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The 16th century oil on wood painting "The Three Graces", of three nudes by German artist Lucas Cranach is displayed during a news conference at the Louvre museum in Paris. The Louvre museum will acquire the "The Three Graces", painted in 1531 and measuring 24 cm by 27 cm and known as a masterpiece of the Renaissance, thanks to 5000 donors who replied to the appeal to help raise funds to buy it. REUTERS/Stringer.
PARIS.- A month after the launch of the campaign to acquire Lucas Cranach’s Three Graces, the Louvre has raised 1 million euros from over 5000 donors. This enabled Lucas Cranach’s Three Graces to enter into the Louvre’s collections. The Louvre would like to thank all those who have taken part in this extraordinary successful campaign! On November 13, the Louvre museum launched a fundraising campaign to acquire The Three Graces by Lucas Cranach. This small oil on wood painting shows three female nudes painted with stunning sensuality and finesse. This masterpiece has been confined to private collections since it was painted in 1531. Astonishing in its technical perfection and because of its remarkable condition, The Three Graces has earned the status of a Trésor national, which entitles the Louvre to the right of first refusal for acquiring the work for its collection until the end of January 2011. Thanks to two c ... More |
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The Malcolm Forbes Toy Collection Brings $2.4 Million at Sotheby's New York
Part of a collection of toy boats which had been on display for the past 25 years in the lobby of the Forbes Magazine headquarters. AP Photo/Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- A packed salesroom of toy collectors and enthusiasts watched as The Malcolm Forbes Toy Collection achieved $2,388,637 today at Sotheby’s New York. The collection of toy boats, soldiers, motorcycles and classic board games was lovingly gathered over nearly four decades by legendary collector Malcolm Forbes and his sons. Boats by the celebrated German maker Märklin dominated the top prices brought in the first half of the auction. The sale was led by a Märklin “Lusitania” Ocean Liner that sold for $194,500, a new auction record for a toy boat. The toy had previously held the record when it was purchased by Mr. Forbes at Sotheby’s New York in 1983 for $28,600. Also drawing interest from several bidders was an Exotic Clockwork Gunboat Attributed to Märklin /Rock and Graner which achieved $134,500. The groups of toy soldiers offered this afternoon sparked considerable interest from bidders in the ... More | | Frick Collection Announces an Exhibition of Developments in Picasso's Drawings
Still Life with Chocolate Pot (Paris, 1909–10). Charcoal and ink on paper, 24 1/4 x 18 5/8 inches (61.6 x 47.4 cm). Private collection © 2010 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) is generally acknowledged to be the greatest draftsman of the twentieth century. The Frick Collection, New York, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., have co-organized an exhibition for 2011–12 that will look at the dazzling development of Picasso’s drawings, from the precocious academic exercises of his youth in the 1890s to the virtuoso classical works of the early 1920s. Through a selection of more than fifty works at each venue, the presentation will examine the artist’s stylistic experiments and techniques in this roughly thirty-year period, which begins and ends in a classical mode and encompasses the radical innovations of Cubism and collage. The show will demonstrate how drawing served as an essential means of invention and discovery in Picasso’s multifaceted art, while its centrality in his v ... More | | 3-D: Focus on the Figure Sculpture Exhibition Opens at the Flint Institute of Arts
Boris Lovet-Lorski, Sieglinde, carved plaster with ebony-like finish, 1930s, 10 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. Bequest of Mary Mallery Davis, 1990.53
FLINT, MI.- The exhibition 3-D: Focus on the Figure open from December 18 at the Flint Institute of Arts and continues through January 30, 2011. Artists have been inspired, throughout the history of art, to celebrate the human form using a variety of media. This exhibition explores the evolution of the human figure in sculpture from the late 15th century to the present. The forty objects included in this exhibit were all drawn from the FIA’s permanent collection. “Many remarkable sculptures collected by the Flint Institute of Arts over the last 80 years are featured in this exhibition that spans five centuries. Focus on the Figure offers the viewer a wholly three-dimensional interpretation of the human figure as subject. Selected works range from an earthenware figure by the 15th century Italian artist Giovanni della Robbia, to bronze sculptures by French artists Edgar Degas and Auguste Rodin through modern and co ... More |
 | Three Generations of Wyeth Paintings on View at the Phillbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa
Jamie Wyeth, American, b. 1946, Galvanized Pansies, 1990, Mixed media on paper. Bequest of Marylouise Cowan.
TULSA, OK.- Three generations of Wyeth paintings are currently on view, in recognition of a generous bequest to Philbrook from the Marylouise Cowan Trust. Included in this gift are fifteen original Wyeth paintings that will be featured in The Wyeth Legacy: Paintings by N.C., Andrew, and Jamie from the Cowan Collection, through March 20, 2011. Two watercolor still lifes by Oklahoma artist P.S. Gordon were also included in the gift. A valued community philanthropist, Cowan served on the board of the Philbrook Museum of Art and the Tulsa Town Hall before being inducted into the Tulsa Historical Society Hall of Fame in 2000. Cowan was born in Tulsa in 1921 and moved to Maine in 1979 with her husband Howard. There they published two local newspapers and were active donors at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland. Cowan’s spirit of philanthropy returns to Tulsa with this significant bequest which ... More | | Administrators of France's Versailles to Lease Nearby Building for Use as a Hotel
Tourists walk in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, west of Paris. AP Photo/Michel Euler.
By: Jamey Keaten, Associated Press
PARIS (AP).- Administrators of France's Versailles Palace said Friday that they have agreed to lease an adjacent building to King Louis XIV's 17th-century chateau for use as a hotel. The Hotel du Grand Controle, which was the home for financial advisers to French kings for decades, will be getting a €5.5-million ($7.3-million), yearlong facelift by Belgian company Ivy International as part of a deal concluded in recent weeks. The 23-room hotel, with views of the palace's Orangerie garden, will open in late 2011. The building previously belonged to the Defense Ministry — which used it as an officers' mess hall — and it later fell into disrepair. Versailles managers are granting a 30-year operating lease to Ivy. The deficit-plagued French government has been looking for ways to make money out of state-owned ... More | | Valencian Institute for Modern Art Dedicates Exhibition to Paolo Riani: A World of Architects
Paolo Riani.
VALENCIA.- The exhibition dedicated by the IVAM to Paolo Riani comprises, apart from photographs taken all over Europe, America, Japan, Russia and Arabia, a selection of architectonic projects and collections of objects (miniature aeroplanes made of wood or beautiful pieces fashioned in original shapes, ships and ship parts, scale models, etc.) that give us an overview of this architect and city planner, who was a senator of the Italian Republic and has practised his profession as an architect and university professor in Tokyo, New York and several Italian cities such as Florence and Pisa. A catalogue has been brought out for the exhibition with reproductions of the works displayed and detailed biographical and bibliographical information about the author and texts by José Mª Lozano, Consuelo Císcar, Luis Sendra Mengual and Edward Suzuki. Paolo Riani was born in Barga, (Lucca) ... More |
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Double Solo Show at Centre of Contemporary Art Features Martin Sulzer and Barthélémy Toguo
Barthélémy Toguo, Circumcision 3, 2007.
BELLINZONA.- The exhibition entitled MUTATIONS, currently on view until the 6th February 2011, is a double solo show. It was inaugurated at the CACT Centre of Contemporary Art in Canton Ticino on 27 November. The artists involved are Martin Sulzer (Germany, 1977) and Barthélémy Toguo (Cameroon-France, 1967). Apparently different in terms of the idioms they use, they reveal points of contact in the topic proposed by the curator, applying contemporary stylistic elements and themes. For some time now, Martin Sulzer has been concentrating his work mainly on how artistic expression relates to technology, revitalising as his dominant theme the language that expresses the body and is expressed by it. This the artist, who live and works in Berlin, develops through the dynamics of experiencing his own definition in the image society. It is actually his frenzied output and exploitation of visual representations that mak ... More | | The Annual New York Jewish Film Festival Returns for Its 20th Anniversary in January
The Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center will present the 20th annual New York Jewish Film Festival at the Film Society’s Walter Reade Theater.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center will present the 20th annual New York Jewish Film Festival at the Film Society’s Walter Reade Theater, The Jewish Museum, and The JCC in Manhattan, Jan. 12-27, 2011. The festival’s 36 features and shorts from 14 countries—31 screening in their world, U.S. or New York premieres—provide a diverse global perspective on the Jewish experience. In celebration of the festival’s 20th anniversary, several film screenings will be followed by filmmakers and special guests in onstage discussions and/or performances. The festival opens on Wednesday, January 12, with the New York premiere of “Mahler on the Couch,” Percy and Felix Adlon’s witty examination of composer Gustav Mahler’s relationship with his tempestuous wife ... More | | The Work of Artist, Writer and Experimental Geographer Trevor Paglen Displayed at Secession
PAN (Unknown; USA-207) , 2010, C-Print , 152,4 x 121,9 cm. Trevor Paglen. Courtesy Galerie Thomas Zander, Köln und Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco.
VIENNA.- The work of American artist, writer and experimental geographer Trevor Paglen centres on a political and aesthetic engagement with the covert activities of the U.S. secret services and military, collectively known by the name “Black World”. His motto might well be: “Make the invisible visible”. His work is based on attentive observation, meticulous research and extensive data collection. The exhibition at Secession is from NOV. 26, 2010 – FEB. 13, 2011. To realize his works – mostly photographs and video pieces - Paglen uses technologically advanced equipment including the kind of special cameras and precision telescopes utilized in space photography. In this way, he is able to photograph, from great distances, classified military facilities buffered by huge areas of restricted land, or, using ... More |
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BFI Gallery Presents an Exhibition Dedicated to Dancer and Choreographer Yvonne Rainer
Yvonne Rainer by Jack Mitchell.
LONDON.- The BFI Gallery presents an exhibition dedicated to the work of the legendary American dancer, choreographer and filmmaker, Yvonne Rainer (b.1934) whose practice is amongst the most influential on the newest generation of video makers and choreographers alike. In the last few years there have been a number of important publications on her work and museum shows dedicated to her but she has not had a gallery exhibition in Europe to date. The exhibition features three of Rainer’s works in the BFI Gallery and is accompanied by screenings of her seven feature films to be shown in the BFI cinemas, and a curated programme of artists’ works taking place in December. The Yvonne Rainer Project is currently running until 23 January 2011. Although she is renowned in the world of art because of her innovative contribution to contemporary dance, Rainer is also remarkable because of her involvement with cinema later in h ... More | | Minneapolis Institute of Arts Takes New Approach to Education; Creates Director of Learning Role
Milton will lead the design and implementation of interpretive strategies for publications, exhibitions, permanent-collection galleries, and virtual communications.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- As society becomes increasingly infused with digital technology, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) is harnessing new platforms for its audiences. The MIA has hired Katherine Milton, Ph.D., to spearhead new methods for aiding visitors’ understanding of visual art, encouraging interdisciplinary thinking, and helping connect to cultures of the past and present. Milton will lead the design and implementation of interpretive strategies for publications, exhibitions, permanent-collection galleries, and virtual communications. She will also oversee the museum’s educational programs for schools, families, youth, and adult audiences. “As technology creates new opportunities and modes of thinking, we see many new possibilities for programming at the MIA, which tap into people’s desire ... More | | Pinakothek der Moderne Presents Edition 46 Designed by Hans-Peter Feldmann
Hans-Peter Feldmann (*1941) © VG BILD-KUNST, BONN 2010.
MUNICH.- The Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin issued in week 46 every year always comes from the hands of an international contemporary artist. This year, »Edition 46« is being designed by Hans-Peter Feldmann. The magazine appeared on Friday, 19 November as a supplement in the Süddeutsche Zeitung. The magazine project prompted an exhibition of the artist’s work at the Pinakothek der Moderne, currently on display through Feb. 13th, 2011. Hans-Peter Feldmann, who was born in 1941 in Düsseldorf where he still lives today, is one of the most unconventional artists in Germany. For more than forty years he has been working with photographs and everyday objects that he continuously reassembles to create different installations. Feldmann explicitly does not differentiate between his own material and objects he has found as he feels such a division would be pointless. ... More |
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'Groundbreaking' Paperless Eco Comics Announced by Mohawk Media
LONDON.- British publisher Mohawk Media has announced Eco Comics, a range of environmentally-friendly, paperless comic books. The first digital comic book from the Eco Comics range available now to download or view online is Heroic High, an adventure set on an island superhero community, written by Chris Bunting and drawn by Kit Wallis. Editor Stuart Buckley says: “Paper used in the production of comic books can have a damaging effect on the environment, and paying perhaps the biggest price is the tiger, whose habitat this threatens. “As for sustainable forestry, world-leading environmental organisations have criticised its weak regard for social and ecological issues. “We believe these downloadable, paperless comics are groundbreaking, having been deliberately designed to have a minimal carbon footprint. “The added bonuses for the r ... More
Advancing Tradition: Twenty Years of Printmaking at Flatbed Press on View at Austin Museum of Art
AUSTIN, TX.- The Austin Museum of Art celebrates the national significance and aesthetic richness of Austin’s premier fine art publisher . Twenty Years of Printmaking at Flatbed Press showcases the significant role that original prints play in the work of today's artists. Founded in 1989, this publishing workshop is modeled on such noble predecessors as Crown Point Press in San Francisco, and Universal Limited Art Editions in West Islip, New York. Since the 1960s, contemporary prints have rivaled paintings in aesthetic quality, scale, and technical ambition. Many of the printmaking methods artists currently use date to the Renaissance or earlier. Digital technology and new materials, however, have prompted technical innovation and expanded creative options, bringing fresh vision to a venerable medium ... More
Modern Art Oxford Presents a Solo Exhibition of New and Recent Sculptures by British Artist Thomas Houseago
OXFORD.- This autumn, Modern Art Oxford presents new and recent sculptures by British artist Thomas Houseago in his first major solo exhibition in a UK public gallery. Houseago has come to prominence in recent years with his monumental, figurative sculptures that are charged with a remarkable energy and vitality. Houseago works primarily with materials associated with classical and modernist sculpture; carved wood, plaster and bronze. His somewhat crude and direct working belies a sophistication that is rich in a layering of cultural, mythological and art historical references. In a time of fast-paced technological change, Houseago’s art takes on the role of an awkward, unresolved reminder of the past. Alongside his exhibition at Modern Art Oxford, Houseago presents a number of sculptures in the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology. These pieces will be ... More
Wagner + Partner Present Miklos Gaal: Selbstvergessenheit "Mental State of Immersion"
BERLIN.- Wagner + Partner Galerie present the Miklos Gaál: Selbstvergessenheit exhibition now on view through Feb. 12, 2010. The exhibition title refers to the mental state of immersion, void of directed and intentional thought but being open to the surroundings as an undifferentiated whole. Selbstvergessenheit affirms the possibility of enjoying events unexplained. Gaál’s photographic thought reconsiders the ways in which photography is presented, read, and received. The exhibition is a collection of singular works from recent years including photographic prints, a hand printed artist book, a slide show and a silkscreen series that make up a playground in which the viewer’s relationship to photography is placed in the foreground. Viewing an Apple Tree is a silkscreen-printed artist book displaying a singular photograph of a blossoming tree. The source image is divided in sections of the same size and ... More
"The Working White House" Exhibit on Display at the Jimmy Carter Library & Museum
ATLANTA, GA.- Take a behind the scenes look at the workings of the most famous house in the United States at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. "The Working White House: Two Centuries of Traditions and Memories” tells the stories of the men and women who work in The White House through historical images, documents, oral histories, and objects. Presidential administrations come and go, but these are the people who have served presidents and their families from William Taft to George W. Bush. In work that requires a high level of dedication, these men and women balance the social, political, and diplomatic importance of a national symbol with the careful requirements of a family home. The Working White House gives glimpses into the daily work and enduring relationships that many White House staff have developed with several first families. The exhibit will be on display at the Jimmy Carter Library & Museum th ... More
La Salle University Art Museum Awarded Conservation Project Support Grant from the IMLS
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The La Salle University Art Museum has been awarded a Conservation Projects Support Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). This grant will aid the Museum's ongoing commitment to conservation, one of its core responsibilities as an institution connected with a school of higher learning and a mission to foster an understanding and appreciation of art. The Museum was one of 33 museums out of a pool of 148 applicants to receive the grant. Conservation Project Support awards help museums identify conservation needs and priorities and perform activities to ensure the safekeeping of their collections. The grants are awarded through competitive peer review and require, at least, a 100 percent match by the applicant. These grants help museums develop a logical, institution-wide approach to caring for their collections. The program is a ... More
Biennale of Sydney Announces Penelope Seidler AM as New Board Director
SYDNEY.- ‘We are pleased to announce Penelope Seidler AM as a Board Director of the Biennale of Sydney,’ said Chairman Luca Belgiorno-Nettis. ‘Penelope has been a long-time supporter of the Biennale and is a highly regarded figure in Sydney’s cultural fabric. With her, she brings a deep passion for contemporary art and a broad working knowledge of both Australian and international arts organisations. We are extremely honoured and delighted to welcome Penelope to the board.’ Penelope Seidler said: ‘I am pleased to join the Board of this inspiring institution. I am excited to be working with an organisation that brings contemporary art– something I have been involved with for many years through our architectural practice– to the forefront of public awareness. I look forward to working with my fellow Board Directors and Chief Executive Officer, Marah Braye, to further build on t ... More
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