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To coincide with the exhibition 'Charles II: Art & Power' at The Queen's Gallery, John Michael Wright's portrait of Charles II has been newly installed in the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018. Photographer David Cheskin.
EDINBURGH.- Highlights of the magnificent art collection assembled by Charles II following the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 have gone on display in a new exhibition on view at The Queen?s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse. Exploring the rich world of Charles II?s court and the role of the arts in the re-establishment of the Stuart monarchy, Charles II: Art & Power includes more than 100 works of art from the Royal Collection, the majority of which are on display in Scotland for the first time. On 29 May 1660, his 30th birthday, Charles II made his triumphant return to London, ending more than a decade of Republican rule following the execution of his father Charles I in 1649. Over the 25 years that followed, the court of Charles II became the centre for the patronage of leading artists and the collecting of great works of art, which served to decorate the royal apartments, glorify the restored monarchy and reinforce the position of Charles II as the rightful King. One of the first acts of ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A "Jell-O Salad" from the US is presented in the Disgusting Food Museum on November 7, 2018 in Malmo, Sweden. The exhibit has 80 of the world's most disgusting foods where adventurous visitors get the opportunity to smell and taste some of these notorious foods. Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP
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| | | First major exhibition entirely focused on Oskar Kokoschka's lithographs and etchings opens in Salzburg | | France to return 26 artworks to Benin | | First human remains found in El Salvador's 'Mayan Pompeii' |
Oskar Kokoschka, Self-portrait from two sides, 1923. Colored chalk lithograph. Museum der Moderne Salzburg © Fondation Oskar Kokoschka / Bildrecht, Vienna, 2018. Photo: Hubert Auer.
SALZBURG.- The prints of Oskar Kokoschka (Pöchlarn, AT, 1886―Montreux, CH, 1980) occupy a prominent position in his output. He first explored the technique while studying art in turn-of-the-century Vienna; over the years, and especially in the final decades of his long life, he built a sizable graphic oeuvre. The Museum der Moderne Salzburg possesses an exceptionally comprehensive collection of Kokoschkas prints and has repeatedly mounted presentations of selections from this treasure since it was established. Oskar Kokoschka. The Printed Oeuvre in the Context of Its Time is the first major exhibition entirely focused on Kokoschkas lithographs and etchings. Divided into eight chapters, it showcases ca. 210 pieces to trace an arc from his controversial early work across the portraits of his Dresden years to his late oeuvre, which speaks to his admiration for Greek art and culture, and embeds the various ... More | |
This file photo shows Funerary crown of the Kingdom of Dahomey dating from 1860-1889, on May 18, 2018 at the Quai Branly Museum-Jacques Chirac in Paris. GERARD JULIEN / AFP
PARIS (AFP).- France's President Emmanuel Macron agreed Friday to return 26 artworks to Benin "without delay," his office said. The decision came as Macron received the findings of a study he had commissioned on returning African treasures held by French museums, a radical policy shift that could put pressure on other former colonial powers. He proposed gathering African and European partners in Paris next year to define a framework for an "exchange policy" for African artworks. Macron agreed to return 26 royal statues from the Palaces of Abomey -- formerly the capital of the kingdom of Dahomey -- that were taken by the French army in 1892 and are now housed at Paris' Quai Branly museum. Benin had requested their restitution, and earlier this week welcomed that France had followed the process through to the end. But Macron's office said this should not be an isolated or symbolic case. The president "hopes that ... More | |
Like Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy, the remains of Joya de Ceren were discovered in exceptional condition, providing a rare insight into the Mayan way of life including rituals, agriculture, trade, governance and eating habits. AFP Photo/Jose CABEZAS.
SAN SALVADOR (AFP).- Human remains have been discovered for the first time in El Salvador's Joya de Ceren, a city buried by a volcanic eruption more than 1,400 years ago and sometimes dubbed the "Mayan Pompeii," the ministry of culture said Thursday. A skeleton, which was in poor condition, was discovered at the beginning of November, buried with an obsidian knife at the UNESCO World Heritage archaeological site located about 20 miles (35 kilometers) north of the capital San Salvador. The person "probably lived in the city but was not killed by the eruption" of the Loma Caldera volcano, archaeologist Michelle Toledo said. Toledo added that researchers believed the remains date to the Late Classic period of Mesoamerica because of the presence of fine white tephra, known as "Tierra Blanca Joven" (young white earth) resulting from the volcanic ... More |
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| | | Virtual reality resurrects ancient Rome bit by bit | | Portland Tiara stolen from The Welbeck Estate | | Belgium impounds touring Banksy works over insurance fears |
A boy uses Rome Reborn VR.
ROME (AFP).- Gazing upon the splendours of ancient Rome is no longer a luxury reserved for visitors to the Italian capital, as temples opened their doors internationally with a digital project launched Wednesday after decades of planning. The Rome Reborn tour is the first to show users over 7,000 buildings and monuments from the year AD 320, allowing both those with Virtual Reality goggles or just a computer to explore over 14 square kilometres (five-and-a-half square miles). "I first came up with the idea in 1974. I was determined to find a way to bring these wonderful monuments to the world, but the technology didn't exist then," the project's director, digital archaeologist Bernard Frischer, told AFP. "We had to redesign the model three times as technology advanced, but 22 years after we began, and three million dollars (2.6 million euros) later, we're finally here," he said. Users can currently do a "fly-over" of ancient Rome as well as stop and explore two sites, the Roman ... More | |
Burglars used power tools to break into the Portland Collection Gallery on the estate between 9.45pm and 10pm on Tuesday night (20 November 2018).
WORKSOP.- The famous Portland Tiara, a national treasure that has been seen by countless members of the public, has been stolen from The Welbeck Estate in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Burglars used power tools to break into the Portland Collection Gallery on the estate between 9.45pm and 10pm on Tuesday night (20 November 2018). They stole the tiara and a diamond brooch from an armoured glass display case while the alarms were sounding. Security services missed the thieves by 90 seconds and the police arrived on the scene two minutes later, said a spokesperson for the Welbeck Estate. Nottinghamshire Police are investigating and appealing for information about a silver Audi S5 suspected to have been involved in the offence. The Portland Tiara is one of the great historic tiaras of Great Britain, said Richard Edgcumbe, Curator of Jewellery ... More | |
The Belgian court must now settle the matter in the next few months in a case pitting Lazarides and his firm Lazinc against On Entertainment.
BRUSSELS (AFP).- Belgian authorities have impounded millions of euros worth of works by street artist Banksy after an exhibitor in Brussels realised they may not be insured, a lawyer said Friday. The exhibitor, Strokar, informed the authorities that the 58 paintings, photos and silkscreens may not be covered if any were damaged or stolen, Strokar's lawyer Stanislas Eskenazi said. "My client is a small non-profit which only provided an exhibition space. It wanted to protect itself against an enormous risk," Eskenazi told AFP, confirming Belgian media reports. Contacted by Strokar, an administrative court in Brussels this week appointed a bailiff who put the works under lock and key on Thursday, he added. Steve Lazarides, a former Banksy agent who broke with the British street artist in 2009, assembled the works, which are valued at 15 million euros ($17 million) and belong mainly ... More |
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| | | Moscow's ballet studios: where careers take flight | | Back stage, Paris Opera keeps venerable crafts alive | | Japan's Osaka chosen to host World Expo 2025 |
Girls attend a class at a ballet studio in Moscow on November 22, 2018. In a small studio in northern Moscow, parents and grandparents sit in a corridor waiting for children as young as three to finish their ballet class. Mladen ANTONOV / AFP.
MOSCOW (AFP).- In a small studio in northern Moscow, girls as young as three in tutus and pointe shoes practise their ballet moves in front of a mirror. Lined up on their mats, the youngsters have no difficulty stretching their legs up over their heads -- let alone doing splits. The studio is one of dozens in the Russian capital, home to some of the world's best ballet troupes. Many are run by former professional ballerinas. Children and teenagers meet at the studio in a Soviet-era community centre three times a week for classical ballet classes. They are overwhelmingly girls, their long hair tied tightly in buns high on their heads. "We have boys, but unfortunately not many," the studio's director and former ballerina Oksana Mironova tells AFP. She proudly adds that one boy she taught is now a dancer at the Bolshoi Theatre. Mironova herself started out at a ballet ... More | |
Brazilian academician Tulio Morais (L) poses for a photograph with his tutor Anne-Marie Legrand on November 6, 2018 at the Opera Garnier in Paris. Numerous artistic crafts are transmitted at The Paris' Opera Garnier academy, AFP reports. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- At the Paris Opera, people often say that for the curtain to rise on its stars, the talents of 100 different trades are needed behind the scenes. Thanks to an academy, founded in 2015, to preserve some of those specialised crafts, Brazilian Tulio Morais will finally realise his dream of learning to make ballet tutus. Every year, around 40 students like Morais train in skills such as costume making, wig design and tapestry, as well as lyrical singing and music, at the heart of the opera company, which celebrates its 350th anniversary next year. While other opera houses have workshops in singing and sewing, Paris Opera, the largest in Europe, is the "only one in the world that teaches such a large number of arts", Myriam Mazouzi, the academy director, told AFP. The concept is to pass on the knowledge of these crafts ... More | |
Japanese Economy minister Hiroshige Seko (C) and members of the Japan delegation celebrate on November 23, 2018 in Paris after the announcement that the Japanese city of Osaka was selected to host the World Expo 2025. FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- The Japanese city of Osaka was selected Friday to host the World Expo 2025, beating Russia and Azerbaijan for the right to organise the exhibition at which countries showcase their achievements. Osaka garnered 92 votes compared with 61 for the Russian city of Ekaterinburg in the second and final round of voting by members of the Paris-based Bureau International des Expositions, which organises the mega-event. Azerbaijan's capital Baku was knocked out in the first round. The first world fair to celebrate culture and industrial progress was held in Victorian-era London in 1851. The concept quickly caught on and cities were soon jostling to outshine each other with huge exhibitions featuring dazzling new creations, such as the Eiffel Tower, which was built for the World Fair of 1889. Japan's winning bid was entitled "Designing Future Society For Our Lives". In a video ... More |
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| | | Exhibition of new work by Brooklyn-based artists Genesis Belanger and Emily Mae Smith on view at Perrotin | | Exhibition offers a thought-provoking examination of how far medical technology advanced across the nineteenth century | | Presentation highlights Vancouver Art Gallery's collection Including artworks acquired within the past five years |
Genesis Belanger, Daily Adoration (detail), 2018. Stoneware and porcelain, 10.2 x 30.5 x 11.4 cm / 4 x 12 x 4 1/2 in. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin.
NEW YORK, NY.- Perrotin New York is presenting an exhibition of new work by Brooklyn-based artists Genesis Belanger and Emily Mae Smith. For their two-person show at Perrotin, they have engaged in a close dialogue: a game of inter-referentiality. Paintings by Smith and sculptures by Belanger, discrete bodies of work unto themselves, speak to each other across disciplines in surefooted, refreshing solidarity. Emily Mae Smiths paintings are executed with photorealistic rigor. Their content, however, bears little relation to the real. They tend, instead, towards a kind of Surrealism where a displacement of references is the operative strategy. In an ongoing series, an anthropomorphic broom figure, reminiscent of the bewitched worker from Fantasia (1940), stands in for a female figure. She has appeared both as artisttouting a brush and easel on the cover of art magazinesand subject, a surrogate figure in ... More | |
Medical Chest and Contents, c. 1850. Mahogany box with medicines in glass bottles, scales, and weights. This chest belonged to Dr. C. Winslow, a doctor and pharmacist. On loan from the Warren Anatomical Museum. Photo courtesy of M. Donald Blaufox.
GREENWICH, CONN.- A new exhibition opens on November 24 at the Bruce Museum that presents a thought-provoking examination of how far medical technology advanced across the nineteenth century and how once-revolutionary concepts and instruments became commonplace. The exhibition will showcase approximately 100 artifacts from the collection of M. Donald Blaufox, MD, PhD, ranging from surgical tools to quack patent medicines to early x-ray tubes, telling the story of how various branches of diagnostic and therapeutic medicine evolved. The Dawn of Modern Medicine exhibition will open our visitors eyes to the remarkable history of medical instruments, says Dr. Daniel Ksepka, Curator of Science at the Bruce Museum. Early in the nineteenth century, doctors were still bleeding patients, and ... More | |
Beau Dick, Sculpin Mask, 198592, red cedar, acrylic paint, cedar bark, rope. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Acquisition Fund.
VANCOUVER.- The Vancouver Art Gallery explores transformation and change in The Metamorphosis, an exhibition of contemporary installation, film, photography, sculpture and more showcasing the Gallerys collection. On view November 24, 2018 to March 17, 2019, this presentation features international and local artists: Sonny Assu, Beau Dick, Lyse Lemieux, Marianne Nicolson, Skeena Reece, Fiona Tan, Wang Jianwei, and others. The fourth presentation of our fall season, The Metamorphosis ties together provocative themes and ideas of change undertaken in more than forty remarkable contemporary works selected from the Gallerys collection, says Kathleen S. Bartels, Director of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Among the artworks featured, many were acquired by the Gallery over the past five years and this marks our first opportunity to showcase them. With its title inspired by Franz Kafkas 1915 ... More |
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Jasper Johns' Flag and his Fascination with the Familiar
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City Art Centre in Edinburgh opens exhibition of vintage street photography by Robert Blomfield
EDINBURGH.- This winter the City Art Centre showcases an exhibition of vintage street photography by Robert Blomfield, revealing part of a remarkable private archive of his stunning work. Blomfield practised street photography across the UK from the 1950s to the 1970s, beginning in Edinburgh. He moved to the city to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 1956, when he was 18 years old. Whilst a student, Blomfield pursued his passion for photography and spent his free time capturing life on the streets. He adopted an unobtrusive fly-on-the-wall approach, seeking interesting or amusing scenes in the rapidly changing post-war period. An engaging manner and healthy disrespect for authority allowed him to get close to a myriad of subjects, taking photographs that are in turn tender, bold and humorous. Blomfield used a pair of Nikon F SLRs ... More
Seventh edition of Amsterdam Art Weekend opens
AMSTERDAM.- Throughout the Amsterdam Art Weekend, from 22-25 November, Amsterdam is all about contemporary art. The event allows both art professionals from all over the globe and a new generation of art enthusiasts to get acquainted with the latest developments in contemporary art. Amsterdams reputation as a breeding ground for talent and as an international knowledge centre, is upheld during Amsterdam Art Weekend by the programmes of participating institutions such as the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten and various galleries. This edition is the first one led by the new director, Caroline Vos, who used to work for the Van Gogh Museum and Stichting Museumnacht Amsterdam. Amsterdam Art, the organisation behind the Art Weekend, works year-round to generate exposure for the diverse range of high-quality contemporary art. Not just ... More
Foam opens the first major solo exhibition of the Dutch artist duo Persijn Broersen and Margit Lukács
AMSTERDAM.- As part of the exhibition series Next Level, Foam presents the first major solo exhibition of the Dutch artist duo Persijn Broersen (1974) and Margit Lukács (1973). In their monumental works, Broersen and Lukács reflect on nature as a mirror of human perception. In todays visual culture, fiction is usurping the place of reality. Broersen and Lukács respond to this trend by creating video animations presenting a parallel world of spectacular images that wholly absorb the viewer: true-to-life projections of tree trunks that melt into digital pixels, virtual images of wilderness, breath-taking landscapes that endlessly fall apart and integrate in rapid succession, or a fluttering cloth that morphs into a landscape. The endless loops and metamorphoses of images have an addictive effect, which reflects our mindless consumption of images. The work also raises ... More
Exhibition presents a focused selection of 19 landscape paintings by Alex Katz
LIVERPOOL.- Tate Liverpool presents work by Alex Katz (b. 1927), one of the most important and respected living American artists of the past 50 years. This exhibition draws from ARTIST ROOMS, a touring collection of over 1,600 works of modern and contemporary art by more than 40 major artists, jointly owned by the National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. The collection is displayed across the UK through a touring programme, supported by Arts Council England, Art Fund and Creative Scotland. With their bright and bold palette, Katzs paintings present a modern American take on the classical themes of landscapes, marine scenes and flowers. His immediately recognisable style draws on American and European painting traditions including the work of Matisse and Monet. At the same time, the crisp stylised surfaces of his paintings have an ... More
The V&A Museum of Childhood presents a special display of photographs of children by Dorothy Bohm
LONDON.- The V&A Museum of Childhood is presenting a special display of photographs by leading London-based photographer Dorothy Bohm, which explores the universal aspects of childhood. Little Happenings: Photographs of Children by Dorothy Bohm includes a significant number of never-before-seen works revealed to the public for the first time. Spanning 12 countries over seven decades, the display shows how the idea of childhood and early social interactions have been a source of inspiration for Bohm during her extensive travels throughout her long career. This is the first ever exhibit to solely focus on Bohms reflections on childhood. From a young, smiling girl playing in a cardboard box in San Francisco, to Palestinian children playing with Israeli children in Haifa, Israel, to a contemplative photograph of a granddaughter sitting ... More
A arte Invernizzi gallery opens a solo exhibition of works by Nelio Sonego
MILAN.- The A arte Invernizzi gallery opened a solo exhibition of works by Nelio Sonego. In this event, works made in the late 1970s and early 1980s enter into a dialogue with more recent ones, in a project specially created by the artist for the exhibition space. Works of the Strutturale series (1979) - in which Sonego investigates the possible variants of line as both a constituent and a constructive element in the structuring of the work - are being shown in the first room on the upper floor. Adopting a systemic approach, which establishes the square format of the canvases and the white ground, the artist makes an in-depth examination of variants by tracing out parallel and transversal lines that suggest dissimilar geometrical balances and forms. The space created within the surface is given new form, starting with segmentation and superimposition of the ... More
Anniversary show at the Merchant House reflects on painting
AMSTERDAM.- The Merchant Houses anniversary show reflects on painting by taking its cue from the oeuvre of the American conceptual artist Dennis Oppenheim (1938-2011). Referencing his drawings on the pervasive power of painting, it goes on to examine the boundaries and extensions of this fundamental art medium in the works of Hilarius Hofstede, Craigie Horsfield, Judit Reigl, and Carolee Schneemann, artists previously shown at TMH. Matter of Masters presents Oppenheims color-saturated works on paper, with such singular titles as: Lungs with Brushes, 1991, and Roots in CubismHearts in the Stars/(Forest for Cézanne), 1984. These distinct drawings complement his famously transgressive sculptural interventions, while taking issue with the strictly non-painterly position of the conceptual practice. They can be seen as prophetically ... More
Art Gallery of NSW surpasses $100 million fundraising target for expansion
SYDNEY.- The Art Gallery of New South Wales announced it has reached, and surpassed, its $100 million Capital Campaign target to support construction of a new building designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architects, SANAA, as part of the Gallerys expansion, the Sydney Modern Project. Together with the NSW Governments $244 million in funding, the $103.5 million raised from donors represents the largest public-private partnership of its kind to be successfully achieved in the Australian arts. The Gallery will continue to seek philanthropic support for its transformation including enhancements and modifications to the existing building, as well as launching an art acquisitions campaign next year. The new building will provide much-needed capacity close to double current exhibition space to display more of the Gallerys outstanding art collection, which ... More
Vintage superhero comics will headline Bruneau & Co.'s Toy & Comic auction
CRANSTON, RI.- A 400-lot Toy & Comic Auction featuring rare superhero comics, to include Flash, Hulk, Spider-Man, Superman, Batman and Robin, will be held on Saturday, December 1st, by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, online and in the firms gallery at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston. Star Wars collectibles and an unopened box of 1985 Garbage Pail Kids cards will also be sold. There will be a pre-sale of over 100 lots, with no online bidding, of toys, comics and comic art. People must be in attendance at the gallery to bid. Doors will open at 8 am EST the day of sale. This 400-lot catalog is just simply dynamite, said Travis Landry, Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers Director of Pop Culture and auctioneer. There are examples of comics that havent crossed the auction block in over five years, including an outstanding run of DCs Flash from #105 to #110. With Flash ... More
KINDL - Centre for Contemporary Art presents a new series of works by Sofia Hultén
BERLIN.- With Unstable Fakers of Change in Self, the KINDL Centre for Contemporary Art presents a new series of works by Sofia Hultén which the artist developed for the Maschinenhaus M0. She uses conventional scaffolding as the material for her works, which she constructs in different ways, adding various materials and combining them with videos. The result is a group of free-standing sculptures in which Hultén breaks up temporal structures and causal relationships and negotiates dimensions of the possible. The starting point for the exhibitions somewhat cryptic title is Umberto Boccionis 1913 bronze sculpture Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, which is featured on the Italian twenty-cent coin. This central work of Italian Futurism exemplifies Boccionis artistic aim of visualising a bodys movement and its dynamics in space. Sofia Hultén uses ... More
Canadian artist duo allows visitors to the Oude Kerk to play the Vater-Müller organ
AMSTERDAM.- From 23 November 2018 to 29 April 2019, the Oude Kerk is functioning as a music temple in which everything revolves around a sound-based work of art. The immediate cause of this intervention is the approaching completion of the restoration of the world-famous Vater-Müller organ. It is a long cherished wish of many visitors to be able to play this majestic organ. Their dreams will come true in a sense in the winter of 2019. During their preparatory visits to the Oude Kerk, Canadian artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller made sound resonate in the space in different ways. Using voice and organ gave them an impression of the acoustic possibilities of the architecture. The Vater-Müller organ (1742), which was being restored at the time, appealed to them especially. They examined the instrument and will carry out experiments ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was born November 24, 1864. Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 - 9 September 1901), also known as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 19th century allowed him to produce a collection of enticing, elegant, and provocative images of the modern, sometimes decadent, affairs of those times. In this image: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Mademoiselle Eglantine's troupe [La troupe de Mademoiselle Eglantine] 1896. Brush, spatter and crayon lithograph, 61.7 x 80.4 cm. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. The Poynton Bequest 2012
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