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San Antonio attorney Kasia Daniec listens to the audio guide for the new exhibit "Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs" as she looks at a small statue of Thutmose III at the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul, Minn. on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/The St. Paul Pioneer Press, Chris Polydoroff.
ST. PAUL, MINN.- Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs, an exhibition featuring more than 100 authentic treasures from the tomb of the celebrated pharaoh and other notable ancient sites, made its debut at the Science Museum of Minnesota on Friday, February 18, 2011. The exhibition marks the very first time that King Tut’s treasures have visited the region, providing visitors with the rare chance to see the boy king’s famed artifacts. It will run through September 5, 2011. The exhibition is organized by the National Geographic Society, Arts and Exhibitions International and AEG Exhibitions, with cooperation from the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities. Proceeds from the tour will go toward antiquities preservation and conservation efforts in Egypt, including the construction of a new grand museum in Giza. “Tutankhamun’s magic still captures the hearts of people all over the world, even though ... More |
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ArtScience Museum Designed by Architect Moshe Safdie Opens at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore
An invited guest views pottery at the ArtScience Museum of the Marina Bay Sands integrated resort. EPA/STEPHEN MORRISON.
BOSTON, MA.- The ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands, conceptualized and designed by architect Moshe Safdie as the first museum dedicated to the dynamic interplay between art and science, will open to the public on February 19, 2011. Designed as part of the Government of Singapore’s vision that Marina Bay Sands feature an iconic cultural building on the promontory, the ArtScience Museum is grounded around a circular base with 10 extending finger-like structures that house 21 naturally lit galleries. Surrounded by a lily pond reflecting pool and boasting commanding views of downtown Singapore, the Museum is already becoming a symbol for Singapore. Based upon Moshe Safdie’s philosophy that art and science together can excite and inform visitors in a new way, the ArtScience Museum’s exhibition programming will focus on investigations into how the individual disciplines of fine art, scien ... More | | The Football Match by L.S. Lowry is Expected to Realise in Excess of £3.5 Million at Christie's
Laurence Stephen Lowry, R..A. (1887-1976), The Football Match, 1949 (detail), 28 x 36 inches. Estimate: £3.5million to £4.5 million. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
LONDON.- Having not been seen in public for almost 20 years, The Football Match, 1949, by Laurence Stephen Lowry, R.A. (1887-1976) will be offered at auction on 26 May 2011 in Christie’s sale of 20th Century British Art. An exceptionally rare depiction of one of Britain’s most popular sports - football - by one of the country’s most iconic British artists, this painting is a modern masterpiece. The property of a Private Collector, The Football Match has an estimate of £3.5million to £4.5million, setting a new benchmark for the artist’s work at auction. Philip Harley Director, Head of 20th Century British & Irish Art, Christies London and Rachel Hidderley, Christie’s International Specialist and Director, 20th Century British Art: “ ‘The Football Match’ by L.S. Lowry is the ultimate work for passionate connoisseurs of Lowry’s work and of football. Having not been seen on the open m ... More | | A Game of Chess: Solo Exhibition of New Work by Marcel Dzama at David Zwirner
Marcel Dzama, Potnia Theron and Joan of Ach before the Judges of Guadalajara, 2010 (detail). Graphite, watercolor, and ink on paper, 6 parts. Framed: 26 1/4 x 29 5/8 inches.
NEW YORK, NY.- David Zwirner presents a solo exhibition of new work by Marcel Dzama, on view at the gallery’s 525 West 19th Street space. The exhibition features the artist’s film, A Game of Chess, alongside related drawings, sculptures, and dioramas. Dzama has become known for his prolific drawings, which are characterized by their distinctive palette of muted browns, grays, greens, and reds. In recent years, the artist has expanded his practice to encompass three-dimensional work and film and has developed an immediately recognizable language that draws from a diverse range of references and artistic influences, including Dada and Marcel Duchamp. Dzama’s film features characters based on the classic game of chess. Dressed in geometrically designed costumes of papier-mâché, plaster, and fiberglass and wearing elaborate masks (including a quadruple-faced mask for the Kin ... More |
 | See the Beauty and Charm of The American Impressionists in the Garden at the Taft Museum of Art
Hugh Henry Breckenridge, White Phlox, 1906, oil on canvas, Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago, Daniel J. Terra Collection.
CINCINNATI, OH.- Spring begins a bit early in 2011, when The American Impressionists in the Garden opened at the Taft Museum of Art. Bringing together brilliantly colored paintings of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the exhibition features 40 pictures of European and American gardens created by American Impressionists and four bronze sculptures for gardens by American sculptors. “From Giverny to Boston and Charleston, American painters captured the sensuous pleasures to be found in gardens, ornamenting their canvases with lush blossoms in fuchsia, persimmon, and daffodil yellow,” says Lynne Ambrosini, the Taft’s chief curator. The interactions between the two artistic fields of gardening and painting make up the subject of this exhibition. The Cincinnati audience will be familiar the artists in the exhibition, including celebrated ... More | | Harmony of Form, Serenity of Color: A Private Collection of "Song" Ceramics At Sotheby's
A Fine and Extremely Rare 'Xingyao' Ewer dating to the 10th century (est. $400/600,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s Asia week series of auctions will include a remarkable single owner collection of Chinese ceramics formed over 25 years. Harmony of Form, Serenity of Color: A Private Collection of ‘Song’ Ceramics will take place on 23 March 2011 in New York. The collection encompasses a wide range of ‘Song’ Dynasty ceramic art which is known for its timeless beauty and elegance. Among the highlights of the 83 lot sale is A Fine and Extremely Rare 'Xingyao' Ewer dating to the 10th century (est. $400/600,000). The ‘Song’ Dynasty (960-1279) produced some of the finest ceramics ever made. Stonewares (ceramics that are fired at high temperatures to ensure strength and durability) had been made in China nearly 3000 years before they first appeared in the West. By the ‘Song’ period, body and glaze recipes were expanding, and new techniques such as decorating pieces with the hel ... More | | Philadelphia Museum of Art Presents Survey of George Inness's Italian Landscapes
Near Perugia, Italy, 1879. George Inness, American, 1825 - 1894. Oil on canvas, 41 1/2 x 33 3/4 inches (105.4 x 85.7 cm) Framed: 56 x 47 1/2 x 5 inches (142.2 x 120.7 x 12.7 cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John F. McGuigan Jr.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- A central figure in the history of American 19th-century landscape painting, George Inness (1825–1894) made two sojourns to Italy—the first in 1851 to 1852 and the second from 1870 to 1874—during which he followed in the footsteps of the Old Masters in pursuit of a technique that would place him at the forefront of American art. This focused exhibition of 10 significant works is the first to examine the impact of Inness’s experience of Italy and how this significantly influenced his stylistic development over the course of three decades. It will present loans from public and private collections alongside the Museum’s Twilight on the Campagna of around 1851, which, recently conserved and reframed, will be on view for the first time in nearly 60 years. “We are ... More |
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Ali and Elvis: Exhibition of American Icons at the James A. Michener Art Museum
Going Home © Alfred Wertheimer. All rights reserved.
DOYLESTOWN, PA.- Elvis is in the house and Ali is in the ring. Two of our nation's most well-known icons—"the King of Rock 'n' Roll" and "the Greatest"—meet at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pa., February 19 through May 15. Ali and Elvis: American Icons, features two photography exhibitions: the Smithsonian's Elvis at 21 and art2art's Muhammad Ali: The Making of an Icon. Elvis at 21 is sponsored nationally by HISTORY™. Freelance photojournalist Alfred Wertheimer was hired by RCA Victor in 1956 to shoot promotional images of recently signed 21-year-old recording artist Elvis Presley. Wertheimer's instincts were to "tag along" with the artist after the assignment and the resulting images provide us with a look at Elvis before he exploded onto the scene and became one of the most exciting performers of his time. Elvis at 21: Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer was developed collaboratively by t ... More | | Los Angeles-Based Artist Walead Beshty's "A Diagram of Forces" at Malmo Konsthall
Walead Beshty, Three Color Curl (CMY:Six Magnets, Irvine, California, September 6th 2009, Fujicolor Crystal Archive Super Type C), 2009. Color photographic paper.
MALMO.- This exhibition of the Los Angeles-based artist Walead Beshty (b. London, 1976) brings together works from the past ten years in a site-specific installation designed for The Malmö Konsthall. Walead Beshty’s works remind us how important it is to appreciate the transitory nature of daily life, especially its gaps, its pauses, and its moments of in-betweenness. This in-between time has always been central to Walead Beshty’s work. In his early works the theme of ‘in-betweenness’ is literally represented in the sites he chose to photograph. His Excursionist Views (2001–2005) show failed, depopulated modernist housing developments that sit precariously between evacuation and demolition, Island Flora (2005) documents the plants, weeds, and vegetation contained ... More | | Film, Two-Dimensional Images and the Structural Use of Color by Liz Larner at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
Installation view. Photo: Courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York. Photo: Jean Vong.
NEW YORK, NY.- Tanya Bonakdar Gallery presents the gallery’s first exhibition of work by Liz Larner. Bringing film, two-dimensional images and the structural use of color to bear on sculptural expression, Larner’s work demonstrates an innovative approach to the centrality of form. The artist presents an atmosphere that allows significance to arise from abstract relationships. Larner uses color to modify and reinvent, rather than reinforce the sculptural form. In this exhibition, Michelangelo Antonioni's first color film, Red Desert, (1964) is taken as a point of departure, as themes from the film are readdressed and reconsidered. Lines and hues create separate illusions, as color and shape express themselves poetically and contribute to the emotional aspects of the works. The sculptures are subversive and sublime - they expand the possibilities ... More |
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Photographs by O. Winston Link Bring the Romance of Trains to Reynolda House Museum of American Art
O. Winston Link, Hot Shot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1956, gelatin silver print, Collection of Thomas H. Garver. Copyright © O. Winston Link Trust.
WINSTON-SALEM, NC.- As steam engines were about to fade from railroading in the late 1950s, photographer O. Winston Link sought to capture the nostalgia, mystery and symbolism they evoked of a rapidly changing post-war America. This spring, Reynolda House Museum of American Art hosts an exhibition of photographs drawn from the collection of O. Winston Link's former assistant Thomas Garver and circulated by the Center for Railroad Photography & Art. "Trains that Passed in the Night: The Photographs of O. Winston Link," will be on view through June 19 in the main gallery of the Babcock Wing. The exhibition includes 50 black-and-white gelatin silver photographs, all printed during Link's lifetime and signed by the artist. The gallery also features images of Link staging his highly technical photographs, and a multimedia area where visitors can listen to recordings of steam engines and watch film of the Norfolk & Western R ... More | | Group Exhibition of New Paintings by Six Artists at Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art
Allison Schulnik, "Small Green-Eyed Clown Head", 2010. Oil on canvas, 16 x 12 inches. Photo: Courtesy Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art is presenting Reconfigured, a group exhibition of new paintings curated by gallery favorite Jacob Tillman. Exhibiting artists include: Gerald Davis, Mari Eastman, Bryson Gill, Todd Lanam, Allison Schulnik, and Lauren Silva. The show reflects an ongoing conversation among contemporary painters working in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area addressing the contemporary experience of space. Since the Renaissance discovery of perspective, each successive generation of painters in the Western tradition has re-interpreted the perception of painted space just as the human psychology of space (and time) has evolved and morphed in step with the technological, institutional, and psychological transformations that have marked the progression of Western societies toward modernism and beyond. How is space perceived and experienced: physically and emotionally, consciously and s ... More | | New Exhibition of Modern and Contemporary Work at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
James Ensor, Fireworks, 1887 (detail). Oil and encaustic on canvas. Framed: 51 3/4 x 55 3/4 x 2 ½ in. Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY. George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, 1970.
BUFFALO, NY.- A new exhibition of modern and contemporary work rooted in the exploration, observation, and construction of the landscape opened at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery on Friday, February 18, 2011. Curator Heather Pesanti’s multi-layered approach to this exhibition results in a dialogue between curator, collection, artist, and author. In addition to showing multiple new acquisitions alongside well-known works from the Gallery’s Collection, Pesanti has invited five Buffalo-based artists to both exhibit their work and make their own selections from the Collection. An additional layer to this innovative exploration is the inclusion of several rare art poetry books that will allow visitors to the Gallery to further explore the visual alongside the literary. Surveyor explores the theme of humanity’s relationship with, and fervent desire to understand, the natural world in which we live. The works on ... More |
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Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art Opens New Laurelton Hall Galleries
WINTER PARK, FL.- The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, the most comprehensive collection of Louis Comfort Tiffany materials in the world, has opened a new 12,000-square-foot wing. The wing’s opening celebrated Tiffany’s 163rd birthday on February 18. The addition makes available, for the first time, long-term public access to the restored Daffodil Terrace from Louis Comfort Tiffany’s celebrated Long Island home, Laurelton Hall. The new galleries feature 250 art and architectural objects from or related to the destroyed estate. Highlights include prize-winning leaded-glass windows, iconic Tiffany Studios lamps, as well as art glass and custom furnishings. The new Laurelton Hall galleries provide 6,000 square feet of additional public exhibition space and deepens the Morse’s interpretations of Tiffany’s life and legacy. Destroyed by a fire in 1957, Laurelton Hall’s every archite ... More
Major Exhibition of Winnipeg Artist Wanda Koop Opens at the National Gallery of Canada
OTTAWA.- The National Gallery of Canada presents Wanda Koop: On the Edge of Experience, a major survey exhibition of this distinguished and inventive Canadian artist’s work produced over the last 25 years. The exhibition will illustrate the Winnipeg artist’s ongoing take on how technology impacts nature by drawing together not only her large plywood paintings from the 1980s with her more recent work, but by restaging past exhibitions in miniature and even recreating the artist’s own studio. Throughout her career, Wanda Koop has become known for creating environments with her paintings to allow her works to play off the space where they are viewed. Through the use of detailed scale models, visitors to the exhibition will be able to experience 16 of these previous signature installations, which could not otherwise have been simultaneously restaged at the National Gallery of Canada. On the Edge of Experience will al ... More
Photographer Simen Johan Explores Uneasy Connections Between Humans and Animals
NASHVILLE, TENN.- The Frist Center’s Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery will feature Simen Johan: Until the Kingdom Comes, comprising nine large-scale digital photographs and three sculptures. The exhibition opens Feb. 20, 2011, and will remain on view through May 29, 2011. Often showing wild animals in natural settings, Johan’s photographs may seem like National Geographic idylls writ gloriously large. Yet while appearing to be straightforward documents of nature, the works have an underlying allegorical content. The majestic creatures seem to occupy the titular “kingdom,” an ideal place where desires will be fulfilled and life’s dilemmas resolved. But contained within each image are imperfections that bring this utopic implication back to reality. For every photograph of graceful creatures and pristine landscapes, there are portrayals of animals showing pain, fear or exhaustion in landsc ... More
Phillips de Pury & Company's Valencia Contemporary Art Collection Sale Totals $15,828,357
LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company’s February Contemporary Art sales realized £9,764,563 /$15,828,357 intotal selling 83% by value and 78% by lot. “We are delighted to have set multiple auction records during sales that have proven that the market for contemporary art is buoyant. Phillips de Pury & Company continues to break new ground with strong results achieved for young contemporary artists.” Peter Sumner, Head of Sales, London, Philips de Pury & Company. “The day sale saw a number of fantastic results for some of today’s best young artists. The auction showed a strong demand for very contemporary works within the secondary market. “ George O’ Dell, Head of Contemporary Art Day Sale. Phillips de Pury & Company’s February Contemporary Art Evening sale realized £5,409,200 /$8,725,040 with 84% sold by value and 83% by lot.
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11 Architects Selected to Receive the 2011 American Institute of Architects' Young Architects Award
WASHINGTON, DC.- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the 11 recipients of the 2011 AIA Young Architects Award. Young Architects are defined as professionals who have been licensed 10 years or fewer regardless of their age. This award honors individuals who have shown exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the profession early in their careers. The Young Architects Award will be presented to the recipients at the AIA 2011 National Convention and Design Exposition in New Orleans. Baumann promotes architecture as more than just creating physical buildings, but creating relationships with his colleagues, his clients, and his peers, looking toward the future from the impact he makes today. In explaining her architectural philosophy, Sara likens buildings to "living, functioning machines." Sara's skills will become increasingly prevalent in the new century as energy usage becomes more of a factor i ... More
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