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• Graphic Works by Romare Bearden at the Museum of the African Diaspora
• Sotheby's NY to Sell Rare and Deeply Personal Marc Chagall Sketchbook
• Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao Celebrates Roberto Matta's Centennial
• Exhibition Of Andy Warhol's Cars At The Montclair Art Museum
• Picasso & Braque's Pivotal 1910-1912 Cubist Works At The Kimbell Art Museum
• SOHO Galleries Hosts Andrew Bartoz Contemporary Paintings
• Orthodox Jewish Library Seized by Russia Has Jolted US Museums
• Frieze Art Fair 2011: The Emdash Award Winner ~ Anahita Razmi
• "All Cannibals?" at the 'me Collectors Room' in Berlin
• Japan Society Gallery to Show Utagawa Kuniyoshi the Forerunner to Today's Manga Artists
• The Art of Architecture: Foster + Partners Opens at the Nasher Sculpture Center
• Enrico David exhibits at the Institute of Contemporary Arts
• Norton Simon Museum presents " Under the Influence: Art-Inspired Art "
• Famed cartoonist Arnold Roth Inducted into Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame
• Whitney Museum Announces Exhibitions of Artists with Performative Actions
• Saatchi Gallery Launches Ad Campaign Offering Free Global Platform for Artists to Sell Art
• Wyndham Lewis Portraits Opens at The National Portrait Gallery in UK
• Brandywine River Museum to host Illustrations by Rockwell Kent
• The British Museum exhibition Explores the Legacy of Shah' Abbas
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

Graphic Works by Romare Bearden at the Museum of the African Diaspora Posted: 16 May 2011 11:39 PM PDT San Francisco.- Until July 3rd, the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco is hosting "From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden". "From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden" is a traveling exhibition that is part of a national centennial celebration of Bearden, an American artist of African American heritage who is widely acknowledged as one of the most talented and original visual artists of the twentieth century. The exhibition, organized by the Romare Bearden Foundation, includes 84 lithographs, etchings, collagraphs, collagraph plates, screenprints, drypoints, monotypes, and engravings produced over three decades by Bearden. The exhibition offers a unique opportunity to examine Bearden's print-making process and to understand how key themes and motifs like trains, family life, rituals, rural and urban scenes, jazz, and mythology extended his artistic imagination beyond collages, of which he is an acknowledged master, into the graphic medium. Focusing on the later period of his career, "From Process to Print" explores Bearden's graphic oeuvre from the 1960s though the early 1980s. Included are prints based on collages like the "Odysseus Series" and "Piano Lesson" that he reworked in several media through changes in technique, scale, and color. Also included are two important photoengraving series, "The Train" and "The Family", and the extraordinary limited edition "12 Trains." Romare Bearden (1911-1988), an American artist of African-American heritage, was honored during his lifetime and posthumously with numerous prestigious awards, publications, and exhibitions. Along with representation in important public and private collections, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts and honored with a groundbreaking retrospective exhibition at the National Gallery of Art. A master collagist, Bearden is celebrated today as a preeminent, highly prolific artist of exceptional and multifaceted talents and interests. He was a jazz aficionado, an author of scholarly books, a song writer/lyricist, as well as an arts activist and humanist. Bearden incorporated a rich montage of influences from American, African, Asian, and European art and culture and took inspiration from memories and experiences of the rural South, the urban North, and the Caribbean. The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) is a San Francisco based nonprofit organization that was conceived as a cornerstone of the economic and cultural revitalization of downtown San Francisco. Since it opened in December 2005 MoAD has become an anchor with its neighbors, the San Francisco MoMA, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Zeum, and the Contemporary Jewish Museum, in making this dynamic cultural corridor a premier cultural destination. As a dynamic, world class institution, MoAD brings people of all ages, ethnicities and backgrounds together so they can enjoy, study and appreciate, through enriching exhibitions, public and educational programs, the culture, history and art of people of African descent within the United States and throughout the world. MoAD is uniquely positioned as one of the only Museums in the world focused exclusively on African Diaspora culture and on presenting the rich cultural products of the people of Africa and of African descendant cultures across the globe. MoAD developed as part of a public/private partnership led by the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, in cooperation with the Mayor's Office and the developers of the St. Regis Museum Tower. In 1999 under the mandate from the City of San Francisco to include an African American cultural presence in the last vacant parcel of Yerba Buena Gardens, Mayor Willie L. Brown appointed a steering committee to begin a process of determining the mission and scope of a cultural facility within the complex. Cultural management, architectural, and design consultants were contracted by the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency to work with members of the steering committee to formulate the facility design and program elements of a new museum. The African American Cultural Institute grew out of the research and development process that began in 2002 and included participation by local and nationally known scholars and community leaders. The new museum was renamed Museum of the African Diaspora to reflect a broadened scope and mission, was incorporated in 2002 as a 501 c 3 nonprofit, and opened in 2005 in an architecturally stunning space that was designed by the nationally-renowned firm, the Freelon Group within the footprint of the St. Regis Museum Tower. Visit the museum's website at ... http://www.moadsf.org

Sotheby's NY to Sell Rare and Deeply Personal Marc Chagall Sketchbook Posted: 16 May 2011 11:07 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- A deeply personal sketchbook used by Marc Chagall for over twenty years will be one of the highlights of Sotheby's Books and Manuscripts sale in New York on 17 June 2011. The 85-page book contains unpublished drawings in a variety of media, providing a virtual catalogue of Chagall's colorful and moving iconography. The sketchbook originally belonged to the artist's wife, Bella Chagall, who filled the first eight pages with her Yiddish translations of French poetry. After her death in September 1944, Marc Chagall poured his grief into the sketchbook through drawings and watercolors, many of which depict him with Bella. None of these images have ever been seen by the public before. The sketchbook, which is estimated to sell for $600/900,000, will be shown at Sotheby's Paris on 16 and 17 May before returning to New York for exhibition beginning 11 June.

Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao Celebrates Roberto Matta's Centennial Posted: 16 May 2011 10:48 PM PDT BILBAO, SPAIN - The year 2011 marks the centenary of the birth of Roberto Matta, one of the most significant figures in twentieth-century art because of his importance as a member of the Surrealist group and his enormous influence on the development of American Abstract Expressionism, and above all because he was an absolute artist, a visionary and a precursor of the relationships of art, science and nature and the fundamental role of art in the complete development of the human being.

Exhibition Of Andy Warhol's Cars At The Montclair Art Museum Posted: 16 May 2011 10:32 PM PDT Montclair, NJ - As one of the most iconic and influential artists of the 20th century, Andy Warhol has helped to define America. His signature images of such American products and celebrities as Campbell's soup cans, Coca-Cola bottles, Marilyn Monroe, and Elizabeth Taylor have become instantly recognizable, while challenging traditional and cherished distinctions: between fine and commercial art, the mechanical and hand made, popular taste and high culture, repetition and singularity. In doing so, Warhol himself has attained a level of celebrity and public visibility unknown to most artists. Yet despite the intense attention paid to Warhol since the time of his death, in 1987, his preoccupation with another American icon, the automobile, has been largely overlooked.

Picasso & Braque's Pivotal 1910-1912 Cubist Works At The Kimbell Art Museum Posted: 16 May 2011 10:03 PM PDT Fort Worth, TX.- "Picasso and Braque: The Cubist Experiment, 1910–1912", the first exhibition to unite many of the paintings and nearly all of the prints created by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque during these two exhilarating years of their artistic dialogue, goes on view at the Kimbell Art Museum on May 29, where it will remain on view until August 21st. "This small-scale exhibition examines a brief moment with huge implications for the history of art," commented Eric M. Lee, director of the Kimbell Art Museum. "This show is the first to focus exclusively on this landmark period of intense productivity and adventure for Picasso and Braque."

SOHO Galleries Hosts Andrew Bartoz Contemporary Paintings Posted: 16 May 2011 09:44 PM PDT Sydney, NSW.- SOHO Galleries are pleased to exhibit 3 shows of work by Andrew Bartosz. "Figurative Paintings" will be on view from May 28th until June 29th, "Andrew Bartosz Exhibition" can be seen from May 28th until June 15th and "Andrew Bartosz  Paintings" runs from May 29th through June 16th. Andrew Bartosz celebrated paintings hold as a central theme, the celebration of the female form.  His  training provided a great knowledge of human anatomy.  During his formative years he spent many long hours in the Medical Academy, Gdansk, studying aspects of human anatomy and form.

Orthodox Jewish Library Seized by Russia Has Jolted US Museums Posted: 16 May 2011 08:36 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY (AP).- A decades-long dispute between Russia and an Orthodox Jewish group over ownership of holy texts collected for centuries by influential rabbis and seized by the Soviet Union has jolted the U.S. art world, threatening an end to major cultural loans between the two countries. Russia has already frozen art loans to major American institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Houston Museum of Natural Science, fearing that its cultural property could be seized after the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Chabad-Lubavitch movement won a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in 2010 compelling the return of its texts.

Frieze Art Fair 2011: The Emdash Award Winner ~ Anahita Razmi Posted: 16 May 2011 08:36 PM PDT LONDON.- Frieze Art Fair announces that the winner of the Emdash Award 2011 is the video and performance artist Anahita Razmi, who is based in Stuttgart. Razmi's previous works have dealt with issues concerning identity and gender, employing objects with a national and cultural significance or citing the work of high-profile female artists. Her winning proposal combines both of these features of her work and was selected from over 550 applications by artists from all over the world. The shortlist included entries from Australia, Costa Rica, Croatia, France, Germany, India, Israel, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and the USA.

"All Cannibals?" at the 'me Collectors Room' in Berlin Posted: 16 May 2011 08:35 PM PDT Berlin.- The exhibition "All Cannibals?" at me Collectors Room from May 29th to August 21st, scrutinizes the topic of cannibalism (anthropophagy) in art. Curator Jeanette Zwingenberger fosters a dialogue between historical works (etchings, paintings, ethnographic  photographs, and cult objects) and works from contemporary art. Shown are current works from the mediums of video, installation, photography, sculpture, drawing, and  painting that explore the issue of anthropophagy in a mindscape that is often both uncanny and playful at the same time. The juxtaposition of past and present reveals intersections between metaphorical and literally concrete planes. Various motif-related aspects — like sacrifices, primordial fears, and sensually narrated elements of creepiness — are presented from an art-historical perspective, their many layers illuminated. A total of 100 works, most of which originate from private collections, by 40 international artists are being shown in the exhibition, partly chronologically and partly thematically presented. The arrangement follows headings like History, Myths & Fairy Tales, Solidarity of the Flesh, Goya and His Successors, and Holy and Secular Cults. Anthropophagy can be found in the myths of all cultures and ages, with examples ranging from antiquity, the Bible, or folk tales to classicist authors and modern horror movies. The recurring motifs of desire and brutality can likewise be found in modern and contemporary art. The concept for the exhibition emerged from the observation that the theme of consumable flesh seems to be gaining in significance within many current art works. Due to today's clinical distance to one's own body, a need arises to probe that which is hidden inside of us. These contemporary works demonstrate a tendency to represent this consumption in a more radical and direct (but also violent) manner than was the case in works of classic modernism, which often had a playful or ironic note. The Surrealists, for instance, though quite fascinated by cannibalistic delicacies, remained focused on the erotic aspects of cannibalism. The exhibition fields the question as to whether we as people are not, fundamentally speaking, all potential cannibals. Along this vein, the exploration of cannibalism should always first start with us. The issues manifesting in the artistic representation of cannibalism reference basic problems relating to one's self-perception, to associations with one's own flesh, and also to dealings between  people. Thus, the metaphorical consumption is able to encourage the fostering of solidarity with others and to expose victim-perpetrator associations. In art, this bipolarity is shown through the oscillation between desire and violence, eroticism and power. Artists included in the exhibition are Makoto Aida, Gilles Barbier, Norbert Bisky, Michaël Borremans, Patty Chang, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Erik Dietman, Wim Delvoye, Marcel Dzama, Renato Garza Cervera, Will Cotton, James Ensor, Camille de Galbert, Francisco de Goya, J. J. Grandville, Pieter Hugo, Melissa Ichiuji, John Isaacs, Oda Jaune, Michel Journiac, Dana Schutz, Sandra Vasquez de la Horra, Adriana Varejâo, Saverio Lucariello, Frédérique Loutz, Patrizio Di Massimo, Yasumasa Morimura, Théo Mercier, Philippe Mayaux, Vik Muniz, Wangechi Mutu, Álvaro Oyarzún, Chantalpetit, Giov. Battista Podesta, Odilon Redon, Félicien Rops, Bettina Rheims, Cindy Sherman, Toshio Saeki, Joel-Peter Witkin, Ralf Ziervogel and Jérôme Zonder. In a series of rotating exhibitions, the 'me Collectors Room' showcase the Olbricht Collection, containing works ranging from the early 16th century up to the present day. Selected curators are invited to give their own perspective on the collection, whose driving focus draws on the core themes of human existence: life, love, eros, transience and death. A set fixture at the venue is the Wunderkammer (or 'cabinet of art and marvels'), containing works from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Besides works of art though, other collector's items are on display, such as rare postage stamps, art nouveau objects and toys. In the café, shop and lounge, visitors can find room to exchange ideas, as well as reflect on and enjoy a sensual experience of art. During 2011 the theme of 'collecting' itself is also central to the programme. Besides discussions with international collectors (primarily, but not exclusively, of art), towards the end of the year they will also for the first time be holding reciprocal events with other private art collections. The residential and exhibition building, situated in the immediate vicinity of the Kunst-Werke Berlin, was designed by the architectural firm Düttmann + Kleymann in conjunction with Thomas Olbricht. The generous 1.300 sq m exhibition space enables a division of the room, which invites both a direct engagement with the collection, as well as flexible open spaces for visitors. Behind the high glass façade there are a number of amenities, such as a Café, a Shop and a lounge area, spread across two floors. Ample space then for visitors to exchange ideas about the things they have seen. Visit the gallery's website at ... http://www.me-berlin.com

Japan Society Gallery to Show Utagawa Kuniyoshi the Forerunner to Today's Manga Artists Posted: 16 May 2011 08:31 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- Thrashing sea creatures, samurai warriors, and a giant, looming skeleton are among the distinguishing subjects of the brashest of Japan's Ukiyo-e masters, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, whose populist oeuvre is to be presented by Japan Society Gallery from March 12 to June 13, 2010. Fresh from its spring 2009 showing at London's Royal Academy of Arts, where it was the surprise smash hit of the season, Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters: Japanese Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi from the Arthur R. Miller Collection marks the first major exhibition of Kuniyoshi's work in the United States in nearly 30 years.

The Art of Architecture: Foster + Partners Opens at the Nasher Sculpture Center Posted: 16 May 2011 08:30 PM PDT DALLAS, TX.- Continuing its investigation of contemporary architecture, the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas presents a retrospective of the work of Foster + Partners. Scheduled to coincide with the grand opening of the new, Foster-designed Winspear Opera House in the AT&T Center for Performing Arts, the exhibition explores Foster + Partners' major architectural achievements over the past four decades. On exhibition 26 September through 10 January, 2010.

Enrico David exhibits at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Posted: 16 May 2011 08:29 PM PDT LONDON - This autumn, the Institute of Contemporary Arts is staging the first major public exhibition by artist Enrico David. David will present work from the last five years, including paintings, works on paper, sculptures and vitrines as well as two large-scale installations – one of which is specially conceived for this show at the ICA. Over the last decade, Enrico David, Italian by birth but based in London, has quietly established a reputation as one of Britain's most original artists. This is the first exhibition that demonstrates ongoing strands within his work, which often features stylised figures staged within erotic or tragic-comic scenarios.

Norton Simon Museum presents " Under the Influence: Art-Inspired Art " Posted: 16 May 2011 08:28 PM PDT   PASADENA, CA - The Norton Simon Museum presents Under the Influence: Art-Inspired Art, an exhibition that looks at the ways artists have been inspired by and responded to the artworks of others. More than 45 objects from the Museum's permanent collection are examined through the lens of imitation and appropriation, bringing together rarely seen paintings, works on paper and sculpture from the late-15th through the 20th centuries.

Famed cartoonist Arnold Roth Inducted into Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame Posted: 16 May 2011 08:27 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Famed illustrator and cartoonist Arnold Roth, a 1950 graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art (now the University of the Arts), is one of five inductees elected to the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame. Roth's work has appeared regularly in nearly every major American magazine from Time to Sports Illustrated to The New Yorker for the past 50 years. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Roth and his wife Caroline reside in New York City. Contemporary illustrator Paul Davis and posthumous honorees Mario Cooper, Laurence Fellows and Herbert Morton Stoops were also inducted at a black-tie dinner at the Society's headquarters on Manhattan's Upper East Side on June 25.

Whitney Museum Announces Exhibitions of Artists with Performative Actions Posted: 16 May 2011 08:26 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- Conceived as a two-part exhibition, Off the Wall brings together thirty performative actions by artists, in works made from 1946 to the present, and seven iconic performance works by Trisha Brown. The exhibition takes place at the Whitney Museum of American Art in the second-floor Mildred & Herbert Lee Galleries and the Kaufman Astoria Studios Film & Video Gallery, and extends beyond the Museum in the fall with Part 2's presentation of Brown's works, which includes the performance of Man Walking Down the Side of a Building on East 75th Street, on the outside of the Museum's Breuer building, and works performed in the Museum's Sculpture Court.

Saatchi Gallery Launches Ad Campaign Offering Free Global Platform for Artists to Sell Art Posted: 16 May 2011 08:25 PM PDT LONDON, ENGLAND - The Saatchi Gallery and Clear Channel Outdoor are launching a national outdoor poster campaign across the UK to help artists and people interested in buying art during the financial recession. Saatchi Online provides a free global platform for artists to show their work to an international audience and to sell it to collectors without the usual 50% commission taken by galleries. "Only the top 1,000 artists who sell at leading auctions and exhibit with leading dealers have much visibility. We hope this initiative will make the next decade easier for the great majority of world's artists," said Charles Saatchi.

Wyndham Lewis Portraits Opens at The National Portrait Gallery in UK Posted: 16 May 2011 08:24 PM PDT LONDON - An important new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, shows the striking portraits of the great British modernist artist and writer Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957), bringing together for the first time a unique visual record of some of the most important cultural figures of the first half of the twentieth century. On exhibition 3 July through 19 October, 2008.

Brandywine River Museum to host Illustrations by Rockwell Kent Posted: 16 May 2011 08:23 PM PDT CHADDS FORD, PA.- The unique vision of artist, adventurer and author Rockwell Kent will be on view at the Brandywine River Museum this fall in Intrepid and Inventive: Illustrations by Rockwell Kent. The exhibition features more than 80 drawings, wood engravings, lithographs and paintings inspired by his travels, including illustrations for books and magazines. Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) traveled to remote locations in pursuit of personal challenges, recording his intrepid exploits in words and pictures and achieving celebrity status when they were published. He had a great influence on the art of his time and on later artists, including members of the Wyeth family.

The British Museum exhibition Explores the Legacy of Shah' Abbas Posted: 16 May 2011 08:22 PM PDT LONDON - The British Museum just opened the first major exhibition to explore the rule and legacy of Shah 'Abbas, one of the formative figures in the creation of modern Iran. Shah of Iran from 1587 – 1629 AD, he is remembered as one of the country's most influential kings and a great military leader, ruling Iran at a time of political renewal, when it succeeded in positioning itself as a world power with a sharply defined national identity. In association with The Iran Heritage Foundation, the exhibition will feature extraordinary loans, never before seen outside of Iran, alongside loans from Europe and the US. On view through 14 June, 2009.

Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 16 May 2011 08:22 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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