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Glenn Lowry, left, Director of the Museum of Modern Art, and Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen, shake hands after a news conference at the museum, Monday, May 23, 2011, where MoMA and Volkswagen announced a new partnership. (AP Photo/Richard Drew.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA PS1, and Volkswagen announced details of a two-year partnership today at a press conference at MoMA. The major components of the partnership are the support for an international contemporary art exhibition at MoMA PS1 in 2013, and the expansion of MoMA's online course offerings beginning in March 2012. It also includes sponsorship of a series of installations in MoMA's Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden and of the exhibition Francis Alÿs: A Story of Deception, as well as the donation of two works by artist Francis Alÿs to MoMA's collection. This unprecedented partnership supports MoMA and MoMA PS1's leadership role in contemporary art and culture, and our goal of reaching a diverse and global audience. "We are pleased to have a strong partner in Volkswagen, whose commitment to i ... More |
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Landmark SFMOMA Exhibition Showcases the Art and Influence of Gertrude Stein and Her Family
Henri Matisse, Woman with a Hat, 1905; oil on canvas; 31 3/4 x 23 1/2 in. (80.7 x 59.7 cm); SFMOMA, Bequest of Elise S. Haas; © Succession H. Matisse, Paris. Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; photo: Ben Blackwell.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The Steins are responsible in many ways for the turn-of-the century revolution in the visual arts through their adventurous patronage, deep ties to leading minds of the era, and legendary Paris salon gatherings. As powerful tastemakers, they had a commitment to the new, a confidence in their inclinations, and a drive to build appreciation for the work they loved. From the moment they first dared to admire Matisse's scandalous Woman with a Hat (1905)—the "nasty smear of paint" that gave the fauves their name—the foursome were staking claims for modern art that would heavily influence their peers and transform the careers of several of the most important artists of the century. The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde reunites the unparalleled modern art collections ... More | | Stolen 14th Century Panel Painting Recovered at the Speed Art Museum in Kentucky
A stolen 14th-century panel painting featuring the Virgin Mary with a child. AP Photo/United States Attorney's Office.
By: Brett Barrouquere, Associated Press
LOUISVILLE (AP).- A stolen 14th-century panel painting depicting the Virgin Mary with a child has been recovered at a Kentucky art museum, which agreed Monday to return the piece to Italian authorities. The triptych, taken from an Italian villa in 1971, was traced to the permanent collection of the J.B. Speed Art Museum in Louisville. Court records state that the Speed Art Museum bought the painting in 1973 from the Newhouse Galleries in New York for $38,000. The piece was one of 14 taken from the Italian villa. Federal prosecutors say the stolen art had a total value of $33 million. U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Robert Nardoza in Brooklyn, N.Y., said no one has been charged in the theft. Nardoza declined to say how the painting was traced to Kentucky and said he couldn't ... More | | Seven Tombs in New Kingdom Cemetery Open to Tourists After Restoration
Zahi Hawass (C), Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities speaks to reporters during the opening of the tombs. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI.
CAIRO (AP).- The tombs of seven men, including several who served King Tutankhamen and his father, the pharaoh Akhenaten, were opened to tourists on Monday after restoration. Egypt's minister of antiquities, Zahi Hawass, told reporters that the tombs in the New Kingdom Cemetery could draw more visitors to the site in South Saqqara, which is better known for its pyramids, including the Step Pyramid of Djoser. The area served as the necropolis for the ancient Egyptian capital at Memphis. Hawass noted that two of the men who built tombs for themselves — Maya, the treasurer of King Tutankhamen, also known as King Tut — and Horemheb, a general under King Tut who later became king himself, "were very important men during one of Egypt's most tumultuous periods." Akhenaten, who lived some 3,300 years ago, closed down the temples where Egyptians worshipped in Luxor and ... More |
Utah Tour Guide David Lund Accused by Government of Israel of Smuggling Artifacts
Dr. John Lund holds an alabaster container from Israel in his home. AP Photo/Jim Urquhart.
By: Chi-Chi Zhang, Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP).- Tour guide David Lund on Friday denied accusations by Israeli authorities that he was trying to smuggle antiquities from that country. Israeli authorities arrested Lund earlier this week on suspicion of trafficking antiquities, but the retired lecturer from Murray, Utah, said he was never informed of any wrongdoing in more than 30 years of guiding thousands of people to visit holy sites in the Middle East and bringing antiquities with him to tell biblical stories. "They're saying I was trying to sneak these items out of Israel, and it's just a gross misrepresentation of the facts," the 70-year-old Lund said. His latest trip began earlier this month when he led a group of 96 tourists to Israel. Like his previous outings, Lund brought along antiquities such as oil lamps and coins to help illustrate the history and tell stories about the region. They were antiquities he said he had purchased on previous trips around the Mediterranean region. Lund said he was q ... More | | "Hiroshima: Ground Zero 1945" Exhibition Drawn from ICP's Permanent Collection
United States Strategic Bombing Survey, Physical Damage Division [Steel stairs warped by intense heat from burned book stacks of Asano Library, Hiroshima], November 15, 1945. Gelatin silver contact print. Photo: Courtesy International Center of Photography.
NEW YORK, NY.- Once-classified images of atomic destruction at Hiroshima are displayed in a new exhibition "Hiroshima: Ground Zero 1945" drawn from ICP’s permanent collection. The Hiroshima archive includes more than 700 images of absence and annihilation, which formed the basis for civil defense architecture in the United States. These images had been mislaid for over forty years before being acquired by ICP in 2006. On view from May 20 through August 28, 2011. This exhibition includes approximately 60 contact prints and photographs as well as the secret 1947 United States Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS) report, The Effects of the Strategic Bombing on Hiroshima, Japan. It is accompanied by a catalogue published by ICP/Steidl, with essays by John W. Dower, Adam Harrison Levy, David Monteyne, Philomena Mariani, and ... More | | Much-Loved Paris Shopping Shrine "La Samaritaine" to Become 450 Million Euro Hotel
The late sun of the day lights 'La Samaritaine' sign near Pont-Neuf, Paris. EPA/HORACIO VILLALOBOS.
By: Alexandria Sage
PARIS (REUTERS).- Say "La Samaritaine" in this city and shopping-mad Parisians will wax nostalgic about a beloved department store which once boasted it had "everything". Now, the monument to retail therapy on the right bank of the Seine which has been closed since 2005, is set to undergo a three-year, 450 million euro redesign that will transform it into a luxury hotel, with adjacent buildings housing offices, public apartments, and of course, shops. With an Art Deco facade and its name proudly displayed in big block letters, La Samaritaine was the most egalitarian of the "grand magasins," or opulent department stores in the French capital, featuring a huge variety of goods for sale from flowers and bathing suits, to candies and hats. Its doors closed in 2005, however, after the building fell afoul of safety codes and years of wrangling ensued between its current own ... More |
Asian Art Museum Presents First Large-Scale U.S. Exhibition of Balinese Art
Tanah Bali, approx. 1930–1937. By Miguel Covarrubias (Mexican, 1904–1957). Gouache on paper. H: 14 in; W: 21 in. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- A tiny island in the Indonesian archipelago, Bali reverberates in the world's imagination. A globally recognized destination in Southeast Asia, the island is home to one of the most vibrant centers of visual and performing arts in the world. But until now there has never been an in-depth examination in the United States of Balinese artistic traditions. Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance, on view at the Asian Art Museum through September 11, 2011, brings the art and artists of Bali to San Francisco, introducing museum visitors to Balinese history and religious beliefs, and illuminating the ways that performance and rituals are integrated into daily life. From woven palm-leaf images of the rice goddess to terrifying wood sculptures of Hindu deities, from gilded chairs for kings to painted palanquins for the gods, from ... More | | Sotheby's London to Offer the Earliest Surviving Manuscript for a Novel by Jane Austen
Jane Austen, Watsons Manuscript. Estimate: £200,000-300,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London today announces that it will offer, as part of the English Literature and History Sale on 14th July 2011, the historic autograph manuscript of Jane Austen’s novel ‘The Watsons’ - the only major Austen manuscript remaining in private hands and the most important Jane Austen item to come to the market in over 20 years. It is estimated at £200,000-300,000. Probably written in 1804 when Austen wasn’t yet a published writer – but a period in her career that is nonetheless considered to be her mature writing period - this heavily corrected draft represents the earliest surviving manuscript for a novel by Jane Austen. The work, which was not published during her lifetime and remains incomplete, provides a fascinating insight into both her writing practices and her development into one of Britain’s greatest authors. It affords the reader an unparalleled glimpse into the ver ... More | | A Passion for Glass: Exhibition of Modern Glass Shines at the National Museum of Scotland
Alan Poole who gifted a collection of glass to the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh looks at a piece called Self Portrait Age 7 by British artist Charlotte Hughes. EPA/DAVID CHESKIN.
EDINBURGH.- A dazzling selection of work from one of the most comprehensive collections of modern glass by artists from across the world is on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. The exhibition is on view from 20 May 2011 through 11 September 2011. A Passion For Glass showcases work never before seen by the public from a collection recently gifted to National Museums Scotland by Alan J Poole and the late Dan Klein, world authorities in the field of 20th century studio glass. The studio glass movement began in the mid 20th century following the development of small-scale furnaces that enabled makers to create individual pieces in a studio environment rather than a factory. Alan and Dan were instrumental in setting up North Lands Creative Glass – an internationally recognised centre ... More |
Priska C. Juschka Fine Art Presents New York City Artist Rosemarie Fiore: Artificiere
Rosemarie Fiore, Firework Drawing #61, 2011. Lit firework residue on TS Saunders and Fabriano paper, 82 x 69¾ in. (208 x 177 cm) Image courtesy of Priska C. Juschka Fine Art.
NEW YORK, NY.- Priska C. Juschka Fine Art presents Artificiere, Rosemarie Fiore’s second solo exhibition at the gallery, on view from May 19th through July 2nd, 2011. Fiore continues her practice of using fireworks as her sole medium to create works on paper and, most recently in addition, glass sculptures by uniquely utilizing fireworks and smoke bombs for her work and compositions. By referring to the Italian word artificiere for ‘pyrotechnician,’ Fiore points out that the first gunpowder and fireworks specialists were considered artful masters of a rare trade. Ars the Latin noun for ‘art and skill’ and ficere or facere the Latin verbs for ‘creating and making’ extrapolates Fiore’s intent. “I control my mark making as much as I can. I keep in mind that it is a balance between chaos and control and that too much control suffocates the work.” Applying and adding a ... More | | Jim Dine's Glyptotek Series of Extraordinary Drawings on View at the Morgan Library
Jim Dine, Glyptotek Drawings, 1987–88. Charcoal and pastel on plastic sheet, 17 3/4 x 12 5/8”. Promised gift of the artist to The Morgan Library & Museum. Photograph courtesy of PaceWildenstein. © 2011 Jim Dine / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Jim Dine's series of extraordinary drawings inspired by Greek and Roman sculpture and sourced primarily at the Glyptothek Museum in Munich, Germany receives its first New York showing in a new exhibition at The Morgan Library & Museum. The forty works on paper, known as the Glyptotek Drawings (1987–88)*, are crucial to understanding Dine's career, as they were instrumental in launching his ongoing engagement with the art of the ancient world. The drawings—a promised gift to the Morgan from the artist— are on view from May 20 through September 4. Dine first visited the Glyptothek in 1984 and was motivated by the works he encountered there to create a book of Heliogravure prints to house, in his words, "my Glyptothek." Later, in his studio, he ... More | | Reinterpretation of the Ancient Three Graces Myths by Artist Francesca Lowe at Riflemaker
Francesca Lowe, Tree Cuts, Call To Arms - from Military Aircraft (2010). Framed. ©Riflemaker Gallery and the artist.
LONDON.- A modern reinterpretation of the ancient Three Graces myth is the subject of the exhibition by artist Francesca Lowe at Riflemaker, from 23 May 2011 through July 2, 2011. Headland: Woman in a Landscape consists of five large-scale heads, five symbol-laden tree paintings, and a group of 'tree-cuts' which invite the viewer to indulge in a game of symbolic decoding, to reveal a woman's journey through the complex landscape of today. In mythology the Three Graces are goddesses of unearthly attraction, beauty, and charm; men wanted them and women wanted to be them. Throughout art history women have been painted from the male perspective and are usually depicted as being aware of the male spectator. Lowe’s Graces flout this tradition. The viewer is surrounded by the dramatic, large-scale canvases, executed in Lowe’s distinctive pastel with fresco-like washes. This ... More |
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 Dallas Museum of Art and the Menil Collection Announce Joint Acquisition of Sculpture by Maurizio CattelaDALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art and the Menil Collection in Houston announced today the joint acquisition of a major sculpture by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, one of the most significant and provocative artists to emerge since the 1990s. This marks the first time that either the Dallas Museum of Art or the Menil Collection has acquired a work of art with a fellow museum. The work, Untitled (2009), is both painting and sculpture, consisting of what looks to be an everyday push-broom pinning a canvas to a wall, distorting its surface. The work creates a nearly physical sense of discomfort for the viewer. While Cattelan draws on art historical precedents created by artists including Marcel Duchamp, Jasper Johns, and Italian post–World War II masters, the DMA-Menil work is a quizzical and challenging object that is all his own and entirely contemporary. Its informed ... More Important Diamonds and Signed Jewels to Highlight Final Jewelry Auction at Christie's New York June 14 NEW YORK, NY.- Following on the heels of Christie's blockbuster $78 million jewelry auction in Geneva last week, Christie's announces highlights of its upcoming sale of Important Jewels on June 14 in New York. This annual pre-summer event caps the spring season of Christie’s major jewelry auctions in New York, Geneva, Hong Kong, Paris, and London, and features over 120 individual items, including a diverse array of colored and colorless diamonds, rare gemstones, and signed designer jewels. Estimates range from $2,000 up to $2.5 million, and the total sale is expected to achieve $8 million. “Our June New York sale has become a favorite end-of-season auction for top-quality signed jewels from great private collections,” said Rahul Kadakia, Head of Jewelry for Christie’s Americas. “This year, we are pleased to offer a wealth of beautifully-designed statement jewels from the top jewelry houses, includi ... More Bonhams to Sell Work by US President's Friend Who Survived Attacks by Leopards & ElephantsLONDON.- A stunning bronze sculpture of three elephants titled `The Wounded Comrade’ by the American artist, Carl E. Akeley (1864-1926), will be sold at Bonhams Sporting Gun Sale in Knightsbridge on July 27. The powerful bronze which stands a foot and a half tall and broad, shows two elephants supporting a wounded comrade, holding him up on each side. The emotion in this work clearly shows the bond between these intelligent and sensitive animals, and just how much we yet have to learn about them and their world. Estimated to sell for £40,000-60,000 the bronze has an interesting history. It was begun by Akeley in 1913 at the suggestion of the American financier J.P. Morgan. The bronze was exhibited at the Winter Exhibition of the National Academy of Design in the same year, earning him membership of the National Sculpture Society, and he went on to produce about twenty bronzes in total over the next twelve years, as well a ... More Bonhams to Sell One of the World's Finest Collections of First Edition & Serial Victorian LiteratureLONDON.- Bonhams announces the sale of one of the world’s finest collections of Victorian Literature as published in original parts, and serial publications of the 18th and 19th centuries in New York on October 18th at 1pm. The sale of over 290 lots, expected to fetch more than $1.5 million, includes the first editions of the greatest novelists of the Mid-19th century. There is an almost complete collection of Dickens’s published novels in parts; a very rare complete collection of all Trollope novels published in parts (perhaps one of the only collections in the world); the Surtees ‘Jorrocks‘ series; an extensive collection of books and correspondence relating to Ainsworth’s novel ‘The Tower of London’; 16 novels by the Irish writer Charles Lever, most published in parts in London and Dublin; 12 works by George Elliot, several in parts; 25 works by Thackeray and a plethora of novelists from 1 ... More Hermann Historica's Successful Spring Sale Under the Sign of Dragons and Double-Headed Eagles MUNICH.- Many clients and collectors showed great interest in the pre-sale viewing preceding the spring sale, a good sign for the 61st auction of the renowned Hermann Historica oHG, Munich auction house but between 28 April and 12 May, the top hammer prices exceeded all previous expectations. Approximately 7,700 objects – antiques, ancient arms and armour, arts and crafts, hunting collectibles as well as medals and militaria – were offered for bidding. Lot 3066 is a striking example for the fact that vivid interest is not only reflected in casual requests, but also in concrete pre-bids. On the fourth day of the sale, the 24 cm tall and 492 grammes heavy rhinoceros horn beaker from the Kangxi Period (1662-1722) with an initial starting price of 12,000 Euros had to be introduced at 52,000 Euros. The beaker with openwork in several layers is decorated with blossoms, tendrils and lotus leaves, a type of manufa ... More San Francisco Art Institute Board of Trustees Appoints Charles Desmarais as PresidentSAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Art Institute’s Board of Trustees has appointed Charles Desmarais as the President of SFAI following a national search. Currently the Deputy Director for Art at the Brooklyn Museum, Desmarais will assume his responsibilities at SFAI on August 1, 2011. Desmarais succeeds Roy Eisenhardt, who has served as Interim President since July 2010. “We are thrilled to welcome Charles Desmarais as the new President of SFAI,” said Diane Frankel, Chair of the Board of Trustees. “His broad experience brings significant management, financial, and fundraising skills and successes to our institution. In addition, Charles has played a major role in American and international art through the institutions he has led and through his writing and curatorial work.” Desmarais joined the Brooklyn Museum in 2005, overseeing all curatorial departments, conservation, collections, exhibition manage ... More Santa Monica Museum of Art Presents The Dark Lining by Marco BrambillaSANTA MONICA, CA.- Santa Monica Museum of Art presents The Dark Lining, Marco Brambilla’s first solo museum exhibition, features seven major time-based works from 1999 to the present. Brambilla’s oeuvre consists of complex video installations. Much of his work comprises found film footage edited, layered, and spliced to create compelling new narratives and stunning visual mosaics. With exquisite technical production and seamless editing, Brambilla’s multi-layered tableaux of interconnecting images and looped video blend into an expansive landscape that forms his hallmark style. The exhibition is on display from May 21st through august 20th, 2011. The exhibition at SMMoA features Evolution (Megaplex), 2010, a new large-scale 3D video collage, which displays the history of humankind through the lens of cinema. In this never before seen work, Brambilla combines hundreds of clips from genre films that re-enact historical ... More XII Media Forum in the Frames of 33rd Moscow International Film Festival Presents "Expanded Cinema"MOSCOW.- For the twelve years that the Media Forum programme has existed its organizers had to explain in almost every interview what the project wholly dedicated to visual art is doing on the territory of cinema. What do sound performances, video art, multi-channel installations and net art have in common with the film sphere? Each year Media Forum tried to explain this in its events: Peter Greenaway delivered a whole lecture on death of cinema for the triumph of visual art, artists, filmmakers and critics at Media Forum panels discussed the border-line aesthetics, Media Forum guests, such as Eve Sussman, Gary Hill, Jesper Just and others have each year and with very programme brought to Moscow their premiers on the edge of cinematic and fine arts. And finally this year the organizers decided to answer all questions summarily with a large-scale project demonstrating the flow of forms, subjects, t ... More The Return of PAD London 2011LONDON.- Fair organisers Patrick Perrin and Stéphane Custot announce the return of PAD London 2011, the strongest edition of the fair since its inception in 2007. Praised for its sophistication, its refined eclecticism, and the consistent high quality of its exhibitors, PAD London is recognised today as the leading modern art and design fair. A rigorous selection process has brought together the best dealers in the world in their respective fields. PAD London today boasts 57 prestigious exhibitors, coming together from Europe, Asia and North America, to convert Berkeley Square into an elegant and diverse emporium of the most covetable works of art within the genres of Modern Art, Design, Decorative Arts, Photography and Tribal Art from 1860 to today. Newcomers include Scandinavian furniture specialists Dansk Møbelkunst (Denmark) and Modernity (Sweden), both featuring pieces by Arne Jacobson, as well as 20th Century design de ... More1,300 Museums Offer Military families Free Tickets WASHINGTON (AP) .- More than 1,300 museums across the country are offering free admission to active duty military personnel and their families all summer in a program with the National Endowment for the Arts. The expanded Blue Star Museums program is being announced Monday with military families in San Diego where 17 museums are participating. The offer runs from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The program began last year with more than 600 museums and has added more than 500 new destinations for 2011. The list includes a wide range of museums, including the Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles, the Museum of Flight in Seattle, the Art Institute of Chicago, New York's Museum of Modern Art and the Virginia Museum of ... More |
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