| | Major Retrospective at Kulturspeicher Museum in Wurzburg Celebrates Painter Heinz Mack
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An artwork titled 'Frottage' (R) by German artist Heinz Mack is displayed during an exhibition at the Kulturspeicher museum in Wurzburg, Germany. The exhibition 'Heinz Mack - The Language of my Hand' is presented to the public from 05 August to 09 October 2011. EPA/KARL-JOSEF HILDENBRAND.
WURZBURG.- On the occasion of the 80th birthday of Heinz Mack, the Kulturspeicher museum in Wurzburg is showing approximately 80 graphic works by the artist from all of his creative periods. The range of the exhibits, which include large-format works, ranges from pen and ink drawings through to frottages and colored pastel crayon drawings. Most works are in the artist's own possession and are presented to the public for the first time. As a co-founder of the artist group ZERO, which he initiated jointly with Otto Piene in 1958 and was later joined by Gunther Uecker, Heinz Mack gained worldwide acclaim. Jointly with Otto Piene and Gunther Uecker he created the ZERO light room (Hommage a Fontana) for documenta III in Kassel in 1964. This installation was later acquired by Museum Kunstpalast and was shown as part of the reopening and new presentation of the museum's collection in an exhibition that began in May in parallel to the exhibition Mack: The language of my hand held th ... More |
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| Christie's Joins with Takashi Murakami to Benefit Victims of Japan's Earthquake | | Sotheby's Announces Sales Reached a Record $3.4 Billion in the First Half of 2011 | | Edinburgh College of Art Presents Major Touring Exhibition Anish Kapoor: Flashback | 
A sculpture of Japanese Takashi Murakami is an eyecatcher from the Boesky Gallery in New York at the "Art Cologne" fair. AP Photo/Roland Weihrauch.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Christie's announced it will join with Takashi Murakami and Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. to provide support for the victims of the March 11, 2011 Tohoku-Pacific earthquake in Japan by dedicating a special section of a forthcoming New York auction to the continuing relief effort. Murakami is personally selecting a roster of artists who will donate works to be auctioned. All proceeds from the special sale, including works made by some of the biggest names in contemporary art, will be contributed to organizations providing relief to the survivors of the catastrophe, the effects of which continue to be devastating. Brett Gorvy, Chairman International Head, Christie‟s Post-War and Contemporary Art comments: “The very term „contemporary art‟ implies a connection to the world around us. For Christie‟s, as the international leader in contemporary art, this connection also implies a responsibilit ... More | | 
Women walk past sale highlight, the Ilya Efimovich Repin painting "Portrait of the Artist's Wife, Vera Repin, dated 1878" at Sotheby's. AP Photo/Matt Dunham.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Sotheby’s (NYSE: BID) announced the results for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2011. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, Sotheby’s net income increased by 48% and 54% to $127.2 million and $129.7 million, respectively, when compared to the prior year. This improvement is principally due to significantly higher auction and private sale commission revenues, partially offset by a decline in auction commission margin 2 to 16.4% in both periods, from 18.7% in the second quarter of 2010 and 18.3% in the first half of 2010. Competitive pressures to win high value consignments resulted in lower commission margins, as Sotheby’s consolidated sales reached a record $3.4 billion in the first half of 2011. The net income improvement versus 2010 is also partially offset by a $39.4 million, or 28%, increase in operating expenses in the second quarter and a $54.1 million, ... More | | 
Anish Kapoor, Untitled, 2010. Wax, oil based paint and steel. Courtesy the artist.
EDINBURGH.- Flashback is a major series of touring exhibitions from the Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre. Taking as its starting point the Collection’s founding principle of supporting emerging artists through the purchase of their work, the series showcases internationally renowned British artists whose works have been acquired by the Collection. Following on from the success of the first Flashback exhibition of work by Bridget Riley, the second artist in the series of monographic exhibitions is renowned artist and Turner Prize winner, Anish Kapoor. The exhibition is staged as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival 2011 programme and supported by Creative Scotland and the University of Edinburgh. The exhibition evolves at each tour venue and the works are selected by the artist in close dialogue with the Arts Council Collection. The exhibition at Edinburgh College of Art comprises an early pigment ... More |
| Exhibit of Best Press Photographs of 2010 Opens at United Nations Headquarters | | Largest Exhibition to Date of Figurative Sculptor Sean Henry's Work at Salisbury Cathedral | | Miami Art Museum Names Tobias Ostrander Chief Curator, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs | 
This picture by photographer Joost van den Broek, the Netherlands, de Volkskrant, won 2nd Prize Singles Portraits in the 54th annual World Press Photo Contest.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- An exhibition of the best press photographs of 2010 opened in the Main Gallery of the Visitors Lobby at United Nations Headquarters in New York at 6 p.m. on Thursday, 4 August. This traveling exhibition of winning images selected at the fifty-fourth annual World Press Photo Contest in Amsterdam will be on display until 28 August. Among the features in the exhibition is the World Press Photo of the Year 2010, a photograph that represents an issue, situation or event of great journalistic importance, regarded as the photojournalistic encapsulation of the year. The international jury selected an image by South African photographer Jodi Bieber as World Press Photo of the Year 2010. The picture shows Bibi Aisha, 18, who was disfigured as retribution for fleeing her husband's house in Oruzgan province, in the center of ... More | | 
Sean Henry's Folly (The Other Self) at Salisbury Cathedral. Photo: Ash Mills.
SALISBURY.- ‘Conflux: A Union of the Sacred and the Anonymous’ features over 20 sculptures of dramatically different scales by this innovative artist, positioned amongst and alongside the Cathedral’s earlier sculptures, in expected and unexpected places. The exhibition is a modern updating of the pre-Reformation tradition of displaying polychrome figures and is believed to be the biggest single collection of polychrome sculpture in the Cathedral since the Reformation. Canon Treasurer Mark Bonney, chairman of the Cathedral’s Exhibitions Committee, said “The title of Sean Henry’s exhibition expresses quite succinctly what visitors to the Cathedral will see. ‘Conflux’ means a bringing together and this exhibition unites Sean’s contemporary, secular sculpture with our existing medieval, classical sculptures. The Cathedral’s ‘sacred’ sculptures celebrate hist ... More | | 
Tobias Ostrander joins MAM after serving as the director of El Museo Experimental del ECO, an alternative contemporary art space run by the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City.
MIAMI, FL.- With construction of the new and expanded Miami Art Museum (MAM) well underway, MAM Director Thomas Collins announces the appointment of Tobias Ostrander to chief curator, deputy director for curatorial affairs. Ostrander, a visual arts curator with nearly two decades of experience at some of the world’s top arts institutions, will develop and oversee MAM’s public, education and exhibition programs. He joins MAM after serving as the director of El Museo Experimental del ECO, an alternative contemporary art space run by the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City . Prior, Ostrander served as the curator of contemporary art at Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo in Mexico City ... More |
| Art and Sub-Atomic Particles Collide at European Organization for Nuclear Research | | Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History Opens Exhibit on Rescued Chilean Miners | | Zurich Asia to Hold Its Largest Auction of Rare Stamps of Imperial & Modern China | 
At the Atlas Cavern / 2011 CERN.
By: Robert Evans
GENEVA (REUTERS).- CERN, focus of research into the Big Bang and what makes the universe tick, on Thursday announced a new program -- fusing science with art to encourage painting and music inspired by the wonders of the cosmos. Or more prosaically a "policy of engaging with the arts" that will involve giving the European nuclear research centre's seal of approval for cultural projects influenced by the particle physics at the heart of its work. "The arts and science are inextricably linked; both are ways of exploring our existence, what it is to be human and what is our place in the universe," said CERN director general Rolf Heuer, a German physicist and classical music fan. Leading Japanese video and photographic artist Mariko Mori provided a more lyrical view of the ideas behind the program, which will ... More | | 
The Phoenix rescue capsule is seen on display during a press preview for the "Against All Odds". AP Photo/Evan Vucci.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The extraordinary rescue in October 2010 of 33 miners trapped for more than two months after a partial collapse of the San José Mine in Chile is revisited in “Against All Odds: Rescue at the Chilean Mine,” a multimedia exhibition opening at the National Museum of Natural History Aug. 5—one year to the day after the miners were trapped. This first-ever museum presentation recounts the historic event in English and Spanish. Objects on display include a Fénix rescue capsule, personal mementos and stories from the miners, new video footage and rare rock samples from the mine. The exhibition was produced by the Smithsonian in collaboration with the Chilean government and the miners (“Los Trienta Y Tres”). “The mine collapse that trapped men in Chile’s San José Mine, Aug. 5, 2010, ... More | | 
1968 The Whole Country is Red 8 fen stamp.
HONG KONG.- Zurich Asia, the leading stamp auction house in Asia, will be holding its largest sale of Stamps and Postal History of China, Hong Kong, India and other Countries between 13 and 15 August 2011 at The Excelsior in Hong Kong. Over 3,000 lots of rare and fine Chinese and Asian stamps, with an estimated total value of over HK$25 million, will be offered. Louis Mangin, Director of Zurich Asia said: “We are excited to stage this season our largest ever sale in Hong Kong, during which we will present to the market superb philately of historical value and significance. This landmark auction was specially curated to assemble outstanding consignments with exceptional quality and provenance that can best reflect the taste and passion of Asia’s collectors. In fact, the strong results and record prices we have achieved in our recent Hong Kong sales aptly testify to the robust stamps market in Asia, where the stren ... More |
| First Solo Exhibition in Scotland by American Artist Ingrid Calame Opens at the Fruitmarket Gallery | | Tel Aviv Museum of Art Presents Exhibition of Prints by James Abbott McNeill Whistler | | Bonhams to Sell Lincoln Continental Car Adapted for Pope Paul VI and Apollo Astronauts | 
Ingrid Calame, Lup Bup Zhir POW!, 1994/1997 (detail). Enamel paint on aluminium, 61 x 61 cm (24 x 24 in) Courtesy Kunstmuseum St Gallen. Formal collection Rolf Ricke.
EDINBURGH.- The Fruitmarket Gallery presents the first solo exhibition in Scotland of the work of American artist Ingrid Calame, whose beautifully-coloured, intricate drawings and paintings have a specific, if abstracted relationship to the world. Calame’s paintings and drawings all begin with Calame tracing marks, stains and cracks on the ground. She then combines, layers and retraces the tracings before transforming them into drawings in coloured pencil or pure pigment and paintings in enamel or, more recently, oil paint. The works that result from this singular process are beautiful and intelligent abstractions. Displayed in a gallery, they retain their connection with the world outside at several removes, exerting an oddly insistent presence. This exhibition brings together drawings and paintings made from 1994 to 2011. Poised between sspspss..UM biddle BOP, 1997, a huge painting on Mylar (architectural tracing paper) that drapes from the gallery ... More | | 
The etchings included in this display feature modern cityscapes transformed by industrialization and related economic and social changes, as well as everyday scenes from the lives of the lower classes in Paris and London.
Tel Aviv.- This display at the Tel Aviv Museum features a selection of the etchings created by James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834, Lowell, Massachusetts − 1903, London) − an American-born painter and etcher who worked in England and France in the mid-19th century. Whistler set off for Europe in 1855, when he was 21 years old − arriving in London and then moving on to Paris, where he enrolled at the École Impériale et Spéciale de Dessin. The following year, he studied at the atelier of the Swiss artist Charles Gleyre. Like his fellow artists Honoré Daumier, Jean-François Millet, and Édouard Manet, and like French Realists such as Gustave Courbet (whose art influenced him at the onset of his career), Whistler exploited the unique qualities of the etching medium to describe modern life from a socially and politically critical perspective. The etchings included in this display ... More | | 
1964 Lincoln Continental 'Popemobile'. Photo: Bonhams.
CARMEL, CA.- Bonhams are to sell a truly unique motorcar, created at the request of the Vatican, in an auction of Exceptional Motorcars and Motorcycles at Quail Lodge, Carmel, California on 19th August 2011. The 1964 Lincoln Continental Limousine was built at the special request of the Vatican to Ford Motor Company to convey Pope Paul VI through New York to address the United Nations on World Peace. It was rushed to completion in a span of less than two weeks from receipt of the request to delivery of the finished parade car to New York on October 5, 1965. The wheelbase is stretched to a massive 160" with an overall length of nearly 21 feet. Exterior step plates and handrails for security, additional interior seating for aides and prelates, a raised seat for the Pontiff, extra interior lighting, public address system, auxiliary power from a bank of seven batteries were only a few of the many detail changes. The most visible a ... More |
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 $500,000 Grant Creates Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at Toledo Museum of Art TOLEDO, OH.- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to the Toledo Museum of Art for the design and implementation of a postdoctoral fellowship program that addresses one of the singular challenges facing the field today—preparing tomorrow’s museum leaders. The new program is unusual in that it blends curatorial work with the interdisciplinary nature of museum operations, according to Toledo Museum of Art Director Brian Kennedy. “We will provide mentorship, work experience and broad, cross-departmental learning opportunities that should be of great value to those early in their careers. That blend will give the Fellows broad-based knowledge and experience that is both required and crucial for the next generation of museum leaders,” Kennedy said. The new initiative actually refreshes a fellows program offered from 1970–78 by the Museum. That program produced 36 graduates, many ... More Online Art Network Snares Major Seed Funding NEW YORK, N.Y.- Silicon Alley-based startup COMPANY a social network for contemporary art collectors and online art market announces their first seed funding of $1.6 million. The capital was raised from New York angel investors including the Reen Family Office and Ten Paces Capital Partners. COMPANY also has an offline networking event series and reality cable show debuting in the fall. COMPANY is the only online art market offering collectors of contemporary and emerging art a curated secondary market to sell and exchange artworks from their own collections as well their recently unveiled website expansion offering Limited Edition Prints from the hot young artists exclusively. The business was launched only this past March and already generating a profit which made for a quick capital raise. In the coming weeks, COMPANY will debut its art rental business modeled on Netflix and AirBNB catering to commercial ... More Asia Triennial Manchester 11 Expands Programme with More Artists and Commissions for 2011 MANCHESTER.- The UK's only Asian art triennial opens 1 October – 27 November 2011 in Manchester, with a vibrant and exciting showcase of current contemporary visual art from Asia. Asia Triennial Manchester 11 (ATM11), initiated and led by Shisha, is a festival of visual culture that features a series of exhibitions, commissions and interventions by international and UK artists exploring the theme of Time and Generation, presenting new site-specific work alongside work not seen before in the UK, and challenging stereotypical viewpoints of contemporary Asian artistic practice. The artistic vision for ATM11 looks at one of the most important stories of our time: the migration of peoples from one place to other parts of the world. This continuous movement of people has radically changed our demographics, giving rise to new politics of identity focused on place, territory, belonging, global economic changes an ... More National Museum of Scotland Attracts 100,000 Visitors in Six Days EDINBURGH.- The newly redeveloped National Museum of Scotland has attracted over 100,000 visitors in the first six days since it opened to the public last Friday morning. Prior to opening, Museum staff predicted they might achieve the 100,000 mark within two weeks of opening, but that target was smashed in less than half the time expected, with the first week’s tally expected to reach around 120,000. Visitors have come from far and near, with locals and families well-represented in addition to increasing volumes of tourists arriving for the Edinburgh Festivals. Gordon Rintoul, Director, National Museums Scotland, said: “The number of visitors we have had so far is absolutely fantastic. We were always confident that there would be a high level of interest in our transformed Museum, but to get over 100,000 people in less than a week really has surpassed all of our expectations.” The Museum reopened last Friday, 29 ... More New Book: Margaret Evangeline, Shooting Through the Looking Glass NEW YORK, N.Y.- American artist Margaret Evangeline uses radically different yet complimentary media such as painting, video, and performance to make artworks that are as tactilely seductive as they are conceptually unsettling. In one signature body of work, the artist introduces bullet holes into otherwise pristine stainless steel surfaces, in an act of aesthetic contemplation that she describes as “the sensation of painting without the paint.” Evangeline’s subject matter comes from a wide range of sources: marginalized women, art history, American gun culture, the artist’s heritage, and her complex relationship to the various geographic sites of her unusual practice. Evangeline’s mirror-like surfaces, sometimes part of large-scale site-specific installations in natural environments, seem both fragile and aggressive. The artist’s primal battering of materials results in a surprisingly feminine voice attuned to simplicity at the service ... More Delta to Sponsor Whitney Museum of American Art NEW YORK, N.Y.- Delta Air Lines and the Whitney Museum of American Art announced a new sponsorship designating Delta as the official and exclusive airline of the Whitney Museum, the iconic art and cultural hub in New York City. The Whitney is the newest addition – and first in the arts category – to Delta's extensive sponsorship portfolio in New York, which includes Madison Square Garden, The James Beard Foundation, 9/11 Memorial Fund, Food Bank for New York City, the New York Yankees and the New York Mets. The partnership aligns Delta with the world's foremost collection of contemporary American art. As part of the agreement, Delta customers will receive benefits and discounts including complimentary access to the Whitney for members of the airline's SkyMiles Medallion program. Starting Aug. 5, 2011, Diamond Medallion members will receive complimentary admission to the Whitney for themselves and ... MorePortrait in Virginia Governor's Mansion is that of Famous Artist RICHMOND, VA. (AP).- Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has learned that a painting hanging in his temporary home was done by a famous 19th century artist. The Virginia Executive Mansion and the Library of Virginia announced Wednesday that the painting was confirmed to have been done by George Caleb Bingham, Missouri's first artist. The George Caleb Bingham Catalogue Raisonne Supplement of Paintings & Drawings recently confirmed the authentication. The painting is commonly referred to as "Portrait of A Boy and His Dog." It depicts Colin Dunlop, a man who was born in Petersburg in 1836 and was killed in battle during the Civil War in 1864. The portrait was given to Virginia's Executive Mansion by the estate of Martha Spottswood of Petersburg in 1977.
... More Studio Museum in Harlem Announces the 2011-12 Artists in Residence and Welcomes New Assistant CuratorNEW YORK, N.Y.- The Studio Museum in Harlem announced the 2011–12 artists in residence: Njideka Akunyili, Meleko Mokgosi and Xaviera Simmons, as well as the appointment of Naima J. Keith as Assistant Curator. Since its founding in 1968, the Studio Museum has held a strong commitment to nurturing and advancing the careers of both visual artists of African descent and curators and arts professionals committed to these artists. Director and Chief Curator Thelma Golden states, “The Studio Museum’s residency program continues its ardent support of emerging artists. This year’s artists continue this long and storied tradition by adding their unique voices and vision to the 43-year history of this groundbreaking program.” The Artists-in-Residence program was conceived at the time of the Museum’s opening and has supported over 100 graduates who have gone on to highly regarded careers. Every year, t ... More Visiondivision to Create Extraordinary Concession Stand for 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The Indianapolis Museum of Art has commissioned an inventive concession stand from the Swedish architecture duo Visiondivision for 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park, which will begin construction this summer. Visiondivision’s first realized project in the United States, Chop Stick will offer Park visitors a place to sit, swing, and enjoy refreshments in an outdoor pavilion crafted almost entirely from a single tree. Chop Stick will open in summer 2012. Premiering this September will be the previously announced commission FLOW (Can You See the River?), a site-specific installation along Indianapolis’ White River by New York-based artist Mary Miss. In addition to these two new projects, environmental artist Katherine Ball will be the 2011 summer resident on Andrea Zittel’s Indianapolis Island, an inhabitable island that was one of the Park’s original commissions. L ... More |
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