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| Christie's Announces a New Sales Platform for Old Masters and 19th Century European Art |
Jean-Antoine Watteau, Valenciennes 1686-1721 Nogent-sur-Marne, Escorte d'équipages, oil on panel, 11¼ x 12 3/8 in. 28.2 x 31.4 cm. Estimate: $800,000 - 1,200,000. © Christie's Images Limited.
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NEW YORK, NY.- As part of the company’s long-term strategy and vision, and following the success in 2006 of the combination of Old Masters and Early British Pictures, Christie’s New York announces a new sales initiative for important European Art circa 1300 to 1900. As of June 2009, Christie’s sales calendar in New York will present auctions offering Old Master and British Pictures alongside 19th Century European Art, Old Master Drawings, and British Drawings and Watercolours. This new consolidated category, entitled Old Masters and 19th Century Art, combines the strengths of Christie’s leading specialists in traditional European art and creates a consolidated New York sales team that is better aligned with its modern audience of international collectors. The department will be led by Nicholas Hall, International Director of Old Masters and 19th Century Art, and Ben Hall, Director and Head of Old Masters an...More
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| Joslyn Art Museum's Wood Exhibition is Tour-de-Force of Woodcut Art |
OMAHA, NE.- On January 24, Joslyn Art Museum will open Wood, an exhibition celebrating the history and unique characteristics of the woodblock print. The exhibition brims with no less than 80 prints, blocks, and books from the Museum’s collection and private lenders — most on public view for the first time. Wood spans an incredible 550 years of printmaking, from a half-page, hand-colored woodcut from the life of Saint John (from the Apocalypse Blockbook, ca. 1460) and 15th century works by the great German printmaker Albrecht Dürer, his teacher, Michael Wolgemut, and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, to contemporary works by ...More
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| Unconcerned, But Not Indifferent - Man Ray - Opens at Hague Museum of Photography |
THE HAGUE.- Man Ray (1890-1976) used his camera to turn photography into an art – no mean feat for a man who tried almost all his life to avoid being described as a ‘photographer’. He preferred to be identified with his work in other media: drawings, paintings and Dadaist ready-mades. The exhibition entitled Unconcerned, but not indifferent at the Hague Museum of Photography is the first exhibition to reveal Man Ray’s complete creative process: from observations, ideas and sketches right through to the final works of art. It links paintings, drawings and (of course) photographs to personal objects, images and documents drawn from his estate to paint a picture of a passionate artist and – whatever his own feelings about the description – a great photographer. ...More
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| Günter Brus. Post-direct Art - Drawings, Picture Poems, Photographs and Graphics Exhibition |
SALZBURG.- Since the foundation of the MdM Rupertinum the museum’s collection has focused on the multifaceted oeuvre of Günter Brus, largely owing to the efforts of its first director Otto Breicha. Partial aspects of the comprehensive artistic work of Brus have been presented before in various exhibitions, and now, on the occasion of the artist’s 70th birthday, the MdM Salzburg dedicates a small “retrospective” to Brus, which is on show at the MdM Rupertinum; this exhibition also illustrates the artist’s stylistic language and their main emphases and how these are represented in the museum’s collecting activities. Moreover, the exhibition is organized in conjunction with the publication of a catalogue ...More
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| Camera Work Gallery Presents Work By Haase and Susanne Schapowalow |
BERLIN.- Camera Work gallery presents today work by Esther Haase and Susanne Schapowalow. The exhibition, with photographs by the young photographer Esther Haase, is devoted to Tango dance. Esther Haase’s vivid photographs reflect the dynamic of dance. During her training to become a ballet dancer, she very early on discovered her love for dance as “a direct and intimate medium of expression”. The artist’s photographs are not about acrobatic performance, but rather about the passion, the desire, the freedom, the eroticism and the dedication of the body during the length of a dance. Esther Haase stages the joy of the body and therefore its resulting eroticism, with dancers and models in the original scenery of local bars and in the milongas between Buenos Aires, Havanna and Santiago. ...More
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| Guilty Pleasures & Obama-rama Open at Projects Gallery |
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- In its premier exhibition based on an open call to artists, Projects Gallery presents “Guilty Pleasures”. Through nation-wide solicited submissions, entrants were encouraged to expand upon the literal and interpretative theme as seen through their individual style. Utilizing a variety of media, including painting, photography, sculpture and works on paper, this vast array of artists has met Projects Gallery’s challenge....More
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| Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem Presents Running force. Albert Van Der Weide |
ARNHEM.- Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem presents today Running force. Albert Van Der Weide, on view through March 22, 2009. Albert Van Der Weide (Meppel 1949) is both fascinated with and concerned about structures of power and the use of symbols of power in society. The oneliner ‘All power to art’ has appeared regularly in his work since 1986. Through his goal-oriented, innovative methods of working, this Arnhem-based artist lets us witness historical events, injustices, passions, and obsessions....More
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| Yto Barrada & Hala Elkoussy Open at Goteborgs Konsthall |
GOTEBORG.- The first exhibition at the Göteborgs Konsthall for 2009 comprises two separate presentations by the artists Yto Barrada and Hala Elkoussy. This is the first major exhibition of the work of these noted artists to be held in Sweden. Running parallel with the exhibition and the Göteborg Film Festival will also be the film programme “Another Border”, curated in collaboration with the Cinématèque in Tangier....More
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| Tabitha Vevers: Narrative Bodies Opens at DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park |
LINCOLN, MA.- Narrative Bodies is mid-career survey exhibition of the work of painter Tabitha Vevers that highlights the artist’s feminist engagement with tradition and myth. The exhibition will be on view at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park from January 24 through May 17, 2009. Creating personal narratives that explore the female body and sexuality, Vevers uses old master techniques on an intimate scale to address socio-political issues ...More
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| Refugee Memorial Project Runs Diameter of Earth at ASU Art Museum |
TEMPE, AZ.- ASU Art Museum presents the U.S. premiere of a personal and moving project by internationally-exhibited artist Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba titled Breathing Is Free: 12,756.3; New Work by Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba. Breathing is Free: 12,756.3; New Work by Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba is conceived as part installation, part exhibition and part memorial. Known for his underwater films which have been shown in Bienniales and museums around the world, Nguyen-Hatsushiba’s new work represents a departure as it is based on on-going projects in which the artist plans to run 12,756.36 kilometers, or, the diameter of the earth, ...More
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| Show Features Luminaries of the Craft and Their Insightful Takes on Boom and Bust |
NEW YORK.- Celebrating the art of the cartoonist, On the Money: Cartoons for The New Yorker From the Melvin R. Seiden Collection features approximately seventy original drawings by some of The New Yorker’s most talented and beloved artists who have tackled the theme of money and the many ways in which it defines us. Included in the show are drawings by such luminaries as Charles Barsotti, George Booth, Dana Fradon, Lee Lorenz, William Hamilton, and J. B. Handelsman. The exhibition is on view only at the...More
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| Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Presents Gedi Sibony: My Arms Are Tied Behind My Other Arms |
ST. LOUIS, MO.- The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis presents the first monographic museum exhibition with New York-based artist Gedi Sibony: My Arms Are Tied Behind My Other Arms. Along with a selection of the artist’s recent pieces, including the carefully balanced Partly Me Manners (2008) and the multipart Probably Eight or Half of Each (2007), the exhibition features major new works in a site-specific installation for the Contemporary’s Main Galleries....More
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| China: Journey To The East Opens at Bristol's City Museum & Art Gallery |
BRISTOL.- This unique exhibition featuring over 100 objects from the British Museum, the largest loan of Chinese material the Museum has ever undertaken within the UK, will be launched at Bristol's City Museum & Art Gallery on the 24th January as part of the Chinese New Year celebrations for 2009, the Year of the Ox. China has been a major influence worldwide through trade and the movement of peoples. Chinese Diaspora communities form a vital part of the history of other ...More
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| Cabinet and Ornamental Wares: Painted Porcelain of the 19th and 20th Centuries |
WINNIPEG.- The Winnipeg Art Gallery presents today Cabinet and Ornamental Wares: Painted Porcelain of the 19th and 20th Centuries, on view through April 12, 2009. The use of the ceramic body as a canvas for exquisite painting became a vital part of the porcelain trade in the 19th and 20th centuries. Landscapes, figural and animal studies, fruit and botanical still lives were popular ...More
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| Into the Garden: Painted Paper Construction by Takayo Nodo Opens Today |
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ.- The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, presents today Into the Garden: Painted Paper Construction by Takayo Nodo - Duvoisin Gallery, on view through July 6, 2009. Into the Garden: Painted Paper Constructions by Takayo Noda presents complete illustrations and selected preparatory materials for Song of the Flowers by children's book author and illustrator Takayo Noda. ...More
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| Exhibition Brings Video Works by Berlin Artist to Northwest - Nathalie Djurberg |
SEATTLE, WA.- Through a solo presentation and group exhibition, the Frye Art Museum brings video works by international animation artist Nathalie Djurberg to Northwest audiences. Four recent video works by the Berlin-based video artist will be presented in Nathalie Djurberg from January 24 through April 26, followed by a group exhibition, The Puppet Show (May 16–September 13) featuring four additional works by Djurberg. ...More
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| Spencer Museum of Art the Climate Change at the Poles exhibition |
LAWRENCE, KS.- The Spencer Museum of Art presents today Climate Change at the Poles, on view through May 24, 2009. How do maps and a kayak relate to climate change? In conjunction with the current International Polar Year, a period devoted to polar research, this exhibition considers examples of material culture from the North and South Poles as evidence of human response to the ...More
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| Innovations in the Third Dimension: Sculpture of Our Time at The Bruce Museum |
GREENWICH, CT.- The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, showcases forty-five masterpieces of modern sculpture in its major winter exhibition, Innovations in the Third Dimension: Sculpture of Our Time, illustrating how virtually every time-honored idea about sculpture has been challenged in the 20th and 21st centuries. Opening on Saturday, January 24, 2009, and running through Sunday, May 24, 2009, the exhibition addresses the radical changes in the size, media, presentation, and techniques of sculpture that have created exciting and startling new possibilities for the medium....More
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| Unique Force: The Art of Carolyn Wyeth at the Brandywine River Museum |
CHADDS FORD, PA.- The Brandywine River Museum presents Unique Force: The Art of Carolyn Wyeth, featuring over 40 paintings and drawings that relate to all aspects of her career. It also includes many fascinating portraits of her by family members, including her brother, Andrew Wyeth. On view from January 24 to ...More
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| Cultural Politics and Contemporary Art at The Ackland Art Museum |
CHAPEL HILL, NC.- Assistant professor of Art History Cary Levine gives his students all the credit for the special collection installation Cultural Politics and Contemporary Art. "It's really their show," he says, and he isn't just being modest. The fourteen students in his fall class "Cultural Politics and Contemporary Art" selected every image included in the exhibition, laid out the installation, and wrote the accompanying catalogue. "This is why I took the class," says Ann Howell Brown, a senior Art History and English major. "I feel completely lucky to have the chance to do this."...More
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| Extremely Hungary Festival Launches this Weekend with Performances at Carnegie Hall |
NEW YORK, NY.- Extremely Hungary, a yearlong festival celebrating contemporary Hungarian arts and culture, kicks off this weekend in New York City with exhibition openings at The Forbes Galleries and the launch of a two-week music series at Carnegie Hall. Organized by the Hungarian Cultural Center, the festival encompasses some 100 programs and events held at leading cultural ...More
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