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Colossal Head 5, Mexico, Veracruz, Municipality of Texistepec, San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan, 1200–900 BC, basalt, 73 1/4 x 56 11/16 x 49 1/4 inches. Museo de Antropologia de Xalapa, Universidad Veracruzana. Photo: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes–Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia–Mexico–Javier Hinojosa.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Considered the “mother culture” of Mesoamerica and recognized as America’s oldest civilization, the people known today as the Olmec developed an iconic and sophisticated artistic style as early as the second millennium BC. The Olmec are best known for the creation of colossal heads carved from giant boulders that have fascinated the public and archaeologists alike since they were discovered in the mid-19th century. The monumental heads remain among ancient America’s most awe-inspiring and beautiful masterpieces today. Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico, featuring over 100 objects drawn primarily from Mexican national collections with additional loans from over twenty-five museums, is presented at the de Young Museum February 19 to May 8, 2011. Included in the exhibition are colossal heads, a large-scale throne, and monumental stelae in addition to precious small-scale ve ... More |
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Views of Venice by Canaletto and His Rivals in Landmark Exhibition at the National Gallery of Art
Canaletto, The Piazza San Marco, looking East, about 1723 (detail). © Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Photo: José Loren.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art, Washington, presents 20 of Canaletto's finest paintings of Venice with 33 by his most important contemporaries, including Gaspar Vanvitelli, Luca Carlevarijs, Michele Marieschi, Bernardo Bellotto, and Francesco Guardi, in Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals, on view from February 20 through May 30, 2011, in the East Building. These dazzling cityscapes represent the best view painters of Venice—each responding to the city in his own way, and each competing in a market driven largely by the British Grand Tour, at its height during the 18th century. "Unlike previous exhibitions on Venice or Canaletto, this one focuses on rivalries that pitted the artist against his fellow painters. Visitors to the show will have the opportunity to compare their differing portrayals of the same or similar sites or monuments. We are deeply grateful to our supporters for making ... More | | Informing the Eye of the Collector: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art from J.T. Tai & Co
A group of archaic bronze vessels to be included in the sale. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Following the highly successful sale of thirteen Masterpieces of Qing Imperial Porcelain from J. T. Tai & Co. in Hong Kong in October 2011, Sotheby’s will present Informing the Eye of the Collector: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art from J. T. Tai & Co. on March 22nd, 2011 in New York. J.T. Tai bought many extraordinary pieces of Qing Imperial porcelain, but he was also fascinated by early Chinese material culture, particularly archaic ritual bronzes and jades, many fine examples of which are included in the sale. J.T. Tai was of the foremost dealers in Chinese art in the second half of the 20th century. J.T. Tai & Co on Madison Avenue in New York was a magnet for aspiring and established collectors of fine Chinese ceramics and works of art. Under his guidance some of the most important collections of Chinese art were formed, most notably those of Avery Brundage and Arthur M. Sackler, who would go on to assemb ... More | | Most Important Peploe Ever to Come to Auction Leads Scottish Colourist Paintings at Christie's
Samuel John Peploe, R.S.A. (1871-1935), Still Life with Oranges & Roses. Estimate: £300,000-500,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
LONDON.- Christie’s announce a group of superb Scottish Colourist paintings to be offered in the 20th Century British Art sale on 26 May 2011, led by the most important work by Samuel John Peploe, R.S.A. (1871-1935) ever to come to auction, The Coffee Pot, 1905 (estimate: £800,000-1.2million). One of five works which together constitute Peploe’s most famous images, this magnificent painting illustrates the impact of Edouard Manet on the artist during his time in Paris. This canvas exemplifies the artistic sophistication which cemented Peploe’s position in the European art scene. Featuring a joyous array of rare paintings by Peploe, John Duncan Fergusson (1874-1961) and Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, R.S.A., R.S.W. (1883-1937), as well as Anne Redpath, A.R.A., A.R.W.S., R.S.A. (1895-1965), this group provides serious collectors and institutions with a range of subjects and palettes which exemplify the celebra ... More |
 | Philly Exhibit at Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Reopens with Chinese Mummies
The Beauty of Xiaohe, a mummy discovered in the Tarim Basin in far western China, is shown. AP Photo/Matt Rourke.
By: Joann Loviglio, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP).- "Return of the Mummies" may sound like a horror movie, but in this case there's a happy ending. The "Secrets of the Silk Road" exhibit reopened Friday at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology with a pair of show-stopping ancient mummies, now that a mysterious dispute with the Chinese government has been wrapped up. The drama has passed that had museum officials fearing their biggest exhibit in decades was doomed. But if you want your mummy, there's not much time. They'll be on display only until March 15, and the remaining artifacts will be on view until March 28. The full exhibit was initially slated to run until June 5; the hastened departure has not been explained. "It's kind of a wonder that it has actually come to pass," said Victor Mair, a Penn professor of ... More | | German Artist Susanne Kuhn's First Exhibition with Haunch of Venison Opens in London
Susanne Kühn, The Couple (Das Paar) 2011, acrylic on canvas, 250 x 5 x 230 cm, © Susanne Kühn, Courtesy Haunch of Venison.
LONDON.- German artist Susanne Kuhn's first exhibition with Haunch of Venison introduces the artist's innovative blend of realistic light effects, fantastic architecture and figuration. Opening in February 2011, the exhibition will feature new work including paintings of landscapes and unsettling domestic interiors. Having studied at the renowned Hochschule fur Grafik und Buchkunst (Academy of Visual Arts) in Leipzig where she received classical training in painting and drawing, Kuhn moved to the US shortly after her graduation. She completed postgraduate studies at the School of Visual Arts and Hunter College in New York followed by a Radcliffe Fellowship at Harvard University. Her experience of living in America coupled with her academic background from Leipzig makes Kuhn's paintings unique and different from her colleagues from Germany. Kuhn's work offers painterly and formal connections between figures, landscap ... More | | Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris Opens in Richmond, Virginia
Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Dora Maar, 1937, oil on canvas, 36¼ x 25 9/16 in. (92 x 65 cm). Musée National Picasso, Paris. ©2010 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Réunion des Musées Nationaux / Art Resource, NY.
RICHMOND, VA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts presents a landmark exhibition in honor of its 75th anniversary, Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris. VMFA is the only East Coast venue for the exhibition’s seven-city international tour. The exhibition, which will be on view from February 19 through May 15, 2011, is co-organized by the Musée National Picasso, Paris and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Drawn from the collection of the Musée National Picasso in Paris, the largest and most significant repository of the artist’s work in the world, this exhibition represents works produced during every major artistic period of Pablo Picasso’s eight-decade career. It includes 176 works from Picasso’s personal collection – art that he kept for himself with the purpose of shaping his own legacy. Altria is the ... More |
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The Orient Expressed: Japan's Influence on Western Art at the Mississippi Museum of Art
Georges Lacombe (French, 1868–1916), Landscape, circa 1894 (detail). gouache on paper. 10.24 x 13.58 in. Private Collection.
JACKSON, MISS.- The Mississippi Museum of Art presents The Orient Expressed: Japan’s Influence on Western Art, 1854–1918, the eleventh exhibition in The Annie Laurie Swaim Hearin Memorial Exhibition Series. On view February 19 through July 17, 2011, the exhibition is organized by the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, and curated by Gabriel P. Weisberg, Ph.D., Professor of Art History at the University of Minnesota. Established in 1989 to honor the memory of Annie Laurie Swaim Hearin, one of the Museum’s most dedicated patrons and volunteers, the Hearin series showcases exhibitions of world-class art, attracting visitors to Jackson from across Mississippi, the Southeast, and beyond. Visitors to The Orient Expressed are offered the opportunity to experience the cultural phenomenon known as Japonisme ... More | | Italian-Born Painter Marco Casentini Opens "Family Rooms" at Gilman Contemporary
Marco Casentini, Through the Sky, Acrylic & plexiglass on canvas, 67 x 59 inches.
KETCHUM, ID.- Italian-born painter Marco Casentini presents his first solo exhibition with Gilman Contemporary, but his 50th exhibition worldwide. The exhibition, titled Family Rooms, will run through February. Casentini's paintings echo urban architecture, natural landscapes and personal environs. Family Rooms explores the more intimate nature of our homes and the emotional nature with which we choose to surround ourselves. Working in his signature geometric shapes, Casentini continues to explore how the environment can be represented soley through color and texture. His paintings are inspired by urban space—by the geometry of its forms and its architecture. In this group of works, Casentini has incorporated colored plexiglass panels attached to the canvas, adding increased physical dimension to the paintings. My paintings are inspired by urban space—by the geometry of its forms and its ... More | | IVAM Announces Two Exhibitions of Masterpieces of 20th and 21st Century Art from Its Collection
Eduardo Arroyo, Direct Panama, 1984.
VALENCIA.- As 2011 was chosen as the year of Russia in Spain and Spain in Russia at the Yaroslav Conference, the IVAM has organised two exhibitions to be held in Moscow and St Petersburg displaying, respectively, the masterpieces of 20th and 21st century art in the Collection of the IVAM and the history of photography in Spain with a selection of images by great Spanish photographers, also from the Collection of the IVAM. From June to October, the Museum of Modern Art in Moscow, MMOMA, will hold the exhibition OBRAS MAESTRAS EN LA COLECCIÓN DEL IVAM (MASTERPIECES FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE IVAM). It comprises a selection of pieces by important international 20th-century masters. The exhibition shows the different trends that revived artistic languages during the last century, from the work of artists of the historic avant-garde movements like Man Ray, Moholy-Nagy, Duchamp, Kurt Schwitters, Lipchitz and Sonia Delaunay to movements ... More |
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Extravagant Official Publishing Entreprise Leads Christie's Auction of Books and Manuscripts
Description de l’Égypte, 23 volumes, folio, large folio and elephant folio, in the original mahogany display case. Estimate : €500,000-700,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
PARIS.- Christie’s announces the sale of the Michel Wittock Collection, Part IV, which will be held in Paris on May 11. As well as an exceptional copy of the famous Description de l’Egypte, bound by Jean-Joseph Tessier in polished and richly decorated calfskin, the collection includes a fine selection of French literature in master bindings from the late XIXth to the XXIst century, by or after design by Marius-Michel, Rose Adler, Pierre Legrain, François-Louis Schmied and Paul Bonet. Jean de Gonet is represented in a unique selection of more than 30 examples ranging from 1977 to 2006. The highlight of the sale is the Description de l’Égypte, 23 volumes in their original mahogany display case, which is expected to realize €500.000 to €700.000. This is the first ... More | | Wavelength: An Exhibition of New Work by Alyson Shotz at Derek Eller Gallery in New York
Alyson Shotz, Standing Wave, 2010 (detail), dichroic acrylic, tape, 96 x 300 x 12 inches.
NEW YORK, NY.- Derek Eller Gallery presents Wavelength, an exhibition of new work by Alyson Shotz. The artist expands upon her ongoing investigation of spatial perception, cognition, and temporality, presenting works which are informed and modified by viewer interaction. At the same time, this exhibition introduces a new concern with the experience of color, an aspect unexplored in her recent shows. The centerpiece of the exhibition is Standing Wave, a twenty-five foot installation consisting of over a thousand thin, dichroic acrylic strips which have been fastened in stepped increments to the gallery wall. Attached in this manner, the wall becomes an undulating wave, reflecting and transmitting rays of color. The dichroic acrylic material is integral to this experience: although it exists as a clear film, the ambient conditions in the gallery transform it into a shifting spectrum of color. This variability or impenetr ... More | | Intermission: A Three-Week Program of International Films and Videos at James Cohan Gallery
Hiraki Sawa, Going Places Sitting Down, 2007. Digital C‐type print on AGFA archival paper, 20 x 26 inches; 50.8 x 66 cm (a set of 5). Edition of 8. Courtesy of James Cohan Gallery Shanghai. Copyright the artist.
SHANGHAI.- James Cohan Gallery Shanghai presents Intermission, a three-week program of international films and videos from February 19 to March 9, 2011. Featuring both emerging and established artists, the films and videos will be shown daily as continuous, rotating screenings during gallery hours. The exhibition is grounded in ideas about music, performance, and the experience of cinema. American artist Lucas Ajemian, along with his brother Jason, a jazz musician and composer, assembled a ten-piece classical orchestra for their performance of the legendary rock song, “Into the Void” by the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Untitled (From Beyond), 2006 is filmed inside a church in Chicago. The performance is a musical experiment that references spirituality and the occult. Vocals are performed by ... More |
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Baltimore Museum of Art Exhibits Never Before Shown Images in "Seeing Now: Photography Since 1960"
BALTIMORE, MD.- The Baltimore Museum of Art presents more than 200 compelling and provocative images that showcase the work of more than 60 of the most remarkable photographers of our time in Seeing Now: Photography Since 1960. On view February 20–May 15, 2011, the exhibition features groundbreaking individual photographs and photographic series by renowned artists such as Diane Arbus, William Eggleston, Lee Friedlander, and Cindy Sherman, as well as works by artists whose names are not as familiar as their influential images. Film and video installations by Kota Ezawa, Joan Jonas, and Anthony McCall demonstrate innovations in time-based media. The works in the exhibition are drawn from the BMA’s exceptional but rarely shown photography collection, and many of the images have never been on view until now. Admission to Seeing Now is free. Seeing Now follows the BMA’s 2008 exhibition Looking Through the Lens: Phot ... More
First Major Museum Exhibition to Focus on the Hindu Deity Vishnu Opens in Nashville
NASHVILLE, TN.- Vishnu: Hinduism’s Blue-Skinned Savior, the first major museum exhibition to focus on the Hindu deity Vishnu has been organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. The exhibition opened to the public as a ticketed exhibition Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011, and remain on view in the Ingram Gallery through May 29, 2011. This exhibition, guest curated by Joan Cummins, Ph.D., Lisa and Bernard Selz Curator of Asian Art at the Brooklyn Museum, introduces one of Hinduism’s primary deities to broad audiences through more than 170 paintings, textiles, prints and sculptures created in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh between the third and twentieth centuries. The exhibition represents a variety of periods, regions and art styles and reveals the many ways that Vishnu has been portrayed and celebrated. The works of art included in the exhibition were chosen for their artistic merit and for the novel or unusual ... More
Major Exhibition of the Work of British Artist George Shaw at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
GATESHEAD.- BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art presents a major exhibition of the work of British artist George Shaw from Friday 18 February – Sunday 15 May 2011. It will be the first historical examination of the artist’s work to date, bringing together some forty paintings from 1996 to the present day. Within a practice that has encompassed drawing, video-making, performance and writing, Shaw is best known for his expansive body of painting. Working from photographs taken of and around his childhood home on the Tile Hill Estate, Coventry, Shaw’s landscapes are at once familiar and unnerving. Unassuming buildings, patches of woodland, pubs, his school, the park, and the arbitrary details of urban infrastructure deposited by town planners, are the cast of a series of paintings ongoing since the mid-1990s. Painted exclusively in Humbrol enamel, the material of choice for teenage model-makers, Shaw’s subje ... More
Artist Nigin Beck Uses a Polaroid SX70 Camera for New Series of Photos at Galerie f5,6s
MUNICH.- Tehrangeles – Galerie f5,6s’ new exhibition unites two consequent series of young artist Nigin Beck. Teheran – Los Angeles; what might appear to be a contradiction or without connection at first is explained by the artists own biographical background. Nigin Beck (*1984, in Munich), daughter to an iranian mother and german father travelled, in 2005 for the first time, along with her family to Iran to see the maternal home country. By 2009, when she went back on her own for the second time, she decided to document her impressions with a Polaroid SX70 Camera. She chose the medium wisley, being aware that every picture she took had to be the result of a matured decision for or against an image. Polaroid ceased production of instant film in 2008, today old film material is hard to come by, and so every shot underwent careful planning in mind and on site. Inevitably the results are reflective, quiet and sensitiv ... More
Nelson-Atkins to Take Visitors on Quite a Ride; Shuttlecarts Launch with Monet Exhibition
KANSAS CITY, MO.- In an ongoing effort to make The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City more accessible for all, the Museum will pilot a program in which transportation carts take museum-goers on two different routes inside the Museum. The two electric carts, called Shuttlecarts, will debut at the opening of the Monet’s Water Lilies exhibition April 9. “The amazing growth of the Nelson-Atkins has sparked so much excitement that we want everyone to experience this entire Museum,” said Julián Zugazagoitia, Menefee D. and Mary Louise Blackwell Director & CEO. “I had a conversation with Crosby Kemper in which he echoed a concern we have heard from many others, that some visitors have difficulty navigating the distances. After discussions with Museum staff, the carts seemed to be the best solution, and Crosby wholeheartedly embraced the idea and was instrumental in securing the donation that made thi ... More
Andro Wekua's Latest Film "Never Sleep with a Strawberry in Your Mouth" at Kunsthalle Wien
VIENNA.- Never Sleep with a Strawberry in Your Mouth is the title of Andro Wekua’s latest film finished for the present exhibition. The surreal title, which does hardly make sense as an instruction, astounds us with a nonsensical logic which is characteristic of the seductive power of symbolic art. Whether object, landscape, figure or portrait, the hyper-real beauty and absurdity of Andro Wekua’s works, their detachment from the world and their selfreferentiality unfold in an interplay between closeness and distance, intimacy and desire. The artist’s pictorial solutions are fuelled by everyday impressions and personal recollections which often focus on his childhood in the city of Sukhumi on the Black Sea in Georgia, where Wekua was born. Anxious to see his works precisely executed in craft terms and developing an artistic practice taking its inspiration from the structure of palimpsests, the master collagist uses nearly every medium: the concord of space, sculpt ... More
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