The artwork 'Silver Liz' (1963) by US artist Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is on display in the exhibition 'Andy Warhol. The Early Sixties' at the Kunstmuseum in Basel, Switzerland. The exhibition runs from 05 September 2010 to 23 January 2011. EPA/GEORGIOS KEFALAS.
BASEL.- After a successful career in advertising illustration, Andy Warhol (b. 1928) decided in the early 1960s to work as an independent artist. The world of consumption, of the media and mass industry remained his central interest. The exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Basel focuses on the years between 1961 and 1964, the formative period of Warhol as a painter and graphic artist. During these years, he undertook a fundamental renovation of pictorial expression. As early as the mid-1960s, he opened his oeuvre toward other media, toward the operation of his Factory, the music business, and film. In this period of only four years, Andy Warhol initiated a turn in the history of art whose consequences can be felt to this day. Step by step, he replaced the individual visual language of painting with imagery that had already been disseminated by media and thus become collective as well as mechanical pictorial procedures. The exh ... More
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Fifty years ago boxer Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) is awarded the gold medal for his first place in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.In this image: Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali stands over fallen challenger Sonny Liston, shouting and gesturing shortly after dropping Liston with a short hard right to the jaw on May 25, 1965, in Lewiston, Maine. In a neglected vault buried under New Yorks Rockefeller Center, a musty, hot space with little room between rows of rusted-shut file cabinets, The Associated Press found pieces of history. The unearthing of thousands of documents, fragments of the 161-year history of the news cooperative, led to the publication of a new history of the AP, the first since the outbreak of World War II. AP Photo/John Rooney.
Hernan Diaz Alonso / Xefirotarch, T-B A21 Patagonia, 2010. Installation view: 12th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, 2010. Photo: Reto Guntli / T-B A21.
VENICE.- Committed to the commissioning and production of contemporary art and architecture projects, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary has also been involved in the development, production, and discourse of contemporary architecture for years, with projects such as Your black horizon by Olafur Eliasson and David Adjaye and The Morning Line by Matthew Ritchie and Aranda\Lasch, as well as collaborations in conjunction with Venice Biennales of Architecture. This year T-B A21 has been invited to coproduce thebuildingwhichneverdies by R&Sie(n) and Modern Primitives by Aranda\Lasch and to collaborate on Ça va by Berger&Berger presented in the official exhibition People Meet in Architecture, curated by Kazuyo Sejima, along with a commission by Hernan Diaz Alonso in the Austrian Pavilion. Modern Primitives is a space that seems both to fall apart and ... More
Jitish Kallat visited the Art Institute a couple of weeks ago and installed a mock up of his installation.
CHICAGO, IL.- This fall, acclaimed contemporary artist Jitish Kallat turns the landmark Art Institute Grand Staircase into a meditation on religious tolerance, drawing on the museumʼs own history in concert with the most devastating terrorist attack on American soil. Public Notice 3, a site-specific installation, brings together two key historical moments: the first Parliament of the World’s Religions, opening on September 11, 1893, in what is now the museum’s Fullerton Hall, and the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon 108 years later, on that very date. Public Notice 3—the first major presentation of Kallat’s work in an American museum—will be on view September 11, 2010 through January 2, 2011. The Art Institute of Chicago has long held a unique historical connection with India. In 1893, during the World's Columbian Exposition, the museum's building served as ... More
Ana Torfs, “à…à…aaah!”, 2003, installation view, GAK, Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst.
VIENNA.- ALBUM/TRACKS B may refer to a photo album which, empty at first, tells a “(hi)story” only once it is filled with pictures, a story to look at, read, and interpret from ever new points of view. The work of Ana Torfs (born in 1963, lives in Brussels) could also be understood as a tribute to certain personalities and events from history, literature, and film whose tracks— hence the title—and traces the artist pursues and endows with new life. Thus, Torfs frequently explores literary and historical material such as the Inquisition’s files on Joan of Arc (Du mentir-faux, 2000), the court records from the trial for the murder of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht (Anatomy, 2006), or Ludwig van Beethoven’s conversation books (Zyklus von Kleinigkeiten, 1998). The media that serve to convey these subjects are multifaceted reproductive techniques, ranging from film, ... More
LONDON.-Photomonth is a celebration of photography. In 2010 there are over 200 exhibitions and events in East London and beyond. To mark our 10th anniversary we have created a series of special projects – the new photolounge at the Old Truman Brewery, images along the East London Line from Dalston to Shoreditch, eatyourartout with exhibitions in a wide range of restaurants, bars & cafes, photomonthlive.com for your mobile and the photomonth assignment for budding photojournalists. Photomonth opens with a launch party on Thursday 30 September 6-9pm at Amnesty International UK, 17-25 New Inn Yard, Shoreditch, EC2 A 3EA and an exhibition on the current state of Burma by James Mackay. Major artists exhibitions this year include Philip Jones Griffiths (1936-2008) and Elliott Erwitt at Magnum Print Room, Ted Polhemus at The Book Club, Edmund Clark at Flowers East, James Barnor at Rivington Place, Noemi Goudal at Hotshoe G ... More
Izima Kaoru, Mt. Fuji, Japan (One Sun), 2007. C-print with acrylic diasec, 47 inch diameter. Photo: Courtesy Von Lintel Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.-Von Lintel Gallery presents One Sun, an exhibition of new work by Japanese photographer Izima Kaoru. After fifteen years of exploring the macabre in his ongoing series Landscapes with a Corpse, Izima Kaoru looked to spirituality to ease his fear of death. Dissatisfied with what organized religion had to offer, he found his comfort in the natural world. The sun and its constancy in our existence proved to be his solace and inspiration. Traveling the world, Kaoru tracked the path of the sun from sunrise to sunset on a single day in a given location. Using a fisheye lens and long exposure, he left his shutter open from dawn to dusk, capturing 360 degree views of the sun's progress as it made its way across the sky. The large-scale photographs in Izima Kaoru's new series are unusual in format. They are cut round and embedded in a circular frame, echoing the celestial orb for which the series One Sun is named. Ea ... More
Avigdor Arikha, Self Portrait. Collection of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (16.11.1991).
TEL AVIV.- This two-part exhibition is held as a homage to Avigdor Arikha, who died earlier this year, aged 81: one part includes illustrations Arikha made for S.Y. Agnon's A Stray Dog, and the other includes self-portraits. Avigdor Arikha was born in 1929 in Bukovina, Romania, and began drawing as a child. During World War II, under Nazi rule, he was deported with his family to concentration camps, where he continued to draw. He was eventually rescued with the aid of the International Red Cross in 1944, and sent to kibbutz Maale Hahamisha with Youth Aliyah . In 1946 he began his studies at Bezalel, Jerusalem. He was severely wounded during the War of Independence. On 13 September 1949, Arikha arrived in Paris, and first encountered the French paintings he had so far only seen in reproduction. He visited many galleries and attended lectures and concerts, and enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. In the spring of 1950 Arikha first travelled to Italy and saw the frescoes of Giott ... More
The Ngor Abbot Sanggye Sengge as Lineal Guru of the Path with the Fruit. Tibet; 1580s-1590s. Distemper on cotton, 48 x 26 in. Rubin Museum of Art, F1996.26.1 (HAR 493)
NEW YORK, NY.- For centuries Tibetans looked to their Buddhist heartland, India, for spiritual inspiration. During the second spread of Buddhism to Tibet, they also faithfully reproduced the sacred art of the Pala kingdom in northeastern India. But when Turkic raiders destroyed India's key monasteries in 1203, Indian Buddhism was wiped out, leaving Tibetan artists to turn to Nepal for artistic inspiration. Not only was Nepal the only nearby surviving center of traditional Buddhist art, it was also home to the Newar artists of the Kathmandu Valley, who were well known and sought out for their extraordinary skill in painting, sculpture, and wood working. Basing their works originally on Indian models, the Newars gradually developed their own distinctive style. Within a generation after the disappearance of Indian Buddhism, Tibetans had learned and begun to widely employ the Newar style, or Beri as it is now known. The style first took root ... More
A file picture dated 17 June 2007 shows Dutch painter Corneille with some of his works in the CoBrA Museum. EPA/United Photos.
AMSTERDAM (REUTERS).- The Dutch painter Corneille, co-founder of the avant-garde Cobra movement, died on Sunday at the age of 88, the Dutch Cobra museum said on Sunday. The Dutch news agency NOS said he had died in France, where he lived and worked. Born on July 3, 1922, as Guillaume Cornelis Beverloo, Corneille became one of the driving forces behind Cobra, the movement founded by artists from Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam and active from 1949 to 1952. The group preached complete freedom of color and form and drew inspiration from children's drawings, primitive art forms and the work of Paul Klee and Joan Miro. "Corneille is considered to be one of the most important modern graphic artists of the previous century. As one of the pioneers of Cobra, he developed an entire new poetic art of painting," the Dutch Cobra museum said in a statement. Corneille was a close ... More
LONDON.-The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is pleased to announce that American architect Steven Holl is to receive the 2010 Jencks Award: Visions Built. The Jencks Award is given annually to an individual (or practice) that has recently made a major contribution simultaneously to the theory and practice of architecture internationally. The presentation of the award will take place at the RIBA on 30 November 2010, followed by a public lecture by Steven Holl, chaired by Charles Jencks. Considered one of America’s most important architects, Steven Holl is recognised for his ability to blend space and light with great contextual sensitivity and to utilize the unique qualities of each project to create a concept-driven design. He specializes in integrating new projects into contexts with particular cultural and historic importance. His work ranges across cultural, civic, academic and residential projec ... More
Adel El-Siwi (Egypt, born 1952), Umm Kalthom, acrylic on canvas, estimated at $15,000-25,000. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- A work by Ahmed Moustafa Egypt’s leading contemporary artist will be one of the star lots in Bonhams next sale of Middle Eastern Contemporary art in Dubai on October 11. ‘Man in a rocking chair’ was executed early on in the artist’s early career and is estimated to sell for $180,000-$240,000 at the Bonhams auction in Dubai. Bonhams latest sale of South Asian and Middle East Art at the Royal Mirage Hotel in Dubai is proving to be a showcase for leading Egyptian artists. Ahmed Moustafa was born in Egypt in 1943 and started his artistic life as a figurative artist in the classical European tradition. As a young man his works received high praise and he was awarded numerous prizes for his paintings and sculpture, including prizes at the Alexandria biennials of 1968 and 1973. He moved to the UK in 1974 and it was there that he returned to his Islamic roots and developed his characteristic style ... More
Mort Künstler, Rush to the Summit, Chamberlain at Gettysburg, 2009 (detail). Oil on canvas, 20 x 38 inches. Mort Künstler Inc.
ROSLYN HARBOR, NY.- In commemoration of the coming 150th anniversary of the Civil War, Nassau County Museum of Art (NCMA) presents Civil War paintings by Mort Künstler. On view from September 25, 2010 through January 9, 2011, “For Us the Living” THE CIVIL WAR in paintings by MORT KÜNSTLER is accompanied by a fully illustrated book of the same title issued by Sterling Publishing. The book will be available at NCMA’s Gift Shop for $35. “For Us the Living” THE CIVIL WAR in paintings by MORT KÜNSTLER portrays the sights, feelings and drama of the Civil War. The exhibition consists of approximately 50 paintings accompanied by a selection of documentary objects. Many of the paintings are from Künstler’s own collection, others are from various private and public collections. For the first time, visitors to a Künstler exhibition will gain an inside look into the artist’s ... More
Saffronart will showcase the works of 43 modern and contemporary Indian artists including Subodh Gupta, who is seen here preparing his work 'Everything is Inside, 2004' in Cardiff, Wales. EPA/KIYOSHI OTA.
NEW YORK, NY.- Saffronart, the world’s largest online fine-art auction house, will showcase the works of 43 modern and contemporary Indian artists at its annual Autumn Online Art Auction. With a total of 90 lots, the sale offers collectors a broad selection of works including paintings, drawings, installations and sculptures, and will take place online at www.saffronart.com on September 8-9, 2010. Highlights of this sale include a wide range of paintings by modern masters like S.H. Raza, Jehangir Sabavala and Jogen Chowdhury, as well as outstanding works by contemporary artists such as Subodh Gupta, N.S. Harsha, Jitish Kallat and G. Ravinder Reddy. This carefully collated auction catalogue brings several competitively estimated artworks together, which are sure to captivate both seasoned and ... More
Quote I would like not to reproduce but to reinvent the structure of light in a way pertinent to painting rather than to optics. Piero Dorazio
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Objects and Paintings by Thomas Sommer at Maerzgalerie LEIPZIG.- The provisional arrangement – a workable temporary solution or an improvised permanent alternative? “It is almost as good as the real, perfect thing, only quicker.” Thomas Sommer is exhibiting paintings (acrylic, ink and stylus) and objects from the past two years in the maerzgalerie Berlin – all are plenary and completed. The screens are filled; the apocalypse. The aim, says Sommer, was to represent the worst: something typical – a crowd marked by sorrow. You can see it from an Olympic position: an endless armada of tiny methyl-violet Miserables, twining over the screens, meticulously and relentlessly formulated. Forworn, it lingers by a figure of light, at the feet of the trumpet players of Jericho, and – having no alternatives – moves on towards an indefinite Last Judgement. The motif covers stretched landscape formats on which the blind crowd meanders through obstacles towards the conceivable finale: backwards along Ariadne’s ... More
£300,000 Collection of Moorcroft for Sale At Bonhams LONDON.- The largest and most valuable single owner collection of Moorcroft pottery ever to come to auction is for sale at Bonhams in London on 21 September. The Richard Wright collection has been put together over 25 years by Jackie and Richard Wright and is estimated to be worth over £300,000. It includes a very rare ‘Carp’ vase of 1902 painted, unusually, in yellow and blue estimated at £8,000 – 12,000; the iconic ‘The Yacht Vase’ from 1899 (£6,000 – 8,000); an early twin-handled Florian vase made in 1903 (£3,500 – 5,000); and a rare Exhibition plaque made Moorcroft’s flagship Pomegranate pattern in 1913. Bonham’s Head of Decorative Arts, Mark Oliver, said, “I was astonished by the breadth and diversity of the Wright collection. Richard and Jackie have an amazing feel for these pieces, and have managed to source some wonderful examples. Their knowledge, passion and dedicatio ... More
High Museum to Celebrate 25th Annual Latin American Film Festival ATLANTA, GA.-The High Museum of Art will present the 25th annual Latin American Film Festival from Friday, September 24, to Saturday, October 30. This year’s festival will feature fifteen outstanding recent films, with a special focus on Argentinean film and extraordinary works from Mexico, Peru, Chile, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay. Highlights include “Waste Land,” a documentary that follows the life-changing collaboration between Brazilian artist Vik Muniz and the poorest residents of Rio de Janeiro, who recycle garbage at the world’s largest dump; “Undertow,” a Sundance Audience Award-winner from Peru; “Carancho,” an Argentinean thriller featuring Ricardo Darín (star of the 2010 Oscar-winner “The Secret in Their Eyes”); and “Alamar,” a blend of fiction and documentary from Mexico that was hailed as the find of the 2010 Toronto Film Festival. The Latin American Film Fest ... More
Australian Artist Natascha Stellmach's Work at Galerie Wagner + Partner BERLIN.- The works of Australian artist Natascha Stellmach are emotional investigations into the dark worlds of memory, the unconscious and the unspoken. Her installations, photographs and videos are thought-provoking and compelling. In Guatemala, children who are scared of going to sleep are given tiny handmade dolls (worry dolls) for underneath their pillow. By passing on their fears to the doll they can then sleep peacefully. In Stellmach’s ongoing series Worry Dolls, she creates unique works that embody the secrets and nightmares of adults and take on monstrous forms. With titles like Nazi Girl, Killer or Fuckhead, these worry dolls reveal personal stories whose biographical core represents collective experiences and thus becomes universal. In the series Blood, Stellmach uses photographs as mementos in combination with her own text, bringing forth new associations and alternative narratives. This formal approach of juxtaposing text and image enables Stellmach to link r ... More
Photographs of Dolls by Craig Deane at the V&A Museum of Childhood LONDON.- Portrait and still life photographer Craig Deane has created more than a dozen large-scale images of dolls from the V&A Museum of Childhood’s extensive collection which will go on display at the Museum from Friday 3 September. Doll Face is a series of close-cropped, large-format portraits which confronts the audience with the essence of each doll. Returning the viewer’s gaze, their huge scale shows a great amount of detail which allows time to really study their fascinating faces. Deane is interested in both the representation of the human form and the objects people surround themselves with. Mankind's desire to make images and objects in their own likeness stretches back to the dawn of civilisation and while dolls have traditionally been toys for children, they are also coveted by adults for their beauty, nostalgic value, and historical and financial importance. Deane is particularly interested i ... More
Art on the Underground Daria Martin's Daydream Survey LONDON.- As part of a series of artworks commissioned for the Jubilee line, Daria Martin has undertaken a survey to discover passengers' daydreams as they travel on the Jubilee line. Using a questionnaire designed in the 1970s by Auke Tellegen and adapted for her project, Martin conducted a face to face survey of 800 passengers at ten different Jubilee line stations in order to uncover their susceptibility to 'absorption,' i.e. to getting wrapped up in their own inner world or their subjective perceptions. Martin has also been visiting the Freud Museum, based near the North West end of the Jubilee line, and took photographic images of the objects on Freud's desk. A selection of the varied responses to the questionnaire and to Martin’s simple question "What have you been daydreaming about on the Tube?" have been combined with the images of these objects from the Freud Museum to make a series of new, poster based, artworks. These will be presented across the Tube network from ... More
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On a Day Like Today, American Archeologist and Historian
Zelia Nuttall, was Born
September 6, 1857.- Zelia Maria Magdalena Nuttall
(September 6, 1857 – April 12, 1933) was an American archaeologist
and anthropologist, born at San Francisco, who specialised in pre-Columbian
Mesoamerican manuscripts and the pre-Aztec culture in Mexico. She traced
the Mixtec codex now called the Codex Zouche-Nuttall and wrote the introduction
to its first facsimile publication (Peabody Museum, Harvard), 1902. She was
educated in France, Germany, and Italy, and at Bedford College, London. She
first came into prominence on the publication of her work on the "Terra
Cotta Heads of Teotihuacan" in the American Journal of Archaeology (1886).New
International Encyclopedia The following year she became an honorary special
assistant of the Peabody Museum, and in 1908 was named honorary professor
of the National Museum of Mexico.
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