| | Museum in Berlin Lends Colossal Statue of Pharaoh to Metropolitan Museum for Ten Years
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Because of a construction project now underway —to renovate the courtyard on Museumsinsel (Museum Island) where the artwork has most recently been displayed— the statue had to be moved, thereby providing the opportunity for this long-term loan. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Photo: F. Friedrich.
NEW YORK, NY.- A monumental ancient Egyptian statue of a seated pharaoh —probably Amenemhat II —will be lent to The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Berlin’s renowned Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz for a period of ten years, beginning this month. The ten-foot-tall, nearly nine-ton, 4,000-year-old sculpture entered the Berlin museum’s collection in 1837. Because of a construction project now underway —to renovate the courtyard on Museumsinsel (Museum Island) where the artwork has most recently been displayed— the statue had to be moved, thereby providing the opportunity for this long-term loan. The sculpture will go on view in the Metropolitan’s Great Hall for approximately one year before it is moved into The Lila Acheson Wallace Galleries of Egyptian Art. The Middle Kingdom sculpture is an outstanding example of ancient Egypt ... More |
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| Regen Projects Presents an Exhibition Based on the Writings of Chilean Writer Roberto Bolaño | | One of Britain's Leading Abstract Painters, John Hoyland, Dies at the Age of 76 | | Fox Network Plans to Bring Back Carl Sagan's Universe-Spanning Docu-Series 'Cosmos' | 
David Salle, Gone (for R.B.), 2011. Oil, silkscreen on canvas, galvanized steel, and framed drawing. Overall: 102 x 84 1/8 x 1 1/2 inches (259.1 x 213.7 x 3.8 cm) Image courtesy of Regen Projects, Los Angeles and kurimanzutto, Mexico City © the artist.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Regen Projects and kurimanzutto are presenting Distant Star / Estrella Distante an exhibition based on the writings of Chilean born writer Roberto Bolaño (b. 1953 - d. 2003). Bolaño's writing -- lyrical, evocative, transformative, political, and powerful -- has been a common passion for many of the artists in this exhibition as well as the organizers. The exhibition is partly homage to the writer, and partly an exploration of the timbre and topicality of his works. Bolaño is the most important Latin American writer, and perhaps writer regardless of birthplace, to emerge in English translation in the last decade. He was widely known and appreciated in Spanish long before that. Dominique Gonzalez Foerster mentioned the celebrated novel Savage Detectives in an Artforum Top Ten in 2007 -- "I ex- ... More | | 
Hoyland's early work was influenced by 'New American Painting'.
LONDON.- John Hoyland, one of Britain's leading abstract painters, has died at the age of 76. His work was known for its use of simple shapes and engaging colours, often on a large scale. In his later career he experimented with texture, layering paint thickly onto canvases. Hoyland's early work was influenced by 'New American Painting', a 1959 exhibition at the Tate. Following his first solo show in 1964 he traveled to America, where he met leading American artists including Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman. Returning to Britain, he established himself as a major artist with his 1967 exhibition, 'Paintings 1960–67'. John Hoyland's Art Funded works can be seen above. John Hoyland studied at Sheffield School of Art from 1951 to 1956 and subsequently at the Royal Academy Schools from 1956 to 1960. He went on to teach at Hornsey College of Art from 1960 to 1962 and at Chelsea School of Art from 1962 to 1969 where he was also Principal Lecturer from 1965 to 1969. Subsequently, he ... More | | 
Astronomer Carl Sagan, shown in this 1981 file photo. AP Photo/Files.
By: Frazier Moore, AP Television Writer
BEVERLY HILLS (AP).- The Fox network is bringing back Carl Sagan's universe-spanning docu-series "Cosmos," and "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane is on board for the ride. The 13-part "Cosmos: A Space-time Odyssey" is scheduled to launch in 2013, Fox announced Friday. More than three decades after the debut of the revolutionary "Cosmos," the new series has teamed MacFarlane with Sagan's original creative collaborators. The host will be astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, Fox said. The original "Cosmos" with Sagan was first broadcast in 1980 and remains among the most globally successful American public TV series of all time. (The beloved astronomer-astrophysicist Sagan died in 1996.) National Geographic Channel will air a same-night encore of the episodes following their broadcast on Fox. "It doesn't really feel like a natural fit on ... More |
| Employee Admits Embezzling $1 Million from Historic Mark Twain House in West Hartford | | The Hollywood Museum Celebrates Lucille Ball at 100 & "I Love Lucy" at 60 | | Shiite Expansion of the al-Askari Shrine in Samarra Pushes Out Sunni Neighbors | 
The Mark Twain House, where the writer wrote the novels "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." REUTERS/Jim Bourg.
By: Mary Ellen Godin
BRIDGEPORT (REUTERS).- An employee of the historic home of Mark Twain, who once wrote "the lack of money is the root of all evil," pleaded guilty on Friday to embezzling more than $1 million from the tourist attraction. Donna Gregor, 58, admitted in District Court that she fudged the books to steal from the financially troubled Mark Twain House and Museum in West Hartford, authorities said. A long-time employee of the famed American writer's historic home, Gregor pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and filing a false tax return, according to Thomas Carson, a spokesman for the U.S. Justice Department. Twain, born Samuel Clemens, had money troubles himself while living in the home from 1874 to 1891, during which time he wrote such American classics as "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn". Financial problems forced Twain to leave the Victorian Gothic home for Europe, according to the website According ... More | | 
Lucie Arnaz is seen at the "Lucille Ball At 100 & 'I Love Lucy' At 60" opening gala at The Hollywood Museum in Los Angeles, on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. The event also celebrates the recently released "Best of I love Lucy" DVD collection from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment. Casey Rodgers/AP Images for CBS DVD.
HOLLYWOOD, CA.- A new exhibition at the Hollywood Museum celebrates two milestones in the life of America’s Queen of Comedy: Lucille Ball’s 100th birthday on Aug. 6 and the 60th anniversary of “I Love Lucy,” her classic TV collaboration with husband Desi Arnaz, which CBS first aired on Oct. 15, 1951. “Lucille Ball at 100 & ‘I Love Lucy’ at 60,” presented in partnership with CBS , will be on display from Aug. 3 to Nov. 30, showcasing memorabilia saluting the careers and romance of Hollywood’s most famous lovebirds. “The Hollywood Museum in the Historic Max Factor Building is the perfect venue for this exhibit because it's where Lucille Ball went for makeup and hair treatments from Mr. Factor,” says Museum President Donelle Dadigan. “It's where Lucy first became a redhead. She had the longest-running ... More | | 
Construction workers are seen on the job at the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. AP Photo/Khalid Miohammed.
By: Rebecca Santana, Associated Press
SAMARRA (AP).- The bombing of a revered Shiite shrine in this Sunni city in central Iraq opened the worst chapter of the war, two years of sectarian bloodshed. Five years after its destruction, the iconic dome of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra is nearly rebuilt — but it's the focus of a fresh sectarian dispute over Shiites' expansion plans for the site. Shiite authorities are buying up nearby Sunni homes with the intent of tearing them down to make room for hotels, restaurants and other amenities for pilgrims. Sunnis say there's little financial benefit for them in any of this. They contend that the construction jobs are going to Shiites and that pilgrims are herded away from the surrounding community. "The problem is that you, as a Samarra local, you have no contact with the pilgrims," said Jaafar Hamid, a resident. "We have unemployment. We should feel some progress because of the construction and the expansion. But we haven't felt any- ... More |
| China's Dissident Artist Ai Weiwei to Exhibit at the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art | | Thirteen Items Belonging to Kung Fu Legend Bruce Lee to Be Auctioned in Hong Kong | | Vik Muniz Collaborates with Louis Vuitton to Enhance Shopping Experience for Miami Customers | 
File photo of a visitor looking at an installation, entitled National Stadium - Main Stadium for the Olympic Games 2008, by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. EPA/ENNIO LEANZA.
MOSCOW.- The Fourth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art announced the participation of Ai Weiwei, the prominent Chinese dissident artist, who will exhibit his video, ``Beijing: The Second Ring,’’ (2005). This artwork documents the two opposite views of traffic flow on the 33 bridges along Beijing’s Second Ring Road. The artist films each side (direction) of each bridge for 1 minute, which means 2 minutes for each bridge. The entire work is made of 66 segments (1 hour and 6 minutes). Whereas the artist’s ``Beijing: The Third Ring’’ was shot on sunny days, the segments for this film were made on cloudy days. The act of recording is minimal, focusing on observation and the nature of time. The film documents Beijing’s historic aspects, its modern development and 13 million people, the mass transport, and urban reality. Ring roads are important urban transport elements in Beij ... More | | 
A book titled 'Choy Lay Fut Kung Fu' and another book entitled 'Six Road Short Fist' that belonged to the late Kung Fu star, Bruce Lee, as part of a collection of memorabilia of the Hong Kong-born legend, which will go under the hammer at an auction in Hong Kong. EPA/PHILA CHINA AUCTION HOUSE.
HONG KONG (REUTERS).- Thirteen items belonging to the late kung fu legend Bruce Lee, including a hand-written letter and a fur-lined coat, are set to go under the hammer in Hong Kong at the weekend. Among the items to be sold in what is thought to be the largest auction of Lee memorabilia in Hong Kong to date is the fur-lined costume jacket, which was made for Lee's film "Game of Death" and worn by him in 1973, just before he died of a reaction to medication. Other items include a letter written in 1966 to Taky Kimura, a friend in Seattle and fellow kung fu instructor who was best man at Lee's 1964 wedding. "Actually I think the most important, the best item, is the three-page hand written letter by Bruce Lee," said ... More | | 
Louis Vuitton Aventura Art Installation by Vik Muniz.
MIAMI, FL.- Dramatically enhancing the Louis Vuitton experience for Miami customers, Louis Vuitton North America announces the opening of its newest location at the Aventura Mall, in Miami, Florida. Louis Vuitton is initially opening today, July 1st, in a temporary location in the Aventura Mall, which offers a full array of Louis Vuitton product categories and collections. A permanent Louis Vuitton store at Aventura Mall, adhering in design to the Maison’s latest global store concept, is scheduled to open in the Fall of 2012. The permanent location will offer a considerably larger retail experience than ever before to Louis Vuitton’s Miami customers, with an internal grand staircase linking two floors, and a prominent exterior façade. Spacious and exquisitely appointed, the store will house a full range of leathergoods, ready-to-wear, shoes, accessories, watches and jewelry, serving as an elegant showcase for ... More |
| Exhibition of New Works by Scream Gallery Artists Featured in "Scream Now" | | Hollywood Foreign Press Association Doles Out $1.5 Million to Dozens of Arts Organizations | | Pulitzer Foundation Appoints Menil Collection Curator Kristina Van Dyke as New Director | 
Greg Miller, Sunset Boulevard. Photo: Courtesy Scream Gallery. © the artist.
LONDON.- Scream presents an exhibition of new works by gallery artists Bruce French, Greg Miller, Derrick Santini, Malgosia Stepnik, Petroc Sesti and Russell Young. Scream Now will include new work by some of the freshest talent working in the contemporary art world today. Featuring painting, photography, collage, found objects and prints, the exhibition demonstrates the variety of techniques and skills employed by its artists. Derrick Santini will show for the first time ‘The Magpie’, and the monumental ‘Blue nude descending a staircase’, a 5 x 4 ft lenticular lightbox depicting a statuesque Nubian nude, observed from several viewpoints and illuminated with a midnight blue light. The lenticular process involves photographing a sequence of still images, using live models, which are layered and printed using a special teqhnique, under a ribbed plastic sheet acting as a lens. This results in a hologram- ... More | | 
Actor Taylor Lautner speaks at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association annual luncheon in Beverly Hills. AP Photo/Matt Sayles.
By: Sandy Cohen, Associated Press
BEVERLY HILLS, CA. (AP).- The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is giving away more than a million dollars. The group behind the Golden Globe Awards presented $1.5 million in grants to dozens of arts organizations at a private luncheon Thursday at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon, Taylor Lautner and Lea Michele helped present and accept the gifts, which were given to 46 nonprofit and educational organizations including the American Film Institute, FilmAid International, the New York Stage & Film Company and Ghetto Film School. Michele said she was "humbled by the generosity" of the international reporters group, then beamed as she introduced and ... More | | 
Ms. Van Dyke is currently the Curator for Collections and Research at The Menil Collection in Houston.
ST. LOUIS, MO.- The Board of Trustees of the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts today announced its unanimous decision to appoint Kristina Van Dyke as Director, following an intensive international search. Ms. Van Dyke, currently the Curator for Collections and Research at The Menil Collection in Houston, Texas, will begin working full-time at the Foundation on November 7. Joining the Pulitzer as it prepares to celebrate its tenth anniversary, she will work closely with Trustees and staff to oversee the exhibitions program, as well as other scholarly, artistic and community-related programming, including the contemporary chamber music series. Ms. Van Dyke succeeds Matthias Waschek, who served as Director of the Foundation for more than seven years. “We are extraordinarily fortunate that Kristina Van Dyke will lead the Foundation in the ... More |
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 The Ukrainian Museum Welcomes Mykola Darmochwal as New President NEW YORK, N.Y.- This year's annual meeting of The Ukrainian Museum, on June 26, saw the election of a new president of the Board of Trustees, Mykola Darmochwal, and the installation of several new Board members. As in years past, the meeting also provided attending members with a detailed description of the Museum's activities, accomplishments, and financial status throughout the past year and into the current one, as well as a look at the Museum's plans for the future. Members who were not able to attend the meeting will receive this information in the Annual Report (covering the years 2009-2010), which is being mailed to all Museum members. Professor Jaroslaw Leshko, the outgoing president of the Board of Trustees, kicked off the meeting by recapping the Museum's many achievements in 2010, foremost among them the major multinational exhibition Ukraine-Sweden: At the Crossroads of History (XVII-XVIII ... More Britain's National Trust Releases Punk Charity Album LONDON (AP).- Punk rockers once wanted to smash the state. Now they're helping preserve stately homes. The National Trust charity, which oversees Britain's castles and historic houses, has released a fundraising album of punk classics. "Never Mind the Dovecotes" — a play on the title of the Sex Pistols album "Never Mind the Bollocks" — includes tracks by the Pistols and other vintage noise merchants, including GBH, Siouxsie and the Banshees and X-Ray Spex. It means Mod band The Jam — which has two tracks on the album — will sit alongside jars of jam in gift shops at the Trust's 300 properties, which range from Roman-era structures like Hadrian's Wall to ruined abbeys, medieval castles, grand country mansions and Victorian pubs. The album is a collaboration between the trust and Decca Records, and a change from previous joint efforts such as "Celtic Collection," ''Classic Voices" and "Land of Hope and ... More Prosecutor Urges Judge Not to Release Historian BALTIMORE (AP).- A presidential historian has been scheming to steal valuable documents from archives throughout the Northeast for years — if not decades — and his release from federal custody could put more pieces of American history at risk if he tries to cover his tracks, a prosecutor argued Thursday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan K. Gauvey approved the release of Barry Landau, 63, to his Manhattan apartment with GPS monitoring, but put the release on hold until another judge hears an appeal from prosecutors Friday afternoon. Landau and his assistant, 24-year-old Jason Savedoff, are charged with stealing valuable historical documents from the Maryland Historical Society and conspiring to steal documents from other archives. The historian would use different routines to distract curators and had sports jackets and overcoats altered to allow him to stash documents inside large pockets, Assistant U.S. ... More New York's Long Island Music Hall of Fame Finds a Home PORT JEFFERSON, NY (AP).- The Hall of Fame that honors the rich musical history of New York's Long Island is getting a home. Until now, the Long Island Music Hall of Fame has existed only as a website. Brookhaven Town officials have announced an agreement for a 15-year lease at the site of the former First National Bank in Port Jefferson, 50 miles east of New York City. A lease-signing ceremony is scheduled for next week. The facility will feature an interactive museum with exhibits, classrooms and a performance area. The Hall of Fame honors artists from Brooklyn, Queens and Nassau and Suffolk counties who've made significant contributions to music. Inductees include Billy Joel, Louis Armstrong, LL Cool J, George M. Cohan, Lou Reed, the Ramones and Harry Chapin. Renovations could take a year, but the museum may open during construction. ... More Storm King Announces Acquisition of Major Work by Arnaldo Pomodoro MOUNTAINVILLE, NY.- Storm King Art Center today announced the acquisition of The Pietrarubbia Group: il fondamento, l’uso, il rapporto (1975–76), a major large-scale work by Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro. The sculpture is a gift of longtime Storm King supporter Herbert Kayden, M.D., offered in memory of his late wife, Gabrielle Reem, M.D. Installation of the work, including landscaping of the surrounding area, will take place over the next few weeks. Storm King President John P. Stern states, “In making this generous and meaningful gift, Herb Kayden has not only added a significant outdoor sculpture by Arnaldo Pomodoro to Storm King’s collection, but also enhanced the collection’s representation of international sculpture. The Pietrarubbia Group was exhibited at Storm King shortly after it was created, and we are thrilled that it has returned to be viewed by our visitors for years to come.” ... MoreSouth Africa to Open New Museum Honoring Nelson MandelaJOHANNESBURG (AP).- South African officials say they will build a dedicated museum honoring Nelson Mandela's struggle against apartheid, on the site where he was arrested 49 years ago. Mandla Mandela spoke Friday on behalf of his grandfather at the launch of an exhibition at the undeveloped museum site. He said Mandela asked him to urge South Africans to remember all who were active in the struggle against apartheid, not just him. The provincial government will pay for the $1.2 million museum and memorial, which is expected to create jobs in the largely rural area. Mandela was arrested near the town of Howick, some 300 miles (500 kilometers) from Johannesburg, on August 5, 1962. He became South Africa's first black president in 1994 after spending 27 years in prison. ... More Jonathan Bober Joins National Gallery of Art as Curator of Old Master Prints WASHINGTON, D.C.- Jonathan Bober has joined the National Gallery of Art, Washington, as curator and head of the department of old master prints. He succeeds Peter Parshall, who headed the department from 1999 until his retirement in 2010. One of Bober's first undertakings will be organizing an exhibition from the Gallery's collection to explore the graphic work of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. The exhibition will focus on the complex origins of Castiglione's graphic oeuvre, including the etchings of Rembrandt, and his critical influence on later masters ranging from François Boucher to Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. "Jonathan Bober brings to the National Gallery of Art a tradition of scholarship—demonstrated in numerous exhibitions and publications, especially on old master and modern prints and drawings—as well as a history of imaginative and prodigious acquisitions," said National Gallery of Art director Earl A. Powel ... More |
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