ArtDaily Newsletter, Thursday, February 26, 2009

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Home   The Collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé Realises $483.8 Million at Christie's General view of the interior of the Grand Palais where the auction of the collection belonging to Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé is being held. Photo: EFE/Yoan Valat. PARIS.- The three-day sale of the magnificent Collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé at the Grand Palais, offered by Christie’s in association with Pierre Bergé & Associates auctioneers, realised in total €373,935,500 / £332,802,595 / $483,835,144. A remarkable 95.5% of lots sold by lot, and 93% sold by value. This historic sale set a world record for the...More Groundbreaking Exhibition of Portraits by Gerhard Richter Opens at the National Portrait Gallery in UK LONDON.- A groundbreaking exhibition devoted to one of the greatest living painters opens at the National Portrait Gallery on 26 February 2009. Gerhard Richter Portraits is the first major exhibition to show a selection of Richter's portraits across the entire span of his career. ...More Philadelphia is the Only Venue for a Major Exhibition Exploring Cézanne's Impact on Artists PHILADELPHIA, PA.- In 1907, the French painter Paul Cézanne’s posthumous retrospective astonished younger artists, accelerating the experimentation of European modernism. Cézanne (1839-1906) became for Henri Matisse “a benevolent god of painting,” and for Pablo Picasso “my one and only master.” Cézanne’s inclusion in the Armory Show in New York in 1913 also offered ...More Brit Insurance Design Awards 2009 - Category Winners Announced LONDON.- The winning entries in each category of the Brit Insurance Design Awards 2009, awarded to the most progressive and forward thinking designs from the past 12 months, are: New Oslo Opera House for Architecture, Vogue Italia: A Black Issue for Fashion, MYTO chair for the Furniture category, and the Graphics category is awarded to the Barack Obama Poster. Interactive ...More More Than 100 Works of Art by Pioneering German Expressionists Fill the Neue Galerie NEW YORK, NY.- On February 26, 2009, Neue Galerie New York will open “Brücke: The Birth of Expressionism in Dresden and Berlin, 1905-1913.” Featuring more than 100 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper, this will be the first major exhibition in the United States to focus on the pioneering artists of the Expressionist group known as the Brücke. The show is organized by Reinhold...More The Arts are Emmy Bound: Sandstead's "Art Attack" Makes it to Final Round of Judging SOUTH BOSTON, VA.- When South Boston resident Lee Sandstead called the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at their corporate office in New York City to learn if “Art Attack with Lee Sandstead” made it to the final round of judging for an Emmy...More Louvre Launches Journey into the Imaginative World of the Illustrious Italian Poet Ariosto PARIS.- In February 2009, with a view to exploring fertile confrontations between art forms, the Louvre launches an unprecedented journey into the imaginative world of the illustrious Italian poet Ariosto. Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1533), a writer in service of the dukes of Este, published the first ...More Ian Potter Centre to Show Top Arts: VCE 2008 in March MELBOURNE.- Opening 25 March, the National Gallery of Victoria will present Top Arts: VCE 2008, an exhibition showcasing the artistic achievements of VCE Art and Studio Arts students....More Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Presents Major Retrospective of Louise Bourgeois WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden will present a major retrospective of the works of Louise Bourgeois from Feb. 26 through May 17. Bourgeois, a leading figure in 20th century art, was born in Paris in 1911 and has lived in New York since 1938. The exhibition will fill the museum’s ...More Huntington to Present Esteemed Collection of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy SAN MARINO, CA.- The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens will highlight one of the greatest private collections of Chinese art in the nation with the presentation of “Treasures through Six Generations: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy from the Weng Collection,” on view April 11–July 12, 2009, in ...More Seattle Art Museum Enjoys Rare Opportunity to Present Long-Revered Icons of American Art SEATTLE, WA.- Drawn from Yale University’s collection of American art Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery explores the diverse and evolving ways America defined itself from the colonial era to the Gilded Age. On view at the ...More Nationalmuseum in Stockholm Presents the Pictorial World of the Pre-Raphaelites STOCKHOLM.- The Nationalmuseum in Stockholm presents an exhibition devoted to the pictorial world of the Pre-Raphaelites. This group of nineteenth-century English artists sought inspiration in mediaeval art. Their style is characterized by a conscious striving for beauty, existential themes and moral...More Museum of Anthropology Receives Transformational Gift of $5 Million From Koerner Foundation VANCOUVER, BC.- The Koerner Foundation, Toronto, has donated $5 million to the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology (MOA). The gift will support the Museum’s $55.5 million renewal project, A Partnership of Peoples, which is now underway. In 2001 and 2003 respectively, the Canada Foundation for Innovation...More The Rising Tide to Screen at Bennett Media Studio on March 7th NEW YORK, NY.- Robert Adanto's The Rising Tide, which recently screened at Art Basel Miami Beach, examines China's economic and cultural metamorphosis through the work of some of the Middle Kingdom's most talented video artists and photographers, including the internationally...More High Museum Announces $1.4 Million in Budget Cuts ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art announced a series of budget cuts today, including across the board pay cuts and a 7% reduction of its staff. These reductions, combined with previous cost-cutting measures, will result in $1.4 million dollars in savings and will reduce the operating budget for fiscal year 2009 to $23.7M. These measures ...More Partnership between National Gallery and Tate Extended for 10 years LONDON.- Following recent discussions, the National Gallery and Tate have agreed that the principles governing the historical boundaries of their two collections, which were put ...More Phillips de Pury & Company Announces Under the Influence: A Sale of Cutting-Edge Contemporary Art to be Held in New York NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips de Pury & Company announced the 2009 sale of cutting-edge contemporary art Under the Influence to take place at the company's headquarters in New York on March 9 at 10am. The highly anticipated sale Under the Influence has become a signature of the company's commitment to the...More Cantor Arts Center Presents Faculty Choice on View March 18, 2009 through February 2010, with Experimental Music Series STANFORD, CA.- The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University announces the newest project in the Faculty Choice series, which continues this year with an acoustic twist. Mark Applebaum, associate professor of composition and theory in Stanford's Department of Music, composed "The Metaphysics of Notation" ...More LAUNCH! Shipbuilding Through the Ages Opens on Board HMS Belfast LONDON.- HMS Belfast, the last remaining European big-gun warship, is staging an exciting new interactive exhibition charting the history of shipbuilding in the UK. LAUNCH! Shipbuilding Through the Ages opened on 29 January and runs for two years. ...More Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Announces Carey Young: Speech Acts SAINT LOUIS, MO.- In May 2009, the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis presents Speech Acts, British-based artist Carey Young’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States. Foregrounding her performative and participative practice, Young launches a series of “call center art works,” in which ...More

ArtDaily Newsletter, Wednesday, February 25, 2009

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Home   Sixty Seminal Works Comprise the National Gallery's Picasso: Challenging the Past Exhibition A visitor passes by the painting “Man with Straw Hat, 1971” included in the exhibition Picasso: Challenging the Past which opens at the National Gallery on London. Photo: EFE/Frantzesco Kangaris. LONDON.- The National Gallery’s first exhibition dedicated to Pablo Picasso reveals how the greatest artist of the 20th century pitted himself against the great European painting tradition....More Sony World Photography Awards 2009 Shortlist Nominations Announced LONDON.- The shortlist for the 2009 Sony World Photography Awards is announced today, Tuesday 24 February. The list contains the names of 186 exceptional photographers from 43 different countries, all of them competing in a variety of categories in one of the most prestigious photographic competitions in the world....More Princeton University Art Museum Only U.S. Venue for Exhibition of German Artist Ernst Barlach PRINCETON, NJ.- The Princeton University Art Museum presents Myth and Modernity: Ernst Barlach's Images of the Nibelungen and Faust, on view from through June 7, 2009. The exhibition conveys the versatility and narrative power of the German sculptor, printmaker, and playwright Ernst Barlach (1870-1938)...More P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center Presents First Solo NY Exhibition of Work by Artist Florian Slotawa NEW YORk, NY.- P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center presents the first solo New York exhibition of work by Berlin-based conceptual artist Florian Slotawa. Rather than creating new objects from scratch, Florian Slotawa rearranges and recontextualizes what already exists. In his artworks Slotawa assembles and arranges furniture and ...More Most Significant Overview of American Artist Roni Horn's Practice to Date Opens at Tate Modern LONDON.- This exhibition, the most significant overview of American artist Roni Horn's practice to date, will show her earliest works from the mid-1970s alongside pieces from the intervening years and new sculptures. For Roni Horn aka Roni Horn, all the windows in Tate Modern’s west galleries will be uncovered so that Horn’s sculptures can be seen in shifting natural light....More Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver Announces New Director DENVER, CO.- The Board of Directors of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (MCA DENVER) has selected Adam Lerner as their new director. This decision comes after a comprehensive, six month, nationwide search. The search committee, working with a search consultant, looked at a broad range of nationally...More BAMAKO - 7th African Photography Meeting at Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona BARCELONA.- The Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona presents the exhibition Bamako – 7th African Photography Meeting, curated by Pep Subirós, from 24 February to 1 June 2009....More Tribute to Iraq Fallen Travels to Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art LONDON.- An artwork commemorating British service men and women killed in Iraq , including many from the North East, is being brought to mima Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art by The Art Fund, the UK ’s leading independent art charity. Queen and Country will open in Middlesbrough during the week that marks the 6th...More USC Fisher Museum to Exhibit a Selection of Andy Warhol Polaroids LOS ANGELES, CA.- The USC Fisher Museum of Art presents a selection of the museum's most recent acquisition of 100 original Polaroid photographs and 50 original black and white gelatin silver prints dating from 1972 to 1985 granted through the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program. These photographs were...More Paul Jackson Wins 2009 Archibald Packaging Room Prize SYDNEY.- Sydney artist Paul Jackson has been awarded the Packing Room Prize in conjunction with the 2009 Archibald Prize for his portrait of Flacco, the comic creation of stage and film actor Paul Livingston. A verbal gymnast with a wondrously absurd, sorrowful take on life, Flacco is ...More Foundation's Continued Support Sees Further Award Of 250,000 Pounds LONDON.- As the transformation of The Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle continues apace, staff are delighted to announce that a further bid for £250,000 to the Garfield Weston Foundation has been successful....More Artist Klara Liden Creates Sculptural Installation and New Video for Momas Elaine Dannheisser Projects Series NEW YORk, NY.- For artist Klara Liden's first solo museum exhibition in the United States, The Museum of Modern Art presents Projects 89: Klara Liden, a site-specific sculptural installation and new performative video, as part of its ongoing Elaine Dannheisser Projects Series. Liden (Swedish, b. 1979) is known for her installations and videos...More Georgia Museum of Art Launches GMOA on the Move ATHENS, GA.- Spurred by the construction of a new wing and renovation of its present space, the Georgia Museum of Art will embark on a 2-year series of offsite events and exhibitions called “GMOA on the Move,” with a kickoff party on March 3, 2009, following the ground-breaking ceremony for the addition....More Royal Academy of Arts will Host Premiums in the Sackler Wing of Galleries this Spring LONDON.- The Royal Academy of Arts will host Premiums in the Sackler Wing of Galleries this spring and will feature the work of 17 students. The annual exhibition comprises contemporary artwork by second year students studying at the Royal Academy Schools. Premiums provides an excellent opportunity to view ...More Smithsonian Institution Libraries Opens Two Exhibitions on Illustration and Exploration WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian Institution Libraries has unveiled exhibitions at two Smithsonian museums on the National Mall. “Picturing Words: The Power of Book Illustration” showcases some of the world’s greatest pieces of illustration from the Libraries’ collection of rare books and is on view until Jan. 4, 2010, at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries Gallery at the National Museum of...More Tom Bloxham Appointed Tate Trustee LONDON.- The Board of Trustees of Tate are delighted to announce that the Prime Minister has appointed Tom Bloxham as a Tate Trustee. The term of appointment will be for four years with immediate effect. ...More Nasturtiums Blossom Once More in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's Annual Celebration of Spring BOSTON, MA.- Steeped in tradition both old and new, the annual Hanging Nasturtiums display at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, along with an Edible Nasturtiums menu at The Gardner Café, trumpets the arrival of spring with a feast for all the senses. The visual beauty of cascading vines awash in sunlight against ...More Acclaimed African-American Artist Subject of Lecture at Reynolda House Museum of American Art WINSTON-SALEM, NC.- Reynolda House Museum of American Art will host the first in a series of three lectures about the art and artists in the museum's new exhibition, "American Impressions: Selections from the National Academy Museum" on Tuesday, March 10 at 5:30 p.m....More Saint Louis Art Museum Announces March Family Sundays SAINT LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum announces Family Sundays: "Majestic Ming," a program of art projects and tours for families each Sunday in March from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Inspired by the Museum's featured exhibition, Power and Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty, "Majestic Ming"...More Cantor Arts Center Presents 2009 Franklin Symposium for Arts of Africa, Oceania, & the Americas STANFORD, CA.- The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University presents "Contemporary Art from Africa," the 2009 Ruth K. Franklin Symposium for Arts of Africa, Oceania, & the Americas, on Saturday, March 21, from 10 am until 5 pm. The general public is welcome to the symposium. Admission is free. ...More

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