| A Matter of Abstraction: New permanent exhibition at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal | | Frieze produces films to accompany the publication of each issue of the magazine | | Christie's Private Sales and Adelson Galleries to present Andrew Wyeth in China | 
Marcel Barbeau, Rétine virevoltante, 1966 (detail). Acrylique sur toile, 203,5 x 203,5 cm. Collection du Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. Photo : MACM © Marcel Barbeau / SODRAC 2012.
MONTREAL.- A personal encounter with the artists and artistic movements that have defined the development of abstraction since the 1940s in Québec and across Canada: that’s what is in store for visitors to the exhibition A Matter of Abstraction, on view at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. Following a chronological and thematic approach, the exhibition showcases key works from the museum’s Permanent Collection, which today form a priceless public heritage. The presentation of A Matter of Abstraction was made possible by a substantial grant from Québec’s Ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine under its program of support for permanent exhibitions. This major exhibition will run until March 2016. After Place à la magie, it is the second permanent exhibition since ... More | | 
Dear Claes. A frieze-commissioned film. Dan Fox asks 'what type of art you stand for?'
LONDON.- Frieze is now producing films to accompany the publication of each issue of the magazine. They can be viewed online at video.frieze.com. Frieze Video has released six films since its launch in April 2012, in association with the production company Pundersons Gardens. Each short video takes the themes of the magazine off the printed page, finding imaginative ways to juxtapose images with the spoken word, as well as providing an opportunity to hear artists and writers discuss their work and ideas in exclusive interviews. Watch Online Now • Pure Products Go Crazy: artists Simon Denny, Yngve Holen and Marlie Mul discuss the use of commodities in their work • At Home with John Waters – the filmmaker and artist talks about talks about sex, death, God and the art world • In the Park: Art & the Olympics – a look at the public art commissions for London 2012, featuring interviews with Monica Bonvicin ... More | | 
“Faraway” is one of Wyeth’s first drybrush paintings. It was begun as a watercolor, with dry-brush technique for the fur cap.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s and Adelson Galleries will hold an exhibition of works by the distinguished American Realist painter Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) in New York. The exhibition will be open to the public in New York at Christie’s during early September. The exhibit will include approximately forty works of various media including drawings, watercolors, works in dry brush and tempera. The prolific art critic, Li Xian Ting, who has been a major force behind China’s avant-garde movements since the late 1970s, and remains influential today as the director of Songzhuang Art Museum, will provide academic consultation to the exhibit. The exhibit will span the breadth of Andrew Wyeth’s career and feature a wide range of subject matter including landscapes of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and the rural coast of Maine, figural works, studies and fully executed masterworks. ... More |
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| America's top international art and antiques event returns to New York for its 24th year | | Abstract images of landscapes, seascapes, and skyscapes on view at Heather Gaudio Fine Art | | Saint Clair Cemin's New York public art debut celebrated with six sculptures to span 100 blocks on Broadway | 
Head of a Youth, Circa 450 – 650 A.D. (Classic). Stone and Bitumen. Remojadas - Veracruz, Mexico. Photo: Courtesy Tambaran Gallery, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sixty-five of the world’s top dealers – many of them founding exhibitors – will converge on the Park Avenue Armory for the breathtaking event that collectors, connoisseurs, interior designers and art lovers anticipate all year long. The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show, founded in 1989, was New York's first vetted fair and remains one of the world's most prestigious and influential art and antique events. Extraordinary attention to detail, exceptional specialist dealers, breathtaking variety and exacting standards have established the International Show as the top American showcase of its kind. This glamorous fair brings together works of art that span continents and millennia -- among them many of museum quality. Furniture, paintings, sculpture, textiles, ceramics, glass, clocks, watches, arms, armour, rare books, ... More | | 
Bonnie Edelman, Watering Hole, La Padrera, Uruguay, 2011. Photo: Courtesy Heather Gaudio Fine Art.
NEW CANAAN, CT.- Heather Gaudio Fine Art, a contemporary art gallery featuring paintings, sculptures, photography, and works on paper presents their latest exhibition, Scapes, photographs by Bonnie Edelman opened August 16th and running through September 26th. A closing reception for the artist will be held on September 12th from 6pm-‐8pm. The gallery is located at 21 South Avenue in New Canaan. An exhibition consisting of abstract images of landscapes, seascapes, and skyscapes, Bonnie Edelman creates captivating visual pieces of vibrant color, creativity and light. With a professional start in the media world, Bonnie Edelman moved to the fine art world after realizing her passion for photography. While working professionally for publications such as Glamour Magazine and Sports Illustrated, Bonnie developed an eye for composition and beauty that isreflected in her photography. Several series of her ... More | | 
Saint Clair Cemin, Rendering of Vortex, 2008.
NEW YORK, NY.- Paul Kasmin Gallery presents Six, Saint Clair Cemin’s (b. 1951, Cruz Alta, Brazil) inaugural exhibition with the Gallery, on view at 515 W 27th Street from September 6 through October 13, 2012, alongside the artist’s New York public art debut. Stringing together the rational, the unknown, the unconscious, and the dream, the Brazilian sculptor combines his signature pluralistic style with both concrete and abstract expressions in this exhibition of six new sculptural works, all made in 2012. Beyond the walls of the gallery, Paul Kasmin Gallery partners with the Broadway Mall Association (a New York non-profit organization working to beautify and maintain the malls of Broadway from 70th Street to 168th Street) to present Saint Clair Cemin on Broadway, an additional six sculptures by Cemin at outdoor locations from early September through November 2012. “Cemin’s endgame modernism – ... More |
| Exhibition showcasing over 1000 years of Islamic art and architecture opens at the Asian Civilisations Museum | | Traneudstillingen Exhibition Space exhibits 17 artists from Latin America and Europe | | A series of Judy Chicago exhibitions and events in the UK for the first time since 1985 | 
Muqarnas Element. © Aga Khan Trust for Culture.
SINGAPORE.- The Asian Civilisations Museum presents an exhibition of works of art from the Aga Khan Museum. Featuring masterpieces of Islamic art and architecture spanning many centuries and from regions around the world, Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum: Architecture in Islamic Arts are on display at the ACM from 19 July to 28 October 2012. Architecture, with tiled and gilt domes, shaded courtyards, and inscribed gates, became a natural expression of Islam. The exhibition reveals how Muslim artists perceived the Islamic built environment. Over 100 objects, ranging from manuscript illumination, paintings, and architectural elements to hajj certificates and tiles decorated with passages from the Qur‟an, illustrate ideas of space and decoration in both religious and secular environments. The exhibition offers insights into some of the great Islamic dynasties: the al-Andalus of the Iberian Peninsula; Ilkhanid, Timurid, and S ... More | | 
Luis Camnitzer: Assignment #2: This is a poetic statement. Identify the elements that construct the poem, 2011. Courtesy Alexander Gray Associates.
COPENHAGEN.- Salvajes – Digesting Europe Piece by Piece is a collaboration between Fortress to Solitude Curatorial and Traneudstillingen Exhibition Space, exhibiting 17 artists from Latin America and Europe whose works revolve around inter-colonial relationships, cultural identity, and the dominant power structures rooted in Latin America. “Tupi or not tupi, that is the question” In 1928, the Brazilian modernist poet and polemicist Oswald de Andrade wrote the Manifesto Antropófago – known in English as the Cannibalistic Manifesto. Andrade playfully transformed Shakespeare’s iconic line, “To be or not to be, that is the question,” into a celebration of the Tupi—one of the original ethnic Brazilian tribes that practiced forms of ritual cannibalism. But he also created an ironic and humorous metaphor for ... More | | 
Judy Chicago at the Sublime Environment performance, 2012. Photo © Donald Woodman.
LONDON.- Judy Chicago is an artist, writer and activist whose work set the agenda for women's art over the past five decades. A pioneering force who came to prominence in the late 1960's and early 1970's, she helped re-shape the male-dominated art landscape by creating innovative work from a woman's perspective - reacting to social and political injustice during revolutionary times. Her art and her ideas continue to exert a palpable influence on generations of women artists who came after. In 2011 her contribution was recognised and in some ways rediscovered during Pacific Standard Time, the California-wide celebration of the history of the L.A. Art Scene which saw sixty cultural institutions collaborate in one six-month long initiative and featured work across various media by Judy Chicago. The artist is widely represented in museums and public collections ... More |
| John Staluppi's "Cars of Dreams" collection joins RM's record 2012 calendar | | New family of spiders, Trogloraptor, found in the Siskiyou Mountains of Southern Oregon cave | | Ferraris dominate RM Auctions' Saturday sale session in Monterey, California | 
The John Staluppi ?Cars of Dreams? Collection. Photo: Ryan Merrill © 2012 courtesy RM Auctions.
BLENHEIM, ON.- Fresh on the heels of its highly successful Aalholm Automobil Collection auction last weekend, RM Auctions has announced the addition of a new single-vendor sale to its 2012 calendar: The John Staluppi ?Cars of Dreams? Collection, to be offered December 1 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Well-known and highly regarded by automotive enthusiasts, the ?Cars of Dreams? Collection is the result of more than a decade of dedicated collecting by successful entrepreneur, car dealer, and lifelong enthusiast, John Staluppi. Spanning a broad range of American marques and eras, the series of nearly 120 cars comprises a wide variety of some of the finest, rarest, and most desirable American automobiles ever produced, with a strong emphasis on convertibles and performance cars. The collection ranges from a terrific series of icons from the fifties and sixties, through to a remarkable collection of Detroit muscle and pony cars, ... More | | 
A specimen of a new family of spiders, which scientists are calling Cave Robber (Trogloraptor marchingtoni.
By: Jeff Barnard, AP Environmental Writer
GRANTS PASS, ORE (AP).- Amateur cave explorers have found a new family of spiders in the Siskiyou Mountains of Southern Oregon, and scientists have dubbed it Trogloraptor — Latin for cave robber — for their fearsome front claws. The spelunkers sent specimens to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, which has the West Coast's largest collection of spiders. Entomologists there say the spider — reddish brown and the size of a half dollar — evolved so distinctly that it requires its own taxonomic family — the first new spider family found in North America since the 1870s. "It took us a long time to figure out what it wasn't," said Charles Griswold, curator of arachnids at the academy. "Even longer to figure out what it is. We used anatomy. We used DNA to understand its evolutionary place. Then we consulted other experts all ... More | | 
1962 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder sold for: $8,580,000. Photo: shooterz.biz © Courtesy of RM Auctions.
MONTEREY, CA.- RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house for investment-quality automobiles, continued its strong track record for historic Ferraris in Monterey, California last night (August 18) with a 1962 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder achieving a remarkable $8,580,000 and a 1956 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta ‘Tour de France’ realizing a strong $6,710,000 before a packed house. Considered one of the most beautiful and desirable Ferraris in existence, the short wheelbase California Spyder, chassis 3119 GT, is one of only 37 short wheelbase variants in the highly desirable covered headlight configuration. Resplendent in Rosso Corsa over a tan leather interior, the exclusive, Ferrari Classiche certified example sparkled under the auction lights, attracting spirited bidding before selling to a collector on the phone. Another great example from the famed Italian marque handpicked for t ... More |
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 Unexpected beauty examined at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria VICTORIA, BC.- The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria presents Powertrains and Peacocks, artist Clint Neufeld’s exploration of the beauty in the design and craftsmanship of everyday objects. The exhibition runs from August 17 to October 28, 2012 in the AGGV’s LAB Gallery and demonstrates Neufeld’s engagement in not only the structure of the objects he uses but the history and context implied by the materials used to make them. Powertrains and Peacocks, includes a new series of light boxes that use a clean contemporary aesthetic in the structure of their frames that contain silhouette like portraits of three opulent subjects: the peacock, the Trans-Am, and the chandelier. Clint Neufeld demonstrates his skill as a sculptor with Sad Seahorse, a ceramic replica of a wilted Seahorse engine glazed in the colour of celadon china. Instead of presenting this stunning sculpture on the typical ... More Ben Ainslie's London 2012 gold medal winning boat goes back home to National Maritime Museum CORNWALL.- The Olympic games may be over but there is one golden star from London 2012 who still has her moment to shine. Rita, Ben Ainslie’s loyal Finn from the games is returning to National Maritime Museum Cornwall on Tuesday 21 August after helping Ben win his incredible fourth gold medal, cementing him as the most successful Olympic sailor in history. Together, Ben and ‘Rita’ have won three Olympic Gold medals, in Athens, Beijing and now London and their partnership has become legendary. Rita’s home, when she’s away from Ben, has been the Maritime Museum in Falmouth, along with Ben’s gold medal winning Laser from the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Visitors will soon be able to see all of Ben’s gold medal winning boats in the main hall of the Museum forming an installation in honour of what Cornwall’s great man has achieved. Ben Lumby, Exhibitions Manager at ... More Unseen announces Fashion! A Selection of Photographs from the Camera Work Collection AMSTERDAM.- A month before the start of Unseen, the exhibition that will be on display during the photography fair has been revealed: Fashion! A Selection of Photographs from the Camera Work Collection. This group exhibition will give a survey of nine decades of fashion photography, including works by Richard Avedon, Horst P. Horst, Steven Klein, Helmut Newton, Irving Penn, Paolo Roversi and Edward Steichen. This special selection was compiled from the collection of Camera Work. Camera Work owns one of the world’s largest collections of photographic works and books. The works on display vary from Edward Steichen's classical compositions, the experimental work of Man Ray and the controversial photos of Helmut Newton to the contemporary fashion photography of Steven Klein. More than any other discipline, fashion photography is able to document the spirit of its times: ... More Herb Weaver's ceramic sculpture to be featured at University of South Carolina Upstate SPARTANBURG, SC.- Herb Weaver will have his works of ceramic sculpture on display at the Curtis R. Harley Art Gallery, located on the first floor of the Humanities and Performing Arts Center at the University of South Carolina Upstate, from August 24 – September 21, 2012. An artist lecture and reception will be held September 13 at 4:30 p.m. in the gallery. Raised in a Mennonite community in Harrisonburg, Va., Weaver earned degrees from Eastern Mennonite University (B.S. Art Education) and James Madison University (M.F.A. Ceramics), and taught on the secondary school level before accepting college positions in Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, and currently in Georgia at Georgia Gwinnett College. While concentrating his creative efforts in the area of ceramic sculpture, his artwork contains thematic elements of profound whim and visual pun. “Humor plays an important ... More Chicago Cultural Center opens Industry of the Ordinary's "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi" CHICAGO, IL.- The newest exhibit to open at the Chicago Cultural Center is anything but ordinary; yet, that’s what it is exactly. Industry of the Ordinary: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, which opened on Friday, August 17, is a ten-year retrospective of the collaborative team of Adam Brooks and Mathew Wilson whose work is a celebration of the everyday. “As we continue to engage Chicagoans and visitors to be involved in our cultural community, it’s a fitting time to have an exhibit that is so inclusive to the viewing public,” said Michelle T. Boone, commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. “Not only does it include elements of every day life, but also, this installation invites the public in, blurring the boundaries between artist and the viewer.” While their work takes many forms, it is largely performative and seeking to engage the viewer as an inclusive ... More September 11 group appeals New York decision on remains NEW YORK (AP).- A dispute over the future resting place of thousands of unidentified remains of Sept. 11 victims is going back to court. A group of family members of 9/11 victims who oppose plans to put the remains underground in the National September 11 Memorial & Museum is appealing a judge's decision to block them from gaining access to the names and addresses of the victims' families. The group wants to poll the families themselves. Jim Riches, a spokesman for 9/11 Parents & Families of Firefighters & WTC Victims, said Saturday the group would like to see the remains encased in a kind of "tomb of the unknown soldier" that's above ground. The city said releasing the list would violate families' privacy. The appeal was filed this week. ... More |
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