| | Too Hot to Handle: 350-Year-Old Stolen Rembrandt Found at California Church
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Los Angeles Sheriff lead detective Clarence Williams, left, and Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore, right, display the recovered $250,000 quill pen Rembrandt drawing known as "The Judgment" at a news conference, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, in Marina Del Rey, Calif. Authorities said early Tuesday they had recovered the Dutch master's 17th century sketch at a San Fernando Valley church, about 20 miles from the luxury hotel lobby where it was stolen over the weekend from a private art display while a curator was momentarily distracted by someone who seemed interested in buying another piece. AP Photo/Gus Ruelas
By: Robert Jablon, Associated Press
MARINA DEL REY (AP).- A stolen Rembrandt sketch was too hot to handle for thieves, and even the detective who held the 17th century artwork in white-gloved hands Tuesday admitted he was nervous. After all, it was only days earlier that the 350-year-old artwork worth $250,000 was swiped from the lobby of a seaside hotel. The 11-by-6-inch pen-and-ink drawing was found in an unlocked public area of an Encino church Monday evening after a caller recognized it from news accounts of its weekend theft, said Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore. It was verified as being the stolen piece shortly after midnight, he said. However, experts will be asked to authenticate the work as a Rembrandt, and until then it will remain in an evidence locker, Whitmore said. "It's going to stay under lock and key until the detectives determine where to send it next," he said. The frame holding it will be fingerprinted and investigators will try to determine whether the church has any sur ... More |
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| A Selection of Murals Made by Diego Rivera During the 1930s to Be Shown at MoMA | | National Gallery of Victoria Acquires Newly Discovered Renaissance Masterpiece | | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Acquires Key Work by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh | 
Diego Rivera, Frozen Assets. 1931-32. Fresco on reinforced cement in a galvanized-steel framework, 93 ¾ x 74” (238 x 88 cm). Museo Dolores Olmedo, Xochimilco, Mexico © 2011 Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, México, D.F./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- For the exhibition Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA will reunite five "portable murals"-freestanding frescoes with bold images commemorating events in Mexican history-that were made for a monographic exhibition of the artist's work at the Museum in 1931. On view from November 13, 2011, to May 14, 2012, the exhibition will also feature three eight-foot working drawings, a prototype "portable mural" made in 1930, as well as smaller working drawings, watercolors, and prints by Rivera. It will also include design drawings for his infamous Rockefeller Center mural, a project Rivera began to discuss with the Rockefellers while in residence at the Museum. ... More | | 
Correggio, Madonna and Child with infant St John the Baptist 1514–15. Oil on wood panel, 45.0 x 35.5 cm. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased with funds donated by Andrew Sisson, 2011.
MELBOURNE.- The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) today announced that in its 150th year it had acquired a highly important masterpiece by Correggio, one of the most influential figures of the Italian High Renaissance. Director Gerard Vaughan unveiled the painting, which has just arrived from London. The newly discovered work, titled Madonna and Child with the infant Saint John the Baptist was painted by Antonio Allegri, called Correggio, circa 1514‐1515. This rare Correggio is a magnificent example of early 16th century Northern Italian painting. It is an incomparable masterpiece with no other similar work either in the NGV Collection, or any other public collection in Australia. The painting was purchased at Sotheby’s London sale on 6 July 2011 for $5.2 million and is the single highest priced acquisition in the NGV’s history. ... More | | 
Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, The Mysterious Garden, 1911.
EDINBURGH.- The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art is delighted to announce the acquisition of The Mysterious Garden (1911) by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1865-1933). This stunning work is a superb addition to the Gallery’s holding of early twentieth-century Scottish art. The acquisition has been made in celebration of the Gallery’s 50th anniversary which took place in 2010. The Mysterious Garden was purchased for £230,000 from the Fine Art Society, London with substantial assistance of £115,000 from the Art Fund, the national fundraising charity for works of art. The Mysterious Garden is a rare and beautiful work that shows a woman artist at the forefront of developments in the arts at the beginning of the twentieth century. First exhibited almost exactly a century ago, in March 1911, at the Royal Scottish Society for Painters in Watercolour in Glasgow, it is one of the artist’s largest in ... More |
| Australia's First Online "Dress Register" is Launched by the Powerhouse Museum | | Hapsburg Imperial Treasures Go on Display in Cambridge with Lost Royal Masterpiece | | Site-Specific Artworks by Leading British Artists Alight on Northamptonshire's Waterways | 
Black velveteen boy's suit, part of a unique collection of children's clothing, is one of three made in the 1920s for Ori, Roy and Leo Pastega, the sons of an Italian migrant family. Courtesy: Griffith Pioneer Park Museum.
WAGGA WAGGA.- Daryl Maguire MP, the local member for Wagga Wagga, launches the Australian Dress Register – a new, collaborative, online database recording historic clothing and the precious, personal stories behind the garments. The Australian Dress Register, developed by the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, documents significant and well provenanced men’s, women’s and children’s clothes and accessories. The register offers museums, private collectors and owners across the country, a resource to share information about dress with the wider community. “The Australian Dress Register is a great example of how new digital technologies are preserving our cultural heritage. This Register is a valuable resource, enabling researchers, students, teachers, designers and general public ... More | | 
Cup Cover with Venus and Cupid Sleeping on a Shell being observed by Jupiter in the form of a Swan. Attributed to Giovanni Ambrogio Miseroni (1551-1616), Milan, late 16th century. Private Collection.
CAMBRIDGE.- Never before seen together in the UK, on 16 August 2011 the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge will be opening an extraordinary exhibition of precious decorative arts – the treasures of the Hapsburg emperors. Now joining this remarkable exhibition is a lost Royal masterpiece by the greatest of all the hardstone engravers of the Renaissance period, Giovanni Ambrogio Miseroni. Splendour & Power: Imperial Treasures from Vienna displays a glittering selection of beautifully crafted cameos, jewellery, vessels and other objects made from gems, precious metals and hardstones from the renowned Kunstkammer collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. This is the first time that so many pieces from the collection have been loaned to Britain, and this rare opportunity is only ... More | | 
Steve Messam's "Nene Nine".
NORTHAMPTON.- Northamptonshire, home to the world famous Silverstone Circuit and Althorp, the final resting place of Diana, Princess of Wales, will this summer welcome new exciting art commissions and large scale artworks onto its waterways and water towers as part of the Cultural Olympiad, the largest cultural celebration in the modern history of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The installations within this programme, titled FLOW, will take place across several key locations in the county, from the Grand Union and Oxford Canals, which connect London to Birmingham and Oxford to Coventry respectively, to the gentle River Nene, now celebrating its 250th year of being navigable. Featured artworks will range from ‘Nene Nine,’ a series of nine magnificent spires by internationally renowned artist Steve Messam, running along sections of the Grand Union Canal and the River Nene, to Jo Fairfax’s mesmerising ... More |
| Academy Art Museum in Maryland Features the Work of Richard Paul Weiblinger and Jan Matulka | | Preview Berlin: The Emerging Art Fair 2011 to Present an Internationally Oriented Group of Exhibitors | | Linz Native Sam Auinger to Be Featured Artist at the Ars Electronica 2011 Festival | 
Jan Matulka, Canoe & Sailboat on Lake, 1920’s, (detail). Watercolor on paper, Estate of Jan Matulka.
EASTON, MD.- The Academy Art Museum in Easton , MD , is featuring in its Selections Gallery the photography of Richard Paul Weiblinger, an avid self-taught nature photographer whose favorite topics include macro images, landscapes and flowers. Richard's photographs typically capture the ever changing moments of the diversity of nature whether it is a fleeting wildlife expression or a striking landscape. His photographs of wildlife; fauna, flora, and landscapes capture our world with intense intimacy. His work exhibits chromatically strong colors and his use of lighting energizes his subjects, not simply illuminating his subject, but giving them somewhat surreal quality. Richard resides in suburban Maryland , just outside of Washington , D.C. and is presently on the staff of the United States Food and Drug Administration. His award-winning photographs have appeared in publications, including “Smithsonian Zoogoer ... More | | 
From September 9 to 11, an upcoming generation of galleries and project spaces from 15 nations will present the most ambitious positions of their programmes in Hangar2. Photo: Grit Schwerdtfeger, Berlin.
BERLIN.- Following the turbulent developments of Berlin’s art fair landscape in 2011, and even in its proverbial “perilous” seventh year, PREVIEW BERLIN – The Emerging Art Fair is looking forward to an internationally oriented group of exhibitors that follow the “emerging” principle, promising an exciting art fair for all those seeking new discoveries in the contemporary art scene. From September 9 to 11, an upcoming generation of galleries and project spaces from 15 nations will present the most ambitious positions of their programmes in Hangar2 of the former Tempelhof Airport. In addition to the 61 exhibitor concepts, the runway has been cleared for two new projects this year. With VIDEO ART BOX by Fresh Paint and FOCUS ACADEMY, the focus of the exhibition discourse has been placed squarely on the interface between art production and the art market. VIDEO ART BOX ... More | | 
Sam Auinger’s contributions to this year’s Ars Electronica include sound performances at St. Mary’s Cathedral, the Lentos Art Museum and afo architekturforum oberösterreich.
LINZ.- Each year, the Ars Electronica Festival showcases the work of a featured artist. This year, it’s Sam Auinger (AT/DE). Since the 1980s, the Linz native has been working in computer music, sound design and psychoacoustics, fields in which he has been doing pioneering work. Sam Auinger’s contributions to this year’s Ars Electronica include sound performances at St. Mary’s Cathedral, the Lentos Art Museum and afo architekturforum oberösterreich. What is the sound of the architecture that surrounds us? How do the cities we live and work in sound? And what effect does this have on us? These questions occupy Sam Auinger. The sound artist, sound conceptioneer, composer and professor of experimental sound design at UdK–Berlin University of the Arts is an explorer of the audio cosmos through which we ... More |
| Art San Diego's Art Labs to Feature 19 Projects by More than 150 Artists Throughout San Diego | | Bruce Munro's First One-Man Show: 'Light!' Announced at Longwood Gardens | | Japan's Tsunami-Hit Towns Fight to Sustain Folk Arts; Artists Determined to Go On | 
Adaptable Sites is a double feature bringing together The Periscope Project Cooperative's first collaborative project: Drone Ready-Made: Fine Military Detritus with artist, archivist and filmmaker Bill Daniel's installation Tumbleweed Connection and film screening of the program Eden V.2.
SAN DIEGO, CA.- Art Labs place art in the urban context and encourage participation by the general public. These combined events feature 19 projects by more than 150 artists, creating an opportunity to showcase the diversity of San Diego's artistic community down to Tijuana. 2011 ART LABS have been curated by Susan Myrland. An RFP was put out in February asking local artists to create projects that "speak to the qualities that make San Diego unique." Particular interest was given to projects that were emerging, challenging or experimental, and caused locals and visitors to see the region in a new way. Says Myrland, "San Diego's emerging art scene is marked by diversity ... More | | 
CGIs by Stephen Weeks.
KENNETT SQUARE, PA.- Longwood Gardens, one of the world’s great display gardens, has commissioned UK light artist Bruce Munro to present a debut, garden-wide exhibition, LIGHT!, in the summer of 2012. This is Munro’s first garden installation in the US and will showcase never-before-seen views of Longwood at night. LIGHT! will feature seven large-scale outdoor installations, two installations within Longwood’s grand 4-acre Conservatory, and a small collection of illuminated sculptures in Longwood’s historic Music Room. “Longwood Gardens is thrilled to host Bruce Munro’s first large-scale exhibition in the U.S.,” said Paul Redman, Director. “His imaginative works will enchant and amaze our guests with their beauty and ingenuity,” said Redman, “but also inspire them to see and experience gardens in a whole new way.” “What also appealed to us about Bruce’s ... More | | 
Dancers perform in front of a nursing home, which was destroyed by March 11's earthquake and tsunami, as they commemorate the tsunami victims. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon.
By: Yoko Kubota
OFUNATO (REUTERS).- The Urahama district of this northeastern Japanese coastal city had for centuries marked religious ceremonies, and mourned their dead, with a dynamic sword dance by masked men, accompanied by drums and flutes. But everything changed after the March 11 tsunami tore into Japan's northeastern coast, sweeping away homes, performers and precious equipment in coastal areas, like Urahama, that had long treasured their traditional performing folk arts. Now, people in many of the tightly-knit coastal communities fear the disaster may prove to be the final blow for some 100 troupes that had already been struggling to survive as the towns where they were ... More |
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 Young Artists Sought for Cultural Olympiad Finale NOTTINGHAM.- In September 2012, the first World Event Young Artists (WEYA) launches in Nottingham. A finale to the Cultural Olympiad, WEYA – the first event of its kind - will bring together 1,000 young artists from 120 nations for a ten-day cultural festival across the city. WEYA now seeks applications from UK-based artists of every discipline who have exciting new work to share and who are open to the possibilities of intercultural dialogue that the festival will afford. Applications are invited across all art forms - from music, dance, theatre and spoken word to film, visual art and fashion – and from artists aged between 18 and 30. Successful applicants will go on to represent the UK in the festival, and will join artists from countries ranging from Italy, Kenya and Mexico to Canada, India and China. WEYA takes place from 7 to 16 September 2012 and will be held across Nottingham's world class arts ... More Associated Press Photographer Portrays Mayan Women with Vintage Box Camera Bought in Afghanistan COBAN (AP).- The women gaze patiently out of the darkness at the camera, their silver necklaces and intricately patterned headscarves giving them a regal air. Shadows blur faintly around their faces in the black-and-white photographs, and the diffuse glow of the light brings to mind images from an earlier, less-precise age. Associated Press photographer Rodrigo Abd made his way to the Guatemalan mountain city of Coban in July to photograph these women vying to become this year's National Indigenous Queen of Guatemala, who is honored for helping keep alive the country's rich Mayan history. At the same time, Abd was keeping alive another tradition from the other side of the world by using a wooden box camera he had bought in Afghanistan. The ... More Huge Diamond Forfeited in Ohio to Be Auctioned CINCINNATI (AP).- A large yellow diamond — known as the "Golden Eye" — seized in a federal drug and money-laundering investigation in northeast Ohio is going on the auction block with the minimum starting bid set at $900,000. The 43.51-carat diamond belonged to a northeast Ohio businessman who was convicted of money laundering and conspiracy. Prosecutors said he tried to sell to an undercover FBI agent the diamond and an estate once owned by boxer Mike Tyson, all for $19.5 million and a boat. The gem — about an inch long, almost ¾-inch wide and nearly ½-inch deep — was seized in the sting operation and forfeited to the federal government. It is believed to be one of the largest internally flawless yellow diamonds, said Jenny Lynch, a spokeswoman for the online auction company Bid4Assets. The company, based in Silver Spring, Md., will auction the diamond next month for the U.S. Marshals Service. "This is the ... More German Artist Nicola Dill's Sea Etchings Extended at Rose Gallery SANTA MONICA, CA.- German artist Nicola Dill's Sea Etchings series is reminiscent of gesture drawings or the brush strokes found in East-Asian calligraphy. They are actually photographs of surf grass washed up on sandy shorelines of the Pacific. An installation of the work is on view at RoseGallery at the Bergamot Station Arts Complex in Santa Monica for an extended run in the South Gallery through September 17, 2011. The Sea Etchings were recently published by Nazraeli Press in an exquisite limited-edition artist's monograph comprising in Dill's words "an installation of images that float across the pages akin to notes of a melody collaborating in a moving meditation." The work is informed by the artist's longtime practice of t'ai chi, infusing it with a contemplative and rhythmical aesthetic. Un-staged and recorded in-camera, these "found" compositions are gestures in patience and time as the artist waits for the sea an ... More Missing Ohio Ballpark Statue Found at Police Department TOLEDO (AP).- A bronze statue of a little girl reported stolen from an Ohio minor league ballpark has been found safe, in a police property room. The Blade newspaper reports (http://bit.ly/oWjDDj ) two Toledo officers found the statue on the sidewalk early Saturday about 20 yards from its usual spot. Their report says they took it away to protect it. Sunday evening, the Toledo Mud Hens noticed the statue missing from outside Fifth Third Field and filed a theft report. The city's arts commission was relieved to learn Monday that it was not taken by scrap metal thieves. The statue is one of four in a piece depicting four life-size children trying to look through knotholes in a ballpark fence. It's not clear why it was unbolted and moved. ... MoreVirginia Slavery Museum Group Misses Tax DeadlineFREDERICKSBURG, VA (AP).- A group trying to build a national slavery museum in Virginia has missed a deadline to pay more than $215,000 in back taxes to the city of Fredericksburg. City Treasurer G. M. Haney says the National Slavery Museum missed Saturday's deadline to pay taxes on 38 acres of land. Haney tells the Free Lance-Star (http://bit.ly/nblk7S ) the city's law firm plans to place an advertisement about the sale of the land, valued at $7.6 million. Former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder spearheaded efforts to build the National Slavery Museum. Haney says neither Wilder nor the museum's registered agent has contacted the city about the delinquent taxes. ... More |
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