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WNYC 93.9 FM http://www.wnyc.org/story/met-moma-and-art-maintaining-prestige/ The Leonard Lopate Show The Met, the MoMA, and the Art of Maintaining Prestige Wednesday, January 14, 2015 Listen Add Download Embed Stream m3u People walk into the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty) Vanity Fair special correspondent Bob Colacello discusses the competition between New York’s Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art for artworks, prestige, and young, moneyed trustees. Colacello also details the massive expansions both museums are planning, which for MoMA includes a highly controversial Diller Scofidio + Renfro design that proposed opening the entire first floor of the museum free of charge, including the garden. Colacello’s article “Might at the Museum” appears in the...

http://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org/newsfeed SEPT *8 Today, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation announced the launch of an open call for proposals for artists whose work intersects with activism. Up to $100,000 in project support and up to $10,000 in travel and research grants will be provided to artists and collectives working to address pressing challenges facing societies in the U.S. and beyond. The term artist has been broadly defined to include artists of all disciplines, architects, cultural workers, designers, master craftsmen, musicians, performers, photographers, storytellers, cultural organizers, etc. To read the press release  click here , or visit the  Artist as Activist  program page in our  Grants  section.

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The selection process for the Rauschenberg Residency, fall 2013 – summer 2014, will be by nomination only.  Nominators representing geographic and cultural diversity will anonymously identify more than sixty artists and creative individuals from a variety of disciplines, backgrounds, and career levels to participate in seven residencies.  We anticipate providing a combination nomination and application process in 2014-15.  Please check back for updates. http://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=122&Itemid=108

LUCKY DRAW TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE!  Lucky Draw 2013 Tuesday, April 9, 2013 6:00pm: Reception 7:30pm: The Draw Lucky Draw - a one of a kind art raffle - guarantees that each and every ticket holder walks home with a work of art! This fast-paced one night event offers first time and seasoned collectors access to artworks by top emerging and established talent. All proceeds benefit SculptureCenter. Order of selection determined by random drawing. The draw will commence with a live auction. Participating artist list is attached and may be viewed on our  website . Benefit Committee Valerie Altahawi, Augusto Arbizo, Jemilah Afshar & Sascha S. Bauer, Nicelle Beauchene, Kristen Becker, Abigail & Andreas Beroutsos, Priscilla Vail Caldwell, Allison Card, Eleanor Cayre, Michael Clifton, Cristina Delgado, Bridget Donahue, John Friedman, Leslie Fritz, James Fuentes, Laurel Gitlen, Stephanie Ingrassia, Alexis Johnson, Margaret Liu Clinton Koenig & Leo Koenig, Andrew Kreps, ...

Louis Vuitton Launches Young Artists InitiativeBy ARTINFO Published: May 12, 2010 © Patrick McMullan Photography Tracey Emin LONDON— After collaborating over the years with established artists like the late Stephen Sprouse and Takahashi Murakami — with whom they created a pop-up handbag store at the Brooklyn Museum — French fashion house Louis Vuitton has apparently decided to create a farm team of up-and-coming talent. The fashion house has launched a Young Arts Project, an initiative that will give promising emerging artists access to an immersive three-year program of workshops and tours at Tate Britain, the Royal Academy of Arts, South London Gallery, Whitechapel Gallery, and the Hayward Gallery. The South London Gallery will oversee the project, working in concert with the four other institutions and artists Chris Ofili and Charlie Dark, who helped conceive the program. British art-world heavyweights like Tracey Emin, Gary Hume, Michael Landy, and Keith Tyson will also provid...

Please be our guest this weekend when we transform our home into our annual 'touched by design' art salon. Join us for the Friday night benefit with amazing treats for all senses. No reservations are required. Sincerely, Jeannette Gerber & Matko Peckay touched by design 2010 Participating Artists: Hans Fischer Kari Lonning Patti Mollica Matko Peckay Stephanie Pütter Mark Thomas Opening Hours & Music Friday May 7 5 pm - 9 pm Live music by Ann Gulian 7 - 8 pm Opening Night Benefit held in support of Hope's Door, a safe haven for victims of domestic violence. Philippe Rayer, the Chef of L'Art Culinaire, has graciously agreed to cater the event with a selection of delicious treats. A $15 donation to Hope's Door is suggested per guest. Saturday May 8 12 noon - 8 pm Live music by Olivia Oppedisano 6 - 7 pm Sunday May 9 12 noon - 6 pm Live music by David Rubin 4 - 5 pm Location:55 Van Cortlandt Ave, Ossining NY 10562   914 945 0706

MORE INFOS on http://francophonieny.org/upcomingevents/newsletterjune08.htm June 2008 Welcome to our monthly bulletin on language and culture from the French Embassy. Michel Buret June 3 to June 24 The Agora Gallery (530 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York, NY, 10001) is proud to present Michel Buret in Delineation of Form. Scheduled to run from June 3rd through June 24th, the collection will feature a captivating selection of Michel Buret's energetic paintings. | website EU WOMEN US Through June 13 EU WOMEN US is an international thematic cross-section of contemporary artists and young photographers: our subject is women and our goal is photography. The project has been widely presented throughout Europe beginning in 2006 at festivals, galleries and museums in Lodz, Sevilla, Arles, Salzburg, and Paris and will now premier in New York City. EU WOMEN US is a unique new version of EU WOMEN, a touring group photography exhibition directed by French artist and curator Véronique Bour...