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"NanoBioNexus Presents Nano Art by Cris Orfescu: Holiday and NanoArt Extravaganza"
Moores UCSD Cancer Center La Jolla, CA, USA United States of America Join us on December 13, 2007 at Moores UCSD Cancer Center in La Jolla, California, for holiday cheer and a unique opportunity to feed your mind and soul with a two-part holiday extravaganza.

"Delusive Orders" Museum of Art Lodz Lodz, , PL Poland The starting point for the project called Delusive Orders is the context in which the two institutions that have undertaken it function and perform: namely, Muzeum Sztuki [Museum of Art] in Lodz and Abteiberg Museum in Moenchengladgach. In the case of the museum from lodz this context is its tradition of the

"Call for Artists: Portfolio Review" Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit Detroit, MI, USA United States of America Request for Portfolios - Open from December 3, 2007 to January 31, 2008. The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (CAID) invites artists, musicians, performers, architects, poets and other creative individuals or groups to submit portfolios for consideration of the 2008 Exhibition and Program Season. In addition to the general review there will be some exhibits focusing on the following themes: Hunger, Shelter, Clothing and Size vs. Scale, defined loosely to allow for exciting new approaches.

Nazi associations of collection "not relevant" says founder of new museum The art on show includes works by artists collected by Hitler and displayed in exhibitions sponsored by the Third Reich NEW YORK. The new Grohmann Museum, which is dedicated to art showing "the evolution of human work", has been called to account for failing to display any information about the art's association with the Nazi regime. The institution opened in October at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE).

Berlin auction house finds rare early Beckmann Only three still-lifes from 1914 are known to exist BERLIN. Irene Lehr, director of Irene Lehr Kunstauktionen in Berlin and an expert in the art of the former German Democratic Republic, astonished the German market with a sensational discovery of a very rare early work by Max Beckmann. Still-Life with Gladiolus, 1914, was offered with an estimate of e40,000 ($59,000), but sold to a Berlin buyer on 27 October for a hammer price of e270,000 ($400,000)-the highest price for one of his paintings from this period.

"Tino Sehgal: Where the Artist Creates Experiences through Expression" Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN, USA The Berlin-based artist Tino Sehgal wants to reconsider production, both artistically and economically, by creating immaterial and more sustainable forms of generating meaning and beauty. The solo exhibition Tino Sehgal will be on view at the Walker Art Center December 12, 2007-March 23, 2008. One of the leading artists of his generation, Sehgal has been making art without actually creating any objects.

Politics and Art - An exhibition of contemporary art prints at the New York Public Library has created a mild stir. The NY Times has reported that a number of library patrons have protested because of a series of 8 digital prints in the " Multiple Interpretations " exhibition called "Line Up."

Major International Fine Arts Glass Show Coming to DC in 2008 You saw it here first... and it needs a little background first... First and foremost: There's an important International Fine Arts Glass Show coming to DC. This event's start is a bit complex, so pay attention!
The British sister city to Washington, DC is Sunderland .

A Lawsuit Will Determine the Fate of 2 Picassos You might begin by picturing a spring day in Berlin, two months after the rise of Adolf Hitler . It is late March 1933, and a man has called upon an art transporter, Gustav Knauer, to hire him for a job.Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum"Le Moulin de la Galette" is one of two Picassos that are the subject of a lawsuit by two museums claiming rightful ownership.

Gallery Sigvardson in Rodby, Denmark presents Roger Cummiskey's Paintings in an exhibition that runs from December 14 until December 31, 2007. The Gallery Sigvardson are happy to include Roger´s paintings for the first time in Denmark. Roger Cummiskey´s paintings capture moments of quiet intensity and undiscovered beauty. His use of primary colours lends an air of nostalgia to his pictures, which distinguishes his work and creates a sense of timelessness.

On view at the Agora Gallery in New York from December 14, 2007 to January 03, 2008, The Odyssey Within is a captivating survey of modern-day artists from Greece and Italy. The artistic conceptions vary dramatically while retaining a distinctive European character attentive to the human condition. Works of both quiet introspection and visual bravado are included, offering a unique look into the contemporary art coming from these two prominent Mediterranean locales. Among the artists participating in the exhibition is Greek artist Melanie Prapopoulos who has been a Premiere Portfolio Artist at absolutearts.com since 2006.

Broadway Gallery is pleased to present the exhibition - Through Her Eyes, an exhibition of paintings and drawings by the artist Melanie Prapopoulos from December 17 through December 31, 2007. The show will feature paintings and drawings from several of the artist's bodies of work. The series "Rooms of Thought" portrays abstracted depictions of night shadows and reflected light, and symbolizes the search for forbidden knowledge. Melanie Prapopoulos has been a Premiere Portfolio Artist at absolutearts.com since 2006. Born in Surrey, England, Prapopoulos currently divides her time between the US and Athens, Greece.

After its celebrated premiere at the 2007 Biennale de Montreal and a showing at the Toronto International Film Festival, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art kicks off the winter season by bringing Wildflowers of Manitoba back to its place of inspiration. Filmed near Beaconia beach on Lake Winnipeg, this dream-like, multi-screen film installation by Noam Gonick and Luis Jacob explores pastoral visions, idyllic fantasies, and queer transgression. Housed in a geodesic dome where an anonymous flower child slumbers, the geometric frame swells with hallucinatory visions of a tribe of nude boy-folk exploring the splendours of the Canadian Prairies.