ArtDaily Newsletter, Monday, January 5, 2009

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Home   Royal Collection Displays Major Works Given by Early Members to the Collection W.P. Frith, RA, Private View at the Royal Academy, 1881. Oil on canvas, 1883 (Collection: Pope Family Trust). Copyright Christies Image Limited. LONDON.- History painting was regarded as the pinnacle of High Art and strongly promoted by Sir Joshua Reynolds above other genres such as portraiture, landscape and still life. This new display includes major works given by early Members of the Royal Academy to the Collection including biblical subjects by Benjamin West, John...More Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents Highlights from the Museum's Collection WASHINGTON, DC.- “Graphic Masters I: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum” is the first in a series of special installations that celebrate the extraordinary variety and accomplishment of American artists’ works on paper. These 40 exceptional watercolors, pastels and drawings from the early 19th ...More Robert Lebeck: Photographs 1955-2005 on View at Martin Gropius Bau BERLIN.- The Martin-Gropius-Bau is devoting a major exhibition to the work of the German photo reporter Robert Lebeck, who photographed for Revue, Kristall and Stern and was editor-in-chief of GEO magazine. He achieved fame with his feature Africa in the Year Zero (1960). The photo of a young African snatching...More Leandro Erlich: Swimming Pool on View at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center LONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center presents Leandro Erlich: Swimming Pool, an extraordinary and visually confounding installation by the Argentine artist Leandro Erlich. Leandro Erlich: Swimming Pool will be on view in P.S.1’s unique, double-height Duplex gallery through April 13, 2009....More Kunsthalle Fridericianum to Open Rirkrit Tiravanija: Less Oil More Courage KASSEL.- “Some years ago I received an invitation card in the mail from a gallery in New York, (Matthew Marks); it was an invitation to an exhibition by a young artist by the name of Peter Cain. Peter was a painter known for his anamorphic splicing of cars; they were coolly painted with the brushes of oil paint thickly applied to canvas. They were the marks of a realist (almost graphic) with ...More Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and Fundación Caja Madrid to Present the Shadow MADRID.- Opening on 10 February 2009, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and Fundación Caja Madrid are presenting The Shadow, the first major exhibition on the depiction of projected shadow in western art. It brings ...More SFMOMA to Present Premiere of William Kentridge: Five Themes SAN FRANCISCO.- William Kentridge: Five Themes, a comprehensive survey of the contemporary South African artist's work, will premiere at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) on March 14, 2009. Featuring more than 75 works in a range of media—including animated films, drawings, prints, theater models, sculptures, ...More Sotheby's to Sell Historic Weathervane in January 2009 Sale of Important Americana NEW YORK, NY.- On January 24, 2009 Sotheby’s will offer in its sale of Important Americana the most important, and perhaps the earliest, weathervane to appear on the auction market in recent history, A Rare and Important Molded Copper Fireman “Old Jake” Weathervane Made for the Union ...More Alte Pinakothek to Open the Paintings of Elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz MUNICH.- The collection of paintings amassed by Elector Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz (1658–1716) at the beginning of the 18th century in his residence in Düsseldorf was one of the most important of its kind in Europe. In less than 40 years, one of the first major collections of Netherlandish Baroque painting outside Holland and Flanders was assembled....More Creator of the United Nations Logo, Oliver Lincoln Lundquist, Dead at 92 NEW YORK, NY.- Oliver Lincoln Lundquist (September 20, 1916 — December 28, 2008) was an American designer and architect, best known for leading the team which designed the prototype emblem which became the United Nations' logo, and for designing the well-known blue and white Q-Tip box. ...More Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities MADISON, WI.- Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese Minorities offers a visual feast of exquisite and rare costumes and jewelry from fifteen ethnic groups and nearly one hundred subgroups living in southwest China. These five hundred splendidly woven and embroidered textiles and costume pieces represent work of the finest quality and historic significance. Three ...More Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool on View at Studio Museum in Harlem NEW YORK, NY.- The Studio Museum in Harlem is proud to present Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool, the first career retrospective of the renowned American artist. Hendricks (b. 1945) is best known for his life-size portraits of people of color from the urban northeast in the 1960s and 70s. His bold portrayals...More Hudson River Museum Announces Dutch New York: The Roots of Hudson Valley Culture YONKERS, NY.- The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, will mark the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's voyage to the New World with the exhibition Dutch New York: The Roots of Hudson Valley Culture, June 9, 2009 through January 10, 2010. The exhibition and its accompanying publication will explore the Dutch ...More Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Honors Louis B. Sloan with Exhibition PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Louis B. Sloan (1932-2008) was a prominent figure in the Philadelphia art community. An alumnus of Fleisher Art School and PAFA, Sloan taught still-life, landscape, portrait and figure painting classes at PAFA from 1962-1997. Sloan worked in the conservation department at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1961-1980. ...More National Museum of the American Indian Hosts Multicultural Festival as Part of Inaugural Events WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian will host "Out of Many: A Multicultural Festival of Music, Dance and Story" from Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009, through Monday, Jan. 19, 2009. The three-day program to commemorate the inauguration of Barack Obama will feature daily ...More Color & Light: Embroidery from India and Pakistan at Rubin Museum of Art NEW YORK, NY.- This winter, the Rubin Museum of Art presents stunning examples of embroidery from India and Pakistan, areas long known for their beautiful and diverse textiles. Color & Light: Embroidery from India and Pakistan is organized by the Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto (TMC) and is drawn entirely from ...More Muskegon Museum of Art Presents Robert Sabuda: Travels in Time and Space MUSKEGON, MI.- Michigan native Robert Sabuda is highly regarded as the wizard of pop-up engineering, and his mastery of the technique fascinates children and adults alike. Travels in Time and Space highlights Sabuda's original pop-up artwork, mock-ups, and illustrations from many of his multifaceted books, including The12 Days of Christmas (1995), Arthur and the Sword (1996) and The ...More Barbican Art Gallery New Curve Art Series by Peter Coffin in February LONDON.- The latest installation to be commissioned as part of the Curve Art series is by New York- based artist Peter Coffin. In his installations, sculptures, photography and videos, Coffin examines our knowledge and interpretation of the world with curiosity and wit. Coffin is particularly intrigued by things he does not understand and borrows from art history, science, mysticism ...More Faith and Love: Picturing the Bible From Raphael To El Greco at the Bowes Museum COUNTY DURHAM.- A prestigious exhibition exploring many of the most popular Bible stories visualized by Western artists and craftsmen opened at The Bowes Museum....More Dulwich Picture Gallery Wants to Rescue Two Paintings LONDON.- This is a plea from the gallery to rescue two significant paintings which are in desperate need of conservation. An astonishing story: Saint Cecilia (formerly attributed to Annibale Carracci) and Venus and Adonis (once thought to be by Titian) have recently been uncovered from storage having disappeared from public view when the gallery re-opened after World War II. It ...More

ArtDaily Newsletter, Sunday, January 4, 2009

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Home   Royal Collection to Open Henry VIII: A 500th Anniversary Exhibition at Windsor Castle Anonymous, After Holbein the Younger, Henry VIII, c.1580. Photo: The Royal Collection (c) 2008, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. LONDON.- A special exhibition to mark the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII’s accession to the throne will be shown at Windsor Castle, the monarch’s one-time home and final resting place. Henry VIII was proclaimed king on 23 April 1509, just before his 18th birthday, and reigned for almost 38 years, until his death in 1547. The exhibition explores the life of one of the most significant ...More Imperial War Museum in London Shows From War to Windrush LONDON.- To mark the sixtieth anniversary of the arrival of the MV Empire Windrush in Britain in 1948, From War to Windrush, a special exhibition at Imperial War Museum London, tells the personal stories of West Indian people during the First and Second World Wars. ...More First Major Exhibition in France for Sophie Ristelhueber at Jeu de Paume PARIS.- Sophie Ristelhueber (born 1949) lives in Paris, where she studied literature and worked as a journalist before deciding to devote herself to photography. For more than twenty years now, she has been working on the notion of the ...More Best New Contemporary Art to be Shown at Altermodern: Tate Triennial 2009 LONDON.- Altermodern, the fourth Tate Triennial, which will present some of the best new contemporary art in Britain, opens at Tate Britain on 3 February 2009. It includes works in all media - from photography, film and video, to extraordinary installations - and features many new works being shown for the ...More Tyler Museum of Art Opens the New Year with Lucid Dreams TYLER, TX.- The Tyler Museum of Art opens 2009 with a new exhibition, Lucid Dreams: Poems & Intaglios by Michael Kuch. The exhibition, organized by the TMA, opens to the public Sunday, Jan. 4 and ...More Carlson/Strom: New Performance Video to Open at DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park LINCOLN, MA.- DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park announced the first major museum presentation of the collaborative work of choreographer and performer Ann Carlson and video installation artist Mary Ellen Strom. Through the lens of the historic record and art history, Carlson/Strom employ tactics of ...More Cunningham, Weston and Adams: Modern Photography at the Monterey Museum of Art MONTEREY, CA.- The Monterey Museum of Art (MMA) presents Cunningham, Weston and Adams: Modern Photography at the Museum, an exhibition featuring the works of early to mid-twentieth century photographers whose works explored natural and artificial forms. Selected from the Museum’s rich photography ...More Manchester Art Gallery to Show Paul Morrison's Works of Art in February MANCHESTER.- Using plant images from popular and classical sources, British artist Paul Morrison plays with scale to create dramatic black and white landscapes. This exhibition of his work includes new canvases, sculpture and a major site-specific wall painting....More National Portrait Gallery to Open Inventing Marcel Duchamp: The Dynamics of Portraiture WASHINGTON, DC.- This groundbreaking exhibition casts new light upon Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), one of the most influential artists of the recent past. This show demonstrates that Duchamp harnessed the power of portraiture and self-portraiture both to secure his reputation as an iconoclast and to establish himself as a major figure in the artworld. In the process, he played a key role in ...More Sotheby's to Sell the Property of Dr. and Mrs. Henry C. Landon III NEW YORK, NY.- On the morning of January 24, 2009, Sotheby’s will offer a single-owner sale of The Property of Dr. and Mrs. Henry C. Landon III as a highlight of its Americana Week sales. The sale will comprise furniture, paintings and decorative arts collected by Dr. and Mrs. Landon over several decades, beginning...More Breaking Through: The Abstract Expressionism of Grace Hartigan to Open at the Morris Museum MORRISTOWN, NJ.- The Morris Museum will present works by major American artist and New Jersey native Grace Hartigan in the exhibition Breaking Through: The Abstract Expressionism of Grace Hartigan. Hartigan (born in Newark in 1922) died at her home in Maryland on November 15, 2008. The Morris Museum's ...More International and National Projects on View at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center LONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center presents the work of three artists and a collective as part of the Fall 2008 cycle of the International and National Projects program. Featuring new and recent works by a diverse group of artists, these solo exhibitions showcase a range of media including film, ...More Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms Presents Exhibition Celebrating Role of the Post Office in the First World War LONDON.- An exhibition 'Last Post: Remembering the First World War' celebrating the vital role the Post Office played during the First World War 1914-1918 delivering letters to and from the front line trenches opened at the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms....More Javier Ramirez Limon Opens January 18, 2009 at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego SAN DIEGO, CA.- On January 18, 2009, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego will open Cerca Series: Javier Ramírez Limón at its La Jolla location. The exhibition--curated by MCASD Assistant Curator, Lucía Sanromán--will feature photographic works by the Tijuana-based artist Javier Ramírez Limón, and will be...More Reba and Dave Williams' Collection of American Prints is Acquired by National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art has acquired the renowned collection of American prints belonging to Reba and Dave Williams and The Print Research Foundation in Stamford, Connecticut, which was established by the couple in 2003. With more than 5,200 works spanning a century from roughly 1875 to 1975 and...More Meadows Museum Announces Diego Rivera: The Cubist Portraits, 1913-1917 DALLAS, TX.- This focused exhibition and study will explore Rivera's artistic production during the formative years he spent in literary and art circles in Paris during World War I, providing a new perspective on this lesser known and crucial period of the Mexican artist's career....More American Folk Art Museum Announces Kaleidoscope Quilts: The Art of Paula Nadelstern NEW YORK, NY.- Every artist must find a voice that feels true and strong. Paula Nadelstern (b. 1951) found hers early in her career as a quilt artist, inspired by a bolt of sensuous and beautiful Liberty of London fabric. The bilateral symmetry of the design was an epiphany that stirred Nadelstern's imagination and that has yielded a seemingly infinite vein of creative expression for more than ...More "Chuck Close: the Keith Series" On View at Reynolda House Museum of American Art WINSTON SALEM, NC.- Reynolda House Museum of American Art opens a new exhibition, "Chuck Close: The Keith Series," on Saturday, January 17 in the Northwest Bedroom Gallery of the historic house. The exhibition will be on view through May 31, 2009....More No Such Thing as Society Photography in Britain 1967-1987 on View in Poland WARSAW.- Intended to be a documentary of British photography from the late 60s to the late 80s, the No Such Thing as Society exhibition draws on the British Council and the Arts Council collections to construct a new image of two stormy decades of British history. In this period, British society experienced turmoil and change due to deindustrialization and Thatcherism, facing strikes by ...More Ocean Liner and Cruise Ship Materials Donated to the Wolfsonian MIAMI BEACH, FL.- The Wolfsonian–Florida International University announces a substantial donation of ocean liner and cruise ship industry related materials by Laurence Miller, Ph.D., former executive director of libraries at Florida International University. ...More

International Art News: January 3, 2009

ARTS NEWS: January 03, 2009 Top Stories Nancy Lorenz: Rock Garden PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR USA United States of America Call for Artists: FASHIONISTAS Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA USA United States of America Andy Warhol: Cowboys and Indians Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC USA United States of America La Main qui dessinait toute seule (Chap. 3)... Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, FR France Nancy Lorenz: Rock Garden PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR USA United States of America PDX Contemporary Art in Portland presents Nancy Lorenz: Rock Garden from December 20, 2008 through January 31, 2009. Nancy Lorenz combines mother of pearl, pigments, lacquer, gold and silver leaf to create paintings that reference the natural world. Her paintings have both an abstract expressionist approach and fine craft techniques. Lorenz's imagery draws from Japanese aestheticism, chemistry and a classic painterly mode. The images in this exhibition include representations of traditional rock and moss gardens, water, Buddhist iconography and landscape inspired by her residency at Cill Railiag in Ireland. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com   Call for Artists: FASHIONISTAS Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA USA United States of America OCCCA announces an Open Call For Art. An all media national juried exhibition including video, installation, jewelry and craft media will be on exhibit from March 6 to April 18, 2009, in Santa Ana, CA, with an opening reception March 7, 6 PM to 10 PM. FASHIONISTAS! Fashion is a seductive powerhouse in contemporary culture, worthy of celebration and critique. From the earliest days of civilization to the present moment, we've been obsessed by decorative creations to adorn and define our beings. Madly inspired garments, bravura sketches, elaborately finished works, and experimental art in all media including video and installation will be accepted for judging to showcase the edge where adornment meets art. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com   Andy Warhol: Cowboys and Indians Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC USA United States of America The exhibition Andy Warhol: Cowboys and Indians will be on display at the Mint Museum of Art from December 20, 2008 through May 9, 2009. Well known for his portrayal of celebrities and consumer goods, later in his career Andy Warhol became fascinated by the stories, myths and legends of the American West. Just one year before his death in 1987, he created the suite Cowboys and Indians. This suite accompanies the special exhibition Andy Warhol Portfolios: Life and Legends, on display through February 15, 2009. In the Cowboys and Indians suite, Warhol pays homage to America�s popular version of Western history. He depicts American heroes of the West such as General Custer, Teddy Roosevelt and Geronimo, as well as Western entertainers like Annie Oakley and John Wayne. The suite also features romanticized, stereotyped and exploited images of American Indians, including Mother and Child and Kachina Dolls. Strategically placed together in one suite, these different icons challenge and expose the controversies surrounding America�s perception of cowboys and Indians. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com   La Main qui dessinait toute seule (Chap. 3)... Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, FR France The Magda Danysz gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of only drawings for the third time. A very original exhibition that mixes artists from all over the world. For the third edition of this overflowing exhibition completely dedicated to drawing, which will invade the second floor of the gallery, temporarily transforming it into a cabinet of curiosities, a clandestine production workshop, an official and unofficial showcase of contemporary drawing. Following the established protocol, each gallery artist will present one or more guests. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com   Damien Hirst: Works on Paper Coskun, Cultural Center of the Alps, Verbier, CH Switzerland In a show not to be missed Hirst�s spots twinkle in the Alpine snow! Verbier, known to be the sportiest resort in the region is now becoming the cultural center for Contemporary Art. The gallery which is known for being Europe�s leading Warhol and Pop Art specialist is now showing Damien Hirst who is the most prominent member of the group known as �Young British Artists� or YBAs. Hirst dominated the art scene in Britain during the 1990s and is internationally known for his animals (often bifurcated) in formaldehyde filled vitrines. These arresting images have made him the symbol of Britart and the world�s second most expensive living artist after Jeff Koons. - 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! 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