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French Culture minister Frederic Mitterrand visits Lille's new modern art museum in the French northern city of Villeneuve d'Ascq (a Lille suburb), northern France, during its reopening ceremony, on 21 September 2010. The museum will reopen its doors to the public on September 25. EPA/SYLVAIN LEFEVRE.
VILLENEUVE d´ASCQ.- After more than four years of renovation and extension work, the Museum of Modern Art of Lille Métropole (Villeneuve d’Ascq) will be reopening to the public on 25 September 2010 under a new name: the LaM, Lille Métropole Museé d’art moderne, d’art contemporain et d’art brut (museum of modern, contemporary and outsider art). Its two fine architectural complexes, surrounded by a sculpture park (Alexander Calder, Pablo Picasso, Eugène Dodeigne, etc.), will henceforth house three prestigious collections of the art of the 20th and 21st centuries, including a unique collection of Outsider Art. A total of over 4,500 works (some never before presented to the public), 4,000 sq m of exhibition space (not counting the Bibliothèque Dominique Bozo and its Research Centre), as well as an auditorium, a caférestaurant, etc. At the crossroads between London, Paris and Brussels, and close to Amsterdam and ... More |
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California Utility Stumbles on 1.4 Million-Year-Old Fossils
Southern California Edison has stumbled on a trove of animal fossils dating back 1.4 million years. AP Photo/Southern California Edison.
By: Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press Writer
RIVERSIDE (AP).- A utility company preparing to build a new substation in an arid canyon southeast of Los Angeles has stumbled on a trove of animal fossils dating back 1.4 million years that researchers say will fill in blanks in Southern California's history. The well-preserved cache contains nearly 1,500 bone fragments, including a giant cat that was the ancestor of the saber-toothed tiger, ground sloths the size of a modern-day grizzly bear, two types of camels and more than 1,200 bones from small rodents. Other finds include a new species of deer, horse and possibly llama, researchers affiliated with the project said. Workers doing grading for the substation also uncovered signs of plant life that indicate birch, pine, sycamore, marsh reeds and oak trees once grew in the area that is now dry and sparsely vegetated. The fossils representing 35 species have all been removed from ... More | | Botero in LA: New Work by Fernando Botero at Tasende Gallery
Fernando Botero, Family on a Couch, 2010 (detail). Oil on canvas, 59 3/4 by 70 inches. Photo: Courtesy Tasende Gallery.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA.- New work by Fernando Botero is the subject of the exhibit Botero in LA presented by Tasende Gallery, 8808 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, September 15 through October 30, 2010. The nine paintings, six drawings and four sculptures comprising the show were created during the last few years. They include family portraits, circus themes, women, horses, and still lifes. Early in his career Botero found inspiration in the work of Renaissance painter Piero della Francesca. “The way in which this great artist achieved fullness of form, spatial organization and perfect chromatic harmony astonished me…color married with form to transmute into an ideal abstraction.” Volume suggested by form is the essence of the artist’s painting and sculpture. In his catalogue essay, Peter Selz describes the artist’s style: “for Botero his unique plastic distortion became his personal style. ... More | | Archaeologists In Israel Find Theater Box at Herod's Palace
Archaeologist Tal Rogovski works inside a hall in the Herodium complex, in the West Bank. AP Photo / Bernat Armangue.
By: Aisha Mohamme, Associated Press Writer
JERUSALEM (AP).- Israeli archaeologists have excavated a lavish, private theater box in a 400-seat facility at King Herod's winter palace in the Judean desert, the team's head said Tuesday. Ehud Netzer of Jerusalem's Hebrew University said the room provides further evidence of King Herod's famed taste for extravagance. Herod commissioned Roman artists to decorate the theater walls with elaborate paintings and plaster moldings around 15 B.C., Netzer said. Its upper portions feature paintings of windows overlooking a river and a seascape with a large sailboat. This is the first time this painting style has been found in Israel, Netzer said. Herod was the Jewish proxy ruler of the Holy Land under Roman occupation from 37 to 4 B.C. He is known for his extensive building throughout the area. The team first excavated the site — sitting atop a man-made hill 2,230 feet high — in 2007. Netzer described the site as a kind ... More |
 | Turner Prize-Winning Artist Mark Wallinger Protests Arts Cuts with New Work
Mark Wallinger’s work shows a copy of Turner’s masterpiece, The Fighting Temeraire, 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner. (detail).
LONDON.- A new work by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger is released today as part of a campaign supported by over 100 leading British artists against the government’s proposed funding cuts of the arts. Mark Wallinger’s work shows a copy of Turner’s masterpiece, The Fighting Temeraire, 1839 by Joseph Mallord William Turner, in the collection of the National Gallery in London. A slash in the painting carries a notice “25% cut” and underneath the work a caption reads: “If 25% were slashed from arts funding the loss would be immeasurable.” Turner referred to The Fighting Temeraire as "his darling", refusing to ever sell it until he finally donated it to the National Gallery. When the nation was asked by the BBC to nominate the greatest painting on show in the UK's museums and galleries it came first with 25% of the votes. The title of Mark Wallinger’s new work is “Reckless”. He explains: “I describe the cuts as a reckl ... More | | Christie's to Host an Exciting Series of Auctions, Exhibitions and Events During "Frieze Week"
Jules de Balincourt, (b. 1972), The People that Play and the People that Pay, 2004' (on the reverse), oil, enamel, crayon and ballpoint pen on panel, 48.1/8 x 50in. Estimate: £70,000-100,000.
LONDON.- Christie’s announce an exciting series of public exhibitions, events and auctions from 10 October to 18 October in London coinciding with the Frieze Art Fair. The week will be highlighted by the Post-War & Contemporary Evening Auction and The Italian Sale on 14 October at 6.30pm, which will offer 51 and 45 lots accordingly and which will include an extremely strong section of photography, and the most important work by Damien Hirst to be offered at auction since September 2008 (estimate: £2.5 million to £3.5 million). Francis Outred, Head of Post-War & Contemporary art, Christie’s Europe : “Every year in October in London, the Frieze art fair gathers art lovers from around the world for one of the most enthusiastic and vibrant celebrations of Contemporary art. This year we will be opening our salerooms and presenting one of our busiest and most accessible ... More | | Exhibition at Yale Center for British Art Highlights Major Works by Abstract Painters
Patrick Caulfi eld, Fruit and Bowl, 1979–80, screen print, 32 7/8 x 23 1/2 in., © 2010 Artist Rights Society (ars), New York/dacs, London.
NEW HAVEN, CT.- This fall, the Yale Center for British Art launched its 2010–11 season with an exhibition of major works by postwar British artists who came to maturity in the 1960s. The Independent Eye: Contemporary British Art from the Collection of Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie features thirty paintings and fourteen works on paper by Patrick Caulfield, John Walker, R. B. Kitaj, Howard Hodgkin, and Ian Stephenson, in addition to paintings by John Hoyland, England’s foremost abstract painter, all drawn from the collection of Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie. The Independent Eye marks the first museum exhibition of selected works from the Lurie collection of British art, which will be gifted to the Yale Center for British Art. The exhibition brings to the forefront British artists who have produced provocative work over long and consistently prolific careers. On view are Caulfield’s seminal painting, Wine Bar (1983); two t ... More |
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Reina Sofia Museum Opens an Exhibition of Art by Hans-Peter Feldmann
A woman sits in front of an artwork by German artist Hans-Peter Feldmann during the presentation of the artist's retrospective at the Reina Sofia Museum. EPA/JUANJO MARTIN.
By: Helena Tatay
MADRID.- When Hans-Peter Feldmann is asked to provide details of his career he generally limits himself to one piece of information: that he was born in Hilden, Düsseldorf, in 1941. If encouraged to offer further details, he considers it more interesting to supply a list of the films that he likes rather than the usual list of his exhibitions, which merely demonstrates his notable presence on the international art scene. From the late 1960s to the present day, Hans-Peter Feldmann’s work has defined a very personal way of being. For example, he generally entitles his exhibitions “An exhibition of art”. This seems an obvious description but, like many of his brief titles, it is also an affirmation. The artist is letting us know that everything that we see in his exhibitions is art. ... More | | Sotheby's Launches Retail Wine Business in Manhattan
The team at Sotheby’s Wine is known for an unsurpassed level of knowledge and expertise. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s today launches a retail and online wine business, becoming the only major global auctioneer also offering fine wines at retail and online. The team at Sotheby’s Wine is known for an unsurpassed level of knowledge and expertise and has put together some of the most well known and historic wine auctions around the world. That level of care and expertise that has previously only been available for those wishing to bid at auction can now be used by anyone throwing a party, selecting a gift, putting together a collection or just planning dinner. This full service store, which has been designed by Deanna Kuhlmann-Leavitt of St. Louis-based Kuhlmann Leavitt Inc, offers a range of wine at competitive prices from $13.95 to $40,000 per bottle. Sotheby’s Wine is now fully open at 1334 York Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side or at www.sothebyswine.com. Jamie Ritchie, President and CEO, So ... More | | Exhibit in North Carolina Shows the Real George Washington
The entrance to the "Discover the Real George Washington: New Views from Mount Vernon," exhibit. AP Photo/Gerry Broome.
By: Martha Waggoner, Associated Press Writer
RALEIGH, NC.- There's the George Washington made famous in the Gilbert Stuart portrait found in many elementary schools and, in engraved fashion, on the $1-dollar bill: a severe man, whose severity is accentuated by thin, taut lips. And then, there's the real Washington: an entrepreneur who developed the nation's largest distillery; a deeply religious man who wrote in a letter to a synagogue that the new country would give "to bigotry no sanction"; a slave owner who believed slavery would tear apart the country; and a dental patient whose ill-fitting, hinged dentures were most likely the cause of his stern look in the Stuart portrait. That's the Washington portrayed in "Discover the Real George Washington: New Views from Mount Vernon," in an exhibit at the N.C. Museum of History. The exhibition — which continues into ... More |
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Fine Selection of Photographic Images Announced at Sotheby's
Edward Steichen, Wind Fire, Thérèse Duncan, Acropolis. Est. $120,000-180,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s 6 October 2010 auction of Photographs presents a fine selection of photographic images dating from the medium’s earliest years to those by some of best photographers of the 20th century and the present day. Overall the sale is expected to fetch between $4.3 and 6.5 million. The catalogue cover image, Edward Steichen’s Wind Fire, Thérèse Duncan, Acropolis (est. $120,000-180,000, above) is one of very few extant prints of this iconic image. This lush and warm-toned palladium print is the earliest-known published print of the image, appearing in Vanity Fair in June 1923, and it conveys an elegant exuberance. Steichen took this photograph while vacationing in Greece with modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan and her troupe. The photographer made dramatic images of Duncan striking classical poses amidst the Parthenon, but in Thérèse Duncan, an adopted daughter of Isadora, Steichen found his idea ... More | | Lehman Eyes $10 Million at Sotheby's Modern Art Auction
Damien Hirst, We’ve Got Style (The Vessel Collection – Blue), 1993. Est. $800,000/1.2 million. Photo: Sotheby's,
By: Phil Wahba
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Bankrupt financial group Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc is selling off part of its art collection, including works by Gerhard Richter and Maya Lin, in the hopes of returning millions to creditors. Despite a lukewarm modern art market, Sotheby's estimates the auction of 160 works in New York on Saturday will yield $10 million. Proceeds of the sale will be used to pay creditors owed hundreds of billions following its 2008 bankruptcy, the largest ever in the United States. Because of the sluggish market for modern art Lehman is selling a smaller number of pieces than initially planned and is focusing on big-name artists. "You are seeing very selective buying," said Gabriela Palmieri, a senior specialist at Sotheby's contemporary art department. In a bankruptcy auction buyers know that sellers are eager to get deals done, giving buyers an edge. So a smaller ... More | | Archaeologists in Israel Say Apollo Discovery Tells a New Story
A rare signet ring bearing an image of the God Apollo, the Greek God of sunlight, that was uneartherd in northern Israel. EPA/HEBREW UNIVERSITY.
HAIFA.- A rare bronze signet ring with the impression of the face of the Greek sun god, Apollo, has been discovered at Tel Dor, in northern Israel, by University of Haifa diggers. "A piece of high-quality art such as this, doubtlessly created by a top-of-the-line artist, indicates that local elites developing a taste for fine art and the ability to afford it were also living in provincial towns, and not only in the capital cities of the Hellenistic kingdoms," explains Dr. Ayelet Gilboa, Head of the Department of Archaeology at the University of Haifa, who headed the excavations at Dor along with Dr. Ilan Sharon of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. When the ring was recovered from a waste pit near Hellenistic structures, it was covered with layers of earth and corrosion, and the archaeologists had no indication whatsoever that it would reveal the shape of a legendary figure. Only after the ring was cleaned up at the Restoration ... More |
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Tampa Museum of Art Opens "The American Impressionists in the Garden"
TAMPA, FL.- Beginning September 23, 2010 and running through January 2, 2011, the Tampa Museum of Art will present American Impressionists in the Garden, an exhibition organized by Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art in Nashville, Tennessee, that explores the theme of the garden in American art and society of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The exhibition features paintings depicting European and American gardens by American Impressionist artists along with bronze sculptures created by American artists for the garden. “The museum is pleased to host The American Impressionists in the Garden,” states museum Executive Director Todd D. Smith. “The exhibition is the first opportunity we’ve had to look at one of the most fascinating and beautiful subject matters that the American Impressionist painters explored. We hope that our visitors take away a greater appreciation for th ... More
Trompe L'oeil Master John Haberle on View at the Portland Museum of Art
PORTLAND, ME.- John Haberle (1856–1933) is considered one of the most accomplished American trompe l’oeil painters. John Haberle: Master of Illusion, on view September 18 through December 12, 2010, at the Portland Museum of Art, features 20 paintings from museums and private collections around the country. Organized by the New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut and featuring major paintings from the Portland Museum of Art, Master of Illusion is a compelling look at this fascinating chapter in the history of American art. John Haberle combined masterful technique with sly, witty historical and personal references to American life in his paintings. Alluding to the moral and political issues of the time, Haberle’s trompe l’oeil (meaning to “fool the eye”) paintings juxtapose newspaper clippings, tickets, and money with objects such as a pocket watch, playing cards, and ros ... More
Phillips de Pury & Co. Presents the First UK Solo Exhibition of Japanese Design Studio, Nendo
LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company presents the first UK solo exhibition of Japanese design studio, Nendo. The exhibition is presented simultaneously in two parts and in two spaces—at Phillips de Pury & Company’s London headquarters at Howick Place and at Saatchi Gallery. Blurry White Surfaces at Howick Place is a retrospective of major earlier works including cord-chair and fadeout-chair. Thin Black Lines, on view at Saatchi Gallery, presents twenty-nine new designs executed in steel. Blurry White Surfaces is composed primarily of work shown in the ‘ghost stories’ solo show that toured New York and Milan. The show brought together pieces that explored unusual techniques and materials and manipulated textures as a way of creating ambiguous objects with an eerily faint presence—objects that seem to appear, disappear, and reappear. ‘Outlines’ are the theme of Thin Black Lines. Slight blac ... More
Museum Announces Appointment of Alice Beamesderfer as Deputy Director
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Timothy Rub, the George D. Widener Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, announced today the appointment of Alice Beamesderfer as Deputy Director for Collections and Exhibitions, the Museum’s chief administrator for all activities related to the care, development, and documentation of the collection. She will also work closely with the director, planning and coordinating installations and developing and implementing the Museum’s program of long-term and temporary exhibitions. In addition, she will supervise the departments responsible for Special Exhibitions, Installations and Packing, Registration, Photography, and Provenance Research, and work closely with the Museum’s curators and conservators on all collections-related matters. “Given Alice’s exceptional expertise, her broad knowledge of this institution and dedication to its mission, we could ... More
Guernsey's Adds Princess Diana's Swan Lake Suite to Iconic Objects Auction
NEW YORK, NY.- Guernsey’s Auction House has announced the historic addition of the magnificent Swan Lake Suite, including a diamond necklace worn by Princess Diana on her last official engagement. Formally known as the ‘Diana, Princess of Wales Swan Lake Suite,’ the stunning diamond and pearl necklace is the only known piece of jewelry worn by Diana that is ever likely to be available for sale. The necklace is composed of 214 diamonds and seven South Sea pearls, all set in platinum, designed with input from Princess Diana, by the distinguished English firm, Garrard, the Crown Jewelers. Princess Diana wore the necklace June 3, 1997 to the Royal Albert Hall ballet. Following the ballet, she returned jewels to Garrard so earrings could be made to complement the necklace. The earrings were completed during the summer of 1997, only shortly before her tragic death. Princess Diana’s Swan Lake Suite will be among o ... More
1790 Census to Highlight Bi-Coastal Fine Books and Manuscripts Auction in October
LOS ANGELES, CA.- On October 4th, the attention of collectors will be focused on Bonhams Fine Books & Manuscripts sale. Simulcast to New York, the Los Angeles based sale is comprised of fine and rare first edition books, maps, manuscripts, and ephemera. Bonhams is proud to be the only auction house to offer bicoastal previews to our Books & Manuscripts clients. Highlighting the sale will be the first edition of the first United States census, which was conducted in 1790 under the direction of Thomas Jefferson (est. $80,000-120,000). One of the rare copies signed by Jefferson on the final page, the volume has descended through the family of Gideon Granger, Postmaster General during Jefferson's administration, and is believed to be his copy. It was evidently used by a high-level government official as it contains annotations and calculations of rates at which the marshals who collected data were to be paid. Another unusual pie ... More
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