Sentences with phrase «living artist at»

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He served as the first president of the Artists Equity from 1947 to 1951, received the first one - person show of a living artist at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1948 and exhibited at the 26th Venice Biennale in 1952.

In 1993, the top - grossing living artist at auction, according to Artnet, was the pop artist Roy Lichtenstein.

[11] In 1988, Johns» False Start was sold at auction at Sotheby's to Samuel I. Newhouse, Jr. for $ 17.05 million, setting a record at the time as the highest price paid for a work by a living artist at auction, and the second highest price paid for an artwork at auction in the U.S. [32] In 2006, private collectors Anne and Kenneth Griffin (founder of the Chicago - based hedge fund Citadel LLC) bought False Start (1959) from David Geffen [33] for $ 80 million, making it the most expensive painting by a living artist.

In October 2012, Richter's Abstraktes Bild set an auction record price for a painting by a living artist at $ 34 million (# 21 million).

The first comprehensive Frank Stella survey in the United States since 1987, and the first solo exhibition devoted to a living artist at the Whitney's new downtown space, the exhibition was organized by Michael Auping, chief curator of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, in association with Whitney director Adam D. Weinberg.

With the sale of his Balloon Dog (Orange) at Christie's New York last month for $ 58.4 million, Koons overtook Gerhard Richter as the most expensive living artist at auction.

I bought it for $ 1.6 million, and it became the world record for living artist at the time.

Two have already been sold by Clapton — in 2012, 809 - 4 changed hands for # 21.3 m, setting a new auction record for the artist and for any work by a living artist at auction.

In 1987 Stella was given an unprecedented second retrospective exhibition for a living artist at MoMA.

Jasper Johns — False Start Jasper Johns was the most expensive living artist at auction in 1988, when his White Flag painting sold for $ 7 million at Christies, then his False Start painting (above) sold at Sotheby's the next night for $ 17 million.

He has twice achieved the record for any photographic work of art at auction, both times by Andreas Gursky and twice achieved the record for any living artist at auction with Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons.

In 1969, he was a recipient of the Order of Canada and was given a traveling retrospective exhibition by the National Gallery of Canada, what was an unusual honour for a living artist at the time.

A record price for a work by a living artist at auction was set last night by Germany's Gerhard Richter.

Sold for 3,641,000 to Roman Abramovich in 2008, the most expensive work sold by a living artist at auction until 2012.)

Lucian Freud has become the most expensive living artist at auction.

His work has also been featured in a series of major outdoor exhibitions in cities since the early 1970s, including in 1975 the first exhibition of a living artist at the Tuilleries in Paris and then a citywide exhibition presenting work in all five boroughs in New York City.

The Museum has placed living artists at the core of its mission since its founding.

Over at the Art Newspaper there's an interesting story about the most expensive living artists at auction, with the baton being passed from Jasper Johns, to Damien Hirst, and now Jeff Koons.Continue Reading

Previously, curator of Contemporary Projects at the Henry Moore Foundation and former director at the South London Gallery, David Thorp has always worked with living artists at the forefront of experimental visual culture.

Evening and day sales of works by postwar and living artists at the three auction houses raised a record $ 1.1 billion in New York in November.

The Museum serves the region as a vital cultural and civic asset, with contemporary art and living artists at its core.

From its origins in Greenwich Village in 1914 to its relocation to the Meatpacking District in 2015, the Whitney Museum of American Art has remained devoted to living artists at critical moments in their careers.

The last bit of this survey is rightly concluded with Höch's last piece: a large scale collage, portraying the long - lived artist at different ages — always with her signature haircut — surrounded by friends, lovers and places that entered her life and productive career as artist.

Alexander Calder, Large - Scale Sculpture, and the Public Sphere In the 1970s, Wichita put itself firmly on the map of the art world when it commissioned Joan Miró and Alexander Calder — two living artists at the height... Continue reading Calder Lecture at the Wichita Art Museum

Christie's rarely sold works by living artists at the end of the 20th century, but now the vast majority in terms of value at auction is the result of new artists.

Not exact matches

Would you rather see your favorite artist perform live in an arena or at a small bar with a maximum capacity of 250 people?

In putting together a sidebar for that story about the most important FPS games in the history of the medium, I noticed a fascinating trend that seems to say something poignant about the times we're living in: brand has become a stronger selling feature than the artist, at least in games.

Well, one of the differences is our proposal around C - 32 had to do with recognizing the work of Canadian artists and the creativity and finding a way in a post-CD world to actually encourage creators of content to make a living off of it and the supposed iPod tax was one way of looking at perhaps making sure that we have Canadian artists celebrated and successful the way we managed to celebrate last night with the Junos.

I had seen a number of his earlier films at Paris Cinematheque and was very curious to get to know a real - live Soviet artist.

There were few shout outs for God from the artists, the oddest being from Sean Carter (Jay - Z): «I want to thank God — I mean a little bit for this award — but mostly for all the universe for conspiring and putting that beautiful light of a young lady in my life,» Jay - Z said, looking at Beyoncé.

The lives of artist Khadija Saye, her mother Mary Mendy, Berkti Haftom and her 12 - year - old son Beruk, as well as five - year - old Isaac Paulos were being celebrated at the ecumenical service in north Kensington.

At the conclusion of one of her books of philosophy, The Fire and the Sun: Why Plato Banished the Artists, Murdoch summarizes her view of the artist's role in modern life: «To present the idea of God at all, even as a myth, is a consolation.&raquAt the conclusion of one of her books of philosophy, The Fire and the Sun: Why Plato Banished the Artists, Murdoch summarizes her view of the artist's role in modern life: «To present the idea of God at all, even as a myth, is a consolation.&raquat all, even as a myth, is a consolation.»

A converted church in a corrupt civilization withdraws to its upper rooms, into monasteries and conventicles; it issues forth from these in the aggressive evangelism of apostles, monks and friars, circuit riders and missionaries; it relaxes its rigorism as it discerns signs of repentance and faith; it enters into inevitable alliance with converted emperors and governors, philosophers and artists, merchants and entrepreneurs, and begins to live at peace in the culture they produce under the stimulus of their faith; when faith loses its force, as generation follows generation, discipline is relaxed, repentance grows formal, corruption enters with idolatry, and the church, tied to the culture which it sponsored, suffers corruption with it.

The outlet asked the 39 - year - old artist what his faith meant to him at this point in his life, and he said,

oh yeah... a good con artist to fake his death (one does not escape flogging and crucifxion alive) he was good at convincing his disciples he was brought fully to life..

We might choose an artist to support monetarily or with encouragement and prayer for a month, connect with local artists and find out what their supply needs are (paint, canvas, etc. is expensive), invite an artist to paint live at an event, commission them to make art for your family or one of your church's ministries.

You insist your god exists, yet we can prove he does not exist at all and is only a con - artist's story to bewilder and hypnotize you into following and giving away your wealth, life, etc. to these con - artists modern counterparts.

«The true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art.»

Here's a few Mormon factoids (dem darn facts is really painful) 1) J. Smith was a convicted con - artist on numerous times (non-post Mormon cult creation) 2) He said God is 6» 2» living on the planet Kalob on the other side of the galaxy (at the time the extent of The Universe was believed to be the Milky Way Galaxy — and oh, how convienient it could not be proven otherwise at the time) 3) Science proved since E. Hubble there are billions of galaxies (did Smith's personal conversations with Jesus and God limit to a narrow Universe?)

Other special events hosted at Brewery Ommegang include a summer concert series, which in 2012 featured artists such as Lyle Lovett and Wilco, the latter of whom recorded a live album there.

We ate one of the most delicious meals of my life at Zahav, we finally saw one of my favorite artists in concert, and our friends got engaged!

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights beginning at 8 pm, Grant Grill Lounge transforms into a distinguished Live Music venue, featuring a diverse line - up of the city's most buzzed about artists.

At Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp they all get to pursue their passion — and meet, and play with the artists who became the soundtrack of their lives.

The Sierra Chef Challenge will be one must - see during a day of food and drink that includes entertainment from local bands Sierra Gypsies and Taking Root, a marketplace of local vendors, artisans and artists, as well as a live art experience after - show at Benko Art Gallery.

The destination festival will also feature live, in - ring matches with WWE ®'s NXT ® Superstars, as well as interactive experiences and art installations such as Big Bully, artist autograph signings at the Monster Energy Hospitality Rig, theMonster Energy viewing area with beverage sampling, The Crazy Dave's Music Experience, Jack Daniel's Experience, Jäger World, It's Miller Time VIP Lounge, Zippo Music Experience and more.

At this free - to - attend event, fans will get the chance to meet some of the Premier League's former stars, including Premier League champion and all - time top scorer Alan Shearer, and enjoy live music from top local artists and DJs.

She worked as a professional journalist and graphic designer, but made jewellery as a hobby and sold it at artist markets on the weekends when she lived in Melbourne and London.

It's time for Riverfest at Assembly Row - live local music, local artists, free children's activities, a sidewalk sale, and fireworks over the Mystic River (Somerville)

Enjoy live music all afternoon from local bands and artists, and be sure to watch demonstrations by local artists for an up close look at how they master their craft.