| The First Art Newspaper on the Net | Established in 1996 | Friday, December 30, 2011 |
| | Titanic artifacts, more than 5,000 estimated at $189 million, headed to auction at Guernsey's
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Currency, part of the artifacts collection of the Titanic, is shown at a warehouse in Atlanta. The owner of the largest trove of artifacts salvaged from the Titanic is putting the vast collection up for auction as a single lot in 2012, the 100th anniversary of the world's most famous shipwreck. The auction is scheduled for April 1 by Guernsey's, a New York City auction house, according to filings by Premier Exhibitions Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A spokeswoman for the auction house and Premier Exhibitions declined Wednesday Dec. 28, 2011 to discuss the auction with The Associated Press until a formal announcement in January. AP Photo/Stanley Leary.
By: Steve Szkotak, Associated Press
RICHMOND (AP).- The owner of the largest trove of artifacts salvaged from the Titanic is putting the vast collection up for auction as a single lot in 2012, the 100th anniversary of the world's most famous shipwreck. More than 5,500 items including fine china, ship fittings and portions of hull that were recovered from the ocean liner have an estimated value of $189 million, according to Premier Exhibitions Inc., parent of RMS Titanic Inc. — the Titanic's court-approved salvor. That value was based on a 2007 appraisal and does not include intellectual property gathered from a 2010 scientific expedition that mapped the wreck site. The auction is scheduled for April 1 by Guernsey's, a New York City auction house, according to filings by Premier Exhibitions Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Results of the auction won't be announced until April 15, the date a century ago the Titanic sank on its maiden v ... More |
| Museo de Arte de Ponce announces "Treasures of the Collection in Context: The Pre-Raphaelites" | | Stanford University Silicon Valley Archives offer window into Apple origins | | IWM launches new app with ArtFinder: Great British posters from the second World War | 
William Holman Hunt, Miss Gladis M. Holman Hunt (The School of Nature). Oil on panel, 122.5 x 982 cm. San Juan de Puerto Rico, Museo de Arte de Ponce.
PONCE, PR.- In an unprecedented event for Puerto Rico, on Saturday, February 4, 2012, Museo de Arte de Ponce will host an international symposium titled “Treasures of the Collection in Context: The Pre-Raphaelites in the Museo de Arte de Ponce Collection.” From 10 am to 5 pm, renowned specialists in art history and Victorian literature will meet in this south-coast Puerto Rico city to discuss the artists and works contained in the museum’s world-famed collection. This conference represents the most important academic event ever held on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in Puerto Rico. The symposium is made possible by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. Among the scholars specializing in Victorian England expected to take part in the conference are Tim Barringer (Yale University), Sally Huxtable (Northumbria University), Franny Moyle (author and BBC producer), ... More | | 
A photo of an old keyboard is shown next to a letter written about Steve Jobs at Stanford's Green Library. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu.
By: Terence Chea, Associated Press
PALO ALTO, CA. (AP).- In the interview, Steve Wozniak and the late Steve Jobs recall a seminal moment in Silicon Valley history — how they named their upstart computer company some 35 years ago. "I remember driving down Highway 85," Wozniak says. "We're on the freeway, and Steve mentions, 'I've got a name: Apple Computer.' We kept thinking of other alternatives to that name, and we couldn't think of anything better." Adds Jobs: "And also remember that I worked at Atari, and it got us ahead of Atari in the phonebook." The interview, recorded for an in-house video for company employees in the mid-1980s, was among a storehouse of materials Apple had been collecting for a company museum. But in 1997, soon after Jobs returned to the company, Apple officials contacted Stanford University and offered to ... More | | 
Come and Help with the Victory Harvest (1945). (Unknown).
LONDON.- Specially selected from Imperial War Museums’s collection of over 20,000 posters, this new free app features over 30 of the greatest British posters from the Second World War. Some of these posters are famous, while others are forgotten gems. But together, their striking design, humour, memorable slogans, and above all defiant spirit, helped to carry Britain through some of its darkest hours. The app which works with both iPad and iPhones allows users to scroll, pinch and zoom to examine each high resolution poster in detail. Users can discover the hidden stories and creators behind these works with exclusive information from IWM’s expert curators. The collection includes some of the best-known pieces of 20th century graphic design, as well as now legendary slogans such as Keep Calm and Carry on and Dig for Victory. If users like what they see, they can share their favourites on twitter and facebook and e ... More |
| Comprehensive tour of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater: Virtual tour now available for the iPad | | New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says work on 9/11 museum has stalled | | The complete letters: Filmed correspondence on view at the CCCB in Barcelona | 
This iPad app represents the most comprehensive look at Fallingwater ever produced.
CULVER CITY, CA.- in-D media announces the release of Frank Lloyd Wright - Fallingwater, an exciting new iPad app. This app features an interactive virtual tour that gives users an immersive experience of Fallingwater, via a rich multi-media format. Users are able to enjoy an extensive collection of photographs, 360 degree virtual reality panoramas, and archival drawings of Fallingwater. There is also 25 minutes of highlights from the documentary film, “Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater.” This iPad app represents the most comprehensive look at Fallingwater ever produced. In-D media, LLC is proud to announce the launch of their latest iPad app for architects, students, enthusiasts and those merely curious about architecture. The app showcases Fallingwater, the critically acclaimed house perched over a waterfall. The house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the most famous architect the world has ever known. After a user has enjoyed full use of this unique iPa ... More | | 
David Bowser, left, and his son D.J. Bowser visit the National September 11 Memorial. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan.
By: David B. Caruso, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP).- Work on a planned museum at the World Trade Center has ground to a halt because of a financial dispute, and there is now no possibility it will open on time next year, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday. The underground museum commemorating victims of the 9/11 attacks was scheduled to open in September on the 11th anniversary of the disaster, a year after the opening of a memorial at the site that has already drawn 1 million visitors. But in recent months, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum foundation has been fighting with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey over who is responsible for paying millions of dollars in infrastructure costs related to the project. The Port Authority, which owned the trade center and is building the museum, claims that the foundation ... More | | 
José Luis Guerín and Jonas Mekas established an epistolary relation of the first order.
BARCELONA.- On view through 19 February 2012, the CCCB presents “THE COMPLETE LETTERS. Filmed Correspondence”. The exhibition is a co-production by the Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco (CCUT), in Mexico; the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB); La Casa Encendida, in Madrid, and Acción Cultural Española (AC/E), with the collaboration of the Culture Department of the Generalitat de Catalunya Catalan government. Jordi Balló, Head of Exhibitions at the CCCB, is the curator. “THE COMPLETE LETTERS. Filmed Correspondence” brings together the filmed letters exchanged by six pairs of filmmakers. Filmed correspondence is an experimental format for communication between directors who, despite being geographically distant, are united by the desire to share ideas and reflections about anything and everything that stimulates their work. In this space of freedom, the filmmakers who make ... More |
| LA Art Show: Modern & Contemporary features new works by Damien Hirst and David Bailey among others | | God(s): A User's Guide an opportunity to discover and reflect on religious practices | | New exhibition features microscopes from the Golub Collection, University of California, Berkeley | 
Damien Hirst, Chilli Red and Silver Gloss and Oriental Gold. Paul Stolper Gallery.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The 17th Annual LA Art Show: Modern & Contemporary will feature the California debut of new works by artists Damien Hirst and photographer David Bailey. Locally accessible for the first time, new works by Hirst include ‘The Souls’ series of shimmering foil-‐block butterfly prints and gold foil block skulls ‘Death or Glory.’ Bailey will exhibit new works of still lives, fashion images, and portraits. Both artists are represented by Paul Stolper Contemporary Art Gallery from London, UK. Additional gallery highlights include a collection of works by one of California’s most significant contemporary artists, Tom Holland. Holland’s work will be presented by David Richards Contemporary from Santa Fe, NM and will feature pieces from the 1960s, a period in which Holland’s work transitioned from traditional painting on a two-‐dimensional plane to more literal, three- ... More | | 
Roy Vickers (1946– ), British Columbia, Timothy 2:11 (Tsimshian), 1976. Screen printing, ink on paper. CMC.
GATINEAU.- A print depicting the familiar face of Jesus Christ—but in the distinctive graphic style of the Tsimshian, a West Coast First Nation. A fierce, dramatic and colourful Indonesian wooden sculpture of the eagle god Garuda, who plays a role in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology. An elaborately decorated ark (a receptacle containing a synagogue’s Torah scrolls) carved in 1923 by a Montréal artisan for the thriving Jewish community in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Island. These are only a few of the artifacts that are presented in the exhibition God(s): A User’s Guide at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau from December 2, 2011 to September 3, 2012. This highly successful international exhibition adapted to a Canadian context is the first joint project between the Musée de la civilisation de Québec (MCQ) and the Museum of Civilization. Coming from the Museum of Europe and Tempora SA (Brussels), God( ... More | | 
The Variable Microscope c. 1770. George Adams, Sr. (1709–72), London. Brass, glass, ivory. The Golub Collection, University of California, Berkeley.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The microscope is a relatively young invention. Although magnifiers and “burning glasses” are referenced in ancient Chinese texts and in the first-century CE writings of Roman philosophers, the use of an optical instrument for observing microscopic specimens dates only to the sixteenth century when European scientists first used lenses to magnify objects. Englishman Robert Hooke, one of the most important scientists of his age, modified the compound microscope in the mid-seventeenth century and documented his observations in vivid descriptions and extraordinary copper-plate illustrations of dozens of minuscule phenomena—animal, vegetable, mineral, even man-made objects such as the point of a needle or a razor’s edge. His work stands as a remarkable testament to the keen and curious minds operating at the dawn of the Age of Enlightenment ... More |
| Tonya A. Cameron to auction Asian art, antiques and historical ephemera from estate of Boston theater critic | | Composed: Identity, Politics, Sex - New installation of works by seven contemporary artists | | Gaëtane Verna appointed Director of The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery | 
Kutani Japanese porcelain vase with dragon handles, 22¼ in, orange and blue colorway. Tonya A. Cameron Auctioneers image.
SAUGUS, MASS.- Tonya A. Cameron Auctioneers will present selections from the estate of theater critic, university professor and African-American history scholar Dr. Caldwell Titcomb in a Thursday, Jan. 12 evening auction at the company’s suburban Boston gallery. Internet live bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com. The 350-lot sale, which will be divided into two consecutive sessions, includes important archival documents and other ephemera from Dr. Titcomb’s historical research, as well as Asian art and bronzes; furniture and several paintings. Additional private consignments from New England residences include collections of antique mechanical banks and toys; 19th-century rifles, fine diamond jewelry and American sterling silver. “There’s more than enough in this sale to keep people interested and on their seats, but we also enjoy playing host to our guests, so there will be a complimentary hors d’oeuvres smorgasbord and beverages available fo ... More | | 
Rona Yefman, Martha Bouke and Andy's Flowers, Visit at the Museum, 2011, lambda print. Courtesy of the artist and Derek Eller Gallery, New York. © Rona Yefman.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Composed: Identity, Politics, Sex, a selection of photo-based works by seven contemporary artists, on view at The Jewish Museum in the final gallery of its permanent exhibition, Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey, from December 23, 2011 through June 30, 2012. Using conventional forms of photography – including traditional portraiture, photojournalism, and online profile pictures – the artists explore overlapping national, ethnic, and sexual identities. The selected artworks engage and play with conventions of art history and forms of popular culture to focus attention on contradictions of identity and desire. Artists represented include: Marc Adelman, Gloria Bornstein, AA Bronson, Debbie Grossman, Adi Nes, Collier Schorr, and Rona Yefman. In Untitled, from Soldiers (1996), Adi Nes implicitly critiques his culture’s festishization of war with an image of an Israeli solider erot ... More | | 
Gaëtane Verna is currently Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Musée d’art de Joliette, in Lanaudière, Quebec. Photo: Courtesy Conseil des arts de Montréal.
TORONTO, ON.- William J.S. Boyle, Chief Executive Officer of Harbourfront Centre and Shanitha Kachan, President of the Board of Directors of The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, announces the appointment of Gaëtane Verna to the position of Director, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery at Harbourfront Centre. Verna is scheduled to begin her new position as Director of Canada’s leading non-collecting contemporary art gallery on 1 March, 2012. Gaëtane Verna is currently Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Musée d’art de Joliette, in Lanaudière, Quebec. From 1998 to 2006, she was the curator of the Forman Art Gallery of Bishop’s University. In her more than fifteen-year career, she has gained invaluable experience in presenting and organizing many exhibitions by emerging, mid-career and established Canadian and international artists such as Vasco Araújo, Luis Jacob, Kim ... More |
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 Art Stage 2012: Chen Wenling in Singapore with Red Memory and China Scene SINGAPORE.- Ode To Art Contemporary will be holding a solo exhibition for one of China’s top ten contemporary sculptors, Chen Wenling, at Art Stage 2012 from 12 – 15 Janurary at the Marina Bay Sands Convention & Exhibition Center (booth D4-05). This exhibition showcases artworks from his two renowned series of sculptures: Red Memory and China Scene. Following a number of prestigious exhibitions, such as Art Basel in Switzerland and the Shanghai Biennale, Chen has been represented by Ode To Art for the last five years. Born in 1969 in Anxi, in a small, remote village, Chen remembers his family being so poor that his parents could not afford to buy him toys and he grew up making figurines out of clay to entertain himself. Yet, he counts himself lucky because his parents encouraged his artistic talent and Chen went on to study at the Xiamen Academy of Art and Design, then at the Central ... More Italy probes report that Colosseum stones fall ROME (AP).-— Italy's culture ministry said Wednesday that it is investigating reports that bits of rock have fallen from the Colosseum. Witnesses reported seeing the fallen masonry Sunday. Italian news agency ANSA reported another bit fell Tuesday, but Colosseum director Rossella Rea denied it and blamed the false report on a "psychosis" that occurs every so often that Rome's iconic stadium is crumbling. Italian environmental group Legambiente has frequently raised the alarm about the precarious state of the Colosseum, charging that auto exhaust fumes and vibrations from vehicles and a nearby subway are damaging the Colosseum's travertine exterior and brick and tufa interior. A euro25 million ($33 million) restoration, paid for by Diego Della Valle, founder of shoemaker Tod's, is set to begin in March. ... More Beat by the Bay: San Francisco artists & galleries of the fifties at Ever Gold Gallery SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Assembled by Ever Gold Gallery and John Held, Jr. and with works on loan from SFMOMA Research Library, Gallery Paula Anglim, Steven Wolf Gallery, and numerous private collections and estates, “Beat by the Bay” aims to act as a retrieval project to highlight what has been neglected by our Southern California counterparts. Beat by the Bay, curated by alternative art historian John Held, Jr., traces Beat era visual artists through their cooperative galleries. In the Fifties, such spaces as King Ubu, The Six, East and West, Batman and Dilexi, supported artists Jess, Wally Hedrick, Jay De Feo, Fred Martin, Bruce Conner, Lawrence Jordan, Wallace Berman, George Herms, Joan Brown, Manuel Neri, Leo Valledor, Carlos Villa, Roy De Forest and others, who forged a vision equal to those of their poet brethren, interacting with them in these same spaces. Less publicized then the Beat poet ... More Toilet paper goes chic with designer covers By: Mae Anderson, AP Retail Writer
ATLANTA (AP).- Are you ready to "Respect the Roll?" Kimberly-Clark is looking to shake up the toilet-paper accessory category with toilet roll covers from designer Jonathan Adler. To boost awareness about a new formulation of its Cottonelle toilet paper that it says is 30 percent stronger, Kimberly-Clark Inc. decided to forgo traditional advertising. Instead, it's offering limited-edition boxes to hide your backup rolls. Who knew you needed such a thing? It's the latest effort by consumer product makers to spice up stagnant categories with eye-catching design. In 2010, Kotex introduced the "U by Kotex" line of pads and tampons with neon packaging and pad carriers designed by stylist Patricia Fields, for example. Allen Adamson, managing director of global branding firm Landor ... More Scholars want help identifying slaves' origins By: Suzanne Gamboa, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP).-— Almost two centuries before there was a man named Obama in the White House, there was a man named Obama shackled in the bowels of a slave ship. There is no proof that the unidentified Obama has ties to President Barack Obama. All they share is a name. But that is exactly the commonality that Emory University researchers hope to build upon as they delve into the origins of Africans who were taken up and sold. They have built an online database around those names, and welcome input from people who may share a name that's in the database, or have such names as part of their family lore. "The whole point of the project is to ask the African diaspora, people with any African background, to help us identify the names because the names are so ... More Coal country has tourism potential in West Virginia By: Vicki Smith, Associated Press
MORGANTOWN (AP).- Some of the bloodiest and most important moments in the American labor movement happened in the coalfields of southern West Virginia. But most who live beyond its rugged mountains, and even many who live in them, don't know the stories. Doug Estepp is trying to change that, one busload of tourists at a time. Estepp grew up in a coal mining family in Mingo County but never heard much about the early 20th century "mine wars" as a child. The term covers many events in the long, violent struggle to unionize: a deadly gunfight on the streets of Matewan; the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War in the woods above Blair; the firing of machine guns from an armor-plated train on striking miners and their families in the Holly Grove tent colony. Estepp set ... More |
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