* San Diego Museum of Art Opens Great Spanish Masters from the Pérez Simón
Collection
* Eric C. Shiner Named Director of the Andy Warhol Museum
* The Chuck Jones Gallery in San Diego Hosts Events For International Comic
Con
* Daniel Blau Ltd. Presents Neal Fox's Latest Project 'Beware of the God'
* Priceless Manuscript Stolen from Spanish Cathedral in Santiago de
Compostela
* National Gallery of Australia Shows "Out of the West: Art of Western
Australia"
* The Art Museum of Estonia Shows Pavel Filonov and the Russian Avant-Garde
* The National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo Honors Taro Okamoto on the
100th
Anniversary of His Birth
* Musée du Louvre and Teylers Museum Present Exhibitions of Claude Lorrain
* The Baroque Art of Italy in the Royal Collection opens in November
* The Phantasmagorical World of Photographer Marco Sanges at Hay Hill
Gallery
* Galerie Gabriel Rolt in Amsterdam Exhibits 'Ryan McGinley: Somewhere
Place'
* Royal Ontario Museum shows Isabella Rossellini's Playful Short Film "Green
Porno"
* Chris Beetles Gallery Announces a Cecil Beaton Collaboration with
Sotheby's
* Neuberger Museum of Art features Sanford Wurmfeld's E-Cyclorama ~ Immersed
in Color
* FIAC ~ France's Most Prestigious Art Fair Will Feature 194 Galleries of
Art
* Taft Museum of Art Offers Variety of Special Exhibitions
* Nazif Topçuoglu / Turkish Photographer
* 9/11 Memorial Gift from Russia by World Famous Sculptor Zurab Tsereteli
* Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"
SAN DIEGO, CA.- The San Diego Museum of Art is the only U.S. museum to show
From El Greco to Dalí: Great Spanish Masters from the Pérez Simón
Collection. This spectacular survey of Spanish art from the 16th century to
the 1970s features 64 works drawn from one of the world's finest private
collections, on view from July 9th to November 6th. From the golden age of
Charles V and on through the modern period, this exhibition showcases such
acclaimed masters of the Spanish school as El Greco, Ribera, Murillo, Goya,
Sorolla, Picasso, Dalí and Miró.
Spanning five centuries, this selection of works by some of the world's
most
celebrated artists illustrates a splendid chapter in the history of Spanish
art. Visitors to the exhibition are also invited to discover dazzling
artists
little-known in the U.S., such as the Romantic Manuel Barrón y Carrillo, or
the Modernist Romero de Torres.
This exhibition proposes new perspectives on the story of Spanish art,
considered both thematically and historically. An outstanding selection of
old
master paintings underscore the importance of religious piety and royal
patronage from the 16th to the 18th century, including Jusepe de Ribera's
sensational Saint Jerome, Bartolomé Murillo's sublime Immaculate Conception,
and Francisco de Goya's masterful Doña María Teresa de Vallabriga y Rozas.
The struggle between tradition and modernity is considered from the
late-18th
to the 20th century, featuring six works by Salvador Dalí, among them his
monumental Ascension of Christ, and the diptych Gala's Christ, painted for
his wife and muse in 1978. Monuments of painting, the masterpieces assembled
for this exhibition are also a testament to a preeminent collector's
enduring
passion.
The San Diego Museum of Art, the region's oldest, largest and most visited
art museum, provides a rich and diverse cultural experience for almost
250,000
visitors annually. Located in the heart of beautiful Balboa Park, the
Museum's
nationally renowned permanent collection includes Spanish and Italian old
masters, South Asian paintings, and 19th- and 20th-century American
paintings
and sculptures. Visit : http://www.sdmart.org/
A native of Asturias, Spain, Juan Antonio Pérez Simón has made Mexico City
his home. It is also home to his collection, begun in the 1970s, which now
ranks among the greatest in the world. From El Greco to Dalí: Great Spanish
Masters from the Pérez Simón Collection, a choice selection from the
outstanding works that comprise this stellar collection,premiered in Paris,
at the Musée Jacquemart-André, before traveling to the Musée national des
beaux-arts in Québec City.
Aesthetic rigor and the careful selection of works, as well as the unique
personality and tastes of the Collection's owner are the characteristics
that
define the Pérez Simón Collection. Among its particular traits are the clear
interest in female beauty, nature, scenes from daily life that juxtapose
earthly pleasures with the ephemeral nature of existence as found in still
lifes, and a fascination with the use of light and color, principally in
the
transition from Academic painting to modern art.
Eric C. Shiner Named Director of the Andy Warhol Museum
PITTSBURGH, PA.- Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh today announced that Eric
C.
Shiner has been named director of The Andy Warhol Museum. Shiner joined the
museum in 2008 as the Milton Fine Curator of Art, and he has served as
acting
director since January 2011. A curator, professor, writer, and translator,
Shiner was an adjunct professor at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of
Science and Art, and in 2007 he curated "Making a Home: Japanese
Contemporary
Artists in New York" at Japan Society in New York City. He also served as
assistant curator of the Yokohama Triennale 2001. After joining The Warhol,
Shiner organized the large-scale exhibition, "The End: Analyzing Art in
Troubled Times."
The Chuck Jones Gallery in San Diego Hosts Events For International Comic
Con
San Diego, CA.- The Chuck Jones Gallery in San Diego is proud to announce
artist appearances and exhibits for International Comic Con (to be held at
the San Diego Convention Center from July 21st and 24th). The gallery will
host Simone Bianchi and Randy Martinez as well as featuring the exhibitions
"The Art of Ralph Bakshi" with a special guest Edward Bakshi and "Pencil,
Ink and Story, The Art of Henry Scarpelli". Marvel and DC Comics
Super-Artist
Simone Bianchi will be feted with a reception on Thursday, July 21st from 7
to 10 PM. Bianchi is one of the new breed of Marvel Comic artists whose
work
has revolutionized the way the Marvel characters look. Known for his use of
watercolor half-tones and ink washes, Bianchi's non-traditional comic book
drawing style has catapulted him to the heights of the comic book world.
This reception for the artist will feature his most recent work on paper
and
canvas from both DC Comics and Marvel. The gallery will be exhibiting two
exclusive editions from Bianchi, "The Call of the Knights" and "Batman".
Daniel Blau Ltd. Presents Neal Fox's Latest Project 'Beware of the God'
LONDON.- Daniel Blau Ltd. presents Neal Fox's latest project 'Beware of the
God'. Fox's drawings depict a phantasmagoric journey through the detritus
and
mythology of pop culture. From a life-long obsession with the tales of his
dead grandfather, a World War II bomber pilot, writer and hell raiser, his
large- scale drawings have developed into increasingly layered celebrations
of the debauched and iconoclastic characters whose ideas have helped shape
our collective consciousness. The exhibition is on display from July 8th
through August 13th.
Priceless Manuscript Stolen from Spanish Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela
MADRID - A priceless collection of 12th-century religious manuscripts
was stolen from a cathedral in the northwestern Spanish city of
Santiago de Compostela, police said Friday, July 8th.Galicia regional
police inspector Benigno Roca said a special unit has been set up to
try to recover the Calixtinus Codex, which went missing from a
strongbox in the cathedral's archive room last week. He said there
were
no signs of a break-in. Roca said European police forces had been
alerted.
National Gallery of Australia Shows "Out of the West: Art of Western
Australia"
CANBERRA, AU - Out of the West is the first survey exhibition outside
Western Australia to present a large sample of Western Australian art
from pre-settlement until today. It includes well known images and
new
discoveries. Works by established early artists, Robert Dale, Thomas
Turner, James W R Linton, A B Webb and Kathleen O'Connor, as well as
those by more recent artists such as Herbert McClintock, Harald Vike,
Elise Blumann, Guy Grey-Smith, Robert Juniper, Howard Taylor, Brian
Blanchflower, James Angus and Rodney Glick, will be shown, alongside
significant works by many less familiar names. On exhibition 8 July
through 1 April, 2012.
The Art Museum of Estonia Shows Pavel Filonov and the Russian Avant-Garde
Tallinn, Estonia.- The Art Museum of Estonia is proud to present "Pavel
Filonov and the Russian Avant-Garde', on view in the Kumu museum's great
hall
until September 18th. The exhibition Pavel Filonov. The Russian Avant-Garde
and Afterwards is based on the collections of the State Russian Museum. In
addition to Filonov's oeuvre, the display includes works of art by the
representatives of other trends in the Russian avant-garde, as well as
examples of social realism. The exhibition is accompanied by a wonderfully
illustrated catalogue in Estonian, Russian and English.
"The exhibition focuses on the work of Pavel Filonov, one of the most
exceptional and unique masters of the Russian avant-garde in the first half
of
the 20th century, in a wider context," says the coordinator of the
exhibition
Elnara Taidre. "Filonov can be compared to the key figures of the Russian
avant-garde, Wassily Kandinsky and Kazimir Malevich; his uniqueness,
however,
is visible in the synthesis of the legacy of the Academy and a new art
language." The display has been compiled in cooperation with the State
Russian Museum, whose collections hold the majority of Filonov's legacy,
and
the best part of the Russian avant-garde. "I am extremely pleased that this
first major cooperation project with the State Russian Museum after the
regaining of independence has been realised," said Anu Liivak, the director
of Kumu. "I visited the first retrospective of Filonov at the State Russian
Museum about 25 years ago, and ever since I have dreamt of a chance to
introduce his work in Estonia. Filonov lived in an interesting, but
difficult
time. The exhibition offers museum-goers a unique opportunity to experience
this controversial and tragic era through contemporary works of art."
Filonov's works on display at Kumu include the significant paintings "Feast
of Kings" and "Formula of Spring", as well as works from the series Formulae
and Heads. A general context is created with the works of the Russian
avant-garde masters Kazimir Malevich, Wassily Kandinsky and Natalia
Goncharova, which are supplemented by the paintings of several other
interesting artists, such as David Burliuk, Mikhail Matyushin and Pavel
Filonov's pupils. As a contrast to experimental art, works that are part of
the anti-innovation canon of social realism will be on display, including
the
oeuvre of Stalin's court artist Isaac Brodsky, and the huge collective
painting by Yuri Kugach, Wassily Nechitailo and Viktor Tsyplakov entitled
Glory to the Great Stalin! (3.5 × 5.25 m). The artist, art theorist and
creator of the system of analytical art Pavel Filonov (1882/1883–1941)
examined in his oeuvre the invisible processes in visible things in an
attempt to show the structure of living matter to the observer.
In 1925, he founded the group "Masters of Analytical Art". Filonov, his
family and students were persecuted because he never became a supporter of
social realism, and his works were not allowed to be exhibited until the
perestroika era. The artist was "rediscovered" in Russia and in the West in
the 1980s. Nowadays, he is considered a classic of 20th-century art, and
his
works are exhibited all over the world.
The Art Museum of Estonia was founded on November 17th, 1919, but it was
not
until 1921 that it got its first permanent building – the Kadriorg Palace,
built in the 18th century. In 1929 the palace was expropriated from the Art
Museum in order to rebuild it as the residence of the President of Estonia.
The Art Museum of Estonia was housed in several different temporary spaces,
until it moved back to the palace in 1946. In September, 1991 the Kadriorg
Palace was closed, because it had totally deteriorated by then. At the end
of
the year the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia decided to
guarantee
the construction of a new building for the Art Museum of Estonia in
Kadriorg.
Until then the Knighthood House at Toompea Hill served as the temporary
main
building of the Art Museum of Estonia. The exhibition there was opened on
April 1, 1993. Art Museum of Estonia premanently closed down the
exhibitions
in that building in October 2005. At the end of the 1970s and the 1980s the
first branches of the Art Museum of Estonia were founded. Starting from
1995
all the branches offered different educational programmes for children and
young people. In summer 2000 the restored Kadriorg Palace was opened, but
not as the main building of the Art Museum of Estonia, but as a branch.
Kadriorg Art Museum now exhibits the foreign art collection of the Art
Museum
of Estonia. At present there are five active branches of the Art Museum of
Estonia: Kadriorg Art Museum (Kadriorg Palace and Mikkel Museum), Niguliste
Museum, Adamson-Eric Museum, and Kumu Art Museum (the new main building of
the Art Museum of Estonia). For the first time during its nearly
100-year-old
history, the Art Museum of Estonia has a building that both meets the
museum's requirements and is worthy of Estonian art in its collections.
Kumu
Art Museum is a multifunctional art museum that includes exhibition halls,
an
auditorium that offers diverse possibilities, and an education centre for
children and art lovers of all ages. Visit the museum's website at ...
http://www.ekm.ee <http://www.ekm.ee/>
The National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo Honors Taro Okamoto on the 100th
Anniversary of His Birth
Tokyo.- The National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo presents an exhibition
of
works by Taro Okamoto on the 100th anniversary of his birth until May 8th
2011. Taro Okamoto (1911-1996) is probably one of the most well-known
artists
in Japan during the latter half of the 20th century. He created the 'Tower
of
the Sun' for Expo '70 held in Osaka, made comments full of impact such as
"Art is explosion" and "Art is magic", and frequently appeared on
television.
Even after his death in 1996, more and more people, especially the young
generation, are showing renewed interest in the artist. In 1998, the studio
he worked in during his lifetime was opened to the public as the Taro
Okamoto
Memorial Museum. Topics concerning Okamoto never cease to attract our
attention. Furthermore, in recent years, his monumental mural Tomorrow's
Mythology was rediscovered in Mexico and installed in Shibuya in 2008.
Musée du Louvre and Teylers Museum Present Exhibitions of Claude Lorrain
PARIS, FRANCE - Teylers Museum and Musée du Louvre present the first
comprehensive exhibition in the Netherlands on Claude Lorrain, master of
the
golden light. This autumn, Teylers Museum and Musée du Louvre present the
first comprehensive exhibition on Claude Lorrain (1600 - 1682) ever held in
the Netherlands. This French landscape painter is one of the most important
masters in the history of art. An overview of his life's work, featuring
over
100 works of art, will be shown in Haarlem and Paris. The exhibition will be
on display at the Louvre from 20 April to 18 July 2011 and at Teylers
museum
from 28 September 2011 to 8 January 2012.
The Baroque Art of Italy in the Royal Collection opens in November
LONDON.- The drama of the Baroque comes to Edinburgh in part two of The Art
of Italy in the Royal Collection. The 31 paintings and 43 drawings selected
for the exhibition reflect the great stylistic diversity of the period,
which
gave birth to the powerful realism of Caravaggio, the revolutionary
naturalism of the Carracci and the cool classicism of Poussin and
Domenichino. Highlights of the exhibition include two works by Caravaggio,
The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew and Boy Peeling Fruit, both
previously
thought to be copies of lost originals. Recent research by Royal Collection
curators and conservators has resulted in the re-attribution of these
paintings, which are now generally recognised by experts as by the master
himself.
The Phantasmagorical World of Photographer Marco Sanges at Hay Hill Gallery
LONDON.- This summer, the Hay Hill Gallery brings a sense of the
surreal
to Cork Street and presents Big Scenes, the visionary and extraordinary
world
of award-winning photographer Marco Sanges. Big Scenes combines
photography, video and performance, bringing together larger than life
characters and stories to play out a world of fantasy, grandeur and drama.
Big Scenes is a dreamlike, decadent world reminiscent of Surrealism and the
visual and performing arts of the glamorous golden age of the 1920s and
30s.
The artist Gavin Turk commented: "Marco Sanges's art is like going to a
theatre through different doors, characters in photos come to life in
various
forms of tableaux vivant". On view 19 July through 11 September.
Galerie Gabriel Rolt in Amsterdam Exhibits 'Ryan McGinley: Somewhere Place'
Amsterdam.- Galerie Gabriel Rolt is delighted to present a new series of
works by acclaimed American photographer Ryan McGinley. This will be his
second solo exhibition in The Netherlands, following on from the 2007
exhibition at FOAM. 'Ryan McGinley: Somewhere Place' will be on show from
April 9th to May 14th 2011, with an opening reception on Saturday 9 April
from
17.00 – 19.30 hrs. Youth, liberation and the joy of losing yourself in the
moment are elements that feature throughout Ryan McGinley's work, from his
early roots in documenting the urban adventures of his downtown Manhattan
friends to his subsequent cross-country travels in utopian environments
throughout America to his most recent studio portraits. McGinley's
elaborate
and rigorous process of photo-making creates moments of breathtaking
beauty:
naked feral kids poised in ecstatic abandon. The lack of clothing and other
contemporary signifiers along with the archetypical landscapes give the
photos a sense of timelessness in which the viewer can project his or her
own
story.
Royal Ontario Museum shows Isabella Rossellini's Playful Short Film "Green
Porno"
TORONTO.- The Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC) at the Royal
Ontario Museum (ROM) presents Green Porno: Scandalous Sea, an art
installation
and series of short films written by and starring internationally-renowned
actress and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini. Presented in partnership with the
Toronto International Film Festival®: Future Projections, these two- to
four-minute films, three of which receive their world premieres, illustrate
in
a humourously entertaining yet scientifically accurate portrayal the
reproductive habits and ecological challenges of marine life. A variety of
intricate and oversized paper sculptures and colourful costumes created for
the Green Porno series accompanies the films.
Chris Beetles Gallery Announces a Cecil Beaton Collaboration with Sotheby's
LONDON - Chris Beetles Gallery announced an exhibition of Sir Cecil Beaton
prints in collaboration with Sotheby's. From 22 April – 16 May 2009
photographs taken by this renowned photographer of many twentieth century
icons will be on display including, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Gilbert
and George, and members of the Royal family. The exhibition is the first
time
for many years that these prints will be on view and available to buy. By
drawing extensively on Sotheby's archive of Beaton material, the exhibition
of around 70 prints will form the most comprehensive Beaton exhibition for
many years.
Neuberger Museum of Art features Sanford Wurmfeld's E-Cyclorama ~ Immersed
in
Color
Purchase, NY - Opening May 31 at the Neuberger Museum of Art |
Purchase College is E-Cyclorama- Immersed in Color, an amazing exhibition,
the
centerpiece of which is a monumental painting by Sanford Wurmfeld, made on a
canvas stretched onto a 37-foot long oval cyclinder, that is viewed by
entering the elevated structure from beneath. ">Notions of space and color
addressed in this huge 360-degree work, a 21st century version of the 19th
century panorama painting. If ever one could stand in the center of a
rainbow and experience the entire spectrum of color, this is it.
FIAC ~ France's Most Prestigious Art Fair Will Feature 194 Galleries of Art
The 37th edition of FIAC will be held from 21st to 24th October 2010
at
the Grand Palais, the Cour Carrée du Louvre and the Jardin des
Tuileries, outstanding sites that are emblematic of Paris, imbued
with
its history and cultural life. Because of the high standards it sets
and constantly renews and the synergies it has developed with the
major
Parisian institutions, FIAC occupies a position as one of the
not-to-be-missed international events relating to artistic
creativity.
Taft Museum of Art Offers Variety of Special Exhibitions
CINCINNATI, OHIO - The art featured in the new season of special
exhibitions at the Taft Museum of Art offers a window onto other cultures
and
times. From contemporary Chinese paintings to opulent Elizabethan costumes,
these exhibitions offer an escape from the ordinary and a chance to connect
with the extraordinary. The exhibition Views from the Uffizi: Painting the
Italian Landscape continues into the fall, offering regional audiences their
only chance to view dramatic landscapes from one of the most famous museums
in
Italy. The artists featured in the show, including Botticelli, Guercino,
Poussin, Claude Lorrain, Frans Hals, and Canaletto, inspired later works by
European masters included in the Taft's collection.
Nazif Topçuoglu / Turkish Photographer
UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS - Flatland Gallery presents Nazif Topçuoglu
'Lamentations', on view through April 12, 2008. The world of Turkish
photographer Nazif Topçuoglu is a prohibited place where well-groomed high
school girls in miniskirts perform adult fantasies with unusual props such
as
books, compass and microscopes.
9/11 Memorial Gift from Russia by World Famous Sculptor Zurab Tsereteli
World-renowned Russian sculptor ZURAB TSERETELI has created a monument
entitled "To The Struggle Against World Terrorism," a gift from Russian
President Vladimir Putin, the people of Russia and the artist to the people
of
the United States. The monument will be dedicated on the five-year
anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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