NEW YORK, NY.- Recognizing the extraordinary contribution that the New York-based nonprofit organization Creative Capital has made to sustaining art of the highest quality in the United States, The Museum of Modern Art will present an exhibition of 37 original, impassioned, and rebellious films and videos that Creative Capital has funded and nurtured over the past 11 years. Presented from April 30 through June 6, 2010, the exhibition will include the premieres of three new works and two live moving-image musical performances among its showcase of 17 shorts and 20 features. Since 1999, Creative Capital has committed more than $20 million in financial and advisory support to more than 400 artists across artistic disciplines. Within film, this includes fictional narratives and documentaries, animated and experimental shorts, live moving-image performances, and many other innovative film projects. The exhibition screens in The Roy
American Academy of Arts and Letters Announces 2010 Architecture Award Winners
NEW YORK, NY.- The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced today the recipients of its 2010 architecture awards. The Academy’s annual architecture awards program began in 1955 with the inauguration of the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture, which, since its inception, has been awarded to preeminent architects from any country who have contributed to architecture as an art form. In 1991, the Academy began giving awards to honor architects whose work is characterized by a strong personal direction. An additional award category was created in 2003 to recognize a practitioner from any field who has contributed to ideas in architecture through any medium of expression.
Spring Sale of 19th Century European Art Announced at Sotheby’s
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s spring sale of 19th Century European Art will be held on 23 April and will offer a selection of high-quality works representing the best artists, schools and styles of the 19th century. Works from the sale will be exhibited at Sotheby’s New York galleries beginning 17 April. Sotheby’s 19th Century European Art sale will feature William Bouguereau’s monumental L’Amour et Psyché (est. $1.8/2.2 million). L’Amour et Psyché celebrates the story of mythological lovers whose devotion to each other and triumph over adversity exemplifies the popular adage that love conquers all. As one of only three known versions by the artist depicting Cupid and Psyche as young adults, it rarity is complemented by its ambitious scale. The two characters are virtually life-size, a powerful visual effect made even more dramatic by their apparent suspension mid-air. This
Paintings by Norbert Prangenberg at Betty Cuningham Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Betty Cuningham Gallery presents an exhibition of the paintings of Norbert Prangenberg. This will be the artist’s first exhibition at the gallery and is being presented in collaboration with Bernd Schellhorn of Berlin, Germany. The artist will be present for an opening reception on Thursday, April 1. Included in the exhibition will be a selection of approximately 30 of Prangenberg’s recent paintings. Although primarily known as a sculptor, Prangenberg has always worked in a variety of media; his sculptures, paintings, drawings, and prints are recognized as equally significant. And one media is not exclusive of the other; for example his ceramics very much influence the tactile way in which he applies his paint. Throughout all of his work, his fundamental relationship between sight and touch, eye and
Museo Esteban Vicente Presents “Esteban Vicente: Drawings 1920-2000”
SEGOVIA.- The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente, with this exhibition, takes a new approach to the study of Esteban Vicente, an artist who built one of the most interesting careers in twentieth-century Spanish painting. Until now there has never been a detailed study of his drawings. We are showing works from the 1920s till 2000 (Esteban Vicente died in 2001). There are thus nearly eighty years of his development, the evolution of a way of seeing and of the process of creating his own world. We follow a chronological order through the painter’s formative years in Spain and France, before his move to the United States in 1936. In the 1940s we find a period of restless exploration marked by recently discovered cubist work. Finally we find his fully matured work, related to the New York abstract expressionist school of the 1950s until our own time. It is
Erin B. Coe Takes on New Role at The Hyde Collection
GLENS FALLS, NY.- The Hyde Collection Executive Director David F. Setford has announced that Erin B. Coe has been promoted to deputy director, curatorial affairs and programming, which went into effect January 1, 2010. Coe, who has served The Hyde as chief curator since 1999, was also appointed deputy director in 2007. In her new capacity, she will continue to serve as the Museum’s chief curator and take on additional responsibilities including overseeing the education department. In her expanded role, she works closely with The Hyde’s director of education on developing and growing the Museum’s offerings of adult programs and outreach initiatives. “Erin is one of The Hyde’s true assets,” said Setford. “Her knowledge of art and the museum world, along with her strong connection to the community, make her the perfect person to oversee both the curatorial and programming activitie
New Works by New York Artist Jack Pierson at Regen Projects
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Regen Projects presents an exhibition of new works by New York artist Jack Pierson. Pierson’s oeuvre is extraordinary: photography, sculpture, installation, painting, bookmaking and drawing. His subject matter and iconography deals with themes of loss, longing, faded glamour and nostalgia. Working with narratives that are both familiar and removed, Pierson constructs fiction to explore memory. Desire drives the work in whatever shape it takes and that desire is inextricably linked to beauty, conventional or unexpected. Beauty in his work often has a darker side, showing the most intimate moments where beauty becomes tragedy and decadence becomes decay. The two themes, prevalent in Pierson’s investigation, elude definition, refuse conformity and attempt to describe the indescribable. For his seventh solo exhibition at Regen Projects
Japanese Museums Dominates Art Newspaper Exhibition Ranking
LONDON (REUTERS).- Japanese museums dominated a new table of the world’s top art exhibitions in 2009, according to a survey in The Art Newspaper. Ranked by daily entries as opposed to overall visitors, Tokyo National Museum’s “Ashura” exhibition, featuring one of the nation’s most famous Buddhist statues and other treasures from the Kohfukuji temple, topped the list. It attracted 15,960 people per day, and 946,172 overall, ahead of Nara National Museum’s “61st Annual Exhibition of Shoso-in Treasures,” which boasted a daily attendance figure of 14,965. Two more Tokyo shows ranked third and fourth — Tokyo National Museum’s “Treasures of the Imperial Collections” (9,473) and the National Museum of Western Art’s “17th Century Painting from the Louvre” (9,267). French shows were next in the rankings, with Musee Quai Branly’s “2nd Photoquai Biennale” attracting 7,868 people each day, followed by Grand Palais’
Anish Kapoor to Design Iconic Visitor Attraction for Olympic Park
LONDON.- The Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Lakshmi Mittal, Chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal, today unveiled the artist and design chosen to create a spectacular new visitor attraction in the Olympic Park. Award winning London-based artist Anish Kapoor has been given the commission of a lifetime to design the spectacular new public attraction in the Olympic Park. The stunning artwork, to be entitled ‘The ArcelorMittal Orbit’, will ensure the Park remains an unrivalled visitor destination following the 2012 Games, providing the key Olympic legacy Mayor of London Boris Johnson envisaged for the East End. The breathtaking sculpture – thought to be the tallest in the UK – will consist of a continuous looping lattice of tubular steel. Standing at a gigantic 115m, it will be 22m taller than the Statue of Liberty in New York and offer unparalleled views of the entire 250 acres of the Olympic Park and London’s skyline from a special viewing platform.
Mexican State of Yucatán Buys Archaeological Site of Chichen Itza from Private Landowner
MEXICO CITY.- A historic transaction between the Government of Yucatán and businessman Hans Jurgen Thies Barbachano yesterday allowed the State to buy 83 hectares of land where the archaeological site of Chichen Itza sits for 220 million pesos (17,800,150 USD). The negotiation, which ended two days ago with the signing of an agreement to purchase the land, began more or less a year ago between the Governor Ivonne Ortega Pacheco and Hans Jürgen Thies Barbachano, the owner, who sought the care and protection of historical monuments there to remain as heritage of the State of Yucatan. Chichen Itza was a major focal point in the northern Maya lowlands from the Late Classic through the Terminal Classic and into the early portion of the Early Postclassic period. The site exhibits a multitude of architectural styles, from what is called “Mexicanized” and reminiscent of styles seen in central Mexico to the Puuc style found among the Puuc Maya of the northern lowlands. The pre