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• The Henie-Onstad Art Centre ~ Norway’s Largest Museum Of Modern Art ~ Delights Our Editor
• Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza & Fundación Caja Madrid to Present the Shadow
• A Series of Exhibitions in Italy will Celebrate Elio Ciol's 80th Anniversary
• The J. Paul Getty Museum exhibits 'A Light Touch ~ Exploring Humor in Drawing'
• 'Giorgio de Chirico and Greece' at the Onassis Cultural Center
• ' Velázquez’s Fables ' at the Museo del Prado
• New World Auction Record for Emil Filla at Bonhams & Butterfields
• Sotheby's Offers Paintings from the Former Collection of Madame Antenor Patiño
• Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) to display Batiste Madalena ~ Hand-Painted Film Posters 1924–1928
• Victoria & Albert Museum Presents "Decode: Digital Design Sensations"
• MOCA Receives Gift from Photographer Max Yavno's Estate
• Exhibition at Onassis Cultural Center Analyzes the Origins of El Greco
• The Library of Congress administers Swann Foundation Awards for 2009-2010
• Andrew Moore "Making Historic Photographs" at Galerie Alex Daniels
• Miami Art Museum exhibits New Acquisitions from the Permanent Collection
• University of Maine Museum of Art presents "A Legacy of Collecting"
• This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News

The Henie-Onstad Art Centre ~ Norway’s Largest Museum Of Modern Art ~ Delights Our Editor Posted: 03 Dec 2010 07:22 PM PST Henie-Onstad Art Centre is Norway's largest museum of international modern art was established by famous ice skater Sonia Henie and her husband in 1968. It is also a centre for the performing arts, film and literature. The museum collection comprises work by artists from Picasso to Matisse and from Beuys to Christo, as well as by contemporary Norwegian artists. The 'sculpture walk' in the large Sculpture Park connected to the arts centre is a place for regular Sunday activity throughout the Summer for children and adults alike. The centre also exhibits Ms Henie's extensive trophy collection. The centre hosts several temporary exhibitions each year, focusing on Norwegian and international contemporary art. In 1994, the building was extended, and a two-story wing with exhibition spaces and technical rooms was added. This project was designed by noted architects—the new wing abuts the main body of the building as an organic extension. In 2003, another extension was made, this time in the form of an annex that extends into the outdoor park, connected to the main building by a passage leading from the lower level. In addition to six exhibition halls, the Centre also has an auditorium and smaller meeting rooms. Today, the total building area is approximately 9,500 square metres, of which 4,500 are occupied by exhibition spaces. The museum is the owner of a unique collection of Fluxus art that consists of 700 works. In 2007 Ken Freidman made a significant donation to the Art Centre. This was groundbreaking for the center's continued work with the collection, which in recent years have included a full photograph and registration of the material. Henie-Onstad Art Centre has Norway's largest collection of international modern art. A studio, a well-equipped workshop and dark room facilities are also available. Also available to the public is a library, which contains one of Norway's largest collections of literature on modern and contemporary art. Art center is visited by around 200,000 people each year. The centre celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2008. The Henie Onstad Art Centre was the first significant manifestation of Neo-Expressionism construction design in Norway. Though architecture continues to change and develop as it has always done, important buildings have qualities that survive, and retain their meaning. The Art Centre at Høvikodden is such a building. Jon Eikvar and Sven Erik Engebretsen's winning proposal for the architecture competition represented a conscious effort to create a more "expressive" form of architecture. Around the 1960s, modern architecture was certainly in need of a renaissance such as this. The building swiftly gained an international reputation when it first opened, and, to this day, it remains one of the nation's most important cultural sites. The sheer number of new buildings erected during the post-war period had revealed modernism's limited possibilities, and both in Norway and abroad our surroundings had become characterless and schematic. However, there were also positive tendencies. In Scandinavia in particular, a more "organic" view of architecture was evolving. The now renowned originator of this view was the Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto, who had enriched the stark, visual language of modernism with the use of natural forms and materials as early as 1930. Aalto's aim was twofold: to create an architecture that was more humane, and to create the kind of architecture that was firmly rooted in a cultural tradition that centered around Scandinavia. These aims came to have a significant impact on the other Nordic countries. Although his buildings were essentially "Finnish", the principles that lay behind them were of common interest to the Nordic countries in particular. As a continuation of this concept, Jørn Utzon created a similarly "Danish" style of architecture. Related tendencies also existed in other countries in Europe. At the beginning of the1950s, the French architect Le Corbusier began work on Ronchamp – a church for Catholic pilgrims. The result of his efforts was extraordinarily "expressive". He himself described the building as a space specially created for spiritual concentration and meditation, and believed that the traditional, Spartan language of modernism was inappropriate. His solution was a sort of cave-like interior, where "mystical" light streamed into the building through small holes and slits. A kind of vaulting spans the interior – it seems to hover above the space, yet has a feeling of weight about it. To give the building presence and solidity, Le Corbusier designed a tower, which rose out of the sculptural mass of the building. 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, Sweden, and now Norway. 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.

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza & Fundación Caja Madrid to Present the Shadow Posted: 03 Dec 2010 07:07 PM PST MADRID - On view through 17 May 2009, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and Fundación Caja Madrid are presenting The Shadow, the first major exhibition on the depiction of projected shadow in western art. It brings together around 140 works by more than 100 artists, including paintings, photographs and film projections. The exhibition aims to focus on and analyse the wide-ranging implications, issues and solutions relating to the depiction of shadow in art from the Renaissance to the present day.

A Series of Exhibitions in Italy will Celebrate Elio Ciol's 80th Anniversary Posted: 03 Dec 2010 07:05 PM PST UDINE, ITALY.- A series of exhibitions organized at Villa Manin di Passariano, in Casarsa della Delizia and in Pordenone celebrates the eighty years of Elio Ciol, one of the Italian landscape photographers better known in the world, and sixty years of professional work of the artist. Elio Ciol is known mainly for his photographic interpretations of Italian landscape and for his work of documentation of artistic heritage. The Villa Manin exhibition deals with a lesser known period of the photographer, that of the years of his formation, between 1950 and 1964. The exhibition is made of 140 photographs, many of which never previously shown, and is held in a lateral building of Villa Manin, the great country palace near Codroipo that has been one of the major exhibition sites of Friuli Venezia Giulia county for many years

The J. Paul Getty Museum exhibits 'A Light Touch ~ Exploring Humor in Drawing' Posted: 03 Dec 2010 07:02 PM PST LOS ANGELES, CA.- From wicked caricatures to wry satirical observations of social and political injustice, drawings have incorporated humor for centuries. A Light Touch: Exploring Humor in Drawing, on view from September 23–December 7, 2008, at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, uses drawings from the Getty's collection, along with several loans from the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, to explore humor in European drawing up to the year 1900. Included in the exhibition are works by Leonardo da Vinci, Urs Graf, Giambattista Tiepolo, Francisco de Goya, Thomas Rowlandson, and Pierre Bonnard.

'Giorgio de Chirico and Greece' at the Onassis Cultural Center Posted: 03 Dec 2010 07:01 PM PST NEW YORK CITY - The Onassis Cultural Center presents Giorgio de Chirico and Greece: Voyage through Memory, an exhibition of works by major European artist Giorgio de Chirico, opening on October 31, 2007. Organized by the Giorgio and Isa de Chirico Foundation in Rome and the Athinais Cultural Centre in Athens, this presentation of 35 of the artist's metaphysical paintings and sculptures, as well as 22 drawings and lithographs are drawn from the artist's late period of work.

' Velázquez’s Fables ' at the Museo del Prado Posted: 03 Dec 2010 06:59 PM PST Madrid, Spain - As part of its inaugural programme marking the opening of the new extension, the Museo del Prado is presenting the exhibition Velázquez' Fables, the first to offer an in-depth analysis of this aspect of the artist's work as a painter of narratives. The exhibition brings together 27 works by the artist in addition to 24 by 17 other artists with the aim of revealing the context in which the artist executed some of his most important paintings. Among the works by Velázquez to be seen in the exhibition are 12 loans.

New World Auction Record for Emil Filla at Bonhams & Butterfields Posted: 03 Dec 2010 06:57 PM PST LOS ANGELES, CA.- Seasoned collectors and new bidders from across the United States and around the globe vied for Modern, Contemporary and Latin American works of art at Bonhams & Butterfields on November 17, 2009 in Los Angeles. Simulcast to the firm's San Francisco auction rooms, the more than 200-lot auction attracted strong buyer interest for a variety of high quality works by well-known artists.  Highlights from the well rounded fall auction included pieces by Emil Filla, Maurice Utrillo, Pedro Coronel, Alexander Archipenko, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Jack Bush, Tom Wesselmann, Amedeo Modigliani and Jim Dine, among others. Sales totaled more than $2-million with a new world auction record established for a painting by Emil Filla.

Sotheby's Offers Paintings from the Former Collection of Madame Antenor Patiño Posted: 03 Dec 2010 06:56 PM PST PARIS.- On September 22 & 23, to mark the opening of the Autumn auction season in Paris, Sotheby's will bring to a conclusion the story of the legendary collection begun by Antenor Patiño (1894-1982) and continued with supreme elegance and refinement by his widow Beatriz Patiño until her death in 2009. The collection – divided between Madame Patiño's principal residence La Quinta in Portugal and her Paris flat – gives Sotheby's another opportunity to pay tribute to the exquisite taste and style which fashioned the Patiño legend.  The collection's furniture and works of art combine English cosiness with Italian exuberance, French neo-classical grandeur and iconoclastic works of art.

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) to display Batiste Madalena ~ Hand-Painted Film Posters 1924–1928 Posted: 03 Dec 2010 06:53 PM PST New York City - Batiste Madalena (American, b. Italy, 1902–1988) was hired by George Eastman during the late period of silent cinema to design and hand-paint film posters for his theater in Rochester, NY—at the time the third-largest cinema in the U.S. His works were certainly the most definitive set of original film posters in America. They were a wonderful and priceless collection. On exhibition at MoMA from October 15 through April 6, 2009.

Victoria & Albert Museum Presents "Decode: Digital Design Sensations" Posted: 03 Dec 2010 06:51 PM PST LONDON.- Digitally growing plants and a mechanical eye that mirrors the blink of a visitor's gaze will be among the digital works that will feature in Decode: Digital Design Sensations. The exhibition will show the latest developments in digital and interactive design, from small screen based graphics to large-scale installations. Curated in collaboration with leading digital arts organisation onedotzero, there will be works by established international artists and designers including Daniel Brown, Golan Levin and Daniel Rozin as well as emerging designers such as Troika and Simon Heijdens. On display at the Victoria & Albert Museum from 8 December to 11 April 2010.

MOCA Receives Gift from Photographer Max Yavno's Estate Posted: 03 Dec 2010 06:50 PM PST LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), announced a generous gift of $435,000 from the estate of renowned Los Angeles photographer Max Yavno, nearly 25 years after his death. Yavno, who died in 1985, was an accomplished fine art and commercial photographer known for his social documentation and sensitive depiction of urban realism. Said Stephen McAvoy, successor executor of the estate of Max Yavno and retired controller of City National Bank, "I am amazed and pleased that 25 years after Max's death, these funds are still able to benefit the museum, and are eligible to be matched by the generous grant given to the museum by The Broad Foundation."

Exhibition at Onassis Cultural Center Analyzes the Origins of El Greco Posted: 03 Dec 2010 06:48 PM PST NEW YORK, NY.- The Onassis Cultural Center will present an extraordinary group of 15th and 16th century paintings, including early works by El Greco. Curated for the Onassis Cultural Center by Dr. Anastasia Drandaki, Curator of the Byzantine Collection at the Benaki Museum, Athens, "The Origins of El Greco" will present 46 exceptional works from public and private collections in Greece, Europe, the United States and Canada, many of which will be traveling to the U.S. for the first time. On exhibition 17 November through 27 February 2010.

The Library of Congress administers Swann Foundation Awards for 2009-2010 Posted: 03 Dec 2010 06:46 PM PST Washington, DC - The Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon, administered by the Library of Congress, announces fellowship awards to three applicants for the academic year 2009-2010: Yasemin Gencer, Amanda Lahikainen and Jason E. Hill. Because of an unusually large number of strong applications, the foundation's advisory board did not award a single fellowship this year but instead decided to support three applicants' projects with smaller awards. New York advertising executive Erwin Swann (1906 1973) established the Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon in 1967.  An avid collector, Swann assembled a large group of original drawings by over 500 artists, spanning two centuries, which his estate bequeathed to the Library of Congress in the 1970s.

Andrew Moore "Making Historic Photographs" at Galerie Alex Daniels Posted: 03 Dec 2010 06:44 PM PST AMSTERDAM.- "We hope for better things; it will arise from the ashes," was the motto adopted by the city of Detroit, after it was ravaged by the great fire of 1805. American photographer Andrew Moore distils the spirit of this message in his haunting large-scale images of decay and renewal. From Cuba to Russia to Detroit, Moore seeks out disused, wrecked buildings and captures the moment that nature stakes her claim on their ravaged grandeur. 15 of Moore's works will go on display at Galerie Alex Daniels - Reflex in Amsterdam, from April 10 to June 7, 2010. It is the first time the photographer has exhibited in The Netherlands.

Miami Art Museum exhibits New Acquisitions from the Permanent Collection Posted: 03 Dec 2010 06:41 PM PST MIAMI, FL - A reinstallation showcasing both "old favorites" and new acquisitions from the permanent collection of Miami Art Museum opens to the public Friday. "These new acquisitions, which are a combination of gifts and purchases by MAM's Collector's Council, strengthen MAM's holdings of 20th and 21st century art. " MAM's Assistant Director for Programs/Senior Curator Peter Boswell said. "The collection increasingly reflects the diversity of Miami's audience, as well as our vision for the future of MAM." The reinstallation will be on view in MAM's Plaza-level gallery through November 2, 2008.

University of Maine Museum of Art presents "A Legacy of Collecting" Posted: 03 Dec 2010 06:36 PM PST Bangor, Maine - The University of Maine Museum of Art is pleased to present the exhibition A Legacy of Collecting: The Vincent A. Hartgen Years, 1946-1982 beginning October 12. This is the first of two exhibitions which celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the Museum of Art's relocation to downtown Bangor. On exhibition October 12 - December 1, 2007.

This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News Posted: 03 Dec 2010 06:35 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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