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• We Welcome 2011
• Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art ~ Form, Balance, Joy at Chicago's MCA
• Bill Viola Presents "Emergence" at the Galleria dell'Accademia
• Mystic Masque ~ Georges Rouault, 1871-1958 at The McMullen Museum of Art
• The Famous Magnum Gallery to Open in Saint Germain des Prés in Paris
• The Saatchi Gallery Opens Its Largest Show Since Moving to Chelsea
• The Nasher Museum Hosts New Photography & Video From China
• Studio Museum in Harlem displays " Barkley L. Hendricks ~ Birth of the Cool "
• Miami Art Museum Presents Exhibition of Interactive Works by Carlos Cruz-Diez
• Gothenburg Museum of Art Shows " Modern Women "
• Guggenheim Masterpieces From The Collection in Las Vegas
• Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park to host Major Retrospective of British Sculptor Lynn Chadwick
• Helene Schjerfbeck: "Finland’s best-kept secret" at The Gemeentemuseum
• The Nationalmuseum ~ Sweden's Premier Museum Of Art & Design
• 'Masters & Pupils' by Dr Gert-Rudolf Flick
• This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News

We Welcome 2011 Posted: 01 Jan 2011 09:12 PM PST ANNOUNCEMENT: Because of the New Year Holiday we are 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 a Happy Holiday Season !

Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art ~ Form, Balance, Joy at Chicago's MCA Posted: 01 Jan 2011 09:09 PM PST CHICAGO, IL (AP).- Colorful mobiles made from boldly painted sheet metal and steel wires will dangle above visitors' heads this summer as the Museum of Contemporary Art displays an exhibit of 60 works by Alexander Calder. But this Calder show, which debuts Saturday, doesn't only feature the artist's abstract pieces in the museum's large, white main-floor gallery. In an equally large gallery across the way, dozens of works by young artists who have a Calderesque style are on view. Exhibition dates 26 June through 17 October, 2010.

Bill Viola Presents "Emergence" at the Galleria dell'Accademia Posted: 01 Jan 2011 09:05 PM PST FLORENCE, ITALY - The Galleria dell'Accademia will present the restored Pietà da Palestrina, the marble group sculpture attributed to Michelangelo and exhibited in the Tribune of the David. On this occasion at 10.00 p.m. in the Tribune of the David the Galleria dell'Accademia of Florence proposes the video Emergence (2002) by Bill Viola in the presence of the artist himself. This event intends to suggest a meditation on the theme of the Pietà, a central theme in the life and work of Michelangelo starting from his youth (St. Peter's Pietà), and then repeatedly in later age (the Bandinelli Pietà intended for his own tomb, and the Rondanini Pietà).

Mystic Masque ~ Georges Rouault, 1871-1958 at The McMullen Museum of Art Posted: 01 Jan 2011 09:02 PM PST CHESTNUT HILL, MA.- The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College hosts an exclusive exhibition, Mystic Masque: Semblance and Reality in Georges Rouault, 1871-1958, on view August 30 through December 7, 2008. It marks the fiftieth anniversary of the 1958 death of the French Fauvist and Expressionist painter and printmaker, and aims to recover the artist for a new generation by uncovering dissonant aspects of his work, which exhibition curator Stephen Schloesser, SJ, an associate professor in BC's History Department, argues have been obscured by "forced conventional consonances."

The Famous Magnum Gallery to Open in Saint Germain des Prés in Paris Posted: 01 Jan 2011 09:00 PM PST PARIS.- On November 20, 2009, Magnum, the legendary photo collective, will open a gallery in the heart of Saint Germain des Prés, in the former exhibition spaces of Robert Delpire, one of France's most distinguished publishers and photography connoisseurs. The opening exhibition, "Demain/Hier" (tomorrow/yesterday) will be curated by Robert Delpire himself and will focus on the 'new generation' of Magnum photographers, set against the backdrop of those who founded the photographers' collective decennia ago. With one existing gallery in Montmartre, the opening of a space at the whirling core of Saint Germain not only positions Magnum in the epicenter of an illustrious and vivifying arts neighborhood, it also takes the collective right back to its origins which were deeply rooted in Paris's Left Bank. This history will be the background against which an engaging program of commercial exhibitions, lectures and events will be set, aimed at revealing the personality as much as the work of all eighty Magnum members.

The Saatchi Gallery Opens Its Largest Show Since Moving to Chelsea Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:58 PM PST LONDON.- On 2 June, the Saatchi Gallery opened its largest show since moving to Chelsea. Entitled Newspeak: British Art Now, the exhibition will feature some of the most exciting artists to have emerged in the UK in the last few years who are still largely unknown in the wider art world. Over a decade after Sensation and the advent of the YBAs, this new generation of artists are making work that collectively offers an arresting insight into the future of contemporary art in Britain. Exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery on view through 17 October, 2010.

The Nasher Museum Hosts New Photography & Video From China Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:55 PM PST Durham, NC - Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China, which examines photo and video art from China produced since the mid-1990s, is on view at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University from Oct. 26 through Feb. 18, 2007.  The exhibition concludes an international tour that has included showings in New York, Chicago, Seattle, London, Berlin and Santa Barbara, Calif.  The Nasher Museum of Art is a major new arts center on Duke's campus that serves the university, Research Triangle area and surrounding region with exhibitions and educational programs.

Studio Museum in Harlem displays " Barkley L. Hendricks ~ Birth of the Cool " Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:53 PM PST NEW YORK CITY - The Studio Museum in Harlem is proud to present Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool, the first career retrospective of the renowned American artist. Hendricks (b. 1945) is best known for his life-size portraits of people of color from the urban northeast in the 1960s and 70s. His bold portrayals of attitude and style capture a moment of fashion following the civil rights movement—he depicts iconic power within his subjects. On view through 15 March, 2009.

Miami Art Museum Presents Exhibition of Interactive Works by Carlos Cruz-Diez Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:49 PM PST MIAMI, FL.- The Miami Art Museum presents an exhibition of interactive works by Carlos Cruz-Diez (b. 1923, Caracas), one of Latin America's most important living masters. "Carlos Cruz-Diez: The Embodied Experience of Color" marks the artist's first exhibition to focus solely on sensory chromatic environments and interactive projects. The exhibition will feature four participatory environments created from color and light including Cromosaturación (Chromosaturation), a groundbreaking artwork first conceived in 1965. On view 20 March through 20 June, 2010.

Gothenburg Museum of Art Shows " Modern Women " Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:45 PM PST Gothenburg, Sweden - 'Modern Women' is the first exhibition devoted entirely to the work of women artists in the Nordic countries.  Essential questions raised here are the status of women artists in contemporary art and the conditions under which their work is created.  The women exhibited in Modern Women lived and worked for the most part in the shadow of famous male artists, but they nevertheless managed to create art of high artistic quality and marked by impressive originality.  They were courageous and uncompromising and many of them ahead of their time.  This is especially apparent in contemporaneous newspaper articles which reveal that their day was not yet ripe for the avant-garde art that many of them produced.  And in several cases their very sex was a source of further ridicule and criticism.

Guggenheim Masterpieces From The Collection in Las Vegas Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:43 PM PST Las Vegas, NV - This exhibition presents 37 treasured masterpieces from the collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, that chart modern artists' experimental interpretations of the academic themes of portraiture, landscape, still life, and genre. On view through 27 April, 2008.

Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park to host Major Retrospective of British Sculptor Lynn Chadwick Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:41 PM PST GRAND RAPIDS, MI -  Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, one of world's most comprehensive sculpture and botanic experiences, is the premier location of the first U.S. retrospective exhibition of British sculptor Lynn Chadwick, since the artist's death in 2003. "Lynn Chadwick: In Contact" is on view October 9, 2009, through January 3, 2010. More than 40 sculptures and five lithographs trace five decades of Chadwick's career as one of the most important British sculptors of the 20th century. Chadwick's sculptures display a fascinating evolution of personal images through a powerful series of abstracted human figures, animals, birds and imaginary beasts. Chadwick continued developing his critically acclaimed body of work into the late 20th century.

Helene Schjerfbeck: "Finland’s best-kept secret" at The Gemeentemuseum Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:36 PM PST   The Hague, Netherlands - The Gemeentemuseum presents the first retrospective exhibition of the work of Helene Schjerfbeck (1862 – 1946), a Finnish national icon, ever held outside Scandinavia. Sensitive landscapes, still lifes and penetrating portraits and self-portraits testify to the extraordinary talent of this unique modern artist. Schjerfbeck's work shows a highly individual development, transforming gradually from melancholy, late 19th-century academic Realism to her own very personal style tending towards abstract Expressionism. On exhibition until 2 Septmember, 2007.

The Nationalmuseum ~ Sweden's Premier Museum Of Art & Design Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:31 PM PST The Nationalmuseum is Sweden's premier museum of art and design. The collections comprise older paintings, sculpture, drawings and graphic art, and applied art and design up to the present day. We have two main people to thank for the role and scope of collections today. One of them is Carl Gustaf Tessin, who during his time as ambassador in Paris in the 1740s, bought contemporary French art of the highest quality. The other is King Gustav III. After Gustav III's death in 1792 founded the Royal.Museum of the King's memory, where his collections were transferred into the public domain, and most are in the Nationalmuseum. The museum's collections of paintings and sculptures comprise some 26,000 works. Artists such as Rembrandt, Rubens, Goya, Renoir, Degas and Gauguin are represented, as are the Swedish artists Carl Larsson, Ernst Josephson, C F Hill and Anders Zorn. The collection includes art from the late Middle Ages up to the beginning of the 20th century, with the emphasis on Swedish 18th and 19th century painting. Dutch painting from the 17th century is also well represented, and the French 18th century collection is regarded as one of the best in the world. The museum's collection of applied art, design and industrial design spans over a long period, from the 14th century to today. It consists of about 30,000 objects of which a third are ceramics and thereafter, in order of numbers, textiles, glass, precious and non-precious metals, furniture, books etc.The collection of applied art from the Renaissance to the early 20th century is currently not on display but will be shown in a new permanent exhibition in renovated halls. Form and artistic value are the basic criteria for museum acquisitions. Pieces from Sweden and the other Nordic countries are given priority, but other countries are represented, especially those that have been significant for design development. The collection of Prints and Drawings comprises about 500 000 items from late mediaeval times up to the year 1900. Central to the collections are in excess of 2000 master drawings that Carl Gustaf Tessin acquired during his tour of duty as Sweden's ambassador to France. Of particular importance are collections of works by Rembrandt, Watteau, Edouard Manet, Johan Tobias Sergel, Carl Larsson, Carl Fredrik Hill and Ernst Josephson.

'Masters & Pupils' by Dr Gert-Rudolf Flick Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:29 PM PST LONDON - This ground-breaking book is about a family tree.  Dr Gert-Rudolf Flick traces the 'apostolic succession' from Perugino in Italy in the fifteenth century to Edouard Manet in France in the nineteenth, as one painter passed on his knowledge to the next generation.  He shows how, over the centuries, the nature of artistic instruction changed, passing from the guild system and the individual workshop to the academy and elaborate institutions of state.

This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:28 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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