Sentences with phrase «major cultural figures»

Arnold Newman was a famous American photographer, known for his portraits of major cultural figures, such as Pablo Picasso, Aaron Copland, Marilyn Monroe, Willem de Kooning, and Josef Albers.

Focusing specifically on his portraits of major cultural figures of the last seven decades, Irving Penn Portraits is a glorious celebration of his work in this genre.The exhibition is brought together from major international collections and includes over 120 silver and platinum prints, many -LSB-...]

Timothy Greenfield - Sanders has achieved critical acclaim photographing world leaders and major cultural figures, including presidents, writers, artists, actors and musicians.

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Milan is becoming a major cultural destination that could attract creative businesses away from London, according to leading figures in the city for its design week.

Martin Buber, another major figure to emerge from the tumultuous interwar years in Germany, is often thought to be, like Strauss, a critic of the cultural and political assumptions of the «scientific study of Judaism.»

It's all too easy to make a biopic about a major historical figure or cultural icon, because audiences already know and / or love them and will turn them into box - office hits, or at least and more likely, Oscar contenders.

Having looked under the hood of the modern media machine's first days and inside the minds of some of its major figures, Glen David Gold sat down to converse with writer and cultural critic Adam McGovern about Sunnyside's own secrets — and showed that knowing some of the mysteries doesn't take away the magic.

We've also invited influential art world figures to reflect on the major cultural events of 2017, including Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, Sunpride Foundation's Patrick Sun, independent curator Natasha Ginwala, one of Australia's most generous art patrons Simon Mordant, and Barjeel Art Foundation founder Sultan Sooud al - Qassemi.

Last week, Sotheby's added to the cacophony of collector's stories with the works once owned by Jean Stein, daughter of Hollywood legend Jules Stein, and major New York cultural figure until her suicide earlier this year:

Organized by Sharon L. Kennedy, curator of cultural and civic engagement, and Brandon K. Ruud, curator of transnational American art, the exhibition presents major figures and events — along with some overlooked moments and people — from the past.

Like Lee's performative practice, which imagines conversations between disparate cultural figures, the photographs proceed with both major and minor shifts in place and time, accumulating in an imaginative meditation on how individuals might meet in a larger discourse.

Deeply involved in the legacy of Post-War American art, «Glenn Ligon» highlights the cultural and social histories of the time, such as the civil rights movement and features many major figures such as Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock and Chris Ofili.

Dalwood subject from major political events, imagined places marked by some traumatic history or event, portraits of famous figures both - in general events or people that are a part of our shared cultural memory.

David Hockney's career has spanned and epitomised the art movements of the last five decades; his story is one of precocious achievement at Bradford Art College, the Swinging 60s in London where he befriended many of the iconic cultural figures of the generation, to California and the cool of the swimming pool series of paintings, through the acclaimed set designs for countless operas around the world and major retrospective exhibitions.

A central figure in the history of modernism in the Americas and a key protagonist in the transatlantic cultural exchanges that have informed it, Torres - García has fascinated generations of artists on both sides of the Atlantic, but most notably in the Americas — including major North American artists from Barnett Newman to Louise Bourgeois, and countless Latin American artists.

We are looking forward to welcoming visitors back to our home at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham for the opening on 12 October of our new season of exhibitions which includes a major retrospective of the work of Eileen Gray, one of Ireland's most important cultural figures, rarely seen work by Leonora Carrington, a group exhibition of young Irish artists and a significant new exhibition drawn from our Collection.

These include the major public installation «Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads» which opened in New York on 2 May and will open at Somerset House in London on 12 May, the day of the fountain event, Lisson Gallery hope to open of one of the most significant living artists, cultural figures, and champions of human rights in China's solo exhibition.