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The exhibition is a collaboration with the Musée national Picasso-Paris, and focuses on one of Peggy Guggenheims favorite works of art, Picassos On the Beach (La Baignade), now part of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.
VENICE.- From August 26, 2017 through January 7, 2018 the Peggy Guggenheim Collection presents the exhibition Picasso. On the Beach curated by Luca Massimo Barbero. The exhibition has been installed in the museums Project Rooms. The exhibition is a collaboration with the Musée national Picasso-Paris, and focuses on one of Peggy Guggenheims favorite works of art, Picassos On the Beach (La Baignade), now part of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice. The show gathers a selection of ten drawings, three paintings and a sculpture, made by Picasso between February and December 1937, and is a part of the initiative of the Musée national Picasso-Paris Picasso-Méditerranée, an international cultural event, from Spring 2017 through Spring 2019. Over sixty cultural institutions have come together to develop a programme around the work obstinément méditerranéenne of Pablo Picasso. Initiated by the Musée national ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day People stand next to an Al-Aqsa mosque replica during a media tour ahead of the "Jerusalem Lives" exhibition at the Palestinian Museum on August 26, 2017, in the West Bank town of Birzeit, near Ramallah. The exhibition opened on August 27 until December 15. ABBAS MOMANI / AFP
| Hirshhorn announces major acquisition of Japanese Avant-Garde photography | | New exhibition about 'Gods' opens at the David Roche Foundation House Museum | | Self-portraits from LACMA's important collection of photography on view at the San Jose Museum of Art |
Minoru Hirata, Nakanishi Natsuyukis Clothespins Assert Churning Action (Street performance for Hi Red Centers event, 6th Mixer Plan, in Tokyo, May 28, 1963), 1963, printed 2015. Gelatin silver print, 33.5 x 22.2 cm. © Minoru Hirata. Courtesy of Taka Ishii Gallery New York.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden announced the acquisition of 11 new photographic works - its first by major figures Eikoh Hosoe, Minoru Hirata, Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Miyako Ishiuchi, Kōji Enokura and Takashi Arai - introducing an unprecedented critical history of the postwar Japanese avant-garde to the museum's collection. These acquisitions build on the Hirshhorn's commitment to global modernism across media and to creating a core collection devoted to innovation and experimentation in Japanese postwar art. Some of the most significant contributions to the art of photography have come from Japan, and these newly acquired works provide fresh insight into the use of photography to capture a new artistic interest in conceptual art practice and performance art, Postminimalism, ... More | |
Frederic Leighton (British, 1830-1896), The Cymbalist (from The Dance of the Cymbalists panels), c.1869, oil on canvas, 239.0 x 145.0 x 7.0 cm.
ADELAIDE.- The David Roche Foundation House Museum has borrowed a significant Victorian classical painting from a private collection as part of its new exhibition, The Madness of the Gods: Love, War & Transgression. Robert Reason, Curator of the David Roche Collection, said the Frederic Leighton The Cymbalist, c.1869, has been secured for display in Adelaide for the very first time. Life-size, the painting was commissioned by art collector, Percy Wyndham, for his London home. It illustrates Leightons superb draughtsmanship and formed one of four panels on the theme of bacchantes, who accompanied Bacchus the Roman god of wine, music and dance. The painting complements other Bacchic images and 80 other works referencing gods and goddesses, which David Roche adored. Leighton had a highly-distinguished career in which he was associated with the Pre-Raphaelites and the Aesthetic Movement; he was also ... More | |
Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #5, 1977. Gelatin silver print, 6 ¾ x 9 ½ inches © Cindy Sherman, photo courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures, New York.
SAN JOSE, CA.- The San José Museum of Art explores the fine art of photographic self-portraiture in the age of the selfie in a new exhibition on view August 25, 2017 January 14, 2018. This Is Not a Selfie: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection is organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and drawn from the most significant collection devoted to the subject, which was donated to LACMA by Audrey and Sydney Irmas beginning in 1992. The exhibition comprises 66 photographs ranging from early 19th-century experiments through contemporary digital techniques and includes works by Diane Arbus, Robert Mapplethorpe, Catherine Opie, Cindy Sherman, Alfred Stieglitz, Lorna Simpson, and Andy Warhol, among others. SJMA is the first venue for This Is Not a Selfie, which will later travel to Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. Today millions of selfies, from the funny and self-depreca ... More |
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| Copenhagen Contemporary exhibits Bill Viola's latest large scale work 'Inverted Birth' | | 1970s French screen siren Mireille Darc dies at 79 | | Museum receives $4.5 million in funding for stabilization and restoration of the Lightship Ambrose |
Bill Viola, Inverted Birth (detail), 2014. Video/sound installation, 8:22 minutes. Projected image size: 500 h x 281 w cm. Performer: Norman Scott. Photo: Kira Perov. Courtesy Bill Viola Studio. Private collection. Installation shot, Copenhagen Contemporary 2017. Photo: Anders Sune Berg.
COPENHAGEN.- Copenhagen Contemporary presents American artist Bill Violas latest large scale work Inverted Birth (2014) for the first time in Denmark. Bill Viola is recognised as a pioneer in the medium of video art, known for his iconic, large-scale, slow-motion immersive video works produced over a 40-year career. Inverted Birth is a prime example of how Violas technically innovative installations have transcended the video genre. Towering to a monumental height of 5 meters, Inverted Birth explores the power of human emotions and the very nature of our existence; life, death, birth and rebirth. Birth is not a beginning, death is not an end, as Viola has remarked, quoting from Chuang Tzu (370287 BC). Bill Violas installations ... More | |
This file photo taken on May 28, 1986 shows French actress Mireille Darc taking photographs during the Ivan Lendl vs Jakob Hlasek tennis match. STAFF / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- Mireille Darc, a star of French cinema in the 1970s who caused a sensation in a plunging backless gown in "The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe", died on Sunday night at age 79, her agent said. Darc passed away at her home in Paris, surrounded by family and friends, including her longtime companion and fellow actor Alain Delon -- the great love of her life with whom she starred in six films. French movie-goers were particularly fond of the willowy actress with the sleek blonde bob who battled ill health throughout her life. A sex symbol in her heyday, forever associated with the Givenchy dress which left comedian Pierre Richard agape in Yves Robert's farcical 1972 Tall Blond Man, she mainly starred in TV films from the 1990s on. Born Mireille Aigroz, she took the surname Darc in a nod to warrior-saint Joan of Arc when she started out as an actress, ... More | |
Col. Walter R. Bruyere III (American, 1916-2004), Lightship LV-87/WAL-512 Ambrose scale ship model, 1988. Gift of Col. Walter R. Bruyere III, South Street Seaport Museum Ship Model Collection, 1988.007. Photo: South Street Seaport Museum Archives.
NEW YORK, NY.- South Street Seaport Museum receives $4.5 million in new City capital funding to stabilize and restore the famous lightship Ambrose, one of a fleet of five historic vessels on the Street of Ships at Pier 16. The funding, allocated by the Mayor's Office, City Council, and Borough President, will make possible a robust new education platform on navigation and immigration, both historical and contemporary, for all ages, adding this critical topic to the Museum's successful, on-going educational opportunities. This restoration will dramatically change her current appearance, restoring her visual presence to one that is in keeping with her most important period in service as an active lightship. The restored Ambrose will be one that more faithfully and accurately ... More |
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| Last chance to see two highly detailed 18th-century paintings | | Palestinians to turn presidential palace into national library | | OAS AMA / Art Museum of the Americas to launch catalog on its permanent collection |
The Surrender of Yorktown by Louis-Nicolas Van Blarenberghe, 1786 (detail). Gouache on panel, 23 1/2 in x 37 in. Private collection, USA. Photo courtesy of the Hon. Nicholas F. Taubman.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Only one month remains to see two 18th-century paintings depicting the last major land battle of the Revolutionary War on display at the Museum of the American Revolution. The paintings, Le Siège de Yorktown (The Siege of Yorktown) and La Prise de Yorktown (The Surrender of Yorktown), are incredibly detailed and populated with hundreds of tiny figures, like 18th-century Wheres Waldo? scenes. They will be on display until Sunday, September 24. The original versions of the paintings were created for King Louis XVI by French artist Louis-Nicolas van Blarenberghe, the court Painter of Battles to the King. Those paintings are on display at the Palace of Versailles. The paintings that are currently on display at the Museum of the American Revolution are secondary versions created by Van Blarenberghe in 1786 for French General the Comte de Rochambeau, the ... More | |
A picture taken on August 28, 2017 shows a man walking outside the presidential palace near the city of Ramallah. ABBAS MOMANI / AFP.
JERUSALEM (AFP).- Palestinian officials are embarking on a project to transform a presidential palace into a national library near the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, the culture minister said Sunday. President Mahmud Abbas and his cash-strapped administration had faced questions over the construction of the $17.5 million palace, which was initially intended as a presidential headquarters and location where foreign dignitaries could be received. Abbas has now decided to transform the 4,700-square-metre complex into a Palestinian national library, culture minister Ehab Bessaiso told AFP. The complex sits on some 27,000 square metres of land. "The president believes the palace should be used for public benefit by turning it into a huge national library supervised by a board of trustees," said Mohammed Shtayyeh, head of the Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction (PECDAR). Construction on the palace in ... More | |
Rufino Tamayo (Mexico, b.1899, d.1991), Man Contemplating the Moon, Circa 1955. Lithograph 55/100 21 x 16 1/2" (52.5 x 42.5 cm). Collection OAS Art Museum of the Americas.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas announces Art of the Americas: Collection of the Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States, the most comprehensive catalog on its permanent collection to date. Art of the Americas highlights key pieces of the OAS AMA art collection, representing fundamental artistic trends that have developed in Latin America, including new figuration, geometric and lyrical abstraction, conceptual art, optical and kinetic art. Artists such as Cundo Bermúdez, Fernando de Szyszlo, AgustÃn Fernández, José LuÃs Cuevas, Alejandro Obregón, Raquél Forner, Rodolfo Abularach, Alfredo Da Silva, Ernesto Deira, and Jorge de la Vega had their first solo exhibitions in the United States in the Gallery of the Pan American Union, now the OAS. The art program outgrew its space, moving into the present-day ... More |
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| FHNW Academy of Art and Design's bachelor and master graduate show opens at Kunsthaus Baselland | | Faurschou Foundation some of the highest quality Virtual Reality artworks currently available | | Hammer Museum appoints Linda Janger to Board of Directors, Glenn Kaino and Dean Valentine to Board of Overseers |
Institut Kunst HGK FHNW in Basel, We invite you to hope, installation view (Manuel Schneider), Kunsthaus Baselland, 2017
BASEL.- The title of this exhibition is the last line of Johann Wolfgang Goethes poem Symbolum, an undated text written approximately in 1815: Wir heissen Euch hoffen (We invite you to hope). Symbolum as a title takes on a new and probably sad connotation today. For Goetheand Schelling and Coleridgethere is a sharp distinction to be made between allegory and symbol. While in allegorical writing an image is separable from an idea, in symbolic writing the one inherently participates in the other. This eighteenth-century attempt to fuse image and idea reflects the post-Enlightenment problem of instilling organic life into a world analyzed according to abstract and mechanical principles. Indeed, if theres something important that the Romantics were very aware of it is the need for new mythologies, and therefore an ... More | |
Installation view.
BEIJING.- Faurschou Foundation is presenting some of the highest quality Virtual Reality artworks currently available in the world. The exhibition, Virtual Reality Art, is being exhibited in Beijing from August 27, 2017 to February 3, 2018, and consists of 5 consecutive sub-exhibitions for each participating artist: Christian Lemmerz, Erik Parker, Paul McCarthy, Tony Oursler and Yu Hong. Virtual Reality has made a successful entry onto the global market at an unusually fast pace. In the art world, this medium is entering a ground-breaking period, enabling artists to cross boundaries and expand their field unlike ever before. It is impossible to do justice to Virtual Reality artworks with a mere description, which is why, in order to understand them, one must experience them first-hand. The medium, thus, literally, opens up an entirely new world for both artists and viewers. In collaboration with ... More | |
Glenn Kaino. Photo: Matthew Scott.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Hammer Museum announced today the appointment of one new member to its Board of Directors: Linda Janger, and two new members to its Board of Overseers: Glenn Kaino and Dean Valentine. Board Chair Marcy Carsey said, At this pivotal moment of growth for the Hammer, I am thrilled to welcome Linda to the museums board. She has been a passionate champion of the museum for years, and brings with her a keen understanding of our history as well as our goals as we move forward. Im delighted that Dean Valentine is returning to the Board of Overseers. His great experience and insight as an adventurous contemporary collector offer an informed perspective during this exciting period, said Hammer Museum Director Ann Philbin. Artist Glenn Kaino is also joining the Board of Overseers for the first time, and Im thrilled that his ideas and talent will be helping to shape the Hammers future. ... More |
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Paintings by New Orleans and other Louisiana artists will headline Crescent City's Sept. 16-17 auction
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Fine collections of Newcomb Pottery, bronzes and Asian items, original artwork by American artists (much of it from New Orleans and other regional painters), silver, estate jewelry, French and American period furniture, mantle and tall case clocks, lovely mirrors, garden items, bric-a-brac and more will all be sold Sept. 16-17 by Crescent City Auction Gallery. Theyre just some of the items set to cross the auction block at Crescent Citys September Estates Auction, online and in the firms gallery at 1330 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, starting at 9 am on Saturday, Sept. 16th (lots 1-800) and 10 am on Sunday, Sept. 17th (lots 801-1,345), Central time both days. A full color catalog can be viewed now at www.crescentcityauctiongallery.com. Headlining the auction will be items from the estates of Dr. and Mrs. David S. Miller of Baton Rouge, La., and ... More
Wave Pool features the work of lens-based artist Katherine Cunningham
CINCINNATI, OH.- Wave Pool is hosting Utopia Remains, an exhibition featuring the work of lens-based artist, writer and educator Katherine Cunningham, in their upstairs Locker Room gallery space. Displayed alongside more than a dozen framed photographs are Cunninghams meticulously researched supportive text, which provide the location, duration, affiliation, size, and reason for the inevitable demise of the idealistic communities that once lived in the spaces the artist photographs. Utopia Remains opened to the public in conjunction with Andrew McGinleys Gathering Space exhibition on Saturday August 26, 2017 and will be on view until mid-September. Artists Statement: For the first half of the nineteenth century, Ohio was a hotbed of utopian activity, both secular and religious. Ohio was the frontier, and there were some very serious reactions to industrialization, ... More
Exhibition at the Nevada Museum of Art tells the story of the Greater West
RENO, NEV.- Unsettled amasses 200 artworks by 80 artists spanning 2,000 years to explore the geography of frontiers characterized by vast expanses of open land, rich natural resources, diverse indigenous peoples, colonialism, and the ongoing conflicts that inevitably arise when these factors coexist. Through a broad selection of art and artifacts, the story of the Greater West-- a super-region bounded from Alaska to Patagonia, and from Australia to the American West-- unfolds through this landmark exhibition. Curated by Nevada Museum of Art Curatorial Director and Curator of Contemporary Art JoAnne Northrup in collaboration with legendary artist Ed Ruscha, Unsettled opened August 26, 2017, and remains on view through January 21, 2018 at the Nevada Museum of Art, Donald W. Reynolds Center for the Visual Arts, E. L. Wiegand Gallery located in downtown ... More
Henry Luce Foundation grant enables expansion of American art galleries and department
NEWARK, NJ.- A grant from the Henry Luce Foundation has launched a major project at the Newark Museum, to expand and reinterpret its permanent galleries of American art. This initiative has also made possible the appointment of William L. Coleman as Associate Curator of American Art. William will help us develop and make a reality this important transformation, which represents an essential next step for the development of the Museum, said Steven Kern, the Museums Director and CEO. The two-year grant will focus on Modern and Contemporary American art as well as historical and contemporary Native American collections, and will support the American art installations in the Museums recently renamed Seeing America galleries. The comprehensive physical renovations will include improved sight lines and expanded wall space throughout the Twentieth ... More
Finalists selected for the 2017 Betty Bowen Award
SEATTLE, WA.- The Seattle Art Museum and the Betty Bowen Committee, chaired by Gary Glant, announced today the five artists selected as finalists for this years Betty Bowen Award. The juried award honors a Northwest artist for their original, exceptional, and compelling work. The award was founded in 1977 to honor the legacy of Betty Bowen (19181977), who was an avid champion of artists in the Pacific Northwest. It was therefore established as a regional award, to celebrate her dedication to the arts of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho and to continue her support of artists in this region. Founded by Bowens friends, the award is administered by SAM. The Betty Bowen Committeecomprising Northwest curators, collectors, and former Betty Bowen Award winnersreviewed 517 applications from visual artists residing in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. ... More
Sydney Architecture Festival launches 2017 program
SYDNEY.- The 2017 Sydney Architecture Festival heads west for its 11th annual edition, presented over the long weekend from Friday 29 September until Monday 2 October, with talks, tours and exhibitions delving into our citys architectural highlights. This year, the Festival focuses on building Sydneys future heritage in Western Sydney with a hub in Parramatta and the unveiling of a contemporary, architect-designed mosque in Punchbowl. A series of events will unearth Sydneys enduring love affair with concrete, showcasing its Brutalist buildings, and the lasting influence of this powerful movement in architecture. On Saturday 30 September, the Festival invites visitors to explore Australias newest mosque, an architectural triumph in Western Sydneys Punchbowl designed by Sydney architect Angelo Candalepas. Cast mostly in concrete, the Punchbowl Mosque will be unveiled ... More
Exhibit Columbus opens signaling a Columbus renaissance
COLUMBUS, IN.- Columbus is a small Indiana city with a global reputation for its modernist architecture, art, and landscapes. Exhibit Columbus is an ongoing initiative to spark new explorations in architecture, art, design, and community. With a population of only 45,000 and more than 80 buildings, landscapes, and pieces of public art by internationally noted architects and artists, Columbus, Indiana, consistently ranks as a top city for its size. Landmark Columbus is keeping this spirit of innovation in design and fabrication alive through a multi-year initiative called Exhibit Columbus. With an inaugural symposium in fall of 2016 and its first exhibition now open and running through late November 2017, Exhibit Columbus seeks to celebrate Columbus design heritage, while making it relevant to new audiences. The initial 2016 and 2017 programs will be followed by another ... More
Bundanon Trust announces theme for 2017 SITEWORKS
SYDNEY.- Bundanon Trusts annual event, SITEWORKS, returns this spring bringing together contemporary artists, scientists and environmentalists for a weekend of festivities at the iconic Bundanon Homestead. This year SITEWORKS programming explores the theme of The Birds & The Bees. Presented over a full day and night on Saturday 23 September, SITEWORKS invites visitors to camp overnight on the historic property that is the former home and studio of Arthur Boyd. Bundanon Trust CEO, Deborah Ely explains: The birds and the bees have captured our collective imagination for millennia so this years event promises to be an intriguing mix with suggestive connotations woven in. Theres a palpable sense of anticipation as the artists, scientists and community members involved unveil their personal responses to the theme and property. Interpretations ... More
Winners announced for 22nd Annual Cherokee Homecoming Art Show
TAHLEQUAH, OKLA.- The Cherokee National Historical Society announced the winners of the 22nd Annual Cherokee Homecoming Art Show at an awards reception Friday night. Cherokee Nation citizen Daniel Horsechief was awarded the grand prize for his visual arts piece titled Generations. The piece was inspired by my mother and pays tribute to women and their role in our culture, said Horsechief. Ive been participating in these shows for a long time, and I am honored and humbled to receive this award. To me, this recognition means sharing. Not only are we sharing a part of who we are as artists, but were taking on the responsibility of sharing the culture and art of the Cherokee people. The premier Cherokee art show features 115 pieces by 70 artists divided into two divisions: traditional and contemporary. The traditional division is defined ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was born August 29, 1780. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (29 August 1780 - 14 January 1867) was a French Neoclassical painter. Although he considered himself to be a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques-Louis David, by the end of his life it was Ingres's portraits, both painted and drawn, that were recognized as his greatest legacy. In this image: The Envoys of Agamemnon, 1801, oil on canvas, Ãcole des Beaux Arts, Paris.
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