| The Best Photos of the Day |  |  | ROUBAIX.- Granddaugthers of Marc Chagall, Meret Meyer, left, and Bella Meyer are seen during the exhibition ?Marc Chagall, the Thickness of Dreams? in Roubaix, northern France, Friday, Oct 12, 2012. This exhibition has been organised by the Musee ?La Piscine? and the Dallas Museum of Art, and takes place from Oct 13, 2012 to Jan 13, 2013. AP Photo/Michel Spingler. | | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Sotheby's London sells Eric Clapton's Richter Abstract for record £21.3/$34.1 Million | | High Museum of Art examines pivotal moments in 20th century art through new exhibition | | "Poetic Likeness: Modern American Poets" charts a new language, a distinct American voice | 
Detail of Abstraktes Bild (809-4) by Gerhard Richter, 1994, oil on canvas, 225x200 cm. Estimate £9-12 million/$14.1-18.8 million. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Tonight in London, Sotheby's establishes new auction record for Gerhard Richter with sale of his Abstraktes Bild (804-9) for the outstanding sum of £21,321,250 / $34,190,756, far surpassing pre-sale expectations of £9-12 million, smashing the previous record for the artist by almost $13 million, and establishing the highest price at auction in London this week. This abstract oil on canvas masterwork from 1994 came from the collection of Eric Clapton and sold to an anonymous buyer after two telephone bidders competed for the work for over 5 minutes until it finally sold to a round of applause for the new record sum. Produced as part of a concise series of four works numbered 809 in Richter’s Catalogue Raisonné, monumentally scaled and richly chromatic Abstraktes Bild (809-4) ranks alongside the very highest tier of Richter Abstracts housed in museums internationally. Gerhard Richter’s abstract works represen ... More | | 
Willem de Kooning, oman 1, 1950-52. Oil on canvas, 6' 3 7/8" x 58". The Museum of Modern Art, New York. ©2012 The Willem de Kooning Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art explores the development of modern and contemporary art by selecting key years in art history that represent watershed moments in the 20th century in the upcoming exhibition “Fast Forward: Modern Moments 1913 ›› 2013”. The exhibition presents approximately 100 works of art created during the years 1913, 1929, 1950, 1961, and 1988, as well as the art of today. The exhibition examines the years prior to the start of World War I and the Great Depression, the lead-up to postwar American prosperity and the years preceding the Cuban Missile Crisis, the fall of the Berlin Wall and how artists responded to and were influenced by events on the world stage. The exhibition also presents the works of contemporary artists Aaron Curry, Katharina Grosse, and Sarah Sze, whose work extends themes first explored in the 20th century and updates them for the 21st century. “Fast Forward: ... More | | 
Walt Whitman by G. Frank E. Pearsall. Albumen silver print, 1872. Image: 13.8 x 10.2cm. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Feinberg NPG.76.95
WASHINGTON, DC.- When Walt Whitman published the first edition of Leaves of Grass (1855), it was a shocking departure from the current literary tradition. This first example of free verse was considered irreverent and dismissed by much of the literary establishment. However, astonishing as a new form may have been, Whitman’s inclusion of topics that described ordinary life was scandalous. For Whitman, writing poems was an expression of democracy, and including the everyday experience was a key element to this credo. His work, and the work of many poets who followed, developed a distinct American voice. Using portraiture, biography and verse, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery maps this language evolution in the exhibition “Poetic Likeness: Modern American Poets,” open Oct. 12 through April 28, 2013. Following Whitman half a century later, Ezra Pound charged fellow poets to “make it ... More |
| Met Museum launches major web resource offering access to hundreds of its publications | | Autumn auctions at Koller Geneva include an important collection of Aboriginal art | | Kiki Smith's first United Kingdom solo show since 2006 opens at Timothy Taylor Gallery | 
Readers may also locate works of art from the Met’s collections that are included within MetPublications and access the most recent information about these works in the Collections section of the Museum’s website.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art today launched MetPublications, a major online resource that offers unparalleled in-depth access to the Museum’s renowned print and online publications, covering art, art history, archaeology, conservation, and collecting. Beginning with nearly 650 titles published from 1964 to the present, this new addition to the Met's website, will continue to expand and could eventually offer access to nearly all books, Bulletins, and Journals published by the Metropolitan Museum since its founding in 1870, as well as online publications. Readers may also locate works of art from the Met’s collections that are included within MetPublications and access the most recent information about these works in the Collections section of the Museum’s website. “MetPublications presents a rich and fascinating record of the last five ... More | | 
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, The two brothers Tjangala in Warlugulong. 1997 (detail). Acrylic on calico. 83x137 cm. CHF 90 000 / 120 000.
GENEVA.- Alongside its auction of Design, Art Déco, Art Nouveau, 20th Century Pictures, Books and Wine, on 13 November Koller Geneva will focus on contemporary Aboriginal Art. With the Arnaud Serval collection one of the most important collections worldwide in this sector will come under the hammer. Koller Geneva is pleased to present at auction one of the most important collections of contemporary Aboriginal art worldwide. The auction will take place on 13 November in collaboration with “L'espace d'art Carry On” the gallery of Arnaud Serval, who, with a collection of around 2000 works, is one of the most long standing and knowledgeable connoisseurs of indigenous Australian art. In order to familiarise the public with the creative variety of Aboriginal artworks, 125 lots representing the most diverse forms and techniques were selected for the auction. Consequently, the works to be offered at auction range fr ... More | | 
Kiki Smith, ʻBack Porch Whisperingʼ, 2012. Cast aluminium with gold leaf, 120 x 48 x 60 in. © Kiki Smith; Courtesy Pace Gallery, New York; Timothy Taylor Gallery, London.
LONDON.- Timothy Taylor Gallery announces its second solo exhibition by internationally acclaimed artist Kiki Smith, whose career spans more than three decades. This is Smith’s first UK solo show since 2006, and features sculpture, bronze wall reliefs, stained glass, porcelain figures and tapestry. Since the early 1980s, Smith has ‘used the body as metaphor, drawing upon myth, spirituality and narrative to consider the human condition, its strengths and its frailties’.* More recently Smith’s work has been concerned with the interdependence of the natural world; her exhibitions and installations express the vitality of an animistic, spiritually charged universe. Smith’s imagery shows the fundamental elements of life: humans in their diversity; animals, birds and reptiles; flora and fauna; geology and the elements; as well as the firmament with its suns and moons and stars, all in generative ... More |
| Masterpiece London reaps what it has sowed; conserved painting unveiled at the Wallace Collection | | With the passing of Karen Renders, the Art Brussels Art Fair loses an emblematic figure | | Shuttle Xing: Endeavour treks through LA streets to final home at California Science Center | 
Jacob Jordaens, An Allegory of Fruitfulness, 1620-29 (detail).
LONDON.- This week the newly conserved An Allegory of Fruitfulness by Flemish master Jacob Jordaens was unveiled in the recently refurbished East Drawing Room of the Wallace Collection. The painting has been conserved using funds raised by the philanthropic arm of the prestigious art fair Masterpiece London, which was held at the Royal Hospital Chelsea in June 2012. Philip Hewat-Jaboor, Chairman of Masterpiece, said ‘We are delighted that Masterpiece London has been able to contribute to the conservation of this stunning and important work whose unveiling serendipitously coincides with Harvest Festival Week.’ For the second year running, Masterpiece London held a Curators’ Dinner to raise money for the Wallace Collection with the aim of demonstrating the fair’s commitment to education and culture. The 2012 dinner attracted several well-respected curators including Tim Knox, Director of the Sir John ... More | | 
An engaged and passionate woman, she was present at all the formative moments in the creation of Artexis, a specialist exhibitions organiser.
BRUSSELS.- It is with a profound sadness and much emotion that Artexis must announce the premature loss of Karen Renders. Despite her iron will and her immense joie-de-vivre, Karen was unable to win her battle against illness and passed away this Wednesday, 10 October 2012 at the age of 54. An engaged and passionate woman, she was present at all the formative moments in the creation of Artexis, a specialist exhibitions organiser. As a partner in the business, she made a huge contribution to its development. For more than 20 years, Karen provided a public persona and character to many trade shows, but her great passion remained with Art Brussels. With the invaluable assistance of the Belgian committee and the international collectors’ committee, a team that she knew how to motivate like no other, and numerous players in the worlds of art and of business, Karen Renders turned Art Brussels into an unmissable event in the wo ... More | | 
The Space Shuttle Endeavour sits before it is moved along city streets. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill.
By: Alicia Chang, AP Science Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP).- It's a surreal sight residents won't soon forget: A hulking space shuttle strutting down city streets, pausing every so often to get its bearings as it creeps toward retirement. Endeavour's terrestrial journey began before dawn Friday when it departed from the Los Angeles International Airport, rolling on a 160-wheeled carrier past diamond-shaped "Shuttle Xing" signs. Hundreds of camera-toting spectators, some with pajama-clad children in tow, gaped as the 170,000-pound Endeavour inched by with its tail towering over streetlights and its wings spanning the roadway. Over two days, it will trundle 12 miles at a top speed of 2 mph to its final destination — the California Science Center where it will be the centerpiece of a new exhibit. After an initial bumpy ride and a brief delay, the shuttle pulled off a massive feat of parallel parking by backing into ... More |
| White Cube in Hong Kong opens its first exhibition with artist Cerith Wyn Evans | | Recent and upcoming activity of the artists short-listed for the Hugo Boss Prize 2012 | | Yoko Ono honored at Brooklyn Museum's Women in the Arts Fundraising Luncheon | 
Cerith Wyn Evans, 'All Yours', 2012. 29 1/2 in. ( 75 cm). Chandelier (Grandlight), independent breather unit and flash player.
HONG KONG.- White Cube Hong Kong is presenting its first exhibition with Cerith Wyn Evans. Wyn Evans' conceptual practice incorporates a wide range of media including installation, sculpture, photography, film and works on paper. For this exhibition, the artist has used an inscription from the tombstone of American poet and writer Frank O'Hara as the title and inspiration of his exhibition. The inscription reads: ‘Grace to be born and live as variously as possible’, a tender and celebratory epitaph, which could equally be considered as a subtitle to everyday life, evoking a desire to be open to possibilities and alternative adventures. In the first floor gallery, Wyn Evans has installed a group of four, new, crystal chandeliers that create a sense of theatrical occasion and an infinite world of interpretations. Clustered together, ... More | | 
Rashid Johnson, The New Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club "Dr. Minton", 2010. Gelatin silver print, 111.1 x 89.5 cm. Courtesy the artist.
NEW YORK, NY.- Since 1996, the Guggenheim has collaborated with HUGO BOSS to honor an artist whose work represents a significant development in contemporary art. In advance of the announcement of this year’s winner on November 1, learn about the recent and upcoming activity of the artists short-listed for this year’s prize. San Francisco native Trisha Donnelly will have a solo exhibition in 2013 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (March 9–June 2), debuting a new body of work that responds to the museum environment. Earlier this summer, Donnelly won the inaugural Faber-Castell International Drawing Award, given by the Neues Museum, Nuremberg, Germany. This spring, Rashid Johnson was awarded the David C. Driskell Prize by the High Museum of Art, ... More | | 
File photo of Yoko Ono. AP Photo/Ronald Zak.
BROOKLYN, NY.- Multi-media Conceptual artist Yoko Ono will be honored at the tenth annual Women in the Arts luncheon on Thursday, November 15, 2012. Proceeds from the event will benefit the many educational and artistic programs offered by the Brooklyn Museum and its Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. The program will begin at 11 a.m. with an introduction by Museum Director Arnold L. Lehman followed by a conversation between Ono and Catherine Morris, Curator of the Sackler Center. The program will conclude with the presentation of the 2012 Women in the Arts Award to Ono. A reception and luncheon in the Museum's Beaux-Arts Court will follow from noon to 2:30 p.m. Based on availability, tickets for Women in the Arts 2012 are offered at $250, $500, and $1,000. Tables are available for purchase at the following levels: $2500 (Host), includes ten tickets for the program and preferred luncheon seating for ten gue ... More |
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 Former Bay Area performance artist's solo exhibition focuses on spontaneous sculptures SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- For his solo exhibition at YBCA, FREE!LOVE!TOOL!BOX!, Nayland Blake will create spontaneous sculptures using his life as the catalyst. This concept stems from his 1993 work, Equipment for a shameful epic, which operated as a kind of kit of materials that were available for assembly. This work, described in the Daily News as a “Halloween grab bag of gory rubberized heads, plastic weapons and masks of Nixon, Reagan and Jason (of Friday the 13th infamy) hints at some real-life slasher film enacted on the American body politic, circa 1970-90.” It is representative of the bricolage drive in much of Blake’s work, as well as his use of humor as a way to bring repressed attitudes to the surface. Also included in the exhibition are a DJ booth stocked with Blake’s collection of over 3,000 LPs, which visitors will be invited to spin; and the recreation of a mural by ... More Bronze self-portrait of Sir Eduardo Paolozzi as Greek god of fire in Bonhams sale LONDON.- An eight foot tall bronze self portrait of Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) titled The Artist as Hephaestus, conceived in 1987, will be sold in Bonhams 20th Century British and Irish art sale on November 14th in New Bond Street. It is estimated to make £150,000-250,000. The Artist as Hephaestus was commissioned by the London and Paris Property Group for the front facade of their new offices at 34‐36 High Holborn, London, WC1. The commission stipulated that the work should incorporate a self‐portrait of the artist. Matthew Bradbury, Head of Bonhams 20th Century British and Irish Art Department, comments: ““Having been on prominent public display for 25 years in Central London, we are delighted to announce the sale of this monumental and seminal Paolozzi tour de force. Among the largest sculptures by the artist ever offered at auction, it is of special interest, ... More In My View: Personal reflections on art by today's leading artists LONDON.- In My View is a collection of reflections by 78 living artists in which each artist reveals the influence and inspiration he or she has found in a particular artwork or artist. The works chosen, each one illustrated, range from the fifteenth to the mid-twentieth century, some of them iconic, others lesser known. The accompanying accounts are often very personal, recalling childhood memories and life-changing moments, and capture the excitement and illumination that come from encounters with great art. The artists discussing their favourite works of art include: Frank Auerbach on Henri Matisse • Miroslaw Balka on Michelangelo • Vija Celmins on Philip Guston • George Condo on Rembrandt • Michael Craig-Martin on Marcel Duchamp • Gregory Crewdson on Edward Hopper • Thomas Demand on Paolo Uccello • Dr Lakra on Hieronymus Bosch • Marlene Dumas on Jean ... More Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck & Media Farzin receive inaugural Moving Image Award LONDON.- Moving Image, Contemporary Video Art Fair announced that artists Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck & Media Farzin are the recipients of the inaugural Moving Image Award. The Moving Image Award funds the acquisition by Tate of artwork exhibited at the fair, as selected by Tate's Curator of Film, Stuart Comer. Presented at Moving Image by Green Art Gallery (Dubai, UAE), Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck & Media Farzin's work Chronoscope, 1951, 11pm is a collaboration between an artist and an art historian. It is a video-collage of six television episodes of an early American current affairs program called “The Longines Chronoscope.” The discussions that have been selected are mostly from 1951 and relate to the situation in Iran soon after the nationalization of the oil industry by Mohammad Mosaddegh, as prime minister under the young Shah and before the ... More Over 200 original works by the late artist Anne. E. Lisette Boysen will be sold by Gordon S. Converse & Co. MALVERN, PA.- Over 200 large-scale, vibrant and exuberant paintings by the late Philadelphia artist Anne E. Lisette Boysen (1939-2011) will be sold in Session II of a two-session auction planned for Saturday, Nov. 10, by Gordon S. Converse & Co., at the People’s Light and Theater Company, located at 39 Conestoga Road in Malvern, Pa., near Philadelphia. Session I, starting at 11:30 a.m. (EST), will feature antique clocks, period furniture, Asian objects, decorative accessories and collectibles, pulled from prominent local estates and collections. Session II, starting at 3:30 p.m., will be dedicated exclusively to Ms. Boysen's work. The headliner of the event will undoubtedly be Ms. Boysen, an en plein air artist who passed away in November of last year at age 72 from ovarian cancer. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Anne E. Lisette Boysen Memorial Scholarship Fund at the ... More Decades of Miss Subways smiled on NYC straphangers By: Ula Ilnytzky, Associated Press
NEW YORK, NY.- It was an ad campaign conceived as eye candy to bring attention to other advertisements in New York's transit system. But the "Meet Miss Subways" beauty contest posters of pretty young New York women and their aspirations quickly evolved into a popular and even groundbreaking fixture that ran for 35 years, from 1941 to 1976. When photographer Fiona Gardner first learned about it she "immediately wanted to know what happened to all the women." She set out to find out. The result is "Meet Miss Subways: New York's Beauty Queens 1941-76," an exhibition at the New York Transit Museum running Oct. 23-March 25, and a companion book of the same name. The contest reflected an evolving America. When it was launched, the war already ... More Into the Light:The Healing Art of Kalman Aron by Susan Beilby Magee STOCKBRIDGE, MASS.- Hard Press Editions and Posterity Press announced the October 16 publication of INTO THE LIGHT: The Healing Art of Kalman Aron, the dazzling account of a gifted artist’s life, courage and transformation. As Kalman Aron emerges from the ashes of the Holocaust, he explores the nature of humankind, his own humanity and the mystery of life—all on canvas. INTO THE LIGHT relates the life of émigré artist Kalman Aron from his youth as an art prodigy in Latvia through four years of darkness in Holocaust slave labor and concentration camps, where drawing portraits of guards for morsels of food would save him from starvation. After the war, he made his way to the Vienna Fine Arts Academy where he received his Masters in Fine Art. He then left Europe, finding sanctuary in California in 1949. Aron first found success in America by painting past ... More |
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