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Peruvian photographer Mario Testino poses for the photographers in front of one of the pictures which form part of his first exhibition in Spain, in Madrid, Spain, 20 September 2010. The Thyssen Bornemisza Museum will be the venue for the exhibition, entitled Todo O Nada. EPA/PACO CAMPOS.
MADRID.- From 21 September the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza is presenting for the first time in Spain the work of the Peruvian photographer Mario Testino. The exhibition Todo o Nada brings together 54 photographs that reveal the two opposing concepts to be found in his work, fashion and the nude. These concepts are present both in his better known activities as a fashion photographer, including the images that he has created for Vogue, Vanity Fair, V Magazine, Allure and The Face, as well as in his more personal creations, including a number of unpublished photographs specially taken for this exhibition. All combine analogue photography with the latest digital technology. For Mario Testino, the essence of the exhibition lies in contemplating the process and implications involved in the act of removing one’s clothes to become naked: “a voyage from haute couture to nudity, including the intermediary process that implies ... More |
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New Exhibition Peels Back Layers of Georgia O'Keeffe
American modernist Georgia O'Keeffe painting in her car at Ghost Ranch, N.M. AP Photo/Ansel Adams, courtesy of the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona Ansel Adams Archive.
By: Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press Writer
SANTA FE, NM (AP).- Beneath layers of paint, wrapped in bundles of brushes, hidden in sketch books and packed away among boxes of paints and pencils are clues that shed light on how Georgia O'Keeffe went about creating her colorful landscapes and iconic flower paintings. Like forensic investigators, curators at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe have spent months combing through their collection and now they're ready to share the many bits of evidence they have collected as part of the exhibition "O'Keeffiana: Art and Art Materials," which opens Friday and runs through next May. The collection of O'Keeffe's never-before-displayed art materials, preparatory drawings, Polaroids and a pair of unfinished paintings is designed to give visitors a better understanding of how the late American modernist transferred her ideas about the world around her onto ... More | | Get It Louder: China's Most Influential and Closely-Watched Exhibition of Emerging, Young Talent
A visitor looking at art works of Chinese artist Wang Yue during art exhibition 'Get It Louder' in Beijing. EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG.
BEIJING.- Launched in 2005, Get It Louder is China's most influential and closely-watched exhibition of emerging, young talent across creative disciplines. Following the 2005 and 2007 editions, this year's multi-venue event will bring together more than 100 of the most promising Chinese and international participants from fields spanning art and design to music, film and, for the first time, literature. 2010 Get It Louder opens in Beijing on September 19 (through October 10), before traveling to Shanghai (October 22-November 7). Under the direction of event founder Ou Ning, chief curator of last year's Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism / Architecture, 2010 Get It Louder will explore the theme of SHARISM. In the context of the Web 2.0 and social media, cloud intelligence, Twitter and other phenomena, SHARISM examines the increasingly convoluted relationship between public and private realms. More broadly, it t ... More | | 125 YouTube Videos Shortlisted for Guggenheim's YouTube Play
Design by Jeff Baxter adapted from a photograph by David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, 2010.
By: Jake Coyle, AP Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK (AP).- Among the hundreds of thousands of videos uploaded daily to YouTube, surely a work of art is in there somewhere. Such is the premise behind "YouTube Play: A Biennial of Creative Video," the first curated search for videos of a higher brow on the popular Google Inc.-owned website. From among more than 23,000 submissions from 91 countries, 125 videos were shortlisted for the inaugural biennial. A curatorial team from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York selected the videos, which will play at kiosks in Guggenheim museums in New York; Berlin; Bilbao, Spain, and Venice, Italy, beginning Monday. A jury that includes filmmaker Darren Aronofsky and visual artist Takashi Murakami will whittle the results down further to about 20 videos. Those will be presented at the Guggenheim in New York on Oct. 21. "It's become increasingly obvious that this kind of creative video is completely core to YouTube," said Anna Bateson, director ... More |
 | Sotheby's to Sell Paintings Depicting Tipu Sultan's Victory Over the British at the Battle of Pollilur in 1780
Last exhibited by the Zamana Gallery, London, in 1990, and at The Tower House, Kensington, home of Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page in 1983. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Sotheby's announced that on the 230th anniversary of the renowned Battle of Pollilur in India, which took place on 10th September 1780, Sotheby’s London, in its biannual Arts of the Islamic World Sale on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, will offer for sale 24 rare and rediscovered preparatory paintings depicting the conflict. The paintings, which have remained in private hands since 1802 and were last exhibited in the 1990 Tigers round the Throne, The Court of Tipu Sultan exhibition at the Zamana Gallery, London, have outstanding provenance and are estimated at £650,000-800,000. The collection of 24 preparatory paintings depict the famous Battle of Pollilur in India at which the East India Company army surrendered to Tipu Sultan and his father Haydar Ali and suffered a high number of casualties, representing one of the worst defeats the British suffered on the subcontinent. While the British lost this particular battle ... More | | Christie's International plc Announces Management Changes
Edward Dolman, the long-time CEO of Christie’s, has been promoted to Chairman of Christie’s International plc. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.
NEW YORK, NY.- Patricia Barbizet, CEO of Artémis and Non-Executive Chairman of Christie’s (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Artémis) announced today that Edward Dolman, the long-time CEO of Christie’s, has been promoted to Chairman of Christie’s International plc and that Steven Murphy succeeds Mr. Dolman as CEO. These changes are effective immediately. Steven Murphy has held several senior executive positions in the media industry, most recently serving as President and CEO of Rodale Inc., the US based publishing company. “Ed has demonstrated exceptional leadership during his tenure as CEO,” said Mrs. Barbizet, “seeing the Company through a period of unprecedented change and growth. Ed’s proven success in leading the business will bode well in his new role as Chairman with ongoing focus on business development. Now adding Steven, with his leadership ... More | | Archaeologists in Israel Find a 1,500 Year Old Samaritan Synagogue
A mosaic inside the remains of a Samaritan synagogue, built some 1,500 years ago. EPA/ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY.
JERUSALEM.- The remains of a synagogue and farmstead that operated in the Late Byzantine period, which were unknown until now, were exposed in an archaeological excavation conducted on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and underwritten by the Ministry of Construction and Housing, prior to enlarging a residential quarter south of Bet Sheʽan, c. one half kilometer west of the Jordan Valley highway (Route 90). According to Dr. Walid Atrash and Mr. Ya’aqov Harel, directors of the excavation for the Israel Antiquities Authority, “The discovery of another Samaritan synagogue in the agricultural hinterland south of Bet She’an supplements our existing knowledge about the Samaritan population in this period. It seems that the structures uncovered there were built at the end of the fifth century CE and they continued to exist until the eve of the Muslim conquest in 634 CE, when the Samaritans ... More |
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Christie's to Sell Relics of Robert Falcon Scott's Ill-Fated Antarctic Expedition
Adrian Raeside from Canada, holds a photograph of his grandfather Sir Charles Seymour Wright and great-uncle Thomas Griffith Taylor. AP Photo/Matt Dunham.
By: Jill Lawless, Associated Press Writer
LONDON (AP).- Skis, photos, scientific instruments and other relics from Capt. Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole are going under the hammer this week at Christie's auction house. The items, which belonged to a Canadian member of the team, help fill out the picture of a doomed journey that has become an iconic British tale. Scott was beaten to the pole by a better-equipped Norwegian crew and died with four companions on the way back. "It has all the elements that define Britishness _ Brits in homemade, stuck-together materials and supplies trying to do something and failing heroically," Nicholas Lambourn, director of Christie's exploration and travel department, said Monday. The items up for sale on Wednesday belonged to expedition member Charles Seymour Wright, who found the tent containing ... More | | Aperture Publishes "Kodachromes: Photographs by William Christenberry"
William Christenberry, Royal Crown Cola.
NEW YORK, NY.- Although best known for his large-format color photographs made with vintage Kodak Brownie cameras, William Christenberry has also consistently produced work with 35 mm Kodachrome slide film ever since he took up photography. William Christenberry: Kodachromes (Aperture, October 2010) is the first publication to showcase this stunning and previously unknown body of work, spanning from 1964 to 2007, of which only a small number of images have ever been published or exhibited. As in all of Christenberry’s photographs, the subject matter is the rural Deep South: the twisting back roads, open landscapes, rusted signage, and ramshackle vernacular architecture found in Hale County, Alabama. Though many of the sites pictured in this rare collection are new, other subjects grew iconic in Christenberry’s oeuvre as he has returned to photograph them for decades—the red building in the forest, Sprott Church, ... More | | Americana Sale at Sotheby's Features the Collection of Frank and June Barsalona
Ammi Phillips, Portrait of Mary Margaret Deuel. Oil on canvas. Painted circa 1829 in Dover Plains (Dutchess County, New York). Est. $500/700,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- On 30 September, Sotheby’s will hold an auction of Important Americana including furniture, folk art and silver. The sale features the Collection of Frank and June Barsalona, a superb group of American folk art including paintings, weathervanes, furniture and other decorative objects. The sale will be on exhibition at Sotheby’s New York galleries from 25 – 29 September, and is estimated at $3,805,000 – 7,568,100. The Collection of Frank and June Barsalona marks a homecoming for many works of folk art purchased at major Americana auctions held at Sotheby’s in the 1970s and 80s. The Collection was formed under the passionate and discerning eye of Frank Barsalona, a talent agent and founder of the first booking agency to focus exclusively on rock groups, who organized the first American concerts for many British Invasion ... More |
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Museum of Fine Arts Receives $10 Million Gift from Bank of America
Museum of Fine Arts Director Malcolm Rogers, and Anne Finucane, Global Strategy & Marketing. Photo: © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
BOSTON, MA.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), announces today that it has received a commitment of $10 million from Bank of America, a longtime supporter of the MFA and one of the world’s largest financial institutions. This donation comprises $5 million in funding and $5 million in gifts of art. The funding supports Museum exhibitions, programs, operating expenses, and capital improvements, in addition to special events surrounding the opening in November of the Museum’s new wing for the Art of the Americas and Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Family Courtyard. The donation of art valued at $5 million includes the oil painting Blue Green Yellow Orange Red (1968) by acclaimed American contemporary artist Ellsworth Kelly, as well as other works to be selected from the Bank of America Collection, one of the oldest and largest corporate art assemblages ... More | | Center for Cuban Studies Art Space Shows Rare Photographs
Arias struggled to make a living in pre‐revolutionary Cuba where his only regular job was as house photographer for Havana’s Hotel Nacional from 1941 to 1959.
NEW YORK, NY.- Constantino Arias (1920‐1991) was a free‐lance photographer whose photos provide a rare and what is probably the most complete black and white picture of Havana society in the 1940s and 50s. On September 16, the Center for Cuban Studies opened a month‐long exhibit of 38 Arias images at 231 West 29th Street in Chelsea. Arias struggled to make a living in pre‐revolutionary Cuba where his only regular job was as house photographer for Havana’s Hotel Nacional from 1941 to 1959. The hotel was a hangout of mostly U.S. tourists and inside the hotel Arias photographed the casinos and shows, the tourists at play; on his own time, he photographed ordinary Cubans at places like the Rumba Palace Bar, the terrible poverty (some of it just outside the doors of the hotel) and the growing political unrest. Arias, a slight quiet man, moved quickly through ... More | | Christie's New York Announces Highlights of Dennis Hopper Sale
Jean-Michel Basquiat’, Untitled 1987 (detail), executed in acrylic, oil stick and graphite. Estimate: $5,000,000-7,000,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s presents The Dennis Hopper Collection. A veritable master within a range of categories, Dennis Hopper was at once an artist, a filmmaker, an actor, and a passionate art collector. Amassing more than 250 works of art throughout his lifetime, Hopper’s collection includes prime examples of the world’s foremost Post-War & Contemporary artists, including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Wallace Berman and Bruce Conner. Thirty-five works from The Dennis Hopper Collection will be offered at the Christie’s New York Post-War & Contemporary Evening and Day Sales in New York on November 10 and 11, 2010. An additional 200 works from the collection including those by Annie Leibovitz, Kenny Scharf and Cindy Sherman will be offered in Christie’s Interiors sale in January 2011. The Dennis Hopper Collection is expected to realize between ... More |
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NYC Artist Carrie Sunday Donates Major Artwork to Animal Shelter Benefit Auction
NEW YORK, NY.- Carrie Sunday, a dynamic young star on New York’s art scene, has created a buzz practically from day one with her colorful abstract works created from paint chip samples and glue. Strikingly original with their manipulated bas-relief shapes enhanced with painted and razored numbers, letters, tactile Braille dots and whatever else strikes the artist’s fancy, Sunday’s works ordinarily are available through only two sources: her permanent installation at Saks Fifth Avenue, New York; or the Scape Gallery in Newport Beach, California. But on Saturday, Sept. 25, a third venue will be added to the list for one night only when Sunday’s 30 by 50-inch work titled Spot II/Isolation is offered in a live auction to benefit Main Line Animal Rescue (MLAR) of Chester Springs (suburban Philadelphia), Pa. Absentee bids are being accepted. After seeing a special episode of Oprah that profiled Main Line and made her aware of the organization’s mission of res ... More
Baltimore Honors Late Rocker Frank Zappa with Bust Donated by Lithuanians
BALTIMORE (AP).- Rocker Frank Zappa was born in Baltimore but gained greater popular acclaim in Europe than in the United States. On Sunday, devout European fans of the late musician brought his mustachioed likeness back home in the form of a bronze bust. Several hundred fans gathered on a sweltering afternoon as city officials dedicated the bust of the ponytailed rocker outside an east Baltimore library. The bust is a replica of another in a public square in Vilnius, Lithuania, and was donated to the city by Zappa enthusiasts in the small Baltic nation. "The spirit of Frank Zappa is alive and well in Baltimore," Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said. The mayor joined Zappa's widow, Gail, and three of his grown children in watching as a curtain was drawn back to reveal the bust set atop a 12-foot steel pole. Later, Zappa's son, Dweezil, took the stage ... More
Bond Creator Ian Fleming's Rare Sports Car Sells for Record at Bonhams
LONDON.- A 1962 AC Aceca Coupé once owned by the creator of James Bond, Ian Fleming, sold for a believed record £80,000 on Friday 17 September at Bonhams’ Goodwood Revival sale. Dark blue with a red leather interior, the car is one of only six surviving Ford-powered Acecas in the world. The Goodwood Revival sale, which realised over £3 million with 70% sold by lot, was the culmination of an excellent week for Bonhams UK Motoring Department. Within the space of six days, it has sold £5,000,000 worth of motor cars, motorcycles and automobilia. (Beaulieu Autojumble on Saturday 11 September totalled £2 million). Another motor car once owned by a high-profile figure, a 1988 Jaguar XJ-S V12 Convertible that belonged to Sarah, Duchess of York, also featured in the Goodwood Revival sale, and sold for £23,000. Meanwhile top prices were paid for a 1949 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Super Sport Cabriolet, at £188,500; a 1938 Lagonda V12 Drophead ... More
Boston Looks to Rebuild Museum at Tea Party Site
BOSTON (AP).- The Boston Tea Party is one of the most famous events in U.S. history, yet the only thing that marks the spot these days is a plaque. There was a museum in the Fort Point Channel at the sight of the 1773 Tea Party, but it burned down in 1991. Efforts to rebuild have stalled. The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, the city of Boston and developer Historic Tours of America have teamed up to change that, announcing a financing deal that will rebuild the museum along with the three ships involved when colonists angry over British taxes dumped tea into Boston Harbor. The new $25 million museum will be financed with an $18 million loan to Historic Tours from the convention authority and $3 million from the city. It is expected to open in the spring of 2012. ... More
Preview Berlin: The Emerging Art Fair Back for Its Sixth Edition
BERLIN.- After last year’s successful edition in the main hall of Tempelhof Airport, PREVIEW BERLIN – The Emerging Art Fair is once again moving to Hangar2 for its sixth edition. 60 exhibitors from 19 countries were accepted for the PREVIEW BERLIN 2010, and will provide an outstanding overview on the art of our time. This year’s fair concept, which was developed out of the experience from the last five years, is considered to be both a summarisation of previous fair concepts and proclamation of a new fair format for 2011. Hailed by the Tagesspiegel in September 2009 as the “hub of Berlin’s autumn art fairs”, the PREVIEW BERLIN has advanced to become the crucial event of the Berlin fair week. Last year, more than 10,000 art enthusiasts visited the fair for sculpture and installation in the monumental main hall of Tempelhof Airport. PREVIEW BERLIN – the platform for promising Berlin-based, n ... More
Jimmy the Painting Chimp Draws Hordes to Rio Zoo
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP).- A retired circus chimpanzee is the Cezanne of simians, drawing crowds to a Brazilian zoo to watch him paint. The 26-year-old chimp called Jimmy has been producing surprisingly lovely paintings each day for three weeks at the Niteroi Zoo. Trainer Roched Seba said Monday Jimmy doesn't like the toys and other diversions that other chimps enjoy. So three weeks ago, Seba introduced him to painting after reading about animals in zoos elsewhere that enjoyed a little canvas time. Temperamental as great artists can be, Jimmy at times declines to paint if his cage is surrounded by too many gawkers. But for at least 30 minutes a day, he carefully dips his brush into plastic paint containers and uses broad, bold strokes to create his art. ... More
VIENNAFAIR 2011 Announces Georg Schöllhammer as New Artistic Director
VIENNA.- “We have managed to create a clear and unique profile for the VIENNAFAIR within the international art fair scene in the past six years. To strengthen the focus on galleries and contemporary art from the countries of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and to achieve at the same time a sustainable development of the presence of major international galleries was the basis for our decision to appoint a new artistic director for the VIENNAFAIR“, Matthias Limbeck, topical manager at Reed Exhibitions Messe Wien, comments the choice of the new artistic director Georg Schöllhammer, who will be acting in collaboration with Hedwig Saxenhuber. “Both have acquired a high degree of competence and an extensive network of contacts, especially in the countries of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, in their longstanding careers ... More
Authorities in Iraq Finds Missing Artifacts in Premier's Storage
BAGHDAD (AP).- More than 600 ancient artifacts that were smuggled out of Iraq, recovered and lost again have been found misplaced among kitchen supplies in storage at the prime minister's office, the antiquities minister said Monday. The 638 items include pieces of jewelry, bronze figurines and cylindrical seals from the world's most ancient civilizations that were looted from the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. After their recovery, the U.S. military delivered them last year to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's office, where they were misplaced and forgotten about. The artifacts, packed in sealed boxes, were misplaced because of poor coordination between the Iraqi government ministries in charge of recovering and handling ... More
Ex-Supermodel Stephanie Seymour Reconciles with Art in America's Peter Brant
MIDDLETOWN (AP).- Former supermodel Stephanie Seymour and her billionaire husband, Peter Brant, have decided to reconcile. Court records show Seymour and Brant withdrew divorce complaints Monday in Connecticut Superior Court. Seymour and Brant issued a joint statement to the media saying they were reconciling and asking that their privacy be respected. The 42-year-old Seymour became famous as a model for Victoria's Secret and "Sports Illustrated." She dated rocker Axl Rose and was in a pair of Guns N' Roses music videos prior to meeting Brant. Seymour has been married to the 63-year-old Brant, a newsprint magnate, for 15 years. They have three children. The reconciliation was announced as divorce proceedings were set to get started in Middletown on Monday. ... More
Teenage Photographer Prevails in Suit Against Porn Company
TAMPA, FL (PR NEWSWIRE).- Teenaged photographer Lara Jade Coton never expected one of her photos to turn up on the cover of a pornographic movie. She certainly never expected to see a picture of herself used in that fashion. But that is just what Lara Jade found, three years ago, when she discovered that an innocent self-portrait, taken when she was only 14 years old, was used without her permission as the cover of the sexually explicit movie, "Body Magic." In the three years since that horrible discovery, Lara Jade has achieved international acclaim as a professional photographer. Her work has graced the covers of numerous fashion magazines, been licensed by major publishing houses and generated millions of views online. She is sponsored by leading industry players like Canon® and Bowens Lighting® and has worked throughout Europe and in the United States. By any measure, Lara Jade is a rising star in the world of photography. Now a federal court in Tampa has awarded Lara Jad ... More
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