Sentences with phrase «work of living artists»

«Interchange» (1955) sold at auction for $ 20.8 million, highest price ever paid for work of a living artist.

FACE Foundation focuses on new and recent work of living artists and the promotion of bilingualism and the French language.

-- 1974 — Australian National Gallery buys «Woman V» (1952 - 53) for $ 850,000, at that time the highest price ever paid for work of a living artist.

The Museum is dedicated to supporting and promoting the work of living artists.

Today the collection exceeds 50,000 works of art — the result of active acquisitions by patrons, directors, and curators who continue Wadsworth's dedication to collecting and supporting the work of living artists.

«We are committed to expanding our renowned contemporary collections and to highlighting the work of living artists, and are delighted to have Gavin join us in Dallas.

This began to change around 1980, when the work of living artists began to achieve high prices and draw attention to the significance, and value, of the art of one's own time.

Burning in Water — New York is an art gallery and project space featuring an innovative curatorial programme that highlights the work of living artists.

Bo Joseph noted that such collaborations will enable Allan Stone Projects to advocate the work of the living artists who were represented by the gallery for many years.

The Museum presented the work of living artists who did not yet have wide public exposure or critical acceptance to a broader public.

The Foundation advances the work of living artists through grants, residencies, partnerships, and access to professional services.

«We are delighted to build on the High's commitment to engage our audiences with the work of living artists and to provide a platform for such a major figure in American art,» said Michael E. Shapiro, Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. director of the High.

Exhibitions highlight the permanent collection and the work of living artists, as well as local and regionals artists and students.

In addition to supporting the work of living artists through art purchases, we were able to enhance the collection with the work of nationally recognized DC artists including Gene Davis and Alma Thomas.

Putting the work of living artists in Old Master museums is a high - risk maneuver, the danger being that the contemporary work is outclassed.

This intimate setting was the destination to see paintings by American and European Impressionists and the work of living artists.

Comprising over 290 works gathered from public and private collections around the world, this inclusive retrospective, which will be seen in its entirety only at the Museum of Modern Art, will occupy the Museum's entire sixth floor — the first time that entire level has been devoted to the work of a living artist.

MIAMI — October 30, 2014 — Pérez Art Museum Miami has commissioned five ambitious new projects for the 2014 - 2015 season, in keeping with its mission to support the work of living artists and promote cultural engagement with Miami and South Florida communities.

From paintings and photographs, to the footage of performances, the installment is an extraordinarily huge and rare overview of the work of a living artist.

It is the first time the entire sixth floor space has been devoted to the work of a living artist.

At the Courtauld, he soon became frustrated that the teachers and art writers were taking insufficient interest in the work of living artists and that as a result, students were ignorant of major figures in 20th century art.

Hollein successfully launched a contemporary art initiative, bringing the work of living artists into dialogue with the buildings and collections of the de Young Museum and Legion of Honor.

In the Tower: Mel Bochner is the latest installment of the Gallery's series of exhibitions devoted to contemporary art, and the first to be devoted to the work of a living artist.

He also has a history with the Whitney Museum of American Art, which has 216 Johns pieces, including «Three Flags,» which it bought for $ 1 million in 1980, then the highest price ever paid for the work of a living artist.

Koons had a good year otherwise, setting an auction record for highest price ever paid for the work of a living artist: $ 58.4 million for «Balloon Dog (Orange).»

In 1961, he had a retrospective showing at the Louvre in Paris, an extraordinary tribute to the work of a living artist.

The show was the rare opportunity for the visitors of the museum on the Right Bank of the Seine to see the works of a living artist.

In 1979, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art organized the largest survey of Still's art to date and the largest presentation afforded by the institution to the work of a living artist.

In 1980, the Whitney Museum of American Art acquired his 1958 Three Flags for $ 1 million, then the highest price paid for the work of a living artist.

Suitable exhibitions include: those focusing on the work of living artists or art made after 1950; group shows featuring contemporary and historical works; presentations of historical works in galleries which primarily show the work of contemporary artists.

To devise and deliver a programme for community groups, particularly those with little or no access to cultural activity in Derry / Londonderry, schools, colleges and other groups and interpretative material to accompany the gallery, and offsite programmes to enable audiences to actively engage with the work of living artists.

In 1988, he paid $ 17 million for a Jasper Johns painting, at the time a record price for the work of a living artist.

R. Neuberger, who was committed to supporting the work of living artists, particularly during the formative years of their careers.

Perhaps, as a growing number of museums focus their acquisitions and exhibition programming on contemporary art, the competing issues of curators seeking to examine the work of living artists from an historical vantage point and the career and market concerns of those very artists will result in other stand - offs.

The Barrio Joven Chandon section will feature galleries and proposals of an experimental nature, and new section, the Performance Box showcases the work of live artists and a series of iconic video representations.

[51] His history painting Roger Freeing Angelica was purchased for the private collection of Louis XVIII, and was hung in the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris, which was newly devoted to the work of living artists.

In 1980 the Whitney Museum of American Art paid $ 1 million for Three Flags (1958), then the highest price ever paid for the work of a living artist.

«The Gibsons built their collections adventurously and independently, with deep passion for art and with a belief in supporting the work of living artists,» said Susan Krane, Oshman Executive Director of SJMA.

The series began in 1981 as part of the Dallas Museum of Art's commitment to the work of living artists, with the goal of making the work of contemporary artists accessible to our audiences while preserving the excitement of the work.

Arnolfini is committed to developing and showcasing the work of living artists.

The exhibition is the first under a new contemporary art initiative, which presents the work of living artists in dialogue with the unique histories and identities of the sites, buildings, and collections of the de Young and Legion of Honor.

His energy and creative mind are inspiring, as exemplified by his thought - provoking exhibitions and publications on 19th - and 20th - century ceramics, as well as the work of living artists.

Circa is a series of exhibitions featuring the work of living artists from Maine and beyond.

Ann Demeester, Director of the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem has decided to rehang highlights from the museum's permanent collection of Hals paintings and other masters of the Golden Age alongside the works of living artists such as Shezad Dawood and other contemporary artists.

The large international exhibition of contemporary painting and sculpture that will inaugurate the renovated and expanded Museum of Modern Art on May 17 is also intended to demonstrate the museum's commitment to the work of living artists.

The Museum not only buys the work of living artists but also accepts donations of works from the 1940's onwards — a decade of significant social and cultural change, both in Ireland and worldwide.

In 1980 the Whitney Museum of American Art spent $ 1 million for «Three Flags,» then the highest price ever paid for the work of a living artist.

In a separate statement, the Tate emphasized its statutory requirement to collect the work of living artists and to have three artists on its board.