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• Hagop Hagopian's New Works on View at The Cafesjian Center in Yerevan, Armenia
• Collection of Otto Dix's Prints Long-Term Loan to Pinakothek der Moderne
• US Geological Survey "Earth as Art" Satellite Images at the Library of Congress
• The Delaware Art Museum To Show the Pre-Raphaelites in Print
• Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil in Mexico City Shows Siqueiros ~ Landscape Painter
• Halcyon Gallery Presents Pedro Paricio: Master Painters
• Extraordinary Works by Austrian Artist Egon Schiele at Richard Nagy Ltd.
• Getty Museum Displays Photographs of Cuba Before, During, and After the Revolution
• Robert Weingarten's "Portraits Without People" at the Craig Krull Gallery
• Salvador Dalí Exhibition Huge Success at The National Gallery of Victoria
• Whitechapel Gallery Presents the D. Daskalopoulos Collection From Greece
• Bank Austria Kunstforum exhibits "Georges Braque ~ The Lyricism of Geometry"
• The Powerhouse Museum presents The 80s with a Spectacular New Exhibition
• Photographs from the Collection of the DZ BANK at the Stadel Museum
• Art Gallery of New South Wales Opens "Paths to Abstraction"
• Irving Norman’s Genius Revealed at Crocker Art Museum
• Allen Memorial Art Museum shows Out of Line: Drawings from the Permanent Collection
• Cherry and Martin Gallery hosts Ruby Osorio
• Bonhams & Butterfields Showcases Works of Art from the Estate of Nancy M. Daly
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

Hagop Hagopian's New Works on View at The Cafesjian Center in Yerevan, Armenia Posted: 18 May 2011 09:37 PM PDT Yerevan, Armenia.- "Hagop Hagopian: The Song of Earthen Colors" has just opened at the Cafesjian Center for the Arts in Yerevan, Armenia. The exhibition consists of 28 paintings and 10 sculptures representing various periods of the artist's work. Hagopian conveys profound sadness in his early paintings as a reflection of the Armenian Genocide that still haunts the artist's soul. Already an accomplished artist in his forties, in 1962 Hagopian repatriated to Armenia. The silver-gray and terracotta color scheme of his late fall or early spring paintings emanate a mystic silence. Hagop Hagopian's latest works are deeply philosophical and laden with symbolism. Delving deeply into his past to retrieve images of love, struggle, survival and death, he reconfigures them  as mannequins, garments and tools painted against the backdrop of nature. "It has been a surprise and a joy to me that my works were selected to be exhibited at the newly established Cafesjian Center for the Arts", Hagop Hagopian notes in the opening remarks for the exhibition. "An artist can be influenced by another artist's style or working techniques, but he/she can never adopt other artist's spirit" Hagop Hagopian once said. Hagopian has always stayed true to his own spirit and believes in himself. With every new exhibition, wherever it took place, he has presented himself with his unique pictorial language and personality that makes him a unique and one of the most interesting painters for today. Hagopian was born in Egypt, attended the Institute of Fine Arts in Cairo and then was granted scholarship to attend Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris. He also studied at the studio of renowned painter Andre L'hote during his stay in Paris. Later, with his family, he moved and settled in Armenia. Among the Armenian painters in Armenia and the Diaspora, Hagop Hagopian is a living legend. Hagopian's paintings are explicit in theme and subject matter, closely related to deeply felt personal experiences, executed with an extraordinary control and discipline of the medium. His paintings are based on the harmony between the object's and artist's innermost feelings. Even if there is no human existence in his landscapes or still lifes, references to human existence quietly abound and are always tangible. Throughout his career Hagop Hagopian has exhibited all over the world and won many prizes and titles in his artistic portfolio. Today, Hagop Hagopian continues to produce paintings with his unique technical precision and continues to be exhibited internationally. His work can be found in public and private collections across Europe, Russia, Armenia and the United States. Visit the artist's website at ... http://www.hagopianart.com The Cafesjian Center for the Arts is dedicated to bringing the best of contemporary art to Armenia and presenting the best of Armenian culture to the world. Inspired by the vision of its founder, Mr. Gerard L. Cafesjian, the Center offers a wide variety of exhibitions, the majority of which are derived from Mr. Cafesjian's own extensive collection of contemporary art. The building that now houses the Cafesjian Center for the Arts is well known to the Armenian people, especially those living in its capital city of Yerevan. Known as "The Cascade," the complex was originally conceived by the architect Alexander Tamanyan (1878–1936). Tamanyan wanted to connect the northern and central parts of the city with a vast green area of waterfalls and gardens, cascading down one of the city's highest promontories. Unfortunately, the plan remained largely forgotten until the late 1970s, when it was revived by Yerevan's Chief Architect, Jim Torosyan. Torosyan's conception of the Cascade included Tamanyan's original plan but incorporated new ideas that included a monumental exterior stairway, a long indoor shaft containing a series of escalators, and an intricate network of halls, courtyards, and outdoor gardens embellished with numerous works of sculpture bearing references to Armenia's rich history and cultural heritage. Construction of Torosyan's design of the Cascade was launched by the Soviets in the 1980s but abandoned after the Armenian earthquake of 1988 and the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991. With independent rule and the transition to democracy, Armenia entered a period of severe economic hardship, and the Cascade remained a neglected relic of the Soviet era for more than a decade. Mr. Cafesjian, working with the City of Yerevan and the government of the Republic of Armenia, initiated its recent revitalization in 2002. Over the next seven years, virtually every aspect of the monument was renovated, and much of it completely reconstituted into a Center for the Arts bearing the name of its principal benefactor. Visit the Cafesjian Center for Arts website at ... http://www.cmf.am

Collection of Otto Dix's Prints Long-Term Loan to Pinakothek der Moderne Posted: 18 May 2011 09:22 PM PDT MUNICH.- The Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München has managed to secure as a long-term loan to Munich what is likely to be the most complete collection of Otto Dix's prints anywhere in the world, amassed over several decades. The Greek collector George Economou, who has long placed German 20th century art at the heart of his overall collection, recently acquired this private collection of Dix's works containing 526 sheets. In February of this year Economou entrusted the collection to the care of the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München.

US Geological Survey "Earth as Art" Satellite Images at the Library of Congress Posted: 18 May 2011 09:04 PM PDT Washington, D.C.-  The "Earth as Art" Exhibition at Library of Congress Opens May 31 where it will remain on view for a year, before the 40 award-winning Landsat satellite images become a part of the permanent collection of the Library's Geography and Map Division (G&M).  In 2006, G&M hosted an earlier "Earth as Art" exhibit and those images also became a part of the Library's permanent collection. When Earth is viewed from space, cloud formations, coastlines, mountain ranges, islands, deltas, glaciers and rivers take on patterns resembling abstract art — with striking textures and brilliant colors.

The Delaware Art Museum To Show the Pre-Raphaelites in Print Posted: 18 May 2011 08:41 PM PDT Wilmington, DE.- The Delaware Art Museum is pleased to present "Pre-Raphaelites in Print: The Age of Photomechanical Reproduction", featuring 35 stunning photomechanical facsimiles drawn exclusively from the Museum's Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft collection of British Pre-Raphaelite art, on view June 18 through September 17. This exhibition displays images of Pre-Raphaelite art created by individual photographers, including Frederick Hollyer and Valentine Prinsep, as well as those produced by larger commercial enterprises, such as the Autotype Company. Selected works highlight the diverse production processes employed during the early stages of photographic reproduction.

Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil in Mexico City Shows Siqueiros ~ Landscape Painter Posted: 18 May 2011 07:59 PM PDT MEXICO CITY.- A term Siqueiros used to refer to the sketches that would eventually become murals, "portable paintings", are the works presented in this one-of-a-kind exhibition—consisting of approximately eighty paintings and drawings—that showcase the great muralist's interest in, and profound study of, the elements that constitute a landscape; namely, open horizons, volcanic ranges, turgid forms, and even the first planes of telluric surfaces that are combined to render a complete emotional and dramatic experience. As with everything else in David Alfaro Siqueiros' work, the landscape moves, vibrates, and its volumes become disproportionate in order to exalt the monumentality of the work.

Halcyon Gallery Presents Pedro Paricio: Master Painters Posted: 18 May 2011 07:44 PM PDT LONDON.- Halcyon Gallery present Paricio's first exhibition in London. Pedro Paricio: Master Painters is on view from May 12th through June 17th, 2011. Tipped by international critics and curators as a rising star, Spanish artist Pedro Paricio is enjoying a serious reputation in the art world, following exhibitions throughout Spain, Europe and USA. Juan Manuel Bonet, Art Critic and former Director of Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, has described Paricio's work as "…the freshest thing I've seen in the emerging contemporary art world in 30 years". Tomas Paredes, President of the Madrid Association of Art Critics, foresees a bright future for Paricio: "Be sure that here we have a true phenomenon – a tornado – you can feel it, you can smell it, you can see it – if you miss it, you'll regret it".

Extraordinary Works by Austrian Artist Egon Schiele at Richard Nagy Ltd. Posted: 18 May 2011 07:24 PM PDT LONDON.- More than forty-five extraordinary works by Austrian artist Egon Schiele, previously unseen in the UK, will be unveiled at Richard Nagy's new gallery on Old Bond Street from 19 May – 30 June 2011. Much of the four thousand works Schiele produced during his short lifetime can only be seen in Vienna; at the Belvedere, the Albertina and the Leopold Museum, or New York, primarily at the Neue Galerie. While Schiele is recognised as one of the greatest draftsmen of the 20th Century, with watercolours making over $11 million at auction, his work is absent from museum collections in the United Kingdom and has been given little public attention in the past twenty years.

Getty Museum Displays Photographs of Cuba Before, During, and After the Revolution Posted: 18 May 2011 06:55 PM PDT LOS ANGELES, CA.- Cuba's attempt to forge an independent state with an ambitious set of social goals, all the while moored to powerful political and economic interests, has been a source of fascination for nations, intellectuals, and artists alike. On display at the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Center, May 17—October 2, 2011, A Revolutionary Project: Cuba from Walker Evans to Now, looks at three critical periods in the island nation's history as witnessed by photographers before, during, and after the country's 1959 Revolution.

Robert Weingarten's "Portraits Without People" at the Craig Krull Gallery Posted: 18 May 2011 06:54 PM PDT Santa Monica, CA.- The Craig Krull Gallery is pleased to show its fourth solo exhibition of the work of Robert Weingarten. "Robert Weingarten: Portraits Without People" will be on exhibit until June 11th. In his previously exhibited bodies of work, Weingarten's photographic practice has been characterized by the proposition of a thesis that is tested and explored via a rigorous photographic methodology of the artist's own device.  In his "6:30am" series, Weingarten set out to demonstrate that the mind develops visual stereotypes and assumes that the sky and ocean are generally blue, when in actuality, they are a constantly changing array of colors. He set up a tripod and made exposures at precisely 6:30 am every day for a year from the exact same spot, using the same aperture and film. Weingarten's "experiment" produced an extraordinary series of images of the Santa Monica Bay at sunrise - with sky and water ranging in hue from pink to orange, and green to violet. Weingarten's next project, "Palette Series", expanded upon a question raised during the creation of his 6:30am photographs.  The artist wondered how local light affected the palettes of painters.  He arranged to visit the studios of noted artists such as Ed Moses, Jasper Johns, Ed Ruscha, Chuck Close and many others, photographing extreme details of their palettes and enlarging them to dramatic proportions.  Although he did not recognize a direct correlation of palettes to local light, he reveled in the ironic ability of photography to further abstract painting. In his current body of work, entitled "Portraits Without People",  Robert Weingarten addresses the very nature of the centuries old tradition of portraiture by posing the question, "Can you express a person's being and character photographically without showing them?"  He began making his own portrait by compositing images of objects and places of personal significance; his violin, his childhood home, a calculator, and other items. Julian Cox, curator of Weingarten's exhibition of this work at The High Museum in Atlanta, wrote, "Weingarten adds to the tradition [of photocollage] by moving beyond the instant of the photographic moment to conjure a more synthetic, impressionistic kind of picture that blurs the boundaries between fact and fantasy."  In order to create a resonant series of these "portraits without people", Weingarten recognized that his subjects should be prominent individuals of high accomplishment and general public recognition. He sought out icons of our society such as Stephen Sondheim, Frank Gehry, and Joyce Carol Oates, asking them for a list of 10 objects and places that define who they are. Weingarten made photographs of the items on each list, then created the individual portraits by layering his images digitally. As Julian Cox observed, "light passes through specific objects and elements in the composition, creating a new kind of depth perception and the suggestion of a three-dimensional space."  Weingarten has identified this digital practice and work as a "translucent composite." The gallery was established in 1991 as Turner/Krull Gallery in West Hollywood. During the gallery's three years on Melrose Avenue, the program was exclusively photo-based. The inaugural exhibition, "Photographing L.A. Architecture," demonstrated Krull's interest in the cultural history of Southern California and also marked the beginning of his representation of noted L.A. artists such as Julius Shulman, James Fee, and Edmund Teske. The program also included exhibitions of prominent photographers whose work had not been widely exhibited in the area, including, William Eggleston, Robert Adams and Frederick Sommer. Curatorial projects included, "Action/Performance and the Photograph," a group exhibition examining the relationship of still photography to performance art. In 1994, Craig Krull became one of the founding galleries at the new Bergamot Station Art Center. Since that time, the gallery has expanded its scope, no longer exclusively photo-based, it now represents major Southern California painters and sculptors such as Peter Alexander, Dennis Hopper, Llyn Foulkes, Astrid Preston, Dan McCleary and Don Bachardy. Sharing the poet Gary Snyder's belief that, "our place is part of what we are," the gallery is characterized by "place oriented" work, that which demonstrates a relationship between the artist and their environment or cultural milieu. Curatorial efforts reflecting this interest included, "Photographing the L.A. Art Scene: 1955-1975," which explored that seminal period in L.A. art history. The gallery has also re-introduced artists such as photographer, Charles Brittin, an important chronicler of the Beat Generation. For this exhibition, Krull collaborated with Walter Hopps, producing the only catalogue of Mr. Brittin's work. The gallery is divided into three interconnected exhibition spaces of differing sizes. Exhibitions may focus on a single artist, but are more often comprised of two or three concurrent "solo" shows that explore complimentary themes, issues, or aesthetics. In fact, as simple as it may sound, beauty has always been a fundamental aspect of the gallery's program. Visit the gallery's website at ... http://www.craigkrullgallery.com

Salvador Dalí Exhibition Huge Success at The National Gallery of Victoria Posted: 18 May 2011 06:41 PM PDT MELBOURNE.- The National Gallery of Victoria yesterday closed its doors on the second most attended Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition. Over 330,000 people attended the Salvador Dalí: Liquid Desire exhibition by the time the NGV closed the doors on Sunday 4 October. Salvador Dalí : Liquid Desire was the sixth exhibition in the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series at the NGV and the second most popular, after The Impressionists in 2004, attended by 371,000.

Whitechapel Gallery Presents the D. Daskalopoulos Collection From Greece Posted: 18 May 2011 06:39 PM PDT LONDON.- As part of its programme to open up important art collections to the public the Whitechapel Gallery presents a series of four displays drawn from the D. Daskalopoulos Collection, Greece, one of the foremost European collections of contemporary art. Jointly titled, Keeping it Real, these displays go on view from 10 June 2010 – 22 May 2011 in the dedicated Collections Gallery. The D. Daskalopoulos Collection consists of over 400 major works with a particular focus on the last 30 years and key works from earlier periods.

Bank Austria Kunstforum exhibits "Georges Braque ~ The Lyricism of Geometry" Posted: 18 May 2011 06:38 PM PDT VIENNA - The Bank Austria Kunstforum presents a large-scale retrospective on Georges Braque for 2008 as an act of homage to this major pathfinder of the avant-garde. It will not only be the first retrospective in Central Europe after a period of twenty years, but the very first presentation of Georges Braque in Austria – 45 years after his death. The exhibition Georges Braque – The Lyricism of Geometry will take this as an opportunity of (re-)discovering his extraordinary oeuvre. On display through 1 March, 2009.

The Powerhouse Museum presents The 80s with a Spectacular New Exhibition Posted: 18 May 2011 06:37 PM PDT SYDNEY, AU - The Powerhouse Museum is bringing back the 80s with a spectacular exhibition opening on December 13 that will reveal the good and the bad about the decade vividly remembered for its over the top excess. The 80s are back will explore Australian life and popular culture in the 1980s, remembering the styles, trends and subcultures, and how they found expression in fashion, design, music, film and television. Packed with entertaining experiences, familiar personalities, great nostalgia, and perhaps just a few cringe-worthy moments, The 80s are back exhibition will remind us all why the 80s was a decade not easily forgotten.

Photographs from the Collection of the DZ BANK at the Stadel Museum Posted: 18 May 2011 06:36 PM PDT Frankfurt, Germany - Städel Museum presents "REAL – Photographs from the Collection of the DZ BANK", on view through September 21, 2008. The Städel will present a selection of outstanding works from the DZ BANK art collection. On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the DZ BANK's founding, the exhibition will provide a broader public with the opportunity to gain an impression of the quality and diversity of a corporate collection whose uniqueness is by no means limited to Germany.

Art Gallery of New South Wales Opens "Paths to Abstraction" Posted: 18 May 2011 06:35 PM PDT SYDNEY.- One of the most ambitious exhibitions the Art Gallery of New South Wales has ever undertaken, Paths to abstraction will include more than 150 pivotal works by some of the most influential pioneers of modernism, spanning 50 years when paintings, drawings and prints edged their way by degrees towards purely non-representational images. Curator Terence Maloon has secured representative works of more than 40 of the leading artists of the late 19th and 20th centuries including Whistler, Monet, Cézanne, Matisse, Munch, Gauguin, Picasso, Kandinsky, Klee, Derain, Denis, Marc, Duchamp, Braque, Bonnard and Mondrian among others.

Irving Norman’s Genius Revealed at Crocker Art Museum Posted: 18 May 2011 06:34 PM PDT Sacramento, CA – Artist Irving Norman's vast, highly detailed paintings communicate his perceptions of modern life and the society in which he lived.  His unsettling visions are at once shocking and unforgettable.  However, Norman lived in relative obscurity as an artist, stemming in part from his political beliefs, which led to 20 years of surveillance by the FBI.  Today, Norman is still little known, yet the dark themes he explored in his art remain as relevant as when they were first composed.  Now, in the year that Norman would have turned 100, his powerful works will be explored at the Crocker Art Museum in Dark Metropolis: Irving Norman's Social Surrealism, on view through January 7, 2007.

Allen Memorial Art Museum shows Out of Line: Drawings from the Permanent Collection Posted: 18 May 2011 06:33 PM PDT OBERLIN, OH.- This exhibition of drawings dating from 1900 to 2007 showcases the Allen Memorial Art Museum' s outstanding and highly diverse permanent collection. Included among over 125 stellar works are those by Close, De Chirico, De Kooning, Dine, Diebenkorn, Kandinsky, Klimt, Matisse, Miró, Picasso, Pollock, Rauschenberg, and Wegman. Also highlighted are a selection of new acquisitions: a 1923 João Alves de Sá landscape (one of three drawings by this artist, the first Portuguese works to enter the AMAM's collection) from Oberlin Emeritus Professor of Music Theory Gil Miranda and his wife Sharon and an intricate work by Oberlin Professor John Pearson bequeathed by Marjorie and Anselm Talalay.

Cherry and Martin Gallery hosts Ruby Osorio Posted: 18 May 2011 06:32 PM PDT   Los Angeles, CA - Cherry and Martin Gallery presents new works on paper by Ruby Osorio. The gallery also announces the release of Osorio's first suite of hand-colored, hand-stitched lithographs. The exhibition at Cherry and Martin runs through February 16, 2008.

Bonhams & Butterfields Showcases Works of Art from the Estate of Nancy M. Daly Posted: 18 May 2011 06:31 PM PDT LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields will hold its Spring auction of California and Western Paintings and Sculpture on April 20, 2010. The Los Angeles-based sale will feature a wide variety of important California, Western, Society of Six, Hawaiian scenes and Plein Air works by established American artists including Joseph Kleitsch, Franz Bischoff, Edgar Payne, Granville Redmond and William Wendt as well as early, rare to market works by William Hahn, Thomas Moran and Thomas Hill. Undoubtedly, the highlight of the April sale will be a selection of works from the Estate of Los Angeles philanthropist, Nancy M. Daly.

Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 18 May 2011 06:31 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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