| Beirut Art Fair 2012 opens at the Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center | | Twelve photographers from four continents on Prix Pictet "Power" shortlist | | Major conservation work confirms Dulwich painting as a significant work from the Studio of Titian | 
Miquel BarceloÌ?, Porto-Colom, 1983, Mixed Media On Canvas, 230 x 205 cm, Courtesy Cordeiros Galeria, Portugal.
BEIRUT.- The third edition of the international fair of modern and contemporary art BEIRUT ART FAIR will be held from 5 to 8 July 2012 at the Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center (BIEL), with 43 galleries from the Middle East, Europe and North Africa, showcasing their flagship artists. With the participation of 31 new top-notch galleries, BEIRUT ART FAIR asserts its role and its influence on established and emerging international art scenes and wishes to impose its status as a hybrid fair. In 2011, the fair was attended by 25 international galleries and has proposed several cultural exhibitions, which attracted over 10,000 visitors - collectors, journalists, artists, amateurs and professionals from the world of art. The enthusiasm associated with the first two editions demonstrates a true artistic and economic development in the «ME.NA.SA.» region, which stretches from Morocco to Indonesia. Alongside the ga ... More | | 
Philippe Chancel, Rikusentakata_GPS_39° 1’ 14’’ N 141° 37’23‘’E-2011-06-13_03 :48 :35 G.M.T, 2011. O-print under diasec© Philippe Chancel, Prix Pictet Ltd.
ARLES.- The names of the twelve photographers, whose outstanding portfolios on the theme of Power have been shortlisted for the fourth Prix Pictet, were announced this evening in the opening week of the global photography festival, Les Rencontres d’Arles. The twelve artists shortlisted for the fourth cycle of the Prix Pictet, the world’s leading prize in photography and sustainability, will now prepare their work for the finalists’ exhibition to be held at the Saatchi Gallery in London in October. The exhibition will run from 10 – 28 October 2012. The Shortlist is drawn from ten countries on four continents: Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, France, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam. The winner of the fourth Prix Pictet will be announced by Kofi Annan, Honorary President of the Prix Pictet, on Tuesday 9 October, at the opening of the finalists exhibition of the shor ... More | | 
The painting was originally acquired for the King of Poland in the 1790s by the Gallery’s founder Noël Desenfans as a work by Titian.
LONDON.- Recent conservation and scientific analysis have identified Dulwich Picture Gallery’s Venus and Adonis as an authentic 16th-century work executed in Titian’s studio. The painting was originally acquired for the King of Poland in the 1790s by the Gallery’s founder Noël Desenfans as a work by Titian, but due to extensive retouching and its deteriorating physical state the painting was demoted to the status of a late 17th-century copy and removed from display over 100 years ago. Until now the heavy layers of yellow varnish have obscured the painting’s workmanship, but careful conservation has revealed the work to be an evocative rendition of an episode from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, centring upon the last meeting of the ill-fated lovers Venus and Adonis. The delicate luminosity of Venus’s flesh tones and the exuberance of Adonis’s hounds as they depart for the hunt indicate ... More |
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| Three centuries of portraits of boys from the Rijksmuseum on view at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | | Twenty artists delve into the relationship between humans and animals | | The Museum of the History of Polish Jews wins major new donations, expected to open in the fall of 2013 | 
Pride in our children and grandchildren is timeless. Just as we take photographs today, our ancestors had portraits painted of their offspring.
AMSTERDAM.- The Dutch Flowers exhibition at the Rijksmuseum annex at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is followed by the exhibition Dutch Boys. The fourteen works on display at the airport which bring together an extraordinary group of boys - from toddler to teenager, from angel to rascal. The paintings and miniature sculptures give an impression of how boys were immortalised in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Pride in our children and grandchildren is timeless. Just as we take photographs today, our ancestors had portraits painted of their offspring. However, compared to our fun snapshots, 17th-century portraits are rather sombre. The smartly dressed boys with serious expressions on their faces in the portraits by Ludolf Bakhuysen and Adriaen van Ostade are like small grown-ups, which is not surprising considering they are shouldering the responsibility of maintaining the family name. While in the 18th century more attention ... More | | 
Mona Hatoum, Impenetrable, 2009. Black steel and clear polyester monofilament, 300 x 300 x 300 cm. Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2011.
MONTREAL.- Some fifty works that are bound to spark a highly topical discussion of the human-animal relationship are in the spotlight in Zoo, the summer show at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, set to run until September 3. This group exhibition contains pieces by twenty Québec, Canadian and international artists. Focusing on zoos as a mode of portraying the animal kingdom and living beings, it features works that prompt an examination of the marked interest in animals seen in the contemporary art of the past few years. It also fits in with recent debates about natural history and our relationship to a world that has undergone unprecedented ecological and geopolitical change. Of particular note: in a major Canadian premiere, the work Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Gold by dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is being presented at the MAC for this occasion. Through their works, the artists explore the tremendous varie ... More | | 
Workers walk outside the nearly finished Museum of the History of Polish Jews. AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski.
By: Vanessa Gera, Associated Press
WARSAW (AP).- A museum on the history of Polish Jews has made huge strides toward its planned opening next year thanks to several million dollars in new donations announced this week, officials said Wednesday. The Museum of the History of Polish Jews, going up in the heart of the former Warsaw Ghetto, will narrate the 1,000-year history of Jews in Poland. It is a history that is unknown to many and that has been overshadowed by the tragedy of the Holocaust, which was carried out by Germany in occupied Poland. The highly anticipated museum is expected to open in the fall of 2013, in the 70th anniversary year of the doomed Warsaw ghetto uprising. The museum said it received a joint $7-million donation from the Koret Foundation and the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture, California-based philanthropies chaired by Tad Taube, a Polish-born American businessman. Jan ... More |
| Dia Azzawi's manifesto of dismay and anger "Sabra Shatila (1982-83)" acquired by Tate Modern | | Freddie Mercury black and white harlequin stage costume rocks pre-sale estimate at Bonhams | | Mississippi hometown marks half century post-William Faulkner with several events | 
Sabra Shatila was created by the artist in response to the 1982 massacre of civilians in Beirut’s Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camps during the Lebanese civil war.
LONDON.- Dia Azzawi’s epic work Sabra Shatila will be displayed at the Tate Modern (level 3) this July. The Tate Modern collection comprises international modern and contemporary art dating from 1900 until today. The permanent collection is displayed on levels 3 and 5, level 4 displays temporary exhibition, and level 2 holds the work of contemporary artists. Described by Azzawi as ‘a manifesto of dismay and anger’, Sabra Shatila was created by the artist in response to the 1982 massacre of civilians in Beirut’s Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camps during the Lebanese civil war. The motivation behind the brutal murder of innocents, at the hands of the Lebanese Christian Phalangist militia, was presented as a reprisal for the assassination of president Bachir Gemayel, leader of the Kataeb Party. The day after the news of the massacre Azzawi was compelled to construct a work based on the killing: ‘I had at that time a roll of ... More | | 
The harlequin costume was one of the musician’s most recognisable stage designs, which he wore at a number of high-profile concerts in the 1970s.
LONDON.- Freddie Mercury’s black and white harlequin stage costume sold for £22,500 at Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia sale on Tuesday 3rd July, in London. Bidders competed fiercely for the iconic costume, pushing the final price well above the pre-sale estimate of £8,000 – 12,000. The Queen singer’s memorable costumes reflected his artistic nature and were central to his flamboyant performance style. The harlequin costume was one of the musician’s most recognisable stage designs, which he wore at a number of high-profile concerts in the 1970s. A pair of Freddie Mercury’s ballet pumps also exceeded the pre-sale estimate of £1,500 – 2,000, selling for £4,000 to an overseas internet bidder. Mercury wore the white leather ballet shoes during Queen’s legendary Hyde Park performance in the long, hot summer of 1976. The concert was a free event organised by leading entrepreneur Richard Branson an ... More | | 
Jay Watson, professor of Faulkner Studies at the University of Mississippi, stands on the porch at Roan Oak, the home of the late Nobel Prize laureate William Faulkner. AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis.
By: Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press
OXFORD, MISS.- Five decades after his death, William Faulkner still draws literary pilgrims to his Mississippi hometown, the "little postage stamp of native soil" he made famous through his novels. Oxford inspired the fictional town of Jefferson that was a frequent setting for his stories, and it's commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Nobel laureate's death Friday with several events that include a tag-team reading of his novel, "The Reivers," beginning about daybreak. Roughly 25,000 people a year visit Faulkner's antebellum home, Rowan Oak, which is now owned by the University of Mississippi. The author's meticulous handwriting appears on the walls of his downstairs office. Using pencil, he outlined events of his 1954 novel, "A Fable." William Griffith, the Rowan Oak curator since 1999, said writing was a "demon-driven" ... More |
| Yorkshire Sculpture Park shortlisted for two of the biggest tourism awards in the UK | | Selection of photographs, from the 2 million Ahae took from his window, on view at the Jardin des Tuileries | | Engineers, mechanics renovate North Carolina whirligigs by self-taught North artist Vollis Simpson | 
Barbara Hepworth, Square with Two Circles, 1963. Photo: Jonty Wilde.
WAKEFIELD.- Yorkshire Sculpture Park has been shortlisted for two White Rose Awards - the biggest tourism awards in the UK. YSP has made it through to the final of the Large Visitor Attraction and Arts & Culture categories, the latter for the 2011 Jaume Plensa exhibition. As one of the world’s leading open air galleries, Yorkshire Sculpture Park is an international centre for modern and contemporary art inspired by the natural beauty of the historic 18th Century Bretton Estate. With a changing programme of exhibitions and a dynamic line up of events and activities throughout the year, each season brings something new to discover. 2011 was one of the Park’s most successful years on record with a 40% increase in visitor numbers (up to more than 350,000 people) and an overwhelmingly positive public response to a major exhibition by Spanish artist Plensa. The nominations build on YSP’s recent ... More | | 
Reflection (2011) / © Ahae Press / AHAE.com.
PARIS.- This summer, from June 27th to July 23rd, visitors to the Louvre—true art-lovers and dutiful tourists alike—will find an extra, singular attraction in the venerable museum’s adjacent Jardin des Tuileries: De Ma Fenêtre, a solo exhibition of photographs by South Korean artist Ahae. Housed in a magnificent gallery erected for the occasion in the great garden’s southwestern corner, De Ma Fenêtre features several hundred photographs, selected from nearly two million, taken from a single window in the artist’s South Korea atelier over a three-year period. Each of Ahae’s dramatic color photographs, even those enlarged to 10 meter-long murals, intimately captures and celebrates the serenity of the natural world and the wonder of indigenous wildlife as they’re patiently observed through the inexorable march of hours, days and seasons, from his unique vantage point in the South Korean countryside. With an artist’s eye for light, color and d ... More | | 
Whirligigs by Vollis Simpson are shown along the entrance to Fearrington Village near Pittsboro, N.C. AP Photo/Gerry Broome.
By: Martha Waggoner, Associated Press
WILSON, NC (AP).- The eccentric vision of a self-taught North Carolina artist famed for his whimsical, wind-powered whirligigs is getting an overhaul that's as much about engineering as it is about art. Just as more traditional conservators might study an artist's canvas and paints, the 16-member team working in a former downtown auto parts warehouse pores over pieces of reflector and debates whether to use more modern bearings to replace old-fashioned grease fittings on Vollis Simpson's spinning sculptures. They're restoring about 30 whirligigs — wind-driven creations constructed from motor fans, cotton spindles and other recycled parts — that stand as high as 50 feet. Simpson built the contraptions over the years on land near his machine ... More |
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 Valencian Institute of Modern Art opens the exhibition "Mar Solis. Line, curve, ellipse" VALENCIA.- The IVAM, inaugurated the exhibition "Sea Solis. Line, curve, ellipse". Sponsored by Urban Development, the exhibition features 48 works made between 2009 and 2012, among which include sculptures, drawings, artist books, a projection and two installations consist of multiple pieces of mahogany. Mar Solis uses the language of abstraction in her sculptures and attaches great importance to the materials. The works on display at the IVAM has chosen mahogany which has undergone a transformation process, the surface dark red to make it look rusty Corten steel. It also uses light as a transparent material which creates shadows which gives a depth of one's sculptures and the exhibition space. On the one hand there are the materials – wood, steel, aluminium or paper – and on the other, the emotions. The sculptress Mar Solís (Madrid, 1967) constructs from within, from the ... More New Deputy President and Secretary for Royal Scottish Academy EDINBURGH.- The Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture announced that during the recent General Assembly of Academicians, Victoria Crowe was appointed Deputy President of the Academy and Marion Smith RSA was been elected as Secretary. Victoria Crowe and Marion Smith will work alongside incumbent office bearers Arthur Watson PRSA (President) and Ian Howard RSA (Treasurer). Victoria Crowe fills the vacancy left by former Deputy President Will Maclean RSA, who will retain his role as Academy Librarian. Marion Smith fills the vacancy left by former Secretary Arthur Watson, who was recently elected President, following the death of former president Bill Scott PPRSA earlier this year. Victoria Crowe OBE RSA FRSE was born in Kingston-Upon-Thames (1945) and studied at Kingston School of Art and the Royal Academy of Art, London. She began her ... More Shipwright builds on past to save maritime future ESSEX, MASS (AP).- With a river basin view that mesmerizes, out-of-towners might miss the tree trunks stacked along the street by Harold Burnham's shipyard. But locals see these mounds of mostly white oak for what they are: the building blocks of the Massachusetts shipwright's dreams. This is the raw stuff that makes its way from the street to the sea, helping Burnham keep afloat a wooden boatbuilding culture in a town known for constructing more two-masted wooden fishing schooners than anywhere else in the world. Many see the 45-year-old Burnham as a master of a dying art. The Essex-born shipwright uses locally harvested wood and hand tools to build schooners at Burnham Boat Building with a modern adaptation of the same techniques builders used on this waterfront land in Colonial times. Burnham recently captured recognition by winning one of nine $25,000 heritage ... More Art Gallery of Ontario appoints Kitty Scott its new Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art TORONTO.- The Art Gallery of Ontario has appointed Kitty Scott as its new curator of modern and contemporary art. Scott assumes the curatorial role on Sept. 17, 2012 and will be tasked with expanding the profile of the Gallery’s modern and contemporary art collections for local and international audiences, while planning and organizing major exhibitions. Currently the director of visual arts at The Banff Centre, Scott is well-known and respected in the museum world with over 20 years of experience. Prior to 2007, she was chief curator at the Serpentine Gallery, London, and curator of contemporary art at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Scott has curated exhibitions of artists including Francis Alÿs, Janet Cardiff, Paul Chan, Peter Doig, Janice Kerbel, Ragnar Kjartansson, Silke Otto-Knapp, Ken Lum, Frances Stark, and Ron Terada, and is a core agent for this year’s ... More New website for Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens highlights unique qualities WASHINGTON, DC.- At the very beginning of the year, Cogapp won a fantastic project to develop the web presence of Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens - a twenty-five acre oasis tucked away in northwest Washington DC. So it is with great excitement and pride that we can announce the launch of the new site Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens is the former home of Marjorie Merriweather Post, an extraordinary character who was heir to the Post cereal fortune and founder of Hillwood. Along with a diverse collection of Russian and French decorative arts, Hillwood also features beautiful gardens and exhibitions and one of the country’s finest orchid collections. Hillwood’s website had evolved over a number of years and the information architecture (IA) had become confused and no longer captured the very special nature of Hillwood. Not using a content management system ... More |
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