| Catherine the Great: An Enlightened Empress at the National Museum of Scotland | | Stone tools focus picture of ancient Americans according to University of Oregon archaeologist | | Monumental wall sculpture by Ellsworth Kelly installed on Dartmouth campus | 
Catherine II on her horse Brilliant.
EDINBURGH.- It is 250 years since the coup d’état which placed Catherine the Great on the throne of Russia. This summer, a major exhibition showing only at the National Museum of Scotland tells her remarkable story. In the greatest collection of Russian treasures ever seen in the UK, the exhibition presents spectacular objects from her collection. Catherine the Great: An Enlightened Empress traces her story, from her upbringing as a German princess to usurping her own husband and taking control of the vast Russian empire. She expanded those borders still further while pursuing social reform and amassing one of the world’s greatest art collections. The exhibition begins with her early years as Sophie, a minor German princess, her ill-starred marriage to Peter and the coup d’état which saw her become Empress Catherine II of Russia. A spectacular portrait of her Coronation, which has not been seen since the Russian ... More | | 
Three Western Stemmed Projectiles discovered in the Paisley Caves. AP Photo/University of Oregon, Jim Barlow.
By: Jeff Barnard, Associated Press Writer
GRANTS PASS (AP).- Stone tools and human DNA from ancient caves in Oregon offer new evidence of how some of the first Americans spread through the continent: Quite apart from the better-known Clovis culture, a separate group occupied the West. Archaeologists reported Thursday they have dated broken spear points from the caves to about 13,200 years ago, as old as much different stone tools found elsewhere from the Clovis culture. University of Oregon archaeologist Dennis Jenkins says that indicates the Clovis style of chipping stone tools was not the mother of Stone Age technology. He says the two styles were developed independently by different groups that may have taken separate routes through the continent after crossing ... More | | 
This major site-specific work, titled Dartmouth Panels, was commissioned by longtime arts patrons Leon Black '73 and his wife Debra, who contributed $48 million towards the creation of the center.
HANOVER, NH.- In anticipation of the September 2012 opening of the new Black Family Visual Arts Center, and the inauguration of Dartmouth’s new Arts District, a wall sculpture by renowned abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly has been installed on the eastern façade of the Hopkins Center for the Arts, facing the Visual Arts Center. Kelly was in attendance for the installation. This major site-specific work, titled Dartmouth Panels, was commissioned by longtime arts patrons Leon Black '73 and his wife Debra, who contributed $48 million towards the creation of the center. A special dedication ceremony for the Black Family Visual Arts Center, and the installation of Dartmouth Panels, will be held on September 14, 2012, in conjunction with the formal launch of Dartmouth’s year-long ... More |
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| Foundation launches appeal for information on stolen Henry Moore Sundial | | Ownership of Bob Dylan's historic guitar in dispute on season premiere of PBS' "History Detectives" | | Tate Modern blacks out for Olafur Eliasson's "Little Sun", a solar-powered lamp | 
Henry Moore with Working Model for Sundial, Perry Green c.1969. Photo: The Henry Moore Foundation archive.
By: Richard Calvocoressi
LONDON.- Detectives are appealing for information following the theft of Henry Moore's Sundial, 1965. This is a bronze sculpture measuring 56cm high. It was taken from the sculpture grounds of The Henry Moore Foundation in Perry Green, Herts, Moore's former home. The theft occurred sometime between 4.30 pm on Tuesday July 10th and 11am on Wednesday July 11th. The sculpture had been situated in the gardens of Hoglands, Moore's house. It was located so as to be viewed from the large sitting room. Detective Inspector Paul Watts, who is leading the investigation said: "This Sundial sculpture is a valuable piece and we are very keen to speak to anyone who may have seen it since 4.30 pm yesterday (July 10th). If you have any information in relation to this incident, ... More | | 
From left, Elyse Luray, contributor Dawn Peterson and Wes Cowan, from "History Detectives" with Bob Dylan's guitar. AP Photo/PBS, Tom McNamara.
By: David Bauder, AP Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP).- Bob Dylan and historians at PBS are in a dispute over the whereabouts of an electric guitar that the singer plugged in at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, quite possibly the most historic single instrument in rock 'n' roll. The New Jersey daughter of a pilot who flew Dylan to appearances in the 1960s says she has the guitar, which has spent much of the past 47 years in a family attic. But a lawyer for Dylan claims the singer still has the Fender Stratocaster with the sunburst design that he used during one of the most memorable performances of his career. If the authentic "Dylan goes electric" guitar ever went on the open marketplace, experts say it could fetch as much as a half million dollars. The guitar is the centerpiece of next Tuesday's season premiere of PBS' "History ... More | | 
Olafur Eliasson and Frederik Ottesen, Little Sun, 2012. Photo: Merklit Mersha, 2012.
LONDON.- As part of Olafur Eliasson: Little Sun at Tate Modern, launched on 28 July 2012, visitors will be invited to look at works of art in the dark using only the light of Eliasson’s Little Sun solar-powered lamps. The presentation at Tate Modern has been developed for the London 2012 Festival that runs across the UK until 9 September 2012. Olafur Eliasson is probably best-known for his highly successful The weather project (2003), part of the Unilever Series in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, which drew over 2 million visitors during its five-month installation. The artist has developed the Little Sun solar-powered lamp with the engineer Frederik Ottesen to focus attention on the power of solar light to improve lives. Around 1.6 billion people worldwide live without access to mains electricity. Many of them rely on kerosene lanterns for lighting, which is both expensive and a health hazard. Little Sun brings light to ... More |
| Rolling Stones celebrate 50 years on stage with retrospective photo exhibition at London's Somerset House | | Austrian Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts 2012 goes to the American artist Andrea Zittel | | Recovery of South African fossil to be shown live; first time the public can participate in the discovery process | 
From left, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Mick Jagger. AP Photo/Jonathan Short.
By: Jill Lawless and Louise Dixon
LONDON (AP).- It's only rock 'n' roll, but the Rolling Stones definitely like it. The band celebrated the 50th anniversary of its first gig at a bash in London Thursday, and despite being well over retirement age, the Stones have no plans to quit. "All of this has sort of brought us back together, and we'll see what comes out of it," said guitarist Keith Richards, who revealed that the Stones have begun rehearsing for new live shows that could come later this year. It all means Jagger may need to rethink the words he sang more than 45 years ago in "Mother's Little Helper" — "What a drag it is getting old." The group is marking its half-century with no letup in its productivity or rock 'n ' roll style. At 68, Jagger is still the cool, rich frontman of the world's most successful rock band. Now in their late 60s and early 70s, the band members celebrated the anniversary by attending a retrospective photo exhibition at ... More | | 
Andrea Zittel at A-Z West, 2010 Photo: Giovanni Jance Courtesy Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York ©Andrea Zittel.
VIENNA.- The international jury of the Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts 2012 pays tribute to Andrea Zittel as a “leading artist at mid-career, who is both influential and somewhat under-recognized. Based in Los Angeles and Joshua Tree, California, Zittel takes an expansive approach to art and space making, creating social sculptures that traverse boundaries between art, architecture, design and technology. […] The jury selected her primarily for her experimental and innovative work that has extended the dialogue of contemporary art and ideas. In the spirit of Frederick Kiesler, her work is both intellectual and yet deals with real life situations and occurrences. Zittel's sculptures and spatial installations transform everything necessary for life - such as eating, sleeping, bathing, and socializing - into artful experiments and scenarios for new ways of living.” (Decision of the Jury, extract) The a ... More | | 
Paleontologist Professor Lee Burger poses with the highly intact remains of 'Karabo'. AP Photo.
By: Emoke Bebiake, The Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP).- Archaeologists will stream live footage online as they recover significant parts of an early human skeleton that's nearly two million years old, the first time the public can participate in the discovery process from their homes, a South African scientist said. Paleontologist Lee Berger told The Associated Press it was valuable to bring the research to the public. "It's important for people to understand where they come from," Berger said. "This belongs to the people, this is the story of humanity." The rock containing the fossil material that will be extracted was found in 2009, but lay in a laboratory at Berger's University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg until earlier in June this year. A CT scan revealed what might be highly intact remains of Karabo, a young specimen of Australopithecus sediba. The first parts of Karabo were found in 2008 and are ... More |
| Beach & summer resort posters and WWI & WWII propaganda at auction at Swann Galleries | | Haunch of Venison presents an exhibition of new work by British artist Simon Patterson | | From 1896 to 1986: Nearly a century of automobile history to be offered in unique Aalholm Collection sale | 
Swann Galleries will conduct a two-session auction of vintage posters.
NEW YORK, NY.- On Wednesday, August 1, Swann Galleries will conduct a two-session auction of Vintage Posters that offers dazzling warm-weather vacation posters, eye-grabbing examples of World War I and II propaganda, charming Mather Work Incentive posters and rare American literary posters. The sale opens with nearly 180 posters from the World Wars, most created to rally Americans around the war effort. Highlights of these include Fred Spear’s haunting Enlist, appropriating an image of a mother and baby lost in the sinking of the Lusitania, New York, 1915 (estimate: $15,000 to $20,000); James Montgomery Flagg’s iconic I Want You for U.S. Army, perhaps the best known American poster of all time, New York, 1917 ($5,000 to $7,500); K.M. Bara’s image of General Pershing on a white horse, You Are Wanted by U.S. Army, San Francisco, circa 1918 ($6,000 to $8,000); and Karl Koehner’s This is the Enemy, a clo ... More | | 
Under Cartel: Emperor Gaius Caligula (?), BM, London. Light jet print photo montage. Framed dimensions 80cm x 80cm. © Simon Patterson. Courtesy Haunch of Venison.
LONDON.- This exhibition shows a series of photographs of equestrian statues from around the world. Each statue is shown paired with another in a relation that suggests their being bartered and exchanged. The idea comes from the historical term ‘under cartel’ which was a written or verbal protocol regarding the status of exchanged prisoners of war or hostages. Rather than people, Patterson’s proposal is for a potentially endless international programme for the transfer of equestrian statues from state to state, public square to public square. We are offered, for example, the statue of Joan of Arc from the Place des Pyramides in Paris being swapped with that of El Cid in Burgos in Spain, or George IV in Trafalgar Square with that of Napoleon Bonaparte in Boulogne-sur-Mer. In each case, the proposed exchange ... More | | 
1896 Léon Bollée Voiturette. Estimate: €45.000-€50.000. Photo: FLUID IMAGES.
LONDON.- Collectors from around the world are excitedly requesting catalogues to see in detail some of the diverse and highly-prized lots that will go under the hammer during RM Auctions highly anticipated Aalholm “without reserve” auction, 12 August in Southern Denmark. Representing nearly a century of automobile manufacturing supplemented by some fascinating lots, including a Wright Brothers Replica Plane, a 1890s Danish Royal Train Carriage and a rare, highly-prized toy train set, the single-day sale of the Aalholm Automobil Museum is generating unprecedented interest from around the world. At one time, a significant and well-known attraction on the southern Danish island of Lolland, the Aalholm Automobil Museum, which had delighted visitors with its diverse and rare collection of cars from 1964 until 2007, is now available to be purchased in a once-in-a-lifetime, no reserve auction. Max ... More |
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 Major site-specific installation of sculptures by Niki de Saint Phalle on view at Park Avenue NEW YORK, NY.- This major site-specific installation will include nine monumental sculptures made of polyester resin, with mosaics of ceramic, mirror and stained glass, towering as high as 16 feet and as wide as 13 feet. It will feature Saint Phalle’s signature nanas and totems, as well as works from her iconic Black Heroes series depicting legendary jazz musicians and athletes. Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002) was a prominent French-American artist, self-taught sculptor, painter and filmmaker. Through her work, the multi-faceted Saint Phalle created a unique universe which established her international reputation. Some of her best known public sculptures are The Stravinsky Fountain next to the Centre Pompidou in Paris (1983), The Tarot Garden at Garavicchio in southern Tuscany (opened 1998), The Grotto in Hannover’s Royal Herrenhausen Garden (2003, finished posthumously) ... More The MACBA presents the first retrospective of Luis Claramunt BARCELONA.- Known almost exclusively for his work as a painter, Luis Claramunt (Barcelona, 1951 – Zarautz, 2000) produced a multi-faceted body of work which encompasses photography, drawing and self-published books. The Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona presents the first major retrospective of an author who understood and practiced painting and life as experiences of radicalism. Luis Claramunt. The Vertical Journey is a comprehensive review of the oeuvre of this artist, who lived in Barcelona, Madrid, Seville and Bilbao, and made long and frequent trips to Marrakech in a life geography he never tired of representing in his work. Curated by Nuria Enguita Mayo and with more than 1,200 pieces on display (including paintings, drawings, books and photographs), the exhibition represents the most complete display to date of the artist’s production. This journey through ... More Fine Art and Fine Jewellery fair to open at the Shanghai Exhibition Center in November SHANGHAI.- A major event of the art market in Asia, the Fine Art and Fine Jewellery fair, SFJAF returns to Shanghai Exhibition Center from November 3 to 11, 2012. Created in 2007 by Nicolò Mori and Maximin Berko, who is himself, issue of a famous Belgian antique dealer’s family, it is the only Fine Art Fair of such quality in Asia. SFJAF brings together some of the world’s most exclusive galleries, the most prestigious ones in their domain. After two successful editions, SFJAF is now a reference on art market in Asia for antiques/antiquities, modern and contemporary art and fine jewellery. Most of the famous names who contribute to the fame and reputation of SFJAF come back for this spectacular edition to meet the Chinese and international collectors. In China interest in the Arts is soaring. So the galleries like Bernard De Leye, Lorenz Bäumer or Pearl Lam participate again to the art fair ... More "Captain of the Eleven" sets new world record for artist at Bonhams 19th Century Sale LONDON.- Philip Hermogenes Calderon’s ‘Captain of the Eleven’, one of the most popular British Victorian images of childhood, was the top lot in Bonhams’ 19th century paintings, drawings and watercolours sale on 11th July, selling for £289,250. In a sale that realised over £2.14 million, the Calderon painting set a new world record for the artist. The star sale marks a fantastic result for the Blackpool primary school that put the painting up for sale. The work has hung in the school for the past eighty-six years, but was offered for sale at Bonhams in order to raise crucial funds. A school spokesman explained: "The painting was donated to the school in 1926 by a local councillor. It has hung in our hall since then and has been part of the history of our school. The Governors and staff are passionate about ensuring all our children receive as many opportunities as possible to broaden their life skills ... More Canadian sword collection includes British Prime Minister's mystery blade at Bonhams Oxford sale OXFORD.- One of the best sword collections to come to the market in recent years – 150 Victorian and Georgian swords including one once owned by a British Prime Minister, Lord Grenville who was PM from 1806 -1807 – will be sold on July 31st at Bonhams in Oxford. A particularly interesting weapon in this collection of British swords, believed to have been presented to Lord Grenville, is valued at £2,500 to £3,500. The whole collection is estimated to be worth £160,000. Gary Bates is a leading Canadian collector of militaria. Lord Grevile’s sword, a Georgian Agate Hilted Mameluke presentation sabre, made by Salter & Co, has two large panels originally containing inscriptions now removed. It would appear that the inscription has been deliberately removed to hide the identity of the recipient. The Mameluke hilt has an agate grip with gilt rosettes, gilt crossguard cast with scrolls and ... More Kimberley Bush Tomio, Tyler Museum of Art Director, announces resignation TYLER, TX.-Kimberley Bush Tomio has announced her resignation as Director of the Tyler Museum of Art. She will be leaving the Museum on August 24 to pursue her new position as Director of Museum Services at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. “This decision was very difficult for me, as my twelve-year tenure at the TMA has been a tremendously rewarding experience,” said Mrs. Tomio. “The Museum has grown in scope and vision since my arrival, and has achieved many successes. It has been an honor to be part of the historic changes that took place¬¬ – and I am confident the Museum will continue to build upon its reputation and the local support from its members, foundations and donors who recognize the importance of maintaining a world-class art institution for this community and the wider east Texas region.” While under the direction of Mrs. Tomio, with the help of dedicated staff ... More |
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