Sentences with phrase «first subjects of art»

Animals painted in prehistoric caves were the first subjects of art, reflecting our closeness to them.

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At Bowdoin College, the second - ranked liberal - arts school on our list, first - year students can choose from 35 first - year seminars and are required to take a course in each of five general subject areas.

It was indeed only in the early Renaissance, in the liturgical drama which influenced the subject matter of the newly recovered art of painting — where the resurrection did get attention — that Magdalene was returned to prominence and became for the first time an officially popular figure.

This event is a tradition in schools of the Waldorf pedagogy, an educational style first developed by Rudolf Steiner in 1919 that utilizes the arts and nature to teach traditional subjects.

When setting out to help children learn about art, I think it's important to spend some time thinking over the subject first — what is the purpose of art, and why should kids study it?

SUBJECT: The first thing to think about is the subject of the art in your gallerSUBJECT: The first thing to think about is the subject of the art in your gallersubject of the art in your gallery wall.

As a date coach for women over 50 and an author who's been writing about the subject for over a decade, I cover a variety of issues, including getting back into dating, trying online dating for the first time, and the art of asking a baby boomer out.

The first half of the session will take place in the gallery where museum / gallery professionals will teach the skills required to unlock the art and support a number of subject areas, such as creative writing.

School leaders know the value of arts subjects - every day they see first - hand the difference it can make to children».

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos kicked off her first public speech Wednesday by casting the protestors who sought to block her from visiting a Washington, D.C., middle school last week as part of a divisive opposition that's resistant to fresh ideas... And DeVos, who didn't face protestors Wednesday, praised magnet schools, which are public schools organized around a particular subject area such as arts or technology, as «the original school choice option.»

Our analysis of state reading / language arts standards focused on the first three of these criteria, as they are most relevant to the subject matter content of the standards.

He was the first CEO of the VH1 Save The Music Foundation, served as the Director of Market Development for the NAMM and was recognized for his work adding the arts as a core subject to the nation's education goals.

In straightforward prose that evokes her subject's devotion to his craft, Loney details VanDerZee's first experiences taking pictures as a boy in Massachusetts; his job working in a New Jersey studio darkroom, where he honed his skills; and his years as a renowned portraitist whose specialty was transforming ordinary photographs into works of art.

In her first New York show since 2004 and her debut with Lori Bookstein Fine Art, Elena Sisto takes as her subject the predicaments of young women painters as they embark on their calling.

Fishman is currently the subject of two large exhibitions: «Louise Fishman: A Retrospective» at the Neuberger Museum of Art acts as the 77 - year - old's first comprehensive show, while «Paper Louise Tiny Fishman Rock» at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia displays an entirely different body of work, focusing on sketchbooks, smaller paintings and sculptures, and other rarely - seen items.

Following numerous gallery and museum exhibitions, as well as his participation in documenta I (1955) and documenta IV (1968), he became the first living artist to be the subject of a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, with his career - spanning retrospective there in 1971.

For the paintings in her show at Locks Gallery, the first show in Philadelphia since her retrospective show at the Institute of Contemporary Art, the focus is on Philadelphia subjects and stories.

There were two important consequences of this shift: the first was that drawing, became crucial to his painting practice, the second is that geometry itself became, for the rest of his life, his art's predominant subject matter.

Rhoades, who first came to widespread fame with his 1993 show at David Zwirner in New York, is the subject of a solo exhibition at Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Philadelphia, opening this September.

In 2014, Shonibare was the subject of the first contemporary art exhibition at The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia.

Art in America May 2010 Exhibition Reviews Nari Ward Lehmann Maupin By Casey Ruble Tackling the multivalent subject of support — with its implication of preexisting threat — «LIVESupport,» Nari Ward's first solo show at Lehmann Maupin, included a roomful of sculptures (all works 2010).

And in 1931, Matisse was the subject of the Museum of Modern Art's first monographic exhibition, organized by its founding director, Alfred H. Barr, Jr., whose continued advocacy of Matisse (organizing a larger retrospective, and authoring a substantial monograph in 1951) solidified Matisse's relevance to a younger generation — right as the New York art scene was on its way to replace Paris as the art capital of the worArt's first monographic exhibition, organized by its founding director, Alfred H. Barr, Jr., whose continued advocacy of Matisse (organizing a larger retrospective, and authoring a substantial monograph in 1951) solidified Matisse's relevance to a younger generation — right as the New York art scene was on its way to replace Paris as the art capital of the worart scene was on its way to replace Paris as the art capital of the worart capital of the world.

In 1982, she was the subject of a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art and had her first exhibitions in London and Paris.

In contrast to other prominent midcentury art critics — like the New York Times's John Canaday, who warned him against fraternizing with artists for fear of impairing his critical distance — Sandler purposefully immersed himself in his subjects» milieu, first in his days as a young reviewer for Artnews and later as an art historian.

His luxuriant paintings of vices and voyeuristic pleasures were celebrated in his first solo museum show earlier this year, at Philadelphia's Moore College of Art & Design; his work is appearing in gallery shows and art fairs around the world; and, this month, he will be the subject of Jeffrey Deitch's first show heralding the dealer's triumphant return to SoArt & Design; his work is appearing in gallery shows and art fairs around the world; and, this month, he will be the subject of Jeffrey Deitch's first show heralding the dealer's triumphant return to Soart fairs around the world; and, this month, he will be the subject of Jeffrey Deitch's first show heralding the dealer's triumphant return to SoHo.

During its first years, the Guerrilla Girls conducted «weenie counts,» such that members visited institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and counted artworks» male - to - female subject ratios.

The subject of the 2002 retrospective, Gerhard Richter: 40 Years of Painting organized by the Museum of Modern Art, Richter was born in Dresden, Germany, and first studied art under the social and political disciplines of the East German communist governmeArt, Richter was born in Dresden, Germany, and first studied art under the social and political disciplines of the East German communist governmeart under the social and political disciplines of the East German communist government.

Organized by VMFA and the Dallas Museum of Art, the exhibition and its accompanying catalogue will be the first scholarly treatment of this important subject.

Since his first solo show, at Roko Gallery in New York in 1954, Katz has been the subject of numerous international exhibitions, including solo shows at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Jewish Museum in New York, the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, the London Institute of Contemporary Arts, the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, the Albertina Museum in Vienna, the Saatchi Collection in London, the Brooklyn Museum, the Musée Grenoble, the Deichtorhallen Hamburg, and the Museum fur Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt.

For their first solo show as Ultra Violet Production House, Citarella and Troemel have chosen to materialize 20 works (out of the 200 they've conceived of and rendered over the past two years) that specifically reference art and art history (as opposed to some of the other subjects they've tackled like interior design, small business proposals, and food.)

In recent years Emin has been the subject of a number of retrospective museum exhibitions around the world, including a major solo show at the Museo de Arte Latino Americano de Buenos Aires; a solo exhibition at Turner Contemporary in her hometown of Margate (2012); and Tracey Emin: 20 Years, the artist's first retrospective which originated at Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (2008), before traveling to the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Málaga (2008) and the Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland (2009).

Since his first solo exhibition in 1979, Schnabel has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, including retrospectives organized by the Tate Gallery, London (1982); Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (1987); Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1987); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1987); Musée d'Art Contemporain, Nîmes (1989); Palais des Beaux - Arts, Brussels (1989); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (1989); Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (1995); Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2004); Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2004); Museo di Capodimonte, Naples (2009); The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2010); Museo Correr, Venice (2011); J.F. Willumsens Museum, Frederikssund (2013); Dairy Art Centre, London (2014); Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo (2014); and Aspen Art Museum, Aspen (2016).

Miró's first major museum retrospective was at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1941, and he was the subject of many solo exhibitions until his death in 1983.

«Although a handful of recent exhibitions have explored the topic, this is the first to offer a systematic examination of the newspaper as both a material and subject in modern and contemporary art over the course of a century.»

Ms. Kaplan has long been an advocate for the inclusion of vernacular works and photobooks in the fine art sphere, and organized the first auctions devoted to those subjects in 2014 and 2006, respectively.

Since Lutz Bacher's first MATRIX exhibition in 1993, the Berkeley - based artist has become a leading figure in contemporary art; she was the subject of a retrospective at MoMA PS1 in 2009 and was included in the 2012 Whitney Biennial.

First things first: The pianist Cecil Taylor, one of the great American artists of the past century, is the subject of an imaginative exhibition and residency at the Whitney Museum of American Art for the next 10 days, called «Open Plan.&rFirst things first: The pianist Cecil Taylor, one of the great American artists of the past century, is the subject of an imaginative exhibition and residency at the Whitney Museum of American Art for the next 10 days, called «Open Plan.&rfirst: The pianist Cecil Taylor, one of the great American artists of the past century, is the subject of an imaginative exhibition and residency at the Whitney Museum of American Art for the next 10 days, called «Open Plan.»

Organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Dallas Museum of Art, the exhibition and its accompanying catalogue is the first scholarly treatment of this important subject.

The first subjects of her Memorial Drawings were the famous chef Julia Child and the Polish poet Czesław Miłosz, whose deaths moved De Jesus greatly; eventually she expanded the project to include a wide range of people, some of whom she knew personally, such as Irene Pijoan, an influential artist friend of hers when she studied at the San Francisco Art Institute.

In 2015, he held a Paul Mellon Senior Visiting Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art, where he worked on his forthcoming book project, Hopper's Hotels, which will also be the subject of his first exhibition project at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Since his first solo exhibition in 1979, Schnabel has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, including retrospectives organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1987); Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (1995); Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2004); Museo Correr, Venice (2011); and Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich, Connecticut (2013).

Like theirs, his art was at first only allusive to nature, while transcending its observation into entities that made oil paint itself the subject matter of his works.

Anni, primarily a textile artist, was the first in her field to be given a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, in 1949, and Josef, a color theorist and painter and teacher, was the first living artist to be the subject of a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, in 1970.

Since his first solo show in 1969, Acconci (American, b. 1940) has participated in numerous solo exhibitions and has been the subject of retrospectives at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (1978, and 2006), and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago (1980).

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The artist has been the subject of hundreds of solo exhibitions since 1965, including numerous museum surveys, ranging from his first, at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1975, to more recently, a two - year travelling retrospective organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2005 - 2007).

When Larry Gagosian first approached Mr. Elderfield in 2012 about organizing exhibitions for his gallery, Mr. Elderfield proposed a show about artists using their own studios as a subject of their art — something he had wanted to do at MoMA — and was given carte blanche by Mr. Gagosian.

Tuttle has been the subject of hundreds of solo exhibitions since 1965, including numerous museum surveys, ranging from his first, at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1975, to more recently, a two - year travelling retrospective organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2005 - 2007).

White: Whiteness and Race in Contemporary Art, the first exhibition and book devoted to the subject, gives voice to 11 artists who explicitly address the issue of whiteness: Max Becher and Andrea Robbin, Nayland Blake, Nancy Burson, Wendy Ewald and Mike Kelley, William Kentridge, Barbara Kruger, Nikki S. Lee, Cindy Sherman and Gary Simmons.

In 2014, the artist's work was the subject of the first contemporary art exhibition at The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, USA («Magic Ladders»).