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The Katonah Museum of Art Exhibits the "The Surreal Worlds of Kay Sage & Yves Tanguy"

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 11:20 PM PDT

artwork: Yves Tanguy - "Multiplication of the Arcs", 1954 - Oil on canvas - 40" x 60" - Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. ©The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY. Photograph © 2011 Estate of Yves Tanguy/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. On view at the Katonah Museum, New York in  "Double Solitaire: The Surreal Worlds of Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy" until September 18th.

Katonah, NY.- The Katonah Museum of Art is pleased to present "Double Solitaire: The Surreal Worlds of Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy", on view at the museum through September 18th. Organized in partnership with the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, North Carolina, "Double Solitaire" is the first major touring exhibition to explore the dynamic exchange of ideas that shaped the astonishing landscapes of these Surrealist artists and to reveal, in particular, Sage's influence on Tanguy's later work. "Double Solitaire" features approximately 25 paintings by each artist, dating from 1937 to 1958, as well as selected ephemera, providing a window into the couple's personal lives.


Kay Sage - "I Saw Three Cities", 1944 Oil on canvas - 36 1/4" x 27 15/16" Collection of the Princeton University Art Museum. Photography by Bruce M. On view at Katonah Museum, NYSage and Tanguy were inseparable throughout their 15-year marriage, sharing a studio in Woodbury, Connecticut and communicating only in French until Tanguy's untimely death in 1955. Both artists sought to create paintings that the French poet André Breton called "peinture-poésie," a style influenced by poetry and dream-like imagery. However, in spite of their intimacy, the two artists never wanted to be considered a "team of painters." With the condition that they be placed in separate galleries, a 1954 exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut, was the closest their works ever came to being shown together. Initially, Tanguy's influence on Sage was stronger, as she was just beginning to paint professionally when they met.

His paintings from the early 1940s initiate a new direction in her work, a turn towards the geometric imagery that became the hallmark of her mature style.  But Sage's art also affected Tanguy's, something that has heretofore gone unrecognized.  Distinct changes in Tanguy's paintings—including shifts in compositional strategies, the adoption of a muted color palette, and the introduction of a dominant "figure"—came directly from working in close proximity to his wife. The Double Solitaire exhibition is divided into three primary themes, the art each produced when Tanguy was already an established member of the Surrealist movement and Sage was first entering the group's orbit. the numerous ways in which each influenced the other's compositions, motifs and subject matter while living and working together in the United States and an examination of their art's personal and social influence, including the impact that Tanguy's death had upon Sage and her later work.

Yves Tanguy (1900-1955) was born in Paris and spent much of his childhood on the Brittany coast at Locronon, whose landscape was comprised of the prehistoric Celtic rock formations which were of great influence to his painting. It was Tanguy's desert-like scenes, melding the land and sky which Andre Breton saw as the most poetic of Surrealist painting. Kay Sage (1898-1963), born in upstate New York and raised in Italy, began painting professionally in the mid-1930s. She created what is considered by many as the most geometrically-oriented imagery in Surrealism. Tanguy was among  several French artists for whom Sage arranged refuge in the United States following the outbreak of World War II; the artists were married in 1940 and spent the rest of their lives painting together in their farmhouse studio in Connecticut.




artwork: Kay Sage - "At the Appointed Time", 1942 - Oil on canvas - 32" x 38" - Collection of the Newark Museum. On view at  Katonah Museum in The Surreal Worlds of Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy" until September 18th.

Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Katonah Museum of Art originates ten to twelve exhibitions annually, covering a broad range of art and humanities topics. As a non-collecting Museum, the KMA has the opportunity to develop an aspect of art historical concern from a focused and original point of view, and presents it within a fully developed educational context. Committed to making itself accessible and relevant to its community, the Museum offers lectures, symposia, films, workshops, concerts and other events for a general audience; and presents innovative and substantive programs for its member schools. The Children's Learning Center, which is open to the public free of charge, is the only interactive space in the community where children can come on a daily basis to explore, interpret, and create art. The Katonah Museum of Art serves a primary population of 850,000, with an annual attendance of approximately 40,000 people. Visit the museum's website at ... http://www.katonahmuseum.org

Exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Basel Explores Karl Im Obersteg's Friendship with Artists

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 11:07 PM PDT

artwork: 'Harlequin sitting, 1923' by Pablo Picasso, at the exhibition 'Artists' friendships - Karl Im Obersteg in conversation with Amiet, Chagall, Jawlensky' at the Kunstmuseum Basel, in Basel, Switzerland.  The exhibition lasts from 08 August to 16 October. - Photo by EPA

Basel, Switzerland - This integral overview at the Im Obersteg Foundation focuses on Karl Im Obersteg's artist friendships. It presents some 100 paintings, drawings and bronze sculptures, as well as a large selection of letters from the Foundation's collection. It all began in Ticino, southern Switzerland, in 1919: Karl Im Obersteg, a young haulage contractor from Basel, was recovering from the Spanish flu as Eastern European artists were finding refuge in Switzerland. They all headed for the small town of Ascona whose southern climate and Italian ambiance attracted many artists and intellectuals.


The Skirball Cultural Center Presents the Art and Magic of Harry Houdini

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 09:33 PM PDT

"Houdini straddles crate before going into water, July 20, 1914" - Photograph. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. On view at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in "Houdini: Art and Magic" until September 4th.

Los Angeles, CA.- The Skirball Cultural Center is proud to present "Houdini: Art and Magic, on view through September 4th. Magician, escape artist, and showman extraordinaire Harry Houdini (1874–1926) has remained an object of fascination for generations. Combining biographical and historical artifacts with contemporary art inspired by his physical audacity and celebrity, Houdini: Art and Magic explores Houdini as an individual and an enduring cultural phenomenon, documenting the period in American history when the young Jewish immigrant helped shape the cultural landscape and became an acknowledged mass-market star. Featuring more than 150 objects — including film clips, stunning period posters, dramatic theater ephemera, rare photographs, original props (including a straitjacket, milk can, and Metamorphosis Trunk used by Houdini), and the work of select avant-garde artists — the exhibition reveals Houdini's legacy as an iconic figure, both in his time and in ours, who has inspired artists today to reconsider his role as a daring persona.


Storm King Art Center Gifted a Major Work by Arnaldo Pomodoro

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 09:17 PM PDT

artwork: Arnaldo Pomodoro - "The Pietrarubbia Group: if fondamento, l'uso, il rapporto", (1975–76). - Photo: Jerry L. Thompson.

MOUNTAINVILLE, NY.- Storm King Art Center today announced the acquisition of The Pietrarubbia Group: il fondamento, l'uso, il rapporto (1975–76), a major large-scale work by Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro. The sculpture is a gift of longtime Storm King supporter Herbert Kayden, M.D., offered in memory of his late wife, Gabrielle Reem, M.D. Installation of the work, including landscaping of the surrounding area, will take place over the next few weeks. The Pietrarubbia Group is being installed on Storm King's Museum Hill, where it was exhibited in 1977.

The Estate of Miroslav Tichy Organizes Exhibition at Galerie Walter Kellerin

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 08:47 PM PDT

artwork: Czech photographer Miroslav Tichy gestures holds an archive image in Kyjov, Czech Republic. Tichy took thousands of secret pictures of women who were unaware that they are being photographed. Tichy was using homemade cameras constructed of cardboard tubes, cans and other materials. Tichy's voyeuristic photographs were successfully shown and sold in venues such as International Center of Photography in New York City, Kunsthaus in Zurich and Centre Pompidou in Paris. Miroslav Tichy died on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at the age of 84.  -  AP Photo/CTK, Vaclav Salek.

ZURICH.- In the first solo show in Switzerland since the exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zurich in 2005, approximately 35 works by Miroslav Tichý are being shown until the first days of September. Additional works are available. Czech artist Miroslav Tichý, born in 1926, holds a unique position in the history of 20th century art and photography. He died in April 2011 in the Czech city of Kyjov. All photographs displayed in this commemorative exhibition, as well as all additional works available from Galerie Walter Kellerin's stock, were directly acquired from Tichý's sole heir of all property rights, Jana Hebnarova. The gallery also informed that Mrs. Hebnarova will continue to work with the gallery on the basis of exclusivity.

artwork: Photo by Miroslav Tichý Unknown subject smiling. Hand-made frame by Tichý For more than thirty years – that is, until the late 1980s – he lived a life of personal and cultural isolation, but took dozens of photographs every day, his great subject being the women of the town.

Miroslav Tichý was a photographer who from the 1960s to 1985 took thousands of surreptitious pictures of women in his hometown of Kyjov in the Czech Republic, using homemade cameras constructed of cardboard tubes, tin cans and other at-hand materials. Most of his subjects were unaware they are being photographed. A few struck beauty-pageant poses when they sighted him, perhaps not realizing that the parody of a camera he carried was real.

His soft focus, fleeting glimpses of the women of Kyjov are skewed, spotted and badly printed — flawed by the limitations of his primitive equipment and a series of deliberate processing mistakes meant to add poetic imperfections. Of his technical methods, he has said, "First of all, you have to have a bad camera", and, "If you want to be famous, you must do something more badly than anybody in the entire world.

His deliberately marginal and fiercely nonconformist way of life, so little in accord with the ideology of the day, led to repeated run-ins with the authorities, leading to several periods of confinement in psychiatric institutions in the Sixties and Seventies, and to his losing his studio in 1972.

His images, shot instinctively or carelessly on his handmade cameras with their makeshift optics, offer an extraordinary vision of a fantastical, eroticised reality, half real, half dream. Women at the swimming-pool, women in the street, women indoors, women on the TV screen: these are his single, obsessional subject. Enlarged and printed on his own improvised equipment, the photographs were then often retouched before being mounted and framed using such materials as old newspaper and cardboard before, sometimes, being put away and forgotten for years. Over- or under-exposed, scratched, blurred, torn, and spotted, they nonetheless reveal an uncategorizable artist, whose methods recall those of the amateur or the naivety of outsider art, but whose images are strongly marked by influences from the classical pictorial tradition. With its endless return to the same subject and the volume and regularity of its production, his work also has affinities with many procedures of the contemporary art of the same period.

artwork: This is one of Miroslav Tichý homemade cameras, fashioned from cardboard tubing, string, and thread spools.  No one believed that his camera was real.

Following the 1968 Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia, private property was nationalized. In 1972, Tichý was evicted from his studio, his work thrown into the street. He stopped drawing and painting and concentrated only on photography, working in the disorderly conditions of his home. Of the transition, he says, "The paintings were already painted, the drawings drawn. What was I supposed to do? I looked for new media. With the help of photography I saw everything in a new light. It was a new world."







One Hundred Works by Fernando Botero on View at New Orleans Museum

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 08:30 PM PDT

artwork: Fernando Botero (b. 1932) - After Velasquez, 2005 - Oil on canavas -79 x 67 in. - Private Collection


NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Museum of Art presents The Baroque World of Fernando Botero, the first major U.S retrospective of the artist's work in more than 30 years, from June 28 to September 21, 2008. Recognized as one of the most well-known and commercially successful artists to emerge from Latin America, the Colombia native now has his work exhibited and collected by major museums around the world, including the New Orleans Museum of Art.

artwork: Fernando Botero (b. 1932) - The Orchesta, 2001, Oil on canavas -80 x 56 3/4 inches, Private Collection"Botero is an artist that uses his distinctive style to comment on all facets of human life," said New Orleans Museum of Art Director E. John Bullard. "His portly figures can appear gentle and endearing in a family portrait, but the same style used to depict a political leader can have a satirical bite. We are proud to host this retrospective showcasing a beloved hero in Latin American art and further reinforcing NOMA's commitment to exhibiting significant international artists."

Fernando Botero (born 1932) is a painter, sculptor, and draftsman who highlights the comedy of human life-moving or wry, baroque in expression, sometimes with a mocking observation, sometimes with a deep, elementary emotion. Working in a broad range of media, Botero has created a world of his own, at once accessible and enigmatic, with a particular blend of violence and beauty. Fernando Botero has spent most of his years as an artist away from his native country, Colombia, but his art has maintained an uninterrupted link to Latin America.

 The 100 paintings, drawings, and sculptures in this exhibition span the length of Botero's career-from paintings executed in 1959 in Colombia, to sculptures executed as late as 2005. The works were selected by John Sillevis, curator of the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, and editor and contributor to the accompanying exhibition catalogue. The exhibition is organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia.

artwork: Fernando Botero (b. 1932) - Dancer at the Barre, 2001, Oil on canavas -64 1/4 x 45 1/2 inches, Private CollectionAll of the works are generously on loan from the artist himself. This collection, assembled over the last 50 years, includes favorite works that Botero was heretofore unable to part with, as well as pieces reacquired years after they left his possession. Many of these objects are being exhibited in public for the first time, providing an opportunity to investigate the complex workings of this artist not only by viewing some of his most renowned masterpieces, but also by studying his most personal works of art.

The Baroque World of Fernando Botero presents a selection of the best works from various stages in his development as an artist, with occasional "flashbacks" to the early works of the 1950s, when Botero devised images of children that resembled giant dolls with frightening expressions. Here his struggle to define his own style is still evident. In 1957 he painted "Still Life with a Mandolin," enlarging the volume of the musical instrument in a manner that we now identify with Botero's style. He continued in this vein, painting a figure of a young girl inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa." This painting was acquired-against the current of abstract expressionism that was dominating the art world in the United States at the timeÑby Dorothy Miller, curator at the Museum of Modern Art for that collection. After her initial support of Botero, museum curators the world over soon followed suit, presenting Botero's works in major solo exhibitions.

The exhibition also follows Botero in his extensive studies of the history of European art. In Spain he was particularly entranced by Velázquez's Infantes-the daughters of the Spanish king-in their elaborate court dresses. In France he studied Ingres, the nineteenth-century master of neoclassical perfection in line, and Delacroix, the master of romantic color. Botero would find inspiration in Italy through artists from the Renaissance, including Uccello and Piero della Francesca.

artwork: Fernando Botero ' Sorrow ', 2004As a young boy he had already admired some contemporary artists, such as Pablo Picasso. He was now confronted with the paintings and sculptures of Giacometti, who was in the habit of reducing his figures to an extreme slimness. These encounters were important for Botero's development. He was inspired by European art, but not seduced. He turned his attention to Mexico, where the monumental murals by Diego Rivera and David Siqueiros had a profound impact. Botero absorbed the dramatic self-portraits of Frida Kahlo and her idiosyncratic interpretation of Latin American folklore, and was intrigued by the mysteries of pre-Columbian artifacts.

The Baroque World of Fernando Botero is divided into eight sections, corresponding to epochs and themes in Botero's oeuvre. First, early works from the 1950s, the period during which Botero first defined his unique style. Second, paintings which draw from colonial baroque pieces Botero observed in Latin America, including religious images of clergy, Jesus Christ, and the Virgin Mary. The third section contains works inspired by European masters, ranging from Titian to Vincent Van Gogh. Fourth, are Botero's eerie still lifes of lush and decaying fruit and flowers. Fifth, are images of power and violence in Latin America: scenes of presidents, earthquakes, and executions. The sixth section is based on memories from Botero's childhood in Colombia: street scenes, intimate interiors, and local figures. The seventh section focuses on Botero's works on paper, including detailed chalk drawings and watercolors. Lastly, the exhibition closes with Botero's elegant and imposing monumental bronze and marble sculptures.

Another important theme illustrated in the exhibition is the reality of contemporary life in Latin America as observed by Botero's satirical eye.  A section is presented on everyday life in South America:  women observed in the intimacy of their boudoir, street scenes, dance halls, and the suggestion of houses of ill repute.  Even in his still-life paintings, Botero is capable of introducing a hint of menace, creating a sense of uneasiness difficult to define.
 
Botero's superb craftsmanship is evident in his drawings, especially those executed in pastel.  His pastels have a thoroughly finished look and a richness of color, and they have been compared to early etchings by Picasso.  Botero has also worked in bronze and marble sculpture, a seminal element in his oeuvre.  His monumental bronzes were seen along the Champs Elysées in Paris, in front of the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, and along Park Avenue in New York.

Visit The New Orleans Museum of Art at : www.noma.org

Director Toni Stoops of The Museum of Modern Art Salzburg In Austria ~ Guides Our Editor On Tour

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 08:29 PM PDT

artwork: View from Museum der Moderne at Mönchsberg to Salzburger Dom and Hohensalzburg, by night. The Museum of Modern Art Salzburg in Austria consists of two buildings in two spectacular locations: The museum on Mönchsberg (monk mountain): modern art in a contemporary museum setting. The Rupertinum in the Old Town of Salzburg: a baroque house, now a museum for new artistic concepts.

The Museum of Modern Art Salzburg consists of two buildings in two spectacular locations. The Museum of Modern Art on monk mountain is located in a prominent position above the old town and presents itself as a new, modern architectural building for major exhibitions and displays from the permanent collection in an international context. Our own extensive collection as well as possession of a large international exhibitions of contemporary art can be presented in an appropriate context. The Museum of Modern Art Rupertinum, originally built as an Archbishop's baroque mansion, next door to the Festival Hall and Cathedral precinct, has been adapted for the presentation of modern art. Both buildings of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg have 3,800 m2 of exhibition space for thematic and monographic exhibitions of art from the 20th and 21st Centuries, but which are also available for presentation of graphics and photography. The idea of founding a museum of modern art and the collection itself goes back to the initiative of Salzburg art dealer Friedrich Welz, who donated much of his private collection to the nation. Through his personal friendship with Oskar Kokoschka a considerable body of work was created to form the great Austrian Expressionist collection; the Rupertinum. In 1983 the Rupertinum became the Salzburger Museum of Modern Art and Print Room and was opened to the public. Under the founding director, Otto Breicha, the Rupertinum became the most important collection of contemporary art and photography in Austria. In October 2004, the Museum of Modern Art on Monk's Mountain was opened and integrated with the Rupertinum as the Joint Museum der Moderne Salzburg. With the increase in exhibition space to the nearly ten times the original size, the opportunities and programs at the two locations became world class. The local museum in its elegant old town house provides excellent facilities to display fine exhibitions of graphic works of the most classic modern art, whilst the new international institution created spectacular spacious rooms and presentation facilities for large formats, installation works, media arts and its extensive collection. The Museum of Modern Art architects were particularly sensitive to the view of the historic city of Salzburg with reference to the distinctive appearance of the water tower from the 19th Century was decisive for the choice by the glass staircases, the view of the historical buildings remained as a view for visitors to enjoy. In three and a half years of construction was a most modern museum that offers four levels greatest possible flexibility for a variety of exhibition formats. The interior offers a generously structured area of 2600 m² best conditions for exhibitions of art from the 20th and 21 Century, with their different requirements. The development of open space in the planes is a spacious staircase and an elevator. Level 3: opens from the central exhibition space in a large picture window to the sculpture terrace, allowing the dialogue between exhibits indoors and outdoors. Artificial light and natural light are mixed here. At this level, is also the restaurant equipped by the international star architect Matteo Thun with about 190 seats and a large terrace overlooking the city. Level 4: offers the largest continuous exhibition space with large skylights that can be darkened as needed. The premises of the Rupertinum built in 1633, has been remodeled several times over the years, especially 1999, according to international standards and adapted to allow many unique exhibitions. This museum was a first forum for photographic activities in one Austrian made, both to the teaching of art photography as well as to build a contemporary photo-based international collection. The Museum of Modern Art Salzburg defined today reinforced the role of a mediator existing reservations in dealing with art are to be reduced, and especially the next generation does not even arise. Therefore, any exhibition of a diverse, individual, age-appropriate program designed to. A particular focus is on art education for young museum visitors. Children have the opportunity to participate in special programs on weekends or during holidays to participate. Visit the museum's website at : http://www.museumdermoderne.at

Annie Leibovitz Exhibition Breaks Museum of Contemporary Art Attendance Records

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 08:28 PM PDT

artwork: "Antoinette", photo by Annie Leibovitz. - Image courtesy of The Art Appreciation Foundation.

SYDNEY, AU - The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) announce that its exhibition of works by internationally renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz is now the most popular ticketed exhibition ever presented at the MCA. Just twelve weeks since its opening on 19 November 2010 and only half-way through its run, Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life 1990–2005 has attracted 95,118 visitors. During the summer period, attendances have peaked at nearly 2,300 people per day. The previous MCA record for a ticketed exhibition was set by Danish artist Olafur Eliasson whose works attracted 63,080 visitors in 2010. MCA also announced that the MCA is extending the exhibition by another month. It will now close on Tuesday 26 April 2011, providing more opportunity for Sydney-siders and interstate visitors to enjoy this moving and inspiring exhibition.

Expressionist Works from MMoCA's Permanent Collection on View

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 08:27 PM PDT

artwork: Deborah Butterfield - Dapple Gray, 1980 - Wire and steel, 25 x 40 x 12 in. - Collection of  MMoCA Purchase, through National Endowment for the Arts grant with matching funds from Mr. & Mrs. Julian Harris.

MADISON, WI.- The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA) presents 'An Art of Inner Necessity' : Expressionist Works from MMoCA's Permanent Collection in the museum's Henry Street Gallery from July 19, 2008, through July 19, 2009. An Art of Inner Necessity examines the expressionist tradition in modern and contemporary art through paintings and works on paper from the permanent collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.

Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) to host William Holman Hunt & the Pre-Raphaelite Vision

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 08:26 PM PDT

artwork: William Holman Hunt -The Scapegoat, 1854-5,1858 - Oil on canvas - 33.7 x 45.9 cm Manchester City Galleries

Minneapolis, MN - The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA), offers visitors a rare glimpse into the life and work of 19th-century painter William Holman Hunt, with an exhibition of more than 60 iconic works by the artist who is considered to be the founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and has been deemed by some as the Damien Hirst of his day. "Sin and Salvation: Holman Hunt and the Pre-Raphaelite Vision" opens June 14, and on view through September 6, 2009, with the MIA as the sole U.S. venue.

Walker Art Center Acquires Merce Cunningham Dance Company Collection

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 08:25 PM PDT

artwork: Merce Cunningham, who was among the most influential choreographers of the 20th century, and was at the forefront of the American avant-garde for more than 50 years, died Sunday night. He was 90 years.


MINNEAPOLIS, MN.-
The Walker Art Center and Cunningham Dance Foundation (CDF) announce the Walker's acquisition of a comprehensive collection of artist-made set pieces, costumes, painted drops, and props, created for the internationally renowned Merce Cunningham Dance Company (MCDC). Over the course of his nearly 70-year career, Merce Cunningham (1919-2009) redefined the visual and performing arts through pioneering collaborations with leading artists, designers, and musicians. More than 150 objects created by such artists as Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, John Cage, and Frank Stella will arrive at the Walker this year and be displayed for the first time beginning in November 2011. The placement of these works at the Walker supports a key goal of CDF's Legacy Plan—ensuring the preservation and ongoing accessibility of the Company's singular collection of 20th century art.

The Walt Disney Company to Acquire Marvel Entertainment for $ 4 Billion

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 08:24 PM PDT

artwork: Kirsten Dunst, during the presentation of "Spiderman 3" in Madrid. Photo: EFE/Emilio Naranjo.

BURBANK, CA.- Building on its strategy of delivering quality branded content to people around the world, The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment, Inc. in a stock and cash transaction, the companies announced today. Under the terms of the agreement and based on the closing price of Disney on August 28, 2009, Marvel shareholders would receive a total of $30 per share in cash plus approximately 0.745 Disney shares for each Marvel share they own. At closing, the amount of cash and stock will be adjusted if necessary so that the total value of the Disney stock issued as merger consideration based on its trading value at that time is not less than 40% of the total merger consideration.

Single-Owner Sale Exceeds High Estimate at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 08:23 PM PDT

artwork: Theodore Earl Butler (American, 1860-1936) - "Two Women Bathing Baby". Oil on canvas, 19 x 23 1/2 inches. Estimate:$30,000-50,000.

CHICAGO, IL.- Amongst a room full of active bidders, property from the Estate of Ronald C. Sloter surpassed its high estimate at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers with buyers participating in person, over the telephone and on the internet. Proceeds from the auction will be used by the Columbus College of Art & Design to create a named scholarship memorializing Mr. Sloter's parents, Wilford and Dorothy. Sloter was a longtime Columbus resident and generous supporter of charity and the arts.

Sotheby's New York to Offer Property from the Collection of Robert Isabell

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 08:22 PM PDT

artwork: Johnny Swing -

NEW YORK, NY.- On December 17, 2009, Sotheby's will offer property from the collection of noted event planner, Robert Isabell (1952-2009). For more than twenty years, Mr. Isabell was at the helm of nearly every major event hosted by the upper echelon of society; lending his spectacular taste and creativity to charity galas, club openings, magazine launches, White House Christmases and society weddings, birthdays and funerals. His imaginative style always struck the right chord, whether the event was lavish or understated, and it was with that same level of refinement and care that he created a unique retreat for himself in Greenwich Village.

Royal Academy of Arts hosts The London Original Print Fair

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 08:21 PM PDT

artwork: Damien Hirst - Beyond Belief -  photo-realist painting, painted from Polaroids, of the Caesarean birth of his son.

LONDON - The London Original Print Fair, the longest-running specialist print fair in the world, will be celebrating twenty-three years at the Royal Academy of Arts. Once again, the Fair is larger than ever and covers all periods of printmaking from the early woodcuts of Dürer and his contemporaries to the graphic work of contemporary masters such as David Hockney and Damien Hirst. The London Original Print Fair brings together over 40 expert dealers, all of whom have their own stock of wonderful prints which will be for sale at the Fair.

Yale University Says Suit Over Vincent Van Gogh's Work "Imperils Other Art"

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 08:20 PM PDT

artwork: Vincent Van Gogh - "Le café de nuit", (The Night Café), 1888 - Oil on canvas, (72.4 x 92.1 cm), 28 1/2 x 36 1/4 inches. Located in the Yale University Art Gallery

NEW HAVEN, CT (AP).- The ownership of tens of billions of dollars of art and other goods could be thrown into doubt if a lawsuit seeking the return of a famous Vincent Van Gogh painting is successful, according to a court filing by Yale University. The Ivy League university sued in federal court in March to assert its ownership rights over "The Night Cafe" and to block a descendant of the original owner from claiming it. Pierre Konowaloff is the purported great-grandson of Russian industrialist and aristocrat Ivan Morozov, who bought the painting in 1908.

This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 08:19 PM PDT

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