ArtDaily Newsletter, Wednesday, May 6, 2009

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Home   Stars Descend in New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 's Costume Institute Gala Justin Timberlake, Anna Wintour, Marc Jacobs and Kate Moss. NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s renowned Costume Institute Benefit – the annual black-tie dinner to benefit the Museum’s Costume Institute – took place on May 4, 2009, celebrating the exhibition The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion, which will be on view from May 6 through August 9. Dinner guests arrived at the Metropolitan Museum at 7:00 p.m. for an inaugural viewing of the exhibition and cocktails in the Museum’s Carroll and Milton Petrie European Sculpture Court. Dinner followed at around 8:30 p.m. at The Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing....More Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute Explores Role of Fashion Models as Muses of Recent Eras NEW YORK, NY.- The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion, the spring 2009 exhibition organized by The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, explores the reciprocal relationship between high fashion and evolving ideals of beauty, focusing on iconic fashion models in the latter half of the 20th century and their roles in projecting, and sometimes inspiring, the fashion of their...More Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art Totals $61,370,500, Picasso and Giacometti Go Unsold NEW YORK, NY.- This evening’s sale of Impressionist & Modern Art at Sotheby’s in New York brought a total of $61,370,500 (est. $81.5/118.8 million), and was 80.6% sold by lot. The sale was led by Piet Mondrian’s Composition in Black and White, with Double Lines, which brought $9,266,500, well above its high estimate (est. $3/5 million). A new auction record was established for Tamara de Lempicka, when her ...More Huntington's Art Collectors' Council Acquires Thomas Hart Benton Painting, Italian Terra-Cottas SAN MARINO, CA.- The Art Collectors’ Council of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens made two strategic purchases at its spring 2009 meeting, acquiring a painting by Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975) for the new Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art, which open on May 30, and two 18th-century Italian terra-cotta figures for the European art collection, which is displayed in the Huntington Art Gallery. ...More Carlo Mollino's Prolific and Innovative Career on View at Sebastian + Barquet LONDON.- Carlo Mollino (1905 - 1973) was an Italian designer and architect, a Renaissance man whose prolific and innovative career will be presented in an exhibition opening this May at Sebastian + Barquet London. Twelve unique Polaroids taken by Mollino between 1962 and his passing in 1973 will be exhibited alongside pieces of his furniture and a film installation. This will be the most comprehensive UK exhibition of Mollino’s work to ...More British Art from the Collection of the late Mrs. Audrey Burton, O.B.E. will be Sold to Benefit Charity LONDON.- An important group of 14 paintings and sculptures from the personal collection of the late Mrs. Audrey Burton, O.B.E., will be sold to benefit the Audrey and Stanley Burton Charitable Trust at Christie’s 20th Century British Art sale on Thursday, 21 May 2009. Stanley Burton (1914-1991) was the eldest son of Sir Montague Burton (1885-1952), whose Burton manufacturing and ...More Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2009 and Announcement of Elle Commission LONDON.- The National Portrait Gallery announced the Call for Entries for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2009, a major international photographic award. Entry forms are now available and the closing date for entries is 24 July 2009. The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize is open to all photographers over the age of 18 and provides an important platform for portrait photographers ...More MoMA Presents First U.S. Survey of Aernout Mik's Moving Image Installations NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents the exhibition Aernout Mik, the first North American survey of the artist’s work. Mik (Dutch, b. 1962) is distinguished for his ability to combine, shift, and transform artistic practices by creating installations that integrate moving images, sculpture, and architecture into single constructions. Eight of the artist’s works are installed in gallery and non-gallery spaces...More Artist Pipilotti Rist, Winner of the Second Joan Miró Prize BARCELONA.- The jury has awarded the 2009 Joan Miró Prize to the Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist for her wide-ranging creative activity and her outstanding contribution to the current artistic scene. The Joan Miró Prize, organised by the Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona and sponsored by the Fundació Caixa Girona, consists of €70,000, one of the largest art prizes in existence, and is awarded every two years. The first Joan Miró Prize was won in 2007 by Olafur Eliasson....More US-Cuba Thaw: Cooperative Photo Exhibition Builds Bridges HAVANA.- Initiating a rising wave of cultural exchange with Cuba, US photographer Melani Lust will be arriving in Havana on May 8 for the opening of her joint exhibition "CARHAVANA." The exhibit, a dynamic depiction of the classic pre-embargo American marquee cars still on the road in Havana, is a collaboration with the Cuban photographer Brayan Allonzo. Lust and Allonzo will be exhibiting 30 large scale photographs taken together in Havana in January, 2009. The exhibition is sponsored by the Cuban government and is a cooperative effort ...More Interact with an Installation by Kim Waale and Leo Crandall at the Everson Museum of Art SYRACUSE, NY.- Join the Everson Museum of Art for Artist Open on May 21 at 6 p.m. Artists Kim Waale and Leo Crandall will present a temporary site-based installation consisting of objects and projections, that will illuminate the Everson’s Mather Court. Artist Open occurs during Th3, and is free and open to the public....More Sotheby's to Offer High Quality Contemporary Art in Paris PARIS.- Sotheby’s Paris announced it will stage a 126-lot, two-session sale of Contemporary Art on May 27/28 (total estimate €5.6-7.8 million). The Evening Sale on May 27 will be the only one of its kind in Paris this season, ...More Erie Art Museum Breaks Ground on $9 Million Expansion ERIE, PA.- Forget the ho-hum handshakes. The Erie Art Museum is having a free all-day public celebration to officially kick off the construction of the Erie Art Museum's $9 million expansion and renovation on May 8, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. in the Erie Art Museum Annex parking lot at 20 East 5th Street. Additional public events include free admission to the Erie Art Museum from 11 ...More Aperture Chooses Grand Prize Winner and Five Runners-Up for the Second Annual Aperture Portfolio Prize Competition NEW YORK, NY.- Over one thousands artists from around the world submitted their work to the second annual Aperture Portfolio Prize competition which began last summer and concluded at the end of December 2009. A team of Aperture judges has awarded the top prize to Australian photographer Michael Corridore for his project Angry Black Snake, which is an exercise in minimalism. This year, five ...More Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego Announces the First Annual Artification: Teen Artfest SAN DIEGO, CA.- On Saturday, May 30, 2009, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego will host the first annual Artification: Teen Artfest, an event planned and produced by MCASD's Teen Art Council (TAC). From 7 to 10 pm, teens are invited to take over the Museum's downtown Jacobs Building galleries for a night...More The Getty Offers Free Family Fun this Summer LOS ANGELES, CA.- What do kids dream about becoming? Artists? Time-travelers? Explorers? They can indulge all these fantasies and more at the Getty this summer – and it’s free. While the Getty offers a bevy of free family activities all year round, when school ...More Smithsonian Photography Initiative Celebrates the International Year of Astronomy in May and June WASHINGTON, DC.- During May and June, the Smithsonian Photography Initiative offers three ways to celebrate both the International Year of Astronomy and the 400th anniversary of the first recorded astronomical observation with a telescope by Galileo Galilei....More Fleisher Art Memorial Features Artists Johanna Inman, Yvonne Lung and Constantina Zavitsanos PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial presents Challenge 3, the final exhibition in the 31st season of the three-part Wind Challenge Exhibitions at Fleisher — the Delaware Valley's premier juried artist exhibition program. This season's nine Challenge artists were selected from a field of 368 applicants to ...More British Museum and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Combine to Give London a Tropical Indian Summer Landscape LONDON.- In a unique collaboration, the British Museum and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew), will create an Indian-themed landscape on the Museum's west lawn. It will mark the first of a series of specially commissioned projects in the forthcoming Indian Summer season, sponsored by HSBC. India Landscape will celebrate the two institutions' shared vision to ...More New Direction Unveiled at Institute of American Indian Arts SANTA FE, NM.- Since 1962 the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) has focused on advancing a distinctive mission: empowering creativity and leadership in Native arts and cultures through higher education, lifelong learning and outreach. As IAIA approaches its 50th birthday in 2012, it is clarifying its position while remaining true to its roots and education-focused heritage. At a press conference ...More

ArtDaily Newsletter, Tuesday, May 5, 2009

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Home   Exhibition of Naked Madonna Photos by Martin Schreiber Take England By Storm! The series of black and white photographs of Madonna show her as the exceptionally beautiful young woman she was. Modelling to pay her way through dance school, her toned body, perfect breasts, great skin, luxuriant pubic hair and mop of curls were a draw for several photographers. © Copyright Martin Schreiber BRIGHTON.- In 1979 the as yet unknown 20 year old Madonna posed nude for just $30 for New York photographer Martin Schreiber. Later when she had become a global icon the shots appeared in Playboy, catapulting Schreiber to fame. 30 years on the original photographs are on show in the UK exclusively from the Impure Art Gallery. The Private View opening party had to be spread over three nights due to the high demand. They were a huge success, which far exceeded the small gallery’s expectations. Jamie McCartney of Impure Art – “We sold a lot of prints, it was unbelievable. One of the editions is now up to 8 of 25. There are two collectors enquiring about the entire series of 34 photos, which is ...More Exhibition Examines Polish Posters of the Cold War Era from the Museum's Collection NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents Polish Posters 1945–89, an installation drawn from the Museum’s collection of 24 posters from the Cold War era of the Polish Poster School, which attracted international attention and admiration. Drawing on a rich Central European tradition in graphic ...More Amon Carter Museum to Exhibit Esteemed Private Collection of African-American Art FORT WORTH, TX.- The works of more than 50 African-American artists from the late 1800s to the present will be on view at the Amon Carter Museum from June 6 through August 23, 2009, in the special exhibition The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African-American Art: Works on Paper. The Kelley collection is one of the most esteemed private collections of African-American art, ...More Jewish Museum Berlin will Expand into the Central Flower Market Hall BERLIN.- A hope the Jewish Museum Berlin has had for some time is now to be realized: The Museum will be granted its much-needed expansion into the area on the opposite side of the road which currently houses Berlin ’s Central Flower Market. The space provided by expansion into the market hall will satisfy the Museum’s urgent need for additional room for educational programs, the archive, ...More Christie's Presents the Best in Asian Contemporary Art with Two Vibrant Sales in May HONG KONG.- Christie’s Evening and Day sales of Asian Contemporary Art on May 24 and May 25 in Hong Kong will bring together the dynamic worlds of contemporary art from China, Japan, Korea and India, presenting a broad range of artists whose styles, techniques, and expressions represent the diverse cultures and aesthetic traditions from across the region. The sales will also present a ...More Peter Fischli and David Weiss Present Are Animals People? at Reina Sofia Museum MADRID.- Are Animals People?, the exhibition by Peter Fischli (Zürich, 1952) and David Weiss (Zürich, 1946) organised by Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, focuses on a selection of works featuring Bear and Rat. Iconic avatars from some of their earliest works, this duo has made a comeback in recent works....More Minneapolis Institute of Arts Sole U.S. Venue for Pre-Raphaelite Exhibition MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA ), offers visitors a rare glimpse into the life and work of 19th-century painter William Holman Hunt, with an exhibition of more than 60 iconic works by the artist who is considered to be the founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and has been deemed by some as the Damien Hirst of his day. “Sin and Salvation: William Holman Hunt and the Pre-Raphaelite Vision” opens June 14, with the MIA as the sole U.S. venue....More New Wex Curators Talk Art Collecting in "Bare Walls" Event COLUMBUS, OH.- GenWex, the Wexner Center’s young patron group, will present the panel discussion Bare Walls: An Intro to Art Collecting on Thursday, May 7 in the Wexner Center Performance Space. The evening will be hosted by Wex exhibition curators Catharina Manchanda and Christopher Bedford, and introduced by (two-time Heisman Trophy winner) Archie Griffin, president and CEO of The Ohio State ...More Superb Examples of Roman and Greek Art Highlight Christie's Spring Sale of Antiquities NEW YORK, NY.- Christie's is pleased to announce the sale of Antiquities on June 3, which will offer nearly 200 lots with a particularly strong selection of Roman marbles, including a handsome marble herm bust of Menander and a massive red marble labrum. Other highlights include fine examples of classical Greek vases, both Athenian and South Italian alongside Egyptian and Near ...More Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego to Host the San Diego Premiere of Shirin Nesha's New Film SAN DIEGO, CA.- On Thursday, June 18, 2009, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego will host the one-night-only San Diego premiere of celebrated Iranian-American visual artist/filmmaker Shirin Neshat's first feature-length film, Women Without Men. The screening will take place at 7 pm at MCASD's La Jolla location. Tickets are $15 general admission and $10 for MCASD Members/Students....More Sotheby's To Sell An Historic Album Photographs Recording the First British Royal Visit to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain LONDON.- Sotheby´s London announced that it will offer for sale as part of the Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History sale on Thursday 7th May 2009 two important and rare collections of photographs relating to the Middle East: the first an historic album of photographs recording the first British royal visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in 1938 (lot 113, est. £50,000-...More India Art Summit 2009 Slated for August 19-22 NEW DELHI.- India Art Summit™ 2009 - India’s modern and contemporary art fair. Following its inaugural success in August 2008, the second edition of, India Art Summit™ 2009 - India’s modern and contemporary art fair, is slated for the 19th – 22nd August 2009 at Pragati Maidan (ITPO), New Delhi, India. ...More Renowned Sculptor and Author Join Together to Support UNICEFs Life-saving Programs CHICAGO, IL.- Celebrate a unique night out to raise funds for UNICEF. Evangeline Gouletas, President’s Council Member for the Midwest Region of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, will underwrite the event. Guests will have the one-of-a-kind opportunity to meet one of the southeast's finest sculptors, Steve Miller, ...More Pentti Monkkonen's Temple of Dionysos, 2009 to Open at Socrates Sculpture Park LONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- Socrates Sculpture Park will present Temple of Dionysos, 2009, a new work by artist Pentti Monkkonen. The installation is part of the Park’s ongoing series called Open Space, a forum for single artist and collaborative projects that run concurrently with Socrates’ group exhibitions. Temple of Dionysos will be on view in the Park ...More Inside the "Mexican Suitcase": International Center of Photography Announces the Completion of the Digitization NEW YORK, NY.- In December 2007, three cardboard boxes were delivered to the International Center of Photography. It was widely reported that this “Mexican Suitcase” contained long-lost negatives of the Spanish Civil War taken by Robert Capa, Chim (David Seymour), and Gerda Taro, three leading twentieth century wartime photographers. Left behind when Capa and Chim were forced to flee Paris for America in 1939, it was presumed lost until it resurfaced in Mexico in 1995....More Deanna Lee Joins The New York Public Library as Vice President for Communications and Marketing NEW YORK, NY.- Deanna Lee has been appointed Vice President for Communications and Marketing at The New York Public Library. Ms. Lee comes to the Library from the Asia Society, where she was the Vice President for Communications. Previously she had an extensive career in broadcasting as a producer for ABC’s World News and Nightline. Ms. Lee will develop a strategy to communicate the ...More Boca Raton Museum of Art's Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition Returns BOCA RATON, FL.- Looking for a sign of growth and upturn to balance daily reports of downsizing? If the submissions that poured into the 58th Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition are any indication, independent art continues to flourish in Florida. The Boca Raton Museum of Art’s annual contest and exhibition drew 1260 submissions from artists around the state – up more than 10 ...More Electromediascope Curators Honored by Film Festival KANSAS CITY, MO.- Two Kansas City artists who serve as curators for Electromediascope, a survey of contemporary film and new media, have been recognized by KC FilmFest for their pioneering efforts to promote appreciation for experimental work in film. Electromediascope began in 1993 and continues at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art....More

International Art News: May 4, 2009

ARTS NEWS: May 04, 2009 Top Stories The Field: Gary OConnor Transition, London, UK United Kingdom The Edge of Intent : Utopian Aspirations of Urban Planners Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL USA Ellen Fisch Offers Arichitectural�Details as Posters Fairfield Art�Publishing, Brooklyn, NY USA United States of America Call for Artists: In Full Bloom Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, NY USA United States of America The Field: Gary OConnor Transition, London, UK United Kingdom The vast, flat and featureless Fens landscape is the backdrop to Gary O'Connor�s first novella, The Field, a disquieting story of a man whose decision to take singing lessons brings him to question his perception of reality. O�'Connor's installation at Transition in London accompanies the novella, extending the text with visual, olfactory and auditory elements. The event runs from May 2 through May 31, 2009. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com   The Edge of Intent : Utopian Aspirations of Urban Planners Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL USA The Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago is proud to present The Edge of Intent, an exhibition that investigates the utopian aspirations of urban planners, and how their idealistic visions sometimes become static and incapable of adapting to changing environments and systems. The works in this exhibition warn us of the hazards of 'thinking big', while urging us to consider the centrality of dynamism in successful urban design. Included are Liset Castillo, Dionisio Gonzalez, Andrew Harrison,Tim Long, David Maisel, Simon Menner, Danielle Roney, Christina Seely, Eric Smith, and Joel Sternfeld. The Edge of Intent opened May 1, 2009 and runs through July 5, 2009. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com   Ellen Fisch Offers Arichitectural�Details as Posters Fairfield Art�Publishing, Brooklyn, NY USA United States of America Ellen Fisch is a New York based photographer who is passionate about architecture. In particular her focus has been on the details of architecture that beautify the exteriors and interiors of buildings. The fine art photographs created by �Ellen Fisch preserves these historic and iconic stone, metal and wood structural elements and incorporates them into her own photographic visions. Fisch's�Architectural�Details�are now�available from�renowned publishers Fairfield Art�Publishing. Ellen Fisch has been a Premiere Portfolio Artist at absolutearts.com since 2004. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com   Call for Artists: In Full Bloom Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, NY USA United States of America The Smithtown Township Arts Council is now accepting entries for In Full Bloom, July 18- Aug. 14, 2009. Seeking original artwork (realistic or representational) in any two-dimensional medium that reflects the beauty and uniqueness of flowers, such as oil, acrylic, watercolor, botanical illustration, colored pencil or pastel. (Sorry, no photography or computer generated art). - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com   Call for Artists: NHLI 2009 Mujer Awards National Hispana Leadership Institute, Arlington, VA USA United States of America The National Hispana Leadership Institute (NHLI) invites Latina artists nationwide to submit artwork (in all media including paintings, sculptures, photography, etc.) that celebrates Latinas/Hispanic women. NHLI � a national 501 (c) 3 organization based in Washington, DC � was established in 1987 to address the underrepresentation of Latinas in the corporate, non-profit and political arenas. NHLI will use the winning image to promote the 2009 Executive Leadership Training Conference and Mujer Awards Gala to be held November 5-6 2009 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com   TRANSART INSTITUTE seeks independent, inquisitive and imaginative artist for its MFA program. In a uniquely international setting, Transart Institute offers an accredited two year low-residency course for working artists, teachers and all professionals in related fields who are seeking advancement in visual arts and new media. Current students work with animation, curating, digital media, film, gaming, graphic design, installation, painting, performance, photography, robotics, sculpture, sound, text, video, virtual reality. TRANSART INSTITUTE seeks independent, inquisitive and imaginative artist for its MFA program. In a uniquely international setting, Transart Institute offers an accredited two year low-residency course for working artists, teachers and all professionals in related fields who are seeking advancement in visual arts and new media. Current students work with animation, curating, digital media, film, gaming, graphic design, installation, painting, performance, photography, robotics, sculpture, sound, text, video, virtual reality. 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