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Egypt's Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass talks about artefacts that were damaged in the Egyptian Museum, located near the opposition stronghold of Tahrir Square, in Cairo. Egypt's pharaonic treasures have survived the unrest almost unscathed and restoration work has started on the few artefacts damaged in a raid on the Egyptian Museum, Hawass said. ANTIQUITIES REUTERS/Steve Crisp.
By: Jason Keyser, Associated Press
CAIRO (AP).- A full inventory of the Egyptian Museum has found that looters escaped with 18 items during the anti-government unrest, including two gilded wooden statues of famed boy king Tutankhamun, the antiquities chief said Sunday. The 18-day uprising that forced out President Hosni Mubarak engulfed the areas around the museum, on the edge of Cairo's Tahrir Square. On Jan. 28, as protesters clashed with police early on in the turmoil and burned down the adjacent headquarters of Mubarak's ruling party, a handful of looters climbed a fire escape to the museum roof and lowered themselves on ropes from a glass-paneled ceiling onto the museum's top floor. Around 70 objects — many of them small statues — were damaged, but until Sunday's announcement, it was not known whether anything was missing. Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass said the museum's database department determined 18 objects were gone. Investigators searching for those behind the thefts were questioning dozen ... More |
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Galerie Max Hetzler Presents a Small Retrospective of Major British Artist Bridget Riley
Bridget Riley, In Excelsis, 2010. Photo: Courtesy Galerie Max Hetzler.
BERLIN.- Galerie Max Hetzler presents a small retrospective of this major British artist's work with a special focus on works from the last three decades, which includes studies, paintings and wall paintings. Almost ‘drawing with colour’, her work from the past ten years focuses more specifically on the effects produced by the juxtaposition of colour, believing that ‘the challenge of colour had to be met on its own terms’. Throughout her writings, Riley emphasises the importance of 'looking' when in front of paintings or in nature. Yet, as Adrian Searle, art critic of the Guardian, points out, 'you don’t so much look at her paintings as watch them', the colours, the shapes, the negative spaces constantly shift before your eyes. 'At their best, her works seem alive.' Riley is curating the exhibition and has selected a number of paintings never exhibited in Germany before, as well as loans from privat ... More | | Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914 Examines a Moment of Radical Experimentation in 20th Century Art
Pablo Picasso, Guitar, Gas Jet, and Bottle. Paris, early 1913. Oil, charcoal, tinted varnish, and grit on canvas, 27 11/16 x 21 3/4". Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh. Purchased 1982 © 2011 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- The exhibition Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914 takes as its point of departure two works given to The Museum of Modern Art by Pablo Picasso in the early 1970s: Guitar, assembled from cardboard, paper, wire, glue, and string in 1912, and a second version made of sheet metal in 1914. Unexpectedly humble in subject and unprecedented in mode of execution, the two Guitar constructions resembled no artwork ever seen before. Within Picasso's long career they bracket a remarkably brief yet intensely generative period of material and structural experimentation. The exhibition, on view from February 13 through June 6, 2011, brings together some 65 closely related collages, constructions, drawings, paintings, ... More | | The National Gallery Presents Roxy Paine: One Hundred Foot Line and Painting Manufacture Unit
File photo of US artist Roxy Paine stanings in front of his huge huge stainless steel, inverted tree sculpture "Inversion". EPA/JIM HOLLANDER
New York.- James Cohan Gallery announce Roxy Paine’s One Hundred Foot Line (2010), a new permanent public sculpture installed at Nepean Point at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, as well as an exhibition of selected works by the artist that opened on February 12 and runs through March 27, 2011. The National Gallery of Canada recently acquired One Hundred Foot Line, a work from Paine’s critically acclaimed Dendroid series, for its Contemporary Art collection. This work is a stunning and dramatic addition to the capital city’s skyline, made possible in partnership with the Canadian National Capital Commission (NCC). As the National Gallery of Canada describes: “Made from unyielding, stainless steel pipes used in manufacturing and heavy industry, One Hundred Foot Line is a masterful ... More |
 | Philbrook Museum of Art Features Exhibition American Streamlined Design: The World of Tomorrow
Designer unknown. Sterling Streamline Iron. Designed c. 1930–40. Stewart Program for Modern Design, gift of Eric Brill, B420
TULSA, OK.- Philbrook Museum of Art opened another captivating, must-see exhibition on February 13. American Streamlined Design: The World of Tomorrow, focuses on a design style that emerged during the 1930s and 1940s, characterized by curving forms, and smooth, clean silhouettes. The style, which suggested speed and glamour, entered American design in the post-Depression years. It was widely applied in new forms of architecture, interior decoration and everyday household goods for the home and office. This was the era when President Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke of the promise of the New Deal. In the depth of the Depression, glossy streamlined products were identified with progress and economic recovery. This scientific-looking, progressive style suggested the hope of the future. “The World of Tomorrow” was the name fittingly given to the 1939 New York World’s Fair, a fair that emphasized visions of a sophistic ... More | | Saint Louis Art Museum Presents Breathtaking Exhibition "Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea"
Carving of a frog, 700–800; Topoxte, Guatemala; shell and quartz; 2 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches; Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala City, Guatemala. Courtesy Peabody Essex Museum, photograph © Jorge Pérez de Lara.
SAINT LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum presents Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea, a breathtaking exhibition that showcases more than 90 works of Maya art, many shown for the first time in the United States. The works on view are from Mexico, Belize, Honduras and Guatemala and reveal the ancient Maya people’s powerful fascination with the seas around them. The exhibition is on view from February 13, 2011 to May 8, 2011 in the Main Exhibition Galleries at the Saint Louis Art Museum. “Fiery Pool marks the first traveling exhibition of Maya art to reach our halls,” said Matthew H. Robb, assistant curator of ancient American and Native American art. “This exhibition offers a dynamic new perspective on the art of the ancient Maya by including everything from monumental stone ... More | | Kunsthalle Mannheim Presents Ré Soupault: Rediscovery of a Companion of the Avant-Garde
Ré Soupault © Nachlass Ré Soupault / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2011. Selbstportrait vor dem Haus des Fotografen Georg von Hoyningen-Huene, Hammamet, 1939.
MANNHEIM.- The Kunsthalle Mannheim is the first museum in the world to be honoring the oeuvre of one of the key female figures in the European avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s with the extensive retrospective Ré Soupault—Künstlerin im Zentrum der Avantgarde (Ré Soupault—Artist at the Center of the Avant-Garde) from February 13 to May 8, 2011. “While in the late 1980s Ré Soupault’s rediscovery as a photographer was considered a sensation, we are now happy to be presenting the entire spectrum of her oeuvre for the first time,” writes Dr. Inge Herold, who is curating the exhibition in collaboration with Manfred Metzner, the trustee of Ré Soupault’s estate. Ré Soupault (1901–1996) was a photographer, fashion designer, journalist, filmmaker, author, and translator at the heart of the most modern art trends in Germany and France. Her path led her from ... More |
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The Knoxville Museum of Art Presents Nine Video Works by Filmmaker Peter Sarkisian
Peter Sarkisian, Extruded Video Engine, Large Shape 1, Version 3, 2008, vacuum formed thermal plastic, video projection, 39 x 40 x 8 inches, courtesy of the artist.
KNOXVILLE, TN.- The Knoxville Museum of Art presents Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1996-2008 from February 11 through April 24, 2011. Sarkisian’s art lies at the intersection of film, video, and sculpture. Sarkisian began his career as a filmmaker in the late 1980s, but later began to experiment by projecting moving images onto three-dimensional forms to free video from the confines of flat, rectangular viewing areas. The resulting works create the illusion of video in the round, a heightened viewing experience marked by perceptual conflicts between image, contour, and surface. Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1996-2008 includes nine works representing the best of this internationally acclaimed artist’s innovative experiments in multi-media art. Peter Sarkisian's art lies at the intersection of ... More | | Virginia Museum and The Martin Agency Use Technology to Reach Picasso Enthusiasts
The print and out-of-home elements use a portrait of Picasso made entirely of QR codes.
RICHMOND, VA.- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and The Martin Agency announced a joint social media effort that brings to life the upcoming exhibition of 176 works from Picasso’s personal collection, Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris. The only east coast venue for the exhibition’s seven-city international tour, VMFA partnered with The Martin Agency to develop a marketing campaign that Picasso fans can see from anywhere, using Facebook, QR codes and Layar applications to drive information about the exclusive exhibition. The print and out-of-home elements use a portrait of Picasso made entirely of QR codes. When a phone scans the QR image, it is re-directed to a landing page featuring Picasso’s work and an invitation to buy tickets to the exhibition. “To honor the pr ... More | | Romancing the West: Alfred Jacob Miller Exhibition Opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Alfred Jacob Miller, War Path (detail). Oil and glazes over graphite, ink, and possible watercolor on cream wove paper. Bank of America Collection. Photo: John Lamberton.
HOUSTON, TX.- A six-month journey to the Rocky Mountains in 1837 provided artist Alfred Jacob Miller (1810–1874) with a lifetime of subjects to paint: mountain men in the fur trade, Native American life and traditions, panoramic landscapes and wilderness scenes. These subjects are revealed in an exhibition of 30 works on paper by the artist not seen in public since 1964: Romancing the West: Alfred Jacob Miller in the Bank of America Collection. The exhibition opened on February 13, 2010, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, then will travel to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Baltimore native Alfred Jacob Miller was one of the first American artists to paint the “Far West,” still considered exotic, distant, and unfamiliar at the ... More |
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The Fundación Juan March Presents "Cold America" Geometrical Abstraction in Latin America
Gyula Kosice, Escultura Articulada Movil, 1945. Flejes de bronce, patina coronada. Coleccion Particular.
MADRID.- Around 300 exhibits (including works of art and documentation) by more than 60 artists offer a comprehensive overview of trends in Latin American abstract art. The time-span is defined by the dates of two return trips from Europe: that of Torres-García to Uruguay in 1934, and Jesús Rafael Soto’s return to Venezuela in 1973. The Fundación Juan March inaugurated COLD AMERICA on February 11th. GEOMETRICAL ABSTRACTION IN LATIN AMERICA (1934-1973) at its Madrid exhibition space (Castelló 77). The exhibition aims to chart a rigorous and systematic topography of the complex and fragmented history of geometrical abstraction in Latin America. The resulting map intends to reveal the influences of the European tradition on Latin American abstract artists, as well as their decisive break with that tradition: their process of rethinking and the way that geometrical ... More | | 14th International Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair to Open April 14-17, 2011
Geoffrey Mann, Nocture 7, to be offered by Joanna Bird.
NEW YORK, NY.- Internationally recognized for its outstanding cutting-edge contemporary decorative arts and design, the 14th International Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair (SOFA NEW YORK) will open to the public on Thursday, April 14, and continue through Sunday, April 17, 2011, at the Park Avenue Armory. “This year, SOFA NEW YORK welcomes a number of outstanding new international exhibitors,” said Lyman. Making their debut are contemporary Asian specialists Korean Craft and Design Foundation (Seoul) and Ippodo Gallery (New York). Gallery S O (London), Sarah Myerscough Fine Art (London), and Litvak Gallery (Tel Aviv) round out the fifty-five dealer roster. Top dealers returning to SOFA NEW YORK include: Heller Gallery, Joan B. Mirviss Ltd., Scott Jacobson Gallery, and Dai Ichi Arts, all from New York; London gallerists Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon, Joanna Bird, Katie Jones, and Contemporary Applied Arts; Don ... More | | A Table from the Sea's Edge by Silas Birtwistle on Display in Liverpool's World Museum
Silas Birtwistle with his artwork.
LIVERPOOL.- A massive conference table surrounded by 12 chairs created from driftwood by British furniture maker / artist Silas Birtwistle promotes conservation of the world’s seas, oceans and forests. He travelled to Belize, Vancouver Island, Tanzania and Borneo to gather materials for his artwork A Table from the Sea’s Edge which highlights coastal and marine biodiversity. Among those who have sat at the table are actor Harrison Ford and politicians Tony Blair and Boris Johnson. The artwork reflects international concerns about threats to the environment from global warming, pollution, population and other factors. The table is set to tour the globe and its first residency is in Liverpool at World Museum. Silas says: "I collected the driftwood from the four corners of the world with help from indigenous communities and local environmental non-governmental organisations, most notably the ... More |
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ArtPrize 2011 Registration Dates Announced
GRAND RAPIDS, MI.- Officials of ArtPrize, a radically open art competition giving away the world’s largest art prize, have announced the 2011 registration dates for venues and artists and special dates for submitting art to be installed in the Grand River. ArtPrize 2011 will run from Sept. 21 through Oct. 9. “The artist and venue registration process was developed during the last two years based on feedback provided from artists, venues, city hall and ArtPrize visitors,” said Rick DeVos, ArtPrize founder. “A lot of the most memorable work in the event is created for a specific space,” said ArtPrize Executive Director Bill Holsinger-Robinson. “Artists will know all the available venues as they register.” Holsinger-Robinson cautions artists, “The vast majority of artists who did not secure a venue in 2010 were the ones who signed up at the last minute. Register early.” Any art propos ... More
Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe on view at the Walters Art Museum
BALTIMORE, MD.- The Walters Art Museum is hosting an exhibition that offers visitors a glimpse into the Middle Ages, a time when art mediated between heaven and earth and wondrous objects of gold, silver and precious gems filled churches and monastic treasuries. Relics, the physical remains of holy people and objects associated with these individuals, play a central role in a number of religions and cultures and were especially important to the development of Christianity as it emerged in the Late Roman world as a powerful new religion. On view at the Walters Feb. 13–May 15, 2011,Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe is the first exhibition in the United States to focus on the history of relics and reliquaries—the special containers to display the holy remains of Christian saints and martyrs. The exhibition is organized by the Walters Art Museum in partnership with the More
The Jewish Museum Presents 'The Line and the Circle' Video Installation by Sharone Lifschitz
NEW YORK, NY.- The Jewish Museum presents The Line and the Circle by Sharone Lifschitz, a video installation, from February 11 to August 21, 2011 in the Museum’s Barbara and E. Robert Goodkind Media Center. In this video (19 min. 26 sec.), Sharone Lifschitz documents a two-week period she spent working with her mother in February 2009. Returning together to the darkroom for the first time in more than twenty years, mother and daughter printed fourteen images, selected by the artist and taken by her mother and other members of Kibbutz Nir Oz. The photographs, made between 1959 and the early 1980s, depict life in a community whose socialist values represent a particular moment in Israel's history. The printing of the images is itself an act of nostalgia, since digital photography has made such work almost obsolete. The process followed by the two women shapes a conversation through both content and ritual and the p ... More
The Signal Gallery Presents First Group Show 'Mixed Doubles'
LONDON.- The Signal Gallery presents its first group show in the new Paul Street space, from February 11, 2011 through March 2, 2011. The group show consists of four very interesting artists whose work links and entwines in very winning ways. It’s a fine match between the abstract and figurative ends of the painting spectrum. However, this is not a one sided game, but an exploration of overlapping skills and techniques, that makes it an excellent viewing, if not producing any obvious winners. Of the two strongly figurative artists in the show, Dan Baldwin is best known to the UK. His dynamic and intricately subtle paintings are a familiar and respected part of the contemporary/urban art scene. More recently, a new paired down style has proved to be a very successful development. He has shown all over the UK, Europe and the US. His 2010 solo show at Signal Gallery and shows in Los Angeles, Tokyo and Denver have been ... More
Masterpieces to Appear in the Upcoming Art Revolution Taipei 2011
TAIPEI.- Have you ever seen the one-and-only “red print” by Rembrandt The first annual Art Revolution Taipei 2011 fair (A.R.T. 2011), to be held this coming May, will invite over 187 artists from 22 nations to participate. In addition, A.R.T. will include a section called “They Are Masters,” in which the works of Rembrandt van Rijn, Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí., and the like will be on display. “Some of Chagall’s works created in his later years will be showcased at A.R.T. 2011, which will beautifully compliment an exhibition titled “Celebration by Marc Chagall” held at Taipei’s National Palace Museum between February and May!”, says Lee Sun Don, the Art Director of A.R.T. 2011,” We will also have Miró’s artworks of equivalent quality to those collected by Tate Modern in London -- Miró& ... More
Sotheby's London February Wine Sale To Feature Superb Wine Collection
LONDON.- On Wednesday, 23 February, 2011, Sotheby’s London sale of Finest and Rarest Wines will include a plethora of delectable wines, including a superb private collection of top Bordeaux, the finest vintages of Domaine de la Romanée‐Conti produced in the last 20 years, and a selection of Masseto and Ornellaia from the private cellar of Marchese Lodovico Antinori, together with the fruit of the Marchese’s latest wine project, Biserno. The 548‐lot sale has an overall estimate of £1 – 1.28 million. Serena Sutcliffe MW, Worldwide Head of Wine at Sotheby’s, comments: “This is a really rewarding sale, full of “gold nuggets” and vinous treasures. The Bordeaux and Burgundy are ace, with Pétrus and Romanée‐ Conti itself proliferating. Marchese Lodovico Antinori has also opened the doors of his exciting personal cellar.” A collection of Bordeaux removed from a pristine Contin ... More
Best of the West Awards Recognise the Work of the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
COVENTRY.- The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum's exciting work has been recognised with three top honours from the Best of the West Awards. The three awards were Outstanding Individual for Senior Learning Officer Robin Johnson, Best Exhibition on a Shoestring for ROOTS and Best Public Relations and Marketing. The Best of the West awards celebrate the work of museums and galleries across the West Midlands in creating exciting new projects and exhibitions, and engaging diverse audiences. Ludo Keston, Chief Executive said "We're all really happy that the work of the Herbert is being recognised by its peers. Although we've won three specific categories, it's the work of every department that makes a museum successful and affords for individuals and projects to be highlighted. I'm especially pleased for Robin Johnson who will be leaving us after 15 years. The Outstanding Individual Award is probably the best send-off we could ... More
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