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Vistors look at the painting 'The Incredulity of Saint Thomas' of Italian painter Caravaggio in Berlin, Germany. Paintings of Caravaggio and other painters inspired by him are displayed in the Gemaeldegalerie museum in Berlin until March 6, 2011. AP Photo/Michael Sohn.
BERLIN.- Two paintings by Caravaggio can be found in German collections: the Gemäldegalerie's 'Amor Vincit Omnia' (or 'Amor Victorious') and 'Doubting Thomas' in the Picture Gallery at Schloss Sanssouci. Both paintings were created for the marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani and were brought to Berlin when the Giustiniani collection was acquired in 1815. The 400th anniversary of Caravaggio's death is good cause to place these two works on show together. Thanks to the loan of 'Doubting Thomas' by the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg, both paintings can now be admired in the Gemäldegalerie. The presentation of these two pictures is enhanced by further loans, including Caravaggio's depiction of Saint John the Baptist as a boy from the Musei Capitolini's Pinacoteca in Rome. As well as works by Caravaggio himself, this special show is enriched by works in which the phenomenal power of Caravaggio's revolutionary a ... More |
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LACMA Announces First Ever Thematic Exhibition of Renowned American Sculptor David Smith
David Smith, Blue Construction, 1938. Sheet steel with baked-enamel finish, 26 1/4 X 28 1/2 X 30 in. The Estate of David Smith, courtesy National Gallery of Art. © Estate of David Smith/VAGA.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) will present David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy, the first major thematic exhibition devoted to the renowned twentieth-century American sculptor David Smith (1906-65), on view April 3 through July 24, 2011, in the museum‘s new Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion. Organized by LACMA, the exhibition will bring together more than 100 works and reveal a sculptor whose identification with the working class motivated him to adopt the geometric forms of the constructivist avant-garde (modernist artists who used hard-edged geometries to express utopian optimism) from the very first years of his career in the 1930s until his untimely death in 1965. Cubes and Anarchy includes sculptures, drawings, paintings, and photographs ... More | | Explore The Strange World of Albrecht Dürer at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Melencolia I, 1514, by Albrecht Dürer. Engraving. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.- Considered by many to be the greatest German artist of all time, Albrecht Dürer was celebrated during his lifetime as a painter, printmaker, and writer. His innovative techniques revolutionized printmaking, and his theoretical writings transformed the study of human proportion. Deeply embedded in a tumultuous era of religious reformation and scientific inquiry, Dürer used his art to reflect the spiritual and social preoccupations of his time. The Strange World of Albrecht Dürer, on view at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, from November 14, 2010, through March 13, 2011, explores how and why Dürer’s visionary imagery remains arresting despite centuries of cultural change. “Visitors will find monsters, knights, and angels in The Strange World of Albrecht Dürer exhibition, which focuses on Dürer’s fantastic imagination and timeless imagery,” said ... More | | Almost 500 Lots of Russian Art Included in the Russian Art Sale at Christie's
Petr Konchalovsky (1876-1956), “Versailles. L’Allée.”, 1908. Estimate: £800,000 - £1,200,000). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.
LONDON.- Almost 500 lots of Russian Art, including fine paintings, Works of Art and unique pieces of neo-Russian furniture consigned from important European and American private collections, will be included in Christie’s Russian Art sale on 29 November, 2010 which is expected to fetch in the region of £10 million. An important group of four paintings by Petr Konchalovsky (1876-1956), one of the most popular artists in Russia during his lifetime, highlights the picture section of the sale. The group is led by his rare and masterful 1908 work “Versailles. L’Allée.” (estimate: £800,000 - £1,200,000). The work has never been offered for sale before but was exhibited in 2002 at the State Pushkin Museum’s exhibition, Unknown Konchalovsky and subsequently at the seminal exhibition of the artist’s works, first at the State Russian Museum in St.Petersburg ... More |
 | Major Alberto Vargas Retrospective Opens at the San Francisco Art Exchange
© Astrid Vargas Conte and Patty Conte.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- A major retrospective of Alberto Vargas’ original artwork opens November 13 at the San Francisco Art Exchange. The exhibition is celebrating two important anniversaries: Twenty-five years since SFAE brought Vargas artwork to the art market for the first time with a world retrospective in 1985, and the 50-year anniversary of the first monthly appearance of Vargas’ artwork in Playboy magazine. Vargas’ watercolors were published as a full page in each issue of Playboy magazine, virtually every month from 1960-1975. It has been 70 years since the first time a Vargas painting ever appeared in print, under the name “The Varga Girl,” in a 1940 issue of Esquire magazine. Sixty works of art, representing every period of Vargas’ career from 1919 to the 1970s, will be on display. The multi-million dollar retrospective includes rare paintings and drawings from the Max Vargas Estate, origina ... More | | Site-Specific Wall Drawing Installation by Renowned Artist Pat Steir at Sue Scott Gallery
Pat Steir, The Nearly Endless Line. Photo: Courtesy: Sue Scott Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sue Scott Gallery presents The Nearly Endless Line, a site-specific wall drawing installation by internationally renowned artist Pat Steir from November 10th - January 9th. Since the late Eighties, Steir has been known for her dripped and splashed waterfall imagery that reveal her interest in 19th-century Romantic paintings, Abstract Expressionism, Chinese landscape painting and the Chinese convention of flung ink painting. A lesser-known but equally significant part of Steir’s oeuvre are the wall drawings and installations she has been involved with for several decades. When inserted into architecture, these installations transform painting into a three-dimensional experience. As Steir has observed, “Installation allows the artist to paint out of the painting and into space and the viewer to move from space into a painting—the space where the act of painting ... More | | First Rank Exhibition Soberly Named Pointillism Opens at Artvera's in Geneva
Theo Van Rysselberghe, Le Ruban écarlate, 1906.
GENEVA.- Artvera’s is a prestigious art gallery situated in the Old Town of Geneva and specialized in the European and Russian Art of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After its recent exceptional retrospective dedicated to the Russian artist Serge Charchoune, it is now back on the foreground of the international cultural scene with a first rank exhibition soberly named Pointillism. From strict Divisionism in the wake of Seurat to colourist Neo-impressionism theorized by Signac in his treatise From Eugène Delacroix to Neo-Impressionism (1899), Artvera’s Gallery offers a very complete exhibition which underlines all the aspects of the movement through great oil paintings by its most famous painters : • Paul Signac - Theo Van Rysselberghe - Henri-Edmond Cross • Maximilien Luce - Albert Dubois-Pillet - Willy Schlobach - Le Sidaner One of the sources of Neo-Impressionism - Impressionism - is ... More |
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Collection of 40 Rarely-Exhibited Abstract Prints by Jules Olitski at the Everson Museum of Art
Jules Olitski, American (1922-2007), La Boca Love Song, 1988. Silkscreen on offset Lithograph. 3 screen process. 30 X 21 7/8 in.
SYRACUSE, NY.- The Everson Museum of Art presents the Jules Olitski: An Inside View, a collection of 40 rarely-exhibited, self-portrait and abstract prints in a variety of media. The exhibition will be on view November 13, 2010 – January 16, 2011. An Inside View features intaglio, silkscreen, lithograph and monotype prints that span the artist’s career of over five decades. Olitski’s works are celebrated for his large-format, lyrical abstractions that shimmer with color. The nuanced colors, loopy shapes and wavy boundaries of his print work are all unique impressions. “We are proud to showcase a collection of one of America’s pre-eminent painters, Jules Olitski,” said Debora Ryan, Everson Museum of Art senior curator. “Though Olitski is less well-known for his smaller, more intimate prints, each of his works commemorates a joyous celebration of life that ... More | | First Retrospective of Designer Hella Jongerius at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
A Tribute to Camper 2009.
ROTTERDAM.- This autumn Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is presenting the first retrospective exhibition in the Netherlands of the designer Hella Jongerius. It is a unique survey of her working practices, experiments and innovative products. The exhibition at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen includes industrial products, experiments and numerous sketch models, giving an overview of all of Hella Jongerius’s themes and preoccupations. The exhibition includes well-known designs such as the Bset, Long Neck & Groove Bottles, Repeat fabrics, Nymphenburg plates, the Polder Sofa, IKEA vases and the Frog Table. It also features her most recent work: in the middle of the space are 300 unique vases arranged in a circle according to colour. This series of Coloured Vases has been developed in close collaboration with Royal Tichelaar Makkum. On the walls there is a visual chronological survey of the works in the exhibition by the graphic de ... More | | Texas-Based Gaston & Sheehan Sells Spoils of Bernard Madoff's Lavish Life in New York
A stainless steel Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Watch with an Oyster Band. AP Photo/Proxibid, Gaston and Sheehan, U.S. Marshals Service.
By: Verena Dobnik, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP).- Anyone wanting to walk in the shoes of fallen financier Bernard Madoff was in luck Saturday: Thousands of belongings from his New York City penthouse, including his used shoes, went on the auction block. An anonymous bidder paid the highest price of the auction — $550,000 — for a 10.5-carat diamond engagement ring that belonged to Madoff's wife, Ruth. The winning bid topped the $300,000 minimum pre-sale estimate. Ruth Madoff's French diamond earrings fetched the next highest price. Valued at $100,000 to $137,500, they went for $135,000 to an undisclosed buyer. The man who became a symbol of greed and deceit on Wall Street also had a lavish collection of watches. One of his vintage steel Rolex "Moon Phase" watches sold for $67,500, ... More |
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Contemporary Photographer Sally Mann's The Flesh and The Spirit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Water Play by Sally Mann. Cibachrome print from 2 1/4 x 2 1/4-in. transparency. 1990-91
RICHMOND, VA.- One of the first major presentations in the United States of the bold work of contemporary photographer Sally Mann opened at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) on November 13, 2010. Exclusive to Richmond, the exhibition will continue until January 23, 2011. Focusing on the theme of the body, the exhibition will revolve around several entirely new series while also incorporating little-known early work. Mann is admired for her passionate use of photography to address issues of love and loss, expressed in images of her children and southern landscapes. Her recent work uses obsolete photographic methods and nearly abstract images to push the limits of her medium and to dig deeper into themes of mortality and vulnerability. The images include several powerful series of self-portraits—an entirely new subject in her work—and figure studies of her husband. Some of the works in the exhibition include ... More | | Curious George: The Art of Margret and H. A. Rey at the Contemporary Jewish Museum
Margret and H. A. Rey at a book signing, United States, c. 1945. H. A. & Margret Rey Papers, de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection, McCain Library and Archives, The University of Southern Mississippi.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The Contemporary Jewish Museum presents Curious George Saves the Day: The Art of Margret and H. A. Rey, an exhibition of nearly 80 original drawings that reveal a dramatic story of escape and survival. Curious George, the impish monkey protagonist of many adventures (who will make a special, costumed appearance on November 14th at the exhibition opening), may never have seen the light of day were it not for the determination and courage of his creators: illustrator H. A. Rey (1898-1977) and his wife, author and artist, Margret Rey (1906-1996). They were both born in Hamburg, Germany, to Jewish families and lived together in Paris from 1936 to 1940. Hours before the Nazis marched into the city in June 1940, the Reys fled on bicycles carrying drawings for their children’s stories ... More | | Oasis of Colour in Contemporary Aboriginal Painting at the Art Gallery of South Australia
Wawiriya Burton, Ngayuku ngura - My country, 2009, Amata, South Australia, synthetic polymer paint on linen, 152.0 x 122.0 cm © Wawiriya Burton, Courtesy of Tjala Arts.
ADELAIDE.- The first exhibition to chart the evolution of Australia’s most influential art movement is showing at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Desert Country reveals the extraordinary development of the Australian desert painting movement and the flourishing cross-cultural relationships between Aboriginal artists working in the desert regions of South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Through 100 dynamic paintings, Desert Country showcases the enormous diversity of desert art, from the exquisite watercolours of Albert Namatjira, to the ground-breaking canvases of the Papunya Tula artists, and the latest stunning works to emerge from the APY Lands. Among the highlights are the profoundly powerful works by Pitjantjatjara artists, mapping the devastated lands ... More |
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New Drawings by Robert Morris at Sprüth Magers in Berlin
BERLIN.- Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers present new drawings by Robert Morris in Berlin. The exhibition features twelve works from the series Blind Time (Grief) that were achieved in 2009 and are the latest manifestations of Morris' seminal Blind Time Drawings. Robert Morris began work on the first group of Blind Time Drawings in 1973 which comprised ninety-eight sheets. The subsequent groups, up to the latest series, are less comprehensive, but even so, the ensemble constitutes one of the largest bodies of works created by an artist blindfolded. In the first instance the titles describe the way in which the drawings were made: with closed eyes. Through the use of a mixture of graphite or powdered pigments and oil, Morris left traces of his fingers and hands on the paper. Bringing these works close to the genre of the ‘task performance’, each drawing was based on an assignment of tasks which were previous ... More
Poignant Reminder of Harsh Realities of WWI for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- Letters home from Sergeant Arthur Bradley who served on the Western Front for practically the entire course of the First World War are to be auctioned at Bonhams Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts in London on 23 November. As the nation prepares to mark Remembrance Sunday, they serve as a powerful reminder of the horror of war and the impact on the lives of people on the home front as well as of those on the field of battle. Sergeant Bradley joined the army in 1915. He wrote frequently to his wife showing a neat grasp of the hard realties of combat. “Out here one is always category A1 until dead,” he wrote,” then you get landowners privilege 6ft and a bit of timber RIP” He was killed outright by an exploding shell on 22 August 1918, only weeks before the war ended. Writing to Bradley’s widow, his commanding officer, Major Octavius Fane said, “I have been with Sergt Bradley so long th ... More
Tropical Forest Diversity Increased During Ancient Global Warming Event
WASHINGTON, DC.- The steamiest places on the planet are getting warmer. Conservative estimates suggest that tropical areas can expect temperature increases of 3 degrees Celsius by the end of this century. Does global warming spell doom for rainforests? Maybe not. Carlos Jaramillo, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and colleagues report in the journal Science that nearly 60 million years ago rainforests prospered at temperatures that were 3–5 degrees higher and at atmospheric carbon dioxide levels 2.5 times today's levels. "We're going to have a novel climate scenario," said Joe Wright, staff scientist at STRI, in a 2009 Smithsonian symposium on Threats to Tropical Forests. "It will be very hot and wet, and we don't know how these species are going to react." By looking back in time, Jaramillo and collaborators identified one example of a hot, wet climate: rainforests were doing very well. Researchers examined pollen trapped in rock cores and outcrop ... More
Chaired by Michael Portillo, Art Fund Prize Judging Panel Announced for 2011
LONDON.- The Art Fund announced the judging panel for the 2011 Art Fund Prize. The Art Fund Prize is the most prestigious prize in the museum world and annually awards £100,000 to a museum or gallery that demonstrates excellence, originality and imagination for a project the previous year. Last month, the Art Fund announced Michael Portillo as Chair of the Judges. The full panel of experts can now be disclosed: · Michael Portillo, Chair, broadcaster and former cabinet minister · Professor Jim Al-Khalili OBE, theoretical physicist, author and broadcaster · Jeremy Deller, artist · Kathy Gee, museums and heritage consultant · Charlotte Higgins, journalist and author · Lars Tharp, Foundling Museum Curator, broadcaster and Antiques Roadshow expert · Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey, Independent Cross Bench peer and writer, cultural critic, public speaker and broadcaster. The submission period opened in October 2010, and closes ... More
Gagosian Opens a New Gallery in Geneva
GENEVA.- The inaugural exhibition "Giacometti in Switzerland" is curated by Véronique Wiesinger, director of the Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti in Paris who is also responsible for the catalogue raisonné of Alberto Giacometti. Works in the exhibition include rarely seen sculptures, paintings, and additional documentary material from the estate archives. Gagosian Gallery Geneva is located in the center of Geneva's business district between Lake Geneva and the historic old town, steps away from the famous Rue du Rhône. The gallery is located in a noted Art Deco building that was completed in 1931 and occupies 140 square meters. It will be a venue for significant historical and contemporary exhibitions of artists represented by Gagosian Gallery. Opened in 1979 in Los Angeles by Larry Gagosian, Gagosian Gallery is one of the world's foremost modern and contemporary art galleries. With the addition of the Geneva gallery, ... More
Expert Handwriting Analysis Concludes "Secret Mark" Not a Forgery
NEW YORK, NY.- Expert handwriting analysis has concluded that Morton Smith did not forge the document known as "Secret Mark." More than fifty years ago in a Judean desert monastery, Columbia University professor Morton Smith discovered a previously unknown letter from Clement of Alexandria, a second-century church father, which contained passages of a lost "secret" gospel of Mark. A debate over the authenticity of this document continues to this day. A number of scholars have concluded that Smith forged the document known as the Clement letter, or "Secret Mark." In a four-part treatment in the November/December 2009 issue, including contributions by eminent New Testament scholars, Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR) concluded that Smith, now dead, was innocent. BAR also engaged a handwriting expert to compare the handwriting in which the Clement letter was written with Greek handwriting known to be Smith's. Greek handwriting expert Venetia Anastasopoulou returned a 36-page repor ... More
Jesus Wasn't Born in Bethlehem, According to Biblical Scholar
DUBLIN.- Was Jesus really Jewish? Was his message unique in first-century Palestine? Was he born in Bethlehem? In the November/December 2010 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR), editor Hershel Shanks gets answers to these questions and more in an exclusive interview with archaeologist and historical Jesus scholar Sean Freyne. Freyne describes his work as a historical Jesus scholar as the quest to uncover "the figure of Jesus as he is represented in the documents of Christian faith as a historical person." Yet some of the Gospels took liberties with the story to convey theological values, he says. "We have to try to work with historical methods and try at the same time to recognize the literary creations." Based on this approach, Freyne recognizes a core of historical truth in the Jesus narratives but comes to some surprising conclusions about the veracity of the nativity stories in Matthew and Luke's gospels, as well as the Resurrection. Sean Freyne is director of Medit ... More
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