covered one of the Whitney's distinctive «eyebrow» windows with a lens board, throwing a ghostly, inverted image of the street onto the walls, floor and ceiling of an unlit gallery.

He also hopes that the third, smaller gallery will attract temporary exhibitions from other world cultures, such as ancient Egypt or Rome.

The galleries showcase an exceptional collection of art from Africa; important works by established and emerging contemporary artists; outstanding European and American paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts; significant artworks from China; ancient Antioch mosaics; and exquisite textiles from around the world.

Jonathan Roson: Formation / Reformation @ Dreamspace Gallery Artist Jonathan Roson merges the old school with the new, by carving a mattress and a hashtag out of marble — a medium only associated with the ancient world and not mod cons or the digital world.

The art fair that people in the know says is the best now — its certainly the plushest and its also the one where galleries get to show off a bit, we really like the decor, the carpet and the general calm of the fair which is a great compliment to the crazy energy of Frieze London featuring over 120 of the world's leading galleries, from ancient to modern. friezemasters.com Opening Wednesday to Sunday

06.2017 Suffering ², MONA, Tasmania (solo show) 04.2017 The World Made New, PiArts London [commissioned] 03.2017 Casebooks, Ambika P3 London [commission] 10.2016 Suffering, Queenstown, Tasmania [commission] 10.2016 Nowhere Less Now ⁷ Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea, Wales, UK [commissioned solo show] 07.2016 Leisure Land Golf, Quad, Derby, UK 06.2016 Seeing Round Corners, Turner Contemporary UK 04.2016 Leisure Land Golf, New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK 02.2016 Objects Do Things, Ujazdowsky Castle, Centre for Contemporary Art, Poland 03.2016 Stories in the Dark, The Beaney, Whitstable Biennale, UK 05.2015 Leisure Land Golf, Venice Biennale (EM15 commission) 01.2015 Reads Like a Book, Cricoteka, Kraków, Poland 09.2014 Mirrorcity, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London [new work] 10.2014 Top of the World, Sami Centre for Contemporary Art, Karasjok, Norway 01.2014 For The Record, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK 09.2013 Entangled ², (Theatre II), Matt's Gallery, London (solo show) 09.2013 Monocular ⁴, Quad, Derby [commission] 08.2013 Narrative Structures, Stryx, Birmingham, UK 06.2013 Nowhere Less Now ², (Red Queen) MONA, Tasmania, Australia [commission] 05.2013 A» Comes First, Toulouse International Art Festival, France [commission] 01.2013 The Book Lovers, EFA Project Space, New York, USA 11.2012 The Book Lovers, MHKA, Antwerp, Begium 11.2012 Reality Bites, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland 09.2012 Nowhere Less Now, Tin Tabernacle, Kilburn, London [Artangel commission solo show] 07.2012 Entangled ², Turner Contemporary, Margate [commission] 06.2012 Focal Points: Art and Photography, Manchester Art Gallery, UK 05.2012 Møte (Meeting), Galleri Festiviteten, Norway 03.2012 Ich is ein Anderer, Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany 02.2012 A Trip to the Moon, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden11.2011 Monodrome, Athens Biennale, Greece 11.2011 Beyond Deception, Erik Steen Gallery, Oslo, Norway 08.2011 Something In The Way, Lofoten International Art Festival, Norway 07.2011 Outrageous Fortunes, Focal Point Gallery, Southend, UK 03.2011 Extramission 6, TPW Gallery, Toronto [as part of Images Festival solo show] 03.2011 Dis - covery, Salamanca Art Centre, Tasmania 03.2011 The Collection, Rugby Art Gallery, inaugural exhibition of CAS and V&A purchase for the collection 03.2011 Just Photography, Ancient and Modern at Martos Gallery, New York, USA 02.2011 It has to be this way ², BALTIC, Gateshead (solo show) 11.2010 Persistence of Vision, Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen, Denmark 10.2010 It has to be this way ², Mead Gallery, Warwick (solo show) 10.2010 It has to be this way1.5, Aspex Gallery, Porstmouth (solo show) 09.

Ancient African costumes and sculptures, especially masks, on display in museums, galleries and art institutions all over the world, were created for a performative purpose.

The first ever exhibition in Greece to feature solely New York - based artists, Greek Gotham is the gallery's largest exhibition to date — one of «nearly institutional proportions» as Vranopoulou excitedly exclaimed hours before the opening — and draws playful yet acute associations between two of the most important cultural centres of the Western world — namely, Ancient Greece and present - day New York City.

It offers the opportunity to see and buy work from over 90 of the world's leading galleries with the selection of works ranging from the ancient era to old masters to more contemporary art.

hooted philanthropist Shelby White — and a giant new sculpture made of dirt and resin that Nicholas Logsdail dubbed «the Cloudgate to the ancient world» and that Paula Cooper, passing by from her gallery next door, correctly pegged as the tits of Rhea Silvia, mother of Romulus and Remus.

The inaugural edition of Frieze Masters will take place from the 11th - 14th October in Regent's Park, London and features over 90 of the world's leading galleries, from ancient to modern.

Fusing the visual worlds of ancient fertility rites with a stylized contemporary bravado, Iannone, with an unapologetic adulation for the act of lovemaking, transforms the museum's small gallery space into a veritable aesthetic orgy.

The galleries showcase an exceptional collection of art from Africa; important works by established and emerging contemporary artists; outstanding European and American paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts; ancient Antioch mosaics; and exquisite textiles from around the world.

In addition to the display of ancient ceramics in collections of the Louvre in Paris, the Pinakothek in Munich and the Hermitage in St Petersburg, fine art pottery and sculptures are displayed regularly in galleries and museums around the world, such as: the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Brohan Museum (Germany), the Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum (London), the National Gallery (Melbourne), the Musee des Arts Decoratifs de Montreal; as well as the the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the American Museum of Ceramic Art (Los Angeles), the JB Speed Art Museum (Louisville), The Museum of Modern Art New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), Museum of Contemporary Crafts (New York), Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, Nancy Margolis Gallery (NYC), the Schein - Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art (New York), the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Mingei International Museum (San Diego), and the Smithsonian Institution (Washington DC).

3260 South Street Philadelphia About Blog Beyond the gallery walls exploring amazing art and artifacts from ancient Egypt, Greece and Italy, Mesopotamia, Asia, Africa, and the Americas and more at this world renowned museum.

Three gallery floors feature materials from Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Bible Lands, Mesoamerica, Asia and the ancient Mediterranean World, as well as artifacts from native peoples of the Americas, Africa and Polynesia.