http://www.pompeiad.com Pompei A.D. LLC, C3: Commerce, Culture, and Community – creative services firm specializing in architecture, design, and experiential branding for retail, museums, spas, hotels, real estate development, and events. http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_336 Darwin's Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure
At the New York Botanical Garden

“Charles Darwin is best known for his theory of evolution and other natural history achievements, but little is known about his enduring and insightful work with plants and the important role they played in formulating his ideas. Yet from cradle to grave, botany played a pivotal role in Darwin's life. From counting peonies and playing under the apple trees in his father's garden as a boy to collecting "all the plants in flower" on his famous voyage to the Galápagos as a young man and testing the sex and sensitivity of plants at his home, Down House, in his later years, plants were a lifelong preoccupation for Darwin.

Darwin's Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure explores the untold story of Darwin's botanical influences, his research, and his contribution to our understanding of plants, and ultimately, of life in general. The exhibition is featured in three Botanical Garden venues and includes an "evolutionary tour" of living plants that demonstrate key points on the tree of life, which links all living beings through a common ancestry.

A symposium with leading Darwin scholars headlines the list of events and programs scheduled throughout the duration of the show.” ]]> Pompei A.D. Events,Weekend 2008-05-08 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_336 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_335 Murakami at the Brooklyn Museum

"The most comprehensive retrospective to date of the work of internationally acclaimed Japanese artist Takashi Murakami includes more than ninety works in various media that span the artist’s entire career, installed in more than 18,500 square feet of gallery space.

Born in Tokyo in 1962, Murakami is one of the most influential and acclaimed artists to have emerged from Asia in the late twentieth century, creating a wide-ranging body of work that consciously bridges fine art, design, animation, fashion, and popular culture. He received a Ph.D. from the prestigious Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, where he was trained in the school of traditional Japanese painting known as Nihonga, a nineteenth-century mixture of Western and Eastern styles. However, the prevailing popularity of anime (animation) and manga (comic books) directed his interest toward the art of animation because, as he has said, “it was more representative of modern day Japanese life.” American popular culture in the form of animation, comics, and fashion are among the influences on his work, which includes painting, sculpture, installation, and animation, as well as a wide range of collectibles, multiples, and commercial products.

The exhibition © MURAKAMI explores the self-reflexive nature of Murakami’s oeuvre by focusing on earlier work produced between 1992 and 2000 in which the artist attempts to explore his own reality through an investigation of branding and identity, as well as through self-portraiture created since 2000. Two works examining these subjects were a part of a group show, My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation, presented at the Brooklyn Museum in 2001.

Among the works included in this large-scale survey tracing the trajectory of Murakami’s artistic development are many of his acclaimed sculpture figures including the 23-foot-high Tongari-kun (2003–4); Miss Ko2 (1997), a long-legged waitress who has become one of the artist’s signature characters; and Hiropon (1997), a Japanese girl jumping a rope created by milk spurting from her gargantuan breasts. Among the paintings on view will be Tan Tan Bo (2001), as well as Tan Tan Bo Puking—a.k.a. Gero Tan (2002). " ]]> Pompei A.D. Events,Weekend 2008-05-02 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_335 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_122
The Jewish Museum
www.thejewishmuseum.org
1109 5th Ave @ 92nd. St.
212 423 3200

Warhol’s Jews: 10 Portraits Reconsidered
Through August 3, 2008

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
www.cooperhewitt.org
2 East 91st St.
212 849 8400

Rococo: The Continuing Curve, 1703- 2008
Through July 6, 2008

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org
Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St.
212 535 7710

The New Greek and Roman Galleries
Opens to the public April 20

Jasper Johns: Gray
February 5 – May 4, 2008

Lee Friedlander: A Ramble in Olmsted Parks
January 22 – May 11, 2008

Tibetan Arms and Armor From the Permanent Colletion
Through Fall 2009

Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions
Through May 11, 2008

Gustave Courbet
Through May 18, 2008

Beauty and Learning: Korean Painted Screens
Through June 1, 2008

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
www.guggenheim.org
1071 Fifth Ave. @ 89th St.
212 423 3500

Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe
February – May, 2008

The Whitney Museum
www.whitney.org
945 Madison @ 75th St.
1 800 944 8693

Whitney Biennial 2008: Where American Art Stands Today
March 6 – June 1, 2008

Asia Society
www.asiasociety.org
725 Park Ave. @ 70th St.
212 288 6400

Designed for Pleasure: The World of Edo Japan in Prints and Paintings, 1680-1860
Through May 4, 2008

MIDTOWN

Museum of Modern Art
www.moma.org
11 West 53rd St.
212 708 9400

Design and the Elastic Mind
February 24 – May 12, 2008

Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today
Through May 12, 2008

International Center of Photography
www.icp.org
1133 Avenue of the Americas @ 43rd St.
212 857 0000

Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art
Through May 4, 2008

Japan Society
www.japansociety.org
333 East 47th St.
212 832 1155

The Genius of Japanese Lacquer: Masterworks by Shibata Zeshin
Through June 15

The Morgan Library and Museum
www.morganlibrary.org
225 Madison Ave @ 36th St
212 685 0008

Philip Guston: Works on Paper
May 2 – August 31, 2008 ]]> Pompei A.D. Art,MoMA,Exhibit,New York City 2008-05-01 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_122 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_165
Grey Art Gallery
www.nyu.edu/greyart
100 Washington Square East
212 998 6780

New York Cool: Painting and Sculpture from the NYU Art Collection
July 19, 2008

Deitch Projects
www.deitch.com
18 Wooster St.
212 343 7300

Substraction
Through May 24, 2008

Participant Inc.
www.participantinc.org
253 East Houston St.
212 254 4334

Alice O’Malley: Community of Elsewheres
Through May 4, 2008

Miguel Abreu Gallery
www.miguelabreugallery.com
36 Orchard St.
212 995 1774

Blake Rayne
Through May 18, 2008

Lehmann Maupin
www.lehmannmaupin.com
201 Chrystie St.
212 254 0054

You & Me, Sometimes
Through May 10 ]]> Pompei A.D. Art 2008-5-1 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_165 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_192 Peter Blum
www.peterblumgallery.com
526 West 29th St
212 244 6055

Rudolf De Crignis: Paintings 1992-2006
April 24 – June 14, 2008

Paul Kasmin Gallery
www.paulkasmingallery.com
293 10th Ave.
212 563 4474

Walton Ford
May 8 – July 3, 2008

Robert Miller Gallery
www.robertmillergallery.com
524 West 26th St.
212 366 4774

Joseph La Piana: Kinetic State
March 27 – May 3, 2008

Gary Snyder
www.garysnyderart.com
250 West 26th St.
212 818 1351

Tadaaki Kuwayama: Paintings from the 1970’s
March 7 – May 24, 2008

Cheim & Read
www.cheimread.com
547 West 25th St.
212 242 7727

Milton Resnick: A Question of Seeing, Paintings 1959-1963
May 1 – June 7, 2008

Lennon, Weinberg, Inc.
www.lennonweinberg.com
514 West 25th St.
212 941 0012

Joan Mitchell: Paintings and Pastels 1973-1983
May 1 – June 21, 2008

Charles Cowles Gallery
www.cowlesgallery.com
537 West 24th
212 741 8999

Roberto Juarez
April 17 – May 17, 2008 ]]> Pompei A.D. Art,Exhibit,Chelsea Galleries 2008-5-1 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_192 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_194
Acquavella
www.acquavellagalleries.com
18 East 79th St.
212 734 6300

Fausto Melotti
April 16 – June 13, 2008

Gagosian Gallery
www.gagosian.com
980 Madison Ave @ 76th St.
212 744 2313

Lichtenstein Girls
May 12 – June 28, 2008

Zwirner & Wirth
www.zwirnerandwirth.com
32 E. 69th St.
212 517 8959

Dan Flavin: The 1964 Green Gallery Exhibition
March 6 – May 3, 2008

Edelmen Arts
info@edelmanarts.com
47 East 63rd St.
212 472 7770

Dennis Oppenheim: My Mind is My House
May 8 – June 28, 2008 ]]> Pompei A.D. Exhibit 2008-5-01 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_194 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_124
Richard Meier's Studio
Arranged by appointment: 212 967 6060

Friday visits to Richard Meier's Studio

P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
www.ps1.org
22-25 Jackson Ave. @ 46th Ave.
Long Island City, Queens
718 784 2064

Take Your Line: Olafur Eliasson
April 13 - June 30, 2008

WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution
Through May 12, 2008

Noguchi Museum
www.noguchi.org
32-37 Vernon Boulevard
Long Island City, Queens
718 204 7088

Design: Isamu Noguchi and Isamu Kenmochi
Through May 25, 2008

BRONX

Bronx Museum of the Arts
www.bronxmuseum.org
1040 Grand Concourse @ 165th St.
718 681 6000

A new building by the Arquitectonica Firm
Ongoing

BROOKLYN

The Brooklyn Museum
www.brooklynmuseum.org
200 Eastern Parkway @ Prospect Park
718 638 5000

About Time: 700 years of European Painting
Long-Term Installation

Murkami
Through July 5, 2008

Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770-1900
Through June 15 ]]> Pompei A.D. Art,Exhibit,PS 1,New York City 2008-4-30 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_124 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_126
Centre George Pompidou
www.centrepompidou.fr
Place Georges Pompidou
75004
01 44 78 12 33

Louise Bourgeois: Retrospective
March 5, 2008 – June 2, 2008

GREAT BRITAIN

Sadie Coles HQ
www.sadiecoles.com
69 South Audley Street
London W1K 2QZ
44 20 7434 2227

John Currin
April 2 – May 10, 2008 ]]> Pompei A.D. Art,Europe,Exhibit 2008-4-30 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_126 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_127
Chichu Art Museum
www.chichu.jp/
Naoshima Fukutake Art Museum Foundation
3449-1 Naoshima, Kagawa 761-3110 Japan
81 (0) 87 892 3755

Claude Monet, Walter De Maria, James Turrell, Tadao Ando

CHINA

Galleria Continua / Beijing
www.galleriacontinua.com
2 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang Dst.
Dashanzi 798, 100015
Beijing
86 643 61 005

Michelangelo Pistoletto
Opening January 19, 2008 ]]> Pompei A.D. Art,Exhibit 2008-4-30 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_127 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_164
The Yale University Art Gallery
www. artgallery.yale.edu
1111 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT
203 432 0600

Remodeled Louis Kahn building
Ongoing

MASSACHUSETTS

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
www.massmoca.org
87 Marshall Street
North Adams, Mass.
413 662 2111

Anselm Kiefer: Sculpture and Paintings From the Hall Collection
Through 2008

Jenny Holzer: Projections
November 18, 2007 - Fall 2008

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
www.mfa.org
Avenue of the Arts
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
617 267 9300

Jim Lambie, Musical Chairs
In the I.M. Pei Wing
November 10, 2007 – May 25, 2008

Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art, part of the Smithsonian
www.americanart.si.edu/reynolds
8th and F Streets, NW
202 633 1000

Norman Foster’s new courtyard addition
Opens November, 2007

SEATTLE, WA

Henry Art Gallery
www.henryart.org
University of Washington
15th Ave NE & NE 41st St.
206 543 2280

James Turrell: Light Reign
Permanent sky space with exterior lamination

LOS ANGELES

Gemini G.E.L
www.geminigel.com
8365 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
323 651 0513

Richard Serra: Venice Notebook Series
Ongoing

Ann Hamilton: Face
Ongoing

Bruce Nauman: Infrared Outtakes
Ongoing

John Baldessari: Noses & Ears, Etc.: The Gemini Series, 2006
Ongoing

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
www.lacma.org
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323 857 6000

The Broad Contemporary Art Museum: Renzo Piano’s building at LACMA
Scheduled to open in February, 2008


Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA
www.lacma.org/info/GeneralTransformingOpening.html

Inagural Exhibition: 180 Works on view. 30 from Eli Broad. Others include Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Ellsworth Kelly.
Opens February 15, 2008

Museum of Contemporary Art
www.moca.org
250 Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213 626 6222

Louise Bourgeois: Retrospective
November 25, 2008 – January 1, 2009

LA Contemporary
www.lacontemporary.com
2634 South La Cienga Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90034
310 559 6200

Robert Rauschenberg: Samarkand Stitches
April 12 – May 11, 2008 ]]> Pompei A.D. Art,Exhibit 2008-04-30 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_164 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_193
The Dan Flavin Art Institute
www.diaart.org
Corwith Avenue off Main St.
631 537 1476

Dan Flavin Retrospective
Permanent Exhibit

EAST HAMPTON

The Drawing Room
www.drawingroom-gallery.com
16R Newton Lane
631 324 5016

Sharon Horvath: Peaceable
April 25 – May 26, 2008 ]]> Pompei A.D. Exhibit 2008-4-30 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_193 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_334 The Fifth Annual Brooklyn Peace Fair

Over 100 Community Organizations. Music. Art. Poetry. Dance. Film. Hip-Hop. Spoken Word.

Speakers and presenters include: Debbie Almontaser, Eric Adams, Major Owens, and more!

Performances by: Abiodun (Last Poets), Aja Monet (Def Poet), Ajah-Yo, Amanda Diva and friends, Dragons of Zynth, Invincible (Anomolies), Queen Gods, Ra Hendrix, Remi Kanazi, Spiritchild, Stephanie Roker and more! ]]> Pompei A.D. Events,Weekend 2008-04-25 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_334 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_333 Imrpov Comedy Show: Statues of Liberty

“Coming straight out of Chicago, USA, the Land of Lincoln, these four cats bring a funk unsmelt before in New York City. Flowing like amber waves of grain and poppin' off like the rockets red glare, it's fast, it's outrageous, it's dangerous, it's hilarious, it's rock 'n roll lil mama, so plug it in, baby! So...Are you ready to breathe free?”

Featuring: Peter McNerney, Nick Kanellis, Chris Hejl, Russ Armstrong
Directed by: Christian Capozzoli of 4-TRACK

Friday, April 18; 11:30pm

Magnet Theater
254 West 29th Street
New York, NY 10001
212 244 8824

http://magnettheater.com/

$5 ]]> Pompei A.D. Events,Weekend 2008-04-18 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_333 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_332 The Art Monastery Project Fundraiser Galla

“The Art Monastery Project, an arts production house and artist's community in a monastery in Italy, is coming to the Big Apple! Come and meet the Alpha Team, see the art, hear the music, watch the dance. An evening jam-packed with entertainment, silent art auction, tasty Italian tidbits, and more!”

Saturday, April 12; 7:00pm

Shepard Hall at the City College of New York's Architectural Center
Convent Avenue near 138th Street, 3rd floor

Rsvp: ben@artmonastery.org

$20 student
$40 suggested
$60 deluxe (includes a drink ticket and an entry for the door prize) ]]> Pompei A.D. New York City,Events,Weekend 2008-04-11 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/7_332 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/16_331 Brittany Myers Travel 2008-03-31 http://www.pompeiad.com/articles/16_331