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New Book Featuring the Work by Diane Arbus to Be Published by Aperture

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 10:32 PM PDT

artwork: Diane Arbus - Backstage at the Follies, 1938 - © Estate of Diane Arbus, 1966

NEW YORK, N.Y.- Diane Arbus: A Chronology (October, 2011) reads like a contemporaneous diary by one of the most daring, influential, and controversial artists of the twentieth century. Drawn primarily from Arbus's extensive correspondence with friends, family, and colleagues; personal notebooks; and other unpublished writings, this beautifully produced volume exposes the private thoughts and motivations of a photographer whose astonishing vision revolutionized the medium. Further rounding out Arbus's life and work are exhaustively researched footnotes that amplify the entire Chronology. A section at the end of the book provides biographies for fifty-five personalities, family members, friends, and colleagues, from Marvin Israel and Lisette Model to Weegee and August Sander.

Her powerful, sometimes controversial, images often frame the familiar as strange and the strange or exotic as familiar. This singular vision and her ability to engage in such an uncompromising way with her subjects has made Arbus one of the most important and influential photographers of the twentieth century.

In 1972, a year after she committed suicide, Arbus became the first American photographer to have photographs displayed at the Venice Biennale. Millions of people viewed traveling exhibitions of her work in 1972–1979.  In 2003–2006, Arbus and her work were the subjects of another major traveling exhibition, Diane Arbus Revelations. In 2006, the motion picture Fur, starring Nicole Kidman as Arbus, presented a fictional version of her life story.

Although some of Arbus's photographs have sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars at auction, Arbus's work has provoked controversy; for example, Norman Mailer was quoted in 1971 as saying "Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child."

During the 1960's, she taught photography at the Parsons School of Design and the Cooper Union in New York City, and the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island. The first major exhibition of her photographs occurred at the Museum of Modern Art in a 1967 show called "New Documents" which was curated by John Szarkowski and which also featured the work of Garry Winogrand and Lee Friedlander. Some of her artistic work was done on assignment.  Although she continued to photograph on assignment (e.g., in 1968 she shot documentary photographs of poor sharecroppers in rural South Carolina for Esquire magazine), in general her magazine assignments decreased as her fame as an artist increased.  Szarkowski hired Arbus in 1970 to research an exhibition on photojournalism called "From the Picture Press"; it included many photographs by Weegee whose work Arbus admired.

artwork: Diane Arbus - 'Identical Twins' - Roselle , NJ - 1967

Using softer light than in her previous photography, she took a series of photographs in her later years of people with intellectual disability showing a range of emotions.  At first, Arbus considered these photographs to be "lyric and tender and pretty," but by June 1971 she told Lisette Model that she hated them. Among other photographers and artists she befriended during her career, she was close to photographer Richard Avedon; he was approximately the same age

artwork: Diane Arbus - "Lady at a Masked Ball with Two Roses on Her Dress" Silver gelatin print, 1967 40.5 x 50.5 cm. © Diane ArbusDescribing the Chronology in Art in America, Leo Rubinfien noted that "Arbus. . . wrote as well as she photographed, and her letters, where she heard each nuance of her words, were gifts to the people who received them. Once one has been introduced to it, the beauty of her spirit permanently changes and deepens one's understanding of her pictures . . . "

The material in Diane Arbus: A Chronology originally appeared in Diane Arbus Revelations. The new publication offers, in an accessible, paperback volume, Arbus's insights into her life and work in her own words. It is indispensable reading for anyone interested in the artist, her photographs, and her world.

Diane Arbus (1923–1971) is widely recognized as one of the most iconic artists of the twentieth century. In addition to Chronology, four volumes of her work have been published posthumously and have remained continuously in print: Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph (1972), Diane Arbus: Magazine Work (1984), Untitled: Diane Arbus (1995), and Diane Arbus Revelations (2003).

Elisabeth Sussman (coauthor, chronology and footnotes) is the Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography at the Whitney Museum of American Art. She served as guest co-curator for the retrospective Diane Arbus Revelations.

Doon Arbus (coauthor, chronology and footnotes) is the eldest daughter of Diane and Allan Arbus; since her mother's death she has managed The Estate of Diane Arbus.

Jeff L. Rosenheim (author, biographies) is curator of photographs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Exhibition on View: Coinciding with the publication of A Chronology is an international traveling exhibition premiering at Jeu de Paume, Paris. With over two hundred photographs, this first major retrospective of her work in France reveals the origins, scope, and aspirations of a wholly original force in photography.

• Jeu de Paume, Paris, October 18, 2011–February 5, 2012
• Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland, March 2–May 28, 2012
• Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, June 21–September 24, 2012
• FOAM, Amsterdam, October 25, 2012–January 13, 2013

Art Gallery of Ontario Exhibition Explores the History of Industrial Photography

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 09:17 PM PDT

artwork: George Hunter - Dofasco and Steelco Mills. Hamilton, Ontario, 1954 - Dye transfer print, 31 x 42 cm.- Gift of the artist. - © Art Gallery of Ontario.

TORONTO, ON.- A new exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario traces the history of Canada's changing industrial landscape through the lens of some of the country's most extraordinary photographers from the past 150 years. Songs of the Future: Canadian Industrial Photographs, 1858 to Today opens August 20 and includes more than 100 photographs by such artists as Alexander Henderson, William Notman, John Vanderpant, E. Haanel Cassidy, Ralph Greenhill, George Hunter and Edward Burtynsky. The exhibition, on view through April 29, 2012, comprises chiefly works from the AGO collection, augmented by a selection of key loans — marking the first time that the Gallery has displayed its vast collection of Canadian industrial photographs.

Photographer Russell James Opens 'Nomad Two Worlds' Exhibition at the Alte Muenze

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 08:54 PM PDT

artwork: Australian artist Russell James (L) and Haitian artist Philippe Dodard (R) stroll through the 'Nomad Two Worlds' exhibition inside the Alte Muenze'(Old Mint Yard) in Berlin, Germany, where the works of Russell James will be on show at the exhibition. - Photo by EPA.

BERLIN.- Created by world renowned photographer Russell James, NOMAD TWO WORLDS is a collaborative art project with Indigenous artists. In the last decade it has evolved from James' individual attempt to understand the clash of ancient and modern cultures he witnessed growing up in Australia to what it is today - a powerful expression of partnership and reconciliation in action through art, music and film that has become a global example of true collaboration across deep cultural divides. From its humble beginnings as a photographic and film exhibition in New York in 1999, NOMAD TWO WORLDS endured the years leading up to the global event known in the political narrative simply as "The Apology", the 2008 public apology made to Indigenous Australians by the then Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd.


"Age of the Dinosaur" Exhibition Coming To The World Museum in Liverpool

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 08:42 PM PDT

artwork: Dinosaur exhibit at the Natural History Museum in London now coming to the World Museum in Liverpool.

LIVERPOOL, UK - Amazing life-sized moving dinosaurs will terrify Liverpool when a blockbuster exhibition roars into the city this autumn. In a major coup for World Museum, Age of the Dinosaur opens on 22 October and runs until 15 April 2012.  Age of the Dinosaur will make its first appearance outside London after being created by the Natural History Museum where it had a successful run. The exhibition will give all the family an experience not to be missed. Six life-size dinosaurs will emerge out of the darkness as visitors immerse themselves in the vanished world of 65-million-years-ago. Seventy five specimens from London's Natural History Museum collections including fossils and dinosaur poo.

Calvin J. Goodman ~ Influential Mentor to Artists & Advisor to Arts Organizations, Died

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 08:11 PM PDT

artwork: Calvin J. Goodman a close friend of artist couple Jackson Pollack and Lee Krasner.

NEW YORK, NY.- Calvin J. Goodman, influential mentor to artists and advisor to arts organizations, died in Los Angeles on August 17th, of natural causes. For over five decades Goodman worked with such renowned artists as Louise Nevelson, Hans Burckhart, Harry Jackson, and Françoise Gilot, and countless other artists. Known for his insight into the thoughts that motivate an artist, Goodman had an uncanny ability to help creative spirits discover and connect with the audience their work would speak to. Convinced that art answers to basic human needs and is no mere fad nor ornament, Goodman became a powerful resource for artists seeking the constituency that would make all the difference between life in a garret and a successful career. Realizing that virtually no art schools were addressing the "business of art," Goodman devised his own practicum courses, which he taught at Otis and the California Institute of Arts. He frequently lectured at art schools across the country and in dozens of seminars for artists and art dealers.

First Open: Post-War & Contemporary Art Sale at Christie's New York

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 07:55 PM PDT

artwork: George Condo, (b. 1957) - "Dispersed Figures", 1988 -  Oil on canvas - Estimate: $100,000 – 150,000. - Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2011.

NEW YORK, N.Y.- Christie's is pleased to announce the Fall 2011 edition of First Open, a sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art, on September 21, 2011. The auction will feature an international selection of works by recognized post-war masters and today's leading artists such as Gerhard Richter, Felix Gonzalez-Torres and George Condo, with competitive estimates. The sale will offer a total of 337 lots with a wide range of price points to all collectors of the genre. First Open is expected to achieve in the range of $10 million.

Controversy Follows Conviction of Artist Odd Nerdrum for Tax Fraud

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 07:54 PM PDT

artwork: The Norwegian artist, Odd Nerdrum, was sentenced to two years in prison without bail on Wednesday August 17th, when a local court in Oslo found him guilty for tax evasion.

OSLO, NORWAY - The famous Norwegian artist, Odd Nerdrum, was sentenced to two years in prison without bail on Wednesday August 17th, when a local court in Oslo found him guilty for tax evasion. Critics claim that Nerdrum's sentence was surprisingly more severe than the punishment recently imposed in a similar case in China concerning the artist Ai Weiwei, who was given a fine and released on house arrest after three months of detainment. Famous for his Old master-like paintings, the 67 year old artist was accused of failing to pay the full amount of taxes on $2.6 million (1.8 million euros) of taxable income from sales between 1998-2002, just before he became an Icelandic citizen.

Nerdrum has plead not guilty and will file an appeal.

Hearing the verdict, Nerdrum's Lawyer Tor Erling Staff told the NTB news agency "I have rarely read such a verdict that allows so little room for doubt. The essential elements [of the case] were not taken into account and we are really not happy. We will appeal."

Nerdrum stated that he had already paid the taxes years ago, telling the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, " I paid 50% of the $2.5 million in 1998. And then I paid another 50% on that sum in 2002, adding up to 100% of the $2.5 million. Hasn't the goal been reached by the Norwegian government yet?"

"Nerdrum has been found guilty of aggravated fiscal fraud," ruled the Oslo district court, defining the crime as aggravated because the artist "put significant work into hiding his assets, especially by placing a large quantity of money in a safety deposit box."

artwork: Odd Nerdrum - "Horse Bath", nd - Oil on canvas, 65 1/4 x 81 3/4 inches Courtesy of Forum Gallery, New York

In response to this accusation Nerdrum produced in court, a contract with a U.S gallery, explaining why the money was placed in the safety deposit box. The contract describes the money as a safety fund for some 36 paintings that he created in the 80's using an experimental medium which collectors complained began to melt when exposed to heat. Nerdrum repainted each of these compositions between 1989-2002, and offered to exchange them, yet many collectors wanted to be compensated with money. So, Nerdrum established the fund as a safety measure against future claims.

Though the problem with these damaged paintings was well known in the U.S. and had damaged Nerdrum's reputation, the prosecution asserted that it was merely an elaborate ruse. The court ruled "the only reason for placing cash in a bank box in Austria was to avoid this income being taxed in Norway".

Nerdrum, who has the neurological disease tourettes syndrome, stated at the beginning of the case that the charges were "rubbish" and that he was "not good with numbers". This is why he left the accounting to his tax accountant. He said that the 9 year tax investigation and trial were intended to drive him toward suicide.

Nerdrum began study at the Art Academy of Oslo, but became dissatisfied with the direction of modern art, and began to teach himself how to paint in a Neo Baroque style, with the guidance of Rembrandt's technique and work as a primary influence. Nerdrum had seen Rembrandt's painting, The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis in the National Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm. Nerdrum says seeing the painting was "a shock... Pervasive. Like finding home. I can say I found a home in this picture,... The wonderful thing with Rembrandt is the confidence he inspires - like when you warm your hands on a stove. Without Rembrandt I would have been so poor," By abandoning the accepted path of modern art, Nerdrum had placed himself in direct opposition to most aspects of the school, including his primary painting instructor, his fellow students, and a curriculum designed to present Norway as a country with an up-to-date artistic culture. He, in his own words was chased from the academy after a two-year period like a "scroungy mutt". Years later Nerdrum said . . .

"I saw that I was in the process of making a choice that would end in defeat. By choosing those qualities that were so alien to my own time, I had to give up at the same time the art on which the art of our time rests. I had to paint in defiance of my own era without the protection of the era's superstructure. Briefly put I would paint myself into isolation."

Nerdrum later studied with Joseph Beuys, at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.







Gemeentemuseum Den Haag opens Retrospective of the Work of Der Blaue Reiter

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 07:40 PM PDT

artwork: Wassily Kandinsky, Holland – 'Strandkörbe', May/June,1904 - Oil on canvas on board, 53,5 x 32.8 cm. - Collection Lenbachhaus München.

THE HAGUE.- In the early 20th century, a group of artists caused a huge furor in the Munich art world. Calling themselves Der Blaue Reiter, the artists produced expressive, brightly coloured, lyrical paintings which were to prompt the development of Expressionism in Germany. The core members of the group were Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky and kindred spirit Franz Marc. Although the group was so important for the later development of modern art, this exhibition at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag will be the first major retrospective of its work ever held in the Netherlands. Many of the works were seen earlier as part of the successful Kandinsky exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. On view through 24 May, 2010.

artwork: Franz Marc, Blaues Pferd I,1911 Oil on canvas, 112 x 84.5 cm. © Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, MünchenWassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) played an important pioneering role in the development of painting. His explosive compositions, inspired by experimental music and primitive folk art, roused strong emotions and incomprehension among art critics, public and fellow artists. When he met Franz Marc, Kandinsky immediately recognised a kindred spirit who shared his interest in and ideas about painting and music. Just two days after they first met, they were already attending an Arnold Schönberg concert together. It was the start of a close friendship and in 1911 they set up Der Blaue Reiter ('The Blue Rider'), swiftly attracting the adhesion of artists like Gabriele Münter, Alexej von Jawlensky, August Macke, Marianne von Werefkin and Heinrich Campendonck.

The group was highly diverse, both in style and membership. Yet there are common features; the Expressionism of Der Blaue Reiter is poetic and shows influences of Russian fairytales and traditional folk narratives. The artists worked instinctively, generally using bright colours, and were fascinated by nature and animals. This interest is reflected, for example, in the imposing, lovingly depicted horses that often fill Franz Marc's paintings, evoking warm emotions in the viewer.

Kandinsky went his own way within the group. He felt there was a clear intuitive relationship between sound and form. This belief became an important starting point in his work and would eventually lead to what is now generally regarded as the world's first abstract painting. The series of Improvisations and Compositions, in which the viewer can almost hear the sounds of music, are fine examples of Kandinsky's quest for the ultimate amalgam of painting and music.

With the outbreak of war in 1914, the group disintegrated. Kandinsky left his partner Gabriele Münter and returned to Russia. Macke and Marc were called up to fight at the front, where they perished in the trenches. The tension and uncertainty of the times can be clearly felt in the paintings made immediately before and during the First World War.

The exhibition also looks at the artists' life stories and the relations between them. The rare historical documents on show include photographs taken of Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter during their visit to the Netherlands in 1904 and never previously exhibited.

artwork: Alexej von Jawlensky - Murnau Landscape,1909 Oil on cardboard, 50,5 x 54.5 cm, Collection Lenbachhaus München This exhibition, full of masterpieces by Kandinsky and the artists of Der Blaue Reiter, is the result of close cooperation between the Gemeentemuseum and Munich's Städtische Galerie im Lehnbachhaus. It will be accompanied by a lavishly illustrated catalogue containing essays by Doede Hardeman, Annegret Hoberg, Helmut Friedel and Franz Kaiser. The exhibition is part of the Holland Art Cities event.

For Kandinsky, "great realism" and "great abstraction" were equivalent. We therefore find a wide range of stylistic approaches and artistic expressions among the painters of the Blue Rider. During his time in Munich until 1914, Kandinsky himself chose the way toward abstraction. His development from early studies of nature to a more representational style is perfectly represented in the collection of the Lenbachhaus.

His counterpart was Franz Marc, who, in his paintings, was seeking to reconcile nature and creature. Helmut Friedel: "Around the year 1910, Marc's animal studies were set free from the restrictions of pure representation and became sheer color events.But also Gabriele Münter, August Macke, Alexej von Jawlensky and Paul Klee developed individual artistic expressions, though expressionist landscapes were prevailing."

The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag employs around 145 people directly and many others indirectly, through the work it subcontracts to various companies. In 1999 the museum was privatised and it is now run by a Foundation (Stichting) headed by the Director. A Supervisory Board checks that the museum is being properly managed and led. The museum organisation is divided into 4 sectors: Collections, Exhibitions, Communications and Management. Visit : http://www.gemeentemuseum.nl/

Moderna Museet Now introduces Alice Neel ~ 'Collector of Souls'

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 07:39 PM PDT

artwork: Alice Neel - Nadya Nona,1933 - Oil on canvas - © Alice Neel

Stockholm, Sweden - The American artist Alice Neel (1900-1984) is the first to be featured in the new exhibition series Moderna Museet Now. Her imposing portraits and self-portraits earned her influence and acclaim, despite private and professional hardships. In the 1950s, she was under investigation for alleged contacts with the Communist Party. In the years when pop art and abstract expressionism dominated the art scene, her psychologically realistic style was not in great repute, and she lived on welfare.

Peter Greenaway's New Film Offers Criticism of Today's Visual Illiteracy

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 07:38 PM PDT

artwork: Peter Greenaway's new film J'Accuse leads us through Rembrandt's paintings into 17th-century Amsterdam. Photo: Victor Arnolds.

AMSTERDAM.- 'J'Accuse' is an essayistic documentary in which Greenaway's fierce criticism of today's visual illiteracy is argued by means of a forensic search of Rembrandt's "Nightwatch". Greenaway explains the background, the context, the conspiracy, the murder and the motives of all its 34 painted characters who have conspired to kill for their combined self-advantage. Greenaway leads us through Rembrandt's paintings into 17th-century Amsterdam. He paints a world that is democratic in principle, but is almost entirely ruled by twelve families. The notion exists of these regents as charitable and compassionate beings. But reality was different.

The National Gallery of Art shows Hendrick Avercamp - 'The Little Ice Age'

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 07:37 PM PDT

artwork: Hendrick Avercamp - Skaters and Tents along the Ice, c. 1620, oil on canvas, overall: 47 x 89 cm.- framed: 72.5 x 114.5 x 6 cm. Frans Hals Museum, on loan from private collection

Washington, DC - In the first exhibition devoted to Dutch landscape artist Hendrick Avercamp (1585–1634), scenes of skating, sleigh rides, and outdoor games on frozen canals and waterways bring to life the lively pastimes and day-to-day bustle of the Golden Age. Displayed in the intimate Dutch Cabinet Galleries, some 14 paintings and 16 drawings capture the harsh winters of the period and the activities they made possible. Avercamp—the first artist to specialize in painting winter landscapes that feature people enjoying themselves on the ice—made the "ice scene" a genre in its own right.

The Vorticists: Rebel Artists in London & NYC at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 07:36 PM PDT

artwork: Although The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is a small museum located in Peggy Guggenheim's former home, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy it is the most important collection in Italy for European and American art.


VENICE. Italy - Through May 15, 2011, the
Peggy Guggenheim Collection presents The Vorticists: Rebel Artists in London and New York, 1914-1918, curated by Mark Antliff, Professor of Art History and Visual Studies at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, and Vivien Greene, Curator of 19th- and Early 20th-Century Art at the Guggenheim Museum New York. This is the first exhibition devoted to Vorticism to be presented in Italy and the first to attempt to recreate the three Vorticist exhibitions mounted during World War I that served to define the group's radical aesthetic for an Anglo-American public. Vorticism was Britain's most original and radical contribution to the visual avant-gardes that flourished in Europe in the years before and during World War I. An abstracted figurative style, combining machine-age forms and the energetic imagery suggested by a vortex, this movement emerged in London at a moment when the staid English art scene had been jolted by the advent of French Cubism and Italian Futurism. Absorbing elements from both, but also defining themselves against these foreign idioms, Vorticism was a short-lived, but pivotal modernist movement that essentially spanned the years from 1913 to 1918.

Dave White Presents 'Americana' at The Coningsby Gallery in London

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 07:35 PM PDT

artwork: Dave White - "Too Slow !" © 2011 - Photo: Courtesy of the artist.


LONDON.- Internationally acclaimed artist Dave White explores American heritage and the spirit of the West in his latest solo show. Entitled Americana, the exhibition will feature a series of large scale oil paintings in White's trademark expressive style, alongside limited edition prints and works on paper. Taking place at The Coningsby Gallery, London from April 11th through April 30th, 2011, this exhibition highlights White's ability to capture dynamic scenes with his distinctive impasto style, while presenting a pioneering approach to documenting the legacy of this era.

Hindu Art & Artifacts Are Becoming Favorites of Museums in America and the West

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 07:34 PM PDT

artwork: The Nidhika and Pershant Mehta Arts of India Gallery debuts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Houston, TX - Welcoming the opening of a permanent gallery for India's art in prestigious Houston Museum of Fine Arts starting this May, Hindus have urged the major museums of world to dedicate permanent space to Hindu artifacts.  Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in (USA) Today, congratulated the Houston Museum for devoting exclusive space to traditional Indian artifacts spanning 2,500 years of cultural history, including an 11th century Parvati. This Museum, whose history dates back to 1900, is the largest art museum in America west of Washington DC, and is visited by over 2.5 million people annually. Even some formations in world famous Grand Canyon National Park of USA were named as Shiva Temple, Krishna Shrine, Vishnu Temple, Rama Shrine, Brahma Temple (7851 feet), and Hindu Amphitheater, Rajan Zed pointed out.

Philbrook Museum of Art shows Gustave Baumann and Selections from the Eugene B. Adkins Collection

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 07:33 PM PDT

artwork: Preston Dickinson (1891-1930) - Fort George Hill, 1915 - Oil on linen, 14 x 17 in. - Organized by the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, Utica, New York.

TULSA, OK. Philbrook Museum of Art shows German printmaker Gustave Baumann, who was known for his woodblock prints, a labor-intensive technique that requires carving a new block for each color used. Usually, his final images included five or six colors and consequently the same number of blocks. The resulting prints are rich with vivid colors, capturing the brilliant light on the stratified landscape of the Southwest. Although many of his images are landscapes of this unique part of America, he also captured activities and arts of the Pueblo Indians, illustrating aspects of their social and ceremonial life in his colorful prints. On view through 11 October, 2009.

Collector Julia Stoschek Exhibits Her Collection at The Deichtorhallen

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 07:32 PM PDT

HAMBURG.- For the first time world-wide, the Julia Stoschek Collection has gone on show in a museum context and outside the private home of the collector in Düsseldorf. Across a total space of over 2,000 sq. m. works by over 50 artists from this very young private collection is on display in the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg. The exhibition title of "I want to see how you see" is taken from the work of the same name by Pipilotti Rist (2003). The exhibition focuses on pieces on film and video, as is the case for the entire Julia Stoschek Collection. They are rounded out by sculptures (e.g., by Nandipha Mntambo), photographic works (e.g., by Thomas Demand, Taryn Simon, Thomas Ruff) and installations (e.g., by Jeppe Hein).

Christie’s-NY to auction Marsden Hartley’s 'Lighthouse'

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 07:31 PM PDT

artwork: Marsden Hartley - Lighthouse, 1915 - © Christie's Images Ltd. 2008. 

NEW YORK CITY - Christie's is delighted to announce the consignment for sale of Marsden Hartley's Lighthouse – an American Modernist masterwork and the finest painting of its kind to be offered in a generation. An oil on canvas measuring 40 by 30 inches, and created in Berlin in 1915, Lighthouse is presently on exhibit for the first time in the United States. Until now, the painting had remained in Germany, where it only recently came to light after its rediscovery in an East German museum.

Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam Sued by JPMorgan Chase & Co over a Berckheyde Painting

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 07:30 PM PDT

artwork: Gerrit Adriaensz Berckheyde (Dutch, 1638 - 1698) 'The Golden Bend in the Herengracht in Amsterdam, Seen from the Vijzelstraat', c. 1672, oil on panel, 42.6 x 57.8 cm (16 3/4 x 22 3/4 in.) - Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

NEW YORK, NY - The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has been sued by JPMorgan Chase & Co as it tries to recover a painting that was usws as collateral by Louis Reijtenbagh. The painting, "Golden Bend in the Herengracht, Seen from the Vijzelstraat (c. 1672)", made by Gerrit Adriaensz Berckheyde is at the center of a dispute between the Dutch museum and the American bank which is seeking the repayment of a loan that was made to Monte-Carlo Art SA, a British Virgin Islands-based entity which JPMorgan says is controlled by Reijtenbagh.

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Posted: 20 Aug 2011 07:29 PM PDT

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