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• Our Editor Sees "China's Terracotta Army" Underground At The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities In Stockholm
• Loss of Control: Crossing the Boundaries to Art from Félicien Rops to the Present
• 'Strange Bodies ~ Figurative Works' from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection
• " An Incomplete World " at the National Gallery of Victoria
• SFMOMA will Become Home to Gap Founder's Contemporary Art Collection
• Marlborough Fine Art will present London Show of New Work of Juan Genovés
• Gallery Brown shows John Lurie's "The Invention of Animals"
• Knopf Publishes "Painting Below Zero" by Pop Artist James Rosenquist
• Nat Finkelstein Photos of Andy Warhol's Infamous Factory ~ A Retrospective
• U.S. Philanthropist Gives Modern Art to Cuban Museum
• Pinakothek der Moderne hosts ‘Passionately Provocative’ ~ The Stoffel Collection
• The Boca Raton Museum Of Art displays 75+ Works By Andrew Stevovich
• North Carolina Museum of Art Uses Tunnels To Move Collection to New Building
• Corrigan Gallery Presents ' Storytellers: John Hull and Manning Williams '
• The Israel Museum To Inaugurate Its Renewed Campus on July 26
• ARCO Madrid 2010 ~ the International Contemporary Art Fair Opens
• MOCA Cleveland Shows Dana Schutz: Paintings 2002-2006
• This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News

Our Editor Sees "China's Terracotta Army" Underground At The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities In Stockholm Posted: 27 Nov 2010 07:02 PM PST The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Östasiatiska Museet), Stockholm, Sweden is a public museum launched by Sweden's Parliament in 1926, with the Swedish archaeologist Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874-1960) as founding director. Andersson was a famous Swedish archaeologist, paleontologist and geologist, closely associated with the beginnings of Chinese archaeology in the 1920s. The museum was originally based mainly on Andersson's groundbreaking discoveries in China, during the 1920s, of a hitherto unknown East Asian prehistory. The museum today has wide-ranging collections and exhibits of Asian archeology, classical arts, and culture, and a large Asia research library open to the public. The museum also publishes an annual journal focused on research on ancient East Asia, the Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities. The museum has a collection of art from China, India, Japan, with Southeast Asia represented as well. It includes pottery, vases, sculptures, fine art, ink drawings, and tools. Great care has been taken in the exhibitions to explain how the objects expose the traditions and rituals of a society. Europe's fascination with China dates from the days of the Roman Empire. Three men—an archaeologist, a soldier, and an artist—put together personal collections that went on to form the genesis of the largest and best museum for Chinese art outside of China. Porcelains, sculptures, paintings, bronzes, jade, textiles, and precious metals filled the cabinets and closets of the merchant class and aristocracy alike, and many of these items found their way into this public museum. Stockholm's splendid Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities is located on the island of Skeppsholmen. Containing smaller collections from India and Japan, the museum's main collection of Chinese art is dazzling. Housed in a 17th century building—once an army rope factory—the museum offers elegant displays in three permanent complementary exhibitions. Particularly appealing are the delicate ceramic figures from the Han (206 BCE–220 CE) and T'ang (618–906 CE) Dynasties. Flirtatious court ladies, bawling Silk Road camels, and sharp-eyed Central Asian merchants stare out from artfully lit displays. A 12th century life-sized head of the Lady of Sung is a highlight of the exhibition. An exhibition, China's Book History, contains a comprehensive display dating back to the 10th century at the museum's library of Chinese books and scrolls. Visitors are invited to see and learn about Asian cultures far removed from Northern Scandinavia. Stockholm's Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities presents a special exhibition featuring China's Terracotta Army. The first time these intriguing sculptures have been shown in Sweden, it is this year's most anticipated exhibition. Dating from 210 BC, the Terracotta Army was buried in the grave of Qin Shi Huang , the first emperor of China. Over 8000 expertly crafted and beautifully preserved sculptures have been found in the area near Xi'an, in Shaanxi province, and it's believed that many more may remain buried in the surrounding area. Bringing some of the most beautiful, captivating and interesting pieces from this collection to Stockholm, China's Terracotta Army is made even more special by its unique setting. Similar to the environment the artifacts were found in, the exhibition takes place underground. The former naval base of the Swedish Navy was housed in the land under the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities; this subterranean space is now known as the Secret Rock Galleries and this ongoing exhibition provides a rare opportunity to explore this normally inaccessible space. This was the first time that the underground heavens were opened to the public. Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf formally declared open the exhibition of China's terracotta army in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities. A grand ceremony was held in the museum's Beijing Auditorium, where China's terracotta army was presented to the audience. The Swedish king spoke at the ceremony. "This year marks 60 years since Sweden became one of the first countries to establish diplomatic contact with the People's Republic of China. However, the cultural contact between Sweden and China dates back even further," the king said. The King said he and Queen Silvia visited the terracotta site in 1981, and just three years later, China's terracotta soldiers visited Sweden for the first time.This time, the scale is about 10 times larger than the previous exhibition and all but one of the 316 are originally from the 11 museums in Shaanxi Province where the terracotta army has been stationed. The objects in the exhibition include 10 Qin terracotta warriors, 120 Han terracotta figures, and almost 200 cultural relics from the Qin and Han tombs. China has loaned out terracotta warriors to Sweden to promote China's spectacular world heritage. 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.

Loss of Control: Crossing the Boundaries to Art from Félicien Rops to the Present Posted: 27 Nov 2010 06:25 PM PST HERFORD, GERMANY.- In his extensive farewell exhibition at the Marta Herford Museum, founding director Jan Hoet presents a multiplicity of artistic perspectives and aspects on the theme of loss of control: "Loss of Control: Crossing the boundaries to art from Félicien Rops to the present. Obsession, sexuality, madness and death – the continuing exchange between art and life is the theme of the exhibition LOSS OF CONTROL.  After an eight-year engagement as the inspirational founding director of the Marta Herford museum, Jan Hoet is saying farewell with a show comprising over 400 works. All the pieces speak about the artistic search for authentic means of expression above and beyond societal norms, and convey in unprecedented depth the varying aspects of loss of control, boundary crossing, and madness.

'Strange Bodies ~ Figurative Works' from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection Posted: 27 Nov 2010 06:24 PM PST WASHINGTON, DC.- Figurative art plays an important role in the Hirshorn's Museum collection. "Strange Bodies," on view from Dec. 11 to early 2010, brings together some of the most celebrated examples of figuration from the museum's holdings to examine how and why artists depict and distort the body. Organized by associate curator Kristen Hileman and located in the lower-level galleries, the installation comprises more than 40 works, with a rotation of works occurring midway through the show. The exhibition also includes a gallery devoted to a survey of the museum's unique, in-depth holdings of works on paper and paintings by George Grosz, which demonstrate a socially charged use of the figure.

" An Incomplete World " at the National Gallery of Victoria Posted: 27 Nov 2010 06:20 PM PST Melbourne, VIC, Australia - Frances Lindsay, Deputy Director, NGV, said An Incomplete World was an exciting opportunity for all visitors to the NGV. "Most of the works in this exhibition have never been seen in Australia before," Ms Lindsay said. "This show is about a world in flux – the places we live and work, the cities we build, the political, geographic and financial borders, the natural environment and the changing perceptions of our place in the world. Each artist in this exhibition has an enduring interest in the study of what it means to be human." On exhibition through 6 January, 2008.

SFMOMA will Become Home to Gap Founder's Contemporary Art Collection Posted: 27 Nov 2010 06:18 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) Board Chair Charles Schwab and Director Neal Benezra today announced that the museum is developing a groundbreaking relationship with Doris and Donald Fisher that would provide the Fisher Collection—one of the world's leading collections of contemporary art—with a home at SFMOMA. The Fishers, who together founded Gap Inc. in 1969, have long envisioned keeping their collection intact for the public in their hometown of San Francisco. The Fisher Collection includes some 1,100 works by leading artists including Alexander Calder, Chuck Close, Willem de Kooning, Richard Diebenkorn, Anselm Kiefer, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, Gerhard Richter, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, and Andy Warhol, among many others.

Marlborough Fine Art will present London Show of New Work of Juan Genovés Posted: 27 Nov 2010 06:17 PM PST LONDON. - The Directors of Marlborough Fine Art announced the first London exhibition in over 40 years by the Spanish artist Juan Genovés of 15 new paintings that will open at Marlborough Fine Art, London on October 29th. Born in Valencia in 1930, Genovés has been exhibiting with Marlborough worldwide since 1964. This exhibition continues Genovés' exploration of people in groups, depicted through bird's-eye views of crowds where the absence of buildings, roads, trees or clues to a common landscape creates a dynamic of intensity and dislocation. The motivations for the groups' activities are never clear, as Genovés allows the viewer to draw his own conclusions.

Gallery Brown shows John Lurie's "The Invention of Animals" Posted: 27 Nov 2010 06:14 PM PST Los Angeles, CA - Beginning on June 26 and continuing for the following six weeks, Gallery Brown (based in Los Angeles) will be exhibiting the large-scale limited edition artwork of John Lurie, musician, director, actor and artist in "The Invention of Animals." Stylistically primitive, yet completely modern, Lurie's work presents his musings in a new, interpretive storytelling manner – managing to be haunting, poignant as well as humorous.  His imagery may be playful, but his approach and use of materials is serious.  The work impresses on an abstract level, especially in the crisp line, the textural use of translucent washes, and the unusual and engaging color relationships Lurie employs. On view June 26, 2010 through August 7, 2010.

Knopf Publishes "Painting Below Zero" by Pop Artist James Rosenquist Posted: 27 Nov 2010 06:13 PM PST NEW YORK, NY.- From James Rosenquist, one of our most iconic pop artists—along with Andy Warhol, Jim Dine, Claes Oldenburg, and Roy Lichtenstein—comes this candid and fascinating memoir. Unlike these artists, Rosenquist often works in three-dimensional forms, with highly dramatic shifts in scale and a far more complex palette, including grisaille and Day-Glo colors. A skilled traditional painter, he avoided the stencils and silk screens of Warhol and Lichtenstein. His vast canvases full of brilliant, surreally juxtaposed images would influence both many of his contemporaries and younger generations, as well as revolutionize twentieth-century painting.

Nat Finkelstein Photos of Andy Warhol's Infamous Factory ~ A Retrospective Posted: 27 Nov 2010 06:11 PM PST LONDON.- Nat Finkelstein was one of the most respected photojournalists of modern times. Renowned for his iconic and intimate documentation of Andy Warhol's infamous "Factory", and later for his political activism including an allegiance with The Black Panthers that forced him to live abroad for 15 years, Finkelstein remained at the heart of the cultural zeitgeist up until his death aged 76, 2nd October 2009. This retrospective brings together Finkelstein's diverse portfolio of work achieved across five decades: from the Factory scenes, to the civil rights and anti-war protests of mid-60s America, to his continuing exploration of the subcultures of 80s and 90s New York; Nat's photographs not only depict their subjects and scenes, but also provide a visual record of the life and times of the photographer himself.

U.S. Philanthropist Gives Modern Art to Cuban Museum Posted: 27 Nov 2010 06:09 PM PST PARIS - An American-born philanthropist and curator has donated 120 works of modern art, including pieces by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro and Marcel Duchamp, to Cuba's National Museum of Fine Art. Gilbert Brownstone, 69, is based in France and says he admires Cuba because it has advanced the culture of its people. "I think I can help in this fight," he said in an interview with Agence France-Presse. "I will continue buying and donating works from the collection to the Cuban people."

Pinakothek der Moderne hosts ‘Passionately Provocative’ ~ The Stoffel Collection Posted: 27 Nov 2010 06:04 PM PST Munich, Germany - Passionately provocative major works of contemporary art were collected by the Stoffels from the 1970's onwards. 'Passionately Provocative': the Modern Art Collection at the Pinakothek der Moderne is now showing a large part of this splendid collection for the very first time with some 120 works exhibited over more than 1,200 m. On exhibition 20 November through 1 March, 2009.

The Boca Raton Museum Of Art displays 75+ Works By Andrew Stevovich Posted: 27 Nov 2010 06:03 PM PST BOCA RATON, FL.- Who is the mysterious figure at the center of Boca Raton Museum of Art's new exhibition, Andrew Stevovich: The Truth About Lola? Andrew Stevovich (born in Austria in 1948-) may consider himself to be an abstract painter more concerned with meticulous composition than with narrative, but don't tell that to the highly figurative characters appearing on his canvases. The deadpan paintings, with their frozen moments of social interactions, are set in the contemporary world, though their crisp design, brilliant color and precise surfaces recall the early Italian Renaissance masters from Giotto to Botticelli. The show opened March 17, 2009. The exhibition will run through May 31, 2009.

North Carolina Museum of Art Uses Tunnels To Move Collection to New Building Posted: 27 Nov 2010 06:01 PM PST RALEIGH, NC (AP).- The Botticelli had happily hung in the North Carolina Museum of Art for more than a quarter-century, moving only a few feet over the years. But "The Adoration of the Child" was in for a surprise one October morning when three glove-wearing handlers swiftly removed the round painting in its gilded frame from the gallery entrance, placed it on a cart and pushed it through a custom-made tunnel to its new home. "Art work never likes to be moved," said Dan Gottlieb, the museum's director of planning and design. "It's happiest being left alone." If so, there's bad news in store for the 750 pieces of art being moved from the museum's current, dimly lit building to a new, 127,000-square-foot one that uses natural light, usually anathema to paintings and works on paper, as the major design element.

Corrigan Gallery Presents ' Storytellers: John Hull and Manning Williams ' Posted: 27 Nov 2010 05:57 PM PST CHARLESTON, SC - The Corrigan Gallery will present the first duo show of works by Charleston's own Manning Williams and John Hull, the new head of the studio art department at the College of Charleston. Storytellers: John Hull and Manning Williams opens in April with a reception from 5 pm to 8:00 pm on Friday, April 4, 2008 at 62 Queen Street, Charleston. The show will hang from April 2 – May 11. This is the first group of new paintings by Williams in several years and Hull's first gallery drawing show.

The Israel Museum To Inaugurate Its Renewed Campus on July 26 Posted: 27 Nov 2010 05:47 PM PST JERUSALEM.- The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, inaugurates its renewed 20-acre campus, featuring new galleries, orientation facilities, and public spaces, on July 26, 2010. The multi-year expansion and renewal project was designed to enhance visitor experience of the Museum's art, archeology, architecture, and surrounding landscape, in complement to the original architecture and design of the campus. Led by James Carpenter Design Associates of New York and Efrat-Kowalsky Architects of Tel Aviv, the $100-million project also includes the comprehensive renovation and reconfiguration of the Museum's three collection wings and the reinstallation of its outstanding encyclopedic collections.

ARCO Madrid 2010 ~ the International Contemporary Art Fair Opens Posted: 27 Nov 2010 05:45 PM PST MADRID.- ARCOmadrid, the International Contemporary Art Fair of Madrid, will once again be a must-visit event for anyone seriously interested in finding the best and latest from the art market today. In Halls 6, 8 and 10 at the IFEMA exhibition centre, visitors will find a huge variety of masterpieces by some of the most highly priced artists from the 20th and 21st century, alongside pieces by emerging practitioners, accessible for those wishing to begin collecting of contemporary art. The extensive range of works covers all types of trends and media, from classic to cutting-edge.

MOCA Cleveland Shows Dana Schutz: Paintings 2002-2006 Posted: 27 Nov 2010 05:40 PM PST Cleveland, OH - The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland presents Dana Schutz: Paintings 2002-2006, on view through December 30. Dana Schutz's ecstatically imaginative paintings have established her as one of the rising stars of the contemporary art world and one of the most sought-after young artists in the United States today.  With lush surfaces and a flamboyant palette ranging from gaudy yellows and reds to deep greens and purples, Schutz's figurative paintings portray hypothetical scenarios that are gruesome and funny, unsettling and absurd.  In many of her works, Schutz paints things that one almost cannot imagine: figures devouring themselves in the Self-Eaters series (2003), another recreating itself from dismembered parts in the painting Twin Parts (2004).

This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News Posted: 27 Nov 2010 05:39 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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