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Thousands of tourists surround the Kukulcan Pyramid at the Chichen Itza archeological site during the celebration of the spring equinox in the Yucatan state, southeastern Mexico, on March 21, 2016. A 10-meter (33-foot) tall pyramid was found within another 20-meter structure, which itself is enveloped by the 30-meter pyramid visible at the Mayan archeological complex known as Chichen Itza in Yucatan state. ALEJANDRO MEDINA / AFP.
MEXICO CITY (AFP).- Experts have discovered a third structure within the Kukulkan pyramid in eastern Mexico, revealing that it was built like a "Russian nesting doll," experts said Wednesday. A 10-meter (33-foot) tall pyramid was found within another 20-meter structure, which itself is enveloped by the 30-meter pyramid visible at the Mayan archeological complex known as Chichen Itza in Yucatan state. The smallest pyramid was built between the years 550 and 800, engineers and anthropologists said. The middle structure had already been discovered in the 1930s and dates back to the years 800-1,000, while the largest one was finished between 1050-1300. The discovery suggests that the pyramid, known as "El Castillo" (The Castle), was built in three phases. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A person visits the ancient Circus Maximus archaeological site after its restoration and its opening to the public, during a press preview on November 16, 2016 in Rome. Since Royal Roman Age, any kind of public events have taken place at Circus Maximus : horses races, hunting with exotic animals, theatrical performances, public executions, religious or triumphal processions. ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP
| Experts challenge Van Gogh Museum on 'lost' notebook | | Exhibition of early works by Mario Merz on view at Gladstone Gallery | | Nelson-Atkins acquires Armenian masterwork |
A man leafs through the pages of a book of drawings from Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh at the architecture academy in Paris on November 15, 2016. JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- The row over the discovery of a "lost" Vincent Van Gogh notebook took a dramatic new turn Thursday, with experts who back the find demanding a public debate with the Van Gogh Museum, which has dismissed it as a fake. In a point-by-point rebuttal of the museum's damning assessment of the sketchbook -- apparently from the artist's legendary stay in the French city of Arles -- the experts also questioned its "monopoly" on deciding what is and is not by Van Gogh. The main expert behind the find, Canadian art historian Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, hit back at their questioning of its authenticity, while British scholar Ronald Pickvance said there was no chance the 65 drawings were forgeries. "These are absolutely OK, from one to 65," he said. "End of song, end of story." The ... More | |
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NEW YORK, NY.- Gladstone Gallery, in collaboration with Fondazione Merz, is presenting an exhibition of historic early works by Mario Merz. A leading member of Italys Arte Povera movement of the 1960s and 70s, Merz created paintings, sculptures, and installations with an aim to oppose a monolithic culture and to celebrate perplexity. This goal manifested itself in the artists deviation from the mass-media iconography popularized by Pop Art, the mythic emotionalism of Abstract Expressionism, and the machismo detachment of Minimalism. Instead, Merz and his Arte Povera contemporaries such as Alighiero e Boetti, Luciano Fabro, and Jannis Kounellis, among others employed simple, everyday materials and perceptive references to nature in order to ground their art in a relatable existential ambiguity. The three seminal works on view in this exhibition exemplify this stratagem. Giap Igloo If the ... More | |
Mesrop of Xizan, painter and scribe, and Yovhannes, scribe, The Second Coming from The Four Gospels, New Julfa, Isfahan, Iran, Armenian culture, 1618-1622, Oriental paper, ink, egg tempera, wax, and gold paint, 8 1/2 Ã 6 1/2 Ã 2 1/2 inches (21.59 Ã 16.51 Ã 6.35 cm). The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Gift of Lee Lyon in Memory of Joanne Lyon, 2015.27.14.
KANSAS CITY, MO.- A manuscript internationally recognized as one of the greatest Armenian illuminated manuscripts by artist Mesrop of Xizan has been acquired by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City through the generosity of late donor Lee Lyon. The acquisition of the London Book of Gospels allows the Nelson-Atkins to present, for the first time, a magnificently illustrated 17th-century Armenian Christian manuscript. The London Book of Gospels is an important cultural and historical document that provides valuable insight into the religious beliefs and related artistic practices of Armenian ... More |
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| Rediscovered sketch for Constable masterpiece offered at Bonhams Old Master Sale | | Krannert Art Museum show brings together medieval manuscript collections | | Shanghai Science and Technology Museum's planetarium designed by Ennead Architects breaks ground |
Detail of (Flatford Lock on the Stour looking towards Bridge Cottage, estimated at £200,000-300,000). Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- A sketch for a work by John Constable leads Bonhams Old Master Paintings sale in London on 8 December. Flatford Lock on the Stour looking towards Bridge Cottage is estimated at £200,000-300,000. It has been in a private collection overseas for many years and was unknown to Constable scholars. The finished painting, Landscape: Boys Fishing was Constables submission to the Royal Academy in 1813. The completed work, which measures 40 x 50 inches, is, however, now in a poor state of preservation and the details of the picture are largely known from a mezzotint and from four other preparatory oil sketches. Bonhams Director of Old Master Painting, Andrew McKenzie said, The exciting re-emergence of this magical small canvas must now be regarded as the most substantial surviving record of the exhibited work. At just under seven by ten inches it conveys all ... More | |
Illuminations could be cut from manuscripts and sold as individual works. [Crucifixion Scene, extracted from illuminated manuscript, ca. 1300-1350, Italy; Gift of Rachel Weller and Allen S. Weller 2003-4-4. Courtesy of Krannert Art Museum.]
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.- Medieval artisans created manuscripts adorned with intricate, colorful hand-drawn illustrations and embellished with gold leaf. Some of those images have since been cut from books, leaving the books missing parts of pages, and other manuscripts have been scraped clean of text. Examples of such manuscripts both intact and altered are being displayed at Krannert Art Museum in an exhibition titled Making and Breaking Medieval Manuscripts. It shows how books were used and valued in the Middle Ages and since. The exhibition opened Nov. 17 and goes through Feb. 11. It is the first exhibition specifically of medieval art at the museum since 1997, and it is the first time the medieval manuscripts have been displayed together. The manuscripts are owned ... More | |
Shanghai Planetarium.
SHANGHAI.- Ennead Architects broke ground last week on the Shanghai Planetarium, the new 38,000 SM / 409,000 SF planetarium that will define a new identity for the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum (SSTM) and the Lingang district of Shanghai. The international competition-winning design draws inspiration from astronomical principles, invoking the experience of orbital motion. Each of the buildings three principal forms the Oculus, the Inverted Dome and the Sphere acts as an astronomical instrument, tracking the sun, moon and stars and reminding visitors that our conception of time originates in distant astronomical objects. The building form, program and circulation support the flow of visitors through the galleries and the experience of these three central bodies. "In linking the new Museum to both scientific purpose and to the celestial references of buildings throughout history, the exhibits and architecture will communicate ... More |
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| Balanced and of high quality: Cologne Fine Art with a top class offering | | Helen Marten wins the first Hepworth Prize for Sculpture | | Solo exhibition by the Chinese artist Liu Bolin opens at Klein Sun Gallery |
Stand: Bühler, Halle.
COLOGNE.- Around 150 galleries and art dealers, including many new exhibitors, invite visitors to Cologne Fine Art (17-20 November) for an encounter with old and non-European art, with antiques, artistic crafts and design, as well as with masterpieces of Classical Modernity and the post-war period. This allows for a unique and exciting juxtaposition of various styles and periods. COFA Contemporary provides an overview of the current art scene of the Rhineland. Following the success of the previous year, invited juries and non-profit rooms exclusively show works created after the year 2000 on a separate hall level. The Brenske Gallery (Munich), which specialises in icons, is there with a 17th century representation of the Mother of God by Wladimir. The meeting point for lovers of furniture of the 18th and 19th centuries is the stand of Georg Britsch, Jr. (Bad Schussenried), who, in addition to a pharmacy ... More | |
Helen Marten. Photo: Juergen Teller.
WAKEFIELD.- The inaugural Hepworth Prize for Sculpture has been awarded to Helen Marten. The winner was announced at an award ceremony at The Hepworth Wakefield this evening. The £30,000 prize, which recognises a British or UK-based artist of any age, at any stage in their career, who has made a significant contribution to the development of contemporary sculpture, was presented to the artist by Christopher Bailey, Chief Creative and Chief Executive Officer of Burberry. Simon Wallis, Director of The Hepworth Wakefield and chair of the judging panel said: Helen Marten is one of the strongest and most singular voices working in British art today. Her refined craft and intellectual precision address our relationship to objects and materials in a digital age. We believe that Marten is a fitting winner of the inaugural Hepworth Prize for Sculpture, which celebrates the legacy of one of Britains finest sculptors. The jury t ... More | |
Liu Bolin Mona Lisa, 2016. Archival pigment print, 78 3/4 x 54 1/4 inches. (200 x 137.7 cm) Edition of 8 + 2APs. Courtesy Klein Sun Gallery, © Liu Bolin.
NEW YORK, NY.- Klein Sun Gallery announces Art Hacker, a solo exhibition by the world-renowned Chinese artist Liu Bolin, on view from November 17 through December 23, 2016. The exhibition marks Liu Bolin's shift towards the virtual world, exploring this new territory artistically through Post-Internet Art. This new body of work consists of appropriations of classical Masterpieces da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Picasso's Guernica juxtaposed with a photograph of the devastating impact of the Tianjin explosions. Using complicated and precise hand-painted camouflage, Liu Bolin painstakingly recreates these images with scores of human subjects as his canvas. Through various methods, Liu Bolin's new photographs have replaced the three subjects on numerous websites, which were targeted with image-search ... More |
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| World's earliest 10 Commandments tablet sold for $850,000 by Heritage Auctions | | Lisson Gallery presents new oil paintings and a series of silver cast works by Jason Martin | | Max Ernst painting from the faamily of Dorothea Tanning sells for $1 million at Bonhams |
Earliest 10 Commandments Stone.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- The world's earliest-known stone inscription of the 10 Commandments one of the most important documents in history, and a "National Treasure" of Israel sold for $850,000 Wednesday evening, Nov. 16 at a public auction of ancient Biblical archaeology artifacts by Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hills, California. The two-foot-square slab of white marble, which weighs almost 115 pounds, is chiseled with 20 lines of letters in Samaritan script, derived jointly from Hebrew and Aramaic. The tablet likely adorned the entrance of a synagogue destroyed by the Romans between A.D. 400 and 600, or by the Crusaders in the 11th century, Heritage Auctions Director of Ancient Coins & Antiquities David Michaels said. The auction opened with a $300,000 bid, but a war between two phone bidders pushed the auction price to $850,000. The winning bidder ... More | |
Untitled (Davys Grey / Ivory Black).
LONDON.- Lisson Gallery presents the latest exhibition by Jason Martin featuring new oil paintings and a series of silver cast works all made this year. The works on display at Lisson Gallery represent a new departure for the British artist who, for over twenty years, has pursued a deeply personal investigation into painting. Oil paint is both medium and motive in Martins new work. Loaded onto boards in thick impasto and sculptural in its three-dimensionality, the painters most traditional medium autocratically absent from Martins practice over the past three years is transformed into performative volume, its material properties made dramatic in their own right. The viscosity of oil simultaneously slick and sticky, solid and liquid, when pushed and dragged across the aluminium and panel supports is exemplified in the adventures of globules of paint that have resisted ... More | |
Max Ernst, Tremblement de terre printanier (detail) sold for $1,147,500. Photo: Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY.- At Bonhams Impressionist & Modern Sale tonight (November 16), an exceptional painting by Max Ernst consigned by a descendent of his widow, the artist Dorothea Tanning, saw an astonishing result, selling for $1,147,500. Tremblement de terre printanier had never appeared at auction before, and the excitement in the room was palpable. William OReilly, Bonhams Director of Impressionist & Modern Art, said Ernst is among the titans of modernism he is one of the most innovative, versatile artists of the 20th century. What makes this Ernst painting particularly special is its fascinating provenance: it comes directly from the family of his fourth wife, Dorothea Tanning, to whom he was married for thirty years. Tremblement de terre printanier (estimate $600,000-1,000,000) is a monumental work from 1964, ... More |
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New York City artist captures light in Garment District
NEW YORK, NY.- The Garment District Alliance unveiled the latest in its ongoing series of public art exhibits, showcasing colorful canvas drawings titled Separate Light, created by New York City-based artist Tom Koken. Located inside the Kaufman Arcade building on 132 West 36th Street, the free exhibit is accessible to the public through January 6th. Separate Light is part of the Garment District Space for Public Art program, which showcases artists in unusual locations throughout the year, and has produced more than 175 installations, exhibits and performances. The Garment District is a hub for creativity, and Tom Kokens inspiring artwork truly exemplifies the unique character of this neighborhood, said Barbara A. Blair, president of the Garment District Alliance. Tom is an incredibly talented artist, and we are delighted to showcase Separate Light through ... More
A rare and historic parcel label addressed to RMS Titanic for sale at Mossgreen Auctions
MELBOURNE.- A rare and previously undiscovered parcel label which was set to be delivered on board the infamous ocean liner, the RMS Titanic. The label will be offered as part of forthcoming Stamps & Postal History auction on 29-30 November with an estimate of AUD$20,000 (£12,000). Bought by a collector in England, who initially had no idea of its remarkable historical significance, the label is addressed to "Marconi Operator/RMS Titanic/co The White Star Line/Southampton. It is likely that, on arrival at Southampton, the packet was handed to the first officer of Titanic's sister-ship, the Olympic, with the intention that it would then be delivered to the Titanic on its arrival New York. The largest passenger liner in service at the time, the RMS Titanic was said to be unsinkable. However, it was on its maiden voyage in April 1012 when it collided with an iceberg and ... More
Art In General announces that Director Anne Barlow will join Tate St. Ives in early 2017
NEW YORK, NY.- Art in Generalthe New York-based nonprofit dedicated to assisting local and international artists with the production and presentation of groundbreaking new projectsannounced today that its Director Anne Barlow will depart in early 2017 to become the Artistic Director for Tate St. Ives. An international search for a new director will begin immediately. Under Annes tenure, Art in General has enhanced its new Commissions Program and launched a new International Collaborations Program, expanding our ability to connect with, support, and present the work of dynamic artists from New York and abroad. Her vision and tireless advocacy for artists has increased substantially the critical appreciation and visibility of our exhibitions and educational programs, said Roya Khadjavi Heidari, co-president of Art in Generals Board of Directors. ... More
Whyte's to offer a further portion of the private collection from the late George and Maura McClelland
DUBLIN.- Following a very successful auction in September, which grossed over 1.3 million, Whytes are including a further portion of The George and Maura McClelland Collection in their 28 November Important Irish Art sale at the RDS. Whytes auction includes works from the McClelland collection by Tony OMalley (lots 67 to 79), ranging in value from 1,000 to 20,000, William Conor (lots 16 to 23) with some superb drawings modestly estimated at about 2,000 to 3,000 and Colin Middleton paintings (lots 47 to 50) from 2,000 to 5,000 apiece. Significant works from other private collections include Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958) WEST OF IRELAND LANDSCAPE 1925-1935, Mary Swanzy HRHA (1882-1978) SUR LE BORD DE LA FORET (lot 35), a beautiful delicate painting of a female nude with a slightly Cubist touch, estimated at 25,000 to 35,000, Daniel ONeill (1920- ... More
A "Grand" commitment makes history at the Memorial Art Gallery
ROCHESTER, NY.- Jonathan Binstock, the Mary W. and Donald R. Clark Director of the Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Rochester, announced a $3.5 million commitment from Rochesters Feinbloom family for the expansion, renovation, and perpetual support of the museums Grand Gallery. The Feinblooms gift is the largest the museum has received in its 104-year history. The announcement was made following a celebration for the Memorial Art Gallerys most ambitious and successful fundraising campaign, Gateways to Art, which raised $18.4 million. Binstock remarked that this landmark commitment helps sustain the momentum created by a monumental community effort, ensuring the museum continues to grow and evolve. Advancing our mission to enrich peoples lives and build community through the direct experience of art and creativity requires ... More
New body of work from Barnaby Barford on view at David Gill Gallery
LONDON.- One year on from the auspicious residency of Barnaby Barfords The Tower of Babel (2015) at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, David Gill Gallery announces a new body of work from the artist, including the first exhibition of his works on paper. Have more, buy more, do better, move forward, grow, succeed, win. Barfords installation ME WANT NOW offers a metaphorical narrative on the dominance of this ideology and debates our values in an increasingly polarised political landscape. The world moves forward at a never-ending pace driven by the powerful desires of the individual feeding the engine of the me first culture. But, understood hegemonies are in flux. Uncertainty promotes fear. This in turn triggers an animalistic selfpreservation instinct in us. The exhibition compels the viewer to question our relationships and the world around ... More
Berry Campbell Gallery exhibits paintings and works on paper by Abstract Expressionist Jon Schueler
NEW YORK, NY.- Berry Campbell Gallery presents 19 paintings and works on paper by Abstract Expressionist, Jon Schueler (Milwaukee, 1916-1992). Known for his ethereal and abstracted paintings of the sky, Berry Campbell has curated an exhibition of rarely before seen figurative works from the 1960s. Many of these paintings have not been on view since an exhibition at the Maryland Institute, Baltimore in 1967. Schueler himself described these paintings as woman emerging from landscape and as we call them women in the sky. The exhibition will run through December 23, 2016. When Jon Schueler arrived in New York in August of 1951, he initially resided in the studio of Clyfford Still, with whom he had recently studied at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. In New York, Schueler quickly became part of the downtown art scene. His circle of friends ... More
rodolphe janssen opens exhibition of new paintings by Sayre Gomez
BRUSSELS.- rodolphe janssen announces Illustration, an exhibition of new paintings by Los Angeles based artist Sayre Gomez. In Illustration, Gomezs works further elucidate his discipline of painting and the understanding of the airbrush medium, as a material and as a concept of representation. Central to the exhibition are works from Gomezs ongoing Thief Painting series. In each, a visual plane of the artists fog, the term lent to his iconic watery amorphous treatment of the canvas, is lifted by a pair of white-gloved hands to reveal the empty primed canvas below. A simple and elegant trompe loeil effect that suggests not just the permeability of each image, but also that theres no real or paramount surface to the work, only another window, specifically a trespassed window, that has yet to be lifted. Similarly, Gomezs Peeled Page paintings employ trompe ... More
John Ford Clymer paintings are top lots of Leslie Hindman's Arts of the American West sale
DENVER, CO.- The two-day Arts of the American West auction on November 10 and 11 at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Denver had strong sessions of American paintings and Southwestern jewelry. It was standing room only for the first session of Western paintings and fine art. During both days, 670 lots were sold for a sale total of $726,452 with buyer¹s premium. Successful bidders participated across the country, with buyers in the Midwest, Southwest and West purchasing most. Two paintings by John Ford Clymer were the top lots of the sale. Stalking Buffalo sold to the floor for $161,000 against a presale estimate of $80,000  120,000 and The Wild Land, 1967, sold to a phone bidder for $81,250 against a presale estimate of $60,000  80,000. Three paintings by Gerald Harvey Jones were among the top lots sold. All with presale estimates of $10,000  15,000, Black ... More
At Iraq's Nimrud, remnants of fabled city IS sought to destroy
NIMRUD (AFP).- Ali al-Bayati clambered onto the remains of a giant winged bull statue that once stood as a protector of Iraq's fabled ancient Nimrud before the Islamic State group came. "When you came here before, you could imagine the life as it used to be," the local leader and tribal militia commander told AFP on Tuesday. "Now there is nothing." Iraqi forces announced that they had recaptured Nimrud -- located some 30 kilometres (18 miles) south of Mosul, the country's last city still held by the Islamic State group -- two days before. The capital of the kingdom of Assyria some 3,000 years ago, Nimrud was one of the richest archaeological sites in the region. But after IS took over the area along with swathes of other territory in 2014, it sought to level what remained of the city for propaganda gain. ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French inventor and photographer Louis-Jacques Daguerre was born November 18, 1787. Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (18 November 1787 - 10 July 1851) was a French artist and physicist, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography. He became known as one of the fathers of photography. Though he is most famous for his contributions to photography, he was also an accomplished painter and a developer of the diorama theatre. In this image: "Boulevard du Temple", taken by Daguerre in 1838 in Paris, includes the earliest known photograph of a person. The image shows a street, but because of the over ten minute exposure time the moving traffic does not appear. At the lower left, however, a man apparently having his boots polished, and the bootblack polishing them, were motionless enough for their images to be captured.
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