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Technician Mark Mitchell prepping the Nodosaur.
MIAMI (AFP).- An extraordinarily well-preserved 110-million-year-old dinosaur found in a mine pit in Canada now has a name and evidence of a troubled past, researchers said Thursday. With fossilized skin and scales, the dragon-like creature is actually a new kind of nodosaur, coined Borealopelta markmitchelli, after the museum technician Mark Mitchell who spent more than 7,000 hours painstakingly removing rock from around the specimen. The report in the journal Current Biology described it as "the best-preserved armored dinosaur ever found, and one of the best dinosaur specimens in the world." The 18-foot-long (5.5 meter) creature was first discovered in 2011 by a mining machine operator named Shawn Funk, who was working at the Suncor Millennium Mine in Alberta. The entire animal would have weighed more than 2,800 pounds (1,300 kilograms). The portion recovered spans from the snout to the hips. Unlike most dinosaur specimens, which consist of skeletons ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day An employee shows the main 51.38-carat round-cut diamond, the Dynasty, from Russian diamond miner Alrosa's Dynasty polished diamonds collection in Moscow on August 3, 2017. The collection of five polished stones was manufactured from a 179-carat Romanovs rough diamond, extracted at the company's Nyurbinskaya kimberlite pipe in Russia's far northeast region of Yakutia in 2015. Alrosa plans to sell the whole collection in one set at a special online auction in November with the starting price not less than $10 million, according to the company's CEO Ivanov. Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP
| Exhibition presents 3D printed portraits derived from the DNA extracted from Chelsea E. Manning | | Scientists identify new prehistoric sea predator with spines to spare | | Unprecedented exhibition highlights the artistry and technical virtuosity of glassmakers in the ancient world |
Heather Dewey-Hagborg & Chelsea E. Manning Probably Chelsea, 2017. Thirty 3d prints. Dimensions Variable. Thirty possible Chelseas generated algorithmically from her DNA. Edition 1 of 3.
NEW YORK, NY.- Fridman Gallery is presenting A Becoming Resemblance, an exhibition by Heather Dewey-Hagborg and Chelsea E. Manning, investigating emerging technologies of genomic identity construction and our societal moment. In 2015, Heather began to produce 3D printed portraits derived from the DNA extracted from cheek swabs and hair clippings Chelsea mailed out of prison. Incarcerated since her gender transition and subject to a strict policy on visitation, Chelseas image was suppressed from 2013 until her release from prison in May this year. The artistic collaboration with Heather gave Chelsea back a form of visibility, a human face she had been denied. As Chelsea described the collaboration: Prisons try very hard to make us inhuman and unreal by denying ... More | |
Capinatator reconstruction. © ROM.
TORONTO.- Scientists have identified a small marine predator that once patrolled the ocean floor and grabbed its prey with 50 spines that it deployed from its head. Named Capinatator praetermissus, this ancient creature is roughly ten centimeters long and represents a new genus and species. It is related to species that are found in present-day plankton. Scientists from the Royal Ontario Museum and Yale University made the identification based on 50 specimens from the fossil-rich Burgess Shale in British Columbia. This is the most significant fossil discovery about the chaetognath group of animals to date, says Derek Briggs, Yales G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Geology and Geophysics and curator at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Briggs is lead author along with co-author Dr. Jean-Bernard Caron of a study published in Current Biology about this discovery. Jean-Bernard Caron, Senior Curator of Invertebrate Palaeon ... More | |
Honeycomb Beaker, Roman, Eastern Mediterranean or Western Empire, 4th century A.D. Cast and free-blown glass, H. 4 5/8 à DIAM. 4 ¾ in. (11.7 à 12.1 cm). Yale University Art Gallery, Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Bequest of Mrs. William H. Moore, 1955.6.71
NEW HAVEN, CONN.- The Yale University Art Gallery announces the opening of Drink That You May Live: Ancient Glass from the Yale University Art Gallery. The museum is home to one of the most comprehensive collections of ancient glass in the United Statesencompassing a wide variety of precious objects, from small core-formed Egyptian cosmetic containers to elaborately decorated free-blown Roman vessels but this rich assemblage has never before been the subject of a dedicated exhibition. Drink That You May Live showcases approximately 130 pieces from the Gallerys holdings, many of which are on display for the first time. The exhibition draws from the fields of art history, ... More |
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| Masterpiece by Thomas Gainsborough to be subject of two-year conservation project | | Princeton Architectural Press to publish 'Joan Miró: I Work Like a Gardener' | | Schantz Galleries exhibits Bertil Vallien's signature sand-cast glass works |
Thomas Gainsborough (17271788), The Blue Boy, (ca. 1770), oil on canvas, 70 5/8 x 48 3/4 in. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
SAN MARINO, CA.- One of the most famous paintings in British and American history, The Blue Boy, made around 1770 by English painter Thomas Gainsborough (17271788), will undergo its first major technical examination and conservation treatment. Project Blue Boy begins on Aug. 8, 2017, when the life-size image of a young man in an iconic blue satin costume will go off public view for preliminary conservation analysis until Nov. 1. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, home to The Blue Boy since its acquisition by founder Henry E. Huntington in 1921, will conduct the conservation project over a two-year period. The final part of the project will largely take place in public view, during a year-long exhibition, also called Project Blue Boy, presented from Sept. 2018 to ... More | |
This treasure remains the most direct and comprehensive record of Mirós ideas on art. Maria Popova.
NEW YORK, NY.- In 1958, artist Joan Miró and critic Yvon Taillandier sat down for an in-depth discussion on Mirós life and work. Their conversation, one of the most illuminating and insightful looks into Mirós philosophy and creative process, was first published in a limited edition in 1964. This beautiful new volume presents an updated English translation of Mirós invaluable text. In addition to Taillandiers original foreword, a new preface by preeminent Miró scholar Robert Lubar provides wider context and insight. An appendix includes the original French text in its entirety. Joan Miró: I Work Like a Gardener brings to life the words and works of one of the most beloved and influential artists of the twentieth century. An artwork must be fertile. It must give birth to a world. Whether you see it in the flowers, people, or horses matters little as long as it reveals a wor ... More | |
Bertil Vallien, Janus Y, 2017, cast glass, 8 x 9 3/8 x 5.25". Photo: Göran Ãrtegren.
STOCKBRIDGE, MASS.- From the Crystal Kingdom in Sweden to Schantz Galleries in Stockbridge, comes this exhibition of Valliens signature sand-cast glass works reflecting the artists thoughtful exploration of the multi-faceted relationship of the human journey. Bertil Valliens focus on looking inward is achieved in myriad ways, one of which is his unique glassmaking technique. A leader in the Swedish glass industry for more than 40 years, Vallien formulated his own method for casting glass in sand that creates depth and radiance in the material. Artworks are driven not by their final appearancealthough their visual impact is stunningbut rather by their content. Valliens preparatory sketches are carefully considered blueprints of both the external form and the inner details. Layersboth physical and psychologicalare created through a multistep process. Surface textures result from the imprint of objec ... More |
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| Russian miner to auction off huge 51-carat diamond | | Kaeli Deane promoted to Head of Department, Americas, for Latin American Art | | Art Aspen returns with 30 galleries showcasing modern and contemporary art |
An employee shows the main 51.38-carat round-cut diamond, the Dynasty, among other gems from Russian diamond miner Alrosas Dynasty polished diamonds collection in Moscow. Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP.
MOSCOW (AFP).- Russian mining giant Alrosa is set to auction off a huge 51-carat "Dynasty" diamond and four other high-purity diamonds with a starting price of $10 million, the company says. The five-diamond collection seen by AFP correspondents on Thursday was cut from a 179-carat rough diamond discovered in 2015 in one of the state-owned company's mines in the Sakha region of eastern Siberia. Alrosa, Russia's top diamond producer, calls the 51.38-carat gem that is the centrepiece of the collection "the largest and purest diamond cut in the history of Russian jewellery making". "All five diamonds were manufactured from one rough diamond, which is an exceptional case. It took a year and a half to create the collection," Alrosa's president Sergei Ivanov said in a statement. The largest diamond in the collection was named in honour ... More | |
Prior to being named Head of Department, Ms. Deane was a Specialist and Head of Sale in Phillips Latin American Art Department, which has grown exponentially in recent years. Image courtesy of Phillips.
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips announced that Kaeli Deane has been promoted to Vice President and Head of Department, Americas, for Latin American Art. The promotion reflects the extraordinary growth of the Phillips Latin American Art Department and its increasing importance to the companys global growth strategy. Prior to being named Head of Department, Ms. Deane was a Specialist and Head of Sale in Phillips Latin American Art Department, which has grown exponentially in recent years. During her tenure, Phillips has made a concerted effort to promote living artists and female artists on an international scale, leading to record-breaking sales for artists such as Carmen Herrera, Doris Salcedo and Olga de Amaral. In her new role, she will be responsible for overseeing ... More | |
Michael Gregory, Hollow Road, 2016. Oil on panel, 49.5 x 41.5 in. Courtesy of Nancy Hoffman Gallery.
ASPEN, CO.- Art Aspen, the citys first and only art fair dedicated to contemporary art work, returns to the Aspen Ice Garden August 3-6, featuring approximately 30 of the countrys preeminent art galleries, showcasing pieces from 1950-present. Now in its seventh year, galleries taking part in Art Aspen are showcased in an elegant and unique boutique-style setting with the spectacular Ajax Mountain as the backdrop, providing the ideal environment for collectors, art patrons and VIPs to mix and mingle while experiencing this dynamic marketplace for important art. Curators, collectors, and art enthusiasts will want to mark their calendars and make plans to attend Art Aspen, Aspens first and only art fair dedicated to contemporary art. Attendees to the 2017 Fair will have the opportunity to discover museum-quality pieces, as well as the latest works from established and up-and-coming artists. The fair will ... More |
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| ClampArt opens first solo exhibition with Michael Crouser | | World Monuments Fund to restore Kumamoto earthquake damage | | 'Where Do We Stand? Two Years of Drawing with Open Sessions' opens at the Drawing Center |
Michael Crouser, Cathedral, Burns, Colorado, 2012, Toned gelatin silver print, Courtesy of ClampArt, New York City. © Michael Crouser.
NEW YORK, NY.- ClampArt announces Michael Crouser: Mountain Ranchthe artists first solo exhibition with the gallery. In the snowy early spring of 2006, photographer Michael Crouser was invited to Sweetwater Ranch in Northwestern Colorado by his friends Matt and Hope Kapsner. They thought the artist might be interested in documenting their neighboring ranchers during calving season. Initially reluctant about making the trip, once he arrived, Crouser soon was pleasantly surprised to find the fourth-, fifth-, and even sixth-generation ranchers he met kind and welcoming, and he soon was intrigued and inspired by their work and the authentic if sometimes austere way of life he observed. Traveling back to the mountain ranch over nearly a decade, Crouser found himself drawn not to the ways in which ranching life and work had changed over the years, but rather the constancy. He writes: There ... More | |
Natural PH under restoration. Photo: Courtesy World Monuments Fund.
NEW YORK, NY.- World Monuments Fund announced today their partnership with Kumamoto Machinami Trust (KMT) supporting local community efforts in Kumamoto Castle Town, Japan, to restore several iconic structures damaged by the Kumamoto Earthquake in April 2016. World Monuments Funds efforts are made possible by a generous grant from the Freeman Foundation. About 350 historic buildings essential to the towns historic streetscape sustained damage in the 2016 earthquake. Some were demolished in the aftermath of the disaster, leaving many of the approximately 300 structures that remained at great risk of demolition. WMF initially joined ICOMOS Japan in an on-site field study in May 2016 to understand priorities and conservation needs, and will now assist KMT in their restoration efforts. Kumamoto Castle Town, known also as Shinmachi-Furumachi, dates back over 400 years to the well-known Kumamoto ... More | |
Rodrigo Valenzuela, Hedonic Reveral No 14, 2014. Archival pigment print, 54 x 44 inches. Courtesy the artist and Envoy Enterprises.
NEW YORK, NY.- Where Do We Stand? Two Years of Drawing with Open Sessions is the second whole-group exhibition of the Open Sessions program. The exhibition gives the museum over to an exploration of contemporary drawing that encompasses video, sculpture, photography, and installation, as well as traditional drawing forms. Where Do We Stand? places drawing at the center of conversation around temporary, jerry-rigged, and heterogeneous urban spaces from Houston to Paris to Vietnam. It looks at the potential of ruin and rebuilding in the desert, the suburbs and the city, and considers both saturation and secrecy in relation to images, language, and architecture. Rodrigo Valenzuelas photographs of building materialswhich appear to be ruined interiors or the epic aftermath of an earthquakealter the perception of scale; Eric Ramos Guerreros graphite and ink drawings of ... More |
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Cambridge glass in the Wildflower pattern will be featured in an Aug. 19 on-site auction in Florida
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLA. .- The lifetime single-owner collections of Kenneth and Joan Cole a wide array of items, to include Cambridge glass in the Wildflower pattern, 100+ cake plates, crystal and cut glass compotes, hand-painted china, quilts and more will be sold on-site, Saturday, August 19th, at the Coles residence in the Woodlawn subdivision, at 423 Bayshore. In addition to the abovementioned items, the collections also include fabrics and fine linens from different countries, teapots, sterling silver, dolls, cookbooks and needlepoint books and yarns. Also being sold is a Cigar Store Indian the couple acquired from The Indian Trader in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The life-size figure was carved by the late artisan Ralph Gallager in the 1990s. Many of the items were gathered from around the world over the course of several decades. Mr. Coles work ... More
British actor Robert Hardy dies aged 91
Actor Robert Hardy, a familiar face on British television who also played the minister of magic in the Harry Potter franchise, has died aged 91, his family announced on Thursday. "It is with great sadness that the family of Robert Hardy CBE today announced his death, following a tremendous life: a giant career in theatre, television and film spanning more than 70 years," a statement from his children Emma, Justine and Paul said. They added: "Gruff, elegant, twinkly, and always dignified, he is celebrated by all who knew him and loved him, and everyone who enjoyed his work." Born in 1925, Hardy started his career at 24 in a stage adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Coriolanus", the first of many theatre roles. He was also part of several long-standing television shows, including the BBC's famed "All Creatures Great and Small", which ran for 12 years. The Bafta-nominated ... More
With Qatar in crisis, 'Tamim the Glorious' rises as national emblem
DUBAI.- As Qatar finds itself at the centre of a diplomatic storm, a young artist has shot to stardom with a sketch of the emir -- now the emblem of Qatari nationalism. In the capital Doha, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani's face is everywhere, thanks to a silhouette of the ruler's profile and the slogan "Tamim al-majd" -- Arabic for "Tamim the Glorious" -- on bumpers, shop windows, concrete walls and mobile phone cases. "I have no words to describe what I feel when I see my illustration everywhere," says Ahmed al-Maadheed, who created his design hours after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut ties with Qatar on June 5 for its alleged support for Islamist extremism and ties to Iran. Qatar has denied the allegations. "It's a gift from God to have the honour to draw his majesty's portrait and have it become a symbol", Maadheed told AFP in Doha. ... More
Historic Massachusetts cotton mill helps restore one of the world's most iconic buildings
GLASGOW.- A former Cotton Mill in Lowell, Massachusetts has come to the aid of one of the worlds most iconic buildings it was revealed today, 3 August 2017. The celebrated Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art (affectionately known as the Mack) suffered a major fire three years ago, and whilst the majority of the building was saved the famous library and Japanese-inspired Studio 58 above it were lost. In 2016 a section of The Picker Building, one of the last structures built as part of the historic Massachusetts Cotton Mills complex, was being demolished (as part of the programme to convert the building into affordable residential apartments). High-quality southern yellow pine timber was carefully reclaimed from the building by Cambridge MA based Longleaf Lumber. Meanwhile, in Glasgow the Mackintosh Building restoration team was searching ... More
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents a work of public art by architect Claude Cormier
MONTREAL.- A whirlwind of colours lights up the Sculpture Garden of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts this summer with TOM IV: FLOWER POWER, a work of public art displayed along Du Musée Avenue until October 29th. Highlighting the 375th anniversary of Montréal and the 50th anniversary of Expo 67, this installation created by the landscape architect Claude Cormier is a paean to creativity and the psychedelic spirit of the sixties. TOM IV is over 57 m long and consists of 15,000 temporary overlay markers (TOMs) in 10 colours that shimmer like fireworks. Punctuated by circular benches that invite visitors to take possession of the space, it extends the circuit of the exhibition of public art La Balade pour la Paix displayed along Sherbrooke Street West between the sector of the MMFA and Concordia University and the sector of McCord Museum and McGill University ... More
New Orleans Museum of Art welcomes Curator of Programs
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Allison Reid, Deputy Director for Interpretation and Audience Engagement at the New Orleans Museum of Art, has announced Erin M. Greenwald as Curator of Programs. As the first person to serve in this new position at NOMA, Greenwald will primarily be responsible for advancing the museums role as a cultural convener within the community and a catalyst for critical discourse surrounding the arts and society. Greenwald will curate learning opportunities and engagement with visitors throughout the museum through meaningful programs, events, and collaborations on the local, national and international level. "As Curator of Programs at the New Orleans Museum of Art, I look forward to working with NOMA staff and community collaborators to develop dynamic, interdisciplinary programs that celebrate arts and culture and embrace the rich diversity ... More
Dual exhibition featuring contemporary artists on view at UNIX Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- UNIX Gallery is presenting New Territory, a dual exhibition featuring contemporary artists, Tom McFarland and Josh Rowell. The show features brand new paintings and compelling works never before seen in the gallery. New Territory runs from July 27 through September 1, 2017 at UNIX Gallery, 532 West 24th Street. McFarlands string paintings echo the way thoughts bounce around ideas and memories. The string is attached to anchor points around the edges of the stretcher bars. It runs across the surface of the work, ties into other points and continues, eventually connecting all the other points. Individual paths add up together to make a canvas that gives depth, structure, and overall form to the work. Because every detail in the work is visible, every element on display, the viewer can consider each string separately, its color, how it is attached, ... More
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art opens exhibition of works by Mark Francis
CHICAGO, IL.- Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art announces the opening of Mark Francis: Sculptures form the Inside, an exhibition in its on-site pop-up space, Thursday, August 3. Over more than 25 years of incarceration (1986-2014) for a murder conviction, Marvin (Mark) Francis taught himself to create fantastical papier-mâché sculptures of dramatic scenes and visions from inside prison. Using limited materials available--including toilet paper, crushed ramen noodles, nail clippers, paper clips and, eventually, mail-order wooden dowel rods--he depicted the social, emotional and psychological impacts of his life behind bars. Mark Francis: Sculptures from the Inside examines a range of emotions and experiences from his time in Kentucky state penitentiaries over more than two and half decades through eight sculptures, including the centerpiece, ... More
LL Cool J to become Kennedy Center's first hip-hop honoree
WASHINGTON (AFP).- Rapper LL Cool J is set to become the first hip-hop artist to be celebrated at the Kennedy Center Honors, one of America's top awards in the arts that marks its 40th anniversary this year. Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan, soul singer Lionel Richie, television writer and producer Norman Lear, and dancer and choreographer Carmen de Lavallade are the other 2017 honorees, organizers announced Thursday. The awards ceremony at the Kennedy Center will take place on December 3 and will be the first under President Donald Trump. Traditionally, the honorees are received at the White House before the event. LL Cool J, whose real name is James Todd Smith, was hailed by Kennedy Center chairman David Rubenstein for having "taught the world how to rhyme as one of the pioneers of the Hip Hop phenomenon." The 49-year-old New Yorker ... More
Moniker Art Fair triples in size to meet unprecedented growth in urban art collecting
LONDON.- Moniker Art Fairs eighth edition will consolidate its position as the leading global art fair dedicated to urban art and its related subcultures, welcoming a wave of existing and new collectors keen to collect and interact with the art worlds fastest-growing contemporary sector. Since its bold inception in 2010, Moniker has observed and encouraged urban arts surge in popularity which has become a steadily growing source of value for top collectors. Each exhibitor has been handpicked by Moniker to present a pre-approved and market-tested collection of works that see huge investment opportunities, and a unique experience for collectors that has earned the fair its reputation among art fans, collectors circles and critics alike. As emerging artists have become household names, the value of work has noticeably increased. Monikers proven track record of investment successes ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French designer Louis Vuitton was born August 04, 1821. Louis Vuitton (4 August 1821 - 27 February 1892), was the founder of the world-famous Louis Vuitton brand of leather goods now owned by LVMH. Prior to this, he had been appointed as trunk-maker to Empress Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Napoleon. In this image: In the courtyard of the Asnières workshops, around 1888, Louis, Georges and Gaston L. Vuitton (sitting on a Bed trunk) © LOUIS VUITTON ARCHIVES.
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