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Dutch Queen Beatrix (C) and Princess Maxima visit the exhibition 'Maxima 10 years in the Netherlands' at the National Museum Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, 07 May 2011. The exhibition is dedicated to the most popular member of the Dutch royal family, Princess Maxima. EPA/KOEN VAN WEEL.
APELDOOM.- The exhibition ‘Princess MÁXIMA, 10 years in the Netherlands’ will be on view at Paleis Het Loo from 8 May to 4 September 2011. This unique exhibition will be highlighting the princess’s place in the royal family alongside the diverse social activities that Princess Máxima has undertaken during the past decade in Dutch society. Princess Máxima has been living in the Netherlands now for a decade. As a wife and mother she has her role in the succession of the dynasty but she has also made an indelible mark on Dutch society and beyond through her intensive and accomplished work. Film and photographs of all the different roles Princess Máxima fulfils will be part of the exhibition. The princess has acquired a significant position in Dutch society. The first official introduction of the Dutch people to the princess, namely the announcement of her engagement to Prince Willem-Alexander on television in ... More |
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John Taylor Arms' Exquisite Prints on View in His First Exhibition at The National Gallery of Art
John Taylor Arms, In Memoriam, 1939, etched copper plate with gold plating, plate (approx.): 37.15 x 30.48 cm. National Gallery of Art, Gift of John Taylor Arms IV.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The astonishing dexterity and passion for detail of American printmaker John Taylor Arms (1887–1953) is revealed in the first exhibition of his works at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. On view in the West Building from May 8 to November 27, 2011, The Gothic Spirit of John Taylor Arms features some 60 prints, drawings, and copperplates that span the artist's career, from his early New York series to his finest images of cathedrals. "While some American artists of the period (such as John Sloan and Edward Hopper) advocated a gritty realism and others (including John Marin and Stuart Davis) explored the possibilities offered by modernist abstraction, John Taylor Arms paid homage to the past," said Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art, Washington. "We are delighted to present these works from our collection paired with promised gifts ... More | | Kiefer & Rembrandt: Rijksmuseum Inspires Anselm Kiefer to Create a Work of Art
Anselm Kiefer, 2008, Barjac (Frankrijk). Photo: Anton Corbijn.
AMSTERDAM.- One of Germany’s most well-known and influential artists, Anselm Kiefer, was invited by the Rijksmuseum to create a work of art inspired by The Night Watch. The result, the spectacular La berceuse (for Van Gogh), for which he was given complete free rein, will be on display in the Rijksmuseum’s Night Watch Gallery in the Philips Wing from 7 May. Born in March 1945, just before the end of the Second World War, Anselm Kiefer has always been fascinated and inspired by German history. His work, which is shaped by historical, mythological and spiritual themes, is always large-scale and uses materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead and dried plants. Kiefer’s work is exhibited in all major modern art museums worldwide. Kiefer’s artwork for the Night Watch Gallery belongs to a long tradition among artists of creating work inspired by their predecessors. The collection of the Rijksmuseum, the museu ... More | | The Jewish Museum Presents Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters
Paul Gauguin, Vahine no te vi (Woman of the Mango), 1892. Oil on canvas. The Baltimore Museum of Art: The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland, BMA 1950.213.
NEW YORK, NY.- Henri Matisse called them “my two Baltimore ladies.” Their friend Gertrude Stein wrote a poem about them entitled “Two Women.” The sisters Dr. Claribel Cone (1864-1929) and Miss Etta Cone (1870-1949) began buying art directly out of the Parisian studios of avant-garde artists in 1905. Although their taste for this radical art was little understood – critics disparaged Matisse at the time and Pablo Picasso was virtually unknown – the Cones followed their passions and eventually amassed one of the world’s greatest art collections.The Jewish Museum presents Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore, an exhibition of over 50 works from The Baltimore Museum of Art’s internationally renowned Cone Collection, from May 6 through September 25, 2011. Paintings ... More |
 | The Magna Carta: A Once-In-A-Lifetime Presentation in San Francisco's Legion of Honor
Magna Carta, 1217. Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The Magna Carta (or Great Charter of English Liberties), one of the most important legal documents in the history of democracy, is on display at the Legion of Honor May 7–June 5 as part of BritWeek 2011, an annual celebration of cultural crosscurrents between Great Britain and California. The manuscript is presented with an English translation in Gallery 3 under the Legion’s prized Spanish ceiling dating from approximately 1500. This is an extremely rare public appearance for this particular Magna Carta, one of the earliest surviving manuscripts, in the United States. Its declaration that no free man should be imprisoned without due process underlies the development of common law in England as well as the concepts of individual liberty and constitutional government that created the United States. The Magna Carta on loan to the Legion of Honor belongs to the Bodleian Library, University of ... More | | Exceptional Exhibition of Post-War European Painting at Musee Rath in Geneva
Alfred Manessier, Soirée d'octobre, 1946. Huile sur toile, 100 x 81 cm © 2011, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo : Sandra Pointet © Fondation Gandur pour l’Art, Genève.
GENEVA.- For the first time, the public is able to view the collection of Jean Claude Gandur dedicated to non-figurative Expressionist painting of the post-war period in Europe. The second largest collection in the world of its kind after that of the Centre Pompidou, it provides an overview of this important and often little-known period of art history. Éric de Chassey, curator of the exhibition and director of the French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici, has selected around one hundred works of primal importance organised in ten sections, of which three are dedicated to some of the movement’s greatest names: Pierre Soulages, Georges Mathieu, Hans Hartung, and Swiss artist Gérard Schneider. Subjects of Abstraction chronicles the history of non-figurative Expressionist painting in Europe from the mid-1940s until the early 1960s. This is a highly dynamic but still little-known movement due to nearly half a century of prejudices ... More | | Christie's Announces Sale of Art from Legendary Art Connoisseur Ernst Beyeler
Alexander Calder, Wood stabile, 1945. H: 26.5 cm. Estimate: £350,000-450,000 (US$600,000-750,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
LONDON.- Christie’s announced the sale of the Estate of Ernst Beyeler, the late Swiss art connoisseur who was one of the greatest art dealers, collectors and curators of our time. The sale, which will include art works Ernst and his wife Hildy lived with at their private home as well as significant paintings and sculptures from the Galerie Beyeler, will take place in London on 21 and 22 June 2011 as part of Christie’s major Evening and Day sales of Impressionist & Modern Art. Ernst Beyeler opened his celebrated gallery at Bäumleingasse 9 in Basel in 1945. Over the next 65 years the gallery would hold over 300 major exhibitions which were attended by collectors and museum curators from all over the globe, to whom Beyeler would sell over 16,000 works of art during his lifetime. No other dealer handled more extraordinary works of modern art. The gallery’s name quickly became synonymous with the greatest artists o ... More |
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Museo Reina Sofía Presents Exhibition of Works by American Artist Leon Golub
An artwork, entitled Vietnam II, from 1973, by US artist Leon Golub (1922-2004) is on display along in a retrospective of the artist's most important works, at the Palacio de Velazquez. EPA/ANGEL DIAZ.
MADRID.- Museo Reina Sofía presents an exhibition of works by Leon Golub, on view from May 6 through September 12, 2011 in the Palacio de Velázquez. The art of Leon Golub (Chicago, 1922 - New York, 2004) challenges the dominant model of the development of art from the 1950s onward. Oblivious to the media experimentation taking place in most artistic production during these decades, Golub's work is based on a pictorial renovation in which genres believed to be exhausted, such as historical painting or portraits, once again show unexpected expressive and critical capacity. His evolution as an artist is also somewhat paradoxical, making the debate between abstraction and figuration meaningless: during the time he spent in Paris with his wife, the artist Nancy Spero, in the late fifties and early sixties, he adhered to the ideas of abstract informalism of Michel Tapies or Jean Dubuffet, later moving towards spaces in which ... More | | Wadsworth Atheneum to Reopen Morgan Great Hall Reinstalled with Contemporary Art
Robert Rauschenberg, Retroactive I, 1963. Oil and silkscreen on canvas, 84 x 60 inches. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art; Gift of Susan Morse Hilles, 1964.30. Photo: Allen Phillips/Wadsworth Atheneum.
HARTFORD, CT.- The Morgan Great Hall at the Wadsworth Atheneum reopened to the public on May 7, 2011 after a year-long closure, marking the completion of the first phase of a comprehensive renovation project across all five of the museum’s buildings. In a radical rethinking of the museum’s most recognizable space, the Morgan Great Hall—previously home to the Wadsworth’s collection of American and European history paintings displayed salon-style— was reinstalled for the first time with large-scale works from the museum’s Contemporary art collection. The dramatic display of painting, sculpture and photography includes rarely seen monumental objects and new acquisitions dating from the 1950s to the present. The installation includes both abstract and figurative works and a range of well known artists, such as; Nick Cave, Willem de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler ... More | | New York State Museum Study Details Causes of Medium and Large-Sized Mammal Mortality
A fisher is shown wearing a tracking collar. Photo: courtesy of NYS Museum.
ALBANY, NY.- Medium and large-sized wild animals in North America are more likely to be killed by humans than by predation, starvation or disease, according to research conducted at the New York State Museum. The study was conducted by Christopher Collins, a graduate student from the State University at Albany and Dr. Roland Kays, the State Museum’s curator of mammals. Published online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469- 1795.2011.00458.x/abstract in the journal Animal Conservation, the research shows the extent to which humans are affecting the evolution of mammals today and will be used to predict the conservation threats that mammals face. Although studies of mortality causes have been conducted for many mammal species, this is the first to gather this data together and examine trends across species. Collins and Kays reviewed data for 2209 indivi ... More |
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National Postal Museum Acquires Rare Confederate Printing Plate from the Franklin Institute
The printing plate contains 400 5-cent Jefferson Davis stamp images etched in copper and weighs nearly 100 pounds.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum has acquired from The Franklin Institute a Confederate postage-stamp printing plate that was confiscated during the Civil War. The printing plate contains 400 5-cent Jefferson Davis stamp images etched in copper and weighs nearly 100 pounds. The copper plate was ordered by the Confederate States of America and manufactured by De La Rue & Co. of London in 1861. The federal vessel Mercedita captured the British ship Bermuda between Bermuda and Nassau April 27, 1862, and as part of the contraband, the printing plate was brought to Philadelphia and sold. It was never used to print stamps by the Confederacy. The Confederate printing plate was acquired by The Franklin Institute in 1954, when it was actively building a philatelic collection. Subsequently, the institute has deacessioned and disposed of most ... More | | Works from The Collection of Sir Daniel Donohue to Highlight May Sunset Estate Sale
A large grouping of travel related postcards and ephemera postcards approximately 6 x 4 in. Est. $100-200. From the Collection of Sir Daniel Donohue. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams & Butterfields.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Following on the extraordinary result for its auction of the Collection of Sir Daniel Donohue on April 4-5, 2011 in Los Angeles, which brought more than $4-million and was 100% sold, Bonhams & Butterfields announce the May 22-23, 2011, Sunset Estate Auction. The upcoming sale will feature additional works from the Collection highlighted by a strong selection of furniture, decorative arts and ecclesiastical decorations. Highlights from the Collection of Sir Daniel Donohue include a handsome green and white Continental porcelain armorial dinner service in the English taste (est. $700-900); a group of German blanc de chine porcelain table decorations (est. $500-700); antique playing cards (estimates vary) and a collection of 20th Century smoking related articles ... More | | World's Largest Contemporary Land Art Project Presented at 18th Street Arts Center
The exhibition showcases aerial and satellite photographs of 47 sculptures created over a period of 13 years.
SANTA MONICA, CA.- Australian artist Andrew Rogers presents the first exhibition devoted to the entire Rhythms of Life project, the world’s largest contemporary land art undertaking. From May 7-28, the non-profit arts organization 18th Street Arts Center displays Andrew Rogers: Time and Space, a selection of 68 large-scale photographs of Rogers’s ground-breaking outdoor art project. The exhibition showcases aerial and satellite photographs of 47 sculptures created over a period of 13 years, marking the first time these images are publicly displayed together. Also on view is a looped, 40-minute film that documents the artist’s extraordinary process. Rogers has spent the last13 years engaging over 6,700 people in 13 countries on seven continents to create stone sculptures in deserts, fjords, gorges, national parks and on mountainous slopes. Often working ... More |
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 First UK Solo Show of Acclaimed New York Artist Todd DiCiurcio at Cob GalleryLONDON.- Internationally acclaimed artist Todd DiCiurcio celebrates the best of the New York music scene in his dynamic new series featuring the likes of Kings of Leon, Adam Green and The English Beat. American artist Todd DiCiurcio has quickly made his mark on the New York art scene with his dynamic portraits of the city’s hottest music talent. In his first UK solo show entitled Gold, DiCiurcio presents a new series of large scale paintings of the likes of Kings of Leon, Adam Green, EXITMUSIC, Broken Social Scene, Guided by Voices, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Bob Mould, The English Beat and Guster, bringing the best of New York’s diverse music scene to Cob Gallery, Camden Town. DiCiurcio’s unique artistic process ensures he captures the spirit and energy of each of the musicians he paints. Each painting originates from a live sketch vigorously drawn as the musician performs, their unique stage pres ... More Cupboards, Carvings & a Campus Queen Lead Garth's Fifth Annual Ohio Valley Americana AuctionDELAWARE, OH.- Between the Midwest Antiques Forum, the Equal in Goodness exhibit, and Garth’s Fifth Annual Ohio Valley Auction, anyone who has an interest in Midwestern decorative arts, or even Americana in general, must plan a trip to Ohio this May. Garth’s Auctions is the sponsor of both the Forum and the exhibit and will present over 800 lots during the upcoming May 20-21 Americana auction which will feature what is probably the best Ohio Valley auction since the inaugural sale in 2007. Comprised of nearly 200 lots, the Friday Ohio Valley session includes, not only some iconic objects, but overall, a thoroughly solid offering. Among the hotly anticipated Ohio items to sell, Vice President Andrew Richmond counts lot 44 as a likely candidate. The decorated wardrobe (or schrank) comes from Bluffton, Allen and Hancock Counties, Ohio and dates to circa 1860. The one-piece, estimated at $2,500-5,000, has a lift-off corn ... More Patti and Everett B. Birch Foundation Funds Two New Galleries and Education Programs at Metropolitan MuseumNEW YORK, NY.- Two new galleries at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and related education programs-all focusing on the art and culture of Morocco, Spain, North Africa, and the Western Mediterranean during the eighth through 19th century-have been funded by The Patti and Everett B. Birch Foundation in memory of Patti Cadby Birch. A sumptuously ornamented courtyard based on late Islamic medieval design and constructed using traditional materials and techniques by workers from Fez, Morocco, will be called the Patti Cadby Birch Court; an adjoining gallery of artwork from Islamic Spain, North Africa, and the Western Mediterranean will be the Patti Cadby Birch Gallery. Both rooms are part of the suite of 15 new galleries for the art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia, opening November 1. Education programming related to the galleries will be supported by the Patti Cadby Birch Education Fund. In addi ... MoreDowntown Manhattan Becomes a Dynamic Laboratory for Creative ThinkingNEW YORK, NY.- The Festival of Ideas for the New City is a major new collaborative initiative involving scores of Downtown organizations, from large universities to arts institutions and community groups, working together to affect change. The Festival is a first for New York and harnesses the power of the creative community to imagine the future city and explore the ideas destined to shape it. It takes place from May 4-8, 2011, in locations around Downtown Manhattan in an area spanning East to West including the Lower East Side, the East Village, Soho, Nolita, and Chinatown—and serves as a platform for artists, writers, architects, engineers, designers, urban farmers, planners, and thought leaders to exchange ideas, propose solutions, and invite the public to participate. The Festival of Ideas for the New City was initially conceived by the New Museum three years ago as a natural outgrowth of its ongoing commi ... More MoMA to Examine New Architectural Possibilities for American Cities and SuburbsNEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 announce a 14-month initiative to examine new architectural possibilities for American cities and suburbs in the context of the recent foreclosure crisis in the United States. Organized by Barry Bergdoll, MoMA's Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, with Reinhold Martin, Director of Columbia University's Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture, Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream will enlist five interdisciplinary teams of architects to envision a rethinking of housing and related infrastructures that could catalyze urban transformation, particularly in the country's suburbs. Drawing on ideas proposed in The Buell Hypothesis, a forthcoming research publication by Mr. Martin, and Leah Meisterlin and Anna Kenoff of the Temple Hoyne Buell Center, the teams will participate in a four-m ... More L.A.'s Original Contemporary Art Fair Returns to Inspire Global Collectors in New Downtown LocationLOS ANGELES, CA.- The sixth annual artLA, the original Los Angeles International Contemporary Art Fair, will be staged at a breathtaking new location at the J.W.Marriott Ritz Carlton in Downtown Los Angeles. artLA, the original Los Angeles International Contemporary Art Fair, showcases innovative work from Los Angeles-based and international galleries alongside dealers and galleries from across the US, representing a compelling balance of well-established and emerging artists. artLA 2011 is the 49th art fair artLA Director, Stephen Cohen, has produced and the 26th art fair in Los Angeles since 1992. For 2011, artLA presents a contemporary art fair inclusive of photography, video, and new media alongside the most contemporary of traditional mediums. Additionally, exhibitors will present modernist and contemporary furniture and design. Curated installations of early local vid ... More Bonhams Appoints Olga Malysheva as Their New Representative in RussiaMOSCOW.- Bonhams, the international fine art auction house, has appointed Olga Malyshevaas the company’s representative in Russia, based in Moscow. Olga, 25, is originally from Moscow, where she has worked for the past three years as the Advertising Sales Manager for Tatler Russia. Describing her new job, Olga says: “The Russian people understand art. And they have an intuitive understanding of quality in art. I want every single person in Moscow to know that Bonhams is a place you go to feel the power of art.” Matthew Girling, Bonhams CEO for Europe and the Middle East, comments: “We are delighted to have secured the services of Olga Malysheva. She will doubtless build on our presence in Russia which is one of the great storehouses of art and antique treasures in Europe with a very educated and growing group of art buyers.” As well as working for Tatler Magazine Olga has also managed luxury private ev ... 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