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The painting 'Maria with child' (R) from the 13th century of Giovanni Bellini is pictured at the exhibition 'Fruits of promise - citrus fruits in art and culture' at the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg, Germany. The museum presents the world of citrus fruits with more than 200 objects from 13th century until 11 september 2011. EPA/DANIEL KARMANN.
NUREMBERG.- Bitter oranges and lemons are found in portraits since the 15th century. Varied meanings are tied up with the fruits. In the Baroque age, it was popular to symbolize the descent of a portrait subject from the Dutch ruling dynasty of Orange by a small fruit-bearing orange tree. Often a citrus fruit represented the social or moral status of the portrait subjects. But citrus fruits could also point to personal botanical preferences and to dream destinations in Southern climes. Many 17th century child portraits show the portrayed subjects with a citrus fruit in their hand and a dog by their side. According to the conception of the time, the child as the fruit of the parents gradually gained maturity - hinted at by the citrus fruit - through the upbringing, symbolized by the dog. Time and again citrus fruits were also associated with the subject of wedding, marriage and love. This traces back to the golden apples of the Hesperides which already in the classical myths wer ... More |
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Christie's in Hong Kong Announces Charity Sale of Zeng Fanzhi's The Leopard
The Leopard, signed in Chinese; signed 'Zeng Fanzhi' in Pinyin; dated '2010' (lower right), oil on canvas, 280 x 180 cm. (110 1/4 x 70 7/8 in.) Painted in 2010. Estimate: HK$6,000,000 – 8,000,000. US$769,200 – 1,025,600.
HONG KONG.- Christie’s, the world‟s leading art business, will hold a special charity sale of an iconic work by renowned Chinese contemporary artist Zeng Fanzhi. The Leopard (iestimate: HK$6-8 million/US$769,200 – 1,025,600), will be offered at Christie‟s Hong Kong Evening Sale of Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art on 28 May. With proceeds going to non-profit organisation The Nature Conservancy, Christie‟s will also waive all commissions for the sale of this work. The Leopard will be displayed together with over 30 other works from Zeng‟s solo exhibition entitled “BEING” (界線的共鳴). The exhibition will be held from 27 to 30 May at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre and will be sponsored by the François Pinault Foundation, the Rockbund Museum and Christie‟s. The free exhibition, based on the theme of people and the environment, sh ... More | | Mary Moorman, JFK Assassination Photographer, Tells Where She Stood and What She Saw
One of three remaining Polaroid photos taken by Mary Moorman at the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. Photo: Mary Moorman.
NEW YORK, NY (BUSINESS WIRE).- If you were alive on Nov. 22, 1963, you remember, or have been told, where you were when President John F. Kennedy was killed. Perhaps no one remembers better than Mary Moorman, who was just 15 feet from JFK’s motorcade when gunshots rang out. Ms. Moorman, then 31 years old, stood poised with her Polaroid camera as the presidential limousine passed by and captured the most famous image of that most infamous day: the president being shot. Where exactly Ms. Moorman stood is a key piece of information that has been debated for nearly five decades. The answer has ramifications for a number of theories, including one that opines there are frames missing from the film shot by Abraham Zapruder. In contrast to her friend, Jean Hill, who leveraged her presence at the assassination into a career as a ... More | | Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya Opens Exhibition Dedicated to the Work of Joaquin Torres-García
Joaquín Torres-García, Sense títol. 1933. Colección Alejandra, Aurelio y Claudio Torres.
BARCELONA.- Torres-García. Crossroads brings together more than 80 works, mainly drawings, many of them unpublished, from the collection of Alejandra, Aurelio and Claudio Torres, as well as paintings and wooden constructions. The show explores the Uruguayan-Catalan artist’s creative process, from his beginnings in Modernisme and his Noucentista period to his recognition as one of the pioneers of avant-garde art. The exhibition looks at the essential features of Joaquin Torres-García's career as an artist, which takes in the first half of the 20th century. Torres-García (Montevideo, 1874-1949), who trained in Barcelona during the Modernista period, was a key figure in the Noucentista movement. After leaving Catalonia in 1920, he set out along a path that was to lead him to become one of the pioneers of geometric abstraction, along with artists like Mondrian, Van Doesburg and Hélion. The aim of this ... More |
Phillips de Pury & Company Announces Higlights from Its Modern and Contemporary Editions Auction
Andy Warhol, Ads, 1985 (detail). Estimate: $250,000 to $350,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips de Pury & Company announces highlights from the June Modern and Contemporary Editions sale offering 251 lots. The viewing will take place at the downtown Chelsea location at 450 West 15th Street whilst the auction will be held at the uptown galleries at 450 Park Avenue. “Our June Modern and Contemporary Editions sale is the finale of the auction season and has something fun and affordable for both new and seasoned collectors. This is the perfect time and last chance before the summer, to win works by both blue-chip and emerging artists on the auction block! We’re thrilled with the curated selection and look forward to an exciting sale.” Kelly Troester and Cary Leibowitz, Co-Directors of Modern an ... More | | International Center of Photography Presents Exhibition by Photojournalist Ruth Gruber
Ruth Gruber, U.S. Indian Service bus, Ward Cove, Alaska, 1941-43 (detail). © Ruth Gruber.
NEW YORK, NY.- International Center of Photography presents an exhibition of Ruth Gruber, on view from May 20th through August 28th, 2011. Ruth Gruber, Photojournalist celebrates the remarkable life, vision, and heroic tenacity of a twentieth-century pioneer and trailblazer. Once the world’s youngest PhD, Ruth Gruber is now in her hundredth year. The photographs in this exhibition span more than fifty years, from her groundbreaking reportage of the Soviet Arctic in the 1930s and iconic images of Jewish refugees from the ship Exodus 1947, to her later photographs of Ethiopian Jews in the midst of civil war in the 1980s. A selection of Gruber’s vintage prints, never before exhibited, is presented alongside contemporary prints made from her original negatives. As the first corres- ... More | | Paul Kasmin Gallery Presents a Solo Installation of Over 30 Ink Drawings by Jan Frank
Jan Frank, BHF 001, 2011, ink, whiteout on handmade rag paper, 18 1/8 x 13 1/8 inches, 46 x 33.3 cm. Photo: Courtesy Paul Kasmin Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- Paul Kasmin Gallery presents “Seven Months,” a solo installation of over thirty ink drawings and one painting by the New York artist Jan Frank. The exhibition is on view from May 19 through June 18, 2011. Made over a period of seven months on handmade paper with ink and commercial correction fluid, the drawings in this portfolio range from near-literalism to near-abstraction. Their abstraction becomes intensified when, to use Jackson Pollock’s words, Frank “chooses to veil the imagery,” by using white out to obscure sections of each drawing. The curator Dominique Nahas has described this process of addition and subtraction as “a singular synthesis of deliberate method and high-risk intuition. By ... More |
Royal Institute of British Architects Award Winners 2011 Announced in London
Leighton House © Will Pryce.
LONDON.- The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the winners of the 2011 RIBA Awards. RIBA Awards for architectural excellence will be presented to 97 buildings in the UK and Europe (89 in the UK and 8 in the rest of the EU). The shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize for the building of the year will be drawn from the 97 RIBA Award winners. This year’s award-winning buildings range geographically from a winery in Spain to a community hall on the Scottish Hebridean island of Raasay, and in style from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford to ‘Love Shack’ - a self-build hideaway in the Lake District National Park. The recently completed Velodrome is the first ever 2012 Olympics event building to win an architecture prize and is one of five RIBA Awards for Hopkins Architects, a practice previously shortlisted three times for the RIBA Stirling Prize. 2011 has been an exceptional year ... More | | Women Make Sculpture: Sarah Lucas, Polly Morgan & More at Pangolin London
Yellow by Almuth Tebbenhoff. Painted Steel. Photo: Courtesy Pangolin.
LONDON.- Why are women still marginalised by the art world? Does gender bring something different to the work itself or is it just politics? These are some of the key questions that form the foundations of the exhibition Women Make Sculpture at Pangolin London, on view from May 19 through June 18, 2011. Despite the huge success of a handful of sculptors such as Barbara Hepworth, Elisabeth Frink and Louise Bourgeois, women still find themselves under-represented in major ‘blockbuster’ shows. A prime example is the Royal Academy ’s current exhibition Modern British Sculpture which has received so much criticism for leaving out established male sculptors such as Antony Gormley and Anish Kapoor. But what about the women? Is such a meagre selection really representative of the current state of British sculpture? Pangolin London thinks not. Coinciding with the centenary year of International Women’s Day, ... More | | Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney to Re-Open in March 2012 After Major Redevelopment
The opening of the new MCA promises to be a highlight on the international art calendar.
SYDNEY.- Following a major AUD$53 million redevelopment, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney will reopen in March 2012 as a bold, new and significantly expanded Museum. The opening of the new MCA promises to be a highlight on the international art calendar, as the Museum is transformed into a major cultural centre for contemporary art and education. Commencing in August 2010, the redevelopment is by Sydney architect Sam Marshall in partnership with the New South Wales Government Architect. It will create an additional 4,500 square metres, increasing the MCA’s total size by almost 50 per cent. In addition to building three spacious new galleries, the building program will involve a complete refurbishment of existing facilities. The new Museum will house an entire floor dedicated to the MCA Collection, offering a major national resource for education and interpreta ... More |
Career of Walker Evans to Be Re-Examined in Exhibition at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme
Walker Evans, Brookfield Center, CT, n.d.. Gelatin silver print. Florence Griswold Museum, Gift of the Walker Evans Estate.
OLD LYME, CT- The Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Connecticut presents an exhibition that uses new scholarship to examine the post-Depression era work of photographer Walker Evans. The Exacting Eye of Walker Evans is on view October 1, 2011 through January 29, 2012. Walker Evans (1903–1975) captured a place in American social, cultural, and artistic history with his unforgettable images of the Great Depression. The photographs, particularly those of rural Southern sharecroppers, launched his career and remain among the most iconic images of American art. His work in ensuing years, however, has been largely overlooked. This exhibition recovers Evans’ post-Depression work by tracing the thread of his recurring artistic themes, in the process ... More | | "Paper Wars" at International Poster Gallery Shows Original War Propaganda Posters
Adolf Treidler, Care for her through the YWCA, 1918. Lithograph, 28.5 x 40 inches.
BOSTON, MA.- International Poster Gallery (IPG) presents “Paper Wars”, an evocative exhibition of original propaganda posters of the First and Second World Wars. The exhibition, which runs from April 28 through June 15, 2011, features some of the most persuasive and galvanizing posters from two of the most significant military conflicts in world history. From enticing recruitment posters to pleas for the civilian purchase of war bonds, these posters were a driving force of patriotism and propaganda in their respective homelands. World War I was the first conflict in which the illustrated color lithographic poster was used as a means of propaganda. Already used in the world of commerce, travel, and entertainmen ... More | | New Book Presents 150 Images Captured by the First Female Photographer of Mexican Revolution
Colonel Amparo Salgado, 1911. Photo: Castrejón Family Archive.
MEXICO CITY.- According to the census of 1910, there were 14 female photographers in Mexico; from them, we only conserve photographs captured by Sara Castrejon, from Guerrero, between 1908 and mid fifties. These images reflect social, economic and political situation during the first half of 20th century, as well as Revolution in Teloloapan, Guerrero. Anthropologist Samuel Villela affirms Sara Castrejon was the first woman to take pictures of the armed movement in Mexico. This is the theme of the book Sara Castrejon. Fotografa de la Revolucion, edited by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH-Conaculta) and recently presented at Centro de la Imagen by Rebeca Monroy, researcher at the Direction of Historical Studies (Direccion de ... More |
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 George Washington Items Bring More than $167,000DALLAS (AP).- George Washington's compass and an assortment of other personal items, including pieces of his coffin, sold at auction Saturday for more than $167,000. The items passed down through generations of Washington's family were among hundreds related to the nation's first president offered for sale by Heritage Auctions in Dallas. They were put up for auction by descendants of Washington's brother Bushrod. The first president had no direct descendants. Nat Washington, a longtime state senator in Washington who died in 2007, had said in his will that he wanted the items sold. The top lot was George Washington's compass, which fetched $59,750, and a Gunter's Scale, a 24-inch wooden ruler that was a precursor to the slide rule, that brought nearly $42,000. Both items sold for more than expected. "The marvelous provenance of these pieces, having come straight from the descendants of Bushrod Washington ... More One of the Last 'Beautiful Boys" Painted by Henry Scott Tuke to Sell at BonhamsLONDON.- Two beautiful pictures by the British maritime and figurative painter, Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929) are to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of the 19th Century Paintings auction on 13th July 2011. Both depict a young man seen from behind, with the sea in the background beyond. Beach Study has a pre-sale estimate of £30,000-50,000 while Back of a boy bather is expected to fetch £5,000-7,000. Beach Study is one of the last paintings Tuke exhibited at The Royal Academy before he died in March 1929, and it shows a semi-clad male figure by the sea leaning on rocks and bathed in Cornish sunlight. The subject is one of Tuke’s most loyal and longstanding models, Charlie Mitchell (1885 – 1957). This remarkably bold and expressionistic work shows the toned and lean back of the model, honed by years of rowing boats around Falmouth ... More National Air and Space Museum Presents 2011 "Become a Pilot" DayWASHINGTON, D.C.- The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum presents the 2011 “Become a Pilot” family day and aviation display Saturday, June 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at its Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. For the seventh annual “Become a Pilot” day, 50 vintage, recreational, military and home-built aircraft will fly in and be displayed outdoors. Appearing with their aircraft parked outside the center’s Boeing Aviation Hangar, pilots will discuss life in the cockpit and, in some cases, let visitors climb behind the controls. Inside the museum, visitors can take part in educational, hands-on activities for all ages and learn about aviation-related topics. There will also be several book signings and Flights of Fancy story times for the young pilots in training. In celebration of the centennial of naval aviation, Rear Adm. Ted N. Branch, Commander of the Naval Air Force Atlant ... More Key Artist of the New Generation of Emerging Chinese Artists Exhibits at Lombard Freid ProjectsNEW YORK, NY.- Play Time by Cao Fei, one of the key artists of the new generation emerging from Mainland China, opened at Lombard Freid Projects. For her fourth solo exhibition at Lombard Freid, Cao Fei’s recent exploration into the theme of “play” has multiple connotations; Play Time is layered with ambiguities. Does it relish a time of game planning and exhilaration, or an onstage performance? This exhibition leaves viewers with no clear-cut answers, but rather with ideas and associations of different dimensions. Following her powerful and widely influential RMB City Series (2008-2011), Play Time returns to Cao Fei’s previous interest in the convergence of fantasy and reality and premieres her latest works. She continues to utilize different types of media including video, photography and sculptural installations that evoke childhood games, story telling and TV programs that have a profound influenc ... More artnet Auctions Announces Launch of New Design DepartmentNEW YORK, NY.- artnet Auctions announces the launch of a new 20th and 21st century design department headed by Brent Lewis, former Christie’s specialist and auctioneer and gallery director at Moss. New design lots go live each week, providing a consistent and curated online auction marketplace accessible 24/7. The new design department focuses on all movements of 20th and 21st century design, including American mid-century design, Viennese Secessionist, Art Deco, Scandinavian Modernism, Italian Modernism, American Studio furniture, Contemporary, as well as glass and ceramics from all periods. The department also promotes specific themes and categories where greater market attention is needed. Lewis joins a tradition of design services at artnet, but the collecting category on artnet Auctions is a new and welcome addition: “The opportunities presented to buy and s ... More artMRKT Hamptons to Debut July 14-17 at Bridgehampton Historical SocietyNEW YORK, NY- artMRKT, a newly formed Brooklyn-based organizer of art fairs, has announced the debut of artMRKT Hamptons, a new fair to be held Thursday, July 14 through Sunday, July 17, 2011, on the grounds of the Bridgehampton Historical Society in Bridgehampton, New York. artMRKT Hamptons will present more than 35 leading local, national, and international galleries in a state-of-the-art tented venue. The opening night preview party will benefit Southampton Hospital and will be sponsored by Cadillac. Among the galleries participating in artMRKT Hamptons are: Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York; Meulensteen, New York; Salomon Contemporary, New York; Forum Gallery, New York; and Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami. artMRKT, founded last year by third generation gallerist Max Fishko and longtime business partner Jeffrey Wainhause, is gearing up to be one of the nation’s premiere fine art fair ... More Freedom Riders Get Place in History 50 Years LaterMONTGOMERY, AL (AP).- Freedom Riders who were attacked in Alabama's capital city on May 20, 1961, returned 50 years later to be hailed as heroes and have a museum dedicated at the old bus station where they were confronted by an angry white mob. U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, said he teared up Friday when he walked through the old Greyhound station where he was beaten and knocked unconscious. "It says something about the distance we've come and the progress we've made in this state and nation," said Lewis, who participated in the rides. That change was evident in former Alabama Gov. John Patterson. In 1961, he called the Freedom Riders fools and agitators when they set out to integrate Southern bus stations. But the 89-year-old ex-governor welcomed them Friday and praised them for bringing needed changes. "It took a lot of nerve and guts to do what th ... More 'Miracle on the Hudson' Plane Preps for Final TripHARRISON, N.J. (AP).- The trays of food that never got served have been removed, along with some of the seat cushions and the mold from dried river mud. Aside from that, the damaged Airbus A320 jet is largely frozen in time from the day it splashed down safely on the Hudson River in 2009 and gave a country reeling from economic calamity something to cheer about. The US Airways jet has spent the last two years in a hangar just outside Newark at J. Supor and Sons, a company that specializes in large-scale salvage and moving projects. On Friday, crews continued preparations for the plane's final journey, to an aviation museum in Charlotte, N.C., where it will be on permanent display. The wings of the plane, which are detached, will be moved first, followed by the fuselage in the next two weeks, Carolinas Aviation Museum president Shawn Dorsch told The Associated Press. He said it will take about five days to drive the 1 ... More San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Presents United Sates Debut of David Clearbout Video WorkSAN FRANCISCO, CA.- From May 21 through September 6, 2011, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents David Claerbout: Architecture of Narrative, an exhibition featuring a suite of four projected video works by the Belgian artist David Claerbout. The exhibition spans work from 1998 to the present, marking Claerbout's first solo museum show on the West Coast and the U.S. premiere of his recent piece The American Room (2009–10). Claerbout's striking video installations address the complex relations between the genres of photography and cinema. His "architecture of narrative" is based on his meticulous work with digital photography and video to explore an understanding of time and space that the artist describes as "omni-directional." The scenes evolve without traditional narrative direction, instead exploring temporality and the compression and suspension of a moment from a variety of perspectives. The artist ... More Royal Wedding Hat Sells for Over $130,000 on eBayLONDON (AP).- Auction site eBay says a bidder has paid 81,100 pounds ($131,648) for the silk bow hat worn by Princess Beatrice to last month's royal wedding. The 22-year-old granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II put the Philip Treacy creation on sale to raise money for UNICEF and Children in Crisis. The silk hat caused a stir at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29. Since then, it has been compared to antlers and a pretzel, and has been photoshopped into scores of unlikely scenarios on the Internet. Forty bidders vied for the prize, but eBay did not reveal the identity of the winner. The unusual design of the beige hat has sparked a Facebook fan page called "Princess Beatrice's ridiculous Royal Wedding hat," and one computer-altered picture showed President Barack Obama and his national security team all wearing the hat as they watched the commando raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan. ... More Alighiero e Boetti Day: Explore the Complex, Multifaceted Figure of Alighiero BoettiTURIN, ITALY.- Artissima, the Fondazione Nicola Trussardi and the Fondazione per l'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT presents Alighiero e Boetti Day, a twelve-hour, non-stop event, which will explore the complex, multifaceted figure of Alighiero Boetti. From noon to midnight on Saturday, 28 May 2011, in the evocative setting of Carlo Mollino's Auditorium RAI in Turin artists, art historians, critics, writers, musicians, scientists, and collaborators and friends of Alighiero Boetti have been invited to investigate the wide-ranging, influential work and ideas of one of the 20th century's most significant, yet most enigmatic artists. Alighiero e Boetti Day is a hybrid event, a cross between a conference, artistic project, performance and biographical narration: twelve hours of sessions, open to the ... MoreFrench Decorative Arts from the Estate of Dallas Socialites Ray & Clare Stern for Sale at Heritage AuctionsDALLAS, TX.- A selection of sumptuous French decorative arts from the Estate of legendary Dallas power couple Ray and Clare Stern will form the centerpiece of Heritage Auctions’ June Signature® Decorative Arts Auction, being presented June 1 at Heritage’s Design District Annex, 1518 Slocum Street. Heritage Auctions will host a wine and cheese reception on Tuesday, May 31, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at its Design District Annex, at which time the reproducing piano that the Stern’s purchased for the lobby of The Claremont Condominiums (estimate: $5,000+) will be demonstrated. Highlights from the collection include a gorgeous pair of monumental French Napoleon III Style Bronze, Gilt Bronze and Marble Figural 13-light Torcheres (estimate: $10,000+), from an unknown maker, likely in Paris, late 20th Century, along with a lovely French Gilt Bronze, Ebonized and Gilt Wood Cabinet and Mirror with Tortoise Shell and Brass Inlay ( ... More Metropolitan Museum to Open 15 Renovated Galleries in NovemberNEW YORK, NY.- The grand reopening of a suite of 15 dramatic New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia will take place at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art on November 1. The greatly enlarged, freshly conceived, and completely renovated galleries will house the Metropolitan's renowned collection of Islamic art—one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of this material in the world. Multiple entryways will also allow visitors to approach the new galleries—and the art displayed there—from different perspectives. "The opening of these extraordinary new galleries underscores our mission as an encyclopedic museum and provides a unique opportunity to convey the grandeur and complexity of Islamic art and culture at a pivotal moment in world history," stated Thomas P. Campbell, Director of the Metropolitan Museum. "In sequence, the 15 new galleries tra ... More |
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