Archive for the ‘The Corcoran Gallery of Art’ Category
December 27, 2011
ALL OF US AT CONTEMPORARY WING WOULD LIKE TO WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON
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GALLERY NEWS
● IVORY TOWER (RECAP). Thanks to all who took time from the hustle and bustle of the Miami art fairs to visit “Ivory Tower.” It was a hugely successful debut for Contemporary Wing, and we would like to extend special thanks for their assistance with this exhibition to: Deborah Shelton Tynes, Veronica Jackson at The Jackson Design Group, Bill Apter at Avitecture, and John Gargus at Christie Digital. If you missed the exhibition, please check out an amazing photo-recap, courtesy of “Look into my Owl.”
● NEXT GENERATION (FEBRUARY/MARCH 2012). Our inaugural exhibition in Washington, D.C., opens February 4, 2012, at 1250 9th Street, NW. “NEXT GENERATION” complements the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s exhibition of Mera and Don Rubell’s collection, “30 Americans,” on display through February 12, 2012. For “NEXT GENERATION,” Contemporary Wing invited each artist represented in the “30 Americans” exhibition to identify one or two American artists that he or she believes is a critical “up and comer” of the next generation. Selected artists from Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Baltimore, and Richmond, VA, among other places, will be announced in January. A catalog will accompany the exhibition with critiques by Kalia Brooks, Exhibitions Director at MoCADA (Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts) in Brooklyn, NY.
Contemporary Wing would like to extend special thanks to CASRiegler Real Estate Development for its generous support.
● I’M COMING HOME. (MAY/JUNE 2012) Appropriately named for Contemporary Wing’s first exhibition in its home gallery space at 1412 14th Street, “I’m Coming Home” is a solo exhibition of new works by gallery artist, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi relating to home life and domestic space in Iran.
For more information about the gallery and exhibitions, please visit contemporarywing.com or contact info@contemporarywing.com
header image: Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky), Ice Sonification, Antarctica Project, DVD, 8:08 minutes, edition of 5 + 2 AP, 2011. Courtesy of Look into my Owl and the Artist
Tags:14th Street Corridor, 30 Americans, Alex Villar, American art market, art fairs, CASRiegler Real Estate Development, contemporary art, contemporary collectors, Corcoran, Corcoran Gallery of Art, DC, Ginger Shulick, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Ivory Tower Miami, Kalia Brooks, Lauren Gentile, Look into my Owl, MoCADA (Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts) in Brooklyn, NEXT GENERATION, Nia Burks, NY, Paul D Miller, Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky), Paul Moakley, Phillip David Stearns, Rubell Collection, Sean Capone, Specullector, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Tiffany Carbonneau, washington DC
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February 28, 2009
In Smithsonian news, LA and DC have made a respectable exchange in museum professionals. Today, it was announced that Anne Ellegood, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Hirshhorn will be leaving us for LA, but in return we got a new Director of the Hirshhorn, Richard Koshalek.
In Corcoran news, my favorite fundraiser is coming up in March – Artini. Since most of us in DC are still riding on the Obama stimulus plan (aka December, January and February, the inauguration months), why not continue to celebrate and also enjoy Maya Lin: Systemic Landscapes which opens March 14.
In DC gallery news, we’re all still here and everyone is doing fine. We have the fascinating Lesser Madonnnas exhibition opening tonight of new work by Corcoran School of Art + Design graduate Melissa Ichiuji. As a dealer and collector of her work, I highly advise a visit. And for my street art audience, expect a treat in June at Irvine…
In Manifest Hope news, where do I begin? Some important points: All the merchandise from the exhibition can be bought on this website. We raised over $20,000 for the Duke Ellington School of Arts. Arnold Schwaznegger is stunning. This link just sums up the experience.
In NY Armory news… I’ll have some after my visit this week. If you want to stay updated on the NY gallery RIP list, you can join the speculation here.
Tags:Anne Ellegood, Artini, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran School of Art, DeathWatch, Hirshhorn, Irvine Contemporary, Lauren Gentile, Lesser Madonnas, Manifest Hope show in DC, Maya Lin Systemic Landscapes, Melissa Ichiuji, NY Gallery closings, Richard Koshalek, Specullector
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August 21, 2008
Kicking off the fall season in DC’s art world is the highly anticipated “Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power” opening at the Corcoran Gallery of Art on September 13th . 250 photographs, from 1957 to his death in 2004, illustrate how Avedon used his fame to access the elite, and photograph them.
Portraits of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, George W Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, John Stewart, Micheal Moore and Malcolm X to name a few. And one of my favorite, not person obviously, but anecdotes from “a sitter” by the name of Karl Rove. Rove called Avedon, “an elitist snob who deliberately set me up… The portrait is foolish, stupid and insulting. It makes me look like a complete idiot.”
Ummm, no comment
Tags:Corcoran Gallery of Art, Karl Rove Portrait, Karl Rove Richard Avedon, Lauren Gentile, Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power, Specullector
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July 1, 2008
that Martin Puryear was a native Washingtonian?
Lois Mailou Jones founded the art department at Howard.
Benjamin Edwards lives in Washington, DC.
Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky) grew up here and
Romare Bearden had his first solo exhibition, Projections, in 1964 at the Corcoran. This was when he introduced to the world his “collage style”.
ROMARE BEARDEN( American, 1914-1988 )
Return of the Prodigal Son, 1967.
Mixed media and collage on canvas, 50 1/4 x 60″
(Albright-Knox Collection)
Tags:Artists from Washington, Artists in Washington, Benjamin Edwards, DC, Lauren Gentile, Lois Mailou Jones, Martin Puryear Washingtonian, Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky) Washington, Return of the Prodigal Son Bearden, Romare Bearden Projections Corcoran, Specullector
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April 22, 2008
to buy your Artini tickets!
Don’t forget that Fall Fete tickets sold out last year creating a black market …
Did you know that in SE Asia (most notably Thailand & Burma) due to censorship and isolation paint, canvases and other art supplies must be bought on the black market … one would argue that this is probably a good indicator that these “emerging markets” aren’t quite ready to open up
Tags:1869 Society, art markets in Asia, Artini, contemporary art, Corcoran, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran School of Art, DC, Fall Fete 2007, investing in art, investing in fine art, Lauren Gentile, SE Asia emerging art markets, Specullector, Thai art market, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, washington DC
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April 8, 2008
Only 7 more nights to find your favorite Artini before the Feature Event on April 30th!
Your drinking schedule:
Tuesday, April 8
6:30 p.m. – Le Bar/Ici Urban Bistro
7:30 p.m. – Bobby Van’s Steakhouse
Thursday, April 10
6:30 p.m. – Poste Moderne
7:30 p.m. – Inde Bleu
Tuesday, April 15
6:30 p.m. – Teatro Goldoni
Thursday, April 17
6:30 p.m. – Perry’s Restaurant
7:30 p.m. – Napoleon Bistro & Lounge
Tuesday, April 22
6:30 p.m. – West End Bistro
7:30 p.m. – M Bar Lounge
Thursday, April 24
6:30 p.m. – Topaz Bar
Tuesday, April 29
6:30 p.m. – Hudson
See you there!
Tags:1869 Society, Artini, Corcoran, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran School of Art, Holly Rich, Karin Tanabe, Lauren Gentile, Specullector, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, washington DC, young benefactors groups, young benefactors in DC, young collectors
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January 18, 2008
Immediately after the death/sucide of Jeremy Blake was announced there was a spike in readers brought to the blog by search terms such as “buy jeremy blake”, “buy blake prints”, “jeremy blake prices” etc.
At cocktail parties I’ve heard from amateur specullectors that an artists’ death is the easiest way for their art collections to appreciate. While basic Keynesian theory supports that, it’s not always the case. Thus, the following information may be disappointing to some, but I promise it is true and common practice:
Jeremy Blake, whose suicide last summer was all but incomprehensible to the career-obsessed art world, has had his beautifully mounted retrospective homage at Kinz, Tillou and Feigen Gallery [his dealers] … Fans may be slightly daunted however by the fact Blake did not often sign his digital prints, they have no edition number and, choicest of all, there are no actual, vulgar prices given for any works. Instead you have to leave your name and contacts and wait to see if you are deemed suitable. It’s an elegant system that keeps collectors on tenterhooks.
Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You by Adrian Dannatt – The Art Newspaper, Jan 08, p. 36
Luckily there is still a way to enjoy Blake’s work where right of entry does not rely on pedigree or contacts. Check out Wild Choir: Cinematic Portraits by Jeremy Blake at the Corcoran Gallery of Art through March 2nd.
Jeremy Blake, Working still from Glitterbest, 2006, digital video and sound (Courtesy Kinz, Tillou + Feigen, New York)
Tags:Adrian Dannatt, American art market, blake prints, buy jeremy blake, contemporary art, Contemporary art prints, contemporary collectors, Corcoran, Corcoran Gallery of Art, eremy blake prices, investing in art, investing in fine art, Jeremy Blake, Jeremy Blake missing, Kinz, Lauren Gentile, New York, Specullector, The Art Newspaper, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Theresa Duncan, Tillou + Feigen
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January 9, 2008
Our own, Dr. Paul Greenhalgh, director of The Corcoran Gallery of Art, got a great sound bite in this month’s The Art Newspaper when asked if he was related to the infamous Greenhalgh family of forgers. The Greenhalgh’s, who have deceived many prominent dealers and museums, have most recently made headlines with a Gauguin forgery in the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago.
(Our) Greenhalgh says he has no relation to the forger family, but that “…there is actually a Paul Greenhalgh who was a star of one of Britain’s soap operas, ‘Coronation Street’ (set in the North of course). Sadly I am not him either, though I am sure it helped my cause at home over the years that a lot of people thought a TV star was writing to them.” (The Art Newspaper, Jan ’08, pg.2)
Our Greenhalgh
“Coronation Street” Greenhalgh
Fake Gauguin
Tags:1869 Society, art market quotes, Chicago Fake Gauguin, Corcoran, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran School of Art, DC, fine art forgery, Greenhalgh family of forgers, Lauren Gentile, Paul Greenhalgh, Specullector, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Faun, Washington, washington DC
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October 11, 2007
but it reads like fiction and at the end you will feel compelled to visit an “alternate reality” blog …
http://nymag.com/news/features/36091/
Only 2 more weeks until his show at The Corcoran!
Tags:Jeremy Blake, Jeremy Blake missing, Lauren Gentile, Specullector, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Theresa Duncan
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October 1, 2007
I get alot of emails regarding which young benefactor group to join in DC. There are several to choose from and if you are familiar with some of my past posts it’s obvious which one I believe in enough to be affiliated – and that is the 1869 Society at The Corcoran Gallery of Art.
For several reasons: The programming at the Corcoran Gallery is the most progressive; Yes, I’m sure moms in Virginia are more pumped about the Ansel Adams show than me, but an evening with Annie Leibovitz or Jeremy Blake is much more enticing than another Turner Retrospective.
The other members are commmitted and vibrant supporters of the regional art community. You can always count on meeting someone enriching and enjoying some event or exhibition that has its finger on the pulse of what’s important in today’s art world – not what was fashionable 400 years ago.
1869′s first event is the scavenger hunt during the cultural cocktails evening:
Cultural Cocktails
Thursday, October 18 at 6:30 p.m.
1869 Society FREE, Members $10, Public $24
What was the age of the photographer in the oldest of the prints in Ansel Adams? Which Annie Leibovitz photograph is being exhibited to the public for the first time here at the Corcoran? Join us for Find the Photograph, a Corcoran scavenger hunt on October 18, for a chance to win complimentary tickets to the 1869 Society’s Fall Fête: Natural Glamour in Black and White. Light Hors d’oeuvres and open bar.
Hope to see you there!
Annie Leibovitz’s renditon of the 1869 Society:
Just kidding – its from her Marie Antoinette shoot – sorry guys, Kirsten Dunst is not a member
Tags:1869 Society, Annie Leibovitz, Annie Leibovitz Corcoran, contemporary art, contemporary collectors, Corcoran, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran School of Art, Fall Fete 2007, Lauren Gentile, Smithsonian Young Benefactor’s Ball, Specullector, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, washington DC, young benefactors groups, young benefactors in DC
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