Press Releases by Category Arts & Culture
Fotosearch Stock Photography Hits 5 Million Images
(Waukesha, Wisconsin - June 1 2009) - Fotosearch, a leading provider of premium stock photography, announced today that it recently uploaded its five-millionth image. Adding more than two million photos in the past year, Fotosearch continues to be one of the largest collections of premium royalty-free and rights managed images in the world.
Fotosearch offers content from more than one hundred of the world's highest-quality stock photo, video, and music publishers.…
Current Programming on VernissageTV: Focus Cologne, Venice Biennale and Art Base …
Basel, Switzerland, June 1, 2009 -- The current episodes on VernissageTV Art TV focus on the art scene in Cologne and Art Cologne 2009. Apart from reports from the international art fair Art Cologne 2009 VernissageTV covered three exhibitions at Museum Ludwig, which currently presents paintings by Christopher Wool, and video works by Erik van Lieshout and Jonathan Horowitz.
The much anticipated inauguration of the new Museum Brandhorst in Munich, designed…
Official Inauguration - Celebration at Ketterer’s new House for Art
Munich, 26 May 2009, (kk) - “Today’s art market demands, apart from high quality, the factors of rarity and market freshness,” thus Robert Ketterer, auctioneer and owner of Ketterer Kunst. And he adds: “I’m very glad, especially at our grand Welcome Auctions on 19/20 June 2009 in our new Munich House, to be in a position to provide an extremely choice offering of over 320 objects that meet…
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra opens the Whitsun Festival in Baden-Baden with Webe …
A year after the celebrated performances of Beethoven’s Fidelio at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra (MCO) returns with another opera production. Der Freischütz, as interpreted by the MCO and Thomas Hengelbrock, will open this year’s Whitsun Festival. The orchestra will present a further high-point of German Romantic music in a concert featuring Schumann’s Symphony no.3 in E-flat major op.97 in addition to selected works of Mozart.
Since 2002,…
FIRST INTERNATIONAL SOUL SONG AND SOUL MUSIC CONCERT SET FOR JUNE IN DÜSSELDORF, …
World Renowned Spiritual Leader, Dr. Zhi Gang Sha and Acclaimed Soprano Helene Ziebarth to Appear
Düsseldorf – May 13, 2009: The first international Soul Song and Soul Music Concert will take place on June 13, 2009, at the Zeughaus in Neuss, Düsseldorf, Germany. The concert will bring together internationally renowned hosts, Dr. and Master Zhi Gang Sha, spiritual leader and servant to humanity, as well as acclaimed German vocalist and…
Lisa Tse Ltd Creates Catalogue For Kevin Spacey’s Tunnel 228 Installation
The Old Vic with Artistic Director Kevin Spacey and renowned theatre group Punchdrunk have been joined by the Young Vic to create a unique and breathtaking art installation, Tunnel 228, within a truly unique space in the archways beneath Waterloo train station.
Lisa Tse Ltd designed a limited edition catalogue for Tunnel 228 which reflects the inimitable experience for visitors to this ‘pop-up’ exhibition, and will serve as the only remaining…
Fishamble: The New Play Company presents NOAH AND THE TOWER FLOWER - Internation …
Artistic Director of Fishamble: The New Play Company, Jim Culleton is delighted to be giving Noah and the Tower Flower a further lease of life following its hugely successful world premiere in 2007 at the Axis Theatre in Ballymun, and welcomes the opportunity to present this fresh and contemporary new Irish writing to international audiences. The cast features Darren Healy and Mary Murray, the original cast from the production in…
Strychnin Gallery Berlin presents: Midsummer Night's Madness
"If we spirits have offended, think but this and all is mended: that you have but slumbered here, while these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, no more yielding but a dream.” A summer group show featuring Brian Horton, Mimi S., Leslie Ditto, Marina Bychkova, Edith Lebeau, Martina Secondo Russo, Elmer Presslee, Angie Mason, Kristen Ferrell, Seymour, Wee Flowers, Oksana Badrak, Lori Field and others. Opens June…
Aardvark Records music video licensing deal with the Independent Coffee Network
Aardvark Records and World Wide Arts’ Independent Coffee Network have announced a licensing deal which sees the British record label supply the US-based music video entertainment provider with its promotional music videos. The video licensing deal will see popular videos from acts like Yahel, Zetan Spore and Little Spitfire broadcast in independent American coffee houses from coast to coast.
WWA provides independent coffee store owners with an HD flat screen…
Artists.de - a place where artists meet collectors, gallerists and art-lovers
International Online-gallery is looking for new talent.
With more than 7.000 Artists showing more than 40.000 pieces of art, Artists.de is the largest Online-Gallery in the German speaking countries.
Artists.de is a fast growing platform for international artists to show and sell their work to an interested audience of art-lovers, collectors and gallerists. It is offered in English, Spanish and German language.
All international artists are invited, to publish their work on Artists.de.
With…
Last Show of the Season for the West Palm Beach Antiques Festival Promises to be …
(West Palm Beach, FL) – With the South Florida summer rapidly approaching Yvonne and Jim Tucker and Kay and Bill Puchstein, owners of the Festival, plan to close out the Spring season in style with a “Summer Splash,” offering visitors the last chance before the Festival resumes in November to visit the hundreds of high quality dealers regularly set up at the Festival before taking a break for the summer.…
Agora Gallery Presents a Two Part Art Exhibition With Work from Lorraine Folb in …
Agora Gallery is pleased to present a two part art exhibition scheduled to run from June 2, 2009 through June 23, 2009. In The Substance of Abstraction, audiences are presented with a rich kaleidoscope of color, form, and texture that in conjunction breathes life into abstract artworks. Whether employing shimmering brushstrokes or bold fields of color, nonrepresentational art, with its lack of familiar forms, allows the work speak to us…
Première exhibition - Armin Mueller-Stahl shows new work at Ketterer Kunst
Munich, 12 May 2008 (kk) - From 11 June to 31 July 2009, Armin Mueller-Stahl is showing his most recent work as well as classics from his œuvre at Ketterer Kunst in Munich under the title Menschenbilder, Zyklen und Lebenslinien [Portraits, Cycles and Life Lines].
“It is a great honour to be able to show works by a universal genius such as Armin Mueller-Stahl. I am really delighted that we are…
Markus Winter presents the works of Alter Carnol and Andreas Korte in Berlin
Markus Winter is proud to present the works of Alter Carnol and Andreas Korte. The two artists analyze the notion of space perception, asking basic questions about its limits and margins, examinig art’s boundaries and surpassing them at the same time.
Since the 1960s, critics emphasized the dematerialisation of the object of art: the material became ephemeral, transient, of secondary importance. Contrary to this attidute denying the physical constitution of the…
"Nature" at LUCERNE FESTIVAL in Summer 2009
Lucerne, 10 May 2009 - “Nature and Art, they go their separate ways / It seems; yet all at once they reunite.” Thus reads a famous and much quoted sonnet by Goethe. Nature has been chosen as the theme and guiding principle of LUCERNE FESTIVAL in Summer 2009. In Lucerne, this is a theme that literally lies at our doorstep – a boat tour or mountain hike by day, An…
THE QUARRYMEN (pre-Beatles) release their first single for over 50 years - Never …
In 1958 "The Quarrymen" (The Band that started The Beatles) recorded their first single which now is one of the most valuable of all times. Today it belongs to Sir Paul McCartney. On the occasion of the "Star-Club TV" series production (part 1) the Quarrymen once more went to a studio and recorded the title song "Never stop Rockin Rollin" as the next single - exactly 50 years later. Along…
Une Vie d’Amour…Vocalist-Songwriter-Musician-Producer, Sonya Kahn Shares Her LIF …
Los Angeles, CA – Love is a beautiful emotion. And for Vocalist-Songwriter-Musician-Producer, Sonya Kahn, love is everything. Her love of family, her love of friends and especially her love for music. A classically trained concert pianist, Kahn not only sings, writes all her own material, plays guitar, arranges, produces, dances and costume designs. Her newest release UNE VIE D’AMOUR (A Life of Love) by Armenian-French singer,…
“Connected” An exhibition of paintings by Christine Allison
Christine Allison’s powerful, figurative oil paintings portray the connectedness of human beings. Through the use of bold and vibrant colours she describes the moods and emotions created by the relationships between the paintings’ subjects, reflected not only in their faces but also between and around the spaces they inhabit. By her choice of colours, Allison also explores the intuitive emotional symbolism human beings attribute to colour. Tension, harmony, affection, anger…
LUCKY TRIMMER Dance Performance Series celebrates its 5th anniversary
5 years of quietly potent revolution.
LUCKY TRIMMER presents short dance and performance pieces from around the world. Eleven artists in eight pieces will complete an eventful evening for our 5th year anniversary performance at the Kunsthaus Tacheles. Each piece may not exceed 10 minutes in length. The artists descend on Berlin from Israel, Italy, Germany, Holland, Romania, Ukraine, U.S.A. The motley event ranges from Body Percussion to Full Contact…
Red Gate Gallery & Human Landscape Dance present an Evening of Live Dance and Mu …
Live Performance Date: Saturday 20th June 2009, 7.00 – 10.00pm
Admission price: £8
Concession: £6
Book tickets in advance: info@redgategallery.co.uk – 020 73260993
Human Landscape Dance examines the relationship of body with environment. Dance does not take place in a vacuum. The context within which we perform says as much as the movements. By plying the counter tension between person and space, this group reveals humanity’s interdependence with our world.
Human Landscape Dance has distinguished itself…
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra’s residence in North Rhine-Westphalia will be inaug …
On 17 March 2009, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra’s (MCO) residence in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), which begins in May, was officially announced by the state secretary for culture of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hans Heinrich Grosse-Brockhoff, the president of the Arts Foundation of NRW, Dr. Fritz Schaumann, as well as the directors of the three participating concert halls in Dortmund, Essen and Cologne, and the MCO. Together with the…
Leni Kae Explores the Science of Color at Agora Gallery
The paintings of Leni Kae, will be on view at Agora Gallery, 530 West 25th Street, from May 7 through May 27. (Opening Reception Thursday May 7, from 6 to 8pm.)
About the Artist:
Leni Kae's rhythmic swirls of concentrated color explore human psychology as revealed through aesthetics. However, her artistic prowess is evident not only in her ability to adeptly mix shimmering shades of pigment, but in her dexterity in handling…
THE ALOPECIA SERIES An exhibition of works by artist Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf
Private View: Friday 12th of June 2009 - 6 pm to 11 pm
Exhibition runs from: Friday 12th to 18th of June 2009
Gallery Opening Hours: Fri, Sat, Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs: 2.30 pm - 6.30 pm
Last day of Exhibition: Thurs 18th of June: 11.00am to 5.00pm
Rebecca Fontaine-Wolf’s latest series begins to examine the effects of illness on personal image and identity through a study of three female alopecia…
Orange County Artist Premieres New Musical Theatre Work in Los Angeles
On May 22, Upton Sinclair’s Singing Jailbirds: The Musical will makes its world premiere. Ray Buffer of Huntington Beach is the artistic producing director of San Pedro’s The Relevant Stage, and “Jailbirds” is his full-fledged musical adaptation of a lost work written by Upton Sinclair in 1924.
“Singing Jailbirds” was originally written by Sinclair after his experiences witnessing the strikes in San Pedro in 1923, and his own…
Kraftwerk in a 3D stereo concert with screens from awater3D
Wolfsburg, Germany. The chances of getting hold of a ticket were relatively low. Those who managed to do so, however, experienced a concert of a very special kind. A crystal clear sound and brilliant projections on gigantic screens cast their spell on the audience. At the latest during the second half of the concert, the musicians of Kraftwerk proved that they are still far ahead of their time. After friendly…
Bright Lights – Dark Shadows A two-man show featuring Chris von Steiner vs. MKan …
Opens May 8th at 7 pm – runs until June 7th. “Childhood is commonly regarded as the happiest time of human life. Growing up into adulthood however, we tend to forget that childhood is also a world of fears, tears, nightmares, drama and violence. So many seemingly insignificant events, traumatic in nature, shape us into the current version of our selves: Under the bright lights of childhood grow the seeds…
The Effervescent Energies of Kristina Zallinger at Agora Gallery
The colorful abstractions of Kristina Zallinger, will be on view at Agora Gallery, 530 West 25th Street, from May 5 through May 27. (Opening Reception Thursday May 7, from 6 to 8pm.)
About Kristina Zallinger:
The refreshing, colorful abstractions by Kristina Zallinger bubble forth with energy, movement and a zest for life. Working with acrylic, as well as mixed media, she builds up layers of dots, wiggling lines and daubs…
Johansson Projects presents Show Me
In the upcoming exhibition Show Me, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy continue their exploration and construction of physical and conceptual models using found objects, miniature model sets and video media. The Second Gallery will be transformed into an immersive environment investigating the arbitrary nature of systems of categorization and the possibilities that lie within obsolete technologies to examine reality. New works by the collaborative duo include the multimedia project…
Didier Leroy of Restaurant DIDIER joins elite,’Maîtres-Cuisiners de France’
Didier Leroy has once again proven that he is a consummate professional of the cooking world, having recently been titled Master Chef of France, (Maître-Cuisinier de France), during a ceremony in Lille, France. This recognition is sought after by some of the finest Chefs worldwide dedicated to Classic French Cuisine. With his innate knowledge and passion for the food and flavours of his culture, Didier has embraced the art of…
„Wonders of Nature“: New Photo Competition From Stock Agency PantherMedia And Na …
Munich, April 29th, 2009. PantherMedia (panthermedia.net), the leading and rapidly growing marketplace for royalty-free photography, presents together with the NaturFoto Magazine the new Photo Competetion „Wonders of Nature“ starting May 1st until July 31st. First and second prize are the Sony DSLR A200k Alpha and the DCS-W210 Cyber-Shot, followed by prizes fom MyPhotobook with a total value of 240 Euro.
Our nature has become one of the central and most important…
Boxer Recordings 'Dusty Kid' Remix Contest
FOEM, the netlabel and talent pool, is hosting an international remix contest together with Dusty Kid and the Cologne based label Boxer Recordings. The winning remix will be released on 12" vinyl on Boxer Recordings. The track to be remixed is "Train No. 1", from the EP "Lynchesque", released on Boxer Recordings in February 2009. The contest is running from April 1st 2009 until June 30th 2009 on the FOEM…
Raandesk Gallery of Art to Exhibit at Affordable Art Fair
[New York, NY] – Raandesk® Gallery of Art, which represents emerging contemporary artists in a variety of media, is pleased to announce its participation in the 2009 Affordable Art Fair, May 6–10, at 7 West 34th St. This is Raandesk’s first appearance at the Affordable Art Fair, but its third international art show following Photo San Francisco in July 2006 and Bridge Art Fair in 2008. Selected…
Abstract Worlds – Sam Francis I Christian Awe : May 1 – June 20, 2009
Opening
May 2, 2009, 12 – 9 p.m.
In the presence of Christian Awe
Special opening time: Sunday, May 3, 12 – 6 p.m.
From May 1 to June 21, 2009, Berlin Art Projects proudly presents the exhibition “Abstract Worlds” by the American Action painter Sam Francis (1923-1994) and the young Berlin painter Christian Awe. The exhibition opens Saturday, May 2, 2009 from 12 to 9 p.m. at Auguststrasse 50 b in…
Pete Townshend’s legendary rock opera, Quadrophenia, comes to Edinburgh Festival …
Pete Townshend's legendary rock opera Quadrophenia is brought to the stage for the first time and appears at the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh from Tuesday 26 to Saturday 30 May as part of a UK tour.
Set in London and Brighton at the height of the Mod era, Quadrophenia is told through the eyes of Jimmy, a hedonistic style conscious teenager searching for a place to belong and a girl to love.…
EVOL - New Work at WILDE Gallery
Exhibition from May 1 - May 30
Opening reception at May 1th, 7pm
EVOL's interests have focused on the overlooked and the refuse of urban society, offering visual comments and thoughts that remind us of the failure of modernism and its visions of an architectural utopia. EVOL draws our attention to the collective memory of places, a memory that is open ended, but in it’s decoding always seems to remain strangely personal.…
Film Classics Productions Has The "Cannes"-Do Spirit
SAN ANTONIO - Film Classics Productions is proud to announce that its award-winning short film, "Four Minutes Till The End", has been selected to screen at the Cannes Film Festival.
The science-fiction thriller was written and directed by Bryan Ortiz and produced by Michael Druck for the 48 Hour Film Project, where it won five awards, including “Best Director” and “Best Film” in August 2008; the film also won the Jury…
Conclave Journal Announces 2009 Character Prizes
Literary magazine seeks character-focused writing and photography
Conclave: A Journal of Character is proud to announce their first annual Conclave Character Prizes in Fiction, Poetry, and Photography.
Entries for the 2009 Conclave Character Prizes, as well as general submissions for the annual print magazine, will be accepted April 1 through July 1. Winners will receive $100 and will be published in Issue 2 of Conclave: A Journal of Character. All submissions…
Ravenel Art Sponsors Louvre’s ‘Sculptures in Movement’ Exhibition in Asia
Ravenel Art Group as part of its 10th anniversary celebrations in 2009 is sponsoring a special exhibition in Asia from the Louvre Museum in Paris. Entitled ‘Sculptures in Movement’ the exhibition is made up of eighteen replicas of sculptures from the Louvre’s ‘Touching Exhibition’, which was originally conceived as a way to introduce art to the visually impaired.
The ‘touching exhibition’ was first introduced in 1995 in the Louvre and became…
RAANDESK GALLERY PRESENTS: IT’S ONLY BLACK AND WHITE
The Raandesk Gallery of Art, a virtual and alternative site gallery of contemporary and emerging art in New York city announces It’s Only Black and White, a group exhibition featuring the work of 15 artists in various mediums only in black and white. The opening reception is Thursday, April 23 from 6:30 – 8:30 PM at 16 W. 23rd Street, 4th Floor, NYC.
The phrase "black and white" is deceptive in…
Country Music's WYCD, Billy Craig and the Downtown Hoedown
Destined to make downtown Detroit burst with his homestyle, chicken fried, guitar lickin’ fun. . . Billy Craig is gearing up for one of country music’s biggest events, the Detroit Downtown Hoedown!
Jumping back and forth between band rehearsals and working in the studio, Billy will not only be performing at the Hoedown, but is also finishing up 17 brand new songs for his new CD release due out this…
Art by Ruslan Agirba now for sale worldwide at BestNetArt Artgallery
The fantastic printmaker Ruslan Agirba (born 1957) from Ukraine has joined the team of BestNetArt Artists, and his interesting artprints are now for sale at the Internet based BestNetArt Artgallery (www.bestnetart.com). Ruslan Agirba specializes in modern artprints and they are of a stunning quality. The prints by Ruslan Agirba are beautiful to look at and a joy to own.
BestNetArt Artgallery has been on the market for many years and the…
Hand made silk paintings from Finland
The BestNetArt Artgallery is proud to present a series of new hand made silk paintings by the contemporary artist Mrs Raili Tala from Finland. Raili Tala has made exquisite silk painting for many years, and she can be regarded as one of the leading artists in this field in Finland.
“The four seasons” could be a topic for the art by Raili Tala. She is an expert in capturing the different…
Free Student Performance Offered by The Relevant Stage and the City of Los Angel …
A special FREE private performance of UPTON SINCLAIR’S SINGING JAILBIRDS: THE MUSICAL will take place on Friday, May 22, 2009 for teens and teachers to attend at 12:00 Noon. Schools wishing to bring students may contact (310) 929-8129 to make FREE reservations.
The Relevant Stage Theatre Company (TRS) will present a visionary musical adaptation of Upton Sinclair’s 1924 play, “Singing Jailbirds”. The new production titled, UPTON SINCLAIR’S SINGING…
Reason to celebrate – Grand Welcome Auction at Ketterer’s new House for Art
Munich, 15 April 2009 (kk) – Ketterer Kunst is celebrating its new House for Art directly at Neue Messe Munich with the sale of important works dating from the 15th to the 21st centuries at four Grand Welcome Auctions to be held on 19/20 June 2009. “I’m very glad indeed that we can now present our new domicle for art in all its…
Visual Journeys: Explorations in Medium with Marilyn Holland at Agora Gallery
The photographs of Marilyn Holland, will be on view at Agora Gallery, 530 West 25th Street, from April 14 through May 5. (Opening Reception Thursday April 16, from 6 to 8m PM.)
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 16, 2009, 6-8 pm
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York
Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat, 11am-6pm
About Marilyn Holland:
Marilyn Holland’s diverse body of work illustrates the artist’s intense interest and skill in a wide range…
Allen Palmer's New York Neighborhoods at Agora Gallery
The photographs of Allen Palmer, will be on view at Agora Gallery, 530 West 25th Street, from April 14 through May 5. (Opening Reception Thursday April 16, from 6 to 8m PM.)
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 16, 2009, 6-8 pm
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York
Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat, 11am-6pm
About Allen Palmer:
Allen Palmer takes crisp photographs of the people and places in his native New York City. Many…
The Echo Fields: Val Britton + Michael Meyers| Jennifer + Kevin McCoy
In the main gallery a fantastical universe of abstract mark-making, route-lines and surreal sculptures allude to the fluid territory between the knowable and the unknown. Val Britton melds a cartographer’s precision with a dreamer’s sense of abandon to create map-like constructions that chart her journeys through the blurry terrain of memory and imagination. Layers of paint, ink and cut-outs are at once explosive and serene, echoing the paths she…
St Petersburg, Russia, Museum of Nonconformist Art presents German Artist Flecke …
Museum of Nonconformist Art: “New Way of Life” by German artist Kurt Fleckenstein May, 23 - June, 21, 2009 / opening May 23 at 4pm
The exhibition project by a prominent German artist Kurt Fleckenstein represents a conceptual exploration of the modern people’s lifestyle. The author intentionally calls it “New Way of Life”, meaning the fall of the “Iron curtain” followed by capitalism thoroughly gaining the eastern part of Northern Europe…
VernissageTV covers Art Cologne 2009 art fair and shows video art
Basel, Switzerland, April 15, 2009 -- In a cooperation with Art Cologne, VernissageTV art tv will cover the 43rd Art Cologne that will take place in Cologne, Germany from 22nd to 26th April 2009. VernissageTV will provide its viewers with atmospheric shots from the fair, recordings of art talks, and in-depth interviews with artists, curators and dealers.
The program will be shown on VernissageTV's web site and its partner channels. The…
HAMSTER VICE RETURNS IN GRAPHIC NOVEL: COLLECTED MAYHEM
Washington, NJ – One of the most popular “funny animal” comics of the 80's returns in a nutritious collection, reprinting the first four issues of the series. Entitled Hamster Vice: Collected Mayhem, the volume contains 146 pages featuring the famous animal cop team. Also included is the rare mini-comic Killjoy Dragonslayer, which was originally only available at comic book conventions. The hilarious intro by comics legend Frank Thorne is…
