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Probably built between 1478 and 1480, it marks its independence from the style and formation of Verrocchio, in whose workshop the Maestro had entered about 10 years earlier: a manifesto of that "modern manner" of which Leonardo was an initiator.
FABRIANO.- In the year of the 500th anniversary of his death, the youth masterpiece of the Tuscan Maestro returns to Italy, 35 years after his only exhibition at the 13th UNESCO Creative Cities Network Annual Conference in Fabriano. The Hermitage therefore, unlike others, has chosen to celebrate the genius of the great Italian artist in his native country, with exceptional works starting with the "Madonna Benois" in Fabriano, where the precious pieces of art are on display at the Pinacoteca Comunale di Fabriano of Marche until 30 June 2019. Conceived and promoted by Maria Francesca Merloni, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Creative Cities with the State Hermitage Museum, the event takes place in collaboration with the City of Fabriano, the Pinacoteca Civica of Fabriano and Hermitage Italia, under the patronage of the MiBAC and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The exhibition is curated by the art historian ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day View of some of 11 'chullpas' (funerary tower) restored by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation during a handing over ceremony at the Condor Amaya archaeological site, in Umala, 130 km south of La Paz, on May 29, 2019. AIZAR RALDES / AFP
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| | | Gagosian San Francisco opens an exhibition of works by Richard Prince | | Historic exhibition of 17 centuries of animals in Japanese art will showcase masterpieces that rarely leave Japan | | 'Best-of-the-best' prints by Rembrandt displayed together for first time at Lady Lever |
Richard Prince, Untitled, 2017-2018. Gel medium, collage, and ink jet on canvas. Framed dimensions: 76 1/8 x 57 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. 193.4 x 145.4 x 8.3 cm © Richard Prince. Photo: Jena Cumbo. Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- First there were the dead heads. (Nothing to do with the Grateful Dead.) Drawn with a Bic pen back in 1972 and 73. Richard brought these heads with him to NYC when he moved there in 1974. There were about twenty of them. They were drawn from the heart. They were probably the first things I did that ever had any soul. But when Richard reached NYC he wasnt interested in anything to do with feelings, especially his own. He wanted nothing to do with himself. He wanted to change places with someone else, even just for a day. Just to see what it would be like to be someone else. Someone elses shoes. He knew the heads were the real thing, but he didnt want the real thing. He wanted something realer. Realer than real. A very real real that was a kind of virtuoso real. He put the heads away and started living inside ... More | |
Unknown Artist, Ky gen Monkey Mask, Edo period, 17th - 18th century. Wood, gesso, pigments, overall: 19 x 15 x 8.2 cm (7 1/2 x 5 7/8 x 3 1/4 in.) Tokyo National Museum.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Artworks representing animalsreal or imaginary, religious or secularspan the full breadth and splendor of Japanese artistic production. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, presents The Life of Animals in Japanese Art, the first exhibition devoted to the subject, covering 17 centuries (from the fifth century to the present day) and a wide variety of mediasculpture, painting, lacquerwork, ceramics, metalwork, textile, and the woodblock print. On view from June 2 through August 18, 2019, the exhibition features more than 300 works, drawn from 66 Japanese and 30 American public and private collections. The artists represented range from Sesson Shūkei, Itō Jakuchū, Soga Shōhaku, Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Kuniyoshi to Okamoto Tarō, Kusama Yayoi, Issey Miyake, Nara Yoshitomo, and Murakami Takashi. Many of the nearly 180 works traveling ... More | |
Rembrandt, Self portrait etching at a window, 1648. © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford.
LIVERPOOL.- The Lady Lever Art Gallery opened Rembrandt in Print (1 June to 15 September 2019), a new exhibition which presents 50 of the finest etchings and drypoints by the world-famous Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), on loan from the celebrated collection of the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. This exclusive selection of the-best-of-the-best Rembrandt prints have never been displayed together and have been hand-picked to show the full scope of Rembrandts ability as a printer, in the year which also marks 350 years since the artists death, and Wirrals Year of Culture. Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-1669) is shown as an unrivalled storyteller through the selection of print works, dating from 1630 to the late 1650s. Widely hailed as the greatest painter of the Dutch Golden Age, he was also one of the most innovative and experimental printmakers of the 17th century. Exhibition highli ... More |
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| | | 'T' Space presents Brice Marden's Cold Mountain Studies | | U.S. Postal Service honors artist Ellsworth Kelly with stamps | | Christie's announces highlights included in the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale |
Cold Mountain Study (24), 198891 (detail). Ink on MBM Ingres dArches paper, 7 7/8 x 9 3/8 inches © 2019 Brice Marden/Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York. Photography by Bill Jacobson, 2019.
RHINEBECK, NY.- T Space presents the woodland premiere of Brice Marden's Cold Mountain Studies. These 35 drawings echo the poetry and calligraphy of Han Shan, a 9th century Chinese poet whose name translates to "Cold Mountain." Bill Porter, who writes under the pen name Red Pine, will read definitive translations of Han Shans poetry from his book, The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain, at the opening on June 2. T Spaces show celebrates the Cold Mountain series connection to poetry and nature. In a 1991 interview with Pat Steir, Brice Marden discussed the genesis of his Cold Mountain breakthrough. In the late 1980s, he happened upon Red Pines Han Shan poetry collection, which includes Chinese calligraphy. It was [Han Shans] form that I picked up onfour couplets, and five or ten characters per couplet, Brice said. During that time, he became ... More | |
A set of postage stamps featuring ten works by Ellsworth Kelly are now available from the United States Postal Service.
SPENCERTOWN, NY.- Ellsworth Kelly forged a distinctive style of abstraction over his seven decades as an artist and today he was commemorated with 10 U.S. Postal Service stamps highlighting his work. The Ellsworth Kelly Forever stamps were dedicated at the Ellsworth Kelly Studio in Spencertown, NY. Ellsworth Kelly honed his artistic voice as a soldier during World War II when he created camouflage patterns and designed posters for the U.S. government, said USPS Marketing Vice President Steve Monteith, who served as the dedicating official. Today we celebrate the American master of abstract painting with these dynamic stamps that truly capture the creative talent of Kelly and will be seen by millions as Forever stamps on cards and letters. Characterized by precise shapes rendered in bold, flat colors, Ellsworth Kellys art encompasses painting, sculpture and works on paper, drawing on careful ... More | |
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Homme et femme nus, signed Picasso (upper right); dated 13.11.68. (on the reverse), oil and Ripolin on canvas, 63 ¾ x 51 1/8 in. (162 x 129.8 cm.) Painted in Mougins on 13 November 1968. Estimate: £10,000,000-15,000,000)
LONDON.- Christies Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale will take place on 18 June 2019, part of 20th Century at Christies, a series of auctions taking place from 17 to 26 June 2019. Fernand Légers Femme dans un fauteuil (1913, estimate on request) and Picassos Homme et femme (1968, estimate: £10,000,000-15,000,000) will lead the auction, both offering radical visions of the female form as the artists pushed the boundaries of representation during the 20th century. The Landscape of a Mind: A Private Collectors Surreal Vision, a group of 13 Dada and Surrealist works, will include paintings by Yves Tanguy and René Magritte as well as a major drawing by Salvador DalÃ. Henri Matisses Le collier dambre (1937, estimate: £5,000,000-8,000,000) is a further highlight. An odalisque painting, it is amongst ... More |
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| | | Exhibition features 21 of the most important and influential Chinese artists working today | | Poster House: A new museum dedicated exclusively to posters | | Spectacular installation of 10,000 fresh red roses takes centre stage at new contemporary art exhibition |
Installation photograph, featuring Liu Jianhuas Black Flame (2017) as seen in the exhibition The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June 2, 2019January 5, 2020, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China, bringing together 35 works from the past four decades, in which conscious material choice has become a symbol of the artists expression. The Allure of Matter features 21 of the most important and influential Chinese artists working today, including Ai Weiwei, Cai Guo-Qiang, Lin Tianmiao, Song Dong, Xu Bing, Yin Xiuzhen, Zhan Wang, Zhang Huan, and more. The Allure of Matter is organized by Wu Hung, Adjunct Curator at the Smart Museum of Art and Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor of Art History at the University of Chicago, with Orianna Cacchione, Curator of Global Contemporary Art, Smart ... More | |
Children's area. Photo: Samuel Morgan Photography.
NEW YORK, NY.- Born in the wake of the Industrial Revolution, posters reflect and shape societal trends as they fight to captivate the public. Their job is to grab the publics attention in a split second, persuading and informing the viewer through a savvy combination of image and text. They are a democratic medium, used equally and effectively by grassroots movements and Madison Avenue ad firms to speak to every member of society. Poster House takes its mission from the medium, aiming to entertain and educate all audiences. The museum will host exhibitions and events surrounding the history, design, and cultural context of posters throughout history, around the world. The first museum in the United States dedicated to the global history of posters, Poster House has exhibition galleries for temporary shows, educational programming for schools and families, and a living archive of contemporary posters. 1 To show ... More | |
Anya Gallaccio (b. 1963), Red on Green, 1992-present, 10, 000 red roses, Variable dimensions. Collection: Thomas Dane Gallery & the artist © Anya Gallacio.
EDINBURGH.- A spectacular installation of 10,000 fresh red roses which wilt over time are set to stimulate visitors senses as the centrepiece of an enthralling new exhibition this summer at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh. NOW is a dynamic three-year programme of six exhibitions at the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS), which brings together some of the most innovative and exciting contemporary art from the UK and beyond. For the fifth instalment, which opened on 1 June, Anya Gallacios iconic sculpture Red on Green - in which 10,000 fresh blooms are left to decay over a period of months - is being shown as part of a major survey of the artists work. Gallaccio was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2003 and is one of the UKs most prominent artists, emerging from the group known as the Young British Artists ... More |
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| | | Modern Art Oxford opens an exhibition of works by Claudette Johnson | | P·P·O·W opens its first exhibition with the late artist Prunella Clough | | Major gift supporting ICA Philadelphia exhibitions and public engagement initiatives announced2 |
Claudette Johnson, Standing Figure with African Masks, 2018. Image courtesy of the artist and Hollybush Gardens. Photo by Andy Keate. Tate, purchased using funds provided by the 2018 Frieze Tate Fund supported by Endeavor to benefit the Tate collection 2019.
OXFORD.- One of the most arresting figurative artists working in Britain today, Claudette Johnson (b. 1959, Manchester, UK) creates larger than life studies that are both intimate and powerful. Modern Art Oxfords exhibition of her work, entitled Claudette Johnson: I Came to Dance, is her first solo show at a major institution in almost three decades and includes approximately 30 paintings and drawings in pastel, paint, ink and charcoal. Throughout her career, Johnson has continually questioned the boundaries imposed upon black women. Musing that a very small twisted space is offered, Johnson works from life, inviting her sitters to take up space in a way that is reflective of who they are. This empathetic approach is rooted ... More | |
Prunella Clough, Garden, 1998. Oil on canvas, 25 1/4 x 30 1/8 ins. 64 x 76.5 cm. Courtesy of the Estate of Prunella Clough and PPOW, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- P·P·O·W is presenting Blast, the gallerys first exhibition with the late artist Prunella Clough. Widely regarded as one of the most significant British artists of the post-war period, Clough dedicated her life to experimental paintings that transmuted Britains industrial landscape into wrought compositions that are at once figurative and abstract, both psychologically turbulent and formally restrained. The first solo exhibition of Cloughs work in New York, Blast journeys headlong into Cloughs multifaceted formal practice spanning the 1940s to her passing in 1999 and features seminal examples of Cloughs early Cubist-inspired figurative works and her later playfully enigmatic abstractions. Bringing together a body of work never fully exhibited in the United States, Blast chronicles a lifetime of artistic exploration. Reworking her canvases with glazes, overlaying them with pigment, ... More | |
David and Stephanie Simon; Photo by Lynda Shenkman.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania announced today that Penn graduates David E. Simon, W'95, WG'01 and Stephanie B. Simon, C'96, W'96 have donated $500K to the ICA to provide for an endowment supporting the ICAs exhibitions and funding for its long-term outreach and engagement programs. The David E. Simon and Stephanie B. Simon Endowed Exhibition Fund and the David E. Simon and Stephanie B. Simon Public Engagement Term Fund will provide annual support for exhibitions and public engagement initiatives that are at the core of the museums activities, ensuring that ICA remains a preeminent institution dedicated to contemporary art and curatorial practice. ICA, together with Penn, also announced that David Simon has been appointed the new Chairman of the ICAs Board of Overseers, effective immediately. Mr. Simon has served ... More |
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Solar Eclipse (1900) - the first moving image of an astronomical phenomenon | BFI
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The Chimney opens a group exhibition co-curated with guadalajara90210
NEW YORK, NY.- The Chimney is presenting Twilight Chorus, a group exhibition co-curated with guadalajara90210, a Mexican-based organization run by Alma Saladin. The exhibition includes works of Héctor Jiménez Castillo, Mariana Garibay Raeke, Ilana Harris-Babou, Circe Irasema, Mario Navarro and Marco Rountree. Most works were commissioned for this exhibition. As the sun recedes below the horizon, a soft and uncertain glowing light permeates the landscape. The twilight - an inbetween and temporally ambiguous moment, only lasts a few minutes. At this time, the small and almost invisible creatures of the natural realm become most active: they leave their hiding place to bustle into the night and dance into the air, waters and forests. Twilight Chorus evokes a phantasmagorical landscape where the works musical and choreographic forms are revealed. ... More
Group exhibition that brings together individual works by 12 artists working in painting and video
NEW YORK, NY.- Peter Blum Gallery opened 20/20, a group exhibition that brings together individual works by 12 artists working in painting and video, spanning from 1969-2019. The show is on view at 176 Grand Street, New York. The exhibition runs through July 31. In a time of political and social turmoil, where personal views are heightened and put in opposition to one another, and the meaning of truth itself is being fractured, it seems a poignant coincidence that the upcoming year has certain associations to clarity of vision, a news TV program, and is itself a numerical reflection. 2020 sounds like science fiction. Past works of literature, film, and art that envision the future are valuable in that they express the perspective people at the time had about where the world was heading. We are now living after the projected futures of Orwells 1984 or Kubricks 2001. ... More
Exhibition at Galerie Ron Mandos focuses on international developments in painting
AMSTERDAM.- Galerie Ron Mandos presents Through Painters Eyes: an exhibition focusing on international developments in painting. The gallery introduces works by influential American artist Hernan Bas and Romanian painter and professor Ioan Sbârciu. These artists share a critical view of our world, a fresh attitude towards painting and a great mastery of the medium. In the gallerys back space, a selection of works by Anthony Goicolea and Hans Op de Beeck is presented. Hernan Bas is best known for his figurative paintings in which male adolescence plays a central role. The artist is influenced by Decadent writers such as Charles Baudelaire and Oscar Wilde. Loaded with codes and double meanings, the works are rich in references to a wide range of topics including mythology, television shows, the paranormal, religion, the occult, queer vocabulary, ... More
European comic art auction offers work by Hergé, Osamu Tezuka and Moebius June 8-9 at Heritage Auctions
DALLAS, TX.- The first cover appearance of arguably the most popular comic character worldwide, as well as a pair of lots by the artist who has been called "the Japanese equivalent of Walt Disney" come to auction June 8-9 in Heritage Auctions' European Comic Art Auction in Dallas, Texas. Hergé The Adventures of Tintin Vol. 1: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (estimate: $1,300,000+) incorporates Hergé's unique artistic style and his reflection on the political scope of the time. The title character is shown carving a makeshift propeller for his plane from a tree trunk, under the watchful eye of his bandaged-but-attentive dog, Snowy. The sale includes artwork by legendary Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, animator and film producer Osama Tezuka, whose pioneering techniques and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him acknowledgement as ... More
Rare Chinese pottery, works of fine art on paper and jade jewelry featured at Michaan's in June
ALAMEDA, CA.- June marks the midpoint of a stellar year for Michaans Auctions. 2019 has brought outstanding sales of private art collections, rare ephemera and collectibles, and exceptional jewelry. With more superb consignments arriving every day, theres never been a better time to find your treasure at Michaans. Fine jewelry is a top performer at Michaans no matter the season. Specialist and GIA gemologist Elise Coronado provides full cataloging online and welcomes buyers to preview each monthly sale in person on scheduled preview days or by appointment. In June the jewelry selection features some of the most coveted items at auction: diamonds, fine jade and a Rolex wristwatch. The two-carat round brilliant-cut diamond in a platinum setting could be yours for $3,000-$5,000. Those who love vintage might choose the estate diamond set in 14k ... More
Late St. Louisan's artwork displayed and sold to support local nonprofits
ST. LOUIS, MO.- The Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis, the largest funder of the arts in the St. Louis region, announced today a new exhibition, Hal Poth: Off the Wall, at The Gallery at RAC. The exhibition features a curated selection of original artworks including paintings, works on paper, three-dimensional sculptures, wood carvings and more donated to RAC by the late St. Louis visual artist Harold Hal Poth. Artwork is being offered for purchase with proceeds benefiting local nonprofit visual arts organizations. Poth wanted to ensure that proceeds of the sale of his collection served to encourage people, particularly youth and senior citizens, to enjoy the benefits of art making, said Felicia Shaw, executive director of RAC. Exhibition attendees will have the unique opportunity to take Poths art, often characterized as whimsical and playful, off the wall and into their homes to supp ... More
Exhibition at Almine Rech offers an extensive overview of Jannis Kounellis' career
LONDON.- Almine Rech is presenting a new exhibition of works by Jannis Kounellis. This is the artists first exhibition in the United Kingdom since his passing, in February 2017. Comprising works Kounellis made between 1960 and 2014, the exhibition intends to act as an extensive overview of the artists career. Jannis Kounellis moved to Rome in 1956, where he enrolled at the Accademia delle Belle Arti. While still a student, Kounellis was given his first exhibition, LAlfabeto di Kounellis, at the Galleria La Tartaruga. There he exhibited monochrome works featuring large stencilled letters. Belonging to this series is Untitled, 1960, a work consisting of the letter Z repeated three times over. Referencing both the alphabetical signifiers and typefaces used on merchant ships for packaged cargo, Kounellis Alfabeti (Alphabet Paintings), are also concerned with the street ... More
Rare posters auction #78 presents a premiere collection of rare and celebrated lithographs
NEW YORK, NY.- A wide selection of important and timeless prints from heralded artists including William H. Bradley, Keith Haring, Charles Loupot, Alphonse Mucha, Edward Penfield, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and many others will be in Poster Auctions Internationals Auction #78 on Sunday, June 23rd. The Rare Posters Auction will be held online at posterauctions.com, and in PAIs gallery, at 26 West 17th Street in New York City. The auction will begin promptly at 11am EDT. Jack Rennert, president of Poster Auctions International, Inc., said he is pleased to offer historically vital and celebrated works as well as rare Art Deco designsseveral of which we have the only known copies. The 500 lots include lithographs, maquettes, drawings, and rare books, with estimates ranging from $600-$90,000. The offerings are suited to the newly ... More
Nine large, vibrant new paintings by artist André Butzer to go on view at Metro Pictures
NEW YORK, NY.- Metro Pictures presents an exhibition of nine large, vibrant new paintings by artist André Butzer. In a striking reversal from his last exhibition at the gallery, which featured mostly black, largely monochromatic works titled the N-Bilder [pictures] , Butzers latest paintings employ vivid color and his signature figures. The new works bring to mind motifs and approaches that predate the stark abstraction and distinctive brushwork of his N-Bilder, begun in 2010 , though Butzer asserts that everything he does is unified by an exploration of color and that this is a natural continuation of his work. He says, Nothing was ever not about color. Color is a potency, a fusion. The blacks and light were color, too. I only left things behind in order to reach a limit to return from. I consider myself a colorist. Produced after Butzers recent move from his native ... More
Portrait of Charles, Prince of Wales by Tom Wood acquired by Chester's Grosvenor Museum
LONDON.- Philip Mould & Company announced the acquisition by Chesters Grosvenor Museum of an outstanding portrait of Charles, Prince of Wales. This emotive work, painted by Tom Wood in 1989, is especially intimate when compared to more formal Royal Commissions and is a wonderful addition to the museums expanding collection. Offered for sale directly to The Grosvenor Museum by Philip Mould & Company at a reduced price, the Museum Board have achieved their fundraising target with the generous assistance of the Art Fund, the Arts Council England/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the Tyrer Charitable Trust, the Gerrard and Audrey Couch Charitable Trust, and the Grosvenor Museum Society. The portrait now joins an eclectic collection of works that simultaneously reveal the rich history of Western pictorial art from the ... More
Charlotte Jackson Fine Art opens an exhibition of new work by James Drake
SANTA FE, NM.- An exhibition of new work by James Drake opened at Charlotte Jackson Fine Art on May 31 and extend to June 30. The art of James Drake lives in the borderlands. This is not just because so much of his work of the past 40 years has been inspired, in theme and content, by Drakes time living along the US/Mexican border in El Paso, Texas. The borderlands are not just an imaginary line drawn in the earth between two countries. Borders appear between people: where bodies meet, where skin touches. They appear in ecosystems: where a wetland turns back into desert. They occur in our own minds: where two ideas encounter and resist one another. Borders arise along lines of tension, the places where desires meet. Que Linda la Brisa (How Lovely the Breeze) is an exhibition of James Drakes drawings focused on the human ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Dutch photographer Rineke Dijkstra was born June 02, 1959. Rineke Dijkstra (born 2 June 1959) is a Dutch photographer. She lives and works in Amsterdam. Dijkstra has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society, the 1999 Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize (now Deutsche Börse Photography Prize) and the 2017 Hasselblad Award. In this image: Rineke Dijkstra, I See a Woman Crying 2009 (videostill, detail), collection De Pont Museum. Photo: Peter Cox.
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