| Houston Museum of Natural Science unveils $85 million dinosaur hall that includes unqiue objects | | $56.3 million achieved for Sotheby's London Evening Auction of The Gunter Sachs Collection | | Two men deface painting that ridicules South African President Jacob Zuma defaced | 
Robert Bakker, the museum's curator of paleontology, talks in the new Hall of Paleontology at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. AP Photo/Michael Stravato.
By: Ramit Plushnick-Masti, Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP).- Pups in her womb, a large eye visible behind the rib cage, one baby stuck in the birth canal: all fossilized evidence that this ancient marine beast, the Ichthyosaur, died in childbirth. Jurassic Mom's almost certainly painful death is perfectly preserved in a rare fossil skeleton, one of the many unique items that will go on display in the Houston Museum of Natural Science's $85 million dinosaur hall when it opens to the public June 2. The Associated Press got a first peek at the exhibit as the finishing touches were put in place. Paleontologists and scientists at the museum and the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research in Hill City, S.D. have worked tirelessly for three years to collect, clean and preserve artifacts designed to give visitors a look at how life ... More | | 
A visitor takes picture of a life-sized mannequin hatstand by Allen Jones on display at the auction house in London. AP Photo/Sang Tan.
LONDON.- Tonight at Sotheby’s London, the Evening Auction of The Gunter Sachs Collection realised the outstanding total of £35,628,250 / $56,353,203 /€44,057,951 – almost double the pre-sale low estimate (Est. £18-25million /$28.8-40 million / €22-31 million). In part one of the two-day sale of artworks and objects that span numerous collecting categories, buyers from Asia, Europe, Russia and the US helped drive this evening’s sell-through rates to 90.2% by lot and 97.5 % by value, resulting in 10 lots selling for over £1 million and 16 for over $1 million. Artist records were set for works Allen Jones and Mel Ramos. The top lot of tonight’s sale was one of Andy Warhol’s last self-portraits, Self Portrait (Fright Wig), from 1986, which sold for £5,361,250 / $8,479,889 / €6,629,730 - more than double its pre-sale estimate of £2-3 million. Record prices for works by Andy Warhol were ach ... More | | 
An unidentified man defaces a controversial portrait of South African President Jacob Zuma at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg. AP Photo/eNews.
By: Donna Bryson, Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP).- Two men wielding cans of red and black paint entered a Johannesburg gallery on Tuesday and defaced a painting that draws attention to the South African president's genitals and his reputation for promiscuity, witnesses said. "Now it's completely and utterly destroyed," said Iman Rappetti, a reporter for a South African TV channel who was in the Goodman Gallery when the men struck. Her channel showed footage of a man in a suit painting a red X over the president's genital area and then his face. Next a man in a hoodie used his hands to rubbed black paint over the president's face and down the painting. Rapetti said the men were detained by gallery staff and police arrived later to take them away. The painting by Brett Murray ... More |
| Solo exhibition of new photographs by James Welling opens at The Donald Young Gallery | | Harvard Art Museums present exhibition of Jasper Johns's "Crosshatch" works of the 1970s | | Exhibition explores the effect of ecological degradation on marine life and avian and amphibian populations | 
James Welling, 012, 2012. Archival inkjet print on Canson Baryta Photographique paper, 48 h. x 40 inches (121.9 x 101.6 cm), image size, 57 h. x 49 inches (144.8 x 124.5 cm), framed. Edition of five.
CHICAGO, IL.- The Donald Young Gallery presents a solo exhibition of new photographs by James Welling. Featuring two bodies of work, the exhibition includes new concepts in subject and process. Water describes the select group of water photograms that stem from Wellingʼs investigation into the effects of cameraless pictures. By wetting paper in the dark and exposing it to light of a color enlarger, the artist has created an image in relief from blue dye. Indirectly related to the experimental films of Phil Solomon, the various flirtations Welling employed evoke a threedimensional image. Recently exhibited at the Wadsworth Antheneum in Hartford, Connecticut (2012), the second series of work on view pays homage to Andrew Wyeth and his significant influence on Wellingʼs practice. Aptly titled “Wyeth”, the group of seventeen works consists of Wyethʼs sites, subjects and studio in Chadds Ford, Pennsylv ... More | | 
Jasper Johns, Cicada, 1979. Screenprint. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from Collection Jean Christophe Castelli, Class of 1985, 32.1999. Art © Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo: Harvard Art Museums.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.- The Harvard Art Museums present Jasper Johns / In Press: The Crosshatch Works and the Logic of Print, an exhibition that centers on the artist’s signature “crosshatch” works in the Harvard Art Museums collections and explores the impact of print on his oeuvre. The exhibition is the first that examines “print” and “the press” with reference not only to Johns’s experiments in printmaking, but also to print as a medium of information transfer, tracing his frequent use of newsprint and its temporal, political, and formal implications. Over twenty works are on display, including prints, drawings, and one painting by Johns. Also featured is comparative material exploring Johns’s relationship to the history of printing. Jasper Johns / In Press is on display May 22–August 18, 2012 at the Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, ... More | | 
Collapse, 2012. mixed-media installation including 26,162 preserved specimens representing 370 species in Preffer and Carosafe preservative solutions, 12 x 15 x 15 feet. Brandon Ballengée with Todd Gardner, Jack Rudloe, Brian Schiering and Peter Warny.
NEW YORK, NY.- Brandon Ballengée, a visual artist and biologist, exhibits sculptural installations and photographs at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts in his first major solo exhibition in New York. The exhibition, Collapse: the Cry of Silent Forms, consists of three bodies of work that explore the effect of ecological degradation on marine life and avian and amphibian populations. Synthesizing scientific inquiry with art-making, Ballengée transforms his field research into metaphors that reveal the fragility of life forms in degraded ecosystems. Collapse responds to the global crisis of the world’s fisheries and the current threat for the unraveling of the Gulf of Mexico’s food-chain following the BP oil spill. The large-scale installation, a pyramid display of hundreds of preserved fish and other aquatic organisms in gallon jars, recalls the fragile inter-relationships between ... More |
| Parrish Art Museum announces November 10, 2012, as opening date of new Herzog & de Meuron building | | Los Angeles County Museum of Art to unveil artist Michael Heizer's big rock work in June | | Keno Auctions announces exceptional selection of important American and European paintings | 
New Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York. Photo: Doug Moyer.
SOUTHAMPTON, NY.- The Parrish Art Museum will open the doors of its new home to the public on Saturday, November 10, 2012. Located on fourteen acres in Water Mill, NY, the 34,400-square-foot, Herzog & de Meuron- designed building will be the first art museum built on the East End of Long Island in more than a century, and will be the cultural centerpiece and most recognizable architectural landmark in the region. The new building has a budget of $26.2 million, 95% of which has been raised to date. The November 10 grand opening will be free to the general public. Free admission continues throughout the long weekend—Sunday, November 11, and Monday, November 12, Veterans Day. Preceding the public opening, a series of special events for the many stakeholders who have made the new building possible—donors, trustees, the building team, government officials, artists, members, and volunteers—will take place on November ... More | | 
Crowds gather to watch a 200-foot-long transporter almost three freeway lanes wide carry a 340-ton granite boulder. AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes.
By: John Rogers, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP).- A rockin' good time is planned next month when the Los Angeles County Museum of Art pulls the covers off artist Michael Heizer's latest creation — a 340-ton boulder positioned to appear as though it's floating in mid-air. The gigantic work titled "Levitated Mass" will be unveiled June 24 and is intended to remain forever. Its centerpiece is the two-story-tall chunk of granite that was hauled 105 miles from a Riverside rock quarry earlier this year. Since then, the rock has been carefully positioned above a 465-foot-long trench that museum visitors can stroll. From the trench, the rock should appear to be hovering above them. "We live in a world that's technological and primordial simultaneously," Heizer said in a statement released Tuesday by the museum. ... More | | 
Esteban Vicente (American, 1903-2001), On Space, 1987 (detail). Signed, dated and inscribed with title verso “Esteban Vicente”. Oil on Canvas, 54 x 64 inches. Estimate: $30,000-60,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- On June 12, 2012 Keno Auctions will offer an exceptional selection of 74 works by important American and European artists from the 16th through 20th centuries. The sale will take place at Keno Auctions Manhattan office at 127 East 69th Street at 10:00 a.m. and will be the first distinct fine art sale for the auction house. A public exhibition preceding the sale will be held from June 8 - 12. Lots presented in the June sale include some superb Old Master Paintings, American Paintings, 19th Century Paintings, Latin American Paintings, European Paintings, and Post-War Art from private collections that are fresh to the market and estimated to create an exciting buzz in the industry. A fine range of works from such wonderful artists include Milton Avery, Charles Demuth, Thomas Doughty, George ... More |
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| The Forbes Galleries mark 60th anniversary of the SS United States' historic maiden voyage | | Series of dynamic new paintings by Damien Hirst on view at White Cube Bermondsey | | Febrik, a collaborative platform for participatory art exhibits at South London Gallery | 
SS United States in New York. Photo: Courtesy of the Mark Perry Collection”.
NEW YORK, NY.- Built to be both luxury superliner and Cold War weapon, America’s flagship, the SS United States was the fastest and safest ocean liner ever built. Larger than the Titanic and faster than the Queen Mary, this marvel of American engineering smashed the transatlantic speed record on her historic maiden voyage in 1952 – a record that remains unbroken. As part of a yearlong, 60th anniversary celebration of the vessel’s dramatic debut, the SS United States Conservancy announced an exhibition of rare artifacts, artwork, and ephemera showcasing the lost-era of transatlantic sea travel. Revealing letters and photographs featuring the ship’s designers, officers, crew, and passengers are also on display. The exhibition, entitled “The Ocean Liner United States: Celebrating the Past and Future of America’s Flagship,” opened at the Forbes Galleries, New York on May 18th and run th ... More | | 
Damien Hirst, Two Parrots with Grotesque Baby, 2010. Oil on canvas, 90 x 60 in. (228.6 x 152.4 cm)© Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2012. Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd. Courtesy White Cube.
LONDON.- For his first exhibition at White Cube Bermondsey, Damien Hirst will present a series of dynamic new paintings that he started working on in the summer of 2010. This exhibition coincides with the first UK retrospective of Hirst’s work at Tate Modern. Painting has always been an important part of Hirst's oeuvre, but unlike the spot paintings and photorealist series which were made using a collaborative studio process, this body of work is altogether more personal: painted from life, by Hirst in his Devon studio. The paintings, often intimate in size, could be seen as traditional still life, depicting an array of carefully arranged elements, both natural and inanimate, sometimes momento mori , alongside objects and formal devices that have made their appearance in Hirst's sculptures and installations before. ... More | | 
The Shop of Possibilities, Sceaux Gardens, designed in collaboration with Febrik, 2012. Photo: Richard Eaton.
LONDON.- Febrik, a collaborative platform for participatory art and design research, presents an exhibition which unravels the politics of the right to public space and explores relationships between invented, inherited and modified play practices. Their work considers the potential of curious and familiar narratives of daily social play, with a particular focus, for this project, on the spatial dynamics of community groups in two different contexts: Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut and Amman, and Sceaux Gardens in Camberwell. Through photographic documentation, texts and animations, the show also demonstrates the processes of research, design and development undertaken in the creation of The Shop of Possibilities, the SLG’s new social space for play for local residents in a retail outlet on the neighbouring Sceaux Gardens housing estate. The exhibition brings together, for the first time, almost a decade of research and findings collected by Reem Charif, an architect an ... More |
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 Flintlock sword-pistol once owned by Admiral Lord Nelson's close friend for sale at Bonhams LONDON.- Bonhams is selling the pistol-sword of Alexander Davison, an intimate friend of Admiral Lord Nelson for 24 years, who subsequently spent time in Newgate Prison for financial irregularity. It will form part of the Antique Arms, Armour and Sporting Gun sale to held at Bonhams Knightsbridge on 25 July. The unusual weapon estimated to sell for £10,000 to £15,000, is a fine and rare flintlock combined 54-bore box-lock over-and-under tap-action pistol and sword made by H.W. Mortimer, London, in the late 18th Century. It bears Birmingham silver hallmarks for 1782, and a maker's mark of Charles Freeth. The pistol has a 64.9 cm sword blade attached. Alexander Davison (1750-1829) first met Horatio Nelson in Quebec in 1782 and he was to remain a constant figure in Nelson's life until 9 January 1806 when, as one of the four principal members of Nelson's household, he broke his ... More Cartoon studio faces state clout, global stars SHANGHAI (AP).- Chinese cartoonist Carol Liu Hong built her studio from scratch, doing post-production work for TV commercials and then, once she broke even, realizing her dream of creating cartoons for Chinese kids. Breaking into a market dominated by state media companies has been tough — even more so now that Kungfu Panda creator DreamWorks Animation SKG and other big cartoon giants are launching their own local studios in China. Liu has gotten some help. Seeking to nurture creative industries, the Shanghai government gave her studio, Shanghai Cartoon Communication Group, a choice location. But its success so far mainly stems from its ability to balance cartoon making with sales of related products, she says. Having drawn-in-China cartoons high on the national entertainment agenda also helps local creators: Prime time is reserved for domestic cartoons — ... More Exhibition comprised of 12 photographs and an installation by Natalia Arias on view at Nohra Haime Gallery NEW YORK, NY.- Natalia Arias: No Permanent, No Perpetual, an exhibition comprised of 12 haunting photographs and an installation, is on view at the Nohra Haime Gallery from May 1st through June 14th. Arias’ new body of work expresses ideas of detachment, transition and revelation. Her approach is conceptual, daring and psychological. By presenting images in a state of flux, Arias poses questions about existence and identity. Her portrayals range between the repulsive and the seductive as she explores the constant flux of life and creation. She underscores these transformation with the help of props that she creates and which are quickly becoming installations. In Displaced, 2011, Arias captures a portrait of herself in the process of transformation.Wearing half a cocoon mask, her illuminated face contrasts with the remaining darkness. Her sullen expression is reflected below, and she appears unstable and fragile ... More Auction claims it's selling vial with Reagan blood LONDON (AP).- A Channel Islands auction house says it's selling a vial that allegedly contains blood residue from Ronald Reagan — a move denounced Tuesday by the late U.S. president's family and his foundation. The vial being auctioned online was used by the laboratory that tested Reagan's blood when he was hospitalized after a 1981 assassination attempt in Washington, the PFCAuctions house said. Reagan's son Michael condemned the auction but said he was confident it was not his father's blood. "Whatever's in the vial — could be mouse blood — it's certainly not Reagan blood," Reagan said in a telephone call from Los Angeles. "And what an outrageous thing to do to (Reagan's widow) Nancy and the family. I hope the world calls on this organization to cease and desist because it's so bogus." "Even if it were true, how dare they, how dare they do such ... More Museums in Hannover present an overview of the contemporary international art scene in Germany HANNOVER.- The Sprengel Museum Hannover, the kestnergesellschaft and the Kunstverein Hannover are presenting a large overview of the contemporary international art scene in Germany entitled MADE IN GERMANY ZWEI, which opened on May 16, 2012. The exhibition shows groundbreaking positions of a younger generation of international artists living and working in Germany. Thematic emphases illustrate and relate today’s artistic concerns. Current tendencies, artistic approaches and forms of expression are examined and discussed in reference to Germany’s international art world. Following nationwide studio visits, the 45 participating artists were introduced at the press conference on May 15, 2012. The artists come from fourteen different countries, thirty-three of them are based in Berlin and twenty female artists are participating. MADE IN GERMANY ... More Pacific Standard Time wins outstanding exhibition catalogue from the Association of Art Museum Curators LOS ANGELES, CA.- On Monday, May 14, the Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) announced their 2011 Awards for Excellence, naming Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles Art, 1945–1980 (Getty Publications, $59.95, hardcover) Outstanding Exhibition Catalogue. Co-editor Andrew Perchuk, Deputy Director of the Getty Research Institute, was honored by the organization. Complementing the region-wide exhibition initiative of the same name, Pacific Standard Time is a comprehensive and richly illustrated book that explores postwar American art from a new perspective: Southern California. The analysis of the L.A. art scene from the end of World War II until the beginning of the 1980s—the first in-depth scholarly survey of the region’s art—demonstrates the major role Southern California artists played in the twentieth century’s most influential art movements. ... More Exhibition reflects Simon Denny's interest in television and video as both technology and cultural form ASPEN, CO.- The Aspen Art Museum presents an exhibition of work by artist Simon Denny (b. 1982, New Zealand), on view May 18 through July 15, 2012. Titled Full Participation, the exhibition employs a variety of media to present a hybrid artistic practice located somewhere between research project, retail display, and promotional campaign. Denny invites viewers to reflect on the relationship between form and content as the technology of television and video evolves. Full Participation also grows, in part, out of Denny’s research into the history of Aspen’s own GrassRoots Community Television—the oldest public access cable channel in the U.S. Denny’s recent works have included investigations into the form and “architecture” of the TV set itself (the physical depth of which, we are reminded, has shrunk along with the medium’s loss of dominance as a content provider). He has ... More |
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