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Two visitors contemplate some of the works on display during the opening day of the exhibition 'Bibliotheca Artis Treasures from the Museo del Prado library' at the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, 05 October 2010. The exhibition offers the public a first-time look at some of the museum's prized possessions from its library, including 40 books and manuscripts dating from between 1500 and 1750, as well as eight paintings by Tiziano, El Greco and Velazquez. The exhibition runs from 05 October 2010 to 30 January 2011. EPA/J.J. GUILLEN.
MADRID.- The exhibition is organized into three sections. The first, Bibliotheca artis (Library of Art), is the most important, featuring major works from the European literature on art, starting with the great treatises of the Italian Renaissance. On display are first editions of the key texts on painting by Leon Battista Alberti (1547) and Leonardo da Vinci (1651), as well as the first systematic treatise on perspective by Daniele Barbaro, who is the subject of a portrait by Titian in the Museum’s collection. The dissemination of Renaissance ideas in northern Europe is best represented by Dürer’s theoretical writings, of which an example here is the first Latin edition of his treatise On Measurement (1532). Also included in this section is a copy of the founding text of art history, Vasari’s Lives, a work that exercised a notable influence in Italy and the rest of Europe. Art theory during the Spanish Golden Age represents is another important section within the ... More |
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The Onassis Cultural Center in New York Explores the Role of Heroes in Society
Herakles as a Youth, First–second century A.D., Roman copy after a Hellenistic original, Marble, Height 30 cm, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Photo ©Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulterbesitz / Art Resources, NY (Johannes Laurentius).
NEW YORK, NY.- The age-old figures of Herakles, Odysseus, Achilles and Helen continue to fire the popular imagination today—and so does the concept of heroes, which began with the stories and images of these and other fabled Greek characters. Yet the very word ―hero‖ has a different meaning in our society than it did in an ancient Greek world that seemed, to its people, to be alive with Greek heroes and heroines. To provide a better understanding of the lives, fates and meanings of the first heroes and heroines, to explore the inherent human need for heroes and to give audiences an opportunity to measure their own ideas of heroes against the ideas represented by a wealth of extraordinary Classical Greek artworks, the Onassis Cultural Center in Midtown Manhattan presents the exhibition Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece, on view from October 5, 2010 to January 3, 2011. Heroes brings ... More | | Modern Works by Artist Joan Miró Displayed at Metropolitan Museum with Dutch Old Master Paintings
Joan Miró, Dutch Interior III, 1928. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York © Successió Miró, c/o Pictoright Amsterdam 2010.
NEW YORK, NY.- During a trip to the Netherlands in spring 1928, the Catalan painter Joan Miró (1893–1983) purchased postcards from the museums he visited. Two 17th-century Dutch genre scenes particularly caught his attention and served as the inspiration for a series of paintings he created that summer. The traveling exhibition Miró: The Dutch Interiors, which opens at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and will be on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning October 5, features Miró's three "Dutch Interiors" and the two Old Master paintings on which they are based. The New York venue will also show preparatory drawings and additional paintings by Miró in the Metropolitan's collection. This exhibition is the first in which Miró's paintings have been hung alongside the Dutch Golden Age pictures that inspired them. The exhibition brings together three paintings by Miró—Dutch Interior I (The Museum of Modern Art, New York), Dutch Interior II (Peggy Guggenheim Collection, ... More | | Sotheby's Hong Kong Fine Chinese 2010 Autumn Sale Fetches US$52.2 Million
The top lot of the sale is Fu Baoshi’s Court Ladies which sold for HK$33 million / US$4.2million, multiplying its pre-sale estimate (HK$5-7 million/ USD 640,000-890,000).
HONG KONG.- Today, on the 4th day of the seven-day Sotheby’s Hong Kong Autumn 2010 sales series, the sale of Fine Chinese Paintings achieved triumphant results. The sale commanded HK$407 million / US$52.2 million (est. HK$120-174 million / US$15.4-22 million), establishing Sotheby’s Highest-Ever Total for a Various Owners Sale of Fine Chinese Paintings. All but three of the 270 works offered found buyers, which represents and builds on the solid success of our Spring 2010 sale. The top lot of the sale is Fu Baoshi’s Court Ladies which sold for HK$33 million / US$4.2million, multiplying its pre-sale estimate (HK$5-7 million/ USD 640,000-890,000). Works by other Chinese masters such as Zhang Daqian and Qi Baishi also achieved strong prices. C.K. Cheung, Head of Sotheby’s Fine Chinese Paintings Department, commented: “Chinese Masters such as Zhang Daqian, Fu Baoshi and Qi Baishi and many others trium ... More |
 | New Work by Turner Prize Nominated Artist, Cornelia Parker, Loses Wing in Cuts Campaign
The work shows Antony Gormley’s celebrated Angel of the North with one of its wings lopped off.
LONDON.- A new work by Turner Prize nominated artist, Cornelia Parker, created specially for the campaign led by artists against funding cuts, was released today. The work shows Antony Gormley’s celebrated Angel of the North with one of its wings lopped off. The caption reads: Why clip the wings of an industry that is soaring? It’s a false economy to cut the arts. Nominated for the Turner Prize in 1997, Cornelia Parker has became known for her installations and interventions, including Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View 1991 (Tate Modern) where she suspended the fragments of a garden shed, blown up for her by the British Army, and The Maybe, a collaboration with actress Tilda Swinton, at the Serpentine Gallery in 1995. In 2003 she wrapped Rodin’s Kiss with a mile of a string to make a new work ... More | | Sidney Nolan's Antarctic Paintings on Display at the Polar Museum in Cambridge
Only a few of Nolan’s Antarctic works remain in Britain.
CAMBRIDGE.- Striking paintings by Sir Sidney Nolan are being shown at a new exhibition in Cambridge. The special exhibition at the Polar Museum at the Scott Polar Research Institute runs from 30 September to 18 December 2010. Only a few of Nolan’s Antarctic works remain in Britain. They are part of a series painted in 1964 after Nolan visited the Antarctic as a guest of the US Navy during Operation ‘Deep Freeze’. The majority of the series is held in museums and galleries worldwide. With the support of the Sidney Nolan Trust and the Australian High Commission, the Polar Museum is delighted to present a selection from the small number of Nolan's Antarctic works which remain in Britain. At the Adelaide festival in 1962, Nolan's friend Alan Moorehead, the Australian journalist and author, suggested a trip to the Antarctic. Moorehead, a freelance journalist for The New Yorker, then arranged for them to tou ... More | | More than 60 Rare and Unpublished Photographs by Richard Avedon Set for Auction
Brigitte Bardot photographed in Paris, January 27, 1959. REUTERS /Christies / Richard Avedon.
By: Lynn Adler
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- More than 60 photographs by Richard Avedon, some rare and unpublished, will be auctioned next month by Christie's in Paris to create the Richard Avedon Foundation endowment fund. The November 20 sale, the largest auction ever of Avedon's work, is expected to fetch up to $6 million or more for the fund designed to help teach a generation flooded with technology to harness the power of photography. "We want to help organizations that use photography to tell the truth about things," said Paul Roth, executive director of the Richard Avedon Foundation in New York. "We want to help young people learn how to use cameras and therefore have the power of controlling visual information in their own lives." ... More |
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First Kristin Baker Exhibition in an American Museum Opens at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Installation view. Kristin Baker: New Paintings Exhibition at the Community Arts and SMFA Gallery E, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
BOSTON, MA.- Exhilarating speed, sweeping movement, and floating shards of translucent color are among the signature elements Kristin Baker incorporates in her paintings to capture the interplay of light, motion, and space. Four large-scale works by the artist, on view for the first time, will be showcased at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) in Kristin Baker: New Paintings, her first solo exhibition at an American museum. Presented from October 2, 2010, to March 27, 2011, the show launches the Museum’s ongoing exhibition series highlighting graduates of the past decade from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA), whose work is internationally known for its innovation and influence on contemporary art. Baker graduated from the SMFA and Tufts University in 1998. Kristin Baker: New Paintings is supported by the Museum Council Artist in Residency ... More | | Fire Virtually Destroys Southeastern England Landmark 19th-Century Hastings Pier
A section of Hastings Pier, after the fire. AP Photo/Sang Tan.
By: Robert Barr, Associated Press Writer
LONDON (AP).- A landmark pier in southeastern England that once hosted a Rolling Stones concert was virtually destroyed in a fire Tuesday, probably marking an end to local hopes of preserving the 19th-century structure. Two teenagers were arrested on suspicion of arson, police said. The dilapidated Hastings Pier, which juts into the English Channel and is a relic of gentler times when mass tourism meant a trip to the seashore, had been closed since 2006. About five dozen firefighters were at the scene at the peak of the blaze, authorities said. "About 95 percent of the structure has been destroyed," regional fire department spokesman Simon Rose said. There was some hope, however, that the cast iron pilings had survived and might support rebuilding. In its heyday, tourists ... More | | First Day of Historic Three-Day Attic Sale at Chatsworth Realises US$7 Million
Over 400 people attended the sale today, staged in a fully equipped sale room that had been constructed overnight in a 20,000 square foot marquee in the grounds of Chatsworth.
CHATSWORTH.- The first day of the largest country house sale staged since 1977, Chatsworth: The Attic Sale, has just concluded. Of the total 1422 lots in the three-day sale, 395 came under the hammer today. Estimated to realise a sum in the region of £1.2 million, today’s session realised an extraordinary £4,416,425 (US$6,980,601), surpassing already the pre-sale estimate of £2.5 million for the entire sale. Nearly all of the lots offered found homes, with sell through rates today of 98.6% by value and 94.7% by lot. Over 400 people attended the sale today, staged in a fully equipped sale room that had been constructed overnight in a 20,000 square foot marquee in the grounds of Chatsworth. Those attending, paddles in hand, pitted their bids against the 1,000 other people bidding ... More |
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As 'Peanuts' Turn 60, Schulz Family Plans Future - More TV Specials and New Film
The character "Snoopy" looks at a portrait of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin.
By: Brett Zongker, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP).- Good grief, Charlie Brown. The world has certainly changed since the Peanuts were born. In 60 years, the U.S. sent a man to the moon, survived the Cold War and now has one of the worst economic funks in decades. All that time, Charles Schulz's imaginary gang has been a fixture of newspaper funny pages and grainy holiday TV specials. Now, his family is working to keep Snoopy, Lucy and the rest alive for generations to come. A handful of new projects is in the works. The first new animated film in five years is set for release next spring called "Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown." ABC just signed on for five more years of airing Charlie Brown holiday specials. A new social media game began on Facebook and Twitter last month to "Countdown to the Great Pumpkin," and the comic strip ... More | | Important Whistler and Old Master Prints at Swann Galleries' Three-Part Print Auction
Durer's Adam and Eve.
NEW YORK, NY.- On October 27 and 28 Swann Galleries will conduct a three-part print auction featuring material that is truly museum worthy. The sale begins on Wednesday, October 27 with more than 150 lots devoted to Whistler and His Influence, which offers rare and important etchings, drypoints and lithographs from the 1850s to the 1890s by the renowned printmaker. The auction continues the following day with Rare & Important Old Master Prints—one of the finest selections Swann has ever assembled—and a large catalogue of Old Master Through Modern Prints. Several of the Whistler etchings in the sale have not appeared at auction in decades, and many display his highly prized butterfly signature. Among these are a very early impression of Nocturne, etching and drypoint on Japan paper, 1879-80, likely one of the first etchings Whistler made upon his arrival in Venice in September 1879 (estimate $80,000 to $120,000 ... More | | Portland-based Artist to Exhibit for Art For Arts' Sake Opening of the New Orleans Art Season
Brian Borrello, Dune Grass, 2010. Charcoal, ink, BP's spilled Deepwater Horizon oil on marble dust impregnated linen, 72 x 48 in.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Jonathan Ferrara Gallery presents "Other Living Things", new works by Portland-based artist Brian Borrello in his first solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition will explore the delicate balance between human advancement and ecological stability. "Other Living Things" exhibition runs from September 30th, 2010 through October 30th, 2010 with an opening reception on Saturday October 2nd from 6 to 9 pm in conjunction with the annual Art for Arts' Sake city-wide opening of the New Orleans Arts Season. For this exhibition, Borrello continues his trademark style of incorporating "toxic" materials into his artworks. In his hands materials such as crude oil, asbestos and motor oil are used to comment on man vs. nature and our fragile coexistence. Several of the works in "Other Living Things" will feature works that incorporate BP Deepwater ... More |
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Sears Wants to Buy Back Willis Tower Sculpture Made by Alexander Calder
CHICAGO (AP).- Sears may have moved out of its tower in downtown Chicago, but the company now wants to buy back a motorized sculpture in the building's lobby. The brightly colored art installation, "The Universe," was created by Alexander Calder. It was unveiled at what was then the Sears Tower in October 1974. Sears moved out of the building in the 1990s. The company told the tower's new owners in July that it wants to buy the sculpture at half its appraised value, which it says is allowed under a 1994 deal. The tower's new owners have filed a lawsuit asking a judge to block the purchase. George Collins, an attorney for the new owners, tells the Chicago Tribune the sculpture is part of the building. The building was renamed the Willis Tower in 2009. ... More
Rainer Fetting's "Manscapes", Painted between 1974 and 2010, on View at Kunsthalle Tubingen
TUBINGEN.- The German word “Landschaft” – a precursor of “landscape” – originally denoted the totality of people that populated a country. It was not until later that it took on the geographic meaning that led, primarily through its representation in painting, to the landscape becoming the epitome of emotionally charged contemplation. Both of these meanings come together in Rainer Fetting’s playful title Manscapes – that of the pleasurable study of beautiful forms and colours, and that of a multiplicity of people, men in particular. The pictures of men, painted between 1974 and 2010 and assembled in the exhibition at the Kunsthalle Tübingen invite us to take a stimulating look at them as well as a closer look at Rainer Fetting’s oeuvre. He first became famous for the part he played in founding the legendary Galerie am Moritzplatz in 1977 and for his participation in epoc ... More
Baba Bling: The Peranakan Chinese of Singapore at the Musée du Quai Branly
PARIS.- This exhibition tells a fascinating story: how an immigrant community created a unique culture by abandoning their own original culture and immersing themselves in the influences, customs and beliefs of their adopted country. In Singapore, the term “Baba” designates a “Peranakan Chinese man”, and by extension, the descendents of Chinese traders who settled in Southeast Asia and assimilated certain aspects of Malay culture into their culture of origin. “Baba” also refers to the head of family who integrated elements of European culture through his parents and grandparents during the colonial period. The intercultural integration that lay behind the Peranakan identity is a lesson in open-mindedness and tolerance, two subjects that have never been more relevant today. A collection of approximately 480 artefacts has been assembled for this exhibition in order to highlight the luxurious and refined culture of the Peranakan Chinese established in ... More
Maryhill Museum of Art Announces Plans for First Expansion in 70-Year History
GOLDENDALE, WA.- The Board of Trustees of Maryhill Museum of Art announced plans for a $10 million expansion project to be completed by March 2012. The new 25,500 square foot Mary and Bruce Stevenson Wing, designed by GBD Architects of Portland, will allow Maryhill to meet a number of strategic objectives as it serves growing audiences from throughout Oregon, Washington and around the globe. “Maryhill Museum of Art’s rich history and extraordinary setting make it one of the region’s leading museums and a true gem of the Pacific Northwest. A new wing will allow the museum to thrive now and well into the future,” says Jim Foster, president of the museum’s Board of Trustees. Key features of the new wing include: a dedicated art education center to accommodate Maryhill’s wide range of public programming; a centralized collections suite for improved storage and to give curators and researchers m ... More
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