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A man looks at a photography exhibit of the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010. The exhibit will start on October 30, 2010, and runs through January 30, 2011. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century, on view from October 30, 2010, to January 30, 2011. The first large-scale retrospective of the artist's work to be presented in the U.S. in more than three decades, The Modern Century features some 300 prints from Cartier-Bresson's professional career from 1929 to 1989, with an emphasis on the years 1932 to 1973. The exhibition explores a fresh understanding of the artist, with a full fifth of the works on view never before presented to the public. The exhibition is organized by Peter Galassi, chief curator of the department of photography at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. The San Francisco presentation is organized by Corey Keller, SFMOMA's associate curator of photography. Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004) is celebrated as one of the most accomplished and original figures in the history of photography ... More |
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A Masterpiece from the Museo Archeologico Regionale di Agrigento Goes on View at the Getty Villa
Unknown, Kouros (The Agrigento Youth), about 480 B.C. H: 102 x W: 50 x D: 40 cm. Museo Archeologico Regionale di Agrigento, Agrigento, Italy, C 1853. Photo © Angelo Pitrone.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Agrigento Youth, one of the masterpieces of the Museo Archeologico Regionale di Agrigento in southwestern Sicily, goes on view today at the Getty Villa in a gallery devoted to images of athletes and athletic competition (Gallery 211). On loan to the Getty Museum through April 19, 2011, the figure is a rare example of an early classical marble statue called a kouros, or idealized nude young man. To the ancient Greeks, sculptures such as these represented the finest civic ideals an aristocrat could attain upon reaching manhood. They were made to serve as costly dedicatory objects which could function as dedications to gods, representations of gods, or to honor the memory of a fallen mortal as part of his funerary ritual.
One of the best preserved examples of the kouros type in Sicily, pieces of this sculpture were excavated from two cisterns close to cult precincts devoted to Demeter and ... More | | Specially Equipped Silver Aston Martin First Driven by Sean Connery Sells for $4.1M in London
Jerry Lee of Philadelphia, and current owner of the 'James Bond' 1964 Aston Martin DB5, stands by the car. AP Photo/Alastair Grant.
By: Gregory Katz, Associated Press
LONDON (AP).- One of the world's most famous James Bond cars — the specially equipped silver Aston Martin first driven by Sean Connery in "Goldfinger" — was auctioned off Wednesday in London for 2.6 million pounds ($4.1 million.) The unique car, which boasts an ejector seat, machine guns, rotating license plates and other spy gear, was initially expected to go for more than 3.5 million pounds ($5.5 million). "This is the only genuine, 007 James Bond car," said Mick Walsh, Editor-in-Chief of Classic and Sports Car Magazine. It was bought by Harry Yeaggy, an American classic cars collector who has a small private museum in Ohio. "We'd ride it around the streets of London tonight," he told the BBC. He said the fact the iconic Aston Martin has never been auctioned before meant it had tremendous appeal to collectors. "It's never been on the market before, and with the classic ... More | | FBI Seizes a Forgery of Andrew Wyeth's Painting "Snow Birds" from an Auction House
A forgery of Andrew Wyeth's painting "Snow Birds," seized from a New York auction house. AP Photo/FBI.
NEW YORK, NY.- David C Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today the seizure of a fraudulent Andrew Wyeth painting from a New York auction house, and the seizure of Mesopotamian antiquities from a California antiquities dealer. The seizures resulted from two separate investigations. Forged Andrew Wyeth Painting Seized In July of this year, the United States Attorney’s Office, the FBI Wilmington Resident Agency, and the FBI Art Crime Team seized a forgery of Andrew Wyeth’s “Snow Birds.” The fraudulent painting is shown below. The fraudulent painting had been placed for sale at a major auction house in New York. Initial estimates placed its value at between $300,000 and $500,000. Before any auction began, questions arose as to its authenticity. Using meticulous records of the original painting kept by the Andrew Wyeth office at the Brandywine River Museum, Mary Landa of that office was able to identify discrepancies showing th ... More |
 | Exceptionally Rare Darth Vader Costume to Be Offered at Christie's South Kensington
An exceptionally rare complete Darth Vader costume. Estimate: £160,000 to £230,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.
LONDON.- Christie’s announced that an exceptionally rare Darth Vader costume will lead the auction of Popular Culture: Film and Entertainment at South Kensington on 25 November 2010. One of the most recognisable and infamous characters in the history of film, Darth Vader played a central role in the story of Star Wars, the epic film series made by George Lucas. The main components of this costume, including the helmet and mask, are considered to have been production-made for The Empire Strikes Back. The costume is expected to realise £160,000 to £230,000 and the vendor will donate a percentage of the proceeds to benefit Cancer Research UK. Neil Roberts, Head of the Popular Culture department at Christie’s, London: “Darth Vader is defined by his costume which has made him one of the most recognized characters from the history of film. The global appeal of the Star Wars films, and the interest that ... More | | Tate Launches The Muybridgizer App for iPhone, Free for the Duration of the Exhibition
The The Muybridgizer App is available for free from the App Store on iPhone or at http://www.itunes.com/appstore/.
LONDON.- Tate announced the launch of its The Muybridgizer App on the App Store. The app allows iPhone photographers to take pictures inspired by the iconic works of early photographer Eadweard Muybridge. The release of the app celebrates the major retrospective of Muybridge’s work at Tate Britain running until 16 January 2011. The app is available for free for the duration of the exhibition. The Muybridgizer App allows iPhone users to freeze-frame the moving world around them just as Muybridge did with subjects ranging from running horses to leapfrogging boys. In homage to the analogue Victorian beauty of the originals, users can Muybridge-ize their frames with grids and sepia tones, transforming their moving images into striking vintage-style pictures. Tate will be inviting people to share their 21st century Muybridge-ized snaps through social photo sharing website Flickr. Any images uploaded to ... More | | Sylvia Sleigh, Prominent Painter, Dies at Age 94, Seminal Work On View at the Hudson River Museum
Sylvia Sleigh (1916-2010), Invitation to a Voyage: The Hudson River at Fishkill, 1979-99 (detail). Oil on canvas, 3 panels of 14 total, each 96 x 60 inches. Gift of the artist.
NEW YORK, NY.- Prominent painter Sylvia Sleigh, noted for her feminist portrait genre painting, died, at age 94, on Sunday, October 24. Several panels of her most ambitious work, a panorama titled Invitation to a Voyage: the Hudson River at Fishkill, 1979 -99, is now on view at the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers. In July 2006, Ms. Sleigh made one of the most significant gifts of art to a museum, when she donated the work to the Hudson River Museum. Its 14 panels, which stretch to a length 70 feet, depict a summer gathering of friends similar to scenes of pastoral gatherings by the 18th-century French painter Jean Antoine Watteau. Invitation to a Voyage was inspired by a train trip to Albany, where Sleigh was impressed by the beauty of the river and Bannerman’s Castle on Pollopel Island. She divided the work into the “Riverside” panels, which represent ... More |
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Saatchi Gallery Opens Second Installment of Museum-Scale Survey of Emergent British Contemporary Art
Carla Busuttil, Great British Smile, 2008. Oil on canvas, 170 x 150 cm. Courtesy of the Saatchi Gallery, London © Carla Busuttil, 2008.
LONDON.- On 27 October, the Saatchi Gallery opens Newspeak: British Art Now Part II, the second installment of the Gallery’s museum-scale survey of emergent British contemporary art. Newspeak: British Art Now Part II provides an expansive insight into the art being made in the UK today. Far from manifesting a visual language in decline, which the Orwellian title might suggest, the exhibition celebrates a new generation of artists for whom the stimulus of our hyper-intensified, codified, contemporary world provides a radical pathway to a host of new forms and images. From sculpture and painting, to installation and photography, artists here employ a hybrid of traditional and contemporary techniques and materials to create a new language with which to articulate the wikified world around them. In this melting pot, east merges with west, celebrity with classicism, fantasy with obsessive formalism. This explosion of ne ... More | | Audit Shows Records at National Archives in Washington at Risk of being Lost for Good
The first of the three-page patent application #821,393, dated May 21, 1903, submitted by Orville and Wilbur Wright. AP Photo/U.S National Archives Records Administration.
By: Brett Zongker, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP).- An audit prompted in part by the loss of the Wright Brothers' original patent and maps for atomic bomb missions in Japan finds some of the nation's prized historical documents are in danger of being lost for good. Nearly 80 percent of U.S. government agencies are at risk of illegally destroying public records and the National Archives is backlogged with hefty volumes of records needing preservation care, the audit by the Government Accountability Office found. The report by the watchdog arm of Congress, completed this month after a year's work and obtained by The Associated Press, also found many U.S. agencies do not follow proper procedures for disposing of public records. Officials at the National Archives, which houses the Declaration of Independence, the ... More | | Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa Wants Yale University to Return Artifacts to Peru
Inca artifact of a bone shawl pin adorned with two birds. Museum of Natural History. Photo: Yale Peabody/AP.
LOJA (REUTERS).- Ecuador's president on Tuesday threw his support behind demands by neighboring Peru for Yale University to return thousands of artifacts removed from the Inca site of Machu Picchu a century ago for study at the U.S. university. The Peruvian government filed a lawsuit in 2008 against Yale, which is located in New Haven, Connecticut, seeking to recover more than 40,000 objects that Peru says were taken by U.S. explorer Hiram Bingham in the early 1900s. During a meeting with his Peruvian counterpart Alan Garcia in the border town of Loja, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said Quito would support Peru's case and help it win regional backing at the Union of South American Nations, Unasur. "It has all our support, and not only that, but I will take this to Unasur, because it is at the level of Unasur that these national assets should be recovered, these items that were taken illegitimately from their rightful owners," Correa said. Garcia said in September that Yale ... More |
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Successful Anniversary Year Boosts Meijer Gardens Attendance and Membership
Jaume Plensa. “I, you, she or he…,” 2006. Photo by William J. Hebert.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.- During its 15-year anniversary, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park has reached record-breaking levels in visitor attendance and membership. During Fiscal Year 2010, which ended September 30, Meijer Gardens attracted a record 643,031 visitors. Its membership base grew to a record 20,653 member households. In recent years, attendance at Meijer Gardens has averaged approximately a half-million visitors annually. However, in Fiscal Year 2010, attendance rates surpassed the previous record – set in 2005 – by 17 percent. In just 15 years, Meijer Gardens has seen more than 6.3 million guests, making it one of the most-visited art museums in the world.* The popular “Chihuly: A New Eden” attracted guests across the North America and 44 of the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, and as far away as Europe, South America and Asia. Nearly 46 percent of the year’s total visit ... More | | Special Exhibition Reconsiders John La Farge's Contributions to American Art in Centenary Year of Artist's Death
John La Farge, Girl sliding down water fall. Banana leaf around her body, 1890. Watercolor and gouache. Collection of Judy and Brayton Wilbur.
NEW HAVEN, CT.- In August of 1890, John La Farge (1835–1910) and his friend the renowned historian Henry Adams (1838–1918) embarked on a journey to the islands of the South Pacific—Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti, Rarotonga, Fiji, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)—that would keep them away from home for more than a year. John La Farge’s Second Paradise: Voyages in the South Seas, 1890–1891 showcases almost 70 pieces from this trip, including sketchbooks, paintings, and watercolors, some executed on site, others upon La Farge’s return to his home studio. Organized by Elisabeth Hodermarsky, the Sutphin Family Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Yale University Art Gallery, the exhibition is on view from October 19, 2010, to January 2, 2011, and will travel to the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips ... More | | Rudy Giuliani's New York City Hall Portrait, Painted by Everett Raymond Kinstler, is Unveiled
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani looks at the his portrait during its unveiling at City Hall in New York. AP Photo/Frank Franklin II.
By: Sara Kugler Frazier, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP).- Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani returned to City Hall on Tuesday for the unveiling of his official portrait, which shows him in a dark pinstripe suit as a tribute to his beloved New York Yankees. The painting, which captured Giuliani's trademark toothy grin and dimples, joins a collection of more than 100 portraits in the nearly 200-year-old City Hall. The portraits include U.S. presidents, New York governors and 44 other New York City mayors. Giuliani, who served two terms from 1994 to 2001 and earned accolades for his handling of the city following the Sept. 11 terror attacks, was painted by Everett Raymond Kinstler, an artist commissioned to paint portraits of two U.S. Supreme Court justices, four secretaries of state and various other dignitaries and ... More |
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The Hayward Gallery Presents Seminal Works by Leading Artists in Move: Choreographing You
LONDON.- The Hayward Gallery presents seminal works and new commissions by leading artists in Move: Choreographing You. Exploring the historical and current relationship between visual arts, dance and performance, the exhibition focuses on visual artists and choreographers from the last 50 years who create sculptures and installations that directly affect the movements of visitors, turning spectators into active participants – and sometimes even dancers. The exhibition is accompanied by a series of performances at Southbank Centre by acclaimed choreographers including Trisha Brown and Rosemary Butcher. Artists featured include: Janine Antoni, Pablo Bronstein, Trisha Brown, Tania Bruguera, Boris Charmatz/Musée de la Dance, Lygia Clark, William Forsythe, Simone Forti, ... More
Irma Stern Makes New £2.4 Million World Record for South African Art at Bonhams in London
LONDON.- An arresting image from Irma Stern’s time in Zanzibar, where she was powerfully affected by the beauty of the local Indian women, attracted sustained bidding at Bonhams in London today (27.10.10), achieving a staggering price of £2.4m (R26.42m) double the previous record of R13m. The auction of 151 pictures and sculptures made a total of £6m. Giles Peppiatt, Head of South African Art at Bonhams, said: “ Once again Bonhams has demonstrated the growing interest in South African art and the wisdom of selling in London to an international audience.” The record breaking picture was knocked down to a client bidding in the room, who saw off multiple telephone bidders and others also competing in the auction saleroom. Before the sale Bonhams said it believed this painting, estimated at £600,000 to £900,000 could set a new world record for South African art sold at auction if current trends continued. In the ev ... More
Harn Museum of Art Creates New Position to Increase Collaborations with University of Florida Faculty and Students
GAINESVILLE, FL.- Eric Segal, former assistant professor of Art History at the University of Florida, has been appointed Curator of Academic Programs at the Harn Museum of Art. The newly created position is designed to enhance the Museum's rich relationship with UF, and to continue to strengthen educational programming at the museum. Eric's appointment will further foster collaboration between UF faculty and students, who turn to the Harn as a dynamic, innovative campus resource. As Curator of Academic Programs Segal will lead the ongoing effort to weave the museum's programs into the academic fabric of the University of Florida to enhance student learning experiences. The Harn Museum plays an integral role in the interconnected, international community at the University of Florida. The Harn partners with academic departments and campus organizations to integrate the arts and culture into curricula throughout UF's system of c ... More
The U.S. Department of State and the Bronx Museum of the Arts Announce International Community-Based Visual Arts Program
BRONX, NY.- The Bronx Museum of the Arts announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to launch smARTpowerSM, a new international exchange program in which 15 American visual artists will travel abroad to collaborate with local artists and youth in creating community-based projects in 15 countries around the world. Locations planned for inclusion in the program include: China, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, India, Kosovo, Lebanon, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and Venezuela. The Bronx Museum will work with the State Department to select visual artists from across the United States who will travel to these countries to collaborate on the creation of new interactive programs and works of art beginning in May 2011. smARTpower is funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and designed by the Bronx Museum of the Arts. ... More
Children's Spontaneity "Wiped Out by Teaching" Claimed Beatrix Potter in Forthright Letters for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- Two letters written by Beatrix Potter just before the Second World War to the sculptress, Josefina de Vasconcellos, form part of an archive of papers being auctioned at Bonhams Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts sale in London on 23 November (est £4,000-8,000). They provide a fascinating insight into the famous author’s no nonsense approach to life giving her views on topics as diverse as the deadening effect of the education system on children’s spontaneity to the decline of the "old strong honestly made handcrafts". Referring to a child’s sketch she had received, she writes, “That was a charming letter, with the naive plan of a child's garden; a garden very suitable for Benjamin Bunny. It’s curious how graphic children can be, up to a certain age, and then they lose it, or it is wiped out by teaching. A shepherd's child about 5 years old showed me a remarkable crayon scribble of two lam ... More
SFMOMA Debuts a New Body of Work by R. H. Quaytman
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents the exhibition New Work: R. H. Quaytman. Organized by Apsara DiQuinzio, SFMOMA assistant curator of painting and sculpture, the exhibition features a new series of paintings commissioned by the museum and made specifically for the exhibition at SFMOMA, the artist's second solo museum exhibition and the first presentation on the West Coast. Modest in scale, Quaytman's paintings on beveled wood panels proffer richly conceived, multilayered subjects. The artist considers each body of work a new "chapter" in an ongoing investigation of the interrelationship of site, history, and object. With each chapter structured around a specific theme or concept relating to the site in which it is displayed, a loose narrative thread develops over time. Quaytman's New Work exhibition at SFMOMA debuts I Love — The Eyelid Clicks I See Cold Poetry, Chapter 18, in whi ... More
Leslie Hewitt Awarded 2010 Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize
NEW YORK, NY.- The Studio Museum in Harlem awarded the fifth annual Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize to Leslie Hewitt. Director and Chief Curator Thelma Golden announced the award to over 700 supporters and friends, including honoree George Wein, at the Museum’s Gala 2010. Jazz impresario, musician and philanthropist George Wein established the Prize in 2006 to honor his late wife Joyce Alexander Wein, a woman whose life embodied a commitment to the power and possibilities of art and culture. Joyce was a dedicated Trustee of The Studio Museum in Harlem and was deeply involved with philanthropy and the arts throughout her life. Inspired by Joyce’s lifelong support of living artists and envisioned as an extension of the Studio Museum’s mission to support experimentation and excellence in contemporary art, the Wein Prize recognizes and honors the artistic achievements of an African-American artist who demon ... More
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