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A man walks past works by Japanese artist Amano Yoshitaka at the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundeskunsthalle) in Bonn, Germany. From 29 July 2011 till 08 January 2012, the 'Anime! High Art - Pop Culture' exhibition will be at the Bundeskunsthalle. EPA/OLIVERBERG.
BONN.- Anime, the specifically Japanese form of animated cartoons, has been a hugely successful fixture in Germany since the 1970s, captivating the imagination of young and old alike. An umbrella term, Anime describes a wide variety of techniques employed to make drawings come to life in film. Alongside Manga, the Japanese comic strip, Anime has developed an international pictorial language that appeals to audiences of all ages. Brightly coloured, catchy and energetic, the films and series such as Vicky the Viking, Heidi – Girl of the Alps, Captain Future, Akira, Sailor Moon, Princess Mononoke, Pokémon or Spirited Away have not only left their mark on everyday life in Japan, their high artistic quality and fascinating story lines are also a major influence on ‘high art’ and popular culture in general. The Art and Exhibition Hall shows the history, aesthetics and production methods of Japanese Anime. ... More |
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Mystery Surrounds Loss of Records, Sculptures by Calder and Rodin on September 11
A damaged photographer's proof sheet, with photos of William DeCosta. AP Photo/National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
By: Cristian Salazar and Randy Herschaft, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP).- Letters written by Helen Keller. Forty-thousand photographic negatives of John F. Kennedy taken by the president's personal cameraman. Sculptures by Alexander Calder and Auguste Rodin. The 1921 agreement that created the agency that built the World Trade Center. Besides ending nearly 3,000 lives, destroying planes and reducing buildings to tons of rubble and ash, the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks destroyed tens of thousands of records, irreplaceable historical documents and art. In some cases, the inventories were destroyed along with the records. And the loss of human life at the time overshadowed the search for lost paper. A decade later, dozens of agencies and archivists say they're still not completely sure what they lost or found, leaving them without much of a guide to piece ... More | | Major Exhibition of Recent and New Work by Tony Cragg Opens in Edinburgh this Week
Tony Cragg, Bent of Mind, 2002. Bronze: 120 x 80 x 70 cm. Private Collection. © The Artist. Photo: Charles Duprat.
EDINBURGH.- The major summer exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art this year highlights the work of one of the world’s greatest living sculptors. Tony Cragg is a central figure in the remarkable generation of British sculptors which emerged in the in the late 1970s. Based in Germany , Cragg enjoys a huge international reputation and is having separate exhibitions this year in Edinburgh , Venice , Dallas , Duisburg and Paris (his recent exhibition under the glass pyramid at the Louvre is the first to be staged there by a living artist). Operating from a vast suite of studios in a former tank repair garage in Wuppertal , Cragg produces some of the most extraordinary sculptural forms of our time. He is Director of one of the world’s great art academies, the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, and owns and runs a 30-acre sculpture park, the Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden. Cragg won the prestigious J ... More | | Historic Collaboration Between the National Gallery, London, and the Louvre
Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin of the Rocks, about 1491–1508. Oil on wood, 189.5 x 120 cm © The National Gallery, London.
LONDON.- The National Gallery and the Louvre announce a unique collaboration which brings both versions of the 'Virgin of the Rocks' together for the very first time. The two pictures will be shown at The National Gallery’s exhibition, Leonardo da Vinci: Painter of the Court of Milan from 9 November 2011 – 5 February 2012 in London. Just a few months later, but this time at the Louvre in the exhibition, 'Leonardo da Vinci’s St Anne', Leonardo’s newly cleaned and restored 'The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne' will be joined with the National Gallery’s version, The Burlington House Cartoon - Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and John the Baptist, from 29 March – 25 June 2012. These two exhibitions will illuminate the painting career of Leonardo da Vinci as never before, providing an unprecedented and unique chance to examine and study these related works in their artistic contexts. This c ... More |
One-of-a-Kind Transparent Ghost Car Sold at RM Auction's Michigan Sale Today
1939 Pontiac Plexiglas Deluxe Six "Ghost Car". Photo: Aaron Summerfield ©2011 Courtesy of RM Auctions.
By: Mary Wisniewski
CHICAGO (REUTERS).- Some car enthusiasts prefer black - some red. But a buyer at a Michigan auction Saturday got a truly one-of-a-kind color -- transparent. The 1939 Pontiac Deluxe Six "Ghost Car," first displayed at the New York World's Fair and later at the Smithsonian Institution, was sold Saturday for $308,000. Originally built for $25,000, the car with a Plexiglas body was the first transparent car built in America. Another was built the following year, but its whereabouts are unknown. "This is the only one known to exist," said Alain Squindo, a car specialist for RM Auctions, which held the auction for the "Ghost Car" and other specialty vehicles in Plymouth, Mich. "It's a very original car." The Ghost Car was first displayed at the 1939/1940 New York World's Fair, Squindo said. It toured a number of dealerships, and then was at the Smithsonian in ... More | | New Book by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Examines the Los Angeles Art Scene and the 1960's
“Comprehensive, educative and entertaining for eye, mind, imagination and libido.” —Kirkus Reviews
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Rebels in Paradise: The Los Angeles Art Scene and the 1960s (Henry Holt and Company/on sale: July 19, 2011), by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, is the first definitive look at the rise of the Los Angeles art scene. In the 1960s, L.A. was the epicenter of cool. Sharing anecdotes from the artists and gallerists themselves, Rebels in Paradise reveals L.A.’s importance in the canon of art history. Freed from the European establishment and the pressures and expectations of New York, the artists in L.A. cultivated their own compelling aesthetic and style. This new era spawned countless innovations, including Andy Warhol’s famed Campbell’s Soup Can exhibition; the work of Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Robert Irwin, and John Baldessari; the architecture of Frank Gehry; and even the music of the Beach Boys, the Doors, and countless others. As the contemporary art scene flourished, L.A. established itself as a hotbed for contemporary art. Today many of these artists ... More | | Recent Work by Four Contemporary Artists in "Contested Terrains" at Tate Modern
Adolphus Opara, Orisa Egbe [deity of destiny] - Mrs Osun-yita from Emissaries of an Iconic Religion 2009. © Adolphus Opara 2011.
LONDON.- Contested Terrains is an exhibition of recent work by four contemporary artists working in Africa, co-curated by Tate and the Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos. These artists reclaim and subvert assumptions about Africa's past and present, exploring current political and social concerns both at a domestic level and across the world. Presented in the Level 2 Gallery, Tate Modern’s dedicated space for emerging and recently established international artists, the exhibition brings together work by Adolphus Opara (b.1981 Nigeria), Michael MacGarry (b.1978 South Africa), Sammy Baloji (b.1978 Democratic Republic of Congo) and Kader Attia (b.1970 France). The artists in this exhibition assert control over the past, revealing that history is more than a succession of events and that the present remains contested terrain. Adolphus Opara’s photographic portraits of Nigerian ... More |
Jean-François Millet Pastel Allocated to Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
The Angelus by Jean Francois Millet.
GLASGOW.- A pastel of “The Angelus” by Jean-François Millet is on display at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. The pastel will hang in the Fragile Art space in the museum for the next four months. Glasgow Museums has been allocated the work in lieu of inheritance tax by the Government. The subject of the work is the angelus prayer which was said three times a day on hearing the toll of nearby church bells. It shows two workers saying their prayer during their day in the potato fields. The oil painting of the same name is in the collection of the Musee d’Orsay along with another of Millet’s better known works ‘The Gleaners’. The pastel has been in Scottish ownership since 1906 but its thought it hasn’t been seen by the public for 100 years. The allocation of the pastel to Glasgow’s Collection is the result of a specific request by the former owners of the pastel. Councillor George Redmond, Chair of Glasgow Life said: “Kelvingrove Art ... More | | Ground-Breaking Exhibition by Powerhouse Museum Showcases a Revolution in Lace
Ingrid Morley, Lacie Lorrie by Ingrid Morley, Sydney , Australia , 2010, plasma and die grinder cut truck body (L5720 x W2200 x H2000 mm), featuring in Love Lace at the Powerhouse Museum from 30 July 2011. Photo: Powerhouse Museum.
SYDNEY.- On the 30 July 2011 the Powerhouse Museum staged a spectacular, ground-breaking exhibition of contemporary lace works by artists and designers from around the world that showcases lace design in ways never before seen or ever imagined. Around 130 lace works by 134 artists from 20 countries will feature in Love Lace, which opened for Sydney Design 2011. The exhibition is drawn from finalists of the Powerhouse Museum’s third International Lace Award that attracted an outstanding field of 700 entries globally. Dr Dawn Casey, Director, Powerhouse Museum, said: “This truly unique exhibition draws connections between the traditionally disparate disciplines of science, design and technology in an astonishing showcase of contemporary ingenuity ... More | | First Major UK Installation at Yorkshire Sculpture Park by Artist Aeneas Wilder
Aeneas Wilder, Untitled #155 in progress. Photo Jonty Wilde.
WAKEFIELD.- On 30 July Yorkshire Sculpture Park presented the first major UK installation by international artist Aeneas Wilder. Wilder uses uniform lengths of wood, without fixing materials, to make freestanding and increasingly complex, awe-inspiring structures. Conceived especially for Longside Gallery, Untitled #155 commands the vast space, creating an apparently solid structure that is also extremely fragile. Wilder both references and challenges ideas about architecture by providing an enclosed, seemingly safe space for visitors to inhabit, but one which is unstable and liable to collapse. Wilder’s compositions dominate the spaces they occupy, encouraging visitors to enter and interact with the work. After three months on exhibition at YSP, Untitled #155 will be completed with the UK’s first ‘kick down’ event, a powerful act executed by the artist that brings ... More |
A Large Number of Prestigious International Galleries Announced at 2011 Edition of FIAC
View of the 36th international contemporary art fair FIAC (Foire internationale d'art contemporain) at the Grand Palais, in Paris. EPA/HORACIO VILLALOBOS.
PARIS.- FIAC 2011 will bring together 1681 galleries of modern and contemporary art, coming from 21 countries. France will be represented by 53 galleries, accounting for 33% of exhibitors, followed by the United States with 27 galleries, Germany with 21 galleries, Italy with 13 galleries, Belgium with 11 galleries, the United Kingdom with 9 galleries and Switzerland with 9 galleries. 73% of participating galleries are European. Brazil, Turkey and South Africa are represented by participating galleries for the first time this year. 37 galleries are newcomers to FIAC or are returning to the event after an absence. Nave and Upper-‐level Galleries The General Sector of FIAC 2011 presents 158 galleries, 33 of which are either exhibiting for the first time or marking their return to FIAC in 2011. The 38th edition is especially notable for the participation of an exceptional number of prestigious ... More | | Oscar Statue from 1940s Fetches $89,625 in Dallas at Heritage Auctions Sale
Yankee Doodle Dandy Academy Award for Best Sound Recording (1942), Awarded to Nathan Levinson, One of the Few Available to be Resold.
By: Marice Richter
DALLAS (REUTERS).- If you can't win an Oscar, why not buy one? That's exactly what an avid movie buff did when a golden statue from the 1942 Academy Awards went up for auction on Friday. A coveted collectible since Oscars are rarely for sale, the statue fetched $89,625, making it the star of bidding at Heritage Auctions' movie and music auction in Dallas. Nearly 800 items were up for bid, including items owned or worn by celebrities such as Elton John, Michael Jackson and Paul Newman, and guitars owned by Elvis Presley. Heritage declined to release the identities of buyers. The company hosts auctions throughout the year, including a recent auction of dinosaur bones and an upcoming John Wayne auction in Los Angeles. The Oscar statue was a rare item to turn up for ... More | | "The Dancer and the Dance: Prints, Drawings and Photographs" Opens at the U.Va. Art Museum
Barbara Morgan, Merce Cunningham: Totem Ancestor, 1942. Gelatin silver print, reprinted 1980, 20 x 16 in, 50.8 x 40.64 cm (image) Gift of L. Bradley Camp, 1984.25.200.12 © Barbara Morgan Archives, courtesy of Bruce Silverstein Gallery, NY.
CHARLOTTESVILLE.- In honor of the upcoming residency of renowned choreographer Bill T. Jones in November, the University of Virginia Art Museum presents an exhibition of images of dance, drawn from its own and private collections. "The Dancer and the Dance: Prints, Drawings and Photographs" opened July 29 and runs through Dec. 23. "Dance may be the most ancient art form, because it turns the human body into a work of art," museum director Bruce Boucher said. "Photography captures the most ephemeral and detailed of dance gestures, and artists have shown that the static and kinetic are ultimately one. Great art allows us to be aware of this fact, whether in classical dance or in the visual records of photographers, printmakers, sculptors and draftsmen." The artists ... More |
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 Aspen Art Museum Presents Body of Recent Photographs by Photographer Stephen ShoreASPEN, CO.- The Aspen Art Museum presents a debut U.S. museum presentation of photographic works by renowned American photographer Stephen Shore. The exhibition features 32 images from a recent series shot in Abu Dhabi. Photographed with a digital camera and printed and exhibited for the first time, these works give U.S. audiences a street-level view of the region that is refreshingly free from media inflection or exaggeration. The exhibition will be on view through Sunday, October 9, 2011. As an artist and teacher, Stephen Shore has had perhaps the most deeply felt impact on American photography of the past half-century. In 1965, Shore began documenting Andy Warhol’s factory in New York. In 1971, Shore’s work was the subject of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s first-ever single-artist exhibition by a living photographer. Shore was 24 years old at the time. Shore’s iconic images from the American Sur ... More Abu Dhabi Art 2011 Announces New Venue on Saadiyat IslandABU DHABI.- Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) has announced that the UAE Pavilion, originally designed by Lord Norman Foster's firm for the World Expo 2010, will host the UAE capital's acclaimed art event, Abu Dhabi Art, from Wednesday 16th to Saturday 19th of November 2011 on Saadiyat Island. Abu Dhabi Art is an international platform for modern and contemporary art. In addition to world class art, visitors to the fair can also enjoy an exciting series of exhibitions, talks, performances, workshops and VIP networking events. Abu Dhabi Art attracted over 17,000 visitors in 2010 and in 2011 will showcase around 50 international galleries again operating as a boutique-style fair. The UAE Pavilion, inspired by the desert dunes of the Emirates, showcased exhibitions about the history of the UAE in Shanghai at the World Expo 2010 and attracted almost 2 million visitors. It was designed by ... More National Museum of African Art Launches "Smithsonian: Artists in Dialogue 2" App for iPhone and iPod TouchWASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian?s National Museum of African Art has launched the ?Smithsonian: Artists in Dialogue 2? app for iPhone and iPod touch on the App Store. Designed in association with Tristan Interactives Inc. of Toronto, this is the first app available by the Smithsonian in English and Portuguese. ?This app takes the exhibition beyond the traditional, physical boundaries of the building and makes it available in South Africa, Brazil and to users around the world using iPhone and iPod touch,? said National Museum of African Art curator Karen E. Milbourne. The exhibit ?Artists in Dialogue 2: Henrique Oliveira and Sandile Zulu? will run through Jan. 5, 2012, and is the second in a series of exhibitions that connects artists by bringing them together to create site-specific works of art at the museum. In the exhibit, the artists? visual call and response includes Sandile Zulu of South Africa?s trademark control of fire to create streamlined paintings and sculptures in ... MoreNew York's Met to Return 10 Artifacts to Egypt: MENACAIRO (AP).- New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has agreed to return to Cairo 19 artifacts dating back to the time of ancient Egypt's teenage king Tutankhamen, the state news agency MENA said on Saturday. Egypt has been pushing for the repatriation of major pharaonic treasures it says were plundered by foreign powers, including the Rosetta Stone now in the British Museum and Queen Nefertiti's bust from Berlin's Neues Museum. The agreement between the New York museum and Egypt's antiquities council on the return of the artifacts was signed in November after a series of negotiations, MENA said. The objects, added to the Met's collection in the early 20th century, include a bronze dog only two centimeters in height, and part of a sphinx-shaped bracelet once owned by the niece of Howard Carter, the British archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamen's tomb, MENA said. The artifacts will arrive in Cairo on Tuesday, Mohamed Abdel ... More |
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