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Museo de Arte de Ponce presents exhibition of masterpieces from the Prado Museum
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Miguel Zugaza Miranda, director of the Museo Nacional del Prado and Dr. Agustín Arteaga (left), director of the Museo de Arte de Ponce during the presentation of the exhibition.
PONCE.- Museo de Arte de Ponce and Banco Santander announced the exhibit El Greco to Goya: Masterpieces from the Prado Museum, a selection of 25 paintings from the collection of the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain. This prominent exhibit, which includes works by renowned artists such as Francisco de Goya, Diego Velázquez, and Francisco de Zurbarán, will be open to the public at Museo de Arte de Ponce from March 25 to July 9, 2012. The Prado’s director for conservation and research, Dr. Gabriele Finaldi, visited Puerto Rico for the announcement, joining María Luisa Ferré Rangel, president of Museo de Arte de Ponce Board of Trustees, Dr. Agustín Arteaga, the museum’s director and chief operating officer, and Javier Hidalgo Blazquez, chief executive officer and president of Banco Santander de Puerto Rico. ... More |
| Oldest United States natural history museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences, offers rare peek |
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General Lee's sword featured at new Appomattox museum that examines the post-Civil War struggle |
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Christie's offers a Contemporary masterpiece from the Akron Art Museum |
Doug Wechsler, director of the Visual Resources for Ornithology, shows a pheasant in the collection. AP Photo/Alex Brandon.
By Joann Loviglio, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP).- The Academy of Natural Sciences has never been one to brag. Its 225,000 annual visitors may associate the nation's oldest natural history museum solely with dioramas and dinosaurs, but behind the scenes there is groundbreaking research conducted by world-renowned scientists and an enviable collection of some 18 million specimens representing all manner of animal, vegetable and mineral. In celebration of its bicentennial this year, the museum has finally decided that it's OK to boast a little. For what's believed to be the first time in 200 years, curators will bring the public into the labyrinthine museum's normally off-limits nooks and crannies for daily tours. "This is a rare opportunity to get a firsthand look at some of the most stunning, and ... More |
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Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's brass epaulets. AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Dean Hoffmeyer.
By: Steve Szkotak, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP).- The sword Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee had at his side when he surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant is returning to Appomattox as the centerpiece of a new museum examining the post-Civil War struggle to heal the nation. The uniform Lee wore that day in 1865 will also be on display March 31 when the Museum of the Confederacy opens an 11,700-square-foot museum within a mile of where the war effectively ended. The Appomattox museum is the first in a regional system planned by the Museum of the Confederacy to make its vast collection of Confederate artifacts and manuscripts more accessible. Only about 10 percent of its holdings are on display at any one time at the Richmond museum, located next to the former Confederate White House. The ... More |
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Cindy Sherman (b. 1954), Untitled #96 (detail). Executed in 1981. Estimate: $2,800,000-3,800,000.
AKRON, OH.- Coinciding with the retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, Christie’s will offer an acclaimed masterpiece by Cindy Sherman consigned by the Akron Art Museum, Ohio. All proceeds from the sale will be directed to the museum’s acquisition fund to allow for future strategic purchases that will augment the core of the Akron Art Museum’s strong Contemporary collection. Cindy Sherman’s Untitled #96 is recognized as an icon within her career to date. Another example of this image was sold at Christie’s in May 2011 for $3,890,500, which represents not only a world auction record for Sherman, but also a world record price for any photograph at the time.* The work from the Akron Art Museum is a vintage print in excellent condition and will have a pre-sale estimate of $2,800,000 – $3,800,000. Dr. Mitchell Kahan, Akron Art Museum director and CEO, states: “The Akron Art Muse ... More |
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| Gemeentemuseum Den Haag opens exhibition from the Depot VBVR collection |
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New installation of the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston's collection highlights contemporary photography |
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Immerse yourself in the sensory world of Pipilotti Rist at the Kunsthalle Mannheim |
Nicholas Pope, Mary’s Font, 1994, Geglazuurde keramiek, Glazed ceramics, Rijksmuseum Twenthe (Depot VBVR).
THE HAGUE.- The Art & Project gallery was a dream come true. Always at the cutting edge, it was a place to meet and to discover new things. Reputations were made there. For decades, the gallery was a centre of attention, first in Amsterdam and later in a historic building in Slootdorp. In the nurturing hands of pioneering founder-owners Adriaan van Ravesteijn (b. 1938) and Geert van Beijeren (1933-2005), it grew to become one of the most important contemporary art galleries anywhere in Europe. Their close, on-going relationships with artists enabled them to acquire a multitude of artworks. The result was a collection of 850 works that they christened Depot VBVR. This is now being split up, with different parts being donated to the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, the Rijksmuseum Twenthe and the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, while the Art & Project archives are being preserved by the Netherl ... More |
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Rineke Dijkstra, Almerisa, Asylum Seekers' Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, March 14, 1994. C-prints. Extended loan from Sandra and Gerald Fineberg.
BOSTON.- The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) unveils the seventh installation of its permanent collection galleries, featuring the museum’s new acquisitions as well as works on extended loan to the ICA. Since its establishment in 2006, the ICA Collection has developed a particular strength in the area of photography, a reflection of the museum’s strong history of exhibitions by leading artists in this field. The new collection exhibition places particular focus on portrait-related imagery, as seen in work by Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Nan Goldin, Rineke Dijkstra, Roe Ethridge, and Lorna Simpson, as well as new acquisitions of work by Catherine Opie, Anne Collier, and Ray Navarro with Zoe Leonard. The exhibition is organized by ICA Senior Curator Jenelle Porter, and is on view at the ICA from March 21, 2012, through March 2013. ... More |
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Pipilotti Rist, Massachusetts Chandelier, 2010. Videoinstallation, Loop 5:32 min. Installationsansicht aus der Ausstellung Pipilotti Rist: Augapfelmassage, Kunsthalle Mannheim 2012. Photo: Cem Yücetas.
MANNHEIM.- Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist is a pioneer of video art, acclaimed for her innovative installations. Pipilotti Rist: Eyeball Massage is her first major public survey show, presenting videos, sculptures and installations, and bringing together over 30 works spanning her career from the 1980s to today. Highly accomplished technically and rich in dazzling colour, Rist's practice fuses sensual images, music, and sometimes text to create mesmerising works. Opening 24 March and running until 24 June 2012 the exhibition transforms the museum and features new works including an audio-video installation and an outdoor light sculpture. Rist creates films—playful, psychedelic, sensuous, and often provocative—exploring themes and imagery of birth and death; family and love; the body and the natural world. By ... More |
| Unique public space designed within 30m high Kelpie sculpture set to boost tourism in Scotland |
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"The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk" opens in San Francisco |
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"Keith Haring: 1978-1982" at the Brooklyn Museum focuses on early career of Keith Haring |
An internal public spacewill be located within a 30m high Kelpie head - a Scottish mythical water horse.
GLASGOW.- A Dundee-based architects’ practice has beaten global competition to secure a £1million contract to deliver a unique visitor experience, which will form part of one of the most exciting community projects in the UK. Nicoll Russell Studios, whose head office is in Broughty Ferry, has been selected to deliver the prestigious contract following a design competition and tender process managed by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) seeking ambitious designs for a functional but visionary visitor centre as part of the £41 million Helix Project near Falkirk. The practice will also deliver their designs for an internal public space located within a 30m high Kelpie head - a Scottish mythical water horse - created by world-renowned sculptor, Andy Scott, in a move that will establish a dramatic, multi-sensory experience anticipated to generate significant levels of repeat visits. The Helix Project ... More |
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Jean Paul Gaultier, Costume sketch. The Fifth Element, directed by Luc Besson, 1997© Jean Paul Gaultier.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Opening on March 24, 2012 and continuing its strong track record of exhibitions highlighting the work of the innovators and iconoclasts of the world of fashion, the de Young Museum in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park presents, The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, the first exhibition devoted to the celebrated French designer and his personal themes of “equality, diversity and perversity.” The de Young is the exclusive west coast venue for this critically acclaimed international exhibition after its premier at the organizing institution, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and its presentation at the Dallas Museum of Art. The exhibition will be on view at the de Young in the Herbst Exhibition Galleries from March 24-August 19, 2012. Dubbed fashion’s “enfant terrible” from the time of his first runway shows in the 1970s, Jean Paul Gaultier ... More |
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Artist Keith Haring sits in his Broome Street apartment in New York, in 1983. AP Photo.
By: Ula Ilnytzky, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP).- The bohemian atmosphere of downtown New York in the 1970s and 1980s had a huge impact on the art of Keith Haring, from his impromptu subway chalk drawings to his maze-like abstract paintings. In a new exhibition that focuses on the late artist's early career, Haring's creative energy is instantly felt through his seemingly pulsating kaleidoscope-like designs. "Keith Haring: 1978-1982" at the Brooklyn Museum includes 155 works on paper, 30 black-and-white subway drawings, seven experimental videos and rarely seen sketchbooks, journals, exhibition fliers and documentary photographs. It covers the years when the artist was 20 to 24 years old. Arranged chronologically, it traces the development of his abstract visual language, beginning with 25 red gouache ... More |
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| Sotheby's to bring Cheval Blanc and Yquem to the Americas direct from the Châteaux |
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Museum The Kennedys moving to Ehemalige Jüdische Mädchenschule Berlin |
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RM Auctions to lift gavel on Denmark's famed Aalholm Automobile Collection this August |
The Cheval Blanc and Yquem 1892 – 2009 Direct From The Cellars auction follows the landmark sales of these wines in London and Hong Kong. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- On 28 April 2012 Sotheby’s will present an offering of wine direct from two of the world’s most prestigious wine makers – Château Cheval Blanc and Château Yquem. The Cheval Blanc and Yquem 1892 – 2009 Direct From The Cellars auction follows the landmark sales of these wines in London and Hong Kong, both of which significantly exceeded the high estimate. Until being shipped to New York for the auction none of these wines have left the cellars of the Châteaux in which they were produced. With vintages from 1892 -2009 the sale spans over a century and includes over 3,000 bottles grouped into 400 lots including a very large selection of rare and sought after large format bottles. Overall the auction is estimated to fetch $1.3/2 million. Prior to the sale Pierre Lurton, General Manager of Château Cheval Blanc & CEO of Château d’Yquem and Serena Sutcliffe MW, Jamie Ritchie and ... More |
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File photo from Martin Schoeller's exhibition "Portraits of International Celebrities" at The Kennedys in Berlin. Paris Hilton. © Martin Schoeller.
BERLIN.- Over the short period of time since its opening in November 2006, the museum The Kennedys has established itself as an accredited cultural institution. Popular with Berliners not only because of the city’s close historical ties with John F. Kennedy, the second biggest museum in the world about the history of the Kennedy family also draws tourists from all over the world, who consider it a place of interest well worth visiting. In order to honour the ever-increasing interest in the exhibition and to expand its dimensions, the museum THE KENNEDYS will move to the Ehemalige Jüdische Mädchenschule Berlin at Auguststraße 11-13 and reopen in August 2012. A total of more than 500m2 of exhibition space offers exceptional curatorial possiblities to enhance the existing and internationally acclaimed exhibition of the museum THE KENNEDYS with more photographs, original historical documents, personal belong- ... More |
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1911 Rolls-Royce 40/50 hp Silver Ghost Roi des Belges Tourer. Photo: Courtesy RM Auctions.
LONDON.- RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house, announced today it will present more than 175 vehicles from the world-famous Aalholm Automobil Museum ‘without reserve’ during a single-day auction, 12 August, 2012 in southern Denmark. Located just west of Nysted on the Island of Lolland, and set against the magnificent backdrop of the Aalholm Castle, one of Denmark’s oldest medieval castles, the Aalholm Automobil Museum was founded in 1964 by auto enthusiast, Baron J.O. Raben-Levetzau, who used the castle’s own 1911 Rolls-Royce as a starting point for the collection. In operation from 1964 through 2007, the museum was regarded as one of Europe’s largest and most exciting automobile collections, at one time displaying more than 200 motor cars spanning the 1890s through 1980s. The upcoming sale follows a string of highly successful private and estate collection auctions host ... More |
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 Solo exhibition of the work by Iris van Herpen opens at Groninger Museum
GRONINGEN.- From 24 March to 23 September 2012, the Groninger Museum presents the first large-scale solo exhibition of the work of Iris van Herpen (Wamel, 1984), one of the most striking designers of this moment. The exhibition offers an overview of her work from 2008 to the present. A selection of her most recent work, such as Capriole and the Micro collection that is to be shown in January 2012, is also on display. Van Herpen graduated from the ArtEZ Hogeschool voor Kunsten (ArtEZ Institute of the Arts) in Arnhem in 2006, did an internship with Alexander McQueen, among others, and started a label under her own name in 2007. A year later, she was nominated for the prestigious Createurope: The Fashion Academy Award. Her outfits appeared in Vogue, Numero, Harper’s Bazaar and Dazed and Confused. In conjunction with United Nude, she launched a limited-edition ... More Sotheby's achieves second highest total for a London wine sale held by the company-$4.4 million
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London sale of Finest and Rarest Wines featuring The Bordeaux Wine Bank Selection, The Adrian Bowden Collection Part III & A Classic Collector’s Cellar on 21 March 2012 brought a total of £2,760,780 ($4,389,640), establishing the second highest figure for a London wine sale held by the company.* Commenting on the sale, Serena Sutcliffe MW, Sotheby’s Worldwide Head of Wine, said “We are particularly pleased that these great wine collections attracted buyers from around the world, including new clients who loved the quality and diversity of these stunning cellars. There was excitement in the room as bids ricocheted between the telephones and the internet, both facing a very high proportion of bids received before the sale. We shall continue to source fabulous collections of wine of true provenance that will give pleasure to all who enjoy great bottles ... More Spencer Museum teams with Biodiversity Institute to present "39 Trails: Research in the Peruvian Amazon"
LAWRENCE, KANSAS.- A new exhibition at the Spencer Museum of Art features creative projects made by University of Kansas researchers who travelled to the Peruvian Amazon last summer. Co-sponsored by KU's Biodiversity Institute, 39 Trails is on view from March 24-July 22 in the Museum's Gallery 318, and shares the work of a research team that included seven undergraduate students and two graduate students under the direction of KU curator/professors Caroline Chaboo (Entomology) and Steve Goddard (Spencer Museum of Art). "Everyone involved relied heavily on a small map of the base of their activity, the Los Amigos Biological Research Station," Goddard says. "The map detailed 39 trails, underscoring the human presence in the rain forest, as well as the difficulty of navigating it." Three of the undergraduate students were part of a pilot program: the Rudkin ... More Bandelier searches for art for new annual pass
BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT, N.M. (AP).- Bandelier National Monument is calling on photographers and artists from around the country to submit work for display on the park's 2013 annual pass. The park will be accepting submissions through April 4. Park Superintendent Jason Lott says if Bandelier has inspired someone's creative side, this is a chance to show off. The winner and two runners-up will receive free entry to all the National Parks for one year. The winner will also receive a personal tour of Bandelier. The winning entries will be announced April 27. Bandelier sells hundreds of annual passes each year. Proceeds from the passes help fund special projects and programs at the park. Bandelier showcases a collection of prehistoric Native American archaeological sites and a historic visitor center at the bottom of Frijoles Canyon. ... More Exhibition of recent acrylic paintings on paper by Deborah Buck opens at Julie Saul Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Julie Saul Gallery announce its first exhibition of recent acrylic paintings on paper by Deborah Buck. The exhibition corresponds with a survey show of her work at the Garrison Art Center (April 7 to May 6th, Inside Out) . An illustrated catalog with an essay by Lilly Wei is being published in conjunction with both shows. Copies are available to the press on request. The title of this show refers to the centralized forms, which are the “subject” of her paintings; wrapped objects at the same time very anthropomorphic that are both inviting and slightly sinister. Her vocabulary of form is distinctive and grows out of organic surrealism. The push and pull between attraction and repulsion in Buck’s forms Wei suggests is “about decay, about past present and future states, a comic book Pop Surreal version of the theme of vanitas.” The combination of rich colors ... More Rare movie posters found in Pennsylvania attic fetch $503K
PHILADELPHIA (AP).- A collection of rare movie theater posters found in a northeastern Pennsylvania attic has fetched a total of $503,000 at auction. The sale of 33 posters from the Golden Age of Hollywood ended Friday at Heritage Auctions in Texas. The auction house said a rare 1931 poster for the movie "Dracula" topped the list with a selling price of $143,400. It sold to an anonymous overseas buyer. A surprise of the auction was the $101,575 price paid for the rare poster of the 1931 movie "Cimarron," the first Western to win the Best Picture Academy Award. The posters were stuck together with wallpaper glue when they were purchased for around $30,000 at a country auction last fall in Berwick. The rare find was revealed as they were steamed apart. ... More |
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