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File photo of James Cuno, current director of the Art Institute of Chicago, who has been appointed new President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust. PRNewsFoto/Art Institute of Chicago.
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS).- The Getty Trust on Monday named James Cuno to head up its renowned art museums and collections, the second time it has tapped a leader of the Art Institute of Chicago to run its wide-ranging arts programs. Cuno, who oversaw the opening of the Art Institute of Chicago's $300 million Modern Wing during his seven years as the museum's director, will succeed the late James Wood, who died last year. Wood preceded Cuno at the Art Institute. Cuno, 60, has written a book about museums that boast encyclopedic collections, and the chairman of Getty's Board of Trustees called him "an ideal candidate." "The Getty needs a leader with an understanding of all aspects of the visual arts, who is known and respected around the world for intellectual curiosity and achievement," board chairman Mark Siegel said in a statement. The Getty, launched in 1954 by billionaire industrialist and collector J. Paul Getty, has a budget ... More |
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National Gallery's Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition Aims to Limit Number of Tickets
Leonardo da Vinci, Portrait of a Musician, about 1485-8. Oil on panel, 43 x 31 cm. Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Pinacoteca – Milan © Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana – Milano/De Agostini Picture Library.
LONDON (REUTERS).- Britain's National Gallery is planning to limit the number of tickets available at an upcoming Leonardo da Vinci exhibition in a bid to reduce the frustration of jostling crowds for art lovers. The number of visitors allowed in each half hour slot in the Sainsbury Wing will be capped at 180 rather than the 230 permitted by health and safety laws, a decision prompted by complaints of overcrowding in other exhibitions. "We've looked hard at the problems caused by very popular exhibitions in recent years and decided to take action ahead of what is likely to be one of the most important shows in our history," National Gallery Director Nick Penny said on Monday. "However, there are limits to what can be done - a drawing with exquisite detail for example is best looked at by one or two people at a time whether it is in a small or a huge exhibition space." The Trafalgar Square Gallery will ... More | | France's Rouen Museum Returns Mummified Maori Head to New Zealand After 136 Years
France joins the U.S., Australia and other European countries in returning Maori objects to their native land. AP Photo/Delphine Zigoni; Rouen Museum.
By: Cecile Brisson, Associated Press
ROUEN, FRANCE (AP).- A French museum has returned the mummified and tattooed head of a Maori to New Zealand officials after spending 136 years in a Normandy museum, a belated gesture to restore dignity to the first of 16 such human heads once displayed as exotic curiosities. Representatives of New Zealand's native Maori people sang traditional songs during an elaborate ceremony at Rouen City Hall to hand over the head to New Zealand diplomats, the first to be returned from of a total of 16 in France. "It's truly a solemn and symbolic day," New Zealand ambassador Rosmary Banks said. "We are very happy at the return" of the tattooed head after so many years in Rouen, Banks said. For years, New Zealand has sought the return of Maori heads kept in collections abroad, ... More | | Stuart Cary Welch Collection: Arts of India to Sell at Sotheby's on 31 May 2011
Vasudhara Mandala, by Jasaraja Jirili, Nepal, dated 1365. Estimate: 300,000 - 400,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- On May 31, 2011, Sotheby’s presents for sale Part II of the Stuart Cary Welch Collection: Arts of India. This follows the outstanding total of £20.9 million achieved last month for Part I of the Stuart Cary Welch Collection Arts of the Islamic World which established an auction record for any Islamic work of art and set a record for any single auction of Islamic Art. The 204 -lot sale, which will take place in London on Tuesday, May 31, 2011, will comprise many dramatic and exquisite works of great rarity, including Rajput, Deccani, later Mughal, Company School and Himalayan paintings, drawings and works of art, as well as a wide range of more affordable drawings, sketches and decorative arts from the 13th to the 20th century. Commenting on the sale of this exceptional offering, Holly Brackenbury, Director and Head of Sotheby’s London Indian ... More |
 | The Collection of Larry Hagman Hits The Auction Block at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills
A polychrome painted ceramic "I Dream of Jeannie" bottle from the personal property and memorabilia of actor Larry Hagman. REUTERS/Julien's Auctions.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Actor Larry Hagman is set to appear in a TV remake of a different kind when his personal antiques, fine and decorative art, furniture, and memorabilia from the classic 1980’s primetime soap opera Dallas are offered for auction in a sale to be held at the prestigious Julien’s Auctions Gallery in Beverly Hills, California on Saturday, June 4, 2011. Larry Hagman, stage, film and television actor, producer, director, and charitable spokesman, is best known for his roles as the villainous JR Ewing in Dallas and Major Tony Nelson in I Dream of Jeannie. In 1965 Hagman hit the jackpot playing Barbara Eden’s TV “master” and eventual love interest, Captain Anthony Nelson in the hit sitcom I Dream of Jeannie for NBC. The show had climbed to the top 10 in the first year and was NBC’s answer to both successful comedies Bewitched on ABC and My Favorite Martian on CBS. By 1970 Hagma ... More | | Artnet Auctions Launches Rock 'n' Roll Collection Featuring Prints, Photographs, and Paintings
Michael Putland, Mick Jagger, 1981, 20 x 16 inches. Silver print. Estimate: $1,000-$2,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- artnet Auctions presents over 100 prints, photographs, paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by artists representing some of the most celebrated Rock ‘n’ Rollers from the 20th century to the present. The auction begun on May 6th and will end on May 13th, 2011. Leading the sale is an exceptional collection of 1960s and 1970s silver gelatin photographs by Rock ‘n’ Roll photojournalists including Barrie Wentzell, Michael Putland, Mick Rock, and Charles Gatewood. Also featured are portraits of Madonna, Kurt Cobain, and Deborah Harry, and vintage and modern prints of rock icons performing including Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, The Beatles, Tina Turner, Lou Reed, Jim Morrison, Nina Simone, Bruce Springsteen, Oasis, The Ramones, and The Dictators with Miss All Bare. Other highlights: a unique mixed-media collage of The Beatles by Andy Warhol (es ... More | | Paper Announces Discovery of One of Earliest Minerals Formed in Solar System
This particular grain is known affectionately as "Cracked Egg" for its distinctive appearance.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- In the May-June issue of the journal American Mineralogist, a team of scientists announced the discovery of the new mineral krotite, one of the earliest minerals formed in our solar system. It is the main component of an unusual inclusion embedded in a meteorite (NWA 1934), found in northwest Africa. These objects, known as refractory inclusions, are thought to be the first planetary materials formed in our solar system, dating back to before the formation of the Earth and the other planets. This particular grain is known affectionately as "Cracked Egg" for its distinctive appearance. Dr. Harold C. Connolly, Jr. and student Stuart A. Sweeney Smith at the City University of New York (CUNY) and the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) first recognized the grain to be of a very special type, known as a calcium-aluminum-rich refractory inclusion. ("Refractory" refers to the fact that these grains contain minera ... More |
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Wide Array of "Toys with Character" Take the Spotlight at Bertoia Auctions' Sale on June 10-11
Hubley Messenger Boy cast-iron doorstop, designed by Fish, est. $4,000-$5,000. Bertoia Auctions image.
VINELAND, N.J.- It took weeks to catalog the enormous array of beautiful toys, banks and doorstops chosen for Bertoia Auctions’ June 10-11 Toys with Character sale, and gallery associate Rich Bertoia says it was worth every minute of the effort. “When collectors get this catalog, they’re going to want to take their time,” he said. “There’s literally a surprise on every page. We didn’t plan it that way; it just turned out like that.” Both auction sessions will open with still banks, including what may be the largest and finest single-owner collection of “safe” banks ever to pass through Bertoia’s doors. Many are pictured in Bob and Shirley Peirce’s Iron Safe Banks book. “We were quite fortunate to get this collection. It’s extraordinary,” Rich said. “Guy and Kim Zani, who built the collection, only went for rarity. They didn’t collect ... More | | Section of Titanic Hull Consigned by Charles Pellegrino Offered by Heritage Auctions
The May 21 auction features 7 x 4 inch piece of hull, fossilized impression of railing and rope and other never-before-offered Titanic relics.
DALLAS, TX.- An actual 7 x 4 inch section from the hull of the doomed ship R.M.S. Titanic, modern history's most famous shipwreck - consigned by famous author, Hollywood consultant and deep sea archeologist Charles Pellegrino - is expected to bring $4,000+ as part of Heritage Auctions' May 21 Americana & Political Memorabilia event. A minimum of 10% from proceeds will be donated to the Firefighter's Burn Center. "This is the first time these relics have ever been offered," said Tom Slater, Heritage's Director of Americana, "Pellegrino, one of the world's foremost experts on the doomed ship, has chosen now to share this treasure with the world, and we expect that collectors will be clamoring for a chance to make this theirs." The actual wreck of the ... More | | Ninety Years of Israeli Art from the 1920's till Today at Bonhams in London
Alois Heinrich Priechenfried (Austrian, 1867-1953), Portrait of a Rabbi. Estimate: £10,000 - 15,000. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- On the 24th May 2011, Bonhams and Montefiore Auction Houses launch their inaugural sale of Israeli art in London. Bonhams has teamed up with Montefiore Auction House, Tel Aviv, to offer a selection of works that covers nine decades. This auction is set to be the most comprehensive sale of Israeli art in Europe, offering private collectors a unique opportunity to invest in an expanding art market. Giles Peppiatt, Head of Israeli Art at Bonhams, says: “Interest from both private collectors and museums internationally, ensures that this event will be an exciting new venture for Bonhams." Jacob Gildor of Montefiore comments: "We have selected a mixture of Israeli artists who in some way represent Israeli Art from the 1920's until today." The auction will include six contem- ... More |
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Sotheby's Amsterdam Modern & Contemporary Art Auction to Tale Place on 17 May 2011
Anselm Kiefer, Marie-Antoinette, 1986. Photo: Sotheby's.
AMSTERAM.- Sotheby’s Amsterdam will offer for sale on Tuesday 17 May 2011 Marie-Antoinette (1986) by the German artist Anselm Kiefer (1945). Kiefer’s Marie-Antoinette was a gift to designer and interior decorator Benno Premsela from the famous Dutch furniture designer Martin Visser . Premsela received the present work for his help with the negotiations of the bequest of Visser's private collection (including over 20 works by Anselm Kiefer) to the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, The Netherlands. In 1986 Kiefer constructed a large piece in lead (280 by 470 cm.) titled Die Frauen der Revolution (Woman of the Revolution), that consisted of an assemblage of smaller steel frames with dried lilies-of-the-valley and roses under glass. Below each frame he wrote the name of the woman to whom that particular work was dedicated. The present work shows the French Queen Marie-Antoinette (1755-1793) and is similar to a fragment ... More | | Dali, Warhol, Chagall Highlight Bonhams & Butterfields $1.6 Million Fine Prints Auction
Salvador Dalí, La Divine Comédie, from Dante Alighieri, L'Enfer; La Purgatoire; Le Paradis, (M./L.1039-1138), 1959-63. The complete portfolio, comprising 100 wood engravings, each signedEach sheet 13 x 10 3/8in. Est. $50,000-70,000; Sold for $134,000. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams & Butterfields.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- On May 3, 2011, Bonhams & Butterfields presented its $1.6-million Fine Prints auction, marked by strong surrealism sales: the exceptional $134,000 purchase of Salvador Dalí's La Divine Comédie, a complete signed portfolio of 100 color wood engravings from Dante Alighieri, L'Enfer, La Purgatoire, and Le Paradis, estimated at $50,000-70,000; and The Magic Flute, an After Marc Chagall, color lithograph on wove paper, estimated at $20,000-30,000 that sold for $42,700. The successful auction, held in San Francisco and simulcast in Los Angeles, also presented iconic Pop Art and abstract Expressionism highlights by famed artists Andy Warhol and Richard Diebenkorn - whose works sold very well. Andy ... More | | Albert Einstein's Immigration Papers on Show for Very First Time at Merseyside Maritime Museum
The scientist, who was Jewish, arrived in England while a bounty had been put on his head by the Nazis who named him an enemy of the regime.
LIVERPOOL.- Immigration documents relating to Albert Einstein’s dramatic escape from Nazi Germany have been discovered and will go on show for the very first time at Merseyside Maritime Museum. Einstein, one of the most prominent figures of the last century, fled from his native Germany when Adolf Hitler came to power. The scientist, who was Jewish, arrived in England while a bounty had been put on his head by the Nazis who named him an enemy of the regime. The landing card is proof of Einstein’s journey from Belgium to Dover on 26 May 1933. Now, after nearly 80 years stored away at Heathrow Airport, the landing card issued to the ‘father of modern physics’ has been discovered by curators. Lucy Gardner, assistant curator of the Seized! The Border and Customs Uncovered gallery at Merseyside Maritime Museum said: “We didn’t ... More |
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 Blindspot Gallery Participates in ART HK11 Featuring "Into Light" by South HoHONG KONG.- Blindspot Gallery announce their participation in the ART FUTURES section at the Hong Kong International Art Fair this year at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on 26 – 29 May 2011, featuring young Hong Kong artist South Ho’s award winning series - Into Light. The series will also be exhibited at Blindspot Gallery on 8 - 18 June 2011 following the fair. Into Light is a set of black and white photographs of pedestrian tunnels, taken at different locations in Hong Kong during the nights. The series expresses Ho’s view and feelings about a state of his life, “I am standing in darkness and about to pass through a tunnel of light. I do not know how long the tunnel is and how long it would take to pass through it, the only thing I am certain is that at the end of it, darkness will re-appear,” Ho says. The series of ... More Sue Scott Gallery Presents David Shapiro: Money Is No ObjectNEW YORK, NY.- Sue Scott Gallery presents a solo exhibition of the resulting work, David Shapiro: Money Is No Object, on view from May 7 through June 19, 2011 in conjunction with the New Museum’s Festival of Ideas for a New City. The exhibition consists of 12 vellum scrolls on which Shapiro meticulously and tenderly rendered thousands of bills, checks, stubs, and receipts with pen and ink, color pencil and gouache. Each scroll — some up to 30 feet in length — contains one month’s worth of bills. Conceived as a year-long drawing, Money is No Object manages to slow down the world by painstakingly scrutinizing the banal details and monotony of modern life. Redrawing account numbers and bar codes — humanized with handmade mistakes — the work reveals pathos, unforeseen rhythms, rituals and beauty, as it strives to reclaim a fill-in-the-blank life from the forces of corporate reduction. While t ... More Donors Endow Peter C. Bunnell Curator of Photography at the Princeton Univ. Art MuseumPRINCETON, N.J.- The Princeton University Art Museum announces the founding of a curatorship in photography named for Peter C. Bunnell, who served Princeton University in the country’s first endowed professorship in the history of photography. Joel Smith, Curator of Photography at the Princeton University Art Museum since November 2005, has been appointed to the position. “The generosity of a very special group of donors – Mr. and Mrs. Philip Maritz, The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. John Fisher and Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Stuart – has enabled the establishment of this curatorship in honor of Peter Bunnell, a truly iconic figure in the history of photography. This will significantly enhance the Museum’s ability to advance scholarship and access to this world-class collection,” said James Steward, Museum Director. “We are deeply grateful to Pe ... More Amon Carter Museum of American Art Receives $75,000 Education Grant from NEHFORT WORTH, TX.- The Amon Carter Museum of American Art announces that it has received a $75,000 Picturing America School Collaboration Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Only nine such grants were awarded nationwide, and the Amon Carter is one of three museums to receive this prestigious award. It is the second consecutive year the museum has been awarded the grant, which will fund a professional development conference for Texas teachers this summer, classroom resources, student field trips, interactive videoconferences and online curriculum. “We are grateful and honored to receive the grant so that we may build upon the success of last year’s conference,” says Sara Klein, teacher and school programs manager. “We received great, positive feedback from teachers whose students benefited from the program, and we look forwar ... More Von Lintel Gallery Present Its Fourth Exhibition of New Paintings by Tim MaguireNEW YORK, NY.- Von Lintel Gallery present its fourth exhibition of new paintings by Australian artist Tim Maguire, on view from May 5 through June 4, 2011. Tim Maguire's large canvases are full of lush plant life—tightly cropped angles of multi-colored poppies in various stages of bloom and decay. Maguire's floral scenes are striking, yet for the artist the work is less about subject than the duality of process for which he is known. Melding mechanical printmaking techniques with traditional painting, the artist flips normal order on its head. Working from his own photographs of nature, Maguire builds up layers of value and tone by applying only three successive colors of paint to the canvas: cyan, magenta and yellow—successfully mimicking the buildup of color used in the CMYK mode of digital printmaking. From a distance, Maguire's bold imagery and riotous color coupled with the paintings' smooth surfaces makes t ... More Storm King Art Center Annoucnes Major Outdoor Exhibition of Mark Di Suvero's Work NEW YORK, NY.- Storm King Art Center announced a major exhibition of large-scale works by iconic American sculptor Mark di Suvero, to open on Governors Island on May 27. Mark di Suvero at Governors Island: Presented by Storm King Art Center comprises roughly a dozen works that will be sited across the 172-acre expanse of the Island, a former military base that is now a vibrant public space. The exhibition, which is curated by Storm King Director and Curator David Collens, is the largest outdoor presentation of di Suvero’s sculpture to be shown in New York City since the 1970s. With loans from public and private collections—including a number of sculptures from Storm King’s own celebrated installation of the artist’s work—as well as several new works that have never been on public view, it will be the centerpiece of the 2011 season at Governors Island. The exhibition remains on view through September ... More San Antonio Museum of Art Appoints Dr. Katherine Luber as Museum Director SAN ANTONIO, TX.- The San Antonio Museum of Art announced today that Dr. Katherine Luber has been appointed Kelso Director of the Museum effective July 2011. The announcement is the culmination of a national search to replace former director Dr. Marion Oettinger, Jr., who stepped down to devote himself to serving as full-time curator of the Museum’s Latin American art collection. “After a comprehensive national search, we have found the ideal person for the job in Dr. Luber,” said Board of Trustees Chairman Karen Hixon. “The Museum is fortunate to have found a person with such a rare combination of skills: a curator with an impressive background in the arts and a commitment to ‘best practices’ in museum management along with the business acumen obtained from having established herself as a successful entrepreneur.” Luber’s commitment to the arts began during her undergraduate education ... More Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Debuts New YouTube Series "Art 1:01"EUGENE, OR.- The Jordan Schnitzer Museum debuts a new video series titled “Art 1:01” on its YouTube channel. These short videos give one minute and one second insights into works from the museum’s collection. The series debuts with Jill Hartz, JSMA executive director, discussing “En Mi Cárcel de Papel (In My Paper Jail),” “Esclavos del Amor (Slaves of Love),” and “Prisioneros del Tiempo (Prisoners of Time),” a triptych by Cuban artist Sandra Ramos that was acquired by the museum in 2010. These works can currently be seen as part of the exhibition “Diaspora, Identity and Race: Cuba Today,” on view through June 13, 2011. Future episodes include discussions with Anne Rose Kitagawa, JSMA chief curator of collections, curator of Asian art and director of academic programs, discussing the Korean folding screen “The Ten Symbols ... MoreLeading Neuroscientist Says 'Viewing Art Like Being in Love'LONDON.- The conclusion of a recent experiment monitoring what happens in our brains when we view art says that it is more than just good for your health - and can have a big impact on the nation’s happiness. In a series of pioneering brain-mapping experiments, Semir Zeki, Professor of Neurobiology and Neuroaesthetics at University College London, has revealed that viewing art can give just as much pleasure as being in love. Zeki concluded that viewing art triggers a surge of the feel-good neurotransmitter dopamine into the orbito-frontal cortex of the brain, resulting in feelings of intense pleasure. “There have been very significant new advances in our understanding of what happens in our brains when we look at works of art,” said Zeki. ‘We have recently found that when we look at things we consider to be beautiful, there is increased activity in the pleasure reward centres of the brain. Essentially, the fe ... More Remington's 1891 Apache Signal Fire Expected to Bring $200,000+ in Western Art Event at Heritage AuctionsDALLAS, TX .- Frederick Sackrider Remington’s Apache Signal Fire, 1891 – one of the artist’s first and most important nocturnes – is expected to bring more than $200,000 when it comes up for bid as part of Heritage Auctions’ Tuesday, May 17 Signature® Western Art Auction, taking place at the company’s Design District Annex, 1518 Slocum Street. “Western art is such a powerhouse for Heritage,” said Kirsty Buchanan, Consignment Director at Heritage Auctions, “and we continue to raise the bar for quality works, as evidenced by Remington’s Apache Signal Fire.” For over 45 years Apache Signal Fire was part of the private collection of Marge Schotts, the colorful owner of the Cincinnati Reds. It was originally commissioned for Century Magazine in 1891, and demonstrates a powerful narrative and sublime execution that predates Remington’s other major nocturnes. “Apache Signal ... 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