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| The Master of Flémalle and Rogier van der Weyden on View at Stadel Museum in Frankfurt |
Master of Flémalle, Christ Blessing with Virgin at Prayer. Oak panel, 28,6 x 45,5 cm. Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Photo: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Graydon Wood.
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FRANKFURT.- The Master of Flémalle (frequently identified with the artist Robert Campin, active in Tournai) and Rogier van der Weyden (who demonstrably worked in Campin’s workshop from 1427 to 1432) are – besides the van Eyck brothers – of crucial importance for the birth and the beginnings of Early Netherlandish painting. They stand for the discovery of the visible world which...More
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| Missing Van Dyck Portrait to go on Show at Tate Britain |
LONDON.- Sir Anthony van Dyck's portrait of Katherine, Lady Stanhope, later Countess of Chesterfield c. 1635-6 will go on public display for the first time in over a century in Tate Britain's major spring exhibition, Van Dyck and Britain, opening on 18 February 2009. The painting was thought to be missing until it re-emerged at auction in New York in 2006. It will go on loan to Tate Britain from a ...More
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| Ron Arad Talks to Marie-Laure Jousset on his Exhibition at Centre Pompidou |
PARIS.- Marie-Laure Jousset: You're back at the Centre Pompidou once more, after the exhibition 'Nouvelles Tendances' twenty years ago, in 1987. But this time for a solo exhibition. Is it important for you to show your work in public institutions like the Centre Pompidou, or MoMA?...More
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| Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt Announces Departure of Director Paul Thompson |
WASHINGTON, DC.- Paul Warwick Thompson has resigned from Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum effective in August 2009. He has accepted the position of rector (president) of the Royal College of Art in London. Thompson joined Cooper-Hewitt in March 2001. A search committee for Thompson’s position will be formed next month....More
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| Kunstmuseum Basel Announces Exhibition Featuring 70 Landscapes Made by Vincent van Gogh |
BASEL.- In a spectacular, comprehensive exhibition taking place from April to September 2009, the Kunstmuseum Basel is staging the first showing worldwide of the landscape paintings by the legendary artist Vincent van Gogh. Seventy paintings – both world-famous key works as well as paintings barely seen previously by the general public – will give a completely new insight into van ...More
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| Roberto Kusterle and Susan Donath Present The Zoo of the Soul at artMbassy |
BERLIN.- According to Nietzsche’s conception the human being is „the animal which is not yet detected“. Only through the reversion of this primate, which has always been associated with rationality, opposite the body he could transform into a successful, agile creature. Over the years artists, littérateurs and philosophers pointed their interest towards the quaint confrontation of the human ...More
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| Sotheby's to Hold Annual Sale of Important Judaica in New York |
NEW YORK, NY.- On December 17, 2008 Sotheby’s New York will hold its annual sale of Important Judaica, comprising important manuscripts, books, ceremonial metalwork, carpets and textiles, and paintings. Highlights from the sale include an Extraordinary Silver Sabbath Hanging Lamp (est. $600/800,000), a rare set of illustrations by Ze’ev Raban of the Passover Haggadah (est. $180/220,000)...More
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| Charity Gives Falmouth Gallery Print Collection Starring Marilyn Monroe |
LONDON.- Falmouth Art Gallery has been given an exceptional collection of 99 prints created by the master printmaker, Hugh Stoneman which includes a sultry, behind-the-scenes image of Marilyn Monroe taken from her last completed feature film. The gift has been made by The Art Fund, the UK’s leading independent art charity, which bought the collection for £30,000, and means the ...More
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| Irish born Artist Duncan Campbell Presents Film Bernadette at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art |
GATESHEAD.- Bernadette, a film by Irish born artist Duncan Campbell will be presented in BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art’s ground floor cinema from Monday 1 December 2008 – Sunday 18 January 2009.
Campbell has a deep interest in the seductive power of stories; his work ...More
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| Royal College of Physicians' Gains Museum Accreditation |
LONDON.- The Royal College of Physicians’ Museum in Regent’s Park, London has been officially Accredited by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA).
The College is the oldest medical college in England with an impressive collection...More
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| Helena Blomqvist's The Last Frog on View at Wagner + Partner |
BERLIN.- Helena Blomqvists (Sweden,*1975) photo collages are complex woven fabrics of figures, artifacts, symbols and citations. An exciting mix of philosophical contemplation on the one hand and off-key humour on the other. Yet the photos reveal their special magic at the point where the arranged and digitally edited scenes suddenly appear to be like the surroundings in which the ...More
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| Great Women Artists: Feminist Art from the Permanent Collection at Neuberger Museum of Art |
PURCHASE, NY.- In her epochal essay "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" (1974), feminist art historian Linda Nochlin explained that many historical circumstances, principally lack of access to training, exhibitions, commissions and critical forums — not genetics — limited women's artistic achievement. As these circumstances changed rapidly in the period after World ...More
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| Bloomsbury Auctions Presents a Sale to Suit all Budgets this Holiday Gift-giving Season December 17, 2008 |
NEW YORK, NY.- On December 17th Bloomsbury Auctions will hold a 20th Century Arts auction that features an eclectic selection of livre d'artistes, monographs, photographs, photobooks and iconic prints from the Modern, Contemporary and Pop periods. The sale is led by affordable works from such masters as Picasso, de Kooning, Lichtenstein, Hockney and Warhol. The catalogue...More
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| A Host of New Group Visits Launched by the Royal Collection |
LONDON.- The Royal Collection will be at World Travel Market as part of the Heritage in Britain group to launch next year's special exhibitions and an exciting new programme of group visits to the Official Residences of The Queen. Announced to coincide with World Travel Market, guided tours of the famous garden at Buckingham Palace will be available for the first time ever next ...More
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| National Portrait Gallery will Display Martin Amis and Friends Early Next Year |
LONDON.- At the start of the year in which Martin Amis celebrates his sixtieth birthday, the National Portrait Gallery will display previously unseen photographs taken by his friend, the photographer Angela Gorgas. These evocative black and white portraits provide an intimate document of the literary and artistic circles in which they moved in the late 1970s. ...More
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| Delaware Art Museum Announces 24th Annual Holiday House Tour |
WILMINGTON, DE.- The Delaware Art Museum is pleased to announce the 24th Annual Holiday House Tour, featuring a self-guided tour of Wilmington homes and artist studios decorated for the holidays, on Saturday, December 13, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tickets are $25 and are available for purchase at the Museum, including the day of the tour, and online at www.delart.org. Tickets ...More
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| Provocative New Installation by Rebecca Belmore and Osvaldo Yero to be Completed in Arizona Desert |
PHOENIX.- This week, a provocative new installation by First Nations Canadian artist Rebecca Belmore and Cuban artist Osvaldo Yero will be completed in the Arizona desert. The work has been conceived through Future Arts Research (F.A.R.), a new interdisciplinary artist residency which launched this fall at Arizona State University....More
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| Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art Steps Up with a Community Enrichment Project |
BOULDER, CO.- In a new community outreach program, the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA) has partnered with the Family Learning Center and the Colorado I Have a Dream Foundation to provide arts educational opportunities for Boulder at-risk youth and their families. The program, Art Stop on the Go, is designed to support youth education and avenues for creative...More
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| Aubrey Beardsley Illustration Sets New World Record at Skinner's Fine Books & Manuscripts Auction |
BOLTON, MA.- Skinner, Inc., one of the nation's leading auction houses for antiques and fine art, today announced it has set a new world record for a rare illustration by Aubrey Beardsley. At the recent Fine Books & Manuscripts auction, which took place on Sunday, November 16th, Beardsley's The Climax (lot 139) fetched $213,300 including buyer's premium, well over its $15/20,000 estimate. It ...More
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