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| | On Gustav Klimt's 150th birthday, Vienna's Belvedere marks 2012 as the Klimt Year
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Matchboxes with images of the artwork 'The Kiss (1908)' by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) on display in a souvenir shop at the Galerie Belvedere in Vienna. On the occasion of the painter's 150th birthday, 2012 will be marked as the Klimt Year. EPA/ROLAND SCHLAGER.
VIENNA.- Owning the largest collection of paintings by Gustav Klimt worldwide, the Belvedere is preparing a very special presentation for this anniversary year. The show Masterpieces in Focus: 150 Years of Gustav Klimt on the Upper Belvedere’s piano nobile will display all of the artist’s paintings preserved in the museum in an extraordinary fashion. Unlike most exhibitions of recent years, it will not deal with stylistic relationships or art historical contexts, but will concentrate on the individual works as such – on the message each of these masterpieces conveys to the spectator. This anniversary practically invites us to look at each single year, even beyond Klimt’s lifetime. A further focus of the exhibition will thus be on the hitherto neglected history of the reception of Klimt’s work and personality. Over these 150 years, Klimt has become a phenomenon not only in art theory, but also in conte ... More |
| Beloved pop artist James Rizzi, author of unusual projects worldwide, dies at 61 | | A major landscape by painter Antonio Joli donated by the Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado | | China Institute Gallery to present Theater, Life, and the Afterlife: Tomb Décor of the Jin Dynasty from Shanxi | 
U.S. artist James Rizzi poses at an exhibition in Bremen. AP Photo/dapd/ David Hecker.
By: Verena Dobnik, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP).- James Rizzi applied his playful, cartoon-like art style to unusual projects worldwide, from Volkswagen Beetles and Japanese train ads to cow sculptures in New York and the front page of a German newspaper. His creations included images for German postage stamps and a tourist guide to New York published this year. He was the official artist for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and soccer World Cup games in France. "With his art, what you see is what you get," said Alexander Lieventhal, an executive at Art 28 GmbH & Co. in Stuttgart, Germany, which manages and sells Rizzi's work. "Any child can look at it and understand what he's trying to convey: a celebration of life." Rizzi, a native of Brooklyn, died Monday at his New York studio at age 61. He had a heart condition, Lieventhal said. Rizzi studied art at the University of Florida in Gainesville, where his groundbreaking techniques began with three-dimensional constr ... More | | 
Antonio Joli (Modena, 1700 – Naples 1777), View of Queen Maria Amalia of Saxony at the Arch of Trajan in Benevento, Ca.1759. Oil on canvas, 77.5 x 131cm., Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, Donation of the FAMP.
MADRID.- The Museo del Prado is presenting this new donation in the form of a small exhibition of twelve works shown alongside View of Queen Maria Amalia of Saxony at the Arch of Trajan in Benevento, an architectural landscape executed in 1759 by the set painter and vedutista Antonio Joli (Modena, 1700 – Naples, 1777). The exhibition includes three paintings by the artist from the Museum’s collection as well as various landscapes and views by his predecessors such as Panini and Vanvitelli, a group of etchings, two of them by Piranesi, and a Portrait of Queen Maria Amalia of Saxony by Giuseppe Bonito. Together, these works will enable the visiting public to locate Joli’s canvas within the collections of the Prado and to appreciate the distinctive nature of this architectural landscape, which reflects the new intellectual attitude with which Grand Tour travellers of the day approached classical monuments. In ... More | | 
Zhang Guolao of the Eight Immortals. Jin dynasty (1115–1234) H. 53.5 cm; W. (at top) 18 cm; W. (at bottom) 41.5 cm; D. 7 cm. Unearthed from Tomb 65H4M102, Houma city, Shanxi province.
NEW YORK, NY.- A new exhibition at China Institute Gallery will explore how theater and art intersected in the realm of the Chinese afterlife. The first exhibition in the U.S. to showcase the traditional folk art of brick carving, Theater, Life, and the Afterlife: Tomb Décor of the Jin Dynasty from Shanxi will be on view from February 9 through June 17, 2012. A fully illustrated catalogue will accompany the exhibition. Since the 1950s and as recently as a few years ago, hundreds of brick tombs from the Jin dynasty (1115-1234) have been excavated in Shanxi province, located in the north central region of China. The exhibition presents more than 80 beautifully sculpted objects revealing a passion for theater and opera in this region during the Jin dynasty. One of the highlights, a re-creation of a newly excavated tomb, will enable visitors to see how thoughtfully prepared art patrons were for the afterlife. The ancient Ch ... More |
| 'Forrest Gump', Chaplin's "The Kid" to be preserved in United States film registry | | Rediscover the magic of Dale Chihuly glass at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art | | American singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie archive to land in his native Oklahoma | 
A Danish poster for Walt Disney’s 1942 animated film “Bambi." AP Photo/Library of Congress.
WASHINGTON (AP).- Bambi, Forrest Gump and Hannibal Lecter have at least one thing in common: Their cinematic adventures were chosen by the Library of Congress to be preserved in the world's largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings. "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991), a harrowing psychological thriller about the cannibalistic serial killer Lecter, and "Forrest Gump" (1994), starring Tom Hanks as the guileless hero who thinks "life is like a box of chocolates," were critical and commercial successes that won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The animated Disney classic "Bambi" is among the most beloved movies ever made. A majority of the 25 titles chosen this year for inclusion in the National Film Registry are lesser-known — including silent films, documentaries, avant-garde cinema and even home movies. The Library of Congress announced the ... More | | 
Dale Chihuly, Detail, Float Boat Installation, 2002.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.- The Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s collection of glass by American artist Dale Chihuly reopens New Year’s Eve. Exhibited on the third floor, ILLUMINATIONS: Rediscovering the Art of Dale Chihuly presents a fresh look at the Museum’s popular Chihuly collection. Redesigned in collaboration with Chihuly Studio, the newly installed galleries will incorporate a unique design that features a three-dimensional approach to viewing some objects in the collection. The presentation will allow visitors to explore the large Float Boat and Ikebana Boat installations from all sides as well as includes viewing slots for the Reeds. ILLUMINATIONS will be accompanied by a special exhibition on the third floor titled Chihuly: Northwest. On view through April 8, 2012, this exhibition will include glass sculptures by Chihuly inspired by Native American baskets; Chihuly’s personal collection of textiles as well a ... More | | 
Folk singer Woody Guthrie playing his guitar. AP Photo/File.
By: Tim Talley, Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP).- Woody Guthrie's writings, recordings and artwork will land in his native state after an Oklahoma foundation bought the collection, with plans for a display that concentrates on his artistry rather than the populist politics that divided local opinion over the years. Guthrie, known for the anthem, "This Land is Your Land" and his songs about the poor and downtrodden, is remembered mostly as a musician, composer and singer, but was also a literary figure and an artist, said Bob Blackburn, executive director of the Oklahoma Historical Society. "Woody Guthrie was a crossroads of creativity," Blackburn said. "Woody Guthrie reveals so much about our history." The George Kaiser Family Foundation, a charitable organization based in Tulsa, announced ... More |
| Next Art Chicago 2012: Debut of curatorial focus renews historic fair this spring | | Top 10 science and nature 2011 news stories from the Natural History Museum in London | | Russian court rejects proposed ban of Hindu text central to the global Hare Krishna movement | 
New to the 2012 fair is Exclusive, an innovative exhibition series presented within Next Art Chicago which will include one work each by approximately 20 world-renowned artists.
CHICAGO, IL.- Next Art Chicago, the newest art fair to emerge from the producers of The Armory Show, will debut a curatorial approach to the traditional fair model this spring. The international fair of contemporary art will breathe new life into the Chicago marketplace through a new core exhibition, and a renewed mission to revitalize the historic fair. Executive Director Staci Boris will lead the curatorial vision, drawing on her 20 years of curatorial experience at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and Spertus Museum. "The focus of the 2012 edition of Next Art Chicago is the art," said Ms. Boris. "With our commitment to quality, dialogue, and diversity, we are building a show that is substantial, enduring, and ... More | | 
The ancient human-like species, Australopithecus sediba, is 1.98 million years old and could be the ancestor to the first humans. © Natural History Museum.
LONDON.- From a rare dual-sex butterfly and an exciting new addition to the human family tree, to a striking electric-blue lobster and a new horned dinosaur, here are the top 10 favourite 2011 science and nature news stories from the Natural History Museum website. 1. Electric-blue lobster found in Billingsgate fish market, November The most popular story from 2011 was about a striking blue live lobster that was brought to the Museum for identification. 2. Ancient Denisovans and the human family tree, January The 2nd most popular story featured Museum human origins expert Chris Stringer talking about a new group of ancient humans and the research suggesting they interbred with us. ... More | | 
Members of Rashtravadi Shiv Sena, or Nationalist soldiers of Lord Shiva, burn a Russian flag as they protest against the intention of banning the Hindu sacred book. AP Photo/Saurabh Das.
By: Sofia Javed, Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP).- A Russian court decided Wednesday not to ban a religious text central to the global Hare Krishna movement, rejecting claims that the text is "extremist" and ending a case that has angered Hindus around the world. Prosecutors in the Siberian city of Tomsk had argued that the Russian translation of "Bhagavad Gita As It Is" promotes "social discord" and hatred toward nonbelievers, causing an outcry in India, where many considered the proposed ban a violation of the rights of Hindus in Russia. The text is a combination of the Bhagavad Gita, one of Hinduism's holiest scriptures, and ... More |
| The Language of Less (Then and Now) at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago | | Design Museum joins international design consortium, direct link between London and Korea | | Sculpture honoring the legacy of civil rights pioneer Ida B. Wells to be built in Chicago | 
Oscar Tuazon, I gave my name to it, 2010. Courtesy of the artist and Maccarone, New York. [Installation view, My Flesh to your Bare Bones, Maccarone Gallery, New York. March 13th - April 24, 2010].
CHICAGO, IL.- The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, opened The Language of Less (Then and Now) to reintroduce now-classic Minimalist artworks to the public alongside work by five cutting-edge contemporary artists who are reconfiguring this visual language for today. On view from October 8, 2011, to April 8, 2012, The Language of Less (Then and Now) is inspired by the MCA’s rich holdings of Minimalist and Postminimalist work from the 1960s and 70s by artists such as Donald Judd, Richard Serra, Sol LeWitt, Carl Andre, Jackie Ferrara, and Bruce Nauman, among others. Now a younger generation of American and international artists are working in the tradition of these Minimalists, but tailoring it to their own ends: Leonor Antunes (Berlin), Carol Bove (New York), Jason Dodge (Berlin), Gedi Sibony (New York), and Oscar Tuazon (Paris). The exhibition is divided into two distinct parts, one devoted to a fresh ... More | | 
The partnership will create a direct link between the design capitals of London and Korea. Photo: Luke Hayes.
LONDON.- The Design Museum has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The Seoul Design Foundation, becoming part of an international consortium of design institutions, which includes the Seoul Design Foundation, Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York, Vitra Design Museum, Frankfurt Museum of Applied Arts and Red Dot Design Museum in Germany, Taiwan Design Centre and Objeto Brazil. The MOU is a global association of design institutions creating improved networks for communications, collaborations with touring exhibitions and learning programmes, promotional activities and development initiatives. The partnership will create a direct link between the design capitals of London and Korea, with the Design Museum touring exhibitions to the Zaha Hadid designed Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul, Korea which will open in 2013. The Design Museum will also showcase Dongdaemun Design Plaza touring exhibitions and create ... More | | 
Michelle Duster, great-granddaughter of civil rights pioneer Ida B. Wells, holds a print of Wells' postage stamp in her home in Chicago's South Side. AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast.
By: Caryn Rousseau, Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP).- For six decades, civil rights pioneer Ida B. Wells was woven into the fabric of Chicago's South Side as the namesake of a public housing project. A Rosa Parks-like figure during her era, the journalist and suffragist was so revered that 1930s leaders put her name on a project that promised good, affordable housing for working class families. Within a few decades, however, the homes deteriorated, growing more violent and becoming riddled with gangs and drugs — not as notorious as the city's Cabrini-Green public housing high rises or Robert Taylor Homes, but certainly not a monument to Wells' legacy. Then, nearly a decade ago, the city tore the Wells housing project down, leaving the activist's great-granddaughter Michelle Duster and her family worried Wells wouldn't be remembered at all. Now, to mark ... More |
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 Exhibition by Hans van Houwelingen & Jonas Staal at Kunsthal Antwerpen ANTWERP.- The exhibition introduces two remarkable artistic practices concerned with the dilemmas of public art in The Netherlands and beyond. Although belonging to different generations, and conceiving the political responsibility of the artist in distinct ways, the practices of Hans van Houwelingen and Jonas Staal are connected by a sustained polemic within the genre of monumental art, unravelling the political desires and anxieties that monuments thread together and ‘set in stone’, reopening the debates about recent history that monuments seek to terminate. The artists engage the question of the monument overtly – without recourse to the negative prefix and ironic foil of an ‘anti-’, or ‘counter-monument’ – in a critical scrutiny of paradigms of consensus, modes of commemoration and their political instrumentality. While both artists present three recent works, one point of continuit ... More Barbara Sparks: Photos from around the world at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center COLORADO SPRINGS, CO.- The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center presents Coalascence: Photography by Barbara Sparks on view Dec. 17 – Feb. 19, featuring a luminous glimpse into the landscapes and cultures of Nepal, Turkey, Italy, Guatemala, New Mexico, and Colorado. “This exhibition is part of a 75-year commitment to the medium of photography that began in 1936, our founding year, with a major retrospective of Laura Gilpin,” said Sam Gappmayer, the FAC President and CEO. Gilpin was a contemporary of Ansel Adams and was best known for her images of the Southwest and of the Broadmoor Art Academy (the FAC predecessor). For Sparks, a Colorado Springs native, the camera has become an essential part of her experiences traveling throughout the world. She makes photographic decisions based on her emotional response to a scene. “I have photographed unique cultures in unique geologies,” said ... More Roger Hiorn's sculpture comprising two decommissioned aircaft engines is part of sculpture show LONDON.- Arts Council Collection, which is run by Southbank Centre on behalf of ACE, announced that Untitled by Roger Hiorns is featured in the survey exhibition The Sculpture Show at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. This major work, gifted to the Arts Council Collection by the artist and Corvi Mora with the support of the Henry Moore Foundation, is for the first time shown in the United Kingdom placed upon Charles Jencks’ dramatic landscaping project Landform at the SNGMA. Untitled comprises two decommissioned aircraft engines, sourced from the United States Air Force, once part of military surveillance planes, into which the artist has embedded three different types of anti-psychotic drugs inaccessible to the viewer. Untitled was originally commissioned by the Art Institute of Chicago last year and represented the artist’s first collaboration with a leading American museum. It furthers Roger Hiorns’ ... More Accomplished artists in caricature exhibition to be presented at Nationalmuseum STOCKHOLM.- Next spring and summer, Nationalmuseum will be showing The Art of Exaggeration – Caricature in Sweden. The exhibition follows the development of Swedish caricature art through the ages, from the private sphere to a public position that echoes around the world. Recently caricature and cartoons have once again become the burning issue that they were two hundred years ago. The key element of a caricature is that it captures the features and body language of a recognisable figure, whether in a humorous situation or not. This means that it may be done in jest, but is not always the case. It makes its point by exaggerating typical and peculiar characteristics without going too far and turning into bullying and defamation. The caricature became popular in the 17th century due to its emotive subjects and visual gags. At that time, it was a more private affair, since there were limited options for publication, ... More Sweden court lets go 3 accused in artist kill plot STOCKHOLM (AP).- Three men charged with plotting to kill Lars Vilks, the Swedish artist who depicted Islam's Prophet Muhammad as a dog, were released Wednesday by a court ahead of its verdict announcement. In a brief statement on the final day of the trial, the Goteborg District Court said the men, aged 24-26 and of Somali and Iraqi origin, were no longer in detention. It did not give any reasons for its decision, saying only that it will disclose more information when the verdict is announced on Jan. 20. But typically such a decision means that the court either won't convict the defendant or that there is little, or no reason, for keeping a person detained for fear that the suspect might run away or destroy evidence. Prosecutor Agnetha Hilding Qvarnstrom has accused the suspects of planning to stab Vilks at an art event in Goteborg, Sweden's second largest city. The men carried knives when they were arrested on Sept. 10, on ... More |
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