International News

Emily exhibition opens in Canberra
The National Museum of Australia presents a major exhibition of the works of one of Australia’s most acclaimed artists, Emily Kame Kngwarreye.

ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ANNOUNCES MAJOR ACQUISITION OF LANDMARK BRITISH PAINTING
Simpson's Rediscovered Captive Slave Bold Anti-Slavery Statement. First Public Exhibition of Work in 180 Years.

Brooklyn Museum's Free Target First Saturdays Turns Ten
Celebrate at Brooklyn's Biggest Birthday Bash on October 4!

Last days of Nova Scotia’s schooners under sail at the Canada Science and Technology Museum
The Canada Science and Technology Museum (CSTM) welcomes a maritime photographic exhibition. Using a series of photographs, quotations and artifacts tied to the Canadian fishing industry, A Camera on the Banks: The Work of Frederick William Wallace portrays the man behind the camera and the lives of his seafaring friends.

Landscapes by Revered Chinese Painter Wang Hui in Fall Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum.
The paintings of Wang Hui, the most celebrated artist of late 17th-century China, will be featured in an exhibition opening on September 9 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Exhibition Presents Photographs of Mandalas By Contemporary Artists at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA, USA: While the mandala is an artistic form rarely associated with photography, a new exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Photo Mandalas: Bill Armstrong and Milan Fano Blatný (September 6, 2008 – January 2009), will present more than 35 works by Armstrong (American, born 1952) and Blatný (Czech, born 1972), two contemporary photographers who have been inspired by this ancient symbol.

Brooklyn Museum Presents Retrospective of Work By Internationally Acclaimed Artists Gilbert & George On View October 3, 2008 through January 11, 2009
The Brooklyn Museum will be the final venue of an international tour of the first retrospective in more than twenty years of art by the internationally acclaimed artists Gilbert & George.

Thomas Chambers (1808-1869), American Marine and Landscape Painter, September 27–December 28, 2008
The Philadelphia Museum of Art will present the first museum exhibition devoted to the bold and expressive vision of Thomas Chambers, the 19th-century artist who was once hailed as “America’s first modern.”

EXHIBITION OF WORK BY ABA BAYEFSKY OPENING AT THE WINNIPEG ART GALLERY
WINNIPEG, MB, August 6, 2008: On August 9th The Winnipeg Art Gallery opens Aba Bayefsky: Paintings, Drawings, and Graphics.

Works of a Renaissance Master: The Prints of Albrecht Dürer
AGA Only Stop in Western Canada for Renaissance Masterpieces