| Chinese artist Ai Weiwei gets showcase at Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | | Rothko mural defaced by a vandal who scrawled graffiti on the painting at London's Tate Modern | | Major exhibition offers unprecedented examination of Picasso's black-and-white palette | 
This pile of 3,200 crabs, “He Xie,” is a new work being shown for the first time. AP Photo/Cathy Carver, Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum.
By: Brett Zongker, Associated Press
WASHINGTON, DC.- Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who helped design Beijing's Olympic Stadium and has since drawn tough scrutiny for his political activism, is opening the first North American retrospective exhibition of his work in Washington. Ai, 55, is barred from leaving China, though, after being detained without explanation for three months last year. In recent weeks, he has been fighting charges of tax evasion, and the government has moved to close his design firm. So he won't be at the opening Sunday at the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum. Artworks in "Ai Weiwei: According to What?" capture his push for free expression and his relentless questioning of authority, curators said. One 1995 photograph shows him giving the middle finger to the White House. It's also a study on perspective that Ai has repeated at the Eiffel Tower, Tiananmen Square and elsewhere. "I always admire his questioning attitude. I think it's ... More | | 
A photograph posted on Twitter by a gallery visitor showed words, including the name Vladimir, scrawled in the corner of the painting.
LONDON (AP).- A vandal scrawled graffiti on a mural by modern American master Mark Rothko at London's Tate Modern on Sunday. The mural, one of Rothko's Seagram series, was defaced when a visitor to the Tate applied "a small area of black paint with a brush to the painting," the gallery said. A photograph posted on Twitter by a gallery visitor showed words, including the name Vladimir, scrawled in the corner of the painting. The gallery, which attracts 5 million visitors a year, was briefly closed Sunday after the incident. Tate Modern said police were investigating. The graffiti on the painting also appears to read "a potential piece of yellowism." According to an online manifesto, Yellowism is an artistic movement run by two people named Vladimir Umanets and Marcin Lodyga. This is not the first time an artwork at Tate Modern has been interfered with. In 2000, two Chinese performance artists attempted to urinate on Marcel Duchamp's urinal sculpture "Fountain." Rothko, who died i ... More | | 
Marie-Thérèse, Face and Profile (Marie-Thérèse, face et profil), Paris, 1931. Oil and charcoal on canvas, 111 x 81 cm. Private collection © 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Béatrice Hatala.
NEW YORK, NY.- Picasso Black and White, the first major exhibition to focus on the artist’s lifelong exploration of a black-and-white palette throughout his prolific career, is being presented at the Guggenheim Museum from October 5, 2012, to January 23, 2013. The exhibition features 118 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper from 1904 to 1971, and offers new and striking insights into Pablo Picasso’s vision and working methods. This chronological presentation comprises significant loans drawn from private and public collections across Europe and the United States, five of which have never before exhibited or published, including works from the Picasso family and other lenders that are on public view for the first time. Thirty-eight of these artworks are having their first U.S. presentation. Few artists have exerted as considerable an influence over subsequent generations as Pablo Picasso ... More |
| One of the most important collections of 20th Century German and Austrian art in the world on view at Richard Nagy | | Exhibition of new paintings by Luc Tuymans inaugurate David Zwirner's new space in London | | Sotheby's Hong Kong 20th Century Chinese Art Fall Sale totals $24.6 million | 
Gustav Klimt, Ria Munk, 1911 (detail). Oil on canvas, 50 x 50.5 cm. Courtesy of Benedict Silverman and Richard Nagy Ltd, London.
LONDON.- An exceptional collection of works by prominent 20th Century German and Austrian artists, acquired by American collector Benedict Silverman, is being presented for the first time at Richard Nagy in London this autumn. The Silverman Collection, worth over £100 million, is one of the most important private collections of 20th Century German and Austrian art in the world. It comprises artistic gems from the Viennese Secession by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka, as well as astonishing Wiener Werkstätte furniture by Koloman Moser and Carl Otto Czeschka. It also features an exceptional group of drawings by Alfred Kubin and major works by the German Expressionists Georg Grosz, Otto Dix, Ludwig Meidner, Oskar Schlemmer and Max Beckmann. Richard Nagy comments: ‘I am delighted to bring this extraordinary collection to London. It is a rare opportunity to see masterpieces which have travelled to the most ... More | | 
Technicolor, 2012. Oil on canvas, 78 3/8 x 59 1/8 inches (199 x 150.1 cm). Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London.
LONDON.- David Zwirner presents an exhibition of new paintings by Luc Tuymans, which inaugurate the gallery’s first European location on 24 Grafton Street in Mayfair, London. The Belgian artist joined David Zwirner in 1994 and this marks his ninth solo show with the gallery and the first in London since his 2004 retrospective at the Tate Modern. A forthcoming catalogue published on the occasion of Tuymans’s tenth show, The Summer is Over (opening in New York on November 1 this year), will present a detailed overview of each gallery exhibition as well as a conversation between the artist and David Zwirner. Tuymans is widely credited with having contributed to the revival of painting in the 1990s. His sparsely colored, figurative works speak in a quiet, restrained, and at times unsettling voice, and are typically painted from pre-existing imagery which includes photographs and video stills. His ... More | | 
Sanyu’s Potted Chrysanthemums sells for HK$30.9 million / US$3.96 million (Est. HK$20 – 30 million / US$2.6 – 3.8 million). Photo: Sotheby's.
HONG KONG.- Important works by prominent modern Chinese artists dominate Sotheby's Hong Kong 20th Century Chinese Art Fall Sale. The top-ten included: Top Lot - Sanyu’s Potted Chrysanthemums sells for HK$30.9 million / US$3.96 million (Est. HK$20 – 30 million / US$2.6 – 3.8 million) Wu Dayu’s Untitled - 37 sells for over HK$9 million / US$1.16 million multiplying the estimate (Est. HK$3.5 – 5 Million / US$448,700 – 640,000) an auction record for the artist. Chu Teh-Chun’s Complexité Hivernale sells for HK$21.94 million / US$2.8 million more than doubling the estimate (Est. HK$10 - 16 million / US$1.2 – 2 million) Zao Wou-Ki’s 22.3.61 sells for HK$15.22 million / US$1.95 million far exceeding the estimate (Est. HK$9.8 – 16 million / US$1.3 – 2 million). All of the 11 lots by David Wu Ject-key sold mostly far above high estimates. Sylvie Chen, Sotheby’s Head of 20th Ce ... More |
| Major exhibition at Turner Contemporary brings together a selection of Alex Katz' works | | The Museum of Modern Art presents Alina Szapocznikow: Sculpture Undone, 1955-1972 | | Iraqi-American artist Ahmed Alsoudani opens first exhibition at Haunch of Venison in New York | 
Alex Katz, Penobscot 1999. Oil on board, 229 x 305 cm© Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
MARGATE.- This autumn, the remarkable work of one of America’s most important and respected living artists comes to Margate. Alex Katz was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1927 and his prolific career spans an incredible six decades. This major exhibition at Turner Contemporary brings together a selection of Katz’s works from the 1950s to now, including paintings, collages and a 3D cut-out. Katz often works with classical themes of portraiture, landscape, beach scenes and flowers. His paintings are bright, bold and capture an everyday America of easy living, leisure and recreation. To reflect Turner Contemporary’s seaside location, the exhibition places a special emphasis on Katz’s seascapes and beach scenes, as well as images of family holidays and friends painted in his seaside retreat of Lincolnville, Maine, where he continues to spend his summers. Victoria Pomery, Director of Turner Contempora ... More | | 
Alina Szapocznikow (Polish, 1926-1973). Goldfinger. 1965. Gold patinated cement and car part 72 1/16 x 29 15/16 x 22 7/16″ (183 x 76 x 57 cm). Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź Photo by Piotr Tomczyk, courtesy Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź. © The Estate of Alina Szapocznikow/Piotr Stanisławski/ADAGP, Paris.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents Alina Szapocznikow: Sculpture Undone, 1955–1972, the first large-scale survey of the artist’s work in the United States, from October 7, 2012 through January 28, 2013. The exhibition brings together over 100 works including sculpture, drawings, photography, and archival and documentary material, drawing on loans from private and public collections, including major institutions in Poland. The exhibition is organized by WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, and the Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, in collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Alina Szapocznikow: Sculpture Undone, 1955–1972, is curated ... More | | 
Ahmed Alsoudani, Untitled, 2012. Acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 92 x 80 in, 233.7 x 203.2 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Haunch of Venison.
NEW YORK, NY.- Haunch of Venison presents the gallery’s first solo exhibition by Iraqi-American artist Ahmed Alsoudani in New York, the exhibition follows Alsoudani’s first museum solo show at The Wadsworth Atheneum. In this new series of paintings Alsoudani continues his complex exploration of conflict and its aftermath, but in a departure from his usual subject matter focuses on the individual impulses behind worldwide violence. He shines a spotlight on corruption, “Before, I was more interested in capturing the moment of chaos, but in this new body of work I hope to go beyond that, to highlight that people are at the root of violence,” explained Alsoudani. Untitled (2012), a large-scale canvas depicting a poker table surrounded by body parts clad in bits of uniform with signifiers like military epaulets alluding to dictatorial violence and the destructive nature of oppressive ... More |
| Bertoia's announces Nov. 10 auction of Dick Claus antique boat and nautical toy collection - Part II | | Benrimon Contemporary opens exhibition in conjunction with the publication of Thank You Andy Warhol | | Kunsthal Rotterdam presents "Avant-Gardes: The collection of the Triton Foundation" | 
Marklin paddle wheeler “Chicago,” circa 1900-1902, 31 inches long, accompanies by original box, actual example depicted on the dust jacket of the book "Allure of Toy Ships," est. $200,000-$250,000. Bertoia Auctions image.
VINELAND, NJ.- It’s once again time for collectors to set sail as Bertoia Auctions navigates the depth and breadth of the world’s most revered fleet of antique boats and nautical toys: the Dick Claus collection. The sensational $1.8 million auction of part I of the Claus collection, which was held at Bertoia’s gallery on May 12, left boat aficionados clamoring for more. Their wishes will be granted on Saturday, Nov. 10, as the second and final offering of Dick’s incomparable ships and boats is presented at auction. Additionally, the approximately 350-lot sale will include Claus’s penny toys, trolleys, Heyde sailor figures and sets; and a small selection of comic character toys. The anticipated top lot is a Marklin “Chicago” clockwork paddle wheeler, one of very few toy boats that rival ... More | | 
Vik Muniz, After Andy Warhol, Pantheon (from Pictures of Ink), 2000. Cibachrome, 38 x 30 inches. AP 4.
NEW YORK, NY.- Glitterati Incorporated and Benrimon Contemporary announced an exhibition in conjunction with the publication of Thank You Andy Warhol. The Thank You Andy Warhol project began one morning in January, 2011, when author Catherine Johnson realized she and her creative community were in the middle of the national economic depression that was crippling the world/art world and wondered, ‘What would Andy do?’ His work and ethos had always inspired her, and she felt sure it had had a similar impact on a variety of creatives who had known Andy and his work. She began an inquiry. Just some of the luminaries interviewed and featured in this notable book include Frances Grill, Ivan Karp, Jeffrey Deitch, Danny Fields, Ken Heyman, Bibbe Hansen, George Lois, Gretchen Berg, Vincent Fremont, Sylvia Miles, Peter Beard, Liza Minnelli, Patrick McDonald, Simon Doonan, Eric Shiner, and Jamie Warhola. Their collectiv ... More | | 
Vincent van Gogh, Vase with Cornflowers, Daisies, Poppies, and Carnation, 1886-87.
ROTTERDAM.- In the autumn of 2012, in the year of its twentieth anniversary, the Kunsthal Rotterdam is to present a remarkable exhibition entitled ?Avant-Gardes', comprising works from the Triton Foundation collection. This exhibition marks the very first public showing of the carefully and lovingly assembled Triton Collection. Over the last twenty years, this private collection has developed into one with an international reputation and which comprises representative works by the most important and influential artists of the late nineteenth century to the present day. In close collaboration with the Triton Foundation, over a hundred and fifty works of international top quality have been selected from over one hundred different artists from the vanguard, avant-garde and Western art movements. Works can be seen by great innovators such as Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Piet Mondriaan and Yves Klein, as well as other avant-gardi ... More |
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 Amon Carter presents "To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection" FORT WORTH, TX.- The Amon Carter Museum of American Art presents To See as Artists See: American Art from The Phillips Collection, a landmark exhibition tracing American art from the 1890s to the 1960s. It’s the first time this impressive collection from the esteemed institution in Washington, D.C., has been organized into a large-scale, traveling exhibition. The show features 100 works by 63 artists, and the Amon Carter is one of only two U.S. museums to host the exhibition; previous touring cities include Madrid, Tokyo and Rovereto, Italy. “This fall the Amon Carter will be the destination for what will surely be one of the most exceptional concentrations of American art ever to appear in North Texas,” says Andrew J. Walker, director of the Amon Carter. “Viewed alongside the Amon Carter’s collection, more than 200 preeminent American paintings from some of the greatest ... More Dayton Art Institute exhibition features the 'Lightpaintings' of artist Stephen Knapp DAYTON, OH.- A very different form of “painting” is being displayed in The Dayton Art Institute’s special exhibition galleries beginning October 6 – the “lightpaintings” of artist Stephen Knapp. Stephen Knapp: Lightpaintings, on view October 6 – January 6, 2013, extends the traditions of op art and abstract painting. The artworks are created entirely with light and glass. Knapp’s lightpaintings are the intersection of sculpture, painting and technology. They explore color, light and space, and are one of many possible directions for the future of painting. Called a new art medium of the 21st century, lightpaintings dispense with traditional media and narrative content. The resulting objects are intangible, multi-dimensional compositions of pure luminosity. Knapp creates his works by using dichroic glass, which is treated with layers of metallic coatings. These combine to a ... More Christie's to offer a stunning portrait of Joan Collins as part of the Collection of Douglas S. Cramer sale NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced the sale of works from the Collection of Douglas S. Cramer as a highlight of its highly anticipated Post-War & Contemporary Art sales in November 2012 in New York. Cramer is one of the most successful producers in the history of television and renowned for such legendary shows as Love Boat, Wonder Woman, Dynasty and for developing Batman, Peyton Place, and The Odd Couple. Among the works offered in the Evening sale on November 14th , Christie's will present a stunning portrait of Joan Collins, by John Currin. John Currin’s Gezellig is an important painting that forms part of his recent series inspired by pornographic imagery. The in-your-face foreshortening of this composition is designed to challenge the viewer to look up at the model’s face, the usual first point of call in observing humans in real life or representations. ... More Tampa Museum of Art fall exhibition celebrates the works of legendary photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson TAMPA, FL.- Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004) was one of the most influential photographers in the 20th century. His images of world events and the people (famous and otherwise) who made these events happen have shaped our understanding of the last century. The Tampa Museum of Art is the only U.S. venue for this international retrospective exhibition. The Man, the Image & the World. Henri Cartier-Bresson, A Retrospective, is on view October 6, 2012 through January 13, 2013 “One of the goals for the new Tampa Museum of Art is to bring the best of the world’s modern and contemporary art to the Tampa Bay region, and this exhibition allows us to achieve that mission. The Museum has been actively collecting and exhibiting photography since its earliest days in the late 1970s, and this spectacular exhibition underscores this tradition for the institution. We are dedicating the majority ... More Hamilton College opens new Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art CLINTON, NY.- The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, a Machado and Silvetti-designed teaching museum, opened at Hamilton College on October 4, 2012. The 30,537-square-foot museum puts object-based learning at the fore, promoting interdisciplinary research and the cross-fertilization of concepts and ideas vital to a liberal arts education. The museum also invites emerging and established artists to develop projects specifically for the museum. “The Wellin Museum is a new model for the museum of the future,” said the Wellin’s founding director Tracy Adler. “At the core of our mission are exploration and experimentation. The museum is designed to be a teaching tool and a laboratory, with multiple spaces for engagement, from open archives to flexible gallery space, two seminar rooms, and a smart classroom. The Wellin provides a unique opportunity for students to ... More Sotheby's Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian paintings sale achieves $15.5 million HONG KONG.- On the third day of Sotheby’s Hong Kong Autumn Sale Series 2012, the sale of Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings commanded a stunning total of HK$121 million / US$15.5 million, surpassing the pre-sale estimate (HK$45 million / US$5.8 million) and achieving the highest auction total for this category. The sale also set auction records for any Southeast Asian painting and for the artist when Fortune and Longevity (pictured above) by Indonesian modern master Lee Man Fong sold for HK$34.26 million / US$4.4 million. Bidding of Fortune and Longevity opened at HK$4 million and jumped sharply to HK$10 million after the sixth bid. The masterpiece was sold for an astonishing price of HK$34.26 million / US$4.4 million after 27 furious bids to a phone bidder. (Note: The previous auction record for Southeast Asian Paintings was also held by Lee ... More |
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