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Visitors take in The Calling of Saint Matthew (1661) by Juan de Pareja, who painted himself in the scene at far left, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, April 4, 2023. He was immortalized in a portrait by Velázquez, his enslaver for two decades. In the exhibit Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter, his art and personal history take center stage. (Lila Barth/The New York Times)
by Jason Farago
NEW YORK, NY.- Two artists in Rome: travelers, Spaniards, on a mission to learn from the best and buy for the king. Are they friends? Not that. Colleagues? Only in a very strained manner of speaking. When Diego RodrÃguez de Silva y Velázquez arrives in Italy in 1649, tasked by Philip IV to bring new artworks and plaster casts back to Spain, the painter brings along his assistant Juan de Pareja, who has been enslaved in Velázquezs household and studio for nearly 20 years. The two sailed over together, from Málaga to Genoa, as part of a royal flotilla; they visited Milan, Venice, Florence; and now they are setting up a studio in Rome, where Pareja stretches the canvases, grinds pigments into oils, and possibly paints replicas too. That summer in Italy Velázquez asks his acolyte to sit for a portrait: asks or, more likely, compels. He paints Pareja in three-quarter profile. He has him cross his right arm in front of his chest, like a military commander. Parejas dark cape and black hair blend ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day RETROFUTURO. Appunti per una collezione. Installation view at MACRO 2021. Ph. Agnese Bedini e Melania Dalle Grave, DSL Studio.
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| Gagosian exhibits a selection of neon works by Douglas Gordon | | Hauser & Wirth Zurich present Berlinde De Bruyckere's 'A simple prophecy' | | Royal document Charles II's "The Declaration of Breda" to come to auction at Sotheby's |
Douglas Gordon, if when why what, 2022. Neon, 19 11/16 x 13 x 2 in. 50 x 33 x 5 cm © Studio lost but found/ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany 2022. Photo: Lucy Dawkins. Courtesy the artist and Gagosian.
ATHENS.- Gagosian is presenting a selection of neon works by Douglas Gordon. The works were produced by the on-site workshop that Gordon established in his exhibition at the gallerys Davies Street, London, location in 2022, in which artisans worked to shape Murano glass tubing into short texts. In his films, projections, installations, photographs, performances, and works in other mediums, Gordon investigates collective memory and our sense of psychological security through extreme distortions of time and space, often using his own work and that of other artists and filmmakers as raw material. He has made text-based works since the 1990s; most of these have taken the form of vinyl transfers applied to walls, but a fewthe first being Empire, installed in 1998 in an alleyway outside a Glasgow pubhave employed neon light. Gordons new neon works are autobiographical, but also ... More | |
Berlinde De Bruyckere, It almost seemed a lily, 2019-2022. 2022. Tracing paper, thread, pencil, gold dust on paper, 44.8 x 28 cm / 17 5/8 x 11 in. Photo: Jon Etter.
ZURICH.- Presenting a powerful meditation upon the fundamental human search for transformation, transcendence and reconciliation in the light of mortality, De Bruyckeres current exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Zurich, Limmatstrasse will feature new bronze and lead sculptures from the Arcangelo series. Alongside these, a selection of monumental, framed relief works and paper collages from the artists It almost seemed a lily series will be shown. Spanning both painting and sculpture, De Bruyckere works with wax, animal skins, paper, textiles, metal and wood to create hybrid forms with human, animal and plant features. Layering religious iconography and ancient mythology with narratives of transience, carnality and sensuality, Berlinde De Bruyckere surpasses religious connotations and transfers them to the realm of the universal and profane. ... More | |
Charles IIs The Declaration of Breda. Outlining the terms on which the exiled king would return to Britain and assume the throne. Copyright in this image shall remain vested in Sothebys.
LONDON.- After the execution of King Charles I in 1649 and death of Oliver Cromwell in 1658, public unrest in Britain was rife, with increasing chaotic scenes in government and a growing desire for the return of the exiled King, Charles II. After a decade in waiting, plotting a series of failed conspiracies and insurrections, this was his moment, but one wrong move could lose him the kingdom forever. On 4 May, Sothebys London will offer one of just two surviving copies of this historic royal document, signed by Charles II (Charles R), as the star lot of The Coronation Sale (est. £400,000-600,000). With just one opportunity to take back his throne, Charles set about drawing up his proposed agreement with Parliament and the Kingdoms military rulers, a pact of sorts, publicly outlining his promises and vision for the future of kingship: The Declaration of Breda. This would become his one-way ticket out of exile a ... More |
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| Ateneum Art Museum unveils a comprehensive rehang of the permanent collection | | Treasure trove of unseen art - led by Miró rediscovery - heads to Sotheby's Paris | | Exhibition explores the various theatrical and stage-related forms of expression in art since the 1960s |
Tove Jansson: Self-Portrait (1942), National Gallery / Ateneum Art Museum. Photo: National Gallery / Yehia Eweis. Photo: National Gallery / Yehia Eweis.
HELSINKI.- Located in the heart of Helsinki, Ateneum Art Museum, Finnish National Gallery is Finlands premier art institution. Renowned known for its significant collection of Finnish and international art from the 19th century to the modern era it reopens to the public on 14 April 2023. Coinciding with the reopening of the museum, the new collection exhibition A Question of Time is the result of an extensive rehang of the museums collection. It will include over 400 works by 200 artists including old favourites, never-before-seen and rarely exhibited works, as well as modern and contemporary art. Works that have rarely or never been seen in the Ateneum galleries include Erkki Heikkiläs Floating Log Bundles (1970), Unto Pusas Forest (1957), Reidar Särestöniemis Redbearded Moor (1970), Kain Tappers Heavy Rain (1973), Pirkko Lepistös Kesähypyt (1972), Essi Renvalls Head of a Boy (1963) and Rikhard Hall ... More | |
Nicolas de Stael, Composition, 1947, huile sur panneau. Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 EUR. Courtesy Sotheby's.
PARIS.- Uncovering a time capsule of avant-garde art by some of the 20th century greatest masters, Le Souffle Moderne is a dedicated sale of works that have never been at auction, housed in the same Parisian collection for over sixty years. The group is a treasure trove of discovery, with all but one of the works never having been exhibited, and its star lot a rare masterpiece by Joan Miró finding its original title in the process. The auction is in partnership with François de Ricqlès Conseil, and will take place at Sothebys Paris ahead of the Art Impressioniste et Moderne Evening Sale on 19 April. This collection was put together by a sophisticated collector focusing on avant-garde works of the finest quality painted at the end of the 1930s and the 1940s, resulting in a coherent group that perfectly reflects the taste of a moment in time. Purchased in the most prestigious galleries, the wo ... More | |
Nam June Paik, Klavier Intégral, 1958 / 1963. 136 cm x 140 cm x 65 cm. Fluxus-Klavier präpariert mit verschiedenen Materialien / Fluxus-Piano prepared with different materials, mumok - Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien. Former Hahn Collection, Cologne / acquired in 1978 © Nam June Paik Studios, Inc.
VIENNA.- Exhibitions in general serve artists and their works as stages for their public presence and existence. The exhibition ON STAGE All the Art Worlds a Stage shows works from ca. 1960 onward that feature specific depictions of acting and the stage. Most of the 150 works and work series on view are culled from the holdings of the mumok collection. Deviating from traditional forms of art and theaterand also deliberately running counter to themnew performative artforms emerged, many of them in front of a live audience, in a time of artistic and social upheaval around 1960. Among them were Vienna Actionism, for instance the Orgies Mysteries Theater of Hermann Nitsch, ... More |
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| Modern Art Oxford opens the largest institutional show in the UK by Carey Young | | Turner Auctions and Appraisals presents The Pebble Beach Estate of Normal Lausten | | Foundling Museum announces new Director |
Prison Gym, Leuze, Belgium (III).
OXFORD.- Modern Art Oxford announces the largest institutional show in the UK by Carey Young (b. 1970, UK/US national, lives and works in London). Focusing on the artists multi-layered vision of female identity, the exhibition offers timely new perspectives on power, gender and justice. Featuring three major video works, including the ambitious new commission Appearance (2023), as well as related text-based and photographic works, Carey Young: Appearance, runs from 25 March until 2 July 2023. In the video work Appearance, Young extends her ongoing artistic interest in the law, developed over the past two decades. This wordless, filmic portrait presents fifteen UK female judges - diverse in seniority, age and ethnicity - in their judicial robes looking straight at the camera. With almost forensic close-ups of hair, shoes, jewellery and regalia, the ... More | |
Japanese Buddha Shrine from The Pebble Beach Estate of Normal Lausten.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Turner Auctions + Appraisals is presenting The Pebble Beach Estate of Norman Lausten on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Reflecting Mr. Laustens passion for collecting that spanned more than seven decades, this online auction features an eclectic array of over 330 lots in diverse categories, reflecting the wide range of items in the estate. Among the antique, vintage and/or contemporary items are books, directories and other printed material; jewelry, clothing, shoes, and accessories for women and men; objects related to automobiles and bicycles; knives; silver certificates; artworks; Asian collectibles; musical instruments; war items; and a variety of mechanical devices such as cameras, radios, steam engines, telescopes, and more. Some lots from other collections or estates round out the sale. ... More | |
Ridgway will be joining the Museum from Modern Art Oxford where, as Chief Curator, Head of Exhibitions and Learning, she has led the artistic programme since 2015.
LONDON.- Emma Ridgway will take up her new position on 5 June 2023, replacing Caro Howell MBE who moves to Imperial War Museums as their Director-General. Larissa Joy OBE, Chair of Trustees, said: We are thrilled about Emmas appointment. She brings the perfect balance of experience and vision to build on the Museums mission Creative Action, Transforming Lives. Emmas track record of building sustained partnerships with artists, her leadership credentials and her track record in impactful learning and participation make her a perfect choice for the leadership role at the Foundling Museum. Emma Ridgway said: I am delighted and excited to be appointed as Director of the ... More |
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| Exhibition brings to light the works stored in the off-limits spaces where they are conserved | | The exhibition 'Beauty and the Unexpected' opens at Nationalmuseum | | 'Virginia Overton: Tulip' to opened yesterday with reception at Hypermaremma |
RETROFUTURE. Notes for a Collection. Exhibition view. Ruth Beraha, I'll tell you the story I know, 2021. Aluminium, spy-mirror, leather, headphones, mp3 player, audio track. Courtesy the artist. Photo credit: Simon d'Exéa.
ROME.- RETROFUTURE is the column of Museum for Preventive Imagination devoted to rethinking the museums collection in the perspective of a pathway in progress aimed at the newer generations, where different timeframes overlap to investigate the role of a public collection of contemporary art in the 21st century. The backdrop of the evolution of this space is provided by the large wallpapers reproducing photographic portraits of the MACRO, shot by Giovanna Silva in the storerooms of the museum. The project, titled Catabasi, brings to light the works stored in the off-limits spaces where they are conserved, granting them a new-found visibility and triggering reflections on the status of the artwork in an era in which it is increasingly mediated by images. The survey has also activated the idea of a meta- ... More | |
Emily Erb, Lady Liberty, 2017. Photo: Viktor Fordell/Nationalmuseum.
STOCKHOLM.- Beauty and the Unexpected features modern and contemporary American crafts selected by former gallerist and craft educator Helen W. Drutt English. The exhibition displays 81 objects including jewelry, chairs, ceramics, wall pieces and textiles from the 1950s until today. The works have been donated to The American Friends of Nationalmuseum of Sweden and will in future become part of Nationalmuseums collections. Helen W. Drutt English conceived the inspiration to the exhibition when approached by Nationalmuseum of Sweden after she had been working with a similar initiative, Gifts from America, for the Hermitage in St. Petersburg in 2014. The idea of the exhibition and putting together a collection was developed further in collaboration with the museum and The American Friends of the Nationalmuseum of Sweden. Drutt English started selecting works, all donations. The collection was formed by the generosity of spirit of each arti ... More | |
Virginia Overton, Untitled (Tulip), 2022, Polveriera Guzman, Orbetello. Photo credit: Daniele Molajoli, courtesy the artist and Hypermaremma.
ORBETELLO.- Hypermaremma officially launched its fifth edition on Saturday, April 8th, with artist Virginia Overton's monumental sculptural work entitled Tulip. Located at Orbetello's Polveriera Guzman facing the lagoon, Tulip is a 6-metre-high concrete structure punctuated by constellations of pink glass windows. Arranged back-to back, three vertical segments made from pre-existing moulds typically used for the construction of large tunnels, open towards the sky taking on the form of a tulip. Presented for the first time at the 59th Venice Biennale as part of The Milk of Dreams, Tulip activates a new form of collaboration that aims to share contemporary artistic practices in dialogue with the Maremma landscape. Overton's work will interact with the historical architecture of the Polveriera Guzman: a building constructed during Spanish rule in 1692, by the Flemish architect Ferdinand De Grunembergh. ... More |
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Gerhard Richter's Last Painting | IN THE GALLERIES
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Harry Lorayne, dazzling master of Total Recall, is dead at 96
NEW YORK, NY.- Harry Lorayne, who parlayed a childhood reading disability and the brutal punishment it engendered into an international career as a memory expert, summoning the names of roomfuls of strangers in a single sitting, rattling off entire small-town telephone books and telling astonished audiences what was written on any page of a given issue of Time magazine, died Friday in Newburyport, Massachusetts. He was 96. His death, at a hospital, was confirmed by his publicist, Skye Wentworth, who did not specify a cause. He had lived in Newburyport, north of Boston. Fleet of mind and fleet of mouth, Lorayne was a sought-after guest on television shows and a particular favorite of Johnny Carsons, appearing on The Tonight Show some two dozen times. Lorayne had begun his professional life as a sleight-of-hand artist and well ... More
Marvel superhero and Indigenous actress holds fast to Maya roots
SANTA MARÃA DE JESÃS.- For her big underwater scene in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Guatemalan actress MarÃa Mercedes Coroy had to hold her breath as her character, Princess Fen, gives birth in a hazy ocean world to a winged serpent son. She emerges from the watery depths as a rarity even in Marvels fantastical universe: a female Maya superhero. The day after filming that scene in Los Angeles, Coroy, rather than hanging out in Hollywood, headed home to Santa MarÃa de Jesús, a Kaqchikel Maya town of about 22,000 at the base of a volcano in Guatemala. By nightfall, she was curled up in bed in her familys bright-pink cinder-block house with vegetables growing in the backyard. I felt like my bed was hugging me, said Coroy, 28, one of nine siblings in a family of farmers and vendors. The next morning, she resumed her usual ... More
John Moran Auctioneers ends sale of Jewelry from the Estate of Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree
LOS ANGELES, CA.- On Wednesday, March 29, 2023, jewelry collectors, dealers, and enthusiasts tuned into the exquisite Jewelry from the Estate of Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree auction presented by John Moran Auctioneers. Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree was one of Santa Barbaras most well-known philanthropists and a pillar of the community. Lady Leslie was passionate about bringing financial support to both individual and public needs so she and her husband generously supported dozens of nonprofit organizations and causes in the Santa Barbara area, many of which bear their name in recognition. As an homage to Lady Leslie, Morans held a preview of the jewelry collection in her hometown of Montecito, CA at the gorgeous Rosewood Miramar Beach hotel. This white-glove auction performed exceptionally well, having achieved ... More
Marathon of record-setting prices for rare petroliana at Morphy's
DENVER, PA.- The energy was palpable at Morphys March 21-23 Automobilia, Petroliana & Railroadiana Auction featuring Part II of the incomparable Bobby Knudsen Jr. gas and oil advertising collection. Aggressive bidding sent prices to the Moon, with the four top sellers knocking down nearly $1.1 million. The three-day event containing 1,600 lots from the Knudsen collection plus other select consignments, chalked up a grand total of more than $8.1 million, inclusive of buyers premium. The sale was incredibly well received by both new collectors and veterans, said John Mihovetz, Morphy Auctions Automobilia & Petroliana Department Head, who was instrumental in guiding the Knudsen collection to auction and cataloged its contents. Prices ran hot throughout the opening session, which was devoted exclusively to Bobbys collection, and ... More
In 'Hamnet,' Shakespeare's wife takes the spotlight, at last
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON.- Of the numerous puzzles about William Shakespeare, those concerning his love life are the most tantalizing. Why did he marry a local woman, Anne Hathaway, have three children with her, then decamp to London for a life in the theater? What was their relationship really like? And why do we know so little about Anne herself, whom one scholar has called a wife-shaped void in the playwrights story? This year, the 400th anniversarys of Anne death, might be the year we finally hear about this other Shakespeare. A volume of celebratory poems, Anne-thology, is being published later this month. A small bust of her has been unveiled at Holy Trinity church in Stratford-upon-Avon, where her body has lain next to her husbands since 1623. And, most strikingly, a Royal Shakespeare Company production devoted ... More
Significant drawings from the Al Hirschfeld Foundation top Heritage's April Illustration Art event
DALLAS, TX.- In 1957, acclaimed illustrator Al Hirschfeld captured in one pithy and elegant composition a phenomenon that was making its way onto the Broadway stage: the serious musical. The illustration was for a New York Times Magazine article written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, director and producer George S. Kaufman that was subtitled "Musicals used to be boy and girl, song and dance, humor and happy ending. But now you can't see the chorus boys through your tears. Where will it all end?" Published six weeks after West Side Story's Broadway debut, Kaufman poked fun at the rise of musicals that left out the comedy. This work by Hirschfeld is especially memorable in its role as the harbinger of a trend. Musical Comedy or Musical Serious? depicts the industry schism taking place on Broadway stages by splitting the picture's ... More
Spectacular copy of Duck Hunt, Nintendo's 1985 entry to the U.S. home market, tops Heritage's Video Game Auction
DALLAS, TX.- By 1983, the nascent home video game industry in the U.S., led by Atari and Coleco, had crashed. The problem? Bad quality control and too much inventory. Yet by 1985 Japan's Nintendo had sold more than 2 million of its Famicom ("family computer") systems back at home, and American gamers who'd tried it agreed that it was the real deal. Nintendo in the black at the time due to its wildly successful arcade games (Donkey Kong in particular) wanted to launch its home video console in the U.S. but sought a soft launch considering the shaky market. Against a lot of odds, Nintendo chose New York City as a "beta-test" region for its first Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) for the U.S. ... More
A Pakistani film, banned at home, is celebrated abroad
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF.- Over the past year, writer-director Saim Sadiq has garnered a series of unprecedented accolades for Pakistani cinema. Last May, his debut film, Joyland, out Friday, became the first production from Pakistan to compete in the official selection at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the jury prize in the Un Certain Regard sidebar. It was also the first entry from the country to be shortlisted for the best international feature film Oscar. And just last month, it emerged as the first Pakistani title to win at the Film Independent Spirit Awards in the same category. The project also counts among its executive producers Nobel Peace Prize recipient Malala Yousufzai, Oscar-winning British Pakistani actor Riz Ahmed and Iranian American director Ramin Bahrani. But despite this international recognition and notable support, Joyland, ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, English photographer Eadweard Muybridge was born April 09, 1830. Eadweard Muybridge (9 April 1830 - 8 May 1904, born Edward James Muggeridge) was an English photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection. He adopted the first name Eadweard as the original Anglo-Saxon form of Edward, and the surname Muybridge believing it to be similarly archaic. In this image: Eadweard Muybridge, Contemplation Rock, Glacier Point (1385) 1872. Collection of California Historical Society.
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