| Museum of Modern Art's New Photography 2012 highlights five contemporary artists | | Exhibition at National Gallery of Art examines modern practice of serial portraiture through photographs | | "Mantegna to Matisse: Master Drawings from the Courtauld Gallery" opens at the Frick Collection | 
Shirana Shahbazi (German, born Iran 1974). Composition-40-2011. 2011. Chromogenic color print. 82 11/16 x 66 1/8″ (210 x 168 cm). Courtesy the artist and Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents the 27th annual New Photography exhibition, from October 3, 2012 through February 4, 2013, in The Robert and Joyce Menschel Gallery. This year, the exhibition features the work of New York-based Michele Abeles, Shanghai-based collaborative Birdhead, New York-based Anne Collier, Los Angeles-based Zoe Crosher, and Zurich-based, Iranian-born Shirana Shahbazi, who each examine and expand the conventional definitions of photography. They challenge photography as a representational medium, explore the process of picture making, exploit the proliferation of images in a media-saturated world, and blur the lines between photography and other artistic disciplines. The
exhibition is organized by Eva Respini, Associate Curator, Department of Photography. The five artists in New ... More | | 
Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, 1930. Gelatin silver print, 23.9 x 19.1 cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred Stieglitz Collection.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art explores how the practice of making multiple portraits of the same subjects produced some of the most revealing and provocative photographs of our time in The Serial Portrait: Photography and Identity in the Last One Hundred Years, on view in the West Building's Ground Floor photography galleries from September 30 through December 31, 2012. Arranged both chronologically and thematically, the exhibition features 153 works by 20 artists who photographed the same subjects—friends, family, and themselves—numerous times over days, months, or years to create compelling portrait studies that investigate the many facets of personal and social identity. "The Gallery's photography collection essentially began with the donation of Alfred Stieglitz's 'key set,' so it is fitting that this exhibition opens with portraits by Stieglitz, who understood that a person's character was best captur ... More | | 
Parmigianino, Woman Seated on the Ground, c. 1523–24. Black chalk and white gouache on light brown tinted paper, 9 x 6.9 inches© The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London.
NEW YORK, NY.- In keeping with its tradition of presenting masterworks from collections outside of New York, this fall The Frick Collection presents fifty-eight drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, London. This exhibition marks the first time that so many of the principal drawings in The Courtauld’s renowned collection—one of Britain’s most important—have been made available for loan. The prized sheets—many of which have never been shown in New York— represent a survey of the extraordinary draftsmanship of Italian, Dutch, Flemish, German, Spanish, British, and French artists active between the late Middle Ages and the early twentieth century. The exhibition features works executed in a range of techniques and styles and for a variety of purposes, including preliminary sketches, practice studies, aide-mémoires, designs for other artworks, and finished pictures ... More |
| Iconic Bacardi complex in Miami to become headquarters for National YoungArts Foundation | | "Celebrities: We Remember Them Well" showcases rare photographs of the illustrious and elusive | | First jewelry auction of the fall season features a trio of top quality diamonds over 50 carats in size | 
1970's Bacardi Campus. Photo: Bacardi Archive.
MIAMI, FL.- Bacardi U.S.A., Inc. (Bacardi USA) announced today that National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) , a non-profit organization, has acquired the iconic landmark Bacardi Tower and Museum building complex in Miami, Florida. In an act of civic and cultural philanthropy, Bacardi has conveyed the property to YoungArts at a significant reduction of its market value, ensuring that an important part of Miami’s architecture, social and cultural fabric will be preserved and honored. Bacardi has always maintained a core philosophy that design, art and architecture reflect a quality of life and the quality of the superior spirits brands produced and marketed by the company. YoungArts, founded by Lin and Ted Arison in 1981 to identify and assist outstanding emerging young artists ages 15 and up, will convert the buildings into the organization’s first national headquarters; creating a permanent home that will allow YoungArts to carry forward an expansion of activities un ... More | | 
Willem de Kooning painting in his studio. Photo: © Tony Vaccaro.
WHITE PLAINS, NY.- The 150 photographs on display in ArtsWestchester’s fall exhibition, Celebrities: We Remember Them Well are a far cry from tabloid gossip. Unique for their quality and poignancy, the works are artful images of the last half-century’s most illustrious and influential personages. Combing prominent gallery and private collections, Westchester-based curator Milton J. Ellenbogen has assembled a selection of vintage, candid photographs and exquisite studio portraits. The exhibition runs from September 21-November 10. Many of the photographs on display are rare, their negatives impossible to locate, or the subjects typically elusive. The collection draws back the velvet curtain to offer visitors a privileged view into the lives of such prominent figures as Marilyn Monroe, Louis Armstrong, Frank Lloyd Wright, Pablo Picasso, Katherine Hepburn, Spike Lee, President Obama, and Dr. Martin Luther King, ... More | | 
An Oval-Cut Fancy Intense Yellow Internally Flawless Diamond of 68.35 cts. Estimate: $2,200,000 – 3,200,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
NEW YORK, NY.- On October 16, Christie’s New York will kick off the fall jewelry auction season with a dazzling array of magnificent jewels, from flawless diamonds to rare gemstones, natural pearls and signed jewels from the finest makers. Among the scores of top-quality gems on offer is a trio of stunning diamond jewels weighing more than 50 carats each, and an exceedingly rare double strand of large natural pearls – one of the finest to come to auction at Christie’s in the last five years. The two-session sale at Christie’s Rockefeller Center saleroom comprises 372 lots total, and is expected to achieve in excess of $35 million. Rahul Kadakia, Head of Jewelry for Christie's Americas and Switzerland, noted: “Our spring auction season was our strongest yet at Christie’s, with $303.5 million in total jewelry sales and unprecedented global participation. In anticipation of a ... More |
| Sotheby's appoints Yamini Mehta international head for two related South Asian areas | | Remarkable 14th century Franciscan text survivor leads Bonhams £1M book sale | | MBNA Collection of Maritime Art and Ship Models offered by Heritage Auctions in Annapolis | 
Yamini joins Sotheby’s after 14 years at Christie’s where, since 2006, she has headed the London Modern and Contemporary Indian Art department. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced the appointment of Yamini Mehta as International Head of Indian and Southeast Asian Antiquities / Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art. Based in London, Yamini will be in charge of Sotheby’s worldwide selling strategy for the two related South Asian areas, working with our team of international experts and developing key relationships with Sotheby’s Indian clients. A veteran of the Indian Art market, Yamini joins Sotheby’s after 14 years at Christie’s where, since 2006, she has headed the London Modern and Contemporary Indian Art department. Yamini Mehta commented: “I am thrilled to be joining Sotheby’s at such an exciting time for the market, with its profile at an all-time high and Indian artists increasingly recognised on the global stage. Sotheby’s is making major commitments in this collecting area and I am so pleased to be joining ... More | | 
Top item in the sale was a 700 year old Franciscan manuscript. Estimated to sell for £20,000 to £30,000 it achieved £49,250. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- Many items in Bonhams sale of ‘Early Printing and English Books’ yesterday (2.10.12) were purchased on behalf of British libraries and achieved a total of £1,081,675 with 95 per cent of lots sold. Top item in the sale was a 700 year old Franciscan manuscript described by Bonhams Book Dept as: “A remarkable 14th century survival from Italy. A lovely thing to hold in your hand with great illustrations by a monk.” Estimated to sell for £20,000 to £30,000 it achieved £49,250. The manuscript titled GREGORY I, Saint and Pope it is a remarkable survival of two fourteenth century Franciscan texts in an early Italian blind-stamped binding. The Dialogues of St Gregory (Dialogi de vita et miraculis patrum Italicorum, in four books were orignally written c.593-594, in the early years of Gregory's papacy. They record the stories and miracles of Italy's great Saints and holy men and women, in order to prove tha ... More | | 
Stephen J. Renard’s 'West Wind', 'Britannia', 'White Heather', 'Shamrock' and 'Lulworth' in the Solent, 1927 (detail). Estimate: $50,000+.
ANNAPOLIS, MD.- Perhaps the finest collection of maritime art ever assembled – including more than 100 unique and intriguing scale ship models – will cross the auction block on Oct. 27 at the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, MD, as part of Heritage Auctions Maritime & Ship Models Signature® Auction. An invitation only reception will be held on Friday, Oct. 26, the night before the auction, at the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium and a public preview will be held for two days, or by appointment. More than 300 lots will be offered in the auction, with estimates on the paintings ranging from $2,000 to $150,000 while most of the ship models carry estimates of $5,000 and below. The top offering in the paints section of the event is Stephen J. Renard’s 'West Wind', 'Britannia', 'White Heather', 'Shamrock' and 'Lulworth' in the Solent, 1927 (estimate: $50,000+), one of three Renards to be offered ... More |
| Serpentine Gallery pays tribute to historian Eric Hobsbawm at Memory Marathon | | Blum & Poe opens development and production office in Tokyo headed by Ashley Rawlings | | Bonhams sets new world record for Turkish artist Fahrelnissa Zeid at Indian and Islamic Sale in London | 
The great historian and intellectual has died at the age of 95. Photo: Mark Blower.
LONDON.- The Serpentine Gallery has paid tribute to Eric Hobsbawm the great historian and intellectual who has died at the age of 95. Julia Peyton-Jones, Director, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director, Serpentine Gallery said: “The world mourns the passing of one of history’s greatest minds. An inspiration to so many, he has been a mentor and a guiding light for the Serpentine’s annual Marathon events over the past seven years. He recently provided us with the following words: “I belong to a profession whose business it is to protest against forgetting - but which also knows that memory is complex and sometimes dangerous.” Eric Hobsbawn, May 2012 Eric Hobsbawm took part in the Interview Marathon in 2006 and the Manifesto Marathon in 2008. He was advisor on the forthcoming Memory Marathon on 13 and 14 October. The Gallery will dedicate the event to his memory, with a special section with contr ... More | | 
Zhu Jinshi, Gravity to Balance Violence, 2007. Oil on canvas, 157 1/2 x 114 1/8 inches (400 x 290 centimeters). Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Blum and Poe, Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Blum & Poe announced the establishment of an overseas office in Asia. Tokyo was selected as the base of operations given their long-standing relationship with Japan and Japanese artists and the fact that the city continues to be a hub for Asian art in general. The office will manage development and production with their Asia-based artists, as well as promote their entire gallery program in the region. Ashley Rawlings, a specialist in post-war and contemporary Japanese art and former managing editor of ArtAsiaPacific, has been appointed director. Rawlings graduated from the Japanese Studies department at the University of Cambridge. He conducted research on Mono-ha artists and the post-war Japanese avant-garde at Sophia University in Tokyo. Rawlings is the editor of Art ... More | | 
The late Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid, (1901-1991) was a Turkish artist whose work blended the elements of Islamic and Byzantine art with western influences. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- A fabulous collection of paintings by Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid (1901-1991), work previously unknown, was sold in Bonhams Indian and Islamic art sale on October 2nd in New Bond Street. The sale achieved a total of £2,021,838. The collection of works by the Princess came to light when a former employee of the family unearthed a box containing over 150 sketches, drawings, canvases, notebooks and letters, given to him when the artist moved residences. Many of the works greatly exceeded their pre-sale estimates. The late Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid, (1901 – 1991) was a Turkish artist whose work blended the elements of Islamic and Byzantine art with western influences. She married into the Hashemite royal family of Iraq and is the mother of Prince Ra’ad, the claimant ... More |
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 Australia's best street artists defy the glass ceiling in Sydney's newest public art exhibition SYDNEY.- A once controversial art form continues to soar in prevalence and popularity as Sydney’ s GLASSHOUSE and aMBUSH Gallery present Living in a Glass House, an exhibition of fifty contemporary and dynamic works by street artists from across the country. Boasting styles as varied as the artists’ origins, Living in a Glass House brings together the crème of Australia’s most talented urban artists under one roof in a month long free public art exhibition. Produced and curated by aMBUSH Gallery, Living in a Glass House will exhibit new and original works by Brisbane artists Benjamin Reeve and Gimiks Born; Adnate, Itch, Lucy Lucy and Slicer, four of Melbourne’s indomitable AWOL crew; Gary Seaman from Adelaide; and Sydney’s own Brett Chan, Jodee Knowles, Deb, Bei Bad Girl, Bridge Stehli, Jumbo, Ben Brown and Ears, plus 36 more artists, hailing from major cities nation-wide. ... More Asia Week New York scheduled for March 15-23, 2013 NEW YORK, NY.- Asia Week New York-the collaboration of a top-tier roster of international Asian art specialists, major auction houses, museums and Asian cultural institutions-will take place throughout metropolitan New York from March 15-23, 2013, it was announced by Henry Howard-Sneyd, Chairman of Asia Week New York, and Sotheby's Vice-Chairman Asian Art, Americas. A private, invitation-only reception at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will kick-off Asia Week New York on March 15. "As we head into our fifth year, it is extremely gratifying to see how important Asia Week New York has become for so many international collectors, curators, scholars and Asian Art enthusiasts," said Howard-Sneyd. "And we are especially delighted that the Guggenheim Museum reception will set the stage for the exciting week of activities." Asia Week New York continues to ... More The spirit of the Samurai lives on at Bonhams NEW YORK, NY.- Few groups so universally fascinate us as the Samurai. When Westerners first encountered the remnants of this fabled culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the legends of their loyalty and discipline captured the imaginations of people throughout the world. Institutions at the time voraciously collected any and all things Samurai to satisfy academics and the public alike. Today, the market is focused on private collectors, as discerning connoisseurs vie for their own piece of this mythical history. To meet the demand, Bonhams highly anticipated Arts of the Samurai sale will take place Tuesday, October 16 at the firm’s New York location. Featuring more than 200 examples of Samurai armor, helmets, swords, sword fittings and folding screens at a range of price points, the sale is certain to offer something for everyone interested in this unique field. Originally, the ... More Jeff Robb pushes the boundaries in 3D image making in new exhibition at Mauger Modern Gallery LONDON.- Robb’s Macroland works are effectively inverted windows on to a unique experience of pure colour - 'inverted' because, as the viewer, each framed image projects back at you. Compositions deconstruct before your eyes in dazzling 3D with an illusion of extraordinary depth. You need to stand back from, peer in to and walk around these works to see them 'in the round' and to get the most from them; the experience is immersive. The success of Robb's work lies in his mastery of 3D film and photographic processes. Indeed his art is hard to classify. The artist himself, who received considerable media attention this year for producing a 3D series of photographic portraits of The Queen for light artist Chris Levine, describes his work as “somewhere between traditional photographic recording and 3D sculpture”. When you approach an original Macroland piece, you encounter a 3D space ... More ABBA museum to open in Sweden By: Karl Ritter, Associated Press
STOCKHOLM (AP).- A traveling ABBA exhibit is to get a permanent home in a new museum dedicated mostly to the Swedish quartet that has sold nearly 400 million records since its heyday in the 1970s. Former band member Bjoern Ulvaeus said Wednesday that "ABBA The Museum" will be part of a Swedish music hall of fame to be inaugurated in Stockholm next spring. The museum will feature some of the band's glitzy stage costumes, instruments and other mementos that were displayed in the ABBAWORLD exhibition that toured Europe and Australia in 2009-2011. Ulvaeus said he hoped all four former ABBA members would attend the opening, set for April or May, but ruled out any chance of a stage comeback. "We are the only group ... More Midtown Detroit to light up this weekend with DLECTRICITY DETROIT, MICH.- DLECTRICITY, Detroit’s new, free outdoor nighttime light art festival, will host 35 local, national and international artists whose cutting edge works of art and installations will illuminate the historic architecture of Midtown on October 5 and 6, 2012. Visitors of all ages will see an impressive selection of artists who will light up Midtown Detroit and transform the Woodward corridor, and also enjoy family-friendly activities, food trucks, concerts and block parties during this free, two-night first-time event. A complete listing of DLECTRICITY artists and events may be found at www.DLECTRICITY.com. “The remarkable events and amazing cultural and architectural assets of Midtown has always been at the core of the revitalization and growth of the neighborhood,” said Sue Mosey, president of Midtown Detroit, Inc. “We want DLECTRICITY to capture everyone’s imagination for what’s ... More Ancient Austrian remains show woman in male trade VIENNA (AP).- An Austrian museum says skeletal remains found in an ancient grave are that of a woman metal worker — the first indication that women did such work thousands of years ago. The Museum of Ancient History says the grave originates from the Bronze Age, which began more than 5,000 years ago and ended 3,200 years ago. In a statement Wednesday, it said that although the pelvic bones were missing, examination of the skull and lower jaw bone shows the skeleton is of a woman. The museum says tools used to make metal ornaments were also found in the grave northwest of Vienna, leading to the conclusion that it was that of a female fine metal worker. It says such work had been commonly presumed to be in the male domain. ... More |
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