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The exhibition is the first to show all products that were created since Ive is in charge of design at Apple. Photo: Conrad.
HAMBURG.- The Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg is showing the exhibition “Stylectrical – On Electro-Design That Makes History” from 26th August 2011 until 15th January 2012. The exhibition takes a look at the complex process of industrial product design in the context of cultural studies. Once again the Museum is taking up a highly topical and socially relevant subject. The focus is on the design of Jonathan Ive (*1967), Senior Vice President of Industrial Design at Apple, and responsible for creating all of the devices of the California based company. His products are of incomparable popularity on account of their extremely consistent and recognizable design. A quarter of the approximately 400 exhibits are products by Apple, which are shown for the first time in a comprehensive overview. The exhibition traces a retrospective of works as well as of the company's internal development of design, and provide ... More |
| Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: Masterpieces from the Gelman Collection at the Pallant House Gallery | | Christie's New York presents the Fall sale of Classical Indian & Southeast Asian art | | CCS Bard Hessel Museum of art presents "If you lived here, you'd be home by now" | 
File photo of Two visitors looking at a painting by Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. EPA/TOLGA BOZOGLU.
CHICHESTER.- Pallant House Gallery is presenting ‘Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera: Masterpieces from the Gelman Collection’. This major touring exhibition, which is in Chichester for its only UK showing, brings together the iconic paintings of Frida Kahlo (1907 – 1954) and Diego Rivera (1886 – 1957), the two central figures of Mexican Modernism, for the first time in this country. Few artists have captured the public's imagination with the force of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and her husband, the Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rivera. The myths that surrounded them in their lifetime arose not only from their significant body of work, but also from their active participation in the life of their time, their friendships (and conflicts) with leading figures, their striking physical appearance and spirited natures. Their work speaks of a fierce loyalty to and pride in Mexico, the ideals of the 1910 revoluti ... More | | 
A Gilt Bronze Figure of Buddha, Nepal, 14th century, 23 3/8 in. (59.4 cm.) high. Estimate: $400,000-$600,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- On September 13, the afternoon will be devoted to the classical works of Indian and Southeast Asian Art. Christie’s will offer an extensive selection of over 200 lots of sculpture, paintings, ritual objects, and works of art from India, Tibet, Nepal and Southeast Asia. Several notable collections will also be featured in the sale, including The Burkhart Collection, as well as Property from the Dr. David Nalin Collection, which has a large focus on stone and stucco sculpture from the Gandharan region. Highlighting the sale of Indian & Southeast Asian Art is an exquisite gilt bronze figure of Buddha (estimate: $400,000-600,000). Completed in the 14th century in Nepal, this exquisite bronze is elegantly modeled in the refined Newari style. The sale presents The Burkhart Collection, a selection of more than 30 quality works from a notable collector. Hanspeter Burkhart, ... More | | 
Installation image from If you lived here, you'd be home by now. Photo: Chris Kendall.
ALBANY, N.Y.- This summer, the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (CCS Bard) presents If you lived here, you’d be home by now, an exhibition about the life of the art object in domestic spaces. Co-curated by artist Josiah McElheny, CCS Bard Executive Director Tom Eccles, and Dia Art Foundation Curator-at-Large Lynne Cooke, the exhibition offers visitors to the museum a unique opportunity to view artworks from the vantage point of historically important furniture and seating arrangements. Conceived as a complement to Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1964-1977 (concurrently on view in the adjacent CCS Bard Galleries and at Dia:Beacon), it includes a number of new site-specific works by New York-based artist McElheny. These wall works draw upon the legacy of Palermo, an important German artist who often worked within domestic or formerly domestic spaces. If you lived here, you’d be home by now presents a numbe ... More |
| Brian Ulrich: Copia-Retail, Thrift, and Dark Stores, 2001-11 at the Cleveland Museum of Art | | New exhibition in Tucson shows the history of the Center for Creative Photography | | Presidential limousine from Eisenhower White House set for auction | 
Granger, IN (detail), 2003. Brian Ulrich (American, b. 1971). Ultrachrome Inkjet Print; 101.6 x 127 cm. Courtesy of the artist. © Brian Ulrich.
CLEVELAND, OH.- The Cleveland Museum of Art presents the first major museum exhibition of contemporary photographer Brian Ulrich’s work from a decade-long examination of the American consumer psyche in Copia—Retail, Thrift, and Dark Stores, 2001-11. From the Latin word for “plenty,” the artist’s Copia series explores economic, cultural and political implications of commercialism and American consumer culture. The exhibition, featuring almost 60 photographs, will be on view from August 27, 2011 to January 16, 2012 in the museum’s east wing photography galleries. “Brian Ulrich has built a formidable reputation through his work, which is both visually powerful and technically accomplished,” says C. Griffith Mann, Cleveland Museum of Art chief curator. “His photographs offer haunting images that explore the landscapes of American consumer culture. Ulrich’s work invites us to c ... More | | 
Edward Weston, Nude, 1936. Edward Weston Archive. ©1981 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents.
TUCSON, AZ.- The Center for Creative Photography’s current exhibition Creative Continuum: The History of the Center for Creative Photography, will be on through November 27, 2011. In 2010, the Center for Creative Photography celebrated its thirty‐fifth anniversary which posed an opportunity to look back on past accomplishments and celebrate recent activities. Creative Continuum presents a variety of photographs and archival objects acquired by the Center for Creative Photography over the past 36 years, demonstrating the diversity of the collection and the range of materials it preserves. “In the last 36 years, The Center for Creative Photography has acquired more archives and individual works by 20th century North American photographers than any other museum in the nation,” commented Rebecca Senf, Curator of Photography, Center for Creative Photography. “For Creative Continuum ... More | | 
1955 Cadillac Series 75 Presidential Limousine from the Eisenhower White House to be auctioned in Auburn, Indiana, September 1 – 4, 2011.
AUBURN, IND.- After slumbering quietly in Europe for more than two decades, a historically significant 1955 Cadillac Series 75 Presidential Limousine from the Eisenhower White House has returned to America to cross the auction block at Auctions America by RM’s Auburn Fall sale in Indiana next week (September 1 – 4). Custom built by Hess & Eisenhardt for the Eisenhower White House, the special order limousine, chassis 557555865, is one of approximately 1200 collector cars on offer at this year’s Auburn Fall Collector Car Weekend. The multi-day sale in Auburn, Indiana, will also present a select range of vintage motorcycles to cater for collectors of classic two wheelers. Commissioned in 1955 for the First Lady, Mrs. Eisenhower’s use, as well as to serve as a formal and parade vehicle when needed, this important parade car was delivered straight from the factory in March 1955 to Hess & ... More |
| University of Virginia Art Museum exhibit on The Fourteenth Street School opens | | "Portraiture Now: Asian American portraits of encounter" at the National Portrait Gallery Aug. 12 | | School of Visual Arts presents "The Influentials: SVA women alumni invite artists who have shaped their work" | 
Isabel Bishop (American, 1902–1988), Lunch Counter, c. 1940. Oil, egg tempera, and pencil on hardboard, 23 x 14 in, 58.42 x 35.56 cm. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC © Estate of Isabel Bishop, Courtesy D.C. Moore Gallery, New York, Acquired 1941. Accession No. 0139.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.- Urban realism, with a touch of Renaissance idealism, was the bread and butter of the Fourteenth Street School, a group of New York artists who made their mark between the world wars. A new exhibition at the University of Virginia Art Museum, "Figure Study: The Fourteenth Street School and the Woman in Public," draws on the museum's collection of paintings, prints and drawings by these artists. The exhibit opened Aug. 26 and runs through Dec. 23. The museum is open to the public free of charge Tuesday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Artists including Kenneth Hayes Miller, Isabel Bishop, Guy Pene du Bois and Reginald Marsh, who all lived and worked in the Union Square neighborhood and ... More | | 
American vs. Japs 2 by Roger Shimomura. Acrylic on canvas, 2010. Stretcher: 137.2 x 137.2cm (54 x 54"). Frame: 147.3 x 147.3cm (58 x 58") Flomenhaft Gallery, New York © Roger Shimomura EXH.AA.3
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Smithsonian‟s National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program have collaborated to mount the Smithsonian‟s first major showcase of contemporary Asian American portraiture. Through the work of seven artists from across the country and around the world, the exhibition offers thought-provoking interpretations of the Asian American experience and representations against and beyond the stereotypes that have obscured the complexity of being Asian in America. The exhibition is open Aug. 12 through Oct. 14, 2012. “The „Portraiture Now‟ exhibition series showcases innovative trends in portraiture,” said Martin Sullivan, director of the National Portrait Gallery. “„Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter,‟ is a provocative and ... More | | 
Katherine Bernhardt, Untitled, 2011, acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of Canada New York Gallery.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- School of Visual Arts (SVA) presents “The Influentials,” an exhibition featuring distinguished female alumni of the College and the diverse group of artists who have influenced their practice. “The Influentials” is both an investigation into the creative lineage between contemporary artists and a dialogue between mentors and mentees that crosses generations, gender and media. Co-curated by independent curator Amy Smith-Stewart and SVA Director of Development and Alumni Affairs Carrie Lincourt, “The Influentials” will be on view at the Visual Arts Gallery, 601 West 26 Street, 15th floor, New York City, from August 26 – September 21, 2011. “The Influentials” brings together some of New York’s most recognized female artists, from celebrated painters like Katherine Bernhardt and Inka Essenhigh to sought-after video and installation artists like Aïda Ruil ... More |
| Bonhams Knightsbridge to sell iconic Terence Cuneo image of Golden Arrow train | | Daros Latinamerica Collection presents Wifredo Diaz Valdez' Construir Desconstruyendo | | Rarely seen artworks by the Blk Art Group go on show at Sheffield's Graves Gallery | 
The Golden Arrow by Terence Cuneo (detail). Estimate: £40,000-60,000. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- Bonhams are to sell The Golden Arrow by Terence Cuneo in their Modern Paintings auction on 20th September 2011 at Bonhams Knightsbridge. The painting is estimated to sell for £40,000-60,000. The Golden Arrow was a luxury boat train that ran between London’s Victoria station and Dover. Passengers would then take the ferry across the Channel to Calais and complete their journey from there to Paris by another train, the Fleche d’Or. The train was initially entirely for first-class passengers, before later being expanded. Between September 1939 and April 1946 it ceased to run because of the war, and later in 1951 it had a new set of Pullman cars built as part of the celebrations of the Festival of Britain. The train made its final journey in September 1972. Famed for his paintings of trains, horses and military action, Cuneo (1907-1996) was also distinguished for being the official artist of the Coronation of ... More | | 
Wifredo Diaz Valdez, Butaca, 1984. Wood (oak) and jute. Closed: 79.5 x 56.5 x 45.5 cm. Daros Latinamerica Collection, Zürich. Photo: Bruno Alder, Zürich.
ZURICH.- The exhibition Construir Desconstruyendo offers a glimpse at the fascinating work of rediscovered Uruguayan artist Wifredo Díaz Valdéz (born 1932), who creates unusual wooden sculptures out of imaginatively deconstructed everyday objects. Wifredo Díaz Valdéz constructs artworks by disassembling furniture, tools, and all sorts of everyday utensils to be found in rural Uruguay, and doing so with the greatest artisanal precision and love of detail. But this well-planned dismantling is not about destruction, but rather the creation of something entirely new. The artist begins by analyzing the object he has selected according to its organic quality, considers the conditions of its wooden structure, the texture of its surface, among other things, before moving on to thinking about possible new volumes as they emerge, and the ultimate artistic ... More | | 
Donald Rodney, Britannia Hospital 2, 1988 (detail). © Estate of Donald Rodney.
SHEFFIELD.- From Saturday 27 August, Sheffield’s Graves Gallery will debut the UK ’s first exhibition exploring the work of the influential art collective, the Blk Art Group. Curated by Museums Sheffield, the exhibition will bring together rarely-seen works from the city’s own collections and loans from the artists to showcase the group’s considerable contribution to raising awareness of black British art. In the early 1980s, the British National Party was on the rise, the Brixton riots were shaking London and South Africa was in the grip of apartheid. Against a backdrop of injustice and unrest, the Blk Art Group emerged as a strong creative force in Britain. Heavily influenced by the Black Power Movement in the US , the artists in the group each made powerful responses to the crises in race relations both at home and overseas. Using a wide range of materials, from s ... More |
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 New York-based arts group to present fourth annual Governors Island art fair NEW YORK, N.Y.- The New York-based arts group, 4heads, presents the Fourth Annual Governors Island Art Fair, which will be free and open to the public September 2 – 25, 2011 on Fridays from 11am to 4pm, and on Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 6pm. The 4heads jury has chosen 120 independent artists of merit and a select number of innovative galleries to participate in this growing tradition. Each participant is granted space in the abandoned military barracks on Governors Island and is given free reign to design his or her own exhibition. The result is the dramatic transformation of a national landmark into a spiraling trove of fresh, exciting artwork. The epic scope of the 2011 fair includes 116 rooms of sculpture, photography, painting, video, sound, and object installations. While featuring artists from as far away as Switzerland and Morocco, the fair will also provide a unique venue for a large number of New York ... More "Homegrown" team to lead the Dayton Art Institute DAYTON, OH.- The Dayton Art Institute’s board of trustees announced that two Daytonians have been selected to lead the museum. Michael R. Roediger, currently vice president of development at Victoria Theatre Association, will assume the role of executive director, and Jane A. Black, executive director of the Dayton Visual Arts Center (DVAC), will become the museum’s associate director, a newly created position. “We assessed our greatest needs and anticipate that our new leadership team will bring great energy and new ideas to the Art Institute,” says Board Chairman Rob Connelly. “We intend to fully execute our strategic plan by improving our outreach and expanding our audiences.” Roediger, a 13-year veteran of Victoria Theatre Association, will begin his new duties as The Dayton Art Institute’s executive director on October 1. He comes to the museum knowing there are challenges. &# ... More Rhino horn thieves fooled by replicas in United Kingdom heist LONDON (AP).- Thieves have struck a British museum aiming to cart away rare rhino horns — but it turns out they took replicas instead. The foiled heist at the Natural History Museum at Tring follows a string of rhino horn thefts in Britain and continental Europe. The horns are revered in parts of Asia for their purported aphrodisiac and medicinal value and are often ground into powder. The museum, located 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of London in the county of Hertfordshire, was closed Saturday while police investigated the early morning crime. Displays are being repaired and the museum will reopen Sunday. Museum officials say the replicas have no financial value. They estimate the real horns would have been worth about 240,000 pounds ($391,000) in the illegal trade. ... More Columbia Museum of Art names Director of Education COLUMBIA, SC.- The Columbia Museum of Art announces the appointment of Kerry Kuhlkin-Hornsby as director of education. She was previously the Education Programs and Volunteer Manager at the Museum and prior to that role, she was a Museum educator at Museum of York County and a Kindergarten teacher at St. Joseph School. Kuhlkin-Hornsby brings 20 years of education and art experience and has taught over 100 art classes and workshops. She recently curated a student photography exhibition, which was selected for display in United States Senator Lindsey Graham’s offices in Washington, DC. By partnering with organizations like Columbia Green and Palmetto Conservation Foundation, she also revamped the Education Gallery to be a fun and interactive space for children. Kuhlkin-Hornsby planned, organized and implemented new programs for toddlers through adults including the popular series Wee ... More San Francisco Arts Commission offers Popular SFO Public Art tour on iTunes SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- With the opening of San Francisco International Airport's newly remodeled Terminal 2 (T2) in April 2011, the San Francisco Arts Commission added five new public artworks to its world-class collection and reinstalled 20 works, which had historically been sited at the airport. In order to enhance the traveler's experience of the public art at T2, the Arts Commission worked with San Francisco-based Earprint Productions to create an audio tour that offers an intimate look at the collection. Up until recently, travelers passing through T2 could only hear the tour via a Guide by Cell audio tour, which could be accessed by dialing a local number, 650-352-4331. A high-fidelity version of the tour complete with music and sound effects as well as images of the work and some of the artists is now available for free on iTunes. Travelers can download the tour directly from iTunes or by visiting sfartscommissio ... More |
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