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Exhibition view "Holy Night" Photo: Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung.
FRANKFURT.- The Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung illuminates one of the most well-known stories of Christian culture: the Christmas story. Until 29 January 2017, the comprehensive special exhibition Holy Night. The Christmas Story and Its Imagery devotes itself to the manifold events and multifaceted legends revolving around Christmas Eve with a focus on their depiction in sculpture, painting, printmaking and other media. It presents altogether some 100 precious objects from more than forty collections in many countries, for example the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, the Paris Louvre or the Vatican Museums. The temporal emphasis is on the art of the Middle Ages which has been supplemented, however, by selected Early Christian testimonies and a number of Baroque objects in an impressive demonstration of the surprising diversity of pictorial themes related to the ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Pope Francis carries the statue of baby Jesus during a mass on Christmas eve marking the birth of Jesus Christ on December 24, 2016 at St Peter's basilica in Vatican. ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP
| Dino discovery may explain why birds have beaks | | "Henri Matisse: The Internal Laboratory" on view at the Museum of Fine Arts in Lyon | | "Jesus in Israeli Art: Between National Resurrection and Personal Salvation" on view at the Israel Museum | 
As Limusaurus grew from adolescent to adult, it lost its teeth and did not grow a new set. Photo: George Washington University.
MIAMI (AFP).- Scientists in China have identified the first known dinosaur species that grew teeth as juveniles then lost them as adults, a finding that may explain why birds have beaks, said a study Thursday. The research is based on fossils of a small and slender dinosaur known as Limusaurus inextricabilis, part of the theropod group of dinosaurs which were the ancestors of modern birds. It likely ate meat as a youngster but transformed into a beaked-adult that probably subsisted on plants, said the study in Current Biology. "We found a very rare, very interesting phenomenon," said lead author Shuo Wang of Capital Normal University in Beijing, China. "Toothed jaws in juvenile individuals transition to a completely toothless beaked jaw in more mature individuals during development." The results are based on an analysis ... More | | 
Henri Matisse, Woman in Blue, 1937.
LYON.- Throughout the artists life (18691954), drawing has been a core discipline for Henri Matisse, for which he used a wide range of media (pencil, charcoal and stump, pen and ink, quill and brush ...) and supports (sheets from sketchpads, margins of letters, or fine arts paper). This continuous practice in the privacy of his studio was the laboratory for his work as a painter and for his sculptureMatisse often compared himself to a juggler or to an acrobat, daily maintaining the flexibility of his work instrument. Matisses drawings surround, precede, accompany and extend other artistic forms in his oeuvre and reveal themselves as independent constellations. The exhibition illustrates the main moments in this artistic journey, arranged in 14 thematic and chronological sequences: from the apprenticeship years at the very start of the 20th century, through the studies for the chapel of the Rosary in Vence ... More | | 
Marc Chagall, Yellow Crucifixion, 1942.
JERUSALEM.- The exhibition Behold the Man: Jesus in Israeli Art opens with Chagalls Yellow Crucifixion, painted at the height of World War II. The work depicts Jesus with a Christian martyr's halo, but also with tefilin (phylacteries) on his arm and head, as a symbol of Jewish suffering. Sigalit Landaus video work marks the end of the exhibition where the artist stands on a watermelon, submerged in the Dead Sea alluding to the description of Mary, mother of Jesus, standing on the earth. "The exhibition unfolds between these two works - showing how the forbidden figure of Christ also served as a source of inspiration for 19th century Jewish artists, and Israeli artists from the 20th and 21st century," says curator Amitai Mendelsohn. "Christ's complexity both human and divine; weak yet powerful can be overtly present, like in Chagalls work, or covert , as in Landaus work, expressing personal aspiration, ... More |
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| Hamburger Kunsthalle exhibits more than 180 masterpieces of Surrealism | | Kunsthaus Zürich completes digitization of its Dada collection. Results online | | Western European and Russian art from the collection of Inna Bazhenova on view in Moscow | 
Leonora Carrington (19172011), Portrait of the Late Mrs. Partridge (Porträt der verstorbenen Mrs. Partridge), 1947. Ãl auf Holz, 100,3 x 69,9 cm. Ehemals Sammlung Edward James. Privatsammlung © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016.
HAMBURG.- With the major exhibition DalÃ, Ernst, Miró, Magritte ... the Hamburger Kunsthalle is presenting more than 180 masterpieces of Surrealism (some have never travelled) from four of the most renowned European private collections of the 20th century. World-famous icons like the Mae West Lips Sofa, the Lobster Telephone and a four-meter-high folding screen designed by the young Salvador DalÃ, thought-provoking images by René Magritte like Not to be Reproduced, poetic form-finding by Joan Miró and future-oriented pictorial experiments by Max Ernst. Famous artworks are featured beside works yet to be discovered, like those by the little known surrealists Leonora Carrington, Dorothea Tanning and Leonor Fini. With brilliant works of all artistic media, the exhibition seduces the viewer, ... More | | 
Kurt Schwitters, Naturrein, Merz 143, 1920. Collage of colored papers, halftone prints, tobacco labels and canvas with white ground-layer mounted on light cardboard, 13 x 10.5 cm. Kunsthaus Zürich, © 2015 ProLitteris, Zurich.
ZURICH.- The Kunsthaus Zürich holds around 740 historic Dada documents and artworks: paintings, sculptures, photographs, works on paper, letters, books, magazines, flyers, posters and manuscripts. To mark 100 years of Dada all of them with the exception of the paintings and sculptures have been digitized, to conserve them and make them accessible to a global audience. One of the worlds largest Dada collections is now online. More than 50 artists, making up the core of the Dada movement, are represented at the Kunsthaus. They include Hans (Jean) Arp, Johannes Baader, Johannes Theodor Baargeld, Hugo Ball, Erwin Blumenfeld, I.K. Bonset (Theo Van Doesburg), André Breton, Serge Charchoune, Paul Citroen, Jean Crotti, Marcel Duchamp, Paul Eluard, Max Ernst, Julius Evola, George Grosz, Raoul ... More | | 
Georgy Riazhsky. The blast furnaces in Dnepropetrovsk. 1931. Oil on canvas. © Collection Inna Bazhenova.
MOSCOW.- The IN ARTIBUS foundation opened an exhibition entitled Under One Sky, which comprises selected works from the collection of its founder Inna Bazhenova. The collection has two focuses of equal weight: One is Western European art spanning a broad time period from the 15th to the 20th century. The other is Russian 20th-century painting. Under One Sky concentrates on one of several basic principles that have guided Inna Bazhenovas collection: the interrelationship between Russian and European art at the turn of the 19th century and, in particular, the influence of the French school on the Russian school in the 20th century. The exhibition is not meant to be a literal illustration of this theme, but it is intended to give an idea of how the process of forming a collection can been seen as a means of understanding and examining developments in art. On view are some 60 works by Russian and European painters, including ... More |
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| The Centre Pompidou, Paris turns 40 in January 2017 | | Help solve the mystery: Find The Field | | "The Complete WPA Collection: 75th Anniversary" opens at Oklahoma City Museum of Art | 
The Centre Pompidous anniversary will involve Frances entire territory.
PARIS.- In 2017, the Centre Pompidou is celebrating its 40th anniversary throughout France. To share the celebration with a wider audience, it will be presenting a completely new programme of exhibitions click here to upload the programme outstanding loans and various events throughout the year. Exhibitions, shows, concerts and meetings will be staged in 40 French cities in partnership with museums, contemporary art centres, performance halls, a festival, a key player in Frances cultural and artistic fabric and many more. From late 2016 to early 2018, in 40 cities including Grenoble, Lille, Le Francois in Martinique, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, Chambord, Cajarc and Nice, everyone will be encouraged to experience and share the originality of the Centre Pompidou, from an event lasting an evening to an exhibition running for six months, with a combination of exhibitions, concerts, theatre/dance performances and talks. ... More | | 
James Doolin, Artificial landscape 67/5, 1967, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with funds provided by the National Gallery Society of Victoria, Governor, 1985 (AC11-1985).
MELBOURNE.- The National Gallery of Victoria is seeking public assistance to find artworks from one of the most influential art exhibitions ever held in Australia, the 1968 NGV exhibition The Field. On the occasion of its 50th anniversary the NGV will restage the exhibition as The Field Revisited, opening in May 2018 at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia. The Field is regarded as a landmark exhibition in Australian art history a radical showcase of 74 abstract and conceptual, colour field, geometric and hard edge paintings and sculptures. Influenced by the American origins of abstract art, the exhibition opened to much controversy at the NGV in 1968 with its silver foil-covered walls and geometric light fittings, boldly launching the ... More | | 
Harry Gottlieb (American, 18951992). Ruins Along the Hudson, ca. 1937 (detail). Oil on canvas. Oklahoma City Museum of Art. WPA Collection, 1942.041.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.- In 1935, in an effort to curb the mass unemployment of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Works Progress Administration (WPA), one of a number of domestic programs known collectively as the New Deal. While much of the WPA was focused on improving the nations infrastructure, it also provided substantial resources for the arts and artists through the Federal Art Project (FAP), which employed 3,500 artists by 1936, and was instrumental in launching the careers of Jackson Pollock, Willem De Kooning, and Stuart Davis, among many others. The Federal Art Project (FAP) was also responsible for establishing more than 100 art centers around the United States. Included among these was the WPA Experimental Gallery in Oklahoma City, which would become the WPA Oklahoma Art Center when the government ... More |
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| Exhibition of light sculptures by 15 national and international artists opens in Antwerp | | India begins building world's tallest statue for $530 mn | | Centre for International Light Art Unna exhibits works by light art pioneer François Morellet | 
Each invitied contemporary artist created a lamp as a work of art in a limited edition.
ANTWERP.- Plus One gallery and Nate Lights, the online gallery for Mid-Century lighting design, present REFLECTOR: an exhibition of light sculptures by 15 national and international artists. Each invitied contemporary artist created a lamp as a work of art in a limited edition. Amongst others, there is a new series of neons inspired by the personal guitar collection of Belgian artist Joris Van de Moortel; a luminous sculpture in primary colors by German artist Edi Danartono; and a computer generated light sculpture by Nicolas Pelzer, based on one of the most primary images in human history: handprints from pre-historic cave paintings. In addition to the editions of Edi Danartono (DE), Joris Van de Moortel Nicolas Pelzer (DE), Oscar Hugal G. Leddington (UK) and Dirk Zoete, new editions by Almudena Lobera (ES), Guillaume Bijl Erika Hock (DE), Tom Volkaert, Wesley Meuris, ... More | | 
In this file photo Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes out of a room for a meeting with Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on December 20, 2016. MONEY SHARMA / AFP.
NEW DELHI (AFP).- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday laid the foundation stone for what is set to be the world's tallest statue, as its projected multi-million-dollar cost sparked criticism and an online petition against the project. The statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji, a 17th-century Hindu ruler who fought the Muslim Mughal dynasty and carved out his own kingdom, will be more than twice the size of the Statue of Liberty and five times higher than Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro. The structure, a pet project of Hindu nationalist Modi, will rise 192 metres (630 feet) from an island off the western coast of Mumbai in the Arabian Sea. When finished, it will tower over the 128-metre Spring Temple Buddha in China's Henan province that is ... More | | 
François avec masque néon blanc © Studio Morellet.
UNNA.- The Centre for International Light Art is presenting Morellet, the final exhibition curated by the light art pioneer himself. For many generations, François Morellet (*30. April 1926 in Cholet, France; 11. May 2016) inspired an art genre that uses light as its primary material. During a visit at Morellets studio in Cholet in the autumn of 2015, director John Jaspers idea for an exhibition was met with great enthusiasm by François Morellet and his wife Danielle. They gathered then and there to develop the concept for a retrospective. Morellet himself, creatively active until the end of his life, already knew that he might not be around anymore to experience the exhibition personally. With the sad news of his death this spring, the museum considers it an even greater honour to present this goodbye present. Part of the exhibition are early works from the 1960s as well as current installations from 2006-2015. D ... More |
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 Staatsgalerie Stuttgart exhibits Julian Rosefeldt's ManifestoSTUTTGART.- In 2016, the Friends of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgarter Galerieverein acquired MANIFESTO by Julian Rosefeldt. To honour this remarkable acquisition and the generosity of the donors, the Staatsgalerie is presenting the thirteenchannel video work in a spectacular installation. Rosefeldts latest work is an homage to the artists manifesto from Dada to Fluxus, Pop Art, Conceptual Art and Dogma 95 and raises questions about the role of art in Modernism. Cutting and combining these historic texts, the artist created poetic collages that are spoken and embodied by Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett playing thirteen different roles. Whether as a choreographer of a dance troupe, primary school teacher, eulogist, factory worker, stock broker or as a homeless man, each of her characters brings the historic manifestos into the everyday world of the present. ... More Art Gallery of Greater Victoria exhibition demonstrates how art makes knowledge VICTORIA, BC.- Experimental West Coast artists are behind a thoughtful new exhibition on view at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. From crocheting with paint, installations that destabilize our perceptions of space, to a souvenir totem pole emerging through historic wallpaper, the vastly different works of art have one thing in common: they pose important questions about making things. Its in the Making demonstrates how the acts of making and thinking are inextricably linked and lead to innovation. The artists, Angela Teng, Shelley Penfold and Jess Willa Wheaton, Nicholas Galanin, Cedric, Nathan and Jim Bomford, are known for taking familiar materials, and through the process of making, present us with new kinds of objects. The exhibition invites us to consider the role of the imagination and asks what kind of knowledge does art produce that is different ... More First exhibition in Scandinavia by Moyra Davey on view at Bergen KunsthallBERGEN.- Hemlock Forest is the first exhibition in Scandinavia by the New York-based, Canadian artist Moyra Davey. The exhibition takes its title from Daveys most recent film, co-commissioned by Bergen Kunsthall and La Biennale de Montréal, and presented here for the first time. Initially known for her work in photographywhich she has been making over the last three decadesDavey in recent years has developed a series of essayistic film works that layer intimate personal narratives onto highly engaged explorations of particular authors, artists and texts. Hemlock Forest (2016) begins as Davey searches for a definitive filmic subject while reflecting on the value of a life lived versus a life recorded. At the same time, she examines her own artistic strategies alongside the work of the influential Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman. During the making of Hemlock ... More Bonnefantenmuseum annouces exhibitions by Ton Boelhouwer and Hao Liang MAASTRICHT.- The Bonnefantenmuseum presents two new exhibitions: BACA Projects: Aura - Hao Liang and floors & walls / from ground by Ton Boelhouwer. The project Aura has been developed by artist Hao Liang and writer Hu Fang in dialogue with the Bonnefantenmuseum and Van Eyck. In Aura, Hao Liang (1983, Chengdu, China) gives a cohesive presentation of his dedicated research into Chinese art history and the Bonnefantenmuseum's collection. He is exhibiting a new series of collotypes, a selection of artworks from the Bonnefantenmuseum's collection and work by the Van Eyck participants SulSolSal and Damon Zucconi. The project is accompanied by a publication created in collaboration with the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou (Paris) and Vitamin Creative Space (Guangzhou, China), containing essays by Catherine David (deputy director, ... More Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt dies aged 68LONDON (AFP).- Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt died in hospital on Saturday after suffering a severe infection, his family said. The veteran rocker, who had survived numerous health scares, was 68. He was taken into hospital in Marbella on the south coast of Spain on Thursday due to complications with a pre-existing shoulder injury. In nearly five decades in the business, marked by hard rock, hard drugs, hard drinking and an unwavering style, Status Quo were synonymous with rock and roll. With his flowing blond hair, denim outfits and white Fender Telecaster guitar belting out the riffs, Parfitt was an instantly-recognisable figure on stage. The Quo are known for their stripped-down, three-chord hits such as their signature song "Rockin' All Over the World", with which they opened the mammoth 1985 Live Aid concert, which raised money for famine-hit Ethiopia. "We are truly ... More AIPAD Photography Show announces new venue, more galleries, expanded programNEW YORK, NY.- The Photography Show presented by AIPAD will be held March 30 - April 2, 2017, at its new location at Pier 94 in New York City. More than 100 of the worlds leading fine art photography galleries will present a range of museum-quality work including contemporary, modern, and 19th-century photographs, as well as photo-based art, video, and new media. One of the worlds most important annual photography events, The Photography Show is the longest running and foremost exhibition dedicated to the photographic medium. The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) is working closely with galleries, curators, artists, and collectors to create an expanded program for the highly anticipated 37th edition of the fair, which commences with a vernissage on March 29, 2017. This will be the most exciting year in AIPADs history, said ... More Bethlehem: Five points about the holy cityBETHLEHEM (AFP).- Bethlehem, located in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, is the "little town" where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born and it attracts thousands of pilgrims at Christmas. Located just 10 kilometres (six miles) from Jerusalem, and hosting holy sites of Christianity, Islam and Judaism, it has not been spared the fallout of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Here are five things to know about Bethlehem: Bethlehem is the cradle of Christianity, the site of the Church of the Nativity, which contains an underground cave where Christians believe Mary gave birth to Jesus. A 14-pointed silver star beneath an altar marks the spot and the stone church is a key pilgrimage site for Christians and Muslims alike. The emperor Constantine the Great and his mother Helena had it built around the year 338. Over the years the church has been sacked and undergone several ... More Theo Baart and Cary Markerink turn their cameras to the man-made landscape of northern France AMSTERDAM.- Inspired by the beautiful 19th-century photograph album Le Chemin de Fer du Nord, Theo Baart and Cary Markerink already acclaimed for documentary photograph projects such as Nagele and Snelweg followed in the footsteps of the photographer Ãdouard Baldus (18131889) and turned their cameras towards the man-made landscape of northern France. In their series After Baldus they document in colour the changes that this region has experienced over the last 150 years as the result of industrialization, urbanization, globalization and several wars. For 50 of these photographs they made prints for their own album, whose large format and design is identical to Baldus original. Museums usually forbid their visitors to touch anything, but in Huis Marseille this exhibition offers the unique experience of leafing through Baart and Markerinks album ... More Exhibition at ZKM / Karlsruhe presents an overview of the photographical work of Albrecht Kunkel KARLSRUHE.- The QUEST exhibition presents an overview of the photographical work of Albrecht Kunkel (19682009) for the first time. Kunkel was a seeker, who systematically dedicated his creative work to the fundamental issues of human existence. His photographs focus on landscapes and areas of special historical, cultural or social importance and trace the cultural practices encoded in them. The themes range from the earliest ritual cave and rock drawings to the present-day multimedial mass of images. The artist also integrated other photo material into his work, including topographical aerial images or historic archive footage, and explored the conditions and possibilities of the photographic medium on the cusp of the digital age. Among other places, Kunkel studied at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG) with Thomas Struth, with Bernd and Hilla Becher ... More Sotheby's comic strip sale led by major European and American cartoonists PARIS.- Sothebys announced the next edition of its Comic Strip sale: the first sale of 2017. On Saturday 21 January, comic strip amateurs can admire original pages by leading American and European cartoonists. The event will be led by four Masters of Europe's golden age of strip cartoons: Hergé, André Franquin, Uderzo and Edgar P. Jacobs. The sale will also include a magnificent selection of top-quality American pages, which collectors in Europe rarely get to see at auction. Artists include Alex Raymond and his legendary hero Flash Gordon, Charles Schulz with Peanuts and Robert Crumb accompanied by the distinctly naughty Fritz the Cat. Bernard Mahé from the Galerie 9e Art (Paris), and Eric Verhoest from the Galerie Champaka (Brussels) will be the expert consultants for this new event. The incontestable star of the sale is a masterpiece by Astérix's cartoonist. ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, French American sculptor Louise Bourgeois, was born December 25, 1911. Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (25 December 1911 ? 31 May 2010), was a renowned French-American artist and sculptor, best known for her contributions to both modern and contemporary art, and for her spider structures, titled Maman, which resulted in her being nicknamed the Spiderwoman. In 2011 one of her Spider works sold for $10.7 million, a new record price for the artist at auction, and the highest price paid for a work by a woman artist. In this image: A couple at right kisses by a sculpture called, Crouching Spider, along the Embarcadero in San Francisco, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007. In the background is the Bay Bridge. The sculpture, which is a temporary exhibit, was made by Louise Bourgeois, a Paris-born artist.
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