| Koller announces results in the millions thanks to a broad range of high quality works | | The Whitney presents Signs & Symbols, third in series of six shows reassessing the collection | | New exhibition featuring rare, spectacular designs of Carl Fabergé opens at the Bowers Museum | 
Albert Anker (1831 Ins 1910), Strickendes Mädchen. 1883/84. Oil on canvas. Signed: Anker. 56.5x43.5 cm. Estimate: CHF 2 000 000 / 3 000 000.
ZURICH.- In a successful auction week, from 18 to 23 June, Koller was able to set the tone with a top quality range of works. The paintings department came up with prices in the millions for Paul Signac (CHF 1.83 million), a very rare early work by Salvador Dali (CHF 2.03 million) and Albert Anker. After the world record for Anker of CHF 7.4 million in December 2011, Koller can now confirm this year’s record with CHF 3.35 million for this artist. Fine antique furniture continues to offer the opportunity for the expression of individual taste, where private collectors in particular sometimes bid high. The Jewellery department also recorded a fine success with a turnover of CHF 2.2 million with its comprehensive range of works in diamonds and signed jewellery. Finally, Koller is delighted with the result of the auction of the collection of «Antiquités Ségal», where Meissen ... More | | 
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-97), Indian with Pony, 1953. 83.11 © Roy Lichtenstein Foundation.
NEW YORK, NY.- Signs & Symbols, the third in a series of six exhibitions focused on the Whitney’s collection, takes stock of the period from the mid-1940s to the end of the 1950s, drawing upon the Museum’s deep collection of paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, and photographs. This exhibition reconsiders this critical postwar moment—a time perhaps most frequently associated with a select group of Abstract Expressionists and their large-scale, highly abstract canvases and gestural brushwork. By contrast and through a more textured narrative, Signs & Symbols highlights primarily abstract work completed on diverse scales, engaged with more figurative signs and symbols, and by a larger group of artists, many of whom are lesser known and rarely exhibited. The exhibition, curated by Donna De Salvo, the Whitney’s Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Programs, in collaboration with Jane Panetta, opens on June ... More | | 
Nicholas Box.
SANTA ANA, CA.- Discover the spectacular designs of Carl Fabergé, the master goldsmith and legendary jeweler still celebrated for his inventive designs and meticulous craftsmanship, through a special exhibition, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweler to the Tsars at the Bowers Museum. “There have been many Fabergé exhibitions around the world over the last several decades. However, very few have showcased some of the most rare and spectacular masterpieces he created, which are on display in this special exhibition,” said Peter Keller, Ph. D., president of the Bowers Museum. “The emphasis here is on the objects of luxury that he created—common, everyday objects that he developed with a sense of turning the everyday into the extraordinary. For example, visitors will see numerous utilitarian items, such as cigarette lighters and cases, numerous hat pins, which have been transformed into objects of luxury by Fabergé and his ... More |
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| Featuring more than a thousand objects, Citi Money Gallery opens at the British Museum | | Cy Twombly's final planned installation goes on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art | | American artist David Reed specifically conceives exhibition for Kunstmuseum Bonn | 
Coin made from electrum, an alloy of gold and silver. Photo: © Trustees of the British Museum.
LONDON.- A major redisplay of the gallery dedicated to the British Museum’s pre-eminent collection of money has opened, sponsored by Citi. Featuring more than a thousand objects from the Museum’s extensive collections, the Citi Money Gallery looks at the history of the world through the lens of money, from 4500 years ago to the latest developments in digital technology. The Citi Money Gallery gives a historical context to money at a time when the contemporary global economic situation is in extraordinary focus. The original Money Gallery at the British Museum opened in 1997. The Museum has been a pioneer in displaying the history of money in the contemporary era and its thematic approach has been imitated in money museums around the world. By refreshing the existing gallery, it continues to innovate in this field. The entire object selection and design of the gallery has been refreshed. New thematic approaches ... More | | 
Victory, conceived 1987; cast 2005. Patinated bronze. 145 x 35 x 13 in. (368.3 x 88.9 x 34.3 cm). Cy Twombly. Artwork © Cy Twombly Foundation. Photo: Jason Wierzbicki
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- A suite of six bronze sculptures, the last installation of this type planned by the late artist Cy Twombly (1928-1911), is now on view in the Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building of the Philadelphia Museum of Art where it can be seen through the coming year. Dating from 1979 to 2011, the artist selected these works for display in the building’s atrium in close collaboration with Carlos Basualdo, The Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Curator of Contemporary Art, before the artist’s death last July. All works are on loan to the Museum from the Cy Twombly Foundation. “These eloquent and imposing works are a meditation on the relationship between classical history and modern art and reflect the artist’s deep affection for antiquity. This engagement with the past not only sets him apart from ... More | | 
David Reed, #64, 1974. Öl auf Leinwand, 193 × 142,2 cm (fünf zusammen montierte Leinwände). Courtesy Sammlung Goetz
BONN.- David Reed, born 1946 in San Diego and since the 1970s living in New York, is considered one of the outstanding personalities of the American painting scene. The confrontation of the European and American history of painting is reflected in his oeuvre, one that simultaneously opens up new media and new artistic forms of expression in his reference to the cinema in his ‘bedroom ensembles’—“Judy’s Bedroom” and “Scottie’s Bedroom”—and installation work. Thus his painting brings his own creative “basic research” into play together with a profound discussion of what painting can accomplish today in competition with new image-producing media. The wide-ranging perspectives of his works are documented in the exhibition that has been specifically conceived for Kunstmuseum Bonn. Following the way his artwork developed, the ... More |
| Seven sculptures by internationally renowned artists unveiled in London's Square Mile | | Artist Shary Boyle to represent Canada at the 55th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia | | First major solo show in Europe by acclaimed American sculptor Bruce Beasley opens at Pangolin London | 
The City of London unveiled seven sculptures by internationally renowned artists.
LONDON.- The City of London Corporation announced the unveiling of seven sculptures in London’s Square Mile by internationally renowned artists Michael Craig-Martin, Tracey Emin, Angus Fairhurst, Dan Graham, Thomas Houseago, Julian Opie and Yayoi Kusama transforming Great St Helen's in the City of London. Great St Helen's: Sculpture Space, is a free open-air curated exhibition which shows until January 2013. A new work by Dan Graham called ‘City of London Rococo’, especially made for the exhibition after the artist visited the site is viewable alongside the seven other pieces including Tracey Emin’s renowned Roman Standard and Thomas Houseago, Bottle II which is exhibited for the first time. Dan Graham’s specially commissioned pavilions blur the line between art and architecture, mirror and glass structures that create diverse optical effects. Created as hybrids, they operate as quasi-functional spaces and art installations. Studies of space and light, t ... More | | 
Shary Boyle, Self-Immolation, 2011. Ink and gouache on paper, 72.4 x 51.4 cm. Courtesy the artist and Jessica Bradley Inc.
OTTAWA.- Canadian artist, Shary Boyle of Toronto has been named as Canada’s chosen representative to the prestigious 55th International Art exhibition at the Venice Biennale for 2013. Marc Mayer, Director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada made a surprise announcement at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art Toronto. Mayer spoke on behalf of the National Gallery of Canada and the Canada Council for the Arts who are again working in partnership to organize the Canadian representation at the 2013 Venice Biennale. The only international visual arts exhibition to which Canada sends official national representation, the Biennale is among the most important contemporary exhibitions in the world and will showcase official entries from over 80 countries. The Canada Pavilion is situated in the heart of the historic exhibition grounds and has presented the work of some of Canada's most ... More | | 
Bruce Beasley, Knight’s Gambit. Bronze. Image courtesy of Lee Fatheree/Pangolin London.
LONDON.- This Summer Pangolin London will host the first major solo show in Europe by acclaimed American sculptor Bruce Beasley. Known for his astounding sculptures, Beasley’s cubic structures as much explore the simple beauty of shape as they do mass and geometry. Bruce Beasley was born in 1939 in Los Angeles, California and since being introduced to metalworking in school then later studying at Dartmouth college at a time where it had made a huge commitment to sculpture has been an integral component to the world of art. Beasley’s inspiration originates predominently from organic structures and through both observation and investigation he has developed his own unique language that is instantly recognisable. “Nature arrives at this perfect point between change and stillness, between form that is evolving and form that is complete; nature does this most easily and with rare mistakes. Nature remains the i ... More |
| Unprecedented opportunity to see Walt Whitman portrait by Thomas Eakins at The Hyde Collection | | Columbus Museum of Art acquires glass installation Endeavor by Lino Tagliapietra | | The Whitney presents Oskar Fischinger: Space Light Art - A Film Environment | 
Thomas Eakins, American (1844-1916), Walt Whitman (1819-1892), 1887-88, oil on canvas, 30 1/8 x 24 1/4 in., Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. General Fund, 1917.1
GLENS FALLS, NY.- The Hyde Collection offers visitors an unprecedented opportunity to see the remarkable Portrait of Walt Whitman (1887-1888) by Thomas Eakins (1844-1914). The Whitman portrait is considered one of Eakins’s finest paintings, and only rarely leaves Philadelphia, where it is a featured work in the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA). This evocative image of one of America’s most influential poets, by one of the nation’s greatest artists, will be in Glens Falls for six months, as a second exchange for the year-long loan of The Hyde Collection’s Portrait of Henry Ossawa Tanner (ca. 1897) by Eakins. Tanner was one of Thomas Eakins’s students at the Pennsylvania Academy and the portrait has been lent to PAFA for their exhibition Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit. This is a major retrospective ... More | | 
Lino Tagliapietra, Endeavor.
COLUMBUS, OH.- The Columbus Museum of Art has acquired Lino Tagliapietra’s glass installation Endeavor, an astounding and luminous work that magically captures Lino’s love of glass. This armada of thirty-five boats suspended from the ceiling has become an iconic part of the Museum’s collection. The purchase was made possible through the generosity of Museum donors, with a lead gift from Geraldine Schottenstein Hoffman. Additional support provided by Tom Davis and Anonymous, Pamela and Jack Beeler Family, Loann W. Crane, Howard Fradkin and Peter Kengeter, Barry Friedman and and Susanne Cobey Friedman, Fishel Foundation, Beth Loew, D. Scott Owens and Kevin J. Kowalski, Louise and Lake Polan, Stephen and Orlene Shimberg, Nannette and Sandy Solomon, Clarke and Sara Jean Wilhelm, and Jane H. Zimmerman. Endeavor, on loan from the artist, featured prominently in CMA’s newly installed galleries when CMA u ... More | | 
Oskar Fischinger (1900-1967), Raumlichtkunst, 1926/2012. Three screen projection: three 35mm films transferred to high-definition video, black-and-white and color, sound; 10 minutes, looped. © Center for Visual Music.
NEW YORK, NY.- This summer, the Whitney Museum of American Art presents Oskar Fischinger: Space Light Art – A Film Environment, on view from June 28 to October 28, 2012. The exhibition is curated by Chrissie Iles, the Whitney’s Anne & Joel Ehrenkranz Curator, in association with Cindy Keefer of the Center for Visual Music, and features a new re-creation from Fischinger’s restored original nitrate film. Oskar Fischinger worked in animation, filmmaking and painting. An influential pioneer of abstract cinema, Fischinger started his career in Weimar-era Germany during the 1920s. Working with multipleprojector formats, he redefined abstraction during this period, with spectacular films that explore the interplay of abstract shapes, color, and light. Inspired by the German painter Walter Ruttman ... More |
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 James Hart named first-ever Director of Arts Entrepreneurship at SMU's Meadows School of the Art DALLAS, TX.- Award-winning actor, director and producer James Hart has been named the first Director of Arts Entrepreneurship/Assistant Professor of Practice in the Division of Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, effective August 1, it was announced today by Meadows Dean José Antonio Bowen. The new faculty position will lead the Meadows School’s innovative arts entrepreneurship program, the only one of its kind in the U.S. James Hart is the owner, founder and former dean of TITAN Teaterskole (The International Theatre Academy Norway) – a full-time professional theater training program and the first school in Europe to offer intensive training in arts entrepreneurship at the professional conservatory level. “The Meadows School of the Arts is thrilled to welcome James Hart to lead the arts ... More New York man gets 7 years prison for rare document theft By: Jessica Gresko, Associated Press
BALTIMORE (AP).- A presidential memorabilia collector who has acknowledged stealing thousands of rare and valuable documents from historical societies and archives nationwide was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison. Barry Landau was caught stealing documents from the Maryland Historical Society in July 2011. An investigation concluded the 64-year-old New York City resident stole at least 6,500 items worth more than $1 million from archives around the country. A number of the stolen documents are more than 100 years old and some are worth more than $100,000. They include copies of speeches President Franklin D. Roosevelt read from during his three inaugurations, a land grant signed by President Abraham Lincoln ... More $10 million gift to endow the Director's position at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History WASHINGTON, DC.- Smithsonian Regent Roger Sant and his wife Vicki have made a gift of $10 million to endow the director’s position at the National Museum of Natural History and support the museum’s research and public engagement initiatives. The gift comes through the Sants’ foundation—The Summit Fund of Washington—which is dedicated to improving life in the National Capitol Region. The first recipient of this honor is Cristián Samper, who has been the director of the museum since 2003. His title is now the Sant Director of the National Museum of Natural History. “Once again Roger and Vicki Sant have stepped forward with a transformative gift to the Smithsonian that will have additional long-lasting impact on our Museum of Natural History,” said Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian. “We thank them for their generosity, vision and dedication to the ... More A Chaos Theory: Exhibition featuring four artists opens at the sala Murat in Bari BARI.- The four artists in the exhibition have been asked to the interpret the notion of chaos through their artistic practices. If we were to classify them, we would need to create an order, but order, by definition, is whatever we do not call chaos, and chaos is whatever is not orderly. These artists propose a work of distruction. They are brave and daring. They do not just reproduce the reality in the way it should be, they decompose it and give it a new structure, make it clearer and they do not necessarily put an order to what is not orderly. Daring is the choice to use geometrical figures, material and order to express disorder. In their works, the chaotic condition which differentiates them so much shows how much they have in common. Daniela Corbascio works through her childhood reminscences, recovering the material, the wood, worked by the time, in which a luminous point stands ... More Erik Kessels' unorthodox manner of installation on view at Foam AMSTERDAM.- Album Beauty is an ode to the vanishing era of the photo album as told through the collection of Erik Kessels (1966, The Netherlands). Once commonplace in every home, the photo album has been replaced by the digital age where images live online and on hard drives. Photo albums were once a repository for family history, often representing a manufactured family as edited for display. They speak of birth, death, beauty, sexuality, pride, happiness, youth, competition, exploration, complicity and friendship. Album Beauty is an exhibition about the visual anthropology of the photo album. Walking through the exhibition will be like leafing through a photo album. Erik Kessels is known for his unorthodox manner of installation and Album Beauty is no exception. On display will be hundreds of photo albums, all telling different but familiar stories. Some albums will be ... More South Korea claims East Asia's oldest farming site SEOUL (AP).- South Korea's archaeological agency says it has unearthed evidence of East Asia's oldest known farming site. Archaeologist Cho Mi-soon said Wednesday that the agency has found the remains of a farming field from the Neolithic period on South Korea's east coast. The site may be up to 5,600 years old. That's more than 2,000 years older than what is now the second-oldest known site, which also is in South Korea. During the Neolithic period humans began living in permanent settlements and farming after a previous nomadic existence of hunting and gathering. Cho points to traces of pottery and house remains found at the site as proof of its age. She says material was tested and determined to be from the Neolithic period. ... More |
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