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A man observes a work part of the exhibition 'Capitalist realism and another ilustrated stories' by German artist Sigmar Polke at Art Museum of Sao Paulo, Brazil. EPA/SEBASTIAO MOREIRA.
SAO PAULO.- After organizing the special and prized exhibition German Contemporary Painting and inaugurating the international tour of Places, Strange and Quiet, a photo show by Wim Wenders, MASP creates and produces Sigmar Polke РCapitalist Realism and other illustrated histories, an exhibition with the complete series of graphic works (edition prints, 1963-2009) and other objects by the German visual artist, plus the series Day by Day (mixed media) which was a thrill in the 13th Art Biennial of Ṣo Paulo in 1975, when Polke received the first prize for painting. In the first international exhibition of the German artist Sigmar Polke after his death in June, 2010, at the age of 69, MASP presents the complete series of graphic works (edition prints) created by this visual artist between 1963 and 2009. On the whole, more than 220 pieces lent by the collectionist Axel Ciesielski plus 25 works in mixed ... More |
| Sotheby's London to sell Waiting to Cross by Albert Moore in Victorian & Edwardian art sale | | N.C. Museum of Art presents largest collection of authentic Rembrandts for U.S. audience | | Hammer Galleries in New York presents Modern Masters: Paris and Beyond exhibition | 
Waiting to Cross by Albert Moore, Estimate: £300,000-500,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Sotheby's Victorian & Edwardian art sale on Tuesday, 15 November 2011 will be headlined by Waiting to Cross by Albert Moore (1841-1893). Estimated at £300,000-500,000, the painting was the artist’s only contribution to the Grosvenor Gallery exhibition of 1888. It comes to auction following the success of the exhibition The Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1890 at the Victorian &
Albert Museum in London earlier this year and currently on view at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. The Aesthetic Movement had its own dedicated showplace, namely the Grosvenor Gallery in New Bond Street, which had opened in 1877. It would have shown Moore’s picture to maximum advantage. The composition of three female figures standing together with their arms entwined is ordered and harmonious, its formal perfection in alignment with the sensibilities of the Aesthetic Movement. The colour scheme of pale grey and chartr ... More | | 
Rembrandt van Rijn, Portrait of a Young Man, 1666, oil on canvas, 32 1/8 x 25 3/8 in., Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust, 31.76.
RALEIGH, NC- A groundbreaking new exhibition brings together the largest number of authentic Rembrandt paintings from American collections ever before assembled. Organized and presented by the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Rembrandt in America is the first major exhibition to explore how the desire for Rembrandt paintings by American collectors in turn fueled critical connoisseurship and research about the artist’s work. Rembrandt in America premieres at the North Carolina Museum of Art October 30, 2011, and then travels to the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in 2012. The exhibition presents more than 30 autograph paintings by the Dutch master on loan from private collections and more than two dozen American art museums. It includes ... More | | 
Pablo Picasso, Le Peintre, 1967. Oil on canvas, 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 inches. Photo: Courtesy Hammer Galleries.
NEW YORK, NY.- Modern Masters: Paris and Beyond, features over twenty exceptional paintings by Marc Chagall, Fernand Léger, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso and Kees van Dongen, as well as significant sculptures by Jean Dubuffet, Joan Miró, Henri Matisse and Alexander Calder. Including important works from the “années folles” or “crazy years” of 1920’s Paris through the decades following the Second World War, Paris and Beyond traces the development of these artists from their initial avant-garde beginnings through later decades of the 20th century as they moved ‘beyond’ Paris. For the first half of the 20th century, Paris was the undisputed center of the art world, the place where any serious artist had to be. Artists and writers from all over the world flocked there. Van Dongen came to Paris from Holland shortly before the turn of the century, and others followed – Picasso and Miró from Spain, Chagall from Russia and Matisse, Lég ... More |
| Discover the grandeur and mystery of China at the Denver Art Museum this Fall | | The Mad Square: Modernity in German Art 1910-37 at the National Gallery of Victoria | | Native American influences on 20th century art at Peter Blum Gallery in Soho | 
Xu Beihong, Portrait of the Artist’s Wife, 1947. Oil on canvas. The Xu Beihong Memorial Museum.
DENVER, CO.- This fall, visitors to the Denver Art Museum will get a rare look inside China’s artistic history through two special exhibitions. Xu Beihong: Pioneer of Modern Chinese Painting and Threads of Heaven: Silken Legacy of China’s Last Dynasty explore this mysterious and ceremonial country during two time periods—the latter years of the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912), and the subsequent formation of the Republic of China during the early to middle 20th century. Xu Beihong offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the full spectrum of work by the 20th century Chinese artist who is widely recognized as the father of modern Chinese painting. One of the first Chinese artists to study in Europe, Xu revolutionized painting in China by drawing influence from both the East and West. This exhibition features 61 works from the Xu Beihong Memorial Museum, the majority of which have never befo ... More | | 
Rudolf Schlichter, Tingel tangel 1919–20. Watercolour, 53.0 x 45.5 cm. Private collection © Rudolf Schlichter Estate, courtesy Galerie Alvensleben, Munich.
MELBOURNE.- This summer the National Gallery of Victoria presents the first exhibition in Australia to explore the radical avant-garde art movements that emerged in Germany during one of the most important and chaotic periods of the twentieth century. The Mad Square: Modernity in German Art 1910–37 brings together an experimental, provocative and utterly compelling collection of over 200 paintings, photographs, prints, films, sculptures and decorative arts pieces with loans from museums and private collections around the world. Dr Gerard Vaughan, Director, NGV said: “This remarkable exhibition gives visitors the opportunity to experience an extraordinary moment in German art. “Following the catastrophe of World War I and during a period of revolution and chaos, German artists entered an exhilarating phase of creative and artistic fervour, when ... More | | 
Max Ernst, Arizona Rouge, 1955 (detail). Oil on wood, 9 1/2 x 13 inches (24 x 33 cm). Photo: Courtesy Peter Blum Gallery, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Peter Blum Soho presents the exhibition Kindred Spirits, Native American Influences on 20th Century Art on view October 29, 2011 through January 14, 2012. The exhibition features works of indigenous peoples from the Southwest region of the United States of America that illustrate their strong and often neglected influence on Modern and Contemporary art. Funerary vessels, paintings, pottery, weavings, and baskets from fourteen tribes including the Apache, Hopi, Mimbres, Navajo, and Zuni are exhibited alongside Modern and Contemporary works by artists such as Josef Albers, Max Ernst, Agnes Martin, Georgia O’Keeffe and Jackson Pollock (see complete list below), illustrating the profound inspiration these artists found in the desert landscapes and Native American cultures of the Southwest. Iconic photographs by Ansel Adams, Edward ... More |
| The Heckscher Museum of Art presents exhibition "Ripped: The Allure of Collage" | | "Burning, Bright: A Short History of the Light Bulb" on view at The Pace Gallery | | Major exhibition of the work of American artist Bill Bollinger at The Fruitmarket Gallery | 
Conrad Marca-Relli, Turquoise and Stripes, n.d. Heckscher Museum of Art; Gift of Mr. Michael Sherman.
HUNTINGTON, N.Y.- The Heckscher Museum of Art presents Ripped: The Allure of Collage, which will run from October 29, 2011 through January 8, 2012. The exhibition explores this highly expressive medium that emerged during the twentieth-century as a powerful art form. The show features works by modern and contemporary artists with the goal of presenting outstanding examples of the medium. This is a significant event given the rarity with which collage is exhibited in museums. The exhibition is being organized by Guest Curator Kenneth Wayne, Ph.D. Collage was the first medium in the twentieth century to challenge the sanctity of the age-old forms of painting and sculpture. Derived from the French word "coller" (to glue), collage uses bits of torn and cut paper, or other materials, sometimes taken from trash, to create a sense of dislocation, experimentation, irony and often great beauty. Unlike oil paintings ... More | | 
Zhang Xiaogang, Lamp No. 2, 2009. Bronze, 30-1/2" x 12-1/2" x 13" (77.5 cm x 31.8 cm x 33 cm) © 2011 Zhang Xiaogang. Photo courtesy The Pace Gallery.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Pace Gallery presents Burning, Bright: A Short History of the Light Bulb, a group exhibition focusing on the incandescent light bulb as both subject and material in the art of the past century. Burning, Bright, which is organized by Pace London, is on view at 545 West 22nd Street, New York, from October 28 through November 26, 2011. The exhibition illuminates a recurring fascination with the light bulb by some of the most important artists of the past hundred years. The show will feature work by Arman, Francis Bacon, Joseph Beuys, Alexander Calder, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Brian Clarke, Jim Dine, Adrian Ghenie, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Loris Gréaud, Philip Guston, David Hammons, Jasper Johns, Matt Johnson, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Lee Ufan, Roy Lichtenstein, Man Ray, Robert Morris, Tim Noble and Sue Webster, Claes ... More | | 
Bill Bollinger installing at the Galleria Sperone, Turin, 1970. Photo: Poalo Mussat Sartor.
EDINBURGH.- The Fruitmarket Gallery presents this major exhibition of the work of American artist Bill Bollinger (1939–1988), one of the most important artists of the 1960s. A work of art historical rediscovery as well as an exhibition of great power and beauty, it brings an artist once mentioned in the same breath as Bruce Nauman, Robert Smithson, Eva Hesse and Fred Sandback back for serious reconsideration. Bollinger's work is characterised by his sensitive use of the idiosyncrasies and possibilities offered by technical and industrial materials. His use of aluminium pipes, rope, rubber hoses, chain-link fencing, lightbulbs and wheelbarrows is as radical and direct as it is elegant, exploiting physical laws such as gravity, balance, and the intrinsic properties of water. His sculpture, created in the 1960s at the height of the space race, has an astonishing energy and power, even today. The exhibition brings ... More |
| Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, used his paintings to promote Libyan culture | | Exhibition explores early years of vernacular photography through graceful snapshots of female trios | | Lacin and Christophel transform water tank into 360° kinetic art installation for City of Davis | 
Saif al-Islam, the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, gestures as he speaks to reporters in Tripoli in this August 23, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Paul Hackett.
GENEVA (REUTERS).- Saif al-Islam, the son of Muammar Gaddafi trying to negotiate safe passage to the International Criminal Court from a refuge in the Sahara, was once on a mission to put Libya on the cultural map -- by exhibiting his own paintings. The late Libyan leader's would-be heir launched a touring exhibition of Libyan antiquities and contemporary art called "The Desert Is Not Silent" in London's upmarket Kensington in 2002 which was dominated by his paintings. The show was scheduled to go to Paris, Geneva, Berlin, Tokyo, Madrid, Sao Paulo and Moscow. "Not only do we buy weapons and sell gas and oil, but we have culture, art and history," Saif al-Islam, who studied at the London School of Economics and portrayed himself as a patron of the arts, said in a statement at the time. A website set up by Saif al-Islam's Gaddafi International Charity and Development ... More | | 
Artist unknown. , c. 1920s. Gelatin silver print. 13.5 x 8.3 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Peter J. Cohen.
CHICAGO, IL.- Photographs of celebrations, vacations, and gatherings of family and friends are taken and kept with the aim of preserving moments in life for future generations. What happens, however, when a snapshot becomes an image “type”—transferred into the hands of a collector and folded into a broader cultural history? This subject is explored in the Art Institute of Chicago’s The Three Graces—on view October 29, 2011, through January 22, 2012, in the museum’s Photography Galleries 3 and 4. The exhibition, featuring a private collection of more than 500 anonymous images depicting female trios, spans nearly a century of female role-playing for the camera. These mostly American "found" photographs, spanning from the 1890s to the 1970s, collectively reveal a great deal about the evolving ritual of women’s self-presentation, a theme already idealized in Classical culture with depictions ... More | | 
The phrase “Sol Omnibus Lucet” encircles the tank which translated from Latin means, “The Sun Shines Upon Us All.”
DAVIS, CA.- Lacin/Christophel Mural & Design complete “Same Sun”, one of the largest public art projects in the region, on November 5th. This nearly 14,000 sq. ft., hand-painted, abstract mural and kinetic shadow installation was commissioned by the Northern California City of Davis for its East Area Water Tank. The piece invites viewers to rethink public art, abstract art and scale. The brushstrokes of Sofia Lacin’s original abstract painting, that inspired the Tank’s art, show the fluidity and emotion of the moment. But on the Tank, the strokes are scaled-up 70 times larger and took months to complete on the 35-foot tall, installation in-the-round. The phrase “Sol Omnibus Lucet” encircles the tank which translated from Latin means, “The Sun Shines Upon Us All.” The message encourages viewers to investigate our connectedness and shared dependence on nature. The palette ... More |
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 Bellevue Arts Museum presents first retrospective of design icon George Nelson BELLEVUE, WA.- Bellevue Arts Museum presents the first comprehensive retrospective of one of the most influential figures of modern American design: George Nelson (1908 ‐ 1986). Featuring more than 220 objects, including iconic furniture pieces like the Coconut Chair, Bubble Lamp and the Marshmallow Sofa as well as graphic works, architectural models, films, prints and a full‐scale partial reconstruction of the 1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow, George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher will be on view at Bellevue Arts Museum from October 29, 2011 ‐ February 12, 2012. The exhibition was originally organized by the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, and BAM is the only Northwest venue to present the work of this seminal visionary. With an architectural degree from Yale University, Nelson was not only active in the fields of architecture and design, but was also a widely respected write ... More Exhibition at Kunsthaus Bregenz rediscovers internationally renowned artist Valie Export BREGENZ.- The exhibition, VALIE EXPORT / Archive, provides the opportunity to rediscover new aspects of an internationally renowned artist whose works are counted among the canon of 20th century art history and represented in many important museum collections. In this unusual and surprising presentation at the Kunsthaus Bregenz, in part, works that hitherto have not been exhibited will be on show. In addition, for the first time in her long history of exhibitions, VALIE EXPORT is providing insights into her comprehensive archive that, to the present day, remains inaccessible to the broad public. This presentation makes apparent once again that VALIE EXPORT is not only a pioneer of experimental film and cinema, but also the protagonist of a feminist, socially critical art. Apart from that, her projects and texts provide evidence that she has a decisive influence to the present day, not only as an artist, but also as ... More University of Richmond Museums celebrates 10th anniversary of print study center with exhibition RICHMOND, VA.- The University of Richmond Museums presents the First Decade Celebration: Tenth Anniversary of the Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, on view from October 28 to December 9, 2011, in the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art. The Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center was inaugurated in September 2001 through generous funding from Joel (RC’45) and Lila Harnett of Phoenix, Arizona. The museum houses the permanent collection of prints, drawings, and photographs of the University Museums and includes an exhibition space, a secure print storage area, a seminar room, and a viewing area for works on paper being researched by students, faculty, and visiting scholars. The exhibition celebrates the Harnett Print Study Center during its first decade by featuring exceptional works from its outstanding collection, from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century. It highlights ten artists that ... More New energy in design and art at Museum Boijmans van Beuningen ROTTERDAM.- For several decades artists and designers have been creating futuristic visions of a sustainable society. These innovative future visions are becoming increasingly relevant. There is clearly a great need for a new balance in our living environment. In the exhibition ‘New Energy in Design and Art’ Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen presents numerous innovative experiments in the field of sustainable energy. Artists, designers and progressive thinks play a pioneering role in raising awareness about our relationship with energy. The exhibition contains surprising, strange and unimaginable objects and sculptures. Some are poetic, alienating or ingenious; all are relevant and innovative. The exhibition includes machines by Gerrit van Bakel (1943-1984) that run on energy derived from the differences in temperature between day and night. The Half Life Lamp by Joris Laarman (1979) consists partly of living ... More The Art of Invention Explored at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria VICTORIA, BC.- The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria presents Promising Objects, artist Alison MacTaggart’s recent installation work that explores her interest in inventors and artists and their respective quests to devise solutions to problems and ideas. The exhibition runs from Oct. 28, 2011 to Jan. 15, 2012 in the AGGV’s LAB gallery and is a contemporary response to the themes of design and invention that are explored in the exhibition The Modern Eye: Craft and Design in Canada on display in the Gallery’s Pollard Gallery until Nov. 27. Promising Objects features functional wooden sculptures and their design drawings that meet three parameters taken directly from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office’s A Guide to Patents. Artist Alison MacTaggart explains, “Each artwork or solution to my proposal to explore language and the dialogic must demonstrate novelty, utility and ingenuity. To demonstrate novelt ... More Installations by Jennifer Steinkamp and "Spinal Tap" member Harry Shearer at Honolulu Academy of Arts HONOLULU.- TCM/Spalding House’s exciting fall program of exhibitions, installations and a mural opened Oct. 20. Minimalist masterpieces, ceramics and video installations comprise a diverse, engaging menu of contemporary art to explore in Makiki Heights. They remain on view through Jan. 29. In honor of past teachers in her life, Los Angeles artist Jennifer Steinkamp created a series of computer video projections of trees dedicated to them. This installation is an homage to Steinkamp’s teacher at Art Center College of Design, Mike Kelley, an artist who is one of the progenitors of the Los Angeles contemporary art scene. While Steinkamp’s works draw from the heritage of the 1960s southern California-based light-and-space artists, such as James Turrell and Robert Irwin, she uses advanced digital technology to achieve the effects of her wall-size projections and room installations that explore ideas about spa ... More New York City museum limits visitors in bathtub-like artwork NEW YORK (AP).- Naked art lovers are no longer able to take dips together in a bathtub-like installation at a New York City museum after warnings from health officials. The "Psycho Tank" is part of an interactive exhibit "Experience" by German artist Carsten Holler (HOO'-lehr). The pool sits off the ground in a tent-like structure. Visitors are handed bathrobes, slippers and towels before heading into the salty, warm water — nude. The New York Post (http://nyp.st/tBrHNo ) reports health officials said allowing more than one person would have required a permit the museum didn't have. The museum is now allowing only one person in at a time. Officials are also investigating whether other parts of the exhibit, which include a giant slide and a carousel, meet city regulations. ... More |
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