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A visitor to the Jewish Museum in New York views one of Israeli artist and filmmaker Maya Zack's large-scale, computer-generated 3D prints. REUTERS/Mike Segar.
By: Ellen Freilich
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Israeli artist and filmmaker Maya Zack uses 3D technology to recreate the apartment of a Jewish family living in 1930s Berlin in a new exhibit that explores how the past is remembered. "Living Room," which will be on view at The Jewish Museum from July 31 to October 23, combines computer generated images of the apartment of Manfred Normburg, a German-born Jew, and his memories of everyday life in pre-war Berlin to study the intersection of personal memory with historical events. "My entire body of work in the last few years has to do with memory and reconstructing reality through different processes," Zack told Reuters. Using four large-scale, computer-generated 3D prints, Zack shows cross-sections of the living room, dining room, kitchen and other spaces, including furniture, appliances, tableware, wallpaper and light fixtures. 3D glasses give the oversized images immediacy and depth. Zack, who was born in Israel and lives and works in Tel Aviv, was struck ... More |
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National Veterans Art Museum in Chicago's South Loop Battles for Survival
Joe Fornelli, artist liason for the National Veterans Art Museum, is seen beneath "Above & Beyond", an art exhibit comprised of 58,000 imprinted dog tags. REUTERS/Jim Young.
By: Karin Matz
CHICAGO (REUTERS).- Joe Fornelli knows the art of survival. In 1965, when he was 22, the Chicago native was drafted and sent to Vietnam, where he served in an army helicopter unit. "So many crazy things happened, people getting killed or wounded or burned," Fornelli said. "You never get over it." He found solace in art. One time he used instant coffee and water to paint the realities of war. Fornelli and his fellow veteran artists find themselves in the midst of another battle -- to save their beloved National Veterans Art Museum in Chicago, which is struggling. The museum houses more than 2,000 pieces of art by veterans from World War II to the current conflicts in the Middle East. "We've got trained artists. We've got self-taught artists. We have people that probably would not even consider themselves artists," said Mike Helbing, 64, a professional artist, Vietnam vet and the museum's chairman. ... More | | Propaganda Posters of Soviet Union on View for First Time in Six Decades at the Art Institute
Pavel Petrovich Sokolov-Skalya, Russian, 1899–1961. German Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, March 22, 1944. Multicolor brush stencil on newsprint (pieced), laid down on tan Korean lining paper. 1872 x 845 mm. The Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. RX21447/0431.
By: Andrew Stern
CHICAGO (REUTERS).- The horrors and heroism of World War Two are given a fresh look in an Art Institute of Chicago exhibition of rediscovered Soviet propaganda posters, which depict Hitler as blood-thirsty, anxious and perverse. One poster in the "Windows on the War" exhibition, opening to the public on Sunday, features a caricature of a worried Hitler hiding a crude hand gesture under his cap while Joseph Goebbels orates nervously. Another poster produced by Moscow's TASS studios depicts a fearsome, wolf-like Nazi drooling as Allied bombs fall; and another depicts heroic partisans blowing up a Nazi supply train and firing at escaping soldiers. "Despite the tyranny of Stalin, creativity flourished" in the former ... More | | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to Unveil Linde Family Wing with 24 Hours of Celebration
To mark the opening, the Museum will host a lively 24-hour celebration beginning with ticketed parties on September 17 and culminating in a free Open House on September 18.
BOSTON, MA.- This September, contemporary art will find a dynamic new home at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), when the Museum unveils the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art. Located in the building I.M. Pei designed for the MFA in 1981, the wing will include seven new galleries that will present innovative approaches to the exhibition of contemporary art within the context of the Museum’s encyclopedic collections, offering new perspectives and encouraging connections between art of the past and present. The Henry and Lois Foster Gallery for rotating exhibitions will feature the exhibition Ellsworth Kelly: Wood Sculpture, the first museum survey of wood sculpture by the acclaimed artist. In addition, the Linde Family Wing will be a lively social space at the Museum—a destination for full engagement with contemporary culture in all its forms through art, music, performances, readings, ... More |
Santa Clara University's de Saisset Museum Explores Homelessness from the New Deal to the Present
Dorothea Lange, Mother and two children on the road. Tulelak, Siskiyou County, California, 1939, photograph on Agfa Portriga paper, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, LC-USF34-T01-020993-E DLC]
SANTA CLARA, CA.- This summer the de Saisset Museum opens four thought-provoking exhibitions that examine how artists have responded to homelessness since the 1930s. These exhibitions, which explore a range of historical perspectives and cultural histories, opened Friday, July 29. Hobos to Street People: Artists’ Responses to Homelessness from the New Deal to the Present compares artistic interpretations of homelessness from the Dust Bowl migrants of the 1930s to the stigmatized street people of today—with a focus on California. Featuring works by 30 artists working over the last 75 years, this traveling show documents the tragedy of homelessness ... More | | Singapore's Pop and Contemporary Fine Art Celebrates the Artwork of Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama, Dots.
SINGAPORE.- Pop and Contemporary Fine Art brings to our little red dot “The Dots Within”, an exhibition celebrating the artwork of Japan’s most premier and notable avant-garde artist, Yayoi Kusama, the princess of polka dots. “The Dots Within” features a selection of artwork that will encompass a myriad of Kusama's work in different media which will include canvas work, print work, ceramic work, mixed media work and watercolour work. Featuring works from the 1970’s to 2010 we hope to give a glimpse into Yayoi Kusama’s sheer genius as an artist. Print work is something that is very important to Yayoi as repetition is an integral part of her artwork. Print work gives the artist the ability to interact and engage with a much wider audience and also gives a collector the opportunity to show the progression of an artist from the beginning to the end of their career. For this reason ... More | | MoMA PS 1 to Look at Art from the Past 50 Years from a Post 9/11 Perspective
Thomas Hirschhorn. Mondrian Altar. 1997. Mixed mediums. Dimensions variable. Centre Genevois de Gravure Contemporaine, Geneva, 1997. Courtesy Carol Greene, New York, and Gladstone Gallery, New York. © 2011 Thomas Hirschhorn.
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- MoMA PS1 announces a major exhibition reflecting upon the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the ways that they have altered how we see and experience the world in their wake. Eschewing images of the attacks on 9/11, as well as art made directly in response, the exhibition provides a subjective framework within which to consider the attacks in New York and their aftermath. Organized by MoMA PS1 Curator Peter Eleey, September 11 will occupy the entire second floor of the museum, with additional works located elsewhere in the building and in the surrounding neighborhood. The exhibition will open on the tenth anniversary of the ... More |
Germany's Pergamon Museum Returns Ancient Sphinx of Hattusa to Its Home in Turkey
Plaster artists Rainer Palau From (L-R) , Sandro DiMichele, DanielMeyer and Katharina Riederer work on a copy of the sphinx from Hattusa. EPA/MAURIZIO GAMBARINI.
By: Eric Kelsey
BERLIN (REUTERS).- The ancient Sphinx of Hattusa has been returned by a Berlin museum to its home in Turkey, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation said on Thursday, after more than 70 years of wrangling over the valuable sculpture. The 3,000-year-old sphinx from the capital of the Hittite empire had been on display in the Pergamon Museum since 1934, but its fate had been in limbo for decades as neither the Turkish authorities or the museum were able to produce legitimate ownership documents. Turkey's Culture Minister Ertugrul Gunay handed down an ultimatum to the foundation in February to return the sculpture of the sphinx -- a mythical creature with ... More | | Early U.S. Coinage Experiments, Proof Rarities Lead Heritage U.S. Coin Auction In Chicago
A 1792 Judd-2 Fusible Alloy cent, Fine 15 NGC, CAC.
DALLAS, TX.- Early U.S. coinage experiments and rare proof strikings are among the top highlights of Heritage Auctions’ Aug. 11-12 Chicago Signature® U.S. Coins & Platinum Night Auction, at the Chicago Marriott O’Hare. “The front cover of our Platinum Night catalog, our collection of the ‘best of the best’ in this auction, has three key coins on it,” said Greg Rohan, President of Heritage. “One is a great early pattern, and two are rare proof coins in gold. Of course, there are many more highlights than just those, but the three coins really stood out and captured the overall strength of the event.” The front-cover pattern is a 1792 Judd-2 Fusible Alloy cent, Fine 15 NGC, CAC. This extremely rare experimental coin, a prelude to the U.S. Mint’s copper coinage of 1793, is an important milestone in the evolution of the nation’s money. The silver-copper alloy tested by the Fusible Alloy ... More | | Philanthropist Ruth Perelman, a Major Donor to Institutions in the City of Philadelphia, Dies at 90
In this Aug. 31, 2007 photo, Raymond and Ruth Perelman pose for photos at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. AP Photo/The Inquirer, Michael Bryant.
By: RON TODT, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP).- Ruth Perelman, who along with her philanthropist husband was a major donor to institutions in the city of Philadelphia, died Sunday at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She was 90. Raymond Perelman told The Associated Press on Sunday that the couple had been married for 70 years after they met in Greensboro, N.C., where she was going to college and he was running a plant for his father. "She was well-loved by everybody and was also generous and participated with me in all of our philanthropies and charities," he said from his home in the tony Rittenhouse Square neighborhood. In May, the University of Pennsylvania announced ... More |
Rare Packard Tops RM's Sale at the Concours d'Elegance of America at St. John's
1932 Packard Twin Six Individual Custom Convertible Sedan. Photo: Shooterz.biz ©2011 Courtesy of RM Auctions.
PLYMOUTH, MICH.- A rare 1932 Packard Twin Six Individual Custom Convertible Sedan delivered new to famed American entertainer Al Jolson for $6,600, broke the magic million-dollar mark at RM Auctions’ St. John’s sale in Plymouth, Michigan yesterday, selling for $1,100,000 before a packed house. One of just two built and virtually unseen for nearly half a century, the sporting Packard with coachwork by Dietrich spurred a lively bidding war in the room and on the phones to achieve the top-sale of the day. A total of 70 automobiles were presented during the four-hour auction, generating over $7.6 million* in sales with 85% of lots sold. Formerly known as the Meadow Brook auction, RM’s Michigan sale adopted a new home this year – the Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth – and once again acted as a prelude to the celebrated Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s (July 31). “We are very pleased with the results from our St. John’s sale ... More | | Travel Picks: Online Travel Adviser Cheapflights Offers Its Top Ten Museum Destinations
The pyramid reflects the sunlight in the late afternoon outside the Musee du Louvre, in Paris. EPA/HORACIO VILLALOBOS.
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- If you're heading to Paris, you'll stop in at the Louvre to see the Mona Lisa, in Washington the Smithsonian is a must-see and the Vatican in Rome should be on every museum-lover's bucket list. With that in mind, online travel adviser Cheapflights (www.cheapflights.com) offers its top 10 museum destinations. Reuters has not endorsed this list: If you're interested in history, architecture, art, religion, aerospace, or even wax, Washington D.C. has a museum - or 12 - that will pique your interest. The 19 Smithsonian museums, including the National Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of American History and the National Air and Space Museum, may appear to eclipse other institutions in the mid-Atlantic city, but other niche museums do just fine holding their own. Spend a morning reflecting at the Holocaust Memorial Museum and an early afternoon at Ford's Theater - where Lincoln was shot - before strolling the National Mall and other ... More | | Brooklyn's Bushwick Neighborhood Quickly Becomes World-Class Arts Mecca
Ryan O'Connor prepares metal pieces for a class he instructs at Bushwick's 3rd Ward. AP Photo/John Minchillo.
By: Verena Dobnick
NEW YORK (AP).- Brooklyn's old Bushwick neighborhood has quickly become a new world-class arts mecca — with music, dance, sculpture and theater bursting from defunct warehouses and desolate streets where gangs still roam. That hasn't kept artists away from the affordable, industrial spaces — ever more rare in a pricey city. "This was a ghost town, with tumbleweeds blowing down the street five years ago," says Jay Leritz, co-owner of Yummus Hummus, a Middle Eastern-style cafe on a street filled with musician rehearsal and recording spaces. "The streets were empty," says Leritz, "and that was the big attraction — the lack of rules, like your parents went away for the weekend and it's a free-for-all." Born-in-Bushwick creations have reached Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other top venues ... More |
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 Distillery to Make South Carolina's First Legal Moonshine; will Include a MuseumCHARLESTON (REUTERS).- Two entrepreneurs are taking advantage of South Carolina's new micro-distillery laws to make traditional moonshine whiskey legally in the state for the first time. The Dark Corner Distillery will open next month in Greenville, where engineer Joe Fenten and longtime home beer brewer Richard Wenger will produce and sell small batches of 100-proof moonshine from a custom-made copper still. The distillery, housed in a 1925 building, will also include a tasting bar and a museum dedicated to the history of the Dark Corner, the local mountains that were once full of moonshiners, feud and mayhem, Fenten, 27, told Reuters. The area was settled, along with the nearby Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, by Scots, Irish and Welsh who migrated down through the Appalachian mountain chain from Pennsylvania in the 1700s. "They thought it was their inalienable ... More Aspen Art Museum Presents an Exhibition of New Works by Internationally Renowned Artist Haegue YangASPEN, CO.- The Aspen Art Museum presents an exhibition of new works by internationally renowned artist Haegue Yang, the AAM’s 2011 Jane and Marc Nathanson Distinguished Artist in Residence. Yang’s exhibition will be on view through Sunday, October 9, 2011. Haegue Yang creates work in various media, including installations with photographic, video, and sculptural elements informed by the artist’s philosophical investigations. Her work is distinguished both by a poignant and refined sense of materiality—or, as DIA curator Yasmil Raymond termed it, a “material agony”—and the artist’s elegant sense of atmosphere and space. While Yang frequently explores themes of migration and travel within her work, these are manifested less in the physicality of the artwork than the sentiments it embraces. Inspired by Taoist tales about the ability to travel miles with each step (often embodied in ... More CAM Raleigh Presents First U.S. Museum Show of Commissioned Works by Artist Rebecca WardRALEIGH, NC.- On view at CAM Raleigh from July 29 - October 31, 2011 is the second installment of the Emerging Artists Series featuring Rebecca Ward. Born 1984 in Waco, Texas, Rebecca Ward currently lives and works in Brooklyn. CAM Raleigh commissioned Ward to develop a site-specific installation, entitled thickly sliced, to fit uniquely in the Independent Weekly Gallery. CAM Raleigh is a partnership between the community and North Carolina State University’s (NC State) College of Design. Ward uses materials such as found objects, tape and vinyl adhesives to explore space and create three-dimensional geometrical shapes that become extensions of the built environment. Ward says, “When people walk into the installation, I want them to rethink their surrounding space. A wall is no longer just a wall, and likewise columns, squares and lines are transformed extensions of the existing architecture and have new ... More Smithsonian's National Numismatic Collection to Present "Good as Gold: America's Double Eagles"WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Museum of American History is taking numismatic treasures out of Washington and into communities across the country with a special traveling display “Good as Gold—America’s Double Eagles.” The exhibition tells the story of the evolution of the $20 gold coin, the largest coin to circulate in the United States. “Good as Gold” will be on display at the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair of Money in Chicago, Aug. 16-20. The exhibition was made possible with funding from the ANA as part of a long-term partnership with the museum. The exhibition draws from the National Numismatic Collection, which consists of more than 1.5 million objects, including coins, medals and paper currency and preserves the role of money in economic history. It features 20 objects that highlight the birth, expansion and extinction of the $20 gold coin in America. The fe ... More |
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