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Egyptian archaeological technicians restore a mummy wrapped in linen, found at the newly discovered "Kampp 150" tomb at Draa Abul Naga necropolis on the west Nile bank of the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, about 650 kilometres (400 miles) south of the capital Cairo, on December 9, 2017. STRINGER / AFP.
LUXOR (AFP).- Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a mummy in one of two previously unexplored tombs across the Nile from the southern city of Luxor, the antiquities ministry said Saturday. The tombs were found in the 1990s by German archaeologist Frederica Kampp, though she had only reached the entrance gate "but never entered", the ministry said. It said that both tombs, which were given numbers by Kampp, were likely to date back to dynasties of the New Kingdom, which lasted several centuries until about 3,000 years ago. Since Kampp's discovery, "both tombs were left untouched" an Egyptian archaeological mission started work. Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Enany was in Luxor ... More |
| The Best Photos of the Day | | | | People carry the coffin of late French singer Johnny Hallyday at the Eglise de la Madeleine (La Madeleine Church) during the funeral ceremony for Hallyday on December 9, 2017 in Paris. French music icon Johnny Hallyday died on December 6, 2017 aged 74 after a battle with lung cancer, plunging the country into mourning for a national treasure whose soft rock lit up the lives of three generations. Yoan VALAT / POOL / AFP. | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Trump salutes civil rights heroes at boycotted museum opening | | Philanthropists make lead gift for new art museum at Notre Dame | | Phoenix Art Museum receives significant investment in contemporary art |
U.S. President Donald Trump visits the Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S., December 9, 2017. Nicholas Kamm / AFP.
JACKSON (AFP).- US leader Donald Trump called for an end to racial hatred Saturday at the launch of a museum dedicated to victims of white-supremacist violence in America's Deep South, a ceremony boycotted by several black leaders. The president's attendance at a private gathering to open the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the Museum of Mississippi History next door, which came at the invitation of the state's Republican governor, had triggered a backlash from some who marched in the movement to win those rights, including veteran US congressman John Lewis. Lewis -- a Democratic lawmaker from Georgia who also skipped Trump's presidential inauguration in January -- said Friday that the president's "attendance and his hurtful policies are an insult to the people portrayed in this civil rights museum." Democratic US congressman Bennie Thompson of Mississippi joined Lewis in the boycott. Trump did not reference the controversy in his tribute, opting ... More | |
At 70,000 square feet, the $66 million Raclin Murphy Museum of Art will be the first phase of what is ultimately to become a 132,000-square-foot museum complex.
NOTRE DAME, IN.- Longtime philanthropists in the greater South Bend community Ernestine Raclin and her daughter and son-in-law Carmen and Chris Murphy have made a lead gift to the University of Notre Dame for the construction of a new community asset, the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art at Notre Dame. To be located in Notre Dames new arts district on the south end of the campus facing Angela Boulevard, the museum will be easily accessible for both on- and off-campus patrons. Notre Dame, as a Catholic university, has always been guided by a sacramental vision, one that finds in the arts an expression of the divine and of the human spirit, said the Universitys president, Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. We are blessed by this extraordinary gift from Ernie, Carmi and Chris, who have yet again made a pivotal contribution to our campus and our region. At 70,000 square feet, the $66 million Raclin Murphy ... More | |
Through a significant gift, the Lenhardt Contemporary Art Initiative seeks to elevate the Museums commitment to contemporary art.
PHOENIX, AZ.- Phoenix Art Museum announces the establishment of the David and Dawn Lenhardt Contemporary Art Initiative, representing a significant and comprehensive investment in the growth and visibility of contemporary art collecting, education and exhibition at the Museum. Through a significant gift, the Lenhardt Contemporary Art Initiative seeks to elevate the Museums commitment to contemporary art through multiple programs, namely the annual Lenhardt Lecture, the Lenhardt Emerging Artist Acquisition Fund, the Lenhardt Collection loan program, and a future named gallery space. The Lenhardt Contemporary Art Initiative is the first of its kind in the Museums nearly 60-year history, and represents a significant commitment to the elevation of Phoenix as a promising cultural player on a national scale. We are grateful to the Lenhardt family for their very generous support of contemporary art at Phoenix Art Museum, said Ama ... More |
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| Russian strongman appears as "Superputin" in new exhibition | | France bids emotional farewell to rocker Hallyday | | Anish Kapoor's first work in VR launched today during Nobel Week 2017 |
A man looks at a painting depicting Russian president Vladimir Putin at the "SUPERPUTIN" exhibition at UMAM museum in Moscow on December 6, 2017. Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP.
MOSCOW.- From a musclebound Superman to ice hockey player to jet pilot, Vladimir Putin plays various heroic roles in paintings at a Moscow exhibition called "Superputin" that opened this week as he began his campaign for a fourth Kremlin term. Displayed at an arts centre in a former factory in central Moscow, the paintings by various artists range from factual to fanciful, showing Putin cuddling a puppy, brandishing a Russian flag while riding a bear or firing missiles in the colours of the Russian flag. "Each painting depicts a quality or a value of the president," said 22-year-old pro-Putin activist Yulia Dyuzheva, one of the exhibition's organisers. The exhibition of 30 paintings and sculptures opened on Wednesday and will be on display until January 15 at the venue "Museum of Ultra-Modern Art" founded by a former mayor of ... More | |
French President Emmanuel Macron (R) pays his respects to Johnny Hallyday's first wife Sylvie Vartan. Thibault Camus / POOL / AFP.
PARIS.- France paid an emotional farewell Saturday to Johnny Hallyday -- the singer who taught the country how to rock -- in a highly theatrical "people's tribute" that brought Paris to a standstill. Hundreds of thousands of people lined the Champs Elysees to watch his white coffin, escorted by some 700 bikers, descend the great ceremonial avenue in what was a state funeral in all but name. Diehard fans of the leather-clad "French Elvis" began to gather overnight in the centre of the French capital for an outpouring of emotion for a singer not seen since the death of Edith Piaf. As the huge cortege paused in front of the grand Madeleine church where French President Emmanuel Macron waited on the steps with the singer's family, the throng -- many in tears -- began chanting over and over, "Johnny, Johnny, Johnny Hallyday". "Because he loved France he would have loved ... More | |
Anish Kapoor, Into YourselfFall.
GOTHENBURG.- The first work in virtual reality by internationally acclaimed artist Anish Kapoor was unveiled in Gothenburg in Sweden on 9 December 2017 as part of the official Nobel Week programme to celebrate the 2017 Nobel Prize. Anish Kapoor said: Into YourselfFall is my first VR work. In it I think of the body falling into itself and turning itself inside out; vertigo as descent inward. The work presented in Gothenburg is a work in progress which will be completed in the next few months. Nobel Week Dialogue, this year hosted in Gothenburg, aims to stimulate discussion at the highest level on a topical science-related theme by bringing together Nobel Laureates, the world's leading scientists and experts, key opinion leaders, policy makers, artists and the public. The theme for this year event is The Future of Truth and is being attended by seven Nobel Laureates and some 20 experts in the field. In conjunction with the release of his first ever work in V.R, An ... More |
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| Storytellers promoted co-operation among hunter-gatherers before advent of religion | | Royal Mint Museum buys rare English shilling of Henry VII for record £52,800 | | Galerie Springer presents works from different cycles of Evelyn Hofer's career |
Observing elder. Photo: Katie Major.
LONDON.- Storytelling promoted co-operation in hunter-gatherers prior to the advent of organised religion, a new University College London study reveals. The research shows that hunter-gatherer storytellers were essential in promoting co-operative and egalitarian values before comparable mechanisms evolved in larger agricultural societies, such as moralising high-gods. Storytellers were also more popular than even the best foragers, had greater reproductive success, and were more likely to be co-operated with by other members of the camp, according to the research published today in Nature Communications. The researchers, led by Daniel Smith, Andrea Migliano and Lucio Vinicius from UCLs Department of Anthropology and funded by the Leverhulme Trust, based their findings on their study of the Agta, an extant hunter-gatherer group descended from the first colonisers of the Philippines more than 35,000 years ago. They asked three elders to t ... More | |
The coin had previously been in the collection of Dr John Sharp, one of the great British coin collectors of the 17th century.
LONDON.- A two day auction of coins, medal and banknotes held by Morton & Eden in London made a total of £1,570,650 at Morton & Eden in London. The highlight of the sale was an outstandingly rare testoon (or silver shilling) from the reign of Henry VII, dating from 1502 and bearing a clear portrait of the first Tudor monarch which sold for £52,800 a record price for an early English testoon at auction. The coin was called a "testoon" because it showed a real likeness of the King's head (from the Latin testa or French tête). It was bought by London coin dealer Christopher Eimer, on behalf of the Royal Mint Museum based in Llantrisant, South Wales. The coin had previously been in the collection of Dr John Sharp, one of the great British coin collectors of the 17th century. Born in 1644, Sharp became an enthusiastic student of coins and medals. His interest seems to ... More | |
Evelyn Hofer, Coney Island, New York. Cities, 1965. Dye Transfer. Image 33, 9 x 25,8 cm. Signed by the artist © Evelyn Hofer,Queensboro Bridge, New York, 1964, Estate Evelyn Hofer.
BERLIN.- For the first time Galerie Springer Berlin presents the works of Evelyn Hofer. Her photographs cover a wide spectrum of subjects and genres. She has distinguished herself as a photographer of architecture, interiors, landscapes, but she is also known for her sensitive still lifes and portraits. The exhibition presents works from different cycles of her career. Evelyn Hofer worked as a photographer starting in the mid-1940s. Her work is inextricably bound up with the books she illustrated in the late 1950s and 1960s for acclaimed authors such as Mary McCarthy and V.S. Pritchett. Her work in those years unforgettably evokes the atmosphere of places like Florence, London, Spain, New York, Washington and Dublin. In 1986, Evelyn Hofer took a similar approach in her series, Emerson in Italy. Her photographs are also ... More |
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| Important Emily Carr painting acquired by the Audain Art Museum | | Emperor Hirohito's manuscript top lot at Voices of the 20th Century Auction | | Caroline Brazier announces retirement from the British Library |
Emily Carr, Le Paysage, 1911 (detail). Oil on board.
VANCOUVER.- One of the most important paintings of Canadian artist Emily Carr has recently been acquired by the Audain Art Museum in Whistler. Entitled Le Paysage, the oil on board was painted in 1911 during the period Carr was studying in Brittany, France, under British artist Harry Gibb. What makes this painting important in Canadian art history is that it is one of two Carr works that were accepted for the 1911 Salon dAutomne at the Grand Palais. The Salon dAutomne is an annual art exhibition held in Paris since 1903 which became the showpiece of innovation in 20th century art. In 1905, the Salon bore witness to the birth of Fauvism and in 1910 the launch of Cubism by artists such as Picasso and Braque. Its amazing to think that a virtually unknown artist from Victoria, B.C. had two paintings accepted by the jury of this prestigious exhibition, particularly given that works by women were so ... More | |
Emperor Hirohitos monologue achieved $275,000. Photo: Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY.- The only known copy of Emperor Hirohitos monologue was the top lot in the Voices of the 20th Century auction at Bonhams New York, achieving $275,000. Highlights from across two sales on December 6 included Billie Jean Kings racquet from the epic Battle of the Sexes match (price realized: $125,000), a Wozniak blue box offered at auction for the first time in the History of Science and Technology sale, (price realized: $125,000) and an Apple 1 computer (price realized: $372,500.) Adam Stackhouse, Senior Specialist, Books and Manuscripts said were particularly pleased with the results achieved for the blue box, which was the first to ever be offered at auction and instrumental in the formation of Apple Inc. There was also significant interest in some early microcomputers offered in the sale, which resulted in a record price for ... More | |
Caroline Brazier, Chief Librarian, British Library.
LONDON.- The British Librarys Chief Librarian, Caroline Brazier, has announced that she will be stepping down from her role next year, having decided to take early retirement. The exact date is still to be confirmed but it is likely to be in the early summer of 2018. Caroline Brazier has made a truly exceptional contribution over her 15 years of service at the Library, said Chief Executive Roly Keating. Since 2011 Caroline has served with extraordinary distinction first as Director of Scholarship and Collections and more recently, with expanded responsibilities, as Chief Librarian. In that time, she has overseen the integration of culture, learning and business as core purposes alongside research services and custodianship of the collections, and has been one of the leaders of the post-2013 implementation of digital legal deposit regulations, which will stand as one of the great legacies of the current generation ... More |
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New Kohler Experience Center in Los Angeles hosts inaugural exhibition of David Franklin's Ghost School
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Kohler Co. is featuring the large-scale work of renowned sculptor, David Franklin, a Kohler Artist-in-Residence, in its newly launched Kohler Experience Center. One of seven in the world and one of two in the United States, KEC LAX opened its doors at 8955 Beverly Boulevard in West Hollywood on December 5, 2017 and offers consumers and design professionals a truly elevated brand experience. KEC LAX also serves as a dynamic art exhibition space for select pieces from the permanent collection of Kohler Co. and its Arts/Industry Program which fosters the intersection of art and the industrial process and allows artists to explore the use of industrial technologies in the creation of new bodies of work. Building vibrant, healthy communities through the arts is an integral part of Kohler Co., rooted in the value placed on design, ... More
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt exhibits a large-scale installation by Philipp Fürhofer
FRANKFURT.- Within the scope of the exhibition Diorama. Inventing Illusion, from November 9, 2017, to January 21, 2018, the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt is presenting a large-scale installation by Philipp Fürhofer. With his work [dis]connect, created especially for the Schirn Rotunda, he transforms the circular building into an illusionary space, and in doing so cites the optical mechanical playhouse that Louis Daguerre opened in Paris in 1822. In this walk-through theater, stories painted on large, semitransparent canvases were set in motion using lighting and stage equipment. Fürhofers installation [dis]connect amounts to an accessible, three-dimensional illusionary space. It consists of two mirror ceilings positioned one above the other in line with the height of the Rotundas two upper stories. In addition, a forest motif based on landscape dioramas ... More
10 years of the Basil Sellers Art Prize on view at Hazelhurst Gallery
SYDNEY.- Play On: The art of sport, a selection of key contemporary art from 10 years of the Basil Sellers Art Prize, a biannual exhibition of new commissions that reflect on sport and sporting culture opened at the Hazelhurst Gallery and Arts Centre on 9 December. Sutherland Shire Mayor, Carmelo Pesce said it is wonderful that one of Australias richest and most prestigious art awards is on view at Hazelhurst for the local community to see and enjoy. The Basil Sellers Art Prize has inspired innovative and complex explorations of sport from a rollcall of Australias most accomplished artists. Belinda Hanrahan, Director of Hazelhurst Gallery said the exhibition offers a unique opportunity to bring art and sport lovers together and to see the work of some of Australias most important artists. Play On: The art of sport includes painting, sculpture, video, ... More
Launch LA opens solo exhibitions of works by Axel Wilhite and Susan Feldman
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Launch LA is presenting Axel Wilhite: Virtual Memory and Susan Feldman: Crossed Sections in two solo exhibitions. Axel Wilhite contrasts environment and observation with a reliance on modern technology in his new series of paintings. Rendering meticulously small-scale paintings on top of discarded random-access memory (RAM) chips, Wilhite emphasizes the divide between the real and virtual in todays technology driven society. The title of the show, Virtual Memory, references the material substrate of Wilhites painting: virtual memory or random-access memory chips (RAM). These auxiliary memory modules store data in computers and are distinct from hard-drives as they preserve memory only in the presence of an electrical current. By using the memory chips as a vehicle for the miniatures, Wilhite calls attention to the disparity between ... More
'Jaime Hayon: Technicolor' brings vibrant colors and whimsical objects to the Milwaukee Art Museum
MILWAUKEE, WIS.- The Milwaukee Art Museum brings a broad collection of works by the Spanish artist-designer Jaime Hayon, from large tapestries to vibrant reimagined animalsincluding a brand new collection of glass sculpture. His exuberance is on full display in this exhibition, which allows visitors to escape into his vibrant world that merges art, decoration and design. Jaime Hayon: Technicolor is on view from December 8, 2017 to March 25, 2018 in the Bradley Family Gallery. Exploring his dreams and the depths of his imagination to conceive of his whimsical objects, Hayon has emerged at the forefront of an energetic new wave in contemporary design in the past ten years. Hayon was born in Madrid in 1974. After studying industrial design in Madrid and Paris, he joined Fabricathe Benetton-funded design and communication academy in Italyin 1997 where ... More
SWOON opens first exhibition in Asia at Magda Danysz Gallery in Shanghai
SHANGHAI.- Presenting for the first time in Asia the famous artist SWOON aka Caledonia Curry the Danysz gallery is deploying the artists humanistic and philanthropic vision of our world. Considered these days as one of the major Street artist, SWOON has pasted her first artworks on the Brooklyn walls. From the beginning her cutout shapes and figures made of paper and mylar stick out for their extreme delicacy. Raised in Florida, SWOON arrived in New York at the age of 19 to study art at the Pratt Institute. She took over the Brooklyn walls and her art soon unfolded around the world. She loves the ephemeral and immediate side of street art and the fragility of the work that makes it so vulnerable and poetic. SWOON has been exhibited at the MoMa in New York, the Tate Modern in London, the MoCa in Los Angeles, and recently at the Contemporary ... More
The Rome Quadriennale Foundation appoints Sarah Cosulich as Artistic Director
ROME.- On 27th November the Board of Directors of the Rome Quadriennale, chaired by Franco Bernabè, appointed Sarah Cosulich as Artistic Director of the Foundation. The Quadriennale is the foremost historical institution dedicated to the promotion of Italian contemporary art, overseen by central Italian and local Roman authorities. Sarah Cosulich has been entrusted with the task of coordinating the Quadriennales next three years, culminating in the 17th edition of the Art Quadrennial Exhibition, the main event in Italys cultural agenda for Italian art and emerging artists. Cosulichs involvement marks a radical change in the Quadriennales strategy, aimed at strengthening the role of Italian artists abroad. Our choice was guided by the content of Cosulichs project as well as by its international and sustainable ambition commented Franco Bernabè, President of the ... More
Exhibition brings together drawings and photographs of architectural works of Louis I. Kahn
ISTANBUL.- Pera Museums new exhibition Re/Framing Louis Kahn: Photographs by Cemal Emden Drawings and Paintings brings together drawings and photographs of architectural works of Louis I. Kahn architect, thinker, artist, and an architectural guru who is considered among the leading figures of 20th century architecture. Curated by N. Müge Cengizkan, the exhibitions focus is based on Cemal Emdens photographs that reframe Kahns buildings through different themes. Sponsored by Seranit Group and with the support of Arçelik, the exhibition also offers new insights into Kahns ideas through his visionary writings, which have been translated into Turkish for the first time. The exhibition consists of drawings and photographs of key buildings and sites Pennsylvania where Kahn spent his whole life, worked, taught and practiced, to Dhaka and Ahmedabad, ... More
Hamburger Kunsthalle presents a selection of the best-known publications and photo books by artists
HAMBURG.- In the exhibition Artists Books, the Hamburger Kunsthalle is for the first time presenting a selection of the best-known publications and photo books by artists from its collection of some 3,000 exemplars. Accompanying the books on display, designed by artists from Joseph Beuys and John Cage to Dieter Roth and Wolf Vostell, and also including members of the younger generation such as Yto Barrada, will be a selection of artworks from the collection of the Gallery of Contemporary Art that relate directly to the publications. These include primarily conceptual artworks by Sol LeWitt, Ed Ruscha, Lawrence Weiner and Richard Long. In the 1960s, the genre of the artists book was greatly expanded by the integration of a wide range of media including actions, happenings, audience participation, and everyday materials. Artists drew on various means ... More
Major work attributed to Zhang Daqian to headline Clars auction
OAKLAND, CA.- Clars Auction Gallery will present their monthly auction of Fine Art, Decorative Art, Furniture, Jewelry/Timepieces and Asian Art Auction on Sunday, December 17th at their Oakland (CA) gallery and saleroom. Important Asian Art and Antiques will be the highlight of this sale complemented by an impressive selection of Fine Art, including pieces from the private collection of Dr. Phil Zimbardo, Prof. Emeritus, Stanford University and the exciting Atomic Era NASA collection from the estate of Ray Larson, former Vice President and Lead Engineer of Rockwell International. Clars is once again will present works attributed to Zhang Daqian (Chinese, 1899-1983) at auction. On December 17th, Clars will offer Album of Still Lifes. This ink and color on paper consists of eight painted pages that include subject matters such as flowers, fruits and vegetables, each ... More
The National Museum of American Jewish History explores successful Human Rights campaign
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The National Museum of American Jewish History presents Power of Protest: The Movement to Free Soviet Jews, a new exhibition exploring one of the most successful human rights campaigns to date. The panel exhibition showcases Americans efforts in the late 1960s through 1990 to free refuseniksJews who lived in the Soviet Union and were denied the rights to live freely, practice Judaism, or leave the country due to their religion. It is on view at NMAJH December 6, 2017 through January 15, 2018, and will then travel to a number of venues across the country. Ivy Barsky, NMAJHs CEO and Gwen Goodman Director, states, The successful movement to free Soviet Jews has compelling connections to modern-day advocacy, highlighting how grassroots efforts can have an enormous impact. This exhibition serves as a reminder of how individuals ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Scottish architect and painter Charles Rennie Mackintosh died December 10, 1928. Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7 June 1868 - 10 December 1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist. His artistic approach had much in common with European Symbolism. His work, alongside that of his wife Margaret Macdonald, was influential on European design movements such as Art Nouveau and Secessionism. He was born in Glasgow and died in London. In this image: Design for a house for an art lover, 1901 © RIBA Library.
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