| Exhibition of new work by artist Julian Opie opens at Lisson Gallery in London | | Getty Foundation awards $390,000 to Prado for conservation of Peter Paul Rubens panel paintings | | Claremont Rug Company acquires globally significant private collection of 19th century Oriental carpets | 
Julian Opie, Woman in high heels with telephone., 2012, Vinyl on wooden stretcher, © Julian Opie and Lisson Gallery.
LONDON.- Lisson Gallery announced an exhibition of new work by Julian Opie. In the broadest single display of his practice to-date, Opie employs the concise vernacular of modern media, depicting new subjects in previously unexplored mediums as well as self referentially developing ideas from his early works. Opie is an artist of international significance widely recognised for his distinctive contribution to contemporary art over the last three decades. His artistic preoccupation is the investigation into the idea of representation and the means by which images are perceived and understood. He reinterprets the vocabulary of everyday life, opening a discussion between the slick visual language of modern society and art history. The exhibition includes a striking series of walking figures, which have increasingly become an important part of the artist’s practice. Simplified to the point of becoming human ‘logos&# ... More | | 
Peter Paul Rubens, Triumph of the Church, Peter Paul Rubens, 1625-6, oil on panel. © Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Getty Foundation has awarded nearly $390,000 to the Museo Nacional del Prado for the intricate conservation of a series of six panel paintings by Peter Paul Rubens known as the Triumph of the Eucharist – one of the most important commissions of Rubens’ lifetime. The grant is part of the Getty’s ongoing Panel Paintings Initiative, an international effort to train conservation specialists to ensure important works of art on panels survive for future generations. A previous collaboration with the Prado under the Getty’s Panel Paintings Initiative resulted in the conservation of Adam and Eve by Albrecht Dürer. In 1626, the great Netherlandish painter Peter Paul Rubens completed a suite of finished oil sketches referred to as the Triumph of the Eucharist series, which symbolize the devotion to the Holy Sacrament of the Communion. These paintings on panel were commissioned by the ... More | | 
This exceedingly well-preserved piece (4-11 x 5-8, ca 1875) presents a surprisingly oversized architectural medallion with large hexagonal pendants that fills the field. It contains and is surrounded by a number of exotic patterns and displays the beloved Caucasian propensity for abrupt design changes. Its most noteworthy idiosyncrasy is that the crenelated fence motif in the lower border morphs to a completely different “Dragon” motif on the vertical and top borders.
OAKLAND, CA.- Jan David Winitz, an eminent art dealer who specializes in 19th century antique Oriental rugs, today announced the acquisition of a globally significant private collection assembled and held by a New England-based family over four generations. Winitz, the president and founder of Claremont Rug Company, said “’The Bostonian Collection includes a total of 35 antique Persian rugs woven 1800 to 1850 and 15 highly sought after undyed camelhair rugs dating back to ca 1830. Additional highlights of the 180-carpet trove are early to mid-19th century examples of art/investment level Persian Motasham Kashan, Laver Kirman and Kermanshah rugs.” The Gallery will mount an exhibition, ... More |
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| Bowdoin College Museum of Art features William Wegman works in exhibition | | Sotheby's to offer the most important private collection of printed musical scores in private hands in Europe | | Major exhibition about the sea in Dutch art from 1850 to the present on view at De Hallen Haarlem | 
William Wegman, Camofleur, 1992/2012. Pigment print on paper, 42 in. x 32 in. (106.68 cm x 81.28 cm). Courtesy William Wegman Studio.
By: Clarke Canfield, Associated Press
PORTLAND, ME.- William Wegman is best known for his whimsical photographs of his beloved Weimaraners in various costumes and poses. But dogs are only a small part of his latest exhibition, which focuses on nature and features more than 30 years' worth of photographs, videos, paintings, drawings and writings that were produced in or inspired by Maine. The retrospective, "William Wegman: Hello Nature," features more than 100 works, many of which were produced in the Rangeley region of western Maine, where he has spent summers for more than three decades. The exhibition runs from July 13 through Oct. 21 at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick. While in Maine, Wegman fishes, hikes and bikes, riding logging roads with his three dogs running alongside. He has owned a lakeside cabin since 1978. The clouds, ... More | | 
The collection also features a gallery of busts and portraits on paper or canvas of great composers. Photo: Sotheby's.
PARIS.- Thanks to its quality, rarity and diversity, this collection of manuscripts, printed music, paintings, furniture, sculpture, drawings and musical instruments, assembled during the first half of the 20th century, is one of the most impressive French collections devoted to music. It will be offered for auction at Sotheby’s Paris on 16/17 October 2012. André Meyer (1884-1974) was one of the few collectors to have devoted his entire life to music. He was a patron, critic and inspirer of artists, and opened his library to anyone who wished to explore its particular treasures. Serge Lifar used it to carry out research; Rostropovich worked on Debussy’s youthful manuscript albums; and Stravinsky had the thrill of rediscovering his manuscript for The Rite of Spring –which André Meyer’s son donated to the French Ministry of Culture in 1986, and is now in the Bibliothèque Nationale. André Meyer began his coll ... More | | 
Andreas Schelfhout, Beach at Katwijk, c. 1833 (detail). Oil on panel. Teylers Museum, Haarlem.
HAARLEM.- This summer De Hallen Haarlem is staging a major exhibition about the sea in Dutch art from 1850 to the present. An overview of different approaches to and interpretations of the subject, it features works by such artists as Hendrik Mesdag, Bernard Blommers and Isaac Israels as well as early Modernists like Jan Sluijters and Jan Toorop, and more recent artists like Edgar Fernhout, Co Westerik, Jan Dibbets and Rineke Dijkstra. To the Sea runs from 15 June to 2 September 2012. The sea and the Netherlands are inextricably linked, and it is a frequent presence in Dutch art. Storms at sea, naval battles and coastal scenes - artists have worked with these themes since the seventeenth century. In the nineteenth century, driven by a desire for personal expression, artists began increasingly to experiment with different styles and techniques, and the sea became a subject in its own right for the first time. The ... More |
| Grandma Moses' Shenandoah Valley homestead named landmark by State of Virginia | | For the first time in Berlin, a solo exhibition by Jean-Luc Mylayne at Sprüth Magers | | Madison Square Park Conservancy announces Adam D. Glick as park's first-ever Martin Friedman Curator | 
The Moses House in Mount Airy, Va. AP Photo/Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Amy Moses.
By: Steve Szkotak, Associated Press
RICHMOND, VA (AP).- Virginia is recognizing the Shenandoah Valley farmhouse where Grandma Moses lived briefly with her family long before she gained fame for her folk-art painting. The Department of Historic Resources has approved Moses' two-story brick farmhouse in Mount Airy for a place on the Virginia Landmarks Register, an ever-growing list of his historic properties, items and places. It was among 17 historic sites added to the register in July. Anna Mary Robinson Moses, her husband Thomas and their children lived in the 1850-vintage house in 1901 and 1902. They lived in the Staunton area from 1887 until 1905, when they returned to upstate New York to farm. The Mount Airy property is the most intact of the surviving houses where the Moses family lived during its time in Augusta County. Moses died in 1961 in Hoosick Falls, N.Y. She was 101. While Moses spent most of her remaining ... More | | 
Jean-Luc Mylayne, No 5002, Mars 2006 – Mai 2007. Chromogenic Print, 230 x 185 cm each (framed). © Jean-Luc Mylayne, Sprüth Magers Berlin London.
BERLIN.- Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers are presenting a solo exhibition by Jean-Luc Mylayne for the first time in Berlin. In his exhibition, the French artist brings together selected photographic works created between 1991 and 2008. Jean-Luc Mylayne has remained unremittingly interested in philosophical issues which examine the concept of existence and the experience of time. Proceeding from his activities as a philosopher and poet, he pursues investigations in his artistic work, through the medium of photography, in which he focuses on the motif of birds living in the wild as a metaphor for his philosophical research. In a time-consuming procedure, for the last more than thirty-five years, on journeys through the entire European continent as well as in America, the artist has observed songbirds such as sparrows, thrushes, and wrens. He shows them in secluded wilderness settings as well as in proximity to rural s ... More | | 
Adam D. Glick joined the Madison Square Park Conservancy in October 2011 as Associate Curator
NEW YORK, NY.- Madison Square Park Conservancy’s Mad. Sq. Art program announces the appointment of Adam D. Glick as Martin Friedman Curator—the Park’s first, permanent art curator position. Since 2004, the Madison Square Park Conservancy’s award-winning contemporary art program has presented 24 exhibitions outdoors in and surrounding historic Madison Square Park. In March 2012, a permanent, named, curatorial position was established alongside a developing $2-million endowment in recognition of the Park’s art program and the invaluable contributions of former Walker Art Center Director and longtime Madison Square Park Conservancy Art Advisory Committee member, Martin Friedman. As Martin Friedman Curator, Mr. Glick will play an integral role in conceptualizing, planning, and presenting contemporary art exhibitions for the Mad. Sq. Art program. He will also participate in the selection process o ... More |
| Baseball pitcher takes aim at ceramic tchotchkes and aesthetic boundaries in two-channel video work | | From almost 3,000 entries, Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012 announces Shortlisted artists | | Edelman Arts presents the first comprehensive exhibit of the work Scott Covert has created-one grave at a time | 
Still from Antonio Rovaldi’s “The Opening Day,” 2009. Courtesy of the artist.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The latest in the Hirshhorn’s series of “Directions” exhibitions features an explosive room-scaled video projection by Antonio Rovaldi (Italian, b. Parma, 1975; lives and works in Milan). “The Opening Day” (2009) goes on view on the museum’s lower level July 6. The artist’s body of work, which includes performance, drawing, sculpture and video installation, often explores how distance is represented in art through means both imaginary and actual. According to Associate Curator Kelly Gordon, “The relationship between time and distance is among Rovaldi’s preoccupations during the long bicycle rides and walking treks he uses as extensions of his studio and as opportunities to contemplate art and nature.” In “The Opening Day,” viewers enter the gallery near a larger-than-life-sized projection of Italian-league baseball pitcher Fabio Betto, dressed ... More | | 
Judith Alder, An Unhealthy Obsession 1, Artists’ book (biro on paper), Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012. Photo: Fraser Marr.
LONDON.- The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012 is the largest and longest running annual open exhibition for drawing in the UK. Judged by an independent panel of selectors; Stephen Coppel, Curator of the Modern Collection, Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum; Kate Macfarlane, Co-Director of The Drawing Room, London; and Lisa Milroy, Artist and Head of Graduate Painting, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, the Prize aims to explore and celebrate the diversity, excellence and range of current drawing practice in the UK. As a response to the ever-growing popularity of the competition, and the present financial landscape of the arts, Jerwood Visual Arts (JVA) and Drawing Projects UK are delighted this year to announce an increase in the total prize fund, from £11,000 to £17,000, a rise of ... More | | 
Scott Covert, 3 Blondes, 2005 - 2006. Photo: Courtesy Edelman Arts.
NEW YORK, NY.- Scott Covert is an artist on a transcendent, death defying, quest. For the last 25 years, his life has been a never-ending, headlong pursuit of the beautiful and damned, beauties and the beasts, the good, the bad and the ugly, the powerful and glorious, the naked and the dead. On his creative pilgrimage he has travelled all over the United States and Europe, paying visits to a luminous pantheon of cultural icons: movie stars, explorers, politicians, artists, heroes, villains, architects, murderers, murder victims, singers, athletes, novelists, inventors, rock stars, poets. Scott’s odyssey gains in grandeur and poignancy once you know that his hosts were dead and residing in their graves when the artist came to call. It is unlikely anyone has visited as many cemeteries as Scott: certainly no one has returned with such treasures from the necropolis. Cemeteries serve as adjunct studios for the painter ... More |
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 Bonhams appoint Robert Smith as a picture specialist for the south east, based in Guildford LONDON.- South East Specialist in search of more top quality pictures like the Breughel, Velazquez, Gainsborough that have emerged from the region in the past year Bonhams, the international fine art auction house, has appointed Robert Smith as a Picture Specialist for the South East region to be based in Guildford. He joins the company from MacConnal-Mason Gallery in St James's where he was based for the last three years. He has also worked for the Redfern Gallery in London. Previously he was with an international fine art auction house for five years working as a specialist in Modern British Art, managing a small team with responsibility for two major sales a year. His experience includes curating exhibitions for a variety of high profile gallery spaces both in the UK and overseas and has managed the sale of valuable works of art resulting in record-breaking prices. Robert ... More Finnish collector Timo Miettinen presents a solo show of the Finnish artist Janne Räisänen BERLIN.- The Finnish collector Timo Miettinen announced his second show at the Salon Dahlmann, Berlin on Sunday, July 8. Following the opening exhibition “The Moment I became a collector” in April 2012, Miettinen presents a solo show of the Finnish artist Janne Räisänen at the bel-étage of Marburger Straße 3. In addition to Janne Räisänens works a selection of Timo and Iris Miettinen’s private collection is on show. In his recent production, Janne Räisänen has been focusing on the relationship between paintings and drawings, aiming to exceed the boundaries between the different techniques. Confidently shifting from paper to canvas the artist explores possible intersections and correspondences between the two media, trying to reach immediacy and synthesis. Janne Räisänen is renowned for his expressionist approach. His sources of inspiration are very diverse: in ... More Washington Monument repairs require huge scaffold By: Brett Zongker, Associated Press
WASHINGTON, DC.- — Repairs to the Washington Monument will require massive scaffolding to be built around the 555-foot obelisk and may keep it closed into 2014 after it was damaged by an earthquake last year, the National Park Service said Monday. A damage assessment by engineers who inspected the stone structure by rappelling from the top last September found scaffolding is necessary to provide workers access to the top of the monument, said park service spokeswoman Carol Johnson. The engineers determined the heaviest damage is between 475 feet and 530 feet on the structure, but panels are damaged from top to bottom. "It is difficult to get to, and it's difficult to repair," Johnson said. "Panels stressed during the earthquake will have to have ... More Caribbean Maroons hope tourism can save culture By: David McFadden, Associated Press
CHARLES TOWN (AP).- In a backwoods town along a river cutting between green mountains, quick-footed men and women spin and stomp to the beat of drums. One dancer waving a knife is wrapped head-to-foot in leafy branches, his flashing eyes barely visible through the camouflage. This traditional dance re-enacts the Jamaican Maroons' specialty: the ambush. It was once a secret ritual of the fierce bands of escaped slaves who won freedom by launching raids on planters' estates and repelling invasions of their forest havens with a mastery of guerrilla warfare. But on this day, descendants of those 18th century fugitives are performing for tourists, academics, filmmakers and other curious outsiders in a fenced "Asafu" dancing yard in Charles Town, a once ... More Exhibit tells history from New Mexico pueblos' perspective By: Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE (AP).- New Mexico's pueblos have a history with the federal government unlike any other American Indian tribe. They never signed treaties, and with that came decades of a dual existence. On one hand, they didn't fit the mold the government had established for native people. Still, they were Indian enough to be subjected to policies that called for them to trade in their native languages and send their children to boarding school. For the first time, the pueblos have come together to offer their own historical perspective on the effects of 100 years of state and federal policy as part of an exhibit at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque. Simple black and white designs meant to represent turkey feathers form the basis of a timeline ... More Items from crime fighter Eliot Ness up for auction CLEVELAND (AP).- A Massachusetts business plans to auction memorabilia from crime fighter Eliot Ness, the onetime Cleveland safety director and federal Prohibition Bureau agent whose unit brought down Chicago mobster Al Capone. The Plain Dealer in Cleveland (http://bit.ly/L9GZ9d ) reports the collection up for auction Sept. 27 includes his signed credentials, his business card and photos of his unsuccessful bid for Cleveland mayor. Worcester-based Central Mass Auctions says the items were appraised at $30,000 to $50,000 and came from the estate of the lawman's personal secretary. It's not clear how she obtained them. Ness made his name during the Prohibition era and headed a special unit dubbed "The Untouchables," which had a reputation that members couldn't be bribed. He worked as Cleveland's safety director in the 1930s. Ness died in 1957. ... More Highlights From The Black Swamp Find of 1910 E98 Baseball Cards Set to lead Heritage Auctions event DALLAS, TX- It is nothing short of the most startling and significant find in baseball card collecting history: a near complete set (27/30) of 1910 E98 baseball cards – #1 on the PSA Set Registry – and it is the unquestioned headline in Heritage Auctions’ Aug. 2 Vintage Sports Collectibles Platinum Night Signature® Auction, taking place as part of the National Sports Collectors Convention at Baltimore, MD’s famed Camden Yards. The three lots from the find are estimated to bring $600,000+. “This is an auction of incredible depth and breadth, so to name these cards the centerpiece is no small thing,” said Chris Ivy, Director of Sports at Heritage Auctions. “These gems emerged from a small Ohio town, discovered in an attic in a box forgotten for a century beneath an ancient dollhouse. You have a better chance of winning the lottery than of making such a rare discovery.” Named for ... More |
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