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The First Art Newspaper on the Net Established in 1996 Friday, February 21, 2025 Christie's presents Leonard & Louise Riggio: Collected Works Piet Mondrian, Composition with Large Red Plane, Bluish Gray, Yellow, Black and Blue, 21 ¼ x 21 in. (54 x 53.3 cm.) Painted in Paris in 1922. © Christie's Images Ltd 2025. NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced Leonard & Louise Riggio: Collected Works will be offered during Spring Marquee Week in a single-owner evening sale. The artworks comprising the sale come from the esteemed collection of Leonard and Louise Riggio, generous patrons of the arts who played an instrumental role in shaping the landscape of New York’s art world in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. With more than 30 works that represent an anthology of changing ideas, the works in the collection range from Surrealist musings to reflections on the influence of Classicism. Highlights include singular examples by the world’s most notable artists including Mondrian, Magritte, Picasso, Giacometti, and Warhol, among others. Louise Riggio remarks, “When Len and I bought a piece of art, we felt as if we were inviting that work into our home to live with us, to become part of our family. We always talked about the dialogue each of the pieces had with each other, which inspired and complemented their placement ... More The Best Photos of the Day View of the exhibition Harri, Lurra, Huts at Chillida Leku. Photo: Alex Abril. Holabird Western Americana Collections will hold a three-day Pioneers & Patriots Auction Savannah socialite's couture fashion, designer handbags & jewelry to be auctioned Feb. 27 Seminal Egon Schiele offered in the 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale Exquisite and rare 1902 two-globe Quezal glass table lamp with Quezal glass shades, 22 inches in height, the shades 5 inches by 6 inches, the lamp in very nice condition (est. $5,000-$10,000). RENO, NEV.- Fresh off a successful three-day Desert Riches Auction held live and online from January 31st thru February 3rd, Holabird Western Americana Collections will follow that up with a three-day Pioneers & Patriots Auction beginning March 1st and ending March 3rd. The first two days will be online and live in the Reno, Nevada gallery; March 3rd will be a timed-only session. Start times all three days will be 8am Pacific time. Around 1,700 lots will come up for bid across the three days, in collecting categories that include Americana, militaria, mining, numismatics, Wild West, philatelic and more. Bids can be placed in-person (March 1-2), online (via the three platforms iCollector.com, LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com), or by phone with an agent. “We chose the name ‘Pioneers & Patriots’ to honor notable Western figures such as lawmen, outlaws, generals and presidents, ... More Chanel 2004 checked tweed long coat and skirt from the Spring/Summer 2005 collection by Karl Lagerfeld, European size 40. Provenance: Estate of Ann Lytle. Estimate: $800-$1,200. SAVANNAH, GA.- Hard-hearted Hannah may have been the legendary “vamp of Savannah,” but the city’s most colorful personality of recent memory was an art aficionado and community-minded socialite named Ann Lytle. A beloved Savannah figure who passed away in 2024, Lytle’s designer wardrobe and accessories will be offered to a new generation of fashionistas on February 27, at the third and final session of a three-day sale conducted by Everard Auctions. Ann Lytle was known for her signature style of dress that unapologetically combined artful patterns with vibrant hues to achieve an eccentric, utterly original result every time she stepped outside her charming Bull Street residence in Savannah’s Historic District. Her eye-catching outfits were rivaled only by the colorful furniture and decorative art with which she filled her home. Lytle’s extensive collection of couture fashion and accessories ... More Egon Schiele, Boy in a Sailor Suit. © Christie's Images Ltd 2025. LONDON.- Christie’s will present Egon Schiele’s Knabe in Matrosenanzug (Boy in a Sailor Suit) (estimate: £1,000,000 – 1,500,000), as a highlight of the 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale on 5 March 2025. Part of the collection of Fritz Grünbaum, this work is being offered following a restitution agreement. In Vienna in the early decades of the last century, Fritz Grünbaum assembled an art collection that included hundreds of works. The collection was lost when the Nazis annexed Austria in the late 1930s, and Mr. Grünbaum and his wife were sent to concentration camps where they perished. Co-Head of the 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale, Michelle McMullan, said: “This is a seminal and iconic work by Schiele that shows him at the very height of his powers. In this piece we see Schiele’s acute observational skills and ability to fuse precise draftsmanship with bold, expressionist colour, while intentionally leaving elements unfinished, such as the boy’s left h ... More Eduardo Chillida: New exhibition in Chillida Leku 'Harri, Lurra, Huts' Tilton to participate in Frieze Los Angeles with a solo presentation of Noah Purifoy Here to There: Photographs from the Road Ahead by Clark Winter Image of Chillida Leku with Harri VI (1996). Photo: Alex Abril. SAN SEBASTIÁN.- Chillida Leku has opened Harri, Lurra, Huts [Stone, Earth, Void], an exhibition exploring Eduardo Chillida’s material universe through earth and stone. The display features fifty striking works, including his well-known Lurrak—sculptures made of chamotte clay—alongside monumental and small-scale pieces in various types of stone, supported by materials such as cement and marble. Open until May 2025, the exhibition highlights the essential role of these materials in Chillida’s artistic evolution and his ability to create transcendent spaces. “The title of the exhibition comes from Eduardo Chillida’s own words for his sculptures. With these terms, he evokes the material essence of his work. It also plays with vibrant, resonant words that reflect the identity of the Basque Country while recalling the international game rock, paper, scissors, where each material’s choice is defined by its transformative potential,” explains Estela Solana, Head of Exhi ... More Noah Purifoy, Untitled, n/d. LOS ANGELES, CA.- Tilton Gallery will present a solo exhibition of work by Noah Purifoy (1917-2004), the Los Angeles legend whose work inspired the Hammer's most recent Made in L.A., and whose Joshua Tree Outdoor Museum is an art world destination. This will be Purifoy's first exhibition in LA since his 2015 retrospective at LACMA. The gallery will present sculptural assemblages and collages, most never before exhibited in Los Angeles. A pioneer in California assemblage and a key figure in the Black Arts Movement in LA during the '60s and '70s, Purifoy was also a community activist and Co-founder and Director of the Watts Towers Arts Center. He organized and made art from debris from the Watts Rebellion for the landmark exhibition 66 Signs of Neon, first shown at local festivals before traveling in the U.S. and internationally. Long a mentor to fellow artists such as David Hammons and a friend and colleague of John Outterbridge and Betye Saar among many other artists, Purifoy's work now inspires a new g ... More Winter’s perceptive photographs of cars across the decades―and around the world―revel in nostalgia while revealing the subtleties of our relationship with automobiles, drivers and the things we see along the way. NEW YORK, NY.- In Here to There: Photographs from the Road Ahead (Damiani Books, 2025), Clark Winter’s perceptive photographs of cars across the decades—and from around the world—revel in nostalgia while revealing the subtleties of our relationship with automobiles, drivers, and the things we see along the way. Since their invention, cars have been one of the driving forces behind America’s constantly changing culture, shaping the country’s sprawling cities and suburban society, but also inspiring films (from “American Graffiti” to “The Fast and the Furious”), songs (from the Beach Boys’ zippy “Fun, Fun, Fun” to Bruce Springsteen’s anthemic “Thunder Road”), and an endless parade of road-trip books. Over the course of half a century, Clark Winter captured images of the car as a symbol of Americana while finding its global spirit ... More Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir's "That's a Very Large Number" lands at the National Gallery of Iceland Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center launches exhibition exploring the art and myths of the Hudson Valley Smithsonian and Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz sign second memorandum of understanding Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir, 6:1 (Green), 2024. Photography: Vigfús Birgisson, courtesy of the artist and i8 gallery. REYKJAVÍK.- The National Gallery of Iceland presents That’s a Very Large Number – A Commerzbau a major installation by Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir, originally commissioned for the Icelandic Pavilion of the 2024 Venice Biennale. Playfully incisive, the exhibition, curated by Dan Byers, features sculptures and installations that probe aspects of the uncanny relationship between us and our world of mass-produced objects. That’s a Very Large Number – A Commerzbau, occupies both the museum entrance and Gallery 3, where the artist fills the space with works that appropriate the materials, products, and language of industrial manufacture and product marketing and distribution. Hildigunnur creates an immersive environment, inspired by the tradition of the ‘Merzbau,’ pioneered by German dada artist Kurt Schwitters. Schwitters began using the term ‘Merz’ in his work, after discovering a fragment of newspaper printed with the end of the word ‘Commerz.’ Here, Hil ... More Rosella Hartman (American, 1895-1984), Untitled, 1933, black ink on paper. Gift of Susan and Steven Hirsch, class of 1971, 1995.12. POUGHKEEPSIE, NY.- Celebrating the launch of a new exhibition—Great Green Hope for the Urban Blues—that explores the art and myths of the Hudson Valley, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar is hosting a panel discussion (2:00 p.m.) and opening reception (3:30 p.m.) on Saturday, February 22, featuring Hudson Valley artists Tanya Marcuse, Qiana Mestrich, and Lisa Sanditz. The panel will be moderated by Mary-Kay Lombino, Deputy Director and the Emily Hargroves Fisher ’57 and Richard B. Fisher Curator of the Loeb. The exhibition runs until August 17 and is part of a legacy that began two hundred years ago as landscape painter Thomas Cole traveled up the Hudson River to paint the Catskill Mountains—a voyage that marked the mythical origin of the so-called Hudson River School of American landscape painting. Across two centuries, artists have portrayed the Hudson Valley as an earthly paradise remote from the modern ... More Exhibition view of the “East Asia study collection“ of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst (Asian Art Museum) at the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Alexander Schippel. WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Museum of Asian Art in Washington D.C., representing the Smithsonian Institution, and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst (Asian Art Museum) and the Zentralarchiv (Central Archive) of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums), representing the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (SPK, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation), have signed a second memorandum of understanding (MOU), furthering their groundbreaking collaboration to advance provenance research on Asian art. This renewed agreement, effective Jan. 7, underscores both institutions’ unwavering commitment to fostering an international network of researchers and driving forward innovative, sustainable research practices. The renewed partnership marks a progression from the achievements of the first ... More Sydney Cain: Opening today at Frieze Los Angeles 2025 Betye Saar's "I Love You Calif." shines at Frieze LA 2025 Alan Lo appointed Board Chair of Para Site Sydney Cain, Sights, 2025, Acrylic, pigment and soft pastel on wood, 18 x 24" / 45.7 x 61cm. Photo: Dan Bradica Studio. LOS ANGELES, CA.- For Frieze Los Angeles 2025, Casey Kaplan presents a solo booth of new works by Sydney Cain (b. 1991, San Francisco, CA), marking the artist’s first presentation with the gallery in anticipation of their inaugural solo exhibition in New York in September 2025. Cain’s paintings recount the storied and arcane histories of the African Diaspora. Using carbon-based and mineral materials like powdered metals, graphite, pigments, and chalk on wood, Cain charts the evolution of these histories, reconstructing narratives within a reverential refuge. By mining space for ancestral reclamation and tracing the collective consciousness of communities, Cain defines experiences beyond a visible plane as what they call metaphysical landscapes. Their predominantly black-pigmented compositions emerge in dimly lit spaces, shaped through a process of gradual unveiling—sculpting, rubbing, and erasing—to ... More Betye Saar (b.1926), I Love You Calif., 1966, mixed media assemblage of various cut metal objects including cans and toys affixed with brads to plywood, 12 1/8 x 9 x 1/4 inches / 30.8 x 22.9 x 0.6 cm, signed. LOS ANGELES, CA.- Michael Rosenfeld Gallery is back in Los Angeles for Frieze LA 2025 with I Love You Calif. (1966), a rare early work by Betye Saar (b.1926) that exemplifies her singular approach to assemblage, in which a multitude of carefully selected found objects are imbued with new meaning through their recontextualization. A deeply personal love letter to the place in which she was born, raised, and continues to live, I Love You Calif. assembles a quintessentially Californian scene, highlighting the state’s idyllic weather, surf culture, freeway system, and natural beauty. In the wake of the devastating fires that have affected the art community of Los Angeles, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery seeks to support the city’s recovery efforts by donating a portion of the proceeds from the sale of I Love You Calif. to the LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund, a Getty-led coalition of major ... More Alan Lo. HONG KONG .- Para Site announces the appointment of Alan Lo as Board Chair, following the retirement of Alan Lau as Board Chair and Mimi Chun as Board Vice Chair. Lau will stay on as Board Member, whilst Chun will be retiring from the Board to focus on professional and personal pursuits. These changes will come into full effect in February 2025, and bring the total number of active Board Members for Para Site to twelve. Both Lau and Chun are long-standing members of Para Site’s Board of Directors. Lau joined the Board in 2009. In 2014, Lau took up the mantle of Board Co-Chair, remaining in the post for over a decade. His term overlapped with significant milestones in the organisation’s history, including the relocation from Sheung Wan to its current location in Quarry Bay. During his term, Para Site has staged 89 exhibitions in Hong Kong and abroad. The organisation partnered with leading institutions—including MoMA PS1, Kadist, Rockbund Art Museum, UCCA Dune, Kathmandu Triennale ... More Exhibition Tour --- Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature More News Denver Art Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver present Korean arts exhibitions DENVER, CO.- The Denver Art Museum (DAM) and the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (MCA Denver) jointly announced today dual shows in the spring highlighting Korean art and culture as part of a first-ever collaboration between the two institutions. The new exhibitions, Lunar Phases: Korean Moon Jars at DAM, and Suki Seokyeong Kang: Mountain—Hour—Face at MCA Denver, invite visitors to explore Korean culture and art from both a classic and contemporary perspective. Suki Seokyeong Kang: Mountain—Hour—Face opens at MCA Denver Feb. 21, 2025, and showcases Kang’s deft use of materials—from traditionally woven grass mats, dyed wool, and mulberry paper to industrial materials like steel and brass—to create wondrous and spiritual objects and installations, bringing the artist’s unique vision of the landscapes into three dimensions. Sculptures, ... More Tai Kwun Contemporary presents Hu Xiaoyuan: Veering HONG KONG.- In the latest exhibition, Veering, at Tai Kwun, the artist Hu Xiaoyuan presents twelve newly commissioned works from seven series, weaving together installation, sound, painting, and video to reveal the complex relationship between human destiny and natural evolution, addressing ultimate questions of individual survival and the meaning of life. Hu incorporates everyday materials like aerospace-grade aluminium, sea shells, organza silk, and corn fibre in her works. Through translucent drapes and lighting design, she creates unique pathways that blur the line between day and night, creating an ambiguous spatial experience. This setting guides visitors to reflect on enduring themes such as time, materiality, existence, and consciousness. Veering employs a poetic visual style to probe the relationship between the individual and the group, ... More Ingleby presents the next artist in its INSTALMENTS series - Rob Lyon EDINBURGH.- Rob Lyon is a self-taught painter, who takes inspiration from the place where he lives - the South Downs, a ridge of chalk hills that stretch for 100 miles from Winchester to Eastbourne in the Southeast of England. It’s an area with a deep past and a sense of pilgrimage in which the footsteps of forgotten thousands have created chalk paths that zig zag through the grassy landscape, past burial mounds and neolithic monuments. Lyon describes how the thinking of Paul Nash, the early 20th century modernist painter, has shaped his own theories of Genius Loci, the spirit of place. In walking through this ancient landscape, he is aware how his human presence impacts his surroundings, and how the landscape, in turn, touches him. There’s a connection in this to the longer traditions of English Romanticism, specifically perhaps the visionary ... More Nam June Paik Art Center presents Random Access Project 4.0 SEOUL.- Random Access Project 4.0 is the first exhibition of the year 2025 at the Nam June Paik Art Center. It is the fourth version of Random Access Project which introduces experimental young contemporary artists. In 2025, the exhibition features seven teams of eight artists from both domestic and international backgrounds: Goyoson, Honam Kim, Saroot Supasuthivech, yang02, Chang Hanna, Hyeseon Jeong&Seongmin Yuk, and Han Uri. The participating artists present 14 works embodying Nam June Paik’s experimental spirit, transcending conventional perceptions and frameworks. The title of this exhibition is derived from Random Access, a work shown in Paik’s first solo exhibition Exhibition of Music—Electronic Television in 1963. In the work, the audience could create sound directly with a magnetic head, following the audio tapes spread out on the wall. ... More Jonathan Monk's "An Italian in Paris": Questioning originality and display at MASSIMODECARLO PARIS.- Returning to MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique for his second exhibition with the gallery (Falling Silver Clouds, 2022), Berlin-based British artist Jonathan Monk presents An Italian in Paris, a subtly orchestrated exploration of originality, visibility and display – even perhaps of the gallery’s own purpose. Operating one layer at the time, this new body of work begins with inkjet prints of Paris’s most iconic museum artworks: from Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa to Manet’s Olympia, Van Gogh’s self-portrait and Courbet’s L’Origine du Monde the masters are all here. Yet layered over each one, Monk places smaller, brightly coloured acrylic paintings after Salvo (1947 – 2015), giving them center stage, physically disrupting not only the frame, but also – and perhaps most frustratingly - our ability to see the “masterpieces” behind them. As if it weren’t enough, Salvo’s ... More Art Central announces dynamic and diverse programming for milestone tenth edition HONG KONG.- Art Central and its lead partner, UOB, announce today details of its creative programme ahead of its milestone tenth edition. Curated by Aaditya Sathish, the Fair’s programming champions daring new perspectives to celebrate transnational narratives. Programming highlights include a newly commissioned large-scale installation by Hong Kong artist Nadim Abbas, Performances and Lecture-performances, and an extensive Video Art programme. Art Central will be held from 26 to 30 March 2025, with VIP Preview on 25 March, at its signature Central Harbourfront location, and is financially supported by the Mega Arts and Cultural Events Fund under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. Presenting a diverse range of artistic expressions through its engaging programme, Art Central cements ... More Grounds For Sculpture receives $3 million gift from the Betty Wold Johnson Foundation HAMILTON, NJ.- Grounds For Sculpture announced a transformative $3 million dollar gift from the Betty Wold Johnson Foundation, a contribution that marks one of the largest single donations from an individual in the organization’s history. This generous endowment gift will play a crucial role in ensuring the lasting legacy of GFS and its commitment to promoting the interplay of art, nature, and wellness for the community. Betty Wold Johnson, a devoted supporter of the arts and the cousin of Seward Johnson, the visionary founder of GFS, has left an indelible mark on the institution. She was one of the most celebrated philanthropists of her generation, and her commitment to the arts and her family's legacy of creativity continue to inspire the GFS's mission to engage the public with art in nature. "We are immensely grateful to the Betty Wold Johnson Foundation ... More Annie Ernaux's intimate photographs make exhibition debut at Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi BERLIN.- Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi announces BEDROOM, CHRISTMAS MORNING an exhibition showing original hand-printed colour photographs by Annie Ernaux & Marc Marie, alongside If I Just Turn and Run (1998), a video by the late Ellen Cantor. The series of fourteen images taken by Ernaux & Marie formed the basis for their book The Use of Photography [L'Usage de la photo (Gallimard, 2005; English translation: Fitzcarraldo Editions / Seven Stories Press, 2024)]; this is the first time they have been exhibited. Born in 1940, Annie Ernaux grew up in Normandy, studied at Rouen University, and later taught at secondary school. From 1977 to 2000, she was a professor at the Centre National d’Enseignement par Correspondance. Her books, in particular The Years and Happening, have become contemporary classics in France and are also internationally ... More ICA/Boston announces recipients of the 2025 James and Audrey Foster Prize BOSTON, MASS.- Alison Croney Moses, Yorgos Efthymiadis, Damien Hoar de Galvan, and Sneha Shrestha have been named the recipients of the 2025 James and Audrey Foster Prize, the museum announced today. Their work will be presented in the 2025 James and Audrey Foster Prize Exhibition, on view from Aug. 25, 2025, through Jan. 19, 2026. Organized by Tessa Bachi Haas, Assistant Curator, the exhibition recognizes the global and local roots of each artist, and how this is reflected in their practice. “The biannual James and Audrey Foster Prize Exhibition consistently introduces audiences to the vitality of Boston’s artistic community and supports artists through exhibition, collaboration and a deepened sense of community. It is always a highly anticipated moment within our exhibition program,” said Jill Medvedow, Ellen Matilda Poss Director. “We ... More Open position: Curator at Bildmuseet-Contemporary Art and Visual Culture UMEà .- Bildmuseet seeks a curator of exhibitions, a permanent full-time position in UmeÃ¥, Sweden. The final application date is May 5, 2025. Employment begins October 10, 2025, or by agreement. Bildmuseet is one of Sweden’s foremost venues for international contemporary art, a part of UmeÃ¥ University and the public heart of its Arts campus – a campus which also includes UmeÃ¥ Academy of Fine Arts, UmeÃ¥ Institute of Design, UmeÃ¥ School of Architecture and UmArts Research Centre. Bildmuseet is a place for stimulating encounters and conversations about art, society and existence. On seven floors of striking architecture, the fields of Art, Humanities and Science combine to consider key issues of our time. Bildmuseet is a creative workplace with around twenty employees. Together we run a public exhibition and events program focused ... More Voices from Kinngait: Fort Gansevoort opens an online exhibition NEW YORK, NY.- Fort Gansevoort presents Voices from Kinngait, an online group exhibition of eight Inuit artists hailing from the Canadian Arctic. Saimaiyu Akesuk, Josie Pootoogook, Pitsiulaq Qimirpik, Ooloosie Saila, Nicotye Samayualie, Padloo Samayualie, Alasuaq Sharky, and Ningiukulu Teevee all live in Kinngait (formerly Cape Dorset), an Inuit hamlet at the southern tip of Baffin Island in the isolated territory of Nunavut. As members of the West Baffin Cooperative—an indigenous community-owned organization founded in 1959—they work alongside other multi-generational artists, who share space at the state-of-the-art Kinngait Studios, housed in Kenojuak Cultural Centre. With a dynamic selection of drawings, Voices from Kinngait showcases a new wave of contemporary Inuit artists who are reconfiguring and critically examining their positions ... More PhotoGalleries Mystery & Benevolence Anne Frank Moore and Malaparte Gauguin Flashback On a day like today, Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor Zdzislaw Beksinski died February 21, 2005. February 21, 2005. Zdzislaw Beksinski (24 February 1929 - 21 February 2005) was a Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor; specializing in the field of dystopian surrealism. In this image: Untitled drawing (1958). Photo: Zdzislaw Beksinski (copyrights inherited by Muzeum Historyczne w Sanoku). © 1996 - 2025 Founder: Ignacio Villarreal (1941 - 2019) Editor & Publisher: Jose Villarreal (52 8110667640) Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez Writer: Ofelia Zurbia Betancourt

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