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A Bonham's auction house employee poses for photographers in front of 'Save or delete Jungle Book' by British Artist Banksy in London. The piece is expected to sell for between £60,000- £80,000 pounds (93,000 to 124,000 US dollars) at Bonhams forthcoming 'Urban Art' auction. REUTERS/Paul Hackett.
LONDON.- An original art work by the legendary street artist, Banksy, for a Greenpeace Save or Delete campaign photographic poster, is to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of its Urban Art sale on 11 January 2011. Estimated at £60,000 - 80,000, the unique piece (lot 67) was given to the vendor by the artist himself. The art work was commissioned by Greenpeace to highlight the problems of global deforestation as part of their Save or Delete campaign. The image, which features some of the main characters from Disney’s The Jungle Book transposed onto a picture of a devastated forest, was intended for use on posters, billboards and postcards. While it was printed, it was never put into circulation because of the protectionist policies at Disney. A version of this poster is illustrated in Banksy’s Wall and Piece book. Other sale highlights include a performance piece (lot 18) created by American graffiti artist ... More |
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Cheim & Read Presents Exhibition of New Works by Collaborative Artists McDermott & McGough
McDermott & McGough, DAY FOLLOWING DAY, 1955, 2010. Tricolor carbro print, 30 1/8 x 25 1/8 inches, 76.5 x 63.8 centimeters. Photo: Courtesy Cheim & Read.
NEW YORK, NY.- Cheim & Read presents an exhibition of new work by the collaborative artists McDermott & McGough. Their previous show with Cheim & Read was in 2008. David McDermott and Peter McGough (born 1952 and 1958), are known for their creative appropriation of different historical eras and styles. Faithful to the subjects and techniques of their chosen period, the duo's multi-disciplinary work questions the nature of perception, identity, gender and narrative. Memory and nostalgia play strong roles, subtly subverted by an aura of artificiality and the artists' sly reconstruction of the past. McDermott & McGough's recent work has looked to cultural tableaus of 1950s and 60s Americana, culling imagery from advertisements, movies and movie stars, comic books and paperback novels. Their current exhibition continues this theme, referencing imagery from 1940s - early 1950s advertisements, geared mostly towards women and ... More | | Archaeologists Use Total Station to Conduct 3D Scan of Prehispanic Shaft Tomb
Shaft tombs are integrated by a vertical shaft of variable depth and one or more funerary chambers. Photo: DMC INAH/H. Montano.
MEXICO CITY.- Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) conducted for the first time the three-dimensional registration of a shaft tomb, underground spaces used during Prehispanic time as funerary chambers in the western region of Mexico. Shaft tombs are integrated by a vertical shaft of variable depth and one or more funerary chambers. Specialists managed to conduct 3 dimensional imaging of one of these great spaces at the Cerro del Teul Archaeological Site, in Zacatecas, by using Total Station, an electro-optical device. Archaeologist Enrique Perez Cortes detailed that the scanned space is the shaft tomb Number 5 at the Prehispanic site, built between the 2nd century BC and 400 AD, it consists of an underground chamber with the shape of a dome and ellipsoidal plan that measures nearly 3 meters long, 2.5 wide and 1.5 high. “Total Station technology allows describing and outlines wit ... More | | Paintings from the 17th & 18th Centuries, with New Discoveries, at Sperone Westwater
Giuseppe Cesari called Cavalier D'Arpino, David with the Head of Goliath, 1598, oil on canvas, 39 3/8 x 30 1/8 inches (100 x 76,5 cm). Courtesy Sperone Westwater, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sperone Westwater presents an exhibition of Italian Paintings from the 17th and 18th Centuries in partnership with Robilant + Voena. This survey of Italian Old Master paintings, with notable masterpieces by painters such as Canaletto (1697-1768), Cavalier d’Arpino (1568-1640), Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653), and Michele Marieschi (1710-1743), intends to reassert the historical importance of Italian painting in the centuries following the Renaissance – a period which was to become an important foundation for modern art. The exhibition unveils several new discoveries. One highlight is a very uncommon signed Portrait of an Unidentified Man (1630-1640) by Artemisia Gentileschi, among the most highly regarded female artists of the Baroque. It is exhibited alongside Tiberio Titi’s Portrait of Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (ca. 1617) – also a new addition to his ... More |
 | Rare and Exceptional Works to Be Presented by the Japanese Art Dealers Association
Katsushika Hokusai, Young Geisha with Kitten. Edo period, Circa 1805—10. Ink and color on silk, 28⅜ x 11⅛ in. Gakyō rōjin Hokusai; sealed Kimō dasoku. Courtesy Sebastian Izzard LLC Asian Art.
NEW YORK, NY.- Two newly discovered paintings by Katsushika Hokusai, creator of The Great Wave off Kanagawa, and dozens of other rare and exceptional works of art will be exhibited in JADA 2011: An Exhibition by the Japanese Art Dealers Association. The exhibition will run from March 19 – March 23, 2011 at the Ukrainian Institute of America. JADA 2011 is the association’s third joint Asia Week exhibition and presents the traditional fine arts of Japan. “Asia Week in New York is a rich, long-standing tradition that dates back to the early 1990s and inspired a similar event in London,” said Leighton R. Longhi, president of JADA. “This year, around 50 galleries will be holding Asia Week exhibitions, not to mention museum exhibitions, auctions, and lectures and talks. We are delighted that so many galleries ... More | | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Celebrates 150th Anniversary with Exhibition
Ernesto Blanco, Stair Climbing Wheel Chair, 1962. Photo: Michael Cardinali, Courtesy of MIT Museum.
CAMBRIDGE, MA.- On January 8, 2011, The The MIT Museum opens the new Thomas Peterson ’57 Gallery with a fascinating exhibition highlighting 150 years of the rich history of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As MIT enters this anniversary year, a wide range of events, exhibitions, symposia and open houses have been planned to celebrate MIT’s contributions to the world. The MIT 150 Exhibition is the first of its kind at the MIT Museum to be curated with the aid of the "collective intelligence" of the MIT community. The collaborative process in which nominations were sought, and votes tallied, yielded unexpected insights and ideas that spoke to the founding president’s vision of getting your hands dirty in the pursuit of truth. As MIT’s first president, William Barton Rogers believed that teaching science should be a hands-on proposition, and, because of that revolutionary idea, the Massachusetts I ... More | | History Channel Pulls Plug on Controversial Kennedy Family Project Produce by Joel Surnow
Documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald. AP Photo/Kathy Willens.
By: David Bauder, AP Television Writer
PASADENA (AP).- A controversial miniseries on the Kennedy family will not air on the History Channel because the completed multimillion dollar project does not fit the "History brand," the network said. The eight-part series drew criticism during its production from figures such as former Kennedy administration aide Theodore Sorenson, who attacked the scripts as inaccurate. The role of producer Joel Surnow, a political conservative, also drew suspicion from fans of the Kennedy family. "We have concluded this dramatic interpretation is not a fit for the History brand," the network said in a statement late Friday. The decision was first reported Friday by the Hollywood Reporter. History said the decision was made after viewing the entire series, which stars Greg Kinnear and Katie Holmes as President John F. Kennedy ... More |
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Charity Auction at Christie's South Kensington to Benefit New Photographers' Gallery
E. O. Hoppé, The Strand, 1934 © Curatorial Assistance Inc./E. O. Hoppé Estate Collection.
LONDON.-To coincide with its 40th anniversary, The Photographers’ Gallery will stage a charity auction at Christie’s South Kensington on Thursday 17 February 2011. Designed to raise the final portion of funds to transform its Ramillies Street Gallery, the event will comprise a Live and Silent Auction, offering nearly 70 lots. With estimates ranging from £600 to £10,000, this will be the perfect opportunity for collectors of photography to add to their collections, while supporting a new state-of-the-art photography gallery in London. From Helmut Newton to Rineke Dijkstra, Sebastião Salgado to Corinne Day, the works on sale will reflect some of the extraordinary talents who have exhibited at the Gallery during its 40 year history. Many of the included artists, such as Lee Miller and Sally Mann, exhibited for the first time in the UK at The Photographers’ ... More | | "Counter Space" Exhibition at Museum of Modern Art Seeks Utopia in the Kitchen
Braun AG (German, est. 1921). Multipurpose Kitchen Machine, blender configuration. 1957. Enameled metal casing and plastic, 19 ¼ x 13 x 6 ½ (48.9 x 33 x 16.5 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the manufacturer.
NEW YORK, NY.- It's considered the heartbeat of the home and an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art provides a fresh perspective on kitchens and the emotional and ideological hold they have on cooks and non-cooks alike. "Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen," which runs through March 14, reels visitors in with objects from everyday life and reveals the economic, social and even political impact of kitchens. "They have a tremendous symbolic value for us," Juliet Kinchin, the curator of the exhibit, said in an interview. "We're constantly bombarded by images of kitchens in films, magazines, novels and television programs. They are where we form and maintain so many relationships within our ... More | | Big Shots: Andy Warhol Portraits of Celebrities Looks at Seminal Work at Danziger Projects
Farrah Fawcett photographed by Andy Warhol.
NEW YORK, NY.- As an iconic member of the pop movement of the 1960's, Warhol gained fame and recognition for his depiction of recognizable objects and individuals, from brand names products to faces of the rich, famous, and powerful. The exhibition is on display through February 26, 2011 at Danziger Projects. "Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids of Celebrities" provides a look at a lesser-known but seminal body of work by the artist who was dazzled by celebrity and found much of his inspiration in the photographic image. Comprised of thirty-eight unique Polaroids of subjects ranging from Debbie Harry to Yves St. Laurent and Giorgio Armani to Yoko Ono, the pictures were taken between 1970 and 1986 on Warhol's favorite camera - the Polaroid Big Shot. Created by Polaroid for practical purposes like the quick creation of I.D. cards ... More |
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Interview with Beate Salje, Director of Berlin's Museum of the Ancient Near East
Visitors go through the Pergamonmuseum during the Long Night of Museums in Berlin. EPA/STEFFEN KUGLER.
BERLIN.- For everything we've ever wanted to know about the Museum of the Ancient Near East... Director Beate Salje has the answers. Who were the most important discoverers and excavators of the archaeological objects in your collection? Well for a start, the architect Robert Koldewey, who worked ceaselessly from 1899 to 1917 in Babylon and who ranks as one of the pioneers of scientific field research. One member of his team, Walter Andrae, started the digs in Ashur which he later completed in 1914. In 1928 he was appointed director of the Museum of the Ancient Near East and it's him we have to thank for the visionary philosophy behind the museum's display strategy that continues to fascinate visitors today with its spectacular architectural reconstructions. Is there an exhibit that particularly interests you more than any other? What gets me excited is not an object itself, rather the way the objects depicting Mesopotamia's cultural history are displayed in Walter Andrae's over ... More | | Birmingham Museum of Art Celebrates 60 Years with New Guide to the Collection
The new catalog Highlights more than 250 artworks from the Museum’s holdings of Asian, European, American, African, Pre-Columbian, and Native American art.
BIRMINGHAM, AL.- In conjunction with the start of the Birmingham Museum of Art’s 60th year, the BMA is releasing a new collection handbook. Birmingham Museum of Art: Guide to the Collection, published by D Giles Limited, is a richly illustrated souvenir to an encyclopedic collection. The 272-page catalog is an outstanding survey of four hundred centuries of art from one of America’s leading regional museums. “I am often asked ‘what's next?’ meaning what's the next big exhibition coming to the Museum,” says Gail Andrews, the R. Hugh Daniel Director of the BMA. “While we love bringing important traveling shows to our city, we are even more proud of the significant collection we have created over our sixty-year history.” Highlighting more than 250 artworks from the Museum’s holdings of Asian, European, American, African, Pre-Columbian, and Native American art, this catalog demonstrate ... More | | Prospect 1.5 Exhibition Curated by Dan Cameron at the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
Ted Riederer, St. Antipode, 2008 (Close-up), melted vinyl records, rubber, chain mail, horsehair, mannequin, leather, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Jonathan Ferrara Gallery is pleased to announce Resounding: A Prospect 1.5 exhibition curated by Dan Cameron featuring the work of Fikret Atay (Turkey), Rhona Bitner (Paris and New York), Sean Duffy ( Los Angeles), Tim Lee (Vancouver) and Ted Riederer (New York). The exhibition opened on Saturday January 8th and runs through February 1, 2011. "For devoted music fans, the hardest adjustment one has to make is the echoing silence that descends when the band finishes playing and the house lights go up. With the sudden absence of music, other senses rush to fill the void, with visual art foremost among the ways music becomes 'represented' when nobody is playing. As technology increasingly transforms the medium for delivering music to its audience to obsolete artifacts, we look upon the vinyl LP, the cassette, and the CD as artifacts from a parallel universe. Each of the ... More |
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Maloney Fine Art Presents Sculpture and Paintings by George Stoll
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Maloney Fine Art presents an exhibition of sculpture and paintings by George Stoll (January 8 - February 12). George Stoll is interested in the subject that is hiding in plain sight and what happens when representation becomes abstracted. In this work he investigates the poetics of American consumer culture and Catholic iconography, and by so doing creates beautiful sculptures that have the immediacy of Pop Art, the spare elegance of Minimalism, the appearance of a monochrome, and the telling ability to transcend their domestic function. George fabricates by hand that which is found in everyday life: toilet paper, party streamers, sponges, American flags, Thanksgiving platters, Christmas Lights and most notably, Tupperware. In this exhibition at Maloney Fine Art, George will present his classic Tupperware configurations in elliptical forms, shelf sculptures and sponge paintings made of burned balsa wo ... More
Hotel Zaza Partners with Turner Carroll Gallery to Bring New Contemporary Art Space to Dallas
DALLAS, TX.- Hotel ZaZa Dallas has announced it will collaborate with Turner Carroll Gallery and Art Advisors to bring internationally acclaimed art exhibitions to the newly opened Stay ZaZa Art House & Social Gallery. Based in Santa Fe, Turner Carroll Gallery will curate shows of nationally and internationally recognized artists in the hotel’s new art and event space. The first exhibition will feature noted artist Ashley Collins. She will unveil new works from her Twelve O’Clock body of work, in addition to her sought after paintings of larger than life horses and abstract works inspired by her travels through the African desert. The show will open to the public Friday, January 28 and remain on display through the end of March. The Twelve O’Clock pieces are highly conceptual and consist of 12 original paintings that were inspired by a photog ... More
The Rhode Island School of Design Museum Presents Brian Knep: Exempla
PROVIDENCE, RI.- —The RISD Museum presents Brian Knep: Exempla in the Anne, Michael and Amelia Spalter New Media Gallery on view through March 6, 2011. Knep (American, b. 1968) creates animated, interactive projections to explore themes of the interconnected and impermanent nature of our world in a lively, light-hearted way. Organized by Judith Tannenbaum, Richard Brown Baker Curator of Contemporary Art, the show features Knep’s Exempla series which include the installations Escape (2006), Expand (2008), Embark (2009), and Excel (2009). Brian Knep’s “exempla” are cartoonish figures based on a three-year-old child’s discarded drawing, featuring oversize faces and flimsy limbs. The artist describes them as “caricatures of the endlessly cycling everyman.” Projected onto the wall, the creatures wander aimlessly, their movement controlled by gallery visitors as they push a button or depre ... More
The Warrior Emperor and China's Terracotta Army Sets New Record for ROM's Exhibition Attendance
TORONTO, ONTARIO.- The Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta Army is the most successful exhibition presented by the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in the decade since Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids (2000). From the exhibition’s opening at the ROM on June 26, 2010 to its January 2, 2011 closing, an outstanding 355,196 visitors experienced the unique opportunity to see this showcase of nearly 250 artifacts from the elaborate underground tomb complex of China’s First Emperor. This attendance figure includes The Warrior Emperor school visits of over 12,000 students and accompanying adults. ROM Director and CEO Janet Carding said, “The ROM was honoured to work with our partners in China to create this exhibition uniquely for Canadian audiences. We are especially proud that The Warrior Emperor is distinguished as the most physically accessible exhibition in the Museum’s history. Numerous enhancements en ... More
Historic Pennsylvania Playhouse Gets New Lease on Life
By: Joann Loviglio, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, PA (AP).- A theater revival of a different sort is being staged at a historic playhouse that was facing the final curtain. The Bucks County Playhouse in the Philadelphia suburb of New Hope, which went into foreclosure and closed last month after more than 70 years in business, will be managed by a nonprofit comprising local residents, government officials, and a consortium of Broadway professionals. "The entire theater community was aghast at the idea of permanently losing this legendary venue," said Jed Bernstein, producer of "Driving Miss Daisy" on Broadway and a lead figure in the preservation effort. A new nonprofit called the Bucks County Playhouse Conservancy is raising funds to buy the property from the bank and renovate and reopen the theater. Bernstein said he and his Broadway ... More
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