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• American Folk Art Museum in New York Considering Closure
• Art Taipei 2011 is a Major Art Fair for Chinese and Asian Arts
• The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum To Show Brian Rutenberg
• The Wolfsonian To Present Scenes of Modern America
• Hammer Galleries Show Great Masters of the Modern Movement
• The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Features Latin American Art
• Art Museum Partnership Announces Program for NYC Directors Forum Conference
• Syrian Gunmen Break Political Cartoonist Ali Ferzat's Hands . . . as a 'Warning'
• "Indian Highway" Exhibition Of Contemporary Art Wends Its Way Into Lyon France
• Loss of Control: Crossing the Boundaries to Art from Félicien Rops to the Present
• Leading Artists at Christie's Sale of South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art
• MoMA Presents the Theatrical Premiere of Emily Hubley's film 'The Toe TacTic'
• New York State Museum opens Latin American Art from MoMA
• Tate Britain will exhibit 'Altermodern ~ The Fourth Tate Triennial'
• Gilbert & George display Jack Freak Pictures Show at The Baronian Francey Gallery
• "Living Traditions: Arts of the Americas" at Cantor Arts Center, Stanford U.
• Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Announces "The Art Auction"
• Essl Museum Offers Insights into the Contemporary Indian Art Scene
• Richard Diebenkorn Works on View in Two Exhibitions at Cantor Arts Center
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

American Folk Art Museum in New York Considering Closure Posted: 25 Aug 2011 10:27 PM PDT New York, NY (New York Times):- The financial picture has grown so bleak at the American Folk Art Museum that its trustees are considering whether to shut it down and donate its collections to another institution, said a person involved in the discussions, who requested anonymity because the talks are confidential.  No final decision has been made, and members of the folk museum's staff are said to be lobbying to keep it going in some form. But the museum's leadership has been in talks with the Smithsonian Institution for several months about possibly acquiring the collection in conjunction with the Brooklyn Museum. A decision to dissolve the museum and transfer its collection would require the approval of both the New York State attorney general's office and the State Department of Education. The attorney general's office would consider, among other things, whether the transfer would put New York State residents at a disadvantage. Even if ownership of the collection were transferred to the Smithsonian, one possibility being discussed is to have the Brooklyn Museum display some of it long term, making it still accessible to New Yorkers. The folk art museum has one of the country's finest collections of American folk art, including some 5,000 quilts, paintings and functional objects like weathervanes. But it has long been plagued by serious financial problems. In addition to its holdings of folk art, the folk museum has a collection of outsider art, including several thousand drawings, books and related material by Henry Darger. A decade ago the museum borrowed $32 million, in the form of bonds, to finance the construction of an impressive building on West 53rd Street in Manhattan, designed by the architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien. In 2009, after suffering substantial investment losses in the financial crisis, the museum defaulted on its debt, and in May the trustees decided to sell the building to the Museum of Modern Art, down the block, in order to pay off the debt. But the sale of the building for $31.2million, while covering the debt, did not leave the museum with any extra cash. And it left, if anything, an even more difficult conundrum for the museum about how to move forward. The museum still has a small, 5,000-square-foot space in Lincoln Square, at Columbus Avenue near 66th Street, where it could continue mounting small shows if the trustees felt that it could sustain the costs of keeping a staff and paying to store, conserve and insure the collection. The museum remains open at that location these days, and admission is free. The building on West 53rd Street is closed. The museum's president, Laura Parsons, said of the current situation: "The board took the first step of discharging its obligations to the bondholders — the next step is to determine what the best outcome for the museum and the art is." Ms. Parsons declined to go into greater detail, saying that the discussions were confidential. Compared with the Brooklyn Museum, which has had to make hard choices in recent years about what parts of its own enormous holdings to keep, the Smithsonian would appear to have greater resources to take care of the folk collection. But there will most likely be pressure to keep some of the collection in New York, making a loan arrangement with the Brooklyn Museum appealing. A spokeswoman for the Smithsonian Institution was on vacation and could not be reached for comment. A spokeswoman for the Brooklyn Museum, Sally Williams, said that the museum's director, Arnold Lehman, was out of town and that she had not been briefed on any discussions. The Folk Art Museum has suffered considerable bad fortune over the years. For example, its former chairman, Ralph O. Esmerian, promised to donate his collection of folk art, including a version of Edward Hicks' "Peaceable Kingdom," but Mr. Esmerian also put the painting up as collateral against money he owed, and in 2008 it was put up for auction. In July Mr. Esmerian, who is no longer on the board, was sentenced to six years in prison for fraud. The Museum of Modern Art has said that it does not know yet what it plans to do with the folk museum building. The museum sits between MoMA's building and the site of a high-rise being planned by Hines, the real estate developer, which will include multiple floors of galleries for MoMA. One possible plan would be to tear down the folk art museum's building to allow MoMA to make maximum use of the space. The museum has lost several top employees since its financial problems started a few years ago. Brooke Davis Anderson, who was in charge of the museum's collection of outsider art, departed last year for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The museum's executive director, Maria Ann Conelli, left this year. The folk art museum's situation is a stark warning of what can happen when a museum overreaches in constructing a new home. Founded in 1961, the museum survived some early near-death experiences. When it decided to build a permanent home, it engaged high-profile architects and borrowed the $32 million by issuing bonds through New York City's Trust for Cultural Resources, a public benefit corporation that helps major cultural institutions borrow money for capital projects. Some critics have attributed the museum's troubles to its architecture, saying that it was unwelcoming and did not display the art and artifacts attractively. To be sure, the museum never drew the crowds it had projected in estimates made during the planning process, or received enough contributions to support its interest payments. It was the first institution that borrowed through the trust to default on its debt. Visit the museum's website at ... http://www.folkartmuseum.org

Art Taipei 2011 is a Major Art Fair for Chinese and Asian Arts Posted: 25 Aug 2011 07:30 PM PDT TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Art Taipei, formerly known as Taipei Art Fair International, is the longest-standing art fair in Asia. It has been organized by Taiwan Art Gallery Association since 1992. The 18th annual event, Art Taipei 2011, will be held during 26th to 29th August, 2011, at Taipei World Trade Center. This art fair is the most important link for trading Chinese and Asian arts. The art market in Taiwan has become more and more mature since the 80's, and today's Taiwanese collectors, many of whom brought up in this established environment, are considered to be the best collectors in the Chinese community. Taiwan's art galleries also pride themselves with great understanding of works and relationships with artists. Not only do galleries from Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia gather at Art Taipei each year, European and North American participants are also no strangers to the event. Furthermore, with the gate opened between Taiwan and China since 2000, galleries from China and Hong Kong at the event have increased and Art Taipei is now genuinely the most important platform for Chinese arts.

The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum To Show Brian Rutenberg Posted: 25 Aug 2011 07:10 PM PDT Myrtle Beach, SC.- The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum is proud to present "Brimming Tide: Paintings and Drawings by Brian Rutenberg", on view at the museum from September 16th through January 3rd 2012. Artist Brian Rutenberg's paintings are known for brilliant, multilayered surfaces, that give the effect of a mass of crushed jewels, and reflect his passion for the works of  Renaissance masters of Europe. But the roots of his art are in South Carolina's Lowcountry, and the Myrtle Beach native son returns this fall with an exhibition at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum. Rutenberg will present a lecture on his work on Friday, Sept. 16th from 10:30 a.m. – Noon.

The Wolfsonian To Present Scenes of Modern America Posted: 25 Aug 2011 06:48 PM PDT Miami Beach, FL.- The Wolfsonian–Florida International University is pleased to present "Manifest and Mundane: Scenes of Modern America from The Wolfsonian Collection", an exhibition of more than fifty American paintings, sculptures, and fine art prints from the 1920s to the 1940s, drawn from The Wolfsonian's collection of fine arts, with loans from the museum's founder, Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. On view from September 8th through August 2012, the exhibition explores how artists manifested in their work the most profound and the most mundane aspects of American life. While the artworks provide personal records of the nation, they also express collectively held attitudes about the landscape, the built environment, domestic life, work, and leisure—themes that are prevalent throughout The Wolfsonian's collection.

Hammer Galleries Show Great Masters of the Modern Movement Posted: 25 Aug 2011 06:26 PM PDT New York, NY - The great masters of the Modern Movement (which in fact began its life over a century ago, with the sensational appearance of the Fauves in the Paris Salon d'Automne in 1905) retain their allure for a variety of reasons. One of the most important is that they seem to deserve the adjective 'modern' in two different senses. They are modernist in a generically historical sense yet still seem very much of our own later time. This is not surprising, if we consider that two of their basic aims were, first, to clarify appearances, often reducing these to their most basic forms; and secondly, to communicate emotional states through both form and color. A painting or drawing by one of the great experimental masters of the high modernist epoch nearly always has immediate appeal. We encounter it, and it at once begins to communicate what it has to say. At the same time, however, these are not superficial artists. Everything they did shows how determined they were to break down and remake visual conventions. We respond instinctively to the exuberant energy of their work. Currently on view at Hammer Galleries, and you can enjoy a virtual tour at : http://vtg.virtualtourgallery.com/vtg-0111/

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Features Latin American Art Posted: 25 Aug 2011 06:25 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) honors Latino Heritage Month this September by highlighting Latin American works of art and inviting visitors of all ages to discover them in the exhibition Selected Histories: 20th-Century Art from the SFMOMA Collection on the museum's second floor. Iconic Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo are represented along with their contemporaries Jose Clemente Orozco and Rufino Tamayo, all of whose paintings tell a story. Other featured works include a geometric abstract by Uruguayan artist Joaquin Torres-Garcia and a surrealist work by Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam. A more contemporary sculpture, a self-portrait made of twigs by Cuban artist Ana Mendieta, is also presented.

Art Museum Partnership Announces Program for NYC Directors Forum Conference Posted: 25 Aug 2011 05:59 PM PDT NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Art Museum Partnership has just released the program for The 2011 Directors Forum conference. Leaders of art museums from across the nation will gather in New York City on Sunday, October 23 – Tuesday, October 25 for an extraordinary program. The goal of the Art Museum Partnership is to provide the leaders of nonprofit art museums with networking opportunities that facilitate the sharing of information, resources, and collections. The Partnership was primary established to benefit the directors of the small to mid-sized institutions that comprise the largest segment in the field, but are not currently represented by the Association of Art Museum Directors. However, since everyone can benefit from the knowledge of their piers, the directors of larger museums are also encouraged to participate and lend their support.

Syrian Gunmen Break Political Cartoonist Ali Ferzat's Hands . . . as a 'Warning' Posted: 25 Aug 2011 05:58 PM PDT BEIRUT (AP).- A renowned political cartoonist whose drawings expressed Syrians' frustrated hopes for change was grabbed after he left his studio early Thursday and beaten by masked gunmen who broke his hands and dumped him on a road outside Damascus. One of Syria's most famous artists, Ali Ferzat, 60, earned international recognition and the respect of many Arabs with stinging caricatures that infuriated dictators including Iraq's Saddam Hussein, Libya's Moammar Gadhafi and, particularly in recent months, Syria's autocratic Assad family. On August 25, 2011, as unrest was building in Syria, Farzat was picked up from Ummayad Square in Damascus by a group of armed men. When rescuers found him along the airport road, he had been beaten and left with both his hands broken. He lay badly bruised in a hospital bed Thursday evening with his hands swathed in bandages, a stark reminder that no Syrian remains immune to a brutal crackdown on a 5-month anti-government uprising. Ferzat remembers the gunmen telling him that "this is just a warning," as they beat him, a relative told The Associated Press. "We will break your hands so that you'll stop drawing," the masked men said, according to the relative, who spoke anonymously for fear of retaliation. Before inheriting Syria's presidency from his father in 2000, Bashar Assad, a British-trained eye doctor, used to visit Ferzat's exhibitions and offer encouraging words, the artist has said. When the new president opened Syria to reforms, Ferzat was allowed to publish the country's first private newspaper in decades, a satirical weekly called The Lamplighter. The paper was an instant hit, with copies of each issue selling out a few hours after hitting the stands. It was soon shut down, however, as Assad began cracking down on dissent and jailing critics after the brief, heady period known as the Damascus Spring quickly lost steam. Ferzat became a vehement critic of the regime, particularly after the military launched a brutal crackdown on the country's protest movement. Human rights groups said Assad's forces have killed more than 2,000 people since the uprising against his autocratic rule erupted in mid-March, touched off by the wave of revolutions sweeping the Arab world. An endearing figure with a bushy gray beard, Ferzat drew cartoons about the uprising and posted the illustrations on his private website, providing comic relief to many Syrians who were unable to follow his work in local newspapers because of a ban on his work. His illustrations grew bolder in recent months, with some of his cartoons directly criticizing Assad, even through caricatures of the president are forbidden in Syria. This week, he published a cartoon showing Assad with a packed suitcase, frantically hitching a ride with a fleeing Gadhafi. Another drawing showed dictators walking a long red carpet that leads them, in the end, to a dustbin. The response was swift. Ferzat, who usually works late into the night, left his studio at 4 a.m. Thursday, but a jeep with tinted windows quickly cut him off, according to the relative. Four masked gunmen then dragged him out of his car, bundled him into the jeep and drove him to the airport road just outside Damascus, beating him and making threats all the while. The men then singed the artist's beard, put a bag over his head and dumped him on the side of the road. The Facebook page of the U.S. Embassy in Damascus described it as a "government-sponsored, targeted, brutal attack" and said it was deplorable. Assad's crackdown has not spared other Syrian intellectuals and artists who dared to voice criticism. A group of intellectuals and artists, including Syrian actress May Skaff, were rounded up and jailed for a week last month after holding a protest in Damascus. Damascus-based activist and film producer Shadi Abu Fakher went missing on July 23 and has not been heard of since. Ferzat, however, is the most famous victim of the repression to date. He had been encouraging other Syrian artists to side with the protesters, even publishing on his website a "List of Shame" that included names of those who were on the side of the regime. "We were a group of reformers in the country, and suddenly, the doors of hell opened on us. It was a huge disappointment," Ferzat told the AP. The timing of the attack strongly suggests Ferzat's attackers knew his unusual working hours and had been tracking him. Contacted by the AP earlier this month for an interview, Ferzat noted that his day starts at 5 p.m. In a telephone interview the next day, he said he was full of hope that the Syrian revolution would bring about the change fervently desired by so many Syrians. "There are two things in this life that cannot be crushed — the will of God and the will of the people," he said. After news of Ferzat's attack broke Thursday, online social networking sites exploded with angry postings. "Assad's Syria is the burial ground of talent," read a posting on Twitter. "Ali Ferzat, your innovation will stand in the face of their cowardice and hate," wrote Suheir Atassi, a prominent Syrian pro-democracy activist. Soon after the attack, his website where he published his cartoons and satirical commentary was taken down. "This account has been suspended," reads a message on the website, http://www.ali-ferzat.com/ . Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.

"Indian Highway" Exhibition Of Contemporary Art Wends Its Way Into Lyon France Posted: 25 Aug 2011 05:40 PM PDT Lyon, France (Wall Street Journal).- It took over two years for the exhibition "Indian Highway" to reach Lyon from London, where it started – and it may take even longer than that before it gets to Delhi, its final destination. But this exhibition of contemporary Indian art does more than just travel, it takes a new spin with every stop it takes.  "Indian Highway IV," will be hosted by the Lyon Museum of Contemporary Art, until the end of July. The exhibition brings together the work of around 30 contemporary Indian artists–including Nikhil Chopra, Bharti Kher and Subodh Gupta – and the theme, modern and contemporary art representative of a whole subcontinent, is reinterpreted each time to fit changing venues, make room for new works and satisfy curatorial whims.The show found its first home in December 2008 in a crammed Serpentine Gallery in London before unwinding in Oslo, then in the Danish city of Herning, and now in Lyon, France. One of Indian Highway IV's highlights is Subodh Gupta's "Take Off Your Shoes and Wash Your Hands" (2007), a 25-meter long stainless steel installation featuring cooking utensils stacked on shelves. This is a reference to the everyday life of India's middle class, a recurring theme in Mr. Gupta's work. Jitish Kallat's "prehistoric" vehicles are unlikely to go unnoticed either. One of them, the "Autosaurus Tripous" (2007), is a skeleton model of an auto-rickshaw, the green-and-yellow three-wheeler that is ubiquitous in urban India. Other works on show include Dayanita Singh's new cityscape photographs, and Bose Krishnamachari's "Ghost/Transmemoir" (2008), an installation made of used tiffins, LCD monitors and bundled cables. The Lyon show has a special focus on Studio Mumbai Architects, who were awarded a special jury prize at last year's architecture Biennale in Venice and who are known for the social dimension of their work. They have an exhibition within the exhibition. The traveling show's Very Big Picture is a good way to give people–and potential buyers–a first introduction to Indian art. An art critic who reviewed the London show, for instance, openly admitted that before then he had never even heard of either Mr. Gupta, the star of India's contemporary art scene, nor of M.F. Husain, the Modernist painter who is widely considered the country's greatest living artist. The chances are this is the case for most other visitors too. But the show's range is problematic as well. It is probably a good thing that Mr. Husain's work is no longer part of the exhibition. Leaving aside the controversy that surrounds some of his work, it is difficult to see what his figurative paintings have to with Ms. Kher's fiberglass, heart-shaped sculpture ("An Absence of Assignable Cause," 2007). The only thing that seems to links them is that both artists have Indian origins. Is that enough? Similar questions can be raised about the concept of country-specific shows in general. Sure, knowing an artist's background can help viewers place the work in context, but it can also be misleading.Does someone like Bharti Kher, who was born in London, necessarily have more in common with other Indian artists than she does with Damien Hirst? There's another risk involved in an India-only show: that the "Indianness" of the work (think bindis, rickshaws and tiffins) may overshadow–and sometimes take precedence–over artistic merit. Some argued this was the case when "Indian Highway" opened at the Serpentine Gallery, suggesting the works selected for the show engaged overtly with their Indian identity to make the show more palatable to a Western audience. Still, the exhibition as it stands today, in Lyon, seems more coherent than it was when it first started: not only is the art on show strictly contemporary but the focus on themes like urbanization give it a sharper edge. Perhaps by the time "Indian Highway" reaches Delhi, it will be an even better show. This is unlikely to be any time before 2013, though fixed dates are yet to be set. Around September the show will move from Lyon to Rome's MAXXI contemporary art museums, one of starchitect's Zaha Hadid's latest projects. It will then head east to Moscow, then further east to Singapore and Hong Kong before leaping over the Pacific to Brazil's São Paolo. The show runs at MAC Lyon, the city's contemporary art museum, until July 31. Situated within Lyon's Cité Internationale, by the banks of the Rhone and near the Tete d'Or park , the Musée d'Art Contemporain is in the heart of Lyon's most scenic and pleasant area. In 1984, when the museum was located within the Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon, a desire to support new artists in the production of new art works began. These works, whether new projects for the artist or continuation of an earlier concept, were produced in the museum and for the museum, in direct collaboration with the artist and became a part of the museum's permanent collection. This gave an opportunity for artists to experiment with form, idea and dimension, and to create work in harmony with the final display space itself. MAC collects works created by living artists. Consequently, they are largely focused on current artistic practices, but without ignoring historic trends that have contributed to those of today. When the museum was established in 1984, it set itself the objective of completing the contemporary art collection that the Musée des Beaux Arts lacked. To achieve this, it developed a politic of production of works of art in parallel with an exhibition programme of current trends and practices. In addition to "Indian Highway IV",  the MAC is also exhibiting a collection of works by the Cameroon born artist Pascale Marthine Tayou (until May 15th 2011). Visit the museum's website at ... http://www.mac-lyon.com

Loss of Control: Crossing the Boundaries to Art from Félicien Rops to the Present Posted: 25 Aug 2011 05:39 PM PDT HERFORD, GERMANY.- In his extensive farewell exhibition at the Marta Herford Museum, founding director Jan Hoet presents a multiplicity of artistic perspectives and aspects on the theme of loss of control: "Loss of Control: Crossing the boundaries to art from Félicien Rops to the present. Obsession, sexuality, madness and death – the continuing exchange between art and life is the theme of the exhibition LOSS OF CONTROL.  After an eight-year engagement as the inspirational founding director of the Marta Herford museum, Jan Hoet is saying farewell with a show comprising over 400 works. All the pieces speak about the artistic search for authentic means of expression above and beyond societal norms, and convey in unprecedented depth the varying aspects of loss of control, boundary crossing, and madness.

Leading Artists at Christie's Sale of South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Posted: 25 Aug 2011 05:38 PM PDT NEW YORK, NY.- On March 23, Christie's South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art sale will feature 91 works from the leading 20th and 21st century artists from South Asia, including artists from India and Pakistan. The sale will focus on prime examples of many different movements and styles, with highlights including works by modern masters Vasudeo S. Gaitonde, Maqbool Fida Husain, Akbar Padamsee, Syed Haider Raza, Francis Newton Souza, as well as works from leading contemporary artists Atul Dodiya and TV Santhosh among many others.

MoMA Presents the Theatrical Premiere of Emily Hubley's film 'The Toe TacTic' Posted: 25 Aug 2011 05:37 PM PDT   NEW YORK, NY - The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) presents the theatrical premiere of Emily Hubley's feature debut, The Toe Tactic, a nimbly creative film that brings to life a layered world of reality and imagination through the combination of Hubley's distinctive, handdrawn animation and live action. Hubley, who has been making animated shorts for 30 years, unspools the whimsical story of a young woman engulfed by loss and the mystical events she encounters over the course of a problematic but magical weekend. By juxtaposing different views of reality, The Toe Tactic addresses themes of memory, loss, and renewal.

New York State Museum opens Latin American Art from MoMA Posted: 25 Aug 2011 05:36 PM PDT ALBANY, NY – Latin American and Caribbean Art: Selected Highlights from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) opens at the New York State Museum. On view through October 13 in the Museum's West Gallery, the exhibition is the 19th installment of the Bank of America Great Art Exhibition and Education Program, which brings art from New York State's leading art museums to the State Museum. This also is the fourth exhibition in the Bank of America Great Art Series drawn from the Museum of Modern Art's collections.

Tate Britain will exhibit 'Altermodern ~ The Fourth Tate Triennial' Posted: 25 Aug 2011 05:36 PM PDT   LONDON - Altermodern, the fourth Tate Triennial, which will present some of the best new contemporary art in Britain, opens at Tate Britain. It includes works in all media - from photography, film and video, to extraordinary installations - and features many new works being shown for the first time. On exhibition 3 February through 26 April, 2009 at the Tate Britain.

Gilbert & George display Jack Freak Pictures Show at The Baronian Francey Gallery Posted: 25 Aug 2011 05:34 PM PDT BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - The Baronian Francey Gallery will open the exhibition of works from the latest series to date by Gilbert & George: Jack Freak Pictures. In this latest series, which contains the largest number of pieces so far, Gilbert & George continue to explore themes that have been precious to them for a number of years. For them, everything concerning life is a potential subject for their art. In these recent works they have continued to break down the rules of social propriety with a calmness and a detachment that are very English. On view 10 September through 31 October, 2009.

"Living Traditions: Arts of the Americas" at Cantor Arts Center, Stanford U. Posted: 25 Aug 2011 05:33 PM PDT Stanford, California - The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University announces "Living Traditions: Arts of the Americas," opening April 18, 2007, then continuing as an ongoing exhibition.  This transformation of the art of the Americas galleries features work from diverse Native American peoples and times, new commissions of Northwest Coast art, and important collections of California, Southwest, and Mesoamerican art. Manuel Jordán Pérez, the Center's Wattis Curator of the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, and Denni Woodward, assistant director of Stanford's Native American Cultural Center, consulted with Native American artists, students, community members, scholars, and Cantor Arts Center donors in redesigning the galleries.

Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Announces "The Art Auction" Posted: 25 Aug 2011 05:32 PM PDT CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Auction, the Museum of Contemporary Art's (MCA) Chicago's most important fundraiser, is being held for the first time ever in the galleries of the museum. This year, the auction features works by the most recognized contemporary artists working today, including Olafur Eliasson, Louise Nevelson, Ed Ruscha, Mark Bradford, Kiki Smith, Lari Pittman, René Magritte, Julie Mehretu, Luc Tuymans, William Wegman, Lorna Simpson, and Christopher Wool, along with works by promising emerging artists. The event is co-chaired by Leslie Bluhm and David Helfand, and Liz and Eric Lefkofsky. The event takes place at 6:30 pm on Saturday, October 30, 2010.

Essl Museum Offers Insights into the Contemporary Indian Art Scene Posted: 25 Aug 2011 05:31 PM PDT KLOSTERNEUBURG.- With the exhibition CHALO! INDIA. A New Era of Indian Art, the Essl Museum offers impressive insights into the contemporary Indian art scene. CHALO! INDIA. A New Era of Indian Art explores the present state of Indian contemporary art and the great changes it has gone through in recent years; examining the work of artists who attempt to question the reality of the society and age in which they live by taking subject matters from their everyday surroundings and transforming them through their art into a theatre of life. "Chalo!" means "Let's go" in Hindi, and this exhibition is an invitation on a journey to encounter the new creativity and energy of Indian contemporary art. It is a visit to "India now" via these works of art, and an exploration of diverse ways of thinking that each visitor may discover for him or herself.

Richard Diebenkorn Works on View in Two Exhibitions at Cantor Arts Center Posted: 25 Aug 2011 05:30 PM PDT STANFORD, CA - Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University presents two exhibitions of Richard Diebenkorn's work from July 23 through November 9, 2008. Diebenkorn (1922–1993), who spent most of his life in California, studied art at Stanford in the 1940s and returned to Stanford in 1963–64 as artist-in-residence. He and members of his family have generously donated works of his art to Stanford's art museum, now the Cantor Arts Center.

Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 25 Aug 2011 05:29 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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