| Francis Bacon's Study for Self-Portrait to lead Sotheby's June Contemporary Art Evening Auction | | "Mantegna to Matisse: Master Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery" opens in London | | The Draw of the Normandy Coast opens this summer at the Portland Museum of Art | 
Francis Bacon, Study for a Self-Portrait, 1980. Oil on canvas, 35.6 by 30.5cm.; 14 by 12in. Estimate: 5,000,000-7,000,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Following the outstanding success of Sotheby’s Sale of The Gunter Sachs Collection this season in London, which doubled pre-sale expectations and realised £41.4 / $65.5 million, Sotheby’s is delighted to announce that its June Evening Auction of Contemporary Art is expected to realise in excess of £50 million. The London sale, which will be staged on Tuesday, June 26th, 2012, will feature a broad range of major works by leading Contemporary artists including Francis Bacon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Gerhard Richter, as well as Damien Hirst, Piero Manzoni, Frank Auerbach and Glenn Brown, among others.* Commenting on the forthcoming sales, Cheyenne Westphal, Sotheby’s Chairman of Contemporary Art Europe, said: “In the wake of Sotheby’s extremely successful sale of The Gunter Sachs Collection last month, which realised more than $65 million - doubling pre-sale expectations - we are extremely pleased ... More | | 
Michelangelo Buonarrotti (1475-1564), The Dream (Il Sogno), c. 1533. Black chalk, 398 x 280 mm © The Courtauld Gallery, London.
LONDON.- The Courtauld Gallery holds one of the most important collections of drawings in Britain. Organised in collaboration with The Frick Collection in New York, this exhibition presents a magnificent selection of some sixty of its finest works. It offers a rare opportunity to consider the art of drawing in the hands of its greatest masters, including Dürer, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Goya, Manet, Cézanne and Matisse. The Courtauld last displayed a comparable selection of its masterpieces more than twenty years ago and this exhibition will bring the collection to new audiences nationally and internationally. The exhibition opens with a group of works dating from the 15th century, from both Northern and Southern Europe. An exquisite and extremely rare early Netherlandish drawing of a seated female saint from around 1475-85 is rooted in late medieval workshop traditions (fig. 1). ... More | | 
Claude Monet, The Manneporte near Étretat, 1886. Oil on canvas, 32 x 25 3/4 inches. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bequest of Lillie P. Bliss. Photo: Art Resource, NY.
PORTLAND, ME.- This summer, the Portland Museum of Art will present the exhibition The Draw of the Normandy Coast (1860-1960), on view June 14 through September 3, 2012. This exhibition will focus on the impressive Normandy coast which proved to be an artistic crucible for European and American artists during the course of the 19th and 20th centuries. Geographically convenient to Paris, accessible by train, with dramatic cliffs and rock formations, and picturesque and active ports, Normandy was an attractive haven. Realists, Impressionists, Neo-Impressionists, Fauves, Cubists, and Surrealists all gravitated to the area, including Claude Monet, Henri Matisse, Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, and Pablo Picasso. The Draw of the Normandy Coast (1860-1960) will chart the coast’s significance and showcase the ways in which the landscape was rendered by a spectrum of artists. The Draw of th ... More |
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| George Washington's constitution to be auctioned at Christie's books and manuscripts sale | | "New to the Print Collection: Matisse to Bourgeois" opens at the Museum of Modern Art | | Comprehensive Elliot Erwitt retrospective, including about 150 works, opens at Kunst Haus Wien | 
George Washington's signature is seen. AP Photo/Alex Brandon.
By: Sarah Parnass, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP).- George Washington's 223-year-old copies of the Constitution and Bill of Rights are expected to go for bids of $2 million to $3 million at auction next week. The documents are bound in a book that contains notes in Washington's handwriting, including notations of the responsibilities of the president. The book was displayed for reporters at a hotel in the nation's capital on Tuesday. Christie's auction house plans to offer the documents to bidders on June 22 in New York. Thomas Lecky, head of Christie's books and manuscripts department, called the book "certainly on the one hand of great things" to have passed through the auction house in his time. This copy of the Constitution, bound by Thomas Allen of New York in 1789, was one of a set of ... More | | 
Pablo Picasso. The Weeping Woman, I (La femme qui pleure, I), state VII. 1937. Drypoint, aquatint, etching, and scraper, 30 1/2 x 22 9/16″. © 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- This exhibition showcases some 80 prints and artists’ books the Museum has acquired over the past two years, and reveals how an art collection is always a work in progress. On view for the first time at MoMA, these seminal works in the history of printmaking span more than a century, from 1888 to 2011, with some contextualized by related works already in the collection. Pablo Picasso’s 1937 print The Weeping Woman, acquired in 2011, which filled one of the last major gaps in MoMA’s holdings of works by the artist, is shown alongside the third state of the same image that joined the collection in 1999. Likewise, the 1958 linoleum cut Solid as a Rock (My God Is Rock), by Charles White, acquired in 2010, is complemented by a lithograph by White that was donated ... More | | 
GB. ENGLAND. Kent. 1984© Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Photos.
VIENNA.- Elliott Erwitt, the “Woody Allen of photography”, who views his subjects with his heart as much as with his eye, captures human – sometimes all-too-human – situations in his oeuvre. Kunst Haus Wien presents pieces of the mosaic that is Erwitt’s reality, taken from over half a century of his photographic work. This comprehensive retrospective includes about 150 works by a highly active photographer. Elliott Erwitt embodies a type of photographer that has become extremely rare, one who views his subjects with his heart as much as with his eye and thereby sees things that most people rarely notice: the little humorous situations and passions of everyday life, the tiny moments in which gestures and facial expressions say more than a thousand words. Erwitt is one of the leading photographers of his generation. Extremely versatile, with a broad spectrum of interests, he points his camera at hu ... More |
| A sword soars: General Burnside's sword leads Bonhams June sale of arms and armor | | Annie Oakley's shotgun brings $143,400 in Heritage Auctions' Wild West, Civil War & Militaria Event | | Nearly 18 million visitors later, Graceland marks 30th year as tourist attraction | 
An important and historic figural hilt presentation sword given to Major General Ambrose E. Burnside by the United States Sanitary Commission, New York Metropolitan Fair, April 22, 1864. Sold for $271,000; Est. $200,000 - 300,000. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The Antique Arms and Armor auction at Bonhams, June 11, brought a successful $813,318, and was led by the $271,000 purchase of a sword presented to Civil War Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, which sold highly within its estimated pre-sale price range of $200,000-300,000. The historic figural hilt presentation sword was given to Major General Ambrose E. Burnside by the United States Sanitary Commission (USSC) at the New York Metropolitan Fair, April 22, 1864, and is one of a well-known group of swords given to prominent Union soldiers and sailors by the USSC. The sword descended through the family of Burnside’s aide-de-camp, Captain Robert Hales Ives Goddard. ... More | | 
Annie Oakley: 12 Gauge Parker Brothers Shotgun. Serial #48767 sold for $143,400.
DALLAS, TX.- Annie Oakley’s historic Parker Brothers 12-gauge shotgun, consigned for sale by her great-grandnieces and offered to the public for the first time by Heritage Auctions in Dallas, brought $143,400 on Sunday, June 10, during the company’s $2.47+ million “Legends of the Wild West” auction. Oakley's iconic Stetson hat, also consigned by the famous shooter’s heirs, brought $17,925. All prices include a 19.5% Buyer’s Premium. The entire consignment of Annie Oakley artifacts from the family brought $518,875. “Annie Oakley was arguably America’s first female superstar, touring the US and the world in the late 1800's and early 20th century and demonstrating her legendary Wild West sharp shooting skills,” said Tom Slater, Director of Historical Auctions for Heritage. “The intense interest and great prices this auction brought show the ongoing fascination people have with Annie O ... More | | 
Graceland, Elvis Presley's home in Memphis, Tenn. AP Photo/Mark Humphrey.
By: Adrian Sainz, Associated Press
MEMPHIS (AP).- When Graceland opened to the public 30 years ago this month, nobody knew if it would be a success. Nearly 18 million visitors later, the house where Elvis Presley once lived is a money-making business that's helped transform the city of Memphis into a top destination for music lovers. But Presley's ex-wife says it's the spirit of Elvis, and not just music history, that keeps the crowds coming to Graceland. "Every time I go in there, I feel like Elvis is going to come down the stairs any minute," said Priscilla Presley in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press about the landmark's anniversary. "I have no doubt that he's there, somewhere, his spirit. I think people feel that." The King of Rock'n'Roll died on Aug. 16, 1977, and by the early 1980s ... More |
| Helen Glazer: Temporary Presences opens at Nailya Alexander Gallery in New York | | SFMOMA appoints Katie Tamony as new Director of Marketing and Communications | | Hasted Kraeutler announces exhibitions by Awol Erizku and 20th century photographs show | 
Helen Glazer, Cloud Canyons 2, 2010. Archival pigment print, hand-colored with pastels, 40 x 27.75 inches. Photo: Courtesy Nailya Alexander Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- Temporary Presences, a solo exhibition of hand-colored photographs by Helen Glazer, will be on view at the Nailya Alexander Gallery at 41 East 57th Street from June 14 through July 20, 2012. The exhibition, the artist’s first solo show in New York City, will feature 13 archival prints that investigate the ephemeral phenomenon of cloud patterns. An opening reception for the artist will be held on June 14, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Glazer’s work is influenced by ideas of chaos and complexity, theories that look at the diverse patterns in nature, such as the shape of coastlines, the growth of tree limbs or the movement of fluids. The intricacy of cloud formations arises from an infinitely detailed system in which each tiny element reflects the pattern of the whole. With study, these patterns are recognizable, yet never entirely predictable. Glazer intensifies her prints with pastel pencils to bring ou ... More | | 
Tamony comes to SFMOMA most recently from Sunset Publishing Corporation/Time Inc. Photo: Tom Story.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art announced the appointment of Katie Tamony as the museum's new director of marketing and communications. Tamony started on June 4, 2012 and will helm SFMOMA's integrated public relations, marketing, visitor experience, and audience engagement efforts during a time of unprecedented growth as the museum ramps up for the inauguration of its transformative building expansion in 2016. A native of Sebastopol, California, Tamony brings to the museum a distinct blend of creative vision and strategic management experience. She comes to SFMOMA most recently from Sunset Publishing Corporation/Time Inc., where she served as vice president and editor in chief for 10 years and earned numerous industry awards. During that time she revitalized the Sunset brand, making it relevant to a new generation of consumers and taking it from single media platform (Sunset magazine) to a range of ev ... More | | 
Awol Erizku, Girl with a Bamboo Earring, 2009. Courtesy of the artist & Hasted Kraeutler, NYC.
NEW YORK, NY.- Hasted Kraeutler announced their inaugural exhibition of work by Awol Erizku, beginning June 14 and running through July 20, 2012. Awol Erizku's photographs reference classical art works to include models of color in order to emphasize, and draw attention to the lack of racial diversity represented in art history. Erizku creates images such as, Girl with a Bamboo Earring, 2009 in which he replaces Johannes Vermeer's Dutch sitter, in Girl with a Pearl Earring (c. 1665) with a contemporary African-American woman. Growing up in the Bronx, "the negativity that went on in my community made me want to paint a positive image of the people who might not necessarily fit the stereotype. Going to a school that didn't necessarily reflect the kind of people I lived around and grew up with also made me want to make images that best represented the people I saw on a day to day basis but weren't glorified in pop cultur ... More |
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 "Sense of Place: European Landscape Photography" opens at BOZAR in Brussels BRUSSELS.- Every two years, as part of the Summer of Photography, BOZAR invites around 30 partners in Belgium to work together on a collective photography festival. The theme of the 2012 edition is landscape photography. In relation to fine art, photography initially served as a model for painting; over time the discipline has grown to become a medium in its own right, with its own landscape practices. Central to the programme is the exhibition Sense of Place: European Landscape Photography being held at the Centre for Fine Arts. With around 160 pieces by 40 European photographers, the exhibition paints a picture of the diversity of national and regional landscapes within the European Union. The exhibition simultaneously focuses on the similarities and differences across Europe, both in the landscapes and in the attitude of people towards those landscapes. The ... More Kentucky biblical museum ad campaign features dinosaurs LOUISVILLE, KY (AP).- A Kentucky museum where dinosaurs roam the biblical Garden of Eden is unveiling a national billboard campaign featuring the popular prehistoric reptiles. The cartoon billboards for the Creation Museum are appearing in several cities including Chicago, San Francisco and Houston and feature colorful dinosaurs drawn in a vintage comic book style. The popular attraction in northern Kentucky that opened in 2007 has drawn controversy and thousands of visitors with exhibits that challenge evolution and present the Old Testament's creation story. Dinosaurs are at the center of campaign because they get the public's attention, said Ken Ham, founder of the Christian ministry Answers in Genesis. "People love dinosaurs," Ham said. "Whenever a dinosaur exhibit comes to town, people are fascinated by that." Ham said there are 20 different billboard styles, though ... More Oregon chapel's circular pipe organ is one-of-a-kind PORTLAND (AP).- The Agnes Flanagan Chapel is a 16-sided architectural marvel that seats 650 under stained glass windows depicting the book of Genesis. In the early 1970s, it was also a big, conical quandary. Chapels aren't really chapels unless they have an organ, and the newly minted structure at Portland's Lewis & Clark College was in need. But those 16 sides presented a hitch. How do you fit an ordinary pipe organ into a building that's anything but? You don't. So the college went in search of an organ builder willing to try something different. Several, said organ curator Lee Garrett, backed away. But the world-renowned Larry Phelps took the challenge. Phelps' solution was to build something to fit the chapel, and the idea for the world's only circular pipe organ was born. Unlike a traditional pipe organ — played by someone sitting in front of the instrument as the ... More Artist Ai Weiwei: China crushes dissenting voices BEIJING (AP).- Artist Ai Weiwei has again criticized China's leaders as lacking vision and refusing to permit dissenting voices, saying the government's mantra of maintaining stability is merely a ruse to protect illicit benefits and special interests. The country's best known international artist said he would continue to fight for human rights and freedom of expression in a videotaped message posted Monday on YouTube, which is blocked in China. He said that the form of limited house arrest under which he has lived for months is punishment for his activism. "Freedom of expression is a very essential condition for me to make any art. Also, it is an essential value for my life. I have to protect this right and also to fight for the possibility," Ai said in the message that was shown at an event in Basel, Switzerland, late Sunday. The event was organized by Germany-based Cinema for Peace ... More Bonhams to sell the clock that bombs could not stop and one that has not moved for 279 years LONDON.- A fine robust clock that is still ticking despite a bomb strike on the house in which it once stood will be sold in Bonhams Fine Clock sale on June 20th. Valued at £30,000 to £50,000, this trooper of a timekeeper has a story to tell. The clock survived the London Blitz in WWII despite an exploding bomb striking the top of the house. Shrapnel hit the clock’s carrying case, stored in the attic, but thankfully this magnificent clock remained unscathed in a downstairs room. This rare mid 19th century French 'Bubble' top grande sonnerie giant carriage clock, built in gilt bronze with a glass dome, stands 11 inches tall. The clock-making Berrolla family who lived in Paris’ Rue de la Tour between 1850-1860 made and retailed this exquisite timepiece. They showed their carriage clocks in the Paris Exposition of 1839 and exhibited carriage clocks at the London Exhibition in 1851 and 1857. Another ... More OKCMOA organizes FUSION: A New Century of Glass for its 10th anniversary downtown OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.- In celebration of its 10th anniversary in downtown Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art has organized a profound and thought-provoking exhibition titled FUSION [A New Century of Glass], beginning June 14 through September 9, 2012. Curated by Alison Amick, curator for collections, and Jennifer Klos, associate curator, this major exhibition features 47 sculptures and installations from the twenty-first century that embrace the diversity and depth of the human experience. FUSION includes examples by twenty contemporary artists working nationally and internationally who have engaged the medium of glass as part of their artistic practice. The objects reflect a range of subject matter and style and relate to concerns of the present day. Artists explore themes of social isolationism, paranoia, the passage of time, and also address the impact ... More |
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