Ranjit Singh bust to sell for $50,000 Sep 22, 2008
Even after the end of Ranjit's golden reign European artists and sculptors continued to make images of him at the Lahore court, which served as his capital. The bust on offer at Bonhams, however, was not carved during his lifetime. (India Times)
Photography exhibits run concurrently at Frist Center Sep 19, 2008
For centuries, American and European artists portrayed the women of Arab North Africa as sensuous nudes reclining in the opulent interiors of Orientalist paintings and photographs; to a remarkable degree those caricatures live on in the Western imagination even today. Moroccan-born photographer Lalla Essaydi recognizes the need to create a new visual identity for Arab women and the importance of self-representation to that task. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Carlisle: Sexy videos killed the radio star Aug 21, 2008
She said she's a fan of hipster European artists like Blur, Duffy, Arctic Monkeys and The Gossip (who are actually from Olympia, Wash. but sound as if they're from the other side of the pond), but has trouble sifting through all that pop crap when looking for fresh sounds. (The Trentonian, NJ)
Rare Raphael work up for auction Aug 11, 2008
"We are excited to offer this remarkable work by Raphael, one of the most renowned and accomplished of European artists," said Richard Knight, international director of Christie's Old Master Department. "The importance of the artist and the sitter, together with the provenance and the historical context behind this painting's creation, make it one of the most significant old master pictures to be offered at auction for a generation.". (Yahoo News -- Art and Museums)
Sony buys out Bertelsmann for $900 million Aug 6, 2008
The company will retain rights to 200 European artists, giving it a toehold in a field it once dominated ... By keeping the rights to European artists, a business that generates less than $20 million a year, Rabe said Bertelsmann would be able to exploit a part of the music industry with decent prospects - and one that dovetails with its growing emphasis on services. (International Herald Tribune)
Things to Do in Florence Aug 4, 2008
It was here that European artists rediscovered the beauty of the human body and created the first naked statues since Roman times and it is here that some of the greatest works of human art, from Michaelangelo s David to Boticelli s Venus, still evoke gasps of admiration from visitors. Many of the world s most famous monuments and paintings are found in this city and what better way to utilise a few days in Tuscany than to spend time seeing the fabulous works of art in the Uffizi Gallery,... (Suite101.com)
the journey: seven artists from the Alessandra Bonomo Gallery, Rome Jul 14, 2008
Seven European artists, represented by the Alessandra Bonomo Gallery in Rome, are presenting works linked to a journey made in the Far East, offering an unusual glimpse of Eastern influences on their Western art practice. Three works by Alighiero Boetti were inspired from his visits to Afghanistan, where he employed Afghan women to weave his embroideries using their traditional techniques and expertise. (AbsoluteArts.com)
American art's heroic moment Jul 13, 2008
Masson, but as European artists their role is underplayed. Action/Abstraction should be above exclusions of this kind. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Helen McNicoll, Impressionist Paint... Jul 6, 2008
She studied under European artists to become one of Canada s finest impressionist painters, yet her name is not renowned. The daughter of well-to-do parents, Helen Galloway McNicoll was born in Toronto, Ontario on December 14, 1879. (Suite101.com)
* FEATURE: Painter's home declared municipal monument Jun 23, 2008
Unlike many of his peers who proceeded to emulate European artists and steered radically away from tradition, Chang combined traditional Chinese artwork with Western elements to create his own style. One of Changs most recognized series of works were his paintings of the Tang dynasty Buddhist cliff and cave-face paintings of Dunhuang in Chinas Gansu Province. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
East meets West at Singapore Arts Festival Jun 21, 2008
However, as the festival director Goh Ching Lee said, the festival aimed to give Singaporean artists a stage to explore their works as well as a chance to meet with other Asian and European artists. "We are not just looking outward but also keeping traditions," Goh told The Jakarta Post last week. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Renaissance Portrait: An Overview Jun 10, 2008
The Renaissance Portrait begins around 1400, stressing the cross-cultural exchange of pictorial ideas between northern and southern European artists. It concludes in 1600 with the dominance of sophisticated full-length court portraiture produced for monarchs and their political agenda. (Suite101.com)
Celebrating the kimono May 27, 2008
As the exhibit's title indicates, the explosion of interest in what European artists and designers in the early to mid-20th century called "Orientalism" was matched by the strong influence of European Art Deco and Modernism on Japanese kimono patterns. Also not to be missed are nine rare men's kimono, with a whole different dynamic. (NJ.com -- Times)
Globespotters | Berlin Biennial: Art just for the art's sake in Berlin May 21, 2008
All in all, the biennial is great for discovering work by some young, lesser known and often Eastern European artists, and the show's approach is a surprise in the Berlin art scene, which is increasingly about more, bigger, brasher. Two accompanying short guides (5 euros, or $7. (International Herald Tribune)
Renaissance Artist Nicknames May 15, 2008
European artists in 14th to 16th centuries have celebrated shortened names more famous than their given names. By what names are the following Renaissance artists better known. (Suite101.com)
Melotti has retrospective in New York May 10, 2008
Like many European artists living and working in the wake of the war, Melotti largely abandoned abstraction for a more figurative, humanist style. He also turned to ceramics, working exclusively in the medium for much of the '50s. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Enrico Donati, 99; sculptor considered last of Surrealists May 2, 2008
Breton brought Mr. Donati into the circle of prominent European artists, many of them Surrealists, who had gathered in New York at the outset of the war. "You are one of us," he recalled Breton saying to him. (Boston Globe)
A colossal private sale by the heirs of a dealer Apr 4, 2008
During the 1960s and '70s she introduced American Pop artists to Europeans, and European artists like Christo, Baselitz and the British duo Gilbert and George to Americans. In addition to selling art Sonnabend enjoyed holding on to her favorites, and over the years she amassed hundreds of works of art and outstanding examples of 20th-century furniture. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Changing Stations Mar 19, 2008
During the 15th century, to accommodate those who could not travel to Jerusalem, European artists began creating small shrines depicting the scenes of Jesus' Passion and placing them along local procession routes so that pilgrims could stop and pray at each one. The stations didn't move inside churches until the end of the 17th century, and it was only in 1731 that Pope Clement XII set the number of stations at 14. (Slate)
* 'Chromophilia without the color' Mar 5, 2008
As subsequent galleries reveal, European artists under the spell of Rauschenberg and John Cage developed their own strategies for liberating color from aesthetic intent. An entire wall is devoted to Gerhard Richter's Ten Large Color Panels (1966-1972), a 9. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Experts say Chinese contemporary art works can still appreciate in value Jan 20, 2008
Dr Lim said: "Three, four years ago, when the price of art, especially Chinese art began to move up, I found that pieces, some of which were lost under the table, to my surprise were worth hundreds of thousands, and half a million dollars! So art values have appreciated. "If you compare art pieces of quality from China to those from European artists, you'll find that our prices are still a fraction of Matisse, Picasso. So I believe that contemporary art and art from China will continue to go up... (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
Putting on a show for Kim Jong-il Jan 11, 2008
They'll join members of the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Lorin Maazel, and other European artists - the first official Western cultural program offered in Communist and isolationist North Korea in living memory. Opera singer Gina Oh enjoys a game of Guitar Hero on her Nintendo Wii at her parents home in Vancouver. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Little-known S.F. gem may be lost Jan 7, 2008
Dadaist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) and Joseph Beuys (1921-1986), European artists who redrew the line between art and life, frequently crop up in discussions of Ireland's art. But Ireland has always had a down-home, American touch compared to them. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
The National Gallery of Canada Jan 4, 2008
Early art collections included pieces by Tom Thomson and European artists Leighton and Melbye. Moved out of its space, Gallery closed in 1916. (Suite101.com)
Fears of seizureHow vulnerable are Russian-owned paintings in the UK? Dec 21, 2007
Textile magnates Ivan Morozov and Sergei Shchukin between them collected more than 300 artworks, including many by European artists like Picasso, Matisse and Gauguin, before fleeing Russia. The Morozov family has never challenged the Soviet government's ownership of its collection, on the grounds that their ancestor had bequeathed his collections to the state before the revolution. (BBC News -- Europe)
A Salute To Sydney Dec 3, 2007
If his work owed a debt to European artists such as Karel Appel or Antonio Saura, he took the rudiments of a style and turned it into an unstoppable force. One of Olsen's chief virtues was that he had a great deal of poetry but little theory. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Arie Tulus: Coming to terms with intolerance Nov 5, 2007
"So if Indonesian or European artists want to come here and work, well that's fine. We are trying to develop the Mawale (homecoming) Art Community that will reflect this land and its people and inspire others. I have no real fear that newcomers will change the quiet character of this place.". Arie, 45, is a multiskilled craftsman, as artists must be to survive in Indonesia where patrons are few and governments great with supportive rhetoric though not with rupiah. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Ileana Sonnabend, 92,art dealer Oct 25, 2007
She gave first or early New York shows to a range of American Post-Minimalists, including Mel Bochner, Barry Le Va, William Wegman, Vito Acconci and John Baldessari as well as European artists like Jannis Kounellis, Mario Merz, Gilberto Zorio, Boyd Webb and Bernd and Hilla Becher. One of her most notorious shows was Acconci's "Seedbed," a ramped floor beneath which the artist masturbated, his sounds projected over a loudspeaker. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Goodnight Siena Oct 24, 2007
His small bronze relief of The Lamentation Over the Dead Christ exemplifies the forza of one of the fundamental European artists. Mary, haggard and hooded, opens her mouth in a black howl over the corpse of Christ, as a woman inspired by ancient Greek sculpture raises her head to the heavens. (Guardian Unlimited)
Feathers, sequins and the noble white man Oct 19, 2007
Monkman is fascinated by this costumed figure, emblematic of the 19th-century European craze for the North American native, and he pulls a book from a stack on his desk to show me another source for his research on the flow of influence between itinerant artists such as Catlin and European artists such as Gerome and Delacroix. "Catlin brought his exhibition of artifacts and paintings to Paris," Monkman tells me, describing the road show that introduced many Europeans to aboriginal culture for... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
A place in the sun for a late bloomer Oct 10, 2007
From her very first paintings, Kngwarreye was considered unique - with much more in common with American and European artists such as de Kooning, Kandinsky and Pollock than any of her indigenous peers. "She wasn't just another Aboriginal painter," Neale says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
An exhibition in London explores 'The Changing Face of Childhood' Sep 21, 2007
Continental European artists portrayed children long before it became fashionable in Britain. Nothing is said about 17th-century France, where the Le Nain brothers painted unforgettable pictures of children from peasant families standing in mute dignity in tattered clothes that tell a tale of dire poverty. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
MFA's 'Drama and Desire' explores pleasure principle in Japan Sep 15, 2007
The cult of the classically proportioned body that European artists inherited from the ancient Greeks had no currency in Japan. But ukiyo-e artists were far from puritanical. (Boston Globe -- Living)
"The Art of John Dos Passos" Sep 13, 2007
"His visual art shows us another aspect of his open and inquiring mind. In paintings, such as Figuig 27 and his nude figures, he incorporates a number of ideas from such contemporary European artists as Matisse and Picasso. For example, he distorts perspective and flattens space; and he creates dynamic compositions using brightly colored organic and geometric shapes."This was all a part of questioning tradition and experimenting with new ways of communicating perceptions and feelings. "The Art... (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Stairway To Heaven - Why Stars Die Young Sep 4, 2007
The death rate among European artists was around half that for North American artists. Kurt Cobain struggled with drugs. (Sky News)
A rendez-vous in France with the Wild West Aug 9, 2007
Some bring in mainly French and other European artists. Some link concerts with rodeos, biker rallies, line-dance competitions or other activities, and some feature add-ons such as Wild West towns or Native American tepee encampments. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Berman in Radio Royalty Push Aug 3, 2007
When an American song is played in France, England or Germany, artists don't get a royalty because there is no performance right in the U.S. A performance royalty is paid to European artists. "The U.S. has limited its obligation for protection to only certain digital transmissions and specifically has exempted over-the-air broadcasts," Peters said. (MediaWeek.com)
JPMorgan and Pera Museum Partner to Tour Renowned Corporate Art Collection Aug 1, 2007
This rich collection brings together important works by European artists inspired by the Ottoman world from the 17th century to the early 19th. The collection presents a vast visual panorama of the last two centuries of the Ottoman Empire. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
European artists return to church Jul 18, 2007
Published: July 17, 2007. In centuries past, it was a perfectly ordinary thing for churches and cathedrals to commission artists to beautify their sanctuaries with stained-glass windows, new altars and other decorations. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Collage exhibit shows form Jul 7, 2007
Collage as an art form began in the early 1900s by European artists, but had been practiced in Japan as early as the 10th century, he said. "In many ways, the pioneers of collage are European artists like Pablo Picasso," Mazow said. (Daily Collegian, PA)
CBS 2 At The Met: Ivory And Boxwood Carvings Jun 30, 2007
Keep in mind the ivory visitors will see here, from the Met's permanent collection, is mostly from the 16th and 17th century: a time when raw ivory from Africa was available to European artists. That's all over now; hunting elephant tusks is against the law. (CBS New York, NY)
Hidden Treasures Jun 26, 2007
" said Allen. On the spot, before doing any research, she told them she thought it was worth at least $100,000. The painting, a collaboration between two European artists, later sold at auction for more than $500,000. If the item had never been appraised, said Allen, the family could never have imagined its worth. In addition to putting an approximate dollar value on a piece, appraisers also can recommend whether to have it restored to increase its value and better preserve it for the next... (Orlando Sentinel)
Intimate life of Frida Kahlo will be revealed at new exhibit Jun 19, 2007
Curators also found snippets reflecting Kahlo's daily life, including a trolley-car ticket with a scribbled note, a napkin stained with a lipstick kiss, letters from European artists and 102 never-before-seen drawings by Kahlo. They also discovered 30 photos that Kahlo's father, photographer Guillermo Kahlo, had taken of himself, possibly inspiring Kahlo's self-portraits, which she used to deal with her accident, her tumultuous marriage and her inability to have children. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
Rarely seen Frida Kahlo items on display Jun 17, 2007
It reflects snippets of her daily life, including a trolley car ticket with a scribbled note by Kahlo and a napkin marked with a lipstick kiss, along with letters from European artists and 102 never-before-seen drawings by Kahlo. Curators also found 30 photos of her father, Guillermo Kahlo, that he had taken of himself, possibly giving inspiration to Kahlo's self portraits that she used to deal with the accident, her tumultuous marriage and her inability to have children. (Yahoo News)
Eight works by Picasso among treasures of VAG exhibition Jun 10, 2007
Described by Kathleen Bartels, the Vancouver Art Gallery's director, as "a cultural high point in the history of Vancouver," the exhibition of modern masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art contains a who's who of European artists from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. "This going to be the VAG's most exciting summer ever," Bartels said Friday at the news conference introducing the exhibition. (Vancouver Sun)
The human factor May 26, 2007
European artists, however, have only rarely acknowledged the influence of the tribal. Moore did not celebrate tribal cultures, and had no interest in the significance of those exotic images or forms; he simply took them into his work. (Guardian Unlimited)
Rare Raphael work up for auction May 23, 2007
"We are excited to offer this remarkable work by Raphael, one of the most renowned and accomplished of European artists," said Richard Knight, international director of Christie's Old Master Department. "The importance of the artist and the sitter, together with the provenance and the historical context behind this painting's creation, make it one of the most significant old master pictures to be offered at auction for a generation.". (BBC News -- Entertainment)
MFA exhibitions feature jewelry, fiber art May 23, 2007
"Jewelry by Artists: The Daphne Farago Collection" features work by leading 20th-century American and European artists. The collection was donated by art collectors Daphne and Peter Farago in January 2006. (Northeastern News, MA)
The end of innocence May 19, 2007
A century ago, the first world war, erupting after the earliest phase of globalisation, forced European artists into self-appraisals even more severe than those undertaken by British and American writers after 9/11. Writing to a friend in August 1914 of the "appallingly huge and sudden state of general war" that "has all come as by the leap of some awful monster out of his lair", Henry James confessed to asking himself "if this then is what I have grown old for, if this is what all the... (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Weak Dollar Offers Little Comfort to Europe's Art Buyers at New York Sales May 14, 2007
Americans and Russians are looking at European artists and thinking they're good value. . (Bloomberg -- Europe)
* White might Apr 26, 2007
The men are posed after the fashion that early modern European artists employed for elite males from their own continent, with one arrogant arm akimbo, one leg extended and with tokens displaying their rank. Thus the Emperor of the Six Nations is painted accompanied by a wolf, which serves as the equivalent of his heraldic beast, and with a wampum belt, a sign of communication and statecraft. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Only the name has changed Apr 11, 2007
Now, the deep burgundy carpeted lower level with its hand-hewn central beam and mahogany-finished walls is enriched with fine arts, original canvases by renowned European artists. The gilded framed scenes of Italy mantle the walls of thick red bricks that blend into old stones. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Its Namaste London from July to Sep Mar 28, 2007
Its Namaste London from July to September: Indians Abroad - HindustanTimes. Tuesday, March 27, 2007. (Hindustan Times, India)
Ambience all set for artwork Feb 22, 2007
The gallery features original artwork from European artists that include framed oil paintings and lithographs by artists in Spain. The subjects range from landscapes and seascapes to still lifes and portraits. (New Haven Register, CT)
- Agns Poirier Jan 23, 2007
The greatness of European artists such as Holbein, Van Dyck, Delacroix and Monet comes in large part from their travels to Britain and from meeting their British counterparts. The same goes for British artists who toured Europe for years before returning. (Guardian Unlimited)
Gracenote Expands Content Partner Program in European Market Jan 22, 2007
Gracenote is now making it easier for European artists and labels to submit, edit and manage information about their artists, and reach millions of consumers through these digital media devices and applications. As a member of the Gracenote Content Partner Program a record label, for example, can provide Gracenote with complete and accurate metadata and audio fingerprints for its new music releases. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
