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The First Art Newspaper on the Net Established in 1996 Saturday, January 4, 2025 Rediscovering Guillaume Guillon Lethière: A forgotten master returns to the spotlight Guillon Lethière, Homère chantant son Iliade aux portes d’Athènes, Angleterre © Nottingham City Museums Galleries. Bridgeman Images. PARIS.- A groundbreaking exhibition dedicated to Guillaume Guillon Lethière is currently on display in Paris. Co-organized with the prestigious Clark Art Institute of Williamstown, this first major monograph shines a light on one of the most influential history painters of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, whose remarkable legacy had long been overshadowed. Born in 1760 in Sainte-Anne, Guadeloupe, Lethière's journey from the Caribbean to the heart of Parisian art circles is nothing short of extraordinary. The son of a mixed-race slave and a white colonial prosecutor, his unique heritage and exceptional talent propelled him to the forefront of the art world during a time of immense political and social upheaval. Despite his prominence, like many of his contemporaries trained under the Ancien Régime and active during the Romantic era, Lethière was largely forgotten by the latter half of the 19th century, deemed a classic out of step with emerging artistic innovations. ... More The Best Photos of the Day A Silk Road Oasis: Life in Ancient Dunhuang (27 September 2024 – 23 February 2025) at the British Library features over 50 manuscripts, printed documents and pictorial works, many from the ‘Library Cave’ in the cave complex of Mogao and on public display for the first time. Archaeologists recover remarkably preserved shrines from a temple in Iraq Ahlers & Ogletree annouces Signature Estates Auction, Jan. 15th-16th Bidders were in a holiday mood at Morphy's stylish $2.6M Fine & Decorative Arts Auction The glazed sherd found by Penn Museum and Iraqi archaeologists at Nimrud, Iraq (2024). Photo: Penn Museum. PHILADELPHIA, PA.- At the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in northern Iraq, a temple razed by fire around 612 BCE, has remarkably preserved shrines that were recovered by the Penn Museum and Iraqi archaeologists on a site excavation this year as part of the Penn Nimrud Project, one of several cultural heritage preservation and protection initiatives of Penn’s Iraq Heritage Stabilization Program (IHSP). These recent discoveries enhance our understanding of one of the world’s first empires while also highlighting archaeology’s integral role in cultural heritage restoration. Known as Kalhu by Assyrians and Calah in the Bible, Nimrud’s vast archaeological mounds first excavated in the 19th century, provide evidence confirming how ancient Mesopotamia contributed to human advancement. Assyria also represents a crucial part of Iraq’s cultural identity, which the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) attempted to erase by destroying major Mesopotamian monuments ... More January 15th features many fine Asian items, led by a pair of polychrome-painted standing arhats on integral lotus pedestals, likely from the Ming Dynasty, both 49 inches tall (est. $8,000-$16,000). ATLANTA, GA.- Ahlers & Ogletree, the Atlanta-based auction powerhouse, will dive right into 2025 with a two-day New Year’s Signature Estates auction on Wednesday and Thursday, January 15th and 16th. The auction is loaded with an extraordinary array of items that include an impressive selection of Asian art, timeless 19th century furniture, fine and decorative arts and collectible sports memorabilia. In all, close to 800 premier lots will cross the auction block, starting promptly at 10am Eastern time both days, online and live in the Ahlers & Ogletree gallery located at 1788 Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard NW in Atlanta. Online bidding will be available at bid.AandOauctions.com, as well as LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. Telephone and absentee bids will also be accepted. January 15th features many fine Asian items, led by a pair of polychrome-painted standing arhats on integral lotus pedestals, likely from the Ming ... More Very rare Tiffany Studios table lamp in ‘Venetian’ pattern. Height: 19in. Sold for $114,000 against an estimate of $60,000-$80,000. DENVER, PA.- Morphy’s December 17-19 Fine & Decorative Arts Auction made the holiday season merry and bright for discerning gift-buyers and collectors with its opulent selection of luxury goods that totaled $2.6 million, inclusive of buyer’s premium. The 2024 edition of the Pennsylvania company’s popular pre-Christmas sale featured a stunning array of jewels and watches, silver, European art pottery and antiques; and more than 40 outstanding Tiffany Studios lamps. One of the most desirable of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s creations, a rare and extraordinarily beautiful Venetian table lamp claimed top-lot honors at the upscale gallery event. Although diminutive by comparison to other Tiffany lighting, the 19-inch-tall lamp was one of the New York firm’s most expensive productions in the early 20th century. This was due to the time and painstaking effort it took to create the breathtaking Venetian pattern from a profusion of small, delicate pieces of glass. Both the shade, which re ... More A vibrant journey through 1980s fashion with David Bailey RM Sotheby's realizes over $887 million in 2024 Timothy Taylor announces an exhibition of new and recent paintings by Chris Martin In the 1980s, fashion wanted to make a statement and found in legendary British fashion photographer David Bailey its perfect chronicler. NEW YORK, NY.- David Bailey’s Eighties offers a captivating exploration of one of the most flamboyant decades in fashion history. Known for his influential work in the Swinging Sixties, Bailey seamlessly transitions into the vibrant and extravagant world of the 1980s, capturing the essence of an era defined by its bold aesthetics and cultural dynamism. The book is a rich compilation of Bailey’s iconic photography, featuring assignments from prestigious publications like Vogue Italia, Vogue Paris, and Tatler. Readers are treated to stunning visuals of legendary figures such as Jerry Hall, Tina Turner, and Yves Saint Laurent, alongside fashion luminaries like Catherine Deneuve and Princess Diana. Each photograph not only showcases the extravagant styles of the time—characterized by padded shoulders, big hair, and daring colors—but also reflects the playful and provocative spirit that Bailey masterfully portrays. Grace Coddington’s ... More The company attracted 51% new bidders and 65% new buyers, further expanding its global client base. Courtesy RM Sotheby's. BLENHEIM.- RM Sotheby’s achieved global transaction sales of over $887 million USD in 2024, marking one of the most successful years in its history. With live and online auctions, Sealed auctions, and private sale transactions, the company continued to connect collectors with some of the most significant and desirable cars in the world. The numbers reflect the strength and resilience of the market, with RM Sotheby’s achieving a 96% sell-through rate across its three primary sales platforms. Further contributing to its growth, RM Sotheby’s enduring partnership with Sotheby’s has opened doors to significant new buyers and consignors worldwide, allowing the company to continue setting benchmarks in the collector car market. Clients from 54 countries purchased cars, while bidders from 82 countries participated, highlighting the company’s truly global appeal. In 2024, 51% of bidders and 65% of buyers were new to RM Sotheby’s, reinforcing its ability ... More Chris Martin, Untitled, 2024. 135 x 118 in. (342.9 x 299.7 cm). NEW YORK, NY.- Timothy Taylor will present Speed of Light, an exhibition of new and recent paintings by Chris Martin. The artist’s second solo show with the gallery and first at Timothy Taylor in New York, the exhibition features five atmospheric abstractions that revel in material discovery. Martin has for nearly five decades invested in a painting practice that privileges process, directness, and an openness to experience. Bringing a vivid gestural freedom to a deep knowledge of the histories of abstraction and an omnivorous appetite for culture, he paints animated compositions that evoke cosmic phenomena, the landscape, and questions of scale. Elements of assemblage appear on Martin’s canvases—he is wide ranging in the vernacular materials he integrates into his paintings: glitter, images ripped from astrophysics books or pop culture magazines, bread, studio detritus, or aluminium foil. The resulting works are characterised by a playful tension between pictorial and actual space, as ... More The Katonah Museum of Art announces the exhibition Jonathan Becker: Lost Time Prime collections, including Sherman, Whispering Pines, Towers and Kutz, headline Heritage's 2025 FUN Auction Michael Kvium's latest exhibition opens at Nivaagaard's Art Collection Patricia Herrera at home, New York, 2001. Archival pigment print on rag, 28 x 28 in. Courtesy of the artist. © Jonathan Becker. KATONAH, NY.- The Katonah Museum of Art is presenting the exhibition Jonathan Becker: Lost Time, on view until January 26, 2025. Curated by renowned editor Mark Holborn, the exhibition commemorates fifty years of Jonathan Becker’s singular vision. Spanning the artist’s formative period in Paris as a protégé of Brassaï through his illustrious career working with Vanity Fair and Vogue during a golden age of magazine publishing, the photographs astutely commemorate some of the most fascinating and important subjects across contemporary culture. Becker remains one of the leading visual storytellers of our time, and Jonathan Becker: Lost Time provides unique access to one of the leading figures in contemporary photography. Jonathan Becker: Lost Time features more than fifty of the artist’s photographs of influential figures from the worlds of politics, fashion, ... More 1915-S $50 Panama-Pacific 50 Dollar Octagonal MS62 PCGS. DALLAS, TX.- Elite private collections, an array with quantity and quality rarely seen at any auction, have the potential to make Heritage’s January 15-19 FUN US Coins Signature® Auction among the top numismatic events ever held. Among the top attractions is the collection of Bruce Sherman, the chairman and principal owner of the Miami Marlins who also is a passionate historian with a keen interest in numismatics. “Bruce Sherman’s coin collection stands as one of the most remarkable achievements in numismatics, a testament not only to his passion but to his extraordinary eye for quality and rarity,” says Heritage Auctions President Greg Rohan. “We are immensely proud to present these treasures to the collecting community, as this once-in-a-lifetime offering is sure to captivate and inspire collectors around the world.” Among the top offerings in the collection is an 1894-S Barber Dime, Branch ... More Michael Kvium, Crybaby I. Photo: Anders Sune Berg. NIVAAGAARD.- Nivaagaard’s Art Collection is presenting Michael Kvium’s newest exhibition, “WETLAND,” now on display. This captivating total installation blends Kvium’s renowned humor with unsettling undertones, offering a profound exploration of nature, humanity, faith, and gender. “WETLAND” marks a significant addition to Kvium’s impressive body of work, showcasing entirely new sculptures and paintings alongside a revisited installation originally exhibited in Norway in 1998. The exhibition transforms the museum’s original building, Johannes Hage’s intimate art temple, into a mesmerizing landscape where water encroaches upon land and mountains of waste rise ominously. Known for his raw and unretouched portrayal of reality, Michael Kvium invites visitors into a world that is both touching and disquieting. His works in “WETLAND” delve deep into pressing contemporary issues, capturing the essence of our time through vivid depictions of every ... More Southern Guild opens Terence Maluleke's first solo exhibition in the US Gatsby, Eternal and OTOH among elite collections headed to Heritage's NYINC World & Ancient Coins Auction Leon Eisermann "Bothered by the past, burdened by the future" opens at Sebastian Gladstone Terence Maluleke, Nozipho’s Love, 2024. Acrylic on canvas, 63.2 x 44.3 in. | 160.5 x 112.5 cm. LOS ANGELES, CA.- This series of new paintings is a vivid development of his personal and religious symbology, exploring themes of self-determination, community, ritual and artistic freedom. Like a Fish in the Water is a reckoning with Maluleke's faith and expression of the desire for a life inscribed with agency and meaning. In the starkness of their rendition, focus on foreground action against a flat background, and narrative impact, the works in this exhibition are reminiscent of traditional iconographic paintings. Maluleke’s palette is more subdued than earlier paintings, with a prevalence of golden/mustard hues, enlivened with an experimental approach to mark-making and inclusion of unconventional materials such as glitter. In contrast to the didacticism of religious art, however, he brings an idiosyncratic point of view that embraces ambiguity. Maluleke has cultivated a vocabulary of forms with personal significance ... More Republic gold "9" Pond 1898 MS63 Prooflike NGC. DALLAS, TX.- The crown jewel of the entire South African numismatic field, the legendary “Single 9” overstrike of the 1898 Pond, will be among the top coins to change hands once it is sold January 13 in Heritage’s NYINC Platinum Session World & Ancient Coins Signature® Auction. Dubbed “The King of South African Coins,” this unique coin is undeniably one of the most valuable and rare world coins extant. It boasts a fascinating pedigree, including being once part of King Farouk’s illustrious “Palace Collections of Egypt.” It was last privately traded to the current owner in 2010. It is being offered as part of The Gatsby Collection, an extraordinary curation of pre-1960 South African coinage, unmatched in its breadth and quality. “This collection includes what is believed to be the rarest, most comprehensaive and valuable collection of South African coins held in private collections,” says Cris Bierrenbach, Executive Vice President of International Nu ... More Leon Eisermann, Guestlist, 2024, Oil on linen, 63" H x 47 1/4 " W, 160 x 120 cm. LOS ANGELES, CA.- Everyone has some idea of how to draw a skeleton—often a simplified, cartoonish figure that lacks anatomical accuracy but captures an essence familiar to all. This almost comical portrayal is a far cry from the complex, interwoven structures that underpin our physical forms. Yet, even a child who has never seen an actual skeleton could sketch something resembling the brittle framework of the human body. Skeletons strip away individuality, leaving behind only the shared architecture of our mortality. To know one’s skeleton is to acknowledge one’s fragility. It can serve as a stark reminder of the boundary between life and death, whether through a sudden fracture—a sharp, intrusive awareness of our vulnerability—or the morbid imagery of an exposed skull. If one’s skull is visible, it implies a dire state: the owner is either deceased, undergoing a life-threatening procedure like open brain ... More How Does Seurat Connect Pointillism to Workers Rights? More News Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles takes up the fraught relationship between sex, gender, and science LOS ANGELES, CA.- Scientia Sexualis is an ambitious group survey of contemporary artists whose works take up the fraught relationship between sex, gender, and science. Organized by Jennifer Doyle (Professor of English, University of California, Riverside) and Jeanne Vaccaro (Assistant Professor of Transgender Studies and Museum Studies, University of Kansas), the exhibition is realized as part of the ambitious collaboration across arts institutions throughout Southern California known as PST ART: Art & Science Collide led by the Getty. Scientia Sexualis centers research-driven interventions into raced and gendered assumptions that structure scientific disciplines governing our sense of the sexual ... More Closing soon: Portable Orchard, Mark Armijo McKnight, and What It Becomes exhibitions NEW YORK, NY.- The Whitney Museum of American Art celebrates the final days of Survival Piece #5: Portable Orchard, Mark Armijo McKnight: Decreation, and What It Becomes. Spanning the Museum’s eighth floor, Survival Piece #5: Portable Orchard examines the work of artists Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison that proposes a sustainable alternative to an existing food production system. On view in the free-to-visit Lobby gallery, Mark Armijo McKnight: Decreation is the artist’s first solo museum exhibition. What It Becomes features works from the collection that explore drawing as an act of transformation. Survival Piece #5: Portable Orchard closes Sunday, January 5. Mark Armijo McKnight: Decreation and What It Becomes are on view through Sunday, January 12, which is the last chance to experience the exhibitions during one ... More National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul presents symposium What Do Museums Pursue? SEOUL.- The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA) presented the international symposium “What Do Museums Pursue?: Art, Museums, and Publicness” on December 18, 2024 at the MMCA Seoul. The symposium was designed to explore the meaning of publicness as a foundational concept for art and museums, engaging six scholars and curators from diverse fields both in Korea and abroad. While publicness is a core value underlying the societal roles of museums, it can be interpreted in various ways depending on the context. The symposium concluded successfully with an audience of approximately 280 attendees, featuring vibrant discussions among speakers, moderators, and participants. The symposium consisted of three sessions: Part 1, The Concept of Publicness; Part 2, Publicness as the Principle of Practice; and Part 3, ... More Will Benedict and Steffen Jørgensen present season 2 of The Restaurant at Den Frie OSLO.- Over the course of the past eight years, Will Benedict and Steffen Jørgensen have collaborated on an ongoing video series called The Restaurant, showcasing episodes in various exhibition contexts. The series is set in the ruins of a Parisian skyscraper, surrounded by dense jungle, where we are introduced to a variety of human and non-human characters who cook, serve, search for meaning, and fail in their attempts at being productive members of society. In Season 2, presented here at Den Frie, we follow a police detective and owner of Café Wha? as she aggressively questions customers on their eating habits, their relationship with “hanger”, and the effect food has on their lives in general. In the shadow of The Restaurant, a humanoid blue chicken and a man with ears for eyes host a science podcast for a small group of barn ... More A cinematic journey through space and imagination: January at Cineteca Madrid MADRID.- As January ushers in the crisp air of a new year, Cineteca Madrid becomes a vibrant canvas where cinema intertwines seamlessly with architecture, dreams, and even legendary monsters. Nestled in the heart of Madrid, this cultural haven invites film enthusiasts and curious minds alike to embark on a month-long exploration of storytelling through built environments and creative visions. Imagine stepping into a world where every frame is meticulously crafted, not just with characters and plots, but with spaces that breathe life into the narrative. This is the essence of Cineteca Madrid’s Cinema and Architecture cycle. From January 7 to 29, audiences will journey through a selection of films that showcase how the built environment shapes and is shaped by the stories told on screen. Films like Olivier Assayas’s The Hours of Summer delve into the heart ... More 'Topaz: A Spectrum in Stone' wxhibit dazzles at the Perot Museum DALLAS, TX.- The Perot Museum of Nature and Science celebrates the breathtaking beauty of one of nature’s most captivating minerals in “Topaz: A Spectrum in Stone.” The Museum’s newest exhibit features over 100 exquisite topaz specimens from every corner of the world. Showcasing an array of brilliant colors and varied sizes, this magnificent global collection is the first assembled by Museum Director of Gems and Minerals Caroline Im. “Topaz: A Spectrum in Stone” runs through October 14, 2025, in the Lyda Hill Gems and Minerals Hall. “This exhibit, my first at the Perot Museum, highlights the beauty and significance of topaz, especially Texas topaz, alongside other locations from around the world,” said Im, Director of Gems and Minerals since 2023. “Visitors will be captivated by the stunning range of colors, shapes, and sizes of this rare mineral, ... More Norman Rockwell Museum explores Rockwell's ongoing connection to holiday-inspired art STOCKBRIDGE, MASS.- Among Norman Rockwell’s best-known illustrations are heartwarming scenes that capture the essence of American holiday traditions celebrated throughout the year⸺from Valentine’s Day and Independence Day to Halloween, Thanksgiving, and the magic of the Christmas season. This exhibition explores Rockwell’s ongoing connection to holiday-inspired art, which can be traced to his youth, when at the age of fifteen, a parishioner of his family’s church employed his talents for Christmas card designs. As an adult, Rockwell would become a fixture at Hallmark, a company that continues to market his midcentury illustrations for holiday greeting cards. The Saturday Evening Post, which showcased his art for forty-seven years, typically delegated Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Year’s covers to its ... More Bienvenu Steinberg & C presents exhibition including 11 international artists NEW YORK, NY.- Bienvenu Steinberg & C is presenting Living Fragments, Dreaming Totality, an exhibition including 11 international artists. The exhibition will be on view through January 18, 2025. Some are dazzled, others dismayed. Some are fragmented, others totalitarian. The ground creaks and cracks: software versus hardware. The show reveals the fragile and the antifragile: debris or seeds? Collapse or emergence? The artists in the exhibition reflect on the tension between destruction and unity, they explore the delicate interface between the digital and physical worlds. Each work is an invitation to reconsider the dream for completeness through a fractured reality. Sean Micka (b. 1979, Boston, MA) creates work that is equally conceptual as it is technical, gesturing towards painting as a medium of memory as he explores ... More PhotoGalleries Gabriele Münter TARWUK Awol Erizku Leo Villareal Flashback On a day like today, American painter Marsden Hartley was born January 04, 1877. Marsden Hartley (January 4, 1877 - September 2, 1943) was an American Modernist painter, poet, and essayist. Hartley was born in Lewiston, Maine, where his English parents had settled. He was the youngest of nine children. In this image: The Iron Cross, 1915, oil on canvas, 47 ¼ x 47 ¼ in. Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis. University purchase, Bixby Fund, 1952. © 1996 - 2024 Founder: Ignacio Villarreal (1941 - 2019) Editor & Publisher: Jose Villarreal (52 8110667640) Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez Writer: Ofelia Zurbia Betancourt

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