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A woman looks at Mexican painter Diego Rivera's "Indian Warrior" displayed during a preview at New York's Museum of Modern Art. AP Photo/Richard Drew.
By: Walker Simon
NEW YORK, NY (REUTERS).- Five murals by Mexican artist Diego Rivera will go on display on Sunday in a new exhibit that reunites works that struck a chord across a broad social spectrum when they were unveiled during the Great Depression. The works, which were first shown in 1931 and 1932, are the highlight of "Diego Rivera, Murals for The Museum of Modern Art," which runs through May 14. The murals were painted at MOMA, which sold all but one. Museum director Glenn Lowry said the works, particularly "Frozen Assets," still find resonance today. "What is interesting about Rivera today is how prescient his observations about New York 80 years ago were," he said. "There is no better metaphor for what is taking place with the various Occupy Wall Street movements around the country and the world than the stratification that is revealed in Rivera's painting, which shows you the homeless juxtaposed ... More |
| Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute opens Rembrandt and Degas: Two Young Artists | | Artist Ted Harrison scatters 5,000 poppies under the dome of St Paul's Cathedral | | Kunsthaus Zürich presents Encoding Reality: An exhibition featuring Weltbild by A.R. Penck | 
Self-Portrait, c. 1855–56, by Edgar Degas. Oil on paper laid down on canvas, 40.6 x 34.3 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bequest of Stephen C. Clark, 1960© The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Art Resource, NY.
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.- After its critically acclaimed presentation at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, Rembrandt and Degas: Two Young Artists will make its American debut at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, this autumn. The exhibition explores the Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn’s impact on French Impressionist Edgar Degas by presenting the self-portraits both artists created in their early twenties. This exhibition brings two magnificent paintings by Rembrandt to the Clark from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, as well as etchings from international collections. Rembrandt and Degas: Two Young Artists is on view at the Clark November 13, 2011, through February 5, 2012. “The Clark is pleased to have worked with our colleagues at the Rijksmuseum on this exhibition, and we’re happy it ... More | | 
Artist Ted Harrison poses for photographs with his art installation at St Paul's Cathedral, in London. REUTERS/Paul Hackett.
LONDON.- Over 5,000 poppies were scattered under the dome of St Paul’s in an art installation on Remembrance Day, Friday 11th November 2011. From ground level the poppies appear to have fallen randomly, but when viewed from the Whispering Gallery the poppies form an image of three child soldiers; one from the First World War and two from more recent conflicts. The 30 foot wide installation created by artist Ted Harrison highlights the involvement of children in war. Although declared illegal by the UN some 250,000 under-age children are currently active combatants - most having been forced or coerced into volunteering. Thousands are killed, wounded or traumatised every year. The installation is part of the St Paul’s Cathedral Arts Project, an ongoing programme which seeks to explore the encounter between art and faith. Recent projects have included installations by Antony Gormley, Mark Alexander and Martin Firrell. ... More | | 
Paul Klee, Der Nachlass des Artisten, 1938 (detail). Blend of pigment and glue on jute, on second jute, 48 x 95 cm. Kunsthaus Zürich, gift of the heirs Paul Klee.
ZURICH.- From 11 November 2011 to 12 February 2012 the Kunsthaus Zürich is staging the exhibition ‘Encoding Reality,’ the latest in the ‘Picture Ballot!’ series. Taking as its starting point the painting ‘Weltbild’ (World Picture, 1961) by A.R. Penck and the pictographically encoded visual idiom in modern art, it explores works from Paul Klee, Joan Miró, Alberto Giacometti, Jean Dubuffet, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat and others. Like Penck, these artists developed a language that was part figurative representation and part abstraction. The exhibition reveals the methods chosen by artists in different generations and programmes to encode reality. At the heart of the exhibition, which includes about 20 paintings, sculptures and works on paper, is a work by Ralf Winkler, better known under the pseudonym A.R. Penck. He was born in Dresden in 1939 and spent the first forty years of his life in ... More |
| Galerie Max Hetzler presents an exhibition of works from 1987 to 2011 by Günther Förg | | A selection of new Contemporary art acquisitions on view at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem | | Ancient Chinese bronzes exhibited at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens this Fall | 
Günther Förg, Untitled (1), 1993. Acrylic on canvas, 195 x 160 cm. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin.
BERLIN.- Galerie Max Hetzler presents an exhibition of Günther Förg featuring works from 1987 to 2011. On this occasion the gallery is turned into a quite commanding immersive environment with the seminal black and white photograph “Ika” (1987) as an introduction to the exhibition. A specially commissioned wall painting is on view along with a mirror, photographs from the series of rationalist architecture „Città Universitaria“, paintings from the nineties and noughties, including very large formats and recent paintings from the series known as the grit or dot paintings. Thus underscoring Förg's interdisciplinary investigations and his use of the space conceived as one work. Long before notions of installation and site specifity gained common currency, Förg developed a multidisciplinary practice in which different mediums are exhibited simultaneously. Since the early 70's Günther Förg has been producin ... More | | 
Vahram Aghasyan, Ghost City, 2005–2007. Three chromogenic prints from a series of ten. Purchase, Barbara and Eugene Schwartz. Contemporary Art Acquisition Endowment Fund.
JERUSALEM.- A new exhibition at the Israel Museum presents a selection of 18 recent acquisitions and gifts of international and Israeli contemporary art, on display for the first time at the Museum. Magic Lantern: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art brings together works in a range of mediums by an international cadre of artists, including Vahram Aghasyan, Ilit Azoulay, Luis Camnitzer, Isaac Julien, Jonathan Monk, Adrian Paci, Anila Rubiku, Yehudit Sasportas, Hiraki Sawa, Jan Tichy and Maya Zak, among others, all of which explore the theme of enchantment. The exhibition is on view from November 8 through April 30, 2012. Whether in landscapes or interior scenes, the works in Magic Lantern invoke the world of legend, daydream, fantasy and illusion. Through imaginary journeys, blurred silhouettes in the mist, flickering flames and dark forest shadows, the real world assumes the diffuse contours of something ... More | | 
Eight-lobed Mirror with Vines, Birds, and Mythical Animals, China, Tang dynasty (618–907) Cast bronze with silver amalgam. The Cotsen Collection, O-0792. Photo: Bruce M. White, 2009.
SAN MARINO, CA.- An important collection of ancient Chinese bronze mirrors spanning three thousand years make its first public appearance this fall in an exhibition at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. “Ancient Chinese Bronze Mirrors from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection” will be on view from Nov. 12, 2011, through May 14, 2012, in the Chandler Wing of the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art. The exhibition includessome 80 highly decorative early bronze mirrors, ranging in date from the Qijia Culture (2100¬–1700 B.C.) of pre- and early Chinese history, the Warring States period (450-221 B.C.), and the Han (206 B.C.-220 A.D.), Tang (618–906 A.D.), and Jin (1115-1234 A.D.) dynasties. Several related textile fragments will also be displayed. The Lloyd Cotsen Collection was established by Lloyd Cotsen, a Los Angeles businessman, philanthropist, art collector, and membe ... More |
| New website for the Printed Picture, a Dynamic History of the Evolving Technology of Image-Making | | Jeff Wall: The Crooked Path at the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea | | Group exhibition with sculptures beyond the conventional at Galerie Michael Janssen | 
Benson, a renowned printer, accomplished photographer, and former Dean of The Yale University School of Art, is the author of Richard Benson: North South East West, a new volume of photography published by MoMA.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art announces The Printed Picture, a website based on the publication and exhibition of the same name that focused on the history of the printing of pictures, from prehistoric cave markings to cutting-edge digital printing technologies. The website was created utilizing the content both from the book, authored by Richard Benson, and videos drawn from Benson's private lectures conducted in the exhibition galleries at MoMA. The site was developed by Read and Note. Read and Note™ technology was used for its ability to extract, integrate, and manage the different mediums in the development of the site. Benson, a renowned printer, accomplished photographer, and former Dean of The Yale University School of Art, is the author of Richard Benson: North South East West, a new volume of ... More | | 
Jeff Wall, Boy falls from tree, 2010. Colour photograph, 226 x 305 cm.
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA.- Canadian artist Jeff Wall is no doubt one of the most influential artists of recent decades. Since the late seventies his large-scale photographs placed in light boxes have been redefining the paradigms of the photographic medium. From the early stages of his career his images, with their allusions to art history, to be precise to classical painting, have reflected his firm belief that it is possible to maintain a certain continuity, even within the canons of Modernism and its postulate that it is possible to paint modern life. The Crooked Path, which examines the context that favoured the development of Jeff Wall’s oeuvre in a broad selection of works by the artist and others, aspires to offer a complete survey of the photographer’s aesthetic concerns. The exhibition held at CGAC explores the close links between Wall’s artistic process and its reflections and influences—pictorial, ... More | | 
Installation view, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, 2011. Courtesy Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin.
BERLIN.- Galerie Michael Janssen is presenting ...there is a crack in everything, a group exhibition with sculptures and objects by artists whose practices refer to, expand or go beyond the conventional notion of sculpture and its parameters. On view are works by Vanessa Billy, Valentin Carron, Liz Larner, Dan Peterman and Joris Van de Moortel. Viewers customarily use volume, density and mass to make their initial judgments about what an object or sculpture might be and where it is situated; both in a space and in terms of their relationship to it. The works on display in the exhibition cut against these expectations and are hard to read at first glance. Unexpected color and material destabilize our sense of volume. Some of the works are spectacular and raucous, directly involving visitors while others are characterized more by quietness and conceptual acuity. In one way or another though they all are concerned wi ... More |
| Upcoming features of the American International Fine Art Fair 2012 announced | | Channa Horwitz and Michael Müller at François Ghebaly Gallery in Los Angeles | | New Orleans Museum of Art celebrates 100th anniversary with 110 new acquisitions | 
Greek Black Figure Amphora with Warriors, Sixth to Fifth Century BC. Terracotta, 44cm H. Private Coll 1984-2001, ex-Dr. C.M. Coll 1960's.
PALM BEACH, FL.- The past meets the present as International Fine Art Expositions hosts an array of exhibits for the 16th annual American International Fine Art Fair from February 3rd through 12th, 2012. Providing a “break from convention in a world-class destination,” the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida will house the exhibits that span time around the world. Under the guidance of legendary artist-jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé’s grandchildren, Tatiana and Sarah Fabergé, Fabergé’s Creative and Managing Director Katharina Flohr is bringing AIFAF the exquisite jewels and objects of today that pay homage to those of the Russian Imperial Court. “Distinguished by Fabergé’s dedication to excellence and pursuit of perfection, the jewels are both linked to Fabergé’s world, yet of the moment and relevant today, demon- ... More | | 
Channa Horwitz, Circle and Square, 1968. Courtesy of the Artist and François Ghebaly Gallery.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- François Ghebaly Gallery presents a two person show with Channa Horwitz and Michael Müller. This exhibition was born out of a symbiotic relationship that the two artists have developed since their initial meeting in 2007. Michael Müller was born in Germany in 1970 of Indian descent, and has over the past 15 years developed a compelling body of work, which explores the origins and boundaries of language, and the cultural identities (or the lack-of) shaped around it. Best known for his drawings and written work, the artist has been expending his means of expression to incorporate sculptures, installation, and most recently sound work. In his most recent body of work, Müller has rooted out the origin of language, and archived linguistic systems from the dawn of civilization up until most recent days. Each system is paired with a portrait of its alleged creator, when found. Drawn from this extensive research project, ... More | | 
American artist Keith Sonnier's "Fluorescent Room," originally exhibited in 1970 and on view only four times prior to its installation at NOMA.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- "NOMA 100" is the culmination of a five-year acquisition project, celebrating the museum's 100th anniversary with the exhibition of 110 newly acquired objects, ranging from a laminated color C-print by American artist Matthew Barney to a seven-foot long shark headdress from Nigeria. The exhibition, conceived by Director Emeritus John Bullard and trustee Anne Milling and on view from November 13, 2011 through January 22, 2012, reaffirms the museum's commitment to collecting outstanding works and highlights the dedicated support of the museum's benefactors. "NOMA 100: Gifts for the Second Century" is a celebration of the museum's growing permanent collection and also marks a pivotal moment of transition with the new directorship of Susan Taylor. "'NOMA 100' is about telling stories: the story of the museum's evolution from ... More |
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 New exhibition of works by Gandalf Gavan at October Gallery LONDON.- October Gallery is showing a new exhibition of works by Gandalf Gavan. This will be his first solo exhibition in London. Born in 1975 in Berlin, Gavan lives and works in New York and Mexico. He studied at the Repin Academy of the Arts in St. Petersburg, Russia, also Bard College and Columbia University in New York, where he also worked as an adjunct professor of art, teaching printmaking. He has exhibited in Europe (Manchester, Berlin, Geneva), South America, the U.S. and Mexico. His works are rendered via a prolific use of media - painting, drawing, glass, neon, anamorphic mirror, photography, ceramics and weaving. A formalist by training, Gavan’s works project a dazzling energy, the shapes and forms are both playful and exuberant, “I am attracted to art that has that sense of humour and tension between seriousness, ambivalence and play.” (The Brooklyn Rail). The new works created in the art ... More Candidates selected for TEFAF Showcase 2012 MAASTRICHT.- Six galleries have been selected to take part in TEFAF Showcase, which gives younger dealers a one-off opportunity to exhibit at TEFAF Maastricht. The selected candidates, who will be taking part in TEFAF's Silver Jubilee edition, are specialists from a range of disciplines including modern jewellery, contemporary art, Old Master paintings and Japanese art. Three are from the United Kingdom, one from Italy, one from France and the sixth will become the first-ever TEFAF exhibitor from Hungary. "As the years progress, we find that the level of applicants is getting higher as people have realised that they need to be of a certain standard to be considered," says Ben Janssens, Chairman of the Executive Committee of TEFAF, and a member of the selection panel, which consists of TEFAF members and independent art specialists. "Showcase is now an established feature of the Fair and many visitors ... More First solo show in Germany by Cluj based Romanian artist Simon Cantemir Hausi at Barbara Thumm Gallery BERLIN.- Barbara Thumm Gallery presents the first solo show in Germany by Cluj based Romanian artist Simon Cantemir Hausì. The exhibition will feature selected works on paper and canvas. The wildly beautiful landscape of the Romanian countryside is one the artist continues to return to, both physically and via his imagination. Sometimes Hausi reconjures scenes from his childhood: images of boys walking through a forest at night, or playing in a field during the day. At other times Hausi uses the countryside that he is so familiar with as a ground for the figures and animals that come to his mind as he lives and works in Cluj. These works have a visionary quality: the figures often appearing bathed in an otherworldly light, and the animals portrayed in a fashion that reminds the viewer of scenes found in late Medieval and early Renaissance paintings. Hausi's mystical works nearly always involve nature. However instead of falling ... More Delaware Art Museum celebrates 100th anniversary with Howard Pyle exhibition WILMINGTON, DE.- Howard Pyle (1853 – 1911) was one of America’s most popular illustrators and storytellers during a period of explosive growth in the publishing industry. A celebrity in his lifetime, Pyle’s widely circulated images of pirates, knights, and historical figures were featured in publications such as Harper’s Monthly and were admired by artists and authors like Vincent Van Gogh and Mark Twain. Yet, despite his widespread popularity, Pyle’s reputation has survived only among illustration scholars and enthusiasts. Until now his work has been virtually omitted from the larger context of art history. In celebration of the centenary of Pyle’s death, the Delaware Art Museum presents Howard Pyle: American Master Rediscovered, a major retrospective exhibition featuring 79 paintings and drawings created by Pyle between 1876 and 1910, on view November 12, 2011 – March 4, 2012. This exhibitio ... More Naftali steps down as director of Nixon library LOS ANGELES (AP).- The director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, who reorganized the Watergate exhibit, is stepping down. The Nixon Foundation says Timothy Naftali's resignation becomes effective Nov. 19. Naftali has directed the library since 2007. During that time he led the transformation of the Watergate exhibit, a makeover that scholars say provides a more balanced and accurate account of the scandal that brought down a president. Naftali tells the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/vxUT7S) his intellectual interests go beyond the Nixon presidency and he plans to pursue them. Naftali says he intends to return to writing and plans to complete a book he's been researching on President John F. Kennedy. The Times says Naftali also will join the New America Foundation, a think tank, as a senior research fellow. ... More |
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| Tales from the crypt: Study on gut cell regeneration reconciles long-standing research controversy Posted: 11 Nov 2011 12:22 PM PST The cells that help to absorb food and liquid that humans consume are constantly being produced. The various cell types that do this come from stem cells that reside deep in the inner recesses of the accordion-like folds of the intestines, called villi and crypts. But exactly where the most important stem cell type is located -- and how to identify it -- has been something of a mystery, until now.  | | Researchers closer to the super bug puzzle Posted: 11 Nov 2011 06:55 AM PST The treatment of serious infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus (Golden Staph) is complicated by the development of antibiotic resistance. Seriously ill patients, vulnerable to infections can be at additional risk if antimicrobial agents become less effective in fighting infections.  | | 2012: Killer solar flares are a physical impossibility, experts say Posted: 11 Nov 2011 06:55 AM PST Given a legitimate need to protect Earth from the most intense forms of space weather – great bursts of electromagnetic energy and particles that can sometimes stream from the sun – some people worry that a gigantic "killer solar flare" could hurl enough energy to destroy Earth. Citing the accurate fact that solar activity is currently ramping up in its standard 11-year cycle, there are those who believe that 2012 could be coincident with such a flare. But this same solar cycle has occurred over millennia. Anyone over the age of 11 has already lived through such a solar maximum with no harm. In addition, the next solar maximum is predicted to occur in late 2013 or early 2014, not 2012.  | | Study suggests new benefits of eating nuts for patients with metabolic syndrome Posted: 11 Nov 2011 06:52 AM PST A recent scientific study has revealed the relationship between nut consumption and a high level of serotonin metabolites (an important neurotransmitter) in patients with metabolic syndrome, who are at high risk of cardiovascular disease.  | | Diseased hearts to heal themselves in future Posted: 11 Nov 2011 06:52 AM PST Oncostatin M regulates the reversion of heart muscle cells into precursor cells and is vitally important for the self-healing powers of the heart. Scientists have identified a protein which fulfils a central task in this reversion process by stimulating the regression of individual heart muscle cells into their precursor cells. They now plan to improve the self-healing powers of the heart with the help of this protein.  | | Eating fish can reduce the risk of diabetes Posted: 11 Nov 2011 06:51 AM PST A study analyses the dietary patterns of the adult Spanish population with high cardiovascular risk. The results reveal a high consumption of both red meat and fish. However, whilst eating lots of cured meats is associated with greater weight gain and a higher obesity rate, the consumption of fish is linked to lower glucose concentrations and a smaller risk of developing diabetes.  | | Gene switch for odorant receptors Posted: 11 Nov 2011 06:51 AM PST The olfactory sensory neurons in the nasal mucosa perceive the myriad smells in the air with the aid of odorant receptors. Each sensory neuron chooses one and only one receptor gene for expression. The probability that a particular receptor gene is chosen for expression determines how many olfactory sensory neurons in total produce this receptor type. Scientists have unveiled an aspect of how the probability of the choice of an odorant receptor gene is regulated in olfactory sensory neurons.  | | Lutetia: A rare survivor from the birth of Earth Posted: 11 Nov 2011 06:51 AM PST New observations indicate that the asteroid Lutetia is a leftover fragment of the same original material that formed the Earth, Venus and Mercury. Astronomers found that the properties of the asteroid closely match those of a rare kind of meteorites found on Earth and thought to have formed in the inner parts of the solar system. Lutetia must, at some point, have moved out to its current location in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.  | | New system of intelligent management of street lighting enables 80% savings in energy Posted: 11 Nov 2011 06:45 AM PST Until recently there did not exist any kind of system of illumination that had more than 30% energy saving. A new intelligent system for public lighting achieves between 70% and 80% savings in the energy previously consumed.  | | Birth weight predicts physical functioning at age 60 Posted: 11 Nov 2011 06:45 AM PST Low birth weight and slow growth progressing to greater body mass in pre-adolescence significantly increased the risk of poor physical functioning at the age of 60 years, a new Finnish study found.  | | Catching camels in the Gobi Posted: 11 Nov 2011 06:45 AM PST Veterinary scientists have successfully attached GPS satellite collars to endangered wild Bactrian camels in the Mongolian desert. Their efforts are part of the long-term Gobi Research Project on wild horses, Asiatic wild asses, and other animals that make this unique environment their home.  | | Citrus indica Tanaka: A progenitor species of cultivated Citrus Posted: 10 Nov 2011 09:58 AM PST Recent findings show that C. indica occupies a special taxonomic position as reflected from the Karyomorphological data generated by them.  | | Coneheads (Protura) of Italy: What we know in their 'native' country after a century Posted: 10 Nov 2011 09:57 AM PST Coneheads collected from all over the territory of Italy were studied by three researchers. 40 species have been identified (belonging to eight genera and four families), six of which are new records for the Italian fauna.  | | Mid-ocean creatures control light to avoid becoming snacks Posted: 10 Nov 2011 09:57 AM PST If you're a snack-sized squid or octopus living in the ocean zone where the last bit of daylight gives way, having some control over your reflection could be a matter of life and death. Two transparent cephalopods have been found with the ability to quickly change to opaque in the presence of predators who use flashlights.  |
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