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* The National Gallery London ~ One Of The Best Collections Of European Art
In
The World
* Michael Jackson's ' Thriller', Muppets Among 25 Honored in United States
Film Registry
* Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art Presents "I Know Something
About Love"
* Norman Gorbaty ~ 2 Exhibitions At The Fairfield University In Connecticut
~
A Rediscovered Master
* Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art ~ New Survey Book of Contemporary
African Art
* Musée du Louvre presents a Retrospective for Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
* The Library of Congress to host "The Sound of Broadway Music: A Symposium
on
Orchestrators"
* Giovanni Bellini in a Major Exhibition at Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome
* Vinyl Factory Exclusive Art Edition by Grace Jones & Chris Levine <#10>
* " Andy Warhol & Other Famous Faces " on view at Maryhill Museum of Art
* Jack Balas Shows 'Muse/Museum' at Jenkins Johnson Gallery
* Solo Exhibition of New Paintings by Tom McGrath at Sue Scott Gallery
* This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News
Unlike comparable art museums such as the Louvre in Paris or the Museo del
Prado in Madrid, the National Gallery in London was not formed by
nationalizing an existing royal or princely art collection. The History of
London¹s National Gallery dates back to April 1824 when the House of Commons
agreed to pay £57,000 for the picture collection of the banker John Julius
Angerstein. His 38 pictures were intended to form the core of a new national
collection, for the enjoyment and education of all. The pictures were
displayed at Angerstein's house at 100 Pall Mall until a dedicated gallery
building could be constructed. Angerstein's house was small and unsuited to
becoming an art gallery (it had to close for a while due to subsidence) and
was compared unfavorably with other national art galleries, such as the
Louvre
in Paris, and ridiculed in the press. So, in 1831 Parliament agreed to
construct a dedicated building for the National Gallery at Trafalgar Square.
There had been lengthy discussion about the best site for the Gallery, and
Trafalgar Square (at the time being constructed on the site of the King¹s
Mews
in the Charing Cross district) was eventually chosen as it was considered to
be at the very centre of London. Trafalgar Square could be reached by the
rich
driving in their carriages from the west of London, and on foot by the poor
from the East End. It was felt that in this location the paintings could be
enjoyed by all classes in society. The new building designed by William
Wilkins finally opened in 1838. There was a lot of public criticism of the
Wilkins¹ building, King William IV (in his last recorded utterance) thought
the building a "nasty little pokey hole", while the novelist William
Makepeace
Thackeray called it "a little gin shop of a building". Some of these
criticisms were addressed through the landscaping of Trafalgar Square, the
steps in front of the National Gallery serving to increase its height and
prominence, but in 1869 the architect E.M. Barry was asked to submit designs
for rebuilding the entire Gallery. After much discussion, it was decided
that
the existing building should remain, and instead, a new wing should be
added.
This was completed in 1876, and added seven new exhibition rooms at the east
end, including the impressive dome. The Royal Academy of Arts which had also
been housed in the National Gallery building moved out in 1869, leaving
extra
space for the National Gallery. Continuing expansion of the collection led
the
trustees to campaign long and hard for additional space. Eventually, in
1907,
barracks at the rear of the Gallery were cleared and work began to construct
five new galleries. Further expansion was carried out in 1975, when the
ŒNorthern Extension¹ was completed, providing 9 large rooms and 3 smaller
Œcabinet¹ rooms of additional exhibition space. In 1985 Lord Sainsbury and
his
brothers agreed to finance the construction of a new wing on a site next to
the Gallery which had been vacant since the Second World War, when a
furniture
shop was destroyed by bombing. The new Sainsbury Wing, designed by Pritzker
Prize winning architect Robert Venturi and his wife, Denise Scott Brown, was
opened in 1991, to display the entire early Renaissance collection. With a
commitment to free admission, a central and accessible site, and extended
opening hours the Gallery has ensured that its collection can be enjoyed by
the widest public possible, and not become the exclusive preserve of the
privileged. From the outset the National Gallery has been committed to
education. Students have always been admitted to the Gallery to study the
collection, and to make copies of the pictures. A vibrant education program
continues today for school children, students, and the general public. The
program includes free public lectures, tours and seminars. Following the
completion of the Sainsbury Wing, the Gallery has a total floor area of
46,396
metres squared and is visited by more than 4 million people every year.
Visit
the National Gallery¹s website at Š http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/
WASHINGTON, DC (AP).- Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video, with that
unforgettable zombie dance, will rest among the nation's treasures in the
world's largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings. The Library of
Congress hosts the National Film Registry, said to be the world's largest
archive of film, TV, and sound recordings. An honor to be asked to
participate, the 25 inductees were on the short list of the hundreds of
titles
considered. The 1983 Jackson music video directed by John Landis, though
still
the subject of lawsuits over profits, was one of 25 films to be inducted for
preservation in the 2009 National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.
LONDON.- Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art presents a multimedia
group exhibition devoted to works by Yang Fudong, Shirin Neshat,
Christodoulos Panayiotou and Yinka Shonibare MBE. The exhibition is on view
until May 22, 2011. Each of these artists explores the theme of love in
different times and cultures through the spectrum of their personal
experience, observation and commentary. The exhibition title takes its cue
from a 1960s song written by Bert Berns and performed by The Exciters, in
which there is the recurring lyric, ŒI know something about love¹.
Fairfield, Connecticut (New York Times).- Norman Gorbaty, now 78, has been
making artworks, many of them large, for more than half a century.
Hundreds,
probably thousands, of pieces in more than a dozen media. For most of that
time, the pieces were set aside, leaned against a wall, thrown in a drawer
or
folder, relegated to the basement or attic, and rarely seen by anyone other
than friends or relatives. But after Mr. Gorbaty¹s wife died in 2003, his
son
thought that organizing and perhaps showing the art would be therapeutic,
so
he secretly entered a drawing into a juried show.³It was the clear winner,²
recalled the juror, Susan Greenberg Fisher, then associate curator of
modern
and contemporary art at the Yale University Gallery. She described Mr.
Gorbaty¹s work as ³the highest level.² Ms. Fisher was the first of many
experts to praise the work as Mr. Gorbaty. Now shared with hundreds of
galleries and museums.
NEW YORK, NY.- Contemporary African Since 1980 is the first major survey of
the work of contemporary African artists from diverse situations, locations,
and generations who work either in or outside of Africa, but whose practices
engage and occupy the social and cultural complexities of the continent
since
the past 30 years. Its frame of analysis is absorbed with historical
transitions: from the end of the postcolonial utopias of the sixties during
the 1980s to the geopolitical, economic, technological, and cultural shifts
incited by globalization. This book is both narrower in focus in the periods
it reflects on, and specific in the ground it covers. It begins by
addressing
the tumultuous landscape of contemporary Africa, examining landmarks and
narratives, exploring divergent systems of representation, and interrogating
the ways artists have responded to change and have incorporated new
aesthetic
principles and artistic concepts, images and imaginaries to deal with such
changes.
PARIS - With this retrospective, the first of its kind to be presented in a
French museum, the Louvre, in association with the Belvedere Museum in
Vienna, invites visitors to discover the work of Ferdinand Georg
Waldmüller.
Although little known in France, this artist had a profound impact on
nineteenth-century Austrian painting. A master of many genres (portraits,
landscapes, scenes from everyday life, open-air paintings, and even still
lifes), Waldmüller favors rigorous realism. However, this scrupulous quest
for exactitude does not detract from the discreet, pervasive and satisfying
harmony of his paintings.
Washington, DC - When we think of musicals such as ³West Side Story,² ³The
Sound of Music² or ³My Fair Lady,² we¹re reminded of Tony crooning ³Maria,²
another Maria rapturously singing the title-tune ³The Sound of Music,² or
Liza Doolittle claiming ³I Could Have Danced All Night.² The melodies and
words roll by, but the colors of the instruments playing them, the haunting
high string lines, the countermelodies and embellishments in the flutes and
clarinets, or the dramatic chords by the trumpets are all the works of the
orchestrators.
ROME - The major monographic exhibition on "Giovanni Bellini" that Mauro
Lucco and Giovanni C. F. Villa are organizing at Rome's Scuderie del
Quirinale exhibition center, putting together a scientific committee of
immense international prestige comprising the world's leading experts on
the
painter, is an operation that is going to entail numerous difficulties due
to
the fragile condition and immense value of the works of art involved,
almost
all of which are on wood and extremely large. This is the first monographic
exhibition on Giovanni Bellini since Rodolfo Pallucchini devoted an
exhibition to him at the Doge's Palace in Venice in 1949, almost 60 years
ago.
LONDON.- The collaboration between pop icon Grace Jones and light artist
Chris
Levine continues with a stunning art & vinyl edition and a series of limited
edition prints, which will be released by The Vinyl Factory. The Vinyl
Factory, which is hosting Grace¹s first ever London art exhibition, will be
taking preorders for the bespoke art & vinyl edition, which includes the
Hurricane LP, Grace¹s first album of new material in nineteen years.
'Stillness at the Speed of Light,' which opens to the public at The Vinyl
Factory in Soho on 30th April, will showcase the extraordinary alchemy
between
this iconic individual and leading cutting-edge artist.
GOLDENDALE, WA.- American Andy Warhol (1928-1987), one of the most
celebrated artists of the 20th Century, on view at Maryhill Museum of
Art in the spectacular Columbia River Gorge for a four-month exhibit
in
the form of his famous prints from the Collections of Jordan D.
Schnitzer and his Family Foundation. Opening on Saturday, July 19,
the
Andy Warhol & Other Famous Faces
New York City - Jenkins Johnson Gallery is pleased to present Muse/Museum, a
solo exhibition in the project room of watercolors by Jack Balas. They will
be on view in conjunction with a solo exhibition of new paintings by Wes
Hempel.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sue Scott Gallery presents Blue Ridge by Headlights, a solo
exhibition of new paintings by Tom McGrath. Opening April 8th, the works
are
on view through May 31, 2010. Produced over the last two years after
residencies in Northern France, Miami and Eastern Tennessee, McGrath¹s
paintings materialize these transient stints and interrogate the use of
landscape in its capacity to suggest a specific sense of place.
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