Project Wonderful Advertiser Wins a Subscription to American Artist

The Art Inquirer published yesterday that one of its Project Wonderful advertisers will receive one year subscription to American Artist magazine.
Strategically placed ad spots offer a decent CTR to advertisers and potential sales.

Museums in the 21st Century, presented by MoMA's Director Glenn Lowry at ACMI

On the 24th of June 2010 (2h30 pm), the Australian Center For The Moving Image will host a presentation at the ACMI Cinemas lead by the Director of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Glenn Lowry.
Based on MoMA's activities, Glenn will classify the changing aspects of art collecting, exhibiting, commissioning work and how institutions are collaborating with the intent of expanding their exhibition space and offer to their visitors, thus providing an idea of the current trends and future moves of museums in this new century.
The event will include a panel session chaired by ACMI Director Tony Sweeney and featuring Director of Kaldor Public Art Projects John Kaldor, artist, academic and writer Robert Nelson, and Director of the MCA, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor.
The panel will pinpoint how institutions are shifting their artistic focus and realigning their programmes to maintain relevance in a time of rapid change, including the ways digital technology and audience demands are recreating the sector.
Admission for Museums in the 21st Century is free and tickets will be available on the day from the Tickets & Information Desk.

World Environment Day 2010 and the Arts

In the last years the discussion about the environment has been brought to the public's attention and nowadays people start to be more aware of how they can contribute to minimize the human influence over it.
Artists can play an important role, be it through art itself or by using it to support environmental campaigns.
The approach between art and society tends to narrow and artists, designers and architects have the possibility to improve people's lifes through the development of environmental friendly ideas.
Today, June 5th, is celebrated the World Environment Day 2010 and for this year the United Nations Environment Programme has chosen the motto "Many Species One Planet One Future".

Studying at ArtEZ, Netherlands

The Netherlands traditionally provide students, including those from abroad, with good opportunities to develope their artistic skills, theories and prepare themselves to the market after completing their studies.
ArtEZ welcomes students worldwide with its interdisciplinary programme including art, design, architecture, music and theatre.
Students receive a recognizable education that takes into account the relation between art and society.

World Press Photo 2010 Exhibition Calendar

Showing the best of photojournalism worldwide, the World Press Photo 2010 exhibition is one of the best sources for us to know what is going on in the real world.
Creativity and many times a good amount of courage are the ingredients to photos that go well beyond the image itself.
Keep yourself informed with the calendar of the 2010 exhibition tour.

"70 Million" by Hold Your Horses !

A funny videoclip that takes us through some famous paintings.

"Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino" by J.M.W.Turner to be Auctioned at Sotheby's

Completed in 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner RA and mesauring 90.2 by 122cm (35.5 by 48 in), the oil on canvas "Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino" is going to be offered for auction at the Sotheby's Evening Sale of Old Master and Early British Paintings in London on Wednesday, 7 July 2010.

Firstly owned by Turner's close friend and patron scottish landowner and collector Hugh Munro of Novar, who bought the work directly from the artist’s Royal Academy exhibition of 1839, the painting was then acquired at auction by the 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929) and his new wife Hannah Rothschild, while on their honeymoon, for the sum of 4,450 gns.

Loaned since 1978 to the National Gallery of Scotland, it was part of the exhibition "Turner and Italy".

Now it's going to be offered for sale at Sotheby's with an estimated value of £12-18 million.

MONSTRA 2010 - Animated Film Festival of Lisbon

The 10th MONSTRA Lisbon Animated Film Festival is open to the public from March 11 through March 21, 2010.
Showing an interactive experience between animation and other forms of art, the festival offers its visitors the best of animation worldwide.
Between other activities, the public will have the chance to see retrospectives, premieres and participate in workshops.

Square - New Form of Payment Arriving Soon

Still in its beta version Square will permit you to use your iPhone to receive paymentsm by simply pulgging a really small card reader into your iPhone's audio jack.

There will be no need to sign up for expensive equipment, contracts and paying high fees.

You will be even able to confirm the buyer's identity in the spot and a receipt will be made available right away.

This card reader will also work in some other mobile devices with an audio jack, such as iPod Touch, BlackBerry and Android based phones.

According to ReadWriteWeb's channel ReadWriteStart, the card reader will cost $1 and the company will charge a fee of 2.9% for each transaction.

This due out soon service will be quite useful for artists who participate in art fairs, or have their own studio sale.

The Art Inquirer More Than Doubles

Started in the beginning of 2008, The Art Inquirer has more than doubled its visits, especially returning ones, during 2009.

The objective for 2010 is to continue its organic growth.

Serralves Museum Will Open New Branch

During the year 2010, the Serralves Museum will open a branch in Lisbon.
This announcement was made by Artur Santos Silva, chairman of the board of the BPI bank, during a celebration at Serralves, that included the presentation of the book "Artistas Portugueses na Colecção da Fundação de Serralves" (Portuguese Artists in the Collection of the Serralves Foundation).
This new space is not intended for exhibitions.

"O Nosso Bairro" at Círculo das Letras

Located in the 15B of the Augusto Gil street, in Lisbon, the bookstore Círculo das Letras will present the second edition of "O Nosso Bairro".
This colective exhibition, taking place from December 16, 2009 through January 6, 2010, gathers the works of the people who live or work in the neighbourhood and have art as a hobby or their main activity.

$25 Gift Certificate in Art Materials

With the sponsorship of Blick Art Materials, a gift certificate in the value of $25 will be send, together with a catalogue, to one of the readers of The Art Inquirer.
The winner will be announced on December 20th, 2009.

Arte Lisboa 2009

The annual contemporary art fair Arte Lisboa 2009, takes place from November 19th to November 23rd.

The vernissage happened on the 18th.

Halloween Contest by CultureInside

The artistic community CultureInside is running a Halloween contest for photographers and artists.
Winning works will be shown in a permanent online exhibition.
The subscription is free and the deadline is October 31st, 2009.

New Art Workshops List

A new website developed by Peggy and Robert Stermer-Cox permits users to list art workshops for free.
The only thing you need to do is to register.
Since this is a recent service, we may see further developments, namely in terms of search options.
The website is called Artist Workshops.

Art Blog Gains More Readers

By keeping the policy of providing quality and relevant content to its readers, now counting with over 120 followers, The Art Inquirer has seen the numbers of visits grown in a steady manner.

This is also caused by the fact of a continuous search to improve a good interaction between the author and the readers.

The Art Inquirer also cares about social causes and often participates in campaigns and is also the author of some.

Besides the useful news, articles and links, this blog also provides several affordable advertising spaces for those wishing to show their art and crafts, namely using the Projectwonderful system.

Dictionary Function at The Art Inquirer

In a continuous development to enhance its readers experience, The Art Inquirer now features a double click dictionary function, with the courtesy of The Free Dictionary.

This new function permits readers to access a dictionary when double clicking on a word ( the cursor does not change its aspect).

Todd Schorr at the San Jose Museum of Art

From June 20th through September 16th 2009, the appreciators of lowbrow and pop surrealism art movements can see the artworks of Todd Schorr at the San Jose Museum of Art, in California.

IAPS has a new president

Maggie Price is now the president of the International Association of Pastel Societies, after Urania Christy Tarbet having stepped down during IAPS's recent convention and nominating her.
Urania Tarbet presided the society for 15 years.