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First exhibition in Spain dedicated to David Hockney's landscapes opens in Bilbao
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A man visits the exhibition "David Hockney, a Bigger Picture", on May 14, 2012, at the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum. The exhibition, the first one in Spain dedicated to Hockney's landscapes, shows about 150 paintings, drawings, IPad prints and video installations created since 2004, and will be open untill September 30, 2012, in the Northern Spanish Basque city of Bilbao. AFP PHOTO/ RAFA RIVAS.
BILBAO.- Organized by the Royal Academy of Arts in collaboration with the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, David Hockney: A Bigger Picture is the first major exhibition held in Spain to celebrate the crucial role landscape plays in the career of this artist, considered the most important living British painter. Bright landscapes inspired by his native county of Yorkshire form the core of this exhibition which, with Iberdrola’s sponsorship, brings together on the Museum’s second floor around 150 works—oil paintings, charcoals, iPad drawings, sketchbooks and digital videos—most of which have been created in the past eight years. This exhibition offers a unique vision into Hockney's creative world and demonstrates his enormous capacity to represent nature using different techniques, as well as revealing his attachment to the landscape of his youth. ... More |
| Tomás Saraceno creates bold vision for aerial urban living at Metropolitan Museum |
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Modern & Contemporary Art Auction in Philadelphia achieves nearly $2 million at Freeman's |
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Restored 17th century Japanese scrolls go on display at Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle |
Artist Tomas Saraceno, from Argentina, is reflected in his structure called "Cloud City". AP Photo/Seth Wenig.
NEW YORK, NY.- Artist Tomás Saraceno’s Cloud City, a large constellation of 16 interconnected modules composed specifically for The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, will open to the public on May 15, 2012. Measuring 54 feet long by 29 feet wide by 28 feet high, this site-specific work, inspired by multiple phenomena and structures (including clouds, bubbles, bacteria, foam, universes, and social and neural communication networks), showcases the artist’s bold and ambitious vision. Habitat-like, incorporating transparent and reflective materials, the work will also be accessible for visitors—in limited numbers, weather permitting, by timed-ticket entry—to experience its interior realms and exterior vistas via an internal route. Set against Central Park, Manhattan’s skyline, and the expanse of space above and beyond, the installation Tomás Saraceno on the Roof: Cloud City—part of the artist’s series Cloud Ci ... More |
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Alexander Calder's "The Red Bull" brings $530,500. Photo: Elizabeth Field/Freeman's.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Elegant lines, bold colors, artistic luminaries: all are qualities attributed to the top lots from Saturday's sale of Modern & Contemporary Art at Freeman's. Marked by the presence of modern masters Alexander Calder and Pablo Picasso as well as prominent minimalists such as Brice Marden and Donald Judd, the sale garnered international interest, with participation from 16 countries and new clients comprising more than 10% of auction registration. Ultimately the sale achieved over $1.97 million (123% by value, 90% by lot) and was well-attended, with highly active in-room, telephone, and internet bidding. Artists from the first half of the 20th century were well represented and Calder was the leading light. "We achieved robust prices throughout our sale and are thrilled that the top two results were both by Alexander Calder, an artist of international import but with Philadelphia roots," shared head of ... More |
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Lady Kayuga’s childhood from The tale of the Bamboo Cutter. Early 17th century, Japan (detail). © The Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin.
DUBLIN.- A new exhibition featuring exquisite Japanese hand scrolls has opened at the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle. The 17th century scrolls, which recount one of the most important stories in Japanese classical literature, have recently undergone extensive restoration, generously funded by the Sumitomo Foundation, Tokyo. The scrolls are believed to be the earliest surviving illustrated version of The tale of the Bamboo Cutter, the oldest Japanese work of prose fiction, written in the early Heian period (9th-10th century). The famous tale is well known for its influence on later literary works such as The Tale of Genji, the 11th-century novel that is among Japan’s greatest contributions to world literature. Recognised internationally as a masterpiece by a Kano School artist of the early Edo period (1600-1867), the set of two lavish scrolls tell the story of an ... More |
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| Sale of personal collection of one of the most important jewellers of the 20th century realizes $3,459,307 |
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Sotheby's May 2012 African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art Sales bring $17.7 million |
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Spring Auction of the Hermann Historica oHG successfully completed with pleasing results |
Suzanne Belperron © Archives Olivier Baroin.
GENEVA.- All 60 Jewels from the personal collection of Suzanne Belperron (1900‐1983) sold today at Sotheby’s Geneva for the outstanding total of CHF 3,224,950 ($3,459,307), more than tripling the pre‐sale expectation of CHF 902,000‐1,365,000. The sale – the most significant collection of jewels by Suzanne Belperron ever presented at auction ‐ was a “white glove sale”, with 100% sold by lot and value. Demand for seminal pieces from Suzanne Belperron’s oeuvre was intense with international bidding driving prices well above estimates. Speaking after the sale, David Bennett, Chairman of Sotheby’s Jewellery Department in Europe and the Middle East and Co‐Chairman of Sotheby’s Switzerland, commented: “It has been a great pleasure to bring to sale the personal collection of Suzanne Belperron, who is in my view the most talented and influential female jeweller of t ... More |
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Kota Reliquary Figure, Gabon. Height 28 inches. Est $1/1.5million. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art auctions on Friday 11 May brought a combined total of $17,710,751, well over the pre-sale high estimate (total est. $9.7/14.8 million).* The single owner sale of the Muensterberger Collection brought $3,130,250, nearing the high estimate of $3.2 million. The various owner sale of African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art fetched $14,580,501, comfortably over the high estimate (est. $7.8/11.7 million). Numerous auction records were set, including for Luluwa Sculpture, Bamana Sculpture, Buyu Sculpture, Sapi Sculpture, an Azande Figure, and for a work by Magdalene Odundo. Jean Fritts, Chairman, African and Oceanic Art, commented: “We are delighted at the records achieved in the New York sale, the highest total ever for a various owner's auction in New York. We continue to see an expansion ... More |
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A German silver-inlaid campaign sword, circa 1630/40.
MUNICH.- Once again pleasing results and considerable increases in attractive commission bids were achieved in all segments of Hermann Historica – antiquities, arms and armour, arts and crafts, hunting collectibles and objects from history and military history – during this year's spring sale. A total of approximately 6,800 collectors' items were offered for bidding from 23 April to 4 May 2012. The assortment of early antique helmets in good condition offered in this auction was, again, well selected and thematically diversified. A very impressive example was an Illyrian bronze helmet from the 6th century BC and a finely chased iron cheek piece, 2nd/3rd century AD. The latter is coated with embossed bronze in relief, shows an eagle motif on the front side and found a new owner for its starting price of 8,000 Euros. For the helmet, however, with its bright green patina and large face opening, 12,000 Euros had to be spent. Another early Illyrian helmet with golden mounti ... More |
| Four museums shortlisted in running to win £100,000 Art Fund Prize for "museum of the year" |
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Summer exhibition features contemporary sculptures by nine renowned artist |
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Amon Carter Museum receives $75,000 digitization grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities |
Barbara Hepworth, Figure (Archaean), 1959, bronze, Photography: Jonty Wilde Plates, © Bowness, Hepworth Estate.
LONDON.- The shortlist for the tenth Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries has been announced today. Including one national institution and one local museum, one radical new building and a painstakingly restored one, the shortlist reveals the diversity, eclecticism and quality of the UK’s museums. The four shortlisted museums are: · Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire Designed by acclaimed architect David Chipperfield, Hepworth Wakefield opened in May 2011 following a £35 million development. Presenting the collection of the old Wakefield Art Gallery alongside a unique collection of works by Barbara Hepworth and an innovative programme of temporary contemporary art exhibitions, the museum attracted more than 100,000 visitors in the first five months. · Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter, Devon The Museum for the city of Exeter, RAMM reopened in December 2011 following the first major rede- ... More |
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Beverly Pepper, Longo Monolith, 2008. Steel, 165 3/8 x 47 ¼ x 74 3/8 inches.
ATLANTA, GA.- The Atlanta Botanical Garden and Marlborough Gallery are presenting a group exhibition entitled Independent Visions: Sculpture in the Garden, featuring works by the artists Magdalena Abakanowicz, Chakaia Booker, Red Grooms, Clement Meadmore, Michele Oka Doner, Beverly Pepper, George Rickey, Kenneth Snelson, and Manolo Valdés. The exhibition will be on view from May through October 2012, and will comprise nineteen sculptures. This exhibition continues the Garden’s tradition of presenting works by internationally renowned artists in an extraordinary natural setting of thirty acres, including twelve thematic gardens. Past exhibitions have included the work of Dale Chihuly, Henry Moore, and Niki de Saint Phalle. Mary Pat Matheson, the Garden’s executive director states,” The Garden has become the Atlanta venue to see the best in contemporary art.” These nine artists have each p ... More |
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Eliot Porter (1901–1990), Foxtail Grass, Lake City, Colorado, August 15, 1957, 1957. Dye imbibition print, ca. 1980s© 1990 Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Gift of Andrew Smith and Claire Lozier P2011.10
FORT WORTH, TX.- The Amon Carter Museum of American Art announces that it has received a $75,000 Access to the Artist Archives digitization grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The grant will allow the museum to digitize, catalog and publish online its archival collections of eight prominent American photographers of the 20th century—Carlotta Corpron (1901–1988), Nell Dorr (1893–1988), Laura Gilpin (1891–1979), Eliot Porter (1901–1990), Helen Post (1907–1979), Clara Sipprell (1885–1975), Erwin E. Smith (1886–1947) and Karl Struss (1886–1981). These collections are comprised of 22,000 photographic prints and 200,000 negatives, manuscripts, other ephemera, books and related collections. Approximately 70 percent of the eight archives have yet to be digitized, and the proposed timeline for the effort is two years. ... More |
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| Houston lawyer Joe Gutheinz on quest to identify and find missing moon rocks |
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Santa Fe festival will honor Navajo artist |
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World Monuments Fund announces $1 million award for preservation effort at six historic sites |
Houston-area attorney Joe Gutheinz reviews documents in Buffalo, Texas, from a Colombian man, Rafael Navarro, who contends he has a moon rock. AP Photo/Michael Graczyk.
By: Michael Graczyk, Associated Press
BUFFALO, TX (AP).- The dark suit and tie Joe Gutheinz wore set him apart from other customers inside a Texas eatery where the usual attire is jeans and cowboy hats. An appetite for down-home cooking wasn't what brought the former NASA investigator to the Pitt Grill recently. He was on a quest to identify and maybe recover some of the rarest treasure brought to Earth and then lost: moon rocks. "We're educating the states and countries of the world about how much they're worth on the black market and we need to increase the security in museums and need to put them back on display," Gutheinz said. The rock samples were collected by the dozen American astronauts who walked on the lunar surface between 1969 and 1972. U.S. states, territories, the United Nations and foreign governments received them as gifts. The samples, which also were loaned to museums and given to scientists for research, range from dust particles to tiny pebbles. "A lot of them are in storage. And we need to put ... More |
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Abeyta says it's a little strange to think of himself as a living treasure at age 46. AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan.
By: Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press
SANTA FE (AP).- Artist Tony Abeyta just can't help himself. Pushing up his sleeves and letting his fingers make one more run through his deliberately tousled hair, he reaches for a bit of charcoal on his studio table and goes at the three finished canvases again. In minutes, his fingertips are black, his forearms are smudged and there's one more layer on the triptych he has dubbed "Divine Intervention." Just in time for the curators to pick it up. The work will be hanging in the entry of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture as part of the annual Native Treasures Indian Arts Festival, which opens in Santa Fe on May 25 with Abeyta being recognized as this year's "living treasure." "I feel fortunate," the Navajo painter and jewelry designer says. "I have an immense amount of gratitude that I can do what I do. I basically come in here and do what I want. I don't have to be influenced by the market place, by my gallery, by collectors. I li ... More |
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Ruta de la Amistad, Austria-USA sculpture 2012.
NEW YORK, NY.- Today, American Express and World Monuments Fund announced $1 million in grant funding to six historic sites. This is the first allocation from a $5 million, five-year grant to the World Monuments Fund to support the World Monuments Watch. Each of the six locations was among the at-risk historical sites included on the 2012 Watch list, announced in October 2011. American Express is founding sponsor of the Watch program. The projects receiving funding are the Ruta de la Amistad in Mexico City, Mexico; Salvador de Bahia, Brazil; Balaji Ghat in Varanasi, India; the Canterbury Provincial Government buildings in Christchurch, New Zealand; the ruins of the former Cathedral of Saint Michael in Coventry, United Kingdom; and the town of Sawara in Japan. “WMF is grateful to American Express for its longstanding commitment to the World Monuments Watch,” says Bonnie Burnham, President of World Monuments Fund. “Over the years, the company’s steadfast supp ... More |
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 Ooh, aah: Take in Yosemite views - by computer
FRESNO (AP).- Just in time for spring snowmelt: a webcam pointed at one of Yosemite National Park's main attractions, the soaring 2,425-foot Yosemite Falls. The HD camera went live on North America's tallest fall Monday, allowing anyone with computer access to watch in stunning detail as shadows race across the towering granite monolith over which Yosemite Creek crashes in a series of plunges and cascades. It's updated every 30 seconds through a high-speed DSL connection. To those for whom the park's breathtaking scenery revives the soul, getting a fix of spiritual uplift just got a little easier. For people who've never been to Yosemite, perhaps seeing one of the park's main attractions in real time will prove too enticing to resist. "In a lot of ways I equate it to all of the beautiful picture books that we've had on our coffee tables, or the art from the 1870s that made Yosemite exciting to people around the world when they saw it for the first time," said Michael Tollefson, ... More Michael Jackson costumes to be exhibited, sold
By: Sandy Cohen, AP Entertainment Writer
FRESNO (AP).- Michael Jackson's glittery gloves, spangled jackets, stage-worn costumes and personal fashion effects are going on a world tour. Celebrity auctioneer Darren Julien says clothing created by Jackson's longtime costume designers will be exhibited in South America, Europe and Asia before being sold to the highest bidder in December. The exhibit opens May 18 at the Museo de la Moda in Santiago, Chile. It features items such as Jackson's Captain EO shirt, the black spandex outfit from his "Scream" video and the breakaway suit he wore during his BAD tour in the late 1980s. The items will be sold by Julien's Auction on December 2, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting Guide Dogs of America and Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas. ... More |
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