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• Royal Collection Exhibitions Celebrate The Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012
• ART-ATHINA Contemporary Art Fair Opens in Athens
• The Didrichsen Art Museum Shows Hugo Simberg's 'Viipuri Bay' Paintings
• Major Exhibition of the Venezuelan Artist Jésus Rafael Soto: 1955 to 2004 at Haunch of Venison
• Art Basel Buys Hong Kong International Art Fair
• "Flippers and Flash: The Art of Pinball" at the Muskegon Museum of Art
• The Power of Giving Examined in New Exhibition at Museum in Dresden
• The Tucson Museum of Art Shows "The Legacy of Surrealism"
• The Kunstmuseum in Bern (Switzerland) ~ and The Zentrum Paul Klee Receive Our Editor
• Tate Britain to host 'The Lure of the East: British Orientalist Painting'
• The Moscow Museum of Modern Art Opens Alexandra Exter Retrospective
• Royal Academy of Arts displays a Major Retrospective Exhibition of John William Waterhouse RA
• "The Myth of Frankenstein" at Frank Pictures Gallery
• Galerie Stefan Röpke introduces Aleksandar Duravcevic ~ "Restless"
• Keith Haring Anniversary Show at Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York
• "Irving Penn Portraits" Opens At The National Portrait Gallery
• Large-Scale Wall Installation by the Artist Chitra Ganesh at P.S. 1
• Giorgio Armani hosts “ Richard Hambleton – New York ” in Milan, Italy
• Studio Museum Harlem hosts Kehinde Wiley's The World Stage: Africa Lagos~Dakar
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

Royal Collection Exhibitions Celebrate The Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012 Posted: 06 May 2011 09:49 PM PDT LONDON.- The Royal Collection today announced a programme of exhibitions at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse, and a touring exhibition to five UK venues to mark Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee next year. Jonathan Marsden, Director of the Royal Collection, said, 'Our exhibitions celebrate The Queen's Diamond Jubilee through many of the finest works of art in the Royal Collection, and we are particularly delighted to be sharing, on behalf of The Queen, some of these great treasures with museums and galleries across the UK. This is a fitting tribute to Her Majesty's commitment over the past 60 years to the care and conservation of the Collection and to increasing public access.' The Queen: Sixty Photographs for Sixty Years The Drawings Gallery, Windsor Castle 4 February 2012 – January 2013 Sixty photographs of The Queen, including the work of leading press photographers of the past six decades, will go on display at Windsor Castle to celebrate Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee. The exhibition presents a portrait of The Queen's reign as captured in fleeting moments on both official occasions and at relaxed family gatherings. With the advent of photography, the boundaries between the officially approved and the spontaneously captured image of the monarch were irreversibly blurred. Today, through the reach of modern media, the image of Her Majesty is familiar to millions around the world. Most of the exhibition The Queen: Sixty Photographs for Sixty Years has been selected from photographs submitted by the Royal Rota photographic organisations. Royal Treasures: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse 16 March – 16 September 2012 An exhibition of some of the finest treasures from the Royal Collection will go on display at The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse in 2012. Royal Treasures: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration reflects the tastes of monarchs and other members of the royal family who have shaped one of the world's great art collections. The selection of 100 outstanding works has been made across the entire breadth of the Royal Collection, from eight royal residences and over five centuries of collecting, and includes paintings, drawings, miniatures, watercolours, manuscripts, furniture, sculpture, ceramics and jewellery. Highlights include paintings by Rembrandt, Canaletto and Monet, drawings by Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Holbein, and Imperial Easter Eggs by Fabergé. Most of the works will be shown in Scotland for the first time. Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomy The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace 4 May – 7 October 2012 The largest ever exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci's studies of the human body will be shown at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace in 2012. Leonardo has long been recognized as one of the great artists of the Renaissance, but he was also a pioneer in the understanding of human anatomy. He intended to publish his ground-breaking work in a treatise on anatomy, and had he done so his discoveries would have transformed European knowledge of the subject. But on Leonardo's death in 1519 the drawings remained a mass of undigested material among his private papers and their significance was effectively lost to the world for almost 400 years. Today they are among the Royal Collection's greatest treasures. Diamonds: A Jubilee Celebration The Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace August and September 2012 (Additional dates will be added) Diamond, the hardest natural material known, carries associations of endurance and longevity. These qualities, allied to the purity, magnificence and value of the stones, have for centuries led rulers to deploy diamonds in regalia, jewellery and precious objects. Individual diamonds have achieved great renown, passing down the generations and between enemies or allies as potent symbols of sovereignty and as precious gifts. A spectacular exhibition at Buckingham Palace will show the many ways in which diamonds have been used by British monarchs over the last 200 years. The exhibition includes an unprecedented display of a number of The Queen's personal jewels – those inherited by Her Majesty or acquired during her reign. The exhibition will reveal how many of these extraordinary stones have undergone a number of transformations, having been re-cut or incorporated into new settings during their fascinating history.

ART-ATHINA Contemporary Art Fair Opens in Athens Posted: 06 May 2011 09:03 PM PDT Athens.- Between May 12th and 15th ART-ATHINA continues its exemplary mission of promoting art, and in particular contemporary artistic creation, making a keenly anticipated return with its 17th edition. ART-ATHINA 2011 will take place at the Faliro Pavilion (TaeKwonDo), widely regarded as the perfect venue for the event. This year, a similar number of galleries and cultural institutions will be participating (58 and 40 respectively), offering visitors the opportunity to enjoy a panorama of contemporary Greek and international art through the work of more than 300 artists, and also through the exhibits of museums, cultural institutions and art publications. The works of art on sale at the exhibition will attract any potential buyer, since their prices will start from 300 Euros and they will even include works that could form part of museum or large private collections.

The Didrichsen Art Museum Shows Hugo Simberg's 'Viipuri Bay' Paintings Posted: 06 May 2011 08:32 PM PDT Helsinki.Finland - The Didrichsen Art Museum presents "Hugo Simberg & Niemi Ferry" until the 28th of August. Hugo Simberg spent nearly all the summers of his life at Niemenlautta, the family estate on the north-western coast of Viipuri Bay. So great was its inspiration that he immortalised its landscapes and people in his works. Real places also served as the stage for his symbolist motifs – such as the dance on Niemenlautta jetty ("Winger Dance" 1903) where people are partnered with skeletons.

Major Exhibition of the Venezuelan Artist Jésus Rafael Soto: 1955 to 2004 at Haunch of Venison Posted: 06 May 2011 08:07 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- Together with the Estate of Jésus Rafael Soto, Haunch of Venison presents a major survey exhibition of the Venezuelan artist (1923 – 2005) from May 6th to July 1st 2011. This is the first substantial exhibition of the artist in New York since his 1974 solo show at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York which later traveled to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington DC. Soto is recognized as one of the most important and influential Latin American artists of the 20th century and is also widely regarded as a major figure in the Group Zero movement.

Art Basel Buys Hong Kong International Art Fair Posted: 06 May 2011 07:56 PM PDT BASEL.- Art Basel announced that MCH Swiss Exhibition (Basel) Ltd. – a MCH Group company, and the organizer of Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach – has signed a purchase agreement with Asian Art Fairs Ltd, the owners of ART HK – Hong Kong International Art Fair. As of July 1, 2011, MCH Group will take a majority ownership stake in Asian Art Fairs Ltd.

"Flippers and Flash: The Art of Pinball" at the Muskegon Museum of Art Posted: 06 May 2011 07:55 PM PDT Muskegon, MI.- The Muskegon Museum of Art presents "Flippers and Flash: The Art of Pinball" until July 31st. The exhibition features 12 pinball machines dating primarily from the 1990s that were selected for their design savvy, sound and light quality, and popular culture appeal. Major Chicago manufacturers including Bally, Williams, Stern, and Capcom are represented. Backglass imagery, posters, and other visuals enhance the presentation. And it's not all hands-off! Two additional pinball machines will be available for timed play during regular MMA hours. Novices and pinball wizards alike are invited! The exhibition has been organized by the Muskegon Museum of Art and is underwritten by an anonymous donor. The customized pinball machines are courtesy of a West Michigan collector and the machines are maintained by Game Room Guys of Belmont, Michigan.

The Power of Giving Examined in New Exhibition at Museum in Dresden Posted: 06 May 2011 07:45 PM PDT DRESDEN.- The U'mista Cultural Centre in Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada and the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden State Art Collections) in Dresden, Germany are collaborating on an exhibition project that will examine, compare and contrast the role of the gift as well as illustrate the gift-giving rituals and ceremonies within two very different cultures: the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nation and the German aristocracy. "We have all experienced gift-giving. By exploring ceremonial gift-giving in the baroque Saxon court and the Kwakwaka'wakw Big House, this exhibition challenges us to look under the surface of this everyday human activity and think about how gift-giving is both a physical and symbolic exchange. Around 50 pieces of regalia (a portion of the U'mista collection) will be on display in the Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau Dresden starting May 7th.

The Tucson Museum of Art Shows "The Legacy of Surrealism" Posted: 06 May 2011 07:44 PM PDT Tucson, AZ.- "The Legacy of Surrealism: Selections from the Permanent Collection" goes on exhibition at the Tucson Museum of Art on June 11th and remains on view until September 18th. Surrealism, first coined by Apollinaire in 1917 to describe a movement that addressed the intersection of avant-garde art with technological progress, encompasses the free-form practice of automatism, the chance reliance on accident, the shapes and forms of biomorphism, and the use of found objects. Surrealism is an outgrowth of Dada, the avant-garde art form that emerged in Zurich in 1916 (ending in 1923) and spread throughout Europe and the United States as a reaction to World War I and modernist abstraction. Both movements railed against artistic constraint and bourgeois values, and shared a concern with philosophy, psychology, poetry, and social revolution. This exhibition presents works by several artists who are identified as Surrealists along with modern and contemporary artists who have been influenced by Surrealist philosophy and stylistic tendencies. Surrealism began in France by several artists who had been engaged in Dada's emphasis on moral revolt and the conflation of art making with everyday life. When the Dadaists disbanded in 1923, many continued artists their interest in avant-garde art making, newly articulated by André Breton, whose Manifesto of Surrealism published in 1924 called for a continuation of nonconformist activity and a focus on desire and surprise. To Breton, Surrealism was marked by "a certain psychic automatism that corresponds rather closely to the state of dreaming." Two types of Surrealism emerged, inspired by the writings of Sigmund Freud, whose theories of the unconscious mind and the mechanism of repression gained widespread interest in intellectual and artistic circles at the turn of the twentieth century. Freud's theories concentrated on the visionary, the poetic, and the metaphoric power of the unconscious, manifested by the Surrealists in either improvisational automatic writing, drawing, and painting, or the illusionistic and realistic depictions of dream-inspired images. Unlike the pure abstractions of modernist painters who worked away from tangible form, the Surrealists attempted to work toward an interior image to achieve a new kind of perception unconstrained by conscious. Surrealism formally ceased by 1945, but many of the artists who were associated with the movement continued to create art within its artistic parameters into the 1960s and 1970s. The free-form effects of automatic painting and writing, along with the idea of tapping into the unconscious, took hold in the form of Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s, and subsequent realist iterations of the dream has surfaced in the decades that followed until present day. While the aim to ignite a social revolution through Surrealist practices may have long been replaced in today's art by Post-Modern strategies, the aesthetic legacy of this movement continues to intrigue and inspire artists today. First established in 1924 as the Tucson Fine Arts Association, the Museum made its home in the Kingan House on Franklin Street in the El Presidio Historic District. In 1954 the association was officially renamed the Tucson Art Center to establish our exhibition and education mission. In 1975 the Tucson Art Center moved to its present location and became the caretaker of five historic properties (La Casa Cordova, Romero House, Edward Nye Fish House, Stevens/Duffield House and the J. Knox Corbett House) and changed its name to the Tucson Museum of Art to reflect its collecting activities. Today the Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block encompasses an entire city block in historic downtown, and features original and traveling exhibitions focusing on Art of Latin America, Art of the American West, Modern and Contemporary Art and Asian Art as well as tours, education programs, studio art classes, and Museum Store to delight and educate visitors. The Tucson Museum of Art serves the city and surrounding regions and is committed to broadening public access to the arts, enriching daily life. Visit the museum's website at ... http://www.tucsonmuseumofart.org

The Kunstmuseum in Bern (Switzerland) ~ and The Zentrum Paul Klee Receive Our Editor Posted: 06 May 2011 07:30 PM PDT Outstanding works by Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Ferdinand Hodler and Meret Oppenheim have made the Museum of Fine Arts Bern an institution with an international reputation and well worth a visit. At the present time, the constantly growing and evolving collection consists of over 3,000 paintings and sculptures as well as 48,000 drawings, prints, photographs, videos and films. The roots of the museum's history reach back to the revolutionary ideas proliferating in Europe towards the end of the 18th century which, in 1809, led to the founding of the National Art Collection in Bern and, in 1879, to the opening of the first museum building. The Museum of Fine Arts Bern is the oldest art museum in Switzerland with a permanent collection and houses works covering eight centuries, making it not only one of the most important and variegated collections in Switzerland but, due to its substantial collection of works from the classical modern period, also one of international significance. The present building in the Hodlerstrasse was built between 1876 and1879 under the guidance of architect Eugen Stettler. Between 1932 and1936 under the guidance of the architect Karl Indermühle (from the firm of Salvisberg & Brechbühl), the museum was extended. In 1983, the local Bern architects Atelier 5 designed a further extension. Currently the museum are planning yet another expansion, to improve the facilities available for displaying its expanding collection of contemporary art. The museum has close ties to the nearby Paul Klee Center, and hosted the Paul Klee Foundation's collection until they moved to their own, new building. The Paul Klee Cultural Centre, Bern was designed by Ptitzker award winning architect Renzo Piano, and opened in 2005. Around 4,200 of Paul Klee's paintings, watercolours and drawings as well as archives and biographical material, have been brought together at the Centre, which also hosts exhibitions and cultural events. It is currently jointly hosting "Lust and Vice: The Seven Deadly Sins from Dürer to Nauman" with the Kunstmuseum Bern. The exhibition provides a fascinating record of artistic preoccupation with this theme from medieval times to the present day. "Lust and Vice: The Seven Deadly Sins from Dürer to Nauman" also addresses the relevance of the notion of sin in contemporary society and how our culture justifies changes in values. The exhibition is split between the two venues, with pride, avarice, envy and anger at the Kunstmuseum, lust, gluttony and sloth displayed at the Paul Klee Centre. Visitors to Bern should not miss visiting both of these oustanding museums. Visit both museum's websites : http://www.kunstmuseumbern.ch ; and the Paul Klee Cultural Centre (Zentrum Paul Klee) at: www.zpk.org/

Tate Britain to host 'The Lure of the East: British Orientalist Painting' Posted: 06 May 2011 07:29 PM PDT London - The Lure of the East: British Orientalist Painting, opening at Tate Britain is the first exhibition to survey the history of British painters' representations of the Middle East from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries. It will explore the great range of artistic responses to the peoples, cities and landscapes of the regions lying just across the Mediterranean from Europe. On exhibition 4 June – 31 August 2008.

The Moscow Museum of Modern Art Opens Alexandra Exter Retrospective Posted: 06 May 2011 07:28 PM PDT MOSCOW.- An unprecedented retrospective exhibition of works by Alexandra Exter hosted by the Moscow Museum of Modern Art is a truly remarkable event. Alexandra Exter, one of the 'amazons' and brightest stars of the Russian avant-garde, took part in most significant shows of the new art, including exhibitions of 'Jack of Diamonds' group and 'Union of Youth', '№ 4' and 'Tram B', 'Shop', '5×5=25' and so on. One cannot imagine innovative Russian art of the early 20th century without this artist's oeuvre. On view 29 May through 22 August, 2010.

Royal Academy of Arts displays a Major Retrospective Exhibition of John William Waterhouse RA Posted: 06 May 2011 07:27 PM PDT LONDON.- The Royal Academy of Arts will present a major retrospective exhibition of the Pre-Raphaelite artist, John William Waterhouse RA (1849-1917). The exhibition, which will feature over 40 paintings from both public and private collections, will include such highlights as The Lady of Shalott, 1888 (Tate), Hylas and the Nymphs, 1896 (Manchester Art Gallery), Circe Invidiosa: Circe Poisoning the Sea, 1892 (The Art Gallery of South Australia), and from the Royal Academy Collection, A Mermaid, 1900. These works will be accompanied by studies in oil, chalk and pencil; period photographs; sketchbooks; and the volumes of Tennyson and Shelley in which Waterhouse drew sketches. The exhibition will be on view from 27 June through 13 September, 2009.

"The Myth of Frankenstein" at Frank Pictures Gallery Posted: 06 May 2011 07:26 PM PDT   Santa Monica, CA - Each one of Patricia Terrell O'Neal's paintings was inspired by her subconscious reaction to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.  The project began at O'Neal's French residence, the castle, Chateau St. Philippe,  in Savoie, France, a few miles from a similar chateau high in the Alps where Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, age 19, and her lover (and later husband) Percy Bysshe Shelley, visited Lord Byron  at the Villa Diodati. There they challenged one another to each compose a story of their own, the contest being won by whoever wrote the scariest tale. Mary conceived an idea after she fell into a waking dream or nightmare during which she saw "the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together.

Galerie Stefan Röpke introduces Aleksandar Duravcevic ~ "Restless" Posted: 06 May 2011 07:25 PM PDT Cologne, Germany - Galerie Stefan Röpke is pleased to present the first solo exhibition in Germany by Montenegran born, New York based artist Aleksandar Duravcevic, "restless", on view from April 22 through June 13. "My images are based on anatomical and anthropological diagrams. Through these images I am trying to establish a dialogue - a continous investigation which stems from a personal need to open, to disect, to catalog - to make a mark. An infinite desire or curiosity for organic forms both visible and invisible." The artist will be present for the opening reception on April 22, 2009, 6 -9 pm.

Keith Haring Anniversary Show at Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York Posted: 06 May 2011 07:24 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- Tony Shafrazi Gallery is holding an exhibition of works by Keith Haring which celebrate the 20th anniversary of the passing of the artist born in Reading, Pennsylvania. Haring died in 1990 of AIDS-related complications. Haring achieved his first public attention with chalk drawings in the subways of New York. The exhibitions were filmed by the photographer Tseng Kwong Chi. Around this time, "The Radiant baby" became his symbol. His bold lines, vivid colors, and active figures carry strong messages of life and unity. Starting in 1980, he organized exhibitions in Club 57. He participated in the Times Square Exhibition and drew, for the first time, animals and human faces. In 1981 he sketched his first chalk drawings on black paper and painted plastic, metal and found objects. On view through 3 April, 2010.

"Irving Penn Portraits" Opens At The National Portrait Gallery Posted: 06 May 2011 07:23 PM PDT LONDON - Irving Penn (1917–2009) was one of the great photographers of our time. Focusing specifically on his portraits of major cultural figures of the last seven decades, Irving Penn Portraits is a glorious celebration of his work in this genre. The exhibition is brought together from major international collections and includes over 120 silver and platinum prints, many vintage, ranging from his portraits for Vogue magazine in the 1940s to some of his last work. On view at the National Portrait Gallery through 6 June, 2010.

Large-Scale Wall Installation by the Artist Chitra Ganesh at P.S. 1 Posted: 06 May 2011 07:22 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- P.S.1 presents a large-scale wall installation by the artist Chitra Ganesh, for the second installment of the new series "On-site" which continues P.S.1's long standing tradition of commissioning site-specific, wall based projects. Ganesh's new wall piece, The Silhouette Returns (2009), was put on view in the P.S.1 lobby this October 1, 2009 and will continue through April 5, 2010. Chitra Ganesh creates wall installations, paintings, drawings, photographs, and animations that make use of an expansive visual vocabulary that ranges from Bollywood films, comics and graphic novels, to iconic feminist imagery.

Giorgio Armani hosts “ Richard Hambleton – New York ” in Milan, Italy Posted: 06 May 2011 07:21 PM PDT New York, NY – Elusive New York artist Richard Hambleton will be the subject of an exhibition featuring 45 works, 15 never before seen, by Hambleton at the Armani/ Teatro in Milan, following the highly successful New York exhibition in September 2009. The exhibition will be curated by Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld and Andy Valmorbida with an opening reception on Thursday, February 25th, in collaboration with Giorgio Armani. Giorgio Armani says: "I have long been a fan of Richard Hambleton, so when the opportunity to host this exhibition presented itself, I felt I simply had to find a home for it in my hometown. Richard's work is of the streets, and for me stands as a reminder that art in all its forms is first and foremost driven by individual passion and creativity." The Richard Hambleton Exhibition will be open to the public for two weeks, from March 1st to March 12th, following the opening night reception on February 25th, 2010. During that time the gallery at the Armani/ Teatro in Milan will be open Monday to Friday from 10am to 7pm. Of the 45 pieces, 30 works (including 15 never before seen works).

Studio Museum Harlem hosts Kehinde Wiley's The World Stage: Africa Lagos~Dakar Posted: 06 May 2011 07:20 PM PDT NEW YORK CITY -  The Studio Museum in Harlem is proud to present The World Stage: Africa, Lagos ~ Dakar, our first-ever solo exhibition of the work of Kehinde Wiley, a former artist in residence (2001–02). The exhibition features ten new paintings from Wiley's multinational "World Stage" series, a global extension of his signature examinations of power and portraiture. On exhibition through 26 October , 2008.

Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 06 May 2011 07:15 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 . 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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