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• The Moderna Museet In Stockholm Offers The Latest Art Trends ~ Visited by AKN Editor
• Schirn Kunsthalle Addresses the Complex World of Contemporary Art in "The Making of Art"
• David Zwirner presents Mamma Andersson and Jockum Nordstrom Exhibit
• The Israel Museum shows Contemporary Chinese Art
• Couturier Gallery to Display Unique "World Maps"
• ‘Samuel Beckett: a passion for paintings’ at National Gallery of Ireland
• Metropolitan Museum of Art features Exhibition of Rare Du Paquier Porcelain
• Marlborough Fine Art to exhibit Zhang Qikai
• Block Museum Showcases the Beauty of Renaissance and Baroque Engravings
• Pinacotheque de Paris to Showcase Edvard Munch or the "Anti-Scream"
• Essl Museum opens Art Award Prize Winners Exhibition in Vienna
• The Lentos Art Museum and Linz '09 will show ' Best of Austria '
• Marlborough Fine Art ~ Centenary Exhibition of Victor Pasmore
• Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Malaga opens Miquel Barceló ~ The African Work
• Erwin Wurm Puts The "Squeeze" into Sculpture at UCCA in Beijing
• Zhang Huan's "Hope Tunnel" Opens at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

The Moderna Museet In Stockholm Offers The Latest Art Trends ~ Visited by AKN Editor Posted: 22 Nov 2010 06:40 PM PST When Moderna Museet opened in the drill hall on Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, on 9 May 1958, discussions about starting a new museum for 20th century art had been going on for decades. "The national art collection emanates from the Royal Collection and from King Gustaf III's collection of antiquities, which was declared a public art collection by His Royal Majesty already in 1792 - making it the first public art museum in Europe outside Italy. When the Nationalmuseum building on Blasieholmen was ready to house the collection in 1866, after 20 years of construction work, the storage conditions were a problem from day one. In 1908, the problem of displaying new art was discussed more seriously, and the idea was broached of building a new museum for that 'collection'." In 1950, the artist Otte Sköld took over as senior curator of the Nationalmuseum. The above quote is from his inaugural speech for Moderna Museet. Otte Sköld's commitment to creating a new museum was decisive. Together with the Friends of Moderna Museet, formed in 1953, and other interested parties, he strove to give the Nationalmuseum collection of 20th century art a home of its own. Otte Sköld was the founder of Moderna Museet, but he died only a few months after opening in 1958. In the 1950s, Pontus Hultén and a few friends had run a studio for experimental film, and this was now incorporated with Moderna Museet's activities. The members formed a wide cultural network, and thus, the new museum gained a core audience which, along with the curious general public, made Moderna Museet the centre of new art in Stockholm. Over the following decade, Moderna Museet developed into an international platform for the latest art trends. The first solo exhibition - after Picasso's Guernica - dealt with the architect and painter Le Corbusier. Exhibitions alternated between early modern artists such as van Gogh, modernists like Léger, Klee, Arp, Magritte, Pollock and Kandinsky, and Swedish artists such as Sven Erixson, Carl Kylberg, Bror Hjorth and Sigrid Hjertén. The biggest splash, however, was made by a few of the theme exhibitions, for instance, "Movement in Art" (1961), "4 Americans" (1962), "American Pop Art - 106 Forms of Love and Despair" (1965), "Inner and Outer Space" (1965), "She" (Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely, P.O. Ultvedt), and by contemporary solo exhibitions with Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol and Edward Kienholz. Events of various kinds - from film screenings of New American Cinema, to happenings such as "5 New York Evenings" in 1964, with Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, David Tudor, Yvonne Rainer, Öyvind Fahlström, Merce Cunningham and others - greatly contributed to the museum's repute. If the museum's first decade was characterized by 1960s optimism, its future fate has been equally influenced by the moods of subsequent decades. The turbulence around 1968 impacted on operations and gave rise to the idea of a museum with a broad spectrum of activities. In addition to happenings, dance, films and concerts, the exhibition tours for children - thanks to Carlo Derkert's unique educational input - were always a special feature of Moderna Museet. Derkert's idea was to keep up a dialogue with the museum's youngest visitors, an approach that has been seminal to the children's activities ever since the 1960s. The "Model" experiment of 1968 was a room filled with rubber foam for wild games and other physical exercises. Starting in the pioneering 1960s, the Workshop has helped children and teenagers feel at home in the museum exhibitions and in the world of art. The photographic collection was founded in 1971, when the Friends of Fotografiska Museet (FM) donated their collection to the Nationalmuseum. In 1973, FM became a department of Moderna Museet. The collection is complemented by an excellent library and an archive that are open to the public. New York Collection for Stockholm was Pontus Hultén's final brainwave for the museum - and his parting gift, before moving to Paris in 1974, where he was head of Musée National d'Art Moderne at the Centre Georges Pompidou. He was succeeded at Moderna Museet by the Swedish painter Philip von Schantz. At last, in the 40th year of Moderna Museet's existence, the new museum building was inaugurated on 12 February, 1998, by King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. The first exhibition, "Wounds: Between Democracy and Redemption in Contemporary Art", dealt with developments in Europe and America from the 1960s up until today, bridging the gap between the frantic and visionary activities of the museum's first years and the equally dynamic potential of the now and the future. Another major new feature at the reopening was the introduction of museum hosts - people who have a variety of skills, from life-saving to being able to tell visitors about the works of art in both the permanent and temporary exhibitions. The reason for introducing new hosts was to cater for the large increase in visitor numbers since the admission fee was abolished. Website:_ http://www.modernamuseet.se/en/Stockholm/ 78RWREVC8E3K ANNOUNCEMENT: Our Editor has been invited to visit Museums and cultural sites in mainland China, Korea, Vietnam. Myanmar, Thailand (Siam), Singapore, Bali and mainland Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Bhutan, Malaysia, Japan, Mongolia, Russia, Finland and now Sweden. Because of the Editor's travel we will be posting many interesting articles from our archives, some of the BEST Articles and Art Images that appeared in your magazine during the past six plus (6+) years . . Enjoy.

Schirn Kunsthalle Addresses the Complex World of Contemporary Art in "The Making of Art" Posted: 22 Nov 2010 05:03 PM PST FRANKFURT.- The exhibition The Making of Art offers a look at the web of relationships of contemporary art, where the triangle of the artwork, the artist, and the viewer has long since been expanded in many ways. Not infrequently, the relationships between artists, collectors, dealers, curators, and critics influence the content of the works; often this is also illustrated: In a large survey from the 1960s to the present, this exhibition presents the positions of artists such as John Baldessari, Joseph Beuys, Tracey Emin, Peter Fischli/David Weiss, Ryan Gander, Peter Doig, Christian Jankowski, Louise Lawler, and Jonathan Monk, These artists reflect on an increasingly elaborate system, question the criteria of art, examine its methods and its institutions as sites, and shed light on the diverse connections and networks. With approximately 150 paintings, drawings, objects, installations, and videos, the exhibition addresses the complex system of the art world in the era of upheaval we are currently experiencing. On view through 30 August, 2009 at the Schirn Kunsthalle.

David Zwirner presents Mamma Andersson and Jockum Nordstrom Exhibit Posted: 22 Nov 2010 05:02 PM PST NEW YORK, NY.- David Zwirner presents Who is sleeping on my pillow, two concurrent solo exhibitions by Swedish artists Mamma Andersson and Jockum Nordström. After spending half their lives together while maintaining separate practices, this is the first time they have exhibited together. This is Mamma Andersson's second exhibition at the gallery (her U.S. debut was at David Zwirner in 2006), and Jockum Nordström's fifth. Known for her complex, multilayered subjects that converge between domestic interiors and Nordic landscapes, Andersson will present all new paintings. From Nordström, on view will be collages, other works on paper, and sculptures made of cardboard and matchboxes. Also featured will be two collaborative works, Sleepwalkers and Wetland, both from 2010. In these two-sided works on paper, Andersson has created lush color washes on the back, while Nordström has collaged the front with figures of people, animals, and trees. On view 29 April through 12 June.

The Israel Museum shows Contemporary Chinese Art Posted: 22 Nov 2010 05:01 PM PST JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - Six years after the success of its China: One Hundred Treasures exhibition in 2001, which displayed Chinese treasures covering 5,000 years, from neolithic bronzes to Ming porcelains, the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, presents the newest chapter in the history of Chinese art. Made in China: Contemporary Art from the Estella Collection includes both established artists and rising stars from the world of international contemporary art, among them: Ai Weiwei, Chen Shaoxiong, Huang Yan, Ma Liuming, Qiu Zhijie, Wang Ningde, Zhang Huan and Zhang Xiaogang.

Couturier Gallery to Display Unique "World Maps" Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:58 PM PST LOS ANGELES, CA - Maps are often deceptive, disguising more than meets the eye and manipulated for socio-political purposes.  Couturier Gallery is pleased to present World Maps,  a group exhibition including the work of four artists well known for their cartographic works: Kim Abeles,  Irene Dubrovsky,  Joyce Kozloff  and Ibrahim Miranda.  The maps of these artists reveal truths frequently obfuscated in mapping history. The works in the show examine social and political histories, issues of location and dislocation, identities, as well as chronicling historical and contemporary issues. This mixed-media show will open June 12th (and continue through July 17th ).  The opening artists' reception will take place Saturday, June 12th, 6-8 pm.

‘Samuel Beckett: a passion for paintings’ at National Gallery of Ireland Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:57 PM PST Dublin, Ireland - While many contemporary artists have found inspiration in Beckett's drama, the emphasis of this exhibition is to look at the influence that art and artists had on his life and work.  Beginning with his visits to the National Gallery of Ireland as a young student and later lecturer at Trinity College Dublin, the exhibition reveals three key relationships in the writer's life; his relationship with the Gallery where, in the words of biographer James Knowlson, Beckett was 'weaned on the old masters'; with poet, art critic and former Director, Thomas MacGreevy; and with Jack B. Yeats.

Metropolitan Museum of Art features Exhibition of Rare Du Paquier Porcelain Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:53 PM PST NEW YORK, NY.- The Du Paquier ceramic manufactory, founded by Claudius Innocentius du Paquier in Vienna in 1718, was only the second factory in Europe able to make true porcelain in the manner of the Chinese. This small porcelain enterprise developed a highly distinctive style that remained Baroque in inspiration throughout the history of the factory, which was taken over by the State in 1744. Imperial Privilege: Vienna Porcelain of Du Paquier, 1718–44, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art through March 21, 2010, charts the history of the development of the Du Paquier factory, setting its production within the historic and cultural context of Vienna in the first half of the 18th century. The exhibition features more than 100 works, half drawn from the Metropolitan Museum's superb collection, and half from the premier private collection of this material.

Marlborough Fine Art to exhibit Zhang Qikai Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:50 PM PST LONDON - The directors of Marlborough Fine Art are delighted to announce the first UK exhibition of paintings by celebrated Chinese artist, Zhang Qikai.  It will comprise twenty recent works, many using the image of the Panda, paintings for which he has been highly praised.  The panda also suggests the desire to escape, such as driving away in a car or clinging to the stem of a rose.  There is always a bid for freedom in these dream-like paintings but there is always a sense that we are held back by the constraints of reality. Private View: 28th May 2008. Exhibition: 29th May – 21st June 2008.

Block Museum Showcases the Beauty of Renaissance and Baroque Engravings Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:49 PM PST EVANSTON, IL.- Composed entirely of lines, engravings are works of exquisite beauty and incomparable intricacy. Northwestern University's Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art will focus on the engraved line from April 9 through June 20 with two exhibitions highlighting the technical virtuosity and innovativeness of European engravers of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. Both exhibitions are free and open to the public. The Block Museum is located at 40 Arts Circle Drive, on the University's Evanston campus.

Pinacotheque de Paris to Showcase Edvard Munch or the "Anti-Scream" Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:46 PM PST PARIS.- The Pinacothèque de Paris will provide from February 19th, and until July 18th, 2010, a new approach to Edvard Munch's work, one of the most mythical artists but equally one of the most mysterious, of the end of the 19th-century and early 20th-century. Edvard Munch has not been shown in France nor in Paris for twenty years. So the Pinacothèque de Paris is offering the public a unique opportunity to completely rediscover this immense artist's oeuvre, through a simple approach, allowing everyone to grasp the major place this artist has held in art history.

Essl Museum opens Art Award Prize Winners Exhibition in Vienna Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:44 PM PST VIENNA.- For the third occasion the ESSL ART AWARD CEE prize winners will be presented in a group exhibition at the Essl Museum, opening 4 December through 17 January, 2010. The ESSL ART AWARD CEE was founded in 2005 by the collector couple Agnes and Karlheinz Essl with a view to supporting young artists in the countries where bauMax has a business presence. Since then, the prize has been awarded every second year. Among the prize winners in previous years were artists such as Kateřina Šedá (documenta 12, Manifesta 2008) and Jakub Nepraš, who have by now achieved international acclaim.

The Lentos Art Museum and Linz '09 will show ' Best of Austria ' Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:42 PM PST Linz, Austria - How does the Cultural Capital of Europe end up with an art collection commensurate with that title? That's easy: it gathers a collection. A capital city – even if it is only for one year – needs an art collection that corresponds to this status and the concomitant responsibility to represent the country. Yet how should this collection be acquired, if not by theft? Since that is not an option, the Lentos Art Museum and Linz 09 have gathered together a collection by requesting generous assistance to enable the Capital of Culture to fulfill its role appropriately.  On exhibition 1 January through 10 May, 2009.

Marlborough Fine Art ~ Centenary Exhibition of Victor Pasmore Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:38 PM PST LONDON - In celebration of the centenary of Victor Pasmore's birth Marlborough Fine Art is proud to present an exhibition of the artist's late paintings and etchings. Although produced during Pasmore's last years these colourful and lyrical works display a rare beauty and optimism without loss of energy or commitment. On exhibition 2-26 April, 2008.

Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Malaga opens Miquel Barceló ~ The African Work Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:37 PM PST   Malaga, Spain - CAC Málaga presents 84 works from Miquel Barceló's African period. Málaga is the only Spanish city to host this exhibition, organised by the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) and curated by the museum's director, Enrique Juncosa. Scarcely a week before the artist unveils the dome at United Nations headquarters in Geneva, the exhibition Miquel Barceló: The African Work, featuring pieces from collections all over the world.  On view at CAC Málaga until the 15th of February 2009.

Erwin Wurm Puts The "Squeeze" into Sculpture at UCCA in Beijing Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:35 PM PST BEIJING.- Last week marked the opening of Narrow Mist, Austrian artist Erwin Wurm's first solo show at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) in Beijing. A celebrated creator of irreverent and sometimes twisted works of sculpture, Erwin Wurm employs gentle humor, interactivity and the natural curiosity of his audience to get us to think more deeply about the foibles of our modern world. Sculptures inspired by childhood houses, fashion fetishes and stuff you can find in Beijing. Narrow Mist is a unique and interactive exhibition showcasing the vast creative range of Erwin Wurm's sculpture. On view through 15 September.

Zhang Huan's "Hope Tunnel" Opens at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:30 PM PST BEIJING.- Zhang Huan is one of China's best-known performance and conceptual artists. He is also known for his shocking and absurd photographs and images. For his solo show at the UCCA, Zhang Huan will exhibit remains of the train which crashed during the 5.12 Earthquake in Sichuan and stretch it over the whole Big Hall exhibition space. On exhibition at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) 17 July through 24 October.

Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:29 PM PST This is a new feature for the subscribers and visitors to Art Knowledge News (AKN), that will enable you to see "thumbnail descriptions" of the last ninety (90) articles and art images that we published. This will allow you to visit any article that you may have missed ; or re-visit any article or image of particular interest. Every day the article "thumbnail images" will change. For you to see the entire last ninety images just click : here . When opened that also will allow you to change the language from English to anyone of 54 other languages, by clicking your language choice on the upper left corner of our Home Page.  You can share any article we publish with the eleven (11) social websites we offer like Twitter, Flicker, Linkedin, Facebook, etc. by one click on the image shown at the end of each opened article.  Last, but not least, you can email or print any entire article by using an icon visible to the right side of an article's headline.

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