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Guggenheim Museum Present Retrospective of Rineke Dijkstra, 6/29-10/3

(5/15/2012) From June 29 to October 3, 2012, the Guggenheim Museum will present Rineke Dijkstra: A Retrospective, an extensive midcareer survey and the first major exhibition of the artist's work organized by a North American institution. It is the most comprehensive museum exhibition of the artist's oeuvre to date.

Art Project Los Angeles to Host VIP Cocktail Event and Live Auction, 6/29-7/1

(5/15/2012) Art Project Los Angeles, an exclusive art auction and VIP cocktail event benefiting AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), will return to world-renowned auction house Bonhams from June 29 through July 1. The three-day event will offer a dazzling array of art up for bid, along with a star-studded, red-carpet cocktail party on Saturday evening, June 30.

Tomas Saraceno Creates CLOUD CITY on Metropolitan Museum's Roof Garden, Now thru 11/4

(5/15/2012) Artist Tomás Saraceno’s Cloud City, a large constellation of 16 interconnected modules composed specifically for The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, opens to the public today, May 15, 2012.

Yale School of Art Presents New Work by Jac Leirner, Now thru 9/30

(5/14/2012) The Yale School of Art presents an exhibition of new work by Brazilian conceptualist and sculptor Jac Leirner, one of the leading figures in the generation of Latin American artists that emerged in the 1990s. Titled Hardware Seda - Hardware Silk, the exhibition comprises an ensemble of hanging, freestanding, and wall-mounted sculptures, as well as a group of polychrome wooden floor-pieces and a series of watercolors related to them.

Nashville's Frist Center Offers Free Admission on International Museum Day, Armed Forces Day, 5/18-19

(5/14/2012) The Frist Center for the Visual Arts will offer free admission on Friday, May 18, 2012 as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) Art Museum Day coinciding with International Museum Day, also on May 18. Additionally, the Frist Center will offer free admission to active duty military and veterans and their families on Saturday, May 19 in honor of Armed Forces Day.

The Unconventional Trumps the Expected as Peak Performances Announces 2012-13 Season

(5/14/2012) Peak Performances has been rapidly making Montclair State University a major cultural destination, even for New Yorkers. Nine premieres including stunning, often startling, new music, dance and theater works by composers David T. Little, Laurie Anderson, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Toshi Reagon; choreographers Benjamin Millepied, Richard Alston, Vusi Mdoyi, Jasmin Vardimon; directors Robert Wilson and Romeo Castellucci are among the highlights of the 2012/13 Peak Performances season. Peak is where exceptions rule.

School of Visual Arts Announces 23rd Annual Dusty Film & Animation Festival Winners

(5/14/2012) School of Visual Arts (SVA) announced the winners of its 23rd Annual Dusty Film & Animation Festival in an awards ceremony last night held at New York City’s SVA Theatre (333 West 23rd Street).

Nobby Clark's Photography Exhibition Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Northern Broadsides, May 26

(5/14/2012) To coincide with the 20th anniversary celebrations for the Halifax-based Northern Broadsides Theatre Company, the renowned Dean Clough Galleries has devoted its premiere exhibition space to a large-scale photography show by the highly acclaimed photographer Nobby Clark. 'Northern Broadsides - 20 years- photography by Nobby Clark' will run in Dean Clough's Crossley gallery from 26 May-16 September.

AFA and Steampuffin Present STEAMPUNKINETICS Exhibition, 6/23

(5/14/2012) AFA and Steampuffin present "Steampunkinetics," an exhibition of over forty kinetic sculptures by eighteen artists inspired by and entrenched in the Steampunk aesthetic. Some functional, some frivolous, and all fantastical, the works in this exhibition include lighting, furniture, time machines, submarines, airships, musical instruments, gizmos and gadgets. At the centerpiece of the show is the "Steampunk Wedding Time Capsule," by Bruce Rosenbaum and Gary Sullivan, an extraordinary, functional work of art designed to enrich its owner's day-to-day life. Mementos can be added to the antique clock at the time of purchase and annually. The capsule can then be opened at a time and date (25-year wedding anniversary? 100 years in the future?) set by the family revealing a lifetime, or several generations, of history, happiness, heartache and home. In this way the "Steampunk Wedding Time Capsule" captures and celebrates the beauty, romance, nostalgia, novelty and inventiveness at the core of Steampunk.

Art Gallery Tours New York Announces Lower East Side Walking Tour, 5/26

(5/14/2012) Art Gallery Tours New York have announced a Lower East Side art gallery walking tour for Saturday, May 26 at 1:00 PM – rain or shine. The tour will meet at 196 Bowery near Spring St. and cost $20.

Pompidou Center Works and More Featured in Monaco's Summer 2012 Exhibitions

(5/12/2012) An "Extra Large" exhibition in Monaco, The Grimaldi Forum Monaco's summer exhibition runs from July 13 to September 9, 2012. Featuring large-scale works from the Pompidou Center's Collection, the exhibition showcases a cross-section from the collections of France's National Museum of Modern Art in a new light.

LIC Arts Open Festival Takes Over Queens, Now thru 5/20

(5/12/2012) New exhibitions are popping up all over Long Island City at the LIC Arts Open. During the largest art festival in Queens, you’ll find spaces ranging from traditional studios to unconventional found locations as artists make the neighborhood their gallery from today May 12 through May 20.

Galerie Lelong Comes to ART HK 2012, 5/17-20

(5/11/2012) Galerie Lelong Paris and New York will exhibit key works by masters of European modernism and international contemporary artists for ART HK 12. The booth will emphasize Lelong artists who have had a significant presence in the Asia-Pacific region such as Andy Goldsworthy, Rosemary Laing, Yoko Ono, Jaume Plensa, Sean Scully, and Antoni Tàpies. This is the third consecutive year Lelong will participate in ART HK.

Visit Lehmann Maupin Gallery at ART HK 2012, 5/17-20

(5/11/2012) Lehmann Maupin Gallery has announced its participation in ART HK 2012, 17-20 May 2012, Booth 1E04, where the gallery will exhibit work by Hernan Bas, Ashley Bickerton, Lee Bul, Tracey Emin, Teresita Fernández, Shirazeh Houshiary, MR., Tony Oursler, Rei Sato, Do Ho Suh, Mickalene Thomas, Suling Wang, and Erwin Wurm.

Tomas Saraceno Creates CLOUD CITY on Metropolitan Museum's Roof Garden, 5/15-11/4

(5/11/2012) Artist Tomás Saraceno’s Cloud City, a large constellation of 16 interconnected modules composed specifically for The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, will open to the public on May 15, 2012.

David Zwirner to Participate in ART HK 12, 5/17-20

(5/11/2012) David Zwirne will participate in this year’s ART HK (booth 3A07), the gallery’s second consecutive year at the fair.

Trisha Brown Dance Company's ASTRAL CONVERTED to Play Park Avenue Armory

(5/11/2012) Park Avenue Armory will present Trisha Brown Dance Company’s reconstruction of ASTRAL CONVERTED, a groundbreaking work by choreographer Trisha Brown in collaboration with Robert Rauschenberg (visual and costume design) and John Cage (original music) July 10th – 14th, 2012. The piece will be presented in its entirety for the first time in 18 years in Park Avenue Armory’s soaring 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall. The culminating work in Brown’s Valiant Series, ASTRAL CONVERTED premiered at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. in 1991.

School of Visual Arts Announces 23rd Annual Dusty Film & Animation Festival Winners

(5/11/2012) School of Visual Arts (SVA) announced the winners of its 23rd Annual Dusty Film & Animation Festival in an awards ceremony last night held at New York City’s SVA Theatre (333 West 23rd Street).

Prune Nourry's HOLY RIVER Opens at The Invisible Dog Today, 5/12

(5/11/2012) Invisible Dog presents Prune Nourry's HOLY RIVER from today, Saturday, May 12, with an opening reception from 6-10 pm. Prune has been an artist-in-residence at the Invisible Dog for the last year, and this exhibition is part of larger body of work first exhibited in India and Paris and bound for Switzerland next year.

New York City Public School Students' Artwork on View at Guggenheim Museum, Now thru 6/13

(5/11/2012) In its 41st year, Learning Through Art (LTA), a pioneering arts education program of the Guggenheim Museum, presents A Year with Children 2012, an exhibition organized by the Sackler Center for Arts Education at the Guggenheim Museum and on view at the museum from today, May 11 to June 13, 2012. This annual exhibition showcases select artworks by students in grades two through six from eleven public schools who participated in LTA during the 2011–12 school year, representing New York City’s five boroughs. Approximately one hundred creative and imaginative works, including drawings, prints, photographs, sculptures, paintings, assemblage, and outdoor site-specific art, will be on display during this five-week installation.

CORPORATE BANKRUPTCY-ABANDONED ART Exhibition Runs Now thru 6/30

(5/11/2012) MFI Art Company Inc., Michael Ingbar Gallery, and Soho Picture Framing announce a collaborative show, "Corporate Bankruptcy-Abandoned Art," a timely exhibit about how the failure of major corporate clients due to the worldwide economic "Great Recession" has directly affected these three small businesses and the art world in general.

Gallery New World Stages Presents 4950 DRAWINGS & PRINTS, Now thru 9/3

(5/11/2012) Gallery New World Stages, located at 343 West 49th Street, announced the upcoming opening of 4950 DRAWINGS & PRINTS: A Group Exhibition. This exhibition presents 55 original drawings and digital prints. The show will be on view from today, May 11 through September 3, 2012, with a Artist Reception tonight May 11, from 5pm to 8pm. Curator Bernard Stote manages the three-person show.

Flomenhaft Gallery Presents THE FLUIDITY OF GENDER: SCULPTURE BY LINDA STEIN, 5/17-6/23

(5/10/2012) The Flomenhaft Gallery presents The Fluidity of Gender: Sculpture by Linda Stein, a 5-year touring exhibition/lecture/performance to more than 20 United States museums and universities thru 2015, stopping in New York City, May 17 - June 23, 2012. The opening reception will be held Thursday, May 17 from 6 - 8pm with a dance performance at 6:45.

Hunter College East Harlem Gallery Presents 'PICTURING PUERTO RICO UNDER THE AMERICAN FLAG', 5/11-7/21

(5/10/2012) The Hunter College East Harlem Art Gallery will present Picturing Puerto Rico under the American Flag: The Photographs of Louise Rosskam, 1937-1948 from May 11th - July 21st.

THT's Jackson Gallery in Vermont Presents Richard & Nancy Weis' SHARED VISIONS, 5/25-6/24

(5/10/2012) Shared Visions, featuring Richard Weis paintings and Nancy Weis encaustic collages runs May 25 – June 24, 2012 at THT's Jackson Gallery, with an Artists’ Reception on Friday, June 8, 5 to 7 pm.

Storm King Art Center Announces Second Season of Mark di Suvero at Governors Island Exhibition

(5/10/2012) Storm King Art Center today announced a second season of the critically acclaimed exhibition Mark di Suvero at Governors Island: Presented by Storm King Art Center. Opening on May 26, 2012, the exhibition features two works not included last summer: a new sculpture, titled Dreamcatcher, which has never been on public view, and Chonk On (2002), which Mr. di Suvero has painted red especially for the exhibition. In addition, viewers will discover fresh perspectives on select works that Storm King and the artist are relocating on the 172-acre Island, a former military base that is now a vibrant public space.

The Brooklyn Museum Announces June 2 First Target Saturdays Activities

(5/10/2012) The Brooklyn Museum's June 2 Target First Saturdays celebrates the beginning of summer with a night of music, dancing, games, contests, and food at the Best of Brooklyn Block Party. The Brooklyn Museum's Target First Saturday attracts thousands of visitors to free art and entertainment programs each month.

2012 Costume Institute Exhibit Features Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada, Now thru 8/19

(5/10/2012) The spring 2012 exhibition organized by The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art features Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada: On Fashion. The exhibition, on view from today, May 10 through August 19, 2012, will explore the striking affinities between these two Italian designers from different eras. Inspired by Miguel Covarrubias's "Impossible Interviews" for Vanity Fair in the 1930s, curators Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton will originate fictive conversations between these iconic women to suggest new readings of their most innovative work.

Adam Lindemann's 'Venus Over Manhattan' Exhibition Opens With À REBOURS Today, 5/10

(5/10/2012) Venus over Manhattan, a new exhibition space created by collector and art writer Adam Lindemann, will open to the public in New York City today, May 10, 2012, with the inaugural exhibition À rebours. Including several dozen works of art spanning the 19th century to the present, the show will remain on view through June 30th.

Portland State University Hosts Reception for Chase Biado's SPIDER VEINS Tonight, 5/10

(5/10/2012) An artist's reception for Chase Biado's Exhibition SPIDER VEINS will be held tonight, May 10 at the White Gallery, Portland State University, from 5-8 p.m. The gallery is located at 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR. The exhibition is on view now thru May 31, 2012.

Leo Rabkin's 'A 54 Year Survey' Displays at Luise Ross Gallery, Now thru 6/22

(5/10/2012) Leo Rabkin "A 54 Year Survey" will be displayed at the Luise Ross Gallery in New York City, today, May 10, through June 22, with a reception on Saturday, May 12 from 3-5pm. For more information, visit: www.luiserossgallery.com

AMNH, Wired Science Host Lunchtime Chat & Live Webcast on New Dinosaur Extinction Research, 5/10

(5/10/2012) The American Museum of Natural History is teaming up with Wired Science to host a lunchtime discussion about new research that suggests certain groups of dinosaurs were declining millions of years before the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous. The event will also be streamed live online at amnh.org/live.

Robert Mann Gallery Opens Fred Stein PARIS/NEW YORK Exhibition Today, 5/10

(5/10/2012) Robert Mann Gallery has announced its upcoming exhibition - Fred Stein: PARIS/NEW YORK. The exhibition is on view from May 10 to June 30, 2012, with an opening reception tonight, May 10 from 6 to 8 p.m.

MAD Presents its 2012 Young Patrons' Gala, the L.E.D. Ball, 5/17

(5/9/2012) The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) presents its fourth Young Patrons’ Gala, the L.E.D.BALL at MAD’s home on 2 Columbus Circle, Thursday, May 17, 2012.

Blue Mountain Gallery Hosts EMERGING ARTISTS: WCSU MFA Thesis Exhibition, 6/19-7/7

(5/9/2012) Blue Mountain Gallery has announced the 2012 MFA Thesis Exhibition from Western Connecticut State University. The exhibition will run from June 19 through July 7 with an opening reception on Thursday, June 21 from 5 to 8 pm. The Master of Fine Arts is the terminal degree for practicing artists, and the Thesis Exhibition is the capstone experience of that program, demonstrating a personal direction and mastery in the work of graduating artists. This year’s thesis class includes seven painters and three illustrators.

Museum of the Moving Image Presents MEN IN BLACK 3 Props, 5/9-9/23

(5/9/2012) Outrageously imaginative aliens and creatures designed by legendary makeup artist Rick Baker for the forthcoming film Men in Black™ 3 will be on exhibit with fantastical guns and other iconic props from the film at Museum of the Moving Image from May 9 through September 23, 2012.

Brooklyn Museum Opens LaToya Ruby Frazier Exhibition in June

(5/9/2012) LaToya Ruby Frazier: A Haunted Capital features approximately 40 photographic works that intimately connect the artist's family and hometown, Braddock, Pennsylvania through portraiture and social documentary. The project addresses how the effects of industrialization and de-industrialization creates sociological, economic and environmental shifts; impacting the lives of individuals as well as their communities.

Giro Gabayoyo Wins TO SEE AS ARTISTS SEE THE FIRST, Nashville - Online Exhibition on View Through 7/31

(5/9/2012) Nashville artist Giro Gabayoyo’s work, FristFridays, received the largest number of votes in the Frist Center for the Visual Arts’ first online exhibition of local artists’ work selected from the To See As Artists See the Frist contest on Facebook. Inspired by the exhibition To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection, which was on view in the Ingram Gallery through May 6, local artists submitted their work to be voted on via Facebook “likes;” the submissions chosen as finalists will remain on exhibition in an online gallery on the Frist Center’s website and Facebook page through July 31, 2012.

New Museum Presents Tacita Dean Exhibit, Now thru 7/1

(5/9/2012) This month, the New Museum presents an exhibition of four films by British artist Tacita Dean—the most substantial presentation of the artist’s work in New York to date.

New Museum Presents Focused Survey of Work by Klara Lidén, Now thru 7/1

(5/9/2012) This month, the New Museum presents the first large-scale, American museum exhibition of the artist Klara Lidén, featuring a selection of works in the Museum’s second floor gallery. Lidén’s exhibition at the New Museum is part of a series of focus shows that began last May with presentations by Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Gustav Metzger.