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Curator of Van Gogh paintings at the Van Gogh Museum Nienke Bakker looks at the painting "Portrait of Doctor Felix Rey", part of the exhibition "On the Verge of Insanity", at the museum in Amsterdam on July 12, 2016. Amsterdam's renowned Van The Van Gogh Museum unveiled a new exhibition on July 12 focusing on Vincent's final 18 months of mental anguish before he shot himself in 1890, including the suspected gun he used in his suicide. Robin van Lonkhuijsen / ANP / AFP.
THE HAGUE (AFP).- Amsterdam's renowned Van Gogh Museum unveiled a new exhibition Tuesday focusing on Vincent's final 18 months of mental anguish before he shot himself in 1890, including the suspected gun he used in his suicide. Called "On the Verge of Insanity", the exhibition seeks to answer questions such as why Van Gogh cut off his ear, and the precise nature of his mental illness that ultimately led to his death in Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris at the age of 37. One of the most interesting exhibition pieces is the small-calibre revolver believed to have been the weapon Van Gogh used to shoot himself in the chest. "The small, badly corroded revolver from a private collection and being shown for the first time, might be the weapon with which Van Gogh sought to end his life," the Van Gogh Museum said. Vincent shot himself on July 27, 1890 and m ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Brazilian designers Fernando (L) and Humberto Campana pose for pictures at their studio in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 4, 2016. The Campana Brothers make furniture out of ordinary materials including scrap and waste products such as cardboard, rope, cloth and wood scraps, plastic tubes and aluminium wire. Miguel Schincariol / AFP
| Getty Museum opens exhibition of illuminated manuscripts | | Gerald Peters Gallery announces the exhibition Jun Kaneko: SCALED | | Auschwitz museum says no to Pokemon Go |
Attributed to the Master of the Antiphonary of San Giovanni Fuorcivitas (Italian, active 2nd quarter of 14th century), Initial A: Christ Wiping the Tears from the Eyes of the Saved, about 1330 - 1340. Tempera colors and gold. Leaf: 13.5 Ã 13.5 cm (5 5/16 Ã 5 5/16 in.) Accession No. 2015.57.recto. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 113, recto.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Medieval and Renaissance manuscript illuminators sought to convey spiritual experiences through paint, ink, and gold in order to condense biblical narratives or complex prophecies into understandable images. Drawn primarily from the J. Paul Getty Museums extraordinary collection of manuscripts, this exhibition focuses on aspects of medieval spirituality that can be difficult to translate visually, including miraculous encounters with the divine, grand visions of the end of time, the intricacies of belief, and the intimate communications of prayer. Things Unseen: Vision, Belief, and Experience in Illuminated Manuscripts will be on view at the Getty Museum through September 25, 2016. Rather than attempting ... More | |
Jun Kaneko, Untitled, Danfo, 2012. Glazed ceramic, 75" H x 74" W x 24" D. Photo: Colin Conces.
SANTA FE, NM.- No stranger to scale, Jun Kaneko, who came to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s California Contemporary Ceramics Movement, is considered a pioneer in the world of large scale ceramics. On exhibition is four of Kanekos recent dangos. Measuring nearly 6 feet tall and weighing nearly 1,500 lbs, each dango takes nearly 4 months to dry and up to 37-days to fire. These monumental works acknowledge the skill and achievements of the artist. In contrast to the giant dangos, the gallery will also present Kanekos recent small works called constructions, built together with up to three separate shapes, often measuring no greater than 1 foot in each direction. However, regardless of size, each sculpture, whether large or small, carries the distinct flavor of Kaneko. Much of this distinction is owed to a decision Kaneko made early in his career to restrict his color palette. Black, white, gray, red, light blue, golden yellow and metallic bronze remain the fundamental ... More | |
A woman plays the Pokemon Go mobile game on her smart phone in a car in Berlin on July 13, 2016. The Pokemon Go mobile gaming craze reached European fans with players in Germany the first to get their hands on the augmented reality sensation. Sophia Kembowski / dpa / AFP.
WARSAW (AFP).- The Auschwitz museum said Wednesday it had asked the makers of the popular Pokemon Go augmented reality game to block players at the former Nazi death camp out of respect for the dead. The mobile game, which involves collecting 250 cartoon "pocket monsters" by physically moving around in real life, has turned into a global sensation since appearing on July 5. The museum in southern Poland said it had asked the studio Niantic Labs, which developed the game, to remove Auschwitz from the application's possible locations. "We find this kind of activity inappropriate. It's here that hundreds of thousands of people suffered: Jews, Poles, Roma, Russians and individuals from other nations," museum spokesman Pawel Sawicki told AFP. "Generally speaking, ... More |
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| Two Hellenistic treasures to remain on view at The Met for two more years | | Mayor of London nominates London Underground logo into collection | | Brazil's designer brothers turn chaos into art |
Fragmentary Colossal Head of a Youth. Greek, Hellenistic period, 2nd century B.C. Marble. Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (AvP VII 283). Images: © SMB / Antikensammlung.
NEW YORK, NY.- Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced today that two ancient marble sculptures from the famed collection of the Pergamon Museum (Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) will remain on loan to The Met for two years. The works are currently among the highlights of the exhibition Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World (on view through July 17). After the exhibition closes, the two sculpturesa monumental statue of the goddess Athena and a fragmentary colossal head of a youth, both carved in the second century B.C.will be displayed on the southern side of the Museum's Great Hall and in The Robert and Renée Belfer Court, respectively. They will be on view from early August until fall 2018. "Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World has been an ... More | |
The Roundel first appeared on Underground station platforms in 1908 and has become one of London's most iconic symbols.
LONDON.- The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today nominated the Roundel into the Design Museum permanent collection display. The Roundel has been the logo for the London Underground tube network for over 100 years and will now form part of the free to visit permanent exhibition at the new Design Museum, when it opens in the former Commonwealth Institute on Kensington High Street on 24 November 2016. Selected for the museum's Crowdsourced Wall, the Roundel will sit amongst 300 objects nominated by the general public as their favourite design pieces. Due to be announced later this month, nominations have so far included furniture, fashion and even food. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: World-leading design and creativity is showcased across the capital on our streets, in our buildings and even on the Tube. One of the most iconic symbols in London is undoubtedly the Roundel. ... More | |
Brazilian designers Humberto (L) and Fernando Campana pose for pictures at their studio in Sao Paulo. Miguel Schincariol / AFP.
SAO PAULO (AFP).- Designers Humberto and Fernando Campana improvise and explore in their quest for strange new creations. But their biggest inspiration is on their doorstep: everyday, discarded objects in their colorful and chaotic homeland, Brazil. Armchairs made from rag dolls, stuffed toy crocodiles or hundreds of yards of woven rope are among the offbeat creations that have made the brothers renowned in the design world. In their sun-flooded Sao Paulo studio, a team of artisans sews leather and brushes fleeces that will cover new items of furniture, while others enter data on computers. "This is a laboratory," says Humberto, the elder of the brothers at 63. "We are always seeking new forms of expression." The key to their work is surprising the viewer by their choice of materials. They make sofas out of cardboard and turn plastic packaging into chairs. One of their signature works, the "Favela," is an armchair ... More |
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| South Korean artist Haegue Yang exhibits at Pompidou Centre | | Roman prison with holy inmates reopens to public | | Heinz Mack's "The Sky Over Nine Columns" travels to Valencia |
South Korean artist Haegue Yang poses under her installation at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris on July 5, 2016. Thomas SAMSON / AFP.
PARIS.- The Centre Pompidou is hosting a large-scale commissioned blind installation, Lingering Nous by Haegue Yang (Seoul, 1971) at the Forum. Known for her prolific and versatile mode of practice across various media, from paper collage to performative sculptures, Yangs artistic explorations stem from material-based concerns, accompanied by philosophical, emotionally charged, and idiosyncratic readings of historical events and figures. The Forum, the site of Lingering Nous, is a unique physical and social space within the institution. Encompassing a vast volume spanning three levels of the lobby, it is also freely accessible to all. Lingering Nous engages with this total openness through Yangs handling of abstraction as an ending point, as, depending on ones viewpoint, it immerses within or emerges from the lobbys trench-like space. Yangs blind installations, her most notable work category ... More | |
A photo taken on July 13, 2016 shows the exterior of the Mamertine Prison (in antiquity the Tullianum). GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP.
ROME (AFP).- An ancient Roman prison which boasts a couple of saints as former inmates reopened in the heart of the eternal city Wednesday after three years of excavation and painstaking restoration works. The Mamertine Prison, which sits on the slope of the Capitoline Hill, was used as a holding cell for short periods before executions and, according to legend, briefly housed both Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Saint Peter was reputed even to have performed baptisms in a spring at the bottom of the prison before his crucifixion -- though there is no historical or archaeological evidence to support the claim. The prison, built around 640 BC, now lies under the San Giuseppe dei Falegnami church, and as such belongs to and is managed by the Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi (ORP), a branch of the Vicariate of Rome and organ of the Vatican. "We are very proud to return this place of detention and prayer to the city ... More | |
Heinz Mack, The Sky Over Nine Columns, CAC Valencia 2016, Private collection, courtesy Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, photo: Alfonso Calza Pictures.
VALENCIA.- After the notable and impressive presentations in Venice (2014), followed by Istanbul (2015/2016), the monumental installation The Sky Over Nine Columns by Heinz Mack is on view in Valencia at Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias (City of Arts and Sciences) until November 2016. The contrast between Santiago Calatrava's bright white and futuristic archticture and the lucid, golden steles by Heinz Mack is becoming the crucial point of the presentation at this new location. The journey of this exceptional large-scale sculpture to unique places all over the world is a long-term art project, planned and realized by the Ralph Dommermuth Stiftung Kunst und Kultur in cooperation with Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art. St. Moritz, Athens, Tel Aviv, Chicago and Sydney are in discussion as further locations. The exhibition is curated by Kosme de Barañano. The Sky ... More |
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| John Glenn's in-flight instructions used for Mercury-Atlas 6 mission to be auctioned | | Armen Eloyan's first solo exhibition in the UK since 2009 on view at Timothy Taylor | | New Cantor exhibition presents works by eminent artists that influenced Californians' attitudes about water |
Glenn became the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth in the Friendship 7 Mercury spacecraft.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Astronaut John Glenns in-flight instructions used on the historic 1962 Mercury-Atlas 6 mission will be auctioned by Nate D. Sanders on July 21. Interested bidders may participate in the auction online. Glenn used the instructions for the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission on February 20, 1962. The instructions include a chronological flight plan composed of detailed celestial bodies and geographical landmarks, which allowed Glenn to track the flights position during the 4 hour and 55-minute mission. Glenn was also instructed at which point during the duration of the mission to take photos. The instructions include an in-flight checklist directing Glenn to do various tasks such as change the film, color filter, put on a helmet and exercise. The document is attached to a bobbin at each end, which forms a scroll. Glenn was able to move it back and forth with his thumb during the mission. Glenn gave t ... More | |
Armen Eloyan Statue, 2016 (detail). Bronze, 186 x 33 x 57cm, ed. of 3 + 2AP. © Armen Eloyan, Courtesy Timothy Taylor.
LONDON.- Timothy Taylor announced its summer exhibition by Armen Eloyan, entitled Garden. This is the artists third exhibition with the gallery, and his first solo exhibition in the UK since 2009. Eloyans images whether in painting, illustration or sculpture draw from broad pop-cultural references that can be universally read, regardless of ones cultural background or language constraints. The artists use of humour to confront broadly existential problems makes his work both immediately accessible and simultaneously unsettling. Similarly, Eloyans titles are either entirely ambiguous or absolutely descriptive. For example, the watercolour series, A while ago the elephant ordered the ants to make him a burger (2009) includes images of wooden doors, cigarettes, obscure cartoonish figures and dismembered body parts, while Man Dressed as a Wolf (2007) is a ... More | |
William Marple (1827-1910 ), Mount Tamalpais from Napa Slough, 1869 (detail). Oil on canvas, 20 x 32 in. California Historical Society.
STANFORD, CA.- From July 13 to November 28, 2016, the Cantor Arts Center presents California: The Art of Water, a major new exhibition devoted to artistic portrayals of Californias most precious resource. Featuring more than 50 works made by eminent artists and photographers including Albert Bierstadt, David Hockney, William Keith, Richard Misrach and Carleton Watkins, California: The Art of Water explores objects made over the last two centuries that helped to shape ideas about water in California. It includes pictures of pristine waterways in the wilderness and depictions of the immense and growing system of waterworks that the states towns, cities and agriculture requiredtitanic dams and aqueducts that ran for hundreds of miles. The exhibition links visions of natural beauty and progress with depictions of places where patterns of water use created ... More |
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Enter the dragon: Bonhams reveals Aston Martin's ultimate race car
LONDON.- The fierce Red Dragon Aston Martin Speed Model is revealed as an early consignment for Bonhams Goodwood Revival Sale, taking place 10 September 2016. The historical racing car has an outstanding competition history that includes the Italian Mille Miglia, the RAC Tourist Trophy in Ulster, and Frances famed Le Mans 24-Hour race. It is estimated at £1,600,000-2,000,000. Built in 1936, the Red Dragon was tailor-made to be the ultimate Ulster Aston Martin, the car created for the British driver, Richard Dick Seaman, to challenge Germanys sophisticated new BMW 328s in the most important UK race of the period: the RAC TT on the Ards circuit in Northern Ireland. Unfortunately, a win with the Aston wasnt to be. The car was subsequently sold to Dutch owner/driver, Eddie Hertzberger, a few years later. He competed in this Aston ... More
Art Hamptons closes 9th edition
BRIDGEHAMPTON, NY.- Art Hamptons concluded its 9th edition, reporting strong attendance and sales. Returning for the second time to a private estate in Bridgehampton, the Hamptons longest running fair demonstrated its strength as a leading modern and contemporary art fair, drawing crowds of roughly 6,500 attendees throughout the weekend. In its first year under the leadership of Urban Expositions, the 2016 edition included a significant number of returning exhibitors with nearly 70% returning from previous years, alongside new exhibitors, including a contingent of Cuban galleries. Art Hamptons 2016 closed on a high note Sunday, with the majority of exhibitors reporting robust sales, and guests enjoying the luxurious location behind the hedges on the private estate grounds of Maria and Kenneth Fishel - amongst some of the most exclusive real estate the ... More
Michael De Feo assembles 34 works of art for first exhibition at Danziger Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Best known in the street art movement for his ubiquitous flower images, artist Michael De Feo has been creating artworks on the streets for nearly 25 years. Inhabiting a space between fine art and street art, De Feos iconic flower symbols have graced the covers of magazines and been exhibited in museums around the world. Most recently, De Feo has begun to re-work fashion imagery - from magazine ads to bus shelter billboards - painting cascades of multicolored petals onto the existing printed image. A graphic intervention at once subversive and joyful, De Feo brings new life to his source material while at the same time remaining respectful to the source and the subject. With the rise of social media, De Feos work has become widely known and as fashion brands embrace artists with large social media followings, De Feo has been asked to work for ... More
UNESCO raises alarm over Malian earthen town, Uzbek monuments
ISTANBUL (AFP).- The UN's cultural agency on Wednesday added Mali's legendary earthen buildings to its heritage-in-danger list, saying a lack of security was preventing conservation of the site, and also expressed concern over the impact of tourism on monuments in Uzbekistan. Mali's old towns of Djenne, 570 kilometres (350 miles) northeast of the capital Bamako, have been inhabited since 250 BC and are characterised by the extraordinary use of earth in their architecture. The houses, roughly 2,000 of which have survived, are built on a small hill to protect them from seasonal flooding. UNESCO said that the 40th meeting of its World Heritage Committee in Istanbul decided to place the site on its list of world heritage in danger. "The Committee has expressed concern over the property, which is situated in an area affected by insecurity," UNESCO said in a statement. ... More
60 years of presidential political ads demonstrate their emotional pull
TOLEDO, OH.- How do political ads expressly appeal to the hopes and fears of voters during presidential election seasons? An art museum in a swing county, in a key battleground state, decided it was time to find out. I Approve This Message: Decoding Political Ads is a free, eye-opening exhibition for all ages that debuts July 14 at the Toledo Museum of Art, just days before the Republican and Democratic national conventions. It continues through Election Day, Nov. 8. The first-of-its-kind art museum exhibition explores in-depth this timely topic by examining how political ads combine images, music, effects and language to evoke specific emotions and capture votes. Using video, graphics and interactive media, the exhibition reflects recent behavioral studies and shows how emotional triggers may impact rational thinking. As a thought-leader in the field of visual ... More
Collection of noted art collector & patron, Olga Hirshhorn gifted to Arts-Naples
NAPLES, FLA.- The estate of Olga Hirshhorn has gifted her Naples Art Collection to the ArtisNaples, a cultural organization equally dedicated to the visual (The Baker Museum) and performing arts (Naples Philharmonic Orchestra) located in Naples on the West Coast of Florida. With more than 400 works, the Olga Hirshhorn collection represents a lifetime of amassing art by one of the most important collecting couples in American history. Idiosyncratic and specific, the works donated come from Hirshhorns Naples home represent the art with which she chose to surround herself. From pre-Columbian artifacts to whimsical drawings by friend Pablo Picasso, along with work from Willem de Kooning, Josef Albers, Ed Ruscha and Kara Walker, the gift represents a substantial addition to The Baker Museums permanent collection. Key works can define an artist, a style or an era. But ... More
Solo exhibition by British artist Nick Gentry opens at C24 Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- C24 Gallery announces Psychic Compound, a solo exhibition by British artist, Nick Gentry. The exhibition marks Gentrys first solo show with C24 Gallery. On view is a new series of portraits constructed from recycled technological materials, mounted on light boxes. Psychic Compound is on exhibit July 12th through September 2nd, 2016. Using obsolete technologies like 35mm film negatives, VHS cassettes, X-ray prints, and floppy discs, Gentrys work comments on the rapidity and scope of contemporary technological shifts. These materials, sourced directly from individuals all over the world, come togetherin one formto suggest a compound of shared experiences. Paul Laster writes of Gentrys portraits, Creating a new form of portraiture thats influenced by the development of the technology, identity and cyber culture in contemporary society, ... More
1966 race car project sells for over £80,000, three times its estimate at H&H Classics auction
LONDON.- A dilapidated garage find example of a rare car that burst onto the 1960s racing scene a Costin Nathan was sold by H&H Classics at their Chateau Impney sale on Sunday July 10th for over £80,000. It had been estimated to fetch £25,000 to £30,000. The car emerged from its 45-year slumber when a Manchester company carried out a house clearance. Racing as both a Spyder and GT in the 1960s, the two-seater now requires total restoration. Appearing to be substantially complete, it comes with a highly prized Hewland MK5 gearbox and Ford-based Twin-Cam engine in pieces. Despite its short career, the Costin-Nathan proved to be a very capable racer. Surviving examples showcase Costin's unique talent for designing lightweight and very aerodynamic racers. The car is the original Works Prototype as raced with considerable success by Roger Nathan in ... More
Lincoln's gift to Jackie Kennedy at Mecum Monterey
WALWORTH, WIS.- The event will be headlined by a spectacular array of supercars and sports cars from makers such as Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, McLaren, Ford, Bugatti and Aston Martin. Classics from such renowned automotive marques as Duesenberg, Packard and Peugeot will also highlight the sale, while a select array of superbly turned out racing cars will be sprinkled throughout. But thats not all a tremendous selection of pony cars, muscle cars and Corvettes will make up some of the 600 cars on offer, while the auction boasts 50 of the finest collectible motorcycles from around the world. Its one of the finest selections Mecum Auctions has ever offered in Monterey. Ford Motor Company loaned this 1961 Lincoln Continental Convertible to the White House for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedys personal use during the John F. Kennedy presidency. ... More
Women on paper money? Heritage Auctions shows women have appeared on currency for nearly 70 years
DALLAS, TX.- As the United States readies itself for a first woman to be pictured on its paper money in at least a century, several rare notes offered during Heritage Auctions' American Numismatic Association Currency Auction Aug. 10-16 show women played an integral role in our money for more than 60 years. "Bringing women back to United States Currency is a welcome change," said Dustin Johnston, Director of Currency Auctions at Heritage, "and there is no shortage of candidates worthy of the honor. What few people realize, is that 15 woman's signatures have appeared on every piece of currency issued in the United States since the late 1940s." Ever since 1949, the position of United States Treasurer has been occupied by a woman, and thus each Treasurer's signature is added to all issued currency. Take the Serial No. 1 Presentation Set bestowed to U.S. Treasurer ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Czech painter and decorative artist Alphonse Mucha died July 14, 1939. Alfons Maria Mucha (24 July 1860 - 14 July 1939), known in English as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, known best for his distinct style. He produced many paintings, illustrations, advertisements, postcards, and designs. This is the Art Nouveau gallery at the Milestones of Modernism exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, as seen June 30, 1999. The rocking chair is from 1880, made in Austria. The poster is by Alphonse Mucha, a French painter and one of the leading artists of this period.
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