| LACMA announces 2012 Art + Film Gala honoring Ed Ruscha and Stanley Kubrick | | Tate Modern iPad app celebrates 13 years of the Unilever Turbine Hall installations | | London bus by Czech sculptor David Cerny goes Olympic on display at the Czech House | 
File photo of artist Ed Ruscha who will be honored at LACMA's 2012 Art + Film Gala. AP Photo/Keystone, Walter Bieri.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced the date and honorees of the 2012 Art + Film Gala. On Saturday, October 27, notables from the art, film, fashion, and entertainment industries will unite at LACMA to honor artist Ed Ruscha and filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, with director Steven Spielberg paying tribute to the late filmmaker. In October, both Kubrick and Ruscha will have dedicated exhibitions on view at the museum. For its second year, the 2012 Art + Film Gala is co-chaired by LACMA Trustee Eva Chow and actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who continue to champion LACMA’s film initiatives. Gucci again shows its invaluable support of the museum as the presenting sponsor of the 2012 Art + Film Gala with Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini taking on the new role of Gala Host Committee Chair. “LACMA has actively taken strides to integrate film into the museum, beginning with film-based exhibitions such as ... More | | 
The most recently released Tate app, The Unilever Series at Tate Modern was produced by Cogapp and is available from the Apple App Store at an introductory price of £4.99.
LONDON.- Produced to celebrate 13 years of The Unilever Series at Tate Modern, one of the most innovative and significant contemporary art series of recent years. For the very first time, Tate has brought together all the artworks into one publication in this elegant app, from Olafur Eliasson’s sun to Ai Weiwei’s carpet of sunflower seeds. Explore early sketches and inspiration for many of the artworks, read illuminating essays by curators and interviews and texts by the artists, or simply enjoy the stunning installation photography. The Unilever Series was launched in 2000 when Tate Modern opened with Louise Bourgeois’s I Do, I Undo, I Redo. The Spanish artist Juan Muñoz was the second artist commissioned in 2001 with Double Bind, and the first British artist was Anish Kapoor with Marsyas in 2002. Olafur Eliasson’s sun illuminated the Turbine Hall with ... More | | 
Cerny has been responsible for some of the most controversial public sculpture of our time.
LONDON.- World-renowned Czech sculptor David Cerny is to unveil his first major, public commission in London for over a decade. Entitled, London Booster, this extraordinary sculpture consists of a double-decker London bus manufactured in 1957, which Cerny has fitted with enormous mechanical arms allowing it to do press-ups. The work has been created to coincide with London hosting the Olympics and will be on display outside the Business Design Centre in Islington, which will be transformed into Czech House for the duration of the games. Cerny has been responsible for some of the most controversial public sculpture of our time and first came to wider public attention with his Monument to Soviet Tank Crews (1991). In an act of guerrilla art, he painted a Soviet Tank war memorial pink. He has since completed other politically charged works such as Shark (2005) and Entropa (2008). The former is based on Damien Hirst’s The Physical Impossibility of Death in ... More |
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| Dale Mott appointed Director of Development at The Phillips Collection in Washington | | Exhibition at Ketterer Kunst pays tribute to the unique works by former documenta artists | | Ulrich Birkmaier appointed Chief Conservator at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art | 
Mott comes to the Phillips from Accordia Global Health Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming the state of health in Africa.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Dorothy Kosinski, director of The Phillips Collection, announces the appointment of Dale Mott as the museum’s new Director of Development. Mott brings to the museum more than 18 years of experience in fundraising and a vital understanding of D.C.’s cultural and nonprofit landscape. He joins the Phillips on August 6, 2012. “Dale has a deep knowledge of fundraising and stewarding donors with a track record of great success. I am thrilled to find such a seasoned and enthusiastic leader for our development efforts at this critical moment in the Phillips’s history,” says Kosinski. “Our endowment has grown substantially, doubling in the last four years, but persistent fiscal challenges faced by the museum make Dale a welcome and crucial addition to staff leadership.” Mott comes to the Phillips from Accordia Global Health Foundation, a nonprofit organization ... More | | 
Since it was founded in 1954, Ketterer Kunst has been firmly established in the front ranks of auction houses dealing in fine art and rare books.
BERLIN.- Artist of documenta I to XII, that’s the title of an exhibition that has just opened its gates at Ketterer Kunst in Berlin. “The focus is, on the one hand, on paying tribute to the unique works by former documenta artists. On the other hand, the approach is to highlight the changing perspectives of this internationally renowned art show, in order to stay abreast of socio-cultural developments“, says Robert Ketterer. The first documenta in Kassel in 1955 took place almost at the same time, that was from July to September, as the exhibition in Berlin-Charlottenburg, which will run until September 21st. At the “world’s most important art exhibition“ (stern, 9 June, 2012) innovative and internationally acknowledged artists as well as newcomers have been presenting a thrilling documentation of contemporary art for 57 years. While the first documenta focussed on modern art works by art ... More | | 
Most recently, Birkmaier was guest scholar at the Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles.
HARTFORD, CONN.- Susan L. Talbott, Director and CEO, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, recently announced the appointment of Ulrich Birkmaier as Chief Conservator. Birkmaier, who joined the museum in 2000 as Paintings Conservator, served as the Acting Chief Conservator since October 2011. He will work closely with the Director and the Curatorial Department to oversee the conservation needs of the Wadsworth Atheneum. “Ulrich has done a tremendous job managing the Conservation Department of the Wadsworth Atheneum. The museum’s commitment to the excellent care, preservation, treatment, and technical analysis of its vast collection is at the very core of its mission,” said Robin Jaffee Frank, Chief Curator and Krieble Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture, “We look forward to his continued leadership of the Conservation Department.” Birkmaier received his diploma in conservation from the I ... More |
| Guardians: Photographs by Andy Freeberg at Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University | | Portland Art Museum announces new Director of Education and Public Programs | | Gretchen Wagner appointed as Curator of The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in Saint Louis | 
Andy Freeberg, Statue of Mausolos, the Ruler of Karia, 377-355 B.C., Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, 2008. Archival pigment ink print. Lent by the artist. © Andy Freeberg.
STANFORD, CA.- “Guardians: Photographs by Andy Freeberg” opens July 25 at the Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University. The exhibition, which remains on view through January 6, 2013, presents 16 critically acclaimed portraits of art museum guards in contemporary Russia as they protect treasured paintings and sculptures in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Andy Freeberg is a San Francisco-based photojournalist whose assignments for magazines such as Fortune, Time and Sports Illustrated have taken him across the world. The 16 “Guardian” photographs came about when Freeberg traveled to Russia in 2008 intending to document the country's evolution since his last visit in the 1980s. But once there, Freeberg focused his lens on the retirement-aged women guarding Russia’s national treasures in the art museums. ... More | | 
Murawski is currently the director of school services at the Saint Louis Art Museum. Photo: Jerry Naunheim.
PORTLAND, ORE.- The Portland Art Museum announced the appointment of Michael Murawski, Ph.D., as director of education and public programs. Murawski will begin his tenure on October 15. “This is an important role at the Museum. Our education programs expand and amplify the visitor’s experience in the galleries through innovative installations, lectures with leading scholars, and special programs for school children, college students, artists, educators, and adult learners,” said Brian Ferriso, The Marilyn H. and Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Jr. Director. “I am pleased that we have been able to recruit and hire Mike Murawski, one of today’s leading thinkers around art museum education.” In his new position, Murawski will be responsible for creating a vision for the Museum’s public programs for families, students, and adults and ensuring the highest quality for all education programs. “I a ... More | | 
Wagner is currently assistant curator at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
ST. LOUIS, MO.- The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts announced today the appointment of Gretchen Wagner as curator. Wagner, who is currently assistant curator at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, will join the Pulitzer staff October 15. Working closely with director Kristina Van Dyke, Wagner will oversee the Pulitzer’s curatorial program, including exhibitions, special projects, and collaborative initiatives. Wagner succeeds Francesca Herndon-Consagra, who served as senior curator from 2008 to 2012. “The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts has a reputation for innovative and thought-provoking exhibitions, programs, and partnerships,” Wagner said. “A space for both speculation and contemplation, the Pulitzer provides a distinct platform for curatorial experimentation and the innovative presentation of art representing a diversity of disciplines, formats, and geographies. There is extraordinary potentia ... More |
| Bringing Van Gogh to life: Watchout powers large-scale projection as new show tours the world | | Winterthur celebrates the culture of wine in major exhibition "Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition" | | Light Structures: New work by Halima Cassell opens at Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House | 
Van Gogh Alive sees some of the painter’s most famous works displayed on huge projection screens. Photo: Courtesy of Grande Exhibitions.
LINKOPING.- Further enhancing its reputation as a core multimedia technology for visitor attractions, Dataton’s WATCHOUT is being used as the image-control backbone for ‘Van Gogh Alive – The Experience’ – a travelling exhibition that redefines audiences’ appreciation of fine art. Conceived and executed by Australian-based Grande Exhibitions, Van Gogh Alive sees some of the painter’s most famous works displayed on huge projection screens as part of a uniquely engaging multimedia show. The artist’s paintings are inter-cut with full-motion video and photographs of some of the locations that inspired him between the years 1880 and 1890, and there are more than 3,000 images in all. The show is synchronised to a powerful classical score, and the whole automated production is triggered and controlled by WATCHOUT™. “Grande Exhibitions had used WATCHOUT before on other projects so it w ... More | | 
Champagne Charlie" sheet music. Alfred Lee (composer). Oliver Ditson & Co. Boston, Massachusetts; 1867+ Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera, Winterthur Library Col. 240, 73 x 171.
WINTERTHUR, DE.- Winterthur announces a major exhibition, Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition, a joyous celebration of objects and imagery created in response to society’s love of wine. The exhibition will be on view through January 6, 2013. Featuring more than 300 objects, nearly all from Winterthur’s Museum and Library collections, Uncorked! explores how wine was marketed, consumed, and enjoyed in America and Britain from the 1600s through the 1800s. A wide range of materials are represented, from wine bottles, decanters, and cellarettes to lead figures of Bacchus and Champagne Charlie song sheets. Advertisements, trade cards, pattern books and other paraphernalia provide vivid examples of cultural values and attitudes of the times. “The beautiful and sometimes humorous objects displayed in this exhibition, combined with the growing popularity of wine ... More | | 
Halima Cassell, Phoenix, 2011. Unglazed German stoneware clay. Dia 120 cm, H 15 cm, W 15 cm. © The Artist. Photo: © Tony West.
CUMBRIA.- A solo exhibition by one of the UK’s most exciting ceramic artist, designer and maker, Halima Cassell. Cassell is a maker of considerable versatility, who has extended her signature work in clay to a range of new materials, including marble, glass and porcelain. This exhibition contains a new body of work, featuring wall pieces, sculptured objects and vessels, which have been made in response to Blackwell, and reflects Cassell's enthusiastic response to this beautiful house. ‘The Lakeland Arts Trust is committed to working with contemporary artists inviting them to interpret Blackwell in new and innovative ways. This exhibition has offered Cassell such an opportunity. Cassell was inspired by the combination of geometry and organic forms which reflect many of the spatial and decorative elements at Blackwell.’ - Gordon Watson, Chief Executive The exhibition is supported by a new publication with an ... More |
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 First solo UK exhibition of the Iranian artist Mehran Elminia's large-scale abstract paintings opens LONDON.- Rosenfeld Porcini presents Revealing Harmonies by the emerging Iranian artist Mehran Elminia. This will be the first solo UK exhibition of Elminia’s work and will include oil and mixed media works on canvas displayed over both floors of the gallery. Elminia works on a canvas attached to the wall but his improvisation does not contain any of the violence found in works by artists such as Jackson Pollock. Working no more than 1 metre from the large canvas throughout, he eschews any idea of figuration; figures can appear, but the artist is oblivious until he steps back to look at the finished work. His purely emotional response to his art and the total oneness he achieves between body, brush and canvas has the capacity to create works of great emotional intensity. Sometimes doing 24 hours continual painting, the artist’s brush becomes a complete extension of his inner ... More Grosvenor Vadehra showcases the best of Contemporary Art from India LONDON.- Grosvenor Vadehra presents 2012: A Further Global Encounter, an exhibition showcasing the best of Contemporary Art from India. The exhibition will coincide with the Olympic Games which are being hosted in London this year. The games will be the centre of attention and will showcase the best athletes the world has to offer in one of the world’s most high spirited cities. During this exciting time, Grosvenor Vadehra has selected thirteen leading Indian artists to represent India in London. The exhibition aims to explore contemporary issues and ideas that are not only local and specific to India, but which deal with aspects of the global panorama as well. We are expecting a large Indian audience who will be coming to London to see the Games to come and see the best of Indian Art at the same time. The selection process has not been anywhere near as rigorous or competitive as ... More Carnegie International Curators put their heads together; Exhibition planning gains momentum PITTSBURGH, PA.- Through long visits, Skype chats, phone calls, and countless emails, the underlying structure of the 2013 Carnegie International is taking shape. Curators Daniel Baumann, Dan Byers, and Tina Kukielski have traveled the world, meeting with colleagues and visiting artists’ studios, exhibitions, and art fairs both large and small in search of a global perspective on art today. Baumann, a Swiss national, will move to Pittsburgh with his family later this summer, marking the beginning of the final year of preparation for the International. What has emerged over the past year is an energetic collaboration that will yield a multifaceted, surprising exhibition opening October 5, 2013. This is the first International organized by three curators, which, according to the curators themselves, is a process rooted in generous, intense, organic conversation. Kukielski explains, “Our first big ... More Martin Creed plays Chicago CHICAGO, IL.- Every month in 2012, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago presents new objects and installations by Scottish artist Martin Creed as part of his unique year-long artist residency, Martin Creed Plays Chicago. Creed's works range from poetically simple objects to large-scale participa.tory performances, including painting, sculpture, films, dance, performance, and music that re-evaluate the status of art with a generous sense of humor. Labeled a conceptualist and provocateur, Creed is creating new works every month to appear in non-gallery spaces in and around the museum, as well as on the MCA Plaza, and out in the city. As the MCA turns the museum over to Creed for the year, his residency illustrates the MCA's vision of an "artist-activated, audience-engaged" museum. Creed (b. 1968) is one of the UK's leading artists and winner of the 2001 ... More First Faber-Castell International Drawing Award goes to American artist Trisha Donnelly NUREMBERG.- The €15,000 Faber-Castell International Drawing Award was awarded for the first time at the Neues Museum in Nuremberg. An international jury unanimously selected Trisha Donnelly as the winner out of the five nominated artists. Trisha Donnelly, born in 1974, lives and works in New York. The jury emphasised that her work was characterised by subtle handling of the medium, concentrated and precise positioning and the integration of other techniques. Trisha Donnelly imagery appears to be reduced to essentials and still allows mind spaces to be opened up. The observer is drawn in, visually challenged, his perception is sharpened, without the drawings giving up all their secrets. The jury acknowledged the consistently high quality of the contributions. The nominated artists demonstrated different approaches to drawing, which collectively illustrate that the medium is both ... More Aspen Art Museum announces ArtCrush 2012 Summer Benefit ASPEN, CO.- Over 300 of the world’s top art collectors, wine connoisseurs, artists, gallery owners, museum directors, curators, and global business leaders come together in Aspen for three days of striking events to celebrate the Aspen Art Museum’s 8th annual ArtCrush summer benefit gala. ArtCrush and related events, WineCrush, PreviewCrush, and AfterpartyCrush, will be held August 1 – 3, 2012, with the main ArtCrush gala taking place on Friday, August 3, featuring the presentation of the 2012 Aspen Award for Art to renowned artist Tom Sachs. Friday’s event includes silent and live auctions, and a seated dinner. 2012 art auction items are being donated by such esteemed artists as Norman Bluhm, Kathy Butterly, Sarah Cain, Nigel Cooke, E.V. Day, Marc Dennis, Carroll Dunham, Eric Fischl, Morgan Fisher, Tom Friedman, Ryan Gander, Katy Grannan, Mark Grotjahn, Nir Hod, Jim Hodges ... More |
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