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Museo del Prado Presents a Comprehensive Survey of the Work of Jean Siméon Chardin
Spain's Crown Prince Felipe smiles as he examines "Soap Bubbles" by French painter Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin during the inauguration of an exhibition at the Prado museum in Madrid, February 28, 2011. The Prado's Chardin exhibition, the first ever in Spain dedicated to the French painter, will be open from March 1 to May 29, 2011. REUTERS/Sergio Perez.
MADRID.- The Museo del Prado presents the exhibition Chardin, a comprehensive survey of the work of Jean Siméon Chardin (1699-1779). Chardin is one of the leading names in 18th-century French painting but has never been the subject of an exhibition in Spain, which only houses three of his paintings, all in the Museo Thyssen. After being shown at the Palazzo dei Diamante in Ferrara, the exhibition is presented in Madrid thanks to the sponsorship of Fundación AXA. It comprises 57 paintings by this great master of the still life and of genre painting, including some works not shown in the version of the exhibition seen in Italy. The exhibition is on view from March 1 to May 28, 2011. Since the exhibitions on Chardin organized in conjunction with the bicentenary of his death and the tercentenary of his birth, in 1979 and 1999 respectively, there have been no further r ... More
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BOSTON.- Rhona MacBeth, Head of Paintings Conservation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, cleans Mevr. Johannes Elison, 1634, by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn in Boston, Massachusetts February 28, 2011. Behind MacBeth is Rembrandts painting Reverend Johannes Elison, also being cleaned. REUTERS/Brian Snyder.
Special Exhibition on 20 Years of Science, Media and Mysteries Surrounding the Iceman in BozenA person uses an interactive screen displaying of the mummified body of Oetzi at the exhibition '20 years of Oetzi'. EPA/ROBERT PARIGGER.BOZEN.- On 19 September 2011 the Iceman celebrates 20 years of his second life. People all over the world watched on in amazement two decades ago as the intact body of a man from the Copper Age, along with his clothing and equipment, was recovered from a glacier in the Ötztal Alps where it had been preserved for 5,300 years. Long after his death, Ötzi, Iceman, now holds humans in his spell with ever more insights into his life and death. Over three million people have so far visited Ötzi in the museum, while numerous scientists have examined him. The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bozen is thus this year dedicating the special exhibition "Ötzi20 - Life. Science. Fiction. Reality" to Ötzi. The exhibition runs from 1 March 2011 until 15 January 2012. The special exhibition occupies 1,200 m², the entire exhibition area of the museum building: four floors, each devoted to one of the topics life, science, fiction and ... More

Libya's Roman Sites Unscathed During the Popular Unrest Against Leader Muammar GaddafiFilephoto of a Roma terracotta figurine that was part of archeological items returned to Libya from abroad on display at the museum in Tripoli. EPA/SABRI ELMHEDWI.

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian RABAT (REUTERS).- Libyans appear determined to safeguard their rich cultural heritage during the popular unrest against leader Muammar Gaddafi, protecting it from the looting seen in neighboring Egypt's revolution just weeks ago. Conquered by most of the civilizations that held sway over the Mediterranean, Libya's rich cultural heritage includes Leptis Magna, a prominent coastal city of the Roman empire, whose ruins are some 130 km (80 miles) east of Tripoli. The birthplace of emperor Septimius Severus, its amphitheatre, marbled baths, colonnaded streets and a basilica are considered the jewel in the crown of its Roman legacy. While communication with Libya difficult sketchy amid the uprising against Gaddafi's four decade rule, two archaeologists who frequently work in the country said cultural ... More

Sotheby's Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results; Full Year Revenues Increase 60%A vase entitled "Falangcai Vase With Golden Pheasants and a Poetic Colophon" from Chinese Qing Dynasty period is displayed at Sotheby's. AP Photo/Kin Cheung.NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby's today announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. 2010 brought the best financial results for Sotheby's in its 267-year history, apart from 2007. Consolidated Sales* were $2.0 billion in the fourth quarter and $4.8 billion in the year, an increase of 57% and 74%, respectively. For the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2010, total revenues were $318.0 million and $774.3 million, respectively, an increase of 46% and 60%, when compared to the same periods in the prior year. This is almost entirely due to an increase in auction commission revenues stemming from strong sales around the world during the periods. In 2010, there was a 105% increase in the number of works sold over $1 million, the point at which the buyer's premium rate decreases from 20% to 12%. As a result, offsetting the increase in auction commission revenues is a decline in auction co ... More

Acclaimed Private Collection of 17th-Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings at Peabody Essex MuseumBarber, Surgeon Tending a Peasants Foot.SALEM, MA.- One of the world's best private collections of 17th-century Dutch and Flemish paintings, including masterworks by Rembrandt, Frans Hals, Gerrit Dou, Jan Steen and others, were unveiled this winter at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts. Golden: Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection presents paintings, furniture and decorative arts exceptional for their quality, superb condition and impeccable provenance. As exemplars of the Dutch Golden Age, the works are distinguished not only for the glowing quality of light achieved by the most talented artists of the time, but also for their place in an unsurpassed period of artistic, cultural, scientific, and commercial accomplishment in the Netherlands. The Van Otterloo collection is on view for the first time in its entirety when the exhibition opened at PEM on February 26, 2011. "We are honored to present the Van O ... More

Art Gallery Marks Vancouver's 125th Year with Innovative and Diverse ExhibitionHughes Condon Marler Architects and SFU Community Trust, UniverCity Childcare Centre, installation view in WE: Vancouver -- 12 Manifestos for the City, 2011.Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery.VANCOUVER.- The Vancouver Art Gallery celebrates the innovation and diversity found in the city of Vancouver with WE: Vancouver – 12 Manifestos for the City. Bringing together more than 45 projects from various disciplines --- architecture and design, art and visual culture, literature and activism --- the exhibition examines the extraordinary range of ideas and actions that shape Vancouver. As the City of Vancouver marks its 125th birthday in 2011, WE: Vancouver offers an opportunity to scrutinize the life of the city itself, to observe its continual transformation and to acknowledge some of the people and projects leading the change. All of the projects presented are produced in Vancouver and reflect uniquely on the city. Organized around a framework of 12 'manifestos' – DEMONSTRATE, SEE ... More

David Hockney's Bigger Trees Near Warter Shown Outside of London for the First TimeDavid Hockney poses with Bigger Trees Near Warter or/ou Peinture Sur Le Motif Pour Le Nouvel Age Post-Photograpique 2007. Photo: Gareth Buddo. LONDON.- The largest painting David Hockney has ever created is shown in the York Art Gallery through June 12 2011 , for the first time outside London. Bigger Trees Near Warter or/ou Peinture Sur Le Motif Pour Le Nouvel Age Post-Photograpique 2007, measuring 12m by 4.5m, is made up of 50 smaller canvasses of a landscape near the East Yorkshire village of Warter. Its arrival in York marks the start of Art in Yorkshire - supported by Tate, a year long celebration of the visual arts in 19 galleries throughout Yorkshire. Works from Tate's Collection of historic, modern and contemporary art is showcased through a compelling programme of exhibitions and events. Nick Serota, Director, Tate, said: "It is wholly appropriate that Hockney's remarkable work Bigger Trees Near Warter should be shown for the first time outside of London at York Art Gallery ... More
Kunsthaus Zürich Shows 'The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to TodayBruce Nauman, Waxing Hot, from the portfolio 'Eleven Color Photographs',1966-67/70. Inkjet print (originally chromogenic color print), 50.6 x 50.6 cm. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Gerald S. Elliott Collection © 2010 ProLitteris, Zurich.ZURICH.- From 25 February to 15 May 2011, the Kunsthaus Zürich is hosting 'The Original Copy', which assembles more than 300 photographs from the dawn of modernism to the present. By over 100 leading photographers and path breaking sculptors, the works demonstrate the way photography has influenced the concept of sculpture and given it a new and creative definition. The show comes to the Kunsthaus Zürich from The Museum of Modern Art and will make no further stops. 'The Original Copy' is the first survey exhibition to focus on the role of photography in the evolution of sculpture and offers visitors a critical examination of the aesthetic and theoretical intersections of these two very different media. Sculpture is among the first subjects of photography. With their use of experimental detailing, selective focus, variable optics, extreme close-up and strat ... More

Carnegie Museum of Art Unveils the Visionary and Rarely Seen Art by Andrey AvinoffAndrey Avinoff, Iridescence, 1925/1947. Graphite, pen and ink, and watercolor on paper mounted on artist's board. H: 13 15/16 in. x W: 9 7/8 in. Bequest of Howard A. Noble by exchange and Marget M. Vance Fund, 2008.81PITTSBURGH, PA.- Carnegie Museum of Art presents an exhibition that unveils the visionary and rarely seen art of the brilliant and multitalented Andrey Avinoff (1884–1949). The exhibition, on view from February 26–July 24, 2011, features more than 50 works of art by the entomologist and former director of Carnegie Museum of Natural History (1926-1945), including many of his watercolors, most of which have rarely been seen. Louise Lippincott, curator of fine arts at Carnegie Museum of Art, conducted years of intense research to organize the exhibition, which tells Avinoff's story in full for the first time. "Andrey Avinoff emerges as an important historical figure. He was a gay Russian artist who made it in the very straight world of American science and education, and an autocratic European traditionalist who helped create the modern, anything-goes ... More

New Hampshire's Plymouth State University Plans Museum of the White MountainsEdward Hill, Horseback Rider at Echo Lake. Oil on canvas, 1879. Private Collection. Photo: John Hession.

By: Holly Ramer, Associated PressPLYMOUTH, NH (AP).- A hydrologist and a historian may seem like odd choices to co-author an art exhibition catalog, but it makes perfect sense at Plymouth State University. Professors Mark Green and Marcia Schmidt Blaine researched and wrote the explanatory text for "As Time Passes Over the Land," a collection of 29 paintings of New Hampshire's White Mountains on temporary display at the university's Karl Drerup Art Gallery. Their collaboration reflects the university's approach to not just the exhibit but to the Museum of the White Mountains it plans to open next year. "It's going to be completely transdisciplinary," said Catherine Amidon, director of the gallery and interim director of the planned museum. "Ecology, history, tourism. It's not an art museum; it's not a natural history museum; it's not a science a museum. It's comprehensive, and it's all about the region." When Amidon walks through the modest exhibit featuring the work ... More
Turner Prize Winner Susan Philipsz Opens Exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary ArtSusan Philipsz. Photographer, Taavetti Alin. Courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York.CHICAGO, IL.- Susan Philipsz, recent winner of the prestigious 2010 Turner Prize, presents a newly commissioned sound installation, We Shall Be All, along with The Internationale at an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, from February 26 to June 5, 2011. Philipsz's performative sound works echo the history, literature, and music of their sites. For her exhibition, strategically placed audio speakers project her voice singing The Internationale (1999) in the atrium, and We Shall Be All in the fourth-floor galleries. For her a cappella recordings, Philipsz deliberately selects particular pieces of music to reinterpret vocally and then separates the multiple audio tracks so that the "viewers" experience different voices as they move through a space. Philipsz said about her work We Shall Be All at the MCA Chicago, "Against the backdrop of the modernist architecture of the city, I see the voice as a ... More

Unique Set of Chinese Emperor's Erotic Ivory Screens to Sell at BonhamsThe quality and size of these carvings are comparable to a set of 12 similar leaves in the Qing court collection at the Palace Museum, Beijing. Estimate: £800,000 to £1.2 M. Photo: Bonhams.LONDON.- A unique set of Chinese erotic ivory panels mounted in zitan wood screens, possibly from the court of the Qianlong Emperor, is estimated to sell at Bonhams next fine Chinese Art Sale in London on May 12th for an estimated £800,000 to £1.2 m. The exquisite 18th-century ivory scenes show couples enjoying amorous embraces in a variety of leafy palace gardens. These superb panels of Oriental erotica are the latest discovery that will doubtless attract competition from Chinese bidders keen to buy back their heritage. The reliefs are mounted on eight leaves made of the precious zitan wood, a prized, slow-growing timber whose use in China was controlled by the palace workshops. The 12-inch-high panels are hinged like books, allowing the carvings to be viewed at the discretion of the owner. Asaph Hyman, a senior specialist in Bonhams Chinese Department, says ... More

Fotomuseum Winterthur Presents Retrospective of One of the Founders of PhotojournalismAndré Kertész, Place de la Concorde, Paris, 1928. Gelatin-silver print, printed in the 1970s, 25,2 x 20,3 cm. Collection of Robert Gurbo.WINTERTHUR.- André Kertész is possibly the most photographic of all photographers: he sought out the play of light and shadow; he liked the concentration and overlapping of forms, of moments; and in the everyday, in banality, he recognized poetry, beauty, and even, for all his innate modesty, the "sublime." Kertész is a photographic poet and seer, for whom it was long difficult to break into the market precisely because of his rich, chiseled iconography. André Kertész (Budapest 1894–1985 New York) supported Brassaï, inspired Henri Cartier-Bresson, is considered one of the founders of photojournalism, and introduced stylistic elements into photography that can still be found in works by contemporary photographers. At heart, he was a photographer and artist in equal measure, poetic, probing, vital, independent in thought and actions. In a word, he was a master of photography, whose long period of ... More
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Original Artwork from Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones for Auction at BonhamsNEW YORK, N.Y.- Bonhams are to hold an auction entirely devoted to some of the most iconic images in rock. Original Rock 'n' Roll artwork including album covers, posters and cartoons associated with musicians such as The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, The Police, The Clash, Richard Hell, The Ramones, Led Zeppelin, Ozzie Osbourne, The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Jefferson Airplane, Journey, U2, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd and the Sex Pistols will all be included in this exciting new sale. The auction will take place on Thursday 10th March 2011 at Bonhams, Madison Avenue, New York. The comprehensive sale includes three decades of paintings, drawings, sketches and studies, printing plates and poster sets, by some of the most influential artists in Rock 'n' Roll Art will be offered, including Rick Griffin, Stanley Mouse, Jamie Reid, Alton Kelly and Randy Tuten. New York, West C ... More
Luigi Presicce Wins Centre for Contemporary Culture Strozzina's 2011 Emerging Talents AwardFLORENCE.- Emerging Talents is a biennial project promoted by the Centre for Contemporary Culture Strozzina (CCCS), Florence , comprising an exhibition and prize which aims to identify and foster the younger generation of Italian artists, aged between 25 and 35 years. At the same time, it is an opportunity for the public to engage with Italian contemporary art. The selected artists are considered to be some of the most talented young Italians whose work has been exhibited or has aroused the interest of galleries but not yet won the kind of recognition needed to attract the attention of a wider public. The prize is a monographic publication devoted to the oeuvre of the winner, to be published by Silvana Editoriale. On 18 February, the international jury, comprising Achim Borchardt-Hume (Whitechapel Gallery, London ), Barbara Gordon (Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC ), and Adam Szymczyk (Kunsthalle Basel) ... More
Allen Jones' Poster Design for 1972 Munch Olympic Games to Sell at BonhamsLONDON.- The original preparatory painting for the acclaimed British painter, sculptor and printmaker Allen Jones' poster for the ill-fated 1972 Munich Olympics is to be sold at Bonhams, Knightsbridge, as part of the Vision 21 sale on 16 March 2011. It has attracted a pre-sale estimate of £7,000 – 9,000. Jones was one of 35 leading contemporary artists commissioned to design a poster to promote the 1972 Olympic Games in 1970. In the same year, Jones, who is better known for his 'human and highly-sexualised furniture', was approached by film director, Stanley Kubrick, to design a set for his new film, A Clockwork Orange. Jones refused the offer as there was no fee involved. This Olympic poster exhibits Allen's Pop Art influences and echoes the tangled bodies he used in paintings such as 1963's Hermaphrodite. ... More
Adelita Husni-Bey and Elisa Strinna Announced as Winners of 6artista 2011ROME.- The Fondazione Pastificio Cerere of Rome announce that Adelita Husni-Bey ( Milan , 1985) and Elisa Strinna ( Padua , 1982) are the winners of 6artista 2011, the residency program directed toward young talented artists (under 30) living in Italy . The project is promoted by the Associazione Civita and the Fondazione Pastificio Cerere thanks to the contribution of Allianz, in collaboration with the MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome and Incontri Internazionali d'Arte. The two young winners will have the opportunity to spend six months in residence at the Fondazione Pastificio Cerere in Rome and three months in residence at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris . By the end of 2011, at the conclusion of the nine months of residency, MACRO will present the works that were produced by the artists during the period of residence at Pastificio Cerere. M ... More
Museu da Electricidade in Lisbon Opens Exhibition of Manuel Baptista's WorkBy: João Pinharanda
LISBON.- The present exhibition is a rare historical opportunity: it reveals to us unknown parts of the artist's work (projects created from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, but never built until now). A concentration on painting, as well as a number of equally important issues connected with the art market (or its lack...), have conditioned the public evolution of Manuel Baptista's work. In spite of not being the ones through which the artist created his image, the pieces now displayed share their subjects and forms with many of the drawings and paintings he would exhibit over the past decades: their key elements are bushes and trees, windows with landscapes, formal patterns based on elements drawn from nature, monochromatic paintings and shaped canvases, objects that become abstract ... More
Taxter & Spengemann Opens Exhibition by Daniel Lefcourt "Prepared Ground"NEW YORK, NY.- The intimate monochrome paintings in Daniel Lefcourt's exhibition Prepared Ground return to the subject of painting itself, yet here painting is never fully itself. On the one hand, the works are positivistic, presenting only brute materials and evidence of their manipulation. Impressions and textures function as proof of past operations, inviting us to reconstruct those operations in the present. Scraps of wood, water, cloth, paper, dirt, and other materials appear to have left indexical impressions on the surface of the painting. The works are not abstract, for as with artists who observe a strict adherence to procedure (Ryman, Barré) the concern is always to present the real - without illusion, and without editorializing. Yet, in Lefcourt's work the real manifests itself in unexpected, often counter-intuitive ways. In these paintings the traces, marks, and impressions, are not always what they seem. In fact, many of the ... More
EB&Flow: A New Gallery to Launch in Shoreditch in AprilLONDON.- This spring a dynamic new gallery is set to arrive on the Shoreditch art scene. Founded by Margherita Berloni and Nathan Engelbrecht, EB&Flow will showcase contemporary art across two floors of a converted industrial building, a former print works, on Leonard Street in East London. At the core of EB&Flow's ethos is the aim to build long term relationships with artists from a formative stage in their career and as their practice develops. The gallery will increase access to the visual arts by running an education programme on collecting, curatorial practice, and artist professional development, as well as artists talks and guest curated projects. "Our aim in setting up the gallery is simple: to provide the ideal platform to discover our generation of emerging contemporary artists." Nathan Engelbrecht and Margherita Berloni The opening show, Since Tomorrow, which has been curated by Attilia Fattori ... More
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Garry Winogrand: Women are Beautiful at Foundation Foto Colectania in Barcelona
A visitor looks at pictures by US photographer Garry Winogrand during the opening of an exhibition, entitled Garry Winogrand. Women Are Beautiful, at the Foundation Foto Colectania in Barcelona. The exhibition presenting 85 photographs from a series on women and their social transformation between the 1960s and 1970s runs until 04 June. EPA/ALBERTO ESTEVEZ.
BARCELONA.- Foundation Foto Colectania presents for the first time in Barcelona the famous series Women Are Beautiful by Garry Winogrand. Garry Winogrand is considered one of the greatest innovators of photography of the twentieth-century in America. He knew like no other how to capture the social transformation of females in the 60's and 70's through his portraits of women who stand as an allegory of women's emancipation and their new role in society. The Foundation Foto Colectania presents its serie Women Are Beautiful, including f 85 photographs taken between 1960 and 1975 and collected in the book with the same title by the legendary director of photography at the MoMA, John Szarkowski. The exhibition from the collection of Lola Garrido, is part of the programming line of the foundation which is dedicated to authors who changed the course of the history of photography. The exhibition can be seen in Barcelona until Jun ... More
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WEIMAR.- A persone looks at works by Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669) presented at the Schiller Museum in Weimar, Germany. The exhibition entitled Rembrandt - Masterpieces of the Graphic Collection is presented by the Classic Foundation Weimar from 25 February until 08 May 2011 and has 71 artworks on display. EPA/MARTIN SCHUTT.
"Gauguin Maker of Myth" Sheds New Light on Artist and Career at National Gallery of ArtPaul Gauguin, "Teha 'amana has Many Parents", 1893. Oil on canvas. Art Institute of Chicago, USA. ©Art Institute of Chicago, USA. WASHINGTON, DC.- Paul Gauguin's (1848–1903) sumptuous, colorful images of Brittany and the islands of the South Seas, some of the most beloved in modern art, are among 100 works by the artist in the first major exhibition of his career in the United States in some 20 years. On view from February 27 through June 5, 2011, at the National Gallery of Art, Washington—the sole U.S. venue—the exhibition Gauguin: Maker of Myth, along with its accompanying catalogue, examines the role that myth-making played in Gauguin's art, shedding new light on his life and career. The exhibition reflects the remarkable breadth of Gauguin's work with examples from every period (c. 1880–1903), medium (painting, watercolor, pastel, drawing, and prints, ceramic and wooden sculpture, and decorated functional objects), and genre (portraiture, still life, and landscape). "Gauguin's use of stories and myth throughout his career continues to ... More

A Selection of Important Works from the Van Abbemuseum Invite Visitors to Play RolesGeorg Baselitz, Kriechender Weiblicher Akt-Nr.2, 1977 (detail). Photo: Peter Cox.EINDHOVEN.- On Saturday 26th February, Play Van Abbe Part 4: The Pilgrim, the Tourist, the Flaneur (and the Worker) opened in the Van Abbemuseum. The exhibition presents a selection of important works from the museum's collection together with several special guest artists. In this last part of Play Van Abbe, visitors are invited to play a role whilst visiting the museum; the roles are the pilgrim, the tourist, the flaneur and the worker. The pilgrim is focused on the object of art; the tourist on stories; the flaneur on time and the overall museum experience. Finally, the workers are the roles that seek an active confrontation with art and produces new ideas for themselves and others. Visitors are invited to change roles during their visit and experience how artworks appear different according to the way how they are judged. By offering these classical roles, the museum seeks to focus directly on the visitors themse ... More

Gagosian Gallery Presents an Exhibition by Gus Van Sant and James FrancoGus Van Sant, Untitled. 2010. Watercolor on paper, 62 x 51 3/4 in. © Gus Van Sant. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Photography by Josh White Studio.BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- "Unfinished" features two films, Endless Idaho and My Own Private River, which are collaborations between Van Sant and Franco. After casting Franco in the award-winning film Milk (2008), Van Sant showed him the dailies and other footage that he had shot many years before for My Own Private Idaho (1991), which starred River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves as street hustlers in Portland, Oregon. Much of this material did not make it into the final cut, and so Franco decided to fashion it into two new films, riffing off the original title. For Endless Idaho, Franco edited outtakes, deleted scenes, alternate takes, and behind-the-scenes footage from My Own Private Idaho into a 12-hour film. Endless Idaho provides an unprecedented look into the workaday process of making a movie, from location scouting to repeated takes. Like many of the films of Andy Warhol, a major influence on Van Sant's own auteur style, it is a provocative, often ... More

The FLAG Art Foundation Presents "Josephine Meckseper" and "Gerhard Richter, Sinbad"Gerhard Richter, Sinbad, 2008 (detail). 98 paintings, each 11 13/16 x 19 11/16 in. Enamel on back of glass. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York and The Flag Art Foundation.NEW YORK, NY.- The FLAG Art Foundation presents two exhibitions: an exhibition of new works by Josephine Meckseper on FLAG's 9th floor space, and Sinbad, an exhibition of 98 paintings by Gerhard Richter, on the 10th floor. The exhibitions runs through May 26, 2011. Josephine Meckseper employs window displays, vitrines, installations, photographs, films and magazines to draw a direct correlation to the way consumer culture defines subjectivity and sublimates the key instruments of individual political agency. Meckseper presents new works focusing on retail environments and modernist concepts. Industrial reflective slatwalls, a staple of bargain store design, mirror the car dealerships of 11th Avenue. Chromed wheels, car headlights and logos flash across the videos, sculptures and cellophane-wrapped ... More

Pair of 18th Century Lady's Shoes, Owned by Department Store Mogul, to Sell at BonhamsA pair of lady's shoes English, mid-17th Century. Photo: Bonhams.LONDON.- A pair of embroidered lady's shoes, dating back to 1740, is to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of its Fine English Furniture Sale on 2 March 2011. The shoes are part of a remarkable collection of early English needlework comprising 63 pieces with estimates totalling £210,000 – 315,000, which was owned by the former Chairman of Debenhams and Harvey Nichols, Sir Frederick Richmond (1873-1953). Made from embroidered yellow silk worked in chain stitch, depicting carnations, tulips and other flowers, and with a broad silk lined tongue and a pointed toe, the shoes have attracted a pre-sale estimate of £1,000 – 2,000. Sir Frederick, who, in his role as Chairman, established Debenhams as the largest textile distribution empire worldwide, started collecting needlework in 1907. The Edwardian and inter-war period was a great time for the dispersal of family collections, and, from these, and ... More

Fashion Independent: The Style of Ann Bonfoey Taylor Opens at the Phoenix Art MuseumCharles James Gown.PHOENIX, AZ.- On February 27, 2011, Phoenix Art Museum opens the Museum's largest exhibition space and the closet of an acclaimed American tastemaker to reveal an extraordinary wardrobe of custom-made couture and personally designed sporting ensembles. In 2008, Ann Bonfoey Taylor's wardrobe was gifted to the Museum by Vernon Taylor, Jr. and family. This prestigious acquisition was a rich archive of works by the most masterful fashion designers of the 1940s through 1960s including Charles James, Madame Grès, Balenciaga, Givenchy and Fortuny. On view through May 29, 2011, Fashion Independent: The Original Style of Ann Bonfoey Taylor, showcases Taylor's wardrobe, style and vision and provides a comprehensive look at the artistic process of several legendary fashion designers. "The late Ann Bonfoey Taylor was a fashion innovator and an accomplished sportswoman recognized by national fashion publications and ... More
New Tour Presents the Restored Frick Home through the Eyes of the Women Who Lived ThereHelen Clay Frick takes a break from studying with Governess Marika Ogiz in the foreground and schoolfriend Virginia Frew at right, 1902–1903. Photographer unknown. Courtesy of The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives.PITTSBURGH, PA.- The Frick Art & Historical Center announces a new thematic tour of Clayton, the restored late-19th-century home of the Henry Clay Frick family, to be offered during the months of March and April 2011. All the Ladies of the House is the latest in a series of new tours designed to provide visitors multiple ways to connect to Pittsburgh history and to find personal meaning in the stories that are told. Coinciding with Women's History Month in March, the Frick's newest Clayton tour looks at the historic home of the Henry Clay Frick family through the eyes of the women who lived and worked there at the turn of the 20th century. In addition to the new thematic tour, the museum will offer a selection of related programs, details of which follow. One program offered ... More

SJMA Presents Landmark Exhibition of Modern And Contemporary Art From IndiaMaqbool Fida Husain, UNTITLED (Lady with Lamp), ca. 1960. Oil on canvas, 49 ¾ x 35 ¾ inches. Collection of Asha and Rajeev Motwani. Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's, Inc.SAN JOSE, CA.- The San Jose Museum of Art presents a landmark exhibition of modern and contemporary art from India from February 25 through September 4, 2011. Roots in the Air, Branches Below: Modern and Contemporary Art from India is drawn entirely from eleven private collections in the San Francisco Bay Area. The exhibition showcases important works of modern and contemporary South Asian art that are rarely seen on the West Coast. Included are paintings by renowned modernists such as Maqbool Fida Husain, Tyeb Mehta, Francis Newton Souza, and Sayed Haider Raza. Today's contemporary generation of rising talents and global trendsetters is represented by Rina Banerjee, Zarina Hashmi, Jitish Kallat, G.R. Iranna, Bari Kumar, and Surendran Nair, among others. "Indian art is a dynamic and ... More

Exhibition at Newlyn Art Gallery Celebrates the Centenary of the Birth of Roger HiltonRoger Hilton in his studio at Botallack. Photograph by Jorge Lewinski.CORNWALL.- Newlyn Art Gallery presents an exhibition celebrating the centenary of the birth of Roger Hilton (1911-1975). It is a personal selection by his widow Rose Hilton, chosen from private collections across Britain. The exhibition includes oil paintings, late gouaches and drawings, as well as previously unseen sketch books, photographs, letters and a 1974 sound recording of Hilton. The focus is on Hilton's work from the late 1950s, when he began to spend significant amounts of time in Cornwall. He first took a studio in St Ives, then one overlooking Newlyn harbour for three summers, before settling permanently in Botallack, near St Just, in 1965. He was a regular exhibitor at Newlyn Art Gallery and lived there for a while with the curator Michael Canney and his wife Madelaine. The show, with its accompanying talks, offers an insight into Hilton the man, his work and his personal connection to the gallery ... More
United Kingdom Power Networks Formally Hands Over Switch House to Tate ModernTate Modern Building © Tate Photography.LONDON.- UK Power Networks formally handed over the western switch house behind Tate Modern's Turbine Hall to Tate. The handover of the western switch house marks a key point in the delivery of the Tate Modern building project. Tate will now begin demolition of this switch house, before creating the opening from the main Tate Modern building to the new building, creating the crucial new link from the City and the Millennium Bridge directly to south London. Tate marked this historic handover of the switch house from Basil Scarsella, CEO of UK Power Networks to Alex Beard, Deputy Director, Tate with a short ceremony on Friday 25 February. They were joined by Debbie Jackson, Director of Capital Projects and Design, London Development Agency and Councillor Peter John, Leader, Southwark Council. Alex Beard, Deputy Director, Tate said: "The handover of the substation is a crucial step in the Tate Modern Project and takes u ... More

Oakland Museum Explores Contemporary Viewpoints on the Spanish ConquestVirgin of Light with Native Devotees, Luis de Mena (active mid-18th century), New Spain. Between 1769 and 1772, 66 x 60 inches (167.6 x 152.4 cm) Serra Museum, The San Diego Historical Society, San Diego, California.OAKLAND, CA.- Explore the Arts of the Missions of Northern New Spain in this stunning exhibition exploring the rich artistic legacy of the Franciscan and Jesuit mission churches in northern Mexico and the American Southwest. Many of the missions were exuberantly decorated with lavish paintings, sculpture, furniture, and liturgical objects and vestments. This extraordinary exhibition, which originated at the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso (Mexico City), features approximately 110 objects from collections in Mexico, the United States, and Europe---including masterpieces from the missions themselves---shown together for the first time. OMCA is the only California venue for this internationally traveling exhibition and one of only two venues in the United ... More

Unique Lifesize Portrait of Mughal Emperor Estimated to Sell for 1M at BonhamsPreviously shown in the National Portrait Gallery in an exhibition on the Indian Portrait in 2010, the Emperor is shown seated on a gold decorated throne holding a globe, wearing elaborate robes and jewellery. Photo: Bonhams.LONDON.- The largest known Mughal painting is to be offered at Bonhams on April 5th for an estimated price of upwards of £1m. It is in the style of a European portrait of the early 17th century. The portrait which will lead a sale of works of Indian and Islamic art is a unique painting of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir who ruled India 1605-1627 and is attributed to the Mughal artist Abul Hasan, Nadir al-Zaman or "Wonder of the Age". Previously shown in the National Portrait Gallery in an exhibition on the Indian Portrait in 2010, the Emperor is shown seated on a gold decorated throne holding a globe, wearing elaborate robes and jewellery. The surrounding Persian inscription states it was painted at Mandu in the AH1026/AD1617. Alice Bailey, Head of Indian and Islamic ... More
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British Artist Miranda Donovan Unleashes the Home at Lazarides Gallery in LondonLONDON.- Lazarides presents The Home Unleashed, the gallery's second solo show by British artist Miranda Donovan which opened 24 February 2011. This new exhibition marks a departure from her recent preoccupation with all things exterior, and brings the viewer into the world of the interior in a series of over 25 new works merging both decadence and squalor through her signature miniaturized graffiti style. Through her multi-layered three-dimensional canvases, Donovan captures urban elements from the street and juxtaposes them with an eerily familiar landscape; the home. Employing a classical painterly technique and pairing it with contemporary subject matter, Donovan entices us with traces of former opulence and wealth alongside the lingering presence of filth and decay in the décor. The very effects of decay and deterioration in the hands of this artist are given qualities of beauty and delicacy that reverberate through t ... More
Tribal Art Hunter Opens Art Consultancy for Ethnographic and Ancient ArtFORT LAUDERDALE, FL.- Tribal Art Hunter announced today the opening of its art consultancy business for nationwide clients. Specializing in ethnographic – also known as tribal or primitive – art, the resident experts will assist clients in purchasing historical artwork of the highest provenance, negotiating prices, appraising artifacts, and assembling collections for customers of all levels and interests. Tribal Art Hunter works with private collectors, corporate entities, art dealers, and the design trade, assisting their clients in making the best possible decisions regarding their artifact purchases or sales. For private collectors, Tribal Art Hunter assists both in one-time purchases as well as creating long-term collection strategies, utilizing its broad-based knowledge of market costs and trends. For interior designers and fine art dealers, Tribal Art Hunter brings the added dimension of authentic ar ... More
Remarkable Selection of Works from David Heathcote's Artistic and Academic Career at GV Art GalleryLONDON.- Beyond Horizons is a new solo show by David Heathcote, hosted by GV Art Gallery, London. The exhibition brings together a remarkable selection of works from an artistic and academic career which has spanned some 60 years. Beyond Horizons includes landscape paintings, sculptures and drawings. An illustrated catalogue, containing an interview with the artist and an essay by Prof. David Reason, accompanies the exhibition. Selected works exhibited are also available as limited edition reproductions. David Heathcote has produced a great range of work — of media, form, style, and of ambition and reach. His landscape drawings breathe an air of contemplative calm, and his sculptures (carved or modelled) have the presence of a profound inwardness. His painting challenges categorisation, as he often merges representational elements within abstract painting. Heathcote was born in London in 1931. A couple of years later, the ... More
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and High Museum of Art Each Receive $1.5 Million BequestATLANTA, GA.- The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art are each recipients of an estimated $1.5 million bequest, totaling $3 million, from longtime Atlanta arts patron Barbara D. Stewart. Per Ms. Stewart's request, the funds are unrestricted. In addition to Ms. Stewart's bequests to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the High Museum of Art, was a bequest to The Atlanta Opera for $9 million. "Every city should be so fortunate to have a champion such as Barbara Stewart," said Atlanta Symphony Orchestra President Stanley Romanstein. "The legacy she is leaving the Atlanta Opera is remarkable, and to extend her enthusiasm and her generosity to the Orchestra and the High Museum only reinforces the thriving arts scene in this great city. We are immensely honored by her trust in our work, and grateful for the many opportunities this gift will provide." "A member of the High since 1992 ... More
New Paintings of Gregory Johnston's Signature Style at Stephen Haller GalleryNEW YORK, NY.- Stephen Haller Gallery presents GREGORY JOHNSTON: XV, new paintings of the artist's signature style: suggestions of calligraphic gestures (described by critic George Melrod as "icons of textual beauty") within a canvas divided into formal, almost architectural drawing. The exhibition opened February 24th and runs through April 2nd. These new paintings deal with familiar aspects of Johnston's practice: raw pigments in earth tones suspended in amber Alkyd varnish: ethereal grounds that suspend overlays of formal architectural elements. In this series Johnston also explores new found philosophical approaches to picture-making based primarily on his reading of the writings of Maurice Nicoll, particularly his "Invisibility of Oneself". Johnston strives to transform the two dimensional plane of canvas to one of multidimensional depth. His focal element begins in a central window of two dime ... More
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Marc Chagall in Paris During the Early 20th Century at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
A person views the exhibit, "Paris Through the Window: Marc Chagall and His Circle," including Chagall's painting, "Paris Through the Window," during a media preview at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia. The exhibit is scheduled to run from March 1 to July 10. AP Photo/Matt Rourke.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- As a center of cosmopolitan culture and a symbol of modernity, Paris held a magnetic attraction for artists from Eastern Europe during the early decades of the 20th century. Most painters and sculptors settled around Montparnasse, which was sprinkled with cafes, and art galleries. It was here that Alexander Archipenko, Marc Chagall, Moïse Kisling, Jacques Lipchitz, Louis Marcoussis, Amedeo Modigliani, Chana Orloff, Jules Pascin, Margit Pogany, Chaim Soutine, and Ossip Zadkine established studios and discovered each other's work. This exhibition will include around 40 paintings and sculptures by these émigrés, whose work was both imbued with the spirit of modernism and informed by their own cultural heritage. The exhibition will focus in particular on the paintings Chagall made between 1910 and 1920, including Half Past Three (The Poet), of 1911, one of the treasures of the Philadelphia Museum of Art ... More
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LONDON.- Sothebys employee Maria Sheremeteva studies Francesco Guardis Venice, a view of the Rialto Bridge before it will be sold at auction on July 6, 2011, the painting estimated to fetch in the region of 20 million pounds, US$32.21 million. AP Photo/Joel Ryan.
People Flock to See Lost Letter from Martha Washington at History Museum in Concordia File photo of a portrait of Martha Washington by Rembrandt Peale. AP Photo/Gerry Broome.

By: Kevin MurphyKANSAS CITY (REUTERS).- Nearly 209 years after her death Martha Washington, the wife of the first U.S. president, is all the talk in Concordia, Kansas. People are flocking to a history museum in Concordia to see an apparently authentic Washington-written letter discovered in the bottom of a file cabinet drawer at the museum. More than 200 people, including several descendants of George and Martha Washington, attended an unveiling of the letter last Saturday. All this week, schools have brought students to see it at the Cloud County Historical Society Museum, said interim co-director Aline Luecke. "People can hardly believe a letter like this has lasted 200 years and it's here in Concordia, Kansas," Luecke said. "It's been a very favorable reaction." Concordia is a town of 5,700 people in north-central rural Kansas. The letter, postmarked Philadelphia and dated January 27, 1793 during Washington's presidency, was found in a clear plastic ... More

SFMOMA Showcases Exhibition: Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of ChangeEadweard Muybridge, Boxing; open-hand. Plate 340, 1887 (detail); collotype; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- From February 26 through June 7, 2011, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will showcase the first-ever retrospective examining all aspects of artist Eadweard Muybridge's pioneering photography. Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change brings together more than 300 objects created between 1857 and 1893, including Muybridge's only surviving zoopraxiscope—an apparatus he designed in 1879 to project motion pictures. Originally organized by Philip Brookman, Corcoran Gallery of Art chief curator and head of research, the San Francisco presentation is organized by SFMOMA Associate Curator of Photography Corey Keller. Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change includes numerous vintage photographs, albums, stereographs, lantern slides, glass negatives and positives, patent models, zoopraxiscope discs, proof prints, notes, books, and other ephemera. The works have been brought together fro ... More

Archive of WW II Codebreaker Alan Turing Preserved by National Heritage Memorial FundFile picture showing a four-rotor Enigma machine, right, once used by the crews of German U-boats in World War II. AP Photo/Alex Dorgan Ross.

By: Jill Lawless, Associated PressLONDON (AP).- Papers relating to codebreaker and computer pioneer Alan Turing will go to a British museum after the National Heritage Memorial Fund stepped in to help buy them for the nation. The government-backed fund said Friday it had donated more than 200,000 pounds ($320,000) to a campaign to stop the notes and scientific papers from going to a private buyer. The fund's chair, Jenny Abramsky, said the collection would be a permanent memorial to "a true war hero." The documents were put up for auction by Christie's in November but did not sell. An online campaign to keep them in Britain raised 28,500 pounds from members of the public, and computer firm Google contributed $100,000. The papers will go to the Bletchley Park Museum northwest of London, which commemorates the famous World War II codebreaking center. One of the founders of modern computing, Turing worked ... More

Artist Joel Shapiro Creates an Installation of New Works for the Museum LudwigExhibition view, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 26 February - 25 September 2011. Foto: Lothar Schnepf © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2011.COLOGNE.- American sculptor Joel Shapiro (b. 1941) created an installation of new and preexisting works for the Museum Ludwig's large sky-lighted gallery, interweaving the pieces into a new structure in the space. He will arrange free-hanging, colored wooden beams according to a sophisticated plan, shaping a new sense for space and the possibilities of sculpture. Shapiro's works, which freely float from barely visible wires between the ceiling and the floor, appear to move in space and thereby transform the gallery itself into a sculpture as immense as it is airy. The picture varies with each step, as borders, dimensions, and colors change. The artist toys both with perception and the construction of space, while his works are not exclusively tied to this one room. Despite all his connections to modernist and minimalist traditions, he produces surprising (work)-constellations and totally new spatial perceptions. When de ... More

Neighbors Bid to Save 'Oliver Twist' Workhouse that Inspired Charles DickensA woman walks by a house in central London where author Charles Dickens lived. AP Photo/Sang Tan.

By: Jill Lawless, Associated PressLONDON (AP).- It's a battered brick building behind a high wall in London — austere, overlooked and slated for demolition. Look closer, and it's linked to one of Britain's greatest authors as well as to a shameful period in the nation's social history. Two centuries ago this neglected London edifice was a workhouse, where the city's destitute labored for rations of gruel. Their plight inspired social reformers — including a neighbor, Charles Dickens, who likely used the building as inspiration for his novel "Oliver Twist." Advocates hope the newly discovered link to the novelist will help them win their uphill battle to save the building from developers who plan to tear it down and build new apartments and a local lawmaker who has branded it an ugly relic of an inhuman institution. "We wouldn't think of demolishing Georgian stately homes, squares and terraces where the upper class lived," said ... More

United States Government Returns Stolen Trove of Historic Archive Documents to RussiaU.S. Ambassador John Beyrle hosted a ceremony celebrating the return by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to Russia of 21 historical documents. AP Photo/ Misha Japaridze.

By: Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated PressMOSCOW (AP).- A trove of historic archive documents dating back to Catherine the Great that were stolen after the Soviet breakup were returned to Russia by the U.S. on Friday. The 21 documents include decrees issued by historical figures such as Czar Nicholas II and Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov. Among them are a top secret paper on the reconstruction of Russian military airfields in the 1930s; and Catherine the Great's decree to divide command of forces in Poland during the 18th century partitions of the country. U.S. Ambassador John Beyrle said the return of the documents is "just one part of our efforts to broaden and deepen the relationship between our two countries overall." Russian officials alerted Washington about the documents when they appeared ... More
A New iPhone App, Which Recognizes Art, Set to Transform the Art Fair ExperienceNo more scribbled notes on postcards and flyers: after exploring the art fairs with the Collectrium iPhone app, the collector can leave with a browsable list of his/her favorite artworks at the fairs.NEW YORK, NY.- From Thursday, March 3, to Sunday, March 6, 2011, iPhone-toting visitors to Pulse, SCOPE, VOLTA NY, Fountain, and Moving Image will experience the New York art fairs in a new way thanks to a "next-gen" mobile technology that recognizes artworks. The art fair visitor equipped with the Collectrium mobile app will be able to point her iPhone at any registered artwork exhibited at the fair and: • instantly receive extensive information on the artist and the piece; • add the artwork to "My Collection" favorites; • share with friends via Facebook, Twitter and email; • contact the gallery about the artwork. So, now, no more scribbled notes on postcards and flyers: after exploring the art fairs with the Collectrium iPhone app, the collector can leave with a browsable list of her favorite artworks at the fairs, complete with detailed information on each work, artist, and exhibiting gallery. Even if the collector snaps an unidentified artwork, she can e ... More

Exhibition of the Work of Thornton Dial Premieres at the Indianapolis Museum of Art Thornton Dial, Don't Matter How Raggly the Flag, It Still Got To Tie Us Together,
2003. (detail)INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The most extensive exhibition ever mounted of Thornton Dial's painting and sculpture premiered at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, on view from February 25, 2011, to May 15, 2011. Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial highlights the artist's significant contribution to the field of American art and show how Dial's work speaks to the most pressing issues of our time—including the War in Iraq, 9/11, and social issues like racism and homelessness. The exhibition presents 70 of Dial's large-scale paintings, drawings and found-object sculptures spanning twenty years of his artistic career—including 25 works on view for the first time. Thornton Dial's work draws inspiration from the rich expressive traditions of the black South. With no formal art education, Dial developed a truly distinctive and original style. Influenced by African American yard shows, Dial's work inco ... More

Cincinnati Art Museum Celebrates The Amazing American Circus Poster in ExhibitionBarnum & Bailey Greastest Show on Earth: Charles 1st, The Marvelous Chimpanzee, 1910, color lithograph poster. Cincinnati Art Museum, Gift of the Strobridge Lithographing Company 1965.861CINCINNATI, OH.- Dashing daredevils, soaring trapeze artists, comic clowns – all make a grand appearance at the Cincinnati Art Museum in the spring. The Amazing American Circus Poster includes rare and unique examples from the Cincinnati Art Museum's own collection, shown for the first time. The exhibition is on view from February 26 through July 10, 2011. On display in a fantasy gallery reminiscent of the "Big Top" are eighty circus posters created between 1879 and 1938, along with photographs and circus ephemera. The exhibition pays tribute to the internationally acclaimed Cincinnati-based Strobridge Lithographing Company, which created and printed the posters and was the leading printer for the major circuses of the time. The posters designed by the firm's artists were unrivaled for their brilliant color, print quality, and graphic description of the acts and action. They give us a deta ... More
Hundreds of Egyptian College Students Rally at Iconic Pyramids for Return of TouristsAn Egyptian man rides his camel as he looks for tourists next to Giza Pyramids after re-opening for tourism. AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti.

By: Peter Prengaman, Associated PressCAIRO (AP).- As hundreds of Egyptian college students rallied at the iconic pyramids of Giza Friday to promote tourism, camel guide Salah Shabani stood to the side and looked on with sadness. It's been two weeks since a popular uprising forced President Hosni Mubarak from power, but there has been no return of the crowds of foreigners who come to gaze at the pyramids and get their picture on a camel. "I used to make 600 Egyptian pounds ($102) a week, or more," said Shabani, 23, who has given visitors rides on his camel, Oscar, since he was a teenager. "Now there is nothing. There are no tourists." Shabani, who married two months ago, said he worries he won't be able to support his wife and has doubts about having children. He said he didn't regret the uprising — many Egyptians are still savoring a victory that has captured the attention of people around the world and sparked similar protests across the Middle East — but the reality that it could have negative conseque ... More

Genetic Tests by Department of Agriculture Show Fire Ants in Asia Came from the United StatesColony-founding queen of the invasive fire ant species Solenopsis invicta. AP Photo/Kenneth G. Ross, Science.

By: Randolph E. Schmid, AP Science WriterWASHINGTON (AP).- Even as the United States battles the spread of fire ants within its borders, this country is serving as the jumping-off point for the pest to invade other nations. The aggressive, stinging ants arrived from South America and got a foothold in the United States in the 1930s, gradually spreading across the South. Now, researchers say, the United States has become the springboard in the last 20 years for the ants to invade such distant locations as China, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand. Genetic tests on fire ants in the newly invaded countries found they came from the United States, rather than South America, an international team of researchers reports in Friday's edition of the journal Science. The genetic profile of all these ants is closer to fire ants in the U.S., explained Marina Ascunce of the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida. "I thought that at least one of the populations in the newly invaded areas would have come from S ... More

Abstract Sculptor Roy Gussow,Who Liived and Worked in Long Island City, Dies at 92For decades he was represented by the Grace Borgenicht Gallery and more recently by the Neuhoff Gallery.

By: Olga Gussow-Hauptman, Mimi Gussow and Jill GussowLONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- Artist Roy Gussow was born in Brooklyn NY, Nov. 12th 1918. He wanted to be a farmer and went to Farmingdale State College, where discouraged by the repetition and lack of creativity of agricultural work, he changed his program and graduated with a degree in Ornamental Horticulture. He was in business in Albany NY when he was drafted into the army. After basic training he went on tour with a bond-raising show in which he demonstrated his ability to take apart and reassemble fire arms blindfolded. His regiment followed the US troops in England and France repairing broken fire arms. During his years in France he became friendly with the painter George Kachergis an army buddy, who convinced Gussow to explore his artistic talents. Thanks to the GI bill, Gussow was able to go to college again and he entered the Institute of Design in Chicago where Lazlo Moholy-Nagy and Alexander Archipenko were his most influential teachers. He became Archipenko's assistant ... More
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Smithsonian and MIT Partner to Turn Kids into Scientific InvestigatorsWASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian Institution and MIT announced the April 4 launch of VANISHED, an 8-week online/offline environmental disaster mystery game for middle-school children, meant to inspire engagement and problem solving through science. Developed and curated by MIT's Education Arcade and the Smithsonian, VANISHED is a first-of-its-kind experience where participants become investigators racing to solve puzzles and other online challenges, visit museums and collect samples from their neighborhoods to help unlock the secrets of the game. Players can only discover the truth about the environmental disaster by using real scientific methods and knowledge to unravel the game's secrets. To navigate through the mystery game's challenges, participants will meetSmithsonian scientists from such diverse disciplines as paleobiology, volcanology, forensic anthropology and entomology, as well as ... More
Artist Sues Kevin Costner to Force Sculpture SaleDEADWOOD, S.D. (AP).- An artist who created a bronze sculpture for Kevin Costner is suing the actor to force him to sell the work of art. Peggy Detmers says she spent more than six years creating the sculpture of 14 bison and three American Indian hunters for a resort Costner had planned to open in South Dakota's Black Hills. The Rapid City Journal says Detmers values the sculpture at $2.2 million. Costner says he still wants to build the resort he planned 20 years ago. Meanwhile, he spent $6 million to build a visitors' center and create a display site for the sculpture. Detmers says she wasn't properly consulted in that project. Costner filmed much of his Academy Award-winning movie "Dances with Wolves" in South Dakota and later bought a casino there. ... More
Barnum Museum Repair Project to Cost Up to $17 MillionBRIDGEPORT (AP).- A Connecticut museum celebrating flamboyant showman P.T. Barnum will need to raise up to $17 million to renovate and repair its historic building damaged by a tornado last year. Officials said Friday that repairs will cost $6 million or $7 million. But overhauling exhibition space and fixing other areas in the Bridgeport building are expected to raise the cost to between $15 million and $17 million. The project is expected to take more than two years. Built in the 1890s, the building is owned by the city of Bridgeport and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It has been closed since Jan. 2 to assess damage and preserve the prized collection. The rare tornado caused structural damage and scattered debris when it swept through Bridgeport last June. ... More
National Portrait Gallery to Present Portrait of Pitcher Pedro MartinezWASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has recently acquired a painting of Pedro Martinez; this is the first image of the Major League Baseball pitcher in the collection. The museum will install the portrait March 25 in the exhibition "Recent Acquisitions." Born in the Dominican Republic and an American citizen since 2006, Martinez was impressive in his debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers in September 1992. He will always be remembered for the seven-year period when he established, in the words of baseball commentator Peter Gammons, "the most dominant stretch of any pitcher in baseball history." He is an eight-time All Star and a three-time Cy Young Award winner (1997, 1999 and 2000). He has pitched for five teams in his career, most recently with the Philadelphia Phillies. In addition, Martinez was a member of the World Series-winning Red Sox in 2004. "We ... More
Candid Cameras Give a Chance to See Wildlife as a Scientist DoesWASHINGTON, DC.- Researching animals in the wild can be challenging, especially if it involves a rare or elusive species like the giant panda or the clouded leopard. To remedy this, scientists rely heavily on camera traps—automated cameras with motion sensors. Left to photograph what passes in front of them, the cameras record the diversity and very often the behavior of animals around the world. The Smithsonian has brought together more than 202,000 wildlife photos from seven projects conducted by Smithsonian researchers and their colleagues into one searchable website, siwild.si.edu. The new website allows the public to see exactly what scientists see in their research—photos of wildlife captured at close range, from the head-on stare of a jaguar in Peru to inside the mouth of a giant panda in China. "This site provides the public a glimpse of what the scientist sees when surveying remote places," said Will ... More
Old Coca Cola Sign Causes Flap in San FranciscoSAN FRANCISCO (AP).- A restored Coca Cola sign decorating the side of a San Francisco house that may date back to the 1930s has set off a surprising spat among neighborhood residents and city officials. The city says the bright red painted sign on the side of Richard Modolo's home violates anti-billboard laws and must come down. City Supervisor David Campos, who represents the Bernal Heights neighborhood, said he's received passionate e-mails from people on both sides of the debate. Some are concerned that the sign promotes a sugary drink, sending a dangerous message to students at a nearby elementary school. "We're trying to fight childhood obesity," Campos said. "We don't want to promote kids drinking Coca-Cola." But Campos said he's considering introducing legislation that would create a special "historic sign district" to preserve the 15-by-7-foot sign. Modolo said he discovered it in 1991 when he removed asbestos siding from his home, which was a grocery store years ago. A ... More
The Role of Dreams in Creativity, Prophecy and Consciousness to be Explored in a Series of Dialogues at the Rubin MuseumNEW YORK, NY.- The Rubin Museum's acclaimed BRAINWAVE series is back for its fourth season, with a new focus on the relationship between dreams and creativity, prophecy and consciousness. A number of dialogues between writers and scientists involved in the study of the mind will explore the connection between storytelling and vivid dreaming. Kicking off this set of talks is prize-winning writer Nathan Englander and neuroscientist Amir Raz, who will delve into the power of suggestion in dreams on February 27. Subsequent conversations include writer Amy Tan with clinical psychologist Deidre Barrett on dream-induced creative leaps; writer Siri Hustvedt with neuropsychiatrist Jaak Panksepp on the nature of sleep; and legal thriller writer Scott Turow and neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga explore how justice and retribution are processed in the brain. The BRAINWAVE series seeks to explore a broad range of questions surrounding the ... More
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Spanish King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia Open "The Prado in the Hermitage" Exhibition
From right, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Spanish Queen Sofia, Spanish King Juan Carlos, Medvedev's wife Svetlana, seen during opening ceremony of an exhibition of Spanish art in the State Hermitage Museum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service.
SAINT PETERSBURG.- Spanish King Juan Carlos and his wife Queen Sofia on Friday presided over the opening of an exhibition of works from Madrid's Prado museum in Russia's imperial capital Saint Petersburg. The State Hermitage Museum, the Museo del Prado and the State Society for Cultural Action [Sociedad Estatal de Acción Cultural] today signed the collaborative agreements for the celebration of the exhibitions "The Prado in the Hermitage" and "Treasures from the Hermitage", to be shown this year in Saint Petersburg and Madrid respectively within the context of the bi-lateral Spain-Russia Year 2011. The Prado in the Hermitage (25 February to 29 May 2011) presents in Saint Petersburg a group of 66 paintings from the Spanish, Italian and Flemish Schools that will allow Russian visitors to appreciate the historical and artistic importance of the Prado's collect ... More
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BERLIN.- German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gobachev pose in front of a photograph showing Gorbachev at an exhibition marking Gorbachevs 80th birthday at the Kennedy museum in Berlin, February 24, 2011. REUTERS/Thomas Peter.
Rijksmuseum Acquires a Terracotta Sculpture by Tommaso Porlezza della PortaThe prophet Balaam, Tommaso Porlezza della Porta, 1576-1578.AMSTERDAM.- The Rijksmuseum has acquired a terracotta sculpture by the Italian master Tommaso Porlezza della Porta. The 22.5 cm sculpture depicts the Old Testament prophet Balaam and was produced sometime between 1575 and 1578. One of the most beautiful 16th-century Italian terracotta sculptures still remaining, it was the model for a sculpture in Loreto, one of Italy's major pilgrimage sites that is visited by millions of pilgrims each year. This small terracotta sculpture was the scale model for a life-sized marble sculpture that was created for the Santa Casa in Loreto. This 'sacred house' is a shrine that was built in the 16th century around the remains of what had been considered Mary's birthplace since the Middle Ages. Tradition has it that the house was miraculously brought from Nazareth (in Palestine) to Loreto (central Italy) by angels. Loreto was the major papal construction and sculpture p ... More

Sotheby's to Sell One of the Greatest Venetian View Paintings Ever Executed The painting has been sold just once since it was first acquired in Venice in 1768 by the English Grand Tourist, Chaloner Arcedeckne. Photo: Sotheby's.LONDON.- On July 6, 2011, Sotheby's London will sell one of the greatest masterpieces of Venetian view painting ever executed. Estimated in the region of £20 million* (US$30 million), Francesco Guardi's Venice, a view of the Rialto Bridge, Looking North, from the Fondamenta del Carbon is monumental in scale. Measuring 115 by 199.5cm (45¼ by 78½ in.), it is one of four works that Guardi painted on this grand scale, all executed at around the same time in the late 1760s, which together constitute the pinnacle of Guardi's output as a painter of vedute and which are generally considered to be Guardi's greatest works – the first and fullest expression of the artist's mature style. While one of the four paintings on this scale was destroyed in a fire in the mid-20th century, this painting and its pendant have remained together until very recently. The last in the group1 was sold by Sotheby's in 19 ... More

Magnificent Early Renoir and an Extraordinary Story of Jealousy at TEFAF MaastrichtFemme cueillant des Fleurs by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c1874, oil on canvas, 65.5 x 54.4 cm.HELVOIRT.- A major work by Pierre-Auguste Renoir from the pioneering early days of Impressionism is to be offered for sale for US$15 million by the leading international gallery Dickinson at TEFAF Maastricht, the world's most influential art and antiques fair. Femme cueillant des Fleurs (Woman picking flowers) depicts Camille Monet, the first wife of Renoir's fellow Impressionist Claude Monet, who died tragically young. It is being sold through Dickinson by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in the United States in order to strengthen other areas of its collection. TEFAF (The European Fine Art Fair) will be held at the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre) in Maastricht in the southern Netherlands from March 18-27, 2011. Important early Impressionist paintings are increasingly rare on the market and Femme cueillant des Fleurs dates from a pivotal period. It also serves as a poignant reminder of a story of fierce jealousy involving Monet's f ... More

Brooklyn Museum to Open First Phase of Transformative Renovation of First FloorThe initial phase of renovation features the expansive, two-story-high colonnaded space with its original coffered glass-block ceiling. Rendering by Ennead Architects.BROOKLYN, NY.- The Brooklyn Museum has completed an extensive renovation of its historic Great Hall at the center of its ground floor and has reclaimed additional space for a new gallery. This project, which is the initial phase of a major redesign of the first floor, marks the most transformative change to the floor since that portion of the Museum was constructed in the early twentieth century. The renovated space has been redesigned by the award-winning studio Ennead Architects, formerly known as Polshek Partnership. Ennead has been the architectural firm responsible for the transformation of the Museum over the past twenty-five years. According to Arnold L. Lehman, Museum Director, "This major rethinking of the nineteenth-century McKim, Mead & White architecture will completely alter and enhance the experience of every visitor in a way that makes for a more exciting and logical introduction to the Museum. Because o ... More

Exceptional Collection of Artwork by Swiss Artist Albert Anker to Sell at Hôtel des VentesAlbert Anker (1831-1910), Louvre Paris/ Der Louvre in Paris, 1887, encre et aquarelle sur papier, 8,5x14,5 cm. Exposition: Kunstmuseum Bern, 1931, n°260. GENEVA.-The estate of Albert Anker's family will finally go under the hammer at the Geneva-based auctioneers on 9th March without reserve prices. This ensemble of over 55 never-before-seen drawings, sketches and watercolours by Albert Anker was recently discovered in a safe in Geneva. The collection will be sold alongside furniture and personal items and has been valued at 200'000 to 300'000 Swiss francs. According to the owner's last wishes, all sale proceeds will be donated to charitable organisations. Representatives of the Media will have the opportunity to discover this collection with a world preview press presentation on Wednesday 2nd March at 11 a.m. at Hôtel des Ventes. This ensemble of works and portraits belongs to the estate of Jeanine DuBois (1931-2010), wife of Jean DuBois (1907-1983), Anker's grandson. A Geologist and extensive traveller, DuBois always kept the childhood portrait his grandfa ... More

'Scream Collection Part II' Featuring; Buffet, Dali, Dine, Jones, Miro, Jones and VasarelySalvador Dali, Port Lligat (Venus with Drawers), 1970 Lithograph printed in colours. Photo: Courtesy Scream Gallery.LONDON.- The collection features Spanish sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and painter Joan Miro, a key figure in the Surreailist movement. His exquisite 1960 etching with aquatint 'Grand Vent' are on display, as well as a 1974 lithograph Affice pour L'Exposition Miro, Louisiana'. Several iconic images by Salvador Dali are included, such as 'Port Ligat (Venus with Drawers)', a 1970 lithograph inspired by his 1936 sculpture 'Venus de Milo with Drawers', and a phallic cosmological 1974 print 'The Gelatinous Watches of Space Time'. A lithograph by American Pop Artist Jim Dine also uses the Venus de Milo as its inspiration, 'The Bather (Venus)' 2005, reinterprets the classical muse using primary colours and clothing her in a yellow basque. Pop Artist Allen Jones, who famously created a table from the female form in the swinging '60s ("Hatstand and Chair", 1969), is also featured in the exhibition. Jones is ... More
British Council Appoints West Kowloon Cultural District Authority CEO as New Director for ArtsGraham Sheffield. Photo: Morley Von Sternberg.LONDON.- The British Council – the UK's international cultural relations organisation - has appointed Graham Sheffield as its new Director Arts. Martin Davidson, British Council Chief Executive said: "I am delighted to announce that Graham Sheffield has been appointed to the role of Director Arts. His extensive arts management and creative experience will ensure that the arts remain at the heart of the British Council's mission to strengthen ties between the UK and people in over 100 countries." Graham Sheffield has held a number of high profile roles in the UK and internationally. Most recently he was CEO of the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong and before that he was Artistic Director of the Barbican Centre and Chair of the City of London Arts and Culture Forum and of the International Society for the Performing Arts. Graham will join the British Council at the beginning of May. The role of Director Arts involves providing leadership and di ... More

Artist Collective to Create New Work for Guggenheim Museum's Intervals Contemporary SeriesFuturefarmers, Shoemaker's Last, 2010. Inkjet print, 20 x 20 cm © Futurefarmers. Photo: Courtesy the artists.NEW YORK, N.Y.- From May 4 to May 14, 2011, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will present Intervals: Futurefarmers, the fourth installment of its contemporary art series designed to reflect the spirit of today's innovative practices. For its Intervals project, the San Francisco– based art collective Futurefarmers is creating a site-specific installation on the Rotunda floor of the museum and organizing intimate participatory programs for the public in various spaces around the city of New York. Futurefarmers creates projects that are diverse both in terms of their production and their strategies of audience engagement. If anything typifies a Futurefarmers project, it is a balance of critical and optimistic thought with the use of inventive and pragmatic design elements. Recent works include antiwar computer games; an online registry of unused arable land sites in San Francisco that could be used for ... More

Famous Movie Theater in Alabama Inspires Robert Cottingham for New Exhibition at Forum GalleryRobert Cottingham, Empire II, 2010, oil on canvas, 82 1/2 x 45 inches. Photo: Courtesy Forum Gallery.NEW YORK, NY.- A famous movie theater in Montgomery, Alabama, the site where Rosa Parks started the Civil Rights Movement, is the subject of an exhibition of new work by Robert Cottingham at Forum Gallery from February 24 through April 9, 2011. Empire will focus on nine paintings and drawings from 2008-2010, depicting the theater's marquee in oil, watercolor, gouache and graphite. Many of the paintings are monumental in size, which intensify their dramatic effect as they salute a bygone era. Robert Cottingham is known for imagery that celebrates the history of communications in America, specifically signage on urban storefronts, iconic communication devices such as vintage typewriters and cameras, and signs on railroad cars. The Empire series is an exploration of urban history, and the exhibition is an examination of the Artist's consistent process. In 2008, Cottingham was asked by ... More
Last Book by Isaac Newton on God, the Bible and Kosher Food, for Sale at BonhamsWorking manuscript by Sir Isaac Newton for the last book he ever wrote. Estimate: £40,000-50,000. Photo: Bonhams.LONDON.-A rare, handwritten, working manuscript by Sir Isaac Newton for the last book he ever wrote is for auction at Bonhams, as part of the sale of the Roy Davids Collection of Papers and Portraits in London on 29 March. It is estimated at between £40,000-50,000. Newton's world famous reputation as a mathematician and scientist has tended to obscure his deep interest in - and knowledge of - theology. His immersion in religious thought and, in particular, biblical study only emerged comparatively recently in 1991 when the bulk of his papers on theology, held at the University of Jerusalem, became widely available. He has been described both as 'perhaps the greatest biblical scholar of his age, and as 'an original Hebraic scholar'. The document in the Roy Davids sale headed, 'The Question ... More

Posters of the Russian Revolution 1917-1921 from the Lenin Library at Nassau County Museum of ArtViktor Deni, Comrade Lenin Purging the Unclean from the Earth, 1920. Color Lithograph. The Arnold A. Saltzman Family Collection.ROSLYN HARBOR, N.Y.- In the stormy period that began with the 1917 October Revolution, poster art became a principal means of communicating the ideals of Communism to the largely illiterate peasantry of Russia. Graphic, inexpensively produced posters carried the Revolution's message and served to capture the minds and souls of the masses. These vibrant posters, depicting the new collective means of production in mines, fields and factories, were designed and executed by some of the foremost Russian artists of the time, among them Dmitry Moor, El Lissitzky, and Viktor Deni. The works in Posters of the Russian Revolution 1917-1921 are on loan from The Arnold A. Saltzman Family Collection. The exhibition is on view at Nassau County Museum of Art through May 8, 2011. The early posters of 1917-18 mirror the ... More

Sir Claude Francis Barry Exhibition at The Royal Cornwall Museum Reveals Masterful WorkThe Fireman. Photo: Bernie Pettersen.CORNWALL.- Described by one national critic as 'the greatest artist you never heard of', Barry (1883-1970) was a prolific painter and etcher who spent years working alongside Newlyn School greats like Stanhope Forbes, Henry Scott Tuke and Norman Garstin at the beginning of the last century. An early narrative approach to painting gave way to more abstract themes as he experimented with a range of styles – including the very different schools of Pointillism and Vorticism. The result is an exciting, very varied portfolio of work that is as memorable as it is striking. Had it not been for the passion and determination of one man, however, Barry would, in all likelihood, have remained an unknown. Independently wealthy, he didn't need to sell his art during his lifetime and, when he died on Jersey in 1970, he left the bulk of it to an impoverished fellow artist. When solicitor David Capps came a ... More
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Image of Cape Town's 'District Six' Madein Fear by Leading Black Artists for Sale at BonhamsLONDON.-"Enfolded in his loneliness as in an African blanket. One of the zombies apartheid has let loose upon the world, wandering ghost, sad and terrifying dreamer." Andre Brink, `A Fork in the Road.' A stunning picture of Cape Town's District Six by Gerard Sekoto (1913-1993), South Africa's greatest black artist, sketched rapidly and fearfully, is set to make £200,000 to £300,000 at Bonhams sale of South African Art in London on March 23. The oil painting titled `Yellow Houses, District Six' was produced in its earliest sketch form while the artist was on tenterhooks. Sekoto writes: "Although much of the time I would feel scared to enter too deep into the most dangerous seeming hide-outs of District Six, I hovered within arm's length, observing and making sketches in a very acrobatic style. This meant making quick sketches in such a manner that an observer would imagine I was noting down some ... More
Small Auction House Wins Major EstatesLOS ANGELES, CA.- Property from the Estate of computer billionaire Max Palevsky and works from the collection of James Byrnes, the first curator of Modern Art at LACMA, will trade hands for the first time on March 6, 2011 at the upcoming LAMA auction. Over half of the 500 plus items offered in the March 6th auction have never before traded hands on the open market. Peter Loughrey, Director of LAMA: "Every auctioneer is aware that strong material from private collections is always in great demand. This is one of the best opportunities we have had to offer completely fresh material by some of the greatest artists of the 20th century. The fact that this material has such great provenance and will be sold with little or no reserve is just icing on the cake." Highlights from the Estate of Max Palevsky will include a number of Ettore Sottsass custom designs such as a marble entry table, a custom headboard with built-in nigh ... More
Praz-Delavallade Presents Third Solo Exhibition by Los Angeles Based Artist Sam DurantPARIS.- Praz-Delavallade presents their third solo-exhibition by Los Angeles based artist Sam Durant. Through his drawings, sculptures and installations, Sam Durant explores the realms of pop culture, history and memoralization in order to question the values of American society. After having focused on such pivotal periods as the civil-rights era, the 1968 student riots, and the last century's struggle between Native Americans and European settlers, economics have taken a determinant place in his more recent series. On view until 26 March 2011. The title of the show refers to Amercian artist Robert Smithson's work Yucatan Mirror Displacements (1969) which was itself a reference to writer John Lloyd Stephen's book Incidents of Travel in Yucatan (1843). At the forefront in all of his work, the mirror interests Sam Durant because of its potent symbolic charge. Evocative of both reflection and reflexion, a mirror suggest ... More
Artery Project Partners Activate the Central Market Arts District with a Series of New Exhibitions in MarchSAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Following on the heels of the successful launch of three site-specific lighting installations in the Central Market corridor, Director of Cultural Affairs for the San Francisco Arts Commission Luis R. Cancel is pleased to announce a new round of arts events taking place in March as part of The ARTery Project. Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, The ARTery Project is a series of art events, fairs, installations and performances taking place along Market Street between U.N. Plaza and 6th Street. ARTery partners the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts, Central City Hospitality House and the luggage store will each open new exhibitions throughout the month, offering the public many weeks of fun activities in which to participate. ... More
West Coast Debut of Video and Performance Artists Eva and Franco Mattes at Cain Schulte Contemporary ArtSAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Cain Schulte Contemporary Art San Francisco presents the West Coast debut of the New York-based, internationally known video and performance artists Eva and Franco Mattes, aka 0100101110101101.ORG, with their solo exhibition Colorless, Odorless, Tasteless, on view from February 25 to April 2, 2011. For their first solo exhibition in San Francisco, Eva and Franco Mattes create an interacting installation/performance with an arcade video game. The title Colorless, Odorless, Tasteless refers to the properties of carbon monoxide produced by their arcade video game, rigged with a real car engine that turns on when played. The audience will decide the amount of pollution released in the atmosphere by their playing the game, and creating unexpected outcomes by their actions. The main focus of this installation/performance is online performances, the video game industry, and environmentalism, but his latest pie ... More
Indian Comic Book Pioneer 'Uncle Pai' Dies at 81By: Katy Daigle, Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP).- Anant Pai, a comic book pioneer whose colorful adaptations of Hindu mythology have been cherished by Indian children for nearly half a century, has died of a heart attack in a Mumbai hospital, his publishing house said Friday. He was 81. Affectionately known as "Uncle Pai," he is credited with launching India's comic book industry in the 1960s with his series "Amar Chitra Katha" — or "Immortal Picture Stories" — chronicling the Sanskrit epics Mahabharata and Ramayana as well as Hindu folk tales and legends. Pai meant for the series to be an educational tool. He was prompted by watching a quiz show on which Indian schoolchildren were unable to answer questions about Hindu mythology despite knowing Greek mythology, colleagues said. "He believed the best way to communicate an idea or value to a child is through stories," said Reena I. Puri, his longtime editor at ACK Med ... More
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