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• The Miami International Art Fair 2012 Opens January12th
• The U.S. Navy Art Gallery Shows Art Works in Special On-line Exhibition
• The Royal Scottish Academy Presents the Art of Sylvia Wishart RSA
• La Lanta Fine Arts Presents Michele Mikesell's First Solo Exhibition in Asia
• The Bryan Miller Gallery shows New Paintings by Houston artist Kent Dorn.
• The Estorick Collection Presents a Landmark Exhibition of Works by Alberto Burri
• Art Dubai to Launch 2012 Edition with many New Exhibitors & Programs
• Akron Art Museum Acquires Art by Kiki Smith and Trenton Doyle Hancock
• Jesús Soto ~ "Paris and Beyond, 1950-1970" at New York University's Grey Art Gallery
• The Magnificent Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam ~ Welcomes Our Editor
• The Kunsthaus Zürich shows a Retrospective Katharina Fritsch including Spatial Images
• MoMA announces an Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, & Prints by Belgian Artist James Ensor
• Tate Liverpool to display Sculpture from the Tate Collection
• Zimmerli Art Museum features Honoré Daumier
• The Robert Berman Gallery Features Southern California's Illustrator Artists
• Milwaukee Art Museum to display Figurative Prints ~ 1980's Rewind
• Kunsthaus Baselland exhibits Golden Agers & Silver Surfers: Old Age & Aging in Contemporary Art
• Hirshhorn Museum Moves into the Next Phase of Design for Inflatable Pavillion
• The University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art presents "Heartland"
• Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review"

The Miami International Art Fair 2012 Opens January12th Posted: 10 Jan 2012 09:35 PM PST Miami, Florida.- The 3rd edition of Miami International Art Fair (MIA), one of America's most exciting mid-winter contemporary art fairs, will return from January 12th through January 16th 2012 with a dynamic ensemble of 28 international galleries representing artist from Europe, Latin America, United States and Asia. The Fair will feature paintings, sculpture, photography, design, fine art glass, video and installations from a bevy of established museum collected artists as well as some of today's most promising emerging artists. The Fair will relocate aboard SeaFair – the 228-foot megayacht venue – docked at 100 Chopin Plaza in Miami's premiere downtown entertainment district and will include a waterside installation and sculpture exhibition in Bayfront Park – designed by acclaimed sculptor and architect Noguchi which adjoins Miami's Museum Park and the new Miami Art Museum. Over thirty large scale sculptures by major international sculptors will be on public display. Among the highlights, Butter Gallery (Miami) will present a solo exhibition of works by master mason Phil Stapleton. Stapleton transforms ordinary found objects into functional design creating a unique breed of sculpture. His innovative works, most frequently resembling transportation vessels, take on a life of their own as the artist incorporates each piece into the storyline of Jack Wolf – the artist's imaginary character that rides his works to an alternate reality. Robert Fontaine Gallery (Miami) will present cutting-edge, emerging artists from the international art scene. Among the artists represented will be Japan-based artist Matsueda Yuki whose 3D creations have the subjects literally escaping from the foundation of the work. Inspired by the physical, emotional and spiritual relationships between humans and machines, Troy Abbott brings art to life with his digital bird cages. Nick Gentry who is best known for his floppy disk paintings, placing an emphasis on recycling and the reuse of personal objects as a central theme. Also among the galleries exhibiting artist include Polish born fiber artist Olek and international renowned English artist Damien Hirst. Rudolf Budja Gallery (Austria | Miami Beach) will bring works by the iconic Andy Warhol, renowned photographer Frank Worth and celebrated international artists Marilyn Miner, Marc Quinn, Takashi Murakami, Invader, Tim White, Lawrence Schiller, Dieter Blum, Heidi Popovic, Wulf Treu and Zevs, and Miami's own graffiti master Jona Cerwinske. Evan Lurie Gallery (Carmel) will feature works by renowned Italian sculptor Oriano Galloni, whose stunning figures in marble, wood, and aluminum range in height from 6 to 30 feet. A monumental 30-foot high marble sculpture entitled "White Moon" has been generously donated by the artist, and is expected to fetch an estimated $2.5 million at auction, with the proceeds from the sale benefitting the non-profit Arts for India. Galloni has also designed and donated 30 small-scale sculptures for the launch of Arts for India at the Guggenheim Museum New York on April 26, 2012. Among the pieces exhibited at the Miami International Art Fair will be additional new works by Galloni available for sale. The Evan Lurie Gallery will also feature new works by sculptors Brad Howe, Carlo Borer, Kevin Barrett, and Gino Miles, as well as two-dimensional pieces by Jorge Santos, Victor Wang, Alexi Torres, and Jason Paul Bennett. Nina Torres Fine Art (Miami) will be exhibiting a provocative and charged international band of artists including photographer Dunia Gatica from Dubai, and painters Melanie Prapopoulos from Greece, Ivonne Gil Lamadrid from Mexico, Rodolfo Sanchez from Columbia and celebrity portrait artist Peter Engels from Belgium. Galeria Medicci (Caracas) will present moving works from Luis Alberto Hernandez. Hernandez recently participated in the IV International Biennial Artist Books in Alexandria; leading to a distinguished invitation to exhibit in the "Musée du Hiéron Eucharistique," the Museum of Sacred Art in Ville de Paray Le Monial, France. Hernandez has had solo exhibitions in England, America, France, Germany, Spain, Monaco and the United Arab Emirates. Manuel Mendive will also be showcased. Mendive is one of the leading representatives of Cuban and Latin American art. His work is surrounded and permeated with religiosity and the roots often speak to the heirs of Santeria religion, a world that is torn between - light and darkness. Ascaso Gallery will showcase work by the internationally recognized optical and kinetic artist, sculptor and painter Jesus Rafael Soto. Soto's energetic and striking works are representative of some of the most successful of the Op Art-Kinetic Art movements. He has had over 70 solo shows and has been exhibited among the most respected art institutions in the world. The Gallery will also bring works by Venezuelan Sculptor James Mathison and kinetic and optical artist Carlos Cruz Diez. Cernuda Arte (Coral Gables) specializes in the exhibition and sale of Colonial, Early Republic, Vanguardia, and Modern master Cuban paintings, as well as fine artworks by contemporary artists. At MIA 2012, the Gallery will exhibit a collection of established and emerging Cuban artist including Wifredo Lam, Agustin Cardenas, Mario Carreno and René Portocarrero among others. Black Square Gallery (Miami) has flourished in the Miami art scene since the Gallery was founded in 2010. Specializing in works from both accomplished, as well as promising young artists from around the world, Black Square Gallery will exhibit works by Emilio Garcia, Pablo Lehmann, Victor Sydorenko, Taisha 3,14, Zhanna Kadyrova, Anibal Vallejo, Jorge Chirinos Sanchez and Taro Hattori. Additional exhibitors include Art Link International (Lake Worth), Edwina Sandys (Palm Beach |London | New York), e.jung Gallery (Seoul), DiCecca Fine Art (Falmouth), Hardcore Art Contemporary Space (Miami), Kavachnina Contemporary (Miami), Lelia Mordoch Gallery (Miami | Paris), NAC Gallery (Miami | London), Pamela Hughes Design (Sarasota), Projects Gallery (Philadelphia | Miami ), Stars Bridge (Moscow), Artmosphere (Vienna | Salzburg), Galerie Baobab (Bogota) and Olyvia Fine Art Ltd. (London). Visit the fair's website at ... http://www.mia-artfair.com

The U.S. Navy Art Gallery Shows Art Works in Special On-line Exhibition Posted: 10 Jan 2012 09:34 PM PST Washington, DC.- The Navy Art Gallery is closed while waiting for its new facility to open later in 2012, but you can still see much of the artwork through their website in the form of their special on-line exhibitions. The largest of these is "Operation Deep Freeze: 1955-56", which features works by Standish Backus (1910-1989) and Robert Charles Haun (1903-1975). Operation Deep Freeze I was the codename for a series of scientific expeditions to Antarctica in 1955-56. The impetus behind these expeditions was the International Geophysical Year 1957-58. IGY, as it was known, was a collaboration effort between forty nations to carry out earth science studies from the North Pole to the South Pole and at points in between. The United States, along with Great Britain, France, Japan, Norway, Chile, Argentina, and the U.S.S.R agreed to go the South Pole--the least explored area on Earth. Their goal: to advance world knowledge of Antarctic hydrography and weather systems, glacial movements, and marine life. The U.S. Navy was charged with supporting the U.S. scientists for their portion of the IGY studies.

The Royal Scottish Academy Presents the Art of Sylvia Wishart RSA Posted: 10 Jan 2012 08:56 PM PST Edinburgh.- The Royal Scottish Academy is pleased to present "The Art of Sylvia Wishart", on view at the academy through February 29th. Sylvia Wishart was a painter of terrific ability. Her location in Orkney and subsequent distance from her peers in the 'art world' has meant that her career has been somewhat overshadowed. However, her place in the story of Scottish painting is if the utmost importance, as a teacher, aesthete and artist of the highest calibre. The Orkney landscape takes pride in this exhibition which concentrates on Sylvia's two Orkney homes; North House, her cottage on Hoy, renovated from a near ruin and Heatherybraes, her home on mainland Orkney, above Stromness. Sylvia spent much of her career between Orkney and Aberdeen, where she was a lecturer in the Painting and Drawing Department at Gray's School of Art. In 1967, she took rental of North House at Rackwick, falling in love with the cottage and renovating it back to an inhabitable state. This venue becomes her home and studio and many of the works produced here are expressive oils on bare board. Paint is applied in a thick heavy impasto and pared down to the simplest, yet incredibly sophisticated, mark-making.

La Lanta Fine Arts Presents Michele Mikesell's First Solo Exhibition in Asia Posted: 10 Jan 2012 08:39 PM PST Bangkok, Thailand.- La Lanta Fine Arts is pleased to present "Michele Mikesell: Dichotomy", on view at the gallery from January 11th through February 22nd 2012. This will be the first opportunity in Asia to see a solo show of works by Michele Mikesell, a half Filipino-half American artist. "Dichotomy" features portraits of familiar characters together with subjects we recognize and identify with.  Mikesell's work consistently travels along a general vein of the universal human experience.These realistic stylized faces placed within loosely interpreted animal shapes and costumes narrate a continued thesis of dichotomy and metaphor - comparing and contrasting human ideas with animal instinct. Irony, contradiction, humor and tragedy, have been continued themes in Mikesell's work and are illustrated not only within the image, but within the actual paint and surface of the painting. Removing paint throughout the process of creating an image is of equal or greater importance than adding paint. This method of wiping, scraping and sanding enables the apparent worn and built up surface to be paradoxically buried within a pristine and untouched surface, resulting in a contrasting yet uniform aesthetic.

The Bryan Miller Gallery shows New Paintings by Houston artist Kent Dorn. Posted: 10 Jan 2012 08:05 PM PST Houston, Texas. The Bryan Miller Gallery is proud to present "Kent Dorn: Dweller", on view at the gallery from January 13th through February 18th 2012. There will be an opening reception on Friday, January 13th from 6 - 8 pm. This solo exhibition features new paintings by the Houston based artist. Kent Dorn's paintings depict an exchange between man and nature that explores both physical and psychological terrain. The protagonist of his new body of work, the dweller, inhabits the outdoors in the same way most of us inhabit our living rooms. His cliff near a glowing fire is our sofa near a glowing television. He wades across a stream like he's crossing a street. The dweller is not depicted in every painting, but even when he is "off-camera" his peculiar presence is nearly tangible.

The Estorick Collection Presents a Landmark Exhibition of Works by Alberto Burri Posted: 10 Jan 2012 08:04 PM PST London.- The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art is proud to present "Alberto Burri: Form and Matter", a landmark exhibition of works by the master of post-war abstraction. "Form and Matter" will be on view in the galleries from January 11th through April 8th 2012. Alberto Burri (1915-1995) is a towering figure of abstraction whose work revolutionised the artistic vocabulary of the post-war art world.  Burri's celebration of humble materials such as sacking and tar created a new aesthetic rich in expressive power during the 1950s, and was later to prove decisive for artists associated with the Arte Povera movement. Yet, despite his stature, "Alberto Burri: Form and Matter" at the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art from 13 January to 8 April 2012 is the first major retrospective exhibition of the artist's work to be held in the United Kingdom.  It offers a comprehensive overview of Burri's achievement through some forty powerful works spanning four decades, ranging from rare, early figurative pieces of the late 1940s to the ground-breaking abstract works for which he is best known.

Art Dubai to Launch 2012 Edition with many New Exhibitors & Programs Posted: 10 Jan 2012 07:49 PM PST DUBAI.- Art Dubai goes into its sixth year with a dynamic, curated programme, consolidating its position as the key point at which the international art world meets the art scenes of the Middle East and South Asia. After welcoming over 20,000 visitors in 2011, the region's leading fair features its biggest programme to date, expanding the Global Art Forum, launching artists' and curators' residencies, and establishing a year-round education programme. Art Dubai (March 21-24, 2012), held in partnership with Abraaj Capital and sponsored by Cartier, takes place at its home Madinat Jumeirah. The fair will welcome a carefully selected roster of 74 galleries from 32 countries, showing work by over 500 artists. The 2012 gallery selection features major new names joining a strong existing base of galleries that have become synonymous with Art Dubai. Key galleries joining in 2012 include Arndt (Berlin), Rodolphe Janssen (Brussels), Lombard Freid Projects (New York), Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke (Mumbai), The Pace Gallery (New York, London, Beijing), Galerie Perrotin (Paris), and Platform China (Beijing).

Akron Art Museum Acquires Art by Kiki Smith and Trenton Doyle Hancock Posted: 10 Jan 2012 07:29 PM PST AKRON, OH.- The Akron Art Museum's collection is always changing, and the galleries are updated frequently to reflect new artistic perspectives. Sending works out on loan or for conservation, borrowing works and acquiring amazing new objects can significantly change the look and experience of the galleries. The Akron Art Museum Board of Trustees recently approved two major purchases. This month, works by acclaimed contemporary artists Kiki Smith and Trenton Doyle Hancock to wow visitors to the Sandra L. and Dennis B. Haslinger Family Foundation Galleries. The installation of these new acquisitions, along with several other works on view for the first time, bring a near-total makeover of galleries devoted to the theme of "Interior Landscapes," dramatically altering their mood.

Jesús Soto ~ "Paris and Beyond, 1950-1970" at New York University's Grey Art Gallery Posted: 10 Jan 2012 06:50 PM PST NEW YORK, N.Y.- The first large-scale exhibition dedicated to Jesús Soto to be held at a New York museum in more than 35 years, Soto: Paris and Beyond, 1950–1970 will be on view at New York University's Grey Art Gallery from January 10 through March 31, 2012. Curated by Estrellita B. Brodsky and comprising a focused selection of approximately 50 works, the exhibition highlights this major Venezuelan artist's early career, after he moved from Caracas to Paris in 1950. Soto: Paris and Beyond offers a rare opportunity to trace Soto's visionary trajectory as well as his reciprocal influence and exchange with other members of the avant-garde. The artist's groundbreaking achievements in the fields of perception and interactive art established his reputation as both a primary proponent of kinetic art internationally and one of the most influential Latin American artists of the 20th century. Drawing inspiration from optics, music theory, and phenomenology, Jesús Soto (1923–2005) invented a radically new relationship between the artwork and the viewer. The earliest examples in Soto: Paris and Beyond—oil paintings from the early 1950s, such as Rotation (1952)—convey a sense of dynamism through the repetition of geometric forms that activate the picture's surface. Soto soon extended these visual experiments into real space, painting vibrantly colored abstract motifs on layers of Plexiglas, which he then superimposed to create three-dimensional objects. As spectators move around them, the painted forms appear to shift in relation to one another, creating a kinetic effect. Such implied movement becomes actual in Soto's Escrituras (Writings) and Vibraciones (Vibrations) series from the 1960s, which incorporate pendant elements—such as wires—that fluctuate in space. Petite écriture noire (Small Black Writing, 1968), for example, features curved and angular wires suspended in front of a dense background of vertical lines. By 1970, Soto's experiments with movement and interaction had culminated in his Penetrables, environments created through a network of suspended nylon threads or metal strips into which viewers enter. Soto: Paris and Beyond is curated by Estrellita B. Brodsky, who received her doctorate at NYU's Institute of Fine Arts and wrote her dissertation on Soto and Julio Le Parc, another postwar Latin American artist living in Paris. "We hope this exhibition contributes to increased critical appreciation for Soto, who is such a central figure of Latin American art. Now is the right time to reevaluate major Latin American artists within a broader, international context," notes Brodsky. "NYU has long demonstrated groundbreaking scholarship and a deep commitment to the arts of Latin America, so it is especially appropriate that the Grey Art Gallery presents this exhibition of Soto's spectacular early works. Indeed, this show builds on the Grey's presentation of the landmark survey of South American abstraction, The Geometry of Hope, in 2008," notes Lynn Gumpert, director of the Grey Art Gallery. Soto: Paris and Beyond begins in 1950, when Soto moved to France, and culminates with the artist's first major retrospective at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris in 1969. Soto was one of many artists from Latin America who migrated to Paris after World War II, seeking greater artistic opportunities. He presented his artwork alongside that of Marcel Duchamp and Victor Vasarely in shows such as the seminal Le Mouvement exhibition at the Galerie Denise René in 1955, and later formed reciprocal relationships with members of Paris's international avant-garde, including Yves Klein, Jean Tinguely, and members of the group Zero. They—along with Latin American artists such as Carlos Cruz-Diez and those in the influential Madí group—shared Soto's interest in incorporating implied or actual movement into their works to create interactive viewing experiences. Soto and Klein developed a particularly fruitful artistic exchange, as evidenced in several of Soto's works that incorporate his French colleague's signature color "International Klein Blue" (IKB). For example, Soto's Leño azul y negro (Blue and Black Log, 1960) features a jagged wooden assemblage attached to a brightly IKB-painted Masonite panel. Soto created mixed-media constructions as wall pieces or as free-standing sculptures that emphasize the textures of cloth, metal, and wood. While works from this time diverge from the pristine geometry of Soto's earlier output, they are united by his commitment to experimenting with visual instability. S & C 3 Soto: Paris and Beyond is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with essays by Estrellita B. Brodsky and art historian Sarah K. Rich. Brodsky's essay offers a comprehensive account of Soto's techniques, materials, and theoretical approach, while situating him in the context of contemporary Paris. Rich contributes a discussion of the spectator's dynamic relationship with Soto's art, examining how his works alter the viewer's perceptions. In the wake of many recent group exhibitions that have surveyed Latin American abstraction, this solo presentation of a key period in Soto's career clearly illuminates his central role in Venezuelan art and investigates the dynamic exchange of ideas between Soto and preeminent members of European and American avant-garde circles. The accompanying catalogue is conceived as an art self-help book that addresses the general public as well as scholars. Co-published by Dartmouth College and the University of Chicago Press, the volume includes an introduction by Jacquelynn Baas and essays by Baas, Fluxus artist Ken Friedman, and scholars Hannah Higgins and Jacob Proctor. Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life will also travel to the University of Michigan Museum of Art in Ann Arbor, from February 25 to May 20, 2012.  Visit New York University's Grey Art Gallery at : http://www.nyu.edu/greyart/

The Magnificent Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam ~ Welcomes Our Editor Posted: 10 Jan 2012 06:29 PM PST The Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is the main art museum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Rotterdam is a city and municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland, situated in the west of the Netherlands. The museum began in 1847 with the collection of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans (1767–1847). The 1934 building, designed by town architect Ad Van der Steur, fits in with the classic typology of a museum building. The building's stately appearance, the elegant tower and the dignified staircase clearly show visitors that they are entering a place of significance. A home in which art is protected, screened and guarded. The interior confirms this feeling. In 1958 the collection of businessman Daniël George van Beuningen (1877–1955) was added to the museum, and the museum acquired its current name. The Boijmans van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam has been built in several stages. Over the years, new wings have been added to the original 1935 brick building by Johan A.G. van der Steur, with its symmetrical frame of museum rooms around two courtyards. In 1972 the Boijmans museum was expanded for the first time, with a wing designed by architect Alexander Bodon. Bodon, in response to performance and installation art and the consequent need for an extensive exhibition area, built a large exhibition hall lit from above. It is a businesslike space whose dimensions mean it can easily be considered as a third - covered - courtyard. In 1991 Hubert-Jan Henket built what is called the Van Beuningen-De Vriese pavilion in high-tech style on the garden side of the museum. Flemish architects Paul Robbrecht and Hilde Daem were responsible for the further expansion of the museum in Rotterdam in 2000-2001. Visit Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and travel through the history of art, from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. Masterpieces by the likes of Bosch, Rembrandt, Van Gogh and Dalí represent a variety of art movements. Surprising interventions by contemporary artists serve to heighten the senses. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen shows old masters and modern art, applied arts and design. The museum owns one of the most important prints and drawings collections in the world.. It houses approximately 140,000 objects. In addition to the displays of the permanent collection, each year the museum organizes around 25 temporary exhibitions and numerous public activities. The museum attracts an average of 125,000 monthly visitors. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen aims to stimulate everyone's enjoyment of art and design in its collections and exhibitions by delivering a coherent programme. In addition to collecting and organising displays and exhibitions, research is an important aspect of the museum's activities. This research takes place largely behind closed doors, but its results must be made visible. The museum intends to provide an environment in which knowledge, beauty and innovative and controversial ideas are presented to their best advantage. For this reason, the Boijans Van Beuningen museum follows the developments of individual artists and designers over a longer period. The museum has an international profile. With its world-class collections, it has won a place among the top three art museums in the Netherlands. Through its collections, activities and knowledge, the museum provides challenging and meaningful experiences to museum visitors and many more via the web and other media. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen also functions as a meeting place and unifying element for the urban community in which many Rotterdammers – young and old, from north and south, rich and poor – come together and gain an insight into what previous generations have achieved. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is now eleven generations old. The twelfth and thirteenth generations are already actively taking possession of the museum. Visit the website at: http://www.boijmans.nl/ The Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam is famous for its beautiful collection of old and contemporary art. The museum is concerned with art and design that leaves a lasting impression. The museum opts for a broad and interdisciplinary set-up of the collections and exhibitions.The museum presents the work of many masters, including Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky, Vincent Van Gogh, Christiaan Karel Appel and Willem de Kooning. The museum also shows applied arts from the 14th century onwards, as well as contemporary design. The exhibition program of the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam is very varied. In addition to its permanent displays, the museum organizes alternating exhibitions, mainly of contemporary art. The Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum is a lively centre of art and culture. The museum takes you on a journey through the history of art, from the early middle ages through the 21st century, from Breughel's 'The Tower of Babel' and Rembrandt's 'Titus' to van Dalí's 'Lippenbank'. The Boijmans Van Beuningen musuem shows top-class pieces and manages some 126,000 objects. The amazing temporary exhibitions, the sculpture garden and the beautiful 1930s architecture make for hours of viewing pleasure in Rotterdam. This museum in Rotterdam devotes special attention to some of art history's highlights. The focus with respect to paintings is on Rembrandt, Rubens, and the Surrealists. Top drawings by Albrecht Dürer, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti, Fra Bartolommeo (di Pagholo), Giambattista Piranesi, François Boucher and Paul Cézanne will be on display. In the presentation of implements, the Renaissance table culture and the abundant 17th-century bourgeoisie interiors, the modernistic design from the inter-bellum period and contemporary design appeal most to the imagination. Modern art started with Dutch Romanticism and ended with inter-bellum art. Highlights in this part of the circuit are French Impressionism and art on paper of circa 1900, with a special focus on the chimney piece by Gerrit Willem Dijsseldof that was acquired in 2007. Classic icons by Maurizio Cattelan, Rene Magritte and Oskar Kokoschka are combined with recent acquisitions by Yves Tanguy, Joseph Cornell and Max Beckmann. In addition to permanent presentations, the Rotterdam museum mounts spectacular changing exhibitions. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is a dynamic center for art and culture. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen's collection is world-renowned. The museum has a permanent display of 3000 works, ranging from old masters to contemporary art and from medieval utensils to industrial design. The collections are displayed in the Van der Steur wing. Each year the museum lends 300 to 500 art works to exhibitions all over the world. These works are seen by more than 3 million people each year. Of the 140,000 objects in the collection, over the past 161 years more than 30,000 art works have been donated to the Boijmans Van Beuningen Foundation by more than 2630 individuals, mostly from Rotterdam. Many of these were people who wished to give something back to the city in which they prospered. Every day, dozens of collectors follow in their footsteps. In 2009 and 2010 exhibitions organised by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen were shown internationally in cities such as Wellington (New Zealand), Sydney, Paris, Leuven, Stockholm and London. The museum has a large international network and maintains ongoing relationships with many museums around the world. In its exhibitions programme and research, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen devotes a great deal of attention to talent from Rotterdam – past and present – and the context from which they have emerged. Artists and designers such as Jacques Jongert, Jaap Gidding, Hella Jongerius, Kees van Dongen, Wally Elenbaas, Daan van Golden, Joep van Lieshout and many emerging artists are represented in the City Collection and have been highlighted in exhibitions and publications based upon intensive art-historical research. Alongside the approximately 25 exhibitions per year in the museum, for the coming five years Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is developing a programme of international contemporary art exhibitions in the Submarine Wharf in the RDM complex. This is a partnership with the Port of Rotterdam, which has provided the necessary funding. Since its establishment, the museum's history had been shaped in a critical way by the activities of private collectors, two of whom have furnished the institution with its double-barreled name. The Utrecht-born lawyer F.J.O. Boijmans bequeathed his collection tot the City of Rotterdam in 1847, so laying the museum's foundations. In 1958 the museum acquired the collection of the shipping magnate D.G. van Beuningen, also a native of Utrecht. This was such a milestone that the museum's name was changed to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.In the post-war period the museum has had increasing funds to pursue its own acquisitions policy, but it continues to profit from the generosity of private collectors. In 1981 Mr. and Mrs. Van Beuningen-de Vriese endowed the museum with a vast collection of pre-industrial domestic artefacts and the museum has recently benefited from its partnership with H+F Patronage in acquiring an outstanding installation by the video artist Pipilotti Rist. A world-class exhibition to match the extraordinary artistic verve of Kees van Dongen will be presented until January 23rd. "All Eyes on Kees van Dongen" will showcase some eighty masterpieces by the renowned painter Kees van Dongen. No fewer than sixty paintings and a selection of drawings, ceramics, posters and photographs are being flown over from leading international collections especially for the exhibition. They are coming from as far afield as New York, Monaco, Geneva and Moscow. The next major exhibition is Hella Jongerius and her unique design products will be hung on the walls and arranged by colour, providing a wonderful insight into her practice as a designer. The exhibition features not only Jongerius's famous industrial products – such as the IKEA vases – but also unique experiments and countless sketch models. On view until February 13, 2011.

The Kunsthaus Zürich shows a Retrospective Katharina Fritsch including Spatial Images Posted: 10 Jan 2012 06:28 PM PST Zürich, Switzerland - The Kunsthaus Zürich will host a retrospective devoted to the work of Katharina Fritsch, one of the most significant artists of our day. The show will also include new pieces by the artist. Famed for her large-scale sculptures, whose hypnotic effect the viewer experiences in the blink of an eye, Fritsch plays with humanity's primeval ideas, desires and fears. Her most recent art ventures into fresh artistic territory, including erotica as seen from the female point of view. On exhibition from 3rd June to 30th August 2009.

MoMA announces an Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, & Prints by Belgian Artist James Ensor Posted: 10 Jan 2012 06:27 PM PST NEW York, NY.- James Ensor (Belgian, 1860–1949) was a major figure in the Belgian avant-garde of the late nineteenth century and an important precursor to the development of Expressionism in the early twentieth. In both respects, he has influenced generations of later artists. This exhibition of approximately 95 of Ensor's paintings, drawings, and prints will produce a complete picture of his daring, experiential body of work. Key issues that will be elucidated are the artist's contribution to modernity, his innovative and allegorical use of light, his prominent use of satire, his deep interest in carnival and performance, and his own self-fashioning and use of masking, travesty, and role-playing. Ultimately, this exhibition presents Ensor as a socially engaged and self-critical artist involved with the issues of his times and with contemporary debates on the nature of modernism. Will be on view 28 June through 21 September, 2009, at MoMA. Except for three years studying history and religious painting at the Brussels academy, James Ensor, a Belgian painter, printmaker, and draftsman, lived in Ostend, Belgium, all his life. He began his artistic career as a portrait painter but soon became involved with the avant-garde group Les XX (the Twenty), whose goal was to promote new artistic developments throughout Europe. Although Ensor was considered the group's leader and founder, he had sharp differences of opinion with other group members. Art critics treated the group harshly, and Les XX disbanded after a decade. In the mid-1880s, Ensor suffered from an ulcer and from a personal crisis: his family forbade him to marry the woman he loved. He returned to painting religious subjects and plunged to the depths of despair when he decided to sell the contents of his studio in the 1890s. After the turn of the century, Ensor finally won acclaim and respectability. He was knighted and given the title of Baron. The 1908 publication of a book about his life and works confirmed his standing and reputation. In later years, he wrote music, designed sets for ballets, and continued to paint until his death at eighty-nine. The exhibition is organized by Anna Swinbourne, Assistant Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, and is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue. The exhibition will travel to the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, from October 2009 to February 2010. Additional funding is provided by the Society of Friends of Belgium in America and by The Kingdom of Belgium, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation.

Tate Liverpool to display Sculpture from the Tate Collection Posted: 10 Jan 2012 06:26 PM PST Liverpool, UK - - Leading cultural figures from different disciplines will be bringing their own unique vision to bear on sculpture from the Tate Collection for DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture, sponsored by DLA Piper. Transforming the first and second floor galleries are artist Michael Craig-Martin; designer Wayne Hemingway and his son Jack; and artist, director and writer Tim Etchells. From 1 May 2009 the co-curators present dedicated displays of sculpture which have been selected in conjunction with Tate Liverpool curators. The displays feature masterpieces from the Tate Collection by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth, alongside recent acquisitions of contemporary art by Sarah Lucas, Jim Lambie and Terence Koh, among others.

Zimmerli Art Museum features Honoré Daumier Posted: 10 Jan 2012 06:25 PM PST NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - To celebrate the bicentennial of the birth of the gifted 19th-century artist Honoré Daumier (1808-1879) the Zimmerli Art Museum has organized an exhibition featuring Daumier's major prints and rare sculptures to emphasize the mastery of this skillful caricaturist of the July Monarchy (1830-1848) and the Second Empire (1852-1870). On view Mar 01, 2008 - Jun 01, 2008.

The Robert Berman Gallery Features Southern California's Illustrator Artists Posted: 10 Jan 2012 06:24 PM PST Santa Monica, CA.- The Robert Berman Gallery is proud to present "Paid to Play", an overview of the oft overlooked Southern California artists rooted in illustration, commissioned to create imagery for record albums, magazines, advertisements, et al.  A genre dirtily linked to commercialism but nonetheless full of innovation, technique, artistic expression and speed. "Paid to Play" is on view at the gallery until November 12th and is part of the Pacific Standard Time collaboration, initiated by the Getty, brings together more than sixty cultural institutions from across Southern California for six months beginning October to tell the story of the birth of the L.A. art scene. "Fueled by a combination of intense demand, sleepless nights and brutal competition, the four men at the center of LA's airbrush market – Dave Willardson, Charles E. White III, Peter Palombi and Peter Llyod – embarked on careers that produced iconic work for Playboy, Levi's, the Rolling Stones, along with major studio films such as American Graffiti and Tron." From 'Overspray: Riding High with the Kings of California Airbrush Art'. And the wrangler of these men was Mike Salisbury – the art director of West magazine, the Sunday supplement of the Los Angeles Times, beginning in the late 60s – who was for illustrators what Ferus Gallery was for beat artists – a platform to project Los Angeles cool to the world at large. Though the visuals defined a generation, most west coast illustrators never landed the fine art jump with the aplomb of their east coast contemporaries like James Rosenquist, Tom Wesselmann and Andy Warhol.  But perhaps the most convincing testament to the relevance of a movement largely branded as irrelevant would be the 1969 West magazine cover painted by Ed Ruscha, commissioned by Salisbury, which fetched $578,500 at auction in 2009. Included in the exhibition are works by Willardson, White, Palombi, Llyod, Lou Beach, Pat Blackwell, Tim Clark, Dante, Sean Douglas, William George, Bill Imhoff, Patrick Nagel, George McManus, Dennis Mukai, Martin Mull, Margo Nahas, Jayme Odgers, Neon Park, Everett Peck, Mark Ryden, Todd Schorr, Millard Sheets, Tommy Steele, Len Steckler, Ben Talbert, John Van Hamersveld, E. Franklin Wittmack, Zox and others. The Robert Berman Gallery has been in business in Santa Monica, California since 1979. One of the first galleries to be located at Bergamot Station Arts Center, it has occupied two exhibition spaces there for the last thirteen years. Founder and owner Robert Berman was early on in exhibiting artists such as Keith Haring and Raymond Pettibon and has done historical and seminal exhibitions by such artists as William S. Burroughs and Man Ray. The gallery has a rotating exhibition schedule specializing in mid-career and established artists in all mediums. Visit the gallery's website at ... http://www.robertbermangallery.com

Milwaukee Art Museum to display Figurative Prints ~ 1980's Rewind Posted: 10 Jan 2012 06:23 PM PST MILWAUKEE, WI. - Milwaukee Art Museum to display Figurative Prints: 1980s Rewind focuses on an art-historical moment when the figure returned as a dominant subject of artistic expression. Following on the heels of Minimalism and Conceptualism, the resurgence of the figure coincided with a renewed interest in image-making and the sensuality and emotionality of the painted surface. The trend in figuration spanned the globe, but it was especially prominent in the work of American, German, and Italian artists who returned to familiar images, including myth, allegory, and narrative.

Kunsthaus Baselland exhibits Golden Agers & Silver Surfers: Old Age & Aging in Contemporary Art Posted: 10 Jan 2012 06:22 PM PST MUTTENZ/BASLE.- Although the exhibition Golden Agers & Silver Surfers focuses on a certain age group and target population, it develops a dialogue that involves all age groups. Aging is a phenomenon of societal relevance that is given pictorial reflection in the visual arts. While the art of our time mirrors the yearnings and desires of humankind, it also has something else to propose, something proprietary and, perhaps, strange, which stands in juxtaposition to our societal reality. Participating artists: Keren Cytter, Regine von Felten, Manuel Graf, Gabriela Gyr, Melli Ink, Bruno Jakob, Stephan Melzl, Ryan Mosley, Thomas Müllenbach, Paul Pretzer, Julika Rudelius, Max Philipp Schmid, Gitte Villesen, Herbert Weber, Charlie White, Anna Winteler, and Miwa Yanagi.

Hirshhorn Museum Moves into the Next Phase of Design for Inflatable Pavillion Posted: 10 Jan 2012 06:21 PM PST WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden received supportive comments from the National Capital Planning Commission for a proposed seasonal inflatable pavilion to the museum's plaza. Architectural firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro's design for the structure was reviewed at the concept stage. The NCPC voted to approve executive director Marcel C. Acosta's recommendation of the project. To date, the Hirshhorn Museum has received encouragement to proceed with the development of this project by both the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts and the NCPC.

The University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art presents "Heartland" Posted: 10 Jan 2012 06:20 PM PST CHICAGO, IL.- The University of Chicago's Smart Museum of Art presents Heartland, a new exhibition that examines innovative forms of artistic creation taking place in the geographic center of the United States. Organized by the Smart Museum and the Van Abbemuseum, one of Europe's premier contemporary art institutions, the exhibition illuminates a diverse assembly of artists who are responding to the world around them and reshaping it in unexpected ways. On view from October 1, 2009 to January 17, 2010 Heartland features site-specific installations and performances as well as drawing, photography, and video by artists and artist groups who are working in—and in response to—Detroit, Kansas City, and other cities and rural communities across the region. The artists and artist groups—both denizens of the region and outside artists-in-residence—include Carnal Torpor, Cody Critcheloe, Jeremiah Day, Detroit Tree of Heaven Woodshop, Design 99, Scott Hocking, Kerry James Marshall, Midwest Radical Cultural Corridor, Greely Myatt, Marjetica Potrč, Julika Rudelius, Artur Silva, Deb Sokolow, and Whoop Dee Doo. In 2007 and 2008, the Heartland curators, eschewing traditional research methods, set out on a series of old-fashioned road trips through the vast center of the United States. During the trips, they explored the independent networks of cultural production that are thriving outside of traditional centers of artistic creation. (The curators documented these experiences in a research blog, http://heartland.vanabbe.nl.) The road trips informed two distinct exhibitions. The first presentation, which opened in October 2008 at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, sought to uncover new ways of thinking about the American interior during the U.S. presidential election and gave European audiences access to a broad survey of the Heartland's culture, art, and music. The second, reconceived presentation at the Smart Museum, offers U.S. audiences a more focused look at an inventive selection of artists who are responding to and remaking the world around them. Together, the two presentations offer a richly layered reading of artistic production that is connected to and yet on the periphery of the global contemporary art world. Exhibition Overview and Sections Responding to the Van Abbemuseum's kaleidoscopic survey of regional art and music, the Smart Museum of Art's presentation of Heartland focuses on ideals of resourcefulness and invention. The exhibition balances a select group of works from across the wider region with deeper explorations of interrelated groups of artists working in Detroit and Kansas City. Like Chicago, these cities have proven particularly hospitable to artists who approach their work with a do-it-yourself sensibility that the curators describe as "making the world you want to live in." Heartland will premiere new commissions and present recent works by artists and artist groups active in these areas, featuring performances and sculptural installations that echo Heartland's overarching theme of community by inviting viewer participation. The exhibition concludes with an epilogue that leads visitors into a related display featuring Chicago-based artists in the Smart's permanent collection. Introduction: Visitors to the Smart Museum will be greeted by two major works that suggest Heartland's breadth of subject matter, media, and perspective. The Brazilian-born, Indianapolis-based artist Artur Silva brings an immigrant's perspective to Decadence Avec Elegance (2009), a rainbow-hued digital collage that will be presented in the Smart's outdoor sculpture garden. Memphis-based sculptor Greely Myatt makes playful reference to intensive agricultural labor in the large-scale Cleave (2008), which will be installed on the grand wall of the Museum's reception hall. Artists featured: Artur Silva and Greely Myatt. Detroit: Finding resources where others have generally only seen decay, the Detroit-based artists featured here transform the underused buildings and vacant lots of the city's depopulated urban landscapes into optimistic, socially engaged works of art. One example of this worldview can be seen in the work of Design 99, a husband-and-wife team who use their storefront space as a base for a range of activities that make inventive use of local resources. For the exhibition, Design 99 hit the road to create a new work. Built from materials gathered during road trips to independent art spaces around the region, Heartland Machine (2009) transforms the empty framework of an old boat into a portable and expandable sculpture. Artists featured: Detroit Tree of Heaven Woodshop, Design 99, Scott Hocking, and Marjetica Potrč. Kansas City: If Heartland's Detroit artists adapt the world as it is, the artists seen in this section are working to restructure the world entirely. A proponent of this aesthetic is Whoop Dee Doo, the artist-led dance and variety show central to an emerging community of artists' groups in the city. The Smart will present Whoop Dee Doo's first museum commission. In a performance at the Experimental Station on October 2, the artists will partner with homegrown Chicago talent to present a kid-friendly faux public access television show. Whoop Dee Doo will also create a sculptural installation within the Smart, featuring a scale model of the set and video outtakes from the performance. Artists featured: Carnal Torpor, Cody Critcheloe, and Whoop Dee Doo. Radical Center: This section considers the region's legacy of progressive social and civil rights movements. The Midwest Radical Culture Corridor (MRCC), for example, is a far-flung group of artists, writers, and thinkers whose work illuminates the interconnectivity between rural communities and global concerns. For the exhibition, the MRCC's Compass Group will map regional energy- and food-related infrastructure through an installation at the Museum as well as a text-and-image piece that will be circulated to wider audiences within AREA magazine. Artists featured: Compass Group working in the Midwest Radical Culture Corridor, Jeremiah Day, and Kerry James Marshall. Related works from Chicago: This related installation reflects the Smart Museum's long-standing commitment to innovative presentations that situate Chicago-based art within a global context—a commitment grounded by a significant permanent collection featuring Chicago artists from the 1950s to the present. Sokolow's wall drawing will act as a hinge between the exhibition and this presentation, which suggests connections between Heartland and the exhibitions and ephemera produced by the Chicago Imagists. Visit : http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/

Art Knowledge News Presents "This Week In Review" Posted: 10 Jan 2012 06:19 PM PST 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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