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A woman studies an sculpture during the press preview day of the new Turner Contemporary Gallery in Margate, Kent, Britain, 15 April 2011.The gallery designed by internationally renowned David Chipperfield Architects sits on Margate's seafront on the same site where Turner stayed, and houses 700sqm of exhibition space, a dedicated education room, a seminar and multi-function room, cafe, retail and administration space.
By: Jill Lawless, Associated Press
MARGATE, ENGLAND (AP).- In a town that has seen better days, this is a red-letter day. For years in the English seaside town of Margate, things have shut down — shops, hotels, the Dreamland amusement park that used to draw crowds of visitors to this brash resort. Saturday, however, saw an opening, the launch of a 17 million pound ($28 million) art gallery that Margate hopes will restore fortunes which have declined since Britons abandoned bracing beach holidays for flights to sunnier spots. "The social and economic regeneration of the area has begun," John Kampfner, chair of trustees of the new Turner Contemporary gallery, said Friday. "The whole atmosphere of the area has been transformed." ... More |
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The Frans Hals Museum Receives a Historic Gift of Art Worth More than €100 Million
Frans Hals, The Regents and Regentesses of St Elisabeth’s.
HAARLEM.- The official handover of the largest gift in the museum’s recent history took place today in the Frans Hals Museum. The Elisabeth van Thüringen Fund is donating eleven works of art from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries to the City of Haarlem and the Frans Hals Museum. Among the works there is a large and rare group portrait by Frans Hals. The total value of the gift is at least €100 million. The works can be seen in the exhibition ‘A Magnificent Gesture’ until 10 July. The works, including the spectacular group portraits of the Regents and Regentesses of St Elisabeth’s or Groote Hospital by Frans Hals and Johannes Verspronck, have been hanging in the Frans Hals Museum for some time on loan from the Elisabeth van Thüringen Fund. The trustees of this fund are the direct descendants of the men and women portrayed in the paintings by Hals and Verspronck. Thanks to the extraordinarily gen ... More | | Film by Investigator Simcha Jacobovici Claims Discovery of Nails from Jesus's Cross
The two nails in connection to Jesus, presented in a new documentary film, are displayed at the Department of Anatomy and Anthropology at Tel Aviv University. REUTERS/Baz Ratner.
By: Ari Rabinovitch
JERUSALEM (REUTERS).- Could two of the nails used to crucify Jesus have been discovered in a 2,000-year-old tomb in Jerusalem? And could they have mysteriously disappeared for 20 years, only to turn up by chance in a Tel Aviv laboratory? That is the premise of the new documentary film "The Nails of the Cross" by veteran investigator Simcha Jacobovici, which even before its release has prompted debate in the Holy Land. The film follows three years of research during which Jacobovici presents his assertions -- some based on empirical data, others requiring much imagination and a leap of faith. He hails the find as historic, but most experts and scholars contacted by Reuters dismissed his ... More | | First Large Scale Show in Britain to Celebrate the Still Life Paintings of Henri Fantin-Latour
Painting Flowers: Fantin-Latour & the Impressionists, which opened at the Barnard Castle treasure house on Saturday 16 April, showcases around 30 of his works.
COUNTY DURHAM.- Flower power is the theme running through an exhibition at The Bowes Museum; the first large scale show in Britain to celebrate the still life paintings of Henri Fantin-Latour. Although the artist’s name might not be the first to trip off everyone’s tongue when reflecting on 19th Century greats, he was nevertheless up there with the finest, including Manet, who was a witness at his wedding, and Whistler, who introduced him to London’s artistic and intellectual society. Painting Flowers: Fantin-Latour & the Impressionists, which opened at the Barnard Castle treasure house on Saturday 16 April, showcases around 30 of his works, alongside paintings by Renoir, Courbet, and Fantin-Latour’s wife Victoria Dubourg, among others. “He was very good friends with Manet, finally serving as a pallbearer at his funeral”, said the Museum’s Keeper of Fine ... More |
 | Rare and Rarely Exhibited Examples of Ancient Arctic Art at The Menil Collection
Okvik, Old Bering Sea, Female Figure, 250 BC-100 AD. Ivory, 7 x 2-1/8 x 1-1/4 in. (17.8 x 5.4 x 3.2 cm) © Rock Foundation, New York. Photo: David Heald.
HOUSTON, TX.- Powerful forces combine in Upside Down: Arctic Realities, an exhibition and museum-going experience opened at the Menil on April 15. Rare and rarely exhibited examples of ancient Arctic art – many collected by the renowned anthropologist, cinematographer and media theorist Edmund Carpenter – are presented in a “total environment” designed by the light artist Doug Wheeler. Upside Down will remain on view through July 17. The exhibition showcases nearly 300 artifacts produced by native Arctic cultures over the centuries, drawn for this exclusive North American display from public and private collections in Denmark, France, New Zealand, and the United States. Made primarily of metal, bone, and walrus ivory, some of the objects are more than 3,000 years old. Many are small in scale, designed to be worn as amulets or held in the hand; even the tiniest, bearing intricate carving details, ... More | | New United States Postal Service First-Class Stamp Shows Wrong Statue of Liberty
The Lady Liberty first class postage stamp. AP Photo/USPS.
WASHINGTON (AP).- Just as the post office was hoping to promote going green, it finds itself red-faced. It turns out that a first-class stamp featuring the Statue of Liberty is based on a photo of a Las Vegas replica of the statue. Postal Service spokesman Roy Betts said 3 billion stamps have been printed and they won't be pulled from the market. The 44-cent forever stamp has been on sale in coils since December and is to be released in booklet form. The actual Statue of Liberty has appeared on more than 20 stamps previously, Betts said. The mistake, first reported by Linn's Stamp News, comes to light just as the Postal Service is issuing a new set of stamps urging protection of the environment by going green. Those stamps promote actions such as composting, saving water, recycling and planting trees. In its news release in December announcing the stamp, the Postal Service said the Statue of Liberty was shown in a close-up photograph of her head and crown. Post office press mate ... More | | Only Connect: Unconventional New Display at the National Portrait Gallery in London
Dame Barbara Hepworth by Dame Barbara Hepworth, 1950. © Alan Bowness, Hepworth estate.
LONDON.- Opening this weekend, Only Connect is an unconventional new display at the National Portrait Gallery presenting a web of portraits connecting sitters across three centuries. Comprising paintings, sculpture, photographs, engravings, drawings, miniatures and works in other media from the National Portrait Gallery’s holdings, the display uses musical connections to explore new ways of looking at the Collection. The display proposes a network of threads connecting singers, composers, artists, doctors, sculptors, poets, engineers, ambassadors and many others. As a result, everyone in the display is linked in one way or another. The connections range from the profound and the personal to the accidental and the incidental. Some were friends and some were lovers, several wrote about each other or had similar ideas, others were enemies or simply met on the street. For example, composer Benjamin Britten and violinist and co ... More |
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Four Legends of Texas Photography Exhibit at Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery
Peter Brown, Cotton Center, TX, 2003 (detail).
DALLAS, TX.- Four Legends of Texas who have greatly impacted the photography scene in Texas are featured together in one show. Peter Brown • Keith Carter • Earlie Hudnall • George Krause This show also celebrates the gallery's 16th anniversary since they opened as Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery April 1995. All four photographers have been recognized internationally and have their photographs in major museum collections. They have each had solo exhibitions at PDNB Gallery throughout our last 16 years. These artists continue to work with the medium of photography after decades of creating bodies of work that are staggering and instrumental in changing the direction of photography in the 21st Century. In the 1960's George Krause was one of the youngest photographers to be recognized and given a show by New York's Museum of Modern Art curator, John Szarkowski. Krause's photographs, along with Lee Friedlander and Gary Winogr ... More | | Woodcuts: Collection from Albrecht Dürer to Tal R at the National Gallery of Denmark
Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528), The Trinity. The Royal Collection of Graphic Art, 1511, 389 x 282 mm.
COPENHAGEN.- While the world is experiencing an ever-increasing influx of new media, the Royal Collection of Graphic Art directs attention to one of the oldest mediums around. A medium, moreover, which remains very much alive and continues to attract the attention of the most innovative strata of contemporary art. The spring exhibition at the Royal Collection of Graphic Art at the National Gallery of Denmark provides a comprehensive introduction to the technique and functions of woodcut. Woodcut is the oldest known graphic technique, and the exhibition homes in on the most significant periods in the history of the medium. Featuring more than 100 specially selected works from the Collection of Graphic Arts, the exhibition shows a range of rarely seen prints by lesser-known artists alongside works by some of the leading figures within art history, including Dürer, Altdorfer, Titian, Gauguin, Kandinsky ... More | | Over 300 Photographs by Artist Roni Horn on View at Hamburger Kunsthalle
Roni Horn (*1955), a.k.a. (Detail), 2008-2009. 15 Photographie-Paare, je 38 x 33 cm © Roni Horn. Courtesy die Künstlerin und Hauser & Wirth.
HAMBURG.- On the occasion of the 5th Triennale of Photographie in Hamburg, the Hamburger Kunsthalle shows the exhibition Roni Horn. Photographic Works. New Yorker Roni Horn (*1955) is one of the world’s most renowned artists. Living alternately in New York and in Iceland she has been exhibiting internationally for over 30 years. Following her big solo exhibitions in 2009 at Tate Modern, London, and at Whitney Museum, New York, the Hamburg show will be presenting her photographs for the first time in a solo exhibition in Germany. Horn is best known for her staged paring of pictures or objects, usually in the form of a series. One of the most important areas of focus is the theme of our concept of identity. Examples of this approach can be seen in her portrait photographs You are the Weather (1994-95): A total of 100 close-ups ... More |
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Renewed Lincoln Center Named the "Best In Show" in the 2011 AIANY Design Awards
Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with FXFOWLE, and Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, Lincoln Center Public Spaces, New York, NY. Photo: Iwan Baan.
NEW YORK, NY.- This week, the Center for Architecture in New York City opened its exhibition of the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter 2011 Design Award winners, which featured 38 projects selected out of 433 by a jury of twelve eminent architects, educators, critics and planners. The Center also opened its “Best in Show” showcase exhibition, which featured three of those 38 winners: the Hypar Pavilion Lawn and Restaurant, by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with FXFOWLE (Architecture, Honor); the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects (Interiors, Honor); and the Lincoln Center Public Spaces, by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, in collaboration with FXFOWLE, Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, and Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects (Urban Design, honor). “It is a rare feat for one client to generate so many award-winning design projects, much le ... More | | Internationally Renowned Filmmaker and Artist Wim Wenders at Haunch of Venison
Wim Wenders, Ferris Wheel, Armenia, 2008 (detail). C print, 151.3 x 348 cm framed, 59 5/8 x 137 1/8 inches framed © Wim Wenders. Courtesy Haunch of Venison.
LONDON.- Haunch of Venison London presents an exhibition of photographs by the internationally renowned filmmaker and artist Wim Wenders (b.1945). Bringing together almost 40 images, taken from 1983 to 2011, this show is Wim Wenders’ highly anticipated second exhibition at Haunch of Venison since 2003. Entitled 'Places, strange and quiet', it will feature many photographs not yet exhibited in this country including several recent works. For 'Places, strange and quiet' Wenders has assembled a fascinating series of large-scale photographs taken in countries around the world from Salvador, Brazil; Palermo, Italy; Onomichi, Japan to Berlin, Germany; Brisbane, Australia, Armenia and the United States. From his iconic images of exteriors and buildings to his panoramic depictions of towns and landscapes, the exhibition will present the full range of Wenders’ work, exploring how he created and honed remarkable images ... More | | First U.S. Solo Show of Jo Ractliffe Inaugurates New Chelsea Venue for Walther Family
Jo Ractliffe, Tundavala Gorge, 2010 (detail). The Walther Collection. © Jo Ractliffe. Courtesy the Walther Collection.
NEW YORK, NY.- The first U.S. solo exhibition of South African photographer Jo Ractliffe inaugurated the Walther Family Foundation’s new exhibition space in the landmark West Chelsea Arts Building in New York City on April 15, 2011. As Terras do Fim do Mundo (The Lands of the End of the World) showcases nearly 60 of Ractliffe’s evocative black-and-white landscapes, presenting haunting images that reflect past tragedies in the sweeping landscapes of present-day Angola. On view at the Walther Collection Project Space through July 15, 2011, As Terras do Fim do Mundo complements the Foundation’s forthcoming show, Appropriated Landscapes, an exhibition of contemporary African landscape photography and video opening at the Foundation’s main exhibition venue in Germany on June 11, 2011. Both exhibitions are curated by Corinne Diserens. Established by collector Artur Walther, the Walther Family Foundation ... More |
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 The Typhoon Continues and So Do You at The Flux FactoryLONG ISLAND CITY.- Flux Factory is showing The Typhoon Continues and So Do You, an exhibition of new works through which artists contemplate four specific "artifacts" of war and how their original purposes are transformed through integration into larger society. Artists' responses include a video featuring a repentant Milosevic, an eerily playful floor installation that will illustrate America's involvement in armed conflicts around the world, competing recruitment videos in the style of Civil War reenactments, and a series of plays that reinterpret Subcomandante Marcos' actions through the text of Japanese revolutionary Yukio Mishima. The exhibition will be accompanied by a reader with commissioned texts that also respond to the "artifacts" of war. Participating artists include Vahap Avsar, Hector Canonge, Joseph DeLappe, Patrick Dintino, Nick Fevelo, Yevgeniy Fiks, Gregory Green, Harvey Loves Harvey, Pablo Helguera, Yael ... More U.S. Postal Service Issues Stamp Featuring Clark's Gilbert Stuart Portrait of WashingtonWILLIAMSTOWN, MA.- The United States Postal Service issued a new stamp this week featuring a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute’s collection. The 20-cent “definitive” stamp joins the ranks of other postage stamps carrying iconic images of American symbols and historic figures. The George Washington portrait featured on the stamp is one of more than 100 portraits that Stuart painted of the first president based upon three original paintings. Stuart painted three distinct portraits from life: the 1795 “Vaughan portrait,” showing Washington's head turned slightly to his left (a part of the National Gallery of Art’s permanent collection); the 1796 “Athenaeum portrait,” an unfinished portrait showing Washington’s head turned slightly to his right (jointly owned by the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, and the ... More Bruce Silverstein Gallery Presents Maria Antonietta Mameli: Long TakesNEW YORK, N.Y.- Bruce Silverstein Gallery presents Long Takes, the second solo show of the artist Maria Antonietta Mameli. On view from April 7 through June 4, 2011. A conceptual extension of the artist’s first project, Human Observations, Mameli has furthered her process of photographing passersby from the Manhattan Bridge—the figures in true scale as seen from her vantage point, their surroundings completely eliminated by the artist. For her recent project, Mameli has chosen to hone in on specific characters on the streets below. She follows these individuals as they go about their daily lives enacting particular tasks—moving a mattress, pushing an overloaded dolly, or carrying balloons. Her works create an almost cinematic narrative as the figures progress in their task, but remain frozen at the center of each composition. Mameli’s Long Take #1 follows ... More Christie's Sale of Decorative Arts Europe Including Oriental Carpets Achieves $7,612,875NEW YORK, NY.- The 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe including Oriental Carpets sale realized $7,612,875/£4,670,475/€5,286,719 and was sold 70% by lot and 85% by value. The top lot of the sale was a George III Ormolu-Mounted Pollard Oak, Indian rosewood, amaranth and marquetry commode, by Chippendale, Haig & Co., circa 1775, realizing $578,500/£354,908/€401,736. Anne Igelbrink, Specialist of European Furniture & Works of Art and Casey Rogers, Specialist of 19th Century Furniture & Decorative Art said: “The sale couldn’t have had a better start than Part I of the Robert Pearson Cane Collection. Fierce bidding from around the world sent prices skyrocketing to achieve multiples of their estimates and in particular for the jeweled animals and signed examples. We were also delighted that all categories saw a strong response from an array international of buyers, who reacted with spirited bidding on all fronts. The outstanding price achieved for The Maridon M ... MoreAndy Warhol's Headline Works to Be Presented by the National Gallery of ArtWASHINGTON, DC.- The first exhibition to fully examine the works that Andy Warhol created on the theme of news headlines will premiere at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, from September 25, 2011, to January 2, 2012. WARHOL: HEADLINES will define and present some 80 works—paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, film, video, and television—based largely on the tabloid news, revealing the artist's career-long obsession with the sensational side of contemporary media. Source materials for the art will be presented for comparison, demonstrating the ways in which Warhol cropped, altered, obscured, and reoriented the original texts and images, underscoring his role as both editor and author. After Washington, the exhibition will be on view at the Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt (February 11–May 13, 2012); Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna, Rome (June 11–September 9, 2012); and The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh ( ... More |
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