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An Israel Museum worker points at the word "Jerusalem" written in a part of the Isaiah Scroll, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, inside the vault of the Shrine of the Book building at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011. Two thousand years after they were written and decades after they were found in desert caves, some of the world-famous Dead Sea Scrolls are available online. Israel's national museum and the international web giant Google are behind the project, which saw five scrolls go online Monday. AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner.
By: Matti Friedman, Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP).- Two thousand years after they were written and decades after they were found in desert caves, some of the world-famous Dead Sea Scrolls went online for the first time on Monday in a project launched by Israel's national museum and the web giant Google. The appearance of five of the most important Dead Sea scrolls on the Internet is part of a broader attempt by the custodians of the celebrated manuscripts — who were once criticized for allowing them to be monopolized by small circles of scholars — to make them available to anyone with a computer. The scrolls include the biblical Book of Isaiah, the manuscript known as the Temple Scroll, and three others. Surfers can search high-resolution images of the scrolls for specific passages, zoom in and out, and translate verses into English. The originals are kept in a secured vault in a Jerusalem building constructed specifically to house the scrolls. Access requires at least three different keys, a magnetic ... More |
| Retrospective of photographer W. Eugene Smith's work on view at Martin-Gropius-Bau | | Sotheby's New York to hold its first evening sale of Contemporary prints in October | | High presents exhibition showcasing the distinguished Huber Family collection of American art | 
A visitor looks at framed black and white photographs at the Martin-Gropius-Bau exhibition venue in Berlin, Germany. The images are part of the exhibition about US photographer W. Eugene Smith and are shown under the title 'A Retrospective' until 27 November 2011. EPA/WOLFGANGKUMM.
BERLIN.- W. Eugene Smith, who was born in 1918 in Wichita, Kansas, and died in 1978 in Tucson, Arizona, first made a name for himself as a politically and socially committed photojournalist in the USA in the 1940s. Many of his photographic reports appeared in Life, the leading picture magazine that had been launched in New York in 1936. Smith saw in photography more than just an illustration to a text and had often asked editors for a greater say in the composition of a photo-essay. His painstakingly researched and emotionally moving features set new standards of photojournalism in the 1940s and 1950s. Smith had begun to take photographs as a fifteen-year-old, having been inspired by his mother, a keen amateur photographer. In 1936, following the ... More | | 
Jasper Johns, False Start I (ULAE 9). Lithograph printed in colors, 1962, signed in pencil, dated '23 July 1962' and inscribed 'artist's proof for David', aside from the numbered edition of 38, on BFK Rives paper, with the blindstamp of the publisher, ULAE, framed, 446 by 349 mm 17 9/16 by 13¾ in. Est. $120/180,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s New York will hold its first-ever evening sale of prints on 27 October 2011. Important Contemporary Prints from an American Private Collection will offer a stunning selection of 37 works by artists including Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Rauschenberg, which are notable for their wonderful condition. The Collection is also remarkable for the number of comprehensive sets that it contains, led by six complete Warhol portfolios that were purchased directly from his Factory and had remained unframed until present. Select prints from the sale will travel to both Hong Kong and Sao Paolo, before returning to New York for exhibition beginning 23 October. The bi-annual various-owners auction of Prints will be held concurrently on 27 & 28 ... More | | 
Cecilia Beaux, Maud DuPuy Darin, 1889. Pastel on warm grey paper laid down on canvas. The Huber Family Collection.
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art is hosting “Embracing Elegance, 1885–1920: American Art from the Huber Family Collection,” an important exhibition showcasing the collection of turn-of-the-century American art collected by Atlantans Russell and Jack Huber over the last 25 years. With 35 paintings, pastels and drawings, the exhibition features work by artists Cecilia Beaux, Frank W. Benson, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Robert Henri, Lilla Cabot Perry, John Singer Sargent, Everett Shinn, John Sloan, John Henry Twachtman and J. Alden Weir. “Embracing Elegance, 1885–1920” and its accompanying full-color catalogue are co-organized by the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, and the High Museum of Art. The exhibition will be on view at the High through November 27, 2011. “By focusing on the period in American art that the Hubers love best—roughly the four decades that bracket the turn of the twen ... More |
| Exceptional British art selection highlights Sotheby's contemporary art evening auction | | New York's revered Salmagundi Club announces details of October art auction fundraisers | | New media and depictions of financial turmoil big focus at Moscow's Fourth Biennale | 
Lucian Freud, Boy's Head. Oil on canvas, 21.6 by 15.9cm. 8 1/2 by 6 1/4 in. Executed in 1952. Estimate:3,000,000-4,000,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Sotheby’s forthcoming Contemporary Art Evening Auction on Thursday, October 13, 2011, which coincides with London’s Frieze Art Fair, will be led by an exceptionally strong section of British Art that is highlighted by Lucian Freud’s Boy’s Head of 1952. The British Art section also includes important pieces by Peter Doig, Frank Auerbach, Leon Kossoff, Marc Quinn and Glenn Brown. The auction will also feature works by established greats such as Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Miquel Barceló and Sigmar Polke as well as an offering of artworks by younger artists including Jacob Kassay. The 47-lot auction is estimated at in excess of £19 million. Discussing the forthcoming auction, Cheyenne Westphal, Sotheby’s Head of Contemporary Art Europe, commented: “Sotheby’s established the record for an auction of Contemporary Art staged in Europe with our Contemporary Art ... More | | 
Anne Kullaf, 'Daydreams on 14th Street, oil, 20 x 20 in., estimate $1,500. Image courtesy of Salmagundi Club.
NEW YORK, NY.- New York City’s revered Salmagundi Club – an artists’ organization founded in 1871 – is planning a major fundraiser during the month of October that comprises three auctions of juried artworks submitted by its artist-members. The auctions will be held at the Salmagundi Club on Friday, Oct. 14 at 8 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 23 at 2 p.m. (following a brunch in the dining room), and Friday Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. As a special incentive, no buyer’s premium will be payable on any artwork purchased, and to accommodate those who cannot attend in person, there will be Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.com. “Over the years, collectors have flocked to our semiannual auction fundraisers to buy top-quality artworks from some of America’s finest artists, often at very attractive prices,” said Salmagundi Club President Claudia Seymour. “When we included Internet live bidding at ... More | | 
Visitors look at he Houndingdown by T.V. Santhosh exhibition at the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. By: Amie Ferris-Rotman and Nastassia Astrasheuskaya
MOSCOW (REUTERS).- New media and depictions of financial turmoil were on display at Moscow's fourth Biennale, which kicked off on the weekend across the capital giving a much-needed boost to Russia's modern art scene. Called "Rewriting Worlds," many of the 64 featured artists, from 33 countries, are exhibiting for the first time at Russia's largest art show, in a plush department store and trendy galleries dotted across Moscow. "We wanted a digital piece of art to show how we are both fueled and dominated by the computer age," said German artist Uta Kopp, who produced "Remote Words" with partner Achim Mohne. Specifically created for the Biennale, a Google map of Moscow five meters (yards) wide is stretched across the floor, which viewers can take aim at with a flying machine that magnifies parts of the city on an iPad and projector screen. Thirty silver ... More |
| Pennsylvania's Brandywine Museum shows N.C. Wyeth's Treasure Island paintings | | Property from the Estate of "The Music Man" Meredith Willson on the auction block | | Metropolitan Museum launches expanded and redesigned website with more than 340,000 works of art | 
A gallery goer looks at an exhibit of N.C. Wyeth’s Treasure Island, Classic Illustrations for a Classic Tale. AP Photo/Alex Brandon.
By: Joann Loviglio, Associated Press
CHADDS FORD, PA. (AP).- A century after N.C. Wyeth's illustrations of the pirates and scalawags of "Treasure Island" first appeared, the iconic images considered the definitive version of the classic tale are reunited for the first time since their completion. The Brandywine Museum has reassembled them in a new exhibit marking the 100th anniversary of Wyeth's "Treasure Island" and the 40th anniversary of the museum, not far from an old carriage house where Wyeth created the 17 large oils on canvas for publishing house Charles Scribner's Sons. The only painting not in the exhibit was destroyed in a fire in 1952. Scribner's displayed the paintings in their New York bookstore and sold several, but the bulk of the paintings are owned either by the museum or the Wyeth family. The New York Public Library owns two, one is in private hands and one is ... More | | 
A William Haines tin and wood lamp, mid 20th century, height 23in (58.5cm). Est. $1,000-1,500. Property from the Estate of songwriter, composer, conductor and playwright Meredith Willson and his wife Rosemary.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams will feature property from the Estate of songwriter, composer, conductor and playwright Meredith Willson and his wife Rosemary during its fall 2011 auctions. Proceeds of the sales will benefit the Meredith and Rosemary Willson Charitable Foundation, whose goal is to keep the philanthropic legacy of Meredith and Rosemary alive by supporting the causes and charities that were important to them, including the arts, music education and scholarships, as well as medical research and children’s care. Best known for writing the book, music and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical “Meredith Willson’s The Music Man,” Willson, an Academy-Award® nominee and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, wrote three other Broadway musicals and composed numerous popular songs and symphony film scores. Willson was born in Mason City, Iowa, and attended Frank ... More | | 
The new website, which has been in preparation for three years, originally launched in 1996 and has not been thoroughly updated since 2000.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art has relaunched its website, www.metmuseum.org, it was announced today by Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of the Museum. Key features of the expanded and redesigned site include comprehensive access to more than 340,000 works of art in the Museum’s encyclopedic collections; extensive information and multimedia features on exhibitions, programs, and galleries; a completely new and streamlined design for greater ease of viewing the vast array of images, resources, and other material now online; and an interactive floor plan and multiple itineraries to enhance in-person visits to the Museum. The new website, which has been in preparation for three years, originally launched in 1996 and has not been thoroughly updated since 2000. Mr. Campbell stated: “We hope that the new website will provide our online visitors with immediate, easy-to-navigate access to the works of a ... More |
| Indian Highway: A 360° portrait of the sub-continent and its "miracle" at Maxxi | | "Ides of March" denarius sets record at Heritage Auctions Long Beach event | | New international centre for the visual arts designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects opens in Colchester | 
Dayanita Singh, Dream Villa. Courtesy Frith Street Gallery, London.
ROME.- Maxxi is hosting Indian Highway, the major touring group show coproduced with the Serpentine Gallery in London and the Astrup Fearnley Museum in Oslo, organized in Rome by Maxxi Art and curated by Julia Peyton-Jones, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Gunnar B. Kvaran and Giulia Ferracci (Maxxi Art). Indian Highway – as the emblematic title/metaphor for the country and its dizzying race towards the future suggests – describes the economic boom, the technological development, the social transformations, the conflicts and the cohabitation of a millenary civilisation and a developing society, identity and modernity, countryside and cities in exponential growth. A 360° portrait of the sub-continent and its “miracle”, interpreted through the penetrating, acute and profound eyes of 30 artists. Shown for the first time at London’s Serpentine Gallery in 2009, Indian Highway has since been hosted by prestigious ... More | | 
Marcus Junius Brutus, Assassin of Caesar and Imperator (44-42 BC). AR denarius (3.72 gm).
LONG BEACH, CA.- A famous “Ides of March” silver denarius of Marcus Brutus fetched a record-shattering $546,250 on Sept. 7 at Heritage Auctions’ World & Ancient Coins event, part of Heritage’s $34 million total Long Beach Numismatic Auctions, at the Long Beach Convention Center. The price realized, which includes the 15% Buyer’s Fee, is the most ever paid at auction for a Roman silver coin. The Sept. 7 session of Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine coins was part of a four-day series of auctions at Heritage, featuring the Rubicon Collection of Roman coins and the Norman Jacobs Collection of Asian coins, which brought a total of $20.5 million together, setting a world record for a multi-consignor auction featuring World and Ancient coins. “It was a privilege to be part of this historic auction series,” said Cristiano Bierrenbach, Heritage’s Executive Vice President of International N ... More | | 
firstsite is home for the work of the long established visual arts organisation of the same name.
COLCHESTER.- firstsite, a major new centre for the visual arts, designed by internationally acclaimed Rafael Viñoly Architects, opened in Colchester on Sunday 25 September 2011. firstsite is home for the work of the long established visual arts organisation of the same name. Spread over 3,200 square metres on a landmark site bounded by the original Roman wall of Colchester, and set in extensive grounds, the new building includes purpose-built gallery spaces for major international exhibitions. It also features a display space to showcase works from the University of Essex’s internationally important collection of Latin American art, extensive learning spaces for children, students and community groups, a destination bar/restaurant and a 190-seat auditorium suitable for film screenings, lectures and events. The building is open every day and into the evening, free to all. At its heart is the newly restored Berryfield Roman ... More |
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 Art Miami Buys the LA Art Show LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Fine Art Dealers Association and the Los Angeles Art Show, LLC are pleased to announce that an agreement in principle has been reached with the Fine Art Dealers Association to acquire all of the assets of the Los Angeles Art Show, including the new LA Art Show: Modern & Contemporary, the Los Angeles Fine Art Show: Historic and Traditional, and the show production for the International Fine Print Dealers Association show in Los Angeles. Subject to the approval of FADA’s membership, the acquisition is expected to close by the end of September. The Los Angeles Art Show, an LLC partnership, was created to produce and operate all of the Los Angeles Art Show’s assets by Art Miami, LLC and Kim Martindale, General Manager. The Los Angeles Art Show, LLC represents a focused investment for the Art Miami team, merging the tools and assets of these bi-‐coastal shows to the benefit of both. ... More Rimer Cardillo exhibition at Nassau County Museum of Art ROSLYN HARBOR, NY.- Rimer Cardillo: Journadas de la memoria is on view at Nassau County Museum of Art from September 17 to November 27. The exhibition is sponsored by the New York State Council on the Arts. Rimer Cardillo is a prominent Uruguayan American artist who lives and works in New York City and the Hudson River Valley. Cardillo has developed a significant body of work that includes prints, photography, sculpture and installations. He creates major site-specific pieces that he refers to as cupí (from the native Guarani word for anthill), as well as photo and film-based documentary work related to his collaborations with scholars and practitioners in the fields of entomology and archaeology. He is also noted for his journalistic explorations of the Amazonian interior, rural estancias of northern Uruguay and southern Paraguay, and other remote regions of the South American continent. Cardillo draws ... More Bonhams to sell collection of Australia's leading aboriginal artist, Paddy Bedford SYDNEY.- This unique auction milestone offered by Bonhams in Sydney, Australia on November 21, will be the first time a single-artist Aboriginal art sale has been held anywhere. The carefully selected 26 works, hand-picked by the specialist team from Bonhams in consultation with the Estate have also never been offered on the secondary market before. Bedford, who died in 2007, is one of Australia's most acclaimed contemporary artists and undoubtedly one of the most celebrated and successful Aboriginal artist of the last decade. His works are represented in all major Australian institutions as well as the Essl Museum in Vienna, Museum of Contemporary Aboriginal Art (AAMU), Utrecht and major national and international collections including the Serval and Jürg Dähler collections from Switzerland. His significant status as an artist is reinforced as he is the only Indigenous Australian artist to have a catalogue ... More Des Moines Art Center celebrates sesquicentennial of the Civil War with new print exhibition DES MOINES, IA.- The Des Moines Art Center opened a print exhibition entitled Black White Gray Blue, which runs through January 29, 2012, in the Print Gallery. Dario Robleto: Survival Does Not Lie In The Heavens also opened on September 23, and will be on view through January 15, 2012, in the Anna K. Meredith Gallery. Black White Gray Blue features an unusual mix of historical and contemporary prints and works on paper from the Des Moines Art Center’s permanent collection, presenting works in which artists reveal and revisit the horrors of slavery in America; witness, depict, and interpret the War Between the States; and confront this nation’s ongoing legacy of racism. Artists in the exhibition include Robert Colescott, Winslow Homer, Jacob Lawrence, Glenn Ligon, Dario Robleto, and Kara Walker. Homer’s Civil War wood engravings, selected from the Art Center’s complete collection of his publish ... More Historian accused in theft case seeks to sell art BALTIMORE (AP).- A presidential historian charged with conspiring to steal documents from U.S. archives — including papers signed by Abraham Lincoln — is seeking court permission to sell an Andy Warhol print, other artworks and inaugural medals to cover his living expenses. Barry Landau, 63, needs cash to pay the $2,700 rent on his New York City apartment, health insurance, food and other expenses, according to a motion filed Friday in U.S. District Court by attorney Andrew White. Landau's terms of release require the court's permission before he can sell or dispose of any assets. Prosecutors expect to file a response to Landau's request soon, but had no immediate comment on the request, U.S. Attorney's Office spokeswoman Marcia Murphy said Monday. Landau and his 24-year-old assistant, Jason Savedoff, are charged with stealing valuable historical documents from the Maryland Historical Society and ... More Thirteen paintings and works on paper by Emilio Sanchez at Frederico Sève Gallery NEW YORK, NY.- Frederico Sève Gallery presents Shaping Light, an exhibition of works by Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) featuring thirteen paintings and works on paper completed from the early to mid 1970’s. The Cuban-born American artist developed an early fascination with light and shadow on colored forms, and is celebrated for his architectural geometric abstractions, which are distinguished by their simplified forms. Shaping Light includes a series of works on paper that were influenced by his life in New York City, to where he proudly relocated in 1944 and remained until his death more than five decades later. While the 1960’s made way for a period of significant exploration in abstractionism in the artist’s life, the following ten years marked a time of architectural paintings and works that defines one of the highlights in Sanchez’s oeuvre. The works feature stark white vernacular buildings i ... More IDC commissions Tim Forbes to design Distinct Commemorative Sculptures for new Interior Design Awards TORONTO.- In a recent press release, Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) announced that Canadian sculptor and artist Tim Forbes was specially commissioned to conceptualize and design five distinct commemorative sculptures for the inaugural presentation of IDC’s “Top 5 Under 5 Awards” – a newly launched program aimed at recognizing the rising stars of Canadian interior design, who are within the first five years of their career. Forbes created each commemorative design based on his most recent portfolio ECHO, a body of simple, striking sculptures produced from linear, stainless steel. “I believe the creative strength of young talent represents possibilities. And, while each piece is unique, these five awards were developed from a single ten-foot length of polished aluminum, to purposely illustrate the importance of abstract lines in visualization; representing the lines between ideas and possibilities”, Forbes commented. Susan ... More |
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