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Director and CEO of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Julian Zugazagoitia, talks about Claude Monet's "Water Lilies" exhibit during a media preview, Friday, April 1, 2011, in Kansas City, Mo. For the first time in 30 years, the three panel work of the Impressionist artist will be on display at the museum and will run from April 9 through Aug. 7, 2011. AP Photo/Ed Zurga.
By: Maria Sudekum Fisher, Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, MO (AP).- One of impressionist master Claude Monet's "Water Lilies" triptychs, separated 50 years ago and sold to three museums, has been reunited in a multifaceted exhibit that highlights not only the three-panel artwork, but the artist too. "I think all of us think of Monet as this father of Impressionism, as this painter who was spontaneous, who painted outdoors in his garden," said Nicole Myers, associate curator at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, where "Monet's Water Lilies" opens April 9. "That was certainly true. He presented himself that way publicly, really to the end of his life." But Monet had another side that's also detailed in the exhibition, which ends Aug. 7 before moving on to the St. Louis Art Museum and then to the Cleveland Museum of Art. "With these later paintings from the 20th century that he's working on, you see the sort of obsessive, almost obsessive-compulsive, artist who came in ... More |
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| The Best Photos of the Day |  |  | GENEVA.- A Christies employee displays two unmounted rectangular-cut emeralds, weighing 17.97 and 15.99 carats, with diamond set ring and pendant fitting by Meister in fitted case, formerly the property of French Empress Eugenie (1826 - 1920), are presented during a press preview in Geneva, Switzerland, 01 April 2011. The two rectangular-cut emeralds, weighing 17.97 and 15.99 carats, with diamond set ring and pendant fitting by Meister in fitted case are presented during a press preview in Geneva, Switzerland, 01 April 2011. The gemstones are estimated to fetch between 200.000 and 300.000 Swiss Francs (153.890 and 230.830 Euro) at the Christies jewels sale on 18 May 2011 in Geneva. EPA/CHRISTIAN BRUN. | | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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Sotheby's to Offer Property from The Collection of New York Gallery Owner Allan Stone
John Chamberlain, Nutcracker, 1958. Est. $1.2/1.8 million. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, N.Y..- This spring, 50 years after the founding of The Allan Stone Gallery, Sotheby’s will offer property from the collection of renowned New York dealer Allan Stone. Works will be presented in two volumes on the evening of Monday, 9 May 2011, the night before Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening sale on 10 May. Volume I will comprise outstanding examples by the key artists represented and collected by Stone and highlights include works by Willem de Kooning, John Chamberlain, Franz Kline, Joseph Cornell, and others. Volume II will be dedicated to the West Coast artist Wayne Thiebaud, whose work was first championed by Stone in New York more than forty-five years ago. The two sales are estimated to bring more than $35 million* and go on view in New York beginning 6 May 2011. “Like Leo Castelli and Sidney Janis, Allan Stone was considered one ... More | | Audio of Dwight D. Eisenhower Speech at New York's Metropolitan Museum Found
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower finding art looted during World War II at the Merkers salt mine in Merkers, Germany. AP Photo/National Archives Records Administration.
By: Jamie Stengle, Associated Press
DALLAS (AP).- As commander of Allied forces in Europe during World War II, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower explicitly ordered his troops to safeguard objects of cultural and historical importance whenever possible — even while fighting a war of devastating destructiveness. Now, historians can hear the reasoning behind Eisenhower's order, in his own words, thanks to the recent recovery of a recording of a speech he gave on April 2, 1946, at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Digging through museum archives, Robert Edsel, founder of an arts preservation organization based in Dallas, discovered the recording of Eisenhower's speech that the general delivered when ... More | | New York Public Library Looking for 500 People to Hold Overnight Treasure Hunt
These glasses worn by Jack Kerouac, housed at the library will be an object in a treasure hunt. AP Photo/New York Public Library, Kiyash Monsef.
By: Ula Ilnytzky, Associated Press
NEW YORK, N.Y (AP).- The majestic main branch of the New York Public Library is seeking 500 people to spend the night there on a scavenger hunt in late May designed to tap into their inner creativity and potential as they explore its miles of rare treasures. The hunt, called "Find the Future: The Game," was created for the library's centennial celebration by Jane McGonigal, renowned for designing games that tackle real-world problems. "We realized that if we could bring players face to face with these treasures, these world-changing objects from the past, they would be able to tap into their own world-changing potential," said McGonigal, the author of the best-seller "Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How ... More |
 | Never Before Seen Nude Photographs by Russell James on View at Camera Work
Russell James, Emanuela Necker Island, 2010. Photo: Courtesy Camera Work.
BERLIN.- CAMERA WORK presents works of Russell James. Never before seen nude photographs of the most beautiful women in the world from the series »V2« will be complemented by pictures from his art project »Nomad – Two Worlds« as well as by other icons, as, for example, appealing pictures from the backstage area of the legendary Victoria’s Secret show. Russell James’ photographs of the eight beautiful women Brooklyn Decker, Miranda Kerr, Candice Swanepoel, Erin Heatherton, Emanuela de Paula, Jarah Mariano, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and Lindsay Ellingson, entitled »V2«, were taken on the picturesque island »Necker Island« and were combined in a book accompanying the exhibition. CAMERA WORK will present an exclusive selection of these photographs for the first time in Europe. Located in the Pacific Ocean, the private island of VIRGIN founder Sir Richard Branson served as the setting for the extraordinary photo s ... More | | Masterpiece by Constable from the National Gallery of Scotland to Travel to Duff House
John Constable (1777-1837), The Vale of Dedham, 1828. Oil on canvas.
BANFFSHIRE.- One of the best-loved paintings in the National Gallery of Scotland is to travel to the north east of Scotland for the first time this spring. The Vale of Dedham by John Constable (1777-1837) will be on show at Duff House in Banffshire, where it will be the focus of a special display from 1 April 2011. Among the most celebrated of Constable’s works, The Vale of Dedham secured the artist’s election to the Royal Academy in London when it was first exhibited in 1828. A highly characteristic exploration of the beautiful Suffolk countryside where Constable grew up, the painting shows the dramatic landscape which had preoccupied him for over twenty years. The view follows the winding River Stour as it makes its way down the valley towards the church at Dedham village, where his father worked a watermill, and on to the estuary beyond. The composition was partially inspired by Claude Lorrain’s Hagar and the Angel (painted in 1646 and now in the National G ... More | | Archaeologists Investigate Iraqi Marshes for Origins of Mesopotamian Cities
Photo: Jennifer R. Pournelle, Environment and Sustainability Program, School of Earth, Ocean, and the Environment, University of South Carolina.
ARLINGTON, VA.- Three National Science Foundation-supported researchers recently undertook the first non-Iraqi archaeological investigation of the Tigris-Euphrates delta in nearly 20 years. Archeologists Jennifer Pournelle and Carrie Hritz, with geologist Jennifer Smith, carried out the study late last year to look for links between wetland resources and the emergence of Mesopotamian cities. "Mesopotamia"--Greek for "the land between the rivers"--is an area about 300 miles long and 150 miles wide straddling the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which now run through Iraq, northeastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and southwestern Iran. It is broadly considered a cradle of civilization, because urban societies first developed there, about six thousand years ago. Alexander the Great conquered Mesopotamia in 332 B.C. "This is an important project because it has the potential to shed new light ... More |
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Dr. Oliver Tostmann Appointed New Curator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Tostmann is currently completing the third year of an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in the departments of Italian, Spanish and French Paintings at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
BOSTON, MA.- The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum announced today that Dr. Oliver Tostmann would be named the William and Lia Poorvu Curator of the Collection at the Gardner. The Curator of the Collection is responsible for overseeing the historic collection, organizing exhibitions and publications generated from new scholarship on the museum’s holdings, as well as presenting the history of the museum and its founder. The Curator of the Collection is one of a team of five curators at the museum. Tostmann’s appointment will begin officially in April 2012. Prior to assuming his duties, he will study the history of the museum and its collections and begin to plan for future exhibitions during an intensive year as a Research Fellow at the Gardner. “Oliver impressed the search committee with ... More | | Increased Attendance, Strong Sales Reported at the AIPAD Photography Show New York
More than 10,000 visitors (up from 8,300 last year) viewed works.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Attendance was up at The AIPAD Photography Show New York at the Park Avenue Armory, which closed on Sunday, March 20, with strong sales and rave reviews. The Show, presented by The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD), was held on four sunny days from Thursday, March 17, through Sunday, March 20, 2011. More than 10,000 visitors (up from 8,300 last year) viewed work -including contemporary, modern and 19th century photographs, as well as photo-based art, video and new media -- from 79 of the world’s leading fine art photography galleries. The 31st edition of The AIPAD Photography Show New York opened with a well- attended Gala Preview on Wednesday, March 16 to benefit the John Szarkowski Fund, an endowment for photography acquisitions at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The Gala and the Show drew a glittering crowd ... More | | Djerassi Resident Artists Program Executive Director Announces Intention to Retire
O’Leary came to the Djerassi Program in 1997 from the Boise Art Museum in Idaho.
WOODSIDE, CA.- The Djerassi Resident Artists Program, the internationally recognized artist community, today announced that Executive Director Dennis O’Leary will retire after 14 years in this position. O’Leary said he would remain in the position into the summer to assist with the transition to new leadership and to oversee the completion of the Diane Middlebrook Memorial Writer’s Residence, currently under construction on the Program’s 580-acre property in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Woodside. Board of Trustees Chairman Rodney Pearlman announced that a search committee will be formed and the process to select a successor for O’Leary will begin immediately. “Dennis has been the Executive Director of the Djerassi Resident Artists Program for almost half of its 31 years and we are truly grateful for all his contributions,” Pearlman said. “Dennis has played a significant role in the growt ... More |
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Groundbreaking Exhibition Developed and Curated by Young People Opens at Tate Liverpool
Sarah Lucas, Self Portrait with Mug of Tea 1993. © Sarah Lucas.
LIVERPOOL.- A Sense of Perspective deals with the in between and the undefined, in a groundbreaking exhibition developed and curated by young people in Liverpool, Helsinki, Paris and London. The exhibition is on view from April 1 through June 5, 2011. Members of Young Tate are working with counterparts from major European galleries to curate an exhibition at Tate Liverpool, using fourteen key works selected from the Tate Collection. The display includes new acquisitions, including Chen Zhen’s sculpture Cocon du Vide 2000, never before seen in the UK. The exhibition reflects on the state of being ‘in between’: the idea of youth as a period in between generations, and the idea of migration as the experience of living between cultures. Installations, sculpture, video and photography by artists including Sarah Lucas, Wolfgang Tillmans, Olafur Eliasson and Tu ... More | | Golconda Diamonds to Be Offered at Christie's Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels Sale
Imperial Cushions are a glittering survival of the past and remains one the most outstanding jewels to ever appear on the market today. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
HONG KONG.- A pair of spectacular ear-pendants featuring the world’s rarest diamonds from the legendary Golconda mines will be offered at Christie's Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels Sale, which will be held on Tuesday, 31 May, 2011 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. The Imperial Cushions, a pair of 23.49 carats and 23.11 carats D Potentially Flawless Golconda Type IIa diamonds ear-pendants, is estimated at HK$55 million to 78 million / US$7 million to 10 million. The occurrence of such a pair of Golconda gemstones, with a limpidity that is particular to the world’s finest Type IIa diamonds, is a natural marvel. At 23.49 and 23.11 carats each, this pair of cushion-cuts is of exceptional ... More | | Kunsthalle Wien and Museum of Natural History of Vienna Present 'Space: About a Dream'
Thomas Ruff, jpeg ea01, 2007, Courtesy the artist © VBK, Wien 2011.
VIENNA.- Outer space is not only a physically extending sphere, but also a symbol: for centuries, man’s dreams and visions have been concerned with conquering the “extraterrestrial zone,” with getting to know worlds beyond Earth, and even with colonizing other planets. “Space is the Place,” proclaimed the musician Sun Ra, and hundreds of science fiction novels and movies testify to this yearning for the other, for the unknown, for the abyss of infinity, which presents itself as equally tempting and threatening. The exhibition is on view from April 01st through .August 15th, 2011 and takes place in the Kunsthalle Wien as well as in some rooms of the Natural History Museum of Vienna. Since the production of rockets in the 20th century provided us for the first time with the possibility of actually conquering the “high ... More |
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 Neues Museum Among Finalists for the European Union Przie for Contemporary Architecture 2011BERLIN.- The European Commission and Mies van der Rohe Foundation have announced the six finalists for the Prize of the European Union for Contemporary Architecture 2011, Mies van der Rohe Award. In all, some 323 submissions were entered from projects across 33 European countries. The prize awards outstanding contemporary building projects. It is the most prestigious of all European architectural awards, comes with a prize of 60,000 euros and has been awarded every two years since 1987. The projects are nominated by a panel of independent experts, member associations of the Architect's Council of Europe, various national institutes of architects and the award committee's own advisory board. The award will be presented on 20 June 2011 in the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona, Spain. In anticipation of the result, Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, said: 'Our finalists all ... More World Trade Center Site to Get 9/11 Welcome Plaza NEW YORK (AP).- The site of a former bank badly damaged from falling World Trade Center debris will be developed into a welcome plaza for visitors to the 9/11 Memorial. The concrete, street-level plaza will be on the southeast corner of the former Deutsch Bank building. The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation authorized $800,000 for the project on Thursday. The president of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Joe Daniels, says the plaza will help prevent long lines at the entrance. The memorial is due to open on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. The required visitors' passes will be checked there. The plaza will be used at least several years, until construction at ground zero is completed. The former bank building was dismantled in February. ... More Marcel van Eeden, Winner of the 2011 Daniel & Florence Guerlain Contemporary Art Foundation PrizePARIS.- The Daniel & Florence Guerlain Contemporary Art Foundation's Drawing Prize has been awarded in Paris on the 31st of March, 2011 to Marcel van Eeden, a Dutch artist born in 1965 in The Hague. He lives and works in The Hague, Zurich and Berlin. The members of the 2011 Drawing Prize jury were Pierre Bourgie (Canada), Michel Delfosse (Belgium), Morris Orden (USA), Ulrich Reininghaus (Germany), Hervé Aaron (France), Jean-Jacques de Flers (France), Bernard Herbo (France) and Daniel and Florence Guerlain. This prize is reserved for both French and foreign artists, whether they live in France or not, but who sustain a privileged cultural link with France (through exhibitions, studies…) and for whom drawing constitutes a significant part of their work, whatever their main mode of expression (painting, sculpture, photography, etc.). Awarded for the first time in 2007 and biennial until 2009, the Prize ... More Maine Governor Says Bad Timing in Labor Mural Removal AUGUSTA, ME (AP).- Maine Gov. Paul LePage says his timing wasn't the best when he ordered the removal of a mural about the state's labor history from the Department of Labor in Augusta. In his first public comments on the issue, which have drawn criticism from labor activists across the country, LePage said the public outcry was a distraction from efforts to implement his legislative agenda, such as streamlining regulations and providing tax relief for Mainers. He told the Portland Press Herald he should have waited until after the legislative session. He has called the mural anti-business. The decision continues to draw criticism. On Thursday, the Portland Museum of Art issued a statement that said the removal of the mural tarnishes Maine's reputation as a haven for artists. ... More Bonhams Offers Ring Belonging to Vita Sackville-West, Member of the Bohemian Bloomsbury GroupLONDON.- A ruby and diamond ring, circa 1910, that belonged to the poet, novelist and gardener, Vita Sackville-West will be offered in Bonhams Fine Jewellery sale on 13th April in New Bond Street. The step-cut ruby within an oval pierced surround of marquis-cut diamonds is estimated to sell for £3,000 – 4,000. No stranger to scandal, Vita Sackville-West is best remembered for her unorthodox marriage to the writer and diplomat Sir Harold Nicholson and her affair with Virginia Wolf.She married Harold Nicholson in 1913 and the couple decided to have an open marriage, which resulted in both having numerous affairs, although they remained very close and had two children. Having had relationships with her sister in law, journalists and novelists, in the 1920s Vita Sackville-West became romantically involved with the writer Virginia Woolf, who celebrated the love affair in her novel Orlando (1928). Dedicated to Sackville-West, ... More Indianapolis Museum of Art to Open Miller House and Garden for Public Tours in May 2011INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- Maxwell L. Anderson, The Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, announced today that the IMA will open Miller House and Garden to the public in May 2011. Located in Columbus, Ind., and one of the country’s most highly regarded examples of mid-century Modernist residences, the Miller House was designed by Eero Saarinen, with interiors by Alexander Girard, and landscape design by Daniel Urban Kiley. Members of the Miller family donated the house and gardens, along with many of its original furnishings, to the Museum in 2009. Additionally, members of the Miller family and the Irwin-Sweeney-Miller Foundation have donated $5 million to establish an endowment for the house and surrounding grounds. The IMA is working with the Columbus Area Visitors Center to offer public guided tours of the house and gardens beginning in ... More |
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