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A scientist at the university of Bonn displays a flask in Bonn, Germany, Friday, Aug. 19, 2011. The university says researchers have discovered a carcinogenic substance in the flask believed to have belonged to Queen Hatshepsut, who ruled Egypt 3,500 years ago. The scientists spent two years researching the dried-out contents of the flask, which is part of its Egyptian Museum's collection and bears an inscription saying it belonged to Hatshepshut. AP Photo/dapd, Sascha Schuermann.
BERLIN (AP).- A German university said Friday that researchers have discovered a carcinogenic substance in a flask of lotion believed to have belonged to Queen Hatshepsut, who ruled Egypt 3,500 years ago — raising a possibility she may have accidentally poisoned herself. The University of Bonn said it spent two years researching the dried-out contents of the flask, which is part of its Egyptian Museum's collection and bears an inscription saying it belonged to Hatshepshut. It said the flask contains what appears to have been a lotion or medicine used to tackle skin disorders such as eczema. The contents included palm and nutmeg oil, along with fatty acids of the kind that can relieve such disorders. There are known to have been cases of skin diseases in Hatshepsut's family, the university said. Researchers also found benzopyrene, an aromatic and highly carcinogenic hydrocarbon. "If one imagines that the queen had a chro ... More |
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| Ron Mueck's Monumental Sculpture In Bed to Tour to Five Regional Queensland Galleries | | First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Sale at Christie's New York on September 21 | | The Latino List: Exhibition of Photographs of Prominent Latino Americans Opens in Brooklyn | 
Ron Mueck, In bed 2005. Polyester resin, fibreglass, polyurethane, horse hair, cotton, ed. 1/1, 161.9 x 650 x 395 cm. Purchased 2008. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Collection: Queensland Art Gallery. © Ron Mueck courtesy Anthony d’Offay, London. Photo: Natasha Harth.
QUEENSLAND.- Arts Minister Rachel Nolan today announced monumental sculpture In Bed by Ron Mueck will tour five regional Queensland galleries in 2011-2012, as part of the Gallery of Modern Art’s (GoMA) fifth birthday celebrations. “Queensland Art Gallery is touring the breathtakingly life-like sculpture from September 2011 until July 2012, beginning with Ipswich Art Gallery, 10 September – 13 November, before travelling on to Thuringowa, Cairns, Mackay and Hervey Bay,” Ms Nolan said. “This 10 month tour is great news for regional audiences and I am certain it will prove extremely popular. “The Ron Mueck exhibition staged at GoMA last year was an outstanding success and this regional tour will provide those living outside of Brisbane the opportunity to also see one of Mueck’s largest and most engaging works. “In Bed ... More | | 
Gerhard Richter (b. 1932), Abstraktes Bild, 1997. Estimate: $350,000 – 450,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Christie’s is pleased to announce the Fall 2011 edition of First Open, a sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art, on September 21, 2011. The auction will feature an international selection of works by recognized post-war masters and today’s leading artists such as Gerhard Richter, Felix Gonzalez-Torres and George Condo, with competitive estimates. The sale will offer a total of 337 lots with a wide range of price points to all collectors of the genre. First Open is expected to achieve in the range of $10 million. Sara Friedlander, Head of First Open, comments: “First Open has become the ideal collecting opportunity for both new and experienced buyers of Post-War and Contemporary Art — and this sale is exceptional for the combination of high quality and international scope. The selection ranges from the U.S., France and Germany to Japan, Iran, Mexico and beyond. We look forward to kicking of ... More | | 
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (American, b. 1952), Eva Longoria, 2011. Pigmented ink-jet print. 58 x 44 inches framed. © Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- A new exhibition of large-format, full-color photographic portraits, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: The Latino List, will be on view at the Brooklyn Museum from August 19 through December 11, 2011, exploring the personal stories of some of today’s most influential Latino Americans from the fields of culture, politics, business, and sports. America Ferrera, Gloria Estefan, Pitbull, Eva Longoria, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Chi-Chi Rodríguez are among the twenty-five subjects featured. The exhibition will include excerpts from an accompanying documentary film, also called The Latino List, directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders with interviews conducted by Emmy Award–winning journalists Maria Hinojosa and Sandra Guzman. In this film, which will premiere on HBO on September 29, 2011, the people in Greenfield-Sanders’s photographs are seen and heard directly sharing their stories and experiences ... More |
| Two Striking Portraits of Women Enter Australia's Queensland Art Gallery Collection | | New Collection of Andy Warhol Designs for iPhone, iPad and MacBook | | Calvin J. Goodman, Influential Mentor to Artists and Advisor to Arts Organizations, Died | 
Nora Heysen, Self Portrait 1938. Purchased 2011 with funds from Philip Bacon, AM, through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery.
QUEENSLAND.- The Queensland Art Gallery is celebrating the entry of two striking portraits of women into its Australian collection — Lucile 1937, by Australian artist Peter Purves Smith and Self portrait 1938 by Australian artist Nora Heysen. Arts Minister Rachel Nolan said the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation had achieved its 2011 Appeal target to acquire Purves Smith’s portrait of Lucile Stephens (1916–2003), and had received funds from Philip Bacon, AM, to acquire Nora Heysen’s Self portrait. “I’m delighted these wonderful works have been acquired, thanks to the generosity of the Gallery’s Foundation members and Gallery Members.” she said. “These striking portraits are now displayed in the Modern Art and Australia display in the Australian Art Galleries at the Queensland Art Gallery. “Together, the works, by prominent Australian artists, make ... More | | 
Iconic Warhol images turn Incase’s signature protective cases and bags for iPhone, iPad and MacBook into functional pieces of art.
NEW YORK, NY.- Incase announced the second release of designs in the Incase for Andy Warhol Collection. The latest collection release highlights Warhol’s artistic range, featuring imagery from works in a variety of media including silkscreening (Elvis, Advertisements), film (Empire) and hand-drawing (Telephone, Do It Yourself Flowers). Iconic Warhol images turn Incase’s signature protective cases and bags for iPhone, iPad and MacBook into functional pieces of art, a tribute to the great American artist’s affinity for technology and its place in contemporary culture and the arts. New for iPhone 4 is a series of Snap Cases adorned with a selection of Warhol artwork. A still image from Warhol’s 1964 silent film Empire pays homage to one of the world’s most recognizable skyscrapers and emblemizes the experimental film that spans more than eight hours in length. A hand-drawn image of an early 1900s ... More | | 
Portrait of Calvin Goodman by Gordon Wetmore.
NEW YORK, NY.- Calvin J. Goodman, influential mentor to artists and advisor to arts organizations, died in Los Angeles on August 17th, 2011 of natural causes. For over five decades Goodman worked with such renowned artists as Louise Nevelson, Hans Burckhart, Harry Jackson, and Françoise Gilot, and countless other artists. Known for his insight into the thoughts that motivate an artist, Goodman had an uncanny ability to help creative spirits discover and connect with the audience their work would speak to. Convinced that art answers to basic human needs and is no mere fad nor ornament, Goodman became a powerful resource for artists seeking the constituency that would make all the difference between life in a garret and a successful career. Among Goodman’s unique contributions was his Art Marketing Handbook, a virtual bible for artists and art dealers addressing every aspect of its subject from gallery design to contracts, pricing, sales presentations, and professional ethics ... More |
| Painting of the Inaugural Festival of Britain by Ruskin Spear to Sell at Bonhams | | Toledo Museum of Art Announces Three Appointments in Education Department | | India Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple Treasure Brings Riches, Challenges and a Lot of Security | 
Ruskin Spear, Festival of Britain (detail). Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- In the year of the 60th anniversary of the Festival of Britain, Bonhams are to sell a painting by Ruskin Spear of the inaugural Festival in 1951. It is estimated to fetch £10,000-15,000 when it goes under the hammer in the Modern Pictures auction at Bonhams, Knightsbridge on Tuesday 20th September. This painting depicts the celebrations along the Embankment during the Festival of Britain in 1951. The festival aimed to create a feeling of hope, recovery and progress and positivity to a country recovering from the ravages of the Second World War. On the opposite side of the river, Southbank was a key area of the festival and new public spaces were created in the area including the river side walk. In this painting Ruskin Spear has chosen to concentrate on the crowds and decorations on the northern bank of the Thames rather than the new modernist buildings on the opposite side of the river. Emma Corke, Director of Bo ... More | | 
Danko-McGhee will lead the Museum’s efforts to be in the forefront of teaching visual literacy.
TOLEDO, OH.- Three Toledo area women have been named to positions in the recently reorganized education department at the Toledo Museum of Art, Director Brian Kennedy has announced. Following a national search, Dr. Katherina Danko-McGhee joins the staff as director of education, and Dr. Leanne Gilbertson becomes curator of education, both effective Aug. 29. In addition, staff member Lori Foshag, who served as interim director of education for nearly a year, has been named manager of community programs. Danko-McGhee comes to the Museum from the University of Toledo where she was a professor of early childhood art education. “The Museum is fortunate to find this very talented individual within our community,” Kennedy said. “Kathy is an esteemed expert in early childhood education. Her awards, honors and publications are both numerous and indicative of her dedication and recognition in the art education field. ... More | | 
Senior police officials arrive to check the security measurements at Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram. EPA/STRINGER.
By: James Pomfret
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (REUTERS.- A stream of bare-chested religious devotees step gingerly through metal detectors at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in southern India as armed commandos with AK-47s guard perhaps one of the world's greatest treasures to surface in recent times. For months now, following a court order to prise open subterranean vaults sealed for centuries at the heart of sleepy Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of balmy Kerala state, shell-shocked experts have been coming to terms with the vast hidden hoard, estimated at one trillion Indian rupees, or $22 billion. In a nation where 500 million people are still mired in poverty, the find has been a revelation, stoking debate over how to best safeguard and use this newly discovered wealth at a time of financial uncertainty and modernization across ... More |
| After Raids Two Years Ago, Native American Artifact Dealers Slowly Regain Trust | | BMW Guggenheim Lab Launches Urbanology Online, an Interactive Game Exploring Issues of City Life | | MFA Houston Presents Private Collection of the Czech Avant-Garde Art and Glass | 
Visitors walking through the Whitehawk Antique Show. AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan.
By: Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP).- It's been two years since swarms of federal agents burst into nearly two dozen homes scattered throughout the archeologically rich Southwest, looking to take down what they believed was a criminal element robbing Native American grave sites and illicitly selling or trading pieces of the nation's heritage. Prosecutors are nearly done working their way through the list of defendants charged following those raids, having negotiated plea agreements with most that have resulted in nothing more than probation. But for legitimate dealers and collectors of Indian artifacts, the sting in the rugged Four Corners region — where the boundaries of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado meet — is as fresh today as when the raids happened that summer day in 2009. Since then, they've been struggling to rebuild their reputations and to dispel the "fantasy" that they are part of a black market dealing in rare, pricey bits of American ... More | | 
BMW GUGGENHEIM LAB. New York City. Design architect: Atelier Bow-Wow. Interior view showing the interactive installation Urbanology. Photo: Roger Kisby © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.
NEW YORK, NY.- Urbanology, an interactive game that addresses issues that arise when cities grow and inhabitants try to institute lasting change, launches online today at bmwguggenheimlab.org/urbanologyonline. Urbanology online is the companion to the large-scale, interactive installation at the BMW Guggenheim Lab, currently in New York's East Village through October 16. More than 13,500 people have already experienced the group game and now people worldwide have the chance to participate. By answering questions about key urban issues—education, housing, health care, infrastructure, and mobility—players role-play scenarios for city transformation to build a city that matches their specific desires and needs. Based on their personal responses, the player's "Future City" is created and compared with other cities around the world. Questions include: • A huge piece ... More | | 
Karel Teige. Untitled, 1947. Collage. Collection of Roy and Mary Cullen.
HOUSTON, TX.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), presents New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection November 6, 2011-February 5, 2012, shedding light on a still under-known chapter of 20th-century art. The exhibition features more than 150 Czech avant-garde works amassed by Houston philanthropists Roy and Mary Cullen, including outstanding examples from the flowering of Czech Surrealism; rare artists‘ books and avant-garde periodicals; and exquisitely molded and blown modern glass. The exhibition is curated by leading art historians based in Prague, Karel Srp of the Prague Municipal Gallery and independent scholar Lenka Bydžovská; Alison de Lima Greene, MFAH curator of contemporary art and special projects, has also contributed to the catalogue and organized this exhibition for Houston. "This project builds and expands upon the MFAH‘s nationally acclaimed ... More |
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 Paris Left Bank Comes to Edinburgh at Bonhams Colourists Sale EDINBURGH.- A major painting by the Scottish Colourist, John Duncan Fergusson, is one of the highlights of the sale of Bonhams' Colourists and other Scottish painters in Edinburgh on the evening of Wednesday 31 August. The work, ‘At the Milliner’s Paris’, depicts some of the dressmaking assistants Fergusson met at the louche Cafe d’Harcourt in the Latin Quarter on the Left Bank in Paris where they would gather after work and mingle with students from the nearby Sorbonne University. It was a favourite haunt of Fergusson’s when he was living and working in Paris before the First World War and based in a studio in the Rue Notre Dame des Champs. (The cafe continued as a student meeting place until the Nazi invasion in 1940 when it was turned into a German run bookshop. It is now a branch of Gap). Edinburgh born Fergusson was the most travelled of the four Scottish Colourists (the other three be ... More Museum Hosts Works by Most Prominent Street Artists Currently Active in Tel Aviv TEL AVIV.- In recent years, the streets of Tel Aviv – especially those in the city's central and southern neighborhoods – have been flooded with visual images, which pop up on the exteriors of abandoned houses and on other types of walls. These images range from simple slogans to complex graffiti inscriptions and carefully planned, colorful compositions. Some of these works are remarkably large, while others are small and almost invisible; what characterizes them all is the bold and innovative relationships they forge with the surrounding urban environment. Created by various artists, these images are defined by different stylistic choices and techniques (ranging from the use of spray paint or acrylic paint to stenciling and the addition of pasted elements). Some of these works are painted in color, while others are black-and-white. They are all characterized by a clandestine and illegal production process, which ... MoreAge of the Dinosaur: Thrilling Exhibition Comes to World Museum this AutumnLIVERPOOL.- Amazing life-sized moving dinosaurs will terrify Liverpool when a blockbuster exhibition roars into the city this autumn. In a major coup for World Museum, Age of the Dinosaur opens on 22 October and runs until 15 April 2012. Age of the Dinosaur will make its first appearance outside London after being created by the Natural History Museum where it had a successful run. The exhibition will give all the family an experience not to be missed. Six life-size dinosaurs will emerge out of the darkness as visitors immerse themselves in the vanished world of 65-million-years-ago. The admission charge for Age of the Dinosaur is £6 adults, £3 children and concessions, under 5s free, £14 families. Steve Judd, Director of World Museum, said: “This will be a blockbuster show that brings alive the prehistoric world. It will be the nearest you’ll get to walking with real dinosaurs. This is the first chance you will get to see an exhibition of this calibre outside of Lo ... More Sunken Treasure Sparks Legal TussleBy: Tom Hals
WILMINGTON, DE (REUTERS).- It was an eye-popping investment pitch no one else could match -- in return for $2 million, Manhattan accountant Neil Ash was offering investors a stake in the one of the biggest sunken treasures ever, an underwater site teeming with emeralds. The hitch: When Ash took backers to a Citibank vault to inspect gems that had quietly been recovered from the sea, they were gone. That set in motion a complicated and colorful legal scramble to lay claim to a trove of emeralds worth up to $500 million, according to court documents. It's a story marked by accusations of double-dealing, corporate mutiny and deceit. The cast includes an investor who once oversaw Citigroup's hedge fund business, a Democratic Party insider who has hosted the Obama family at his Hawaii getaway and an unlikely amateur treasure hunter. The main legal dispute has played out quietly in Delaware's Chancery Court, where Jay Miscovich, a retired doctor who apparently found the ... More Sotheby's Opens Fall Wine Auction Season With New York SaleNEW YORK, N.Y.- Sotheby’s New York will open the 2011 Fall season of wine auctions on 10 September with Finest and Rarest Wines Featuring An Important New England Cellar featuring 1,183 lots estimated to fetch $2.9/4 million. This is the second time Sotheby’s has offered wines from this Important New England Cellar with the first sale in December 2006 far surpassing expectations. The collection is notable for its strength in Bordeaux and Burgundy classics but also includes a superb range of the very best Rhône and Italian wines. In addition, the various owner portion of the sale offers bidders a very strong line-up of the top producers from the Côte de Nuits in Burgundy, outstanding Rhône, superlative Bordeaux, and parcel quantities of the most popular wines from California. Duncan Sterling, Head of Sotheby’s New York Wine Auctions commented: “Following the success of our summer sale, we are pleased to be ... More Taraneh Hemami's Design Chosen for Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Public Art ProjectSAN FRANCISCO, CA.- San Francisco-based artist Taraneh Hemami?s striking window design has been selected as the winner of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts? public art project competition. The new art commission, which was funded by a grant from the Yerba Buena Community Benefit District under the Public Art funding priority, has been installed on the expansive front window of YBCA?s Forum building and overlooks Yerba Buena Gardens. One of 64 submissions, the winning design was chosen by panelists Betti-Sue Hertz, director of visual arts at YBCA; Susan Krane, director of the San Jose Museum of Art; Maurizzio Pineda, gallery coordinator at the Mission Cultural Center; and Kevin King, YBCA board member. Taraneh Hemami, who was born in Tehran, has created a powerful work that complements the nautical elements of the architect Fumihiko Maki?s design of YBCA?s Galleries and Forum building, which references San Francisco?s position as a ... More |
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