| | Retrospective of the Work by Filmmaker and Artist Harun Farocki Opens in Austria
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German filmmaker Harun Farocki and artist of Czech descent, poses in front of one of his Video works in the Kunsthaus in Bregenz, Austria. The Kunsthaus Bregenz presents the artists works under the title 'Weiche Montagen/Soft Montages'. The show runs from 23 October 2010 to 09 January 2011. EPA/REGINA KUEHNE.
BREGENZ.- With Harun Farocki, the Kunsthaus Bregenz presents a filmmaker and artist whose work has had a strong influence on the history of the political film since the late 1960s. His great importance to the visual arts is reflected not only in the retrospectives of his films at institutions like Tate Modern in London but also in solo exhibitions at the MUMOK Wien, the Jeu de Paume in Paris, and the Museum Ludwig in Cologne. At the very least, Farocki’s participation in the “documenta” in 1997 and 2007 is a strong indication of the impact of his films and installations in the art context. Organized by the Kunsthaus Bregenz, this exhibition, which is the most comprehensive retrospective of his work in Austria to date, spans the period from 1968 to the present and for the first time in Europe shows three video installations that, with the support of the KUB, were created especially for this occasion and ... More |
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A Selection of Unique Representative Works of Color Field Painting at Deutsche Guggenheim
Helen Frankenthaler, Canal, 1963. Acrylic on canvas, 205.7 x 146 cm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Purchased with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, in Washington, D.C., a Federal Agency; matching funds contributed by Evelyn Sharp 76.2225
BERLIN.- With Color Fields the Deutsche Guggenheim presents a selection of unique representatives of Color Field painting drawn largely from the collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Curated by Richard Armstrong, Director Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum, the exhibition features work by Gene Davis, Paul Feeley, Helen Frankenthaler, Hans Hofmann, Alfred Jensen, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, Raymond Parker, Larry Poons, Mark Rothko, Frank Stella, and Larry Zox on display at the Berlin exhibition space. The early sixties marked a shift in sociopolitical attitude in the United States and many nations in Europe. Whereas the leaders of the previous ... More | | "Before They Make Me Run: Portraits of Keith Richards 63 to 71" at the San Francisco Art Exchange
Keith during The Stones U.S. Tour of ‘72. "I saw Keith standing by the pillar and told him to lean against it." The customs officer noticed and threatened to confiscate the film, so I stopped. I knew what I had and didn't want to lose it." - Ethan Russell. © Ethan Russell. All Rights Reserved.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Keith Richards photography exhibition, opens October 23rd; just three days before his much-anticipated autobiography is released. Some of the world’s greatest rock photographers’ work is coming together to form an intimate look at the various stages of Keith’s life in “Before They Make me Run – Portraits of Keith Richards ‘63 to ‘71.” As one of the world’s most beloved musicians, Keith is celebrated as much for his lifestyle as his musical genius. See how each photographer captured a different side of Keith in “Before They Make me Run.” Curated by Raj Prem and produced in association with SFAE, the exhibition includes images from iconic sessions such as Phillip Townsend´s ... More | | Miami's Original and Longest Running Contemporary Art Fair Returns for Its 21st Edition
Jackson Pollock, Grey Center, 1946. Photo: Courtesy Bridgette Mayer Gallery.
MIAMI, FL.- Art Miami , Miami’s longest running contemporary art fair, will once again electrify the city from December 1 – December 5, 2010. As the anchor art fair to the city of Miami, the fair will return with a compelling array of modern and contemporary artwork from over 100 international galleries and prominent art institutions. Art Miami will be held in a state-of-the-art 100,000 square foot pavilion in Midtown Miami’s burgeoning Wynwood Arts District. Now in its 21st year, Art Miami will kick off Art Week with its opening night on Tuesday, November 30, 2010. Art Miami’s highly anticipated Opening Night VIP Preview will benefit The Lotus House Women's Shelter, a quiet enclave in downtown Miami that offers a sanctuary for homeless women and infants in need. The exclusive evening is the first opportunity for VIP collectors to acquire some of the finest pieces of modern and contemporary art from the ... More |
 | Los Angeles County Museum of Art Announces Partnership to Preserve Historic Watts Towers
Children play in Griffith Park by Watts Towers in Los Angeles, June 23, 1966. AP Photo.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) today announced a collaboration with the City of Los Angeles’s Department of Cultural Affairs, toward the day-to-day preservation of the Watts Towers in a one-year agreement. LACMA will provide staff-time and expertise to identify repairs to the Towers, preserving the unique outdoor public landmark, and the City will provide $150,000 in funds towards this effort. LACMA will reach out to other local institutions including the Getty, the California African American Museum, the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Southern California, and others, for their expertise and recommendations in support of LACMA’s efforts. LACMA will also partner with community members to address local concerns about the way the Towers are cared for and managed, and to recommend a long-term plan. Tours, community festivals, and other art center and park-related pr ... More | | Reacquisition of "The Sower" by Constantin Meunier for the National Gallery
The bronze sculpture 'Saemann' (1896) by Belgian artist Constantin Meunier is on display at Kolonnadenhof. EPA/STEPHANIE PILICK.
BERLIN.- An important bronze sculpture in the history of European modern art has been successfully reacquired on behalf of the National Museum's National Gallery, thanks to support from the Kulturstiftung der Länder (a nationwide cultural foundation) and the Hermann Reemtsma Foundation. The Museum Island's colonnade courtyard, officially opened in June 2010, now boasts another impressive sculpture - Constantin Meunier's 'The Sower' from 1896. Many Berliners will already be familiar with the figure, as for a long while it stood beneath the Alte Nationalgalerie which had presided over the work since the fifties. Meunier's bronze sculpture 'The Sower' originally formed part of the art collection of Dr. Otto Krebs. After the war, the bulk of his collection was confiscated and removed by the Soviet occupying forces, with only a few works in the collection remaining in Germany, (among them 'The Sower'). These works were declared the ... More | | Photo Miami: The Premiere Fair for Contemporary Photography, and Video Returns for Its 5th Edition
Fernando Montiel, Donde esta mamá (detail). Impresión cromógena. 1.24 x 1.55 cm. Ed. 7. Courtesy of Patricia Conde, Galeriá, Mexico.
MIAMI, FL.- Photo Miami, the premiere fair for contemporary photography, video and new media, will return for its 5th edition December 1-5, 2010, coinciding with Art Basel Miami Beach. With a strong emphasis on global diversity, the critically curated fair will present work by hundreds of artists represented by galleries from North and South America, Europe, and Asia. There will be an exclusive VIP opening on Tuesday, November 30, with a Press Preview from 4–6 PM and Opening Night Reception from 6–10 PM at 3401 North Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida. "I am thrilled to be directing Photo Miami for a second year," said Managing Director Charles Guice. "Strong, clear vision is what’s most important in the art market now. I know viewers will be very pleased with the high caliber of work that we are presenting. The clean, modern interior design of Photo Miami will allow our audiences to experience the work in ... More |
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Sculptural Installations by Contemporary Icelandic Artist Katrin Sigurdardottir on View at Metropolitan
Katrin Sigurdardottir, Boiserie (detail), 2010. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Bruce Schwarz, The Photograph Studio. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
NEW YORK, NY.- Katrin Sigurdardottir at the Met is an exhibition of two new sculptural installations created specifically for the Metropolitan by Sigurdardottir, an Icelandic artist (born in 1967), who lives and works in New York City and Reykjavik. Sigurdardottir is known for her highly detailed renditions of places, both real and fictional, that often incorporate an element of surprise. Entitled Boiseries, the installations are full-scale interpretations of 18th-century French rooms preserved at the Metropolitan Museum, one from the Hôtel de Crillon (1777-80) on the Place de la Concorde, Paris, and the other from the Hôtel de Cabris (ca. 1774) at Grasse in Provence. Visitors to the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing's south mezzanine gallery encounter one Boiserie as the exterior of an enclosed chamber. Looking through surveillance mirrors, they will be able to see inside the room that Sigurdardottir has created, complete with repl ... More | | Solo Exhibition of Dynamic New Work by Nobu Fukui at Stephen Haller Gallery
Nobu Fukui, Rainfall Potential, 2010 (detail), Beads, mixed media on canvas over panel, 30 x 48 inches. Photo: Courtesy Stephen Haller Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- Stephen Haller Gallery presents a solo exhibition of dynamic new work by Nobu Fukui - canvases vibrant with invention. The exhibition is accompanied by a full color catalogue with essay by Carter Ratcliff. Fukui’s work reads as non-objective painting at a distance, yet on closer observation beguiles with surprising imagery that suggests narrative. The eye plays across the surface of his work as if watching a video game in giddy visual delight. Oil paint, acrylics, three-dimensional beads, collage: these are some of the ingredients of this exciting work. Benjamin Genocchio in the New York Times wrote: “In fact, some works are so densely layered that they are a bit like bubbling cauldrons of imagery. It is part Pop Art, part potpourri…” Fukui’s new series of paintings is inspired by an image he experienced of a sky dense with swirling flocks of birds. The surprise three-dimensionality ... More | | Former Gallery Owner Lawrence Salander: The Art World's Bernie Madoff, and His Deceptions
Stuart Davis' red, white and blue piece called " Concrete Composition". AP Photo/Keith Srakocic.
By: Helen O'Neill, AP Special Correspondent
NEW YORK (AP).- In a clattery, uptown bistro, not far from the studio where he once watched his father paint bold abstract masterpieces, Earl Davis contemplates the greatest loss of his life. Not his beloved father, Stuart Davis, who died in 1964 when Earl was 12. Nor his father's work, which Davis, an only child, spent three decades trying to document, preserve and showcase. Even the loss of the millions of dollars that the paintings were worth — Davis' inheritance, swindled from him in the cruelest fashion — is not what hurts the most. The biggest loss, Davis says, was the love and friendship of the man he admired and adored, a man he trusted with everything — his confidences, his dreams, his father's life's work. Even now, several years after the unraveling of one of the most elaborate art frauds in history, Davis has nightmares about confronting Lawrence Salander ... More |
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Burrell Collection Hopes to Acquire Rare 18th Century Golden Tiger Head from India
Glagow Museums still need to raise more than £110,000 towards the asking price of £398,600.
LONDON.- The Art Fund has offered a major grant to help save a golden, jewel-encrusted tiger’s head from 18th century India for public collections. The tiger’s head is known as the Tipu Sultan’s Throne Finial and was created in eighteenth century India for Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore. The precious item was brought to the UK by Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace (1763 – 1844) and has remained in the country ever since. Alongside the Trustees of Sir William Burrell’s Trust, the Art Fund has offered £125,000 towards the purchase, and Glasgow Museums have supplied a further £30,000. Glagow Museums still need to raise more than £110,000 towards the asking price of £398,600, and the temporary export ban expires on Monday 15 November 2010. Recognised by the British Government as being of outstanding significance, the tiger-shaped finial is made from Indian gold encrusted with gems. If the total asking price ... More | | Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea Opens Exhibition of Works by Jane and Louise Wilson
Jane & Louise Wilson, Oddments Room I (Camping amongst Cannibals), 2008. C-Type print on aluminium and Diasec, 218 x 175 cm. Colecção Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian - CAM.
By: Miguel von Hafe Pérez
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA.- Suspending Time, the exhibition by Jane & Louise Wilson that the The Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea presents, is the most complete look at the work of these two creators held in Spain, curated by Isabel Carlos. It includes their most recent work, except for Hypnotic Suggestion 505, from 1993, a piece in which the artists allow themselves to be hypnotised before a camera. It became a benchmark for some of the elements in their creative concerns: the question of identity and the respective loss of control, questioning how we receive images on their most immediate plane and the inevitable breaches their narrative manipulation can cause, and even the ongoing dialogue with ... More | | Exhibition Features 70 Images by One of the 19th Century's Most Acclaimed Photographers,
Julia Margaret Cameron (British, 1815–1879), The Kiss of Peace, 1869. Albumen print from wet plate collodion negative, 12 ¾ x 9 ½ inches. Collection of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, courtesy art2art Circulating Exhibitions.
PITTSBURGH, PA.- On October 23, 2010, the exhibition For my best beloved Sister Mia: An Album of Photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron opened at the Frick Art & Historical Center. Now considered to be one of photography’s early masters, Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–1879) is one of the best-known photographers of the Victorian era. From the time she received her first camera as a gift when she was 48 years old, she worked to develop the medium and her personal artistic vision. The Mia album features 70 photographs that Cameron compiled collaboratively with her sister Maria “Mia” Jackson. Typical of a family album, the Mia album contains images of family, friends, and neighbors. However, the portraits are posed and photographed in Cameron’s ... More |
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WWI Aviation Art, Antique Arms and Sporting Guns at Bonhams & Butterfields in November
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Seldom seen examples of original WWI aviation art, a jeweled sword made for an Ottoman prince and a rare 17th century Dutch cannon come to auction at Bonhams & Butterfields in San Francisco on Monday, November 15, 2010. The international auctioneer will present its Antique Arms & Armor sale comprising more than 450 lots – including antique American and European firearms, edged weapons, militaria, artillery and a selection of sporting guns. A highlight of the auction is the Ron Farrington Collection of Aviation Art which features oils and watercolors on canvas and board depicting WWI dogfights, aircraft and portraits of aviators. Many of the offered lots are works commissioned by the French, German and American governments, rarely seen at auction. One such example is “Downed Fokker,” an oil painted by Henri Farre, a pilot/observer appointed by the French to recreate scenes of air combat dur ... More
Collect a Piece of Art History for Just £45 at RCA Secret 2010
LONDON.- RCA Secret is an annual contemporary art exhibition and sale consisting of around 2,500 original postcard-sized artworks, made and donated by professional artists, designers and illustrators, plus up-and-coming students and alumni from the Royal College of Art. The cards are all sold to the public in a huge sale, with every postcard costing just £45, regardless of whether it has been made by a famous name or a young art student. What’s the Secret? Each postcard is signed on the back, so collectors don’t know the identity of the artist until they have made their purchase. Although it can help to know the difference between a drawing by Tracey Emin and a watercolour by David Hockney, a lot of it is down to pure luck and many collectors don’t realise whose work they have chosen until they hand over their cash on the sale day. The RCA is grateful to receive enormous support from hundreds of leading international artists and designers who contribute to the ... More
Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum in London, Receives the International Folkwang Prize
ESSEN.- The director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor (b. 1946) accepted the International Folkwang Prize on 18 October in Essen. With the prize, the Museum-Folkwangsverein honors his outstanding commitment to the promotion of the arts of diverse cultures and across borders. The prize, endowed with 25,000 Euros and being awarded this year for the first time, is going to one of the most successful museum directors of today. The jury especially highlighted the close ties between research and promotion of the arts in MacGregor's work as well as his services in securing the world's patrimony. In exhibitions he also made less well-known cultures and period accessible from a contemporary point of view to a large number of people. He promoted cooperation and exchange between countries especially in those places where the political situation made this more difficult. With his History of the World in 100 Objects, which he ... More
Vet Reaches 10,000 Volunteer Hours at WWII Museum
NEW ORLEANS (AP).- The National World War II Museum is honoring a man who parachuted behind Nazi lines on D-Day. But Tom Blakey is being recognized for safer service: 10,000 hours as a museum volunteer. He's the first volunteer to log that many hours for the museum in New Orleans. A ceremony was planned Saturday for Blakey, who was in the 82nd Airborne Division when he jumped at Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. Blakey is also a member of the museum's Speakers Bureau, traveling across the region to speak with schools, senior centers and other groups. He saw combat service from France to the Netherlands, including the surprise German offensive in the Ardennes Forest, the Battle of the Bulge. ... More
International Artist Ahmet Öĝüt Makes Midwest Debut at Laumeier
ST. LOUIS, MO.- Laumeier Sculpture Park presents Amsterdam-based artist Ahmet Öğüt in an exhibition of works from 2005-2010 in his first one-person exhibition in the Midwestern United States. The selection of works represents the range of Öğüt’s interests—from the creation, and destruction, of public space to the subtleties of the urban environment. Underestimated Zones, which opens October 23, will illustrate the breadth and depth of the artist’s exploration of the collective creation of shared space. Laumeier visitors will experience the artist’s sly humor as he probes and pokes at the boundaries of social barriers and cultural norms. The exhibition will feature still images, video and mixed media as well as a unique installation requiring Laumeier’s tile gallery to be covered in asphalt. The work, Ground Control, was originally installed in Berlin in 2008 and referred to the public percep ... More
Chrysler Museum to Open $7.5-Million Glass Studio
NORFOLK, VA.- The Chrysler Museum of Art announced it will open the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio in 2011. The addition of the Glass Studio enhances the Museum’s stature as one of the top three museums in the United States with an art glass focus. Construction has started on creating the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio in the 7,000-square-foot building that sits across the street from the Museum on the corner of Duke and Grace Streets in Norfolk. The project budget is $7.5 million, which includes an endowment for operating expenses, two new full-time jobs and several part-time jobs. The reality of the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio was sparked from the interest and support base demonstrated during Art of Glass 2. The region’s blockbuster glass exhibition in 2009 featured the Chrysler Museum, Virginia Arts Festival and the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia as major partners, with 21 regional affiliates throughout Hampton ... More
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