| The First Art Newspaper on the Net | Established in 1996 | Wednesday, December 28, 2011 |
| | Helen Frankenthaler, esteemed abstract artist for six decades, dies at 83 in Connecticut
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Helen Frankenthaler in the studio at 83rd Street and Third Avenue [left to right: Coastline, 1964, Saturn, 1963 (collection of Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh), Small’s Paradise, 1964 (collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.), in progress], New York, 1964. Photograph by Alexander Liberman. Alexander Liberman Photography Archive, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. (2000.R.19). Copyright © J. Paul Getty Trust.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- With profound sadness, the family of Helen Frankenthaler announces the death of Ms. Frankenthaler on December 27, 2011, at age 83, following a lengthy illness. Frankenthaler, whose career spanned six decades, has long been recognized as one of the great American artists of the 20th century. Heir of the first-generation Abstract Expressionists, she brought together in her work—always with prodigious inventiveness and singular beauty—the idea of the canvas as both an arena of gesture and a formal field. She was eminent among the second generation of postwar abstract American painters and is widely credited for playing a pivotal role in the transition from Abstract Expressionism to Color Field painting. One of the foremost colorists of our time, she produced a body of work whose impact on contemporary art has been profound. Frankenthaler, daughter of New York State Supreme Court Justice Alfred Frankenthaler and his wife, Martha (Lowenstein) Frankenthaler, ... More |
| Biennale appoints new Directors: David Chipperfield for Architecture and Alberto Barbera for Cinema | | Professor Dr. Curt Glaser heirs sell Jan Van de Velde II painting back to the Rijksmuseum | | Smithsonian Institution Fiscal Year 2012 Federal Appropriation totals $811.5 million | 
British architect David Chipperfield poses at the vestibule of 'Neues Museum'. EPA/GERO BRELOER.
VENICE.- The new Board of La Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta and composed of Giorgio Orsoni (Vice-President), Luca Zaia, Francesca Zaccariotto and Emmanuele Francesco Maria Emanuele, met for the first time on 27th December 2011 in the Biennale offices at Ca’ Giustinian and proceeded to appoint the Directors of the Architecture and Cinema sectors. The appointments were decided as follows: David Chipperfield was named Director of the Architecture Sector with the specific responsibility of curating the 13th International Architecture Exhibition, which will be held in Venice, at the institutional venues of Giardini and Arsenale, from August 29th to November 25th 2012 (preview on August 27th-28th). Alberto Barbera was named Director of the Cinema Sector for a four-year term. The 69th Venice International Film Festival will be held at the Lido di Venezia from August 29th to September 8th 2012. At the conclusion of the meeting, the President of the Bie- ... More | | 
Jan van de Velde II, A Winter Landscape, c. 1620 - c. 1630.
AMSTERDAM.- Following the restitution of the Jan Van de Velde II painting A Winter Landscape to the heirs of Professor Dr. Curt Glaser, his heirs have now sold the artwork back to the Rijksmuseum. The agreement follows the restitution of the artwork as recommended by the Dutch Restitutions Committee which found that it had been sold due to Nazi persecution in May 1933 auctions in Berlin. Professor Curt Glaser was the head of the Berlin State Art Library when he was forced from his position in 1933 by a Nazi law forbidding Jews from holding German civil servant positions. In addition, he was also forced out of his state owned apartment in the Prinz Albrecht Strasse in Berlin. After his removal from his apartment the Gestapo established their notorious headquarters in the building where he had lived. Following the loss of his job and his apartment, Glaser was also unable to write for German publications about the German art s ... More | | 
Thomas Jefferson’s private text, The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth—colloquially known as the Jefferson Bible. Photo: Hugh Talman, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s FY 2012 federal appropriation totals $811.5 million. It is $52 million above the FY 2011 appropriation. The new budget includes $636.5 million for Salaries and Expenses and $175 million for Facilities Capital, which includes $75 million for construction of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. All of the above accounts will be reduced by .16 percent, according to the bill that applies to the Smithsonian. The Salaries and Expenses account covers $2.3 million for uncontrollable increases in rents and utilities and workers’ compensation. The FY 2012 appropriation continues to place the programmatic increase into the broad categories of the Institution’s strategic plan, linking the funds directly to the overall mission. This year, the Smithsonian will use some of the S&E funds to support ... More |
| German industry mogul and Harvard Museum supporter Werner Otto dies at 102 | | Nest Egg Auctions to host Gala Holiday New Year's auction on January 7 | | Art that has a life of its own: London's Kinetica Art Fair 2012 exhibitors announced | 
Werner Otto, a Hamburg merchant and entrepreneur, is photographed in Berlin, Germany. AP Photo/Gero Breloer.
BERLIN (AP).- Werner Otto, the founder of the mail-order company that bears his name and a prominent figure in West Germany's post-World War II economic resurgence, has died. He was 102. The company, Otto Group, said Tuesday that he died in Berlin on Dec. 21 in the presence of his family. Otto opened a shoe factory in Hamburg in 1945, but it didn't last long in the face of tough competition from southern Germany. So in 1949, with four employees, he turned to selling shoes by mail order — the start of what became Otto Group, which now employs 50,000 people and has annual revenues of €11.4 billion ($14.9 billion). Its first, hand-produced, catalog appeared in 1950, offering 28 styles of shoes. The business then grew rapidly during the 1950s, expanding its range and establishing itself with the help of shoppers from outside major cities who didn't have ready access to stores; in 1963, Otto ... More | | 
Guy Carleton Wiggins (American, 1883-1962), ‘New York Library in Storm,’ signed lower left, 12 x 16 in. sight, 20 x 16 in. in signed Fredrix NY frame. Est. $5,000-$10,000. Nest Egg Auctions photo.
MERIDEN, CT.- The Brechlins are home for the holidays and will celebrate as the Connecticut family’s Nest Egg Auctions presents its annual Gala Holiday New Year’s Auction on Saturday, Jan. 7. The sale will begin at 2 p.m. Eastern time. Those attending the 209-lot auction will be offered festive hospitality, with complimentary food and drink; and live music. “Everyone comes to our New Year’s auction,” said auctioneer Ryan Brechlin. “Hey, free shrimp!” Along with the food and entertainment, guests will be able to enjoy previewing an outstanding lineup of antiques and collectibles on display prior to the auction. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding for those who cannot attend the sale, which will be held at Nest Egg Auctions’ gallery at 30 Research Parkway in Meriden. Ryan Brechlin will oversee the event ... More | | 
Studio Roosegarde’s Liquid 6.0/
LONDON.- Living artwork, creations that come to life and experiential installations will be on show for the fourth Kinetica Art Fair 2012 - the UK's only art fair dedicated to kinetic, robotic, sound, light and time-based art. This hugely popular event – regularly attracting over 10,000 visitors – takes place from 9 – 12 February 2012 at Ambika P3, Marylebone Road, London NW1. Kinetica provides an opportunity for serious buyers and collectors of art (previous collectors have included Damien Hirst and David Roberts), whilst remaining accessible to new buyers interested in the field. Leading artists and galleries from around the globe will gather to exhibit work that converges science, technology, nature and new media to present astonishing and often breathtaking creations. This year sees a special feature exhibition within the fair showing work from Kinetica Museum’s new Oxygen artists membership sc ... More |
| Thomas Jefferson's Virginia estate Monticello highlights slaves' stories in new website | | First United States museum dedicated to Greek culture, National Hellenic Museum, opens | | Toledo Museum of Art to celebrate 50th anniversary of the Studio Glass Movement | 
Several new projects launching this winter will shed light on the slaves who lived and worked at Monticello. AP Photo/Monticello Foundation.
By: Zinie Chen Sampson, Associated Press
RICHMOND (AP).- When Thomas Jefferson died, scores of slaves were sold from his Monticello plantation to settle his debts. Peter Fossett, 11, was among them, recalling that he was "born and reared as free, not knowing that I was a slave, then suddenly, at the death of Jefferson, put on an auction block and sold to strangers." Fossett's story is one of many included in several new projects launching this winter to shed light on the slaves who lived and worked at Monticello. A website launching Jan. 27 will showcase oral histories of the slaves in an online project called "Getting Word: African American Families of Monticello." An exhibit at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. called "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: Paradox of Liberty" also opens Jan. 27 and will weave in some excerpts from the "Getting ... More | | 
A life-size mood board inviting guests to preview "In Search of Home: The Greek Journey From Myth to Modern Day," at the museum in Chicago. AP Photo/National Hellenic Museum.
By: Caryn Rousseau, Associated Press
CHiCAGO (AP).- — Dolls a Greek woman made during World War II. Ice cream bowls and wooden spoons from a 1940s Greek candy store. Thousands of record albums filled with Greek music. These items and many other beloved objects and family heirlooms have found their way from around the country to the National Hellenic Museum in Chicago, which has a new place to store and exhibit them all, in a four-story 40,000-square-foot environmentally friendly building of limestone and glass that opened in early December. The $20 million project in the city's Greektown neighborhood, which includes temporary and permanent exhibition space, classrooms, oral history archives, a library and roof patio overlooking downtown, replaces the museum's previous space a few blocks ... More | | 
Paul Seide (American, born 1949) Radio Light. Blown glass, mercury, and argon gas, 1985. Gift of Dorothy and George Saxe, 1991.135 ©Paul Seide.
TOLEDO, OH.- The American Studio Glass Movement that emerged from two experimental glass workshops at the Toledo Museum of Art in 1962 has transformed the art world by making glass a popular and respected artistic medium. The Museum will celebrate the 50th anniversary of this historic moment with an array of activities, which include a major glass exhibition and hosting the 2012 Glass Art Society Conference. The Museum will also be reinstalling and reinterpreting its glass collection at the Glass Pavilion® in anticipation of the upcoming anniversary. The Toledo Museum of Art director in 1962, Otto Wittmann, invited Harvey Littleton, a ceramics instructor and faculty member at the University of Wisconsin, to present a workshop to explore hot-blown glassworking techniques outside the factory setting. Littleton, whose father was a scientist at Corning Glass, had been interested in exploring the artistic properties of glass a ... More |
| Nelson-Atkins Museum attendance Jumps to 410,000, awarded re-accreditation | | Ayyam Auctions announces Sixth edition of Young Collectors sale in January | | Arnolfini presents part two of a major historical survey of museums created by artists | 
The Nelson-Atkins Building at night illuminated by light shining through Walter De Maria's One Sun / 34 Moons, 2005.
KANSAS CITY, MO.- Attendance at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City jumped significantly in the 2011 calendar year, to 410,000 visitors. In 2010, 359,000 visitors came to the museum. The higher numbers are attributed to a renewed sense of energy surrounding the exhibitions and events offered by the Nelson-Atkins. “We are gratified to recognize such a large increase in the number of visitors to the museum,” said Julián Zugazagoitia, Director & CEO. “We are partnering with many community organizations such as our collaboration with the Consulate of Mexico, the Mattie Rhodes Center and Guadalupe Centers for our Day of the Dead celebration, which was a huge success. We plan to continue partnerships like this in the future. And for the first time, we are featuring art in the Bloch lobby, such as Roxy Paine’s ... More | | 
Fadi Yazigi, Untitled, Signed, Dated, 30 X 20 cm. Mixed Media on Newspaper 2005.
DAMASCUS.- On January 17, Ayyam Auctions will present the sixth edition of its Young Collectors Auction and twelfth overall auction. Featuring more than 70 lots from many of the top emerging and established artists in the Middle East. This forthcoming sale targets new and young collectors with estimates ranging between $1,000 and $10,000 as well as seasoned collectors looking to discover that next new star. With the majority of estimates in the $3,000 - $7,000 range, this sale will feature both Arab and Iranian artists in a variety of mediums including paintings, sculptures, photography and limited editions. The selection will include revered names of the region such as Samia Halaby, Huda Lutfi and Asaad Arabi, rising contemporary stars such as Shadi Ghadirian, Qaswra Hafez and Oussama Baalbaki and new discoveries like Lara Zankoul and Mohammad Badr. Further highlights of the auction will include fifteen beautif ... More | | 
50 Ans d’Art aux Etats-Unis. Collection of The Museum of American Art, Berlin. Installation view: Lyon Biennial 2007. Photo: Courtesy the artist.
BRISTOL.- Following on from Part 1 (24 September – 19 November) Museum Show Part 2 is the second chapter of Arnolfini’s Museum Show, a major historical survey of museums created by artists. Museum Show presents a comprehensive selection of these highly idiosyncratic, semi-fictional institutions – a museum of museums perhaps. It is the first ever exhibition to chart this particular tendency in contemporary art. Museum Show across its two chapters presents museums by approximately 40 artists from across the spectrum of career status, from canonical to emerging, and from around the globe. The exhibition will look at the different interpretations of what a museum can be, whilst charting the methodologies and reasons used by artists for creating their own institutions – ranging historically from critique directed towards institutions of art, ... More |
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 Electric Railway Museum wins major national award LONDON.- One of the highest accolades given to recognise railway preservation in the UK and Ireland has been awarded to Electric Railway Museum. The Coventry-based attraction has received the prestigious Small Groups Award from the Heritage Railway Association. The award identifies the work done by Electric Railway Museum since its creation in 2008 as ‘an outstanding contribution to railway preservation’, specifically ‘in recognition of its excellence in the preservation of less fashionable stock outside the scope of most heritage railways’. As an umbrella organisation, the Heritage Railway Association represents the interests of the majority of heritage and tourist railways, tramways and railway preservation groups within the UK and Ireland – with over 250 members. Their Small Groups Award is judged annually by a committee comprising representatives of the HRA Board and Committees and ... More Smithsonian receives $2 million grant from Coca-Cola Foundation ATLANTA, GA.- This holiday season, The Coca-Cola Foundation spreads more than $4.8 million worth of cheer – in the form of its fourth-quarter grants – to 29 organizations across the U.S. and Canada. In 2011, the philanthropic arm of The Coca-Cola Company awarded more than $24.2 million to 115 community organizations in the U.S. and Canada, benefitting active, healthy living; community, arts and culture; diversity and inclusion; education and youth development; and environment programs. In total, the Foundation has given more than $70 million to sustainable community initiatives across the globe this year. “As 2011 comes to a close, we continue to celebrate organizations in the community that work to build a better future for us all,” said Lori George Billingsley, Vice President, Community Relations, Coca-Cola Refreshments. “We are proud to partner with organ ... More The Speed Art Museum announces temporary closure during the construction LOUISVILLE, KY.- With a $50 million expansion planned through 2015, The Speed Art Museum Board of Trustees announced a temporary closure during the construction. The new 60,000-square-foot North Building will help create one of the finest experiential art museums in the country and will double the overall square footage and nearly triple the gallery space from the existing wing. The expansion will create a state-of-the-art space for larger special exhibitions, new contemporary art galleries, a family education welcome center, indoor/outdoor café, museum shop, and a multifunctional pavilion for performances, lectures, and entertaining. Additionally, the new Elizabeth P. and Frederick K. Cressman Art Park and public Piazza will be created for the display of sculpture that will engage University of Louisville students and faculty and museum visitors. “Our ability to ... More Idaho man's Museum of Clean ready to shine POCATELLO (AP).- Don Aslett may be more than a half century into his fight against dirt and clutter, but he still can't take a stroll without bending to pick up litter from the sidewalk. As a child, he can remember cringing at the site of spilled coffee grounds and in high school, finding it strange the other boys didn't like to clean their rooms. Even now at the age of 76, his battle against grit and grime has yet to relent. Those who may not understand his devotion, he reasons, have likely never felt the satisfaction of making a toilet bowl shine. "I'll tell you, clean is a hard sell," said Aslett, who has written 37 books on the topic and founded a janitorial business with branches in most states and Canada. While mothers may threaten their kids with having to clean their rooms as punishment, Aslett knew he was different from an early age. "I love to clean," he said with a shrug. And now, he has a six-story shrine dedicated to his craft — the ... More Vietnam store makes Christmas tree from cellphones HANOI (AP).- Southeast Asia is closer to the equator than the North Pole, but an electronics store in Vietnam is ringing in the holidays with a 15-foot Christmas tree made from more than 2500 unusable cellular phones. Nguyen Trai, a store manager at Westcom Electronics in the southern city of My Tho, says 10 workers spent two weeks building the cellular Christmas tree that he hopes will raise awareness about hazardous waste and promote environmental responsibility. The glittering, cone-shaped creation has been on display for about two weeks outside the store in southern Tien Giang Province. Between 700 and 800 people visit daily, Trai told the Associated Press. "Many of them have taken pictures with the tree," he said. Cellphones are ubiquitous in Vietnam, where more than 60 percent of the population is under 30 and hordes of young people flaunt flashy electronics to mark their rising wealth even as the ... More 1941 fruitcake in Ohio sells for $525 CINCINNATI (AP).- A 1941 fruitcake has sold for $525 to an Arizona man in an Ohio company's online auction, and the money will go to the homeless in southwest Ohio. Elite Estate Group sold the cake in an auction on its website. Company owner Larry Chaney says the man, who wanted to remain anonymous, probably bought the cake as an investment. Chaney says he doubts anyone would eat a 70-year-old fruitcake even though it was vacuum packed and contained rum that probably helped preserve it. The cake was made in 1941 by The Kroger Co. It was returned unopened to a Kroger store in 1971. The manager took it home and kept it until recently when his son was helping him get rid of some things and gave the cake to Chaney. ... More |
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