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A woman looks at an artwork from Japanese artist Emiko Kuriyama at the Art Fair Tokyo 2011 in Tokyo, Japan, 28 July 2011. The Art Fair Tokyo is the largest fair of its kind in Japan, presenting domestic and international galleries covering a wide range of genres and periods of artworks. Tokyo Art Fair 2011 takes place from 29 to 31 July 2011. EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON.
TOKYO.- Earlier this year, the effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake led to the postponement of ART FAIR TOKYO, which had been established as an art event held annually during the cherry blossom season. In spite of the postponement, ART FAIR TOKYO 2011 will take place at the Tokyo International Forum and feature 133 galleries covering a wide range of artworks from antiques, arts and crafts, nihonga, and modern art to contemporary art. In addition, they are currently planning a program of related-events including talk series and charity programs. Those events will be themed on the notion that art can contribute to the recovery efforts for a society in the midst of this crisis by functioning as an interactive platform to exchange various ideas. Despite the current situation, ART FAIR TOKYO will continue to seek to demonstrate the attractions of Tokyo, Japan’s capital city, where traditional and ... More |
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Bureau of Land Management Suggests Changes on Christo's Colorado Proposal
An image of a proposed art project by artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. AP Photo/Christo.
By: Catherine Tsai, Associated Press
DENVER (AP).- Artist Christo's plan to suspend huge fabric panels over parts of the heavily rafted Arkansas River in Colorado is largely intact under a version federal land managers identified Thursday as the preferred alternative for the project. If the Bureau of Land Management issues a permit for Christo's "Over the River," it could happen in August 2014. A final decision is expected this fall. The preferred alternative identified in the BLM's final environmental impact statement largely matches the vision of the Bulgarian-born Christo and his late wife, Jeanne-Claude. They wanted to suspend 5.9 miles of silvery panels in eight sections above a 42-mile stretch of the river that mostly involves federal land. The BLM also reviewed alternatives for as little as 1.4 miles of fabric over four sections of the river ... More | | Archive of "Rebel Without a Cause" Director Acquired by the Harry Ransom Center
Nicholas Ray with James Dean on the set of Rebel Without a Cause (1955). Image courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center.
AUSTIN, TX.- The archive of film director Nicholas Ray (1911–1979), best known for his film, "Rebel Without a Cause," has been acquired by the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. Spanning more than 35 years, materials in the collection include, but are not limited to, Ray's work on "They Live By Night" (1949), "In A Lonely Place" (1950), "Flying Leathernecks" (1951), "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955), "Run for Cover" (1955), "Bitter Victory" (1957) and "55 Days at Peking" (1963). "Rebel Without a Cause" starred James Dean, Sal Mineo and Natalie Wood. The holdings include original treatments, annotated scripts, photographs, journals, notes, audio reels, video recordings and film that provide an account of Ray's working methods and ideas. Also included are materials from Ray's teaching ... More | | Walmart Donates $20M to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art to Sponsor Admission
The $20 million grant from Walmart will cover admission fees for all visitors.
BENTONVILLE, A.K.- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announced a $20 million grant from Walmart to cover admission fees for all visitors. Prior to the grant, a $10 admission fee was being considered for adults. “The Northwest Arkansas community is so important to us -- it’s where our associates live, work and play,” said Walmart president and CEO Mike Duke. “We are excited about the cultural opportunities Crystal Bridges is bringing to our area and even more excited that our families, friends and neighbors will experience it at no cost.” “One of the greatest challenges for museums today is finding ways to remove barriers to community participation, including admission charges,” said Don Bacigalupi, Crystal Bridges executive director. “Walmart has shown extraordinary vision and foresight in funding access to the museum, providing all that Crystal Bridges has to offer to al ... More |
Preparations for Major Medieval Show at the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung in Full Swing
Liebieghaus conservator Harald Theiss examining a loan from the Rijksmuseum © Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Frankfurt am Main.
FRANKFURT.- With the ivory exhibition just over and the precious objects it featured on their way back to their home collections, for example the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, preparations for the next show at the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung are already in full swing. From 27 October 2011 to 4 March 2012, in cooperation with the Musée de l’OEuvre Notre-Dame in Strasbourg, the Liebieghaus will stage the first major special exhibition on Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden (ca. 1430–1473), one of the most important and influential sculptors of the Late Gothic period. The Frankfurt presentation will showcase approximately seventy impressive works from such internationally renowned collections as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Musée du Louvre in Paris, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, the Bode-Museum in Berlin, and the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum in Munich. The ... More | | Phillips de Pury & Co. Announces Highlights From September London Design Auction
Berkeley Collection: Lucie Rie, Large oval bowl with blue and pink pitted glaze £12,000-16,000. Photo: Courtesy of Phillips de Pury & Company.
LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company announced the ceramics highlights from its London Design auction. The sale will offer the most important group of Modernist ceramics ever to appear at auction. Approximately forty works have been selected from the renowned Berkeley Collection. Formed during a period of nearly thirty years of close friendship between the collectors Harley Carpenter and Geof Walker and the Viennese born potter Lucie Rie. This auction is a unique opportunity to acquire some major works with an extraordinary exhibition history and well documented provenance by these most revered of ceramic artists. The ceramic works and wall will be displayed in the Phillips de Pury gallery in an innovative setting designed to enhance the viewers' experience of the exhibition.' Lucie Riegave Harley Carpenter and Geof Walker access to some of her best pieces and encouraged them to also collect those of her friend and coll ... More | | R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Provides 3,000 Pieces of Art to Arts Council
Oil painting "Howard’s Fish House" (1976) by Claude Howell of Wilmington, N.C., part of R.J. Reynolds' art collection being provided to the Arts Council in Winston-Salem.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.- The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County will be the beneficiary of about 3,000 pieces of artwork from the corporate collection of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. The artwork is valued at approximately $700,000. "After more than 100 years of purchasing art to enhance the work environment of our employees, we have far more art than we can display," said Mark Peters, chief financial officer of R.J. Reynolds. "We were faced with the decision of whether to continue to store pieces indefinitely, or get them back into the community where they can be enjoyed by others. The arts transform our community, and we're delighted to play a role in that transformation." The Reynolds American Foundation, Reynolds American Inc., its operating companies and employees have a long history of support for the arts in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. Year after year, ... More |
'Snapshot' Exhibition at Van Gogh Museum will Zoom in on Artists' Everyday Lives
Henri Evenepoel (1872-1899), Charles in a striped jersey, ca. 1898. Oil on canvas, 73 x 50 cm. Koning Boudewijnstichting, Brussels, gift from Anne and André Leysen.
AMSTERDAM.- At the end of the nineteenth century, the enthusiastic users of the earliest amateur cameras included many artists. What role did photography play in their lives and how did it influence their work? The exhibition Snapshot. Painters and Photography, 1888-1915 sheds a light on this creative process, presenting 220 photographs and 70 paintings, prints and drawings from seven artists. The invention in 1888 of the first manageable, easy-to-use camera for amateurs made spontaneous photography possible: the snapshot was born. The painters George Hendrik Breitner, Pierre Bonnard, Maurice Denis, Henri Evenepoel, Henri Rivière, Felix Valloton and Edouard Vuillard latched onto this new possibility. Their intimate, personal snaps provide a broader picture of their time, and make it clear how photography and painting interacted. The exhibition will run from 14 October 2011 to 8 January 2012 at the Van Gogh Museum in Amst ... More | | The Museum of Modern Art Announces a Change in Admission Prices; $25 for Adults
Paul Budnitz, Tristan Eaton, and Deph, Big Mouth Dunny, 2006. Vinyl 8 x 5 x 5 1/4" (20.3 x 12.7 x 13.3 cm). Manufactured by Kidrobot, New York, est. 2002. Gift of the manufacturer. Dunny is a © and ® of Kidrobot, Inc.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art announced changes to its admission pricing and structure that will take effect on September 1, 2011. The new prices are $25 for adults, $18 for senior citizens 65 and older, and $14 for students, with children 16 and under remaining free. Tickets ordered online will be available at a reduced price of $22.50 for adults, $16 for senior citizens, and $12 for students, with no service charges. Since the last increase in admission prices, in 2004, the Museum has faced escalating costs in virtually all aspects of operating the Museum. As a private, non-profit institution that does not seek government funding for general operations, MoMA depends to a significant extent on earned revenue. These carefully considered increases in admission prices will help ensure that the Museum is able to maintain financial stability and a balanced budget, which in turn will allow the Museum to continue providing o ... More | | Martha Stewart, Macy's CEO and a High-End Fashion Designer Studying Haiti Crafts
Businesswoman Martha Stewart takes pictures during a visit to an artisans center in Croix des Bouquets. AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery.
By: Trenton Daniel, Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP).- Martha Stewart, Macy's top executive and a high-end fashion designer landed in the Haitian capital Wednesday to do a little shopping. The aim of the day trip was to explore business opportunities, promote foreign investment and even renew purchase orders for the metal and papier-mache handicrafts for which the Caribbean nation has long been known. "It's a commercial visit," Stewart told The Associated Press. "We're talking business." Stewart and fashion designer Rachel Roy came to Haiti at the invitation of Macy's Chairman and CEO Terry Lundgren to meet with Haitian artisans and see the crafts they have been making and selling in 25 of his stores in the United States since October. "I wanted them to see, like I'm seeing firsthand, the beautiful products that are being made here," Lundgren said as workers clanked away on metal sculptures in the courtyard of a studio on the northeastern edge of Port-au-Prince. ... More |
National Museum of American History Showcases Life and Laughs of Phyllis Diller
At the center of the display is the gag file, a steel cabinet with 48 file-drawers containing more than 50,000 jokes and gags.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will open a new display in the Albert H. Small Documents Gallery Aug. 12. “Have You Heard the One…? The Phyllis Diller Gag File” brings to life one of America’s most iconic and influential comediennes. At the center of the display is the gag file, a steel cabinet with 48 file-drawers containing more than 50,000 jokes and gags typewritten on index cards by Diller during her career. It also includes some of Diller’s most iconic costume pieces—an unkempt wig, wrist-length gloves, cloth-covered ankle boots and a bejeweled cigarette holder, all of which became synonymous with her comedic persona. As her career progressed, Diller also worked her jokes into various books, which reached an even wider audience. “Phyllis Diller used her experience as a wife and mother to create a satirical persona outside the tradition ... More | | Australian Artist Andrew Rogers Completes the Arch of Memory, the World's Largest Basalt Arch
The arch is 64ft high, constructed with solid basalt columns, each weighing in excess of 84 tons.
CAPPADOCIA.- Australian artist Andrew Rogers announced the completion of the world’s largest basalt arch. Inscribed with a single word, MEMORY, “for without memory we are nothing”, the arch is 64ft high, constructed with solid basalt columns, each weighing in excess of 84 tons. The largest such basalt structure in the world, the arch completes the structure titled A Day on Earth and is located at the end of a colonnade of 30ft high basalt columns, each inscribed with 22 virtues. “A Day on Earth” is about the fragility of life and society and values inscribed on each column are imbued with meaning and a deep yearning of every person- liberty, justice, integrity, truth, respect, peace, freedom, quiet, hope, optimism, history, heritage, tolerance, beauty, joy, rights, love, responsibilities, faith, compassion, goodness, kindness. A Day on Earth is surrounded by 11 other structures, each part of Rogers’ “Time and Space” project, situated along ... More | | Bonhams Appoint Richard Harvey as Global Head of Wine With Sales in London, HK, LA and SF
Richard Harvey, European Head of Wine for Bonhams and a Master of Wine, has been promoted. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- Richard Harvey, European Head of Wine for Bonhams and a Master of Wine, has been promoted to head the company’s international wine business which includes wine sales in London, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Hong Kong. Matthew Girling, Bonhams CEO Europe, said: “This is a very significant appointment for Bonhams. Richard Harvey is a well known and respected figure in the wine world. His new brief to develop the Bonhams wine business internationally will doubtless build on our growing success in this field.” Richard Harvey comments: “This must be one of the most exciting times to be working with wine. We have seen the focus of wine sales move in the last ten years from London to New York and it is now firmly based in Hong Kong, thanks to the booming Chinese economy. I look forward to growing Bonhams wine sales with ever more discerning international wine ... More |
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 Road To 2012: A Local Story on View at the View Tube in LondonLONDON.- An exhibition of striking new photographs of people from East London community groups who are working with the National Portrait Gallery opened on July 27 2011 at the View Tube, a café and arts space close to the Olympic Park. Exploring stories of inspiration, talent and team-work in the five Olympic host boroughs, Road to 2012: A Local Story features a selection of images and recordings of community groups. These include Repton Boxing Club in Bethnal Green, Docklands Sailing and Watersport Centre in the Isle of Dogs, Youngs Table Tennis Group in Abbey Wood and the East London Wheelchair Athletics Club in Mile End. Documented by East-London photographer Katherine Green Road to 2012: A Local Story highlights east London perspectives on the changing landscape and the impact of the Games on the local environment. The exhibition shows young people and adults actively involved in ... More Ducati Launches Official Motorcycle Racer Valentino Rossi Art CollectionGENEVA.- Cultwork announced the launch of an art collection dedicated to one of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time, Valentino Rossi, winner of nine GP World Championships. Ducati are proud that Valentino has joined their official team in 2011 having not appeared on an Italian motorcycle since 1999. To celebrate Valentino joining the Ducati Team, a collection of artworks have been created by the talented Polish artist, Patryk Kuleta from the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, Poland. For the collection Pat chose a bold and colourful artistic direction with vivid and bright colours all mixed together to give the artworks a vibrant and electric look symbolising the legendary racer. The artworks of the Ducati art collection are: The Fight, 46 Reasons, First Ride, Front Runner and Perpetually Stronger. Valentino joining Ducati is a historic moment for the legendary Italian motorcycle brand and the art collection is a ... More Smithsonian's National Postal Museum Celebrates Owney the Postal DogWASHINGTON, D.C.- In the last decade of the 19th century, one of the world’s most famous travelers was a dog. At a time when mass communication sped at the rate of a train, a mongrel pup gained fame for riding the rails with the mail. The dog, Owney, is the centerpiece of an exhibit renovation at the National Postal Museum. The new exhibit, “Owney: Mascot of the Railway Mail Service,” opens today and features this extraordinary dog and his story. The museum and its visitors will be joined in that celebration by the U.S. Postal Service, which is issuing a commemorative postage stamp in the dog’s honor at an event in the museum’s atrium. When Owney died in 1897, mail clerks raised money to preserve their beloved mascot. Now a taxidermy specimen, Owney was sent to the Post Office Department’s building in Washington, D.C.,and was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution in 1911. Owney has b ... More Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty at the Metropolitan to Stay Open Until Midnight on Last Two NightsNEW YORK, N.C.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that it will offer unprecedented late-night, final weekend hours to accommodate visitors’ extraordinary response to its Costume Institute exhibition, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty. The exhibition will remain open until midnight on its last two days —Saturday, August 6 and Sunday, August 7. This is the first time the Museum has kept an exhibition open until midnight. “We have created these late hours to satisfy the unprecedented interest in this landmark retrospective,” said Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Visitors from across the globe have come to see this remarkable exhibition, and we want to keep it open for as many people as possible. Indeed, these midnight hours will mark a fitting conclusion to this powerful exploration of McQueen's work.” After 9 p.m. on Saturday, and after 5:30 p.m. on S ... More Relaunch of Science Museum Exhibition: Space at the Science MuseumLONDON.- Make space at the Science Museum your holiday destination of choice. From 23 July – 31 August, pick up a passport as you enter the museum and follow the new space trail – embarking on a voyage of discovery through six of the museum’s galleries, where you can pick up some amazing facts about space and collect codes in order to grab a special souvenir at the end. The space trail passes through the Exploring Space gallery, allowing people to marvel at rockets and satellites as well as the full-sized replica of the Apollo 11 Lunar Lander that took astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the Moon in 1969. Later in the journey, visitors are able to see at close range the original Apollo 10 Command Module – the capsule that made the dress rehearsal to the Moon before the Moon landings. The trail later passes through the In Future gallery, where you can play a game about space tourism and ... More Bridge Honors Massachusetts, Rhode Island Couple Killed on 9/11 By: David Klepper, Associated Press
ATTLEBORO (AP).- Before the politicians and the cameras showed up, Ellen and Bill Goodchild took an unhurried stroll on the bridge that now bears their daughter's name. There were no tears; just smiles for the child they lost on 9/11. Lynn Goodchild and her boyfriend, both 25, died in the attack on the World Trade Center towers. "If they named a mailbox after my daughter I'd be happy," Ellen Goodchild, of Attleboro, told The Associated Press. "She would be like, 'They're naming a bridge after me? We were just a couple of kids!' For them to be remembered 10 years later, and for total strangers to come up with the idea, it's just wonderful." Lynn Goodchild was heading to Hawaii for a vacation with boyfriend Shawn Nassaney when their United Airlines Flight was hijacked and flown into the South Tower. ... More |
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