Art World News
Friday March 9, 2007
Louvre, LACMA, Legionnaire and More
By Stan Parchin
Et in Arcadia Ego (ca. 1638-1640), a masterpiece of French Classical painting by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), replaced Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione (1514-1515) by Raphael (1483-1520) at the High Museum of Art's Kings as Collectors special exhibition from the Musée du Louvre on January 30. Poussin's painting remains on view until September 7, 2007.
Much ado about LACMA: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced in February 2007 that its 53-member board of trustees was expanded with four high-profile additions: television reporter Willow Bay; Internet entrepreneur Chris DeWolfe, founder and CEO of MySpace.com; investor Anthony N. Pritzker; and award-winning entertainer Barbra Streisand. A press release dated March 6 describes LACMA's corporate gift of $25 million (US) from Houston-based energy provider BP. Its money will be used to construct a new entrance pavilion between the soon-to-open Broad Contemporary Art Museum and LACMA's existing structures.
Both parts of Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art have been on view together since February 11, 2007. The first half of the exhibition, opened on November 21, 2006, closes on April 8; the show's second part concludes on May 20. On display are more than 275 Abstract Expressionist, Mimimalist. Pop, Conceptual and Post-Modern works from more than 900 given to the Texas institution from three gifted and other private collections, accompanied by objets d'art already owned by the DMA.
About Art History notes the passing of Donald P. Hansen, distinguished art historian, eminent archaeologist and remarkable scholar of Ancient Near Eastern Art, on February 15, 2007. Dr. Hansen served as the Director of Graduate Studies of New York University's Institute of Fine Arts for an unparalleled 38 years.
On the same day, Hartford, Connecticut's Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art made public the resignation of its director, Willard Holmes, after four years of service. He remains at the United States' oldest museum until his successor is chosen.
Vanishing act: Le Repas Chez Simon (ca. 1860-1870) by French Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) was recently discovered by art historian Francesca Bardazzi in a private Italian collection, Agence France-Presse published on February 15, 2007. Last seen in 1945, it's now part of Cézanne in Florence (March 2-July 29, 2007), a special exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, Italy. Meanwhile, at least two oil paintings by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) with a combined estimated value of $66 million (US) disappeared on March 26, 2007 from the Parisian apartment of Diana Widmaier-Picasso, the Modernist's granddaughter. Maya with Doll (1938) and Portrait of Jacqueline (1961) remain missing, possibly along with two drawings, one by the owner's grandfather.
Philippe de Montebello, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1977, received the Legion of Honor's medal from Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, France's culture and media minister, on March 4, 2007 at the French Consulate in New York. The award recognizes Mr. de Montebello's outstanding programmatic contributions to The Met and museums worldwide.
Paris' Musée du Louvre finalized its $520 million (US) deal with the government of the United Arab Emirates on March 6, 2007, paving the way for construction and operation of the French institution's outpost on Saadiyat Island, opposite Abu Dhabi, the Middle Eastern country's capital. The UAE will pay the French museum an additional $747 million (US) for the loaning of artworks, managerial expertise and four special exhibitions per year at the new 260,000-square-foot location, designed by architect Jean Nouvel (b. 1945) and scheduled to open in 2012.
Image credits:
Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Et in Arcadia Ego, ca. 1638-1640
Oil on canvas
33 1/2 x 47 5/8 in.
Musée du Louvre
© Peter Harholdt
Janine Antoni (Bahamian, b. 1964)
Saddle, 2000
Rawhide
25 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 78 1/2 in.
The Rachofsky Collection
© Janine Antoni
Philippe de Montebello
Director and Chief Executive Officer,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Photograph provided by The
Metropolitan Museum of Art
By Stan Parchin
Et in Arcadia Ego (ca. 1638-1640), a masterpiece of French Classical painting by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), replaced Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione (1514-1515) by Raphael (1483-1520) at the High Museum of Art's Kings as Collectors special exhibition from the Musée du Louvre on January 30. Poussin's painting remains on view until September 7, 2007.
Much ado about LACMA: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced in February 2007 that its 53-member board of trustees was expanded with four high-profile additions: television reporter Willow Bay; Internet entrepreneur Chris DeWolfe, founder and CEO of MySpace.com; investor Anthony N. Pritzker; and award-winning entertainer Barbra Streisand. A press release dated March 6 describes LACMA's corporate gift of $25 million (US) from Houston-based energy provider BP. Its money will be used to construct a new entrance pavilion between the soon-to-open Broad Contemporary Art Museum and LACMA's existing structures.
Both parts of Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art have been on view together since February 11, 2007. The first half of the exhibition, opened on November 21, 2006, closes on April 8; the show's second part concludes on May 20. On display are more than 275 Abstract Expressionist, Mimimalist. Pop, Conceptual and Post-Modern works from more than 900 given to the Texas institution from three gifted and other private collections, accompanied by objets d'art already owned by the DMA.
About Art History notes the passing of Donald P. Hansen, distinguished art historian, eminent archaeologist and remarkable scholar of Ancient Near Eastern Art, on February 15, 2007. Dr. Hansen served as the Director of Graduate Studies of New York University's Institute of Fine Arts for an unparalleled 38 years.
On the same day, Hartford, Connecticut's Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art made public the resignation of its director, Willard Holmes, after four years of service. He remains at the United States' oldest museum until his successor is chosen.
Vanishing act: Le Repas Chez Simon (ca. 1860-1870) by French Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) was recently discovered by art historian Francesca Bardazzi in a private Italian collection, Agence France-Presse published on February 15, 2007. Last seen in 1945, it's now part of Cézanne in Florence (March 2-July 29, 2007), a special exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, Italy. Meanwhile, at least two oil paintings by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) with a combined estimated value of $66 million (US) disappeared on March 26, 2007 from the Parisian apartment of Diana Widmaier-Picasso, the Modernist's granddaughter. Maya with Doll (1938) and Portrait of Jacqueline (1961) remain missing, possibly along with two drawings, one by the owner's grandfather.
Philippe de Montebello, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1977, received the Legion of Honor's medal from Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, France's culture and media minister, on March 4, 2007 at the French Consulate in New York. The award recognizes Mr. de Montebello's outstanding programmatic contributions to The Met and museums worldwide.
Paris' Musée du Louvre finalized its $520 million (US) deal with the government of the United Arab Emirates on March 6, 2007, paving the way for construction and operation of the French institution's outpost on Saadiyat Island, opposite Abu Dhabi, the Middle Eastern country's capital. The UAE will pay the French museum an additional $747 million (US) for the loaning of artworks, managerial expertise and four special exhibitions per year at the new 260,000-square-foot location, designed by architect Jean Nouvel (b. 1945) and scheduled to open in 2012.
Image credits:
Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Et in Arcadia Ego, ca. 1638-1640
Oil on canvas
33 1/2 x 47 5/8 in.
Musée du Louvre
© Peter Harholdt
Janine Antoni (Bahamian, b. 1964)
Saddle, 2000
Rawhide
25 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 78 1/2 in.
The Rachofsky Collection
© Janine Antoni
Philippe de Montebello
Director and Chief Executive Officer,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Photograph provided by The
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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