NEW YORK, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Indio, the dark lager Mexican beer, invites artists 25 and older who are residents of California, Texas, or Illinois, to “do their thing” and submit an original piece of 2D artwork into the first ever Indio Gallery contest, brewing on the brand’s Facebook page, www.Facebook.com/IndioBeer (Gallery Tab) between May 21 and July 1. Thirty two finalists will be chosen from the eligible entries to have their artwork showcased on a billboard, in one of eight markets in CA, TX or IL in October.
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James Turrell
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
June 21–September 25, 2013
From June 21 to September 25, 2013, the Guggenheim Museum presents James Turrell, the eminent American artist’s first solo exhibition in a New York museum since 1980. The exhibition features a major new site-specific work, Aten Reign (2013), which represents one of the most dramatic transformations of the museum ever conceived—reimagining the rotunda of Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic building as one of Turrell’s luminous and immersive Skyspaces.

LANSING, Mich., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – People interested in Modern design have one week left to register for Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America, a four-day symposium at Cranbrook that will bring together national experts to talk about Michigan‘s major role in the development of American Modernism.
Michigan was the epicenter of Modern design during the mid-twentieth century and influenced Modern design throughout the world. Michigan‘s design industry shaped the American Dream and brought good design to the masses.
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James Ward
London Art Week
28 June to 5 July 2013
A remarkable exhibition of works by James Ward, a major painter and print-maker in Regency Britain, is to be held by Lowell Libson Ltd, one of the world’s leading dealers in the finest British pictures, sculpture and works on paper. Breadth and Quality: Oil Studies, Watercolours and Drawings by James Ward RA will take place from 28 June to 12 July 2013 at 3 Clifford Street, London W1 and will be part of London Art Week, a new initiative providing a platform for paintings, drawings and sculpture.

Pissarro
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
4 June – 15 September 2013
The Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza is presenting the first monographic exhibition in Spain on the Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro (1830-1903). The exhibition brings together 80 works loaned from numerous museums and collections world-wide and focuses on the Landscape, the prevailing genre within Pissarro’s oeuvre, following a chronological journey through the different places in which the artist lived and worked.

Il Palazzo Enciclopedico (The Encyclopedic Palace)
la Biennale di Venezia Venice (Giardini and Arsenale)
1st June – 24th November 2013
The 55th International Art Exhibition entitled Il Palazzo Enciclopedico (The Encyclopedic Palace), curated by Massimiliano Gioni and organized by la Biennale di Venezia chaired by Paolo Baratta, is opening to the public from Saturday 1st June to Sunday 24th November 2013 at the Giardini and at the Arsenale. The preview will be held on 29th, 30th and 31st May. The award ceremony and the inauguration will take place on Saturday 1st June.

Paolo Baratta, President of la Biennale di Venezia
Since 1998, the Biennale of Art and Architecture are no longer mere exhibitions organized by national pavilions, but they are founded on two pillars: the exhibition by national pavilions, each with its own curator and project, along with the International Exhibition by the curator of la Biennale, appointed for this specific task. A dual exhibition model that we had tested for the first time in 1993 and then definitely set as the permanent standard for the Venice Exhibition in 1998.
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