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Queen Beatrix to open the expanded and renovated Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
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A man puts finishing touches in the Stedelijk Museum on the Museumplein in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on September 10, 2012. On 23 September 2012, the museum will open to the public after a long renovation and expanded facilities. AFP PHOTO/ANP JERRY LAMPEN.
AMSTERDAM.- In the presence of Her Royal Highness Queen Beatrix, the renovated and expanded Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will celebrate its official re-opening on Saturday, September 22, 2012. This leading international institution of modern and contemporary art will begin welcoming the public on September 23, following the most ambitious transformation in its history. A complete renovation of the Stedelijk’s historic 1895 building, designed by A.W. Weissman, has converted virtually all of its spaces into galleries, enabling the first comprehensive display the Stedelijk has ever mounted of its permanent collection, widely acknowledged to be among the most important in the world. The vibrant new building designed by Mels Crouwel of Benthem Crouwel Architects, measuring 9,423 square meters (101,428 square feet), will provide vast new space for the Stedelijk’s ... More |
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| Large-scale masterpiece by Mark Rothko to lead Sotheby's Evening Sale of Contemporary Art |
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Gerhard Richter's iconic abstract work, Prag 1883 to be offered at Christie's in New York |
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Stunning Picasso to be offered in Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale |
Mark Rothko, No.1 (Royal Red and Blue) from 1954 (detail). Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- A seminal, large-scale masterpiece by Mark Rothko will lead Sotheby's Evening Sale of Contemporary Art on 13 November 2012 in New York. No.1 (Royal Red and Blue) was painted in 1954, a time considered by many to be the zenith of the artist's creative powers. The majestic canvas was one of eight works hand-selected by Rothko for his landmark solo show of the same year at the Art Institute of Chicago. Measuring 113¾ x 67½ in (288.9 x 171.5 cm), No.1 (Royal Red and Blue) has remained in the same collection for 30 years and is estimated to sell for $35/50 million*. The canvas will be on view in New York beginning 1 November. ?To have a ravishingly beautiful and monumental work from the legendary 1954 show appear at auction is a major market event,? commented Tobias Meyer, Sotheby?s Worldwide Head of Contemporary Art. ?Beginning with the breakout price achieved for White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) fr ... More |
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Gerhard Richter (b. 1932), Prag 1883, 1983 (detail). Oil on canvas, 98 3/4 x 98 3/4 in. (250 x 250 cm. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s will present Prag 1883, one of Gerhard Richter’s earliest abstract masterpieces, as the highlight of the fall season in New York. Painted in the break-through year of 1983, when Richter first began to explore his dazzling abstraction on a monumental scale, the work celebrates the centenary and birthplace of famed author Franz Kafka. Estimated in the region of $15 million, Prag 1883 is coming from the prestigious collection of Steven A. Cohen, one of the world's leading collectors of modern and contemporary art. Few of Richter’s large-scale Abstraktes Bild paintings can match the majesty of Prag 1883—the chromatic intensity, innovative nature of its execution and the completeness and balance of its composition remain unrivalled within the artist’s extensive abstract oeuvre. “Richter is certainly the greatest abstract painter working today and Prag 1883 contains the genes ... More |
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Pablo Picasso, Femme à la fenêtre (Marie-Thérèse), 1936. Estimate: $15/20 million. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby?s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on 5 November 2012 in New York will be led by an exuberant example of Pablo Picasso?s acclaimed and sought-after portraits of his lover Marie-Thérèse Walter. Femme à la fenêtre (Marie-Thérèse) bears all the hallmarks of the artist?s sumptuous depictions of the young woman, while its sharp color palette and boldness of form distinguish it within the famed series. This singular style may reflect what was an intense period in Picasso?s personal life: painted in the spring of 1936, the work followed the birth of his daughter Maya the previous fall with Marie-Thérèse, as well as his separation from his wife Olga and the beginnings of a passionate affair with another important muse, Dora Maar. The work carries a pre-sale estimate of $15/20 million*, and will be on view in Hong Kong from 4 ? 7 October and in London from 10 ? 16 October before returning to New York for ... More |
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| Winslow Homer's depictions of maritime catastrophe and rescue on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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The pivotal role New York State played in the Civil War is focus of exhibition at the New York State Museum |
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Kansas City's Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art provides personal glimpse into Picasso's life |
Winter Coast, 1890. Winslow Homer, American, 1836 - 1910. Oil on canvas, 36 1/8 x 31 11/16 inches (91.8 x 80.5 cm), Philadelphia Museum of Art, John G. Johnson Collection, 1917.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- While living in a tiny fishing village in England in 1881-82, the American artist Winslow Homer was profoundly moved by the sight of a shipwreck that would focus his imagination on the power and peril of the sea. His art took on a new seriousness and drama, demonstrated in a major painting made soon after his return to the United States: The Life Line (1884),one of his greatest popular and critical successes. A masterpiece owned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art for almost 90 years, The Life Line is the centerpiece of this exhibition about the making and meaning of an iconic American image of rescue at sea. Celebrating modern heroism and the thrill of unexpected intimacy between strangers thrown together by disaster, Shipwreck! Winslow Homer and “The Life Line” contains 33 works by or after Homer. These works are complemented by a range of precedents in the shipwreck and rescue genre including ... More |
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This snare drum was carried by Private David Lyons who enlisted in the 60th New York Volunteer Infantry. Photo: Courtesy of the St. Lawrence County Historical Association.
ALBANY, NY.- An Irrepressible Conflict: The Empire State in the Civil War opens September 22 at the New York State Museum, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The pivotal role New York State played in the war is the focus of this 7,000-square-foot exhibition. As the wealthiest and most populous state, the Empire State led all others in supplying men, money, and matériel to the causes of unity and freedom. New York’s experience provides significant insight into the reasons why the war was fought and the meaning that the Civil War holds today. An Irrepressible Conflict will be open through September 22, 2013 in Exhibition Hall. “As the nation commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, it is important that Americans everywhere are aware of the critical role New York played in this defining moment of American history,” said Museum Director Mark Schaming. “This expansive exhibiti ... More |
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Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, Woman with Mauve Hat, 1939. Oil on canvas, 21 ¾ x 18 inches. Private Collection. © 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
KANSAS CITY, MO.- Pablo Picasso, heralded as one of the most important artists of all time, was a deep and complex man who revolutionized twentieth-century art through his enthusiastic embrace of all mediums: paintings, collages, drawings, prints, sculptures, ceramics, stage sets and costumes. Now The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art presents an intimate portrait of this groundbreaking artist with the opening of Bonjour Picasso! Sept. 22. “This exhibition is really an introduction to the private world of Picasso,” said Jan Schall, Sanders Sosland Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art. “Visitors will see photographs of Picasso at home, with his friends and also some of the women he loved. An intimate portrait of the man will emerge through photographs and other art.” Bonjour Picasso! features two paintings and one drawing on loan from private collections, complemented by additional Picasso ... More |
| A retrospective of comics, drawings, and scraps by Art Spiegelman opens at Museum Ludwig |
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Specters of Artaud: Language and the arts in the 1950s on view at the Museo Reina Sofia |
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Christie's to sell Contemporary Figurative sculpture by Gormley, McCarthy, Muñoz and Schütte |
Art Spiegelman, "Valentine's Day". Gouache. Sketch for the Cover of The New Yorker. February 15, 1993
COLOGNE.- In January 2012 the celebrated cartoonist, artist, and Pulitzer Prize winner Art Spiegelman received a prestigious award for his life’s work: the Grand Prix of the city of Angoulême, France—famed as the “city of comics” on account of its Festival international de la bande dessinée. To mark this award for Spiegleman’s life work, the first major retrospective to encompass his entire oeuvre has been organized in Europe. Taking center stage will be of course Maus, the now legendary comic-strip novel recounting how Spiegelman’s Polish Jewish parents survived the Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps under dramatic circumstances. In Maus Spiegelman acquainted young people with the mass-murder of the Jews by addressing his audience in the medium that had taught him so much in his own youth—the comic strip. The book achieved success worldwide and now ranks as a modern classic. Spiegelman was later acclaimed for his graphic novel In the S ... More |
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Franz Kline, Painting, 1952. Oil on canvas, 165.10 x 106.04 cm. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. Donated by Walter K. Gutman. © Franz Kline, VEGAP, Madrid, 2012.
MADRID.- Museo Reina Sofía opens the season’s exhibition programme with Specters of Artaud. Language and the arts in the 1950s, opened on September 18th. Curated by Kaira M. Cabañas and Frédéric Acquaviva, this thesis exhibition aims to situate the influence of artist and writer Antonin Artaud (Marseille, 1896 – Paris, 1948) on the postwar avant-garde movements. The show includes some works by Artaud and also by visual artists, writers, poets and composers from the United States, France and Brazil, mainly, similarly concerned with language, the body, and spectator participation. Specters of Artaud is structured in several sections and explores this creator’s legacy, from his reinvention of language to his criticism of the psychiatric institution, which he suffered as a patient throughout his whole life. Artaud was a playwright and a theater critic, as ... More |
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Paul McCarthy, Bear Sculpture. Mascot head, acrylic fur and metal armature, foam rubber on painted wooden plinth, overall: 86 1/6 x 42 7/8 x 51 /8 in. Executed in 1992. Estimate: £550,000-750,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
LONDON.- An extensive section of Christie’s London evening auction of Post-War & Contemporary Art is dedicated to contemporary figurative sculpture. From McCarthy, Muñoz, Gormley, to Schütte amongst others, the rich array on offer constitutes a survey of the re-emergence of figurative work, with its incisive commentary on the conditions of contemporary society and human interaction. Going beyond the traditional sculptural vernacular, the assembled works are created out of a wealth of media including lead, ceramic, fake fur and resin amongst others, which push the boundaries of our perceptions. Arno Verkade, Head of the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction: “This season's Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction will offer an unprecedented group of sculpture, ... More |
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| National Gallery of Australia to loan Ned Kelly series by Sidney Nolan to Irish museum |
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Arte Povera masterpiece by Michelangelo Pistoletto leads Christie's Italian Sale |
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SFMOMA presents exhibition, Six Lines of Flight: Shifting Geographies in Contemporary Art |
Sidney Nolan, Ned Kelly 1946 (detail). Enamel on composition board, 90.8 x 121.5 cm. National Gallery of Australia , Canberra. Gift of Sunday Reed 1977.
CANBERRA.- The National Gallery of Australia announced a major international loan: the iconic Ned Kelly series by Sidney Nolan will travel to the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Dublin. Interest in exhibiting this ground-breaking, popular series in Ireland began several years ago, inspired by the dramatic nature of the works at the National Gallery in Canberra. This interest was driven in part by the Irish connections of Nolan and Ned Kelly and also by the remarkable impact of the 26 works. The series will form the centrepiece of an exhibition titled Sidney Nolan, Ned Kelly Series presented by Etihad Airways and will be on display from 2 November 2012 to 27 January 2013. The paintings, set in the Australian landscape, tell aspects of the dramatic story of the nineteenth-century rebel-reformer and outlaw Ned Kelly and his gang. Not only does this series reflect an important part of our social history, but the works also repr ... More |
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Michelangelo Pistoletto, Metrocubo d'infinito, 1966. Acrylic on mirror and rope on wood base, 47.1/4 x 47.1/4 x 47.1/4in. Estimate: £400,000-600,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
LONDON.- On October 11, immediately following the Post-War & Contemporary Art evening auction, Christie’s will present an exceptional edition of their renowned Italian Sale. A masterwork of the Arte Povera movement, Michelangelo Pistoletto’s Metrocubo d’Infinito (Cubic Metre of Infinity) (1966) is considered the icon-lot of the sale (estimate: £400,000-600,000). Arguably the most important of a series of pioneering Arte Povera works, Metrocubo d’Infinito is offered from the collection of the late Graziella Buontempo, a 20th century major collector and international ambassador of Italian contemporary art. The most valuable lot of the sale is an outstanding Concetto Spaziale, Attese executed in 1966 by Lucio Fontana and estimated at £2,200,000-2,800,000. Mariolina Bassetti, Chairman of Christie's Italy, International Director in the Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Department ... More |
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Leonardo Herrera, Sin titulo (Untitled), 1998. Performance at the Festival de Performance de Cali II, November 7, 1998. Courtesy Helena Producciones.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- From September 15 through December 31, 2012, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art presents Six Lines of Flight: Shifting Geographies in Contemporary Art, which brings together artists from six cities around the globe that have become burgeoning artistic centers: Beirut, Lebanon; Cali, Colombia; Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; San Francisco, USA; and Tangier, Morocco. Six Lines of Flight explores the hybrid, changing nature of today's international artistic landscape, presenting work from various communities that provide a unique lens through which to examine artistic production regionally and beyond. Artworks in all media are presented, including installation, painting, sculpture, film, photography, video, and performance. Featuring more than 60 works by 19 artists and collectives, the exhibition is organized by Apsara DiQuinzio, assistant curator of painting and sculpture at SFMOMA. "Six ... More |
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 Exhibition features more than a dozen of William Kentridge's drawings and two of his best-known films
CHICAGO, IL.- This fall, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presents MCA DNA: William Kentridge, the latest installment of the ongoing exhibition series featuring iconic works from the MCA Collection. A remarkably versatile artist whose work combines the political with the poetic, Kentridge (b. 1955, South Africa) had his first survey exhibition in the United States in 2001 at the MCA Chicago. Having witnessed first-hand one of the twentieth century’s most contentious struggles -- the dissolution of apartheid -- Kentridge addresses the ambiguity and subtlety of memory, truth, and reconciliation through his powerful stop-motion films and charcoal and pastel sketches. MCA DNA: William Kentridge opened on September 19, 2012, runs through March 17, 2013, and is organized by MCA Curator Lynne Warren. The exhibition features more than a dozen of Kentridge’s drawings and two ... More Barclays Center announces inagural art commissions
BROOKLYN, NY.- Yesterday, the Barclays Center announced the inaugural works in a series of visual arts projects that will be installed throughout the new arena, including new commissions inspired by the creative energy of the borough and installations that celebrate the lives of the people in Brooklyn. The initiative will grow over time, with additional commissions and projects to be announced in the coming months. The inaugural projects include Mickalene Thomas’s monumental mural combining photo collage and painting to depict the Brooklyn cityscape; José Parlá’s 70-foot-long painting inspired by Brooklyn’s history and the artist’s experience as a resident of the borough; and two works by OpenEndedGroup, a collaborative of three digital artists—Marc Downie, Shelley Eshkar, and Paul Kaiser—that will be displayed on the Barclays Center Oculus, a 3,000-square-foot, ... More Thom Mayne-designed Perot Museum of Nature and Science to open December 1 in Dallas
DALLAS, TX.- Museum leaders announced today that the $185-million Perot Museum of Nature and Science, designed by 2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Thom Mayne and Morphosis Architects, will open Saturday, December 1, 2012. Tickets will go on sale Tuesday, October 2. The Dallas museum has been named in honor of Margot and Ross Perot, the result of a $50-million gift announced in May 2008 by their adult children – Ross Perot, Jr.; Nancy Perot; Suzanne McGee; Carolyn Rathjen; and Katherine Reeves. The Museum is in the final stages of construction on a 4.7-acre site at 2201 N. Field St., just north of downtown Dallas. “The Perot Museum brings together a Pritzker Prize-winning architect, a bold and innovative landscape architect, and some of the world’s best exhibit designers. They’ve created a leading-edge, very high-tech, mind-shaping experience for everyone – ... More Bonhams in strong position following Fall Asia Week auction
NEW YORK, NY.- With outstanding results seen in virtually every collecting category at the recent September auction, Bonhams has firmly established itself within the robust market of Southeast Asian, Indian and Himalayan art. The sale garnered international attention from private collectors and institutions alike, with competitive bidding in the salesroom, on the telephones and online. In many cases, prices realized exceeded the high end of the pre-sale auction estimates, as interest continues to shift towards the remarkable stability of the Asian antiquities market. On the heels of its inaugural sale in March 2012, which saw record breaking prices for traditional Indian painting, Bonhams can now add a Mon Dvaravati bronze which sold for $673,500 to its list of world records. The sculpture came from the collection of Natasha Eilenberg, a well-respected independent scholar of the art ... More Exhibition examines six new sites integrating architecture, art, and landscape in unprecedented ways
PITTSBURGH, PA.- The Heinz Architectural Center of Carnegie Museum of Art presents White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes, curated by Raymund Ryan, examining, for the first time, six new art sites that share the common thread of moving beyond the traditional “white cube” gallery space. Featuring the photography of noted architectural photographer Iwan Baan, the exhibition endeavors to explore the radical possibilities of art sites emerging from collaborations across a range of artistic and architectural approaches. White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes opens September 22, 2012. What constitutes an art institution? How are visitors expected to experience art? Who creates this experience, and to what extent does the architecture of the building or its exterior landscaping mediate this? Traditionally, the architecture of art institutions has been monolithic; ... More |
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