This exhibition focusing on buncheong ware, the bold and dynamic ceramic art that flourished in Korea during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, features approximately sixty works from the renowned collection of Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art in Seoul, Korea. Included in the exhibition are select works by modern/contemporary potters, highlighting how this tradition, which had disappeared in Korea for four hundred years, has been revived and transformed by today’s artists. In addition, the exhibition features a handful of Edo-period Japanese ceramics from the Museum’s permanent collection, illustrating Japanese revivals of the buncheong idiom.
The exhibition is made possible by the Korea Foundation.
When: April 7, 2011–August 14, 2011
Where: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arts ... Go to event


“Cross Roads to India”
Featuring: Apurbo Choudhury, Amit Dutt,Dipika Hazra, Hasrat Kazi, Seema Kohli, Balbir Krishan, Madan Lal, Sidharth, Supriya Manandhar , Ravinder Salve , Pranam Singh, Harish Srivastava, R.K. Yadav.
Exhibition Dates: Aug 9 – Aug 20 2011
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 – 5 PM
Where: New York Gallery Building, 24 W 57th st, Suite 605, New York.
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Alphabet of Art
September 1 – October 15, 2011
International House Philadelphia
3701 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Concept and management – Vitaly Rakhman
Curator – Alexander Ocheretiansky
Opening Reception with Tanya Storch
September 23 at 6pm
All symbols – whether they come from our dreams, works of art, or religious rituals – are interconnected. Letters of our alphabets were once pictures inscribed on cave walls, clay tablets and papyrus. Paintings and pictures are just words and letters united in the alphabet of art. – Tanya Storch, Associate Professor of Religious and Classical Studies, University of the Pacific
Featuring work by 31 artists from 7 different countries, Alphabet of Art is more than an exhibition of fine and innovative modern art—it takes the ...
Born and raised in New York, Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956) moved at the age of sixteen to Germany, where he became one of the leading practitioners of German Expressionism and the Bauhaus. In the late 1930s, when the Nazi campaign against modern art forced him to flee back to New York after an absence of fifty years, his marriage of abstraction and recognizable imagery made him a beloved artist in the United States.
Long acknowledged as a major figure of the Bauhaus, Feininger is renowned for his romantic, crystalline paintings of architecture and seascapes. Less well known are the whimsical aspects of his work: his pioneering Chicago Sunday Tribune comic strips; his figurative, Expressionist compositions; his photographs; and his miniature hand-carved wooden figures and buildings, known as ...
Join us for the 10th Anniversary of the CHSA Museum with a spectacular celebratory lineup on the Second Saturday in November! Celebrating a decade of artistry, music, & history on Saturday, November 12th!
1 am Opening Ceremony Lion Dance
by Ching Ngai Dance Troupe
12 noon Chinatown Miniatures Presentation
by Artist Frank Wong
1 pm A Special History Alive! Performance
by Artist-in-Residence Charlie Chin
2 pm A Musical Tribute to the CHSA Museum
by Pianist Jon Jang & Saxophonist Francis Wong
3 pm Finding Jake Lee: The Paintings at Kan’s Talk
by CHSA Executive Director Sue Lee
All artists, performers, & musicians are open for audience discussions following their presentations. Refreshments will be provided. Bring your friends & family!
Please call 415-391-1188 x101 or email ...
Art Along the Hyphen: The Mexican-American Generation explores a seminal but overlooked generation of artists who started working in Los Angeles between the turn of the century and the end of the 1960s, prior to the rise of the Chicano art movement. From commercial illustrations that celebrated the mythic Californios to modernist art that engaged directly with the Civil Rights era, this exhibition pulls together one hundred rarely seen paintings, sculptures, photographs, and graphics to explore how these artists drew inspiration from both their Mexican heritage and American home.
Art Along the Hyphen is part of a unique four-exhibition project, called L.A. Xicano, organized by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center in partnership with the Autry National Center, the Fowler Museum at UCLA, ...
Special Fashion Week Event @Museum of Arts and Design
Lie Sang Bong: Fashion, Art, and Korean Culture.
Meet acclaimed Korean designer Lie Sang Bong, whose worldwide clientele for avant-garde clothing includes celebrities like Lady Gaga and Beyonce. He will discuss a career that spans more than two decades, in which he has combined a keen fashion sense, an artist’s vision, and inspiration from his Korean roots. Using a multi-media presentation, Lie will illustrate the many influences of Korean culture—including traditional paintings, calligraphy, and architecture—in his designs.
Experiencing Lie Sang Bong’s work at MAD, in addition to seeing Korea’s contemporary artists on display at the Korean Eye: Energy and Matter exhibit, emphasizes the incredible dynamism of Korean culture today.
Lie ...
Since 2003. An extraordinary showcase of the best of art galleries from various countries in Latin America and the show is so well arranged that it seems as if one has walked into a museum. Arteaméricas is the premier fair of art from Latin America. It will showcase the latest trends in paintings, sculpture and multimedia. Galleries from all over Latin America will be participating, representing hundreds of emerging artists and renowned masters. The fair takes place in Miami Beach, drawing a diverse and upscale audience to enjoy high- quality art within an intimate setting. Arteaméricas is not only the Latin American art fair, but also the art fair of the Americas.
When: March 2 – 5, 2012
Time: Fri-Sat. 12pm-9pm, Sun. 12pm-7pm, Mon. 12pm-5pm
Where: Miami Beach Convention Center
1901 ...
The Indo-American Arts Council’s 9th Annual Erasing Borders Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora features work by 41 artists who confront issues like sexuality, terror, disease, the environment and racial politics through various artistic mediums like paintings, prints, installations, video and sculpture. This eclectic mix of artists is chosen by curator Vijay Kumar and is free and open to the public. The resulting works often meld Indian and Western ideas about color, form and subject. The opening reception will take place at Crossing Art Queens on March 17 from 3pm to 6pm.
When: 17th March – 20th April, 2012
Where: Crossing Art Queens,
136-17 39th Avenue (at Main Street) Ground Floor Flushing, NY 11354
PLEASE RSVP: tanu.iaac@gmail.com
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The festival features Native American art from artists all over the Southwest. Authentic art will include: jewelry, photography, pottery, paintings, Katsina carvings, sculptures, baskets, weavings, clothing, and tribal arts and crafts.
When: October 12-14, 2012
Where: AJ Chandler Park – 3 S. Arizona Ave, AZ
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