Sentences with phrase «from celebrated figures»

She later used her fortune to promote contemporary art and to collect works from celebrated figures including Braque, Dali, Miro, Matisse and Kandinsky.

Gund is committed to supporting a vast range of artists, from celebrated figures she counts among her close friends to emerging talents whose work she champions.

Not exact matches

In our 17th annual report on the richest people in Canada, we celebrate both the upper - crust establishment figures who dominate the society pages and the self - starters who built their empires from scratch (and are busily dismantling the ones that came before).

Although it is a private building, it is a very public display and they should not be surpised that people are upset when they refuse to celebrate someone who is almost universally admired for charitable works because they don't want to honor «religious» figures or entertain requests from religious organiations.

Shouldn't we be trying to figure out how to fix the way we view motherhood so that when moms lift a glass, they're doing it because they're celebrating their role, not trying to escape from it?

President Akufo - Addo has come under a barrage of attacks after he revealed plans to present a legislation before Parliament to set aside August 4 as a day to celebrate the many founders of Ghana ditching September 21 as the commemorative day for Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first President and a key figure in the fight for freedom from British colonial rule.

Recent events have included a dinner celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Maastricht rebellion, a cross-party conference on «How Britain Can Exit The EU», a speech by President Václav Klaus on «European Integration Without Illusions», an «international conference» to «advocate the dismantling of the Single Currency», and speeches from Labour figures on «Britain Beyond the EU».

To be sure, one should be cautious with celebrating the recent expansion of party membership as a sign that Labour has become the «first mass party in the advanced capitalist world this century,» for if all it takes to count as a party member is a payment of # 3, it is not entirely clear why an increase in membership figures would be a reliable indicator of public support, let alone signalling increased support from the «communities that send Labour MPs to parliament.»

Collections are inspired from the world around us: from celebrated Japanese artists to dominant fashion figures throughout history, embellishing with unique combinations pairing geometry with florals.

Dishevelled Matthew Perry, 48, cuts a lone figure as he celebrates his birthday in LA... while former co-stars Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox enjoy a You might reckon you know your favourite sitcom inside out but these quotes from the Friends cast are sure to prove otherwise.

Outwardly, she is a celebrated figure in the games however she still suffers from nightmares of the bloody PG - 13 encounters.

The film will see Watts as «a woman who was once a celebrated counter-culture figure who now lives alone in her Bronx apartment, having all but cut herself off from the outside world during the notorious «Summer of Sam» in 1977.

The brilliance of the British figure skater is celebrated in a documentary that doesn't shy away from his demons

Mixing visceral, documentary - like realism with the narrative focus of Hollywood noir and melodrama, Manila in the Claws of Light is a howl of anguish from one of the most celebrated figures in Philippine cinema.

Aside from celebrating the first 10 years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there's a new line of figures coming for the release of Ant - Man and the Wasp coming later this year.

To mark International Women's Day today, home education provider Oxford Home Schooling is celebrating women in education by compiling a list of the top female figures from recent history who have influenced the British system.

The inquiry comes as charter schools, once celebrated as laboratories of urban educational achievement and innovation, increasingly face a backlash from teachers» unions and political figures ranging from the mayor of New York City to a third - party candidate for governor of Connecticut.

Now he has to find the lost teen before he's run out of town — while he attempts to recover from his recent breakup with his girlfriend, Gloria, and tries to figure out where in Tumdrum a Jewish vegetarian might celebrate his thirtieth birthday.

February is a special time for celebrating seminal figures and events from African - American history.

This engaging volume celebrates the life and work of Theodor Holm «Ted» Nelson, a pioneer and legendary figure from the history of early computing.

Leading industry figures from across Africa have celebrated the emergence of South African city Tshwane as a tourism powerhouse during an event running alongside World Travel Market in London.

That figure comes directly from Nintendo and, impressively, three whole months before the Switch even celebrates its first birthday.

On a beautiful summer evening, the latest edition of the celebrated international event series Gamehotel brought together leading figures and guests from the global game industry for a rooftop party and talk - show extravaganza at Gamescom Cologne.

Ironically (from an Owens perspective), the roster of figures Foster discusses — Cindy Sherman, Sherrie Levine, Richard Prince, Gretchen Bender and, working as a team, Jenny Holzer and Peter Nadin — includes two (Sherman and Prince) who are among the most celebrated artists of their generation, another who recently enjoyed a retrospective at the Whitney (Levine), and a fourth whose work has long been ubiquitous in museums and public spaces (Holzer).

A visual and aural experience, the exhibition feature's some of the artist's most celebrated and innovative creations, including Aviarium works that explore wave vectors of bird vocalizations; and examples from his sculptural Recital series paying homage to overlooked figures such as blues legend Bessie Smith and Arctic explorer Matthew Henson.

Although subject to censorship and marginalization during her lifetime due to the highly subversive nature of her work, Rama has been celebrated in recent years as a key avant - garde figure in the development of both abstraction and figuration from the 1930s onward.

The National Portrait Gallery, meanwhile, looks at the origins of art photography via the work of four celebrated figures of the Victorian era, and Tate Modern takes things further with Shape of Light, which entwines the histories of photography and abstract art from the early 20th century to now and positions work by the likes of Man Ray and Thomas Ruff against abstract paintings, sculptures and installations.

The movement's leading figure, John Duncan Fergusson, is celebrated with a major retrospective at Chichester's Pallant House from this weekend — the first of its kind for nearly 50 years.

Lawrence's John Brown series was one of many such historical epics he produced in the 1930s and 1940s, examining the lives and experiences of African Americans — from heroic 19th - century figures like Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass to the early 20th - century cultural phenomenon of the Great Migration — work for which he continues to be celebrated today.

With the renewed curatorial and academic interest in the African American contribution to the history of abstraction, «Mildred Thompson: Resonance, Selected Works from the 1990s,» presented in the Walter O. Evans Center for African American Studies, is a remarkable opportunity to expand this dialogue by celebrating the work of an under - recognized historical figure.

Schiele was a pioneering force in Austrian modernism and this show traces his artistic development, from early experiments to his later celebrated figure studies.

As well as these celebrated figures, The Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction will also bring under - recognised names from the 20th century to the fore.

Encompassing nearly 80 works from over 35 years, the exhibition showcases Marshall's large - scale narrative works that capture the African American experience and celebrate the black figure.

To celebrate the opening of Tate Modern's Richard Hamilton retrospective, we've profiled the five most important figures in the British Pop art movement, from elder statesmen to artists who died before their time.

These are accompanied by a suite of early paintings that reflect Golub's study of antiquity, a group of unsettling portraits of the Brazilian dictator Ernesto Geisel, and works on paper that represent subjects of longstanding interest to the artist, from mercenaries, interrogators, and the victims of violence to political figures, nudes, and animals, all of them rendered in the raw, visceral style for which he is justly celebrated.

By positioning experimental figures from the history of art alongside contemporary photographers, this week's selection celebrates the past, present and future of creative practice through topical performance, installation and images.

The show features over 40 architects, ranging from renowned 20th century masters and internationally celebrated contemporary architects such as Tadao Ando, Toyo Ito, Kazuyo Sejima (SANAA) and Kenzo Tange; to exciting figures little known outside of Japan including Osamu Ishiyama, Kazunari Sakamoto and Kazuo Shinohara and young rising stars such as Hideyuki Nakayama and Chie Konno.

Kimathi Donkor's solo exhibition Queens of the Undead at Rivington Place, including new works commissioned by Iniva, celebrates the lives of exemplary figures from African Diaspora history as well as those who have suffered at the hands of the authorities.

The show will examine his understanding of form and light in the composition of formal portraits, still lifes and figurative works that celebrate the sensual quality of nature and the human body.The works relate strongly to the museum's permanent collection of fine art that includes portraits from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Dutch old master still lifes and studies of the nude and human figure, a staple of western art dating back to the classical forms of Greek sculpture.

Alternative Figures in American Art, 1960 to the Present,» held at the RISD Museum in 2014, celebrated art collectives like the Hairy Who and Forcefield, who made collaborative and experimental work for its own sake far removed from what we commonly understand as the corrupting influence of the New York art market.

Kimathi Donkor's solo exhibition at Rivington Place, including new works commissioned by Iniva, celebrates the lives of exemplary figures from African Diaspora history as well as those who have suffered at the hands of the authorities.

The series Queens of the Undead (in PS1), from which the exhibition takes its title, comprises six works each dedicated to the life of an historic female figure from Africa or its diasporas, celebrated for their place in liberation struggles.

Opening: «Sandro Miller: Homage: Malkovich and the Masters» at Yancey Richardson Gallery An American photographer who's known for his expressive portraits of Cubans, dynamic depiction of dancers in motion and longtime photographic collaboration with John Malkovich, Sandro Miller presents his celebrated series of pictures of the actor in the roles of legendary figures from the history of photography.

Presented as a series of filmed conversations between Aitken and celebrated cultural figures from diverse media including visual art, architecture, film, new media and music, The Source leads us to new frontiers of contemporary culture.

In his first European solo show, Kishio Suga, best known as one of the leading figures of the Japanese art movement Mono - ha, will be celebrated in his own right with a retrospective of twenty - three installations and sculptures from 1969 through the present.

It is an aesthetic that links many of the women artists who feature in this issue, including Barbara Hepworth (1903 — 1975), whose forthcoming Tate Britain exhibition celebrates not only her long life of radical experimentation (both in the creation of her artworks and also the way they were to be experienced by the viewer), but also how important an international figure she became, with exhibitions across the globe from a relatively young age.

Now new buzz is being generated around Frank's art, and with good reason: The Drawing Center has recently tapped her for a 2015 solo show of drawings based on classic fairy tales, which will be accompanied by a lavish book containing over 100 works from the series and essays by such figures as art historian Linda Nochlin and celebrated director Julie Taymor.

To celebrate the re-release of this critical text by one of avant - garde cinema's most influential figures, we will be screening a selection of rare 8 mm films from Brakhage ’s

The exhibition, drawn from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of Modern Mexican Art, features many of the artists» most iconic paintings and offers a rich insight into the work and lives of two of the most celebrated figures in modern art.

«Painters and Poets» celebrates and tracks a number of crucial friendships from these interconnected circles of artists and poets, some of which were also love affairs, sometimes sexual sometimes not: Frank O'Hara and Larry Rivers, Frank O'Hara and Grace Hartigan, Joe Brainard and Ron Padgett, Joe Brainard and John Ashbery, John Ashbery and James Schuyler, James Schuyler and painter and writer Fairfield Porter, Rudy Burckhardt and Edwin Denby, Rudy Burckhardt and Red Grooms and Mimi Gross, with central figures also including painters such as Jane Freilicher, Rackstraw Downes, Neil Welliver, Yvonne Jacquette, and Alex Katz.