| Exhibition Offers Sculptures, Paintings from All Phases of Alberto Giacometti's Career
| | | | The sculpture 'The Dog' from 1951 is pictured in front of the sculpture 'The Chariot' from 1950 during a media preview of an exhibition of late Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) at the Kunsthaus Zurich art museum in Zurich. The exhibition "Alberto Giacometti - The Art of Seeing", which shows some ninety works of the Swiss sculptor, painter and graphic artist, runs from March 11 until May 22, 2011. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann.
ZURICH.- From 11 March to 22 May the Kunsthaus Zürich presents an exhibition entitled Alberto Giacometti: The Art of Seeing. Sight is the foundation of all visual art, and no artist has focused so centrally on the process of seeing as Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), the Swiss sculptor, painter and graphic artist. The exhibition offers some 100 sculptures, paintings and drawings from all phases of his creative life to demonstrate the way Giacometti lends the psychological process of seeing a material presence. It begins with the brilliantly premature confidence of the young Giacometti, reared in the Bregaglia valley, as he transmutes what he sees into artistic form. At the Academy in Paris, however, as he becomes conscious of the problems of perception, he gradually grows less sure of himself, and the profound creative crisis that ensues leads him in 1925 to abstraction and Surrealism. Charged with the psychologizi ... More | | | Iconic Work by Jeff Koons to Highlight Sotheby's Spring Sale of Contemporary Art
Pink Panther is a 20th-century masterpiece and one of the most iconic sculptures of Jeff Koonss oeuvre. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- On the evening of 10 May 2011, Sothebys will offer one of the most important works by Jeff Koons ever to have appeared at auction. Pink Panther from 1988 draws on many of the themes that have come to define Koons output and stands as one of the outstanding achievements of his illustrious career. The porcelain sculpture is the artists proof from an edition of three with the other examples in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and a prominent private American collection, and belongs to the artists iconic Banality series that includes Michael Jackson and Bubbles, Bear and Policeman and Ushering in Banality. Pink Panther will appear on the front and back covers of the sale catalogue for the spring Contemporary Art Evening Auction in New York and is estimated to fetch $20/30 million*. Together with Balloon Dog and Bunny, Pink Panther is a 20th-cent ... More | | MoMA Acquires Important Group of Paintings and Sculptures by Cy Twombly
Tiznit, 1953 (detail). White lead, oil based house paint, wax crayon and lead pencil on canvas. 53 ½ x 74 ½ (135.9x 189.2 cm) © 2011 Cy Twombly.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Museum of Modern Art will acquire two landmark paintings from the 1950s and a group of seven sculptures ranging in date from 1954 to 2005 by Cy Twombly, widely regarded as one of todays most important living artists, announces MoMA Director Glenn D. Lowry. All of the works are from the artists personal collection, and the sculptures will be the first by Twombly to enter MoMAs collection. With these additions to the eight paintings and numerous works on paper by Twombly, the Museum will immeasurably strengthen its holdings of works by Twombly, representing all six decades of the artists career. The nine works will be exhibited together in the Museum from May 20 to October 3, 2011. It has long been a priority for the Museum to build an in-depth collection of Twomblys work, and the addition of these two major paintings and seven sculptures make a powerful statement about a t ... More | | Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Exhibition Opens Window onto Little-Known Cultures of Ancient Nubia
Criosphinx on a Column. Gilt silver and stone, El-Kurru, 743712 BC (Napatan Period, reign of Piye). Harvard UniversityBoston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition: 24.974 Photography © 2011 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The rich cultures of ancient Nubia, located in present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan, are the subject of an exhibition on view at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) at New York University from March 11 through June 12, 2011. Entitled Nubia: Ancient Kingdoms of Africa, the exhibition evokes the rise, fall, and re-emergence of Nubian power over the course of some 2,500 years, from the earliest Nubian kingdoms of about 3000 BC through the conquest of Egypt beginning in about 750 BC. With more than 120 objects, ranging from statues portraying kings to military weapons, jewelry, pottery, and more, the exhibition illuminates the culture of ancient Nubiaparticularly its ongoing, complex relationship with Egyptand reveals its remarkable ... More | | National Museum of American History Embarks on Conservation of Jefferson's Bible
The volume provides an exclusive insight to the religious and moral beliefs of the writer of the Declaration of Independence.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Smithsonians National Museum of American History is currently performing a specialized conservation treatment to ensure the long-term preservation of Thomas Jeffersons bible, a small handmade book that provides an intimate view of Jeffersons private religious and moral philosophy. At age 77 and living at Monticello in retirement following his two terms as President, Jefferson completed a project he had long planned and long discussed with others. In 1820 he assembled what he titled The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth. Using excerpts from the Four Gospels of the New Testament, Jefferson arranged the text to tell a chronological and edited story of Jesus life and moral philosophy. The volume provides an exclusive insight to the religious and moral beliefs of the writer of the Declaration of Independence, the nations third President, as well as his ... More | | Sotheby's New York Photographs Sale in April to Be Led By Rare Man Ray Works
Man Ray, Solarized Male Torso. Est. $70,000 to $100,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Sothebys spring Photographs auction on 6 April in New York will offer a variety of exceptional works, from a recently-rediscovered Mathew Brady daguerreotype to Contemporary photographs by Hiroshi Sugimoto, Richard Prince, and the multi-media master Peter Beard. Of special note are masterpieces of 20th-century photography by Man Ray, Jaromír Funke, Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Walker Evans, Richard Avedon, and Irving Penn, among many others. The pre-sale exhibition opens on 2 April. The catalogues front and back covers feature superb 1930s photographs by Man Ray, including a Photomontage with Nude and Studio Light (est. $100/150,000),* a rare Surrealist image that was included in the artists definitive early monograph Photographs by Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934; and a Solarized Male Torso (est. $70/100,000, above right), unusual in the photographers oeuvre. Jaromír Funke, the great Czech Mode ... More | | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Returns Kingfisher Fort Headdress to Native Tribe
Kingfisher Fort Headdress, Tlingit (Alaska), late 19th century early 20th century. Wood, swan down, walrus whiskers,flicker feathers. General Endowment Fund.
RICHMOND, VA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts returned a Kingfisher Fort Headdress (late 19th early 20th century) to the Lúkaaxh.ádi clan of the Tlingit tribe of Alaska in March. This was the first repatriation of a Native American object by VMFA in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) of 1990. The repatriation ceremony took place at the National Museum of the American Indians Cultural Resource Center in Suitland, Md. During the ceremony, members of the clan shared stories about the headdress and its importance to the Tlingit tribe. As a museum, we are merely caretakers of art, VMFA Director Alex Nyerges said, and now we are honored to be able to return this headdress to the Tlingit tribe. Lee Anne Chesterfield, PhD., VMFAs assistant curator of ancient American art, said she thought the repatriation process was a positive experienc ... More | | Christie's Announces an Exhibition of Iconic Works by Zeng Fanzhi to Be Held in Hong Kong in May
Zeng Fanzhi, Untitled 08-4-8, 2008 (detail). 260 x 360 cm. (in 2 panels), oil on canvas. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
HONG KONG.- Christies, the worlds leading art business, and the Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghais leading contemporary art museum, will present BEING (界線的共鳴), an exhibition featuring about 30 iconic works by Zeng Fanzhi (born in 1964), one of the worlds best known Chinese contemporary artists. Sponsored by the François Pinault Foundation and focusing on a theme that is close to the artists heart the interaction between people and the environment - this exhibition will be held at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre from 27 to 30 May 2011, coinciding with Christies Spring Auctions (27 May to 1 June) at the same venue. Zeng Fanzhi will select one work estimated at HK$10 million for auction at Christies Asian Contemporary Art & Chinese 20th Century Art Evening Sale ... More | | Sotheby's to Auction Very Rare Secrétaire with Sevres Porcelain Plaques Stamped A. Weisweiler
Very Rare Secrétaire with Sèvres Porcelain Plaques stamped A. Weisweiler from the former Gustave de Rothschild Collection. Estimate 1.5-2.5m. Photo: Sotheby's.
PARIS.- The sale of Important Furniture, Sculpture & Objets dArt at Sothebys Paris on 6 April comprises an exceptional ensemble of 230 precious items from a variety of European collections, including a rare Italian Renaissance bronze and a group of French 18th and early 19th century terracottas. Highlight of the sale is sure to be an extremely rare Louis XV Secrétaire en Cabinet in citronnier, sycamore and amaranth veneer, adorned with ormolu mounts and Sèvres porcelain plaques, stamped four times A. Weisweiler, from the former Collection of Baron Gustave de Rothschild (estimate 1.5-2.5m*). Furniture incrusted with Sèvres porcelain plaques has always been popular among aficionados of the ... More | | The Artangel Collection Brings the Moving Image to Audiences Across the UK and Beyond
Tony Oursler, Influence Machine (film still), 2000. Commissioned and produced by Artangel. Image courtesy Artangel.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Artangel announced The Artangel Collection, a new initiative to bring 21 outstanding film and video works, commissioned and produced by Artangel over the past 20 years, to galleries and museums across the UK, and to commission new works in collaboration with Ikon, Birmingham and the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. The Artangel Collection comprises film and video installations by contemporary artists such as Francis Alÿs, Jeremy Deller, Atom Egoyan, Douglas Gordon, Tony Oursler, Paul Pfeiffer and Gregor Schneider. As part of an innovative alliance between Artangel and Tate, and to mark the 20th anniversary of James Lingwood and Michael Morris becoming Co‐Directors of Artangel, nine existing bodies of work will be donated to Tate by Artangel and the artists. They will join ... More | | Degas: Form, Movement, and the Antique Exhibited at the Tampa Museum of Art
Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917), The Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen (Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans), wax model conceived ca. 1880-1881, bronze cast ca.1919-1932, bronze with net tutu and hair ribbon, 38 ½ x 14 ½ x 14 ¼ in. (base 2 ¼ x 19 ½ x 12 in.), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. State Operating Fund and The Art Lovers Society 45.22.1. Photo credit: Katherine Wetzel. ©Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
TAMPA, FL.- The exhibition which will open to the public on March 12, 2011 will include 47 works by the French Impressionist master Edgar Degas (1834-1917). The museum will complement the exhibition of works by Degas with selections from its pre-eminent collections of antiquities and historical photographs. Together, the works in the exhibition will examine how Degas drew inspiration from the contemporary and ancient worlds. The Tampa Museum of Art is pleased to welcome loans from over 30 different lenders. A key work in the exhibition will be Edgar Degass Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen, cast in bronze by Albino Palazzolo at the Hébrard Foundry and on loan from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, according ... More | | Exhibition at David Zwirner Explores Relationships Between Art and Mathematics
Alfred Jensen, Beginning with Proportion 9 the count of the great year of 144 years of 260 days, c. 1965. Oil and ink on paper board, 30 x 20 inches, 76.2 x 50.8 cm © 2011 the artist; courtesy of David Zwirner, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- David Zwirner presents Proofs and Refutations at the gallerys 519 West 19th Street space. The exhibition includes work by Francis Alÿs, Trisha Brown, André Cadere, VALIE EXPORT, Henry Flynt, Simone Forti, Dan Graham, Georg Herold, Alfred Jensen, Lee Lozano, Man Ray, Bruce Nauman, Max Neuhaus, Adrian Piper, Sigmar Polke, R.H. Quaytman, Dorothea Rockburne, and Al Taylor. This exhibition explores relationships between art and mathematics from the point of view of conjecture and criticism. Among the artworks on view, systemssome mathematical, some notappear as a source of contradiction or point of argumentation, rather than as a paradigm of intellectual rigor or certainty. In some cases the work reflects the inherent limitations of mathematics. In others cases it makes space for an idiosyncratic or personal engagement with the subject and its forms. The philosopher ... More | | Rare Signed Photograph of Jesse James to Sell at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
The signed photograph will be a featured in the Americana session of the Fine Books and Manuscripts Auction to be held at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers.
CHICAGO, IL.- The notorious outlaw Jesse James has been an American obsession for over a century. Most of his life, however, remains a mystery. What is more, he left few artifacts behind to help fill in the gaps, which has in return intensified the demand for all James-related historical memorabilia, especially photographs and signed documents. On April 5th Leslie Hindman Auctioneers will sell the only known signed photograph of Jesse Woodson James. The albumen print portrait, showing a bust of James as a young man with his hair slicked back and dressed in a suit and tie, is the most iconic image of the outlaw. James signature is exceedingly rare, with only one other signed item selling at auction, and the present signed photograph is expected to greatly exceed its $20,000-30,000 presale estimate. The provenance of the photograph is excellent. It was obtained by Andrew MacKellar, Captain of the Cunard ... More | More News | Exhibition Examines the Pervasive Presence of Artist Robert Smithson in Contemporary ArtSALT LAKE CITY, UT.- The Utah Museum of Fine Arts opened The Smithson Effect, an exhibition highlighting the pervasive presence of artist Robert Smithson (1938-1973) in contemporary art since the 1990s. The most ambitious contemporary art exhibition ever organized by the UMFA, The Smithson Effect brings together, for the first time, a broad spectrum of work by international artists who share a profound debt to Smithsons art and ideas. The Smithson Effect features sculpture, video, photography, installation, and sound art by twenty-three leading artists. Organized by Acting Chief Curator Jill Dawsey, the exhibition occupies over 4,000 square feet in the museums first-floor galleries and will be on view in the Marcia and John Price Museum Building at the University of Utah from March 10 through July 3, 2011. Perhaps the most influential artist of the postwar period, Smithson is best known for his pioneering earthw ... More Previously Unknown Copy of Rare Book of Poems by Blake for Sale at BonhamsLONDON.- A previously unknown copy of a very rare book of early poems by William Blake is for auction at the Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs sale at Bonhams in London on 22 March. It is estimated at between £60,000-80,000. The poems in Poetical Sketches were written between 1768 and 1777 when Blake was in his teens. In 1783, a group of his friends banded together and paid for them to be printed in a slim 70 page volume. Approximately 50 copies were printed but the whereabouts of only around 20 are known so the discovery of this copy one of a very few in private hands is highly significant. Blake was given the print run to sell or give away but he seems not to have been very active in promoting them because several copies were found among his possessions when he died. His friends, who included the sculptor John Flaxman, were keen to spread the word of Blakes talent and gave some volu ... More Miami Art Museum Presents Mark Dion's Complete South Florida Wildlife Rescue UnitMIAMI, FL.- Miami Art Museum presents Mark Dions complete South Florida Wildlife Rescue Unit, a large-scale installation that focuses on the Everglades and human attempts to control the South Florida ecosystem. The installation is on view from March 11 through August 28, 2011 in the Anchor Gallery, an area of the Permanent Collection featuring regularly changing presentations of large scale works. The South Florida Wildlife Rescue Unit was originally commissioned by MAM in 2006 and subsequently acquired by the Museum. Interweaving the diverse disciplines of art, science, ecology, history, and archeology, Dions project consists of three parts, corresponding to the three major periods of Everglades history: exploration (late 1700s mid 1800s); exploitation (mid-1800s ... More Martine Chaisson Gallery Presents Photographer Herman Mhire "Altered States"NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Martine Chaisson Gallery presents photographer Herman Mhires first exhibition at the gallery. Titled Altered States, the Lafayette-based photographer presents an extraordinary series of surreal, large-scale portraits of Louisiana artists that explore ideas of portraiture, the photographic medium, and psychology. The exhibition runs through April 23rd, 2011. With each portrait, Mhire concocts a world rich with references of his art historical predecessors, yet a vision uniquely his own. My passion lies in creating images Ive never seen before, says Mhire. I transform photographic portraits into provocative and often disturbing hyperfaces that invite the viewer to search for clues about the altered states of my fictional characters. The series Altered States was born out of a trip to Paris in 2007 when Mhire prolifically photographed sculptures of the human fig ... More Rhode Island Man Accused in $6M Con Says Witnesses Lied By: Ian MacDougall, Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP).- As his trial drew to a close, a former Rhode Island art dealer said Friday that witnesses lied to the jury in claiming he duped them in what prosecutors call a $6 million con. Rocco DeSimone says his former business partners and investors who testified against him have falsely portrayed him as a con man who systematically defrauded them by lying about access to deep-pocketed business connections. Witnesses have testified that DeSimone solicited investments in inventions by falsely claiming brand-name companies had offered to buy them for millions of dollars. In one case, witnesses say, DeSimone falsely claimed that companies such as Fidelity Investments and Raytheon Corp. had offered to buy an invention called the Drink Stik, a device that connects ... More 1944 Letter Finally Headed to Intended RecipientMONTGOMERY, AL (AP).- A World War II-era letter mailed to a soldier's sister at a Red Cross hospital is finally headed for its intended recipient. The letter was postmarked from Montgomery on Aug. 9, 1944, and addressed to a Miss R.T. Fletcher at an American Red Cross hospital at Camp Roberts, Calif. There was no return address. It was delivered in February to the camp's historical museum. The postal service couldn't explain what delayed the letter. The story received worldwide publicity after the museum contacted the Montgomery Advertiser. The newspaper reported Friday that Fletcher's daughter had come forward. She said her mother, who is 90, was a Red Cross volunteer at the hospital. The letter was from Fletcher's brother, who has died. The daughter plans to hand-deliver the letter to her mother. ... More |
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