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An employee adjusts the painting "Die Heimkehr des Tobias" ( The Return of Tobias) by German-Jewish painter Max Liebermann (1847-1935) at the Centrum Judaicum in Berlin. Israel's national museum has returned an impressionistic painting to the estate of its creator, the German-Jewish Max Liebermann. The work was looted from the Jewish Museum in Berlin, where it was on loan from the artist, in the 1930. Following the end of World War II, the American-based Jewish Restitution Successor Organization (JRSO) collected orphaned art and distributed the pieces to Jewish institutions worldwide. Liebermann's painting was one of more than 1,000 works the JRSO delivered in 1955 to the Bezalel National Museum, the precursor to the Israel Museum. AP Photo/dapd/ Michael Gottschalk.
By: Daniella Cheslow, Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP).- Israel's national museum said Thursday that it has returned a painting to the estate of its creator, decades after the masterpiece was looted from a Jewish museum in Nazi Germany. The Israel Museum said "The Return of Tobias," a 1934 painting by German Jewish artist Max Liebermann, is now in Berlin after it was determined the work belongs to Liebermann's heirs. Liebermann, who died in 1935 at the age of 88, was a prolific painter who led the avant garde artistic society known as the Berlin Secession. He also served as president of the Prussian Academy of Arts during the 1920s and early 1930s. Some of his works have been valued at more than $1 million. The Israel Museum's director, James Snyder, said Liebermann loaned his painting to the Jewish Museum in Berlin in the 1930s. The work, along with many others, disappeared from the museum during World War II. German Nazis stole ... More |
| The Walters Art Museum announces major gift of 300 works from John Bourne of Santa Fe | | A private German collection and the Gabrielle Keiller collection lead Christie's antiquities sale in London | | Poussin masterpiece from the celebrated 'Sacraments' series acquired by the Kimbell Art Museum | 
Anonymous (Mexican), Mother and Child, 100 B.C.–A.D. 200, earthenware, white slip with black and red paint, 37.2 × 30.9 × 23.2 cm, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, gift of John G. Bourne, 2009 (2009.20.15).
BALTIMORE, MD.- The Walters Art Museum announces today a major gift from John Bourne of Santa Fe, N.M, including 70 artworks from the Ancient Americas and approximately 230 additional planned gifts. He will also provide a $4 million bequest from his estate to help endow a center for the study, conservation, interpretation and display of the arts of the Ancient Americas. “This extraordinary gift will vault the Walters into a position of leadership among American museums in this new and exciting area of collecting and research,” said Walters Board President Douglas W. Hamilton, Jr. “It will provide the Walters with an extraordinary opportunity to expand its engagement with Maryland’s rapidly growing Hispanic community.” “More than a century ago, museum founder Henry Walters pioneered the collecting of the arts of the Ancient Americas. Now, his small collection will be greatly aug- ... More | | 
An Attic red-figured pointed neck-amphora attributed to Syriskos. Circa 475-450 B.C. 19 in. (48.2 cm.) high. Estimate £250,000-350,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
LONDON.- As the demand for ancient art continues to grow, Christie’s announces the upcoming Antiquities sale on 6 October 2011. The auction will feature 252 lots, with items dating from 4th millennium B.C. to the 15th century A.D.. Offering a broad spectrum of quality pieces from Egypt, Greece, the Roman Empire and the Near East at a wide range of prices, the auction will include several important pieces over £100,000. The sale as a whole is expected to realize between £2.8 million and £4.2 million, and follows the success of Christie’s April sale of Antiquities which achieved the highest total for the category in London since 2002. Highlighting the sale are four important vases offered from a Private German Collection, which together are expected to realize a total in excess of £430,000. It is an exceptional selection, and a wonderful opportunity for collectors to indulge in some of the greatest examples by some ... More | | 
Nicolas Poussin, The Sacrament of Ordination (Christ Presenting the Keys to Saint Peter), c. 1636–40, oil on canvas, 37 3/4 x 47 7/8 in. (95.9 x 121.6 cm). Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth.
FORT WORTH, TX.- The Kimbell Art Museum announced today one of the most important acquisitions in its history: French painter Nicolas Poussin's Sacrament of Ordination (Christ Presenting the Keys to Saint Peter). The painting is from Poussin's famous first set of the Seven Sacraments, which has been universally acclaimed, virtually since its creation, as a landmark in the history of art. The series was commissioned by the prominent Roman collector Cassiano dal Pozzo between 1636 and 1642. In 1785, the 4th Duke of Rutland purchased the paintings and brought them to England, after which Sir Joshua Reynolds, president of the Royal Academy of Arts, declared: "I think upon the whole that this must be considered as the greatest work of Poussin, who was certainly one of the greatest Painters that ever lived." "This is among the most significant old master paintings to have become available in decades," co- ... More |
| Christie's New York announces the auction of a major selection of the remarkable Peter Norton Collection | | Legendary Pop diva Anita Mui's jewels and watches to be offered exclusively at Sotheby's | | Under a difficult financial situation, Kunstverein Hamburg announces charity auction to save its existence | 
Paul McCarthy (B. 1945), Tomato Head (Green). Fiberglass, urethane, rubber, metal, plastic, fabric and painted metal base, height: 86 in. (218.4 cm.); installation dimensions variable. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Christie‘s announces the auction of a major selection of the remarkable Peter Norton Collection of contemporary art, assembled over more than two decades by one of the world‘s most pioneering collectors, entrepreneurs and philanthropists. A Single Owner grouping of 60 lots will be offered throughout the Evening and the Day Sales, November 8th and 9th, and is expected to achieve in excess of $25 million. Many of the works represent the leading artists of the contemporary art world that Mr. Norton has supported since the very beginnings of their careers, many will be offered at estimates reflecting his adventurous, start-up ... More | | 
Gianmaria Buccellati Pearl Necklace. Photo: Sotheby's.
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s announced today that it will hold the Anita Mui – Jewels and Watches From The Estate auction on 5 October during Sotheby’s Hong Kong Autumn Sale 2011, offering exclusively 43 lots of jewels and watches as well as memorabilia items from the estate of Anita Mui (1963 – 2003) - the legendary canto-pop diva and award-winning actress from Hong Kong. Estimated in excess of HK$2.6 million / US$335,000*, the sale will showcase Mui’s private jewel and watch collection which has been safely stored by the estate, and has never been offered at auction. The impressive array of properties is redolent of Mui’s extraordinary taste and style, legendary for more than two decades from the 1980s until present day. QUEK Chin Yeow, Deputy Chairman and Head of Jewellery Department, Sotheby’s Asia, said, “Sotheby’s Hong Kong is very honoured to be entrusted to hold the sale of jewels ... More | | 
Olaf Metzel, Hustler, 2011. Aluminium, Edelstahl / Aluminium, stainless steel, 99.60 x 82.67 x 42.91 inch. Donated by the artist. Photo: Thomas Dashuber © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2011.
HAMBURG.- In a very difficult financial situation the Kunstverein Hamburg asked 36 artists who had been presented in the Kunstverein Hamburg in the past, to donate a work for the two charity auctions hosted by Sotheby's. The benefit will hopefully save the future of this established institution: The Kunstverein in Hamburg is one of the oldest art societies in Germany. Since 1817 it has dedicated itself to presenting young, contemporary art. Caspar David Friedrich (1826), Philipp Otto Runge (1836), Arnold Böcklin (1898), Max Beckmann (1912), Paul Klee (1916), Oskar Kokoschka (1919), James Ensor (1932), Pablo Picasso (1948), Jackson Pollock (1958), Francis Bacon (1965), Georg Baselitz (1972), Blinky Palermo ... More |
| John Ritter's politically and emotionally charged works at Lyons Wier Gallery Project Space | | Exhibition at DC Moore Gallery of new paintings by Eric Aho explore the idea of the covert | | Stephenson's Sept. 16 auction includes final inventory of Philadelphia's beloved Glatz Jewelers | 
John Ritter, Jerry Brown, 2011, Giclee on Harman professional fine art media, 12 x 14 in / 30.5 x 35.6 cm. Photo: Courtesy Lyons Wier Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- Lyons Wier Gallery Project Space presents a series of new original artwork and limited edition prints by award-winning illustrator John Ritter. Ritter's politically and emotionally charged works utilize the vernacular of the information age to create vibrant images of politics, celebrity, crime, and catastrophe. By exposing the inherent anxiety of today's world, these subversive works fashion unseen relationships and contexts through humor and clever juxtaposition. Ritter's works are simultaneously complex and accessible, offering new political as well as artistic possibilities. Ritter studies and sources potential subjects from found photographs then manufactures compositional elements by layering and combining his own original photography to make a fabricated context in which the subject matter exists. His work exists in its purest form, as a digital configuration, that has been ... More | | 
Eric Aho, Daybreak, 2011. Oil on wood panels, 92 x 80 in. Photo: Courtesy DC Moore Gallery, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Eric Aho’s new paintings explore the idea of the covert, a shelter or place of escape within the woods. More broadly, these paintings are also about getting lost and taking refuge in experiences such as the enjoyment of the wilderness, the act of painting, or the contemplation of art. Aho maintains a constant dialogue with the history of art in his paintings. The Goya drawing Two Figures Pointing towards a Bright Opening (Prado Museum) served as a catalyst for the series of Covert paintings in this exhibition. The nineteenth-century ink drawing depicts two people amidst a loosely executed, indistinct nocturnal setting. Surprising and otherworldly, a white, slanting, rectilinear shape—perhaps a portal or passage—occupies the center of the composition. Resonating with Aho’s idea of the covert, this unnamable void appears in his paintings as a slab of intense white paint, a blinding, obliterating ray of light that becomes more solid and real than ... More | | 
Finely filigreed diamond pendant, from the final inventory of William Glatz Jewelers, Lawndale. Stephenson’s Auctioneers image.
SOUTHAMPTON, PA.- On Sept. 16, Stephenson's Auctioneers located in the Philadelphia suburb of Southampton will conduct a sale of goods and inventory from William Glatz Jewelers, one of the last of Philadelphia's traditional jewelry, watch and clock shops. The auction additionally includes superb antique American furniture and sterling silver from the living estate of former Newtown Borough (Bucks County, Pa.) mayor Glenn Hains and wife Barbara Hains. A second-generation family business founded more than 60 years ago, Glatz's permanently shuttered their original Lawndale venue after proprietor William Glatz was tragically slain during an attempted robbery in October 2010. "William Glatz Jewelers on Rising Sun Avenue was an institution in its community. When so many other jewelry stores moved out of the city to the suburbs, Mr. Glatz chose to remain in Lawndale. He kept ... More |
| Bob Dylan's "Asia Series" art exhibition coming to New York City's Gagosian Gallery | | National Park Service secures Petrified Forest; adds 26,000 acres of private land | | Photo of Confederate General Robert E. Lee fetches $23K for charity at online auction | 
File photo of a Halcyon Gallery staff looking over Bob Dylan's paintings during a preview of an exhibition. EPA/ANDY RAIN.
NEW YORK (AP).- A New York City gallery will be exhibiting 18 drawings and paintings by Bob Dylan created while the musician was touring Asia. The Gagosian Gallery says Dylan's Asia Series will run from Sept. 20 to Oct. 22. The gallery says it will be the singer-songwriter's first exhibition in New York. The works depict landscapes and architecture from his travels in Japan, China, Vietnam and Korea in 2009 and 2010. Last year, the Halcyon Gallery in London exhibited his paintings based on sketches he made while on the road from 1989 to 1992. In 2009, 100 works from his Brazil Series were shown at Denmark's National Gallery. ... More | | 
The National Park Service secured the first major private ranch within the Petrified Forest National Park. AP Photo/National Park Service.
By: Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press
PHOENIX, AZ (AP).- The federal government is gaining control over an even larger expanse of rainbow-colored petrified wood, fossils from the dawning age of dinosaurs and petroglyphs left by American Indian tribes who once lived in eastern Arizona. The National Park Service secured the first major private ranch within the Petrified Forest National Park boundaries on Thursday, capping off negotiations that began years ago with the help of a conservation group. Scientists say they're eager to explore the more than 26,000 acres that have remained ... More | | 
A tintype photograph of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. AP Photos/Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, Inc.
NASHVILLE, TN (AP).- A Goodwill worker who spotted a photograph of Confederate General Robert E. Lee has helped the charity make $23,000 in an online auction. The tintype photograph was in a bin, about to be shipped out, when a worker grabbed it and sent it to the charity's local online department. The item was then put up for auction, which closed Wednesday night. "It would have gone to our outlet store where everything is sold by the pound," Goodwill spokeswoman Suzanne Kay-Pittman said Thursday. She estimated the tintype would have fetched a dollar and change based on its weight. The sale was a record ... More |
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 Robert Lobe's sculptures take root in Prospect Park's Pastoral Landscape NEW YORK, NY- New York City’s Department of Parks & Recreation and the Prospect Park Alliance are proud to announce an exhibition of new sculptures by Robert Lobe in Prospect Park on view through November 18, 2011. The exhibition Nature in Nature features three works, Invisible Earth, Antique Jenny and Nature’s Clock, located around the park’s historic Boathouse and Lullwater, in the heart of this masterpiece of landscape art designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. Lobe uses a variation of the ancient metalworking technique repoussé, in which metal is hammered around an object to obtain shapes and patterns. He encases trees and boulders in malleable aluminum, and with countless mallet strikes and a pneumatic air compressor, he gathers and tools the metal snuggly around their shapes. This unique process enhances the textures and shadowy contours of the life-sized sculptures, blurring the line between ... More Design competition seeks to improve National Mall WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP).- A nonprofit group that raises money for the National Mall is looking for ideas to overhaul three parts of "America's front yard" that have been overused and neglected for years. The Trust for the National Mall on Thursday started seeking proposals from architects and designers who will compete to make the mall one of the world's best parks. Competitors must follow the National Park Service's plan for the mall developed over four years and signed in November by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. At the time, he gave the mall a "C'' grade for its dead grass, stagnant water and sinking seawalls along its waterways. Such competitions have been integral with the mall's evolution, from Robert Mills' white obelisk design for the Washington Monument to Maya Lin's concept for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Bob Vogel, the mall's new superintendent, said organizers were looking to the "transformat ... More Tate announces one of the most successful years ever LONDON.- Tate and its family of galleries have had one of the most successful years ever, and have managed to maintain their independent income in the face of recession and government cuts. At its annual press conference today, Tate announced total visitor figures of 7.4 million to its four galleries between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2011 and 19 million unique users to its award-winning website. This makes Tate the most popular arts organisation in the world after the Louvre in Paris. These figures are given in detail in Tate’s Annual Report 2010-11 which is published today. 287 works were acquired for the Tate Collection via purchase or bequest. During this period Tate extended the geographical reach of its Collection with major acquisitions of contemporary and modern art from the Middle East, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region. Tate’s Photography Acquisition Committee was launched in May 2010 and has ... More Cincinnati Art Museum celebrates record attendance: Third highest on record CINCINNATI.- In an all staff meeting today Director Aaron Betsky confirmed what had been rumored for weeks: the Cincinnati Art Museum has just finished it’s last fiscal year with the third highest visitor attendance in the history of the art museum. From September 1, 2010 to August 31, 2011, 272,352 people visited the museum to see Wedded Perfection, Arms and Armor, Thomas Gainsborough and the Modern Woman, The Way We Are Now: The 21c Collection, Not Just Pretty Pictures: The Carl Jacobs Collection, and The Amazing American Circus Poster. While they came for our world class exhibitions they stayed for our lectures, educational programs, Museum Shop, and Terrace Café, all of which saw significant increase in attendance and revenue this past year. Betsky commented: “We are so happy that we have been able to share these great works of art with so many in our community this last year. Our staff did a great ... More Guest-curated exhibition showcases an artist exhange between Egypt and the United States PITTSBURGH.- On September 9, 2011, the Mattress Factory opened Sites of Passage, an exhibition with new and context-specific work by artists from Egypt and the United States. This exhibition is the final exposé of the first “dig” of The Firefly Tunnels Project. The project began in August of 2010 when artist, workshop leader, and co-curator Tavia La Follette went to Egypt to begin the exchange. The project is a dialogue between Egypt and the United States during Egypt’s fight for democracy, as the U.S. enters the 10th anniversary of 9/11, executes its architect, questions its own democracy and as both countries go into an election for a new leader. Performance and installation artists from both Egypt and the U.S. converse through a virtual lab/website, where they exchange ideas and materials. The commonality between both sides of the “tunnel”/website is that the artists have gone through an intensive ... More New York arts world commemorates September 11 in music, film NEW YORK (AP).- "Boy, this is a great city," says Woody Allen, lounging on a park bench that overlooks Manhattan's East River and the 59th Street Bridge. "I don't care what anybody says. It's really a knockout, you know?" The scene comes from Allen's 1979 film "Manhattan," an enduring, romantic portrait of the director's hometown, "a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George Gershwin." It's a time capsule of a bygone New York, long before the soundtrack was changed on Sept. 11, 2001. On Sunday, New York cinemas, museums, concert halls, galleries and theaters will abound in cultural events held in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of that day. The happenings vary from screenings of old movies such as "Manhattan" to grand Lincoln Center symphonies to humble one-man shows. But they all seek to use the arts — a bedrock, still, of New York life — to share ... More |
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