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• The Palazzo Italia in Berlin Hosts Francesco Visalli's "Alternative Reality"
• Wrong New Paintings by Adam Mysock at the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery
• Museum Huis Marseille in Amsterdam Shows "Adam Fuss ~ A Survey of His Work"
• MoMA PS1 Opens Exhibition in New York of Ryan Trecartin's Movie Work
• The James Cohan Gallery Presents Emerging Chinese Artists
• Art Gallery of South Australia Unveils $3.6 Million Refurbishment
• Legendary Polaroid Collection from Ansel Adams to Andy Warhol at WestLicht
• The Racine Art Museum Invites Nine Artists to Explore 'Space'
• The CAC Malaga Opens "Paintings from the Last Decade of Work by Guillermo Pérez Villalta"
• Akron Art Museum Presents The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
• The National Gallery Of Ireland ~ A Cultural Gem In The Emerald Isle ~ The Best of the Best On View
• Museo del Prado Joaquín Sorolla Exhibition Breaks a Ten Year Old Attendance Record
• Carlos Slim's Massive Art Collection Gets A New Home In The Stunning New Soumaya Museum
• Dallas Museum of Art presents a Landmark Exhibition of Normandy Coast Masterworks
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Opens "Bharat Ratna! Jewels of Modern Indian Art"
• Indianapolis Museum of Art hosts "Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World"
• Zap! Pow! Zoom! Bam! Home Decor Now Gets a Pop Art Punch
• Elms Lesters Painting Rooms shows James Marshall (DALEK) & Boris Tellegen (DELTA)
• A Tribute to Andy Warhol ~ Exclusive Collection of Bottles of Dom Pérignon
• This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News

The Palazzo Italia in Berlin Hosts Francesco Visalli's "Alternative Reality" Posted: 19 Jun 2011 11:39 PM PDT Berlin.- The Berlin leg of artist Francesco Visalli's international tour and his personal "alternative reality" will be hosted in Palazzo Italia from 24th June to 9th July. Occupying such a prestigious space is even more important considering the fact that the show will take place during the Berlin Fashion Week: it will be an event within an event. So, like the clothing on the catwalks of Berlin, the show will feature a succession of paintings, colours, shapes, materials and thoughts. The artist's entire portfolio will be on display in this one-man show, organised by P. Charlotte Stein Infantellina from Infantellina Contemporary, Berlins' first and only gallery dedicated to contemporary Italian art. Francesco Visalli was born in 1960, the son of a postal worker and a teacher. He grew up in one of the poorest and most notorious areas of Rome, the "Borghetto Prenestino", made infamous by Pier Paolo Pasolini"s "Ragazzi di Vita". His father died when he was 14 years old, an event which deeply affected his life. After a troubled childhood and a spell in Los Angeles, Visalli returned to Rome, and created a number of sucessful design companies. However, in his 40's he became seriously disillusioned, lost his faith, saw everything fall apart and left his wife and family. He finally threw in the towel and closed everything down, spending his time doing nothing: he was now 50 years old and had lived more than enough; what was the point of continuing, if everything was finished? This was his darkest hour. On the night of 11 October, 2009, however, everything changed once more.  Francesco picked up a pen and began to draw things he had never seen before. He spent the entire night drawing, continuing the next day, the following night and so on, for days on end. Francesco"s hand, as if guided by something divine, was rapidly moving around the white sheet of paper of its own joyful accord, producing fantastic drawings. Colours burst out and unusual shapes came to life from his hands. After a few weeks, the drawings became paintings. Although he had no knowledge of painting technique, he acquired it by working, finding within himself a style that already had its own very precise expressions and definition, which was his style. Each painting is a new discovery, and he deliberately keeps no records, does not study, has no desire to learn from others and does not look at the great masters, in order not to be conditioned by those that have preceded him. Visalli works like an erupting volcano, continuously drawing and painting whatever his instincts tell him. He passes through the classic creative phases, first producing the drawing and then choosing and applying the colours, without letting himself be encumbered by thought and without any mediation, almost as if in a trance. His paintings bring to light his past and future life, without his involvement, like a flurry of pangs and torments viewed through the wrong end of a pair of binoculars, always moving a bit further beyond the heart, in an "Alternative Reality". The Palazzo Italia – the former Hotel de Rome, one of the most luxurious hotels in the German capital – is situated at the heart of Berlin, a stone's throw from the famous Brandenburg Gate.  Constructed in 1865, the building has been completely renovated to restore its original splendor.  Today, the Fiera Milano uses the building as one of the most glamorous locations for hospitality and event hosting in the city.  Spectacularly situated in the centre of the metropolis, the Palazzo Italia is the ideal place for encounters as well as social and commercial happenings that choose to make a distinct and lasting impression. Infantellina Contemporary opened on October 18th, 2008 and is located at Gendarmenmarkt, the elegant district in the heart of Berlin. The gallery's aim is to bring a warm South-European sunray into Berlin's art scene. I-C ist the first one and only Berlin gallery featuring 100% Italian contemporary art. In its comprehensive and selective exhibition program, they offer to an international audience, a selection of artworks by young established artists as well as new up and coming talents, active in different media, with an eye for experimentation. Infantellina Contemporary is a gallery born from the requirement of the owner, P. Charlotte Stein-Infantellina, of having a real exposition space, creating a platform to carry foreward a positive message, through the choice of the artists and the selection of the works, stimulating the active interaction with collectors, attaché's to the activities, institutions and artists also. Visit the gallery's website at ... http://www.infantellina-contemporary.com

Wrong New Paintings by Adam Mysock at the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery Posted: 19 Jun 2011 10:54 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Jonathan Ferrara Gallery presents Wrong Sounding Stories, New Paintings by Adam Mysock.This is Mysock's second solo show at the gallery, following his sold-out show Mythconception in April 2010. The exhibition is on view through July 20. Wrong Sounding Stories consists of twelve meticulously-painted miniature acrylic on panel works ranging in size from 5" x 6" to 10" x 17". Mysock is fast becoming known for his finely detailed paintings that combine various imagery from reinterpretations of masterworks from art history to icons from pop culture and Americana, all collaged into his own masterpiece that creates a new meaning.

Museum Huis Marseille in Amsterdam Shows "Adam Fuss ~ A Survey of His Work" Posted: 19 Jun 2011 10:14 PM PDT AMSTERDAM.- What immediately stands out with the work of Adam Fuss is that, both in terms of the chosen subject matter and in his approach to the photographic technique, he has greatly dissociated himself from conventional photography. That which Fuss produces is, in fact, still a photograph; but in order to achieve that, he did rid himself of all the finer luxuries available to users of the medium nowadays. Like a present-day alchemist, Fuss has mastered the medium's most elementary and primitive forms; he sees just as much potential for creativity in technical knowledge as in the imagination, or the visionary power of the photographer.

MoMA PS1 Opens Exhibition in New York of Ryan Trecartin's Movie Work Posted: 19 Jun 2011 09:53 PM PDT LONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- MoMA PS1 presents the first large-scale museum exhibition in New York of work by the artist Ryan Trecartin (American, b. 1981). Ryan Trecartin: Any Ever fills seven galleries with sculptural theater installations that house projections of the seven movies comprising Trecartin's most recent body of work, Any Ever (2009-2010). The exhibition is on view in the First Floor Main Galleries from June 19 through September 3, and is organized by Klaus Biesenbach, Director, MoMA PS1, and Chief Curator at Large, The Museum of Modern Art, with the assistance of Eliza Ryan, Curatorial Assistant, MoMA PS1.

The James Cohan Gallery Presents Emerging Chinese Artists Posted: 19 Jun 2011 09:52 PM PDT New York City.- The James Cohan Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition, "Catch the Moon in the Water: Emerging Chinese Artists", running until July 29th.  Over the past decade, while the West consumed new art from China, a young generation of Chinese artists imagined America as the center of contemporary art discourse.  This exhibition showcases a group of young Chinese artists and their thoughts and responses to America as an exotic and remote source of inspiration.

Art Gallery of South Australia Unveils $3.6 Million Refurbishment Posted: 19 Jun 2011 09:20 PM PDT ADELAIDE, AU - The Art Gallery of South Australia opened the doors to the newly refurbished Elder Wing of Australian Art on Saturday 18 June, following a ten month, $3.6 million refurbishment. The opening marked the 130th anniversary of the Gallery for which over $5 million in gifts has been received. Modernized to meet international museum standards in lighting and environmental control, the Elder Wing's interior has been refurbished to reinstate it as perhaps Australia's most beautiful museum interior.

Legendary Polaroid Collection from Ansel Adams to Andy Warhol at WestLicht Posted: 19 Jun 2011 08:31 PM PDT VIENNA.- Vienna-based photo museum WestLicht is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a show on instant photography and for the opening weekend the entrance is free of charge. On its 10th anniversary WestLicht is celebrating the never-ending fascination of instant photography. The Viennese photo museum showing a representative cross section of Polaroid inventor Edwin Herbert Land's legendary collection. From the 1960's Land began to provide artists with Polaroid material for them to experiment. More than 350 works by around 150 of the international artists and photographers represented in the collection are on display until the 21 August.

The Racine Art Museum Invites Nine Artists to Explore 'Space' Posted: 19 Jun 2011 08:13 PM PDT Racine, WI.- The Racine Art Museum is pleased to present "Field of Vision: Artists Explore Place", on view until October 2nd. Our feelings or memories about a place are formed by how a location (beach, forest, field, building) feels, not just by how it looks. Details are often minimized by overall thoughts and impressions—sounds, textures, light, and smells. The nine artists represented in Field of Vision respond to and explore their perceptions of "place" through carved wax flowers, hanging plants made of porcelain paper clay, atmospheric paintings on mirrored glass, and jewelry referencing landscapes. Approaches to representing place are as varied as the artists that create them—involving detailed observations, emotional responses, abstract elements and the imagination. Reactions to the environment are mediated through personal experiences as well as through social and cultural frameworks.

The CAC Malaga Opens "Paintings from the Last Decade of Work by Guillermo Pérez Villalta" Posted: 19 Jun 2011 08:12 PM PDT MALAGA, SPAIN - "The immediacy between thought and reality makes drawing essential for me, as is painting". Pérez Villalta's phrase offers a clear and precise summary of his artistic motivation and his methodical, intellectual and thorough approach. As a result, he has liberated himself from any restrictions on his freedom to imagine, and his creative projects and artistic investigations thus represent an ongoing quest for beauty. His works feature recurring references to Dalí's Surrealism, Oriental art, the Baroque, 1960s Psychedelia and German Romantic painting but are devoid of any realistic or expressionistic representation. They avoid affectation and psycho-analytical research in order to offer the viewer a philosophical type of painting with a considerable degree of autobiographical reference.

Akron Art Museum Presents The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection Posted: 19 Jun 2011 08:11 PM PDT AKRON, OH.- The Akron Art Museum has been very fortunate to be selected as the recipient of the Ohio gift of The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States. The Vogels dedicated their lives to collecting works by more than 170 artists. The collection is on view from June 18th through October 16th. The remarkable story of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel has become the stuff of lore. He a postal clerk, she a reference librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library, who decided shortly after they married in 1962, to live on Dorothy's salary and to devote Herb's to purchasing art. Together they purchased thousands of artworks, cramming their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment floor to ceiling with art. Though the couple's initial exposure to many artists was through gallery shows, they rarely purchased art from dealers. Instead, when they became interested in an artist's work, they visited the artist studio and bought directly from him. They typically only purchased objects they could take with them on the spot. The Vogel Collection has been characterized as unique among collections of contemporary art, both for the character and breadth of the objects and for the individuals who created it. When the Vogels began collecting in the early 1960s, their focus on drawing was an unusual one, suggesting another aspect of their foresight. Many drawings in the collection represent an artist's initial form of an idea and others act as plans to be followed by a collaborator in the making of a work of art. By 1992, the Vogels were no longer able to house their collection. They decided to gift most of it to the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. They chose it because each had worked for government agencies and they wanted their art to go to a free public institution. The sheer size of the gift, which included 2,500 drawings, paintings, objects, prints and photographs by 177 artists, led to the development of a program in which the National Gallery would distribute 50 works from the collection to one institution in each of the fifty states. Many of the works they acquired appreciated so significantly over the years that their collection today is worth millions of dollars. Still, the Vogels never sold a single piece. The Vogels' generous decision to disseminate their collection throughout the country is an important model of the power of philanthropy, especially given their modest means. Akron's Vogel collection includes paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture by 26 artists and will be on view June 18 through October 16, 2011. Many, including Nam June Paik, Richard Tuttle, Lynda Benglis and Edda Renouf, have achieved international acclaim since the Vogels began collecting their work. The intimate scale of many of the artworks invites close looking. Twelve of Richard Tuttle's subtle but poetic and lyrical watercolor paintings on sheets of notebook paper will be among the many captivating works on view. While it is impossible to neatly categorize the interests of 26 artists working over a nearly 40-year period, two main approaches are evident: minimalist or concept-based art and expressionistic or figurative work. The intimate scale of many of the artworks invites close looking. Visit The Akron Art Museum at : http://www.akronartmuseum.org/

The National Gallery Of Ireland ~ A Cultural Gem In The Emerald Isle ~ The Best of the Best On View Posted: 19 Jun 2011 08:07 PM PDT In June 1852 William Dargan, the father of the Irish rail network, approached the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) with an offer to underwrite a spectacular exhibition on Leinster Lawn in Dublin, the home of the RDS since 1815. He wished to imitate the great exhibition that had taken place at Crystal Palace in London the previous year. Just eleven months later, on the 12th May, the exhibition was opened in an astonishing series of pavilions for which the architect, John Benson, received a knighthood. The enthusiastic response of the visiting crowds demonstrated an active interest for art as well the desire for the establishment of a permanent public collection that would also be a fitting tribute to the generosity of Dargan. Following the success of the exhibition a special committee was established to promote the establishment of a National Gallery in Dublin. In November 1853 the Irish Institution reported that it had considered four possible sites for the location of a Gallery including one adjacent to Leinster Lawn. The next ten years saw active campaigning for the funding of the new Gallery building which was designed by Francis Fowke. Meanwhile the Irish Institution, continued under the direction of George Mulvany to hold loan exhibitions until 1860 when it was disbanded. On Saturday, the 30th of January 1864, the Earl of Carlisle officially opened the National Gallery of Ireland to the public. The collection comprised just one hundred and twelve pictures, including thirty nine purchased in Rome in 1856 and thirty which were on loan from the National Gallery in London and elsewhere. In 1866 an annual purchase grant of £1000 was allocated for the acquisition of pictures and the institution would thrive over the years through purchases, bequests and donations. In 1901 the Countess of Milltown gifted over 200 pictures to the gallery from her house at Russborough as well as a collection of silver, furniture and books from her library. The gift was so substantial that a new extension was constructed to accommodate it. This would be only one of a number of bequests and gifts that the National Gallery of Ireland would receive and which have contributed to the quality of the collections housed there today. In 1968 the gallery was extended again with designs by Frank DuBerry, senior architect with the Office of Public Works. This new extension is today named the Beit Wing in acknowledgement of the exceptional generosity of Sir Alfred and Lady Beit who gifted seventeen outstanding old master pictures to the institution in 1987. Some six years later in 1993 the Gallery became the focus of international attention when Caravaggio's, 'The Taking of Christ', a painting recorded in contemporary biographies on the artist and known through copies but long believed to be lost or destroyed, was discovered in a Jesuit house of studies in Dublin. The picture remains in the gallery on indefinite loan from the Jesuit fathers. The most recent addition to the Gallery complex was the Millennium Wing opened in January 2002. Designed by London based architects Benson & Forsyth and located on sites purchased by the Gallery in 1990 and 1996, the new wing introduced a new, second public entrance to the gallery from the busy thoroughfare of Clare Street in Dublin. Currently the Gallery is refurbishing the Dargan and Milltown wings to better accommodate the nearly 1 million visitors who pass through every year. Visit the museum's website at … http://www.nationalgallery.ie

Museo del Prado Joaquín Sorolla Exhibition Breaks a Ten Year Old Attendance Record Posted: 19 Jun 2011 08:06 PM PDT MADRID.- The Museo del Prado has broken a ten year old attendance record with its Sorolla exhibition. More than 450,000 persons visited the exhibition which closed last Sunday. The director of the Museo del Prado, Miguel Zugaza, made the informaion public today saying that this exhibition was visited by more persons than others held in previous years. Incuding Velázquez, Ribera, Murillo, El Greco, Zurbarán and Goya museum exhibitions.

Carlos Slim's Massive Art Collection Gets A New Home In The Stunning New Soumaya Museum Posted: 19 Jun 2011 08:05 PM PDT Mexico City, DF - When it comes to private art collections, the huge holdings of Roman Abramovich, Steven A. Cohen, and Eli Broad have nothing on Carlos Slim, the world's richest man. A self-made tycoon, Slim, the son of a Lebanese immigrant, made his fortune in the Mexican telecom industry. With a collection of some 66,000 pieces of art, this month he opens a spectacular new, and free to enter, museum in Mexico City to display them. Designed by Slim's 38-year old son-in-law, Fernando Romero, the six-floor, gigantic 183,000 square-foot Soumaya Museum in the city's Polanco district is shaped like a tin cup that's received the 'Dali treatment', a twisting, sagging and melting aluminum covered structure that is almost impossible to describe.

Dallas Museum of Art presents a Landmark Exhibition of Normandy Coast Masterworks Posted: 19 Jun 2011 08:04 PM PDT DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art presents a landmark exhibition exploring the influential and profound relationship between photographers and painters who lived and worked along the Normandy coast in France during the mid-19th century. The Lens of Impressionism: Photography and Painting Along the Normandy Coast, 1850-1874 reveals how the convergence of social, technological and commercial forces within the region affected artistic production and dramatically transformed the course of photography, impressionism and modern painting. The exhibition will feature some 100 works, including vintage prints, paintings, pastels and watercolors, by artists and photographers including Gustave Courbet, Edgar Degas, Gustave Le Gray, and Claude Monet.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Opens "Bharat Ratna! Jewels of Modern Indian Art" Posted: 19 Jun 2011 08:03 PM PDT BOSTON, MA.- Sixteen paintings by luminaries of modern Indian art will be featured in "Bharat Ratna! Jewels of Modern Indian Art", on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), from November 14, 2009 through August 22, 2010. These vibrant Bharat Ratna—literally "Jewels of India"—are drawn from the renowned collection of Mr. and Mrs. Rajiv Jahangir Chaudhri, who have assembled some of the finest examples of post-Independence Indian art. The exhibition represents the first time that a significant number of works from this collection will be displayed publicly. It is also the first exhibition of modern Indian art at the MFA, and the first exhibition of Indian art at a major American museum in nearly 30 years.

Indianapolis Museum of Art hosts "Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World" Posted: 19 Jun 2011 08:02 PM PDT INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The first exhibition to examine the religious visual culture of 17th-century Spain and Latin America will premiere at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on October 11, 2009. "Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World" brings to life the challenges faced by visual artists such as El Greco, Francisco Zurbarán, Alonso Cano, Franciso Ribalta, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Juan de Valdes Leal, Juan Correa, Cristobal Villalpando and others, who were charged with the creative task of making religious images that were useful, truthful and moving. The exhibition will feature 80 works of art, including paintings, polychrome sculpture, metalwork and books, many of which have never before been seen in the United States. Sacred Spain will be on view exclusively in Indianapolis from October 11, 2009 through January 3, 2010.

Zap! Pow! Zoom! Bam! Home Decor Now Gets a Pop Art Punch Posted: 19 Jun 2011 08:01 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY (AP).- Texan collector and decorator Andrea Reed grew up in a home filled with Pop Art, but it was the film "Tommy" that really made a lasting impression. In particular, a scene where Tommy's mother (played by Ann-Margret) sings "in an all-white room with a white ball chair. I was forever hooked," says Reed. With our continued interest in mid-century decor, it's no surprise to see Pop Art back for a visit. There are many ways to add a bit of "pop" to your rooms with furniture, accent pieces and color. Don't worry about kitsch; this is all about being fun and fresh.

Elms Lesters Painting Rooms shows James Marshall (DALEK) & Boris Tellegen (DELTA) Posted: 19 Jun 2011 08:00 PM PDT LONDON.- Elms Lesters Painting Rooms announced an exhibition of new works by American painter James Marshall, aka DALEK, and Dutch artist Boris Tellegen, aka DELTA, both masters of the art of handling colour and texture, and both at pivotal points in their careers. Growing up between Chicago, Japan and New York, James Marshall, after having spent a year as an assistant to Takashi Murakami, has developed and honed a technique of meticulously applying flat blocks of colour, whilst playing with exaggerated shapes and baffling optical perspectives.

A Tribute to Andy Warhol ~ Exclusive Collection of Bottles of Dom Pérignon Posted: 19 Jun 2011 07:57 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- With the creation of an exclusive collection of three bottles by the Design Laboratory at Central Saint Martin's School of Art & Design, Dom Pérignon pays tribute to Andy Warhol, creative genius and one of the most illustrious artists of the 20th century. Appropriating images from popular culture, Warhol created many paintings that remain icons of 20th-century art including the Campbell's Soup Can, Marilyn and Elvis series. Warhol worked in a variety of mediums from painting to photography and in the eighties hosted his own talk-show on MTV. Andy Warhol died February 22, 1987, firmly established as one of the most important artists of the 20th century.

This Week in Review in Art Knowledge News Posted: 19 Jun 2011 07:57 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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