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• The Fabulous Munch Museum In Oslo, Norway ~ Impresses The AKN Editor On His Tour
• Green Art Gallery in Dubai to open Nazif Topcuoglu Solo Exhibition
• MoMA opens “Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century” ~ A Retrospective
• THE MEADOWS MUSEUM PRESENTS "TILE DESIGN IN VALENCIA "
• Getty Center to Exhibit "Urban Panoramas" by Three Noted Photographers
• Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMoMA) presents Tatiana Selvinskaya "Playing Classics"
• Kemper Museum Acquires Two Magnolia Laurie Paintings from Causey Contemporary
• Ludwig Mond’s Bequest: at The National Gallery - London
• Christie's to Offer Valuable Collection of Illuminated Manuscripts
• Helly Nahmad Gallery Announces Claude Monet Retrospective Exhibition
• Exhibition "Le Mouvement. From Cinema to Kinetics" at the Museum Tinguely
• Dow Jones Writer Surveys The Current Art Auction Market
• Keith Haring Anniversary Show at Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York
• Sperone Westwater exhibits Recent Sculptures by Bertozzi & Casoni
• galerie 103 Exhibits Early Work of Artist Doug Britt
• FORM ~ Contemporary Architects at Play at The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC)
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

The Fabulous Munch Museum In Oslo, Norway ~ Impresses The AKN Editor On His Tour Posted: 04 Dec 2010 07:18 PM PST When Edvard Munch died in January 1944, it transpired that he had unconditionally bequeathed all his remaining works to the City of Oslo. Edvard Munch's art is the most significant Norwegian contribution to the history of art, and he is the only Norwegian artist who has exercised a decisive influence on European art trends, above all as a pioneer of Expressionism in Germany and the Nordic countries. The Munch Museum opened in 1963 and was purpose-built to house this unique collection of approximately 1,100 paintings, 4.500 drawings and 18,000 prints. Major works will always be on display in the museum. The selections from the vast collection is changed regularly. The museum structure was designed by the architects Einar Myklebust and Gunnar Fougner (1911-1995). Myklebust also played an important role in the expansion and renovation of the museum in 1994 for the 50th anniversary of Munch's death. This site has also been the location of filming for an Olsenbanden-movie comedies from 1984. In 1994, expansion and rehabilitation of the museum was financed by the Japanese company Idemitsu Kosan Ltd. The museum was partly rebuilt in 2005 to upgrade security and modern visitor facilities. The City of Oslo promoted an architectural competition for a new Munch Museum in the area of Bjorvika, a new urban development were the Oslo Opera House is also located. The new museum will be completed in 2013 by the Spanish studio Herreros Arquitectos. The museum's programme also comprises film screenings, audio-guides, concerts, docent guided tours and lectures. The museum has a shop with miscellaneous reproductions of Munch's artwork, and illustrated catalogues galore. The museum's library houses extensive literature on Edvard Munch and other artists. Website:_ www.munch.museum.no/ The Norwegian artist Edvard Munch is regarded as a pioneer in the Expressionist movement in modern painting. At an early stage Munch was recognized in Germany and central Europe as one of the creators of a new epoch. His star is still on the ascendant in the other European countries, and in the rest of the world. Munch's art from the 1890s is the most well known, but his later work is steadily attracting greater attention, and it appears to inspire present-day artists in particular. Scholars from a variety of disciplines have explored the meanings of Munch's imagery, his sources in Symbolist art and his legacy for German Expressionism in the context of contemporaneous developments in psychology, literature, and philosophy. Edvard Munch is a unique figure in the history of modern art: he was the first Scandinavian visual artist to earn an international reputation in the explosion of creativity in the late 19th and early 20th century known as the "Scandinavian Renaissance." His haunting painting The Scream (1893) has become an iconic image of anxiety in the modern world and has made him one of the most recognized artists in the world. Yet there is much more to Munch's art than this single melodramatic note. He was a highly productive artist who worked for more than six decades, becoming a major portraitist and landscape artist, as well as perhaps the most searching explorer of human passions, including universal themes of love, death and spiritual seeking. Artistic success was accompanied by personal conflicts. Alcohol had become a problem, and Munch was emotionally unstable for many years. Before Munch died in January 1944, he had willed his large collection of pictures and un-catalogued biographical and literary notes to the City of Oslo. Currently an exhibition titled "Nudes". of Munch's paintings, prints and drawings is on view through 9 January, 2011. This special exhibition will concentrate on Munch's nudes in his paintings, graphic prints and drawings from the turn of the century to the 1920s. As early as 1895 Munch stated that "woman is a beautiful creature; I think I will just paint women". He produced relatively few nudes before the end of the century, but they became one of the artist's favorite motifs from about 1910 and well into the 1920s. 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.

Green Art Gallery in Dubai to open Nazif Topcuoglu Solo Exhibition Posted: 04 Dec 2010 07:16 PM PST DUBAI.- Green Art Gallery announces the opening of "Consolation", a solo show for Turkish photographer Nazif Topçuoğlu, marking the Istanbul-based artist's first appearance in the Middle East, in an effort to bring Turkey's exciting contemporary art to the region. The exhibition will encompass new works in addition to those developed in his earlier series including "Readers", "Curiosity & Experience" and "New World". On exhibition 12 December through 21 January, 2010.

MoMA opens “Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century” ~ A Retrospective Posted: 04 Dec 2010 07:14 PM PST New York Times - Rarely has the phrase "man of the world" been more aptly applied than to the protean photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, the subject of a handsome and large — though surely not anywhere near large enough — retrospective opening at the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA. For much of his long career as a photojournalist, which began in the 1930s and officially ended three decades before his death in 2004, Cartier-Bresson was compulsively on the move. By plane, train, bus, car, bicycle, rickshaw, horse and on foot, he covered the better part of five continents in a tangled, crisscrossing itinerary of arcs and dashes. In addition to being exhaustively mobile, he was widely connected. Good-looking, urbane, the rebellious child of French haute bourgeois privilege, he networked effortlessly, and had ready access to, and friendships with, the political and culture beau monde of his time. On view through 28 June, 2010.

THE MEADOWS MUSEUM PRESENTS "TILE DESIGN IN VALENCIA " Posted: 04 Dec 2010 07:09 PM PST DALLAS, TX (SMU) – Luminous, delicate and vibrantly colored, tiles are a fundamentally important element of Spanish art, architecture and urban life. The city of Valencia on the Spanish Mediterranean coast has been the center of tile production and design since the Middle Ages, and its tile industry remains internationally important today. The history of tiles reflects the beauty and diversity of Spanish art while paralleling its development. Tile Design in Valencia: From the Middle Ages Through the Early 20th Century, to be exhibited from July 22 through October 21, 2007 at the Meadows Museum in Dallas, showcases more than 100 pieces that have never been shown outside of Spain and reveals the evolution of Valencian tile design between 1300 and 1930. The show comes to the Meadows Museum directly from the Queen Sofia Institute in New York, its only other venue.

Getty Center to Exhibit "Urban Panoramas" by Three Noted Photographers Posted: 04 Dec 2010 07:08 PM PST LOS ANGELES, CA.- On view at the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Center, February 2 through June 6, 2010, "Urban Panoramas: Opie, Liao, Kim" brings together bodies of work by three contemporary photographers that recently entered the Museum's collection. Each artist explores a specific city and how various modes of transportation define the urban infrastructure. Selections from Catherine Opie's "Mini-malls" series, Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao's "Habitat 7" series, and Soo Kim's "Midnight Reykjavík" series will be on display. This exhibition will run concurrently with A Record of Emotion: The Photographs of Frederick H. Evans.

Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMoMA) presents Tatiana Selvinskaya "Playing Classics" Posted: 04 Dec 2010 07:06 PM PST MOSCOW, RUSSIA - The personal exhibition of Tatiana Selvinskaya at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art marks a significant date in the author's biography – her 81st birthday. The display presents works created during the last ten years of the artist's career, such as pieces from "Dedication" (1997), "Playing Classics" (2005) and "Artist and Sitter" (2007) series united by the theme of creative dialogue with the great masters of the past. On exhibition 17 April through 11 May, 2009.

Kemper Museum Acquires Two Magnolia Laurie Paintings from Causey Contemporary Posted: 04 Dec 2010 07:04 PM PST BROOKLYN, NY.- Causey Contemporary announced that two paintings by Magnolia Laurie are being acquired by the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, MO for their permanent collection. Paintings, "November Charlie" (I am in distress and require immediate assistance) and "To Abandon My Vessel" (Alfa Bravo) were selected for the museum by curator Barbara O'Brien after visiting Magnolia solo exhibition at Causey Contemporary. The exhibition entitled "All After: All Before" opened on February 12, 2010 and runs through March 13, 2010 at the gallery's 293 Grand St. Location in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg. This acquisition will mark the first by a museum of Magnolia's work.

Ludwig Mond’s Bequest: at The National Gallery - London Posted: 04 Dec 2010 06:59 PM PST London - Ludwig Mond's gift to the nation of 42 paintings is the single largest bequest to have been made to the National Gallery.  For the German industrialist, this gift of some of the most significant paintings by early Italian masters was a poignant way to contribute to his adopted country, providing a generous gift that can be enjoyed for many generations to come.  Bequests are crucial to the development and growth of our cultural heritage and are ever more vital as the Gallery moves into the 21st century.

Christie's to Offer Valuable Collection of Illuminated Manuscripts Posted: 04 Dec 2010 06:57 PM PST LONDON.- Christie's announce that they will offer the first part of an extensive selection of exceptional medieval and renaissance masterpieces on 7 July 2010 in London. The Arcana Collection: Exceptional Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula Part I is an outstanding private collection which has been assembled over the past 3 decades and which includes personal prayer books made for Royals, Bishops, Aristocracy and other important patrons from the 13th century to the 16th century. These include King François I of France, a leading patron of Leonardo da Vinci and the first owner of his masterpiece The Mona Lisa, as well as King Henry IV of France and Elizabeth de Bohun, great grandmother of King Henry V of England.

Helly Nahmad Gallery Announces Claude Monet Retrospective Exhibition Posted: 04 Dec 2010 06:55 PM PST LONDON.- This autumn Helly Nahmad Gallery presents a retrospective exhibition by the acknowledged principal of the French Impressionist school, Claude Monet. Taking in his diverse styles from the 1870s as he explored a wide range of subjects in all seasons and all types of weather in his commitment to painting in front of his motif, to the archetypal scenes of summer sunlight on the Seine at Argenteuil and the rural town of Vétheuil. This chronological survey touches on the artist's trips to London and Venice and the series works he embarked on at the turn of the century; depicting the essential character of these great cities enveloped by the most atmospheric effects of dense smog or luminous light.

Exhibition "Le Mouvement. From Cinema to Kinetics" at the Museum Tinguely Posted: 04 Dec 2010 06:53 PM PST BASEL.- The legendary "Le Mouvement" exhibition was held in the Galerie Denise René in Paris from 6 to 30 April 1955. The common element in the works on show was movement as means of expression, and the leaflet produced for the exhibition, Le manifeste jaune, postulated "Colour – Light – Motion – Time" as the basic principles for the further development of kinetic sculpture. The first section of the exhibition in the Museum Tinguely is devoted to presenting as comprehensive a reconstruction of this celebrated show as possible. Thanks to the loan of outstanding works from locations as varied as Venezuela, New York, Paris and Zurich, the goal could be achieved.  On view through 16 May, 2010.

Dow Jones Writer Surveys The Current Art Auction Market Posted: 04 Dec 2010 06:51 PM PST NEW YORK (Dow Jones) - Strong sales at the auction houses this month may not yet signal a broad recovery for the art market. The art community was pleasantly surprised when sales of Impressionist, modern and contemporary art at New York's top auction houses, Sotheby's (BID) and Christie's International, brought in about $596 million combined. It represented a 46% increase over spring sales in May.Leading the sales was Andy Warhol's "200 One Dollar Bills," which was last sold for $385,000 at Sotheby's in 1986 and was estimated to sell at $8 million to $12 million. The Warhol painting was sold for a shocking $43.8 million.

Keith Haring Anniversary Show at Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York Posted: 04 Dec 2010 06:49 PM PST NEW YORK, NY.- Tony Shafrazi Gallery is holding an exhibition of works by Keith Haring which celebrate the 20th anniversary of the passing of the artist born in Reading, Pennsylvania. Haring died in 1990 of AIDS-related complications. Haring achieved his first public attention with chalk drawings in the subways of New York. The exhibitions were filmed by the photographer Tseng Kwong Chi. Around this time, "The Radiant baby" became his symbol. His bold lines, vivid colors, and active figures carry strong messages of life and unity. Starting in 1980, he organized exhibitions in Club 57. He participated in the Times Square Exhibition and drew, for the first time, animals and human faces. In 1981 he sketched his first chalk drawings on black paper and painted plastic, metal and found objects. On view through 3 April, 2010.

Sperone Westwater exhibits Recent Sculptures by Bertozzi & Casoni Posted: 04 Dec 2010 06:47 PM PST NEW YORK, NY.- Sperone Westwater presents an exhibition of recent sculpture by the Italian team Bertozzi & Casoni. The artists' second solo show at the gallery, it consists of ceramic works in their remarkably realistic signature style. Bertozzi & Casoni reveal their brash and irreverent view of past arts and contemporary culture in their work. On exhibition 8 January through 20 March, 2010.

galerie 103 Exhibits Early Work of Artist Doug Britt Posted: 04 Dec 2010 06:46 PM PST Kaua'i, Hawaii - g a l e r i e  1 0 3  presents early paintings and constructions by Kauai's beloved artist  Doug Britt. Britt inspires the child in all of us, creating meaningful work in construction, painting and collage that, is anything but childlike. This personal work spanning  thirty years includes small and large format mixed media on cardboard and canvas; presented to the public for the first time. On view through 25 September.

FORM ~ Contemporary Architects at Play at The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) Posted: 04 Dec 2010 06:43 PM PST CINCINNATI, OHIO - The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) presents FORM: Contemporary Architects at Play, a collection of remarkable, new artworks from ten world-renowned architects, including Massimo Vignelli, Peter Eisenman, Zaha Hadid, Michael Graves, Thom Mayne, Bill Pedersen, Laurinda Spear, Jaime Velez, Buzz Yudell and Bernard Tschumi. Together the works, constructed in innovative materials provided by Formica Corporation, explore a range of artistic expression from the most creative designers working in architecture today, with designs ranging in scope from domestic pieces to conceptual sculpture.

Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 04 Dec 2010 06:42 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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