ArtNews Magazine – Artists, Museums, Galleries, Exhibitions
ConteArt Fine Art News visual arts world, covering international contemporary art news artists, museums, galleries exhibitions around the globe by Topalski
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt will soon reveal the
results of DNA tests made on the world’s most famous ancient king, the young
Pharaoh Tutankhamun, to answer lingering mysteries over his
lineage, the antiquities department said this past Sunday. Speaking at
a conference, archaeology chief Zahi Hawass said he would announce the results
of the DNA tests and the CAT scans on Feb. 17. The results will be compared to
those made of King Amenhotep III, who may have been Tutankamun’s grandfather.
NEW YORK, NY – The Museum of Modern Art presents 9
Screens, an exhibition consisting of five new multichannel videos commissioned
specifically for the information screens located above the admission desk in the
Museum’s lobby, from February 3 to May 18, 2010. The concept for the
exhibition was developed during conversations between artist Nicolas Guagnini
and Kathy Halbreich, Associate Director, The Museum of Modern Art, about MoMA’s
interchange with artists—how the Museum was perceived by artists, and also its
function and role within the artistic community. In 2008, Halbreich invited
Guagnini to observe the inner workings of MoMA and share his observations and
critiques with both curators and administrators.
NEW YORK, NY.- An exhibition of new paintings and
sculpture by Shiva Ahmadi will be on view from February 4 through 27 February,
2010, at Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller (LTMH) Gallery. Ahmadi has
created a dynamic visual language inspired by Persian miniatures and Islamic art
and architecture that she uses to explore social and political issues affecting
both the Middle East and the West. Shiva Ahmadi: Reinventing the Poetics of Myth
examines issues of capitalism and the glory of oil in the Middle East and as
well as the dependency of the West on oil. To call attention to these issues,
Ahmadi often paints on panels shaped like oil barrels or actual oil barrels,
which become transformed into objects of beauty.
BARCELONA.- The Real Círculo Artístico of
Barcelona (Royal Artistic Circle of Barcelona – RCAB), Spain, issued a
proclamation awarding French photographer Robert Descharnes, long term friend
and associate of Salvador Dalí and expert in his work, its coveted Gold
Medal “For the merit which he displays, the greatest authority
in the world in the knowledge and defense of the work of the artist Salvador
Dalí i Domench.” The award was accepted on Robert Descharnes’ behalf by
his son Nicolas at the RCAB’s headquarters in Barcelona on December 27th 2009
and acknowledged in a video addressed to the RCAB by Robert Descharnes who was
unable to attend the presentation in person.
RIDGEFIELD, CT.- The collaborative team
of Jeanne C. Finley and John Muse have based their first major
project in the northeast on the sweep of over 200 years of Ridgefield,
Connecticut’s, history. The exhibition will debut on Sunday, January 31,
2010. The exhibition ends on June 6, 2010 at the Aldrich
Contemporary Art Museum. The exhibition, entitled Sleeping Under Stars,
Living Under Satellites, explores different ways of keeping time and moving
through space by presenting the wanderings of legendary historical figures from
Ridgefield, Sarah Bishop and the Leatherman.
BILBAO,SPAIN – The Bilbao Museum of Fine Arts
presented its 27th guest work, the piece is titled “Boy with Cherries” by
Edouard Manet (París, 1832-1883). This is a simply composed portrait, but of
great quality and shows the artist’s expression. Manet was a
fundamental figure in the transition between Realism and Impressionism. Manet
knew how to introduce new themes and techniques which confronted him with
academic art. The Guest Work is an original Bilbao Fine Arts Museum
initiative designed to display remarkable works from other museums or
collections to enhance their understanding of artists whose works are in the
Museum collection or simply to introduce our public to artists not represented
at the museum.
NORMAN, OK.- In light of the current U.S. economy and its
historic correlation to the 1930s, the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of
Art premieres a new exhibition of New Deal-era artwork this spring. Revisiting
the New Deal: Government Patronage and the Fine Arts, 1933-1943 opens Friday,
Feb. 5, with a special public opening reception at 7
p.m. Revisiting the New Deal surveys the large collection of painting,
sculpture and prints that the museum acquired from the federal government
between 1935 and 1943. Selections from the exhibition include works by Stuart
Davis, Joseph Hirsch, Jon Corbino, Louis Lozowick, Paul Goodbear and Patrociño
Barela. A collection of posters designed by Louis Siegriest and reproductions of
Navajo blankets by Louis Ewing are highlighted as well.
NEW DELHI.- India Art Summit announced its 3rd
edition, from 20 – 23 January 2011 in New Delhi. Launched in
2008, India Art Summit hosts the country’s Modern and Contemporary Art Fair,
alongside a vibrant four day programme which includes a reputed International
Speakers’ Forum, Curated Projects, an Education Series and a variety of
collateral events. In 2009, the 2nd edition of India Art Summit™ drew
40,000 visitors; participants included 54 galleries from across India, the Asian
region, the Middle East , Europe and the Americas displaying the works of over
500 emerging and established artists from around the world. With 50% of the
artworks on display sold (valued at Rs. 26 Crore/ US $5.3 million) and a
three-fold growth in terms of scale and participation, India Art Summitä was one
of most successful 2ndeditions of an art fair anywhere in the world.
NEW YORK, NY.- In the 160 years since French painter Paul
Delaroche proclaimed “from today painting is dead”, many scholars and
critics of art have echoed his sentiments. As each new concept or movement
in the visual arts comes to the fore, judgment is passed on all that came
before it. In Delaroche’ time, the advent of photography changed the
usefulness of painting as documentation, in the 20th century, modernist
painting transitioned paint from a representational two dimensional medium
to art grounded in codes rather than images. In our contemporary culture
of instant access and short attention spans, painting has once again
reinvented itself.
NEW YORK, NY.- Returning for his second solo
exhibition in New York, Lehmann Maupin present a group of
new works by German artist, Christian Hellmich. Since his 2006 show,
“Arrangement,” a group of paintings depicting interiors, exteriors and
arrangements of architectural perceptions all emphasizing form, texture, and
geometry, Hellmich has endeavored to further explore the roles of painting and
architecture within the context of his unique process. This exploration is
conveyed in his exhibition titled, “The Array/Transfer- Domino,” at the
gallery’s Chelsea location. On view through 20 February,
2010.
