Monthly Archives: May 2012

Wim Delvoye is Second Artist to Create a New, Monumental Sculpture for the Louvre

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The Louvre invites Wim Delvoye to intervene at various locations within the museum and nearby: under the Pyramid, in the Napoleon III apartments, in the Gothic galleries of the Department of Decorative Arts, and in the Tuileries gardens. Wim Delvoye … Continue reading  

Deacon Robert Peckham’s Recently Attributed Hobby Horse is Celebrated with Focus Exhibition

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One of the most intriguing and often-reproduced American paintings in the collection of the National Gallery of Art is the inspiration for Deacon Peckham’s “Hobby Horse”—a focus exhibition on view on the Ground Floor of the East Building from May … Continue reading  

Getty Museum Acquires Fourteen Photographs by Famed Fashion Photographer Hiro

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The Getty Museum announced today the acquisition of fourteen photographs by famed fashion photographer Hiro (Y. Hiro Wakabayashi), comprising work he created while on assignment for Harper’s Bazaar, French Vogue and Mirabella from the 1960s–1990s. Prominently known in the 1960s … Continue reading  

Tate Announces Major Gift of a Group of British Works From Stoutzker Collection

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Mercedes and Ian Stoutzker are making a major gift to Tate of a group of pre-eminent British works from their collection, which is one of the leading collections of British Art. The donated works are: • Hurvin Anderson, Maracus 111 … Continue reading  

“Radcliffe Bailey Memory as Medicine” at the McNay Art Museum

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On November 8, 2011 the McNay Collectors Forum selected Radcliffe Bailey’s Procession as a new acquisition for their permanent collection. In Procession, the artist builds a shadowbox around a painting adding culturally significant images and objects that recall the history … Continue reading  

Warhol Silk Screen Stolen From Detroit Office

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Detroit, Michigan, may be notorious for its relatively high levels of crime, but “Art Theft”  is not the first example that comes to mind. An 18-piece art collection of silkscreens, including a framed screen that was used by Andy Warhol, … Continue reading  

South Africa’s Goodman Gallery to Remove Painting From Website After Thousands Protest

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Handwritten signs were carried by one of more than 2,000 protesters in Johannesburg on Tuesday shows that a fierce national debate over a painting depicting the president’s genitals is about more than art and the constitution. On Tuesday, a spokesman … Continue reading  

Frieder Burda’s Famed Collection on View for the First Time in France

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The exceptional collection of Frieder Burda that had never left Germany is now being presented for the first time in France, this summer at the Musée Granet. With more than 1000 works, the collection was built up by Frieder Burda, … Continue reading  

Christie’s Sale of Important Jewels Comprises of Royal and Aristocratic Jewels

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Christie’s London sale of Important Jewels on Wednesday 13 June 2012 comprises 368 lots, including stunning royal and aristocratic jewels formerly from both The Collection of Her Imperial Highness Princess Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiary and The Property of Beatrice Countess of … Continue reading  

The Royal Academy Celebrates the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee With Several Displays

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This summer, as Britain celebrates the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the Royal Academy of Arts marks the occasion with a series of displays and events. Peter Greenham’s Study for a Portrait of Her Majesty the Queen (1964) has gone on show … Continue reading