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Visitors look at the painting "View on Florence" by Wilhelm Ahlborn during an exhibition of re-surfaced art in the Old National Gallery (Alte Nationalgalerie) in Berlin. Berlin's National Gallery has put on an exhibition of 20 paintings that were lost during the second world war and have re-surfaced in recent years. REUTERS/Thomas Peter.
By: Melissa Eddy, Associated Press
BERLIN (AP).- A painting of the Florence skyline that hung in Adolf Hitler's Berlin apartment throughout World War II and was missing for decades went on show Thursday in an exhibition of works returned to the collection of a major German museum. The exhibition centers on 18 works returned to the Alte Nationalgalerie over the past decade, more than half a century since they were removed from its premises. It also uses official shipment and loan lists, photographs and other documents to show how these pieces were taken down from the museum walls to wind up on odysseys through flak towers, salt mines and water-soaked cellars. Many of these works found their way into private hands, but museum officials say a recent international push for restitution has resulted in an increase in the number of works returning to the museum in the past 10 years. "In recent years, attitudes have changed," said Dorothea Kathmann, a legal expert with for the Prussian Culture Foundation. Efforts to trac ... More |
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Visionary Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Peter Cort Marzio, Dies
Peter Marzio was recruited by the trustees of the MFAH, Houston in 1982.
HOUSTON, TX.- Peter Marzio, visionary Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, dedicated his career to making the art of world cultures accessible to all. He often recounted how art had changed his life. As a freshman on an athletic scholarship at Juniata College in Pennsylvania, he took a course in art history. A class assignment sent him to the Frick Collection in New York, where he was inspired by a Goya painting. This first museum visit was the beginning of his belief that art had the power to enrich life. He went on to earn a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in Art History and American History. He began his career at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., as a curator of Prints and Drawings. There his prolific exhibitions and publications were innovative and celebrated for their democratic spirit and broad appeal. In 1978 he became director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, where he worked to expand the audi ... More | | After Decades in Storage, George Armstrong Custer Flag Sells for $2.2 Million
The Culbertson Guidon from the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn (detail). AP Photo/Sotheby's.
By: Matthew Brown, Associated Press
BILLINGS, MONT. (AP).- The only U.S. flag not captured or lost during George Armstrong Custer's Last Stand at the Battle of Little Bighorn in southeastern Montana sold at auction Friday for $2.2 million. The buyer was identified by the auction house Sotheby's in New York as an American private collector. Frayed, torn, and with possible bloodstains, the flag had been valued before its sale at up to $5 million. Since 1895, the 7th U.S. Cavalry flag — known as a "guidon" for its swallow-tailed shape — had been the property of the Detroit Institute of Arts, which paid just $54 for it. Custer and more than 200 troopers were massacred by Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne warriors in the infamous 1876 battle. Of the five guidons carried by Custer's battalion only one was immediately recovered, from beneath the body ... More | | Michigan State Hires Michael Rush as Director of Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum
Michael Rush, director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. Photo by Mike Lovett.
EAST LANSING, MICH.- The Michigan State University has announced the hiring of Michael Rush as the founding director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum. Rush, most recently the director of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, was recommended by a search committee after an extensive international search. “We have a prestigious donor, world-class architect Zaha Hadid, stunning architecture and have now found the essential missing piece – an innovative art museum director – in hiring Michael Rush,” said President Lou Anna K. Simon. “Michigan State University welcomes this award-winning curator and widely published author and critic. With his entrepreneurial spirit, Michael will direct the months leading to a vibrant opening of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum in 2012 and the exciting years to come.” At Brandeis, located near Boston, Rush ... More |
 | Columbia Museum of Art Announces Exhibition of Collection of Hudson River School
Sanford Robinson Gifford, Lake Maggiore, Italy, 1858 (detail). Oil on canvas, 17 3/4 x 30 in. (45.1 x 76.2 cm) Frame 28 ¼ x 40 ¼ x 4 ¼ in. The Robert L. Stuart Collection.
COLUMBIA, SC.- Forty-five magnificent paintings from the rich collection of the New-York Historical Society will be on view at the Columbia Museum of Art next fall, beginning November 17, 2011, in a major traveling exhibition Nature and the Grand American Vision: Masterpieces of the Hudson River School Painters. Though individual works are very seldom loaned, these iconic works of 19th-century landscape painting are traveling on a national tour for the first time and are circulating to four museums around the country as part of the Historical Society's traveling exhibitions program Sharing a National Treasure. The Columbia Museum of Art is the only stop in the Southeast. "The Museum is delighted to bring this extraordinary exhibition to Columbia, giving visitors from around the Southeast the opportunity to see incredibly beautiful works by highly skilled painters of the 19th century," Karen Brosius, Columbia Museum of ... More | | New Installation of Recent Media Art Acquisitions Opens at the American Art Museum
Nam June Paik, 9/23/69: Experiment with David Atwood, 1969, single-channel video, color, sound; 80:00 minutes. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Nam June Paik. Archive, Gift of the Artist's Estate © 1969 Estate of Nam June Paik
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum has opened a new gallery dedicated to examining the history and the latest developments in the art of the moving image. “Watch This! New Directions in the Art of the Moving Image” opened to the public Dec. 10. John G. Hanhardt, senior curator for media arts, selected the works in the installation. This permanent-collection gallery, located on the museum’s third floor, allows for the presentation of the full range of media art practices. “For the past three years, the Smithsonian American Art Museum has been assembling a serious collection of video and time-based artwork under the leadership of John Hanhardt, who is one of the world’s leading experts in media arts,” said Elizabeth Broun, The Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. “This newly installed media ... More | | Trove of John F. Kennedy Photos Sold for Over $150,000 at Auction in New York City
Marilyn Monroe with President John F. Kennedy, center, and Robert Kennedy, left. AP Photo/Bonhams, Cecil Stoughton.
By: Ula Ilnytzky, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP).- A trove of John F. Kennedy pictures by White House photographer Cecil Stoughton (STOW'-tuhn) fetched over $150,000 at a New York City auction. It included a rare image of Marilyn Monroe with the president and Robert Kennedy at a Democratic fundraiser. The collection of 12,000 photographs was estimated to bring in $200,000. It was offered by Stoughton's estate at Bonhams auction house Thursday. The Monroe image, contained in an envelope labeled "Sensitive Material — May 19, 1962," sold for just over $9,000. The price included the buyers premium and was above its presale estimate of $4,000 to $6,000. "It's the only image of the three of them together," said Matthew Haley, Bonhams' expert for books, manuscripts and historical photographs. "There are very few prints of this photo." Stoughton was the first official White House ... More |
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Important 20th Century Decorative Art and Design Works Shine at Christie's New York
Tiffany Studios, A 'Rose' Leaded Glass and Bronze Table Lamp, circa 1910. Estimate: $100,000-150,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announce the sales of Important 20th Century Decorative Art & Design and Important Tiffany, both including Property from the Collection of Max Palevsky. The sales will take place on Wednesday December 15. The auctions immediately follow the highly anticipated Day Sale of DeLorenzo: 30 Years. With over 100 lots, the Important 20th Century Decorative Art & Design sale is expected to generate upwards of $2.5 million, with works ranging from Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts, Art Deco, to the Modernist and Contemporary movements. A notable sale highlight is the ‘abstract’ ‘Wisteria’ leaded Glass Window’ by Frank Lloyd Wright, pictured above. Hailing from one of the architect’s most acclaimed houses from his Prairie School period, the window was envisioned as a light screen, delineating interior space and unifying the interior with the landscape beyond. ‘Important Tiffany ... More | | Globetrotting Redheaded Comics Reporter Brenda Starr Leaving the Biz in January
The comic strip character "Brenda Starr". AP Photo/Tribune Media Services, Inc.
By: Sophia Tareen,Associated Press
CHICAGO, IL.- No more late nights or looming deadlines for globetrotting reporter Brenda Starr. The redheaded comic heroine, whose first appearance came in a June 1940 Chicago Tribune insert, is putting the notebook away for good next month. Tribune Media Services, which owns Brenda Starr, announced Thursday that it's ending the feature's newspaper syndication. Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich and artist June Brigman said they've decided it was time to end their work on the seven-day-a-week strip which appears in about three dozen newspapers. The final episode of the soap opera cartoon created by the late Dale Messick will be published Jan. 2. "It's been an incredible privilege to be able to live life through this medium all these years," said Schmich, who has written the comic for 25 years. "I'm ... More | | Sotheby's Team Dominates in Old Master Paintings at Auction for a Tenth Successive Year
A Sotheby's worker holds a 1786 oil on canvas painting by British master George Stubbs. AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis.
LONDON.- Sotheby’s December series of Old Master & British Paintings sales in London concluded yesterday having realised an overall total of £27,991,125 / $44,040,725 / €33,454,918, which is comfortably within pre-sale expectations. Wednesday night’s Evening Sale – which realised £23,577,700 and established a new auction record for the British master George Stubbs – was followed by yesterday’s Day Sale, which brought £4,413,525. These sales bring the total for worldwide sales of Old Master & British Pictures at Sotheby’s this year to $242,035,521 - a figure which sees Sotheby’s continue its domination in the field of Old Master Paintings for a tenth successive year.** Sotheby’s has also dominated in the combined category of Old Master & British Paintings since British Paintings were first introduced to its Old Master ... More |
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Famous Christian Landmark Tree, The Glastonbury Holy Thorn Tree, Chopped Down
Local residents view the vandalized Glastonbury Holy Thorn Tree. AP Photo/Fran Stothard- Western Morning News.
By: Gregory Katz, Associated Press
LONDON (AP).- British police were searching Friday for vandals who chopped down a thorn tree venerated for centuries by Christians. The Glastonbury Holy Thorn Tree, said to have links to the earliest days of Christianity in England, has been reduced to a six-foot stump by vandals who sawed off its limbs. The desecration happened the night after a sprig from the tree was cut off in a ceremony so it could be given to Queen Elizabeth II to decorate her Christmas table, said Glastonbury Mayor John Coles. Coles believes the traditional ceremony may have sparked a backlash. "Whether the person responsible for the deed saw the ceremony on local television or witnessed it, it's rather a coincidence that it was done that same night," he said. "We don't know whether it's ... More | | Scream Gallery Presents an Exhibition with a Seasonal Sprinkling of Diamond Dust
Gavin Turk's version of Warhol's Joseph Beuys screenprint, from Turk's 2004 'Faces' series.
LONDON.- The Scream Gallery presents a Christmas exhibition with a seasonal sprinkling of diamond dust featuring; Peter Blake, Gavin Turk, James Unsworth, Andy Warhol and Russell Young. ‘Diamonds are Forever’ features some of the most memorable images and iconic figures of recent history, captured Ad Infinitum as silkscreen prints. The exhibition features the Love series produced by The Godfather of British Pop Art, Peter Blake, who shot to fame in the 1960’s as a figurehead of Pop Art in the UK, and the creator of the iconic album cover for The Beatle’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967. Scream will exhibit silkscreen prints with diamond dust from Blake’s 2005 Love series, inspired by songs of amour by music legends including Frank Sinatra (I Love Paris), Joy Division (Love will tear us apart), and The Beatles (P.S. I Love You). Blake’s American Nemesis Andy Warhol, created ... More | | Tate Britain Commissioned Conceptual Artist Giorgio Sadotti to Create Christmas Tree
Giorgio Sadotti, Flower Ssnake 2010. Tate Britain Christmas Tree 2010. © Giorgio Sadotti. Photo: Sam Drake / Tate Photography.
LONDON.- This year Tate Britain has commissioned conceptual artist Giorgio Sadotti to create the Tate Britain Christmas Tree. The work, entitled Flower Ssnake, is on display from 10 December 2010 until 5 January 2011. For Flower Ssnake, Sadotti has chosen to display a Norwegian Spruce in the gallery’s neoclassical Rotunda, but has resisted the tradition of decorating it. At the bottom of the naked tree rests a coiled bullwhip, waiting to be used. On the twelfth night of Christmas, a date which traditionally marks the end of the festive season, the tree will be spectacularly animated in a one-off performance for the public. The gallery will be opened at 19.00 on the evening of Wednesday 5 January 2011, when the spell of Christmas will be dramatically driven out of the tree with the whip. Places to the event are free and details are printed on decorated flyers which ... More |
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Lalique 'Serpent' Vase Brings $56,673 World Record Price in Heritage Art Glass Auction
NEW YORK, NY.- With more than 415 bidders, both online and in-person, competing for the just more than 400 lots in Heritage Auctions' Dec. 4 Signature® Lalique, Art Glass and Perfume Bottles auction, Heritage Consignment Director and Auctioneer Nick Dawes had a feeling it was going to be a good day. "Art glass collectors had not seen such a large and impressive group of glass offered 'fresh to the market' in some time," said Dawes, "so the buyers were ready. Almost all of the property came from old collections or estates, and had not been seen on the market for more than 30 years, if at all." When all was said and done, after two sessions of spirited bidding from the phones, Internet and a packed room - including Oscar-winning actress and talk show host Whoopi Goldberg, who regularly cracked jokes when she was outbid throughout the auction, though she did take home a few Art Glass treasures of her own - the auction total had far ex ... More
New Exhibition Displays Artist's Religious Fervor at Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art
AUBURN, AL.- The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art presents a new exhibition entitled Stranger in Paradise: The Works of Reverend Howard Finster on view from December 11, 2010-March 12, 2011 in the Bill L. Harbert Gallery and Gallery C. Organized by the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Stranger in Paradise: The Works of Reverend Howard Finster provides an in-depth survey of this native Alabama artist’s career, covering the variety of themes inherent in his work, much of it relating to his visionary experiences. An evangelistic preacher in paint and self-proclaimed Man of Visions, Reverend Howard Finster became one of the most widely known and prolific self-taught artists, producing over 46,000 works of art by his death in 2001. Finster often referred to himself as “a stranger from another world” and “God's last red light on the planet earth.” An inventive paint ... More
Mikel Rouse's Passport: 30 Years Drawn on the Road, An Exhibition at The New York Public Library
NEW YORK, NY.- Mikel Rouse has been hailed by The New York Times as “a composer many believe to be the best of his generation.” Yet the art that he has created goes beyond just music. In Passport: 30 Years Drawn on the Road, a new exhibition at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, a collection of rarely seen sketches, collages, and prints by Rouse are on display. Passport: 30 Years Drawn on the Road are on display from December 9, 2010 to January 29, 2011 in the Plaza Corridor of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The exhibition, Passport: 30 Years Drawn on the Road, celebrates the announcement that The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has acquired the archive of Mikel Rouse as part of the Library’s permanent collection. The archive will include Rouse’s scores, manuscripts, digital media including audio, video ... More
Jewish Museum in Warsaw Now Half-Complete
WARSAW (AP).- Officials say construction of a major new Polish museum on the history of what was once Europe's largest Jewish community is now half-finished. The Museum of the History of Polish Jews is a skeleton of concrete walls and white winding tubes on a vast square in what was once the heart of the Warsaw Ghetto. Warsaw Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz and Finnish architect Rainer Mahlamaki said at a news conference in the unfinished structure Thursday that the project — which has faced delays — should be completed in March 2012. The museum will narrate the 1,000 years of Jewish life in Poland. Poland's Jewish community numbered 3.5 million before World War II, but most were murdered during the Nazi Holocaust. Only since the fall of communism has Jew ... More
Son of Pink Floyd Guitarist David Gilmour Issues Apology for Climbing Memorial
LONDON (AP) .- The son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour issued a public apology Friday for climbing atop of one of Britain's most important war memorials during violent student demonstrations against rising university fees. Charlie Gilmour, 21, said he was sorry for the "terrible insult" to the thousands who died for the country. Gilmour — a Cambridge University history student — said he did not realize that the monument he climbed was the Cenotaph, which commemorates Britain's war dead. "I feel nothing but shame," he said. "My intention was not to attack or defile the Cenotaph. Running along with a crowd of people who had just been violently repelled by the police, I got caught up in the spirit of the moment." Gilmour is the child of writer and journalist Polly Samson and her first husband, the poet Heathcote Williams. He was adopted by the Pink Floyd musician after he and Samson married. Gilmour was among thousands of students and youths protesting in the street ... More
Exhibition of Tom Lubbock's Beautifully Crafted Paper Collages for the Independent at the Victoria Miro
LONDON.- This exhibition of beautifully crafted paper collages, provides the first opportunity to see a small selection of works made weekly by Tom Lubbock for the Saturday edition of The Independent between 1999 and 2004. Topical, arcane, satirical and observant; this combination of text and image provides a unique bridge between Lubbock's vast art historical knowledge and his sharp graphic response to the moment. The range of charged, bright, images reveal a highly original commentary that remains pertinent today. The works are the result of an unusual and open newspaper brief, and continued to feature for five years on the editorial page without intervention. Although the trajectory of the archive reflects the fact that this was a period of immense change in media production, the collages here are purely manual, and were created with scissors, a wax roller and a store of glossy magazines. The images are all precisely dated, and track in and out of the political and social ch ... More
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