A Message From Sanford Smith
With the recent announcement of the cancelation of the Asian Art Fair, we want to reassure our exhibitors and our clientele that all of our shows this spring--the Outsider Art Fair (Jan 9 – 11, 2009), Works on Paper (Feb 27 – March 2, 2009) and the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair (April 3 – 5, 2009)--are going ahead as planned.
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Lights On Tampa Biennial Scheduled For Upcoming Super Bowl
Lights On Tampa returns as the esthetically beautiful and engaging public art project from January 10 thru Super Bowl XLIII (Tampa is host city) on February 1. The biennial is free, and is one of the most ambitious public art projects in the region. Lights On Tampa will transform the city’s urban spaces with installations that embellish downtown's public realm with visual innovation created by nationally and internationally renowned artists.
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The Prince Of Wales Visits New Brewery Arts
On Tuesday 23rd December HRH The Prince of Wales visited New Brewery Arts in Cirencester to see many of the centre’s eighteen resident makers at work and to have a look around the recently refurbished centre. New Brewery Arts was launched in April this year following a major £2.8M redevelopment and The Prince of Wales’ visit will highlight how many activities take place at the centre and how much has happened during the first year.
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MoMA Receives Grant From The Leon Levy Foundation
The Museum of Modern Art has received a two-year grant from The Leon Levy Foundation, which will allow for the organizing and processing of the institutional records of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, the Museum’s affiliate in Long Island City, Queens, as well as support MoMA's efforts to begin an oral history of P.S. 1. Recognizing P.S.1’s primary role in the unfolding of the art of our time, the Museum will survey, preserve, organize, and describe these records to make them available for scholarly research and public access. Under this project, the Museum will also conduct an initial selection of oral histories of key figures closely associated with P.S.1 and its 32-year history.
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MET Celebrates The Holidays By Opening On "Holiday Monday" Dec 29
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be open to the public on Monday, December 29 (the Monday between Christmas and New Year's Day), as part of the Museum's popular "Holiday Mondays" program. The Museum will open the doors of its main building this winter and spring on three additional major Monday holidays: January 19 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), February 16 (Presidents' Day), and May 25 (Memorial Day).
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Tony Bennett Donates Painting To The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery
The Smithsonian Institution announced that Tony Bennett is donating his watercolor painting of Duke Ellington to the National Portrait Gallery. The painting will be presented at the museum in April 2009 to commemorate the 110th anniversary of Ellington’s birth.
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The Nelson-Atkins Receives $100,000 Grant From Ellsworth Kelly Foundation
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has been awarded $100,000 from the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation for the establishment of a permanent endowment, the income from which will be used to support project-based conservation services.
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The J. Paul Getty Museum Announces New Acquisitions
The J. Paul Getty Museum announced the acquisition of two new works: "Landscape with the Temptation of Saint Anthony" (1617) by 17th-century Flemish landscape and still-life painter Roelandt Savery (1576–1639) and a brown wash and graphite drawing entitled "Sphinx" (c. 1898–1900) by renowned 19th-century French sculptor and draftsman Auguste Rodin (1840–1917).
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Winning Artists Announced For Olympic Park Bridges And Underpasses
The first arts commission launched by the ODA in July identified a series of new bridges and underpasses to be constructed in the Olympic Park for artists to develop integrated artwork proposals that both celebrated and/or commemorated London 2012. This first commission is part of the overall masterplan to create a new public park that will be enjoyed by future generations and follows the wider Olympic Park plans unveiled by the ODA last month that will combine centuries of British park design with ground-breaking green technology to create a "new Hyde Park for east London".
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The New Orleans Museum Of Art Free Admission Through Jan. 18
The New Orleans Museum of Art will offer free admission to all through January 18, 2009. The dates of the free admittance offer, which began November 1, coincide with both Prospect.1 New Orleans, the international contemporary art biennial which is free at all of its 25 venues throughout the city, and Objects of Desire: Fabergé from the Hodges Family Collection, an exhibition of 108 precious objects by famed master jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé.
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National Gallery Of Art Seeks School Docents For Student Tours
The National Gallery of Art is recruiting school docents to conduct student-centered thematic tours for thousands of children of all ages from all over the country, providing rich and memorable experiences with works of art in the Gallery's collection. Docents engage students in conversations and activities that develop careful looking skills as well as personal interpretations of art.
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Exceptionally High Quality At Art Basel Miami Beach 2008
The seventh edition of Art Basel Miami Beach closed on Sunday, December 7, 2008. More than 250 galleries from 33 countries exhibited works by over 2,000 artists. With a program of special exhibitions, performances, panel discussions, visits to private collections, and crossover events featuring film, music, and architecture, the show attracted more than 40,000 visitors and 1,800 journalists from all over the globe. Many thousands of guests attended the surrounding cultural exhibitions and events, while renowned artists and leading artworld personalities participated in the programs of Art Basel Miami Beach.
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University Of Michigan Museum Of Art Announces Grand Reopening
On March 28, 2009, the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) will open a landmark 53,000-square-foot expansion and major restoration of its historic, 41,000-square-foot home, Alumni Memorial Hall. Designed by principal architect Brad Cloepfil and his team at Allied Works Architecture, the $41.9 million transformation not only more than doubles the space available for collections display, temporary exhibitions, programs and educational exploration, but also fulfills the Museum’s mission to bridge visual art and contemporary culture, scholarship and accessibility, tradition and innovation.
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South Florida Arts Projects Get $8 Million Boost
Thirty-one ideas to help transform the South Florida arts scene were awarded $8 million from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The first-year winners of the Knight Arts Partnership include sculptors, musicians, prominent institutions and recently formed galleries — all of whom will raise the standards for arts in South Florida and bring together the region’s diverse population through their work.
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Mark Leckey Wins The Turner Prize 2008
The Turner Prize 2008 has been awarded to Mark Leckey, it was announced at Tate Britain. The £25,000 prize was presented by Nick Cave. This year’s prize fund is £40,000 with £25,000 going to the winner and £5,000 each for the other shortlisted artists. The event was broadcast live on Channel 4 News.
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Stuart Family Foundation Makes Gift To Fred Jones Jr. Museum Of Art Addition
University of Oklahoma Regent Jon R. Stuart and his wife, Dee Dee, of Tulsa, have made a $3 million lead gift from the Stuart Family Foundation to the expansion project for the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, OU President David Boren announced at the December meeting of the OU Board of Regents.
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Guggenheim Appoints New Assistant Curator Of Architecture And Design
Richard Armstrong, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum, has announced the appointment of David van der Leer as the Guggenheim’s new Assistant Curator of Architecture and Design. In making the announcement, Mr. Armstrong spoke of Mr. Van der Leer’s unique combination of skills: "David’s work with renowned architectural firms, coupled with a master’s degree in Urban and Architectural Theory and impressive publishing and lecturing experience, make him an ideal candidate for the Guggenheim as it joins forces with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to organize Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward, our anniversary exhibition set to open in May 2009."
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AXA Art Unveils Line-Up Of Cultural Activities At Art Basel Miami Beach 2008
AXA Art, the world’s only art insurance specialist, unveiled its line-up of cultural activities, events and creative collaborations to enhance the experience of its clients, VIP guests and attendees to the 2008 Art Basel Miami Beach Fair. As associate sponsor of Art Basel Miami Beach, AXA Art hosts collectors, art dealers, gallery owners, designers, curators, advisors, journalists and other guests at the AXA Art VIP Lounge in the Collectors’ Lounge and uses its presence as a platform to profile topics in collecting and protecting art.
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