| | Egypt's Iconic Antiquities Chief, Zahi Hawass, Fired; Replaced by Professor in Restoration
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File photo of Zahi Hawass, Egypt's top antiquities official until today, posing in front of the ancient Sphinx in Giza, Egypt. AP Photo/Amr Nabil.
By: Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt's antiquities minister, whose trademark Indiana Jones hat made him one the country's best known figures around the world, was fired Sunday after months of pressure from critics who attacked his credibility and accused him of having been too close to the regime of ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Zahi Hawass, long chided as publicity loving and short on scientific knowledge, lost his job along with about a dozen other ministers in a Cabinet reshuffle meant to ease pressure from protesters seeking to purge remnants of Mubarak's regime. "He was the Mubarak of antiquities," said Nora Shalaby, an activist and archaeologist. "He acted as if he owned Egypt's antiquities, and not that they belonged to the people of Egypt." Despite the criticism, he was credited with helping boost interest in archaeology in Egypt and tourism, a pillar of the country's economy. But after Mubarak's ouster on Feb. 11 in a popular uprising, pressure began to build for him to step down. Haw ... More |
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Pop and Punk Drawings by German Artist Marc Brandenburg at Hamburger Kunsthalle
Artist Marc Brandenburg stands inside a room with his drawings at the Kunsthalle inHamburg, Germany. From 15 July 2011, the showroom is completely covered in black light and filled with 80 drawings set in negative. EPA/CHRISTIAN CHARISIU.
HAMBURG.- The artist Marc Brandenburg (*1965 in Berlin) has recently emerged as one of the best-known draftsmen of his generation. Affected by the pop and punk culture, Brandenburg documents aggressions, excesses and social exclusions in his graphite drawings as a reality of today’s society. His works are images of a subversive nightlife, portraits or extremely zoomed-in details of ordinary objects. These images seem to be harmless but turn to become symbols of experienced violence and power. Velocity and movement are the most recurrent motives of Brandenburgs works. His models are own photos and images. He alters them into negatives by dissecting them in a complex copying process. Also the technical results of this copying process are ... More | | Pinacotheque de Paris Announces Alberto Giacometti and the Etruscans Exhibition
Figurine, 1958, bronze, 63 x 11,5 x 19,5 cm. Collection Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence. Photo: Claude Germain © Succession Giacometti / ADAGP, Paris 2011.
PARIS.- It is the most eventful exhibition of the fall, an exhibition that the specialists and art lovers of Giacometti, have been expecting for over fifty years. Giacometti’s attraction to the primitive figure was present very early on in the artist’s oeuvre. Etruscan art, which he first of all discovered in the Louvre, in the archeological department, where he went regularly, then during the exhibition on the Etruscans in 1955 in Paris, was, however, to produce in the artist a very meaningful turmoil, and made up one of the essential keys to the understanding of his best known and most powerful form of creation. The exhibition will be on view from September 16, 2011 through January 8, 2012 at the Pinacothèque de Paris. No exhibition on the Etruscans has been shown in Paris since 1955. But it was precisely that show which enabled Giacometti to discover that extraordinary civilization, based on the economy of ... More | | Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Opens New Dinosaur Hall
(L-R) Mateo, Bella, and Israel Rivero look at a T. rex during opening day of the new Dinosaur Hall at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging. PRNewsFoto/The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) opened its all-new, 14,000-square-foot Dinosaur Hall, marking the halfway point of the Museum’s seven-year transformation. Twice the size of the Museum’s old dinosaur galleries, the new permanent exhibition features over 300 fossils and 20 complete mounts of dinosaurs and sea creatures. The hall rivals the world’s leading dinosaur halls for the number of individual fossils displayed, the size and spectacular character of the major mounts, including the world’s only Tyrannosaurus rex growth series, and the accessible integration of recent scientific discoveries and research into the displays. In the new, spacious, light-filled galleries, visitors come face-to-face—and in some cases ... More |
The Morgan Presents a Spectacular Installation by Xu Bing: The Living Word
The title of the installation points to the Buddhist inspiration that informs Xu Bing's work.
NEW YORK, NY.- A reflection on language and the nature of writing has been at the core of Xu Bing's art since the beginning of his career in China during the mid-1980s. It is therefore particularly fitting that the Morgan, a library as well as a museum, should present his spectacular installation, The Living Word, a poetic evocation of the relationship between the written word and its meaning. The exhibition will be on view through October 2, 2011. "In The Living Word," Xu Bing explained, "the dictionary definition of niao (bird) is written on the gallery floor in the simplified text created by Mao. The niao characters then break away from the confines of the literal definition and take flight through the installation space. As they rise into the air, the characters gradually change from the simplified text to standardized Chinese text and finally to the ancient Chinese pictograph for 'bird.' The characters are rainbow color ... More | | Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art Presents "Drawn to Nature"
William Glackens, Bellport Regatta, 25” X 30”. Oil on Canvas. Museum Purchase through the bequest of Anita Bevill McMichael Stallworth.
NASHVILLE, TN.- Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art presents "Drawn to Nature" on view until October 2nd, 2011. In the early 19th century, a group of artists fled their studios in New York City during the summer and traveled north by steamboat, sketching and painting the picturesque scenery of the Hudson River Valley. Led by painter Thomas Cole, these artists became collectively known as the “Hudson River school” and explored American nature as a resource to invent a landscape tradition distinct from Europe. Following in the footsteps of this movement in the Northeast, artists ventured west and discovered the sublime vistas of the Rocky Mountains and Yosemite. Drawn to Nature touches on a panorama of landscapes included under the American Romanticism umbrella. Broken down into the quintessential examples of maritime, desert, seasonal, and trees ... More | | Miami Art Museum Presents Brazilian Artist Rivane Neuenschwander's First Mid-Career Survey
Rivane Neuenschwander, Chove chuva / Rain Rains, 2002. Aluminum buckets, water, steel cable, ladder. Dimensions variable. Installation view New Museum, New York. Private collection. Image courtesy New Museum, New York. Photo: Benoit Pailley.
MIAMI, FLA.- The Miami Art Museum presents the first mid-career survey of the work of Brazilian artist Rivane Neuenschwander (b. 1967, Belo Horizonte, Brazil) focusing on over ten years of innovative practice. Neuenschwander’s work, which includes painting, photography, film, sculpture, immersive installations and participatory actions, combines conceptual rigor, sensory appeal, poetic evocation and viewer interaction. Rivane Neuenschwander: A Day Like Any Other (July 17 through October 16, 2011) punctuates the elements that have led to her reputation as one of the most unique contributors to contemporary Brazilian art. Inspired by nature, time, life cycles, mysteries of perception and human exchange, Neuenschwander creates ... More |
DePaul Art Museum's New Home to Open to the Public with Debut of "Re: Chicago" Exhibition
Ralph Arnold (American, 1928-2006), Who You/Yeah Baby, c. 1968. Oil and collage on canvas.
CHICAGO, IL.- The DePaul Art Museum’s new $7.8 million home at 935 W. Fullerton Ave., just east of the CTA’s Fullerton “L” stop, will debut with the Sept. 17 opening of “Re: Chicago.” The exhibition, which runs through February 2012, examines the careers and artistic reputations of Chicago artists over more than a century. Artworks in the exhibition were chosen by asking leading figures in the Chicago art world – from critics to scholars to collectors – to name a famous artist or one who should be famous. “We wanted to explore how reputations are made, and also to give attention to how art is seen and talked about,” said Museum Director Louise Lincoln. “People understand art in a lot of different ways. If you’re a collector, you see it differently from how a scholar would see it. It’s all about the interaction between the viewer and the work. This ... More | | Pre-Columbian Gold and Jade Jewelry to Be Displayed at the Fabergé Museum in Germany
The items in the Fabergé Museum collection are among the small number still in existence in Europe.
BADEN-BADEN.- On July 16, the Fabergé Museum unveiled the latest edition to its collection, almost 100 very rare and exquisite treasures of the ancient peoples of South America – the Aztecs, Incas, and Maya. These gold and jade jewelry items pre-date the arrival of Columbus in the Americas, and they are now open to the public for the first time ever. Audiences will certainly be enthralled by both their beauty and nearly one thousand-year history. The fabulous items once decorated royal courts, as well as temples. These treasures, however, also recall some of the bloodiest pages of world history. The European thirst for gold in the early 16th century saw numerous expeditions set sail for the New World. The Spanish conquistadors were amazed by the wealth and splendour of the indigenous civilizations. Through conquest and coercion, the Spanish amassed huge treasure troves ... More | | Company Organizes Murder-Mystery Scavenger Hunt at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
A participating group looks for clues in one of the galleries at the start of the "Murder at the Met" scavenger hunt. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer.
By: Ula Ilnytzky, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP).- An assistant museum curator who questioned the authenticity of a Leonardo da Vinci has been murdered — but before he died he left a code in his appointment calendar and a cryptic trail of clues connected to secrets in works of art that point to the killer. Now, would-be gumshoes must figure out what drove one of four suspects to kill him. Was it greed? Fame? Lust? Or revenge? That's the plot of Murder at the Met, a murder-mystery scavenger hunt at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York run by Watson Adventures, a private company offering a series of such games at 27 museums in seven U.S. cities. On a recent Saturday, 40 people gathered in a basement room of the museum for ... More |
Exhibition Covers the Phenomenon of Clothing and Fashion in Zagreb from 1945 to 1960
Naslovna strana casopisa Svijet, Zagreb, 1956. Likovna obrada Aleksandar Srnec.
BELGRADE.- This period, viewed from the perspective of clothing culture and development of fashion discourse, is especially interesting in this area, because it is a meeting point of the effects caused by an imposed ideological matrix, characteristic of Yugoslav socialism, contained in the stereotype of the “comrade” with preserved memory of the “lady” stereotype. The fashion discourse of that time was marked by the ambivalence of the non-fashionable comrade, put forward by the ideological propaganda, and the lady’s desire to be fashionable. This clash gradually established a specific view of clothing and fashion, so that we could say that Zagreb is an example of swift assent to the challenges of fashion, despite the ideological rigidity of the politically tailored reality. We can follow the development of fashion and clothing in concordance with the development of social reality, which is determined by the following, highly important historical facts: T ... More | | San Jose Museum of Art Presents "Ordinary Folks" by Photographer Bill Owens
Bill Owens, “It’s fun to break up the glass. We’re doing our thing for ecology and the Boy Scouts will give us a bad for working here.” From the “Suburbia” series, 1971. Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches. San Jose Museum of Art purchase with funds contributed by the Collections Committee.
SAN JOSE, CA.- “Ordinary folks doing ordinary things”—that is how photographer Bill Owens described his subjects. Like a visual anthropologist, Owens astutely recorded the customs, symbols, and social relationships that characterized American middle-class culture in the 1970s. Owens adopted an air of objectivity that recalls the New Topographics, a generation of photographers such as Lewis Baltz, Robert Adams, and Joel Deal, who portrayed the built environment with detachment. The exhibition is on display from July 16, 2011 through February 5, 2012 at the San Jose Museum of Art. Owens took up photography after studying auto mechanics at California State University, Sacramento, and serving in the Peace Corps. He landed a job as a photojournalist for ... More | | Under the Radar is Lyons Wier Gallery's Second Group Exhibition of the Summer Season
Aristides Ruiz, Lottery Games. Watercolor on paper, 19.3 x 12.8 in / 48.9 x 32.4 cm. Photo: Courtesy Lyons Wier Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- As expressed by its title, Under the Radar features eight New York based artists who have yet to surface prominently on the art scene but whose talent will surely rise to the top. The select eight are: Tobias Batz, Aleksander Betko, Dina Brodsky, Maya Brodsky, Talia Segal Fidler, Cobi Moules, Aristides Ruiz, and Mitra Walter. Tobias Batz’ work, a fusion of fashion photography and street art, is a respectful celebration of the female sprit. It reflects the urban landscape of New York City and its inhabitants. His cutting edge use of photography, body painting, spray paint and experimental methods of digital processing pays homage to Andy Warhol, Frederico Fellini, Man Ray and edgy fashion photographers such as Helmut Newton and Richard Avedon. Aleksander Betko captures the definition of life in New York City. His paintings are of introspective moments that define the resiliency and strength ... More |
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 3rd Edition of PHOTOQUAI Biennial Announced by Musée du quai Branly in ParisPARIS.- Created in 2007 by the musée du quai Branly and dedicated to non-Western photography, the 3rd edition of PHOTOQUAI biennial exhibition of world images organised by the musée du Quai Branly will take place on the quays of the Seine alongside the musée du quai Branly and in the museum’ gardens from 13th September to 4th December 2011. Hailed from its first edition for its quality, originality, ambition and relevance, in 2011 PHOTOQUAI will continue to pursue its original mission: showcasing artists whose work is little known in Europe, and stimulating communication and the exchanging of views of the world. The artistic director of the third biennial PHOTOQUAI exhibition is the photographer and director Françoise Huguier. She coordinates the programming committee which brings together image specialists associated with correspondents in the field, who are responsible for discovering emerging ... More Exhibition Explores Mid-Columbia Indian Life between 1900 and the Late 1950sGOLDENDALE, WASH.- Organized by Maryhill Museum of Art, the exhibition Beside the Big River: Images and Art of the Mid-Columbia Indians, explores the artistic and cultural traditions of Native Americans living along a 200-mile stretch of the Columbia River between 1900 and the late 1950s. Included in the exhibition are 40 historical photographs of Indian life captured by regional photographers, as well as examples of Indian art worked in a variety of mediums. The exhibition will be on view at Maryhill Museum of Art July 16 – November 15, 2011. An opening celebration will take place on Saturday, July 16. The Mid-Columbia River region extends downriver from the mouth of the Snake River to present-day Bonneville Dam. Mid-Columbia peoples who live along this expanse of river are known for their unique and skillful carving of stone, wood, bone and horn. The region’s basketry traditions, ranging from cedar root ber ... More Newark Museum Receives $1 Million Grant from the Mellon Foundation to Support Major African Art InitiativeNEWARK, NY.- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the Newark Museum a $1,000,000 grant to support a major collections-based initiative in African art. The grant will be used to fund new curatorial and research positions and the first-ever catalogue on the museum’s highly respected and internationally recognized African art collection. “We are profoundly grateful to the Mellon Foundation for its recognition of the Museum’s great strengths – scholarly excellence combined with collections-based outreach to broad audiences,” said Mary Sue Sweeney Price, Director and CEO of the Newark Museum . “Mellon support comes at a critical moment, as we galvanize our outreach efforts to create a new suite of galleries for this important collection, and expand educational programming in African art and culture. The Foundation’s generosity will assist the Museum as it forges new paths in the displ ... More Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts to Mount Definitive Exhibition on Preeminent African-American ArtistPHILADELPHIA, PA.- A major exhibition of artwork by African-American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner will premiere at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), on view from January 27 through April 15, 2012. Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit will contain over 100 works, including 12 paintings that have never been shown in a Tanner retrospective and the only two known sculptures that Tanner completed. The exhibition also includes Tanner's famed Resurrection of Lazarus, from the collection of the Musée d'Orsay, a career-making canvas that earned Tanner his first international praise when it was exhibited in 1897 and which has never crossed the Atlantic. Showcasing Tanner's paintings, photographs, prints, sculptures, watercolors, and drawings, Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit is being organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where the artist studied from 1879 to 1885, and will tour to the ... More Heather James Fine Art Announces the Exclusive Representation of the Estate of Earl Cunningham PALM DESERT, CA.- Heather James Fine Art announced its exclusive representation of the estate of renowned American painter Earl Cunningham. The exquisite paintings of Cunningham are from the collection of Marilyn and Michael Mennello, founders of the Mennello Museum of American Art in Orlando, Florida. A portion of the proceeds generated from the sale of the paintings will directly benefit the Mennello Museum of American Art endowment. “Earl Cunningham is a miraculous artist and a true American Fauve and I am extremely excited to have selected Heather James Fine Art to share this important collection of American art with the world. The gallery’s stature and reputation are a perfect compliment to the legacy of Earl Cunninghan,” states Michael Mennello. Earl Cunningham was a twentieth century American modernist who romanticized the American landscape with simplicity. A self-taught artist who painted mostly l ... More David Zwirner Announces Second Annual Summer Pop-Up BookstoreNEW YORK, NY.- David Zwirner announces the gallery’s second annual summer pop-up bookstore. For two weeks only—Monday, July 25 through Friday, August 5— there will be special offers on a selection of rare and out-of-print books, signed artist catalogues and monographs, DVDs, posters, collectible show cards, and more. Highlights from this year’s pop-up include ceramic plates by Marcel Dzama, signed copies of the newly-released artist’s book Perlstein by Michael Riedel (limited edition), films by Raymond Pettibon, posters by Christopher Williams, and documentary films about Alice Neel and Robert Crumb. The pop-up bookstore coincides with the gallery’s summer exhibition, The House Without the Door, on view until August 5. Open late on Thursday, July 28 until 8pm for the second annual Chelsea Art Walk, an evening of extended hours and special events taking place at over 125 galleries and art ins ... More |
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