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In a photo provided by Mark de Blok/MAX shows, Pieter Roelofs, a curator at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and judge on The New Vermeer, a TV show combining highbrow culture and mass entertainment that has been a sensation in the Netherlands. (Mark de Blok/MAX via The New York Times)
by Nina Siegal
AMSTERDAM.- Heres the assignment: Re-create a painting that doesnt exist, based only on a description jotted down centuries ago. And: Make it look like a Vermeer. Thats the starting bell for a Dutch reality TV show, in which two professional painters and dozens of amateur artists compete to reinvent the lost works of 17th-century master Johannes Vermeer. The results are judged by Vermeer experts from the Rijksmuseum, the Dutch national museum in Amsterdam, and from the Mauritshuis, a collection of old masters in The Hague. The show, The New Vermeer (De Nieuwe Vermeer), which began Feb. 12, is timed to coincide with a blockbuster exhibition of the painters work at the Rijksmuseum, featuring the largest collection of his works ever shown. But the hourlong TV show is aimed in part at viewers who might not feel comfortable walking into a museum. The mashup of highbrow culture and mass entertainment has been an instant sensation in the Netherlands, with 1 ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The Bagatti Valsecchi Museum opens the doors of the historic residence in via Gesù to show The seduction of beauty. Secret masterpieces between the 17th and 18th centuries, a selection of fifty works from the 17th and 18th centuries, kept in the Milanese Gastaldi Rotelli collection and created by artists such as Procaccini, Cairo, Nuvolone, Magnasco, Guardi, Régnier, Londonio, Ricci, Todeschini, Monsù Bernardo, Ceruti.
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| Lucian Freud's portrait of his daughter, Isobel, to make auction debut | | Bowie, and his personas, will live on at Victoria and Albert Museum | | Willie Cole's ecological interventions turn trash into art |
Lucian Freud, Ib Reading, 1997, est. £15-20 million. Courtesy Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Last seen publicly more than 20 years ago in an exhibition in New York, Lucian Freuds meditative portrait of his daughter, Isobel Boyt (known by family and close friends as Ib), is set to star as a major highlight of Sothebys Modern and Contemporary evening sale in London on 1 March 2023. Carrying an estimate of £15-20 million, Ib Reading is coming to auction for the very first time, having remained in the same private collection since it was acquired shortly after its creation. Executed in 1997, during a decade in which saw Freud paint some of his most ambitious works, the artists portrayal provides a window onto a quiet introspective moment of Isobel wearing a loose dress, her feet resting on the chair opposite in a pose of serenity, and reading Marcel Prousts novel, Remembrance of Things Past, open in her lap. Painted in Freuds innermost sanctum, his Holland Park studio, behind Isobel stands a ... More | |
Cut up lyrics for Blackout from Heroes, 1977 by David Bowie. © The David Bowie
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LONDON.- Over a 55-year career, David Bowie redefined the essence of cool by embracing an outsider status. Now, Ziggy Stardust and all of the musicians other personas will have a permanent home. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London will house more than 80,000 items from Bowies career at a new David Bowie Center for the Study of Performing Arts, the museum announced Thursday. The center, which will be at a new outpost of the museum called the V&A East Storehouse at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the Stratford section of London, will open in 2025. With Davids lifes work becoming part of the U.K.s national collections, he takes his rightful place amongst many other cultural icons and artistic geniuses, Bowies estate said in a statement. Davids work can be shared with the public in ways that havent been possible before, and ... More | |
Headphone Jack, by Samantha Treadwell, 2022, one of the pieces from the group show Perceptual Engineering, at Express Newark in Newark, N.J., Feb. 14, 2023. (Rachel Vanni/The New York Times)
by Laura van Straaten
NEWARK, NJ.- Artist Willie Cole has created two colossal new sculptures and generated a provocative group exhibition stemming from an unusual open call asking artists to transform objects destined for landfill into something imaginative and new. The resulting works are in two exhibitions on view at Express Newark, a center for socially engaged art and design affiliated with Rutgers University-Newark, where Cole, 68, is an artist-in-residence. They speak to his longtime practice of using ready-made objects as raw materials, and his preoccupation with environmental crises. Coles own show, Spirit Catcher and Lumen-less Lantern, consists of two chandelierlike works, each assembled from more than 3,000 used plastic water bottles collected in Newark, ... More |
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| Contemporary masters lead Phillips' New Now auction | | Sotheby's to auction original manuscript for 'Snow Crash': Landmark novel which coined the term 'Metaverse' | | Shan Kuang joins Kimbell Art Museum as Conservator of Paintings |
Yuan Fang, Expanse (mask), 2022 Estimate $10,000 - 15,000. Image courtesy of Phillips.
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips announced highlights from the upcoming New Now auction in New York. Taking place on 8 March at 432 Park Avenue, the sale will offer over 270 lots, juxtaposing blue chip masters alongside more emerging names. Among the highlights of the sale are Mickalene Thomas Clarivel #7, 2019, and Alex Katzs Weeping Cherry 2, 2005. Twelve works in the sale will be sold to benefit Foster Pride, a New York-based non-profit organization that empowers children and teens in foster care to develop their talents, build self-esteem and reach their potential through mentoring relationships and the arts. Avery Semjen, Phillips Head of New Now, New York, said, With these sales having become a staple of the global auction calendar, we are delighted to present such a strong lineup of works in Phillips first New Now auction of 2023. From John Chamberlain to Mickalene Thomas to Yuan Fang, our March sale runs ... More | |
Neal Stephenson. The authors original typed manuscript for Snow Crash, 1991-1992. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- To mark 30 years since the first publication of Neal Stephensons landmark 1992 sci-fi novel Snow Crash - a key pillar of the cyberpunk genre which famously coined the term Metaverse - Sothebys will present a sale comprising physical and digital items connected to the book, with the majority of lots offered directly from author Neal Stephenson. Leading the sale is Stephensons never-before-seen original manuscript for the novel (est. $40,000 60,000), revealed to the public for the very first time. The sale will be further highlighted by a one-of-a-kind tachi sword (est. $120,000 140,000), crafted by award-winning Wētā Workshop, best known for their artistry and craftsmanship for some of the worlds greatest films including Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, King Kong, Blade Runner 2049 and Avatar. The sale will also contain digital offerings, ... More | |
Kuang previously served as Associate Conservator and Research Scholar at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. Photo: Robert LaPrelle.
FORT WORTH, TX.- The Kimbell Art Museum announced today the hiring of Shan Kuang as Conservator of Paintings. Kuang previously served as Associate Conservator and Research Scholar at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, where she worked on Old Master paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. Were thrilled to welcome Shan Kuang to the Kimbell. She takes a place in the long lineage of outstanding conservators who have worked in one of the first purpose-built museum conservation studios in the U.S., said Eric M. Lee, director of the Kimbell. We look forward to the remarkable projects Shan will take on at the museum and her future scholarly contributions to the field of conservation. Prior to joining the Kimbell in summer 2022, Kuang researched and conserved Italian works from a range of schools and periods, including paintings by Lippo di Benivieni, ... More |
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| New acquisitions at Cheekwood Estate & Gardens | | The collection of interior designer Cliff Fong presented at Bonhams | | "Winfred Rembert: All of Me" at Fort Gansevoort in New York now on view until April 22nd, 2023 |
Eugene Edward Speicher (American, 1883-1962), Babette, 1931, oil on canvas, Museum Purchase with funds from Susan and John Hainsworth, 2022.24.
NASHVILLE, TENN.- Cheekwood Estate & Gardens announced the two acquisitions for the permanent collection. Babette by Eugene Speicher is now on display in the permanent collection galleries in the Cheekwood Mansion and Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Golden-winged Warbler and King Rail by Elizabeth Turk is displayed on the Ann & Monroe Carell Jr. Family Sculpture Trail. We are thrilled to add two significant works to the permanent collection, says Cheekwood Vice President of Museum Affairs Sarah Sperling. Eugene Speichers painting of Babette is a wonderful complement to Cheekwoods strong Ashcan School and Realist works of art already in our collection. We are also very excited to continue bringing world-class outdoor contemporary sculpture to Nashville with Elizabeth Turks sound columns. A widely exhibited and published portrait by Eugene Edward Speicher (1883-1962), Babette an oil ... More | |
Carlo Mollino (1905-1973), Pair of Lutrario Chairs, 1959 for Doro. Photo: Bonhams.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams Design Department announced it will be offering select works from the collection of Los Angeles interior designer Cliff Fong at Bonhams Los Angeles on March 14. As the principal for design firm Matt Blacke, co-owner of Galerie Half, and owner of new garden and outdoor inspired showroom Faire du Vert, Fong has made a name for himself in the global design community for his carefully considered approach to interiors. His influence and reputation are the result of 20 years of dedicated traveling, exploration and sourcing to find exceptional works for his clients. For every interior he designs, Fong achieves an aesthetic that feels collected yet relaxed, exemplified by the thoughtful curation of his own abode. The 1953 ranch-style house in central Los Angeles includes pieces by many of the most legendary names in 20th century design, including works by Serge Mouille, Alexandre Noll, Charlotte Perriand, Gio Ponti, and Jean Ro ... More | |
Winfred Rembert, All of Me, Date unknown, Dye on carved and tooled leather, 33.5 x 30.75 inches. © 2023 The Estate of Winfred Rembert / ARS NY. Courtesy the Estate, Fort Gansevoort, and Hauser & Wirth
NEW YORK, NY.- Hauser & Wirth in collaboration with Fort Gansevoort presents All of Me, its first exhibition of works by late American artist Winfred Rembert (1945-2021). Occupying all three floors of the gallerys 69th Street location, this immersive tribute to Remberts incredible life and artistry includes more than 40 works made in his signature medium of carved, tooled and painted leather, including several never before seen. Produced during the last three decades of his life, the objects on view offer a striking visual memoir and takes visitors on a journey through key chapters of the artists personal history. Remberts paintings recognize the people and places from pool halls, juke joints, and civil rights protests, to cotton fields and chain gangsthat shaped his worldview, uniquely rendered through technical mastery of his chosen medium into something ... More |
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| Museum to establish Brind Center for African and African Diasporic Art | | Important and historic silver pitcher by Paul Revere brings a world record price of $129,875 in Weiss Auctions | | Alexander Gray Associates announce move to Tribeca in 2024 |
Endowed by Trustee Ira Brind, the Brind Center will add two new curators, contributions to the collection, special exhibitions, programs, publications, and career training.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Sasha Suda, the George D. Widener Director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, announced today that the museum will create a new Center to be endowed by Trustee Ira Brind that will be dedicated to the study, acquisition, and care of art from continental Africa and the African Diaspora. This transformational investment in the curatorial future of the museum will establish the Brind Center for African and African Diasporic Art, with the specific goal of expanding the scope and reach of the collection, a key objective of the newly published PMA Equity Agenda. The Brind Center will also promote scholarship, and organize gallery installations, special exhibitions, public programs, and publications to build broader awareness of the global, historical, and contemporary contributions of the art of Africa and the ... More | |
Original Paul Revere silver pitcher, 6 ¼ inches tall, identified to Benjamin Russell (1761-1845), an American journalist who established the Columbian Centinel ($129,875, a new record price).
LYNBROOK, NY.- An important and historic silver pitcher with impeccable provenance made by Paul Revere, the most famous of American silversmiths, sold for $129,875 in an online-only Jewelry, Porcelain, Stoneware and Indian Pottery auction held January 18th by Weiss Auctions, based in Lynwood. It was a new world record price for a silver pitcher made by Paul Revere. The pitcher, 6 ½ inches in height, was engraved with the initials of Benjamin Russell, the American journalist and founder and editor of the newspaper the Columbian Centinel. He learned the printing trade in the printing office of Isaiah Thomas where he learned to set type. His father participated in the Boston Tea Party and his son was a ships captain. Russells biography is impressive; more impressive is the continued ownership through the family of the Paul Revere pitcher, a wonderful ... More | |
Alexander Gray Associates, New York, 2024. Rendering: Studio MDA, Courtesy Alexander Gray Associates, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- After 17 years in New York Citys West Chelsea Arts Building, Alexander Gray Associates announces its move to Tribeca in early 2024. The Gallery will occupy the 7,500 square foot ground floor of 384 Broadway, between Walker and White Streets. Gallery neighbors on the block include Andrew Kreps, PPOW, 125 Newbury/Arnie Glimcher, and JTT Gallery. 384 Broadway was built in 1859, as the northern half of 380 Broadway, a marble-clad, cast-iron Italianate style store and loft building. Art production and eduction have been a presence at the address for generations. The building was home to the Whitney Museums storied Independent Study Program from 1981 through 2000. In the 2000s, it was home to the Florentine Music School, which provided piano lessons to neighborhood youth in Chinatown and Tribeca. The Gallery will be designed by Markus Dochantschis architecture firm Studio MDA, who have worked on many ... More |
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International Women's Day Auction 2023, seven female curators to present seven mini auctions
LONDON.- Art on a Postcard (AOAP) will host its fourth International Womens Day Auction in March, announcing an entirely new format for this year. AOAP have invited seven female curators, including Beth Greenacre, Louise Fitzjohn (Liminal Gallery), Bakul Patki, Lee Sharrock, Mollie Barnes (She Curates) Sandra De Giorgi and Carrie Scott to each curate a show comprising of 20/25 female artists. Each show will run as seven concurrent auctions, all raising money to support The Hepatitis C Trusts work with women affected by the criminal justice system both in prison and local communities. Bidding starts at just £50 and opened online via The Auction Collective on 23 February 2023. Beth Greenacre, whose clients have famously included David Bowie and more recently the all-female members club Allbright in Mayfair has put together a brilliant show, ... More
Photo London announces the exhibitors list for the eighth edition of fair at Somerset House
LONDON.- An in-depth exploration of the medium of photography, Photo London 2023 brings together over 110 exhibitors from 55 cities worldwide from 10th 14th May, showcasing artworks with themes ranging from the socio-political to the cinematic; the constructed to the hyper-real. Fair Founders Michael Benson and Fariba Farshad comment: The last edition of Photo London was by all measures one of the most successful editions of the Fair to date. Photo London 2023 builds on that success with another strong line-up of new and returning galleries. It is wonderful to once again be able to welcome galleries from China, Peru, Japan and Australia, and were thrilled that even from Iran artists and galleries have found ways to participate. From documentary images that bear witness to our rapidly changing era, through to works that push the boundaries ... More
James Cohan an exhibition of important early works by Bill Viola
NEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan is presenting an exhibition of important early works by the pioneering video artist Bill Viola, on view at 48 Walker Street from February 25 through March 25, 2023. This is the artists eighth solo exhibition at James Cohan. The gallery will host an evening exhibition walkthrough with renowned media arts scholar and curator John G. Hanhardt on Thursday, March 9 from 6-8 PM. Since the early 1970s, Bill Viola has used video to explore sense perception as an avenue to self-knowledge. His works focus on universal human experiencesbirth, death, the unfolding of consciousnessand have roots in both Eastern and Western art as well as spiritual traditions, including Zen Buddhism, Islamic Sufism, and Christian mysticism. He has been central to the establishment of video as a vital form of contemporary art, and in so doing ... More
Four rising theater stars to watch this spring
LONDON.- Growing up in the then-modest neighborhood of Hackney here, Arinzé Kene and his four siblings were convinced they were going to be the new Jackson Five. We would learn dance moves from music videos and perform them in the living room, Kene said. It was the beginning of knowing I wanted to be an entertainer. Kene, 35, was chatting before a rehearsal of Misty, his almost one-man show (two musicians accompany him) that will arrive at the Shed in New York City on March 3. The piece, which mixes spoken word, music, surreal comedy and performance, tells a tale of gentrification, racial tension and male identity. But it also humorously stages the pitfalls a Black actor faces in telling this tale, via disapproving messages from his friends about racial stereotyping. Misty, directed by Omar Elerian, is the sixth play Kene has written. ... More
Anne Imhof, dancing in the ruins
LOS ANGELES, CA.- As was preordained, the opening night of Anne Imhofs Emo at Sprüth Magers, the German artists largest exhibition to date in the United States, was a disaster. A charcoal gray pickup had apparently careened off Wilshire Boulevard past the 10 chunks of Berlin Wall on permanent display outside the 5900 Wilshire tower, up a flight of stairs and into the gallerys pillars. Unfazed, a pair of lanky, lethargic runway Goths performed on the wreck. One shaved his abs, the other emptied water from jugs, then sang Lake of Fire by the Meat Puppets at the top of his lungs. Puffs from a smoke machine issued from the trucks crunched hood. The scene was incongruous, compelling and a little funny it wasnt meant to be convincing. It was meant to flaunt its coolness, where youd expect gore. The truck, nuzzling ... More
They invited Shakespeare to the cookout. They got 'Fat Ham.'
NEW YORK, NY.- When James Ijames and Saheem Ali, the playwright and director of the Broadway-bound Pulitzer Prize-winning play Fat Ham, talk about their projects, they do so in the kind of shorthand of longtime friends: incomplete sentences, phrases punctuated with laughs and a whole vocabulary of glances. Its a frigid February day, and they have settled into a booth at the Library restaurant at the Public Theater. Ijames is a bit guarded speaking carefully, his posture showing a certain reserve. Ali radiates energy beaming as he listens to Ijames, occasionally tapping him on the arm in excitement. Were always, always, always ideating, always brainstorming, Ali said. Its kind of wonderful. Ijames gently contradicts Ali: Yeah, I am not thinking about anything else. You just sent me a new draft Ali starts. That was a while ago! Ijames protests. ... More
Poly Auction Hong Kong announces Spring Auctions 2023 of Chinese art
HONG KONG.- Setting sail again to continue its 10th Anniversary success, Poly Auction Hong Kong is pleased to announce the Spring Auctions will take place at Grand Hyatt Hong Kong from 1 to 6 April. Led by A Blue and White Ladies Bowl, Chenghua Period, 1465-1487, the Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Department meticulously selected a collection of treasures with impeccable provenance for the auction. To carry forward the profoundness of Chinese art, the Fine Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy Department proudly showcases Wu Guanzhongs Tall Trees in Snowy Mountains and assemble a selection of excellent works from all over the world. The auction highlights include Modern and Contemporary Art, Magnificent Jewels and Important Watches, Noble Handbags and Hype Collectibles, and Rare Wine, Whisky ... More
Katherine Rochester appointed Curatorial Director
NEW YORK, NY.- David Maupin and Rachel Lehmann announce the appointment of Katherine Rochester as Curatorial Director. Rochester previously served as Director of Curatorial Research at VIA Art Fund, where she directed VIAs $1 million annual grantmaking program; partnered with artists and institutions around the world to curate, produce, and acquire major contemporary commissions; and helped realize ambitious projects with artists such as Wu Tsang, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Charles Gaines and Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, among many others. Prior to VIA, Rochester held curatorial roles at the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. In the role of Curatorial Director, Rochester will work closely with senior leadership to advance ... More
A Dave Brubeck cantata boasts star soloists: His sons
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Want to give us a blast? bassist Chris Brubeck asked the young woman in a music studio at UCLA on Wednesday morning. Remy Ohara lifted a long, corkscrewing shofar to her lips and blew a resonant call. Brubeck had brought a few other shofars with him as options, but it was clear from the moment Ohara, a sophomore trumpet student, started playing that this one had what he was looking for. The call of a shofar, the ancient instrument usually made from a rams horn and best known for its use in Jewish worship, opens The Gates of Justice, a grand 1969 choral cantata by the eminent jazz musician Dave Brubeck, Chris father. On Sunday and Tuesday, UCLA will present the work with Chris and two of his brothers, Darius and Dan, forming the central jazz trio as the main offering of a series of events ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter and sculptor Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born February 25, 1841. Pierre-Auguste Renoir (25 February 1841 - 3 December 1919), was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau." In this image: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Child with an Apple or Gabrielle, Jean Renoir and a Little Girl, circa 1895-1896. Pastel sobre papel. 560 x 760 mm. Mrs. Léone Cettolin Dauberville.
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