| Exhibition at Carnegie Museum of Art showcases 80 rarely-seen prints and drawings | | Chuck Ramirez photograph acquired by Smithsonian American Art Museum for permanent collection | | Spain's cultural treasures on exclusive U.S. tour from the Prado, Madrid, to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | 
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Arrangement in Black: Portrait of Señor Pablo de Sarasate, 1884. Oil on canvas.
PITTSBURGH, PA.- 80 rarely-seen prints and drawings by James Abbot McNeill Whistler have gone on view Saturday, August 4 at Carnegie Museum of Art. Organized by associate curator of fine arts Amanda Zehnder, Whistler & Rebellion in the Art World explores Whistler's flamboyant defiance of artistic conventions, and his insistence on the importance of “art for art’s sake.” The museum holds a substantial collection of Whistler’s prints, which have not been on view since 1998. Only an artist as talented as Whistler could get away with his rebellious persona. Deliberately provocative and controversy-seeking, he maintained a contentious stance toward other artists, critics, academics, viewers, and patrons. His legacy, on the other hand, speaks for his immense ability to create exquisite works of art. Carnegie Museum of Art engaged Whistler shortly after its foundation in 1895; he served on several advisory boards for ... More | | 
Chuck Ramirez (1962-2010) Seven Days Series: Breakfast Tacos Conceived in 2003; printed by the Estate in 2012 Edition 4/6 Pigment ink print on archival HAHNEMUHLE Photo Rag Baryta paper 48 x 60”.
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- Ruiz-Healy Art, exclusive representative for the estate of Chuck Ramirez (1962-2010), announced that the Smithsonian American Art Museum has purchased Ramirez’ limited edition large-format photograph, Seven Days: Breakfast Tacos, for the institution’s permanent collection. The work will be included in the upcoming exhibition, Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, which will be on view at the American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. from October 25, 2013 to March 2, 2014. Organized by E. Carmen Ramos, Associate Curator for Latino Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Our America will feature more than seventy works in a range of media, drawn exclusively from the institution’s groundbreaking permanent collection of Latino art. Ramirez’ Breakfast Tacos will be exhibited alongside works by other leading contemporary Latino ... More | | 
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, The Immaculate Conception, 1670–80. Oil on canvas. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (P0974)© Museo Nacional del Prado – Madrid, Spain.
HOUSTON, TX.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has announced that more than 100 masterworks from one of the world’s most renowned collections of European painting will be presented at the MFAH beginning December 16, 2012, in Portrait of Spain: Masterpieces from the Prado. The exhibition—on exclusive U.S. loan in Houston as part of a new initiative by the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid to broaden access to its holdings—tells the story of the evolution of painting in Spain from the 16th through 19th centuries and explores how artists reflected the sweeping changes in society, culture, politics and religion that contributed to the development of a modern Spanish identity. Portrait of Spain opened July 21 at the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane, Australia, the first stop on this two-venue tour. “Portrait of Spain will bring to U.S. audiences an ... More |
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| Beautiful Concertina book illustrates history of flight and aviation in one extravagantly long panorama | | Rijksmuseum acquires unique sculpture of screaming child by Hendrick de Keyser | | Cig Harvey's "You Look At Me Like An Emergency" at Mpls Photo Center in Minneapolis | 
High Times is an exquisitely designed and printed concertina book which folds out to a spectacular 4.5 foot panorama detailing the history of flight and aviation.
NEW YORK, NY.- Nobrow Press, an independent graphic arts and comic publisher based in London, announced the U.S. publication of High Times: A History of Aviation, the first book from the acclaimed Berlin-based illustration duo Golden Cosmos a/k/a Daniel Doltz and Doris Freogofas, and their maiden book collaboration with Nobrow Press. High Times is an exquisitely designed and printed concertina book which folds out to a spectacular 4.5 foot panorama detailing the history of flight and aviation from the legendary attempts of Icarus to the revolutionary innovations of the Jet Age. The wraparound cover presents illustrated and written entries for each panel of the concertina detailing notable benchmarks in the history and mythology of aviation. High Times will publish in October 2012 just in time for the holiday season. It is a fantastic education tool ... More | | 
Hendrick de Keyser, ‘Screaming child’ (Schreeuwend kind), Hendrick de Keyser, c. 1615.
AMSTERDAM.- Recently, the Rijksmuseum acquired a sculpture of a screaming child created by Hendrick de Keyser (1565-1621), who is considered one of the foremost 17th-century Dutch sculptors. The sculpture, which adds a key new dimension to the oeuvre of this versatile artist, was gifted to the Rijksmuseum by an anonymous donor. The small head, which is carved in wood, is a particularly expressive depiction of a screaming child being stung by a bee on his forehead and alludes to a well-known story from the ancient classics in which Cupid, the god of love, is chased and stung by a bee after stealing honey from a beehive. The goddess of love and his mother, Venus, consoles him, but confronts him with his own contradiction: if being stung by a such small creature hurts so much, how painful must it be when Cupid’s arrows pierce someone’s heart? The moral of the story is that while love is as sweet as honey, the pangs o ... More | | 
Cig Harvey has been taking photographs since she was 13 years old.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.- Cig Harvey’s You Look At Me Like An Emergency is a visual autobiography populated by the photographer’s central relationships over more than a decade. Through rich, vibrant photographs and startlingly revealing writing, Cig transforms quotidian experiences that reference time, childhood, and femininity into totems that mark key moments in her life. A document of one woman’s emotional life as it is a catalog of psychological archetypes. You Look At Me Like An Emergency takes the viewer on a literal and metaphorical journey with family, friends, and lovers through fields and forests, dwellings and cities, oceans and caves to finally find a place called home. In seventy-four luminous photographs and seventeen written vignettes, Emergency conveys the universal quest for personal identity and place in the world. Cig Harvey has been taking photographs since she was 13 years old when she realized ... More |
| The glorious 12th celebrated with the best of English and Scottish sporting guns & rifles | | Peterson Field Guide photos coming to New York City's Guernsey's Auctioneers | | Antiques dealer pleads guilty to illegal trafficking of endangered rhinoceros horns | 
The sale, now in its 45th year, will take place on the evening of Monday, August 20, 2012 at the prestigious Gleneagles Hotel.
LONDON.- An exquisite and very rare rifle engraved for the Australian market with scenes of kangaroos and emus in the Outback is among 240 of the Finest Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns and Rifles which will be offered for sale in Gavin Gardiner’s annual auction which will be held in association with Sotheby's. The sale, now in its 45th year, will take place on the evening of Monday, August 20, 2012 at the prestigious Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland. The Fine and Rare “RFHT 60 ROYAL” grade .310 cadet boxlock ejector sporting rifle is one of only three known to exist and is among many fine rifles, which will be offered at the start of the auction. Dating from 1912, it was made for the Australian market by Birmingham-maker WW Greener and is estimated at £7,000-9,000. Also among the rifles is a Fine and Rare .22 double barrel example, which was made for the Marchioness of Londonderry in ... More | | 
Roger Tory Peterson's "Field Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe. AP Photo.
By: Ula Ilnytzky, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP).- Artist and naturalist Roger Tory Peterson's illustrated Field Guide series helped popularize bird watching the world over and set the standard for the modern nature guide. Next month, bird lovers will have the chance to buy the original paintings, drawings and photographs that were used to illustrate his system of bird identification. Peterson's estate is offering hundreds of items on Sept. 8 through Guernsey's Auctioneers. The sale will also include Peterson's preliminary studies including a section on Penguins, a family of birds he especially loved. Peterson, who died in 1996 at the age of 87, spent a lifetime watching, painting and photographing birds in the wild, drawing comparisons to the 19th century ornithologist John James Audubon. An accomplished painter and photographer who attended the Art Students League in New York, Peterson's first book, "A Field Guide ... More | | 
David Hausman, a New York City antiques dealer, pleaded guilty. AP Photo/United States Attorney's Office.
NEWARK, NY.- An antiques dealer pleaded guilty Tuesday to obstruction of justice and creating false records, in relation to illegal rhinoceros horn trafficking. The guilty plea comes as a result of an investigation which included U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) among the investigating agencies. David Hausman, 67, of New York City, pleaded guilty to one count of obstruction of justice and one count of creating a false record in violation of the Lacey Act. Hausman was arrested in February 2012 as part of "Operation Crash." Operation Crash is a continuing investigation being conducted by the Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in coordination with HSI and other federal and local law enforcement agencies. A "crash" is the term for a herd of rhinoceros. Operation Crash is an ongoing effort to detect, deter and prosecute those engaged in the illegal killing of rhino ... More |
| Bonhams to sell important collection of Maseratis at Goodwood Revival Sale in September | | Fredrik Lindqvist mixes humour with dead seriousness at Galleri Lars Olsen in Copenhagen | | Important exhibit of Marilyn Monroe paintings presented by Galleria Ca'd'oro Miami | 
The cars, some of which have not been seen at market for six decades, come from the collection of the Hartley family. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- Bonhams announced the consignment of an important collection of Maseratis for its Goodwood Revival Sale. The four cars, some of which have not been seen at market for six decades, come from the collection of the Hartley family, from the Home Counties. They are expected to realise several million pounds in total at the auction at the nearby Goodwood Motor Circuit on Saturday 15 September. Leading the pack is a unique 1929 Maserati Tipo 26M four-seater sports racing car with Brooklands Double Twelve, Irish Grand Prix and RAC Tourist Trophy racing pedigree. Estimated to realise between £1.8 and £2.2 million, the car has been owned by the family for 60 years and has been restored and campaigned over a 30-year period. The two-seater sister car also in the collection is expected to sell for between £400,000 and £600,000. Respected Maserati club member Anthony Hartley found the car in ... More | | 
Fredrik Lindqvist, Kánguru, 2011. Woodcut on fabric, 250 cm x 275 cm.
COPENHAGEN.- Fredrik Lindqvist works with woodcuts. Clippings from pop music magazines, advertisements and books on animals are used as models for the underlying picture. The various clippings are set together as collages and painted over on wood panels. Afterwards, the woodprints are transferred by press onto plain-coloured, dotted or flowery fabrics. The resultant printed materials are then sewn together with a coarse black thread to form a single work. The works consist of many pictures in one and the same picture, and describe the stressed, high tempo society of today, and the constant stream of images which surround and bombard us from amongst other things, shifting TV channels. Fredrik Lindqvist mixes humour with dead seriousness. Middle age printing technique meets serious modern features, with time clash as a consequence. Fredrik Lindqvist, born 1968 in Kristianstadt, Sweden and living in Munich, has been educated at the Art Academys in Umeå Sweden and ... More | | 
Marilyn Monroe | Tribute to a Female will be on view through Wednesday, October 10th, at Galleria Ca’d’Oro.
MIAMI, FL.- Galleria Ca’d’Oro presents Marilyn Monroe | Tribute to a Female Icon, a group exhibition of 21 artists celebrating the life of the screen goddess in the date the marks the 50 year anniversary since her death. Marilyn Monroe | Tribute to a Female will be on view through Wednesday, October 10th, at Galleria Ca’d’Oro, located at 135 San Lorenzo Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida. Marilyn might be gone, but fifty years later she still continues to electrify the world. Marilyn Monroe | Tribute to a Female is intended not only for those who appreciate the arts, but also for the ultimate Marilyn fan. This vibrant celebration of the Hollywood star not only pays tribute to the icon, but explores the woman behind one of the world’s most quintessential sex symbol. The exhibition showcases a life-size sculpture of Marilyn wearing the iconic white dress immortalized by Seward Johnson in her most famous pose; ... More |
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 New featured acquisition: The Racine Art Museum debuts Cristina Cordova's sculpture RACINE, WIS.- The Racine Art Museum debuts Cristina Cordova's sculpture Tiempo sin Memoria (Time without Memory), which has just entered the museum's collection. RAM thanks long-time benefactor, Karen Johnson Boyd, for continuing to donate exciting works like this to the permanent contemporary craft collection. The museum is delighted to debut this new acquisition, honoring Mrs. Boyd's wishes to share this work with its guests. Cordova has become nationally known for her large-scale figurative sculptures. Because they are representational, her works suggest to viewers some form of narrative or a literal story. However, upon closer examination, her figures express a wide range of emotions for they are much more personal in meaning and open to multiple interpretations. Cordova was a dancer throughout her youth and her figures demonstrate an understanding of stance, ... More Orit Akta Hildesheim, recipient of the Haim Shiff Prize for Figurative-Realist Art, exhibits at Tel Aviv Museum TEL AVIV.- Orit Akta Hildesheim's paintings are defined by a highly detailed form of realism, while their multilayered character is shaped by harmonies of subtle, translucent shades that form an almost monochromatic palette. Her work exceeds the realm of the private and the biographical, yet does not position itself as universal. Her highly precise compositions are formed through a repetitive process of drawing lines and applying tiny patches of color, which come together to form complex images. Her paintings are highly attentive to reality. At the same time, the artist's gaze is introverted and focuses on the tension between presence and absence, the visible and the invisible, and her painterly surfaces are marked by an aesthetic and poetic complexity. This exhibition's opening series of paintings presents a catalogue of female dress items ranging from a perfectly captured bridal gown to ... More Alexandra Gibson's solo photography exhibit "For Consumption Only" opens at Skotia Gallery CULVER CITY, CA.- On Saturday, August 4th, Los Angeles native Alexandra Gibson unveiled a closely guarded and provocative new series of photographs that has been in the making since 2008. For Consumption Only is an emotional, visceral, and confrontational display of the flesh, both dead and alive, in close interaction with each other and with the viewer in a dance of the divine and the macabre. A year after my mother unexpectedly died, I travelled with my mentor, photography legend Mary Ellen Mark, into the hidden districts of Oaxaca, Mexico. I crossed over into the corners of a city that even locals have difficulty navigating. Yearning to literally face death with my art, and consumed by my mother’s sudden passing, I found myself compelled to photograph a local slaughterhouse. To visually capture the full severity of life and death. The first series of shoots in the ... More WW Solo Award shortlist announced, Group 2012: an exhibition of 37 shortlisted artists LONDON.- At the opening of GROUP 2012 on Tuesday 31 July the WW Gallery announced the shortlist of 6 artists for the inaugural SOLO AWARD. The shortlist was selected from a longlist of 37 artists and over 300 submissions, by a panel of distinguished judges including Sheila McGregor (Chief Executive, Axis, the online resource for contemporary art), Helen Sumpter (Art writer and Deputy Visual Art Editor of Time Out London ), Kate Davis (Artist & Tutor in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art) and Deb Covell (Artist & Co-founder Platform-A Gallery, Middlesbrough). The shortlisted artists are: Emma Cousin,Calum James Crowther, Dexter Dymoke, Jonathan Gabb, Wendy Nelson and Elly Thomas. The overall winner will be announced on the 25th August and will receive prize money of £1000, a flexible three month residency from October to December 2012 and ... More Harry Truman grandson visits Hiroshima A-bomb memorial TOKYO (AP).- A grandson of ex-U.S. President Harry Truman, who ordered the atomic bombings of Japan during World War II, is in Hiroshima to attend a memorial service for the victims. Clifton Truman Daniel visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on Saturday and laid a wreath for the 140,000 people killed by the Aug. 6, 1945, bombing authorized by his grandfather. Another atomic blast in Nagasaki three days later killed 70,000 more. "I think this cenotaph says it all — to honor the dead to not forget and to make sure that we never let this happen again," Daniel said after offering a silent prayer. Daniel, 55, is in Japan to attend ceremonies next week in Hiroshima and Nagasaki marking the 67th anniversary of the bombings. His visit, the first by a member of the Truman family, is sponsored by the peace group Sadako Legacy, named after Sadako Sasaki, an A-bomb victim ... More Minnesota bridge collapse artifacts stay out of sight By: Brian Bakst, Associated Press
OAKDALE, MINN (AP).- To remember the collapse of a busy Minnesota highway bridge, state historians preserved items they thought would vividly convey the chaotic scene that unfolded back in 2007: a battered Interstate 35W sign, an emergency worker's shirt, the back door of a school bus that young survivors used to escape. Five years later, most items collected from the rush-hour disaster that killed 13 people and injured scores of others remain tucked away from public view, held back partly by concern that emotions may still be too raw for a museum display. "I don't think it would be inconceivable that we would do an exhibition on the event," said Adam Scher, a collections department curator for the Minnesota Historical Society. "I think perhaps more ... More Patriots Point selected as site of National Medal of Honor Museum MOUNT PLEASANT, SC.- Patriots Point Development Authority announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Congressional Medal of Honor Society to develop a permanent landside location for the National Medal of Honor Museum on Charleston Harbor. The endeavor – arguably the most significant decision to come from Patriots Point in decades – will have a lasting positive economic impact on the Charleston area and South Carolina, and will serve to inspire generations of Americans. “The National Medal of Honor Museum will play a pivotal role in transforming Patriots Point into a nationally prominent destination,” said PPDA Chairman Ray Chandler. “No other community can claim this unique destination asset, with its powerful, heroic stories.” “We are honored that the Congressional Medal of Honor Society has recognized our unique mission and location ... More |
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