Recent Posts Tagged With 'art'

• Old Masters, New Interest

  Posted on Tuesday July 7th, 2009 at 04:19 in art, fine art, visual arts, lucas cranach the elder, bond street, old master, george stubbs, anthony van dyck

  'Portrait of Baron de Robeck Riding a Bay Hunter' (1791), by George Stubbs; estimate: £2 million-£3 million.Old Masters, New Interest (Source Wallstreet Journal) Old master dealers and auctioneers have joined forces to launch Master Paintings Week ...

• PLOT is a new public art quadrennial, produced and presented by Creative Time.

  Posted on Tuesday June 30th, 2009 at 01:21 in art, science fiction, new york, visual arts, plot, mark wallinger, governors island, lawrence weiner, creative time, this world end nearer ones, public art quadrennial, krzysztof wodiczko

  Judi WertheinTo create La Tierra de los Libres, Judi Werthein chose to collaborate with itinerant agricultural workers from Colombia's Pacific Coast who were driven to inland cities by conflict surrounding the drug trade. To make a living in their ne...

• Foundry to Finish: The Making of a Bronze Sculpture

  Posted on Sunday June 28th, 2009 at 06:31 in art, sculpture, visual arts, foundry, getty center, bronze sculpture, foundries, adriaen de vries

  In a process still relatively unchanged from Adriaen de Vries' time, "Juggling Man" is replicated in the direct lost-wax method. A foundry worker scoops slag from molten bronze.Foundry to Finish: The Making of a Bronze Sculpture June 23 - July 11 201...

• MOMA presents James Ensor

  Posted on Sunday June 28th, 2009 at 06:11 in art, painting, shopping, New York City, visual arts, moma, museum of modern art, james ensor, musée d'orsay

  James Ensor (Belgian, 1860–1949), The Intrigue. 1890. Oil on canvas, 35 7/16 x 59 1/16" (90 x 150 cm) Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp © 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SABAM, Brussels.MOMA presents James Ensor June 28,...

• Employing Art Along With Ambassadors

  Posted on Saturday June 27th, 2009 at 12:31 in art, education, United States, directories, visual arts, art and design, new york times company, colleges and departments

  Sol Lewitt's Wall Drawing #1256: Five Pointed Stars was installed in Berlin in 2008. Photo: Werner HuthmacherArts / Art & DesignEmploying Art Along With AmbassadorsBy PATRICIA COHEN Published: June 27, 2009 (New York Times Pernmalink)Hundreds of ...

• Richard Long at Tate Britain

  Posted on Saturday June 27th, 2009 at 06:19 in art, London, scotland, middle ages, dartmoor, caspar david friedrich, richard long, tate britain, a line in scotland

  ‘A Line in Scotland’, a sculpture by Richard LongRichard Long at Tate Britain(Source Financial Times,Visual Arts) Landscape as a site for artistic pleasure began in the late Middle Ages, reached its apogee with the romantics – Constable, Turner...

• Futurism in Tate Modern

  Posted on Saturday June 27th, 2009 at 05:59 in art, tate modern, exhibition, futurism, giacomo balla, umberto boccioni, filippo tommaso marinetti, gino severini, unique forms of continuity in space

  Luigi RussoloThe Revolt 1911Collection: Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague © The Estate of Luigi RussoloFuturism in Tate ModernExhibition 12 June - 20 September 2009Tate Modern celebrates the centenary of this dramatic art movement with a ground-bre...

• Fewer lots and lower prices in London's sale rooms

  Posted on Monday June 15th, 2009 at 10:21 in art, London, new york, pablo picasso, christie, max ernst, sotheby, alexander calder

  Pablo Picasso's “Homme à l’épée” is part of Christie’s Impressionist/Modern Evening sale in London on June 23rd.Fewer lots and lower prices in London's sale roomshttp://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13849543(Source Th...

• Window Shoppers. Seasoned collectors spend carefully at Art Basel, the leading contemporary fair

  Posted on Sunday June 14th, 2009 at 04:10 in art, visual arts, andy warhol, eric stoltz, art basel, manchester international festival, louise bourgeois, doug aitken, anri sala

  Window ShoppersSeasoned collectors spend carefully at Art Basel, the leading contemporary fairhttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB124475192106507443.html(Source Wall Street Journal)BASEL -- This week art lovers from the around the world have descended on...

• Small World Crammed on Biennale’s Grand Stage

  Posted on Thursday June 11th, 2009 at 09:00 in art, contemporary art, events, galleries, visual arts, steve mcqueen, venice biennale, 53rd venice biennale

  The French billionaire François Pinault has transformed the old Customs House into a museum for his collection. Left, a painting by Cindy Sherman and a sculpture by Jeff Koons.Photo: Todd Heisler/The New York TimesSmall World Crammed on Biennale’s...

• Picasso Drawings Valued at $9.8 Million and $14 Million Stolen from Paris Museum

  Posted on Thursday June 11th, 2009 at 04:11 in art, paris, museum, sketchbook, spanish language, pablo picasso, theft, picasso museum

  Picasso Drawings Valued at $9.8 Million and $14 Million Stolen from Paris Museumhttp://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=31357PARIS.- (EFE) A sketchbook containing drawings by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso valued at between 7 million an...

• Art 40 Basel takes place June 10 – 14, 2009.

  Posted on Wednesday June 10th, 2009 at 13:54 in art, africa, galleries, switzerland, visual arts, basel, andy warhol, work of art

  The work 'Big Retrospective Painting' (1979), by Andy Warhol, is on view at Art Basel. Works of art by more than 2,500 artists are presented in what is the most important art fair in the world. Photo EFE/ Georgios Kefalas.Art 40 Basel takes place Jun...

• ING Art Management website

  Posted on Wednesday June 10th, 2009 at 05:39 in art, contemporary art, Mexico, Netherlands, amsterdam, belgium, museums, ing group, ing art management amsterdam, ing collection

  ING Art Management websiteThe international art collection of the ING Group, consists of national collections world wide. From the description of the origins and development of the different collections, one seeks how the various collections complete...

• CAN ART BE TAUGHT TO THE FACEBOOK GENERATION?

  Posted on Wednesday June 10th, 2009 at 05:23 in art, London, saatchi gallery, alain de botton, turner prize, antony gormley, intelligence squared, grayson perry, kids company, the facebook generation, camila batmanghelidjh

  CAN ART BE TAUGHT TO THE FACEBOOK GENERATION?The Saatchi Gallery / Sunday Telegraph Art Prize for Schools debate, presented by Intelligence SquaredJuly1, 2009Speakers:Camila Batmanghelidjh Advocate for vulnerable children and founder of two children'...

• Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2009

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 04:58 in art, painting, bbc, royal academy summer exhibition, royal academy, will alsop, eileen cooper, summer exhibition

  Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 20098 June—16 August 2009Now in its 241st year, the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition 2009 continues the tradition of displaying a wide range of new work by both established and unknown artists in all media i...

• Venice Biennale Opens Showing Works by Over 90 Artists from all Over the World

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 04:34 in art, new york, visual arts, venice, arsenale, venice biennale, giardini, daniel birnbaum, performance installation, ragnar kjartansson, center for icelandic art

  Ragnar Kjartansson, The End, 2009. Performance installation. Commissioned by the Center for Icelandic Art. Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York and i8 Gallery, Reykjavik. Photo: Rafael PinhoVenice Biennale Opens Showing Works by Over 9...

• Art Market Insight [May 2009]

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 04:06 in art, New York City, david hockney, andy warhol, christie, art prices, roy lichtenstein, sotheby, jeff koons, artprice, artmarketinsight

  Art Market Insight [May 2009](Source ArtPrice)Press Release Copyright@Artprice.comMixed results in New York [May 09]At the end of the first quarter of 2009, the global art market price index showed a 10% contraction. But in New York City, host to so...

• Schoeni Gallery in Hong Kong plans online archive for website

  Posted on Sunday June 7th, 2009 at 07:16 in art, contemporary art, china, asia, hong kong, arts and entertainment, chinese art, cultural revolution, zhang lin hai

  Schoeni Gallery in Hong Kong plans online archive for website (Source Artradar Asia)Head of Schoeni gallery Nicole Schoeni told Art Radar that as part of the revamp of the website, there are plans to digitise their artist literature to form an on-lin...

• ABSTRACT AMERICA: NEW PAINTING AND SCULPTURE at Saatchi Gallery, London

  Posted on Sunday June 7th, 2009 at 04:21 in art, United States, London, galleries, visual arts, saatchi gallery, duke of york, abstract america

  Aaron Young, Greeting Card 10a, 2007. Stained plywood, acrylic, burnt rubber, 6 panels: 4 x 8 ft each. Overall: 12 x 16 ft. Courtesy of the Saatchi Gallery, London ©Aaron Young, 2009. ABSTRACT AMERICA: NEW PAINTING AND SCULPTURE at Saatchi Gallery, ...

• Fiona Tan's Disorient to Represent the Dutch Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia

  Posted on Sunday June 7th, 2009 at 03:49 in art, indonesia, London, New York City, Germany, Netherlands, amsterdam, venice, venice biennale, rijksmuseum, fiona tan, disorient

  Fiona Tan, Disorient, 2009. HD installation, colour, 5:1 surround, 2 HD-cam safety masters, 2 HD projectors, 2 computers, surround amplifier, surround speakers, edition of 4 © Fiona Tan, courtesy the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London.Fiona Tan...

• Opening Punta Della Dogma

  Posted on Sunday June 7th, 2009 at 03:29 in art, takashi murakami, cy twombly, tadao ando, françois pinault, punta della dogana, palazzo grassi, jeff koons, kai althoff

  Paul McCarty, Train, Pig, Island, 2007. Schiuma, poliuretanica, tecnica mista / Foam, mixed media / Mousse, polyuréthane, techniques mixtes, 266 x 558 x 124 cm © Palazzo Grassi SpA. Foto: ORCH, orsenigo_chemollo.Opening Punta Della DogmaOn June 6th...

• 'KRO Reporter': het Noortman imperium

  Posted on Sunday June 7th, 2009 at 00:08 in art, travel and tourism, Netherlands, belgium, Attractions, maastricht, art loss register, kunsthandel, tefaf, robert noortman, kro reporter

  'KRO Reporter': het Noortman imperiumRobert Noortman, de in 2007 overleden kunsthandelaar, was politieinformant, lid van een bende brandkastkrakers en is meermalen veroordeeld voor mishandeling.Het tv-programma sprak oud-politiemensen die onderzoek d...

• Abu Dhabi Gets a Sampler of World Art

  Posted on Friday June 5th, 2009 at 02:47 in art, Middle East, Government, foreign, abu dhabi, united arab emirates, embassies and consulates, louvre abu dhabi

  Arts / Art & Design New York Times PermalinkAbu Dhabi Gets a Sampler of World ArtBy CAROL VOGEL Published: May 27, 2009The public on Tuesday got its first peek at some of the art that will fill the Louvre Abu Dhabi. Blog Kunstjaar 2009 Art Inter...

• From Memory to Canvas, Lost Way of Life in Poland

  Posted on Friday May 8th, 2009 at 02:51 in art, history, art review, scenes of life, mayer kirshenblatt, in between-the-wars, holocaust memories, mayer july

  Art ReviewFrom Memory to Canvas, Lost Way of Life in Poland (New York Times Permalink)By ROBERTA SMITH Published: May 8, 2009Mayer Kirshenblatt’s works at the Jewish Museum depict scenes of life in between-the-wars Poland with a charming combinatio...

• Salvador Dalí: Liquid Desire is the first comprehensive retrospective of the work of Salvador Dalí ever to be staged in Australia in the NGV

  Posted on Thursday March 12th, 2009 at 14:44 in art, australia, salvador dalí, ngv, national gallery of victoria, surrealism exhibition, liquid desire

  Salvador Dali, Spanish 1904–89, worked in United States 1940–48, Daddy Longlegs of the evening – Hope! 1940, oil on canvas 40.6 x 50.8 cm. The Salvador Dalí MuseumSalvador Dalí: Liquid Desire is the first comprehensive retrospective of the wo...

• Zhang Xiaogang Is China’s Most-Valuable Artist

  Posted on Saturday February 28th, 2009 at 01:03 in art, china, saatchi gallery, zhang xiaogang, a big family, valuable artists

  Zhang Xiaogang A Big Family,1995, Oil on canvas, 179 x 229 cmZhang Xiaogang(Source Saatchi Gallery) http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/zhang_xiaogang.htmInspired by family photos from the Cultural Revolution period, as well as the European trad...

• The Boom Is Over. Long Live the Art!

  Posted on Tuesday February 24th, 2009 at 05:38 in art, creativity, the arts, boom, the art market, recession. art market bubble, changing art climate

  Damien Hirst’s “Golden Calf” sold for $18.6 million last year, but the art climate has changed.Arts / Art & DesignThe Boom Is Over. Long Live the Art! (New York Times Permalink)By HOLLAND COTTER Published: February 15, 2009Memories of reces...

• Venice creates a Renaissance garden

  Posted on Monday February 16th, 2009 at 13:20 in art, travel, italy, lifestyle, tourism, venice, history., venetië, carnival. renaissance garden

  Venice creates a Renaissance garden(00:38) Rough Cut Reuters VideoFeb 15 - Venice turned its centrepiece St Mark's Square into a Renaissance garden on Sunday (February 15) for this year's carnival.The ten days of carnival will try to recreate the opu...

• Het nieuwe Scheringa Museum voor Realisme in Opmeer

  Posted on Saturday February 14th, 2009 at 10:17 in art, kunst, opmeer, realisme, het nieuwe scheringa museum, realistische kunst, dirk scheringa

  Het nieuwe Scheringa Museum zal in januari 2010 worden geopend. In de Noord-Hololandse polder wordt het nieuwe Scheringa Museum gebouwd. Het museum, dat een verzameling realistische kunst omvat, wordt gebouwd in het Noord-Hollandse plaatsje Opmeer. D...

• Possible scam from a guy who calls himself Craig Hill about Toulouse 2009 Contemporary art

  Posted on Wednesday February 4th, 2009 at 08:42 in art, kunst, art scams, craig hill, spam-boycot, toulouse 2009 contemporary art

  Possible scam from a guy named Craig Hill about Toulouse 2009 Contemporary art.We received this mail today, it raised our suspicions. We checked in Google and found some posts on the WetCanvas Forum see this thread: http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/sh...