Art in America articles from August 2006

Art in America archives from August 2006

Museum preview.(2006/07 PREVIEW)
August 1, 2006... Exhibition highlights of the coming season Summer Henri Rousseau Rousseau's fantasy landscapes of a seductive and terrifying faraway world as well as his portraits, paintings of Paris and surrounding areas, and allegorical works,...

Auction highlights.
August 1, 2006... Listed below are the highlights from the spring and fall 2005 auction season, featuring works of impressionist, modern and contemporary art from five of New York's most prominent auction houses. Each entry provides the artist's name, title of...

San Francisco Art Institute.(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Okwui Enwezor was named dean of academic affairs at the San Francisco Art Institute and adjunct curator at New York's International Center of Photography. He also won the CAA Mather Award for art criticism.

Mark di Suvero.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2006... Mark di Suvero, creator of large-scale steel sculptures, received the $250,000 Heinz Award for the Arts and Humanities from the Heinz Family Foundation.

Julie Mehretu.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2006... Julie Mehretu, painter of large, dense linear compositions, won a $500,000 MacArthur Foundation fellowship.

SITE Santa Fe.(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Laura Steward Heon was named director of SITE Santa Fe. Since 1998 she had been curator at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams.

Elizabeth Murray.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2006... Elizabeth Murray, painter known for her colorful three-dimensional compositions using shaped canvases, won the artist award for lifetime achievement from the College Art Association.

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... John E. Buchanan, Jr., executive director of the Portland [Ore.] Art Museum for 11 years, was named director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

Terence Riley.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2006... Terence Riley, chief curator of architecture and design at New York's Museum of Modern Art for 14 years, became director of the Miami Art Museum.

Robert Ryman.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2006... Robert Ryman, painter of minimalist white canvases, won a Praemium Imperiale award, worth approximately $135,000, from the Japan Art Association.

Michael Brand.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2006... Michael Brand, director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts since 2000, became director of the Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

Andrea Zittel.(Lucelia Artist Award )(College Art Association Award)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Andrea Zittel, known for her living-unit sculptures, won the $25,000 Lucelia Artist Award from the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the College Art Association award for a distinguished body of work.

Teresita Fernandez.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2006... Teresita Fernandez, artist known for ethereal large-scale installations, received a $500,000 fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation.

Tara Donovan.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2006... Tara Donovan, maker of vast, evocative installations using common materials, received the inaugural $50,000 Calder Prize from the Calder Foundation.

Linda Nochlin.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2006... Linda Nochlin, New York University professor and A.i.4. contributing editor, was honored for lifetime achievement in writing on art by the College Art Association.

Guggenheim Museum.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2006... Lisa Dennison was appointed director of the Guggenheim Museum. She joined the museum staff in 1978, serving as deputy director and chief curator since 1996.

Studio Museum.(PEOPLE)
August 1, 2006... Thelma Golden was promoted to director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem. She had been deputy director and chief curator since 2000.

Francisco Toledo.(Right Livelihood Award)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Francisco Toledo, Mexican artist and activist, won the Right Livelihood Award, worth approximately $257,000. The prize was established by former European Parliament member Jakob von Uexkull for areas not covered by the Nobel.

Public art.(2005 IN REVIEW)
August 1, 2006... 1 Jim Hodges Look and See. An 11 1/2-foot-high, 50-foot-long, S-shaped screen made from cutout black-and-white-painted steel, commissioned by Creative Time and installed for six months in Battery Park City. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Correction.(2005 IN REVIEW)(Correction notice)
August 1, 2006... Correction: Aug. '05, p. 54: Mark di Suvero's Isis was commissioned not by the city and port of San Diego but by the Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel (ISIS). Public Art in Review highlights projects not featured in regular issues of Art...

Obituaries.(Al Held)(Philip Johnson)(Eduardo Paolozzi)(Obituary)
August 1, 2006... Al Held, 76, abstract painter who created bold, hard-edge geometric compositions. Recent museum shows of his work appeared at New York's P.S. 1 (2002) and the Orlando Museum of Art (2005). Philip Johnson, 98, architect, curator and...

Galleries museums & artists.(Directory)
August 1, 2006... Michigan ADRIAN 2886. Siena Heights University Klemm Gallery 1247 E Siena Heights Dr 49221-1796 (517) 264-7860, fax (517) 264-7739 E-mail: pbarr@sienahts.edu Web site: www.sienahts.edu/~art/ Tue-Fri 9-4, Sun...

Galleries museums & artists: New York.(Directory)
August 1, 2006... NIAGARA UNIVERSITY 4445. Niagara University Castellani Art Museum 14109-1938 (716) 286-8200, fax (716) 286-8289 E-mail: cam@niagara.edu Web site: www.niagara.edu/-cam Wed Sat 11-5, Sun 1-5 Dir: Sandra Olsen...

Galleries museums & artists.(North Carolina-Washington)(Directory)
August 1, 2006... North Carolina ASHEVILLE 4558. 16 Patton 16 Patton Ave 28801 (828) 236-2889, fax (828) 236-2882 E-mail: 16patton@bellsouth.net Web site: www.16patton.com Tue-Sat 11-6 Dir: Robert Livingston/Jeanne Livingston...

Galleries museums & artists.(Directory)
August 1, 2006... West Virginia BERKELEY SPRINGS 5472. Ice House Art Center & Gallery Mercer & Independence Sts 25411 (304) 258-2300 E-mail: info@macicehouse.org Web site: www.macicehouse.org Sat-Sun 11-5, May-Oct: also Fri 11-5...

Galleries.(Gallery and Museum Index)(List)
August 1, 2006... # 1112 Gallery/Society for Arts 2272 1301PE 1232 16 Patton 4558 20 North Gallery 4703 21st Century Art Consultants 1745 2x13 Gallery 3593 303 Gallery 3594 3rd Ward 3449 4 Art Inc. 2274 4 Star Gallery 2467 416west gallery...

Private dealers.(Gallery and Museum Index)(List)
August 1, 2006... # 4 Star Gallery 2467 A AAA Art 1233 Jo Aarons Gallery 4489 Abia Gallery, LLC 1708 Alice Adam Ltd. 2277 Adams Davidson Galleries 1849 Addison/Ripley Gallery 1851 Adler & Conkright Fine Art, Rachel Adler Fine Art...

Print dealers.(Gallery and Museum Index)(List)
August 1, 2006... # 21st Century Art Consultants 1745 416west gallery + Print Studio 5150 871 Fine Arts 1453 A A Clean, Well-Lighted Place 3597 A/D 3600 AAA Art 1233 Aaron Galleries 2276 Jo Aarons Gallery 4489 Alice Adam Ltd. 2277...

Corporate consultants.(Art Consultants)(List)
August 1, 2006... # 21St Century Art Consultants 1745 4 Star Gallery 2467 A AAA Art 1233 Aaron Gallery 1848 Jo Aarons Gallery 4489 Adamar Fine Arts/Adamar South at Popn'Art 1935 Adams Davidson Galleries 1849 Addison/Ripley Gallery...

Museums.(Gallery and Museum Index)(List)
August 1, 2006... A A.N.E.W. (Artists Now Exhibiting Work) 1956 Academy Art Museum 2723 Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy 2738 Adkins Arboretum 2729 African-American Museum in Philadelphia 4855 Akron Art Museum 4629 Alaska...

Nonprofit exhibition spaces.(Gallery and Museum Index)(List)
August 1, 2006... # 14th Street Painters 3592 1708 Gallery 5365 3Arts Gallery, The Three Arts Club of Chicago 2273 3rd Street Gallery 4853 55 Mercer Gallery 3596 5501 Columbia Art Center 5101 A A.I.R. Gallery 3599 Abington Art Center...

University galleries and museums.(Gallery and Museum Index)(List)
August 1, 2006... A A & D 11th Street Gallery, Columbia College Chicago 2275 Academy of Art College 1454 Agnes Scott College, Dalton Gallery 2207 Albright College, Freedman Gallery 4930 Allegheny College, Bowman, Penelec, and Megahan Galleries...

Artists index.(List)
August 1, 2006... All artists' names have been provided by galleries listed in the Guide that exhibit or represent those artists. These galleries may be located by the numbers that follow the artists' names. # 130665 1934 3 RIVERS 2ND NATURE 4917...

Artists index.(L-Z)(List)
August 1, 2006... L L'ALUNNO 2359 L'ENGLE, Lucy 2851 L'ENGLE, William 2851 L'HEUREUX, J.J. 3725 LA COM, Diana 1113 LA FARGE, Margaret 2676 LA FAYETTE, Carol 5060 LA HUIS, John 1926, 2027, 2031, 2192 LA NOUE, Terence 1394, 2420, 3348,...

Art schools.(Directory)
August 1, 2006... NEW ENGLAND The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University Office of Admissions 700 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02218 617-585-6710; toll-free: 800-773-0494 x6710 www.aiboston.edu * admissions@aiboston.edu Professional...