Tim Davies Selected to Represent Wales at the 54th International Art Exhibition in Venice

CARDIFF.- Tim Davies has been selected by the Arts Council of Wales to represent Wales at the 54th International Art Exhibition, at a new location for Wales at the Biennale, Santa Maria Ausiliatrice: the Ludoteca in Castello. One of Wales’s leading artists, Davies works in a range of different materials, including, found imagery, sculptural installation, collage, framed works, and film. He is a memorable image-maker. Often the images are wrought by painstaking and meticulous, repetitive labour, honouring ethics of work, production [...]

Paris Photo Announces New Venue at the Grand Palais and Julien Frydman as Its New Director

PARIS.- Jean-Daniel Compain, Managing Director for Culture and Leisure at Reed Expositions, organiser for the event, announces that Paris Photo is moving to the Grand Palais, the finest setting that Paris can offer to photography, from 9th to 13th November 2011. This prestigious location will without a doubt, add to Paris Photo’s unique international position and make it an even greater fixture of Paris’ vibrant artistic and cultural scene. The 2011 edition will mark the 15th anniversary of Paris Photo [...]

Sao Paulo Biennial Foundation Appoints Curator for its Forthcoming Edition

SAO PAULO.- Venezuelan-born Luis Pérez-Oramas will be responsible for the 30th São Paulo International Biennial to be held in 2012. Pérez-Oramas is expected to begin working as soon as the appointment is made public, putting together the curatorial team that will accompany him in the process of organizing the Biennial. The curator will be also responsible for the 30th Biennial’s traveling shows to be held in 2013 and, following the current agreement between Fundação Bienal and the Brazilian Ministry of [...]

Maria Altmann, Who Recovered Gustav Klimt Paintings Looted from Her Family, Dies

LOS ANGELES (AP).- Maria Altmann, a refugee from Nazi-occupied Austria who successfully fought to recover Gustav Klimt paintings looted from her Jewish family, has died. She was 94. Altmann died Monday at her home in the Cheviot Hills area of Los Angeles after a long illness, said E. Randol Schoenberg, her friend and attorney. Altmann was already in her 80s in 1998 when she and Schoenberg began a legal fight with the Austrian government over the paintings, which included a [...]

Palestinian-British Artist Mona Hatoum Announced Winner of the 2011 Joan Miró Prize

BARCELONA.- The jury of the 2011 Joan Miró Prize has granted the award to the Palestinian-British artist residing in London and Berlin, Mona Hatoum, for her great skill in connecting personal experience with universal values. Hatoum’s sculptures, installations, performances and videos set her among the most outstanding artists on the international art scene. The Joan Miró Prize is organised by Fundació Joan Miró of Barcelona in collaboration with Obra Social “la Caixa”, which assumes as its own the agreement existing [...]

John Miller Awarded the Wolfgang Hahn Prize

COLOGNE.- John Miller has been named the 2011 recipient of the Wolfgang Hahn Prize by the Gesellschaft für ModerneKunst at the Museum Ludwig, Cologne. He will have a one-person exhibition at the museum in April, and it will acquire work for its collection. Previous winners of the prestigious annual prize, named in honor of Cologne art conservator and collector Wolfgang Hahn, include Cindy Sherman, Mike Kelley, Pipilotti Rist, Richard Artschwager, Rosemarie Trockel, and Peter Doig. John Miller, Installation view at the Kunsthalle [...]

Kutluǧ Ataman & Šejla Kamerić Receive Routes Award from European Cultural Foundation

BRUSSELS.- The European Cultural Foundation (ECF) annually honors artists, activists and thinkers who help to understand and appreciate Europe’s cultural diversity in new and compelling ways with the Routes Princess Margriet Award. This year’s laureates are the artists Kutluğ Ataman and Šejla Kamerić. On 8 February the Routes Award will be presented to the laureates at the Royal Flemish Theatre in Brussels. Both laureates, chosen by the independent international jury will receive EUR 25.000. Kutluǧ Ataman, Mesopotamian Dramaturgies / Journey to [...]

Turkish artist Sukran Moral escapes to Italy after being threatened with death

Rome (Italy)  – A performance about lesbianism  caused  attacks of intolerants She knew that having sex with another woman on stage was going to bring problems in Turkey. But not stopped. During the performance the audience left the auditorium in Istanbul Art House within 20 minutes. As they left, was imperturbable  Sukran Moral (48) simulating a lesbian relationship. The next day came threats in the form of emails and text messages. She withdrew the work. A week later, he fled [...]

Goodbye to Some of the Notable People in the Arts and Popular Culture Who Left Us in 2010

NEW YORK, NY.- On the last day of the year, we would like to say goodbye to those artists who left us this past year. Here, a roll call of some of the notable people in art and popular culture who died in 2010. Kenneth Noland, Tropical Zone, 1964, acrylic on canvas, Gift of the artist in honor of Peter C. Marzio, 2005.159, 2400×948. JANUARY Marlene Neubauer-Woerner, born Marlene Woerner (August 25, 1918 – January 1, 2010), was a German [...]

John Warhola, Brother of Artist Andy Warhol and Museum Founder, Dies at Age 85

ROCHESTER, PA (AP).- John Warhola, the older brother who helped raise pop art icon Andy Warhol and later helped establish the Andy Warhol Museum in their native Pittsburgh, has died. He was 85. Warhola died on Christmas Eve after battling pneumonia at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, according to his son, Donald Warhola. The hospital is just a few blocks from the museum. Warhola lived in nearby New Sewickley. In this Aug. 9, 2002 file photo, the family of pop [...]

20th Century Financial Titan and Top Modern Art Collector Roy R. Neuberger Dies at 107

NEW YORK, NY.- Roy R. Neuberger, a Wall Street investor who became one of the nation’s top modern art collectors, has died. He was 107. Neuberger died Friday at his home in Manhattan’s Pierre Hotel, said Rich Chimberg, a spokesman for the Neuberger Berman firm. Neuberger had survived Wall Street’s three major crises with enough money to build one of the largest private collections of major contemporary masterpieces. Roy R. Neuberger, one of the foremost patrons of American art, speaks [...]

Jasper Johns Awarded the Julio González Prize by the Government of Valencia in Spain

VALENCIA.- The Government of Valencia has awarded the U.S. artist Jasper Johns with the Julio González Prize, an artist considered along with Robert Rauschenberg as the forerunners of American Pop Art. The Julio González Prize awarded by the Generalitat Valenciana, is granted to a distinguished artist who in his own right-has has helped to highlight artistic creation internationally. This year´s edition, has seen fit to propose the granting of the award to artist Jasper Johns, in recognition of his work [...]

Christopher Stone early works

Christopher Stone has been a successful artist for a considerable time, his very early years were spent as an apprentice to a cabinet makerin London’s East end, “Working for this man was very informative, I learnt a great deal, however he was an ogre, a bad tempered old brute who learned his own trade in the army as a Royal Engineer, I believe he considered me as a grunt, and himself as the sergeant major, he used to tell me to ”put my [...]

Melissa A. DeRuiter Named PAFA’s New Executive Vice President of Development

PHILADELPHIA, PA .- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) announces the appointment of Melissa A. DeRuiter as its new Executive Vice President of Development effective December 1, 2010. She holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Art History and French from Dickinson College. With more than 15 years of professional fundraising experience, she will bring her expertise to the establishment of the institution’s fundraising plan, implementing programs for philanthropic support, and leading PAFA’s staff of development professionals. DeRuiter says, “I am [...]

Pierre Huyghe is the 2010 Winner of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Contemporary Artist Award

WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum announced that Pierre Huyghe is the 2010 winner of the museum’s contemporary artist award. Huyghe was selected by an independent panel of jurors for his “pioneering vision and tireless ambition to make art that defies expectations and extends conventional practices into new territory.” Huyghe is the ninth winner of the $25,000 award, which recognizes an artist younger than 50 who has produced a significant body of work and consistently demonstrates exceptional creativity. It [...]