BERLIN.- The Pablo Ducrós Hicken Film Museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina has found in its archives a copy of the movie “Metropolis” directed in 1927 by Fritz Lang, with lost footage. The silent film was one of the most expensive ones and was cut heavily to make it more accessible. It was initially thought as a movie that would last two and a half hours. The footage that was found will add around 25 minutes to the film, but there will still be around five minutes missing. ... More
NY Met Sparkles with Semi-Precious Stones from the Courts of Europe
Lapis lazuli, jade, chalcedony, amethysts and other semi precious
and meticulously cut stones are arranged to make all sorts of objects-
from multicoloured stone paintings to princely cabinets and sacred objects.
All these pieces and many more besides are currently on display at New
York"s Metropolitan Museum.
"
Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces
of Europe", open until September 21, pays homage to those artists who
cut and carved stone from the renaissance period to the 19th century to decorate
the most valued objects in European courts.
The collection is made up of more than 170 objects, including tables,
small boxes, jewellery boxes, tea sets, and even paintings- all
made from stones and enriched with gold, silver and stunning wood.
Video:
EFE / Camera:
Adriana Troncoso.
Quote When we build, let us think that we build forever. John Ruskin
A wax figure of Adolf Hitler exhibited at the Madame Tussaud's museum in Berlin. EFE/Arno Burgi.
BERLIN.- A branch of Madame Tussauds' museum will open Saturday in Berlin. The museum has included a controversial wax figure of Adolf Hitler hunched over a desk in a dimly lit bunker just before he committed suicide at the end of World War II. Nathalie Ruoss, museum spokesperson said, "We polled people in Berlin about how they want to have the exhibition, and the majority wanted historical ... More
Antonio da Trento, Narcissus, 1527–29, Chiaroscuro woodcut, two blocks (brown), 289 x 180 mm. Geneva, Cabinet des estampes (Georg Baselitz Collection), Album Spencer, p. 57 (67). Photo: Peter Ertl, Albertina, Vienna.
FRANKFURT.- The Department of Prints and Drawings of the Städel Museum presents a comprehensive exhibition of prints by the Italian painter Girolamo Francesco Mazzola, commonly known as “Il Parmigianino” (1503−1540), through 7 September 2008. The core of the show will be provided by 50 sheets from the collection of the painter, graphic artist, and sculptor Georg Baselitz (born ... More
Head of a Woman, 1916, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German 1884-1976), woodcut on wove paper, Syracuse University Art Collection.
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY.-In the beginning of the twentieth century, Germany forged a vital, multifaceted movement in the arts that encompassed architecture, painting, printmaking, sculpture, poetry, prose, music, theater, and film. This pluralistic modern movement, Expressionism, was visionary and rebelled against the staid constraints of a German Empire society that retreated from the destitute ... More
Seth Price, Ohne Titel, 2008, 2 Teile: Email auf Dibondplatten, 172.7 x 106.7 cm. Courtesy Capitain Petzel Berlin. Foto: Thomas Mueller.
ZURICH.- At the Kunsthalle Zurich Seth Price debuts new work in a specific installation, together with selected pieces from the last few years. These include vacuum-formed plastic reliefs, crumpled mylar forms printed with video stills, and recent ‘silhouette’ compositions, based on negative spaces taken from low quality internet pictures of common human interactions, and crafted out of ... More
Russell Smith, Mount Vernon (detail), 1836-1876. Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia.
AUGUSTA, GA. Organized by the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, South Carolina, Landscape of Slavery: The Plantation in American Art opens to the public on Saturday, August 23, and remains on view through Sunday, October 19, at the Morris Museum of Art. This groundbreaking exhibition offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary examination of plantation images in the American South. ... More
House of Chanel. French, 1910- Evening Dinner Suit, autumn/winter 2003/2004. silk net lace over wool, Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman.
CHARLOTTE, N.C.- Impressive works of wearable art will be on display in the special exhibition The Art of Affluence: Haute Couture and Luxury Fashions 1947-2007, opening at the Mint Museum of Art on July 5, 2008. This exhibition presents selections from the Museum’s extensive holdings of haute couture and luxury garments that reflect 60 years of creativity by top European and American fashion designers. ... More
Carl Gutherz, American (b. Switzerland ), 1844-1907, Missing, 1886. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall F. Goodheart.
MEMPHIS, TN.- The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is proud to present Around Tennessee , 1820 – 1920, an exhibition of objects that celebrate the region’s cultural history, which is on view from July 5 to September 7, 2008. Organized by Associate Curator Stanton Thomas, Around Tennessee showcases fine furniture, textiles, and evocative paintings from throughout the Mid-South. The ... More
WEST BRETTON, UK.- Yorkshire Sculpture Park presents Sophie Ryder, on view through November 2, 2008. Sophie Ryder's association with YSP began in 1986 with a residency immediately after graduating from the RA Schools. Now an internationally acclaimed artist, this significant exhibition provides an opportunity to examine her work and presents powerful sculpture made in the last decade ... More
NEW YORK.- Lori Bookstein Fine Art hosts "Painting in the Park," a celebration of New York City's most valuable assets—its numerous parks—and the painters who have immortalized them over the course of the last century. A number of the painters in this exhibition, Gifford Beal, Nell Blaine, John Heliker, Jane Peterson, and Maurice Prendergast—qualify as American masters, but most ... More
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Gagosian Gallery New York Presents Retrospective NEW YORK.- Gagosian Gallery presents Retrospective, including works by Chris Burden, Marcel Duchamp, Tom Friedman, Piero Golia, Douglas Gordon, Richard Hamilton, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Takashi Murakami, Ed Ruscha, Piotr Uklański, and Andy Warhol. The retrospective exhibition, conceived and realized by a museum institution, is perceived as a watershed in any artist's ... More
Michelle Suna at The Gallery Sag Harbor SAG HARBOR, NY.- Critically acclaimed modern landscape artist Michelle Suna will open her one-woman art show at The Gallery Sag Harbor in the Hamptons from July 5th through 27th. Her opening champagne buffet reception will be held on July 5th, from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. Michelle Suna, who has been painting for close to three decades, drew national attention when her large work, "Incoming Storm Over Sag Pond" was displayed on ... More
Susan Hefuna at Albion New York NEW YORK.- Albion New York presents its inaugural exhibition, Knowledge is Sweeter than Honey, a show of recent works by Egyptian-German artist Susan Hefuna. The exhibition marks Hefuna’s first solo show in the United States and will present a selection of her mashrabiya screens, drawings, photographs and installation works. ... More
