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Richard Bell: Uz vs. Them
The four-venue North American tour of Richard Bell: Uz vs. Them began on September 8, 2011, at the Tufts University Art Gallery in Medford, Massachusetts. This is the first traveling exhibition in the United States dedicated to the multi-layered work
of this Aboriginal artist and activist, and it is being presented at Tufts along with an exhibition of the photographic work of Los Angeles artist Ken Gonzales-Day. Both exhibitions are characterized as “presenting issues of race and objectification
without holding back.” In conjunction with the Bell presentation, Tufts has organized a range of interesting programming, including a conversation between Bell and Mick Dodson, Visiting Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University (September 15);
a brown-bag lunch with Bell (September 16); three nights of screenings of Australian films about Australian race relations (September 29, October 13, and October 17); and a panel discussion titled “Shared Experiences: Indigenous Voices” organized
and moderated by Joan Lester, a lecturer in Native American Studies at Tufts (October 20). In addition to this public programming, Bell will also be meeting with a number of classes at Tufts. Following the exhibition’s closing at Tufts on
November 20, Uz vs. Them will travel to the University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington (February 12–May 6, 2012); the Victoria H. Myhren Gallery, University of Denver (September 13–December 9, 2012); and the Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington
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Panel Discussion “Shifting Challenges in the Protection of Archaeological Heritage”Thursday, October 27, 2011 Duke House, Institute of Fine Arts, 1 East 78th Street, New York 4–6 p.m. panel discussion; 6–7 p.m. reception AFA Trustee Maxwell L. Anderson, the Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, will moderate a panel that will explore the complex issues surrounding the protection of cultural heritage. Panelists include Elizabeth Bartman, President of the Archaeological Institute of America; Patty Gerstenblith, Distinguished Research Professor and Director of the Center for Art, Museum and Cultural Heritage Law at DePaul University College of Law; Dan L. Monroe, Executive Director and CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum; David O’Connor, Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Ancient Egyptian Art and a Deputy Director at the Institute of Fine Arts–New York University; and Jerry Podany, Head of the Department of Antiquities Conservation at the J. Paul Getty Museum. The panel is organized by the American Federation of Arts in association with the Institute of Fine Arts–New York University and the Association of Art Museum Directors with generous funding from Michael H. Steinhardt, the Leon Levy Foundation, the Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation, and the Hazen Polsky Foundation, Inc. Admission is free; but seating is limited and advance registration is required. Please register here by October 5 or call 212.988.7700 x210. For those unable to attend in person, there will be a live webcast of the discussion starting at 4 p.m. on October 27. Please go to our website for webcast information. |
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 ArtTalks
 Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. Christie’s, 20 Rockefeller Center, New York Ursula von Rydingsvard will be giving the first of the fall 2011 ArtTalks at Christie’s on Tuesday, September 13, at 6:30 p.m. Von Rydingsvard is renowned for her meticulously carved, cut, and layered cedar artworks that have what Mark Stevens has described as a “forest magic about them, that dreamy, grand, and strangely austere aura of the woods found in Northern European culture.” Following the lecture, audience members are invited to participate in a question-and-answer session and a wine reception. Admission is $15; $10 for AFA members and students with valid identification. Seating is limited and reservations are required. To purchase tickets online, click here or call 212.988.7700 x210. |
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Fall Gala & Cultural Leadership Awards Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Cocktails 6:30 p.m./Dinner 8 p.m./Raffle Drawing 9:45 p.m./Dancing 10 p.m. The Metropolitan Club, One East 60th Street, New York Chaired by Lydia Fenet, Clare McKeon, and Capera Ryan, this year’s gala will honor artist Marina Abramović and National Gallery of Art Director Earl A. Powell III. Abramović will be introduced by MoMA PS1 Director Klaus Biesenbach; and Powell, by former Metropolitan Museum of Art Director Philippe de Montebello. Following cocktails and dinner, a raffle will be held, with artworks generously donated by April Gornik, renowned for her ethereal landscape paintings, and Australian artist/activist Richard Bell, whose work is the subject of the AFA exhibition Richard Bell: Uz Vs. Them.  Raffle tickets are $100 each. All advance orders must be received by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, October 25. Ticket stubs will not be mailed. You need not be present to win; winners will be contacted by phone. Raffle tickets will be filled out and placed in a raffle bowl, and a drawing for each artwork will be held at the gala at 9:45 p.m. on October 26, 2011. Click here to purchase gala and/or raffle tickets online or here to download a raffle ticket order form. For more information, contact Tiffany Pak at tpak@afaweb.org or call 212.988.7700 x247. |
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The Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation, the Hazen Polsky Foundation, Inc. and Michael H. Steinhardt have generously donated funds in support of “Shifting Challenges in the Protection of Archaeological Heritage,” a panel discussion the AFA is organizing in association with the Institute of Fine Arts–New York University and the Association of Art Museum Directors. Previously, the AFA received an award for this panel from the Leon Levy Foundation. |
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AFA Milestone
 52 YEARS AGO: Rauschenberg meets Duchamp for the first time while the two are installing their works for the AFA exhibition Art and the Found Object, the first major exhibition to feature this type of artwork. Duchamp recreates his
first readymade sculpture, Bottle Rack, for the show and sells it to Rauschenberg for $3 after the exhibition closes. Other artists in the exhibition include Alberto Burri, Jose de Creeft, Louise Nevelson, Robert Kurt Schwitters, and Richard Stankiewicz. |
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Become a Member The world of art opens up in exciting new ways when you become a member of the AFA. AFA members enjoy a wide variety of programs and benefits, including invitations to AFA exhibition openings, discounts on tickets to AFA talks, visits to private collections and artists’ studios, and opportunities to travel with other AFA members. For more information, visit the AFA’s website or call Tiffany Pak at 212.988.7700 ext. 247. |
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Images (top to bottom):
Richard Bell, The Peckin’ Order, 2007. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 in. Private collection, Brisbane • Ursula von Rydingsvard, Luba, 2010. Cedar, graphite, bronze, 212 x 139 x 88 in. Installation view, Storm King Art Center. Photo by Jerry L. Thompson,
courtesy the artist and Galerie Lelong • April Gornik, Sea Edge, 2011. Four-color lithograph, 18 x 24 in. (image size). Done with Polígrafa
Obra Gráfica, Barcelona, in an edition of 40. Courtesy the artist • Richard Bell, Thou Shalt Not, 2011. Acrylic on linen, 19 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. Courtesy Milani Gallery, Brisbane • Marcel Duchamp, Bottle Rack, 1914 (replica). Galvanized iron, 19 5/8 x 16 1/8 in. @ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / Estate of Marcel Duchamp
The American Federation of Arts is a nonprofit institution that organizes art exhibitions for presentation in museums around the world, publishes exhibition catalogues, and develops education programs. American Federation of Arts 305 East 47th Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10017 212.988.7700 www.afaweb.org © 2011 American Federation of Arts |