LONDON.- Three 20th century paintings of the first America’s Cup sailing regatta of 1851, the oldest continuous sporting trophy in history, are highlights at The Marine Sale at Bonhams on March 24, 2010. The paintings, by Timothy Franklin Ross Thompson (British, born 1951), record three incidents in the race around the “Isle of Wight: America and Her Rivals on the Start Line” (estimate £25,000 – 35,000), “America Romping Home to Victory” (estimate £25,000 – 35,000), and “Arrow and Alarm” (estimate £15,000 – 20,000). Widely regarded as the most famous yacht race ever, it was convincingly won by the New York Yacht Club’s schooner America, so convincingly in fact that Queen Victoria’s question “Who came second?” was famously answered by “Ah, your Majesty, there is no second.”
Artist Jenness Cortez Exhibits Contemporary American Realism
NAPLES, FL.- DeBruyne Fine Art will host their ninth solo exhibition by artist Jenness Cortez. “Homage to the Creative Spirit,” January 28 through March 31, 2010. For centuries artists have been challenging their intellect and skills by paying homage to the innovators who preceded them. In her new work, Jenness Cortez becomes the 21st century’s most notable example of this genre. Her continuing fascination with creating original paintings that incorporate art within art makes her work compelling––both by the virtuosity of her craft and by her astonishing fidelity to a broad range of artistic genres. This masterful work gives Cortez solid footing in the colorful history of artists who have appropriated vintage images and woven them into their own distinctive, recognizable fabric. The ancient genre of “art in art” flowered throughout the 17th century––from Jan Brueghel the Elde
London Based Artist Laura Wilson Presents New Works at Siobhan Davies
LONDON.- London based artist Laura Wilson presents a number of new works which respond to the building and its history. Her work lies in investigating the everyday through various media and the exhibition features two live performances alongside drawings on glass, sculpture and video. Performance art events: • January 19th, 7pm and 8pm: Blind Building takes place in the tower block of the London College of Communication in Elephant and Castle, a few minutes walk from Siobhan Davies Studios. Viewers watch from street level a 15 minute choreographed performance of the raising and lowering of blinds within the building. href=http://www.siobhandavies.com target=”_blank”>Siobhan Davies Studios. This performance piece involves the striking and extinguishing the contents of an entire box of matches in a darkened room. The sizzle of each match is amplified and the performer illuminated before discarding the match and starting again until all the matches have been used. After
Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation Presents Never Before Seen Photos by Robert Doisneau
PARIS.- The Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation opened an exhibition of approximately 100 photographs taken by Robert Doisneau. The photographs have been gatheres from the Foundations collections and other museum and private collections. The exhibition aims to show the viewer the world Doisneau wanted to prove existed. The catalog, published in French by Steidl, is accompanied by a text written by Agnès Sire and of a review made by art critic Jean-François Chevrier in 1983. Robert Doisneau (April 14, 1912 – April 1, 1994) was a French photographer noted for his frank and often humorous depictions of Paris street life. Robert Doisneau was one of France’s most popular and prolific reportage photographers. He was known for his modest, playful, and ironic images of amusing juxtapositions, mingling social classes, and eccentrics in contemporary Paris streets and cafes. Influenced by the work of Kertész, Atget, and Cartier-
First Big Parisian Exhibition for Artist Paul Wallach at Galerie Jaeger Bucher
PARIS.- American artist Paul Wallach is showing some twenty recent works for his first big Parisian exhibition under the title “Falling Up”. Born in New York in 1960, Wallach studied History of Art and of Artisanry at Wisconsin and Boston University, then worked with Mark di Suvero as artist in residence in the 1990s, before moving to Paris – where he still lives – in 1994. His minimalist sculptures are exempted from narrative content. They emerge off the wall at a dynamic point and unfold in space, as if suspended in dialogue with it. After an extended moment of observation, the materials, completely mixed –wood, plaster, fabric, metal or glass- take on a coherence that gives the work unity. These different materials overlap, because of their own specific weight, in order to generate a delicate balance, resulting
Contemporary Kinetic Sculpture by U-Ram Choe to be Featured at Frist Center
NASHVILLE, TN.- The Frist Center for the Visual Arts will feature seven works by Korean kinetic artist U-Ram Choe in an exhibition opening to the public Feb. 19, 2010. “U-Ram Choe: New Urban Species” will be on view in the Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery through May 16, 2010. U-Ram Choe’s kinetic sculptures are made of delicately curved sections of wrought metal, joined together in movable parts that are driven by motors to expand, contract, or otherwise suggest the autonomic motions—such as breathing or swimming—of such primitive life forms as plants and single-celled aquatic creatures. The intricate workmanship and graceful movements of these mechanical sculptures offer viewers an unparalleled visual delight.
Frank Gehry Out of Museum of Tolerance Project in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM.- Following a unanimous decision taken by its Board of Trustees at its November 5, 2009 meeting, the Simon Wiesenthal Center has announced that it is redesigning its Museum of Tolerance project in Jerusalem to reflect today’s world economic realities, and will shortly name the new architect for the redesign. “This is the right decision for us,” said Rabbi Marvin Hier, the Center’s Founder and Dean. “The good news, however, is that the project is moving forward; we have a fantastic site in the heart of Jerusalem and we can now refocus all of our energies on bringing to Jerusalem and the people of Israel, a project of crucial significance to its future. Unfortunately, Frank Gehry will not be the architect on the project. Frank has done an amazing job and has worked with us at every step of the way to realize our dreams. We will shortly
CIRCA, the Leading Caribbean Art Fair Returns for Fifth Year
NEW YORK, NY.- CIRCA PR returns with its fifth edition to the Puerto Rico Convention Center in the heart of San Juan with nearly 30 international galleries. Having achieved worldwide visibility, CIRCA PR has earned a reputation for its intimate atmosphere and selection of carefully curated local and international emergent art. CIRCA PR has cultivated and fostered an important group of local collectors with exceptional programming both in and beyond the fair’s walls. This year, CIRCA PR 2010 celebrates with a new challenging curatorial component, CIRCA LABS under the direction of Pablo León de la Barra. This year the CIRCA LABS will provide a more experimental aspect to the fair, curated by renowned artist-curator Pablo León de la Barra. Conceived to promote
Brussels Celebrates Mexico’s Bicentennial with Frida Kahlo Exhibition
BRUSSELS.- Frida Kahlo y su mundo nineteen paintings, one etching and six drawings from Frida Kahlo, all from the Museo Dolores Olmedo, illustrate life and work of this exceptional artist. Frida Kahlo’s disconcerting gaze stares out from the Museo Olmedo collection, the world’s largest (private) collection of her work. 19 paintings, an etching, six drawings, and a number of photographs bear witness to her brilliant contribution to the symbolist and surrealist movements. And to her life, a hard one from the outset. A tragic bus accident at just 17 led to a series of operations throughout her life, at a time when medicine was just feeling its way. Several miscarriages and a turbulent married life with Diego
First Solo Museum Exhibition in The Netherlands for Daniel Roth Announced
HAARLEM.- De Hallen Haarlem will present the first solo museum exhibition in The Netherlands by the German artist Daniel Roth. The show will trace the development of the artist’s oeuvre on the basis of existing and new work, from drawings, sculptures and photographs with a narrative character to ever more frugal, autonomous images in which the relation between the human body and the landscape is central. This exhibition can be seen from March 20 through June 6, 2010. Daniel Roth (b. Schramberg, Ger., 1969) broke through internationally at the beginning of the millennium with installations which evoke slightly eerie imaginary worlds, in which the viewer is encouraged to fill in the missing pieces that will tie together a larger story. The strongly narrative side of Roth’s