| | Images of a Capital: The Impressionists in Paris Opens at the Museum Folkwang in Essen
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A woman walks by the artwork 'Paris A Rainy Day' by French artist Gustave Caillebotte at Folkwang museum in Essen, Germany, 30 September 2010. Some 80 paintings by Manet, Pissarro, Monet and Renoir as well as some 120 photographs are displayed in the exhibition 'Images of a Capital - The Impressionists in Paris' from 02 October to 30 January 2011. EPA/JOERG CARSTENSEN.
ESSEN.- From October 2, 2010 to 30 January, 2011 the Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, is showing, with Images of a Capital – The Impressionists in Paris, a unique exhibition with numerous spectacular loans, dedicated to the first modern metropolis in Europe. The exhibition shows about 80 paintings altogether by the most famous impressionists such as Manet and Pissarro, Monet and Renoir, and important contemporaries such as Caillebotte, Luce and Goeneutte. Among the masterpieces are Renoir’s Ball at the Moulin de la Galette, 1876, from the Musée d’Orsay, Manet’s The Railway, 1873 from the National Gallery Washington and Caillebotte’s Paris Street, Rainy Day, 1877, from the Art Institute of Chicago. At the same time, the exhibition concentrates on a decisive moment in street photography with about 125 photographs, including masterpieces by Gustave Le Gray, Edouard Baldus, Charles Marville, Henri R ... More |
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Actor and Surrealist Painter, Tony Curtis, Dies at Age 85 in Las Vegas-Area Home
Actor Tony Curtis stands next to one of his paintings in 1988. AP Photo/Ed Bailey.
By: Ken Ritter, Associated Press Writer
LAS VEGAS (AP).- Tony Curtis, who defiantly worked to mold himself from a 1950s movie heartthrob to a respected actor with such films as "Sweet Smell of Success," ''The Defiant Ones" and "Some Like It Hot," has died. He was 85. The Oscar-nominated actor died about 9:25 p.m. PDT Wednesday at his Henderson, Nev., home of a cardiac arrest, Clark County Coroner Mike Murphy said Thursday. Reflecting a determined streak that marked other areas of his life, Curtis began with frivolous movies that exploited his handsome physique and appealing personality but then steadily moved to more substantial roles, starting in 1957 in the harrowing show business tale "Sweet Smell of Success." In 1958, "The Defiant Ones" brought him an Academy Award nomination as best actor for his portrayal of a white racist escaped convict handcuffed to a black escapee, Sidney Poitier. The following year, he donned women's clothing and sparred with Marilyn ... More | | The Robert Devereux Collection of Post-War British Art at Sotheby's This November
Poured Lines: Primer is a striking example of Ian Davenport’s (b. 1966) distinctive technique of pouring paint directly onto a chosen surface. Estimate: £12,000-18,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Following the announcement earlier this year of the two-day sale of The Robert Devereux Collection of Post-War British Art at Sotheby’s in London on November 3 (Sale 1) and 4 (Sales 2 and 3) , 2010, Sotheby’s presents further details of this one-off and very exciting addition to the Company’s autumn sales schedule. The single-owner sale will showcase the exceptional talent of British artists over the last 60 years, from the 1950s through to the present day. A dynamic and wide-ranging group of works by artists such as Antony Gormley, Lucian Freud, Frank Auerbach, Patrick Heron, Julian Opie, Sean Scully, Peter Lanyon, Leon Kossoff and Alan Davie will be presented for sale, alongside exciting examples by a younger generation of artists too, some of whom will be making their auction debut. With estimates ranging from £100 to £350,000, the sale will be accessible to all and proceeds will go towards ... More | | National Gallery of Art Announces Gauguin: Maker of Myth" in Washington, Next Year
A woman looks at a catalogue in front of ''Two Tahitian Women', artwork by French artist Paul Gauguin. AP Photo/Katie Collins/PA.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art will present Gauguin: Maker of Myth, the first major exhibition of his work since The Art of Paul Gauguin, the Gallery’s blockbuster retrospective of 1988–1989 that traveled to Chicago and Paris. Some 120 works by Paul Gauguin (1848–1903), whose use of poetic narrative, myth, and fable throughout his career continues to mesmerize audiences worldwide, will be on view in the East Building, February 27 through June 5, 2011. Organized by Tate Modern, London, where it is on view through January 16, 2011, in association with the Gallery, this exhibition explores the myths behind the man. These include the role of Gauguin as storyteller and mythmaker through his reinvention or appropriation of narratives and myths drawn from both his European cultural heritage or from Maori legend, his use of religious and mythical symbols, and the manipulation of his own artistic identity. Gaug ... More |
 | Photographer Rankin Celebrates 10 Seasons of Luxury Clothing Label Thomas Wylde
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley photographed by Rankin. © Rankin.
LONDON.- Launched during London Fashion Week, TEN TIMES ROSIE is a high-end fashion photography book featuring the bold and contemporary designs of Paula Thomas, founder and head designer of the luxury label Thomas Wylde, as shot by Rankin. The project marks a spectacular UK homecoming for a British designer whose work has achieved global acclaim. In this striking collection of images model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley takes on ten distinctive characters expressing the spirit of ten seasons of the label. The publication of this glossy coffee-table book is accompanied by an exhibition at Rankin’s Annroy Gallery, London, and will launch internationally in LA and Paris. Shot on location in and around LA in April of this year at the Amboy Salt Flats, Joshua Tree National Park, the Château Marmont and downtown streets, TEN TIMES ROSIE epitomises the creativity and theatrical flair of Rankin, Paula Thomas and stylist Maryam Malakpour. ... More | | The Morgan Library and Museum's Landmark McKim Building to Reopen October 30
The project provides enhanced exhibition space for the institution and enables the Morgan to share with the public more treasures from its world-renowned permanent collection. AP Photo/Richard Drew.
NEW YORK, NY.- On October 30, The Morgan Library & Museum's landmark McKim building will reopen to the public following the completion of the most extensive restoration of its interior spaces since its construction more than one hundred years ago. The building, designed by the firm of McKim, Mead and White, was once the private study and library of financier Pierpont Morgan. The Italianate marble villa, designed in the spirit of the High Renaissance, is considered one of New York's great architectural treasures, and its interiors are regarded as some of the most beautiful in America. The $4.5 million restoration revitalizes the historic center of the Morgan, in many ways completing the institution's dynamic transformation that began in 2006 with Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano's successful expansion and renovation ... More | | Phillips de Pury & Co. to Launch Carte Blanche Auction at New Space on Park Avenue
Phillips de Pury will inaugurate their new space on 450 Park Avenue in New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips de Pury & Company will open its new flagship at 450 Park Avenue with the much anticipated first Carte Blanche auction and Part 1 Contemporary Art Evening Sale on November 8th. The Carte Blanche sale is comprised of 33 works with a low estimate of approximately $80,000,000 /£51,000,000. “We are thrilled at Phillips de Pury to inaugurate our new space on 450 Park Avenue in New York with the first of a new type of sales. We have given Philippe Ségalot a ‘Carte Blanche’ to curate the sale of his dreams. This sale will be a game changer in the way auctions are being prepared.” Simon de Pury, Chairman Phillips de Pury & Company. The groundbreaking Carte Blanche series will début with the inaugural sale curated by Philippe Ségalot. The auction will be followed by other Carte Blanche sales to be curated by artists, collectors, curators or gallery owners. Thereby continuing Phillips de ... More |
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The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan at the Smart Museum of Art
Xiangtangshan, Head of a Bodhisattva (Attendant of Maitreya), mid sixth century, Limestone with traces of pigment. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Purchased from C. T. Loo, with funds from James B. Ford, 1918, C354. Photography by John Tsantes.
CHICAGO, IL.- The University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery present Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan, a major new traveling exhibition that traces the historical origins, tragic despoliation, and digital reconstruction of one of the most important groups of Buddhist devotional sites in early medieval China. Drawing on a multi-year research and 3-D imaging project based at the Center for the Art of East Asia at the University of Chicago, the exhibition mixes ancient objects from Xiangtangshan—considered among the finest achievements of Chinese sculpture—with innovative digital components, including a video installation that provides an immersive, kinetic re-creation of one of the largest stone temples. Carved into the mountains ... More | | Paul Kasmin Gallery Presents Monochromes: A Special Project with Robert Žungu
Robert Žungu, Striped Land Snails (X), 2009, black and white carbon print, 20 x 20 inches, 50.8 x 50.8 cm. Edition of 3, 2 APs. Photo: Courtesy the artist and Paul Kasmin Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Paul Kasmin Gallery presents Monochromes, a special project with the artist Robert Žungu. The exhibition presents photographs and sculptures that focus, through the lens of neo-noir cinema, on biological symbiosis, material experimentation and scientific inquiry. The silver gelatin photograph, Tube Sponge (Cluster), documents an uncannily large sea sponge in front of a Victorian pressed tin panel. By presenting the sponge displaced from its natural environment and relocated to a domestic setting, the photograph problematizes issues of commodification. This tension is heightened by both Žungu’s dramatic use of light and shadow and the voyeuristic undertones of his askewed, frontal composition. In the sculpture (The Void), a delicate, pale blue stalactite is suspended in the grasp of a laboratory clamp. The work psychologically juxtaposes the ... More | | Mexican Archaeologists from INAH Explore Prehispanic Observatory in Tabasco
According to archaeologist Jose Luis Romero Rivera, director of the INAH project at the site located in Tenosique municipality, Structure 12 is a 2.5 meters high base, with other 2 bases slightly tallest at the north and south extremes. Photo: Jose Luis Romero.
MEXICO CITY.- Researchers of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) study a Prehispanic monticule known as Structure 12, at San Claudio Archaeological Zone in Tabasco, which may have had been used as an astronomical observatory to register the Sun movements at solstices when this city was dwelled by Maya people, between the first centuries of the Common Era to year 900. According to archaeologist Jose Luis Romero Rivera, director of the INAH project at the site located in Tenosique municipality, Structure 12 is a 2.5 meters high base, with other 2 bases slightly tallest at the north and south extremes. “It is probable that people accessed the structures by the esplanade or central yard. It is a stone construction with batter walls and rounded corners resembling the Peten style but of smaller dimensions”. “Other unique feature is its orientation: all structures present ... More |
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Benjamin Franklin's Famed "Disputes with America" Letter of 1767 Released by Midwest Collector Claude Harkins
A 1767 letter written by Ben Franklin. AP Photo/Heritage Auction Galleries.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Benjamin Franklin’s famous “Disputes with America” letter of 1767, one of the most important and widely quoted letters from this legendary founding father, will be sold at public auction by Heritage Auction Galleries Beverly Hills on Oct. 14 as part of the company’s Signature® Historic Manuscripts Auction. It is estimated to bring $300,000+. The letter is being released by renowned American history collector and author Claude Harkins who counts this among his greatest American treasures. Harkins, who regularly loans pieces from his collection to museums around the nation – including The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum in West Branch, IA – and makes regular presentations on the Revolutionary War to elementary school students and other organizations, has decided that the time has come for this significant piece of history to make its way to a new guardian. Harkins’ hop ... More | | Exhibition at the IMA to Examine Material Culture Through Luxurious Textiles
Cloak with matching headdress, Toma (Loma), Guinea/Liberia for Poro society, Wenilegei dancers; 20th century. Feathers and fiber. Height: 44 inches (cloak), 22 inches (headdress). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Eiteljorg. 1989.369ab
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- From court dress to couture, the objects in Material World, on view from April 22, 2011, to February 5, 2012, will feature extravagant ornamentation of textiles and personal adornment from cultures around the world while highlighting the significance of textiles in displaying wealth, status and power. The exhibition will showcase items adorned with luxurious materials including gold and metallic threads, beads, shells, mirrors, semi-precious stones, bones, fur and feathers, ranging from a Buddhist bone apron to Dior and Chanel couture pieces, spanning several centuries to the present day. “Material World juxtaposes exotic textiles from the IMA’s extensive collection that are not typically exhibited together, providing a rare opportunity for visitors,” said Maxwell L. Anderson, ... More | | Exhibition Celebrates the History of the New York Public Library's Photography Collection
Amy Arbus. "Ann Magnuson on Park Avenue." Gelatin silver print, 1981. NYPL, Wallach Division, Photography Collection. © Amy Arbus.
NEW YORK, NY.- The New York Public Library’s Photography Collection is celebrated with Recollection: Thirty Years of Photography at The New York Public Library, a multi-media exhibition featuring the work of over 90 prominent photographers, including Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, André Kertész, Duane Michals, August Sander, Cindy Sherman, and Willam Wegman. Opened yesterday, Recollection shares work from the Library’s Photography Collection in a physical exhibition in the Print Gallery & Stokes Gallery at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (42nd Street at 5th Avenue in Manhattan); through an online exhibition; and via short and long-form music videos viewed at the Library and online. “This exhibition is not only an attempt to show another, perhaps less well-known side of the Photography Collection, it’s meant ... More |
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New York Lawyer Convicted in Dead Sea Scrolls Case
By: Colleen Long, Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK (AP).- A scholar's son was convicted Thursday of using online aliases to harass and discredit his father's detractors in a heated academic debate over the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls. A Manhattan jury convicted Raphael Golb on Thursday of 30 counts against him, including identity theft, forgery and harassment. He was acquitted of one count of criminal impersonation. Prosecutors said Golb, a 50-year-old lawyer, used fake e-mail accounts and wrote blog posts under assumed names to take his father's side in an obscure but sharp-elbowed scholarly dispute over the scrolls' origins. Golb acknowledged crafting the e-mails and blog posts, and said the writings amounted to academic whistle-blowing and blogosphere banter — not crime. He said outside court he would appeal. His attorney said the conviction violates the First Amendment. The more than 2,000-year-old documents, found in caves in Israel in the 1940s and '50s, contain ... More
Three New Space-Filling Installations by David Claerbout on View in Munich
MUNICH.- Time is the central theme in the oeuvre of the Belgian David Claerbout, who is among the best-known video artists of his generation. In the past few years in particular, major solo exhibitions of his work have been held in Europe (Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; De Pont, Tilburg) and North America (MIT, Cambridge; Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver). In his visually overwhelming works Claerbout experiments both with photographs he has found, often of a historical nature, as well as with reconstructed images and his own film material. In a new form of imagery that transcends the boundaries between the media of photography and film, he almost imperceptibly adds movement to static pictures while bringing film footage virtually to a standstill. Claerbout often focuses on unspectacular everyday occurrences lasting a few seconds or minutes which he then condenses into impressive parables about the meaning of life and the transience of time. At the same time, his technically comple ... More
New Mobile Guide Program Premieres at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
KANSAS CITY, MO.- Using their own smartphones or one of the Museum’s iPod Touch players, visitors can now easily listen to information about more than 250 works of art at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The Nelson-Atkins Mobile Guide premieres Friday, Oct. 1, offering the Museum’s excellent audio content on a new technology platform. The Mobile Guide is actually a mobile-optimized website—www.naguide.org. The entire Museum and Sculpture Park are now equipped with Wi-Fi, so visitors can access the guide anywhere on the Museum campus from their smartphones or laptops. The new website also makes information about works of art available to “virtual visitors,” who will be able to access favorite works of art from their homes, offices and schools. The program was made possible by a grant from Ann and Kenneth Baum, long-time supporters of the Nelson-Atkins, and is the result of extensive work by the Muse ... More
Montclair Art Musuem Appoints New Curator of Contemporary Art
MONTCLAIR, NJ.- The Montclair Art Museum (MAM) announced today that Alexandra Schwartz has been appointed Curator of Contemporary Art beginning November 16, 2010. This newly created position at MAM—made possible by a generous donation from the Vance Wall Foundation—represents a strong commitment to an area of focus long desired by the Museum and the community. A curator and scholar of contemporary art, Schwartz has worked in curatorial roles at the Museum of Modern Art in New York since 2004, most recently as the coordinator of MoMA’s Modern Women’s Project, designed to increase understanding of women artists across the museum’s collections. In this capacity, she served as co-editor and contributor to Modern Women: Women Artists at The Museum of Modern Art and curated an exhibition, Mind and Matter, Alternative Abstractions, 1940s to Now, a group exhibition of 10 contemporary artists working ... More
Latin America Countries Unite in Favor of Submerged Heritage
MEXICO CITY.- For the first time, Latin American countries share their experiences regarding the defense and study of submerged cultural goods in maritime and continental waters; this problematic involves pressure from treasure hunters, lack of experts in submerged archaeology, as well as legislation with gaps in the matter. At Fuerte de San Francisco, in the city of Campeche, nearly 30 young professionals from 14 Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, all of them interested in the theme from the archaeological, legal, historical perspectives as well as from the restoration and architecture ones, will participate during 2 weeks in the course organized by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). The academic activity is supported by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) with the aim of integrating a common front to protect this legacy. Work condu ... More
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