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• Director Toni Stoops of The Museum of Modern Art Salzburg In Austria ~ Guides Our Editor On Tour
• Domenico Ghirlandaio and Renaissance Florence at Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
• Brazilian Cildo Meireles Major Survey coming to Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
• Jack Rutberg Fine Arts presents Francisco Zuniga ~ Woman as Icon ~
• The Agora Gallery features Eric Robin ~ 'In Reverie of Form'
• Columbia Museum of Art shows Its Collection of Art Spanning 1000 Years
• Metropolitan Museum of Art displays ' The Art of the Central African Reliquary '
• 50th Anniversary Benefit Exhibition Announced at the Guggenheim Museum
• Survey of Anish Kapoor's Career Opens at the Royal Academy of Arts in London
• Painting That Survived German Bombing offered at Bonhams Greek Sale
• Taft Museum of Art Offers Variety of Special Exhibitions
• Judge Rules In Favor of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Regarding Oskar Kokoschka Nudes
• Upside Down Church to be Resurrected
• Pierre Huyghe: Celebration Park at Tate Modern
• This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News

Director Toni Stoops of The Museum of Modern Art Salzburg In Austria ~ Guides Our Editor On Tour Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:42 PM PST The Museum of Modern Art Salzburg consists of two buildings in two spectacular locations. The Museum of Modern Art on monk mountain is located in a prominent position above the old town and presents itself as a new, modern architectural building for major exhibitions and displays from the permanent collection in an international context. Our own extensive collection as well as possession of a large international exhibitions of contemporary art can be presented in an appropriate context. The Museum of Modern Art Rupertinum, originally built as an Archbishop's baroque mansion, next door to the Festival Hall and Cathedral precinct, has been adapted for the presentation of modern art. Both buildings of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg have 3,800 m2 of exhibition space for thematic and monographic exhibitions of art from the 20th and 21st Centuries, but which are also available for presentation of graphics and photography. The idea of founding a museum of modern art and the collection itself goes back to the initiative of Salzburg art dealer Friedrich Welz, who donated much of his private collection to the nation. Through his personal friendship with Oskar Kokoschka a considerable body of work was created to form the great Austrian Expressionist collection; the Rupertinum. In 1983 the Rupertinum became the Salzburger Museum of Modern Art and Print Room and was opened to the public. Under the founding director, Otto Breicha, the Rupertinum became the most important collection of contemporary art and photography in Austria. In October 2004, the Museum of Modern Art on Monk's Mountain was opened and integrated with the Rupertinum as the Joint Museum der Moderne Salzburg. With the increase in exhibition space to the nearly ten times the original size, the opportunities and programs at the two locations became world class. The local museum in its elegant old town house provides excellent facilities to display fine exhibitions of graphic works of the most classic modern art, whilst the new international institution created spectacular spacious rooms and presentation facilities for large formats, installation works, media arts and its extensive collection. The Museum of Modern Art architects were particularly sensitive to the view of the historic city of Salzburg with reference to the distinctive appearance of the water tower from the 19th Century was decisive for the choice by the glass staircases, the view of the historical buildings remained as a view for visitors to enjoy. In three and a half years of construction was a most modern museum that offers four levels greatest possible flexibility for a variety of exhibition formats. The interior offers a generously structured area of 2600 m² best conditions for exhibitions of art from the 20th and 21 Century, with their different requirements. The development of open space in the planes is a spacious staircase and an elevator. Level 3: opens from the central exhibition space in a large picture window to the sculpture terrace, allowing the dialogue between exhibits indoors and outdoors. Artificial light and natural light are mixed here. At this level, is also the restaurant equipped by the international star architect Matteo Thun with about 190 seats and a large terrace overlooking the city. Level 4: offers the largest continuous exhibition space with large skylights that can be darkened as needed. The premises of the Rupertinum built in 1633, has been remodeled several times over the years, especially 1999, according to international standards and adapted to allow many unique exhibitions. This museum was a first forum for photographic activities in one Austrian made, both to the teaching of art photography as well as to build a contemporary photo-based international collection. The Museum of Modern Art Salzburg defined today reinforced the role of a mediator existing reservations in dealing with art are to be reduced, and especially the next generation does not even arise. Therefore, any exhibition of a diverse, individual, age-appropriate program designed to. A particular focus is on art education for young museum visitors. Children have the opportunity to participate in special programs on weekends or during holidays to participate. Visit the museum's website at : http://www.museumdermoderne.at The Museum of Modern Art Salzburg sees its task in an active program of exhibitions, an extensive mediation and in a systematic collection and acquisition policy. In an exhibition area of 3,800 m2 presents the Museum der Moderne Salzburg in their two houses year-round national and international exhibition projects to classical modern to contemporary art since the end of the 2nd World War II and for contemporary art. Thematic exhibitions are as much in the program as monographic projects, group exhibitions as well as individual shows. One focus is from their own collections, which are shown in thematic presentations. As the interface of cultural clashes investigated the Museum der Moderne Salzburg , the intensive cooperation with national and international public on the artistic, media, social and economic levels. The collection of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg is a relatively young collection. Its foundation is the gift of gallery Friedrich Welz, of his personal art collection (including the almost complete graphic oeuvre of the famous Oskar Kokoschka). With the "gift Welz" was primarily a large cadre of graphic and prints of such famous artists as Herbert Boeckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Paul Klee, Gustav Klimt, Alfred Kubin, Giacomo Manzù, Egon Schiele, and Wilhelm Thöny which is why it was especially at the beginning designated as "Albertina the West." The roots of modern art in the 19th Century demonstrate some important pages of Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Edvard Munch and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, as well as a number of major cycles of prints by Francisco de Goya and Max Klinger. Despite the emphasis on the graphical techniques stocks were gradually increased in paintings as well as sculptures and sculptural works. Despite limited financial resources but due to the consistent observation of the Austrian art scene early works by Siegfried Anzinger, Erwin Bohatsch, Gunter Damisch, Kocherscheidt, Alois Mosbacher, Peter Pongratz, Franz Ringel and Hubert Schmalix came into the museum collection. Wotruba who was recalled in 1945 from his Swiss exile to Austria, is responsible for an increasing diversity in the domestic plastic. Both his work and the subsequent generations of students (Joannis Avramidis, Oskar Bottoli, Otto Eder, Roland Goeschl, Alfred Hrdlicka, Erwin Reiter, Andreas Judgement) highlight numerous statues and sculptures owned by the museum. The collective activity is always motivated by the changing roles and needs of a museum of modern art. With the opening of the MdM monk mountain in the fall of 2004, with the enormous increase in exhibition space, the collection was examined for its holdings in the direction of paintings and large formats back and launched a re-orientation. No more graphic collection is important, but the holdings of paintings, installations, sculptures and large-scale media art. From an initially local museum in the old house a cultural institution with two houses, that look of young contemporary artists of national and international artists to make was far beyond national borders, a sensation. Accordingly, the current collection strategy is the acquisition of important works of contemporary art (Bertram Hasenauer, Jakob Mattner, Gil Shachar, Nicole Schatt, Hubert Scheibl, Erwin Wurm) and the opening of the collection of abstract art movements (Christian Hutzinger, Imi Knoebel, Thomas Reinhold, Gerwald Rock Schaub, Leo Zogmayer). The collection of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg has obtained significant long-term loans of international standing in a fundamental way complements and extends its collection to a high degree. Through the generous support of private lenders, institutions, galleries and artists have the MdM Salzburg remarkable works of classic modern and contemporary art, which would acquire in-house. The collection of MAP from German private property is the Museum of Modern Art a large body of works by internationally renowned artists such as entrusted to James Lee Byars, Förg, Helmut Newton, Jörg Immendorff, Anselm Kiefer, Markus Lüpertz, AR Penck and others, the impressive one overview of the work and the development of individual artists and their positions are exhibited. The collection of Ernst Ploil provided the MdM works important representative of Austrian, German and international contemporary art available, including works by Christian Ludwig Attersee, Dan Flavin, Krystufek, Otto Muehl, Muntean / Rosenblum, Elizabeth Peyton, Rockenschaub, Lisa Ruyter, Rosemarie Trockel, Franz West and Heimo Zobernig. In addition, other lenders such as the Kasser Art Foundation in Montclair, New Jersey, with bronzes by Auguste Rodin and Henri Matisse and a hand of Jackson Pollock. From the renowned Salzburg Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac originate loans from Anthony Gromley, Peter Halley, Mark Lüpertz, Tim Noble and Sue Webster. Similarly, the gallery Budja the MdM important works by Erwin Wurm is on loan. In addition, other private and institutional lenders have come with high-grade artwork. The vast collection of photography and media at MdM SALZBURG divided into two parts of the collection: "The Austrian Gallery" and "The collection FOTOGRAFIS Bank Austria" 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.

Domenico Ghirlandaio and Renaissance Florence at Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:41 PM PST MADRID.- On 23 June the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza presented the temporary exhibition Ghirlandaio and Renaissance Florence. Comprising a survey of quattrocento Florentine art, its starting point is one of the great icons in the Museum's permanent collection: Portrait of Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni, painted by Domenico Ghirlandaio between 1489 and 1490. Displayed in conjunction with this masterpiece of Florentine art is a carefully-chosen group of 60 works including paintings, sculptures, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, medals and various decorative objects. They have been selected to illustrate three key areas of art and culture in late 15th-century Florence: the genre of portrait, the theme of love and marriage, and religious iconography. On exhibition through 10 October, 2010.

Brazilian Cildo Meireles Major Survey coming to Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:39 PM PST HOUSTON, TX - Among the most important figures of the Brazilian avant-garde, and widely recognized as one of the leaders in the international development of Conceptual art, Cildo Meireles (b. 1948) is best known for his absorbing, politically charged sensory environments that are by turns elegant and disorienting. This June, the most ambitious and comprehensive exhibition to date of Meireles' work will have its North American premiere at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, following presentations in London and Barcelona.

Jack Rutberg Fine Arts presents Francisco Zuniga ~ Woman as Icon ~ Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:38 PM PST   Los Angeles, CA - Jack Rutberg Fine Arts in Los Angeles is presenting a formidable exhibition of works by the major Mexican 20th century artist and sculptor Francisco Zuniga (b. Costa Rica 1912 - d. Mexico 1998), opening on Saturday, September 29, and extending through Saturday, December 22, 2007. The exhibition, Francisco Zuniga: Woman as Icon, opens with a preview reception Saturday, September 29 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Ariel Zuniga, the artist's son and biographer, will be in attendance. A Major Exhibition of Zuniga Drawings and Sculpture .

The Agora Gallery features Eric Robin ~ 'In Reverie of Form' Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:37 PM PST NEW YORK , NY - The Agora Gallery (530 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York, NY, 10001) is proud to present Eric Robin in our upcoming exhibition In Reverie of Form. Scheduled to run from January 6th through January 27th, the collection will feature a captivating selection of Eric Robin's soulful portraiture. Robin's work has been exhibited in Belgium, France and the United States.

Columbia Museum of Art shows Its Collection of Art Spanning 1000 Years Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:35 PM PST COLUMBIA, SC.- Highlights from the Collection opens on Saturday, January 10 and runs through June 7. The exhibition includes approximately 80 works of art spanning 1000 years pulled from the Columbia Museum of Art's galleries and storage. The exhibition encompasses the breadth of the collection from Ancient art to Contemporary and from paintings to silver.

Metropolitan Museum of Art displays ' The Art of the Central African Reliquary ' Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:33 PM PST   New York City - The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents a special exhibition of acclaimed sculptural masterpieces from the heart of Africa's equatorial rainforest, on view through 2 March, 2008. The exhibition explores not only the significance of the works presented in their countries of origin but also how their reception in the West led them to enter the mainstream of universal art.

50th Anniversary Benefit Exhibition Announced at the Guggenheim Museum Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:31 PM PST NEW YORK, NY.- Since its opening in 1959, the Frank Lloyd Wright–designed Guggenheim building has served as an inspiration for invention, challenging artists and architects to react to its eccentric, organic design. The central void of the rotunda has elicited many unique responses over the years, which have been manifested in both site-specific solo shows and memorable exhibition designs. For the building's 50th anniversary, the Guggenheim Museum invited more than two hundred artists, architects, and designers to imagine their dream interventions in the space for the exhibition "Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum".

Survey of Anish Kapoor's Career Opens at the Royal Academy of Arts in London Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:29 PM PST LONDON.- The Royal Academy of Arts will hold a major solo exhibition of the internationally acclaimed artist and 1991 Turner Prize winner Anish Kapoor. Kapoor is regarded as one of the most influential and pioneering sculptors of his generation and is celebrated for works which enter into a profound spiritual engagement with the viewer such as the early pigment sculptures; 1000 Names (1979-80), Marsyas (2002) part of the Unilever Series at the Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, and Sky Mirror, installed at the Rockefeller Centre, New York in 2006. Anish Kapoor solo exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, opens to the public on Sept. 26 and surveys the career of the Turner Prize winning sculptor, showcasing a number of new and previously unseen works.

Painting That Survived German Bombing offered at Bonhams Greek Sale Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:28 PM PST   LONDON - `The Painter's Family', (1920-21) a masterpiece by Dimitrios Galanis, will be sold at Bonhams next sale of Greek Art in New Bond Street on 10th November for an estimated £200,000 to £300,000. Although it has not been seen for in public for 80 years its provenance includes time in the Collection Girardin, France and the George Stringos collection in Athens. It was first exhibited in Paris in 1921 and again in1922, and in Athens in 1928.

Taft Museum of Art Offers Variety of Special Exhibitions Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:25 PM PST CINCINNATI, OHIO - The art featured in the new season of special exhibitions at the Taft Museum of Art offers a window onto other cultures and times. From contemporary Chinese paintings to opulent Elizabethan costumes, these exhibitions offer an escape from the ordinary and a chance to connect with the extraordinary.  The exhibition Views from the Uffizi: Painting the Italian Landscape continues into the fall, offering regional audiences their only chance to view dramatic landscapes from one of the most famous museums in Italy. The artists featured in the show, including Botticelli, Guercino, Poussin, Claude Lorrain, Frans Hals, and Canaletto, inspired later works by European masters included in the Taft's collection.

Judge Rules In Favor of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Regarding Oskar Kokoschka Nudes Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:24 PM PST BOSTON, MA.-United States District Judge Rya Zobel (District of Massachusetts) ruled that the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is entitled to retain ownership of Oskar Kokoschka's painting Two Nudes (Lovers) (painted about 1913). The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by the MFA on January 22, 2008, in response to a request for restitution of the painting made by Dr. Claudia Seger-Thomschitz. In its January 2008 filing, the MFA asserted its rightful ownership of the painting, bequeathed to the Museum by Sarah Reed Blodgett in 1973. Dr. Seger-Thomschitz of Austria claims to be the heir of a son of Dr. Oskar Reichel. Dr. Reichel, a Jewish doctor and art collector in Vienna, purchased the painting from the artist in 1914 or 1915 and sold the work in 1939 to, Otto Kallir, a Viennese art dealer (who was then living in Paris). Based on exhaustive provenance research, the Museum concluded that the 1939 transaction was valid.

Upside Down Church to be Resurrected Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:22 PM PST VANCOUVER, BC - Dennis Oppenheim's sculpture, " Device to Root out Evil " gains a progressive new home through Calgary's Glenbow Museum, Vancouver's Benefic Foundation and a major Alberta arts sponsor to be announced in the coming days.

Pierre Huyghe: Celebration Park at Tate Modern Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:20 PM PST London - The first solo exhibition in the UK by French artist Pierre Huyghe (b. Paris 1962), Celebration Park features several newly completed projects alongside significant recent works never previously shown in the UK.  Exhibition 5 July – 17 September 2006.

This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:19 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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