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Axel Ruger (L), CEO of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, and Pepe Serra (R), CEO of the Picasso Museum in Barcelona, look at a painting, entitled The Expectation (Margot), by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) during the opening of an exhibition, entitled Picasso in Paris, 1900-1907, at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The exhibition presenting Picasso artworks from private collections and international museums opens to the public from 18 February to 29 May. EPA/TOUSSAINT KLUITERS.
AMSTERDAM.- An exhibition devoted to Pablo Ruiz y Picasso’s (1881-1973) spectacular artistic development in Paris, a dazzling cultural centre at the beginning of the 20th century, is being held in the Netherlands for the first time. With more than 70 works of art, including towering masterpieces such as the Self-portrait with a palette and Moulin de la Galette, Picasso in Paris, 1900-1907 outlines how in just a few years Picasso grew from an unknown young artist into the leading figure of the French avant-garde. The exhibition, curated by renowned Picasso expert Marilyn McCully and organised jointly with the Museu Picasso in Barcelona, presents major loans from private collections and museums, such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. The exhibition is on view from 18 February through 29 May 2011 in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam from where it ... More |
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Works from the Museum of Prints and Drawings Berlin, on Display at Kunstmuseum Bonn
A visitor at the exhibition 'Emotion is a Private Matter' carries the exhibition's flyer in his pocket at Art Museum in Bonn, Germany. EPA/HENNINGKAISER.
BONN.- During the Weimar Republic, Verism and the New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit) were among Germany’s most characteristic art phenomena. These movements no longer responded to the experiences of World War I and the subsequent crisis of society by using the Expressionist utopia of the new man, an ecstasy of the subject and his emotions (“Emotion is a private matter”, Bertold Brecht stated in 1926). Neither did they react with the Constructivism the Bauhaus used for conveying art and life. They rather cast a cool, finely tuned glance to a reality that ran between social misery and the banality of everyday life. Sober, unsentimental and sharp, they rendered figures and things by means of their contours in order to give them sustenance and firmness once again in an attempt to stabilize and make manageable a world that had become unmanageable. Instead of dynamically breaking through boundaries, a static delineation ... More | | Andy Warhol Self-Portrait Fetches $17 Million at Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction
The self portrait has sold for 10.8 million pounds ($17 million) double its pre-sale estimate. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
LONDON (AP).- A self-portrait by Andy Warhol has sold for 10.8 million pounds ($17 million) — double its pre-sale estimate — at a London auction. Christie's says the work had been in a private collection since 1974. It is one of a series of 11 self-portraits Warhol created. The image of red and white silkscreen ink on canvas shows the artist with his hand to his mouth. It was executed in 1967, at the height of his career as the most important figure in American Pop Art. Christie's says the portrait was bought by an anonymous bidder in its London auction room Wednesday. The image of Warhol with his hand to his mouth is one of the most representative and iconic images of the artist. Warhol first used the image for a group of works in 1966 painted in a much smaller, life-size scale. The following year he used the same image in producing 11 monumental works in a large-scale format of six foot square, of which the pres ... More | | Hungarian Government Asks United States Court to Reject Looted Art Lawsuit
A visitor looks at the collection of paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest. AP Photo/Peter Kohalmi.
By: Pablo Gorondi, Associated Press
BUDAPEST (AP).- The Hungarian government on Wednesday asked a U.S. court to dismiss a lawsuit by the heirs of a prominent Jewish collector who are seeking the return of art worth over $100 million seized during the Holocaust. The Ministry of National Development said that the 2010 suit by the heirs of Baron Mor Lipot Herzog in Washington should be dismissed, in part because compensation for the 44 artworks was covered by a 1973 claims agreement between Hungary and the United States. David de Csepel, Herzog's great grandson, and two other heirs sued Hungary and several state-owned museums seeking the return of works that included paintings by El Greco and Francisco de Zurbaran. The ministry also said that in 2008 a Hungarian appeals court rejected a lawsuit filed in 1999 by De Csepel's aunt, Martha ... More |
 | 20th Century Decorative Art & Design Works Dazzle Christie's New York Auction
Martino Gamper, A Unique Plastic Laminated-Covered. Wood and Metal Chest of Drawers, 2007. Estimate: $18,000-24,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announces the sale of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design to take place on Friday, March 11. With 122 lots, the 20th Century Decorative Art & Design sale is expected to generate upwards of $1 million, with styles that include: Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts, Art Deco, Modernist and Contemporary movements. The auction’s top lot is Tiffany Studios’ remarkable Peony Leaded Glass Bronze Table Lamp, circa 1905 (estimate ($100,000-150,000). With vibrant orange and red peonies and intricate verdant foliage, the work epitomizes Tiffany Studio’s supreme design and technique. This spectacular Tiffany lamp comes on the heels of Christie’s Important Tiffany auction in December 2010, which realized a stunning $5,538,375 in 47 lots. Another highlight is Martino Gamper’s Unique Plastic Laminated-Covere ... More | | Sao Paulo Biennial Foundation Appoints Curator for its Forthcoming Edition
Luis Pérez-Oramas, The Estrellita Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo credit: Robin Holland.
SAO PAULO.- Venezuelan-born Luis Pérez-Oramas will be responsible for the 30th São Paulo International Biennial to be held in 2012. Pérez-Oramas is expected to begin working as soon as the appointment is made public, putting together the curatorial team that will accompany him in the process of organizing the Biennial. The curator will be also responsible for the 30th Biennial’s traveling shows to be held in 2013 and, following the current agreement between Fundação Bienal and the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he will select the Brazilian representation at the 2013 Venice Biennial. Pérez-Oramas was born in 1960 in Caracas and lives in New York, where he currently holds the position of The Estrellita Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art at The Museum of Modern Art. An art historian, a writer and a poet, Perez Oramas completed a PhD in Art History at the École ... More | | President Barack Obama Lauds Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
President Barack Obama presents a 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom to artist Jasper Johns, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster.
By: Darlene Superville, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP).- President Barack Obama recognized one former president and 14 artists, athletes, civil rights activists, humanitarians and others Tuesday with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for contributions to society that he said speak to "who we are as a people." This year's recipients "reveal the best of who we are and who we aspire to be," Obama said at a White House ceremony. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor. It is given in recognition of contributions to U.S. national security, world peace, culture or other significant public or private endeavors. Tuesday's medals were the second set Obama has awarded. Some of the loudest applause was reserved for Bush, the former ... More |
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ARCOmadrid 2011: Newfound Optimism and Energy for the Contemporary Art Market
Bill Viola, Father and Daughter, 2008. Photo: Courtesy Blain/Southern.
MADRID.- On February 16th, ARCOmadrid, the International Contemporary Art Fair is, as usual, an exciting event showcasing the art of today and a focal point for the art market all over the world. The fair opens the doors on its 30th edition, optimistically looking towards a reactivation of economic activity in this sector. Spanish and international art collectors come to ARCOmadrid to find a wide selection of works covering a wide variety of prices, media, periods and artists. From masterpieces by blue-chip artists from the 20th and 21st century, to affordable pieces from emerging talents, or photographs and graphic works better suited to the pockets of would-be collectors and first-time buyers, the extremely wide range covers all tastes, trends and media, from timeless classics to the achingly on-trend, signed by around 3,000 practitioners ... More | | Sotheby's will Offer The Robert Rubin Collection Of African Art at Auction in New York
One of the most iconic works in the collection is a Songye Male Power Figure. Est. $150/250,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- On 13 May 2011 Sotheby’s will offer The Robert Rubin Collection - one of the most important collections of African art to have appeared on the international market in recent years. Mr. Rubin (1934–2009) was a founding trustee of the Museum for African Art in New York and a major figure in the field. As a collector, he sought out only the finest examples from each region and tribe available at the time he was collecting. His highly selective collection of approximately 50 works reflects his extraordinary taste and discernment. Among the many highlights is a Dogon Nduleri Male Ancestor Figure by the Master of the Slanted Eyes, the companion to a female figure in the collection of the Musée du Louvre in Paris . The dramatically carved legs and knees of the elongated figure contribute to the dynamic rhythm of the ... More | | Saint Louis Art Museum Files Federal Lawsuit to Keep a 3,200-Year-Old Mummy Mask
The 3,200-year-old Ka-Nefer-Nefer mummy mask. AP Photo/Saint Louis Art Museum.
By: Jim Salter, Associated Press
DETROIT (AP).- The St. Louis Art Museum has filed a federal lawsuit to try to keep a 3,200-year-old mummy mask that Egypt wants returned, claiming it was stolen nearly two decades ago. The museum claims the U.S. government is trying to seize the 20-inch-long funeral mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer and return it to Egypt. But the museum says it has legal rights to the mask it purchased from a New York art dealer for $499,000 in 1998. Egypt officials have claimed the mask was stolen in the early 1990s from a storage room near a pyramid. The suit, filed in federal court in St. Louis on Tuesday, claims there is no proof the mask was stolen. It also claims that the statute of limitations has expired for any seizure. ... More |
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Private Collectors Make Fantastic Donations of Photographic Art to Moderna Museet
Annika von Hausswolff, Part from I Am the Runway of Your Thoughts, 2008 © Annika von Hausswolff.
NEW YORK, NY.- Several photographic works by Annika von Hausswolff, Cindy Sherman, Robert Mapplethorpe and other artists have been donated to Moderna Museet. These works will be shown in the museum’s new presentation of the collection – Another Story. Moderna Museet’s focus on photography in 2011 has been met with great enthusiasm even before it is in full swing. Several impressive private donations of works by key artists working in the photographic medium have further enhanced the museum’s collection. Since the project Another Story (which will be launched in three phases over the year) highlights the Moderna Museet’s collection; the two directors of Moderna Museet, Daniel Birnbaum and Ann-Sofi Noring say “this generous donation is the best thing that could happen to the museum and its visitors”. Many of the new works can already be seen when the new presentation of ... More | | Exhibition Explores the Influence of Music on Contempory Art in NY and Birth of "Remix Culture"
Laura Levine (American, born 1958). Tina Weymouth and Grandmaster Flash, New York City. 1981. Black and white photograph. © Laura Levine.
NEW YORK, NY.- Looking at Music 3.0, the third in a series of exhibitions at The Museum of Modern Art exploring the influence of music on contemporary art practices, focuses on New York in the 1980s and 1990s and the birth of "remix culture." The exhibition is on view in The Yoshiko and Akio Morita Media Gallery from February 16 through June 6, 2011. Highlighting a unique range of activity within the city during those decades, the exhibition addresses the birth of hip hop; new articulations of feminism as seen in video chain letters, zines, and raucous art and music performances; the continued artistic development of music videos; and the rise of the digital domain, where sound and image acquired a curious parity as sampled bits of electronic information, raising the curtain on new creative possibilities. Approximately 70 works from a wide range of artists and musicians are ... More | | Amon Carter Museum's Director of Education Named National Educator of the Year
Fuller joined the Amon Carter in 2004. As director of education, she oversees the museum’s extensive and varied education programs.
DALLAS, TX.- The National Art Education Association (NAEA) recently named Stacy Fuller, Amon Carter Museum of American Art director of education, as the Western Region Museum Art Educator of the Year. The award will be presented March 18 at NAEA’s national convention in Seattle, Wash. The NAEA’s mission is to promote art education through professional development, service, advancement of knowledge and leadership. Founded in 1947, the NAEA is the leading professional membership organization exclusively for visual arts educators. “There is no greater testament of Stacy’s exemplary contribution to the field of visual arts education than being chosen for this prestigious award,” says Deborah Reeve, NAEA executive director. Fuller joined the Amon Carter in 2004. As director of education, she oversees the museum’s extensive and varied ... More |
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Contemporary Works of 60 African Artist from 15 Countries Across the Continent on Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- The third ‘Africa Now’ auction, a fascinating sample of the best African Modern and Contemporary Art, goes on sale at Bonhams, the international fine art auction house, in London on March 16th. The sale which moves by turn between London and New York, takes place in Britain this March, and promises to be the strongest sale of its kind yet. Giles Peppiatt, Head of African Art at Bonhams, says: “Some 115 works from artists across the continent – Benin, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe – will once more attract buyers from around the world. Bonhams has a presence in 27 countries on five continents and provides a major conduit to world-wide buyers interested in Modern and Contemporary African art.” Prices range from £1,000 for artists such as Ibou Diouf ... More
National Portrait Gallery Presents the First Major Exhibition in Over 30 Years Devoted to E.O. Hoppé
LONDON.- The first major exhibition in over 30 years dedicated to the photographer E.O.Hoppé is open at the National Portrait Gallery From 17 February until 30 May 2011. Hoppé (1878-1972) was one of the most important photographers of the first half of the twentieth century and much of his work has only recently been reassembled. Hoppé Portraits: Society, Studio and Street brings together for the first time his strikingly modernist portraits alongside his fascinating documentary studies capturing the realities of day-to-day life in Britain between the wars. E.O. Hoppé was the prototypical celebrity photographer, and his success in the 1910s and 1920s can be compared to that of Richard Avedon or Irving Penn in the late twentieth century. By 1913 his third photographic studio occupied the 33-room Kensington House of the late Sir John Everett Millais and was a magnet for the rich and famous. The first section of the exhibition fea ... More
Group Raises $50,000 for RoboCop Statue in Detroit
DETROIT (AP).- Your move, Detroit. A group working to build a statue of the fictional crime-fighting cyborg RoboCop in the city said it has reached its fundraising goal of $50,000 after a social networking campaign exploded in support of the project. The next step: convincing the mayor and city officials it's a good idea. "I am very positive that it's gonna happen," organizer Brandon Walley said Wednesday. The 10-day-old RoboCop saga started innocently enough when Detroit Mayor Dave Bing's social media manager answered a Twitter query about a possible statue. That response — "There are not any plans to erect a statue to Robocop. Thank you for the suggestion" — led to a firestorm of commentary online, with Twitter users making it a top trending topic for days. As recently as Wednesday morning, "RoboCop" was still one of the 10 most-searched terms on Yahoo! Imagination Station, a Detroit-based nonprofit that latched on to the topic's viral fervor, set up a way for backe ... More
Heritage Auctions to Host Auction Benefitting the Smithsonian's National Numismatic Collection
DALLAS, TX.- In January 2012, Heritage Auctions will host a special auction at the Florida United Numismatist (FUN) Convention aimed at establishing a $1 million endowment for the renowned National Numismatic Collection, considered one of the finest collections of rare U.S. coins in existence. The collection is housed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. Heritage is seeking donors who are willing to consign coins to this special benefit auction and have the full proceeds from their sale transferred to the Smithsonian Institution as a charitable donation. Heritage will waive all Buyer's and Seller's Fees in this auction, with 100% of all money raised going to this important endowment. The National Numismatic Collection is global in scope, with unparalleled holdings of United States coins and currency. In total, there are more than o ... More
Someone Swipes Giant Cactus Statue from New Mexico Library
ALBUQUERQUE (AP).- Police in Albuquerque, N.M., are investigating a thorny theft case of gigantic proportions. KOB-TV reports someone stole a giant fiberglass cactus Monday night from behind a public library. High school students spent an entire summer building the $50,000 art piece shaped like a prickly pear cactus. They were part of a nonprofit group that provides art education for at-risk kids. City officials say thieves probably unbolted the bright green cactus from the ground and used a pickup truck or van to cart it off. The city says the statue doesn't weigh much so it was likely easy to carry off into the night. A nearby resident, Paul Freshour, says the statue is probably pretty tough to hide, so he's hopeful that officials will recover it. ... More
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