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| Kunstmuseum Moritzburg in Germany Opens Lyonel Feininger: Back in America 1937-1956 |
A woman observes the painting Dune and Wave-Breakers,1939 painted by artist Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956), at the Moritzburg Museum in Halle Saale (Germany). Photo: EFE/Peter Endig.
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HALLE SAALE.- The Moritzburg in Halle – once an archbishop’s residence, now the Art Museum of Saxony-Anhalt – has unique links to Lyonel Feininger. The artist used the top floor of the gate tower as his studio from 1929 to 1931. This was where the world famous series of Halle pictures, one of the pinnacles of Feininger’s creative period in Germany, was started, and where he stored part of his work until 1935 following the closure of Bauhaus in Dessau....More
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| New American Wing Galleries Open at the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
NEW YORK, NY.- When The Charles Engelhard Court—the grand, light-filled pavilion that has long served as the formal entrance to The Metropolitan Museum of Art's American Wing—reopens this spring after two years of construction and renovation, the Museum's unparalleled collections of American ceramics, sculpture, stained glass, architectural elements, silver, pewter, glass, and jewelry will finally be seen in all their glory. So, too, will its early American rooms—12 of ...More
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| Framing Modernism Architecture & Photography in Italy 1926-1965 at the Estorick Collection |
LONDON.- Comprising over 100 vintage photographs drawn from the RIBA British Architectural Library Photographs Collection, Framing Modernism: Architecture & Photography in Italy 1926–1965 investigates how the development of Italian Modernist architecture was recorded and shaped by photography. The exhibition is on view through June 21, 2009, at the Estorick Collection of Modern...More
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| Rediscovered Masterwork by Russian Artist Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky Spearheads Sotheby's Sale |
LONDON.- Sotheby's London is delighted to announce that on Monday, June 8, 2009, as part of its Russian Art Evening auction, it will offer for sale the recently rediscovered oil on canvas painting, Nanny with Children by acclaimed Russian artist Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky (1883-1939), signed in Cyrillic and dated 1912. The painting, which has been considered lost for almost a century, comes ...More
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| Minneapolis Institute of Arts Appoints New Head of Decorative Arts |
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Minneapolis Institute of Arts today announced the appointment of Eike D. Schmidt as the new James Ford Bell Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture and head of the Department of Decorative Arts, Textiles & Sculpture. In this capacity Schmidt will lead one of the MIA’s largest and most diverse curatorial departments, with more than 18,000 works in various mediums...More
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| Galician Center for Contemporary Art Opens Everywhere: Sexual Diversity Policies in Art |
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA.- The core of this exhibition rests upon the different representations of sexual diversity as a concept within Art. Through this embracing designation it is possible to witness images mainly on homosexuality, lesbianism and the sexualities and identifications usually gathered in the acronym LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and queer), it can also be ...More
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| Converted Bunker in Berlin Houses the Boros Collection |
BERLIN.- This June, Christian Boros and his wife Karen Lohmann are making their collection of contemporary art available to the public in a converted bunker in Mitte, a central borough of Berlin. The first exhibition exclusively shows works which incorporate the space.
The Boros Collection
Christian Boros is the owner of an advertising agency with offices in Wuppertal ...More
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| Asia's First World-class Fine Art Storage Facility in Singapore to Open in 2010 |
LONDON.- Leading art business Christie’s International announced that Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS), provider of customized storage solutions for fine art, antiques and collectibles, will open a new ultra-high security facility at The Singapore FreePort in January 2010. This long-term offering with The Singapore FreePort Pte. Ltd. underscores Christie’s commitment to Singapore and marks the firm’s continued investment in Asia....More
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| Getty Exhibition Highlights Research Institute's Extensive Holdings on Algiers |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Getty Research Institute presents “Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City,” featuring selections from the GRI’s unique and extensive archive of historical materials on the Middle East and North Africa.
“Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City,” on view at the Getty...More
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| Bowes Museum Wins 2009 Museums & Heritage Award for Excellence |
COUNTY DURHAM.- The Bowes Museum was among the top prize winners in the 2009 Museums & Heritage Awards for Excellence, announced at a prestigious ceremony at London’s Church House, Westminster.
Following a champagne reception and dinner, the Awards ceremony was announced by broadcaster and journalist, Simon Calder, who announced the winners in each of the twelve ...More
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| Delaware Art Museum Announces New Officers and Trustees |
WILMINGTON, DE.- The Delaware Art Museum is pleased to announce that Carolyn S. Burger has been newly elected President of the Museum’s Board of Trustees, replacing Rodney P. Wood who held the post since 2005. Ms. Burger, who has served on the Board since 2004, was the founder and principal of CB Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in legislation, technology deployment for senior ...More
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| Imperial Ming Jar Takes the 1.1m Pound Biscuit at Bonhams Chinese Art Sale |
LONDON.- A splendid Ming dynasty jar, a rare survivor from a vanished era of Imperial Chinese prestige, has sold for £1,117,600 in a packed sale at Bonhams New Bond Street which made a total of £3.2m.
Created in the reign of the Emperor Jiajing (AD1522-66), and estimated to sell for up to £250,000, the elegant understated blue and white jar with highlighted...More
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| Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao Shows Broad Range of Joaquim Mir's Themes |
BILBAO.- "All I want is for my works to lighten the heart and flood the eyes and the soul with light." That was how Joaquim Mir (Barcelona, 1873—1940), one of the most famous and influential artists in Catalonian art circles in the early 20th century, summed up his private art manifesto in 1928. Colour and light meant everything to Mir, and he used them to build a personal idiom in which he created a surprisingly modern oeuvre, beyond the art movements like ...More
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| Perrin Antiquaires to be Sole Ambassador of the 18th Century Period at Art Basel |
PARIS.- The 40th edition of Art Basel, the world!s largest contemporary art fair, will take place from June, 10 to June,14 2009 in Basel, Switzerland.
Annual rendezvous of the international art scene, the 2009 edition of Art Basel features about 300 dealers amongst the most influent galeries in the world....More
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| Icons of American Art Coming to Birmingham Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness |
BIRMINGHAM, AL.- An extraordinary exhibition of American art and objects from the colonial era to the Gilded Age titled Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery will be on view at the Birmingham Museum of Art from October 4, 2009 to January 10, 2010. The exhibition includes 230 paintings, drawings, photographs, furniture, silver, early glass, and other works that reflect the diverse heritages of their makers and provide fascinating insights...More
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| Weserburg Opens Urban Art Exhibition with Works from the Reinking Collection |
BREMEN.- Urban Art is everywhere. Unsolicited, it leaves its traces and signs in urban space. It conquers the public sphere with stickers, posters, extensive murals, and stencil graffiti. It’s galleries are the world’s streets. What began as graffiti in the large cities on America’s east coast forty years ago has since experienced a decisive development. Even if the majority of actions continue to be produced anonymously and illegally, it is no longer exclusively a phenomenon associated with youth culture. Many of the protagonists have ...More
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| Bellevue Arts Museum Appoints Mark Crawford Executive Director/CEO |
BELLEVUE, WA.- The Board of Trustees of Bellevue Arts Museum announced today the appointment of Mark Crawford as Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Crawford brings over 25 years of experience in successfully leading and managing growth in both for-profit and non-profit organizations, and has served as the Museum’s Interim Executive Director since October 2008. ...More
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| Sotheby's New York Sales of African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art Total $10,582,129 |
NEW YORK, NY.- Last Friday, before a crowded saleroom of international clients, Sotheby’s two sales of African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian art brought a combined total of $10,582,129. The morning single-owner sale of The Sculptor’s Eye: African and Oceanic Art from the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation surpassed the high estimate to bring $4,888,316 (est. $3/4.4 million). The afternoon various owners sale, which also included Pre-Columbian Art, exceeded the low estimate to achieve $5,693,813 (est. $4.3/6.4 million)....More
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| Moscow Museum of Modern Art Opens Claudia Rogge: A Retrospective |
MOSCOW.- Moscow Museum of Modern Art together with pARTnerproject gallery opens the first solo museum exhibition of Claudia Rogge, the well-known Düsseldorf photographer. “A Retrospective” presents more than 30 large-scale photographs, as well as an installation that reflects the author’s ongoing fascination with the theme of the individual and the crowd. The show is curated by David Galloway, art critic for the International Herald Tribune and former Chief Curator of the Tehran ...More
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| Raymond R. Krueger Named Board President at the Milwaukee Art Museum |
MILWAUKEE, WI.- The Milwaukee Art Museum held its Members’ Annual Meeting on Monday, May 18, along with its largest support group, Friends of Art (FOA). Two new officers and seven new trustees were elected at the meeting.
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