| Sotheby's announces "Collections": An auction of important private collections of fine & decorative art | | First comprehensive exhibition in Australia of Eugène Atget's work opens at the Art Gallery of NSW | | "Offering of the Angels: Paintings and Tapestries from the Uffizi Gallery" opens at the Chazen Museum of Art | 
Suite of rare C18th Chinese wall paper panels. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Sotheby's London presents its inaugural “Collections” auction on Thursday, 27th September 2012. Sourced from distinguished and aristocratic private collections, the sale will offer clients the opportunity to acquire a wealth of fine and decorative arts dating from the sixteenth to the twentieth Century. Assembled from a diverse array of locations ranging from the grand state rooms of a Roman Palazzo, to a Lutyens-designed manor house in England previously owned by the flamboyant American businessman Tom Perkins, the auction will offer an exciting combination of decorative and important objects, including English and Continental furniture, clocks, tapestries, rugs, silver, Chinese export porcelain, sculpture and Old Master Paintings. The sale has been carefully curated, focussing on exciting privately-owned items which are fresh to the market – and in the case of specially commissioned works – appe ... More | | 
Eugène Atget, Shop sign au Rémouleur on the corner of the rue des Nonnains d’Hyères and rue de I’Hôtel-de-Ville, 4th arrondissement July 1899. Albumen photographs © Musée Carnavalet, Paris/Roger-Viollet/TopFoto.
SYDNEY.- The first comprehensive exhibition in Australia of Eugène Atget’s (1857–1927) work will showcase over 200 photographs primarily from the more than 4000 strong collection of Musée Carnavalet, Paris with the important inclusion of Atget’s work, as compiled by Man Ray, from the collection of George Eastman House, Rochester, USA. Atget was considered a commercial photographer who sold what he called ‘documents for artists’, ie. photographs of landscapes, close-up shots, genre scenes and other details that painters could use as reference. As soon as Atget turned his attention to photographing the streets of Paris, his work attracted the attention of leading institutions such as Musée Carnavalet and the Bibliothèque Nationale which became his principal clients. It is in these photographs of Paris that we find the best of Atget, the artist who shows ... More | | 
Workshop of Titian, The Madonna and Child with Saint Catherine of Alexandria, 1550-60. Oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm. Uffizi Gallery, 1890 inv. no. 949.
MADISON, WI.- Forty-five works by Renaissance old masters will be on view in the Midwest for the first time. The exhibition of paintings and two tapestries was curated by Uffizi Gallery Director Antonio Natali around the theme of the Eucharist, and offers recently restored works by masters such as Botticelli, Tintoretto, Titian, and il Parmigianino. Spanning approximately three centuries from the late fourteenth to the early eighteenth century, these works were executed by some of the leading painters working in Italy, principally in Florence, during the rule of the Medici dynasty. The exhibition is organized into six sections: Old Testament; Original Sin and the Fall; New Testament; Mother and Son; The Last Supper, the Passion, and the Cross; The Resurrection and the Eucharist. The exhibition will be on view August 24 through November 25, 2012. Every Christmas, the Uffizi Gallery and the Amici degli Uffizi present a temporary exhibition ... More |
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| Battle of Trafalgar masterpiece by artist who failed "A level" art for sale at Bonhams | | First major gallery retrospective of Australian artist Sydney Long opens at the National Gallery of Australia | | Original works by Frank Zappa and The Beatles to be offered at Philip Weiss Auctions | 
John Dews, Battle of Trafalgar HMS Victory breaking the enemy line (detail). Estimate: £100,000-150,000.
LONDON.- A magnificent painting of a crucial encounter in the Battle of Trafalgar by the UK?s leading marine artist, Steven Dews, who failed his ?A? level art, is the star lot in Bonhams Marine Sale in London on 26 September. It is estimated at £100,000-150,000. Born in Beverley, North Humberside in 1949, Steven Dews has an international reputation for his work. He has exhibited widely both in the UK and abroad and fulfilled commissions for many leading companies and organisations including the Maritime Services Board of Australia which commissioned him to paint, ?The First Fleet?s arrival in Botany Bay? as part of the country?s Bicentennial Celebrations in 1988. Throughout the long history of war at sea, the Battle of Trafalgar was certainly the most complete victory of the age of sail if not the most decisive naval engagement ever fought. ?Battle of Trafalgar: HMS Victory breaking the enemy?s lines? depicts the moment when ... More | | 
Sydney Long, The valley 1898. Oil on canvas. Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. Elder Bequest Fund 1898. Reproduced with the kind permission of the Ophthalmic Research Institute of Australia.
CANBERRA.- The National Gallery of Australia opened Sydney Long The Spirit of the Land, the first major gallery retrospective of this important Australian artist. Sydney Long is Australia’s foremost Art Nouveau artist and created a highly distinctive style which often depicted the Australian landscape as haunting and mysterious, and sometimes populated with mythical nature sprites. The exhibition is on display in Canberra only. Sydney Long worked in the imaginatively stimulating atmosphere in Sydney in the 1890s and 1900s when he was a central figure in the Symbolist movement. He later became a leading painter-etcher of the 1920s and 1930s. This exhibition displays over 115 paintings, watercolours and prints from collections around the country as well as from the National Gallery of Australia’s own collection. Many of the works in the ... More | | 
Detail of an original stylized rendering of a drum shop by the late rock legend and guitarist Frank Zappa.
OCEANSIDE, NY.- A painting done collectively by all four Beatles when the band was on tour in Japan in 1966, plus original artwork by rock legend Frank Zappa and contracts and a black leather jacket from the late rapper Biggie Smalls (aka “The Notorious B.I.G”) will headline a three-day auction extravaganza scheduled for Sept. 13-15 by Philip Weiss Auctions. The auction will be held in Philip Weiss Auctions’ spacious gallery, located at #1 Neil Court in Oceanside, N.Y. The music memorabilia will be part of the event’s sandwich day – Friday, Sept. 14, starting at 2 p.m. (EST). The day will also feature ocean liner and transportation collectibles, and Hollywood memorabilia, to include magazine cover art from the '20s and ‘30s. The Beatles visited Japan only once – in 1966, and for exactly 100 hours. They were bored, holed up in their VIP suite in Tokyo’s Hilton Hotel, so to pass the ... More |
| First ever mid-career survey of groundbreaking artist Barry McGee opens at Berkeley Art Museum | | New exhibition at San Francisco airport presents historic imagery from the world's oldest living religion | | PAD London returns to its prime location on Berkeley Square for sixth edition | 
Barry McGee, Untitled, 2005. Acrylic on glass bottles, wire; dimensions variable; Lindemann Collection, Miami Beach. Photo: Mariano Costa Peuser.
BERKELEY, CA.- The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive presents Barry McGee, the first ever midcareer survey of the San Francisco–based artist. This exceptionally comprehensive exhibition explores his work from the late 1980s to the present, including rarely seen early etchings, re-creations of large-scale installations, vibrant abstract paintings, animatronics, photographs, and painted surfboards. Barry McGee provides a much-anticipated opportunity to experience and assess the broad scope of the artist’s multifaceted career and practice in a single exhibition. “Barry has influenced a generation of international artists, with the Bay Area as the welcoming and appreciative center for his dynamic, engaged, and progressive approach to art-making,” says BAM/PFA Director and Barry McGee co-curator Lawrence Rinder. “So it is with a sense of privilege and special re ... More | | 
The Hindu deity Ganesha c. 1200–1300. India; Karnataka state schist. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, the Avery Brundage CollectionB62S14+ L2012.0801.023
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Sculpture is an essential part of Indian civilization; a culture that dates back to ancient times and has flourished uninterrupted to the present. It is fundamentally important to India’s nearly one billion Hindu adherents. Consecrated images and forms of the divine serve as the focal point for devotees to worship, meditate on, or otherwise communicate with Hinduism’s innumerable deities and demigods. Many Hindus believe all are manifestations of one supreme, transcendent force or power. Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, Shiva the destroyer, and the Great Goddess in various forms affect the universe’s endless cycles of creation, preservation, and dissolution. They preside over a complex and expansive pantheon of consorts, incarnations, lesser gods, and localized deities and heroes. Indian Hindu sculpture and historic ... More | | 
Pablo Picasso, Tete d'homme et nu assis, 1964. (detail) Courtesy of Galleria Tega.
LONDON.- Returning to its prime location on Berkeley Square, the 6th edition of PAD London launches with a strong contingent of 60 leading galleries from Europe, the USA and Asia, and includes 20 new participants. Renowned for its magnificent blend of modern art, design, decorative arts, photography and tribal art, PAD London is the place to discover and acquire the most coveted pieces available on the market today. Modern art flourishes with the first-time participation of four prominent American dealers. Castelli Gallery, L&M Arts, Skarstedt Gallery and Paul Kasmin Gallery come together to present a striking panorama of Pop Art, with a particular focus on Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. An additional 8 new modern art galleries feature renowned works with an exceptional provenance and history. Mayoral Galeria d'Art (Barcelona) presents Jean-Michel Basquiat's Untitled-The Origin of Cotton (1987), never before shown in Euro ... More |
| Knoxville Museum of Art presents "Contemporary Focus 2012" and "Fischli & Weiss: The Way Things Go" | | Kunsthaus Zürich announces first presentation in Switzerland of "Christian Marclay's The Clock" | | Painting of Christ disfigured by elderly woman in Spanish town; becomes internet trending topic | 
Andrew Scott Ross, Stones and Rocks and Stones and Bones, 2009, office paper, courtesy of the artist.
KNOXVILLE, TN.- The Knoxville Museum of Art presents two concurrent exhibitions August 24-November 4 Contemporary Focus 2012 and Fischli & Weiss: The Way Things Go. Contemporary Focus is the KMA’s annual exhibition series that recognizes, supports, and documents the development of contemporary art in East Tennessee. Each year, the exhibition series features the work of artists who are living and making art in this region, and who are exploring issues relevant to the larger world of contemporary art. The three artists selected for this year’s exhibition have a common interest in referencing the urban environment, the boundaries along which nature and civilization intersect, and the way in which ordinary images can serve as metaphors for complex realities. Joshua Dudley Greer creates color photographs whose enigmatic imagery is informed by the artist’s interest in film, urban lore, the built environment, and its r ... More | | 
Christian Marclay, The Clock, 2010. Single channel video. Duration: 24 hours. © Christian Marclay. Photo: Ben Westoby. Courtesy White Cube.
ZURICH.- From 24 August to 2 September the Kunsthaus Zürich hosts the first, and exclusive, presentation in Switzerland of Christian Marclay’s masterpiece ‘The Clock,’ which was awarded the Golden Lion at the 2011 Venice Biennale. On 24 and 31 August the video will be shown non-stop for 24 hours. Audiences in London, New York and Venice waited in long lines to see this fascinating, 24-hour video work, which has now been acquired by the Kunsthaus for its collection in co-ownership with the Luma Foundation. With ‘The Clock’, artist/musician Marclay samples thousands of film excerpts to indicate the passage of time. Using a range of timepieces, from clock towers to wristwatches and from buzzing alarm clocks to the occasional cuckoo, ‘The Clock’ draws attention to time as a multifaceted protagonist of cinematic narrative. The installation is constructed from a spectacular variety ... More | | 
This undated handout photo made available by the Centro de estudios Borjanos shows the 20th century Ecce Homo-style fresco of Christ after an elderly amateur artist Celia Gimenez, 80, took it upon herself to restore it. AP Photo/Centro de estudios Borjanos.
MADRID (AP).- A small Spanish town is trying to figure out what to do with a 20th-century painting of Christ that has been disfigured by a local artist who took it upon herself to restore it. Juan Maria Ojeda, an official in Borja town, said 80-year-old Celia Gimenez decided to touch up the fresco of Christ wearing a crown of thorns in the Misericordia church because she thought it need restoration. He said no one realized how badly disfigured the painting was until she rang town hall to say what she had done. She claimed to have had the permission of the priest to carry out the job. "(The) priest knew it! He did! How could you do something like that without permission? He knew it!" The fate of the painting has made national news in Spain. The fresco is of the genre ... More |
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 Birmingham exhibition offers alternative portraits of black culture BIRMINGHAM, AL.- Intimate Interiors, an exhibition presenting alternative portraits of Black culture spanning mid-20th century to modern day, debuts at the Birmingham Museum of Art on Sunday, August 26. As a mixed media exhibition, Intimate Interiors presents 12 portraits of black subjects in intimate moments and spaces that include religious worship, bedrooms, and entertaining. Ranging from a depiction of elderly women at church in the south, to young people dancing the jitterbug on a Saturday night, the exhibition focuses on the intimate moments of everyday life in black culture. “In such spaces, we are at our most comfortable, and oftentimes most vulnerable. The exhibition offers alternative images to racist images of blacks that we often encounter in our global visual culture,” says Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow, Dr. Jeffreen M. Hayes. “By exhibiting alternative images, we ... More New walk opens up auditory vistas in 18th Century landscape DERBY.- A masterpiece of 18th century English architecture, Kedleston Hall was built in the 1760s and is the most complete example of the architect Robert Adam’s work. He is arguably one of the most influential architects in the western world. Kedleston’s astonishing gardens and grounds, also by Adam, remain remarkably well preserved over two hundred and fifty years later. It is perhaps fitting, therefore, that the new walk through this rare example of a Robert Adam landscape will lead walkers to four new interactive sculptures by the multi-award winning art and architecture practice Studio Weave. Studio Weave have previously designed the UK’s Longest Bench which stretches 324m along the promenade at Littlehampton, and turned a canal barge into a floating cinema (‘Floating Cinema’, 2011). Their bold, playful works, finely crafted and often bursting with colour, have ... More Korean Artist Project launches its new and improved website, featuring virtual exhibitions SEOUL.- Korean Artist Project, which comprises three-year plan spanning from 2011 to 2013, is a global online platform that presents a series of virtual exhibitions featuring artworks by Korean contemporary artists. Its mission is to promote them internationally, allowing them to enter into the global art arena. Since its inception on 5th December 2011, KAP is now entering its second year. Including 2011 and 2012 KAP, a total of 42 participating artists were selected by a number of curators from 19 national art museums and then juried by Korean and international art critics. Korean Artist Project is an online platform which is designed to present a series of virtual exhibition spaces of each participating artist and also its virtual exhibitions are curated by a number of curators from art museums in nationwide. Through this effective and informative Website, the Website users ... More Rutgers University announces publication of "The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art, and Society" NEW YORK, NY.- Five years in the making, the highly anticipated 256-page volume The Fertile Crescent: Gender, Art, and Society will be published by Rutgers University Institute for Women and Art and distributed by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers in November 2012. The book is a captivating, timely, and comprehensive overview of the work of contemporary women artists of Middle East heritage who are described by the authors and essayists as living in "unavailable intersections," their "precarity" making them impossible to pigeonhole by simple national or religious identities. The work of these multi-generational, multi-national artists examines and reveals from their global perspectives matters of gender, homeland, geopolitics, theology, and the environment. This stunning volume is accompanied by an unprecedented all 2012 multi-venue exhibition (and accompanying events) also ... More Sale of World Series memorabilia to be held at Kaminski Auctions BEVERLY, MASS.- Kaminski Auctions will offer an important collection of items, including World Series memorabilia, once owned by legendary Major League Baseball player John "Stuffy" McInnis. This exciting group of memorabilia will be featured in the Summer's End Estate Auction on Saturday September 15 at 11:00 AM. Stuffy McInnis was born in 1890 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and died in 1960 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. He played for several Major League Baseball teams during a professional career that spanned 19 seasons. Making his MLB debut on April 12, 1909, Stuffy would have an impressive career that included four World Series titles with several teams. Overall, he held a .307 batting average, hit 20 home runs, and had 1,062 RBI in 2,128 games. McInnis began his career as a short stop for the Philadelphia Athletics. In the 1911 season he was moved to first base ... More Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense: Rat that doesn't gnaw discovered By: Niniek Karmini, Associated Press
JAKARTA (AP).- A unique species of near-toothless rat that lives off earthworms and doesn't chew or gnaw has been seen in Indonesia. The shrew-like animal with a long, pointed snout was described online in this week's British journal Biology Letters. Paucidentomys vermidax, which translates loosely to "few-toothed rat" and "worm eater," is the only rodent out of more than 2,200 known species that does not have molars and instead has bicuspid upper incisors, it said. Two rats were found in the mountainous rain forest of southern Sulawesi Island last year on Mount Latimojong and 100 kilometers (62 miles) northwest on Mount Gandangdewata. Since it lacks cheek teeth, the rat sucks in earthworms and slices them with its incisors before spitting ... More Turning heads in Red Bank, New Jersey RED BANK, NJ.- New Jersey Museum of Contemporary Art opened its public art exhibition “HEADS” featuring 50 large-scale paintings by Romanian artist Dumitru Gorzo in Red Bank, New Jersey. The paintings are installed on exterior walls in this historic town along the Navesink River and will be on view through October 14, 2012. A map of the 9 locations is available on the museum’s website. Curated by the distinguished art critic, Marek Bartelik, the series of 4’ x 8’ paintings commissioned exclusively for this exhibition focuses on expressive, allegorical, strange, satirical, and futuristic heads that explore portraiture with a nuanced observation of the individual spirit. The concentration on heads grounds the work in a universal feature of humanity, with eyes being the proverbial window to the soul. Gorzo's incorporation of varied styles and layers of abstraction illuminate the struggles ... More |
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