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A curator holds one of the oldest known copies of the Korans at the British Museum in London, Britain. The manuscript will be on display in an exhibition, entitled Hajj Journey to the Heart of Islam, that is dedicated to the the pilgrimage to Mecca. The exhibition opens to the public from 26 January to 15 April 2012. EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA.
LONDON.- The earliest known accurate panoramic view of Mecca is one of over forty-five important objects to be loaned by the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art to the British Museum for the exhibition Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam which will be on view in the Round Reading Room from 26 January to 15 April 2012. The Khalili Collection is the biggest single lender to this landmark exhibition, the first devoted to the Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca which is central to the Muslim faith. The view of Mecca dates from circa 1845 and is remarkable for its comprehensiveness and accuracy. Executed in ink and opaque watercolour by Muhammad ‘Abdullah, the Delhi cartographer commissioned by the Sharif of Mecca to depict the sacred monuments of his ... More |
| Exhibition of recent work by Spanish artist Juan Genovés at Marlborough Gallery | | Some of the oldest known corncobs, husks, stalks and tassels discovered in Peru | | Sotheby's to offer 13 works from the Forbes Collection depicting the Franco-Prussian War | 
Juan Genovés, Diversidad, 2011. Acrylic on canvas on board, 60 1/4 x 72 inches, 153 x 183 cm. Photo: ©Juan Genovés, courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Marlborough Gallery presents an exhibition of recent work by Juan Genovés until February 11, 2012 at Marlborough Gallery. This exhibition, the artist’s ninth solo show with Marlborough Gallery in New York, is comprised of approximately twenty acrylic paintings. Born in Valencia in 1930, Genovés is one of Spain’s bestknown contemporary artists. Recognized for his aesthetic style rooted in Social Realism and political art, Genovés strongly criticized Franco’s fascist regime. Genovés was sent to jail because the opposition made a poster of his painting El Abrazo, which is now in the collection of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. At the beginning of his career, Genovés’ body of work was devoted to the subject of political engagement. His artistic development occurred in the isolated world of Franco’s Spain, where he was influenced by modern photography and cinema, an ... More | | 
Cobs date roughly from 6,500-4,000 years ago from the "A" to the "C". A is Proto-Confite Morocho race; B, Confite Chavinense maize race; C, Proto-Alazan maize race.
WASHINGTON, DC.- People living along the coast of Peru were eating popcorn 1,000 years earlier than previously reported and before ceramic pottery was used there, according to a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences co-authored by Dolores Piperno, curator of New World archaeology at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and emeritus staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Some of the oldest known corncobs, husks, stalks and tassels (male flowers), dating from 6,700 to 3,000 years ago were found at Paredones and Huaca Prieta, two mound sites on Peru’s arid northern coast. The research group, led by Tom Dillehay from Vanderbilt University and Duccio Bonavia from Peru’s Academia Nacional de la Historia, also found corn microfossils: starch grains and phytoliths. Character- ... More | | 
Édouard Detaille, Champigny; décembre 1870 (detail). Est. $70/100,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s 27 January 2012 sale of Old Master & 19th Century European Art will feature a group of 13 works from The Forbes Collection that depict the Battle of Champigny, one of the final engagements of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. The group comprises Édouard Detaille’s celebrated composition Champigny; décembre 1870 (est. $70/100,00*); a total of four preparatory works – two each by Detaille and Alphonse de Neuville – for the popular Panorama de Champigny that opened Paris’s Panorama National in November, 1882; and eight fragments cut from the impressive panorama itself. The sale will be on exhibition in Sotheby’s York Avenue galleries beginning 21 January, alongside additional Old Masters Week auctions including Important Old Master Paintings & Sculpture and Old Master Drawings. The effects of the Franco-Prussian War and its military engagements had a profound impact on the Fr ... More |
| Largest and most colourful lithographs ever made by David Hockney at Alan Cristea Gallery | | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and Detroit Institute of Arts collaborate with shared curatorial expertise | | Exhibition of photographs by Paul Strand and Henri Cartier-Bresson opens in Paris | 
David Hockney, Amaryllis in Vase, 1984. Lithograph. Paper and image 127.0 x 91.4 cm. Edition of 80. Photo: Courtesy of Alan Cristea Gallery.
LONDON.- The Alan Cristea Gallery, Cork Street W1, will today unveil an exhibition of David Hockney’s largest and most colourful lithographs in an exhibition entitled ‘Moving Focus. A focal point of this free exhibition will be two views of the ‘Hotel Acatlán’ which the artist discovered when car trouble forced him to stop in the midst of a journey to Mexico City. Taking place from19 January until 18 February 2012 in the gallery’s space at No. 34 Cork Street, the exhibition is timed to coincide with the Royal Academy’s major new show of landscape works by Hockney, and is one of a number of art exhibitions and auctions celebrating the work of one of Britain’s best loved artists to take place this month. In the mid-1970s, shortly after moving to California, David Hockney began his working relationship with master printer Kenneth Tyler. It was with Tyler, that Hockney created the Moving Foc ... More | | 
Quarcoopome, a native of Ghana, holds a doctorate in art history from the University of California, Los Angeles.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and Detroit Institute of Arts announced a shared relationship of curatorial expertise. Directors from both institutions are part of the Association of Art Museum Directors, which is holding its mid-winter meeting in San Francisco this week. As the result of an innovative collaboration between the two institutions, Nii Quarcoopome (Nee Kwar-ku-pome), currently head of the DIA Department of Africa, Oceania & the Indigenous Americas, will devote a quarter of his curatorial work time to the Nelson-Atkins and also will continue in his position at the DIA. “We are delighted to collaborate with our colleagues at the Detroit Institute of Arts and to share the immense talent of Nii Quarcoopome,” said Julián Zugazagoitia, Director & CEO of the Nelson-Atkins. “He is one of the most respected curators in this field, and we are fortunate to continue our relationship w ... More | | 
Paul Strand, Men of Santa Ana, Lake Patzcuaro, Michoacan, 1933© Aperture Foundation Inc., Paul Strand Archive.
PARIS.- Bringing together such different works by two great masters in the history of photography is not self-evident. There are many points of convergence, but their styles are profoundly different. The American’s immobility contrasts with Frenchman’s fluidity. They both travelled to Mexico during the same period and they crossed paths in New York in 1935 when they joined the political filmmakers’ group Nykino (which later became Frontier Films) in order to explore filmmaking at a critical point in their respective careers. In autumn 1932, Paul Strand (1890-1976) set out for Mexico by car at the invitation of the Mexican Ministry of Education. He exhibited his photographs there and had the pleasure of witnessing the popular success of his images. It was in the course of working in the streets of Mexico, a practice which he had abandoned for many years, that Strand took up a different documentary style. At that point, he received a proposal to make a series of fil ... More |
| Hotel in Australia offers its guests the chance to try and steal a work of art by Banksy | | America's leading art galleries to exhibit 30 solo-artist booths and 42 thematic installations | | Tate appoints José Roca as Estrellita B. Brodsky Adjunct Curator of Latin American Art | 
No one has shown the guile needed to steal the second piece of Banksy art.
MELBOURNE.- Crime Stoppers is to become the beneficiary of a valuable piece of art that inept thieves have failed to steal despite multiple attempts. Art Series Hotels in Melbourne offered its guests over summer the chance to try and steal a work of art by notorious street artist Banksy. If people could get away with the theft they got to keep the art, if they got caught, then back on the wall it went. With two paintings to be stolen, after one month the score is ‘one all’, with one Banksy piece being stolen, and one left on the walls. One guest was cunning enough to steal the first work of art on offer (‘No Ball Games’) however, no one has shown the guile needed to steal the second piece of Banksy art ‘Pulp Fiction’, itself valued at over $4,000. Attempts to steal the art included: • Re-wiring the internal security cameras so would be thieves couldn't be seen • Distracti ... More | | 
Sarah Sze, Random Walk Drawing (Water), 2011. Mixed media. Dimensions variable. Installation view Sarah Sze: Infinite Line, Asia Society, New York, NY 2011-2012. Photo: Tom Powel Imaging. Courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- The 24th edition of The Art Show, the nation's foremost and longest running fine art fair will present museum-quality exhibitions of solo artist and group installations. Organized by the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) to benefit Henry Street Settlement, The Art Show takes place March 7 through March 11, 2012 in New York City. The fair presents the nation’s leading art dealers and galleries showcasing a range of artwork from cutting-edge, 21st century works, to masterpieces from the 19th and 20th centuries. The Art Show strikes a dynamic balance among its exhibitors, who come from all over the country to present works by historic, modern, ... More | | 
José Roca will take a leading role in developing Tate’s holdings of art from Latin America. Photo: Guillermo Santos.
LONDON.- Tate announced the appointment of Colombian curator José Roca (b.1962) as the Estrellita B. Brodsky Adjunct Curator of Latin American Art. The post, which reflects Tate’s continuing commitment to broadening the geographical scope of the Collection, is for a period of three years from 2012 to 2015. José Roca began working in the post on 9 January 2012. He will take a leading role in developing Tate’s holdings of art from Latin America and will work closely with Tate’s Latin American Acquisitions Committee, now celebrating its tenth year. He will also represent Tate in Latin America, further developing and adding to the strong working relationships Tate has within the region. He will be based in his home city of Bogotá but will make regular visits to ... More |
| Breach: An exhibition at Rod Barton Gallery in London focuses on four young artists | | Artpace in San Antonio announces curator Regine Basha as new Executive Director | | Valencian Institute of Modern Art opens exhibition of the sculpture of Arturo Berned | 
Jean Charles de Quillacq's work reveals itself in an ambivalent and fragmentary manner.
LONDON.- Rod Barton Gallery presents Breach, an exhibition focusing on four young artists who embrace photography's plasticity and it's ability to exist in multiple contexts. Taking advantage of the medium's inherent instability, they further explore and challenge our understanding of the medium. The title refers to both a breach of traditional photographic conventions and a rupture between real and virtual space. A photograph is paradoxical by nature: there is always a confliction between what it depicts and it's physical existence as an object. Taking this paradox as a point of focus, participating artists create diverse work ranging from still-life photography to sculpture, pushing the medium to it's elastic limits. These works could be said to be multi-stable with a similar perceptual effect to that of the famous optical illusion Rubin's vase. When one attempts to pin them down they slip into another realm: contexts ar ... More | | 
Regine Basha brings nearly 20 years of experience conceiving and producing innovative curatorial projects. Photo: Erik Ekroth.
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- Artpace announced that Regine Basha has been appointed Executive Director. A search committee headed by Board of Directors Chairperson J. Travis Capps, Jr. announced that Basha will assume her post by March 1, 2012. “Regine brings a unique vision to Artpace that will be invaluable to the organization,” says Capps “Her combined experience in the Texas and international art world are a perfect fit for Artpace’s internationally acclaimed residency program.” Basha brings nearly 20 years of experience conceiving and producing innovative curatorial projects that focus on the creation and circulation of contemporary art in both the local and global arena. Her career began in Montreal as Director of the Art Gallery of the Saidye Bronfman Centre (1991-1995) before moving to New York in 1997 and working indepen- ... More | | 
Berned's polished sculptures are conceived from mathematical laws and exact geometrical lines.
VALENCIA.- The show starts with four large works installed outside the museum as a prologue to the exhibition features 60 works selected for the occasion.As part of the exhibition space has been defined as 'studio area', which has enabled the study itself to appreciate the artist and the current evolution of his creative activity with the exhibition of the latest pieces made to be incorporated in this space , as its completion, in lieu of those discussed above. Accompanying the sculptures, a selection of images shows the result of collaboration with photographer Héctor Gómez Rioja. The architect and sculptor Arturo Berned (Madrid, 1966), studied Architecture in Madrid and continued his studies in London, Turin and Oxford. His career as an architect began in Mexico, England, Italy and Spain, and concludes as Project and Works Manager in the Estudio Lamela, which means he has been able to share experiences and projects such as ... More |
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 A seductive collection of portraits and nudes from the iconic Herb Ritts to be published by The Getty NEW YORK, NY.- Considered one of the most important photographers to emerge from the1980s, Herb Ritts (1952-2002) possessed a distinctive sense of style. He had the ability to seamlessly switch gears between his personal work that helped revive the male nude genre, and his commercial photography incorporating fashion and portraiture. His work is infused with the overriding elegance that is a distinguishing mark of his pictures. Herb Ritts: L.A. Style (Getty Publications, April 2012) traces the life and career of the iconic photographer through a compelling selection of renowned as well as previously unpublished photographs and two insightful essays. Herb Ritts was a Los Angeles-based photographer who established an international reputation for his striking and innovative images of fashion models, nudes, and celebrities. Largely self-taught, Ritts developed his own style, one that often made use of the California ... More Canadian museum partnership prepares Haida exhibition for European tour GATINEAU.- The Canadian Museum of Civilization announced that it has forged a groundbreaking partnership with two other Canadian museums to produce Haida: Life. Spirit. Art., a travelling exhibition that will be presented exclusively in Europe. The partners are the McCord Museum in Montréal and the Haida Gwaii Museum in Skidegate, British Columbia. Haida: Life. Spirit. Art. will tour European museums, introducing their audiences to the remarkable sophistication and complexity of the Haida culture of Canada’s Pacific Northwest Coast. The exhibition will feature an outstanding collection of historical and contemporary artworks from the Civilization and McCord Museums, complemented by words and images from today’s Haida Gwaii, the island homeland of the Haida people. This is the first time Canada’s national history museum has collaborated with other Canadian institutions to produce an exhibition ... More Ray doubted jury would believe an MLK conspiracy By: Joe Edwards, Associated Press
NASHVILLE (AP).- James Earl Ray doubted a jury would believe a defense proposal to blame the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on a conspiracy, according to letters he wrote to his lawyer as he tried to win a trial and withdraw his own guilty plea in the 1968 slaying. The letters are among documents that are going up for auction later this month from the estate of the late Jack Kershaw, a Nashville attorney who represented Ray in the mid-1970s. Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis in 1969 to killing the civil rights leader and was sentenced to 99 years in prison, but recanted the confession three days later. He died in prison in 1998. Kershaw died in 2010. In one letter, Ray responds to plans by one of his other attorneys to write a book alleging that white racists conspired ... More Impulses II: A solo show by Jordanian artist Hilda Hiary at Ayyam Gallery Beirut BEIRUT.- Ayyam Gallery Beirut announces the opening of “Impulses II”, the solo show of Jordanian artist Hilda Hiary. This forthcoming event will showcase a new series of works that have been inspired by recent political upheavals in the Middle East and North Africa. Taking the vantage point of what she describes as a “witness of this era,” Hiary presents over a dozen new paintings in which figures become templates for raw emotion as they are suspended in non-descript settings that allude to both interior and exterior spaces, or private verses public realms. Resulting from a visceral sense of expression, these recent canvases are testimonies to the artist’s own reactions to the formidable events of the past year as the Arab world has been forced to enter a new phase in its modern history. In much of Hiary’s work, these changes are captured by outlines of the female body in the form of many i ... More La Salle University Art Museum presents the work of Philadelphia-based artist Jane Irish PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The La Salle University Art Museum and the Connelly Library present the work of Philadelphia-based artist Jane Irish this winter. Irish’s work explores the impact of the Vietnam War and its continuing relevance today. Through her paintings and ceramic vessels decorated with pastoral landscapes, people and poetry, Irish highlights the heroism of the soldiers as well the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, both of whom fought valiantly for freedom and peace. Irish has been drawing visual inspiration and historical research contexts from the Connelly Library’s world-renowned rare book and manuscript collection, Imaginative Representations of the Vietnam War, for the past 10 years. This special collection contains over 20,000 creative items related to the Vietnam War, including novels, short stories, poetry, music, screenplays, graphic art, films, sound recordings, posters, prints, video and board ... More Private collection of Morgans to sell at Bonhams flagship February car sale PARIS.- A private collection of Morgans, dating from 1935 to 1967, will be sold at Bonhams’ motor car and motorcycle sale in Paris on Thursday 2 February 2012. Assembled over the last 16 years by motor enthusiast, Frolian Gisbert, the collection features seven examples of the marque, including a race prepared model and a rare Drophead Coupé. Mr Gisbert’s love affair with Morgans began in 1995 having been invited by friends to a gathering of Morgan aficionados. There, he decided to buy what was to be the first of many Morgans, a white Morgan 4/4, which will remain in his collection. Since then, he has acquired several more, including the seven on offer here. The Gisbert family have become well-known in Morgan circles, regularly visiting the Morgan works at Malvern and through participating in numerous events. Having decided to cut down on his collection, the cars on offer at the Bonhams Sale include ... More The Nancy Graves Foundation appoints Christina Hunter as New Director NEW YORK, NY.- The Board of Trustees of the Nancy Graves Foundation announced the appointment of Christina Hunter as the new director of the Nancy Graves Foundation following the retirement of Linda Kramer in December, after 14 years. “We were seeking a director who is both a scholar and an artist. Christina Hunter comes to us with extensive academic, museum, gallery and studio experience,” explained Sanford Hirsch, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Nancy Graves Foundation. “Christina Hunter’s scholarly research into the history and concept of collage and assemblage techniques provides an ideal foundation for further research into Nancy Graves’ artistic practice, while her experience as an artist will be invaluable for understanding the many media explored by Nancy Graves and to administer the Visual Artist Grant program of the Foundation,” continues Sanford Hirsch, who is als ... More |
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