| | Exhibition of Portraits from the Belle Époque on View at CaixaForum in Barcelona
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A man walks in front of French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's (1864-1901) artwork Gaston Bonnefoy displayed at the CaixaForum exhibition centre in Barcelona, Spain, 19 July 2011, as part of the exhibition 'Portraits of Belle Epoque', which gathers Toulouse-Lautrec, Boldini, Kokoschka, Munch, Sargent, Schiele and Sorolla paintings. The exhibition will be open to the public from 20 July until 09 October 2011. EPA/ALBERTO ESTEVEZ.
BARCELONA.- Jaume Lanaspa, General Manager of “la Caixa” Foundation; Rafael Ripoll, Autonomous Secretary for Culture and Sport of the Government of Valencia; Xavier Solà, Secretary General, Ministry of Culture, Government of Catalonia, and Tomàs Llorens and Boye Llorens, curators of the exhibition, present Portraits of the Belle Époque at CaixaForum Barcelona. This presentation was also attended by Elisa Durán, Assistant General Manager of ”la Caixa” Foundation. Portraits of the Belle Époque is the fruit of the cooperation agreement established between the Consortium of Museums of the Community of Valencia and “la Caixa” Welfare Projects, which was signed in September 2010 to the purpose of jointly producing the exhibition. This is the first time the two institutions have joined forces to jointly org ... More |
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Former Salander-O'Reilly Galleries Director Leigh Morse to Pay Restitution for Fraud
Former New York City art gallery director Leigh Morse leaves New York Supreme Court. AP Photo/David Karp.
By: Joseph Ax
NEW YORK, NY (REUTERS).- Former art gallery director Leigh Morse escaped a lengthy prison term at her sentencing in a Manhattan criminal court on Tuesday but will owe $1.65 million in restitution for defrauding her clients. Morse will serve an intermittent sentence, spending weekends in confinement for four months, and be on probation for five years. The punishment capped a trial that saw actor Robert DeNiro testify against her. Morse, 55, was found guilty in April of selling more than 80 works of art from four estates for approximately $5 million without informing the owners. But she was cleared of a larceny charge that stemmed from allegations that she had sold several paintings by DeNiro's father, the late Robert DeNiro Sr., without paying the actor. Morse worked for art dealer ... More | | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Opens New Gallery Dedicated to Jewelry, Gems and Treasures
John Paul Cooper (English, 1869–1933) English, Arts and Crafts, 1908. Gold (15 kt), ruby, moonstone, pearl, amethyst, and chrysoprase. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Susan B. Kaplan. Photo: © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
BOSTON.- As the saying goes, “diamonds are a girl’s best friend”—at least in modern times—but as the exhibition Jewels, Gem, and Treasures: Ancient to Modern illustrates,ornaments made of ivory, shell, and rock crystal were prized in antiquity, while jewelry made of diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, rubies, and pearls became fashionable in later years. On view July 19, 2011, through November 1, 2012, this exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), highlights some 75 objects representing the rich variety of jewels, gems, and treasures that have been valued over the course of four millennia. Drawn from the MFA’s collection and select loans, these range from a 24th-century BC Nubian conch shell amulet, to Mary Todd Lincoln’s 19th-century diamond ... More | | First International Art Fair Dedicated to Old Master Paintings to be Launched in Paris
Pompeo Batoni, (Lucques, 1708-Rome, 1787), Vulcan in his forge. Oil on canvas, 94.2 x 73.7 cm Monogrammed and dated 1750. Galerie Canesso.
PARIS.- The first international art fair dedicated to Old Master paintings, will open to the public from Friday 4 to Tuesday 8 November 2011 at the renowned Palais de la Bourse, the former stock exchange located in the heart of the Paris art scene. This important new event was devised by ten leading Parisian paintings dealers who wish to share their passion for the field and to encourage the wider appreciation of paintings from the 14th to the mid 19th centuries. They have invited ten important international colleagues from London , Amsterdam , Zurich , Rome , Madrid and New York to join them in this showcase for excellence. The ten Paris dealers, led by Maurizio Canesso of Galerie Canesso, are Didier Aaron et Cie, Éric Coatalem, De Jonckheere, Talabardon & Gautier, Haboldt & Co, Jean-François Heim, Jacques Leegenhoek, Galerie Giovanni Sarti, and Galerie Claude Vittet. From London come ... More |
George Harrison Documentary Produced by Martin Scorsese to Get October Debut on HBO
Member of the British rock and roll band The Beatles George Harrison, wearing heart-shaped sunglasses, is shown with his wife, Patti Boyd, in San Francisco, Ca., Aug. 8, 1967. AP Photo.
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS).- A new George Harrison documentary featuring home movies, interviews and never before seen material will make its debut in October on HBO, the cable channel said. Produced by Oscar-winner Martin Scorsese and Harrison's widow Olivia, "George Harrison: Living in the Material World", traces the life of the late Beatle from his musical beginnings in Liverpool to his fame with the Fab Four in the 1960s as well as his work as a philanthropist and filmmaker. Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001 in Los Angeles at the age of 58. Although often referred to as the quiet Beatle, he wrote hit songs like "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something" for The Beatles before playing with the 1980s supergroup, Traveling Wilburys. The 3-1/2 hour documentary includes interviews with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr as well as Eric Clapton, Yoko Ono, Phil Spector and ... More | | Getty Museum Embarks on Conservation Project of Berthouville Treasure
Unknown, Skyphos with centaurs , 1st century. H: 11.6 x Diam.: 15 cm, Weight: 1.637 kg (4 9/16 x 5 7/8 in.,
3.6089 lb.) VEX.2014.1.7
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today that one of the most prominent holdings of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France’s Cabinet des Médailles in Paris, the Berthouville Treasure, has begun a three-year-long process of conservation and technical research at the Getty Villa. This rare cache of approximately 95 ancient Roman silver objects was discovered in March 1830 by a farmer plowing his field near the village of Berthouville in Normandy. An extraordinary group of luxury vessels—including bowls and pitchers, many with figural decoration, as well as two silver statuettes of the Roman god Mercury—the objects are associated with a nearby sanctuary of the god Mercury and date to the first through third centuries A.D. Four large, late antique silver missoria (plates) belonging to the Cabinet are also part of the conservation project. While undergoing conservation treatment at ... More | | High Museum of Art Acquires Significant Collection Comprising 56 Prints by Artist Kiki Smith
“Born,” 2002 (color lithograph, 68⅛ x 56⅛ inches). Purchase with General Acquisitions Fund and funds from Elaine L. Levin and Diane Wisebram and gift of Stephen Dull. Published by Harlan & Weaver, New York.
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art has recently acquired a significant collection of 56 prints by artist Kiki Smith from collector Stephen Dull. The acquisition was made through a partial gift from Dull and partial purchase through the Museum’s acquisition fund. This group of prints makes the High a major national repository for Smith’s graphic work. “Kiki Smith: Rituals,” an exhibition showcasing the new acquisitions, will be on view in the works on paper galleries at the High from October 8, 2011, through January 22, 2012. “Kiki Smith is a great artist-printmaker, and this important collection of her work will be one of the foundation stones of the High’s growing print collection. We are delighted to make such a significant acquisition that catapults us to the forefront of museums that collect her work,” stated Michael E. Shapiro, the High’s Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, ... More |
The Sea Wall: Haegue Yang With an Inclusion by Felix Gonzalez-Torres at Arnolfini
Haegue Yang, VIP's Union, 2001. Design commissioned for the VIP Lounge at the Art Forum Berlin consisting of borrowed chairs and tables, Art Forum Berlin, 2001. Photo: Haegue Yang, courtesy of the artist.
BRISTOL.- The Sea Wall facilitates a conversation between the work of Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Haegue Yang. Their practices' talk of human relationships through the formation of abstract artworks, reflecting on such notions as, intimacy and activism, private and public, as well as place and people. Together, the works of these artists from different generations balance poetics and politics; they are emotionally charged, often through emphasizing the material qualities of domestic objects. Gonzalez-Torres believed that power could be created by politicising aesthetic beauty, providing it with a new sense of purpose. This kind of 'reinvestment' in aesthetic languages can also be found in the work of Yang, who has inherited much from his particular 'post- ... More | | Peggy Guggenheim Collection Announces that Yves Tanguy Earrings Have Come Home
Peggy Guggenheim with the earrings designed for her by Yves Tanguy; early 1950s.© The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Photo Archivio CameraphotoEpoche, Gift of Cassa di Risparmio di Venezia, 2005.
NEW YORK, NY.- In August 2010, on the occasion of Peggy Guggenheim’s birthday and the 30th Anniversary of the museum, the Collection launched the project “A Gift for Peggy”, a fund-raising campaign to made possible the purchase of two pairs of earrings that once belonged to Peggy and which were created for her by Yves Tanguy and by Alexander Calder. Peggy wore one each of these on October 20 1942 at the inauguration of her historic New York museum-gallery Art of This Century to declare her impartiality between Surrealist and abstract art. Today, the museum is pleased to announce that the first pair of earrings, painted by Yves Tanguy, ... More | | Curtain Rises on Florida's Renowned Milhous Collection at Multi-Day Sale Near Palm Beach
The sale features an unprecedented collection of automobiles, mechanical musical instruments and collectibles.
BLENHEIM, ON.- Continuing its reputation as the specialists for private and estate collection sales, RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house, will lift the gavel on the renowned Milhous Collection during a multi-day sale near Palm Beach, Florida, February 2012. Featuring an unprecedented collection of automobiles, mechanical musical instruments and collectibles, the sale will be presented in association with Sotheby’s with whom RM Auctions has collaborated in the past. “RM is honored to have been selected by the Milhous brothers to represent their collection at auction. I’ve known Bob and Paul Milhous for many years and their museum is one of the finest private displays I have ever seen. Those that have had the privilege to tour the collection ... More |
The Beirut Sale: Official Auction Results Totals Close to $750,000 at Ayyam Auctions
Paul Guiragossian, 'Untitled’, 90 X 70 cm. Oil on Canvas circa 1960. Estimate: US $ 25,000 – 35,000.
BEIRUT.- On July 15, Ayyam Auctions held its ninth public sale, resulting in just under $750,000 in sales. Offering nearly 60 lots of contemporary Arab art, the 2011 Beirut Sale included a solid mix of painting, sculpture, photography and prints by established and emerging artists. With a strong focus on art from the Levant, attendees had the opportunity to bid on masterworks by such prominent artists as painter Samia Halaby, sculptor Nadim Karam and photographer Nassouh Zaghouleh. Works that were emblematic of their long careers represented a number of pioneering figures such as Paul Guiragossian, Moustafa Fathi and Chafic Abboud, drawing a steady crowd of avid collectors. Highlights of the evening included the $96,000 sale of a large piece belonging to painter Safwan Dahoul’s ongoing “Dream” series, which went beyond estimate, and the $48,000 result for an abstract canvas by ... More | | Photo Exhibit at the Beaconsfield Gallery Shows Alleged United States Drone Strike Deaths
A man holds debris from a missile strike in North Waziristan, Pakistan. AP Photo/Noor Behram.
By: Sebastian Abbot, Associated Press
ISLAMABAD (AP).- A London gallery opened a photo exhibit Tuesday that allegedly shows innocent civilians killed by U.S. drone missile strikes in Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border. U.S. officials do not publicly acknowledge the CIA's covert drone program, but they have said privately that the strikes harm very few innocents and are key to weakening al-Qaida and other militants. "I have tried covering the important but uncovered and unreported truth about drone strikes in Pakistan: that far more civilians are being injured and killed than the Americans and Pakistanis admit," said Noor Behram, a 39-year-old photographer who has worked with several international news agencies. Behram spent the last three years photographing the aftermath of drone strikes ... More | | Madison Square Park Conservancy Announces Alison Saar: Feallen and Fallow
Alison Saar, Treesouls (1994). Image courtesy of Denver Art Museum.
NEW YORK, NY.- Madison Square Park Conservancy’s Mad. Sq. Art announces Feallen and Fallow, a six-piece installation featuring four newly commissioned works by Los Angeles-based artist Alison Saar. Drawing inspiration from the cyclical qualities of life and nature, Saar’s Feallen and Fallow will take park-goer sand visitors on a journey through the four seasons as inspired by the ancient myth of Persephone in the urban oasis that is Madison Square Park. The series will premiere alongside two of the artist’s known Treesouls (1994), standing fourteen feet amidst the Park’s surrounding foliage. Feallen and Fallow is a commission of the award-winning Mad. Sq. Art program, and will remain on view daily from September 22 through December 31, 2011. For the occasion of the Madison Square Park installation, the artist presents four ... More |
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 Cornish Metalwork on Display at the Royal Cornwall MuseumCORNWALL.- A new exhibition has opened at the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro which showcases the work of some brilliant Cornish metalworkers. They include craftsmen from Newlyn Copper, Newlyn Silver and Enamel, Hayle Copper, Herbert Dyer of Mousehole, Archibald Carne (also known as “The Smith of Truro”), Francis Cargeeg of Hayle and the Eustace family. Amongst the many intriguing and beautiful objects on display – most of which were created between 1890 and the end of the 1960s - are caskets, inkwells, bellows, platters, dinner gongs, mirrors, jewellery, letter racks and fireside sets, all carefully chosen for their social as well as decorative interest. Chartered landscape architect Colin Pill ... More Photo to Painting: Cheapoilpainting.com Enters the MarketLOS ANGELES, CA.- Cheapoilpainting.com has been in the art reproduction business for many years. The company has a team of talented artists on staff, able to create skillful reproductions of a huge catalog of famous paintings. Recently, Cheapoilpainting.com decided to enter the painting from pictures market. The photo to painting market has been booming in recent years. As Olivia Preston, VP of Marketing at Cheapoilpainting.com puts it, "As the cost of high-definition cameras goes down, consumers are able to take better and better photographs. Sometimes, they love the photos so much that they want to display them. But putting a print of a photograph up on the wall can look a bit tacky, as though you can't afford high-end art. That's when ... MoreCreative Visionary Ivy Ross Joins Art.com Inc. as Chief Merchandising OfficerEMERYVILLE, CA.- Art.com Inc., (www.art.com) the world's leading online specialty provider of wall art, today announced that Ivy Ross has joined the company as Chief Merchandising Officer. Ross, who comes to Art.com Inc. from Gap Inc., will lead worldwide merchandising, branding and public relations for the company's three brands—Art.com, AllPosters.com and ArtistRising.com. "Ivy Ross is a world class talent with a proven track record in helping companies use creative approaches to really innovate and grow their businesses, and we are thrilled to have her join the Art.com team," said Geoffroy Martin, CEO of Art.com Inc. Before joining Art.com Inc., Ross was Executive Vice President of Marketing for the Gap brand at Gap Inc., where she was responsible for developing marketing strategy, advertising, visual merchandising, store design, creative services and public relations. While at Gap ... More South Carolina Beach City Remembers Black Civil War SoldiersBy: Harriet McLeod
FOLLY BEACH (REUTERS).- The tiny island city of Folly Beach, South Carolina, paid tribute this week to Union soldiers whose bones were found there more than a century after the Civil War ended. Residents, visitors and Civil War re-enactors gathered at a riverside park on Friday for ceremonies that included rifle and cannon fire salutes, bagpipes and the unveiling of a historical marker to the soldiers' unit, General Edward A. Wild's "African Brigade." The unit camped here from 1863 to 1865. It consisted of the 55th Massachusetts Regiment, free men, and the First North Carolina Infantry, former slaves. This year, states North and South are holding commemorations of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the first shots of which were fired nearby in Charleston harbor. The bloodiest war in American history claimed 620,000 American lives and ended slavery in the United States. In 1987, Civil War relic hunter Robert Bohrn was exploring a vacant lot on Folly Beach ... More Sackler Gallery Receives Leading Collection of Tibetan Buddhist ArtWASHINGTON.-An important collection of Tibetan Buddhist art in the U.S. has been given to the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Julian Raby, director of the Freer and Sackler Galleries, announced the gift in the presence of the Dalai Lama and the donor, Alice S. Kandell of New York, July 16 in Washington, D.C. "Your intention is very good," said the Dalai Lama. "Showing Tibetan art and providing an explanation is important. People will gain a deeper understanding of the Buddha and a way of thinking that is very much based on peace and compassion."Kandell, a child psychologist, author and photographer with a lifelong interest in Himalayan culture, carefully built the collection--including a magnificent shrine room containing hundreds of Tibetan Buddhist bronzes, paintings and objects ... More Frans Hals Museum Delighted With its Eight New PaintingsHAARLEM.- From 19 July there will be no fewer than eight new works to be seen in the Frans Hals Museum, six on loan, one gift and one that has been purchased. The portrait of a woman by Frans Hals which the museum has been loaned is exceptional. For a long time the painting was overpainted. In 1974 the great Frans Hals expert Seymour Slive categorized it as ‘doubtful’. The work has since been restored and Hals’s painting technique has now been revealed again. It is the second portrait of a woman by Frans Hals in the museum’s collection, joining six of his portraits of men and the large group portraits of militiamen and regents. The museum has also been loaned two landscapes by Jacob van Ruisdael, two paintings by Jan Steen and works by Richard Brakenburg and Jan van Goyen. Jan Steen is known above all for his genre works. An early landscape by Jan Steen that is entirely in the tradition of Ruisdael ... More History, Made in Liverpool: New Museum of LiverpoolLIVERPOOL.- From Port City to City of Pop, the world’s first elevated railway to the first British female number one, Liverpool made history again as Tuesday 19 July witnessed the opening of the largest newly-built national museum in Britain for more than a century on the city’s waterfront at 1000hrs. Telling the fascinating story of Liverpool and its world-renowned people, the £72m Museum of Liverpool is testament to those who have shaped and continue to influence the history of the city. A People’s Opening is being held to honour ‘Scousers’ from Liverpool and beyond. This is taking place at 1000hrs on Tuesday 19 July, led by Professor Phil Redmond CBE, Chairman of National Museums Liverpool, Director Dr David Fleming OBE, and special guest Finn O’Hare, aged six, representing the youngest generation of Liverpudlians. Phil Redmond said: ”It is fitting that in Finn we have a regula ... More |
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