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Dealer Peter Sawyer, right, shows a shelf clock to a possible buyer during the New Hampshire Antique Show. AP Photo/Jim Cole.
By: Lynne Tuohy, Associated Press
MANCHESTER, NH. (AP).- A tall-case clock crafted in 1810 was the heart-stopping piece Peter Sawyer of Exeter proudly brought to his booth this week at the 54th New Hampshire Antiques Show. Made of mahogany by Boston clockmaker Aaron Willard Jr. — and marked inside the door with a label made from a plate engraved by Paul Revere — the timepiece was priced at $85,000. "This is the first time it's been on the market since it was made," said Sawyer. Antiques aficionados began packing the lobby of Manchester's Radisson Hotel before dawn Thursday, anxious to be among the first shoppers at a show many proclaim to be tops in the country. What awaited them was a dizzying array of antiques, some — like the Willard clock — in circulation for the first time since they were crafted many years ago. Dealers hoped that antiques buyers, as they so often do in down economic times, would spring for special, pricey items as investments. Samplers stitched by school girls in the e ... More |
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| Newly Unveiled Plesiosaur Fossil Suggests Ancient Sea Reptile Gave Birth, didn't Lay Eggs | | Museum of Contemporary Art Announces Record-Breaking Exhibition Attendace | | The Memorial Architect: Unknown City Architect Michael Arad's 9/11 Moment Arrives | 
The detail of a Polycotylus latippinus' embryo. AP Photo/Science.
By: Randolph E. Schmid, AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON (AP).- The remains of a giant sea creature are providing the first proof that these prehistoric reptiles gave birth to their young rather than laying eggs. Plesiosaurs, which lived at the time of dinosaurs, were large carnivorous sea animals with broad bodies and two pairs of flippers. Researchers have long questioned whether they would have been able to crawl onto land and lay eggs like other reptiles or gave birth in the water like whales. "This is the first evidence of live birth in plesiosaurs — an exciting find," said geology professor Judy A. Massare of the State University of New York, Brockport, who was not part of the research team. The newly unveiled fossil was originally discovered in 1987 in Logan County in Kansas. Encased in rock, it had been stored ... More | | 
The exhibition attracted 201,352 visitors.
LOS ANGELES.- The Museum of Contemporary Art announced today that the exhibition Art in the Streets, presented in the first year of MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch’s tenure at the museum, attracted 201,352 visitors from April 17–August 8, 2011, marking the highest exhibition attendance in the museum’s history. Previous attendance records were set with the museum’s presentations of Andy Warhol Retrospective (2002) and MURAKAMI (2007), which welcomed 195,000 and 149,323 visitors, respectively. With this exhibition, MOCA expects to double its annual attendance this year to 400,000 visitors. “It is my mission to increase MOCA’s attendance and to engage new audiences,” said Deitch. “Art in the Streets reflected a wide array of creative disciplines and local communities, and these record-breaking attendance figures go a long way to doubling the museum’s attendance this year.“ The exhibi ... More | | 
Michael Arad, an architect of the 9/11 memorial at ground zero, poses for a picture in front of the ongoing construction at ground zero. AP Photo/Seth Wenig.
By: Karen Matthews, Associated Press
NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP).- Architect Michael Arad first imagined the twin reflecting pools with cascading waterfalls — he calls them voids — as two empty spaces in the Hudson River, west of the smoldering World Trade Center. When Arad entered a competition for a trade center memorial in 2003, the voids were in the footprints of the towers themselves, and manmade waterfalls replaced the churning river. A jury including Vietnam Veterans Memorial designer Maya Lin chose Arad's twin waterfalls out of 5,201 entries, saying it embodied the grief and the desire for healing that the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks inspired. The 42-year-old Arad's 9/11 moment is arriving on the 10th anniversary of the attacks, culminating a journey for ... More |
| The Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt Brings Art Into the Street for the Third and Last Time | | Lenses Shield 9-11: Associated Press Photographers Discuss How they Captured History | | New Exhibition at the Musical Instrument Museum Features Artifacts from Elvis Presley's Life | 
Upper Bleistein, Die drei Croissantfabrikantinnen aus Upper Bleistein zeigen, was sie gebaut haben, 2011. Installation view © Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 2011. Photo: Sascha Rheker.
FRANKFURT.- From August 11 to August 25, 2011, more than fifteen international artists will occupy the inner city of Frankfurt with their actions, performances, and installations. Art will take to the street again, as it did last summer and the summer before. Playing the City 3 will focus on public space as a venue for artistic activities involving the city and its inhabitants in a variety of ways again. Each day will see new participatory projects by such artists as Tania Bruguera, Minerva Cuevas, Jacob Dahlgren, Tim Etchells, Christian Jankowski, San Keller, Kommando Agnes Richter, Levent Kunt, Aleksandra Mir, Eileen Perrier, Sans façon, and Upper Bleistein. Political manifestations, demonstrations, or markets and stands specially organized by artists will help carry on the discussion on the collective, free and designable space, its limits, and not least its inhabitants’ involvement. In parallel to ... More | | 
Chief of Staff Andy Card whispers into the ear of President George W. Bush to give him word of the plane crashes into the World Trade Center. AP Photo/Doug Mills.
By: Allen G. Breed, Associated Press National Writer
NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP).- People look at some news photos shot on Sept. 11, 2001, and wonder how those who took them could bear to keep working in the face of such tragedy. Richard Drew said his lens acts as a filter: "The things are happening over there, on the other side." Another Associated Press photographer, the late Marty Lederhandler, put it this way: "I let the camera absorb all the disaster or the sadness of an event. It protects ME from the event." For AP photographers working on Sept. 11, none knew the big picture of what was going on. All knew only what was happening right before their eyes, that it was part of something huge, and that it was their job to record it. Five whose images of that day became iconic discussed how the photos came about, how endless hours ... More | | 
Sandra Vasquez, of Phoenix, takes a photograph of Elvis Presley's last guitar he played live in concert. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin.
PHOENIX, AZ.- The Musical Instrument Museum is All Shook Up with the introduction of an Elvis Presley exhibit in the museum’s newly renovated Artist Gallery. Guests get to experience The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll® through a collection of personal items, clothing, and musical instruments. One highlight of the exhibit is the priceless 1975 Martin D-28 acoustic guitar that Elvis played during his 1977 tours, including his last concert on June 26 in Indianapolis, Ind. In addition to displaying it, MIM has been chosen by Elvis Presley Enterprises to restore the guitar to the condition in which Elvis last played it. The new Elvis exhibit features a collection of items on loan from Elvis Presley’s Graceland in Memphis, TN and tells the story of Elvis through three main periods of the King’s career: · The early rock ’n’ roll years, culminating in his years of Army service (1956–1960) · His Hollywood ... More |
| Posters Attract Attention at Swann Galleries' Auction of Vintage Posters on August 3 | | Four Major Buildings by Architect Moshe Safdie to Open During the Fall 2011 | | Augustus John: A Life in Portraits Opens at the National Portrait Gallery in London | 
Rene Lelong's Deloso, Paris, circa 1930. Estimate: $2,000 to $3,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Timeless images by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, classic WWI and II posters and a large selection of Mather Work Incentive posters were among the top lots at Swann Galleries’ August 3 auction of Vintage Posters. Nicholas D. Lowry, Swann Auction Galleries President and Poster Specialist, said, “This was a lively auction, with both dealers and collectors competing vigorously for prized items. The crowded saleroom and active online bidding suggest an infusion of new life into this sector of the collecting market. This was the second highest-grossing August Vintage Posters auction Swann has seen, the highest being right before the collapse of the economy, in August 2008.” The Lautrec images included the sale’s top lot, a poster he designed for May Belfort, an Irish lass who become the toast of Paris, 1895, it sold for $19,200*. Other Lautrec highlights were Deuxième Volume de Bruant, 1893, $7,200; and La Vache Enragee, Paris, 1896, $9,000. Also ... More | | 
United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C. View from the entry plaza. Photo: Tim Hursley.
BOSTON, MA.- Four major projects designed by the architect and planner Moshe Safdie—including a performing arts center, a headquarters for a federal institute, and two museums—will be completed and open to the public within the span of two months this fall. In keeping with a philosophical approach that Safdie has applied around the world for more than four decades, the design of each of these new structures is responsive to local historic, cultural, and environmental contexts and grows out of a vision of the way it can affect the lives of the individuals for whom the buildings and public spaces are created: The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is built on an pivotal site facing downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and contains two distinct halls connected by an expansive porch and glass structure; the United States Institute of Peace, located on the northwest corner of the National Mall in Washington, DC, supports a critical mission of inter- ... More | | 
Augustus John, 1914 by Alvin Langdon Coburn. © reserved collection National Portrait Gallery, London.
LONDON.- A new display at the National Portrait Gallery will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Augustus John, one of the most celebrated British artists of the early 20th century. Regarded as an outstanding painter and draughtsman, he was a leading portraitist of his day and his lifestyle epitomised that of the bohemian artist. The display of portraits of the artist drawn from the Gallery’s Collection includes photographs by Alvin Coburn, Howard Coster, Bill Brandt, Yousuf Karsh, Norman Parkinson, Ida Kar and Cecil Beaton. Charting his early career, relationships, his fascination with Romany culture, and his success and reputation as an artist the display will also include pivotal figures from his life including Dorelia McNeill, Lady Ottoline Morrell and Talitha Pol. Associated with the New English Art Club and the Camden Town Group he remained largely independent from artistic trends and movements and his s ... More |
| Strong August Sale Highlights the Robust Market for California and Western Paintings and Sculpture | | Fabulous Gold Pendant From Tipu Sultan's Treasury Leads Lord Glenconner Sale at Bonhams | | Sotheby's Appoints Tim Bourne as Worldwide Head of Watches, Based in Hong Kong | 
Granville Redmond (American, 1871-1935), Marsh under golden skies, signed 'Granville Redmond / JGR' (lower left), oil on canvas, 40 x 50in. Est. $200,000-300,000, sold for $338,000. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams & Butterfields.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The August 9, 2011 sale of California and Western Paintings and Sculpture at Bonhams & Butterfields offered a wide array of important Western scenes, Plein Air, Society of Six and landscapes and cityscapes. Simulcast to San Francisco, the highly-anticipated auction brought more than $2.28 million and featured artists such as E. Charlton Fortune, Hanson Puthuff, Granville Redmond, Arthur Grover Rider, William Frederick Ritschel and William Wendt, among others. Scot Levitt, Vice President and Fine Arts Department Head said of the sale, “During this turbulent week that we witnessed in the world stock markets, the market for California and Western paintings and sculpture continues to be strong. Solid prices, renewed energy and vibrant bidder participation were seen in a number of collecting areas. Interest in the August sale reflected an ongoing constancy in the marketplace for fresh and unique works. ... More | | 
The gold pendant is set with a 38 carat emerald surrounded by nine precious stones including topaz, blue sapphire, ruby, diamond and pearl. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- A gem-set gold pendant from the treasury of the legendary Indian ruler, Tipu Sultan, is among the star lots in the sale of the contents of Lord Glenconner’s St Lucian home at Bonhams in London on 28 September. It is estimated at between £80,000 and 120,000. The gold pendant is set with a 38 carat emerald surrounded by nine precious stones including topaz, blue sapphire, ruby, diamond and pearl. It is one of the very few pieces of jewellery from Tipu Sultan’s fabulous treasury to have survived in its original setting. Tipu Sultan ruled Mysore in the late 18th century and became famous for his ferocious and bloody opposition to the extension of British rule. He was known as the Tiger of Mysore and once said, “I would rather live a day as a tiger than a lifetime as a sheep”. Tipu’s Treasury – which was stuffed with jewels, gold arms and fine cloth - was dispersed after his eventual defe ... More | | 
Mr. Bourne has played instrumental roles in major auction houses and is highly regarded with over 20 years of experience in the industry. Photo: Sotheby's.
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s announced the appointment of Tim Bourne as Worldwide Head of its Watches department. Mr. Bourne will be based in Hong Kong, overseeing Sotheby’s Asia watch auctions in addition to those in Geneva, New York and London. This marks a strategic move in response to the rapid expansion of the auction market for watches worldwide, especially in Asia. With his wealth of experience and vision, Mr. Bourne endeavors to “create an innovative and forward thinking department that can capture rapidly-growing market opportunities, as well as the shifting focus of watch auctions worldwide.” Mr. Bourne has played instrumental roles in major auction houses and is highly regarded with over 20 years of experience in the industry. In 1997, Sotheby’s pioneered the auction of watches in Asia under his direction, displaying its market leadership in the field. “With his insight i ... More |
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 National Portrait Gallery to Present a Portrait of Alice Waters Created by Competition Winner Dave Woody BERKELEY, CA.- The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has commissioned a photographic portrait of food pioneer Alice Waters, founder of the Chez Panisse Restaurant and Cafe, the Edible Schoolyard and champion of the Slow Food movement. The portrait was created by Dave Woody, the first-place winner of the museum’s 2009 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. It will be unveiled Aug. 26 at the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive as a part of the 40th anniversary celebration of the restaurant’s founding. This presentation is the first for the Portrait Gallery that will take place outside of the museum; the portrait will be installed in Washington, D.C., during a presentation at the Portrait Gallery in late January 2012. “I am delighted to present this newly created portrait by Dave Woody taken in Alice Waters’ Edible Schoolyard,” said Martin E. Sullivan, direc ... More South Australian Artist Dickie Minyintiri Wins National Telstra Art Award PALMERSTON CITY.- South Australian artist Dickie Minyintiri has been awarded Australia’s most prestigious Indigenous art prize for his insightful painting reflective of his rich personal history, at the 28th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art ward. Dickie Minyintiri has received the $40,000 Telstra Award from Minister for Arts and Museums Gerry McCarthy and Telstra Chief Customer Officer Mr Gordon Ballantyne at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) for his work, Kanyalakutjina (Euro tracks). Selected from 60 other pre-selected works, Kanyalakutjina (Euro tracks) is synthetic polymer paint on canvas and uses Dickie’s idiosyncratic expressive style. Kanyalakutjina (Euro tracks) is a remarkable painting in which Dickie reflects on his more than 90 years of walking his country, tracing the tracks of animals to the central and important kapi tjukula (wa ... More Getty Launches Expanded Search Function on its Website LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Getty recently unveiled a newly expanded search function on its website that will allow scholars, researchers, and the interested public to better access the Gettys vast resources of information about the visual arts. The Getty Search Gateway, which is now available online, provides streamlined searches through the Museums collections and the Getty Research Institutes library catalog, digital collections, and collection inventories and finding aids. Were now able to provide greater access to more resources, and bring them together more quickly, said Jim Cuno, President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust. The Getty Search Gateway will be an aid to scholars, educators, and researchers, but its also friendly enough to be used by members of the general public who are eager to learn more about the visual arts. Previously, researchers had to conduct searches separately through the Getty Research Institutes var ... MoreCreate Custom Digital Masterpieces with the Autodesk 123D Sculpt App for iPadSAN RAFAEL, CA.- Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), announced its Autodesk 123D Sculpt app, a 3D sculpting and painting app for iPad, is now available on the App Store. The app lets users turn shapes, colors and textures into personalized pieces of 3D art. Based on technology that professional designers and 3D artists prefer today, the Autodesk 123D Sculpt app provides simple yet powerful tools within an intuitive user interface that enable users to sculpt on their iPad. With three simple steps, any user can transform a basic shape into a digitally sculpted work of art: Select a shape: Users can choose from one of 17 starting shapes, including creatures, people, vehicles and basic geometric objects. Sculpt and decorate: Users can then choose from a wide variety of tools to enlarge, shrink, warp or refine their creation’s features to achieve the dramatic, comic or frightening effect they desire. Users also can add creative ... More George Eastman House Acquires Thomas Shillea Platinum PortfolioBETHLEHEM, PA.- Fine Art photographer, art educator, author, photographic historian and master Platinotype printer, Tom Shillea recently had twenty of his platinum / palladium photographs from his 'Magenta Night' project placed into the permanent collection of the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester, New York. The George Eastman House is the oldest museum of photography and the repository of some of the wor ld’s most renowned photographic collections. During Shillea’s graduate studies at the Rochester Institute of Technology in the late 1970’s he was introduced to the work of Photo-Secession photographers during an internship in the Exhibitions Department at the George Eastman House. He also learned how to make platinum prints, the medium of choice of the Pictorialist photographers. These two experiences would prove seminal to his work as a photographer and artist ... More |
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