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This rock is engraved on its two faces and associates geometric and figurative representations. © Denis Gliksman, Inrap.
PARIS.- Over several months, a team of Inrap archaeologists excavated in the Angoulême train station zone. This research, prescribed by the State (DRAC NouvelleAquitaine), had already revealed three prehistoric occupations dated from the Final Paleolithic to the Mesolithic. Three days before the end of the excavation, the archaeologists exhumed a sandstone block decorated with an engraved horse, four other herbivores, and geometric motifs. An Azilian date (12,000 years ago) has been proposed but remains to be verified. This rock is engraved on its two faces and associates geometric and figurative representations. It is a local siliceous sandstone and measures 25 cm long, 18 cm wide and approximately 3 cm thick. Part of the cobble was voluntarily removed by breaking it. The parallel incisions on its two edges form typical Late Azilian geometric motifs. They leave a central space for an animal silhouette, probably an aurochs. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day One of three pre-Columbine artefacts displayed at the Peruvian Embassy in Paris on June 6, 2019, as France returns to Peru archaeological pieces confiscated by customs in 2007 and belonging to the pre-Columbian Chancay and Chimu civilisations. Two terracotta statues and a carved wooden stick of the classic period 1100 - 1450 AD were intercepted on March 5, 2007 at Paris' Charles De Gaulle international airport after they found during a postal check of packages sent from Peru. The parcel was being shipped to a private individual. GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP
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| | | Quintessential Le Pho painting tops prices realized at Palm Beach Modern's May 25 auction | | Long-unseen masterpieces by Monet & Modigliani to lead London flagship sales | | Christie's announces highlights included in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction |
Le Pho (Vietnamese/French, 1907-2001), oil-on-canvas painting, 27.25 x 32in (framed). Sold for $52,000.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.- On May 25, the amiable team at Palm Beach Modern Auctions greeted regulars and new bidders alike to a 532-lot sale of high-quality art, designer furniture and outdoor sculptures from fine private collections. For many in attendance, the drawcard was the long list of desirable artists represented in the sale, but others, especially from the South Florida region, came specifically to acquire chic yet functional mid-century furnishings for their oceanfront homes. Even if people just came to learn more about what we sell, we were delighted to be their hosts for the day, said auctioneer and co-owner Rico Baca. Very often, those who are new to a particular type of art go on to become passionate collectors and valued, long-term customers. Rising to the top of prices realized, an oil-on-canvas painting of a mother and child in a garden setting by Le Pho (Vietnamese/French, 1907- ... More | |
Amedeo Modigliani, Jeune homme assis , les mains croisées sur less genoux, 1918 (detail), oil on canvas (est. £16,000,000-24,000,000 / $20,400,000-30,600,000). Courtesy Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Helena Newman, Worldwide Head of Sothebys Impressionist & Modern Art Department, said: From Monet to Modigliani, this seasons London sales bring together outstanding works by some of the worlds most beloved and sought-after artists. Monets Nymphéas an iconic image of his most celebrated subject is at the same time radical and poetic, whilst Modiglianis deeply arresting portrait of an unnamed youth unites the personal and the archetypal. These outstanding works have remained unseen for over half a century in their respective private collections and epitomise quality and freshness, both critical criteria for todays global collectors. They will be offered alongside defining examples from landmark moments of Impressionism and Modern Art. Thomas Boyd-Bowman, Head of Sothebys Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sales in ... More | |
Jean Dubuffet, Cérémonie (detail). Oil on canvas, 64 7/8 x 86 5/8in. Painted in November 1961. Estimate GBP 7,000,000 - GBP 10,000,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019.
LONDON.- Christies Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction will be held on 25 June, part of 20th Century at Christies, a series of auctions taking place from 17 to 26 June 2019. The auction will be led by Jean-Michel Basquiats Sabado por la Noche (Saturday Night) (1984, estimate: £7,500,000-11,000,000). Further highlights include Jean Dubuffets Cérémonie (Ceremony) (1961, estimate: £7,000,000-10,000,000), one of only nine paintings by Dubuffet from his Paris Circus series over two metres in scale, of which three are in museum collections, and Francis Bacons Man at a Washbasin (1954, estimate: £5,000,000-7,000,000) from the height of his existential blue period. Representing those at the cutting edge of contemporary art practice, works by Cecily Brown, René Daniëls, Dana Schutz, Tschabalala Self, Amy Sillman, ... More |
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| | | Rein Wolfs to be new Director of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam | | Orwell's classic '1984' turns 70 amid enduring interest | | Spain's Sagrada Familia gets building permit... after 137 years |
Rein Wolfs is currently Director of the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn (Bundeskunsthalle). Photo: Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen.
AMSTERDAM.- The Supervisory Board of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam announced today that Rein Wolfs has been appointed its next director. Rein Wolfs (Hoorn, 1960) has a distinguished career, particularly in Germany and Switzerland. In 2013 he joined the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, when the institution was experiencing difficulties, and transformed it into a dynamic, thriving venue. Formerly he was also artistic director of Kunsthalle Fridericianum in Kassel, head of exhibitions at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, and director of the Migros Museum of Contemporary Art in Zurich. In 2003 he curated the Dutch Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. As part of the contemporary and classic-modern art program at the Bundeskunsthalle, Rein Wolfs organized a number of benchmark shows, including exhibitions of the works of Malevich (in collaboration with the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam), Kirchner, Hanne ... More | |
Written in 1948, and published the following year, "1984" depicted a chilling future world in which a totalitarian state controls people's thoughts and actions, suppressing any dissent.
LONDON (AFP).- Seventy years after its publication, George Orwell's classic dystopian novel "1984" continues to fascinate readers, in particular youngsters growing up in a social media-dominated age of increasing angst. "Some students are very shocked by it, and remain shocked by it," said Michael Callanan, an English teacher and director of the Orwell Youth Prize, which supports political expression amongst young people. "It is part of the paradox of a book being 70-years-old," he added. "I think they were taken aback by how fresh and how true to our lives today it strangely is." Written in 1948, and published the following year, "1984" depicted a chilling future world in which a totalitarian state controls people's thoughts and actions, suppressing any dissent. This rigidly-controlled society features a so-called "ministry of truth" that distorts reality, with the ever-watchful eyes of "Big Brother" keeping tabs on ... More | |
In this file photo taken on October 3, 2017 tourists stand outside the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. Construction of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia may have started 137 years ago, but the emblematic basilica only got a building permit... on June 7, 2019. PAU BARRENA / AFP.
BARCELONA (AFP).- Construction of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia may have started 137 years ago, but the emblematic basilica only got a building permit... on Friday. The Spanish seaside city council awarded the license to a committee in charge of finishing construction of the Catholic temple for 4.6 million euros ($5.2 million), Janet Sanz, in charge of urban planning, told reporters. In a quirk of history, authorities only discovered in 2016 that the building that draws millions of visitors every year had never had planning permission since construction began in 1882. Sanz said the council had finally managed to "resolve a historical anomaly in the city -- that an emblematic monument like the Sagrada Familia... didn't have a building permit, that it was being constructed illegally." According to the committee in charge of finishing ... More |
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| | | Legendary New Orleans blues pianist Dr. John dies at 77 | | Icelandic design on show at Design Museum Helsinki during the summer season | | Josh Smith presents new paintings and monotypes depicting the Grim Reaper at Xavier Hufkens |
In this file photo taken on November 02, 2016 Singer-songwriter Dr. John performs on stage for Skyville Live in Nashville, Tennessee. Natasha Moustache / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP.
WASHINGTON (AFP).- Dr. John, the American jazz musician who delighted fans for decades with his legendary piano riffs and unmistakable hoarse voice, died Thursday, his family said. The New Orleans blues pianist, whose real name Malcolm John Rebennack was shortened to "Mac" by his friends, suffered a heart attack "towards the break of day", according to a statement on his official Twitter account. The jiving talking "psychedelic godfather" -- who inspired Dr. Teeth, the band leader in "The Muppets" -- was 77. A musical monument in the mould of fellow New Orleans greats Fats Domino and Allen Toussaint, he played with everyone from the Rolling Stones to Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Phil Spector, Sonny & Cher and Van Morrison. Former Beatle Ringo Starr was among the first major stars to react to his death, tweeting, "God bless Dr. John peace and love to all ... More | |
Brynjar Sigurðarson,Silent Village Collection, 2014. Galerie Kraco. Photo: Fabrice Gousset.
HELSINKI.- The young Icelandic designer Brynjar Sigurðarson received the Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize, the worlds largest design award, in 2018. His prize exhibition is on view in Design Museums Gallery. This exhibition presents Sigurðarsons original idiom of form and working method, which have achieved international recognition in a very short time. The Söderberg Prize exhibition is now being seen for the last time at Design Museum, because the Torsten Söderberg and Ragnar Söderberg Foundations have stopped awarding the prize. Designer Brynjar Sigurðarsons unique works, falling into the interstices of utility objects and sculpture, represent conceptual design in which narrative has an important role The designers connection with the natural environment and local traditions of his native Iceland has a strong presence in his work. In his furniture designs, Sigurðarson has applied hundred-year-old net wea ... More | |
Josh Smith, Clear Night, 2019. Oil on linen, 152,4 x 122 x 2,8 cm. Courtesy: the Artist and Xavier Hufkens, Brussels. Photo: Kerry McFate.
BRUSSELS.- Xavier Hufkens is presenting American artist Josh Smiths second exhibition with the gallery. The artist is presenting new paintings and monotypes depicting the Grim Reaper. These are being shown for the first time in Belgium in an impressive installation spanning both spaces. From the fish that he exhibited in his inaugural exhibition at the gallery in 2016, to skeletons, turtles, palm trees and his own name, Josh Smith is known for painting sequences of simple yet highly distinctive visual motifs. The Grim Reaper is one such device: an instantly recognisable form that, by virtue of its straightforwardness, is easy to replicate. Just as the Impressionists made multiple paintings of the same scene to capture different atmospheric effects, Smith will repeatedly paint a subject from memory as a way of exploring different painterly qualities. In this sense, the Grim Reaper functions as a compositional device that unlocks an e ... More |
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| | | Museum celebrates recent acquisition of works from Souls Grown Deep Foundation with two summer exhibitions | | University Archives will offer items signed by Bruce Lee, Al Capone, Albert Einstein, more | | The Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg dedicates exhibition to the fascinating uses of clay |
Installation view. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Photo by Juan Arce, 2019.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents Souls Grown Deep: Artists of the African American South, an exhibition including paintings, sculptures, and quilts that celebrates the recent acquisition of 24 works from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation. Among them are outstanding examples of large-scale sculptures and reliefs by Thornton Dial, assemblages by Lonnie Holley, Ronald Lockett, Hawkins Bolden, and Bessie Harvey, and an impressive selection of multi-colored quilts made by several generations of women from Gees Bend, Alabama, and the nearby towns of Rehoboth and Alberta. Many of these pieces were composed of found and salvaged materials and are deeply rooted in personal history of their makers. This exhibition is presented in conjunction with The Art of Collage and Assemblage, a related exhibition of collages and assemblages from the ... More | |
Letter written and signed in 1966 by the late Kung Fu master Bruce Lee, with content relating to The Green Hornet, one of several rare Bruce Lee items in the sale (est. $15,000-$17,000).
WESTPORT, CONN.- A letter written and signed by the legendary Kung Fu master Bruce Lee, a bank interest note twice signed by the notorious gangster Al Capone, and a letter typed and signed by Albert Einstein regarding the development and use of the hydrogen bomb are a few of the featured lots in University Archives Internet-only auction slated for Wednesday, June 26th. The auction will begin at 10:30 am Eastern time. Live bidding has already been posted online and bidding is available via Invaluable.com and LiveAuctioneers.com. The auction is packed with rare and highly collectible autographed documents, manuscripts, books, photos and relics 261 quality lots in all. People can visit the company website at www.UniversityArchives.com. Our June sale offers another great opportunity to collectors, said John Reznikoff, president ... More | |
Beni Bischof (*1976), Iggy Pop, Lust for Life, 2014, plasticine on LP sleeve, 31 x 31 cm, © Beni Bischof /Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zürich.
HAMBURG.- Modelling clay this simple material made from water, oil, starch, wax, and pigments has the power to unleash astounding creative potential. Soft and easy to shape, modelling clay (also called plasticine) is not only ideal for childrens hands but also plays an important role in many areas of design. The exhibition All You Knead. Metamorphosis of a Material is dedicated to the fascinating uses of this material in film, art, and design, from the 1950s to contemporary pop culture. The Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg is presenting over 60 international works, including animated film classics; popular favourites like Shaun the Sheep and Nightmare Before Christmas, based on an idea by cult director Tim Burton; legendary music videos such as Peter Gabriels Sledgehammer; experimental, short, and advertising films; and also computer games. Surprising sculptures, installations, and photographs ... More |
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Bonhams to offer superb Christopher Hodsoll Collection from his former home: Morville Hall
LONDON.- The international auction house Bonhams is to offer for sale the amazing collection of one of Britains greatest interior decorators, Christopher Hodsoll. The sale The Christopher Hodsoll Collection will take place in London on Tuesday 1 October. Christopher Hodsoll is known for his original and eclectic taste, and for his long list of celebrated clients including Paul Simon, Elton John, Sting, Mick Jagger and the Duke of Edinburgh among many others. Hodsoll and Morville Hall are the subject of a major article in Julys edition of The World of Interiors. Bonhams Director of House Sales and Private Collections, Charlie Thomas, said, Christopher Hodsoll is one of the most respected decorators of his generation. His distinctive mix of fine furniture with textiles, works of art and fine art of many different periods and styles is instantly recognisable ... More
Ordovas opens an exhibition of works by Colombian artist José Antonio Suárez Londoño
LONDON.- Colombian artist José Antonio Suárez Londoño (or JASL as the artist also calls himself) has devoted four decades to drawing. Through this disciplined, daily practice he has developed a vast repertoire of small scale drawings. Always Drawing: José Antonio Suárez Londoño, Works on Paper, 1997-2018, is an exhibition of one hundred drawings and fifty etchings, chosen by the artist from two decades of work. On display from 7 June until 3 August at Ordovas, London, the exhibition is the gallerys third to be entirely dedicated to the work of a single living artist and the first presentation of JASL to a UK audience. Every exhibition that we stage is the result of academic engagement and personal connection with an artist, a subject or a historical period which I feel deserves to be looked at in greater detail, says Pilar Ordovas. I first encountered Suárez ... More
Mine by Simon Denny opens at Mona
HOBART.- Simon Denny digs deep into the topic of extraction in Mine, a new exhibition at Mona. Featuring new sculpture, a giant board game and augmented reality, Mine maps the inextricable links between resource and data mining in the largest exhibition by the New Zealand artist to date. Exploring themes of work and automation, the exhibition takes the Australian mining industry as a case study to interrogate the effects of technology on human labour. In Mine, Dennywhose previous work has examined cryptocurrency, capitalism and surveillanceconnects mineral and resource mining with the more opaque world of data collection. Setting these extractive practices against a backdrop of colonisation, ethics and economics, Mine reflects on them in terms of both hope and anxiety about the environment, technology, and development. The catalogue ... More
'I worked here': home of Albanian author Kadare becomes a museum
TIRANA (AFP).- Ismail Kadare draws the curtain to bring a shaft of light into the Tirana apartment where he wrote furiously during the dark days of communism -- a space visitors can now explore first-hand after his former home was turned into a museum. "I worked here, next to the fireplace," the renowned 83-year-old Albanian novelist told AFP, sitting in the spot where he used to write his drafts by hand. "I wrote on my lap" and "I only worked in the morning," added Kadare, who penned some of his most famous works, including the "The Palace of Dreams", while living in the third-floor apartment of the concrete building with his family, from 1973 to 1990. During that time, the windows were covered with heavy drapes to shield their home from the paranoid eye of the communist regime led by former dictator Enver Hoxha, who painfully isolated Albania during ... More
New Myanmar filmmakers shoot to rekindle golden years
YANGON (AFP).- A deadly race to find hidden treasure, car chases and slick fight scenes drive the breakneck narrative of one of Myanmar's latest blockbusters, as a new generation of directors aim to revive the country's golden era of film. The Southeast Asian nation used to be a regional cinematic hub before the 1962-installed military junta suppressed creativity, imposed censorship and cut the country off from outside influences. Myanmar's opening up since 2011 has so far done little to propel its movie industry -- which is preparing to mark its century next year -- onto the international stage. "The film industry is like the country -- after 100 years, it's not in good shape," says Grace Swe Zin Htaik, 66, who has worked in the business for decades as an actress and consultant. Foreign distributors remain unmoved by its movies, often churned out to hackneyed ... More
22-year old Blondey opens first gallery show in London
LONDON.- 22-year-old Blondey, artist, clothing designer and skateboarder, opened his first exhibition in London, presented by Ronchini Gallery. The exhibition runs from 7 June 31 August 2019. The exhibition, Blondey: Stella Populis, includes photography, digital illustration and installation, and is a study in the manifestations of super-fanaticism relating to both religion and pop culture in an attempt to draw parallels between the two. Included in the exhibition is Epiphanies, a series of 25 laser etched portraits on toast. In a twist to the clichéd images of Christ that are perceived as concrete proof of his existence, the series features pop culture celebrities from footballers to Disney stars to the Kardashians and others, cast in the role of Christ himself. Also featured is the diptych Queen Di, a convincing coronation portrait of the Peoples Princess and undisputed ... More
Rare Abraham Lincoln lantern shines in Heritage Auctions' Presidential & Political Americana auction
DALLAS, TX.- An exceedingly rare parade lantern from Abraham Lincolns presidential election campaign is being offered in Heritage Auctions auction of the David and Janice Frent Collection of Presidential and Political Americana, Part V June 22-23 in Dallas. Lanterns like this Abraham Lincoln: A Fabulous, Colorful Political Glass & Tin Parade Lantern, with a candidates name and portrait on the side panels, were used frequently in political campaigns in the 1860s and beyond. The lanterns were attached to poles during nighttime parades and rallies. Lincolns enormous popularity and the delicate materials from which the lantern was made is the driving force behind collector demand. That it survived for more than 150 years in quite nice overall condition makes the piece all the more extraordinary, Heritage Auctions ... More
LA-based, British artist Tahnee Lonsdale's Tender Loin debuts at London's Dellasposa Gallery
LONDON.- LA-based, British artist Tahnee Lonsdale, announces her new solo exhibition, Tender Loin, at Dellasposa Gallery. Lonsdales compelling paintings address relationships, sex, and female empowerment. The exhibition sees Lonsdale's protest of the here and now with expressive, bending, shape-shifting nudes that represent the body as a locus of experience rather than a site observed. Instead of indulging in mimesis, she paints the figure with a persuasive force that can change one's stance according to the different values and systems the creator attributes to them. Colour is a material basis for the artist's conceptual framework. Lonsdale paints a radiant scene of pneumatic anatomies with layered brushwork. The vivid strobe of yellow, so long a colour associated with the transgressive avant-garde, decadence, and beauty is a strong presence ... More
First exhibition to focus on queer subject matters in Iowa museum's history opens
DES MOINES, IA.- Queer Abstraction, the first exhibition in the Des Moines Art Centers 70-year history to focus exclusively on queer subject matter, opened this weekend to coincide with the first day of Pride in the US. The exhibition marks a substantial shift in the Art Centers programming by purposely including queer voices that have largely been left out of art history. The exhibition was commended for The Sothebys Prize 2018 which is designed to support and encourage museums to break new ground by providing major support for exhibitions that explore overlooked or under-represented areas of art history. For more than a century, many Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer artists have turned to the language of abstraction to illustrate diverse facets of sexuality and gender. In response to specific strugglessuch as the criminalisation ... More
The Currier Museum of Art presents Bill Viola's The Raft
MANCHESTER, NH.- The Currier Museum of Art will present Bill Viola: The Raft, which is a powerful video installation by one of the most significant artists of our time. It considers the range of human response to crisis, wherever it may be found. The Raft is on view at the museum from June 8 to September 8, 2019. Originally created for the 2004 Olympics in Athens, the presentation at the Currier Museum is the first stop on a new national tour, organized by the American Federation of Arts and Bill Viola Studio. The stirring imagery of The Raft provokes moral and spiritual questions. How would one react to such an overwhelming event? How responsible are we for one another? Should we stand alone or help those in need? The Raft depicts, at life-sized scale, a group of ordinary people casually standing together. Suddenly, they are struck by strong blasts of water ... More
Installation of works by influential Cuban graphic artist Conrado W. Massaguer opens at The Wolfsonian-FIU
MIAMI BEACH, FLA.- In a focused installation, The WolfsonianFlorida International University highlights the transnational legacy of Cuban graphic designer, illustrator, publisher, and caricaturist Conrado Walter Massaguera leading voice in shaping early 20th-century Cuban culture who is often credited for bringing modernism to the island nation. Cuban Caricature and Culture: The Art of Massaguer, on view June 7, 2019 through February 2, 2020, presents selections from a new gift of Massaguer material from collector Vicki Gold Levi in addition to loans and other Wolfsonian collection objects. Featuring magazine covers, advertisements, original paintings, rare sketches and personal letters, and caricatures of famous figures from Hollywood stars to royalty and presidents, the nearly 100 works on view call attention to Massaguers profound ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, English painter John Everett Millais was born June 08, 1829. Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet, PRA (8 June 1829 - 13 August 1896) was an English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.He was a child prodigy who, aged eleven, became the youngest student to enter the Royal Academy Schools. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was founded at his family home in London, at 83 Gower Street (now number 7). In this image: Afternoon Tea (or The Gossips). The Winnipeg Art Gallery.
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