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• Frieze Art Fair Returns to London's Regent's Park in October
• The Museum of Fine Arts at FSU shows "Cute and Creepy"
• Lyons Weir Gallery Presents Martin Wittfooth's First New York Solo Show
• The Courtald Gallery presents Spanish Drawings From Ribera to Picasso
• The Tabla Rasa Gallery Presents a Group Show of "Childish Things"
• Rock & Roll Photography at the Currier Museum of Art
• Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal Hosts the Second Quebec Triennial
• Hanart TZ Shows Lam Tung-pang's Whimsical Landscapes
• The San Antonio Museum of Art features of 5,000 Years of Chinese Jade
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art Shows Works From the Stieglitz Art Collection
• The Walker Art Gallery Explores Groundbreaking 1911 Post-Impressionist Exhibition
• Banksyyy ~ Best of British now an American Arts Hero ?
• Pacific Asia Museum features Calligraffiti: Writing in Contemporary Chinese and Latino Art
• Modern Chinese Art at Asia House
• Four California Museums Are Raided by US Federal Agents
• Alte Pinakothek Exhibits Painting by Johannes Vermeer as Part of Its 175th Anniversary
• Chicago's MCA to show 'Buckminster Fuller ~ Starting with the Universe'
• MoMA opens “Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century” ~ A Retrospective
• Buckingham Palace To Display Fabergé Masterpieces From the oyal Collection
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

Frieze Art Fair Returns to London's Regent's Park in October Posted: 11 Oct 2011 01:10 AM PDT London.- The annual Frieze Art Fair will take place between October 13th and October 16th in Regent's Park, London. The fair showcases new and established artists to an international audience. Frieze features over 170 of the most exciting contemporary art galleries in the world. The fair also includes specially commissioned artists' projects, a prestigious talks programme and an artist-led education schedule. Each year, for the last four years, there have been over 60,000 visitors to Frieze Art Fair. These visitors included those with an interest in the art world, such as curators, artists, collectors, gallerists and critics, as well as the general public. Some visit as first-time collectors of art whilst others view the fair more as an exhibition, enjoying the experience as a cultural day out. Frieze Art Fair is one of the few fairs to focus only on contemporary art and living artists. The exhibiting galleries represent the most exciting contemporary galleries working today. The focus on living artists is also evident in the critically acclaimed Frieze Projects' programme. The fair presents a curated programme of talks, artists' commissions and film projects, many of which are interactive or performative and encourage visitors to engage with art and artists directly. Unlike most other fairs, Frieze Art Fair is housed in a bespoke temporary structure, which is located in Regent's Park and benefits from having a natural light source, avoiding the atmosphere of a trade show, thus making the fair both lively and energetic. Since its first year Frieze Art Fair has also been fortunate enough to work with a series of talented architects: David Adjaye, Jamie Fobert and Caruso St John, who are well known for their work on museums and art galleries. The architects' brief is to make the fair an inviting and unique experience. Each year there are eye-catching changes to the design, décor, entrance and spaces such as restaurants and cafes. The architects have the opportunity to experiment and this adds to the experience of the fair. Frame, a section of the fair introduced in 2009, is dedicated to solo artist presentations. Frame is open to galleries who have been in existence for less than six years and present a regular programme of exhibitions. A keynote lecture will be given by London-based artist Wolfgang Tillmans. For 20 years Tillmans′' photography has been a sustained meditation on observation and perception, politics and abstraction. Winner of the Turner Prize in 2000, recent exhibitions include the Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin in 2008 and London′s Serpentine Gallery this year. In 2009 his work was included in ′'Making Worlds′' at the 53rd Venice Biennale. The Sculpture Park at Frieze Art Fair is located in the beautiful surroundings of the English Garden. It is within a three-minute walk of the main fair site and exhibits new works by both established and emerging artists represented by Frieze Art Fair exhibitors. This year, curator David Thorp once again selected the Sculpture Park. Entry to the Sculpture Park is free to the public. The fair and the magazine are both wholly owned by Matthew Slotover and Amanda Sharp. The magazine was founded, in 1991, by Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover with the artist Tom Gidley. When the magazine began both Amanda and Matthew served as editors, but ceased direct involvement in editorial decisions in 2001. In 2003, the first year of Frieze Art Fair, they assumed the roles of Publishing Directors of the magazine, and Directors of the fair. Amanda and Matthew maintain the overall direction of both the art fair and the magazine, but editorial decisions are made by the Co-Editors Jörg Heiser and Jennifer Higgie, as well as Senior Editor Dan Fox. The fair and the magazine share offices, administration, communications and accounts personnel. In 2008 and 2009 the talks programme at the fair was organised by the magazine editors. In 2010 Frieze appointed Robert Devereux to its board as Chairman. Frieze Foundation is a non-profit organisation, which was established the same year as the fair (2003). The foundation oversees: Frieze Talks, a programme of panel discussions and lectures printed annually during the four days of the fair; Frieze Projects, a curated programme of site-specific projects by artists in and around the fair. Each year Frieze publishes the Frieze Art Fair Yearbook, a guide to what is current in the world of contemporary art. The Yearbook introduces over 300 artists from around the globe, with a critical text and colour illustration of their work. It also features interviews with Frieze Projects' artists; provides details of all the galleries participating in Frieze Art Fair and has an index listing over 2000 artists. Visit the fair's website at ... http://www.friezeartfair.com

The Museum of Fine Arts at FSU shows "Cute and Creepy" Posted: 11 Oct 2011 12:57 AM PDT Tallahassee, FL.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University is proud to present "Cute and Creepy" on view from October 14th through November 20th. With the recent and publicly-celebrated exhibitions of Tim Burton at MoMA and Edward Gorey at the Wadsworth Athenaeum, curator Carrie Ann Baade feels that now is the time to revel in the genre of the macabre. "Cute and Creepy" features works in a variety of media by 25 contemporary artists including Jon Beinart, Kelly Boehmer, Scott G. Brooks, Ray Caesar, Kate Clark, Timothy Cummings, Lori Field, Laurie Hogin, Mark Hosford, Jessica Joslin, Richard A. Kirk, Kris Kuksi, Laurie Lipton, Travis Louie, Chris Mars, Elizabeth McGrath, Kathie Olivas, Marion Peck, Judith Schaechter, Greg Simkins, Heidi Taillefer, Christian Rex van Minnen, Martin Wittfooth, Thomas Woodruff and Chet Zar.

Lyons Weir Gallery Presents Martin Wittfooth's First New York Solo Show Posted: 10 Oct 2011 10:37 PM PDT New York City.- The Lyons Wier Gallery is pleased to present "Martin Wittfooth: The Passions" on view at the main gallery (542 West 24th Street) from October 13th through November 12th. "The Passions", Martin Wittfooth's first solo show in New York, is a contemporary exploration of sainthood, martyrdom, and religiosity that still dominates the ideological landscape of the modern world, and displays the prerequisite acts most often performed to attain such states of veneration such as violence, self-sacrifice, and suffering. In Western philosophy, "The Passions" refer to strong biologically driven emotional states that seduce one away from reason. Yet the term's origin is to be found in the Latin word, "passio", which means, simply, "suffering". Consequently, the term is connected to the most famous act of martyrdom: the crucifixion of Christ.

The Courtald Gallery presents Spanish Drawings From Ribera to Picasso Posted: 10 Oct 2011 10:18 PM PDT London.- The Courtald Gallery at Somerset House is pleased to present "The Spanish Line: Drawings From Ribera to Picasso", on view from October 13th through January 15th 2012. This exhibition explores the rich, intriguing and varied territory of Spanish drawings, a field that remains relatively little known. The Courtauld Gallery holds one of the most important collections of Spanish drawings outside Spain, totalling approximately 100 works ranging from the 16th to the 20th centuries.  A selection of some 40 of the finest and most representative drawings has been chosen for the exhibition. They include examples by many of Spain's greatest artists, such as Ribera, Murillo, Goya and Pablo Picasso. The exhibition also invites visitors to explore lesser-known treasures from the Golden Age of Spanish art created by Francisco Pacheco, Antonio Garcia Reinoso, Vicente Carducho, Antonio del Castillo and others. Many of these works have never previously been exhibited and they are presented here in the light of important new research.

The Tabla Rasa Gallery Presents a Group Show of "Childish Things" Posted: 10 Oct 2011 09:58 PM PDT New York City.- Tabla Rasa Gallery is pleased to present "Childish Things" on view at the gallery from October 12th through December 10th. In this exhibition, images of objects/games/activities associated with childhood, are transformed by the viewpoint of artists, revealing layers of obsession, complexity, metaphor and meaning. The title comes from a Biblical line in Corinthians: "When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things." (American King James Version). But artists often do not put away childish things. Artistic expression can transcend the conventions of physical age. Fledgling artists may display uncanny wisdom, and mature artists can remain as fresh, playful, and experimental as did Picasso throughout his life. Original paintings, photographs, cut paper and other works on paper will be on display.

Rock & Roll Photography at the Currier Museum of Art Posted: 10 Oct 2011 09:17 PM PDT MANCHESTER, NH.- Rock & Roll plays center stage at The Currier Museum of Art as Backstage Pass: Rock & Roll Photography opened the evening of Oct. 6. Drawn from the largest private collection of photographs of rock musicians in the United States, the exhibition was organized by the Portland Museum of Art, Maine. More than 150 Rock & Roll photos—many rarely seen by the public—will be on display through January 15, 2012. This exhibition provides a portal into the musical and cultural history of Rock & Roll, from its development in the 1950s to its influence on the sounds and styles of future generations. Studio portraits and candid outtakes of famous Rock & Roll stars range from Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles to Madonna, Courtney Love and Bob Marley.

Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal Hosts the Second Quebec Triennial Posted: 10 Oct 2011 09:02 PM PDT Quebec, Canada.- The "Québec Triennial 2011: The Work Ahead of Us", one of the most important and highly anticipated art events of the season, will be presented at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal from October 7th through January 3rd 2012. For this second edition of the Triennial, the museum has put together a show on an unprecedented scale that will fill all eight of its exhibition galleries and spill over into its indoor public spaces, as well as Place des Festivals in the Quartier des Spectacles and the Espace culturel Georges-Émile-Lapalme at Place des Arts. The exhibition will feature works by more than fifty artists and collectives, a majority of them young, who are contributing to a renewed Québec art. A series of live performances and Friday Nocturnes will round out this edition of the Triennial.

Hanart TZ Shows Lam Tung-pang's Whimsical Landscapes Posted: 10 Oct 2011 08:37 PM PDT Hong Kong.- Hanart TZ is pleased to present "Lam Tung-pang: Long View Under Scrutiny" on view at the gallery from October 14th through November 30th. What might be the subject of Long View Under Scrutiny? For Hong Kong-based artist Lam Tung-pang, it is a whimsical landscape crossing over time and proximity, filled with found images and objects on plywood with Lam's own painting. His work is poetic, humorous, allegorical, and full of surprises. Developed as an extension of the Diorama series presented by Hanart TZ Gallery in 2010, "Long View  Under Scrutiny", exhibits new work that continues Lam's contemplation of self and environment.

The San Antonio Museum of Art features of 5,000 Years of Chinese Jade Posted: 10 Oct 2011 08:37 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO, TX.- The San Antonio Museum of Art presents the exhibition 5,000 Years of Chinese Jade Featuring Selections from the National Museum of History, Taiwan and the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, Smithsonian Institution. This major international exhibition organized by SAMA opened in the Museum's Cowden Gallery and on view through 19th February. The exhibition is held in conjunction with the City of San Antonio's year-long celebration of Taiwan. With its broad historical approach, the exhibition provides an opportunity to experience the great breadth of Chinese history through outstanding works of art. The exhibition and accompanying catalog for 5,000 Years of Chinese Jade is arranged chronologically. Principal subjects represented in the exhibition include ritual objects, weapons, scholar's objects, adornments and jewelry, vessels, and figural objects. The jades vary greatly in color, size, date, and function.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Shows Works From the Stieglitz Art Collection Posted: 10 Oct 2011 08:36 PM PDT New York City.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art is proud to present "Stieglitz and His Artists: Matisse to O'Keeffe". This exhibition is the first large-scale presentation of paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints from Alfred Stieglitz's collection, acquired by the Metropolitan in 1949. For more than 60 years, the Alfred Stieglitz Collection has been the cornerstone of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's holdings of modern art from the first half of the 20th century. This is the first large-scale exhibition of paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints from Stieglitz's personal collection, acquired by the Metropolitan in 1949. The exhibition will feature some 200 works by major European and American modernists, including Georgia O'Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Constantin Brancusi, Vasily Kandinsky, Francis Picabia, Gino Severini, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Charles Demuth, and Arthur Dove. "Stieglitz and His Artists: Matisse to O'Keeffe" is on view in the 2nd Floor Tisch Galleries from October 13th through January 2nd 2012. In addition to being a master photographer, Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946) was a visionary promoter of modern American and European art, and he assembled a vast art collection of exceptional breadth and depth. Through a succession of influential galleries that he ran in New York City between 1905 and 1946, Stieglitz exhibited many of the most important artists of the era and collected hundreds of works of art by his contemporaries. Highlights of the Metropolitan's exhibition "Stieglitz and His Artists: Matisse to O'Keeffe" include "Woman Ironing" and "Standing Female Nude" by Pablo Picasso, "Improvisation 27 (Garden of Love II)" by Wassily Kandinsky, "Sleeping Muse" by Constantin Brancusi, O'Keeffe's "Black Iris" and "Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue", Demuth's "I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold" and Hartley's "Portrait of a German Officer". In addition to the paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints displayed, the exhibition will include a number of photographs by the Photo-Secessionists, as well as publications by Stieglitz, all from his personal collection. This will be the first time since their acquisition in 1949 that the Museum's vast holdings from the Stieglitz Collection—including many works on paper that are rarely on view—will be exhibited together. After his death in 1946, Stieglitz's wife, Georgia O'Keeffe, as executrix of his estate, decided which institutions would receive gifts of art from his collection. The Metropolitan Museum was very fortunate to receive the largest share of Stieglitz's personal collection: more than 400 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints. The remaining works from his collection were distributed among the Art Institute of Chicago, Philadelphia Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Fisk University in Nashville, and Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library in New Haven. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (colloquially The Met) is an art museum on the eastern edge of Central Park, along "Museum Mile" in New York City, United States. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works of art, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, often called "the Met", is one of the world's largest art galleries; there is also a much smaller second location, at "The Cloisters", in Upper Manhattan, which features medieval art. Represented in the permanent collection are works of art from classical antiquity and Ancient Egypt, paintings and sculptures from nearly all the European masters, and an extensive collection of American and modern art. The Met also maintains extensive holdings of African, Asian, Oceanic, Byzantine, and Islamic art. The museum is also home to encyclopedic collections of musical instruments, costumes and accessories, and antique weapons and armor from around the world. The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in 1870 by a group of American citizens. The founders included businessmen and financiers, as well as leading artists and thinkers of the day, who wanted to open a museum to bring art and art education to the American people. It opened on February 20, 1872, and was originally located at 681 Fifth Avenue. Today, the Met measures almost 1/4-mile (400 m) long and occupies more than 2,000,000 square feet (190,000 m2). The Met's permanent collection is cared for and exhibited by seventeen separate curatorial departments, each with a specialized staff of curators and scholars, as well as four dedicated conservation departments and a department of scientific research. Represented in the permanent collection are works of art from classical antiquity and Ancient Egypt, paintings and sculptures from nearly all the European masters, and an extensive collection of American and modern art. The Met also maintains extensive holdings of African, Asian, Oceanic, Byzantine and Islamic art. After negotiations with the City of New York in 1871, the Met was granted the land between the East Park Drive, Fifth Avenue, and the 79th and 85th Street Transverse Roads in Central Park. A red-brick and stone "mausoleum" was designed by American architect Calvert Vaux and his collaborator Jacob Wrey Mould. Vaux's ambitious building was not well-received; the building's High Victorian Gothic style being already dated prior to completion, and the president of the Met termed the project "a mistake." Within 20 years, a new architectural plan engulfing the Vaux building was already being executed. Since that time, many additions have been made including the distinctive Beaux-Arts Fifth Avenue facade, Great Hall, and Grand Stairway. These were designed by architect and Met trustee Richard Morris Hunt, but completed by his son, Richard Howland Hunt in 1902 after his father's death. The wings that completed the Fifth Avenue facade in the 1910s were designed by the firm of McKim, Mead, and White. The modernistic sides and rear of the museum were the work of Roche, Dinkeloo, and Associates in the 1970s and 1980s. Visit the museum's website at ... http://www.metmuseum.org/

The Walker Art Gallery Explores Groundbreaking 1911 Post-Impressionist Exhibition Posted: 10 Oct 2011 08:28 PM PDT Liverpool.- The Walker Art Gallery is proud to present "Art in Revolution: Liverpool 1911", an exploration of a ground-breaking exhibition held in Liverpool in 1911 which displayed international Post-Impressionist artworks alongside local avant-garde artists. Featuring work by van Gogh, Matisse, Gauguin and Signac, "Art in Revolution: Liverpool 1911" looks at the relationship between the pioneering exhibition 100 years ago and Liverpool's radicalism and will be on view from June 24th through September 25th "Art in Revolution: Liverpool 1911" celebrates the pioneering exhibition; 'The Sandon Studios Society exhibition of Modern Art' including work by the Post-Impressionists, which ran at the Bluecoat (formerly known as the Liberty Buildings), Liverpool, from 4 March to 1 April 1911. Inspired by Manet and the Post-Impressionists, the writer and artist Roger Fry's controversial London exhibition of 1910, The Sandon Studios Society brought about 50 paintings and drawings from the show to Liverpool the following year. The society's exhibition was the first time that such a large number of mainland European Post-Impressionist works were shown in the UK outside London and the first time anywhere alongside their British counterparts. Highlights include "Sister of Charity" by Paul Gauguin, "Saint-Tropez le sentier de douane" by Paul Signac and "Purple Beech Trees near Melun" by Henri Matisse. It also features two delicate drawings and a watercolour by Vincent van Gogh. The exhibition also considers both the wider socio-political context of the 1911 exhibition and the art establishment's reaction to it. In the summer of 1911 Liverpool was gripped by mass social unrest and strike action which peaked in August, when British troops were dispatched to deal with protesters on the streets and a warship was stationed in the Mersey. The drastic actions of the then home secretary Winston Churchill, which resulted in violent clashes and a number of deaths, have led some historians to conclude that events in Liverpool during 1911 were the nearest the UK has come to a revolution. "The works by the European Post-Impressionists represent a momentous shift in the Western art world, which served to encourage radical British artists like those of The Sandon Studios Society to champion their work and try and emulate it. The inimitable style of Gauguin continues to fascinate audiences today but in the early 20th century it was a brave and startling sight. The Sandon Studios Society showed considerable foresight in bringing his work and others like him to wider public attention." Art in Revolution: Liverpool 1911 features archival material (photographs, film and ephemera) to illustrate this dramatic period in the city's history and provide a backdrop to The Sandon Studios Society's visionary exhibition. For the Society, the 1911 exhibition was an opportunity to assert their own artistic values and distance themselves from the 'art establishment' and possibly even be the catalyst for an 'art revolution'. A section of "Art in Revolution: Liverpool 1911" focuses on this radical group; their members and their beliefs. Featuring six of his works, there is a special focus on Albert Lipczinski, a German-born Polish emigrant who was taught by Augustus John at the Liverpool University Art Sheds around 1902. Lipczinski's bohemian lifestyle and political connections make him an interesting member of the group and a reflection of their rebellious nature. The exhibition also features British artists who the society admired and featured in their exhibition. Highlights include "The Horseshoe Bend of the River" by Philip Wilson Steer, "Portrait of Sir John Brunner" by Augustus John, John Lavery's portrait of the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova .The rest of the exhibition was composed of works by Sandon members, including  and several paintings and prints by James Hamilton Hay. The relationship between the Walker Art Gallery (the 'establishment' of the time) and the society is explored. The gallery hosted the annual Liverpool Autumn Exhibition which set the standard for contemporary art and was often in conflict with the free-thinking society. However by 1911 there were signs of change at the gallery. The exhibition includes photographic prints from the Northern Photographic Exhibition, the Walker's own 1911 exhibition. This relatively new media, which was derided by Gauguin was an interesting choice for such a supposedly traditional institution. It also includes paintings acquired by the Gallery in 1911 such as the impressionist view of St Paul's from the River, Morning Sun by Le Sidaner. The Walker Art Gallery is an art gallery in Liverpool, which houses one of the largest art collections in England, outside of London. It is part of the National Museums Liverpool group, and is promoted as "the National Gallery of the North" because it is not a local or regional gallery but is part of the national museums and galleries administered directly from central government funds. The Walker Art Gallery's collection dates from 1819 when the Liverpool Royal Institution acquired 37 paintings from the collection of William Roscoe, who had to sell his collection following the failure of his banking business, though it was saved from being broken up by his friends and associates. In 1843 the Royal Institution's collection was displayed in a purpose-built gallery next to the Institution's main premises. The collection grew over the following decades: in 1851 Liverpool Town Council bought Liverpool Academy's diploma collection and further works were acquired from the Liverpool Society for the Fine Arts, founded in 1858. The competition between the Academy and Society eventually led to both collapsing. William Brown Library and Museum opened in 1860, named after a Liverpool merchant whose generosity enabled the Town Council to act upon an 1852 Act of Parliament which allowed the establishment of a public library, museum and art gallery, and in 1871 the council organised the first Liverpool Autumn Exhibition, held at the new library and museum. The success of the exhibition enabled the Library, Museum and Arts Committee to purchase works for the council's permanent collection, buying around 150 works between 1871 and 1910. Works acquired included "And when did you last see your father?" by WF Yeames and "Dante's Dream" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Designed by local architects Cornelius Sherlock and H.H. Vale, the Walker Art Gallery was opened on 6 September 1877 by the 15th Earl of Derby. It is named after its founding benefactor, Sir Andrew Barclay Walker (1824-1893), a former mayor of Liverpool and wealthy brewer. In 1893 the Liverpool Royal Institution placed its collection on long-term loan to the gallery and in 1948 presented William Roscoe's collection and other works. This occurred during post-war reconstruction when the gallery was closed, re-opening in 1951. Extensions to the gallery were opened in 1884 and 1933 (following a two-year closure) when the gallery re-opened with an exhibition including Pablo Picasso and Paul Gauguin. In 2002 the gallery re-opened following a major refurbishment. The Walker Art Gallery houses a collection including Italian and Netherlandish paintings from 1300–1550, European art from 1550–1900, including works by Rembrandt, Nicolas Poussin and Edgar Degas, 18th and 19th century British art, including a major collection of Victorian painting and many Pre-Raphaelite works, a wide collection of prints, drawings and watercolours, 20th century works by artists such as Lucian Freud, David Hockney and Gilbert and George and a major sculpture collection. The first John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize exhibition was held in 1957. Sponsored by Sir John Moores, founder of Littlewoods, the competition has been held every two years ever since and is the biggest painting prize in the UK. Visit the museum's website at ... http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Banksyyy ~ Best of British now an American Arts Hero ? Posted: 10 Oct 2011 08:27 PM PDT London - Banksy is the most exciting artist to come out of the UK for more than a decade - or so many people on both sides of the Atlantic will tell you. But is he really so much more than a prankster with a spray can? Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones gives his view. It's not often you hear someone roar the name of an artist as if they were cheering on a football player. In Bristol, however, I once heard a man scream out "Banksyyy!" as he walked past one of his murals. He was in good company. Hollywood, the New Yorker magazine, Sotheby's (which sells him), Damien Hirst (who collects him) and Glastonbury (where he recreated Stonehenge with a group of portable toilets) all concur that Banksy is the artist of our time, the rising star, the news. A poll of 18- to 25-year-olds recently named him an "arts hero" in third place behind Walt Disney and Peter Kay, and ahead of Leonardo da Vinci.

Pacific Asia Museum features Calligraffiti: Writing in Contemporary Chinese and Latino Art Posted: 10 Oct 2011 08:26 PM PDT PASADENA, CA.- Pacific Asia Museum presents a multi-cultural exhibition that explores the idea of art as a strategy for breaking down concepts of painting/writing, legibility/illegibility, insider/outsider and Asian art/Western art. Guest curated by Collette Chattopadhyay, Calligraffiti: Writing in Contemporary Chinese and Latino Art will be on view through January 17, 2010 and includes works by artists : Apex, Chaz Bojorquez, Vince Cavallo, Cre8, Desi W.O.M.E., Duce, Fung Ming Chip, Gronk, Gu Wenda, Julianna Hernandez, Keo, Leo Limon, Man One, Minette Lee Mangahas, Mear, Sano, Scud, Toons, John Valadez, Vyal, Xu Bing, Yu Kun Yang, Zhang Dali, Zender and Chongbin Zheng. The exhibition is trilingual and features text and labels in Spanish, Chinese and English.

Modern Chinese Art at Asia House Posted: 10 Oct 2011 08:25 PM PDT   London - Asia House announces the opening of Modern Chinese Art: A New Generation, the second of two exhibitions from Khoan and Michael Sullivans' unique collection of 20th century Chinese art. Whilst the first exhibition, 'Beginnings', showed more traditional paintings, 'A New Generation' includes the more experimental, rebellious works of the avant-garde movement. Some of the bestknown 20th Century Chinese artists are represented, such as Xu Bing, Cai Guoqiang, Yue Minjun, Wang Huaiqing, Ju Ming and Qu Leilei.  Exhibition opens 31 March, 2008.

Four California Museums Are Raided by US Federal Agents Posted: 10 Oct 2011 08:24 PM PDT   LOS ANGELES, CA - US Federal agents raided a Los Angeles gallery and four museums in Southern California on 24 January, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, as part of a five-year investigation into the smuggling of looted antiquities from Thailand, Myanmar, China and Native American sites. The other institutions searched were the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, the Mingei International Museum in San Diego and the Silk Roads Gallery in Los Angeles.

Alte Pinakothek Exhibits Painting by Johannes Vermeer as Part of Its 175th Anniversary Posted: 10 Oct 2011 08:23 PM PDT MUNICH.- The Alte Pinakothek welcomes a very special guest to its 175th anniversary: Johannes Vermeer's "Woman Holding a Balance" from the National Gallery of Art in Washington. The exhibition is on display until June 16, 2011. In the early 19th century, this exquisite masterpiece once formed part of the exceptional private collection amassed by the first king of Bavaria, Max I Joseph (1756-1825). He focused almost exclusively on 17th-century Dutch masters, mostly landscapes and genre paintings. To these he added the works of contemporary painters in Munich who were inspired by such Old Masters. In 1826, one year after the death of Max Joseph, the private royal collection was sold at auction. Some exceptional works were acquired for the state collections; others found their way to the Alte Pinakothek via roundabout routes – as part of Ludwig I's collection, for example; many are now scattered far afield. From today's point of view, the greatest loss was Vermeer's painting of 1664.

Chicago's MCA to show 'Buckminster Fuller ~ Starting with the Universe' Posted: 10 Oct 2011 08:22 PM PDT   CHICAGO, IL.- This spring, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, presents 'Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe', the first major American exhibition in decades devoted to the visionary mind and work of Buckminster Fuller, and the most inclusive show to date of Fuller's work. On view from March 14 to June 21, 2009, the show is organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art with the cooperation of the Fuller family.

MoMA opens “Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century” ~ A Retrospective Posted: 10 Oct 2011 08:21 PM PDT New York Times - Rarely has the phrase "man of the world" been more aptly applied than to the protean photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, the subject of a handsome and large — though surely not anywhere near large enough — retrospective opening at the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA. For much of his long career as a photojournalist, which began in the 1930s and officially ended three decades before his death in 2004, Cartier-Bresson was compulsively on the move. By plane, train, bus, car, bicycle, rickshaw, horse and on foot, he covered the better part of five continents in a tangled, crisscrossing itinerary of arcs and dashes. In addition to being exhaustively mobile, he was widely connected. Good-looking, urbane, the rebellious child of French haute bourgeois privilege, he networked effortlessly, and had ready access to, and friendships with, the political and culture beau monde of his time. On view through 28 June, 2010.

Buckingham Palace To Display Fabergé Masterpieces From the oyal Collection Posted: 10 Oct 2011 08:20 PM PDT London.- Over 100 masterpieces from the finest collection of Fabergé in the world will go on display from Saturday, 23rd July as part of a special exhibition at Buckingham Palace this summer. Royal Fabergé will chart the Royal Family's enduring passion for the work of the great Russian jeweller and goldsmith, Peter Carl Fabergé, over six generations – from Queen Victoria, to Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. "Royal Fabergé" will remain on display until October 3rd. A number of works will go on display for the first time, including an exquisite miniature tea set comprising a teapot, hot water pot, sugar bowl and milk jug.  The tea set originally belonged to Queen Alexandra and is made of gold and enamelled to give the impression of porcelain; each lid is decorated with a tiny ruby. From the collection of Her Majesty The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, a charming double photograph frame will also be exhibited for the first time. Other highlights include a magnificent Imperial Easter Egg – the 'Basket of Flowers Egg' – commissioned by Tsar Nicholas II for Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna in 1901.  It was kept in the Tsarina's study at the Winter Palace before being confiscated during the Russian Revolution in 1917.  It is decorated with gold and rose diamonds and moss made of green gold and was acquired by Queen Mary in 1933.  The only known Fabergé figure of a Chelsea Pensioner, acquired by King Edward VII on his last visit to Fabergé's London branch will also go on display. The exhibition's curator, Caroline de Guitaut, said, 'The British Royal Collection of Fabergé is unique and gives a remarkable insight into the dynastic relationships between the British, Danish and Russian royal families in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  The exhibition shows a royal enthusiasm for Fabergé that has lasted more than 100 years.' Buckingham Palace serves as both the office and London residence of Her Majesty The Queen, as well as the administrative headquarters of the Royal Household. It is one of the few working royal palaces remaining in the world today. Today the State Rooms are used extensively by The Queen and Members of the Royal Family to receive and entertain their guests on State, ceremonial and official occasions. During August and September when The Queen makes her annual visit to Scotland, the Palace's nineteen state rooms are open to visitors. For over five hundred years kings and queens have amassed collections of art and artefacts. Many of these items still exist today as part of the Royal Collection, the Royal Philatelic Collection, the Royal Archives and the Crown Jewels. Some of these collections are held by the Sovereign in trust for the nation, whilst others are privately owned by the monarch. Many of the objects are on public display at the principal royal residences and are shown in a programme of special exhibitions and through loans to institutions around the world. The Royal Collection is held in trust by The Queen as Sovereign for her successors and the Nation, and is not owned by her as a private individual. Day-to-day management of the Royal Collection is the responsibility of the Royal Collection department, which was established in 1987 as one of the five departments of the Royal Household. The Royal Collection receives no Government grant-in-aid or public subsidy, and is administered by the Royal Collection Trust, a registered charity. The Trust was set up by The Queen in 1993 under the chairmanship of The Prince of Wales. The Collection includes paintings, drawings and watercolours, furniture, ceramics, clocks, silver, sculpture, jewellery, books and manuscripts, prints and maps, arms and armour, and textiles. It has largely been formed since the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660. Some items belonging to earlier monarchs, for example Henry VIII, also survive. The greater part of the magnificent collection inherited and added to by Charles I was dispersed on Cromwell's orders during the Interregnum. The royal patrons now chiefly associated with notable additions to the Collection are Frederick, Prince of Wales; George III; George IV; Queen Victoria and Prince Albert; and Queen Mary, consort of George V. Unlike most art collections of national importance, works of art from the Royal Collection can be enjoyed both in the historic settings for which they were originally commissioned or acquired and in the purpose-built Queen's Galleries, which host a programme of changing exhibitions. The Royal Collection is on display at the royal palaces and residences, all of which are open to the public. The official residences of The Queen have a programme of changing exhibitions to show more of the Collection to the public, particularly those items that cannot be on permanent display for conservation reasons. Touring exhibitions and loans to institutions throughout the world are part of the commitment to broaden public access and to show works of art in new contexts. Over 3,000 objects from the Royal Collection are on long-term loan to museums and galleries around the United Kingdom and abroad. National institutions housing works of art from the Collection include The British Museum, National Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Museum of London, the National Museum of Wales and the National Gallery of Scotland. Visit the Royal Collection's website at ... http://www.royalcollection.org.uk

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