Sotheby's Sale of Contemporary Art to Feature Works by Indian Contemporary Artists

Thursday, 26 June 2008 00:13

LONDON - Indian artists such as Subodh Gupta (b. 1964), Bharti Kher (b. 1969), Anish Kapoor (b. 1954), Raqib Shaw (b. 1974) and T.V. Santhosh (b. 1968) are an ever-growing force in Sotheby’s international sales of Contemporary Art – in addition to the company’s regular dedicated sales of Indian Art – and this summer’s major series of Contemporary Art sales in London will see this trend gather further momentum still. The sales on Tuesday, July 1 and Wednesday, July 2, 2008, will present a total of eight works by these cutting-edge and highly sought-after names and together the works are estimated in excess of £2 million.

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Milestones in Automotive Design at Mercedes-Benz State Museum

Thursday, 26 June 2008 00:05

Munich, Germany - Striking in their radical posture – already from a distance they arouse our curiosity: Extremely rare examples of cars bearing the star symbol of Mercedes-Benz. Never before have they been seen in this particular composition, stringently focused on aerodynamics, speed and Gestaltung (form giving processes). On exhibition at Mercedes-Benz State Museum.

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Luisa Rabbia: Travels with Isabella, Travel Scrapbooks 1883/2008

Wednesday, 25 June 2008 22:30

Boston, MA - During her residency at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 2007, artist Luisa Rabbia was inspired by photographs Isabella Gardner collected and pasted into elaborate travel scrapbooks while traveling in China in 1883. The Italian-born, New York-based artist returns to the Gardner Museum this summer to present a new contemporary exhibition: Luisa Rabbia: Travels with Isabella, Travel Scrapbooks 1883/2008, on view June 27 through September 28, 2008.

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Christie's in London Sells Monet Masterpiece for $ 80.5 Million A Record for the Artist

Wednesday, 25 June 2008 02:44

LONDON.- Christie's Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale took place this evening (24 June 2008) and realised £144,440,500 / $283,970,023 / €182,428,352 - the highest ever total for an art auction held in Europe. The top lot of the auction was Le bassin aux nymphéas, a masterpiece painting by Claude Monet which realised £40,921,250 / $80,451,178 / €51,683,539, a world record price for the artist at auction.

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“Let Your Motto Be Resistance? at California African American Museum

Wednesday, 25 June 2008 02:04

Los Angeles, CA - The title of this inaugural exhibition for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is drawn from a statement by abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet, who said in 1843, “Let your motto be resistance! Resistance! RESISTANCE! No opposed people have ever secured Liberty without resistance.” The exhibition will be on view at the California African American Museum (CAAM) from June 26 through September 14, 2008.

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'Campaigning For President' at the Museum of the City of New York

Tuesday, 24 June 2008 23:27

NEW YORK CITY - Coinciding with the 2008 election and providing insight into New York ’s often pivotal role in American electoral politics, Campaigning for President: New York and the American Election will be on view at the Museum of the City of New York from June 24 through November 4, 2008. The exhibition—covering presidential politics from the inauguration of George Washington on lower Manhattan ’s Wall Street, to the current volatile and unpredictable campaign—will feature selections from the nation's largest and most comprehensive collection of campaign artifacts alongside objects from the Museum’s collection.

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The Vancouver Art Gallery hosts ~ Zhang Huan: 'Altered States'

Tuesday, 24 June 2008 22:39

Vancouver, Canada - Zhang Huan: Altered States is the first museum survey of Zhang Huan, encompassing major works produced over the past 15 years in Beijing, New York and Shanghai. Zhang Huan is best known for his early body-based performances, both controversial and poetic, most of which involve physical endurance. He moved to New York IN 1998 and established himself as one of the most important and widely recognized expatriate Chinese artists. More recently, Zhang returned to China and founded a studio in Shanghai, where he has expanded his medium.  Exhibition on view through 5 October, 2008 at The Vancouver Art Gallery.

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Grecian Taste & Roman Spirit: The Society of Dilettanti coming to The Getty Villa

Tuesday, 24 June 2008 01:36

LOS ANGELES, CA - In 1734, a group of young British gentlemen, all alumni of the Grand Tour in Italy, formed a dining club in London. Calling themselves the Society of Dilettanti (from the Italian dilettare, to take delight), this close-knit association transformed classical antiquity from a private pleasure to a public benefit by sponsoring archaeological expeditions, forming collections, and publishing influential books on ancient architecture and sculpture. The Society’s first century is explored in Grecian Taste and Roman Spirit: The Society of Dilettanti, on view from August 7–October 27, 2008, at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa.

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The Storm King Art Center Exhibits Works By Mark di Suvero

Tuesday, 24 June 2008 00:15

MOUNTAINVILLE, NY - The Storm King Art Center presents lithographs, drawings, and indoor sculptures by Mark di Suvero through November 15. Mark di Suvero: Lithographs, Drawings, and Sculpture, a special exhibition now on view at the Storm King Art Center, includes twenty-one works by Mr. di Suvero dating from 1971 through 2003.

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Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis shows 'People of the Empire: Early Russian Colour Photographs'

Monday, 23 June 2008 23:10

AMSTERDAM - Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis presents People of the Empire: Early Russian Colour Photographs. This summer a special exhibition about the Russian photographer Sergej Prokudin-Gorskij will be on show at the Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This pioneer in colour photography captured the population in different area's of the vast Russian empire in colour with financial support of Tsar Nicolas II. The selection of photographs at this exhibition shows the ethnic diversity of a vanished great power.

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Mark Dion Installation Opens at Bartram's Garden

Monday, 23 June 2008 22:53

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Bartram’s Garden announced that Mark Dion’s Travels of William Bartram – Reconsidered is now open to the public. The installation features modern-day natural and man-made items collected and catalogued by Dion and his team as they retraced some of Bartram’s journeys across southeastern America that were featured in Bartram’s book, Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, and East and West Florida,...

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Museum of Normandy presents 13-15th Century Sculptures & Gold Works

Monday, 23 June 2008 22:40

CAEN, FRANCE - The Museum of Normandy presents Gothic masterpieces in Normandy - 13-15th century sculptures and gold work, on view through November 2, 2008. When we refer to the Middle Ages in Normandy, we think of the tutelary figure of William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy who became king of England, and the extraordinary adventure of his contemporaries in Sicily.

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'Small but Sublime: Intimate Views by Durand, Bierstadt & Inness' at The Newark Museum

Monday, 23 June 2008 03:27

Newark, NJ - The Newark Museum has a superb collection of modestly sized, beautifully painted landscapes from the second half of the nineteenth century. Presented collectively these works provide a compelling overview of the different approaches to landscape painting while underscoring shifts in artistic and social attitudes towards nature. On view through 22 February, 2009.

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SITE Santa Fe Presents Its Seventh International Biennial

Monday, 23 June 2008 03:23

SANTA FE, NM - Process, experimentation, and collaboration are the hallmarks of Lucky Number Seven, SITE Santa Fe’s Seventh International Biennial, which opened on Sunday, June 22, 2008. Curator Lance M. Fung states, “The energy that takes place between people engaged in creative activity has been a driving force in my curatorial work, and is a central element of Lucky Number Seven.” The entire project proposes an alternative to the current format of biennials, which has evolved in recent years into international mega-exhibitions studded with big-name, well-traveled artists.

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The Art of Casino Chips ~ Even When the Casino Is Long Gone

Monday, 23 June 2008 02:32

LAS VEGAS, NV -  Wendy Schultz knew that her parents collected casino memorabilia and chips, but not until they died within a few months of one another in 2005 did she understand the magnitude of their efforts.  I’ve since been told my dad had the fourth-largest slot token and casino cip collection in the world.”

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Martin Puryear's Career Showcased at National Gallery of Art Retrospective

Monday, 23 June 2008 01:49

WASHINGTON, DC.- Forty-six powerful works by internationally acclaimed sculptor Martin Puryear (b. 1941) is on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, in the artist's first retrospective in the United States in more than a decade. Martin Puryear includes sculptures dating from 1976 to the present, including one monumental work created especially for the exhibition tour. On view June 22 through September 28, 2008, the exhibition is the first in the Gallery's history to be installed in both the West and East Buildings.

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Richard Diebenkorn in New Mexico at The Phillips Collection

Sunday, 22 June 2008 01:19

WASHINGTON, DC - While Richard Diebenkorn has long been celebrated as one of the 20th century’s most important artists, the pivotal 30-month period he spent in Albuquerque, New Mexico between 1950 and 1952 has been largely overlooked. The Phillips Collection presents Diebenkorn in New Mexico, the first in-depth examination of this key time in the abstract expressionist artist’s creative development. Featuring 46 works, including paintings, works on paper, the exhibition marks the first time these pieces, now in public and private collections across the country, have been exhibited together since they were created more than 50 years ago. The Phillips Collection is the final venue for the exhibition, which opens on June 21 and remains on view through Sept. 7, 2008.

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