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Anthony McCall's largest museum exhibition to date opens at Hamburger Bahnhof
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A man stands inside the art work 'Five Minutes Of Pure Sculpture' by British artist Anthony McCall at the Hamburger Bahnhof museum in Berlin, Thursday, April 19, 2012. Anthony Anthony McCall's work will be used at the official arts festival running alongside the London Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012. The exhibition in Berlin will run from April 20. until August 12, 2012. AP Photo/Markus Schreiber.
BERLIN.- From April 20 – August 12, 2012, Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin presents Anthony McCall. Five Minutes of Pure Sculpture, the artist’s largest museum exhibition to date. McCall transforms the museum’s light-flooded historic hall into an expansive black box filled only with fog and his singular projections of light. The solid light films form a signature body of work, which Anthony McCall (b. 1946 in St. Paul’s Cray, England, lives and works in New York) has developed since the 1970s. In these, animated lines drawn in white on black are projected into a room filled with a fine haze so that the two-dimensional drawings are articulated as seemingly tangible, sculptural forms moving slowly in real space. Before relocating from London to New York in 1973, McCall was actively involved with the cinematic avant-garde gathered ... More |
| Bouguereau, Johnson, Renoir and Silva top Heritage Auctions' American & European art event |
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Museum Brandhorst in Munich opens exhibition celebrating German artist Georg Herold |
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Early British drawings, watercolours & paintings from the Golden Age at Christie's London in July |
William Adolphe Bouguereau, Fishing For Frogs, 1882. Estimate: $1,500,000+.
DALLAS, TX.- William Adolphe Bouguereau’s sublime Fishing For Frogs, 1882, is expected to bring $1,500,000+ as the offering on the European side of Heritage Auctions’ May 15 Signature® American & European Art Auction, taking place at Heritage’s Dallas Design District Annex, 1518 Slocum Street, while Eastman Johnson’s lyrical Child at Prayer, circa 1873, is the top American offering with a $500,000+ pre-auction estimate. These prime examples, along with 33 others, have been consigned to the auction by The Lexington Trust of Los Angeles “This is one of the deepest art auctions that Heritage has ever presented,” said Brian Roughton, Director of American and European Art at Heritage. “We’ve put a tremendous effort into gathering this diverse grouping and making it an appealing offering to every level of collector.” Two paintings from French master Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Portrait d'une jeune ... More |
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Georg Herold, 1,8 kg NIVEA, 1990, caviar tin with rubberband, printed, printed self adhesive labels, diameter: 16 x 8,2 cm. Photo: Haydar Koyupinar © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2012.
MUNICH.- Like virtually no other artist of our times, Georg Herold ironically cites the art of the 20th century in its diverse forms, rendering it disillusionary or absurd. Herold is not a painter although he creates pictures, not a sculptor although he makes sculptures and installations, not an architect although he builds. He embodies the negation of the artistic world in the academic tradition. All of his works are based on the principle of the collage or montage, even his primary intention is not one of innovation or originality but of discrepancy and contradiction. His demystification of established notions that have become the norm does not stop in the face of Kazimir Malevitch, Marcel Duchamp, Donald Judd and Joseph Beuys, among others, either. In this way Herold ... More |
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George Romney (1734-1802), Child Reading (possibly Mrs Cumberland and her son). Estimate: £100,000-150,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
LONDON.- Christie’s announced the sale of Andrew Wyld: Connoisseur Dealer, the collection and stock of W/S Fine Art and Andrew Wyld (1949 - 2011). This fine single-owner collection celebrates the Golden Age of British Watercolours and will be offered in two parts. Part one will take place in King Street on 10 July 2012 and Part two will take place in South Kensington on 18 July. Highlights will be on view during Master Paintings & Drawings Week from 29 June - 6 July 2012. The sale comprises around 400 lots and is expected to realise between £1.5 million and £2 million. Wyld, one of the finest dealers in his field, was renowned for his discerning eye and this sale is a roll call of the greatest artists of the Golden Age: John Constable, David Cox, John Robert Cozens, Peter de Wint, Thomas Gainsborough, and ... More |
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| Success of Jourdan-Barry Collection propels French silver to new heights at Sotheby's |
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Dartmouth selects Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects to design Hood Museum expansion and renovation |
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Christie's New York to offer superb 16th century masterpiece by Girolamo Romanino |
A French silver ewer and a basin, Jean Delane, Bayonne, circa 1734-1735 (Date letter L). Estimate : 100,000 – 150,000 €. Lot sold : 186,750 €. Photo: Sotheby's.
PARIS.- With total sales of over €4 million ($5 million), the two-session silver auction at the Galerie Charpentier here today attracted tremendous interest and yielded remarkable results – among the finest ever achieved in the history of silver sales at Sotheby’s Paris. The main focus of the sale was the Raymond & Pierre Jourdan-Barry Collection, an elegantly coherent 200-lot ensemble full of rare, top-quality items reflecting a search for ideal beauty. Thierry de Lachaise, Sotheby’s European Head of Silver said : 'A packed saleroom and host of telephone bidders paid high-profile homage to the assured, individual taste of Monsieur Pierre Jourdan-Barry and his father. Numerous lots sold in excess of top-estimate, such as a timelessly elegant basting-spoon by Edme-Pierre Balzac, which brought €144,750 ($189.861) against a high-estimate of €60,000.’ (lot 19)* The day's top bid of €540,7 ... More |
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Dartmouth began expansion planning for the Hood in 2010 in response to the continued growth of the museum’s role on campus.
HANOVER, NH.- Dartmouth today announced that it has selected Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects to design a major expansion and renovation of its Hood Museum of Art. Since the museum opened in 1985, its collection and programming have grown exponentially, and it has become a vital educational resource for Dartmouth students and faculty across a range of disciplines, and for visitors from around the world. The goal of the project, which encompasses the renovation of the adjacent Wilson Hall and an addition to the 1985 Hood Museum of Art building, is to significantly increase the museum’s gallery space and classrooms, and feature new entrance facilities and amenities. The Hood's expansion and renovation is an integral component of the creation of Dartmouth’s new Arts District, encompassing the neighboring Hopkins Center for the Arts and the new Black Family Visual Arts Center, designed by Machado and Silvet ... More |
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Girolamo Romanino (Brescia 1484/87-1560), Christ Carrying the Cross Estimate: $2,500,000-3,500,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
NEW YORK, NY.- A magnificent picture of Christ Carrying the Cross is a masterpiece of Girolamo Romanino’s fully mature style and among the most potent and moving depictions of the theme in 16th century Italian art. The painting will highlight Christie’s Old Master Paintings sale on June 6 in New York, and is estimated at $2,500,000-3,500,000. Nicholas Hall, Co-Chairman, Old Masters & 19th Century Art, comments: “Christie’s is honored to be chosen to auction this rare work on behalf of the heirs of Federico Gentili di Giuseppe. Romanino’s “Christ Carrying the Cross” is a masterpiece of the Italian High Renaissance, which could hang in any major museum: a picture of this importance by the artist has not been available on the market for more than a decade.” A leading painter of the north Italian school, Girolamo di Romano, who during his lifetime came to be called Romanino, was born betwe ... More |
| Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum welcomes Discovery to space collection |
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Rare works from international private collections highlight Christie's Hong Kong sales |
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Renaissance exhibition at National Gallery of Australia a resounding success with Australian audiences |
The space shuttle Discovery is suspended from a sling held by two cranes. AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls.
By: Brett Zongker, Associated Press
CHANTILLY, VA (AP).- Space shuttle Discovery is preparing to move into its new home at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum annex in northern Virginia. By Thursday morning, the world's most traveled spaceship had been lifted off its Boeing 747 carrier and towed to the museum near Dulles International Airport. Astronauts including former Sen. John Glenn will help deliver Discovery to its retirement as an artifact representing the 30-year shuttle program. A welcome ceremony is expected to draw thousands of visitors who want an up-close look at the shuttle after it flew over the Washington area Tuesday. The museum is hosting a four-day festival to showcase Discovery. Curator Valerie Neal said Discovery will be displayed as if it just landed, with its large payload bay doors closed. The top question museum visitors have been asking is whether they will be able ... More |
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Huang Ding, Landscapes in Ancient Style (one of six scrolls). Estimate: HK$1-1.5 million/ US$130,000–194,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
HONG KONG.- Leading global auction house Christie’s will present exceptionally rare works from a wide range of international collectors at its upcoming Hong Kong Spring Sales of Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy and Fine Chinese Modern Paintings on 28 and 29 May, 2012 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. With more than 600 lots valued over HK$400 million (US$53 million), the sales will present superlative Chinese classical works by Ming master calligraphers and painters such as Dong Qichang, Bada Shanren, Wang Duo, Zhu Yunming, Chen Hongshou, Wu Li, Shao Mi and Zhang Reitu, and modern masterpieces by renowned artists such as Zhang Daqian, Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Lin Fengmian, Zhao Shao’ang and Fu Baoshi. Offering a wide spectrum of paintings and calligraphy that date from the Ming and Qing periods to the present day, and accentuated with private collections from Asia, Europe and the Unit ... More |
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Giovan Battista Moroni, Portrait of a child of the house of Redetti c.1570. Oil on canvas, 43.3 x 33.2 cm. Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, legacy of Guglielmo Lochis 1866.
CANBERRA.- The National Gallery of Australia today announced that the Renaissance exhibition of 15th and 16th century Italian paintings from Accademia Carrara, Bergamo was a resounding success attracting almost 213,000 visitors from all over Australia to Canberra. The exhibition closed on Monday 9 April, after a four month season, giving Australian audiences their first opportunity ever to see works by Italian Renaissance masters such as Raphael, Botticelli, Bellini and Mantegna. Director of the National Gallery of Australia, Ron Radford AM said today, “The Renaissance exhibition attracted 212,920 visitors from all across Australia injecting an estimated $75 million into the ACT economy.” “This makes Renaissance the second most popular exhibition staged at the National Gallery of Australia in the last ten years. We are delighted that so many Australians ... More |
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| The School, Nina Yuen's second solo exhibition with Lombard Freid Projects opens |
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Stephenson's presents estate jewelry, fine art, automobilia in big April 27 auction |
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Newest Michigan museum, the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, showcases racist artifacts |
Nina Yuen, The School still, 2012. Single channel video with sound, 4:50 min. Photo: Courtesy Lombard Freid Projects.
NEW YORK, NY.- Lombard Freid Projects presents The School, Nina Yuen’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. Yuen’s hauntingly beautiful films are presented within a tactile installation that encapsulates the artist’s multifaceted imagination and transforms the traditional viewing experience. Yuen, originally from Hawaii and currently based in New Jersey, mines the pasts of anonymous and celebrated characters to create poetic, non-linear narratives. She combines fictionalized personal memories and various disparities in accounts of the past to create an authentic alternate-reality; weaving assorted truths into her seductive monologues to lure the viewer in. Yuen fully embraces her creations; living within her self-constructed sets and adopting the conventions, behavior, and dress of these worlds in order to exemplify her characters. The dedication is evident in her work, infusing each video with a nuanc ... More |
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Detail of Hudson River Valley school pastoral landscape portrait. Photo: Stephenson’s Auctioneers
SOUTHAMPTON, PA.- A trove of gold and silver estate jewelry, a New Jersey collector’s automotive-related signs and hood ornaments; and fine art from upscale Philadelphia homes will lead the lineup at Stephenson’s April 27 Antiques & Decorative Arts auction. Approximately 700 lots will be up for bid at the company’s Bucks County gallery, with an earlier-than-usual 11 a.m. start time due to the 200-lot opening selection of contemporary collectibles. This grouping includes Royal Doulton figurines as well as decorative pieces by Lladro and Swarovski. Around 2 p.m., the antiques and vintage portion of the sale will begin, with an extensive offering of silver and gold jewelry and pocket watches. Two bracelets, in particular, are expected to garner competition from silver buyers. One is a simple silver bangle designed by Vivianna Torun Bulow-Hube (Swedish, 1927-2004) for Georg Jensen. With a Jensen Denmark ... More |
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David Pilgrim, the founder and curator who started building the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, stands in the museum's entrance. AP Photo/Carlos Osorio.
By: Mike Householder, Associated Press
BIG RAPIDS, MICH (AP).- The objects displayed in Michigan's newest museum range from the ordinary, such as simple ashtrays and fishing lures, to the grotesque — a full-size replica of a lynching tree. But all are united by a common theme: They are steeped in racism so intense that it makes visitors cringe. That's the idea behind the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, which says it has amassed the nation's largest public collection of artifacts spanning the segregation era, from Reconstruction until the civil rights movement, and beyond. The museum in a gleaming new exhibit hall at Ferris State University "is all about teaching, not a shrine to racism," said David Pilgrim, the founder and curator who started building the collection as a teenager. Pilgrim, who is black ... More |
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 An historical album by Gustave Le Gray produced during the Paris Salon in 1852 to be sold at Sotheby's
PARIS.- The forthcoming Photographs sale at Sotheby’s Paris, to be held in the Galerie Charpentier on 15 May will feature and exceptional album with 9 salt prints from waxed paper negatives produced by Gustave Le Gray during the Paris Salon in 1852. Estimated between € 240,000 and 280,000* ($315,000-368,000), this album surely is one of the sale’s most eagerly awaited lots. Following the photographer’s success of the Mission Héliographique the previous year, Philippe de Chennevières, inspecteur des musées de province and in charge of the exhibition of living artists commissioned Gustave Le Gray to photographically document the principal works of the 1852 Salon. In 1852 the Paris Salon is held for the second and last time in the Palais Royal, opening on Thursday 1 April. In addition to the provisional buildings already constructed for the Salon 1850-51 the exhibition took ... More New photography exhibition explores "life, its transience, its fragility, and its persistence"
TORONTO.- In their first-ever collaboration, the ROM’s Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity and its Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC) present Elegy: Deborah Samuel, an exhibition featuring a new series of images from Canadian photo-based artist Deborah Samuel. Making its world premiere at the ROM, the exhibition is being displayed in the Museum’s Hilary and Galen Weston Wing, Level 2, until Monday, July 2, 2012. Elegy is also a featured exhibition at this year’s Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival. The exhibition includes 33 photographs, including 10 commissioned by the ROM highlighting specimens from its collections. ROM curatorial staff has contributed to the enlightening captions accompanying the photographs. Samuel’s initial focus in this project was birds - well represented in the exhibition. However, her scope broadenened to include ... More Brandywine River Museum to offer tours of Andrew Wyeth's Studio
CHADDS FORD, PA.- The Chadds Ford studio where Andrew Wyeth, one of the most beloved and significant artists in American history, painted many of his most important works of art, will open for tours in the summer of 2012. Given to the Brandywine River Museum by the artist's wife, Betsy James Wyeth, the studio has undergone careful restoration to preserve its appearance when it was used by the late artist. Wyeth painted in the studio from 1940 until 2008. Thousands of works of art are associated with this studio, including those inspired by the farms and open space of the Brandywine Valley, and the Brandywine River that runs through Chadds Ford and the surrounding countryside. The Brandywine River Museum has worked with a team of specialized architects, trained in historic preservation, to maintain the historic integrity of the building and its legacy as the artist's retreat. Visitors will see where America's belo ... More Monumental Meadmore sculpture installed at Wellesley College
WELLESLY, MA.- Wellesley College is the new home for Clement Meadmore’s monumental steel sculpture Upsurge. Characteristic for its fusion of geometry and fluidity, the work—which stands 20 x 13 x 8 feet and weighs nearly 1500 pounds—is sited between Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall and the Davis Parking Facility, on a small curved grassy landscape feature located near the College’s Route 135 main entrance. The sculpture was installed on Friday, April 13. Upsurge comes to Wellesley through the generosity of Bob and Lynn Johnston ’64, who is a member of the College’s board of trustees. The Johnstons also donated Mozart, a sculpture by Kenneth Snelson that is sited near the Science Center, to the College in 2008. Meadmore, a native of Australia who moved to the United States in the 1960s, was renowned internationally for his massive outdoor pieces ... More Frieze New York 2012 announces Sculpture Park
NEW YORK, NY.- Frieze announced the works to be installed in the Sculpture Park at the first edition of Frieze New York. The Sculpture Park offers a rare opportunity to see a significant group of international work that is addressed on a public scale. The Sculpture Park will be located along the waterfront of Randall’s Island overlooking the East River, it is just two minutes walk from the fair. The Sculpture Park at Frieze New York is selected by curator Tom Eccles. The inaugural Sculpture Park at Frieze New York presents work by some of the most acclaimed international sculptors. These include new works by James Angus, Rathin Barman, Christoph Büchel, Ernesto Neto, Tomás Saraceno, Katja Strunz and Cerith Wyn Evans as well as pieces by Louise Bourgeois, Joshua Callaghan, Subodh Gupta, Ryan Gander, Jeppe Hein, Gabriel Kuri, Susan Philipsz and Jaume Plensa. ... More The Ogden Museum of Southern Art announces staff changes
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- William Andrews, Director of The Ogden Museum of Southern Art/University of New Orleans, announces the appointment of staff members to expanded positions to further promote the mission of the Museum. As of March 15, 2012, Libra LaGrone, Curator of Southern Music, was named Deputy Director. Elizabeth Bowie was named Curator of the Center for Southern Craft and Design/Director of Retail Business Operations and Development. Rachel Ford, a former sales associate and project coordinator at the Ogden Museum Store, was promoted to Manager of Retail Operations. With strong family ties to southwest Louisiana, Florida native Libra LaGrone joined the staff of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in June 2003 as the grand opening coordinator and was named Curator of Southern Music in 2005. LaGrone attended the University ... More |
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