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Free Arts News Subscription | Browse the Arts | Artist Portfolios | International Arts News | Arts News Archive | Sunday, October 19, 2003 Art Nude is Very In - Look at the Sales				Welcome to the ArtNet Nude 100, a listing of the top 100 nudes sold at auction worldwide in the past 10 years as determined by ArtNet's unique auction database, Auctions Online. Our methodology was straightforward. We instructed ArtNet Auctions Online to rank the 1.5 million art works in our database by price, and then selected the nudes from the list. All the usual suspects are there: Picasso, Renoir, Degas, Cézanne -- even de Kooning. Our purpose is more complex. Why compile the ArtNet Nude 100? Because we never heard of anyone hiding a stack of still-life pictures under their mattress! More seriously, we wanted to begin an investigation into the populist roots of fine art in America -- that is to say, not in the salon but in the saloon. The ArtNet Nude 100 is democratic undertaking, designed for the art tourist. It's an unalloyed pitch for hits. We hope the ArtNet Nude 100 will draw attention to Auctions Online, which was only recently moved into our Web site. This amazing bit of computer programming is a uniquely independent appraisal tool for people buying or selling art -- in addition to the various uses it also might have during the art world's slow summer months. Finally, we should note that, despite the changes in the contemporary art world wrought since the 1960s by the feminist revolution, the art market remains -- at least at the high end -- a resolutely patriarchal place. (Readers are encouraged to develop this theme at length on their own; we will not do so here.) At this atavistic level, it seems, the practice of art involves a male artist looking and a female model on display. Quaint though such a picture may be, we still say that portrayal of the nude can approach the sublime. And we hope that this traditional frame can be made to fit the issues of gender psychology that animate so much art practice today. Before we present the ArtNet Nude 100, however, allow us a few observations. As is probably the case in the art market overall, Picasso is the winner, hands down, taking the top three places. Surprisingly, the #1 and #2 spots are occupied by Le miroir, Picasso's famed 1932 portrait of his lover Marie-Thérèse. Needless to say, this image is not your typical pin-up -- though it is widely considered to be a consummately romantic picture despite its modernistic distortions. Paintings by Picasso -- a total of 15 -- tied with Renoir as the most frequent on the list and Picasso works generated the most money in total sales -- over $105 million. Six Picassos are among the top 20 on the list. Renoir's 15 nudes sold for about $47.5 million, less than half of Picasso's total for the same number of works. Two Renoirs make the top 20. Four Renoir works sold more than once -- Baigneuse sold three times, and Après le Bain, Baigneuse debout and Deux baigneuses each sold twice. Alberto Giacometti's series of standing women appear a number of times in the Nude 100. Grande femme Debout I sold three times, tying with Renoir's Baigneuse and Degas' La toilette -- the three most frequently sold works. Giacometti's Grande femme debout III and Femme debout are also on the list. In addition to Picasso and Renoir, leading purveyors of the nude are Matisse, with 12, and Degas, with 11. Two post-war artists make the ArtNet Nude 100 -- Francis Bacon and Willem de Kooning . Old Masters only make a modest appearance in the Nude 100. Needless to say, masterpieces by such artists as Botticelli or Rubens rarely come up for auction. Titian makes #5, however, and Veronese comes in at #34. Only one nude male figure makes the list, Bourdelle's Herakles Archer (#69, #98). Figure groups by Cézanne (#15, #48) and other artists, however, do include males. The total hammer price of the top 100 is $357,244,861. Although the list includes 100 works, only 32 artists are represented.

The ArtNet Nude 100

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1	$26,400,000	Pablo Picasso	Le miroir, 1932 Sotheby's New York, 11/15/89
2	$20,022,500	Pablo Picasso	Le miroir, 1932 Christie's New York, 11/7/95
3	$15,400,000	Pablo Picasso	Famille de l'Arlequin, 1905 Christie's New York, 11/14/89
4	$14,850,500	Henri Matisse	La pose hindou, 1923 Sotheby's New York, 5/8/95
5	$13,555,636	Titian	Venus and Adonis, 1555 Christie's London, 12/13/91
6	$12,432,500	Amadeo Modigliani	Nu assis au collier, 1917 Christie's New York, 5/10/95
7	$11,300,000	Pierre Auguste Renoir	Jeune femme se baignant, 1888- Christie's New York, 5/14/97
8	$7,700,000	Fernand Leger	Le petit déjeûner, 1921 Christie's New York, 11/5/91
9	$7,200,000	Pablo Picasso	Demi-nu à la cruche, 1906 Christie's New York, 5/14/97
10	$7,175,027	Pierre Auguste Renoir	Après le bain, 1900 Christie's London, 6/26/89
11	$6,600,000	Edgar Degas	Après le bain (on joined paper), circa 1883- Christie's New York, 11/13/96
12	$6,050,000	Pablo Picasso	Femme nue assise, 1959 Sotheby's New York, 11/10/88
13	$5,500,000	Pablo Picasso	La dormeuse au miroir, 1932 Christie's New York, 11/14/90
14	$4,950,000	Alberto Giacometti	Grande femme debout I, 1960 Christie's New York, 11/14/89
15	$4,628,212	Paul Cézanne	Les cinq baigneurs, 1880-1882 Christie's London, 11/30/92
16	$4,622,500	Pablo Picasso	Femme coucheé à la mèche blonde, 1932 Christie's New York, 5/10/94
17	$4,180,000	Henri Matisse	Figure décorative Sotheby's New York, 5/17/90
18	$3,960,000	Alberto Giacometti	Grande femme debout I, 1960 Christie's New York, 11/14/90
19	$3,900,000	Pierre Auguste Renoir	Baigneuse Debout, 1887 Christie's New York, 5/12/97
20	$3,850,000	Edgar Degas	Femme en peignor bleu, le torse découvert, 1887-1890 Sotheby's New York, 10/18/89
21	$3,680,000	Kees van Dongen	Femme au grand chapeau Sotheby's London, 6/24/97
22	$3,670,051	Henri Matisse	Nu au turban (Henriette), 1921 Christie's London, 6/21/93
23	$3,630,000	Willem de Kooning	Pink Lady, 1944 Sotheby's New York, 5/4/87
24	$3,630,000	Alberto Giacometti	Grande femme debout II, 1960 Christie's New York, 5/12/87
25	$3,613,139	Edgar Degas	Femme à sa toilette, 1895 Christie's London, 11/28/88
26	$3,600,000	Henri Matisse	Odalisque assise, 1929- Christie's New York, 5/14/97
27	$3,460,751	Pierre Bonnard	Nu en hauteur ou femme nue en debout, 1906 Sotheby's London, 11/28/89
28	$3,300,000	Pablo Picasso	Femme à chapeau assise, 1971 Christie's New York, 5/15/90
29	$3,137,966	Marc Chagall	Daphnis and Chloé, -1961 Sotheby's London, 6/26/90
30	$3,116,399	Pablo Picasso	Femme nue accroupie sur fond vert, 1960 Christie's London, 4/2/90
31	$3,080,000	Pierre Auguste Renoir	Après le bain (Etude de Nu), 1910 Christie's New York, 11/14/89
32	$3,080,000	Alberto Giacometti	Grande femme debout I, 1960 Christie's New York, 5/12/87
33	$2,992,688	Henri Matisse	Deux negresses, 1908 Sotheby's London, 4/4/89
34	$2,970,000	Veronese	Cupid Disarmed by Venus Christie's New York, 1/10/90
35	$2,862,500	Edgar Degas	Le bain, femme vue de dos, 1895 Sotheby's New York, 11/8/95
36	$2,828,882	Kees van Dongen	Femme fatale, 1905 Christie's London, 12/3/90
37	$2,828,355	Pablo Picasso	Tête de femme, 1906 Christie's London, 6/26/95
38	$2,811,581	Jean Baptiste Camille Corot	Vénus au Bain, 1873-1874 Sotheby's London, 6/19/90
39	$2,750,000	Pierre Auguste Renoir	Femme nue couchée, 1888 Sotheby's New York, 11/12/90
40	$2,750,000	Gustave Moreau	Le poète et la sirène, 1892-1893 Sotheby's New York, 10/24/89
41	$2,750,000	Pierre Auguste Renoir	Nu assis Sotheby's New York, 11/13/90
42	$2,750,000	Pierre Auguste Renoir	Nu couche (Odaliqsue couché), 1914 Sotheby's New York, 5/17/90
43	$2,587,500	Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael	Diana and Actaeon, 1608- Sotheby's New York, 1/30/97
44	$2,530,000	Alberto Giacometti	Grande femme debout III, 1960 Christie's New York, 5/12/87
45	$2,406,713	Giulio Romano	The Spinola Holy Family Christie's London, 12/9/94
46	$2,369,176	Bartolome-Esteban Murillo	The Vision of St. Francis of Paola, 1665-1670 Sotheby's London, 12/6/89
47	$2,367,500	Edgar Degas	Après le bain (femme nue couchée), 1885 Christie's New York, 11/7/95
48	$2,230,445	Paul Cezanne	Les baigneurs Sotheby's London, 11/27/95
49	$2,200,000	Jean-Leon Gerome	Bathsheba Sotheby's New York, 2/28/90
50	$2,200,000	Pierre Bonnard	Nu rose, tête ombrée, 1919 Sotheby's New York, 10/18/89
51	$2,200,000	Pierre Auguste Renoir	Deux baigneuses, 1896- Christie's New York, 5/10/89
52	$2,200,000	Aristide Maillol	Les trois nymphes, 1930-1937 Sotheby's New York, 11/6/91
53	$2,200,000	Henri Matisse	Nu debout devant la cheminée, 1936 Sotheby's New York, 5/13/92
54	$2,179,218	Pablo Picasso	Femme nue, 1965 Loudmer Scp., 3/25/90
55	$2,092,500	Edgar Degas	La toilette, 1884-1886 Sotheby's New York, 5/11/94
56	$2,090,000	Pierre Auguste Renoir	Baigneuse, 1905- Christie's New York, 5/10/89
57	$1,982,500	Tamara de Lempicka	Adam and Eve, 1932 Christie's New York, 3/3/94
58	$1,982,500	Auguste Rene Francois Rodin	Psyché, regardent l'Amour, 1899 Sotheby's New York, 11/8/95
59	$1,980,000	Alberto Giacometti	Femme debout, 1958 Christie's New York, 11/14/89
60	$1,980,000	Pablo Picasso	Deux femmes nues et tête de femme, 1933 Christie's New York, 11/13/89
61	$1,980,000	Pierre Auguste Renoir	Baigineuse debout, 1896 Sotheby's New York, 5/14/85
62	$1,951,484	Jean Baptiste Camille Corot	Diane au bain-la Source, 1869-1870 Sotheby's London, 11/29/88
63	$1,927,500	Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec	Le lit, 1898 Sotheby's New York, 5/9/95
64	$1,925,000	Rene Magritte	La philosophie dans le boudoir, 1947 Sotheby's New York, 11/13/90
65	$1 872,500	Pablo Picasso	Nu debout et femme assise, 1939 Christie's New York, 5/11/95
66	$1,872,500	Pablo Picasso	Femme dans un fauteuil, 1932 Sotheby's New York, 11/8/95
67	$1,870,000	Willem de Kooning	Two Women IV Christie's New York, 11/9/88
68	$1,842,440	Antonio Lucchese Franchi	Temple of Venus Sotheby's London, 7/5/95
69	$1,760,000	Emile Antoine Bourdelle	Herakles Archer, 1909 Sotheby's New York, 11/15/89
70	$1,760,000	Edgar Degas	Femme à sa toilette, 1897 Christie's New York, 5/8/91
71	$1,730,375	Henri Matisse	Nu aux soliers roses, 1900 Christie's London, 11/27/89
72	$1,707,907	Henri Matisse	La danse Millon & Robert, 11/30/95
73	$1,705,000	Pierre Auguste Renoir	Baigneuse assise vue de profil (Gabrielle), 1913 Christie's New York, 11/11/92
74	$1,703,619	Henri Matisse	Nu rose, 1936 Christie's London, 6/29/87
75	$1,673,418	Edgar Degas	La toilette, 1885 Sotheby's London, 11/27/95
76	$1,652,500	Kees van Dongen	Anita en Alme, 1908 Sotheby's New York, 11/8/95
77	$1,650,000	Odilon Redon	The Birth of Venus, 1912 Sotheby's New York, 5/9/89
78	$1,595,000	Pierre Bonnard	Femme nue, 1925 Sotheby's New York, 11/12/90
79	$1,595,000	Edgar Degas	La toilette, 1883 Sotheby's New York, 11/12/90
80	$1,560,535	Pablo Picasso	Vénus et Amour, 1968 Sotheby's London, 6/25/91
81	$1,542,500	Hendrick Goltzius	The Fall of Man, 1616 Christie's New York, 5/15/96
82	$1,542,500	Henri Matisse	Nu au peignoir, 1933 Christie's New York, 11/7/95
83	$1,501,436	Pierre Auguste Renoir	Baigneuse, 1892-1893 Christie's London, 12/1/86
84	$1,493,973	Jean-Leon Gerome	Un Bain maure (Femme turque au bain), 1874-1877 Christie's London, 11/21/96
85	$1,477,060	Paul Cezanne	Baigneuses, 1902-1906 Christie's London, 6/29/92
86	$1,459,854	Edgar Degas	Jeune danseuse nue, 1878 Christie's London, 11/28/88
87	$1,432,500	Pierre Auguste Renoir	Deux baigneuses, 1896 Christie's New York, 4/30/96
88	$1,432,500	Pablo Picasso	Femme nue à l'oiseau et flûtiste, 1967 Sotheby's New York, 11/4/93
89	$1,432,500	Henri Matisse	Nu au canapé jaune, 1924 Christie's New York, 5/10/94
90	$1,430,000	Pierre Auguste Renoir	Jeune femme décorant une poterie, 1918 Sotheby's New York, 11/15/89
91	$1,430,000	Pierre Auguste Renoir	Baigneuse, 1887 Christie's New York, 5/14/86
92	$1,430,000	Willem de Kooning	Clam Diggers, 1964 Christie's New York, 11/7/89
93	$1,430,000	Henri Matisse	Nu couché I (Aurore), 1907 Christie's New York, 11/19/86
94	$1,394,074	Edgar Degas	Le petit déjeûner après le bain, 1896 Christie's London, 11/28/95
95	$1,377,500	Francis Bacon	Portrait of Henrietta Morales on White Ground, 1964 Sotheby's New York, 5/2/95
96	$1,375,000	Paul Delvaux	La ville endormie, 1938 Christie's New York, 5/8/91
97	$1,366,671	Rene Magritte	Tentative de l'impossible, 1928 Sotheby's London, 6/27/89
98	$1,346,138	Emile Antoine Bourdelle	Herakles Archer, 1909 Ader, Tajan, 6/20/91
99	$1,322,500	Auguste Rene Francois Rodin	La faunesse, 1906 Christie's New York, 5/11/95
100	$1,322,500	Edgar Degas	Baigneuse s'essuyant, 1900 Sotheby's New York, 5/11/94

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At the Crossroads
by Jerry Saltz

With exhibitions of John Currin, Arshile Gorky and Lucas Samaras on its fall schedule, the Whitney Museum of American Art should perk up. It better, because this institution is in trouble brought on by good intentions, bad curators, meddling trustees and an inept director. Now the Whitney is trying to right things by turning back the clock: Adam Weinberg, its former curator of collections, recently director of Andover's Addison Gallery, returned as its director on October 1. Weinberg is an encouraging choice; he's smart, convivial, knows the board and loves art. In order to save this ailing institution, however, he must do several thorny things while standing up to its pesky trustees. Hopefully, this museum's future will be brighter than its recent past. Before we look forward, however, we need to look back.
Last May, after five desultory years on the job, hapless Maxwell Anderson announced he was resigning his directorship. Now he's gone, having done a lot of damage. Unlike at the Guggenheim, where all roads lead to and from its domineering director, the Whitney's problems are systemic, and start with its 39 trustees, many of whom are passionate and knowledgeable, but a few of whom are bullies. In any case, the institution has a history of fickleness and compromise. Anderson was the result of these shortcomings. In 1998, the energetic David Ross, who as director ushered the Whitney into and through the culture wars, left the museum to be director of SF MoMA.

Skittish and perhaps envious of MoMA's erudite director, Glenn Lowry, the Whitney's board cast about for a Lowry clone. Enter Anderson, then director of the Art Gallery of Ontario. Anderson apparently enticed the trustees with managerial speak and corporate airs. He looked the part and was a smoothie; he was one of them and was hired.

Within weeks of taking on the job, Anderson blundered. Before communicating his intentions to his curators, he spoke to The New York Times about "restructuring curatorial portfolios" and some managerial hooey called "Power Up." Whether they were pushed or left voluntarily, soon three of the Whitney's top curators, Thelma Golden, Lisa Phillips and Elisabeth Sussman, were gone. This created a vacuum that Anderson parlayed into a crisis. Attempting perhaps to appease the art world and the social circuit, he made three flawed hires: Marla Prather as curator of post-war art, Sylvia Wolf as curator of photography, and Lawrence Rinder as curator of contemporary art. Prather mounted perhaps the worst museum show ever of a great artist, "Robert Rauschenberg: Synapsis Shuffle," Wolf, the horrendous Michal Rovner show and the benign but pointless Kenneth Josephson survey. (More on Rinder later.) Meanwhile, Anderson ignored the question of what to do about the once proficient Barbara Haskell, a Whitney curator for more than 25 years.

Shows outside the jurisdiction of these curators, while not gems, were commendable. I'm not enamored of either Joan Mitchell or Wayne Thiebaud, but both their retrospectives were credible. Better were the Barbara Kruger, Sol LeWitt and Alice Neel shows. The exhibition of early video art, "Into the Light," and the Jacob Lawrence survey were both superb, and "The Quilts of Gee's Bend," while patronizing, was a huge hit.

But Anderson couldn't leave well enough alone. Citing financial problems and making vague allusions to 9-11, he canceled the much anticipated Eva Hesse retrospective that Sussman had originally developed for the Whitney. Things might not have soured so had Anderson found a way to keep this show (as Lowry, Philippe de Montebello, Lowery Sims, or even Thomas Krens might), replaced Haskell and retained Golden, who was then working on the 2000 biennial as well as the lively "Freestyle" exhibition (eventually mounted at the Studio Museum).

Instead, we got Haskell's flawed Elie Nadelman retrospective, the Diller + Scofidio, Rovner and Rauschenberg fiascoes, the dreadful 2000 biennial (overseen by Rinder and five other Anderson-appointed curators), Rinder's weak biennial two years later, and his iffy "BitStreams" and arid "The American Effect." None of Rinder's shows needed to be as bad as they were; all contained outstanding artists. He's also adept at spotting and highlighting trends. Rinder's intentions are exemplary. Unfortunately, his eye isn't. He's better suited to the issue-driven atmosphere of a university art museum, someplace more about ideas than objects.

Now the Whitney is at a crossroads. Weinberg needs to deal with Rinder and anyone responsible for Diller + Scofidio. After reassuring the rest of the Whitney's talented, underpaid staff, Weinberg should then hire art-oriented curators, people with good eyes, not good politics or social connections, and annul Anderson's ridiculous "portfolios." Next, because 39 are too many trustees, 10 should graciously step down. Three or four highly regarded, mid-career artists -- individuals who would attend meetings and not be afraid to speak their minds -- should join Chuck Close on the board (I nominate Elizabeth Murray). The Haskell question has to be dealt with; historical shows must get juicier and more relevant; and many more exhibitions of living artists must be mounted. All this could lead to good things. I'm hoping that even if the upcoming biennial is a failure, it'll be an art-driven one rather than an academic one, which is what we've been getting. If Weinberg does nothing, the Whitney may feel more user-friendly but it will keep drifting into darkness.


JERRY SALTZ is art critic for the Village Voice, where this article first appeared. To respond, email jsaltz@villagevoice.com. reprint



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Art Market Guide 2003
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Arts News For: October 16, 2003 Manet at the Prado Museo del Prado - Madrid, ES Spain   This October sees the opening at the Museo del Prado of the first exhibition in Spain devoted to the work of Édouard Manet (1832-1883). The exhibition, entitled Manet at the Prado, has been made possible through the sponsorship of the Fundacion Winterthur, and will feature 110 of the greatest works by this French painter (58 paintings, 30 prints and 22 drawings). This is the most significant retrospective to be devoted to Manet’s work since the one held in Paris and New York in 1983. The exhibition is part of a far-ranging collaboration between the Museo del Prado, the Musee d’Orsay (Paris) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York). Read Indepth Article Surrealism and Modernism from the Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Phillips Collection - Washington, DC USA   The Phillips Collection welcomes Surrealism and Modernism from the Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, a selection of 59 paintings, collages, and sculptures by the most significant avant-garde artists of the early twentieth century. Surrealism and Modernism represents an outstanding array of major artistic movements in the twentieth century—from expressionist landscapes and classic abstract painting to surrealist illusionism and abstract expressionism. This exhibition also provides a look at a unique era in the history of collecting by American museums, when aesthetically adventurous directors struggled to make the case for modern art to a suspicious public through purchases and exhibitions of work by living artists from Europe, America and Latin America. Although located a few hours away from New York, the Wadsworth Atheneum in the 1930s scored a series of acquisition firsts of the kind that might have been expected of the Museum of Modern Art. Read Indepth Article Fenosa and His Friend Picasso Fundacao Arpad Szenes - Vieira da Silva - Lisbon, PT Portugal   For several years Arpad Szenes and Vieira da Silva and the Catalan sculptor Apel.les Fenosa had adjacent ateliers in Montparnasse in Paris. The friendship between the three artists was a natural result of their day to day relationship brought about from their similar interests and the friends they had in common. There was a mutual admiration and as proof of this admiration Vieira collected Fenosa's sculptures which are nowadays at the Pompidou Centre in Paris. Read Indepth Article New Work form Jem Southam Hirschl Contemporary Art - London, UK United Kingdom   Jem Southam is one of the key figures in British photography of the last twenty years. Southam was shortlisted for the prestigious Citibank Photography Prize in 2001 alongside Roni Horn, Hellen van Meene and Boris Mikhailov, and is the winner of several international awards. His work is in numerous collections including the V&A, the British Council and the Government Art Collection. Jem Southam’s photographs of the natural world capture the landscape in a continual state of flux. His work catalogues the effects of time, climate and man on the land. Read Indepth Article Broader than Broadway: A Site-specific Installation by Donald Bousted and Gary O'Connor seven seven contemporary - London, UK United Kingdom   A site-specific installation of audio and text inspired by archive material. The work responds to historical and contemporary aspects of life on Broadway Market. These responses address our perception of historical data; questioning value, meaning and method. Number seventy-seven is viewed as a shop space (which is was, prior to becoming a gallery, since the 1830s) which plays host to a range of intriguing characters. Read Indepth Article Degas Sculptures Art Gallery of Ontario - Toronto, ON Canada   The Art Gallery of Ontario will be the sole Canadian venue for a major exhibition of sculptures by renowned French 19th-century artist Edgar Degas from October 11, 2003 to January 4, 2004. Degas Sculptures will present 73 bronzes from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen - one of only four complete sets in existence. "The Art Gallery of Ontario is proud to host this extraordinary collection of Degas sculptures," said Matthew Teitelbaum, AGO Director and CEO. "This will be a rare opportunity for our visitors to experience the unique grace and beauty of these works." Read Indepth Article Call to Artists: Museum of Computer Art Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center - New York, NY USA United States of America   The Museum of Computer Art is proud to announce a competition and sale of digital art at the prestigious Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center, New York City. This is a live group show sponsored and arranged by the Museum of Computer Art through the courtesy of Cork Gallery and the Visual Arts League (VAL) . These are all not-for-profit organizations. Read Indepth Article Manet at the Prado Museo del Prado - Madrid, ES Spain   This October sees the opening at the Museo del Prado of the first exhibition in Spain devoted to the work of Édouard Manet (1832-1883). The exhibition, entitled Manet at the Prado, has been made possible through the sponsorship of the Fundacion Winterthur, and will feature 110 of the greatest works by this French painter (58 paintings, 30 prints and 22 drawings). This is the most significant retrospective to be devoted to Manet’s work since the one held in Paris and New York in 1983. The exhibition is part of a far-ranging collaboration between the Museo del Prado, the Musee d’Orsay (Paris) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York). Read Indepth Article Surrealism and Modernism from the Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Phillips Collection - Washington, DC USA   The Phillips Collection welcomes Surrealism and Modernism from the Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, a selection of 59 paintings, collages, and sculptures by the most significant avant-garde artists of the early twentieth century. Surrealism and Modernism represents an outstanding array of major artistic movements in the twentieth century—from expressionist landscapes and classic abstract painting to surrealist illusionism and abstract expressionism. This exhibition also provides a look at a unique era in the history of collecting by American museums, when aesthetically adventurous directors struggled to make the case for modern art to a suspicious public through purchases and exhibitions of work by living artists from Europe, America and Latin America. Although located a few hours away from New York, the Wadsworth Atheneum in the 1930s scored a series of acquisition firsts of the kind that might have been expected of the Museum of Modern Art. Read Indepth Article Fenosa and His Friend Picasso Fundacao Arpad Szenes - Vieira da Silva - Lisbon, PT Portugal   For several years Arpad Szenes and Vieira da Silva and the Catalan sculptor Apel.les Fenosa had adjacent ateliers in Montparnasse in Paris. The friendship between the three artists was a natural result of their day to day relationship brought about from their similar interests and the friends they had in common. There was a mutual admiration and as proof of this admiration Vieira collected Fenosa's sculptures which are nowadays at the Pompidou Centre in Paris. Read Indepth Article New Work form Jem Southam Hirschl Contemporary Art - London, UK United Kingdom   Jem Southam is one of the key figures in British photography of the last twenty years. Southam was shortlisted for the prestigious Citibank Photography Prize in 2001 alongside Roni Horn, Hellen van Meene and Boris Mikhailov, and is the winner of several international awards. His work is in numerous collections including the V&A, the British Council and the Government Art Collection. Jem Southam’s photographs of the natural world capture the landscape in a continual state of flux. His work catalogues the effects of time, climate and man on the land. Read Indepth Article Broader than Broadway: A Site-specific Installation by Donald Bousted and Gary O'Connor seven seven contemporary - London, UK United Kingdom   A site-specific installation of audio and text inspired by archive material. The work responds to historical and contemporary aspects of life on Broadway Market. These responses address our perception of historical data; questioning value, meaning and method. Number seventy-seven is viewed as a shop space (which is was, prior to becoming a gallery, since the 1830s) which plays host to a range of intriguing characters. Read Indepth Article Degas Sculptures Art Gallery of Ontario - Toronto, ON Canada   The Art Gallery of Ontario will be the sole Canadian venue for a major exhibition of sculptures by renowned French 19th-century artist Edgar Degas from October 11, 2003 to January 4, 2004. Degas Sculptures will present 73 bronzes from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen - one of only four complete sets in existence. "The Art Gallery of Ontario is proud to host this extraordinary collection of Degas sculptures," said Matthew Teitelbaum, AGO Director and CEO. "This will be a rare opportunity for our visitors to experience the unique grace and beauty of these works." Read Indepth Article Call to Artists: Museum of Computer Art Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center - New York, NY USA United States of America   The Museum of Computer Art is proud to announce a competition and sale of digital art at the prestigious Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center, New York City. This is a live group show sponsored and arranged by the Museum of Computer Art through the courtesy of Cork Gallery and the Visual Arts League (VAL) . These are all not-for-profit organizations. Read Indepth Article

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