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Art Basel in Hong Kong 2019 © Art Basel.
HONG KONG.- Art Basel announced the cancellation of its upcoming fair in Hong Kong due to the outbreak and spread of the new coronavirus. Art Basel Hong Kong was scheduled to take place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) from March 19 to March 21, 2020.
Following the severe outbreak of the novel coronavirus, which has recently been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization, Art Basel has no option but to cancel the upcoming edition of Art Basel Hong Kong. Numerous factors informed this decision, including: fundamental concern for the health and safety of all those working at and attending the fair; the severe logistical challenges facing the build-out and transit of artwork to the show; and the escalating difficulties complicating international travel, all arising as a result of the outbreak of the coronavirus. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg is presenting Art of the Stage: Picasso to Hockney, featuring more than 100 original stage, scene, and costume designs, as well as original costumes, created by noted artists Henri Matisse, Natalia Goncharova, Pablo Picasso, David Hockney, Robert Indiana, Lesley Dill, and a host of others. The exhibition, on view through May 10, is organized by the McNay Art Museum, and culled from its Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts. The late collector and philanthropist Robert Tobin firmly believed that "designs come to life only when they are used."
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| | Kirk Douglas, a star of Hollywood's Golden Age, dies at 103 | | Caravaggio masterpiece added to upcoming exhibition at the Kimbell | | Italy's Uffizi Gallery hails US online tout ruling |
Kirk Douglas on the set of the movie Once Is Not Enough in Central Park in New York, on April 12, 1974. Jack Manning/The New York Times.
by Robert Berkvist
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- Kirk Douglas, one of the last surviving movie stars from Hollywoods golden age, whose rugged good looks and muscular intensity made him a commanding presence in celebrated films like Lust for Life, Spartacus and Paths of Glory, died on Wednesday at his home in Beverly Hills, California. He was 103. His son actor Michael Douglas announced the death in a statement on his Facebook page. Douglas had made a long and difficult recovery from the effects of a severe stroke he suffered in 1996. In 2011, cane in hand, he came onstage at the Academy Awards ceremony, good-naturedly flirted with the co-host Anne Hathaway and jokingly stretched out his presentation of the Oscar for best supporting actress. By then, and even more so as he approached 100 and largely dropped out of sight, he was one of the last ... More | |
Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi), The Flagellation of Christ, 1607. Oil on canvas, 118 in à 92 in. Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples, coming from Naples, Church of San Domenico Maggiore (property of Fondo Edifici di Culto del Ministero degli Interni) Courtesy of Kimbell Art Museum.
FORT WORTH, TX.- The Kimbell will display Caravaggio's celebrated Flagellation of Christ as a guest of honor in the upcoming exhibition Flesh and Blood: Italian Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum. Profoundly shocking yet gently poignant, The Flagellation of Christ was painted by Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio (1571--1610), for a Naples private chapel in 1607, and for nearly fifty years it has been on view at the city's Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte. The work is among Caravaggio's most mature paintings, combining his signature tenebrism, sculptural solidity, realistic details and physical beauty. The scene contrasts the unleashed violence of the persecutors and the peaceful resignation of the suffering Christ. "We are immensely grateful to the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, one of the most spectacular collections ... More | |
Workshop of Titian, The Madonna and Child with Saint Catherine of Alexandria, 1550-60. Oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm. Uffizi Gallery, 1890 inv. no. 949.
ROME (AFP).- Italy's world-famous Uffizi Gallery on Thursday hailed a US court victory which bars "bloodsucking" ticket touts using the Italian museum's name in website domains. The Arizona court ruling bars third parties using several addresses including Uffizi.com and Uffizi.net, the museum said, hailing the "historic" ruling. Visitors to historic museums and sites around the world are frequently confronted with a plethora of websites masquerading as official sites when seeking to buy tickets online. "These websites have been exploited to date for the sale of tickets to the museum at grossly inflated prices through improper use of the name Uffizi in a deliberate attempt to trick visitors," the gallery said in a statement. "This was no mere small-time legal tussle: huge sums of money are involved in the phenomenon of online ticket touting, and it is money stolen from the community as a whole that ends up lining the pockets of the web's artful dodgers." The legal battle was with BoxNic Anstalt, ... More |
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| | The Kunsthaus Zürich devotes an exhibition to Ottilia Giacometti | | Exhibition gives a remarkable insight into the work and life of Picasso | | Decreeing classical buildings for D.C. |
Giovanni Giacometti, Pensierosa, 1913. Oil on canvas, 65 x 60 cm. Private collection.
ZURICH.- From 7 February to 3 May 2020 the Kunsthaus Zürich presents paintings, sculptures and drawings by Giovanni and Alberto Giacometti that depict Ottilia Giovannis daughter and Albertos sister. Ottilia Giacometti A portrait focuses on the least-known member of the celebrated artist family, who died at the age of just 33. Ottilia (19041937) was the only daughter of Giovanni Giacometti and Annetta Stampa and the sister of Alberto, Diego and Bruno. She is the least-known member of a family that was exceptional not just for the number of artists it produced but also for the love and harmony that pervaded it. When bringing up their children, the parents concentrated on giving them every possible opportunity to live a successful life. They allowed them to complete a training and supported them financially in all their decisions, enabling Alberto and Diego to work as artists in Paris and Bruno ... More | |
David Douglas Duncan, Pablo Picasso working on ceramic pot-head For Jacqueline, 1957, March 20th, Villa La Californie, Cannes. Vintage gelatin silver print, 10 x 6 7/8 in © David Douglas Duncan © Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2019. Courtesy the estate David Douglas Duncan.
GSTAAD.- On view at Vieux Chalet in Gstaad, Picasso Through the Lens of David Douglas Duncan gives a remarkable insight into the work and life of Picasso. Ceramics and paintings by the artist are presented in tandem with vintage photographs taken by the legendary photographer David Douglas Duncan during a period of unprecedented access to the artists studio. The works on view, created concurrently with the photographs, can be encountered as an intervention throughout the domestic spaces of the chalet. The photographs, some of which have never been exhibited before, give an intimate portrait of the artist at work and at home. The project has been organised in close collaboration with the artists son, Claude Picasso, and ... More | |
The J. Edgar Hoover Building, occupied by the FBI, is seen through a reflection in a window in Washington on Dec. 9, 2019. Jason Andrew/The New York Times
WASHINGTON (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- Should every new government building in the nations capital be created in the same style as the White House? A draft of an executive order called Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again would establish a classical style, inspired by Greek and Roman architecture, as the default for federal buildings in Washington and many throughout the country, discouraging modern design. The order, spearheaded by the National Civic Art Society, a nonprofit group that believes contemporary architecture has created a built environment that is degraded and dehumanizing, would rewrite the current rules that govern the design of office buildings, headquarters, and courthouses, or any federal building project contracted through the General Services Administration that costs over $50 million. For too long architectural elites and bureaucrats have derided the idea ... More |
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| | US museum targets gender gap by acquiring only works by women | | Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art opens the first exhibition of 19th century photographer Lai Fong | | Magritte, Lempicka and Grosz steal the show in London |
Lorna Simpson. Gold Head K1. 2011. The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection. © Lorna Simpson. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York.
BALTIMORE (AFP).- An American museum has come up with a bold way to boost women's participation in the arts: this year it will only acquire works by females. The Baltimore Museum of Art, in the state of Maryland, is best known for housing the largest public collection of Matisse works anywhere in the world. Late last year it attracted major press attention with word that in 2020 it would only purchase works by women, drawing both praise and skepticism. "I think it's a radical and timely decision in 2020, to take the bull by the horns and do this," the museum's director Christopher Bedford told AFP. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the US constitution, which gave women the right to vote. It also gave the museum pause to do some soul-searching: of its 95,000 works, only four percent are by women artists, says Bedford. "We're an institution largely built by women leaders," he said. ... More | |
Lai Fong (Afong). Portrait of an Official.1870s. Courtesy of the Loewentheil Collection.
ITHACA, NY.- Rare early photographs of China by the Chinese photographer Lai Fong, from the Loewentheil Photography of China Collection, are being exhibited for the first time at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University. 黎芳 Lai Fong (c.18391890): Photographer of China runs from 6 February 2020 to 14 June 2020. Admission is free. The landmark exhibition, 黎芳 Lai Fong (c.18391890): Photographer of China presents nearly 50 Lai Fong photographs made in the 1870s and 1880s of China. The photographs have been selected from the renowned Loewentheil Collection, which includes more than 21,000 early photographs of China. The exhibition features magnificent views of a rapidly growing Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Fuzhou, and Xiamen, and important early portraits of the diverse people of late Qing Dynasty China. The leading Chinese photographer of the 19th century, Lai likely began his ... More | |
Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980), Portrait de Marjorie Ferry, painted in 1932. Oil on canvas. 39⅜ x 25⅝ in (100 x 65 cm). Sold for £16,280,000 on 5 February 2020 at Christies in London.
LONDON.- The Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale and The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale brought the curtain up on the 20th Century season auctions at Christies in London, realising a combined £106,825,576 / $138,873,249. The top lot of the night was René Magrittes A la rencontre du plaisir, which sold for £18,933,750 (including buyers premium). Painted in 1962, the work combines several of Magrittes most iconic motifs, and was purchased directly from the artist shortly after its creation. It had remained in the same family collection for over 50 years before being offered at auction for the first time in its history. The second highest price came with Tamara de Lempickas Portrait de Marjorie Ferry, which produced a sustained bidding battle before selling for £16,280,000 a new world auction record for the artist. Marjorie Ferry was a British-born cabaret singer in ... More |
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| | Zilia Sánchez's island of erotic forms | | Antony Hudek is the new director of the museum Dhondt-Dhaenens in Deurle | | Wright & Wright Architects appointed to design new collections centre at Pallant House Gallery |
Zilia Sánchezs Lunar con Tatuaje (Moon with Tattoo), which features two semicircular canvases with raised half-moons in the middle, in her retrospective Soy Isla (I Am an Island) at El Museo del Barrio in New York. Ike Edeani/The New York Times.
by Jillian Steinhauer
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- We live in a frenzied time. Political turmoil, digital distraction, and each social or economic crisis after the next are constantly on the verge of overwhelming our minds and senses. In the midst of all this, art can be a form of refuge a way to not exactly escape the world but to slow it down. And right now, I can think of no better creative haven than time spent with the biomorphic, beguiling, and unabashedly sensual work of Zilia Sánchez, whose first museum retrospective in New York is on view at El Museo del Barrio. The Cuban-born Sánchez, who will turn 94 this summer, has spent some 50 years making abstract, shaped, sculptural paintings, and is still at work. While modern art has a firmly established tradition of objects that simultaneously hang on the wall ... More | |
Antony Hudek, born in Geneva in 1976 and resident in Ghent, Hudek is the former director of the art space Objectif Exhibitions in Antwerp and was until now the Director of Curatorial Studies. Image by Rik Vannevel.
DEURLE.- The Board of Directors of the museum Dhondt-Dhaenens has appointed Antony Hudek as the new general director of the museum Dhondt-Dhaenens. From 17 February 2020, Hudek will take over the role of general management from Joost Declercq, who has led the museum for more than ten years and is now on retirement. Born in Geneva in 1976 and resident in Ghent, Hudek is the former director of the art space Objectif Exhibitions in Antwerp and was until now the Director of Curatorial Studies a collaborative post-Masters programme that is shared between the KASK-School of Arts in Ghent, S.M.A.K., and the University of Ghent. He has previously worked as a curator in museums such as TATE Liverpool and M HKA (Antwerp), and at the Raven Row Gallery in London. In addition to his experience as a publisher, curator and researcher, Hudek also holds a doctorate in art history from the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of ... More | |
Wright & Wrights scope is to create a new collections centre in the Coach House to better preserve the gallerys internationally celebrated collection of Modern British art. © Christopher Ison / Pallant House Gallery.
CHICHESTER.- Pallant House Gallery has appointed award-winning practice Wright & Wright Architects to create a new collections centre and improve the visitor experience at their site in Chichester, UK. The London-based practice, which is known for its expertise in archives, libraries and galleries, was selected to lead the multi-disciplinary design team having been selected from a five-strong shortlist following an OJEU process. The other four shortlisted practices were Baines and Mitchell, Carmody Groake, HAT Projects, and ZMMA. With a strong community programme and the desire to improve and expand facilities whilst providing greater accessibility for both visitors and staff, the gallery instigated the process following the recent acquisition of a 19th century Coach House. Wright & Wrights scope is to create a new collections centre in the Coach House to better preserve the gallerys internationally celebrated collection of Modern Br ... More |
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A new monumental sculpture to join LOVE in Indianapolis Museum of Art galleries
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.- The Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields announces the addition of a monumental abstract sculpture to its contemporary collection, Fletcher Bentons (1931-2019) Folded Circle Dynamic Rhythms Red Phase III (1973). The monumental sculpture will be a permanent addition to the Pulliam Family Great Hall, framed by Robert Irwins Light and Space III (2008). Bentons dynamic sculpture is constructed from two, red-painted aluminum half-circles placed perpendicularly to each other, with a polished stainless steel band around the edges. A vertical, kinetic element features colored acrylic panels that move back and forth, creating rhythmic, color changes. An abstract homage to the ancient Greek sculptor Polykleitos, the shape and scale of the work calls attention to the importance of spatial orientation and our understanding of ... More
Scenographic, conceptual, and curatorial concerns coincide in new exhibition at Kunsthalle Basel
BASEL.- Invited to stage an exhibition at Kunsthalle Basel, artist Nick Mauss has conceived Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc. in which scenographic, conceptual, and curatorial concerns coincide. The act is in keeping with Mausss longstanding interest in the form of the exhibition as an artistic medium in its own right. Bizarre Silks unfolds as a series of unexpected encounters in which the artist draws out each artworks distinct presence while heightening the relationships between them. Here, as in so many of his exhibitions, Mauss deliberately reacts to the conditions of a given space, paying attention to pacing and architecture, as well as creating devices for display, framing, and visual obstruction, which include a folding screen and a series of painted thresholds that reorient the viewers approach to what, and how, they ... More
Stephen Friedman Gallery presents exhibition of new works by Kendell Geers
LONDON.- Stephen Friedman Gallery presents Love, By Any Means Necessary, a solo exhibition of new works by South African artist and curator Kendell Geers who lives and works in Brussels. This follows his recent solo show at Rua Red, Dublin and the exhibition Incarnations: African Art as Philosophy that he curated at Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR), Brussels in 2019. The exhibition is accompanied by a booklet and a commissioned essay by Yala Kisukidi, Philosopher and Curator of Yango II Biennale, Kinshasa 2020. The title of the exhibition derives from the protest movements of the 1960s and is inspired by a statement by Malcolm X about the use of violence in political liberation. At the centre of the exhibition is a large-scale black and white neon spelling out ... More
White Cube announces representation of New York-based artist Julie Curtiss
LONDON.- White Cube announces representation of New York-based artist Julie Curtiss (b. 1982, Paris). Curtiss is a painter and sculptor who exposes and reworks female archetypes through a sense of the uncanny. She first exhibited at White Cube in 2017 as part of Dreamers Awake, a major group exhibition that explored the enduring influence of Surrealism through the work of women artists. Employing a highly stylized visual language, Curtiss draws on the history of figurative painting in her work; from the Chicago Imagists and 18th and 19th century French painters, to the 'pop' imagery of comic books, manga and illustration. Her subject matter centres on the female body, through deconstructed and fragmented details like heads or legs, or through symbols of stereotyped femininity. In a similar manner to Post-Impressionist painters, Curtiss mines her subjects ... More
Claes Oldenburg, Robert Motherwell, and Wayne Thiebaud at the Mystic Museum of Art
MYSTIC, CT.- The Mystic Museum of Art is fortunate to have significant holdings in its permanent collection. The collection includes artwork by the institutions founding members and artists that also played a role in MMoAs development from Art Association to Art Center. Works by Charles Davis, Ward Ranger, Harve Stein, and Yngve Soderberg constitute the core of our collections. Local contemporary artists like Dan Truth, Charles Chu, and Sarah Stifler Lucas may also be found in the collection. For MMoA to complete its transition to Museum status as an anchor institution in this region, it must further diversify and expand its permanent collection. Recent art donations from MMoA community members bring us thrillingly closer to this goal. MMoA is featuring the donations in the special exhibition, Gifts to the Museum, in MMoAs Liebig Gallery ... More
Nello Santi, conductor with his heart in Italian opera, dies at 88
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- Nello Santi, a conductor who was one of the most authoritative interpreters of Italian opera, especially the works of Giuseppe Verdi, and a podium favorite of singers and orchestra players, died on Thursday at his home in Zurich. He was 88. His death was confirmed by his manager, Robert Lombardo, who said Santi had been treated for a blood infection. In the podium Santi upheld a traditionalist approach that called for close adherence to the score and a gentle but firm insistence that singers avoid exaggerated flights of coloratura and prolonged showstopping high notes. At his best, he achieved great clarity from his musicians, conducting scores with insight and a deep understanding of voices. Orchestras under his direction rarely drowned out singers, even those with lighter voices. Cutting a portly figure and wielding ... More
The North Carolina Museum of Art welcomed 718,102 visitors in 2019
RALEIGH, NC.- The North Carolina Museum of Art welcomed 718,102 visitors to its campus in 2019, its highest annual attendance since the opening of West Building in 2010. Special exhibition Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, ticketed with Scott Avett: Invisible and presented by Bank of America, attracted 98,104 visitors, making it the fifth most-visited exhibition in Museum history, behind You Are Here: Light, Color, and Sound Experiences from 2018; The Worlds of M. C. Escher: Nature, Science, and Imagination from 2015; Rembrandt in America from 2011; and Monet in Normandy from 2006. The popularity of Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism is no surprise, said Susi H. Hamilton, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. The ... More
Hemingway and Kerouac typewriters will headline University Archives auction
WESTPORT, CONN.- Manual typewriters owned and used by Ernest Hemingway and Jack Kerouac, plus items relating to Tchaikovsky, Houdini and aviation, are just a few expected top lots in University Archives next big online auction scheduled for Wednesday, February 26th, starting promptly at 10:30 am Eastern time. In total, 288 lots are scheduled to come up for bid. The catalog has already been posted online and bidding is available via LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and Auctionzip.com. Telephone and absentee bids will also be accepted. Folks can visit the website and browse the full color catalog now, at www.UniversityArchives.com. The auction is packed with unique relics, photos, autographs, books and ephemera in a wide range of collecting categories. In the literary category alone, there are six lots pertaining to Hemingway ... More
The Gallery at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design opens an exhibition of works by Ana Vizcarra Rankin
LANCASTER, PA.- The Gallery at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design presents a solo exhibition by Ana Vizcarra Rankin, a mixed media artist and painter of cartography. Butterfly Effect will be on display February 7, 2020 through April 12, 2020. An Artist Talk will be held on Friday, February 7 at 12:00 p.m. and an Artist Reception will take place during Lancasters First Friday event from 5:00-8:00 p.m. that evening. Rankins work formally explores scientific research topics, philosophical thought, and migrating movements. Using both micro and macro perspectives of the world and space, the artist creates maps that investigate reframing binary imaginations and theories of chaos. Incorporating a variety of methods for plotting and communicating spatial information, the exhibit includes Rankins constellation and world maps, global flight trackers, and ... More
Zimmerli to close during summer of 2020 for building improvements
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ.- The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers has announced a plan to close to the public starting May 18 through August 31, 2020, to carry out structural renovations to the front entrance and terrace, as well as corresponding internal spaces. Museum programming, including Summer Art Camp, will be relocated to partner locations throughout the summer, with details to be announced in the spring. In addition, PaparazZi Café will be closed during this time. The Zimmerli will welcome back visitors at the start of the new Rutgers semester on September 1, 2020, keeping doors open until 9 p.m. for its popular Art After Hours: First Tuesdays social event. Zimmerli director Thomas Sokolowski said, This is a perfect opportunity for the museum to update the front terrace, creating a more welcoming gathering space for all visitors and enhancing ... More
David Roberts Art Foundation announces plans for expansion to Scotland and UK regions for 2020
LONDON.- David Roberts Art Foundation announced that a key part of the organisations 2020 programme will take place in Scotland, launching with an event on the opening night of Glasgow International (23 April 2020). DRAF - a London based non-profit organisation founded by Scottish art collector David Roberts - will, in 2020, build upon previous successful collaborations outside London. The main focus will be Scotland, to strengthen existing links with organisations in Glasgow, Edinburgh and others to be announced. For the launch of GI, DRAF will present a series of performances at SWG3, a large warehouse space in Glasgow, by internationally recognised artists, all of whom have worked with DRAF before and are part of its history of developing dynamic live work. The programme includes the UK premiere of a new work by Paul Maheke, commissioned ... More
Allentown Art Museum celebrates colorful history of Durham Press
ALLENTOWN, PA.- The Allentown Art Museum is marking thirty years of innovative and experimental printmaking in a striking new special exhibition focused on works on paper created at nearby Durham Press. Color & Complexity: 30 Years at Durham Press not only features outstanding prints but also reveals aspects of the fine-art printing process through the display of blocks and matrixes next to finished works. The exhibition opened on January 19 and continues through May 3, 2020. Founded in 1988 by master printer Jean-Paul Russell and co-owned with partner and wife Ann Marshall, the Bucks County, Pennsylvania, workshop and publisher is internationally recognized. In collaborating with artists, Durham Press develops unique methods to suit each project, whether that involves creating hundreds of intricately carved and shaped woodblocks ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, English painter Margaret Fownes-Luttrell was born February 07, 1726. Margaret Fownes-Luttrell (7 February 1726 - 13 August 1766) was an English artist and wife of Henry Fownes Luttrell. Two of her paintings are part of the Dunster Castle collection, now property of the National Trust. She was the heiress of Dunster Castle, under the stipulation in her father's will that her husband should take the additional surname of Luttrell. Four portraits of her exist in Dunster castle and a fifth at Bathealton Court. In this image: Margaret Luttrell (1726 - 1766), Mrs Henry Fownes Luttrell.
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