| | Boston's Museum of Fine Arts Unveils New $504 Million Art of the Americas Wing
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Invited guests stand in front of Thomas Sully's painting "The Passage of the Delaware" during the press preview of the new Art of the Americas wing at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in Massachusetts November 12, 2010. The $345 million wing opens to the public on November 20. REUTERS/Brian Snyder.
BOSTON (REUTERS).- When redecorating his home some years ago, financier Henry Kravis sold a painting by John Singer Sargent to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The painting -- "Charles Stewart Sixth Marquess of Londonderry, Carrying the Great Sword of State at the Coronation of King Edward V11 August 1902, and Mr. W.C. Beaumont, his Page on That Occasion" -- is one of thousands of works that will now be displayed at the museum's new Art of the Americas Wing, which opens to the public on Nov 20. "This is the kind of Sargent that is a real opportunity for a museum because it is not the kind of Sargent that is popular in commercial terms," museum director Malcolm Rogers told a news conference on Friday to launch the wing. Hanging close to the "Lord Londonderry" painting is Sargent's immensely popular 1882 painting, "The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit." Sargent is one of hundreds of American artists represented in the Art of the Am ... More |
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Collection of American Furniture, Paintings and Works on Paper Acquired by the National Gallery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Chippendale Desk and Bookcase. Circa 1765. Attributed to Thomas Affleck George M. and Linda H. Kaufman. Height: 9 feet 6 in. Width: 47 1/2 in. Depth: 24 1/2 in.
WASHINGTON, DC.- One of the largest and most refined collections of early American furniture in private hands, as well as major Dutch paintings, American paintings, and works on paper, including some 40 floral watercolors by Redouté, acquired with great connoisseurship together over four decades by George M. and Linda H. Kaufman, have been promised to the National Gallery of Art, Washington. A temporary exhibition highlighting the early American furniture will take place at the Gallery in two years. "While building their exceptional collection of art and antiques, Linda and George Kaufman have been leaders, as well as generous lenders and donors, in the art world, and especially at the National Gallery of Art," said Earl A. Powell III. "One of America's earliest art forms was furniture influenced by European traditions, and this is an opportunity for the Gallery to complement not only its European decorative arts donated by the Wi ... More | | Sotheby's Announced It will to Offer Important Works on Behalf of the Beaverbrook Foundation
Sales led by Claude-Joseph Vernet’s Monumental A Grand View of the Sea Shore
Enriched with Buildings, Shipping and Figures. Est. $1.5/2 million. (detail). Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Sotheby’s will offer important old master paintings, modern British art and other works from the collection of 20th-century press baron and business tycoon Lord Beaverbrook in a series of auctions in both London and New York through January 2011. The highlight of the collection is Claude-Joseph Vernet’s A Grand View of the Sea Shore Enriched with Buildings, Shipping and Figures, a monumental canvas depicting a peaceful seascape at sunset (est. $1.5/2 million*). The work will be offered in the New York auction of Important Old Master Paintings on 27 January 2011. Proceeds from the sales will go to benefit the Beaverbrook Foundation, a charitable organization. The Canadian-born press baron, business tycoon and politician Lord Beaverbrook moved from New Brunswick to London in 1910, where he quickly set to work building a newspaper empire. Already the owner of the ... More | | Bortolami Presents Its Second Solo Exhibition of Work by Israel-Born Artist Avner Ben-Gal
Avner Ben-Gal, Untitled, 2010. Acrylic pencil and paper on paper, 82 x 57.5 inches, 208.3 x 146.1 cm. Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Bortolami, NY.
NEW YORK, NY.- Bortolami presents its second solo exhibition of Avner Ben-Gal. Smackville draws from abstract and visual representations of the effects of opiate drugs: withdrawal, craving and usage. The show seeks to describe the moment of the chemical reaction when the toxic substance intrudes the body and is infused into the bloodstream. The works convey a will for redemption, rather than a need to be rehabilitated. The exhibition is divided into two new groups of works. One group is comprised of large drawings on paper, made mostly with black marker and slight touches of other colors. The drawn scenes depict human figures and animals being caught in an intensive, hysterical state. The lines are sharp, evoking needles, paralleling the conditions of the drawings surface, which is dry, and the state of being "dry" and suffering from withdrawal deliriums. The second group of works, consisting of paintings, addresses ... More |
 | Artist David Hockney Applies Brush to Dog Bowls at Bonhams & Butterfields Auction
A dog bowl decorated by artist David Hockney for an upcoming auction. AP Photo/Bonhams & Butterfields.
LOS ANGELES (AP).- David Hockney is best known for his pop art. His latest project is pup art. The man who last year sold a painting called "Beverly Hills Housewife" for nearly $8 million has applied his brush to dog bowls for an upcoming auction. Bonhams & Butterfields will auction bowls painted by Hockney and five other artists on Nov. 23 in Los Angeles and San Francisco . The auction house expects to get between $2,500 and $3,500 for each 11-inch, signed and dated bowl. The other artists are Charles Arnoldi, Ross Bleckner, Robert Longo and Edward Ruscha and Kenny Scharf. Proceeds from the simultaneous auctions will benefit PAWS/LA. The group helps low-income seniors and those disabled by life-threatening illnesses keep and care for their pets. ... More | | RISD Museum Showcases the Human Figure in Show About the Use of the Artist's Model Through Time
Alfred Edward Chalon ©, The Life Class, 1832. Anonymous Gift.
PROVIDENCE, RI.- Since ancient times, models have been an essential tool for all artists depicting the human figure. This November, the Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art opens a fascinating exhibition on the role of the artist’s model, demonstrating the range of bodies that have fueled artistic creativity from the Renaissance to the present. The exhibition showcases more than 50 works from the RISD Museum’s esteemed collection of prints, drawings, and photographs, including several recent acquisitions never before on view. Organized by Crawford Alexander Mann III., the Museum’s Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow, Changing Poses: The Artist’s Model runs from Nov. 12, 2010 to June 5, 2011. The ... More | | Most Comprehensive Exhibition of the Work of Thornton Dial to Premiere at the IMA in 2011
Thornton Dial, Setting the Table, 2003.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The most extensive exhibition ever mounted of Thornton Dial’s painting and sculpture will premiere at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, on view from February 25, 2011, to May 15, 2011. Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial will highlight the artist’s significant contribution to the field of American art and show how Dial’s work speaks to the most pressing issues of our time—including the War in Iraq, 9/11, and social issues like racism and homelessness. The exhibition will present 70 of Dial’s large-scale paintings, drawings and found-object sculptures spanning twenty years of his artistic career—including 25 works on view for the first time. Thornton Dial’s work draws inspiration from the rich expressive traditions of the black South. With no formal art education, Dial developed a truly distinctive and original style. Influenced by African American yard ... More |
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Exhibition of Outstanding Works on Paper from IVAM's Collection Opens in Valencia
M. Navarro, Construir la ciutat, 1998.
VALENCIA.- The exhibition "Works on paper in the IVAM Collection" sponsored by the Valencian Parliament gathers 226 works distributed in Modern Vanguard, Vanguard postwar Sculptors Drawings and Postmodernism. The exhibition highlights the variety of individual voices and new vocabulary that was established in the works on paper from the early twentieth century to the present The design has been considered as a laboratory of experience, intimate, closer to artist's and a practice that has continued since the origins of art. In the case of the IVAM, is an indispensable element to study in depth the work of Julio González and Ignacio Pinazo, but also to follow the creative processes of The artists and movements of a century. The collection contains outstanding works of historical avant-garde artists such as Moholy-Nagy, Kurt Schwiters, Jacques Lipchitz, Alexander Calder and Sonia Delaunay. The drawing has been instrumental in the p ... More | | 80 Previously Unseen Works by Stephen Shore in First Exhibition in Berlin at Sprüth Magers
Stephen Shore, Anderson Heating Co., 2nd St , Ashland , WI , July 9, 1973, 1973-2007. C-print, 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61 cm). Copyright Stephen Shore. Courtesy 303 Gallery, New York and Sprüth Magers Berlin London.
BERLIN.- Sprüth Magers Berlin presents work by Stephen Shore in his first solo show in Berlin for over 15 years. The exhibition will feature 80 previously unseen works from the series Uncommon Places, in addition to a number of pages from his seminal Road Trip Journal. A self-taught photographer, Stephen Shore began his career in 1961, at the early age of fourteen, when he presented and sold his photographs to Edward Steichen, then curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art. Shortly afterwards, from 1965 to 1967, Shore spent much of his time photographing Andy Warhol and his entourage at the Factory. Through Shore’s early exposure to Warhol he was able to absorb the New York Art Scene and produce spontaneous snapshots of famous performers such as Edie Sedgwick and Lou Reed, using an unintimidating ... More | | Gratz Family Portraits Reunited at Philadelphia's Rosenbach Museum & Library
Rebecca Gratz.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia announces the acquisition of two artistically and culturally significant portraits originally belonging to the Gratz Family, a prominent early American Jewish family who lived in Philadelphia. The paintings include a visually stunning portrait of philanthropist, social activist, and Jewish leader Rebecca Gratz painted in 1831 by Thomas Sully, and a portrait of her brother, Joseph Gratz by George Peter Alexander Healy (not dated). Both portraits were originally painted in Philadelphia, and documentation suggests the portrait of Rebecca Gratz has not been displayed on public view since 1922 and the portrait of Joseph Gratz has never been exhibited. After two generations apart, the portraits of Rebecca and Joseph will join portraits of other Gratz family members in the Rosenbach’s collection, on display to the public beginning Tuesday, November 9. These new ... More |
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Exhibition Explores the Conceptual Process of British Installation Artist Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy, Hand hit site dust, Presidio Spire, October 2008. Unique Ilfochrome print, 16 x 16 inches.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Haines Gallery presents Incidental Objects, an exhibition exploring the conceptual process of British installation artist Andy Goldsworthy. Though popularly known for his ephemeral pieces that disappear over time, Goldsworthy has dedicated a large percentage of his focus toward the completion of over 120 commissioned, permanent installations over the past 25 years. For the artist, these permanent and temporary works function symbiotically, with temporary or experimental works often aiding in the development or realization of these commissions. Goldsworthy’s exhibition at Haines Gallery highlights some of these “incidental” works, providing a rare view into the conceptual nature of the artist’s process. Works in the exhibition include proposal drawings for several permanent commissions, including Spire (a recently completed work in the Presidio Park of San Francisco), Wood Line ... More | | Pot o' Gold: Family's Old Vase Fetches $83 Million at Small Suburban London Auction House
A Chinese vase which was sold for 43 million pounds ($69.3 million) in London. AP Photo / Bainbridge Auctioneers.
By: Jill Lawless, Associated Press
LONDON (AP).- It was just an old Chinese vase that had been in the family for 80 years. It turned out to be much more. When the intricately painted 18th-century piece went on the block at Bainbridges, a small suburban London auction house, it sold for a record $83 million Thursday, scooped up by a Chinese buyer. "How do you anticipate the Chinese market?" asked the shocked auctioneer, Peter Bainbridge. "It's totally on fire." The sale price was more than 40 times the pre-sale estimate and a record for a Chinese work of art — an outcome Bainbridge called "a fairy tale" for the family who owned the vase. The sellers, who wished to remain anonymous, are the sister and nephew of a deceased elderly woman in the West London suburb of Pinner. The vase had been in the family at least since ... More | | 40-Year Retrospective Exhibition of the Work of Tony May Opens at San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
Tony May, ICA Periscope/Marquee, 2010. Wood, bamboo, mirrors, recycled materials. Image: Kathryn Hetzner.
SAN JOSE, CA.- The first large-scale retrospective exhibition of works by San Jose artist Tony May opens in November 2010 at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA). This comprehensive survey is on view through February 2011 and includes May’s conceptually-rooted, site-responsive and often whimsical artwork created over the past 40 years. By presenting carefully curated pieces from public and private collections, May’s own archive, new works and recreations of past temporal or site-specific projects that have been lost over time, the exhibition brings long-overdue recognition to May as a Bay Area art treasure in his own right. “Since coming to the ICA ten years ago, I have wanted to present Tony’s work,” says ICA Executive Director, Cathy Kimball. “Throughout our 30-year history, the ICA has dedicated resources, time and space to ... More |
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Strong, Colorful Surreal Paintings by Philemona Williamson at June Kelly Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Fractured Tales, an exhibition of new paintings by Philemona Williamson — strong, colorful surreal narratives that both unsettle and delight -- opened at the June Kelly Gallery, on November 12. The exhibition will remain on view until December 14. Williamson injects the edginess of imagination, memory and mystery in her examination of life stages between adolescence and adulthood. She brings intrigue into the daily human drama of searching for identity and constancy, and her figures abound with restless energy and uncertainty. Williamson says she thinks of her paintings more as an ongoing rearrangement of dreams. And because of the difficulty of making dreams a reality, her figures must juggle, contort, cajole and always be in competition. Williamson is fascinated with the innocence and wonder of pubescent youth and its inevitable progression toward adulthood. In Fractured Tales, her figures ... More
Art Basel Miami Beach 2010 Announces Art Public: 9 Public Art Works in Miami Beach
MIAMI, FL.- Art Public, curated this year for the second time by Patrick Charpenel of Guadalajara, Mexico, features 9 projects by internationally renowned artists from seven countries. The projects will be installed in the outdoor public spaces of Miami Beach, within close proximity to the Oceanfront area and the Miami Beach Convention Center. The 2010 edition of Art Public will present works that engage directly with the viewer, interrupting the daily routine of passersby in poetic and surprising ways.
Most of the works are site-specific and commissioned for Art Basel Miami Beach, including the projects by François Bucher and Minerva Cuevas; Fyodor Pavlov Andreevich will present a new site-specific performance. Below, you can find all the 2010 Art Projects artworks at a glance; a detailed description of each can be found at www.artbasel.com/public. ... More
Neglect Threatens Many of Italy's Cherished Ruins
By: Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press
ROME (AP).- For all of Italy's ancient wonders, the real wonder might be that so many are still standing, given the poor care they get. The collapse in Pompeii last week of a frescoed house where gladiators prepared for combat was the latest loss. The structure had survived the explosion of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. but apparently could not withstand modern neglect. "We're stunned when some walls fall down. But these are ruins not systematically maintained, so the miracle is that so few of them collapse," said Andrea Carandini, a world-renowned archaeologist who leads a panel of professional consultants in the Cultural Ministry. Last spring, a huge segment of Nero's fabled Golden Palace beneath Rome gave way, raining down pieces of vaulted ceiling in one of the galleries under a garden popular with strollers. Three years ago, a 20-foot (6-meter) section of ancient wall crumpled into a pile of bricks after days of heavy rain. The wall had ... More
Metropolitan Museum to Undertake Major Redesign and Reconstruction of its Fifth Avenue Outdoor Plaza and Fountains
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that it would undertake a comprehensive, multi-year effort to redesign and rebuild the four-block-long outdoor plaza that fronts its landmark Fifth Avenue façade. The project will feature as one of its centerpiece elements the design and installation of all-new fountains outside the museum building. Following formal approval of the project at a meeting of its Board of Trustees today, the Metropolitan further announced that it has named OLIN, the award-winning landscape architecture and urban design firm with studios in Philadelphia and Los Angeles, to lead this effort. "We are proud to launch this monumental project, and delighted to collaborate with such a distinguished and creative design team as OLIN," said Thomas P. Campbell, the Museum's Director. "The Met's Beaux-Arts façade is one of the great architectural treasures in America, and this initiative represents an ... More
onedotzero and Wieden + Kennedy Announce 2011 Partnership
NEW YORK, NY.- onedotzero and Wieden + Kennedy announce today a new partnership for 2011. The two companies will work together, focusing on a shared passion for, and commitment to, the interactive arts – and an intent to seek out and champion innovation and excellence for interactive and digital artwork created by artists from around the world. Following the recent cuts imposed by the coalition government on the Arts Council of almost 30% (£19 million) both companies believe there is a need to protect the art, and in particular, the interactive art world where possible. Shane Walter, Creative Director, onedotzero said, 'At a time when funding for the arts is being cut it is more important than ever to broker new and innovative forms of partnership between the business and arts sectors and to find ways to keep art popular, healthy and relevant. We believe that the interactive arts are an incredibly relevant way to engage people in broader discussions about art, culture and tech ... More
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