The Tibor de Nagy Gallery exhibits Paintings & Paste-Ups of Jess
New York City - The Tibor de Nagy Gallery is pleased to present its first exhibition of works by the celebrated painter and collage artist Jess (Collins), a leading light of the San Francisco art scene from the 1950s until his death in 2004, and one of the most original artists of the second half of the 20th century. On view through 31 July, 2008.
http://www.artknowledgenews.com/Jess_Collins.html
Architect David Fisher Announces the World's First Rotating Skyscraper
NEW YORK - Visionary Italian architect Dr. David Fisher announced the launch of the revolutionary Dynamic Tower, the world's first building in motion, to be constructed in Dubai and Moscow with other locations planned worldwide. Rotating Tower Dubai Development Ltd headed by the Dynamic Group, announced the opening on June 24 of the reservations list for the first Dynamic Tower in Dubai. The company has also revealed the design and floor plans of the rotating building which will have 80 floors and be 420 meters (1,380 feet) tall. Apartments will range in size from 124 square meters (1,334 SF), to Villas of 1,200 SM (12,916 SF) complete with a parking space inside the apartment.
http://www.artknowledgenews.com//Architect_Dr._David_Fisher.html
Luce Foundation Awards VMFA $200,000 For New American Installation
Richmond, VA - The Henry Luce Foundation has awarded a $200,000 grant to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts for reinstalling and reinterpreting its collection of historical American art—from painting, sculpture and works on paper to the decorative arts of furniture, silver, glass and ceramics. The largest amount of the permanent-collection gallery space in a new wing—approximately 11,200 square feet—will be devoted to the exhibition of VMFA’s current American collection, more than doubling its previous footprint.
http://www.artknowledgenews.com//Henry_Luce_Foundation.html
Sotheby's Sale of Contemporary Art to Feature Works by Indian Contemporary Artists
LONDON - Indian artists such as Subodh Gupta (b. 1964), Bharti Kher (b. 1969), Anish Kapoor (b. 1954), Raqib Shaw (b. 1974) and T.V. Santhosh (b. 1968) are an ever-growing force in Sotheby’s international sales of Contemporary Art – in addition to the company’s regular dedicated sales of Indian Art – and this summer’s major series of Contemporary Art sales in London will see this trend gather further momentum still. The sales on Tuesday, July 1 and Wednesday, July 2, 2008, will present a total of eight works by these cutting-edge and highly sought-after names and together the works are estimated in excess of £2 million.
http://www.artknowledgenews.com//Indian_Contemporary_Artists.html
Milestones in Automotive Design at Mercedes-Benz State Museum
Munich, Germany - Striking in their radical posture – already from a distance they arouse our curiosity: Extremely rare examples of cars bearing the star symbol of Mercedes-Benz. Never before have they been seen in this particular composition, stringently focused on aerodynamics, speed and Gestaltung (form giving processes). On exhibition at Mercedes-Benz State Museum.
http://www.artknowledgenews.com//Mercedes-Benz_State_Museum.html
Coming of Age: American Art, 1850s to 1950s at The Peggy Guggenheim Collection
VENICE, ITALY - From June 28 to October 12, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection presents Coming of Age. American Art, 1850s to 1950s. The exhibition will be installed in the recently renovated temporary exhibition galleries and will chronicle the transformation that occurred in a century of American art from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries, from a literal depiction of nature to an abstract interpretation of universal ideas.
http://www.artknowledgenews.com//Peggy_Guggenheim_Collection.html
Luisa Rabbia: Travels with Isabella, Travel Scrapbooks 1883/2008
Boston, MA - During her residency at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 2007, artist Luisa Rabbia was inspired by photographs Isabella Gardner collected and pasted into elaborate travel scrapbooks while traveling in China in 1883. The Italian-born, New York-based artist returns to the Gardner Museum this summer to present a new contemporary exhibition: Luisa Rabbia: Travels with Isabella, Travel Scrapbooks 1883/2008, on view June 27 through September 28, 2008.
http://www.artknowledgenews.com//Luisa_Rabbia.html
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Whats Happening in the World of Arts IV
Floral Frocks
The Floral Frocks website was published to accompany an exhibition, entitled 'Pick of the Bunch: the floral printed dress in the 20th century', held at the Fashion Museum, in Bath, England, from 17 July to 27 August, 2007. Pick of the Bunch was a collaborative project between the School of Art and Design at Bath Spa University and the Fashion Museum. The website provides detailed access to six British floral dresses from the 1940s to the 1960s. The six case studies "include an object analysis (description) of each garment, the socio-historical context from which each dress emanates, key designers of the time, new fabric technology, themes for discussion, bibliography," and 360 degree views of each dress. Also included are details about prints and dyes, dye recipes, and patterns for some of the dresses shown.
Link: http://www.floralfrocks.org/
Access: Free
Prunella Clough
Tate Online has provided this resource on the archive of the artist Prunella Clough (1919-1999). This archive was acquired by the Tate after the artist`s death and has been organised under two headings `Inspirations' and `Working Methods'. Clough wrote detailed descriptions of things that caught her eye, as well as making thumbnail sketches which later informed her work. `Working Methods' shows images she cropped to create effects, reworked postcards, materials, notes on colour, descriptions of artwork and the artist at work.
Link: http://tinyurl.com/5senmg
Access: Free
Covering Photography
The Covering Photography website looks at the history of photography and book cover design, and how photographs get transformed when they are used on book covers. The website provides a book cover image database, which is browsable by photographer, author, publisher, publication date, and designer. Each thumbnail image in the database contains information about the book, including: photographer, author, publisher, publication date, designer, photo genre, book genre, and group.
Link: http://www.coveringphotography.com/covering_photography.html
Access: Free
Chinese Jade
Part of the British Museum's website, this is an online tour that shows the development of Chinese jade from around 5000 BC to the modern period. From earliest times, the Chinese have carved intricate designs from this tough stone and it became a material that was worn by royalty and nobility. The website features images and descriptions of carved jade artefacts from various Chinese dynasties.
Link: http://tinyurl.com/6zmzcx
Access: Free
The Floral Frocks website was published to accompany an exhibition, entitled 'Pick of the Bunch: the floral printed dress in the 20th century', held at the Fashion Museum, in Bath, England, from 17 July to 27 August, 2007. Pick of the Bunch was a collaborative project between the School of Art and Design at Bath Spa University and the Fashion Museum. The website provides detailed access to six British floral dresses from the 1940s to the 1960s. The six case studies "include an object analysis (description) of each garment, the socio-historical context from which each dress emanates, key designers of the time, new fabric technology, themes for discussion, bibliography," and 360 degree views of each dress. Also included are details about prints and dyes, dye recipes, and patterns for some of the dresses shown.
Link: http://www.floralfrocks.org/
Access: Free
Prunella Clough
Tate Online has provided this resource on the archive of the artist Prunella Clough (1919-1999). This archive was acquired by the Tate after the artist`s death and has been organised under two headings `Inspirations' and `Working Methods'. Clough wrote detailed descriptions of things that caught her eye, as well as making thumbnail sketches which later informed her work. `Working Methods' shows images she cropped to create effects, reworked postcards, materials, notes on colour, descriptions of artwork and the artist at work.
Link: http://tinyurl.com/5senmg
Access: Free
Covering Photography
The Covering Photography website looks at the history of photography and book cover design, and how photographs get transformed when they are used on book covers. The website provides a book cover image database, which is browsable by photographer, author, publisher, publication date, and designer. Each thumbnail image in the database contains information about the book, including: photographer, author, publisher, publication date, designer, photo genre, book genre, and group.
Link: http://www.coveringphotography.com/covering_photography.html
Access: Free
Chinese Jade
Part of the British Museum's website, this is an online tour that shows the development of Chinese jade from around 5000 BC to the modern period. From earliest times, the Chinese have carved intricate designs from this tough stone and it became a material that was worn by royalty and nobility. The website features images and descriptions of carved jade artefacts from various Chinese dynasties.
Link: http://tinyurl.com/6zmzcx
Access: Free
Art Knowledge News - Keeping You in Touch with the World of Art...
The Legion of Honor hosts Women Impressionists ~ Morisot, Cassatt, Gonzales, Bracquemond SAN FRANCISCO, CA - In a day when a woman leads the House of Representatives and another campaigns for President of the United States, it might be hard to imagine a time when the work of four women painters was marginalized because of strict social rules and the artists’ gender. For many decades, the four artists celebrated in Women Impressionists: Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzalès, Marie Bracquemond were treated with critical ambivalence and lacked major public exhibitions. It is only now that their innovative styles and contributions to Impressionism are showcased in a groundbreaking exhibition this summer at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, the exclusive U.S. venue. Women Impressionists is on view from June 21 to September 21, 2008.
http://www.artknowledgenews.com/The_Legion_of_Honor.html
Richard Diebenkorn in New Mexico at The Phillips Collection WASHINGTON, DC - While Richard Diebenkorn has long been celebrated as one of the 20th century’s most important artists, the pivotal 30-month period he spent in Albuquerque, New Mexico between 1950 and 1952 has been largely overlooked. The Phillips Collection presents Diebenkorn in New Mexico, the first in-depth examination of this key time in the abstract expressionist artist’s creative development. Featuring 46 works, including paintings, works on paper, the exhibition marks the first time these pieces, now in public and private collections across the country, have been exhibited together since they were created more than 50 years ago. The Phillips Collection is the final venue for the exhibition, which opens on June 21 and remains on view through Sept. 7, 2008.
http://www.artknowledgenews.com//Richard_Diebenkorn.html
Paintings by Boris Grigoriev to be Sold by The Berkshire Museum at Sotheby's NEW YORK - On November 4, 2008, Sotheby’s New York will present for sale three important paintings by the Russian artist Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev on behalf of the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Included in the offering is Grigoriev’s Pipe Players, a preeminent example of the artist’s Visages du Monde (Faces of the World) cycle of 1920-31. Shepherd of the Hills, which depicts Russian poet Nikolai Klyuev, and Man with Pipe will also be offered.
http://www.artknowledgenews.com//Boris_Dmitrievich_Grigoriev.html
Political Architecture Debate Underscores the Complex Decisions of Designing Architecture NY TIMES - FOUR months ago the architect Daniel Libeskind declared publicly that architects should think long and hard before working in China, adding, “I won’t work for totalitarian regimes.” His remarks raised hackles in his profession, with some architects accusing him of hypocrisy because his own firm had recently broken ground on a project in Hong Kong. In the long run does architecture transcend politics and ideology? If the architect’s own vision is progressive, can architecture be a vehicle for positive change?
http://www.artknowledgenews.com//Political_Architecture_Debate.html
http://www.artknowledgenews.com/The_Legion_of_Honor.html
Richard Diebenkorn in New Mexico at The Phillips Collection WASHINGTON, DC - While Richard Diebenkorn has long been celebrated as one of the 20th century’s most important artists, the pivotal 30-month period he spent in Albuquerque, New Mexico between 1950 and 1952 has been largely overlooked. The Phillips Collection presents Diebenkorn in New Mexico, the first in-depth examination of this key time in the abstract expressionist artist’s creative development. Featuring 46 works, including paintings, works on paper, the exhibition marks the first time these pieces, now in public and private collections across the country, have been exhibited together since they were created more than 50 years ago. The Phillips Collection is the final venue for the exhibition, which opens on June 21 and remains on view through Sept. 7, 2008.
http://www.artknowledgenews.com//Richard_Diebenkorn.html
Paintings by Boris Grigoriev to be Sold by The Berkshire Museum at Sotheby's NEW YORK - On November 4, 2008, Sotheby’s New York will present for sale three important paintings by the Russian artist Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev on behalf of the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Included in the offering is Grigoriev’s Pipe Players, a preeminent example of the artist’s Visages du Monde (Faces of the World) cycle of 1920-31. Shepherd of the Hills, which depicts Russian poet Nikolai Klyuev, and Man with Pipe will also be offered.
http://www.artknowledgenews.com//Boris_Dmitrievich_Grigoriev.html
Political Architecture Debate Underscores the Complex Decisions of Designing Architecture NY TIMES - FOUR months ago the architect Daniel Libeskind declared publicly that architects should think long and hard before working in China, adding, “I won’t work for totalitarian regimes.” His remarks raised hackles in his profession, with some architects accusing him of hypocrisy because his own firm had recently broken ground on a project in Hong Kong. In the long run does architecture transcend politics and ideology? If the architect’s own vision is progressive, can architecture be a vehicle for positive change?
http://www.artknowledgenews.com//Political_Architecture_Debate.html
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Update on the World of Arts and Design III
Art Libraries Society UK & Ireland and Tate organised a study day at Tate Britain called “The Archival Impulse:
Artists and Archives” 3 papers based on presentations from the study day have just been published online in the Spring 2008 issue of Tate Papers.
2 audio podcasts are also available.
Link:
Access: Free
Typographic Archives
The Typographic Archives website aims to "preserve valued web contents on typography and history of printing and writing" by archiving the contents of relevant websites that no longer exist. At the time of writing the site includes short biographies of a few of the more famous names in the history of typography, including: William Caxton; Johannes Gutenberg; and William Caslon, as well as a glossary of typographical terms and an excerpt from Beatrice Warde's lecture to the British Typographers' Guild.
Link: http://www.typographia.org/
Access: Free
Analysing Paintings
"Analysing paintings" is an online tutorial that introduces the tools and techniques of formal art analysis. Developed with students of modern languages in mind - who may be taking a module in the visual arts but have no prior knowledge of art analysis - the tutorial is nonetheless suitable for anyone interested in learning more about art.
Divided into clear sections, which allow students to dip in and out of the course as they see fit, the tutorial covers some of the key aspects of form, such as: colour and line; space and perspective; light; composition; portraiture; and medium and support. Examples ranging from medieval to modern works of art are provided throughout (by means of links to external online art galleries), together with guided activities.
Link: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/italian/analysingpaintings.htmAccess: Free
Trigger Happy:
The Inner Life of Videogames
The personal blog of British author Steven Poole gives access to a free PDF version of his book 'Trigger Happy: The Inner Life of Videogames' (Fourth Estate, 2001). This PDF ebook is unrestricted and it includes the full text of the revised 2nd edition. The Web page also links to the full text of an Afterword chapter that was written for the 2004 U.S. edition subtitled "Videogames and the Entertainment Revolution".
Link: http://stevenpoole.net/blog/trigger-happier/
Access: Free
Artists and Archives” 3 papers based on presentations from the study day have just been published online in the Spring 2008 issue of Tate Papers.
2 audio podcasts are also available.
Link:
Access: Free
Typographic Archives
The Typographic Archives website aims to "preserve valued web contents on typography and history of printing and writing" by archiving the contents of relevant websites that no longer exist. At the time of writing the site includes short biographies of a few of the more famous names in the history of typography, including: William Caxton; Johannes Gutenberg; and William Caslon, as well as a glossary of typographical terms and an excerpt from Beatrice Warde's lecture to the British Typographers' Guild.
Link: http://www.typographia.org/
Access: Free
Analysing Paintings
"Analysing paintings" is an online tutorial that introduces the tools and techniques of formal art analysis. Developed with students of modern languages in mind - who may be taking a module in the visual arts but have no prior knowledge of art analysis - the tutorial is nonetheless suitable for anyone interested in learning more about art.
Divided into clear sections, which allow students to dip in and out of the course as they see fit, the tutorial covers some of the key aspects of form, such as: colour and line; space and perspective; light; composition; portraiture; and medium and support. Examples ranging from medieval to modern works of art are provided throughout (by means of links to external online art galleries), together with guided activities.
Link: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/italian/analysingpaintings.htmAccess: Free
Trigger Happy:
The Inner Life of Videogames
The personal blog of British author Steven Poole gives access to a free PDF version of his book 'Trigger Happy: The Inner Life of Videogames' (Fourth Estate, 2001). This PDF ebook is unrestricted and it includes the full text of the revised 2nd edition. The Web page also links to the full text of an Afterword chapter that was written for the 2004 U.S. edition subtitled "Videogames and the Entertainment Revolution".
Link: http://stevenpoole.net/blog/trigger-happier/
Access: Free
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Whats Happening in the World of Arts
235 Media Art
On the initiative of the media art agency 235 MEDIA and the City of Düsseldorf the first non-profit foundation imai is dedicated not only to the distribution of media art, but also to conservation and research issues is created.
Starting in the 1980s, the founders of 235 MEDIA, Ulrich Leistner and Axel Wirths have built up an extensive archive of video art as well as an international distribution network. Thanks to the active commitment of
"Kunststiftung NRW" and the support of "Kulturstiftung der Länder" and in cooperation with "NRW Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft" and "stiftung museum kunst palast" both the collection and the distribution structure of 235 MEDIA have now been transfered to imai - inter media art institute.
http://art.235media.de/
For further informations and concerning all requests for video art works, please contact imai:
imai - inter media art institute
Ehrenhof 2
40479 Düsseldorf
++49.(0)211.237099961
www.imaionline.org
On the initiative of the media art agency 235 MEDIA and the City of Düsseldorf the first non-profit foundation imai is dedicated not only to the distribution of media art, but also to conservation and research issues is created.
Starting in the 1980s, the founders of 235 MEDIA, Ulrich Leistner and Axel Wirths have built up an extensive archive of video art as well as an international distribution network. Thanks to the active commitment of
"Kunststiftung NRW" and the support of "Kulturstiftung der Länder" and in cooperation with "NRW Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft" and "stiftung museum kunst palast" both the collection and the distribution structure of 235 MEDIA have now been transfered to imai - inter media art institute.
http://art.235media.de/
For further informations and concerning all requests for video art works, please contact imai:
imai - inter media art institute
Ehrenhof 2
40479 Düsseldorf
++49.(0)211.237099961
www.imaionline.org
Friday, June 13, 2008
Art Knowledge News
Keeping You in Touch with the World of Art...
American Pop Exhibition Coming to the Crocker Art Museum
Carnegie Museum of Art Presents Early 20th-Century of Abstract Art
http://www.artknowledgenews.com/
American Pop Exhibition Coming to the Crocker Art Museum
Carnegie Museum of Art Presents Early 20th-Century of Abstract Art
http://www.artknowledgenews.com/
Monday, June 2, 2008
Research at Gray's School of Art
The website divides research practices into four themes: Art and the Public Sphere – concerned with the development of cultural meaning and value; Challenging Making - exploring the poetics of form through individual practices responding to technological, economic and ecological change; Art and Design Pedagogy - applied research in the teaching and learning of art and design; Design Research – creative and innovative collaborations with business and service organisations.
Within these broad areas, specific projects, ranging from the exploration of the rapidly changing values of ‘craft’ to specific public art projects are described (in the website’s ‘Initiatives’ section). Additionally the website includes research staff profiles and details of past and current doctoral projects, and doctoral opportunities. The website also describes the well established ‘Guests@Grays’ lecture series which draws in a wide range of speakers from diverse international backgrounds and disciplines.
Link: http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/subj/ats/research/general1.html
Within these broad areas, specific projects, ranging from the exploration of the rapidly changing values of ‘craft’ to specific public art projects are described (in the website’s ‘Initiatives’ section). Additionally the website includes research staff profiles and details of past and current doctoral projects, and doctoral opportunities. The website also describes the well established ‘Guests@Grays’ lecture series which draws in a wide range of speakers from diverse international backgrounds and disciplines.
Link: http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/subj/ats/research/general1.html
Methodology.co.uk
The Research Methods Resource Centre
Methodology.co.uk provides a free resource to researchers, students and university teachers who are interested in learning more about anything to do with research methods.
Methodology.co.uk is run by SAGE and will be a vital resource for anyone conducting qualitative or quantitative research and statistics.
http://www.methodology.co.uk/
Methodology.co.uk provides a free resource to researchers, students and university teachers who are interested in learning more about anything to do with research methods.
Methodology.co.uk is run by SAGE and will be a vital resource for anyone conducting qualitative or quantitative research and statistics.
http://www.methodology.co.uk/
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