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Wild and Majestic: Romantic Visions of Scotland spans the period from the final defeat of the Jacobites at the Battle of Culloden in 1746 to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901.
EDINBURGH.- A major exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland this summer tells the fascinating story of how tartan, bagpipes and rugged, wild landscapes became established as enduring, internationally recognised symbols of Scottish identity and how Scotland became established in the popular imagination as a land of wilderness, heroism and history. Wild and Majestic: Romantic Visions of Scotland spans the period from the final defeat of the Jacobites at the Battle of Culloden in 1746 to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. The exhibition explores the efforts made to preserve and revive Highland traditions in the wake of post-Jacobite persecution, depopulation and rapid socio-economic change. It shows how Scotlands relationship with the European Romantic movement transformed external perceptions of the Highlands and was central to the birth of tourism in Scotland. These developments would in turn influence the relationship between the H ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A man puts on a jacket as he prepares himself to pose for a picture at a Soviet-era monument for the Ukrainian-Russian friendship, one of the most popular places of foreign tourists coming to the Ukrainian capital, in Kiev, on August 16, 2019. Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP
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| | Christie's announces the Clarke Collection featuring 35 works by Ed Ruscha | | James Bond Aston Martin DB5 sells for record $6.4 million at RM Sotheby's Monterey | | Snite Museum of Art presents exhibit on Irish art |
Ruscha, Standard Station (Engberg 5) detail, screenprint in colors. Executed in 1966. Estimate: $200,000 300,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies has been entrusted with The Clarke Collection, an exceptional selection of Post-War & Contemporary Art featuring 35 pristine works by Edward Ruscha. The collection of works on paper, prints, sculpture, and design will be offered across several New York sales throughout the fall beginning with a single artist sale, Thirtyfive Works by Ed Ruscha from The Clarke Collection, preceding the Post-War to Present sale on 27 September. This will be followed by the Prints & Multiples sale in October, Post-War & Contemporary Art Day sale in November, and the Design sale in December. Highlights by Ed Ruscha to be offered in September include A Person Who is Very Nice, executed in 1988 (estimate: $500,000 700,000), 3 Forks, executed in 1967 (estimate: $400,000 600,000), and Wavy Robot, executed in 1975 (estimate: $400,000 600,000). Additional ... More | |
Affectionately known as the most famous car in the world, the DB5, chassis no. DB5/2008/R, is one of just three surviving James Bond 007 DB5s as seen in Goldfinger and as used in the promotion of Thunderball.
MONTEREY, CA.- Yesterday in Monterey, California, RM Sothebys hosted An Evening with Aston Martin in partnership with Aston Martin Works and Aston Martin Lagonda, selling the highly anticipated 1965 James Bond Aston Martin DB5 for a final $6,385,000 to become the most valuable DB5 ever sold at auction (est. $4m/6m). Affectionately known as the most famous car in the world, the DB5, chassis no. DB5/2008/R, is one of just three surviving James Bond 007 DB5s as seen in Goldfinger and as used in the promotion of Thunderball. The car was built specifically for Eon Productions and outfitted with legendary MI6 Q Branch specified gadgetry from new. Fully restored by Roos Engineering in Switzerland, the car was presented in Monterey with all gadgetry fully functioning as Q intended. After drawing significant ... More | |
Roderic OConor (18601940), Torremolinos, 1935, oil on board, 15 x 18 inches. Gift of the Donald and Marilyn Keough Foundation, 2018.005.002.
NOTRE DAME, IND.- The Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame presents an exhibit featuring Irish artists titled Looking at the Stars: Irish Art at the University of Notre Dame, on view beginning Aug. 17 (Saturday). A public, free reception will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 6 (Friday) at the museum. With the recent gift of modern paintings by artists such as Jack B. Yeats, Roderic OConor and Mary Swanzy, among others, from the Donald and Marilyn Keough family, the University has laid a solid foundation on which to build a rich collection of Irish art. This is the premier examination of many works from the Keough gift as well as several other significant collections of Irish art. Taken together, the collections combine to create a landmark exhibition at the Snite Museum of Art. The exhibition will also include selected gifts to the museum of photographs by Alen MacWeeney. Born in Dublin in 1939, th ... More |
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| | Eduardo Paolozzi Estate newly represented by Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert & solo show of his work in October | | Exhibition explores over a century of creative achievement by a diverse body of artists | | Comprehensive exhibition of Elfie Semotan's work on view at C/O Berlin |
Eduardo Paolozzi, Shattered Head (1956). Bronze, height 28cm. Image copyright Paolozzi Foundation and courtesy Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert.
LONDON.- Announcing its representation of Eduardo Paolozzis (1924 - 2005) estate, Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, London is proud to host Eduardo Paolozzi: Hollow Gods (17 October 13 December 2019), an exhibition focusing on the sculptures, collages and drawings that Paolozzi made in the first 15 years of his career. In collaboration with the Paolozzi Foundation, the exhibition is curated by Dr Judith Collins - a former senior curator at Tate, and author of the most recent monograph on the artist and of the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of his sculptures. The exhibition marks the first in a chronological series of Paolozzi shows that Dr Judith Collins will curate at the gallery in the coming years. The exhibition includes 18 sculptures, three plaster reliefs and 15 works on paper, among them major works that have not been exhibited for decades, including the magisterial St ... More | |
C.R.W. Nevinson, A.R.A., A Dawn, 1916. Drypoint. Image courtesy of The Ingram Collection of Modern British Art © JP Bland 2012.
HULL.- Can art help with the national identity crisis in the time of Brexit? Ferens Art Gallery, Reflection: British Art in an Age of Change explores over a century of creative achievement by a diverse body of artists whose loves and fears, doubts and dreams mirror our own. Featuring more than 130 works drawn from the Ingram Collection of Modern British Art and the permanent collection of the Ferens Art Gallery, Reflection presents a dynamic and diverse vision of Britain and British art which asks questions about identity and belonging. What does it mean to be British? How do we define British art? How do we present ourselves to the world? As well as paintings, drawings, sculpture and prints, curator James Russell has selected works created over the last century that employ collage, photography and video from Henri Gaudier-Brzeskas charcoal on paper Standing male nude ... More | |
Untitled, New York, 2003, From the series Inspired by Roy Lichtenstein © Elfie Semotan. Courtesy Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne.
BERLIN.- C/O Berlin is presenting the exhibition Elfie Semotan . Contradiction until 07 September 2019. The provocative slogan Trau dich doch (Just dare), which was part of a late-1970s advertising campaign for the Austrian brand Palmers, appeared on posters featuring photos of models in seductive lingerienothing short of scandalous at the time. The photographs by Austrian photographer Elfie Semotan bear witness to a new, hedonistic zeitgeist that was gradually challenging conventions through playful experimentation. To this day, her photographs have lost none of their cool elegance, imperfect beauty, and discreetly erotic subtexts. They often reveal much more than the subject matter suggests, and their astute references to iconic works of art history blur the boundaries between art and commercial photography. Semotan started her career as a photo model in Paris. ... More |
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| | Grete Marks exhibition at Pallant House Gallery marks Bauhaus centenary this summer | | Fine Art Asia 2019 and Ink Asia 2019 to lead the peak season for art in Hong Kong | | Exhibition features five site-specific installations exploring reciprocity in design, behaviors and methodologies |
Grete Marks, Untitled, n.d, watercolour on paper.
CHICHESTER.- Grete Marks (1899-1990) was an artist who fought for her artistic integrity during some of the most turbulent moments of the 20th century. One of the first female students to be admitted to the famed Bauhaus school of art and design, Marks is best known for her ceramics, which were declared degenerate by the Nazis. This summer, Pallant House Gallery continues its mission to celebrate overlooked artists by telling Marks story through a free display of her previously neglected watercolour portraits. Grete Marks: An Intimate Portrait explores how Marks forged an uncompromising path dedicated to making art on her terms during a period when her gender, religion, artistic medium and nationality each placed barriers in her way. The exhibition focuses on a series of intimate portrait paintings and drawings from the 1920s and 30s. It also marks the centenary of the foundation of the Bauhaus ... More | |
Wang Dongling (b. 1945), Su Shi Remembering the Maiden Ode to Red Cliff, 2018. Ink on paper. iPreciation, Singapore.
HONG KONG.- Fine Art Asia 2019, Asias leading international fine art fair, and Ink Asia 2019, the worlds first art fair dedicated to ink art, will lead this autumns peak art season in Hong Kong. The fairs will be held alongside each other in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from Friday 4 October to Monday 7 October 2019, with a VIP Preview and Vernissage on Thursday, 3 October. Fine Art Asia 2019 is recognised by the international art world as the most distinguished annual fine art fair in the region. Founded in 2006, the fair attracts leading Hong Kong and international galleries, and provides an unrivalled platform for art and antiques in Asia. As usual, Fine Art Asia 2019 spans 5,000 years of cultural history, showcasing museum-quality Asian and Western antiques, jewellery, antique silver and timepieces; Impressionist, ... More | |
Reddish, Balancing Act. Photo: Elad Sarig.
HOLON.- Design Museum Holon is presenting The Conversation Show, an original exhibition featuring five commissioned installations that explore the mutual interchange and creative process between leading designers working together as a duo or group. Each internationally renowned design studio created site-specific objects, spaces or interactive works that physically and conceptually express their creative dialogue and collaborative practice. Design and communication are indefinitely tied together, says Maya Dvash, Chief Curator of Design Museum Holon. The Conversation Show showcases the layers of this notion the conversation between creators themselves, as well as the dialogue between the designers and visitors. The Conversation Show represents a peculiar approach to design, focusing on the centrality of people and the way they interact with each other. It aims to analyze and portr ... More |
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| | ARKEN exhibits works by a young generation of artists with a political outlook | | Exhibition at Foam 3h presents the work of Kévin Bray | | Exhibition at Bildmuseet invites the museum visitor to rethink the human position in the world |
Marie Thams, re, 2017. Courtesy kunstneren.
COPENHAGEN.- With jellyfish sculpted in sugar and preserved in cooking oil, drag performers in red post office uniforms and bikini-clad deck chairs, art creates images of our present and future. On 17 August the exhibition Young Danish Art - Forecasting the Future opens at ARKEN. The exhibition is showing works by a young generation of artists with a political outlook and issues at heart. Young Danish Art - Forecasting the Future presents innovative and playful works that take the temperature of our society and explore national and global themes such as work culture, the sense of belonging and climate crisis. The exhibition offers unique insight into a young generation of artists and shows the forecasts art is making for our future. Work culture is a theme that several of the exhibition artists take up with works that revolve around value, tempo, productivity and identity. This goes for example for the visual artist Kirsten Astrup. She presents her ... More | |
Room 1, 2019 © Kévin Bray.
AMSTERDAM.- Foam 3h presents the work of Kévin Bray (France, 1989). There is likely no other artist who mixes and matches more than Kévin Bray. He graduated as a graphic designer and moves across the boundaries of various disciplines with ease. His work is a hybrid of techniques, motifs and formal languages in which he brings together painting, graphic design, sculpture, video, 3D photography and sound design. By investigating the particularities of a medium, and then stretching the visual codes, creative possibilities open up and give space to the unpredictable and otherworldly forms that are so characteristic of Bray. His work contains many art historical references but is equally apocalyptic, as if it were a backdrop for a science fiction story. For those that pay close attention to details, Kévin Bray's creative process is evident within his work. He intentionally exposes the different layers of his images and clearly displays the di ... More | |
Pia Arke, Tupilakosaurus, 1999.
UMEà .- The exhibition brings together an outstanding selection of artworksfilm and video, drawing and sculpture, installation and sound artwhich invite the museum visitor to rethink the human position in the world, its relationship to all other forms of life and to the various complex ecologies that bond beings together. A growing awareness of living on an environmentally fragile planet has led artists to reconsider the role of art in responding to what is happening to our world. Many artists have been rethinking the relationship between humans and nature, the effects of changes to the earths climate and the ways in which different species are interrelated within a complex causes-effects relationship. Participating artists are Allora & Calzadilla (USA/Cuba), Pia Arke (Greenland), David Claerbout (Belgium), Marcus Coates (UK), Mary Beth Edelson (USA), Simone Forti (USA), Luca Frei (Switzerland/Sweden), Pierre Huyghe (France), Carsten Höller ... More |
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Over 60 internationally known dealers to participate in this year's Parcours des Mondes
PARIS.- The Parcours des Mondes will be celebrating its 18th anniversary from September 10th through 15th this year. It is the worlds largest show of tribal, Asian and archaeological art, and over sixty dealers will gather in the heart of the Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood in Paris to participate in it. The unique multiple-venue fair has become a central event in the launching of the post-summer season, and a not-to-be-missed opportunity for collectors and aficionados to visit all these acclaimed galleries by attending it. German, American, English, Australian, Belgian, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, and Swiss dealers, along with dealers from all over France, will join forces with their Parisian peers that have a permanent gallery presence in the area. The historical Beaux-Arts neighborhood is in the very heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and becomes a veritable open ... More
The 5th edition of the Barcelona Gallery Weekend 2019 reveals the participating galleries and artists
BARCELONA.- From 10th to 13th October, Barcelona Gallery Weekend will celebrate its fifth edition, establishing itself as an important date in the calendar of international events in the art world. 27 galleries, more than 50 artists and the most representative art spaces of Barcelona and its surroundings will come together to give visibility to the exhibition season, organised by Art Barcelona (Abe), Association of Contemporary Art Galleries who have 30 years of experience in the sector. For the fifth consecutive year, Barcelona Gallery Weekend will celebrate the exhibition season in and around Barcelona. The event, which promises to celebrate the rich and varied cultural fabric of Barcelona, will highlight the importance of contemporary art through the discovery of new artistic proposals, dissemination of information, supporting and enhancing the visibility ... More
Fifth edition of viennacontemporary to offer a platform for over 100 international galleries
VIENNA.- From 2629 September 2019 Vienna will once again position itself at the heart of the contemporary art scene. With over 30.000 visitors and a focus on Central- and Eastern European art, viennacontemporary has established itself as a unique event on the global art calendar. This autumn, the fifth edition of viennacontemporary offers a platform for over 100 international galleries to present not only established artworks, but also exciting discoveries of contemporary art positions. In collaboration with renowned Austrian museums and cultural institutions, viennacontemporary provides an extensive program that aims to stimulate and strengthen the global position of the fair, emphasizing on the CEE as well as the vivid Viennese art scene. Sophisticated associated events such as Talks, Guided Tours and family activities round off the program ... More
Bermondsey Project Space opens an exhibition of selected works by Stuart Semple
LONDON.- Bermondsey Project Space announces a major show for the summer, Stuart Semples Dancing on My Own: Selected Works 1999 - 2019. Curated by Lee Cavaliere, the exhibition runs 9 August 7 September 2019. Dancing on My Own is the artists first London show in over five years, bringing together paintings, sculptures, digital pieces and moving image work spanning 20 years of his career and encompassing themes and elements taken from the many global exhibitions and projects created in that time. While the exhibition takes in some of his better-known works, including Happy Cloud, the Kapoor Art War, Pounding Outside Poundland and All about the Cheddar, it also explores his lesser-known paintings, sculptures, internet works, film pieces and early drawings many of which have never been seen before. Stuart is well-known ... More
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art presents the first US exhibition for Naeemeh Naeemaei
EUGENE, ORE.- The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, located on the University of Oregon campus, is presenting the first United States exhibition by Iranian artist Naeemeh Naeemaei. On display until December 31, 2019, the exhibition features work from two series, Dreams Before Extinction and Under the Earth, Over the Moon. Naeemehs work is such a surprise. She is such an accomplished painter, and her themes, focusing on endangered species and Iranian village life and their stories draw us in so completely that we find ourselves in her world, says Jill Hartz, Executive Director and exhibition curator. Naeemaei uses a dreamlike quality to portray her deepest concerns about nature, situating her activist stance in Iranian religious and village customs. She uses her real dreams and memories ... More
Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2019: The Poetics of Reason to be held from October 3-December 2
LISBON.- Chief curated by the French architect Ãric Lapierre, The Poetics of Reason states that, for all its subjective and non-scientific dimension, architecture does rest on reason, and its aim is to shed light onto the specificity of this reason. Indeed, the fact that architecture is grounded into rationality is key to its being understandable and shareable by everyone. As a result of a massification of construction, such a condition implies that everybody is entitled to understand architecture without a specific background in the field. The 5th edition of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale will open on October 3-5, 2019 and is composed by five main exhibitions that will take up one particular dimension of this theme, each, and will be presented in major cultural venues of Lisbon, this fall: Agriculture and Architecture: Taking the Countrys Side intends to ignite ... More
The Armory Show announces expanded curatorial program for 2020
NEW YORK, NY.- The Armory Show, New Yorks premier contemporary and modern art fair, will take place March 58, 2020. Led by Executive Director Nicole Berry, the upcoming edition, which marks the fairs 26th year, will once again be staged in the heart of Manhattan at Piers 90 and 94. The 2020 edition will build upon the success of the 2019 fair with an expanded curatorial program and a more integrated presentation of modern and contemporary artwork. New developments include the debut of a third curated exhibitor section, Perspectives, replacing the Insights section and dedicated to historical material viewed through a contemporary lens. In addition, for the first time in the fairs history, an entire pier will be devoted to curator-led initiatives, with Pier 90 encompassing Perspectives, the Focus section, and a selection of ... More
Rizzoli to publish 'The Official Bob Ross Coloring Book: The Colors of the Four Seasons'
NEW YORK, NY.- The Official Bob Ross Coloring Book: The Colors of the Four Seasons, the sequel to the best-selling The Official Bob Ross Coloring Book, features a collection of sixty-five seasonal paintings refashioned from Ross's original works. This exclusive and authorized collection of art offers his legions of fans a contemplative, relaxing, and inspiring way to connect with the work and personality of the pop-culture icon. Also included is a gallery of the original full-color paintings that inspired each line drawing. Bob Ross cult figure status is more than cemented and then some as he is about so much more than just painting. Known for incorporating happy little clouds, mountains, and trees in paintings he would create in just twenty-six television minutes, Bob Ross had an encouraging and soothing demeanor that made his instructional television ... More
Akureyri Art Museum hosts exhibition of works from the Latvian National Museum of Art
AKUREYRI.- From 1 June to 22 September 2019, Icelands Northern Capital, Akureyri, hosts the exhibition of Latvian contemporary art Talaðu við mig! / Runā ar mani! / Talk To Me! representing works from the collection of the Latvian National Museum of Art. Part of the programme of the Latvian Centenary, the exhibition in the new spaces of the reconstructed Akureyri Art Museum is organised by the Latvian National Museum of Art in collaboration with the Akureyri Art Museum and Icelandic curator, Associate Professor at Reykjavik University Ãsa Sigurjónsdóttir. The nucleus of the exhibition consists of works from the LNMA collection by artists Arturs Bērziņ, Andris Bree, Vija Celmins, Zenta Dzividzinska, Dace Deriņa, Ieva Epnere, Kristaps Epners, Kristaps Ģelzis, Maija Kureva, Leonards Laganovskis, Ģirts Muinieks, Inga Meldere, Katrīna ... More
Choreographies of the Social: Public Art Agency Sweden opens temporary project in public space
STOCKHOLM.- During two weeks in August and in connection to Stockholm Culture Festival, the public will encounter a diverse range of artworks such as installation, video, performance, sound, experiences, theater and an assembly. Choreographies of the Social explores the changing field of social relations. The project is informed by artistic and activist practices that investigate how we relate to one another and to the world around us. The different works address inherent social tensions and the global dynamics of our time. The 20th century unfolded amidst the unstoppable drive of the modernist project centering on humanism and rationality, to the detriment and subjugation of all other life-worlds. The last decade was marked by the financial crash of 2008, coupled with unprecedented migration caused by unbearable violence against life, and highly disruptive ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian painter Francesco Albani was born August 17, 1578. Francesco Albani or Albano (17 March or 17 August 1578 - 4 October 1660) was an Italian Baroque painter. Albani never acquired the monumentality or tenebrism that was quaking the contemporary world of painters, and in fact, is derided often for his lyric, cherubim-filled sweetness, which often has not yet shaken the mannerist elegance. While Albani's thematic would have appealed to Poussin, he lacked the Frenchman's muscular drama. His style sometimes appears to befit the decorative Rococo more than of his time. In this image: Baptism of Christ ca 1640 (State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
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