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• Our Editor Is Escorted Though The Museum Ludwig By Prof. Kasper König, Director
• Tel Aviv Museum of Art Currently Showing Italian Paintings from Its Collection
• The National Gallery of Art features Philip Guston in a Focus Exhibition
• Film Chronicles the Dramatic Struggle for Control of the Barnes Foundation
• The Utah Museum of Fine Arts presents Las Artes de México Exhibition
• Van Gogh Museum Announces the Exhibition Illusions of Reality
• National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City Opens Spanish Civilization Exhibition
• Hokusai and Hiroshige Woodcuts at The Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
• Sotheby's New York to Sell Property from the Meyers Collection Esimated at $30 Million
• The Century of Modern Sculpture at the Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum
• Marika Rivera, Daughter of Artist Diego Rivera, Dies in England
• Frist Center for the Visual Arts to display Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration
• National Gallery of Art Acquires Leo Villareal's Major Installation "Multiverse"
• Let the Games Begin ~ 08-08-08 ~ at the Norton Museum of Art
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

Our Editor Is Escorted Though The Museum Ludwig By Prof. Kasper König, Director Posted: 04 Jan 2011 06:06 PM PST After World War II, Cologne developed into a thriving art centre, achieving a level of excellence that was rooted in a long tradition. The city had exceptional museum collections that had been saved from destruction during the war.The contract signed on 5 February 1976 by Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig covering their donation to the City of Cologne marked the founding of Museum Ludwig. In the contract, Peter and Irene Ludwig agreed to endow 350 modern artworks and in return the City of Cologne committed itself to build a dedicated "Museum Ludwig" for works made after the year 1900. The "twin" museum designed by the architectural team Peter Busmann and Godfrid Haberer, and opened in 1986, became home to both the Wallraf Richartz Museum as well as Museum Ludwig. In 1994 it was decided to separate the two institutions and to place the building on Bischofsgartenstrasse at the sole disposal of Museum Ludwig. The collection at Museum Ludwig covers the major currents and approaches in twentieth century and contemporary art. The core collection was amassed by a Cologne lawyer, Dr. Josef Haubrich (1889-1961). Directly after World War 2, in May 1946, he presented the City of Cologne with his Expressionism collection (Erich Heckel, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, August Macke, Otto Mueller) and works by other representatives of Classical Modernism (Marc Chagall, Otto Dix). In October 1946 a selection of 100 paintings was presented for the first time in the old University of Cologne. Among the visitors to this now legendary exhibition was a 21 year-old art history student from Mainz - Peter Ludwig. He was not only impressed by the art, but equally so by the collector and donor Josef Haubrich. As a person who had been denied the chance to see contemporary art in his youth as a result of the Nazi regime, after this encounter he resolved to likewise collect art and make it available to the general public. The first gift from the Ludwigs in 1976 brought works by the Russian avant-garde from the period 1905 to 1935 (Goncharova, Larionov, Exter, Popova, Malevich, Rodchenko) of singular quality and quantity to the newly founded museum. In addition to this came the most extensive AmericanPop Art Collection outside of the USA (including paintings, objects and environments by Lichtenstein, Rosenquist, Warhol and Wesselmann). In 1957 the collections were enriched by an important group of works by Max Beckmann in the form of the "Georg and Lilly von Schnitzler Bequest", and in 1958 the Willy Strecker Collection could be acquired and with that important works by among others Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Oskar Kokoschka and Paul Klee. Between the years 1976 and 1988 the husband and wife collectors Günther and Carola Peill donated bit by bit major works from their collection (paintings and graphics by Max Ernst, Alexej von Jawlensky, Willi Baumeister, and Ernst Wilhelm Nay). In 1994 Peter und Irene Ludwig handed the City of Cologne 90 works from their personal Picasso collection on condition that the Wallraf Richartz Museum moved to its own premises. The reopening of Museum Ludwig on 31 October 2001, an event that sadly one of the name givers was no longer alive to see, prompted Irene Ludwig to donate a further 774 works by Picasso. With that Museum Ludwig has the third largest Picasso Collection worldwide, after Barcelona and Paris. It offers a representative cross-section through every genre, material and technique explored by the artist. Time and again the tradition of collecting and donating has given new impetus to Museum Ludwig: its large exhibition for the reopening of the house - "Museum of our Wishes" (11 November 2001 to 28 April 2002) - made a direct appeal to the people of Cologne and their civic pride, as well as all the museum's other visitors, inviting them to take active part in shaping the museum by purchasing selected artworks and donating them to the museum. The contract signed on 5 February 1976 by Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig concerning their donation to the City of Cologne marked the founding of Museum Ludwig. A beginning of a noble collection of at of the 20th century. Roy Lichtenstein's "M-Maybe", Andy Warhol's Brillo Boxes and George Segal's "Restaurant Window", all icons of American Pop Art, had all just been completed when in 1969 they arrived at the Ludwig. The upper floors mostly contain works from the permanent collection, although here again individual galleries are used for temporary exhibitions of varying dimensions. The upper floors have galleries leading off from the uninterrupted axis that is referred to as the 'museum street'; on the first floor they are only on one side of the axis, whereas on the second floor they are on both sides. Large galleries alternate with small rooms. At the end of the 'street' a space rising over two floors provides a setting for large-scale installations. Here, at the eastern end, staircases again connect the three floors, thus enabling visitors to make their way through all the galleries. Other exhibition rooms are to be found on the first floor in the direction of the cathedral. Expressionist works are now on exhibition here. The tour of the museum is further enhanced by a series of openings that afford views of the Rhine, the cathedral, Heinrich-Böll-Platz and Hohenzollernbrücke bridge. The varied spatial concept offers visitors numerous options. They can decide themselves whether they want to see the whole museum or prefer to spend more time looking at the works on show in a certain section. Additional exhibition rooms are located on the lowest level next to the foyer of the Philharmonic Hall and can be opened to merge with it. The overall area of the exhibition spaces thus amounts to around 16,000 square metres. But there is more to come. The range of cultural services provided by the museum includes a library in the western part of the building opposite the entrance passageway. It has its own entrance, as does the cinema auditorium, which the North-Rhine Westphalia Film Forum (a society of eight partner organizations) has used since 2005. The roof terrace above, directly opposite the cathedral, serves as an open-air cinema in the summer. It is well worth returning to the complex some time on a summer evening just to enjoy watching a film in this incomparable setting. Museums need friends. Under this motto, the Freunde des Wallraf-Richartz-Museums und des Museums Ludwig e.V. has appealed over the years to the local citizens and won them over for the museums. With over 4,600 members, the Freunde is the oldest and largest museum association in Cologne. Its members span the generations and come from all walks of life and social spheres, and all live in Cologne and the vicinity. 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, Norway, Denmark and now Germany. 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.

Tel Aviv Museum of Art Currently Showing Italian Paintings from Its Collection Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:21 PM PST TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - The Tel Aviv Museum of Art holds numerous works by important Italian artists several of which are presently on show. Gino Severini is represented by one of his famous Futurist paintings from c. 1915, the portrait of Mrs. Meyer-See, a socialite and the wife of a well-known London art dealer, as well as by Dancers at Monico's (c. 1910), reflecting the influence of Neo-Impressionism, and Still Life with Mandolin (1918), a characteristic example of his variant of Cubism.

The National Gallery of Art features Philip Guston in a Focus Exhibition Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:18 PM PST   WASHINGTON, DC - A focus exhibition of works by American artist Philip Guston (1913–1980) at the National Gallery of Art inaugurates a new series of shows in the Tower Gallery of the East Building that center around developments in art since the 1970s. A dramatic and meditative space, the Tower is among the most elegant in the I.M. Pei building, which opened in 1978. On view February 1 through September 13, 2009, In the Tower: Philip Guston includes works drawn largely from the Gallery's own collection and features a six-minute film specially made for the exhibition.

Film Chronicles the Dramatic Struggle for Control of the Barnes Foundation Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:17 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The "Art of the Steal" chronicles the long and dramatic struggle for control of the Barnes Foundation, a private collection of Post-Impressionist and early Modern art valued at more than $25 billion. "THE ART OF THE STEAL", an IFC Film, runs 101 minutes, is in English, and is not yet rated by the MPAA. In 1922, Dr. Albert C. Barnes created The Barnes Foundation in Lower Merion Pennsylvania, five miles outside of Philadelphia with the intention of using his remarkable collection of Post-Impressionist and early modern art as an educational institution. Dr. Barnes built his foundation away from the city and the cultural elite who originally scorned his collection as "horrible, debased art," and set it on the grounds of his own home, an arboretum in the leafy suburbs.

The Utah Museum of Fine Arts presents Las Artes de México Exhibition Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:15 PM PST SALT LAKE CITY, UT.- The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) presents Las Artes de México, an exhibition celebrating more than 3,500 years of Mexican art, history, and culture. On loan from the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this exhibition will be on view in six of the UMFA's first-floor galleries during the summer of 2010, untol 26 September.Las Artes de México offers a dynamic look at Mexico's ancient, folk, and modern cultures, showcasing art from many different eras and regions. From ancient Mesoamerican artifacts to groundbreaking twentieth century artworks by modern masters, Las Artes de México examines the rich historical roots that have developed into the country's cultural landscape today.

Van Gogh Museum Announces the Exhibition Illusions of Reality Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:12 PM PST AMSTERDAM.- From 8 October 2010 to 16 January 2011, the Van Gogh Museum will be presenting Illusions of reality: Naturalist painting, photography and cinema, 1875-1918. The exhibition, curated by guest curator Gabriel P. Weisberg, Professor of Art History at the University of Minnesota, gives an overview of Naturalist painting in relation to photography and film, with work by artists including Léon Lhermitte and Jules Bastien-Lepage (France), Albert Edelfelt (Finland), Károly Ferenczy (Hungary), Anders Zorn (Sweden), and Thomas Anschutz (United States).

National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City Opens Spanish Civilization Exhibition Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:10 PM PST MEXICO CITY, DF - The National Anthropological Museum in Mexico City opens the exhibition España, encrucijada de civilizaciones (Spain, crossroad of civilizations) which will remain open until October 5. The show comprises 239 pieces representative of different historical periods from Spain. The exhibition gives the viewer an opportunity to discover old Spain, with centuries of history before Christ, which is framed in the Great Civilizations cycle organized by INAH(National Institute of Anthropology and History).

Hokusai and Hiroshige Woodcuts at The Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:07 PM PST Helsinki, Finland - The Ateneum Art Museum presents Hokusai and Hiroshige, on view through December 7, 2008. This exhibition comes from Japan. It presents coloured woodcuts by Hokusai (1760–1849) and Hiroshige (1797–1858), two of the best known landscape artists of the Edo period, from the 1830s to the 1850s. All the two hundred works featured in the exhibition come from the Yasusaburo Hara Collection in Tokyo, on loan outside Japan for the first time ever. The most famous work on display will be Hokusai's The Great Wave (ca. 1831) which has become one of the icons of Japanese art.

Sotheby's New York to Sell Property from the Meyers Collection Esimated at $30 Million Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:05 PM PST NEW YORK, NY.- Beginning this fall, Sotheby's will offer for sale Property from the Collection of Mary Schiller Myers and Louis S. Myers, noted collectors and arts benefactors from Akron, Ohio. Over a period of 40 years Mrs. Myers, with her husband, assembled a classic collection of Contemporary paintings and sculpture comprising a broad spectrum of American artists as well as an interesting group of European and British artists. Among the highlights are two outstanding works by Willem de Kooning: a painting from 1977, Untitled XV (est. $5/7 million) and a sculpture from 1974, Large Torso (est. $4/6 million). Important pieces by Calder, Judd, Mitchell, Neel, Thiebaud, Oldenburg, Noguchi, and others, will also be offered. Approximately twenty works will be included in the Evening Sale on 11 November 2009, with more than fifty being offered the following day.

The Century of Modern Sculpture at the Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:03 PM PST Duisburg, Germany - Visitors to the Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum – Center for International Sculpture tend to ask us the same questions again and again: What is the difference between sculpture cut from a block and sculpture molded to form, what is object art, what is environment and room installation?

Marika Rivera, Daughter of Artist Diego Rivera, Dies in England Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:01 PM PST LONDON (AP).- Marika Rivera, a daughter of the Mexican artist Diego Rivera, has died in England, her son said Tuesday. She was 90. She died Jan. 14, 2010 of advanced dementia at Chestnut House nursing home in Charlton Down, England, said David Phillips, her son by her second marriage. Marika Rivera was born Nov. 13, 1919. Marika Rivera, a film and stage actress who had little contact with or support from her father, was born from his tempestuous affair with the Russian-born artist Marevna Vorobieff.

Frist Center for the Visual Arts to display Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:59 PM PST NASHVILLE, TN.- The work of Chuck Close, renowned as one of America's foremost artists in any medium, will be featured in Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration, opening in the Frist Center for the Visual Arts' Ingram Gallery June 26, 2009. The exhibition will remain on view through the summer and will close Sept. 13, 2009. Additional galleries explore Close's pulp-paper works, various silk screen techniques and explore his work with master printmakers.

National Gallery of Art Acquires Leo Villareal's Major Installation "Multiverse" Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:57 PM PST WASHINGTON, DC.- Conner Contemporary Art announced that the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC has acquired for the permanent collection Leo Villareal's installation Multiverse. Multiverse, the largest and most complex light sculpture created by American artist Leo Villareal, may be seen and experienced by visitors as they pass through the Concourse walkway between the East and West Buildings of the National Gallery of Art. Commissioned by the Gallery and on view until November 2009, the work features approximately 41,000 computer-programmed LED (light-emitting diode) nodes that run through channels along the entire 200-foot-long space. The development of this LED project began in 2005, and the installation created by Villareal specifically for this location began in September 2008.

Let the Games Begin ~ 08-08-08 ~ at the Norton Museum of Art Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:54 PM PST WEST PALM BEACH, FL - Organized to coincide with the opening of the Beijing Summer Olympic, Let the Games Begin: The Art of Competition and Just Plain Fun features works of art associated with games ranging from fierce competition to simple pleasure. A broad spectrum of works from a variety of cultures and artistic media were selected to celebrate the history of games. Included are Chinese, American, European, contemporary, and photographic art from the Norton Museum collection with a handful of loans from other museums and private collections.

Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:53 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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