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Kirsten Stolle's Anatomy of a Future Forest at Dolby Chadwick Gallery

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Written by Dolby Chadwick   
Sunday, 07 March 2010 00:43

Kirsten Stolle - 'Colum Enneaphyllis', 2010 - 30 x 22”. wax, oil, acrylic, graphite, collage on illustration board. -  Photo: Courtesy Dolby Chadwick Gallery

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Dolby Chadwick Gallery presents the exhibition “Anatomy of a Future Forest” by Kirsten Stolle. For the past 18 months, Stolle has been taking on the role of a future naturalist and documentarian: discovering, cataloging and visually recording potential new generations of flora. Continuing to develop her contemporary vision of an odd, unsettling, and sometimes humorous account of the future, she visually explores the issue of climate change and its potential ramifications on plant life. On view through 27 March, 2010.

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The Frick features Iconic Masterpieces from London's Dulwich Picture Gallery

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Written by Heidi Rosenau   
Saturday, 06 March 2010 03:13

Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) - Les Plaisirs du bal (Pleasures of the Dance, c. 1717 - Oil on canvas, 52.6 x 65.4 cm. Bourgeois Bequest, 1811 - © The Trustees of Dulwich Picture Gallery / Courtesy of The Frick, New York

New York, NY - The Frick presents a special exhibition of loans from Dulwich Picture Gallery, one of the major collections of Old Master paintings in the world. Heralding the London museum’s bicentenary in 2011, the exhibition will introduce American audiences to this institution’s holdings and history through nine of its most important and best-loved works.Indeed, Masterpieces of European Painting from Dulwich Picture Gallery, to be shown exclusively at the Frick from March 9 through May 30, 2010, includes signature works that seldom travel, many of which have not been on view in the United States in recent years, and, in some cases, never in New York City. Featured are Anthony Van Dyck’s Samson and Delilah, c. 1619–20; Nicolas Poussin’s Nurture of Jupiter, c. 1636–37; Rembrandt van Rijn’s Girl at a Window, 1645; Peter Lely’s Nymphs by a Fountain, c. 1650; Gerrit Dou’s Woman Playing a Clavichord, c. 1665; Bartolomé Esteban Murillo’s Flower Girl, c. 1665; Jean-Antoine Watteau’s Les Plaisirs du bal, c. 1717; Canaletto’s Old Walton Bridge, 1754; and Thomas Gainsborough’s Elizabeth and Mary Linley―The Linley Sisters, 1771–72. On view in the Oval Room and Garden Court, the exhibition is co-organized by Colin B. Bailey, Associate Director and Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator of The Frick Collection, and Xavier F. Salomon, Arturo and Holly Melosi Chief Curator at Dulwich Picture Gallery.

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Eli Klein Fine Art exhibits Two Solos ~ Zhang Gong and Zhao Bo

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Written by Kimberly de Los Angeles   
Saturday, 06 March 2010 01:58

Zhang Gong - 'Blue Helmets', 2009 - Acrylic on canvas - 31 1/2 x 47 1/4 inches (80 x 120 cm) -Courtesy of Eli Klein Fine Art, NY

NEW YORK, NY - Eli Klein Fine Art is proud to present Zhang Gong’s first solo exhibition in the United States. Zhang Gong’s work parodies instantly recognizable Western art, demonstrating the effect of Western popular culture on contemporary Chinese society.In his most recent works, Zhang Gong incorporates cartoon characters with scenes from modernist Western paintings and other popular images. Also Zhao Bo’s second solo exhibition in New York. Both exhibitions on view through 22 April, 2010.

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Christie's New York Announces Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts: The Collection

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Written by Barney Freehold   
Saturday, 06 March 2010 01:33

Elie Nadelman (1882-1946) - "Duck", executed in 1932-36. Marble, 11 14 x 13 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Estimate: $180,000-240,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010.

NEW YORK, NY.- This spring, Christie's will present "Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts: The Collection" as a highlight of its major sales of Impressionist and Modern Art, American Paintings, and 20th Century Decorative Arts. Featuring over 175 exceptional items from the collections of fine art dealer Bernard Goldberg’s New York gallery, highlights of the sales will include paintings, sculpture and works on paper by Jacques Lipchitz, Edward Steichen, Elie Nadelman, Marsden Hartley, and Guy Pène du Bois, among others, as well as 20th century decorative items by George Washington Maher, Gustav Stickley, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Samuel Yellin.

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Recent Still-Life Paintings by William Bailey at Betty Cuningham Gallery

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Written by Betty Cuningham   
Saturday, 06 March 2010 01:33

William Bailey - Giostra, 2009. - Oil on canvas, 50 x 60 inches, 127 x 152.4 cm. Photo: Courtesy Betty Cuningham Gallery.

NEW YORK, NY.- Betty Cuningham Gallery presents an exhibition of new work by William Bailey, including recent still-life and figure paintings as well as a selection of works on paper. This will be the artist’s third exhibition at the gallery; on exhibition through 27 march, 2010. Bailey is known particularly for his still-life paintings. Although unlike other still-life painters, Bailey composes his paintings on the canvas from his imagination, adjusting the light source and relative scale of each object as he paints.

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Ian Ingram Shows His Newest Body of Work at Barry Friedman Ltd

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Written by Philip Grumman   
Saturday, 06 March 2010 01:12

Ian Ingram (American, b. 1974) - "The Wedding Quilt", 2008 - Charcoal, pastel, beeswax and beads on paper, 60 x 44 inches. -  Photo: Courtesy Barry Friedman Ltd.

NEW YORK, NY.- Barry Friedman Ltd. presents, "Self Portraits: The New York Debut of Contemporary Artist Ian Ingram showcasing his newest body of work. Having made a self-portrait every year since he was 16, Ingram has spent the past 2 ½ years working solely on this highly anticipated series of large-scale self-portrait drawings. The exhibition will be accompanied by a full-color catalogue with feature essay by art critic, writer, and former art dealer, Garth Clark, and published by Barry Friedman Ltd.

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The Thames Tunnel Reopens After 145 Years Before it Closes Forever

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Written by Charles Witherspoon   
Saturday, 06 March 2010 00:53

"The Thames Tunnel" - 1830. Visitors to Rotherhithe have a last opportunity to experience one of the wonders of the Victorian age before it closes forever.

LONDON.- Thanks to funding from Renaissance London, visitors to Rotherhithe have a last opportunity to experience one of the wonders of the Victorian age before it closes forever. One of Marc and Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s engineering triumphs, contemporaries of the age called it the Eighth Wonder of the World. The Thames Tunnel has been closed to the public for 145 years and will now reopen as the impressive finale of London’s EAST Festival. To mark this incredible occasion and the Brunels’ remarkable feat, the Brunel Museum in Rotherhithe will host a recreation of a Fancy Fair, originally held in the bowels of the tunnel deep beneath the Thames in 1852.

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Rembrandt and Miró Prints Highlight Sotheby's March 2010 Prints Sale in London

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Written by Alex Costner   
Saturday, 06 March 2010 00:52

Rembrandt. "Faust" c. 1652-53. Etching with drypoint and burin. One of the artist’s most experimental plates (lot 52, est. £80,000-120,000. The iconography in Rembrandt’s treatment of this subject has inspired debate for over 300 years.

LONDON.- On Tuesday, 30 March, 2010 Sotheby’s London will offer a range of Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints. Printmaking has been at the heart of artistic production for over 500 years. The spring sale will present an exciting opportunity to acquire works by a group of important Old Master artists such as Rembrandt, Dürer and Goya. The sale also demonstrates the importance of the medium to later artists with examples by Modern and Contemporary printmakers, including Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Damien Hirst, and – following the success of a group in Sotheby’s sale of the Lord and Lady Attenborough Collection in November 2009 – two important works by Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson.

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Recent Paintings by Alex Katz on View at Timothy Taylor Gallery

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Written by Victoria Simmons   
Saturday, 06 March 2010 00:42

Alex Katz - Marina and Bettina, 2009 - Oil on linen, 60 x 149 in. - Courtesy of Timothy Taylor Gallery, London

LONDON.- Now in his 82nd year, Alex Katz is one of the most significant artists of his generation. His distinctive portraits and lyrical landscapes are noted for their pristine flat surface and economy of line, depicting scenes from modern life. Katz's minimal aesthetic was developed in the 1950s and was at the time, both an anticipation of Pop Art and a reaction to the prevalence of Abstract Expressionism. Katz has always been that intriguing thing: an artist's artist. His influence is widely felt: many of today's most successful contemporary artists from Peter Doig to Elizabeth Peyton acknowledge their debt to Katz.

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Zur Stockeregg Gallery Features Two Outstanding Swiss Photographers

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Written by Werner Unger   
Saturday, 06 March 2010 00:41

Daniel Schwartz - Temple of Poseidon, Sounion. Greece, 1979 Vintage gelatin silver print  - 19,8 x 19,8 cm ( 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. )

ZURICH.- In the exhibition entitled "Spaces", Zur Stockeregg Gallery features two outstanding Swiss photographers: Christian Vogt and Daniel Schwartz. The works of both artists are explored from an angle of spatiality - the term "space" being used in a broader sense, thus comprising both nature and interiors as well as adhering to spatial and temporal extension.  On exhibition 5 March through 19 May, 2010.

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Christie's New York to Offer Monumental Masterpiece by Yves Klein in May

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Written by Wendy Overmeyer   
Saturday, 06 March 2010 00:14

French artist Yves Klein's masterpiece 'ANT 93, Le Buffle' (The Buffalo), 1960-61, at Christie's auction house in London. The painting by the French artist is offered for the first time at auction in New York, on 11 May and is expected to fetch 10 million USD.  EPA/FELIPE TRUEBA.

NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s will offer a large-scale masterpiece by Yves Klein at the auction of Post-War and Contemporary Art in New York on the evening of 11 May 2010. ANT 93, Le Buffle (“The Buffalo”), 1960-61, is a monumental work from the artist’s celebrated Anthropométrie series that stands over 9 feet wide (70 x 110 3/8 in. / 177.8 x 280.4 cm.). Offered at auction for the first time, the work is expected to realise in the region of $10 million. The sale coincides with the first major American retrospective of the artist’s work for 30 years, Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers which will be held at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., from 20 May to 12 September 2010 and The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, from 23 October 2010 to 13 February 2011.

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Sumptuously Illustrated Medieval Manuscript on View at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Written by Vincent Cardinale   
Friday, 05 March 2010 03:22

The Procession of the Flagellants, Herman, Paul, and Jean de Limbourg (Franco-Netherlandish, active in France by 1399–1416), The Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry, ca. 1405–1408/9. Made in Paris. Ink tempera and gold leaf on vellum, Single leaf, overall 9–3/8 x 13–3/8 in. The Cloisters Collection, 54.1.1. Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

NEW YORK, NY.- One of the most beautiful manuscripts in the world is the lavishly illustrated medieval prayer book known as the Belles Heures (Beautiful Hours). It was created by the Limbourg Brothers—three of the greatest illuminators in Europe—for one of the most famous art patrons of all time, Jean de France, duc de Berry (1340–1416). The son, brother, and uncle to three successive kings of France, Jean de France commissioned luxury works in many media—from chalices to castles—without regard for cost, but is best remembered for his patronage of manuscripts. Herman, Paul, and Jean de Limbourg were in their teens when he selected them to create a sumptuous Book of Hours for his private prayers, and he allowed the young artists rare latitude in designing the work. On view through 13 June, 2010.

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