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NEW YORK, NY.- Deborah Wye, The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Chief Curator of Prints and Illustrated Books at The Museum of Modern Art, will retire from that position effective September 1, 2010, it was announced today by MoMA Director Glenn D. Lowry. She will continue her relationship with the Museum in a consultative role, initially undertaking the final volume of a catalogue raisonné on the prints of Louise Bourgeois, which form an archive in MoMA’s collection. One of the foremost experts on the work of Bourgeois, Ms. Wye organized a sculpture retrospective of the artist’s work in 1982 for her first MoMA exhibition, followed by an exhibition of the artist’s prints in 1994. Ms. Wye’s retirement is in keeping with the Museum’s policy for Chief Curators and other senior managers to retire at age 65. Ms. Wye has played an integral role at MoMA for more than 30 years. Having joined the Museum as Assistant Curator in 1979, she

NEW YORK, NY.- In a major departure from his usual practice of working in the rural landscape, Andy Goldsworthy presents photographs, sculpture and videos made exclusively in New York City. In New York Dirt Water Light, Goldsworthy’s subjects include debris, passersby, and the interplay of natural and artificial light—demonstrating the artist’s broad, compelling understanding of nature. The exhibition at Galerie Lelong includes nine photographic suites, a triptych of “rain shadow” videos, and a sculptural installation made of dirt collected from the city streets. Since 1993, when Goldsworthy presented his first solo exhibition in New York City, the artist has sought to find a way to convey the nature in urban environments. The heart of New York Dirt Water Light is a series of time-based photographs that represent Goldsworthy’s most intensive work in an urban

ROME (AP).- A finely painted portrait of a demurely looking woman nestled in an exceptionally ornate frame that was kept in an Italian ducal palace storeroom appears to be a Raphael original and not a copy as long thought, an art official in central Italy said Friday. However, experts on the Renaissance giant quickly cautioned that art historians would have to closely study it before any conclusions can be made. Mario Scalini, state superintendent for art in Modena and nearby towns, said he was doing an inventory of about 20,000 paintings in storerooms after he was named to the post a few years ago when he was struck by an unusually fancy, gilded 17th century frame in the palace in Sassuolo, near Modena. It surrounded a portrait of a lady, hair braided, head tilted to one side

NEW YORK, NY.- Emily Fisher Landau, the noted philanthropist and art collector, and one of the Whitney’s most generous trustees, has made an important gift of 367 works of art, including works from the Fisher Landau Center for Art, that have been pledged to the Museum, it was announced today by Adam D. Weinberg, Alice Pratt Brown Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art. The gift comprises works in all media by nearly one hundred key figures in American art, including Carl Andre, Richard Artschwager, Carroll Dunham, William Eggleston, Peter Hujar, Jasper Johns, Glenn Ligon, Agnes Martin, Robert Rauschenberg, Susan Rothenberg, James Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha, Lorna Simpson, Kiki Smith, and Andy Warhol. An exhibition with an accompanying catalogue is planned for early 2011. Mr. Weinberg noted, “Emily has been a dear friend

BASEL.- Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960 –1988) was one of the most fascinating and controversial personalities in the art world. After starting on the New York underground scene as a graffiti sprayer, musician and actor, he began to devote himself to painting at nineteen. His highly expressive, energetic work soon found wide admiration. Supported by Andy Warhol, he advanced to become an internationally acclaimed star. He was the youngest Documenta participant ever, and exhibited at Art Basel, the Venice Biennale, and various famous galleries. The son of immigrants from the Caribbean, Basquiat became the first black artist to make a highlevel breakthrough. He collaborated with Keith Haring, Francisco Clemente, Debbie Harry, and many other stars. In the space of only eight years, he created an extensive oeuvre of about 1000 paintings and 2000 drawings before his tragic death at the age of only twenty-seven. To mark his fiftieth birthday, the <a href=http://www.beyeler.com target="

LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Getty Foundation has awarded $630,000 for the preservation of two major works of art: The Mystic Lamb by Hubert and Jan van Eyck (the Ghent Altarpiece) of 1432 and The Last Supper by Giorgio Vasari of 1546. These grants are part of the Getty’s Panel Paintings Initiative, an international effort to train conservation specialists to ensure that important and intricate works of art such as these survive for future generations. The tradition of painting on wood panels was widespread in Europe from the late 12th through the17th centuries. Panel paintings are among the most significant works in American, European, and Russian museum collections and in religious buildings, including works by Duccio di Buoninsegna, Leonardo da Vinci, Peter Paul Rubens, and Rembrandt van Rijn. Unfortunately, many of these works are now threatened by serious problems due to the warping, cracking, and splitting of the wood on

LONDON.- NYC Tuesday 4 May 9 pm: At the Second Artists Dinner in New York, hosted by the American Patrons of Tate, Sir Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate, announced that a group of major works by leading American artists had been donated to Tate: David Salle Calm Down In a Diary (Triptych) 1982 – gift of Douglas S Cramer • Haim Steinbach Untitled (Locks, Friar, Sister) 1987 – gift of Douglas S Cramer • Agnes Martin Untitled #5 1991 – gift of Arne and Millie Glimcher in honour of Anthony d’Offay and ARTIST ROOMS Sir Nicholas also announced that more than $750,000 had been raised towards the acquisition of works by contemporary artists from North and South America for Tate Collection. The Artists Dinner was chaired by Glenda Bailey (editor-in-chief, Harper’s Bazaar) and Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild (chair, American Patrons of Tate) and included a special live performance by Patti Smith. The eve

NEW YORK, NY.- The Guggenheim’s fine-dining restaurant the Wright has won a 2010 James Beard Foundation Award for outstanding restaurant design. The James Beard Foundation Awards are among the highest honors for food and beverage professionals working in America, and recognize superior achievement in categories ranging from Best Chef and Outstanding Restaurateur to Cookbook of the Year and Multimedia Food Feature. The awards were announced on May 3 during a ceremony at Lincoln Center in New York. Along with this prestigious award, the Wright has been nominated as part of Condé Nast Traveller’s fourth Innovation and Design Awards (I&DA) in the Gourmet category. The I&DA celebrates excellence across ten categories ranging from sustainability to communications technology, as researched by the Condé Nast Traveller team. A panel of judges, including Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate; acclaimed chef Heston Blumenthal;

NAPLES, FL.- The Naples Museum of Art in Florida has received, through a generous corporate gift, Louise Nevelson’s largest sculpture installation and her last major work, Dawn’s Forest. Commissioned and owned by Georgia-Pacific LLC and MetLife for the Georgia-Pacific Center in Atlanta, Dawn’s Forest has been part of a corporate collection since it was created in the 1980s and has never been shown in a museum setting. It is Nevelson’s largest and most complex sculptural environment, containing elements culled from previous works dating to 1971. The Naples Museum of Art will unveil the monumental installation, which consists of a dozen individual sculptures, in October. “We are honored and grateful to be the recipient of this important work and to show it to the world,” said Naples Museum of Art founder Myra Janco Daniels. “It’s a perfect fit for our