Centre Pompidou Shows Fifty Large-Format Paintings in Tribute to Lucian Freud

Visitors walk near paintings by Lucian Freud in a gallery room at the Centre Pompidou Contemporary Art Museum in Paris March 9, 2010. The paintings, (from L-R), "Standing by the Rags, 1988-1989", Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, 1995", and "Naked Man, Back View, 1991-1992" are part of an exhibition open to the public from March 10 to July 19. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes. PARIS.- The Centre Pompidou is to pay tribute to Lucian Freud, one of the greatest of contemporary painters. Now 88 years old, he is one of the world’s most important living artists. He has not shown in France since the Centre’s last major retrospective of his work nearly a quarter of a century ago, in 1987, though his fame has since then only grown and his place in the history of art become ever more assured. The exhibition will present an outstanding selection of Freud’s work, consisting of some fifty large-format paintings, mostly from private collections, together with a number of prints and drawings, as well as photographs of the artist’s London studio. The exhibition is organised around the theme of the studio, this enclosed space so essential to Freud’s paintings and to his practice as a painter. Occupying more than 900 square metres, it will bring together most of the painter’s Large I ... More

Annie Leibovitz Agrees Loan Deal with Colony Capital: Report US photographer Annie Leibovitz at the press preview of her exhibition "Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life 1990-2005" at KunstHaus Wien in Vienna, Austria, 29 October 2009. EPA/HANS KLAUS TECHT. LONDON (REUTERS).- Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz has arranged a deal with a private equity firm to sort out her debts, the Financial Times reported in its Tuesday edition. The paper said Leibovitz, who has photographed everyone from Michelle Obama to Britain's Queen Elizabeth, has lined up real estate investment firm Colony Capital as a sole creditor to help manage her finances and market her work. "We will be partners in managing her assets and her business so that Annie can spend her time and focus in pursuing her passion as only she can do," Tom Barrack, founder of Los-Angeles-based Colony was cited as saying in the FT. The firm will allow Leibovitz to hold onto the rights of more than 100,000 photographs and is considering plans to hold traveling photographic exhibitions, the FT said. "We will be working on new ... More

Christie's to Sell the Collection of Mrs. Sidney F. Brody Pablo Picasso, "Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust", 1932. Estimate upon request. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010. NEW YORK, NY.- Christie's announced the sale of one of the greatest private American collections of Modern Art to come to auction: The Collection of Mrs. Sidney F. Brody. Remarkable for its extraordinary depth and quality, the collection boasts a wealth of master works by the towering figures of the Modernist movement, including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Alberto Giacometti, Georges Braque, Edouard Vuillard, Marino Marini, and Henry Moore. The total value of the works to be offered is expected to exceed $150 million, making it one of the most valuable single-owner collections ever offered at auction. The strength of the collection is exemplified by a trio of spectacular works: Pablo Picasso’s "Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust" painted in March 1932 (estimate upon request), Henri Matisse’s Nu au coussin bleu, 1924 (estimate: $20-30 million), and Alberto Giacometti’s Grande tête de Diego, 1954 (estimate: $25-35 mil ... More

Sotheby's to Sell Single-Owner Collection of British Watercolours and Drawings Thomas Gainsborough, "Wooded Landscape with Herdsman, Cows and Cottage". Estimate: £300,000-500,000. Photo: Sotheby's. LONDON.- Sotheby's announced that on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, it will present for sale, in its New Bond Street galleries in London, "An Exceptional Eye: A Private British Collection". The single-owner sale of some 250 lots will have at its heart an exquisite group of 18th and 19th century British Watercolours and Drawings and Portrait Miniatures, which ranks as one of the finest collections of its kind to have come to the market in recent memory. Magnificent Regency furniture will also be offered alongside English sculpture, vertu, clocks, ceramics, glass, silverware, design, books, manuscripts, rugs, and extends to prize winning steam model trains. The sale, which will be on exhibition at Sotheby’s London from July 10-14, is expected to bring in excess of £4 million. An exceptional depth of knowledge, together with an insistence on the highest quality, informed the purchase ... More

Smithsonian Accepts Michelle Obama's Inaugural Ball Gown First lady Michelle Obama stands with the gown that she wore to the 2009 inaugural ball. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite. WASHINGTON, DC.- First Lady Michelle Obama formally presented the gown she wore to the 2009 inaugural balls to the Smithsonian’s First Ladies Collection Tuesday, March 9, during a ceremony at the National Museum of American History. The gown will be displayed in the center of a new gallery addition to the museum’s popular exhibition, “The First Ladies at the Smithsonian.” The new gallery, “A First Lady’s Debut,” opens to the public March 10. The one-shouldered, white-silk chiffon gown, created by designer Jason Wu, is embellished with organza flowers with Swarovski crystal centers. For decades, the First Ladies Collection has been one of the most popular attractions at the Smithsonian Institution. The original first ladies exhibition of 1914 was the first display at the Smithsonian to prominently feature women. The exhibition itself has changed in size, location, style and ... More

Groundbreaking Acquisition by DeCordova: Antony Gormley's "Reflection II" Antony Gormley, "Reflection II", 2008. Edition: Edition of 3 and 2 APs. Cast iron; 2 bodyforms: each 191 x 68 x 37 cm. Installation view, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2008. Photo: Bob Goedewaagan, Rotterdam. ©Courtesy: The artist and Sean Kelly Gallery, NY. LINCOLN, MA.- DeCordova Sculpture Park + Museum announces the acquisition of Reflection II, a sculpture by internationally acclaimed artist Antony Gormley. It is the first international acquisition for DeCordova. Reflection II is scheduled to be installed Monday, March 15, 2010. Director Dennis Kois says, "the Gormley acquisition not only brings an incredible work of art into the collection, but signals the seriousness of our intent to build an exciting, engaging, and ambitious sculpture program. As the largest year-round sculpture park on the East coast, we are in a unique position to be a national leader in connecting the public with great sculpture. We couldn't be more pleased." DeCordova's acquisition of Reflection II is the first in a series ... More

Peru Lifts Some Machu Picchu Claims Against Yale University Peru has voluntarily agreed to withdraw fraud and conspiracy allegations it made against Yale University. AP Photo/Ricardo Choy Kifox. By: John Christoffersen, Associated Press Writer NEW HAVEN, CT.- Peru has voluntarily agreed to withdraw fraud and conspiracy allegations it made against Yale University in a lawsuit seeking the return of Inca artifacts removed from Machu Picchu nearly a century ago. The South American nation recently filed papers in federal court dismissing six of 17 counts from its lawsuit. Peru sued in 2008, demanding Yale return artifacts taken by scholar Hiram Bingham III between 1911 and 1915. The Machu Picchu ruins, perched in the clouds at 8,000 feet above sea level on an Andean mountaintop, are Peru's main tourist attraction. The complex of stone buildings was built in the 1400s by the Inca empire that ruled Peru before the arrival of the Spaniards in the 16th century. The withdrawal of some claims comes after ... More

Carnegie Museum of Art Announces Staff Promotions and Changes Jason Busch. PITTSBURGH, PA.- Carnegie Museum of Art announces two staff promotions and two curators sharing responsibilities of the chief curator. Dan Byers, previously assistant curator of contemporary art, and Amanda Zehnder, previously assistant curator of fine arts, have been promoted to associate curators. Zehnder, who joined the museum in 2005, has curated numerous exhibitions in the Works on Paper Gallery, including the current Caricature, Satire, and Comedy of Manners: Works on Paper from the 18th through 20th Centuries. Byers has been with the museum since 2009 and is currently working on Forum 65: Jones, Koester, Nashashibi/Skaer: Reanimation, opening July 3 in the Forum Gallery, and the exhibition Ordinary Madness, opening November 6. The museum also announces that Louise Lippincott has stepped down as chief curator, a position she has held since 2006, to focus on curatorial responsibilities while heading the department of fine ar ... More

Painting and Imperial Objects Highlight Sotheby's Fine Chinese Sale A Rare Imperial Tribute Guangzhou Embellished Ivory and Tortoiseshell Fan, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period. Est. $100/150,000. Photo: Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s 23 March 2010 sale of Chinese Works of Art will feature paintings, ceramics, jades and furniture including a number of Imperial works from distinguished private collections. Among the highlights of the sale is A Fine and Rare Imperial ‘Zitan’ Stand and Base – zitan is widely recognized as one of the most luxurious of materials, so much so that it was said to be reserved only for use in the Imperial court (est. $180/250,000). Chinese painting is well represented in the auction and leading the selection is Bada Shanren’s Two Mynas on a Rock from 1692, a compelling composition from the artist’s golden period of creativity (est. $400/600,000). The auction is estimated to bring $6/8 million and will be on view from 19 March. The Fine and Rare Imperial ‘Zitan’ Stand and Base (est. $180/250,000) is nearly identical to one in the Qing Court ... More

UK Artist Nasser Azam Completes Major Antarctic Performance Painting Series Working in situ, Azam executed a series of monumental canvases on an ice desert, an ice lake, an ice cave and a glacier. LONDON.- Artist endures extreme weather conditions in sub-zero temperatures to produce a series of large-scale outdoor paintings inspired by the Antarctic continent. Painter and sculptor Nasser Azam has today returned to the UK having endured temperatures of -30˚C (wind chill of -45˚C) and battled winds as high as 100kph, whilst completing a series of large-scale paintings in the Antarctic tundra. Over the course of a nine days on the continent (20–28 February), Azam produced a total of 13 paintings in response to a variety of frozen landscapes. The works were painted outdoors using specially designed brushes, canvas and non-freezing paints. Working in situ, Azam executed a series of monumental canvases on an ice desert, an ice lake, an ice cave and a glacier. The paintings were left out overnight at each location for the elements to contribute to the compositions. The harsh conditions ... More

MUMOK Exhibition Explores Art and Television 1963-1987 TDK advertisement with Andy Warhol, 1983. Poster, 23,5 x 20,6 cm. The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh. Photo: Collection of The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.Inc. VIENNA.- “Changing Channels” investigates how art reflected and drew on the mass media of television between the 1960s and the 1980s. The exhibition presents works that show the increasing significance and the economic, technological and social mechanisms of the medium. The works in question were made at the moment when television itself had undergone fundamental changes and this in turn brought about a comprehensive revision of the relationship between art and the role of media in the public sphere. Beginning in the mid 1960s, artists around Fluxus and the Expanded Arts such as Nam June Paik, Stan Vanderbeek or Wolf Vostell made use of the technical potential of manipulation for disruption or aesthetic transformation inherent to the electronic image. Using the audio-visual effects of feedback and interventions in the televisual apparatus, it seemed that new forms of participation and a comprehensive ... More

Tim Van Laere Gallery Presents Paintings by Faris McReynolds Faris McReynolds, "Confetti", 2010. Oil on canvas, 101.5 x 86.5 cm. Courtesy: Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp and Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles. ANTWERP.- Tim Van Laere Gallery presents an exhibition with Faris McReynolds (*1977, Dallas,Texas, lives and works in Los Angeles,California.). This is the artist's second solo exhibition at the gallery. Faris McReynolds states the following about his work: My work comes from the desire to find a balance between something that is staged and intuitive, original and reproduced, familiar and unexpected, digital and analog, comic and tragic. These are images where individual personality is paired with the anonymity of a crowd. They are like public memories, appropriated from images that were created for the purpose of telling a story, but once disconnected, tell a larger story about a self-congratulating American culture. Toxic Mimics is a show about substituted experience. Found images stand in for what's in my mind, and painting stands in for any real experience of that image. People are staging events for the camera, i ... More

Winslow Homer Exhibition this Summer at the Portland Museum of Art Winslow Homer (United States, 1836 - 1910), "The Breakwater, Cullercoats", 1882. Watercolor on paper, 13 1/4 x 19 3/4 inches. Portland Museum of Art, Bequest of Charles Shipman Payson. PORTLAND, ME.- This summer the Portland Museum of Art will present Winslow Homer and the Poetics of Place, on view June 5 through September 6, 2010. In honor of the centennial of Homer’s death in September, this exhibition will showcase 20 works from the Museum’s collection of Homer watercolors and oils on canvas. Based upon the extraordinary gift of 17 works by Charles Shipman Payson to the Museum in 1976, the exhibition will feature paintings understood to be national treasures, such as Artists Sketching in the White Mountains (1868) and Weatherbeaten (1894) as well as The Sharpshooter (1862), Homer’s first oil painting and the gift of Bernard and Barbro Osher. This will be the first time since 1988 that all of these works will be on view together in the Charles Shipman Payson Building, due to their sensitivity to light. The relationship between Winslow Homer (1836-1910) and the Portland Museum of Art i ... More

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On a Day Like Today, Ecuadorian Painter Oswaldo Guayasamin Died   QUITO.- March 10, 1999.- Oswaldo Guayasamín was a Quechua Indian and Ecuadorian master painter and sculptor. In 2002, three years after his death, Oswaldo's masterwork, La Capilla del Hombre ("The Chapel of Man"), was completed and opened to the public. The Chapel is meant to document not only man's cruelty to man but also the potential for greatness within humanity. It is co-located with Guayasamín's home in the hills overlooking Quito. In this image: Los Desesperados, oil on fabric, 1966, Oswaldo Guayasamín.

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