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For the first time, works from the Uffizi Gallery are shown at the Michener Art Museum
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Luca Giordano's oil on canvas entitled "The Ascent to Calvary" is displayed during a preview of "Offering of the Angels: Treasures from the Uffizi Gallery" at the James A. Michener Museum, Friday, April 20, 2012, in Doylestown, Pa. The exhibit is scheduled to open Saturday. AP Photo/Matt Rourke.
DOYLESTOWN, PA.- For the first time ever, a selection of 44 paintings and tapestries from the famed Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, by such Renaissance and Baroque masters as Sandro Botticelli, Il Parmigianino, Lorenzo Monaco, Il Guercino and Cristofano Allori, have come to the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pa. Organized by Contemporanea Progetti, Florence, Italy, Offering of the Angels: Treasures from the Uffizi, is on view April 21, 2012 through August 10, 2012 at the Michener Art Museum in Bucks County, a suburb of Philadelphia. "Offering of the Angels: Treasures from the Uffizi brings to the Michener Art Museum and Southeastern Pennsylvania a wealth of tapestries and old master paintings that are rarely, if ever, seen in this region," says Michener Art Museum Director/CEO Bruce Katsiff. "We welcome the generosity of the Uffizi ... More |
| History of transcontinental railroad examined in major exhibition at the Huntington |
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Christie's to offer two outstanding mobiles by Alexander Calder from the home of architect Eliot Noyes |
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Sotheby's announces works featured in its annual sale of American Indian Art in New York |
Andrew J. Russell, “Malloy’s Cut,” from The Great West Illustrated, 1869. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
SAN MARINO, CA.- Drawing on the unparalleled manuscripts collection on the topic held by The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, a major exhibition illuminates the remarkable changes wrought in the United States by the planning, construction, and completion of the transcontinental railroad. “Visions of Empire: The Quest for a Railroad Across America, 1840–1880,” on view April 21 through July 23 in the MaryLou and George Boone Gallery, coincides with the 150th anniversary of the 1862 Pacific Railroad Act, which led to the rail connection between the Missouri River and the Pacific Ocean. The exhibition features some 200 items, the vast majority from The Huntington—including maps, photographs, illustrations, newspapers, magazines, letters, and diaries, most of which have never before been on public display. “‘Visions of Empire’ is our first large-scale effort to share ... More |
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Alexander Calder, Snow Flurry, 1950. Hanging mobile—painted sheet metal and wire. 61x 84 in. Estimate: $3,500,000- 4,500,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced the auction, on May 8, 2012 of The Noyes Calders, Snow Flurry, 1950 and Untitled, 1957, two highly important mobiles that testify to the friendship and the collaboration between one of the greatest sculptors of our time and one of the most influential designers of the 20th century. Created by Alexander Calder, the mobiles were specially installed by the artist in the International Style home that architect, designer and curator Eliot Noyes built for himself in 1955 in New Canaan, Connecticut, and which has been listed since 2008 on the National Register of Historic Places. Dated 1957, Untitled, (estimate: $3,000,000- 4,000,000) was directly inspired by the space in which it was to hang for the next fifty years. Snow Flurry, (estimate: $3,500,000- 4,500,000) was not commissioned ... More |
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Superb Tlingit Polychrome Wood Headdress. Height 6½ in. by width 6¼ in. Est. $150/200,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- On 16 May 2012 Sotheby’s will present the annual sale of American Indian Art in New York. The auction will be led by An Important Nez Percé Beaded And Fringed Hide War Shirt which once belonged to Chief Joseph – the last of the great Native American warrior chiefs who became a defiant advocate for the Nez Percé after they were defeated by the American army (est. $400/600,000). Other highlights in the sale include masks, figurative sculpture, amulets, rattles, pipes, basketry, textiles, pottery, and more functional objects such as cradles and weaponry. The pre-sale exhibition opens on 12 May 2012. Chief Joseph, In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat (Thunder travelling over the mountains) was distinguished by his eloquence and diplomacy. Even after defeat, he remained a highly regarded and respected historical figure who ranks alongside the great Native American chiefs such as Black Hawk and Sitting Bull. The defining ... More |
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| Golden Afternoon: English Watercolors from the Elsley Collection opens at the Morris Museum |
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Extensive selection of impressive photographic portraits by Anton Corbijn at Camera Work |
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Sotheby's to offer The Collection of Prince and Princess Henry de La Tour d'Auvergne Lauraguais |
Henry John Sylvester Stannard, The Lily Pond, Golden House, Bristol, undated. The Elsley Collection.
AUGUSTA, GA.- Organized by the Morris Museum of Art from the collection of horticulturist John Elsley, Golden Afternoon: English Watercolors from the Elsley Collection opens on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at Augusta, Georgia’s Morris Museum of Art. The exhibition includes forty exquisite watercolors of many of the most famous gardens of the Victorian and Edwardian eras painted by some of the foremost garden painters of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. “This breathtaking collection of English watercolors recording the Golden Age of the English garden—lovingly assembled over the past forty years by English-born horticulturist John Elsley, a resident of Greenwood, South Carolina—captures images of some of the most beautiful garden designs created at the turn of the last century,” said Kevin Grogan, director of the Morris Museum of Art. ... More |
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Kate Moss, New York, 1996. © Anton Corbijn.
BERLIN.- Camera Work presents an exhibition of Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn opened on April 21, 2012. Titled »Inwards and Onwards«, the exhibition shows an extensive selection of impressive photographic portraits of eminent figures in the world of art, music and fashion. The large-format portraits featured in the exhibition »Inwards and Onwards« testify to the substantial body of artistic work that Anton Corbijn has created. Apart from striking photographs of true music legends such as Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith or Tom Waits, who have always fascinated Corbijn, the photographer has focussed in his recent work on modern personifications of artistic inspiration such as Marlene Dumas, Gilbert & George or Jeff Koons. Working only in black and white with a Hasselblad camera, Anton Corbijn aims to reduce his photo shoots to the essential. He uses his subjects’ familiar environments as settings and works on his own wit ... More |
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A gilt-bronze-mounted amaranth, tulipwood, bois satiné, parquetry and oak, Goût Grec Secrétaire à Abbatant, stamped Joseph Twice, Louis XVI, circa 1770. Estimate £150,000-300,000/€180,000-360,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Sotheby's London will offer for sale The Collection of Prince and Princess Henry de La Tour d’Auvergne Lauraguais on 3rd May 2012. The auction comprises property from the family’s London homes. It will include very fine Neo-classical and Empire furniture, the finest collection of 18th century scagliola to appear at auction, Old Master paintings, silver, objets de vertu, and drawings and books from the library of celebrated designer and architect Emilio Terry from Château de Rochecotte. Estimates in the sale range from £400 to £300,000. In total, the auction is estimated to realise £2-4 million. The history of the de La Tour d’Auvergne Lauraguais family is a long and distinguished one. Related by marriage to the noblest dynasties in France, it is one of ... More |
| The Common Guild presents Scotland's first solo exhibition by Wolfgang Tillmans since 1995 |
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Cincinnati Art Museum's Chief Conservator Per Knutås accepts new role at the Cleveland Museum |
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British photographer Nick Veasey exhibits at Joseph Bellows Gallery in La Jolla |
Wolfgang Tillmans, Dan, 2008. C-type print© Wolfgang Tillmans. Courtesy of Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London. Purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund. Partial gift of the artist and Maureen Paley, London.
GLASGOW.- Featuring an important group of works acquired by the Arts Council Collection alongside a number of new works selected by the artist, this exhibition covers the characteristic range and diversity of imagery in Tillmans’ practice. Ranging from intimate portraits, dense with emotional intensity, to vast monochromes, baring the traces of the physical process involved, Tillmans is known for both the range of subject and the varying scale of his photographs. Sometimes highly choreographed and other times completely spontaneous, Tillmans demonstrates a simultaneous understanding of the emotional relationship between the photographer and his subject and the objectivity of the photographic process. “I love the piece of paper itself, this lush, crisp thing. A piece of photographic paper has its own elegance, how ... More |
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Prior to joining the Cincinnati Art Museum, Mr. Knutås worked at the Moderna Museet.
CINCINNATI, OH.- The Cincinnati Art Museum announced that Chief Conservator Per Knutås has resigned from the Cincinnati Art Museum, effective in July, to accept his new role as the Chief Conservator at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Art Museum Director Aaron Betsky said "Per Knutås has been a wonderful asset to the Cincinnati Art Museum, having served as Chief Conservator since 2009. He worked to enhance the visibility of the conservation department within the public realm. His treatment of our Van Gogh, Undergrowth with Two Figures, garnered significant interest and international and national attention. Thousands of visitors came to the Cincinnati Art Museum to view Knutås as he cleaned the Van Gogh masterpiece in full view in the Cincinnati Wing." Prior to joining the Cincinnati Art Museum, Mr. Knutås worked at the Moderna Museet and the Swedish National Heritage Board in Stockholm, and in the paintings conservatio ... More |
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Nick Veasey, Laminaria Hyperborea, 2011. Photo: Courtesy Joseph Bellows Gallery.
LA JOLLA, CA.- Inspired by the seminal work of one of the pioneers of photography, Anna Atkins, British photographer Nick Veasey has created an intriguing body of work with his cyanotypes of x-rays of seaweed. In researching the project, Veasey, who hails from Kent, the same county where Anna Atkins lived and worked, visited her former home and limited himself to the same environmental constraint of using seaweed from only Britain. Anna Atkins’ father was a close personal friend of Sir John Hershel and William Henry Fox Talbot, both of whom were instrumental in the invention of photography. Mrs. Atkins was a keen botanist and combined this passion with Herschel’s new discovery – the blueprint or cyanotype. The result of Anna Atkins' endeavors was ‘Photographs of British Algae,’ acclaimed as the world’s first illustrated book. Regarded as one of photography’s most important achievements this masterpiece is held (in varying degrees of completene ... More |
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| Memorial exhibition of noted Bay Area Figurative painter opens at Thomas Reynolds Gallery |
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Typographic masterpieces, Soviet propaganda, edgy advertising at Swann Galleries' auction of Modernist posters |
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Museum of Contemporary Art Australia reaches 100,000 visitors three weeks after its reopening |
Theophilus Brown, Self Portrait, 2001. Photo: Courtesy Thomas Reynolds Gallery.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Theophilus Brown — the last of the pioneering members of California’s vaunted Bay Area Figurative movement, who had ties to many of the major players in the 20th century art world — is being celebrated with a memorial exhibition. “Theophilus Brown: A Celebration” opened on April 21 and continues through May 26 at the Thomas Reynolds Gallery at 2291 Pine Street in San Francisco. Brown first gained national attention in 1956 when his paintings of football players, with abstracted images of bodies in motion, appeared in Life magazine. His work was included in “Bay Area Figurative Painting,” the seminal 1957 exhibition at the Oakland Museum that spotlighted a return to figuration among a group of Northern California painters, including Richard Diebenkorn, David Park and others. “He was a pivotal player in the Bay Area Figurative Movement, but he was also far more t ... More |
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The sale will feature scarce, cutting-edge posters from the Vienna Secession through the late 20th century, many with enduring designs for recognizable brands.
NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Galleries will conduct their annual spring auction devoted to Modernist Posters on Thursday, May 10 at 1:30 PM. The sale will feature scarce, cutting-edge posters from the Vienna Secession through the late 20th century, many with enduring designs for recognizable brands. The sale opens with examples from the Austrian Secession, such as a March 1902 issue of Ver Sacrum, with a Koloman Moser poster on the cover (estimate: $3,000 to $4,000); an unusually large version of Moser’s poster for Rischardsquelle, circa 1908 ($10,000 to $15,000); and Egon Schiele’s exhibition poster, Secession 49, Ausstellung, 1918 ($15,000 to $20,000). An excellent selection of Russian avant-garde and constructivist works includes two 1930 posters by Gustav Klutsis, [We Will Turn the Five-Year Plan into a Four-Year Plan], Moscow ($10,000 to $15,000) and [Building of Soviet Farms and Collective Farms is the Building ... More |
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MCA Director Elizabeth Ann Macgregor welcomes Yolanda de la Garza Garcia, the 100,000th visitor to the new MCA.
SYDNEY.- MCA Director Elizabeth Ann Macgregor says: “These figures are a true testament to the success of the redevelopment. The Galleries and National Centre for Creative Learning are bustling with people, the MCA Cafe and Store are thriving and I am delighted to say that everywhere I turn, I see crowds interacting with art. The enthusiastic response to the redevelopment is evident everywhere. Sam Marshall’s response to the need for a more open and accessible MCA has clearly struck a chord.” The redevelopment stemmed from the Museum’s exponential audience growth, that itself bore witness to the increased interest in contemporary art. Upon completion of the $53 million transformation, the MCA’s vision to facilitate access for everyone from school groups to people with disabilities turned into a reality and, says Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, “one that I am extremely proud of. The MCA is back and it is positively ... More |
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 BMW Guggenheim Lab earns Webby Award nomination, Cattelan app honored
NEW YORK, NY.- Two of the Guggenheim’s recent digital media projects have been recognized by the Webby Awards, a global award honoring excellence on the Internet. The BMW Guggenheim Lab site was nominated for a Webby in the Cultural Institutions category, while the app for the exhibition Maurizio Cattelan: All was named a Webby honoree. The public will choose the recipient of the People's Choice Award in the Cultural Institutions category. We invite you to explore the BMW Guggenheim Lab online and cast your vote through April 26. Extending the global reach of the BMW Guggenheim Lab beyond its physical structure, the Lab’s website broadens the opportunities for audiences around the world to participate in this multidisciplinary project. Through its interactive programming, games, videos, blog, and social-media channels, the site aims to spark discussion about ... More Interactive installation of work by Mikel Glass at (Art) Amalgamated is a commentary on the art market
NEW YORK, NY.- (Art) Amalgamated, a new project space in Chelsea, presents FAIR, an interactive installation of work by Mikel Glass, April 21 – May 12, 2012. During Frieze New York, the gallery will stream live bulletins from the fair on Friday May 4th and Saturday May 5th, 2012. The exhibition, which is a commentary on the art market, takes place in two distinct spaces in the gallery. One space is an active, manned broadcast studio - disguised as an artist’s studio. Separated by a glass and steel wall, the other half features six large-screen monitors that simultaneously broadcast a constant feed of different, but related, “hyperactive” videos as they, along with an array of audio speakers, submerse the viewer in a cacophony of sights and sounds from the art fairs and featured segments exploring several specific artists and themes. FAIR, Glass’s first show with (Art) Amalgamated, ... More North Dakota bridles at neighbor's Capitol insult
BISMARCK (AP).- North Dakota's governor has bridled at a Minnesota lawmaker's scathing assessment of the state's austere, Depression-era Capitol, saying the critic knows little about architecture. The Bismarck Capitol was built with less ornamentation and flourish than its designers wanted because lawmakers wanted to make sure the project stayed within its $2 million budget. Minnesota state Rep. Matt Dean described the gray skyscraper as "embarrassing." "It's like State Farm Insurance called, they want their office building back," Dean, the Minnesota House's Republican majority leader, said Thursday during a debate in St. Paul on legislation to fund repairs to the Minnesota Capitol. The $221 million bonding bill failed by a single vote. North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple called his state's seat of government "one of the most pleasing Capitol buildings in the United States, and ... More Weather forecast delays shuttle's arrival to New York City
NEW YORK (AP).- The space shuttle Enterprise's scheduled arrival in New York City has been pushed back because of possible bad weather. NASA says Monday's planned arrival of the shuttle has been postponed "until further notice." The Enterprise is being brought to the city where it has a new permanent home waiting at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. NASA managers are monitoring weather forecasts and will reschedule the shuttle's flight as soon as possible. The plan is to fly the shuttle atop a carrier aircraft to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. It will be moved by barge to the Intrepid museum for public display. The museum is at a decommissioned aircraft carrier moored off Manhattan. It's been making room for the shuttle on its flight deck. ... More New portrait of Shami Chakrabarti by Gillian Wearing on show at the National Portrait Gallery
LONDON.- A new portrait of Shami Chakrabarti, Director of campaign group Liberty, has gone on display at the National Portrait Gallery. The photographic portrait is a commission and the first work by British artist Gillian Wearing to enter the Gallery’s Collection. The black and white portrait was taken with a large-format camera and shows Chakrabarti holding a wax mask of herself hanging from a ribbon. The notion of the ‘mask’ has previously occupied Wearing, but for this commission the idea was initially prompted by Chakrabarti who commented to Wearing that her public persona is mask-like, often interpreted as ‘grim’, ‘worthy’ and ‘strident’. Chakrabarti first sat for the portrait in September 2010, when she was digitally scanned for the wax mask – preferable to a plaster life-cast as it does not distort features. The mask was carefully sculpted and coloured, and ... More American artist Joseph Nechvatal presents solo show at Galerie Richard
NEW YORK, NY.- American artist Joseph Nechvatal presents his solo show with a series of new paintings entitled, nOise anusmOs at Galerie Richard, New York through May 26th, 2012. The gallery displays ten new paintings from 2011, in which the human body connects to the cosmos, appearing both figurative and abstract. The theme of nOise anusmOs is a linkage of the human retina and anus to the cosmos. nOise anusmOs suggests that this includes the connectivity of the noisy universe with the inner human in a spirit of imaginative artistic audacity and erotic spirituality. The viewer can imaginatively replace him or herself within a Dionysian flux of cosmological nature. Other influences on this show are American transcendental black metal music and avant-garde saxophone music. These new paintings can also be perceived as abstract paintings of light and space. ... More |
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