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The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum To Show Kate Eric Paintings
Mexican Photographs by Mariana Yampolsky at the Texas State University
Bank of America Art Conservation Project To Restore Global Cultural Treasures
Christie's May Sale of Important American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture
Leopold Museum Announces Favorable Conclusion To Egon Schiele Painting Dispute
Digital Images of Yale's Vast Cultural Collections Now Available . . Free
David Gallup's Channel Isand Paintings at The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art Shows Works By the 2010 Rappaport Prize Winner
Sotheby's May Contemporary Art Evening Sale Tops $128,000,000
The Prado Museum Announces Presentation of Its Collection in Australia
Nassau CountyMuseum of Art Showcases A Major Exhibition of Fernando Botero
Director Toni Stoops of The Museum of Modern Art Salzburg In Austria ~ Guides Our Editor On Tour
Karen Bystedt's Photograph Art of Hollywood Stars Before they Were Legend
¡Cuba! A Voyage through This Island's Art ~ A Retrospective at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon to Show the Development of Modern Art (1945-1950)
Gibbes Museum of Art Shows Impressionist Paintings from the Permanent Collection
Tacoma Art Museum presents " Oasis: Western Dreams of the Ottoman Empire "
'Flesh and the Color' exhibition at Museo Nacional de Arte in Mexico City
“Leonardo da Vinci: Man - Artist – Genius" at the Figge Art Museum
This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum To Show Kate Eric Paintings
Posted: 11 May 2011 09:45 PM PDT
Ridgefield CT.- The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum presents "Kate Eric: One Plus One Minus One" from June 26th through December 31st. There will be a reception on June 26th. This first museum exhibition of Kate Eric will present a small survey of early work, where the human figure was somewhat present, too the latest, which is quite devoid of human life.
Based in San Francisco and Italy, Kate Eric is a decade-old collaborative identity comprised of Kate Tedman and Eric Siemens. Kate originally hails from Oxford, England and Eric from Oregon. Currently their time is split between San Francisco and rural Italy. Through their joint work, the artists conflate both their backgrounds in science and philosophy to create other-worldly landscapes that transcend our human scale, depicting either minuscule molecular-like interactions or seemingly quite the opposite—the dynamics of the cosmos and the universe. The artists’ understanding of the world deems these two major forces—the micro-molecular and macro-cosmos—to have similar and parallel laws; they also consider that human interaction, often viewed as an infinitely complex psychological tangle, can be reduced to those same laws of vectors, forces, and masses. “We believe human conflict has much of the same visual signifiers as nature and the cosmos,” they explain. Since the two began creating art together in Barcelona in 2000, they have exhibited their work in London, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Hong Kong, and Dubai. Visit the artists' website at ... http://www.kateeric.com
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is one of the few non-collecting contemporary art museums in the United States. Founded on Ridgefield’s historic Main Street in 1964, the Museum enjoys the curatorial independence of an alternative space while maintaining the registrarial and art-handling standards of a national institution. Exhibitions feature work by emerging and mid-career artists, and education programs help adults and children to connect to today’s world through contemporary art. Today The Aldrich is comprised of the "Old Hundred" building that houses the Museum's administrative offices, and a new white clapboard and granite Museum building that provides public and exhibition spaces. The Aldrich's 25,000 square feet of new and redesigned space accommodates twelve galleries, including a screening room, sound gallery, project space, performance area, education center, museum store and sculpture garden. Visit the museum's website at ... http://www.aldrichart.org
Mexican Photographs by Mariana Yampolsky at the Texas State University
Posted: 11 May 2011 09:23 PM PDT
San Marcos, TX.- "The Edge of Time: Photographs of Mexico by Mariana Yampolsky" marks the beginning of the Wittliff Collections twenty-fifth anniversary exhibition schedule at Texas State University-San Marcos. This show featuring works from the permanent holdings runs from May 16th through December 11th, with other celebratory exhibitions to be added in August. "The Edge of Time" exhibition honors Mariana Yampolsky’s role in the Wittliff Collections’ history with nearly 60 silver-gelatin photographs of Mexico she created during the 30-year span of 1964 to 1994. “Reflecting moments,” as she said, “in the lives of people that others perhaps don’t see or don’t value,”
Bank of America Art Conservation Project To Restore Global Cultural Treasures
Posted: 11 May 2011 08:55 PM PDT
LONDON.- Bank of America Merrill Lynch has announced that its 2011 Art Conservation Project is open for applications from arts and cultural institutions. Following the success of the inaugural 2010 project that was launched in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, this major initiative will provide grants to restore cherished art works in order to preserve their cultural value for future generations. Applications are welcome from non-profit cultural institutions across EMEA, the U.S. and Asia Pacific. The deadline for submissions is Thursday, 30 June.
Christie's May Sale of Important American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture
Posted: 11 May 2011 08:34 PM PDT
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announces further details of its upcoming auction of Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture on 18 May 2011, at 10 am. A total of 138 lots will be offered, featuring outstanding works drawn from a cross-section of styles and genres, including Hudson River School, American Impressionism, Regionalism, Modernism, and Western Art. The sale is expected to achieve in excess of $29 million total.
Leopold Museum Announces Favorable Conclusion To Egon Schiele Painting Dispute
Posted: 11 May 2011 08:12 PM PDT
VIENNA.- The Leopold Museum Private Foundation announced that negotiations in the case Jenny Steiner / ”Häuser am Meer” have reached a favorable conclusion: Following strenuous efforts, a settlement has been reached with the only granddaughter of Jenny Steiner. The Leopold Museum Private Foundation has pledged to pay Jenny Steiner’s heir the sum of 5 million dollars for her 1/3 share.
Digital Images of Yale's Vast Cultural Collections Now Available . . Free
Posted: 11 May 2011 06:39 PM PDT
NEW HAVEN, CT.- Scholars, artists and other individuals around the world will enjoy free access to online images of millions of objects housed in Yale's museums, archives, and libraries thanks to a new "Open Access" policy that the University announced today. Yale is the first Ivy League university to make its collections accessible in this fashion, and already more than 250,000 images are available through a newly developed collective catalog.
David Gallup's Channel Isand Paintings at The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art
Posted: 11 May 2011 05:57 PM PDT
Malibu, CA.- The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University presents "David Gallup: California's Channel Islands" from May 21 through July 31, 2011. This art exhibition features over 70 original oil paintings by an esteemed Southern California landscape painter that record his first-hand experiences of this fascinating ecosystem. There will be a reception to meet the artist on Saturday, May 21. David Gallup took his first trip to the Channel Islands National Park and Marine Sanctuary in February 2005 as part of a group of artists and scientists commemorating the park's 25th anniversary. For the past six years, he has made dozens of trips to all the islands in order to paint the region's plants, wildlife, and rich scenic wonders.
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art Shows Works By the 2010 Rappaport Prize Winner
Posted: 11 May 2011 05:56 PM PDT
Tel Aviv.- The Tel Aviv Museum of Art presents "The 2010 Rappaport Prize for a Young Israeli Painter: Oren Eliav" until June 25th. The paintings featured in this exhibition by Oren Eliav, recipient of the 2010 Rappaport Prize for a Young Painter, follow upon the paintings included in the exhibition "They'll Never Wake Us in Time," which took place in Tel Aviv in the summer of 2010. In both cases, Eliav's works raise questions related to time and temporality – both by disrupting our sense of historicity, and by creating a "duration" related to an imagined sound.
Sotheby's May Contemporary Art Evening Sale Tops $128,000,000
Posted: 11 May 2011 05:37 PM PDT
NEW YORK, NY.- “We are very pleased with our sale total of $128,104,500,” said Tobias Meyer, Sotheby’s Worldwide Head of Contemporary Art. “The results came within our pre-sale estimate of $120.8/171.4 million, and we had a strong sell-through rate of 84.5% by lot, with 58 lots offered and 47 lots sold. These results follow the impressive total of $54.8 million achieved last night for works from the Collection of Allan Stone, bringing our overall two-day total to $182,910,000, securely within our overall estimate of $153.6/218.2 million.”
The Prado Museum Announces Presentation of Its Collection in Australia
Posted: 11 May 2011 05:36 PM PDT
MADRID.- The Prado will be presenting in Australia a portrait of the Museum through the great masters in its collections. The Museo del Prado has entered into a collaborative agreement with Art Exhibitions Australia (AEA), a non-profit-making body responsible for the organisation of major exhibitions in Australian museums, and with the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane. As a result of this agreement, signed in the presence of Ángeles González Sinde, the Spanish Minister of Culture, the Prado will next year present the exhibition Portrait of Spain. Masterpieces from the Prado at the Queensland Art Gallery. The Prado will thus be continuing with its programme of international exhibitions, for which it receives the special support of ACCIONA, a Benefactor Member of the Museum.
With this new exhibition, the Museum will present for the first time in Australia a survey of the history of Spain and Spanish art from the 16th century to the early 20th century through a group of works comprising 80 paintings and around 20 works on paper.
Within the Museum’s “International Prado” exhibition programme, this new event will allow the Prado to present itself to Australian society as special ambassador for Spain thanks to the initiative of the AEA, which has also been the guiding force behind important exhibitions held in other European institutions such as the Tate Gallery, London, the Musée du Louvre, the Musée Picasso and the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, and the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam in addition to important US institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the MoMA, both in New York.
Portrait of Spain. Masterpieces from the Prado will present around 100 works with the aim of encouraging a reflection on the evolution of painting in Spain over the course of more than three centuries and on the internal and external factors that influenced it.
To explain this development, the exhibition will be presented in chronological order, focusing on three major periods with clearly defined political, social and artistic characteristics: an initial section covering the years 1550 to 1770, which coincides in political terms with the Ancien Régime and in cultural terms with the so-called Spanish Golden Age. This will be followed by a section spanning the last quarter of the 18th century and the first half of the 19th century, which was a “critical” period with important shifts in mindsets, political organisation and forms of social relations. Finally, there will be a section on the last fifty years of the 19th century, the period that saw the birth of modern Spain.
Within each period the exhibition features works by the leading artists of the day as well as examples of the most characteristic themes and subjects that distinguish each period from the others. As a result, the visitor will not only learn about the stylistic evolution of Spanish painting but also how thematic interests changed over time and how new subjects were introduced.
The works in the first section are grouped under the headings “Portrait and Power: monarchs and buffoons”, “Mythology as the Language of Power”, “Painting and Religion” and “Secular Society: the still life”. While most of these themes continued to be present in later centuries they are represented here in the section that corresponds to the period of their greatest influence over the formulation of art in Spain. In the case of the second section (“1770-1850: A changing world”) the headings are “Images of a Society”, “Portrait and daily Life” and “Reason and Madness”, the last comprising graphic work by Goya that covers aspects of art and thought in Spain at that time that cannot be represented through paintings. The last section (“1850-1900: On the threshold of modern Spain”) will reveal how the country itself, its history, landscape and literature were the subject of artistic reflection by painters, many of whose works express the links that they felt with Spanish artists of the past. This section includes the headings “Defining the traditional Image of Spain” and “Spanish Painting looks at itself in the Mirror”.
Among the artists represented in the exhibition are El Greco, Ribera, Zurbarán, Velázquez, Murillo, Valdés Leal, Carreño, Paret, Van der Hamen, Meléndez, Goya, Vicente López, Federico de Madrazo, Rosales, Fortuny, Beruete and Sorolla. There will also be paintings by foreign artists working in Spain or directly influenced by Spanish painting, such as Titian, Anthonis Mor, Rubens, Luca Giordano, Houasse, Tiepolo and Mengs.
Nassau CountyMuseum of Art Showcases A Major Exhibition of Fernando Botero
Posted: 11 May 2011 05:22 PM PDT
Roslyn Harbor, NY - Nassau County Museum of Art (NCMA) presents a major exhibition that showcases work by one of the most honored Latin American artists working today. Featuring an artist best known for his voluptuous figures, Fernando Botero includes a range of paintings, drawings and monumental sculpture that exemplify Botero’s most familiar themes: commonplace scenes of everyday life, life in the bedroom, life of the streets and people rapt in the excitement of music or family activities. Throughout, Botero’s characters are seen in their “Botero-esque” girth and grandeur. Works by this famed artist were previously seen at the museum in a major 2005 exhibition. Fernando Botero opens at NCMA on March 13, 2010 and remains on view through May 23, 2010. The exhibition is sponsored by David Benrimon Fine Art LLC.
Director Toni Stoops of The Museum of Modern Art Salzburg In Austria ~ Guides Our Editor On Tour
Posted: 11 May 2011 05:21 PM PDT
The Museum of Modern Art Salzburg consists of two buildings in two spectacular locations. The Museum of Modern Art on monk mountain is located in a prominent position above the old town and presents itself as a new, modern architectural building for major exhibitions and displays from the permanent collection in an international context. Our own extensive collection as well as possession of a large international exhibitions of contemporary art can be presented in an appropriate context. The Museum of Modern Art Rupertinum, originally built as an Archbishop's baroque mansion, next door to the Festival Hall and Cathedral precinct, has been adapted for the presentation of modern art. Both buildings of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg have 3,800 m2 of exhibition space for thematic and monographic exhibitions of art from the 20th and 21st Centuries, but which are also available for presentation of graphics and photography. The idea of founding a museum of modern art and the collection itself goes back to the initiative of Salzburg art dealer Friedrich Welz, who donated much of his private collection to the nation. Through his personal friendship with Oskar Kokoschka a considerable body of work was created to form the great Austrian Expressionist collection; the Rupertinum. In 1983 the Rupertinum became the Salzburger Museum of Modern Art and Print Room and was opened to the public. Under the founding director, Otto Breicha, the Rupertinum became the most important collection of contemporary art and photography in Austria. In October 2004, the Museum of Modern Art on Monk's Mountain was opened and integrated with the Rupertinum as the Joint Museum der Moderne Salzburg. With the increase in exhibition space to the nearly ten times the original size, the opportunities and programs at the two locations became world class. The local museum in its elegant old town house provides excellent facilities to display fine exhibitions of graphic works of the most classic modern art, whilst the new international institution created spectacular spacious rooms and presentation facilities for large formats, installation works, media arts and its extensive collection. The Museum of Modern Art architects were particularly sensitive to the view of the historic city of Salzburg with reference to the distinctive appearance of the water tower from the 19th Century was decisive for the choice by the glass staircases, the view of the historical buildings remained as a view for visitors to enjoy. In three and a half years of construction was a most modern museum that offers four levels greatest possible flexibility for a variety of exhibition formats. The interior offers a generously structured area of 2600 m² best conditions for exhibitions of art from the 20th and 21 Century, with their different requirements. The development of open space in the planes is a spacious staircase and an elevator. Level 3: opens from the central exhibition space in a large picture window to the sculpture terrace, allowing the dialogue between exhibits indoors and outdoors. Artificial light and natural light are mixed here. At this level, is also the restaurant equipped by the international star architect Matteo Thun with about 190 seats and a large terrace overlooking the city. Level 4: offers the largest continuous exhibition space with large skylights that can be darkened as needed. The premises of the Rupertinum built in 1633, has been remodeled several times over the years, especially 1999, according to international standards and adapted to allow many unique exhibitions. This museum was a first forum for photographic activities in one Austrian made, both to the teaching of art photography as well as to build a contemporary photo-based international collection. The Museum of Modern Art Salzburg defined today reinforced the role of a mediator existing reservations in dealing with art are to be reduced, and especially the next generation does not even arise. Therefore, any exhibition of a diverse, individual, age-appropriate program designed to. A particular focus is on art education for young museum visitors. Children have the opportunity to participate in special programs on weekends or during holidays to participate. Visit the museum's website at : http://www.museumdermoderne.at
Karen Bystedt's Photograph Art of Hollywood Stars Before they Were Legend
Posted: 11 May 2011 05:20 PM PDT
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Long before Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock, Johnny Depp, Keneau Reeves to name but a few of the "A" list stars had landed in the red carpet circle of fame they were struggling actors with little but a dream. While these young stars were in pursuit of careers on the big screen, a visionary blond photographer artist by the name of Karen Bystedt arrived in Hollywood fresh out of New York Film School. Bystedt was in search of her niche. Unlike the famed George Hurrell of the 1930's who photographed stars like Gary Cooper, Greta Garbo and Clark Gable after they became Hollywood legend, Bystedt set a course to find those actors who had special qualities and dynamics to become Hollywood legend. Her early journey was a road more like Norman Seeff and her iconic photos of the same caliber. Like Seeff, Bystedt's photography sessions with emerging stars were emotionally engaging experiences that resulted in many iconic images.
¡Cuba! A Voyage through This Island's Art ~ A Retrospective at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Posted: 11 May 2011 05:19 PM PDT
Montreal, Que., Canada - Organized and presented by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts from January 31 to June 8, 2008, ¡Cuba! Art and History from 1868 to Today, which brings together some 400 works of art, is the most important exhibition ever presented to showcase the art of this Caribbean island, which Christopher Columbus described as “the most beautiful land eyes have ever seen.” Thanks to the collaboration of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and the Fototeca de Cuba, and of many collectors and museums in the United States, including the MoMA, this exhibition draws a broad panorama of Cuban art and history.
Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon to Show the Development of Modern Art (1945-1950)
Posted: 11 May 2011 05:18 PM PDT
LYON, FRANCE - In October 2008, the Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon will present a major exhibition devoted to European and American art in the wake of the Second World War, with particular attention to the emergence of various movements in each country. The exhibition starts with the end of World War II and concludes with the advent of the Cold War (1945-1950). At that specific moment in time, American and European artists were united in a feeling of starting from scratch, of re-creating art forms stripped of the ideologies that had accompanied artistic creation since the beginning of the twentieth century.
Gibbes Museum of Art Shows Impressionist Paintings from the Permanent Collection
Posted: 11 May 2011 05:17 PM PDT
Charleston, SC – Now on view at the Gibbes Museum of Art is an ongoing exhibition of Impressionist paintings. Drawn from the Gibbes’ permanent collection, Impressionism in Charleston includes works by such artists as William Merritt Chase, Childe Hassam and Edmund Tarbell, who were instrumental in spreading impressionist theories throughout America, including the South . This exhibition explores how Chase, Hassam and Tarbell spread impressionism in Charleston through their travels, students and patrons.
Impressionist style is characterized by the use of pure color and loose, broken brushstrokes to capture the fleeting effects of light, most often through the depiction of landscapes and genre scenes. The movement was pioneered in France by such artists as Claude Monet, Mary Cassat and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Though controversial at its outset, the Impressionist style flourished in the late 19th century and is considered today to have been one of the most important movements in the visual arts.
Tacoma Art Museum presents " Oasis: Western Dreams of the Ottoman Empire "
Posted: 11 May 2011 05:15 PM PDT
TACOMA, WA - Tacoma Art Museum’s exhibition "Oasis: Western Dreams of the Ottoman Empire" from the Dahesh Museum of Art features a survey of nineteenth-century Western artists’ responses to the diverse cultures of the former Ottoman Empire. Many Europeans relied on published travelogues for information, but many also traveled to the region. Genre paintings, the prevalent form of Orientalist art in the nineteenth century, were greatly influenced by these artists' direct experience of everyday life in the region. The exhibition is on view Saturday, September 20, 2008 through Sunday, January 4, 2009.
'Flesh and the Color' exhibition at Museo Nacional de Arte in Mexico City
Posted: 11 May 2011 05:14 PM PDT
MEXICO CITY - The Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL) and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes (MBAR) present the exhibition La carne y el color (The Flesh and the Color), through October. The show gathers paintings and drawings from both cultural institutions. The exhibition presents a total of 89 works by 73 artists. Among them are David Alfaro Siqueiros, Pablo Caliari “Veronese”, Luca Giordano, José Clemente Orozco, Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso, Yves Tanguy, Roberto Montenegro and Gerardo Murillo.
“Leonardo da Vinci: Man - Artist – Genius" at the Figge Art Museum
Posted: 11 May 2011 05:13 PM PDT
Davenport, Iowa - Artworks from “Leonardo da Vinci: Man - Artist – Genius,” will be on view Nov. 9 - Jan. 3, 2008 at the Figge in an exhibition sponsored in part by Butler Insurance Service, Inc., Davenport.
This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News
Posted: 11 May 2011 05:13 PM PDT
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