| | Damien Hirst's Complete Spot Paintings to Be Shown at Gagosian Gallery's 11 Locations
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Visitors look at British artist Damien Hirst's 2001 work "L-Tyrosine-15n" at Christie's London. AP Photo/Max Nash.
NEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian Gallery will present “The Complete Spot Paintings 1986-2011” by Damien Hirst. The exhibition has been conceived to take place simultaneously across each of Gagosian Gallery’s eleven locations in New York, London, Paris, Los Angeles, Rome, Athens, Geneva, and Hong Kong. It will include loans from public institutions and private collections as well as from the artist. The exhibition will open in every city on January 12th and continue through February 18th, 2012. This is the first time Gagosian Gallery has dedicated all locations at once to a body of work by one artist. Hirst’s spot paintings are among the most distinctive in contemporary art, a symbol that is recognized universally, cutting across boundaries of culture and language. Beginning with the first spot painting created in 1986, to monumental canvases where no single color is ever repeated, to the most recent works, some of ... More |
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| Marilyn Monroe Estate Says Sex Film for Sale by Spanish Events Promoter is Fraud | | First United Kingdom Exhibition of Drawings by Robert Motherwell to Open in October | | TEFAF: A Museum in which Everything is for Sale to Celebrate Its 25th Anniversary in 2012 | 
Spain's memorabilia collector Mikel Barsa speaks on the phone, during an interview with The Associated Press. AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko.
By: Alexander Wilson, Associated Press
BUENOS AIRES (AP).- The protectors of Marilyn Monroe's image say a collector who wants $500,000 for a short 1940s stag film is committing fraud and violating the actress's intellectual property rights by claiming it shows her having sex when she was underage. Mikel Barsa, a Spanish events promoter, insists that the scratchy, black-and-white six-minute film shows the young actress, known then as Norma Jeane Baker, around 1946 or 1947 when she was poor and desperate to break into show business. Experts on Monroe's life, however, say it's highly unlikely that the smiling young blonde in the film is her. Comparing the film with known Monroe images leaves ample room for doubt. Also, while Barsa shows off various documents he says support his theory, they self-evidently fall short of proof. Whoever the woman ... More | | 
Robert Motherwell, Beside the Sea, 1966. Oil on rag paper, 59.5 x 74 cms.
LONDON.- Robert Motherwell: Works on Paper, the first ever exhibition dedicated to drawings and paintings on paper by Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) to be held in Britain, will be staged at the Bernard Jacobson Gallery, 6 Cork Street, London W1, from 10 October to 26 November 2011. Taking place twenty years after the artist’s death, it will comprise some ninety works spanning most of his career. Robert Motherwell was a major figure in the birth and development of Abstract Expressionism and the youngest member of the ‘ New York School ’, a term he coined. His career spanned five decades during which time he created some of the most iconic images of the 20th century. A passionate advocate and articulate spokesman for Abstract Expressionism, he believed that ideas and emotions were best communicated through the bold forms and gestural lines of abstract art. This exhibition will include sixty works from the Lyric Suite, a group of works from the Beside the Sea ser ... More | | 
TEFAF is widely acknowledged as the world’s most influential art Fair.
MAASTRICHT.- The Fair is often referred to as a museum in which everything is for sale. The breadth and quality of objects are admired throughout the world. In 2011 TEFAF attracted visitors from over 181 museums from 20 countries. Principal sponsor AXA Art brought more than 2,000 collectors to TEFAF this year. At Maastricht-Aachen airport 154 private aircrafts landed during the course of the Fair. Next year TEFAF celebrates its 25th anniversary from 16-25 March 2012. The Mayor of Maastricht, Onno Hoes, said, “The City of Maastricht and TEFAF are inseparable and are of great mutual benefit. I very much look forward to celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Fair next year and the City looks forward to working with the Fair over the next quarter century” TEFAF is widely acknowledged as the world’s most influential art Fair. The Fair closed on Sunday 27th March. The focus during the Fair is on the extraordinary wo ... More |
| "USAnatomy" by Steven Klein to Open at MuBE, Brazilian Museum of Sculpture | | Annett Gröschner and Arwed Messmer Present The Other View: The Early Berlin Wall | | New Documentary by Lynn Hershman Leeson Explores the Feminist Art Movement | 
Madonna.
SAO PAULO.- Carlos Jereissati Filho, CEO of IGUATEMI, announced the fifth edition of the IGUATEMI Photo Series with Steven Klein’s exhibition “USAnatomy”, showcasing 60 works by the contemporary fashion photographer at MuBE (Brazilian Museum of Sculpture, São Paulo.) The exhibition will offer a rare opportunity for visitors to witness the work of the celebrated American photographer. It will launch on August 10th with a cocktail celebration and will be open to the public from August 11th until August 28th. Curated by renowned fashion producer Chico Lowndes, the exhibit will feature 30 large-scale works and 30 original Polaroid shots culled from Klein’s oeuvre. On display will be images of Madonna, Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie and Justin Timberlake, amongst others. In their typically transgressive, erotic and lyrical nature, the pictures subvert conventional notions of contemporary fashion photography and celebrity portraiture. Klein’s work depicts sexually ... More | | 
“THE OTHER VIEW. The Early Berlin Wall”. ©BArch, DVH 58 / 9065, Bl . 065 / o. Ang.
BERLIN.- In our collective memory, the wall is a smooth concrete structure topped with a pipe. But in 1966, the almost insurmountable border consisted of ruins, building walls, wire fences, tangled barbed wire, and horizontal concrete strips, layered on top of one another. On the fiftieth anniversary marking the erection of the Berlin Wall, Annett Gröschner and Arwed Messmer present The Other View: The Early Berlin Wall as both a book and as an exhibition (August 6–October 3, 2011, Unter den Linden 40, 10117 Berlin). The unique panoramas depict the course of the Berlin Wall through Berlin’s city center from the perspective of those who built it. In the early 1990s, while researching at Potsdam’s Militärisches Zwischenarchiv, the photographer from West Germany and the writer from East Germany discovered a veritable treasure trove: a cardboard box full of negatives. The images show the Wall from the ... More | | 
!WOMEN ART REVOLUTION, a film by Lynn Hershman Leeson. A Zeitgeist Film release.
NEW YORK, NY.- Artist and filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leesonʼs documentary is more than four decades in the making. !Women Art Revolution (!W.A.R.) draws from hundreds of hours of in-the moment interviews with her contemporaries—visionary artists, historians, curators and critics—to present an intimate portrayal of their fight to break down barriers facing women both in the art world and society at large. The film features an original score composed by Carrie Brownstein, formerly of the band Sleater-Kinney. In conjunction with the film, legendary artist Spain has illustrated a 100-page graphic novel depicting selected highlights of the !WAR history; the graphic novel includes a 57-page curriculum guide to accompany the film. In the 1960s, the Feminist Art Movement emerged to politicize female artists and challenge complexities of gender, race, class and sexuality. Through interviews with her ... More |
| "A Walk in the Wild: Continuing John Muir's Journey" Opens at the Oakland Museum of California | | Group Exhibition with Gabriele Beveridge, Tomas Downes and Stuart Elliot at Rod Barton | | Galerie Thomas Announces Its Exclusive Representation of the Artist Peter Halley | 
William Keith. Mount Ritter (Crown of the Sierras). Oakland Museum of California, Gift of the Keith Art Association.
OAKLAND, CA.- The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) presents A Walk in the Wild: Continuing John Muir's Journey, on view August 6, 2011, through January 22, 2012, in the Museum's Great Hall. John Muir's experience in the Golden State led to his becoming a founding figure of the environmentalist movement. In this provocative new exhibition, OMCA celebrates the legendary naturalist's life, work, and legacy in California and beyond. Told through OMCA's collections of art, history, and natural science, as well as interactive digital technology and extensive loans―Muir's journals, manuscripts, original drawings and plant collections―the exhibition pays tribute to the "Father of the National Parks," whose legacy continues to inspire environmental stewardship in California today. Through interactive, multi- ... More | | 
Installation view at Rod Barton in London.
LONDON.- Rod Barton presents a group exhibition with Gabriele Beveridge, Tomas Downes and Stuart Elliot. Working across mediums of sculpture, photography and painting these three methodologically disparate artists are unified by their acute sensitivity to materials. The works displayed have an open and fragmentary nature that allows for conversation to flow freely between them. Yet this conversation is private – spoken in whispers – they do not dramatically seek the spectator’s attention but demand the spectator become attentive to them. Multiple readings can be made between the works - the gestural surfaces of Stuart Elliot’s paintings mimic the images of ruptured concrete shielded under tinted glass in Tomas Downes’ floor sculptures. These in turn are reflected in the dappled faux granite and complex imagery within Gabriele Beveridges assemblages. Drawing comparisons between the pieces forces the s ... More | | 
Born in 1953 in New York City, Halley is one of the most remarkable American conceptualist painters of his generation.
MUNICH.- Galerie Thomas announced its exclusive representation of the artist Peter Halley in Germany. At the season's start in September, the gallery will present an extensive solo show of his recent paintings. Especially for this occasion the artist will create a wall-sized digital print-installation for Galerie Thomas Modern. Born in 1953 in New York City, Halley is one of the most remarkable American conceptualist painters of his generation. For many years, his paintings have been engaging in a play of relationships between what Halley calls "prisons" and "cells" – icons that reflect the increasing “geometricization of social space in the world in which we live” (Halley). The works of Peter Halley are like light itself. For his startling canvases the artist uses acrylic paint and fluorescent industrial paint mixed ... More |
| World's Most Compelling Choice of Asian Contemporary Art at SH Contemporary | | Cai Guo-Qiang to Open First Show in the Middle East at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art | | Art Nocturne Knocke 2011: Art and Antique Lovers Know Where to Go this Summer | 
Henri Michaux, MP 1036, 1974. Acrylic and oil on paper, 37 x 27 cm.
SHANGHAI.- From September 7th to the 10th Shanghai is the place where all art lovers should be as SH Contemporary—Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair— discloses the world's most compelling choice of Chinese and Asian contemporary art alongside a selection of Western artists and galleries. Under the new direction of Massimo Torrigiani, the 5th edition of the fair has gathered an unprecedented group of established and emerging galleries from China presenting mostly previously unseen works in the striking Shanghai Exhibition Center, punctuated this year by a surprising curatorial programme with works and projects by over 40 artists. All leading Chinese galleries have confirmed their participation, together with a selected group of other Asian and Western galleries, totaling up to 90 participants. Among others: Beijing Art Now, Beijing Commune, Boers-Li, Eigen+Art, Galleria Continua, Long March, James Cohan, Lin & Lin ... More | | 
Cai Guo-Qiang (b. 1957, Quanzhou, China; Lives in New York), Computer rendering of the new installation work ”Homecoming” at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art. View of installation in the Museum’s courtyard. Proposed medium: 60 carved rocks. Dimensions variable, Courtesy Cai Studio.
DOHA.- Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art announced an exhibition of new and recent work by the internationally renowned Chinese-born artist Cai Guo-Qiang. On view from December 5, 2011 to May 26, 2012, Cai Guo-Qiang: Saraab will be the artist’s first solo exhibition in the Middle East, as well as the first single-artist exhibition at Mathaf since its grand opening in December 2010. Saraab will feature more than 50 works, including newly commissioned pieces, recent artwork, and documentary materials that illustrate the artist’s unique creative process. “Qatar Museums Authority is pleased to advance our mission to encourage global cultural dialogue and exchange by presenting the work of Cai Guo-Qiang at Mathaf,” said Qatar Museums Authority Chairperson Her Excellency ... More | | 
Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Sloot en kleine brug ( Ditch and small bridge). Kunsthandel Frans Jacobs.
KNOCKE-HEIST.- It would be great to be at the Belgian Coast once more. From 6 till 15 August, you will be spoilt at the CC Scharpoord and Hotel La Réserve at Knokke-Heist with the 36th edition of Art Nocturne Knocke and the 18th Sculpture Link Knokke. The name ART NOCTURNE KNOCKE refers to the opening times of the Art and Antique Fair, which opens daily from 4pm till 9pm. That formula has clearly proven its success over recent years, and meets the wish of many art and antique lovers. This way, they can fully enjoy the pleasures of the Coast, while sampling what the fair has on offer in the evenings in a relaxed atmosphere. With over twelve thousand acquisitive art lovers over recent years, Art Nocturne Knocke has grown into the most important international summer art and antique fair in Europe. The fair also takes place in an economically successful region with a wealthy audience, which is hugely appreciated ... More |
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 Shepard Fairey Donates Work to Raise Funds for 4th Annual Art for Life Online Auction NEW YORK, NY.- Shepard Fairey, one of today's most influential street artists, is joining Russell Simmons, Danny Simmons and more than a dozen other acclaimed artists, to raise funds for RUSH Philanthropic through the 4th Annual Art for Life Online Auction at leading online charity auction site charitybuzz.com. Fairey has donated a beautiful hand-painted multiple of Madala Ornament I. The piece is a 38? x 51? silkscreen and mixed media collage on paper. Fairey?s work is up for auction at charitybuzz.com through Wednesday, August 10th. The work is valued at $12,000 with bidding up to $11,453 as of August 5th This year?s Art for Life Online Auction features Works on Paper from some of the art world?s most celebrated names: Donald Baechler, Sanford Biggers, Ross Bleckner, John Chamberlain, Chuck Close, Eric Fischl, April Gornik, Jenny Holzer, Brice Marden, Victor Matthews, Julie Mehretu, Toyin Odutola, ... More The Mead Art Museum Receives Grant to Fund Collection Digitization Project AMHERST, MASS.- The Mead Art Museum at Amherst College has received a $148,256 Museums for America Program Grant from The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to digitize more than 10,000 objects in its collection, including prints, drawings, photographs, sculpture, furniture, ceramics, and silver. The Mead is one of fifteen museums in the state of Massachusetts to receive this prestigious award, and one of 160 institutions nationally, from a pool of 481 applicants. In announcing the awards, IMLS director Susan Hildreth offered her congratulations to the Museums for America grantees. Hildreth noted, "We are pleased to support museums through investments in high-priority, high value activities that benefit communities throughout the U.S. These museums, small and large, will help to educate and inspire the public for years to come." The IMLS grant will allow the Mead to meet the first goal articulated in ... More Recipient of the Haim Shiff Prize for Figurative-Realist Art 2010 Exhibits at Tel Aviv Museum of Art TEL AVIV.- Eran Reshef's paintings reflect the artist's interest in the elements of representation, and express a renewed concern with pictorial truth and with the temporal dimension of artistic representation with new significance, which fuses together past and present. In Reshef's paintings, time seems to have stopped still. His compositions demand of the viewer to examine them in a sustained manner, which goes beyond an appreciation of the technical skill involved in the artist's highly precise act of representation. The objects in these paintings are all familiar – a sun-heated water tank, an electric switch, a water basin, a small ironing board; at the same time, the powerful presence of these painted objects exceeds their importance in the real world. The representational process charges these objects with multiple layers of meaning, and endows them with an ambivalent character. The details that make up each of the compositions – ... MoreHome of the AIA New York Chapter Leases Adjacent Storefront in Greenwich VillageNEW YORK, NY.- The American Institute of Architects New York Chapter announced that the Center for Architecture is expanding. After almost eight years providing public programs and exhibitions about architecture and design, AIANY is expanding its award-winning facility into the adjacent storefront at 532 LaGuardia Place. "This is an historic day for not only the American Institute of Architects, but also for all in New York City who are passionate about architecture and what architects do to create sustainable and livable communities," said Margaret O'Donoghue Castillo, AIA, LEED AP, President of AIA New York, and principal, Helpern Architects. Each year since 2003, the Center for Architecture has presented over a thousand public programs and twenty exhibitions on subjects ranging from energy use in buildings to how good design can help diminish chronic diseases such as obesity by promoting more physical activity. "With a growi ... More Creative Time Tweets Continues with Jill Magid's #FaustoswitnessNEW YORK, NY.- At 12:15 p.m. on January 21, 2010, 24-year-old Fausto Cardenas fired several shots from a small caliber handgun into the air on the southern steps of the Texas State Capitol in Austin. No motive has been established. He faces charges of a third degree felony: deadly conduct and terrorist threat to a government system. Cardenas had just visited state senator Dan Patrick?s office before the shooting. Patrick, a Republican who represents Houston, said, ?The suspect came into my office asking to speak to one of my female staff members. He left and a few minutes later several shots were reportedly fired.? Witnesses told the newspaper they saw a man on the southern steps who was quickly surrounded by the police. ?Two guards rushed out. They surrounded this guy,? said Jill Magid of New York. ?It looked like a football huddle.? Jill Magid (@jillmagid)? who, oddly enough, was visiting Texas to research snipers ? witnessed this mysterious shooting by Fausto Cardenas. Nothi ... More |
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