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Written by Lisa McClaine
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Thursday, 18 March 2010 01:08 |
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EAST
LANSING, Mich. — Construction for MSU’s Eli and Edythe
Broad
Art Museum began March 16 with a groundbreaking for the building,
designed by
world-renowned architect Zaha Hadid. The facility is named in honor of
Eli and
Edythe Broad, longtime supporters of the university who provided the
lead gift
for the museum. The Broads’ gift of $28 million, with $21
million
designated for construction of the building and $7 million to be used
for
acquisitions, exhibitions and operations, was the catalyst for the
world-class
project. The groundbreaking will be followed by 20 months of
construction,
leading to a dedication and opening in the spring of 2012.
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Read more... World-class Building Under Way ~ Broad Art Museum at MSU
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Written by Gavin Wolfson
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Thursday, 18 March 2010 01:07 |
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NEW YORK, NY.- In 1969, one year before
her death
at the age of 34, German-born American artist Eva Hesse wrote of her
desire "to get to non-art, non-connotive, non-anthropomorphic,
non-geometric, non-nothing; everything...It's not the new, it is what is
yet not
known, thought, seen, touched; but really what is not and that is." In
her
effort to make works that could transcend literal associations, Hesse
cultivated
mistakes and surprise, precariousness and enigma. The objects she
produced, at
once humble and enormously charismatic, came to play a central role in
the
transformation of contemporary art practice. On March 16, Hauser
&
Wirth New York opened an exhibition of such objects: 'EVA HESSE' brings
together fourteen works, many never before shown publicly in the United
States,
that previously have been considered improvisational 'test pieces' or
prototypes
for larger sculptures.
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Read more... Works by Eva Hesse Never Before Shown Publicly In The USA at Hauser & Wirth
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Written by Ellen Freilich
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 02:55 |
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NEW YORK (REUTERS).- One museum's renovations are another's
exhibition. Thus, 20 masterworks from Allen Memorial Art Museum in Ohio will
summer at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York while the Allen Museum is
closed for renovations. From March 16 through August 29, 19 paintings and one
sculpture from one of the finest college or university collections in the United
States will be on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Met museum
officials said.
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Read more... Masterworks from Oberlin College's Museum Summer at The Met
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Written by Adrian Locke
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 01:44 |
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BILBAO, SPAIN - The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
presents the first large-scale solo exhibition in Spain dedicated to the work of
Anish Kapoor. Over the past thirty years, Kapoor has gained international
acclaim as one of the most influential and significant artists of his
generation. His exploration of form and space and his use of color and material
have profoundly influenced the course of contemporary sculpture.
Organized by the Royal Academy of Arts in London and the Guggenheim Museum
Bilbao, the exhibition, conceived and installed in close collaboration with the
artist, offers insight into Kapoor’s working method and creative process, and
includes twenty major works from several series spanning the 1970s to the
present. On view from 16 March to 12
October 2010.
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Read more... Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents Large-Scale Solo Dedicated to the Work of Anish Kapoor
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Written by Anne Schlesinger
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 01:44 |
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STUTTGART.- To this day, the private collection of the
entrepreneur Max Fischer (1886-1975) of Stuttgart is little known although it
unites classical modern art of the highest quality. The generosity of the heirs
in leaving the collection to the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart in the form of a
permanent loan is now enabling the museum to pay tribute to this comprehensive
collection for the first time, and to present a selection of 180 works
- from a total of more than 250 - to the public. The significance of this
collection will also become evident in the juxtaposition with individual works
from the Staatsgalerie's holdings. On view through 20, June ,
2010.
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Read more... Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Exhibits the Collection of Entrepreneur Max Fischer
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Written by Leonard Wilkens
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 01:44 |
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BIRMINGHAM (AP).-The world saw glimpses of the civil rights movement
through Charles Moore's eyes: In black-and-white photographs, he captured
arresting images of the integration riots at Ole Miss in 1962, the fire hoses in
Birmingham in '63, a Ku Klux Klan rally in North Carolina in '65. The Alabama
native recognized the significance of the civil rights movement early on as one
of the first photographers to document the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s
leadership. Moore is remembered for his striking images of historic and often
violent events that required him to get closer to the action than many other
photographers would.
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Read more... Noted Civil Rights Era Photographer Charles Moore Dies at Age 79
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Written by Anthony Amore
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 01:43 |
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BOSTON (AP).- It remains the most tantalizing art
heist mystery in the world. In the early hours of March 18, 1990, two thieves
walked into Boston's elegant Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum disguised as police
officers and bound and gagged two guards using handcuffs and duct tape.
For the next 81 minutes, they sauntered around the ornate galleries, removing
masterworks including those by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Degas and Manet, cutting some
of the largest pieces from their frames. By the time they disappeared,
they would be credited with the largest art theft in history, making off with
upward of a half-billion dollars in loot far too hot to sell.
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Read more... FBI Advertises Reward Money for Clues to Gardner Museum Heist
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Written by Deborah Wye
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 01:42 |
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NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA,
will present "Picasso: Themes and Variations", an exhibition exploring Pablo
Picasso’s creative process through the medium of printmaking, from March 28 to
September 6, 2010. It features approximately 100 works from the Museum’s
superlative collection of the artist’s prints. The exhibition is
organized by Deborah Wye, The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Chief Curator of Prints
and Illustrated Books, The Museum of Modern Art. Pablo Picasso’s insatiable
curiosity and tireless urge to create art often led him to mediums beyond
painting. He fully explored sculpture and drawing, as well as printmaking and
ceramics. This exhibition looks at Picasso’s engagement with printmaking
over the course of his long career, and the ways it fostered his creativity by
encouraging a thematic approach to his subjects and by allowing for constant
experimentation.
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Read more... MoMA Releases More Information on Late March Picasso Exhibition
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Written by Christy MacMurray
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 01:42 |
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SPRINGFIELD, MA – Some of the
finest watercolors at the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts are now
on view through Oct. 24, 2010, in the exhibition
Watercolor Highlights from the Permanent Collection. The D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts
began collecting watercolor paintings and works on paper in the early 1930s when
it first opened to the public. Because watercolors are subject to fading
when exposed to light for extended periods, the paintings in the exhibition are
shown only rarely.
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Read more... Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts Watercolor Exhibition
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Written by Donald Clark
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 01:42 |
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PITTSFIELD, MA.- Ferrin Gallery presents Paul
Graubard: Stories from the Bible and Other Places a solo exhibition of
constructed paintings. The show runs through May 8th, 2010. Stories from the
Bible and Other Places is a show of both recent and older works by artist Paul
Graubard of Lenox MA. The work, created in acrylic paint, fabric, paper
and objects arranged on canvas and wood, depicts personal experiences, ethnic
traditions and Biblical stories.
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Read more... Ferrin Gallery shows Paul Graubard: Stories from the Bible & Other Places
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Written by Madeleine Perridge
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 01:41 |
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LONDON.- A delicate wreath made of fine gold oak leaves with
acorns, of the type worn by Alexander the Great’s father, Philip II of Macedon,
is one of the highlights of Bonhams sale of Antiquities on April 28 in New Bond
Street. This stunning artefact, estimate £100,000-120,000, may
once have graced the head of a ruler or dignitary over 2,000 years ago.
“The fact that this delicate collection of fine gold leaves and acorns
formed into a wreath has survived the centuries is almost miraculous,” says
Madeleine Perridge, Antiquities Specialist at Bonhams. Previously in a private
collection since the 1930s, “it is a beautiful example of a type that is rare to
the market.”
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Read more... Glory that was Greece Seen in Golden Wreath and Antiquities at Bonhams
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Written by Gabriel Costa
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 01:40 |
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BARCELONA.- In presenting the first solo shows in Spain by three
artists, MACBA seeks to strengthen the role played by Capella MACBA in its
activities as a whole. The Peruvian Armando Andrade Tudela (Lima, 1975),
followed by the Moroccan Latifa Echakhch (El Khnansa, 1974) will be the first
artists showcased in a new approach to artistic production at the exhibition
centre in Capella MACBA, the former church of the Convent of Els
Àngels. Under this new line, shows presented will have a common
denominator: they will all feature works produced especially for this particular
venue. However, this is not an attempt to forge links with architecture; rather,
it is an initiative aimed at fostering the creation, through a specific topos,
of new works that can, in the future, come to form part of the MACBA Collection.
On view through 6 June.
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Read more... MACBA Launches New Program with Three Works by Armando Andrade Tudela
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