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- Christian Voigt 'Voyages' At The Manny Silverman Gallery in West Hollywood
- The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon ~ Portugal's Finest Museum of Classical Art
- Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters on View at Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA)
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Acquires Fischer Collection of German Expressionism
- The Painter as Printmaker: Impressionist Prints from the National Gallery of Canada
- Moscow Museum of Modern Art presents "Future Depends On You" ~ A Touring Exhibition
- Charlie Chaplin's Photographic Archive Gifted to the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne
- Edgar Degas ~ Intimity and Pose ~ exhibited at Hamburger Kunsthalle
- IVAM Celebrates Formula 1 Grand Prix with Installation by Lorenzo Quinn
- Max Beckmann Painting is Top Lot at Villa Grisebach Fall Auctions
- The Louvre opens Holy Russia: Russian Art from the Beginnings to Peter the Great
- CHRISTOPHER PRATT EXHIBITION AT THE WAG
- Chris Beetles Gallery Announces a Cecil Beaton Collaboration with Sotheby's
- Denver Art Museum to Open a New Asian Gallery with Selections from Lutz Collection
- Marble Sculptures that Memoralize The Holocaust
- Asheville Art Museum presents 'A Centennial Celebration of The Eight'
- Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"
Christian Voigt 'Voyages' At The Manny Silverman Gallery in West Hollywood Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:59 PM PDT Beverley Hills, CA.- Karl Hutter Fine Art is pleased to present, in association with Manny Silverman Gallery, the latest works of German photographer Christian Voigt, which will be on exhibit from April 3rd to May 1st, 2011 at the Manny Silverman Gallery in West Hollywood. Christian Voigt is rapidly gaining attention from galleries and art lovers around the world, and his photographs will be exhibited in cities including St.Tropez, New York, Stockholm and Hamburg throughout 2011. The exhibition, entitled "Voyages", will show large scale photographs taken during Voigt´s extensive journeys through Cambodia, China, Egypt, Bhutan, Dubai and Bali. Christian Voigt´s fine art photos comprise landscape, architecture, cityscapes and portraits. Unique in his approach of producing large-scale (60" x 120") works, Christian Voigt´s photos truly achieve museum quality. His extraordinary photographs are strictly limited to editions of five. Characterized by depth, intensity and richness of detail, they showcase outstanding interior and exterior locations. For twenty years, Christian Voigt, representing the fourth generation, managed his parents' publishing company, until it was sold in January of 2007. However, photography never ceased to be an important element of the artist's life. It had become a passion a long time ago, just like it had for his father and grandmother. Christian Voigt continued the family tradition of taking a camera on his travels. He gradually became more familiar with the world of photography, tried different techniques, refined and developed his skills. Until the desire to turn the passion into a profession became overwhelming and creativity once again took centre stage in Christian Voigt's life. "At some stage, I simply allowed myself to live my dream", says Christian Voigt. "I was the fourth generation of a family of publishers, I was not required to set up my own business, but simply had to take over. I was lucky and it was luxury, but it was not what I had in mind. My motivation was to do my own thing, to develop something, to use my hands to establish something. Visit Christian Voigt's website at ... http://www.christianvoigt.com Hutter Fine Art specializes in the exhibition and sale of paintings, works on paper and sculpture by American and international artists of the Modern, Post-War and Contemporary periods. The gallery has presented historically focused exhibitions featuring works by Francis Alys, Andy Warhol, Bruce Conner, Adolf Fleischmann and Claude Monet. Other artists who have exhibited with Karl Hutter Fine Art include Dennis Koch, Brian Wills, Jedd Novatt, Florian Sussmayr, Christopher Makos, Chris Thorson and Miwa Ogasawara. Karl Hutter, a native of Australia, has been working in the art world for nearly two decades. He began his career with Gagosian Gallery in New York City and in 2004 partnered with Los Angeles gallerist Michael Kohn to open Kohn Hutter Fine Art, the predecessor to Karl Hutter Fine Art. Visit the gallery's website at ... http://www.khfineart.com |
The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon ~ Portugal's Finest Museum of Classical Art Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:58 PM PDT The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon (the "Gulbenkian") owes its existence to one man. Calouste Gulbenkian revealed his passion for art at an early age, reflecting his upbringing in Cappadocia and Constantinople, both crossroads of civilizations. Throughout his life, he assembled an eclectic and unique collection that was influenced by his travels and his personal taste. His collection now totals over 6,300 pieces from all over the world and dating from antiquity to the early twentieth century (including examples from ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, Babylonia, Armenia, Persia, Islamic Art, Europe, and Japan). The Paris-based collection was divided for security reasons in the 1930s and part was sent to London. In 1936, the collection of Egyptian art was entrusted to the care of the British Museum while the finest paintings went to the National Gallery. Later, in 1948 and 1950, the same works would be sent on to the National Gallery of Art in Washington. As his collection grew, Gulbenkian grew more concerned about how to preserve his achievement. In 1937 he started discussions with Kenneth Clark, who had advised him in assembling his collection, about a "Gulbenkian Institute" at the National Gallery in London. However, during World War II, he was declared an "enemy under the act" by the British Government and they temporarily confiscated his share of the oil from the Iraq Petroleum Company. Although this was a technical legal decision, this action by his adopted country irritated him. Consequently he then considered the National Gallery of Art in Washington as a potential home for his collection and in 1943 began negotiations. At the time of his death in 1955, Gulbenkian does not appear to have decided where he wanted his collection to be housed and finally left it to his British lawyer, Lord Radcliffe to decide. However it was clear that Gulbenkian wanted his collection brought together under one roof where people could appreciate what one man could achieve in his lifetime. After his death, arduous negotiations with the French Government and the National Gallery in Washington ensued. In 1960, the entire collection was brought to Portugal, where it was exhibited at the Palace of the Marquises of Pombal (Oeiras) from 1965 to 1969. Fourteen years after Gulbenkian's death, his wish was fulfilled, when the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum was opened in Lisbon. The large premises, comprise the museum and headquarters of the Gulbenkian Foundation, and were designed by the Portugese architects Ruy Athouguia, Pedro Cid, and Alberto Pessoa. The museum is located within a landscaped park, at the intersection of Av. de Berna and Av. António Augusto de Aguiar, in Lisbon. Sharing the serene gardens of the Gulbenkian Museum is the Modern Art Center, containing modern and contemporary Portuguese and foreign art displayed on two floors, including works by Paula Rego, Almada Negreiros, Souza Cardoso, and Vieira da Silva. As a cultural center, the Gulbenkian Foundation sponsors plays, films, ballets, and concerts, as well as a rotating exhibition of works by leading modern Portuguese and foreign artists. Visit the museum's website at … www. http://museu.gulbenkian.pt The Calouste Gulbenkian Collection comprises some 6,300 pieces of which approximately 1,200 are on display in the museum galleries. The permanent exhibition galleries are distributed in chronological and geographical order and spread over two floors. The collection starts with Egyptian art, which includes a variety of pieces documenting the artistic periods that most marked Egyptian civilization from the Old Empire to the Roman Era. Greco-Roman art is represented by an extraordinary collection of Greek coins and "medallions" which form part of the treasure found at Aboukir, Egypt in 1902, as well as sculptures, ceramics, glass, jewels and gems. The small collection Mesopotamian art includes an outstanding Assyrian low relief from the palace of Assumazirpal. Calouste Gulbenkian's interest in artistic production from Persia, Turkey, Syria, the Caucasus and India, dating from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries, is very much in evidence in the collection of Eastern Islamic art. The numerous objects on display include carpets, fabrics, illuminated manuscripts, book bindings, mosque lamps, painted tiles and ceramics. The Armenian art collection is essentially made up of illuminated parchments from the 16th and 17th centuries and show the great interest the collector had in his Armenian origins. Important items of art from the Far east, include porcelain and hard stone carvings from China, lacquer from Japan and a large collection of Japanese prints. The section of European sculpture includes pieces from the Middle Ages until the nineteenth century. The delicate image of the 'Virgin and Child', attributed to Jean de Liège, who worked for the French king Charles V, dates from the Middle Ages, while the works attributed to Antonio Rosselino and Andrea della Robbia stand out among the Renaissance collection. The same period is also represented by a significant collection of medals that includes a substantial nucleus of work by Pisanello. Eighteenth-century French sculpture includes work by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Pigalle, Caffieri and Houdon, the artist who produced "Diana", one of the highlights of the collection. The nineteenth-century's artistic vision of sculpture is emphasized in the Gulbenkian Collection with the inclusion of work by Carpeaux, Barye, Dalou and Rodin. The collection also contains historic books and manuscripts, including a series of Flemish, French, Dutch, English, Italian and German illuminated manuscripts, printed books and bindings dating from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century. The European decorative arts section is introduced by sixteenth-century tapestries from Flanders and Italy. Outstanding 18th century French works include Gobelins, Beauvais and Aubusson tapestries, very fine sets of furniture dating from the time of the Regency, Louis XV and Louis XVI, made by Cressent, Oeben, Riesener, Jacob, Carlin and Sené. Also on display are pieces in silver or gold by the best French craftsmen such as F.-T. Germain, Duran, Lehendrick, Roettiers and Auguste. The collection of works by René Lalique (a personal friend of Gulbekian) is quite exceptional for the quality of the jewelry and other objects, particularly the glass, which, because of its quality and consistency is considered to be quite unique. The Gulbenkian's collection of paintings is justifiably world famous, and includes some pieces from the Hermitage collection which were sold off by the Soviets. Covering the fifteenth to early twentieth century, the collection includes significant and well know works by almost every important artist. A dominant theme of the two hundred and twenty-nine paintings acquired and kept by Gulbenkian personally, was portrait and landscape painting, and these genres are given particular preponderance in the exhibition galleries of the museum. The main centers of artistic production from the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are represented by the work of such artists as Stefan Lochner ("Presentation in the Temple"), Van der Weyden ("St. Catherine"), Pisanello, Anton Van Dyck ("Portrait of a Man"), Dierick Bouts, Jean-Marc Nattier, Domenico Ghirlandaio ("Portrait of a Girl"), Vittore Carpaccio, Cima de Conegliano, Giovanni Battista Moroni, Frans Hals, Jacob von Ruisdael, Peter Paul Rubens ("Portrait of Hélène Fourment", "The Love of the Centaurs" and "Flight Into Egypt"), Andrea della Robbia and Rembrandt ("Portrait of an Old Man", "Pallas Athene" and "Alexander the Great"). Eighteenth-century French painting is in turn represented by the work of Nicolas de Largillière, François Boucher, Hubert Robert, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Lépicié, Nattier and Maurice-Quentin de La Tour. The eighteenth century is also represented by an area devoted to the work of the Venetian painters Francesco Guardi and Canaletto, while another gallery brings together English painters such as Lawrence, George Romney and Thomas Gainsborough. Nineteenth-century English painting is in turn represented by the work of Joseph Mallord William Turner and Sir Edward Burne-Jones. The section of nineteenth-century French painting includes work by Corot, Jean-François Millet, Rousseau, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux and Henri Fantin-Latour, as well as that of Édouard Manet, Dégas, Mary Cassatt ("The Stocking"), Renoir ("Portrait of Madame Claude Monet") and Claude Monet ("The Breakup of the Ice" and "Still life With Melon") . The Gulbenkian is currently in-between temporary exhibitions, but on 21st October 2011, "In the Presence of Things. Four Centuries of European Still-Life Painting (Part Two: 1840 – 1955)" will open and remain on view until 8 January 2012. This exhibition follows 'Part One' which was presented in 2010 (and looked at European still-life paintings from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries). The second part will focus on modern still life in the 19th century and on the fundamental changes which occurred during the first half of the 20th century. A revival of interest in still life among avant garde painters in France will be illustrated through the works of the Realists and the new stylistic language of Impressionism. A centerpiece of this part of the show will be the museum's own Still-life with Melon by Claude Monet. At the end of the 19th century still life was particularly appealing to Post-Impressionist painters like Cézanne, Van Gogh and Gauguin, who will be represented by a number of key loans. The exhibition will show the transformation of the genre into a vehicle for ever more radical pictorial experimentation in the work of Picasso, Braque and Matisse. Still-life will be shown to have allowed artists to engage and critique contemporary society. It was also overlaid with the new realities of the subjective experience in the work of Magritte and Dalí. The fragmentation and reinvention of the very category of still life will be explored through sculptures and artists' use of actual objects as works of art. This is the proposed journey of still-life painting in Western Art through different ages and geographical places, illustrated with major works by painters who have treated this artistic genre. Still life was the pretext for painters' explorations, and it is the source of fascination to many museum visitors. |
Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters on View at Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:57 PM PDT DETROIT, MI - An extraordinary "who's who" of modern art masters, including Monet, Dali, van Gogh, Renoir, Degas, Matisse, Picasso and Rodin—to name just a few—will be on view at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) October 12th , 2008 through January 18th, 2009. Through 75 paintings and sculptures, visitors will be immersed in one of the most fascinating periods in the history of art—the gradual shift from a reliance on artistic tradition to an insistence on individual innovation at the turn of the 20th century. |
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Acquires Fischer Collection of German Expressionism Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:55 PM PDT RICHMOND, VA.- One of the finest remaining refugee collections of German Expressionist art has a new home – at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection includes works assembled by the couple in Frankfurt, Germany, between 1905 and 1925, the most creative years of German Expressionism. No state funds were spent by the museum. VMFA used donor funds restricted to the purchase of art for the commonwealth. |
The Painter as Printmaker: Impressionist Prints from the National Gallery of Canada Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:53 PM PDT
WINNIPEG, MB - Everyone is familiar with Impressionist paintings. But many of these artists were also very involved in printmaking. The Painter as Printmaker: Impressionist Prints from the National Gallery of Canada, at The Winnipeg Art Gallery through 8th of March, 2009, features many of the most important prints by artists like Renoir, Cézanne, Degas, Van Gogh, and others. "This exhibition offers visitors a deeper look into the art of the Impressionists, exploring another artistic medium championed by these painters" says WAG Director Dr. Stephen Borys. |
Moscow Museum of Modern Art presents "Future Depends On You" ~ A Touring Exhibition Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:52 PM PDT MOSCOW.- Moscow Museum of Modern Art hosts a large-scale exhibition project "Future Depends on You. New Rules" nominated as "Regional project" for "Innovation" award. "Future Depends on You. New Rules" is a touring art exhibition, that was shown in 7 Russian cities: Vladivostok, Krasnoyarsk, Khabarovsk, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg, Samara, Krasnodar. It comprises a contemporary art show, an educational program, an alternative Russian film festival, meetings with the participants – famous Russian artists and social activists. Total attendance figures mount to 120,000 people, 700 publications came out – it all reflects broad public response. The project is rightly considered one of the most significant art initiatives in the history of contemporary Russian art in the past 50 years. On exhibition May 30 – August 2 2009. |
Charlie Chaplin's Photographic Archive Gifted to the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:50 PM PDT LAUSANNE.- The Musée de l'Elysée announced a major event: the arrival of the Chaplin Photographic Archive. A large collection of 10,000+ photographs belonging to British comedian Charlie Chaplin will be given to the museum. The prints and negatives, that trace the actor's career, date as far back as 1910, when Chaplin first toured the United States. "I am thrilled that the Musée de l'Elysée in Lausanne will take care of my father's archive. My siblings and myself totally trust that the museum will preserve this heritage which is so dear to us." - Joséphine Chaplin, daughter of Charlie Chaplin |
Edgar Degas ~ Intimity and Pose ~ exhibited at Hamburger Kunsthalle Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:45 PM PDT Hamburg, Germany - Hamburger Kunsthalle presents Edgar Degas. Intimity and Pose, on view through May 3, 2009. In addition to his many well-known pastels and paintings, the French Impressionist Edgar Degas (1834–1917) also made numerous sculptures, but the large majority of these were never presented to the public. Shortly after his death, the figures of dancers, bathers and racehorses he had originally modelled in wax were secured, and in 1919 they were cast in bronze. The exhibition Intimacy and Pose presents the complete set of 73 original bronze casts. During his lifetime Degas only ever exhibited one of the wax sculptures – Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans (Little Dancer Aged Fourteen) – which caused a sensation at the Sixth Impressionist Exhibition in 1881 due to the remarkable naturalism of the figure. |
IVAM Celebrates Formula 1 Grand Prix with Installation by Lorenzo Quinn Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:39 PM PDT VALENCIA, SPAIN - The work entitled Vroom Vroom by the sculptor Lorenzo Quinn has been installed in the leveled area of the Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM) on the occasion of the Formula 1 Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe in Valencia Street Circuit. The sculpture will remain on display until next July. Vroom Vroom is a vintage Fiat 500, the first car that the sculptor has, handled by a child's hand build under the references of the author's son. The work is an installation allusive to the relationship between parents and sons. |
Max Beckmann Painting is Top Lot at Villa Grisebach Fall Auctions Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:37 PM PDT BERLIN.- In 1937, Max Beckmann, while living in exile in Amsterdam, painted the radiant landscape Blick auf Vorstädte am Meer bei Marseille (View of the Outskirts at the Sea near Marseille) in memory of happier days. Coming from Stephan Lackner's (California) prestigious Max Beckmann collection and estimated at 1,400,000 – 1,800,000 EUR, the painting is the top lot of Villa Grisebach's fall auctions. All works will be exhibited at Villa Grisebach in Berlin from 21 through 25 November, 2009. |
The Louvre opens Holy Russia: Russian Art from the Beginnings to Peter the Great Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:34 PM PDT PARIS.- As part of France's "Year of Russia" celebrations, the Louvre is hosting a major exhibition devoted to the history of Christian Russia, from the 9th to the 18th century. The exhibition begins with the appearance of "Russians" in the historical record and the rivalries and power struggles between Latins, Vikings and Byzantines. There followed the early conversions in the Kievan Rus', culminating in the famed "baptism" of Vladimir the Great in 988. Rus' then became definitively Christian, borrowing its ecclesiastical model from Constantinople. Christian art flourished in Kiev, Chernigov, Novgorod, Pskov, Vladimir, Suzdal and elsewhere, wavering stylistically between Byzantium and the temptation of the Latin West. |
CHRISTOPHER PRATT EXHIBITION AT THE WAG Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:33 PM PDT WINNIPEG, MB - Christopher Pratt, one of Canada's most revered artists, was the guest of honor at the public opening of the exhibition Christopher Pratt. The exhibition continues at The Winnipeg Art Gallery until January 7, 2007. Marking Pratt's 70th birthday, this exhibition focuses on paintings from the past 20 years, featuring approximately 50 large-scale oil paintings of landscapes, buildings, interiors, and figures, as well as study drawings. |
Chris Beetles Gallery Announces a Cecil Beaton Collaboration with Sotheby's Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:30 PM PDT LONDON - Chris Beetles Gallery announced an exhibition of Sir Cecil Beaton prints in collaboration with Sotheby's. From 22 April – 16 May 2009 photographs taken by this renowned photographer of many twentieth century icons will be on display including, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Gilbert and George, and members of the Royal family. The exhibition is the first time for many years that these prints will be on view and available to buy. By drawing extensively on Sotheby's archive of Beaton material, the exhibition of around 70 prints will form the most comprehensive Beaton exhibition for many years. |
Denver Art Museum to Open a New Asian Gallery with Selections from Lutz Collection Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:28 PM PDT DENVER, CO.- Beauty and function meet in the newly installed Walter + Mona Lutz Gallery in the fifth level Asian art space in the Denver Art Museum's North Building. The inaugural exhibition, Shape & Spirit: Selections from the Lutz Bamboo Collection, opening September 26, 2009, showcases the wonder of bamboo through more than 200 objects that capture the spirit and cultural character of their makers. Woven baskets, carved figures and everyday tools are displayed in the new space designated for bamboo pieces from East Asia. All objects on view are from the extensive Lutz Bamboo Collection at the DAM. |
Marble Sculptures that Memoralize The Holocaust Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:23 PM PDT Laguna Woods, CA - Hal Goldberg, the sculptor says, " The major goal of my work has been to memorialize the Holocaust and to make people think long and hard about the Holocaust. I carve sculptures in marble that commemorate the heroism of that time and place. Here you will not find any ambiguous abstract artwork or any sense of defeatism. These sculptures are dedicated to one of the most important lessons of the Holocaust - Am Yisroel Chai - the Jewish people will always survive. " |
Asheville Art Museum presents 'A Centennial Celebration of The Eight' Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:21 PM PDT
ASHEVILLE, NC — The Asheville Art Museum is pleased to invite you to experience Life's Rich Pageant: A Centennial Celebration of The Eight, an exhibition that showcases the works of eight unique, ground-breaking artists and celebrates their landmark exhibition in 1908 at the Macbeth Gallery in New York. The exhibition opens to the public on Friday, September 12, 2008. |
Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:20 PM PDT 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 . |
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