| Civil War photos: Museum of the Confederacy seeks help to solve old mystery | | Germans recover Stuka bomber wreck from Baltic Sea; first discovered in the 1990s | | Christie's to offer works from the collection of the late Lord Forte & an interior by Francoise de Pfyffer | 
Ann Drury Wellford, manager of Photographic Services for The Museum of the Confederacy, holds a Civil War battlefield photo. AP Photo/Steve Helber.
By: Steve Szkotak, Associated Press
RICHMOND (AP).- The names of the two little girls are an enduring mystery, their images found among crumpled bodies on Civil War battlefields. Each is posed primly on chairs, ringlets cascading past the rouged cheeks of one, the other dressed in a frilly hoop dress. But no one knows their identities of the girls in the photographs, nor the stories they might tell. The photograph of one girl was found between the bodies of two soldiers — one Union, one Confederate, at Port Royal, Va., 150 years ago this June. The other was retrieved from a slain Union soldier's haversack in 1865 on a Virginia farm field days before a half-decade of blood-letting would end with a surrender signed not far away at Appomattox. Though photography was in its infancy when the war broke out, its use was widespread. Many soldiers carried photographs of loved ones into battle and for the first time, photographic images of war were available — and the Museum of the Confederacy has its own vast col ... More | | 
Workers unload the engine of a German Junkers Ju 87 'Stuka' dive bomber. AP Photo/dapd/Jens Koehler.
By: David Rising, Associated Press
BERLIN (AP).- German military divers are working to hoist the wreck of a Stuka dive bomber from the floor of the Baltic Sea, a rare example of the plane that once wreaked havoc over Europe as part of the Nazis' war machine. The single-engine monoplane carried sirens that produced a distinctive and terrifying screaming sound as it dove vertically to release its bombs or strafe targets with its machine guns. There are only two complete Stukas still around. The Stuka wreck, first discovered in the 1990s when a fisherman's nets snagged on it, lies about 10 kilometers (6 miles) off the coast of the German Baltic island of Ruegen, in about 18 meters (60 feet) of water. The divers have been working over the past week to prepare the bomber to be hoisted to the surface, using fire hoses to carefully free it from the sand. They have already brought up smaller pieces and also hauled up its motor over the weekend. They are now working to free the main 9-meter (30-foot) fuselage piece and ex ... More | | 
A pair of charming capricci [poetic imaginary compositions] by Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712-1793), were acquired 40 years ago. Estimate: £50,000-70,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
LONDON.- On 12 July, Christie’s London will offer two private collections in one auction: Works of Art from The Collection of the late Lord Forte and An Interior by Françoise de Pfyffer. This sale presents the discerning style of the late Lord and Lady Forte - keen collectors with an excellent eye for important, decorative and beautiful objects - alongside that of the inimitable tastemaker Françoise de Pfyffer, the glamorous decorator and designer whose prestigious career has spanned three decades; first as a contemporary art dealer and then as a decorator. Featuring over 340 lots in total, with estimates ranging from £500 to £250,000, the sale as a whole is expected to realise in the region of £1.5 million. Highlights include contemporary art, Alberto and Diego Giacometti bronze furniture, European Old Master paintings, English and European furniture and works of art, important Russian porcelain, silver, clocks and dec ... More |
| Greece: A retired policeman and a house painter caught with ancient gold wreath, armband | | First UK survey exhibition of artworks that explore ideas related to the invisible opens at the Hayward Gallery | | Exhibition at Moderna Museet in Stockholm highlights Yoko Ono's book Grapefruit | 
A police woman displays the wreath of gold oak leaves and acorns, date from roughly the 4th Century B.C. AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis.
By: Costas Kantouris, Associated Press
THESSALONIKI (AP).- A retired policeman and a house painter have been arrested in northern Greece on suspicion of antiquities smuggling after an ancient gold wreath and armband were found in their car, police said Friday. The suspects were stopped by highway police near the village of Asprovalta, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of Thessaloniki late Thursday. Officers, who were working on a tip that the house painter might be trafficking in antiquities, found the 4th century B.C. artifacts in a shoebox under the passenger seat. The wreath was a rare and valuable find, said Nikos Dimitriadis, head of the Thessaloniki police antiquities theft section. "It is a product of an illegal excavation from a Macedonian grave, according to archaeologists (who examined it)," ... More | | 
Tom Friedman, Untitled (A Curse), 1992. © the artist. Image courtesy the artist and Harry Handelsman.
LONDON.- This summer, from 12 June to 5 August, the Hayward Gallery presents Invisible: Art about the Unseen 1957 – 2012, the first UK survey exhibition of artworks that explore ideas related to the invisible, the hidden and the unknown. The exhibition is a highlight of Southbank Centre’s summer-long Festival of the World with MasterCard. From an invisible labyrinth and canvases primed with invisible ink, animals’ mental energy and snow water, to an empty plinth that presents space cursed by a witch and a ‘haunted’ black tunnel, the exhibition features works by some of the most important artists from the past half century including Andy Warhol, Yves Klein, Robert Barry, Chris Burden, Yoko Ono, Maurizio Cattelan and Carsten Höller. The contemporary history of invisible art begins with French artist Yves Klein who in the late 50s embarked on a project of producing immaterial art and architectu ... More | | 
Yoko Ono, 2009. © Photo by Synaesthete, 2009.
STOCKHOLM.- Yoko Ono is a pioneer of conceptualism and the international Fluxus movement, and has been sharing her message of peace and love with the world for nearly 60 years. The Moderna Museet exhibition highlights Yoko Ono’s book Grapefruit from 1964 and features selected instruction pieces that encourage new, imaginative ways of looking at life and creating art. For the exhibition Yoko Ono has made a new piece called Summer Dream and a new instruction piece, that some 20 artists have been invited to respond to. Moreover, Yoko Ono will realise two of her works together with the public on Djurgården in Stockholm during the full-moon night between 4 and 5 June. Grapefruit is a seminal collection of texts, so-called instruction pieces, and has been reprinted in many editions since 1964. "I named my first book of instructions with the name of the fruit I loved. Grapefruit is a hybrid of orange and lemon and to me, ... More |
| Masterpiece by Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi sells for record £1.7 million | | Two exceptional private collections of European ceramics at Christie's King Street in July | | Five year old Aelita Andre returns to Agora Gallery with a new collection of artwork | 
Vilhelm Hammershøi’, Ida Reading a Letter. Oil on canvas, 66 by 59cm., 26 by 23¼in. Estimate: 500,000-700,000 GBP. Sold for: £ 1,721,250. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- A few hours ago, at Sotheby’s in London, Vilhelm Hammershøi’s Ida Reading a Letter sold for £ 1,721,250 / Danish Krone 15,747,499 / US$ 2,677,232, surpassing its pre-sale estimate of £500,000-700,000 / Danish Krone 4.57 – 6.4 million / US$800,000-1,120,000, and establishing a record for the artist at auction and a record for any Danish work of art at auction. The painting was hotly pursued by three bidders on the telephones, before finally selling to an International Private Collector. The price achieved was almost three times above the previous record. Commenting on the results, Nina Wedell-Wedellsborg, Head of Sotheby’s Denmark, said: “We are thrilled that Hammershøi’s ‘Ida Reading a Letter’ established a new record for the artist at auction, and also a record for any Danish work of art at auction. All five paintings by Hammershøi sold at Sotheby’s today were complete ... More | | 
An Italian maiolica istoriato charger, circa 1530. 15.1/2 in. (39.3) cm. diam. Estimate: £300,000-500,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
LONDON.- Christie's announced two private collections of European ceramics which will both go under the hammer on 5 July 2012 at Christie’s King Street: LA MARCHE COMIQUE Porcelain from the Patricia Hart Collection and THE POTTERY OF PRINCES: An Important Private Collection of Italian Maiolica. Both collections offer the opportunity to acquire very different important pieces of European ceramics. This extraordinary collection formed over thirty years by Patricia Hart, tells the vibrant story of Italian street theatre, or Commedia dell’Arte, through porcelain sculpture of the 18th century. Comprising 54 lots this collection is expected to realise in excess of £700,000. Drawn to the distinctive colourful costumes worn by the different characters in the troupe and their amusing playfulness, Patricia Hart travelled across Europe and her native America in search of the finest porcelain figures. This collection contains ... More | | 
Aelita Andre. Photo Credit: Nikka Kalashnikova.
NEW YORK, NY.- Just five years old, Aelita Andre whose solo exhibition at Agora Gallery in 2011 sold out in seven days, is returning to New York with a new collection of artwork. This exhibition is entitled ‘Aelita Andre: Secret Universe / a solo exhibition’ in reference to the unique access she is capable of giving her audience to the imaginative, elusive and enchanting world that adults find all too difficult to reach. The exhibition opens on June 12, 2012 and runs through July 3, 2012. At just five years old, Aelita Andre is an internationally recognized artist whose solo exhibition at Agora Gallery in 2011 sold out in seven days. Created with the joy and free spiritedness of her youth, her expressively colorful abstracts are remarkable
evidence of how deeply ingrained the language of sight is in the human mind.
Aelita’s fascination with the natural world which has led to her interest in
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| Museums in New York join forces for a landmark exhibition exploring the history and art of the Caribbean | | Def Leppard's Phil Collen curates an exhibit including never before seen photos | | LISTE 17: The most important international art fair for young, contemporary art | 
Arnaldo Roche Rabell, You Have to Dream in Blue (Hay que soñar en azul), 1986. Oil on canvas, 84 x 60 inches. Collection of John Belk and Margarita Serapion.
NEW YORK, NY.- – In an unprecedented collaboration organized by El Museo del Barrio with the Queens Museum of Art and The Studio Museum in Harlem, CARIBBEAN: Crossroads of the World, an ambitious and trailblazing exhibition, will highlight over two centuries of rarely-seen works from the Haitian Revolution (c. 1804) to the present. The show features more than 400 works including painting, sculpture, prints, books, photography, film, video and historic artifacts from various Caribbean nations, Europe and the United States. Transcendent in scope, CARIBBEAN: Crossroads examines the exchange of people, goods, ideas and information between the Caribbean basin, Europe and North America and explores the impact of these relationships on ... More | | 
Dee Snider of Twisted Sister by Mark Weiss, 1985.
NEW YORK, NY.- In celebration of this summer’s highly-anticipated film, “Rock of Ages,” the world’s most comprehensive online gallery of pop culture fine art photography, Rock Paper Photo will present an exhibit by renowned lensman Mark Weiss, entitled “The Decade That Rocked The Ages - Through the Eyes of Mark 'Weissguy' Weiss,” June 13-20 at the GalleryBar in New York City. The series, curated by Def Leppard’s lead guitarist Phil Collen, will reveal a chain of snapshots, including never-before-seen images photographed in the courtroom at the 1985 Parents’ Music Resource Center (PMRC) senate hearings by Weiss, who was one of the only behind-the-scenes photographers present during the events. The organization notably singled out Def Leppard’s “High n’ Dry,” labeling the hit as one of the “Filthy Fifteen” songs that were a contributing factor in prop ... More | | 
Daniel Gordon, Portrait in Yellow and Blue, 2012, Chromogenic prints, 45 x 36 inches. Photo: Courtesy Wallspace, New York.
BASEL.- From June 12 – 17, 2012, LISTE – The Young Art Fair in Basel will take place for the 17th time. LISTE will once again be the place to discover young, contemporary art. 64 galleries from 22 countries were selected by our jury – composed of curators – from 350 applications. In keeping with its reputation as a discoverer fair, this year’s LISTE will present 11 new galleries to an expert public. One of this year’s highlights is the high number of 26 solo presentations. The Performance Program will be an vital part of the fair for the 8th time, and our special guest will be the collective Circuit - centre d’art contemporain of Lausanne. Other special guests include the House of Electronic Arts Basel and the exhibition space Kaskaden- ... More |
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 The Eddie Rickenbacker Collection of Motorcycles heads for Bonhams auction SAN FRANCISCO.- The motorcycles hanging from the ceiling as adornments in the famous San Francisco bar and grill Eddie Rickenbacker’s will be auctioned by the world’s leading auctioneer of motorcycles, Bonhams, this August. Named after the Great World War flying ace and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Eddie Rickenbacker, the watering hole and eatery was established by the eccentric and colorful Norman Hobday, a.k.a. Henry Africa, himself either an army veteran, former merchant marine, or escaped Legionnaire, depending upon which version is believed. Hobday was renowned for his creation of the fern bar concept and invention of the Lemon Drop Martini. He wasn’t a motorcycle aficionado but after acquiring an old Indian during a search for antiques and then displaying in it his bar, he realized it brought lots of attention and subsequently acquired ... More Turkey tweaks cult of national founder ISTANBUL (AP).- On a trip to Rio de Janeiro, a Turkish notary public gazed at the Christ the Redeemer statue that looms over the Brazilian city and was inspired to build a monumental likeness of his idol: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Turkey's independence war hero and national founder. "I said to myself: 'Jesus Christ is a great man, but my Ataturk is as great as him,'" said 78-year-old Sitki Kahvecioglu, who fulfilled his dream 15 years later. A 22-meter (72-foot) high copper statue of Ataturk — the country's biggest of the iconic figure — was inaugurated on May 19 in northeastern Turkey, a tribute to the near-mystical hold that Ataturk exerts over his fervent believers, whose admiration is rooted in his success in imposing secular values on a largely Muslim nation. Yet the cult of Ataturk, once a staple of Turkish state ideology, is slowly, sometimes imperceptibly, being diluted, replaced in part ... More Noted medical illustrator Gerald Hodge dies at 91 DETROIT (AP).- Gerald Parker Hodge, a pioneering, world-renowned medical illustrator and fine artist who specialized in "fool the eye" paintings, has died at his home in Michigan, his daughter said. He was 91. Hodge died Thursday in Ann Arbor after a fight with cancer, said his daughter and caretaker, Melinda Hodge of Lock Haven, Pa. He was a longtime professor at the University of Michigan, where he founded the master's program in medical and biological illustration in 1964. His medical and biological illustrations appeared in hundreds of journals and books and won repeated recognition from the Association of Medical Illustrators. The students who came out of Hodge's program at Michigan came to dominate the field so much that five of the six accredited programs in the late 1990s were led by its graduates. "He was a consummate teacher," said Gary P. Lees, chair ... More 34th Annual Museum Mile Festival June 12, free museum admissions NEW YORK, NY.- Now celebrating its 34th year, the annual Museum Mile Festival takes place rain or shine on Tuesday, June 12, 2012, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Over 1.5 million people have taken part in this annual celebration since its inception. Festival attendees can walk the Mile between 82nd Street and 105th Street while visiting nine of New York City’s finest cultural institutions which are open free to the public throughout the evening, as well as to 110th Street, the site of Museum Mile's newest museum, the Museum for African Art, where they will be greeted by music and outdoor art activities. Several other participating museums will also offer outdoor art activities for children. The Museum Mile Festival’s opening ceremony takes place at 5:45 pm at National Academy Museum & School ( Fifth Avenue at 89th Street ). Traditionally, the Commissioner of Cultural Affairs and ... More |
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