Nationalists Action Against "Art"

On Friday four Nationals took action against an "art" exhibition in the Swedish city of Lund by Andres Serrano.
Several objects at the exhibition were destroyed by the quartet, enraged by the degenerate content of this so-called art. [from description of the video]

This video of art gallery vandalism was posted on YouTube.
And has been removed due to terms of use violation.

Dinner in Dresden Painting by Georg Baselitz

Georg Baselitz, Dinner in Dresden, 1983. Oil on canvas, 280 x 450 cm. Kunsthaus, Zurich, Photo Frank Oleski.

Deborah Kass at Paul Kasmin Gallery

[Photo by Mary Barone]
Deborah Kass with one of her paintings at Paul Kasmin Gallery

Mysterious Sargent Painting on Auction September 23

Often the "name" paintings go to the bigger auction houses like Christies and Sothebys but this lovely lady is being auctioned off at Gallery 63 in Atlanta on September 23. And she comes with a bit of mystery.The painting is an original oil-on-canvas portrait of Jenny Jerome (Lady Randolph Churchill), by John Singer Sargent. The problem is that no record of the finished portrait exists, making provenance hard to establish. [from luxist]

Amon Carter Museum, Chimney and Water Tower

Chimney and Water Tower
Chimneys and Towers: Charles Demuth's Late Paintings of Lancaster 18 Aug—14 Oct 2007.
The first in-depth examination of a series of late works by US painter Charles Demuth, this exhibition includes six images of industrial sites produced in the artist's hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania between 1927 and 1933.

The Material is the Message

Art stolen in France

Above photo, Allegory of Earth by Jan Brueghel was among the works stolen.

Masked raiders have stolen four paintings in a daylight raid on an art gallery in Nice in the south of France.
Police said five men made off with two works by Flemish artist Brueghel and two paintings by the impressionists Sisley and Monet on Sunday.

Woman Charged with Kissing on $2M Canvas

An art lover was charged with criminal damage in France yesterday after kissing a $2 million painting by American artist Cy Twombly while wearing glossy red lipstick.
from The New York Sun

Hirst shark sculpture set for New York display

The shark installation, was originally bought by gallery owner Charles Saatchi in 1991. from ABCNews Link

Dimensions of Constructive Art in Brazil at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

The Adolpho Leirner Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
On view through September 23, 2007 at the Caroline Wiess Law Building




Mauricio Nogueira Lima
Rhythmic Object #2
1970s
Plastered paint on hardboard

Nicolas de Staël at Fundació Caixa Catalunya

Nicolas de Staël, Figures au bord de la mer, 1952, Oil on canvas, 161,5 x 129,5 cm. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf.
Find prints by Nicolas De Stael here

Insanely obsessive ultra realistic vector art

The drawing of the woman shown here was created by Thai artist Ussa Methawiitayakul. from BoingBoing

Musée national Marc Chagall presents Marc Chagall

Monsters, Chimeras and hybrids, on view through October 29, 2007. Exhibition organised by the Réunion des des musées nationaux and the Musée National Marc Chagall, Nice. Media partner : Aufeminin.com. Mysterious chimeras, half-man, half-beast, composite objects with human heads, and fantastic flying animals feature throughout Marc Chagall’s work. This is the first exhibition devoted to them.
Marc Chagall prints at Art.com

Velazquez at the National Gallery

Velazquez exhibition at the National Gallery in London.
A Diego Velazquez print here.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Berlin Street Scene

Neue Galerie
July 26-Sept. 17, 2007
The recently restituted Berlin Street Scene (1913), as well as Kirchner’s sculpture Standing Girl, Karyatide (1910), and works by Otto Dix, George Grosz and Christian Schad. artwork by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner