02/07/2002. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.- The Lloyd Rees Sketchbooks will be opened by Richard Leplastrier at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on Friday 8 February 2002 at 12 noon. The great Australian artist Lloyd Rees (1895-1988) made four extended visits to Europe be...

02/07/2002. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.- The Seattle Arts Commission presents Lyn McCracken: A Photographic Survey in the Key Tower Gallery Space, Concourse Level 3, 700 Fifth Avenue, through April 12, 2002. A reception for the artist, open to the public, is scheduled ...

02/07/2002. MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY.- The Montclair Art Museum is pleased to announce that it will host a book signing for photographer Zeva Oelbaum on Sunday, March 10th , from 2p.m. 4 p.m. Oelbaum's latest publication, Flowers in Shadow, with essays by Susan Orl...

02/08/2002. MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY.- The Montclair Art Museum will celebrate the grand re-opening of its completed facility on Sunday, February 24th, 2002, with the inauguration of six new Permanent Collection galleries, a special traveling exhibition Art in 2 Wo...

02/11/2002. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.- The UCLA Hammer Museum presents "Hammer Project: Karen Yasinsky", on view through May 5, 2002. In the lobby gallery, Karen Yasinsky will exhibit a recent project entitled Still Life with Cows, which includes an animated vide...

02/11/2002. DENVER, COLORADO.- Just as spring bulbs start to bloom, the Denver Art Museum will celebrate the season with a landmark exhibition of Dutch master works that includes an exceedingly rare opportunity to see a Johannes Vermeer painting - one of only 36...

02/11/2002. MEXICO CITY.- The National Stamp Museum presents the Manuel Álvarez Bravo Stamp Collection, Graphic Works from the 17th through 19th centuries. This exhibition is part of the activities to celebrate the 100 years artist Manuel Álvarez Bravo. The show...

02/12/2002. PORT SUNLIGHT, ENGLAND.- As part of the Queen's golden jubilee celebration, The Lady Lever Art Gallery will exhibit ten Leonardo da Vinci drawings that are part of the Queen's collection stored at Windsor Castle. The drawings will travel to seven reg...

03/05/2002. LONDON, ENGLAND.- Artist Anthony Benjamin, 70, died. He was born in 1931, and studied with Léger in Paris in 1951. From 1955-1960 he lived between St. Ives and Paris. In 1957 Benjamin studied with W S Hayter at Atelier 17 in Paris, and was awarded Fr...

03/05/2002. WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden presents "Metropolis in the Machine Age," an exhibition exploring how the modern city inspired numerous avant-garde artists in the 1910s, 20s and 30s. The show continues through Se...

03/05/2002. ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA.- The Freedom Forum, the nonpartisan foundation that funds and operates the Newseum, closed the interactive museum of news in Arlington on March 3. The museum closing signals the next stage of the organization’s plan to relocate t...

03/06/2002. STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN.- The Stockholm Art Fair takes place from March 7 until March 10, 2002. Art, meetings and experiences to take home await you at the largest art fair in the Nordic countries held on March 7-10 at Sollentuna Exhibitions. Stockholm Art...

03/06/2002. LONDON, ENGLAND.- Christie’s announced the auction of a further 149 Scottish paintings from the internationally acclaimed Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation. In November 2001, Christie’s Edinburgh successfully offered 100 works for sale on behalf of the ...

03/06/2002. MADRID, SPAIN.- The Spanish National Library presents the exhibition "From Love And Death - Drawings and Etchings from the National Library", on view through May 12, 2002. Love and Death have been two important themes in art and literature ...

03/06/2002. FORT WORTH, TEXAS.- "The Stamp of Impulse: Abstract Expressionist Prints," the first in-depth examination of the influence of abstract expressionism on printmaking, is on view at the Amon Carter Museum on March 2, 2002. This is the first tr...