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A visitor looks at Chinese artist Li Hongjun's creation "Drift Away II" during the Art Taipei 2011, August 25, 2011. The Art Taipei 2011, featuring 124 galleries from various countries, will be held from August 26-29 at the Taipei World Trade Centre. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang.
TAIPEI.- Art Taipei, formerly known as Taipei Art Fair International, is the longest-standing art fair in Asia. It has been organized by Taiwan Art Gallery Association since 1992. The 18th annual event, Art Taipei 2011, will be held during 26th to 29th August, 2011, at Taipei World Trade Center. Art Taipei is the most experienced and professional platform for trading Chinese and Asian arts. The art market in Taiwan has become more and more mature since the 80's, and today's Taiwanese collectors, many of whom brought up in this established environment, are considered to be the best collectors in the Chinese community. Taiwan's art galleries also pride themselves with great understanding of works and relationships with artists. Not only do galleries from Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia gather at Art Taipei each year, European and North American participants are also no strangers to the event. Furthermore, with the gate opened between Taiwan and China since 2000, galleries from Chi ... More |
| New Works by Austrian artist Markus Schinwald on view at Kunstverein Hanover | | MF Husain masterpieces highlight Christie's sale of South Asian modern + contemporary art | | Jerusalem's five-century-old walls restored at cost of $5 million, idiosyncracies and all | 
Austrian artist Markus Schinwald poses next to an untitled installation at the arts association in Hanover, Germany. EPA/JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE.
HANOVER.- Markus Schinwald (born 1973), whose complex on-site installations have most recently been on show at the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst in Zurich (2008), the Kunsthaus Bregenz (2009) and the Kunsthalle Budapest (2009), is among the most distinguished Austrian artists of his generation. Since the late nineteen nineties, the human body as the projection screen of individual existence and as a cultural construct has been at the center of the works by Salzburg-born Schinwald who lives in Vienna and Los Angeles. Central features of Schinwald’s work are impressive formulations of the human body, showing it as a barely trustworthy, malleable and manipulable shell. His work, which is playfully located in the visual arts as well as in the dance and performance scene, combines very diverse media ranging from magical mystic films and photographs to prosthetic fashion designs and reworked historical paintings in ... More | | 
Syed Haider Raza (B. 1922), Rencontre oil on canvas 39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in. (100 x 100 cm.) Painted in 1977 Estimate: $80,000 – 120,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Christie's is announced the Fall sale of South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art, taking place on September 13. The sale will present a magnificent array of works from the 20th and 21st centuries, featuring works by renowned modernists including Syed Haider Raza, Francis Newton Souza and Tyeb Mehta. Also featured in the sale are several works by the late Maqbool Fida Husain, who passed away in June 2011. As a tribute to the master, Christie's has secured a selection of extremely important masterpieces, including works from the Keehn Family Collection. Christie's presents property from the Keehn Family Collection, a true gem of Indian art collecting. Thomas and Martha Keehn became involved with the emerging modern Indian art movement after moving to India in 1953. In 1956, the Keehns hosted the most significant exhibition of its time, 8 Painters, held in New Dehli. Several works from t ... More | | 
A tourist passes by the site where workers are restoring parts of the wall at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City. AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner.
By: Matti Friedman, Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP).- Israeli experts are nearing completion of an ambitious restoration of the five-century-old walls of Jerusalem, the holy city's dominant architectural feature and a unique record of its eventful and troubled history. The $5 million undertaking, which began in 2007, is set to be complete by the end of this year. The first restoration of the walls in nearly a century, it has required decisions about which of the walls' many idiosyncrasies — the falcon nests, for example, the hundreds of machine-gun bullets, the botched restorations of years past — are flaws to be corrected, and which have earned a place in Jerusalem's story and are thus worth preserving. Jerusalem's stone walls are 2-½ miles (4 kilometers) in length. They include seven gates. "On these walls you see the whole history of this city," said Avi Mashiah, ... More |
| Christie's presents over 100 lots in its New York Fall sale of Japanese and Korean art | | Tiffany sterling service for 12, important Jefferson-signed document in Quinn's auction | | Discover Latin American art at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art this September | 
Toshusai Sharaku (act. 1794-95), The Actor Otani Oniji III as Edobei in the Kabuki Play Koi nyobo somewake tazuna, woodcut, okubi-e. Estimate: $600,000-800,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- On September 14, Christie's will present the Fall Sale of Japanese and Korean Art, which offers over 250 exemplary works of Japanese and Korean art. With over 100 lots, the Japanese section of the sale will feature Inro from the Collection from the Estate Catherine H. Edson, paintings, lacquer wares, and furniture, while the Korean portion includes fine porcelains, as well as traditional and modern paintings by Korean masters. The sale is expected to realize in excess of $9 million. Leading the Japanese section of the sale is The Actor Otani Oniji III as Edobei in the Kabuki Play Koi nyobo somewake tazuna (The Beloved Wife’s Particolored Reins) by Toshusai Sharuku ($600,000-$800,000, illustrated on page 1). This impressive portrait, along with four other lots in the sale, is among the twenty-eight masterworks of the artist, distinguished by its psychological intensity. Extremely rare, this is the mo ... More | | 
An important 1802 Presidential document signed by Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of the Navy Robert V. Smith, est. $3,500-$6,000. Quinn’s Auction Galleries image.
FALLS CHURCH, VA.- When it comes to elegant residential decor and grand ambassadorial-style hospitality, few American cities can match Washington, D.C. A hub for international diplomats for centuries, it has long been known as a sweet spot for tasteful antiques and artworks, such as those to be auctioned Sept. 10, 2011 at Quinn’s & Waverly in suburban Falls Church, Virginia. A special Sept. 8 offering of antique books, maps and autographs; and a Sept. 7 session devoted to antique pewter will precede the main sale. The company’s Sept. 10 Fine & Decorative Art sale includes a wealth of treasures from D.C.-area homes, including a superb Tiffany & Co. antique sterling silver flatware service for 12 and a striking hand-painted and glazed Picasso ceramic pitcher. Representing the highest quality in American decorative arts, the Tiffany name has never fallen out of favor with bidders at Quinn’s auction events. F ... More | | 
Frida Kahlo, Frida and Diego Rivera, 1931; 39 3/8 in. x 31 in.; oil on canvas; Collection SFMOMA, Albert M. Bender Collection, Gift of Albert M. Bender; © Banco de Mexico Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) honors Latino Heritage Month this September by highlighting Latin American works of art and inviting visitors of all ages to discover them in the exhibition Selected Histories: 20th-Century Art from the SFMOMA Collection on the museum's second floor. Iconic Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo are represented along with their contemporaries Jose Clemente Orozco and Rufino Tamayo, all of whose paintings tell a story. Other featured works include a geometric abstract by Uruguayan artist Joaquin Torres-Garcia and a surrealist work by Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam. A more contemporary sculpture, a self-portrait made of twigs by Cuban artist Ana Mendieta, is also presented. Latin American modernism has long been an important area of emphasis within SFMOMA's collection. ... More |
| August Wilson Center celebrates Romare Bearden Centennial with world-class traveling exhibition | | Turkish flask from 1575 with links to Egypt's Presidential Palace for sale at Bonhams | | Syrian gunmen break political cartoonist Ali Ferzat's hands as 'warning' | 
Romare Bearden, In the Garden, 1974(from the Prevalence of Ritual Suite). Screenprint. Edition 100, 36 x 29 inches.
PITTSBURGH, PA.- The August Wilson Center for African American Culture is hosting the exhibition From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden through September 12, 2011 in The Centerʼs Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Changing Exhibit Gallery. The Romare Bearden Foundation, a New York based, public foundation dedicated to the legacy of preeminent American artist, Romare Bearden (1911-1988) has organized the exhibition From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden for a three-year national tour. The exhibition presents a selected body of prints that examines the ways that Bearden experimented, innovated and collaborated on his journey toward mastery of the print medium. It includes over seventy-five lithographs, etchings, collagraphs, collagraph plates, screen prints, drypoints, monoprints and engravings, all created over a span of 30 years. They demonstrate, in part, how Bearden ... More | | 
Iznik pottery and tiles have long held a special place in the minds and hearts of European collectors. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- A 16th century Iznik bottle flask from a private Belgian collection with an interesting history linking it to current events in Egypt is one of the top items in Bonhams next sale of Indian and Islamic art on October 4th. The flask comes from the family of the man whose company was commissioned to build the Heliopolis Palace Hotel in Egypt which later became the Presidential Palace of recently-deposed Egyptian Prime Minister Hosni Mubarak. It is estimated to sell for £60,000-80,000. Iznik pottery and tiles have long held a special place in the minds and hearts of European collectors. The town itself lies in the Marmara region of Turkey and for 200 years, between the 15th and 17th centuries, was the major centre of ceramic production for the Ottoman Empire. Within the lexicon of shapes and types of this highly-regarded pottery, the bottle flask is held in particular esteem. Examples exist in the Calouste Gulbenkian Mu ... More | | 
Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat works in his atelier in Damascus. AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman.
By: Zeina Karam, Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP).- A renowned political cartoonist whose drawings expressed Syrians' frustrated hopes for change was grabbed after he left his studio early Thursday and beaten by masked gunmen who broke his hands and dumped him on a road outside Damascus. One of Syria's most famous artists, Ali Ferzat, 60, earned international recognition and the respect of many Arabs with stinging caricatures that infuriated dictators including Iraq's Saddam Hussein, Libya's Moammar Gadhafi and, particularly in recent months, Syria's autocratic Assad family. He lay badly bruised in a hospital bed Thursday evening with his hands swathed in bandages, a stark reminder that no Syrian remains immune to a brutal crackdown on a 5-month anti-government uprising. Ferzat remembers the gunmen telling him that "this is just a warning," as they beat him, a relative told The ... More |
| Kansas City's Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art debuts multi-media hub on its website | | Esther Gordy Edwards, founder and the driving force behind Motown Museum, dead at 91 | | The National Trust for Historic Preservation announces program to give away $1 Million | 
Museums are shifting from thinking of themselves as passive, brick-and-mortar places to being more actively engaged in getting information to the public.
KANSAS CITY, MO.- A multi-media hub of the Nelson-Atkins website has launched. Studio 33 features videos, audio entries, interactive content and social media portals that allow visitors to learn about a favorite work of art, respond to a Museum blog post, listen to artists discuss their creative process and discover more about exhibitions and special programs. But Studio 33 is not a static entity; it will continually grow and evolve to accommodate various platforms. A mobile-friendly device version is also in the works and will be made available in the future. “Museums are shifting from thinking of themselves as passive, brick-and-mortar places to being more actively engaged in getting information to the public,” said Adam Johnson, head of adult programs and interpretive media. “We are reaching out to different audiences and encouraging feedback.” There are currently more than 250 audio offering ... More | | 
Music stars Michael Jackson (L) and Stevie Wonder (R) along with Esther Gordy Edwards (C), sister of Berry Gordy, founder of Motown, wave to fans during a visit to the Motown museum in Detroit in this file August 5 1998 file photo. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook.
DETROIT, IL. (REUTERS).- Esther Gordy Edwards, the sister of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. and the driving force behind the museum that continues to preserve the label's legacy, has died at age 91. The Motown Historical Museum, which Gordy Edwards founded in 1985, announced her death on Thursday. Gordy Edwards, who died on Wednesday, held a number of positions in her brother's legendary company, including director of Motown's Artists Personal Management Division, where she helped guide the careers of Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells. In the 1970s, Gordy Edwards was the first woman to serve on the board of the Detroit Bank of the Commonwealth and the first woman elected to the board of the Greater Detroit ... More | | 
The Twin Cities are the sixth location to participate in the Partners in Preservation program and receive funding from American Express.
ST. PAUL, MN.- American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced that the Twin Cities area has been chosen for the community-based Partners in Preservation program, which provides preservation grants for local historic places. American Express is committing $1 million in preservation grants to the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area and will be encouraging local residents to participate by voting for their favorite historic place from a diverse group of 25 sites on Facebook.com/PartnersinPreservation beginning on Sept. 20. “The Twin Cities have a rich cultural and architectural history and we are thrilled to bring Partners in Preservation to the area this year,” said Timothy J. McClimon, President of the American Express Foundation. “Preserving our nation’s historic sites is critical to both protect the past and ensure economic viability for the future. We encou ... More |
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 Crowds at Bowdoin museum for Edward Hopper's Maine BRUNSWICK, ME (AP).- An exhibit of Edward Hopper's paintings of Maine is breaking attendance records at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick, but it's just one of three top-notch shows at museums around Maine this summer and fall. Combine a trip to see all three — the others are an Andrew Wyeth show at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland and a 1930s photography exhibit at Colby College in Waterville — with shopping in Freeport, the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, leaf-peeping, dining and maybe a trip to a spa, and you've got an ideal itinerary for a September getaway. In Maine and many other places, leisure travel takes on a more grown-up flavor after the kids are back to school. The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens not surprisingly gets more visitors age 55 and up after Labor Day, especially on weekdays, but September is also a lush time of year to see the garden. Perennials have ... More Monumental new sculpture project transforms Governors Island: Man in the City sculpture by John Sauve NEW YORK, N.Y.- Governors Island received a significant addition to their public art collection. Since August 22, the artist John Sauvé has been on site at the island to supervise the installation of “Man in the City”; one of his monumental new works. “Man in the City” is comprised of several dozen sculptures located throughout the island and will have an overwhelming impact on the Governors Island landscape. Sauvé is known for using steel to make monumental forms. Working with his team and engineer, the artist will closely supervise the installation of a massive, unique public work for Governors Island, and the entire New York community. Speaking about the installation, Project Director Antony Zito said, "This is a spectacular addition to Governors Island and we are delighted to bring the work of such a preeminent American sculptor. Sauvé’s work spurs the imagination and will be enjoyed by the community ... More U.Va. Art Museum exhibit examines renaissance architectural ornament through prints CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.- The University of Virginia Art Museum will open a new exhibit Aug. 26, "Variety, Archeology and Ornament: Renaissance Architectural Prints from Column to Cornice." The exhibit, which runs through Dec. 18, re-examines the moment of the formation of the classical canon of architecture. It suggests that the development of the concept of five orders of architecture (Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and composite) over the course of the 16th century was more complicated than typically imagined. Prints and drawings in the exhibit suggest that many architects, draftsmen and printmakers continued to seek out unusual and diverse architectural models from antiquity, even while others were attempting to establish a set of rules and norms. The exhibit is curated by U.Va. associate professor of architectural history Cammy Brothers and New York University doctoral candidate Michael Waters, a Rome ... MoreLeading fine art auction house expands to WisconsinCHICAGO, IL.- Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, one of the nations’ leading fine art auction companies, announced the September opening of a new auction facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The new office will be located at 414 East Mason Street, situated in downtown Milwaukee across from the Pfister Hotel. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers is the largest auction house in the Midwest and the new Wisconsin location will allow the company to better serve the area. “This current market has created an ideal time to be opening in Milwaukee,” says Leslie Hindman, CEO/President. “The combination of people looking to sell valuables to raise capital and the influence of the global market on driving prices realized has resulted in a record year for our company. We recognize Milwaukee as a sophisticated arts community, worthy of a top-rate auction facility.” One of Leslie Hindman Auctioneers’ most prominent discoveri ... More UN cultural agency: Don't loot Libya's heritage PARIS (AP).- The U.N. cultural agency is warning Libyans to guard against looting of cultural heritage amid the country's current turmoil. The director of UNESCO is also cautioning the international art and antiquities trade to be "particularly wary of objects from Libya in the present circumstances" because they might be stolen. Director-General Irina Bokova said in a statement Thursday that she contacted authorities in Libya and neighboring countries to urge them "to protect Libya's invaluable cultural heritage." She warned that past conflicts have led to looting and damage to artifacts and archeological treasures. Ruins of Roman cities are among the five sites in Libya classified by the Paris-based U.N. Educational, Science and Cultural Organization as World Heritage sites. ... More |
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