| Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal says ruby red steel tower in London is not Olympic cauldron | | Art collector Herbert Vogel, who with his U.S. postal clerk salary built a collection, dies at 89 | | Tate unveils first live commission in The Unilever Series created by the artist Tino Sehgal | 
The Orbit observation tower at the 2012 Summer Olympics. AP Photo/Ben Curtis.
By: Danica Kirka, Associated Press
LONDON (AP).- Love it or loathe it one thing is for sure: The Orbit Tower is not the Olympic cauldron. Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal says the ruby red steel tower that rises 35 stories above the Olympic Park and resembles a smashed roller coaster is not the cauldron that will hold the ceremonial flame. In an interview Monday, Mittal told The Associated Press that he had met with Olympic authorities about the possibility that the tower would be used for that, but the plans did not get drawn up in time for consideration. "We were late," said Mittal, who was listed by the Sunday Times this year as the richest man in Britain. Mittal's company, ArcelorMittal, donated the steel for the swirling centerpiece of the park and stumped up most of its 22.7 million-pound ($36.5 million) cost. The lighting of the cauldron that holds the flame is always a big moment for the Olympics, and organizers usually withhold details about the opening ceremony and the flame lighting to ensure the appropria ... More | | 
Dorothy and Herbert Vogel at The Clocktower with a drawing by Philip Pearlstein behind them, 1975. Photography Credit: Nathaniel Tileston. Courtesy Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, New York, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON (AP).- Herbert Vogel, an art collector who amassed over 5,000 works despite a modest income, has died at age 89. Pieces from Vogel's collection have been distributed to museums throughout the nation. National Gallery of Art spokeswoman Deborah Ziska says Vogel died Sunday of natural causes in New York. Vogel was among the earliest collectors who championed minimal and conceptual art in the 1960s. He married Dorothy Faye Hoffman in 1962 and inspired her to join him in the art world. They used his salary as a U.S. postal clerk to purchase art while living on what she earned as a librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library. Earl Powell III is director of the National Gallery of Art. He says he will miss Vogel's astute eye and wry sense of humor. The Vogels built one of the world’s finest contemporary art collections in their small Manhattan apartment, using ... More | | 
Tino Sehgal and participants of These Associations outside Tate Modern. Photo: Courtesy of Johnny Green.
LONDON.- Tate Modern has unveiled the first live commission in The Unilever Series created by the artist Tino Sehgal. Using movement, sound and conversation, Sehgal’s work titled These associations draws on the existing atmosphere of the Turbine Hall and its unique position as a public space within a museum. This commission, the thirteenth in the series, will be present throughout opening hours every day from 24 July to 28 October. Tino Sehgal has risen to prominence for his innovative works which consist purely of live encounters between people. Avoiding the production of any objects, he has pioneered a radical and yet entirely viewer-oriented approach to making art. His works respond to and engage with the gallery visitor directly, creating social situations through the use of conversation, sound and movement, as well as philosophical and economic debate. Having trained in both political economics and choreography, Seh ... More |
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| One of China's foremost artists, Liu Xiaodong, now represented by Lisson Gallery | | Philadelphia Museum of Art appoints Dr. Elizabeth Milroy as Curator of Education for Public Programs | | 2012 Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize shortlist announced | 
Liu Xiaodong, Bent Rib 2010, Oil on Canvas, 150 x 140cm, Courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery.
LONDON.- Lisson Gallery announced that it is now representing Liu Xiaodong. Liu Xiaodong is one of China’s foremost artists and a painter of international stature. Born to factory worker parents in Jincheng, northern China in 1963, he trained at Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts where he now works as a professor. Liu is a supremely proficient realist painter, heir to Chinese Socialist Realism which became dominant in the Mao years, a fusion of Western nineteenth Century Realist painting as filtered through Russian academic and then official Soviet styles. Liu Xiaodong paints ‘en plein air’, introducing performative and participatory dimensions to his practice. The scale of his projects often matches that of film-making, with elaborate location development work and semi-intuitive story-boarding chronicled in detailed project diaries. His painting style is therefore skilled, self-conscious and car ... More | | 
Dr. Milroy has served since 1988 as Professor of Art History and American Studies at Wesleyan University.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Philadelphia Museum of Art announced today the appointment of Dr. Elizabeth (Lily) Milroy as the Zoë and Dean Pappas Curator of Education for Public Programs in the Division of Education. A specialist in American art and the history of Philadelphia, Dr. Milroy has served since 1988 as Professor of Art History and American Studies at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Her appointment at the Philadelphia Museum of Art is effective immediately. Timothy Rub, The George D. Widener Director and CEO of the Museum, said: "We are delighted that Lily has joined our team here at the Museum. She has had a distinguished career in the fields of art and education and knows this institution well, having served early in her career as a lecturer in our Education Department and a research associate in the Department of American Art. This appointment represents a kind of homecoming for Lily, and it is a great ... More | | 
The Hepworth Wakefield. Photo: Iwan Baan.
LONDON.- The shortlist for the prestigious 2012 RIBA Stirling Prize, revealed today (22 July 2012), celebrates the best of new British architecture. The shortlist features six exceptional and completely different buildings from across the country which will now go head to head for architecture’s highest accolade and a £20,000 prize from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The RIBA Stirling Prize is now in its seventeeth year; the 2012 winner will be announced at a special event in Manchester on Saturday 13 October. The seemingly simple yet highly innovative London Olympic Stadium, the thoughtful and intimate Maggie’s Cancer Centre in Glasgow, the stunningly original Hepworth Wakefield gallery in Yorkshire, the beautifully detailed and rule-breaking Sainsbury Laboratory for plant science in Cambridge, the New Court Rothschild Bank in London that rises high whilst opening new views at street level, a ... More |
| New large-scale sculpture by the Austrian artist Erwin Wurm installed at The Standard, New York | | Cartier watches, rare gold coins, diamonds in Government Auction July 29 sale | | "The Human Senses and Perception in Contemporary Art" on view at Kunsthalle zu Kiel | 
Erwin Wurm, "Big Kastenmann" (2012). Courtesy of the Artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York. Photo: Adrian Gaut.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Standard, New York presents a new large-scale sculpture by the Austrian artist Erwin Wurm for the hotel’s Plaza. Known for his uniquely humorous approach to formalism, Erwin Wurm is a leading contemporary artist who has exhibited widely throughout Europe, Asia, and America. "Big Kastenmann," Wurm’s first work of public art in New York, will be installed in front of The Standard, New York from July 23rd through November 2nd, 2012. The commissioned work, "Big Kastenmann" which translates to “big box man,” is an 18-foot tall, cast aluminum sculpture with brushed metal legs supporting a polished body with no head, lending the giant figure a surrealist feel. The torso of the sculpture is partially coated in dripping pink enamel paint. The work was forged in the Strassacker foundry in Sussen, Germany, and is a monumental version of the artist’s “Kastenmann” from 2010. The ... More | | 
Restored vintage ‘Chrysler Plymouth’ pressed-steel pedal car, est. $2,250-$4,500. Government Auction image.
TEHACHAPI, CA.- This Sunday, July 29th, Government Auction will present to bidders a cache of luxury and designer goods that includes coveted Cartier watches, diamond jewelry and rare gold coins. Many items are expected to sell for prices far below their retail value. The event is structured as an absentee, phone and Internet auction, with Internet live bidding available through LiveAuctioneers.com. The first lot will cross the auction block at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time (6:30 a.m. local Pacific time). Headliners in this sale were selected for their enduring and intrinsic values, with additional choice selections to suit every budget. The luxury merchandise on offer is in pristine condition, and some of the exclusive pre-owned timepieces are “satisfaction guaranteed.” A large collection of diamond jewelry and loose diamond gemstones will be featured in this auction. The top diamond lot is a gorgeous 6.40-carat ... More | | 
Tony Cragg, Points of View, 2009. Bronze, 60 × 38,5 × 38,5 cm. Courtesy Buchmann Galerie, Berlin© Studio Cragg, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2012.
KIEL.- The exhibition "The Human Senses and Perception in Contemporary Art" explores the significance of body navigation systems in the contemporary art world. The faculties of hearing, touch, smell, taste and sight are the five senses through which we perceive the world and ourselves. In one section of the exhibition visitors have the opportunity of experiencing installations that directly address issues of perception via the five senses. For this part organizers have selected works by Sonja Alhäuser (Taste), Vadim Fishkin (Touch), Heribert Friedl (Smell), Erik Kessels (Sight) and Via Lewandowsky (Hearing). A further focus of the exhibition comprises works in which individual processes of perception have been transposed into visual systems. Thus, on the whole, the show comprises various forms of direct and indirect participation. In conjunction with the show, the museum published a catalogue containing illustrations ... More |
| London Artist Sophie Smallhorn wraps Olympic Stadium 2012 in full spectrum of colour | | Three major new art commissions for exhibition ROAD SHOW, a nine day festival | | Munich 1972 Olympic posters: Art inspired by Olympic ideals at the Walker Art Gallery | 
Sophie Smallhorn. Photo: Angela Moore.
LONDON.- The Olympic Stadium 2012 will be unveiled, in London, with a striking outdoor colour installation by British artist, Sophie Smallhorn. The Stadium, designed by Populous, will welcome visitors with a riot of undulating movement of colour inspired by the official Olympic colours. Sophie Smallhorn is an artist who works with colour, positioning herself halfway between the art world and the design world. Her work ranges in size and medium from small to large scale, sculpture to architecture, fashion to design. The Olympic Stadium project, commissioned by Populous in 2008, marks her largest work to date. She has worked closely with the architectural team to devise a creative solution to bring colour onto the structure. Colour has an inherent role in the Olympic Games, past and present, whether part of the iconic five-ring symbol or the flags of the 204 countries participating. The resulting artwork is inspired by ... More | | 
Katie Paterson, Campo del Cielo, Field of the Sky. Photo: Giorgia Polizzi.
LONDON.- The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, through its event producer, DREAM has commissioned three major new contemporary art works for Exhibition ROAD SHOW. The commissions will populate the road for nine days, alongside the live music acts, pop-up ballrooms, dance and circus extravaganzas, large-scale vintage board games, glamorous fashion outings and Eat St food stalls that make up Exhibition ROAD SHOW. From a meteorite that is over 4.5 million years old, to a living sculpture populated by bees, and a bird’s eye view commentary, examining the public from afar, each artwork investigates a unique aspect of the natural world. Katie Paterson’s work offers a unique blend of art and science, and an expanded sense of reality, beyond the purely visible. For Road Show, Paterson has taken a meteorite that has been travelling through space ... More | | 
The 1972 Munich Olympics aimed to promote a positive image of both international sporting activity and the modern German nation.
LIVERPOOL.- Official posters for the 1972 Munich Olympics went on display a week ago at the Walker Art Gallery to celebrate London 2012, until the end of the year. The striking 18 lithographic prints, all from the Walker’s own collection, feature the work of world-famous artists including David Hockney, Allen Jones, Oskar Kokoshka, Ron Kitaj and Eduardo Chillida. The 1972 Munich Olympics aimed to promote a positive image of both international sporting activity and the modern German nation. The official motto of the event was ‘The Happy Games’, but this ideal was tragically overshadowed by the murder of 11 members of the Israeli team by members of the Palestinian group ‘Black September’.
The Munich 1972 posters were the first of their type, commissioned as part of an effort in ‘relating artistic activity to the Olympic ... More |
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 Edward Allington sculpture exhibition opens in Canary Wharf LONDON.- Canary Wharf Group unveils the latest addition to its impressive visual art programme with the opening of Edward Allington’s ‘We Are Time: Past and Future Works’ exhibition. Until 14 September, Allington’s superb sculptures bring wit, irony, human endeavour and an unusual take on classical culture into the lobby of the landmark One Canada Square. Allington’s work has roots in classical themes and imagery – a very timely theme on the eve of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. He examines the effects of time on works of art and how we perceive them - how objects appear differently in the world at different periods of time. For example, 2000 years ago a warrior’s helmet from ancient Greece would have been on the battlefield whereas today it is a revered museum artefact. Allington has taken reproductions of such relics and transformed them into ... More New digital platform for and about those at the leading edge of design goes live LONDON.- Introducing DX-London.com, a new digital platform for and about those at the leading edge of design. DX delves into the future of design and interiors, exploring the increasing influence that technology has on the way we work, live and play. DX showcases the best in interior products and spaces, lighting and furniture, new materials, processes and embedded technology. DX-London.com offers a unique online space to explore a new design beauty, which is evolving through technological innovation and the requirements of sustainability for our residential, public and commercial interiors. It will present commentary, conversations and news – from the design community, social media channels and across the web – on the faces and forces shaping the future of design. In a time of information overload, DX-London.com will make sense of this new movement through a rigorous ... More E20 12 Under Construction: A visual exploration of the Olympic development by Giles Price LONDON.- ‘E20 12: UNDER-CONSTRUCTION’ - a stunning visual essay by British photographer Giles Price, which received wide critical acclaim during this year’s London Festival of Architecture, has been extended to run throughout the Olympics. Taken over two years in the run up to London 2012 - and the only set of photographs to document the development’s progress in this way - the essay sees Price combine a series of exclusive, large-format and minutely detailed, aerial images of the Olympic Park, with arresting portraits of its workforce. The aerial landscapes are produced with the aid of the latest camera technology and, by pushing the boundaries of the language of satellite-imaging, they allow the viewer to experience a new way of seeing the construction of the site. The extraordinary detail of these images opens up a rare perspective of the development - revealing the intricacy of the ... More Spanish Colonial Arts Society announces a gift of fine Peruvian art from the Beltrán-Kropp Foundation SANTA FE, NM.- The Spanish Colonial Arts Society announces the largest permanent gift of Peruvian art in its 87-year history; an exhibition of the gift items will open to the public in June 2013. The exhibition will include a permanent gift of sixty art pieces plus a large number of art objects on long term loan from the estate of Pedro Gerardo Beltrán Espantoso, Peru’s Ambassador to the United States (1944-45) and prime minister of Peru (1959-61), and his wife, Miriam Kropp Beltrán. The donated art includes such important pieces as a rare Eglomise (reverse glass) painting of the Madonna & Child, an exquisite silver panel of Abraham, Isaac & Angel, and a table with marquetry of incised ivory & tortoise shell. Among the other items donated to the Society include the entire set of Beltrán custom-made and engraved cobalt blue and gold dinner service for 46 people. “These pieces have never ... More David Askevold's Once Upon a Time in the East journeys west to the Armory Center for the Arts PASADENA, CA.- Armory Center for the Arts announces it is hosting David Askevold: Once Upon a Time in the East, a traveling retrospective exhibition organized by David Diviney, Curator of Exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. The exhibition features works that consider the four strains of Askevold’s exploratory journey: sculpture/installation, film and video, photo-text works, and late digital images. It includes key pieces from each stage of the artist’s career. Once Upon a Time in the East is on display in the Armory’s Caldwell Gallery and Mezzanine Galleries from July 8 through September 15, 2012. Armory Chief Curator Irene Tsatsos notes, “It is very exciting to be bringing this show to the Los Angeles area – aside from some small works the recent group exhibition She Accepts the Proposition, David's work hasn’t been seen in LA since its inclusion in the Getty’s California ... More Britain's Royal Mail to issue Olympic champ stamps LONDON (AP).- The Royal Mail is planning a tribute to Britain's Olympians that really sticks — a set of gold medal stamps. The postal service says it will issue a stamp honoring every member of the British Olympic team who wins a gold medal during the games. It is promising to have them on sale within 24 hours of the athlete's victory. The Royal Mail on Monday unveiled a separate series of Olympic stamps featuring athletes from four of the most popular events alongside London landmarks. They show a cyclist, fencer, diver and runners beside the Tate Modern museum, Tower Bridge, the Olympic Stadium and the London Eye ferris wheel. The stamps go on sale Friday, the opening day of the games. The Olympics run through Aug. 12. ... More |
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