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| | Photographs and ephemera enhance the Getty's unparalleled collections on Man Ray
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Unknown, Man Ray agendas and related materials, ca. 1926. The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Getty Research Institute announced today two complementary acquisitions concerning the artist and photographer Man Ray (b. Emmanuel Radnitzky, American, 1890-1976). “These archival materials, photographs, and published works are important additions to the collections at the Getty Research Institute,” said Thomas Gaehtgens, director of the Getty Research Institute. “Taken together with the substantial holdings of the artist’s work in the Getty Museum’s Department of Photographs, they make the Getty the premier North American repository for collections on Man Ray.” Adding to the GRI’s already significant Man Ray holdings, these two acquisitions, from different private sources, unearth unique and rarely studied material on the artist. One comprises an archive of manuscripts, correspondence, publications, photographs, ... More |
| Important Judaica and Israeli & International art bring $7.9 million at Sotheby's New York auction | | Day two of the Collection of Elizabeth Taylor achieves US$ 21.3 million at Christie's in New York | | Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool uncovers a statue of a priest vandalised by Banksy | 
Marc Chagall, Interior of the Yemenite HaGoral Synagogue, Jerusalem. Est. $400/600,000 Sold for $872,500. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Sotheby’s annual December auctions of Important Judaica and Israeli & International Art brought a combined total of $7,899,939 in New York, led by three exceptionally rare interiors of synagogues by Marc Chagall that together achieved $2,365,500 – well above their cumulative high estimate of $1.6 million*. In all, only six finished oils of synagogues by Chagall are known to exist, and the present three came to market for the first time in 66 years from a descendent of Max Cottin, the original owner who acquired them from the 1945 exhibition at the Gallery of Jewish Art in New York. The lead lot of the group was Interior of the Yemenite HaGoral Synagogue, Jerusalem, which sold for $872,500 above a high estimate of $600,000. In addition to the Chagall interiors, the afternoon sale of Israeli & International Art was led by top ... More | | 
A Versace Polychrome Warhol-Inspired Imagery Suit. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The second day of auctions devoted to the jewelry collection of Elizabeth Taylor achieved US$ 21.3 million on December 14, and was 100% sold by lot. This brings the combined total for the sales of fine jewelry from the Collection to US$ 137,235,675 (£87,830,832/ €105,671,470) -- making it not only the most valuable private collection of jewelry ever offered at auction, but also the most valuable sale of jewelry in auction history. The previous evening’s results of $115.9 million set a frenzied pace at the second day of the four-day auction series, with an added element of competition from scores of clients bidding online from around the world. “The spectacular results of the Evening Sale of Elizabeth Taylor’s iconic jewels sparked a surge of interest from collectors around the world. It took eight hours and three auctioneers to sell 189 more jewels from Elizabeth Taylor’s storied collection,” noted François Curiel, International Dire ... More | | 
I'’m never sure who deserves to be put on a pedestal or crushed under one” said Banksy.
LIVERPOOL.- The Walker Art Gallery is set to unveil a new addition to its collection this week – a statue of a priest vandalised by Banksy. The renowned graffiti artist has sawn off the face of an 18th Century replica stone bust and glued on a selection of bathroom tiles. The resulting 'pixellated' portrait is entitled Cardinal Sin and is believed to be a comment on the abuse scandal in the Church and its subsequent cover- up. “I’m never sure who deserves to be put on a pedestal or crushed under one” said Banksy. The sculpture, which has been loaned indefinitely by the artist and has never been seen before, will be exhibited in one of the Walker’s 17th-century Old Master galleries. Works in the gallery include large church altarpieces and religious sculpture. You are invited to send a photographer, reporter or camera crew to the Walker Art Gallery on Thursday 15 December 2011 at 10 ... More |
| Artist, writer and editor Joe Simon, who co-created Captain America, dies at age 98 in New York City | | American artist Cindy Sherman announced as recipient of 2012 Roswitha Haftmann Prize | | Cabinet exhibition of colourful landscapes by the Swiss painter Albert Welti at Kunsthaus Zürich | 
Jack Kirby, left, and Joe Simon, co-creators of the Captain America comic, are shown. AP Photo/Titan Books.
By: Matt Moore, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, PA (AP).- Joe Simon, who along with Jack Kirby co-created Captain America and was one of the comic book industry's most revered writers, artists and editors, has died. He was 98. Simon's family relayed word of his death Thursday, posting a short statement on Facebook and telling The Associated Press through a spokesman that the 98-year-old Simon died Wednesday night in New York City after a brief illness. "Joe was one of a kind," said Steve Saffel of Titan Books, a Simon friend who worked with him on his recent autobiography, "Joe Simon, My Life In Comics." Saffel said that Simon, born in Rochester, N.Y., in 1913, "lived life on his terms and created incredible things in the process. It was a privilege to know him and to call him my friend." Among his creations was a partnership ... More | | 
File photo of Artist Cindy Sherman attending The Museum of Modern Art Film Benefit tribute to Pedro Almodovar in New York. AP Photo/Evan Agostini.
ZURICH.- The Board of the Roswitha Haftmann Foundation has awarded the 2012 Roswitha Haftmann Prize – worth CHF 150,000 – to the American artist Cindy Sherman (born 1954). Sherman is one of the leading exponents of staged photography. She uses mostly herself – her own body – as her model; yet the concept underlying her work is anything but self-referential. She has reinvented role photography. Her roleplay, which begins in the studio as a performance, ultimately reaches its audience in the form of a photograph. Her works transcend the boundaries of the exhibitionistic, and are all the more provocative because they are not intended to be viewed as self-portraits. Rather, through her alternating roles, Sherman parodies stereotypical representations of womanhood and explores the meaning of female identity in a male-dominated society. She investigates the processes of physi ... More | | 
Albert Welti, Eigerwand. Pastel, 28,8 x 22,8 cm. Schaffhausen, Museum zu Allerheiligen.
ZURICH.- The Kunsthaus Zürich is staging a cabinet exhibition of colourful landscapes by the Swiss painter, graphic artist and draughtsman Albert Welti (1862-1912). A pupil of Arnold Böcklin and a native of Zurich, Welti received numerous national commissions and is known both in Switzerland and abroad for his painting of the citizens’ assembly in the chamber of the Swiss Council of States. His works express the turn-of-thecentury mood: a time of transitions, as with the motif of the bridge, the cycle of ageing and the depiction of dream-like twilight scenes in nature. Albert Welti loathed the impressionistic in all its forms. He was reluctant to exhibit his pastel works, and most remained hidden away in his studio throughout his life. Reportedly, he never showed his colour improvisations even to his closest friends, regarding them as nothing more than ‘pastel nature sketches’ – study material at bes ... More |
| Color Photographs since 1970 by Joel Sternfeld on view at Foam in Amsterdam | | De Hallen Haarlem presents three solo exhibitions by Dutch artists who share a strong intrinsic relation | | NHM of Los Angeles County makes tournament of roses debut with spectacular float | 
Joel Sternfeld, New York City from the Series Rush Hour 1976. © Joel Sternfeld.
AMSTERDAM.- In mid-December Foam presents the first major retrospective exhibition in the Netherlands of the work of Joel Sternfeld (1944, New York), one of the pioneers of color photography. Foam will be showing more than one hundred photos from ten different series in an exhibition spanning two floors. A highlight is Sternfeld's early work from the 1970s, which has never been previously exhibited. A large selection from famed series such as American Prospects, the result of his legendary journey through the United States, and Stranger Passing will also be on show. A constant factor in his work is his native land America, its inhabitants and the traces left by people on the landscape. With a subtle feeling for irony and an exceptional feeling for color, Sternfeld offers us an image of daily life in America over the last three decades. Along with William Eggleston and Stephen Shore, Sternfeld saw to it that colour photography b ... More | | 
Daan van Golden. Heerenlux (III/IV), 2003. Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm. Rabo Art Collection.
HAARLEM.- This winter De Hallen Haarlem is presenting solo exhibitions by three Dutch artists who share a strong intrinsic relation: Daan van Golden, Marijn van Kreij and Annesas Appel. A predilection for graphic patterns and the use of repetition as a stylistic device are corresponding features in their work. These are the first large solo museum exhibitions for Van Kreij and Appel in the Netherlands. On the occasion of Daan van Golden’s solo exhibition the project En/Of will release an LP with music by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma and a record-sleeve with photography by Van Golden. A selection from the En/Of editions can both be seen and heard. Through these exhibitions De Hallen Haarlem wants to emphasise the importance of Daan van Golden (Rotterdam, 1936) and show in which way he inspires a younger generation of artists. Van Golden is a typical artist’s artist, whose artistic views have particularly met with res- ... More | | 
The float could not have come at a more exciting time for the Museum, which opened its new Dinosaur Hall this summer.
LONDON.- At 8:00 a.m. PST on Monday, January 2, 2012, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County’s first-ever float join the 123rd Rose Parade as it begins its world-famous descent down Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California. With a television audience of 47 million in the U.S., 28 million viewers internationally, and another 700,000 cheering spectators along the parade route, the invitation from LA INC. The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau to partner on the City of Los Angeles float could not have come at a more exciting time for the Museum, which opened its new Dinosaur Hall this summer. “The Rose Parade is an iconic event for Los Angeles — the perfect opportunity to show our transformation as we approach our 100th anniversary, and to share our dinosaurs with national and international audiences,” said Dr ... More |
| Two Important gold coin rarities highlight the Coins & Medals auction at Bonhams New York | | Utopias on Paper, German Expressionism: Prints and Drawings from the Tel Aviv Museum Collection | | Highlights of the 4th Edition of India Art Fair, formerly India Art Summit, announced | 
Chang Tso Lin $50 17.7 grams Brilliant Uncirculated US$650,000-750,000.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Bonhams announces the sale of two extremely rare gold coins in its Coins & Medals auction on December 16, 2011. The first rare coin offered is the finest and only second-known example of a Chang Tso-Lin 50 Yuan gold piece (L&M-1031). It has been consigned for sale by the direct descendants of the famous Chinese leader who is portrayed on the coin. The quality of this lot is unparalleled and is arguably the finest known and essentially unique example of its kind. The coin features a facing portrait of Chang Tso-Lin dressed in his military uniform; the reverse has a phoenix and dragon pattern with the inscription ‘16TH YEAR OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA’ and ‘50 YUAN’ (est. $650,000-750,000). Paul Song, Director of the Rare Coins and Banknotes Department at Bonhams, states, “This coin is a truly historic coin, one of the highest rarity that I have ever handled. The coin’s provenance des ... More | | 
George Gross, From The Robbers, Lithograph, Collection Tel Aviv Museum of Ar Gift of Dr. Abraham Horodisch, Amsterdam.
TEL AVIV.- The term "Expressionism" spans diverse expressions of the modernist current in art and literature, which developed in Germany and in the sphere of German culture in the first two decades of the 20th century. Expressionist art spoke in multiple voices of individual artists and short-lived associations which moved in different directions to expose the experience of a society and a culture in crisis. The common feature of this multifaceted, multilingual totality was the belief in the therapeutic power of subjective-emotional expression. The exhibition "Utopias on Paper / German Expressionism: Drawings and Prints from the Museum Collection" at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art endeavors to present the multifaceted aspect of this generalizing term. Its first chapter (November 2011 – January 2012) juxtaposes perce- ... More | | 
File photo of India Art Fair 3rd Edition.
NEW DELHI.- India Art Fair (formerly India Art Summit) announces its 4th edition from 26-29 January 2012 in a new location at the NSIC Exhibition Grounds in New Delhi. Founded in 2008, India Art Fair is the country's premier art fair and a pioneering platform for modern and contemporary art in India. It has attracted more than 170,000 people over its first three editions, making it among the world’s most attended art fairs. The upcoming edition will feature 91 exhibitors from 20 countries presenting 1000 of the most exciting modern and contemporary artists across a 12,000 square metre custom built space created for the art fair. Neha Kirpal, Founding Director of India Art Fair, says “the art fair has seen tremendous growth over a short period of time, and much of its success can be attributed to its focus on providing a relevant and transparent platform for the Indian art scene. It has received unprecedented in ... More |
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 The Impact of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and the Watts Towers Arts Center LOS ANGELES, CA.- Civic Virtue: The Impact of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and the Watts Towers Arts Center showcases the work of the artists, curators, and community activists whose contributions enhanced the culture of our city and helped to define Los Angeles as an international artistic center. Included in the exhibition, which spans close to a century of art history, are more than 130 works by artists who shaped Southern California’s destiny as an art capital. Traced through painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, photography, and film, the exhibition at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery is a chronological survey examining the role of the gallery in the development of the arts in Los Angeles. The story of the gallery is linked to a complex social history that includes politicians, curators, “old Hollywoodians,” and a heterogeneous group of artists from throughout the city. Intersections between ... More The Herbert welcomes its millionth visitor COVENTRY.- The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum welcomed its millionth visitor through its doors on Wednesday 14 December. Amelia Mansell, from Stratford upon Avon, attended the gallery to enjoy the Tiny Tot Explorers: Sensory Play session with her daughter Sophie. Amelia said "I can't believe we're the millionth visitor. I booked to come here ages ago so for this to happen is crazy. I was shocked when they [the Herbert] said that we'd won. We love the Herbert." In celebration of the Herbert's millionth visitor since its transformation and relaunch back in October 2008, Coventry Heritage & Arts Trust has commissioned a new unique piece of artwork that visitors to the gallery may even be included in! The Herbert has compiled images from the last three years from every event, exhibition, workshop and performance it has held, as well as photos representing its collections and work with local communities, schools and ... More Australia's first solo exhibition by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art SYDNEY.- The Museum of Contemporary Art presents Australia’s first solo exhibition by one of the world’s best-known electronic artists. Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer has attracted global attention for his highly interactive and complex digital artworks. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Recorders features 12 recent pieces by the artist, including two new works. Public engagement is critical to the work - visitors play the role of performer, leaving traces of themselves, whether it is objects from their pockets, questions they have typed, the pace of their heartbeat, their voice or their image. Trained in physical chemistry, the artist uses robotics, projections, sound, internet and cellphone links, sensors and other devices to create critical and poetic platforms for public interaction. In the process, the viewers become the viewed. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer explains: ‘In Recorders, artworks hear, see and feel the ... More Valencian Institute of Modern Art exhibits Claudio Zirotti: Without Time VALENCIA.- The IVAM's exhibition comprising twenty one pieces by the Italian artist Claudio Zirotti in an intelligent reflection about the meaning of time, remembrance and memory. Claudio Zirotti's pieces portray the instant. That subtle instant when the human being turns his eyes on his life and – like Camus's Sisyphus –"returning to his rock, contemplates that series of disconnected acts that become his destiny, created by himself, united under the gaze of his memory and soon sealed with his death". So speaking about the instant is tantamount to speaking about the infinite, for the instant is the continuous present and the "Time of the World" withdraws in a simple instant. From the moment we are born and learn to breathe, we are narrative beings, we are the temporality of the flesh. A temporality we must assume and accept, although it may not always be easy.. The "personal mythologies" of this artist based in Valencia ... More 1829 $5, the only large head ever certified as proof, headlines sale at Heritage Auctions DALLAS, TX.- The magnificent 1829 $5 Large Date PR64 PCGS, CAC, Ex: Garrett is the centerpiece offering of the unmatched Harvey B. Jacobson, Jr. Collection of 1820s era Half Eagles, presented by Heritage Auctions as part of its Thursday, Jan. 5 Platinum Night event during the Jan. 3-8 U.S. Coins & Platinum Night FUN Signature® Auction, in Orlando, FL. “This is the first Large Diameter Capped Bust half eagle certified as a proof by a major grading service,” said Greg Rohan, President of Heritage Auctions. “Both PCGS and CAC have agreed on this coin’s proof status and a grade of PR64. Any Large Date, Large Diameter 1829 half eagle is an extreme rarity – our catalogers have traced just seven distinct specimens – so this coin’s status as a proof or special striking makes it even more important.” While just those seven mentioned above are known today, U.S. Mint records claim that 57,442 ... More Anneke Eussen: Close to What's Real at Highlight Gallery in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Highlight Gallery announce the first US solo exhibition of the Flemish artist, Anneke Eussen. Anneke Eussen is a diverse contemporary artist who works in the media of drawing, sculpture, photography and installation. She currently lives and works in Berlin. Ever since Anneke Eussen started practicing art, her works have been transcending disciplinary borders. Her earlier works showed an identity quest which evolved around gender issues, nationalism and status, questioning the autonomy of the individual. She developed her concept with formats offered by our consumerist societies. Consequently, the “created environment” (environment that results from human actions) replaced the “self” as her center of interest. Eussen now focuses on what can be read on a surface or a material: “In studying the appearance, we can discover information that goes beyond the visual.” Her large s ... More |
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