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MCASD leases new round of masterpieces to Bellagio Fine Art Gallery in Las Vegas

TFMadmin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:11:39 +0000

More smart marketing and imaginative leadership from MCASD’s Hugh Davies in choppy economic times.

Call it a financial boost for public institutions or an ethical slap in the face. Either way, Las Vegas, one of few cities in the United States without a public art institution, is reaping museum-quality works… to [be viewed at] the Bellagio gallery for Figuratively Speaking: A Survey of the Human Form, opening May 1.

The work spans from the 19th century to present day. Artists include Pierre-August Renoir, Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney, Judith Shea and Yoshitomo Nara. Word has it that there will also be a Cindy Sherman coming in from the San Diego museum….”

Read theg rest of this article with more details online at Las Vegas Weekly.

New Year Programming at the Museum of Contemporary Art

TFMadmin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:16:50 +0000

What's Happening in January at the
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego:

PROGRAMS

Members’ Celebration: Tara Donovan
→Thursday, 1/14/10 > 7-9 PM > Downtown

MCASD Members are invited to celebrate the Tara Donovan exhibition with a special Members-only reception. Members will get an insider’s look at the exhibition and have the opportunity to discuss the works on view with MCASD Curators. More . . .

Open House: Free Third Thursday Evening
→Thursday, 1/21/10 > 5-7 PM > La Jolla and Downtown
On the third Thursday of every month from 5 to 7 pm, visitors receive FREE admission to the Museum, plus free themed Gallery Guide-led tours beginning at 5 and 6 pm.

Teen Workshop: Electrifying Sound Collage with Beatrix*JAR
→Saturday, 1/23/10 > 11 AM-1 PM > Downtown

Brought to you by MCASD’s Teen Art Council, join Minneapolis-based conceptual electronic duo Beatrix*JAR as they spread the good word of electronic recycling through a hands-on circuit bending workshop. More . . .

Artist Talk: Nancy Rubins

→Sunday, 1/24/10 > 2 PM > La Jolla

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Contemporary Collectors donor group, and in advance of the opening of the exhibition Pleasure Point: Celebrating 25 Years of Contemporary Collectors, artist Nancy Rubins will give a public lecture discussing her work, including the astounding installation she created for MCASD in 2006. More . . .

EXHIBITIONS

→FINAL WEEKS! On view through 1/31/10 at MCASD La Jolla
Automatic Cities: The Architectural Imaginary in Contemporary Art
Featuring an international roster of both established artists and emerging talents, this imaginative new exhibition weaves architectural imagery within contemporary visual art.

Museums in Miniature
Works by Marcel Duchamp and Joseph Cornell explore the use of collage, assemblage, and staged tableaux as plays on the notion of an exhibition space.

→On view through 2/28/10 at MCASD Downtown, Jacobs Building
Tara Donovan
See the number one exhibition of 2009, according to Union-Tribune art critic Robert Pincus. Tara Donovan’s sculptures and installations transform everyday materials — such as drinking straws and plastic cups — to dazzling effect.

STAY IN THE LOOP.

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MCASD does Las Vegas

TFMadmin — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:11:14 +0000

We found this article online today at artnet.com, which is definitely worth a visit if you want to be in on what’s happening around the world in art.

The Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art (BGFA), located in the lobby of the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, has entered into a partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (MCASD) to launch “Classic Contemporary: Lichtenstein, Warhol & Friends,” opening Jan. 23, 2009. The display is billed as a transition towards a more cutting-edge profile for the space, which has in the past focused on old masters and early modernists — though the art still gets no more contemporary than the 1970s. Works from the MCASD collection included are by Hans Hofmann, Ellsworth Kelly, Sol LeWitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, Frank Stella, Clyfford Still and Andy Warhol.

According to the Las Vegas Sun, the BGFA has also recently launched a “Modern Council,” which hopes to soak up the leftovers from the “Young Collectors Council” of the Guggenheim Las Vegas, which shuttered last year. A personal tour of “Classic Contemporary” is planned for Council members by San Diego museum director Hugh Davies.

Here’s a link to another good site with similar article on this MCASD collaboration with Bellagio