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• The Saatchi Gallery Brings "British Art Now" to the Art Gallery of South Australia
• The Musée d’art de Joliette in Quebec Highlights Selected Portraits
• Lalan's Paintings on View at the University Museum and Art Gallery in Hong Kong
• Beryl Cook's Larger than Life Art at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
• The Johannesburg Art Gallery Shows Peter Mammes Drawings, Sculptures & Paintings
• Vatican Slams New Modernist Pope John Paul II Sculpture by Oliviero Rainaldi
• 1951 Flood Painting Sells for Nearly $1.9M in NYC
• Art 42 Basel's Art Unlimited ~ Large-Scale Art Projects Announced
• The Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Shows the Art of Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell
• Photos of Beatles' First United States Concert to Be Auctioned at Christie's
• Illuminated Manuscripts Explores the Evolution of High Fashion During the Late Middle Ages
• Comic Art Exhibitions at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens "Art & Love in Renaissance Italy "
• Exhibit by Gerard Rancinan Serves Revisions of Old Masters at Paris' Palais de Tokyo
• Philadelphia Museum of Art to Survey Works of Italian Artist Michelangelo Pistoletto
• Benrimon Contemporary Opens New Exhibition Space with "Roy Lichtenstein: Homage to Monet"
• The Brevard Art Museum to highlight Mildred Richardson ~ Life and Thoughtful Art
• The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute to show 19th Century Photographs of Rome
• American Master James Rosenquist New Work at MAM
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

The Saatchi Gallery Brings "British Art Now" to the Art Gallery of South Australia Posted: 20 May 2011 11:10 PM PDT Adelaide, AU.- "Saatchi Gallery in Adelaide: British Art Now" will bring together the audacious best of contemporary art straight from London's internationally acclaimed Saatchi Gallery – arguably the biggest influence on contemporary British art over the past 25 years. It features groundbreaking works that challenge conventional artistic sensibilities, created by more than forty of the new generation of daring British contemporary artists. "Saatchi Gallery in Adelaide: British Art Now" will be on view at the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide from 30th July until 23rd October. "Saatchi Gallery in Adelaide: British Art Now"  will provide an incredibly rare opportunity to engage Australian audiences with the new generation of UK artists through their cutting-edge works. Audiences will be able to view works by more than 40 of the UK's most important and challenging emerging contemporary artists across media including installation, assemblages, painting, sculpture, drawing, photography and printmaking. "British Art Now" will be the biggest exhibition ever mounted by the AGSA, taking three quarters of the museum's display space, and the first time that the Saatchi Gallery have mounted an exhibition in the Southern Hemisphere. Twelve years ago, the National Gallery of Australia cancelled the provocative "Sensation" exhibition of contemporary art from London's Saatchi Gallery the gallery's director deciding the exhibition was "too close to the market." Among the 150 works will be sculptures, photography, painting and installations from artists including Hurvin Anderson, Matthew Darbyshire, Donald Urquhart, Jonathan Baldock and Karla Black. Although the new exhibition will will feature mostly new British contemporary art, several older works will be on view, including Tracey Emin's My Bed (a life-size installation of Emin's messed-up bed alongside a pile of personal detritus), which caused a sensation when it was first displayed in 1998 (but which was not part of the "Sensation" exhibition). The Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA), is the premier arts institution in the Australian state of South Australia. It has, after Victoria, the largest state art collection in Australia. With a large collection of more than 35,000 works of art and more than 510,000 visitors annually, the AGSA is renowned for its leading collections of Australian art (notably Indigenous Australian and colonial art), European art and Asian art, as well as for its innovative exhibitions. The gallery was established in 1881, and has existed at its current location since 1900. Subsequent renovations and a significant extension of the building which opened in 1996 added contemporary display space without compromising the interior of the original Victorian building. Visit : www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/

The Musée d’art de Joliette in Quebec Highlights Selected Portraits Posted: 20 May 2011 10:25 PM PDT Quebec.- Until September 4th, the Musée d'art de Joliette in Quebec is showing "Beyond Sight: Portraits from the MAJ's Collection". This thematic exhibition features more than 60 portraits from the Musée's collection. Both original in its conception and telling in its presentation, it surveys the different approaches to the genre and its development from the 17th century onward by emphasizing the expression of the eyes of the portrayed subjects. Portraiture is deeply rooted in Western culture, and countless are the artists who have practiced the genre throughout history.

Lalan's Paintings on View at the University Museum and Art Gallery in Hong Kong Posted: 20 May 2011 09:31 PM PDT Hong Kong.- With the support of the University of Hong Kong Museum Society, the University Museum and Art Gallery of The University of Hong Kong and the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau is pleased to present an exhibition of works by Lalan as part of the "Le French May" programme 2011. "Dance Melodies in Colours: Paintings by Lalan" is on view from 25th May until 10th July. Lalan's artistic career was a rich and multi-faceted one that included her work as a painter, composer, dancer, choreographer and poet.  Having lived in France for almost fifty years, her artworks reflect the dual influences of both China and France.  This retrospective exhibition presents Lalan's works from the 1960s to the 1990s drawn from the collections of her son Zhao Jialing and a private collector Jean-Michel Beurdeley.

Beryl Cook's Larger than Life Art at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery Posted: 20 May 2011 09:18 PM PDT Bristol, England.- From Saturday June 18th through Monday 29th August, the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery will be showing 'Beryl Cook: Larger than Life' a celebration of one of Britain's best-loved artists. This major retrospective exhibition features over 60 original paintings and will explore Beryl's early career, her time in Bristol and 'unseen Beryl' a series of paintings from the Cook family's own collection, which have never been seen before in public. Beryl Cook was one of this country's most popular painters from the late 1970s until her death in 2008. People were her passion and she was a keen observer of modern life. The people in her paintings are the ones we see everyday. They shop in the malls, travel on the buses, sit in the pubs and go out on the town. They are always enjoying themselves, sometimes outrageously. The exhibition is a celebration of her life and work.

The Johannesburg Art Gallery Shows Peter Mammes Drawings, Sculptures & Paintings Posted: 20 May 2011 09:04 PM PDT Jahannesburg, SA - The Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) is proud to be hosting the exhibition "Antagonistic Harmonies in First Arrangement" by Peter Mammes. This exhibition is the first of three Project Room exhibitions for the year 2011 and is on view until July 9th. Started in 2006, the Project Room was initiated as a way of providing exhibition space to emerging artists. JAG recognizes the need to support and encourage young artists in exploring experimental art practice as there is a great shortage of such spaces in the visual arts. The Project Room is dedicated to showcasing works by deserving artists, who have not yet received critical acclaim but are beginning to show growth and commitment to their developing career.

Vatican Slams New Modernist Pope John Paul II Sculpture by Oliviero Rainaldi Posted: 20 May 2011 08:52 PM PDT ROME (AP).- The Vatican on Friday slammed a giant new modernist sculpture that portrays John Paul II, saying the bronze work outside Rome's main train station doesn't even look like the late pontiff. Commuters and tourists say the statue looks more like the late Italian dictator Benito Mussolini than the widely beloved pope. "How could they have given such a kind pope the head of a Fascist?" said 71-year-old Antonio Lamonica, in the bustling square outside Termini Train Station, in Rome.  As he pondered the statue, his wife muttered, "It's ugly, really ugly, very ugly."

1951 Flood Painting Sells for Nearly $1.9M in NYC Posted: 20 May 2011 08:42 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY (AP).- A poignant 1951 painting by American artist Thomas Hart Benton depicting a devastating flood in Kansas and Missouri sold for nearly $1.9 million on Thursday. The price for "Flood Disaster" exceeded its pre-sale estimate of $1.2 million. Sotheby's did not disclose the buyer's name. The painting was created to highlight the extent of the damage caused when the Kansas and Missouri rivers swelled to 70 times their normal size on July 13, 1951, killing 17 people and displacing more than 518,000 residents.

Art 42 Basel's Art Unlimited ~ Large-Scale Art Projects Announced Posted: 20 May 2011 08:32 PM PDT BASEL.- This year's Art Unlimited features 62 projects. The artists showing at this exhibition of ambitious contemporary art represent a cross-section of leading figures from the international art scene, with works by artists of five different decades. Many pieces have been created especially for Art Unlimited. In the 17,000-square-meter exhibition hall, Art Unlimited offers artists and galleries a platform for works that exceed the possibilities of the conventional gallery booth, showcasing outsize sculptures, video projections, installations, wall paintings, photographic series, and performance art.

The Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Shows the Art of Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell Posted: 20 May 2011 08:31 PM PDT Brighton, England.- The Brighton Museum and Art Gallery in the Royal Pavillion is pleased to present "Radical Bloomsbury: The Art of Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell 1905-25" until October 9th. "Radical Bloomsbury" establishes a new understanding of the pictorial imagination of Bloomsbury by re-evaluating the unique painting partnership of Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell, exploring their relationship with avant-garde art from 1905 to 1925. It demonstrates how these Bloomsbury painters were among the earliest British artists to look at new developments in European art, such as French Post-Impressionist practices, and the importance of their role in modernising British art.

Photos of Beatles' First United States Concert to Be Auctioned at Christie's Posted: 20 May 2011 08:15 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY (AP).- It was 1964. Beatlemania ruled. Two days after their momentous debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show" the Fab Four boarded a train from New York for Washington, D.C., for their first U.S. concert. An enterprising 18-year-old Mike Mitchell was there, a press pass in hand, shooting photographs just feet away and even jumping onto the stage for the group's brief pre-concert press call. Forty-seven years later, Mitchell has made 50 silver gelatin prints from his negatives of the event and the Beatles' Sept. 3, 1964, performance at the Baltimore Civic Center. He's offering them for sale at Christie's New York auction house on July 20. The total pre-sale estimate is $100,000; the images will be sold individually.

Illuminated Manuscripts Explores the Evolution of High Fashion During the Late Middle Ages Posted: 20 May 2011 08:01 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- The complex and rich history of courtly fashion of the late Middle Ages as seen in the manuscripts and early printed books of the period is the subject of a fascinating new exhibition at The Morgan Library & Museum entitled Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands. Opening , May 20, the show includes more than fifty works of Northern European origin from the Morgan's renowned collections, and also features four full-scale replicas of clothing seen in exhibited manuscripts. The exhibition will run through September 4.

Comic Art Exhibitions at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Posted: 20 May 2011 08:00 PM PDT Scottsdale, AZ.- The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art presents two exhibitions of comic art from May 21st through October 2nd. The tandem exhibitions "Us Versus Them" and "Masters of Collective Reality" conceived by Phoenix-based artist Jon Haddock look beyond the comics of superheros and villains, to a handful of comic artists who utilize the frame of a comic as a platform to explore the struggle of the isolated, individual's experience and our collective reality. For "Masters of Collective Reality" Haddock has selected widely-recognized comic artists such as Rory Hayes, Joe Sacco, John Stanley, Jim Woodring and Basil Wolverton, artists whose idiosyncrasies and technical virtuosity he has long admired. Each employs the comic as a means of grappling with life's inequities—personal, cultural and political. Haddock's installation "Us Versus Them" explores the divergence of the comic reader's personal world from the shared fantasy world of comics. Haddock excavates the isolating, and often fetishistic, experience of comic fandom. One series of sculptures by Haddock consists of statuesque portraits of the iconoclastic male comic reader, including celebrated individuals such as Science Fiction writer Philip K. Dick and Haddock's own self-portrait. These works recognize the commonalities of comic fans, struggling to exercise agency in the face of an alienating world. As well, Haddock, internationally renowned for his politically provocative work, employs the comic book format as a vehicle for addressing the intimate personal questions that concern him. He will also create new work in comics for the exhibition. Founded in 1999, the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art [SMoCA] is an educational institution dedicated to presenting exhibitions on contemporary and modern art, architecture, and design. Global in its focus, SMoCA is a gathering place for experiencing contemporary art and culture. They connect visitors to the dynamic art and ideas of our time and explore the possibilities of innovation, creativity and expression. As a unique and vital cultural resource for the southwest, the Museum offers a variety of exhibition-related programs and special events with activities for lifelong learners, from preschool to adulthood. The tailored programs (lectures, docent-led tours, workshops and classes) are designed to serve as a forum for interpreting culture through contemporary visual art. The Store @ SMoCA offers classic design objects and furnishings, contemporary jewelry, art and architecture books and imaginative gifts for all occasions. Designed by award-winning architect Will Bruder, SMoCA's minimalist building (an ingenious renovation of a former movie theater) has five galleries for showcasing changing exhibitions and works from the Museum's growing permanent collection. SMoCA also features an outdoor sculpture garden housing James Turrell's "Knight Rise", one of the renowned artist's few public skyspaces, and Scrim Wall, a monumental curtain of prismatic glass by James Carpenter Design Associates. Visit the museum's website at ... http://www.smoca.org

The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens "Art & Love in Renaissance Italy " Posted: 20 May 2011 07:49 PM PDT   New York City - Key moments in the lives of Italian men and women in the Renaissance were marked by celebrations carried out with the greatest possible degree of magnificence. Of these, betrothal, marriage, and the birth of a child were of the utmost significance. Art and Love in Renaissance Italy, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, offers a unique look at approximately 150 art objects and paintings, dating from around 1400 to 1550, that were created to celebrate love and marriage. Exhibition on view 18 November through 16 February, 2009.

Exhibit by Gerard Rancinan Serves Revisions of Old Masters at Paris' Palais de Tokyo Posted: 20 May 2011 07:48 PM PDT PARIS (AP).- At first glance, it's pure Gericault: The heap of writhing figures mimics the perfect, triangular composition of the French artist's iconic 1819 painting "The Raft of the Medusa." Look closer and you see a pierced and tattooed multicultural crowd clothed in logo-emblazoned tatters, striving not toward the elusive shoreline but toward a smudgy Hollywood sign and the Eiffel Tower floating in the distance. While Theodore Gericault's masterpiece brought to life a historical shipwreck, French photographer Gerard Rancinan's reworking grapples with the issue of immigration, capturing the plight of the boatloads of desperate people who wash up onto Europe's shores daily.

Philadelphia Museum of Art to Survey Works of Italian Artist Michelangelo Pistoletto Posted: 20 May 2011 07:47 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Philadelphia Museum of Art will present a major exhibition devoted to the work of Michelangelo Pistoletto (b. 1933).  Widely recognized as a key figure in the development of Italian art in the 1950s and 1960s and a founding member of the Arte Povera movement, Pistoletto has also gained increasing recognition in this country as an important influence on a younger generation of artists involved with the participatory practices that have become increasingly prevalent in contemporary art during the past two decades. The first major survey of works by Pistoletto in the United States in more than twenty years, this exhibition will place his art in the context of the cultural transformation of Western Europe that occurred after World War II and relate his work to developments in Italian and American art since the 1960s, including Pop Art, Minimalism, Arte Povera and Conceptual Art. Drawn from public and private collections in Europe and the United States, it will include some 100 works, many of which have never been exhibited in this country. On view 2 November through 16 January, 2011.

Benrimon Contemporary Opens New Exhibition Space with "Roy Lichtenstein: Homage to Monet" Posted: 20 May 2011 07:46 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- Benrimon Contemporary launched its New York City exhibition and gallery space at 514 West 24th Street with its inaugural show Roy Lichtenstein: Homage to Monet. The exhibition presents paintings and multiples that turned the 2,000 square foot gallery overlooking 24th street into a vivid discussion between Monet and Lichtenstein.  On exhibition through 1 May, 2010.

The Brevard Art Museum to highlight Mildred Richardson ~ Life and Thoughtful Art Posted: 20 May 2011 07:45 PM PDT MELBOURNE , FL - An opening reception for Mildred Richardson-Life and Thoughtful Art held Saturday, October 3 at 4:00 p.m. celebrates the painter and teacher with more than 40 years invested in Brevard's art community. Mildred's loose brushstrokes and lush use of color distinguishes her work of landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. An avid sketcher, Mildred's sketchbooks are filled with drawings from her observations and travels; quick, linear notations capture a person or a place.

The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute to show 19th Century Photographs of Rome Posted: 20 May 2011 07:44 PM PDT WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.- Through 100 photographs taken between 1850 and 1880, the exhibition Steps off the Beaten Path: Nineteenth-Century Photographs of Rome and its Environs encourages a "walking tour" through Rome with recognizable sites among the out-of-the-way scenes nineteenth-century Romans and Europeans encountered in their daily lives. The exhibition opens at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute on Sunday, October 11th through 3 January, 2010,

American Master James Rosenquist New Work at MAM Posted: 20 May 2011 07:43 PM PDT Miami, FL- American master James Rosenquist brings his unique brand of imagery to the Miami Art Museum's New Work Gallery for his first U.S. museum exhibition since his forty-year retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2003. The exhibition, curated by MAM Assistant Director for Special Projects / Curator Lorie Mertes will be on view from March 3 to July 2. Two of the seven large-scale works on exhibit, Brazil and The Xenophobic Movie Director or Our Foreign Policy , are being shown for the first time in the United States. Both are stunning examples of Rosenquist's signature style of massive scale paintings, derived from his early experience as a commercial billboard painter. "Since the late 1950s, James Rosenquist has been creating an exceptional and consistently intriguing body of work," Mertes said. "As a leader in the American Pop art movement in the 1960s, he drew on the iconography of advertising and the mass media to conjure a sense of contemporary life and the political tenor of the times. Throughout his forty-year career, Rosenquist has demonstrated a command of texture, color, line and shape that dazzles audiences and influences younger generations of artists."

Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 20 May 2011 07:43 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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