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• Tom Murray’s Photos from the Beatles Last Group Publicity Shoot
• Sotheby's German, Austrian & Central European Paintings Sale In May
• Michael Cooper's Sculpture Odyssey at the Bellevue Arts Museum
• Native American Art at the Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art in San Diego
• VMFA Will Be The First US Museum Exhibiting Its Art In Beijing’s Palace Museum
• The New York Public Library Celebrates 100 Years
• The Art Institute of Chicago Presents Modernist Pae White
• Collection of Sculpture from the Congo at the Bruce Museum
• London's National Gallery to Ration Access to Leonardo Da Vinci Exhibition
• The Fondation Beyeler honors French Artist Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) ~ 100 Years
• Folkwang Museum's Masterpieces Reunited for the First Time After 70 Years
• Palazzo Strozzi To Feature "Bronzino: Artist and Poet of the Court of the Medici"
• Revolutionary Russians the Centenary of Shostakovich
• New Art Fair to Be Hosted by Christie's During Frieze Week
• Manga! opens at The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art ~ Denmark
• Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza surveys the Dutch Painter Pieter Jansz. Saenredam
• Leopold Museum Presents German Expressionists
• Danziger Projects Opens "The Art Fair is Present"
• Finalists for $100,000 Prestigious Ordway Prize Announced by New Museum in NYC
• This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News

Tom Murray’s Photos from the Beatles Last Group Publicity Shoot Posted: 16 May 2011 01:03 AM PDT LONDON.- For almost 30 years, renowned photographer Tom Murray's images from the Beatles last group publicity shoot were stored in the back of a drawer. And now for the first time ever, these rarely seen images will be available for public purchase on an international art site. Rock Paper Photo, which launches this week in New York, will be the most comprehensive online gallery of pop culture fine art photography. Founded by Guy Oseary (Madonna's manager) and with investment from Live Nation, the site deals exclusively in largely unpublished hand signed limited edition images. Why Tom? Why These Photos? Here are some of the facts: Tom Murray is a world-renowned photographer, having worked alongside some of the biggest names in fashion, music, art and even Royalty. His subjects include Elizabeth Taylor, Dustin Hoffman, HRH Princess Margaret, Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren (just to name a few). He was the youngest photographer to ever be commissioned by the Royal Family Tom had no idea that he would be shooting the Beatles on that legendary summer day in 1968. All he knew was that he was attending a publicity shoot for an unnamed rock and roll group. The collection of photos from Tom's impromptu and iconic shoot with the Beatles is known as "The Mad Day: Summer of '68" Consisting of the 23 best images taken during the shoot, each picture provides an intimate look at the Beatles and their individual personalities. These images have been hailed by the media as some of the best photographs ever taken of the Beatles and have helped to raise over 6 million dollars for charities worldwide. Tom was the first person to capture the death of John Lennon, 12 years before it happened! At one point during the shoot, John Lennon spontaneously dropped to the ground and decided to play dead. The whole incident was over in seconds, yet somehow captured by Tom. Years later, when Lennon was shot, Time Magazine considered this photo for its cover, yet ultimately deemed it too spooky. All 23 images from the "Mad Day" series will be available for purchase on Rock Paper Photo. These signed and limited edition prints come in a 20 x 24 inch size and/or a 30 x 40 inch size. Tom Murray is an award-winning photographer whose work spans portraiture, theater, fashion, advertising, newspapers and magazines. He perfected his craft working for newspapers, becoming the head of photography for The Sunday Times Colour Magazine, London's first Sunday magazine. He then worked alongside master photographers Helmut Newton and Lord Snowdon. At 25, he received a commission from the Royal Family, becoming the youngest person to receive this honor, and has since immortalized subjects such as Angelica Huston. In the summer of 1968, Mr. Murray was invited to a publicity photo shoot for a popular rock and roll group by a fellow photographer. As it turned out, the band that they were shooting was The Beatles. From two rolls of film, Mr. Murray kept 23 negatives which are considered the most important color photographs of the group from that period of their career. The impromptu shoot took Tom and the band on a mad dash around London; the collection of photographs has become known as The Mad Day: Summer Of '68. His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the world and has appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers like GQ, Vogue, The New York Times, and The London Times. Tom is a dedicated fund-raiser who now devotes much of his time to charities around the world and in his own community where he regularly donates to a local association for the blind. He began in 1969 when he photographed HRH Princess Margaret and chose to donate a portion of those earnings to her favorite charities. Since then, he has been involved with the Make a Wish Foundation (In the US, UK and Sweden), Project Angel Food, Friends in Need and the Caron Foundation, personally helping to raise over 2 million dollars. Through auctioning his prints for charities or donating them outright, he has raised an additional 6 million. Realizing the importance of local charities, wherever his work is exhibited, he generously donates a photographic print to a charity of the gallery's choice. A three time World Press Photo award winner, Tom has received numerous international awards for his work on newspaper and magazine assignments, theatre and advertising commissions as well as specialist portrait commissions in Europe, Africa and The United States of America.

Sotheby's German, Austrian & Central European Paintings Sale In May Posted: 16 May 2011 12:27 AM PDT LONDON.- Sotheby's London Sale of 19th Century European Paintings on Wednesday, 18 May, 2011 will bring together some 163 works by artists from no fewer than 15 countries: among them Spain, Germany, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Italy, France, Switzerland, Britain, Israel, the Netherlands, Belgium, Russia, and South America. Among the distinct categories of pictures to be offered will be a strong contingent of Spanish, Orientalist, German, Austrian and Central European works. The sale is estimated to bring in excess of £6.5 million.

Michael Cooper's Sculpture Odyssey at the Bellevue Arts Museum Posted: 16 May 2011 12:11 AM PDT Seattle, WA - The Bellevue Arts Museum is presenting "Michael Cooper: A Sculptural Odyssey, 1968 - 2010" from July 12th until October 9th. Michael Cooper transforms commonplace objects into fantastical, thought-provoking vehicles. Pistol-packing tricycles and curiously mobile forms of "furniture" underscore Cooper's role as one of the most innovative sculptors working today. Tracing over 40 years of this artist's explorations, the exhibition is anchored by a monumental, kinetic, computer-driven work entitled "How the West Was Won, How the West Was Lost", a sculptural treatise on conquest, greed and lust for oil and power: concepts as topical today as they were when the artist began the work in 1977.

Native American Art at the Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art in San Diego Posted: 15 May 2011 10:52 PM PDT San Diego, CA - "In Their Own Words: Classic and Contemporary Native American Art" on view until September 5th at the Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art in San Diego presents classic art from North America's indigenous artisans shown alongside paintings by four native-Californian contemporary artists. When thinking of classic art, the casual museumgoer usually thinks of Grecian statues or Roman architecture, but classic art, defined by its age, function, design and shape, is also found throughout North America. Art history focuses attention on the classic art of the early European and Asian worlds; rarely is classic art from central and southern Africa or North and South America grouped into the same category.

VMFA Will Be The First US Museum Exhibiting Its Art In Beijing’s Palace Museum Posted: 15 May 2011 10:38 PM PDT RICHMOND, VA.- Governor Bob McDonnell today signed an historic cultural exchange agreement to bring "Treasures from the Forbidden City," a showcase of approximately 200 objects from Beijing's Palace Museum to Virginia in the summer of 2014. The Palace Museum signatory was its director, Zheng Xinmiao. Also attending were Alex Nyerges, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts director; Li Ji, Palace Museum executive deputy director; Robin Nicholson, VMFA deputy director for art and education; and Li Jian, VMFA curator for East Asian art.

The New York Public Library Celebrates 100 Years Posted: 15 May 2011 09:28 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- The New York Public Library features over 250 artifacts from its incredible research collections in the new exhibition Celebrating 100 Years, which opened on May 14th at the Library's landmark Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. The exhibition – a cornerstone of the Library's celebration of the Schwarzman Building's 100th birthday – is organized by independent curator Thomas Mellins and shines a spotlight on items spanning thousands of years and representing the worlds of literature, dance, social activism, invention, exploration, religion, history and innumerable other intellectual disciplines and creative pursuits.

The Art Institute of Chicago Presents Modernist Pae White Posted: 15 May 2011 08:58 PM PDT CHICAGO - The diverse work of Pae White engages art, architecture, and design to heighten the experience of site and context. Growing up in the "modernist mecca" of Southern California in the late 1960s and 1970s, White developed a visual vocabulary drawn from a variety of influences that range from consumer culture to "high" art—Eames furniture, Vera Neumann scarves, and Milton Glaser graphics, among them. On view at the Art Institute of Chicago May 19–September 25.

Collection of Sculpture from the Congo at the Bruce Museum Posted: 15 May 2011 08:50 PM PDT GREENWICH, CT.- Power Incarnate: Allan Stone's Collection of Sculpture from the Congo features works drawn from the Estate of Allan Stone, the noted art dealer, gallery owner, and collector who died in 2006 at the age of 74. Perhaps best known for his expertise in Abstract Expressionism, Mr. Stone's collection of African art is an extraordinary assemblage in its own right, a decidedly personal collection and a monument to a particular artistic vision. The exhibition is on view form May 14th through September 4th, 2011 at the Bruce Museum.

London's National Gallery to Ration Access to Leonardo Da Vinci Exhibition Posted: 15 May 2011 08:50 PM PDT London (BBC).- London's National Gallery is to limit visitor numbers to a major exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci works in an attempt to prevent large crowds detracting from the viewing experience. Admissions will be fixed at 180 every half hour, 50 fewer people than the gallery is legally allowed to let in. "We've looked hard at the problems caused by very popular exhibitions... and decided to take action," gallery director Nicholas Penny told The London Times. Advance booking for the exhibition, which will run from 9th November until 5th February 2012, has just opened. In a statement, the gallery said it expected there to be "unprecedented demand" for tickets and advised patrons to book in advance. Its decision to reduce the number of admissions, it added, had been "in response to visitors' comments regarding overcrowding in exhibitions".'Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan' is the most complete display of Leonardo's rare surviving paintings ever held. This unprecedented exhibition – the first of its kind anywhere in the world – brings together sensational international loans never before seen in the UK. While numerous exhibitions have looked at Leonardo da Vinci as an inventor, scientist or draughtsman, this is the first to be dedicated to his aims and techniques as a painter. Inspired by the recently restored National Gallery painting, "The Virgin of the Rocks", this exhibition focuses on Leonardo as an artist. In particular it concentrates on the work he produced as court painter to Duke Lodovico Sforza in Milan in the late 1480s and 1490s. As a painter, Leonardo aimed to convince viewers of the reality of what they were seeing while still aspiring to create ideals of beauty – particularly in his exquisite portraits – and, in his religious works, to convey a sense of awe-inspiring mystery. Featuring the finest paintings and drawings by Leonardo and his followers, the exhibition examines Leonardo's pursuit for perfection in his representation of the human form. Works on display include 'La Belle Ferronière' (Musée du Louvre, Paris), the 'Madonna Litta' (Hermitage, Saint Petersburg) and 'Saint Jerome' (Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome). The final part of the exhibition features a near-contemporary, full-scale copy of Leonardo's famous 'Last Supper', on loan from the Royal Academy. Seen alongside all the surviving preparatory drawings made by Leonardo for the 'Last Supper', visitors will discover how such a large-scale painting was designed and executed. The History of London's National Gallery dates back to April 1824 when the House of Commons agreed to pay £57,000 for the picture collection of the banker John Julius Angerstein. His 38 pictures were intended to form the core of a new national collection, for the enjoyment and education of all. In 1831 Parliament agreed to construct a dedicated building for the National Gallery at Trafalgar Square. The new building designed by William Wilkins finally opened in 1838. After receiving some criticism, in 1869 the architect E.M. Barry was asked to submit designs for rebuilding the entire Gallery. After much discussion, it was decided that the existing building should remain, and instead, a new wing should be added. This was completed in 1876, and added seven new exhibition rooms at the east end, including the impressive dome. Continuing expansion of the collection led the trustees to campaign long and hard for additional space. Eventually, in 1907, barracks at the rear of the Gallery were cleared and work began to construct five new galleries. Further expansion was carried out in 1975, when the 'Northern Extension' was completed, providing 9 large rooms and 3 smaller 'cabinet' rooms of additional exhibition space. In 1985 Lord Sainsbury and his brothers agreed to finance the construction of a new wing on a site next to the Gallery which had been vacant since the Second World War. The new Sainsbury Wing, designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Robert Venturi and his wife, Denise Scott Brown, was opened in 1991, to display the entire early Renaissance collection. With a commitment to free admission, a central and accessible site, and extended opening hours the Gallery has ensured that its collection can be enjoyed by the widest public possible, and not become the exclusive preserve of the privileged. Following the completion of the Sainsbury Wing, the Gallery has a total floor area of 46,396 metres squared and is visited by more than 4 million people every year. Visit the National Gallery's website at … http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/

The Fondation Beyeler honors French Artist Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) ~ 100 Years Posted: 15 May 2011 08:40 PM PDT BASEL.- One hundred years after the death of the French artist Henri Rousseau (1844-1910), the Fondation Beyeler is devoting an exhibition to this pioneer of modernism. Forty outstanding works provide a concise overview of the development and diversity of his oeuvre. A customs official, Rousseau had no formal art training and initially painted in his free time. Many years passed before his art, non-academic and long considered merely naive, found recognition in the Paris salons. In addition to the legendary jungle pictures characteristic of his late work, Rousseau also painted views of Paris and environs, as well as figures, portraits, allegories and genre scenes. With Monet, Cézanne, van Gogh and Gauguin, Rousseau was one of the artists whose visual inventions paved the way for incipient modernism. On exhibition 7 February though 9 May, 2010.

Folkwang Museum's Masterpieces Reunited for the First Time After 70 Years Posted: 15 May 2011 08:39 PM PDT ESSEN.- The Museum Folkwang's masterpieces have been reunited again for the first time in over 70 years. The museum's spectacular pre-1933 collection has been reassembled for the first large-scale special exhibition in the New Building designed by David Chipperfield Architects. The Museum Folkwang was home to one of the most significant collections of modern and contemporary art worldwide in the 1920s and early 1930s. On his visit to Essen in 1932, Paul J. Sachs, co-founder of the MoMA in New York, called it "the most beautiful museum in the world". The exhibition presents the main artworks of the Folkwang collection for the first time in 70 years from 20 March to 25 July 2010.

Palazzo Strozzi To Feature "Bronzino: Artist and Poet of the Court of the Medici" Posted: 15 May 2011 08:38 PM PDT FLORENCE, ITALY- Agnolo di Cosimo Tori, known as Bronzino (1503-1572), was one of the greatest artists in the history of Italian painting. Court artist to Cosimo I de' Medici (1519-1574), his work embodied the sophistication of the Mannerist style. Bronzino. Artist and Poet at the Court of the Medici, on view at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence from 24 September 2010 to 23 January 2011, will be the very first exhibition devoted to his painted work. Bronzino conveyed the elegance of the Medici court in his work with "naturalness" and, at the same time, austere beauty.

Revolutionary Russians the Centenary of Shostakovich Posted: 15 May 2011 08:37 PM PDT Canberra, Australia - 2006 marks the centenary of the birth of the great composer Dmitri Shostakovich.  He was born in St Petersburg on 25 September 1906 into a Russia wracked by revolutionary ferment.  In the hundred years that followed, Russia endured continual upheavals and at least four revolutions.

New Art Fair to Be Hosted by Christie's During Frieze Week Posted: 15 May 2011 08:36 PM PDT LONDON.- Christie's announced Multiplied – an exciting new fair in the field of contemporary art. The fair will be held during the week of the Frieze Art Fair, 15-18th October, providing a platform to promote emerging talent in two and three-dimensional contemporary editions. Christie's has invited over thirty of the most exciting galleries to showcase a selection of the most challenging, cutting-edge work being produced today. Exhibiting a wide range of publishers under one roof, Christie's aim to help them promote their businesses and the artistic talent that they support.

Manga! opens at The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art ~ Denmark Posted: 15 May 2011 08:35 PM PDT   Humlebæk, Denmark - In the autumn Manga is coming to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Historically Manga goes back 200 years and today has international cult status with millions of comics sold every month and a fast-growing anime film industry. The exhibition traces the development of manga historically and culturally: from 200-year-old woodcuts and book illustrations through today's mass-produced comics, computer games and films to current Japanese contemporary art.

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza surveys the Dutch Painter Pieter Jansz. Saenredam Posted: 15 May 2011 08:34 PM PDT MADRID.- November 11 marks the opening of the exhibition devoted to the Dutch painter Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597-1665). Through the exhibition, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza will be offering an overview of the work of this artist, one of the leading names of 17th-century Dutch painting in a survey that will include some of his finest compositions. Saenredam was a pioneering figure in his use of detailed preparatory sketches and perspectival measurements made at first-hand, and he devoted almost his entire career to the depiction of interior and exterior architectural views. As a result, and according to his biographer Cornelis de Bie, Saenredam was "the first architectural portraitist".

Leopold Museum Presents German Expressionists Posted: 15 May 2011 08:33 PM PDT Vienna, Austria - This autumn the Leopold Museum is presenting a comprehensive show on the theme of "German Expressionism".  Approximately 130 works, including 50 oil paintings and 80 drawings, prints and watercolors as well as several sculptures will be on view.  Using a representative selection of works of a high artistic standard, the various groups and directions within Expressionism will be shown side by side.  The selection of artists ranges from Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Ernst Heckel, Max Pechstein, Otto Mueller, Emil Nolde and those belonging to the Munich group "Der Blaue Reiter" including Franz Marc, Wassily Kandinsky, Alexej von Jawlensky and August Macke to the individualist Lyonel Feininger and finally to Otto Dix, Georg Grosz and Max Beckmann.  With this exhibition the Leopold Museum is also celebrating the fifth anniversary of its opening.

Danziger Projects Opens "The Art Fair is Present" Posted: 15 May 2011 08:32 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- Starting off the summer program, Danziger Projects will present a group exhibition and installation titled "The Art Fair is Present". On one hand a playful reference to the just finished Marina Abramović retrospective at MoMA (titled "The Artist is Present") the exhibition is comprised of work exhibited by the gallery in recent art fairs mixed with new work by Jean-Philippe Delhomme commenting on the New York art world. On the other hand, the exhibition seriously calls into question the practice and convention of how art is viewed in galleries, how information is provided, how commerce is conducted, and what effect and to what extent communication (or the lack of) is a part of the process.

Finalists for $100,000 Prestigious Ordway Prize Announced by New Museum in NYC Posted: 15 May 2011 08:31 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- Creative Link for the Arts and the New Museum announced the six finalists for the Ordway Prize, which is given to a Curator/Arts Writer and an Artist. The two winners will each receive an unrestricted cash prize of $100,000. Now in its third cycle, the Ordway Prize is the only unrestricted international award of this caliber that recognizes a Curator/Arts Writer and is also one of the most generous awards given to a contemporary Artist. Candidates for the Ordway Prize are identified through an anonymous nomination process of submissions drawn from a global pool of curators, writers, artists, and museum directors, led by Jennifer McSweeney, Director of Creative Link for the Arts, and Richard Flood, Chief Curator at the New Museum. A jury composed of leading arts professionals will select the two Ordway Prize recipients. The Ordway Prize winners will be announced in early 2010.

This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News Posted: 15 May 2011 08:31 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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