ArtDaily Newsletter: Saturday, September 26, 2009

The First Art Newspaper on the Net Established in 1996 Saturday, September 26, 2009   Survey of Anish Kapoor's Career to Date Opens at the Royal Academy of Arts in London Artist Anish Kapoor is reflected as he poses for photographs in front of a piece entitled "Vertigo". (AP Photo/Matt Dunham). LONDON.- The Royal Academy of Arts will hold a major solo exhibition of the internationally acclaimed artist and 1991 Turner Prize winner Anish Kapoor. Kapoor is regarded as one of the most influential and pioneering sculptors of his generation and is celebrated for works which enter into a profound spiritual engagement with the viewer such as the early pigment sculptures; 1000 Names (1979-80), Marsyas (2002) part of the Unilever Series at the Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, and Sky Mirror, installed at the Rockefeller Centre, New York in 2006. This exhibition will survey Kapoor's career to date as well as showcase new and previously unseen works. One of the highlights of the exhibition will be the monumental work Svayambh, (a Sanskrit word which roughly translates as "auto-generated"). The work has the appearance of a vast mass of wax that moves almost imperceptibly on sunken rails leaving a residue in its wake as it tr ... More Christie's Host a Week of Exhibitions and Auctions to Celebrate Frieze Week in London Martin Kippenberger (1953-1997) Paris Bar, oil on cotton, 83.1/2 x 150.3/8in. (212 x 382cm.) Painted in 1991. Estimate £800,000 - £1,200,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2009. LONDON.- To co-incide with Frieze Week in October 2009, Christie's announces a series of exhibitions and auctions dedicated to Post-War and Contemporary Art. The leading highlights which will be on public view at Christie's include significant works by Peter Doig, Martin Kippenberger, Lucio Fontana, Damien Hirst, Gerhard Richter, Pino Pascali, Raqib Shaw and a rare, early rediscovered drawing by Lucian Freud. The auctions of Post-War and Contemporary Art featuring The Italian Sale and Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale are expected to realise £16,218,000 to £22,980,000. ... More   Expanded SFMOMA will Become Home to Gap Founder's Contemporary Art Collection Roy Lichtenstein, Live Ammo ("Tzing"), 1962; oil and Magna on canvas; 68" x 56"; Doris and Donald Fisher Collection; © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) Board Chair Charles Schwab and Director Neal Benezra today announced that the museum is developing a groundbreaking relationship with Doris and Donald Fisher that would provide the Fisher Collection—one of the world's leading collections of contemporary art—with a home at SFMOMA. The Fishers, who together founded Gap Inc. in 1969, have long envisioned keeping their collection intact for the public in their hometown of San Francisco. The Fisher Collection includes some 1,100 works by leading artists including Alexander ... More   Jeff Koons to Curate Dakis Joannou Collection Exhibition at the New Museum Artist Jeff Koons will curate the exhibition which will take over the entire Museum. Photo: EFE/Andy Rain. NEW YORK, NY.- The Dakis Joannou Collection will come to the New Museum in late February 2010. Artist Jeff Koons will curate the exhibition which will take over the entire Museum. This is the first time that Joannou's collection will be seen in the United States. Dakis Joannou - a New Museum Trustee based in Athens - has worked closely with artists and curators over three decades to assemble an unparalleled collection of iconic works of art that reflect his distinctive passion and fervor. Curated exhibitions from the collection have been presented at Joannou's Deste Foundation in Athens since the late 1980's. The collection contains major holdings ... More Special Exhibition Explores Innovative Techniques in Postwar American Printmaking Karl Kasten, Valencia, 1960. Color soft-ground etching and aquatint with scraping and burnishing. Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of James N. Heald II, b.s. 1949. NEW HAVEN, CT.- For printmaking in America, the twenty years following the Second World War were a dynamic and innovative period during which artists fundamentally reconsidered the boundaries of the medium. The Yale University Art Gallery offers a special exhibition featuring American and European émigré artists whose work in intaglio printmaking was marked by this new impulse for experimentation. The Pull of Experiment: Postwar American Printmaking, on view from September 25, 2009, through January 3, 2010, examines the creative spirit inspired by interactions among these artists following the war ... More   President of Brandeis University, Who Recommended Closing Art Museum, to Step Down Brandeis University President Jehuda Reinharz appears in his office on the school campus, in Waltham, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) WALTHAM, NY- The president of Brandeis University, who came under intense criticism for recommending that the school close its art museum and sell $350 million worth of art, says he is stepping down. Jehuda Reinharz (juh-HUDE'-uh RYNE'-hartz) told the school's trustees this week he will remain on the job until a new president has been selected, or until June 2011. Reinharz told The Justice student newspaper, which first reported the resignation, that his decision had nothing to do with the uproar caused by his recommendation in January to close the Rose Art Museum. He says he's stepping down because he has met his goals. ... More   André Agassi Foundation Unveils Artwork by Noted Contemporary Artist Romero Britto to be Auctioned Noted Brazilian artist Romero Britto designed this year's signature piece of modern artwork. NEW YORK, NY.- In a prelude to the 14th annual Grand Slam for Children, the Andre Agassi Foundation will unveil this year's signature piece of modern artwork designed by noted Brazilian artist Romero Britto on Friday, September 25 at 4:30 PM at the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, 1201 West Lake Mead Boulevard.. The piece will be auctioned off the following evening at the Grand Slam for Children, with all proceeds benefitting the Andre Agassi Foundation and Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, a K-12 public charter school in Las Vegas that strives to provide children with a first-class education. ... More Milwaukee Art Museum Organizes First U.S. Museum Exhibition of Warhol's Late Works Andy Warhol, Camouflage, 1986. Acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen, 80 1/4 x 76 1/4 in. (203.8 x 193.7 cm). The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. MILWAUKEE, WI.- The Milwaukee Art Museum presents the first U.S. museum exhibition to explore the work Andy Warhol produced during his late years. Organized by the Milwaukee Art Museum, Andy Warhol: The Last Decade premieres in Milwaukee September 26, 2009 – January 3, 2010 before heading on national tour. Created amidst the bustle of Warhol's Pop celebrity, the works on view illustrate as never before the artist's vitality, energy, and renewed spirit of experimentation during the final years of his life. "Warhol is as misunderstood as he is famous," said John McKinnon, Milwaukee Art Museum assistant curator of modern and contemporary art. "This first-of-its-kind exhibition evaluates ... More   G-20 Spouses Tour Arts School, Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh France's first lady Carla Bruni arrives at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Friday, Sept. 25,2009, for a luncheon hosted by first lady Michelle Obama for the spouses of the visiting heads of state attending the G-20 Summit. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) By: Darlene Superville, Associated Press Writer PITTSBURGH, PA (AP).- First lady Michelle Obama, a supporter of arts education, says the arts are a form of diplomacy that challenges assumptions and helps people learn from and inspire each other. Underscoring her point, she spoke at the Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School. Its students are like those depicted in the movie, "Fame," majoring in dance, music, theater and other creative arts. "It is through our music, our literature, our art, drama and dance that we tell the story of our past and we express our hopes for the future," Mrs. Obama said Friday, ... More   Art Gallery of Alberta Appoints Gilles Hébert as New Executive Director Gilles Hébert is the new Executive Director of the Art Gallery of Alberta. EDMONTON, AB.- The Board of Directors of the Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) announced today the appointment of Gilles Hébert as the gallery's new Executive Director, effective October 26, 2009. "Gilles brings to the AGA 25 years of experience from across the spectrum of the art world, as an artist, curator, program developer and senior administrator. Gilles' career profile will be key to the gallery achieving its long-term goals, as the AGA moves into its new building and launches its New Vision with expanded exhibitions, new educational programming and a full range of top-tier gallery experiences", said Allan Scott , Chair of the AGA Board of Directors. "At this point in the AGA's history, bringing on board someone with Gilles' ... More A Few Frames: Photography and the Contact Sheet Opens at the Whitney David Wojnarowicz, Untitled, 1988. Synthetic polymer on two chromogenic prints , 11 x 13 1/4 in. (27.9 x 33.7 cm) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York purchase with funds from the Photography Committee, 95.88 Courtesy of The Estate of David Wojnarowicz and P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, NY. NEW YORK, NY.- In this selection of works drawn principally from the Whitney's permanent collection, the repetitive image of the proof sheet is the leitmotif in a variety of works spanning the range of the museum's photography collection, including the works of Paul McCarthy, Robert Frank, Ed Ruscha, and Andy Warhol. The exhibition is co-curated by Elisabeth Sussman, Whitney Curator and Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography, and Tina Kukielski, Senior Curatorial Assistant. A Few Frames opens on September 25, 2009 in the Sondra Gilman Gallery and runs through January 3, 2010. ... More   Metropolitan Museum Announces a Conversation with Salman Rushdie on Visual Imagary Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie having a discussion with Emory University students on February 11, 2008. Photo: Brett Weinstein, Wikipedia user Nrbelex. NEW YORK, NY.- Salman Rushdie's latest novel, The Enchantress of Florence, brings together Florentine Italy and Mughal India, and the cultures that lie between them, in a tale that has been described as a "sumptuous mixture of history and fable." On Tuesday, October 6, 2009, at 6:00 p.m., the Metropolitan Museum of Art Concerts & Lectures series will present a conversation with the author and three art historians - Carmen Bambach, Curator of Drawings and Prints, and Navina Haidar Haykel, Associate Curator of Islamic Art, both of the Museum; and David Roxburgh, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Islamic Art History at Harvard University - to explore major themes and visual imagery in his novel. ... More   Rare Survivals and Re-Discoveries Highlight Christie's Americana Sale Next Week A Chippendale Mahogany Bombé Chest-of-Drawers Boston or Salem, 1760-1780, 33 in. high, 37 in. wide, 21 in. deep. Estimate: $500,000-800,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2009. NEW YORK, NY.- Rare survivals of American craftsmanship from the 18th and 19th centuries and a rediscovered duck decoy are among the highlights of the upcoming mid-season sale of Important American Furniture, Folk Art & Prints at Christie's New York. The September 30 auction includes over 100 historic items and is expected to realize in excess of $1.8 million. Leading the sale is a Chippendale Mahogany Bombé Chest-of-Drawers (estimate: $500,000-800,000). Crafted in Boston or Salem, Massachusetts circa 1760-1780, this magnificent chest was gifted to Historic New England nearly forty years ago and has been in the permanent ... More More News Exhibition at Tacoma Art Museum Merges Modern-day Patterns with Tradition TACOMA, WA.- Joe Feddersen: Vital Signs, a major retrospective exhibition of work by this highly regarded artist and teacher, is on view at Tacoma Art Museum September 26, 2009, through January 10, 2010. Vital Signs features an extraordinary selection of Joe Feddersen's printmaking, collage, glass, and weaving created since 1996. Through powerful combinations of contemporary forms and Native American iconography, the works in the exhibition demonstrate the artist's fascination with the interrelationships between urban place makers—such as parking lots, tire tracks, high voltage towers, cinder blocks, and chain link fencing—and the landscape Feddersen finds in the Northwest. Following in the footsteps of his Plateau Indian ancestors, who interpreted their environment in the patterns of their baskets, Feddersen transforms the rhythms of the urban centers and natural landscapes surrounding him into art ... More Robert Motherwell: An Attitude Toward Reality, Opens at the Block Museum of Art CHICAGO, IL.- The art and rhetoric of Robert Motherwell helped define the New York School, a group of abstract painters active in the 1940s and 1950s that also included Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning. With an extensive academic background, Motherwell acted as the movement's unofficial spokesperson, writing and speaking about his generation of artists. Influenced by surrealism and psychology, Motherwell employed techniques designed to release the artistic process from rational control and express the subconscious, as seen, for example, in his Lyric Suite drawings. His art explored themes both intimate, such as a series of collages incorporating personal items like cigarette packets and pieces of mail, and international, like Elegy to the Spanish Republic, a subject he reworked in various formats throughout his life. Robert Motherwell: An Attitude Toward Reality, From the Collection of the Walker Art Center offers an overview and introduction to the artis ... More New Book Presents Most Comprehensive Collection of Projects Built by Jim Olson NEW YORK, NY.- On November 17, 2009, The Monacelli Press will release Jim Olson Houses, the most comprehensive collection of projects built in the last decade by the founding partner of Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects as well as the most prominent heir to the legacy of the 1950's Northwest master architects. With a series of photographs documenting both exteriors and interiors at 16 residences in Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, and Hong Kong, the book represents the holistic approach that has guided Olson throughout his career. The result is a vision that delicately mixes the architectural tradition of the Pacific Northwest, the influence of the Pacific Rim, and their focuses on indigenous craft. Jim Olson's work, as seen in this new book, reveals the mastery of an architect and his subtle understanding of the world around him. The introduction to Jim Olson Houses is written by Michael Webb. Known for his elegant residences, each of wh ... More The Morgan Presents Special, Limited-Run Exhibition of Original Drawings from Children's Classic NEW YORK, NY.- The Morgan Library & Museum announced that it will present a special exhibition of original drawings and manuscript pages from the classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (b. 1928). The show will run from October 6 to November 1 and is part of a citywide celebration honoring Mr. Sendak and marking the October 13 premiere of a new Warner Bros. movie adaptation, directed by Spike Jonze. Other events will take place at Lincoln Center, The New York Public Library, and The Museum of Modern Art. The Sendak works are on loan to the Morgan from the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia. The exhibition presents a rare opportunity to witness Sendak's creative process—from his early drafts about an unnamed boy in search of wild horses to the well-known narrative about a child named Max taming the beastly "things" of his own imagination. Twelve drawings and two manus ... More The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery Presents Photographic Portraits from the American West WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Portrait Gallery's exhibition "Faces of the Frontier: Photographic Portraits from the American West, 1845-1924," explores how the American West was dramatically reconstituted during the 80 years between the Mexican War and the passage of the Indian Citizenship Act in 1924. More than 100 photographic portraits tell the story of those who contributed to the transformation of this region."The stories of the American West, both mythical and factual, are the stories that continue to fascinate our nation," said Martin Sullivan, director of the National Portrait Gallery. "This exhibition explores the history of the West through the people who contributed to the transformation of the region's identity.""Faces of the Frontier" follows four general themes during this period: land, exploration, discord and possibilities. It chronicles events such as the complet ... More Morris & Co Stained Glass Comes Home to Stockport LONDON.- Six stained glass windows that were originally housed in the chapel of Stockport's Cheadle Royal Hospital have been returned to the area. Made by renowned decorative arts firm Morris & Co, they were acquired by the Stockport Story Museum with the help of a grant of £50,000 from independent charity The Art Fund towards a total cost of £93,000. Four of the windows were designed by Edward Burne-Jones and one by William Morris, both of whom were eminent artists of the Pre-Raphaelite movement and founding members of British design company Morris & Co. The sixth was designed by John Henry Dearle, who was an apprentice to William Morris before becoming Art Director and principal stained glass designer at the company. Andrew Macdonald, Acting Director of The Art Fund, said: "Morris & Co were particularly renowned for their stained glass work and these are striking examples originally made for the Cheadle Royal Hospital, wh ... More This is not unsolicited email. You were sent this ezine because you entered your email in our list at http://www.artdaily.org To unsubscribe from this Newsletter please send us an e-mail from the address you want to cancel to newsletter-request@list.artdaily.com with subject Unsubscribe.