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Women look at a piece titled "Spider" by the late French-born U.S. artist Louise Bourgeois during "The Return of the Repressed" exhibition at Tomie Ohtake Institute in Sao Paulo July 8, 2011. Bourgeois is well-known for her art pieces that are hung on strings to show the fragility and delicacy of the events, demonstrating the ambivalence between the exterior and the interior world of the subject. REUTERS/Nacho Doce.
SAO PAULO.- Tomie Ohtake Institute presents for the first time in Latin America the greatest exhibit of work by Louise Bourgeois: the return of the repressed, from July 8 to August 28, 2011. Bourgeois, one of the most well known artists of the 20th century, was born in Paris in 1911 and traveled and lived in the United States from 1938 until her final days in 2010. The exhibition opens with the famous spider Maman (1999) displayed in the entrance to Tomie Ohtake Institute, and in the interior rooms display a collection of 86 pieces. Her first sculptures, in which the spiral appears along with various forms and figures that figure prominently in her work, include the Arch of Hysteria, 1993; Spider, 1997, and the emblematic installations Red Room (Parents), 1994, and The Destruction of the Father, 1974. A solid and extensive collection of drawings and sculptures highlight Bourgeois’ radical thoughts and refl ... More |
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Indianapolis Museum of Art Presents Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria
Head with Crown. © National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria. Photo: courtesy: Museum for African Art/Fundación Botín. All photographs: Karin L. Willis.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- A landmark exhibition of African art, Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria presents a glimpse of the extraordinary accomplishments of the legendary royal city-state of the Yoruba people from the 12th-15th centuries. During this period, Ife (pronounced “EE-fay”) was ruled by powerful sacred kings and queens, whose images are captured in stunningly naturalistic cast copper-alloy and terra-cotta heads and figures. The exhibition is on view in the Indianapolis Museum of Art from July 8, 2011 through January 16, 2012. These are among the most celebrated works ever created in Africa and for the first time they have been brought together with other objects from the same era, resulting in a fascinating depiction of Ife. Terra-cotta and brass figures show it to have been ... More | | Alte Pinakothek's Celebrates Their 175th Anniversary with the Exhibition "Concealed/Revealed"
Albrecht Dürer, Self-Portrait in a Full-Trimmed Coat, 1500. © Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen Munich, Doerner Institut.
MUNICH.- “Concealed/Revealed” is the fourth exhibition in the series celebrating the Alte Pinakothek’s 175th anniversary. The enigmatic title stands for a subject of enormous multiplicity. The exhibition is on view until September 18th, 2011. Infrared reflectographs of underdrawings that – apart from a few exceptions – have never been seen before by a general audience, is on display. The Alte Pinakothek’s anniversary year is the perfect occasion to exhibit the best examples produced by digital infrared reflectography in the field of German Renaissance painting to a broad public. Following two exhibitions with an emphasis on the history of the collections, “Vermeer in Munich” and “Cranach in Bavaria” – and the exhibition “Treasures from the Depot” which can be seen throughout the whole anniversary year, focussing on the subject of museum’ taske to preserve ... More | | Russia to Celebrate 450th Anniversary of St. Basil's Cathedral After $14 Million Restoration
A couple of Orthodox Christian Russians stand in front of St. Basil's Cathedral outside the Kremlin. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko.
By: Mansur Mirovalev, Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP).- Russia will celebrate the 450th anniversary of St. Basil's Cathedral by opening an exhibition dedicated to the so-called "holy fool" who gave his name to the soaring structure of bright-hued onion domes that is a quintessential image of Russia. The eccentrically devout St. Basil wore no clothes even during the harsh Russian winters and was one of the very few Muscovites who dared to lambast tyrannical Czar Ivan the Terrible. Ivan, whose gory purges claimed tens of thousands of lives, feared St. Basil as "a seer of people's hearts and minds," according to one chronicle. He personally carried St. Basil's coffin to a grave right outside the Kremlin. The cathedral, constructed to commemorate Ivan's victory over Mongol rulers, was built on the burial site. Deputy ... More |
Indian Supreme Court Orders Security for Hindu Temple Treasure Worth Billions
Devotees walk inside the premises of the 16th-century Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Trivandrum, India. AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi.
By: Nirmala George, Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP).- India's Supreme Court ordered Friday that a security plan be drawn up to protect a Hindu temple where devotees left billions worth of treasures over the centuries. The state of Kerala and the former royal rulers of the region were directed by the court to explain how they plan to safeguard the gold, silver and precious stones that were stored in vaults at the 16th century Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple. The temple, dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu, was built by the maharajas who ruled the then-kingdom of Travancore. The former royal family has remained the trustees of the temple after India's independence in 1947. The Supreme Court ordered the inspection of the vaults last week after a lawyer petitioned for the state government to take over the temple, citing inadequate security. The current ... More | | The Largest Collection of Fabergé in the United States is On View at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Imperial Tsesarevich Easter Egg, 1912. Egg: lapis lazuli, gold, diamonds. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. Bequest of Lillian Thomas Pratt. Photo: Katherine Wetzel © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
RICHMOND, VA .- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts presents an exhibition of the largest collection of Fabergé in the United States. The exhibition, Fabergé Revealed, includes more than 500 objects and is on view from July 9 through October 2. The Russian jeweler Karl Fabergé crafted objects for the Russian imperial family in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including specially commissioned Easter eggs. VMFA’s collection, the largest public collection of Fabergé outside of Russia, includes five of the thirteen Russian imperial Easter eggs that are in the United States. In addition to showcasing VMFA’s extensive Fabergé collection, the exhibition features loans from three important private collections. The collection of Matilda Geddings Gray of Louisiana has loaned its rare Napoleonic Egg and its celebrated Imperial Lilies of the Valley Basket. More than twenty ... More | | Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Presents George Herms: Xenophilia
The artist during installation of George Herms: Xenophilia (Love of the Unknown), 2011. Photo: Brian Forrest.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- George Herms: Xenophilia (Love of the Unknown) presents the work of legendary West Coast assemblage artist George Herms alongside the work of a younger generation of Los Angeles and New York artists, which is bringing new energy to the assemblage tradition. The exhibition features works from a circle of friends Herms found in Florence, as well as artists introduced to him by the exhibition curator, Neville Wakefield, including Rita Ackermann, Kathryn Andrews, Lizzi Bougatsos, Robert Branaman, Dan Colen, Leo Fitzpatrick, Elliott Hundley, Hanna Liden, Nate Lowman, Ari Marcopoulos, Ryan McGinley, Melodie Mousset, Jack Pierson, Amanda Ross-Ho, Sterling Ruby, Agathe Snow, Ryan Trecartin, Kaari Upson, and Aaron Young. The exhibition is on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) from July 10th through October 2nd, 2011. Ever since he first started exhibiting in Los Angeles in the late 1950s, George H ... More |
University of Texas, Ryan O'Neal Spar Over Farrah Fawcett Portrait by Andy Warhol
File photo of actors Ryan O'Neal, left, and Farrah Fawcett. AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine.
By: Anthony McCartney, AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP).- The University of Texas system and Ryan O'Neal are sparring over ownership of an Andy Warhol portrait of the actor's longtime companion, Farrah Fawcett. The system's board of regents sued O'Neal in federal court in Los Angeles on Friday, asking a judge to order the Oscar-nominated actor to turn over the painting. The portrait is one of two that Warhol made of the "Charlie's Angels" star and the university claims the actress bequeathed it to their Austin, Texas campus. O'Neal's spokesman Arnold Robinson blasted the lawsuit in a statement, saying the university has known for more than a year that the actor has painting. "This is completely ridiculous lawsuit," ... More | | Team Unearths First Roman-Era Basilica Erected in the Mediterranean Port City of Alexandria
A detail of a figure of the Graeco-Egyptian god Serapis. AP Photo/ Egypt's Supreme Council Of Antiquities.
CAIRO (AP).- Egyptian officials say archaeologists have unearthed the first basilica erected in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria. Antiquities authorities say the basilica is dated to the Roman era and was built on the ruins of a temple from the Ptolemaic reign that ended with the death of Cleopatra. A statement Thursday says two parallel rows of granite and limestone pillars suggest the basilica was a social site that was also used for trade and judicial matters. It says several statues of the Ancient Egyptian goddess Isis — one showing her breast-feeding — and others of the Graeco-Egyptian god Serapis also have been unearthed during five months of excavations that ended in May when archaeologists hit underground water. ... More | | American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White on View at the Colby College Museum of Art
Berenice Abbott, Canyon, Broadway and Exchange Place, 1936. Gelatin silver print. National Gallery of Art, Gift of Marvin Breckinridge Patterson, 2000.148.1
WATERVILLE, ME.- The Colby College Museum of Art presents American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White, on view from July 9 through October 2, 2011. In the 1930s, photographers pushed the genre of documentary photography to the forefront of public culture in the United States and onto the walls of newly opened museums and art galleries. That historic development receives new insight with this exhibition focusing exclusively on the work of American photographers Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, and Margaret Bourke-White. Photographic activity flourished in America in the 1930s during the Great Depression, and the genre of documentary emerged as a mode of understanding contemporary events. ... More |
Norton Simon Museum Presents Vermeer's "Woman with a Lute," on Loan from the Metropolitan
Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632–75), Woman with a Lute, ca. 1662–63. Oil on canvas. Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Collis P. Huntington, 1900.
PASADENA, CA.- The Norton Simon Museum presents the rare loan of Johannes Vermeer’s “Woman with a Lute,” ca. 1662–63, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. One of about 36 known works by the Dutch master, five of which make their home at the Metropolitan Museum, the painting will be on view from July 8 through Sept. 26, 2011, providing audiences with the extraordinary opportunity to see a work by Vermeer on the West Coast. Its presentation at the Norton Simon Museum marks the painting’s first appearance in California. The loan of “Woman with a Lute” comes as part of an agreement with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which borrowed the Simon’s Raphael painting “Madonna and Child with Book,” 1502–03, for the 2006 exhibition “Raphael at the Metropolitan: The Colonna Altarpiece.” In return, the Norton Simon Museum was given the opportunity ... More | | Bruce Nauman's "For Beginners" Enters Los Angeles County Museum of Art's Collection
File photo of American artist Bruce Nauman. AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced that Bruce Nauman’s most recent large-scale video and sound installation, For Beginners (all the combinations of the thumb and fingers), 2010, is now part of its collection thanks to French entrepreneur François Pinault’s contribution. Widely considered one of the most important artists working today, Nauman represented the United States at the 2009 Venice Biennale, where he won the coveted Golden Lion. The artist made For Beginners in 2010, which was first exhibited at the Sir Norman Foster-designed Sperone Westwater gallery in New York in the fall of 2010. The two-channel work, screened at a large scale, depicts two pairs of hands with the fingers and thumbs opening and closing in different combinations, following verbal instructions. “This is truly a landmark acquisition for LACMA,” says LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director Michael Go ... More | | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Spotlights Ceramics in Recent Art Practice
Klara Kristalova, And Still They Remain, 2009; glazed stoneware; 35 1/16 x 14 3/16 x 10 1/4 in. (89 x 35.99 x 26.01 cm); Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris; © Klara Kristalova; photo: Carl Henrik Tillberg, courtesy Lehmann Maupin Gallery.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Highlighting the revived medium of ceramics, SFMOMA presents New Work: Tiago Carneiro da Cunha and Klara Kristalova (July 8 through October 30, 2011), an exhibition that pairs figurative ceramic sculpture by two contemporary artists who are infusing the medium's unassuming form with complex political and artistic references. Carneiro da Cunha lives and work in Brazil, and Kristalova is based in Sweden, but, despite very different cultural backgrounds, they work in a strikingly similar vein. Each artist draws on ceramics' association with childhood craft projects, making sculptures that conjure characters from fairy tales or comic books. The objects' distorted surfaces and rough glazing may suggest child's play, but these elements of simplicity and exuberance quickly yield to more serious concepts and ... More |
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 Transmutations and Metamorphosis, The Collages of Ann Irwin at the Michener Art MuseumDOYLESTOWN, PA.- In Ann Irwin's universe, the unexpected becomes commonplace and the commonplace is never exactly what you expect. Houses sprout heads and rays of fire. Hills bristle with stick figures. Trees grow ribs and skulls. These transformations can be both ominous and optimistic, witty and wise; they arose from a life committed to creativity and represented a daily triumph over adversity. Organized by the Michener Art Museum, this exhibition is drawn from the private collection of Irwin's family and samples several decades of her collage work and is on display in the Pfundt Gallery from July 9th through October 16th, 2011. Born in 1942 in New York, Irwin grew up in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, and studied at the Boston Museum School and the Tyler School of Art. After years of travel, she settled in Bucks County where she apprenticed at the Moravian Tile Works, and began to create highly-detailed, ... More The Morris Museum of Art Presents Civil War Redux: Pinhole Photographs by Willie Anne WrightAUGUSTA, GA.- The Morris Museum of Art presents Civil War Redux: Pinhole Photographs by Willie Anne Wright, an exhibition of more than thirty-four gelatin silver print photographs, all shot with a pinhole (lensless) camera. The exhibition is on view from July 9th through September 4th, 2011. This is an extraordinary exhibition of sepia-toned gelatin silver print photographs, all shot with a pinhole (lensless) camera, which mirror vintage photographs. Wright followed reenactors for thirteen years, capturing not the battles themselves, but the essence of mid-nineteenth-century life and the struggle and conflict of the War between the States. “For nearly fifteen years, Willie Anne Wright followed individual groups of Civil War enthusiasts to re-enactments of battles all over the South, and, just like the re-enactors, she sought to capture more than the experience of armed conflict. She, like they, sought to recapture the e ... More Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Debuts Four Enormous Works by Mark HandforthCHICAGO, IL.- This summer, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago debuts four enormous, whimsically surreal new works on the front plaza by artist Mark Handforth on the front plaza, on view from July 9 to October 10, 2011. This group of dynamic sculptures by Handforth is part of the MCA’s commitment to blurring the lines between the inside and outside of the museum; enlivening Chicago with contemporary art beyond the museum walls. Activating the MCA plaza this summer, Handforth’s sculptures draw from the visual language of the city -- lampposts, traffic cones, police hats -- while introducing surprising icons into the urban landscape, like an oversized coat hanger and a gargantuan bone and phone handset. Handforth prefers working in outdoor public spaces without barriers, transforming the geometry of the MCA’s building with his four playful installations. LampostSnake takes the material and scale of ... More Hearst Art Gallery Opens a Retrospective of the Late Plein Air Painter and Teacher Pam Glover: "A Life in Art"MORAGA, CA.- A celebration of the long and creative life of noted and popular plein air painter and teacher Pam Glover takes place at the Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College, from July 10th through September 11th, 2011. In Greek mythology and countless works of art, the Three Graces are a trio of golden-haired maidens who represent creativity, beauty and charm. In Pam Glover's "The Three Graces," a group of cars bathed in sunlight in a rural parking lot is a cheeky stand-in for those bewitching creatures of legend. That witty painting is one of the first images viewers encounter in "Pam Glover: A Life in Art," a retrospective of the late Orinda artist's work at the Hearst Art Gallery at Saint Mary's College in Moraga. It was painted outdoors, or en plein-air, on one of the artist's countless day trips up and down Northern California. Rendered in energetic brush strokes and bright colors, the piece speaks volumes about ... More Judge to Decide Ownership of 'Jackie Letter' DALLAS (AP).- A federal judge will decide who owns a condolence note Jacqueline Kennedy wrote to her widowed sister-in-law following Robert Kennedy's 1968 assassination, after one of the former senator's children raised concerns it might have been stolen. The FBI seized the note in 2009 from Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries. Jacqueline Kennedy addressed it "My Ethel," and in it, she expresses concern for the couple's children following their father's death in the midst of his presidential campaign. The letter appears to have been written shortly after Robert Kennedy's funeral. It has changed hands several times over the years and sold for as much as $25,000. It was put up for sale in 2006 by collector Richard Goodkin, of Framingham, Mass. Then Max Kennedy learned of the offer and sought an investigation into whether the note had been stolen from his parents' home in McLean, Va. Neither his mother nor ... More Lawmakers Seek New Immigration Museum in District of ColumbiaBy: Brett Zongker, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP).- Several members of Congress called Thursday for a presidential commission to study the formation of a "melting pot museum" in Washington to tell the history of immigration and migration that formed the nation. Democratic Virginia Rep. Jim Moran introduced legislation Thursday that calls for studying the creation of a National Museum of the American People without any federal taxpayer funds. The bill had 11 other co-sponsors. "The people of the United States do not have a comprehensive and accurate picture of all the peoples who created and continue to build the nation," the bill says. Moran has been a critic of the trend toward building individual ethnic museums on the National Mall. Another presidential commission this year called for a Latino history museum to be added to the Smithsonian Institution. "There's almost an infinite number of museums you could have to represent a near infinite number of peoples that have come ... MoreGreg Martin Auctions and Heritage Auctions Join ForcesDALLAS, TX.- Effective July 8th the assets of Greg Martin Auctions of San Francisco, CA, one of the nation's top auction houses of antique arms & related historic memorabilia were acquired by Heritage Auctions, the world's largest collectibles auctioneer. "The acquisition of our company by Heritage is a natural fit with advantages for all stakeholders," said Greg Martin, a founder of Greg Martin Auctions. "We tap in to Heritage's greater strength, reach and access to achieve more significant results in the future, while Heritage gains immediate expertise and exposure in the arms & armor segment through our past successes and the long legacy of our team. Moreover, thanks to our shared business values of high quality and customer service, both buyers and sellers will benefit as well." For Heritage, too, the acquisition fits perfectly with the company's steady expansion over the last decade. "Fine firearms is a market we've been loo ... More |
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