Tears of Eros Exhibition opens in Madrid

October 30, 2009 The Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid presents "Tears of Eros" opening October 20, the title of the exhibition is borrowed from Les Larmes d'eros (1961), Geoge Bataille's last book before his death. Bataille explores the connection and similarities between sex and death, examining their parallel sensations as written about in ancient mythologies. Likewise, the artworks in the exhibition adhere to this connection, a handful of artworks are selected to illustrate ea.. read more...

Artnet Launches Modern + Contemporary Art Sale

October 29, 2009 Artnet Online announces it's launch of their Modern + Contemporary Art Sale. The sale will start today and last until November 12, 2009. Artnet serves as a price database for sale and auction results from thousands of galleries worldwide. It was not until recently that they had started their own online auctions. This auction will feature 70 artworks from Modern and Contemporary Artists including: Damien Hirst, Sol Lewitt, Robert Rauschenberg, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Kenn.. read more...

MIDNIGHT at the MUSEUM with RV & HIS DEAD FRIENDS HALLOWEEN NIGHT

October 28, 2009 Art meets Halloween in an adults-only fundraiser at the Lake Eustis Museum of Art, where Orlando artist Robin Van Arsdol will present his live homage to Yves Klein. Here's more:   Please join us at Lake Eustis Museum of Art Halloween (Saturday Oct. 31, 2009, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.) for an ADULTS ONLY fund raising event featuring Robin Van Arsdol with his infamous Live Homage to Yves Klein at Midnight at the Museum. Tickets are $40 each in advance or at the door. Come as.. read more...

Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons: An Exercise in Circular Reasoning

October 27, 2009

Author, curator, gallerist and historian Francis M. Naumann will host a lecture "Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons: An Exercise in Circular Reasoning" Wednesday, Nov. 4. The lecture will be held at UGA Chapel, North Campus in Athens, Georgia at 6:30 pm.

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“The Art of Chess” at Francis Naumann Fine Art Reviewed in New York Times

October 23, 2009 In the 1920s the buzz was that Marcel Duchamp was taking early retirement from art to devote himself to chess. Duchamp neither confirmed nor denied the story, but by then he had stopped painting and had dropped out of sight of the art world, sailing to Buenos Aires, where he spent a year or so plotting games, designing his own chess set and generally living the life of what he called a chess maniac. Was he really finished with making art? No. Was he really devoting a huge ch.. read more...

Playing with Chance: Duchamp, Chess and Roulette

October 20, 2009 Marcel Duchamp was among the most influential artists of the 20th century. He was also a dedicated chess player who saw strong correlations between his art and the game, famously remarking to the New York State Chess Association that, "I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists." At 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum and the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Sain.. read more...

Miro and Surrealism

October 19, 2009 The Joan Miro Museum in Barcelona presents "Miro and Surrealism," an exhibition dedicated to Miro's influence on and by the Surrealism movement. The exhibition includes paintings, drawings, photographs, etchings, collage, sculpture and other ephemera related to Miro's involvement with the Surrealists. The exhibition also includes paintings by other surrealists such as Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, Paul Klee, Francis Picabia, Andre Masson, Victor Brauner, Roberto Matta .. read more...

Subodh Gupta the “Sub-continental Marcel Duchamp”

October 15, 2009 Currently on view at London's Hauser & Wirth Gallery is the solo exhibition "Common Man" by Subodh Gupta. Gupta has been dubbed the "Sub-continental Marcel Duchamp" for his experimentation with appropriation and incorporation of everyday ubiquitous objects into his artwork. Among the works in the exhibition, Gupta has specifically made a three-dimensional reworking in bronze of Duchamp's "L.H.O.O.Q." While Gupta is most known for incorporat.. read more...

Philadelphia Museum of Art to Present Two Nauman Installations

October 14, 2009 From November 21 through April 4, 2010 the Philadelphia Museum of Art will host two installations by Bruce Nauman, Days and Giorno (2009). The installations were orignally conceived for the 53rd Venice Biennale. The installations consist of seven flat paneled speakers that span from floor to ceiling, emanating from each are the days of the week in both English and Italian. The layout of the space and abundance of speakers distorts and rearranges the sound, described by artdai.. read more...