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• Our Editor Is Greeted At The Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean (The Mudam) In Luxembourg
• British Art Market Warns Against Proposed European Union Levy
• Andreas Hofer Exhibits at Charles Riva Collection in Brussels
• Loss of Control: Crossing the Boundaries to Art from Félicien Rops to the Present
• Like, Love, Lust ~ Michael Sarich at the Nevada Museum of Art
• Sonnabend Gallery features Designer Jean Royère Retrospective
• Milwaukee Art Museum to display Figurative Prints ~ 1980's Rewind
• 'A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years, 1917-1932,' by John Richardson
• The National Gallery of Art opens "Editions with Additions: Working Proofs by Jasper Johns"
• Museum Ludwig presents Franz West ~ Over 40 Works In His Auto/Theatre
• ' Facing Abstraction ' Hosted by The Hyde Collection
• Fotomuseum Winterthur Exhibits "The Stamp of Fantasy"
• Warhol /Hawkins /Meese at Pollack Fine Art
• The Drawing Room shows Yüksel Arslan ~ Visual Interpretations
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

Our Editor Is Greeted At The Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean (The Mudam) In Luxembourg Posted: 18 Jan 2011 08:14 PM PST The Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean (The Mudam) is the foremost museum dedicated to contemporary art in Luxembourg, and strives to be attentive to every discipline and open to the whole world. Its collection and programme reflect current artistic trends and appreciate the emergence of new artistic practices on a national and international scale. The building, which is the work of Sino-American architect, and Leoh Ming Pei, is a marvelous dialogue between the natural, historical, and modern environment. Standing against the vestiges of Fort Thüngen, it follows the course of the former surrounding walls, and is rooted in the Park Dräi Eechelen (planned by landscapists, Michel Desvigne and Christine Dalnoky) which offers magnificent views onto the old town. The asymmetrical V shape of the building, with 45 degree angles, rises over the ruins. Tucked into its fortified walls, the introverted shape of the fortress is still discernible in Pei's new building. The geometry of the museum is, so to speak, an extension of the fortress. The contrast with the fortress is all the more interesting because Pei's building has very geometrical volumes, and he opted for shapes that are both modern and classical. His architecture is formalist, while remaining sober and monumental. On its south-western front the building of the Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean looks onto down town – the Grund, Clausen and the Pfaffenthal – while on its north side is the "Place de l'Europe" where the main entrance is situated. Access to the museum will be via two bridges that cross the dry moat and converge leading to the arrowhead that reflects the shape of the museum. After the main reception area the visitor enters a space of light. As he moves forward he comes face to face with the Grand Hall, a glass structure 33 m high, made of a metallic frame surmounted by a bell-turret with a square top: this is the heart of the museum from which one can access its other spaces. A second glass structure on the right is as impressive: in response to the contour of the hall which stems from the original layout of the ancient foundations, I. M. Pei has designed a rounded and curved glass-structure. On the left, another glass structure, symmetrical to the one to the right but flattened, highlights the design of the different elements that make up the metallic structure. The building also offers a subtle outlook on the neighboring landscapes by providing an unexpected view of the forest and its surroundings. Uniquely, a balcony that overhangs the Grand Hall offers a view of the historical city centre. The museum is spread over three levels of 4,700 m2 of surface area dedicated to the visits. Its construction was begun in January 1999 and it was inaugurated on 1 July 2006. Level -1 introduces the visitor into a more intimate space where the overhead light gives way to a twilight appropriate to exhibit luminous works. The auditorium with 120 seats is also housed here. Set back from the building is a small octagonal construction – the Henry J. and Erna D. Leir Pavilion – linked by a transparent footbridge. This pavilion is surmounted by a glass-structure with a bell-turret and gives another view over the "Park Dräi Eechelen". On the first floor, two large exhibition spaces can be accessed by the large staircase which starts in the Grand Hall, or by lateral staircases that are in themselves great architectonic feats. The sheds that we find in the first floor exhibition spaces allow natural and widespread lighting without shades or reflections. The cultural aspects of the Mudam is based on a conception of art seen at a poetical distance from the world. Its key words are freedom, innovation, a critical mind, and all this, not devoid of humor. The programme favors every vector of expression while questioning our habits and our representations. It aims to capture not only a way of contemporary thinking, but also the aesthetic language of an age to come. Visit the museum website at : www.mudam.lu/ The museum presents international exhibitions and projects from all areas of contemporary art. At the time when Pei was commissioned to design the museum, the collection of art works was only just beginning. Even though Pei's design was not geared to specific works, it is nevertheless not neutral. Art and architecture are automatically linked closely with each other. The architecture does not try to dominate art, it simply provides it with a framework. Mudam Collection bears witness to a particular interest in artworks anchored in the contemporary world regardless of the techniques employed (painting, sculpture, photo, installation, video...). In January 2011 the collection includes over 560 artworks by near to 300 international artists. Through the works in its collection, Mudam explores a spirit that, since Marcel Duchamp, continues to infuse contemporary artistic creation. The practices of misappropriation and irony serve the critical spirit of the artists and give them the distance and the filters necessary to bring a sense of play to the serious artistic business of their quest. The Mudam Collection bares witness to contemporary creation in all its technical and aesthetic forms, while remaining open to every other artistic discipline: painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, as well as design, fashion, graphic design and new media are all put on show. Resolutely anchored in the contemporary, the collection endorses poetic variations from the great masters such as Bernd and Hilla Becher, Daniel Buren, Blinky Palermo or Cy Twombly. The collection is devoted to international artworks as well as to local productions. Luxembourgish artists make up around ten per cent of artists in the collection. They are chosen for their quality and relevance, without having to fulfill any quotas . .fine art rules. The recent exhibition of Attila Csörgö leads us into a universe of scientific exploration, providing a comprehensive overview of his career, beginning from the early 1990s and reaching international acclaim in the form of major art exhibitions and awards. Empirical folding of great mathematical complexity, hypnotic plays of light resting on indecipherable mechanical movements, and other inventions that combine fantasy with curiosity about extremely varied physical and mathematical phenomena. The exhibition at Mudam is the second issue of an international series that started at Ludwig Museum. "Just Love Me"is first in a series of exhibitions showing the diversity of approaches in collecting contemporary art, in and out of Luxembourg. The fifty chosen artworks are linked to - people and their habitat - through a selection concerning forms and architecture (Carl Andre, Richard Artschwager, Dan Flavin, Imi Knoebel...) and the body and its presence (John Baldessari, Sarah Jones, Hermann Nitsch...). Other works reproduce the idea of private space. The visitor is invited to wander through and encounter artworks worthy of a contemporary cabinet of curiosities containing the horn of Mark Dion's unicorn, the graphic work of Bruce Nauman or Wim Delvoye, a Luc Tuymans painting as well as a small canvas by Marlène Dumas. Exhibition open until February, 2011. The exhibition by Daniel Buren in the Grand Hall of the museum is the fruit of a joint invitation to the artist from Mudam and Centre Pompidou-Metz to create a specific installation in relation to their respective spaces. As is often the case with his work, the installation the artist has conceived for Mudam is concerned with "frames" - be they aesthetic, architectural or institutional - which condition any exhibited art, by rendering certain aspects visible. Exhibition is open until 22/05/2011. 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, Germany, the Netherlands and now Luxembourg. 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.

British Art Market Warns Against Proposed European Union Levy Posted: 18 Jan 2011 08:13 PM PST LONDON (REUTERS).- British auction houses fear that an EU levy on works of art by the likes of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, due to be introduced in 2012, could undermine their position as world leaders in the field. The British government has a temporary exemption from the EU's "droit de suite" levy on the re-sale price of works of art payable to the artist or the artist's inheritors for 70 years after his or her death. Extending the artists' resale right beyond living artists to those who have died in the last 70 years would increase the number of sales liable to the levy by four times, according to estimates from the British Art Market Federation.

Andreas Hofer Exhibits at Charles Riva Collection in Brussels Posted: 18 Jan 2011 08:11 PM PST BRUSSELS.- Charles Riva Collection presents the exhibition about the work of Andreas Hofer, one of the leading German contemporary artists. The show will display drawings, collages, paintings, and sculptures. In his work, Andreas Hofer creates complex visual worlds based on narrative structures. His thematic and formal references defy any categorization. His vocabulary ranges from Christian, Satanist, astrological or mythological symbolism to recollections from art history.  He juxtaposes figures from the fifties, pop culture and comic strip with icons of modernism or science-fictions, and confronts elements of horror from western mass media with the disgraced, banned stylistic features that marked the art of the Third Reich.

Loss of Control: Crossing the Boundaries to Art from Félicien Rops to the Present Posted: 18 Jan 2011 08:06 PM PST HERFORD, GERMANY.- In his extensive farewell exhibition at the Marta Herford Museum, founding director Jan Hoet presents a multiplicity of artistic perspectives and aspects on the theme of loss of control: "Loss of Control: Crossing the boundaries to art from Félicien Rops to the present. Obsession, sexuality, madness and death – the continuing exchange between art and life is the theme of the exhibition LOSS OF CONTROL.  After an eight-year engagement as the inspirational founding director of the Marta Herford museum, Jan Hoet is saying farewell with a show comprising over 400 works. All the pieces speak about the artistic search for authentic means of expression above and beyond societal norms, and convey in unprecedented depth the varying aspects of loss of control, boundary crossing, and madness.

Like, Love, Lust ~ Michael Sarich at the Nevada Museum of Art Posted: 18 Jan 2011 08:04 PM PST   RENO, NV – Like, Love, Lust: Michael Sarich, the first full-scale survey of work by the artist, opens at the Nevada Museum of Art (NMA) on January 26, 2008. Michael Sarich is among the most prolific artists working in northern Nevada today. Since coming to Reno in 1989 to teach art at the University of Nevada, Sarich has gained attention for his multi-layered and densely packed compositions that overflow with symbols and icons that he has incorporated into his own pictorial language. Like, Love, Lust features works ranging from the artist's early multi-layered personal narratives to his recent social commentaries. The exhibition will be on view through March 30, 2008.

Sonnabend Gallery features Designer Jean Royère Retrospective Posted: 18 Jan 2011 08:02 PM PST NEW YORK CITY - The Sonnabend Gallery reunites with curators Patrick Seguin and Jacques Lacoste to present the first important retrospective exhibition on the oeuvre of the seminal 20th Century designer Jean Royère (1902-1981).  The exhibition will present some 100 pieces (furniture and lighting) that retrace the career of one of the most innovative designs of the 20th Century. From among the selection to be exhibited: an exceptional bureau in fine straw marquetry, a rare "Flaque" low table, a "visiteur du soir" model settee, the emblematic "Ours Polaire" sofa, the "Starlette" day bed, and a plethora of lighting fixtures, such the "Persan," the "Eiffel Tower," and the "Mushroom."

Milwaukee Art Museum to display Figurative Prints ~ 1980's Rewind Posted: 18 Jan 2011 08:00 PM PST MILWAUKEE, WI. - Milwaukee Art Museum to display Figurative Prints: 1980s Rewind focuses on an art-historical moment when the figure returned as a dominant subject of artistic expression. Following on the heels of Minimalism and Conceptualism, the resurgence of the figure coincided with a renewed interest in image-making and the sensuality and emotionality of the painted surface. The trend in figuration spanned the globe, but it was especially prominent in the work of American, German, and Italian artists who returned to familiar images, including myth, allegory, and narrative.

'A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years, 1917-1932,' by John Richardson Posted: 18 Jan 2011 07:59 PM PST   John Richardson's writing is tremendously satisfying, at once easygoing and magisterial. In the third, penultimate installment of his life of Picasso, Richardson is juggling so many people and themes and events with such aplomb that readers may not quite realize what literary pyrotechnics are involved. This powerhouse of a book spans a dauntingly complicated time in Picasso's life and in European history as well, taking us from World War I and Picasso's adventures with Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes to the riotously erotic images of Picasso's youthful mistress, Marie-Thérèse Walter, and the darkening situation of the early 1930s.

The National Gallery of Art opens "Editions with Additions: Working Proofs by Jasper Johns" Posted: 18 Jan 2011 07:56 PM PST WASHINGTON, DC (AP).- The National Gallery of Art, which is acquiring the extensive personal collection of artist Jasper Johns, opened an exhibit Sunday, October 11th , 2009 showing his working proofs as independent pieces of art for the first time. "Editions with Additions: Working Proofs by Jasper Johns" includes 42 works on paper that show how Johns refined his technique and style over time. The small, two-room exhibit highlights his proofs from 1962 to 1997. The artist's working proofs are prints on which Johns drew or painted additions during the working process. The collection on view includes etchings, lithographs and screenprints. The show will on view until April 2010.

Museum Ludwig presents Franz West ~ Over 40 Works In His Auto/Theatre Posted: 18 Jan 2011 07:54 PM PST COLOGNE, GERMANY - - Beginning December 2009 Museum Ludwig will be showing the first major retrospective of Franz West (born 1947 in Vienna) in Europe. The Austrian sculptor is one of the most influential artists of our times. The exhibition has been devised in close collaboration with the artist and will present his works in new combinations and in new contexts. In addition three monumental sculptures will be set up in the gallery spaces and in the immediate vicinity of the museum. Over 40 works dating from 1972 to the present, which in some cases the artist has grouped together in themed constellations, allow the visitor to experience the sheer complexity and singularity of his oeuvre. On display through 14 March, 2010.

' Facing Abstraction ' Hosted by The Hyde Collection Posted: 18 Jan 2011 07:52 PM PST Glens Falls, NY – The Hyde Collection will feature Facing Abstraction: Refiguring the Body in the Twentieth Century from August 27 through December 10, 2006 in the Museum's Charles R. Wood Gallery.  This exhibition, drawn from the Neuberger Museum of Art's permanent collection, will pair selected artists' writings with objects to offer a fresh perspective on the relationship between abstraction and figuration.  It highlights not only extraordinary works from that core collection, but also some of the museum's impressive modern and postwar paintings, prints, sculptures, and ceramics by artists from around the world.  Among the artists represented are Milton Avery, Joan Brown, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Philip Guston, Grace Hartigan, Jacob Lawrence, and Henry Moore.

Fotomuseum Winterthur Exhibits "The Stamp of Fantasy" Posted: 18 Jan 2011 07:50 PM PST   ZURICH - Fotomuseum Winterthur presents 'The Stamp of Fantasy - The Visual Inventiveness of Photographic Postcards'. Press photography, photo books, photographic objects, photographic postcards: the way we look at these many different forms of photography is undergoing a sea change. The exhibition The Stamp of Fantasy takes a look at the postcards that brought photography to the masses, as the precursors of the illustrated press and the illustrated book.

Warhol /Hawkins /Meese at Pollack Fine Art Posted: 18 Jan 2011 07:47 PM PST London- Pollock Fine Art is pleased to present an exhibition of drawings from 1978-2006 with works by Andy Warhol, Robert Hawkins and Jonathan Meese. The exhibition is accompanied by an introductory text, What About Robert Hawkins by Glenn O'Brien. * The gallery will display over twenty five drawings in various media. Notable is the inclusion of two museum-quality Warhol graphite on paper portraits of Queen Elizabeth. With these stylish works, Warhol made sly alterations to HRH's likeness. Hawkins royals are fabulous in a different way; an extended genealogy chart named The Royal Family of the Planet of the Apes. Beginning with the coupling of two ancestral lines, there is no evolution: just gems and pathos in reversed chiaroscuro. The pure draftsmanship morphs from the visual to the cerebral, as King Omega and Queen Tang descend to Princess Tomba and Prince Bobo, begetting the Infante Tuti. Also included is the rare Lolitadzio Kotbart, by Jonathan Meese. In contrast to his recent performance at Tate Modern; this hand made book is a fusion of image and text, both intimate and poetic. Beautifully drawn in ink and hand-written in his private language, the book is trance-like and in the artist's own words, "one of the masterpieces".

The Drawing Room shows Yüksel Arslan ~ Visual Interpretations Posted: 18 Jan 2011 07:41 PM PST   New York City - Yüksel Arslan (b. 1933, Istanbul, Turkey) has often been associated with the loosely-structured surrealist movement in Turkey and was affiliated with the intellectual circles of 1960s Paris that included Jean-Paul Sarte, André Breton, and Jean Dubuffet. For the past 60 years, Arslan has been mining the depths of the unconscious mind, bringing together Western and Eastern aesthetics and philosophy in finely wrought works that he calls Artures.

Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 18 Jan 2011 07:40 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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