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• Museum Frieder Burda Dedicates Summer Exhibition to Neo Rauch
• Peggy Guggenheim Collection Presents Exhibition of Gallerist Ileana Sonnabend
• The Studio Museum in Harlem Awarded A $1 Million Grant From Mellon
• The Museo de Arte de Caguas Presents Two Exhibitions by Ramón Feliciano
• Kunsthaus Lempertz Offers a History of Photography at Auction
• Hudson River Museum Opens Photos of The Changing Hudson Valley
• LaMontagne Gallery to Feature New Works by Michael Wetzel
• Jeff Bridgman to Display Flags to Commemorate Civil War's 150th Anniversary
• The Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego Shows its 'Greatest Hits' from the '60s and '70s
• Singapore Art Museum (SAM) ~ World's Largest Collection Of Modern & Contemporary Southeast Asian Art
• The Oakland Museum to Show PIXAR-25 Years of Animation
• The Esher Hall Antiques and Fine Art Fair
• The J. Paul Getty Museum exhibits 'A Light Touch ~ Exploring Humor in Drawing'
• The Morris Museum of Art Re-Opens & Displays Its Renowned Permanent Collection
• Carlos Urroz Redesigns ARCO ~ the Contemporary Art Fair of Madrid
• Corcoran Gallery of Art opened at The Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona
• Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum opens Grand Salon Installation
• The New Museum displays "After Nature" and Moments of Black Humor
• Mat Collishaw solos at Haunch of Venison London
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

Museum Frieder Burda Dedicates Summer Exhibition to Neo Rauch Posted: 29 May 2011 10:05 PM PDT BADEN-BADEN, GERMANY.- The grand summer exhibition 2011 at the Museum Frieder Burda is dedicated to Neo Rauch. Around 40 main works by the artist from Leipzig from the past 20 years are shown from 28 May to 18 September 2011. Many of these works are publicly exhibited for the first time. They reflect the abundance of imagination and topics covered by the artist. There is a boundless force within the picturesque world of the painter Neo Rauch. His subjects seem like a mixture of realism and surrealism, influenced by pop-art and comics. Inhabited by strange figures, partly eccentrically equipped with costumes and props, great scenarios are created, that touch all your senses. The world is turned into a ridiculous theater that knows no linear timeline. If you look more closely you might even discover a story behind the picture. The painter from Leipzig was immediately taken with the idea of presenting his works at the museum planned by the architect Richard Meier. On his first visit, Neo Rauch said: "The building convinced me straight away, as architectural and sculptural setting in the existing context. This is not natural because I usually set high benchmarks as to contemporary architecture. Concerning the indoor space concept, I can only say that I couldn't avoid imagining my pictures there. In my mind, I immediately started placing the pictures inside the building". Four significant large format paintings as well as ten drawings by Neo Rauch are part of the collection Frieder Burda. Frieder Burda says: "To me, Neo Rauch is a very important artist, who follows his path with unmistakable paintings. He certainly is one of the most important contemporary painters. When I visited Rauch in his studio in Leipzig with regard to this exhibition, I saw a large almost finished oil painting titled: Die Ausschüttung ("disbursement"). I was fascinated by the myth, the mystery, by the colors, by the charisma of this painting". Neo Rauch, born in Leipzig in 1960, is one of the most influential international artists of his generation. He studied at the Leipzig University of Graphics and Book art with Arno Rink, then became an assistant and from 2005 to 2009 professor and since 2009 he has been honorary professor there. His art can be seen in the tradition of old masters. As modern points of reference, the artist himself names Beckmann, Bacon, Beuys, Baselitz and his tutors from Leipzig. In 1997 he first stepped into the public with a large exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig. In 2006, the Art Museum in Wolfsburg dedicated a retrospective to him. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the exhibition "para" followed in 2007. Last year, Munich (Pinakothek Museums) as well as Leipzig (Museum of Fine Arts) honored the painter with a large double exhibition named Begleiter ("companions"). Visit the Museum Frieder Burda at : www.museum-frieder-burda.de/

Peggy Guggenheim Collection Presents Exhibition of Gallerist Ileana Sonnabend Posted: 29 May 2011 10:04 PM PDT VENICE.- Considered by many to be among the greatest gallerists of late 20th century contemporary art, Ileana Sonnabend (1914-2007) also brought together a major art collection of her own. The exhibition Ileana Sonnabend. An Italian Portrait, on view at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, from May 29 to October 2, 2011, presents works from the Sonnabend Collection, New York, on the theme of Italy: works by Italian artists, and works by international artists which reference Italian culture, tradition, and topography.

The Studio Museum in Harlem Awarded A $1 Million Grant From Mellon Posted: 29 May 2011 09:01 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- The Studio Museum in Harlem announced the creation of The Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fund. Made possible by a three-year, $1,000,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Mellon Curatorial Fund will support the Museum's landmark curatorial program. Studio Museum Director and Chief Curator Thelma Golden says, "This grant represents an exciting new chapter at the Museum, a profound investment that will stoke the framework of our entire institutional structure.

The Museo de Arte de Caguas Presents Two Exhibitions by Ramón Feliciano Posted: 29 May 2011 09:00 PM PDT Caguas, Puerto Rico.- The Museo de Arte de Caguas is proud to present two exhibitions of works by the artist Ramón Feliciano: "Aggressive Intimacy: Compulsions and Clusters" in the Temporary Exhibition Hall and "Thrusting and Other Strange Happenings" in the Sala de Arte Alternativo. Both exhibitions are on view until August 31. Ramon Feliciano (born in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1946) has developed an exquisite body of work mixing the disciplines of painting, drawing, sculpture and construction. For these two exhibitions, 57 key pieces have been selected, the earliest from 1990, the remaining pieces from the other end of that decade and the past eleven years. This selection allows visitors to discover the most notable aspects of Felicano's work and provides an overview of the voracious development of this fascinating Artist.

Kunsthaus Lempertz Offers a History of Photography at Auction Posted: 29 May 2011 08:59 PM PDT COLOGNE, GERMANY - The Kunsthaus Lempertz Photography Auction, with approximately 200 lots, offers a cross-section through the history of the medium: from the early daguerreotypes and salt-paper prints to classical modern, from the 'fotoform' group to contemporary works. One area of interest comes from, amongst others, the photography of the Bauhaus, with names such as Lucia Moholy (Lots 29–33, € 500–2.000), T. Lux Feininger (Lots 27/28, € 600/800) and Umbo (Lots 37–41, € 2.500/3.000) represented.

Hudson River Museum Opens Photos of The Changing Hudson Valley Posted: 29 May 2011 08:31 PM PDT YONKERS, NY.- Photographer Susan Wides explores the Hudson Valley from its southernmost region, Manhattan, north to Westchester County, and then to the Catskills in more than 40 large-scale photographs at the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, opening May 28, and on view until September 11. The iconic contemporary landscapes in Susan Wides: The Hudson Valley, From Mannahatta to Kaaterskill show both the transformation and regeneration of a region settled before the American Revolution and which remains, today, the cornerstone of America's identity and industrial development.

LaMontagne Gallery to Feature New Works by Michael Wetzel Posted: 29 May 2011 08:30 PM PDT Boston, MA.- The LaMontagne Gallery is pleased to present "Sunny Today: New Paintings by Michael Wetzel" , on view from June 3rd through July 8th. An opening reception for the artist will take place on June 3rd from 6 to 8 pm. On the occasion of this exhibit, Joseph R. Wolin has provided an accompanying text entitled "Country Clubbing," excerpted below as introduction for "Sunny Today".

Jeff Bridgman to Display Flags to Commemorate Civil War's 150th Anniversary Posted: 29 May 2011 08:10 PM PDT DILLSBURG, PA.- To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the American Civil War, Jeff R. Bridgman, the nation's premier antique flag specialist, will present a selection of rare and important period flags at several art and antique fairs across the country. With stops in Kent, Connecticut, Aspen, Colorado, Nantucket, Massachusetts, and Baltimore, Maryland, Bridgman will roll out a spectacular collection of flags that convey one of the most important periods of time in our nation's history.

The Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego Shows its 'Greatest Hits' from the '60s and '70s Posted: 29 May 2011 08:09 PM PDT San Diego, CA.- "High Fidelity: Selections from the 1960s and 1970s" at the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, showcases more than 50 of the "greatest hits" from MCASD's collection. The featured works represent formative decades in the Museum's own maturation and a period of artistic ferment in the United States. While reflecting different styles, such as minimalism, pop art, and assemblage, the works on view all reflect the experimental spirit of the period. Artists continued to challenge long-held stylistic conventions and allow room for contemporary content. Primarily an exhibition of paintings, High Fidelity includes many works which hone their focus on the formal components of art. Abstraction is represented in many variations from gestural efforts, reflecting the pull of mid-century abstract expressionism, to refined monochromes, which rejected that very approach. "High Fidelity: Selections from the 1960s and 1970s" is on view from May 28th through September 5th. Exhibiting artists, including John Altoon, Robert Irwin, and John McLaughlin, explore surface tension, positive and negative space, and push the limits of painting itself. Other artists such as Sol Lewitt, Alfred Jensen, and Donald Judd employ systems to determine their compositions. Alongside the refinement of such approaches, other works on view reflect a grittier, often informal quality. Artists such as Vija Celmins, Bruce Connor, Edward Kienholz, and John Baldessari use found materials, expanses of text, and prosaic imagery to reference the real world as much as the art world. Together, these images and references recall and represent a period of recent history with "high fidelity." High Fidelity will honor the late Murray A. Gribin (1923-2011), an inspired trustee and patron of the MCASD since the 1970s. A passionate advocate for the arts, Gribin and his wife Ruth settled in California in the 1940s. Together they built a lively collection of recent art from the West Coast. At MCASD, the collection was the subject of a 2006 exhibition La Dolce Vita. The show highlighted the range of Gribin's collecting even as it underscored his dedication to certain artists over time. In his lifetime, Gribin donated more than 75 works to MCASD. High Fidelity will feature selections of these gifts with an emphasis on his early acquisitions including works by Sam Francis, Joe Goode, and Ed Ruscha. With two locations, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) is the region's foremost forum devoted to the exploration and presentation of the art of our time, presenting works across all media created since 1950. Located in the heart of downtown San Diego and in the coastal community of La Jolla, MCASD provides an unprecedented variety of exhibition spaces and experiences for the community, showcasing an internationally recognized collection and a dynamic schedule of exhibitions and public programs. At MCASD in Downtown, experience contemporary art in a historic setting - the Jacobs Building, formerly the Santa Fe Depot baggage building - and view site-specific installations by artists Jenny Holzer and Richard Serra. At MCASD in La Jolla, take in the fabulous ocean view from the Edwards Garden Gallery, or lunch on the patio at the Museum Cafe. The La Jolla location also houses the Museum's X Store, filled with a selection of contemporary art books, apparel, and innovative design objects. The collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego includes more than 4,000 works created after 1950, representing a variety of media and genres: painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, video, and installation. MCASD is known for collecting works by promising emerging artists and under-recognized, mid-career artists, as well as by major figures in international contemporary art. Among the greatest strengths of the MCASD collection are minimalism and Pop Art of the 1960s and 1970s, conceptual art from the 1960s to the present, installation art, art from Latin America, and art from California and the San Diego/Tijuana region. Many works in the collection are the result of artists' residencies or works commissioned for MCASD exhibitions. In response to new local, national, and international developments in art, the Museum continually seeks to enhance its strengths and to expand the representation of artistic trends in its collection. At the same time, MCASD preserves, presents, documents, and interprets its holdings for current and future audiences. Visit the museum's website at ... http://www.mcasd.org

Singapore Art Museum (SAM) ~ World's Largest Collection Of Modern & Contemporary Southeast Asian Art Posted: 29 May 2011 08:06 PM PDT Opened in January 1996, the mission of the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) is to preserve and present the art histories and contemporary art practices of Singapore and the wider Southeast Asian region. In pursuit of this aim, SAM has amassed one of the world's largest public collection of modern and contemporary Southeast Asian artworks. Housed in a restored 19th century mission school, the museum draws from its collection and collaborates with leading international museums to present shows covering both local and international art practices, as well as cutting edge art expressions. Contemporary art of the region is given international exposure through the museum's travelling exhibition program and loans from the collection. Through strategic alliances with international arts and cultural institutions, SAM facilitates visual arts education, exchange, research and development within the region and internationally. The museum has forged partnerships with institutions such as the Centre Pompidou, Guggenheim Museum, Shanghai Art Museum, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Stedelijk Museum, Bonn Art Museum, Centre of International Modern Art, National Museum of India, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Asia Society in New York, Fukuoka Art Museum and Queensland Art Gallery. With Singapore becoming a global city for the arts, SAM's international networks bring about a confluence of ideas, and create a dynamic arts scene invigorated by international flows of ideas, talents, knowledge and resources. Community outreach continues to be an important area of the Museum's function. Through the Museum's exhibition programmes as well as its education and public programmes which cover a diversity of art trends and practices, fringe activities and public lectures, SAM Museum promotes awareness and appreciation of contemporary art and encourages the growth of an active and stimulating cultural environment in Singapore. The museum has hosted a series of travelling exhibitions since its opening, including those featuring works by Liu Kang, Leonardo Da Vinci, Chen Chong Swee, Fan Chang Tien, Lim Tze Peng and Chen Wen Hsi. SAM is also the organiser of the Singapore Biennale 2011. Visit the museum's website at … http://www.singaporeartmuseum.sg

The Oakland Museum to Show PIXAR-25 Years of Animation Posted: 29 May 2011 08:05 PM PDT OAKLAND, CA - The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) will present PIXAR: 25 Years of Animation, a major exhibition of over 500 works by the artists at Pixar Animation Studios, including drawings, paintings, and sculptures that illustrate the creative process and craftsmanship behind Pixar's wildly successful computer-animated films. This will be a significantly enhanced presentation of the exhibition, which is returning home to Oakland after a successful worldwide tour that began at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2005. A number of significant works will be on public display for the first time, including art from Ratatouille, WALL•E, Up, and Pixar's latest feature film, Toy Story 3.   PIXAR will also include an updated, awe-inspiring version of the Pixar Artscape, a widescreen media installation. On view from July 31, 2010 through January 9, 2011, the exhibition will be accompanied by screenings of Pixar's feature and short films; a special program of lectures, talks and workshops with Pixar artists; and a new and expanded exhibition catalogue.

The Esher Hall Antiques and Fine Art Fair Posted: 29 May 2011 08:04 PM PDT Surrey, UK - The Esher Hall Antiques and Fine Art Fair returns to Esher Hall, Sandown Park Racecourse, Esher, Surrey from Friday 9th to Sunday 11th of October 2009. This boutique-style antiques fair was hailed as a great success on its debut visit to Esher Hall back in April 2008 and October's show promises to be every bit as appealing. The timing of the fair coincides with people seeking to put their savings and investments into tangible assets to enjoy, rather than leave them to the uncertainty of the more traditional investments.

The J. Paul Getty Museum exhibits 'A Light Touch ~ Exploring Humor in Drawing' Posted: 29 May 2011 08:03 PM PDT LOS ANGELES, CA.- From wicked caricatures to wry satirical observations of social and political injustice, drawings have incorporated humor for centuries. A Light Touch: Exploring Humor in Drawing, on view from September 23–December 7, 2008, at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, uses drawings from the Getty's collection, along with several loans from the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, to explore humor in European drawing up to the year 1900. Included in the exhibition are works by Leonardo da Vinci, Urs Graf, Giambattista Tiepolo, Francisco de Goya, Thomas Rowlandson, and Pierre Bonnard.

The Morris Museum of Art Re-Opens & Displays Its Renowned Permanent Collection Posted: 29 May 2011 08:02 PM PDT AUGUSTA, GA, - After months of planning and preparation—fresh paint, new carpet and lights, interior construction, and rearranging and hanging hundreds of works of art—the Morris Museum of Art reopened to the public Saturday, March 6 at 10:00 a.m. The museum's Grand Reopening is being celebrated with a public reception that evening and a very special Artrageous Family Sunday  on March 7. This is the first time since the Morris opened in 1992 that its renowned permanent collection has been completely reinstalled.

Carlos Urroz Redesigns ARCO ~ the Contemporary Art Fair of Madrid Posted: 29 May 2011 08:01 PM PDT MADRID.- ARCOmadrid_2011, The International Contemporary Art Fair of Madrid, has agreed on the guidelines for its new project and appointed the gallery representatives sitting on its Organising Committee for its upcoming event, organised by IFEMA, to be held from 16th to 20th February 2011 at the Madrid Exhibition Centre. The International Contemporary Art Fair is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2011. Three decades to its credit working wholeheartedly to promote art, to create heritage and also to support galleries and art collecting.

Corcoran Gallery of Art opened at The Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona Posted: 29 May 2011 08:00 PM PDT BARCELONA, SPAIN - The Joan Miró Foundation is presenting "American Modernism", an exhibition sponsored by BBVA and selected by Sarah Newman, Sarah Cash and Philip Brookman, curators at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., and by Martina Millà, programmes and projects coordinator at the Foundation. The show is an invitation to explore the complex emergence of modern art in the United States through more than 100 works by American artists from the late nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century from the Corcoran Gallery of Art collection.

Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum opens Grand Salon Installation Posted: 29 May 2011 07:59 PM PDT WASHINGTON, DC.- A new installation of 70 paintings from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection will be on view indefinitely in the Grand Salon of the museum's branch, the Renwick Gallery. The installation features landscapes, portraits and allegorical works by 51 American artists from the 1840s to the 1930s. Many of these paintings have not been exhibited in a number of years. Artists whose works are on view include Edward Mitchell Bannister, Romaine Brooks, Elliott Daingerfield, Daniel Garber, William Morris Hunt, George Inness, Homer Dodge Martin, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Abbott Handerson Thayer, John Henry Twachtman and Irving R. Wiles. The room is installed salon style, with paintings hung one-atop-another and side by side.

The New Museum displays "After Nature" and Moments of Black Humor Posted: 29 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT New York City - "After Nature," the big new show at the New Museum, is a strange, lugubrious, wildly uneven dream of an exhibition. Inspired partly by the book-length poem of that title by the German writer W. G. Sebald, it exudes a distinctly European spirit of ruminative pessimism relieved intermittently by moments of black humor and otherworldly fantasy. It lurches from transcendentally thrilling to portentous to kitschy.

Mat Collishaw solos at Haunch of Venison London Posted: 29 May 2011 07:56 PM PDT LONDON - British artist Mat Collishaw is to present a vibrant new body of work including a large-scale working zoetrope and room-sized installation involving projections onto phosphorescent paint, for his first solo exhibition at Haunch of Venison London. The exhibition reflects Collishaw's longstanding interest in blurring the distinction between representation and reality.

Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 29 May 2011 07:56 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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