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| Rare Works by Goya, Fragonard, David and Turner at Sotheby's July Old Master Paintings |
Pieter Brueghel the Younger, A Flemish Village in Winter with the Massacre of the Innocents, oil on oak panel, 122 by 170 cm. Estimate: 2,500,000—3,500,000 . Photo: Sotheby's.
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LONDON.- Sotheby's forthcoming sales of Old Master Paintings and Drawings to take place in London on Wednesday, July 8 and Thursday, July 9, 2009 will bring to the market a superb selection of rare works by renowned French, Spanish, Dutch, Flemish, Italian and British Old Masters as well as a single-owner sale of Renaissance and Baroque masterworks from the collection of Barbara Piasecka Johnson. Among the artists to feature in the Old Master Paintings Evening Sale are Daddi, Dell’Abate, Metsu, Guercino, Zurbarán, Guardi, Fragonard and Goya and the 48 lots have an estimate in the region of £24 million. A large ...More
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| Tate Modern Presents Today First Large-Scale Showing of Futurism in Britain in Thirty Years |
LONDON.- Tate Modern presents today Futurism, on view through September 20, 2009. This exhibition will be the first large-scale showing of Futurism in Britain in thirty years. The movement set out to modernise Italian art and social attitudes and its influence spread across Europe and beyond, revolutionising the response to the dynamism of modern life. Its master of ceremonies was the poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti...More
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| Francesca Leone (Italy) - "Beyond Their Gaze" at Moscow Museum of Modern Art |
MOSCOW.- Moscow Museum of Modern Art opens the first Russian personal exhibition of Francesca Leone, the artists which picturesque canvas take a special place in actual Italian art. The project "Beyond the gaze" will present to the spectator nearby 30 large-sized pictorial works amazing even tempted public by carefulness of the technique, the concentrated sensibleness of chromatic transitions and extreme refinement of experiences in a combination to the force of a visual spell. The exhibition is dated...More
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| Cheekwood Announces Fall Exhibition, From Washington to Warhol: Americana Redefined |
NASHVILLE, TN.- From Washington to Warhol: Americana Redefined will be on display at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art from July 11 through January 3, 2010. Drawing from Cheekwood’s collection...More
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| Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts in London at Sotheby's |
LONDON.-Yesterday’s sale of Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts in London achieved the highest price at auction for a printed book this year - £623,650/ $1,022,973/ €726,616 - with the sale of the most sought-after of all atlases, a first edition of Claudius Ptolemaeus’s 15th century colour atlas of the world. The sale achieved...More
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| Fashion Photographer Paolo Roversi at Camera Work in Berlin |
BERLIN.- CAMERA WORK presents the works of fashion photographer Paolo Roversi in its gallery showrooms. For over 35 years, Paolo Roversi, born in Ravenna, Italy, in 1947, has been working and living in Paris. The exhibition of around 50 photographs will show, beyond the series Guinivere and Nudi, pictures of the studio of the artist in Paris...More
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| Acclaimed Cutting Edge Contemporary Art at SCOPE Art Fair in Basel |
BASEL.- SCOPE, the acclaimed art show that established its name by providing a much needed international platform for cutting edge contemporary art, returns to Basel for the third year, hosting more galleries than ever before, from all over the world. Moreover, this year will see SCOPE in a brand new...More
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| Earliest and Rarest Paintings by Indigenous Australian Artists Presented at NYU |
NEW YORK.- "It is not every day that a new kind of beauty is born," says Professor Roger Benjamin of the University of Sydney, the exhibition's guest curator. Such is the achievement of the painters of Papunya, who adapted the rich meaning of their image-making to a new context, reasserting with pride and intelligence the world's oldest...More
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| Bonhams Appoints Director for New York European Paintings Department |
NEW YORK.- Bonhams New York is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Deborah Coy as Director European Paintings. Being the only auction house to offer European Paintings specialists in New York, Los Angeles, as well as San Francisco, Coy’s role is dynamic as well as vital to Bonhams’ continued expansion in the US market. With a career spanning nearly three decades, Deborah Coy is unquestionably amongst the most highly respected people in the auction industry....More
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| The Tip Of The Iceberg - Francis Bacon's Drawings - 53rd Venice Biennale |
by Edward Lucie-Smith and Alberto Agazzani VENICE.- It is organized on occasion of the 53rd Venice Biennale but it is a unique event with an extraordinary character; Cà Zenobio degli Armeni, Venice, seat of the Pavilion of the Syrian Arab Republic hosts an exhibition of drawings by Francis Bacon titled ‘The Tip of the Iceberg. Drawings by Francis Bacon’. The exhibition – curated by the famous English art critic Edward Lucie-Smith and by Alberto Agazzani...More
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| Cecilia Fajardo-Hill Appointed Vice President of Curatorial Affairs and Chief Curator at MOLAA |
LONG BEACH, CA.- Richard P. Townsend, President and CEO of the Museum of Latin American Art, announced the appointment today of Cecilia Fajardo-Hill as Vice President of Curatorial Affairs and Chief Curator of the Museum of Latin American Art. Ms. Fajardo-Hill will begin her new position on August 17, 2009. In her new role at MOLAA, Ms. Fajardo-Hill will work together with Mr. Townsend in developing MOLAA into a dynamic institution with a multifaceted program of 20th and 21st-century Latin American art ranging from groundbreaking exhibitions of major masters to those that explore major issues of our time to cutting edge programs that emphasize innovation and current trends....More
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| Tensta Konsthall Launches a New Virtual Gallery and a New Website |
Stockholm.-We are happy to announce the launch of our new website designed by Ohlsonsmith and Nodeone. The site is intended to be easy to navigate, continuously updated, works with an open source programming solution and even includes regular blog. As part of the site we have included The Virtual Gallery a new web gallery and the first thing you see when you visit the site. The Virtual Gallery curated by Pia Isaksson is intended as a window for artists and the art centre with new exhibitions each month. Every artist will show around 15 images each, you will be able to either flip between the images or just follow the flow on the page....More
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| The Royal Scottish Academy Launches New Scheme for Scottish Artists |
GLASGOW.- The Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture announced the launch of its RSA RESIDENCIES FOR SCOTLAND programme in collaboration with the Scottish Arts Council. With a total budget of some £45,000, the new scheme will provide funded residency opportunities with partner provider venues across Scotland enabling contemporary artists a period of research.
The RSA residency initiatives have often acted as a stepping-stone between art school and fledgling career for many now distinguished Scottish artists; providing the opportunity to work in an environment conducive to the research and creation of new work. With additional funding of £20,000 from the Scottish Arts Council, the RSA have been able to extend their residency programme offering more artists exciting opportunities across the country....More
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| VOLTA Opened its Fifth Edition This Past Monday With Terrific Sales and High Praises |
BASEL.- VOLTA5 opened its doors to its new location at the Markhalle, smack in the heart of Basel proper. As the next station on the summer art train, collectors and aficionados made their way to the Swiss art fair Mecca, gearing up for new cultural adventures at the start of the Basel Arts Week. With more than 8.000 registered guests, VOLTA kick started its fifth edition at its third and most dramatic location yet in Basel - the Markthalle. Right in the very center of Basel, VOLTA's new home has delighted both visitors and exhibitors with its spacious set-up and remarkable architecture. The opening day couldn't have started better for London's One in the Other gallery, which sold two works by James Wright to the Zabludowicz Collection. The good vibes continued for Galeria Nara Roesler from Sao Paulo, which sold works by Alberto Baraya - featured at this year's Venice Biennale- to American collector Estrellita Brodsky. Furthe...More
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| Get Married on the Bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise - Inside Star Trek: The Exhibition at The Franklin Institute |
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Have you ever dreamed of getting married on the bridge of Star Trek's U.S.S. Enterprise? This summer, The Franklin Institute, in partnership with WMMR-FM, is giving away a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have the ultimate Star Trek Wedding - inside the Exhibition! The Franklin Institute is looking for couples whose dream would be to get married or renew vows on the bridge of the Enterprise inside STAR TREK: THE EXHIBITION. The winning couple – determined by online public vote – will plan a ceremony aboard the bridge in the Exhibition and a reception inside The Franklin Institute! To enter the on-line competition, fans are asked to submit a photo and a short paragraph by June 24 on why they should be selected as the couple to win the Star Trek wedding. A group of local expert judges will vote on their favorite couples from all of the entries received. Photos of the finalists will then be posted online at www.fi.edu/startrekwedding from July 6 - July 20,...More
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| Longview Museum of Art in Texas Goes Global with Artist Chantal Malthais Oei |
SANTA FE, NM.- The Longview Museum of Art is honored to exhibition "Sense of Infinity," a new body of work by Chantal Maltais Oei on September 12th, 2009. With studios in Santa Fe, New Mexico; San Francisco, California; and Bali, Indonesia, Maltais Oei¹s is truly a global artist. After receiving
her fine art degree at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, she studied art in Italy. Recent exhibition, ³2 x 2: A Cultural Ark² featured Maltais Oei's work, traveled to museums and art centers throughout Mexico. The artist travels around the world creating art. As arts writer and critic Hollis Walker (published in "Art in America Magazine", "ARTnews", "Sculpture") mentions in her article "Acquisitive/Inquisitive" (2008), Maltais Oei often gathers objects from around the world, creating an assemblage of cultural references, to complete
an artwork. ³Maltais Oei¹s artwork represents a journal of her journeys, but it is more than the memory book most of us create from the fodder ...More
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| Smart Structures - What Is Intelligent Architecture Like? |
BERLIN.- "Building intelligently" is one of today´s leading questions worldwide, as design, architecture, and urban planning have to urgently find answers to changing global circumstances. The laboratory-talk "Smart Structures - What Is Intelligent Architecture Like?" will investigate new approaches and ideas such as drastic weight reduction, functional integration, and the development of sustainable combinations of materials to support minimization of environmental damage - towards an intelligent and flexible architecture. How can architecture free itself from established styles? ...More
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