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Installation view of Talk to Me: Design and the Communication between People and Objects at The Museum of Modern Art, 2011. Photo © Scott Rudd.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents Talk to Me: Design and the Communication between People and Objects from July 24 to November 7, 2011. With nearly 200 projects ranging from the microscopic to the cosmic and all designed in the past few years or currently under development, the exhibition explores design’s new terrain: enhancing communicative possibilities, embodying a new balance between technology and people, and bringing technological breakthroughs to an approachable, human scale. These projects include interfaces, websites, video games, tools, charts, and information systems on topics global and local, public and personal. The exhibition is organized by Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator, and Kate Carmody, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Architecture and Design, The Museum of Modern Art. Whether openly and actively or in subtle, emotional, or subliminal ways, objects talk to people. As the purpose of de ... More |
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World Renowned Hat Designer Philip Treacy Co-Curates Tate Collection Display
Francis Bacon, Three Figures and Portrait 1975 © Estate of Francis Bacon, DACS 2011.
LIVERPOOL.- Tate Liverpool has collaborated with world renowned hat designer Philip Treacy OBE for the latest instalment of the gallery’s popular run of Tate Collection displays, DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture. Treacy worked with Tate Liverpool’s Head of Exhibitions and Displays, Gavin Delahunty, to select works from the Tate Collection for the new display entitled Conversation Pieces. Conversation Pieces reflects the designer’s knowledge of the Tate Collection, from which he has chosen works in a range of media by prominent and lesser known artists. Treacy’s selection has a concern with human form and human relations, mirroring in some way his own design process. Works by Francis Bacon, Don Brown and Dorothy Cross representing the human figure will be shown alongside the emotive abstraction of Joan Mitchell, Hélio Oiticica and Jackson Pollock. The coloured translucent screens of Liam Gillick and S ... More | | Philadelphia Museum Announces the Acquisition of Major Work by Daniel Garber
Tanis, 1915, by Daniel Garber (American, 1880–1958). Oil on canvas, 60 x 46 1/4 inches (152.4 x 117.5 cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art: Purchased with funds contributed by Marguerite and Gerry Lenfest, 2011-60-1
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Philadelphia Museum of Art has acquired Tanis, one of the best-known paintings by Daniel Garber (American, 1880-1958), a leading Pennsylvania Impressionist and one of the most significant artists working in Philadelphia in the first several decades of the 20th century. This extraordinary work depicts the artist’s eight-year-old daughter standing in the doorway of Garber’s studio at his farm in Cuttalossa Glen near New Hope in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Painted in 1915, it was awarded a prize when first exhibited that year at the National Academy of Design in New York. Tanis was purchased from the Westervelt Company in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, through the generosity of Marguerite and H. F. (Gerry) Lenfest, Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Museum ... More | | Striking New "Road to 2012" Exhibition Opens at the National Portrait Gallery in London
Chris Holmes (b. 1971), London by Emma Hardy. © Emma Hardy - National Portrait Gallery/BT Road to 2012 Project.
LONDON.- Striking new photographs of Taekwondo world number one Aaron Cook doing a flying side-kick outside his Manchester home; champion swimmer Eleanor Simmonds about to start a training session and former champion, now Director of Paralympic Integration, Chris Holmes relaxing in the water, were revealed today. The portraits were taken by Finlay MacKay and Emma Hardy, announced as the latest photographers to be commissioned for the National Portrait Gallery/BT Road to 2012 Project as part of the Cultural Olympiad. Their work is on displayed at the National Portrait Gallery from 25 July in Road to 2012: Changing Pace, the second exhibition in a three-year cycle funded by BT, that documents Britain’s medal hopefuls and key figures behind the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In Road to 2012: Changing Pace, the portraits ... More |
Contemporary Art Museum in Raleigh Designed by LA-Based Brooks + Scarpa Opens
The Depot District contains Raleigh’s only significant collection of buildings related to the heyday of railroad transportation and shipping in the Capital City.
RALEIGH, NC.- Brooks Scarpa’s Contemporary Art Museum officially opened with a catered street festival and black tie event. The project was a result of the collaboration between local firm Clearscapes and LA-based Brooks + Scarpa. Originally a 1927 grocery supply warehouse, a railroad spur (still visible today) runs from the area around the Amtrak station to the structure where groceries were once unloaded. It later served various industrial functions, one of the most recent being a chrome bumper repair shop. Located in Raleigh’s revitalizing Historic Depot District, an unlikely butterfly has emerged from its decades-long cocoon. The historic 1910 two-story brick structure built for Allen Forge & Welding Company and enlarged around 1927 for the Brogden Produce Company — and more recently home to longtime occupant ... More | | Paris Photo 2011 Takes African Photography as Its Special Theme for This Year's Edition
Malick Sidibé, Nuit de Noël, 1963.
PARIS.- Held this year from 10 to 13 November, Paris Photo celebrates its 15th anniversary by moving to a new location, the Nave of the Grand Palais, a spectacular venue like no other in the French capital for presenting works by photographic artists, thus marking a major turning point for this important international event. Paris Photo 2011 takes African photography as its special theme, paying tribute to the rich breadth and diversity of work produced by the continent’s creative talent in this field, from Bamako to Cape Town. A total of 111 international galleries, representing France and 29 other countries, have been selected to present the best of nineteenth-century, modern and contemporary photography in the heart of Paris. Last year, Paris Photo 2010 welcomed some 38,000 visitors, ranging from amateur and professional photographers to photography enthusiasts and collectors. Taking on greater prominence with its mo ... More | | Gérard Seghers: Between Mannerism and Caravagism at Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes
Gérard Seghers, Saint Paul.
VALENCIENNES.- Gérard Seghers (on 1591 - 1651), painter of Antwerpen by big religious paintings, was subordinated for such a long time by the history to his illustrious contemporary Pierre-Paul Rubens (on 1577 - 1640). We can find tracks of the rubenian art in the painting of Seghers but no more than at the other antwerpers painters of the same generation The art of Gérard Seghers thinks in the other problems. The title of this exhibition shows well the questioning lifted by Seghers. Flemish painter, he made very early his journey in Rome (on 1611 - 1620), and in his return of Rome tried to impose this new art based on the art of the Caravaggio and called caravagisme. But instead of reproducing this Roman art in Antwerp, Seghers tried - and often succeeds - to mix him in the Flemish art of his time, resulting from artists of the XVIth century as Martin de Vos or Maarten van Heemskerck. To create this alchemy between the ancient and ... More |
High Altitude: A Festival of Contemporary Mountain Photography in Switzerland
Chalets dans les Alpes © 1845-1850.
ROSSINIERE.- The mountain has been conducive to the affirmation of identities in Switzerland and elsewhere around the world. This theme has continued to fascinate artists since tours in the Alps by the painter Caspar Wolf in the 18th century. The mountainous landscape attracted the first generation of photographers in the 19th century, who managed to quickly produce extraordinary images. At the beginning of the 21st century, the mountain suddenly shows certain fragility as humans begin to infiltrate its environment. What remains of the myths associated with it ? Does the mountain still inspire artists today ? What perception does one have of the mountain when its inhabitants disappear and our references are more and more limited to the urban world ? After its initial success in 2008, the HIGH ALTITUDE festival of contemporary mountain photography raises the bar. From July to September, HIGH ALTITUDE will give you the opportunity to discover the works of forty ... More | | Mallick Williams & Co. Presents First Photography Exhibition with Artists Filippo Chia and Michael M Koehler
Filippo Chia, Ella in Golden Bed, 2010. Edition of 3, 19" x 12" (unframed).
NEW YORK, NY.- Mallick Williams & Co. presents their first photography exhibition with artists Filippo Chia and Michael M Koehler. The title Nature/Human reflects the duality of the show: two photographers with two distinctive styles and perspectives. Chia’s pieces are digitally colored prints and Koehler’s traditional black and white photographs. They both explore the same theme of the relationships between people and their environments; a beautiful and touching glimpse into vignettes that naturally occur in life: love, pain, beauty and sadness. In the words of the artists, “Nature is what makes us Human.” Regardless of humanity’s attempt to be in control, we are consistently reminded that nature is ultimately in command. The exhibition is a testament to the moments in life where nature and humanity collide. The work reveals the tensions existing between the two forces but also asks us t ... More | | World Monuments Fund Presents 24th Annual Hadrian Award to Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder
File photo of Ronald S. Lauder. AP Photo/Fritz Reiss.
NEW YORK, NY.- World Monuments Fund announced the honorees to be recognized at its 2011 Hadrian Award Gala, which will be held at The Plaza, in New York City, on October 27. This year’s Hadrian Award will be presented to Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, in recognition of their roles as leading international philanthropists in the worlds of art and culture, science and medicine, and Jewish heritage preservation—including the establishment and support of WMF’s Jewish Heritage Grant Program. In addition, the organization’s newly established Watch Award, which recognizes advocacy and activism in advancing the work of WMF, will be given to Marcela Pérez de Cuéllar. A longtime activist on behalf of heritage preservation in her native Peru, Mrs. Pérez de Cuéllar is being honored for her leadership role in WMF’s work in that country. Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder are among the world’s most prominent philanthropists and arts ... More |
Nasser D Khalili's Sons Open a New Concept Gallery on Mayfair's Mount Street
The venture is the brainchild of three brothers – Daniel, Benjamin and Raphael Khalili – who have brought their sweeping pursuit of collecting and artistic provenance to bear in creating Shizaru.
LONDON.- A new concept gallery located on London’s fashionable Mount Street brings together an eclectic mix of the rare, the beautiful and the unique – crossing the boundaries between all art forms including fine art, design, sculpture, photography and jewellery, displaying contemporary as well as antique masterpieces. Shizaru embodies an unprecedented retail philosophy, blurring the boundaries between gallery and museum. It has been designed as an interactive space to satisfy creative curiosity and an appreciation of the aesthetic; a forum for the exchange of ideas. The venture is the brainchild of three brothers – Daniel, Benjamin and Raphael Khalili – who have brought their sweeping pursuit of collecting and artistic provenance to bear in creating Shizaru. ... More | | 21st Edition of Braga Photo Festival to Offer New Visions on Social Documentary Photography
Tomasz Wiech, In Poland, 2010.
BRAGA.- The “Encontros da Imagem” (Image Meetings), the oldest photo festival of the Iberian Peninsula is back in 2011 under the theme “New Visions on Social Documentary Photography”. From September 16th until the end of October 13 exhibitions will be shown at historical, cultural and modern spaces of Braga, Portugal, in an event that also includes a 7500 Euros prize for the best portfolio presented to an international jury. The current crisis in Portugal and the transformations of Eastern Europe after the fall of the communism are two of the main attractions of this year edition. The current situation of Portugal is portrayed in the exhibition of the KameraPhoto collective that will be shown at the D. Diogo de Sousa Museum. “It’s a portrait of the social and political moment that Portugal is living, shown through the lenses of the 13 photographers that form this collective, born in 2003” explains Rui Prata, the festival director. “New li ... More | | New Gallery to Bring Global Art to New York's Most Distinguished Gallery Street
Hale Tenger, Beirut, 2005-2007. Video, 3'47". Music by Serdar Ateser. Audio from
YouTube/msoubra. Edition of six, plus artist's proof.
NEW YORK, NY.- C24, a new gallery dedicated to presenting outstanding contemporary art from beyond the usual circle of U.S. and European cities, will celebrate its opening on the evening of September 8, 2011, inaugurating a bi-level, 9,000-square-foot space at 514 West 24th Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues in New York City. The gallery will open to the public on September 9, 2011. The first exhibition, Double Crescent: Art from Istanbul and New Orleans, features recent works by artists from New Orleans and Istanbul, both emerging and established, who are recognized locally for their originality and perseverance. Double Crescent is organized by guest curator Dan Cameron, founder and artistic director of the U.S. Biennial (which organizes Prospect New Orleans) and artistic director for the 8th Annual ... More |
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 Sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld Awarded an Honorary OBELONDON.- Internationally acclaimed sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld has been presented an honorary OBE for her outstanding contribution to art. She was presented her OBE by Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt, MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport at a private ceremony. Blumenfeld is one of the few non-British artists ever to have been honoured in this way. Honorary OBE's are awarded to non-British subjects, and over the decades, only a relatively small number have been presented. Luminaries such as Pierce Brosnan, Bill Bryson, Raymond Blanc and Janet Susman have been recipients of this honorary award. Dr Blumenfeld said “As an American-born sculptor working in the timeless tradition of carving marble, I am thrilled to receive this Honorary OBE." Helaine Blumenfeld was a favoured pupil of Ossip Zadkine, and her works have been hailed as 'The Henry Moore's of the future.' In 2004 she was elected Vice ... More Robot Nation: An Outdoor Installation for the 21st Century at the Norman Rockwell MuseumSTOCKBRIDGE, MA.- Norman Rockwell Museum announced the winning entries for its new outdoor sculpture exhibition, “Robot Nation: An Outdoor Installation for the 21st Century.” The juried show opened at the Museum on Saturday, July 16, and commendations for outstanding work were awarded by a panel of art professionals. “SuperBot: Best in Show” is awarded to Matt Evald Johnson for his imaginative sculpture “David.” Greeting visitors at the Museum’s main entrance, the immense construction is a creative retelling of the story of “David and Goliath” in fabricated, reclaimed steel. The “SteamPunkBot” award, referencing the popular sub-genre that melds science fiction and Victorian history, goes to “The Inquisitive Nomad” by Vincent Villafranca. A smaller piece made out of cast bronze, the golden sculpture incorporates both sci-fi and fantasy elements. The “Modbot” ... More David Lynch Designs Interior of Club at Abandoned Landmark in ParisPARIS.- Situated in the heart of historic Paris, 142 rue Montmartre is a mythical address that was once home to two influential leftist newspapers, L’Humanité and L’Aurore, which was famous for printing Émile Zola’s “J’Accuse.” Today, Arnaud Frisch, manager of the Social Club and the music production company Savoir Faire, endeavors to give this abandoned landmark back its soul with the opening of SILENCIO, a club whose interior was designed by multidisciplinary artist David Lynch. While its name offers a sly allusion to the club from the director’s 2001 Academy Award nominated film Mullholland Drive, SILENCIO in Paris stands alone as the realization of his vision for a unique club experience. The 2,100-square-foot space consists of a series of intimate rooms, each dedicated to a certain purpose or atmosphere, including a live stage with a reflective dance floor, an intimate art library, a cocooned sitting lounge, a spacious ... More David Askevold: The Disorientation Scientist at Camden Arts Centre LONDON.- This July Camden Arts Centre presents the first UK solo exhibition of work by Canadian artist, David Askevold. From the end of the 1960s to his death in 2008, Askevold was a pioneer in experimental video, sound, photography and text and an influential teacher at some of America’s most celebrated art schools, notably CalArts, Valencia, CA and Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS. This survey of his work brings together seminal pieces from the 1970s, his most important installations, with documentation of later performances and collaborative works he made with artists Mike Kelly and Tony Oursler. David Askevold runs at Camden Arts Centre from 22 July – 25 September 2011 and admission is free. Mainly working with photographs which were often accompanied by text, Askevold challenged the accepted understanding of Conceptual Art’s photo/text work by producing pieces which were ambiguous ... More Mesolithic "Rest Stop" Found at United Kingdom Supermarket SiteBy: Alice Baghdjian
LONDON (REUTERS).- An early prehistoric hearth has been discovered on the planned construction site for a branch of major British supermarket chain Sainsbury's. The charcoal remains, excavated from the site in Nairn, a town in the Scottish Highlands, date back to the Mesolithic period (10,000 to 4000 BC). They are believed to have been a temporary traveling stop rather than a settlement, due to the absence of any further Mesolithic findings at the site. "An extremely large quantity of wood charcoal fragments was recovered from the hearth. The size of the fragments suggests either deliberate deposition or in-situ burning," said Headland Archaeology, who carried out the excavation, in a report. Archaeologists used carbon-dating of the charcoal to determine the age of the hearth. However, dating a site from this particular substance is problematic, due the potential time lag between the felling of the tree and the burning of the material, the report said. The e ... More |
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