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Spain's Crown Prince Felipe smiles as he examines "Soap Bubbles" by French painter Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin during the inauguration of an exhibition at the Prado museum in Madrid, February 28, 2011. The Prado's Chardin exhibition, the first ever in Spain dedicated to the French painter, will be open from March 1 to May 29, 2011. REUTERS/Sergio Perez.
MADRID.- The Museo del Prado presents the exhibition Chardin, a comprehensive survey of the work of Jean Siméon Chardin (1699-1779). Chardin is one of the leading names in 18th-century French painting but has never been the subject of an exhibition in Spain, which only houses three of his paintings, all in the Museo Thyssen. After being shown at the Palazzo dei Diamante in Ferrara, the exhibition is presented in Madrid thanks to the sponsorship of Fundación AXA. It comprises 57 paintings by this great master of the still life and of genre painting, including some works not shown in the version of the exhibition seen in Italy. The exhibition is on view from March 1 to May 28, 2011. Since the exhibitions on Chardin organized in conjunction with the bicentenary of his death and the tercentenary of his birth, in 1979 and 1999 respectively, there have been no further r ... More |
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Special Exhibition on 20 Years of Science, Media and Mysteries Surrounding the Iceman in Bozen
A person uses an interactive screen displaying of the mummified body of Oetzi at the exhibition '20 years of Oetzi'. EPA/ROBERT PARIGGER.
BOZEN.- On 19 September 2011 the Iceman celebrates 20 years of his second life. People all over the world watched on in amazement two decades ago as the intact body of a man from the Copper Age, along with his clothing and equipment, was recovered from a glacier in the Ötztal Alps where it had been preserved for 5,300 years. Long after his death, Ötzi, Iceman, now holds humans in his spell with ever more insights into his life and death. Over three million people have so far visited Ötzi in the museum, while numerous scientists have examined him. The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bozen is thus this year dedicating the special exhibition “Ötzi20 - Life. Science. Fiction. Reality” to Ötzi. The exhibition runs from 1 March 2011 until 15 January 2012. The special exhibition occupies 1,200 m², the entire exhibition area of the museum building: four floors, each devoted to one of the topics life, science, fiction and ... More | | Libya's Roman Sites Unscathed During the Popular Unrest Against Leader Muammar Gaddafi
Filephoto of a Roma terracotta figurine that was part of archeological items returned to Libya from abroad on display at the museum in Tripoli. EPA/SABRI ELMHEDWI.
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian
RABAT (REUTERS).- Libyans appear determined to safeguard their rich cultural heritage during the popular unrest against leader Muammar Gaddafi, protecting it from the looting seen in neighboring Egypt's revolution just weeks ago. Conquered by most of the civilizations that held sway over the Mediterranean, Libya's rich cultural heritage includes Leptis Magna, a prominent coastal city of the Roman empire, whose ruins are some 130 km (80 miles) east of Tripoli. The birthplace of emperor Septimius Severus, its amphitheatre, marbled baths, colonnaded streets and a basilica are considered the jewel in the crown of its Roman legacy. While communication with Libya difficult sketchy amid the uprising against Gaddafi's four decade rule, two archaeologists who frequently work in the country said cultural ... More | | Sotheby's Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results; Full Year Revenues Increase 60%
A vase entitled "Falangcai Vase With Golden Pheasants and a Poetic Colophon" from Chinese Qing Dynasty period is displayed at Sotheby's. AP Photo/Kin Cheung.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s today announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. 2010 brought the best financial results for Sotheby’s in its 267-year history, apart from 2007. Consolidated Sales* were $2.0 billion in the fourth quarter and $4.8 billion in the year, an increase of 57% and 74%, respectively. For the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2010, total revenues were $318.0 million and $774.3 million, respectively, an increase of 46% and 60%, when compared to the same periods in the prior year. This is almost entirely due to an increase in auction commission revenues stemming from strong sales around the world during the periods. In 2010, there was a 105% increase in the number of works sold over $1 million, the point at which the buyer’s premium rate decreases from 20% to 12%. As a result, offsetting the increase in auction commission revenues is a decline in auction co ... More |
 | Acclaimed Private Collection of 17th-Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings at Peabody Essex Museum
Barber, Surgeon Tending a Peasants Foot.
SALEM, MA.- One of the world's best private collections of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish paintings, including masterworks by Rembrandt, Frans Hals, Gerrit Dou, Jan Steen and others, were unveiled this winter at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts. Golden: Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection presents paintings, furniture and decorative arts exceptional for their quality, superb condition and impeccable provenance. As exemplars of the Dutch Golden Age, the works are distinguished not only for the glowing quality of light achieved by the most talented artists of the time, but also for their place in an unsurpassed period of artistic, cultural, scientific, and commercial accomplishment in the Netherlands. The Van Otterloo collection is on view for the first time in its entirety when the exhibition opened at PEM on February 26, 2011. "We are honored to present the Van O ... More | | Art Gallery Marks Vancouver's 125th Year with Innovative and Diverse Exhibition
Hughes Condon Marler Architects and SFU Community Trust, UniverCity Childcare Centre, installation view in WE: Vancouver -- 12 Manifestos for the City, 2011.Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery.
VANCOUVER.- The Vancouver Art Gallery celebrates the innovation and diversity found in the city of Vancouver with WE: Vancouver – 12 Manifestos for the City. Bringing together more than 45 projects from various disciplines --- architecture and design, art and visual culture, literature and activism --- the exhibition examines the extraordinary range of ideas and actions that shape Vancouver. As the City of Vancouver marks its 125th birthday in 2011, WE: Vancouver offers an opportunity to scrutinize the life of the city itself, to observe its continual transformation and to acknowledge some of the people and projects leading the change. All of the projects presented are produced in Vancouver and reflect uniquely on the city. Organized around a framework of 12 ‘manifestos’ – DEMONSTRATE, SEE ... More | | David Hockney's Bigger Trees Near Warter Shown Outside of London for the First Time
David Hockney poses with Bigger Trees Near Warter or/ou Peinture Sur Le Motif Pour Le Nouvel Age Post-Photograpique 2007. Photo: Gareth Buddo.
LONDON.- The largest painting David Hockney has ever created is shown in the York Art Gallery through June 12 2011 , for the first time outside London. Bigger Trees Near Warter or/ou Peinture Sur Le Motif Pour Le Nouvel Age Post-Photograpique 2007, measuring 12m by 4.5m, is made up of 50 smaller canvasses of a landscape near the East Yorkshire village of Warter. Its arrival in York marks the start of Art in Yorkshire - supported by Tate, a year long celebration of the visual arts in 19 galleries throughout Yorkshire. Works from Tate's Collection of historic, modern and contemporary art is showcased through a compelling programme of exhibitions and events. Nick Serota, Director, Tate, said: “It is wholly appropriate that Hockney's remarkable work Bigger Trees Near Warter should be shown for the first time outside of London at York Art Gallery ... More |
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Kunsthaus Zürich Shows 'The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today
Bruce Nauman, Waxing Hot, from the portfolio ‘Eleven Color Photographs’,1966-67/70. Inkjet print (originally chromogenic color print), 50.6 x 50.6 cm. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Gerald S. Elliott Collection © 2010 ProLitteris, Zurich.
ZURICH.- From 25 February to 15 May 2011, the Kunsthaus Zürich is hosting ‘The Original Copy’, which assembles more than 300 photographs from the dawn of modernism to the present. By over 100 leading photographers and path breaking sculptors, the works demonstrate the way photography has influenced the concept of sculpture and given it a new and creative definition. The show comes to the Kunsthaus Zürich from The Museum of Modern Art and will make no further stops. ‘The Original Copy’ is the first survey exhibition to focus on the role of photography in the evolution of sculpture and offers visitors a critical examination of the aesthetic and theoretical intersections of these two very different media. Sculpture is among the first subjects of photography. With their use of experimental detailing, selective focus, variable optics, extreme close-up and strat ... More | | Carnegie Museum of Art Unveils the Visionary and Rarely Seen Art by Andrey Avinoff
Andrey Avinoff, Iridescence, 1925/1947. Graphite, pen and ink, and watercolor on paper mounted on artist’s board. H: 13 15/16 in. x W: 9 7/8 in. Bequest of Howard A. Noble by exchange and Marget M. Vance Fund, 2008.81
PITTSBURGH, PA.- Carnegie Museum of Art presents an exhibition that unveils the visionary and rarely seen art of the brilliant and multitalented Andrey Avinoff (1884–1949). The exhibition, on view from February 26–July 24, 2011, features more than 50 works of art by the entomologist and former director of Carnegie Museum of Natural History (1926-1945), including many of his watercolors, most of which have rarely been seen. Louise Lippincott, curator of fine arts at Carnegie Museum of Art, conducted years of intense research to organize the exhibition, which tells Avinoff’s story in full for the first time. “Andrey Avinoff emerges as an important historical figure. He was a gay Russian artist who made it in the very straight world of American science and education, and an autocratic European traditionalist who helped create the modern, anything-goes ... More | | New Hampshire's Plymouth State University Plans Museum of the White Mountains
Edward Hill, Horseback Rider at Echo Lake. Oil on canvas, 1879. Private Collection. Photo: John Hession.
By: Holly Ramer, Associated Press
PLYMOUTH, NH (AP).- A hydrologist and a historian may seem like odd choices to co-author an art exhibition catalog, but it makes perfect sense at Plymouth State University. Professors Mark Green and Marcia Schmidt Blaine researched and wrote the explanatory text for "As Time Passes Over the Land," a collection of 29 paintings of New Hampshire's White Mountains on temporary display at the university's Karl Drerup Art Gallery. Their collaboration reflects the university's approach to not just the exhibit but to the Museum of the White Mountains it plans to open next year. "It's going to be completely transdisciplinary," said Catherine Amidon, director of the gallery and interim director of the planned museum. "Ecology, history, tourism. It's not an art museum; it's not a natural history museum; it's not a science a museum. It's comprehensive, and it's all about the region." When Amidon walks through the modest exhibit featuring the work ... More |
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Turner Prize Winner Susan Philipsz Opens Exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art
Susan Philipsz. Photographer, Taavetti Alin. Courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York.
CHICAGO, IL.- Susan Philipsz, recent winner of the prestigious 2010 Turner Prize, presents a newly commissioned sound installation, We Shall Be All, along with The Internationale at an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, from February 26 to June 5, 2011. Philipsz's performative sound works echo the history, literature, and music of their sites. For her exhibition, strategically placed audio speakers project her voice singing The Internationale (1999) in the atrium, and We Shall Be All in the fourth-floor galleries. For her a cappella recordings, Philipsz deliberately selects particular pieces of music to reinterpret vocally and then separates the multiple audio tracks so that the "viewers" experience different voices as they move through a space. Philipsz said about her work We Shall Be All at the MCA Chicago, “Against the backdrop of the modernist architecture of the city, I see the voice as a ... More | | Unique Set of Chinese Emperor's Erotic Ivory Screens to Sell at Bonhams
The quality and size of these carvings are comparable to a set of 12 similar leaves in the Qing court collection at the Palace Museum, Beijing. Estimate: £800,000 to £1.2 M. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- A unique set of Chinese erotic ivory panels mounted in zitan wood screens, possibly from the court of the Qianlong Emperor, is estimated to sell at Bonhams next fine Chinese Art Sale in London on May 12th for an estimated £800,000 to £1.2 m. The exquisite 18th-century ivory scenes show couples enjoying amorous embraces in a variety of leafy palace gardens. These superb panels of Oriental erotica are the latest discovery that will doubtless attract competition from Chinese bidders keen to buy back their heritage. The reliefs are mounted on eight leaves made of the precious zitan wood, a prized, slow-growing timber whose use in China was controlled by the palace workshops. The 12-inch-high panels are hinged like books, allowing the carvings to be viewed at the discretion of the owner. Asaph Hyman, a senior specialist in Bonhams Chinese Department, says ... More | | Fotomuseum Winterthur Presents Retrospective of One of the Founders of Photojournalism
André Kertész, Place de la Concorde, Paris, 1928. Gelatin-silver print, printed in the 1970s, 25,2 x 20,3 cm. Collection of Robert Gurbo.
WINTERTHUR.- André Kertész is possibly the most photographic of all photographers: he sought out the play of light and shadow; he liked the concentration and overlapping of forms, of moments; and in the everyday, in banality, he recognized poetry, beauty, and even, for all his innate modesty, the “sublime.” Kertész is a photographic poet and seer, for whom it was long difficult to break into the market precisely because of his rich, chiseled iconography. André Kertész (Budapest 1894–1985 New York) supported Brassaï, inspired Henri Cartier-Bresson, is considered one of the founders of photojournalism, and introduced stylistic elements into photography that can still be found in works by contemporary photographers. At heart, he was a photographer and artist in equal measure, poetic, probing, vital, independent in thought and actions. In a word, he was a master of photography, whose long period of ... More |
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 Original Artwork from Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones for Auction at BonhamsNEW YORK, N.Y.- Bonhams are to hold an auction entirely devoted to some of the most iconic images in rock. Original Rock ‘n’ Roll artwork including album covers, posters and cartoons associated with musicians such as The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, The Police, The Clash, Richard Hell, The Ramones, Led Zeppelin, Ozzie Osbourne, The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Jefferson Airplane, Journey, U2, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd and the Sex Pistols will all be included in this exciting new sale. The auction will take place on Thursday 10th March 2011 at Bonhams, Madison Avenue, New York. The comprehensive sale includes three decades of paintings, drawings, sketches and studies, printing plates and poster sets, by some of the most influential artists in Rock ‘n’ Roll Art will be offered, including Rick Griffin, Stanley Mouse, Jamie Reid, Alton Kelly and Randy Tuten. New York, West C ... More Luigi Presicce Wins Centre for Contemporary Culture Strozzina's 2011 Emerging Talents AwardFLORENCE.- Emerging Talents is a biennial project promoted by the Centre for Contemporary Culture Strozzina (CCCS), Florence , comprising an exhibition and prize which aims to identify and foster the younger generation of Italian artists, aged between 25 and 35 years. At the same time, it is an opportunity for the public to engage with Italian contemporary art. The selected artists are considered to be some of the most talented young Italians whose work has been exhibited or has aroused the interest of galleries but not yet won the kind of recognition needed to attract the attention of a wider public. The prize is a monographic publication devoted to the oeuvre of the winner, to be published by Silvana Editoriale. On 18 February, the international jury, comprising Achim Borchardt-Hume (Whitechapel Gallery, London ), Barbara Gordon (Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC ), and Adam Szymczyk (Kunsthalle Basel) ... More Allen Jones' Poster Design for 1972 Munch Olympic Games to Sell at BonhamsLONDON.- The original preparatory painting for the acclaimed British painter, sculptor and printmaker Allen Jones’ poster for the ill-fated 1972 Munich Olympics is to be sold at Bonhams, Knightsbridge, as part of the Vision 21 sale on 16 March 2011. It has attracted a pre-sale estimate of £7,000 – 9,000. Jones was one of 35 leading contemporary artists commissioned to design a poster to promote the 1972 Olympic Games in 1970. In the same year, Jones, who is better known for his ‘human and highly-sexualised furniture’, was approached by film director, Stanley Kubrick, to design a set for his new film, A Clockwork Orange. Jones refused the offer as there was no fee involved. This Olympic poster exhibits Allen’s Pop Art influences and echoes the tangled bodies he used in paintings such as 1963’s Hermaphrodite. ... More Adelita Husni-Bey and Elisa Strinna Announced as Winners of 6artista 2011ROME.- The Fondazione Pastificio Cerere of Rome announce that Adelita Husni-Bey ( Milan , 1985) and Elisa Strinna ( Padua , 1982) are the winners of 6artista 2011, the residency program directed toward young talented artists (under 30) living in Italy . The project is promoted by the Associazione Civita and the Fondazione Pastificio Cerere thanks to the contribution of Allianz, in collaboration with the MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome and Incontri Internazionali d'Arte. The two young winners will have the opportunity to spend six months in residence at the Fondazione Pastificio Cerere in Rome and three months in residence at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris . By the end of 2011, at the conclusion of the nine months of residency, MACRO will present the works that were produced by the artists during the period of residence at Pastificio Cerere. M ... More Museu da Electricidade in Lisbon Opens Exhibition of Manuel Baptista's WorkBy: João Pinharanda
LISBON.- The present exhibition is a rare historical opportunity: it reveals to us unknown parts of the artist’s work (projects created from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, but never built until now). A concentration on painting, as well as a number of equally important issues connected with the art market (or its lack…), have conditioned the public evolution of Manuel Baptista’s work. In spite of not being the ones through which the artist created his image, the pieces now displayed share their subjects and forms with many of the drawings and paintings he would exhibit over the past decades: their key elements are bushes and trees, windows with landscapes, formal patterns based on elements drawn from nature, monochromatic paintings and shaped canvases, objects that become abstract ... More Taxter & Spengemann Opens Exhibition by Daniel Lefcourt "Prepared Ground"NEW YORK, NY.- The intimate monochrome paintings in Daniel Lefcourt's exhibition Prepared Ground return to the subject of painting itself, yet here painting is never fully itself. On the one hand, the works are positivistic, presenting only brute materials and evidence of their manipulation. Impressions and textures function as proof of past operations, inviting us to reconstruct those operations in the present. Scraps of wood, water, cloth, paper, dirt, and other materials appear to have left indexical impressions on the surface of the painting. The works are not abstract, for as with artists who observe a strict adherence to procedure (Ryman, Barré) the concern is always to present the real - without illusion, and without editorializing. Yet, in Lefcourt's work the real manifests itself in unexpected, often counter-intuitive ways. In these paintings the traces, marks, and impressions, are not always what they seem. In fact, many of the ... More EB&Flow: A New Gallery to Launch in Shoreditch in AprilLONDON.- This spring a dynamic new gallery is set to arrive on the Shoreditch art scene. Founded by Margherita Berloni and Nathan Engelbrecht, EB&Flow will showcase contemporary art across two floors of a converted industrial building, a former print works, on Leonard Street in East London. At the core of EB&Flow’s ethos is the aim to build long term relationships with artists from a formative stage in their career and as their practice develops. The gallery will increase access to the visual arts by running an education programme on collecting, curatorial practice, and artist professional development, as well as artists talks and guest curated projects. “Our aim in setting up the gallery is simple: to provide the ideal platform to discover our generation of emerging contemporary artists.” Nathan Engelbrecht and Margherita Berloni The opening show, Since Tomorrow, which has been curated by Attilia Fattori ... More |
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