| | More than a Century After He Visited Madrid's Prado Museum, Pierre-Auguste Renoir Returns
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Francisco Gonzalez, chairman of Spain's second-largest bank BBVA, looks at paintings of French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir during the opening ceremony of the exhibition "Passion for Renoir" at the Prado museum in Madrid October 18, 2010. REUTERS/Juan Medina.
MADRID.- The artistic career of Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), one of the leading figures of Impressionism, is characterised by an all-absorbing passion for painting that led him to achieve great renown and popularity among his contemporaries. The outstanding group of 31 works by the artist, which are the finest among the collection of paintings by Renoir assembled by the American collector Robert Sterling Clark (1877-1956), founder of the Sterling and Francine Clark Institute (Williamstown), will be displayed at the Prado in the first monographic exhibition to be held on the artist in Spain. The core of the collection of paintings from the Clark Institute originates in the large group of Impressionist works assembled by Sterling and Francine Clark over the course of four decades. For the Clarks, Pierre-Auguste Renoir represented the quintessence of Impressionism and as a result they acquired more than 35 of his paint ... More |
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Forget the Canvas: That's the Message of David Hockney's New Paris Exhibition
People chat in front of British artist David Hockney's artwork at the Pierre Berge foundation. AP Photo/Thibault Camus.
By: Jenny Barchfield, Associated Press Writer
PARIS (AP).- Canvas is just so 20th century. That's the message of David Hockney's new Paris exhibition, where glowing iPads and iPhones — their screens a changing medley of still lives and landscapes created by the celebrated British artist on the "Brushes" application — replace traditional canvases. Dozens of the apparatuses are bolted onto the walls, their flat screens aglow with drawings of jagged mountains, somber interiors and bouquets of flowers in eyepopping colors. The show takes its name, "Fleurs fraiches" or "Fresh Flowers," from the still lives of bouquets, which feature vases full of dusty pink roses, purple tulips and butter-yellow lilies. It's also a wink at the digital age ... More | | New Online Resource Debuts for Nazi-Era Looted Art, Estimates Half of Objects Not Yet Returned
U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower inspects art treasures stolen by Germans in a salt mine in Germany. AP Photo.
By: Cristian Salazar, Associated Press Writers
Randy Herscaft, Associated Press Writers
NEW YORK (AP).- The Nazis stripped hundreds of thousands of artworks from Jews during World War II in one of the biggest cultural raids in history, often photographing their spoils and meticulously cataloguing them on typewritten index cards. Holocaust survivors and their relatives, as well as art collectors and museums, can go online beginning Monday to search a free historical database of more than 20,000 art objects stolen in Germany-occupied France and Belgium from 1940 to 1944, including paintings by Claude Monet and Marc Chagall. The database is a joint project of the New York-based Conference of Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and the ... More | | Archaeologists in Egypt Uncover Nearly 4,500-Year-Old Tomb of a Pharaonic Priest
The entrance of a newly discovered tomb, south of the Pyramid's builders necropolis. EPA/SUPREME COUNCIL OF ANTIQUITIES.
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt's antiquities authority says archaeologists have unearthed a nearly 4,500-year-old tomb of a pharaonic priest close to the Giza Pyramids. Antiquities chief Zahi Hawass says the discovery could indicate a larger necropolis near the Giza plateau where the three famed pyramids are located. The tomb dates to the 5th Dynasty, 2465-2323 B.C., belonged to Rudj-ka, a priest who headed the mortuary cult of the pharaoh Khafre, builder of the second largest of the Giza Pyramids. Khafre died around 2494 B.C., but the cult of worship of pharaohs sometimes lasted after their deaths, Hawass said in a Monday statement. Hawass said the tomb's walls were decorated with painted reliefs showing Rudj-ka with his wife in front of offerings. ... More |
 | A Fixture of South Florida's Contemporary Art Scene, Art Palm Beach Returns in January
Charles Burwell, Overlay 3 Grayline, oil on canvas, 30x26. Photo: Courtesy Bridgette Mayer Gallery.
PALM BEACH, FL.- International Fine Art Expositions (IFAE) announces the details of Art Palm Beach, 2011. A fixture of South Florida’s contemporary art scene for 13 years, Art Palm Beach has become one of the most influential contemporary art fairs on Florida’s Gold Coast. In 2011, Art Palm Beach will again gather 75 of the world’s most prestigious galleries, representing approximately 1,200 of the most innovative artists from across the globe. The carefully selected presentation will feature all forms of contemporary art including painting, sculpture, photography, design, fine art glass, video and installations from modern art to new cutting-edge artists. Art Palm Beach will offer the community an extensive lecture and panel series from some of the art world’s leading experts. To enhance collector’s art fair experience, Art Palm Beach will continue its commitment to support major art installations b ... More | | 'Who will Dare' to Buy the Rarest Movie Poster in the World? The Bride of Frankenstein Poster for Sale
The poster is currently on display at Heritage Auctions Beverly Hills, 9478 West Olympic Boulevard, and can be seen on a walk-in basis.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- The tantalizing combination of rarity, quality and sheer artistry could all merge to create a world record price at public auction when the only known The Bride of Frankenstein (Universal, 1935) teaser one sheet Style E movie poster, from the renowned Collection of Todd Feiertag, comes up for auction as part of Heritage Auction Galleries Beverly Hills Signature Movie Poster Auction. It is estimated at $700,000+. The poster is currently on display at Heritage Auctions Beverly Hills, 9478 West Olympic Boulevard, and can be seen on a walk-in basis. "Early Universal Horror movie posters are the blue chips of the collecting hobby," said Grey Smith, Director of Movie poster Auctions at Heritage, "and this incredible Universal Horror one sheet from The Bride is easily the most dramatic poster I've ever seen, from any genre. It's reasonable to say ... More | | Buckingham Palace Experiences Record Number of Visitors in 2010, Highest in 16 Years
Members of the Household Guards line up outside Buckingham Palace. EPA/ANDY RAIN.
LONDON.- A record-breaking 413,000 visitors passed through the doors of Buckingham Palace during this year’s Summer Opening. Attendance was the highest in 16 years and the second-highest since Buckingham Palace first opened to the public in 1993 (420,000 visitors were recorded in 1994). To top a very successful year, Buckingham Palace was awarded ‘Best UK Attraction’ at both the Group Travel Awards and the Group Leisure Awards. Many who had visited Buckingham Palace in previous seasons returned this summer to see the special exhibition, The Queen’s Year, which charted the spectacle and variety of The Queen’s work. The Palace’s new Garden Café proved to be an equal draw. Over the eight weeks of the Summer Opening, it served 46,000 cups of tea; the profiteroles and vanilla mille feuille were among visitors’ favourite treats. Furthermore, owing to popular demand, the highly acclaimed Victor ... More |
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Never-Before-Seen Works at the Art Gallery of Ontario Reveal a Darker Side to Henry Moore
The Shape of Anxiety: Henry Moore in the 1930s is a dramatic reconsideration of one of the 20th century’s most revered artists.
TORONTO, ON.- An exhibition heralded by the Guardian as “the most important exhibition of [Henry] Moore’s work for a generation” is coming to the Art Gallery of Ontario this fall. The Shape of Anxiety: Henry Moore in the 1930s is a dramatic reconsideration of one of the 20th century’s most revered artists. The exhibition will be on view from October 23 through February 6, 2011 in the AGO’s Henry Moore Sculpture Centre. Organized by Tate Britain in collaboration with the AGO, The Shape of Anxiety features 53 works, 37 of which have never before been seen in Canada, including 36 sculptures and 17 drawings. The works reveal a young artist troubled by the seismic cultural shifts of the early 20th century, and rebellious against his teachers’ traditional views of sculpture. “The works of Henry Moore are a cornerstone of the AGO collection and integral to ... More | | Mary Kelly: Four Works in Dialogue 1973-2010 at Moderna Museet in Stockholm
Mary Kelly & Ray Barrie, Habitus, 2010 © Mary Kelly & Ray Barrie.
STOCKHOLM.- Mary Kelly’s work holds a seminal place in the history of contemporary art. She is best known for her large-scale installations that pose challenging questions about identity, sexuality and memory in relation to individual and collective history. From mid-October, Moderna Museet is showing some of her most influential works, together with a new piece produced for the exhibition in Stockholm. Four Works in Dialogue comprises Post-Partum Document (1973-79) and related work Primapara, The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi (2001), Multi-Story House (2007) and the recent piece Habitus (2010). Part V of Mary Kelly’s groundbreaking work Post-Partum Document was acquired for the Moderna Museet collection in the course of the project “The Second Museum of Our Wishes”, and in this exhibition, the complete work is being presented in Sweden for the first time. Mary Kelly’s works are imbued with a profo ... More | | National Gallery Acquires Nine Exceptionally Rare Prints by Rembrandt, Durer and Whistler
Albrecht Dürer, The Nativity (1504), National Gallery of Canada. Gift in memory of Margaret Wade Labarge from her collection, 2010.
OTTAWA, ON.- Thanks to a generous gift from the collection of the former medieval historian, writer, lecturer and Order of Canada recipient Dr. Margaret Wade Labarge (1916-2009), the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) has acquired four prints by Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn, two by German artist Albrecht Dürer, one by British artist David Young Cameron, one by Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi and one by American-born, British-based artist James McNeill Whistler. All nine are featured in the NGC's exhibition Art of the Print: Recent Acquisitions from Rembrandt to Picasso, on view until January 2, 2011 in Gallery C202B. “Our Mother had explained to us the artistic significance and value of these works," said Margaret Wade Labarge's son, Paul C. Labarge. "What we also learned to appreciate was their fragility and the need to ensure their maintenance. She felt strongly that ... More |
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Pictures by Grandmother Who Picked Up Paintbrush in Her Sixties Offered at Bonhams
Helen Bradley, We went to Miss Carter's for tea (detail). Estimate: £30000 - 50000. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- Following the Bonhams’ sale in June, where a picture by Helen Bradley was sold at a world record price, three pictures by the artist will be offered in the 20th Century British Art Sale held at Bonhams New Bond Street on the 17th November. Born in 1900 in Lancashire, Helen Bradley was always interested in art, but it was not until she was in her sixties and her grandchildren were asking what life was like when she was a child that she started painting the scenes she remembered of her own Edwardian childhood. The scenes she depicted not only delighted her grandchildren, but she subsequently gained worldwide popularity. In 1971 Jonathan Cape published the first of four books by Helen Bradley "And Miss Carter Wore Pink", which was an instant success. German, French, Dutch and Japanese editions were published, and a special edition produced for the U.S.A. The characters she painted included Miss ... More | | Innovative Furniture by American Designer Charles Rohlfs Displayed at Metropolitan Museum
Charles Rohlfs (American, 1853–1936), Hall Chair, 1904. Oak, 57 x 18 7/8 x 17 inches. Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation in honor of Glenn Adamson. Photo by Gavin Ashworth © American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation.
NEW YORK, NY.- Praised by the international press and exhibited throughout the United States and Europe at the turn of the 20th century, the American furniture designer Charles Rohlfs (1853–1936) created innovative works that combined elements of Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, and proto-modernism in surprising and original ways. In a meteoric career that barely spanned one decade, he designed only a few hundred works—many of them for his own home. While Rohlfs's forms were too eccentric for the commercial market of his time, he achieved recognition as a unique voice and seminal force in the history of American art furniture. Opening October 19 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art—the final stop in a ... More | | Kimbell Art Museum Commences Construction on Piano-Designed Building
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas. Section from west to east, featuring the auditorium (left), 2010. Renzo Piano, architect. © Renzo Piano Building Workshop.
FORT WORTH, TX.- On Monday, October 18, 2010, the Kimbell Art Museum begins site preparation for the construction of its much-anticipated additional building, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW). A separate structure located to the west of the existing building by Louis I. Kahn, the new facility will allow the Kimbell for the first time to exhibit most of its permanent collection while hosting major special exhibitions. It will also provide studios and classrooms to better serve the museum’s education programs, and feature an approximately 300-seat auditorium that will have excellent acoustics for music. “We are thrilled to get this project started,” commented Eric M. Lee, director of the Kimbell Art Museum. “It is an important moment in the history of the Museum and our community.” During this preparatory phase of the ... More |
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Japanese Dragons with Long Serpentine and Undulating Body Breathe Fire Into Bonhams Sale
LONDON.- An unprecedented, extraordinary, fully articulated iron dragon is the highlight of the Bonhams Fine Japanese Art sale taking place on 11th November at New Bond Street. The 133cm long creature is estimated to sell for £120,000 – 130,000. The dragon is a stunning example of jizai okimono, naturalistic, fully articulated iron animal figures, whose bodies and limbs can be moved replicating their counterparts in real life. The extraordinary dragon offered by Bonhams has a long serpentine and undulating body, forged with numerous scales that have been joined inside the body. The head, mouth, claws and ears are each constructed of moving parts and the leg joints can turn 180 degrees. Although little is known about the origin and development of jizai okimono as works of art, this dragon was created in the Edo Period (18th/19th century) by the Myochin School. Historically, members of the Myochin Family were supreme arm ... More
American & European Furniture & Decorative Arts at Bonhams & Butterfields on November 1st
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields brings American and European furniture and decorative arts to auction in San Francisco on Monday, November 1, 2010 during Antiques Week in ‘The City.’ The international auctioneers will offer several important collections to bidders, including property formerly in the estate of noted interior designer Michael Taylor and property from an important private West Coast collection. Previews will open in the auctioneer’s San Francisco gallery on Friday, October 29th. Collector interest should be strong for property originally from the San Francisco Estate of Michael Taylor, the noted interior designer whose work is recognized and renowned worldwide. In 1987, a year after the designer’s death, Butterfields hosted a wildly successful sale of Taylor’s property. According to Bonhams & Butterfields Vice President Jeffrey Smith, many of the Michael Taylor items to be ... More
Bellevue Arts Museum Appoints Marsha Wolf Director of Development
BELLEVUE, WA.- Bellevue Arts Museum, the Pacific Northwest's center for the exploration of art, craft and design, is pleased to announce the appointment of Marsha Wolf as Director of Development. Wolf brings more than 20 years of experience in working in the non-profit and arts sector, including major appointments at Artist Trust and Pratt Fine Arts Center. In her new role, Wolf is spearheading Bellevue Arts Museum's fundraising and membership efforts, working closely with Executive Director/CEO Mark Crawford, Director of Curatorial Affairs/Artistic Director Stefano Catalani and BAM's dedicated Board of Trustees. "We are excited to welcome Marsha to our team," Crawford states. "Her depth of experience will help strengthen BAM's fundraising capacity and ensure that the Museum continues to thrive." An avid champion of the arts, Wolf's most recent position was Donor Development Director at Artist Trust. There she led the an ... More
New Evidence Found for Flour in Stone-Age Diet
By: Randolph E. Schmid, AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON (AP).- The popular image may be of Stone Age people gnawing on a chunk of woolly mammoth, but new research indicates their diet may have been more balanced after all. Many researchers had assumed people living in Europe thousands of years ago ate mainly meat because of bones left behind, and little evidence of plant food. Now, new findings indicate grains were part of the diet at ancient sites in Italy, Russia and the Czech Republic, researchers report in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The team led by Anna Revedin of the Italian Institute of Prehistory and Early History in Florence found grinding stones, similar to a stone and pestle, with remains of grains at the sites. The three sites were all dated to about 30,000 years ago and the residues appear to originate mainly from cattails and ferns, which are rich in starch and would have provided a good source of carbohydrates and energy. B ... More
Georgia Museum of Art at UGA Wins SEMC Exhibition Award of Excellence and Eight Publication Awards
ATHENS, GA.- This past Tuesday, the Georgia Museum of Art (GMOA) at the University of Georgia (UGA) won an unprecedented nine awards at the Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) annual meeting in Baton Rouge, La. Among the honors bestowed upon the museum was an Award of Excellence for the exhibition "Lord Love You: Works by R.A. Miller from the Mullis Collection" and a number of museum publications, some related to the exhibition. The museum, which has been closed to the public since March 2009 for a $20 million expansion and renovation project, continued its programming offsite as part of its GMOA on the Move initiative. GMOA curator of American art Paul Manoguerra organized the exhibition "Lord Love You" from the private collection of folk-art enthusiast Carl Mullis. It was on display from August 8 to October 24, 2009, at the Lyndon House Arts Center in Athens, Ga., and featured 83 paintings, drawings, sculptures and w ... More
Aperture Appoints Chris Boot as New Executive Director
NEW YORK, NY.- The Board of Trustees of the Aperture Foundation announced today that Chris Boot, a veteran in the field of photography, has been appointed Executive Director, Aperture Foundation. Mr. Boot has had a long and distinguished career in photography and photobook publishing. He worked for Magnum Photos from 1990-98, including as Director of Magnum, London, and, later, Magnum, New York. Subsequently he held the position of Editorial Director at Phaidon Press from 1998 until 2000. In 2001, Mr. Boot started his own company Chris Boot Ltd., based in London to work on projects independently, producing exhibitions and publishing his own list of books. Over the past eight years he has published many acclaimed photobooks, ranging from contemporary titles that push the boundaries of the medium, to books that provide a fresh perspective on the history of photography. The Chris Boot imprint includes two ICP Infinity Awards win ... More
Fans Mourn Closing of Liberace Museum in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP).- The financially depleted Liberace Museum has closed, with no ceremonial toast or parting words from any museum official. Hundreds of visitors admired the feathered capes and bejeweled costumes of Liberace during its final hours Sunday, the Las Vegas sun reported. The move came as its finances decreased to the point that the attraction was in danger of draining the Liberace Foundation scholarship account. Outgoing museum director Tanya Combs, a 10-year employee, says closing the museum was like losing a family member. Among the fans lining up to visit the attraction was Stephen McClelland, who says Liberace represented a fading era of over-the-top showmanship, showgirls and great costumes. ... More
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