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A Christie's expert points to the painting "Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath, with a Trainer, a Stable Lad and a Jockey" by the English painter George Stubbs as it's estimated to fetch 20 million-30 million pounds ($33 million-$49 million) at an auction preview of Christie's Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sales, in Hong Kong. The auction will be held in London on June 21. AP Photo/Kin Cheung.
HONG KONG.- Christie’s presented in Hong Kong one of George Stubbs’ most important works at the Old Master and British Paintings Evening Sale on 5 July 2011 in London. Gimcrack on Newmarket Heath, with a Trainer, a Stable-Lad, and a Jockey by George Stubbs (1724-1806) is a true masterpiece of both British art and sporting painting, portraying Gimcrack, one of the most popular and admired of all 18th century racehorses. It is offered from the Woolavington Collection, one of the finest private collections of Sporting Art, and is expected to realise in excess of £20 million. John Stainton, Senior Director of British Pictures, Christie’s: “This is a truly exceptional example of 18th century painting which holds immense importance on many levels - as an Old Master picture, as a great masterpiece of British Art, and as one of the finest sporting pictures ever painted. It is a great privilege for us to be able t ... More |
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Exhibition of Danish and Nordic Art 1750-1900 on View at The National Gallery of Denmark
J.F. Willumsen (1863 - 1958), A Mountain Climber, 1912. Oil on canvas, 210 x 170.5 cm.
COPENHAGEN.- From the birth of Danish painting through the famous Golden Age of Danish art to the dawn of Modernism. All the major trends and movements within 150 years of Danish and Nordic art unfold themselves in a new, comprehensive display of the collections housed at the National Gallery of Denmark. "Danish and Nordic Art 1750-1900" shows more than 400 works in 24 freshly renovated exhibition rooms. This tour de force of art involves many different aspects; it includes a historical overview, special themes of immediate relevance to contemporary life, and individual focus on artists of particular importance. It also sheds light on some of the overlooked chapters of Danish art history. The National Gallery of Denmark’s collection of pre-20th century Danish art is the most important collection of its kind to be found in any museum. The collection performs a crucial function as the pre-eminent source of knowledge of Denmark&# ... More | | The Shape of Things to Come: Exhibition of New Sculpture at the Saatchi Gallery
David Altmejd, The New North, 2007, wood, foam, expandable foam, resin, paint, magic-sculpt, magic-smooth, epoxy, glue, mirror, horse hair, quartz crystals and wire. 368.3 x 134.6 x 106.7cm.
LONDON.- On 27 May, the Saatchi Gallery opened The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, an exhibition of 20 leading and emerging international artists working in sculpture today. This is the first time that the gallery space has been devoted entirely to three-dimensional works. The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture provides an unprecedented look at some of the most exciting sculptural works created in recent years. From granite monoliths to neon structures, buckled cars to stuffed horse hide, the exhibition demonstrates the diversity and dynamism of the medium. Composed, assembled, sewn, nailed, glued, stacked or layered from materials as varied as clay, polished metal, fabric, plywood, dirt, horse hide, Styrofoam and found objects, the works in the exhibition push the notions of the already expanded field of sculpture. The ... More | | Only Canadian Presentation of Major Warhol Exhibition Opens at the Art Gallery of Alberta
Andy Warhol, Self portrait (fright wig), 1986. Facsimile of an original Polaroid™ Polacolor ER 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (10.8 x 8.6 cm) The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / SODRAC (2011).
EDMONTON.- The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) kicks of an exciting summer season with the opening of ANDY WARHOL: Manufactured and SARAH FULLER: My Banff on Saturday, May 28. ANDY WARHOL: Manufactured reveals the complex personality of one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, the “father of Pop”, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928–February 22, 1987). The exhibition explores Warhol’s interest in American consumer culture, mass production, celebrity and the invention of personas and realities, taking visitors beyond the surface, beyond the commercial and into the world that Warhol so carefully manufactured. This important exhibition features work from the artist’s personal collection, spanning every decade of the artist’s career, including ... More |
Fotomuseum Winterthur Opens Major Exhibition of Photographs and Videos by Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei, Ai Weiwei. Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 1983. From New York Photographs, 1983-1993. C-print, 29,2 x 20 cm © Ai Weiwei.
WINTERTHUR.- Ai Weiwei – Interlacing is the first major exhibition of photographs and videos by Ai Weiwei. It foregrounds Ai Weiwei the communicator – the documenting, analyzing, interweaving artist who communicates via many channels. Ai Weiwei already used photography in his New York years, but especially since his return to Beijing, he has incessantly documented the everyday urban and social realities in China, discussing it over blogs and Twitter. Photographs of radical urban transformation, of the search for earthquake victims, and the destruction of his Shanghai studio are presented together with his art photography projects, the Documenta project Fairytale, the countless blog and cell phone photographs. A comprehensive book accompanies this exhibition. Ai Weiwei is a generalist, a conceptual, socially critical artist dedicated to creating friction with, and forming reality. As an architect, conceptual artist, sculptor, photographer, blogger, Twitterer ... More | | Record Total for a Multi-Provenance 20th Century Decorative Arts Sale at Sotheby's
Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, table Araignée en placage d'ébène de Macassar, le modèle créé vers 1918-1920. Photo: Sotheby's.
408.750€.
PARIS.- The first sale of 20th Century Decorative Arts & Contemporary Design, held as part of Sotheby’s new corporate strategy to make Paris its European venue for sales in this field, proved a great success, totalling €4.75m ($6.64m) with 85% of lots sold by value. Cécile Verdier, European Head of 20th Century Decorative Arts & Design, said: "The success obtained this evening justifies our decision to make Paris the European venue for Decorative Arts and Design. Our aim to mount a sale covering a vast spectrum of international styles, from Art Nouveau down to Contemporary Design via Greek-inspired American furniture of the 1970s, appealed to private collectors from around the world, and they competed fiercely for the 160 lots in the sale." Early 20th century items enjoyed great success, with world record prices for works by Antoni Gaudí and Archibald Knox. The two-seat bench by Spain's Art Nouveau maestro (c.189 ... More | | "Waves at Matsushima" at the Sackler Gallery Honor's Japan's Beloved Pine Islands
Zaimoku Island, Matsushima, Kawase Hasui (1883–1957), From the series Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan edition, Japan May 1933. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Robert O. Muller Collection.
WASHINGTON.- Long revered as one of Japan's most beautiful sites, Matsushima Bay endured the unleashing of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan March 11. Despite its proximity to the epicenter of the underwater earthquake, the site is one of the few places along the Sanriku coast that sustained less damage, mostly due to the buffering effect of the bay's 260 pine-studded islands that lend the area its name. "Waves at Matsushima," on view at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery May 28 through July 5 pays homage to this iconic coastal site. For centuries artists and poets have been drawn to the beauty of Matsushima and its Buddhist temple complex, interpreting the breathtaking landscape in words and images. Their paintings and prints not only record an area now altered by the recent earthquake and tsunami, they also pay homage to ... More |
NASA Art: 50 Years of Exploration Opens at the National Air and Space Museum
Jack Perlmutter, Liftoff at 15 Seconds, 1982, oil. Photo: Courtesy NASA Art Program
Copyright: Smithsonian Institution.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- You don't have to be a rocket scientist or an astronaut to work for NASA. Engineers, pilots, physicists, astrobiologists, and, yes, artists, too, have helped further the mission of the space agency. In 1962, NASA administrator James E. Webb invited a group of artists to illustrate and interpret the agency’s missions and projects. Artists, participating in the NASA art program, many of them renowned, have been documenting the extraordinary adventure of spaceflight ever since. Granted special access to historic moments, they have offered their perspectives on what they have witnessed. "NASA | ART," on view from May 28 to Oct. 9, features works by artists as diverse as Annie Leibovitz, Alexander Calder, Nam June Paik, Norman Rockwell, Andy Warhol and William Wegman. The exhibition includes drawings, photographs, sculpture and other art forms and media from the collections of NASA and the National Air and Space ... More | | American Artist Wade Guyton Shows Small-Format Works at the Secession in Vienna
Drawings, Details from Wade Guyton. Zeichnungen für ein kleines Zimmer Grafisches Kabinett – secession,Vienna, Photo: Wade Guyton Studio.
VIENNA.- In his exhibition Zeichnungen für ein kleines Zimmer (Drawings For A Small Room) at the Secession, American artist Wade Guyton shows small-format works characterized by a minimalist formal vocabulary. As his support medium, he uses pages from old art, architecture and lifestyle magazines which he prints over with an inkjet printer. The abstract idiom devised by the artist on the computer using standard word processing software and the results of this work process are imposed by the fluctuating quality of the printing technology. The works are often ripped or crumpled, with more or less ink applied, plus errors and problems of saturation. Wade Guyton leaves his artworks to mechanical chance. Using a standard inkjet printer, he reproduces non-figurative compositions on canvas or paper. Specific combinations of image and imprint have different effects that are never entirely intended: sometimes the result appears seriou ... More | | Princeton University Art Museum Acquires Exceptional Andean Painted Textile
Chimú, Central coast, Peru, Late Intermediate period, A.D. 1200-1290: The Chimú Prisoner Textile (fragment). Cotton with red, ochre, green and blue pigments, 186 x 162.5 cm. Princeton University Art Museum. Image courtesy Sothebys, Inc.
PRINCETON, NJ.- The Princeton University Art Museum has acquired an early, rare and important Chimú painted textile panel from the Late Intermediate Period (about A.D. 1200-1290). The large, unusually well-preserved cotton fragment is one section of the famous Chimú Prisoner Textile, considered among the greatest extant Chimú painted textiles. The Chimú culture comprised an Amerindian people that inhabited the northern coast of Peru, A.D. 1100-1400. Their highly developed urban culture lasted until the last Chimú king, Minchançaman, was captured by the Inkas. The Chimú painted panel becomes the most important Andean textile in the Museum’s collection of art of the ancient Americas. Textiles and metalwork are widely considered the most significant artistic media of ancient Peru. “This is a work of great scholarly value – rich with potential for a variety ... More |
Jeff Bridgman to Present Flags to Commemorate Civil War's 150th Anniversary
“These great textiles tell the story of the War Between the States in a visually compelling manner.”
DILLSBURG, PA.- To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the American Civil War, Jeff R. Bridgman, the nation’s premier antique flag specialist, will present a selection of rare and important period flags at several art and antique fairs across the country. With stops in Kent, Connecticut, Aspen, Colorado, Nantucket, Massachusetts, and Baltimore, Maryland, Bridgman will roll out a spectacular collection of flags that convey one of the most important periods of time in our nation’s history. “I plan to display an exciting group of flags in terms of quality, design, and rarity” said York, Pennsylvania-based Bridgman, who over the twenty years in business has brought attention to this highly neglected field, and boasts a collection of over 2,000 antique flags and political banners from both the North and the South. “They are extraordinary symbols ... More | | Now Available to Download: Christie's App Offers a Complete Guide to the Venice Biennale
The app includes what is happening, where and when. A calendar of events with map locations.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, created the first ever, complete guide to the Venice Art Biennale and are now happy to offer it for free to any art lover. Francis Outred, Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art, Christie’s Europe, said: 'I am delighted to announce the launch of the first edition of Christie’s Venice Biennale App. The range of pavilions, exhibitions and events taking place in Venice grows every year and the need to see and find the very best of what's on offer can be quite daunting for all visitors, from the very experienced to the very new. Offering a full itinerary plus the up-to-the-minute thoughts of our specialists on the ground in Venice, this iPhone App will hopefully become everybody's best friend! In addition, it will provide equally important information on the very best restaurants, as well as local information. Using state of the art technology to bring art ... More | | The Finishing Touch: Women's Accessories 1830 - 1940 at the National Museums Liverpool
Patterns for outsize fashions about 1930. © National Museums Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL.- An exciting new exhibition looks at a dazzling array of women’s accessories that helped add a sparkle to fashion from when Queen Victoria was a girl up to the outbreak of the Second World War. The Finishing Touch: Women’s Accessories 1830 – 1940, on view from 27 May through 11 December 2011 features many fashion items from National Museums Liverpool collections never displayed before. Among the 60 bags, shoes, hats and other accessories including some fans, jewellery and gloves are items sported by royalty. There are shoes worn by Queen Victoria and slippers donned by her daughter-in-law, Alexandra Princess of Wales. Other fascinating exhibits are a pair of jewelled-heeled shoes from the 1920s flapper era and platforms from the 1930s. A veiled 1840s wedding bonnet, dress caps and a widow’s bonnet illustrate trends in the ... More |
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 Clark Exhibition Catalogues Receive 2011 Independent Publisher Book AwardsWILLIAMSTOWN, MA.- The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute’s exhibition catalogues Picasso Looks at Degas and Eye to Eye: European Portraits 1450-1850 have been recognized in the 2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards. In the Fine Art category, Picasso Looks at Degas was awarded the silver medal, and Eye to Eye received the bronze. Books are judged on content, originality, design, and production quality, and judges include experts from the fields of editing, design, reviewing, bookselling, and library. "We are very pleased to have received this recognition," said Curtis Scott, the Clark's director of publishing and information resources, who accepted the awards at a ceremony in New York on Monday. "Whereas most book awards are based on either content or presentation alone, this competition considers the quality and impact of the entire publication." In the groundbreaking study Picasso Looks at ... More Timely and Hard-hitting Interpretations of a Changing Hudson Valley at Hudson River MuseumYONKERS, NY.- Photographer Susan Wides explores the Hudson Valley from its southernmost region, Manhattan, north to Westchester County, and then to the Catskills in more than 40 large-scale photographs at the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, opening May 28, and on view until September 11. The iconic contemporary landscapes in Susan Wides: The Hudson Valley, From Mannahatta to Kaaterskill show both the transformation and regeneration of a region settled before the American Revolution and which remains, today, the cornerstone of America’s identity and industrial development. The Valley’s strong sense of place ―its history, architecture, and physical landscape etched by the Hudson River — had been classically evinced in the Hudson River School paintings of the nineteenth century. Now Wides views its towns a new way, with timely and hard-hitting interpretations of a land brimming with human activity and reverberatin ... More Mellon Foundation Awards Major Grant to the Studio Museum in HarlemNEW YORK, NY.- The Studio Museum in Harlem announced the creation of The Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fund. Made possible by a three-year, $1,000,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Mellon Curatorial Fund will support the Museum's landmark curatorial program. Studio Museum Director and Chief Curator Thelma Golden says, "This grant represents an exciting new chapter at the Museum, a profound investment that will stoke the framework of our entire institutional structure. The Fund's vital support will advance research, scholarship and publications, the three programmatic branches that form the core of the Museum's activities. By investing in the essence of our mission—exhibiting, documenting and facilitating dialogue about art by artists of African descent, the Mellon Curatorial Fund will enrich our programming and help us better serve our diverse audience base locally, nationally and internationally. We are h ... MoreThe Museum of Modern Art Presents Recently Aquired Works by Cy TwomblyNEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents Cy Twombly: Sculpture, an exhibition of seven sculptures recently acquired from the artist’s collection, ranging in date from 1954 to 2005. These sculptures, the first by Twombly to enter the Museum’s collection, is on view from May 20 through October 3, 2011. Cy Twombly: Sculpture is organized by Ann Temkin, The Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art. Twombly’s sculptures are an integral but little known aspect of his practice over the course of the last six decades. These works are generally made from found materials, plaster, wood, and white paint, and their humble origins remain readily evident in the finished works. Most are intimate in scale, because it is important to the artist that he be able to manipulate the works himself in the studio. The place where a work is made is significant for Twombly; he cre ... More Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery Opens in New York NEW YORK, NY.- Renowned London art dealer Rebecca Hossack opens a gallery in New York at 262 Mott Street in NoLita – RHG NYC. Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery was founded in central London in 1988, and has since built up a reputation for exhibiting contemporary art of rare individual vision. The gallery currently has two London sites at 28 Charlotte Street, W1 and 2A Conway Street, W1. ‘Boldness is sometimes rewarded…Rebecca Hossack’s are amongst the few galleries [from the late Eighties] which have not only survived but thrived, and they have done so because they do not depend on the ephemeral thrills of trendy art.’ The Economist. The Gallery exhibits across the broad spectrum of Western Contemporary Art, while determinedly moving against some of the dominant currents of the modern art scene. Through the work of painters such as Alasdair Wallace, Helen Flockhart, David Whitaker David Bromley, print maker ... More |
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