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The painting titled "Hero of a hundred fights" by British painter William Turner (1775-1851) is seen at the exhibition 'William Turner - Painter of Elements' at the Kunst Forum in Hamburg. About 95 paintings and watercolors from Tate London, British, German and US collectors will be exhibited until 11 September 2011. EPA/ULRICH PERREY.
HAMBURG.- JMW Turner was known to his contemporaries as a painter of the elements. In his landscape paintings, he created new and unusual combinations of earth, water, air and fire and closely examined their interactions. Turner’s vision of the elements as a singular power fused together by the forces of nature was linked to contemporary research in the natural sciences. New discoveries and insights replaced the traditional teachings of the four classical elements and freed them to be used by artists in new ways. In light of this background, landscape painting during Turner’s time was positioned to revolutionize artistic methods. ... More |
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Thirty-Three Etching and Intaglio Works by Louise Bourgeois at James Cohan Gallery Shanghai
Louise Bourgeois, Don’t Worry, 2004-2009. Scraped aquatint with roulette and drypoint. Plate size: 9 1/2 x 12 inches; 24.1x 30.5 cm. Paper size: 17 x 19 inches; 43.2 x 48.3 cm. Edition of 18. Courtesy Harlan & Weaver, New York © Louise Bourgeois Trust.
SHANGHAI.- James Cohan Gallery Shanghai presents the exhibition Louise Bourgeois, opened June 4 and continuing through August 28, 2011. The exhibition features thirty-three etching and intaglio works dating from 1999 to 2009 that were printed by the renowned print atelier Harlan & Weaver based in New York City. This exhibition also hallmarks Bourgeois’s long and intensely productive 21-year relationship with master printers Felix Harlan and Carol Weaver, which began in1989. They continued working together until the artist’s death last year, in May 2010, at the age of 98. Born in Paris, Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) studied at the Sorbonne, the Ecole du Louvre and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts prior to moving to ... More | | Selections from Josef Alber's Formulation: Articulation, 1972 on View at the Snite Museum
Josef Albers, Varient, 1972 (detail).
NOTRE DAME, IN.- Josef Albers was a painter, printmaker, sculptor, poet, teacher, and theoretician of art. His work at the Bauhaus and later at Black Mountain College and Yale University was influential in both the Color Field and Op Art movements. Formulation : Articulation, 1972 was published by Harry N. Abrams and Ives and Sillman, four years before Albers’s death in 1976. Albers worked over a period of two years to create the one hundred and twenty-seven serigraphs or screened prints organized into two portfolios. Each portfolio contains thirty-three folders on which one, two or four serigraphs are printed. The twenty-six works selected for this exhibition are from the two-volume print suite, Formulation : Articulation, 1972 generously given to the Snite Museum by Jane and Jim Griffin '45. The images represent a more-than-four-decades gathering of the Albers investigation into color, perception and abstr ... More | | Exhibition of Latin American Photography Shows the Work of Emerging Latin Photographers
A visitor looks at a work, entitled Fragil (Fragile), by Argertinian photographer Muriam Meloni. EPA/JAVIER LIZON.
MADRID.- Continuing a project from past years, the Instituto Cervantes presents an exposition of fifteen young Latin American photographers selected after a showing of their portfolios at the Trasatlántica Festival organized by PHotoEspaña and Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID), convened in Managua and Cartagena de Indias. The curators Rosina Cazali and Laure Terré have selected the work of 15 artists who reflect on the duality of heaviness and lightness, gravity and resistance, anxiety and hope. The photographs and the means used to produce them suggest this duality in an unavoidable way; the relationship between heaviness and lightness is always in tension, an eternal contradiction, and it affects the individual, as she is subject to the contemplation and digestion of ... More |
200-Year-Old Shipwreck Champagne Sold at Auction to Anonymous Internet Bidder
Auctioneer John Kapon from Acker Merrall & Condit stands next to a box containing a bottle of Veuve Clicquot champagne. AP Photo/Lehtikuva, Sari Gustafsson.
By: David Mac Dougall, Associated Press
Louise Nordstrom, Associated Press
MARIEHAMN (AP).- An anonymous Internet bidder on Friday paid €54,000 ($78,200) for two bottles of 200-year-old Champagne salvaged from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, auction organizers said. The buyer from Singapore paid a world-record price of €30,000 for a bottle of Veuve Clicquot and €24,000 for a bottle of Juglar. Both bottles are believed to be the oldest preserved examples of their respective brands. The buyers identity was not revealed. The auction was held in the capital of the autonomous Aland Islands, a Finnish archipelago situated between Sweden and Finland, after divers found a shipwreck with Champagne and beer just south of the islands in July last year. Researchers believe the ship was probably en route from northern ... More | | 1916 Irish Revolutionary Handover to American Irish Historical Society New York
The flag was captured by British soldiers after the surrender and was later given to a doctor in Lisburn, County Antrim.
DUBLIN.- On Wednesday next, June 8, the American Irish Historical Society will accept, on loan, a unique relic of the Irish Rising of Easter 1916. The treasured object is a tricolour flag flown by the Irish Volunteers over their headquarters in Dublin during the revolution. The flag was captured by British soldiers after the surrender and was later given to a doctor in Lisburn, County Antrim . In turn his son-in-law donated it to the family of John Sweetman (1844-1936), a renowned Irish Nationalist and one of the founders of Sinn Féin. The flag is today insured for $1 million. The Sweetman family have kindly agreed to the AIHS request for a loan of this revered relic of Irish history, and next Wednesday Mr Ian Whyte of Whyte’s, Ireland’s leading art and collectibles auction house, representing the Sweetman family, will formally hand over the flag to Kevin M Cahill MD, President-General of the American Irish ... More | | Damien Hirst Sculpture Arrives at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol
Damien Hirst’'s twenty-two foot high painted bronze statue based on the 1970s Spastic Society'’s charity box. © All rights reserved by RWA Press.
BRISTOL.- A giant outdoor landmark sculpture by Damien Hirst, a celebration of Mary Fedden, sculptures and drawings by Elisabeth Frink, Japanese-inspired paintings from Lisa Milroy, and in a double-bill: new work from Jack Vettriano and black and white photographs from Jeannette Jones, feature in the 2011 summer programme of Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. Not since the infamous Bristol graffiti exhibition ‘Crimes of Passion’ in 2009 and the major architectural dome extension of 1914 has the RWA had such an eye-turning addition to the front of the building. For a year from 6 June 2011, Charity - Damien Hirst’s twenty-two foot high painted bronze statue based on the 1970s Spastic Society’s charity box - will stand on the RWA’s forecourt as a monumental and epic comment on social injustice. Celebration (6 –26 June & 3 July – 31 August 2011) draws on a lifetime of work from the 1950s to t ... More |
The Prodigy of Color: Four Year Old Aelita Andre Opens Solo Exhibition at Agora Gallery
Aelita Andre, Butterfly Islands, acrylic & mixed media on canvas, 40 x 30 inches.
NEW YORK, NY.- The artworks in the show are full of artistic energy, lively immediacy and a joyful sense of exploration – and they are part of the creative output of a four-year-old child. The prodigy in question is Aelita Andre, the girl who has exhibited around the world, been featured in the international press and appeared on major television programs such as 60 Minutes and Today Tonight. She is also a member of NAVA, Australia’s National Association for the Visual Arts. As you would expect from someone with such an impressive biography, Aelita’s art has a raw power that leaves viewers with a majestic impression of pure talent unearthed. Magnificently unrestrained, she channels a curiosity and vivacity so strong that it can easily be felt through her paintings, almost as if it constitutes a tangible force in the world. There is nothing formulaic about Aelita’s work. She obviously takes pleasure in branching ... More | | Hans P. Kraus Jr. to Exhibit Early British Masters of Photography at Masterpiece London
David Octavius Hill & Robert Adamson, A Newhaven Pilot, 1843-1845. Salt print from a calotype negative, 19.8 x 14.0 cm. In "The Bicknell Album" of 100 calotypes by Hill & Adamson.
LONDON.- Hans P. Kraus Jr. Fine Photographs will participate in the gallery’s first art fair in the U.K., Masterpiece London, 30 June – 5 July 2011, at the Royal Hospital Chelsea. The exhibition, Early British Masters in Photography, will include work by William Henry Fox Talbot, Hill & Adamson, Anna Atkins, Roger Fenton, Julia Margaret Cameron, Lewis Carroll, and Alvin Langdon Coburn. Among the highlights of Early British Masters in Photography will be a rare album by Scottish photographers David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson. The Bicknell Album contains 100 exquisite salt prints of Hill & Adamson’s most celebrated images from 1843 to 1847 and is the only known large presentation album of their work still in private hands. The exhibition at Masterpiece London ... More | | Exhibit by French Artist Rachid Khimoune Marks 67th Anniversary of D-Day Landings
An installation of 1,000 casts of Russian, German and American combat helmets of WWII which also represent turtles. AP Photo/Vincent Michel.
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER (AP).- French artist Rachid Khimoune has installed 1,000 sculptures shaped like sea turtles on Omaha Beach to mark the 67th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. The turtles' "shells" are molded from American, Russian and German combat helmets, sprouting flippers and long-necked heads. The sculptures were arranged Sunday along the sandy expanses of Omaha Beach — where the Allies won a pivotal victory against the Nazis. Some 215,000 Allied soldiers, and roughly as many Germans, were killed or wounded during D-Day and the ensuing nearly three months it took to secure the capture of Normandy. A French artist of Berber origin, Khimoune is a sculptor, painter and video artist whose work often features everyday objects. ... More |
If a Tree Stands in the Garden, Will You See It? Joseph Wheelwright's Tree Figures in Katonah
Joseph Wheelwright, Pine Man, 2006. Pine tree, spruce arms with pine bark, 288 x 216 x 96 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Allan Stone Gallery. Photography: Clements/Howcroft, Boston, MA.
KATONAH, NY.- Nothing says summer like a leisurely afternoon in the garden. The Katonah Museum of Art’s provides the perfect outdoor spot to eat lunch or escape for some peaceful moments beneath the magnificent 100-year-old Norway Spruce trees that stand sentry over the Sculpture Garden. On June 5, things got even more interesting as five of Joseph Wheelwright’s giant anthropomorphic “Tree Figures” were introduced into the Garden and the South Lawn. The Sculpture Garden is open during regular Museum hours, Tuesday – Saturday, from 10am-5pm, and Sundays from 12-5pm. The Katonah Museum of Art is located at 134 Jay Street/Route 22 in Katonah. Joseph Wheelwright’s tree figures are a reflection of his reverence for nature and personal desire to collaborate with it. Wheelwright carefully ... More | | Experimental Opera on Car Crashes Featured at Hungarian Pavilion in Venice
Hajnal Németh: ÖSSZEOMLÁS - Passzív Interjú, video still, 2011, Operatőr: Imreh István.
VENICE.- In autumn 2010, Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle Budapest announced a competition for curatorial commission and exhibition at the Hungarian Pavilion for 2011. The members of the jury, invited by the then national commissioner Zsolt Petrányi, were the following: Gábor Andrási (art historian, editor-in-chief of the journal Műértő), Géza Boros (art historian, deputy head of department at the Ministry of National Resources, Department of Arts), Dóra Hegyi (art historian, project leader of tranzit.hu), Edit Sasvári (art historian, vice director of the Museum Kiscell / Municipal Picture Gallery), Katalin Timár (curator of Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, curator of the Hungarian Pavilion in 2007) and Krisztina Szipőcs (art historian, head of the Collection Department at Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, editor of the journal Balkon). The skeleton of the work is an e ... More | | Saffronart to Offer an Exceptional Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art at Auction
Tyeb Mehta ( Lot 29), Untitled (Kali). Rs. 1,25,00,000 – 1,75,00,000/$ 287,360 - 402,300.
MUMBAI.- Saffronart, the world’s largest online fine-art auction house, will showcase an important selection of works by modern masters and contemporary artists at its annual Summer Online Art Auction. With a total of 65 lots, the auction includes a wide variety of paintings, sculptures and installations by leading artists including S.H. Raza, Tyeb Mehta, Jogen Chowdhury, Manjit Bawa, G. Ravinder Reddy, Bharti Kher and Jitish Kallat. The auction will take place online at www.saffronart.com on June 15-16, 2011. Saffronart’s 2011 Summer Online Auction of Modern and Contemporary Indian Art presents an impressive array of noteworthy masterpieces of exceptional quality and provenance. Highlights of this sale include a wide range of paintings by modern masters like S.H. Raza, Tyeb Mehta, F.N. Souza and Jogen Chowdhury, as well as outstanding works by contemporary artists such as Bharti Kher, Anju Dodiya, Jitish Kallat a ... More |
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 'Dallas' Star Larry Hagman Auctions MemorabiliaBEVERLY HILLS (AP).- J.R. wasn't selling oil this time. He was selling himself. He still made a pretty penny. Larry Hagman, who played the cold, conniving oil baron J.R. Ewing on the beloved 1980s series "Dallas," auctioned off many of his personal valuables Saturday in Beverly Hills. Caroline Galloway of Julien's Auctions said a silver saddle was the priciest item sold, fetching $80,000. Other big items included a portrait of Hagman's co-star Jim Davis that went for more than $38,000, a replica bottle from Hagman's earlier series "I Dream of Jeannie" that brought in more than $10,000, and a pair of pistols that fetched more than $4,000. The 79-year-old Hagman put in an appearance, describing items to the crowd then sitting in the audience during bidding. The collection brought in more than $500,000. ... More Madoff's Underwear Fetch $200 at Florida AuctionMIAMI (REUTERS).- Underpants belonging to Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff were among items sold during the weekend at an auction held under the auspices of the U.S. Marshals Service. The Miami Herald said the 14 pairs of boxer shorts, confiscated along with other personal items from Madoff's former mansion in nearby Palm Beach, fetched a total of $200. The items sold were mostly household goods but a Madoff shoe collection, antique golf clubs and some artwork also were included. A work titled "Nude" by Depression-era photographer Edward Weston, a picture of a stark naked rear end, sold for $4,600, the newspaper said. It said about 6,000 online bidders participated in the auction and more than $400,000 in proceeds will go toward compensating victims of Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme, for which he is now serving a 150-year prison sentence. ... More Philbrook Opens Photography Exhibition Doors of No Return: The Remains of Africa's Slave CastlesTULSA, OK.- Philbrook Museum of Art, along with community partner, The John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation, is proud to present the exhibition Doors of No Return: The Remains of Africa’s Slave Castles. The exhibition will be on view June 5 through August 7. In 2010, photographers Douglas Henderson and Greg Merrell documented these historic dungeons scattered along the West coast of Africa. The goal of photographing these sites was not an extensive articulation of the slave trade. Rather, the intent was to introduce the physical and symbolic poignancy of their presence to audiences that remain unaware of their existence and history. Indeed, some 12.5 million Africans passed through these or related portals never to return during the 350-year atrocity of the slave trade, one of the largest forced migration of people in history. “While the slave castle portals serve as poignant metaphors to this dark passage ... More Louvre Museum to Create Elahé Mir-Djalali Omidyar Fund to Underwrite New ProgramNEW YORK, NY.- American Friends of the Louvre announced that it has received a $3 million grant through the generosity of Pierre Omidyar, a member of Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute’s Board of Directors and the founder and Chairman of eBay Inc. The grant will be used to create an endowment fund that will support educational and scholarly programs on Persian art and culture. The fund will be named after founder, Chair and President of Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute, Dr. Elahé Mir-Djalali Omidyar. Income from the Elahé Mir-Djalali Omidyar Fund will support educational programs dedicated to Persian art and culture from antiquity to today, presented at or in collaboration with the Louvre, including special exhibitions, installations, conferences, and publications. The Louvre will also draw upon the Fund to create “Elahé Mir-Djalali Omidyar Fellowships” for outstanding scholars engaged in research and publications on ... More Treasures of Alleged Ponzi Schemer Stanford AuctionedBy: Deborah Quinn Hensel
HOUSTON (REUTERS).- While Texas financier Allen Stanford awaits trial on charges of running a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, hordes of buyers waited on Saturday at a sweltering warehouse for an auction of his possessions. People lined up around the northeast Houston warehouse for a chance to bid on items like a $55,000 Baccarat crystal eagle -- a symbol prominent in Stanford's company logo -- and an arsenal of guns and rifles, including 30 Glock semi-automatic pistols still in their original packaging. "I got pretty excited over the wine," said Eric Worstell, one of three brothers who make up the third generation of auctioneers in the 57-year-old Seth Worstell Auction Company which won a bid to liquidate Stanford's property. More than 1,000 bottles of wine, champagne and other spirits ... More Napoleon Used Years on St. Helena to Learn EnglishPARIS (REUTERS).- Graying, ink stained notebook fragments showing Napoleon Bonaparte's efforts two centuries ago to grasp the English language go on auction in Paris at the weekend, alongside some 350 other Napoleonic artifacts. Defeated by the British at Waterloo and held on the remote Atlantic island of Saint Helena until his death in 1821, the French emperor used his time in captivity to learn English -- although the scraps show the military mastermind to be a less-than-model pupil. Written in Napoleon's spidery handwriting, the remnants of his lessons from a French count also in exile on Saint Helena show how the headstrong leader doodled to combat boredom, and struggled with the intricacies of English grammar. "Even learning English, he couldn't shake off the soldier, the army man inside him. His doodles are of walls and designs of military fortifications," said Jean-Pierre Osenat, chairman of Paris-based auction house Osenat, which is handling the sale. The auction house e ... MoreExclusive Matisse Exhibition Marks Gallery Modern Art's Fifth BirthdayBRISBANE.- One of the most significant exhibitions of works on paper by Henri Matisse (1869-1954) ever mounted will show exclusively at Brisbane's Gallery Modern Art (GoMA) this summer. Queensland Art Gallery Director Tony Ellwood said 'Matisse Drawing Life' would be an exhibition of more than 300 drawings, prints, paper cut-outs and artist books by one of the 2oth century 's greatest artists. 'Opening on December 2, the exhibition will coincide with the fifth anniversary of GoMA, the Queensland Art Gallery's second site,' Mr Ellwood said. Along with Picasso, Henri Matisse was regarded by many as having decisively changed the direction of art in the early 20th century. This exhibition is the most comprehensive presentation of Matisse's Drawings and prints ever mounted. 'The exhibition has been organized by the Queensland Art Gallery and Art Exhibitions Australia with the cooperation of the Bibliothèque nationale de ... More Saint Louis Art Museum Announces Joint Fellowship AppointmentST. LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum announced that Dr. Melanie Michailidis has been awarded a joint Fellowship in collaboration with Washington University in St. Louis. Co-sponsored by the Saint Louis Art Museum and Washington University in St. Louis, the three-year post-doctoral fellowship will allow Michailidis to divide her time between the Museum and the University and bring to both institutions an Islamic specialist. Michailidis received her Bachelor of Arts in political science, Russian and French from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in 1988; her Master of Arts in the history of art and archaeology from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in 2000; and a doctorate in the history and theory of architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2007. Michailidis received a pre-doctoral fellowship from the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at the Massachusetts ... More |
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