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Edward Cella Art & Architecture opens first solo exhibition of sculpture and painting by Jun Kaneko
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Edward Cella Art & Architecture is presenting its first solo exhibition of sculpture and painting by internationally acclaimed artist Jun Kaneko. Born in Nagoya, Japan, and come of age in Southern California at the height of the 60s Contemporary Ceramics Movement, he is known for his experimental large-scale ceramic works and public sculptural installations, though his artistic facility extends beyond any one medium. He combines the monumentality of the monolith with the subtlety of abstract motifs, seamlessly integrating sculptural and painterly vocabularies. With an interest in the relational impact of scale and surface, Kaneko's primary objective is to engage the viewer in an immersive spatial and experiential encounter with his work. Kaneko studied painting throughout his youth and adolescence under Japanese master painter Satoshi ... More

Exhibition examines the era when "Vandy woke up"
NASHVILLE, TENN.- This fall, the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery presents Race, Sports, and Vanderbilt: 1966 – 1970, which showcases photographs, front pages from The Tennessean, and related artifacts from this time period. The exhibition is curated by Martin Rapisarda, associate dean of the College of Arts and Science, and is the gallery’s fifth consecutive linkage to the Ingram Commons reading, which in 2016 is Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South by Andrew Maraniss. The exhibition will be on view through December 8, 2016. Race, Sports, and Vanderbilt: 1966 – 1970 seeks to answer the question, “How does today’s Vanderbilt differ from the Vanderbilt of fifty years ago, and in what ways is it the same?” with a specific focus on race and sports. The exhibition helps visitors explore this question in order to illuminate this turb ... More

ICA Miami launches new educational initiative and research department
MIAMI, FLA.- The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami) announced today the launch of its Art + Research Center (A+RC), the museum’s new research department and educational initiative dedicated to exploring topical social and environmental issues in relation to contemporary art. The A+RC’s program will feature application-based, graduate-level workshops and public presentations by leading thinkers and theorists in the humanities and social sciences, exploring themes such as climate change and social justice that impact the conditions from which contemporary art emerges. Developed by ICA Miami’s Curator of Programs, Gean Moreno, the Art + Research Center is the first museum-based research department in South Florida focused on theoretical inquiry. A major component of the A+RC will be the production of print publications and e-books that expand ... More

Exhibition by Lucia Nogueira opens at Annely Juda Fine Art
LONDON.- Annely Juda Fine Art announces an exhibition by Lucia Nogueira. Nogueira was an artist of Brazilian heritage who relocated to London in 1975 staying until her untimely death in 1998. Nogueira’s body of work comprises installation, sculpture, video and drawing. The material and psychological relationships in the interplay of objects, space and language is at the core of her artistic practice. Many of her works incorporate detritus found discarded on the streets of London, or acquired in army surplus, medical and second-hand shops. Nogueira had an extraordinary eye for the potential of the apparently least promising discovery and her ability to place objects in significant conversation with spaces was uncanny. A fascination with the structure of language infiltrated her titles but also expressed the particular force of her bilingual ambivalence. Nogueira’s art eludes ... More

Blaffer Art Museum presents first major museum exhibition for Analia Saban
HOUSTON, TX.- This exhibition, the first major museum presentation of Argentinian artist Analia Saban, surveys her last decade of practice through 30 works that explore everyday objects through unconventional usage of materials. Surveying art history as if it were a ‘murder scene,’ she peels back (researches, deconstructs, reconstructs) layers of material histories and subject matters in search of new directions and possibilities. Saban’s initial project included tracing and annotating paint strokes of existing paintings in an analytical process that culminated in literally stripping pictures of their material substance and iconography, and culminated into a rolled up ball of colored strips of painted fabric from a plethora of unraveled paintings. Stripe Hand Towel, Bag with Canvas, and Fitted Bed Sheet, all 2011, chart her experiments with acrylic paint cast into viscerally affecting simulations ... More

"Her Crowd: New Art by Women from Our Neighbors' Private Collections" opens at the Bruce Museum
GREENWICH, CONN.- Only yesterday, it seems, one was hard-pressed to name more than a handful of successful women artists; now the list would be extensive, and the choices rich and varied. Although numerous recent exhibitions have featured women’s art, the collecting of art created by women has received scant attention. In fact, private collections are in the process of being dramatically transformed, shifting to focus on contemporary artists, women in particular. On September 24, 2016, the Bruce Museum will open Her Crowd: New Art by Women from Our Neighbors’ Private Collections. Greenwich and the nearby communities in Fairfield and Westchester counties are home to a number of the finest contemporary collections, and thus to some of the most exciting art by women being made today. Her Crowd will offer the rare opportunity to see what some of America’s ... More

Grant S. Smith to lead development, revitalize fundraising initiatives at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
HARTFORD, CONN.- The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art announced this week the appointment of Grant S. Smith to the position of Director of Development. Following a national search that engaged leading philanthropy professionals who then nominated an exceptional group of candidates, Smith was selected for his strength in leadership and proven strategic direction in the areas of individual giving, corporate and foundation support, membership and events. Smith's first day on the job is Sept. 26. "I am excited to join the next generation of leadership at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art," said Smith. "The museum's renewed sense of energy is palpable. From the recent announcement of free admission for Hartford residents to its rich and varied upcoming exhibition schedule, it is clear that the Atheneum is on the move. I am thrilled to be a part of the ... More

First museum exhibition of Japanese artist Meiro Koizumi in the Netherlands opens at De Hallen Haarlem
HAARLEM.- This autumn the Frans Hals Museum | De Hallen Haarlem is presenting the first museum exhibition of Japanese artist Meiro Koizumi in the Netherlands. Koizumi is one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary art in Japan, who in his performances and video installations links critical engagement and historical awareness with a refined interplay between the viewer’s expectations and emotions. With his work, he unfailingly manages to address sore points, including taboos from Japanese collective memory. In his exhibition, he presents an ensemble of new works. The work of Koizumi (1976, Gunma, Japan) is often confrontational: in his videos strong emotions are slowly and carefully orchestrated up to breaking point, as a result of subtle psychological manipulation by the artist. This provocative way of working, in which the artist exacerbates the ... More

Holocaust historian 'will quit US' if Trump is elected
PARIS (AFP).- Pulitzer prize-winning historian Saul Friedlander, a world authority on the Holocaust, said Friday he would leave the United States if Donald Trump was elected president. The 83-year-old Israeli-American writer, who escaped the Nazis by being hidden in a Catholic boarding school in France, described Trump as a "dangerous crazy". He said the controversial Republican candidate could win November's election because of Hillary Clinton's "tendency to lie and to hide things". "One cannot exclude Donald Trump winning even though he is a dangerous crazy," he told AFP. "He says whatever comes into his mind." Friedlander's magisterial two-volume history of Nazi Germany and the Jews charts Adolf Hitler's rise to power in a period where populism was rising across the world as it is today. "We don't know what (Trump) thinks," said the writer, whose parents ... More

Phoenix Art Museum names adjunct curator of American Art
PHOENIX, AZ.- Phoenix Art Museum announces the appointment of Dr. Betsy Fahlman, PhD, to the role of adjunct curator of American art. Dr. Fahlman will officially begin her role overseeing the care and scholarship of the Museum’s historical American art collection in the fall of 2016 and will divide her time between Phoenix Art Museum and Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, where she has served as a professor of art history for more than 28 years. “Dr. Fahlman’s reputation as a scholar of American art distinguishes her as the ideal candidate to lead the Museum’s efforts in this key area,” said Amada Cruz, the Sybil Harrington Director. “The adjunct curator model deepens our partnerships with our university communities, creating a symbiotic relationship that provides scholars with access to objects, while enriching the Museum with invaluable ... More

George Daniels' Anniversary model sets world record at Bonhams Robert White Sale
LONDON.- The single-owner collection of entrepreneur and businessman, the late Robert White, saw a rare, handmade British watch from bespoke horologist, George Daniels, soar to more than twice its estimate, achieving £224,500 – a world record price for the model. The 35th Anniversary George Daniels watch took three years to design in conjunction with Roger Smith, and is one in an edition of just 35 ever made. “This is one of the most outstanding watches I have ever had the privilege to handle,” said Jonathan Darracott, Bonhams’ Global Head of Watches. “The appearance at auction of a George Daniels’ watch is always an event, and it wasn’t surprising that we fielded bids for this exquisite piece from all around the world. We are delighted with the result.” In total, the Robert White Collection Sale achieved an outstanding £3 million. Proceeds will be used to build new cancer ... More