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Home Art Basel Shows Works of Art by 2,500 Artists at World's Premier International Art Fair The work 'Big Retrospective Painting' (1979), by Andy Warhol, is on view at Art Basel. Works of art by more than 2,500 artists are presented in what is the most important art fair in the world. Photo EFE/ Georgios Kefalas. BASEL.- The 40th edition of Art Basel takes place in the culturally rich city of Basel, Switzerland, from June 10 through June 14, 2009. As the world’s premier art show, Art Basel marks the annual reunion of the international artworld. This year, more than 300 exhibiting galleries from all over the globe were selected from a record number of more than 1,100 applications, and will be showing works by over 2,500 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Art Unlimited hall, with its 60 large-scale projects, and the Public Art Projects on the exhibition square offer further highlights....More Looking at Music: Side 2 Explores the Creative Exchange Between Musicians and Artists in NYC NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents Looking at Music: Side 2, a survey of over 120 photographs, music videos, drawings, audio recordings, publications, Super 8 films, and ephemera that look at New York City from the early 1970s to the early 1980s when the city became a haven for young renegade artists who often doubled as musicians and poets. Art ...More Picasso Drawings Valued at $9.8 Million and $14 Million Stolen from Paris Museum PARIS.- (EFE) A sketchbook containing drawings by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso valued at between 7 million and 10 million euros ($9.8 million and $14 million) was stolen from the Picasso Museum in Paris, police told Efe Tuesday. The sketchbook contains about 30 drawings and was stolen either on Monday or Tuesday, during which time the museum was closed to the general public, without ...More Sotheby's London Contemporary Art Evening Sale to Present Three Rare Andy Warhol Paintings LONDON.- Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Auction on Thursday, June 25, 2009 will be spearheaded by three exceptionally rare Andy Warhol paintings from an important European collection - Mrs McCarthy and Mrs Brown (Tuna Fish Disaster), Hammer and Sickle and Diamond Dust Shoes - and features Peter Doig’s painting Almost Grown, which ranks in the very highest tier of the ...More Montenegro Pavilion at Palazzo Zorzi Shows Dado: The Zorzi Elegies VENICE.- For half a century, the well-known Montenegrin-born artist Dado (b. Cetinje, 1933) has been creating a world of delicate horror and intricate fantasy in every medium from painting and fresco to drawing, engraving and book illustration. In 1989, the mill at Hérouval in Normandy, France that has long been Dado’s ...More Saint Louis Art Museum Transforms Gallery into a Painting Conservation Lab for Exhibition SAINT LOUIS, MO.- This summer, the Saint Louis Art Museum will transform one of its main level galleries into a painting conservation lab for Reviving Antiquity: Restoring Hubert Robert’s Views of Ancient Ruins. Beginning June 10, Paintings Conservator Mark Bockrath of West Chester, Pa., will clean and restore three large 18th-century landscapes by the French painter ...More Fundación Telefónica Presents Gerhard Richter's Overpainted Photographs MADRID.- Fundación Telefónica presents the personal project of one of the greatest creators of the XX century, made of more than 300 painted pictures coming from his personal albums. The show includes images from private collections and from the artist himself on which Richter has worked since 1989 until the present. Gerhard Richter is...More National Museums Liverpool Allows You to Ask the Curator: Discover What Goes on Behind the Scenes LIVERPOOL.- Ever wondered what it’s like to handle ancient artefacts, care for unusual bugs or produce an exhibition of wonderful artworks? National Museums Liverpool is giving the public an opportunity to quiz curators and discover more about their fascinating jobs. Posting your questions is easily done on the National Museums Liverpool website at www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/curator/ . The best questions will be selected and posed to the curator in a video interview which will also be shown on the website....More Picasso, Monet and Giacometti, Lead Sotheby's Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art LONDON.- Sotheby's forthcoming sale of Impressionist & Modern Art on the evening of Wednesday, June 24, 2009 will be led by rare works by Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Pablo Picasso’s Homme à l’épée, a striking and monumental depiction of a musketeer from the artist’s late oeuvre, will be one of the centre-pieces of the sale with an estimate of £6-8 million. The vividly coloured painting ...More McNay Art Museum Showcases Art Collection of 1950s Maverick Tom Slick: International Art Collector SAN ANTONIO, TX.- Tom Slick (1916–1962) is an important figure in San Antonio’s history. A legendary explorer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist, he founded the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, the Southwest Research Institute, and the Mind Science Foundation, among many well-known accomplishments in his short life. Slick’s achievements as a collector of modern art, however, have been under appreciated....More Three Contemporary Exhibitions Open at the New Orleans Museum of Art NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Three new exhibitions of work by living artists—Rachel Jones and David Webber (two-person), Martin von Haselberg and Marcus Coates—will open in June at the New Orleans Museum of Art....More Renowned Dutch Photographers Observe New York in "Dutch Seen: New York Rediscovered" NEW YORK, NY.- Stunning and highly original images of New York and New Yorkers created by 13 prominent Dutch photographers—some internationally renowned (Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Hendrik Kerstens, and Rineke Dijkstra, among others), some young and emerging—will be on view in Dutch Seen: New York Rediscovered, one of three exhibitions at the Museum of the City of New York organized in conjunction with the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s epic 1609 voyage into New York Harbor, and the original Dutch colonies in New York. Dutch ...More Bellevue Arts Museum Announces a Retrospective of One of America's Most Innovative Ceramic Sculptors Robert Sperry BELLEVUE, WA.- This fall, Bellevue Arts Museum brings to life the work of one of ceramic’s great innovators: Robert Sperry. Originally organized by the American Museum of Ceramic Art, the local presentation of this exhibition has been expanded to include pieces from public and private collections in the Northwest, giving a comprehensive panoramic view of Sperry’s legacy as a seminal contributor to American ceramics and contemporary art. The exhibit features over...More Lawrence Passmore Joins Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts as Director of Foundation Relations PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Lawrence Passmore has joined the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts as Director of Foundation Relations. In his new role, Passmore brings senior grant writing and fundraising experience to PAFA's foundation and government relations efforts, as well as strategies to research and cultivate corporate giving prospects for the Academy. ...More Whistler: The Gentle Art of Making Etchings to Open at Lady Lever Art Gallery LIVERPOOL.- A fascinating exhibition gives remarkable insights into the etchings of American artist James McNeill Whistler, one of the greatest exponents of the art form. Whistler: The Gentle Art of Making Etchings 3 July – 20 September 2009 features about 50 exquisite works drawn from the University of Glasgow ’s world-famous Whistler collection....More Ryan Trecartin and Lizzie Fitch Outdoor Installation at the Rose Art Museum WALTHAM, MA.- The Rose Art Museum presents the first showing of artists Ryan Trecartin and Lizzie Fitch in the Boston area with the sculptural installation, The Aboutthing (in the air), 2009. Outgoing Rose Director Michael Rush says of the outdoor installation: "I have wanted to present Ryan Trecartin's work for several years now. He is one of the leading voices in avant-garde video and film work. This sculptural project with his ...More National Gallery Paintings in Superb Detail on your iPhone LONDON.- The National Gallery is the first ever gallery to make its paintings accessible through a downloadable iPhone application, making it possible to take a mini tour of the Gallery anywhere in the world. The Gallery, in partnership with Antenna Audio and Apple Inc., has designed a new application for iPhones and iTouch devices that enables people to explore a ...More Detroit Institute of Arts Opens New Wayne and Joan Webber Education Wing DETROIT, MI.- The Detroit Institute of Arts' extensive program of art classes and educational activities has a brand new home thanks to a $2.6 million donation from Wayne and Joan Webber. The Wayne and Joan Webber Education Wing provides spaces for drop-in workshops, art-making classes, seminars and art display. The Webbers have earmarked $1 million of their gift to establish the Wayne and Joan Webber Education Endowment, to provide funding for future educational programs and activities....More Saint Louis Art Museum, Washington University Announce Freund Fellows SAINT LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis jointly announce the selection of artists Bruce Yonemoto and Ian Monroe as the Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Teaching Fellows for the academic years 2009–10 and 2010–11, respectively....More Monterey Museum of Art Debuts New Contest Where Oh Where in Monterey? MONTEREY, CA.- There is now yet another compelling reason to visit Made in Monterey at the Monterey Museum of Art-Pacific Street. Besides the beauty of the sweeping 50th Anniversary exhibition and engaging new family gallery activities, locals and visitors alike can try their hand at a contest titled Where Oh Where in Monterey? Monterey's glorious landscape and romantic architecture has sparked the creativity of generations of artists. While many of these historic scenes are immediately recognizable, others have changed over the decades....More