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A visitor looks at some of the works by Spanish artist Antonio Tapies during the opening of the exhibition 'Look the hand...' at the Palau Fabre Foundation in Barcelona, Spain. The exhibition shows the work of Tapies during the last ten years and will be on display until 18 January 2011. EPA/TONI GARRIGA.
BARCELONA.- Fifty Antoni Tàpies’ paintings and drawings are being exhibited at the Palau Fabre Foundation (Fundación Palau Fabre) from today on in the “Gaze at the Hand” (“Mira la mano...”) exhibition, which shows the vitality of the last ten years of this artist, who has already reached 87 and with which the Foundation opens a new stage. Arriving simultaneously with the vernissage of the new permanent exhibition, the Foundation has done a redistribution of the spaces assigned to temporary exhibitions, which starts with an exhibition of the recent work of Tàpies, chosen by the also artist Perejaume, the director of the center, Josep Sampera, has informed today in a press conference. The exhibition starts with a dozen of the most recent work of Tàpies, created in the last three years, all of them on paper and lots of ink, such as “Stretched Body ... More |
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Indianapolis Museum of Art to Open Miller House and Garden for Public Tours in May 2011
Miller House and Garden. Courtesy of the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- Maxwell L. Anderson, The Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, announced today that the IMA will open Miller House and Garden to the public in May 2011. Located in Columbus, Ind., and one of the country’s most highly regarded examples of mid-century Modernist residences, the Miller House was designed by Eero Saarinen, with interiors by Alexander Girard, and landscape design by Daniel Urban Kiley. Members of the Miller family donated the house and gardens, along with many of its original furnishings, to the Museum in 2009. Additionally, members of the Miller family and the Irwin-Sweeney-Miller Foundation have donated $5 million to establish an endowment for the house and surrounding grounds. The IMA is working with the Columbus Area Visitors Center to offer public guided tours of the house and gardens beginning in May 2011. Visitors will be able to purchase tickets onl ... More | | Exhibition Explores Both the Celebrity of, and the Woman Behind, One of the World's Most Recognizable Icons
John Bryson, Actress Marilyn Monroe posing for husband Arthur Miller.
PITTSBURGH, PA.- The Andy Warhol Museum presents its latest special exhibition, Marilyn Monroe: Life as a Legend. Employing a dynamic range of artists and media, Marilyn Monroe: Life as a Legend visually explores both the celebrity of, and the woman behind, one of the world's most recognizable icons. This exhibition is intended not only for those who appreciate the arts and diversity in media and style, but also for the ultimate Marilyn fan. Life as a Legend is on view from October 23, 2010 through January 2, 2011. Richard Avedon, Peter Blake, Willem De Kooning, Robert Indiana, Bert Stern, and Andy Warhol are among the more than 80 artists featured in the exhibition. Over 300 works capture Marilyn's rise to stardom in styles ranging from vintage fashion photography to contemporary Pop Art. The exhibition also includes Warhol’s personal Marilyn archival collection as well as paintings and prints from The Warhol’s colle ... More | | On the Anniversary of the Birth of Pablo Picasso, Museo Picasso Málaga Presents New Acquisitions
Pablo Picasso, Cabeza de hombre con zigzags en rosa y verde. Mougins, 25 mayo 1965. Óleo sobre lienzo, 60,5 x 49,5 cm. Colección particular. Cortesía de la Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte. Foto: © Marc Domage © Succession Pablo Picasso, VEGAP, Málaga 2010
MALAGA.- MPM’s permanent collection provides visitors with an overview of eight decades of Pablo Picasso’s work, conveying the painstaking creative capacity of an artist who is essential to understanding Western art history, and thereby embodying the desire to offer the city of Picasso’s birth some of the fruits of his talent. The rooms in the Palacio de Buenavista have been organized in such a way as to examine by theme issues that are important aspects of Pablo Picasso’s artistic legacy, such as his relationship with Malaga, and the versatility of his creative talent; his sensitivity to inequality and to the distress of victims of social exclusion; his sense of origin and family and the importance of his close circle of friends and daily life in his paintings; his historical importance ... More |
 | The Man in Black will Be Bringing in Some Green when Johnny Cash's Personal Belongings Sell
Country music legend Johnny Cash performs on stage. EPA.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Julien’s Auctions announced an auction of property from the life and career of Johnny Cash. The auction includes items from Cash’s military career, through his life and partnership with June Carter Cash, into his time as a Highwayman with his friends through the end of his career. A portion of the proceeds from the auction will benefit MusiCares. Highlights in the sale are lyrics personally penned by Cash. The lyrics include Cash’s takes on traditional songs, an alternate version of “Don’t Take Your Guns To Town,” (Est. $2,000/4,000) and many songs that have never been recorded. Three guitars from different points in Cash’s career are included in this auction – a vintage 1951 Martin guitar used by Cash in studio that later became the designated tour bus guitar (Est. $20,000/30,000). The second guitar is a Grammer Johnny Cash model used extensively by Cash ... More | | Christie's New York to Sell a Seminal Pop Art Masterpiece by Andy Warhol at Fall Auction
Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Big Campbell's Soup Can with Can Opener (Vegetable), 72 x 52 inches. Painted in 1962. Estimate: $30,000,000-50,000,000. Photo: Christie’s Images Ltd 2010.
NEW YORK, NY.- This Autumn is the Season for Andy Warhol, thanks to an extraordinary selection of his key works. Christie’s New York leads this group with the sale of Andy Warhol’s hand-painted masterpiece, Big Campbell's Soup Can with Can Opener (Vegetable), 1962 (estimate upon request). An icon of Pop Art, it is one of the largest examples of Warhol’s most famous and beloved image of a Campbell’s Soup Can — a subject matter that helped shape the course of art history in the 1960s. At 72 x 52 inches, Big Campbell's Soup Can with Can Opener (Vegetable) is the first in a series of very rare large scale Campbell's Soup Cans. Of the 11 large scale Campbell's Soup Can paintings, eight now reside in museums, foundations or are promised to museums, such as ... More | | Kathleen Guzman Appointed Managing Director of Recently Opened Heritage Auctions New York
With more than 30 years of experience, Guzman is perhaps most recognizable from her appearances over the past 15 years as an expert on PBS' popular "Antiques Roadshow."
NEW YORK, NY.- Heritage Auctions has announced that Kathleen Guzman has been appointed as Managing Director of the company's recently opened Manhattan office, located at 445 Park Avenue (at 57th Street), where she will oversee day-to-day operations. "Kathleen is one of the best known auction professionals in the business," said Greg Rohan, President of Heritage Auctions. "When it came time to find someone to run our New York offices, Kathleen was one of the first people we discussed. Needless to say, we're thrilled to have her on board." With more than 30 years of experience, Guzman is perhaps most recognizable from her appearances over the past 15 years as an expert on PBS' popular "Antiques Roadshow." In 1978 she ... More |
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Oklahoma City Museum of Art Acquires Two Works by Renowned American Artist Anne Truitt
Anne Truitt, The Sea, The Sea.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.- The Oklahoma City Museum of Art has acquired two major works of art by American artist Anne Truitt (1921–2004). The Sea, The Sea (2003) and Memory (1981) were purchased with funds from the Kirkpatrick Family Fund and the Kirkpatrick Foundation in honor of the philanthropic work of the Joan Kirkpatrick, who died in 2009. The pieces will be on view in the Museum’s third floor galleries beginning October 20. Joan Kirkpatrick’s life was centered in Oklahoma City and in many philanthropic pursuits. One of those was being a champion for the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. An accomplished artist and sculptor—hobbies she enjoyed throughout her life—Joan took an avid interest in the future of Oklahoma City’s art museum. She served on the Museum’s board and took great pride in being on the Collections Management Committee—a committee her mother had served on since the Museum's fou ... More | | RM Announces Diverse Offering of Collector Cars for Two-Day Arizona Sale
1966 Ferrari Superfast Series I. Photo: Hugh Hamilton ©2010 Courtesy of RM Auctions.
BLENHEIM, ON.- RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house, makes an exciting return to Phoenix in January for its annual Automobiles of Arizona sale, presenting one of the most diverse offerings of motor cars ever featured in the event’s 12 year history. Staged at the prestigious Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, January 20 – 21, 2011, the two-day auction will showcase over 160 automobiles spanning the spectrum of the collector car market, from important sports and racing cars, through to Detroit muscle, the best of American and European classics, and a series of wild customs and show cars. “Our Arizona sale is a mainstay of our annual events calendar and highly-anticipated by our global clientele, providing a great start to the new collector car auction season each year,” says Rob Myers, Chairman and Founder, RM ... More | | Vancouver Art Gallery Permanent Collection Reaches Important Milestone, Now Over 10,000 Works
Luanne Martineau, Dangler, 2008, wool, silk, dye, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
VANCOUVER.- The Vancouver Art Gallery has passed a major milestone, as its permanent collection now exceeds 10,000 items. As part of its recent annual review, the Gallery announced that 178 artworks were acquired through purchase and donation in the last fiscal year, bringing the total number of works held in trust for the people of British Columbia to 10,004. Major contemporary and historical acquisitions build on the strength of the Gallery’s collection, renowned for its excellence in art produced in British Columbia and, in particular, the photo-conceptual work of the ‘ Vancouver school’. Exciting additions of painting, sculpture and photography were made with the assistance of generous donors and funders. Among the highlights of works acquired: · Killer Whale Transforming into a Thunderbird, a unique carved transformation panel by ... More |
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500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe Including Oriental Carpets Achieves $14 Million at Christie's
A George III Ebony-Inlaid Mahogany Secretaire Library Bookcase. Attributed to Thomas Chippendale, circa 1765. Estimate: $700,000-1,000,000. Price realized: $1,706,500. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, including Oriental Carpets achieved $14 million from October 21 to 22, selling over 450 treasures from the 16th to the 19th centuries. This spectacular sale was the top-grossing 500 Years sale to date held in New York, with the top lot of the sale, the Messer Chippendale Bookcase achieving $1.7 million. 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe is a new sale concept unique to Christie's that brings together all styles and movements of European Decorative Arts as well as Oriental carpets in a richly varied sale that offers collectors an incredibly diverse range of works of art to choose from. Will Strafford, International Specialist of European Furniture, said: “This was truly an international sale with 31 ... More | | Swiss Jewelry Designer Suzanne Syz Opens First Exhibition in New York at Marianne Boesky Gallery
A 180-carat yellow sapphire ring in gold.
NEW YORK, NY.- Swiss jewellery designer Suzanne Syz, renowned for her inimitable creations which combine whimsical airiness with sophisticated refinement, will show over thirty pieces of haute couture jewellery at the Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York from October 25th through October 29th. This occasion marks the first time contemporary art collector Suzanne Syz will publicly show her exclusive jewellery creations in the city which more than any other place has impacted her life and work in a major way. Born in Zurich and educated in Paris, Suzanne Syz moved to New York City in the 1980s, an era which art history would equate almost exclusively with the city. Andy Warhol, Jean‐Michel Basquiat, Julian Schnabel, Francesco Clemente and Jeff Koons became New York’s body and soul and it was in their midst that Suzanne first discovered and then rapidly developed her taste and eye for contemporary art. She ... More | | Nathan Slate Joseph Expands on Iconic Series from Earlier Periods at Sundaram Tagore
Nathan Slate Joseph, Jodhpur And Me, 2003, pure pigment on steel, 60x60, inches. Photo: Courtesy Sundaram Tagore.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Nathan Slate Joseph, who creates raw, tactile works by staining shards of discarded steel with pigment and acid, expands on iconic series from earlier periods in his long career for a solo show in Beverly Hills. Joseph has been an integral part of the New York School of Art for the past 40 years. Today he is renowned for his works exploring themes of globalization, immigration and climate change. For this exhibition, Joseph features new three-dimensional paintings, freestanding sculptures and wall-mounted vessels. Exposing metal to rain, wind and sunlight in his outdoor studio, he achieves rich patinas and unpredictable textures. Intensely colored, Joseph’s art straddles the realms of painting and sculpture, East and West, nature and the manmade. Gallery president and curator Sundaram Tagore says, ... More |
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Galleria Maurer Zilioli Presents Exhibition of Photos of Regions that have Been Devastated by Forest Fires
BRESCIA.- In this series of photographs entitled In Memoriam, Stefania Beretta (b. in Vacallo, Switzerland, in 1957) from Ticino has devoted herself to regions in Italy, France and Ticino that have been devastated by forest fires. An exhibition showing this group of works has already been presented, in 2009, at the Museo Cantonale d’Arte in Lugano, which provided an opportunity for a first presentation in Brescia. The photographer approaches her subject matter from a Conceptual angle. Each group of works has been meticulously prepared in preliminary studies and in on-site ‘field research’. Only then are ‘portrayals’ of selected places and motifs printed in a 120 x 120 format, occasionally in pairs forming a diptych to reinforce and intensify their impact or they are confronted with, and supplemented by, a monochrome picture field. The author is not concerned with narrative or objective documentation of a specific geographic locality but rather with memor ... More
Bonhams Offers Rare Svetoslav Roerich Painting Modelled on His Father, the Legendary Nicholas Roerich
LONDON.- A double-sided painting entitled ‘King Solomon’ by Svetoslav Roerich is one of the top lots in the Russian Sale taking place in New Bond Street on 1st December. Estimated to sell for £300,000 – 400,000, this work has never been exhibited or published before and has only previously been known to a small group of specialists. One of only two existing works from the unfinished series of paintings depicting the most important religious figures and spiritual teachers of the past, this magnificent portrait was painted in 1923 in Paris where Roerich stopped on his way to India. Roerich’s interpretation of King Solomon, who built the first Temple of Jerusalem, is instilled with complex symbolism and is depicted as a vehicle for mystical experience: his Solomon has tasted from the chalice of his fate and sacrificed himself for the creation of the Great Temple. This symbolic interpretation was most likely suggested by the Roerich’s father, the legendary N ... More
Andrew Deutsch & Ann Hamilton: The First Line (Sounds for Drawing) at Tampa Museum of Art
TAMPA, FL.- The Tampa Museum of Art presents Andrew Deutsch & Ann Hamilton: The First Line (Sounds for Drawing) on view at the museum from October 9 through October 31, 2010. Andrew Deutsch & Ann Hamilton: The First Line (Sounds for Drawing) is the culmination of a decade-long exchange between the two artists; a forum for public participation and an experimental drawing project. Inspired by an observation Ann Hamilton made that the soothing, sweeping sounds of her pencil and hand moving across the surface of the paper while drawing seemed akin to the lyrical cadences of overlapping whispering voices, Andrew Deutsch positioned microphones close to her body as she chanted almost unintelligibly and drew (the graphite work seen here above the drafting table). Now the focus of this interactive installation, the original recordings were filtered and remixed to create soundtracks for drawing. Striving for a deeper engagement wit ... More
Harley-Davidson Museum to Pay Tribute to Vets
MILWAUKEE (AP).- The Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee is planning to pay tribute to veterans and their families next month. It will offer free admission to them November 4 through Nov. 7. On Nov. 4, a Harley archivist will talk about the history of military vehicles and the company's other wartime contributions. On Nov. 5, a member of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, Dana Harbaugh, will talk about his decision to create a tribute Harley-Davidson motorcycle and show his photographs of association members. On Nov. 6, 80 cadets from St. John's Northwestern Military Academy Program will perform to honor veterans from World War I to current conflicts. The museum's ambassador, Glory the bald eagle, will be there Nov. 6 and Nov. 7 to pose for photos. ... More
Utah Museum of Fine Arts Opens Trevor Southey: Reconciliation
SALT LAKE CITY, UT.- The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) presents Trevor Southey: Reconciliation, a retrospective exhibition of the most significant works from each period of former Utah-based artist Trevor Southey’s (b. 1940) career. Guest curated by Day Christensen, in collaboration with UMFA Associate Curator of Art of Utah and the West, Donna Poulton, the exhibition will be on view in the Marcia and John Price Museum Building at the University of Utah from October 21, 2010–February 13, 2011. Two thousand square feet of gallery space on the UMFA’s first floor is devoted to Trevor Southey: Reconciliation. The exhibition comprises more than 60 works created over the last 50 years, including oil paintings, sculpture, and works on paper, which collectively create a profoundly biographical body of work. The exhibition is designed to trace four distinct passages in Southey’s life that have defined the ess ... More
Thought-Provoking New Exhibit by Elaine Ling Documents the Parallels Between Two Opposite Worlds
DAYTONA BEACH, FL.- The Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona Beach, Florida, has opened a new exhibition, Elaine Ling, Africa and Florida on view through December 16th, 2010. Thought-provoking and timely, it consists of two series of black and white large format photographs that speak to the balance of nature and man made constructions. Baobab: Tree of Generations, 2008 and Florida Contact, 2002, are joined together in this exhibition of opposites. Ling’s photographs grasp the viewer by the hand and create a journey through two conflicting worlds, while highlighting a common theme of the resilience of life. The pairing of these two series creates an elegant exhibition. Growing to be over 80 feet tall with a trunk as wide as a small car, the Baobab tree is one of the largest living things in the world. Baobab trees have been made into bars, homes, and even bathrooms. Found in the destitute grounds of the African de ... More
Professor Dean Hawkes Named Winner of the RIBA Annie Spink Award 2010
LONDON.- The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named Professor Dean Hawkes as the winner of the RIBA Annie Spink Award for Excellence in Architectural Education. The biennial award, established in 2000 by architect Herbert Spink FRIBA as a lasting memorial to his wife Annie, was conceived as an honour for the 'advancement of architectural education'. It is open to individuals who have made a significant contribution to architectural education. For many years, Dean Hawkes combined practice, teaching and research. He taught and undertook research at the Department of Architecture at Cambridge University between 1965 and 1995, and held the Chair of Architectural Design at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, between 1995 and 2002. He has been visiting professor at the Mackintosh School of Architecture (Glasgow School of Art), the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the National University of S ... More
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