| First lady Michelle Obama, Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum honor top designers | | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement returns stolen and looted art and antiquities to Peru | | Christie's to offer works of art from the Scheringa Museum of Realist Art in autumn of 2012 and spring 2013 | 
First lady Michelle Obama honors the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award winners. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite.
By: Brett Zongker, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP).- Michelle Obama said the nation's top designers in fashion, architecture, landscapes and technology were making life better through their everyday work and honored them at the White House on Friday. The first lady joined the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum in hosting a luncheon in the East Room for winners of the National Design Awards. The New York City-based museum presents the awards, along with a design fair for Washington teens to meet some of the nation's top creative minds. Richard Saul Wurman, who created the popular TED conferences for discussing technology, entertainment and design ideas, won the Lifetime Achievement Award. The first lady added that he was "quite dashing and sassy" after meeting him Friday. Thom Browne, who designs the Black Fleece line ... More | | 
Returned to the Peruvian people were nine religious paintings, a monstrance and four archaeological items that date back more than 2,000 years.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Yesterday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement returned 14 stolen and looted cultural paintings and artifacts to the government of Peru at a repatriation ceremony at the Embassy of Peru in Washington, D.C. The items were recovered in five separate investigations by special agents of ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York; West Virginia; Wilmington, Delaware; and Austin and Houston, Texas. Returned to the Peruvian people were nine religious paintings, a monstrance and four archaeological items that date back more than 2,000 years. The return of this cultural property is the culmination of a long, hard fight by HSI, INTERPOL and the U.S. Attorney's Offices from the District of Delaware, the Southern District of New York, and the Southern District of Texas. Participating in today's repatriation were ICE Director John Morton, Peruvian Ambassador to the United States Harold Forsyth and U.S. Departm ... More | | 
Alex Katz (b. 1927), Mae. Estimate Euro 100,000-150,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s will offer international works of art from the former collection of the Scheringa Museum, as agreed by the Administrator of DS Art B.V., part of the DSB Group, and Deutsche Bank. In total, 221 works of art will be offered at a series of auctions in Amsterdam, London, New York and Hong Kong through the autumn of 2012 and spring 2013. They are expected to realise a combined total of €6 million to €10 million. On 18th September 2012 Christie’s Amsterdam will host a dedicated auction of 160 works of contemporary, realist art. This will include works by the Americans Duane Hanson, Alex Katz and Eric Fischl, as well as other celebrated international, artists including the Turkish artist Taner Ceylan, the German artist Tim Eitel and the Israelian artist Yigal Ozeri. The auction will also present a diverse group of works representing young, predominantly European artists. In total, the a ... More |
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| Detroit Institute of Arts makes pitch for voters to authorize a tax to support the cultural institution | | Einstein on the Beach musical score and production storyboards now on view at the Morgan | | Most comprehensive U.S. exhibition of thework by Cindy Sherman opens at SFMOMA | 
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By: David Runck, Associated Press
DETROIT (AP).- The Detroit Institute of Arts is working to persuade voters to authorize a tax to support the cultural institution, promising free admission and expanded programing if it passes while raising the possibility that the museum would be a shadow of its current self if it's rejected. The Aug. 7 vote follows last year's shuttering of the nearby Detroit Science Center after the educational attraction's appeal for a cash infusion fell flat and comes as museums around the country learn to survive without support from state or local government budgets. The Detroit Institute of Arts is asking voters in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties to approve a 10-year tax that works out to $20 per year on a home worth $200,000. It would raise an estimated $23 million a year, nearly as much as the museum's current annual operating budget. "The DIA will have the kind of financial stability it hasn't had for 40 years," said Graham W. J. Beal, the museum's director. The museum would get a ... More | | 
Philip Glass (b. 1937), Autograph manuscript, Einstein on the Beach Collection of Paul Walter, on deposit at the Morgan Library & Museum. Used with permission. Photo: Graham S. Haber.
NEW YORK, NY.- In 1976 composer Philip Glass and director Robert Wilson redefined opera with the debut in Avignon, France, of Einstein on the Beach. The nearly five-hour, non-narrative work broke a host of operatic conventions and would become the most celebrated of the many collaborations between these two giants of the musical and theatrical stage. Beginning today, The Morgan Library & Museum exhibits for the first time Glass’s autograph score for Einstein on the Beach as well as Wilson’s production storyboards totaling more than one hundred designs. It is the first time the score has been exhibited and the first time it has been united with Wilson’s work since the opera premiered more than thirty-five years ago. Robert Wilson/Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach will run through November 4. The exhibition also includes archival film of the premieres in Brussels and Paris, as well as an excerpt from a New Y ... More | | 
Cindy Sherman, Untitled #458, 2007-08; chromogenic color print; 6' 5 3/8" x 58 1/4" (196.5 x 148 cm); courtesy the artist and Metro Pictures, New York; © 2012 Cindy Sherman.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- From July 14 to October 8, 2012, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will host the sole West Coast presentation of Cindy Sherman, a traveling retrospective of one of the most significant contemporary artists and arguably the most influential one working exclusively with photography. Known for photographing herself in a range of guises and personas that are by turns amusing and disturbing, distasteful and affecting, Sherman has built an international reputation for an extraordinary body of work. Tracing her career from the mid-1970s to present, the exhibition is the first major U.S. retrospective of the artist in nearly 15 years, introducing Sherman to a new generation of audiences. Organized by Eva Respini of The Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA), Cindy Sherman brings together more than 150 photographs from ... More |
| Celebrate Bastille Day with a trip to the Musée d'Orsay for only $.99 on iBookstore! | | Art Gallery of Ontario's new free app lets users customize their photos with different artistic styles | | Frye Art Museum appoints Scott Lawrimore Deputy Director, Collections and Exhibitions | 
here are scalable reproductions of nearly 200 paintings by 26 artists.
NEW YORK, NY.- There’s no museum in the world that has a better collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art than the Musée d’Orsay, Paris. The very best of these works are brought together for the first time in an enhanced e-book with all of the bells and whistles. This is being published solely as an e-book and will not be available in printed form. In honor of Bastille Day, from July 14 to 23 this new e-book will be discounted from its price of $7.99 to only $.99. Available at the iBookstore. There are scalable reproductions of nearly 200 paintings by 26 artists including such favorites as Manet, Monet, Renoir, and Van Gogh; over three hours of original audio information about the artists and their paintings; and more than 500 hyperlinks to some of the best sites on the Internet to learn more about the artists and their work. Handsomely designed and intuitively interactive, thi ... More | | 
AGO Express Yourself allows users of all ages to transform their photos into a sculpture, a collage or an Impressionist, Cubist or Pop Art masterpiece.
TORONTO.- The Art Gallery of Ontario introduces AGO Express Yourself, a free new app designed to help visitors and the public creatively explore various artistic movements and media. In a few easy steps, users can see themselves transformed into a masterpiece. This engaging app is available for Apple iOS and Android devices, as well as online. “The AGO is all about finding ways for people to engage with art,” says Steve Rayment, director, marketing, design & publicity at the AGO. “The AGO Express Yourself app allows users to make art in five different exciting artistic styles, and to share their unique creations with their online friends and community.” AGO Express Yourself allows users of all ages to transform their photos into a sculpture, a collage or an Impressionist, Cubist or Pop Art masterpiece. Users can further personalize their photos by modifying the vibrant colour palettes and the intensity ... More | | 
Lawrimore comes to the Frye Art Museum from Lawrimore Project, a gallery dedicated to contemporary art that he founded in Seattle in 2006.
SEATTLE, WASH.- Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker, Director of the Frye Art Museum, announced today the appointment of Scott Lawrimore as Deputy Director, Collections and Exhibitions, effective October 15, 2012. Lawrimore and Birnie Danzker will jointly research, conceive, and develop the Museum’s exhibitions program, and guide scholarship and development of the Frye Art Museum’s collections. “Scott Lawrimore brings to the Frye Art Museum an unflinching eye for exceptional talent, a penchant for the unexpected, and the strong sense of adventure that made him an important figure in the Seattle cultural community,” said Birnie Danzker. “We are tremendously pleased to have Scott join our leadership team. He shares the Frye Art Museum’s commitment to new concepts of the role of the museum in the twenty-first century and will bring his passion and energy ... More |
| Museum of Glass 10th anniversary exhibition showcases recent works by Lino Tagliapietra | | Standard Operating Procedure: Blum & Poe brings together artists from different generations and backgrounds | | Pace Gallery to open major space in London's Mayfair neighborhood in October 2012 | 
Lino Tagliapietra, Maui, 2010. Blown glass, 28¾ x 15¼ x 7 inches. Photo: Russell Johnson.
TACOMA, WASH.- Museum of Glass marks its 10th Anniversary with a new exhibition featuring the work of esteemed artist Lino Tagliapietra. Maestro: Recent Works by Lino Tagliapietra showcases 65 glass masterpieces created during the past decade (2002-2012). The exhibition opens Saturday, July 14, amidst the anniversary celebration weekend. Tagliapietra is known internationally as the maestro of contemporary glass. Beginning at the age of eleven, he was trained by Muranese glass masters, perfecting his glassblowing skills through years of observation, repetition, and production. In subsequent years, his precision and mastery of molten glass became secondary to his creative expression. Tagliapietra has invented numerous new techniques and designs, creating works that are technically flawless and visually breathtaking—belying the complexity and difficulty of their creation. These works have positioned him as a cultural i ... More | | 
Greg Parma Smith, Vibrant Colored Pencil Techniques 5, 2012. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 46 x 32 inches. Photo: Courtesy Blum & Poe.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is a program or set of instructions detailing every step of an end-oriented process and its "best practices." SOPs are found in institutional and performance-driven contexts: healthcare, education, industry, and the military. Simultaneously contingent and specialized, an SOP is set up as a means of quality control, to be applied when volume is crucial and costs are suppressed. Today, SOPs are determining the conditions of everyday life. The need for a guiding logic has been extended from the professional to the personal realm. Self-enrichment literature and performance manuals (cookbooks, business plans, travel guides, diet fads, and “how-tos”) have emerged, instructing how to implement daily routines and encouraging automatic response as habit. The prosaic tools crucial to quotidian existence—search engines, dating sites, and social networks—hinge upon mathematical ... More | | 
The Mayfair gallery further establishes Pace’s presence in London, which already includes a location at 6-10 Lexington Street in Soho.
NEW YORK, NY.- Pace will open a 9,000-square-foot exhibition space in London’s Mayfair neighborhood in October, solidifying its worldwide network of galleries in New York and Beijing. Located at 6 Burlington Gardens, directly north of the Royal Academy of Art’s Burlington House, Pace’s gallery will occupy the west wing of the building, which is owned by the Royal Academy, and will be renovated by architect and Royal Academician Sir David Chipperfield. “We are delighted to take residence in 6 Burlington Gardens, in the heart of Mayfair and at the crossroads of the international art world,” said Pace president Marc Glimcher. “Pace’s expanded presence means we can reach the global audience that converges in London—from curators to collectors—but, most importantly, it enables us to better support our artists based in Europe and to present the work of important American artists in Lo ... More |
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 Roger Hiorns's crystal council flat headed for Yorkshire LONDON.- A magnificent sculpture by Turner Prize-nominee Roger Hiorns will go on display in Yorkshire next year after being saved from demolition. Untitled (Seizure), which transformed an abandoned London council flat into a glittering crystal landscape, was acquired by the Arts Council Collection with help from the Art Fund. To create the sculpture, Hiorns pumped 75,000 litres of liquid copper sulphate into an empty flat in Southwark, London. The result – a growth of scintillating blue crystal covering every surface in the room – was both beautiful and threatening, inspiring the Guardian's Jonathan Jones to describe it as 'one of the truly worthwhile and significant moments of modern British art'. Hiorns's sculpture risked being destroyed when it was announced that the social housing block containing it was to be demolished in early 2011. The work was saved thanks to a gift by the artist, ... More Exhibition featuring artworks by six major post-war European artists on view at Vicky David Gallery NEW YORK, NY.- Vicky David Gallery is presenting Summer Group Show until September 15, a group exhibition featuring artworks by six major post-war European artists of different generations: Ben Vautier, Arne Quinze, Jean-Pierre Raynaud, Niki de Saint Phalle, Michel Gérard and Jacques Villeglé. Summer Group Show presents a body of work made from various mediums in the form of paintings and sculptures which are emblematic of the gallery’s guideline. Part of this exhibition explores the relationship between the artist and the materials. Whether it is the wood in Arne Quinze’s pieces, resin for Jean-Pierre Raynaud and Niki de Saint Phalle’s pieces, steel or even coffee beans that cover Michel Gérard’s "French Roast", the featured artworks are paradoxically opposed and attracted at the same time for their technical design, size and significance. Arne Quinze uses various types of wood, even ... More 16th annual Art for AIDS auction in San Francisco in September SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The 16th annual Art for AIDS auction will take place in San Francisco on Friday, September 14, 2012, 5:30–9:30pm in a new location and a larger venue - City View at Metreon (135 Fourth Street, SF) featuring more than 700 art lovers, collectors and party-goers and benefiting the UCSF Alliance Health Project (AHP). Unifying emerging and established artists, art galleries and collectors, Art for AIDS, to many art world insiders, is San Francisco’s premier charity art auction. Vibrant art, delicious foods, fine wines, spirits and microbrews mix with delightful attendees – bringing the eclectic Northern California art community together to support Bay Area residents living with HIV/AIDS. Art for AIDS originated 16-years ago when several local artists got together in a Noe Valley District kitchen and decided to sell their own art to help friends living with HIV/AIDS. ... More Guns of outlaws Bonnie and Clyde to be auctioned AMHERST (AP).- She kept a Colt .38-caliber revolver close, while he preferred a .45-caliber pistol from the same maker. But neither weapon was enough to save American outlaws and lovers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow during a 1934 ambush by law enforcement officers. After the duo was dead, authorities recovered the revolver Bonnie had secured to an inner thigh with white medical tape. They also seized the handgun Clyde had tucked into his waistband. Nearly 80 years later, those guns and other items connected to the infamous gangsters will be going up for auction in New Hampshire on Sept. 30. An auction official estimated Thursday that each Bonnie and Clyde weapon could bring between $100,000 and $200,000. "They were pretty famous in their moment and I think that's lasted through time," said Bobby Livingston, vice president of RR Auction in Amherst, N.H. ... More Renowned light artist James Turrell brings magical experience to the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center COLORADO SPRINGS, CO.- The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center presents James Turrell’s installation piece, Trace Elements: Light Into Space, in conjunction with an exhibition, Places Apart, by Colorado College professor and artist, Scott Johnson, opening to the public on Saturday, July 14. The exhibition will be on display through Sept. 30. Museum Director Blake Milteer said, “Turrell is one of the most compelling installation artists at work today,” writes the UK’s The Independent. “Visual art usually invades the head; Turrell hopes to invade the entire body.” Turrell is an American artist whose work involves exploration of light and space. A Turrell installation provides an experience that is different for each viewer, and can be moving and thought-provoking. “We consider ourselves fortunate to be able to bring an artist of James Turrell’s stature to Colorado Springs, a true gian ... More Immortal Decay: Curator's Office introduces emerging artist Olivia Rodriguez WASHINGTON, DC.- Curator's Office introduces emerging artist Olivia Rodriguez in her debut solo exhibition, Immortal Decay. The artist will alter the gallery space into an environment of fascinating decomposition through an installation of hyper-realistic discrete sculptural objects including mushrooms, bubble gum, fungi, insects, mold, mossy logs, larvae, and other overlooked natural and man-made detritus. An apt social and political metaphor for our times, the artist's project is grounded in keen scientific observation yet poetic transformation. Rodriguez notes, "I am enraptured by the violence of nature. The beauty of decay captivates me: splintering tree trunks, lichen-encrusted tree bark torn from a tree in a storm, a desiccating crow carcass being devoured by a an army of dermastid beetles. A broken pine limb with freshly smeared pink bubble gum becomes a battle ground for wasps ... More |
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