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A museum guest looks at photos by photographer Elliott Erwitt at the International Center of Photography in New York. The famed Magnum photographer's "Personal Best" show is currently on display until August 28. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid.
NEW YORK, NY.- An eyewitness to history and a dreamer with a camera, Elliott Erwitt has made some of the most memorable photographs of the twentieth century. A substantial retrospective exhibition of his work, Elliott Erwitt: Personal Best, is on view at the International Center of Photography through August 28, 2011. The exhibition includes more than 100 of Erwitt’s favorite images, a selection of his documentary films produced over the past sixty years, as well as some previously unseen and unpublished prints from his early work. Born Elio Romano Erwitz to Russian Jewish émigrés in Paris in 1928, Erwitt spent his childhood in Italy, returned to France in 1938, and emigrated to the United States with his family in 1939. After moving to Los Angeles in 1941, Erwitt attended Hollywood High School and began working in a commercial darkroom processing photographs of movie stars. He studied filmmaking at ... More |
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The Serpentine Gallery Presents New Exhibition by Leading Italian Artist Michelangelo Pistoletto
Michelangelo Pistoletto, Le trombe del giudizio (The Trumpets of Judgement), 1968. Installation view, Pistoletto: Le porte di Palazzo Fabroni, Palazzo Fabroni, Pistoia, 1995. Image courtesy of Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella. Photo: C. Abate.
LONDON.- A new exhibition by leading Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto opens this summer at the Serpentine Gallery. Winner of the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale in 2003, Pistoletto is acclaimed worldwide as a key figure in the development of conceptual art and as a founder of the influential Arte Povera movement. The exhibition will be on view July 12th through September 17th, 2011. Michelangelo Pistoletto is one of the pre-eminent contemporary artists working today. Born in Biella, Italy, in 1933, Pistoletto was a leading figure in the development of both Arte Povera and conceptual art. He began as a painter in the mid-1950s and in the 1960s received critical acclaim for his series of Mirror Paintings. These works broke down the traditional notions of figurative art, reflecting their surroundings and the viewer as a part of the image, linking art and life in an ever ... More | | The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Presents Andy Warhol: Campbell's Soup Cans
Andy Warhol, Campbell's Soup Cans, 1962, Synthetic polymer paint on 32 canvases, each 20 x 16". © 2011 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY. Campbell Trademarks used with permission of Campbell Soup Company.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art presents Andy Warhol Campbell’s Soup Cans, on view at MOCA Grand Avenue July 9–September 7, 2011. The installation opens on the forty-ninth anniversary of the original exhibition of the thirty-two paintings at Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles—Andy Warhol’s first solo exhibition—and pays tribute to the significant role played by the gallery and its revered director Irving Blum in the development of Los Angeles contemporary art. “MOCA is proud to bring Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans back to Los Angeles for this historic celebration of his first solo exhibition,” said MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch. Andy Warhol’s (b. 1928, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; d. 1987, New York) Campbell’s Soup Cans (1962) ... More | | The Unknown Collection: Exhibition of Classic Works of Art from the Kunsthalle Bielefeld
Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian woman, 1911. Oil on cardboard, 54 x 49 cm, Kunsthalle Bielefeld © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2011. Foto: Marcus Schneider, 2004.
BIELEFELD.- Due to space restrictions, the Kunsthalle Bielefeld can rarely show its entire collection, although the relatively young collection — founded on classic modern art and expanded to include international contemporary art — is of indisputably high quality. The collection, comprised of approximately 500 paintings, 200 sculptures, and 4500 prints, features classic modern masterpieces by Max Beckmann, Alexej von Jawlensky, Ernst-Ludwig Kirchner, August Macke, Edvard Munch, Man Ray, and Emil Nolde, as well as Pop Art and Surrealism, masterpieces by Gerhard Richter and Georg Baselitz, while some of the international contemporary artists include Marlene Dumas, Jonathan Meese, and Gregor Schneider. Thanks to the extent of its collection, the Kunsthalle can provide visitors with a unique tour through twentieth- and twenty-first-century art history. As part of its series of exhibitions of important museum ... More |
Libya's Rebel Street Artists Take Aim at Moammar Gadhafi with Caricatures on Walls
A caricature of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi seen on the wall in the rebel-held Benghazi, Libya. AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev.
By: Sergey Ponomarev, Associated Press
BENGHAZI, LIBYA (AP).- Moammar Gadhafi is loved in Libya's rebel capital — as a subject for street artists to mock. Caricatures of the Libyan leader dot walls and buildings across Benghazi in renderings that range from crude sketches to elaborate satire such as Gadhafi being knocked around by a rebel-flagged boot or depicted with a Nazi swastika. Before Libya's uprising, even a hint of dissent risked a crushing response from Gadhafi's security forces. Now, it's open season on Gadhafi in rebel-held territory. For some aspiring cartoonists — and others wanting to make their mark — this means getting out their spray paints and markers to display their opposition. Rida, a 35-year-old barber and interior designer before the rebellion, makes dozens of Gadhafi sketches each day. Some have showed him in a trash can or ... More | | Thornton Dial to Show Latest Work in Exclusive Exhibition at Bill Lowe Gallery
Thornton Dial, the tiger cat in the coal mine (if he don’t watch out he get a monkey on his back). Tin, wood, styrofoam, enamel, and splash zone compound on wood - 57 x 99 x 11 inches - 1989.
ATLANTA, GA.- Thornton Dial is widely regarded as the most important artist ever to arise from the Deep South and is ranked among the most significant in the world today. With a retrospective currently showing at the Indianapolis Museum of Art and recent reviews in Time Magazine, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, Dial is arguably one of the most important African-American artists of the 20th century. Fueled by this chorus of critical acclaim, Bill Lowe presents Thornton Dial’s latest series entitled “Disaster Areas” – an epic look at the destructive and regenerative forces of nature and how they impact our lives. Dial’s work is a tribute to survivorship and the resiliency of the human spirit. Unable to read or write for most of his life, Thornton Dial referred to what he made only as “things,” though late in life he found out that others call them “art.” His styl ... More | | The Smithsonian Institute Presents "American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music"
Latino musicians have had a profound influence on traditional genres of music in the United States, including jazz, R&B, rock ‘n’ roll, and hip-hop.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Since the end of World War II, Latin music - salsa, mambo, rumba, cha-cha-cha - has profoundly influenced American popular music. Latino musicians helped shape many traditional genres of music in the United States, including jazz, R&B, rock 'n' roll, and hip hop. Featuring bilingual text panels, graphics and photographs, listening stations, films, and musical instruments, this exhibition reveals the true flavor, or "sabor," of Latin music in the United States. It focuses on five cities that represent the remarkable diversity of Latino popular music - New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, San Antonio, and San Francisco - to explore the broader histories and cultures that created the music emerging from those areas. The exhibition is on display until October 9, 2011. Latino musicians have had a profound influence on traditional genres of music in the United States, including jazz, R&B, rock ‘n’ roll, and hip-hop. ... More |
Tug-of-War Over Iraqi Jewish Trove of Books and Other Materials in United States Hands
Alaa Jassim, a member of the library restoration staff, works on a damaged document at the Iraq National Library and Archives. AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed.
By: Rebecca Santana, Associated Press
BAGHDAD (AP).- A trove of Jewish books and other materials, rescued from a sewage-filled Baghdad basement during the 2003 invasion, is now caught up in a tug-of-war between the U.S. and Iraq. Ranging from a medieval religious book to children's Hebrew primers, from photos to Torah cases, the collection is testimony to a once vibrant Jewish community in Baghdad. Their present-day context is the relationship, fraught with distrust, between postwar Iraq and its Jewish diaspora. Discovered in a basement used by Saddam Hussein's secret police, the collection was sent to the U.S. for safekeeping and restoration, and sat at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Maryland until last year, when Iraqi officials started a campaign to get it back. Initially contacts went well, but now the deputy culture minister, Taher Naser al-Hmood, says "The Americans ... More | | Norman Rockwell Museum Presents Local Artist Sol Schwartz: Drawing in the Dark
Sketch of violinist Jory Fankuchen at Tanglewood, 2003, by Sol Schwartz. ©2003 Sol Schwartz. All rights reserved.
STOCKBRIDGE, MA,.- The Berkshires of Western Massachusetts has become world-renowned for its inspiring landscape and cultural attractions, including such performing arts centers as Tanglewood, Shakespeare & Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Jacob’s Pillow, and Barrington Stage Company. Look around the audience of any of these venues this summer, and you might spot Sol Schwartz, a local artist who documents the creative action onstage through his own pencil, pen and brushstroke. A new exhibition looks at the artist’s vibrant, spontaneous drawings, that have captured the beauty and excitement of music, theater and dance for more than a decade; “Sol Schwartz: Drawing in the Dark” is on view at Norman Rockwell Museum from July 9 through October 23, 2011. “It happened by accident,” says Sol Schwartz. “ I used to make little sketches in the corners of my programs when I attended concerts.” Even ... More | | Le Louvre des Antiquaires Announces Exhibition Devoted to Opium Smoking in China
Ensemble de plaquettes precieuses. ©Galerie Delalande.
PARIS.- Starting in September, Le Louvre des Antiquaires will offer an exhibition devoted to the rites and practices of opium smoking in China in the 19th century: «Opium Memories». In the recreated décor of an opium smoking den, Dominique and Eric Delalande have brought unique pieces for the first time coming from the most beautiful international collections. From 1 September to 27 November 2011, «Opium Memories» looks back at the history and rituals of this poppy-derived drug. The exhibition will show a set of rare objects used to extract, prepare, store, and consume opium. Sculpted screens, embroidered suits of high-level dignitaries, pipes covered with lacquer or adorned with tortoiseshell, seal skin, or silver, retainers made of sculpted ivory, wrought metal plates, and cylindrical cloisonné boxes bring back memories of the hidden world of opium dens... from centuries past. Originally from Asia Minor, the poppy has been grown and consumed in China since the 7th century. Its ... More |
First International Exhibitions Announced for National Museum of Scotland in 2012
Ba-bird. © Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, the Netherlands.
EDINBURGH.- Ancient Egyptians and a Russian Empress come to Scotland in 2012 as the first attractions in the redeveloped National Museum of Scotland’s new exhibition space. The first major new shows scheduled will be Fascinating Mummies from the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden , the Netherlands and Catherine the Great, a new exhibition co-developed by the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg , Russia and National Museums Scotland . The transformed Museum will open on 29 July following a major £46.4 million redevelopment. A key element of the project is a purpose-built 650 square metre exhibition space. The programme of international blockbuster exhibitions planned are expected to attract audiences from across Scotland , the UK and overseas. For many, this programme will be a once in lifetime opportunity to see these internationally significant exhibitions. The Museum will be the only UK venue for ... More | | Conrad Shawcross and Tavares Strachan' Embrace the Spirit of Exploration at the RISD Museum
Tavares Strachan, Blast Off, 2009. © Tavares Strachan. Courtesy of the artist.
PROVIDENCE, RI.- Exploration, both physical and artistic, underlies the multi part sculptural projects in the Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design’s new summer exhibition, Journeys: Conrad Shawcross and Tavares Strachan, on view from Friday, July 8, 2011 through October 23, 2011. British artist Conrad Shawcross and Bahamian Tavares Strachan (RISD BFA ’03), both young artists in their 30s, separately engage and document a particular geographical location—New York City’s Gowanus Canal and Nassau, Bahamas—in their respective works, paired together in the exhibition. Using a range of materials and modes of presentation, the projects each reveal how artists employ scientific methods to explore issues of culture, travel, and technology. “These artists recall the historical precedent of the Enlightenment when artist scientists explored uncharted territories to record and understand natural phen ... More | | Once Upon a Time: Fantastic Narratives in Contemporary Video at Deutsche Guggenheim
Aleksandra Mir, First Woman on the Moon, 1999 – . Video, Farbe und Ton, 12 min., Standfotos und offenes Archiv mit Materialien aus der Live-Performance in Wijkaan Zee, Niederlande, 28. August 1999, produziert vor Ort von Casco Projects, Utrecht. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. © 2011 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2011.
BERLIN.- Once Upon a Time focuses on how fantastic stories and modern fairytales are represented in video art today. Based on important video artworks from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum collection, the exhibition Once Upon a Time investigates how contemporary artists adapt motives and narrative techniques from myths, fables, and fairy tales to mirror current social phenomena and events in recent history. Aleksandra Mir and Francis Alÿs manipulate belief in similar ways, imagining tales of collective emancipation. In First Woman on the Moon (1999 – ), Mir reenacts the historic 1969 lunar landing with female astronauts on a beach in the Netherlands. The event is a feminist sequel to the original mission, extending ... More |
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 Case of Romante-Conti Sells for £74,000 at Bonhams Summer Fine Wine Sale LONDON.- Enthusiastic bidding from international buyers resulted in a superb result at Bonhams Fine Wine Sale on July 7th, which realised over £910,000 with 93% sold by value. Top price was for a case of 12 bottles of 1988 Romanee- Conti which sold for £74,750 to a UK buyer. Six bottles of 1985 Romanee-Conti sold for £50,600 to a South American buyer and a case of 1966 La Tache sold for £16,100, this time to a North American buyer. One of the highlights of the sale, a collection of fifty-nine bottles of Château Mouton Rothschild, from 1945-2004, sold for £52,900. The label for each vintage of the wine was designed by a famous artist of the day, including Picasso, Dali, Warhol and Miro. Other top lots of the sale included current market favourites, Chateau Mouton Rothschild and Chateau Lafite Rothschild - a dozen bottles of 1959 Chateau Mouton Rothschild sold for £18,400 and five cases of Chateau Lafite ... More Thomas Houseago's Solo Exhibition at the Interantional Center of Art and LandscapePARIS.- The Centre international d’art et du paysage de l’île de Vassivière is presents the first solo exhibition in France of the British-born, LA-based artist Thomas Houseago: What Went Down. Under the curatorship of Chiara Parisi, the exhibition is on view from July 3 until October 23, 2011. Thomas Houseago's monumental and anthropomorphic sculptures have invaded Aldo Rossi's building and the sculpture’s wood on Vassivière Island. Struck by the landscape, the artist expanded the exhibition space of the Centre d'art towards the usually inaccessible Snake Island. Large Lamp I (Snake Island) (2011) rises 4 meters above the ground of the island, and can be admired directly by the lake’s users. According to a local 1950s legend, the island was filled with reptiles which fled the flooding of the Vassivière towns when the artificial lake was formed. This illuminated work converses with the lighthous ... More Artists from Fifty Countries Show Wares at Santa Fe MarketBy: Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE (REUTERS).- Naina Valasai had never boarded an airplane before arriving in Santa Fe this week. In fact the 33-year-old from a remote desert region in Pakistan had never left her village before she was invited to present her ornately patterned ralli quilts at the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market, taking place this weekend. "We were both afraid of the plane," said Naina's husband, 42-year-old Sadhumal Surendar Valasai, who by cultural norm had joined his wife on this long journey out of their village of Tehsil Diplo. "But if we want a better life for ourselves and the artists in our village then we must take these challenges." Naina is one of 132 artists from 50 different countries gathered this weekend for the 8th annual Santa Fe International Folk Art Market, which is the largest ... More DeCordova Presents Wall Works on View through Spring 2012LINCOLN, MA.- DeCordova presents Wall Works, the newest exhibition in a series of projects designed to rethink and recontextualize the Permanent Collection. For Wall Works, on view June 11, 2011–Spring 2012, six artists were invited to create site-specific wall installations in response to the Museum’s collection of modern and contemporary American art. In preparation for the exhibition, artists Kysa Johnson, Natalie Lanese, Caleb Neelon, Alison Owen, Justin Richel, and Mary Temple trolled the Museum’s database of 3,500 objects and selected an artwork to serve as a source of inspiration for their proposed “wall work.” The artists identified artworks that resonated with their varied interests and aesthetics and have consequently assembled an eclectic assortment of objects from deCordova’s collection ranging from Teenie Harris’s civil rights era documentary photographs to the quiet and poeti ... More Puerto Rican Scholar Ricardo Alegria Dies at 90SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (AP).- Ricardo Alegria, a Puerto Rican scholar known for his pioneering studies of the island's native Taino culture and who is credited with preserving the capital's colonial district, died Thursday. He was 90. Alegria died at the Cardiovascular Center of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean from complications of heart disease, said his son, Ricardo Alegria Pons. The elder Alegria had been treated for two weeks at the hospital in June and then was hospitalized again Sunday with chest pains, his son said. "Thanks to his long life of 90 years, he has had a major impact on all aspects of the culture of all Puerto Ricans," his son told reporters. "That work and dedication and love of his country does not disappear with his death." Gov. Luis Fortuno declared five days of mourning in the U.S. territory, ordering American and Puerto Rican flags to be lowered to half-staff in honor of one of the island's leading cultural figures. Alegria in 1955 helped found and later se ... More9/11 Memorial to Begin Taking Ticket Reservations NEW YORK, NY (AP).- People who want to visit the Sept. 11 memorial in New York City when it opens in two months will be able to start reserving tickets over the Internet, starting on Monday. Visitors will be able to get timed passes to see the memorial, which opens to the public on Sept. 12, following events for victims' families on the attack anniversary a day earlier. Memorial and museum president Joe Daniels tells The New York Times that he expects demand to be great. The parts of the memorial plaza that will be open to visitors in September can only comfortably hold 1,500 people at a time. There will be no limits on how long a visitor may spend ... More |
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