Stories for September 2008
Collector's Roundtable: Round One
September 30, 2008
Alex Katz's Black Scarf Eric Widing, head of the American Paintings and Sculpture Department for Christie's since 1998, kicked off the 2008 Collector's Roundtable series with his talk, "Buying at Auction," offering us a capsule of his years in the...
Mark Dion wins the Lucelia Artist Award
September 26, 2008
Mark Dion, Neukom Vivarium, 2004-2006, mixed-media installation, Seattle Art Museum. Photo by Paul Macapia, 2007, courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York. Dion placed a log within a greenhouse where visitors are encouraged to study the funguses, insects,...
In This Case: An American Puzzle by Lloyd G. Schermer
September 23, 2008
Take a look at a larger view of Lloyd G. Schermer’s An American Puzzle. What do Mickey Mouse, a lobster, and a football player all have in common? Give up? They can all be found in Lloyd G. Schermer’s An...
Ghosts of a Chance
September 18, 2008
Georgina Bath is the Interpretive Programs Manager for the Luce Foundation Center for American Art, our visible storage facility. Earlier this month the Luce Foundation Center launched Ghosts of a Chance, a creative initiative that calls for audience participation on...
Zen and the Art of Video with Bill Viola
September 15, 2008
Bill Viola, Three Women, 2008, color high-definition video on plasma display mounted on wall; performers: Anika, Cornelia, Helena Ballent, Photo: Kira Perov Bill Viola kicked off the 2008 Clarice Smith Distinguished Lectures in American Art series last week to a...
Fencing with Christo and Jeanne-Claude
September 11, 2008
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, 1972–76, © Christo, 1976, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum Purchase, Photo by Wolfgang Volz Christo and Jeanne-Claude, partners in art and in life, were on hand at SAAM Saturday afternoon...
A Night at the Museum XXV
September 9, 2008
Albert Pinkham Ryder's With Sloping Mast and Dipping Prow You've been hearing a fair amount about Night at the Museum II: Battle of the Smithsonian in the papers, in the blog, and via general buzz on the street. It got...
Conserving The Lost Pleiad
September 4, 2008
Helen Ingalls begins the documentation of The Lost Pleiad while Michael Mansfield films the process. The Lost Pleiad, 1874-1875, Randolph Rogers, marble, 49 1/2 x 34 3/4 x 27 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L....
Up and Running with Christo and Jeanne-Claude
September 3, 2008
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, 1972–76, © Christo, 1976, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum Purchase, Photo by Wolfgang Volz In the mid 1970s, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, whose outdoor sculptural works of art have captivated us...
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