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| | Major retrospective of the work of Eugene Von Guerard opens at the Queensland Art Gallery
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Eugene von Guérard (Austria / Australia 1811 – 1901), North-east view from the northern top of Mount Kosciusko 1863. Oil on canvas, 66 x 116 cm. Collection: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
SOUTH BRISBANE.- A major retrospective of the work of Eugene von Guérard (1811–1901), one of Australia’s most renowned colonial landscape painters, opened at the Queensland Art Gallery through 4 March 2012. Queensland Art Gallery Director Tony Ellwood said ‘Eugene von Guérard: Nature Revealed’ featured over 65 works from throughout the Austrian-born artist’s 50-year career, including many of his iconic landscapes and several sketches. ‘Eugene von Guérard is arguably Australia's most important colonial landscape painter. His works are remarkable in their detail and greatly valued for their depiction of Australian landscapes of the mid-1800s,’ Mr Ellwood said. The National Gallery of Victoria touring exhibition, curated by Dr Ruth Pullin, illustrates how von Guérard’s artistic endeavours were informed by his interest in the geography, geology and vegetation of the Austra ... More |
| National Gallery of Art presents installation of three Rothko Seagram murals | | National Galleries of Scotland announces a major new acquisition of painting by J.M.W. Turner | | Important Old Master paintings & sculpture for sale in January at Sotheby's New York | 
Mark Rothko, Untitled (Seagram Mural sketch), 1959. Oil and acrylic on canvas, overall: 183.5 x 152.7 cm. Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc. © 1997 Christopher Rothko and Kate Rothko Prizel.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art presents a special installation of three of Mark Rothko's paintings made for the so-called Seagram Mural Project, timed to coincide with the presentation of John Logan's play Red at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater (January 20 to March 4), which dramatizes Rothko's struggle with the commission. Mark Rothko: Seagram Murals is on view in the Concourse galleries of the East Building from December 6, 2011, through August 15, 2012. These works became part of the Gallery's collection in the mid-1980s, as part of a vast gift of works from the Mark Rothko Foundation (now closed), making the Gallery the largest public repository of the artist's work. "We are pleased to present these paintings in conjunction with the Arena Stage's ... More | | 
J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), Rome from Monte Mario, 1820 (detail).
EDINBURGH.- The National Galleries of Scotland announces a major new acquisition, Rome from Monte Mario (1820) by J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851). This stunning watercolour has recently been allocated to the Scottish National Gallery through the Acceptance in Lieu of Tax scheme and will take pride of place in the Gallery’s much-loved Turner in January exhibition. Rome from Monte Mario will strengthen this outstanding, annual display, illustrating an aspect of the artist’s work not previously represented. The show is renowned for providing a thoughtful counterpoint to the more energetic celebrations of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay, and offering a welcome injection of light and colour during the darkest month of the year. Turner was perhaps the most prolific and innovative of all British artists and his skills have been much admired ever since his lifetime. Rome from Monte Mario is one of his finest watercolo ... More | | 
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Lucretia. Oil on panel, 22 ½ by 18 ¼ in.; 60.3 by 48.9 cm. Est. $4/6 million. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Sotheby’s annual auction of Important Old Master Paintings & Sculpture in New York will take place on 26 January 2012. The morning session of Important Old Master Paintings will offer strong examples across a wide range of styles and genres, from early Italian pictures to Italian Baroque, French Rococo, Dutch 17th century and Italian view paintings, while the afternoon session of Old Master Paintings & Sculpture will feature a selection of sculpture by artists including Andrea Della Robbia, Agnolo di Polo and Louis François Roubiliac. The auction will be on exhibition in Sotheby’s York Avenue galleries beginning 21 January, alongside the Old Masters Week sales. The morning session will be highlighted by three works from the estate of Lady Forte, whose husband Charles Forte founded the global hotel and restaurant group Trust- ... More |
| New York State Museum in Albany marks 175th anniversary with collections exhibition | | Christie's Americana week 2012 presents rare and historically significant masterpieces | | Indianapolis Museum of Art announces top acquisitions, from the 230 it acquired, for 2011 | 
Humpback whale collected from Cape Cod.
ALBANY, NY.- The New York State Museum celebrates 175 years of adding to the scientific and historical knowledge of New York State with a new exhibition which showcases the Museum’s invaluable collections, highlights the people who built them and the research that has resulted. On display in Exhibition Hall until April 30, 2012, “From the Collections” features many of the Museum’s important collections in anthropology, history and natural science. It illuminates the history of the oldest and largest state museum in the nation. Included are highlights of the more than 15 million scientific and historic artifacts and specimens that make up the Museum’s collections, including perennial favorites, priceless treasures and new acquisitions. The Museum and its collections officially began on April 15, 1836 when Governor William Marcy appointed the staff of the state’s first official Geological and Na ... More | | 
The Union Fire Company painted ceremonial parade fire hat probably Pennsylvania, mid-19th century, the top initialed F.K.F. 7 in. high. Estimate: 10,000-15,000 U.S. dollars.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Christie's New York announces Americana Week 2012, two weeks of sales, viewings and a symposium devoted to three centuries of American craftsmanship in all its forms, including important furniture, folk art, silver, and decorative arts. The sales begin on January 19 with Important American Silver, followed by John James Audubon’s The Birds of America: The Duke of Portland Set on January 20, Important American Furniture and Folk Art including the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph K. Ott on January 20, Chinese Export on January 23, and the Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen, Jr. Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain on January 24. With more than 580 lots offered, the combined sales are expected to achieve ... More | | 
Attributed to Caspicara (Manuel Chili), Equadorian, 1723-1796, Christ at the Column, second half of the 18th century, 16 ½ in. Maisie Eden Power Endowment Fund, 2011.131
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The Indianapolis Museum of Art announced that it has acquired 230 objects over the past 12 months. The new works enhance the Museum’s encyclopedic collection and span eight curatorial departments: American, Asian, Contemporary, Design Arts, European before 1800, European 1800-1945, Prints and Drawings, and Textile and Fashion Arts. Highlights among the year’s acquisitions include: 18th-century sculpture Christ at the Column by Caspicara. Created by the bestknown sculptor of 18th-century Quito, Ecuador, the polychrome wood figure features idealized anatomy emphasizing Christ’s human condition and his divine nature, downplaying the physical effects of his torture and ... More |
| The J. Paul Getty Museum presents exhibition of memorable images of Los Angeles | | Museum exhibits itself: New permanent display of Israeli art at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art | | Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York presents Vivian Maier: photographs from the Maloof Collection | 
Joe Deal, Backyard, Diamond Bar, California, 1980, 28.4 x 28.6 cm © Joe Deal. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- As part of the region-wide Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., 1945-1980 initiative, The J. Paul Getty Museum presents In Focus: Los Angeles, 1945–1980, an exhibition of photographs from the permanent collection made by artists whose time in Los Angeles inspired them to create memorable images of the city, on view at the Getty Center from December 20, 2011 – May 6, 2012. “This exhibition features both iconic and relatively unknown work by artists whose careers are defined by their association with Los Angeles, who may have lived in the city for a few influential years, or who might have visited only briefly,” said Virginia Heckert, curator, Department of Photographs, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and curator of the exhibition. The photographs are loosely grouped around the themes of experimentation, ... More | | 
Lea Nikel, Untitled (Mother), 1975.
TEL AVIV.- Brought out from storage to the limelight, a chronological presentation of selected works from the permanent collection of Israeli art is now open to the public in three huge galleries in the new Herta and Paul Amir Building of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Works from the turn of the twentieth century to cutting edge are divided into three sections: Collective Identities (1906-1960); Private Identities (1960-1990); and Glocalism (1990-2011) Collective Identities refers to art created in the Jewish community in Palestine from the beginning of the 20th century until the establishment of the State of Israel and beyond, which was largely shaped by the tension underlying the quest for collective identities. It was a sequence of double moves which brought together identification with contemporaneous artistic movements and adherence to ideologies of collective identity. Thus, for example, the ideological aspiration for th ... More | | 
Vivian Maier, New York, NY, date unknown. Gelatin silver print; printed later. Photo: Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Howard Greenberg Gallery presents the recently discovered work of street photographer, Vivian Maier (1926-2009), from the Maloof Collection. A nanny by trade, Vivian Maier's street and travel photography was discovered by John Maloof in 2007 at a local auction house in Chicago. Always with a Roleiflex around her neck, she managed to amass more than 2,000 rolls of films, 3,000 prints and more than 100,000 negative which were shared with virtually no one in her lifetime. Her black and white photographs-mostly from the 50s and 60s-are indelible images of the architecture and street life of Chicago and New York. She rarely took more than one frame of each image and concentrated on children, women, the elderly, and indigent. The breadth of Maier's work also reveals a series of ... More |
| Jerry Uelsmann and Pentti Sammallahti exhibit simultaneously at Peter Fetterman Gallery | | Tribal Art Book Prize awarded to Ancestors of the Lake: Art of Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay | | Francoise Nielly returns to Barcelona to showcase her new collection at Villa del Arte Galleries | 
Jerry Uelsmann, Untitled, 2000. Gelatin silver print. Photo: Courtesy Peter Fetterman Gallery.
SANTA MONICA, CA.- Peter Fetterman Gallery announces two exhibitions: a series of images by distinguished contemporary photographer Jerry Uelsmann and introducing the work of Finnish photographer Pentti Sammallahti with a selection of images shown in Los Angeles for the first time. Using multiple negatives to produce his surreal, dreamlike photographs, Jerry Uelsmann has developed a singular artistic vision which has carried him through a nearly 50 year artistic career. Firmly entrenched in his traditional darkroom compositing practices, Uelsmann continues to produce magical and thought-provoking multi-layered imagery without the help of modern computer-base techniques. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967 and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in 1972. He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, a founding member of the Society of Photographic Education and a former trustee of ... More | | 
Founded in 2009, the annual award is bestowed by Tribal Art, an international quarterly established in 1994, in collaboration with Sotheby’'s.
HOUSTON, TX.- An international jury of art scholars and professionals has awarded the third annual Prix International du Livre d'Art Tribal (International Tribal Art Book Prize) to Ancestors of the Lake: Art of Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay, New Guinea. The Menil Collection published the book – which was edited by Virginia-Lee Webb – to accompany an exhibition of the same title (presented at the Menil earlier this year, from May 6 to August 28). The richly illustrated volume contains essays by Webb, Anna-Karina Hermkens, Philippe Peltier, Andrea Schmidt, Dirk Smidt, David van Duuren, Kristina Van Dyke, and Muridan Widjojo with Anna-Karina Hermkens. Founded in 2009, the annual award is bestowed by Tribal Art, an international quarterly established in 1994, in collaboration with Sotheby’s. The award honors diversity and excellence of publishing in the field of tribal art. Each year select monographs ... More | | 
Françoise Nielly's painting is expressive, exhibiting a brute force, a fascinating vital energy.
BARCELONA.- In the Catalan capital, Villa del Arte Galleries has unveiled the exhibition, Françoise Nielly: Up-close. Following the success of her last sell out show held in Barcelona in December 2010, the artist has retuned to the city to showcase her new collection of paintings and silkscreens. The artist Françoise Nielly has reached the hearts of many with her portraits and expressive paintings of the human body. Nielly’s work, which combines bright, bold colours and brush strokes that could pierce canvas, is establishing her as one of the most famous French artists of our time. Françoise Nielly's painting is expressive, exhibiting a brute force, a fascinating vital energy. Oil and palette knife combine to sculpt her images from a material that is, at the same time, biting and incisive, carnal and sensual. Whether she paints the human body or portraits, the artist takes a risk: her painting is sexual, her colour ... More |
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 Mexico Mayan region launches apocalypse countdown By: Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP).- Seize the day. Only 52 weeks and a day are left before Dec. 21, 2012, when some believe the Maya predicted the end of the world. Unlike enthusiasts of other doomsday theories who suggest putting together survival kits, southeastern Mexico, the heart of Maya territory, plans a yearlong celebration. Mexico's tourism agency expects to draw 52 million visitors by next year only to the regions of Chiapas, Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Tabasco and Campeche. All of Mexico usually lures about 22 million foreigners in a year. It's selling the date, the Winter Solstice in the coming year, as a time of renewal. Many archeologists argue that the 2012 reference on a 1,300-year-old stone tablet only marks the end of a cycle in the Mayan calendar. "The world will not end. It is an era," said ... More Dia Art Foundation presents OPUS+ one first solo exhibition by Jean-luc Mouléne in the United States NEW YORK, N.Y.- Dia Art Foundation presents Opus + One, the first comprehensive museum exhibition in North America devoted to the work of Paris-based artist Jean-Luc Moulène. Commissioned by Dia, Opus + One will comprise objects and images created over the past two decades and will be on view at Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries, in New York’s Hudson Valley for one year. Organized by Dia curator Yasmil Raymond in collaboration with the artist, the exhibition will be accompanied by a new work commissioned for the Dan Flavin Art Institute, in Bridgehampton, NY, and a major publication. Opus + One unites two bodies of work: thirty-five objects from the ongoing series Opus (1995¬–present), and the monumental photographic essay La Vigie (2004–2011). The title derives from the Latin word Opus, which Moulène designates as the encompassing term for his three-dimensional work. The suffix, “+ One” comes from the ... More Country Club presents "Periodic Split" by American artist Beth Campbell LOS ANGELES, CA.- Country Club announces the inaugural exhibition for its new Chicago program with Periodic Split, new and recent works by New York based artist and 2011 Guggenheim Fellow, Beth Campbell. Periodic Split is presented in collaboration with Andrew Rafacz Gallery, marking the beginning of an ongoing collaboration with Country Club. Reverent to a familiar history of art and design in which the mobile is ever-present, Campbell’s constructions nevertheless feel contemporary, occupying space in a way that is both meditative and ominous. They relate to twentieth century modernist art and design in their prioritization of elemental shape and form and their relationship to space, but they also operate as part of Campbell’s drawing practice, which references willfulness and the human decision-making process in the often over-stimulating, easily distracting contemporary world we live in. Campbell’s s ... More Culture on the Go: CIBER report says mobile browsing will transform the web NEWBURY.- A new report, Culture on the Go, from UK web-watchers CIBER Research, shows how access to information is changing as people search for, read and use information on the move. A growing proportion of web browsing happens on smartphones like the new Mac iPhone 4S and tablets like the iPad, and no longer on PCs and laptops in homes and offices. This shift will have a radical impact on the design and functionality of websites, and will inevitably reflect back to the desktop screen itself. Professor David Nicholas of CIBER said, "We are seeing a transformation of behaviour. We know that the mobile device will soon be the dominant platform for searching the Web and yet right now we know virtually nothing about how people seek, read and use information via these devices. The CIBER group are cyberspace voyeurs - we’ve analysed tens of thousands of visits and are making sense of these digital ... More Metropolitan Museum enhances online access to its collections with Google Goggles NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that it is collaborating with Google to allow users to search the Web via pictures they take on their mobile phones, to increase access to information online about its encyclopedic collections. Beginning this week, image-based searches on Google Goggles for works of art in the Met’s collections—whether from reproductions in books, posters, or postcards, for example, or in the galleries themselves—will produce direct links to extensive information about works of art on metmuseum.org, the Museum’s website. Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum, said: “The Met’s collaboration with Google presents a unique opportunity to unite image-based searches of the Met’s collections with the scholarship and rich interpretive materials we make available online about our works of art. Anyone with a smartphone who is intere ... More Exhibition at the Newark Museum celebrates the teapot NEWARK, N.J.- The teapot, that simple serving vessel for one of the world’s most popular beverages, has a glorious past that has historically combined functionality and art. Nowhere is that fact made more obvious than in the latest Newark Museum decorative arts exhibition The Teapot which opened last week and will remain on view through 2013. Sixty-six teapots in ceramics and silver, dating from around 1700 to the present day, have been selected from amongst the hundreds of teapots in the Museum’s permanent collection by Ulysses Grant Dietz, Senior Curator and Curator of the Decorative Arts Collection. “These teapots embrace several hundred years of Western cultural history and demonstrate the endless design possibilities that this complex functional form has offered to inspire designers and craftspeople over the centuries,” Dietz said. “The Teapot is a unique exhibition of decorative art that ... More MIT List Visual Arts Center artist uses Neutrinos and Xray diffraction techniques to create filmwork CAMBRIDGE, MA.- The MIT List Visual Arts Center recently hosted a residency project with Los Angeles-based filmmaker/artist Jennifer West. West’s work consists of using a unique filmmaking process of subjecting diverse film stocks to numerous organic and mechanical processes (e.g. celluloid in various substances such as lithium, perfume, or mint; or physically manipulating film material in order to create vivdly abstract “cameraless” images. Her work at MIT included creating a “portrait” of a lab, using the chemicals, materials and equipment provided by collaborators. During two visits to MIT, West met with a wide range of researchers and faculty including: Stephen G. Steadman, Associate Director, MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science; Professor Janet Conrad, MIT Department of Physics; Scott Speakman, Center for Materials Science and Engineering, X-Ray Shared Experimental Facillity; ... More Model of jet fighter missing from Dutch museum THE HAGUE (AP).- A large model of an American jetfighter has mysteriously disappeared from a small Dutch museum and its owners are hoping pranksters rather than scrap metal thieves are responsible for what they call the "jetnapping." Edwin van Brakel, chairman of the Museum Vliegbasis Deelen, says the non-working model of a Lockheed Starfighter was discovered missing Sunday morning. He said Monday it is a mystery how thieves managed to move the scale model, which is about 10 meters (33 feet) long and weighs about 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds). He says "it would not fit in the back of a Fiat 500." Van Brakel says it looks like the theft was a prank because of a note left at the scene that translated as: "Fly away. See you next year." Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. ... More |
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