 | | Iconic Hepworth Sculpture "Curved Reclining Form (Rosewall)" Returns To Chesterfield | 
Barbara Hepworth's Rosewall returns to its plinth following its return to Chesterfield , Derbyshire. The sculpture has been bought by Chesterfield Borough Council from Royal Mail with support from The Art Fund charity and Chesterfield Waterside Partnership and the town's Per Cent for Art scheme. Copyright to Chesterfield Borough Council.
| CHESTERFIELD.- A major sculpture by Dame Barbara Hepworth, one of the most significant artists of the 20th century, was unveiled today by the artist's granddaughter following its return home to Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Leading independent charity The Art Fund gave £345,000 to Chesterfield Borough Council to help buy Curved Reclining Form (Rosewall), 1960-62, so that the sculpture could be returned to the town which had been its home for over 40 years. Rosewall was sold to Chesterfield Borough Council by Royal Mail, the sculpture’s previous owners, for £500,000. The remainder of the funding to acquire the work - acknowledged as one of the artist’s finest – came from the developers of the Chesterfield Waterside project and developer contributions from the town’s Per ...More
| | 19th Century European Painting – from Academic and Barbizon to Orientalist and Victorian | NEW YORK, NY.- Polly Sartori, Director of 19th Century Paintings, said, “We achieved a strong sale total of $10.8 million today with a selective offering of important works. Collectors continue to be interested in high quality pictures, and we saw great interest leading up to the sale; however we did see caution...More
| | National Gallery of Art Acquires Presidency I-V Photographs by Thomas Demand | WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art has acquired five chromogenic prints entitled Presidency I–V (2008) by German photographer Thomas Demand (b. 1964), thanks to a gift from Agnes Gund and Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder....More
| | Akademie der Künste Presents Aus / Gezeichnet / Zeichnen | BERLIN.- Akademie der Künste presents aus / gezeichnet / zeichnen is the first exhibition of the members of the Department of Visual Arts since 1993, the year of the unification of the Eastern and Western academies. A total of 450 works by 66 artists will be shown...More
| | Esteemed Photographer Helen Levitt Honored with Endowment Fund and Promised Gift of Photographs | The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today a new endowment fund and promised gift of artwork in memory of the great American street photographer Helen Levitt, who died on March 29, 2009, at the age of 95. The Helen Levitt Memorial Fund has been established...More
| | Walker Art Center Announces Exhibition that Examines the Magic and Mysteries of Conceptual Art | MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- Art that reaches beyond itself to describe the limits of what we know—and the immensity of what we don’t—is surveyed in the Walker Art Center exhibition The Quick and the Dead premiering April 25–September 27. The show seeks, in part, to ask what is alive and dead within the legacy of ...More
| | LongHouse Reserve Opens Today Rites of Spring in East Hampton | EAST HAMPTON, NY.- The LongHouse Reserve will open their Spring Season on Saturday, April 25th. Their Rites of Spring opening will feature new sculptures by Magdalena Abakanowicz, Eric Fischl, Gonzalo Fonseca, George Rickey and Johnny Swing. There will also be a site specific water...More
| | Sotheby's Holds Charity Auction in Milan To Benefit The People of Abruzzo | MILAN.- Following the recent earthquake in Abruzzo, Italy, Sotheby's Milan, Italy in association with the Municipality of Milan, Mondadori Publishing House and Casaviva magazine will hold a charity auction on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 7pm of 70 chairs by some of the world's most important designers, to raise funds for the people of Abruzzo. The auction, which was the idea of the Mayor of Milan, Letizia Moratti and Councillor Giovanni Terzi, will take place at the beautiful and historical Palazzo Marino on Piazza della Scala in Milan....More
| | Catlin Group Ltd Announces The Short List for the Catlin Art Prize 2009 | LONDON.- Now in its third year, The Catlin Art Prize is an annual event showcasing the very best art school graduates one year on from their degree exhibitions. The Prize is unique in providing the artists with the time to develop their work, allowing them to produce a collection, rather than a single piece, to demonstrate their progress. The curator of the prize, Justin Hammond, visits the BA and MA shows of every major UK art school and, in tandem with collectors of emerging artists and university curators, produces an initial shortlist of approximately 20 artists, from which the final selection is made. The chosen artists are considered to be ...More
| | Profiles in History To Auction Over Hand-Sculpted Wax Figures From The Hollywood Wax Museum | CALABASAS, CA.- For the first time in its 44-year history, the world-famous Hollywood Wax Museum is offering hand-sculpted wax figures and original costumes for auction. Over 200 figures, including top stars, musicians, athletes, and historical individuals that have been seen by millions of visitors in Hollywood, CA and Branson, MO from the 1970s to present will be sold by Profiles in History, the world’s leading Hollywood memorabilia dealer, on Friday, May 1, 2009. Worldwide bids can be placed either in person, via mail, phone, fax or live on the Internet at Profiles in History....More
| | Christie's Russian Art Sale Sets Record For Svetoslav Roerich at $2,994,500 | NEW YORK.- Christie’s Russian Art sale set a world auction record for Svetoslav Roerich with a painting of his father entitled, Portrait of Nicholas Roerich in a Tibetan Robe, 1933, which sold for $2,994,500. The painting led Russian Art week in New York, and exceeded the pre-sale high estimate of $1,100,000. The previous record for a painting by the artist was $266,500, for Three Boddisatvas. Alexis Tiesenhausen, International Head of Department, Russian Art, comments, “We are delighted with the results of this exquisite painting for Svetoslav Roerich. The Portrait of Nicholas Roerich in a Tibetan Robe is considered to be one of the most significant works of the artist’s entire oeuvre.” This iconic ...More
| | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Acquires Complete Archives and Collections of Renowned Fashion Designer Arnold Scaasi | BOSTON, MA.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), announced the acquisition of more than 100 fashions and the complete archives of legendary American fashion designer Arnold Scaasi. The collection features evening ensembles, ball gowns, cocktail dresses, day suits, and coats that are being given to the MFA by the designer. It ...More
| | For You / Para Usted, The Daros Latinamerica Tapes and Video Installations | ZURICH.- Daros Exhibitions presents For You / Para Usted, The Daros Latinamerica Tapes and Video Installations, on view through September 6, 2009. The exhibition's title, For You / Para Usted, is drawn from a video by Liliana Porter, an Argentine artist living in New York. The show features 35 works on video, including large installations, by 22 artists, all from Latin America. All works date from the last 12 years. The artists are between 33 and 73 years of age and hail from Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Panama, Colombia, Guatemala, Chile, Argentina, Costa Rica, Uruguay and Venezuela....More
| | John Wood: Quiet Protest at International Center of Photography | NEW YORK.- Like many artists who came of age in the early 1960s, John Wood has long put progressive social concerns at the center of his work. Quiet Protest, a series by the noted mixed media artist and educator, will be on view at the International Center of Photography (1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street) from May 15 through September 6, 2009. It is part of a larger retrospective of his work entitled On the Clear Edge of Meaning, the major portion of which is being shown at the Grey Art Gallery of New York University from May 12 through July 18....More
| | Shibu - Japan's Essence of Elegance - Topic of Saturday Lecture | SAN DIEGO, CA.- Mingei International Museum will present a lecture, SHIBUI — The Essence of Elegance, at 4:30 on Saturday, May 2 at the Museum in Balboa Park. The speaker is Hollis Goodall, curator of Japanese art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Reservations are $5 for members and students and $10 for non-members. For information or to reserve, call 619-239-0003, ext. 405. In Japanese aesthetics, between the gorgeous and the dull lies a territory of perfect, restrained elegance called shibumi (adverb: shibui). Hollis Goodall, will consider the concept of shibumi, its history and its precursors, wabi sabi and yugen. The lecture is presented in conjunction with the Museum's current exhibition SHIBUI — The Subtle Beauty of Japanese Craft....More
| | HIAP Production Residencies: Call for Applications | HELSINKIHIA.- Helsinki International Artist-in-residence Programme invites international visual artists to submit applications for HIAP Production Residencies for the period of 2009/10. The deadline for applications is 1st July 2009 (postmark). HIAP Production Residencies provide professional visual artists with an opportunity to concentrate on developing new concepts and / or producing new works in Helsinki. Production support is offered for the whole production process from the first idea until the finished piece. ...More
| | Two in One - Benefit Auction of 100 Contemporary Artworks at Christie's, Amsterdam | AMSTERDAM.- Nicolaus Schafhausen, director of Witte de With, in collaboration with Ann Demeester, director of de Appel, jointly present Two in One, a benefit auction of 100 works by internationally acclaimed contemporary artists to benefit new projects. You are invited to participate in this fundraising adventure, to be held at Christie's auction house in Amsterdam on May 20, 2009.
Witte de With, Center of Contemporary Art, Rotterdam and de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam, are two leading institutions dedicated to the presentation of and discourse about the most challenging contemporary art in ...More
| | National Artists Enter Annual von Liebig Exhibition for First Time | NAPLES, FL.- The Naples Art Association at The von Liebig Art Center opened its annual statewide juried exhibition, Art Encounter, to national submissions for the first time and received submissions from 261 artists living in 36 states. Exhibition juror and awards judge Dahlia Morgan, Director Emerita for the Frost Art Museum at Florida International University in Miami and member of the Art Basel Miami Host Committee, selected 68 works by 60 artists from 12 states for the resulting National Art Encounter 2009 exhibition, which is on view May 16 through July 12 throughout the art center, 585 Park Street in Naples.
"What a thrill it was to see the entries coming in from all over the United States," said art center Curator Jack O'Brien. "Artists from the Pacific Coast to the Atlantic Coast were eager to exhibit in Naples."...More
| | Charlotte Street Foundation's Urban Culture Project Presents Missed Connections By Paul Shortt | KANSAS CITY, MO.- Urban Culture Project is pleased to present Missed Connections, a solo exhibition of work by Kansas City artist Paul Shortt. The show opens Friday, May 15, 6-9pm with a free reception at Urban Culture Project Space, 21 East 12th Street, Kansas City MO. The exhibition runs through June 4, with gallery hours each Thursday and Saturday, 12-5pm. Shortt’s exhibition takes its name from the online classifieds section of Craigslist, where individuals post ads in attempt to reconnect with other people, typically strangers and potential love interests glimpsed in public spaces. The show will feature a video involving a series of Missed Connections read aloud, combined ...More
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