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Angelica Kauffman ~ Historical Painter, ahead of her time

e Art fair .com — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:50:00 +0000

In sum, Angelica Kauffman was one of the most successful and internationally celebrated artists of the 18th century.

Swiss/British, 1741-1807

Kauffman achieved extraordinary recognition for a female artist of her day, thanks to her talent and open-minded father who taught her painting…

Angelica Kauffman was a child prodigy. it was her exceptional talent that encouraged her father, Johann Joseph, also a painter, to teach her his profession. it was unusual for a girl to be taught painting in those days… angelica gained fame throughout Europe during her lifetime.

Since the bishop of Como summoned her to paint his portrait when she was about 12, she came under the protection of Francis III d’Este, duke of Modena and governor of Milan.

From age 16, she traveled through Austria and Italy, working with her father on his religious commissions, and painting portrait commissions of her own.

Cardinal Roth in Constance gave her a further commission, which helped build Angelica’s reputation. She became well-known as a painter, and as a musician.

She went to Rome to study perspective in 1763. In Italy, during a visit to Venice, she met some English noblemen on their grand tours. these meetings helped her decide to move to London in 1766.

She was well received both personally and professionally by the artistic circle, chief of whom was Sir Joshua Reynolds.

Kauffman became known for her historical paintings, the most prestigious type of painting during the 18th century. Angelica became one of London’s most sought-after portraitists. In 1768, she was one of only two female founding members of the British Royal Academy.

in 1767, she married Shiester Count Frederick de Horn, only to separate from him after some time and continue her professional career. She re-married in 1781 to Venetian Antonio Zucchi.

This marriage was more fortunate, and resulted in great success in their paintings of classical idylls and mythical compositions.

After many successful collaborations on commissions from the famous Scottish architect and designer, Robert Adam, Angelica and Antonio moved to Italy in 1783.

Zucchi died in 1795, and left Angelica to live another 12 lonely, impoverished years.

one of Angelica Kauffmann’s famous oils on canvas, ‘portrait of a lady’ (circa 1775-95); Tate gallery, London.

Book References:

1) ‘Women artists: an illustrated history’ by Nancy g. Heller

Customer reviews of this book:

Excellent.

‘this book is an excellent introduction to women artists throughout the ages. I discovered some I had never heard of before …’

2) ‘Mythology’ by Edith Jamilton. list price: $13.95. price: $11.16, you save: $2.79 (20%). paperback: 497 pages. fun stories rather than a scholarly infinitive reference guide book.

Customer review: Excellent.

‘a fine introduction to Greek and Roman myths…’

Art 42 Basel (2011)

e Art fair .com — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:38:00 +0000

It’s coming up: Art Basil – time. Time to book your ticket for Switzerland, if you haven’t yet, is today. The world league art show in Basil will start June 14, 2011, and continue till June 19. As per previous years, Art Basil has a wide range of contemporary art disciplines that it aims to showcase in unique ways every year. A frequent site of discovery by those seeking emerging artists, Art Statements features 27 one-person stands from rising galleries worldwide. Furthermore, exhibitors will present more than 50 ambitious works in the Art Unlimited sector. Bringing the show into the city, the site-specific projects and performances in the Art Parcours sector will transform a variety of locations throughout the St. Alban neighborhood.

The Art Basel ~ Art Film Program – Highlights

One of my favorite programs of Art Basel, the Art Film Program, will be on all week long. The Art Film program at Art 42 Basel features a varied program of films by and about artists, screened at the Stadtkino Basel.

The nightly program from Tuesday to Sunday, curated by film scholar Marc Glöde (Berlin), presents films by artists including Jennifer Bornstein, Anna Gaskell, Anthony McCall, Nathalie Djurberg, Agnieszka Polska, Huang Ran, Lawrence Weiner and Sam Samore.

On Wednesday evening, This Brunner, the Zurich film connaisseur, will present the Swiss premiere of the feature-length 3D documentary film’The Cave of Forgotten Dreams’ (2010) by Werner Herzog.

Another highlight will be the Swiss premiere of Lawrence Weiner’s film ‘Dirty Eyes’ (2010) on Friday, followed by a conversation with Lawrence Weiner.

See the Art Basel 42 detailed, day-by-day art film program overview below.

About Art Basel

The premier annual art show, Art Basel feels like the summer reunion of the international artworld scene. 300+ galleries from 35 countries showcase contemporary art work by 2,500+ interesting artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Founded by a group of local gallerists, the first Art Basel took place in 1970 and the event has long ranked as the most prestigious annual art show worldwide.

Art Film | Program Overview

THURSDAY | June 16
10pm | Stadtkino Basel | Landscapes of/for Theatricality | The screening is followed by a conversation with Anna Gaskell.

SUNDAY | June 19
11am | Stadtkino Basel | Hallucinations/Paradise by Sam Samore

(image source: Galleri Bo Bjerggaard)

Art Film | Program Details
The Cave of Forgotten Dreams | 2010 | by Werner Herzog | 3D projection | Swiss Premiere, Running Time 95′
Since the Chauvet Cave’s discovery in 1994, access has been extremely restricted due to concerns that overexposure, even to human breath, could damage the priceless drawings. Only a small number of researchers have ever seen the art in person. Legendary film director Werner Herzog gains exclusive permission to film inside the Chauvet Caves of southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind. Putting 3D technology to profound use, he takes us back over 30,000 years in time.
Curated by This Brunner

The screening on June 15 is followed by a conversation with Harald Floss, Professor and Author, and Film Historian Marcy Goldberg.
The screening on June 18 is followed by a conversation with Jürgen Wertheimer, Professor and Author, and Film Historian Marcy Goldberg.

Landscapes of/for Theatricality | Curated by Marc Glöde, Running Time 59′
The program addresses questions relating to theatricality in the landscape and the theatricality of the landscape. The screened works alternate between performances in landscapes and processes in which landscapes themselves become performative, raising questions about the relationship between body, image, and space.
Anna Gaskell | SOSW Ballet, 2011, 27’04” | Galerie Gisela Capitain
Chen Quilin | Garden, 2011, 14’36” | Long March Space
Huang Ran | Blithe Tragedy, 2010, 14’52” | Long March Space
Elina Brotherus | Bright, bright day, 2010, 2’19” | gb agency
Jennifer Bornstein | Frauenkörperbewegungsbilder, 2011, 5’15” | greengrassi
Anthony McCall | Landscape for Fire, 1972, 7’05” | Galerie Thomas Zander, Sprüth Magers
Anthony McCall | Landscape for White Squares, 1972, 1’45” | Galerie Thomas Zander
Anthony McCall | Earthwork, 1972, 1’45” | Galerie Thomas Zander
The screening on Tuesday, June 14, is followed by a conversation with Huang Ran.
The screening on Thursday, June 16, is followed by a conversation with Anna Gaskell.

Animated Worlds | Curated by Marc Glöde, Running Time 35′
This program brings together some of the most interesting new and historical trends in animated film. A cross-section of works ranging from clay animation to the latest developments in CAD demonstrates the diversity and aesthetic scope of the medium.
Keiichi Tanaami | Good-Bye Marilyn, 1971, 4’25” | Nanzuka Underground
Per Dybvig | Hunter Hare Dog, 2009-2010, 6’51” | Christine König Galerie
Magnus Wallin | Elements, 2011, 5′ | Galerie Nordenhake, Elastic Gallery
Agnieszka Polska | The Forgetting of Proper Names, 2009, 3’45” | ak Branicka foundation
Józef Robakowski | The Dynamic Rectangle, 1971, 3′ | ak Branicka foundation
Józef Robakowski | Attention: Light!, 2004, 5′ | ak Branicka foundation
Nathalie Djurberg | Untitled, 2010, 6′ 05”, Music by Hans Berg | Gió Marconi Gallery

Dirty Eyes | 2010 | by Lawrence Weiner | Swiss Premiere | Konrad Fischer Galerie, Mai 36 Galerie, Running Time 49′
Lawrence Weiner’s latest film, ‘Dirty Eyes,’ probes cinematic conditions per se. In conjunction with the conceptual text pieces that typify his work, cinematic images transmute into questions about the specific conditions of looking and seeing.
Curated by Marc Glöde
Both screenings are followed by a conversation with Lawrence Weiner and Art Film curator Marc Glöde.

Hallucinations/Paradise | 2010 | by Sam Samore | European Premiere | Galerie Gisela Capitain, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Running Time 70′
In his most recent film the American artist Sam Samore tells the story of three couples who have moved from other cities to Shanghai. Oscillating between reality and fiction, the story is told in a non-linear way and reminds the viewer of fragmented fairy tales or dream sequences. Samore describes ‘Hallucinations/Paradise’ as ‘a fable about everyday life, madness, love and Shanghai.’
Curated by Marc Glöde
The screening on Saturday, June 18, is followed by a conversation with Sam Samore and Art Film curator Marc Glöde.

Art Education is not art education is not art education

e Art fair .com — Thu, 12 May 2011 15:30:16 +0000

3 art education opportunities + 3 countries + 3 art focal points + 3 art faculty = 3 totally different learning experiences:

1. MA Curatorial & Critical Studies; Frankfurt, Germany

2. Gwangji Bienanale Int’l Curator Course, China

3. MFA Graduate Programs, Maryland Institute College of Art, US

The opportunities to study art are as diverse as art itself.

:: Details ::

1. Goethe University Frankfurt / The State Academy of Fine Arts – Staedelschule

Two-year Master of Arts Program by Goethe University Frankfurt and the State Academy of Fine Arts – Staedelschule – in cooperation with Staedel Museum, Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, the MMK Museum fuer Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, the Historisches Museum Frankfurt and the Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt am Main

Start: Winter Semester (Wintersemester) 2011/12

Application deadline: May 31, 2011
www.kuratierenundkritik.net

Master of Arts Program in Curatorial and Critical Studies

Conception:

The main focus of this Master of Arts Program Curatorial Studies – Theorie – Geschichte – Kritik is the scholarly examination of the complex tasks of curating and art criticism, with an emphasis on their theoretical and practical application. It is the aim of this program to combine an object-related approach with theoretical expertise. While other programs have primarily focused on contemporary art, here the examination of curating and art criticism includes earlier periods and different fields of cultural studies as well.

In a globalized art world, and in response to developments within contemporary art, the presentation of art and art historical objects has become a complex challenge, which necessitates the consideration of art historical as well as cultural, social, political and philosophical aspects. Museums and other art institutions have to face the task of rephrasing the notion of the public realm. The repercussions apply not only to institutions directly involved with contemporary art. In fact, the shift is as fundamental as to be of concern to the operations of traditional art historical, ethnological and historical collections.

Program description:

The Master’s study program provides prospective curators, exhibition organizers and art critics with a theoretical and practical basis for their future occupation. Already during their master’s program, students have the opportunity to combine academic expertise with curatorial skills and practical knowledge. The Frankfurt program of study features a cooperation—unique in Germany—of committed university departments, outstanding museums and an internationally renowned academy of fine arts.

Program structure:

During the first year students are in constant contact with the cooperating museums. University seminars provide an opportunity for the participants to extend their expertise. Furthermore, criteria and categories of art criticism as well as academic principles of art theory and aesthetics will be discussed.

A course module on the history of the museum and exhibitions complements the program. A two-month-long internship, preferably resulting in the collaboration on an exhibition project, offers insight into the curatorial departments of a museum or exhibition institution. Fundamental to the second year is the development of the master’s thesis, and in-depth work on object-related approaches combined with theoretical inquiry.

Exams:

The master’s thesis consists of the theoretical and methodical substantiation of a curatorial and critical project, yet there is no set format. A scholarly text is obligatory in each case. One part of the master’s thesis may be submitted in a different format, for example an exhibition concept or a documentation of an exhibition.

The degree "Master of Arts" (MA) is being jointly awarded by Goethe-University and the Staedelschule; respective competencies acquired will be certified by a "Diploma supplement".

The Master of Arts Program Curatorial Studies – Theorie –Geschichte –Kritik creates the opportunity for admission to a subject-specific doctorate.

Teaching Staff and Lecturers:

Staff includes university teachers at Goethe-University and the Staedelschule as well as directors and curators of the Staedel Museum, Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, the MMK Museum fuer Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, the Historisches Museum Frankfurt, the Museum der Weltkulturen and the Portikus. Additional experts will be brought in for individual events and projects. The program is taught in German and English. Proficiency in English is expected.

Number of Students:

Annual admission of between 12 and 15 students ensures a small and intensive research experience in specially arranged seminars and events.

Application requirements:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent degree with a minimum of 6 semesters, with at least 120 CPs in art history, archaeology, art education, philosophy, ethnology or history. Fine art graduates may also apply.

Applications must be sent in by August 31, 2010 (postmark), and include a single-page statement of purpose (SoP), résumé (CV) as well as copies of relevant certificates, to the following address:

Kunstgeschichtliches Institut der Goethe-Universitaet, Studiengang Curatorial Studies – Theorie – Geschichte – Kritik, Senckenberganlage 31, 60325 Frankfurt. Please also send your application via email to the following address: kuratierenundkritik@kunst.uni-frankfurt.de. Further information on the program and the application process is available on our website.

Gwangju Biennale

Call for Applications: The 3rd Gwangju Biennale International Curator Course

August 8–September 3, 2011

Application deadline: May 17, 2011

http://www.gb.or.kr

? Hosted by the Gwangju Biennale Foundation & the Metropolitan City of Gwangju
? Chaired by Yongwoo Lee (Executive Vice President, Gwangju Biennale)
? Directed by Co-Directors, 2011 Gwangju Design Biennale (Ai Weiwei, Seung H-sang)
Co-Artistic Directors, 2012 Gwangju Biennale (Nancy Adajania, Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Mami Kataoka, Sunjung Kim, Carol Yinghua Lu)
? Visiting Professor: Ute Meta Bauer (Associate Professor & Director of Program in Art, Culture, and Technology at MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning)
? Sponsored by Chosun University

The Gwangju Biennale hosts its third edition of International Curator Course. The course, which has attracted much attention from young curators across the globe since its inception in 2009, takes place in parallel with the Gwangju Biennale and the Gwangju Design Biennale.

The visiting professor for this year’s course will be Ute Meta Bauer, an internationally acclaimed curator and professor at MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning. She was co-curator of Documenta11 (2002), artistic director of the 3rd Berlin Biennale (2004), and founding director of the Office for Contemporary Art Norway (2002–2005.) Her exhibitions include Architectures of Discourse at the Fundació Antoni Tàpies in Barcelona (2001), First Story – Women Building / New Narratives for 21 Century, a main exhibition for the European Cultural Capital Porto 2001 and the Mobile_Transborder Archive for InSite05, Tijuana /San Diego. Most recently she served as the director of SITAC VI What’s left…What remains? SITAC VI (Mexico City 2008.) The first visiting professor was Barbara Vanderlinden, founder and artistic director of the Brussels Biennial, followed by Dan Cameron, artistic director of Prospect New Orleans Biennial.

This year, the course will include practice in preparation of the 4th Gwangju Design Biennale, which will start on September 2. The key subject of the course is the Exhibition as Communicative Space and will include: discussions about criticism and analysis of comprehensive phenomenon of how contemporary art, design, architecture, sound and performance, and publications as dominant art forms of visual culture adapt, co-exist, and conflict with market system; the course will reflect upon creative responses to conflict and crisis versus problems of value judgment on today’s market-led cultural phenomenon and cultural movement, and the role of curator as a cultural translator and mediator between the two; and exploration of alternatives for ecological health of increasingly globalized art and culture.

The course consists of special lectures by visiting professor Bauer along with discussions and practices under the guidance of artistic directors and curators of 2011 Gwangju Design Biennale as well as 2012 Gwangju Biennale. Co-Directors of 2011 Gwangju Design Biennale, Co-Artistic Directors of 2012 Gwangju Biennale, Prof. Maurizio Bortolotti of NABA, Milan, and Nader Tehrani, architect and Head of Department of Architecture at MIT who participates in 2011 Gwangju Design Biennale will join the lectures and seminars.

The course will be delivered in English. Participants will have the opportunity to take part in the process of installation and preparation for the biennale as assistants of artistic directors and curators. They will make group presentations in the final week before guests including biennale participating artists and curators. Visits to museums, galleries, and artists’ studios in Gwangju and Seoul are also scheduled.

The Gwangju Biennale will grant tuition and accommodation to participants during the entire course in Gwangju. Participants will be responsible for their roundtrip airfares to Gwangju and living expenses during their stay in Gwangju. Since the course aims to give young curators opportunities to receive in-depth training, an age restriction has been set at 35 and under.

The application must include:

1. Application form (download from http:// www.gb.or.kr)
2. Curriculum Vitae
3. Motivational statement illustrating the applicant’s interests and explaining the reason for application (1,000 words max.)
4. A copy of the most relevant published texts and reports of realized curatorial projects.

Send your application by email: curatorcourse@gb.or.kr

3. Maryland Institute College of Art

Graduate Programs at MICA Provide Cutting-edge Approaches to Art & Design

New MPS in Information Visualization

http://www.mica.edu

For over a decade, MICA has created robust educational programs that balance fine arts with design and electronic arts. This trend continues as the college offers an expanded array of graduate offerings, launching six new and innovative programs in 2011. MICA is also developing additional programs for 2012, including a MPS in Information Visualization, the first professional degree of its kind offered by an art college.

New Graduate Programs at MICA

The MFA in Curatorial Practice, the first such MFA in the country, prepares students to expand the definition of the practice and bring new audiences to visual art through a variety of curatorial projects.

The MFA in Community Arts program allows artists to use their artmaking in support of community development and investigate the relationship of the citizen artist to community building.

MFA in Illustration Practice candidates elevate their artistic and business abilities, blend media within new cultural contexts, and integrate research and critical analysis into their work.

MA in Social Design candidates explore the belief that social change can happen through design by participating in collaborative projects supporting a range of community-defined objectives.

The unique MPS in the Business of Art and Design provides a comprehensive, highly concentrated education in business management specifically for artists, designers, and related professions.

The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Graphic Design offers students an intensive immersion in the practice, preparing them for advancing their careers and applying to competitive MFA programs.

In Development for 2012

The MPS in Information Visualization, the first such program offered by an art college, will allow artists and designers to translate their existing skills to the visualization industry and related fields. The program is designed for artists and designers as well as professionals in fields where the access to and management of large amounts of complex data through visualization is essential—including architecture, urban planning, homeland security, strategic planning, health, social networks and more.

Additional Graduate Programming at MICA

Graphic Design (MFA)
Hoffberger School of Painting (MFA)
Mount Royal School of Art (Multidisciplinary MFA)
Photographic & Electronic Media (MFA)
Rinehart School of Sculpture (MFA)
Studio Art (Summer Low-Residency MFA)
Art Education (Online/Low-Residency MA)
Community Arts (MA)
Teaching (MAT)

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Fine Arts

Salvador Dali Museum

e Art fair .com — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:00:00 +0000

The US art community can rejoice: a renewed Salvador Dalí museum (nicknamed, ‘the Dalí’) has just opened on its new premises: 1 Dalí Blvd, St. Petersburg, Florida, this January 11,’11 at 11:11.

The Dalí’ Museum, A New Era

In line with Dali’s amazing sense of lines and space, the museum is an amazing structure in about itself. The ceremony was symbolic of one of the surrealist’s works – and of the birth of a new era for the museum. The $35 million project, on the waterfront just south of Mahaffey Theatre, will contain 66,540-square-feet of exhibit and meeting space. The design features a glass sculpture that flows along the south side of the building. Architect Yann Weymouth said he tried to create an abstract expression of Dali’s style.

Dalí’ Museum Collection

With oils spanning from 1917 through 1970, the collection provides an excellent overview of Dalí’s major themes and symbols. Characterized by its diversity, it includes the Impressionist and Cubist styles of his early period, abstract work from his transition to Surrealism, the famous surrealist canvases for which he is best known, and examples of his preoccupation with religion and science during his classic period.

The 68,000 square feet structure houses the biggest collection of Salvador Dalí’s artwork outside Spain:

a. 2140 pieces of Dalí’s work

b. 96 oil paintings

c. Eight master works (measuring over 5′)

It is already called one of the most acclaimed collections of a single modern artist in the world. The core collection was donated by Cleveland industrialist, A. Reynolds Morse and his wife Eleanor. It represents the culmination of a 45-year friendship between the Morses and Dalí and his wife, Gala. The old Dali museum first opened on March 7, 1982.

A Highlight- The Curator’s Choice

Le désir hyperrationnel

1984

Pâte de verre and bronze 249/300

This most elegant of Dalí’s Surrealist objects, Le désir hyperrationnel (The hyperrational desire)- utilizes the Venus de Milo, the most famous antiquity in the Louvre. In 1936, Dali created the Venus de Milo with Drawers by cutting six drawers into the famous statue. By perforating the Venus, Dalí engages in the defacement of a classic symbol and demonstrates his preoccupation with Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theories.
Dalí’s later interpretations are based on his obsession with modern physics and contemporary scientific discoveries. In this new version, Venus’s head and abdomen are "dematerialized" from the body to an adjacent pedestal demonstrating the dissolution of gravity and the divisibility of matter.

Dalí’ Museum Mission

The Museum aims to regularly change exhibitions showcasing the large and varied permanent collection and frequently incorporate historical and contemporary art borrowed from top worldwide museums and collections. A specialized schedule of films, lectures, music series, adult and family friendly tours, and education programs for all ages are developed for each new exhibition.

Photo: HOK/Moris Moreno

The new Dali Museum Opening

Salvador Dali look-alike burst from a giant egg today as part of an elaborate groundbreaking for the city’s new Salvador Dali Museum.

photo/info: www.salvadordalimuseum.org

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Some of Dali’s Most Famous Works of Art

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Cézanne’s Most Famous Paintings

e Art fair .com — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:13:00 +0000

Some would answer the question ‘What are Paul Cézanne’s most famous painting’ with a statement that there is no single most famous painting by him; all his paintings are famous!! However, this is not entirely true, as some paintings are of higher quality, have more art historic value, while others we’ve never even seen as the artist himself destroyed them before we could have a peek.

Today, 19 January, was Cézanne’s birthday, so let’s bestow him with some honor….

Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) ~ Famous Works

In particular, let me show you a couple of Cézanne’s most famous paintings and why I include them here. There are several subjects (which Cézanne called ‘motifs’) that were most precious to him. These are 1) still life paintings with apples (akin to Van Gogh’s obsession with sunflowers), 2) landscapes and particularly those featuring Mont St Victoire, and 3) bathers. I am showcasing an artwork for each motif.

Apples and Oranges

Paul C??zanne

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Arguably, Cezanne’s still life paintings are most appreciated by the public. This is possibly because Cezanne’s still lifes are not so still, and seem to be quite alife.

Though Cézanne painted still life compositions from the start of his career, it was only in later years that this genre began to occupy an essential place in his work. Apples and Oranges belongs to this period. This most famous artwork ‘Apples and Oranges’ is probably painted in the last 5 years of the 19th century, however, as the painting is not dated, none actually knows exactly when it was finished.

It forms part of a series of six still lifes produced in 1899 in Cézanne’s Parisian studio. Each painting features the same accessories: earthenware dishes and a jug decorated with a floral motif. Their arrangement is also similar, with a draped cloth, reminiscent of 17th century Flemish still lifes, closing the perspective. However, the dynamic effect created by a complex spatial construction and Cézanne’s subjective perception of the arranged objects illustrate his essentially pictorial approach.

This artwork is currently in Musée d’Orsay in Paris, France. According to this prestigious art museum, Apples and Oranges, which combines modernity and sumptuous beauty, is the most important still life produced by Cézanne in the late 1890′s.

Mont Sainte-Victoire with Large Pine-…

Paul C??zanne

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The painting motif which held his interest through his years in Aix-en-Provence was the mountain depicted here, Mont Sainte Victoire. This lime stone mountain is not impressive by Alpine standards, but it dominated the landscape of his Provence in a noble and commanding manner. As Cezanne grew up in Aix, he grew up with this mountain. As an artist, it could be said that Cezanne studied Mont Sainte Victoire the way Monet studied his water lilly pond garden.

To Cézanne, the mountain was alive. Firm as a rock, however always changing. Either Cézanne changed his perspective of the mountain by focusing in on a particular part of it, or the light changed transforming the colors and energy the mountain transmitted. He painted Mont Sainte-Victoire a many a times in the late 1800′s and early 1900′s.

Study of Bathers, circa 1895-98

Paul C??zanne

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While I think that his fruit still lives and his landscape paintings outnumber his paintings of ‘bathers’, this painting could be called one of his most famous paintings.

About Cezanne ~ a Role Model on How to Never Give, Even if you have “NO Talent’”

Paul Cézanne was born in Aix-en-Provence, France, on January 19, 1839. He was raised in a well to do family and poised to become a lawyer. However, after initiating his law school, he confronted his father with his wish to become a painter in Paris instead. Eventually his father agreed to support him in his dream, however he already returned from Paris after 6 months, disillusioned with his own capacity to paint. He had destroyed many of early paintings. A year later, he went to Paris to try again, however he failed the entrance exam for the Ecole des Beaux-Arts (the official Painting School in Paris).

It took him till he was 30 years old for his fate and self-confidence as an artist to start taking a more positive turn. He changed subjects (moving from morbid blacks to more colorful landscapes), he met Hortense Fiquet, who became his girlfriend.

Subsequently he had a son, moved to the countryside and met Pissarro, a fatherly figure to him, who became his mentor.

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Cezanne’s Influence on the Art of Painting

Paul Cézanne was a leading French Post-Impressionist. He bridged the way from 19th century Impressionism to a revolutionary new world of 20th century Cubism. Both Matisse and Picasso are quoted saying Cézanne was “the father of us all.”

Although his radical departures were underappreciated and even ridiculed in his time, Cézanne’s studies of visual perception, geometric simplification, and experimentation with complex fractured forms kept his style changing significantly over his lifetime. Cézanne was an eccentric, solitary enigma, often working in isolation, removed even from his own family.

More on Cezanne

http://eartfair.com/blog/the-other-museums-of-paris/

http://eartfair.com/blog/the-modern-art-movements/

references: Musee d’Orsay, gardenofpraise.com/

Art Basel 41 ~ Art Films

e Art fair .com — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:19:00 +0000

The Art Film program at Art 41 Basel again features a varied program of films by and about artists, screened at the Stadtkino Basel. The nightly program from Tuesday to Friday, curated by film scholar Marc Glöde (Berlin), presents films by artists including Michaela Meise, Guy Ben-Ner, Korpys/Löffler, Sean Snyder, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Ryan Gander, Jeanne Faust, Cerith Wyn Evans, and Gerhard Richter and has been sub-divided into four evenings with different themes.

On Saturday evening, This Brunner, the Zurich film connaisseur, will present “Women Without Men” (2009) by Shirin Neshat which won the Golden Lion of the 2009 Venice Filmfestival. The evening will be followed by a Q&A with Shirin Neshat, moderated by the Swiss filmmaker Samir.

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ART BASEL ~ 41 ART FILMS ~ PROGRAM DETAILS

Tuesday, June 1

5, 10 p.m.:

And This Is How The Story Goes…

Total running time approximately 78 minutes, curated by Marc Glöde
Second screening, Wednesday, June 16, 10 a.m.
Telling stories – weird, smart, abstract, straightforward, complicated… it is the neverending fascination for the filmic narrative that connects this diverse corpus of films. In the range of different formats these works unfold the question “What is narration?”
Michaela Meise “Lettre to the Eltern” 2010 / 18’35" (Johann König)
Rä di Martino “August 2008” 2009 / 5′ (Monitor)
Guy Ben-Ner “If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate” 2009 / 16’30" (Konrad Fischer Galerie)
Mario Pfeifer “Untitled (Two Guys)” 2008 / 7’30" (Koch Oberhuber Wolff)
Korpys/Löffler “Stadt von Morgen” 2007 / 16’30" (Meyer Riegger)
Sean Snyder “Casio, Seiko, Sheraton, Toyota, Mars” 2004/2005 / 13’09" (Galerie Neu)
Sean Snyder “Afghanistan” 2009 / 2’10" (Galerie Neu)

Wednesday, June 16, 10 p.m.:

Reference Points

Total running time approximately 71 minutes, curated by Marc Glöde
Second screening, Thursday, June 17, 10 a.m.
Relating to different dynamics of the world is one of the crucial interests in new film positions. This program brings together some of the most remarkable works that ask questions about the relation to the medium, about iconic figures, about historical aspects or just about the self.
Clemens von Wedemeyer “Found Footage (the Fourth Wall Project)” 2009 / 31′ (Galerie Jocelyn Wolff)
Ryan Gander “Basquiat” 2008 / 5’30" (gb agency)
Laurent Grasso “Satellite” 2006 / 9’50" (Sean Kelly Gallery)
Jeanne Faust “Reconstructing Damon Albarn in Kinshasa” 2010 / 9′ (Meyer Riegger)
Alexandra Leykauf “uit de bibliotheek van Wolfgang Frommelt” 2009 / 10’40" (Sassa Trülzsch)
Isabell Heimerdinger “Good Friends” 2010 / 4’30" (Mehdi Chouakri)

Thursday, June 17, 10 p.m.:

Focus Japan

Total running time approximately 61 minutes, curated by Marc Glöde in cooperation with Taka Ishii Gallery and Galerie Daniel Buchholz
Second screening, Friday, June 18, 10 a.m.
This program introduces the historical Japanese film avant-garde movement of Jikken Kobo/Experimental Workshop (1951–1958). The program subsequently presents contemporary films by both Japanese and European artists in an attempt to consider the relationship and mutual influence of a lesser-known Japanese post-war aesthetic on a present generation of artists.
Katsuhiro Yamaguchi / Toshio Matsumoto “The Silver Wheel” 1955 / 11’57"
(National Film Center, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokio)
Kiyoji Otsuji “Kinecalligraph” 1955/86 / 4’26" (Taka Ishii Gallery)
Takashi Ishida “Wall of the Sean” 2007 / 12′ (Taka Ishii Gallery)
Cerith Wyn Evans “Still Life with Phrenology Head” 1979 / 14′
(Taka Ishii Gallery and Galerie Daniel Buchholz)
Ei Arakawa “Peaceboat Revisiting MRTA” 2009 / 3’26" (Taka Ishii Gallery)
Florian Pumhösl “EI335721443JP” 2010 / 15’10" (Galerie Daniel Buchholz)
The screening is followed by a Q&A with Japanese art critic Minoru Shimizu and Art Film curator Marc Glöde.
Friday, June 18, 10 p.m.: Dark, Blurred And Diffused
Total running time approximately 73 minutes, curated by Marc Glöde
Second screening, Saturday, June 19, 10 a.m.
Dark spaces and diffused atmospheres shape the works that this program brings together. From historical works to new approaches, these films lead us into spaces that range from the uncanny and the irritating to the abstract and the archival.
Gerhard Richter “Volker Bradke” 1966 / 14’32" (Gerhard Richter Archiv Dresden)
Cerith Wyn Evans “I’ve been fooled by love” 2009 / 8’21" (Galerie Neu)
Tobias Zielony “Big Sexyland” 2008 / 3’10" (Koch Oberhuber Wolff)
Tobias Zielony “The Deboard” 2008 / 7’23" (Koch Oberhuber Wolff)
Gabriele Zimmermann and Helmut Nothelfer “US-Waffenschau in Berlin-West, Flughafen Tempelhof” 1972 / 7’18" (Galerie Thomas Zander)
Michael Wutz “Tales, Lies and Exaggerations” 2010 / 9′ (Aurel Scheibler)
Amy Granat “Untitled (Sabotage)” 2007 / 8’56" (Galerie Eva Presenhuber)
Hans Op de Beek “Extensions” 2009 / 10’58" (Galerie Krinzinger)
Joachim Koester “To navigate, in a genuine way, in the unknown necessitates an attitude of daring, but not one of recklessness (movements generated from the Magical Passes of Carlos Castaneda)” 2009 / 3’30" (Jan Mot)

ART FILMS, ART BASEL HIGHLIGHT

Saturday, June 19, 8 p.m.:

Women Without Men

Video clip (not suitable for children)

Running time 99 minutes, curated by This Brunner
Second screening, Sunday, June 20, 10 a.m.

Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran’s 1953 CIA-backed coup d’état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard, where they find independence, solace and companionship.

Acclaimed video artist Shirin Neshat makes her directorial debut with this incisive and sumptuously filmed reflection on the pivotal moment in history that directly led to the Islamic revolution and the Iran we know today.

Shirin Neshat “Women Without Men” 2009 / 99′ (Coproduction Office)
The screening is followed by a Q&A with Shirin Neshat, moderated by the Swiss filmmaker Samir.

Part allegory, part historical drama, Women Without Men chronicles the lives of five women living in Tehran during the British- and American-backed coup of the democratically elected government in 1953. Among them are Munis, a woman struggling against the restrictions of her fundamentalist brother; Farrokhlaqa, an upper-class wife frustrated with her passionless marriage to a general; Zarin, a young sex trade worker who becomes overwhelmed by her conditions; Mahdokht, who is struggling with the loss of her virginity; and Faezeh, a women obsessed with marrying her friend Munis’ brother. Though the women’s daily lives are depicted with a grainy realism, the film eventually gives way to saturated colours and fantastical panoramas as each of the protagonists finds her way to an enchanted garden without men.

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Bergen Biennial Conference – Upcoming September

e Art fair .com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:06:30 +0000

This Fall the art world in Scandinavia will gather in response to existing plans in Bergen to establish a biennial in the city in 2011. The three-day conference will constitute one of the most extensive discussion about biennials to date.It will take place in Bergen Kunsthall, Norway.

BERGEN KUNSTHALL

BERGEN BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
17. SEPTEMBER – 20. SEPTEMBER 2009
Rasmus Meyers alle 5
5015 Bergen
Norway

The Bergen Biennial Conference will bring together an international group of curators, critics, artists, and thinkers so as to benefit from their discussions of their findings, and create the occasion to reflect collectively about the practice and potential of biennials as institutions. The conference aims to identify and explore existing ‘biennial knowledge’ from different regions of the world and will be made up of lectures as well as seminar style workshops with young and leading professionals in the field. It will be complemented with an extensive publication, The Biennial Reader, including existing seminal texts on biennials from around the world as well as newly commissioned texts.

As scholars and curators have recently acknowledged, the history of exhibitions is both one of the most vital and, paradoxically, ignored narratives of our cultural history. And given the increasing role of biennials and other perennial exhibitions of contemporary art in contemporary culture, it seems all the more necessary to critically examine them today. The impetus to do so now comes in response to the Bergen City Council’s plans to establish a biennial for contemporary art in Bergen, for which the Bergen Kunsthall has taken up the task of organizing an international conference and think tank to study and discuss the status of the biennial as an exhibition model, and also to launch a debate concerning the plans for a biennial in Bergen.

Conference program conceived by: Solveig Øvstebø, Marieke van Hal and Elena Filipovic.
Conference founded by the City of Bergen, by Departments of Cultural Affairs, Business Development and Sports.
Supported by Hordaland County and Arts Council Norway.

PROGRAM

Thursday September 17

Official Opening

Opening of the conference and the Arquivo Histórico Wanda Svevo of the Fundacáo Bienal de Sáo Paolo at Bergen Kunsthall.

On the occasion of the conference, the entirety of the archive on international biennials that was conceived as part of the 28th São Paolo Biennial and constituting the most comprehensive documentation source on biennials anywhere, will be present and available for consultation in the Bergen Kunsthall. An invaluable resource, this first ever presentation of such an extensive archive on biennials in Europe underscores the ambitions of the conference to incite new critical thinking and writing on recurrent large-scale art exhibitions.

Friday September 18

History

Laying the foundations for subsequent discussions, this day focuses on the history and origins of biennials and other perennial international exhibitions, from early World’s Fairs and the Venice Biennale, as well as such others as the São Paolo, Havana Biennials and Documenta to the 1990’s biennial boom that saw the rise of the Manifesta, Berlin, Istanbul, Gwangju, Mercosul, and Dak’Art Biennials, among many others. Discussions will closely consider the historical events, socio-economic, geopolitical and artistic contexts that made these recurrent exhibitions possible or even necessary and urgent.

Lectures by: Caroline A. Jones, Olu Oguibe and Charlotte Bydler.
Moderator: Sabine B. Vogel
Reviewer: Vittoria Martini
Dialogues with, among others: Sarat Maharaj, Carlos Basualdo and Gerardo Mosquera
Reviewers: Vinicius Spricigo and Marit Paasche

Saturday September 19

Practice

Focusing on practice, this day elaborates on the different types of biennials, looking at their functioning, developments and evolution over time. It will be the occasion to reflect collectively about the biennial as a historically new type of art institution, reading the variety of benefits and limitations of such large-scale art events against the grain of their resulting exhibitions.

Lectures by: John Clark, Maria Hlavajova and Paul O´Neill
Moderator: Ute Meta Bauer
Reviewer: Ina Blom
Workshops with, among others: Gridthiya Gaweewong, Ann Demeester, Mahita El Bacha Urieta, Per Gunnar Eeg-Tverbakk, Jonas Ekeberg, Llilian Llanes, Elmgreen & Dragset and Donna De Salvo.
Moderators: Elena Filipovic and Marieke van Hal
Reviewers: Tommy Olsson and Monika Szewczyk

Sunday September 20

Future

Is the perennial exhibition still relevant today? Taking up the query that some biennials are themselves asking of late about the potentials and limits of the format, the final conference day focuses on the future. Reflecting on the responsibility and the role of the curator, the consequences of these changing exhibition structures for artists, curators and the public will be discussed. The debates of the previous days will come together and the possibilities for new curatorial paradigms as well as the idea for a biennial in Bergen will be assessed.

Lectures by: Ivo Mesquita, Sara Arrhenius, Ranjit Hoskote and Rafal Niemojewski
Moderator: Jan Verwoert
Reviewer: Nikos Papastergiadis

Further Info re. Bergen Biennial Conference

http://www.bbc2009.no/default.asp?k=13

BERGEN BIENNIAL CONFERENCE / BERGEN KUNSTHALL/ Bergens Kunstforening
Rasmus Meyers allé 5-5015Bergen

W: www.bbc2009.no / www.kunsthall.no
E: bbc2009@kunsthall.no / bergen@kunsthall.no

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Art Basel 40: first 2009 art show video

e Art fair .com — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:06:57 +0000

Art Basel 40 is in full swing this weekend. Enjoy this art reporting video, highlighting some of the more interesting features of this international art show.

Walkthrough of the Art Unlimited sector with large-scale installations, video projections, and massive sculptures at Art 40 Basel International Art Fair in Basel, Switzerland.

Art 40 Basel, Art Unlimited section. Impressions from the preview.

This video is part 1. Stay tuned for part 2.
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Art Basel 40: The prime 2009 art event is just a week away

e Art fair .com — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:51:23 +0000

Art 40 Basel | The 40th anniversary of the premier international art show

The 40th edition of Art Basel takes place in the culturally rich city of Basel, Switzerland, from June 10 through June 14, 2009. As the world’s premier art show, Art Basel marks the annual reunion of the international artworld. This year, more than 300 exhibiting galleries from all over the globe were selected from a record number of more than 1,100 applications, and will be showing works by over 2,500 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Art Unlimited hall, with its 60 large-scale projects, and the Public Art Projects on the exhibition square offer further highlights.

The most spectacular event this year will be the presentation of “Il Tempo del Postino” at Theater Basel. Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Philippe Parreno as a group exhibition that would occupy time rather than space, “Il Tempo del Postino” (Postman Time) presents a sequential display of time-based art on the theatre stage. Participating artists will include Doug Aitken, Matthew Barney & Jonathan Bepler, Tacita Dean, Thomas Demand, Trisha Donnelly, Olafur Eliasson, Peter Fischli / David Weiss, Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Douglas Gordon, Carsten Höller, Pierre Huyghe, Koo Jeong-A, Philippe Parreno, Anri Sala, Tino Sehgal and Rirkrit Tiravanija & Arto Lindsay. Furthermore Basel’s museums once again feature fascinating exhibitions, and will host a broad range of events.
Founded by a group of local gallerists, the first Art Basel took place in 1970 and has since then become the most prestigious art show worldwide. This 40th anniversary edition of Art Basel begins with a vernissage for invited guests on June 9 and opens to the general public from June 10 through June 14. The premier annual event regularly attracts some 60,000 artists, collectors, gallerists, curators, and art enthusiasts from across the globe, eager to see the most rigorously chosen overview of the international art market and to meet key movers of the international art scene. Covered by more than 2,300 media representatives, Art Basel earns its strong reputation based both on the quality and diversity of the exhibited art works.

Art 40 Basel will showcase all forms of artistic expression, including paintings, drawings, editions, and sculptures, installations, photography, performances, and internet and video art. Works costing a few thousand Swiss francs, by emerging artists, will be on display alongside museum-quality masterpieces priced in the millions.

Over 300 of the world’s leading galleries will be exhibiting at Art Basel (a list of exhibitors
can be found at www.artbasel.com/galleries). The galleries were chosen by the Art Basel Committee, an international jury of renowned gallerists, in accordance with strict quality criteria. Selected from a record number of more than 1,100 applicants, the sectors Art Galleries,
Art Statements, Art Premiere and Art Edition include 75 galleries from the United States; 56 from Germany; 33 from Switzerland; 28 from Great Britain; 26 from France; 22 from Italy; 9 from Spain;
8 from Belgium; 7 from Austria; 5 from Japan; 4 each from Brazil, China and Poland; 3 from the Netherlands; 2 each from Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Mexico, Norway and South Korea; and one each from Argentina, Finland, India, Israel, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Taiwan, and Turkey.

Art Galleries
Once again more than 99 percent of last year’s exhibitors reapplied in the Art Galleries sector.
This year’s strong roster of participants is reinforced by the additions of Johann König (Berlin),
Dvir Gallery (Tel Aviv), Vitamin Creative Space (Guangzhou), Nils Staerk Contemporary Art (Copenhagen) and J Crist Gallery (Boise, Idaho, U.S.). The line-up of galleries showing 20th-century classics is augmented by Knoedler & Company (New York), Galerie Zlotowski (Paris), and Galerie Susanne Zander (Köln). The specialists in Art Edition are joined by Galerie Helga Maria Klosterfelde (Hamburg) and Galerie de Multiples (Paris), and the roster of photographic galleries
is enhanced by the return of the Galerie Zur Stockeregg (Zürich). After a brief hiatus, David Nolan Gallery (New York), Galleria Raucci / Santamaria (Napoli), Greene Naftali (New York), Stuart Shave / Modern Art (London) and Team Gallery (New York) also rejoin Art Basel’s exhibitors.

Art Statements
A frequent site of discovery by those seeking emerging artists, Art Statements this year features 27 single-artist projects from rising galleries worldwide. The projects on display are new and created specifically for presentation in this highly regarded sector. Since 1999, the Bâloise Insurance Group has awarded its annual Bâloise Art Prize of CHF 25,000 each to two outstanding
Art Statements projects. This year, the prize has been raised to CHF 30,000 for each artist, to
a total amount of CHF 60,000. The company also acquires works by prize-winning artists and donates them to two important museums in Europe.

Art Premiere
The Art Premiere sector, which focuses on the curatorial aspects of the gallerist’s practice, this year presents 19 gallery projects, featuring either an artistic dialogue juxtaposing two artists from all generations, a presentation by a single artist of any age or exceptional art historical material – a
new possibility within the sector.

Art Unlimited
Art Unlimited will spotlight 60 ambitious works. Many of the exhibited pieces are created especially for Art 40 Basel. The platform enables artists to exhibit works that do not fit in standard display booths
due to spatial, temporal, technical, financial, contextual, or conceptual constraints. With the accent
on innovative and large-scale works, everything from outsize sculptures and installations to video projections, wall paintings, and performances will be on show. The exhibition has once again been devised in collaboration with Geneva curator Simon Lamunière.

Public Art Projects
The exhibition area on the exhibition square in front of the buildings hosting Art Basel will again serve as an arena for art in the public space. Displayed on Messeplatz, the sector places art in the urban context and encourages interaction with the general public. Eight works by internationally renowned artists Valentin Carron, General Idea, Mark Handforth, Jeppe Hein, Gabriel Kuri, Mathieu Mercier, John McCracken and Ken Price will be installed. The sector is again curated by Basel curator Martin Schwander.

Il Tempo del Postino
One of the most spectacular events at this year’s Art Basel will be the presentation of “Il Tempo del Postino” at Theater Basel. The Independent called this unique show “The world’s first visual arts opera” after its first and only presentation at the Manchester International Festival in 2007, where
a group of the world’s leading visual artists created a major experimental presentation.

Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Philippe Parreno as a group exhibition that would occupy time rather than space, “Il Tempo del Postino” (Postman Time) presents a sequential display of time-based art on the theatre stage. Each of the twenty artists has created an act of different length.

In Basel “Il Tempo del Postino” will be directed by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Philippe Parreno, Anri Sala
and Rirkrit Tiravanija. In addition to the artists who participated in Manchester in 2007 – Doug Aitken, Matthew Barney & Jonathan Bepler, Tacita Dean, Trisha Donnelly, Olafur Eliasson, Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Douglas Gordon, Carsten Höller, Pierre Huyghe, Koo Jeong-A, Philippe Parreno, Anri Sala, Tino Sehgal and Rirkrit Tiravanija & Arto Lindsay – “Il Tempo del Postino” in Basel will include new contributions by Thomas Demand and Peter Fischli / David Weiss.

Art Basel Conversations and Art Lobby
Staged every morning (June 10 to June 13), Art Basel Conversations bring together prominent members of the international art scene. For the Premiere of the Art Basel Conversations the curator
Sir Norman Rosenthal will engage with the artist Jeff Koons. Further topics include “Artistic Production: Collecting Performance”, “The Future of the Museum: Digital Frontiers” and “Public / Private: Institutions: A Time of Crisis – and Opportunity?”. Additionally, a daily program of six artist conversations, book signings, discussion forums, and other presentations will take place
in the Art Lobby forum in the afternoons.

Art Film
The Art Film program once again features an outstanding program of films, screened at the Stadtkino Basel. This Brunner, a collector with profound knowledge of the international film scene will present “Picasso & Braque Go to the Movies” (2008) from Arne Glimcher on Thursday evening. The rest of the Art Film program, including many shorter artist films and videos on the themes “New Landscapes”, “Rediscovery”, “Bending Identities” and “Storylines” is curated by Berlin-based film scholar Marc Glöde.

Art Basel Weekend
On the weekend of June 12 to June 14, 2009, Art 40 Basel will celebrate the Art Basel Weekend, highlighting special activities (solo shows, performances, book signings etc.) at the booths of the participating galleries. A variety of panels and presentations geared to art professionals will also be held during the weekend in the context of Art Basel Conversations and Art Lobby. The museums and institutions in Basel feature a broad range of special events such as guided tours, performances and talks.

Art Basel Catalogs
Art 40 Basel is accompanied by a lavish catalog published by Hatje Cantz in May 2009. The richly illustrated publication contains reproductions of approximately 600 works, from Modern classics to the latest in cutting-edge art. The separate catalog, published to accompany the Art Unlimited exhibition, will be available at Art Basel.

Art Basel’s Sponsors
UBS has a valued tradition of supporting the arts and believes that art awakens new ways of seeing the world and sharing insight. The firm has been the main sponsor of Art Basel for the
past 16 years. “We are delighted to look back on long years of partnership with Art Basel and
Art Unlimited”, says Francesco Morra, CEO Switzerland, UBS Wealth Management & Swiss Bank. “Supporting the arts is ingrained in our corporate culture and through these cultural partnerships we are committed to making the arts accessible to a broader community.” At the Associate Sponsor level, Cartier, NetJets and AXA Art continue their significant partnership with Art Basel.
Art Basel is also supported by Baloise Holding, ZURICH Insurance Company and Vitra. The VIP
car service is provided by Volkswagen.

Museums in Basel
The museum exhibitions in and around Basel are again exceptional this year. On show at the Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel: “Giacometti”; at the Kunstmuseum Basel: “Vincent van Gogh, Between Earth and Heaven: The Landscapes”; at the Schaulager: “Holbein to Tillmans”; at the Museum Jean Tinguely: “Armor and gala dresses”; at the Kunstmuseum Basel – Museum für Gegenwartskunst: “Little Theatre of Gestures”; at Kunsthalle Basel solo exhibitions with Danh Vo
and Lucy Skaer titled “A Boat Used as a Vessel”. (For a complete list of museum exhibitions, go to www.museenbasel.ch).

Design Miami/Basel
Design Miami/Basel, the global forum for collecting, exhibiting, discussing, and creating design runs June 9 – 13 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and is this year located in hall 5 of the Basel fairgrounds. www.designmiami.com

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Famous Art Quotes by Spanish Artist Juan Gris

e Art fair .com — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:00:20 +0000

Famous Art Quotes by Spanish Artist Juan Gris

Since it’s his birthday today, let’s celebrate the Spanish Artist Juan Gris, by highlighting some of his most famous art quotes.

As you may have read in my recent article on Juan Gris had a distinct role in the art movement of cubism.

The Violin, 1916

Juan Gris

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Famous Art Quotes by Spanish Artist Juan Gris

I always pet a dog with my left hand because if he bit me I’d still have my right hand to paint with.

I prefer the emotion that corrects the rule.

You are lost the moment you know what the result will be.

‘Cezanne made a cylinder out of a bottle. I start from the cylinder to create a special kind of individual object. I make a bottle out of a cylinder.’

Juan Gris – Market Value of his Work

The richly detailed painting “Book, Pipe and Glasses” (oil on canvas) painted by Juan Gris in 1915, brought a record price of nearly $21 million at Christie’s New York auction of Impressionist and Modern art last November (2008). The sale was the highlight of the auction.

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