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Image of the exhbition galleries "Bartolomé Bermejo". Photo © Museo Nacional del Prado.
MADRID.- Room C in the Jerónimos Building at the Museo del Prado is hosting the staging of this exhibition, curated by Joan Molina, a lecturer at the Universitat de Girona. The exhibition seeks to pay well-deserved homage to Bartolomé de Cárdenas, alias El Bermejo (1440-1501), one of the most suggestive and attractive painters of the fifteenth century, by presenting his work to the general public. Bermejos work exploits the pictorial potential of oil painting techniques, a new development at the time. In this respect, he created a personal realist language, one that focused especially on illusionist effects and on the definition of spectacular ranges of color. His main point of reference consisted of Flemish painting, the school inaugurated by Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden, which, by the latter half of the fifteenth century, had seduced the whole of Europe, including Italy. Although it has been speculated that Bermejo ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day At the AADLA Fine Art & Antiques Show. A rare 18th century Northern Italian Classical Commode offered at Yew Tree Antiques
| Exhibition offers a multifaceted insight into Max Beckmann's artistic oeuvre | | An important private collection to be sold to benefit a charitable foundation | | Ingleby Gallery opens largest exhibition of Andrew Cranston's work to date | 
Max Beckmann, Selbstbildnis in der Bar, 1942. Ãl auf Leinwand, 90 x 70 cm © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Andres Kilger © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018.
BERLIN.- In March 2018 the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin received a generous bequest from art historian Barbara Malwine Auguste Göpel (19222017), consisting of two paintings, 46 drawings and 52 prints by Max Beckmann along with a painting by Hans Purrmann. The works that have entered the collections of the Nationalgalerie and the Kupferstichkabinett are now being presented to the public for the very first time in a special exhibition. The show also addresses the provenance of the works which were acquired in the 1940s and 1950s by Barbara Göpels husband, the art historian Dr. Erhard Göpel, who died in 1966. The bequest of Barbara Göpel represents a significant addition to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlins collection of classical modernist works, and makes possible a multifaceted insight into Max Beckmanns (18841950) artistic oeuvre. The 46 drawings, for example, provide an almost ... More | | 
Gustave Caillebotte, Chemin montant, 1881 (detail). Estimate on Request. © Christies Images Limited 2018.
LONDON.- Christies will offer an eclectic and carefully curated collection, titled An Adventurous Spirit: An Important Private Collection Sold to Benefit a Charitable Foundation, across two London sales in December 2018 and February 2019. Major works from the collection will be exhibited together in an exhibition in London during Christies Classic Week in early December. An Adventurous Spirit provides a remarkable view of a unique collection across many fields, from Impressionism to 20th Century Design, which was shown in beautiful homes in London, Saint Tropez and Saint Barths. Visitors to the galleries will witness a recreation of the extraordinary mis-en-scène, with masterpiece paintings presented alongside the great objects and artworks as they were shown in these exquisite homes. The Collection Sale on 13 December 2018, will describe the discerning eye of a significant collector, embracing paintings, drawings, sculpture, En ... More | | 
Andrew Cranston, Girl and dog, 2018. Distemper on hardback book cover, 28.2 x 22 cm. Private collection. Photo: John McKenzie Courtesy of the Artist and Ingleby, Edinburgh.
EDINBURGH.- Andrew Cranston once described himself as a storyteller of sorts, though without a clear story to tell. He draws on a variety of sources including personal recollections family histories; his circuitous route to art school via an initial, unsuccessful, foray into carpentry; and his 25-year association as both student and lecturer at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen. Interwoven with passages culled from literature, anecdotes, jokes, and images from cinema these elements combine to make his idiosyncratic, intimate, and often dream-like, paintings. These moments or pockets of history - as Cranston puts it - are woven together with an extensive knowledge and curiosity regarding the history and process of painting. The resulting images may at once nod to Becket or Brueghel; reference the words of James Joyce or the graphic line of Toulouse Lautrec; or recall the intense interiors of Vuillard, Bonnard or David Lynch. ... More |
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| 'A Royal Wedding: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex' opens at Windsor Castle | | Michael Jackson's Bad jacket, Dylan's Fender Telecaster, U2's iconic guitars lead to Julien's Auctions sale | | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents first comprehensive exhibition of Venezuelan Informalism | 
The special exhibition 'A Royal Wedding: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex' in the Grand Reception Room at Windsor Castle, 26 October 2018 - 6 January 2019. Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018.
LONDON.- A visit to Windsor Castle now includes the special exhibition A Royal Wedding: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, a display of Their Royal Highnesses wedding outfits, and the page and bridesmaid outfits of His Royal Highness Prince George and Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte. In a recording made for visitors to the exhibition, The Duke and Duchess discuss their plans for the wedding, including the choice of outfits, music and flowers. The Duchess says, A great level of detail went into the planning of our wedding day. We knew how large the scale of the event would be, so in making choices that were really personal and meaningful, it could make the whole experience feel intimate. The Duchess of Sussexs wedding dress with a boat-neckline bodice was created ... More | | 
Michael Jacksons "Bad" jacket. Estimate: $80,000$100,000.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Juliens Auctions has announced its Icons & Idols: RockNRoll featuring Property from philanthropist Milton Verret event at Hard Rock Café Times Square and online at www.juliensauctions.com on Saturday, November 10. Nearly 100 items from the acclaimed philanthropists world renowned collection of some of the most important pieces of rocknroll memorabilia will be sold at the twoday music extravaganza starting Friday, November 9 which includes an all star lineup featuring historical items from music legends, Prince, Madonna, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Bernie Taupin, Aretha Franklin and more. Awardwinning philanthropist and businessman Milton Verret began his mission to advance his philanthropic efforts by amassing and selling his worldrenowned collection of historic music artifacts and rocknroll memorabilia in 2011 when he made headlines around the wo ... More | | 
Carlos Puche, ObjetografÃa n° 23 (Objectography No. 23), 1965, iron object and gelatin silver print on Masonite and wood, collection of Luis Felipe FarÃas, Caracas.
HOUSTON, TX.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, partners with Colección Mercantil Arte y Cultura, Caracas, to present Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955−1975, a groundbreaking exhibition that charts the trajectory of the Informalist movement from the mid-1950s through its last manifestations in the 1970s. Though Informalism ushered in an era of expressive richness in Venezuela, and later functioned as a rite of passage for subsequent generations, until now, no exhibition or publication has comprehensively studied its history. The exhibition is presented by Mercantil Bank and will be on view from October 28, 2018, to January 21, 2019. Contesting Modernity features approximately 90 works of art that showcase the variety, richness, and complexity of an underrepresented movement ... More |
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| Vast Gulf history website celebrates four years and ten million page views | | Two rare Mackintosh chairs to be auctioned by Lyon & Turnbull | | Exhibition reunites many of John Marin's sketches and drawings with his etchings, paintings, and watercolors | 
Her Excellency Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, Vice Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation, attended a reception at the British Library to commemorate Qatar Digital Library's (QDL) four-year anniversary. Dr Bink Hallum, Arabic Scientific Manuscripts Curator shows H.E. a collection item.
LONDON.- The Qatar Digital Library this week celebrated the fourth anniversary of its launch. The bilingual website, which comprises content in both Arabic and English and provides free public access to an important range of historical collections held by the British Library, has now been visited by more than 1.2 million users, generating more than ten million pages views. The website is the result of a partnership between Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, Qatar National Library, and the British Library to digitise historical collections relating to Gulf history and Arabic scientific manuscripts. Metadata and descriptions of the digitised items are in both Arabic and English, and the Qatar Digital Library transforms access to these collections previously only accessible via ... More | | 
Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Miss Cranstons Argyle Street Tea Rooms in Glasgow. Stained oak armchair, 1898. Estimate: £30,000-£50,000 each.
EDINBURGH.- In the year of the 150th anniversary of Charles Rennie Mackintoshs birth, Lyon & Turnbull will present at auction on 31st October 2018 two rare armchairs designed by the iconic Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) for Miss Cranstons Argyle Street Tea Rooms in Glasgow. The oak armchairs, valued at £30,000-£50,000 each, were designed for the mens Billiards & Smoking Rooms, which occupied the buildings top two floors above the tea and luncheon rooms. They will be offered by Lyon & Turnbull in their Decorative Arts: Design since 1860 auction on the 31st October 2018 in Edinburgh. The Argyle Street Tea Rooms closed in 1920, and much of the furniture was dispersed. These armchairs came into the possession of established Glasgow restauranteur William Smith, whose daughter passed them onto the current owner as a gift. John Mackie, Director and Specialist at Lyon & Turnbull said; The robust construction ... More | | 
John Marin, American (Rutherford, New Jersey, 1870 1953, Cape Split, Maine), Palisades, Hudson River, New Jersey, 1923, watercolor and charcoal on textured watercolor paper, 19 3/4 x 16 1/2 in., Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection: Gift of Norma B. Marin. 2013.018.234
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- On October 27, the San Antonio Museum of Art opened Becoming John Marin: Modernist at Work, exploring the artistic transformation of American modernist John Marin. Reuniting many of Marins sketches and drawings with his etchings, paintings, and watercolors, the exhibition demonstrates how his style and approach evolved across different media and throughout his career. Becoming John Marin features approximately 80 works from the 290-work collection of the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock, donated by the artists daughter-in-law, Norma Marin, in 2013 and recently conserved. Along with the Arkansas Arts Center collection, the exhibition is augmented by examples of Marins drawings, watercolors, engravings, and oil paintings drawn from the distinguished private collection of San ... More |
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| Luhring Augustine opens an exhibition of works on paper by Zarina | | MARe, the landmark museum of twenty-first century Romania opens | | Almine Rech Gallery opens a group exhibition of 21st century art | 
Zarina, Delhi, 2008. Collage with woven strips of woodcut printed in black on handmade Nepalese paper mounted on Arches Cover white paper. Unique. Image size: 16 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches. © Zarina; Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York. Photos: Farzad Owrang.
NEW YORK, NY.- Luhring Augustine is presenting an exhibition of works on paper by Zarina, marking her third solo presentation with the gallery. Zarinas fascination with paper has been the mainspring of her long-standing career as a printmaker and sculptor. Her elegant compositions are characterized by an affinity towards minimalism and geometric abstraction, shaped in part by an early interest in mathematics and architecture. While she employs a variety of printmaking techniques, including woodcut, silkscreen, lithography, and etching, her treatment of paper extends beyond the mere impression of text or imagery and into the recording of actions. Zarina cuts, sews, punctures, and collages paper in an ongoing effort to explore its material possibilities. The exhibition brings together collages from the past decade ... More | | 
MARe explores a vast range of contemporary Romanian art, reconsidering themes of aestheticism and dystopia, progress and regression, construction and dissolution, dissent and piety, mannerism and blasphemy, tradition and innovation. Photo: Toufic Dagher.
BUCHAREST.- MARe/Museum of Recent Art opened its doors to the public for the first time. MARe gathers over 120 artworks displayed across 1200 square meters, on five levels designed by Youssef Tohme Architects and Associates (YTAA). This new museum showcases cutting-edge contemporary art, dating from 1965 up until today. MARe is the first private art museum to be opened in Romania in the past 80 years. The decision to launch MARe this year bears particular significance. In 2018 Romania celebrates 100 years since the unification of Transylvania, Banat, Bukovina, and Basarabia to the Romanian kingdom. With its focus on Romanian art produced from 1965 up until the present day, MARe proposes a unique vision of Romanian art from the period of the Communist dictatorship until the fall of the ... More | | 
Vaughn Spann, A portrait of my sweet sunflower, 2018. Polymer paint, paper collage on wood panel, 76.2 x 61 cm.
LONDON.- Almine Rech Gallery, London, is presenting Early 21st Century Art, a group exhibition organized with Bill Powers. Works by Alex Becerra, Amy Bessone, Ginny Casey, Tanya Merrill, Anthony Miler, Asuka Anastacia Ogawa, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Jan-Ole Schiemann, Vaughn Spann and Hiejin Yoo on view from the 2nd of October to the 17th of November, 2018. In the same way that Philip Guston inadvertently killed the notion of schools of art by switching styles and thereby defying easy categorization, perhaps a new generation of painters is helping erase the bias of geography. Isnt there something old-fashioned or reductive in qualifying works as Western versus Eastern? Look at an artist like Asuka Anastacia Ogawa, who is half Japanese and half Brazilian, but studied at St Martins in London and now lives in Brooklyn. The upside of a globalism that brings Hiejin Yoo from South Korea to study at UCLA graduate school and make paintings abou ... More |
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 Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum opens exhibition of medieval treasures from the Burrell CollectionGLASGOW.- A specially curated exhibition that draws on the singular strength of the Medieval Treasures contained within the Burrell Collection has opened at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. The exhibition has been curated by Sir Paul Ruddock, former Chairman of the V and A Museum in London, who is regarded as the most significant collector of medieval material in the world. Burrell at Kelvingrove: Collecting Medieval Treasures draws from the range of objects collected by Sir William Burrell (1861-1958) to bring together works in wood, alabaster, stone, metal, ivory, ceramics and stained glass and also includes paintings and tapestries. The exhibition will run until 27 May 2019. Sir Pauls selections from the Collection include a Triptych altarpiece containing a carved alabaster panel depicting the head of St John the Baptist, an Aquamanile that has Hebrew inscriptions from arou ... More Going home: 1973 BMW returns to Williams BMW Group 45 years after they sold itLONDON.- This BMW was snapped up by Williams BMW Group, at the recent H&H Classics sale at Duxford on October 17, taking the car back to its roots for a total restoration. The connection happened thanks to Iain Burt who formerly worked at Williams BMW and now is Head of Operations at H&H Classics. He realised that the car would be of interest to Williams BMW Group as it was originally supplied by them in the early 1970s. He emailed the Directors to say it was in the sale and they dispatched their Group Buyer, Adam Kirkpatrick to view it at Warrington pre-sale. Once he had seen it he was very keen to acquire the car as it was complete with all of the original dealer paperwork right down to a business card. Adam attended the sale at Duxford and became the successful bidder. So now it has been repatriated to Williams BMW Group after 45 years and they ... More Contemporary works by Tsherin Sherpa and Charwei Tsai complement Rubin Museum Shrine RoomNEW YORK, NY.- With the Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room installation as an anchor, the Rubin Museum of Art is presenting related contemporary artworks by Tsherin Sherpa and Charwei Tsai in Shrine Room Projects: Wishes and Offerings. On view October 26, 2018September 16, 2019, the featured works offer reflections on rituals, offerings, and aspirationsthemes that connect directly to the Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room installation as well as to visitors contemplating their own wishes and offerings. Sherpas Wish-fulfilling Tree (2016) represents a poignant response to the earthquakes that struck his home country of Nepal in 2015. The large-scale installation includes a seven-layer bronze mandala, an idealized representation of the universe, surrounded by rubble, debris, and found objects all sourced from within five blocks of the Rubin ... More CUE Art Foundation opens a solo exhibition by James YakimickiNEW YORK, NY.- CUE Art Foundation is presenting a solo exhibition by James Yakimicki, curated by Gregory Amenoff. Titled Knitty Griddy, the exhibition of 8 large-scale oil paintings and several drawings presents both a natural and drone-like vision of the world, mediated through nature, civilization, and technological apparatuses. Yakimickis compositions are intricate networks of information, layered and maze-like. Soft palettes belie an underlying anxiety and a claustrophobic solidity of composition. Humans and machines are woven together in a stitched accumulation of marks, creating worlds both welcoming and foreboding. Without concern for traditional scale or perspective, Yakimicki portrays landscapes packed so densely they seem to be on the brink of collapse. Time is unfolding simultaneously throughout these compositions either as a narrative ... More Atul Dodiya's first Parisian exhibition in five years opens at Galerie TemplonPARIS.- Galerie Templon is presenting work by the pioneer of Indian contemporary art, Atul Dodiya, in his first Parisian exhibition in five years. The artist has devised a brand new exhibition centering on the painter Morandi and celebrating the beauty of a world haunted by the fear of loss. The show features a series of new hybrid works: paintings, installations and cabinets of curiosities. A dialogue from Federico Fellini's film La Dolce Vita acts as the springboard for the exhibition: during a party in a room dominated by a painting by Giorgio Morandi, the host expresses his fascination for the painter's sense of calm and the beauty of the composition, before revealing the anguish he feels when contemplating this apparent serenity: Peace frightens me. Perhaps I fear it most of all. I feel it's only a facade, hiding the face of hell. This tension between a sense of wonderment ... More Turner Auctions + Appraisals to offer American & European fine art on November 4SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Turner Auctions + Appraisals will present American & European Fine Art on Sunday, November 4, 2018. Offering over 210 lots from several collectors, the sale includes oil paintings, watercolors, etchings, lithographs, ink and pastel drawings, and some sculpture, mostly from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Among the many artists featured in the auction are Bror Nordfeldt, LeRoy Neiman, Chiura Obata, Julian Rix, William Keith, Harry Vincent, Jean Varda, A. D. M. Cooper, David Maass, Georges Rouault, Brenda Morrison, Nicolas de Largilliere (attrib.), Alfred Richard Mitchell, Christian Walter, Myles Birket Foster, Alfred de Breanski, William Mellor, Pierre Tetar Van Elven, and Shirley Marie Russell. There is also a selection of 18th- and 19th-century portraits. Turner Auctions + Appraisals begins its online auction on Sunday, November ... More 1937 Heisman Trophy leads $3.3 million Heritage Sports Memorabilia AuctionDALLAS, TX.- One of the most prestigious awards in American sports has a new owner today as Yale halfback Clint Franks 1937 Heisman Trophy commanded a winning bid of $312,000 in Heritage Auctions Oct. 18-19 Sports Collectibles Auction. Legendary Yankees took the silver and bronze medals in this event, as a 1932 Babe Ruth three-sheet movie poster and a 1941-42 Joe DiMaggio game used bat drew winning bids of $60,120 and $45,600 respectively. "There were solid results across the board, said Chris Ivy, Director of Sports Auctions for Heritage. "We saw some high-end items rocket past our pre-auction estimates, which bodes incredibly well for our upcoming winter Platinum Night auction to launch the 2019 auction season. Game worn jerseys indicated that the gridiron remains a bull market as a 1970s jersey from Dick Butkus sold ... More New exhibition showcases 50 years of architectural education through groundbreaking thesis workNEW YORK, NY.- Archive and Artifact: The Virtual and the Physical, an exhibition presented by The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art from October 23 through December 1, 2018, presents 50 years of undergraduate architectural thesis projects by students of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture. The exhibition draws together formative hand-drawn, born-digital, and three-dimensional works by luminary Cooper Union architecture graduates such as Elizabeth Diller AR79, Laurie Hawkinson AR83, and Daniel Libeskind AR70, among a range of other luminaries that have studied in the schools halls. In tandem with the projects presented in physical form, the exhibition includes an exclusive preview of the Architecture Archives emerging database of its Student Work Collection, which houses a total of 534 thesis projects documented ... More Metro Pictures presents a selection of new work by Berlin-based artist Nina BeierNEW YORK, NY.- Metro Pictures presents a selection of new work by Berlin-based artist Nina Beier in her second exhibition at the gallery. Beiers work unfolds the histories enmeshed with serially produced objects and materials. She is drawn to those that have continually mutated and evolved as a result of transcultural exchange, reflecting on the fluctuating value assigned to them throughout the world at different times in history. The artists work offers space to contemplate the many and divergent meanings embedded and projected onto these objects. For example, her sculptural arrangements equally consider the cigar as handmade object, historically traded good, and symbol of power; they exist between an object, its representation, and our interpretation of it. The eponymously titled series Baby comprises large waterbed mattresses suspended from ... More Pace Gallery opens a major survey exhibition of pioneering artist Robert WhitmanNEW YORK, NY.- Pace Gallery is presenting a major survey exhibition of pioneering artist Robert Whitman. Encompassing works on paper, early films, sculptures, laser projections, and mixed-media and video installations, the exhibition spans over six decades of Whitmans innovative career, which has consistently pushed the boundaries of contemporary art. Since his emergence as part of New Yorks downtown art scene in the late 1950s alongside artists such as Lucas Samaras, Allan Kaprow, Claes Oldenburg, and Jim Dine, Whitman has continually engaged new technologies and challenged traditional genre conventions. Robert Whitman: 61 is on view October 26 through December 22, 2018 at 510 West 25th Street. On the occasion of the exhibition, Whitman will perform a new work, Seoul New York: Kids Exchange, at Culture Hub from November 30 December ... More Federico Herrero presents a series of new paintings on canvas at James CohanNEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan is presenting Open Alphabet, an exhibition of new work by Federico Herrero, at the gallerys Chelsea location from Thursday, October 25 through Friday, December 21. Open Alphabet is Herreros first solo exhibition at James Cohan. Federico Herrero investigates the ways in which color shapes our lived environment, understanding painting as an extension of landscape. In his works, which range from small canvases to immersive installations and monumental public murals, primordial planes of vivid color shift and settle into irregular shapes. Herrero views painting, at any scale, as a process that is continuously evolving and never complete. His paintings often transcend the confines of the canvas or the vertical wall and extend to the horizontal planes of the floor, ceiling, windows and beyondinto public spaces and urban ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Irish painter Francis Bacon was born October 28, 1909. Francis Bacon (28 October 1909 - 28 April 1992) was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his emotionally charged, raw imagery. He is best known for his depictions of popes, crucifixions, and portraits of close friends. His abstracted figures are typically isolated in geometrical cages, set against flat, nondescript backgrounds. In this image: Francis Bacon, Study for Portrait, 1977, oil and dry transfer lettering on canvas, 78 x 58⅛ in. (198.2 x 147.7 cm.). Estimate on Request. © Christie's Images Limited 2018.
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