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ArtDaily Newsletter: Thursday, April 28, 2011

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First Retrospective in Over Forty Years of the Work of Painter Gino Severini Opens in Paris

Visitors looks at paintings, 'Le Marchand d'Oublies' (L) and 'le Sillon' (R) by Italian futurist and neo-classic artist Gino Severini,1883-1966, at the Orangerie Museum in Paris. The exhibit is open to the public from April 27 to July 25. REUTERS/Charles Platiau.

PARIS.- This is the first retrospective of the work of the Italian painter Gino Severini since that organised in 1967 at the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris. It brings together some 70 works (original drawings, paintings…) from private collections, European museums (Triton Foundation Netherlands, Peggy Guggenheim Collection Venice, Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris, Estorick Collection in London and the Thyssen Foundation in Madrid…) and American museums including the MOMA, New York. The exhibition is on view from April 27 through July 25, 2011 at the Musée de l'Orangerie. “Cortona and Paris are the cities I am most bound to : I was physically born in the first, intellectually and spiritually in the seco ... More


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MEXICO CITY. An Egyptian piece from the period known as Middle Kingdom of Egypt (2055 BC-1650 BC) which was given by the INAH to Egypt during a ceremony in Mexico City, Mexico. The Egyptian effigy was seized in 2006 during an inspection at the Mexican customs. EPA/Meliton Tapia / INAH.
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A Magnificent Qianlong Revolving Vase to Be Sold at Christie's Hong Kong Spring Sale



A Magnificent Qianlong Revolving Vase. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2011.

HONG KONG.- Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, will present a magnificent revolving vase from the Qianlong period (1736-1795) (estimate on request) at its upcoming Hong Kong Spring Sale of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 1 June 2011 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. Preserved in perfect condition, the rotating vase has reticulated outer walls and painted interiors, with a complex form and structure that exemplifies the technical brilliance of the craftsmen at the Imperial kilns of the period. The vase, intricately decorated inside with symbols of happiness, longevity, prosperity and joy, is a tour de force of artistic and technical achievement, skillfully combining archaism, novelty and exquisite taste. As few reticulated revolving vases were successfully produced in China at the time, it is not surprising that even fewer surviving specimens are found ... More
  To Fund Scientific Research, Mystery Donor Gives University of Sydney Painting by Pablo Picasso



Pablo Picasso, Jeune fille endormie, 1935 (detail). AP Photo/Christies.

SYDNEY (AP).- An anonymous American donor has given a Pablo Picasso painting worth millions to the University of Sydney on the condition the school use proceeds from the painting's sale to fund scientific research, officials said Wednesday. The 1935 painting, "Jeune fille endormie," depicts Picasso's lover, Marie-Therese Walter, and is expected to fetch up to 18 million Australian dollars ($19.5 million) when it is auctioned at Christie's in London in June, university officials said in a statement. The portrait was donated last year by someone in the United States who requested anonymity, said the university's vice chancellor, Michael Spence. The donor personally flew the painting to Sydney and gave it to the school with the strict orders that it be sold to fund scientific research at the university, Spence said. Some of the money from the sale will be used to support r ... More
  Italian Researchers Start Search in Florence for Bones of Likely Mona Lisa Model



Researchers use a geo-radar device to search underground tombs in a Florence convent. AP Photo/Enzo Russo.

FLORENCE.- Italian researchers on Wednesday began looking for the remains of a Renaissance woman many believed posed for the "Mona Lisa." The researchers used a geo-radar device to search for underground tombs in a Florence convent where Lisa Gherardini is believed to be buried. Tradition has long linked Gherardini, the wife of a rich silk merchant named Francesco del Giocondo, to Leonardo da Vinci's painting, which is known in Italian as "La Gioconda" and in French as "La Joconde." Giorgio Vasari, a 16th-century artist and biographer of Leonardo, wrote that Leonardo painted a portrait of del Giocondo's wife. Gherardini is believed to have died in 1542 and have been buried in the Convent of St. Ursula in central Florence. The researchers will use the geo-radar until Friday, covering an ... More

 
In Symposium, Museum Experts Debate Smithsonian Institution's Response to Critics



David Wojnarowicz, A Fire In My Belly (Film In Progress) and A Fire In My Belly Excerpt, 1986-87. Super 8mm films transferred to video (black and white and color, silent), 13:06 min. and 7:00 min. The Museum of Modern Art. Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds. Courtesy of The Estate of David Wojnarowicz.

By: Brett Zongker, Associated Press


WASHINGTON (AP).- Museum experts are weighing in on a censorship controversy at the Smithsonian Institution and what it means for publicly funded museums at a time when arts funding has been targeted for deep budget cuts. At a symposium Tuesday night and Wednesday, the Smithsonian hosted many curators who objected to the world's largest museum complex bowing to political pressure last fall and removing a video from the National Portrait Gallery's exhibit "Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture." It was the first major exhibit to explore gay themes in art history. About a month after it opened, and shortly after the 2010 election drew Republicans into power in Congress, the exhibit drew complaints from conservative groups over a video that ... More
  Sotheby's to Auction American World War II Spy's Collection of Jewels in Geneva in May



An emerald and diamond demi-parure, a property from the collection of Countess Alina de Romanones. AP Photo/Southeby's, Jasper "Yogi" Gough.

GENEVA (AP).- Sotheby's says it will auction jewels belonging to a former American World War II spy who married into Spanish aristocracy and rubbed shoulders with world leaders and Hollywood celebrities. The auction house says the collection of necklaces, brooches and earrings featuring emeralds, diamonds and rubies belong to New York-born Marie Aline Griffith. Griffith worked for the CIA's predecessor OSS in Madrid during World War II before marrying a Spanish nobleman to become Countess Alina de Romanones. Sotheby's says the jewels go under the hammer in Geneva on May 17 along with others once belonging to the Duchess of Windsor Wallis Simpson, a $10 million-emerald tiara and an 11-carat pink diamond valued at up to $16 million. Highlighting the Noble Jewels section are also jewels from the Collection of the Excelentísima Sra. Condesa vda. de Romanones. A Grande de España, the Countess of Romanones has led a life of adventu ... More
  Mexico Returns an Invaluable Archaeological Piece to the Government of Egypt



According to analyses that the piece underwent, the bas-relief of the profile of a human head was carved on sandstone from the Aswan region.

MEXICO CITY.- An invaluable archaeological piece from Aswan, Egypt, from the Medium Kingdom period (2055-1650 BC), was returned by the Government of Mexico to the Arab nation in a ceremony at the National Museum of Anthropology, where it was safeguarded and examined: after 4 years of research, authenticity and its illegal extraction from the country were confirmed. The piece was detected in 2006 during an inspection of authorities from the Central Administration of Mexican Customs; when checking packages from abroad, they found an Egyptian effigy which authenticity was confirmed later by specialized experts from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and from the Egyptian Government. According to analyses that the piece underwent, the bas-relief of the profile of a human head was carved on sandstone from the Aswan region. It is 15.6 centimeters tall and 15 wide; a fragment that corresponds to the hair was al ... More


South Africa Photographer Sam Nzima Honored for Soweto Photo by President Jacob Zuma



South African photographer Sam Nzima, poses with his iconic photo. AP Photo/Denis Farrell.

By: Donna Bryson, Associated Press


PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA (AP).- A South African photographer is being honored for helping expose apartheid's brutality to the world with a picture that ended his career. On Wednesday, celebrated as Freedom Day in South Africa because it is the anniversary of the country's first all-race elections, President Jacob Zuma will bestow national honors on Sam Nzima for a photograph reminiscent of the "Pieta" he took showing a dying Hector Pieterson, a 13-year-old shot by police during the June 16, 1976 Soweto uprising. Nzima is receiving the Order of Ikhamanga, which recognizes South Africans who excel in arts, culture, literature, music, journalism and sport. He joins such past winners as jazz legend Hugh Masekela and novelist Alan Paton. Nzima said in an interview Wednesday his photograph seen around the world "tells the story of what happened. You don't even need ... More
  Important European Silver, Gold Boxes & Objects of Vertu Offered at Sotheby's in Paris



Exceptional gold and enamel snuff-box, inset with an agate cameo of Napoleon's brother-in-law (and King of Naples) Joachim Murat and his hair. Est. €60,000-80,000.

PARIS.- The sale of Important European Silver, Gold Boxes & Objects of Vertu at Sotheby’s Paris on May 17 will include exceptional items from all over Europe. The finest piece in the sale is an extremely rare French 12th century silver drinking cup.The sale begins with 70 lots of vertu and gold boxes of varied private provenance. The stand-out lot promises to be an exceptional gold and enamel snuff-box, inset with an agate cameo of Napoleon's brother-in-law (and King of Naples) Joachim Murat and his hair (est. €60,000-80,000*). There will also be a gold and enamel snuff-box (Geneva c.1790), with signed plaque painted by Jean-Abraham Lissignol (est. €30,000-50,000); and a jewelled gold imperial presentation snuff-box by C. M. Weishaupt & Söhne (Hanau c.1895), featuring the cipher of Kaiser Wilhelm II and his wife Augusta Victoria in rose-cut diamonds (est. €18,000-25,000). More unusual items include a roya ... More
  Environmental Protection Agency Puts Out Global Call to Collect Environment Photos



A jetliner passes above a Boston neighborhood near Logan International Airport. AP Photo/U.S. National Archives, Michael Philip Manheim.

By: Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP).- Got a camera? The Environmental Protection Agency wants you. The federal agency has embarked on a yearlong campaign to collect photographs from across the United States and around the world for its State of the Environment Photo Project. Launched just before Earth Day, April 22, the project is modeled after the Documerica effort during the 1970s in which the agency hired dozens of freelance photographers to capture thousands of images related to the environment and everyday life in America. This time, the scope is global and it's driven by social media. The EPA is calling on the masses to post their best photographs on Flickr. In the first week, about 100 images were posted to a special group page set up through the photo sharing network. The EPA ... More


Exhibition of Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Dallas Museum of Art



Gambling Tray, California and the Great Basin, ca. 1900. Mrs. Dick Francisco (1857–1953), Yokuts, Tule River Reservation, California. Marsh grass root, bracken fern root, redbud. Diam: 31 in. Thaw Collection, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y. Photo: John Bigelow Taylor.

DALLAS, TX.- In the Dallas Museum of Art’s first Native American exhibition in nearly twenty years, more than 100 works of art from the renowned Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, New York, on view April 24, 2011, in the Museum’s Chilton Galleries. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection explores the extraordinarily diverse forms of visual expression in Native North America. Organized by geographic culture areas, the works of art in this exhibition date from well before first European contact to the present and celebrate the continuing vitality of American Indian art. This major traveling exhibition reveals the exceptional variety of Native artistic ... More
  Photographer Jim Goldberg Wins Deutsche Borse Photography Prize 2011



Jim Goldberg, Democratic Republic of Congo. 2008. © Jim Goldberg / Magnum Photos.

LONDON.- Jim Goldberg (b.1953, USA) has won the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2011, which marks the 15th year of the Prize and the 40th anniversary of The Photographers’ Gallery. The prize was announced on Tuesday 26 April 2011 when the broadcaster and critic Miranda Sawyer presented the £30,000 award at a special ceremony. The Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2011 is organised by The Photographers’ Gallery. This year, while the Gallery undergoes extensive redevelopment works to transform its gallery space, which will reopen later this year, the Prize is displayed at Ambika P3, University of Westminster until 1 May 2011. The Prize is awarded to a photographer of any nationality for their significant contribution to the medium of photography through either an exhibition or publication, in Europe, between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2010. Jim Goldberg was awarded the Prize for his exhibition ... More
  Inaugural Art Spring Show in New York City Offers Diverse Array of Treasures     



Egyptian Bronze Statue of Kneeling Pharaoh, 664-525 B.C. Royal-Athena Galleries, New York.

NEW YORK, NY.- Decisions, decisions. When the Spring Show NYC, opens its doors on April 28 to May 2 at the Park Avenue Armory, a diverse array of fine and decorative arts from 65 members of the Art and Antique Dealers League of America will greet collectors and art aficionados of all tastes. From ancient artifacts to fine furniture to modern masterworks on canvas and mid-century decorative arts, fairgoers can count on finding a stellar piece to suit their style. Budding enthusiasts are also welcomed with a selection of exceptional and accessibly-priced items. Most importantly, all works on display have been carefully vetted for authenticity in accordance with the strict standards of the AADLA. Here we present a brief survey of some of the show's most extraordinary pieces, spanning more than 2500 years in age. Dating from the 6th century BCE, an importan ... More


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Bonhams Easter Sale of Motorcycles at Stafford Nets £2 Million with 93% of Lots Sold
LONDON.- Bonhams’ annual sale of Collectors’ Motorcycles and Related Memorabilia at The Classic MotorCycle Show, Stafford on Easter Sunday, 24th April once more demonstrated the strength of the motorcycle market with a sales total of £2 million and 93% of Lots sold (85% by value). Top item in the sale was Lot 339, the 1934 Brough Superior SS100. Restored by marque specialist Dave Clark in 2004, the Brough changed hands for an on-estimate £131,300. Britain’s most successful ‘over the counter’ racing motorcycle of all time, the Manx Norton is always in demand and the restored 1961 500cc version sold to a bidder in California for an above-estimate £29,900, reflecting its rarity as a ‘matching-numbers’ example. Also British but much less well known, the 1965 DMW Typhoon 500cc twin-cylinder prototype fetched £19,550 against an estimate of £8,000 – 12,000. Ben Walker, Head of Bonhams Collector ... More

Valencian Institute for Modern Art Presents Over Sixty Works of Art by Liliane Tomasko
VALENCIA.- The Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM) presents 'Bright Matter' by Liliane Tomasko, on view from April 27 through June 26, 2011. This exhibition gathers over sixty works of art, made between 1999 and 2011, in which the sketchy image of daily details such as paper bags, blankets, clothes, windows and half-lighted rooms acquires shades and textures and, without losing the figurative condition of its photographic origin, evokes certain lyric and geometrical abstraction. To Liliane Tomasko, painting has had a great importance as a unique expressive means of creation, wondering constantly about the limits of abstraction and, consequently, about the limits of figurative art. This is the reason why this exhibition insists on showing an oeuvre in which both pictorial disciplines come together, overlap and continually discuss. On the occasion of the exhibition a catalogue has been published which contains the works displayed ... More

Matthew Barton Ltd's Forthcoming Auction of Silver and Works of Art to Be Held in London
LONDON.- A Magnificent George V Gold Freedom Casket enamelled with the arms of the County Borough of Newport (Wales) will highlight Matthew Barton Ltd’s auction of Silver, Works of Art and Objects of Vertu. The sale will take place on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 in West Kensington at 25 Blythe Road, W14. It is estimated at £18,000-22,000. Made by S. Blanckensee & Son Ltd of Birmingham and dated 1924, the rectangular casket is decorated with Newport views of St. Paul's National School, Commercial Street and Newport Harbour, while the rear has panels of St. Paul's Church and the G.W.R. Chepstow Castle steam locomotive. The interior has crushed cream satin lining and presentation plaque, also containing the scroll pronouncing 'The Right Honourable James Henry Thomas' an 'Honourary Freeman of the County Borough of Newport', underside inscribed 'SUPPLIED BY HOSKIN NEWPORT MON.' ... More

Actress Helen Hayes on New Postage Stamp
WASHINGTON (AP).- The longtime theater, film and television actress Helen Hayes is being honored on a new forever postage stamp, on sale nationwide for 44-cents and usable for first-class postage from now on. The stamp was dedicated Monday. Born in Washington, Hayes appeared in her first school production at age 5 and was starring on Broadway by age 20. She went on to become known as the First Lady of American Theater. In her career she appeared in more than 100 productions, winning Tony Awards along the way. She collected an Oscar for best actress in "The Sin of Madelon Claudet" in 1932, the first stage actress to win an Academy Award, and won another for best supporting actress in the 1970 movie "Airport." ... More

EYEOUT Gallery Weekend Berlin
BERLIN.- After a successful year in 2010, the EYEOUT Gallery Weekend Berlin iPhone App is back, just in time for the event, taking place from April 29 to May 1, 2011. The mobile art guide lists participating galleries, their exhibitions and artists, as well as exciting off-spaces and museums. The App is available for download now, completely free of charge. (http://itunes.apple.com/app/eyeout-gallery-weekend-berlin/id367280737?mt=8) With EYEOUT, visitors can plan Gallery Weekend in advance. Interesting exhibitions can be flagged as favorites for a tour, and personal notes can be added. All 44 participating galleries are listed with their exhibitions, artists and events - including background information and images of the works, viewable in full-screen mode. Whoever wants to explore city's hottest spring art weekend without planning in advance can also use the app's navigation ... More

Nearly 1,000 Artists Apply to Serve as smARTpower Cultural Ambassadors
BRONX, NY.- Nearly 1,000 visual artists from nearly all 50 states and United States’ territories are vying to be cultural ambassadors through the smARTpowerSM initiative, The Bronx Museum of the Arts and the U.S. Department of State announced today. Through smARTpower, an initiative created by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, 15 American visual artists are slated to travel to 15 countries, including China, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, India, Kosovo, Lebanon, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and Venezuela. The artists, who will be selected and announced in May, will work with local communities to collaborate on works of art that may address local or global social issues, such as women’s empowerment, education, health, the environment, and civic engagement. “We are excited by the tremendous response ... More

New York's Landmark Hotel Niagara Sold at Auction
NIAGARA FALLS (AP).- A Canadian developer's $1.25 million bid was the winner in the auction of a landmark hotel in downtown Niagara Falls, N.Y. Jamil Kara of Vancouver, British Columbia outbid 10 others who qualified for Tuesday's auction of the 76-year-old Hotel Niagara. Kara says he plans to convert the 12-story building into a boutique hotel with condominiums. Kara's been involved with real estate development projects in Toronto and other parts of Canada. The former 193-room hotel is viewed by local officials as a key to revitalizing the city. Its guest list included actress Marilyn Monroe, who stayed there in 1952 while filming "Niagara." The State Bank of Texas took over the property after bankruptcy proceedings began against Amidee Hotel Niagara, the previous owner. Kara's purchase is expected to close by late May. ... More

South Carolina Museum Honoring Civil Rights Leader Mays Opens
GREENWOOD (AP).- A museum dedicated to the life of Benjamin E. Mays, an educator who was an early inspiration to Martin Luther King Jr. and who was often referred to as the father of the civil rights movement, opened Tuesday in his hometown of Greenwood. Andrew Young, the former Atlanta mayor and U.N. ambassador who marched with King, pointed at Mays' small childhood home and said "It all started right over here," according to The Index-Journal of Greenwood. Mays was president of Morehouse College in Atlanta when King graduated in 1948. King called Mays his intellectual father and credited Mays with leading him into the ministry. Mays died in 1984 at age 89. The site, 75 miles west of Columbia, includes the Mays home, a 19th century one-room schoolhouse and a museum and interpretive center. ... More

World Record Prices Lead $3.7+ Million Sports Memorabilia Event at Heritage Auctions
DALLAS, TX.- The Milwaukee Braves jersey worn by Hall of Fame outfielder Hank Aaron during his rookie season brought $167,300 on Friday, April 22, as part of Heritage Auctions' Signature(r) Sports Collectibles auction, establishing the highest price ever paid at auction for Aaron game used memorabilia. The auction totaled just more than $3.7 million, with a sell-through rate of 97.6% by total lot value. All prices include 19.5% Buyer's Premium. "Prices were consistent and strong throughout the entire auction," said Chris Ivy, Director of Sports at Heritage Auctions, "with hundreds of lots surpassing our high pre-auction estimates and several more lots bringing record prices for type. We were extremely encouraged by the prices in this auction as well as in the trust that collectors put in us, as evidenced by the results we garnered across the board." One of the most interesting record-breakers in the auction was a rare Charles "Kid" ... More


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