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• Our Editor Visits the Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art (MNHA) ~ The National Museum of History and Art (Luxembourg)
• The Wallraf-Richartz-Museum shows Landscapes by Liebermann, Corinth, & Slevogt
• Monumental Dancing Sculptures by Red Grooms on View at Marlborough Gallery
• Lentos Art Museum exhibits solo of Eva & Adele
• Lost Fernand Leger Painting
• Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Receives $5 Million Gift from the Starr Foundation
• The Clark Art Institute Rediscovers Remington ' Looking West '
• The Sheldon Art Museum surveys the Works of Elizabeth King
• PHotoEspaña Reports Increase in Attendance Breaking its Own Record
• William Bailey Featured at Wichita Art Museum (WAM)
• WINDOWJAZZINVENTIONS: paintings by James McGarrell
• UCCA presents 'Nature & Innocents' starring Artist Yan Pei-Ming
• Martin Gropius Bau Offers a Contemporary Look at Islamic Visual Expression
• Hirshhorn Museum shows Amy Sillman
• Selections from the Paxton Collection at Nevada Museum of Art
• This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News

Our Editor Visits the Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art (MNHA) ~ The National Museum of History and Art (Luxembourg) Posted: 25 Jan 2011 07:32 PM PST The Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art (MNHA). The idea of a public museum in Luxembourg dates back to the late 18th century, and at the time Luxembourg was annexed by the French, proposals were put forward for the creation of a "Museum of the Department of Forêts". Although this proposal never came to fruition, the first steps in building a collection were taken, and objects (including an astronomical clock) were removed from public sale in 1796 to form the kernel of the collection. In 1845 historians and artists founded the "Society for Research and Conservation of Monuments in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg" later called the "Archaeological Society". This society maintained and expanded the collection. However, the museum project finally became reality in 1922 through the acquisition of the house-of-Collart Scherff, located in the Marche aux Poissons (old fish market). Over the following years, the museum was able to move into its first permanent home and the collection was expanded, fueled by acquisitions, donations, bequests and loans. In 1958, a purchasing commission was created to build up the collection of modern art. This gradual expansion reached its climax in 2002, with the completion of a new modern building, designed by Christian Bauer and Associates, which more than doubled the exhibition space to 4,500m2. The exhibits are displayed in chronological order over ten floors, half of which are below ground. From the depths of Prehistory to the most recent artistic experiments, the visitor climbs from floor to floor as if walking through the corridors of time. The departments of Decorative Arts and Popular and Traditional Arts are situated in well-preserved townhouses of the 17th and 18th century next to the main museum building. Besides the temporary exhibitions held each year, the museum features all the archeological finds in the country, as well as collections of coins, jewels and pictures. The museum fills 10 floors, and the exhibits are displayed chronologically, beginning with the ones from the prehistoric age. The archaeological collections show the development of the human settlement in Luxembourg from Prehistory to the end of the Middle Ages. Among the highlights are a spectacular series of late iron age aristocratic graves and the sumptuous Roman Muses mosaic discovered in Vichten. The decorative and folk art section goes far beyond its title by capturing the period from 16th to 20th century in other respects also. This results in synergies that contribute to the richness of the overall cultural project. One room showcases a selection of decorative arts from neighboring countries and another room shows paintings on glass from several regions of Europe, but the bulk of the collection is devoted to Luxembourg artifacts. This department is housed in exceptionally well preserved former aristocratic and bourgeois houses that are situated next to the main museum building.The section of Fine Arts is devoted primarily to painting, sculpture and photography. The ancient arts collection includes Italian paintings from the twelfth to the sixteenth century as well as some representatives of the Northern Schools. The collection is also enriched with Flemish paintings of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and several examples of Dutch, French and Italian schools in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The collection of modern and contemporary art provides an overview of various trends that have travelled the twentieth century and focuses on impressionism, neo-impressionism, cubism, abstraction, surrealism, the School of Paris, and New Figuration. Stand-out works include the famed Rosso Fiorentino's Bacchus, Venus and Love (1530-1531), as well as modern works depicting various aspects of the daily life in Luxembourg. Visit the museum's website at : www.mnha.public.lu The collection of modern and contemporary art provides an overview of various trends that have traveled the twentieth century and focuses on impressionism, neo-impressionism, cubism, abstraction, surrealism, the School of Paris, and New Figuration. Currently the MNHA is showing "The Age of Symbolism in Latvia" (until 27th March 2011) - a selection of works from the most important Latvian symbolists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Velvety impressions, gray-white landscapes and strange and mysterious scenes: a selection of some 50 works including works by the classic Latvian painters Janis Rozentals, Vilhelms Purvitis, Johans Valters, Jekabs Belzens, Aleksandrs Romans and Rudolfs Perle, ranging from the end of the 19th century to the Second World War. The collection additionally features drawings and graphic works by Adams Alksnis, Alise Dmitrijeva, Peters Krastinš, Janis Rozentals, Teodors Uders and Rihards Zarinš. Symbolism as an art movement emerged in cosmopolitan atmosphere of late 19th century Western Europe, and its essence is associated with general human ideas; however, in Latvian art, expression is also given to the spirit of the time, reflecting on the direction of the national art towards creative maturity. Its multi-layered language, synthesizing influences from German, Finnish and French art, was created with the contribution of the Art Nouveau style. The human image is found not only in portraits of the artists' contemporaries, but also in studies of mythology and folklore, while nature is expressed through the colorful landscapes of the Latvian countryside, forests and rivers in the light of the northern dusk. 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 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.

The Wallraf-Richartz-Museum shows Landscapes by Liebermann, Corinth, & Slevogt Posted: 25 Jan 2011 07:31 PM PST COLOGNE.- Max Liebermann, Lovis Corinth and Max Slevogt: three names that are representative of German impressionism. Three artists whose creative works captivate a broad public. Three masters who are united by one great passion: landscape painting. It is to this passion that the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum is devoting its very own special exhibition in summer 2010. Under the title "Liebermann, Corinth, Slevogt – The Landscapes" the museum shall be exhibiting around 90 works of these three German impressionists. On view 30 April through 1 August, 2010.

Monumental Dancing Sculptures by Red Grooms on View at Marlborough Gallery Posted: 25 Jan 2011 07:29 PM PST NEW YORK, NY.- Marlborough Gallery presents an exhibition of monumental sculptures by Red Grooms, entitled "Dancing,"opened at Marlborough Chelsea, 545 West 25th Street on Thursday, October 15 and continue through November 14, 2009. This will be Grooms third and a half decade of exhibiting with Marlborough and his first solo exhibition at Marlborough Chelsea. Red Grooms was born in Nashville, Tennessee in 1937. He studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the New School for Social Research in New York City and at the Hans Hoffman School of Fine Arts in Provincetown, MA. Along with developing the painted relief as both a painting and sculpture, Grooms invented the three-dimensional form called "sculpto-pictorama" that allows the viewer to walk through and interact with an environment created by the artist's vision.

Lentos Art Museum exhibits solo of Eva & Adele Posted: 25 Jan 2011 07:27 PM PST   LINZ, AUSTRIA - The Museum of Modern Art in Linz ( Lentos Art Museum),  opened the exhibit Eva & Adele. RED. New paintings and graphics through June 1. "The whole world" knows EVA & ADELE, the extravagant artist couple from Berlin that has been adding glamour to the major events of the international art world for over fifteen years: conspicuous, sparkling, attractive. Yet EVA & ADELE's work is more than their self-invention and self-presentation as a live act and living art work.

Lost Fernand Leger Painting Posted: 25 Jan 2011 07:25 PM PST   WELLESLEY, MA - As many of you will recall, last November we informed the community that in the course of searching the collections of the Davis Museum and Cultural Center, museum staff discovered that the painting, Woman and Child, by Fernand Leger (French, 1881-1955), painted in 1921, was missing. The painting was reported as missing to law enforcement authorities and an investigation began as soon as the discovery was made. The investigation is ongoing and, to date, has not determined what happened to the painting or its current whereabouts. Information on the Leger was placed on the Art Loss Register shortly after the work was found to be missing. The painting was given to the museum in 1954 after being purchased from the Sidney Janis Gallery by John McAndrew, a former faculty member of the college and former director of the College's museum.

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Receives $5 Million Gift from the Starr Foundation Posted: 25 Jan 2011 07:23 PM PST WILLIAMSTOWN, MA - The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute announced that the Starr Foundation has contributed $5 million in support of its acclaimed Research and Academic Program, a leading international center for discussion and scholarship in the visual arts. The gift establishes The Starr Directorship of the Research and Academic Program.

The Clark Art Institute Rediscovers Remington ' Looking West ' Posted: 25 Jan 2011 07:21 PM PST   WILLIAMSTOWN, MA -  More than any other artist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Frederic Remington's art shaped America's vision of the West. Remington Looking West at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute February 17 through May 4, 2008, explores how Remington saw the West, how he created his images, and how his vision evolved throughout his career.

The Sheldon Art Museum surveys the Works of Elizabeth King Posted: 25 Jan 2011 07:20 PM PST LINCOLN, NE - A mid-career survey, The Sizes of Things in the Mind's Eye presents approximately 65 sculptures, film animations, installations, drawings and photographs by Elizabeth King . On exhibit at The Sheldon Art Museum through 12 October, 2008.

PHotoEspaña Reports Increase in Attendance Breaking its Own Record Posted: 25 Jan 2011 07:17 PM PST MADRID.- PHotoEspaña reports its best results in terms of visitors to the 74 exhibitions and activities developed in Madrid, Cuenca, Lisbon and Alcalá de Henares. The public has been able to discover the work 249 photographers and visual artists of 40 nationalities, among them classic ones as Dorothea Lange and Ugo Mulas and contemporary as Gerhard Richter, Annie Leibovitz and Mauro Restiffe. 693.000 people, 5% more than in its past edition, have visited the 74 exhibitions of PHotoEspaña 2009 –31 in the Official Section, 9 in other exhibition rooms and 34 in the Festival Off– and they have participated in the activities organized. 259 photographers and visual artists of 40 nationalities have become part of an exhibition program.

William Bailey Featured at Wichita Art Museum (WAM) Posted: 25 Jan 2011 07:16 PM PST WICHITA, KS - The Wichita Art Museum is pleased to announce that the exhibition William Bailey on Paper will be on view February 3 through May 13, 2007.  Organized by the Betty Cuningham Gallery, this exhibition features 20 prints, 8 tempera paintings on paper and 32 drawings that represent what Bailey is most known for, still-life paintings and singular figure paintings.

WINDOWJAZZINVENTIONS: paintings by James McGarrell Posted: 25 Jan 2011 07:14 PM PST   Washington, DC - We are happy to announce that www.janehaslemgallery.com has been updated. You are invited to peruse at your leisure through new prints, drawings, and paintings by artists who have been with the gallery for years and artists who have returned to the gallery after a hiatus.

UCCA presents 'Nature & Innocents' starring Artist Yan Pei-Ming Posted: 25 Jan 2011 07:12 PM PST Beijing, China - UCCA will present Nature & Innocents, an exhibition by painter Yan Pei-Ming, from June 18 to September 13, 2009. Nature & Innocents will stand as a surprising exhibition and for the first time in Yan Pei-Ming's career, he will produce a show without canvases. Huge landscapes directly painted onto UCCA big hall's walls, will frame a series of painted flags, representing portraits of 200 new born Chinese children. Imagined as an experimental walk through, the exhibition powerfully conveys Yan Pei Ming's intentions and gives the audience an opportunity to discover the victims, memories and a vision of united nations in a landscape of crisis.

Martin Gropius Bau Offers a Contemporary Look at Islamic Visual Expression Posted: 25 Jan 2011 07:10 PM PST BERLIN.- The exhibition shows selected precious objects of classical Islamic art as well as significant works by 20th-century and contemporary artists, most of whom have an Islamic background. The 250-odd works on display offer a contemporary look at Islamic forms of visual expression. Laid out on an associative basis into 18 "theme rooms", the exhibition provides a venue for encounters between East and West, classical and contemporary artworks, Islam and Modernism. Over 50 contemporary artists from such places as Beirut, Cairo, Istanbul, Damascus, Teheran, Jerusalem, Paris, London and New York will be taking part in the exhibition. Their work will be displayed alongside classical works of Persian, Indian, Arab and Ottoman art. On view through 18 January, 2010.

Hirshhorn Museum shows Amy Sillman Posted: 25 Jan 2011 07:07 PM PST   WASHINGTON, DC  - The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden opened the exhibit Amy Sillman: Third Person Singular through July 6. New York-based painter Amy Sillman produces works that are intimate, psychological and full of humor and pathos. At the same time, they are remarkably analytical and intellectual investigations into the forms and qualities of painting as a medium.

Selections from the Paxton Collection at Nevada Museum of Art Posted: 25 Jan 2011 07:05 PM PST RENO, NV – The presents a selection of artwork from the collection of John and Mary Lou Paxton.  The Paxton's have spent a lifetime acquiring a variety of works ranging from representational paintings by artists such as Thomas Hart Benton, José Luis Cuevas and Red Grooms, to abstract pieces by minimalist artist Larry Bell and painter Fritz Scholder.  The John and Mary Lou Paxton Collection is a promised bequest to the Nevada Museum of Art.  Selections from the John and Mary Lou Paxton Collection will be presented through October 1, 2006 at the Nevada Museum of Art. Growing up in Missouri in the 1940s, John Paxton became fascinated with art when the famous American Regionalist artist Thomas Hart Benton moved next door. Over the years the Paxton's and the Benton's became close friends, and John even posed for Benton.  The pencil sketch of his portrait, later used by Benton as a central figure in one of his paintings, was signed and personally inscribed to John.

This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News Posted: 25 Jan 2011 07:04 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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