http://westchesterartists.com Art Instruction, News & Resources Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:09:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WestchesterArtists/~3/CdXx8I_nbuA/adi-da-samraj-orpheus-and-linead-opens-at-sundaram-tagore-gallery-2.html http://westchesterartists.com/news/adi-da-samraj-orpheus-and-linead-opens-at-sundaram-tagore-gallery-2.html#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:09:41 +0000 Recent News on Artdaily.org NEW YORK, NY.- Adi Da Samraj is known for his monumental works meant to draw viewers into an ecstatic experience and connect them to a higher spiritual truth. Since his participation in the 2007 Venice Biennale, the late American-born artist has commanded a large international following. This exhibition, called Orpheus and Linead, curated by the renowned Italian critic and art historian Achille Bonito Oliva (director of the 45th Venice Biennale), comprises 11 works on aluminum. Each image is a geometric abstraction composed of the three...]]> NEW YORK, NY.- Adi Da Samraj is known for his monumental works meant to draw viewers into an ecstatic experience and connect them to a higher spiritual truth. Since his participation in the 2007 Venice Biennale, the late American-born artist has commanded a large international following. This exhibition, called Orpheus and Linead, curated by the renowned Italian critic and art historian Achille Bonito Oliva (director of the 45th Venice Biennale), comprises 11 works on aluminum. Each image is a geometric abstraction composed of the three primary colors and black and white. The works in the series reinterpret the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in New York and it features several works that have never been shown publicly. Adi Da (1939-2008) graduated from Columbia University in New York in 1961 with a BA in philosophy and from Stanford University in 1966 with an MA in literature. His thesis was on modernism, Gertrude Stein, and]]> http://westchesterartists.com/news/adi-da-samraj-orpheus-and-linead-opens-at-sundaram-tagore-gallery-2.html/feed 0 http://westchesterartists.com/news/adi-da-samraj-orpheus-and-linead-opens-at-sundaram-tagore-gallery-2.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WestchesterArtists/~3/i0Li3T4l8T8/tate-proves-value-of-public-investment-by-sharing-its-collection.html http://westchesterartists.com/news/tate-proves-value-of-public-investment-by-sharing-its-collection.html#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:24:45 +0000 Recent News on Artdaily.org LONDON.- At a press conference on 9 September on the publication of its Annual Report 2009/10 and presentation of its 2011 programme, Tate announced that the year was the most successful on record for art works lent from Tate Collection to venues across the world. This increase is a direct result of a greater focus by Tate on its national and international programme, transforming the way it exhibits the Collection and shares expertise with partners in the UK and abroad. From Jenny Holzer...]]> LONDON.- At a press conference on 9 September on the publication of its Annual Report 2009/10 and presentation of its 2011 programme, Tate announced that the year was the most successful on record for art works lent from Tate Collection to venues across the world. This increase is a direct result of a greater focus by Tate on its national and international programme, transforming the way it exhibits the Collection and shares expertise with partners in the UK and abroad. From Jenny Holzer in Woking to JMW Turner in Beijing, René Magritte in Mexico City to Bruce Nauman in Warsaw, audiences at over 252 venues saw works lent from the Tate Collection. The inaugural tour of the ARTIST ROOMS collection, acquired by Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland from Anthony d’Offay through part gift/part purchase, reached wide audiences when it traveled across the UK to fourteen galleries. The tour was made possible through the gener]]> http://westchesterartists.com/news/tate-proves-value-of-public-investment-by-sharing-its-collection.html/feed 0 http://westchesterartists.com/news/tate-proves-value-of-public-investment-by-sharing-its-collection.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WestchesterArtists/~3/Ynf4bKWUQBw/skeleton-of-18th-century-whale-found-by-archaeologists-in-london-2.html http://westchesterartists.com/news/skeleton-of-18th-century-whale-found-by-archaeologists-in-london-2.html#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:57:45 +0000 Recent News on Artdaily.org LONDON (REUTERS).- The skeleton of a huge whale, thought to have been butchered for its meat, bone and oils 300 years ago, has been discovered by archaeologists on the banks of London's River Thames. The remains of the headless beast, the now rare North Atlantic Right whale, were found submerged in the thick foreshore mud at Greenwich, an historic maritime center in the east of the city. "This is probably the largest single "object' ever to have been found on an archaeological dig in London,"...]]> LONDON (REUTERS).- The skeleton of a huge whale, thought to have been butchered for its meat, bone and oils 300 years ago, has been discovered by archaeologists on the banks of London's River Thames. The remains of the headless beast, the now rare North Atlantic Right whale, were found submerged in the thick foreshore mud at Greenwich, an historic maritime center in the east of the city. "This is probably the largest single "object' ever to have been found on an archaeological dig in London," said Francis Grew, a senior curator at the Museum of London. "Whales occasionally swim into the Thames, and there are historical accounts of the enormous public excitement they engendered." Historians believe the creature, estimated to have been 16 meters (52 feet) long, may have foundered in the river in the 17th to 18th centuries, or could have been caught by one of the many whaling ships that operated from]]> http://westchesterartists.com/news/skeleton-of-18th-century-whale-found-by-archaeologists-in-london-2.html/feed 0 http://westchesterartists.com/news/skeleton-of-18th-century-whale-found-by-archaeologists-in-london-2.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WestchesterArtists/~3/gnlHgm2t6cs/scientists-find-fossil-of-a-new-dinosaur-that-sports-a-noticeablehump-2.html http://westchesterartists.com/news/scientists-find-fossil-of-a-new-dinosaur-that-sports-a-noticeablehump-2.html#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:26:47 +0000 Recent News on Artdaily.org WASHINGTON (AP).- The weird world of dinosaurs has just gotten a tad more bizarre. Scientists found a nearly complete fossil of a new dinosaur that sports a noticeable hump, maybe as possible advertising. The hump on the dinosaur's back, which was at least 16 inches tall, may have been used to help this meat-eating theropod communicate among its own species, scientists theorize. Discoverer Francisco Ortega of Spain named it Concavenator corcovatus which means "the hunchback hunter from Cuenca." Ortega said the hump could have...]]> WASHINGTON (AP).- The weird world of dinosaurs has just gotten a tad more bizarre. Scientists found a nearly complete fossil of a new dinosaur that sports a noticeable hump, maybe as possible advertising. The hump on the dinosaur's back, which was at least 16 inches tall, may have been used to help this meat-eating theropod communicate among its own species, scientists theorize. Discoverer Francisco Ortega of Spain named it Concavenator corcovatus which means "the hunchback hunter from Cuenca." Ortega said the hump could have been used to store fat or regulate body temperature, but there is also the distinct possibility that it was used by concavenators to somehow differentiate themselves or communicate with each other. But with only one of these dinos, it's only speculation and is hard to figure out what the humps were meant to convey if they were tools of communication, he said.]]> http://westchesterartists.com/news/scientists-find-fossil-of-a-new-dinosaur-that-sports-a-noticeablehump-2.html/feed 0 http://westchesterartists.com/news/scientists-find-fossil-of-a-new-dinosaur-that-sports-a-noticeablehump-2.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WestchesterArtists/~3/RZpBiIsa9Ys/tourist-crowds-threaten-vaticans-sistine-chapel-says-vaticanmuseums-chief-2.html http://westchesterartists.com/news/tourist-crowds-threaten-vaticans-sistine-chapel-says-vaticanmuseums-chief-2.html#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:01:09 +0000 Recent News on Artdaily.org VATICAN CITY (AP).- The Vatican Museums chief warned that dust and polluting agents brought into the Sistine Chapel by thousands of tourists every day risk one day endangering its priceless artworks. Antonio Paolucci told the newspaper La Repubblica in comments published Thursday that in order to preserve Michelangelo's Last Judgment and the other treasures in the Sistine Chapel, new tools to control temperature and humidity must be studied and implemented. Between 15,000 and 20,000 people a day, or over 4 million a year, visit the...]]> VATICAN CITY (AP).- The Vatican Museums chief warned that dust and polluting agents brought into the Sistine Chapel by thousands of tourists every day risk one day endangering its priceless artworks. Antonio Paolucci told the newspaper La Repubblica in comments published Thursday that in order to preserve Michelangelo's Last Judgment and the other treasures in the Sistine Chapel, new tools to control temperature and humidity must be studied and implemented. Between 15,000 and 20,000 people a day, or over 4 million a year, visit the chapel where popes get elected, to admire its frescoes, floor mosaics and paintings. "In this chapel people often invoke the Holy Spirit. But the people who fill this room every day aren't pure spirits," Paolucci told the newspaper. "Such a crowd ... emanates sweat, breath, carbon dioxide, all sorts of dust," he said. "This deadly combination is moved around by winds and ends up on the walls, meaning on the artwork." Paolucci said better tools were ne]]> http://westchesterartists.com/news/tourist-crowds-threaten-vaticans-sistine-chapel-says-vaticanmuseums-chief-2.html/feed 0 http://westchesterartists.com/news/tourist-crowds-threaten-vaticans-sistine-chapel-says-vaticanmuseums-chief-2.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WestchesterArtists/~3/BPPyBrOfDSs/sothebys-london-to-hold-a-sale-of-magnificent-books-manuscriptsand-drawings.html http://westchesterartists.com/news/sothebys-london-to-hold-a-sale-of-magnificent-books-manuscriptsand-drawings.html#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:22:33 +0000 Recent News on Artdaily.org LONDON.-A rare copy of John James Audubon's "Birds of America," billed as the world's most expensive book, is up for sale alongside a first edition of Shakespeare's plays at an auction to set book lovers' pulses racing, Sotheby's said Thursday. One of only 100 or so remaining copies of "Birds of America" is valued at between 4 million pounds and 6 million pounds ($6.2 million and $9.2 million), while a Shakespeare First Folio from 1623 is expected to fetch at least 1 million...]]> LONDON.-A rare copy of John James Audubon's "Birds of America," billed as the world's most expensive book, is up for sale alongside a first edition of Shakespeare's plays at an auction to set book lovers' pulses racing, Sotheby's said Thursday. One of only 100 or so remaining copies of "Birds of America" is valued at between 4 million pounds and 6 million pounds ($6.2 million and $9.2 million), while a Shakespeare First Folio from 1623 is expected to fetch at least 1 million pounds ($1.54 million). Sotheby's books expert David Goldthorpe said the two tomes are "the twin peaks of book collecting." The books come from the estate of the 2nd Baron Hesketh, an aristocratic book collector who died in 1955. The auction house is selling them in London on Dec. 7. Another complete copy of "Birds of America" was sold by Christie's for $8.8 million in 2000, a record for a printed book at auction. It is one of the most significant — an]]> http://westchesterartists.com/news/sothebys-london-to-hold-a-sale-of-magnificent-books-manuscriptsand-drawings.html/feed 0 http://westchesterartists.com/news/sothebys-london-to-hold-a-sale-of-magnificent-books-manuscriptsand-drawings.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WestchesterArtists/~3/uedDHF-xoSY/adi-da-samraj-orpheus-and-linead-opens-at-sundaram-tagore-gallery.html http://westchesterartists.com/news/adi-da-samraj-orpheus-and-linead-opens-at-sundaram-tagore-gallery.html#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:13:36 +0000 Recent News on Artdaily.org NEW YORK, NY.- Adi Da Samraj is known for his monumental works meant to draw viewers into an ecstatic experience and connect them to a higher spiritual truth. Since his participation in the 2007 Venice Biennale, the late American-born artist has commanded a large international following. This exhibition, called Orpheus and Linead, curated by the renowned Italian critic and art historian Achille Bonito Oliva (director of the 45th Venice Biennale), comprises 11 works on aluminum. Each image is a geometric abstraction composed of the three...]]> NEW YORK, NY.- Adi Da Samraj is known for his monumental works meant to draw viewers into an ecstatic experience and connect them to a higher spiritual truth. Since his participation in the 2007 Venice Biennale, the late American-born artist has commanded a large international following. This exhibition, called Orpheus and Linead, curated by the renowned Italian critic and art historian Achille Bonito Oliva (director of the 45th Venice Biennale), comprises 11 works on aluminum. Each image is a geometric abstraction composed of the three primary colors and black and white. The works in the series reinterpret the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in New York and it features several works that have never been shown publicly. Adi Da (1939-2008) graduated from Columbia University in New York in 1961 with a BA in philosophy and from Stanford University in 1966 with an MA in literature. His thesis was on modernism, Gertrude Stein, and ]]> http://westchesterartists.com/news/adi-da-samraj-orpheus-and-linead-opens-at-sundaram-tagore-gallery.html/feed 0 http://westchesterartists.com/news/adi-da-samraj-orpheus-and-linead-opens-at-sundaram-tagore-gallery.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WestchesterArtists/~3/soYsH1Sjde8/krannert-art-museum-focuses-exhibition-on-chicago-imagism.html http://westchesterartists.com/news/krannert-art-museum-focuses-exhibition-on-chicago-imagism.html#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:02:05 +0000 Recent News on Artdaily.org CHAMPAIGN, IL.- Krannert Art Museum opened the fall with six new exhibitions, one of which focuses on artwork created by Chicago Imagists. Figures in Chicago Imagism (August 26, 2010 through January 9, 2011) presents a selection of paintings, works on paper, and sculptures from the museum’s permanent collection intended to broaden the scope of Chicago Imagism by including not only artists commonly exhibited as such, but also those who were influential in the creation of the school. While post-World War II...]]> CHAMPAIGN, IL.- Krannert Art Museum opened the fall with six new exhibitions, one of which focuses on artwork created by Chicago Imagists. Figures in Chicago Imagism (August 26, 2010 through January 9, 2011) presents a selection of paintings, works on paper, and sculptures from the museum’s permanent collection intended to broaden the scope of Chicago Imagism by including not only artists commonly exhibited as such, but also those who were influential in the creation of the school. While post-World War II artists in New York explored their inner creative processes through abstract expressionism, many artists in Chicago generated figurative works focused on issues created by the war. The Monster Roster, a group of Chicago artists that included Leon Golub, Theodore Halkin, and June Leaf, created intense works that illustrated their existential explorations through figuration. These artists, along with Don Baum, Peter Saul,]]> http://westchesterartists.com/news/krannert-art-museum-focuses-exhibition-on-chicago-imagism.html/feed 0 http://westchesterartists.com/news/krannert-art-museum-focuses-exhibition-on-chicago-imagism.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WestchesterArtists/~3/5to9gLSi8xY/skeleton-of-18th-century-whale-found-by-archaeologists-in-london.html http://westchesterartists.com/news/skeleton-of-18th-century-whale-found-by-archaeologists-in-london.html#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:23:13 +0000 Recent News on Artdaily.org LONDON (REUTERS).- The skeleton of a huge whale, thought to have been butchered for its meat, bone and oils 300 years ago, has been discovered by archaeologists on the banks of London's River Thames. The remains of the headless beast, the now rare North Atlantic Right whale, were found submerged in the thick foreshore mud at Greenwich, an historic maritime center in the east of the city. "This is probably the largest single "object' ever to have been found on an archaeological dig in London,"...]]> LONDON (REUTERS).- The skeleton of a huge whale, thought to have been butchered for its meat, bone and oils 300 years ago, has been discovered by archaeologists on the banks of London's River Thames. The remains of the headless beast, the now rare North Atlantic Right whale, were found submerged in the thick foreshore mud at Greenwich, an historic maritime center in the east of the city. "This is probably the largest single "object' ever to have been found on an archaeological dig in London," said Francis Grew, a senior curator at the Museum of London. "Whales occasionally swim into the Thames, and there are historical accounts of the enormous public excitement they engendered." Historians believe the creature, estimated to have been 16 meters (52 feet) long, may have foundered in the river in the 17th to 18th centuries, or could have been caught by one of the many whaling ships that operated from]]> http://westchesterartists.com/news/skeleton-of-18th-century-whale-found-by-archaeologists-in-london.html/feed 0 http://westchesterartists.com/news/skeleton-of-18th-century-whale-found-by-archaeologists-in-london.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WestchesterArtists/~3/EBgZcB5pT_Y/scientists-find-fossil-of-a-new-dinosaur-that-sports-a-noticeablehump.html http://westchesterartists.com/news/scientists-find-fossil-of-a-new-dinosaur-that-sports-a-noticeablehump.html#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:08:36 +0000 Recent News on Artdaily.org WASHINGTON (AP).- The weird world of dinosaurs has just gotten a tad more bizarre. Scientists found a nearly complete fossil of a new dinosaur that sports a noticeable hump, maybe as possible advertising. The hump on the dinosaur's back, which was at least 16 inches tall, may have been used to help this meat-eating theropod communicate among its own species, scientists theorize. Discoverer Francisco Ortega of Spain named it Concavenator corcovatus which means "the hunchback hunter from Cuenca." Ortega said the hump could have...]]> WASHINGTON (AP).- The weird world of dinosaurs has just gotten a tad more bizarre. Scientists found a nearly complete fossil of a new dinosaur that sports a noticeable hump, maybe as possible advertising. The hump on the dinosaur's back, which was at least 16 inches tall, may have been used to help this meat-eating theropod communicate among its own species, scientists theorize. Discoverer Francisco Ortega of Spain named it Concavenator corcovatus which means "the hunchback hunter from Cuenca." Ortega said the hump could have been used to store fat or regulate body temperature, but there is also the distinct possibility that it was used by concavenators to somehow differentiate themselves or communicate with each other. But with only one of these dinos, it's only speculation and is hard to figure out what the humps were meant to convey if they were tools of communication, he said.]]> http://westchesterartists.com/news/scientists-find-fossil-of-a-new-dinosaur-that-sports-a-noticeablehump.html/feed 0 http://westchesterartists.com/news/scientists-find-fossil-of-a-new-dinosaur-that-sports-a-noticeablehump.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WestchesterArtists/~3/DQJbXMdkErw/tourist-crowds-threaten-vaticans-sistine-chapel-says-vaticanmuseums-chief.html http://westchesterartists.com/news/tourist-crowds-threaten-vaticans-sistine-chapel-says-vaticanmuseums-chief.html#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:41:10 +0000 Recent News on Artdaily.org VATICAN CITY (AP).- The Vatican Museums chief warned that dust and polluting agents brought into the Sistine Chapel by thousands of tourists every day risk one day endangering its priceless artworks. Antonio Paolucci told the newspaper La Repubblica in comments published Thursday that in order to preserve Michelangelo's Last Judgment and the other treasures in the Sistine Chapel, new tools to control temperature and humidity must be studied and implemented. Between 15,000 and 20,000 people a day, or over 4 million a year, visit the...]]> VATICAN CITY (AP).- The Vatican Museums chief warned that dust and polluting agents brought into the Sistine Chapel by thousands of tourists every day risk one day endangering its priceless artworks. Antonio Paolucci told the newspaper La Repubblica in comments published Thursday that in order to preserve Michelangelo's Last Judgment and the other treasures in the Sistine Chapel, new tools to control temperature and humidity must be studied and implemented. Between 15,000 and 20,000 people a day, or over 4 million a year, visit the chapel where popes get elected, to admire its frescoes, floor mosaics and paintings. "In this chapel people often invoke the Holy Spirit. But the people who fill this room every day aren't pure spirits," Paolucci told the newspaper. "Such a crowd ... emanates sweat, breath, carbon dioxide, all sorts of dust," he said. "This deadly combination is moved around by winds and ends up on the walls, meaning on the artwork." Paolucci said better tools were ne]]> http://westchesterartists.com/news/tourist-crowds-threaten-vaticans-sistine-chapel-says-vaticanmuseums-chief.html/feed 0 http://westchesterartists.com/news/tourist-crowds-threaten-vaticans-sistine-chapel-says-vaticanmuseums-chief.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WestchesterArtists/~3/DQJbXMdkErw/tourist-crowds-threaten-vaticans-sistine-chapel-says-vaticanmuseums-chief.html http://westchesterartists.com/news/tourist-crowds-threaten-vaticans-sistine-chapel-says-vaticanmuseums-chief.html#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:41:10 +0000 Recent News on Artdaily.org VATICAN CITY (AP).- The Vatican Museums chief warned that dust and polluting agents brought into the Sistine Chapel by thousands of tourists every day risk one day endangering its priceless artworks. Antonio Paolucci told the newspaper La Repubblica in comments published Thursday that in order to preserve Michelangelo's Last Judgment and the other treasures in the Sistine Chapel, new tools to control temperature and humidity must be studied and implemented. Between 15,000 and 20,000 people a day, or over 4 million a year, visit the...]]> VATICAN CITY (AP).- The Vatican Museums chief warned that dust and polluting agents brought into the Sistine Chapel by thousands of tourists every day risk one day endangering its priceless artworks. Antonio Paolucci told the newspaper La Repubblica in comments published Thursday that in order to preserve Michelangelo's Last Judgment and the other treasures in the Sistine Chapel, new tools to control temperature and humidity must be studied and implemented. Between 15,000 and 20,000 people a day, or over 4 million a year, visit the chapel where popes get elected, to admire its frescoes, floor mosaics and paintings. "In this chapel people often invoke the Holy Spirit. But the people who fill this room every day aren't pure spirits," Paolucci told the newspaper. "Such a crowd ... emanates sweat, breath, carbon dioxide, all sorts of dust," he said. "This deadly combination is moved around by winds and ends up on the walls, meaning on the artwork." Paolucci said better tools were ne]]> http://westchesterartists.com/news/tourist-crowds-threaten-vaticans-sistine-chapel-says-vaticanmuseums-chief.html/feed 0 http://westchesterartists.com/news/tourist-crowds-threaten-vaticans-sistine-chapel-says-vaticanmuseums-chief.html