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The Director of Earth Science Museum Diogenes de Almeida Campos shows the biggest piece of fossil of a dinosaur's neck, collected in 1953 by the Brazilian paleontologist Llewellyn Ivor Price at Earth Science Museum in Rio de Janeiro on October 6, 2016. The dinosaur newly named Austroposeidon Magnificus was about 25 meters long and the largest among 9 species discovered in Brazil. YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP.
by Sebastian Smith
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP).- Brazil just found its biggest ever dinosaur -- in a storage cupboard. In its prime, more than 66 million years ago, this long necked herbivore was 25 meters (82 feet) long -- longer than an articulated bus -- and could chomp through trees at a terrifying rate. By the time the creature was found by renowned Brazilian paleontologist Llewellyn Ivor Price in 1953, only a few hefty, fossilized bits of the spine remained. Researchers knew immediately they'd stumbled on something big. They didn't have the staff or resources to figure out how big, however, so the dinosaur pieces languished the next six decades in storage at Rio's ornate Museum of Earth Sciences. Until now. The remains of what has been named "Austroposeidon magnificus," and pronounced Brazil's biggest dinosaur, went on general public view for the first time Thursday. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Dutch Queen Maxima attends the opening of the exhibition titled "Anna Pavlovna, Colourful Queen" at museum Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, on October 5, 2016. Robin van Lonkhuijsen / ANP / AFP
| MaÃno's Adorations: Heaven on Earth on view at the National Gallery | | Scottish historian finds 'Hitler's first autobiography' | | Exhibition explores Frans Post's paintings of Brazilian flora and fauna |
Fray Juan Bautista MaÃno, The Adoration of the Shepherds, 1612 - 1614. Oil on canvas, 314.4 x 174.4 cm. Museo Nacional del Prado © Museo Nacional del Prado.
LONDON.- Exhibited in the UK for the first time, 'The Adoration of the Shepherds' and 'The Adoration of the Kings' are on display in Room 1 of the National Gallery this autumn and through the Christmas period. The loan of these two remarkable paintings from the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid provides a rare opportunity to present the work of the Spanish painter Fray Juan Bautista MaÃno, an artist of exceptional talent whose name remains largely unfamiliar outside Spain. MaÃnos Adorations: Heaven on Earth coincide with Beyond Caravaggio, opening on 12 October; the first major exhibition in the UK to explore the influence of Caravaggio on the art of his contemporaries and followers. MaÃnos two Adorations are highly significant in the context of Caravaggios extended influence across Europe. By the age of 23, MaÃno ... More | |
The book contains the first reference to Hitler's "political awakening" in a military hospital which "would later be repeated in almost identical language in Mein Kampf". Photo: Bundesarchiv/wikipedia.org.
EDINBURGH (AFP).- The first biography of Adolf Hitler which presented him as "Germany's saviour" and compared him to Jesus may have been written by the future dictator himself, a Scottish historian has claimed. "Adolf Hitler: Sein Leben und seine Reden (Adolf Hitler: His Life and his Speeches)" was the first major profile of Hitler and appeared in 1923, authored by Victor von Koerber. Historian Thomas Weber, from Aberdeen University, has unearthed documents in a South African archive which indicates the book was "almost certainly" written by Hitler himself as a "shameless but clever act of self-promotion". "The book, which also includes a collection of Hitlers speeches, makes some outlandish claims arguing that it should become 'the new bible of today' and uses terms such as 'holy' and 'deliverance', comparing Hitler ... More | |
View of Olinda, Brazil, Frans Jansz Post, 1662 (detail). Rijksmuseum.
AMSTERDAM.- In collaboration with Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, the Rijksmuseum presents from 7 October the exhibition 'Frans Post. Animals in Brazil'. In 1636 the artist Frans Post travelled to the Dutch colony of Brazil in the retinue of its governor, Johan Maurits of Nassau. For seven years the Brazilian flora and fauna inspired many of his works of art. The Rijksmuseum is showing his Brazilian landscapes and preliminary sketches, along with dozens of stuffed animals on special loan from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden. Thirty-four animal drawings by Post make their first public appearance. These completely unknown studies were recentely discovered at the Noord-Hollands Archief in Haarlem. In 1636 the Haarlem-born artist Frans Post (1612-1680) travelled to the Dutch colony of Brazil in the retinue of the governor Johan Maurits of Nassau-Siegen, who had been charged with securing the new ... More |
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| Momentum continues as Sotheby's Frieze sales conclude | | New Roy Lichtenstein retrospective explores social impact of Pop Art | | Exhibition at Yale University Art Gallery brings art and science together |
Chairman of Sothebys Europe, Oliver Barker, fields bids at Sothebys sales of Italian and Contemporary Art. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Frieze Week reached its crescendo at tonights sale. With two lots selling for over £10m, a record result for an October contemporary auction and real drama in the saleroom, its clear that London remains at the heart of the global art market. - Alex Branczik, European Head of Contemporary Art. Jean-Michel Basquiats Hannibal became the most valuable work sold at auction in London this week, when seven bidders drove the canvas to £10.6m / $13.1m / 11.7m, double the pre-sale estimate (est. £3.5-4.5m). The painting dates from 1982, the artists breakthrough year. Two further works by Basquiat, from the collection of David Bowie, will be offered in Sothebys London Bowie/Collector sale on 10 November. Gerhard Richters Garten also sold for over £10m. The 1982 abstract painting sold for £10.2m / $12.7m / 11.3m (est. £3-4m), almost tripling its estimate. The work had ... More | |
Roy Lichtenstein, Modern Art II , 1996. Collection of Gemini G.E.L. © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein / Gemini G.E.L.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Renowned for his representations of everyday objects and his inventive interplay of line, dot, and color, Roy Lichtenstein (19231997) shaped the Pop Art movement. Organized by the Skirball Cultural Center, Pop for the People: Roy Lichtenstein in L.A. explores how the artist and the movementbuoyed by a renaissance in printmaking in Los Angelesmade fine art accessible to the American public in ways that had not been achieved before. By exploring the historical and cultural context of Lichtensteins life and work, the exhibition sheds light on the social impact of Pop Art, especially as it developed in Los Angeles. On view at the Skirball October 7, 2016, through March 12, 2017, Pop for the People displays more than seventy Lichtenstein works spanning four decades. On view are the seminal and rarely exhibited Ten Dollar Bill (1956), one of Lichtensteins very first Pop ... More | |
Carleton E. Watkins, Yosemite Falls, 2,634 ft., ca. 186566. Albumen print, 12 Ã 8 1/16 in. (30.5 Ã 20.5 cm). Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of George Hopper Fitch, B.A. 1932.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.- Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History and the 100th anniversary of the creation of Americas National Park Service, Yosemite: Exploring the Incomparable Valley considers one of the countrys most celebrated natural landmarks through the fields of both art and science. Taking as its starting point Albert Bierstadts majestic Yosemite Valley, Glacier Point Trail (ca. 1873), the exhibition features works of art from the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery alongside natural history specimensprimarily botanical and geologicalcollected by scientists for the Yale Peabody Museum, as well as photographs, watercolors, and books from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and Sterling Memorial Library that have helped shape understanding and appreciation of Yosemite. Landscape painting was ... More |
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| Unprecedented Spanish-American partnership brings modern Spanish art to Dallas | | The world's most legendary artists of music highlight Julien's Auctions' "Icons and Idols: Rock N' Roll Auction | | Paintings, drawings, sculptural elements, and film by Oscar Murillo on view at David Zwirner |
Joaquim Sunyer (Spanish, 1874-1956), Portrait of Josep M. Albiñana, 1918-19. Oil on canvas. Asociación Colección Arte Contemporáneo, Museo Patio Herreriano.
DALLAS, TX.- This fall, the Meadows Museum at SMU presents the most comprehensive survey of modern Spanish art to be shown in the United States. The exhibitionwhich features nearly 100 works of art dated from 1915-1957 by more than 50 artistsoffers a compelling visual narrative of the development and evolution of modern art, as seen through the work of the most important Spanish creators of the time. The works are drawn predominantly from the Asociación Colección Arte Contemporáneo (ACAC), one of the most significant repositories of modern Spanish art in the world, along with select masterpieces from the renowned collection of the Meadows Museum. The collaboration and exhibition mark the first time many of these works will travel to the U.S. Modern Spanish Art from the Asociación Colección ... More | |
A Prince performance used purple microphone. Estimate: $2,000-$4,000.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Juliens Auctions has announced an extraordinary auction featuring a wide collection of property from the life and careers of some of the worlds most legendary and iconic artists of Rock n Roll. On Saturday, November 5, 2016 Juliens Auctions will offer collectors and fans the opportunity to bid on rarities that include property from Eric Clapton, Prince, The Beatles and many more. The extraordinary personal collection of Eric Clapton and the rare items from Prince are only the beginning of the auction which includes over 700 items and will take place at the Juliens Auctions Los Angeles gallery. Property from the Estate of Frank & Gail Zappa will be offered on Friday, November 4, 2016. Ranked one of the greatest guitarists of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine, Eric Clapton is highlighted in the upcoming auction at Juliens Auctions. The 18-time GRAMMY® Award winner and triple inductee of the ... More | |
catalyst #16, 2016. Oil on canvas, 82 3/4 x 65 inches (210.2 x 165.1 cm). Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner, New York/London.
NEW YORK, NY.- David Zwirner is presenting an exhibition of new works by Oscar Murillo. On view at 525 and 533 West 19th Street in New York are paintings, drawings, sculptural elements, and film. Murillo addresses the conditions of display in the contemporary art world by engaging with a series of oppositesincluding work and play, production and consumption, and originality and appropriation. His practice is closely tied to notions of community and migration stemming from his cross-cultural ties to London, where he currently lives, and Colombia, where he was born. The exhibition marks a significant moment in Murillos career in which he consolidates his early emphasis on personal cultural experiences with a broader exploration of the different roles and possibilities of artists within an increasingly global world. It takes its point of departure in his recent ... More |
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| Exhibition puts pioneering British female photographer Olive Edis back in focus | | British Africa: Spink London announces the first auction of the David Pitts Collection | | Exhibition at Victoria Miro presents works by artists concerned with the socio-political issues of their day |
Self portrait by Olive Edis. Autochrome, c.1912 © Norfolk Museums Service (Cromer Museum).
NORWICH.- The first-ever comprehensive exhibition to celebrate exclusively the life and work of pioneering British photographer Olive Edis (1876-1955) opened at Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery on Saturday October 8, 2016 until Sunday January 22, 2017, made possible by National Lottery players. Although relatively unknown, Olive Edis was one of the most important photographers of the first half of the 20th century and the first-ever accredited female war photographer. Indeed the breadth of her subjects from British royalty and aristocracy to the characterful faces of the fisherman of north Norfolk, together with her highly atmospheric photographs of the battlefields of France and Flanders taken during her time as an official World War One war photographer, raise her to international status. The exhibition Fishermen & Kings: The Photography of Olive Edis is part of the on-going Olive Edis project supported ... More | |
A 1d. imperforate between vertical pair, each cancelled with Que Que 30 September 1911 datestamp. Estimate: £6,000 8,000.
LONDON.- Spink announced the first in a series of highly distinguished sales of a prolific and dedicated collector, David Pitts. The first of these sales will take place on the 25th October 2016 in Spinks auction room in London and focuses on British Africa. The catalogue is available for viewing in print and online on the Spink website. David Pitts is a lifelong collector, buying his first stamp at age eight. As he advanced in his professional career he became a serious philatelist, focusing on the British Empire. His interests have always been limited to used stamps and postal history; believing unused, mint material, while frequently attractive works of art, are not as interesting as cancelled stamps. His goal over the years has been to collect every issued stamp, used, and, their pre-adhesive postal markings, from each component of the entire British Empire, through to 1966. David has always been ... More | |
Alice Neel, Nazis Murder Jews, 1936. Oil on canvas, 107.3 x 76.5 cm. Courtesy the Artists Estate and Victoria Miro, London © The Estate of Alice Neel. .
LONDON.- Protest is an exhibition of historical and contemporary works by artists concerned with the socio-political issues of their day, who question the status quo and the power structures found within societies, and who take the language of protest as a means to explore its potency. Taking as a starting point Alice Neels 1936 painting, Nazis Murder Jews, which depicts a Communist party torchlight parade through the streets of New York City, the exhibition presents historical works in addition to new and recent works by artists who address issues including migration, censorship, struggles for equality and democracy. These do not document protests per se. Rather, through image, composition, gesture, material, form or concept they serve as meditations on contemporary issues or as calls to action inspiring consideration of possibilities for a life of freedom and unity, an insistence ... More |
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The Autry Museum of the American West opens most transformative project in its history
NEW YORK, NY.- Through the most significant renovation since its founding in 1988, the Autry Museum of the American West opens nearly 20,000 square feet of redesigned indoor and outdoor spaces on October 9, 2016. With new temporary and core galleries, an ethnobotanical teaching garden, and an immersive media projection room, California Continued explores the ongoing and interdependent relationships between people and the California environment. Drawing on a combination of Native cultural materials, firsthand perspectives, and contemporary artwork, this project connects Native Californian history, traditional ecological knowledge, and cultural practice to address environmental issues facing Californians today. California Continued includes: Human Nature, a long-term, core exhibition focusing on ongoing cultural practices for tending the environment; The ... More
Weinberg/Newton Gallery opens a group exhibition coinciding with the 2016 presidential election
CHICAGO, IL.- Weinberg/Newton Gallery presents Sapphire, a group exhibition coinciding with the 2016 presidential election and leading up to the inauguration of the 45th President of the United States. This exhibition features the work of Anna Elise Johnson, Jason Pallas, Deb Sokolow, and Danh Vo¯, and is organized in dialogue with Common Cause Illinois, a nonpartisan organization that engages the public on such issues as voting and elections, money in politics, and the ethics of media and democracy. Sapphire provokes us to delve into arts ability to inspire critical discourse on politics. If art does achieve this aim, how does it defy rhetoric and apply in the political sphere? Approaching the 2016 presidential election, Americans have had to ask themselves: What is the purpose of our political industry? Voters express frustration, election fatigue, and question the legitimacy ... More
Exhibition explores different aspects related to childhood and adolescence
KRISTIANSAND.- SKMU Sørlandets Kunstmuseum presenting the exhibition Underway which explores different aspects related to childhood and adolescence. The museum has invited 12 Norwegian and international artists who in various ways deal with this subject matter. There are several reasons for choosing this theme. Children and young people are an important focal group of the museum, at the same time as we as a society have never focused as intensively as we do now on this segment of the population. The exhibition nevertheless has a universally human theme to which everyone can relate. The title Underway signals that at the core of the theme are different forms of change, development and transformation. The transition from childhood to adolescence happens in a short time and involves both physical and mental changes. But this is not an exhibition about ... More
Museum to display Michael Schumacher memorabilia
GENEVA (AFP).- The private car collection of stricken Formula One legend Michael Schumacher will go on view to the public as part of a new exhibition centre in Cologne, his manager announced. The Motorworld centre is expected to open at the end of 2017 and will feature go-karts from Schumacher's early career as well as sports cars, trophies and replicas of the F1 cars he drove to a record seven world titles. The family of Schumacher, who suffered severe head injuries in a skiing accident in the French Alps in December 2013 and is continuing his rehabilitation in his home in Switzerland, concluded a deal with the Motorworld centre to grant fans access to the unique collection for the first time. "It is in the heart's desire of Michael's family that all interested fans should get to see Michael's collection without having to pay an admission charge," said Schumacher's manager, Sabine ... More
I, Cyborg: A group exhibition opens at Gazelli Art House
LONDON.- Gazelli Art House presents I, Cyborg, curated by Will Corwin, a group exhibition featuring UK and US based artists who are cognisant of the position of the human in relation to its new place as an increasingly hybridised and unified entity and creating artwork about this transition. The days of the Vitruvian Man are numbered and he has been replaced by a growing physical collaboration with technology, architecture and the wider biological panorama. The exhibition is not about new forms of art, but as these difficult and contradictory ideas about humanity sink in, older forms such as sculpture, ceramics and painting are as quick to embrace and consider the new world as performance, video and computer animation. Collaborative artist duo Roxy Topia and Paddy Gould fashion lively ceramics and fabric works which employ a playful aesthetic language of the grotesque ... More
Top 10 most intriguing timepieces offered by Heritage Auctions Oct. 27
NEW YORK, NY.- When Heritage Auctions' Oct. 27 offering of Watches and Fine Timepieces opens in New York, world-wide bidders will see something most other auction houses never offer: a hand-curated selection of exotic, fresh-to-market timepieces from Patek Philippe to Piguet at opening bids unheard of in the collecting hobby. "More than 85% of the lots being auctioned are offered without reserve," said Jim Wolf, director of Watches and Fine Timepieces. "This is an important auction for those seeking key pieces for their collection or those who have been waiting for rarities to finally surface. All of them are in very choice condition and extremely rare. We expect strong interest in watches of superb quality and solid history." Here are 10 of the unusual and highly-sought after examples the auction has to offer, as well as those with historical significance. 1. Universal ... More
Most comprehensive anthological exhibition held to date on Marcel Broodthaers opens in Madrid
MADRID.- The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofÃa inaugurated Marcel Broodthaers. A Retrospective, the most comprehensive anthological exhibition held to date on this artist, who was born in Belgium in 1924 and died in Germany in 1976. The show is organized jointly by the Museo Reina SofÃa and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. After the version that was shown at the MoMA in New York earlier this year, the exhibition now presents about 300 exhibits, including artworks and documentary material, demonstrating the multiple facets of Marcel Broodthaers work throughout his career. This artist did not come into contact with the world of the visual arts until he was about forty, having dedicated himself previously to photography, literature, poetry and art criticism. He worked in several disciplines, including sculpture, painting and film, besides ... More
Laura Bartlett presents a solo exhibition of new work by Sol Calero
LONDON.- Laura Bartlett is presenting a solo exhibition of new work by Sol Calero (b. 1982, Caracas), dedicated, as the title suggests, entirely to painting. Solo Pintura features ten new works by the Venezuelan artist, which continue to investigate issues of nationality and identity construction themes at the core of her practice. Embracing the style and pictorial vocabulary of a culture misrepresented, these paintings are bounty rich in tropicália bursting with fruits, plants and exotica restrained only by the hand-painted frames that contain them. Vibrant colours spool from canvas to wall, as Calero connects the areas of the gallery by painting the walls in pastel shades of green, yellow, pink and peach. The effect reminds us of her previous installations, which embrace a kind of Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art) sensibility. These past installations have included the construction ... More
Columbus Museum of Art exhibits works by artists who have used the sun as subject
COLUMBUS, OH.- The Columbus Museum of Art is presenting The Sun Placed in the Abyss from October 7, 2016 to January 8, 2017. The Sun Placed in the Abyss is a group exhibition featuring 50 artists and collectives who, since 1970, have used the sun as subject to explore the historical, social, and technological conditions of photography, both still and moving. Borrowing its title from a poem by Francis Ponge, The Sun Placed in the Abyss tracks how the sun has been used as a metaphor from Conceptual art to the Pictures Generation to current practices. The exhibition continues the Columbus Museum of Arts curatorial focus on highlighting the meaning and relevance of contemporary art and photography for broad audiences, says director Nannette Maciejunes. The insightful and absorbing works in this show reveal the degree to which even the most advanced and often ... More
Colnaghi opens new 4,000 square foot gallery in London
LONDON.- Colnaghi announced the opening of their new gallery in London in October 2016, during Frieze Week. A Century after the 256year old firm Colnaghi moved from Pall Mall to Mayfair, they have returned to St. Jamess where their new home is a 4,000 sq. ft. gallery in Bury Street. At Bury Street Colnaghi look forward to presenting Master paintings and sculptures in a fresh context, reimagined for the 21st century audience. The Crown Estates building has been carefully remodelled with bespoke design and interiors by Colnaghi´s Creative Director Diego Fortunato. The new gallery enjoys several exhibition areas and a large ground-level window, with the companys celebrated and treasured library creating a focal point in the basement of the buildings central atrium, holding almost 10,000 volumes of reference books and catalogues dating back to the 18th century. This ... More
Korean Cultural Centre UK opens new exhibition from its 2016 'Artist of the Year'
LONDON.- The Korean Cultural Centre UK is presenting Riptide, a new exhibition from their 2016 Artist of the Year, Koo Jeong A. Running from 7 October 19 November 2016, the artist presents 20 large-scale line drawings recontextualised from her book project Koo Jeong-A: R (2006). Transforming a solo exhibition into a dynamic collaborative project, Koo Jeong A invites a judicious selection of international artists to respond and exhibit alongside her existing works. Participating artists include Kyung Roh Bannwart (b. Korea, lives and works in Neuchatel), Melissa Dubbin & Aaron S. Davidson (b. New Mexico & Wisconsin, both live and work in New York), Yva Jung (b. Korea, lives and works in London), Mona Yoo & Hanqing Ma (b. USA & China, both live and work in Beijing), Martin Roth (b. Austria, lives and works in New York) and Matthias Sohr (b. Germany, lives and ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, British artist Simeon Solomon was born October 09, 1840. Simeon Solomon (9 October 1840 No. 3 Sandys Street, Bishopsgate, London, England - 14 August 1905 in St. Giles's Workhouse, Endell Street) was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter. Examples of his work are on permanent display at the Victoria and Albert Museum and at Leighton House. In December 2005/January 2006, there was an important retrospective of his work, held at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, and in London at the Ben Uri Gallery in October / November 2006. In this image: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, 1863.
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