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Director of the MUMOK (Museum of modern art) Karola Kraus stands next to Jasper Johns' painting 'Target' during a preview of the exhibition 'Museum of wishes' at MUMOK after its redesign and reopening in Vienna September 8, 2011. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
WIEN.- From classical modernism to contemporary art the exhibition combines chronological order and the confrontation of works from different generations of artists that exhibit correspondences in their subject matter. This makes art history since the beginning of modernism visible as a living dialogue between the past and the present. The focus is on art works that led to decisive changes and developments in both classical modernism and in the 1960s and 1970s. This is fundamental to an understanding of contemporary art with its multimedia and interdisciplinary approaches. Figurative and abstract tendencies along with the subject of figure and landscape are structural principles in the museum’s holdings of classical modernism. They can be found in the works of Alberto Giacometti, René Magritte, František Kupka, Henri Matisse or Pablo Picasso. Comparing current works, such as those by Gerhard Richter or Herbert Brandl, not only reveals the importance of the classics fro ... More |
| ABC Art Berlin Contemporary "About Painting" exhibition features some 130 artists | | Sotheby's announces first dedicated sale of fine Classical Chinese paintings in New York | | Mary Brogan Museum of Art & Science's Borrowed Italian painting: ownership dispute | 
A visitor looks at the painting 'Untitled' by Dutch artist Erik van Lieshout in an exhibition, titled About Painting, at the ABC Art Berlin Contemporary in Berlin. EPA/SEBASTIAN KAHNERT.
BERLIN.- This year’s edition of abc art berlin contemporary is themed about painting and takes place in Berlin from September 7th to the 11th. The show features some 130 artists represented by 125 international galleries. Conceived as a showcase of contemporary painting, the exhibition also features installations, works on paper, video, photography and sculpture which deal thematically with painting as a medium. Alongside with prominent contemporary paintings and works by international artists dealing with the medium, abc also presents an historical timeline of sorts on the discourse of painting: here, the medium is re-cast as an artistic alternative or possibility, not an ideology. The participating artists were selected under the curatorial guidance of Rita Kersting, (former director of the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen), who ... More | | 
Dong Qichang, Calligraphy in Running Script. Ink on paper, album of eight leaves, 17th century. Est. $200/300,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- On Tuesday 13 September 2011 Sotheby’s will present Fine Classical Chinese Paintings, the first dedicated New York auction in this category for over a decade. The sale is made up of 80 diverse works from the Ming and Qing dynasties, as well as a small selection of modern and contemporary works that were executed clearly in the classical manner. The pre-sale exhibition opens on Friday 9 September. The sale is led by Running Script Transcription of an Epitaph, written for Minister Chen Xinyi by Dong Qichang who is known as the most influential artist of his time (lot 47, est. $200/300,000).* The eight-leaf album, which has been expertly kept in its original 1850s mountings, was appraised by its then famed collector Kong Guangtao as “…genuinely stately and thoughtful in spirit, so fluid and elegant as if executed with divine power”. Thatched Hut in Autumnal Mountains by Dong Bangda, who was ... More | | 
Chucha Barber, Chief Financial Officer of the of the Mary Brogan Museum, discusses the status of the painting "Christ Carrying the Cross Dragged by Rogue". AP Photo/Steve Cannon.
By: Gary Fineout, Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE (AP).- A Florida museum said it has been ordered to temporarily hang onto a borrowed 16th Century Italian painting of Christ holding the cross, as U.S. and Italian authorities seek to resolve questions of ownership amid claims the work had been stolen from a Jewish family in World War II. The Baroque painting was one of 50 works lent by a famous Milan museum to the Mary Brogan Museum of Art & Science in Tallahassee. The work was part of a display in the museum from March until earlier this month. The museum's chief executive officer Chucha Barber said she was instructed by the U.S. Attorney's office in July to retain the painting until the ownership issues were resolved. "My initial reaction was that this was an important opportunity for the Brogan ... More |
| American colorist Ronnie Landfield's Structure and Color opens at Stephen Haller Gallery | | 'Game-changer' in evolution from analysis of 2 million-year-old South African bones | | Harper's Bazaar: A Decade of Style at the International Center of Photography | 
Ronnie Landfield, What Gauguin Said. Acrylic on canvas, 97 x 78. Photo: Courtesy Stephen Haller Gallery.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Ronnie Landfield: Structure and Color an exhibition of paintings by the renowned American colorist whose work is included in more than 40 museums and public collections at the Stephen Haller Gallery. Sept 8th through Oct 15th. During the nearly five decades of his career Ronnie Landfield has stayed true to his course as a painter of soaring veils of color. Louis Zona, Director of the Butler Institute of American Art, wrote: “To stand in front of a Landfield painting is to be transported into a world where color feeds upon color and every inch of the canvas is considered.” Ronnie Landfield was the youngest of the youthquake generation of American artists of the 1960’s. He began his career at the Kansas City Art Institute at the age of 16. By 1969 his luminous paintings had already been exhibited in museum exhibitions such as the Whitney Annual (later Biennial). He had his first solo e ... More | | 
The right hand skeleton of the adult female Australopithecus sediba against a modern human hand. AP Photo/Peter Schmid, courtesy of Lee Berger and the University of Witwatersrand.
By: Randolph E. Schmid, AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON (AP).- An analysis of 2 million-year-old bones found in South Africa offers the most powerful case so far in identifying the transitional figure that came before modern humans — findings some are calling a potential game-changer in understanding evolution. The bones are from Australopithecus sediba. The research places that pre-human branch of the evolutionary tree as the best candidate to be the ancestor of the human line, said Lee R. Berger of the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. The bones, found in 2008 in the fossil-rich cave region of Malapa near Johannesburg, show a head-to-foot combination of features of Australopithecus and the human genus, Homo. "It's as if evolution is caught in one vital moment, a stop-action snapshot of evolution in ... More | | 
Patrick Demarchelier, Stephanie Seymour (Harper’s Bazaar, February 2002).
NEW YORK, N.Y.- In the ten years since Glenda Bailey became Editor in Chief of Harper’s Bazaar, she and Creative Director Stephen Gan have carried on the magazine’s tradition of publishing innovative, high-impact photography. Harper’s Bazaar: A Decade of Style, on view at the International Center of Photography (1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street) from September 9, 2011 through January 8, 2012, distills that decade into a choice group of nearly thirty images by some of the most important photographers working today. To emphasize the work’s original context and the magazine’s award-winning design, the exhibition will include several vitrines with issues open to display extended stories alongside the striking covers, swept clean of cover-line text, that are sent to Bazaar’s subscribers. Photographers in the exhibition include Peter Lindbergh, Jean-Paul Goude, David Bailey, William Kle ... More |
| Snap up an iconic work by Banksy or Shepard Fairey at Bonhams Urban Art sale | | Sculptures and a large-scale installation by Mike Kelley at Gagosian Gallery Britannia Street | | Recent oil paintings by John Beerman on display at the Tibor De Nagy Gallery in New York | 
Shepard Fairey (b.1970), Chinese Soldier. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- Several works by the renowned graffiti artist Banksy are to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of its Urban Art sale on 21 September 2011. Leading the way is a work featuring one of Banksy’s most iconic images, the monkey, entitled Monkey Detonator, which has attracted a pre-sale estimate of £70,000 – 90,000. Executed in 2000, this canvas displays the typically dark sense of humour which has endeared Banksy to both art collectors and the general public. Other original Banksy’s featured in the sale include HMV Dog (estimate £10,000 – 15,000); Precision Bombing (£15,000 – 25,000); Watchtower Collaboration – Blu (estimate £10,000 – 15,000); and Balloon Girl (estimate £20,000 – 30,000). Chinese Soldier by American contemporary artist and graphic designer, Shepard Fairey, one of only seven hand painted works produced by the artist, is another sale highlight, attracting a pre-s ... More | | 
Mike Kelley, Kandor 16, 2011. Mixed media, 77 1/4 x 49 3/4 x 40 3/8 inches, 196.2 x 126.4 x 102.6cm. ©Mike Kelley 2011. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Photo: Fredrik Nilsen.
LONDON.- Gagosian Gallery presents sculptures and a large-scale installation by Mike Kelley. The Kandors series, which Kelley initiated in 1999, are sculptural depictions of Superman’s birthplace Kandor. The popular Superman story recounts the adventures of an alien being sent to Earth as a baby to escape the total destruction of his home planet Krypton. However, it turns out that Kandor was not, in fact, destroyed. Shrunk and bottled by a villain, the futuristic city was later rescued by Superman and protected under a bell jar in his sanctuary, the Fortress of Solitude. For almost a quarter-century in comic-book time, Kandor and its miniature citizens survived in Superman’s care, sustained by tanks of atmosphere, a constant reminder of his lost past and a metaphor for his psychic disconnection from his adopted planet. In examining ... More | | 
Beerman, Tanker on the Hudson, 2010 (detail). Oil on linen, 44 x 68 in. Photo: Courtesy Tibor De Nagy Gallery.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Tibor De Nagy Gallery presents an exhibition of recent oil paintings by John Beerman. The exhibition marks the artist’s fourth with the gallery. Best known for his luminous depictions of the Hudson River Valley, the exhibition focuses on these works as well as landscapes and scenes from the artist’s native North Carolina, to where he has returned after decades living in New York. Beerman’s poetic sensibility can be felt in his treatment of his natural surroundings, whether in the contours of a river or in the dappled midday light reflecting off a wooded path. Best-selling author of Under the Tuscan Sun and fellow North Carolinian Frances Mayes writes in the exhibition catalogue: Like a poet who masters all the traditional forms then goes his own way, John Beerman obviously absorbed the work of Asher B. Durand, Thomas Cole, Thomas ... More |
| Bob Levy's slot machines hit the jackpot at Dan Morphy's $1.8 million auction | | Jane Hammond combines painting and photography for new exhibition at Galerie Lelong | | Greece: Authorities say Couple who had Peter Paul Rubens stolen work were 'amateurs' | 
Coca-Cola double-sided metal figure of school crossing guard, $5,400. Morphy Auctions image.
DENVER, PA.- Just about anyone who collects antique gambling or coin-op machines knew the late Bob Levy. He was such a presence in his field of expertise that he became known throughout the world as simply “the slot machine guy.” On Sept. 3rd, more than 200 coin-op enthusiasts gathered at Dan Morphy’s auction gallery an hour northwest of Philadelphia to bid on the treasured private collection Levy had amassed over a lifetime. The Levy selection was offered on day two of Morphy’s Sept. 2-3 sale, together with neon signs, mechanical banks and antique advertising. The grand total for the two-day event was $1,836,000, inclusive of 20% buyer’s premium. “The sale was a huge success. Our new auction room was bursting at the seams, and we even had to bring in additional chairs to accommodate the overflow,” said Morphy’s CEO Dan Morphy. A Pennsylvania newspaper columnist, Gene Friedman, ... More | | 
Jane Hammond, Girl in the Air, 2011. Acrylic paint on mica over plexiglass with silver, gold copper and palladium leaf, 44 1/2 x 27 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches (113 x 70 95. cm) © Jane Hammond. Courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- To inaugurate Galerie Lelong’s fall season, multidisciplinary artist Jane Hammond presents her latest body of work, the “dazzle paintings-”—a stunning combination of painting and photography in which the artist infuses the still image with a sense of flow, interactivity, and mutability. Paired with the dazzle paintings there is also a new collection of the artist’s silver gelatin prints. Light Now: Dazzle Paintings and Photographs opened to the public on Thursday, September 8. For many years, Hammond has incorporated a vernacular of found images throughout her mixed-media work. The result of a process of collecting, imagining, and combining, Hammond’s photo vernacular now consists of over 10,000 snapshots. ... More | | 
Employees of the National Gallery hold a stolen 17th-century Pieter Paul Rubens painting "The Hunt for the Caledonian Wild Boar". AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis.
ATHENS (AP).- A leading Greek art expert has described two suspects who received a stolen 17th century artwork and were then arrested when they left the museum label on the back as "amateurs." The painting — one of several versions of "The Calydonian Boar Hunt" by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens — was stolen in Belgium a decade ago and recovered in Athens in a Sept. 1 police raid. Police and Greek cultural authorities presented the painting Thursday. A 64-year-old man and 40-year-old woman accused of receiving the stolen work have been charged with money laundering. National Art Gallery director Marina Lambraki-Plaka referred to the two Friday as "amateurs — unless they had some other reason for keeping the identification details on the back of the painting." ... More |
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 Tate Modern to power ahead with art in oil tanks LONDON (REUTERS).- Derelict oil tanks and forgotten industrial spaces hidden in the bowels of the Tate Modern art museum in London will open to the public in summer 2012, providing a new area to "revolutionise" the museum's work, directors said on Thursday. The opening of the enormous and atmospheric oil tanks in the former power station on the banks of the Thames will provide flexible, subterranean "lunar" spaces and form the foundation for a further expansion of the world's most visited modern art museum. The expansion will also include a new 64-metre high building and is set to be completed in 2016. "The oil tanks will give visitors a new way to explore and experience art at Tate Modern. Architecturally they are fantastic raw spaces, which are being carefully converted for public use without losing any of their unique industrial character," Tate Modern Director Chris Dercon said. This completed space ... More Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art opens Primavera 2011: Exhibition by young Australian artists SYDNEY.- TheMuseum of Contemporary Art (MCA) presents works by the five individual artists and three artist groups selected for Primavera 2011, the MCA’s annual exhibition showcasing the work of Australian artists aged 35 years and under. This exhibition, the 20th Primavera, has been curated by MCA Curator Anna Davis. The Primavera 2011 artists are: Rebecca Baumann (Western Australia), Eric Bridgeman (Queensland), Brown Council - Kelly Doley, Frances Barrett, Diana Smith, Kate Blackmore (New South Wales), Tom O’Hern (Tasmania), Jess Olivieri and Hayley Forward with the Parachutes for Ladies (New South Wales), Keg de Souza (New South Wales), Hiromi Tango (Queensland), and Tessa Zettel & Karl Khoe (New South Wales). For the first time, this year’s Primavera is being exhibited outside of the Museum in The Rocks, Sydney’s historic inner-city precinct. A diverse range of works including, drawing ... More Milwaukee Art Museum exhibition honors Santiago Calatrava's masterpiece MILWAUKEE, WI.- It has been named the sexiest building in the world, featured in TV ads and shows and Hollywood movies, and it has transformed the city of Milwaukee. In September, the Milwaukee Art Museum celebrates the 10th anniversary of its iconic building, the Quadracci Pavilion, with the exhibition Building a Masterpiece: Santiago Calatrava and the Milwaukee Art Museum. Designed by internationally renowned architect Santiago Calatrava, the Quadracci Pavilion was the Spaniard’s first completed commission in the United States. In 2001, it was named TIME Magazine “Best Design of 2001.” “The exhibition features watercolors and models by the architect—works of art in themselves—that track the evolution of the building’s design,” said Chief Curator Brady Roberts. “The watercolors have a stream-of-consciousness-like quality, as the imagery flows from humans to sails, to Lake Michigan, to unc ... More Bonhams to sell 14th century roof beam from Muslim Spain LONDON.- A large Nasrid wooden roof beam carved with beautiful calligraphy from 14th Century Andalucia, some 298 cm in length, is estimated to attract bids of £30,000-50,000 at Bonhams sale of Indian and Islamic Art on October 4th in New Bond Street London. This lot is accompanied by a carbon dating test. The inscription carved into the beam includes the words al-mulk li'llah, 'Sovereignty is God's' and covers the wooden surface in a rhythmic movement alongside the vine carving, making this magnificent roof beam a work of art. The beam would most likely have come from deep within a palatial private home. Carved wooden beams were used throughout the architecture of the Nasrids, who ruled Granada from 1238 to 1492. The finest examples of Nasrid carved beams can be found at the palace of the Alhambra where they are found together with carved stucco and ceramic mosaics decorating the ceilings and walls, vaults and ... MoreThe Bloomberg Commission: Josiah McElheny: The past was a mirage I'd left far behindLONDON.- New York-based artist Josiah McElheny is a sculptor, performance artist, writer and filmmaker, best known for his use of glass with other materials. For his Bloomberg Commission he uses light and mirrors to transform the Whitechapel Gallery into a hall of mirrors. Josiah McElheny is the latest artist invited to create a new work of art for The Bloomberg Commission sited in the former Whitechapel library (now part of the Gallery), built in 1892 as a ‘lantern for learning’. Seven large-scale, mirrored sculptures will be arranged as multiple reflective screens for the artist’s interpretation of groundbreaking experimental abstract films, programmed to change throughout the year. The sculptures will reflect and refract the projected film selection, saturating the whole gallery and visitors in images and light. Refracted, distorted and multiplied, the moving images explore how abstraction is used ... More Zineng Wang joins Christie's Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art as Specialist, Southeast Asia RegionHONG KONG.- Leading global auction house Christie’s announces the appointment of Zineng Wang as Specialist, Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art, Southeast Asia Region. Reporting to Eric Chang, International Director, Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art Department, Zineng is responsible for the Southeast Asia Region, based in Singapore, and also for the Southeast Asian art category, now an integral part of the Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art Department and its sales. Zineng will work closely with the rest of the team to present the Hong Kong Spring and Autumn sales. Eric Chang, International Director , Christie’s Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art, said, “Christie’s pioneered the concept of presenting contemporary art from China, India, Japan and Korea Asia under one roof at our Asian Contemporary Art sales, and to Chinese 20th Art, we added that of the other regions in ... More |
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