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Barbara Kruger, Installation view © Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 2010. Photo: Norbert Miguletz.
FRANKFURT.-The US-American conceptual artist Barbara Kruger has created a new, publicly accessible installation for the Rotunda of the Schirn, which covers floor, ceiling, and surrounding walls with the white- and partly red-on-black captions typical of her oeuvre. “I work with pictures and words because they have the ability to determine who we are and who we aren’t,” says Kruger, whose show is presented in the Schirn from December 15, 2010 until January 30, 2011. Pictures and texts from the mass media, advertising, and the sphere of consumption provide the material from which she derives her messages: comments on the individual and society, war and violence, but also on popular culture and commercialism. Relying on formal precision and an unmistakable aesthetics, Kruger succeeds in formulating stirring, irritating, and pointed statements that thematize the relationship between the sexes and other soci ... More |
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Metropolitan Museum's Exhibitions Stimulate $784 Million Economic Impact for City
Pablo Picasso's 1938 oil painting "Man with a Lollipop" is seen during a media preview of 300 works by Picasso at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum’s concurrent presentation of three acclaimed and widely attended special exhibitions over the summer 2010 season—Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof: Big Bambú, and American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity—generated $784 million in economic activity by regional, national, and international tourists to New York, according to a visitor survey the Museum released today. Using the industry standard for calculating tax revenue impact, the study noted that the direct tax benefit to the City and State from out-of-town visitors to the Museum totaled some $78.4 million. Thomas P. Campbell, Director of the Metropolitan Museum, noted: “We are delighted that the Metropolitan’s outstanding collections and exhibitions continue to be such an exciting draw for visitors to New York, generating significant revenues for the City and the ... More | | First Exhibition to Show Paintings on Paper by Joseph Albers at the Pinakothek der Moderne
Color Study for Homage to the Square, n. d., Oil and graphite on blotting paper with varnish, 30,5 × 30,5 cm, The Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop
© 2010 THE JOSEF AND ANNI ALBERS FOUNDATION / VG BILDKUNST, BONN / ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY, NEW YORK. AUFNAHME: © 2010 WERNER HANNAPPEL / VG BILD-KUNST, BONN.
MUNCHEN.- The exhibition is the first to show such a concentration of paintings on paper by Josef Albers, some of which will be completely unknown to the general public. Works in oil on paper, painted by the artist since the 1940s in preparation for the »Adobe« and »Variant« series in particular, are presented together with a large group related to his principal work »Homage to the Square« from the artist’s late period, that he focused on from 1950 until his death in 1976. Josef Albers was only able to fully develop into an important artist and influential teacher after emigrating to the USA. From around 1940 onwards, Albers was inspired by Mexico’s pre-Columbian architecture, scultpure and textile art that boosted his sense for the aesthetic and led to idiosynchratic, ... More | | Tate Announces Tacita Dean to Undertake Next Commission in The Unilever Series
A visitor views the artwork of Tacita Dean, Monkey Puzzle, 2006, back, and Chalk Balls, 2006, front, at the Schaulager. EPA/GEORGIOS KEFALAS.
LONDON.- Tate and Unilever today announced that Tacita Dean will undertake the twelfth commission in The Unilever Series for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern. The work will be unveiled on 11 October 2011. Tacita Dean is one of the most respected artists working today. Her practice encompasses artist’s books, drawing, found objects, photography and sound installations, but she is best known for her use of 16mm film. Dean’s films act as depictions or portraits rather than conventional narratives, capturing fleeting natural light or subtle shifts in movement. Her film Banewl 1999 charts the effect of a solar eclipse on a farm in Cornwall, while Disappearance at Sea 1996 documents the transition from day to dusk as a lighthouse near Berwick-upon-Tweed becomes illuminated. In these works, her static camera positions and long takes allow events to unfold unhurriedly. Other works have attempted to reconstruct events from mem ... More |
 | Website Helps Medieval Ivories Come to Light, Hosted by The Courtauld Institute of Art
Relief, Virgin and Child (French or Netherlandish, c. 1300-1350). 146mm x 43mm x 20mm. Photo: The Courtauld Gallery.
LONDON.- When in 1924 the French scholar Raymond Koechlin published his three-volume study of French Gothic Ivories, his catalogue numbered 1,328 objects and was illustrated by some 500 images. Since then, many more ivories have surfaced in auction houses as well as private and public collections; valuable articles and catalogues have been written; scientific examination and increasing expertise have all shed more light on these exquisite objects. On 15 December 2010 the Gothic Ivories Project, hosted by The Courtauld Institute of Art, goes online promising a “Koechlin for the twenty-first century”. The Gothic Ivories Project website makes available the first 700 objects from a database that already numbers more than 3,000 ivories. A detailed entry has been written for each piece and the vast majority ... More | | Historic Price Achieved for Arpita Singh's "Wish Dream" at Saffronart Auction
F N Souza (Lot 47), Disintegrated Head. Winning Bid: $333,500.
NEW YORK, NY.- Saffronart, the world’s largest online fine-art auction house, concluded its annual Winter Online Art Auction on December 9, 2010 with strong results that highlight the continued demand for important works with notable provenance. With a total of 80% of the 100 lots on offer selling, the auction brought an impressive $7.1 million. As anticipated, the lot illustrated on the catalogue’s front cover, a stunning mural made up of sixteen individual canvas panels by one of India's most prominent and critically acclaimed women artists - Arpita Singh - titled ‘Wish Dream’, achieved a record price for the artist, fetching an astounding $2.24 million. This is also the highest price achieved by an Indian woman artist at auction globally, and a world record price for an artwork sold at any online auction. Speaking about the record breaking auction, Dinesh Vazirani, ... More | | Kent-Born Harold Chapman Photographs of Paris and the Beat Hotel to Sell at Bonhams
Allen Ginsberg, Room 25. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- An extensive archive of images by the British photographer, Harold Chapman, the single largest collection of Chapman material in private hands, is to be offered for sale at Bonhams by private treaty. The collection, a selection of which is on show at Bonhams, New Bond Street from now until 11 January 2011, comprises 108 photographs of Paris and the Beat Hotel taken between the late 1950s and early 1960s. The show will coincide with Bonhams’ Urban Art sale, which takes place on 11 January. Kent-born Chapman moved from London to Paris and into the infamous Beat Hotel in the mid 1950s. Located at 9 rue Gît-le-Coeurin the city’s Latin Quarter, the Beat Hotel was a magnet for artists, writers and poets. Chapman’s fellow lodgers included William Burroughs, Gregory Corso and Allen Ginsberg, who had recently fled obscenity trials in the US after the publication of his poem, Howl. This creative hub was presided ... More |
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Art and Antique Dealers League of America Announces New Spring Show NYC to Benefit the ASPCA
Antonio Amorosi, A Boy with a Dog. Oil on canvas, 11.8 x 8.8 inches (30 x 22.3 cm). Photo: Courtesy Robert Simon.
CHICAGO, IL.- The Art and Antique Dealers League of America (AADLA) has announced that the opening night benefit preview for its inaugural Spring Show NYC, at the Park Avenue Armory on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 will benefit the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®). Co-chairs for the five-day show include: Michael Bruno, Mario Buatta, David Patrick Columbia, Celerie Kemble, Brian McCarthy, Miles Redd, Ellen and Chuck Scarborough, Bunny Williams, and Vicente Wolf. "The Art and Antique Dealers League of America is thrilled to partner with the ASPCA and 1stdibs to debut our fine and decorative arts fair," said Clinton Howell, the League's President. According to Howell, in addition to the members showcasing their specialties from antiquities to twentieth-century works at their respective stands, each will also offer a selection of ... More | | World's Largest Auctioneer of Hollywood Memorabilia will Auction Over 1300 Lots
The Invisible Man one-sheet poster. Photo: Profiles in History.
CALABASAS, CA.- An original one-sheet poster from the Universal horror classic The Invisible Man ($200,000-$300,000); an incredible offering of material from Academy Award-winning visual effects genius Stan Winston, including an original screen-used Johnny Depp costume and display from Edward Scissorhands ($100,000-$200,000) an original full-scale, screen-used battlefield T-800 Endoskeleton from Terminator 2: Judgment Day ($150,000-$250,000); the stunning collection from Academy Award-winning visual effects pioneer, Phil Tippett, including multiple Star Wars Cantina Creatures ($60,000-$120,000 EACH), an AT-AT Imperial Walker from The Empire Strikes Back ($40,000-$60,000) and stop-motion RoboCop puppet from RoboCop 2 ($25,000-$35,000); original iconic matte painting from the opening scene in The Wizard of Oz ($80,000-$120,000); a complete hero Brandon Routh Superman costume from Superman Returns ($50,000-$70,000); Bela Lugosi ‘Ygor’ green suede costume ... More | | Michael Jackson Photo by French Photographer Arno Bani Sells for Just Under $35,000
'Michael Jackson's Blue Eye' shot by French photographer Arno Bani in 1999. EPA/Arno Bani.
By: Diane Falconer
PARIS (REUTERS).-A photograph of Michael Jackson posing as an Egyptian pharaoh sold for 26,000 euros ($34,880) Monday at an auction featuring four never-before-seen portraits of the "King of Pop." The portrait of the late "Thriller" singer as a pharaoh, dressed in a gold cape and with dark shaded eyes, was bought at the Paris auction by Ora-Ito designer Ito Morabito. With the added commission, the final price ran at 32,240 euros. "I have been a fan since I was born," Morabito said. "It is unique and really represents who he was. 50 percent man, 50 percent god." Since his sudden death in June 2009 due to an overdose of drugs, Jackson photos and memorabilia have sold for record prices. The "Billie Jean" singer's trademark white glove sold at an auction of Jackson memorabilia for $350,000 last year in November, a few months after his death. A posthumous ... More |
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Taipei International Flora Exposition Features High Tech Interactive Displays
A visitor to the Taipei International Flora Exposition waves her arm to move the image on a motion sensitive 3D LCD screen. AP Photo/Wally Santana.
By: Annie Huang, Associated Press
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (AP).- Paper-thin speakers blare pop music. Three-D films appear on elongated screens with no need for special viewing glasses. Viewers' pulses turn cocoons into butterflies in an interactive display. Welcome to the Pavilion of Dreams, a high-tech enclave within the Taipei International Flora Exposition, where Taiwanese artists and engineers are using technology-generated flowers and plants to strut the island's cutting edge know-how to onlookers from around the world. The exposition, which runs from November through April, has so far drawn more than 1.9 million visitors to an expansive site in northern Taipei. Already recognized as a supplier of smartphone and computer components to global technology companies, Taiwan wants to use ... More | | Swarovski Crystal Palace Launches Illustrated Book The Art of Light and Crystal
The Art of Light and Crystal is a beautifully illustrated book, which tells the unique story of the Swarovski Crystal Palace project.
LONDON.- Swarovski Crystal Palace is arguably the most important and inspired design project of our times. Devised and instigated by Nadja Swarovski, it provides a snapshot of the most exciting and creative minds of the first decade of the 21st century. Since its inception in 2002 during the Milan Furniture Fair, Swarovski Crystal Palace has changed the course of design, by establishing a platform for leading players in international design to conceptualise, develop and share their most radical works. Swarovski Crystal Palace is a think tank for the convergence of art, design, science and technology. This ongoing forum has commissioned such noteworthy talents as Ron Arad, Zaha Hadid and Vincent van Duysen to develop original artworks implementing crystal as a creative ingredient. ‘The Art of Light and Crystal’ is a beautifully illustrated ... More | | Legendary Musician John Lennon's Iconic "White Suit" from Abbey Road to Be Auctioned
Two outfits worn by John Lennon that will be auctioned. AP Photo/The Hour, Matthew Vinci.
NORWALK, CT.- No one could have foreseen the simple white suit Lennon wore to the famous Abbey Road recording studio was destined to become one of the most recognized, scrutinized, satirized and parodied garments in rock-n-roll folklore. The iconic two piece suit Lennon wore the morning the cover shot for the 1969 Abbey Road LP was taken has recently come on the market, along with the blazer Lennon wore in the 1971 Documentary for “Imagine”, and a Chrysler station wagon from the NYC Lennon-Ono household. These important items will be selling at Braswell Auction Galleries 26th annual New Years Day sale alongside many rare and one of a kind items from other notable estates. The Abbey Road image is one of the most unforgettable album covers of all time and the famous shot for the final Beatles album took on a life of it’s own, sparking more controversy than most rock n roll photographs do by contributing ... More |
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The Cultural World Gathers in Qatar to Inaugurate MATHAF: Arab Museum of Modern Art
DOHA, QATAR.- In the presence of His Highness the Emir, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, international dignitaries, leaders of prominent cultural institutions, scholars and more than eighty artists join the inaugural ceremony for Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art today. An unprecedented new center for Arab culture and creativity, Mathaf (pronounced MAT-haff, meaning “museum” in Arabic) will open to the public on December 30, 2010, in Doha, Qatar. The first institution of its kind in the region, Mathaf will foster creativity, promote dialogue and inspire new ideas about modern and contemporary Arab art. The 5,500-square-meter (59,000-square-foot) Museum, located in a former school building in Doha’s Education City, has a collection that represents the major trends and sites of production of modern Arab art spanning the 1840s through the present. Offering a rare comprehensive overview of modern Arab art, the new ... More
Historic Daguerreotypes and Custer Relics Lead the Charge in $1.2 Million Heritage Americana Auction
DALLAS, TX.- A trio of important circa 1850 daguerreotypes drew tremendous interest and heated bidding in Heritage's $1.2 million Nov. 17 Grand Format Americana & Political Memorabilia Auction, with all three realizing well above their pre-auction estimates. A most unusual half plate image of a travelling photographer's studio brought more almost 10 times its pre-auction estimate to finish the day at $95,600, while the auction catalog's cover piece, a previously unknown half plate portrait of Mexican War hero and 12th U.S. President Zachary Taylor, consigned by a descendant of Taylor's – with a complete chain of ownership – sold for $47,800, more than six times its pre-auction estimate of $8,000+. Rounding out this important triumvirate of early photos was a rare 1852 quarter plate daguerreotype of an identified San Francisco water vendor. Estimated at $8000+, the image drew great interest from both photography and California histo ... More
The High Museum of Art Recently Selected to Partner with ArtBabble.org
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art was recently selected to partner with ArtBabble.org, an online art initiative that allows the Museum to post its art video content to an ever-growing online community. Launched by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in April 2009, ArtBabble.org features high-definition videos of cultural highlights from more than 20 organizations, including institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. ArtBabble.org currently features High Museum of Art videos of past, current and upcoming exhibitions as well as exclusive interviews with featured artists, Museum curators and directors. The partnership will add to the High’s already extensive efforts to create a cutting-edge, interactive online experience for patrons and art en ... More
First Ever Exhibition of Norman Rockwell's Original Works on View at the Dulwich Picture Gallery
LONDON.- Norman Rockwell was America’s best known and best-loved illustrator for over six decades of the 20th century. Astonishingly prolific, he is best-known for the 322 covers he created for the Saturday Evening Post; but he painted countless other magazine illustrations and advertisements, capturing images of everyday American life with a humour and power of observation that spoke directly to the public, whose love for his work never wavered. These good-natured, often very funny, occasionally sweetly sentimental images picturing America as he wished it to be, rather than as it perhaps was, gave rise to an adjective, ‘Rockwellesque’, which in some critics’ minds became something of a dirty word. But his output was not all sugar and spice ‘he recorded political events, portrayed presidents, and on occasion painted searing images in support of the civil rights movement. Although Rockwell himself was happy to be described as ‘an illustrator’, ... More
Craig Robins Donates Netscape by Konstantin Grcic to Miami Art Museum
MIAMI, FL.- Craig Robins, co-founder of Design Miami /, has donated this year's Designer of the Year installation to Miami Art Museum (MAM). Entitled Netscape, the large-scale outdoor seating installation was created by Konstantin Grcic as a centerpiece of the December 2010 edition of Design Miami /, a global forum for design. Robins made the donation with the Museum's new, Herzog & de Meuron-designed facility in mind. The new Miami Art Museum is scheduled to open to the public in Downtown Miami's Museum Park in 2013. As part of the honor of receiving the Design Miami / Designer of the Year Award, Grcic was invited to create a site-specific installation for the fair. Netscape features a star-shaped, modular steel structure, with hammock-like swings made of fiberglass and polypropylene netting which rock gently when used by visitors. Like the design for the new Miami Art Museum , Netscape was created with social interac ... More
Oregon Hospital X-Rays van Gogh Painting for Clues
PORTLAND, ORE (AP).- Digital X-ray equipment is providing art researchers with a new view of a priceless painting by Vincent van Gogh. The masterpiece titled "The Ox-Cart" was examined at Oregon Health & Science University on Monday as part of an effort to better understand the artist and his technique. The Oregonian reports that Engineering professors Don Johnson of Rice University and Richard Johnson of Cornell University are leading the international project. The painting was donated to the Portland Art Museum in 2007 by Fred and Frances Sohn of Roseburg, who founded Lone Rock Timber Co. Researchers are studying canvas thread patterns to piece together a precise chronology of van Gogh's works and how they relate to one another. ... More
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