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A worker walks by an untitled sculpture by German artist Wilhelm Lehmbruck at the Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg. A special exhibition, entitled 100 years of Lehmbruck's 'Kneeling Woman' - Paris 1911, opens to the public on 24 September 2011 to mark the 100th anniversary of Lehmbruck's sculpture, the Kneeling Woman. In addition to works from Lehmbruck, the exhibition will also present artworks by Auguste Rodin, Henri Matisse and Fernand Leger. EPA/VICTORIA BONN-MEUSER.
DUISBURG.- Grace kneels in Duisburg, was forged in 1911 in a Parisian studio. For its creator Wilhelm Lehmbruck, the Kneeling Woman became a completely personal mark of creation. Affecting the art of the modern era like an impulse, with its graceful yet peculiar pose and a gesture that until that time was unique the piece has exercised an immense influence on sculpture and painting in the past hundred years. In 2011 the Kneeling Woman celebrates its anniversary, and the Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg thus dedicates one of the most complex and extensive exhibitions in their history to the piece, curated by an international team managed by Marion Bornscheuer, curator of the Lehmbruck Collection and painting and graphics. ... More |
| Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Presents "Andy Warhol: Shadows" | | Houston's Menil Collection Announces Return of Byzantine Frescoes to Cyprus in 2012 | | MFA Houston announces major Frank Stella acquisition: "Palmito Ranch" (1961), a landmark in American painting | 
Andy Warhol, "Shadows," 1978-79. Dia Art Foundation. © 2011 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Bill Jacobson.
WASHINGTON, DC.- This fall, the Hirshhorn will present “Shadows” (1978–79), the monumental painting installation by Andy Warhol (American, b. Pittsburgh, 1928; d. New York, 1987). The Hirshhorn’s exhibition, which runs from Sept. 25 until Jan. 15, 2012, marks the first time that all 102 canvases have been shown at once. Installed edge-to-edge as the artist intended, “Shadows” will extend nearly 450 linear feet around the outer perimeter of the museum’s curved second-level galleries, offering the public a unique opportunity to view the work in its entirety. Associate curator Evelyn Hankins is coordinating the Hirshhorn’s presentation of “Andy Warhol: Shadows,” which is organized by Dia Art Foundation. The foundation acquired the piece from the artist during its inaugural exhibition at the Heiner Friedrich Gallery ... More | | 
Lysi dome fresco, restored. Christ pantokrator and angels. Photo: ©Hester and Hardaway Photography 1990.
HOUSTON, TX.- After more than two decades in Houston, the beloved Byzantine frescoes will go back to Cyprus in 2012. While this moment is bittersweet, the story of these frescoes—from their rescue, to their long-term loan to the Menil, and now to their return—very much reflects the essence of the Menil Collection, its focus on the aesthetic and the spiritual, and our responsible stewardship of works from other nations and cultures. In 1983, Dominique de Menil, founder of the Menil Collection, was presented with an extraordinary prospect: to acquire two 13th century frescoes from Cyprus. Mrs. de Menil was struck by their beauty and understood immediately their art historical significance. However, after further research Mrs. de Menil learned that the frescoes had been stolen from their home in a small votive chapel in Lysi, Cyprus. That knowledge led to an act ... More | | 
Frank Stella, Palmito Ranch, 1961.
HOUSTON, TX.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has acquired Frank Stella‘s Palmito Ranch (1961) from the artist‘s landmark ―Benjamin Moore‖ series, which ushered in a new current of Minimalism in American art. The acquisition is a combination museum purchase from the Caroline Wiess Law Accession Endowment and gift from the artist, who made the donation in memory of the late MFAH director, Peter C. Marzio (1943-2010). "Peter Marzio was everything you would want from the director of a great museum," Stella commented about his gift. "I got to know Peter when the MFAH invited me to create murals for the 1982 Stella by Starlight gala; from then on I counted him a friend." "Palmito Ranch builds on the MFAH‘s longstanding commitment to the work of Frank Stella," said Gwendolyn H. Goffe, interim director. "It was among the last works of art that Dr. Marzio had the opportunity to propose to the museum‘s bo ... More |
| Made in the UK: Contemporary art British art at the Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design | | Edge of Empires: Pagans, Jews and Christians at Institute for the Study of the Ancient World | | Third solo exhibition by Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes on view at Galerie Max Hetzler | 
Bridget Riley, Gather, 1981. Bequest of Richard Brown Baker. © Bridget Riley 2011. All
rights reserved, courtesy Karsten Schubert, London. Courtesy Museum of Art Rhode
Island School of Design, Providence.
PROVIDENCE, RI.- The Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design highlights its extraordinary collection of contemporary British art in a major exhibition this fall. Made in the UK: Contemporary Art from the Richard Brown Baker Collection richly captures Britain's contemporary art scene as it emerged from World War II to become a prominent force on the world stage today. Made in the UK opened to the public on September 23. Made in the UK celebrates works by British artists from the 1950s through the present and includes such major figures as Tacita Dean, David Hockney, Howard Hodgkin, Anish Kapoor, Jim Lambie, Julian Opie, Bridget Riley, and Yinka Shonibare. Many of the artists in the exhibition are represented at the Tate and other important British collections, but are not seen in depth in American museums. ... More | | 
Shield (Scutum), Paint on Wood and Rawhide, H. 105.5 cm, W. 41.0 cm, D. 30.0 cm. From Tower 19, Dura-Europos, mid-3rd century CE. Yale University Art Gallery, Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos: 1933.715. Photo: © 2011 Yale University Art Gallery.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The ancient city of Dura-Europos, which stood at the crossroads of the Hellenistic, Persian, and Roman worlds for some five centuries, is the subject of an exhibition at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW). Edge of Empires: Pagans, Jews, and Christians at Roman Dura-Europos tells the story of life in the city, located in present-day Syria, from the mid-second to mid-third century CE, when it thrived as a Roman military garrison. The exhibition is on view from September 23, 2011, through January 8, 2012. Founded at the end of the fourth century BCE by Macedonian successors of Alexander the Great, Dura-Europos was successively occupied by Parthians and Romans before its destruction in the middle of the third century CE. It was home to an unusually multicultural population ... More | | 
Beatriz Milhazes, Winter Love, 2010. Photo: Courtesy Galerie Max Hetzler.
BERLIN.- Galerie Max Hetzler presents the third solo exhibition of Beatriz Milhazes, featuring four large scale paintings and a mobile, which were the subject of her solo show at Fondation Beyeler in Basel earlier this year, as well as recent collages. Central to the exhibition are four monumental canvases of different sizes on the theme of the four seasons. They are composed of stylized, ornamental floral motifs and geometric forms which are symptomatic of Beatriz Milhazes' oeuvre, as is the transfer technique deriving from collage that she developed. Influenced by the tropical climate and vegetation of her home country Brazil, her work rhythmically constructed, features unique exuberant colours. While the motifs of her paintings are applied on the canvas by decal transfer, the collages primarily consist of printed materials as candy or chocolate wrappers. These are assembled in compositions based on a graphic organisati ... More |
| Restoration work to begin on Joan Miró mural in Wichita State University's Ulrich Museum of Art | | Larry Wright appointed Managing Director of Bellevue Arts Museum in Washington | | Exhibition at Victoria & Albert Museum tackles tough task: define "Postmodernism" | 
A mural installed on the museum by Joan Miro in Wichita, Kan. AP Photo/Ulrich Museum of Art.
By: Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press
WICHITA (AP).- Conservation crews will begin removing a massive mosaic by modern master Joan Miro from an art museum at Wichita State University next week as part of a five-year, $3 million restoration effort to stop the work from raining down pieces of Venetian glass and marble. Measuring 26 feet by 52 feet, the Personnages Oiseaux mosaic depicts surrealist, fantastical birds. It was installed in 1978, five years before the death of the Spanish artist best known for his shock of blues, greens and reds overlaid with black lines outlining creatures with enlarged heads and pinched faces. "It puts Wichita and this university on the map of the art world," said Patricia McDonnell, director of the Ulrich Museum of Art. "It's incredible." Unfortunately, the stained glass studio in France that created the outdoor mural based on a Miro painting affixed the approximately 1 million pieces of Venetian glass and marble to particle board. The freezing and thawing cycle of three decades of Kan ... More | | 
Most recently Wright was the CEO of the National Mentoring Partnership in Washington, DC. Photo: Courtesy of Bellevue Arts Museum.
BELLEVUE, WA.- Following an extensive national search, the Board of Trustees of Bellevue Arts Museum announced the appointment Larry Wright as Managing Director. An Eastside native, Wright joins BAM with more than 15 years of non-profit leadership experience. He is relocating to the Pacific Northwest for this important post and will start transitioning into his new role on October 3, 2011. Most recently Wright was the CEO of the National Mentoring Partnership in Washington, DC. There, he was responsible for the strategic oversight of the organization which delivers services to more than 5,000 member organizations across the country. During his tenure, the organization doubled its support from corporations, restarted a $30 million federal grant, increased net assets and raised its national profile with a series of events that included the President and First Lady as well as a number of Cabinet members. Before joining the N ... More | | 
‘Consumer’s Rest’ chair, 1990. © V&A images.
By: Mike Collett-White
LONDON (REUTERS).- On the wall near the exit to the Victoria & Albert's new show on postmodernism hangs a bright neon sign of the word "Shop". Many museums are too embarrassed to draw attention to the fact that they force visitors to walk through the gift shop in order to get out of a blockbuster show. Not so "Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990". But then the self referential joke with its bold allusion to consumerism is part of the point. The show, which runs from September 24-January 15, 2012 at the London museum, attempts to do what some commentators believe to be nigh impossible -- define postmodernism. The exhibition features works of architecture, painting, music and dance that its curators say fall into the broad remit of postmodernism, a movement they argue consumed itself in the 1980s through its obsession with consumerism and commercial success. "Ultimately this was the undoing of the movement," said a com ... More |
| First Ever Museum Exhibition Showcases Giorgio di Sant' Angelo's Innovation and Influence | | De La Warr Pavilion explores Andy Warhol's beliefs, lifestyle and above all, his legacy | | Neuberger Museum of Art presents first ten-year survey of paintings and drawings by Dana Schutz | 
Sant’ Angelo was an artist with the exceptional ability to see beyond the established fashion norms, creating designs that were revolutionary in every sense – from the fabric, to the cut, to his interpretation of cultural influences.
PHOENIX, AZ.- Phoenix Art Museum’s Fashion Design Department presents Giorgio di Sant’ Angelo, the first ever retrospective to highlight the extraordinary ingenuity of American designer Giorgio di Sant’ Angelo. The winner of two Coty Awards and two Council of Fashion Designers of America honors, Sant’ Angelo’s notable three-decade career generated a wide array of collections, including Gypsy (1969) and Natives of the Americas (1970), all of which were innovative for their pioneering use of stretch fabrics and powerful expression of the era. Featuring more than 40 ensembles and accessories, the exhibition spans the late 1960s through the early 1990s and provides a stunning overview of Sant’ Angelo’s influence and legacy. Giorgio di Sant’ Angelo runs through February 12, 2012. “Sant’ Angelo was an artist ... More | | 
Andy Warhol, Self-Portrait with Fright Wig 1986 © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London 2009.
BEXHILL.- Warhol is Here at the De La Warr Pavilion presents and explores the work of Andy Warhol in the context of his beliefs, lifestyle and above all, his legacy for the 21st century. The Pavilion is also presenting a companion exhibition, curated and conceived by Jean Wainwright in the rooftop foyer of the Pavilion. This sound installation comprises of tape recordings of interviews taken over the course of an eleven year journey to find Warhol’s voice as told by others. The recordings, played on old cassette players, were gathered from collaborators, stars of his films, and his family. We hear his brothers John and Paul on growing up with Andy, as well as conversations with John Giorno, Gerard Malanga, Billy Name and Brigid Berlin, amongst others. From the way he talked, to his working methods and relationship with family and lovers, this installation ... More | | 
Dana Schutz, Guitar Girl, 2009. Oil and acrylic on canvas with black velvet, 60 " x 48 " inches. Private collection.
PURCHASE, NY.- Even before she had reached the age of thirty, Dana Schutz was considered one of the leading artists of her generation. Her imaginative work, filled with inventive stories and hypothetical situations, is strange, humorous, whimsical, disturbing, and oddly compelling, all at the same time. Combining fantasy and reality, humor and horror, her vibrant paintings abound with expressionist energy. From September 25 through December 18, 2011, the Neuberger Museum of Art will present Dana Schutz: If the Face Had Wheels, the first ten-year (2001-2011) survey of this extraordinary artist’s paintings and drawings. Featured are thirty paintings and twelve drawings, including work from each of her endlessly fascinating and innovative series -- from Frank from Observation (2002), portraying the fictional life of Frank, the last man on earth as depicted by Schutz, the world’s last painter, to recent works from the ... More |
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 Des Moines Art Center exhibition explores issues of loss and extinction in Dario Robleto's work DES MOINES, IA.- On September 23, the Des Moines Art Center opened Dario Robleto: Survival Does Not Lie In The Heavens, an exhibition that will run through January 15, 2012 in the Anna K. Meredith Gallery. A new print exhibition, Black White Gray Blue also opened on September 23, and be on view through January 29, 2012. Survival Does Not Lie in The Heavens is devoted to Dario Robleto’s recent exploration of longevity and extinction. The San Antonio-native is well known for using ephemeral and archaic materials, including vinyl records, dinosaur fossils, impact glass formed by meteorites, human tears, and heartbeats to create poetic statements that celebrate our faith in the materials and objects that shape our lives. Influenced by both conceptual art and popular forms of music sampling, Robleto mixes these materials in order to understand the present through the past in an ongoing pursuit of a ... More Taglialatella Galleries announcemens two new executive positions NEW YORK, N.Y.- Taglialatella Galleries announces two new executive positions to their New York staff: Mr. Brian Swarts, President and Director of Sales and Ms. Diana Buckley, Director of Administration and Curator of the Project Space. Taglialatella’s new President and Director of Gallery Operations, Mr. Brian Swarts, has been the Director of Sales for the New York location. Mr. Swarts has been with Taglialatella Galleries for a period of time and has quickly become part of Dominic Taglialatella’s vision for the future of this international company, one of the most recognized and reputable contemporary and modern art galleries in the world. Mr. Swarts studied both art and literature at the College of Wooster in Ohio, where he received his BS in Literature, as well as Lorenzo D’Medici University in Florence, Italy, where he studied fine art and art history. Since moving to New York City six years ago, Mr ... More National Museum of American History receives Peace Corps objects WASHINGTON, DC.- Peace Corps director Aaron S. Williams donated objects from Peace Corps volunteers to the political history collections at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. The Peace Corps is marking its 50th anniversary and gathered this collection by reaching out to its membership for objects representing the experiences of volunteers stationed around the world. The donation includes documents, brochures, posters and correspondence, a congratulatory letter from the White House signed by President John F. Kennedy and the sign that hung at the original Peace Corps office in Ghana, the first country to host Peace Corps volunteers. “The varied objects in this collection document both the personal and institutional histories of this remarkable and very American organization, which over the past 50 years has changed the lives of so many individuals around the world,” ... More New study identifies pine bush as "Stop Over" for migrating birds ALBANY, N.Y.- Documenting the first study of its kind, a New York State Museum scientist has co-authored a new article that describes the diversity of bird species that pass through the Albany Pine Bush Preserve, an important fall migration “stop-over” for birds that breed hundreds of miles away. This is the first known study of migratory “stop-over” in a rare pine barrens ecosystem like the one found in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. The study also is among the first to use isotope measurements from feathers to estimate the breeding-site origin of migrating birds in eastern North America. The results indicate that some individuals passing through the Pine Bush bred as close as the Adirondacks, but that over half of the birds had breeding localities more than 470 miles northwest of the Pine Bush. Many birds, including all of the captured Blackpoll Warblers, originated over 940 miles away. Dr. Jere ... More Arnolfini celebrates 50th anniversary of presenting the very best in contemporary art in all its forms BRISTOL.- One of the UK’s leading cultural centres, Arnolfini in Bristol, will mark its 50th anniversary over this weekend, 23 – 24 September 2011, celebrating 50 years of presenting the very best in contemporary art in all its forms: visual, performance, music, cinema, and literature. Established by three artists, Jeremy and Annabel Rees, and John Orsborn, Arnolfini began life in 1961 as a gallery above a bookshop on Triangle West in Clifton, moving to its current home on Bristol Harbourside in 1975. The name was chosen by Jeremy Rees, after Jan van Eyck’s painting The Arnolfini Portrait, in the National Gallery. To mark the landmark occasion of its anniversary, Arnolfini will launch the major exhibition, Museum Show, an exploration of museums created by artists showing a series of highly idiosyncratic, semi-fictional institutions. Presented in two parts, it is the first ever exhibition to chart this par ... More "Modify as Needed" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami MIAMI, FL.- Modify, as needed is part of the Museum of Contemporary Art's Knight Exhibition Series. It features works by Kathryn Andrews, Darren Bader, Nina Beier, Karl Holmqvist, Adriana Lara, Natalia Ibáñez Lario, Jose Carlos Martinat, Amilcar Packer, Nicolás Paris, Nick Relph, and Anders Smebye. The exhibition is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami and is curated by MOCA Associate Curator Ruba Katrib. Artists today are consumers of culture as much as they are producers of it. The exhibition Modify, as needed addresses this reality through the work of 11 international artists and looks closely at the forays some artists have made into the industries that produce visual culture, from the professionalized realms of fashion, art, and design to consumer-level technologies of software, the Internet, and other tools. The artists' playful and often humorous approaches reveal the effects ... More Newark Museum Patchwork exhibition now open NEWARK, N.J.- Quilts are considered by many to be one of America ’s great indigenous folk-art forms, but patchwork also has a rich and important place in other parts of the world as demonstrated in a pair of exhibitions opening September 14 at the Newark Museum. Since purchasing its first quilt in 1918, the Newark Museum has amassed one of the most comprehensive quilt collections in the nation. Drawing 30 magnificent quilts, half by New Jersey artisans, from its rich holdings of more than 150 works, the Museum will showcase the art form in its upcoming feature exhibition, Patchwork from Folk Art to Fine Art, September 14 through December 31, 2011. A broader world view of the art form is examined in a small accompanying exhibition entitled The Global Art of Patchwork: Asia and Africa. As is traditional with all major Newark Museum exhibitions, a rich and diverse schedule of educational programs and activities are p ... More Andrew Raftery: Open House on view at the Fleming Museum of Art BURLINGTON, VT.- The Fleming Museum of Art announces the opening of a new exhibition celebrating the craft of contemporary printmaker, Andrew Raftery. The exhibition, titled Andrew Raftery: Open House, presents a five-part print series by New England based contemporary artist. Accompanying the series are preliminary studies created over a six-year period: architectural models, cast-resin figure models, and a selection of over fifty working drawings in a variety of mediums that reflect the artist’s exhaustive preparatory process. Raftery uses the age-old technique of copper-plate engraving to explore the commonplace activity of shopping for a new home. Each scene in the five-part narrative depicts a moment of time during an open house, presenting an exquisitely detailed and complex view of home, family, and interpersonal relations. Throughout the series, one sees images of the changing structure ... MoreMassachusetts library undoes century-old Twain book ban CHARLTON (AP).- A Massachusetts library has put the Mark Twain work "Eve's Diary" back on the shelf more than a century after it was banned. The Charlton Public Library's trustees this week unanimously voted to return the book to circulation, reversing the board's 1906 decision to ban the 1905 short story. Trustee Richard Whitehead said the move was made to coincide with the American Library Association's Banned Books Week. The book was written from the perspective of the biblical Eve. It was banned because trustee Frank Wakefield objected to nude illustrations of Eve. Whitehead tells The Telegram and Gazette (http://bit.ly/r0CFgm) he considers the illustrations works of art. The 1906 decision drew attention from The New York Times, which reported that Twain was not particularly concerned. Charlton is 40 miles southwest of Boston. ... More Israel donates money for preservation of AuschwitzWARSAW (AP).- Polish officials say Israel has pledged $1 million to help preserve the former death camp of Auschwitz, which is in a serious state of deterioration. The Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum said Friday that it received a pledge from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of 3.6 million shekels ($1 million; euro717,000) for a "Perpetual Fund" that will pay for preserving barracks, gas chambers and other evidence of German crimes at the site in Poland. Officials aim to raise euro120 million ($163 million) for the fund, which would generate annual interest of euro4-5 million for preservation. Earlier this month Poland pledged euro10 million, joining Germany, the U.S. and others as donors. With the Polish and Israeli announcements, the fund has more than euro90 million pledged. ... More Nation's largest pinball museum to open in BaltimoreBy: Jason Tomassini
BALTIMORE (REUTERS).- Decades after he slept under a beloved first pinball machine wedged into his cramped apartment, David Silverman will open the nation's largest museum dedicated to speeding silver balls and fast-motion flippers. The National Pinball Museum will open this fall in a 12,000 square foot space in the heart of Baltimore's tourist district and will include exhibits on the history of pinball - its beginnings in 18th-century France, its move to America, the advent of the flipper in 1946 and, later, digital technology. The vast space will stocked with up to 900 pinball machines from Silverman's collection, ranging from an original French bagatelle game with pins and no flippers to a Stars Wars-type game, one of just 15 ever made. "Pinball is more than a game," Silverman said from the museum's new home as movers bustled by. "We aren't building an arcade, we are building a museum." The museum, when it opens in November, will also feature space for p ... More Studies suggest 2 waves of ancient Asia settlementBy: Malcolm Ritter, AP Science Writer
NEW YORk (AP).- Early humans settled eastern Asia in two waves rather than just one, say two genetic studies that weigh in on a long-running debate among experts trying to trace the migrations of early humans. The first wave brought in ancestors of present-day aborigines of Australia, while the second brought forerunners of most current residents of east Asia, the studies conclude. One of the studies also showed that a species recently discovered in Siberia that's related to modern humans traveled a much greater distance than previous evidence indicated, ranging farther south and deeper into Asia, a conclusion that at least one expert found very surprising. Neither study challenges the idea that our ancient ancestors emerged from Africa in just one wave. But the new research sheds light on what happened after that. The two studies, released Thursday, take different approaches. One, published online by the journal Science, analyzed DNA from ... More |
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