| | Survey Exhibition of the Work of Multifaceted Artist Niki de Saint Phalle at Kunsthalle Würth
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A visitor looks at US-French artist Niki de Saint Phalle's (1930-2002) cat totem at the 'Play with Me' exhibition preview at the Kunsthalle Wuerth in Schwaebisch Hall, Germany. The Kunsthalle will show around 180 paintings, sculptures and installations at the exhibition that consist mostly of loaned artworks. The Exhibition runs from 17 April until 16 October 2011. EPA/BERND WEISSBROD.
KUNZELSAU.- The Kunsthalle Würth in Schwäbisch Hall shows the wide-ranging œuvre of the multifaceted artist Niki de Saint Phalle, undoubtedly one of the most important artists of the 20th century, in a large survey exhibition. Through her paintings, assemblages, shooting paintings (tirs), sculptures and installations, this artist created a unique cosmos which established her international reputation. Niki de Saint Phalle, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1930 and died in San Diego, California, in 2002, had a defining influence on the art of her day, feminine features of which she celebrated and shaped. Like no one before her, she found a valid form for the elemental force of femininity, particularly in her Nanas. The exhibition at the Kunsthalle Würth will provide an extensive overview of her œuvre, from the early paintings to the late sculptures. Play with me, the title both of the exhibition and of one of her firs ... More |
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The Ukrainian Museum Commemorates the 25th Anniversary of the Chornobyl Disaster with Exhibition
Workers check their hands and feet for radioactive contamination one last time at the end of the day, before boarding the train home. Photo: Michael Forster Rothbart.
NEW YORK, NY.- The world's worst nuclear disaster took place at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine on April 26, 1986. Following an explosion in one of the plant's reactors, a plume of radioactive fallout contaminated a huge area surrounding the plant and drifted across parts of the western Soviet Union and nearly all of Europe. After the accident, nearby towns and villages were evacuated and later abandoned. Some 350,000 people lost their homes. In the subsequent clean-up, 850,000 workers were exposed to radiation. As the disaster faded from the headlines, it also faded from most people's thoughts. What remained was an image of Chornobyl as a wasteland - forsaken, inaccessible, dangerous. And yet, as the photographic exhibition Inside Chornobyl clearly shows, life continues in the radiation-affected areas a generation later. Six million people still live in the contaminated region, an area of Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia covering 56,700 square miles (about the size of ... More | | Exhibition of One of Australia's Most Renowned and Eminent Landscape Artists Opens in Melobourne
Eugene von Guérard, Weatherboard Creek Falls, Jamieson’s Valley, New South Wales 1862, oil on canvas, 122.1 x 183.3 cm. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the ANZ Banking Group Limited, Honorary Life Benefactor, 1989.
MELBOURNE.- The National Gallery of Victoria opened Eugene von Guérard: Nature Revealed, a superb exhibition which takes an in depth look, for the first time in over 30 years, at one of Australia’s most renowned and eminent landscape artists, Eugene von Guérard (1811-1901). Dr Gerard Vaughan, Director, NGV said: “Eugene von Guérard: Nature Revealed is a star feature of the NGV’s 150th anniversary year and it’s a great honour to have present von Guérard’s great, great granddaughter, Dr Harriet Buckley, who resides in the UK. “On loan from the von Guérard family and on display for the very first time are two sketchbooks which document the Sicilian expedition von Guérard and father Bernard von Guérard (1771–1836) made in 1834. One sketchbook is perhaps von Guérard’s earliest, and the second sketchbook belonged to his artist-father, Bernard von Guérard. ... More | | Cities of Splendor: A Journey Through Renaissance Italy at the Denver Art Museum
Attributed to Andrea d’Assisi, called L’Ingegno (active 1480–1521), Madonna and Child, ca. 1485. Panel; 22-3/4x 15-5/8 in. Denver Art Museum: Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
DENVER. CO.- Cities of Splendor: A Journey Through Renaissance Italy invites visitors to explore more than 50 paintings, textiles and decorative arts that defined the style that became known as the Italian Renaissance. The artworks and sumptuously designed settings create a “passport to travel” to Italy during the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Visitors have the chance to experience the distinctive creative contribution of each featured city to the birth of the Renaissance style. Coming from the museum’s own collection and select loans, the exhibition is on view at the Denver Art Museum through July 31, 2011. Cities of Splendor is included in general museum admission. “We want to transport our visitors to Renaissance Italy, where cities such as Florence, Venice and Milan played a major role in the development of a new artistic style,” said Angelica Daneo, associate curator of painting an ... More |
 | Catherine Opie: Empty and Full Opens at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
Catherine Opie, Sunrise #1, 2009, C-print, 50 x 37.5 in. (127 x 93.9 cm), Courtesy the artist and Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA ©Catherine Opie.
BOSTON, MA.- This spring, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston opened Catherine Opie: Empty and Full, an exhibition of new and recent work by photographer Catherine Opie. One of the defining artists of her generation, Opie is known for her portraits and landscapes. In this exhibition, Opie has taken photographs of recent political demonstrations and gatherings—ranging from the inauguration of President Obama to Tea Party rallies. Her work explores the intimate relations between community and politics, citizens and the landscape, offering a dynamic portrait of the United States at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Organized by ICA Chief Curator Helen Molesworth, Catherine Opie: Empty and Full is on view at the ICA from April 15 through Sept. 5, 2011. “Catherine Opie: Empty and Full is a timely exhibition by an important artist, whose work continues ... More | | Deutsche Guggenheim Presents the "Artist of the Year" 2011 Yto Barrada: Riffs
Yto Barrada, Family Tree, 2005.
BERLIN.- Riffs is the first large-scale exhibition in Germany of the work of Yto Barrada, whose photographs, films, publications, installations and sculptures engage with the peculiar situation of her hometown of Tangier, Morocco. With Yto Barrada, Deutsche Bank has elected a woman as "Artist of the Year" 2011 whose work has been closely involved with the political and social realities in North Africa for over a decade. In her first series A Life Full of Holes: The Strait Project, ten years ago, Barrada evokes a Tangier where postcolonial history has materialized one of its dead-ends. Her recent project Iris Tingitana extends this inquiry to the fast-growing outer edges of the city, where the monocultural vision of planners and developers threaten to homogenize landscape and human lives. The show, featuring selected works from these past series as well as new photos and films is conceived as a construction in 3-dimensional space and a deliberate juxtaposition of works. It plays ... More | | Parrish Art Museum Presents Major Exhibition of Celebrated Portuguese Artist Julião Sarmento
Julião Sarmento, Heavy Load, 2009. Polyvinyl acetate, pigments, acrylic gesso, water based enamel, graphite, and silkscreen on canvas, 49¼ x 35> x 2> inches. Courtesy Sean Kelly Gallery, New York. Photo: José Manuel Costa Alves © 2011 Julião Sarmento.
SOUTHAMPTON, NY.- Julião Sarmento: Artists and Writers/House and Home, an exhibition of more than forty paintings and works on paper by the acclaimed Portuguese artist, are on view at the Parrish Art Museum from April 17 through June 11, 2011. Organized by Parrish Director Terrie Sultan, the exhibition will highlight the artist’s longstanding engagement with the themes of language, writing, and a sense of place. As part of its ongoing commitment to enhance connections among the artistic disciplines, the Parrish Art Museum has commissioned renowned author and Bridgehampton resident James Salter to collaborate with Julião Sarmento and contribute a new fictional short work to the Parrish Art Museum exhibition publication. Artists and Writers/House and Home will ... More |
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Acclaimed Pennsylvania Artist Steve Tobin Exhibits at Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Tobin’s sculptures are a dramatic fusion of nature and art.
CHANHASSEN, MINN.- The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum presents "Steelroots: Touching Earth & Sky," a unique outdoor exhibition of 16 massive root forms, sculpted in steel by acclaimed Pennsylvania artist Steve Tobin. "Steelroots" opened April 16 and continues through January 2012. "We are pleased to host this major exhibition. The Arboretum is a perfect setting for Steve Tobin's soaring and evocative root sculptures," said Arboretum Director Ed Schneider. Tobin’s sculptures are a dramatic fusion of nature and art. "The landscape and sculptures will work in tandem to encourage visitors to see the wonders of nature as inspiration for my art," said the artist. This is the first exhibition ever of Tobin’s Steelroots sculpture series in Minnesota, and only its second showing worldwide. (It was most recently displayed at Chicago's Morton Arboretum.) Highlights include: ... More | | Old Masters Meet Contemporary Artists When Bernheimer-Colnaghi Exhibits at Masterpiece London
Jeanloup Sieff (1933-2000), La robe trop étroite. Vintage gelatin silver print, 34 x 34 cm © The Estate of Jeanloup Sieff / Courtesy Bernheimer Fine Art Photography.
LONDON.- Bernheimer-Colnaghi will show the unusual combination of Old Master paintings and contemporary photographs at the second staging of Masterpiece London, the luxury fair that was launched to great acclaim last summer and will take place in the South Grounds of The Royal Hospital Chelsea, London SW3, from 30 June to 5 July 2011. The stand will be divided into two parts, the large photographic masterpiece by Candida Höfer from her Louvre series forming a bridge between the two disciplines. Amongst the Old Master paintings will be a selection of works inspired by artistic life in Rome in the 18th century. One of the highlights is the Architectural Capriccio with Figures discoursing among Roman Ruins by Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691-1765), the leading 18th century painter of vedute in Rome . He worked exclusively in the Eternal City , where his patrons included Pope Innocent XIII, and his capricci of the ruined monuments ... More | | MOCA Presents the First Comprehensive U.S. Museum Survey Exhibition of Graffiti and Street Art
Wild Style mural by Zephyr, Revolt, Sharp, 1983; front: Doze, Frosty Freeze, Ken Swift; second row: Patti Astor, Fred Brathwaite, Lady Pink; back: Lil Crazy Legs, Revolt and Sharp, directed by Charlie Ahearn, photo by Martha Cooper.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art presents Art in the Streets, the first major U.S. museum exhibition on the history of graffiti and street art, April 17 through August 8, 2011, at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. The exhibition traces the development of graffiti and street art from the 1970s to the global movement it has become today, concentrating on key cities where a unique visual language or attitude has evolved. Following MOCA’s presentation, the exhibition will travel to the Brooklyn Museum, where it will be on view March 30–July 8, 2012. Art in the Streets showcases installations by 50 of the most dynamic artists from the graffiti and street art community, including Banksy (London), Fab 5 Freddy (New York), Lee Quiñones (New York), Futura (New York) ... More |
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Spring AADLA Show in New York Spotlights Works of Art Fit for a King and Queen
Gaspar Antoine de Bois-Clair, Portrait of King Frederick IV. Photo: Courtesy Robert Simon.
NEW YORK, NY.- On April 29, the world will be watching country girl Kate Middleton walk down the aisle to Britain’s Prince William of Wales. In celebration of the Royal Wedding, several members of the Art and Antiques Dealers League of America (AADLA) will present regal works of art at their inaugural Spring Show NYC,which opens at the Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, on April 28 – May 2, 2011. Whether you are on your way to Westminster and still need the perfect present for the newlyweds or, in fact, any betrothed couple with a penchant for majesty, here are several unique offerings: The royal engagement of the Double Portrait of King Frederick IV and Queen Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstow of Denmark is the subject of a painting by Gaspar Antoine de Bois-Clair on Robert Simon’s stand. The portraits are intriguingly painted on slatted wood to show both the bride and the groom when viewing from ... More | | Maxxi in Rome Provides a 360° Overview of Dutch Master Gerrit Rietveld's Work
Rietveld con un modello della Core House, 1948, Central Museum Utrecht.
ROME.- MAXXI pays tribute to the Dutch master, his world and his influences on the art and architecture of today. For the first time in Italy a major exhibition is presenting projects, furnishings, interiors, models and videos. Architect, craftsman and woodworker, interior and furniture designer, teacher and skilled designer of exhibitions and exhibition spaces, Rietveld was also an anticipator of many of the developments in current architecture and the contemporary idea of democratic design in which quality is married to mass production. MAXXI Architettura is presenting the first Italian monographic exhibition on Gerrit Rietveld (Utrecht 1888–1964) and his universe, from 14 April to 10 July 2011, co-produced by MAXXI with the Central Museum of Utrecht and NAi Rotterdam, curated by Maristella Casciato, Domitilla Dardi and Ida van Zijl. The exhibition—with over 100 works of architecture ... More | | Colorful Pedicabs Offer Rides, Discounts to Monet's Water Lilies at the Nelson-Atkins
Three of the pedicabs are wrapped in a vinyl Water Lilies-inspired design so they will be easily spotted by Plaza-goers. Photo: Shirley Harryman.
KANSAS CITY, MO.- Visitors to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art will be able to arrive in high style when brightly decorated pedicabs ferry passengers from the Country Club Plaza to the Museum for Monet’s Water Lilies. Three pedicabs operated by Tricycle Transit will bring visitors to several stops around the Country Club Plaza with a special stop for those who want to see the Museum. There is no cost to passengers unless they care to tip the pedicab driver. “This is another way that we have made the Museum more accessible to the public,” said Nelson-Atkins Director & CEO Julián Zugazagoitia. “There is also an added bonus. The pedicab drivers are handing out business cards that give two dollars off the admission price for the Monet exhibition.” On the back of the card is the telephone number to call the pedicab once visitors have seen the exhibition and ... More |
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 First United Kingdom Solo Exhibition by Friedrich Kunath Opens at White CubeLONDON.- White Cube Hoxton Square presents the first UK solo exhibition by Friedrich Kunath. Encompassing painting, sculpture, drawing, video and photography, Kunath's work focuses on universal themes of the human condition: love, loss, loneliness, optimism and dejection, all imparted with a tragicomic pathos. Kunath's work draws inspiration from sources such as song titles, lyrics and books, along with art historical influences, including Conceptual art, German Romanticism and Symbolism. His paintings, which freely bestride the idioms of abstraction and representation, are saturated with washes of colour, which are then overlaid with diverse visual references, from satirical cartoons, doodles and chocolate-box imagery to passages of text with nuanced word-play. 'All the sleeves are brown and the tie is grey (California Dreaming)' (2011) features a sleeping figure sat aboard a ramshackle raft, caught up in a ferocious sea; w ... More Solo Show by Dutch Artist Gabriel Lester at Galerie Fons Welters in AmsterdamAMSTERDAM.- Galerie Fons Welters presents It is no great wonder if in the long process of time, while fortune takes her course hither and thither, numerous coincidences should spontaneously occur, a solo show by Dutch artist Gabriel Lester. In dialogue with curator Krist Gruijthuijsen, Gabriel Lester has conceived an exhibition that responds to his earlier investigations of the notion of "fortune" and "luck," one of the dominant themes in his work over the past two years. This fascination is part of Lester's ongoing exploration of the mechanisms of illusion and the sleight of hand that cause us to suspend our disbelief. The dictionary explicitly defines "fortune" as a form of chance or luck, an external, arbitrary force affecting human affairs, and, at the same time, as a large stock of wealth. Goddess Fortuna, the personification of luck (both good and bad) in Greco-Roman mythology, represents the unpredictability of human ... More Restored Martin Luther King Church Reopening in AtlantaBy: Errin Haines, Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP).- The voice of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. again filled the halls of Ebenezer Baptist Church and a pipe organ triumphantly announced the reopening of the sacred sanctuary regarded as the birthplace of the civil rights icon's vision of justice, equality and a nonviolent society. The King family was joined by members of the civil rights movement and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in celebrating the reopening of Ebenezer, called the cornerstone of King's legacy. Salazar said the church is "hallowed ground for a nation still very much in progress." "To be here this afternoon is to feel that history and remember out personal connection," Salazar told the crowd gathered in the building, which was closed to visitors in 2007. Ebenezer's Heritage Sanctuary has been restored ... More New Modern and Contemporary Art Galleries Complete Wales's National Museum of ArtCARDIFF.- From 9 July 2011, Wales will have its own National Museum of Art, showcasing the full rang e of the nation’s world-class art collection under one roof at National Museum Cardiff. For the first time, the National Museum ’s mix of fine and applied art, from the historic to the contemporary, will be shown in a single series of integrated galleries, giving a new visibility to art in Wales and to the art of Wales . Visitors will be able to enjoy the story of Wales’s unique visual tradition and its place within a wider British and international context through works from Tudor to modern Wales, outstanding European Old Master paintings of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism drawn largely from the world-class collection of French art bequeathed by Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, and an inspiring contemporary collection. The West Wing – six i ... More Rik Meijers and Jeroen van Bergen Create their Own Worlds at BonnefantenmuseumMAASTRICHT.- Although the words duo presentation might suggest similarities, the aim is to emphasise precisely the differences between the work of Jeroen van Bergen and Rik Meijers. This duo presentation is an interweaving of two solos, whereby visitors to each room realise how the two artists create their own worlds and just how big the differences can be. For instance, extra attention is paid to friction and opposites. Visitors are invited to participate in the 'mood swings' that take place from room to room. The ultimate goal must be that the work of each single artist can generate greater expressive power, which leads to greater understanding of everyone's individual position. The work of Rik Meijers is now known all over the Netherlands. The exceptional thing about this work is the fact that he succeeds in directly transforming his sources of inspiration into material that stems from those sources. If, for example, it is about alcoholism, we recognise that through the use ... More |
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