| Amazing Titanic letters found; Chief officer Henry Wilde: "Give my little ones my best love" | | "Robert Adams: The Place We Live", a retrospective selection of photographs opens at the Yale University Art Gallery | | National Gallery of Art acquires important works across media by Adams, Moran, Whistler, and more | 
Letter to Jennie, 11 April 1912, D-WLD-3-12, p1
LIVERPOOL.- Two astonishing letters written aboard Titanic during her doomed maiden voyage have been discovered and have gone on display at Liverpool’s Merseyside Maritime Museum. They were written by chief officer Henry Wilde, of Walton, Liverpool, who was number two in command to Captain Edward Smith. The remarkable items, which include Mr Wilde’s White Star Line cap and Royal Naval epaulettes, have been hidden away for more than a century. Mr Wilde’s family have now decided to loan them to Merseyside Maritime Museum to be included in the free exhibition Titanic and Liverpool: the untold story which runs until summer 2013. Henry perished in the sinking but was heralded a hero for saving lives by ushering women and children into lifeboats. The letters bring home the human loss of the disaster. The father-of-four reveals how he was transferred to Titanic at the eleventh hour: “I have o ... More | | 
Robert Adams, An Irrigation Canal, Larimer County, Colorado, 1994. Gelatin silver print, 11 7/16 x 8 15/16 in., (29 x 22.7 cm). Yale University Art Gallery, Purchased with a gift from Saundra B. Lane, a grant from the Trellis Fund, and the Janet and Simeon Braguin Fund.
NEW HAVEN, CT.- The Yale University Art Gallery presents Robert Adams: The Place We Live, A Retrospective Selection of Photographs (August 3–October 28, 2012), an exhibition that surveys the artistic legacy of the American photographer Robert Adams. Spanning Adams’s 45-year career, the exhibition traces the artist’s long engagement with the American West and his pursuit of redemptive light and beauty amidst mankind’s increasingly tragic relationship with the natural world. This tension is visible in his austere, light-drenched photographs of suburban development in Colorado during the late 1960s and early 1970s; a series of expansive views of grand landscapes scarred by human ... More | | 
Thomas Moran, Mountain of the Holy Cross, 1890. Watercolor over graphite, 45.09 x 31.12 cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the Avalon Foundation, Florian Carr, Jack Kay, Barbara B. Moore, and Max and Heidi Barry Funds.
WASHINGTON, DC.- At its most recent meeting in May, the National Gallery of Art's Board of Trustees accepted an impressive number of new acquisitions, augmenting the collections of paintings, sculpture, works on paper, and photographs. These new works included a collection of 169 photographs by Robert Adams hand-selected by the artist; the Gallery's first watercolor by Thomas Moran; its first paintings by Giorgio Vasari and Hendrik Willem Mesdag; a newly attributed portrait drawing by Michael Sweerts; and a major sculpture by Barry Le Va. "There are a good number of 'firsts' in this exciting round of acquisitions, ranging from Giorgio Vasari's larger-than-life paintings of Saint Luke and Saint Mark and Thomas Moran's ... More |
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| The Morgan Library & Museum displays three new and notable acquisitions this summer | | First group of old baseball cards found in attic brings $566,132 at Heritage Auctions | | Crystal Bridges/Fisk University reach final sharing agreement for Stieglitz art collection | 
St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata, detail, Book of Hours, Rome use, in Latin, Belgium, probably Bruges, ca. 1525–30. The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, Melvin R. Seiden Collection, 2011. Photo: Graham S. Haber.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Morgan Library & Museum has announced that it will display recent acquisitions during select times throughout the year, providing the public with more opportunities to enjoy objects from across the museum’s collections. On view now are three notable works, acquired through gift and purchase, from the Morgan’s departments of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, and Printed Books and Bindings. The works are displayed in the Marble Hall—located in the Morgan’s 1928 Annex building between the Morgan Stanley Galleries—and will remain on view through September 23. Joining the Morgan’s rich holdings of Renaissance Flemish manuscripts are two sixteenth-century Books of Hours. The earlier work, dating to ca. 1500, was illuminated by the Master of Nicholas von Firmian. The miniature on view shows ... More | | 
Karl Kissner explains on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, where he found a box containing a collection of century-old baseball cards in his grandfather's attic. AP Photo/The Journal-Gazette, Laura J. Gardner.
BALTIMORE, MD.- The first offerings from “The Black Swamp Find” of 1910 E98 baseball cards – the best near “Set of 30” ever found (realized: $286,800), the finest known Honus Wagner card of its kind (realized: $239,000) and the color variations set (realized: $40,332) – brought $566,132 combined on Aug. 2 as part of Heritage Auctions Platinum Night® Sports auction at Camden Yards. All prices include Buyer’s Premium. The “Black Swamp Find,” a complete treasure trove of more than 700 well-preserved, century-old baseball cards – discovered in the attic of a Defiance, Ohio house earlier this year by cousins Karla Kissner and Karla Hench – has captured the attention of the world this summer, and with good reason. “These cards could have landed in the trash with other items being tossed out by the family after the final relative living there passed away,” said Chris Ivy, Di ... More | | 
The Stieglitz Collection will be available for view and study by a wide audience at Crystal Bridges during its alternating two-year stay in Bentonville. Photo: Timothy Hursley, courtesy of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR.
BENTONVILLE, ARK.- An important art collection will remain intact and be viewed, appreciated, and studied by a wide public audience now that a long-term collection-sharing relationship is finalized between Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Fisk University in Nashville. The agreement for sharing the Stieglitz Art Collection, bequeathed in 1949 by artist Georgia O’Keeffe to Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., was finalized by the Chancery Court and the Tennessee Attorney General on June 13 and filed by the Davidson County Chancery Court on July 31. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Fisk University each now own a 50 percent interest in the collection, which will be exhibited at both institutions at rotating two-year intervals. The agreement will allow the works to remain on display at Fisk for two ... More |
| Unique works by Carlo Mollino to be offered in the Sale of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design | | Galleri Lars Olsen presents Zero Point, an exhibition of new works of art by Jonas Hvid Søndergaard | | Guggenheim.org highlights conservation practices of time-based media art | 
Dining suite. Oak, chestnut and linoleum, 1953, comprising of: Large dining table, Small dining table, Ten dining chairs. Estimate: £500,000 – 700,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
LONDON.- Christie’s presents a collection of furnishings from the Casa Cattaneo designed by Carlo Mollino, the most sought-after Italian designer of the twentieth century, in the sale of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design on 23 October 2012. Constructed on the foothills of the Alps, and benefitting from majestic views over Lake Maggiore, the Casa Cattaneo endures as a unique and complete surviving expression of Carlo Mollino’s distinctive architecture and interior design. Casa Cattaneo is the only private villa ever designed by Mollino and is one of very few of his structures to remain intact. Comprising 10 lots the collection is expected to realise in excess of £700,000. Simon Andrews, International Specialist, 20th Century Decorative Art & Design: “Carlo Mollino is today acknowledged as one of the most strikingly original creators of twentieth century Italian architecture and design, whose few remaining w ... More | | 
Jonas Hvid Søndergaard, Zero point, 2012. Acrylic on canvas, 300 x 180 cm. Photo: Courtesy Galleri Lars Olsen.
COPENHAGEN.- The exhibition shows a new theme in Jonas’ paintings: from digitally composed and strictly drawn lines in earlier works to a more flowing, intuitive style. The works vary from small paper paintings to large room-height canvases, and both individually and in total, the works explore the ability of the two dimensional medium to suggest space and depth. Water colours and flowing transparent colour combinations create a background for sharper geometrical figures – and with their either completely flat or very spacious expressions, the paintings challenge the viewer’s senses and spacial perceptions. The exhibition’s title “Zero Point” refers to a quantum mechanical physical state which occurs out in deep space. Jonas Hvis Søndergaard’s works embrace the spiritual, philosophical and scientific questions about the universe and mankind’s coming into being. The paintings’ reflective components are embodied in both the colours and ... More | | 
Conservators in the Media Conservation Lab at work on Guggenheim collection works. Accessing the image and sound information on media elements such as video tapes and film reels is important for ensuring a work’s successful display and preservation. Photo: Jeffrey Warda.
NEW YORK, NY.- With the appointment of Joanna Phillips, Associate Conservator of Contemporary Art, in 2008, the Guggenheim joined the growing number of art museums worldwide that dedicate specialized conservation staff to time-based media art—such as film, video, computer, and audio works by Marina Abramović, Tacita Dean, Bruce Nauman, Nam June Paik, Bill Viola, and others—in their custody. A new section of Guggenheim.org now details the museum’s continuing efforts to provide the necessary and best care for these contemporary artworks, including information on the development of the Media Conservation Lab, an overview of newly established conservation practices, and guidelines and templates for media art documentation. Time-based media art presents conservators with unique ... More |
| From Charlie Brown to Isaac Newton at Leslie Hindman's Fine Books and Manuscripts Auction | | Pat Steir exhibition at Maryland's Academy Art Museum spans forty years of artist's life | | Seventy-year retrospective highlights African, Caribbean and American iconography | 
After John James Audubon, Great Blue Heron. Estimate: $80,000-120,000.
CHICAGO, IL.- For natural history print collectors, the auction includes a unique proof copy of Audubon’s Great Blue Heron, from The Birds of America ($80,000-$120,000). Other Audubon prints from The Birds of America include The Large Billed Puffin, Wilson’s Phalarope, and Sooty Tern, and from the Quadrupeds of North America, a rare study of Townsend’s Ground Squirrel, attributed to Audubon, that is expected to exceed its preliminary estimate of $4,000-6,000. The highlight of the History of Science session is an exceptional copy of Isaac Newton’s Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica that was gifted to the present owners by Bern Dibner of the Dibner Library of Science and Technology, and is expected to sell for over $15,000. High spots of Americana include a reverse glass painted and mother-of-pearl inlaid train sign made for the Rock ... More | | 
Pat Steir, Untitled 16, Monoprint, 51 x 39 inches.
EASTON, MD.- The Academy Art Museum ’s new exhibition, “Pat Steir: A View,” will be on display August 4 through October 14, 2012 in Easton , MD. Steir, a major figure in American art since the 1970s, has created some of the most ambitious and challenging paintings, drawings and prints of the last four decades. She is a draftsman of words, letters, signs and symbolic marks, drips and spills applied to paper and canvas. Steir was born in 1940 in Newark , NJ , and currently lives in New York City . She is known to many as a conceptual artist, in which the concepts or ideas involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns. Academy Art Museum Curator Anke Van Wagenberg explains, that the exhibition “Pat Steir: A View” offers the viewer close to 30 works created over a period of 40 years and includes drawings, prints and a very large painting by Steir. She ... More | | 
Loïs Mailou Jones, Street Vendors, Port au Prince, Haiti, 1978. Acrylic. Courtesy of the Loïs Mailou Jones Pierre-Noël Trust.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The California African American Museum announced “Loïs Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant Color”, a lively exhibition surveying the wide array of subjects and styles explored by the artist throughout her lifetime. Loïs Mailou Jones is on view at CAAM now through September 16, 2012 The myriad of themes explored by Loïs Mailou Jones (1905-1998) over the impressive length of her career makes for a dynamic exhibition of more than 70 works including paintings, drawings and textile designs. The retrospective begins with her early textile designs and sketches from the Harlem Renaissance. After graduating from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, at a time when racial and gender prejudices pervaded society, Jones began her career as a textile designer. She sold her bold fabric creations to ... More |
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 Factory certified short wheelbase California Spyder latest star attraction for Rm's Monterey Auction BLENHEIM, ON.- RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house for investment-quality automobiles, is honored to announce the addition of a stunning 1962 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder, chassis 3119 GT, to its Monterey sale, August 17–18 in California. Considered one of the most beautiful and desirable Ferraris in existence, the California Spyder is the epitome of prestige and magnificent styling, featuring stunning bodywork designed by Pininfarina and masterfully executed by Scaglietti, all married to Ferrari’s iconic 3-liter Colombo V-12. In total, just over 100 California Spyders were produced between 1958 and 1963. The example on offer is one of only 37 short wheelbase variants completed in the highly desirable covered headlight configuration, ranking it among the most attractive and desirable of all. “A true dual-purpose automobile, the 250 GT SWB California ... More Yorkshire is odds-on favourite to claim "greatest contribution to British architecture" WAKEFIELD.- For those partial to a bet, the odds are looking favourable for Yorkshire to claim the ‘greatest contribution to architecture’ as The Hepworth Wakefield is shortlisted for the prestigious 2012 RIBA Stirling Prize. Celebrating the best of new British architecture, the RIBA Stirling Prize is now in its 17th year and is the highest architectural accolade available within the UK. The winning finalist will be announced at a special event in Manchester on Saturday 13 October and will receive the award, plus a £20,000 prize from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The six buildings competing for this year’s title (including betting odds from William Hill) are: 1. The Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire by David Chipperfield Architects (William Hill odds: 3/1) 2. London Olympic Stadium by Populous (William Hill odds: 5/1) 3. The Lyric Theatre,Belfast by O’Donnell + Tuomey (William Hi ... More Answers sought in China's salvaging of British sub BEIJING (AP).- A lifelong scuba diving obsession led Steven Schwankert to the tale of the HMS Poseidon and the startling discovery that the British submarine, which sank off the northeastern coast of China in the 1930s, had been raised by the Chinese in 1972. That revelation lies at the heart of Schwankert's upcoming book, "The Real Poseidon Adventure: China's Secret Salvage of Britain's Lost Submarine" and an accompanying documentary film chronicling his search for answers about what became of the sunken vessel. The seven-year transcontinental quest saw frustrations, triumphs and deeply emotional experiences, none more so than bringing together descendants of the Poseidon's crew and sharing with them new information about the submarine's fate. "I only wish we'd been able to find more relatives. It feels like we've taken on this incredible responsibility of being custodians ... More Visitor numbers reached 378,000 during the first 50 days of dOCUMENTA (13) KASSEL.- dOCUMENTA (13) opened its doors to the public on the 9th of June 2012, exhibiting artworks by over 180 artists and engaging many more participants in public programs for a period of 100 days. On Saturday, July 28, 2012, marking the 50th day and mid-point of the 13th edition of documenta, visitor numbers reached 378,000—more than half of the 751,000 visitors who attended the most recent documenta in 2007. The 100-day season tickets have also proved extremely popular. Earlier this week, on the 44th day of the exhibition, dOCUMENTA (13) sold the 10,000th season ticket (70% more than during the entire run time in 2007, which saw 5901 season tickets sold in total). Bernd Leifeld, Chief Executive Officer of documenta und Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs-GmbH stated, "Our goal remains to have 751,001 visitors. Visitor numbers are important to the ... More Lost history: Did the early Maya come to the southeast in North America? By: Dr. Gordon Mercer and Marcia Gaines Mercer
FRANKLIN, NC.- Sometimes major and significant historical events are lost. “Several Southeastern tribes have long said that their ancestors received immigrants from Mesoamerica and that these immigrants introduced many cultural changes. Far too few anthropologists were listening,” according to Richard Thornton As the Maya civilization began to collapse around 800 AD, Maya cities were being deserted. It was a period of great disruption. Drought, volcanic activity, and famine resulted in a severe decline in population of several Maya regions. Scholars have long debated the question, where did they go? Richard Thornton’s book, “Itsapa: The Iza Mayas in North America,” provides an interesting answer. He thinks some of the Maya migrated to ... More Art Museum Partnership announces Directors Forum keynote speaker NEW YORK, NY.- The Art Museum Partnership announced that Maxwell L. Anderson, the Eugene McDurmontt Director of The Dallas Museum of Art, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Directors Forum conference in New York (October 28-30). Anderson will discuss his recent book, “The Quality Instinct: Seeing Art Through a Museum Director’s Eye”, during the program’s opening dinner at the historic National Arts Club. Part personal memoir, part thinking person’s guide to the museum experience, “The Quality Instinct” is filled with wit, humor, anecdotes and insights from the author’s thirty-years in the highly competitive, often contentious art world. Anderson will take conference participants on a grand tour of ancient and contemporary art, sharing five simple metrics that help to increase “visual literacy”. The goal of the Art Museum Partnership is to provide the leade ... More |
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