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Ed Ruscha: 50 Years of Painting
Thursday, November 05, 2009 4:10 PM

14 Oct 2009 - 10 Jan 2010 Daily Hayward Gallery , Southbank Centre, London. SE1 8XX (0)20 7921 0887 The Hayward Gallery unveils a major new exhibition celebrating five decades of work by Ed Ruscha, one of the world’s most influential artists still at work today. The Los Angeles-born painter, born in 1937, is known for his witty and experimental work in a variety... Read More...

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Filed under: london, annie, landscapes, media, los angeles, hayward gallery, american culture, standard station, phrases, 50 years on painting, canvas, pop art, emblems, trademark with eight spotlights, words, ed ruscha

Turner landscape sells for £9.1m
Friday, January 30, 2009 11:27 AM

A Turner landscape has fetched £9.1m ($12.9m) in an auction at Sotheby's in New York. For the past 25 years it has remained in the private collection of fine art dealer Richard Feigen. It toured Paris, London and Los Angeles before being sold at Sotheby's in New York as part of its Important Old Masters Paintings sale. The painting was secured by an anonymous... Read More...

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Filed under: london, new york, paris, landscape, los angeles, old masters painting, anonymous telephone bidder, auction, national dance, ancient greece, sold, joseph mallord william turner, sotheby, turner

The Washington DC gallery
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 9:16 AM

A portrait of Barack Obama will become part of the permanent collection at the US National Portrait Gallery. Normally the gallery acquires official portraits of presidents as they are leaving office, however this will be hung on Inauguration Day on 20th January 2009. The gallery has also acquired a stencilled image by Los Angeles-based street artist Shepard Fairey... Read More...

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Filed under: portrait, los angeles, shepard fairey, leaving office, hope, street artist, us national portrait gallery, the washington dc gallery, inauguration day 20th jan 2009, stencilled image, mixed media work, permanent collction, barack obama, president george w bush

Design Cities
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 1:40 PM

5 September 2008 to 4 January 2009 Design Museum Shad Thames Bermondsey SE1 2YD The exhibition looks at how these cities contributed to the evolution of design and how design, in turn, shaped contemporary culture. Design Cities tells the story of contemporary design by focusing on 7 cities at their creative heights: London, Vienna, Dessau, Paris, Los Angeles... Read More...

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Filed under: london, milan, paris, furniture, le corbusier in paris, charles and ray eames in la, objects, los angeles, design museum, fashio, the great exhibition in london, tokyo, bauhaus in dessau, textiles, the creative explosion in tokyo, the milan scene, vienna, contemporary design, industrial pieces, design cities, prints, adolf loos in vienna, 7 cities, dessau