| | Works by Lichtenstein, Degas, Rothko, and Still lead Christie's and Sotheby's art auctions
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A man looks at 'Untitled (Plum and dark Brown)' by Mark Rothko on display at Sotheby's during a preview of their Impressionist and Modern Art sale in New York, October 28, 2011. With financial markets remaining stubbornly shaky, auction houses in New York are gearing up for critical fall auctions which feature several works each poised to fetch $30 million or more. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid.
By: Chris Michaud
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- With financial markets remaining stubbornly shaky, auction houses in New York are gearing up for critical fall auctions which feature several works each poised to fetch $30 million or more. "The financial markets have been volatile all year, yet the art market has continued to perform well," said Marc Porter, chairman of Christie's Americas. "It's incredibly strong." Christie's and Sotheby's are both offering many works that are valued over $10 million, and each has offerings expected to fetch $25 million or even $40 million. Roy Lichtenstein's "I Can See the Whole Room! ... and There's Nobody in It!" is estimated to sell for up to $45 million at Christie's, and could even set a record. Degas' bronze sculpture, "Petite danseuse de quatorze ans," cast after his death and one of only 10 remaining in private hands, will lead its Impressionist and modern sale on November 1 when it could fetch ... More |
| "Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism" exhibition at the Akron Art Museum | | Branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim at Abu Dhabi island hit by more delays | | "Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935" at the Royal Academy of Arts | 
Childe Hassam, Poppies on the Isles of Shoals, 1890, oil on canvas. Collection of the Brooklyn Museum.
AKRON, OH.- Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism, on view at the Akron Art Museum October 29, 2011 – February 5, 2012, offers a broad survey of landscape painting as practiced by leading French artists from Gustave Courbet to Claude Monet and their most significant American followers including Childe Hassam and John Singer Sargent. This exquisite exhibition of more than fifty paintings will include many of the finest examples of French and American impressionist landscapes from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum as well as American impressionist paintings from the Akron Art Museum. “We are delighted to have the opportunity to showcase highlights from the Akron Art Museum’s collection of American impressionist paintings alongside French and American masterpieces from the Brooklyn Museum,” said Curator of Exhibitions Ellen Rudolph. “Featuring works from the 1850s through the 1920s, this e ... More | | 
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. Photo courtesy Gehry Partners, LLP.
By: Adam Schreck, AP Business Writer
DUBAI (AP).- Branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim art museums being built as part of an ambitious cultural district in Abu Dhabi could now open at least a year later than planned, the developer and an official with knowledge of the projects said Saturday. Questions about the future of the Saadiyat Island cultural district have swirled among contractors in the Gulf for months. They came into sharper focus this week when the project's government-backed developer disclosed that it was temporarily dropping plans to award a major construction contract. The Louvre branch, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, was originally scheduled to open in 2012, but that date was later pushed to the following year. A national museum and the Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim were expected to follow in quick succession, with all three ... More | | 
Liubov Popova, Painterly Architectonics, 1918-19 (detail). Oil on canvas, 731 x 481 mm. State Museum of Contemporary Art - G. Costakis Collection, Thessaloniki, Greece.
LONDON.- This winter the Royal Academy of Arts will present Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915–1935. The exhibition will examine Russian avant-garde architecture made during a brief but intense period of design and construction that took place from c.1922 to 1935. Fired by the Constructivist art that emerged in Russia from c.1915, architects transformed this radical artistic language into three dimensions, creating structures whose innovative style embodied the energy and optimism of the new Soviet Socialist state. The exhibition will juxtapose large-scale photographs of extant buildings with relevant Constructivist drawings and paintings, vintage photographs and periodicals. Many of the works have never been shown in the UK before. The drive to forge a new Socialist society in Russia encouraged ... More |
| New exhibition features priceless private art collection never before displayed publicly | | Print by Print: Series from Durer to Lichtenstein showcases 500 years of serial printmaking | | Mark A. Magleby named new Director for Brigham Young University Museum of Art | 
The role of private collectors in the art world has always been essential to both artists and museums.
VANCOUVER, B.C.- Shore, Forest and Beyond: Art from the Audain Collection reveals for the first time one of the most important private art collections in Canada, a stunning group of works assembled over the past 25 years by Michael Audain and Yoshiko Karasawa. Generously loaned to the Vancouver Art Gallery for this special exhibition, the Audains’ collection features a vast array of art – from exceptional 19th century masks by First Nations artists, to an outstanding set of paintings by Emily Carr that span the entire length of her career, to contemporary works by internationally renowned Vancouver-based artists Jeff Wall, Rodney Graham, Ian Wallace and others. The role of private collectors in the art world has always been essential to both artists and museums. Private collections are formed in a variety of ways, yet some achieve particular distinction for their depth, breadth and quality. Shore, Forest an ... More | | 
Sonia Delaunay. Plate 36 from the portfolio Compositions, Colors, Ideas. 1930. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Friends of Art Fund, BMA 1997.152.36. © L & M SERVICES B.V. The Hague.
BALTIMORE, MD.- Print by Print: Series from Dürer to Lichtenstein is an epic exhibition of more than 350 prints by American and European artists working in series from the late 15th through the 21st centuries, including Canaletto, Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, and Ed Ruscha. On view October 30, 2011 through March 25, 2012, the exhibition presents a rare opportunity to view 29 series of multiple images in complete sets—revealing the true vision of the artist, print by print. Also represented are two voices for a new generation of printmakers, Daniel Heyman and Andrew Raftery, who will speak at the Baltimore Museum of Art on Saturday, December 3. From Albrecht Dürer’s 16 woodcut illustrations for The Apocalypse (c. 1496-1498) to Roy Lichtenstein’s seven Monet-inspired color lithographs and ... More | | 
Mark A. Magleby has been a BYU art history faculty member since 1997.
PROVO, UT.- Mark A. Magleby, a BYU art history faculty member since 1997, has been appointed as the new director of the Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Stephen M. Jones, dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communications announced Wednesday. Magleby will officially begin in his new role Jan. 1, 2012. Prior to his employment at BYU, Magleby was an art history faculty member at both The Ohio State University and Denison University. Magleby received his M.A. and Ph.D. in History of Art from The Ohio State University, having previously completed his B.A. from Brigham Young University. Magleby specializes in 18th century art and architecture, 20th century European art, and contemporary theory and criticism. “Mark speaks as an avid insider about the contributions past exhibitions have made to the cultural and academic life of BYU and the greater community,” Jones ... More |
| "Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk" by Chinese artist Hung Liu at Walter Maciel Gallery | | International Center of Photography to present Sudden Impact: Photography on the Printed Page | | Former Beatle Paul McCartney to help restore 1877 Steinway Motown grand piano | 
Hung Liu, Band of Brothers, 2011 (detail), oil on canvas, 80” x 120”. Photo: Courtesy of Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Walter Maciel Gallery presents a solo show of new work by internationally known artist Hung Liu. This is Liu’s third solo gallery exhibition appropriately titled Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk which references the idea of remembering one's youth, possibly from an elder's perspective. The show is presented concurrently with Pacific Standard Time celebrating the art in Southern California from 1945 though the early 80s. Liu was born in Changchun, China in 1948 and immigrated to the US In 1984 to attend the University of California, San Diego where she received an MFA in the Visual Arts Program. She studied with Allan Kaprow who became a lifelong friend and mentor. Born and raised under the Mao Regime, Liu’s life was adversely affected by the controversial Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. After graduating from high school in 1968, she was sent to the countryside to live among peas ... More | | 
Weltrundschau, Cover of Vu, May 28, 1930, “After the dual”. Collection International Center of Photography.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- As part of a first-time, special exhibition during Paris Photo 2011, the International Center of Photography will present Sudden Impact: Photography on the Printed Page November 10–13, 2011 at the Nave of the Grand Palais. ICP joins the Tate Modern and the Musée de l’Elysée in the Recent Acquisitions exhibition, which explores a variety of museum acquisition strategies. Sudden Impact: Photography on the Printed Page includes more than 40 works: issues of magazines such as Vu, Regards, Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung, and Picture Post; vintage prints by photographers such as Robert Capa and Weegee; and posters by Gustav Klutsis. “The first half of the 20th Century was one of the notable periods of innovation in photography and yet it is remarkable that during those years it was rare for photographic prints to be seen on the walls of museums or galleries,” said ICP Chief Curator Brian Wallis. “ ... More | | 
Sir Paul McCartney (C) leaves the Westminster Registration Office after getting married. EPA/KERIM OKTEN.
DETROIT (AP).- During a summer visit to a Motown recording studio, former Beatle Paul McCartney wanted to run his fingers along an 1877 Steinway grand piano played by some Detroit music greats he considers idols. "He was disappointed when we told him it didn't play," Motown Historical Museum chief executive Audley Smith Jr., told The Detroit News for a story (http://bit.ly/trOphs ) Saturday. Undaunted, the legendary rock and roller from England told museum officials following a July concert at Comerica Park that he wanted to help restore it. On Monday, the piano will be picked up from the Detroit museum and shipped to Steinway & Sons in New York for restoration. The work is expected to take up to five months. The piano company has to assess the piano's condition before a cost can be determined. "Steinway & Sons is honored to restore the historic Steinway piano that ... More |
| Remarkable group of new works by Uta Barth at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York | | A selection from The Mezzanin Stiftung für Kunst Collection on view at Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein | | Rare early sculpture and important new paintings by Rebecca Horn at Sean Kelly Gallery | 
Installation view. Courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York. Photo: Jean Vong.
NEW YORK, NY.- Tanya Bonakdar Gallery presents a remarkable group of new works by Uta Barth. As the artist's ninth solo exhibition with the gallery, this show brings together two of Barth's latest series of color photographs within the main floor exhibition spaces. Furthering her exploration of the atmospheric and incidental, Barth conceived her latest major body of work, ... and to draw a bright white line with light, on the occasion of her 2011 solo exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. This series is installed in the main gallery space as a sequence of diptych and triptych paneled photographs that trace a growing ribbon of light against the curtains of the artist's home. Created over the course of a single afternoon, this project follows a distinct chronology that diverges from the circular nature of her earlier series. Here, Barth captures glimpses of the ephemeral as it exists between two fixed points ... More | | 
Martin Disler, Ice, Rocks and Flesh, 1986.
VADUZ.- Domiciled in Liechtenstein, the "Mezzanin Stiftung für Kunst" collection is devoted primarily to international, contemporary art. Bearing the stamp of the extreme care and personal commitment of collector Hanny Frick, it has grown continuously over the past few decades. Hanny Frick relies on direct contact with artists and their works of art. Her approach has led, over the years, to a collection that places the collector on equal footing with the international art world. The holdings range from paintings, drawings, prints and photography to objects and a remarkable group of sculptures from Europe and Africa. In addition, the collection includes artefacts such as found pieces from nature, tools used by artists and a group of prehistoric rock drawings that have been transferred to paper. The present selection on view at Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein highlights paintings, specific drawings and a group of sculptures of Afr ... More | | 
Rebecca Horn, Sonnenlicht Fliehend, 2010. Acrylic, pencil, color pencils on paper, framed: 81 1/2 x 68 3/4 x 1 3/4 inches. Courtesy Sean Kelly Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sean Kelly Gallery opened Rebecca Horn’s new exhibition, Ravens Gold Rush. Ravens Gold Rush includes a rare early sculpture, important new paintings on paper and a new large-scale sculptural installation. The title of the exhibition refers to Horn’s 1986 New York show, The Gold Rush, which took place in a time of international financial uncertainty. The eponymously titled sculpture from this exhibition has been installed in the first gallery; it is comprised of a small hammer that repeatedly chips away at sticks of charcoal, the residue of which falls onto a gold bar. Twenty-five years later, during the current global state of social and financial turmoil, this earlier work creates a context for the major new installation that is featured in the main gallery: a mechanized, multi-branched structure that functions almost like a moving tree. The “branches” culminate in bird-like beaks that snap op ... More |
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 Powerhouse Museum presents Korean treasures and the spirit of jang-in SYDNEY.- For the first time in Australia, ancient and contemporary Korean works come together in the Spirit of jang-in: treasures of Korean metal craft at the Powerhouse Museum. This stunning exhibition, supported by the Korean government, celebrates “Year of Friendship’ between Australia and the Republic of Korea, marking 50 years of bilateral relations. As Australia’s fourth largest trading partner, Korea also occupies a pivotal position in East Asia both politically and culturally. Metal is a fundamental material used in everyday Korean life and has been chosen as the focus for this exhibition representative of Australia-Korean relations, with iron being one of Australia’s largest exports to Korea. Korea is a nation with a dramatic history and rich tradition. Today, Korea is a vibrant and dynamic nation known for its superior IT industry, its exquisite design aesthetic and the well known ‘ ... More The Monterey Museum of Art opens Fall season of widely varied exhibitions MONTEREY, CA.- The Monterey Museum of Art announces the opening of its Fall season exhibitions at the MMA-La Mirada located at 720 Via Mirada, Monterey, California, 93940. Pop Icons: Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein features works on paper by two of the leading artists associated with the pop art movement. Additional John Haley: Berkeley School Abstract Expressionist is a selection of abstract paintings by John Haley (1905 – 1991) from the collection of a several private lenders. The artist studied with Hans Hofmann in Germany in the 1920s and became an important and influential art instructor at UC Berkeley, promoting Hofmann’s modernist methods. He had a solo exhibition at San Francisco’s de Young Museum in 1980. Cultural Collisions: Prints by Enrique Chagoya from the Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer consists of a select representation of prints by San Francisco Bay area artist and Stanford University pr ... More United States prosecutors settle with ex-Apollo astronaut MIAMI (AP).- Federal prosecutors and former astronaut Edgar Mitchell have reached an agreement over a camera Mitchell brought home from his 1971 Apollo 14 moon mission. Mitchell said the camera was a gift from NASA, and earlier this year he tried to auction it through the British firm Bonhams. NASA says the camera is U.S. government property and sued Mitchell to get it back after learning in March it was up for sale. In papers filed Thursday, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami stated Mitchell will give up any claim to the 16 mm motion picture camera and agree to return it to NASA. NASA will in turn give it to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington for display within 60 days. Both sides will pay their own legal expenses. A judge was expected to sign off on the settlement in the coming days. Mitchell's attorney Armen R. Vartian said his client decided the settlement was the best way to resolve a conflict with NASA. "I think both sides saw the lawsuit as something that s ... More Doyle New York announces art auction to benefit LaGuardia High School, inspired hit movie Fame NEW YORK, NY.- Alumni and Friends of LaGuardia High School will host their inaugural fine art benefit auction on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 from 6:30-9:30pm at the Vincent Astor Gallery in Lincoln Center’s Library of Performing Arts. This landmark event will honor artist Wolf Kahn and includes a cocktail reception, exhibition and auction of almost 100 works to benefit of LaGuardia High School and its gifted students. Among the prominent Contemporary artists who have donated works to the auction are Wolf Kahn, Emily Mason, Frederick Brosen, Paul Resika, Harvey Dinnerstein, Burton Silverman, Byron Dobell, Guy Richards Smit, Milton Glaser and Jerome Witkin, all alumni of the school. All of the 93 donated works of art to be auctioned will be on view at the November 9 event. The works have been organized into two groups. Seventy-nine works (lots 201-279) will be offered in a silent auction format with bidding taking place throughout the event. Fourteen works by the most promin ... More Museum of Glass names Susan Warner as Deputy Director/Curator TACOMA, WA.- Museum of Glass announces the appointment of Susan Warner as Deputy Director/Curator. Susan Warner joined Museum of Glass as the Director of Education in February 2001, prior to the Museum’s official opening in 2002. In 2006, Warner was appointed Director of Public Programs, overseeing the curatorial, education and Hot Shop departments, and in 2009 appointed Deputy Director. According to Museum of Glass director Timothy Close , “After reviewing a number of highly qualified external candidates for this position, it made sense to look within MOG’s own talent pool, and Susan Warner was an obvious selection. Warner brings over 30 years of museum, curatorial and educational experience to the position and possesses a solid background in the medium of glass. We are very pleased she has accepted this new role in her career at MOG.” As Deputy Director/Curator, Warner will be responsible for dev ... More "A Song for the Horse Nation" gallops into Washington WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., opens a major exhibition this fall that explores one of the greatest sagas of human contact with the animal world—American Indians and horses. The exhibition opens Oct. 29. Through an array of 122 historic objects, artwork, photographs, songs and personal accounts, “A Song for the Horse Nation” tells the epic story of how the return of horses to the Americas by Christopher Columbus changed everything for Indians—from the way they travelled, hunted and waged war to how they celebrated generosity, exhibited bravery and conducted ceremonies. It shows how horse trading among tribes was the conduit for the extensive spread of mustangs in the Plains and Plateau regions of the United States, as well as how horses became the inspiration for new artistic expressions and rich traditions that continue to this day. “ ... More |
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