| Sotheby's London to present property from a Chelsea collection in its Modern & Post-War British Art Sales | | Tate Britain opens major survey of the Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde | | The Japan Art Association announced the names of this year's Praemium Imperiale Laureates: | 
Frank Auerbach, Head of Sheila Fell, 1954. Estimate: £100,000-150,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Sotheby's London will present Property from a Chelsea Collection as part of its Modern and Post-War British Art sale on 13th & 14th November 2012. This important group of 56 works, by artists including Frank Auerbach, Lucian Freud, John Craxton and Graham Sutherland provides a unique and revelatory insight into many of the major artistic movements in Britain since the Second World War. Amassed over 20 years, the collection spans a period of immense stylistic change and includes many superb pieces that have never before been seen at auction, bringing together an exciting selection of fresh to the market paintings, drawings, etchings and sculpture by some of Britain’s most recognized artists. It is estimated to realize a combined total in excess of £1.5 million. Frances Christie, Sotheby’s Head of Modern & Post-War British Art, said: “It was a huge thrill to step across the threshold of the Chelsea house ... More | | 
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Blue Bower 1865. The Trustees of the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham.
LONDON.- Combining rebellion and revivalism, scientific precision and imaginative grandeur, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood shook the art world of mid-nineteenth-century Britain. In autumn 2012, Tate Britain is staging a major survey of the group which sets out to show that the Pre-Raphaelites constitute Britain’s first modern art movement. Bringing together over 150 works which combine famous and lesser known Pre-Raphaelite paintings with sculpture, photography and the applied arts, this exhibition will highlight the ambition and broad scope of their revolutionary ideas about art, design and society. Led by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais, the Pre-Raphaelites rebelled against the art establishment of their day. Their unflinchingly radical style, inspired by the purity of early Renaissance painting, defied convention, provoked critics and ... More | | 
The list of major artists selected this year includes Cai Guo-Quiang.
LONDON.- The Praemium Imperiale is a global arts prize awarded annually by the Japan Art Association. Now in its 24th year, since its inauguration in 1989 it has become a mark of the highest international distinction for achievement in the arts. The awards honour individuals from all over the world who have made an outstanding contribution to the development of the arts and are made in five categories – Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Music and Theatre/film. The awards will be presented by Prince Hitachi, Honorary Patron of the Japan Art Association, the younger brother of the Emperor of Japan, at a ceremony in Tokyo in October. Each Laureate will receive an honorarium of 15 million yen (c. £115,000), a diploma and a medal – making the Awards globally the most substantial. The list of major artists selected this year includes Cai Guo-Quiang, the brilliantly innovative Chinese artist who created the ... More |
| A major exhibition in the ongoing collaboration of Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe opens at Marlborough | | MoMA exhibition explores architects' influence and political attitude as related to urban society | | Bonhams in New York sets new world record price for Mon Dvaravati bronze sculpture | 
Freeman/Lowe have been collaborating since 2007.
NEW YORK, NY.- Marlborough Chelsea presents Stray Light Grey, a major exhibition in the ongoing collaboration of Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe opening the evening of Thursday, September 13 from 6PM - 10PM at the gallery located at 545 West 25th Street. Articulated through the construction of multiple architectural settings, Stray Light Grey marks a unification of many of the thematic threads of previous projects into a sprawling sequence of interiors. Through a series of fictional and historical narratives the artists have composed an expansive, alternate world that reimagines culture through subjects such as rogue science, psychedelic drugs, mega-conventions and hypertrophic urbanism. A warren of corridors, chambers and passageways are configured into a spatial collage that gives a fragmented vision of a parallel metropolis. As if the visitor has entered a bizarro New York City simulated in foreign country where th ... More | | 
Jason Crum (American, 1935-2004). Project for a Painted Wall, New York City, New York. Perspective. 1969. Gouache on photograph. 30 x 20″ (76.2 x 50.8 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase, 1969.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents 9 + 1 Ways of Being Political: 50 Years of Political Stances in Architecture and Urban Design, from September 12, 2012 to March 25, 2013, in the Architecture and Design Galleries. This exhibition of 100 cross-departmental works from MoMA’s collection offers a series of fresh perspectives on the ways in which, over the last half century, architects have responded actively and redeveloped political attitudes to the ever-evolving conditions of urban society. The exhibition is organized by Pedro Gadanho, Curator, and Margot Weller, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Architecture and Design. The political potential of architecture was one of the founding credos of the ... More | | 
The rare Thai sculpture soared past its $250,000-350,000 estimate selling for $674,500. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY.- Bonhams established a world record price for a Mon Dvaravati bronze sculpture when the stunning circa 8th century Eilenberg Buddha sold for $674,500 at Bonhams Himalayan, Indian & Southeast Asian Art sale, September 11 in New York. Eclipsing its previous record by more than three times, the rare Thai sculpture soared past its $250,000-350,000 estimate, and an international field of private collectors and institutions vied for it. The winning bidder was institution with a strong holding in important Southeast Asian art. Bonhams has quickly established a strong position in the field, following another record-breaking sale in March of this year. Bonham’s specialist and consultant to the Southeast Asian, Indian and Himalayan Art department, Edward Wilkinson, said of the item, “The sculpture is a ... More |
| Exhibition in Cedar Rapids explores Art Nouveau and the Czech artist who inspired others | | Representative selection of some 80 works on paper by Max Weiler on view at Pinakothek der Moderne | | Solo exhibition of new larges-scale color photographs by Michael Eastman at Barry Friedman Ltd | 
Alphonse Mucha, Princess Hyacinth, 1911, color lithograph.
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA.- Paintings, jewelry, sculptures and lithographs comprise the opening exhibition Alphonse Mucha: Inspirations of Art Nouveau on view now at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library. More than 230 pieces from the Mucha Foundation in Prague and in London are included in the exhibit. Art Nouveau influenced much of the decorative arts during the mid 1880s to 1910. Not only glassware, jewelry, painting, textiles, and pottery but also graphic work and architecture were transformed by the wave of this modern style. Artists at the time drew their inspiration from both organic and geometric forms to develop a flowing, elegant, and natural approach with or without florals. In some respects Art Nouveau was a reaction against the cluttered designs of the Victorian-era. Its style created a more united approach with curvilinear elements. Art Nouveau is French for new art and was made popular in Europe by Moravian born Alp ... More | | 
Max Weiler, Untiteld, 1998, wax crayon, 417 x 295 mm, Weiler462 Private collection© Yvonne Weiler.
MUNICH.- Max Weiler (1910–2001) was one of the most important and prolific European graphic artists of his generation. In this exhibition, Max Weiler, who is firmly anchored in the public’s mind as a great painter, is shown for the first time to be an equally important graphic artist – an artist who, beginning around 1930, opened up an additional field of autonomous, creative self-exploration with his works on paper, and who – unerringly and obsessively – worked on an œuvre of outstanding importance right up to his death. Despite international exhibitions, Weiler’s work has not received the attention of a larger public outside Austria that it deserves. This exhibition shows a representative selection of some 80 works on paper that were on display in the Albertina in Vienna in the summer of 2011 as part of a much larger retrospective. The aim of the Munich exhibition is to capture the essence of Weiler, the graphic artist, and to trace the di ... More | | 
Michael Eastman, 57th Street Reflections, 2011. Digital C-print.
NEW YORK, NY.- Barry Friedman Ltd presents a solo exhibition of new larges-scale color photographs from American photographer Michael Eastman’s Urban Luminosity series. Taken across Asia and North America over the past 4 years, Eastman explains, these images “engage architectural abstraction with luminance to capture the way light is reflected off of or diffused through urban surfaces.” The exhibition, Eastman’s third at Barry Friedman Ltd, will open with a reception for the artist on Thursday, September 13th, from 6:00-8:00p.m. Urban Luminosity exemplifies architectonic alchemy. Reflections on metallic walls, the flattened perspective of a hotel’s rotunda, undulating waves of a Frank Gehry building and dramatic façade lighting, encourage us to examine our relationship with our man-made environs. The union between common elements of ‘the city’ with sensuous surfaces, lights, and colo ... More |
| First UK exhibition of Beijing based artist Ye Hongxing opens new Scream gallery space | | Mid-Atlantic mega merger: Quinn's, Ken Farmer acquire Harlowe-Powell Auction Gallery | | Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen opens exhibition by London-based artist Gillian Wearing | 
Ye Hongxing, Safari Park No.1. 2012. Crystal sticker collage on canvas. Dimensions: 160 x 120 cm (62.9 x 47.2").
LONDON.- Scream presents the first UK exhibition of Beijing based artist Ye Hongxing and the launch of their new gallery space. There has been a vast surge of interest in Chinese contemporary art, as a result of the booming local economy, the historical significance of the work currently produced and the increased exposure that collectors and art viewers have through exhibitions and international art fairs. Hongxing states that her work is “a reaction to the swift change of China’s social system”. Hongxing has produced new works that address the anthropological, technological and economical developments that are happening in the region. The title of the exhibition references the 1905 novel ‘A Modern Utopia’ by H.G Wells and is suggestive of the artist’s investigation into society and modern life. Hongxing creates jewel-like mosaics of a hybrid reality using a collage of stickers on canva ... More | | 
Ken Farmer (left) and Paul Quinn, partners in the new Charlottesville, Va.-based business known as Farmer & Quinn Auctions.
FALLS CHURCH, VA.- In a move that will solidify the Virginia/DC auction landscape, Quinn’s Auction Galleries of Falls Church, Va., is aligning with Ken Farmer Auctions & Appraisals of Radford, Va., to purchase another of the state’s leading auction businesses – the venerable Harlowe-Powell Auction Gallery in Charlottesville. The new firm, which will operate under the banner of “Farmer & Quinn Auctions,” will officially launch on Oct. 1. Although Ken Farmer will continue to operate Ken Farmer Auctions in Radford, he plans to relocate to Charlottesville, where he will serve as president of the newly minted Farmer & Quinn. Paul Quinn, founder and chairman of Quinn’s Auction Galleries, will assume the role of executive vice president and manager of Farmer & Quinn but will remain at Quinn’s Falls Church location, just outside Washington, DC. All Harlowe-Powell staff are expected to stay on ... More | | 
Gillian Wearing, Self Portrait at 17 Years Old, 2003. C-Print, gerahmt, 115,5 x 92 cm. © the artist, courtesy Maureen Paley, London, 2012.
DUSSELDORF.- Gillian Wearing has from the beginning set everyday life and society, questions of identity and collective trauma, human psychological depths and the absurdities of social conventions in the foreground. With Gillian Wearing (8 Sept 2012 – 6 Jan 2013), the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen not only presents the first major survey anywhere of Wearing’s artistic achivement, but also the first substantial solo exhibition in the German-speaking world of this London-based artist. On view at the K20 Grabbeplatz are 40 works dating from 1992 to the present. Issues of identity, of social roles, and of the shaping of one's own existence are central to the films, videos, photographs, and installations created by Wearing, who was born in Birmingham in 1963. In 1997, she received the prestigious Turner Prize for her video installation Sixty Minute Silence; in the 1990s, she participated in all of the exhibitions ... More |
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 Remembering MV Derbyshire: Items relating to doomed ship on display for very first time LIVERPOOL.- A uniform which belonged to one of the crew lost on the tragic MV Derbyshire has gone on display for the very first time at Merseyside Maritime Museum. The Derbyshire was the biggest British merchant ship ever lost at sea. She sunk in the South China Sea during a typhoon on 9 September 1980. Forty four people were lost including 17 from Liverpool. The uniform on display belonged to 3rd engineer officer Leo Coltman and has been a precious reminder to his family for the last 32 years. Other objects include a model of the Derbyshire and a letter written by Able Seaman 1 Ronnie Musa sent from the last port of call before the bulk carrier sailed onwards to disaster. A lifebuoy used in a TV documentary about the ship is also on show along with items relating to the families 20-year campaign to uncover the truth. The display opened two days before the 32nd anniversary of the ... More Karolina Glusiec awarded First Prize at Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012 for hand-drawn animation 'Velocity' LONDON.- Jerwood Visual Arts and Drawing Projects UK announced that Karolina Glusiec has been awarded the First Prize of £8,000 for her hand-drawn animation, Velocity, in the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012. Her winning work, along with that of the 74 short-listed artists is being shown at JVA at Jerwood Space, London from 12 September – 28 October 2012, and then tour to venues across the UK, including the new Jerwood Gallery, Hastings; The Gallery, The Arts University College at Bournemouth; and mac, Birmingham. The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012 is the largest and longest running annual open exhibition for drawing in the UK; which this year sees the total prize fund increase by over 50%, from £11,000 to £17,000. The 2012 exhibition explores and celebrates the diversity, excellence and range of current drawing practice in the UK. Professor Anita Taylor, Director ... More The Davis Museum presents "A Generous Medium: Photography at Wellesley 1972-2012" WELLESLEY, MASS.- The Davis Museum at Wellesley College presents A Generous Medium: Photography at Wellesley 1972-2012, a landmark exhibition tracing the evolution of the Davis photography collection through the many people who have influenced its course. A stunning range of images taken by some of photography’s most iconic image makers. On view September 12 through December 16, 2012 in the Bronfman and Chandler Galleries, the exhibition will be free and open to the public. Mined from the extensive photographic holdings, this innovative exhibition features more than 100 works by more renowned artists that have been selected for interpretation by more than sixty participants—Davis directors and curators, Wellesley faculty, alumnae in the field, and major donors—all of whom have had an instrumental role in the shape and pedagogical use of the collection over the ... More Sonar to give best view yet of Civil War shipwreck By: Michael Graczyk, Associated Press
GULF OF MEXICO (AP).- The world will soon get its first good look at the wreckage of the only U.S. Navy ship sunk in combat in the Gulf of Mexico during the Civil War, thanks to sophisticated 3-D sonar images that divers have been collecting this week in the Gulf's murky depths. The USS Hatteras, an iron-hulled 210-foot ship that sank about 20 miles off the coast of Galveston, Texas, in January 1863, has sat mostly undisturbed and unnoticed since its wreckage was found in the early 1970s. But recent storm-caused shifts in the seabed where the Hatteras rests 57 feet below the surface have exposed more of it to inspection, and researchers are rushing to get as complete an image of the ship as possible before the sand and silt shifts back. "You can mark Gettysburg ... More Deanna Lee named Chief Communications and Digital Strategies Officer at Carnegie Corporation NEW YORK, NY.- Deanna Lee has been appointed Chief Communications and Digital Strategies Officer at Carnegie Corporation of New York, a philanthropic foundation. Ms. Lee is an award-winning communications strategist and former broadcast news producer, with deep experience in communications, marketing, public affairs, digital and social media, and strategic planning. She will assume her new duties on October 1. Ms. Lee comes to Carnegie Corporation from The New York Public Library, where she has served as the Vice President of Communications, Marketing, and Public Engagement. At the Library she spearheaded numerous strategic and multimedia publicity, marketing, social media, publications, design, and web initiatives—with an emphasis on the creation and dissemination of original content. These included introducing a new Library brand and logo, mission statement, and website ... More Saint Louis Art Museum announces grand opening dates SAINT LOUIS, MO.- The Board of Commissioners of the Saint Louis Art Museum announced the opening dates for its new East Building, designed by renowned British architect Sir David Chipperfield. A free,two-day public festival June 29-30, 2013 will invite the entire community to celebrate the completion of this landmark project. “St. Louisans can look at this accomplishment with pride,” said J. Patrick Mulcahy, President of the Board of Commissioners. “Each of us has taken a role in securing the Saint Louis Art Museum’s place among the great art museums of the world.” The 200,000-square-foot East Building has been sited to the east and south of the Museum’s Main Building, designed in the Beaux Arts style by architect Cass Gilbert and completed for the city’s 1904 World’s Fair. Chipperfield’s design for the new East Building features a dramatic dark, polished concrete façade ... More |
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