| MFA, Boston receives Robert Owen collection of bronzes and ivories created in the Kingdom of Benin | | Manet countdown: Four weeks to save Manet's Portrait of Fanny Claus for the public | | Exhibition at Paul Kasmin Gallery explores artists' use of material in sculpture | 
Relief plaque showing a dignitary with a drum and two attendants striking gongs, Edo peoples, Benin kingdom, Nigeria, 1550–1650. Copper alloy. Robert Owen Lehman Collection. Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
BOSTON.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, has received the Robert Owen Lehman Collection of 34 rare West African works of art. Thirty-two objects are from the Kingdom of Benin in present-day southern Nigeria and two are from present-day Guinea and Sierra Leone. The Lehman Collection is the single greatest private holding of objects from the Benin Kingdom (not to be confused with the West African Republic of Bénin, the former Dahomey) dating from the late 15th century to the 19th century. The gift, which includes 28 bronzes and six ivories, will go on display at the MFA in late 2013 in a gallery dedicated to the arts of Benin. In addition to highlighting these works in a gallery, the Museum will present a number of public programs that further the appreciation of the Kingdom of Benin’s renowned arts, cultural heritage, and complex history. “These treasures of Benin represent a highly significant addition to the MFA’s ... More | | 
Edouard Manet (1832-1883), Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus, 1868. Oil on canvas, 111 x 70 cm. Provenance: Manet’s studio sale, 4-5 February 1884, lot 19, bought by John Singer Sargent; and by descent in the family of his sister. Exhibited: Manet at Work, National Gallery, London, 1983, no. 11
OXFORD.- The Ashmolean has four weeks left to raise £595,000 to save Manet’s portrait of Fanny Claus for the public. 93% of the £7.83 million total has already been raised. The museum has until August 2012 to save this key Impressionist painting Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus, 1868, for public display. The portrait has been sold to an overseas buyer for £28.35 million but, under a private treaty sale, with tax remission it can be purchased by an approved UK public collection at the greatly reduced price of £7.83 million. In recognition of the painting’s extraordinary importance, the Heritage Lottery Fund has given lead support to the campaign with a £5.9million grant. Together with The Art Fund’s major award of £750,000 and hundreds of individual donors, the Ashmolean has already raised over £7.2million. Dr Christopher Brown CBE, Director of the Ashmolean, said, “This ... More | | 
Bernar Venet, Grib 1, 2011. Torch-cut, waxed steel, 95.08 x 74.8 x 1.38 in. Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Paul Kasmin Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- Paul Kasmin Gallery is presenting Sculpted Matter, on view at both Gallery spaces June 21 - August 17, 2012, featuring artworks by Arman, Carl Andre, Anthony Caro, Saint Clair Cemin, Tara Donovan, Dan Flavin, Tom Friedman, Katharina Grosse, Richard Hughes, Deborah Kass, Jim Lambie, Sol LeWitt, Jill Magid, Matthew Monahan, Iván Navarro, Anthony Pearson, Will Ryman, Alyson Shotz, Keith Sonnier, Frank Stella, and Bernar Venet. Sculpted Matter explores these artists' use of material in sculpture and its importance to the work itself. These materials ranging in finish, density, malleability, origination, and historical significance, comprise both abstract and figurative sculpture. Sculpted Matter presents works never before exhibited in the United States, including Bernar Venet, Grib 1, 2011, and Iván Navarro's piece Ecco, 2011, from a seminal project titled "Nacht Und Nebel," which was shown at the Fondazi ... More |
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| New, monumental light sculpture in the form of a Carbon 60 Molecule to illuminate Madison Square Park | | Stolen $150,000 Salvador Dali painting mailed back to New York City from Europe | | Álvaro Siza Vieira Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of 13th International Architecture Exhibition | 
Leo Villareal’s Buckyball.
NEW YORK, NY.- Madison Square Park Conservancy's Mad. Sq. Art announces a new, monumental sculpture by distinguished artist Leo Villareal. Largely inspired by the work of Buckminster Fuller, Villareal’s BUCKYBALL will apply concepts of geometry and mathematical relationships within a towering 30-foot tall, illuminated sculpture. The site-specific work will remain on view daily from October 25, 2012 through February 2013 in Madison Square Park. A commission of the Mad. Sq. Art program, Villareal’s BUCKYBALL will feature two nested, geodesic sculptural spheres comprised of 180 LED tubes arranged in a series of pentagons and hexagons, known as a “Fullerene,” referring to the form’s discovery by Buckminster Fuller. Individual pixels located every 1.2 inches along the tubes are each capable of displaying 16 million distinct colors and will be specifically tuned by the artist’s own software, creat ... More | | 
A surveillance camera image of a man suspected of stealing a $150,000 Salvador Dali painting. AP Photo/New York Police Department.
NEW YORK (AP).- The U.S. Postal Inspection Service says a stolen Salvador Dali painting has been mailed back to New York from Europe and intercepted at Kennedy International Airport. The $150,000 work of art was swiped from a Madison Avenue art gallery last week by a man posing as a customer who walked out with the watercolor and ink painting in a shopping bag. Inspection service spokeswoman Donna Harris tells The New York Times (http://tiny.cc/vr3ogw) the gallery received an email this week that said the painting had been sent back. A tracking number was included. The gallery contacted police, and the painting was intercepted Friday. No arrests have been made. The 1949 painting, "Cartel des Don Juan Tenorio," was part of the Venus Over Manhattan art gallery's very first exhibition. The gallery didn't ... More | | 
File photo of Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza. AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano.
VENICE.- Álvaro Siza Vieira has been chosen to be the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 13th International Architecture Exhibition – Common Ground (Venice, Giardini and Arsenale, August 29th – November 25th, 2012). The decision is made by the Board of la Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta, under Director David Chipperfield who presented the following motivation: “I am equal in size to whatever I see, not hemmed in by the size I am” (Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet) “It is difficult to think of a contemporary architect who has maintained such a consistent presence within the profession as Álvaro Siza. That this presence is maintained by an architect that lives and works at the extreme Atlantic margin of Europe only serves to emphasise his authority and his status.” “Since the early appreciation of the Boa ... More |
| Le Tour: From Maillot Jaune to Lanterne Rouge, a new exhibition by James Straffon at Snap Galleries | | Don Larsen to auction off '56 perfect-game uniform to pay for his grandkids' college education | | Philadelphia Museum of Art increases general admission from $16 to $20; Pay-What-You-Wish policy to expand | 
James Straffon's 'LE TOUR -from Maillot Jaune to Lanterne Rouge' is a solo exhibition of new work.
LONDON.- Cyclingʼs premier event, The Tour de France, is the subject of a major exhibition of 70 new artworks by artist James Straffon from 30 June to 28 July at pop culture gallery Snap, in the heart of St Jamesʼs in central London. Spanning over one hundred years of sporting endeavour, James Straffon's 'LE TOUR -from Maillot Jaune to Lanterne Rouge' is a solo exhibition of new work, created as homage to the famous Tour de France cycling race. Presented at Snap Galleries, London, the start date for the exhibition, 30 June 2012 is the first day of the 2012 Tour de France, and the exhibition extends beyond the Tour, ending on the day of the mens Olympic road race, which takes place in London on Saturday 28 July 2012. In the exhibition James Straffon presents a spectrum of artworks that reframe the uniqueness of 'La Grande Boucle', (as the Tour is known in France), in a modern context. Comprising mixed-media com ... More | | 
New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra is embraced by pitcher Don Larsen as he leaps into Larsen's arms at the end of Game 5 of baseball's World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers. AP Photo.
By: Alex Katz, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP).- Being the kind of grandfather that he is, former New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen is taking one for the team. Larsen announced Thursday that he's paying for his grandchildren's college education by auctioning off his most prized possession — the uniform he wore when he pitched the only perfect game in World Series history. Steiner Sports Memorabilia will conduct the auction beginning Oct. 8, the 56th anniversary of Larsen's masterful pitching performance against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1956 World Series. Baseball enthusiasts worldwide will have the opportunity to place bids online or via phone for 56 days afterward. The off-white uniform with faded Yankee pinstripes is in excellent condition, Larsen said. ... More | | 
Banners display the newly opening exhibit. AP Photo/Brynn Anderson.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Effective July 1, 2012, general admission to the Philadelphia Museum of Art will increase from $16 to $20 and will now be offered as a two-day ticket, enabling visitors to return the next day of operation to take full advantage of all of the Museum’s facilities, including the Main building and Anne d’Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden, the Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building, and the newly restored Rodin Museum, which will reopen to the public on July 13, 2012. Additionally, complimentary shuttle transportation will now be available for the first time between all three buildings during operating hours for visitors’ convenience. The Museum’s popular Pay-What-You-Wish admission policy on the first Sunday of each month will remain in place. Furthermore, beginning in the fall, the Museum will expand the hours it is open to the public to include Wednesday evenings from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. ... More |
| Noted photographer Marian Penner Bancroft featured in solo exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery | | Georgia Museum of Art to show prints and drawings by artist Gerald L. Brockhurst | | Ali Center, Park West Gallery settle donation dispute over autographs that could not be authenticated | 
Marian Penner Bancroft, from For Dennis and Susan: Running Arms to a Civil War, 1977 , 24 silver gelatin prints and 1 text panel, 20.2 x 25.5 cm each, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
VANCOUVER, BC.- The work of award-winning Vancouver artist Marian Penner Bancroft is featured in a new exhibition opening at the Vancouver Art Gallery on June 30, 2012. The exhibition includes more than 50 photographs, representing a quarter-century of production by this acclaimed Canadian photographer. Noted works in SPIRITLANDS: t/HERE - Marian Penner Bancroft, Selected Photo Works 1975 - 2000 include For Dennis and Susan: Running Arms to a Civil War, a powerful body of early photographs depicting the impact of leukemia on the artist’s sister and brother-in-law, and works from the 1980s and 90s that examine the representation of family and the way we understand the world around us. “This is an extraordinary opportunity to consider the scope of Penner Bancroft’s early work.” said Grant Arnold, Audain Curator of British Columbia Art. “The exhibition’s juxtaposition of a ... More | | 
Gerald L. Brockhurst, Charles Claude Carpenter, Esq. C.B.E., D.Sc., 1931-32. Etching on paper, 11 5/8 x 9 3/16 in. Collection of Daniel and Rosalyn Jacobs.
ATHENS, GA.- As part of its commitment to the continued research of Gerald Leslie Brockhurst’s work, the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia is organizing an exhibition of 41 prints and drawings by the artist exclusively from the collection of Daniel and Rosalyn Jacobs. The exhibition will be on view from June 30 to Sept. 16, 2012. Gerald Brockhurst is not unknown to GMOA’s longtime patrons. In 1993, the museum organized “The Art of Gerald Brockhurst,” which featured 76 prints, drawings and paintings borrowed from private and public collections, including the Boston Public Library, the Carnegie Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Art. Since late 2001, GMOA has been the home for the Jacob Burns Foundation Center, which houses works of art by Brockhurst as well as the archive of his correspondence and other written records accumulated by Jacob Burns, the artist’s lawyer in New ... More | | 
File photo of Muhammad Ali sitting on the stage. AP Photo/The Herald-Leader, Charles Bertram.
By: Brett Barrouquere, Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, KY.- The Muhammad Ali Center and a Michigan art gallery have settled a dispute over whether and how to display more than 180 pieces chronicling the champion's career and donated to the center. In a joint statement, Ali Center spokeswoman Jeanie Kahnke and the gallery said Friday that the agreement allows the Louisville-based center to display the artwork at its discretion as space becomes available. The two sides also agreed that only works included in an online authentication database or otherwise verified would be displayed by the center or offered for sale by Park West Galleries of Southfield, Mich. "Due to the Ali Center's current space limitations, the donors and Park West have agreed that, should the works be displayed, they will be displayed at the sole discretion of the Ali Center," Ali Center spokeswoman Jeanie Kahnke said. The Ali Center ... More |
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 Faberge Museum opens a new permanent exhibition dedicated to gold jewelry over the past 2,500 years BADEN-BADEN.- The Faberge Museum opened a new permanent exhibition of more than 100 gold treasures acquired over the past several years at major auction houses and through private purchases. "Gold of the World" includes ancient gold jewelry made in the Middle East, Greece, pre-Columbian South America, as well as a rare example of 18th century British gold, and Faberge gold of the 20th century. Highlights include ancient Greek jewelry made for nomadic Scythians around the 5th century B.C. There is also an exquisite gold drinking vessel from ancient Iran; a gold ring made for the Russian Empress Maria Fedorovna (with imperial eagle and diamonds); and about two-dozen early 20th century gold cigarette cases, most made by Faberge and some by Cartier. Many items were purchased at auction in London over the past several years. A very rare treasure is the Tredegar Gold Cup ... More Iconic Atari turns 40, tries to stay relevant By: Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer
NEW YORK (AP).- A scruffy, young Steve Jobs worked at Atari before he founded Apple. "Pong," one of the world's first video games, was born there, as was "Centipede," a classic from the era of quarter-guzzling arcade machines. "Call of Duty" creator Activision was started by four of Atari's former game developers. The iconic video game company turns 40 years old this week, much slimmer these days as it tries to stay relevant in the age of "Angry Birds" and "Words With Friends." But Atari's influence on today's video games is pervasive. Although it wasn't the first company to make video games, Atari was the first to make a lasting impression on an entire generation. At arcades — or at video game bars such as Barcade in the trendy Williamsburg ... More Everything Flows: The art of getting in the zone at De La Warr Pavilion BEXHILL ON SEA.- To coincide with the London 2012 Olympic Games, Film and Video Umbrella and De La Warr Pavilion present four newly commissioned moving image artworks on the theme of sporting excellence. Working in collaboration with top athletes and scientists, internationally acclaimed artists Dryden Goodwin, susan pui san lok, Roderick Buchanan and Matthew Cornford and David Cross all consider the state of being ‘in the zone’ - the way in which athletes achieve a heightened sense of performance in which body and mind are operating in unison, at maximum impact and with optimum ‘flow’. Everything Flows: The art of getting in the zone opens at the De La Warr Pavilion on 30 June 2012 and admission is free. Dryden Goodwin’s immersive twin-screen projection piece, Poise focuses on the grace and balance of young divers and is filmed at Crystal Palace Swimming Pool. For this ... More From movie screen to auction stage, magnificent Ferrari "Tour de France" joins RM's glittering Monterey sale BLENHEIM, ONTARIO.- RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house for investment-quality automobiles, is delighted to announce the consignment of the stunning and exceptionally rare 1956 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta ‘Tour de France,’ chassis 0585 GT, to its highly anticipated Monterey sale, August 17–18 in California. Specially handpicked by RM specialists for the August sale, the magnificent TdF joins an outstanding roster of more than a dozen milestone Ferraris poised for RM’s 2012 Monterey podium. The remarkable offering, which also includes the previously announced, multi-million-dollar Ferrari 410 S Berlinetta, further consolidates RM’s reputation as the global leader in the presentation of important and historic Ferraris at auction. “Following the enormously successful sale of the Ferrari 625 TRC for its West Coast owner at our Monaco ... More Speed: The Art of the Performance Automobile on view at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts SALT LAKE CITY, UT.- Art can move you. This exhibition will take you from 0-60 in under four seconds. Racing into town this summer, Speed: The Art of the Performance Automobile is on display at the University of Utah on the first-floor galleries of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in the Marcia and John Price Museum Building from June 2– September 16. The exhibition comprises 19 of the world’s finest automobiles and was organized by automotive historian, museum consultant and guest curator Ken Gross. Speed showcases a century of automobiles that exemplify premier aerodynamics, engineering, art and design of their eras. The cars range from the menacing 1952 “Beast III” Bonneville racer (pictured above) to the ultra-cool 1957 Jaguar XK-SS Roadster, once owned by Steve McQueen. The cars are on loan from some of the country’s top automobile collections, including the Price Museum ... More Jackie Kennedy exhibit opens at Mass. museum HYANNIS, Mass. (AP) ? A special summer exhibit on Jackie Kennedy's life on Cape Cod has opened at the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum. The exhibit includes photos, handwritten letters and other artifacts from her time on the Cape. The curator said the exhibit captures Kennedy enjoying carefree days with her family, a different glimpse of a woman who was an international sensation. It includes a 1953 Life magazine pictorial depicting time she spent on the Cape with John F. Kennedy when they were engaged. Other images chronicle Jackie Kennedy's life on the Cape during her husband's presidency, when the couple and their children would frequent Hyannis Port. The exhibit also includes a display about Jackie Kennedy's 1962 India visit while she was first lady. ... More |
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