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• Our AKN Editor Is Welcomed At The Palatial & Lavish Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
• Exhibition Links Works from S.M.A.K.'s Collection to Gagarin Magazine
• The Corcoran Gallery of Art to showcase "Sargent and the Sea"
• CityCenter in Las Vegas Features An Unparalleled Fine Art Collection
• MFA hosts 'Shy Boy, She Devil, And Isis' from the Wornick Collection
• Saint Louis Art Museum to open The Immediate Touch: German, Austrian & Swiss Drawings
• 'The Car as Art' at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
• Mint Museum of Art Exhibition Explores Identity Theft in Art World . . around 1867
• Cactus Gallery Hosts ' The Women's Show 2 '
• Metropolitan Museum's American Art Pottery Collection Gifted by Robert A. Ellison Jr.
• Toledo Museum of Art features Additions to the Collection
• Regen Projects shows Ocean Landscape Photographs by Catherine Opie
• Katonah Museum of Art hosts Walt Whitman and American Art
• “333 Group Art Show" at Cactus Gallery
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

Our AKN Editor Is Welcomed At The Palatial & Lavish Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:43 PM PST The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna is one of the largest and most important museums of the world. In the rich collections of objects are located in seven centuries, from the time of ancient Egypt to the end of the 18th Century. Special focus is the art of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The high quality of the collections and their diversity are largely the result of preferences and interests of people from the house of Habsburg, among them Emperor Rudolf II (reigned 1576-1612) and Archduke Leopold Wilhelm (1614-1662). In 1891, the inauguration of the newly constructed museum building on the Ringstrasse. At that time, the first time most of the imperial collections were housed under one roof, the monumental building itself being conceived as a memorial to Habsburg patronage. The architects Gottfried Semper (1803 - 1879) and Karl von Hasenauer (1833 - 1894) for selected forms of the Italian Renaissance to create the sense of historicism, the reference to the art and science are particularly important era. The building is rectangular in shape, and topped with a dome that is 60 meters high. The inside of the building is lavishly decorated with marble, stucco ornamentations, gold-leaf, and paintings, making it a spectacular work of art in its own right. The magnificent architecture creates a fitting setting for the by the Habsburgs for centuries collected art treasures. Because of the immense wealth of these treasures, the Kunsthistorisches Museum is one of the largest and most important museums of the world. His eight different collections, which are located partly in the New Castle and the Castle Schoenbrunn include objects from ancient Egypt, ancient, medieval and modern times until about 1800. Special focus is the art of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The high rank of the collections and their diversity are largely the result of preferences and interests of people from the house of Habsburg. The library of the Kunsthistorisches Museum is a scientific reference library with specialist collections and libraries in all departments of the house. The total collection of the library currently contains around 296,000 volumes. The proportion of historically valuable 15th to 19th Century books is about 38,000 titles. The main topics are incunabula, manuscripts, maps and historical printing and portfolios on the history, cultural history and art, also special collections such as the Maximilian library with a large collection of pamphlets or the graphic history of the collection and documentation for architecture and interiors of the former imperial collections. The library expanded and continually updated inventory of literature, audio-visual media and objects, corresponding to the collection targets of the Kunsthistorisches Museum: Egyptology, Archaeology, numismatics, old and new art history, weapons and costume design, wagon construction and crafts, musical instruments, history and cultural history . Learn more and visit : http://www.khm.at/khm/ Cabinet of Curiosities: The art and curiosities of the Renaissance and Baroque periods were encyclopedic collections of Universal, who tried to capture the full knowledge of their time. Above all, the rare, curious and unusual was seen as desirable. The princes collected exotic and rare materials, which is often attributed to magical effects - like precious stones, ostrich eggs, coral, or shark teeth, which were thought to be dragons tongues. The artists from these natural products virtuoso art chamber pieces. The Viennese art collection is unique worldwide. Their objects are of exceptional quality, as the emperor or members of the imperial family, they gave in order or purchased. Among the highlights of the art chamber includes fine gold work such as the famous Saliera by Benvenuto Cellini, excellence of the sculpture as the Madonna of Krumlov, masterful bronze statuettes, delicate and bizarre ivories, virtuoso stone vessels, but also watches, complicated machines, strange scientific instruments, precious games and much more. The Vienna Numismatic goes back to the Imperial Habsburg collection, the oldest preserved furniture from the 1547 dates. Today it is one of the five largest and most important coin collections in the world. With some 750,000 objects from three thousand years, it included not only coins but also premonitory forms of money, paper money, stocks, medals, decorations and medals. In addition, a rich collection replaces stamping tools. The exhibition is divided into three halls: Hall I offers an overview of the history and development of the story from its beginnings in 1400 in Italy to 20 Century. In addition, this Austrian and European medals are presented. In Hall II is the history of coin and paper money at the center, and the music ranges from prämonetären forms of money and in kind of money on the invention of coinage in the 7th Century BC to the present. Noteworthy is also still the famous collection of portraits of the Archduke Ferdinand of Tyrol (r. 1564-1595), the coin and medal portraits can be compared. The Art Gallery of the Kunsthistorisches Museum emerged from the art collections of the Habsburg dynasty and has become one of the largest and most important of its kind. The core of the collection as well as their main priorities were in the 17th Century defined: the Venetian painting of the 16th Century (Titian, Veronese, Tintoretto), the Flemish paintings of the 17th Century (Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck), Early Netherlandish Painting (Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden), and the old German painting (Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach). Other highlights of the Art Gallery today, include the unique collection of paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. and masterpieces by Vermeer, Rembrandt, Raphael, Caravaggio, Velázquez and the Italian Baroque painting. The extensive art collections of Baron Louis and Alphonse de Rothschild had to in effect be given away by the heirs to the Republic of Austria. Complicated laws and bureaucratic red tape made a full restitution almost impossible. The heirs were forced by the State to sell off their belongings since they were, in effect, bankrupt. Since Austria regarded itself as a victim of Nazism, and not one of the perpetrators, Austrian Jewish victims could barely appeal to the courts on their status. Often the judges sitting in the court were former Nazis themselves, who were reinstated to the bench after the end of the war. Much of the former Rothschild art collection was either taken to the Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM) or the Austrian Gallery in the Belvedere palace. Only in the late 1990s, due to outside pressure from the United States, a more thorough examination of its role and behaviour during the Second World War took place in Austria. After long and tedious negotiations the Austrian government agreed in 1999 to return or pay for the roughly 250 Rothschild art treasures that were looted by the Nazis and absorbed into Austrian State Museums. The images were restituted to the heirs in 1999. Works of the Rothschild collection that used to be kept at the Kunsthistorisches Museum included. 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, Luxembourg and now Austria. 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.

Exhibition Links Works from S.M.A.K.'s Collection to Gagarin Magazine Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:41 PM PST GHENT, BELGIUM - "GAGARIN The Artists in their Own Words" is a unique international artist's magazine (°2000), entirely dedicated to the publication of especially written and unpublished texts by artists who are now working, anywhere in the world. The texts are published in their original language (from Albanian to Italian) with the addition of an English translation. GAGARIN does not restrict itself to a particular period or import and runs trough the codes that are applied in the world of art. Its orientation is artistic, documentary and historical. GAGARIN also aspires to provide an accurate source of information about the collaborating artists, using their own words.

The Corcoran Gallery of Art to showcase "Sargent and the Sea" Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:38 PM PST Washington, DC - In Sargent and the Sea, the Corcoran Gallery of Art brings together for the first time more than 80 paintings, watercolors, and drawings depicting seascapes and coastal scenes from the early career of John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), the pre-eminent American expatriate painter of the late 19th century.   The Corcoran's masterwork En route pour la pêche (Setting out to Fish) (1878), will serve as the centerpiece of the exhibition, and will be joined by other works produced during, and inspired by, the artist's summer journeys from his home in Paris to Brittany, Normandy, and Capri, as well as two transatlantic voyages.   Sargent and the Sea will travel to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (February 14 – May 23, 2010) and the Royal Academy of Arts, London (July 10 – September 26, 2010).

CityCenter in Las Vegas Features An Unparalleled Fine Art Collection Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:36 PM PST LAS VEGAS, NV.- CityCenter presents the first major permanent collection of art in Las Vegas to be integrated into a public space, and one of the world's largest and most ambitious corporate art collections in existence today. The CityCenter Fine Art Collection features works by acclaimed artists, sculptors and visionaries including Maya Lin, Jenny Holzer, Nancy Rubins, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Frank Stella, Henry Moore and Richard Long, among others. The artwork has been paired with CityCenter's unique architecture to create a sensory journey that presents the works in a never-before-seen fashion.

MFA hosts 'Shy Boy, She Devil, And Isis' from the Wornick Collection Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:31 PM PST   BOSTON, MA - The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) has organized an exhibition of one of the most wide-ranging collections of contemporary craft in the United States. The exhibition, Shy Boy, She Devil, and Isis: The Art of Conceptual Craft, Selections from the Wornick Collection which derives its name from three works in the exhibition features the collection of Ronald C. and Anita L. Wornick and includes 120 objects by 107 artists hailing from 20 countries.

Saint Louis Art Museum to open The Immediate Touch: German, Austrian & Swiss Drawings Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:29 PM PST Saint Louis, MO - The Saint Louis Art Museum announces the June 29 opening of The Immediate Touch: German, Austrian and Swiss Drawings from St. Louis Collections, 1946–2007, an exhibition of more than 120 provocative works of art created after World War II by 37 German speaking artists. Featuring works by such influential artists as Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Hanne Darboven, Anselm Kiefer, Blinky Palermo, Sigmar Polke, Arnulf Rainer,  A. R. Penck, Gerhard Richter and Dieter Roth.

'The Car as Art' at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:27 PM PST Kalamazoo, MI - The Car as Art, an exhibition celebrating automotive design and featuring actual cars along with drawings and illustrations, opens Saturday, January 20, 2007 and continues through Sunday, March 11 at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts.  American automotive design influenced numerous consumer goods, as well as fashion, fine arts and graphic design.  The Car as Art, an exploration and celebration of automotive design from the teens through the 1960s, will feature 14 classic cars with some of the industry's most distinctive lines.

Mint Museum of Art Exhibition Explores Identity Theft in Art World . . around 1867 Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:25 PM PST CHARLOTTE, NC.- Love a good mystery? A new exhibition at the Mint Museum of Art contains the elements of an art history whodunit—a carefully crafted forgery, a persistent art scholar and a painting thought to be lost for more than 100 years—while taking the viewer behind the scenes of museum life. Identity Theft centers around one of the Mint's most important Hudson River School paintings, Indian Summer in the White Mountains by Sanford Robinson Gifford. The exhibition, Identity Theft: How a Cropsey Became a Gifford, is on view through March 27, 2010.

Cactus Gallery Hosts ' The Women's Show 2 ' Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:23 PM PST Eagle Rock , CA - 30 Los Angeles women artists have joined together in an exploration of the spectrum in all its brilliance and subtlety.  The exhibit, "The Women's Show 2" will open for an extended run at Cactus Gallery in Eagle Rock (Northeast Los Angeles), with a reception for the artists on Saturday, September 16, 2006.

Metropolitan Museum's American Art Pottery Collection Gifted by Robert A. Ellison Jr. Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:20 PM PST   NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art has accepted the promised gift of 250 exceptional examples of American art pottery from the collector Robert A. Ellison Jr., it was announced at a meeting of the Museum's Board of Trustees today. The collection—which spans the years 1876 through 1956 and represents all regions of the nation—ranks among the foremost of its kind, and will be unveiled on the mezzanine level of the Museum's Charles Engelhard Court when the second phase of the newly renovated American Wing opens on May 19, 2009.

Toledo Museum of Art features Additions to the Collection Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:17 PM PST   TOLEDO, OH.- On February 27, 2009, the Toledo Museum of Art opens a new exhibition that spans continents, centuries and galleries. Look What's New! The Second Century of Collecting at the Toledo Museum of Art highlights the most exciting and significant works of art added to the collection since TMA's centennial anniversary in 2001. On view through 31 May, 2009.

Regen Projects shows Ocean Landscape Photographs by Catherine Opie Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:15 PM PST LOS ANGELES, CA.- Regen Projects presents an exhibition of new work by Catherine Opie. The exhibition presents a suite of new photographs that further the artist's investigation into ideas of landscape. With the ocean as her backdrop, Opie explores the shifting mise en scène of light, color, movement, and the tension between boundaries and limitlessness. In the summer of 2009, Opie traveled aboard a container ship en route from Korea to Long Beach. She documented the voyage in a series of time-based photographs that captured each sunrise and sunset for the ten-day duration of the trip. The works are composed with equal registers of water and sky, broken by a thin center horizon line. On view though 22 May.

Katonah Museum of Art hosts Walt Whitman and American Art Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:13 PM PST KATONAH, NY.- The Katonah Museum of Art is presenting Bold, Cautious, True: Walt Whitman and American Art of the Civil War Era through January 24, 2010. Through excerpts of Whitman's writing paired with some of the most important artworks of the mid-nineteenth century, "Bold, Cautious, True" creates an authentic window to America's social and art history, with a poignant view of its bloodiest war. The exhibition includes a handsome 180-page hardcover catalogue written by Kevin Sharp, Director of the Dixon. On exhibition through 24 January, 2010.

“333 Group Art Show" at Cactus Gallery Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:10 PM PST   Los Angeles, CA - Cactus Gallery is pleased to announce "333," a group art show featuring the works of more than 30 artists.  The artists were asked to depict the number 3 in some  way. Amongst the works on canvas, wood, and sculpture are numerous mixed media works and art made from recycled parts.

Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:09 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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