| Autumn sales at Koller Zurich to offer a spectacular rediscovery of an early painting by Goya | | Exhibition at the Menil Collection explores the realm of silence in modern and contemporary art | | MoMA presents first examination of childhood as a source for modern design thinking in the 20th century | 
Francisco de Goya (Fuentedodos 1746-1828 Bordeaux), Loth and his daughters (detail). Oil on canvas. 91.5x125 cm. CHF 600 000 / 800 000.
ZURICH.- In the week of 17 - 22 September 2012 Koller will offer at auction old masters, important furniture and applied arts, jewellery and wristwatches, as well as rare manuscripts and books. The most spectacular lot is a painting by the Spanish artist Francisco de Goya, which hung for over 80 years unrecognised in a private collection and has now been rediscovered. The main lot at Koller’s Old Master auction in Zurich on 21 September will be an early work by the important Spanish painter Francisco de Goya. The 91.5x125 cm painting depicts the biblical scene “Lot and his daughters”. The sky is coloured red by the flames from Sodom burning in the valley behind the trees. In the literature on the celebrated Spanish painter the work is usually dated to the second half of the 1770s. Goya, who was born in 1746, returned to Spain in 1771 after his Italian journey. In Spain he was occupied with commissions for churches and monasteries amongst other things and, from 177 ... More | | 
Yves Klein, Untitled (Monogold), 1960 ca.© 2011 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris The Menil Collection, Houston. Photo: Hickey-Robertson, Houston.
HOUSTON, TX.- –Whether experienced as a source of inspiration, enigmatic force, or unsettling limbo zone, silence is elusive in today’s world. Inspired by John Cage’s 1952 groundbreaking composition 4’33” (and the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth), Silence – co-organized by the Menil Collection and the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) – offers a thorough and stirring exploration of the exhibition’s subject. Conceived by Toby Kamps, Menil curator of modern and contemporary art, the exhibition means to “examine a few of the many attempts in which artists have employed the absence of sound or speech over the last century.” These attempts, Kamps added, have embraced silence as phenomenon, metaphor, force − and as an environmental state expressed in performance. Silence can also possess and convey powerful political ... More | | 
John Rideout and Harold Van Doren. Skippy-Racer scooter. c. 1933. Steel, paint, wood, rubber, 31 3/4 x 43 3/16 x 6 1/2 in. Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Gift of funds from Don and Diana Lee Lucker.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000, an ambitious survey of 20th-century design for children and the first large-scale overview of the modernist preoccupation with children and childhood as a paradigm for progressive design thinking, from July 29 to November 5, 2012. The exhibition brings together over 500 items, over half of which are on loan from institutions and individuals in the U.S. and abroad, and many of which are on view for the first time in the U.S. Ranging from urban-planning projects to small design objects by celebrated designers and lesser-known figures, Century of the Child brings together a number of areas underrepresented in design history: school architecture, playgrounds, toys and games, animation, clothing, safety equipment and therapeutic products, nurseries, furniture, and books. The exhibition additionally ... More |
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| Exquisite folios and paintings reveal the intricacies of Mughal and Persian art | | Homeland Security Investigations seizes stolen statues from New York storage facility | | "Rock, Paper, Scissors" exhibition at Leila Heller Gallery includes the work of nine artists | 
Prince Shah Shuja from the Late Shah Jahan Album, India, Mughal Dynasty, 1650. Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper. Lent by the Art and History Collection, LTS 1995.2.98
WASHINGTON, DC.- India’s Mughal emperors, who reigned over a vast and wealthy empire that extended over most of the South Asian subcontinent between the 16th and 19th centuries, were passionate about lavish manuscripts and paintings. Between 1556 and 1657, the greatest Mughal patrons—the emperors Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan—formed grand workshops that brought together and nurtured India’s leading painters, calligraphers and illuminators. This remarkable artistic legacy is on view in “Worlds within Worlds: Imperial Paintings from India and Iran” at the Sackler July 28 through Sept. 16. The exhibition brings 50 of the finest folios and paintings from the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery collections, which together form one of the world’s most important repositories of Mughal and Persian painting. The exhibition’s title, “Worlds within Worlds,” refers to the ... More | | 
According to the New York Times, Federal authorities are asking American museums, including the Smithsonian Institution’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (pictured), to scrutinize their collections for items that they have obtained from Subhash Kapoor.
NEW YORK, NY.- This week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations special agents seized several sandstone and bronze statues. The statues and other cultural artifacts were seized as part of an HSI Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Program investigation. The seizure is a direct result of international cooperation and exemplifies the successful use of Interpol resources and the willingness of local partners at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office to pursue these difficult and complex investigations. HSI special agents executed search warrants issued for storage units located in a facility in Manhattan. The storage units allegedly belong to Subhash Kapoor, the owner of Art of the Past Gallery. Along with the search warrant, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office issued an arrest ... More | | 
Kasper Sonne, The Point of Being Pointless, 2006. Neon, converter, electrical cords, 40 in diameter. Courtesy of Charles Bank Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- Rock, Paper, Scissors, an exhibition of work by nine artists, is on view at Leila Heller Gallery in Chelsea at 568 West 25th Street from through August 18, 2012. The show includes work by Louise Bourgeois, Rob Carter, Jim Dine, Soonja Han, Kim Chun Hwan, Louise Nevelson, Jackson Pollock, Hadieh Shafie, and Kasper Sonne. Curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, Rock, Paper, Scissors presents painting, sculpture, photographs, film, mixed media work, and installation. The show’s title is derived from the name of the popular hand game and refers to the mediums and formalistic choices of the works represented in the show, which is divided into three sections. An illustrated catalogue with an essay by the curators will accompany the exhibition. “Rock, Paper, Scissors is a double folded statement that ponders the broad range within the formalistic trends that have come to define the contemporary ... More |
| Groninger Museum presents the first large-scale solo exhibition of the work of Yin Xiuzhen | | Doug Aitken's "The Source" to feature Tilda Swinton, Jack White, Mike Kelley and Jacques Herzog | | Four international buildings shortlisted for the Royal Institute of British Architects Lubetkin Prize | 
Yin Xiuzhen, Thought, 2009. Clothes and steel, 340 cm x 510 cm x 370 cm. Courtesy of The Pace Gallery, Beijing.
GRONINGEN.- The Groninger Museum is presenting the first large-scale solo exhibition of the work of Yin Xiuzhen. Yin Xiuzhen (1963) is one of the most prominent artists of her generation. Especially for this exhibition, Yin worked on the cityscape of Groningen, which is composed of clothes worn by citizens of Groningen. In addition to recent work, the presentation also contains key works such as Collective Subconscious (2007), Thought (2009) and Waves (2009-2010). The Weapon installation (2003-2007) is also on display. This consists of twenty horizontally suspended spear-shaped objects that seem to fly as darts toward their target. This installation was purchased in 2008 and was exhibited during the Biennial in Venice in 2007. Yin Xiuzhen is most famous for her installations that are made of second-hand clothes. These installations can be regarded as a reflection on the mega-makeover that cities such as Beijing and Shan ... More | | 
Tilda Swinton (b1960, Scotland) - actress known for both arthouse and mainstream films. Photo: Courtesy Of Doug Aitken Workshop And 303 Gallery, NY.
LONDON.- Leading contemporary artist Doug Aitken’s commission for the Sky Arts Ignition Series, presented by Tate Liverpool as part of Liverpool Biennial, will feature filmed conversations with some of the world’s most established creative individuals, exploring the roots and realisation of the creative process. It has been revealed that the work will include British actress Tilda Swinton, musician Jack White, the late artist Mike Kelley and architect Jacques Herzog. Sky Arts Ignition: Doug Aitken – The Source will be Aitken’s first public realm installation in the UK, showcasing his pioneering and ambitious approach to public art. Creative visionaries of all ages and backgrounds, working across different art forms, will consider two questions: where does the creative idea start and how is it realised? Participants sharing their thoughts with Aitken will include David Adjaye, Devendra ... More | | 
One KL, Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia by SCDA Architects.
LONDON.- The Royal Institute of British Architects announced the shortlist for the 2012 RIBA Lubetkin Prize, given to the best new international building outside the EU. This year’s shortlist recognises three exceptional new buildings in South East Asia and one in the USA. The Guangzhou International Finance Centre in China, the tallest building in the world by a UK architect; the Solaris science research and development centre in Singapore, an incredible feat in green building; the One KL apartment development in Malaysia which cleverly tackles the humidity of the city; and Foster + Partner’s highly imaginative Sperone Westwater gallery in New York City, are all competing to win the prize. The winner of the RIBA Lubetkin Prize will be announced on the evening of Saturday 13 October at a special event in Manchester (UK). The full shortlist for the 2012 RIBA Lubetkin Prize is: • Guangzhou International Fina ... More |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art presents paintings by Sean Scully including major acquisitions | | American Museum of Natural History explores the fascination and complex world of spiders | | Asheville Art Museum presents Mel Chin: High, Low and In Between, a special installation and recent works | 
Sean Scully, Chelsea Wall #1, 1999 (detail). Oil on canvas, 110 x 132 in. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / IVARO, Ireland. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of John J. Hannan, 2010.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Today, the Philadelphia Museum of Art placed on view two significant recent acquisitions by the artist Sean Scully (American, born Ireland 1945): Chelsea Wall #1 (1999) and the monumental triptych Iona (2004-06). These works are seen with Scully’s Wall of Light Heat (2001) and 12 Small Mirrors (2010), both on loan from private collections. The exhibition of Scully’s paintings is part of the Museum’s ongoing Notations series. “With Chelsea Wall #1, a gift of John J. Hannan, and Iona, a gift of Alan and Ellen Meckler, and the gift of the beautiful suite of ten color aquatints entitled Etchings for Federico García Lorca (2003) from the artist himself, the Museum’s collection is now able to represent Sean Scully’s work in considerable depth,” states Timothy Rub, the Museum’s George D. Widener Director and Chief Executive Officer. “These two paintings rank among t ... More | | 
Orb weaver (Argiope sp.). Members of this genus are found all around the world and spin large webs that often contain striking designs. © AMNH\R. Mickens.
NEW YORK, NY.- Spiders Alive!, a new exhibition on view at the American Museum of Natural History from July 28, 2012, through December 2, 2012, features approximately 20 species of live spiders and highlights this intriguing animal group‘s anatomy, behavior, and unique characteristics. The Museum, which has the world‘s largest research collection of spiders, has been at the forefront of studying spider diversity for over 75 years. For centuries, spiders have inspired mythmakers from Ovid to E. B. White to the creators of the eponymous superhero, but their actual role in diverse ecosystems around the globe is just as captivating. Among the most versatile animals on the planet, spiders inhabit every continent but Antarctica and are able to survive in environments that range from deserts to rainforests to crowded cities. They can be easy to miss, in part because many are secretive or too tiny to catch human eyes, but spide ... More | | 
Artist Mel Chin with current installation at the Asheville Art Museum, The Funk & Wag from A to Z (2012). Image courtesy of the Asheville Art Museum.
ASHEVILLE, NC.- The Museum presents the exhibition Mel Chin: High, Low and In Between. Visitors to the exhibition will enjoy a special installation, The Funk & Wag from A to Z, shown alongside recent works by Chin representing the artist’s ruminations on war, religion and politics. Recognized as an important artist of our time, Mel Chin’s work evades easy classification. Analytical and poetic, he combines cross-cultural aesthetics and complex ideas, exploring natural and social ecology and the role of art in provoking greater social awareness and responsibility. Mel Chin: High, Low and In Between features a new installation of The Funk & Wag from A to Z, originally curated by Ann Harithas for the Nave Museum in Victoria, TX. As in the original installation, Chin extracts images from all 25 volumes of the 1953 Funk & Wagnall’s Encyclopedia and reconfigures them as collages, unleashing the potentiality of images trapped by historical context in this new configurati ... More |
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 Aspen Art Museum presents first U.S. solo exhibition of 2012 artist in residence Amelie von Wulffen ASPEN, CO.- The Aspen Art Museum presents an exhibition by 2012 Jane and Marc Nathanson Distinguished Artist in Residence, Amelie von Wulffen (b. 1966, Breitenbrunn, Germany), on view from July 27 through Sunday, October 7, 2012. This is von Wulffen’s first solo exhibition in an American museum and includes 15 oil paintings, nine of which were created during her time as the AAM 2012 Jane and Marc Nathanson Distinguished Artist in Residence. Amelie von Wulffen’s paintings and drawings fuse the imaginary and the everyday, conjuring a world that is at once winsome and poignant. Blending abstraction and figuration, romanticism and psychedelia, von Wulffen deploys a host of painterly techniques to create works that are deeply referential. Her large-scale paintings wryly revisit and reprocess tactics and tropes of modern painting from German Expressionism onward, while ... More Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to be Honorary Chair of Gallery Weekend Chicago CHICAGO, IL.- In its second year of planning, Gallery Weekend Chicago announced the appointment of Mayor Rahm Emanuel as Honorary Chair of Gallery Weekend Chicago, taking place September 21-23, 2012. Gallery Weekend Chicago also welcomes the city’s cultural commissioner Michelle Boone as a member of the initiative’s Host Committee, which is comprised of over 20 top collectors and supporters of contemporary art in Chicago. Gallery Weekend Chicago, which strives to make the city a destination for contemporary art, is inspired by Gallery Weekend Berlin, a global art event that has substantially grown Berlin’s arts community. “Gallery Weekend Chicago is an extraordinary opportunity to showcase our vibrant contemporary art community to the world,” said Mayor Emanuel. “From Alexander Calder to Jean Dubuffet, Zaha Hadid to Anish Kapoor, I look forward to ... More "Pursuit of Perfection: The Politics of Sport" opens at South London Gallery LONDON.- A spectacular display of 2,529 trophies by Aleksandra Mir, a state-of-the-art simulation by John Gerrard, and a scratch video collage of the 1984 LA Olympics by Michel Auder, whose early subjects included actors from Andy Warhol’s Factory, are just three of the works on show in the exhibition, Pursuit of Perfection: The Politics of Sport. Pursuit of Perfection brings together art works which, in different ways and to varying degrees of seriousness or wit, play on some of the issues raised by sport, the politics surrounding it and its representation in the media. Spanning the SLG’s main and first floor galleries, the recently vacated Southwark Old Town Hall and off-site events on three local housing estates, the exhibition also marks an important moment in the history of the South London Gallery’s programmes as they extend into a range of social settings as part of a new long-term initiative ... More "Small Skills, Special Effects: Unusual Chinese Works of Art" at the Royal Ontario Museum TORONTO.- The Royal Ontario Museum presents Small Skills, Special Effects: Unusual Chinese Works of Art from July 28, 2012 to February 3, 2013, featuring items from the ROM’s own Far Eastern, Textiles and Costume collections; loans from three private collections; and an item from the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library of the University of Toronto. The exhibition will be featured in the Herman Herzog Levy Gallery. Consisting of approximately 70 objects dating from the Tang dynasty (618-907) to the early 21st century, Small Skills, Special Effects includes a range of rare or never before displayed objects such as paintings, fans, vessels, snuff bottles, objects of personal adornment, and amulets. These artifacts were made from a wide variety of materials such as paper, ceramic, wood, lacquer, bamboo, glass, silver, and metal alloy. They are the works of talented and dedicated ... More Pupils' winning Game launched at design museum LONDON.- Enterprising pupils from a London state school are offering visitors to the Design Museum a brilliant example of British innovation – which they can take away in their pocket. The design, a new game that is self assembled and packs neatly away into an Oyster card holder, will go on sale on Thursday 26 July 2012. Badoiiing, created by 14-15 year olds from Walworth Academy in Southwark, won the Design Museum ’s Design Ventura competition, a design award that develops student creativity and enterprise skills. Badoiiing is a cleverly designed, portable product that takes its inspiration from the traditional tiddlywinks. The pupils’ aim was to design a game that encourages young teenagers to play as a group. The game launches in the Design Museum Shop on 26 July, and is available to purchase for £7.95. As well as seeing their design realised, the winning team received a ... More Bellevue Art Museum's fundraiser breaks all-time record: Over $1 million raised BELLEVUE, WA.- This last Saturday (July 21, 2012), Bellevue Arts Museum set yet another record. The Museum, known for its unique focus on art, craft and design, raised over $1 million at its annual fundraising gala, Artful Evening. "This is more than a 45% increase over last year and almost double what we raised two years ago," says Managing Director Larry Wright. "We're immensely grateful for the community's support." Over the years, BAM has exponentially increased support through its annual fundraiser, affirming the Museum's role as a vibrant cultural institution with a growing national reputation. In 2006, just a year after BAM expanded its mission to include craft and design, the event (then called Patron Party) raised less than $80,000. In 2011 over $685,000 was raised, a then all-time record, which is once again exceeded by this year's outstanding result. "Seeing ... More |
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