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The slab –made out of a single block of sedimentary rock of a thickness that goes from 245 to 290 millimeters. Photo: Proyecto de conservación de la cripta de Pakal, Palenque, Chiapas/INAH.
MEXICO CITY.- More than 1,300 years after an entourage accompanied the mortal remains of the Maya ruler K’inich Janaab’ Pakal into the crypt at Temple of the Inscriptions, in the ancient city of Palenque, experts from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) conducted the definitive placement of the slab that covers the sarcophagus. This work is part of the Palenque Archaeological Zone Program, in Chiapas, which includes consolidation of Temple XX, restoration of Casa C at The Palace, and other minor maintenance tasks at the archaeological site. The recently updated collections are being moved to a new warehouse, while all the information is being gathered in a database. The hieroglyphic inscriptions of Palenque narrate that the Maya dignitary, also known as Pakal II, passed away on August 28th 683. His rest was interrupted a thousand years later by Mexican archaeologist Alberto Ruz Lhulllier, who, ... More |
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Clearing Work Completed by Israel Antiquities Authority on a Second Temple Period Water Channel
An archaeologist walks in the recently completed 'drainage tunnel'. EPA/YOSSI ZAMIR.
JERUSALEM.- Clearing work has been completed on a Second Temple Period water channel in excavations being conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the City of David located within the Jerusalem Walls National Park. The excavations are being run in conjunction with the Israel Nature & Parks Authority, under the auspices of Professor Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron from the Israel Antiquities Authority. For the last seven years, researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority have been involved in the removal of large amounts of debris that have accumulated in the largest water channel from the Second Temple period. The route of this channel follows that of the Tyropoeon Valley. The channel is located beneath the main paved and stepped road which traversed Jerusalem in those days. The road passed next to the Western Wall in the north and down to the Siloam ... More | | Beijing Voice: Together or Isolated, Contemporary Chinese Art at Pace Gallery in Beijing
Installation view at Pace Gallery in Beijing.
BEIJING.- Last year Pace Beijing launched an annual project titled Beijing Voice. Beijing Voice: Together or Isolated discusses some phenomena and questions existing in Chinese contemporary art in the form of a group exhibition. Beijing Voice: Together or Isolated is on view at Pace Beijing until February 28th, 2011. Participating artists include: Hu Xiaoyuan, Huang Ran, Liang Yuanwei, Qiu Xiaofei, Shi Jinsong, Song Dong, Su Wenxiang, Wang Guangle, Wang Jin, and Yuan Yuan. In this exhibition, an explicit curated theme is intentionally eliminated. Works are juxtaposed and presented in a particular manner that aims to highlight the works and enables the audience to reflect on the art specifically without being too concerned with the exhibition’s theme. Contemporary art is part of a highly interrelated and complex environment. Rather than existing independently, the artists’ creations have to be related to many o ... More | | Musée de l'Elysée in Lausanne Acquires Charlie Chaplin Photographic Archive
Anne-Catherine Lyon (L), state councillor, and Sam Stourdze (R), Director of the Elysee Museum, pose prior to a press conference. EPA/ANTHONY ANEX.
LAUSANNE.- The Musée de l’Elysée announced a major event: the arrival of the Chaplin Photographic Archive, a large collection consisting of approximately 10,000 photographs documenting the whole career of Charlie Chaplin. “I am thrilled that the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne will take care of my father’s archive. My siblings and myself totally trust that the museum will preserve this heritage which is so dear to us." - Joséphine Chaplin, daughter of Charlie Chaplin. For each of his films, several photographers documented the filming at the request of the Chaplin Studios. These archives were owned by Charlie Chaplin, then his family. Composed of vintage prints and negatives, these archives document the whole career of Charlie Chaplin. To these documents, which were collected film by film since the late ... More |
 | U.S. Section of International Association of Art Critics Announces Annual Award Winners
Yves Klein, “Le Vent du voyage (COS 27)” [The Wind of the Journey], c. 1961. Private Collection. © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. Image courtesy Yves Klein Archives.
NEW YORk, NY.- The US section of the International Association of Art Critics/AICA-USA announced its annual awards to honor artists, curators, museums, galleries and other cultural institutions in recognition of excellence in the conception and realization of exhibitions. The winning projects were nominated and voted on by the 400 active members to honor outstanding exhibitions of the previous season (June 2009-June 2010). The 26 winners of first and second places in twelve categories, selected from over one hundred finalists, include exhibitions focusing on contemporary artists Marina Abramović, Tino Seghal and Cai Guo-Qiang, the mid 20th century artists Arshile Gorky and Yves Klein and the 19th-century and early 20th century masters Henri Matisse, Otto Dix and Claude Monet, as well as thematic exhibitions dealing with the presence of women artists in pop art, history of performance art, and the Bauhaus. Awards will be ... More | | Al Hirschfeld's Chair, Desk Going to Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center
a self portrait by show-biz caricaturist Al Hirschfeld. AP Photo/Keith Sherman & Associates.
By: Ula Ilnytzky, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP).- Show-biz caricaturist Al Hirschfeld immortalized the world of theater with his fluid ink-and-pen portraits while seated in a barbershop chair behind a worn century-old drafting desk in the fourth-floor studio of his Manhattan town house. Now, eight years after the celebrated artist's death, his widow is donating the sturdy tools of his trade to the Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. "It took eight men to get the chair down" the four flights of stairs, Louise Hirschfeld Cullman, a theater historian who married Hirschfeld in 1996, said in an interview Tuesday. "I thought this library was the right place for his work," she said. "He lived most of his life in New York. His main focus was New York City and the theater. ... his personal vision and style was something I felt belonged in New York." The artifacts were scheduled to be unveiled at a reception at the library Tuesday night. Hirscfeld made Virtually all of his drawings while he was ensconced i ... More | | Property from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp Exceeds High Estimate to Bring $1.6 Million
The top lot of the auction was the watercolor Lemon, attributed to Giovanna Garzoni, which soared to more than 10 times its pre-sale high estimate and achieved $62,500. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Old Masters Week opened today at Sotheby’s New York with the dedicated auction of Property from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp, which exceeded its high estimate in achieving $1,628,727 (est. $800,000/1.2 million*). Many bidders competed in the room and by phone for drawings, furniture and decorations from Mr. Ryskamp’s private residences in New York City and Princeton, New Jersey, which resulted in several works greatly surpassing their pre-sale estimates. Mr. Ryskamp served as Director of The Pierpont Morgan Library, now The Morgan Library & Museum, and the Frick Collection for a combined nearly 30 years, helping to make both institutions among the most prestigious museums in New York City. The works on offer today were sold for the primary benefit of Princeton University, where Mr. Ryskamp began his academic career. “We are very pleased with the results of today’s auction of the collec ... More |
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Dallas Museum of Art Publishes Ignite the Power of Art: Advancing Visitor Engagement in Museums
Vincent van Gogh, Sheaves of Wheat, July 1890 (detail). Oil on canvas, 50.483 x 100.965 cm. Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection.
DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art is releasing an important new book that offers groundbreaking insight into how museum visitors connect with art and how museums can create enriching and engaging experiences for diverse audiences. Distributed by Yale University Press, Ignite the Power of Art: Advancing Visitor Engagement in Museums reveals findings from the DMA’s innovative seven-year research on the different preferences and behaviors of museum goers. The book documents how the Museum’s new understanding of its audience and community transformed its practices and programs, leading to a 100% increase in overall attendance and dramatic increases in the Museum’s visibility, membership, and public programming participation. Written by Bonnie Pitman, The Eugene McDermott Director of the DMA, and Ellen Hirzy, Ignite the Power of Art captures the vibrant and colla ... More | | Extremely Rare Keats Love Letter Heads for Sale of Major Papers and Portraits at Bonhams
Keats wrote the letter – the only one of the 39 surviving letters to Fanny still in private hands – in 1820. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- An exceptionally rare and moving love letter from Keats to his fiancée Fanny Brawne heads the sale of the Roy Davids Collection of Papers and Portraits at Bonhams on 29 March - already being described as the most exciting auction of its kind for over 40 years. It is estimated at between £80,000 and £120,000. Keats wrote the letter – the only one of the 39 surviving letters to Fanny still in private hands – in 1820 when he was fatally ill with consumption (TB). Though Fanny lived next door to Keats their meetings were restricted by his health which also prevented even the most limited physical contact. Keats refers to this painful constraint in the letter, regretting the fact that they cannot kiss – TB being highly contagious – but consoling himself with the certainty of her love. The full text of the letter is given below. The doomed love affair between Keats and Fanny Brawne is among the mos ... More | | New Online Archive Brings the Ancient Maya City of Chichen Itza to Scholars' Desktops
A cloud imitates a serpent's profile at the Venus Platform. Photo: Jeff Baker.
EMERYVILLE, CA.- This week a new archaeological data archive and web-based collaborative learning tool launches to provide researchers, educators, filmmakers and digital heritage enthusiasts with the most complete data to date of any ancient Maya site. The archive centerpiece is a priceless 3D record of the ancient Maya city of Chichen Itza, recently voted one of the "New Seven Wonders of the World" by an eponymous Swiss-based foundation. Computer visualization researchers at the Institute for the Study and Integration of Graphical Heritage Techniques (INSIGHT) generated the open source archaeological data archive on site in the Yucatan, through the use of 3D laser scanning equipment and digital photographs. The INSIGHT team then synthesized raw data into 3D computer models of the site today; the team also visualized the site as it may have looked in the past, paying meticulous attention to texture and light. Their data and tools are now available online. "This is the first ... More |
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Perot Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas Receives $25 Million Gift from The Rees-Jones Foundation
The $185-million museum, designed by Pritzker Prize Laureate Thom Mayne and his firm Morphosis, is scheduled to open early 2013.
DALLAS.- Calling it an investment that will deliver world-class educational experiences and entertainment to millions for decades to come, Museum of Nature & Science leaders announced a second major gift in two years from The Rees-Jones Foundation that brings its total contribution to $25 million – and pushes the Museum’s fundraising efforts past the $150-million mark. To commemorate this significant show of support for the $185-million Perot Museum of Nature & Science, Museum leaders will name two major halls in its honor – The Rees-Jones Foundation Dynamic Earth Hall and the Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall. The $185-million museum, designed by Pritzker Prize Laureate Thom Mayne and his firm Morphosis, is scheduled to open early 2013. “Today marks an enormous milestone for the Museum of Nature & Science. The Rees-Jones Foundation, which made an early gift of $10 million in 2009, steppe ... More | | Last of Frank Lloyd Wright-Trained Architects, Edgar Tafel, Dies in New York at Age 98
Edgar Tafel, the Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice who supervised several of Wright's constructions. AP Photo/Journal Times, Mark Hertzberg.
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- New York City architect Edgar Tafel, an original Taliesin fellow credited with saving some of Frank Lloyd Wright's most important works, has died. He was 98. Tafel, who was instrumental in helping save two historic interiors from a house designed by his celebrated mentor in Minnesota, died Jan. 18 at his home in lower Manhattan, said Robert Silman, a longtime friend and New York structural engineer. He was the last surviving member of the original Taliesin fellows, a community of young apprentice architects established in 1932 at Wright's home and school in Spring Green, Wis., Silman said. He had a hand in two of Wright's most enduring structures: Fallingwater on Bear Run creek in southwest Pennsylvania and the Johnson Wax Building in Racine, Wis. In his own practice, which Tafel opened in New York after World War II, he was perhaps best known for designing the Church House for the First Presbyterian Church, a 19th-century landmark in Greenwich Village. ... More | | Show-Stopping Installation by acrylicize Recently Unveiled at The Engine Group's Headquarters
The challenge for acrylicize was to create a reception area that reflected the individual yet holistic practices of the twelve individual companies within The Engine Group, communicating its flair and innovation.
LONDON.- While London is no stranger to the resurgence of light art and LED installations, North London boutique design agency acrylicize are putting on one light show you don’t want to miss. acrylicize have just unveiled The Light Wall, their latest commission. Custom-designed for the London headquarters of marketing and communications giant The Engine Group, the show-stopping installation is already receiving lots of attention, thanks to its prime location. In an impressive glass building on the corner of Great Portland Street and Mortimer Street, in Central London, The Light Wall is turning heads from thousands of passers-by on a daily basis. The challenge for acrylicize was to create a reception area that reflected the individual yet holistic practices of the twelve individual companies within The Engine Group, communicating its flair and innovation. The brief was simple, yet very open-ended. ... More |
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Dallas Museum of Art Filming Video Series that will Premiere on YouTube in February
DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art is expanding its successful social media presence with a series of six online videos. The videos will be used to give visitors an online welcome and introduction and offer a better look into the Museum and its programs. The new video series, set to launch in February on YouTube, will be centered on some of the DMA’s most popular events and provide video answers to frequently asked questions. The Museum already has a focused and large social media presence to engage with its community, including Twitter scavenger hunts and Foursquare check-ins. The videos will be supported by a range of additional web-based interactivity, including blog postings, Facebook engagement, and Twitter contests. “We look at social media as one of the best ways to leverage the passion of the people that already love the Museum to spread ... More
Falmouth Art Gallery to Display Newly Acquired Tacita Dean Works
CORNWALL.- Falmouth Art Gallery has acquired its first set of works by internationally acclaimed artist and Falmouth graduate Tacita Dean. The works are to go on public display for the first time in the UK next month. Entitled A sequence of stones: ‘Riesenbett II (floating)’, ‘Groβsteingrab (floating)’ and ‘Hünengrab II (floating)’, the set of mixed media works has been acquired with help from grants of £18,000 from the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund and £17,000 from the Art Fund, the national fundraising charity for works of art. The total cost was £39,500. Tacita Dean is one of the most important artists to have emerged from Falmouth School of Art, and still regularly returns to Cornwall from her home in Berlin. In books and interviews she stresses the importance of her time in Cornwall and the enormous influence it had on her future work. A sequence of stones: ‘Riesenbet ... More
New York Lawmakers Call for 9/11 Coin Crackdown
By: Karen Matthews, Associated Press
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- Two New York lawmakers called Monday for a crackdown on a company that is selling Sept. 11 commemorative coins supposedly containing silver from ground zero. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, both Democrats, said Port Chester, N.Y.-based National Collector's Mint is "profiteering off a national tragedy" by advertising its coins as an authorized memento of the World Trade Center attacks. "With the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaching, we should unfortunately expect more scams, as criminals and snake oil salesmen seek to profit from the deep emotional connection that millions of Americans have to that terrible tragedy," Nadler said. Schumer and Nadler called on the Federal Trade Commission to stop National Collector's Mint from selling the Sept. 11 coins and to investigate the company's marketing practices. National Collector's Mint P ... More
The 2011 AIA Thomas Jefferson Award for Public-sector architects: James Binkley, FAIA
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected, James Binkley, FAIA, a federal agency leader and David Burney, FAIA, a New York City municipal department commissioner to receive the 2010 Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture. This year’s award recipients will be honored and receive their awards at the 2011 AIA National Convention and Design Exposition in New Orleans. Burney began his career in private architectural practice, but in 1990 he became the director of design and capital improvement at the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the nation’s largest public housing agency. While there, Burney re-oriented the agency’s design process away from the lowest-bidder budget constraints that had produced decades of unsightly and poorly functioning affordable housing. With Burney’s leadership, NYCHA focused on producing quality architecture. In 2004 Burney moved over to head ... More
Crystal Bridges Hires Director of Member and Guest Services
BENTONVILLE, ARK.- Kathryn J. Roberts has been named Director of Member and Guest Services for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Roberts, who begins her new position, has more than 30 years of leadership and management experience in the fields of museum development and membership, marketing, management and sales. She has most recently served as Development Manager at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. “Kathryn Roberts is an excellent addition to the Crystal Bridges team,” said Sandy Edwards, deputy director of museum relations. “Her successful track record in museum management combined with her expertise in customer service and sales provide the right leadership for creating and directing these two essential programs that will create an excellent museum experience for members and guests.” During the past four years at the High Museum of ... More
Portland Art Museum Announces Finalists for the Contemporary Northwest Art Awards
PORTLAND, OR.- The Portland Art Museum announced the finalists for the Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, an awards exhibition celebrating contemporary art created in Oregon , Washington , Idaho , Wyoming , and Montana . The finalists are: Holly Andres • Chris Antemann • John Buck • Jaq Chartier • Glenn L. Clevenger • James Coupe • Tannaz Farsi • Anna Fidler • Justin Gibbons • Charles Gill • John Grade • Robert Hanson • Sean Healy • Jerry Iverson • Arnold Kemp • Scott Kolbo • Cynthia Lahti • Isaac Layman • Lead Pencil Studio – Annie Han & Daniel Mihalyo • Susie Lee • Megan Murphy • Jenene Nagy • Ryan Pierce • Michelle Ross • Heidi Schwegler • Susan Seubert • Eric Stotik • Sherrie Wolf. There are 29 artists, but two artists work collaboratively. There are 14 women and 15 men wi ... More
Chinese and South American Rarities Lead $9.28+ Million NYINC World & Ancient Coins Event at Heritage Auctions
DALLAS, TX.- Collectors from all over the world descended on New York City on January 2 and 3 to take part in Heritage Auctions' Signature® World & Ancient Coins Auction at the Waldorf-Astoria, coinciding with the New York International Numismatic Convention (NYINC), where a deep lineup of stunning and rare coins realized more than $9.28 million in total, including 15% Buyer's Premium. "What the overall results of this auction show is the continued steady strength in the World and Ancient Coin market," said Cristiano Bierrenbach, Vice President of International Numismatics at Heritage. "Chinese coins continue to perform phenomenally at auction with South American rarities bringing strong prices as well. We also saw a definite uptick in interest in ancient coins in this auction, likely due to Heritage's redoubled focus on this area." The top lot in the auction was the massive 10kg (22 pounds) Beijing Olympics gold 100000 Yuan 2008, ... More
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