| | Metropolitan Museum of Art Honors Artist John Baldessari with Retrospective Exhibition
| | | | 
John Baldessari's Palm Tree/Seascape hangs in the museum lobby of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in this undated handout. More than 120 works, including two huge canvases commissioned for the exhibition, are included in a retrospective of legendary American artist Baldessari at the museum. The show, "John "Baldessari: Pure Beauty" which opens on October 19, 2010, is the first for the Los Angeles-based artist in New York for 20 years and includes works dating back to 1962. REUTERS/Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
By: Basil Katz
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- More than 120 works, including two huge canvases commissioned for the exhibition, are included in a retrospective of legendary American artist John Baldessari at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The show, "John "Baldessari: Pure Beauty" which opens on Tuesday, is the first for the Los Angeles-based artist in New York for 20 years and includes works dating back to 1962. The two new 25-foot (8.2 meter) works "Brain/Cloud," which features a giant cloud-like brain floating in a blue background, and "Palm Tree/Seascape," a canvas showing a palm tree jutting up in front of an expanse of ocean, hang in the lobby of the museum, created specifically for the New York show. "I don't think they (visitors) need any preshow counseling," the 79-year-old artist, who was dressed in all-black with a scraggly white beard, told reporters at a preview of the show. ... More |
 |
| The Best Photos of the Day |  |  | OVIEDO.- Xu Weihong, director of the archaeological team of the Xian Warriors, (L), Cao Wei, vice director of Xian Warriors Museum (C) and Zhang Weixing, member of archaeological team of Xian Warriors, (R), pose for the media in Oviedo, Asturias, northern Spain, 19 October 2010. On 22 October 2010 they will receive the Prince of Asturias Awards of Social Sciences 2010. EPA/J.L CEREIJIDO. | | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Google Partners with Israel Antiquities Authority to Bring Dead Sea Scrolls Online
Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library will Enable Imaging, Digitization of 900-Manuscript Collection. Photo: Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
JERUSALEM.- As part of the celebrations on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of its establishment, the Israel Antiquities Authority is launching a unique project – The Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library – to document the entire collection of the Dead Sea Scrolls. A major lead gift from the Leon Levy Foundation, with additional major funding from the Arcadia Foundation and the support of Yad Hanadiv Foundation, will enable the Israel Antiquities Authority to use the most advanced and innovative technologies available to image the entire collection of 900 manuscripts comprising c. 30,000 Dead Sea Scrolls fragments in hi-resolution and multi spectra and make the digitized images freely available and accessible to anyone anywhere in the world on the internet. This is the first time that the collection of Scrolls will be photographed in its entirety since the 1950’s. The IAA announced this morning ... More | | Five New Paintings by Cy Twombly to Inaugurate Gagosian's New Paris Gallery
Cy Twombly, Untitled (Bacchus 1st Version I), 2004. Acrylic on wood, 104 3/8 x 78 3/4 inches (265 x 200 cm). Private Collection © 2010 Cy Twombly. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.
PARIS.- To inaugurate the new Paris gallery, Gagosian Gallery presents “Camino Real,” a group of five new paintings by Cy Twombly. Each displays the inimitable and exuberant painterly gestures and highly keyed palette typical of his recent paintings. Camino Real is a reference to the play by Tennessee Williams, first performed in New York in 1953. The cast of characters, which includes Don Quixote, Lord Byron, Casanova, Baron de Charlus, and Marguerite Gautier, represents a romantic attitude to life, “old knights, dreamers and troublemakers” who retain a wild and untrammelled vision. Twombly’s paintings have an allusive and elusive relationship with this title; they are renewed evidence of his exceptional vitality and the freedom to work with intense colors and effusive gestures that are not restricted to a single reference. Their vivid palette relates to his previous series ... More | | Egypt's Top Archaeologist, Zahi Hawass, Shows Off New Tomb that Belonged to Rudj-ka
Egyptian antiquities chief Zahi Hawass talks to reporters inside the newly discovered tomb. AP Photo/Nasser Nasser.
By: Ben Hubbard, Associated Press Writer
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt's top archaeologist showed off the newly discovered tomb of a pharaonic priest on Tuesday, a find he said could point the way to a new necropolis to be excavated near the famed Giza pyramids. Standing inside the 4,300-year-old structure, Zahi Hawass said hieroglyphics on the tomb's walls indicate it belonged to Rudj-ka, a priest inspector in the mortuary cult of the pharaoh Khafre, who built the second largest of Giza's pyramids. The tomb — about the size of a train car — was adorned with paintings, some of them still vivid. Images on one wall depict a man standing on a boat, spearing fish. Nearby are lotus flowers and different types of birds standing or in flight. A series of false doors line the opposite wall. A painting above one shows two figures seated opposite each other at an offering table. The priest, buried with ... More |
 | Recent Works by the Internationally Renowned Austrian Artist Erwin Wurm at Essl Museum
A visitor takes a look into the kitchen of the art work "Narrow House" by Austrian artist Erwin Wurm. AP Photo/Ronald Zak.
VIENNA.- With the solo exhibition >PRIVATE WURM<, the Essl Museum presents very recent works by the internationally renownend Austrian artist Erwin Wurm. In the works on show, Wurm takes an ironic and distanced look at changes in the perception of reality and identity triggered by the media. A full-size house (16m long, 7m high), albeit compressed to a width of only about one metre, exemplifies the distortion to which images are subject. The house is modeled on the artist’s childhood home. Visitors will be able actually to enter the house and its individual rooms to feel the impact of its narrow confines. The dimensions of the furniture such as chairs, tables, plates and cutlery have been squeezed to the same extent as the house itself. The discrepancy between reality as it was and as we remember it, between the body and the world outside ... More | | New York City's Hotel Chelsea, Built in 1883 and a Bohemian Landmark, is Up for Sale
Hotel Chelsea on New York's West 23rd Street in Manhattan. AP Photo/Rick Maiman.
By: Daniel Trotta
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- The New York hotel that inspired creative talent from Sir Arthur Clarke to Sid Vicious is up for sale. The Chelsea Hotel, controlled primarily by three families that have owned it for 65 years, will remain a haven for struggling artists despite changing hands, a hotel spokesman said on Tuesday. "The history itself makes the hotel what it is," said the spokesman, Loren Riegelhaupt. "Anybody who's going to be looking to buy the Chelsea knows that the Chelsea is the Chelsea, and there's nothing you want to do to change what the Chelsea is," he said, adding that there was no asking price. A partial list of those who stayed there includes writers such as Clarke, O. Henry and Thomas Wolfe, playwright Arthur Miller, artist Andy Warhol and musicians Janis Joplin, ... More | | Preview Berlin, The Emerging Art Fair, Breaks Visitor Records in Its 6th Edition
Cai Wagner (left) explaining a work by Claas Gutsche. Galerie Wagner + Partner, PREVIEW BERLIN 2010, © Grit Schwerdtfeger.
BERLIN.- On Thursday October 7th, the sixth edition of PREVIEW BERLIN – The Emerging Art Fair opened its doors in the Hangar2 of Airport Tempelhof. 60 exhibitors from 19 countries displayed the newest trends on contemporary art through the work of more than 200 artists. More than 12.000 visitors turned PREVIEW BERLIN once again into the meeting point of the Berlin art scene. The Eastern European section and the Project Section complemented the general program of the fair. The sky was clear over the Tempelhof field, and spirits were high inside the hangar. On the first hours of the pre-opening on Thursday morning, the expectations of the organizers and exhibitors participating at this year’s edition were fully overwhelmed – more than 3.500 visitors celebrated a stunning start of the emerging art fair. As in previous ... More |
 |
Fifty Auctions Later, Los Angeles Modern Auctions is Still Going Strong, Sale Totals $1.55 Million
Andy Warhol, Flowers, 1970. Screenprint. Signed in ballpoint pen and numbered with a rubber stamp verso, #22 of 250. Estimate: $25,000-35,000. Realized: $33,075.
VAN NUYS, CA.- Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) October 17, 2010 Modern Art & Design auction, LAMA's 50th auction since 1992, totaled $1.55 million (including buyer's premium) selling 65% of the 509 lots offered. Over 250 people registered for the auction, including in-house participants who filled the gallery to standing room only. Several buyers came from Italy, Japan, France, as well as an overwhelming amount of clients from California and New York. The auction brought together an assortment of high quality 20th century modern fine art, furniture, design, and decorative objects, many of which never traded hands until Sunday. A large number of offerings were from original owners and estates, which caused bidding action to increase dramatically. Buyers were happy with the prices for furniture, which is still selling for below the highs of 2008, while ... More | | Sotheby's New York to Offer Property from the Collection of the Late Clarence Day
A Marble Portrait Bust Of The Deified Antinous, Roman Imperial, Reign of Hadrian, Cira AD 130-138 (est. $2/3 million). Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s announced a single owner sale of important Antiquities from the Collection of the late Clarence Day to be held on the evening of 7 December 2010. The sale will include approximately 40 lots and is expected to raise $5/8 million.* Proceeds from the sale will benefit The Day Foundation. Among the highlights will be A Marble Portrait Bust of the Deified Antinous, Roman Imperial, Reign of Hadrian, Circa A.D. 130-138 (est. $2/3 million) and A Green Porphyry Figure of an Egyptian Royal Sphinx, Roman Imperial, Circa 1st Century A.D. (est. $800,000/1.2 million). In addition to the Antiquities sale, A Marble Portrait Bust Of The Deified Antinous, Roman Imperial, Reign of Hadrian, Cira AD 130-138 (est. $2/3 million) Housatonic, a major work on paper by Arshile Gorky, will be included in the Contemporary Art Evening Sale in New York on 9 November (est. $800,000/1.2 million). The Marble Portrait Bust of the ... More | | Contemporary Chinese Paintings from the Allen Memorial Art Museum on View at the Akron Art Museum
Wang Guangyi, Great Criticism Series: Chanel, 1994, oil on canvas, 60 1/4 x 48 3/8 in., Collection of the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. Oberlin Friends of Art Fund, 2001.
AKRON, OH.- Featuring works by four internationally renowned artists, Zheng Fanzhi, Wang Guangyi, Shen Jiawei and Hung Liu, Culture Revolution allows viewers a glimpse into the rapidly changing terrain of contemporary Chinese culture. The lush, poetic paintings, on loan from the Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM) at Oberlin College, is on view in Akron through February 27, 2011. “We are thrilled to have the opportunity to present this selection of remarkable contemporary Chinese paintings from the AMAM,” said Curator of Exhibitions Ellen Rudolph. “Culture Revolution will offer our audiences the chance to learn about modern China through powerful images created by artists who have lived through the tumultuous changes of the last several decades.” During China’s Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), the only manner of ... More |
 |
Photographers and Researchers will Examine Images of the Mexican Revolution
Female soldier at Buenavista station. Fondo Casasola. INAH.SINAFO.FN. MEXICO.
MEXICO CITY.- From iconic images of the war to daily life outside the battlefield, multiple images of the Mexican Revolution where the faces of the leaders, of the decadent aristocracy and of the common people, will be analyzed by renowned photographers and researchers on October 21st and 22nd 2010, during the 11th National Encounter of Photo Libraries. Different factors resulted in the armed movement being one of the most photographed social uprisings during the 20th century. Most images shot by photojournalists during the period were concentrated in the Casasola Fund, which represents the most important collection of the period guarded by the National Photo Library of the National Institute of Archaeology and History (INAH), located in Pachuca, Hidalgo. Juan Carlos Valdez Marin, director of the National Photo Library, who hosts the annual encounter that in 2010 will be dedicated to “Revolution ... More | | Thai Khon Mask Maker Keeps Disappearing Tradition Alive in the Saphan Mai Area
Prateep Rodpai, one of Thailand's last traditional Khon mask makers. AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong.
By: Kinan Suchaovanich, Associated Press Writer
BANGKOK (AP).- Any taxi can take you to one of Bangkok's glitzy new shopping malls, but you'll have to poke around and trod carefully down a crumbling, fetid old alley in a working-class district to find a true artifact of genuine Thai culture. The neighborhood used to be a thriving community of makers of Khon masks, the keystones of ornate glittering costumes used in the stylized classical Thai dance form known as Khon. A street sign for tourists boasts of its glorious past, but most workshops in the Saphan Mai ("Wooden Bridge") area were shuttered years ago. Come to a small, tin-roofed house some weekend, however, and you'll find 56-year-old Prateep Rodpai, one of Thailand's last traditional Khon mask makers. The Khon tradition was imported from India around the 10th century. It evolved from a Hindu religious ceremony into a ... More | | Views and Souvenirs from the Grand Tour Assembled in New Installation at Metropolitan Museum
Italian Fan with view of the Roman Colosseum flanked by grotesques and landscapes, late 18th-century. Paint on parchment, 20 ¾ x 11 ¼ in. (52.7 x 28.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, 1963 (63.90.76)
NEW YORK, NY.- In the 18th century, privileged Europeans embarked on the Grand Tour, traveling principally to sites in Italy, where they visited cherished ruins of the ancient world and the splendid architecture of the Renaissance and Baroque eras. The influx of these travelers to destinations north and south – Venice, Rome, and Naples in particular – led to a flowering of topographical paintings, drawings, and prints by native Italians serving a foreign market eager to return home with pictures and souvenirs. Italy Observed: Views and Souvenirs, 1706-1899, currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum through January 2, 2011, showcases a selection of the rich holdings of Italian vedute (views) collected by Robert Lehman. From paintings of Venetian life by Luca Carlevaris to a Neapolitan ... More |
| More News |
Property from the Estate of Television and Business Pioneer Maria Helen Smith on Offer in November
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields announced the November 16, 2010 auction of the Estate of Maria Helen Smith, San Diego, California. Assembled over the course of a lifetime, the Collection features a diverse group of 19th century works with a focus on the European and Asian aesthetic. The 300-lot Los Angeles-based sale will feature a discerning selection of rare pieces by renowned makers such as Francois Linke, Paul Sormani and Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener, as well as beautiful examples of gilt bronze, chandeliers, silver and porcelain from across Europe. Maria Helen Smith was born July 4, 1921, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was a pioneer in the arenas of broadcasting, business and real estate. Over the course of her career, Smith paved the way for women in television, radio and corporate ventures. She was one of the first women in the United States to own a television station as well as one of the first female inductees to ... More
Acclaimed Photographer Edward Burtynsky Named Recipient of MOCCA Award 2011
TORONTO, ON.- The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) announced Toronto-based photographer Edward Burtynsky as the recipient of the $20,000 MOCCA Award in Contemporary Art 2011. The MOCCA Award will be presented to Mr. Burtynsky at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art at a gala event on April 14, 2011. Each guest at the event will receive a limited edition work of art by Burtynsky created especially to mark the event. In naming him as the third recipient of the Award, MOCCA cited the national and international acclaim Mr. Burtynsky has received for extraordinarily unique bodies of work produced over the course of nearly three decades. Combining knowledge of photography, its history and techniques, with a sharp perceptual rigour, Burtynsky creates stunning images of the sites of some of the heaviest and most essential industrial activities in Canada and around the world. Often cinematic in scale and always spectacular i ... More
Over 200 Cultural Heritage Sites at Risk: Study
By: Bernd Debusmann Jr
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- More than 200 of the world's most significant cultural heritage sites could be severely damaged or lost which would cost developing nations over $100 billion in lost revenue, a new report showed. Haiti's Palace of Sans Souci, known as the "Versailles of the Caribbean," and Mirador, a massive pre-Columbian city in Guatemala, are among the 20 sites listed in the report as on the verge of irreparable loss and destruction due to mismanagement, looting, neglect, conflict and unsustainable tourism. "These are wonderful, priceless cultural sites. If we don't do something, we could potentially lose them forever. It would be a tragic loss," said Jeff Morgan, the executive director the Global Heritage Fund, a California-based nonprofit group which published the "Saving Our Vanishing Heritage" report. He believes the destruction of cultural sites does not receive enough attention from organizations such as UNESCO, the United Nations Education, S ... More
Chairs from Taunton Castle, Somerset, Used During the Bloody Assizes to Sell at Bonhams
LONDON.- A set of six Charles II chairs believed to have been used in the court room of Judge Jeffreys during the Bloody Assize at Taunton Castle, Somerset, in 1685, is to be sold at Bonhams’ Fine English Furniture and Works of Art sale on 3 November 2010. The set has attracted a pre-sale estimate of £10,000 – 15,000. Jeffreys became known as ‘the hanging judge’ for the part he played in the Bloody Assizes, the series of trials that took place in the aftermath of the Battle of Sedgemoor and put an end to the Monmouth Rebellion. He was imprisoned after the Revolution of 1688 in the Tower of London, where he died one year later. Taunton Castle was acquired by the Somerset Archaeological Society in 1873 and the chairs were either removed or sold. They remained in the Taunton area until shortly after the Second World War when they were purchased by R. T. Gwynn and brought to London. The whereabouts of the remai ... More
Hunting Pictures Star as Bonhams Sporting Sale Moves to Edinburgh
LONDON.- A splendid depiction of the South Staffordshire Hunt at Longdon Green, Lichfield, by the renowned equine artist, Lionel Edwards, is the star lot in this year's Sporting Sale in Edinburgh on 11 November. The painting was commissioned by the Master of the South Staffordshire Hunt, Arthur Rymond, who is portrayed in the picture on his hunter "Robert". Edwards, a keen hunter himself, stayed with the Rymonds while working on the commission. It is estimated at £20,000-30,000. The sale is devoted to all things sporting from hunting pictures to stuffed fish, and from trophy antlers to fishing tackle. This is the first time it has been held in Scotland, a tribute to the robustness of the Scottish market according to Bonhams Scotland's Managing Director, Miranda Grant. "The success of our Scottish sale in August shows the strength of the market at the moment. We are the only international auction house with a strong presence in Scotland and are committed to staging high profile, ... More
For the First Time in France, the Saatchi Gallery Present More than 60 Works from Its Contemporary Art Collection
LILLE.- In the autumn of 2010 and for the first time in France, the London based Saatchi Gallery will present more than 60 works from its famous contemporary art collection, assembled for the exhibition entitled "La Route de la Soie" (The Silk Road). The event is organised by lille3000 and will take place at the Tri Postal, from October 20th to the January 16th 2011. The Saatchi Gallery, founded by Charles Saatchi in 1985, now occupies the Duke of York’s HQ in Chelsea, London. At 70,000 square feet, it is the world’s largest entirely free entry contemporary art gallery, attracting over one and a quarter million visitors a year. By championing the work and largely unseen artists, as well as displaying rarely exhibited work by international names, the Saatchi Gallery has built up one of the most stimulating and up-to-date art collections in the world. Over the last two and a half decades its pioneering exhibitio ... More
|
|
|
No comments:
Post a Comment