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An art dealer of the gallery Simonis in Duesseldorf presents a nail fetish from the Congo during a preview of the art fair Cologne Fine Art and Antiques, in Cologne, Germany, 16 November 2010. The art fair runs from 17 to 21 November. EPA/OLIVER BERG.
COLOGNE.- Cologne Fine Art & Antiques runs from 17-21 November 2010. A rich mix of exhibits testifies to the success of the Fair's new planning. It provides an optimum showcase to juxtapose works of art from different cultures, epochs and collecting fields ranging from antiquity to the 21st century. The Fair's aim is to promote visual interplay and dialogue, and this year sees an even sharper focus on an exciting contrast between modernism and the art of the antique world, Old Masters, antiques and 19th-century art. Among the ninety leading international galleries and dealers participating are newcomers Georg Hornemann (Düsseldorf); Gabrielle Ammann (Cologne); Aurel Scheibler (Berlin); Karena Schuessler; William Weston (London); Carlo Cristi (Daverio, Italy); Hans Peter Jochum (Berlin); and Clara Scremini (Paris). The event offers traditional art and antiques, high-end collectables and design objects. Collectors and art afic ... More |
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Art Historian Michael Peppiatt Writes About Giacometti's Studio in New Book
Photo: Ernst Scheidegger © Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 2010.
NEW YORK, NY.- Eykyn Maclean announced the publication of art historian Michael Peppiatt’s ‘In Giacometti’s Studio’. The book coincides with their inaugural exhibition “Inside Giacometti’s Studio – An Intimate Portrait”, which has been curated by Peppiatt, author of the critically acclaimed ‘Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma’. The book focuses on the creative chaos of the tiny, cluttered studio behind Montparnasse, where Giacometti spent nearly all of the last four decades of his life (1926-66). Peppiatt prefaces his story with a poignant, personal narrative of how as a young man he arrived in Paris with an introduction from Francis Bacon to Giacometti; the encounter was forestalled by the artist's very recent death, but Peppiatt instead got to know the key people in Giacometti's world. He explains how the studio, now dismantled, seemed to be both Giacometti's most important artwork, encompassing countless complete or unfinish ... More | | London's National Portrait Gallery Finds Relics of English King Richard II in Its Basement
Sketch of the skull of Richard II, 1871. © National Portrait Gallery, London.
LONDON.- An archivist at the National Portrait Gallery has found relics from the tomb of King Richard II while cataloguing the papers of its first Director Sir George Scharf (1820-1895). Among the hundreds of diaries and notebooks left behind in boxes not opened for years were contents from the coffin of a medieval English king, and sketches of his skull and bones. The contents of a cigarette box dated 31 August 1871 were only identified as relics from a royal tomb following cataloguing, when it became possible to cross-reference the date on the front of the box with diary entries and sketches made on the same day. The box contained fragments of wood, possibly from the coffin itself, and some fabric. Records from this date reveal that Scharf was present at an opening of the royal graves at Westminster Abbey. A piece of leather corresponds particularly with Scharf’s sketch of a glove contained in the coffin. A full account of the event was recorded by the Very Reverend Arthu ... More | | Alexandra Munroe Named First Samsung Senior Curator of Asian Art at the Guggenheim
Alexandra Munroe, Samsung Senior Curator of Asian Art. Photo: Lina Bertucci © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Richard Armstrong, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum, announced that Samsung will fund the position of Samsung Senior Curator of Asian Art. Alexandra Munroe, Senior Curator of Asian Art at the Guggenheim since 2006, will be the first to hold this title. “Samsung’s generous support will help the Guggenheim further develop its leading role in defining the significance of Asian art in today’s global curatorial establishment,” said Mr. Armstrong. “Our goals—to deepen scholarship and widen appreciation for Asian art within the context of international modernism and contemporary practice—resonate with Samsung’s dedication to advance significant art and culture as a beacon of our global age.” “Leeum has always supported, researched and exhibited not only Korean and Asian art but also creative works from the West and around the world,” s ... More |
 | Archaeologists in Egypt Unearth Twelve More Sphinx Statues Along the Ancient Avenue
An unearthed sphinx statue of Pharaoh Nectanebo I. AP Photo/ Supreme Council of Antiquities.
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt's antiquities department says archaeologists have unearthed 12 more sphinx statues along the ancient avenue connecting Luxor and Karnak temples. The discovery was made in a newly excavated section of the Avenue of the Sphinxes, most of which is buried beneath the modern city of Luxor in southern Egypt. The sandstone section of road dates back to the reign of Pharaoh Nectanebo I, from 380-362 B.C., and was used in religious processions. Egypt is working to excavate the entire sphinx-lined avenue. It was heavily damaged during the Roman period by the construction of roads and houses over it and by the reuse of some of the sphinxes in other building projects. The antiquities department said Monday that a Roman-era oil press and pottery were also found at the site. ... More | | Kate's Excellent Adventure: A Month at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry
Visitors observe Kate McGroarty as she spends time working in her "cube". AP Photo/M. Spencer Green.
By: Martha Irvine, AP National Writer
CHICAGO (AP).- Nights at the museum aren't always as quiet as you'd think. There are parties and corporate events. Sometimes, dozens of kids and their parents are allowed in for one big, fairly sleepless sleepover. But then the place can go from busy and loud to shadowy and still, almost in an instant. Some people might be spooked. But not Kate McGroarty. She grabs her pillow and the quilt her mom made her and heads into the depths of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry in search of an unusual place to lay her head for the night. It's all part of the adventure — one of the big perks of winning the chance to live in the museum for an entire month. She has, in her time here, slept in a bunk in a World War II era German submarine. She has ... More | | Former President George Bush Breaks Ground on Presidential Center at SMU in Texas
Laura Bush, right, and former President George W. Bush attend the ground breaking ceremony. AP Photo/LM Otero.
By: Jamie Stengle, Associated Press
DALLAS (AP).- Former Vice President Dick Cheney, looking noticeably thinner after heart surgery over the summer, told former President George W. Bush he believes time is shedding new light on the decisions Bush made while in office. "Two years after your tour in the White House ended, judgments are a little more measured than they were," said Cheney, who introduced his former boss during a groundbreaking for Bush's presidential center in Dallas. "When the times have been tough and critics have been loud, you've always said you've had faith in history's judgment. And history is beginning to come around." Cheney, who suffers from congestive heart failure, ... More |
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Christie's to Offer One of the Finest Private Collections of Early 20th Century Decorative Art
Pierre Chareau, Lampadaire de parquet, modèle SN31 dit 'La religieuse' l'abat-jour en tissu refait à l'identique du modèle d'origine, reposant sur une lame en métal. Estimate :€400.000-600.000.
PARIS.- Christie’s announces the sale of the Gourdon Collection, one of the finest private collections of early 20th century decorative art and design ever to be offered at auction, on 29, 30 and 31 March 2011, at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. The collection is estimated to achieve between 40 and 60 million euros. Housed in the spectacular medieval Château de Gourdon near Grasse, towering majestically over the Gorges du Loup, this collection of masterpieces has focused principally on the classicism of Art Deco and on the emergence of Modernism in France – the latter movement symbolised by the outstanding representation of the Union des Artistes Modernes (UAM.). The collection provides a chronological narrative – starting with exemplary works form the age of Art Nouveau, moving on to demonstrate the great achievements of Art Deco in the 1920s and illustrating in depth the utopian Modernist aesthetic – a ra ... More | | Paris Louvre Asks Public for Help to Buy Lucas Cranach the Elder's Painting "The Three Graces"
The 16th century oil on wood painting "The Three Graces", of three nudes by German artist Lucas Cranach. REUTERS/Angele Dequier/Musee du Louvre.
By: Vicky Buffery
PARIS (REUTERS).- France's Louvre museum is making an unprecedented appeal to the general public to help it raise the cash to buy a 16th century painting deemed a national treasure by art experts. The Louvre has already scraped together 3 million euros ($4.19 million) for "The Three Graces," an oil painting of three nudes by German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder, but is a million euros short of the price tag set by the work's private owners. The Louvre has until the end of January to raise the funds, without which it fears the masterpiece could go to another private collector and never go on public display, or worse, be taken out of France. Painted in 1531, the work is an ironic and provocative take on the Renaissance theme of the three graces, depicting the nudes in a mildly daring pose that the Louvre believes could make it a headlining piece of its collections. The central ... More | | Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Opens "Pioneers of Flight Gallery"
Amelia Earhart's plane is seen at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. Ap Photo/Jacquelyn Martin.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The "Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight Gallery" opens to the public Nov. 19 at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, replacing the original “Pioneers” gallery that opened in 1976. Updated with new research, it features a broader selection of artifacts and puts aviation and rocketry in the historical and cultural context of the vibrant era between World War I and World War II. The gallery profiles the individuals who pushed the existing technological or social limits of flight, and every aircraft or object in it represents an unprecedented feat, a barrier overcome—a pioneering step. "Pioneers of Flight" highlights the first half of the 20th century, a time when flight technology rapidly advanced and military and civilian aviation grew tremendously. Aircraft racing and record setting captured headlines and African Americans began to break through the social barriers of flight. In 19 ... More |
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New York Based British Photographer Adam Fuss Exhibits at Timothy Taylor Gallery
Adam Fuss, ‘Home and the World’, 2010. Gelatin silver print photogram mounted on canvas, 146.1 x 135.9 cm. © Adam Fuss; Courtesy Timothy Taylor Gallery London ; Cheim and Read, New York.
LONDON.- Timothy Taylor Gallery presents an exhibition of new work by the New York based British Photographer Adam Fuss. Emphasising themes of transformation and perception, Fuss seeks not to describe an object with the detailed clarity of traditional photography, but rather in ghostly and otherworldly manifestations of light and shadow. An expert in the field of camera-less photography, Fuss will present a new series of photograms and daguerreotypes for his second solo show at the gallery. As with Fuss’s previous bodies of work, this exhibition stems from inspiration rooted in childhood. Remembering an oft- played board game, Snakes and Ladders, Fuss researched its original use. As a game of morality for young players in ancient India, it showed a path to enlightenment gained by good deeds – while ladders elevated players ... More | | Swiss-Based Gallery, Artvera’s Gallery, Helps Crack Artwork Forgery Ring in Germany
Rotes Bild mit Pferden (detail) by Heinrich Campendonk sold from the Cologne-based auction house Lempertz for 2.88 million Euros.
GENEVA.- The largest scandal involving an artwork forgery ring in Germany just broke and has made front-page news in German media for the past few weeks. Forgers belonging to the same family managed to sell over 20 forged artworks from the so-called “Jägers Collection, ”which probably never existed, for a total sum estimated between 30 and 80 million Euros. They have been jailed since 27 August 2010 in Germany . The effort was spearheaded by the Swiss-based Artvera’s Gallery and the law firm K&L Gates in Berlin , hired in 2006 to represent one of the gallery’s clients who had been cheated in buying a fake Campendonk at an auction. Thanks to evidence produced by Artvera’s, in collaboration with respected experts such as Aya Soika (expert and author of the annotated Pechstein catalogue) and Ralph Jentsch (an expert on George Grosz ... More | | Gift from Brody Estate Expected to Yield More than $100 Million for the Huntington
Brody and her husband amassed a world-class art collection that included important works by Picasso, Matisse, Giacometti, Renoir, Calder, Braque, Vuillard, and others.
SAN MARINO, CA.- A gift from the estate of Frances Lasker Brody to The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens is expected to yield in excess of $100 million, the largest single cash gift to the institution and one that will go a great distance toward providing much-needed financial stability, says Huntington President Steven S. Koblik. The equivalent of a 40 percent increase of the institution’s endowment, Brody’s gift also will require intense fiscal discipline to ensure it has the long-term impact the donor intended, he says. Brody, who died in November 2009 at the age of 93, served as a member of The Huntington’s Board of Overseers for 20 years. The Huntington received $15 million from her estate in October and another $80 million last week. Brody’s house, a landmark mid-century modern structure ... More |
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The Field Museum Announces Exhibition of the Machines that Helped Create the Modern World
CHICAGO, IL.- A powerful thoroughbred, its mane flying, crosses the finish line in triumph at the Kentucky Derby. A young rodeo rider grabs his saddle horn and holds on tight as a bronco bucks and lurches beneath him. Heavily built draft horses strain hard to pull wagonloads of grain over a rustic landscape. Thrilling, romantic, and nostalgic images such as these often come to mind when we think of horses. But an important new exhibition at The Field Museum, The Horse, invites us to see horses as much more: the machines that helped create the modern world. "Puny but clever, enterprising humans needed an animate energy source that was both mobile and controllable—hence the domestic horse," says exhibition curator Ross MacPhee of the American Museum of Natural History. "What no one could have foreseen was that, over the millennia, while we molded the horse to our ends, the horse also molded us by changing the scale and ... More
Announcing the Winners of the Contemporary Art Society Annual Award for Museums, Commission to Collect, 2010
LONDON.- The winners are The Hepworth Wakefield and Wolverhampton Art Gallery in association with Film and Video Umbrella for their proposal with artist Luke Fowler. The award of £60,000 was presented on Tuesday 9 November and will enable the two museums to commission Luke Fowler to make a new work that will be acquired jointly for their collections. Film and Video Umbrella will provide invaluable expertise and support for the production process. Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries presented the award to The Hepworth Wakefield and Wolverhampton Art Gallery at the Contemporary Art Society’s Annual Reception held at Tate Britain. The Hepworth Wakefield and Wolverhampton Art Gallery made the joint bid as part of their respective collection development strategies. Fowler’s starting point will be the writings and rarely-seen archive materials from the radical socialists Edward Palmer Thompson, Raymond Williams and Richard Hoggart. Fowler ... More
Falmouth Art Gallery Celebrates Top Artists at Ten Year Collecting Retrospective
CORNWALL.- Gainsborough, Sargent, Tuke, Romney, Picasso, Moore, Warhol, Nicholson – works by these acclaimed artists and more have been acquired for Falmouth Art Gallery over the past ten years. In celebration of ten years of fantastic acquisitions aided by donations, grants and bequests, the gallery is hosting a major new exhibition, A Decade of Collecting, which is running until 5 February 2011. The exhibition showcases an impressive selection of works by key artists, many of which were bought for Falmouth with the Art Find's help. These include the arresting Portrait of Charles Napier Hemy, 1905, by John Singer Sargent. Charles Napier Hemy was Falmouth's first Royal Academician and one of the founding members of the first Falmouth Art Gallery. A striking seascape by Hemy also features in the show. Entitled Along Shore Fisherman, the important work was bought at auction with a £15,450 grant from us in 2008. I ... More
British Rocker Selling Original Art from First 'Watchmen' Comic Book
DALLAS, TX.- The original art of Page #1, Issue #1 of The Watchmen, the very beginning of one of the most acclaimed comic sagas ever - and one of Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Greatest Novels in 2005 - will be auctioned by Heritage Auctions, without reserve, on 19 Nov., as part of its Signature® Comic and Comic Art Auction. The art work, which was purchased for £85.00 (roughly U.S. $150) in 1987 is expected to bring $15,000+. The page, featuring the introduction of the blood-stained "happy face" badge, Rorschach's journal and even the first un-costumed appearance of Rorschach himself, comes to auction from the collection of notorious British hard rock designer, musician, DJ and TV host Stephen "Krusher" Joule, long known for his artwork for such rock gods as Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Motley Crue, AC/DC, Deep Purple, Robert Plant and Motorhead - including some punk luminaries like The Sex Pistols and Blondie - as we ... More
Work to Begin on National Mall Levee
By: Jessica Gresko, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP).- Construction will soon begin on a new barrier to protect downtown Washington, D.C. and the National Mall from Potomac River flooding in the event of a massive storm. Officials said Monday that the $9.6 million levee project will begin in late November or early December. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers concluded after Hurricane Katrina that Washington's flood-control system — built some 70 years ago — was inadequate for a major storm. The corps estimated a major storm could cause $200 million in damages to museums, memorials and federal office buildings. The new system will add stone walls on both sides of 17th Street, as well as a removable section of posts and metal panels, to the earth barrier that parallels the Lincoln Memorial's reflecting pool. The project is to be finished by next summer. ... More
Hammer Museum Celebrates 20th Anniversary with 20 Days of Free Admission
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Twenty years ago this November the Hammer Museum first opened its doors. To celebrate the occasion, the Hammer is offering 20 DAYS OF FREE ADMISSION, November 26 to December 18. Visitors are invited to bring family and friends to enjoy world class art exhibitions, public programs including screenings, readings and lectures, an open air courtyard with a full-service café, and one of the best bookstores in the city. When the Hammer opened to the public in 1990, it was a museum dedicated to the vision and collection of one man — Armand Hammer. In the twenty years since, the Hammer has grown remarkably, presenting an impressive array of art from the classics to the cutting edge. "It is hard to imagine that only two decades ago a parking lot and gas station occupied the space where the Hammer now stands. Over the last several years we have worked hard to make the Hammer a thriving public museum, urban gathering s ... More
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