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• Our AKN Editor Visits The Central Museum In Utrecht ~ The Earliest Municipal Museum of The Netherlands
• Cal State Fullerton Art Gallery to show Art Nouveau & the Female Figure
• Mauritshuis in The Hague to Display A Private Collection of Dutch Masters
• Vintage Poster Market Proves as Strong as Ever at Poster Auctions International
• Van Gogh Museum Acquires Exciting Paintings by Louis Anquetin
• Carnegie Museum of Art Shows ~ Rembrandt’s Great Subjects ~
• Bowers Museum hosts Major Retrospective by Latin American Artist Fernando Botero
• " Andy Warhol & Other Famous Faces " on view at Maryhill Museum of Art
• Heist-proof museums? U.S. Buildings Aided by Design, Location & Security
• Matt Lamb Retrospective at the State Russian Museum
• 1913 Lost Lincoln Film Found in New Hampshire Barn Cleanup
• The Milwaukee Art Museum presents The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs
• Peter de Francia: 'The Ship of Fools' at Pallant House
• U.S. Philanthropist Gives Modern Art to Cuban Museum
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

Our AKN Editor Visits The Central Museum In Utrecht ~ The Earliest Municipal Museum of The Netherlands Posted: 14 Jan 2011 06:46 PM PST The Centraal Museum in Utrecht is known as the the earliest municipal museum of the Netherlands. Founded in 1838, the museum is located in a former medieval Augustinian monastery which was enlarged in the beginning of the 20th century and converted into a museum. It encircles a beautiful historic garden. Initially, the collection - exhibited on the top floor of the Utrecht townhall - was limited to art related to the city of Utrecht. In 1921 the collection merged with various private collections in the new 'centralised museum' (hence the name 'Centraal museum', centraal being the Dutch word for central) Sections of the building were also used as an orphanage, military stable and a psychiatric hospital.Utrecht's ancient city-centre features many buildings and structures from the early Middle Ages. It has been the religious centre of the Netherlands since the eighth century. In 1999 the Centraal museum went under renovations by architects Stéphane Beel, Lieven Achtergael and Peter Versseput. The museum consists of a central courtyard surrounded by a series of historical buildings, including a church and additional modern extensions. The museum also has a series of additional buildings such as the Bruna House, with more than 1,200 works by artist Dick Bruna, and the Rietveld-Schröderhuis, which is listed on the Unesco Heritage List since the end of year 2000. The Centraal museum has an abundance of permanent collections as well as special exhibitions. Currently, the collection comprises pre-1850 art, modern art, applied art, fashion and the city history of Utrecht. The museum presents - besides it's semi-permanent presentations of the collocation - annually about 12 exhibitions which attract a total of 225.000 visitors each year. In recent years the museum became more and more a platform for international, contemporary art. However, the focus on contemporary art from non-western countries as the planned exhibition "Beyond the Dutch. Indonesia, The Netherlands and the visual arts since 1900" is the one of the first exhibitions of the museum which presents the work of contemporary artists from the South. So far, the Centraal Museum has no further specific plans to continue this focus on non-western art. Utrecht is host to Utrecht University, the largest university of the Netherlands, as well as several other institutes for higher education. Due to its central position within the country it is an important transportation hub in the Netherlands. It has the second highest number of cultural events in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam. Visit the website at : www.centraalmuseum.nl/ The museum has a large and varied collection of art divided into five departments: old masters, modern art, design, fashion and local history. Among the highlights of the old masters are works by Seared, Van Scorel and the Utrecht Caravaggists, including Bloemaert, Ter Brugghen and Van Honthorst. The modern art collection provides a broad survey of Dutch visual art of the twentieth century, featuring work by Van Doesburg, Van der Leck and the "Magic Realists" like Koch, Willink and Moesman. Amongst the highlights of the museum is the one-thousand year old 'Utrecht Ship'. The ship is part of the collection 'Stadsgeschiedenis' (City History). The ship was found in 1930 near the Van Hoornekade in Utrecht and was put in the cellar of the 16th-century built part of museum. A much appreciated highlight is the reknowned collection of paintings by the Utrecht Caravaggians, such as Gerard van Honthorst and Hendrick ter Brugghen. Both of them travelled to Rome in the early 17th century to study the works of the Italian master Caravaggio. Along with the mannerists Joachim Wtewael, Abraham Bloemaert, Paulus Moreelse and renaissance-painter Jan van Scorel, the carravagists give the collection in Utrecht an international allure. The Centraal Museum possesses the largest Rietveld collection in the world. (Utrecht architect and designer Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (1888-1964) )The collection includes furniture, models, drawings as well as the Rietveld Schröderarchive and the Rietveld Schröderhouse. In the Centraal Museum the Rietveld collection is on permanent view. In addition the Centraal Museum has extensive collections of paintings, sculptures, applied art as well. It is a rich and varied collection ranging from the Middle Ages to the present. The collections of applied art and fashion occupy a prominent position within the museum and reflect design development, from simple utility to high fashion. The museum can also boast of a comprehensive overview of twentieth-century Dutch art with works by Van Doesburg, Van der Leck and Pyke Koch. Only one work of art from Utrecht is more famous around the world than the Rietveld chair, and that is "Miffy", the little rabbit created by Dick Bruna in 1955. Design icon, children's character, now a fashion brand – "Miffy" is an international phenomenon. 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.

Cal State Fullerton Art Gallery to show Art Nouveau & the Female Figure Posted: 14 Jan 2011 05:12 PM PST FULLERTON, CA.- Redefining the Line: Art Nouveau & the Female Figure features the graphic design, illustration and installation work of international contemporary artists : Pomme Chan, Deanne Cheuk, Naja Conrad-Hansen, Aya Kato, Pandarosa, Marguerite Sauvage, Alberto Seveso, Sonya Suhariyan, Yoshi Tajima and Eveline Tarunadjaja. Redefining the Line investigates the influence of historical Art Nouveau on contemporary artists and exhibits work by artists who use both traditional and digital media.

Mauritshuis in The Hague to Display A Private Collection of Dutch Masters Posted: 14 Jan 2011 05:09 PM PST THE HAGUE.- A selection of highlights from the remarkable art collection of Eijk and Rose-Marie de Mol van Otterloo will be on display at the Mauritshuis in The Hague (The Netherlands) this autumn. The exhibition Made in Holland: Old Masters from a private collection in America features 44 masterpieces produced by Dutch masters during the Golden Age. Not only are these works of outstanding quality, their subject matter is often intriguing. The selection includes works by Rembrandt, Frans Hals, Jacob van Ruisdael, Jan Steen and Hendrick Avercamp. One floor of the Mauritshuis will be transformed into the home of Van Otterloos for a period of three months. This will offer a unique opportunity to view these works, which are rarely exhibited in public.

Vintage Poster Market Proves as Strong as Ever at Poster Auctions International Posted: 14 Jan 2011 05:07 PM PST NEW YORK, NY.- A record number of buyers showed up at Poster Auctions International on November 8, proving that the vintage poster market is as strong as ever! In its 49th semi-annual auction of rare posters, Poster Auctions International realized over $1,600,000 million – a number 50% higher than that posted at this time last year. Art Deco certainly dominated the sale, with works by A.M. Cassandre and Paul Colin leading the way. Cassandre's famous poster for "Dubonet" as well as his "United States Lines", each saw $20,700, with his stately "La Route Bleue" close behind at $18,400. Even more impressive was Colin's "Leroy Opticien", far exceeding its estimate to reach $41,400. His portfolio "Le Tumulte Noir", a visual homage to the excitement of the "Jazz Age", also saw an impressive $23,000.

Van Gogh Museum Acquires Exciting Paintings by Louis Anquetin Posted: 14 Jan 2011 05:05 PM PST AMSTERDAM.- The Van Gogh Museum purchased the painting Woman on the Champs-Élysées by night (c. 1891) by Louis Anquetin (1861-1932). The purchase was made possible with support of the BankGiro Lottery, the Rembrandt Association (supported by Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds) and the VSB Foundation. The painting shows a mysteriously smiling lady in extravagant attire strolling alone in the glow of the streetlights along a grand boulevard in Paris. The painting seems to fit into a thematically linked group of works in which Anquetin depicted the piquant world of lesbian relationships. With Woman on the Champs-Élysées by night, the Van Gogh Museum is able to introduce visitors to the distinctive nocturnal and sinful side of Paris culture, thus providing more insight into Van Gogh's social and artistic environment.

Carnegie Museum of Art Shows ~ Rembrandt’s Great Subjects ~ Posted: 14 Jan 2011 05:02 PM PST Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - In honor of Rembrandt's 400th birthday, an exceptional selection of the master's etchings will be on view at Carnegie Museum of Art from November 4, 2006 through February 11, 2007.   Rembrandt's Great Subjects: Prints from the Collection showcases 60 etchings from the museum's collection of the artist's work, displays his renowned printmaking skills, and examines some of his most famous motifs: self-portraiture, portraiture, religion, mythology, landscape, genre scenes, and figure studies.  Rembrandt's evolutionary portrayal of these themes is examined in great depth through the presentation of works from the 1630s, 1640s and 1650s—three fascinating decades from his long and illustrious career.

Bowers Museum hosts Major Retrospective by Latin American Artist Fernando Botero Posted: 14 Jan 2011 05:00 PM PST SANTA ANA, CA.- For the first time in 30 years, world-renowned artist Fernando Botero unveils an exhibition in California when The Baroque World of Fernando Botero opened at Bowers Museum. The exhibition, which remains on view at Bowers Museum through December 6, 2009, in the Janice Frey Smith and Robert Gumbiner Galleries, includes a selection of recent sculptures never before shown in North America.Recognized worldwide for his unique style of voluminous forms and sensuous figures, Botero's work takes on religion, politics, and history with a critical and comical approach.

" Andy Warhol & Other Famous Faces " on view at Maryhill Museum of Art Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:58 PM PST GOLDENDALE, WA.- American Andy Warhol (1928-1987), one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th Century, on view at Maryhill Museum of Art in the spectacular Columbia River Gorge for a four-month exhibit in the form of his famous prints from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his Family Foundation. Opening on Saturday, July 19, the Andy Warhol & Other Famous Faces

Heist-proof museums? U.S. Buildings Aided by Design, Location & Security Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:55 PM PST Washington, DC - Last week's $123 million heist of cubist and post-impressionist works at the Paris Museum of Modern Art continues a rash of painting pilferage in Europe over the past decade, with sensational headlines vaulting across the Atlantic. Van Goghs vanish in Amsterdam in 2002! "The Scream" swiped in Oslo in '04! Picassos purloined in Paris in '07 and '09! Art crime is at least a $6 billion global business. So, at the risk of tempting fate, one wonders: Why not more theaft here in the U.S.?

Matt Lamb Retrospective at the State Russian Museum Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:54 PM PST St. Petersburg, Russia - The one-man retrospective show of Matt Lamb, an American artist, whose oeuvre belongs to both contemporary art and outsider art, is held in the State Russian Museum in the rooms of the Marble Palace.  The exhibition shows more than a hundred of his works of different creative periods. Matt Lamb (born 1932, Chicago), a successful American businessman, started to paint in 1984, at the age of 52.  Up to that time he had established an extremely successful and diversified business and represented a classical image of a self-made man.  Suddenly the doctors made him a fatal diagnosis and he decided to take the step that radically altered his life.  On exhibition 5 April - 15 May 2007.

1913 Lost Lincoln Film Found in New Hampshire Barn Cleanup Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:52 PM PST CONCORD, NH (AP).- In a tale celebrating the romance of movies, a contractor cleaning out an old New Hampshire barn destined for demolition found seven reels of nitrate film inside, including the only known copy of a 1913 silent film about Abraham Lincoln. "When Lincoln Paid," a 30-minute film about the mother of a dead Union solider asking Lincoln to pardon a Confederate soldier whom she had initially turned in, stars the brother of John Ford, director of "The Grapes of Wrath," ''The Quiet Man," and other classics.

The Milwaukee Art Museum presents The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:50 PM PST MILWAUKEE, WI.- The first major exhibition of furniture and decorative art by the protean American craftsman and designer Charles Rohlfs begins its five-venue national tour at the Milwaukee Art Museum June 6 through August 23, 2009. The product of an innovative three-institution partnership, the exhibition's scholarship is based on the Rohlfs family archives and newly discovered period sources, and brings together over forty pieces from ten museums and several private collections. The exhibition's tour concludes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the fall of 2010.

Peter de Francia: 'The Ship of Fools' at Pallant House Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:47 PM PST   Chichester, West Sussex, UK - Peter de Francia (b. 1921) is one of the most politically engaged British figurative painters of the post-war period. His work, based on sensitive draughtsmanship and subtle line, encompasses social commentary and political allegory. At Pallant House Gallery 13 October to 13 January, 2008.

U.S. Philanthropist Gives Modern Art to Cuban Museum Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:45 PM PST PARIS - An American-born philanthropist and curator has donated 120 works of modern art, including pieces by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro and Marcel Duchamp, to Cuba's National Museum of Fine Art. Gilbert Brownstone, 69, is based in France and says he admires Cuba because it has advanced the culture of its people. "I think I can help in this fight," he said in an interview with Agence France-Presse. "I will continue buying and donating works from the collection to the Cuban people."

Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:44 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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