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Installation view of Manet: Three Paintings from the Norton Simon Museum; photo: George Koelle.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Frick presents three canvases by Ãdouard Manet (18321883) from the collection of the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, marking the first time the paintings are being exhibited together elsewhere since their acquisition. Considered the father of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and, by some, twentieth-century abstraction, Manet was a revolutionary in his own time and a legend thereafter. Beyond his pivotal role in art history as the creator of iconic masterworks, Manets vision has come to define how we understand modern urban life and Paris, the so-called capital of the nineteenth-century. The works in the exhibition encapsulate three views of the artists life and work. Each canvas offers an opportunity to consider the range of Manets pioneering vision. Madame Manet (ca. 1876) encourages visitors to consider how the artists ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Wednesday evening December 11, 2019 will go into the Delftware history books. During the exciting evening in Paris, France, an exceptional pair of blue and white segmented flower pyramids from the late seventeenth century was sold from the collection of Count De Ribes for €1.069.000 or almost $1,2 million, exceeding their €150.000 - €250.000 estimate by several times.
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 | | The marvelous Mr. Drysdale, and his 3D time machines | | Contemporary Trompe l'Oeil master, Anthony Mastromatteo, on view at Rehs Contemporary NY | | An extraordinary pair of Delftware flower vases sold at Sotheby's Paris | 
Eric Drysdale holding a camera that takes stereoscopic images in Brooklyn on Nov. 7, 2019. Karsten Moran/The New York Times.
by Steven Kurutz
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- Eric Drysdale opened his silver travel case and, like a magician, unpacked the objects necessary to enter another dimension. Drysdale was in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, in the back room of City Reliquary, a storefront museum devoted to the history of New Yorks five boroughs. He was preparing to host his traveling show, Midcentury Stereopanorama, for which the audience, arriving shortly, had paid $15 and been promised the chance to see the 1950s in Astonishing 3D! An Emmy-winning comedy writer who has worked for The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, Drysdale has spent 25 years collecting 3D photographs along with the antique equipment to make and view them. He set a camera, several small boxes of Kodachrome slides and a dozen ... More | | 
Anthony Mastromatteo, Torn or the Three Body Problem. Image courtesy Rehs Contemporary.
NEW YORK, NY.- Where is the line between reality and our perception? That is the question Anthony Mastromatteo poses to those who view his works. As did the Trompe lOeil masters that came before him, Mastromatteo forces us to examine what exactly it is we are looking at
Magritte may frame it in the likes of Is this a pipe, or merely an image of a pipe? Perhaps we take it one step further and simply state we are looking at paint on a canvas, though arranged in such a way that it invokes a thought. In the plainest of ways, Mastromatteo wants his viewers to know they are looking at paint. His supersized Trompe lOeil renderings of comics taped to stark yet vibrant backdrops are so meticulously developed, at first glance you may think youre looking at an old paper comic taped to a panel. Mastromatteo plays with our perception by selectively employing the use of heavy-handed brushstrokes to expose his illusion; a technique that permeates his work regardless of subject or ... More | | 
An exceptional pair of blue and white segmented flower pyramids from the late seventeenth century was sold from the collection of Count De Ribes for 1.069.000 or almost $1,2 million, exceeding their 150.000 - 250.000.
AMSTERDAM.- Wednesday evening December 11, 2019 will go into the Delftware history books. During the exciting evening in Paris, France, an exceptional pair of blue and white segmented flower pyramids from the late seventeenth century was sold from the collection of Count De Ribes for 1.069.000 or almost $1,2 million, exceeding their 150.000 - 250.000 estimate by several times. The pair hadnt been on public view since an exhibition named Le Cabinet de lAmateur organized by the friends of the Louvre Museum in Paris in 1956. Although I understand it is a lot of money, it is actually a very good buy at this price says Robert Aronson, proprietor of Amsterdam based Delftware specialists Aronson Antiquairs. This is the most spectacular Delftware pair of flower pyramids to come to market in a long time. ... More |
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| | James Casebere presents a new series of works at Sean Kelly | | Tate Liverpool opens the first UK solo display of Swiss-Argentine artist Vivian Suter | | Bruce Silverstein now representing The Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust | 
James Casebere, Red/Orange Solo Pavilion, 2018. Framed archival pigment print mounted to Dibond paper: 66 3/4 x 46 inches (169.5 x 116.8 cm) framed: 69 5/8 x 48 7/8 x 2 1/4 inches (176.8 x 124.1 x 5.7 cm) edition of 5 with 2 APs © James Casebere. Courtesy: the artist and Sean Kelly, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sean Kelly is presenting On the Water's Edge, James Casebere's eighth solo exhibition with the gallery. In this arresting new series of images, Casebere continues his ever-evolving exploration of form at the intersection of architecture, sculpture and photography. In previous, well-known bodies of work, the artist depicted buildings and interiors based primarily on extant structures; this series, however, is distinguished by a marked change in Casebere's conceptual approach. To create these salient new images, Casebere became the architect, often designing and building the structures he produced and then photographed. Over the course of forty years, James Casebere has developed a unique and increasingly complex language of "constructed photography" in which he builds structural models, which he then lights ... More | | 
Vivian Suter, Nisyros (Vivians bed) 201617. Oil, pigment, and fish glue on canvas and paper, and volcanics, earth, botanical matter, microorganisms, and wood, 175 x 228 cm
LIVERPOOL.- This winter Tate Liverpool presents the first UK solo display of Swiss-Argentine artist Vivian Suter (b. 1949). The artist presents her recent work Nisyros (Vivians Bed) 201617, her largest installation to date consisting of 53 large-scale, brightly coloured paintings inspired by the tropical landscape of Panajachel, in Guatemala, Central America where she lives and works. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Suter moved to Panajachel in 1982, where she has made her home with her mother, artist Elisabeth Wild, on the grounds of a former coffee plantation. Her studios are open-air wooden structures located amid the lush rainforest. Here, the backdrop of trees, vibrant flowers, and sounds of tropical birds serves as inspiration for Suters abstract paintings. The colours, motifs, and movement of her brushstrokes are influenced by organic shapes, with a palette that ranges from various shades of green to dominant ... More | | 
One of the artist's most notable achievements was co-founding The Kamoinge Workshop in 1960, a community of civic-minded Black photographers based in New York City.
NEW YORK, NY.- Bruce Silverstein announced exclusive representation of The Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust. Draper (1935-2002) was both a well-regarded photographer and educator whose career, spanning nearly fifty years, took him from the East coast to Senegal. One of the artist's most notable achievements was co-founding The Kamoinge Workshop in 1960, a community of civic-minded Black photographers based in New York City. Kamoinge, translating to "group effort" from the language of the Kikuyu people of Kenya, encompassed a collective of artists whose work portrayed global African-American and African communities as having agency rather than being victimized by social and political oppression. Their wide ranging photographic practices speaks to the deeply textured experiences of people of color, and those reverberations continue today. Born in Virginia in 1935, Draper moved ... More |
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| | LewAllen Galleries announced the passing of lyrical abstractionist Emily Mason | | Christie's December Watches sales total $7.7 million, American Icons 100% sold | | "Collecting Reimagined: A 2D Curiosity Cabinet" opens at the Bruce Museum | 
Emily Mason will be remembered by the art world as an icon of lyrical abstract painting following an extraordinary six-decade career.
SANTA FE, NM.- It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of lyrical abstractionist Emily Mason. She transitioned on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at her home in Vermont surrounded by family and loved ones. Mason was 87. LewAllen Galleries plans a memorial exhibition of her work in the coming year. A memorial service celebrating Emily Masons life will be held this later this spring in Vermont. A beloved mother, wife, and friend, Emily Mason will be remembered by the art world as an icon of lyrical abstract painting following an extraordinary six-decade career. Throughout her life, Mason created art that inspires both the heart and imagination and which uses color as a vibrant means to express the poetic resonances of beauty in the world. Emily Mason was one of the first artists invited to join LewAllen Galleries roster by the then-new owners, Ken Marvel and Robert Gardner, in 2003 and her work has ... More | | 
PATEK PHILIPPE. Platinum Perpetual Calendar Minute Repeating Tourbillon Wristwatch with Breguet Numerals, Retrograde Date, and Moon Phases, Manufactured in 2007, Ref. 5016P Price Realized: $471,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies Important Watches and American Icons live auction totaled $6,206,750. Combined, both live and online sales achieved a total of $7,726,875. The top lot of the live sale was the highly-complicated and exceptional Patek Philippe reference 5016P, that sold for $471,000. Other notable results included an exceptionally rare Patek Philippe reference 3450, retailed by Tiffany & Co., which sold for $350,000, as well as an extremely fine and very rare stainless Rolex reference 6264, ''Musketeer Paul Newman'', that realized $200,000. The dedicated section of American Icons was 100% sold, which featured the paired lot of two pocket watches belonging to Ernest Hemingway and Charles C. Ritz, that sold for more than double the estimate achieving $43,750; the two Patek Philippe timepieces formerly ... More | | 
Fragment from the Room Where Jesse James was Shot, 1888. Lath on board. Gift of O.G. Palmer, Bruce Museum Collection 549.
GREENWICH, CONN.- Sea serpents crushing ships. Seven-foot-tall giants. A mummified Porsche. What other oddities might you find in the Bruce Museums 2D curiosity cabinet? See for yourself by exploring the Bruce Museums new exhibition, Collecting Reimagined: A 2D Curiosity Cabinet, on view now in the Museums Bantle Lecture Gallery. The practice of collecting objects and putting them on display in cabinets of curiosities reached its peak among European collectors, scientists, and royalty during the 16th and 17th centuries. The purposes of these rooms varied, from showcasing prized possessions to serving as educational tools. Some cabinet owners even aspired to the metaphysical in their desire to create a microcosm of the universe through their collections. Curiosity cabinets are traditionally thought of as physical spaces filled with objects. However, scholars and artists in the past also used words and ... More |
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| | How a band of seasoned cinephiles plans to save the movie house | | French New Wave icon Anna Karina dies at 79 | | A woman, a banana and a $120,000 question about what a life is worth | 
Yvette Bendahan and fellow moviegoers watch Linda Ronstandt The Sound of My Voice at an auditorium on Broadway and West 62nd Street. Sarah Stacke/The New York Times.
by Alex Vadukul
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- During a recent screening of Mr. Klein, the 1976 World War II psychological thriller starring Alain Delon, volunteers at New Plaza Cinema scrambled to operate their upstart independent movie theater on the Upper West Side. Ann Logan, 71, yelled directions to customers as she sat in her walker; Norma Levy, 76, sold tickets from rolls of red paper stubs and stashed money into a little metal box; Rita Lee, 88, helped sell refreshments at a foldout table. When the movie ended, ushers hurried to wheel walkers and rollators back to older guests waiting in their seats. It wasnt a sellout, but it was a decent showing for a 43-year-old French film on a chilly Saturday night. New Plaza is a newcomer to the citys independent cinema scene, and its trying to establish itself at a time when independent theaters are in a death struggle with streaming ... More | | 
In this file photo taken on March 02, 2018 Danish-French actress Anna Karina poses during a photo session in Paris, on March 2, 2018. THOMAS SAMSON / AFP.
by Rana Moussaoui
PARIS (AFP).- Danish-French actress Anna Karina, muse of New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard, has died of cancer at the age of 79, her agent told AFP on Sunday. Karina, who epitomised Sixties chic with her elfin features and big kohl-rimmed blue eyes, starred in seven films made by her ex-husband Godard, including "Pierrot Le Fou". She also had some success as a singer, recording the hit "Sous Le Soleil Exactement" with Serge Gainsbourg for his musical "Anna" in 1967. "Anna died yesterday in a Paris hospital of the effects of cancer," her agent Laurent Balandras told AFP, adding that she passed away in the company of her fourth husband, American director Dennis Berry. "Today, French cinema has been orphaned. It has lost one of its legends," Culture Minister Franck Riester tweeted. Karina was still a teenager when she hitchhiked to Paris from her native Denmark ... More | | 
Aruzhan Toleubay on the Florida International University campus in North Miami, Fla., on Dec. 13, 2019. Scott McIntyre/The New York Times.
by Frances Robles
KEY WEST (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- It was a photo of a photo, and it was too good to resist: an image of a buzz-haired woman using her cellphone to capture a bruised banana stuck to the wall with a piece of duct tape at Art Basel in Miami Beach. The news of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelans banana which sold for six figures had come to represent the absurdity of the art world. The photo of the woman, taken by freelance photographer Rhona Wise, was published in The New York Times and The Washington Post. It appeared on websites in places like Cuba, Russia, China, Italy, Greece and the Middle East. The caption identified the woman in it as a visitor. But now another story is emerging about that photograph shared around the world, one steeped in irony about the hotly debated (and quickly eaten) fruit that fetched such a hefty sum. The 20-year-old college student in the picture, Aruzhan Toleubay, is bald from chemotherapy. ... More |
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 On the frontier, the Lubumbashi Biennial makes art from obstaclesLUBUMBASHI (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- This hot, dry metropolis may seem an unlikely art center. It is a thousand miles from the capital, Kinshasa, on the southern edge of an enormous, unwieldy country typically associated with wars and other crises. Yet the Lubumbashi Biennial, founded in 2008, recently held its sixth edition in this city in the mineral-rich Katanga province. It gathered work by 42 artists from Congo and beyond, including contemporary African stars like Ibrahim Mahama, Emeka Ogboh, and Kemang wa Lehulere, and a collaboration with Ruangrupa, the Indonesian collective that is curating Documenta 2022. During the opening weekend, the poinciana trees were in bright orange flower around the National Museum, the biennials main site, which sits next to the provincial parliament house. Built in the 1950s under Belgian colonial rule, both structures ... More Indonesian martial art pencak silat gets UNESCO heritage statusJAKARTA (AFP).- Anwar bin Sholeh had something to cheer when he showed up at a Jakarta training centre to practice pencak silat -- the Indonesian martial art was added to UNESCO's prestigious heritage list. "It's an honour that pencak silat has been recognised internationally," the 38-year-old, who has been practising the art since elementary school, told AFP. "This will motivate us to preserve our traditions and culture," he added. Dating back to as early as the 6th Century, one legend has it that the ancient martial art -- which blends self-defense and artistic elements -- originated after a woman watched a tiger do battle with a giant hawk, and copied their techniques to fight off a pestering group of drunken men. The term pencak silat describes hundreds of indigenous combat styles in Southeast Asia, with fighters wielding a terrifying array of weapons such as knives, ... More Don McDonagh, dance critic and author, dies at 87NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- Don McDonagh, a fervent supporter of experimental choreographers as a dance critic for The New York Times and author of critical biographies of George Balanchine and Martha Graham, died Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 87. Min Zhu, his executor and friend, said the cause was cancer. Contributing reviews and articles prolifically to The Times from 1967 to 1978, McDonagh was one of the first critics to support dancemaker Twyla Tharp when she began showing her early, provocative conceptual work in the mid-1960s. (She was known to drop raw eggs on the floor during a performance.) He was a fair, intelligent supporter, Tharp recalled in a phone interview Thursday, adding, This was extremely generous to me as a young person. McDonaghs biography George Balanchine, published in 1983, offered a ... More Hang-Up Gallery opens new 2000 sq ft London spaceLONDON.- Hang-Up announced the opening of its new purpose-built London gallery on the Regents Canal in Hoxton. Offering nearly 2000sq ft of contemporary space, 5-metre-high ceilings with an abundance of natural light, the new gallery opened on Thursday 28th November with a dynamic group exhibition showcasing Hang-Ups roster of primary and secondary market artists including Banksy, Grayson Perry, Harland Miller, Joe Webb, Tim Fishlock and KAWS. Moving from its original Dalston space to the striking new waterfront location in Hoxton, the building has been completely stripped back, dug out and remodelled over an eight-month period. It is now a sharp, purpose-built contemporary gallery space with bold architectural floor to ceiling doors and polished concrete floors. The new space enables Hang-Up to present much larger scale exhibitions. ... More Kunsthalle Zurich presents two immersive installations by London-based artist Marianna Simnett ZURICH.- Kunsthalle Zurich presents two immersive installations by London-based artist Marianna Simnett (b. 1986). Blood In My Milk, 2018, and Faint with Light, 2016 are Simnetts most important achievements in her still young career. Simnetts work is raw and overwhelming. Viewers have been known to faint when visiting her shows. Blood In My Milk is a five-channel, 73-minute film installation bringing together a body of work made between 2014 and 2017. Characters ranging from surgeons, scientists, children and insects tell grisly stories about sickness and medical intervention. Blood In My Milk is a fairy tale, musical, documentary and nightmare in one. It puts you under a hypnotic spell, yet keeps you at a wicked distance. Faint with Light is an audio and light installation which records the artist deliberately inducing her own unconsciousness ... More The Ravestijn Gallery presents the world premiere of Anja Niemi's all new series The BlowAMSTERDAM.- The Ravestijn Gallery is presenting the world premiere of Anja Niemis all new series The Blow; a work that talks of the need for resilience in the face of hardship, and the importance of self belief. At first glance, Anja Niemis new work shows an unaccompanied woman, dressed in black and with a face that is always turned, driving to a solitary house in the desert. Here she trades her clothes for that of a boxer. The boxing paraphernalia builds upon the idea that each photograph and setting is a site of mental training and introspective battle. As with all of Niemis work, the narratives she constructs and then performs in as both author and character simultaneously, act as allegorical amplifiers to the conversations that lie beneath. In one photograph, boxing gloves sit on the concrete floor just outside the bedroom with nothing but the parched ... More Caroline Lucas MP curates her first art exhibition from works in major UK art collectionEASTBOURNE.- Caroline Lucas is the Green Partys first MP, currently representing Brighton Pavilion, and has served as an MEP and as Leader and Co-Leader of the Green Party. This Autumn she takes on a new challenge: to curate her first ever exhibition for the walls of a major UK gallery. Caroline curated an exhibition in East Sussex, at Towner Art Gallery, the largest gallery on the South Coast. The exhibition takes place from 14 December until 10 May 2020. Selecting from the 5000 works in Towners Collection, Carolines choices reflect and resonate with her passions and her interests, from her environmental work, the impact of climate change and its effects on our landscape, to her love of living in Sussex. Towner has collected and exhibited contemporary art for almost 100 years. The Collection is best known for its modern British art including ... More Christmas pyramid lights up Alabama cityCULLMAN (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- At 30 feet tall, the wooden Christmas centerpiece stands out in downtown Cullman, Alabama. Carved figures of snowmen, angels, nutcracker soldiers and early settlers peek out from each level. At night when lit by electric candles, the structure glows like a cake topper in photos. Its a Weihnachtspyramide, or Christmas pyramid, in German, and a nod by local officials to the citys roots and the holiday season when it was recently unveiled. Everyone loves it, even if they dont understand what it is, Jasef Wisener, marketing coordinator for the citys parks, recreation and sports tourism department, said of the pyramid, a German tradition. When they see it, they know it means Christmas in German. Cullman, which has a population of almost 16,000, sits along Interstate 65, about 50 miles north of Birmingham. A celebration ... More State of Extremes now open at Design Museum HolonHOLON.- State of Extremes, an original, large-scale exhibition of contemporary design is now open at Design Museum Holon. Covering the entirety of the museum, State of Extremes investigates our current condition of extremesdefined by extreme weather, extreme political polarization, extreme inequality and increasingly extreme scenarios in science, biotechnology and the digital realmwhile also showing ways in which design can act as a mediating, moderating and healing force. Curated by Aric Chen with Maya Dvash, Chief Curator of Design Museum Holon, and Azinta Plantenga, State of Extremes marks the Museums 10th anniversarycoming a decade after the museums inaugural 2010 exhibition, The State of Thingswith over 70 works by international and Israeli designers and studios. In 2010, The State of Things inaugurated ... More Ambitious project 'Lights Up London' this festive season LONDON.- This winter, internationally acclaimed artist Jony Easterby premiered a new project where beautifully animated illustrations are being projected across buildings in Nine Elms, by the Thames in central London. Created using Pippa Taylors faithful depictions of the areas namesake elm trees, the work invites London visitors and local residents to see buildings in the area in a new light from 13-21 December. The large scale light installations are a festive treat suitable for all ages and the highly visual outdoor work is free of charge to visit. This specially commissioned visual spectacle, Light Up Nine Elms, utilises residential blocks, construction sites and public plazas as the canvas for this ambitious, site specific after-dark artwork, which has never been seen before. Buildings are being lit up after dark. The Nine Elms place name has been traced ... More Lee Cott's photographs of the Seattle Gas Works on view at The Griffin Museum of Photography WINCHESTER, MASS.- Lee Cotts photographs of the Seattle Gas Works are crafted with a sense of delicacy to portray extraordinary beauty in familiar, ordinary and conventional structures. Industrial Gothic The Seattle Gas Works will run at the Griffin Gallery from December 10 through January 3, 2020. I have always been drawn to the monumentality of structures such as these; initially to the magnificent grain elevators that rise above the plains of the midwest and now more recently to these stunning industrial forms in Seattle. The Seattle Gas Works are structural marvels that have an enduring visual interest for me on two scales, for their sheer enormity and for their careful attention to minute detail. These structures are the sole survivors of this era of gas works in the United States. As well, they are a unique landmark for the City of Seattle. ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter Remedios Varo was born December 16, 1908. Remedios Varo Uranga (16 December 1908 - 8 October 1963) was a Spanish-Mexican para-surrealist painter and anarchist. Born in Girona, Spain in 1908, she studied at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid. She is known as one of the world famous para-surrealist artists of the 20th Century. During the Spanish Civil War she fled to Paris where she was greatly influenced by the surrealist movement. She met her second husband, the French surrealist poet Benjamin Péret, in Barcelona. In this image: Remedios Varo (Spanish/Mexican 1908-1963), Vampiros vegetarianos. Oil on canvas. Painted in 1962. Estimate: $1,500,000 - 2,000,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2015.
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