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• TEFAF Maastricht to Celebrate Its 25th Anniversary in 2012
• Fitzwilliam Museum To Host " Imperial Treasures from Vienna "
• The Nanaimo Art Gallery Presents “In Spirit We Are All One”
• The Peep Show Gallery Presents "Mind Control"
• UK Exhibition of Drawings by Robert Motherwell to Open in October
• "USAnatomy" by Steven Klein to Open at MuBE the Brazilian Museum of Sculpture
• Georgia Museum of Art to host Everett Gee Jackson Retrospective
• Salvador Dalí's Mustache Finds New Home on a Delta Plane
• Moderna Museet presents Max Ernst ~ Dream and Revolution
• Philadelphia Museum of Art Presents a Major Private Collection of Modernism
• Leading Russian & Eastern European Artists to Exhibit at Calvert 22
• Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) to display Batiste Madalena ~ Hand-Painted Film Posters 1924–1928
• Bauhaus Archiv opens Amerika 1928 ~ Photos of a Study Trip by Walter Gropius
• Guggenheim Foundation and YouTube Seek Budding Video Artists
• MoMA to show the First Comprehensive Presentation from the Rothschild Collection
• Warhol / Icon: The Creation of Image on View at The Byzantine & Christian Museum
• Museum Ritter presents Francois Morellet ~ The Squaring of the Square, A Solo Exhibition
• Bangladeshi Artists To Exhibit At The 2011 Venbice Biennale
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

TEFAF Maastricht to Celebrate Its 25th Anniversary in 2012 Posted: 07 Aug 2011 11:00 PM PDT MAASTRICHT.- The Fair is often referred to as a museum in which everything is for sale. The breadth and quality of objects are admired throughout the world. In 2011 TEFAF attracted visitors from over 181 museums from 20 countries. Principal sponsor AXA Art brought more than 2,000 collectors to TEFAF this year. At Maastricht-Aachen airport 154 private aircrafts landed during the course of the Fair. Next year TEFAF celebrates its 25th anniversary from 16-25 March 2012. The Mayor of Maastricht, Onno Hoes, said, "The City of Maastricht and TEFAF are inseparable and are of great mutual benefit. I very much look forward to celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Fair next year and the City looks forward to working with the Fair over the next quarter century" TEFAF is widely acknowledged as the world's most influential art Fair. The Fair closed on Sunday 27th March. The focus during the Fair is on the extraordinary works of art that leading specialists from around the world exhibit at the Fair but its impact on the local economy stretches far beyond the confines of the Fair. The Mayor of Maastricht, Onno Hoes, said, "The City of Maastricht and TEFAF are inseparable and are of great mutual benefit. I very much look forward to celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Fair next year and the City looks forward to working with the Fair over the next quarter century". Maastricht-Aachen airport commented that TEFAF is always their busiest period of the year. 154 private aircrafts landed at the airport during the course of the Fair and one of the runways had to be converted into a parking area to accommodate the large number of private aircraft landing at the Fair. TEFAF is often referred to as a museum in which everything is for sale. The breadth and quality of objects are admired throughout the world. This year TEFAF attracted visitors from over 181 museums from 20 countries. Each year visitors marvel at the extraordinary presentation of the Fair. Creating such an elegant environment is a major logistical operation involving hundreds of people. "The European Fine Art fair has once again proved to be unrivalled. We have brought more than 2,000 collectors to TEFAF this year, of which over 1,000 have participated in our guided tours around the Fair", Cornelia Zinken of AXA Art, TEFAF's principal sponsor. The Fair occupies an area of 31,000m² and takes 25 days to build. The construction materials take up 12,000m³ and are transported on 200 trailers. Over 200 men and women work round the clock to build the Fair in the given time frame. Flowers are a signature feature of TEFAF Maastricht. This year's design required 22,500 carnations, 18,000 tulips, 7,500 anemones and ranunculus as well as 250 branches of magnolia. These are changed twice during the course of the Fair by 16 florists. In 2011 a total of 144,000 flowers were used throughout the Fair. From 18-27 March 2011, TEFAF was home to 260 specialists from 16 different countries. Between them they exhibited more than 30,000 works of art, antiques and design from different civilizations stretching from the dawn of time to the present day with an aggregate value of in excess of 2 billion euros. TEFAF Antiques is the largest section of the Fair with 97 exhibitors. This is followed by TEFAF Paintings with 64 and TEFAF Modern with 46. Of TEFAF Maastricht, Michel Bismut a leading interior designer from Paris said, "TEFAF Maastricht is an inspiration. It is wonderful to spend time in each section of the Fair and see the juxtaposition of so many extraordinary objects. Without doubt, the experience helps me advise my clients". Before the fair opens to the public each work of art is examined for quality, authenticity and condition by 168 international experts in 29 vetting committees. The vetting process takes a total of 2,184 man hours. Anthony Speelman, Chairman of the Paintings Vetting Committees commented, "This year exhibitors had clearly saved their best paintings for the Fair, the quality was consistently high and the vetting process was very smooth". During the course of the Fair TEFAF welcomed 73,574 visitors from 55 countries around the world, more than 10,000 of whom attended the Fair on the Preview day. Refreshments were served throughout the preview, which lasted nine hours. 100 cooks prepared more than 150,000 canapés, which were served by 400 waiting staff. 100,000 glasses were used to serve drinks from 1,800 bottles of champagne, 3,500 bottles of wine as well as beer and soft drinks. Commenting on the attendance at the Fair, Ben Janssens, Chairman of TEFAF said, "I am delighted to have seen such an increase in visitors from mainland China and I find it particularly remarkable that they have made acquisitions in many different areas and not only Chinese art". Next year the European Fine Art Fair celebrates its 25th anniversary from 16-25 March 2012.

Fitzwilliam Museum To Host " Imperial Treasures from Vienna " Posted: 07 Aug 2011 10:01 PM PDT Cambridge, UK.- The Fitzwilliam Museum is proud to host the only UK showing of precious Hapsburg Imperial collection. "Splendour & Power: Imperial Treasures from Vienna" will be on view at the museum from August 16th through January 8th 2012. From this summer, visitors to the Fitzwilliam Museum can experience a stunning collection of precious decorative arts never before seen in the UK – the treasures of the Hapsburg Emperors. This unique selection of beautifully crafted jewellery, vessels and other objects made from gems, precious metals and stones comes to the Fitzwilliam Museum from the renowned 'Kunstkammer' collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. This is the first time that audiences in Britain will be able to view these extraordinary objects, as the collection has never before been loaned on this scale.

The Nanaimo Art Gallery Presents “In Spirit We Are All One” Posted: 07 Aug 2011 09:43 PM PDT Nanaimo, BC.- The Nanaimo Art Gallery is proud to present "In Spirit We Are All One", featuring the work of Nadine Wiepning from August 11th through August 23rd at their downtown gallery at 150 Commercial Street. There will be an opening reception on Thursday, August 11th from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm, at which the artist will be in attendance and will give a short talk at 4:00pm. Emerging Artist Nadine Wiepning's new body of work aims to illustrate that "everything affects everything" and that our deep interconnectedness does at once threaten and save us. This feature artist show, entitled "In Spirit We Are All One" features oil on canvas that are "abstract nature with a twist  of surrealism."

The Peep Show Gallery Presents "Mind Control" Posted: 07 Aug 2011 09:23 PM PDT Los Angeles, CA.- The Site Unscene in conjunction with Physical Goods are proud to present "Mind Control" featuring artists Eddie Colla, Bughouse, Destroy All Design, DD$ and Insurgency Inc. "Mind Control" is a curated study upon the topic of mind control as expressed via the imaginations of some of Los Angeles and San Francisco's most well known street & fine artists. The curated show allows each artist to interpret the concept of "mind control" in a way personal to them and their work. The influence of the advertising, media, peers and society as a whole has a hold on each of our mind's that is not only hard to ignore, but often times hard to even recognize. "Mind Control" aims to shed light onto the constant bombardment of our minds by these outside influences, in a hope to support the idea of thinking for oneself. The opening night event will be the first in a month long series of events. The show will be hosted by the Peep Show Gallery in Los Angeles and runs until August 28th.

UK Exhibition of Drawings by Robert Motherwell to Open in October Posted: 07 Aug 2011 09:22 PM PDT LONDON.- Robert Motherwell: Works on Paper, the first ever exhibition dedicated to drawings and paintings on paper by Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) to be held in Britain, will be staged at the Bernard Jacobson Gallery, 6 Cork Street, London W1, from 10 October to 26 November 2011. Taking place twenty years after the artist's death, it will comprise some ninety works spanning most of his career. Robert Motherwell was a major figure in the birth and development of Abstract Expressionism and the youngest member of the ' New York School ', a term he coined. His career spanned five decades during which time he created some of the most iconic images of the 20th century. A passionate advocate and articulate spokesman for Abstract Expressionism, he believed that ideas and emotions were best communicated through the bold forms and gestural lines of abstract art.

"USAnatomy" by Steven Klein to Open at MuBE the Brazilian Museum of Sculpture Posted: 07 Aug 2011 09:21 PM PDT SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - Carlos Jereissati Filho, CEO of IGUATEMI, announced the fifth edition of the IGUATEMI Photo Series with Steven Klein's exhibition "USAnatomy", showcasing 60 works by the contemporary fashion photographer at MuBE (Brazilian Museum of Sculpture, São Paulo.) The exhibition will offer a rare opportunity for visitors to witness the work of the celebrated American photographer. It will launch on August 10th with a cocktail celebration and will be open to the public from August 11th until August 28th. Curated by renowned fashion producer Chico Lowndes, the exhibit will feature 30 large-scale works and 30 original Polaroid shots culled from Klein's oeuvre. On display will be images of Madonna, Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie and Justin Timberlake, amongst others. In their typically transgressive, erotic and lyrical nature, the pictures subvert conventional notions of contemporary fashion photography and celebrity portraiture. Klein's work depicts sexually charged, conceptual imagery, evoking the dark underbelly of pop culture. Each work in the show offers a glimpse of the artist's intensely provocative vision, which has radically challenged the blurred boundaries between art and fashion. Madonna later used video from the exhibition in her 2004 Re-Invention World Tour during the performances of "The Beast Within" and "Vogue". Madonna has become a frequent collaborator with Klein, having used his photography on the albums Confessions on a Dance Floor and Hard Candy. He has also contributed videos to her 2006 Confessions Tour and various magazine photo shoots Steven Klein is one of the world's most influential fashion photographers. A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and a favorite of Vogue's Anna Wintour, Klein jumped to stardom by shooting celebrities like Natalie Portman, the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Prince, Tom Ford, Naomi Campbell, as well as Brazilian models like Izabel Goulart, Alessandra Ambrósio and Jesus Luz. His clever images permeate the pages of the world's most acclaimed fashion magazines, managing to strike a perfect balance between transgression and commerce. In addition to his editorial work, he has created fashion campaigns for Clavin Klein, Dolce & Gabanna, Alexander McQueen and Nike, and recently directed a video clip for Lady Gaga's single "Alejandro". The Iguatemi Photo Series is a cultural initiative, sponsored by Iguatemi, São Paulo, that aims to present the public with photography that goes beyond journalistic witnessing, beyond the iconographic register of classic photography, and beyond its value as a medium to show its importance as a contemporary cultural expression. It allows people a chance to become acquainted with, and have a deeper understanding of, the trends in contemporary photography, as well as providing a platform for individuals to create a personal dialogue with the medium. Iguatemi Photo Series at MuBE has previously sponsored the critically acclaimed exhibitions A Message for you by Guy Bourdin, Heaven and Hell – Beauties and Disasters by David LaChapelle and Chop off their heads by John Rankin. Iguatemi currently manages thirteen strategically placed shopping centers in Brazil, located in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Campinas, Sorocaba, São Carlos, Florianópolis, Porto Alegre, Caxias do Sul and its flagship in São Paulo – which attracts over 1.6 million visitors a month and includes Brazil's largest number of luxury stores, including Burberry, Missoni, Gucci, Christian Louboutin, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany & Co., Ermenegildo Zegna, Bulgari, Salvatore Ferragamo, and many more. Known for providing its clientele with a comprehensive shopping experience that brings together the world's finest luxury brands, Brazilian designers, dining, entertainment, art and exceptional customer service, Iguatemi has become one of the largest, full service companies in Brazil's shopping center sector. A pioneer of indoor shopping in Latin America, Iguatemi opened its flagship Iguatemi São Paulo in 1966 making it the first shopping center in Brazil. Iguatemi currently has four shopping centers under development, including the luxurious Iguatemi JK soon to open in São Paulo (Spring 2012).

Georgia Museum of Art to host Everett Gee Jackson Retrospective Posted: 07 Aug 2011 09:11 PM PDT ATHENS, GA - Everett Gee Jackson/San Diego Modern, 1920–1955 will be on display from July 19 to September 28, 2008, at the Georgia Museum of Art. Organized by the San Diego Museum of Art, this traveling exhibition recognizes and commends the work of noted artist, educator and illustrator Everett Gee Jackson and serves as a re-introduction to modernism in American art. This major retrospective features more than 50 images that span Jackson's most significant and productive years as an artist. "The Georgia Museum of Art is interested in the connections among artists, and there are parallels between the works by Everett Gee Jackson and those by artists such as Jean Charlot in our collection. Jackson uses social realism and shows the artistic interest in everyday subject matter," said Paul Manoguerra, curator of American art at the Georgia Museum of Art. Born in 1900 in Mexia, Texas, Jackson showed strong interest in the Southwest early in his career through his use of earth tones and color choices. As one of the first American artists to visit Mexico after its social and cultural revolution, Jackson was heavily influenced by Mexican painters Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco. His stylized form and Mexican motifs form the basis of his modernist style. A gifted artist and popular teacher, Jackson's legacy in San Diego parallels the long-lasting impact of Lamar Dodd in Georgia. As a young man in his twenties, Jackson was one of the first Americans to visit Mexico after the country's prolonged social and cultural revolution. While there, he became influenced by artists such as Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, as well as the Mexican Mural movement. As a result, stylized forms and Mexican motifs became dominant in Jackson's work, and his new artistic inclination towards realism began to form the basis of his modernist style. A gifted artist and popular teacher, Jackson's legacy in San Diego was pervasive in his own day and has had long-lasting impact. As one of the founding artists of the Contemporary Artists of San Diego, the region's first professional artists' organization, created in 1929, he staked out a course for vanguard art making in the region. Jackson also taught renowned conceptual artist John Baldessari and founded SDMA's Latin American Arts Committee. This major retrospective organized by SDMA presents the work of Everett Gee Jackson, San Diego's most important Modernist artist. This exhibition is generously sponsored by YellowBook USA, the Fort Foundation Trustee Fund of the Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley, the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art. Georgia Museum of Art Information Partial support for the exhibitions and programs at the Georgia Museum of Art is provided by the Georgia Council for the Arts through appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. The Council is a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Individuals, foundations and corporations provide additional museum support through their gifts to the Arch Foundation and the University of Georgia foundation. The Georgia Museum of Art is located in the Performing and Visual Arts Complex on the East Campus of the University of Georgia. The address is 90 Carlton Street, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602. Hours: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., Wednesday from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m., Sunday from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. and closed Mondays. Visit our web site at www.uga.edu/gamuseum  or call 706.542.GMOA (4662)

Salvador Dalí's Mustache Finds New Home on a Delta Plane Posted: 07 Aug 2011 09:10 PM PDT ATLANTA, GA.- In celebration of the High Museum's new exhibition, "Dalí: The Late Work," Delta has decked out a 757 plane with a Salvador Dalí-esque mustache. The plane, which went into service yesterday, will fly domestically. The High invites travelers who spot or ride on the plane to share their experience on the museum's Facebook page and on Twitter. Delta Air Lines is the Official Airline of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.

Moderna Museet presents Max Ernst ~ Dream and Revolution Posted: 07 Aug 2011 09:09 PM PDT   Stockholm, Sweden - Max Ernst is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, and a leading surrealist, Max Ernst continues to fascinate and inspire to this day. The exhibition is produced jointly with Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, to which it will proceed in spring 2009. In conjunction with the exhibition an extensively illustrated catalogue will be published in Swedish, English and German, by Hatje Cantz Verlag. On view through 11 January, 2009.

Philadelphia Museum of Art Presents a Major Private Collection of Modernism Posted: 07 Aug 2011 09:08 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Philadelphia Museum of Art this summer will present Adventures in Modern Art: The Charles K. Williams II Collection, an exhibition of approximately 100 paintings, sculptures, watercolors, and drawings from the early decades of the 20th century. It is drawn from the collection of Charles K. Williams II, a distinguished archeologist and Director Emeritus of the Corinth Excavations of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, who has amassed in under two decades an important and personal collection representing most of the major American artists and movements of the modern period, as well as several European masters. Organized by Innis Howe Shoemaker, The Audrey and William H. Helfand Senior Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, the exhibition will be on view in the Dorrance Galleries (July 12 through September 13, 2009).

Leading Russian & Eastern European Artists to Exhibit at Calvert 22 Posted: 07 Aug 2011 09:07 PM PDT LONDON.- Calvert22 will present Photo I, Photo You, the fourth exhibition at the contemporary art space in Shoreditch. Curated by Iara Boubnova, the exhibition will present works by leading Russian and Eastern European artists who invite the viewer to reconsider, revisit and rediscover what they think they know through a series of mixed media works. Exhibition on view from 28 January through 28 March, 2010.

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) to display Batiste Madalena ~ Hand-Painted Film Posters 1924–1928 Posted: 07 Aug 2011 09:06 PM PDT New York City - Batiste Madalena (American, b. Italy, 1902–1988) was hired by George Eastman during the late period of silent cinema to design and hand-paint film posters for his theater in Rochester, NY—at the time the third-largest cinema in the U.S. His works were certainly the most definitive set of original film posters in America. They were a wonderful and priceless collection. On exhibition at MoMA from October 15 through April 6, 2009.

Bauhaus Archiv opens Amerika 1928 ~ Photos of a Study Trip by Walter Gropius Posted: 07 Aug 2011 09:05 PM PDT   BERLIN.- "Gropius praises efficiency here" runs the headline in the New York Times on May 27, 1928. The article relates that the architect Walter Gropius had been in America for several weeks to study the more efficient and timesaving methods of mass production. In the spring of 1928, Walter Gropius had resigned his post as director of the Bauhaus Dessau and, together with his wife Ise, embarked on a much longed-for study trip through the USA. There he would deal primarily with modern building techniques, particularly the steel-frame construction of New York skyscrapers. The trip is financed by Adolf Sommerfeld, the building contractor and longtime patron of the Bauhaus, with whom Gropius plans to carry out large building projects in Berlin that will make use of the state-of-the-art technology.

Guggenheim Foundation and YouTube Seek Budding Video Artists Posted: 07 Aug 2011 09:04 PM PDT New York, New York - For artists, being included in a museum exhibition generally means first having to penetrate the well-guarded gates of a prestigious art gallery. But now the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and YouTube are aiming to short-circuit that exclusionary art-world system, at least briefly, in much the same way that other hierarchical systems have been blown apart in the Internet age. Beginning Monday anyone with access to a video camera and a computer will have an opportunity to catch the eye of a Guggenheim curator and vie for a place in a video-art exhibition in October at all of the foundation's museums: the Solomon R. Guggenheim in New York, the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin, the Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.

MoMA to show the First Comprehensive Presentation from the Rothschild Collection Posted: 07 Aug 2011 09:03 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY - The Museum of Modern Art presents Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, an exhibition of more than 300 works that will be the first comprehensive presentation of this collection, a donation of approximately 2,500 works on paper by more than 650 artists that entered the Museum's collection in May 2005. Assembled over a two-year period and ranging from the 1930s to 2005 with a heavy focus on contemporary practice, the collection provides a unique panorama of the state of drawing today.

Warhol / Icon: The Creation of Image on View at The Byzantine & Christian Museum Posted: 07 Aug 2011 09:02 PM PDT ATHENS.- The Byzantine & Christian Museum, Athens, presents the ground-breaking exhibition, Warhol/Icon: The Creation of Image. The exhibition brings together key portraits by Andy Warhol from across the entire range of his career, providing a telling critique of the modern obsession with fame, a concept which fascinated Warhol and which stands at the centre of his work. Common to the historic and modern concepts of an icon, the idea of worship is a central link. Warhol's work endorses, dissects – and employs – those processes by which a real person's identity becomes progressively obscured by their glamorized, iconic representation in the mass-media.

Museum Ritter presents Francois Morellet ~ The Squaring of the Square, A Solo Exhibition Posted: 07 Aug 2011 09:01 PM PDT WALDENBUCH, GERMANY.- Museum Ritter opens a major solo exhibition of work by François Morellet and pays tribute to one of the foremost artists in France today. Beginning 17th of May  2009, the entire building will present a broad cross-section of his wide-ranging oeuvre. Apart from geometrical paintings, the exhibition will also feature works with lattices and adhesive tape, as well as light installations using coloured neon tubes. The choice of works was made in close consultation with the artist and grants the viewer a very personal look at over 60 years of work by one of the wittiest of artist provocateurs.

Bangladeshi Artists To Exhibit At The 2011 Venbice Biennale Posted: 07 Aug 2011 09:00 PM PDT Dhaka, Bangladesh.- Bangladeshi artists will be taking part at the Venice Biennale 2011, to be held in Italy, starting from June 4 this year. This is the first time that Bangladesh has participated at the prestigious event. The 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale will be directed by art historian and critic Bice Curiger, with previews from June 1 to 3. The official opening will take place on June 3. The exhibition will open to the public from June 4 and run till November 27, 2011. Five Bangladeshi artists; Mahbubur Rahman, Kabir Ahmed Masum Chisti, Imran Hossain Piplu, Promothesh Das Pulak and Tayeba Begum Lipi have been selected by the organisers to display their installations at the biennale alongside artists from across the globe. The last biennale, held in 2009, was visited by around 4 million people. Around 77 nations participated in the event.

Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 07 Aug 2011 09:00 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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