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Winner Chosen--The Whitney Museum of American Art has named the second winner of the Bucksbaum Award--Israeli-born video and installation artist Irit Batsry. Given to an emerging artist living and working in the U.S. and whose work is in the Biennial, the award consists of a $100,000 stipend and residency.

"Forest" to Raise Money for Charity--American sculptor Jim Amaral is among 134 artists invited to turn 10-foot metal tree forms into works of art in Bogotá, Columbia. Adorning parks and sidewalks, the trees will be auctioned by the Green Heart Foundation with the proceeds going to widows and orphans of police officers killed in Colombia's civil war.

Art Show Discontinued--The New York State Dept. of Correctional Services has discontinued the Corrections on Canvas show held for the past 35 years in Albany. Although it is felt that inmate artwork contributes toward rehabilitation, some have criticized the show because it allowed inmates to profit financially from their crimes.

Architecture Prize Awarded--The Pritzker Architecture Prize for 2002 has been awarded to Glenn Murcutt of Australia. An advocate of environmentally sensitive designs, Murcutt will receive a $100,000 grant.

Temporary Home for MoMA--Visitors take note! New York's Museum of Modern Art will close its doors in Manhattan on May 21 and reopen in a temporary home on June 29 as MoMA QNS in Long Island City. An enlarged museum will reopen at 11 West 53rd St. in 2005.

Exhibitions:

Denver, CO -- Denver Art Museum -- China Meets the American Southwest: Pottery Designs and Traditions provides a fascinating look at traditions in pottery from opposite sides of the globe--Native American pieces from the museum's outstanding collection paired with ancient Chinese examples on loan from the Sze Hong Collection. More than 50 exceptional pieces will be on view to compare and contrast. Through May 28.

Baltimore, MD -- Baltimore Museum of Art -- Reflections of Sea and Light: Paintings and Watercolors by J. M. W. Turner from Tate is the first major exhibition of Turner's extraordinary vision of the sea (and its only U.S. venue). More than 100 watercolors, oil paintings, drawings and prints that follow 40 years of Turner's career as a painter are on exhibit, including many never-before-seen works. Through May 26.

Los Angeles, CA -- Los Angeles County Museum of Art -- Trends: A New Presentation of LACMA's Collection of European Art features the Spanish Pieta, a rare, almost life-sized eighteenth century sculpture that is one of the few surviving examples of sculpture made from molded linen. In addition to related sculptures, visitors will view paintings by Luca Giordano, Georges de La Tour and Giovanni Tiepolo as well as tapestry, porcelains, exquisite furniture and decorative arts and more. Through July 28.

Philadelphia, PA -- Philadelphia Museum of Art -- Barnett Newman assembles more than 100 works not seen together in over 30 years in this retrospective exhibition. A master of expansive spatial effects and richly evocative color, Barnett Newman pioneered an art that combined uncompromising abstraction with powerful emotion. Through July 7.

Washington, D.C. -- National Gallery of Art -- Christo and Jeanne Claude in the Vogel Collection includes 60 objects that span the careers of these artists who have wrapped, covered, draped, and folded fabric over, through, and around everyday objects--from early works such as Christo's Package (1961) through studies for works in progress such as Over the River, Project for Arkansas River. Through June 23.

Los Angeles, CA - J. Paul Getty Museum -- A Treasury of 15th Century Manuscript Illumination celebrates the art of illumination through 25 manuscript books and leaves and cuttings from manuscripts in the Museum's permanent collection. Through July 7.

North Miami, FL -- Museum of Contemporary Art - Salvador Dali: Dream of Venus explores the remarkable Dream of Venus Surrealist Pavilion, which Dali designed for the 1939 New York World's Fair. The exhibition examines the impact of this installation on the acceptance of Surrealism by the mass American audience. Through June 30.

May Birthdays:

  1    George Inness
  6    Ernst Kirchner
13    Joseph Stella
15    Jasper Johns
22    Mary Cassatt
22     Marisol
23     Franz Kline
25    Wil Barnet

Copyright ARTtalk Vol. 12 No. 7 -- May 2002