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A visitor looks at 'Harlequin sitting, 1923' by Pablo Picasso, at the exhibition 'Artists' friendships - Karl Im Obersteg in conversation with Amiet, Chagall, Jawlensky' at the Kunstmuseum Basel, in Basel, Switzerland, 05 August 2011. The exhibition lasts from 06 August to 16 October 2011. EPA/GEORGIOS KEFALAS.
BASEL.- This integral overview at the Im Obersteg Foundation focuses on Karl Im Obersteg's artist friendships. It presents some 100 paintings, drawings and bronze sculptures, as well as a large selection of letters from the Foundation's collection. It all began in Ticino, southern Switzerland, in 1919: Karl Im Obersteg, a young haulage contractor from Basel, was recovering from the Spanish flu as Eastern European artists were finding refuge in Switzerland. They all headed for the small town of Ascona whose southern climate and Italian ambiance attracted many artists and intellectuals. As several hundred letters testify, Im Obersteg's casual encounters with artists grew into friendships. While some correspondence was business-related, many letters reflect the artists' intensifying personal relationships with the collector. A particularly moving example are Alexej von Jawlensky's letters which repeatedly allude to his great suffering from an incurable rheumatic illness that caused ... More |
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| Rare Indian Bronzes Spanning Fifteen Centuries at New Orleans Museum of Art | | Survivor Treasures Mother's Last Letters in Holocaust Museum's Photo Project | | The Estate of Miroslav Tichy Organizes Exhibition at Galerie Walter Kellerin Zurich | 
A native of Bombay (Mumbai) India, Dr. Bhansali first began collecting Indian bronzes about 35 years ago.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- The Elegant Image: Hindu, Buddhist and Jain Bronzes from the Indian Subcontinent in the Siddharth K. Bhansali Collection, presented by the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) from August 5 through October 23, 2011, showcases 100 bronze sculptures of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain deities, underscoring the richness of the three major religions of ancient India. The exhibition, drawn primarily from the collection of Dr. Siddharth K. Bhansali, includes examples of the earliest known metal representations of a deity, among a number of other rare and noteworthy bronzes. The Elegant Image, curated by eminent Indian art historian Dr. Pratapaditya Pal, furthers NOMA's exploration of Indian works as part of NOMA's centennial celebration and focus on the museum's extensive and diverse areas of collection. "Dr. Bhansali has not only contributed the majority of the works of art for this exhibition, but has also been a tireless ad ... More | | 
Holocaust survivor Jean-Claude Goldbrenner. AP Photo/The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives.
By: Sharon Cohen, AP National Writer
NEW YORK (AP).- Old photos don't stir memories for Jean-Claude Goldbrenner, but words do. He was just 3 in his picture posted on the special U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's web site, so he could do little but identify himself. But his mother's letters — given to him by an aunt — are poignant reminders of a childhood shaped by tragedy. Estera Goldbrenner — known as Elsa — was arrested by German police in May 1943 on a train in Nice, France, as she traveled to visit her jailed husband, Willy. She began writing her family after being shipped to Drancy, a transit camp outside Paris where thousands of French Jews were deported to concentration camps. She wrote about 10 letters that June and July. At first, she was optimistic she'd be released because she was pregnant. "I saw the doctor today," she wrote in ... More | | 
Czech artist Miroslav Tichý, born in 1926, holds a unique position in the history of 20th century art and photography.
ZURICH.- In the first solo show in Switzerland since the exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zurich in 2005, approximately 35 works by Miroslav Tichý are being shown until the first days of September. Additional works are available. Czech artist Miroslav Tichý, born in 1926, holds a unique position in the history of 20th century art and photography. He died in April 2011 in the Czech city of Kyjov. All photographs displayed in this commemorative exhibition, as well as all additional works available from Galerie Walter Kellerin's stock, were directly acquired from Tichý’s sole heir of all property rights, Jana Hebnarova. The gallery also informed that Mrs. Hebnarova will continue to work with the gallery on the basis of exclusivity. For more than thirty years – that is, until the late 1980s – he lived a life of personal and cultural isolation, but took dozens of photographs every day, his great subject being the wome ... More |
| New Portrait of Sir James Dyson by Julian Opie on Show at the National Portrait Gallery | | Young Curators Project Inspired by Damien Hirst Artist Rooms Exhibition at Leeds Art Gallery | | Brazilian Collective Brings their Fresh Approach to Art to the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum | 
Sir James Dyson, 2010 by Julian Opie. ©Julian Opie / National Portrait Gallery, London commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery with the support of J.P. Morgan through the Fund for New Commissions.
LONDON.- A new portrait of one of Britain’s most successful inventors by artist Julian Opie went on display at the National Portrait Gallery on Saturday 6 August. The portrait of Sir James Dyson, inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, is the first work by Julian Opie to be commissioned by the Gallery, and is being shown alongside other works by the artist. The large-scale, head and shoulders portrait depicts Sir James looking out of the canvas beyond the viewer. Opie is known for his highly stylised work involving the reduction of photographs or short films into figurative representations, the human face often characterised by black outlines with flat areas of colour and minimal detail. In more recent works, he has found inspiration in historic portraits, referencing traditional poses, and this new portrait is reminiscent of ‘heroic’ ... More | | 
File photo of British artist Damien Hirst posing in front his sculpture 'The Immortal'. EPA/BRUNO BEBERT.
LONDON.- The Damien Hirst ARTIST ROOMS exhibition at Leeds Art Gallery, as part of the ongoing UK tour sponsored by us, has inspired a group of students to create an accompanying exhibtion entitled A Series of Artworks Carefully Arranged. We put up additional funding for The Young Curators Project which was run by Leeds Art Gallery in collaboration with students studying BA Visual Communication at Leeds College of Art. The group of 18 were led by three core curators – Jodie Curley, Joe Durnan and Amber Bednall, each taking a specific area of responsibility and together creating a show in response to Damien Hirst’s art using Leeds’ permanent collection. After many workshops and hours of research into the work of the ex-Leeds resident Damien Hirst, the team began to develop a theme. As they say, ‘We wanted to link to Damien Hirst, but indirectly so it didn’t look like a copycat exhibition. We had elements of life and death and science, ... More | | 
Chelpa Ferro, Jungle Jam (detail), 2010. Courtesy of the artists and Sprovieri Gallery, London.
RIDGEFIELD, CT.- Chelpa Ferro is a Brazilian collective comprised of artists Barrão, Luiz Zerbini, and Sergio Mekler that was formed in 1995. Already independently renowned, they got together under the umbrella “Chelpa Ferro”—Portuguese slang for money and steel—with the objective of doing some leisurely experimentation outside the constraints of their primary individual art careers. Chelpa Ferro’s first US exhibition brings their fresh, somewhat chaotic, and savvy interdisciplinary approach to objects that they transform into animate sculptures and sound-creating devices to The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. The project, which has received funding support from the National Endowment for the Arts, will remain on view through January 8, 2012. Chelpa Ferro is well known for squeezing a rhythmical sound from seemingly non musical devices such as electric toothbrushes, drills, sewing machines, or jui ... More |
| Australian Born Photographer Russell James' "On the Beach" Opens at Young Gallery in Knokke | | Anne Elizabeth Moore Deconstructs Denim Jeans at the Museum of Contemporary Art | | Japanese City of Hiroshima on Saturday Marked the 66th Anniversary of Bombing | 
Karolina Whisper.
KNOKKE.- Australian born, Russell James is currently renowned as one of the world's leading fashion, beauty and celebrity photographers. Over the past decade his images have been prominent in world leading publications including Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, W, Photo, GQ, Sports Illustrated and a host of other significant journals. Russell's diverse achievements range from exhibiting for the likes of Hermes in association with Guggenheim to breakthrough advertising campaigns for clients such as Rolex and Victoria's Secret to emotional portraits on many of the world's leading celebrities such as Scarlett Johansson, Sigourney Weaver, Faith Hill and some sixty others. Originally inspired by the rich natural locations and the extraordinary light of Western Australia, Russell further developed his aspirational and emotional style in the cutting edge photography markets of London, Paris, Tokyo, Stockholm and Milan from 1987 to 1996. Debuting as a commercial director in ... More | | 
Garment Work, 2010. Photo courtesy of the artist.
CHICAGO, IL.- Chicago-based artist Anne Elizabeth Moore leads Garment Work, a durational collective performance project in which the artist and visitors deconstruct one of America’s most iconic fashion elements: denim jeans. Moore turns the gallery space into a performance/workshop/discussion to create a connection between Cambodia’s garment manufacturing industry, where the jeans are made; to Michigan Avenue, where the jeans are sold. Garment Work debuted at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, on the evening of August 5 during First Fridays as part of the monthly UBS 12 x 12: New Artists/New Work and runs through August 28, 2011. Her exhibition is a symbolic meditation on the international garment trade and women’s issues in developing nations, and presents research about the origins of the jeans and the experiences of their makers and sellers. On Tuesdays and Saturdays during the exhibition, Moor ... More | | 
People pray before the cenotaph for the atomic bombing victims. AP Photo/Koji Sasahara.
By: Koji Sasahara, Associated Press
HIROSHIMA (AP).- The Japanese city of Hiroshima on Saturday marked the 66th anniversary of the bombing, as the nation fights a different kind of disaster from atomic technology — a nuclear plant in a meltdown crisis after being hit by a tsunami. The site of the world's first A-bomb attack observed a moment of silence at 8:15 a.m. Saturday (2315 GMT Friday) — the time the bomb was dropped on Aug. 6, 1945, by the United States in the last stages of World War II. The bomb destroyed most of the city and killed as many as 140,000 people. A second atomic bombing Aug. 9 that year in Nagasaki killed tens of thousands more and prompted the Japanese to surrender. Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Saturday laid a wreath of yellow flowers at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and reiterated Japan's promise ... More |
| Pair of Unique Ford Concept Cars to Be Auctioned for Charity at RM Auction's Sale | | George Eastman House in Rochester Presents Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera | | Solo Exhibition of New Works by the New Delhi-Based Artist Samit Das at Nature Morte | 
2005 Ford Shelby GR-1 Concept Platform Model. Photo: Ford Motor Company © Courtesy of RM Auctions.
BLENHEIM, ON.- Continuing its relationship with the Ford Motor Company, RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house, will lift the gavel on two unique Ford concept cars when its highly-anticipated Monterey sale gets underway, August 19 in California. Offered on behalf of the Ford Motor Company, the striking pair of concepts – a sleek 2001 Ford Thunderbird Sports Roadster Concept Car and a race-inspired 2005 Ford Shelby GR-1 Concept Platform – will be presented ‘without reserve’ at the upcoming Monterey sale, with proceeds benefiting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). To coincide with their offering, a small group of JDRF Youth Ambassadors will be on hand at the August 19 auction to witness the sale. “We are honored to have been entrusted by Ford Motor Company to offer these two exceptional concepts at our Monterey sale, and delighted to once again support the wo ... More | | 
Norman Rockwell, Soda Jerk. Columbus Museum of Art.
ROCHESTER, NY.- Experience the iconic paintings and illustrations of artist Norman Rockwell alongside the staged photographs on which he based his work, with the exhibition Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera, on view through Sept. 18, 2011. Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) adopted photography in the mid-1930s as a tool to bring his illustration ideas to life in studio sessions. He carefully orchestrated the photographs, hand-selecting the props, locations, and models. Rockwell created an abundance of photographs for each new subject, sometimes capturing complete compositions and other times combining separate pictures of individual elements. For the first time, Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera presents more than 100 study photographs with his drawings — and related tear sheets of magazine covers plus photography equipment, archival letters, and an introductory film — offering an in-depth look at the artist’s working process. The camera brought a new flesh-and-blood r ... More | | 
Samit Das, Untitled (detail), 14.5” x 18” (37 x 45 cms), water color on paper.
NEW DELHI.- Nature Morte presents a solo exhibition of new works by the New Delhi-based artist Samit Das. Continuing with his signature style of a hybrid mixture of painting, print-making, drawing, and collage, the exhibition is in honor of the 150th birth anniversary of the Nobel Prize laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Himself a Bengali and a graduate of Santiniketan (the university established by Tagore and his associates), Samit Das has for many years been researching the architecture and interiors designed by Tagore himself (both for Santiniketan and his homes in Kolkata). Das has approached this archive of imagery as if a journey, mining and deciphering the clues found at an archeological site. Das combines the found photographic materials with his own handwork, creating works that are a synthesis of Tagore’s letters, poetry, painting, academic and social lives, and discovering relevancies between his architectural ... More |
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 Fuller Craft Museum Presents a Lighter Hand: The Glass Drawings of Michael Janis BROCKTON, MASS.- Fuller Craft Museum, New England’s home for contemporary craft, presents A Lighter Hand: The Glass Drawings of Michael Janis, on display Aug. 6 —Nov. 6, 2011. The exhibition features the recent work of the virtuosic Washington, DC-based artist, who was recently named a Fulbright Scholar. Janis’ work is the result of a laborious and challenging process. Similar to scrafftio, where a design is scratched through a colored ground revealing another color beneath; to produce the image Janis sifts black glass powder onto sheet glass, scraping away the powder to produce the detail. The image is suspended between layers of sheet glass and fired in a kiln to fuse the constituent pieces together. In this manner any number of images can be combined to produce complex juxtapositions. The result is a collage produced entirely in glass, built from a time-consuming process allowing for an extended contemp ... More PowerHouse Books to Publish Vivian Maier: Street Photographer NEW YORK, NY.- A good street photographer must be possessed of many talents: an eye for detail, light, and composition; impeccable timing; a populist or humanitarian outlook; and a tireless ability to constantly shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot and never miss a moment. It is hard enough to find these qualities in trained photographers with the benefit of schooling and mentors and a community of fellow artists and aficionados supporting and rewarding their efforts. It is incredibly rare to find it in someone with no formal training and no network of peers. Yet Vivian Maier is all of these things, a professional nanny, who from the 1950s until the 1990s took over 100,000 photographs worldwide— from France to New York City to Chicago—and yet showed the results to no one. The photos are amazing both for the breadth of the work and for the high quality of the humorous, moving, beautiful, and raw images of all facets of city life in ... MoreAlzheimer's Patients Benefit from New Detroit Institute Arts Pilot Program "Minds on Art" DETROIT, MI.- The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) launched a pilot program today that provides stimulating art experiences for people with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers. The program, called Minds on Art, is the first of its kind in Michigan, and is designed to spur mental stimulation, communication and social engagement and to lessen the isolation that comes with the disease. Minds on Art consists of a series of museum visits, each beginning with a gallery discussion followed by an art-making activity. The program is carefully facilitated to exercise cognitive processes while providing a recreational “day out” for both patient and caregiver. Prior to initiating Minds on Art, DIA teaching volunteers and staff participated in sensitivity and techniques training provided by the Michigan Alzheimer’s Association (MAA). The program is a partnership with the MAA, where patients and caregivers from today&# ... More Faye Toogood to Launch Third Furniture Collection at Phillips De Pury & CompanyLONDON.- British Designer, Faye Toogood, will launch her third furniture collection, Assemblage 3: Delicate Interference exclusively with Phillips de Pury & Company during the 2011 London Design Festival. Delicate Interference examines the natural, optical force of iridescence through new and re-contextualized works executed in bronze, aluminium, steel, glass and resin. Toogood employs an array of material treatments and a touch of alchemy to imbue Assemblage 3 with the properties native to iridescence, mimicking nature’s ability to attract and repel through light interference. The series is composed of a dressing table, a floor light, a wall sconce, an oil resin cube, and a mobile and successfully reexamines the Spade Chair, Spade Stool and Element Table from Assemblage 2. The entire series will be on show at Phillips de Pury’s, Brook Street space with Studio Toogood directing the exhibition design. All works ... More Sheldon Museum of Art Contest Aims to Name Nebraska Arts MagazineLINCOLN, NE.- If you're a regular at art openings, love the arts, are a creative type or simply fancy yourself a bit of a wordsmith, the Sheldon Museum of Art needs your help. Sheldon, along with a number of statewide partners, is producing a new publication that will tell the story of the visual arts in Nebraska. This magazine, to be released twice a year, will feature interviews with practicing artists, timely news, and an array of powerful images to create a conversation -- and an awareness -- about the vibrant art community that exists across Nebraska. Sheldon is asking the public to help name the publication. Participants can submit their suggestion for the publication title at the Sheldon's website, . A special link on the front page will take users to a submission form. "The magazine will create something that doesn't exist: an arts community across ... More |
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