MIAMI, FL.- The eighth edition of Art Basel Miami Beach closed on Sunday, December 6, 2009. More than 250 galleries from North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa exhibited works by over 2,000 artists. With a program of special exhibitions, panel discussions, private collection tours, and events featuring film, performance, and video, the show attracted 42,000 visitors. Visitors included art collectors, museum directors, curators and cultural journalists from
British Museum Launches Multimedia Guides in 11 Languages
LONDON.- A new set of handheld guides launches at the British Museum, designed to allow visitors to learn more about the British Museum’s collections. This includes: • A Multimedia Guide available in 11 different languages, including British Sign Language (BSL) • An Audio Description Guide (in English only) • A Children’s Multimedia Guide (in English only) With an international audience of six million visitors each year, the British Museum is always seeking to find new ways to engage visitors
Glasgow School of Art has Produced 30% of Turner Prize Nominees Since 2005
GLASGOW.- The winner of the Turner Prize 2009 is a 1995 graduate of The Glasgow School of Art’s world renowned MFA program. With another GSA graduate Lucy Skaer, also nominated for this year’s Turner Prize, the School can now claim to have produced 30% of the Turner Prize nominees since 2005. Three of the Turner Prize winners since its inaugural year in 1984 have been graduates of The Glasgow School of Art – Douglas Gordon, Simon Starling and now Richard Wright. The Master of Fine Art postgraduate
‘Masterpiece London’ Announces a Prestigious Line-Up
LONDON.- Masterpiece London has released details of just some of the confirmed participants for its inaugural Fair to be held between June 24-29, 2010. The names reflect the different disciplines that will be represented, all of which will be showcasing their own masterpieces at the prestigious location of the former Chelsea Barracks, Chelsea Bridge Road, SW1. Among those confirmed to participate in 2010 are the eminent international names of A La Vieille Russie, MacConnal-Mason, Marchant, SJ Phillips, Peter Finer and the Tomasso
ICP Announces Alan B. Stone and the Senses of Place
NEW YORK, NY.- On view at the International Center of Photography from January 29 through May 9, 2010, Alan B. Stone and the Senses of Place explores photography’s unique ability to revive one’s sense of connection to the past, and considers some of the many meanings associated with “place.” Guest curator David Deitcher presents the work of the little-known Montreal-based photographer Alan B. Stone (1928–1992) as a case study that considers some of the ways in which people experience, use, and are affected by photographs. This intimate
Rembrandt Painting Fetches $33,210,855 – A Record Price at Christie’s Old Master Sale
LONDON (REUTERS).- A Rembrandt painting unseen in public for nearly 40 years sold for a record 20.2 million pounds ($33.2 million) at auction in London on Tuesday, the highest ever paid at auction for the 17th century artist. Christie’s said that “Portrait of a man, half-length, with his arms akimbo”, painted in 1658, fetched the 4th highest-price paid at auction for any old masters painting. It was bought by an anonymous client bidding via telephone, Christie’s said. The record for a Rembrandt previously stood at 19.8 million pounds (then $29 million) in December 2000 for “Portrait of a lady aged 62.” The Rembrandt was the star lot in Christie’s auction of old masters and 19th century works, which have stood up relatively well during a financial downturn that has hit much of the rest of the world art market.
Lehman College Art Gallery Publishes Guide to the Architecture of The Bronx
NEW YORK, NY.- Bronx Architecture” is an online
guide to the architecture of the borough developed by Lehman College Art
Gallery/CUNY. Designed as a companion to “Public Art in the Bronx,” the Web site
features over 75 buildings, background on architects, neighborhood
walking tours, maps, lesson-plans for high school teachers, neighborhood
histories, a resource section, and glossary. Like the Web site devoted to public
art, we hope that this guide will provide a useful resource for the general
public as well as teachers and encourage exploration of the art and architecture
of the Bronx.
Victoria & Albert Museum Presents “Decode: Digital Design Sensations”
LONDON.- Digitally growing plants and a mechanical
eye that mirrors the blink of a visitor’s gaze will be among the digital works
that will feature in Decode: Digital Design Sensations. The
exhibition will show the latest developments in digital and interactive design,
from small screen based graphics to large-scale installations. Curated
in collaboration with leading digital arts organisation onedotzero, there will
be works by established international artists and designers including Daniel
Brown, Golan Levin and Daniel Rozin as well as emerging designers such as Troika
and Simon Heijdens. On display at the Victoria & Albert Museum
from 8 December to 11 April 2010.
Portland Art Museum Displays Recent Photography Acquisitions
PORTLAND, OR.- Beyond Place: Recent Photography
Acquisitions explores place as a subject in photographs by an international
roster of artists. The selected works are mostly free of the human
figure and focus instead on the power of the photograph to imaginatively
transport the viewer, to inspire emotional musings, and to reveal the unknown.
On exhibition through 14 March, 2010 at the Portland Art
Museum.
Turner Prize ’09 Awarded to Scotland-Based Painter Richard Wright
LONDON
(AP).- A Scotland-based painter known for destroying his large-scale
wall murals after they have been exhibited won Britain’s best-known art award,
the Turner Prize, on Monday. Richard Wright said he was surprised he beat three
other finalists to win the annual 25,000 pound ($40,000) prize, which
was announced at London’s Tate Britain gallery. The award was presented by
British poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy. Wright is known for painting intricate,
large-scale patterns on walls or ceilings, as well as for his insistence that
his work be destroyed after the exhibitions end. He said he gave up painting on
canvas because those paintings were “rubbish” and didn’t represent who he was.