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French President Francois Hollande (C), Netherlands' King Willem-Alexander (3rdR) and Queen Maxima (2ndR) look at the two new Rembrandt's paintings during their visit of the Louvre Museum in Paris, on March 10, 2016. This visit highlights the acquisition by the Museum of two Rembrandt's paintings in a conjoint operation with the Rijksmuseum and is part of a two days state visit. ETIENNE LAURENT / POOL / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- French President Francois Hollande and the Dutch king and queen on Thursday viewed two rare Rembrandts jointly bought by the Louvre and Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum to avoid a bidding war between their two countries. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima, who are on an official visit to France, got an advance look at the 17th-century paintings which have rarely been seen in public, before their unveiling at the Louvre later in the day. France and the Netherlands in February sealed a historic 160 million euro ($174 million) deal to buy two of the Dutch master's works from the Rothschild banking family. Wrangling over the two full-length portraits, of an affluent young couple painted by the Dutch master around the time of their wedding in 1634, had threatened to sour relations between the two European allies. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day NEW YORK.- Kaikodo LLC's exhibition during Asia Week New York, "Embracing Antiquity", the thirty-second since 1996, is intended to honor the twentieth anniversary of their opening for business in New York. In this image: Underglaze-Blue & Red Decorated Porcelain Bowl. D: 19.7 cm. (7 3/4 in.) (make the fractions the same size in type). H: 9.2 cm. (3 5/8 in.). Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, 1662-1722. Photo: Courtesy of Kaikodo LLC
| Mauritshuis acquires rare floral still-life by the 17th-century painter Roelant Savery | | Pele to auction off more than 2,000 items of memorabilia at Julien's Auctions | | US art market reports highest ever level of sales while overall global market values fall |
Roelant Savery (1576-1639), Vase of Flowers in a Stone Niche, 1615. Mauritshuis, The Hague. Acquired with the support of the BankGiro Lottery, the Rembrandt Association (thanks to her Fund for 17th-century Painting) and a private individual, 2016.
MAASTRICHT.- The Mauritshuis has acquired a masterpiece by the 17th-century painter Roelant Savery (1576 1639) for 6.5 million, thanks to the generous support of the BankGiro Lottery, the Rembrandt Association and a private individual. The painting, Vase of Flowers in a Stone Niche (1615), was destined to be on display at Tefaf in Maastricht. Mauritshuis knew that it had to act quickly, as it expected fierce competition for the work at the prestigious art fair, and managed to conclude the sale prior to the opening of Tefaf. The new acquisition was exhibited at Tefaf for the opening day today, and will remain on view for visitors for the duration of the fair. Emilie Gordenker, Director of Mauritshuis: Floral still-lifes painted by Savery are very rare, and dont come on the market very often, definitely not an artwork of such high quality. ... More | |
1970s Brazil National Team Jersey.
LOS ANGELES (AFP).- Brazilian legend Pele is to auction off more than 2,000 items of memorabilia charting his dazzling football career including his three World Cup medals and the ball used when he scored his 1,000th goal, it was announced Thursday. Beverly Hills-based auction house Julien's said in a statement the 75-year-old icon -- widely regarded as the greatest player in the history of the sport -- would donate a portion of the proceeds to a children's hospital in Brazil. The collection will go under the hammer during a three-day auction in London from June 7-9, Julien's said, and will include items spanning the entirety of Pele's 21-year playing career. "Having donated a significant portion of my collection to the City of Santos, I have decided to allow fans and collectors to own a piece of my history as well," Pele said in a statement. "I hope they treasure these artifacts and share my story with their children and generations to come." The auction could raise around $1 million (890,000 euros) if ... More | |
Building up TEFAF Maastricht 2016 - Hemmerle. Photographer: Harry Heuts.
HELVOIRT.- The 2016 TEFAF Art Market Report shows that global sales fell 7% during 2015 from $68.2bn to $63.8bn and the volume of sales declined by 2% to 38.1 million. The picture that emerges in 2015 is of a highly polarized market, whereby most of the value within the market is shared between two sectors Post War and Contemporary and Modern art - and is concentrated in sales at the very highest price levels. Although the global sales figure fell in 2015, sales in the US rose by 4% to their highest ever total of $27.3bn confirming its position as the global market leader, with a 43% share of total sales values. The UK, in second place, had a 21% share and China accounted for 19% by value. From 2012 2014, China remained significantly smaller than the US but ahead of the UK, which was third in global rankings. In 2015, against the backdrop of economic contraction and uncertainty alongside poor sales in many sections of the auction m ... More |
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| New focus on forgotten American artists Julia Thecla and Sonia Sekula in Myers Fine Art sale | | Extraordinary Prince memorabilia from private collection to be auctioned by Nate D. Sanders Auctions | | "Around the House & Other New Work by Robert Adams" opens at Fraenkel Gallery |
Sonja Sekulas Les Dernier Chateau draws an admirer at Myers Fine Art gallery in St. Petersburg, Florida. The 1947 painting is expected to make $4,000-$6,000 in the companys March 13, 2016 auction.
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.- Julia Thecla and Sonja Sekula are two American artists of the early to mid-20th century who deserve the attention theyre attracting as a result of artworks entered in Myers Fine Arts March 13 auction. Theclas ethereal Talisman and Sekulas abstract Les Dernier Chateau, or The Last Castle, are examples of the extraordinary talent these women possessed. Theclas painting of a young woman hails from the estate of gallery owner and artist David Porter, who was a lifelong friend of Theclas. Sekulas abstract trapezium work originates from a Southold, Long Island, N.Y., estate. Southold, N.Y., is also the home of renowned collector Betty Parsons, who exhibited Sekulas work in the 1940s. Perhaps not considered contemporaries in the traditional ... More | |
The auction features 95 pieces including a diamond engagement ring, a 1959 Gibson guitar used to compose and record early demo tracks and fabulous, flamboyant outfits.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Nate D. Sanders Auctions will auction an astonishingly extensive trove of Prince's personal memorabilia from the collection of his first wife Mayte Garcia and manager Owen Husney on March 17. The auction features 95 pieces including a diamond engagement ring, a 1959 Gibson guitar used to compose and record early demo tracks and fabulous, flamboyant outfits. Interested bidders may participate in the Prince auction online. The 2.2 karat diamond engagement ring Prince gave to belly dancer Mayte Garcia is featured in the auction; the couple married on February 14, 1996. Five pink heart-shape notes accompany the ring. The notes were used by Prince to lead Garcia on a romantic journey to discover the ring. Bidding begins at $100,000. Also being offered from Princes wedding are Garcias wedding dress, 50 and 40 ... More | |
Robert Adams, Around the House, 2014 © Robert Adams, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Fraenkel Gallery presents Around the House & Other New Work by Robert Adams, from March 10April 23, 2016. For almost five decades, Adamss extraordinarily influential photographs have explored the western American landscape and its transformations. In his most recent project, Adams shifts focus to his immediate environs, and finds related complexity, beauty, and mystery through photographs made in and around his own home. Looking intently at the house in Astoria, Oregon, that he and his wife Kerstin have shared for almost 20 years, Adams focuses on the details that define home: a kitchen table, books and paintings, wooden carvings and calligraphy (created by both Adams and his wife), flowers in vases, and the darkroom with its tools of the artists trade. Periodically shifting to porch or garden, as one might step outside over the course of a day, Adamss photographs convey ... More |
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| Early Soviet photography and film on view at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts | | Leading gallery presents contemporary Japanese lacquer alongside screens from Japan's pre-war heyday | | Reynolda House Museum of American Art opens exclusive Ansel Adams exhibition |
Georgy Petrusov. New Building from Above, 1930. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Alex Lachmann. Artwork © Georgy Petrusov, courtesy of Alex Lachmann Collection.
NASHVILLE, TENN.- The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography and Film, on view at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts from March 11 through July 4, 2016, examines the relationship between art and politics and illustrates how photography, film and poster art were used as powerful propaganda tools in the early years of the Soviet Union. Organized by the Jewish Museum, New York, The Power of Pictures will make its second and final U.S. stop in Nashville before traveling to Europe. In conjunction with the exhibition, the film series Revolution and Realism will showcase seminal films from the period. This program, representing a collaboration between the Frist Center, International Lens at Vanderbilt, Belcourt Theatre, and Light + Sound Machine at Third Man Records, will offer screenings at three different locations. From the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution through the ... More | |
Yoshio Okada (b. 1977), Box with Full Moon Above the Clouds. Maki-e lacquer box, 2016, 1½ x 6 x 4¼ in. (3.8 x 15.2 x 10.7 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- Renowned for expertise in the fine art and craft of 20th-century Japan, Erik Thomsen Gallery announces its exhibition Taisho Era Screens and Contemporary Lacquer by Yoshio Okada. Timed to coincide with Asia Week in New York (March 10 through March 19), the exhibition focuses on new work by contemporary lacquer-artist Yoshio Okada (b. 1977) shown next to masterpieces of folding-screen painting from the 1920s and 1930s. The son of a distinguished lacquerer, Yoshio Okada spent many years mastering this demanding craft and has recently achieved international recognition for his success in harnessing traditional practice to a contemporary aesthetic. For this first solo exhibition outside Japan, he has created a group of lacquer works centered around a box decorated with a design featuring a silver moon shining out amongst clouds in gold and shell. Using the ancient kanshitsu technique, ... More | |
Oak Tree, Snowstorm, Yosemite Valley, California, 1948. Photograph by Ansel Adams ©2015 The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas.
WINSTON-SALEM, NC.- An exhibition of work by the best-known photographer in American history will open at Reynolda House Museum of American Art March 11. Ansel Adams: Eloquent Light will be on view at Reynolda Houseits only venuethrough July 17, 2016. This exhibition is being organized especially for our museum, said Allison Perkins, executive director of Reynolda House. Not only was Ansel Adams a widely popular photographer, he was a respected artist and activist. We wanted to bring together his work here in North Carolina, in an exhibition that will showcase his incredible artistic skill along with his environmental advocacy. Ansel Adams subscribed to the romantic tradition of American landscape, an artistic lineage that included major American paintersincluding Thomas Cole, Frederic Church and Albert Bierstadt whose work anchors ... More |
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| Most comprehensive exhibition of Gordon Parks in 20 years now on view at Ulrich Museum of Art | | Museum of London unveils never-before-seen archaeological artefacts from forthcoming exhibition, Fire! Fire! | | The art and science of Abbott Handerson Thayer on view at the Williams College Museum of Art |
Gordon Parks, Ethel Sharrieff, Chicago, Illinois, 1963. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita. Courtesy of and © The Gordon Parks Foundation.
WICHITA, KS.- Currently on view at the Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University, Visual Justice: The Gordon Parks Photography Collection at WSU, is an exhibition of the 125 Gordon Parks photographs acquired by the museum in 2014. Many of Parks best known photo-essays for Life are well represented in this exhibition, including Harlem Gang Leader, 1948, and Freedoms Fearful Foe: Poverty, 1961. The Ulrich presentation is completed with a selection of Parks experimental color images produced in the last years of his life. This is the first time photographs from the 2014 acquisition have been exhibited by the Ulrich. Speaking about Visual Justice, John Edwin Mason said it is the most comprehensive exhibition of Parks work in the last 20 yearsa real overview of his career." Mason is professor of African history and the history of photography at the ... More | |
Melted iron hooks and eyes from Peninsula House © Museum of London.
LONDON.- Today, the Museum of London revealed further details about its forthcoming major exhibition, Fire! Fire!, opening this July. Marking the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, the exhibition will focus on life on the eve of the fire, the dramatic events that took place as the blaze burned through a quarter of the city in 1666, and how London recovered from the devastation. As one of Londons most enduringly popular historical events, Fire! Fire! is expected to have broad appeal, especially with families and school groups. Fire! Fire! is designed to be one of the Museum of Londons most immersive and interactive exhibitions to date, with setworks to recreate Pudding Lane and a huge moving panorama of London in flames. A variety of incredibly fragile flame-scarred archaeological artefacts reveal the destructive power of the inferno, while letters from eyewitnesses who escaped convey the terror and ... More | |
Abbott Handerson Thayer, Male Wood Duck in a Forest Pool, study for Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, ca. 1909 (detail), oil on board. Family and Estate of Abbott Handerson Thayer.
WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS.- Not Theories but Revelations opens March 11 at the Williams College Museum of Art and will be on view through August 21, 2016. Abbott Handerson Thayer, renowned twentieth century painter of ethereal angels, landscapes, and delicate flowers, was at the center of a raging debate around Darwins theories of evolution. As much a scientist as an artist, Thayers study of the visual world expressed itself in articles published in major scientific journals, an epistolary debate with Theodore Roosevelt, and in the development of the first prototype of military camouflage. Not Theories but Revelations is the first exhibition to address Thayer's artistic practice as part of his broader investigation of animal and human concealment. The exhibition includes many works that have never been seen ... More |
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Sculptor Laura Ford opens exhibition at Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House
BOWNESS-ON-WINDERMERE.- Laura Ford is one of Britains most original sculptors and is well-known for her portrayals of animals, through which she explores aspects of the human condition although, in fact, Ford describes her own work as sculptures dressed as people who are dressed as animals. Deploying a nightmarish imagination she uses humour and acute observation to engage with social and political issues. This exhibition was originally conceived by Stephen Feeke, Director of the New Art Centre, Roche Court, for Strawberry Hill House, and has been reconfigured with additional content selected by Lakeland Arts in close collaboration with the artist. Fords work sits particularly well in domestic interiors, as witnessed in this shows previous incarnation in Strawberry Hills fabulously atmospheric Gothic spaces. Blackwells warm, richly-carved Arts & Crafts rooms ... More
Bonhams announces new team in Hong Kong
HONG KONG.- Bonhams announces the appointments of Edward Wilkinson as Executive Director, Asia and Ingrid Dudek as Head of Modern & Contemporary Art, Asia. Edward Wilkinson, currently Bonhams director of South Asian, Indian and Himalayan Art based in the United States, will take up his new post on June 1 and will work from Bonhams Hong Kong headquarters at One Pacific Place, Queensway, Admiralty. Ingrid Dudeks appointment as Head of Modern and Contemporary Art, Asia, takes place with immediate effect. Edward Wilkinson established Bonhams Indian and Himalayan Southeast Asian Art Department in 2011. Under his leadership, the department has grown to become a market leader establishing world records across the field, including the Mon-Dvaravati Eilenberg Buddha; A Tibetan Thirty-Two-Deity Guhyasamaja Mandala, and for the modernist ... More
Doctor's outstanding book collection makes more than £2.5 million at Bonhams
LONDON.- The Library built by the late Hugh Selbourne, who was a General Practitioner and consultant physician in Manchester from 1938 until his death in 1973, has been sold at Bonhams in London for £2,600,000. So extensive was Dr Selbournes collection of books that the sale was held in two parts. Part I took place in March 2015 with the concluding part being held yesterday (Tuesday 8 March). Head of Bonhams Books and Manuscripts department, Matthew Haley, said, "Hugh Selbourne was a remarkable man with a boundless curiosity about the world. He assembled one the finest and most extensive private collection of books I've ever seen. The interest in the sale and the prices achieved are a testimony to his great taste and judgment." Among the many highlights were: A first edition of The Sceptical Chymist by Robert Boyle, a seminal work in the history of science that paved the ... More
Robin Cracknell exhibits series documenting the real and staged moments of his son's early life
NEW YORK, NY.- Sous Les Etoiles Gallery presents Childhood, photographer Robin Cracknells premiere exhibition with the gallery. Childhood, named after the artists longterm series documenting the real and staged moments of his sons early life, is on view March 10 through April 30. London-based photographer Robin Cracknell explores themes of love, loss and memory using a unique non-digital process combining traditional film photography and cinematography, and shooting with old, sometimes damaged cameras and salvaged 35mm cine film. In his series Childhood, single father Cracknell offers a stylized, personal vision of childhood through the world of his only son Jake. The resulting photographs, whose precise, detail-oriented compositions are balanced by deteriorative alterations to the negative, are neither idyllic nor unhappy. Instead, a strange poetry emerges, ... More
Spink to offer the collection of English hammered gold coins formed by Dr Paul Broughton
LONDON.- It is not often that a collection comes on the market that contains some of the most exquisite English coins ranging from Edward III to Charles II and each monarch in between is represented by some of the finest pieces that will be seen this year. The collection of English hammered gold coins formed by Dr Paul Broughton is the best collection of its type to be offered in London for some years. The auction will take place on the 22nd March 2016 in Spinks London auction room. It is always pleasing to see a family re-united, and this sale offers a splendid trio of Tudor sovereigns from Henry VIII, Mary I and Elizabeth I (even Edward VI makes an appearance); this is one of the rare instances where all three reign harmoniously. Many of Henry VIIIs sovereigns have gone under the gavel at Spink, many of them of the utmost quality, and this is no different, it appears early on ... More
Magnificent musical box by Mermod Frères acquired by the Morris Museum
MORRISTOWN, NJ.- The Morris Museum today announced the gift of a Stella Orchestral Grand Disc Musical Box by owner, Ethel Schaal of Pittstown, New Jersey. The Stella Orchestral Grand Disc Musical Box was manufactured in about 1900 by the Mermod Frères Musical Box Company, of Ste. Croix, Switzerland. Situated in the Jura mountains, north of Geneva, this region borders France and was considered the heart of the musical box industry throughout the Nineteenth century. Standing over seven feet tall, the musical box plays nearly 26 diameter metal discs, featuring a wide array of selections including classical, popular, folk and patriotic music. The upright disk player enhances the Museum's significant Murtogh D. Guinness Collection of Mechanical Musical Instruments and Automata. The Stella Orchestral Grand Disc Musical Box was acquired by Mrs. Schaal's ... More
Adrian Cheng joins Public Art Fund Board of Directors
NEW YORK, NY.- Public Art Fund announced that Adrian Cheng has joined its Board of Directors. Cheng is the Executive Vice Chairman of Hong Kong-based New World Development, an Executive Director of the oldest Chinese jewelry brand Chow Tai Fook, and founder of the K11 brand, which includes the K11 Art Foundation (KAF) and K11 Art Mall. An innovative and passionate patron, he is on the Board of Directors of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority and sits on their M+ Museum and Interim Acquisition Committee. He is also a Board Member of the National Museum of China Foundation, as well as a Trustee of the Royal Academy of Arts. He is a member of Tates International Council and the Centre Pompidous International Circle and sits on the Visiting Committee for Asian art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Art Funds is the first Board of Directors ... More
Brooklyn-based artist Nadia Ayari opens exhibition at Taymour Grahne Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Taymour Grahne Gallery presents Bricks, a solo exhibition of new thick oil paintings, watercolors, and sculptures by Brooklyn-based artist Nadia Ayari. Marking the artists first solo exhibition with the gallery, Ayari uses her practice to explore the intersection between primary forms: the fig, branch and blood. Employing images of submission and isolation, her paintings are stilled in (or out of) time relating conceptual narratives of love and captivity. Taking on further abstract qualities in this body of work, Ayari finds clarity in her form making. Her saturated palette and contrasting hues suggest a deeper, more accute relationship to the formal qualities of each shape. Art writer Kareem Estefan considers in his accompanying exhibition catalog essay, In her hands, the lush fruit aggregates poetic associations with sexuality and mystery, snowballing into a series ... More
Orlando Museum of Art exhibits the work of Steve Lotz and Will Cotton
ORLANDO, FLA.- Two captivating exhibitions will share the spotlight as the Orlando Museum of Art simultaneously presents The InFlux Series: Will Cotton and The Sources: Paintings and Drawings by Steve Lotz. The internationally recognized artists, Will Cotton and Steve Lotz, will be in attendance at the exhibition opening reception, this Friday, March 11th. The InFlux Series: Will Cotton and The Sources: Paintings and Drawings by Steve Lotz will be on view through June 5, 2016. Presented here is the first ever exhibition examining artist Will Cottons entire working process, from concept sketch, to costumes, to prints and paintings. Cotton is known for depicting an astonishing world, composed of an abundance of sugary sweets. Figures pose languidly in settings where landscapes are cakes and icing, seas are whipped cream and clouds are cotton candy. These appear ... More
SculptureCenter elects three new trustees
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- Sascha S. Bauer, Chair, and Mary Ceruti, Executive Director and Chief Curator, announced today that Benoit P. Bosc, Dennis Freedman, and Roelfien Kuijpers were elected to SculptureCenters Board of Trustees at its February meeting. SculptureCenter has added 11 new members to the Board since 2013, continuing to build a group of leaders who propel SculptureCenters mission to explore current and compelling themes in contemporary art at an international level. Recent additions include artists Carol Bove and Adam McEwen; art collectors and philanthropists, Candy Barasch, Eleanor Heyman Propp, and Allison Rubler; art advisor Eleanor Cayre; architect Nate McBride; and cultural planning consultant Elizabeth Ellis. Bauer said We are thrilled to welcome Benoit, Dennis, and Roelfien to the Board. Five years ago we set out to expand the ... More
Fine jewelry from estate of Boston's supermarket heiress to lead Grogan's March Sale
BOSTON, MASS.- Grogan & Company is poised to present a diverse and exciting selection of Jewelry, Fine Art, Decorative Arts, and Oriental Carpets in their March 20th auction. Highlighted by fine jewelry from the estate of Stop and Shop supermarket heiress Helene Rabb Cahners-Kaplan, the auction will feature over 300 lots from various private collections and estates. Jewelry kicks off the sale at noon on Sunday, featuring approximately 180 lots of jewels and time pieces by Tiffany and Company, Van Cleef and Arpels, Cartier, Rolex, Patek Phillipe, and others. Over 30 of the lots offered come from the estate of Helene Rabb Cahners-Kaplan, daughter of Sidney Rabb, founder of the Massachusetts-based Stop and Shop Companies. Mrs. Cahners-Kaplan served as a Director of the Boston Edison Company, Overseer of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Vice-Chairman of the ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, the founder of the Tate Gallery, Henry Tate, was born March 11, 1819. Sir Henry Tate, 1st Baronet (11 March 1819 White Coppice near Chorley Lancashire - 5 December 1899) was an English sugar merchant and philanthropist, noted for establishing the Tate Gallery, London. Tate Photography
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