| Pera Museum Presents Works by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera from the Gelman Collection
| | | | A visitor looks at a self-portrait by Mexican painter Frida Kahlo during the first day of an exhibition of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera from the Gelman Collection at Pera Museum in Istanbul, Turkey, 22 December 2010. The exhibition will be open until 20 March 2011. EPA/TOLGA BOZOGLU.
ISTANBUL.- Between 23 December 2010 and 20 March 2011, the Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera from the Gelman Collection exhibition introduces to art lovers two of the most outstanding, globally renowned Mexican figures of 20th century art: Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Generating wide interest as much with their unique characters, life stories, and intriguing relationship, as with their oeuvre, the two artists are welcomed in Turkey for the very first time in an exhibition of more than forty of their works displayed at Pera Museum. Collectors Jacques and Natasha Gelman spent a significant portion of their lives in Mexico; the works included in the couple's extensive collection, which also encompasses 20th century Mexican art, include the most outstanding Frida Kahlo self-portraits, which reflect the profound traces of her artistic personality, as well as rare examples of Diego Rivera's canvas paintings. This globally acclaim ... More | | Exhibition of Forbidden City Treasures Goes on View at Metropolitan Museum in February
Nancy Berliner, foreground, curator of Chinese art and culture at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem is followed by Henry Ng, executive vice president of the World Monuments Fund. AP Photo/Andy Wong.
NEW YORK, NY.- A special exhibition featuring 90 exquisite objects that once adorned an exclusive compound in the Forbidden City will go on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning February 1, 2011. Showcasing sumptuous murals, furniture, architectural elements, Buddhist icons, and decorative artsalmost all of which have never before been seen publiclyThe Emperors Private Paradise: Treasures from Forbidden City will present works of art that demonstrate the highest levels of artistic accomplishment in 18th-century China. Highlights of the exhibition will include an imposing portrait of the Qianlong Emperor, a radiant silk panel depicting a Buddhist shrine, magnificent thrones executed ... More | | Christie's Celebrates American Artistry and Craftsmanship with Exceptional Offerings
Painted Hide Shirt, Great Lakes Region. First half 18th Century. Estimate: $250,000 - $300,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies New York announced Americana Week 2011, a fortnight of sales and viewings devoted to American craftsmanship in all its forms, including important furniture, folk art, silver, and decorative arts. This years impressive line-up of sales features two spectacular additions a dedicated sale of Native American art and a second installment of fine 17th and 18th century pottery from the celebrated collection Syd Levethan: The Longridge Collection. The sales begin January 18 with Native American Art, followed by Important American Silver on January 20, American Furniture and Folk Art on January 21, Syd Levethan: The Longridge Collection on January 24, and Chinese Export Art on January 25. With over 1,000 lots offered ... More | | In Its Inaugural Year, artMRKT San Francisco, Aims to Be a Premiere International Art Fair
Frank Lobdell, '27 October 1949', 92.75 x 78 inches, oil on canvas, 1949. Photo: Courtesy Hackett Mill.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- artMRKT San Francisco will be a premiere International Art Fair devoted to the presentation of important artwork from the 20th and 21st centuries with a focus on San Francisco galleries and artists. In its inaugural year, the show will combine a selection of leading galleries with a thoughtful program of art events and exhibitions at the fair venue and throughout the city. Showcasing new artists alongside historical material, artMRKT will create an ideal context for the discovery, discussion and placement of artwork. Exhibitor applications are now being accepted online at www.art-mrkt.com/sf/exhibitor-application. The show will be held in the Concourse Exhibition Center in downtown San Francisco, a 57,000 Square Foot repurposed train station that provides a centrally located stage for our event. For venue information and a floor ... More | | Electronic Info Dominates George W. Bush's Archive, 20 Times the Clinton Administration's
Workers store thousands of boxes of documents from President Bush's years in the White House at a warehouse in Lewisville, Texas. AP Photo/LM Otero, File.
LEWISVILLE, TX (AP).- Archivists responsible for putting together the presidential library of former President George W. Bush are tasked with processing 80 terabytes of electronic information 20 times the Clinton administration's four terabytes. Bush's electronic archives contain more than 200 million e-mails, compared with about 20 million in former President Bill Clinton's. Bush's archives also include share drives, hard drives, scheduling systems and digital photography, which his administration switched to about halfway through his tenure. The average size of a quality digital photo is about three megabytes, meaning just one terabyte can store more than 300,000 such pictures. The Bush administration e-mails alone would take up an estimated 600 million ... More | | Majestic Sculpture on View in New York City to be Auctioned at Naples Winter Wine Festival
File photo of Spanish painter and sculptor Manolo Valdes. EPA/BRUNO BEBERT.
NAPLES, FL.- A unique, monumental bronze sculpture entitled Reina Mariana and created by Manolo Valdés, one of the most important and respected Spanish artists working today, will be transported from New York City to Naples, Fla. for the Jan. 28 30 Naples Winter Wine Festival. The sculpture currently is on view in Columbus Circle where it has been included in the Valdés on Broadway exhibition in conjunction with the Broadway Malls Association. Valdés and the Marlborough Gallery, which represents the artist, are donating the sculpture. It weighs over 2,000 pounds and is more than 8 feet in height. It will be among 70 one-of-a-kind lots auctioned at the festival, with proceeds benefiting underprivileged and at-risk children through the Naples Children & Education Foundation. Valdés is scheduled to attend the festival and is being honored as the f ... More | | The Museo del Prado Publishes First Multi-Interactive, Online Video Relating to Art
Peter Paul Rubens, Saint Paul. Oil on panel, 108 x 84 cm, c. 1610 - 1612. Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado.
MADRID.-The Museo del Prado published the first multi-interactive, online video relating to art. Entitled Rubens 360º, this initiative, which is a pioneering one in the context of museum websites, is another landmark within the Prados mission to make its collections and exhibitions accessible beyond the Museums physical space, while also expanding and increasing its educational and informational activities. This new initiative has been made possible through the support of Telefónica, Benefactor Sponsor of the Visitor Attention programme and has been created by the Spanish company that was also responsible for the development and treatment of the gigapixel images in the project entitled Masterpieces from the Museo del Prado on Google Earth. It makes use of the potential for interactivity and accessibility inherent within a wide range of i ... More | | Bertoia's Auction Chalks up $1.6 Million in Sales of Fine Toys, Trains and Christmas Antiques
Mechanical Peek-a-Boo Cat in pot, pictured in 1893 Ives catalog, $8,050. Bertoia Auctions image.
VINELAND, N.J.- An exceptional circa-1909 Marklin tinplate steam-powered boat known as the Priscilla sailed to the top-lot position at Bertoia Auctions $1.6 million Toys for the Mantle sale held Nov. 12-14, realizing $63,250 against an estimate of $35,000-$45,000. The imposing 19-inch vessel exhibited fine original paint and intact original lifeboats, sailor figures and masts. The toy had been discovered many years ago in a Chicago attic and subsequently passed through the hands of several owners before being acquired by the late Bill Bertoia, co-founder of Bertoia Auctions. My brother held on to it for many years before selling it to the consignor, said Bertoia Auctions associate Rich Bertoia. Its one of those great toys that was never shopped around. Collectors knew about it, but it never came up for sale. Finally it did, and now its the property of a private collector in Europe. ... More | | That's Kate Middleton? Critics Slam Commemorative Wedding Coin Issued by the Royal Mint
A commemorative £5 Alderney coin to mark Prince William and Kate Middleton's engagement. AP Photo/The Royal Mint.
LONDON (AP).- Britain's Royal Mint has released a commemorative coin featuring supposedly lifelike portraits of Prince William and his bride-to-be but critics say Kate Middleton has a right to be horrified. Images of the couple on the memento bear little resemblance to either the prince or his 28-year-old betrothed. Middleton appears plump in the face and lips and has bags under her eyes. Some critics claim William looks like Al Gore. Available in silver or gold, the 5-pound ($7.70) coin marks the April 29 wedding of the second-in-line to the British throne. Ingrid Seward of Majesty magazine told Britain's Sky News on Thursday it was "ridiculous" that the images were so poor. But Dickie Arbiter, a former royal spokesman, says it's often difficult to produc ... More | | A Group of Forty Spanish Artists Demand that the Chillida Leku Museum Remains Open
Visitors observe sculptures by Spanish artist Eduardo Chillida at the Chillida Leku Museum. EPA/JAVIER ETXEZARRETA.
SAN SEBASTIAN.- A group of prominent Spanish artists have signed a statement demanding the authorities to intervene to prevent the closure of Chillida Leku Museum in Hernani, because it is a "special place" conceived by "one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century: Eduardo Chillida. " Among the 40 signers of the document, sponsored by the Foundation Art and Law, features artists such as Eduardo Arroyo, Miquel Barceló, Darío Villalba, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Chema Madoz, Joan Fontcuberta, Martín Chirino, Frederic Amat, Andrés Nagel, and Alfonso Albacete. The artists expressed their "sadness and anger" at the "apathy" of the Basque Government, which "allows the museum Chillida Leku to disappear next January 1st unless we take urgent action to prevent it. " The document does not ... More | | In New Commitment, Polymer to Break New Ground at Racine Art Museum in Wisconsin
Elise Winters, Woodland Ruffle Cuff, 2008. Polymer and acrylic. Racine Art Museum, Gift of the Artist. Photo: Penina Meisels.
RACINE, WI.- The Racine Art Museum (RAM) in Racine, Wisconsin, announced the museum's recent commitment to establishing a permanent collection of polymer jewelry, beads and sculptural objects. As part of this resolution, the museum is organizing a large group exhibition opening the Fall 2011. Terra Nova: Polymer Art at the Crossroads will open at RAM on October 21, 2011. On display through February 5, 2012, the show emphasizes the development of polymer as an expressive medium for artwork in recent decades. A book is currently underway to support the content of the exhibition as well as function as a singular resource for the historical and philosophical dimensions of the polymer medium. Along with borrowed polymer artwork from artists, galleries and private lenders from across the country, will debut a portion of a large number of works gifted to the museum in 2009 by the Polymer Collection Project ... More | | Bruce Museum Highlights Its Collection of Kashmir Shawls in Exhibition
Detail of Kashmir Shawl, c. 1840. Wool. Gift of Gifford Agnew, Collection of the Bruce Museum 90.23.1
GREENWICH, CT.- The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, recently unwrapped a new exhibition this winter that highlights its collection of beautifully woven cashmere shawls. On view through February 28, 2011, Kashmir Shawls from the Bruce Museum Collection features a display of ten outstanding shawls selected from the Museums international textile collection. Most date from the early to mid-19th century and several were given to the Bruce Museum by Greenwich families that passed them down from one generation to the next. Some of the shawls were produced in Kashmir, India, and the others came from European manufacturers. The word cashmere derives from an 18th-century English spelling of Kashmir, which is the politically tumultuous, northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Predominantly Muslim, Kashmir is also home to a significant Hindu population. The region is known for its production of finel ... More | | Los Angeles Downtown Art Walk Announces Appointment of New Executive Director
Joe Moller previously served as Director for the City of Anaheim Parks and Recreation Arts Program,
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk, the nonprofit corporation that oversees the popular Downtown Art Walk event held on the second Thursday of each month in downtown Los Angeles, today announced the appointment of Joe Moller as the organizations new Executive Director and entry into two partnerships with (Brand X) and LA Canvas magazine. Joe Moller brings to Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk a unique mix of experience running high-profile community and corporate events, civic arts programs and involvement with non-profit organizations. Mr. Moller lives in the historic ore of downtown Los Angeles, has operated a successful event production business (under the name Joe Moller vents), previously served as Director for the City of Anaheim Parks and Recreation Arts Program and currently erves on the Board of youth-focused charity, KEEN LA. Mr. Mollers company was responsible for producing events such as the Grand Opening of the newly renov ... More | More News | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Presents Agents of Change: What Follows Will Follow II SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- YBCA is showing an exhibition by Berlin-based artist Nina Beier in its 2010_11 season of Big Ideas. Beier presents a new exhibition entitled Agents of Change: What Follows Will Follow II. This new work included a solo performance by former San Francisco Ballet principal dancer Muriel Maffre, a music performance by local sound artists Great Willow, and a visual arts installation of Beier's photographs. Beier is known for using a range of media including photography, video, performance, and sculpture. Her previous work has focused on the shared actions, ideals, experiences, and histories that bind people together in close relationships, temporary groups, or sometimes abstract communities. The work often takes the form of simple instructions, at once precise and open to interpretation, that aim to subtly shift the ways in which viewers intuitively engage with each other within a specific context. For YBCA, Beier ... More
South Carolina Archaeologists Say Confederate Wreck Found By: Meg Kinnard, Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP).- The recent discovery of what is believed to be a Confederate gunboat scuttled by its own crew in the Civil War's waning days could yield valuable knowledge about the South's sputtering attempts to maintain its own Navy, South Carolina's state archaeologist said Wednesday. In November, Jonathan Leader state archaeologist and researcher at the University of South Carolina worked with fellow researcher Chris Amer to explore the Pee Dee River in the northeastern part of the state. Using sonar to search underwater, the team found large bolts in a straight line, evidence Leader says likely means they've found a ship. "You are actually able to paint a picture," Leader said, of the equipment the team used. "You don't find a lot of straight lines in nature. You find bolts in a straight line, you have something." Leader believes that the team has found the CSS Pee Dee, a ... More
Artist Alison Elizabeth Taylor Inlays Classic Technique into Contemporary Vocabulary ATLANTA, GA.- The SCAD exhibitions department is presenting Un/Inhabited, an exhibition of intricate two and three-dimensional work by Alison Elizabeth Taylor, at the ACA Gallery of SCAD, Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree St., through Dec. 30. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Taylor introduces marquetry, a pictorial wood veneer inlay technique made popular during the French Renaissance and the reign of Louis XIV, into the vocabulary of contemporary art with uniquely envisioned painterly images. Through this detailed medium, once the mark of status and luxury, she elevates her subject matterdesolate Western landscapes and the outsiders who inhabit them. In doing so, her pieces are charged with commentary on the economic and resultant housing crisis manifest in America. The detailed portraits and contoured landscapes provide a momentary glimpse into the fragility of communities coming to terms wit ... More
Field of View: First Solo Exhibition of Eelco Brand in Cologne On View at Gallery [DAM] COLOGNE.- Field of View is the first solo exhibition of Eelco Brand in Cologne. Gallery [DAM] Cologne shows for the first time the new film M.movi on three screens along with Brand's 3D constructed colour prints and his handmade pencil drawings.
An abstract molecularly looking object is floating above a hyperreal marsh landscape, a glossy blue amorphous form is lying on a meadow. The oeuvre of Eelco Brand belongs to a pictorial tradition in which landscape and genre scenes play a leading role, but goes beyond the traditional forms of this genre. Realistically looking landscapes are combined with abstract components. The landscapes seem familiar to us, evoking the impression of having seen them before - stereotypes, completely virtually constructed, but of a strong expressive power. But is not any form of visualisation of landscapes constructed, even those we see in our mind's eye when we imagine a landscape? The artw ... More
Museum of the Moving Image Announces Full Schedule of Screenings and Special Events for its Grand Re-opening ASTORIA, NY.- Rochelle Slovin, Director of Museum of the Moving Image, announced the complete schedule for the screenings and programs that will celebrate the grand re-opening of Americas only museum dedicated to film, television, and digital media. The transformed Museum, which will open to the public on January 15, 2011, will include a new 267-seat theater, a 68-seat screening room, new galleries, and multiple screening spaces for video art. The entire six weeks of inaugural programs will be titled Celebrating the Moving Image, in honor of the Museum and of screen culture itself. Highlights of programs during the opening weeks include: Jacques Tatis Playtime and Stanley Kubricks 2001: A Space Odyssey presented in restored 70mm prints on the opening weekend, to show off the extraordinary experience of the new main theater Marcel LHerbiers silent epic LArgent in a rest ... More
Goddess of Love Emerges into Foaming Cypriot Row NICOSIA (REUTERS).- She may be the ancient Greek Goddess of Love, but a picture of a nude Aphrodite on the new passport of Cyprus has set more than hearts racing. Cypriot diplomats are furious with the interior ministry for failing to consult with the foreign ministry before issuing passports with a depiction of a naked immortal that might offend conservative foreign cultures. "They are worried that civilians and diplomats could get into trouble, particularly traveling to very conservative Islamic countries," the authoritative Phileleftheros daily newspaper wrote on Thursday. The interior ministry said it was too late to change them, the newspaper said. Local legend says Aphrodite (also known as Venus to the ancient Romans) emerged from the sea on a crest of foam just off the Mediterranean island. The image on the new biometric passports is modeled on a Greek marble statue of a completely naked Aphrodite in the Cyprus Museum ... More
Display Showcases Two Key Smithsonian Figures WASHINGTON, DC.- Visitors to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History can learn more about two of the Smithsonian leaders who championed the museum's creation when a case exhibit goes on display in December. Their life's work also offers a history of the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of American History (originally known as Museum of History and Technology). Leonard Carmichael (18981973) was Smithsonian Secretary between 1953 and 1964; previously he was president of Tufts University. During his tenure as Secretary, he was instrumental in the modernization and expansion of the national collections, securing funding for the National Museum of American History, the National Portrait Gallery and two new wings in the Natural History building. He said, "The Smithsonian has the world's largest collection of gems, fossils and airplanes, it was stupid not to sort it and show it off." Frank Taylor ... More
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