| Vandalism of Picasso painting caught on video; museum says repair of going well | | Three large-scale sculptures by Ellsworth Kelly go on view at the Morgan Library & Museum | | Dulwich Picture Gallery mounst first UK showing of Andy Warhol: The Portfolios | 
Police spokeswoman Jodi Silva says investigators are reviewing both surveillance video from the museum as well as a cellphone video taken by a witness and later posted on YouTube.
By: Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP).- Within minutes of a vandal spray painting a Pablo Picasso painting, Houston museum officials had rushed the valuable artwork into their onsite conservation lab as if it was an injured patient in need of emergency surgery. "I think that's a dramatic analogy, but I think that's apt," said Vance Muse, a spokesman for the Menil Collection, which owns the more than 80-year-old painting. The fast action increased the odds of saving the painting, Muse said. The museum's chief conservator has been working on it tirelessly since it was damaged June 13, and the restoration is going very well, he added. The act of vandalism was caught in a 24-second video posted on YouTube. It shows a man dressed in black holding a ... More | | 
Ellsworth Kelly, Untitled, 1986. Bronze, 120 x 17 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches (304.8 x 43.8 x 3.2 cm). Edition of 2. Private collection.
NEW YORK, NY.- Although best known for his brightly colored, minimalist paintings, Ellsworth Kelly has also worked with sculptural forms for most of his professional career. These often large-scale works exhibit the same spare, clean-edged beauty associated with his paintings, while also highlighting the natural textures and surfaces of the materials from which they are made. Beginning today, The Morgan Library & Museum placed on view three of Mr. Kelly’s sculptures—a bronze piece, one in mahogany, and the other in redwood—in the museum’s multi-storied, glass-enclosed Gilbert Court. Each standing from twelve to fifteen feet high with long, almost totemic shapes, the works are accompanied by a selection of studies, models, and drawings showing the artist’s exploration of sculptural form. The exhibition is the third in a series of summer shows at the Morgan devoted to modern and contemporary sculpture. ... More | | 
Andy Warhol, Muhammad Ali, 1978, from a portfolio of four screenprints on Strathmore Bristol paper, Edition: 45/150,101.6 x 76.2cm, Bank of America Collection, Image © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London 2011.
LONDON.- Dulwich Picture Gallery announced its summer exhibition Andy Warhol: The Portfolios, Bank of America Collection. The exhibition will focus on the period 1962-1984 during which Warhol focused almost exclusively on the silk-screen printing method. This is the first time the exhibition of 80 works from 13 portfolios has visited Europe. The exhibition will include some of the artist’s most iconic imagery, including portraits of Muhammad Ali and Marilyn Monroe, the artist’s self-portrait, still-lifes, and mythical or heroic figures such as Superman. The exhibition is curated by Dulwich Picture Gallery and was originally conceived by Bank of America’s Senior Curator, Lillian Lambrechts. Through ... More |
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| Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos is the first woman artist to exhibit at Versailles | | Historic exhibition of works by David Smith opens at Galerie Gmurzynska in Zurich | | Light and darkness in art and life: Summer exhibition opens at Sweden's Nationalmuseum | 
One of the Valkyries in the Galerie des batailles in Château de Versailles.
By: Jean-François Chougnet
PARIS.- The approach of the Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos, born in Paris in 1971, consists of the reappropriation of everyday objects which she transforms using inventive and unexpected techniques. These displacements produce hybrid objects made with azulejos (glazed ceramic tiles) and crochet work (a French word appropriated and amplified by the work of Portuguese women): they are stitched together, welded, gilded, etc. In a word, they undergo a metamorphosis. Joana Vasconcelos seeks to create a dialogue between culture and personal history. She plays with the concept of the beautiful object without slipping into Kitsch and without claiming Neo-Dadaism. To avoid these traps she uses a very effective weapon: humour. Critical, and sometimes even cynical, it enables her to give a clear and pleasing expression to her work. Joana Vasconcelos uses the traditional ... More | | 
Isabelle Bscher, Director of Galerie Gmurzynska, poses with works included in the exhibition David Smith: Points of Power. Photo: Billy Farrell Agency.
ZURICH.- Galerie Gmurzynska kicked off Art Basel 2012 in Zurich last week with Saturday’s opening of the historic exhibition of works by David Smith, curated by his daughter Candida Smith. They continued their festivities with Art in the Park on Sunday, and on Monday night celebrated Zaha Hadid and her new book Zaha Hadid and Suprematism at Three Kings Hotel in Basel, presented by Krystyna Gmurzynska, Mathias Rastorfer and Isabelle Bscher. David Smith: Points of Power opened on Saturday, June 9 at Galerie Gmurzynska's Zurich location on the famed Paradeplatz square and historically reconsiders the oeuvre of David Smith in a vibrant and necessary way. For the first time, a survey of the figurative impulse running throughout the work of David Smith, the most well-known American sculptor of the 20th century, will come together in an exhibition titled Points of Power. Featuring a rich context of Smith’s photographs, ... More | | 
Bertha Wegmann, The Artist Jeanna Bauck, 1881. Oil on canvas. Photo: Nationalmuseum.
STOCKHOLM.- On 20 June, Nationalmuseum launches its summer exhibition on light and darkness in art and life. The show presents examples of how our most renowned artists have used different techniques to mimic light and create depth. The core focus is on Nordic fin de siècle art, with around a hundred works on display from the museum’s own collection. How did artists paint light and what effects were they looking to achieve? The exhibition includes examples of 1880s plein air images bathed in daylight, such as Carl Larsson’s watercolour In the kitchen garden, while atmospheric 1890s landscapes are represented not least by Karl Nordström and Bruno Liljefors’ depictions of summer twilight over the sea. Illuminated interiors are a recurring motif. The students at the art academies pored over the chiaroscuro paintings of the old masters – dark scenes lit by a single candle or hidden light source. Anders Zo ... More |
| Eykyn Maclean London presents "Interviews with Artists" curated by art historian Michael Peppiatt | | A 19th century looted painting by Polish artist Josef Brandt goes home to the National Museum in Warsaw | | Fotofocus Biennial readies for October 2012 launch with over 70 + participating venues | 
Francis Bacon, Self Portrait, 1972, Oil on canvas, 35.5 x 30.5cm, Private Collection, ©Estate of Francis Bacon, DACS, London 2012.
LONDON.- Eykyn Maclean London announced that their new show is a curatorial collaboration with art historian Michael Peppiatt entitled Interviews with Artists. The exhibition will run from 19th June to 27th July, 2012. The show coincides with the publication of Peppiatt’s book of the same title published by Yale University Press. Peppiatt developed close relationships with many of the great artists of the twentieth century. The exhibition will feature selected works by Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon, Balthus, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Dado, Jean Dubuffet, Peter Blake, Henry Moore, Hans Namuth, Claes Oldenburg, Sean Scully and Antoni Tàpies. Extracts of the interviews to accompany the works will be available. Peppiatt’s friendships and frequent studio visits with these artists and many more give a unique perspective on their life and work. Peppiatt explains how an interview would often illuminate an artist's work not onl ... More | | 
Josef Brandt’s ‘The Watch’ was returned to the Minister of Culture, Bodgan Zdrojewski on June 15th.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Thanks to the coordinated efforts of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, ICE and a local auction house, a 19th century painting by Polish artist Josef Brandt, looted during the Second World War, is due to return to the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland. On June 15th, 2012, the painting was handed over to Bogdan Zdrojewski, Poland’s Minister of Culture and National Heritage, by Allyson Lee, a representative of Grogan and Company Fine Art Auctioneers, acting on behalf of their client. The ceremony took place at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, DC, and was attended by Ambassador Robert Kupiecki. The painting by Józef Brandt, titled “Watch” (“Czaty”), belonged to the collection of the “Zachęta” Gallery of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Warsaw since 1913. The painting was part of the permanent col ... More | | 
Doug + Mike Starn, From Gravity of Light, concept view of installation detail. Holy Cross Church, Mt. Adams.© Copyright Doug + Mike Starn. All rights reserved. Courtesy Cincinnati Art Museum.
CINCINNATI.- FOTOFOCUS, a Cincinnati-based nonprofit organization championing photography, announces programming highlights at over 70 + participating venues for its first biennial month-long celebration of historical and contemporary photography and lens-based art. Headlining Exhibitions of the first installment include the compelling juxtaposition of the Taft Museum’s Star Power: Edward Steichen’s Glamour Photography, focused on the father of modern fashion photography and one of the best known and highest paid photographers of the 1920s and 30s, and the Cincinnati Art Museum’s exhibition Herb Ritts: L.A. Style, showcasing the leading fashion and celebrity photographer of the late twentieth century. Just off the recent success of their Big Bambú installation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the 2011 Venice ... More |
| Victoria Pomery, Director of Turner Contemporary awarded OBE in the Queen's birthday honours list | | Reading Public Museum honors William Baziotes' 100th anniversary with special display | | Positioning Osmotic Impulses: New exhibition opens at former prison Berlin-Neukölln | 
Since 2002, Victoria has overseen the extraordinary development of Turner Contemporary culminating in the gallery’s opening in April last year.
MARGATE.- It was announced last week that Victoria Pomery, Director of Turner Contemporary has been awarded an OBE for services to the arts. The award recognises her outstanding contribution over the past 10 years to Turner Contemporary and the wider arts in East Kent. Since 2002, Victoria has overseen the extraordinary development of Turner Contemporary culminating in the gallery’s opening in April last year. In the early years Victoria advocated for the gallery regionally and nationally and undertook an in depth body of audience development work which included new commissions and exhibitions in and around Margate. Victoria was a member of the panel that selected Sir David Chipperfield to construct the gallery in 2006 and worked closely with the architects to ensure that the building would fulfil the organisation’s needs. In addition, Victoria provided the artistic vision and leadership for the organisa ... More | | 
William Baziotes (American, 1912 – 1963), Untitled (Girl on Beach), 1941, oil on canvas, Gift, Mr. and Mrs. James Mantis.
READING, PA.- The Reading Public Museum announced a centennial celebration of renowned artist William Baziotes in the Cohen Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art. Baziotes, who spent his formative years in Reading, Pennsylvania, would have been 100 years old this month. On view through mid-July are three of Baziotes’ oil paintings from the early 1940s through the 1950s: Untitled, (Sailboat), from the 1950s, a recent gift (2008) from Marguerite and H. F. (Gerry) Lenfest; Moon Forms, 1947, a promised gift to The Museum from Irv and Lois Cohen; and Untitled, (Girl on Beach),1941, a 1965 gift from Mr. and Mrs. James Mantis. Also included in the display are several recent gifts (2012) to The Museum from Mrs. Ethel Baziotes, widow of the artist, consisting of the artist’s original painting easel, a group of paint brushes, his “lucky painting shoes” and his horn-rimmed eyeglasses with case. Scott Sc ... More | | 
The exhibition project Positioning Osmotic Impulses invites 22 artists from five continents working with installations, photography, sound art, performances, and film, to occupy 30 cells and the courtyard of a former prison in Berlin Neukölln.
BERLIN.- Can social, economic, and political phenomena such as economic crisis, migration, wars, or even crime be understood through the prisms of natural sciences, e.g. through the concept of osmosis? And can one deliberate on these phenomena in the context of art? The news headlines in the last 3 years have been captured by the realities of the economic crisis in Europe, currently threatening to spread out yonder like a wild bush fire, as one country becomes bankrupt after the other. This crisis has created a yawning gap of inequality between countries that once upon a time had equal rights within the EU. This also holds true for social inequalities due to discrepancies in wealth, class, race, or gender. This imbalance, sooner or later, might lead to an osmotic process, whereby a less concentrated 'medium' ... More |
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 National Museum of African Art presents "African Cosmos: Stellar Arts" WASHINGTON, DC.- “African Cosmos: Stellar Arts” will be on view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art from June 20 through Dec. 9. This is the first major exhibition exploring the historical legacy of African cultural astronomy and its intersection with traditional and contemporary African arts. The exhibition of some 100 objects considers how the sun, moon and stars and celestial phenomena such as lightning and rainbows serve as sources of inspiration in the creation of African arts from ancient times to the present. Far from abstract concepts, African notions of the universe are intensely personal and place human beings in relationships with earth and sky and with the sun, moon and stars. “This exhibition, many years in the making, is part of the museum’s series focusing on Africa’s contributions to the history of knowledge—in this case, knowledge about the ... More dOCUMENTA (13): An art exhibition in Kassel... and in Kabul KABUL.- documenta und Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs-GmbH and Goethe-Institut Afghanistan announce the opening event of the contemporary art exhibition dOCUMENTA (13) which will take place at the Queen’s Palace and Bagh-e Babur. documenta is an art exhibition that takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany. It began in the mid-twentieth century after the trauma of World War II, to re-establish culture and the visual arts as a primary focus in society, and to reconnect Germany with the field of international art at that time during a process of postwar civil society building. While traditionally taking place only in Germany, this year’s edition also focuses on contemporary art and culture in Afghanistan, with works by Afghan artists exhibited in Kassel and an exhibition of both Afghan and international art held in Kabul. Over 27 artists from thirteen countries — ... More Aspen Art Museum to offer a playful take on Michael Heizer's monumental LACMA installation ASPEN, CO.- On Wednesday, July 4, 2012, during the annual City of Aspen Fourth of July Parade, the Aspen Art Museum unveils its 2012 float entry created by Los Angeles-based guest artist, Mungo Thomson. It is the seventh summer in a row that the AAM has partnered with a contemporary artist to create an artwork for Aspen’s Fourth of July celebration. Past participants range from composer Nico Muhly; to visual artists Dave McKenzie, Harrell Fletcher, Nicolau Vergueiro, Nathan Mabry, and Katy Grinnan; to the New York-based architectural firm WORKac. Known for his conceptually driven and playful artwork, Thomson is creating a commercially produced helium balloon resembling a massive boulder titled Levitating Mass, that will be paraded through the streets by members of Museum staff during the annual celebration. The float is based on artist Michael Heizer’s much ... More Segway Inc. teams up with the Smithsonian Institution launch 'Smithsonian Tours By Segway' WASHINGTON, DC.- Segway® Inc. together with the Smithsonian Institution announced that Smithsonian Tours by Segway, which is the only PT tour that departs from the National Mall beginning at the National Museum of American History, is now open. “With nineteen museums, nine research centers and over 137 million objects as well as lovely grounds and gardens, the Smithsonian is the world’s largest museum and research complex. It offers an amazing breadth of fascinating experiences and there truly is something to excite everyone,” said Carol LeBlanc, VP of Smithsonian Enterprises. “Smithsonian Tours by Segway will provide visitors with an exciting overview of the National Mall and a unique way to learn more about our national treasures.” “We are honored to be working with the Smithsonian to bring tourists a fun way to experience the Segway PT while ... More Canadian Museum of Civilization acquires historic "last spike" GATINEAU.- Canada’s national history museum has acquired the silver “last spike” that symbolizes the 1885 completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and the uniting of the country from sea to sea. This historic artifact was donated to the Canadian Museum of Civilization by heirs of William Van Horne, the legendary railway executive who led the construction project. The donation was unveiled at the Canadian Pacific Railway Pavilion in Calgary. The ceremonial spike was carried west in 1885 by the Governor General, Lord Lansdowne. He was supposed to hammer it into the track during the now-famous “last spike” ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia. Unfortunately, Lord Lansdowne, with the spike in his possession, was unable to make it to the ceremony. He later had the spike mounted on a stone base and sent as a gift to Van Horne. Held privately by the ... More US sues to force return of dinosaur to Mongolia NEW YORK (AP).- The fossil of a dinosaur that roamed the earth 70 million years ago should be turned over to the United States by an auction house so that it can be returned to its home in Mongolia, a lawsuit brought by the U.S. government demanded Monday. The nearly complete Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton was imported from Great Britain to Gainesville, Fla., in March 2010 with erroneous claims that it originated in Great Britain and was worth only $15,000, according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. It sold at auction on May 20 for more than $1 million even though Mongolia's president had obtained a temporary restraining order from Texas State Civil District Judge Carlos R. Cortez prohibiting its auction, the suit said. The completion of the sale was made contingent upon the outcome of any court proceedings. The suit did not identify the ... More |
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