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Thomas Dane Gallery displays more than sixty works on paper by Michael Landy Thomas Dane Gallery displays more than sixty works on paper by Michael Landy

June 5, 2013 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions


LONDON.- It has been nearly twenty years since Michael Landy covered all the walls, top to bottom, of City Racing Gallery with small signs, symbols and figures, highly-stylised and personalised, boldly drawn in marker pen. The twenty-year anniversary of ‘Run For Your Life’, 1993, is an exciting pretext to stage a retrospective of works on paper by one of the truly original – and resolute – artists of his time. Landy is being celebrated at The National Gallery, London, with an exhibition, ‘Saints Alive’, the conclusion of his two-year... [Full Article]

First dedicated exhibition of Eduardo Chillida’s sculptures opens at Ordovas in London First dedicated exhibition of Eduardo Chillida’s sculptures opens at Ordovas in London

June 5, 2013 by   - Filed under Sculpture


LONDON.- Opening at Ordovas this summer, Chillida: From Iron to Light is the first dedicated exhibition of Chillida’s sculptures to take place in London for almost twenty years. Now regarded as one of the foremost pioneers of modern sculpture, Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002) produced an extraordinary body of work over a period of fifty years, establishing him among Spain’s most distinctive and internationally acclaimed artists. Organised in collaboration with the artist’s estate, Chillida: From Iron to Light will go on public display from 5 June until 27 July,... [Full Article]

Exhibition highlights Gary Hume’s innovative use of colour, line and surface Exhibition highlights Gary Hume’s innovative use of colour, line and surface

June 5, 2013 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions


LONDON.- Gary Hume (b1962) is a leading figure among the young artists who studied at London’s Goldsmiths College in the late 1980s. From 5 June this year, Tate Britain will present an exhibition highlighting Hume’s innovative use of colour, line and surface over the last twenty years. Featuring both iconic and less familiar paintings and sculpture, the show will also include new work and international loans that have not been seen in the UK before. The exhibition will run parallel to a survey of celebrated painter Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005), offering visitors... [Full Article]

First comprehensive retrospective of Linda McCartney’s work opens at Kunst Haus Wien First comprehensive retrospective of Linda McCartney’s work opens at Kunst Haus Wien

June 5, 2013 by   - Filed under Photography


VIENNA.- Kunst Haus Wien will be holding a retrospective devoted to the oeuvre of Linda McCartney, one of the most interesting photographers of the 20th century. The exhibition, which is the first comprehensive retrospective of McCartney’s works worldwide, presents a selection of her iconic photographs of sixties rock and roll, her family life and nature. It is being produced by KUNST HAUS WIEN in cooperation with Linda Enterprises Ltd. Linda McCartney, who was born Linda Eastman in 1941 in New York, had a passion for photography. Her fascination with music led... [Full Article]

“The Golden Cabinet”: Exhibition recalls the opulence of the lost Antwerp art cabinets “The Golden Cabinet”: Exhibition recalls the opulence of the lost Antwerp art cabinets

June 5, 2013 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions


ANTWERP.- Visitors to Antwerp’s Rockox House get an impression of the opulence of the 17th century town houses of the city. Top pieces from Antwerp’s Royal Museum of Fine Arts (KMSKA), currently closed for restoration, and the most important works from the Rockox House Museum transform this former burgomaster’s patrician residence into a luxurious art cabinet. Evocation During the 16th and 17th centuries, a number of the world’s most renowned art collections were in Antwerp, but sadly few remain intact today, having since been dispersed. Princess Mathilde... [Full Article]

Museum visitors to vote on which painting to keep Museum visitors to vote on which painting to keep

June 4, 2013 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions


ATHENS, GA.- The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will hosts the exhibition “Deaccessioning Bernard Smol” May 25 to July 7, 2013, in the Martha Thompson Dinos Gallery. The exhibition features five paintings by the French artist Bernard Smol (1897–1969) that are currently in the museum’s collection. Due to limited storage space and evolving collecting philosophy, the museum staff has decided to “deaccession,” or remove from its collection, all but one of the works. Visitors will be able to vote on which one they would like the museum... [Full Article]

Pioneer of the use of electric light in art Bill Culbert represents New Zealand at La Biennale Pioneer of the use of electric light in art Bill Culbert represents New Zealand at La Biennale

June 4, 2013 by   - Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions


VENICE.- Culbert shows site-specific works for the New Zealand Pavilion at the Istituto Santa Maria della Pietà (La Pietà). The lagoon-facing venue offers various exhibition spaces, including an outdoor courtyard and a spacious corridor where Vivaldi once taught violin. For the first time the main entrance is on the Riva degli Schiavoni. “Step into Bill Culbert’s Front Door Out Back and you enter a living space of an unusual kind, a sculptural meditation, played out through eight connected spaces, on shelter, habitation and dwelling,” says curator Justin Paton. “On... [Full Article]

Painter Peter Maier unveils new work at Youngstown’s Butler Art Museum Painter Peter Maier unveils new work at Youngstown’s Butler Art Museum

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YOUNGSTOWN, OH.- The Butler Institute of American Art, located in Youngstown, will exhibit a new monumental work by photorealist painter Peter Maier beginning June 5 and continuing throughout the summer or 2013. The painting is titled “Horse-Power (Ben)” —and is a 9 x 11.5 foot masterwork that has never before been seen by the public or exhibited in a museum or gallery. The portrait of the Budweiser Clydesdale, “Ben,” was painted with automotive paint (DuPont CROMAX-AT) on fabricated black aluminum panel, and was completed in 2011. The Butler will display... [Full Article]

China Communist mouthpiece condemns plague of ducks China Communist mouthpiece condemns plague of ducks

June 4, 2013 by   - Filed under Arts Policy


BEIJING (AFP).- The official mouthpiece of China’s ruling Communist Party condemned an outbreak of giant yellow ducks across the country Monday, after imitations of an artwork in Hong Kong landed in several cities. Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman’s 16.5 metre (54 foot) tall yellow inflatable has been a sensation in both Hong Kong and mainland China since it was installed in Victoria Harbour a month ago. Property developers in several cities, among them Hangzhou, Wuhan and Tianjin, have rushed to install similar, albeit smaller, yellow ducks to attract... [Full Article]

Museum-scale exhibition of nine new works by Bill Viola opens at Blain/Southern Museum-scale exhibition of nine new works by Bill Viola opens at Blain/Southern

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LONDON.- Blain|Southern presents Frustrated Actions and Futile Gestures, a museum-scale exhibition of nine new works by the internationally renowned video artist Bill Viola. Created between 2012 and 2013, both on location and in the artist’s studio in Southern California, the exhibition presents three distinct bodies of works; the Frustrated Actions, the Mirage and the Water Portraits series. Through these works, Viola engages with complex aspects of human experience, including mortality, transience and our persistent, yet ultimately futile attempts to truly and... [Full Article]

National Portrait Gallery unveils portrait of Julia Donaldson sitting in her props room National Portrait Gallery unveils portrait of Julia Donaldson sitting in her props room

June 4, 2013 by   - Filed under Museums & Galleries


LONDON.- A newly commissioned portrait of children’s writer Julia Donaldson has been unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery, London, with the support of BP, on her last day as Children’s Laureate, 3 June 2013. Revealing her ‘props cupboard’ at home, a small room next to the one in which she writes, the children’s author is shown sitting in the foreground of a large portrait, holding a note book and pencil and surrounded floor to ceiling by props from her books, including The Gruffalo, Room on The Broom and The Highway Rat. These are items which she uses... [Full Article]

Courtauld’s Picasso exhibition attracts record visitors Courtauld’s Picasso exhibition attracts record visitors

June 4, 2013 by   - Filed under Museums & Galleries


LONDON.- Becoming Picasso: Paris 1901, which closed 27 May 2013, attracted 137,438 visitors, the highest attendance figure ever achieved for a show at The Courtauld Gallery, London . The previous record was 97,236 for Toulouse-Lautrec and Jane Avril: Beyond the Moulin Rouge, on view from 16 June to 18 September 2011. Becoming Picasso told the remarkable story of Pablo Picasso’s breakthrough year as an artist – 1901. It was the year that the highly ambitious nineteen-year-old first launched his career in Paris at a debut summer exhibition with the influential... [Full Article]

Franklin’s lost expedition comes alive at Bonhams auction titled Northwest America & the Arctic Franklin’s lost expedition comes alive at Bonhams auction titled Northwest America & the Arctic

June 4, 2013 by   - Filed under Art Market


NEW YORK, NY.- Bonhams will feature the heralded Arctic Library of Dr William Priester in the auction titled Northwest America & the Arctic to be held June 25. The collection includes a treasure trove of material concerning the search for Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition – famed Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin set out to traverse the last unnavigated section of the Northwest Passage in 1845, but his ships became icebound in the Victoria Straight and Franklin and his crew of 128 men vanished. Pressed by Lady Franklin, in 1848 the Admiralty began an... [Full Article]

The Musée de l’Elysée welcomes over 30,000 items from René Burri’s collection The Musée de l’Elysée welcomes over 30,000 items from René Burri’s collection

June 4, 2013 by   - Filed under Museums & Galleries


LAUSANNE.- A huge trove of photographs taken over half a century by Switzerland’s Rene Burri, known for his iconic portrait of cigar-smoking revolutionary Che Guevara, is to be donated to a museum in his homeland, officials said Monday. The Lausanne-based Elysee Museum, a temple for photography buffs from around the globe, said it would become the long-term home for an estimated 30,000 of Burri’s works. “Rene Burri has been present wherever history plays out, and, with acumen, has borne witness to the defining moments of his time,” the museum... [Full Article]

Exhibition of new sculpture by Thomas Houseago opens at Gagosian Gallery in Rome Exhibition of new sculpture by Thomas Houseago opens at Gagosian Gallery in Rome

June 4, 2013 by   - Filed under Sculpture


ROME.- Gagosian Gallery presents “Roman Figures,” an exhibition of new sculpture by Thomas Houseago. Engaging in a continuous dialogue with the past, Houseago retraces the history of figurative sculpture through the conditions of his own time. Drawing upon mythology, African tribal art, cartoon imagery, Italian Mannerism, science fiction, and robots, he wrests new vitality from the classical figure. Houseago’s giants have iron rebar skeletons and are made from plaster, hemp, and wood. Rough from jigsaw cuts and incorporating drawn parts, these visceral... [Full Article]