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Visitors view "Woman in an Armchair," by Pablo Picasso, from "Great Collectors / Great Donors: The Making of the New Orleans Museum of Art, 1910-2010," an exhibit celebrating the museum's 100th anniversary in New Orleans. NOMA has more than 35,000 pieces in its permanent collection _ ranging from Degas, Picasso, Chagall and other big-name artists, to dramatic African and Asian art, antique glass and a sculpture garden featuring works by 20th century greats such as Henry Moore and Louise Bourgeois. AP Photo/New Orleans Museum of Art, John d'Addario.
By: Mary Foster, Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- When the New Orleans Museum of Art opened its doors 100 years ago thanks to a $150,000 donation offered by a local businessman to build a "temple of art for rich and poor alike," it owned only 11 pictures and a small collection of other objects. Now, thanks to the donations of others over the years, NOMA has more than 35,000 pieces in its permanent collection — ranging from Degas, Picasso, Chagall and other big-name artists, to dramatic African and Asian art, antique glass and a sculpture garden featuring works by 20th century greats such as Henry Moore and Louise Bourgeois. "They have a really amazing collection for which they don't get enough recognition," said Arnold Lehman, director of the Brooklyn Museum. "Other than Texas, which has those amazing museums, it has the most important collections in the whole six or seven states in the southern area." The present collections, valued at over $500 million, ... More |
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Chillida-Leku Museum in Spain Announces It is Forced to Shut Down Due to Economic Crisis
A general view of the Chillida-Leku open air sculpture museum. EPA/JUAN HERRERO.
HERNANI.- The Chillida-Leku Museum has requested a temporary labor force adjustment plan and has agreed to close the museum starting on January 1, 2011. This decision is attributed to the recurring deficit that, along with practically all art museums, the museum has had to endure due to the general economic crisis which has risen to a level unsustainable for the private institution. Since their opening in 2000, and after seventeen years of planning, 810,000 people have visited the museum. This makes Chillida-Leku Guipúzcoa´s leading art museum in regards to the number of visitors and places it, according to surveys, among the top four museums in the Basque Country. For all of these reasons, the organization would like to express its sincere appreciation to all of those who have visited Chillida-Leku over the years. The organization will continue all of its independent operations, such as the preservatio ... More | | U.S. Government Returns Degas Painting Stolen 37 Years Ago to French Government
A black-and-white reproduction of a signed color painting by Edgar Degas, called "Laundry Woman with a Toothache." AP Photo/United States Attorney's Office - Eastern District of New York.
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- An Edgar Degas painting that was stolen 37 years ago and recently rediscovered before an auction in New York will be returned to the French government, U.S. officials said Thursday. U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch and James T. Hayes Jr., head of the New York office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, announced that a Manhattan seller had agreed to turn over the painting, "Laundry Woman with Toothache," without a forfeiture proceeding. Sotheby's had given the small oil portrait of a young woman holding her jaw an estimated value of $350,000 to $450,000. Court papers said the seller, whose father had obtained the signed piece, didn't know it was stolen. The family has the right to file a claim for compensation from French authorities. The return of the rare 19th century work ... More | | Spanish Thieves Steal Van Containing 20 Pieces of Art Including Works by Picasso
David Fernandez Braso, owner of the Juan Gris Gallery, shows a catalogue with artworks that have been stolen in a robbery in Getafe. EPA/KOTE RODRIGO.
By: Cirian Giles, Associated Press
MADRID (AP).- Three hooded thieves stole a truck containing 28 pieces of art including works by Picasso, Colombian artist Fernando Botero and Spanish sculptor Eduardo Chillida, Spanish police said Thursday. A police statement said the truck was taken from a warehouse near the town of Getafe on Madrid's southern outskirts last Saturday. Officers went to the warehouse after an alarm sounded and found the door of the building had been forced open. On arrival, the owner told police that the truck was missing. A police official said security camera recordings showed the robbery was carried out by three hooded persons and that the keys had been left inside the truck. He said the truck was not armored. The official spoke condition of anonymity in line with department ... More |
 | Coveted Ferrari 166 MM. Touring Barchetta Joins RM Auction's Arizona Sale
1949 Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta. Photo Credit: Hugh Hamilton ©2010 Courtesy of RM Auctions.
BLENHEIM, ON.- With preparations well underway for the 2011 collector car auction season, RM announced today the consignment of a rare, race-bred 1949 Ferrari 166 MM Touring Barchetta, chassis number 0024 M, as the latest star attraction for its Arizona sale, returning January 20 – 21, 2011. Originally commissioned for the 1949 Paris Motor Show, for which it was painted in the Argentinean racing colors of yellow and blue, 0024 M is considered one of the rarest and most historic early Ferraris, having been owned and raced by many notable individuals in the Ferrari world. The 10th of just 25 examples featuring striking “Barchetta” coackwork from Carrozzeria Touring of Milan, it made its racing debut at the 1950 Mar del Plata in Argentina, finishing an impressive first overall (pictured left). It was also raced in period in the 1951 Mille Miglia, where it was driven by well-known female driver Aprile Palmer, who ... More | | Washington's Transformer Gallery Vows Ongoing Protest Against Smithsonian
The video, "A Fire in My Belly," is shown in a window of the Transformer Gallery. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin.
By: Brett Zongker, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP).- A Washington art gallery pledged a round-the-clock protest Thursday against what it calls censorship by the Smithsonian Institution for removing a video that shows ants crawling on crucifix after the Catholic League and members of Congress complained it was sacreligious. Transformer Gallery manager Barbara Escobar said the small, nonprofit gallery will show the video piece, "A Fire in My Belly" by artist David Wojnarowicz, in its storefront window every day and night until it's reinstated at the National Portrait Gallery. The gallery also is organizing a silent protest march Thursday evening to the Smithsonian. A short clip of the four-minute video was part of the first major exhibit to show how sexual orientation and gender identity have shaped American art. Smithsonian ... More | | Classic Horror Remains King in $1.486 Million Beverly Hills Movie Poster Auction
A simply stunning oversize 1933 Austrian King Kong movie poster sold for $38,838.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Brisk bidding and strong prices paced Heritage Auctions' Nov. 12 Vintage Movie Poster Auction, realizing a total of $1.486 million in its impressive debut at the company's Beverly Hills location. All prices include a 19.5% Buyer's Premium. "Beverly Hills and vintage movie posters are a perfect fit," said Grey Smith, Director of Vintage Movie Posters at Heritage Auctions, "as evidenced by the great prices we saw across the board - steady pretty much all the way." True to form in Heritage Movie Poster Auctions, the most active bidding came on some of the scarcest items in the auction, including a superb 1935 Universal Werewolf of London half sheet movie poster, which brought $47,800 and a simply stunning oversize 1933 Austrian King Kong movie poster featuring RKO's most famous monster atop a city building, clutching Fay Wray in one hand and crushing an ill-f ... More |
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Two More Walls Have Given Way Inside Pompeii's 2,000-Year-Old Archaeological Site
A stretch of garden wall ringing an ancient house in Pompeii. AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta.
ROME (AP).- Two more walls have given way inside Pompeii's 2,000-year-old archaeological site, Italian officials said Wednesday — the second collapse at the popular tourist attraction in as many days. Officials sought to play down the latest collapses, saying they only concerned the upper parts of two walls that had no artistic value. But the repeated damage at one of the world's most important archaeological sites is proving an embarrassment for Italy, and giving credence to accusations that the entire ancient city is in a state of decay. The collapses have drawn the attention of the UNESCO experts, who will travel to Pompeii on Thursday to inspect the damage and look for other possible areas at risk. Some 3 million people every year visit the ancient ruins of Pompeii, a busy Roman city that was destroyed in A.D. 79 by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The eruption killed thousands and buried the city in 20 feet (6 meters) o ... More | | Miami’s Longest Running Contemporary Art Fair Opens to Strong First Day Sales
Contessa Gallery sold Booster by Robert Rauschenberg for $225,000.
LONDON.- Art Miami, Miami’s longest running contemporary art fair and anchor fair to the city of Miami, opened to the public for the first day yesterday, with dealers reporting strong sales and promising leads from serious art collectors and museums. Distinguished for its depth, diversity and quality, Art Miami presents an incredible showcase of works from internationally renowned modern and contemporary art from 100 international art galleries. Highlights from Wednesday’s sales included: • Contessa Gallery sold Booster by Robert Rauschenberg for $225,000 to a notable private collection. Considered the most important print in Rauschenberg’s career, the print consists of a life‐size X‐ray image of Rauschenberg himself and other seemingly random images. At the time of its creation it was the largest hand-pulled single‐she ... More | | Sotheby's New York and London November Sales of Russian Art Realise $30.4 Million
The top-selling lot of the November Sales of Russian Art in London was Alexander Yakovlev’s 1926 oil on canvas The Kuli-Kuta Dance, Niamey, which sold for the within-estimate sum of £937,250. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- The top-selling lot of the November Sales of Russian Art in London was Alexander Yakovlev’s 1926 oil on canvas The Kuli-Kuta Dance, Niamey, which sold for the within-estimate sum of £937,250 (Est. £800,000-1,000,000**). Two new artist records established for Mikhail Alexandrovich Vrubel with The Assyrian (lot 23, est. £30,000-50,000) and Igor Emmanuiovich Grabar with Delphiniums (lot 25, est. £150,000-200,000), each of which sold for the sum £181,250. Combined, all five November Sales of Russian Art in New York and London established a solid sell-through-rate by lot of 64%. Discussing the results of Sotheby’s Russian Art Sales in London this November, Jo Vickery, Senior Director and Head of the Russian Art department, said: “With this sales series in London we have witnessed ... More |
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High Museum of Art Appoints Brett Abbott as New Curator of Photography
Abbott currently serves as associate curator in the department of photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
ATLANTA, GA.- Michael E. Shapiro, Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Director of the High Museum of Art, announced the appointment of Brett Abbott as the Museum’s new curator of photography. Abbott currently serves as associate curator in the department of photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and will join the High on April 1, 2011. As curator of photography Abbott will be responsible for the High’s growing collection of more than 4,000 prints, with notable examples of every photographic genre and process as well as many of the masters in the field, including George N. Barnard, Julia Margaret Cameron, Walker Evans, Richard Misrach, Emmet Gowin and Sally Mann. “In addition to his extensive knowledge of the history of photography and exciting repertoire of recent scholarship, Brett brings a fresh and energetic ... More | | Luba Caryatid Stool Achieves Record for a Work of African Art at Sotheby's: $7.1 Million
A Masterpiece of African Art , Luba female caryatid stool by the “Master of the Buli”, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Sold for 5,440,750 €. Photo: Sotheby's.
PARIS.- A packed saleroom at the Galerie Charpentier for the sale of African & Oceanic Art witnessed fierce competition between collectors (mainly from Europe or America) present at the auction or bidding by telephone. The sale ultimately brought nearly €12m, one of the highest ever totals in the field. 'What joy for this century to have brought to light the splendours of Ancient African sculpture, whose reign has only just begun' wrote Paul Guillaume in 1920, in the third issue of Action: Cahier de Philosophie et d’Art. Guillaume was one of the first to anticipate the tremendous upsurge in interest for the arts of Africa and Oceania in the 20th century, and the recognition their masterpieces would enjoy today, now considered as among the world's greatest historic art treasures. The sale's top price will remain in the annals of the history ... More | | Photographers' Gallery Announces Four Shortlisted Artists Nominated for Annual Prize
Jim Goldberg, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2008.© Jim Goldberg / Magnum Photos,
LONDON.- Now in its fifteenth year, the Prize will be on display from Saturday 2 April until Sunday 30 April 2011, with the winner announced at a special award ceremony on Tuesday 26 April 2011. The Photographers’ Gallery is currently closed for extensive redevelopment until Autumn 2011 to create new galleries and an education floor, meaning the 2011 Prize will be shown at Ambika P3 at the University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London NW1. The four shortlisted artists are Thomas Demand, Roe Ethridge, Jim Goldberg, and Elad Lassry. •Thomas Demand (b.1964, Germany) is nominated for his exhibition, Nationalgalerie, at Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (18 September 2009 – 17 January 2010). •Roe Ethridge (b.1969, USA) is nominated for his solo exhibition at Les Recontres d’Arles Photography 2010, France (3 July – 19 September 2010). •Jim Goldberg (b.1953, USA) is nominated ... More |
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International Design Museum Munich Presents Black N Dark: Photographs by Hubertus Hamm
MUNICH.- A provocative approach in the field of product photography: Hubertus Hamm’s photographic work, the contents of which only become apparent to the viewer at a second glance. They can be irritating, giving the viewer few clues as to what objects are actually depicted. For a number of years Hubertus Hamm has been working conceptually with the use of black in his photographs to fathom the limits of human perception. He made the »Black in Dark« series of images in early 2010 for ZEITmagazin: black design objects in a dark room without any artificial lighting. The objects include – for example – lamps such as Tobias Grau’s »Falling Water« or »Sparkle Shady« from Swarovski, cutlery, glasses and beakers, clocks and televisions, furniture such as »Yo-Yo2« from Ligne Roset, and the deluxe bicycle »All Black Bike« from Hublot. ... More
Rimbaud, Verlaine, Mallarmé & Their Friends at Sotheby's Sale of Books, Manuscripts & Precious Documents
PARIS.- Sotheby's announce the sale in Paris on December 15 of an exceptional 180-lot collection of books, manuscripts, photographs and prints. The ensemble majors on three iconic poets – Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Verlaine and Stéphane Mallarmé – and also features a number of their literary contemporaries, including Tristan Corbière, Alfred Jarry, Villiers de L'Isle-Adam and Oscar Wilde. This library, assembled over a forty-year period, comprises works chosen with the utmost care, from books with original bindings and handwritten dedications to manuscripts, vintage photographs and drawings. This extremely coherent ensemble tellingly portrays an era. The catalogue reads like a parallel history of late 19th century French literature; the links between writers are highlighted by an interplay of inscriptions, correspondence and provenance, including books once owned by Huÿsmans, Jules ... More
The Montreux Jazz Festival Plumps for Abstract 2011 Festival Poster Designed by Francis Baudevin
ZURICH (Reuters).- The Montreux Jazz Festival has broken with tradition to mark its 45th anniversary by choosing an abstract design from local artist Francis Baudevin for the 2011 edition of its highly collectible poster. The Montreux Jazz Festival on July 1-16, 2011 will seek to add to the success of the 2010 festival, which featured diverse stars from the worlds of pop, rock and jazz like Roxy Music, Youssou N'Dour and Diana Krall. Baudevin's geometric design featuring circles cut out of four colored squares at a 45-degree angle against a blue background is only the second abstract poster motif in the festival's long history. It is reminiscent of the holes in a Swiss Emmental cheese or round vinyl records set against their quadratic sleeves. "Records have a permanent place in my life. I wake up with records, I use them constantly, I have a lot of records," Baudevin told Reuters. Brazilian Romero Britto made last year's ... More
Report Saying Western Wall Not Holy to Jews is Cut
JERUSALEM (AP).- The Palestinian Authority has removed a report from a government website claiming that Jerusalem's Western Wall isn't holy to Jews, officials said Wednesday, after it provoked furious reactions from the U.S. and Israel. The essay, written by a top official in the Palestinian Information Ministry, has become the latest source of contention between the Israelis and Palestinians and highlighted the sensitivities over Jerusalem. Resolving the conflicting claims to the holy city is the most explosive issue in peace talks. A senior Palestinian official denied the report was taken down because of pressure. Instead, he said it was done "because it does not reflect our position." He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. In the report, Deputy Information Minister Al-Mutawakil Taha claimed the Western Wall was not connected to the biblical Jewish Temples — contradicting centuries of archaeological evidence and o ... More
King Tut NYC Exhibition at Discovery Times Square Exposition Extends to January 17, 2011
NEW YORK, NY.- At a sold-out lecture last evening in New York City, Dr. Zahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, announced a two-week extension of the King Tut exhibition Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs to January 17, 2011. Recently added to the exhibition are a chariot some Egyptologists theorize could have been instrumental in the Boy King’s death as well as 19 objects that have been in the Metropolitan Museum’s collection since the early 20th century that will be returned to Egypt in June 2011. The soon-to-be repatriated objects, which range from study samples to a three-quarter-inch-high bronze dog and a sphinx bracelet-element, are all attributed to Tutankhamun’s tomb, which was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings. On view since April 2010 at Discovery Times Square Exposition, this is the final U.S. showing of the National Geographic exhibition. Featuring more than 150 objects ... More
The Whitney Launches CLICKISTAN, Online Game Art, to Benefit the Annual Fund
NEW YORK, NY.- In an effort to engage a larger audience with the Whitney’s Annual Fund, the Whitney launches an online art project, to benefit the Annual Fund. Gifts to the Annual Fund are purely philanthropic and support the general operating costs of the Museum—from keeping the lights on to assembling groundbreaking exhibitions. Last winter the Whitney’s Membership and Annual Fund department challenged artists to create an online experience that would encourage micro-donations and illustrate how financial support at every level has a positive impact. To respond to the fundraising challenge, digital artists UBERMORGEN.COM created CLICKISTAN, an online game that invents its own territory—ruled by the click—and celebrates the pixel. Players enter CLICKISTAN and can play a few levels before being asked to make a $1 donation to the Whitney’s ... More
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