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Denver Art Museum is only U.S. venue for exhibition highlighting fashion icon's career
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Spanish-inspired clothing, part of the Imaginary Journeys collection are displayed during a preview of "Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective" at the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colo. The show, featuring a selection of 200 haute couture garments, opened Sunday, March 25 and will run through July 8. AP Photo/Ed Andrieski.
By: Rema Rahma, Associated Press
DENVER (AP).- Paris. New York. Denver? The Mile High City is not what most people think about when it comes to high fashion. But come Sunday, the Denver Art Museum hosts the only U.S. showing of "Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective," a sweeping look at 40 years of design from the late influential French designer best known for his tuxedo suit for women, Le Smoking. Why Denver? Museum director Christoph Heinrich was the first to ask for it after seeing the exhibit, which originated in Paris in 2010. "The fabulous thing about this country is you have major events everywhere, all over the country," said Heinrich, who is from Germany. "It's not only everything happening in New York and Los Angeles." And what would Saint Laurent, who died in 2008 at age 71 (and never visited Denver), think? ... More |
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LONDON.- A Bonhams auction house employee walks past a picture by British artist Banksy, entitled Kate Moss, left, and Shepard Faireys print depicting U.S. President Barack Obama as they are displayed for a press preview prior to sale in London. The Andy Warhol inspired Kate Moss is expected to fetch between GBP 30,000 and 50,000 (US$ 48,000 to 79,000); the Fairey print is expected to sell for some GBP 1,500 to 2,000, pounds (US$ 2,400 - 3,200). AP Photo/Alastair Grant.
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| David Kordansky Gallery opens second exhibition of new work by Elad Lassry |
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Henry Moore's generous gift to Wakefield is showcased in new temporary exhibition |
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James Hyman Photography to present a specially curated exhibition for AIPAD Photography Show 2012 |
Elad Lassry, Untitled (Presence 2005), 2012. Courtesy of the artist and David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Photo: Fredrik Nilsen.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- David Kordansky Gallery announces its second exhibition of new work by Elad Lassry. The show reflects an expansive sense of the picture as an ontological category, one in which a viewer's customary associations with familiar forms are exposed to physical and perceptual paradoxes. Lassry has increasingly looked to diverse media––including drawing, sculpture, and performance––to test current possibilities for engagement with pictures. In each case, the ability to recognize a given subject presents itself as a faculty on the verge of failure, a dissonant constellation of formal characteristics and competing cultural histories. By incorporating objects and immersive situations into his practice, Lassry blurs the boundary between the tangible and cognitive experiences of a picture. As such, his work is indicative of the way in which the virtual defines contemporary ... More |
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Visitors explore Henry Moore's Two Part Reclining Figure at The Hepworth Wakefield. Photo Hannah Webster.
WAKEFIELD.- Lithographs and etchings gifted by Barbara Hepworth’s contemporary, Henry Moore to Wakefield, have gone on display in a new temporary exhibition at Yorkshire’s award winning gallery. Until Sunday 22 April, visitors to The Hepworth Wakefield will be able to see Henry Moore’s Stones, a display of two series of prints, The Stonehenge Suite, 1971/1973, from Wakefield’s Permanent Art Collection and The Dante Stones, 1977, on loan from The Henry Moore Foundation. Among the first to see the prints was local artist Cynthia Kenny. THW member and Trustee for The Friends of Wakefield Art Galleries & Museums (Wakefield Permanent Art Fund), Cynthia Kenny has a particularly close connection to the display. She recalled: “Realising that the Wakefield Permanent Art Collection did not include any distinguished prints by Henry Moore, it was decided that The Friends of Wakefield Museums & Gallerie ... More |
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Charles Nègre, Arles Pretre Lisant, 1852.
LONDON.- From Sermons in Stones to Monsters of Modernity. Early French Photography and the Church brings together two of the greatest achievements of Western civilisation: Gothic architecture and the invention of photography. The exhibition title references the religious significance of the portal programmes of Gothic cathedrals with their multiple biblical scenes as well as the gargoyles of Notre Dame that were the mid-nineteenth century invention of Violle-le-Duc. The exhibition traces the ways in which the great Gothic churches and cathedrals of France were placed at the heart of their work by the most important French photographers of the 1840s and 1850s. The artists presented will include Edouard Baldus, Edmond Bacot, Hippolyte Bayard, Bisson Frères, Gustave Le Gray, Ange Mailand, Pierre Manguin, Charles Nègre, Emile Pecarrere (Em. Pec.), Henri Le Secq, Varin Frères. The exhibition is accompanied by a new book on the subject with an essay by James Hyman. In it Hyman argues: ... More |
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| Fifth individual exhibition by Marcelo Silveira at Nara Roesler Gallery in Sao Paulo |
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Seventeen works by Banksy, including image of Kate Moss, to sell in Urban Art Sale at Bonhams |
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New participants from the U.S. and Europe join the second edition of the AADLA Spring Show in New York |
Marcelo Silveira presents four pieces that take over different spaces of the gallery.
SAO PAULO.- Nara Roesler Gallery presents Marcelo Silveira’s show Chronos, which opened on March 22nd. It is the fifth individual exhibition by this Pernambuco-born artist at the gallery, where he also exhibited Arquitetura de Interiores, in 2008. Marcelo Silveira presents four pieces that take over different spaces of the gallery and mix several techniques and materials. “His work, full of constructions that move physically, is mainly characterized by bringing about constant displacement of meanings. Once more, the means used and the suggested nexuses blend together in the works presented in this show, which offers the visitor the experience of building new relations based on the contact with the artist’s pieces”, explains Moacir dos Anjos – who was the curator of the last São Paulo International Biennial – in his critical text about the exhibition. In his nearly 30-year career, Silveira h ... More |
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Bonhams auction house employees pose with Banksy's 'Kate Moss'. AP Photo/Alastair Grant.
LONDON.- Seventeen art works by the celebrated graffiti artist, Banksy, will be available to photograph at Bonhams, New Bond Street, ahead of the Urban Art Sale, which takes place on 29 March 2012. One of the highlights is a screen print of British supermodel Kate Moss, 2005, inspired by Andy Warhol’s iconic Marilyn Monroe series, which has been estimated at £30,000 – 50,000. It will be on display alongside Warhol’s screenprint of a Dollar Sign (estimate £20,000 – 30,000), which is part of the Contemporary Two: Modern Design sale, also on 29 March 2012. One of the highlights of the Urban Art Sale is Banksy’s Leopard and Barcode, acquired directly from an exhibition entitled Existencilism at the 33 1/3 Gallery, Los Angeles by the present owner, which has never before been seen at auction and has attracted a pre-sale estimate of £60,000 – 80,000. The sale features a ... More |
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Among the new participants from the U.S. are New York-based gallery Lawrence Steigrad.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Art and Antiques Dealer League of America has announced the participation of several leading galleries from the United States and abroad that will be making their debut at the second edition of the Spring Show NYC. Taking place at New York City’s Park Avenue Armory, the four-day fine and decorative arts fair, sponsored by 1stdibs, opens with a benefit preview party for the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) on May 2 and runs through May 6. This year’s Honorary Co-chairs include Amy Fine Collins, Somers and Jonathan Farkas, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, and Hilary Geary Ross and Wilbur Ross. The Connoisseur Committee Co-chairs are Michael Bruno, Mario Buatta, David Patrick Columbia, Robert Couturier, Celerie Kemble, Edward Lobrano, Brian McCarthy, Miles Redd, Ellen and Chuck Scarborough, Michael Smith, Bunny Williams and Vicente Wolf. Among the new parti ... More |
| Valencian Institute for Modern Art presents exhibition of paintings by Ana Peters |
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Klunk & Millan develops mobile app for Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley |
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Eichholz Foundation endows Curator of Modern and Contemporary art at the Portland Art Museum |
"In London we often visited the National Gallery. We saw many exhibitions, many paintings. One artist who caught her attention was Hodgkins."
By: Tomàs Llorens
VALENCIA.- When I first met her in Valencia, in 1962, it was three years since Ana had graduated at the San Fernando School. She used go to out occasionally to do landscapes with two painter friends, Antonia and Julia Mir, but she worked mostly in the studio that she had set up at her home in Paterna. I remember that she spent months painting a rather large canvas, a picture that began as a blue still life and slowly evolved towards an increasingly crystalline abstraction. It remained unfinished. She also experimented with abstract collages which combined Tàpies’s tactile quality with Rueda’s compositional clarity. And with small oil paintings, on thick paper or card, very much like others that she did considerably later, in these last few years. I think none of them remain. We married in Bremen at the beginning of 1964, and on the way ... More |
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"The app is easy to use and automatically keeps Museum calendar and exhibit information up-to-date," says Dan Agostinelli, director of interactive services at Klunk & Millan.
ALLENTOWN, PA.- Klunk & Millan Advertising, a full-service marketing and interactive design agency, has developed the Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley’s first mobile app for on-the-go event and exhibit information. The app is free and currently available for download to iPhone® and iPad® users through the Apple iTunes® store. "The app is easy to use and automatically keeps Museum calendar and exhibit information up-to-date," says Dan Agostinelli, director of interactive services at Klunk & Millan. "As the number of smartphone and tablet users continues to rise, it's important for businesses of all types to place their information in the hands of customers or visitors so it's accessible whenever or wherever they need it." Features of the new app include exhibit listings and previews of featured collections from world-renowned painters, sculptors, photographers, and other artists. The events tab lists upcoming ... More |
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Mercedes Eichholz and her late husband Robert have been active supporters of the arts for decades.
PORTLAND, ORE.- The Portland Art Museum announced that a gift of $2 million was recently pledged by the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation. The gift from the foundation, headquartered in Santa Barbara , Calif. , will endow the curator of modern and contemporary art. The position, currently held by Bruce Guenther , will now be known as The Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. “We are grateful to Mercedes Eichholz and her family’s foundation for this generous and important gift,” said Brian Ferriso , The Marilyn H. and Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Jr. Director. “Endowing curatorial positions ensures that the core mission of the Museum is fulfilled.” Mercedes Eichholz and her late husband Robert have been active supporters of the arts for decades, including connections with the National Gallery of Art and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Mrs. Eichholz lived in Portl ... More |
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| National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas has first ever exhibit on Area 51 on display |
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The Whitney Museum of American Art builds education studio designed by LOT-EK |
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SH Contemporary, the most successful art fair in China, announces details |
Area 51: Myth or Reality will take the visitor into the story and challenge them to decide what is real and what isn’t.
LAS VEGAS, NV.- The National Atomic Testing Museum currently has the first ever exhibit on Area 51 on display. This unique exhibit titled Area 51: Myth or Reality explores the cultural perceptions and historical records of the most secret place in America. The exhibit will be run for 18-months. Area 51 has long been a place of mystery, spawning speculation about secret weapons, technology that verges on science fiction and sightings of unusual unidentified aircraft. Movies have taken the Area 51 myth and fleshed it out with underground bases and aliens. The Nation’s newest national museum, the National Atomic Testing Museum, has meshed these two areas into a very real look at Area 51, based on true stories from those who worked there as well as those who have spent years studying and exploring extraterrestrial sightings and UFOs. Area 51: Myth or Reality will take the visitor into the story and ... More |
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Image courtesy Renzo Piano Building Workshop in collaboration with Cooper, Robertson & Partners.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Whitney Museum of American Art has commissioned the architecture firm LOT-EK to design and build a pop-up studio for the Museum’s education programs. The structure, which will be known as the Whitney Studio, is currently being built and is scheduled to open in April in the Sculpture Court of the Museum’s Marcel Breuer building, 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street. The Studio will provide much-needed space for the Whitney’s education programs for adults, families, NYC public school students and teachers, teens, seniors, and visitors with disabilities. Programs will include classes, studio demonstrations, and art-making workshops. With uses ranging from a formal meeting space or seminar room to a screening room or messy art studio, the structure will provide flexible space for the Whitney’s signature education offerings, as well as new experimental programs. It will also function as an exhibition space to showcase work created by participants i ... More |
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Wang Guangle, 090821, 2009. Acrylic on Canvas, 230 x 180 cm. Courtesy Beijing Commune/ Beijing.
SHANGHAI.- The 6th edition of SH Contemporary - Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair will take place in the spectacular Shanghai Exhibition Center, one of the city's landmarks, from 7 - 9 September 2012, with Preview on the 6th. SH Contemporary is the most successful art fair in China, as it captures the dynamism of the Chinese art market as well as the spirit of Shanghai; a true creative city, bridging together business, culture and innovation. Supporting primarily the development of the region's contemporary art system, also by redefining the notion of “international” from an Asian perspective, the fair is an efficient business platform and a curatorially-led project. Presenting the most interesting Asian, Asia-Pacific and Western contemporary art to a growing group of local and international collectors and art lovers. Under the direction of Massimo Torrigiani, SH Contemporary is organized into two main secti ... More |
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 The Grateful Dead "Dawn of the Dead" documentary to be released on DVD May 22
OAKS, PA.- In the mid-1960s a new twist on contemporary rock music emerged out of San Francisco. Known as 'psychedelia', it was pioneered by a close-knit community of local bands who merged traditional American forms such as folk, country, blues and rock & roll with new sounds often developed under the influence of psychedelic drugs. Bound up with the social and cultural changes for which San Francisco was also the focal point, it was a combination that made for a radical re-imaging of youth culture. This film traces the movements, events and sounds of those heady days, and traces the story of the definitive band of the psychedelic age, The Grateful Dead. Giving time too for the involvement of Frisco's other lead players such as Big Brother & The Holding Company, Jefferson Airplane, The Charlatans and Quicksilver Messenger Service, the program explores ... More Visual and performance artist Zhang Huan directs Canadian Opera Company's production of Semele
TORONTO, ON.- The Canadian Opera Company’s 2011/2012 season closes with the company premiere of George Frideric Handel’s Semele in a production directed by famed Chinese visual and performance artist Zhang Huan. Joining Mr. Zhang to present Handel’s sparkling and seductive opera about the pitfalls of love affairs between gods and mortals is Italian Baroque opera specialist Rinaldo Alessandrini, who leads the COC Orchestra and Chorus. Sung in English with English SURTITLES™, Semele runs for eight performances at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on May 9, 11, 13, 16, 19, 22, 24 and 26, 2012. The COC’s presentation of Semele is the first opportunity for audiences to experience Zhang’s production of Semele outside Brussels, Belgium, where it premiered in 2009, and Beijing in 2010, where it was China’s first major staging of a ... More Josephine King's relationship with men is focus of new exhibition at Riflemaker
LONDON.- The subject of Josephine King's upcoming exhibition at Riflemaker is the artist’s relationships with men (see exhibition title). King (b. 1965, London) makes ink paintings on paper; self-portraits which document her battle with life. Her acclaimed debut exhibition ‘Life So Far’, explored the trauma of the artist’s extreme bi-polar mania. The series later led to a nomination in the category for Best Visual Artist at the South Bank Show Awards. In this new exhibition, Riflemaker will present thirty of King’s new ink paintings made during the past two years. The sensuous full-length portraits and the sardonic, disarmingly honest texts which frame them, document personal relationships, her devotion to her work and the isolation of her illness. “In painting Modern Woman, I am looking outside of myself rather than just looking within. Showing myself naked in both mind and body depicts how ... More New work by Matt Calderwood in new exhibition at David Risley Gallery
COPENHAGEN.- David Risley Gallery announces an exhibition of new work by Matt Calderwood. The exhibition presents a single monolithic concrete sculpture made up of six identical, individually hand-cast concrete components, assembled in situ. This work stands around 2.5 metres tall and weigh 1 and a half tons. Previous sculptures by Calderwood relied on an added element (water barrels, sandbags) for stability. This balancing act, combined with cheap, everyday materials such as plaster-board, made overt reference to impermanence and fragility. The new sculpture in "Concrete" supports itself — it is a self-sufficient closed-loop system, held in equilibrium but with clear paths of contradicting and counterbalancing forces within. Each of the 6 elements needs to play its role to make the sculpture possible. They are mutually dependent on each other to make a united ... More Abu Dhabi seeks bidders for Louvre branch
DUBAI (AP).- The developer of a branch of the Louvre in Abu Dhabi has launched its search for a contractor to build the museum following a series of delays. The state-owned Tourism Development and Investment Company placed an ad in local newspapers Sunday seeking bidders to carry out the main construction work on the arm of the French art institution. The Louvre is the first of several high-profile projects, including a branch of the Guggenheim, planned for the Emirati capital's multibillion dollar Saadiyat Island development. Its future was called into question when TDIC scrapped a major construction contract in October. The company said in January it now aims to open the Louvre branch in 2015, years later than previously planned. ... More |
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