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René Magritte, Le tombeau des lutteurs (The Tomb of the Wrestlers), 1960; Private collection; © Charly Herscovici, Brussels / Artitsts Rights Society (ARS), New York.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- René Magritte: The Fifth Season?presented exclusively at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art from May 19 through October 28, 2018?focuses on the latter half of Magritte?s career, from approximately 1943 to 1967, a period of remarkable transformation and revitalization for the artist. With loans from North and South America, Europe and Asia, it is the most complete presentation of Magritte?s late work mounted since the artist?s death in 1967. Including more than 20 artworks being shown for the first time in a U.S. museum, and the first concentrated examination of Magritte?s sunlit surrealism and gouaches in this country, René Magritte: The Fifth Season marks a major milestone in the artist?s exhibition history. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A picture taken on May 17, 2018 shows a window displaying casts of people suffering dermatological disease at the museum of the Saint-Louis AP-HP Hospital in Paris.The Dermatology Hospital Museum St. Louis AP-HP was built in the late nineteenth century to raise awareness of dermatological diseases and facilitate their education. It was inaugurated in 1889 as part of the Universal Exhibition. Remained in its juice since 1885, the museum casts of the St. Louis Hospital (Xe) houses a unique collection, as stunning as unsavory: 4800 wax castings reproducing 200 diseases skins that were used to train generations of dermatologists. Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP
| Exhibition features around twenty works from Robert Motherwell's mythical Open Series | | Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibits works by Agnes Martin from the Daniel W. Dietrich II Collection | | Tender portrait of Picasso's golden muse to go on public view in Hong Kong | 
Robert Motherwell, Great Wall of China n°4, 1974 (detail).Acrylique et fusain sur toile/ acrylic and charcoal on canvas 183 x 213,4 cm. Courtesy Templon, Paris & Brussels.
PARIS.- Galerie Templon is presenting, for the first time in Paris, a spectacular series of paintings by the American master of abstract art, Robert Motherwell. The exhibition features around twenty works from the mythical Open Series produced in the 1970s. In 1967, under the title Open, Robert Motherwell created a new series of work focusing on the theme of the window, previously explored by many artists, including Matisse, as a metaphor for the relationship between the inner world of emotions and outer world of the senses. Intimate and meditative, the Open works are made up of simple planes of colour broken up by three lines rendered in charcoal and forming loosely rectangular shapes. Fragments drawn on blocks of colours conjure up Motherwells ties to minimalism as well as, especially, the artists conceptual and philosophical standpoint, expressed in his exploration of the dualities between content and ... More | | 
Untitled #6, 1985. Acrylic and graphite on canvas, 6 feet à 6 feet (182.9 à 182.9 cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art: Bequest of Daniel W. Dietrich II, 2016-3-19. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- This spring, the Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an intimately scaled installation featuring four paintings by Agnes Martin from the bequest of the late philanthropist, Daniel W. Dietrich II, a crucial supporter of the artists career. Three of these paintings date to the mid-1960s, and the fourth to 1985. They are being exhibited with additional works on paper and sculpture that Dietrich collected. This installation explores the ideas that inform Martins minimalist art, and reflect upon the enduring friendship that existed between a major artist and her patron. Timothy Rub, The George D. Widener Director and Chief Executive Officer, said: Dan was a generous philanthropist and an admirer and avid collector of Martins work. He supported her first major mid-career retrospective in 1973 at the Institute of Contemporary Art here in Philadelphia. From that seminal moment onward, he continued to champion her ... More | | 
Pablo Picasso, Buste de femme de profil.Femme écrivant (detail), signed Picasso (upper left), oil on canvas, 116.2 by 73.7cm. Painted in April 1932. Estimate upon request. Courtesy Sotheby's.
HONG KONG.- Painted during Pablo Picassos year of wonders1, this monumental, yet remarkably tender and intimate, painting of Marie-Thérèse absorbed in the act of writing evokes a private moment from the artists clandestine relationship with his most beloved muse. Awake or asleep, writing or reading, Marie-Thérèse appears in manifold guises throughout Picassos oeuvre. In this painting, Picasso focuses on her innocence and youthfulness, depicting her serenely penning her thoughts. Appearing at auction for the first time in over two decades, Buste de femme de profil. Femme écrivant will highlight Sothebys Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in London on 19 June 2018. Helena Newman, Global Co-Head of Sothebys Impressionist & Modern Art Department & Chairman of Sothebys Europe, said: This tender and romantic vision of Marie-Thérèse is a remarkably intimate portrait ... More |
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| Swiss Art / Swiss Made: Masterpieces and discoveries to be offered at Sotheby's Zurich | | LACMA opens exhibitions of Mimbres painting and Mark Grotjahn's '50 Kitchens' | | First major show of Patrick Heron's work for twenty years opens at Tate St Ives | 
Ferdinand Hodler, Bildnis Gertrud Müller im Grünen, 1916. Estimate: CHF 800,000 1,200,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.
ZURICH.- Sothebys upcoming sale, Swiss Art / Swiss Made will be a celebration of Switzerlands presence on the international art stage, showcasing with rich diversity the work of artists whose pieces are sought-after by Swiss and international collectors alike. Led by a selection of paintings and works on paper by internationally-renowned artist Ferdinand Hodler as the art world marks 100 years since his death the auction in Zurich on 5 June will also feature important Swiss painters including Cuno Amiet, Giovanni Giacometti and Félix Vallotton. Bringing together paintings, sculpture, the decorative arts and furniture, the pieces on offer in Zurich have been carefully selected to illustrate the rich diversity and exceptional quality of art that is Swiss Made. Speaking ahead of the auction, Stéphanie Schleining and Urs Lanter, co-heads of Sothebys Swiss Art Department, ... More | | 
Bowl with Abstraction of Exploded Datura Seedpod, c. 850-1150, slip-painted ceramic, height: 2 7/8 in., diameter: 8 1/4 in., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Ann Ziff, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Decoding Mimbres Painting: Ancient Ceramics of the American Southwest will feature over 50 examples of the finely painted ceramic wares produced by the Mimbres people in the region of southwestern New Mexico between 850 and 1150 CE. The hallmark of Mimbres culture are extraordinary black-and-white ceramic bowls, painted with great ingenuity, dexterity, and precision. The bowls are best known for the variety of animals and plant life that they depict, with a small number of vessels showing human figures engaged in narrative scenes. Alongside these recognizable figurative paintings, Mimbres artists produced seemingly geometric designs including zigzags, spirals, checkerboard patterns, and other motifs that appear to have little or no reference to the natural world. This exhibition will introduce the interpretations of longtime artist and observer, Tony ... More | | 
Patrick Heron, Five Discs : 1963, 1963 (detail). Oil paint on canvas. Private collection © Estate of Patrick Heron. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2018.
ST IVES.- The acclaimed British artist Patrick Heron (192099) is being celebrated in this retrospective exhibition, the first major show of his work for twenty years. One of the most significant and innovative figures in twentieth century British art, Heron played a major role in the development of post-war abstract art. This exhibition spanning over fifty years of work from 1943 to 1996 provides a rare opportunity to experience the scope and ambitious scale of Herons painting as well as his consistent attachment to the subject of colour. In 1962 he explicitly claimed that colour is both the subject and the means; the form and the content; the image and the meaning, in my painting today. Herons abstraction is a direct response to the light, colour and shape that he encountered every day. An art of pure visual sensation, his paintings are the result of his experience of looking acutely at the world and though they do not represent ... More |
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| Exhibition of John and Yoko's story, told in their own words at Museum of Liverpool | | PDNB Gallery exhibits photographs presented at New York & Dallas Art Fairs in April | | Chinese Terracotta Warriors archaeologist dies aged 82 | 
In My Life lyrics (1965). Handwritten lyrics by John Lennon. ©Yoko Ono.
LIVERPOOL.- The Museum of Liverpool is showing a ground-breaking exhibition, exploring the personal and creative chemistry of this iconic couple and their ongoing Imagine Peace campaign. Double Fantasy - John & Yoko, at Museum of Liverpool from 18 May 2018 to 22 April 2019, is a free exhibition, celebrating the meeting of two of the worlds most creative artists who expressed their deep and powerful love for one another through their art, music and film. They used their fame and influence to campaign for peace and human rights across the world, transforming not only their own lives, but art, music and activism forever. Featuring personal objects alongside art, music and film produced by John and Yoko, the exhibition is drawn from Yokos own private collection, some of which has never been displayed. Yoko Ono Lennon said: "I am so happy and grateful that we are having our Double Fantasy -John & Yoko ... More | | 
Jesse Alexander, Two 356A Factory Cars in pits, 100 KM Race, 1959. Courtesy PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX.
DALLAS, TX.- To celebrate PDNB Gallery's conclusion of another successful season of important art fairs, PDNB Gallery is presenting in the gallery, HIGHLIGHTS: New York & Dallas Art Fairs. This group exhibition showcases the works that captivated audiences at the distinguished, Photography Show presented by AIPAD in New York, and the always impressive, Dallas Art Fair. Both art fairs took place in April. The exhibition includes the very popular photographs by Jeanine Michna-Bales from her historical project, Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad. The selection from the series depicts historical landmarks and eerie landscapes a slave may have traveled at night to seek safety, and inevitably, freedom. Also featured in the exhibition are the deeply compelling images from Jeffrey Silverthorne's notable 1970's series, Morgue. Signed copies of his published monograph of the same title will ... More | | 
Kneeling Archer, Qin dynasty (221206 BC), earthenware, Excavated from Pit 2, Qin Shihuangs Mausoleum, 1977, Emperor Qin Shihuangs Mausoleum Site Museum.
BEIJING (AFP).- The Chinese archaeologist credited with discovering the emblematic ancient Terracotta Warriors, Zhao Kangmin, has died aged 82, state media said. Zhao was the first archaeologist to identify fragments of terracotta found by local farmers digging a well in 1974 as relics dating back to the Qin dynasty and the first to excavate the site. The 8,000-man clay army, crafted around 250 BC for the tomb of China's first emperor Qin Shihuang, is a UNESCO world heritage site, a major tourist draw and a symbol of ancient Chinese artistic and military sophistication. Zhao's death on May 16 was reported by the state-run People's Daily late Friday. When the farmers first stumbled upon the tomb in Xian, capital of the northern province of Shaanxi, they alerted Zhao -- then a curator at a local museum -- to their discovery. "I went to the ... More |
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| New Smithsonian exhibition explores pandemics and emerging infectious diseases | | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art exhibits eight large and recent paintings by Raqib Shaw | | Ensor's rare double portrait achieves top lot at Bonhams Impressionist & Modern Art Sale | 
Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World exhibit at the Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History. Photo: James Di Loreto and Lucia RM Martino, Smithsonian Institution.
WASHINGTON, DC.- This year, 2018, is the 100th anniversary of the Great Influenza, a pandemic that took the lives of 50100 million peoplebetween 3 and 5 percent of the worlds population at that time. The Smithsonians National Museum of Natural History marks the anniversary with a new exhibition, Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World, which opened May 18 and remains on view for three years. This exhibition examines the human ecology of epidemics. From the Nipah virus to SARS and HIV, it shows how viruses can spread from animals to people, why some outbreaks become epidemics and how people in different disciplines and countries are working together to stop them. More than ever before, our world is interconnected by global travel, trade, technology and even by our viruses, said Kirk Johnson, the Sant Director of the National Museum of Natural History. ... More | | 
Raqib Shaw (b.1974), Allegory of Melancholy (After Lucas Cranach the Elder), 2017-2018. Acrylic liner and enamel on birchwood, 134 x 100 cm © Courtesy Raqib Shaw and White Cube.
EDINBURGH.- This spring the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art is showcasing the art of one of the most extraordinary and sought-after artists working anywhere in the world today, the Kashmiri artist Raqib Shaw (b. 1974). Raqib Shaw: Reinventing the Old Masters is the very first time the work of Shaw known for his intricate, opulent and incredibly detailed enamel paintings has ever been exhibited in Scotland. Eight large and recent paintings by Shaw are being shown alongside two paintings normally on display at the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) that have long obsessed the artist, Joseph Noel Patons (1821-1901) The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania, 1849 and Lucas Cranachs (1472-1553) An Allegory of Melancholy, 1528 (the latter work has been on long loan to the Galleries for more than 20 years). Two years ago, Shaw painted a loose variant of Patons extraordinary fairy picture and ... More | | 
James Ensor (1860-1949), Nos deux portraits, oil on panel, Painted circa 1905. Estimate: $300,000-500,000, Price realized: $396,500. Photo: Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY.- The May 15 sale of Impressionist & Modern Art achieved US$4,042,000 with outstanding sell-through rates of 92% by lot and 97% by value. The top lot of the sale was Nos deux portraits by James Ensor (1860-1949), painted circa 1905, which realized $396,500. Caitlyn Pickens, Head of Sale, Impressionist and Modern Art, commented: We are thrilled with the exceptional sell through rates of 92% by lot and 97% by value, the highest ever achieved for an Impressionist & Modern Art sale at Bonhams New York. The strong results indicate continued demand for impressionist and modern works with important provenance and reaffirm the market is present and more international than ever. There was high energy throughout the auction with many works that drew intense competition and sold well over their estimates, which included Pierre Eugène Montézins Sur les bords du Ruisseau, Marc ... More |
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 NextLevel Galerie opens an exhibition of new works by Argentinian artist Hugo AvetaPARIS.- NextLevel Galerie is presenting an exhibition of new works by Argentinian artist Hugo Aveta, on view from May 12, 2018, through July 13, 2018. The artists third exhibition at the gallery, La Densidad de los Bosques, features Oceano video and a site-specific work in dialogue with both newest Los Ojos Sobre La Tierra and El Umbral de La Zona series. Images as traces of an action. Vestiges of the past of erratic transit zones recreated from memory tirelessly. Signs of a continuous present. Unusual views changing the normal order of things. Each of these claims defines an aspect of Hugo Avetas work. A work that constantly re-activates the past to better summon subjects to complex interferences with a present inhabited by uncertainties. Somes images (Los Ojos Sobre La Tierra series) reconstruct views of territories, known to most of us through the ... More Sydney artist wins 65th Blake PrizeSYDNEY.- Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre today announced Sydney artist Tina Havelock Stevens has won the 65th Blake Prize, one of Australias longest running and most prestigious prizes. Stevens, a Surry Hills NSW local, was selected as the winner from 80 finalist works. A blind judging process lead by a team of four industry professionals took place before Stevens was announced the winner of the $35,000 cash prize at a launch event at Casula Powerhouse on Saturday 19 May. The Blake Prize engages contemporary artists with ideas of religion and spirituality. The 2018 prize received a whopping 769 entries from across Australia and the world, a massive 30% increase from 2016. Stevens work, Giant Rock, is a performance video piece in which the artist explores how certain life beliefs for some are the antithesis for others with the use of a rock and ... More An artist without borders: Nenne Sanguineti Poggi's work on view at El Barrio's Artspace PS109NEW YORK, NY.- 61 paintings, drawings, etchings and ceramics on display by the acclaimed Italian artist, Nenne Sanguineti Poggi (1909-2012), including a replica installation of her African Flora mural in Addis Ababas Africa Hall. Works from nine decades will guide you through the remarkable talents and story of an artist truly beyond the limits and boundaries of her time. Born in 1909 in Savona to a noble family of Italian intellectuals, Sanguineti Poggi became a painter, sculpture, mosaicist, writer and journalist. She interacted with a group of Italian artists who included Tullio Mazzotti, Lucio Fontana, Eugenio Montale and Arturo Martini. During her years in Africa, she continued to paint, and worked on large public and monumental projects commissioned by then Ethiopias Emperor, Haile Selassie, and alongside Italian architect, Arturo Mezzedimi. She ... More Exhibition presents Matthew McCaslin's sculptures situated in a large-scale installation made of metal studsNEW YORK, NY.- Spencer Brownstone Gallery announces, Place To Put It, the gallery's first solo exhibition with Brooklyn-based artist Matthew McCaslin. The exhibition presents a number of McCaslins sculptures situated in a large-scale installation made of metal studs. The overall layout of the construction material mimics that of a home and sections the space into separate rooms. Each room houses artworks that include material associated with that room - a tub in the bathroom, cabinets in the kitchen, a bed in the bedroom, and a sprinkler in the backyard. Despite the recognizabilty of the material, McCaslins work resists both use and safety. Ceiling fans hang loom close to the ground and electric currents run through water. Ones sense of familiarity is met with disassociation and danger. With the metal studs, McCaslin casts a grid, from which all ... More South African artist William Kentridge brings striking installation to MiamiMIAMI, FLA.- The renowned and recently revamped Museum of Art and Design at Miami Dade College is presenting More Sweetly Play the Dance, a video installation by the internationally-renowned South African artist William Kentridge. More Sweetly Play the Dance encircles viewers in a procession of moving images and sound, a looped spectaclesometimes stately, sometimes raucousthat captivatingly engages themes of life, death and current events. The installation is on view from May 19, 2018 through January 20, 2019. More Sweetly Play the Dance is part of MOAD MDCs Living Together, an exciting cross-disciplinary series of programs that will galvanize Miami audiences with thoughtful and challenging performances and exhibitions that draw from art, music, theater, politics, and poetry. Spread across the city at a wide array of venues, the series ... More Eija-Liisa Ahtila opens first Belgian solo exhibitionLEUVEN.- Eija-Liisa Ahtila (°1959, Finland) is a contemporary visual artist and filmmaker. She has long been considered a master of the cinematic installation form. Her work is conceptually organized around the construction of image, language, narrative, and space, and she has frequently probed individual identity and the boundaries of the subject in relation to the external world. Using the visual language of cinema, Ahtila presents large-scale installations with multiple channel projections on multiple screen constructions. These viewing conditions, with their simultaneously charged vantage points, break the tradition of cinematic perspective and construct an experience of several co-existing times and spaces for being. Using the visual language of cinema, Ahtila presents large-scale installations with multiple channel projections on multiple screen ... More Exhibition focuses on the first series conceived by Boris Mikhailov, SuperimpositionsLONDON.- Sprovieri is presenting the fourth solo show at the gallery of Boris Mikhailov, one of the most influential artists living today. The exhibition focuses on the first series conceived by Boris Mikhailov, Superimpositions, also called by Mikhailov Butterbrot (Sandwich). This body of works evolved between the late 60s and early 70s, although - due to the restrictions of the Soviet era - it existed for long time just in the form of slideshow, and the single images began to be printed not before the end of the 1980s, when he started to live in the West. The series was for the first time published much later, in 2006, in the book Yesterdays Sandwich. Besides a selection of some of the most iconic printed photographs, the exhibition at Sprovieri showcases the 12-minute-long slideshow comprising of 184 slides obtained by Mikhailov by projecting slides one on top ... More The June Kelly Gallery opens an exhibition of sculpture and wall installations by Claudia DeMonteNEW YORK, NY.- Memento Vivere, an exhibition of sculpture and wall installations by Claudia DeMonte that reflect one womans travels, inquisitiveness and contemplation about womens roles in society, opened at the June Kelly Gallery, 166 Mercer Street, on May 17. The exhibition will remain on view through June 19. DeMontes sense of self, women and cultural differences was natural to her growing up in Astoria, New York as a daughter in an Italian family in one of the most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in the country. Empathy about the world stage was instilled in me by my family. Thinking globally were common words in my home in the 1950s well before becoming a buzz word. DeMonte has traveled to over 100 countries, shown her work in 35, and has always found fertile soil in the questions of womens identity, said Tom Sokolowski, former director ... More Museum Folkwang opens the first museum exhibition of Dragana BulutESSEN.- Museum Folkwang is hosting the first museum exhibition of Dragana Bulut from May 17 to July 1. In the Cabinet of Happiness, the Berlin-based choreographer and performer Dragana Bulut examines the promises and methods of positive psychology. By appropriating various forms of coaching, she explores the questions behind the ideology of happiness today and the way in which the pressure of happiness choreographs our behaviour and affects the creation of subjectivity. What are the ways in which happiness becomes a commodity? Visitors have an opportunity to join different coaching sessions, each with a different approach and aim. In the Express session, participants learn to relax in no time at all. In Twist, they can experience a completely new method of positive thinking and empathic feeling, possibly changing their life for ... More Bronze fountain by Sandy Scott will headline Auction Life's June 3rd auctionWEST PALM BEACH, FLA.- A beautiful and monumental bronze fountain by the renowned American artist Sandy Scott (b. 1943), several vintage Leica cameras previously owned by a photographer for Sports Illustrated and National Geographic, and a stunning Mikimoto 18kt gold, emerald and pearl bracelet set will all come up for bid at Auction Life on Sunday, June 3rd. This will primarily be an online auction, starting at 1 pm Eastern, with limited seating available for live bidders and an RSVP required. Online bidding is facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com, Auctionzip.com and eBay Live. Phone and absentee bids will also be accepted. All lots can be viewed now, on the Auction Life website. Visit www.auctionlifeflorida.com. Officially titled an Antiques & Assets Adoption Auction, the sale will consist of more than 500 lots of antiques, collectibles, ... More Exhibition explores the inverse of the landscape: The interiorCHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.- The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia presents In My Room: Artists Paint the Interior 1950-Now, May 18-Sept. 30, 2018. The exhibition looks at the inverse of the landscape: the interior. Landscape painting, a common genre in western painting, is understood as a window onto the world thanks to artist and theorist Leon Battista Alberti and his ideas about the picture plane known as Albertis Window. After the Industrial Revolution, however, modern art erupted with the interior. Notably, modern artists began depicting windows into other rooms instead of painting views of the outside world. The interior space has an ability to prompt the viewer to ask questions and to view a space with new perspective, said Matthew McLendon, director and chief curator of the Fralin Museum of Art. In an untitled work by Alex Katz, for example, a ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, English sculptor Barbara Hepworth died May 20, 1975. Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth DBE (10 January 1903 - 20 May 1975) was an English artist and sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture. She was one of the few female artists of her generation to achieve international prominence. In this image: Barbara Hepworth, Photo-collage with Two Segments at Richard Neutra?s Silver Lake house in Los Angeles 1938 © The Hepworth Estate.
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