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The Little Foot fossilised hominid skeleton is unveiled for the first time to the public at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg on December 6, 2017. MUJAHID SAFODIEN / AFP.
JOHANNESBURG (AFP).- The most complete skeleton ever found of an australopithecus, a forerunner to modern man, went on display for the first time in Johannesburg on Wednesday following a 20-year process to excavate and assemble the 3.67 million-year-old remains. Known as "Little Foot" because four small foot bones were the first to be discovered, the skeleton is the most complete example of a human ancestor older than 1.5 million years yet discovered. It will now be available for public viewing at Wits University in Johannesburg. "This is one of the most remarkable fossil discoveries made in the history of human origins research and it is a privilege to unveil a finding of this importance today," said Ron Clarke, the Wits University academic who discovered Little Foot. ... More |
| The Best Photos of the Day | | | | Mustafa al-Waziri, Director General of Luxor´s Antiquities, points at an ancient Egyptian mural found at the newly discovered ´Kampp 161´ tomb at Draa Abul Naga necropolis on the west Nile bank of the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, about 650 kilometres (400 miles) south of the capital Cairo, on December 9, 2017. STRINGER / AFP. | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts features interactive work created using emerging technologies | | The Victoria & Albert Museum opens the UK's largest ever exhibition on Winnie-the-Pooh | | 17th-century royal souvenirs tell the story of Charles II's dramatic escape after the Civil War |
Liane Lang, Casts series (2006-2007): Ars Equina © Liane Lang.
LONDON.- The Royal Academy of Arts presents From Life, a special exhibition project taking place across two distinct spaces: the Sackler Wing of Galleries and the Tennant Gallery. From Life examines what making art from life has meant to artists throughout history and how the practice is evolving as technology opens up new ways of creating and visualising artwork. Drawing from casts of Classical and Renaissance sculpture and life models was long considered essential training for any aspiring artist, and was once a staple of the RA Schools, Britains longest established fine art school. Beginning with a display of historic paintings and works on paper drawn from the RA Collection, From Life explores the practice of life drawing, from the origins of the Royal Academy in the 18th century to the present day, whilst also looking to the future. Historic paintings by artists such as Johann Zoffany are followed by works in a diverse r ... More | |
Teddy Bear manufactured by Margarete Steiff ca. 1906-1910. Stuffed and sewn mohair plush. Bequeathed by Miss Z. N. Ziegler. (c) Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
LONDON.- Original drawings of Winnie-the-Pooh are on display at the V&A for the first time in nearly 40 years this December as part of the UKs largest ever exhibition on Winnie-the-Pooh, A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard. Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic is a multi-sensory, playful exhibition that explores the magical world of Winnie-the-Pooh one of the most adored fictional characters of all time. Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic reveals the real people, relationships and inspirations behind the charismatic bear, star of the most popular childrens books of all time, and a world representing friendship, simple joys and the curious yet gentle nature of a childs imagination. Visitors will be taken on a journey exploring the thrilling interplay between text and illustration, shedding new light on the creative collaboration between Milne and ... More | |
John Michael Wright, Charles II, c.1676. Royal Collection Trust/ © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017.
LONDON.- A new exhibition Charles II: Art & Power, which opened (8 December) at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, explores the colourful reign of Charles II, who came to the thrones of England and Ireland in 1660 after over ten years of Commonwealth rule. The exhibition begins with a number of works that record the famous episodes in the King's escape to Europe after his defeat by Oliver Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651. After the final, decisive, engagement of the English Civil War, Charles fled to Boscobel House in Shropshire. He later recorded the details of his escape in An Account of the Preservation of King Charles II after the Battle of Worcester. The King recalls how Colonel William Careless, an attending Royalist officer, advised him that it was too dangerous to take refuge in the house or nearby woods. There was only ... More |
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| The Kupferstichkabinett opens a comprehensive museum exhibition of works by Willi Baumeister | | Science and art come together at the Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery | | Portland Art Museum opens "In the Beginning: Minor White's Oregon Photographs" |
Willi Baumeister, Maler mit Palette, 1932. Bleistift und Kohle auf chamoisfarbigem Zeichenkarton, 45 x 34,9 cm © Archiv Baumeister im Kunstmuseum Stuttgart.
BERLIN.- The Kupferstichkabinett presents Willi Baumeisters drawings in the first comprehensive museum exhibition of his work in Berlin since his major retrospective at the Neue Nationalgalerie in 1989. Born in 1889 in Stuttgart, Baumeister was a passionate and meticulous draftsman throughout his life. This is particularly true of the artists period of inner emigration during the Nazi era, when it was nearly impossible for him to paint in the studio. Instead, he covertly made hundreds of drawings in Bad Urach in the Swabian Alps. But even in the preceding years Baumeister was awarded a professorship by the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main in 1928 drawing was an essential part of his work. It served fundamentally not only as a preparation for painting or as a method of reflecting thereupon. Nor was it merely used to develop print editions. Rather, the drawings at times in colour or made on colo ... More | |
Buddha; China, Tang dynasty (618907), early 7th century; hollow-core lacquer with pigment and gilding; PurchaseCharles Lang Freer Endowment; Freer Gallery of Art, F1944.46.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The only existing sixth- and seventh-century Chinese lacquer Buddha sculptures have come together for the first time in an exhibition at the Smithsonians Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Secrets of the Lacquer Buddha is on view Dec. 9June 10, 2018. Modern technology and scientific analysis have revealed how these extremely rare life-sized Chinese Buddha sculptures were created and what they are made of. These new insights offer a deeper historical understanding of the three Buddha sculptures: one from the Freer Gallery of Art, one from the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore and one from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The exhibition explores the methods and ancient process of making sculptures in lacquer, a resin from native trees of northeast Asia. Highlighting the impact science has on understanding art, Secrets of the ... More | |
Minor White, Plane Study, ca. 1939. Gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration. Commissioned through the New Deal art projects, public domain, L42.3.8.
PORTLAND, ORE.- Long before co-founding Aperture magazine or establishing the groundbreaking photography program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, renowned modernist photographer Minor White (American, 1908-1976) moved to Portland, where he sowed the seeds of what would become a forceful artistic vision. This exhibition of Whites rarely exhibited early works celebrates the artists influence on the region, and honors the Portland Art Museums dedication to acquiring and exhibiting photography as the institution enters its 125th year. In 1937, after traveling to Portland from Minnesota and taking up residence at the downtown YMCA, White joined the Oregon Camera Club, using its darkroom and library to hone his photography skills. He instituted a darkroom, education, and exhibition ... More |
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| Ketterer Kunst auction sets world record for Ernst Wilhelm Nay | | Krannert Art Museum wins prestigious award, adds 16th-century print to its collection | | New collection exhibition focuses on how artists have depicted human beings with all of their emotions and instincts |
Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Scheiben und Halbscheiben. Starting price: 230,000. Sold for: 2,312,500.
MUNICH.- With total proceeds of around 25 million (surely to rise above 26 million after post auction sales) and a sales quota of up to 85% by lots, the autumn auction realized a more than superb result. 30% first time buyers underline the increasing appeal of Contemporary Art. A work by Ernst Wilhelm Nay provided a historic moment. I am very content with the result. We saw new records and realized excellent figures, said Robert Ketterer. The development of the key figures underlines the appeal of our range of offers. The auctioneer and owner of Ketterer Kunst emphasizes: We see a reduced lot total and higher individual results. The December auctions alone provided an average increase of more than 80% per sold lot. A total of 47 works reached or crossed the 100,000 line. Ernst Wilhelm Nay's oil painting Scheiben und Halbscheiben (lot 804) was the ... More | |
Albrecht Dürer (German, 14711528), Christ Carrying the Cross, from the Engraved Passion series, 1512. Engraving on paper. Museum purchase through the Champion & Partners Acquisition Prize in Honour of Richard Hamilton (2017).
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.- Krannert Art Museum has added a 16th-century print by Albrecht Dürer one of the worlds most skilled engravers to its collection, thanks to an acquisition prize that provided funds for the purchase. The museum was awarded the 2017 Richard Hamilton Acquisition Prize, given by the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA). Krannert Art Museum is the first academic art museum to receive the prize since it was established in 2012. The prize provides $10,000 funded by Champion & Partners, a Boston-based executive search firm to be used at the IFPDA Print Fair in New York City to purchase a new work for the award winners permanent collection. The print purchased by Krannert Art Museum from C. G. ... More | |
Mark Manders, Landscape with Male Figure (2017). Photo: Antoine van Kaam.
WASSENAAR.- Museum Voorlinden presents a new collection exhibition. Stage of Being - after the painting by Robert Zandvliet shows us how, over time, artists have depicted human beings with all of their emotions and instincts. 45 artworks in different media encourage us to reflect on who we are, our relationships to others and how we will be remembered long after we are gone. Who are we? Where do we come from? What are we doing here? Where are we going? We live in a world of progress: we know more and are capable of more, we live longer than ever before; maybe one day we will even achieve immortality. At the same time, we humans struggle with feelings of emptiness, loneliness and fear. Once, religion and ideology provided guidance and assuaged our doubts. Nowadays, we rely on self-help books, doctors, philosophers and coaches but above all, on ourselves. Artists in particular ... More |
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| Ruiz-Healy Art opens exhibition of works by Ricky Armendariz | | Exhibition at the Jason Jacques Gallery pairs Art Nouveau pottery with contemporary jewelry | | New work from Matt Black and Elliott Erwitt's recently rediscovered first series of work on view at Magnum Print Room |
Richard Armendariz, Beauty Marks, Son of Velázquez IV, 2017. Oil on birch, 24 x 24.
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- It doesnt take a trained eye to regard the works of Ricky Armendariz and know that he is a rare kind of maestro. From the outset of his career, nearly twenty-five years ago, he struck on an artistic persona that is an amalgam of artist, artisan, insurrectionist, and visionary, combining an ever more refined technical mastery of painting with an arduous practice of crafting his works, whether seeking out synthetic materials to etch upon that will achieve a greater granular fidelity for his block prints, or painstakingly wielding an industrial router to bevel and ornament his canny, mythic, and sometimes unsettling, narrative painted scenarios. He merged his long training as a painter with an early mastery of stone masonry (a vocation he practiced in Colorado), perhaps making it inevitable that his works would be exquisitely drawn, painted and carved. His themes can be drawn from a broad panorama of literary, allegorical, ... More | |
Clément Massier, Acorn Treasure, 1895 Earthenware, 3.50h x 4w x 4d in.
NEW YORK, NY.- Jason Jacques Gallery presents All that Glitters¬, an exhibition that combines the talents of contemporary jeweler William Ehrlich and ceramist Clément Massier (1845-1917). The pairing of masterworks by the two artists, presented side-by-side for the first time, seeks to explore the connections between art pottery and jewelry as an homage to Art Nouveau design. Ehrlich and Massier share the insatiable desire to transcend conventional definitions of design, form, and ornamentation, says Jason T. Busch, director of Jason Jacques Gallery. Bils incomparable jewelry has pride of place beside the iridescent, timeless masterworks of noted ceramist Clément Massier, in a jewel box exhibition staged 100 years after Massiers death. William Ehrlich produces innovative pieces of jewelry influenced by his lifelong artistic interests. After working in the fields of architecture and real estate desig ... More | |
Farmer, Sylvester, Georgia, USA 2017. © Matt Black / Magnum Photos.
LONDON.- American Black & White brings together new work from Matt Blacks series The Geography of Poverty, shown alongside Elliott Erwitts recently rediscovered work shot in Pittsburgh in 1950. Collectively, the distinctive works in this exhibition present a portrait of urban and rural America, shot half a century apart, but united by the medium of black & white photography. Examining life in the forgotten corners of America during the first months of the Trump presidency, this latest instalment from photographer Matt Blacks The Geography of Poverty project finds region after region of the US marked by the competing conditions of poverty, violence, and prejudice as well as hope, honour, and pragmatism. For this ongoing project, Black has travelled 48,0000 miles across 44 US states, photographing communities whose poverty rates are I excess of 20%, and highlighting the countrys growing gap between ... More |
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Native American jewelry, pottery and collectibles go up for bid at Turner Auctions + Appraisals
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Turner Auctions + Appraisals will present over 280 lots of fine Southwest items from three major collectors including jewelry, pottery, and a wide range of collectibles on Sunday, December 17, 2017. This very diverse sale features extensive offerings of jewelry, including bracelets, squash blossom and heishi necklaces, mens and ladies rings, concho and other belts, belt buckles, bolos, hat bands and ketohs. Most are Native American with sterling or coin silver, many with turquoise, coral or other embellishments. Pottery jars and figures are from the Navajo, Hopi, Santa Clara, Acoma, Santa Domingo, Laguna, Pueblo, Anasazi, Casas Grandes, Matsaki, Mimbres and others; several basketry items come from the Navajo, Pomo, Nez Perce and others. Diverse clothing includes moccasins, gauntlets, arm bands, leggings, pouches and ... More
Publication of new book by Cig Harvey coincides with exhibitions in Boston and New York
NEW YORK, NY.- You An Orchestra You A Bomb is the third monograph by photographer Cig Harvey. Part memoir, part poem and part love letter, this new book explores Harveys relationship with life through text and photography, combined to create an ode to the fragility and beauty of the present moment. The publication of this new book coincides with exhibitions of the work at Robert Mann Gallery, New York and Robert Klein Gallery. Each photograph in the book is a self-contained vignette, collectively suggesting a narrative through recurring themes and symbols. The use of text, both an introductory stream of memory and interspersed throughout the book, anchor the images in Harveys own personal experience, and yet each image tugs on the viewers own memory, suggesting a place they also knew. The symbols birds, teeth, windows, water and ... More
'Green Diamonds: Natural Radiance' debuts at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County opened its special exhibition Green Diamonds: Natural Radiance, which adds eight cases of bright color and shine inside the Museums renowned Gem and Mineral Hall. The vibrant diamonds on display as loose gems and mounted jewelry are part of the Gamma Collection, which was amassed over the course of 20 years and is comprised of more than 60 of the most rare and prestigious natural colored diamonds in the world. At the center of Natural Radiance at NHMLA is The Mantis, the largest Vivid Yellowish Green diamond ever graded by the Gemological Institute of America, alongside The Shangri-La, the finest example of a large vivid green diamond, both of which are mounted in rings. Organized by NHMLA Associate Curator of Mineral Sciences Dr. Aaron Celestian in partnership with ... More
No Longer Empty announces 'Hold These Truths' at Nathan Cummings Foundation
NEW YORK, NY.- No Longer Empty announces Hold These Truths, a group exhibition that responds to our complex and critical moment in United States history through the works of artists including Sol Aramendi, Alexandra Bell, Natalie Bookchin, Andrea Bowers, Nancy Chunn, Adinah Dancyger & Mykki Blanco, Nona Faustine, Ramiro Gomez & David Feldman, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Shaun Leonardo, Esperanza Mayobre, Loren Madsen, Richard Mosse, Not An Alternative, Jenny Polak, Bayeté Ross Smith, Michael Sharkey, Dustina Sherbine, Unlimited, Ltd., Kamau Ware and Carey Young. Hold These Truths is curated by Rachel Gugelberger, Curator and Manon Slome, Co-Founder/Chief Curator and continues the legacy of No Longer Emptys Bring in the Reality, a 2015 exhibition at Nathan Cummings Foundation that explored the intersection of storytelling and activism. ... More
Grazer Kunstverein opens solo shows of works by Isabel Nolan and Ola Vasiljeva
GRAZ.- The Grazer Kunstverein is presenting two solo shows by Isabel Nolan and Ola Vasiljeva as part of our Winter Season 2017. Isabel Nolan works with sculpture, textiles, photographs and text to describe or reveal moments (material, temporal, or otherwise) emerging from the fundamental human desire to find the world meaningful. Ola Vasiljeva borrows fragments from history and literature to create imaginary thresholds in which sculpture, drawing, video and found objects commingle on a level playing field. The year-long programme of the Grazer Kunstverein is drawn together under the guiding leitmotif The Necessity of Art inspired by author, politician, and dedicated anti-fascist Ernst Fischer. These two new solo presentations by Isabel Nolan and Ola Vasiljeva unfold amidst accumulative traces of the programme, with works on display by Ruth E Lyons ... More
Solo show by artist and choreographer Manuel Pelmuș opens at Para Site
HONG KONG.- Para Site is presenting Movements at an Exhibition, a solo show by artist and choreographer Manuel Pelmuș. The project is a collection of movements in an ongoing live action by a group of performers, framed within the format of an exhibition. Movements at an Exhibition paraphrases the title of the piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky, itself an attempt to translate painting through the language of music. In this exhibition, movement is understood both as the grammar of dance and choreography and also as the metaphorical representation of social actions and protests. The exhibition derives its movements and scores from three main sources: a subjective selection of moments from a performance and dance history of Hong Kong, abstracted images of bodies in formation during various protests in the recent history of the city, and materials ... More
Kunsthalle Bremen opens exhibition of works by four young talents
BREMEN.- This December four Bremen artists are presenting new works at the Kunsthalle Bremen in an exhibition titled Focus Young Art. Bremen 2017. The exhibition takes place in cooperation with the Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung zur Förderung junger Künstler (Foundation for the Support of Young Artists) and provides a prominent platform for promising talent. The artists presented in the exhibition are Amina Brotz (*1986, Henstedt-Ulzburg), Conor Eric Gilligan (*1981, Friedberg), Matthias Ruthenberg (*1984, Berlin) and Michael Schmid (*1981, Langenau). Amina Brotz, *1986, Henstedt-Ulzburg, Schleswig-Holstein, studied at the University of the Arts in Bremen and is a Master Student with Prof. Heike Kati Barath in 2016/2017. Originally a painter, Amina Brotz now works in various media and formats, starting from location and different materials. Her time-based, ... More
Whitechapel Gallery commissions Matt + Fiona to build new school art room
LONDON.- Room for Art is a new commission by architectural educationalists Matt + Fiona for the Whitechapel Gallery with year 6 pupils at Lansbury Lawrence Primary School, located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The 1951 Festival of Britain featured major projects on the South Bank of the Thames including the futuristic prefab Dome of Discovery and the iconic Skylon tower. It also presented the Live Architecture exhibition that reimagined the urban renewal of East London with the creation of the Lansbury Estate. Over 65 years later, capturing this utopian optimism, the duo MATT+FIONA have worked with the modernist Lansbury Lawrence Primary School on the design of its new art room building. This visionary post-war architecture provides the context and inspiration for the pupils design. The lattice timber skeleton with vibrant cladding ... More
Exhibition at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum features more than 40 works of art inspired by music
NEW LONDON, CONN.- The Lyman Allyn Art Museum announced the opening of On Another Note: The Intersection of Art and Music. This exhibition, curated by Alva Greenberg, features more than 40 works of art inspired by music, ranging from paintings and photographs to assemblage, glass, sculpture and video. The exhibition is on view December 2, 2017 March 11, 2018. Music has become a constant companion in peoples daily lives. There is no escaping it. In elevators, in waiting rooms, in restaurants, and through ear buds, everyones lives are lived with a sound track as background noise. Visual artists are no different, as it is not unusual for them to have music playing in their studios as they create. Some artists have embraced the challenge of making it the core of their creative process by turning music into visual manifestations. Each artist in the exhibition ... More
Exhibition of new work by Mayme Kratz opens at Dolby Chadwick Gallery
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Dolby Chadwick Gallery announces Distances, an exhibition of new work by Mayme Kratz, on view from December 9, 2017, to January 27, 2018. Kratzs mixed media works feature elements of the natural worldsuch as seed pods, pinecones, grass, shells, and rattlesnake ribswhich she encases in layers of polymer resin to create lyrical microcosms of the landscapes from which she draws. Kratzs relationship with nature was fomented as a child growing up just east of San Diego on the edge of the Anza-Borrego Desert, where she spent hours playing outside. Finding solace in a wilderness framed by dramatic mountains and brimming with foliage, she developed a reverence for natureincluding its smallest of detailsthat would become part of her personal and aesthetic language. The artist likens her process to that of creating a visual ... More
Neue Sammlung in Munich exhibits Gisela Neuwald's collection of children's chairs
MUNICH.- Childrens chairs play a special role in design history. While the invention of the chair dates back to Classical Antiquity, seating designed especially for children only exists from a much later point onwards. Initially these were reserved for the aristocracy and bourgeoisie. Over the course of the 19th century, however, with the advance of industrialization and general schooling increasingly gaining importance, the childrens chair soon emerged as a design subcategory in its own right. By following its history, one cannot only follow the development of new construction methods and the use of new materials, but also trace the change in the social situation of children. The Thonet company not only undertook pioneering work by making modern seating available to the broader masses through the invention of bentwood techniques, but also supplied furniture suitable ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, American-Swiss painter Mark Tobey was born December 11, 1890. Mark George Tobey (December 11, 1890 - April 24, 1976) was an American painter. His densely structured compositions, inspired by Asian calligraphy, resemble Abstract expressionism, although the motives for his compositions differ philosophically from most Abstract Expressionist painters. His work was widely recognized throughout the United States and Europe. In 1921, Tobey founded the art department at The Cornish School in Seattle, Washington.
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