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A visitor looks at a picture by Italian photographer Franco Fontana at the Modern Art Institute in Valencia, eastern Spain, 06 September 2011. This is the photographer's first retrospective exhibition in Spain with a total of 139 snapshots made during the last 40 years. EPA/KAI FOESTERLING.
VALENCIA.- Franco Fontana was born in Modena in 1933, and in the course of the last fifty years he has pursued a wide-ranging international career, presenting numerous exhibitions and publications all over the world. This show at the IVAM is a wide-ranging retrospective of his work, following historical and thematic criteria that will allow the visitor to chart his work. Franco Fontana sets out from a conception of photography as a creative activity in which the relationship with nature or reality is accompanied by an intense poetic projection. He made this clear in an interview some years ago: “I think photography is not a study of positive reality but a search for an ideal truth full of suggestion, mystery and fantasy. To take a photograph is to possess, it is an act in which knowledge and profound possession are acquired. Photography should not reproduce the visible; it should make the invisible visible.” ... More |
| J. Paul Getty Museum acquires Abbey Bible, considered a pinnacle of Gothic illumination | | The annual "No Dead Artists" show opens at the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery in New Orleans | | Exhibition of new work by German photographer Roland Fischer at Von Lintel Gallery | 
Unknown, Initial I: Scenes of the Creation of the World and the Life of Christ, about 1250 - 1262. Tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Leaf: 26.8 x 19.7 cm (10 9/16 x 7 3/4 in.) Accession No. 2011.23.4. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 107.4
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum announced the acquisition of the Abbey Bible, an Italian illuminated manuscript that exemplifies the highest achievements of the Gothic era. The Bible is named for a previous owner, who was a celebrated collector of Italian manuscripts. Produced for the use of a Dominican monastery, the Abbey Bible is one of the earliest and finest in a distinguished group of north Italian Bibles from the second half of the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, most of which have come to be associated with Bologna, one of the major centers for the production of Gothic illuminated Bibles. Its illumination is a superb example of the Byzantine style of the eastern Mediterranean that played such a dominant role in Italian painting and manuscript illumination in the second half of the ... More | | 
Meg Turner, Market Street Power Station #2. Photopolymer gravure, 19" x 14". Edition of 30.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Now in its 15th year, the annual No Dead Artists show at New Orleans' Jonathan Ferrara Gallery has established an impressive track record for discovering underexposed talents who often go on to make a name for themselves with work that often ends up in important public and private collections. Sponsored by Art Daily and the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, this year's exhibition attracted submissions from over 300 artists whose roughly 1500 works were reviewed by a panel of jurors that included philanthropist, collector and curator Toby Devan Lewis, as well as 21c Museum director William Morrow and Getty Museum Board Member and New Orleans Museum of Art director, Susan Taylor. Launched in the mid-1990s by former investment banker turned gallerist Jonathan Ferrara, No Dead Artists has gradually expanded beyond its original regional base, and the 37 works by 14 artists chosen for this year's show refle ... More | | 
Roland Fischer, Museum Munich, 2010. C-print face-mounted to plexiglass, 71 x 49 inches. Photo: Courtesy Von Lintel Gallery.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Von Lintel Gallery presents an exhibition of new photographs by German photographer Roland Fischer. The exhibition, running September 6 through October 8, 2011, features Fischer's newest large-scale photographs of modern building facades from locales around the world including Munich, Melbourne and Mexico City. As Lyle Rexer writes in his 2009 book The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography: Like that of his contemporaries Candida Höfer and Andreas Gursky, a significant portion of Roland Fischer's work is focused on built environment. He carefully frames details of highly schematic building facades in such a way that they are read as patterned two-dimensional surfaces with only telltale hints of their physical origin. This schematizing emphasizes the relentlessly geometric, repetitive and regular character of the social and political worlds these ... More |
| Exquisite Charles Willson Peale miniature portraits for sale at Heritage Auctions | | Christie's announces important American furniture, folk art & decorative arts sale | | Sotheby's to host "Turkophilia Revealed", a stunning exhibition of Ottoman art | 
Charles Willson Peale, Portrait of Sir Henry Clinton (1738-1795). Watercolor on ivory, 1-1/2 x 1-1/4 in. Unsigned.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Nine original portrait miniatures by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), known as "The Artist of the American Revolution," along with five more attributed "in the manner of" Peale, are currently on display and available for private treaty purchase at Heritage Auctions Beverly Hills. They will remain on display until the end of September. "We believe this is the largest, and certainly one of the finest collections of Peale miniatures that currently exists in private hands," said Jim Halperin, Co-Chairman of Heritage Auctions. "There is no artist more directly associated with the American Revolution than Charles Willson Peale, making him one of the most important painters in our nations' history. The chance to see, and possibly acquire, such a significant grouping at one time is not likely to come again anytime soon." The nine miniature portraits directly attributed to Peale include images of John Beale Bordley (1 ... More | | 
The Charles Thomson Chippendale carved mahogany side chair, the carving attributed to John Pollard (1740-1787) Philadelphia 1765-1775, 38¼ in. high. Estimate: 500,000 - 700,000 U.S. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- On September 28, Christie’s presents the sale of Important American Furniture, Folk Art & Decorative Arts. This sale features over 90 exceptionally rare and diverse examples of American art and craftsmanship from the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries, including pieces from outstanding private collections and public institutions. This carefully edited sale is expected to realize in excess of $3 million. Leading an outstanding selection of 17th Century furniture is a Joined and Painted Oak and Pine Chest with Drawer, Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1670-1700 (estimate: $200,000-400,000). Attributed to the Thomas Dennis shop tradition, this chest remains in a remarkable state of preservation. Of the twenty odd known examples of chests from the Dennis shop tradition, ... More | | 
Jean Jacques Francois Riviere, A figure in Turkish costume. Photo: Sotheby's.
PARIS.- Sotheby’s announced that it will present TURKOPHILIA REVEALED, an exhibition of Ottoman art in private collections, at Sotheby’s Paris, from 19th – 22nd September 2011. The exhibition, which will be held during the 14th International Congress on Turkish Art, will comprise important examples of silverware, ceramics, textiles, calligraphy and Turqueries. Edward Gibbs, Sotheby’s Senior Director and Head of Department, Middle East and Islamic Art said: ‚Sotheby’s is delighted to be hosting TURKOPHILIA REVEALED. This thought-provoking exhibition offers a rare opportunity to view some of the finest examples of arts produced during the Ottoman era. The diversity of Turkey’s decorative arts and Europe’s Orientalist fascination with the Ottoman world are examined in a range of treasures spanning four centuries.‛ In the foreword to the exhibition catalogue, Frédéric Hitzel w ... More |
| Harvard exhibition investigates connections between renaissance art and science | | Bonhams offers a rare and unique Zand Dynasty 18th century Persian gilded celestial Globe | | Exclusive collectibles from all areas of history and military history offered at Hermann Historica oHG | 
Jan Sadeler I, after Maarten de Vos, Astronomy, from the series The Seven Liberal Arts, after 1575. Engraving. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall, R4919. Photo: Department of Digital Imaging and Visual Resources, Harvard Art Museums, © 2011 President and Fellows of Harvard College.
CAMBRIDGE, MA.- The Harvard Art Museums present Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, an exhibition that examines how celebrated Northern Renaissance artists contributed to the scientific discoveries of the 16th century. This exhibition and the accompanying catalogue offer a new perspective on the collaboration between artists and scientists: the project challenges the perception of artists as illustrators in the service of scientists, and examines how their printmaking skills were useful to scientists in their investigations. Artists’ early printed images served as effective research tools, not only functioning as descriptive illustrations, ... More | | 
Passed down through a private English family, the finely engraved globe contains the position of 83 stars and their Persian names as well as the Persian names for the North and South Poles. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- Bonhams is to auction a rare and unique Zand Dynasty (1751-1794) gilded celestial Globe dated 1190AH/1776AD at its next sale of Indian and Islamic art on October 4th in New Bond Street. It is estimated to sell for £40,000 to £60,000. Passed down through a private English family, the finely engraved globe contains the position of 83 stars and their Persian names as well as the Persian names for the North and South Poles. The only known dated example securely attributable to the Zand period, it is an important addition to the small surviving group of Persian celestial globes. The use of gold and the very fine script indicate the possibility that this globe was made for the Zand ruler Mohammad Karim Khan Zand (1751-1779). The Zand period is remarkable for its short ... More | | 
Lot 1530: Roman Helmet.
MUNICH.- Munich, 5 September 2011 – between 24 October and 10 November 2011, Hermann Historica oHG will hold its 63rd auction, as usual with a wide range of offerings and special catalogues. On the premises of the Linprunstraße in Munich, the approximately 3,500 objects will be offered for bidding - among them antiquities, arms and armour, works of art, hunting collectibles, orders and militaria. The ancient weapons catalogue this autumn comprises extraordinary objects: Particularly striking is the great number of extremely rare and well-preserved medieval edged weapons, ranging from splendid early Northern European splendid Viking sword with a fine silver-inlaid pommel from the 9th/10th century, offered at a starting price of 20,000 Euros, and a knight’s hand-and-a-half sword, which dating from the second half of the 14th century, introduced at 5,000 Euros, to an Austrian two-handed sword with flamberge b ... More |
| Ransom Center exhibition explores forces behind censorship in United States between two world wars | | Ugo Rondinone's "Kiss Now Kill Later" exhibition at Galerie Eva Presenhuber in Zurich | | Modern and Contemporary South Asian paintings sale announced at Sotheby's in New York | 
The first American edition of Erich Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front (1929). Images courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center.
AUSTIN, TX.- "Banned, Burned, Seized, and Censored," an exhibition at the Harry Ransom Center, reveals the rarely seen "machinery" of censorship in the United States between the two world wars. The exhibition runs from Sept. 6 to Jan. 22, 2012, at the Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. Featuring more than 200 items drawn primarily from the Ransom Center's collections, the exhibition explores the question: How did hundreds of thousands of books, pictures, plays and magazines come to be banned, burned, seized and censored in less than 30 years? "Traditionally, censorship exhibitions start with John Milton's 'Areopagitica' and then provide a list of banned books," said Ransom Center Assistant Director and Curator for Academic Programs Danielle Sigler. "This approach gives you perspective on ... More | | 
Ugo Rondinone, lines out to silence, 2011. Weathered wood, colour. Unique, 153.5 x 23.5 x 2.5 cm. ©the artist. Photo© Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich. Courtesy of Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich.
ZURICH.- Galerie Eva Presenhuber opened the autumn season in their new facilities with a solo exhibition by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone, who is based in New York. The exhibition is designed in sequences: in each of the exhibition rooms, which are painted grey, three work groups are displayed, and recent works are combined with existing series. Amid these three work groups, one diminutive piece makes a distinctive appearance: a clock made from stained glass with no fingers, which is cast into the wall and is thus illuminated by daylight. In the first room, we have a new body of work on display: a series of bird figures. A total of thirty bird sculptures have been installed across the whole of the exhibition space, as if in a flock. Created in various sizes, they are moulded in various positions and are all facing ... More | | 
SH Raza, Eglise. Est. $300/500,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- On 15 September 2011 Sotheby’s will present Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art including Indian Miniature Paintings as part of the week of Asian art auctions. The sale offers approximately 90 works dating from 18th century miniatures to paintings and sculpture from some of the leading names in Indian Modern art. Among the many highlights of the sale is The Cobweb Cloud by Jehangir Sabavala, one of the most important paintings by the artist ever to appear at auction (est. $220/280,000) and Eglise, a 1962 abstract work by SH Raza (est. $300/500,000). The sale also includes a strong group of paintings by the other leading Modern Indian painters such as MF Husain, Jagdish Swaminathan, Ravi Varma, and Jamini Roy. Overall the auction is expected to fetch $2.5/3.6 million* with the pre-sale exhibition opening on 9 September. Jehangir Sabavala’s Cobweb Cloud is one of the artist’s most important wo ... More |
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 Sotheby's wine season opens with two sales offering a plethora of Chateaux and vintages for all taste LONDON.- Sotheby's 2011 autumn wine season will open with two sales of Finest & Rarest Wines in close succession. The first auction will take place on Wednesday, 14 September 2011 and the second on Wednesday, 5 October 2011. Together, these sales are expected to bring in excess of £1.5 million. Taking centre stage on 14 September is a mouth-watering array of Classed Growth Bordeaux from recent vintages, superb parcels of 2008 Bordeaux, two cases of magnificent Romanée Conti 1988 in excellent condition and Château Lafite 1982. Competing for attention are a parcel of Dom Pérignon 1990, tempting Red Rhônes and classic Vintage Port. With estimates ranging in the low hundreds to a high of £70,000, all tastes and budgets are catered for. The sale gets off to a cracking start with a collection of Classed Growth Claret of vintages dating from 1998 to 2006, featuring all the First Growths and Top Right Bank ... More Hull-House Museum Opens "Unfinished Business: Arts Education" CHICAGO, IL.- The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum at the University of Illinois at Chicago opens "Unfinished Business: Arts Education," a hands-on exhibit demonstrating the history of arts education in Chicago and the need for art in a thriving democracy. Visitors to the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum can weave part of a giant city map or print artistic political postcards in "Unfinished Business: Arts Education," the new exhibit on the history of arts education in Chicago. The hands-on arts stations revive the one-time settlement house’s commitment to learning by doing, said Lisa Lee, museum director. Lee noted that funding for arts education is cut too quickly in bad economic times. "Art urges a more engaged citizenry, allows for free expression, and creates opportunities for cross-cultural understanding," she said. "This exhibit connects Hull-House history and our times through participatory learning ... More Arab museum: Events reflect effects of September 11 DETROIT, MI (AP).- As the nation prepares to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the director of a national museum devoted to Arab-Americans says the facility's full plate of activities reflects the highs and lows experienced by the community during the past decade. The Arab American National Museum and its parent organization, the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS), this week are presenting a series of panel discussions, including one that deals with the challenges that Arabs, Muslims and other groups have faced since 9/11 and their responses to it. The museum itself will be open to the public free of charge next Sunday on the anniversary date, and the StoryCorps project will be on site from Thursday through Saturday to record oral histories about life in the post-9/11 decade for Arabs and Muslims. "I believe that the Arab-American community and the Muslim ... MoreAffordable art boosts ranks of Singapore collectorsBy: Kevin Lim
SINGAPORE (REUTERS).- As the ranks of middle-class art buyers in wealthy Singapore grow, galleries representing artists such as Damien Hirst -- best known for works featuring preserved animal corpses that cost millions -- are aiming lower, taking advantage of an art-buying boom. Around ten pieces by Hirst, all of them prints, will be offered for less than $8,000 along with thousands of other works of art at the Affordable Art Fair Singapore in November. In line with the art showcase's name, nothing will go for more than S$10,000 ($8,296) -- an effort to lure budding art investors unable to afford the stratospheric prices commanded by pieces in more conventional auction rooms or art events. Singapore, Asia's private banking hub and home to more millionaires per 1,000 households than any other country, is also a regional base for many banks and multinationals. A growing number of these relat ... More John Hoover, Alaska artist of Native imagery, has died ANCHORAGE, AK (AP).- John Hoover, a revered artist in Alaska who used imagery and tales from Native traditions in contemporary works, has died at 91. His wife, Mary, said Monday that he died Saturday in Washington state, where they lived on Puget Sound near Grapeview. Hoover's work has been shown around the world and was prized by collectors, corporations and museums, The Anchorage Daily News reported. Hoover was born to a Dutch father and an Aleut-Russian mother in Cordova, Alaska. He was a ski instructor in Idaho and a commercial fisherman in Alaska, staying on the latter job until 1991, his wife said. He told the Daily News in a 1998 interview that he turned to art after building a 58-foot fishing vessel in the late 1950s "without much in the way of power tools." He said he realized what he had done was much like sculpture, and his pieces after that often used a kind of bas relief on carved red cedar. In 2002, the Anch ... More |
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