ArtDaily Newsletter: Sunday, September 27, 2009

The First Art Newspaper on the Net Established in 1996 Sunday, September 27, 2009   Museum Kunst Palast in Dusseldorf Opens Overview of the Works of Per Kirkeby Danish artist Per Kirkeby poses for a photograph in front of his paintings at Museum Kunst Palast in Dusseldorf. A retrospective exhibition of his works opened today. Photo: EFE/Federico Gambarini. DUSSELDORF.- Born in 1938, Per Kirkeby is the best known Danish artist of his generation and one of the most important contemporary European artists. After a degree in geology and several expeditions to Greenland, Kirkeby turned his attention entirely to the world of art in the mid-1960s and embarked upon a journey that involved researching the vast diversity of painting options while also working as a sculptor, architect, printer, illustrator, film maker and author. The Per Kirkeby exhibition, set up in cooperation with the Tate Modern in London and extended for museum kunst palast, comprises some 250 works # paintings, drawings, sculptures, books and films # that provide an overview of the works of this universal artist. An extension of the exhibition in Düsseldorf can be found at Insel Hombroich near Düsseldorf. These brick buildings, erected by Per Kirkeby, are walk-in sculptures that exemplify his work at the int ... More LACMA Presents First U.S. Exhibition of Luis Meléndez Still Lifes in Twenty-Five Years Luis Meléndez, Self Portrait, 1746. Oil on canvas, 38 1/2 X 31 7/8 in. Musée du Louvre. Reunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY. Photo: Hervé Lewandowski. LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Luis Meléndez: Master of the Spanish Still Life, the first U.S. exhibition in twenty-five years of eighteenth-century Spanish painter Luis Meléndez (1715-1780). Meléndez is now recognized not only as one of the greatest Spanish painters of the eighteenth century, but also as one of the most accomplished still life painters of the time. Drawing works from major American and European museums as well as private collections, the exhibition will showcase nearly thirty paintings by Meléndez—many of which have never been exhibited before. In addition, a ... More   MFA Houston Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Man's Landing on the Moon Neil A. Armstrong´s photograph of Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., on the Moon, 1969, 93.199.10 The MFAH, the Target Collection of American Photography, gift of Target Stores. HOUSTON, TX.- To mark the 40th anniversary of man´s landing on the moon, this September the MFAH presents The Moon: "Houston, Tranquility Base Here. The Eagle Has Landed." This exhibition chronicles man´s enduring fascination over five centuries with our nearest planetary neighbor. Ranging from moonlit landscapes by the Old Masters and the Impressionists, to Ansel Adams´ iconic Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico (1941) and shots famously taken on the moon by the members of Apollo 11, the exhibition provides a dazzling overview of five centuries of moon-gazing. In addition, early scientific instruments, books, moon ... More   Guy Hepner Contemporary Presents Heidi Does Hollywood: Photos by Mark Seliger Heidi Klum (Untitled 3), GQ, 2002, 30 x 40 inches, Edition of 10, 50 x 60 inches, Edition of 5. Digital c print photograph on paper. Hand signed, numbered and dated on a label verso by Mark Seliger. Photo: Courtesy of Guy Hepner Contemporary. WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA.- Photographer Mark Seliger's 2002 "Heidi Does Hollywood" series for GQ is now for sale at Guy Hepner Contemporary. As one most celebrated editorial photographers of today, Mark Seliger has had the rare opportunity to photograph the world's most famous faces. Mark Seliger is currently under contract with Conde Nast Publications where he has shot countless covers for Vanity Fair and GQ. In 2002, Mark Seliger created a stunning collection of photographs for GQ of Heidi Klum. Resulting from his emotional proximity to Heidi Klum, Mark Seliger was able to create ... More John and Drew Eberson Architectural Records Archive Now Online Tampa theatre designed by architect John Eberson. Photo: Gordon Myhre, Grown Man Films. MIAMI BEACH, FL.- The John and Drew Eberson Architectural Records Archive is one of the major architectural holdings of The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, documenting the work of the firm John and Drew Eberson, Architects from 1909 through 1988. Thanks to major grants from the Getty Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, The Wolfsonian has been working for over a year on arranging and processing the archive, which includes records for more than 420 projects and totals more than 7,600 items. That work is now completed and information on the archive, including a finding aid ... More   As a Leading Authority on the Art of Framing, Eli Wilner's Keen Eye is Legendary Eli Wilner amidst the extensive collection of antique frames gracing his eponymous Manhattan gallery. NEW YORK, NY.- For as long as he can remember, Eli Wilner has understood the importance of a frame to a work of art. "My great uncle was an art collector," he recalls "and he insisted that everything had to be in an antique frame, so even as a kid my paintings were always framed. Then they would be placed next to a Chagall or a Klee, so I thought I was a great master." Since opening his gallery in 1983, Wilner has established himself as a leading authority on the art of framing, with a client roster that includes the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cooper Hewitt Museum, the Corcoran Gallery and the White House." ... More   New Book Tells How Soldiers Saved Works of Art During World War II The Venus Fixers is an adventure story with the gorgeous tints of a Botticelli landscape as its backdrop. NEW YORK, NY.- Farrar, Straus and Giroux, recently published The Venus Fixers : The Untold Story of the Allied Soldiers Who Saved Italy's Art During World War II. In 1943, with the world convulsed by war and a Fascist defeat in Europe far from certain, a few visionaries—civilians and soldiers alike—saw past questions of life and death to realize that victory wasn't the only thing at stake. So was the priceless cultural heritage of thousands of years. In the midst of the conflict, the Allied Forces appointed the monuments officers—a motley group of art historians, curators, architects, and ... More Landscape Treasures Features 50 Paintings from the Parrish Museum's Collection Frederick Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935), Church at Old Lyme, 1906. Oil on canvas, 30 ⅛ x 25 ¼. Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY. Littlejohn Collection, 1961.3.131 SOUTHAMPTON, NY.- American Landscapes: Treasures from the Parrish Art Museum, an exhibition of some fifty paintings from the Museum's permanent collection, will be on view at the Parrish from September 27 through November 29, 2009. Ranging from such early nineteenth-century painters as Thomas Doughty and Asher B. Durand to contemporary artists Jennifer Bartlett and April Gornik, the exhibition traces the progression of American landscape painting from the Hudson River School to the present and affirms the historical importance and ongoing vitality of landscape painting in the history of American art. American Landscapes has been organized by Alicia Longwell, Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator, Art and Education. ... More   Jill Magid's First Solo Exhibition at Yvon Lambert New York Opens Installation Image of Jill Magid's Objects to be Handed Over or Destroyed at Yvon Lambert New York, September 12- October 24, 2009. NEW YORK, NY.- Yvon Lambert presents Objects to be Handed Over or Destroyed, Jill Magid's first solo exhibition at Yvon Lambert New York. In Objects to be Handed Over or Destroyed Magid explores the nature of government secrecy and obligatory silence through her work with the Dutch secret service. This show will run concurrently at Yvon Lambert with an exhibition of new work by Ian Wallace. Both exhibitions will be on view until October 24, 2009. Magid also has a solo exhibition at Tate Modern through January 3, 2010. Under compulsion to commission an artwork for its new building, the AIVD—the General Intelligence and Security Service of the Netherlands, or the Dutch secret service—decided to use it as an opportunity to improve ... More   Baibakov Art Projects and Paul Pfeiffer Announce Project for Third Moscow Biennale Paul Pfeiffer, Caryatid (Red, Yellow, Blue), 2008. Courtesy of the artist and Thomas Dane Gallery, London. MOSCOW.- Baibakov art projects announced a collaboration with American artist Paul Pfeiffer, a special project of the Third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Opening October 22, 2009 "Perspective Machine" is the artist's first solo exhibition in Russia. For this site-specific project, the artist will develop on his critique of the spectacle, converting the unique space of the former Red October Chocolate Factory into a "Perspective Machine." Almost forty years ago, the theorist Guy Debord formulated what he called the "Society of the Spectacle," a world regulated by images in which one experiences the representation of reality rather than reality itself. Paul Pfeiffer is part of a new generation of young artists taking on the contemporary spectacle, in a society where advances in digital technology have reinvented the idea of an ... More Quang-Tuan Luong Featured in Ken Burns PBS Series the National Parks The series is scheduled to air on PBS channel this Sunday, September 27th at 8PM. SAN JOSE, CA.-Terra Galleria announced that Quang-Tuan Luong, a San Francisco Bay Area resident, has been featured as one of the few living characters in Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan's latest documentary about the American National Parks. The series is scheduled to air on PBS channel this Sunday, September 27th at 8PM. The footage about Luong and his work is part of Episode 4; includes a sequence of Luong working on location in Glacier Bay National Park and a short interview. Visiting from France, Luong fell in love with the US National Parks and decided to photograph them ... More   First Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in Scandinavia to Open at Nationalmuseum Caspar David Friedrich View of a Harbor © Berlin 2009 / Rudolf Schäfer / Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg. STOCKHOLM.- Caspar David Friedrich, the leading painter of the German Romantic era, is nowadays regarded as one of the greatest figures in the history of art. Nevertheless, he remains relatively unknown in Sweden outside art history circles. This October, Nationalmuseum will set out to change this by presenting Scandinavia's first monographic exhibition of works by Friedrich. In all, over 90 artworks will be on show, including some 40 paintings. In his paintings, Friedrich depicts the Romantic belief in an animated nature where the divine permeates everything. ... More   Manhattan Art Company Opens World's First Art Gift Registry Eastern Essence. © Alexandra Pacula. NEW YORK, NY.- A Manhattan art company recently launched an innovative option for gift giving. nAscent Art New York, which represents almost 50 emerging artists, introduced a new art gift registry in anticipation of the holiday shopping season. The registry also helps newly engaged couples seeking a unique expression of their love. Called ArtWish, the nAscent Art gift registry provides a different way to shop and celebrate. Using ArtWish, lovers of art create registries of original artwork for their friends and families to purchase as gifts. nAscent's unique service allows art to be accessible to anyone at a reasonable price. Many people can support the ... More More News Pinakothek der Moderne Presents Thomas Steffl's Naked Nation MUNICH.- With his sculptures and video installations the artist Thomas Steffl directs our attention to the relations between body, nature and society. His work is concerned first and foremost with representations of naturalness and corporality that are to be experienced as cultural constructions. For him, engagement with ones own body and that of others is not a process dependent exclusively on personal decisions. In a wider context it is the specific expression of a culture captured at a particular moment in time and subject to constant change. The exhibition presents a new complex of the artist's works. They take up the ... More Cornerhouse to Present First Major UK Survey of Polish Artist Artur Zmijewski MANCHESTER.- Cornerhouse will present the first major UK survey of Polish artist Artur Zmijewski, one of the most consistently challenging, provocative and profoundly thoughtful artists in Europe at the moment. The exhibition will include the major installation work, Repetition (2005), in which !mijewski revisits Professor Zimbardo's 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment. Alongside Repetition (2005), expect a number of other works, including the critically acclaimed and tersely didactic video work, Them (2007), first shown at Documenta 12. Set in a non-descript warehouse in Warsaw, Them documents representatives from different factions that shape contemporary Poland and the ensuing exchanges between them. Devout Catholic women, a Gay and Lesbian group, members of the neo-nationalist Union of Polish Youths, Jewish teenagers and young left-wing activists were brought together and charged with the task of creating an emblematic image ... More L.A. Marler has Created a Conceptually Brilliant Exhibition with a Purpose SANTA MONICA, CA.- The Future is here, Environmental change is happening now! While the Alternative Car Expo is happening, take a relaxing stroll down memory lane through the story that is told by these images... Then fast forward to the current cars that make science fun and sexy. L. A. Marler's artistic expression fuels the alternative transportation movement. This enchanting exhibit is a welcome respite to the hectic, bustling car show. Louise Anne Marler is a Santa Monica based photographer, environmentalist and curator, known for the Oil Is History® grassroots campaign she has created from her junkyard cars photo series. Her work has been shown in galleries nationally. This is a rare opportunity where the artist throws open the hangar door and invites everyone to come in and see her creative genius hide-away. Driven by her eco conscious vision of the world, L.A. Marler sees an object, such as an abandoned car very differently than the average person. L.A. Marler sees the hi ... More Frye Art Museum Exhibition Explores American Modernism SEATTLE, WA.- Open Roads and Bedside Tables: American Modernism in the Frye Collection, on view from September 26, 2009 through January 10, 2010, presents works from the Frye Collection that explore how American artists created distinctly American subjects for American audiences. In the early twentieth century, artists grappled with this concept as they attempted to image a United States that was no longer a colony, nor an unwanted offspring of a grand European vision. Modernism, a complex and contested term, is used to describe America's self-conscious break from past European traditions in the visual arts. Intense debate about American modernism began with two important New York City exhibitions, the Macbeth Gallery exhibition of The Eight in 1908 and the International Exhibition of Modern Art—the Armory Show—of 1913. Both exhibitions incited criticism and brought into productive tension and high relief Europe ... More Crocker Art Museum's First Director Receives First Solo Museum Exhibit SACRAMENTO, CA.- Meadows and Mountains celebrates the work of William F. Jackson, Sacramento's leading painter from 1880 to 1936 and the first director of the Crocker Art Museum. This first solo exhibit of Jackson's work, opening November 6, 2009, brings together 20 of his painted landscapes, including views of Donner Lake, Lake Tahoe and California hillsides. At the urging of his friend Margaret Crocker, Jackson became "custodian" of the newly founded E. B. Crocker Art Gallery in 1885, a position he faithfully fulfilled for 50 years. From 1886 to 1900, he was the head of the Sacramento School of Design, the art school conducted in the Museum's ornate Victorian Ballroom. Modest and diffident about promoting himself and his works from his studio in a small city off the beaten track, Jackson was never appreciated to the full extent of his talent. "The timing of this exhibit coincides exactly with our ... More Hasted Hunt Kraeutler Announces Exclusive Representation of Edward Burtynsky NEW YORK, NY.- Hasted Hunt Kraeutler announced the exclusive representation of Edward Burtynsky in the United States. Hasted Hunt Kraeutler opens with "Edward Burtynsky: Oil". The exhibition runs from October 1 until November 28, 2009 with an artist's reception on Tuesday, October 6th from 6 to 8 p.m. "Oil" consists of a series of large format color images made over the last 12 years. Burtynsky's obsession with oil began in 1997, when he identified oil as a key building block of the last century - politically, economically and socially - on a global scale. He has tracked this controversial, valuable and increasingly scarce resource from extraction to production to consumption. His obsession with oil has taken him from oil fields to expressways, from Western Canada to Los Angeles to the Middle East. The New York exhibition at Hasted Hunt Kraeutler is presented in conjunction with the pub ... More 'New York Sleeps' Christopher Thomas at Bernheimer Fine Old Masters, Munich MUNICH.- This is New York! Or are they dream worlds, chimeras, inventions, or perhaps testimony to a past era? Viewers are astonished, recognizing the places and getting lost in memories. A city of silence, beyond the turbulence of everyday life, a metropolis with no people, as if a spell had been cast on it: Grand Central Station, Fifth Avenue, the Flatiron Building, Katz's Restaurant, the Brooklyn Bridge-familiar, but never seen this way before. When we unsuspectingly removed these photographs from a drawer-seven views, all taken in 2001 (before September 11), softly sketched as a result of long exposure times, printed on deckle-edge paper with the streaky border of a Polaroid-we urged the photographer to return to New York, where he had lived now and again over an extended period, in order to continue the series. Over two more years, including stays in each of the seasons, he produced a portfolio of photographs, of which the present volume presents a selection of nearly eight ... More New Missouri Bank Crossroads "Artboards" to Debut First Friday in October KANSAS CITY, MO.- The Missouri Bank Crossroads Branch will debut four new large-scale commissioned images, by Kansas City based artists Grant Miller and May Tveit, on its "Artboards" in time for First Friday October 2, 2009. An Art through Architecture "Art Achievement" project, the Missouri Bank "Artboards" launched fall 2008, when the building's existing double-sided billboards were renovated and converted into a highly visible site for work by area artists as part of the bank's purchase and renovation of the building to house its Crossroads Branch, completed by Helix Architecture + Design. Grant Miller will present two east-facing images, which are croppings of recent acrylic on wood paintings. Interweaving hard-edges and painterly drips, and built up through many layers, these painting are Miller's attempts to physically portray the abundance of information that surrounds us at all times in a myriad of forms. Informed by an intere ... More 28th Annual Bruce Museum Outdoor Arts Festival will Take Place in October GREENWICH, CT .- The Bruce Museum's 28th Annual Outdoor Arts Festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday, October 10 and 11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, on the grounds of the Museum at 1 Museum Drive in Greenwich, CT. The Festival is a juried event featuring more than 90 artists selected from across the country. Their paintings, photography, drawings, prints, sculptures, and mixed media pieces are all available for purchase. The Festival also features live music on both days as well as a variety of food choices. Many fun, educational family activities are on hand, including a children's drawing contest and entertainment geared towards a younger audience. Exhibitors compete for cash prizes in six categories: oils and acrylic on canvas; watercolor and acrylic on paper and under glass; graphics and drawings; mixed media; sculpture; and photography. In addition to individual category prizes, there are two major awards give ... More The Human Eclectic: An Exhibition Curated by Kent Williams at Merry Karnowsky Gallery LOS ANGELES, CA.- What is becoming of the 'us' – the 'each of us'? Where will all of our technology leave us? Maybe it's our detachment from the reality of mass human destruction, or the invited dehumanization of our existence through computers and online interactions. It could be our growing desensitization to cruelty, to violence and to suffering through the television invasion. Whatever it is, it appears we have stopped celebrating, or even acknowledging, the very thing that defines our entire race – our humanity. We are offering it up, as though sacrificially, to the machines we create and worship. Because of this almost inevitable crisis of self, we find it important again, maybe now more than ever in the history of art making, to cling to our most basic possession – the human form. Call it a quiet revolution – the lone artist embracing the representation of man again – slowly and deliberately turning himself back around to ... More Statewide Arts and Cultural Organizations Meet with Governor and Legislative Leaders HARRISBURG, PA.- On Wednesday, leaders from the state's arts and cultural organizations met with key legislative officials including Governor Rendell to protest the proposed tax on cultural activity. Julie Hawkins (VP Cultural Policy) and April Williamson from the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance; Mitch Swain (CEO) and Ryan Freytag (Mgr Cultural Policy) from the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council; and Abbi Peters (ED) from the Elks Council on the Arts attended a series of meetings in Harrisburg. "We had frank discussions with legislative leaders, but the prognosis does not look good," said Julie Hawkins VP of Cultural Policy at the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. "We will continue to fight this tax, we think it doesn't make sense and will adversely impact everyday citizens who attend the thousands of nonprofit arts and cultural organizations around the state."The visit was prompted b ... More Dig Along Upper Hudson Opens Window to Old NY Fort FORT EDWARD, NY.- A mistake made along the Hudson River is offering archaeologists a rare glimpse into how colonial military engineers built wooden forts, including the key stronghold constructed here by the British during the French and Indian War. A formal excavation of the original Fort Edward was called after crews dredging PCB-contaminated sediment from the Hudson River last month accidentally ripped out wooden beams thought to have been part of the original fort, which was built in the 1750s. Redcoats, rangers, American Indians and settlers mingled at the site as England and France fought for control of North America. ... More This is not unsolicited email. You were sent this ezine because you entered your email in our list at http://www.artdaily.org To unsubscribe from this Newsletter please send us an e-mail from the address you want to cancel to newsletter-request@list.artdaily.com with subject Unsubscribe.

ArtDaily Newsletter: Saturday, September 26, 2009

The First Art Newspaper on the Net Established in 1996 Saturday, September 26, 2009   Survey of Anish Kapoor's Career to Date Opens at the Royal Academy of Arts in London Artist Anish Kapoor is reflected as he poses for photographs in front of a piece entitled "Vertigo". (AP Photo/Matt Dunham). LONDON.- The Royal Academy of Arts will hold a major solo exhibition of the internationally acclaimed artist and 1991 Turner Prize winner Anish Kapoor. Kapoor is regarded as one of the most influential and pioneering sculptors of his generation and is celebrated for works which enter into a profound spiritual engagement with the viewer such as the early pigment sculptures; 1000 Names (1979-80), Marsyas (2002) part of the Unilever Series at the Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, and Sky Mirror, installed at the Rockefeller Centre, New York in 2006. This exhibition will survey Kapoor's career to date as well as showcase new and previously unseen works. One of the highlights of the exhibition will be the monumental work Svayambh, (a Sanskrit word which roughly translates as "auto-generated"). The work has the appearance of a vast mass of wax that moves almost imperceptibly on sunken rails leaving a residue in its wake as it tr ... More Christie's Host a Week of Exhibitions and Auctions to Celebrate Frieze Week in London Martin Kippenberger (1953-1997) Paris Bar, oil on cotton, 83.1/2 x 150.3/8in. (212 x 382cm.) Painted in 1991. Estimate £800,000 - £1,200,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2009. LONDON.- To co-incide with Frieze Week in October 2009, Christie's announces a series of exhibitions and auctions dedicated to Post-War and Contemporary Art. The leading highlights which will be on public view at Christie's include significant works by Peter Doig, Martin Kippenberger, Lucio Fontana, Damien Hirst, Gerhard Richter, Pino Pascali, Raqib Shaw and a rare, early rediscovered drawing by Lucian Freud. The auctions of Post-War and Contemporary Art featuring The Italian Sale and Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale are expected to realise £16,218,000 to £22,980,000. ... More   Expanded SFMOMA will Become Home to Gap Founder's Contemporary Art Collection Roy Lichtenstein, Live Ammo ("Tzing"), 1962; oil and Magna on canvas; 68" x 56"; Doris and Donald Fisher Collection; © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein. SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) Board Chair Charles Schwab and Director Neal Benezra today announced that the museum is developing a groundbreaking relationship with Doris and Donald Fisher that would provide the Fisher Collection—one of the world's leading collections of contemporary art—with a home at SFMOMA. The Fishers, who together founded Gap Inc. in 1969, have long envisioned keeping their collection intact for the public in their hometown of San Francisco. The Fisher Collection includes some 1,100 works by leading artists including Alexander ... More   Jeff Koons to Curate Dakis Joannou Collection Exhibition at the New Museum Artist Jeff Koons will curate the exhibition which will take over the entire Museum. Photo: EFE/Andy Rain. NEW YORK, NY.- The Dakis Joannou Collection will come to the New Museum in late February 2010. Artist Jeff Koons will curate the exhibition which will take over the entire Museum. This is the first time that Joannou's collection will be seen in the United States. Dakis Joannou - a New Museum Trustee based in Athens - has worked closely with artists and curators over three decades to assemble an unparalleled collection of iconic works of art that reflect his distinctive passion and fervor. Curated exhibitions from the collection have been presented at Joannou's Deste Foundation in Athens since the late 1980's. The collection contains major holdings ... More Special Exhibition Explores Innovative Techniques in Postwar American Printmaking Karl Kasten, Valencia, 1960. Color soft-ground etching and aquatint with scraping and burnishing. Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of James N. Heald II, b.s. 1949. NEW HAVEN, CT.- For printmaking in America, the twenty years following the Second World War were a dynamic and innovative period during which artists fundamentally reconsidered the boundaries of the medium. The Yale University Art Gallery offers a special exhibition featuring American and European émigré artists whose work in intaglio printmaking was marked by this new impulse for experimentation. The Pull of Experiment: Postwar American Printmaking, on view from September 25, 2009, through January 3, 2010, examines the creative spirit inspired by interactions among these artists following the war ... More   President of Brandeis University, Who Recommended Closing Art Museum, to Step Down Brandeis University President Jehuda Reinharz appears in his office on the school campus, in Waltham, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) WALTHAM, NY- The president of Brandeis University, who came under intense criticism for recommending that the school close its art museum and sell $350 million worth of art, says he is stepping down. Jehuda Reinharz (juh-HUDE'-uh RYNE'-hartz) told the school's trustees this week he will remain on the job until a new president has been selected, or until June 2011. Reinharz told The Justice student newspaper, which first reported the resignation, that his decision had nothing to do with the uproar caused by his recommendation in January to close the Rose Art Museum. He says he's stepping down because he has met his goals. ... More   André Agassi Foundation Unveils Artwork by Noted Contemporary Artist Romero Britto to be Auctioned Noted Brazilian artist Romero Britto designed this year's signature piece of modern artwork. NEW YORK, NY.- In a prelude to the 14th annual Grand Slam for Children, the Andre Agassi Foundation will unveil this year's signature piece of modern artwork designed by noted Brazilian artist Romero Britto on Friday, September 25 at 4:30 PM at the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, 1201 West Lake Mead Boulevard.. The piece will be auctioned off the following evening at the Grand Slam for Children, with all proceeds benefitting the Andre Agassi Foundation and Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, a K-12 public charter school in Las Vegas that strives to provide children with a first-class education. ... More Milwaukee Art Museum Organizes First U.S. Museum Exhibition of Warhol's Late Works Andy Warhol, Camouflage, 1986. Acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen, 80 1/4 x 76 1/4 in. (203.8 x 193.7 cm). The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. MILWAUKEE, WI.- The Milwaukee Art Museum presents the first U.S. museum exhibition to explore the work Andy Warhol produced during his late years. Organized by the Milwaukee Art Museum, Andy Warhol: The Last Decade premieres in Milwaukee September 26, 2009 – January 3, 2010 before heading on national tour. Created amidst the bustle of Warhol's Pop celebrity, the works on view illustrate as never before the artist's vitality, energy, and renewed spirit of experimentation during the final years of his life. "Warhol is as misunderstood as he is famous," said John McKinnon, Milwaukee Art Museum assistant curator of modern and contemporary art. "This first-of-its-kind exhibition evaluates ... More   G-20 Spouses Tour Arts School, Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh France's first lady Carla Bruni arrives at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Friday, Sept. 25,2009, for a luncheon hosted by first lady Michelle Obama for the spouses of the visiting heads of state attending the G-20 Summit. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) By: Darlene Superville, Associated Press Writer PITTSBURGH, PA (AP).- First lady Michelle Obama, a supporter of arts education, says the arts are a form of diplomacy that challenges assumptions and helps people learn from and inspire each other. Underscoring her point, she spoke at the Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School. Its students are like those depicted in the movie, "Fame," majoring in dance, music, theater and other creative arts. "It is through our music, our literature, our art, drama and dance that we tell the story of our past and we express our hopes for the future," Mrs. Obama said Friday, ... More   Art Gallery of Alberta Appoints Gilles Hébert as New Executive Director Gilles Hébert is the new Executive Director of the Art Gallery of Alberta. EDMONTON, AB.- The Board of Directors of the Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) announced today the appointment of Gilles Hébert as the gallery's new Executive Director, effective October 26, 2009. "Gilles brings to the AGA 25 years of experience from across the spectrum of the art world, as an artist, curator, program developer and senior administrator. Gilles' career profile will be key to the gallery achieving its long-term goals, as the AGA moves into its new building and launches its New Vision with expanded exhibitions, new educational programming and a full range of top-tier gallery experiences", said Allan Scott , Chair of the AGA Board of Directors. "At this point in the AGA's history, bringing on board someone with Gilles' ... More A Few Frames: Photography and the Contact Sheet Opens at the Whitney David Wojnarowicz, Untitled, 1988. Synthetic polymer on two chromogenic prints , 11 x 13 1/4 in. (27.9 x 33.7 cm) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York purchase with funds from the Photography Committee, 95.88 Courtesy of The Estate of David Wojnarowicz and P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, NY. NEW YORK, NY.- In this selection of works drawn principally from the Whitney's permanent collection, the repetitive image of the proof sheet is the leitmotif in a variety of works spanning the range of the museum's photography collection, including the works of Paul McCarthy, Robert Frank, Ed Ruscha, and Andy Warhol. The exhibition is co-curated by Elisabeth Sussman, Whitney Curator and Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography, and Tina Kukielski, Senior Curatorial Assistant. A Few Frames opens on September 25, 2009 in the Sondra Gilman Gallery and runs through January 3, 2010. ... More   Metropolitan Museum Announces a Conversation with Salman Rushdie on Visual Imagary Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie having a discussion with Emory University students on February 11, 2008. Photo: Brett Weinstein, Wikipedia user Nrbelex. NEW YORK, NY.- Salman Rushdie's latest novel, The Enchantress of Florence, brings together Florentine Italy and Mughal India, and the cultures that lie between them, in a tale that has been described as a "sumptuous mixture of history and fable." On Tuesday, October 6, 2009, at 6:00 p.m., the Metropolitan Museum of Art Concerts & Lectures series will present a conversation with the author and three art historians - Carmen Bambach, Curator of Drawings and Prints, and Navina Haidar Haykel, Associate Curator of Islamic Art, both of the Museum; and David Roxburgh, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Islamic Art History at Harvard University - to explore major themes and visual imagery in his novel. ... More   Rare Survivals and Re-Discoveries Highlight Christie's Americana Sale Next Week A Chippendale Mahogany Bombé Chest-of-Drawers Boston or Salem, 1760-1780, 33 in. high, 37 in. wide, 21 in. deep. Estimate: $500,000-800,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2009. NEW YORK, NY.- Rare survivals of American craftsmanship from the 18th and 19th centuries and a rediscovered duck decoy are among the highlights of the upcoming mid-season sale of Important American Furniture, Folk Art & Prints at Christie's New York. The September 30 auction includes over 100 historic items and is expected to realize in excess of $1.8 million. Leading the sale is a Chippendale Mahogany Bombé Chest-of-Drawers (estimate: $500,000-800,000). Crafted in Boston or Salem, Massachusetts circa 1760-1780, this magnificent chest was gifted to Historic New England nearly forty years ago and has been in the permanent ... More More News Exhibition at Tacoma Art Museum Merges Modern-day Patterns with Tradition TACOMA, WA.- Joe Feddersen: Vital Signs, a major retrospective exhibition of work by this highly regarded artist and teacher, is on view at Tacoma Art Museum September 26, 2009, through January 10, 2010. Vital Signs features an extraordinary selection of Joe Feddersen's printmaking, collage, glass, and weaving created since 1996. Through powerful combinations of contemporary forms and Native American iconography, the works in the exhibition demonstrate the artist's fascination with the interrelationships between urban place makers—such as parking lots, tire tracks, high voltage towers, cinder blocks, and chain link fencing—and the landscape Feddersen finds in the Northwest. Following in the footsteps of his Plateau Indian ancestors, who interpreted their environment in the patterns of their baskets, Feddersen transforms the rhythms of the urban centers and natural landscapes surrounding him into art ... More Robert Motherwell: An Attitude Toward Reality, Opens at the Block Museum of Art CHICAGO, IL.- The art and rhetoric of Robert Motherwell helped define the New York School, a group of abstract painters active in the 1940s and 1950s that also included Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning. With an extensive academic background, Motherwell acted as the movement's unofficial spokesperson, writing and speaking about his generation of artists. Influenced by surrealism and psychology, Motherwell employed techniques designed to release the artistic process from rational control and express the subconscious, as seen, for example, in his Lyric Suite drawings. His art explored themes both intimate, such as a series of collages incorporating personal items like cigarette packets and pieces of mail, and international, like Elegy to the Spanish Republic, a subject he reworked in various formats throughout his life. Robert Motherwell: An Attitude Toward Reality, From the Collection of the Walker Art Center offers an overview and introduction to the artis ... More New Book Presents Most Comprehensive Collection of Projects Built by Jim Olson NEW YORK, NY.- On November 17, 2009, The Monacelli Press will release Jim Olson Houses, the most comprehensive collection of projects built in the last decade by the founding partner of Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects as well as the most prominent heir to the legacy of the 1950's Northwest master architects. With a series of photographs documenting both exteriors and interiors at 16 residences in Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, and Hong Kong, the book represents the holistic approach that has guided Olson throughout his career. The result is a vision that delicately mixes the architectural tradition of the Pacific Northwest, the influence of the Pacific Rim, and their focuses on indigenous craft. Jim Olson's work, as seen in this new book, reveals the mastery of an architect and his subtle understanding of the world around him. The introduction to Jim Olson Houses is written by Michael Webb. Known for his elegant residences, each of wh ... More The Morgan Presents Special, Limited-Run Exhibition of Original Drawings from Children's Classic NEW YORK, NY.- The Morgan Library & Museum announced that it will present a special exhibition of original drawings and manuscript pages from the classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (b. 1928). The show will run from October 6 to November 1 and is part of a citywide celebration honoring Mr. Sendak and marking the October 13 premiere of a new Warner Bros. movie adaptation, directed by Spike Jonze. Other events will take place at Lincoln Center, The New York Public Library, and The Museum of Modern Art. The Sendak works are on loan to the Morgan from the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia. The exhibition presents a rare opportunity to witness Sendak's creative process—from his early drafts about an unnamed boy in search of wild horses to the well-known narrative about a child named Max taming the beastly "things" of his own imagination. Twelve drawings and two manus ... More The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery Presents Photographic Portraits from the American West WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Portrait Gallery's exhibition "Faces of the Frontier: Photographic Portraits from the American West, 1845-1924," explores how the American West was dramatically reconstituted during the 80 years between the Mexican War and the passage of the Indian Citizenship Act in 1924. More than 100 photographic portraits tell the story of those who contributed to the transformation of this region."The stories of the American West, both mythical and factual, are the stories that continue to fascinate our nation," said Martin Sullivan, director of the National Portrait Gallery. "This exhibition explores the history of the West through the people who contributed to the transformation of the region's identity.""Faces of the Frontier" follows four general themes during this period: land, exploration, discord and possibilities. It chronicles events such as the complet ... More Morris & Co Stained Glass Comes Home to Stockport LONDON.- Six stained glass windows that were originally housed in the chapel of Stockport's Cheadle Royal Hospital have been returned to the area. Made by renowned decorative arts firm Morris & Co, they were acquired by the Stockport Story Museum with the help of a grant of £50,000 from independent charity The Art Fund towards a total cost of £93,000. Four of the windows were designed by Edward Burne-Jones and one by William Morris, both of whom were eminent artists of the Pre-Raphaelite movement and founding members of British design company Morris & Co. The sixth was designed by John Henry Dearle, who was an apprentice to William Morris before becoming Art Director and principal stained glass designer at the company. Andrew Macdonald, Acting Director of The Art Fund, said: "Morris & Co were particularly renowned for their stained glass work and these are striking examples originally made for the Cheadle Royal Hospital, wh ... More This is not unsolicited email. You were sent this ezine because you entered your email in our list at http://www.artdaily.org To unsubscribe from this Newsletter please send us an e-mail from the address you want to cancel to newsletter-request@list.artdaily.com with subject Unsubscribe.

International Art News: September 25, 2009

ARTS NEWS: September 25, 2009 Top Stories Lace in Translation Design Center at Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, USA United States of America The Abstracted Landscape : Work by 4 International Artists Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY USA United States of America Humanism in China : A Contemporary Record of Photography China Institute Gallery, New York, NY USA United States of America ArtPrize : Artist Dennis Jones Exhibiting and the Public Votes Old Federal Building, Grand Rapids, MI USA United States of America ArtPrize : Artist Patrice Erickson Exhibiting and the Public Votes MVP Metro Club, Grand Rapids, MI USA United States of America Lace in Translation Design Center at Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, USA United States of America The Design Center at Philadelphia University has received a Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts to create an exhibition entitled: Lace in Translation. Lace in Translation will be the first exhibition produced by The Design Center in conjunction with its new interpretive initiative, The Fabric of Philadelphia. Three contemporary art/design studios, whose works are often inspired by traditional lace imagery, are mining the historic lace collection at The Design Center (TDC) for inspiration. These Dutch and Canadian art/design teams are being commissioned to create new, site-specific works for installation in the Center�s galleries and on its adjoining grounds during the fall and winter of 2009/10. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com   The Abstracted Landscape : Work by 4 International Artists Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY USA United States of America Laurence Miller is pleased to present, as its opening show for the fall, The Abstracted Landscape, featuring the work of four mid-career international artists: Peter Bialobrzeski, from Hamburg, Stephane Couturier, from Paris, DoDo Jin Ming from Beijing and New York, and Toshio Shibata, from Tokyo. These four photographers each translate the landscape into a poetic and abstract vision, utilizing techniques and processes unique to photography to create scenes that remain sufficiently recognizable yet unobtainable through the naked eye. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com   Humanism in China : A Contemporary Record of Photography China Institute Gallery, New York, NY USA United States of America A new exhibition of documentary photography, Humanism in China: A Contemporary Record of Photography, will be on view at China Institute Gallery from September 24 through December 13, 2009, revealing a glimpse of China never before seen in the U.S. The photographs, dating from 1951 though 2003, offer intimate portraits of rural and urban daily life in China, beyond the glossy veneer of the economic boom. A fully illustrated catalogue will accompany the exhibition. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com   ArtPrize : Artist Dennis Jones Exhibiting and the Public Votes Old Federal Building, Grand Rapids, MI USA United States of America Dennis Jones has installed his work 'Sometimes I wonder what you�d say if I let you speak' and is up for votes in ArtPrize, where a 3-square mile area in Grand Rapids' downtown riverfront district will become one huge art gallery. ArtPrize invited artists of all kinds from around the world to participate in an unprecedented competition that will award nearly one-half million dollars to prize winners. The venues include galleries, museums, coffee shops,restaurants, hotels, banks, churches, parks, and many more. Ms. Erickson's venue is a world class health club called MVP Metro Club located at 33 Fountain Street NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503. ArtPrize runs from September 23 - October 10, 2009. Dennis Jones has promoted her work with a Portfolio at absolutearts.com since 2003. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com   ArtPrize : Artist Patrice Erickson Exhibiting and the Public Votes MVP Metro Club, Grand Rapids, MI USA United States of America Patrice Erickson's landscape painting, Poppy Field, will be on exhibit and up for votes in ArtPrize, where a 3-square mile area in Grand Rapids' downtown riverfront district will become one huge art gallery. ArtPrize invited artists of all kinds from around the world to participate in an unprecedented competition that will award nearly one-half million dollars to prize winners. The venues include galleries, museums, coffee shops,restaurants, hotels, banks, churches, parks, and many more. Ms. Erickson's venue is a world class health club called MVP Metro Club located at 33 Fountain Street NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503. ArtPrize runs from September 23 - October 10, 2009. Patrice Erickson has promoted her work with a Portfolio at absolutearts.com since 2003. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com   Call for Artists : Request for Qualifications - City Park Beaverton Arts Commission, Beaverton, OR USA United States of America The Beaverton Arts Commission seeks qualifications from professional artists/artist teams for a permanent artwork in a prominent location at the heart of the city's cultural center, a relatively new and very popular park with water fountains and wooded picnic area. The site is adjacent to Oregon's best farmer's market and across the street from the Beaverton City Library. The park and its amenities are extremely successful and fully enjoyed by a culturally diverse population, and the artwork will be a significant visual landmark in the city. Budget: $50,000. Deadline to apply: September 30, 2009 11:00pm Pacific Standard Time. 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