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C.K. Cheung, head of the Chinese Paintings Department of Sotheby's auction house, introduces a painting, entitled Wu Gorge, by Chinese painter Guanzhong during a press preview in Hong Kong, China, 01 September 2011. The painting will be auctioned as part of Sotheby's Hong Kong Fine Chinese Paintings Autumn Sale 2011 on 04 October; it is estimated to fetch 7 to 9 million Hong Kong dollars (900,000 to 1.2 million USD). EPA/YM YIK.
By: Chris Michaud
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Precious jade, modern masterpieces, museum-quality furniture and rare ceramics and porcelain are among thousands of art objects on offer during Christie's Asia week sales in September. The four days of auctions, which are estimated to take in in excess of $50 million, begin September 13 with the South Asian modern and contemporary art and the Indian and Southeast Asian art sales. The Indian sale is led by a Maqbool Fida Husain's "Sprinkling Horses," a large oil-on-canvas painting estimated to sell for about $1 million. The auctions conclude with a $19 million sale of rare Chinese ceramics and works of art. In between, there will be sales of Japanese and Korean art, jade carvings, and property from the collection of Xu Hanqing, a prominent Chinese banker and government official who became known as an accomplished calligrapher. ... More |
| Newseum in Washington is first museum to show FBI evidence from 9/11 | | Lee Friedlander: "America by Car & The New Cars 1964" opens at Timothy Taylor Gallery | | Bonhams Scottish Colourist sale makes 3 million pounds in Edinburgh with Peploe making over 500,000 | 
Engine parts from United Airlines Flight 175, which struck the South Tower. AP Photo/Sarah Mercier/Newseum/FBI Tour.
By: Brett Zongker, Associated Press
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP).- In the decade before 9/11, a period when terrorists bombed the World Trade Center for the first time in 1993 and then U.S. embassies in Africa, most Americans had never heard of Osama bin Laden. Even when he declared war on the United States in a television interview, bin Laden remained a stealth-like figure and his importance largely unknown. Many clues that were later uncovered about the 9/11 mastermind's activities, which have been stored in the FBI's evidence lockers, are now going on public view for the first time Friday at the Newseum in Washington. The journalism museum is expanding its current FBI exhibit with a new section, "War on Terror: The FBI's New Focus." Among 60 new ... More | | 
Lee Friedlander, ‘Detroit’, 1963. Lincoln Continental), printed later. Gelatin-silver print. Image: 12 7/8 x 8 1/2 in. 32.8 x 21.6 cm. Sheet: 14 x 11 in. 35.6 x 28 cm. © Lee Friedlander, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco.
LONDON.- Timothy Taylor Gallery presents an exhibition of recent work by the influential and critically acclaimed American photographer Lee Friedlander, on display for the first time in the UK. This will be Friedlanderʼs first solo exhibition in London since his 1976 show at the Photographersʼ Gallery. Lee Friedlander: America By Car charts numerous journeys made by the photographer during the last decade across most of the fifty US states. Shot entirely from the interiors of rental cars, typically from the driver’s seat, Friedlander makes use of side and rearview mirrors, windscreens, and side windows as framing devices for a total of 192 images. In America By Car, Friedlander uses the quintessential icons of US ... More | | 
'Flowers and Fruit' by Samuel Peploe which sold for £512,800. Photo: Bonhams.
EDINBURGH.- Last night’s sale (31st August) of major Colourist paintings and works by other Scottish artists at Bonhams in Edinburgh made an astonishing total of £3m. Among the highlights were: *'Flowers and Fruit' by Samuel Peploe which sold for £512,800, *'The Artist's Drawing Room' by Francis Cadell which made £400,800 making it the second highest Cadell to be sold at auction. *John Fergusson's `At the Milliner's Paris’ was sold for £222,000. In all seven painting made over £100,000. Bonhams Managing Director in Scotland, Miranda Grant, said, “This is an amazing result. Bonhams is the only international auction house to hold sales of Scottish art in Scotland. We believe that our distinct Scottish identity supported by our international reach is good for sellers and buyers alike and this evening’s sale has justified our confidence.” Bonhams Head of ... More |
| American contemporary artist Jeff Koons to lend major works to Paris Tableau | | Exhibition in Berlin unite most of the legendary Blue and Red Mauritius stamps | | New collection of works by Eduardo Arranz-Bravo at Franklin Bowles Galleries | 
Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), Jupiter and Antiope or Venus and Satyr, 17th century (detail). Oil on canvas, 51.4 x 66.7 cm, 20¼ x 26¼ in. Courtesy of Jeff Koons.
PARIS.- World-renowned American contemporary artist Jeff Koons is lending three Old Master paintings to Paris Tableau, the first international art fair dedicated to Old Master paintings, from 4 to 8 November 2011 at the Palais de la Bourse, Paris. This major new event was devised by ten leading Parisian paintings dealers who invited ten important international colleagues from London, Amsterdam, Zurich, Rome, Madrid and New York to join them. Jupiter and Antiope or Venus and Satyr by Nicolas Poussin (1584-1665), Young girl holding two puppies by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) and Femme nue or Woman with a Parrot by Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) are the three alluring works that were selected from Jeff Koons’ collection to show in Paris. Like many avant-garde artists, Koons aspires to emulate the standards of the Old Masters and ... More | | 
The Blue Mauritius stamp is on display at the Museum fuer Kommunikation in Berlin. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz.
BERLIN.- Only for three weeks and only in Berlin: This unique exhibition is the only one in the world to unite most of the legendary Blue and Red Mauritius stamps still in existence. For stamp collectors all over the world, just the thought of a Blue Mauritius is enough to set the pulse racing – and even for the casual audience, it symbolises everything that makes a stamp special: an astronomical price, rarity beyond compare, and a fascinating story that has inspired myths and legends. At the ‘The Blue Mauritius: Meeting of the Queens in Berlin’ exhibition from September 2 to 25, 2011, the Museum for Communication Berlin will be presenting around two-thirds of the 27 Mauritius ‘Post Office’ stamps still in existence. In this unparalleled exhibition, the Museum for Communication Berlin, itself the proud owner of a Blue and Red Mauritius, is presenting ... More | | 
Rock ?n Roll. Oil on Canvas, 76? x 63?, 2010.
NEW YORK, NY.- Franklin Bowles Galleries announces the opening of a new collection of works by Eduardo Arranz-Bravo. The joint exhibition features works on canvas and paper along with a series of unusual sculptures and drawings. Within the Spanish context, Eduardo Arranz-Bravo is amongst the most representative artists of his generation. His work breaks with the dramatic, transcendent painting of postwar Spain (represented by Tàpies and the informalist generation) and instead reflects a passion for color, a return to the figurative and a multidisciplinary approach to the arts. His work represents a rebellious, festive generation during the final years of the Franco dictatorship and the early years of the transition to democracy. It was during those years that painting left its traditional form to experiment with other techniques: etching, sculpture, drawing and, in some cases, even performance and film-making. ... More |
| World War II portraits of Jewish 'counterfeiters' donated to Holocaust museum | | Chinese-Asian works of art buoyant at Bonhams auction in San Francisco on August 30th | | Angela Brady is second woman to become Royal Institute of British Architects President | 
Yad Vashem senior art curator Yehudit Shendar holds a portrait of Hans Kurzweil by Jewish engraver Felix Cytrin. AP Photo/Kathy Willens.
By: Cristian Salazar & Randy Herschaft, Associated Press
NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP).- A collection of rarely seen portraits of Jewish prisoners forced to work for the Nazis in a money-forging scheme fictionalized in the Oscar-winning film "The Counterfeiters" is being donated to Israel's Holocaust museum. Heirs of the artist who created the 43 portraits formally hand over the works to Yad Vashem (yahd VAH'-shehm) at a ceremony Thursday in New York City. The portraits are by Felix Cytrin (ceeh-TRIN'), a Jewish engraver forced by the Nazis to help produce fake British pounds in a plot to destroy England's economy. The portraits were created while Cytrin was imprisoned at a German concentration camp. They have been in his family's hands for decades. The works ... More | | 
A small blue and white porcelain vase. Wanli mark and period. 6 3/4in (17cm) high. Sold for $26,840, Est. $6,000-8,000. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Porcelain, bronzes, paintings and jades kept buyers active all day at Bonhams’ Asian Works of Art auction in San Francisco on August 30th. As expected, Chinese works of art led the way, selling one by one to a roomful of Mainland Chinese buyers, eager to repatriate their cultural heritage. A traditionally strong ivory section kept spirits high for the hardstone carvings and jades. The highlight of the jade section was a calcified jade carving of a recumbent horse. Conservatively dated to the 20th century, the strong graceful lines of the delicate, but powerful carving combined with a stunning color of stone for tremendous effect. Potential buyers, both in the room and on the phones, kept the auctioneer at a galloping pace before the piece was finally hammered at $34,160. Another, among many highlights, was a finely carved coral branch—a skilled ... More | | 
Angela Brady is director of Brady Mallalieu Architects. © Morley von Sternberg.
LONDON.- Angela Brady will become President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the UK body for architecture and the architectural profession tomorrow (1 September 2011). Angela takes over the two-year elected presidency from Ruth Reed. Angela is the 74th RIBA President, a position previously held by Sir G. Gilbert Scott and Sir Basil Spence among others; she is the second woman President. Angela Brady is director of Brady Mallalieu Architects, an award-winning architecture practice specialising in contemporary sustainable design. She holds a number of significant posts including Ambassador for the Government Equality Office, advisor to the British Council, visiting critic and external examiner for a number of UK and Irish universities, and enabler for the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE). Angela has previously served as a member of influential panels including the CABE Englis ... More |
| Benghazi museum shows scars, triumphs of Libya revolt-artists free for the first time | | Demuth Museum to open exhibition by father and son artist duo: "The Newswangers" | | Tom Dale's "Memorial Drag Strip" is his inaugural exhibition at Poppy Sebire Gallery | 
Libyans living in Turkey destroy a poster of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. AP Photo.
By: Alexander Dziadosz
BENGHAZI (REUTERS).- Free for the first time to make art about whatever he wants, veteran Libyan sculptor Ali al-Wakwak chose gnarled mortar shrapnel, bullet casings and shattered gun barrels as his medium. "I saw the ammunition around, and so I thought I'd make something nice with it," the stout, bearded 63-year-old said as he sat sipping espresso outside a new art museum displaying his works near Benghazi's port. As with many of the exhibits at the museum, housed in a monarchy-era palace, Wakwak's motifs revolve mostly around war, testament to the scars the six-month old uprising against Muammar Gaddafi has left on the North African country. But the fact the new museum exists at all is a triumph for local artists, and many see it as evidence of the creative and open future they hope awaits their country despite its fractious politics, ... More | | 
Kiehl Newswanger, Portrait of a Woman, 1925, oil on canvas, 25 ¼ x 19 ¼ in., Collection of Thomas Hills Cook, Courtesy The Demuth Museum, Lancaster, PA.
LANCASTER, PA.- The Demuth Museum presents its next exhibition, Chasing Inspiration: The Art of the Newswangers, to open on September 2. The father and son artist duo of Vernon Kiehl Newswanger (1900-1980) and Christian Newswanger (1927-2005) may be best known for their depictions of the Amish way of life in Lancaster County. However, in examining these two artists separately, one will see that they each developed a unique perspective. Kiehl and Christian wrote and illustrated the well-known book Amishland in 1954; however, not much has been written about these artists. Therefore, this exhibition and accompanying catalogue will be the first to explore the lives of these artists by delving into their artistic training, their travels and the inspirations each found. Kiehl Newswanger’s childhood and schooling greatly influenced his art. He grew up on his family’s Lancaster County farm, and regular interactions w ... More | | 
Tom Dale, Vision Machine 4, 2011, Giclee print, 20 x 30 cm. Photo: Courtesy Poppy Sebire.
LONDON.- For his inaugural exhibition with a Poppy Sebire, Tom Dale presents a sculptural series of stunt ramps gone horribly wrong. Setting forth recurring themes in Dale’s work, the distorted ramps are at once loaded cultural signifiers and restrained objects of formal contemplation. For Dale the ramps project a leap of faith, but where this blind optimism is headed is unknown. Some are turned on end, driven into the ground or twisted like ribbon, leading to the most devastating of trajectories: they take the daredevil’s bravado to its absurdly logical conclusion. The suspension of belief demanded by this directionless excess marks a point of fascination for the artist, as do the analogous political ideologies in the name of which such stunts are regularly performed. Evel Knievel has previously formed a focus in Dale’s work. The iconic American stuntman was both a philandering ex-criminal with an instinct ... More |
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 Sotheby's Hong Kong to hold important watches sale in October HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong Important Watches Autumn Sale 2011 will take place on 6 October at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Following the consecutive record-breaking sales in the past three seasons, the upcoming sale promises even greater treasures for watch collectors. With over 470 lots of watches dating from the 1800’s to the present day, the sale is estimated to achieve a total of HK$72 – 101 million / US$9 - 13 million – the largest of the category in the history of Sotheby’s Hong Kong. Highlighting the sale is a small group of excellent vintage complicated wristwatches by Patek Philippe consigned by four discerning Asian private collectors, including a very rare Pink Gold Perpetual Calendar Chronograph wristwatch Ref. 1518. The offering of modern wristwatches is led by Patek Philippe timepieces including a superb Yellow Gold Minute Repeating Tourbillon example, Ref. 3939, ... More "Exercise Your Mynd-BK Adams I Am Art" on view at the Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Anacostia Community Museum presents the one-man show “Exercise Your Mynd—BK Adams I Am Art” on view Aug. 22 through Nov. 27—the largest compilation of his work to date. The exhibition features more than 50 works of art, including towering sculptures, large-scale paintings, photographs and a video incorporating materials such as found objects, acrylic paint, toys, furniture, wood and visuals in an exuberant mix of color and form. Most were created in BK Adams’ former studio in historic Anacostia. Between 17 and 19 years of age, Adams was the brains behind a blueprint courier service and the Soap & Water Inc. janitorial company; later in life, he was the proprietor of The Eye Opener Coffee Shop and Working Man Truckin’ movers. To these endeavors he brought a clear sense of self as a creator and innovator, one who saw a way that others did not see. It is that “other way& ... MoreRoyal Academy announces new Poet-in-ResidenceLONDON.- The Royal Academy is pleased to announce that Pele Cox has been appointed Poet-in-Residence. This new role will help enrich the Royal Academy’s audiences’ understanding and enjoyment of visual arts by creating a link with poetry. By bringing poetry into the fray Cox will establish new opportunities for collaboration across disciplines. She will engage well known contemporary artists, fashion designers, curators and poets, using the channels forged by fine art and the performance and writing of poetry. As a poet who has a passion for the visual arts and a strong commitment to engaging a broad and diverse public, Pele Cox will be working closely with the Royal Academy’s Learning Department to help develop an annual programme of events. Pele Cox’s next RA events will include: Double Exposure: The poetry of photography and photographs, This event lies in conjunction with the Royal Academy ... More Greek police recover stolen Rubens painting ATHENS (AP).- Greek police recovered a 17th century painting by Flemish master Pieter Paul Rubens stolen from a museum in Belgium a decade ago, authorities said Thursday. Two people, both Greeks, were arrested in the operation, he said. Neither the police nor the Culture Ministry would give further information on the raid, the painting or which Belgian museum it was stolen from, saying investigations were still ongoing into the case. The artwork, dating from 1618 and stolen in 2001, was "a particularly important painting," the ministry said. The artwork had been examined by experts from the ministry and determined to be genuine and "of priceless value," Greek police spokesman Panagiotis Papapetropoulos said. "The painting is being kept at the antiquities department of the greater Athens police," Papapetropoulos said. One work that was stolen in 2001 in Belgium was an oil sketch attributed to Rubens and snatched from the Fine Arts ... More |
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