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A picture taken on October 3, 2020 shows one of the sarcophaguses, excavated by the Egyptian archaeological mission which resulted in the discovery of a deep burial well with more than 59 human coffins closed for more than 2,500 years, displayed during a press conference at the Saqqara necropolis, 30 kms south of the Egyptian capital Cairo. They were unearthed south of Cairo in the sprawling burial ground of Saqqara, the necropolis of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Their exteriors are covered in intricate designs in vibrant colours as well as hieroglyphic pictorials. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP.
by Mohamed Abouelenen with Menna Zaki in Cairo
SAQQARA (AFP).- Archaeologists in Egypt said Saturday they had found 59 well-preserved and sealed wooden coffins over recent weeks that were buried more than 2,500 years ago. Opening one of the ornately decorated sarcophagi before assembled media, the team revealed mummified remains wrapped in burial cloth that bore hieroglyphic inscriptions in bright colours. The dramatic find was unearthed south of Cairo in the sprawling burial ground of Saqqara, the necropolis of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage site. "We are very happy about this discovery," said Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities. Since the find of the first 13 coffins was announced almost three weeks ago, more have been discovered in shafts at depths of up to 12 metres (40 feet). An unknown number of additional coffins may still lie buried there, the tourism and antiquities minister, Khaled al-Anani, said at the site, near the 4,700-year-old pyramid of Djoser. "So today is not ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A picture taken on October 3, 2020 shows Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled Al-Anani (L), and Mustafa Waziri (R), Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, open a sarcophagus excavated by the Egyptian archaeological mission working at the Saqqara necropolis, 30 kms south of the capital Cairo, which resulted in the discovery of a deep burial well with more than 59 human coffins closed for more than 2,500 years. They were unearthed south of Cairo in the sprawling burial ground of Saqqara, the necropolis of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Their exteriors are covered in intricate designs in vibrant colours as well as hieroglyphic pictorials. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP
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| | A high-tech twin for a Renaissance masterpiece | | The Piranesi Principle at Berlin's Kunstbibliothek marks the 300th birthday of Giovanni Battista Piranesi | | Why Philip Guston can still provoke such furor, and passion |
Michelangelo's David at the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence, Italy, Sept. 30, 2020. A copy of Michelangelos David printed in 3-D will be the centerpiece of the Italy Pavilion at the next world fair. Susan Wright/The New York Times.
by Elisabetta Povoledo
FLORENCE (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- For the past five centuries, Michelangelo Buonarrotis David has been celebrated for its sculptural perfection and its embodiment of youthful beauty and strength. Now Italian officials want the sculpture to help showcase Italian craftsmanship and high-tech expertise in the digital age. Over the next several months, a battery of Italian engineers, technicians, craftspeople and restorers will use what the projects coordinator has described as the most advanced technologies available today to 3D-print an exact copy of the 17-foot statue. The replica will then be the centerpiece of the Italy Pavilion at the next world fair, Expo 2020 Dubai, which was originally scheduled to open this month but was postponed until next October because of the coronavirus pandemic. Its technology tied to historical ... More | |
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Fassade eines Grabmals, um 1765, © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek / Dietmar Katz.
BERLIN.- Giovanni Battista Piranesi (17201778) was one of the great polymaths of the 18th century. He carved out an international career as an archaeologist, artist, collector, designer, publisher and author. The principle behind his success was to grasp the multifaceted nature of reality and transform it into something new. He found inspiration everywhere: in the artifacts of bygone epochs and faraway regions, in images from science, technology and opera, and even in denunciations and defeats. This exhibition celebrating the 300th anniversary of his birth brings this Piranesi principle back to life in all its creativity. It is centred around Piranesis masterpieces of engraving, his books, pamphlets, satirical illustrations, and drawings from the collections of the Kunstbibliothek and the Kupferstichkabinett, some of which are being shown for the very first time. The exhibition begins with a trip back through time to Piranesis Rome. While todays tourists marvel at the ci ... More | |
The painting Bombardment, by Philip Guston, 1937, at the Whitney Museums Vida Americana show, in New York, Feb. 16, 2020. Emiliano Granado/The New York Times.
by Martha Schwendener
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Last week, a handful of museums decided to postpone a retrospective of painter Philip Guston over concerns that Ku Klux Klan imagery in his work, intended to criticize racism, anti-Semitism and bigotry, would upset viewers or that the works would be misinterpreted. On Wednesday, a letter drafted by art critic Barry Schwabsky addressed to those museums the National Gallery of Art in Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and Tate Modern, London and signed by nearly 100 artists, writers and curators, was published by the Brooklyn Rail, protesting the postponement. To date, more than 2,000 names have been added young and old, Black, Asian, Persian, Arab, LGBTQ. For people outside the art world, however, the question remains: Who is Philip Guston and why did this postponement (already ... More |
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| | An exhibition of paintings by Howard Hodgkin provides insight into the artist's fascination with memory | | Exceptional large-scale Andreas Gursky leads Phillips' October Photographs Auction | | Alexander Calder sells at Hindman Auctions for almost $1.9 million |
Howard Hodgkin, Going to America, 1999 (detail). Oil on wood. © Howard Hodgkin Estate.
LONDON.- In autumn 2020, Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert presents an exhibition devoted to the art of Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017), widely regarded as one of the leading British painters of the last fifty years. Bringing together nineteen of the artists most distinctive paintings, it marks the first loan exhibition to be held in London since Hodgkins death aged eighty-four in 2017, and follows major retrospectives held at the National Portrait Gallery in 2017 and Tate Britain in 2006. Howard Hodgkin: Memories traces the development of Hodgkins engagement with recollected experiences, a subject matter that he felt to be impossibly nebulous. In so doing, it provides an opportunity to view celebrated paintings such as Clean Sheets (1980- 84), on loan from Tate, alongside major works from private collections, many of which are rarely seen. These include After Degas ... More | |
Andreas Gursky, São Paulo, Sé, 2002. Estimate: $400,000-600,000. Image courtesy of Phillips.
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips upcoming Photographs auction on 14 October will offer 269 works that span the 20th century. Among the sale highlights are works by Andreas Gursky, Robert Mapplethorpe, Christian Marclay, Robert Frank, Irving Penn, and Edward Weston. The sale will also feature Transcendence: Photography and the Sublime, a group of 60 photographs from the Peter Fetterman Collection. Leading the auction is Andreas Gurskys São Paulo, Sé, 2002, which, like many of his best works, examines the collective behavior of the masses and is presented here in a monumental large-scale print. Of the 6 prints in the edition, two are held in museum collections: one in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and one in The Broad, Los Angeles. This is the first time the image has appeared at auction. Also from the Düsseldorf School is ... More | |
Hindmans Post War and Contemporary Art Auction broke firms record for top lot sold at auction.
CHICAGO, IL.- Alexander Calders standing mobile, Triple Cross, 1947, more than tripled its pre-sale estimate on Thursday, October 1 in Hindmans Post War and Contemporary Art sale in Chicago. The work was one of two offered at auction by one of the most the revolutionary artists of the 20th century in Thursdays sale. Triple Cross, 1947, held a pre-sale estimate of $600,000-$800,000, and set a record for the highest sale price in the Chicago auction houses 38-year history. Triple Cross is an early example of Calders work and has excellent provenance, which certainly contributed the strong price the work commanded today, said Joe Stanfield, Director of Fine Art for Hindman. This record price for Hindman exemplifies the strength of the market despite this tumultuous time and we were thrilled to see this work sell so well this week in Chicago. Calders instantly ... More |
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| | Jonathan Yeo unveils unique augmented reality app | | Cooper Hewitt announces winners of 2020 National Design Awards | | Brooklyn Public Library announces launch of Center for Brooklyn History |
Created during lockdown, the studio app uses latest 3D technology to allow anyone with a smartphone or iPad to remotely explore his painting studio, go behind the scenes and watch him paint Jamie Oliver.
LONDON.- For the past 2 decades, Jonathan Yeo has forged an international reputation as one of the leading portrait painters of his generation with an illustrious list of sitters including Tony Blair, Malala Yousafzai, Cara Delevingne, Idris Elba, Dennis Hopper, Nicole Kidman, Damien Hirst and Sir David Attenborough,. Working in a genre often regarded as traditional, in recent years Yeo has reframed expectations through his ongoing exploration of new media and experimental technology. Now Yeo takes this a stage further with the launch of his revolutionary new Studio App a multi-experience, interactive and fully 3-dimensional augmented reality version of the artists own studio. Developed in-house by Yeo with a small team of specialists, the Studio App opens up the world of the artists ... More | |
Kickstarter logo. Photo: Kickstarter.
NEW YORK, NY.- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum announced the winners of the 2020 National Design Awards at a virtual gala tonight. The 21st class of National Design Award winners were honored for design innovation and impact in nine categories. From shaping our parks and buildings to transforming the creative infrastructure and the ways we tell our stories, the remarkable work of this years winners demonstrates the power of design in everyday life, said John Davis, interim director of the museum. The virtual gala welcomed viewers from around the world and launched the first of a suite of programs during National Design Month aimed at broadening access to the vision of these leading designers and connecting people of all ages with the importance of design. Hosted by Bobby Berk, interior design expert and Emmy-nominated host of Netflixs Queer Eye, the virtual National Design Awards ... More | |
Plan of the city of New York in North America, surveyed by Bernard Ratzer, Thomas Kitchin, and Thomas Davies, 1766-1767, Flat Maps NYC-[1770?]. Fl.F.RA. Image courtesy of the Center for Brooklyn History.
BROOKLYN, NY.- Brooklyn Public Librarys President and CEO, Linda E. Johnson, and Brooklyn Historical Societys former President, Deborah Schwartz, announced today that the institutions have been combined, creating BPLs Center for Brooklyn History, which will be home to the most expansive collection of Brooklyn history in the world. The new Center is housed at the landmarked Pierrepont Street building that was home to BHS for nearly 140 years and extends the collection and programming throughout the Librarys 59-branch system. The Center will democratize access to Brooklyns history and be dedicated to expanding and diversifying representation of the history of the borough by unifying resources and expertise, and broadening reach and impact throughout Brooklyn ... More |
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| | Gray Wielebinski joins Hales | | Guernsey's to offer treasures once owned by Michael Jackson | | In Iraq's Mosul, new statues rise from ashes of IS rule |
Gray Wielebinski, Baseball Card Sheet #1, 2020, Baseball card collage with cotton stitching over denim, leather, and nail polish in archival polypropene nine-pocket, 28.9 x 22.5 cm, 11 38 x 8 78 in. Images courtesy the artist and Hales Gallery. © Gray Wielebinski.
LONDON.- Hales announced representation of London and Los Angeles based artist Gray Wielebinski. Wielebinskis work will be part of Hales' presentation for Frieze London Viewing Room 2020. Their first solo exhibition with the gallery will be held at Hales London in spring 2021. Through their expansive practice incorporating video, performance, collage, installation, sculpture, and more, Gray Wielebinski (b. 1991 Dallas, TX, USA) explores the intersections of mythology, identity, gender, nationhood and memory. Reconfiguring and transforming iconography and visual codes, their work seeks to navigate and question societys frameworks and belief systems. Wielebinski deftly confronts realities in order to imagine and propose alternatives. ... More | |
The Jackson 5's First Acetate Pressing of Singles. Estimate $10,000 - $20,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- On October 23rd, an auction of beloved items once owned by Michael Jackson will be sold online by Guernseys. The items can be previewed and bid upon now at liveauctioneers.com, invaluable.com and bidsquare.com. In 2009, a major collection of exceptional items owned by Michael Jackson, world famous entertainer and global icon, were going to be auctioned. Many of the items adorned Michaels fabled Santa Barbara ranch and private amusement park. Legal issues arose however, and the auction was cancelled. Michaels countless fans around the world were terribly disappointed to have lost the chance to acquire treasures once owned by the legendary performer. One fan was so upset that he pursued the matter legally and, after a multi-year effort, became the only person given access to Michaels Collection. He acquired forty-eight bronze sculptures along with an array of other beloved ... More | |
This picture taken on August 17, 2020 shows the statue of the poet Abu Tammam, erected in the centre of a square in the western half of Iraq's northern city of Mosul. Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP.
by Raad al-Jammas
MOSUL (AFP).- As sunset nears, the residents of Iraq's Mosul flock to a golden-tinted statue of a woman looking out over their scarred city with an expression of steady defiance. It is one of a half-dozen works by local artists that have been erected across the northern Iraqi city since the Islamic State group lost control of it three years ago. The artworks are helping residents shake off memories of brutal punishments meted out by IS in squares and roundabouts, even as much of their city remains in ruins. "My Lovely Lady" was the first, erected in September 2018 in a traffic circle where IS fighters used to behead or lash residents who had broken its ultra-conservative rules. "By placing this statue here, I was trying to erase these dark, terrifying ... More |
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Seized property goes up for bid at Turner Auctions + Appraisals
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present a Seized Property Auction on Sunday, October 18, 2020. Featuring property from Southern California, the sale includes gold and silver coins, noted wines, artworks, signed sports jerseys, jewelry, books, armed service medals, decorative items, and more. In addition, the auction offers coins from a Northern California estate. The wide range of currency includes a 2017-W $50 burnished gold eagle, Morgan and Peace silver dollars, Australian Victory in the Pacific $15 gold coins, American Eagle gold coins, Lion dollars, a 1999 misprinted one-dollar bill, and limited-edition proof sets. Among the wines are bottles and/or cases of 2012 Silver Oak Napa Cabernet Sauvignon, 2009 Château Léoville Barton Bordeaux, 2006 Dom Pérignon Champagne, 2005 Château Rauzan-Ségla ... More
Parrasch Heijnen Gallery opens a solo exhibition featuring new work by Alteronce Gumby
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Parrasch Heijnen Gallery is presenting Alteronce Gumby: My Favorite Color is a Rainbow, the gallerys second solo exhibition featuring new work by Bronx, NY-based artist Alteronce Gumby (b. 1985, Harrisburg, PA). This new body of work, the majority of which was created this past summer in Los Angeles, is a distillation of Gumbys awareness of and fascination with the manifestation of energies throughout the universe. Working with thousands of fractured glass shards, gemstones, pigments, and acrylic medium, these meticulously composed images radiate a proliferation of hyper chromatic activity. Chatoyant reflections and refractions of glass shards and gemstones, upon surfaces spanning up to six feet, are activated upon interaction with light and motion, immersing the viewer in an interactive experience. Each of the works ... More
Ethiopia's largest ethnic group holds scaled-back thanksgiving festival
ADDIS ABABA (AFP).- Members of Ethiopia's largest ethnic group gathered Saturday under heavy security in Addis Ababa for a scaled-back version of their annual thanksgiving festival against a backdrop of unrest and political division. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government said it was restricting attendance for the Oromo group's Irreecha festival to around 5,000 people to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, just as it did for an Orthodox Christian holiday last week. But some Irreecha attendees said the regulations were designed to prevent anti-government protests at a time when Oromo opposition politicians are behind bars and security forces stand accused of using heavy-handed tactics against civilians in the Oromo region surrounding the capital. "When people get together they may reflect on what is going wrong in the country. For fear ... More
Exhibition of new work by Sam Durant opens at Blum & Poe Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Blum & Poe is presenting Iconoclasm, an exhibition of new work by Los Angeles and Berlin-based artist Sam Durant. For over two decades, Durant has been engaged in an ongoing dialogue with tumultuous and forgotten events of the past, shining a light on these histories to reveal their resonance with broader social, political, and cultural issues. In a new series of graphite works drawn from archival documentation, Durant depicts the intentional and often violent destruction of public monuments. Produced in 2018, this body of work was first exhibited last year at Library Street Collective in Detroit, and is being shown in October 2020 in Los Angeles at a time when monument-removal has become a divisive political debate issue in the lead up to the US General Election. A new electric sign by the artist commemorates the ... More
KØS brings internationally renowned curator to Denmark
KÃGE.- The internationally renowned curator Fulya Erdemci was on the 15th of September appointed the new curator at KÃS Museum of Art in Public Spaces in Denmark. Fulya Erdemci has been dedicated to art in the public domain throughout her career as a curator and writer. For more than 15 years she has curated international art exhibitions and programmes, such as the 13th Istanbul Biennial, Mom, am I barbarian? in 2013, whose main question was how multiple publics can come together, co-exist and act collectively. From 2008 to 2012 Erdemci was the director of SKOR Foundation for Art and Public Domain in Amsterdam and since 2015 she has been the curator of the Cappadox Festivals Contemporary Art Programme where she has curated the four site-specific and context responsive exhibitions: Cappadocia Struck, Let us cultivate ... More
100-year-old beaux-arts landmark in Chicago reborn, anchoring a neighborhood's resurgence
CHICAGO, IL.- Completed in 1914, the Cook County Hospital building is a designated Chicago Landmark and once stood as the symbolic heart of the Illinois Medical District healthcare community. Vacant since 2002, the building had fallen into a severe state of disrepair and was threatened with demolition. Instead, SOM led a design-build collaboration for general contractor Walsh Construction, with Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates and interior designers KOO, to carefully preserve, restore, and adapt the former hospital building to meet the changing needs of the neighborhood. With a new hotel, food hall, medical offices, and community spaces, the revitalized historic hospital building is the first phase of a proposed $1 billion redevelopment plan for the area. This has been a monumental restoration completed by an outstanding ... More
MOCA Toronto announces fall 2020 exhibitions featuring acclaimed Canadian and international artists
TORONTO.- The Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto announced details of its exhibition programme for fall 2020, featuring work by Fatma Bucak, Yazan Khalili, Mika Rottenberg and Krista Belle Stewart plus a new commission by Michael Lin. Alongside this roster of major works by Canadian and international artists, MOCA continues its highly regarded online platform Shift Key, profiling timely video works by a range of significant artists selected by independent curator and interdisciplinary art historian Daisy Desrosiers. MOCAs Executive Director and CEO Kathleen Bartels said, I am delighted to launch my tenure with this unique series of exhibitions and a new curatorial perspective for MOCAs online platform, Shift Key, working closely with our Artistic Director November Paynter and the entire MOCA team. Its also incredibly inspiring to be working ... More
Murray Schisgal, who brought the absurd to the mainstream, dies at 93
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Murray Schisgal, a playwright and screenwriter who took his offbeat brand of humor to Broadway in the Tony Award-winning comedy Luv and to Hollywood in the hit farce Tootsie, died Thursday in Port Chester, New York. He was 93. His death was announced by his son, Zach. Over a six-decade career in theater, Schisgal employed elements from the theater of the absurd like flooding dialogue with clichés and presenting fantastic situations as probable to write about such domestic themes as marriage, sex, family, loneliness and failure. His first Broadway success, Luv, opened in 1964, with Eli Wallach, Ann Jackson and Alan Arkin in the original cast. It ran for 902 performances, won three Tony Awards (including one for Mike Nichols direction) and earned Schisgal nominations for best play and best author of a play. While the play ... More
Derek Mahon, popular Irish poet, is dead at 78
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Derek Mahon, a leading Irish poet whose verses could be lyrical or pessimistic, somber or witty, classically structured but full of contemporary themes, died Friday at his home in Kinsale, on Irelands southern coast. He was 78. Stephen Ennis, whose biography, After the Titanic: A Life of Derek Mahon, was published in 2015, confirmed the death. The Belfast Telegraph in Northern Ireland said he died after a short illness. Mahon, who also translated poems and works for the stage, drew on personal demons as well as the demons of modern history in composing poetry that, in contrast to much modern poetry, often favored rhymed verses. Derek Mahons life was one of repeated crises, an early suicide attempt while a student at Trinity, a broken marriage, alcoholism, and all of it set against the violent bloodletting ... More
Orchestras are rushing to add Black composers. Will it last?
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- In June, as millions of Americans filled city streets with Black Lives Matter demonstrations and millions more rushed to share their solidarity online, composer Jessie Montgomery noticed something unusual. Orchestras across the country, already in upheaval because of the coronavirus pandemic and in the process of improvising new seasons, were asking to perform her music. A lot of orchestras: By the end of this year, her works will have been programmed more than twice as much as they were in 2019. Im sort of flabbergasted, to be honest with you, Montgomery, who is Black, said in an interview. Its also happening with my Black colleagues. Theyre getting a lot more attention. Its clearly a response. Classical music is not generally known for its swift responsiveness to current events. It is a field in which events ... More
Terry Goodkind, master of fantasy fiction, is dead at 72
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Terry Goodkind, the author of the best-selling epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth, died on Sept. 17 at his home in Boulder City, Nevada. He was 72. His wife, Jeri Goodkind, confirmed the death but did not specify a cause. Goodkind was a latecomer to writing: He spent years as a woodworker and wildlife artist before publishing his first novel, Wizards First Rule, when he was 45. But that book the story of a heroic forest guide, Richard, who teams with a beautiful woman, Kahlan, to defeat an evil wizard, Darken Rahl won legions of fans and earned positive reviews when it was published by Tor Books in 1994. Kirkus Reviews called the novel, which became the first book in the Sword of Truth series, a wonderfully creative, seamless and stirring epic fantasy debut. Over the next 24 years, Goodkinds ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Jean-François Millet was born October 04, 1814. Jean-François Millet (October 4, 1814 - January 20, 1875) was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Millet is noted for his scenes of peasant farmers; he can be categorized as part of the Realism art movement. The exhibition "Jean-François Millet: Sowing the Seeds of Modern ArtJean-François Millet: Sowing the Seeds of Modern Art" opens today at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. In this image: Jean-François Millet, 'The Angelus', 1857-1859, Musée d'Orsay, Paris (bequest of Alfred Chauchard, 1910).
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