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Derrick Cartwright, director of the Seattle Art Museum, explains a display during a media preview of "Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musee National Picasso, Paris" in Seattle. AP Photo/Elaine Thompson.
SEATTLE (AP).- A traveling exhibition of essential works from Pablo Picasso's personal collection is making its U.S. debut this week. "Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musee National Picasso, Paris" will include paintings, drawings, sculptures and etchings by the artist and serves as a retrospective covering each notable artistic period of his eight-decade career. Alex Nyerges, director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the tour's second U.S. stop, said that Picasso's personal collection contained works the artist consciously chose to shape his artistic legacy, "and he was not a modest man." The touring exhibit was made possible because the Paris museum is undergoing a $28 million renovation that won't be complete until 2012. U.S. showings will take place Friday through Jan. 17 at the Seattle Art Museum; Feb. 19 through May 15 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; and June 11 through Sept. 18 at the Fine Arts Museums ... More |
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Major Exhibition of the Work of Anselm Kiefer at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Anselm Kiefer, Urd Werdande Skuld (The Norns) ,1983. Oil, shellac, emulsion and fibre on canvas, 4205 x 2805 x 60 mm. © Tate, London 2010.
GATESHEAD.- BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art presents a major exhibition of the work of Anselm Kiefer, one of the foremost figures of European post-war painting. The exhibition includes a diverse body of work, offering a selection that spans four decades and ranges from early paintings to monumental installations. Presented over two floors of BALTIC’s galleries, the exhibition is Kiefer’s largest in the UK for many years and has been made possible by ARTIST ROOMS On Tour with the Art Fund. Following the success of 2009, 21 museums and galleries across the UK in 2010 will be showing 25 ARTIST ROOMS exhibitions and displays from the collection created by the curator and collector, Anthony d’Offay, and acquired by the nation in February 2008. ARTIST ROOMS On Tour with the Art Fund has been devised to enable this collection held by Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland, to ... More | | Architect Sir David Chipperfield CBE to Receive the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture
British architect David Chipperfield poses at the vestibule of 'Neues Museum'. EPA/GERO BRELOER.
LONDON.- The internationally-acclaimed British architect Sir David Chipperfield CBE has been named as the recipient of one of the world’s most prestigious architecture prizes, the Royal Gold Medal. David Chipperfield’s practice has won over 50 national and international competitions and many international awards and citations for design excellence, including the RIBA Stirling Prize 2007 for the Museum of Modern Literature, Marbach am Neckar in Germany. His practice’s Neues Museum project in Berlin, in partnership with Julian Harrap, was shortlisted for the 2010 RIBA Stirling Prize. Given in recognition of a lifetime’s work, the Royal Gold Medal is approved personally by Her Majesty the Queen and is given to a person or group of people who have had a significant influence 'either directly or indirectly on the advancement of architecture'. Speaking today David Chipperfield said of the honour: 'I am overwhelmed by the decision of the RIBA to award me the 2011 ... More | | Leading Figure of American Pop Art, Tom Wesselmann, at Haunch of Venison in London
Tom Wesselmann, Sunset Nude with Big Palm Tree, 2004 (detail). Oil on canvas, 266.7 x 325.1 cm © Tom Wesselmann. Courtesy Haunch of Venison.
LONDON.- American painter, sculptor and printmaker Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004) is widely regarded as one of the leading figures of American Pop Art. Haunch of Venison London presents 'Tom Wesselmann: Works 1958-2004', the most extensive exhibition of his work to date in the UK. The exhibition brings together a selection of major paintings and drawings from across his career. Spanning four decades, the show will examine the evolution of Wesselmann's style, revealing his openness to a range of subject matter, scale and media. Tom Wesselmann had planned to become a cartoonist but, while a student at the Cooper Union, the powerful work of Willem de Kooning provided both inspiration and inhibition as he attempted to find a new direction centred around a tangible subject. He rejected abstract expressionism in favour of the classical representations of the nude, still life, and landscape. He created ... More |
 | LACMA Welcomes Nearly 40,000 to Celebrate Opening of the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion
Walter De Maria, The 2000 Sculpture, 1992. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Author Alex Vertikoff. Photo: © 2010 Museum Associates/LACMA.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) hosted a total of 39,669 visitors during the opening celebrations of the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion. More than 17,600 visitors attended LACMA’s Free Community Weekend on October 2-3, while the week prior nearly 13,000 museum members previewed the new campus, and 1,200 students came in through school tours. The opening events celebrated the new Resnick Pavilion; named in honor of long-time patrons Lynda and Stewart Resnick, whose $45 million donation was the lead gift in Phase II of LACMA’s Transformation campaign. The opening festivities kicked off with the Resnick Pavilion’s September 23 press preview, and continued with the September 25 “Unmasking” gala, which raised nearly $5 million. The celebrations carried on into the following week with special membership viewings and receptions, all catered by Chef Joachim ... More | | The Hand of God? Strange Phenomenon at Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery
Surprised visitors say they have seen the reflection of a hand pointing directly at the Messiah in Mattia Preti’s 1660 work 'The Adoration of the Shepherds.'
LIVERPOOL.- A 350-year-old painting of the baby Jesus is at the centre of a bizarre optical illusion at Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery. Surprised visitors say they have seen the reflection of a hand pointing directly at the Messiah in Mattia Preti’s 1660 work 'The Adoration of the Shepherds.' The painting depicts onlookers surrounding the holy child. The strange phenomenon occurred when the John Moores Painting Prize exhibition opened last month. One of the works, 'THERE YOU ARE!' by Cornelia Baltes, features a large hand painted onto the walls of the Walker. By some complete fluke this painted hand seems to have reflected through glass doors and onto the Preti painting – even though it’s in a completely different gallery. Reyahn King, Director of Art Galleries, said: “This is an uncanny thing to have happened. We have a painting in the John Moores exhibition which is now reflecting onto ... More | | Exceptional Southeast Asian Modern & Contemporary Art to Captivate Collectors this Fall
Raden Saleh, Wounded Lion (detail). Estimate: HK$6,000,000–8,000,000/ US$770,000–1,025,000. Photo: Christie’s Images Ltd 2010.
HONG KONG.- Christie’s announces its Spring sale of Southeast Asian Modern and Contemporary Art will take place on 29 November at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. The sale brings together a comprehensive selection of modern and contemporary masterpieces from the region’s most sought-after artists, with works spanning the history and geography of the Southeast Asian region. This sale will feature over 120 lots with a pre-sale estimate of HK$27 million/US$3.5 million. This season, Christie’s presents collectors with the exciting opportunity to acquire two exceedingly rare and desirable works from prominent masters of the late 19th and early 20th century who both profoundly influenced the hallmarks of Southeast Asian art as we know it today: Raden Sjarief Bustaman Saleh, (circa 1810 – 1880) known as the Delacroix of the East and hailed as the father of modern Indonesian painting, and ... More |
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Baseball Legend, Yogi Berra, Adds Space to His Museum and Learning Center
The museum needed additional space to exhibit baseball memorabilia.
PRINCETON, NJ.- It’s October and time for the World Series again. One of baseball’s legends, Yogi Berra, has added space to his museum and learning center in Montclair, NJ where he uses the life lessons he learned from baseball and the New York Yankees to promote good sportsmanship, respect, integrity, social justice, and the pursuit of excellence. ikon.5 architects in Princeton, NJ, designed an addition that transformed the museum from its original opaque and solid appearance to a transparent glass box that acts as a “billboard” advertising the activities inside. The museum needed additional space to exhibit baseball memorabilia, room for collaborative teaching, and a reception hall to host a variety of functions, all done within a modest budget. The one‐room gallery is a vitrine for displaying baseball memorabilia and the mission ... More | | London's Savoy Hotel, the "Palace by the Thames", to Reopen after $350 Million Facelift
The Gondoliers Room detail.
LONDON (REUTERS).- London's Savoy Hotel, the "Palace by the Thames" that has welcomed generations of royals, prime ministers and Hollywood stars, reopens this weekend after a facelift that cost 220 million pounds ($350 million). With its iconic Art Deco steel and marble entrance, prime riverside location and glamorous history, the Savoy is one of the world's most famous luxury hotels. Claude Monet stayed for six months while painting views of the river, Frank Sinatra entertained guests at the grand piano and Winston Churchill held wartime meetings in the restaurant. Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, Charlie Chaplin and Coco Chanel have all stayed at the hotel, while Britain's Queen Elizabeth and the late Princess Diana attended functions there. Opened in 1889, it was among the first of the world's grand hotels to have electric lights and it boasted London's ... More | | Brooklyn-Based Artist Fred Tomaselli Has Solo Exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum
Black and White All Over, 1993. Pills, acrylic, and resin on wood panel, 48 x 48 inches. Collection of A.G. Rosen © Fred Tomaselli. Image courtesy of the James Cohan Gallery, New York.
BROOKLYN, NY.- Fred Tomaselli, a mid-career survey featuring the artist’s two-dimensional works from the late 1980s to the present, will be on view at the Brooklyn Museum from October 8, 2010, through January 2, 2011. This exhibition focuses on the trajectory of Tomaselli’s career, from early experiments with photograms and collage to recent paintings and prints that combine abstraction with allusions to current events. Fred Tomaselli includes more than forty artworks and will feature collages and paintings created specifically for the Brooklyn Museum’s presentation. Tomaselli’s work reveals a uniquely American vision that celebrates the psychedelic and the alternative. Growing up near the desert in southern California, ... More |
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Milwaukee Art Museum Opens New Exhibition on European Design Since 1985
Monika Mulder, Vållö watering cans, 2003. Photo used under permission from Inter IKEA Systems B.V.
MILWAUKEE, WI.- The Milwaukee Art Museum’s newest feature exhibition, European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century, opens this Saturday, October 9. It is the first encompassing, critical assessment of contemporary Western European design from 1985 to 2005. European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century will present more than 200 seminal works including furniture, ceramics, metalwork, glass and product design that reveal the extraordinary creativity of over 100 European designers. The exhibition defines Europe’s central role in driving design’s proliferation during the 1980s and 1990s. “This exhibition reminds us that great art is present in our lives every day. European Design Since 1985 makes art accessible,” said Mel Buchanan, Mae E. Demmer Assistant Curator of 20th-century Design. “Whether it is a light fixture, a vase, a chair, a vacuum, or a knife and fork, it is not just an object. T ... More | | Extraordinary 20th Century Decorative Arts at Exclusive Evening and Day Sales in New York
Eileen Gray, Sirene Chair, 1912, made of lacquered wood with a velvet seat cushion. Estimate: $2,000,000-3,000,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced DeLorenzo: Thirty Years, a sale of 20th Century Decorative Arts & Design from the collection of renowned New York gallerist Anthony DeLorenzo. Over 127 pieces from the Art Deco, modernist, mid-century and contemporary periods will be offered in single-owner Evening and Day Sales to take place on December 14 and 15, at Christie’s New York. Highlights from artists such as Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Armand-Albert Rateau, Eileen Gray, Jean Dunand, Frank Lloyd Wright, Charlotte Perriand, and Jean Prouvé will be featured in the sales. There will also be several works from the collection on offer from DeLorenzo: Thirty Years in Christie’s Interiors sale on December 16. The collection in total is expected to realize upwards of $10 million. A native New Yorker, DeLorenzo is a trend-setter credited with bringing French Art Deco ... More | | Senior Curator Joseph J. Rishel is Appionted Samuel H. Kress Professor, National Gallery of Art
Joseph J. Rishel has been appointed the Samuel H. Kress Professor at the National Gallery of Art for the 2010-2011 academic year. Photo Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Joseph J. Rishel, the Museum’s Gisela and Dennis Alter Senior Curator of European Painting Before 1900, the John G. Johnson Collection, and the Rodin Museum, has been appointed the Samuel H. Kress Professor at the National Gallery of Art for the 2010-2011 academic year, Timothy Rub, the George D. Widener Director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art announced. With this prestigious appointment, Mr. Rishel becomes the senior resident scholar at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA), which is located in the East Building of the National Gallery of Art. CASVA was founded in 1979 to foster study of the production, use, and cultural meaning of art, artifacts, architecture, urbanism, photography, and film, from prehistoric times to the present, through the formation of a community ... More |
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Important Italian Plate Serves Up Success at Freeman's
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Late Wednesday evening, Freeman's received a call for a special private viewing from a Parisian who had flown over to see Italian maiolica istoriata dish, measuring only 10 1/8th inch in diameter. The next day, the small, but beautiful plate was sought after by in-room bidders and nearly ten phone lines, eventually selling at $157,000, far exceeding the conservative high estimate. The plate was sourced by a Freeman's specialist in Charlottesville, Virginia, who worked with a private client who came to own the piece through family legacy. The plate was originally purchased by his grandfather, years ago, while travelling through Italy. Rob Waterhouse, Head of the English & Continental Department, was delighted with the entire Fine English & Contemporary Furniture, Silver, and Decorative Arts - including Oriental Rugs auction, commenting, "Once again, Freeman's has established itself as a leader in the ... More
New Museum Announces Festival of Ideas for a New City
NEW YORK, NY.- The New Museum announced today the Festival of Ideas for a New City a major new collaborative initiative between scores of downtown organizations, from large universities to arts groups and community organizations, working together to affect change. The Festival is a first for New York and will demonstrate the power of the creative community to imagine the city of the future. The Festival will serve as a platform for artists, architects, designers, and other thought leaders to exchange ideas, propose solutions, and invite the public to participate in improving urban life. The Festival of Ideas for a New City will take place during the weekend of May 7 and 8, 2011, and will include panels, roundtables, symposia, and workshops; an innovative outdoor "street fair"; and dozens of projects, performances, and events, opening simultaneously at multiple downtown venues. The Bowery will serve as the spine of the Festi ... More
MoMA Appoints Laura Hoptman as Curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture
NEW YORK, NY.- Laura Hoptman has been appointed Curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art, it was announced today by MoMA Director Glenn D. Lowry. In her new role, Ms. Hoptman will be involved in acquisitions, exhibitions, and collection display, with a primary focus on contemporary art. Reporting to Ann Temkin, The Henry and Marie-Josée Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture, she will begin her new position on November 1. Ms. Hoptman was an Assistant Curator in MoMA's Department of Drawings from 1995 until 2001, when she was named Curator and Head of the Department of Contemporary Art at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, PA. Since 2006, she has served as Senior Curator at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. "The Museum is pleased to welcome Laura Hoptman back to our curatorial team," said Mr. Lowry. "Her deep and extensive engagement with contemporary art an ... More
Metropolitan Museum Adds New "Spring Break" Viewing Day to Roster of Met Holiday Mondays
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art's next upcoming Holiday Monday—Columbus Day, October 11—will give visitors a special opportunity to view such new and popular fall exhibitions as The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty and to spend time in the Museum's encyclopedic collections galleries. The Metropolitan Museum announced today that April 25, 2011—the Monday when many schools will be closed for spring break—has just been added to the roster of Met Holiday Mondays for the coming year. Met Holiday Mondays are extra public viewing days that take place on the Mondays of major holiday weekends, when historically the Museum has been closed. A different selection of exhibitions is open on each Met Holiday Monday. The Metropolitan's public cafeteria and several of the gift shops in the main building will be open on all of these special viewing days. Metropolitan Museum President Em ... More
Weekend Search may Help Map Civil War Site in Missouri
ST. LOUIS (AP).- One of the nation's leading battlefield archaeologists fanned out with volunteers in central Missouri Friday in hopes of pinpointing the exact spot of a Civil War battle that ended one of the divisive war's most famous and longest raids. Those involved say the search could be a boon for Missouri's quest to draw in Civil War buffs as the 150th anniversary of the divisive conflict between the North and South fast approaches. Led by forensic archaeologist Doug Scott, they hope to find bullets, pieces of horse harnesses and other evidence from the 1863 Battle of Marshall — a skirmish that happened 147 years ago next Wednesday. Missouri's place in the war is undeniable: The state trails only Virginia and Tennessee in the number of Civil War battles fought. Those states, along with Pennsylvania, have been savvy in erecting battlefield monuments that lure thousands of visitors each year, boosting their tourism revenues. As anniversary observances of the war loom, "ever ... More
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