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• The Deichtorhallen in Hamburg, Germany ~ Europe's Largest Exhibition Hall For Contemporary Art & Photography - Toured by AKN Editor
• First Book on Collecting Chinese Contemporary Art Published in Chinese
• Monumental Horses “Indoor, Outdoor, Next Door” Take Center Stage in Sedona AZ
• National Gallery of Victoria Presents Exhibition of Photographic Works
• Red Dot Art Fair returns to New York City in March
• Frye Art Museum presents American Modernism in the Frye Collection
• The Photo Exhibition 'Soul and Body' Attracts a Record Number of Visitors in Budapest
• Julie & Edward J. Minskoff Art Collection Acquires Jonathan Prince Sculpture
• Slava Tch hosted at Lanning Gallery
• Pobeda Gallery Presents Survey of Last 10 Years of Alexandra Catiere's Career
• Debra Ramsay's Encaustic Paintings at Franklin 54 Gallery
• Wexler Gallery will feature "The Self & Beyond" a Group Show
• Yale University Art Gallery shows Photographs of Jerome Liebling & Collection of Doris Bry
• Merce Cunningham, One of the Greatest American Dancers & Choreographers ~ Dies at 90
• This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News

The Deichtorhallen in Hamburg, Germany ~ Europe's Largest Exhibition Hall For Contemporary Art & Photography - Toured by AKN Editor Posted: 07 Jan 2011 08:22 PM PST The Deichtorhallen are a pair of buildings in Hamburg, Germany, formerly used as a market and now a centre for temporary exhibitions of modern art, photography and design. The Deichtorhallen consist of Europe's largest exhibition hall for contemporary art together with the more recent Haus der Photographie (House of Photography). They are located in the centre of Hamburg, between the Kunstmeile ("art mile") and the former docks area, HafenCity. The spacious buildings are distinguished architecturally by their open steel-girder and glass construction, and offer a visually impressive venue for the large international art exhibitions hosted there today. There is also a design store, a specialist photography bookstore and a restaurant. The Deichtorhallen do not house a permanent collection, but instead a continually changing series of exhibitions; however, the basis of the Haus der Photographie is two collections on extended loan: the collection of the photographer F.C. Gundlach, one of Germany's leading collectors of artistic and fashion photography; and the archive of the magazine Der Spiegel, which with over three million images is the largest journalistic research archive in Germany. Next to the buildings is a moored balloon, "HiFlyer", which offers views across the city. What were once two market halls, today provide some 6,000+ square meters of exhibition area forming one of Europe's largest centers for art exhibitions". ...Anyone who hates that museum feel will love the old halls; no sense of claustrophobia here, a modern ambience, and the shows are always exciting," is how the magazine "MarieClaire" describes the Deichtorhallen. The editors of the annual CAPITAL-Kunstkompass art guide rank the Deichtorhallen among their group of only ten internationally important museums and art institutions alongside the likes of the Guggenheim and MOMA, New York, the Stedelijk, Amsterdam, the Tate Modern, London and the Center Georges Pompidou, Paris.The restored halls were donated by the Körber Foundation to the city of Hamburg. In 1989 they were assigned to the Deichtorhallen-Ausstellungs GmbH. The Deichtorhallen's international art exhibition program was launched by Harald Szeemann who curated the first show "Einleuchten" which opened on November 9, 1989. Open steel and glass architecture highlight the spacious historic buildings which today offer room for spectacular, large-scale international exhibitions. Deichtorhallen Director Dr. Robert Fleck fills these rooms with international contemporary art grouped under particular headings – or with single shows on Warhol and Marc Chagall through to Haring. This catalogue of artists is also supplemented by star photographers such as Newton, Leibowitz and Penn. The "Deichtorhallen" enjoy an impeccable international reputation, based upon the six to eight annual exhibitions of art and art history which are consistently representative of an extremely high international standard. The gallery therefore has established itself as an important platform for creative art after 1945. They have included comprehensive shows by such artists as Andreas Gursky (1994), Cindy Sherman (1995), Jason Rhoades (1999), Andrea Zittel (1999), Elizabeth Peyton (2001) and Wolfgang Tillmans (2001). Furthermore, thematic and group exhibitions have gone on tour as have renowned international art collections such as the Center Pompidou Collection (1990) or the Goetz Collection (1998 – 1999). Since its reopening in April 2005, the House of Photography has organized exhibitions spotlighting the diversity of photography, presenting unknown but world class photographers as well as photographic stars since photography's beginnings in the 19th century through to the current upheaval marked by the transition from traditional to digital-electronic photographs. Visit website at : www.deichtorhallen.de/ No permanent collection is mounted in the Deichtorhallen Halls. The emphasis is firmly on temporary exhibitions, despite the House of Photography being based around two collections: the F. C. Gundlach collection, one of Germany's leading compilations of artistic and fashion photography, and the Spiegel magazine photo library, Germany's biggest research archive for journalists, with more than three million pictures. The emphasis is firmly on temporary exhibitions, despite the House of Photography being based around two collections: the F. C. Gundlach collection, one of Germany's leading compilations of artistic and fashion photography, and the Spiegel magazine photo library, Germany's biggest research archive for journalists, with more than three million pictures. Since its reopening in April 2005, the House of Photography has organized exhibitions spotlighting the diversity of photography, presenting unknown but world class photographers as well as photographic stars since photography's beginnings in the 19th century through to the current upheaval marked by the transition from traditional to digital-electronic photographs. The central element in all this is the F.C. Gundlach Collection, one of the leading collections of art and fashion photography which the Deichtorhallen succeeded in keeping in Hamburg. It is on permanent loan to the Deichtorhallen and will be shown gradually over the upcoming years juxtaposed with works from the international world of photography. The architectural conception was based upon the ideas of Prof. F. C. Gundlach and is a substantial and sensitive development of the renovationof the former market hall by Josef P. Kleihues in 1989. After the construction of the Schürmann-Wing at the Museum of Arts and Crafts and the adaptation of Bucerius Artforum in Hamburg architect Jan Störmer has now set a third landmark in the Hamburg cultural landscape with the House of Photography. The hall has received a new climate and light system, separate exhibition cabinets, a hightech auditory, an interactive educational lounge, a library, a storage space for the photographic collections as well as a bookshop and the new restaurant »Fillet of Soul«. The House of Photography thus fulfills the physical and conservatory conditions for a multidisciplinary vital and internationally working exhibition center. 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.

First Book on Collecting Chinese Contemporary Art Published in Chinese Posted: 07 Jan 2011 08:21 PM PST NEW YORK, NY.- AW Asia announced the publication of the Chinese-language version of Chinese Contemporary Art: 7 Things You Should Know by Melissa Chiu, director of the Asia Society Museum in New York City and vice president of the Society's global arts program. Chinese contemporary art continues to be a major force in the international art world, and the current economic climate has created a unique opportunity for new and experienced collectors in this field, particularly in China itself.

Monumental Horses “Indoor, Outdoor, Next Door” Take Center Stage in Sedona AZ Posted: 07 Jan 2011 08:17 PM PST SEDONA, AZ -   June's "1st Friday Gallery Tour" event in Sedona will feature a special joint celebration at Lanning Gallery and Turquoise Tortoise Gallery right in the heart of the Gallery District, a reception that is planned to spill outdoors, indoors and next door as the sister galleries welcome three artists to town. On June 5th, from 5-8 p.m., visitors will have the rare pleasure to meet Dixie Jewett who welds the monumental horses that are so eye-catching outside Hozho Center.   Jewett is a rare breed of artist; once an Alaskan bush pilot she combines her mechanical skills of building and welding with an impeccable eye for artistic detail and the conformation of horses.

National Gallery of Victoria Presents Exhibition of Photographic Works Posted: 07 Jan 2011 08:15 PM PST MELBOURNE, AU - The National Gallery of Victoria presents Re_view, an exquisite exhibition of international photographic works representing over forty years of collecting. Through a selection of 36 key pieces, this exhibition chronologically explores the rich history of photography. Re_view presents the evolution of photography, with examples of early experimentalism, Pictorialism, modernism, social documentary and conceptual work. It showcases some of the finest works by the best loved photographers.  On exhibition 16 October through 4 April, 2010.

Red Dot Art Fair returns to New York City in March Posted: 07 Jan 2011 08:13 PM PST NEW YORK, NY.- Red Dot Art Fair announced its return to New York City, March 4 through 7, 2010. Red Dot Art Fair will partner with MillionTreesNYC, a project initiated by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and New York Restoration Project (NYRP) Founder Bette Midler. Led by the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and NYRP, MillionTreesNYC has a goal to plant and care for one million trees across the City's five boroughs over the next decade. The opening reception on Thursday, March 4th, will benefit this great initiative. All donations will support future tree plantings and each benefactor will be awarded a custom certificate from MillionTreesNYC.

Frye Art Museum presents American Modernism in the Frye Collection Posted: 07 Jan 2011 08:11 PM PST SEATTLE, WA.- Open Roads and Bedside Tables: American Modernism in the Frye Collection, on view through January 10, 2010, presents works from the Frye Collection that explore how American artists created distinctly American subjects for American audiences. Located on Seattle's First Hill, the Frye Art Museum first opened its doors in 1952 as the legacy of Charles and Emma Frye, prominent early-twentieth century Seattle business leaders and art collectors.

The Photo Exhibition 'Soul and Body' Attracts a Record Number of Visitors in Budapest Posted: 07 Jan 2011 08:07 PM PST BUDAPEST - The photography exhibition Soul and Body at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest has attracted more than 36 thousand visitors since its opening in early June, which makes it the most frequented Hungarian exhibition of photographic art. More than 220 works by some 90 artists, including André Kertész, László Moholy-Nagy, Brassaï, Robert Capa, are displayed at the exhibition, open until late August.

Julie & Edward J. Minskoff Art Collection Acquires Jonathan Prince Sculpture Posted: 07 Jan 2011 08:06 PM PST NEW YORK, NY.- Jonathan Prince, a sculptor whose recent works were the subject of a solo exhibition at Cynthia-Reeves in Chelsea, has placed a key sculpture, Light Box, in the noted collection of 20th- and 21st-century art of Julie and Edward J. Minskoff. Mr. Minskoff, President of Edward J. Minskoff Equities, Inc., a New York-based real estate acquisition and development company, creates buildings that are widely acclaimed as art forms themselves. Mr. and Mrs. Minskoff generously display much of their art collection in public view throughout their buildings.

Slava Tch hosted at Lanning Gallery Posted: 07 Jan 2011 08:01 PM PST Sedona, AZ - For over twenty years Lanning Gallery has brought the work of nationally and internationally known classic and contemporary artists to Sedona, deep in the red rock region of northern Arizona. Located in the heart of the city's renowned "Gallery Row." On July 6th, from 5-8 p.m., the gallery will hold a reception to celebrate the encaustic paintings of Russian-born artist Slava Tch. The rich, neo-primitive work of the artist showcases the astonishing skill involved in painting with this ancient and challenging medium. Encaustic is the combination of precisely melted beeswax and pure pigment which combines to create luminous colors of nearly sculptural depth.

Pobeda Gallery Presents Survey of Last 10 Years of Alexandra Catiere's Career Posted: 07 Jan 2011 07:59 PM PST MOSCOW.- Alexandra Catiere was born in 1978 in Minsk, Belarus. She fell in love with photograhy while studying at Minsk state linguistic university. In 2003, under the influence of her art guru, famous soviet artist Yuriy Kuper, she moved to New York where she completed a certificate program at the International Center of Photography. After graduating from ICP, she worked for a year in the studio of an internationally renowned photographer Irving Penn.

Debra Ramsay's Encaustic Paintings at Franklin 54 Gallery Posted: 07 Jan 2011 07:57 PM PST New York City - Franklin 54 Gallery is pleased to present a show of encaustic paintings by Debra Ramsay.  These intricate paintings on wood are designed with the use of fragile materials in the detailed eggshell inlay and gold leaf that has been exactly applied by the artist.  Taking days to prepare the eggshells, they are individually glued onto the surface to give us a striking contrast between the hard surface of the wood and the fragileness of the eggshell.  On exhibition 1-28 February, 2007.

Wexler Gallery will feature "The Self & Beyond" a Group Show Posted: 07 Jan 2011 07:54 PM PST PHILADELPHIA, PA - Wexler Gallery is proud to present The Self & Beyond , a group show curated by Sienna Freeman, Associate Director of the Wexler Gallery.   The exhibition explores the idea of self as experienced through the body- an organic and temporary vessel in which the psyche is housed during life.   Featured artists include Kiki Smith, Dana Major Kanovitz, Monica Cook and Melanie Bilenker .   The exhibition will run from September 4th through October 31st, 2009.   An opening reception will take place on First Friday, September 4th, from 5 – 8pm.

Yale University Art Gallery shows Photographs of Jerome Liebling & Collection of Doris Bry Posted: 07 Jan 2011 07:51 PM PST NEW HAVEN, CT -  The Yale University Art Gallery is excited to announce two photography shows that delve into the heart of what a photograph can mean. "From Any Angle: Photographs from the Collection of Doris Bry" is a stunning selection of seventy works from a collection of nearly three hundred that Doris Bry has lent on a long-term basis to the Gallery. The concurrent exhibition, "Everyday Monuments: The Photographs of Jerome Liebling," explores the many facets of one artist's practice. Active since the late 1940s, American artist Jerome Liebling has explored a variety of photographic themes including social-documentary photographs of people and places.

Merce Cunningham, One of the Greatest American Dancers & Choreographers ~ Dies at 90 Posted: 07 Jan 2011 07:47 PM PST NEW YORk, NY.- Merce Cunningham, who was among the most influential choreographers of the 20th century, and was at the forefront of the American avant-garde for more than 50 years, died on Sunday night, the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation said. He was 90. Throughout much of his life, Cunningham was also considered one of the greatest American dancers. A constant collaborator who has influenced artists across disciplines—including musicians John Cage and David Tudor, artists Robert Rauschenberg and Bruce Nauman, designer Romeo Gigli, and architect Benedetta Tagliabue—Cunningham's impact extends beyond the dance world to the arts as a whole.

This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News Posted: 07 Jan 2011 07:46 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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