| The Best Photos of the Day |  |  | BASEL.- ?You and My Friends? (2011/12) by Ryan McGinley is displayed at the exhibition ?Art Unlimited?, prior to the ?Art 43 Basel? show, in Basel, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 12, 2012. The Art Unlimited sector at Art 43 Basel shows projects that transcend the classical art-show stand, including video projections, large-scale installations, massive sculptures and live performances from June 14 through June 17, 2012. AP Photo/Keystone, Georgios Kefalas. | | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| "Pipilotti Rist: Blood-Fuelled Cameras and Welling Spaces" at Kunstmuseum St.Gallen | | Christie's to offer the collection of German music producer Siggi Loch and his wife Sissy | | Louvre makes history hosting a catwalk show by Italian house Salvatore Ferragamo | 
Pipilotti Rist, A la belle étoile, 2007.
ST. GALLEN.- With her candy-colored imagery and riotously exuberant installations, Pipilotti Rist has conquered the art world. Born in 1962 in Grabs, in St.Gallen’s Rhine valley, she is regarded today as a seminal figure in contemporary video art. Her first museum exhibition was held in 1994 at the Kunstmuseum St.Gallen as part of the MANOR Art Award, titled I’M Not The Girl Who Misses Much – Ausgeschlafen, frisch gebadet und hochmotiviert. The show then traveled to the Neue Galerie in Graz and the Kunstverein Hamburg, marking the launch of an extraordinary artistic career. Exhibitions at important institutions followed: in 1998 at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; in 2001 at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; in 2007 at Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and at Magasin 3, Konsthall Stockholm; and in 2008 at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 2005, Rist collaborated with the architect Carlos Mart ... More | | 
Yves Klein, Anthropométrie (ANT 49), 1960. Pure pigment and synthetic resin on paper laid down on canvas, 42 7/8 x 25 5/8 in. Estimate: £1,000,000-1,500,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
LONDON.- Christie’s presents the magnificent collection of renowned German music producer Siggi Loch and his wife Sissy, centred around works associated with the colour blue by key figures of post-war and contemporary art. The now Berlin based philanthropists have shaped a collection of work which acts as a comprehensive timeline of the main themes and movement within western contemporary art. A staggering collection of 45 works by world-class artists including Yves Klein, Gerhard Richter, Georg Baselitz, Sigmar Polke, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Sam Francis, to name a few, will be offered under the title of a Miles Davis piece, “A Kind of Blue” in Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening and Day Sale on 27 & 28 June 2012 in London. All ... More | | 
A model displays a creation as part of Salvatore Ferragamo Cruise 2013 fashion show at Louvre. AP Photo/Francois Mori.
By: Thomas Adamson, AP Fashion Writer
PARIS (AP).- For the first time in its history, the French capital's iconic Louvre Museum opened up its storied arcades Tuesday to fashion: a catwalk show by Italian house Salvatore Ferragamo. Proof enough of the unique setting of this collection lay with the celebrity-filled front row — from actresses Freida Pinto and Leighton Meester to Oscar-winner Hilary Swank. The mid-season resort show was in pure celebration of a brand that began as a leather shoemaker for Hollywood's first stars — and went on to become a household name for ready-to-wear, both for men and women. The Florence-based house was granted unprecedented access to an impressive 120 meters of the Denon Wing arcade of the almost 900-year-old ... More |
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| Bruce Munro's first one-man show touches hearts across 23 acres at Longwood Gardens | | Centre national de l'audiovisuel in Luxembourg to open a major space for photography | | Switzerland's leading contemporary art institution, the Kunsthalle Zürich, reopens | 
The heart-stopping 23-acre show marks the first time Munro installations have been seen outside the UK.
KENNETT SQUARE, PA.- As night fell on Friday in the eastern states of the USA ‘Light: Installations by Bruce Munro at Longwood Gardens’ was unveiled to the US press. On Saturday visitors poured in to see the much-anticipated artworks, and they were not disappointed. The heart-stopping 23-acre show marks the first time Munro installations have been seen outside the UK, and his debut large-scale one-man-show anywhere. It has been commissioned by Longwood to run from June 9th to September 29th this year. Longwood Gardens has a special place in East-Coaster’s hearts and is one of the great display gardens of the world. Timed tickets to Munro’s exhibition there have been selling out weeks in advance and iPhone/iPad apps are now available on iTunes. The historic gardens have antique glasshouses not dissimilar to those at Kew Gardens outside London, and they regularly feature world-class musical and arts e ... More | | 
Dorothea Lange, Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Mother aged 32. February, 1936. Part of the Steichen collection.
LUXEMBOURG.- The Centre national de l’audiovisuel in Luxembourg (CNA) is opening a major new space dedicated to photography. On 29 September 2012 the centre will launch Waassertuerm and Pomhouse, featuring two exhibition galleries created in the unusual setting of an industrial water tower (Waassertuerm) and its adjacent pumping station (Pomhouse) as part of the CNA extension project on the grounds of a former neighbouring steel plant. The water tower, with its stunning circular gallery, will become the permanent home of Edward Steichen’s exhibition The Bitter Years 1935-1941, curated in 1962 for the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York with a selection of images from the Farm Security Administration. In the context of labour and migration, in the town of Dudelange, one of Luxembourg’s historic industrial centres, The Bitter Years, ... More | | 
The official reopening will take place in August 2012.
ZURICH.- Switzerland’s leading contemporary art organisation, the Kunsthalle Zürich, opened to the public for a preview week between 10 -17 June 2012 in its new permanent home within the Löwenbräukunst. The official reopening will take place in August 2012. The Löwenbräu art complex, which also houses the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst and a number of international leading galleries, has undergone a major renovation and redevelopment. The architects of the project are Gigon/Guyer Architects and Atelier ww. Gigon/Guyer is best known for the Kirchner Museum, Davos (1992), the Sports Centre, Davos (1996), the Museum Liner, Appenzell (1996) and the recently completed Prime Tower in Zurich (2011). To celebrate the re-opening of the Kunsthalle Zürich, on 28 June there will be a benefit auction of works by leading artists who have exhibited at the museum since its founding in 1985. The auction will take place at Chris ... More |
| Tour offers access to Memphis Belle restoration in a cavernous hangar at a southern Ohio Air Force base | | Hawkins and Hawkins sell 1.5 million silver toilet service at the 40th Olympia Fine Art and Antiques Fair | | Bonhams in New York welcomes Kayla Carlsen to the American Paintings Department | 
Jason Davis as he re-skins the wing tips at the Memphis Belle restoration at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. AP Photo/The Dayton Daily News, Ty Greenlees.
By: Mitch Stacy, Associated Press
DAYTON, OH (AP).- The buffed silver fuselage of the Memphis Belle now belies the famed B-17 bomber's six punishing months of World War II air combat and the subsequent decades of neglect that left the plane battered by the elements and stripped by souvenir hunters while on public display in its namesake city. The most celebrated American aircraft to emerge from the great war rests these days in a cavernous hangar at a southern Ohio Air Force base undergoing a loving and fastidious restoration — from its clear plastic nose cone down to the twin .50-caliber machine guns bristling in the tail. About the only section left untouched so far is the signature "nose art" on the pilot's side: the leggy Esquire pinup girl in a blue bathing suit seductively perched above the Memphis Belle nickname, as much a part of the plane's legend as its odds-defying 25 bombing missions over occupied Europe in ... More | | 
John Hawkins said “A case could be made for this being the most important surviving complete suite of fully documented Queen Anne silver made by an English silversmith.”
LONDON.- Hawkins and Hawkins of Tasmania and Scotland sold the £1.5 million, 32-piece Toilet Service by Benjamin Pyne of London commissioned in 1708 by the Duchess of Norfolk’s father for the marriage of his 16 year old daughter to the Duke of Norfolk, which secured the bride's family a position in the first flight of the English aristocracy. John Hawkins said “A case could be made for this being the most important surviving complete suite of fully documented Queen Anne silver made by an English silversmith.” The enormous cost of £701 pounds 18 shillings and 10 pence (about £500,000 in today's money) had to be paid in instalments. When the Duke and Duchess separated in 1729, it was agreed that ‘The Duchess was to have the use of the said jewels and toilet set for her natural life’, it to be returned to the Norfolk’s on her death. This stipulation was complied with and in 1754 the service was returned to Edward Duke of Norfolk the brother of her late ... More | | 
Ms. Carlsen hails from the Hudson River Valley in upstate New York and has a broad interest in all aspects of the field. Photo: Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY.- Bonhams announced the appointment of Kayla Carlsen as Senior Specialist, Head of Sales of the American Art Department. She comes to Bonhams after spending more than six years at another major international auction house in New York where she ultimately directed its mid-season sales of Fine American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture. According to Alan Fausel, Department Head of American Art in New York, "We are very pleased to have Kayla on board. She will add energy and expertise to the department-allowing me to focus more on our institutional clients." With the addition of Ms. Carlsen, Bonhams will now maintain four specialists focused on American and Western Art with a combined experience of more than 70 years in the auction business. Ms. Carlsen hails from the Hudson River Valley in upstate New York and has a broad interest in all aspects of the field. Her early interests in American History and Hudson Rive ... More |
| Vandals spray-painted hate graffiti at Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem | | 18th sculpture in UC San Diego's Stuart Collection is both homey and disorienting | | Glass exhibition celebrates birth of American Studio Art Glass movement at Toledo Museum of Art | 
Workers clean off anti-Zionist graffiti sprayed on the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial compound. AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner.
JERUSALEM (AP).- Vandals spray-painted anti-Zionist graffiti at Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, its chairman said Monday, suggesting radical ultra-Orthodox Jews were to blame. The anti-Zionist graffiti was painted at 12 spots across the memorial compound, including slogans that read, "Hitler, thank you for the Holocaust," ''Jews, wake up, the evil Zionist regime doesn't protect us, it jeopardizes us," and, "If Hitler hadn't existed, the Zionists would have invented him." "We are shocked and dazed by this callous expression of burning hatred against the Zionists and Zionism," said Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev. "This unprecedented act crosses a red line." He suggested that ultra-Orthodox radicals were responsible, noting the slogans were written in excellent Hebrew handwriting and one was signed "world ultra-Orthodox Jewry." It's unclear how the culprits broke into the memorial, which is guarded 24 hours a day. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the case was under i ... More | | 
Fallen Star” is hard to miss. The 18th addition to the renowned collection of site-specific sculptures at UC San Diego is in a central campus location. Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann.
SAN DIEGO, CA.- The artist wasn’t sure it could be done. When Do Ho Suh first proposed “Fallen Star” to UC San Diego’s Stuart Collection, he “never thought it would be realized.” A cottage built from scratch and permanently joined to an existing campus building – several stories up in the air? Right, mm-hm. But there it is: Seven years after the initial sketch, the artwork is ready for visitors. “Fallen Star” is hard to miss. The 18th addition to the renowned collection of site-specific sculptures at UC San Diego is in a central campus location. It sits atop Jacobs Hall, also known as Engineering Building 1 – cantilevered at an angle from a corner of the seventh floor. The house was built during the fall of 2011. On Nov. 15, it was gently hoisted 100 feet and then attached to Jacobs Hall. It has since been furnished and accessorized. Its garden is growing: There’s a plum tree ... More | | 
Paul Seide (American, born 1949), Radio Light. Glass, blown; mercury and argon gas, 1985. H. 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm); W. 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm). Toledo Museum of Art. Gift of Dorothy and George Saxe, 1991.135. Photo: Richard Goodbody ©1985 Paul Seide.
TOLEDO, OH.- This year there is no better place to see studio art glass than at the Toledo Museum of Art. The Museum is renowned for its extensive glass collection and for being the site of the historic 1962 Toledo Workshops. Those workshops, led by Harvey Littleton at the invitation of then-Museum Director Otto Wittmann, nurtured the artists now considered pioneers of the American Studio Glass movement and, through extension, helped to rejuvenate studio glass in post-war Europe. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of those workshops, TMA is presenting Color Ignited: Glass 1962–2012, an enticing “coming of age” look at the medium. The free exhibition is on display June 13–Sept. 9, 2012. International in scope, Color Ignited showcases studio glass created during the past half-century, spotlighting pivotal work by Toledo Workshop participants ... More |
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 Philanthropist makes Philly museum a $40M offer PHILADELPHIA (AP).- Cable TV mogul and philanthropist H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest announced a $40 million challenge grant Tuesday for a planned American Revolution museum in Philadelphia's historic district. The announcement came as designs were unveiled for the Museum of the American Revolution, slated to open in 2015 a few blocks from the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. The red brick, classically styled museum by architect Robert A.M. Stern will be constructed on the site of a former visitor center built for the 1976 Bicentennial. It will house George Washington's tent and other Revolutionary War-era artifacts, manuscripts, rare books and art owned by The American Revolution Center, the nonprofit educational organization that is building the museum. "The American Revolution secured our independence and led to the creation of this great nation," Lenfest said in a written ... More John Cage's visual word constructions on view at Stanford's Cantor Arts Center STANFORD, CA.- John Cage, the most prominent American experimental composer of the 20th century, also creatively explored with visual art forms. Beginning June 13, the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University presents some of his earliest graphic works. The exhibition, which continues through November 11, includes the Sept. 5th centennial of Cage’s birth. In 1969, Cage created a series of eight “plexigrams” collectively titled “Not Wanting to Say Anything about Marcel,” to honor his good friend and fellow artist Marcel Duchamp who had died in 1968. The title refers to a comment Jasper Johns made to Cage when artists were encouraged to respond in memoriam to Duchamp's death. Johns said, in effect, I don't want to say anything, and Cage used this for his title. Cage created “Not Wanting to Say Anything about Marcel” at Eye Editions, Cincinnati. Each of the eight constructions, ... More Hazel and William Hough make historic endowment gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.- Hazel and William Hough of St. Petersburg are giving $2 million to the MFA to establish an endowment fund to support its curatorial mission. The Hazel and William Hough Curatorial Endowment Fund will be recognized by naming the Museum’s chief curator, The Hazel and William Hough Chief Curator. This generous gift will also allow the Museum to add a curator of modern and contemporary art—a first for the institution. “The Hough gift allows the MFA to realize a dream—adding strength to strength in our staff of top-flight professionals,” said Director Kent Lydecker. “Expertise in the art of our time will expand the Museum’s celebration of excellence, both through our collection and special exhibitions. The Houghs’ engagement with contemporary art is a model, and their philanthropy is an inspired endorsement of the mission of the Museum of Fine ... More Dispute over Thomas Kinkade's will heads to court SAN JOSE, CA (AP)- Thomas Kinkade's widow and girlfriend took their dispute over the late painter's estate to court on Tuesday as handwritten notes allegedly written by Kinkade that could be central to the clash were made public for the first time. Amy Pinto-Walsh was living with Kinkade and found his body when the 54-year-old accidentally overdosed on alcohol and Valium in April. She asked a judge to allow arguments over the artist's contested will to be heard in open probate court. Lawyers for Kinkade's wife of 30 years, Nanette Kinkade, and for his company, want the terms to be decided in secret binding arbitration. The couple had been legally separated for more than two years when Kinkade died. Pinto-Walsh has submitted handwritten notes allegedly written by Kinkade bequeathing her his mansion in Monte Sereno and $10 million to establish a museum of his paintings ... More Finalists revealed in 2012 Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize ADELAIDE- Judges have chosen 100 finalists from a record 840 entrants who submitted works to the South Australian Museum. The competition invites artists around the world to create works of excellence that explore natural history themes. The winners will be announced on July 20. The founder of the Prize and Exhibition Manager Mark Judd says “the artistic calibre of exhibition has grown enormously in the first 10 years of the competition, with record entries underpinning its popularity as a major annual event for Australian visual arts”. The Prize has made an enormous impact in many artists’ careers. 2010 Archibald Prize winner Sam Leach is also a past Waterhouse finalist. He says “the Waterhouse is unique in promoting an interest in natural history. It brings science and contemporary art together in a way that encourages contemplation of the non-human world. “Being ... More |
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