Art News – June 17, 2011
Interesting art world news stories and upcoming art events.
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Happy 118th Birthday Joan Miro [Video]
See vintage footage of Miro at work, go behind the scenes at his home and studio, and hear what scholars have to say about one of history's greatest artists.
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Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris
A new exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art focuses on Modern Masters including Picasso, Braque and Chagall.
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In a Studio like a Garden, Art Grows like Flora and Miro is the Gardener
An innovative master of surrealism, Miró also saw himself as a gardener, his studio as a kitchen garden and his artworks as plants that he cultivated to grow under his expert care.
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Freud’s Influence on Dali’s Surreal “Dream” Painting
The universe of Dalinian imagery, whether religious, mythological or in this case, Freudian, is repeated in many of the artist's illustrations, including those for the Biblia Sacra and Divine Comedy.
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Mexico Gets Surreal – Dali in Merida: Views of a Dream
A selection of images from Salvador Dali's Divine Comedy is starring in a new exhibit opening in Mexico's southeastern city of Merida.
Artist Birthdays January 5 – YVES TANGUY
Today's artist birthdays.
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Dali Dali Featuring Francesco Vezzoli
The Moderna Museet (Museum of Modern Art) in Stockholm, Sweden presents Dalà Dalà Featuring Francesco Vezzoli.
Artist Birthdays December 18 – PAUL KLEE
Today's artist birthdays.
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Mirό of Majorca
The Teloglion Foundation and the Foundation Pilar i Joan Mirό of Majorca present one of the artist’s greatest exhibitions in Greece, Mirό of Majorca.
