 | | First Major George Grosz Exhibition in the U.S. Dedicated Exclusively to His Years in Exile | 
George Grosz, Laughing keeps you young, 1929/1946, watercolor, reed pen, pen, ink and opaque white on paper, 24 7/8 x 18 3/4 inches. 63.1 x 47.6 cm.
| NEW YORK, NY.- David Nolan Gallery will present the first major George Grosz exhibition in the United States dedicated exclusively to his years in Exile. Over 50 works on view – paintings, watercolors, drawings and collage allow for a reassessment of this pivotal figure of 20th Century art. For 27 years, more than half of his artistically productive life, George Grosz lived and worked in the United States. The fact that it is only now, 50 years after his death, that a first comprehensive exhibition is being dedicated to this important ...More
| | Christie's Announces Second Yves Saint Laurent Sale | PARIS.-Christie’s, in collaboration with Pierre Bergé and Associates, announced the second sale of the Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Bergé Collection that will take place in Paris on 17th, 18th and 19th November 2009. Proceeds of the sale will benefit H.I.V research and the fight against Aids.
Almost 1200 works of Art from Château Gabriel à Bénerville as well as from the Parisian residences of the two collectors will be presented for sale. Seventeen specialist departments are involved: Old Masters and 19th Century Drawings and Paintings, Impressionist and Modern Art, Prints, Contemporary Art, Decorative Art,...More
| | Egyptian Bust in the Field Museum is Look-a-like of Singer Michael Jackson | CHICAGO, IL.- The Chicago Sun-Times' Michael Sneed reported Wednesday morning about an Egyptian bust that resembled Michael Jackson on display in Inside Ancient Egypt, which opened in 1988 at the Field Museum. This bust of an Egyptian woman is nearly 3,000 years old, yet the resemblance to the late King of Pop is uncanny. The bust has been a part of the Museum's collection since 1899 and was collected by Edward Ayer, who spearheaded the founding of the Museum.
The bust was made during the New Kingdom Period (1550 BCE to 1050 BCE) which is the same time period as King Tut...More
| | National Gallery of Australia Announces One of the Most Exceptional Art Events Ever | CANBERRA.- Masterpieces from Paris: Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne and beyond, an extraordinary exhibition presented by the National Gallery of Australia in association with the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, was officially announced today by the Arts Minister, The Hon Peter Garrett AM, MP.
From December 2009 through to April 2010, the Australian public won’t have to travel to Paris to see masterpieces by Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne, Georges Seurat, Pierre Bonnard, Claude Monet, Maurice Denis and Edouard Vuillard—they can visit them in Canberra....More
| | Yorkshire Sculpture Park to Launch Fifth Exhibition Space with The Angel by James Lee Byars | WAKEFIELD.- This September, Yorkshire Sculpture Park presents a spellbinding project by James Lee Byars (1932–1997). Byars visited YSP in 1996 and was beguiled by the place and its atmosphere. St Bartholomew’s Chapel, built in 1744, opens to the general public for the first time in 250 years as an exhibition space for The Angel (1989), a work which comprises 125 Murano glass spheres, each one hand-blown using just a single breath, and arranged in curves that approximate a fleurs-de-lis. The installation will be a graceful statement in a meditative space....More
| | Brazilian Museum of Sculpture to Open A Message for You, by Guy Bourdin | SAO PAULO.- Carlos Jereissati Filho, CEO of Iguatemi, announced the third edition of the Iguatemi Photo Series with the exhibition A Message for you, by Guy Bourdin at MuBE (Brazilian Museum of Sculpture, São Paulo). The instillation of previously unpublished works, which continues the commemoration of a Year of France in Brazil, will launch on August 14th with a cocktail celebration and will be open to the public from August 15th until August 31st.
The exhibition, curated by Chico Lowndes, spans Guy Bourdin’s career from the ...More
| | O'Keeffe Museum Hosts Screening of Georgia O'Keeffe Starring Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons | SANTA FE, NM.- Georgia O’Keeffe’s life and art continue to fascinate public imagination, as is evident with the upcoming premiere of the Sony Pictures Television original film for Lifetime, Georgia O’Keeffe, scheduled to air in September 19, 2009. Starring three-time Academy Award®, Golden Globe® and Emmy Award® nominee Joan Allen (The Contender, The Upside of Anger) and Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune, Elizabeth I), the film is directed by Academy Award nominee Bob ...More
| | Aperture Foundation Announces New Sally Mann Book Coinciding with Gagosian Gallery Show | NEW YORK, NY.- Children, landscape, lovers—these subjects are almost as common to the photographic lexicon as light itself. But Sally Mann’s take on these iconic themes, rendered through both traditional and esoteric processes, is anything but common. Astonishingly original both in image and technique, Mann’s work consistently challenges the viewer: in her hands, experiences drawn from daily life are rendered both disquieting and sublime. Now, having studied relationships between parent and child, artist and subject, life and death, Mann’s Proud Flesh (Aperture/Gagosian, October 2009) investigates the bonds between husband and wife....More
| | Batiks Collected by President Obama's Mother on View at the Textile Museum this Summer | WASHINGTON, DC.- For two weeks only this summer, batik patterned textiles from the collection of Ann Dunham, President Obama’s mother, will be on view at The Textile Museum. This marks the final stop in a national tour of the exhibition A Lady Found a Culture in its Cloth: Barack Obama’s Mother and Indonesian Batiks. Washingtonians and visitors to the nation’s capital will not want to miss this unique look at the Obama family and the Southeast Asian culture from which these fabrics originated! A Lady Found a Culture in its Cloth will be on view at The Textile ...More
| | Ancient Cultures of the Gulf of Mexico Exhibited in Leon, Guanajuato | LEON, GUANAJUATO.- More than 300 Prehispanic pieces arrived to Guanajuato Art and History Museum as part of the exhibition “Veracruz: Ancient Cultures from Gulf of Mexico”, open from August 7th until November 2009. 80 per cent of the objects are exhibited for the first time, and the conjunct will travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and Sao Paolo, in Brazil.
Organized by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), the exhibition emerged in 2007 from the cataloguing, register and restoration of the collections in custody of ...More
| | Saskia Dommisse's Mindscapes to be Shown at Fotografiemuseum in Amsterdam | AMSTERDAM.- Foam_Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam presents the Foam_3h exhibition Mindscapes by Saskia Dommisse. The images in this series, which Dommisse herself calls ‘landscapes of the imagination’, have their origins in landscape, but have been reduced to abstract fields of colour by the photographer. The images are intentionally minimalist and devoid of figurative elements, inviting viewers to supply their own interpretation....More
| | Social Networking Meets the International Marketplace with VandM 2.0 | NEW YORK, NY.- Vintage and Modern, Inc. , a dynamic online marketplace for antiques, modern furnishings, art and jewelry is revolutionizing the way people shop for vintage pieces with the launch of VandM 2.0. In addition to social networking elements that will encourage dialogue between dealers, buyers and collectors, the newly redesigned site offers the company’s services in over 40 different languages. It will now be possible for an interior designer in New Mexico to easily source ornate wooden statues in Lithuania. With the new technological improvements in place, the design community around the globe will have a greatly expanded resource at their fingertips....More
| | New York Academy of Art Announces a Special Exhibition "Leipzig Calling: Twenty Years after the Iron Curtain" | NEW YORK, NY.- The New York Academy of Art announced a special exhibition, “Leipzig Calling: Twenty Years after the Iron Curtain,” opening on September 17th, from 6-8pm, and remaining on view through October 18th. On display are recent works by a number of eminent and emerging contemporary artists who have chosen to live and work in Leipzig and to respond in their art to this German city known historically as a center for learning and culture....More
| | Zoe Charlton: Imitation of a Life to Open at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts | WILIMNGTON, DE.- The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts announces Zoë Charlton’s solo exhibition titled Imitation of a Life, on view in the Dupont I Gallery from August 14 through November 15, 2009. Zoë Charlton’s interests in gender and class fuel her drawings that explore social and racial interactions, and evaluate historical and contemporary visual prejudices. She draws and redraws characters in order to re-contextualize them, depicting them in strange and funny moments....More
| | New Contemporary Exhibition to Open at Krannert Art Museum | CHAMPAIGN, IL.- On-Screen: Global Intimacy (August 28, 2009 through January 3, 2010) brings together ten artists from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and the United States whose works investigate the transnational reach of globalization as a universalizing phenomenon. Their cultural outreach extends beyond the limitations of physical boundaries and is inclusive of transnational exchanges where goods, people, information, and knowledge migrate across diverse territories. These artists explore the various processes involved in identity ...More
| | Archives of American Art's New Exhibition Portrays "Hard Times, 1929 - 1939" | WASHINGTON, DC.- The crash of the stock market in 1929 initiated a chain of events that crippled the American art scene. As money from private patrons and museums evaporated, artists joined the nation’s staggering number of unemployed workers. The toils and triumphs of a wide range of individual artists and art organizations—documented in letters, photographs, journals, business records and oral-history interviews at the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art—reveal how...More
| | Arts Organization, 40 North / 88 West, is Looking for a Part-time Project Coordinator | CHAMPAIGN, IL.- 40 North | 88 West is now accepting applications for a part-time Project Coordinator position. This individual will coordinate performance and exhibit programs specific to downtown Champaign. The Project Coordinator will be responsible for developing and managing two programs — 40 North’s Art & Sol and Sight Specific — selecting visual and performing artists to contract with for outdoor performances and storefront exhibits. The Project Coordinator will be expected to perform well in a fast-paced work environment and will report to the ...More
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