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Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco poses beside 'La DS' at the Tate Modern gallery in central London. The classic Citroen car was sliced into thirds and forms one piece of the major retrospective of Orozco's work which shows until the end of April. REUTERS/Toby Melville.
LONDON.- This retrospective of the leading Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco (b 1962) is the largest presentation of his most critically acclaimed works in the UK. The exhibition by Gabriel Orozco is on display until April 11, 2011 at the Tate Modern. A sculptor of global significance, Orozco draws on the histories of western and Latin American art practice with limitless innovation and experimentation. Featuring over 80 works, and a new installation never previously exhibited, the survey highlights Orozco’s substantial production of sculpture, photography, drawing and painting. Orozco has become renowned for his boundless experimentation with found objects, both natural and man made, which he subtly and playfully alters. The exhibition features major early examples of this practice, including La DS 1993, a classic Citroën DS car which the artist sliced into thirds, removing the central part to exaggerate its streamlined, a ... More |
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Rediscovered Painting by Dutch Artist Rembrandt on Loan at the Toledo Museum of Art
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669), Rembrandt Laughing. Oil on copper, 1627–28. 8¾ x 6¾ in, Gallery 24. Private Collection, courtesy of Hazlitt Gooden & Fox, London.
TOLEDO, OH.- A rediscovered painting by Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606–1669), on loan at the The Toledo Museum of Art, will be displayed for several months beginning January 28 in Gallery 24. The artist painted the small oil-on-copper self portrait, Rembrandt Laughing, in his native city of Leiden when he was just 21 or 22 years old. “This is one of the most exciting artistic rediscoveries in recent years,” said Museum Director Brian Kennedy. “Rembrandt Laughing is one of the first and most joyful examples of the artist’s autobiography in paint.” A century and a half after Rembrandt’s death, the portrait was mistakenly thought to be by his older contemporary Frans Hals, and it was reproduced as Hals’s work in an engraving. Some scholars of the 20th century realized it was ... More | | Kai Althoff's Punkt, Absatz, Bluemli (period, paragraph, Bluemli) at Gladstone Gallery
Kai Althoff, "Punkt, Absatz, Bluemli" (period, paragraph, Bluemli), January 15 - March 5. Photo: Kai Althoff. © Kai Althoff. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Someone who saw the work said the following: "The images herein depict mundane and fantastic situations enacted by human and animal souls, figures ill and ecstatic about the situations they have been granted. Some figures cannot help but stare or grab at each other, while others step on their companions, soiling any hope of communion. Their wills, like twisted wicks, burn distinct but unified fires. They are composed of several species but they cannot tell themselves apart, awakening loathsome blood in the veins of each body. With sycophantic excitement they conduct every modern day sacrament—murder, construction, commerce, and hygiene (among others). Yet their tangled wills act not in the name of altruism or holiness, but from their everlasting yearning for life’s sweet spots and the age-old wish to dissociate from ... More | | Rutger's Zimmerli Art Museum Returns Rare Renaissance Portrait to Rightful Owners
Hans Baldung Grien, “Portrait of a Young Man”, 1509. Photo: Roy Groething.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ.- On Friday, January 14, 2011, the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University handed over a rare early 16th-century portrait by the German artist Hans Baldung Grien to Simon Goodman, the Los Angeles-based grandson of Friedrich and Louise Gutmann, Holocaust victims and previous owners of the painting. In a visit to the Zimmerli, Mr. Goodman accepted “Portrait of a Young Man” (1509) on behalf of the Gutmann/Goodman heirs. Since 1946, the Gutmann/Goodman family has been looking for this particular painting by Baldung Grien (c. 1484–1545), long considered the most gifted of the followers of Albrecht Dürer. Although many of the family’s artworks have been successfully recovered, this painting eluded both the family and the governments of France, the Netherlands, and West Germany. (For lack of evidence, the French and West German governments closed the case ... More |
 | How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster? Documentary Traces the Rise of Norman Foster
Norman Foster working at his office. © Valentín Alvarez.
BERLIN.- How much does your building weigh, Mr. Foster? has been selected by some of the most important film festivals in the world such as the 60th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale Special Section) and the 58th San Sebastian International Film Festival (Pearls selection, a selection of the year's best movies.) The Spaniard Norberto Lopez-Amado (Nos miran, 2002) and the North American Carlos Carcas (Old Man Bebo, 2008) directed this documentary, which was produced by Art Commissioners (art advisory and film production company led by Elena Ochoa) in association with Aiete Ariane Films (a production company led by Imanol Uribe and Andrés Santana). This film is an ambitious project of international scope, produced in Britain and Spain and filmed in over 10 countries over the course of the last two years. How much does your building weigh, Mr. Foster ... More | | A Dynamic Array of Art as Throngs Visit the Second Miami International Art Fair
Keren, Untitled/detail, 2009. Museum Diasec, 39" x 13". Original /Gallery collection.
MIAMI, FL.- MIA- Miami International Art Fair opened it’s doors at 6:30pm Thursday to a crowd of over 4,000 eager VIP’s. The floor was buzzing during the First View with dealers and collectors engaging in exciting interchanges. Attendees enjoyed caviar and cocktails from Fair sponsors, Black River Caviar and Opici Wine while observing the outstanding array of international art on view. Exhibitors quickly reported initial sales. “We had a wonderful opening. We sold multiple paintings and are negotiating with another collector concerning the purchase of one of our sculptures. We are very happy we met a lot of new collectors which is why we attended the fair” commented Maxloy/Latin Art Core Gallery. Seasoned gallery owner and fair participant Diana Lowenstein of Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts commented, ... More | | Art Madrid 2011 Maintains the Number of Galleries and Increases the Quality Level
Manolo Valdés. Dorothy II (2010). Aguafuerte, aguatinta y punta seca. 235x187cm. © Galería Hispánica.
MADRID.- From 16 to February 20, 2011 Art Madrid, the International Contemporary Art Fair, returns to his annual meeting with collectors, professionals and lovers of contemporary art in general, in its traditional location in the Pabellón de Cristal at the Casa de Campo in Madrid. February 15th will be devoted to professional collectors and, from 16 to 20, the fair will open its doors to the public. Art Madrid is scheduled for 61 galleries, chosen by a new independent selection committee, among the most prestigious names of the national and international scene, and will show the work made by major contemporary artists. Art Madrid will host a total of 91 exhibition spaces. Besides the 61 art galleries, some of them with spaces in different programs, the Fair will hold the presence of two foundations ... More |
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Helsinki Mayor Jussi Pajunen Explores Possible Guggenheim Museum in Finland
Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Richard Armstrong speaks at a press conference in Helsinki. AP Photo/ LEHTIKUVA / Antti Aimo-Koivisto.
HELSINKI.- On January 18, 2011, at a news conference held at the City Hall of Helsinki, Mayor Jussi Pajunen announced that the city has commissioned the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation to conduct a study exploring the possibility of developing a Guggenheim Museum in Finland. Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum Director Richard Armstrong joined the mayor and Deputy Mayor Tuula Haatainen for the announcement. The concept and development study will explore topics including the possible mission and structure of an innovative, multidisciplinary museum of visual culture in Finland, the form that its exhibition and education programs might take, its prospective relationship with Helsinki’s existing visual-art institutions, the museum’s potential economic impact, and the scope of the Guggenheim Foundation’s involvement in its operation. The study is expected to conclude at the end of 2011, at which time any ... More | | Brooklyn Museum Acquires 18th Century Painting by Agostino Brunias Depicting Colonial Elite
Agostino Brunias, Free Women of Color with their Children and Servants in a Landscape, ca. 1764-1796 (detail), Oil on canvas, 2010.59, Gift of Mrs. Carll H. de Silver in memory of her husband, and gift of George S. Hellman, by exchange.
BROOKLYN, NY.- The Brooklyn Museum has acquired, by purchase from the London Gallery Robilant + Voena, Agostino Brunias's (1730-1796) painting Free Women of Color with Their Children and Servants in a Landscape, (circa 1764-96), a portrait of the eighteenth-century mixed-race colonial elite of the island of Dominica in the West Indies. Brunias, a London-based Italian painter, left England at the height of his career to chronicle Dominica, then one of Britain's newest colonies in the Lesser Antilles. The painting depicts two richly dressed mixed race women, one of whom was possibly the wife of the artist's patron. They are shown accompanied by their mother and their children, along with eight African servants, as they walk on the grounds of a sugar plantation, one of the agricultural estates that were Dominica's chief source of wealth. Brunias documents ... More | | After 30 Years at Sotheby's, Fergus Lyons Appointed as Head of Furniture at Bonhams
Fergus Lyons will be joining the company in May as Head of Furniture after a distinguished 30-year career at Sotheby’s. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- This week Bonhams announced that Fergus Lyons will be joining the company in May as Head of Furniture after a distinguished 30-year career at Sotheby’s. His name is closely associated with some of the most important furniture sales in Britain. Fergus Lyons joined Sotheby’s in 1979, working initially at their Pulborough saleroom, later moving to Summers Place, Billingshurst as a senior specialist where he developed a broad expertise in English and Continental furniture and was responsible for as many as 25 sales each year. He transferred to Sotheby’s New Bond Street in 1995 and over the next six years was involved with a number of high profile sales including the Leverhulme Collection at Thornton Manor. He was made Head of the English Furniture Department in 2000. Since then, notable house sales featuring English furniture have included Easton Neston and more recently Chatsworth. The last sale he underto ... More |
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Stunning Installation of New Oil Paintings by Carlos Luna at Heather James Fine Art
Carlos Luna, "Catalina la Modista", 2010 (detail), oil on canvas, 47 1/2 x 67 inches. Photo: Courtesy Heather James Fine Art.
PALM DESERT, CA .- Heather James Fine Art presents Carlos Luna: Los Decorados, on view until March 20, 2011. The exhibition Carlos Luna: Los Decorados is comprised of a stunning installation of new oil paintings, works on paper, sculpture, and dozens of ceramic plates by the acclaimed Latin-American artist. Additionally, throughout the gallery, Luna creates custom wall paintings as background designs that will unify the installation into a passionate display of imaginative ornamentation. Born in Cuba in 1969, Carlos Luna has always been an artist; he recalls making a painting of his mother at the age of seven. His prodigious talent was recognized and nurtured from an early age, as he distinguished himself at four successive art schools. By the age of 15 his work was being exhibited in group shows in National Museums throughout Cuba, and internationally a year later. Possessing a strong spirit, and an ... More | | Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece
The runner-up, a portrait by Rembrandt, has been stolen only four times.
NEW YORK, NY.- Jan van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece is, without any question, one of the most important paintings ever made. Finished in 1432, it was the first piece to demonstrate the astounding versatility of oil painting, which would become the preferred medium by painters for 500 years. Astonishingly, it is also the most desired artwork of all time. Since its completion in 1432, this twelve-panel oil painting has been the victim of thirteen separate crimes, including seven separate thefts; it has been looted in three different wars, burned, forged, smuggled, illegally sold, hidden, hunted by Napoleon and then the Nazis, ransomed, and rescued by Austrian double-agents. (The runner-up, a portrait by Rembrandt, has been stolen only four times.) In STEALING THE MYSTIC LAMB, leading art crime expert Noah Charney chronicles the larger-than-life story of The Ghent Altarpiece’s 600 years of near constant movement and explores what drove so many to desire this artwork above all ... More | | O'Keeffiana: Art and Art Materials from the Extensive Collection of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Georgia O’Keeffe, Gerald's Tree I, 1937, Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 1/8 inches. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Gift of The Burnett Foundation, © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
SANTA FE, NM.- The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum’s current exhibition, entitled O’Keeffiana: Art and Art Materials, gives visitors a more greatly defined view of the artist and her meticulous approach to art as demonstrated through a selection of items from the museum’s extensive collection, as well as information gained in the course of the museum’s conservation of her artworks. The exhibition takes place through May 8, 2011, at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, 217 Johnson St. in Santa Fe, N.M. “This exhibition offers a richly varied selection of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum’s collection of art and art materials. Exhibited together, they open a view into the artist’s studio,” said Carolyn Kastner, curator of the exhibition and associate curator of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Items included in the exhibition start with a diverse selection of O’Keeffe artworks paired ... More |
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Mixed-Media Artist Katya Bonnenfant Opens Second Exhibition Under New Moniker at Haines Gallery
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- In their second exhibition at Haines Gallery, The Old Boys’ Club (the new moniker for mixed-media artist Katya Bonnenfant) exhibits gouache drawings and sculptures from their recent project La Destitution de la Jeune Fille. Works in the exhibition correspond directly to Bonnenfant’s exhibition by the same name at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Employing their characteristic lightness of touch to approach existential questions surrounding such topics as the function of art and politics in society, The Old Boys’ Club advances the notion of the young girl as embodiment of the capitalist machine and the meaninglessness of modern life. This concept, initially put forth by the anonymous collective, Tiqqun, in its 1999 publication, Premiers matériaux pour une théorie de la jeune ... More
Roxy Paine's Steel Sculpture Ferment to be Installed in Kansas City Sculpture Park
KANSAS CITY, MO.- A 56-foot stainless steel sculpture of a tree by internationally acclaimed artist Roxy Paine will be permanently installed in the Kansas City Sculpture Park at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, beginning in early April. The tree was commissioned by Martin Friedman, Hall Family Foundation consultant for the Museum’s Sculpture Park for 20 years, and was funded by the foundation. Ferment was constructed at Paine’s studio in Treadwell, NY and will be transported to the Museum. The sculpture will be installed at the site over a period of two weeks. “This tree will bear fruit for future generations of artists,” said Julián Zugazagoitia, CEO & Director of the Nelson-Atkins. “It celebrates Kansas City as an incubator for young artists. Roxy Paine spent an ... More
Carlton Hobbs Presents Inspired by Antiquity: Classical Influences on 18th and 19th Century Furniture and Works of Art
NEW YORK, NY.- Inspired by Antiquity: Classical Influences on 18th and 19th Century Furniture and Works of Art, will open at the Carlton Hobbs gallery, on January 20th, 2011 and continue through February 18th, it was announced by Stefanie Rinza, the gallery’s managing director. The opening night reception, will benefit the Sir John Soane Museum Foundation. Tim Knox, the Soane Museum’s eminent director, will be lecturing on the subject of the exhibition and elaborate on some of the highlights on view. “We are honored to have Sir John Soane’s Museum Foundation as the opening night beneficiary,” said Carlton Hobbs. “We are particularly enthusiastic to present forty magnificent pieces inspired by antiquity, including the important group of Thomas Hope pieces from the Philip Hewat-J ... More
Restoration Of The Much Loved Waterloo Poem by Sue Hubbard
LONDON.- After a year-long campaign London’s largest public art poem, which was painted over last autumn by Network Rail, is about to be restored in the underpass at Waterloo that leads to the IMAX cinema. Ten years ago, as part of the renovation of the South Bank undertaken by Avery Architects, the Arts Council and the BFI commissioned the award-winning poet and art critic Sue Hubbard to write a poem for the underpass that leads from Victory Arch at Waterloo Station to the IMAX cinema. Written in a series of three-lined stepped stanzas the poem was set out so that it could be read whilst walking through the tunnel. Using the metaphor of Eurydice descending into the underworld it aimed to make walkers feel safe. As well as the classical myth, th ... More
The Enduring Beauty of Jewelry Across the Ages Dazzles in Newark Museum's Lore Ross Jewelry Gallery
NEWARK, NJ.- The launch this month of the Lore Ross Jewelry Gallery places the Newark Museum in unique company as only the fourth museum in the United States with dedicated display spaces for the exhibition of their permanent jewelry collections. The Newark Museum ’s large and diverse collection of European and American jewelry began in 1911 with the gift of a rare New York 18th-century gold pocket watch. The Lore Ross Jewelry Gallery is located on the second floor of the historic 1885 Ballantine House and opens with an exhibition entitled The Glitter & The Gold: Jewelry From the Newark Museum, showcasing a broad cross-section of masterworks from the Museum’s extensive jewelry holdings, dating from the early 1700s to the present day, including objects from Newark’s own historic jewelry industry. One of the highlights of the inaugural display is a rare diamond aigrette ornament, designed in Europe in the 174 ... More
Group Exhibition to Examine Art and Democracy in Europe
NEW YORK, NY.- Columbia University’s The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery opens its second exhibition of the season with Project Europa: Imagining the (Im)Possible. The past two decades in European history have been marked the fall of the Berlin Wall and the unification of Europe—monumental events seen by many as symbolically heralding a new social and democratic vision. This exhibition brings together 19 artists whose work, created in the aftermath of these historic events, considers the relationship of art to democracy and responds in various ways to the conflicts and contradictions of Europe’s democratic dream. Project Europa is open to the public from Wednesday, January 19 through Saturday, March 26. Organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida, Project Europa addresses the complex positioning of Europe in the modern world. While the continent embodies the notions of de ... More
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