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A visitor looks at pictures by US photographer Garry Winogrand during the opening of an exhibition, entitled Garry Winogrand. Women Are Beautiful, at the Foundation Foto Colectania in Barcelona. The exhibition presenting 85 photographs from a series on women and their social transformation between the 1960s and 1970s runs until 04 June. EPA/ALBERTO ESTEVEZ.
BARCELONA.- Foundation Foto Colectania presents for the first time in Barcelona the famous series Women Are Beautiful by Garry Winogrand. Garry Winogrand is considered one of the greatest innovators of photography of the twentieth-century in America. He knew like no other how to capture the social transformation of females in the 60's and 70's through his portraits of women who stand as an allegory of women's emancipation and their new role in society. The Foundation Foto Colectania presents its serie Women Are Beautiful, including f 85 photographs taken between 1960 and 1975 and collected in the book with the same title by the legendary director of photography at the MoMA, John Szarkowski. The exhibition from the collection of Lola Garrido, is part of the programming line of the foundation which is dedicated to authors who changed the course of the history of photography. The exhibition can be seen in Barcelona until Jun ... More |
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"Gauguin Maker of Myth" Sheds New Light on Artist and Career at National Gallery of Art
Paul Gauguin, "Teha 'amana has Many Parents", 1893. Oil on canvas. Art Institute of Chicago, USA. ©Art Institute of Chicago, USA.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Paul Gauguin's (1848–1903) sumptuous, colorful images of Brittany and the islands of the South Seas, some of the most beloved in modern art, are among 100 works by the artist in the first major exhibition of his career in the United States in some 20 years. On view from February 27 through June 5, 2011, at the National Gallery of Art, Washington—the sole U.S. venue—the exhibition Gauguin: Maker of Myth, along with its accompanying catalogue, examines the role that myth-making played in Gauguin's art, shedding new light on his life and career. The exhibition reflects the remarkable breadth of Gauguin's work with examples from every period (c. 1880–1903), medium (painting, watercolor, pastel, drawing, and prints, ceramic and wooden sculpture, and decorated functional objects), and genre (portraiture, still life, and landscape). "Gauguin's use of stories and myth throughout his career continues to ... More | | A Selection of Important Works from the Van Abbemuseum Invite Visitors to Play Roles
Georg Baselitz, Kriechender Weiblicher Akt-Nr.2, 1977 (detail). Photo: Peter Cox.
EINDHOVEN.- On Saturday 26th February, Play Van Abbe Part 4: The Pilgrim, the Tourist, the Flaneur (and the Worker) opened in the Van Abbemuseum. The exhibition presents a selection of important works from the museum’s collection together with several special guest artists. In this last part of Play Van Abbe, visitors are invited to play a role whilst visiting the museum; the roles are the pilgrim, the tourist, the flaneur and the worker. The pilgrim is focused on the object of art; the tourist on stories; the flaneur on time and the overall museum experience. Finally, the workers are the roles that seek an active confrontation with art and produces new ideas for themselves and others. Visitors are invited to change roles during their visit and experience how artworks appear different according to the way how they are judged. By offering these classical roles, the museum seeks to focus directly on the visitors themse ... More | | Gagosian Gallery Presents an Exhibition by Gus Van Sant and James Franco
Gus Van Sant, Untitled. 2010. Watercolor on paper, 62 x 51 3/4 in. © Gus Van Sant. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Photography by Josh White Studio.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- "Unfinished" features two films, Endless Idaho and My Own Private River, which are collaborations between Van Sant and Franco. After casting Franco in the award-winning film Milk (2008), Van Sant showed him the dailies and other footage that he had shot many years before for My Own Private Idaho (1991), which starred River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves as street hustlers in Portland, Oregon. Much of this material did not make it into the final cut, and so Franco decided to fashion it into two new films, riffing off the original title. For Endless Idaho, Franco edited outtakes, deleted scenes, alternate takes, and behind-the-scenes footage from My Own Private Idaho into a 12-hour film. Endless Idaho provides an unprecedented look into the workaday process of making a movie, from location scouting to repeated takes. Like many of the films of Andy Warhol, a major influence on Van Sant's own auteur style, it is a provocative, often ... More |
 | The FLAG Art Foundation Presents "Josephine Meckseper" and "Gerhard Richter, Sinbad"
Gerhard Richter, Sinbad, 2008 (detail). 98 paintings, each 11 13/16 x 19 11/16 in. Enamel on back of glass. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York and The Flag Art Foundation.
NEW YORK, NY.- The FLAG Art Foundation presents two exhibitions: an exhibition of new works by Josephine Meckseper on FLAG’s 9th floor space, and Sinbad, an exhibition of 98 paintings by Gerhard Richter, on the 10th floor. The exhibitions runs through May 26, 2011. Josephine Meckseper employs window displays, vitrines, installations, photographs, films and magazines to draw a direct correlation to the way consumer culture defines subjectivity and sublimates the key instruments of individual political agency. Meckseper presents new works focusing on retail environments and modernist concepts. Industrial reflective slatwalls, a staple of bargain store design, mirror the car dealerships of 11th Avenue. Chromed wheels, car headlights and logos flash across the videos, sculptures and cellophane-wrapped ... More | | Pair of 18th Century Lady's Shoes, Owned by Department Store Mogul, to Sell at Bonhams
A pair of lady's shoes English, mid-17th Century. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- A pair of embroidered lady’s shoes, dating back to 1740, is to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of its Fine English Furniture Sale on 2 March 2011. The shoes are part of a remarkable collection of early English needlework comprising 63 pieces with estimates totalling £210,000 – 315,000, which was owned by the former Chairman of Debenhams and Harvey Nichols, Sir Frederick Richmond (1873-1953). Made from embroidered yellow silk worked in chain stitch, depicting carnations, tulips and other flowers, and with a broad silk lined tongue and a pointed toe, the shoes have attracted a pre-sale estimate of £1,000 – 2,000. Sir Frederick, who, in his role as Chairman, established Debenhams as the largest textile distribution empire worldwide, started collecting needlework in 1907. The Edwardian and inter-war period was a great time for the dispersal of family collections, and, from these, and ... More | | Fashion Independent: The Style of Ann Bonfoey Taylor Opens at the Phoenix Art Museum
Charles James Gown.
PHOENIX, AZ.- On February 27, 2011, Phoenix Art Museum opens the Museum’s largest exhibition space and the closet of an acclaimed American tastemaker to reveal an extraordinary wardrobe of custom-made couture and personally designed sporting ensembles. In 2008, Ann Bonfoey Taylor’s wardrobe was gifted to the Museum by Vernon Taylor, Jr. and family. This prestigious acquisition was a rich archive of works by the most masterful fashion designers of the 1940s through 1960s including Charles James, Madame Grès, Balenciaga, Givenchy and Fortuny. On view through May 29, 2011, Fashion Independent: The Original Style of Ann Bonfoey Taylor, showcases Taylor’s wardrobe, style and vision and provides a comprehensive look at the artistic process of several legendary fashion designers. “The late Ann Bonfoey Taylor was a fashion innovator and an accomplished sportswoman recognized by national fashion publications and ... More |
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New Tour Presents the Restored Frick Home through the Eyes of the Women Who Lived There
Helen Clay Frick takes a break from studying with Governess Marika Ogiz in the foreground and schoolfriend Virginia Frew at right, 1902–1903. Photographer unknown. Courtesy of The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives.
PITTSBURGH, PA.- The Frick Art & Historical Center announces a new thematic tour of Clayton, the restored late-19th-century home of the Henry Clay Frick family, to be offered during the months of March and April 2011. All the Ladies of the House is the latest in a series of new tours designed to provide visitors multiple ways to connect to Pittsburgh history and to find personal meaning in the stories that are told. Coinciding with Women’s History Month in March, the Frick’s newest Clayton tour looks at the historic home of the Henry Clay Frick family through the eyes of the women who lived and worked there at the turn of the 20th century. In addition to the new thematic tour, the museum will offer a selection of related programs, details of which follow. One program offered ... More | | SJMA Presents Landmark Exhibition of Modern And Contemporary Art From India
Maqbool Fida Husain, UNTITLED (Lady with Lamp), ca. 1960. Oil on canvas, 49 ¾ x 35 ¾ inches. Collection of Asha and Rajeev Motwani. Photo: Courtesy Sotheby’s, Inc.
SAN JOSE, CA.- The San Jose Museum of Art presents a landmark exhibition of modern and contemporary art from India from February 25 through September 4, 2011. Roots in the Air, Branches Below: Modern and Contemporary Art from India is drawn entirely from eleven private collections in the San Francisco Bay Area. The exhibition showcases important works of modern and contemporary South Asian art that are rarely seen on the West Coast. Included are paintings by renowned modernists such as Maqbool Fida Husain, Tyeb Mehta, Francis Newton Souza, and Sayed Haider Raza. Today’s contemporary generation of rising talents and global trendsetters is represented by Rina Banerjee, Zarina Hashmi, Jitish Kallat, G.R. Iranna, Bari Kumar, and Surendran Nair, among others. “Indian art is a dynamic and ... More | | Exhibition at Newlyn Art Gallery Celebrates the Centenary of the Birth of Roger Hilton
Roger Hilton in his studio at Botallack. Photograph by Jorge Lewinski.
CORNWALL.- Newlyn Art Gallery presents an exhibition celebrating the centenary of the birth of Roger Hilton (1911-1975). It is a personal selection by his widow Rose Hilton, chosen from private collections across Britain. The exhibition includes oil paintings, late gouaches and drawings, as well as previously unseen sketch books, photographs, letters and a 1974 sound recording of Hilton. The focus is on Hilton’s work from the late 1950s, when he began to spend significant amounts of time in Cornwall. He first took a studio in St Ives, then one overlooking Newlyn harbour for three summers, before settling permanently in Botallack, near St Just, in 1965. He was a regular exhibitor at Newlyn Art Gallery and lived there for a while with the curator Michael Canney and his wife Madelaine. The show, with its accompanying talks, offers an insight into Hilton the man, his work and his personal connection to the gallery ... More |
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United Kingdom Power Networks Formally Hands Over Switch House to Tate Modern
Tate Modern Building © Tate Photography.
LONDON.- UK Power Networks formally handed over the western switch house behind Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall to Tate. The handover of the western switch house marks a key point in the delivery of the Tate Modern building project. Tate will now begin demolition of this switch house, before creating the opening from the main Tate Modern building to the new building, creating the crucial new link from the City and the Millennium Bridge directly to south London. Tate marked this historic handover of the switch house from Basil Scarsella, CEO of UK Power Networks to Alex Beard, Deputy Director, Tate with a short ceremony on Friday 25 February. They were joined by Debbie Jackson, Director of Capital Projects and Design, London Development Agency and Councillor Peter John, Leader, Southwark Council. Alex Beard, Deputy Director, Tate said: “The handover of the substation is a crucial step in the Tate Modern Project and takes u ... More | | Oakland Museum Explores Contemporary Viewpoints on the Spanish Conquest
Virgin of Light with Native Devotees, Luis de Mena (active mid-18th century), New Spain. Between 1769 and 1772, 66 x 60 inches (167.6 x 152.4 cm) Serra Museum, The San Diego Historical Society, San Diego, California.
OAKLAND, CA.- Explore the Arts of the Missions of Northern New Spain in this stunning exhibition exploring the rich artistic legacy of the Franciscan and Jesuit mission churches in northern Mexico and the American Southwest. Many of the missions were exuberantly decorated with lavish paintings, sculpture, furniture, and liturgical objects and vestments. This extraordinary exhibition, which originated at the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso (Mexico City), features approximately 110 objects from collections in Mexico, the United States, and Europe---including masterpieces from the missions themselves---shown together for the first time. OMCA is the only California venue for this internationally traveling exhibition and one of only two venues in the United ... More | | Unique Lifesize Portrait of Mughal Emperor Estimated to Sell for 1M at Bonhams
Previously shown in the National Portrait Gallery in an exhibition on the Indian Portrait in 2010, the Emperor is shown seated on a gold decorated throne holding a globe, wearing elaborate robes and jewellery. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- The largest known Mughal painting is to be offered at Bonhams on April 5th for an estimated price of upwards of £1m. It is in the style of a European portrait of the early 17th century. The portrait which will lead a sale of works of Indian and Islamic art is a unique painting of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir who ruled India 1605-1627 and is attributed to the Mughal artist Abul Hasan, Nadir al-Zaman or “Wonder of the Age”. Previously shown in the National Portrait Gallery in an exhibition on the Indian Portrait in 2010, the Emperor is shown seated on a gold decorated throne holding a globe, wearing elaborate robes and jewellery. The surrounding Persian inscription states it was painted at Mandu in the AH1026/AD1617. Alice Bailey, Head of Indian and Islamic ... More |
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 British Artist Miranda Donovan Unleashes the Home at Lazarides Gallery in LondonLONDON.- Lazarides presents The Home Unleashed, the gallery’s second solo show by British artist Miranda Donovan which opened 24 February 2011. This new exhibition marks a departure from her recent preoccupation with all things exterior, and brings the viewer into the world of the interior in a series of over 25 new works merging both decadence and squalor through her signature miniaturized graffiti style. Through her multi-layered three-dimensional canvases, Donovan captures urban elements from the street and juxtaposes them with an eerily familiar landscape; the home. Employing a classical painterly technique and pairing it with contemporary subject matter, Donovan entices us with traces of former opulence and wealth alongside the lingering presence of filth and decay in the décor. The very effects of decay and deterioration in the hands of this artist are given qualities of beauty and delicacy that reverberate through t ... More Tribal Art Hunter Opens Art Consultancy for Ethnographic and Ancient ArtFORT LAUDERDALE, FL.- Tribal Art Hunter announced today the opening of its art consultancy business for nationwide clients. Specializing in ethnographic – also known as tribal or primitive – art, the resident experts will assist clients in purchasing historical artwork of the highest provenance, negotiating prices, appraising artifacts, and assembling collections for customers of all levels and interests. Tribal Art Hunter works with private collectors, corporate entities, art dealers, and the design trade, assisting their clients in making the best possible decisions regarding their artifact purchases or sales. For private collectors, Tribal Art Hunter assists both in one-time purchases as well as creating long-term collection strategies, utilizing its broad-based knowledge of market costs and trends. For interior designers and fine art dealers, Tribal Art Hunter brings the added dimension of authentic ar ... More Remarkable Selection of Works from David Heathcote's Artistic and Academic Career at GV Art GalleryLONDON.- Beyond Horizons is a new solo show by David Heathcote, hosted by GV Art Gallery, London. The exhibition brings together a remarkable selection of works from an artistic and academic career which has spanned some 60 years. Beyond Horizons includes landscape paintings, sculptures and drawings. An illustrated catalogue, containing an interview with the artist and an essay by Prof. David Reason, accompanies the exhibition. Selected works exhibited are also available as limited edition reproductions. David Heathcote has produced a great range of work — of media, form, style, and of ambition and reach. His landscape drawings breathe an air of contemplative calm, and his sculptures (carved or modelled) have the presence of a profound inwardness. His painting challenges categorisation, as he often merges representational elements within abstract painting. Heathcote was born in London in 1931. A couple of years later, the ... More Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and High Museum of Art Each Receive $1.5 Million BequestATLANTA, GA.- The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art are each recipients of an estimated $1.5 million bequest, totaling $3 million, from longtime Atlanta arts patron Barbara D. Stewart. Per Ms. Stewart’s request, the funds are unrestricted. In addition to Ms. Stewart’s bequests to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art, was a bequest to The Atlanta Opera for $9 million. “Every city should be so fortunate to have a champion such as Barbara Stewart,” said Atlanta Symphony Orchestra President Stanley Romanstein. “The legacy she is leaving the Atlanta Opera is remarkable, and to extend her enthusiasm and her generosity to the Orchestra and the High Museum only reinforces the thriving arts scene in this great city. We are immensely honored by her trust in our work, and grateful for the many opportunities this gift will provide.” “A member of the High since 1992 ... More New Paintings of Gregory Johnston's Signature Style at Stephen Haller GalleryNEW YORK, NY.- Stephen Haller Gallery presents GREGORY JOHNSTON: XV, new paintings of the artist's signature style: suggestions of calligraphic gestures (described by critic George Melrod as "icons of textual beauty") within a canvas divided into formal, almost architectural drawing. The exhibition opened February 24th and runs through April 2nd. These new paintings deal with familiar aspects of Johnston’s practice: raw pigments in earth tones suspended in amber Alkyd varnish: ethereal grounds that suspend overlays of formal architectural elements. In this series Johnston also explores new found philosophical approaches to picture-making based primarily on his reading of the writings of Maurice Nicoll, particularly his “Invisibility of Oneself”. Johnston strives to transform the two dimensional plane of canvas to one of multidimensional depth. His focal element begins in a central window of two dime ... 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