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This photo provided by the Egyptian ministry of antiquities on Thursday shows the ruins of two buildings used to supervise mines in ancient Egypt more than 4,400 years ago after they were discovered in the Tal Edfu area, north of Aswan, by a US-Egyptian mission. Photo: Courtesy of the Ministry of Antiquities.
CAIRO (AFP).- The ruins of two buildings used to supervise mines in ancient Egypt more than 4,400 years ago have been discovered in the south, the antiquities ministry said on Thursday. The find was made by a US-Egyptian mission in the Tal Edfu area north of the city of Aswan. One building was from the era of the pharaoh Djedkare Isesi of the fifth dynasty which ruled Egypt more than 4,400 years ago, the ministry said. The other was constructed during the sixth dynasty which ruled between 2,323 BC and 2,135 BC. "The complex consists of two massive buildings containing many rooms and it is yet to be fully examined," the antiquities ministry's Ayman Ashmawy told AFP. "These buildings were used as administrative buildings for the mining teams which would head to the eastern desert to search for gold, copper and precious stones." ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Innovation in art is often characterized as a singular event -- a bolt of lightning that strikes once and forever changes what follows. "The Long Run" at the Museum of Modern Art provides an alternate view: by chronicling the continued experimentation of artists long after their breakthrough moments, it suggests that invention results from sustained critical thinking, persistent observation, and countless hours in the studio. Each work in this presentation exemplifies an artist's distinct evolution.Installation view of The Long Run. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 11, 2017 -- November 4, 2018. © 2017 The Museum of Modern Art. Photo: Martin Seck
| Sotheby's to offer important Old Master paintings from the Collection of J.E. Safra | | Galerie Karsten Greve opens an exhibition dedicated to multiples by Louise Bourgeois | | Rachel Feinstein's first solo exhibition in Los Angeles opens at Gagosian |
Adriaen van de Velde, Wooded Evening Landscape With A Hunter And His Dogs (detail), oil on canvas, 59 7/8 by 75 1/4 in.; 152 cm by 191.1 cm. Estimate: $2/3 million. Courtesy Sothebys.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys will offer nearly 30 European paintings from the extraordinary private collection of J.E. Safra in the Evening and Day auctions of Master Paintings on 1 & 2 February. Offering a wide range of styles, spanning from the 17th through the 19th centuries, the collection is highlighted by significant works from female artist Fede Galizia, Vanvitelli and Jan Wijnants, among others. The works will be on public exhibition in Sotheby's New York galleries beginning 26 January, as part of Sothebys annual Masters Week exhibitions. J.E. Safra commented: Im thrilled to be offering an eclectic group of Dutch, Flemish, Italian and French paintings once again at Sothebys, following the successful sale of my collection of Old Masters and 19th-century paintings in 2011. The two dozen artists represented in the ... More | |
Louise Bourgeois, Ste. Sébastienne, 1992. Drypoint on wove paper. Ed. 38/50. 120 x 94 cm.
PARIS.- The Galerie Karsten Greve is presenting Editions, an exhibition dedicated to multiples by the contemporary art icon Louise Bourgeois. Thanks to the support given by Karsten Greve, who held her first solo exhibition in France in his Paris gallery in 1990, she attains the ranks of 20th century masters. Almost thirty years later we are presenting this exhibition just as the MoMA in New York is devoting a large retrospective to Louise Bourgeois' prints and is publishing (Louise Bourgeois, An Unfolding Portrait), for the occasion, an on-line catalogue raisonné of this portion of her oeuvre. Our show includes over fifty items: single engravings, portfolios and illustrated books from the late 80's up until 2009. Amongst these selected works, one can admire engravings on fabric as well as drypoints, aquatints, and lithographs on paper that Bourgeois often enhanced with drawings. Throughout her career, Bourgeois ... More | |
Rachel Feinstein, Bandleader, 2018. Hand-applied color resin over foam with wooden base, 76 x 40 x 30 inches. © Rachel Feinstein. Courtesy Gagosian. Photography by Jeff McLane.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Gagosian is presenting Secrets, an exhibition of new work by Rachel Feinstein. This is Feinsteins first solo exhibition in Los Angeles. In richly detailed sculptures and multipart installations, Feinstein considers the sumptuous materiality of historical European luxury, updating its refined surfaces and edges with a gritty and approximate excess. Borrowing freely from Baroque and Rococo sculpture, religious iconography, Romantic landscapes, and mainstream media, she explores issues of taste and desire, synthesizing visual and societal opposites such as romance and pornography; elegance and kitsch; the marvelous and the utterly banal. Secrets consists of new sculptures, wallpaper, and paintings in which Feinstein cannibalizes notions of beauty, belief, and spectacle to reveal perfection ... More |
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| United States embassy's new 'off location' digs | | British crown jewels buried in biscuit tin during WWII | | Museum of the City of New York opens exhibition to honor Martin Luther King Jr. 50 years after his tragic death |
This file photo taken on December 18, 2017 shows the new US Embassy in Embassy Gardens in south-west London. Justin TALLIS / AFP.
LONDON (AFP).- The new US embassy in London is located in a former post-industrial wasteland on the south side of the River Thames -- a world away from its historic home in the capital's luxurious Mayfair district. Announcing on Friday that he would not come for the embassy's inauguration, US President Donald Trump said it was in an "off location" and that the former embassy had been sold to Qatar for "peanuts". While Republican Trump put the blame on his Democrat predecessor Barack Obama, the decision to move from Mayfair to Nine Elms was in fact taken by the administration of Republican former president George W. Bush in 2008. It followed the 1998 US embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya and the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, which made security considerations paramount. The most striking feature of the new embassy is a ... More | |
The operation, intended to ensure the priceless gems did not fall into Nazi hands, was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II's father, king George VI.
LONDON (AFP).- Precious stones from Britain's crown jewels were hidden in a biscuit tin and buried at Windsor Castle during World War II, a BBC documentary to be shown on Sunday reveals. Gems, including the Black Prince's Ruby from the Imperial State Crown, were buried under a secret exit from the mediaeval castle used in times of emergency. The operation, intended to ensure the priceless gems did not fall into Nazi hands, was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II's father, king George VI. It was such a closely-guarded secret that Queen Elizabeth, 91, who spent the 1939-1945 war at Windsor Castle for safety, did not know the details. "What was so lovely was that the Queen had no knowledge of it. Telling her seemed strangely odd," said royal commentator Alastair Bruce, who presents the documentary. The details were unearthed by Oliver Urquhart Irvine, the assistant ... More | |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addressing a crowd gathered outside the United Nations. Flags from Dag Hammarskjold Plaza fly in the rear. Here he made his speech declaring the war in Vietnam a racist war before an estimated 500,000 people, April 15, 1967. Photo by Benedict J. Fernandez, Museum of the City of New York, gift of Mr. Benedict J. Fernandez, 99.150.3.
NEW YORK, NY.- On Saturday, January 13, 2018, the Museum of the City of New York will launch King in New York , a photography exhibition exploring the relationship between Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most important and influential figures of the 20th century, and New York City. The exhibition marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Kings death and celebrates what would have been his 89th birthday on January 15, 2018. King in New York delves into events from the 1950s and continues through the aftermath of Dr. Kings assassination in 1968. Martin Luther King Jr., a frequent presence in New York City, was a revered and charismatic pastor and civil rights activist known for his inspirational ... More |
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| Kopeikin Gallery opens exhibition of photographs by The Douglas Brothers | | Hampshire Cultural Trust exhibition celebrates the region's relationship with the sea | | North Carolina Museum of Art launches Matrons of the Arts initiative to highlight female artists |
The Douglas Brothers, Jewish Boy.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Kopeikin Gallery announces SEE/SAW an exhibition of photographs by The Douglas Brothers to be presented from January 13th through February 17th, 2018. The Douglas Brothers are a collaborative duo that worked out of London and New York in the late 80s and early 90s. They spent a decade developing their imprint, quickly becoming pioneering portraitists, later described by Creative Review as the most desirable photographers of their generation. Their oeuvre extended to nudes, abstract, reportage, fashion and collage. The photographs, which were initially exhibited at Kopeikin Gallery 20 years ago as vintage platinum prints, have now returned in the form of large format archival giclée. The Douglas Brothers were one of the gallerys earliest successes with contemporary work, says gallery owner Paul Kopeiken, who recently re-connected with the brothers to produce this latest exhibition. Their ... More | |
Air-Sea Rescue Launch D Type, 1943, Stephen Bone © Southampton City Art Gallery, presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee r
GOSPORT.- Englands south coast stretches for over 300 miles - from the rural tranquillity of the Purbeck Hills, to the prosperous ports of Southampton and Portsmouth, bustling Brighton and resurgent Hastings and down the centuries its history, events and landscape have inspired generations of artists. In a new exhibition for 2018, Hampshire Cultural Trust is celebrating the regions relationship with the sea by bringing together 20 works from the world-class collections of Southampton City Art Gallery. Southern Shores spans almost 200 years of art, maritime and social history from The Wreckers (1791, George Morland) to Stranger on the Shore (1981, Eden Box) and features an eclectic selection of paintings by some of Britains leading artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. The exhibition also includes rarely exhibited works - including the 19th century Moonlight Scene by ... More | |
Ongoing campaign highlights female artists from around the world, throughout history.
RALEIGH, NC.- The North Carolina Museum of Art announced a new initiative, Matrons of the Arts, which highlights female-identified artists in both the Museums permanent collection and around the world. Matrons of the Arts is a Museum-wide, ongoing project that presents programs, exhibitions, and acquisitions by and about women artists. Inspired in part by the name five women artists challenge put on by the National Museum of Women in the Artsand playing off the phrase patron of the artsthis campaign seeks to bring the publics attention to women who have been and continue to be major figures in the world of art. "Women artists historically have been underrepresented in most museums, said Museum Director Lawrence J. Wheeler. As the Museum continues to collect some of the best artists of our timeMickalene Thomas, Louise Bourgeois, Helen Frankenthaler, Susan Rothenberg, Elizabeth Murray, Alison ... More |
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| Art, Design, & Architecture Museum at UC Santa Barbara opens exhibition of photographs by Jane Gottlieb | | Artcurial announces results of the second edition of the Paris#Marrakech auction | | Berlin woman revives Red Army ghosts in Reichstag graffiti |
Jane Gottlieb, Stairway to Hotel Du Cap.
SANTA BARBARA, CA.- Jane Gottlieb is a photographer living in Southern California, where she was born and raised. In her early twenties she made her first trip by herself as a young professional to Paris. The images she took then, and in many subsequent trips, have been a touchstone of her lifes work. She has returned to them again and again in the last decades, changing them progressively to meet her vision of France as the technology available to her has advanced. But Gottliebs vision of France is not like anyone elses. It is riotous in color, hyper-vibrant in energy, and deeply Californian, shot through with a purely Mexican palette. When she discovered the possibility of hand-painting cibachrome prints she had the tools to change the world to match her vision. Printing from her library of color slides, she could brighten them up and give them a new exciting life. The possibility of saturated, unrealistic color was released from Pandoras box, not to cause trouble ... More | |
Malick Sidibé, Nuit de Noêl (Happy-Club), 1963 (detail), argentic proof, sold for 24,700 / $29,640 including fees (estimate: 15,00020,000).
PARIS.- The second edition of the Paris#Marrakech auction, organised by Artcurial in duplex with Marrakesh on 30th December 2017, reached a total amount of 3,518,580 /$4,222,296, beyond its overall estimate, with nearly 70% of lots sold and 6 world records recorded achieved for contemporary African art. The chapter « Majorelle et ses contemporains » which brought together 43 orientalist pieces, was dominated by the sale of the exceptional canvas by José Cruz Herrera Au Harem, which largely surpassed its estimate price, reaching 467,800 / $561,360 (lot 12). Marchands de dattes dans le souk, Marrakech (lot 5), a 1940-1945 piece by Jacques Majorelle, dates from the period when the artist mainly used black backgrounds in his work, doubled its estimate reaching 393,400 / $472,080. A 1916 Alexandre Roubtzoff oil on ... More | |
Karin Felix, who served as a guide at the Reichstag parliament building for a quarter-century, poses in front the Reichstag builing in Berlin on November 23, 2017. John MACDOUGALL / AFP.
BERLIN (AFP).- Berlin has preserved countless traces of its World War II destruction as chilling reminders of its militaristic past -- few are more striking than Red Army graffiti left at the iconic Reichstag. When the parliament building was restored by British architect Norman Foster after national reunification in 1990, German leaders opted not to sandblast away the taunts, insults and notes for posterity inscribed by the Soviet troops who fought Adolf Hitler's armies into the heart of the capital. Still today, deputies heading into the light-flooded Bundestag chamber under Foster's glass dome pass by hundreds of the often sentimental, sometimes raunchy Cyrillic messages that cover the interior walls. "You got what was coming to you, you sons of dogs," reads one. "You reap what you sow," says another, outside Chancellor Angela Merkel's ... More |
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Macron wants French baguette to get UNESCO heritage status
PARIS (AFP).- President Emmanuel Macron on Friday joined calls by bakers for France's traditional baguette to be recognised as one of the world's cultural treasures on UNESCO's list of "intangible heritage". The call came after the art of Naples' dough-twirling pizza makers was given the nod by the UN cultural body's World Heritage Committee in December. "The baguette is envied around the world. We must preserve its excellence and our expertise, and it is for this reason that it should be heritage-listed," Macron told a group of master bakers at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris. Dominique Anract, the head of the national confederation of baking and pastry, earlier said the "marvellous" baguette, made of flour, water, salt and yeast, should "have its rightful place" in world heritage. Along with the Eiffel tower, the baguette is one of the main symbols of France, Anract ... More
Artwork by noted New Orleans and other Louisiana painters will headline Crescent City auction
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Original paintings by renowned Southern artists William Aiken Walker and William Hemmerling, a mug and a vase from the studios of George Ohr (the Mad Potter of Biloxi), and a stunning five-piece Mexican sterling silver coffee and tea service by Maciel are just a few expected top lots in Crescent City Auction Gallerys upcoming Winter Estates Auction. The major two-day sale, slated for the weekend of January 27th and 28th, will be held online and in Crescent Citys gallery, located at 1330 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. In all, 1,185 lots will cross the auction block, including French and American period furniture, original artwork, fine estate jewelry, Russian icons, bronzes, silver, clocks, lamps and lighting, pottery and more. South Carolina artist William Aiken Walker (1838-1921) has been featured in past Crescent City auctions. His 19th ... More
Chicago photographer and MacArthur Fellow Dawoud Bey exhibits at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
KALAMAZOO, MI.- The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts will open a new exhibition January 13 two suites of photographs by the Chicago-based artist Dawoud Bey. Harlem, USA (1975-1979) and Harlem Redux (2014-2017) together show the legendary Manhattan neighborhood at two points in time, one via black-and-white portraits, and the other via color images of the changing neighborhood landscape. The exhibition continues through April 11. Beys exploration of everyday urban life early in his career became his landmark Harlem, USA series, which premiered at the Studio Museum of Harlem in 1979 when he was just 26. Harlem Redux marks Beys return to the community 35 years later. The series comprises large-format color photos reflecting the transition of the celebrated community as it becomes more gentrified and its history more diverse. This is the first ... More
Wilding Cran Gallery opens exhibitions of works by Marty Schnapf and Maria Lynch
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Wilding Cran Gallery presents Fissures in the Fold, an exhibition of new paintings by multidisciplinary artist Marty Schnapf. Schnapfs approach to painting follows the belief that concepts and methods thought to be incompatible usually do not contradict one another but instead offer opportunities to embrace unlikely combinations that disturb complacent viewing and elude normative interpretation. Each painting follows its own dimensional illogic. The interposition of figures and spaces, mercurial but insistent, suggests a certain frailty of reality. Florescent apparitions haunt the scenes like auras or oil spills seemingly unnoticed by the inhabitants. These tenants of overlapping realities confront viewers with knowing impudence, leaving them to sort, on their own, through the complex psychosexual content portrayed. The paintings unfold with time but never reveal ... More
Heritage Auctions' Animation Art department breaks record with 2017 sales of $3.9 million
DALLAS, TX.- Thanks to two stellar signature animation art auctions and another exceptional event at Knott's Berry Farm amusement park in Buena Park, California, the Heritage Auctions Animation Art Department had its best year ever, with total sales for the year of $3,919,080 breaking the department's previous record by 38 percent. "It was an exciting year for Animation Art at Heritage Auctions," Heritage Animation Art Director Jim Lentz said. "The year began with the historic '75 Years of America's First Theme Park Knott's Berry Farm Auction' held right at the historic park, which drew a record turnout. That was followed by two Animation Art Signature sales, the 'Art of Fantasia' auction in July and the 'Animation Birthday Celebration' auction, each of which set new records, thanks to artwork from the hands of such artists as Mary Blair, Eyvind Earle, Chuck ... More
Phillips expands presence in Florida, furthering auction house's expansion in the Americas
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips announced the expansion of the companys presence in the Americas by naming Maura Smith as Regional Director in Palm Beach, Florida. As Regional Director, Ms. Smith will work with Phillips specialists across all departmental categories to support the auction houses business development efforts by cultivating networks of collectors, art dealers, advisors, and institutions. She will work especially closely with the 20th Century & Contemporary Art Department. Before joining Phillips, Ms. Smith worked as the U.S. Business Development Director for Paddle8. Prior to that, she spent nine years at Christies, most recently serving as a Regional Director in Palm Beach. We are thrilled that Maura is joining Phillips and helping us expand our reach across the Americas, especially in Palm Beach, a strategically important region for the contemporary art market, ... More
Exhibition presents new monumental bronzes in dialogue with some of Johan Creten's early pieces
PARIS.- Johan Creten is considered a precursor of the ceramics revival in contemporary art, alongside Thomas Schütte and in the wake of Lucio Fontana. Through his use of clay, his proven knowledge of the materials, his careful attention to glazing, and his thoroughly physical grasp of the medium, he restored ceramics to majestic grace and paved the way for many young contemporary artists. The work of Johan Creten raises ceramics from a poor relation to a noble art. Johan Cretens uvre is not governed by Venusian beauty alone. As a result, some of his major pieces, in darker, murkier tones, like the enchanting Odore di Femmina, betray the political bent of his work, filled with a desire to probe the ambivalences and tragedies of History, the hours of darkness and days of gloom. As such, two recent and ambitious exhibitionsCERAMIX at La Maison Rouge ... More
PIASA announces highlights from its Scandinavian Design sale
PARIS.- Sales of over 5 million in 2017 confirmed PIASAs status as market-leaders for Scandinavian Design. Our next sale on February 15 will again feature a number of masterpieces by top Nordic Designers. In 1949 Finn Juhl (1912-89), the father of the Danish Modern style, created one of his most famous designs: the teak and leather Chieftain armchair, produced in collaboration with cabinet-maker Niels Vodder. The alluring curves and delicate handling of the natural materials are typical of Juhls work (est. 90,000-120,000). The Chieftain was described as follows when unveiled in Copenhagen in 1949: The Chieftain chair is designed according to scientific principles to ensure optimum comfort, and is already this years clear winner this chair is so alive it seems bursting with vitality Finn Juhl must be definitively classed as a great artist. After graduating from ... More
Denver Art Museum breaks ground on Gio Ponti building renovation
DENVER, CO.- The Denver Art Museum broke ground yesterday on a comprehensive renovation of its iconic North Building, the only completed structure in North America designed by renowned Italian architect Gio Ponti. Machado Silvetti and Denver-based Fentress Architects are the design team behind the $150 million project, slated for completion timed to the buildings 50th anniversary in 2021. The design will unify the entirety of the DAMs campus, streamline visitor access to the museums collections, exhibitions and serve as a beacon for the surrounding neighborhood. The North Building renovation will realize elements of Pontis original design concept, expand gallery spaces to better engage audiences with the museums growing collection and increase the DAMs capacity to serve school and youth groups through its renowned educational program, as ... More
Website? Century-old French newspaper seeks new Linotype instead
VERVINS.- Jenny Braconnier sits at a hulking grey machine, amid the fumes of molten lead, swiftly typing out the news from northeast France on a strange-looking keyboard that produces lines of metal type. Beside her is a smartphone, one of the few nods to modernity in the deliberately retro newsroom of Le Democrate de l'Aisne. Braconnier, 21, and four young colleagues have mastered a 1970s Linotype machine for the weekly newspaper which covers an area near Belgium that proudly sticks with a technology most papers abandoned decades ago. The four-page broadsheet, which bills itself "100 percent lead, zero percent web", covers the local farming scene along with more timely concerns like trends in New Year's greeting cards or the tally of anti-fraud operations carried out in the area last year. "It's a place where we do whatever it takes," said ... More
Sri Lanka's leading artist shows artworks at Saffronart, New Delhi
NEW DELHI.- In collaboration with London-based Grosvenor Gallery, Saffronart is holding an exhibition of paintings by Sri Lankan artistSenaka Senanayake at The Claridges, New Delhi, from1224 January 2018 titled Mystical Moments: Recent Works by Senaka Senanayake. The exhibition features a collection of the artist's highly sought-after rain forest paintings. Born in 1951, Senanayake is one of Sri Lankas leading artists. He studied Art and Architecture at Yale, which impacted his decision to make a career out of art. Senanayake achieved early fame with an exhibition of works in Colombo in the late 1950s, and his first international solo exhibition in New York at the age of 10. Through his vivid depictions of Sri Lankas rainforests, Senanayake draws the viewers attention to their rapid depletion. Each canvas takes two to three weeks to complete, ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Belarusian-French painter Chaim Soutine was born January 13, 1893. Chaïm Soutine (13 January 1893 - 9 August 1943) was a Russian-French painter of Jewish origin. Soutine made a major contribution to the expressionist movement while living in Paris. Inspired by classic painting in the European tradition, exemplified by the works of Rembrandt, Chardin and Courbet, Soutine developed an individual style more concerned with shape, color, and texture over representation, which served as a bridge between more traditional approaches and the developing form of Abstract Expressionism. In this image: Chaim Soutine, Two Pheasants.
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