| | A Journey Through British Art from World War II to the Late Sixties at Fundació Joan Miró
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A visitor walks by a painting from the triptych 'Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion' (1944) by Anglo-Irish figurative painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992) during the exhibition 'Let us face the future', one of the largest showcase of postwar (1945-1968) British art ever presented in Spain, at the Miro Foundation in Barcelona, Spain, 25 November 2010. The Exhibition, which includes works by Henry Moore, Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Richard Hamilton, Lucien Freud, Anthony Caro and others, runs until 20 February 2011. EPA/ANDREU DALMAU.
BARCELONA.- The Fundació Joan Miró presents Let Us Face the Future, a journey through British art from the end of the Second World War to the late sixties. The exhibition has been organized by the Fundació Joan Miró and the British Council and sponsored by Fundación BBVA. Let Us Face the Future, curated by Andrew Dempsey and Richard Riley, shows, for the first time in Spain, eighty-eight works by British artists from 1945-1968, on loan from the collections of British Council, the Arts Council, Tate and Pallant House Museum in Chichester, as well as other public and private collections. The exhibition begins with works by Henry Moore and Francis Bacon which reflect the state of Britain and Europe immediately after the war: the horror of the concentration camps and the ever-present threat of the atomic bomb. The title, Let Us Face the Future, comes from the Labour Party's slogan for their 1945 electoral campaign, which ... More |
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Cash-Strapped Bank of Ireland Auctions Off its Art Stockpile at Dublin's Shelbourne Hotel
A man waits to bid on a painting from the Bank of Ireland's art collection. AP Photo/Peter Morrison.
DUBLIN (AP).- Bank of Ireland has raised euro1.5 million ($2 million) in a sale of its prized Irish art works, auctioneers said Thursday, but the money won't be used to shore up the troubled lender amid the country's economic gloom. Adam's auction house said 144 works sold Wednesday night, when more than 500 people packed into the glitzy ballroom of Dublin's Shelbourne Hotel, hours after the government announced the toughest budget cuts in the country's history. The event highlighted the resiliency and quirkiness of Ireland, where for decades wealth was kept hidden under the mattress — and where savers once again are seeking a haven safer than the country's crippled banks. It also provided a lightning rod for people disgusted by how Ireland's banks brought the country to ruin, are on course to receive billions more from an international loan, yet cling to their own staggering private wealth. "The banks have mismanage ... More | | Dinosaur Exhibit Makes World Premiere in Ohio at the Cincinnati Museum Center
A fossilized nest of 26 dinosaur eggs arranged in pairs and laid by an unknown species of the feathered, beaked oviraptorosaurs is displayed. AP Photo/Al Behrman.
CINCINNATI, OHIO (AP).- A fossilized nest of eggs laid by an unknown species of dinosaur is part of an exhibit that makes its world premiere Friday at an Ohio museum. The exhibit at the Cincinnati Museum Center will feature fossils found by Chinese paleontologists, digging in the north-central region of their country. They include a rib more than 9-feet long from a species of the titanosaur family. Paleontologists believe the rib came from an animal probably close to 100-feet long and weighing 32 to 87 tons. Some of the exhibit bones are from two species that lived 89 million to 100 million years ago, museum officials said. "These fossils represent some of the latest fossil discoveries from China," Glenn Storrs, the museum's curator of vertebrate paleontology, said Wednesday. Discovery of the fossils from the titanosaur family was important to the field of paleontology, enabling identification of two new species of titanos ... More | | Official Palestinian Report Claims Jerusalem's Western Wall Has No Religious Significance to Jews
Jewish men pray at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem's Old City. AP Photo/Kevin Frayer.
By: Diaa Hadid,Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP).- An official Palestinian report claiming that a key Jewish holy site — Jerusalem's Western Wall — has no religious significance to Jews evoked an angry response from Israelis Wednesday, threatening to further inflame tensions over the disputed city. Decades of archaeology have shown that the Western Wall, the holiest place where Jews can pray, was a retaining wall of the compound where the two biblical Jewish Temples stood 20 centuries ago. The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam's third-holiest site, is built atop the ruins. The latest claim about the Temples, echoing positions taken in the past by Palestinian leaders including the late Yasser Arafat, underlined the deeply held, conflicting beliefs that must be untangled if a peace accord is to be reached between Israel and the Palestinians. Al-Mutawakil Taha, ... More |
 | Sotheby's Next Annual Turkish Contemporary Art Sale To Take Place on 7 April, 2011
Mubin Orhon, Untitled, oil on canvas, 1977, 130 by 97cm. Estimate: £50,000-70,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Following the huge successes achieved by Sotheby’s in the field of Turkish Contemporary Art since pioneering international auctions in this collecting category in 2009, Sotheby’s confirms that its next sale of Turkish Contemporary Art will take place in London on 7 April, 2011. Sotheby’s is also delighted to announce that Elif Bayoglu, who joined the company in 2008 and has played an instrumental role in each of Sotheby’s auctions in this increasingly important field, has been appointed Head of Sale. Elif will continue to be supported by Dalya Islam, Sotheby’s Consultant in Modern and Contemporary Turkish, Arab and Iranian Art, Oya Delahaye, Head of Sotheby’s Turkish Office, and Edward Gibbs, Senior Director and Head of Sotheby’s Middle East, India and Turkey Department. Commenting on Elf Bayoglu’s appointment, Edward Gibbs, Senior Director and Head of Sotheby’s Middle Eas ... More | | 100-Million-Year-Old New Crocodile Species Discovered by Scientists in Thailand
The skull of an ancient crocodile which was dug in Nakhon Ratchasima, northeastern Thailand in 2006. AP Photo/Northeastern Research Institute of Petrified Wood and Mineral Resources.
BANGKOK (AP).- A new species of crocodile that lived 100 million years ago has been identified from a fossil found in Thailand, researchers said Thursday. Komsorn Lauprasert, a scientist at Mahasarakham University, said the species had longer legs than modern-day crocodiles and probably fed on fish, based on the characteristics of its teeth. "They were living on land and could run very fast," said Komsorn, who noticed the skull fossil in a museum in the summer of 2006. The 6-inch-long (15-centimeter-long) fossil was originally retrieved from an excavation site in Nakhon Rathchasima province, also known as Korat, but had not been identified as belonging to a distinct species. The species has been named "Khoratosuchus jintasakuli," after Korat province, where the fossil was found, and the last ... More | | Philippe Parreno's First Solo Exhibition in the UK Opens at the Serpentine Gallery
Philippe Parreno, Marquee 2008. Courtesy of the Artist and Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York. Speech Bubbles (black) 2008. Courtesy of Fondation Louis Vuitton Pour La Création. Installation View, May, Kunsthalle Zürich, 2009 © 2010 Marie Auvity / Philippe Parreno.
LONDON.- This autumn the Serpentine Gallery presents Philippe Parreno’s first solo exhibition in a public institution in the UK. Parreno rose to prominence in the 1990s, earning critical acclaim for his work, which employs a diversity of media including film, sculpture, performance and text. Taking the exhibition as a medium, Parreno has sought to redefine the exhibition experience by exploring its possibilities beyond a collection of individual works. Parreno’s exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery has been conceived as a scripted space in which a series of events unfolds. The visitor is guided through the Galleries by a timeline of orchestrated sound and image. Noise from Kensington Gardens is heard inside, as though the outside is leaking into the Gallery. The window blinds ... More |
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Sotheby's Reveals Full Depth and Range of Works to Be Featured in "Hurouf: The Art of the World"
Ali Hassan (Qatari), The Green Tree, acrylic on canvas, 2010. Estimate: USD$18,000-22,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Following Sotheby’s June announcement of ‘Hurouf: The Art of the Word’, its landmark calligraphic auction which will take place at the Ritz-Carlton hotel, Doha on the 16 December, 2010, Sotheby’s is delighted to reveal further details about the sale. The 145-lot auction will showcase works by over 65 artists from 24 countries, with 82 pieces in the sale which are contemporary interpretations of calligraphy. The entire auction carries a pre-sale estimate of in excess of USD$4 million. The auction takes place in the year that Doha is Doha: Arab Capital of Culture 2010. ‘Hurouf: The Art of the Word’ traces the developments of the Arabic script from its inception, with kufic leaves dating from the 8th century, through popular calligraphy of the 19th century to the highest calibre works by international calligraphers working today. In selecting some of the most talented, revered and innovativ ... More | | New Version of Film Director Tim Burton's Exhibition at Toronto International Film Festival
Director Tim Burton poses for a portrait at Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles. AP Photo/Kristian Dowling.
TORONTO (Reuters) - In a long career, director Tim Burton has distinguished himself as the top Hollywood director for things weird, wacky, macabre and beautiful with his films ranging from "Edward Scissorhands" to "Alice in Wonderland." Last year, New York's Museum of Modern Art launched an exhibition covering the 52-year-old filmmaker's career in art and movies, and it became an instant hit. This week, a new version of the exhibit opens at the Toronto International Film Festival's TIFF Bell Lightbox. It features more than 700 original paintings, costumes, puppets, storyboards, doodles and drawings ranging from Burton's teenage years to present-day. Burton took some time to sit with Reuters and talk about his work and the exhibit, which runs through mid-April. Q: How does it feel to be honored like this? A: "It's a very strange thing because usually this stuff happe ... More | | Five Projects Receive 2010 Aga Khan Award; Oleg Grabar Receives Chairman's Award
Andalusian regional minister of Culture, Paulino Plata of Spain smiles as he receives the 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. EPA/STR
DOHA.- The five projects selected for the 2010 Aga Khan Award for Architecture were presented at a ceremony held at the Museum of Islamic Art. His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani the Emir of Qatar and Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser joined His Highness the Aga Khan in presiding over the ceremony. The five projects selected by the 2010 Master Jury are: • Wadi Hanifa Wetlands, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia • Revitalisation of the Hypercentre of Tunis, Tunisia • Madinat Al-Zahra Museum, Cordoba, Spain • Ipekyol Textile Factory, Edirne, Turkey • Bridge School, Xiashi, Fujian, China -The Award ceremony, His Highness the Aga Khan presented the Chairman’s Award to Professor Oleg Grabar in recognition of his lifetime contribution to the field of Islamic art and architecture. The Chairman’s Award was established to honour ... More |
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First Public Exhibition at Museum Brandhorst Shows Picasso: Artist's Books
4 colored zincographs with burin engraving by Pablo Picasso. From: Georges Hugnet, “Non Vouloir”, 1942, each circa 188 x 139 mm © Succession Picasso / VG-Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2010.
MUNICH.- Following its successful opening phase, the Museum Brandhorst is now holding its first public exhibition: “Picasso Artist’s Books”. With an exemplary selection of works, a section of the collection that has not been exhibited to date in the Museum Brandhorst is now accessible to the public. With a few exceptions, the exhibited works are on loan from the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München. Picasso was one of the most inventive and prolific artists of the 20th century and the genre of the artist’s book is no exception. Between 1905 and 1973, his original graphic works, i.e. etchings, lithographs and linocuts etc., were used to illustrate more than 150 books. The most important are now being displayed in the Museum Brandhorst. The new show was preceded in 1996 by exhibitions at the museums of modern art in Basel and Bonn, as ... More | | Mexico City's "El Caracol" Gallery of History Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
El Caracol” Gallery of History was inaugurated on November 1st 1960, and is integrated by 12 halls that narrate the life in Mexico. Photo DMC INAH. M. TAPIA.
MEXICO CITY.- With a photographic exhibition from the architect Pedro Ramirez Vazquez, a round table discussion and the publication of a commemorative leaflet, “El Caracol” Gallery of History will celebrate on November 26th 2010 its first 50 years of being one of the most visited precincts by youngsters. After the first month of its creation, the Gallery of History had already received 3,000 visitors, driven by the curiosity of knowing the proposal of an avant-garde museum that recounted Mexican history through models and dioramas conceived as theatrical elements that changed the museographic panorama at the time. Since then, the precinct also known as “El Caracol” Museum due to its architecture, is still one of the most visited spaces of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) Museums network, occupying the fourth place at the national level, just after the National Museum of Anthropol ... More | | Major Private Collection to Highlight Christie's Sale of American Paintings and Sculpture
Georgia O'Keeffe, Canna Red and Orange. Oil on canvas, painted in 1926. Estimate: $1,200,000-1,800,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.
NEW YORK, NY.- A vibrant flower study by Georgia O'Keeffe consigned direct from the Santa Fe museum dedicated to the celebrated artist's work is just one of the highlights of Christie's upcoming sale of American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture on December 1 in New York. Prominent private collections with ties to some of America's most trusted brands form the backbone of the 149-lot sale, which includes works from the Collection of Charlotte and R. Philip Hanes, Jr., the CEO Emeritus of Hanes Companies; the Collection of Henry Luce III, the late publisher of Time and Fortune magazines; the Estate of John V.A. Murray, grandson of Esquire Magazine founder William H. Weintraub; and the Estate of Irene Mennen Hunter, the late philanthropist and daughter of Mennen Company founder William Mennen. The total sale, which includes major works by John Singer Sargent, Georgia O'Keeffe, Milton Avery, George Bellows, ... More |
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500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe Including Oriental Carpets Sale Results
NEW YORK, NY.- The 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe including Oriental Carpets sale realized $5,640,850/£3,547,704/€4,178,407 and was sold 74% by lot and 80% by value. The top lot of the sale was a pair of George III satinwood, harewood, ebony, tulipwood and marquetry commondes, attributed to Matthew and Ince, circa 1775- 80, realizing $218,500/£137,421/€161,851. Stefan Kist, Christie's New York, Director of European Decorative Arts, said: “We are pleased to have concluded the 2010 sales of 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe including Oriental Carpets in New York with a combined total of $30 million, a 50% increase from last year. Christie's sales of European decorative arts and Oriental carpets continue to grow and achieve strong results, which is a testament to the effectiveness of the 500 Years strategy. These sales have inspired our clients to buy across the various sale categories that are offered in th ... More
National Museum of the American Indian in New York to Inaugurate a Permanent, Hemispheric Survey of Native American Art
NEW YORK, NY.- A spectacular, permanent exhibition of almost 700 works of Native art from throughout North, Central and South America is now open at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in New York, the George Gustav Heye Center. Organized by geographic regions, “Infinity ofNations: Art and History in the Collections of the National Museum of the American Indian” demonstrates the breadthof the museum’s renowned collection and highlights the historic importance of many of these iconic objects. Five years in the making, “Infinity of Nations” establishes the museum as an educational cornerstone for the city, providing an expansive overview of Native America. The exhibition is providing the foundation for eight seasons of public programs, each celebrating a different region and revealing the richness and diversity of indigenous nations. Chosen to illustrate the geographic ... More
Dinosaur Die-off Cleared way for Gigantic Mammals
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - They just needed some leg room: New research shows the great dinosaur die-off made way for mammals to explode in size — some more massive than several elephants put together. The largest land mammal ever: A rhinoceros-like creature, minus the horn, that stood 18 feet tall, weighed roughly 17 tons and grazed in forests in what is now Eurasia. It makes the better known woolly mammoth seem a bit puny. Tracking such prehistoric giants is more than a curiosity: It sheds new light on the evolution of mammals as they diversified to fill habitats left vacant by the dinosaurs. Within 25 million years of the dinosaurs' extinction — fast, in geologic terms — overall land mammals had reached a maximum size and then leveled off, an international team of scientists reports Friday in the journal Science. And while different species on different continents reached their peaks at different points in time, that pattern of evolution was remarkably similar wor ... More
Years Later, Mississippi Still Lacks Civil Rights Museum
JACKSON, MISS. (AP).- Mississippi bred some of the worst violence of the civil rights era, yet nearly a half-century after a barrage of atrocities pricked the conscience of the nation, it's one of the few civil rights battleground states with no museum to commemorate the era. Emmitt Till, a 14-year-old black boy, was bludgeoned to death for "sassing" a white woman and his body dumped in the Tallahatchie River in 1955. Mississippi NAACP Field Secretary Medgar Evers was gunned down outside his home by white sniper in 1963. And three young voter registration activists were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan during the Freedom Summer of 1964. Such events forced the nation's eyes on the upheaval in the segregated South, and were pivotal in passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The absence of a state museum to acknowledge and commemorate these events leads some to question whether Mississippi is ready to embrace its role in history. "It comes to a point tha ... More
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Honours Architecture's Brightest New Stars
LONDON.- The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the winners of the prestigious RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards 2010 in association with Atkins. Jonathan Schofield, from the University of Westminster, won the Silver Medal for his project Creative Evolution - Silvertown Ship Breaking Yard and Jack Hudspith from the Mackintosh School of Architecture (Glasgow School of Art) won the Bronze Medal for his project Cook School. Clare Richards from the University of Westminster won the Dissertation Medal for her work Happy Communities. The RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards promote excellence in the study of architecture, rewarding talent and encouraging architectural debate world-wide. This year, a record 270 Schools of Architecture from over 60 countries were invited to nominate two of their best student design projects at Part 1 (first degree), two at Part 2 (second degree) and one di ... More
Bonhams Announce the Establishment of an Aboriginal Art Department Based in Sydney
LONDON.- Two former staff from the Aboriginal Art department at Sotheby’s Australia, Francesca Cavazzini and Greer Adams, have been employed by Bonhams as Specialists in Charge of the Aboriginal Art Department. The new department will be advised in all aspects of its operation by Tim Klingender (former Director of Aboriginal Art at Sotheby's Australia), in his role as Senior Consultant. With the appointment of this new team, and the establishment of another international department, the company shows that its commitment to growing its Australian business with leading specialists continues apace. Tim Klingender BA (Fine Art) Melbourne University, is widely credited with establishing an ethical, sophisticated, and highly successful international market in the field of Aboriginal Art, where, over a twenty year period, he and his team exhibited tightly curated catalogues o ... More
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