ArtDaily Newsletter: Friday, October 2, 2009

The First Art Newspaper on the Net Established in 1996 Friday, October 2, 2009   Innovation Illuminates Meyerhoff Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art Roy Lichtenstein, Bedroom at Arles, 1992, oil and Magna on canvas, overall: 320 x 420.4 cm (126 x 165 1/2 in.) Collection of Robert and Jane Meyerhoff. WASHINGTON, DC.- Ten themes—Scrape, Concentricity, Line, Gesture, Art on Art, Drip, Stripe to Zip, Figure or Ground, Monochrome, and Picture the Frame—reveal surprising juxtapositions among the 126 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints selected from the famed collection of Robert and Jane Meyerhoff, amassed between 1958 and 2004, the year of Jane Meyerhoff's death. While six American masters—Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Brice Marden, Robert Rauschenberg, and Frank Stella—figure prominently, all of the leading abstract expressionists and several younger artists are also represented. The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Collection: Selected Works will be on view in the East Building of the National Gallery of Art from October 1, 2009, through May 2, 2010. "The Meyerhoffs built one of the greatest collections ever to focus on American painting of the postwar era, striking not only in its depth and quality, but also in the passion and acumen wi ... More Kunsthaus Zürich Presents Work by One of the Fathers of Modern Art, Georges Seurat Georges Seurat, La Tour Eiffel, ca. 1889. Öl auf Holz, 24.1 x 15.2 cm. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum purchase, William H. Noble Bequest Fund. ZURICH.- Under the heading 'Figure in Space', the Kunsthaus Zürich presents work by one of the fathers of modern art, Georges Seurat, from 2 October 2009 until 17 January 2010. A colleague of Paul Cézanne and Vincent van Gogh's, Seurat brought a scientific precision to bear on Impressionist painting. Where there was nothing but light and atmosphere he introduced rational dialogues between figures and the space surrounding them, as attested by the over 60 high-quality paintings and drawings the Kunsthaus Zürich has assembled from important public and private collections in London, Paris, New York and Washington. Together with Cézanne, van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, ... More   Disney Museum Opens Honoring Man Behind the Mouse An assortment of Mickey Mouse watches and clocks are shown on display at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco. .(AP Photo/Eric Risberg) By: Michelle Locke, Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO, CA (AP).- Walt Disney's relatives greeted the first wave of visitors as a new museum designed to showcase the personal world of the legendary animator opened Thursday. "Walt Disney reached people because he was a magical storyteller," Disney's grandson, Walter E.D. Miller, said as the museum opened. "Now it's our turn to tell Walt's story." The $110 million Walt Disney Family Museum was co-founded by Miller and his mother, Diane Disney Miller. The Walt Disney Co. collaborated on the project, but the museum is an independent venture fully funded by the Walt Disney Family Foundation. ... More   After More than 20 Years Rothko's 'Seagram Murals' Return to Tate Liverpool Alexander Liberman, Rothko in his Studio, New York, 1964. Alexander Liberman Photographic Collection & Archive Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, California (2000.R.19) © J. Paul Getty Trust. LIVERPOOL.- In 1988 Tate Liverpool opened with a memorable display of Mark Rothko's The Seagram Murals. Over 20 years later the series will make a welcome return to the gallery. From 2 October 2009 – 21 March 2010 Tate Liverpool's ground floor gallery will be transformed into an emotive display of these nine significant paintings – the walls will be painted grey according to Rothko's specifications and atmospheric lighting will enhance the dramatic qualities of the works. This display is presented in conjunction with the Tate Collection display DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture. In 1958 Mark Rothko was commissioned ... More The Freer Gallery of Art Acquires Renowned Object of Japanese Tea Culture Tea-leaf Storage Jar, named Chigusa, Southern China, Southern Song or Yuan dynasty 13th-14th century, Stoneware with iron glaze, H: 41.8 cm., Freer Gallery of Art. WASHINGTON, DC.- A humble jar widely revered as an icon of Japanese tea culture has been acquired by the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art. The jar was purchased at an auction held by Christie's in New York City Sept. 17. The jar, made in China during the late Southern Song or Yuan dynasty (13th or 14th century) and shipped to Japan as a container for a commercial product, developed a distinguished pedigree in the hands of influential tea connoisseurs, collectors and rulers who used it for storing precious tea and displayed it in their tearooms between the 15th and 20th centuries. "This handsome jar has been admired and ... More   Tate Modern Temporarily Shuts Richard Prince Exhibition Tate Modern Building © Tate Photography. LONDON (AP).- Britain's Tate Modern has temporarily closed an exhibition that includes a nude image of a 10-year-old Brooke Shields, following a visit from a London police unit that deals with obscene publications. The Tate said in a statement Thursday that it has temporarily shut the room housing "Spiritual America" by artist Richard Prince. Sale of the catalogue accompanying the exhibition is also on hold. Ruth Findlay, a spokeswoman for the museum, says the Tate is in discussions with the police. The police issued a statement saying that they met with staff at the Tate on Wednesday, the day before the exhibition was to open to the public. The police say they are eager to work with gallery management to ensure they do not cause any offense to their visitors. ... More   Fashion Museum in Antwerp Celebrates Belgian Luxury Goods House Delvaux Delvaux Brillant 1958 © Delvaux. ANTWERP.- Travel has shaped our need for bags. Over 180 years, the output of the Belgian luxury goods house Delvaux has met the needs of a clientele living through times of dramatic change and movement. Founded in an era when travel was largely horse-drawn, the company has survived through revolutions and wars, and adapted to the requirements of railways and ocean liners, bicycles, cars and jets. This exhibition follows Delvaux from the manufacture of travel goods for the local nobility in the 19th century, through the rise of the modern handbag in the 20th century, to the company's vision of a new kind of elegance under its artistic director Veronique Branquinho. ... More Exhibition of Extraordinary Costumes from Film and Television Opens Even Klingon Commanders, of Star Trek fame, have to go through the metal detector to enter the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) SACRAMENTO, CA.- The California Museum, the institution that hosted Sacramento's highly popular Lincoln exhibition, is switching out the historical exhibition and making way for something fantastically orbital. On October 3rd, the general public will be able to visit Out of this World: Extraordinary Costumes from Film and Television, an exhibition highlighting Hollywood's most memorable science fiction and fantasy costumes. Costumes and props from Star Wars, The Terminator, Star Trek, the Indiana Jones series - and many more science fiction, action, and fantasy movies and television shows from the last 70 years – illustrate how costume design ncorporates color, style, materials, traditions and cultural cues to engage performers ... More   Federal Authorities Recover Counterfeit Copy of Wyeth Watercolor In this Sept. 16, 2009 photo, painter Jamie Wyeth poses at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) WILMINGTON, DE (AP).- Federal authorities have recovered a counterfeit copy of a 1939 watercolor by artist Andrew Wyeth. The painting is a copy of "Wreck at Doughnut Point." It was recovered by the FBI after a California dealer who purchased it nine years ago for about $20,000 contacted a Texas auction house to sell it. The auction house contacted the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pa. A curator there recognized it as a painting Wyeth had identified as fake in response to an inquiry from a Connecticut art dealer a decade earlier. Wyeth was the son of famed painter and book illustrator N.C. Wyeth and father of painter Jamie Wyeth. He died in January at his Chadds Ford home at age 91. ... More   Important German Cabinet Leads Christie's Sale of Furniture, Sculpture and Works of Art An Important German ormolu-and Meissen porcelain-mounted cabinet à deux corps, circa 1860. Estimate: $100,000-200,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2009. NEW YORK, NY.- Christie's announces the sale of 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art and Ceramics on October 20, which will include over 260 lots of opulent gilt furnishings, bronze figures, ivory works of art, Sèvres porcelain, colorful Majolica and other ceramics. Leading the furniture section, and also featured on the catalogue cover, is an important German ormolu and Meissen porcelain-mounted cabinet à deux corps, circa 1860 (estimate: $100,000-200,000). This cabinet continues an established tradition of finely-mounted porcelain furnishings, which gained popularity during the third quarter of the 19th century. The cabinet is profusely decorated with porcelain plaques depicting fêtes ... More Jimmy Carter Museum Opens in Atlanta After Overhaul Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn look at a new interactive exhibit Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2009 at the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore). ATLANTA, GA (AP).- The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum reopened on the former president's 85th birthday after an overhaul that devotes more space than any other presidential library to a commander-in-chief's work after the White House. Carter beamed Thursday as he spoke to hundreds at the opening ceremony, saying: "There's no way any of you can imagine the emotions that fill my heart and my mind in this moment." About a third of the Atlanta museum explores the Georgia Democrat's life after he was defeated by Ronald Reagan. It includes dozens ... More   Diana: A Celebration Exhibition Hosted by the National Constitution Center A tiara worn by Britain's late Princess Diana, is displayed during a press preview of the exhibition. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Since the beginning of American history, our nation has had a complicated relationship with British royalty, and an unending fascination with the government we overthrew in 1776. Known to many as "The People's Princess," Princess Diana won the hearts of millions, on both sides of the Atlantic and around the world. From October 2 through December 31, 2009, the National Constitution Center will host the international traveling exhibition, Diana: A Celebration, providing an opportunity for visitors to learn more about the life and work of the Princess of Wales. ... More   Smithsonian to Show Paintings by Norman Rockwell from Lucas and Spielberg Collections Norman Rockwell, Shadow Artist. WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum is organizing the first major exhibition to explore the connections between Norman Rockwell's iconic images of American life and the movies. Two of America's best-known modern filmmakers —George Lucas and Steven Spielberg —recognized a kindred spirit in Rockwell and formed in-depth collections of his work. "Telling Stories: Norman Rockwell from the Collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg" will be on view in Washington, D.C., from July 2, 2010, through Jan. 2, 2011. The museum is the only venue for the exhibition. "Norman Rockwell is an artist and a storyteller who captured universal truths ... More More News Before Lucy Came Ardi, New Earliest Hominid Found WASHINGTON, DC (AP).- The story of humankind is reaching back another million years as scientists learn more about "Ardi," a hominid who lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia. The 110-pound, 4-foot female roamed forests a million years before the famous Lucy, long studied as the earliest skeleton of a human ancestor. This older skeleton reverses the common wisdom of human evolution, said anthropologist C. Owen Lovejoy of Kent State University. Rather than humans evolving from an ancient chimp-like creature, the new find provides evidence that chimps and humans evolved from some long-ago common ancestor — but each evolved and changed separately along the way. "This is not that common ancestor, but it's the closest we have ever been able to come," said Tim White, director of the Human Evolution Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley. The lines that evolved into modern humans and living apes probably shared an ancestor 6 million to 7 million ye ... More Bowers Museum Presents Major Retrospective by Latin American Artist Fernando Botero SANTA ANA, CA.- For the first time in 30 years, world-renowned artist Fernando Botero unveils an exhibition in California when The Baroque World of Fernando Botero opened at Bowers Museum. The exhibition features 100 paintings, sculptures, and drawings, dating from the 1950s to the present, of Botero's favorite works as well as pieces he reacquired years after they left his possession. All the works are generously on loan from the 77-year-old Colombian artist's personal collection and many have never before been seen in public. The exhibition, which remains on view at Bowers Museum through December 6, 2009, in the Janice Frey Smith and Robert Gumbiner Galleries, includes a selection of recent sculptures never before shown in North America. Recognized worldwide for his unique style of voluminous forms and sensuous figures, Botero's work takes on religion, politics, and history with a critical and comical approach. As a painter, s ... More Fall Exhibitions Focus on the City at the Grand Rapids Art Museum GRAND RAPIDS, MI.- The Grand Rapids Art Museum presents three exhibitions this fall that focus on cities as an inspiration to artists more than a century ago. The exhibitions, Tissot's London 1871- 1882: The Art and Culture of City Life, JM Whistler and the Romance of Great Cities and American Impressionism: Paintings from The Phillips Collection open October 2, 2009. As the Grand Rapids Art Museum enters a new century with a beautiful new building in a revitalized downtown, these exhibitions remind us that the conversation and innovative ideas generated in a cultured city are as relevant today as they were 100 years past. Tissot's London 1871 – 1882: The Art and Culture of City Life features James Tissot's paintings and prints created during his ten years in London. The city's museums, parks, streets, taverns and residences served as both stage and subject for his scenes of daily life. The exhibitio ... More Valencian Institute of Modern Art Features Exhibition of Works by Alberto Bañuelos VALENCIA.- This exhibition, sponsored by the Council of Castile and León's Culture Council, is the first retrospective that a museum has devoted to the work of Alberto Bañuelos. The main focus is on works of stone, marble, granite or alabaster made in the last few decades. The show features over thirty works belonging to the various series into which his sculptures are divided, especially pieces from the series Quillas (Keels), with its highly stylized, sensual works in search of metaphysical essence, Del espacio (Of Space), a sculptural approach to the melodic development of form, Abrir - Cerrar (Open – Close), vertically placed stones that totemically connect the heavens and the earth, Paisajes (Landscapes), epidermal treatments of sea and earth, and various Torsos which represent the transition between different series. The artist has made the installation Homenaje a Robert Smithson (Homage to Robert Smithson), consisting of 22 cut alabaster rocks, especially for this ex ... More Martin Gropius Bau Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Futurism with Exhibition LONDON.- "We want to sing the love of danger, the habit of energy and rashness," proclaimed the first thesis of the radical and antibourgeois manifesto published in 1909 by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (himself the son of a bourgeois family) in the Paris daily Le Figaro. The Martin-Gropius-Bau has taken the hundredth anniversary of the "Futurist Manifesto" as an occasion to devote a major exhibition entitled "Languages of Futurism" to the "universal artwork Futurism". In his eleven-point manifesto Marinetti propagated a new culture embracing all areas of life. The aim was to have all the arts participate in the construction of a new aesthetic of the everyday. Whether photography or film, fashion or design, dance or literature, painting or sculpture, architecture or music – there was no art form that the Futurists did not try their hand at. Futurism enabled the Italian art of th ... More Group Show in a Large, Pop-Up Gallery Space to Open in London LONDON.- Paradise Row, in collaboration with Prakke Contemporary, will present. Play, a group show in a large, pop-up gallery space in Mayfair, central London during October 2009. Using the theories and investigations Johan Huizinga as a starting point, Play explores manifestations of play in contemporary art, from artists and works whose work is game-like in form or content, through to artists whose work is playful in a more direct sense. In itself playful, the curation brings together both established art stars such as Jake & Dinos Chapman, with a new generation of breakthrough artists, including Gosha Ostretsov, Aaron Young, Shezad Dawood and Mounir Fatmi and historic works by Sol Le Witt and Marcel Duchamp in a cultural event that will amount to an evolving mini-arts festival, comprising of an exhibition, performances, talks and events, themed on the subject of culture as play. The full list of artists is the following: ... More Brazil Architect Niemeyer Undergoes Tumor Removal RIO DE JANEIRO (AP).- Doctors have removed a tumor from the colon of famed Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer after discovering intestinal bleeding. The 101-year-old Niemeyer will stay in intensive care for at least several days. Niemeyer was originally hospitalized last week for gallstone surgery. A statement Wednesday night from the Hospital Samaritano says the latest surgery was not linked to the gallstone surgery. The tumor operation lasted three hours and was completed without complications. Niemeyer designed much of Brazil's futuristic capital, Brasilia, and Rio's Sambadrome, where the annual carnival parade is held. He also helped design the United Nations building in New York City. ... More This is not unsolicited email. 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