| A feast of colour on the menu in George Leslie Hunter exhibition at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh | | Hudson Yards: New York City's urban town within a city; skyscraper to break ground in October | | United Kingdom celebrates the Games as audiences flock to London 2012 Festival events | 
Chrysanthemums in a Chinese Vase with Phoenix, by George Leslie Hunter, c.1913, oil on canvas, private collection.
EDINBURGH.- Artlovers have much to whet their appetite in Edinburgh this summer and those looking for a large helping of homegrown Scottish art will be especially well catered for at the City Art Centre. The Market Street gallery is hosting the biggest survey exhibition in 70 years by the acclaimed Scottish artist George Leslie Hunter (1877-1931) as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. Hunter was one of a group of four artists now known collectively as the Scottish Colourists - the others being FCB Cadell, JD Fergusson and SJ Peploe. Born in Rothesay and influenced by the Post-Impressionists such as Cézanne and Van Gogh, Hunter's reputation was enhanced when, in 1923, his work was shown alongside that of Peploe and Cadell in London. The following year, Peploe, Fergusson, Hunter and Cadell exhibited together for the first time in Paris under the banner Les Peintres de l'Écosse Moderne. Although they never worked as ... More | | 
The planned Hudson Yards urban village. AP Photo/Visualhouse via Related Companies.
By: Verena Dobnik, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP).- New York lost the 2012 Olympics, but the city's bid for the summer games spurred another, visionary venture: building up the largest undeveloped parcel in Manhattan. While London got the games, New York was left with the best opportunity for development remaining in town. On Manhattan's West Side, the old Hudson rail storage yards are surrounded by potholed roads, warehouses, low-rent brownstones, cheap delis and strip clubs. Crowds waiting for discount buses line 10th Avenue. And homeless New Yorkers camp out in desolate lots strewn with garbage. But the area, also home to the global headquarters of The Associated Press, has seen progress in the seven years since New York lost its bid to host the Olympics. On a hot summer day, passers-by catch a glimpse of a deep man-made hole in the ground — the core of a subway line extension to the area from Times ... More | | 
Big Ben, the hour bell of the Palace of Westminster, chimed more than 40 times from 8.12am - 8:15am to ring in the Olympic Games. Photo: David Poultney.
LONDON.- Over 12 million people have attended the London 2012 Festival across the UK, which is now over halfway through its run. The numbers calculated up to the end of July, announced today, show that 9.6 million people have taken part in free events and exhibitions as part of the London 2012 Festival so far. This includes 2.9 million participants in Martin Creed’s London 2012 Festival commission Work No. 1197: All the bells in a country rung as quickly and as loudly as possible for three minutes to herald the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The overall figures for the period are expected to grow as more data is collected. Among the millions of people and organisations taking part in Creed’s mass participation artwork were HMS Belfast, Big Ben, The National Assembly for Wales, The Northern Ireland Assembly, the Scottish Parliament, as well as 68,000 people who activated the artist’s free and exclusive ringtone, Work No. 1372, from the official London 2012 ... More |
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| Art Institute announces Martha Tedeschi appointed Deputy Director for Art and Research | | Fall Fine Prints sale at Bonhams in San Francisco to feature Picasso and Warhol prints | | Important sculpture of tragic Dolly Sisters, icons of the Jazz Age, for sale at Bonhams | 
Tedeschi is currently the Prince Trust Curator in the Department of Prints and Drawings.
CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago announced the appointment of Martha Tedeschi as the museum's new Deputy Director for Art and Research , effective immediately. In this newly created position, Tedeschi will be responsible for the management of the departments most closely related to the museum's commitment to research and scholarship: the conservation department, which performs scientific analyses of paintings and sculpture as well as preserves the physical integrity of works of art in the museum's permanent collection; the publications department, which publishes approximately ten extensive exhibition and permanent collection catalogues every year; and the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries, one of the most outstanding art and architecture libraries in the United States and a major resource for scholars from around the world. Additionally, ... More | | 
After Marc Chagall, Femme de cirque, c. 1960. Lithograph with pochoir with colors on Arches paper, sheet 31 1/4 x 25in. Est. $10,000-15,000. Photo: Bonhams.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Bonhams looks forward to presenting its Fine Prints sale, October 23 in San Francisco, simulcast to Los Angeles, with such leading lots as Pablo Picasso’s Lady with a Ruff, a 1963 color linocut (est. $40,000-60,000) and Richard Diebenkorn's Blue, color woodcut, 1984 (est. $40,000-60,000). The 300-plus lot sale will also feature notable works by Andy Warhol, Martin Lewis, Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein. Comprising the sale’s Andy Warhol highlights will be Mick Jagger, a 1975 color screenprint, signed by Mick Jagger and the artist (est. $25,000-35,000); Green Pea, from Campbell's Soup I, a 1968 screenprint in colors on wove paper (est. $15,000-20,000); and 25 Cats Name(d) Sam and One Blue Pussy, 1954: a complete set of 18 offset lithographs with hand-coloring on laid paper (est. $25,000-35,000). More highlights of note will include Martin Lewis’ Winter on ... More | | 
The carved ivory and bronze group made around 1925 is estimated to sell at £150,000 to £200,000. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- An ivory and bronze sculpture by Demetre Chiparus of the identical twins known as the Dolly Sisters who took the world of entertainment by storm in the 1920’s will be sold on 14th November at Bonhams New Bond St. The carved ivory and bronze group made around 1925 is estimated to sell at £150,000 to £200,000. The sisters story reads like a morality tale, fantastic fame and fortune, celebrity, gilded lovers and wild exoticism all ending in sadness, tragedy and early death.
Born in Budapest and brought to America, aged 12, in 1905 by their immigrant parents the sisters, ‘Rosie’ Roszika and ‘Jenny’ Janszieka Schwartz were already dance-mad. Within two years, they were on the vaudeville stage, where their looks as well as their dancing captivated audiences. They were very attractive with dark skin, shoulder-length hair and dark gipsy eyes. Their performances at the Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway co ... More |
| ArtPalmBeach returns to the Palm Beach County Convention Center January 25th-28th, 2013 | | 'The Ability to Cling....' Five Decades: Jock McFadyen at Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh | | Major exhibition by artist Ian Hamilton Finlay opens at Ingleby Gallery in Edinburgh | 
David Drebin, "Girl on Red Steps". Courtesy of Contessa Gallery, Cleveland.
PALM BEACH, FL.- ArtPalmBeach announced the dates of the 2013 edition today. The contemporary fair will return to the Palm Beach County Convention Center January 25th - 28th with a Preview evening January 24th. Now in its 16th year, ArtPalmBeach (APB) is widely considered one of Florida Gold Coast’s most influential contemporary art fairs and brings an international focus to the dynamic and ever growing contemporary art scene of Palm Beach every January. The fair gathers a carefully selected presentation of forward-thinking galleries from around the globe. The selected galleries will present outstanding work by over 500 innovative artists exhibiting all forms of contemporary art including painting, sculpture, photography, design, fine art glass, video and installations from modern art to new cutting-edge artists. APB’s unique lecture program has always been an integral part of the fair and will continue in 20 ... More | | 
Jock McFadyen, Aldgate East, 1997 (detail). Oil on canvas, 71 x 105 inches.
EDINBURGH.- Bourne Fine Art's Edinburgh Art Festival exhibition follows Jock McFadyen's career from graduation in 1977 to the present. The title - 'The Ability to Cling....' - comes from a schematic image from 1977, executed two years after he graduated Chelsea School of Art. This and other work in the show from this period are humorous yet edgy caricatures. As an exhibition title of 1978 suggests - Paintings, Drawings and Titles, (Gallery 57, Edinburgh) - his art was as much to do with language as image. Language has remained central to his work. In later pictures it takes the form of graffiti - the flora and fauna of the urban jungle. McFadyen says it was 'a fast way to give patina to the street'. With the hand of what looks like a seasoned graffiti artist, the scrawls form a sort of picture within a picture - astonishingly free from his own style, his own hand even, so as not to cancel itself out. The subject of his ... More | | 
Ian Hamilton Finlay, Detail: Carrier Strike! 1977. Audio-visual projection, with John Purser and Carl Heideken, 6 mins 58 secs. Photo: Courtesy Ian Hamilton Finlay Estate & Ingleby Gallery.
EDINBURGH.- For Edinburgh Art Festival 2012 Ingleby Gallery present a major exhibition by Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925 – 2006). Drawing on the artist’s work in many mediums and across several decades, the exhibition celebrates on of Scotland’s most important 20th-century artists. The exhibition begins with a re-discovered moment of genius by the late Ian Hamilton Finlay. Carrier Strike (1977) is a classic Finlayesque clash of the heroic and the domestic: in this case an epic air/sea battle played out on the surface of an ironing board. Photographed by Carl Heideken and set to music by John Purser, the ironing board becomes an aircraft carrier, surrounded by destroyer irons, and small model planes amongst cotton wool clouds. Like all Finlay’s best work, the ideas are layered and delivered with gentle humour. Three boulders, ... More |
| Mario Ybarra Jr.: The Tío Collection opens at Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum | | Bertoia's lifts the lid on Toybox Treasures Sept. 21-23 with a diverse 2,000-lot auction | | Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg appoints new Associate Director for Institutional Advancement | 
Examining the cultivation of his own style, the artist utilizes personal, cultural, and temporal elements to organize The Tío Collection.
SANTA BARBARA, CA.- In the self-titled exhibition Mario Ybarra Jr.: The Tío Collection, artist Mario Ybarra Jr. constructs a museological tribute to his family displaying both fictional and non-fictional objects from his uncles' lives, including his and their photographs, artifacts, and other handmade objects in a faux-history museum at CAF. Inspired by artists like Fred Wilson and the Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angeles, CA, Ybarra Jr. examines and deconstructs the traditional display of art and artifacts in institutions of authority (e.g., museums and libraries), with a particular focus on the inclusion of the Chicano experience. Examining the cultivation of his own style, the artist utilizes personal, cultural, and temporal elements to organize The Tío Collection revealing how familial, generational, geographical, and cultural influences filter down and are inherent to who we become. Moving away from ... More | | 
Bing limousine, German, 17 inches long, est. $18,000-$22,000. Bertoia Auctions image.
VINELAND, NJ.- Collectors are counting the days till Bertoia Auctions lifts the lid on its 2,000-lot Sept. 21-23 Toybox Treasures sale. From German tin windups and trains to cast-iron automotive, steam engines and pressed steel, this big three-day sale covers the entire spectrum of American and European toy production. One of the sale’s anchor collections is that of the late Paul Ingersoll and his wife, Mimi. Bertoia Auctions associate Rich Bertoia described Paul as “a very popular collector and dealer who was very recognizable at East Coast auctions.” As the Ingersoll collection attests, Paul had a great eye for European autos and trains, as well as papier-mache and American tin toys. Those who visited the Ingersolls’ Philadelphia home were left with an indelible impression. “Paul and Mimi loved displaying their toys as though they were decorative art. In their home it was impossible to focus on just one piece. Your eye would want to look all over, ... More | | 
Mr. Howe has been a highly successful radio and marketing executive.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL.- Don Howe has been named the MFA’s Associate Director for Institutional Advancement. He is responsible for major fundraising, increasing membership and attendance, and enhancing awareness of the Museum. “The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg has a great story to tell,” said Director Kent Lydecker. “Our collection and special exhibitions are world-class. Our educational programs and concerts reach people of all ages. Our membership continues to grow and we are blessed with loyal donors and friends. Don will help build on our strengths and expand our audience and support.” Mr. Howe has been a highly successful radio and marketing executive. Most recently, he was Senior Vice President/Market Manager for CBS Radio in Tampa and Orlando, where he was responsible for nine stations, more than 200 employees, and over $50 million in revenue. He was previously Market Manager for CBS Radio ... More |
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 The Arab British Centre announces "Safar: A Journey Through Popular Arab Cinema" LONDON.- The Arab British Centre in partnership with the ICA and Dubai International Film Festival are pleased to announce the full programme for Safar: A Journey Through Popular Arab Cinema, the most ambitious season of popular Arab film ever seen in the UK. This week-long series of classic and contemporary popular cinema will take audiences on a journey of gripping dramas, subversive comedies and exaggerated melodramas, taking in an array of rarely seen and re-mastered cinematic masterpieces as well as new releases, many never before seen on British screens. An unmissable and irreverent slice of Arab life, full of unexpected surprises. The programme explores a fifty-year period of filmmaking that demonstrates the diversity and complexity of Arab cinema. Focusing on Egyptian cultural production (as the historical epicentre of Arab cinema), the programme also ... More Prestigious Skoda Prize for Contemporary Indian Art announced its 3rd Edition NEW DELHI.- The Škoda Prize, one of the most influential platforms for Indian contemporary art, hosted a party at Palette Art Gallery in the capital on 27th July 2012 and announced its jury for the third edition of the prize; the distinguished jury panel will include Anupam Poddar, co‐founder of the pioneering Devi Art Foundation, and leading Indian artist Sheela Gowda. The jury will be chaired by eminent Indian art historian and critic Geeta Kapur. Launched in 2009 by Škoda Auto India and 70EMG, The ŠKODA Prize is supported by museums and cultural institutions of international repute. The Skoda Prize 2012 launch party was well attended by art enthusiasts, collectors, artists, curators, critics, and people from the fashion fraternity which included names like Ashok Vajpayee, Vivan Sundaram, Anjolie Ela Menon, Mithu Sen, Neha Kirpal, Alka Pandey, Blanca Peralta, ... More International collaboration project between blind photographers at Contemporary Art Exchange EDINBURGH.- Contemporary Art Exchange presents Through the Looking Glass, Dimly an international collaboration project between blind photographers Andrew Follows (Melbourne) and Rosita McKenzie (Edinburgh). This ambitious project features an exhibition, photography workshops and events run over 2 weeks from Saturday 4th August as part of this year's Edinburgh Art Festival. The exhibition, held at The Old Ambulance Depot, is Andrew Follows’ international debut and Rosita McKenzie’s first collaboration with an international artist. Both artists will showcase recent work, most of which has never been seen before, will give an artists’ talk, and lead photography workshops for sighted and non-sighted people at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop. In the exhibition the artists explore similar themes. Andrew has documented the effects of the devastating 2009 Black Saturday ... More RE:DEFINE: The MTV Staying Alive Foundation's AIDS Benefit Art Exhibition and Auction returns to Dallas DALLAS, TX.- The MTV Staying Alive Foundation has today announced that its flagship RE:DEFINE benefit art exhibition and auction will return to Dallas in 2012. Hosted at The Goss-Michael Foundation and chaired by Jessica Olsson and Anna-Sophia Van Zweden, the free public exhibition will launch on Thursday 13th September 2012, culminating in the VIP gala auction on the evening of Saturday 22nd September 2012. All money raised will go towards the Foundation’s work empowering young people engaged in fighting the stigma, spread and threat of the HIV and AIDS epidemic through inspiring grantee projects around the world. Debuting in September 2011 to mark the 30th anniversary of AIDS, the sold-out VIP event raised over $700,000 for the charity, with original works of art from 30 prominent international artists including Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Harland ... More Smithsonian American Art Museum announces artists nominated for its Contemporary Artist Award WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum announced today the nominees for its contemporary artist award, established in 2001 to recognize an artist younger than 50 who has produced a significant body of work and consistently demonstrates exceptional creativity. The 15 nominees are Matthew Buckingham, Kathy Butterly, Christina Fernandez, Amy Franceschini, Rachel Harrison, Oliver Herring, Glenn Kaino, Sowon Kwon, Ruben Ortiz-Torres, Jaime Permuth, Will Ryman, Ryan Trecartin, Mark Tribe, Mary Simpson and Sara VanDerBeek. Nominated artists work in a diverse range of media, including painting, sculpture, photography, film and video. Artists must be nominated by a juror to be considered for the award; there is no application. The $25,000 award is intended to encourage the artist’s future development and experimentation. ... More Exhibition of paintings and drawings by Matthias Düwel opens at Martha Otero Gallery LOS ANGELES, CA.- Martha Otero Gallery presents Eden, an exhibit of paintings and drawings by Matthias Düwel, curated by Julie Machado. Düwel’s work centers on the idea of flux, excess and superabundance. At first glance, the environmental issues addressed in his pieces deflect recognition, due to the skillful use of unique color spaces—from chromatic grays to highly saturated pinks, greens, blues and violets. The worlds Düwel constructs are reminiscent of amusement parks, camouflaging so to speak the seriousness of the subject matter. His chaotically vivid, whirlwind compositions spin out of control, however upon closer inspection, little areas of respite, little Edens appear: a snow globe, an Airstream trailer, a suburban enclave. These idealized enclaves produce the realization that only deep inside ourselves, within the confines of our own inner sanctum, can ... More |
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