Tony Cragg in 4D: From Flux to Stability at the International Gallery of Modern Art in Venice

VENICE.- A project conceived especially for Ca’ Pesaro by one of the protagonists of sculpture today, Tony Cragg (Liverpool, 1949). With an itinerary through the three floors of Ca’ Pesaro – from the entrance hall and small room on the ground floor, to the monumental staircase, second floor and façade overlooking the Grand Canal – the exhibition offers forty works of art, in glass, bronze, steel, plastic, wood and stone, but also drawings, preparatory sketches and watercolours, spanning thirty years [...]

Tut-Tut: Security Problems Seen in Most of Egypt’s Museums

CAIRO (AP).- The Egyptian Museum houses some of the world’s prized antiquities, including the gold mask of King Tut that draws millions of tourists a year. But it also has an outdated video surveillance system that doesn’t work around the clock and guards who snooze, read the Quran or are seemingly too bored to pay attention. Security for Egypt’s treasures is under scrutiny after the Aug. 21 theft of a van Gogh painting from another museum in Cairo revealed some [...]

Norwegian Artist Matias Faldbakken Presents His Work at Fridericianum Art Hall

KASSEL.- The Norwegian artist Matias Faldbakken (born in Hobro, 1973) is internationally well known for his direct, provocative and radical attitude. In his artistic production Faldbakken engages with social conventions and meets pop culture with a counter gesture, when rejection and refusal merge with forms of chaos and vandalism. The media and products evolving from pop societies and determining social systems of order, do not only serve him as a conceptual starting point but also as artistic tools. Whereas material [...]

Hammer Museum Opens Tom Marioni’s First One-Person Exhibition in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, CA.- For his first one-person exhibition in Los Angeles, Tom Marioni will present his on-going artwork The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends is the Highest Form of Art, first realized in 1970. Along with a bar-like installation and remains from each of the five gatherings he will host as part of the piece, the exhibition will feature a video, ephemera, and drawings, including two wall drawings created on site. For over forty years, Tom Marioni has been [...]

“Nude Visions: 150 Years of Nude Photography” Opens at the Museum of Visual Arts, Leipzig

LEIPZIG.- LEIPZIG.- The representation of the unclothed human body has exuded a great fascination ever since time began. The exhibition Nude Visions invites visitors to embark on a journey through a collection of depictions of the human body spanning 150 years. More than 250 original photos, books and folders with studies from the nude will be on view, including masterpieces from each period: from photographs dating from the 19th century which seek their models in Classical Antiquity and the Renaissance, [...]

Cuban Artist Carlos Garaicoa Makes Amends at USFCAM Tampa

TAMPA, FL.- Carlos Garaicoa is known for his explorations of social and political issues in the context of urban architecture and the built environment. Inspired by his native Havana, Garaicoa adopts the city as a laboratory and metaphor for human existence, intervening on its landscape to offer searing and insightful commentary on issues such as architecture’s ability to alter the course of history, the failure of modernism as a catalyst for social change, human rights, and the frustration and decay [...]

Kate Newby Presents First Institutional Solo Exhibition in Europe

BREMEN.- In her work, New Zealand artist Kate Newby (born 1979, currently living in Auckland) engages with the exhibition space and its surroundings. Newby herself has stated that she is interested in creating “a relationship to the place through action”. In other words, it is the architectural context of the exhibition space (such as structural details or the interior and exterior colours of the building, as well as the location and its integration within the wider environment) which informs her [...]

Egyptian Tycoon, Naguib Sawiris, Offers Reward for Van Gogh Theft

CAIRO (REUTERS).- Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris has offered a 1-million Egyptian pound ($175,300) reward for information leading to the recovery of a stolen Van Gogh painting, television reported on Wednesday. Sawiris, chairman of the leading Arab mobile operator Orascom Telecom, is the first businessman to publicly get involved in the search for the panting, worth an estimated $55 million. The painting, known as “Poppy Flower” according to a statement in Arabic, was stolen on Saturday morning from Cairo’s Mahmoud Khalil [...]

National Museum Wales Acquires Important Venetian Painting

CARDIFF.- Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales has purchased an important painting by the 18th century Italian artist Francesco Guardi. View of the Palazzo Loredan dell’Ambasciatore on the Grand Canal, Venice (oil on panel, 24.3 x 35.5cm) was bought with the Art Fund´s help. This significant work, accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by H M Government and allocated to Amgueddfa Cymru, is an important addition to the Museum’s outstanding 18th century collections. It supplements several other depictions of Venice [...]

Guernsey’s Presents Two Unique Auctions Under One Roof at Park Avenue Armor

NEW YORK, NY.- Guernsey’s Auction House will host two unique auctions at New York City’s Park Avenue Armory on September 24th and 25th. The auction powerhouse has amassed two mutually exclusive collections, which will be made available to the public. On September 24, Guernsey ’s will host an Iconic Objects Auction. Each of the lots in this unique sale will contain a significant item (or collection of items) that relate to a person or event that impacted our nation’s culture [...]

Anne Morgan’s War: Rebuilding Devastated France, 1917-1924 Opens Next Week

NEW YORK, NY.- This remarkable exhibition brings to life the extraordinary work undertaken by a small team of American women volunteers who left comfortable lives in the United States to devote themselves to relief work in France during and after World War I. Their dynamic leader was Anne Morgan (1873–1952), a daughter of the financier Pierpont Morgan. As she rallied potential volunteers and donors on speaking tours across the United States, Morgan harnessed the power of documentary photography to foster [...]

Leeds Art Gallery Displays Major Elisabeth Frink Sculpture

LEEDS.- Birdman, a life-size sculpture by acclaimed artist Elisabeth Frink (1930 – 1993) has gone on display at Leeds Art Gallery. Valued at £250,000, the unique plaster maquette was given to Leeds through the Art Fund by the Frink Estate and Beaux Arts London. This is the first sculpture by Elisabeth Frink to be part of Leeds’ permanent collection, which boasts works by some of the greatest sculptors of the 20th century. The acquisition of such an important piece by [...]

Figures and Figuration at The Forge Gallery

Walberton, United Kingdom.- Christopher Stone and Peter Morris will be taking part in their first show together, Late August at The Forge Gallery,Walberton, a date to put in your diaries. Peter Morris is an experienced artist, having been painting since the late 1940s. His subject matter is diverse: Greek Island cafe scenes with fishermen relaxing and talking after a hard day, workmen moving a piano, figures in a string quartet, or warm Dordogne landscapes, all in a solid style which [...]

Norman Foster Designs First Office Headquarters in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES.- Foster + Partners, working with construction firm, CRIBA S.A. and local architect, BBRCH-Minond, has won the competition to design a new corporate headquarters for the Banco Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Plans for the energy-efficient building, which will occupy an entire city block in the neighbourhood of Parque Patricios, echo its park-side setting with landscaped courtyards and shaded walkways and will provide a distinctive new presence for the bank in the city. The scheme occupies the whole site [...]

Larry Gagosian to Present Masterpieces from His Private Collection

ABU DHABI.- Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) at Manarat Al Saadiyat presents the world premiere of RSTW (Rauschenberg, Ruscha, Serra, Twombly, Warhol and Wool), a novel exhibition of masterpieces from the private collection of one of the art world’s preeminent figures, Larry Gagosian. This event will challenge the perception of what it means to be simultaneously a private collector and public figure, while instigating a paradigm shift in modern aesthetic experiences. In Abu Dhabi, new dimensions are explored; RSTW [...]