ArtDaily Newsletter, Wednesday, December 3, 2008

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Home   Museo del Prado Presents Restored Purification of Mary Made by Peeter de Kempeneer Detail of The Purification of Mary, before (l) and after (r) the restoration painted by by Flemish artist Peeter de Kempeneer in 1556. MADRID.- After a long and complex restoration process undertaken in their studios, the Museo del Prado temporarily presents in hall 56 B one of the seminal works of art from the Renaissance: La Purificación de María(The Purification of Mary), made by Flemish artist Peeter de Kempeneer in 1556. ...More Carlo Cardazzo: A New Vision for Art on View at Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice VENICE.- In this 60th anniversary year of Peggy Guggenheim’s collection in Venice, her museum will host an exhibition dedicated to a major figure in Italian and international art of the mid 20th century: Carlo Cardazzo (1908-1963), a Venetian whose centenary is ...More Tiepolo Masterpiece - Previously Hidden in the Attic of a Chateau in France - Sells for $4,227,780 LONDON.- Christie’s auction of Important Old Master and British Pictures took place this evening and realised $21,822,636, selling 80% by lot and 71% by value. A master view of Venice by Canaletto, The Grand Canal, Venice, set the highest price of the evening selling for $5,727,684. A rediscovered ...More Woodcuts in Modern China, 1937-2008: Towards a Universal Pictorial Language HAMILTON, NY.- The show at the Picker Art Gallery features 60 Chinese woodblock prints: 30 pieces from Colgate’s own Herman collection and 30 woodblock prints by eleven contemporary Chinese artists. It is curated by Joachim Homann and Boston-based printmaker and curator Renee ...More University of Michigan Museum of Art Announces Grand Reopening ANN ARBOR.- On March 28, 2009, the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) will open a landmark 53,000-square-foot expansion and major restoration of its historic, 41,000-square-foot home, Alumni Memorial Hall. Designed by principal architect Brad Cloepfil and his team at Allied Works ...More Kunsthaus Zürich Announces Giacometti Exhibition Next Year ZURICH.- From 27 February to 24 May 2009, the Kunsthaus Zürich exhibits masterpieces from the Egyptian Museum in Berlin – including busts of Akhenaton and Nefertiti, the block statue of Senemut, and the so-called Berlin Green Head – together with sculptures, paintings and drawings by Alberto ...More Exhibition at Bass Museum Features Works by Today's Leading Russian Artists MIAMI.- Russian Dreams… presents a selection of cutting-edge works by contemporary artists from Russia. On view at the Bass Museum of Art from December 4, 2008 to February 8, 2009, the exhibition explores Russian art’s evolution from the pre-Glasnost era to the present day. Russian ...More Japanese Comic-book Phenomenon Manga on View at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art HUMLEBAEK.- The Japanese comic-book phenomenon manga has a fascinating global appeal today, with millions of comic books sold month after month. In the exhibition Manga! Japanese Images, the Louisiana builds on this fascination and at the same time highlights the art-historical and cultural context....More Zoe Leonard Reveals her Interest in Everyday Contrasts MADRID.- This first retrospective exhibition on the photographic work of Zoe Leonard features a distinctive selection of images taken by the New York artist from the 1970s to the present day. Organised by the Photomuseum Winterthur (Switzerland), the exhibit at the ...More Walter Pfeiffer: In Love With Beauty at Fotomuseum Winterthur ZURICH.- An underground classic for years, Walter Pfeiffer has developed a unique blend of eroticism and wit, classical serenity and ornamental playfulness, artifice and immediacy that has begun to garner major international attention in the past few years. Fotomuseum Winterthur presents an ...More Over 10,000 Visited the Portuguese Pavilion in Venice VENICE.- The 11th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, that took place under the generic title Out There: Architecture Beyond Building, directed by Aaron Betsky, ended November 23rd. According to the organization, the number of visitors achieved almost 130 thousand, which represents an unprecedented audience response. ...More Art Gallery of Ontario's Iconic Staircase Opens At Last TORONTO.- One of the most distinctive architectural features of the Frank Gehry-designed Art Gallery of Ontario opens to the public this Thursday, December 4. The Douglas fir-clad sculptural staircase rises from the second floor of Walker ...More In Praise of Shadows at Irish Museum of Modern Art DUBLIN.- A major exhibition presenting some 90 works in the form of shadows, shadow theatres and silhouettes by eight leading contemporary artists opened to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. In Praise of Shadows is inspired by the long history of shadow theatre in Turkey and Greece and ...More Norton Museum of Art Appoints Cheryl Brutvan Curator of Contemporary Art WEST PALM BEACH, FL.- The Norton Museum of Art is pleased to announce the appointment of Cheryl Brutvan to the position of Curator of Contemporary Art. This new position, launched with funding by the Theodore and Ruth Baum Foundation, reflects the Museum's strategic commitment to growing its ...More The Art Institute of Chicago Opens New Asia Art Galleries CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago will reveal two new suites of galleries devoted to Asian art on December 13, 2008: the Alsdorf Galleries of Indian, Southeast Asian, Himalayan, and Islamic Art (G140-G142), previously known as Gunsaulus Hall; and the Galleries of Indian and Islamic Art (G151-G152) ...More Five J.M.W Turner Watercolors Highlight Old Master Paintings Auction at Christie's New York in January NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announce an extraordinary group of watercolors by the great 19th century British artist Joseph Mallord William Turner. The five watercolors, including four landscapes and one rare study of a woman’s face, will be among the highlights of Christie’s Important Old Master Paintings auction on ...More Newly Expanded Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art to Open in May 2009 SAN MARINO, CA.- The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens will open its newly expanded Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art on May 30, 2009, to reveal a completely transformed space in which its growing American art collection will be displayed in an area more than twice its previous ...More Award-Winning Architect Curtis W. Fentress Modernizing Los Angeles International Airport DENVER, CO.- Fentress Architects has been announced as design architect for the new world-class facilities at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Curtis W. Fentress, founder of Fentress Architects, has earned international ...More Call for Proposals: 2009 Guandu International Outdoor Sculpture Festival TAIPEI CITY.- Artists from all countries are invited to send proposals for temporary site-specific sculpture installations that raise awareness about environmental issues related to land, water and culture. Works must be suitable for an urban nature park with an emphasis on wetlands conservation and environmental education. Artists selected for the 2009 Festival will create their ...More

International Art News: December 2, 2008

ARTS NEWS: December 02 2008 Top Stories Faces You Might Know � Celebrating the Freedom of the Portrait Genre with Vadim Bora Vadim Bora Gallery & Studio, Asheville, NC USA United States of America Call for Artists: Balck and White Spider Awards, London, UK United Kingdom Naked � Four Artists: Eric Fausnacht, Erin McGee Ferrell, Ed Marston, and Keith Sharpg MUSE Gallery, Philadelphia, PA USA United States of America The Return of Religion and Other Myths BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, NL Netherlands Faces You Might Know � Celebrating the Freedom of the Portrait Genre with Vadim Bora Vadim Bora Gallery & Studio, Asheville, NC USA United States of America Featuring some 200 stunning portraits in oil, charcoal, pen and ink, bronze and terra cotta �Faces You Might Know � Celebrating the Freedom of the Portrait Genre with Vadim Bora� opens December 1, 2008 in downtown Asheville at Vadim Bora Gallery & Studio, and runs through December 14. Everything that could be considered a portrait � from the few whispering lines of a simple sketch to an elegant drawing, humorous caricature, bitter satire to luscious oils and heavy sculpture � is presented in one show. Above all, within each portrait, no matter what style the multi-stylistic Bora employs, the artist conveys the true sense of a person. The spirit of portraiture since its inception has been about the immediate contact between an artist and his model. Or sometimes between and artist and a character created wholly by the artist. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com   Call for Artists: Balck and White Spider Awards, London, UK United Kingdom The 5th Annual Black and White Spider Awards CALL FOR ENTRIES is officially now open. Don't miss the opportunity to have your work exhibited before the world's most prestigious galleries, curators, publishers, and dealers of black & white photography, including Sotheby's, VII, Tate Gallery, PDN, Bonni Benrubi, Fratelli Alinari, Heffel Fine Arts, Communications Arts and more. You can only win by entering your work, so make sure you submit your best black & white to be considered for a Spider Award. Enter by Friday, December 19th, to take advantage of early entry pricing! - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com   Naked � Four Artists: Eric Fausnacht, Erin McGee Ferrell, Ed Marston, and Keith Sharpg MUSE Gallery, Philadelphia, PA USA United States of America Naked � Four Artists: Eric Fausnacht, Erin McGee Ferrell, Ed Marston, and Keith Sharp. For the month of December, Muse Gallery presents the work of four artists in an exhibition entitled 'Naked.' Unfortunately, this exhibition does not contain any nudity. Instead, the title comes from the idea that when any artist exhibits his/hew work they are in a sense showing themselves naked by revealing their inner thoughts, feelings, and ideas through their work within a public setting. The four exhibiting artists are: Eric Fausnacht, Erin McGee Ferrell, Ed Marston, and Keith Sharp. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com   The Return of Religion and Other Myths BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, NL Netherlands From 30 November 2008 until 1 March 2009, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst presents 'The Return of Religion and Other Myths'. The opening took place on Saturday 29 November 2008 at the Nicolaikerk, Utrecht, with an opening speech by Prof. Dr. Rosi Braidotti, director of the Centre for the Humanities, Utrecht University. 'The Return of Religion and Other Myth' is a large-scale multifaceted project, consisting of the exhibition 'The Art of Iconoclasm', a discourse program taking place in early 2009 titled 'On Post-Secularism', and the publication of a BAK Critical Reader on the subject in 2009. The project explores the popular assumption of the return of religion to the public sphere, contemporary politics, and the media in the West as a constitutive �myth.� - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com   Late Landscape Paintings of Horace Trenerry Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU Australia An exhibition of nineteen works by Australian landscape artist, Horace Trenerry whose work has been compared to that of van Gogh and Monet, will open at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on 29 November. Horace Trenerry remained a relatively unknown artist outside his home state of South Australia. Even there his name was not a household word like that of Hans Heysen, the iconic master of Hahndorf who the younger painter so admired in his formative years. 'I have got chilblains and once I nearly got sunstroke for art�s sake, for to paint nature you must be afield early and late. The frost soon melts and the sun moves on and no place ever looks quite the same again. That is why there is an endless freshness in landscape work.' - Horace Trenerry 11 July 1927 - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com   CALL FOR ENTRIES: Your best way to maximize your arts' exposure online. The Premiere Artist Portfolio is now offered to artists that are sincerely interested in actively promoting their art. absolutearts.com provides the highest quality venue - an exclusive group of artists will be included to create world wide prestige. Only a few days left to sign up. Don't miss out! Sign up now! The Premiere Artist Portfolio is offered to artists that are ready to actively promoting and giving tremendous exposure to their art world wide. absolutearts.com provides the highest quality venue - direct online sales opportunities - many marketing opportunities - an exclusive group of artists will be included to create world wide prestige. Apply Now! Artblogs - Art Blogs: Let's Talk at the Jam Jar Valerie Grove, Dubai I recently saw a show at the Jam Jar in Dubai, which featured five young Pakistani artists from the Grey Noise Gallery in Lahore. The Jam Jar is one of the few real community arts organisations in Dubai so it doesn't have to be as commercially slick as the local norm. This means it can show work that is more youth oriented and often experimental. The show was called "Let's Talk" and it represented a dialogue between the five artists in which the work shown is linked as if it were a conversation. The central pillar of the whole concept was a small catalogue containing actual email dialogue and images the five artists exchanged when the show was in the planning stage. It was essential to read this catalogue, not only to help you understand what you saw, but also because it enabled a real sense of involvement in the show itself. 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ArtDaily Newsletter, Tuesday, December 2, 2008

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Home   Mark Leckey Wins Prestigious 2008 Turner Prize - World's Top Contemporary Art Award British artist Mark Leckey accepts the 2008 Turner Prize at the Tate Gallery today December 1. Photo: EFE / Daniel Deme. LONDON.- Mark Leckey has won Britain´s prestigious 2008 Turner Prize, one of the world´s top contemporary-art award. Australian rock star Nick Cave presented the award in a ceremony in London this evening. The jury was led by director of the London-based ...More First Exhibition for Andreas Gursky in Australia at National Gallery of Victoria MELBOURNE.- For the first time in Australia, an exhibition by German contemporary photographer Andreas Gursky opened at the National Gallery of Victoria....More Hirshhorn Museum Presents Strange Bodies: Figurative Works from the Hirshhorn Collection WASHINGTON, DC.- Figurative art plays an important role in the Hirshorn’s collection. “Strange Bodies,” on view from Dec. 11 to early 2010, brings together some of the most celebrated examples of figuration from the museum’s holdings to examine how and why artists depict and distort the body. Organized by associate ...More Leandro Erlich: The Tower Opens at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia MADRID.- The installations of Argentinean visual artist Leandro Erlich question the perception of reality through simulations and optical effects. The artist manipulates everyday situations and spaces in order to establish a parallel reality that is linked to the sole, objective truth....More Made in Munich: Munich Editions 1968 - 2008 on View at Haus der Kunst MUNICH.- In 1967 the first international art fair for modern and contemporary art took place in Cologne. Only 18 galleries took part, but with 15,000 visitors and a turnover of one million German mark the starting shot for a lively contemporary art market was given. Everybody was able to look at and buy art, and for the first time galleries were confronted with a direct comparison with ...More Leading 20th Century Artists Present at Sotheby's Contemporary Art Sale in Paris PARIS.- Sotheby's two-session sale of contemporary art, to be held in Paris on December 10/11, has an overall estimate of €12-17 million and features 142 important works by leading 20th century artists. Several represent landmarks in their artists' careers or number among the handful of works by the ...More Major New Installation by Leading International Sculptor Anish Kapoor at Guggenheim in Berlin BERLIN.- Memory (2008), a major new installation by leading international sculptor Anish Kapoor, was unveiled at the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin on November 29, 2008 and will remain on view through February 1, 2009. ...More Emerging Contemporary Art Fair SCOPE Miami Opens on December 3 MIAMI.- SCOPE Miami Dec 3–7 08 – Miami’s original emerging contemporary art fair, returns for its seventh year to Miami this December. Expanded in size and global in reach, SCOPE will host 89 exhibitors from 22 countries in a new 60,000 square foot pavilion. SCOPE’s new location is centrally ...More Diana Larrea: Electrocosmos on View at the Joan Miró Foundation BARCELONA.- The Joan Miró Foundation presents Electrocosmos, the first solo exhibition in Barcelona of the work of Diana Larrea, as part of “The 24 Steps” cycle dedicated to Joan Miró and his role in the field of contemporary art, on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death on 25 December 1983....More Is it Tomorrow Yet? Highlights from the Daimler Art Collection (1926 - 2006) SINGAPORE.- Singapore Art Museum (SAM) and Mercedes-Benz are proud to present is it tomorrow yet? Highlights from the Daimler Art collection (1926 – 2006), a collection spanning more than a century of art. The western blockbuster showcases 150 works drawn from key modernist art movements in Europe to ...More Poet George Szirtes will give a Talk on a Brazilian Artist who Exhibits at the Herbert COVENTRY.- A renowned poet will put his talent with words to good use when he visits Coventry to give a presentation on the work of a famous artist. Poet George Szirtes will give a talk on a Brazilian artist whose work is currently on display at The Herbert Art ...More Gloria Steinem to Moderate Fight Against Sex Trafficking Panel Discussion at Brooklyn Museum BROOKLYN, NY.- On Saturday, December 13, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Brooklyn Museum, acclaimed activist and writer Gloria Steinem will moderate a panel discussion on the fight against sex trafficking throughout the world. Joining her will be Taina Bien-Aime, Executive Director of Equality Now; Dorchen Leidholdt, Director of the ...More Eli Wilner & Company has Loaned 40 Frames to Christie's and Sotheby's Auction Houses for Their American Sales This Week NEW YORK, NY.- Eli Wilner & Company has loaned 40 period frames and period frame replicas to enhance the paintings being sold at the upcoming Sotheby's American Paintings Auction on Wednesday, December 3rd and Christie's American Paintings Auction on Thursday, December 4th....More First Exhibition in 100 Years Tells Story of Revolutionary Art Movement SEATTLE.- The Munich Secession, founded in 1892, was the first in a series of Secession movements that were to sweep across Europe and lay the foundation for the emergence of the avant-garde in the twentieth century. From January 24 through April 12, 2009, the Frye Art Museum will present The Munich Secession and ...More Linhof Young Photographer Award MUNICH.- Linhof is the oldest existing camera manufacturer in the world with a tradition of more than 120 years in developing and manufacturing view cameras and optical equipment for applied photography. Linhof is market leader for professional large format camera systems. The company has been ...More Collaborative Exhibition Project Exploring the Notions of Urban Utopia, Dystopia and Heterotopia CAMBRIDGE, MA.- Graduate students from MIT's Department of Architecture display their investigations and the way these terms are represented in visual, audio and literary media. Following the principles of heterotopian spaces the way the French philosopher Michel Foucault defines them ...More temporarycontemporary is Converting a Period Police Station into Artist Studios and Project Spaces LONDON.- For the next 7 years this monolithic Arts & Craft facility will become a mixed DIY Art Centre ideal for studios, project spaces and artist groups. The Police Gym can be used for shows and events, with further exhibition spaces in the Prison Cell Block. There will be a communal snack lounge with wifi for studio members in the Police Booking Office to encourage social contact. ...More Announcement of $100,000 "Claude Lévi-Strauss Visiting Scholar Fund" Marks French Ambassador's First Visit to Vancouver VANCOUVER.- On his first official visit to Vancouver, the new Ambassador of France for Canada, His Excellency M. François Delattre, attended an event co-hosted by the Museum of Anthropology at the residence of M. Alexandre Garcia, Consul General of France for Vancouver. The event was held to mark the ...More New Porsche Museum to Be Opened in January ATLANTA, GA.- In the new Porsche Museum the final preparations are made for the opening on Saturday 31 January 2009. At last, now that the scaffolding has been removed, it is possible to see to the full extent the bold architecture of the building at the head office premises of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG in Zuffenhausen: The 5,600 square metres of exhibition space are supported ...More Straight to Video: Grizedale Arts on film 2000 - 2008 LONDON.- Before embarking on a year of solo shows in 2009 tank.tv will, this month, take a look at videos made and commissioned by Grizedale Arts - an organisation where collectivity and participation are central to the production of work in communities both in the UK and abroad. At once loud, rude, urban and improvised as well as ...More Artist Linda Sirow and Fox Residential Group Join Forces for Combination Art Show and Open House NEW YORK, NY.- In a most unusual partnership, artist Linda Sirow and realtor Barbara Fox of Fox Residential Group have joined forces to present an exhibit of extraordinary art with a preview of one of Manhattan's most spectacular residential properties, apartment 2ABC at 180 East 79th Street. The opening reception for the art show and real estate open house party takes place on site, ...More