| Long-term installation by Barbara Kruger transforms Hirshhorn Museum's lower level | | Toledo Museum of Art acquires contemporary glass objects from Apollo Society | | Georgia Museum of Art offers intimate experience with French drawings from the Snite Museum of Art | 
Barbara Kruger, Belief+Doubt, 2012. ©Barbara Kruger. Photo: Cathy Carver.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden commissioned internationally renowned artist Barbara Kruger to create a site-specific installation for one of the museum’s most-visited public spaces. Opening Aug. 20, “Belief+Doubt” (2012) will fill the lower-level lobby and extend into the newly relocated museum bookstore. Approximately 6,700 square feet of surface—including walls, floor and escalator sides—will be covered in text-printed vinyl, surrounding viewers with lettering up to 12 feet high in a high-contrast color scheme of red, white and black. “Belief+Doubt” speaks to the social relations and networks of power that define daily life. At a time when the value of certitude is taken for granted, Kruger says she is “interested in introducing doubt.” Large swaths of the floor are covered in open-ended questions (“WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WH ... More | | 
Jun Kaneko (Japanese, born 1942), Colorbox II. Kilnformed glass, 2007. Gift of the Apollo Society.
TOLEDO, OH.- In tribute to the 50th anniversary of the American Studio Glass Movement, the Toledo Museum of Art’s collector's group, The Apollo Society, has chosen to acquire three works of contemporary studio glass for the Museum’s glass collection, one of the finest of its kind in the world. The Apollo Society members selected three exquisite and diverse works of art: Colorbox II (2007) by Japanese sculptor Jun Kaneko, Twilight Powered by Electricity Makes for a Brilliant New Horizon (2012) by emerging artist Andrew Erdos and Dew Point 18 (2007) by Ohio native Maya Lin. Two of the recent acquisitions are on display as part of Color Ignited: Glass 1962–2012 in the Wolfe Gallery for Contemporary Art, while Dew Point 18 is on view in the Glass Pavilion near the Parkwood entrance. Colorbox II conveys the translucent qualities of glass and a subdued aesthetic. The large, vertical installation consists of ei ... More | | 
Pauline Auzou, (1775 – 1835), Portrait of a Girl, Bust Length, ca. 1790, black and white chalk on light brown laid paper. Snite Museum of Art: On extended loan as a promised gift from Mr. John D. Reilly ’63, L2000.079.005.
ATHENS, GA.- The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia is presenting the exhibition “The Epic and the Intimate: French Drawings from the John D. Reilly Collection at the Snite Museum of Art” from Aug. 18 to Nov. 3, 2012. Organized by Cheryl K. Snay at the Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame, this exhibition illustrates the history of French drawing from before the foundation of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in 1648 through the French Revolution of 1789 and its subsequent reforms of the 1800s. It includes works by Simon Vouet, Antoine Watteau, François Boucher, Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Jacques-Louis David. “Each of these drawings is exquisite in its own right, and as a collection, they offer a compelling overview of the French Academy, ... More |
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| Bonhams New York announces Himalayan, Indian & Southeast Asian sale in September | | New works by Irish artist Guggi presented at the Accademia Fine Art in Monaco | | New episode of Peabody Award-winning series Craft in America to air nationwide on PBS | 
The Eilenberg Buddha. Copper alloy, Thailand, Mon Dvaravati period, circa 8th century. Estimate: US$ 250,000 - 350,000 / £160,000 - 220,000 / €200,000 - 280,000. Photo: Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY.- Following the tremendous success of the spring auction, where world records were established in multiple categories of Indian painting, Bonhams will present another important group of paintings in the September 11 Himalayan, Indian & Southeast Asian sale. On offer is a strong selection of fresh to market works coming from private collections and estates including: 60+ Indian paintings from the 16th - 19th century; a fine group of Indian sculpture and works of art; approximately 20 Himalayan works with a strong offering of Tibetan paintings; and a small eclectic group of Southeast Asian sculpture and works of art. Bonhams will also present another important group of paintings from the royal courts of Rajasthan and Punjab Hills. The sale will feature a number ... More | | 
Guggi is a founding member of the legendary avant-garde band Virgin Prunes.
MONACO.- His sculptures are iconic, his painted works of our time. Guggi’s “new works” have random extracts in Cyrillic taken from Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” for the feeling the letters evoke and not their meaning. Extracts of “War and Peace”, albeit a found object and source of material, uncannily mirrors Guggi’s own religious journey. Tolstoy’s “Pierre” is a grueling account of the tormented journey in terms of reconciling his deep religious belief and struggle to balance the “prose and the passion”. A meditative stillness, perhaps from his pious past, evokes a grandeur that is solemn and interiorized. Like a dear friend, a still life by Morandi, Guggi transforms traditional subject matter and leitmotifs into the extraordinary. The mysticism of Guggi’s bowl is an ambivalent leitmotif, simultaneously sacred and profane. It is a deep rooted element taken from his childhood, and was used as a form of ... More | | 
Tanya Aguiñiga in her installation at CAFAM, Douglas Kirkland photograph.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Craft in America, the Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning series dedicated to exploring America’s rich craft history, presents Episode Nine, with Craft in America: Crossroads, to air on PBS primetime, Friday, November 16, 2012 at 9pm* Crossroads follows the evolution of American craft in its drive toward exploration, experimentation and innovation; a move toward new forms and creative solutions. Through the work of Tanya Aguiñiga, 3 Minnesota clay artists, and Lia Cook we explore their trailblazing attempts to cross-pollinate culture, aesthetics and technologies - moving forward the development of American craft. Tanya Aguiñiga designs environments in which people experience the beauty of handcrafted space. Tanya was raised jointly in Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, California. Her work expresses an effort to use the raw materials of her ... More |
| From fine art to furniture and everything in between, Heritage Auctions' Estate Sale has it all | | Fine Japanese and Korean Works of Art Sale to be held in September at Bonhams in New York | | Bonhams announces Fine Chinese Painting & Calligraphy sale this September 12 | 
Andy Warhol, Cow, circa 1976-77. Color screenprint. Sight: 45 x 28 inches (114.3 x 71.1 cm). Signed lower right: Andy Warhol. Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000.
DALLAS, TX.- From a pair of spectacular bronze-mounted elephant tusks to American, European, and Contemporary Art, sewn with a varied selection of fine furniture and decorative arts – including collections of ivory figures, earthenware steins, and meerschaum pipes – Heritage Auctions’ 1400+ lot Estate Signature® Auction, Sept. 12-13, has been designed with every taste in mind. “This is a wide ranging and thoughtfully assembled auction,” said Ed Beardsley, Vice President at Heritage. “Included in the array we’re also offering a world class collection of Tribal Artifacts that once belonged to Carl Akeley, the Father of Modern Taxidermy, and The Elton Hyder III Collection, which formerly decorated the University of Texas School of Law Library.” Among the most important pieces of furniture offered in the auction, a Pair of French Jacob Fréres Empire Walnut Side Chairs, Paris, France, circa 1829 & ... More | | 
A two-panel ivory table screen by Asahi Gyokuzan (1843-1923), 23 1/2 x 11 1/8in (59.8 x 28.5cm) dimensions of each panel. US$8,000-12,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- On September 12, Bonhams will host its third participating auction in New York's Asia Week-Fine Japanese Works of Art. On offer is an impressive selection of 85 prints, 34 of them by Yoshida Hiroshi from the Collection of Yoshida Chizuko. There are also approximately 51 lots of classical prints including works by Utamaro, Hokusai and Hiroshige-many from the collections of Herbert Evans and Miriam Simpson. An impressive highlight to the group is Kitagawa Utamaro's (ca. 1753-1806) The Hour of the Monkey (Saru no koku), oban tate-e from the series Twelve Hours in the Yoshiwara (Seirō jūni toki tsuzuki), ca. 1794-5 (pre-sale estimate $20,000-30,000). Bonhams will feature a Korean section for the first time in New York which will center on a private collection of classical and modern Korean paintings and works of art. With 25 lots totaling $125,000-150,000, a highlight to the collection is a four-panel scre ... More | | 
Zheng Xie (1693-1765), Calligraphy in Running Script, 1750 (detail). Ink on paper, mounted, framed and glazed, dated Qianlong gengwu（1750), 68 x 38 1/2in (172.2 x 97.8cm). US$60,000-90,000. Photo: Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY.- On September 12, Bonhams New York will hold its inaugural Chinese painting and calligraphy auction featuring a selection of excellent examples spanning the 14th century to 2005. Comprised of over one hundred works on paper and silk the sale will commence with a number of early classical treasures. Opening for preview on September 8, collectors and connoisseurs will be enjoy a charming fan painting of a buffalo and calf datable to the fourteenth century (pre-sale estimate $12,000-15,000), a depiction of Bamboo and Rock dated 1695 by the early Qing dynasty orthodox master Wang Yuanqi (1642-1715) (pre-sale estimate $250,000-350,000), a rare group of exquisite album leaves by the Anhui artist Yao Song (18th century) (pre-sale estimate $10,000-15,000), as well as, a sublime depiction of ... More |
| Florida fossils dealer Eric Prokopi seeks Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton's New York return | | European art leads August Period Art & Design Sale at Bonhams in San Francisco | | Japan's world famous Garden Museum's major Tiffany and Art Nouveau collections to be sold | 
The nearly complete Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton was imported from Great Britain to Gainesville, Fla., in March 2010 with erroneous claims that it originated in Great Britain and was worth only $15,000.
By: Larry Neumeister, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP).- A Florida fossils dealer whose dinosaur was seized by the U.S. government so it could be given to the government of Mongolia wants it back. Lawyers for Eric Prokopi, of Gainesville, Fla., said in court papers filed Monday that he was victim of a media campaign stirred up by academic paleontologists. The government seized the Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton, known as Ty, in June. It had sued to obtain the bones, which had been sold at an auction for $1.05 million. According to the court papers, Prokopi and Dallas-based auction house Heritage Auctions were in negotiations with Mongolia's president to settle the dispute when the U.S. filed a seizure lawsuit to obtain the dinosaur. The government had no immediate comment on Monday. The auction house has said it wants a "fair and just resolution." A judge had ... More | | 
After Sir Peter Paul Rubens, The Adoration of the Magi. Oil on canvas, 88 x 86 1/2in. Sold for $6,875; Est. $4,000-6,000. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The Period Art & Design auction, August 19 at Bonhams in San Francisco, brought a successful $272,448, with selections of European art heading the multi-category sale. The European paintings that brought the auction much success included The Adoration of the Magi, an After Sir Peter Paul Rubens oil on canvas, which sold for $6,875 (est. $4,000-6,000); A still life of flowers in a decorated vase resting on a balustrade and two putti, an attributed to Franz Werner von Tamm oil on canvas, which brought $6,875 (est. $4,000-6,000); and The royal audience, an attributed to Cesare Auguste Detti oil on panel, which took in $6,250 (est. $3,000-5,000). Two additional top-lot works included The young Christ wounded by a thorn, a Follower of Francisco de Zurbarán oil on canvas, which realized $6,000 (est. $1,000-2,000); and The Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist, a Follower of Guido Reni oil on canvas, ... More | | 
The Garden Museum Collection came to fruition due in large part to the special partnership of Mr. Takeo Horiuchi and Mr. Alastair Duncan.
ALAMEDA, CA.- Michaan’s Auctions of Alameda, California announced that Michaan’s has been selected to deaccess the Tiffany Garden Museum Collection of Matsue on the Sea of Japan. The Garden Museum Collection came to fruition due in large part to the special partnership of Mr. Takeo Horiuchi and Mr. Alastair Duncan. Mr. Horiuchi was at once the founder and director of the Louis C. Tiffany Garden Museum. Mr. Alastair Duncan is the world’s foremost authority on Art Nouveau artworks and Art Deco, having served as Senior Vice President of Christie’s Art Nouveau and Art Deco Department as well as authoring dozens of books on the decorative arts of the era. In 1992 Mr. Horiuchi attended a travelling exhibition in Japan that Duncan had curated, “The Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany”. Mr. Horiuchi was impressed with Duncan’s level of knowledge and took him on a personal tour of his Tiffany Studio ... More |
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 Global art discourse and contemporary Nigerian art NEW YORK, NY.- In In A New Light: Conversations with Nigerian Artists and Curators, Adeleke brings to the fore, some of the most insightful discussions about the role of Western curators and institutions in the representation of contemporary Nigerian art in the West. The book which contains interviews with nine Nigerian artists and curators reveals the internal struggles of the artists and curators as they try to forcefully insert themselves into Western discourses and situate themselves in the center. Olu Amoda, Victor Ehikhamenor, Nkechi Nwosu-Igbo, Peju Layiwola, Kelechi Amadi-Obi Onyeka Ibe, Emeka Udemba, Nkiru Nzegwu and Okwui Enwezor in the interviews talk about their work, addressing how they have been affected by the issues of race, gender, identity, globalization and global art politics. “The idea behind the book”, according to Adeleke, “is to open up and also generate ... More Guerrilla Girls exhibition and symposium at Montserrat College of Art BEVERLY, MA.- Not Ready to Make Nice, Guerrilla Girls in the Artworld and Beyond is a major presentation of the work by the Guerrilla Girls on view at Montserrat Gallery August 25- December 15, 2012. This multimedia, expansive exhibition illustrates that the work of the anonymous, feminist-activist collective Guerrilla Girls is as vital and revolutionary as ever. Curated by Neysa Page Lieberman from Columbia College Chicago, the exhibition is traveling exclusively to Montserrat College of Art Galleries. Not Ready to Make Nice illuminates and contextualizes the important historical and ongoing work of these highly original, provocative and influential artists who champion feminism and social change. Focusing primarily on work from the past decade, the exhibition features rarely shown international projects that trace the collective’s artistic and activist influence around the globe. ... More Professional, emerging and amateur artists in North East London will open their doors for the E17 Art Trail LONDON.- bestow giftwraps the invitation from over 3,500 practising artists and creative contributors, an invitation to enjoy the vision, relish the gifts and to consider the ideas of our flourishing creative community. In two weeks professional, emerging and amateur artists all over Walthamstow, North East London, will be opening their doors for the E17 Art Trail. Homes, studios, galleries, cafes, shops - anywhere with some space - will be filled by artists exhibitions and installations. A diverse and immersive arts menu serves up theatre, talks, tours, new writing, recitals, sound, comedy and sights to surprise us on the streets. A unique and exciting 16 days of art and culture in a community that already has so much charm to offer. Visitors will be delighted by the newly refurbished William Morris Gallery and shoppers indulged in the renovated Wood Street Indoor Market. As you explore ... More Patti Smith to present solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario in February 2013 TORONTO.- This winter the Art Gallery of Ontario will offer a glimpse into the world of legendary musician and artist Patti Smith through an intimate exhibition featuring over 75 works of photography, objects and film, on view from Feb. 9 to May 19, 2013. Best known for her profound influence on the nascent punk rock scene in the late 1970s and 80s, the exhibition will provide a rare opportunity to experience a different side of this rock icon through her inspired expression in the visual arts. The first presentation of Smith’s works in Canada, Patti Smith: Camera Solo will highlight the continual connections between Smith’s photography and her interest in poetry and literature. The exhibition, originally curated by Susan Talbott, director and CEO of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut, features approximately 70 black and white photographs taken with Smith’s vintage ... More Rose pendant tops Bonhams August auction of jewelry and watches CARMEL, CA.- Bonhams auction of jewelry and watches, August 17 at Quail Lodge in Carmel, Calif., brought a successful $308,563, and was led by the $13,750 sale of a diamond rose pendant/ring (est. $8,000-10,000). The auction, held alongside Bonhams 15th Annual Sale of Exceptional Motorcars, Motorcycles and Related Automobilia during Pebble Beach Car Week, saw particular success with its bracelet sales. The categories’ top lots included a multicolor sapphire and diamond wide bracelet, which brought $13,125 (est. $7,500-9,500); a diamond and pink and yellow sapphire rolling bangle bracelet, which achieved $9,375 (est. $8,000-10,000); and a yellow sapphire and diamond peacock feather cuff bracelet, which took in $8,750 (est. $5,000-7,000). Necklaces, too, stood out in the auction, with top sales of a diamond rivière necklace, which sold for $9,375 (est. ... More Guard commits suicide at Smithsonian art museum WASHINGTON (AP).- Officials say they evacuated the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden when a security guard was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Smithsonian Institution officials say the guard shot himself with his service revolver shortly after 3 p.m. Monday in a locker room in the basement level of the building in the nation's capital. Officials say no one from the public witnessed the shooting, and no one else was injured. The guard's name has not been released. The museum on the National Mall was evacuated and will be closed for the rest of the day. The Hirshhorn is the Smithsonian's modern art museum. Washington, D.C., police are investigating. ... More |
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