Liveauctioneers Debuts Independent Live Online Auction Platform
LiveAuctioneers LLC announced the completion and launch of its independent online-bidding platform in advance of the discontinuation of eBay’s Live Auctions service on December 31, 2008. Fully illustrated catalogs are currently available for preview and pre-sale bids are being accepted for auctions commencing January 1, 2009.
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New Modern & Contemporary South Asian & Middle East Art Department Launched At Bonhams
Because of the growth of buying interest in Modern and Contemporary South Asian and Middle Eastern Art, Bonhams has created a new specialist department to service this area of collecting. The new department evolved out of the Indian and Islamic Department, headed by Claire Penhallurick, which has grown the Modern and Contemporary area so successfully that the time has come to establish a stand-alone specialist area.
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Artsy Fashion - Art And Fashion Reunited
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery in collaboration with Miami International University of Art & Design present: The Art of Fashion and The Fashion of Art exhibition featuring some of today's leading artists paired with today's leading fashion designers all from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The exhibit will open on January 10th with a sneak preview for VIP guests on January 9th at 7pm at Bernice Steinbaum Gallery located in Midtown Miami.
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Smithsonian National Postal Museum Launch A New Online Collection
The Smithsonian National Postal Museum and the National Museum of the American Indian have collaborated to create a beautiful digital collection called "The American Indian on Stamps: Profiles in Leadership, Accomplishment and Cultural Celebration." The collection can only be viewed at www.arago.si.edu. It features 40 images of the approximately 70 stamps that the U.S. Postal Service has issued of Native Americans since 1875. The unique technology of the Web site enables viewers to magnify images to almost the size of their computer screen and see details that a magnifying glass cannot provide.
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12th Season Of Palmbeach3 Contemporary Art Fair
The palmbeach3 contemporary art fair, sponsored by The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, is anticipated once again to attract a great deal of attention when it returns to Palm Beach for its 12th season on January 15 18, 2009 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.
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Tate Britain To Re-Stage William Blake’s 1809 Solo Exhibition
In April 2009, Tate Britain will unveil the first display devoted to William Blake’s only one-man exhibition, reuniting nine of the surviving works two hundred years after they went on display in May 1809. The original exhibition was Blake’s most significant attempt to create a public reputation for himself as a painter and provided a vital insight into the artist’s self-image and ambitions. A new edition of Blake’s Descriptive Catalogue (1809) will be published by Tate Publishing to coincide with the display.
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Important Tiffany Auction By Sotheby’s New York
On December 18th at 10am, Sotheby’s New York will offer a sale dedicated to Important Tiffany, highlighted by several prominent single-owner collections. This highly curated offering of 40 lots features top-caliber examples of the firm’s leaded glass lamps, favrile glass vases and bronze objects, and will be immediately followed by the sale of Important 20th Century Design at approximately 10:30am.
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Winning Project For The Kunsthaus Zürich Extension Presented
David Chipperfield’s winning project for the Kunsthaus Zürich extension is a striking formulation of the plan for a 21st-century museum to meet the demands of art and the general public alike. The jury has now recommended that the project be further developed. From 16 December 2008 until 11 January 2009, Chipperfield’s design will be shown at the Kunsthaus Zürich together with those of the runners-up – Gigon/Guyer, Max Dudler and Grazioli/Krischanitz – as well as all other submissions.
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Asheville Art Museum Receives National Endowment For The Arts Grant
The Asheville Art Museum is pleased to announce it has received $40,000 in grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support the development and presentation of the exciting upcoming exhibition Ruth Asawa: Drawing in Space opening September 18, 2009 on view through January 3, 2010. The Asheville Art Museum was the only art museum in North Carolina to receive an Access to Artistic excellence grant this year.
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Christie's To Offer Art From The Collection Of George And Frayda Lindemann
On December 15, Christie's will offer the Lindemann Collection, one of the most exceptional private collections of 20th century French design, Art Deco furniture and objets d’art, to come to the market. The Lindemann Collection comprises iconic works by the most important and successful Art Deco designers and key works from the 1940’s. The sale will include furniture and objects from Mr. and Mrs. Lindemann’s home in Palm Beach that was designed by renowned architect, Peter Marino. The 54 works that make up this collection will provide the rare opportunity to acquire a range of works by the finest Art Deco designers including sublime pieces by designers Eugène Printz, Claude Lalanne, Paul Dupré-Lafon, Line Vautrin, among others. The entire collection is expected to realize between $3.5- 5.4 million.
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Renowned Impressionism Collection Returns Home To Art Institute
Just in time for the 2008 holiday season, the Art Institute of Chicago’s famed Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collection will be fully reinstalled in 11 newly renovated and expanded galleries by December 19, 2008. Masterpieces by artists such as Gustave Caillebotte, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, and Vincent van Gogh— many of which were loaned to the Kimbell Art Museum in Ft. Worth, Texas, and enjoyed by approximately 170,000 visitors there during a four-month stay—have returned to Chicago. Their new galleries now feature more than 180 works on view and transform the way visitors experience this remarkable collection. Rearranged to more clearly and completely tell the story of Impressionism and Post- Impressionism, these new Art Institute galleries offer an even richer presentation of this pivotal art movement of the late 19th century.
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An Exceptional Group Of Imperial Seals To Headline Sotheby's Asian Art Sale
The next auction of Asian Art at Sotheby's Paris will take the form of a two-session sale on December 18. The first session, subtitled Marques d’Empereurs (Marks of Emperors), includes a number of objects acquired by Emile Guimet – founder of the Paris Museum of Asian Art at the start of the 20th century – and bequeathed to his descendents. They include an exceptional group of imperial seals from the reigns of Emperor Qianlong (1736-95), Emperor Jiaqing (1796-1820) and Dowager Empress Cixi (1835-1908).
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Bridge Art Fair Announces: Bridge Basel 09
Bridge Art Fair is proud to announce its inaugural edition of Bridge Basel, to take place June 10-14, 2009, in Basel, Switzerland concurrent with the esteemed Art Basel. Bridge Basel 09 will be held at the architecturally prestigious St. Jakob-Park, within walking distance of the Schaulager Collection and the Dreispitz’ cultural center. St. Jakob Park is designed and built by world famous architects Herzog & de Meuron, the architects of the acclaimed Bird’s Nest at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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Joslyn Art Museum Receives Major MetLife Foundation Grant
Joslyn Art Museum is the recipient of a $50,000 Museum and Community Connections grant from MetLife Foundation. Sixteen American art museums were awarded grants totaling $1,000,000 for exhibitions, artist residencies, and other programs that extend their reach into diverse communities and make art a part of people’s lives.
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Kahng Selected For Fellowship At Center For Curatorial Leadership
The Walters Art Museum is pleased to announce that Eik Kahng, curator and head of the department of 18th and 19th century art, has been selected as one of ten outstanding art museum curators nationwide for a fellowship at the Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL) in New York City. The aim of the program is to equip the curator with the administrative and managerial skills necessary to take a leadership role in the art museum.
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Buried Art Exhumed For Landmark Multimedia Collaboration
After her artwork was buried for more than a year in the mountains of South America, Brazilian artist Christina Oiticica, exhumes her artwork and teams up with world-renowned pop artist Romero Britto and best selling international author Paulo Coelho. Fusing eco art and pop art methods, Coelho adds his literary excellence to the mix, providing lyric accompaniment to Oiticica’s masterpieces.
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Florida Sunshine To Power The Green Art Fair Miami '08
Talk about "creative juice" -- when the switch is thrown to illuminate "Miami 0%," a dramatic outdoor light/art installation debuting next week at Green Art Fair, it won’t be plugged into a wall socket. The electricity used to create the innovative curtain of light art projection will be generated by a 100% efficient, turnkey network of solar panels, recyclable hybrid gel batteries and distribution cables provided by Miami-based Electron Solar Energy. Green Art Fair takes place December 2-7, and in addition to the art installation, Electron Solar Energy will be providing solar power to illuminate the Fair’s three tents, green lounge and landscape lighting, making this a one-of-a-kind solar-powered art exhibition.
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U.S. Launch Of Emeshel Takes The Scent Of Seduction To A New Level Of Artful Eroticism
The renowned visionary artist, Emeshel, Europe's leading designer and manufacturer of luxury crystal and glass sculptures, announces the U.S. launch of the Emeshel collection and the introduction of the first line of heavenly fragrances for men and women, available in December 2008.
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Exciting New Vision On Art: WORLD ART VISION To Be Launched In Cancun
The WORLD ART VISION will take place from December 5 to 14, 2008 at the Cancun Center in Cancun, Mexico. It is the first edition of this contemporary art fair that is to become essential to the art scene of the Americas. Over 100 artists from 5 continents will participate in WORLD ART VISION, which will feature painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, prints, installation art, video and digital art. Arturo Garcia Bustos and Rina Lazo, who were, respectively, pupils of and assistants to Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera will be present during the exhibition, therefore bringing an exceptional artistic testimony to WORLD ART VISION: CANCUN 2008.
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Canada’s First Major Museum Exhibition Of Street Art At The ICC, ROM
On Saturday, December 13, 2008, the Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC) at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) presents "Housepaint, Phase 2: Shelter", the first exhibition on the subject of street art in a major Canadian museum. Ten colourful canvas houses exuberantly painted by ten of Canada’s leading street artists draw attention to social problems of poverty and homelessness. In addition, over the course of the exhibition, five artists will respond to the previous installations by each creating a new work in the ICC’s Roloff Beny Gallery. Curated by Devon Ostrom of them.ca, Housepaint, Phase 2: Shelter will be on display until June 2009, when the canvas houses will be auctioned, with proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity Toronto, a charitable organization devoted to the elimination of poverty housing.
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LINEART 2008: Flanders'Premier Art Fair
The team working on the 27th edition of LINEART is pulling out all the stops to ensure that art-lovers and collectors are in for a real treat when they step inside the central hall of the exhibition centre at Flanders Expo in Ghent as it hosts the international art fair for ethnographic, modern and contemporary art from December 5th to 9th 2008.
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