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A woman visits the exhibition Jean-Michel Basquiat, a retrospective on Jean-Michel Basquiats career from graffiti in New York to more complex work, on October 27, 2016 at the Mudec Museum in Milan. The show runs til February 26, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / GIUSEPPE CACACE.
by Céline Cornu
MILAN (AFP).- New York's Eighties art scene is coming to Milan with a show dedicated to the late Haitian-American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose works now sell for phenomenal sums. From his child-like skull and crown paintings to his poetic and enigmatic anatomical depictions, the Museum of Culture in the north Italian city is holding a retrospective until February into the works of the art prodigy who died from a drug overdose aged just 27. Born in 1960 in Brooklyn to a Haitian father and Puerto Rican mother, the young, handsome Basquiat became one of the most celebrated and influential artists of his generation, leaving more than 2,000 drawings or paintings. "Basquiat conquered the world" with his "genius", said Gianni Mercurio, who co-curated the exhibition with Jeffery Deitch, who had been one of the painter's friends. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day General view of the "Under the Cherry Moon" and "Graffiti Bridge" Room of Prince's Paisley Park Museum during a media preview tour on November 2, 2016 in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Adam Bettcher/Getty Images/AFP
| Exhibition at National Maritime Museum focuses on the tragic life of Emma Hamilton | | MoMA publishes the complete set of photocollages created by Josef Albers at the Bauhaus | | Magneuptychia pax: New butterfly name dedicated to the Colombian peace process |
Emma Hamilton ® National Portrait Gallery.
GREENWICH.- On 3 November, the National Maritime Museum opens a major exhibition focussing on the remarkable and ultimately tragic life of Emma Hamilton - at her height she was one of the most famous international celebrities of her time. Emma Hamilton will always be remembered as the mistress who captured the heart of the Nations hero, Horatio Nelson. However, this is only one part of her extraordinary life. Emma captivated Europe with her beauty and achievements and was feted by kings and queens. Yet in the end she was imprisoned for debt and died in exile in Calais. Emmas compelling story will be explored through over 200 objects, on loan from public and private lenders, many of which have never been on public display before, and from the National Maritime Museums own pre-eminent collections. The exhibition brings together a wealth of paintings, personal letters, prints and caricatures, costume and je ... More | |
Cover of One and One Is Four: The Bauhaus Photocollages of Josef Albers published by The Museum of Modern Art.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art announces the release of One and One Is Four: The Bauhaus Photocollages of Josef Albers, the first publication to reproduce all 70 photocollages created by Josef Albers at the Bauhaus using photographs he made between 1928 and 1932. Hailed in his own lifetime as among the most important figures of 20th-century art, both as a practitioner and as a teacher at the Bauhaus, Black Mountain College, and Yale University, Albers (18881976) achieved widespread acclaim across a range of mediums, from glassworks and furniture design to printmaking and painting. Yet Alberss engagement with modernist photography remained largely hidden until after his death, and it is only now that the entire series of unique photocollages the artist produced at the famed ... More | |
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (R) is presented with a framed picture of a new species of ringlet butterfly found in the Amazon. Jack Taylor / POOL / AFP.
LONDON.- Scientists have identified a distinctive new species of ringlet butterfly and named it Magneuptychia pax in recognition of the ongoing peace process in Colombia, where the butterfly lives. The species epithet pax means peace in Latin. The butterfly was discovered by a team of experts from Colombia, Peru, USA and the UK, led by Dr Blanca Huertas, Senior Curator of butterflies at the Museum. Their findings are published in the scientific journal Conservación Colombiana. The team announced the new species name on a day of significant talks between UK and Colombian delegations about biodiversity, sustainability and scientific collaboration, hosted by the Museum. Dr Huertas says, 'The name of this butterfly, Magneuptychia pax, is dedicated to the peace process ... More |
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| Eskenazi exhibits 24 important antiquities spanning 2,500 years of Chinese history | | 50 years on, Florence recalls its 'Angels of the Mud' | | Galerie Perrotin opens first solo exhibition of Julio Le Parc in New York since 1973 |
Archaic Jade Notched Disc. Late Neolithic, Shang period, 2000-1500 BC. Diameter: 33.0cm.
LONDON.- From 3 to 25 November 2016, Eskenazi will present an exhibition of 24 works of early Chinese art at their gallery at 10 Clifford Street, London. Highlighting the creative brilliance of Chinese artisans over a 2,500-year period from the late Neolithic era (circa 2000 BC) to the Tang dynasty (618 AD - 907 AD), the exhibition will include a number of highly important pieces in bronze, gold, silver, jade and bone, all sourced from private collections. The most diverse exhibition of early Chinese art to be held at Eskenazi since 2003, it includes a core of ancient bronze vessels, artworks coveted by collectors since the advent of antiquarian scholarship in the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD). Previous owners of works in the exhibition include renowned collectors from the 19th and 20th centuries, including Luo Zhenyu, Bernard Berenson, Adolphe Stoclet and Lord Cunliffe, with more recent prized provenances of the 21st century ... More | |
This file photo taken on November 13, 2012 shows the high level of the river Arno on November 13, 2012 in Florence. CLAUDIO GIOVANNINI / AFP.
FLORENCE (AFP).- Fifty years after the river Arno burst its banks with devastating consequences, Florence will this week remember the Angels of the Mud who came to save the Italian city's artistic treasures. The army of cultural rescue volunteers came from all over and, half a century later, the events of November 4, 1966 and its aftermath still burn bright in the memory of Antonina Bargellini. "There is not one Florentine who is not moved when the subject of the disaster comes up," recalls the 72-year-old, whose late father, Piero, was mayor of the city at the time. "We were living in the neighbourhood around the Santa Croce church," she said. "I can remember being with my brothers and sisters watching the water come into our garden and then rising up to five metres high. We had a roaring river crashing against our doors." Bargellini also recalls vividly her ... More | |
Julio Le Parc, Alchimie 334" 2016. Acrylic on canvas 200 x 200 cm / 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 inches Photo © Studio Sébert © Julio Le Parc / ADAGP, Paris & ARS, New York, 2016. Courtesy Galerie Perrotin.
NEW YORK, NY.- Galerie Perrotin presents the first solo exhibition of Julio Le Parc in New York since 1973. This will be the final exhibition at the Madison Avenue gallery before relocating to 130 Orchard Street on the Lower East Side in April 2017. A co-founder in 1960 in Paris of the influential collective, Groupe de Recherche dArt Visuel (GRAV) along with Horacio Garcia Rossi, Francisco Sobrino, François Morellet, Joël Stein and Jean-Pierre Vasarely (Yvaral), Julio Le Parc is a major figure of historical importance within Kinetic and Contemporary Art. Complementing the historical survey at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, from November 18, 2016 to March 19, 2017, Galerie Perrotin will show Julio Le Parcs newest series of paintings, Alchimies, as well as select iconic installations, illustrating fifty years of relevant art practice ... More |
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| Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites unveils $18.2 million capital campaign | | Steven Kasher Gallery exhibits vintage black and white portraits of immigrants on Ellis Island | | Phillips hosts exhibition of Latin American art in Miami |
Step Inside a log cabin in the Indiana State Museum.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- Today, Tom King, president and CEO of the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, introduced the public phase of INVision, a comprehensive capital campaign to cover renovations of core exhibition galleries in the museum as well as historic site projects around the state. The announcement came during a stakeholder preview of the renovations that included a talk from Laura Lott, President and CEO of the American Alliance of Museums, Washington, DC. The museum has raised $15.7 million to date and is looking to raise an additional $2.5 million to complete the campaign projects and establish an endowment for the museum system. The five-phase plan will be complete in 2019, in time for the museum to celebrate its 150th anniversary. Now that the INVision campaign efforts are public, were focusing on engaging the organizations and individuals who would like to support the museum and sites, said Tom King, Indiana Sta ... More | |
Augustus Sherman, Italian Boy, 1905-1920. Vintage gelatin silver print, printed ca. 1905-1920. 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. Typed inscription "Italian" verso.
NEW YORK, NY.- Steven Kasher Gallery announces Augustus Sherman: Aliens or Americans?, an exhibition featuring 35 vintage black and white portraits of immigrants on Ellis Island made by Augustus Sherman between 1905 and 1920. This is the first U.S. exhibition and first gallery exhibition of Shermans work. This exhibition gives historical context to Donald Trumps populist disparagement of immigrants as undesirable aliens. Sherman, who was Chief Clerk at Ellis Island Immigration Station, made these sympathetic portraits to promote the services of his organization. However they were also used, without attribution, in various anti-immigrant publications that asserted that America would fall apart under the pressure of these so called aliens. For instance, in 1906 Shermans images were used in the book Aliens or Americans? by Baptist minister ... More | |
Carlos Cruz-Diez, b. 1923, Physichromie No. 1020, 1975 (detail). Estimate: $400,000-600,000. Image courtesy Phillips.
MIAMI, FLA.- Phillips announced the four-day exhibition of over 30 works in Miami from the upcoming Latin American Art auction. Artworks by artists such as Lygia Pape, Antonio Dias, Carlos Cruz-Diez, and Olga de Amaral will all be included in the preview. The exhibition, which is completely free and open to the public, will take place from Thursday, 3 November, to Sunday, 6 November at the Palm Court event space, 140 NE 39th Street, Miami. Kaeli Deane, Phillips Head of Sale, Latin American Art, said, It is a privilege to have the opportunity to bring such exciting works of art to the public in Miami again this season. Always a tremendous supporter of the visual arts, the Miami Design District is an ideal setting for this important exhibition of Latin American masterworks. Were particularly excited for collectors and art enthusiasts in the area to view Olga de Amarals Poblado K, proceeds from ... More |
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| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts opens "World War I and American Art" | | Sotheby's to offer property from the Collection of Joan Oestreich Kend | | Annely Juda Fine Art opens exhibition by the British sculptor Nigel Hall |
Marsden Hartley (18771943), Berlin Ante War, 1914. Oil on canvas with painted wood frame, 41 ¾ à 34 ½ in. Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Gift of Ferdinand Howald, 1931.173.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts presents its ground-breaking exhibition World War I and American Art, on view in the Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building at 128 N. Broad Street from November 4, 2016 through April 9, 2017. The first major museum exhibition to revisit this unprecedented global event through the eyes of American artists, World War I and American Art will show how American artists translated their wartime experience, opinions, and perceptions in works that chronicle this transformative moment in American culture. The wars impact on art and culture was multifaceted, as American artists spoke out against it, participated as soldiers on the battlefield and workers on the home front, designed enlistment posters and camouflage, served as official artists documenting the war, and helped shape postwar society ... More | |
A Pair of Famille-Rose Porcelain Figures from the Qing Dynasty. Estimate: $150/250,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys announced that it will offer Property from the Collection of Joan Oestreich Kend across a series of auctions beginning this November in New York. This family collection reflects a generations-long affinity for acquiring works of fine and decorative art and jewelry, characterized by a high level of taste and connoisseurship across a range of collecting categories including Impressionist & Modern Art, Chinese Works of Art, and Americana. The collection is led by Pablo Picassos Le Peintre et son modèle, a large-scale painting from 1963 that was acquired by Mrs. Kends father Charles Oestreich nearly a half a century ago. The work will highlight Sothebys Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art in New York on 14 November 2016, when it is estimated to sell for $12/18 million. Le Peintre et son modèle will be on public view beginning this Friday in Sothebys York Avenue galleries, ... More | |
Nigel Hall, Southern Shade V, 2014. Painted steel, Ed. 1/3, 180.5 x 170 x 49.3 cm. © Nigel Hall and Courtesy Annely Juda Fine Art.
LONDON.- Annely Juda Fine Art announces an exhibition by the British sculptor, Nigel Hall, RA. The show will consist of sculptures and drawings, including a new installation which furthers Halls explorations into the polarities of internal and external form. Halls works, principally made of polished wood or steel, are concerned with three dimensional space, mass and line. His abstract and geometric sculptures give as much prominence to voids and shadows as to the solidity of material and each work changes with light and viewpoint, reflecting the landscapes that inspired them. Halls grandfather was a stone mason and witnessing him cutting into a piece of Bath stone, Hall observed that the process created three elements: a line, an edge and a shadow. This magical realisation set him on a lifetimes exploration of spatial and material ambiguity. Halls most recent work in the ... More |
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MACBA presents "Hard Gelatin: Hidden Stories from the 80s"
BARCELONA.- The Museu dArt Contemporani de Barcelona presents Hard Gelatin. Hidden Stories from the 80s, a revision of the hegemonic account of the period between 1977 and 1992 in Spain, questioned from todays perspective. It looks at a series of social, political and economic events in the history of that period, while presenting the work of a number of groups, cultural activists and artists who adopted subversion and a critical refutation of the established order. The project has been developed as part of LInternationale, a network of six European museums, which invited its members to propose a critical revision of the eighties within their own context. The exhibition brings to the fore some of the hidden stories by asking questions and challenging the official narrative and dominant discourses. It is structured around seven possible accounts: Forgotten memory, ... More
An exhibition of books, manuscripts, art, and jewellery opens at Shapero Rare Books
LONDON.- Bernard Shapero of Shapero Rare Books and Sandra Hindman of Les Enluminures present 2000 Years of Jewish Culture: an exhibition of books, manuscripts, art, and jewellery. A selling show, it is the first of its kind ever staged in the UK in a private space, and, accordingly, it is marked by the publication of a fully illustrated catalogue. It encompasses every aspect of Jewish life, including philosophy, religion, literature, photography, fine art and jewellery. Says curator Bela Goldenberg Taieb: Each of the assembled artifacts the oldest of which is a fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls is representative of a particular field of endeavour, and as such they collectively offer a truly compelling picture of the Jewish contribution to world culture.' The exhibition, which features over 100 objects, has been arranged over the basement, ... More
The horrors that drive African migration to Europe seen in contemporary African art at PIASA
PARIS.- African artists whose work includes images of migration will be much in evidence in the third sale of Contemporary African Art at PIASA, one of Frances most distinguished auction houses, on November 17 in Paris. Christophe Person, who heads the Contemporary African Art department at PIASA in the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré points out that the issue of migration is a major theme coming out of contemporary African art. It is hardly surprising that so many African artists feel compelled to paint this agony. For many it has been their only reality. As this theme of migration is universal it connects powerfully with international collectors. We need to remember that making art like this can cost you your freedom, even your life. An artist whose life embodies these issues is Aboudia. Often compared with Jean-Michel Basquiat, he was born in 1983 in Abidjan, Ivory ... More
Exhibition of new work by Liu Wei opens at Lehmann Maupin
NEW YORK, NY.- Lehmann Maupin announces an exhibition of new work by Liu Wei. The gallerys second exhibition with the Chinese artist is being shown in both its New York locations. Each space features an installation alongside new paintings in which Liu Wei continues his examination of the physiological and psychological conditions that shape reality. Over the past two decades, Liu Wei has resisted commitment to a specific medium or way of making, choosing instead to work with a wide range of media that facilitates the conceptual nature of his work. While many of his paintings, sculptures, installations, and videos reference Chinese culture and its modern landscape, his focus lies in universal issues affecting contemporary society, such as the transformative effect of urbanization on the landscape and unbalanced hierarchies of authority. Liu Wei approaches these concepts ... More
The Approach opens solo exhibition of selected works by British painter Patrick Caulfield
LONDON.- The Approach in association with Waddington Custot presents Stillness & Drama, a solo exhibition of selected works from the esteemed British painter Patrick Caulfield (19362005). The exhibition will include a group of both small and large paintings produced between the late 1980s and 1990s, reflecting Caulfields personal affection with public spaces and the still lives invoked within. Possessing a deep yet often nostalgic and melancholic mood through distinctive use of light, shadow and colour, the paintings resonate within their physical context (situated in the gallery above The Approach Tavern) through their reflective celebration of uninhabited social environments. Here, the atmospheric tone of Caulfields interiors is actualised through the spatial environment of the gallery and its neighbouring habitat. Writer, novelist and curator Michael Bracewell ... More
First solo museum exhibition of Sascha Braunig on view at MoMA PS1
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- MoMA PS1 presents an intimate exhibition of works by Canadian artist Sascha Braunig, on view through March 5, 2017. The artists first solo museum exhibition, Sascha Braunig: Shivers showcases Braunigs unique approach to studio portraiture across 24 works created in the last five years. Beginning with meticulously rendered paintings of fantastical sculptural constructions, the artist deploys a range of pictorial techniques to depict bodies under duress. The figures in her work are compressed by their environments, stretched and twisted across armatures, and often overwhelmed by their surroundings. Some are irradiated by industrial light, sutured into uncomfortable hybrids, and hollowed out. Drawing inspiration from the distorted bodies that litter the histories of modern painting, Braunig adapts these legacies to the discomforts and ... More
Japan rocket with manga art launches satellite into space
TOKYO (AFP).- A Japanese rocket that fired a weather satellite into space on Wednesday was decked out in colourful manga in a bid to raise awareness among kids about the wonders of the universe. The H-IIA rocket carrying the Himawari-9 weather satellite blasted into a cloudy sky at the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Kagoshima prefecture at 3:20 pm (0620 GMT). Japan's domestically developed mainstay rocket carried two pieces of manga artwork originally drawn by Chuya Koyama, known for his comic book on two brothers who dream about becoming astronauts. "We believe it's the first time in the world to launch a rocket with manga art on it," said Hirokazu Kosada of Young Astronauts Club Japan, the foundation that organised the rocket art project. The artworks were created by using 30,000 digital images of photographs and paintings sent by children ... More
Maccarone's first exhibition with Philadelphia-based artist Alex Da Corte opens in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Maccarone is presenting A Man Full of Trouble, the gallerys first exhibition with Philadelphia-based artist Alex Da Corte. Da Cortes current exhibition takes its name from the Pre-Revolutionary war tavern that stands in the heart of Philadelphias historic district. Using the privy, an archeological and scatological pit located near the A Man Full of Trouble tavern, as inspiration, Da Corte presents the world within such a portal; a place where memories, objects, past, and present aggregate and reconstitute. Collapsing the space between the psychological iconography of his outer Philadelphia upbringing and the cultural touchstones often used to define those suburban boundaries, Da Corte transforms 630 Greenwich Streets exhibition space with a menagerie of interrelated sculptures staged atop a carpet depicting a cinematic moment ... More
Christie's New York announces Prints & Multiples sale results
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announced strong results for the two-day sale of Prints & Multiples which took place from November 1-2 in New York. Beginning with the collection of surrealist prints assembled by Gilbert Kaplan, the sale totaled $10,372,188, with over three quarters of the lots sold. There was active bidding through all three channelslive, online, and phonewith global representation across buyers. The top lot of the sale was ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987), Mao, the complete set of ten screenprints in colors, 1972, which realized $1,207,500. World auction records were set for works by many artists including Donald Judd, Man Ray and Andy Warhol. DONALD JUDD (1928-1994), Untitled, the complete set of ten woodcuts in cadmium red light, on Okawara paper, 1988. Price Realized: $283,500 WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR A PRINT BY THE ARTIST ... More
Jeremy Shaw wins the 2016 Sobey Art Award
OTTAWA.- The jury for the 2016 Sobey Art Award have announced Jeremy Shaw, representing the West Coast & Yukon region, as the winner of the CA$50,000 top prize. He is the thirteenth Canadian contemporary artist under the age of 40 to win the annual award, Canada's prestigious contemporary art prize for young artists. The announcement was made during a gala event held last night at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. The Award was presented to Shaw by last year's winner, Abbas Akhavan. The jury issued the following statement about Jeremy Shaw's achievement: "Jeremy Shaw's work speaks to a fundamental longing for transcendence. He creates and reflects extraordinary experiences and shows us how art can translate what is challenging to articulate. We are pleased to announce Jeremy Shaw as the winner of the 2016 Sobey Art Award" Jeremy ... More
ICP's Spotlights Luncheon honors photographer/filmmaker Laurie Simmons
NEW YORK, NY.- Honoree Laurie Simmons was celebrated for her contributions to visual culture by the 350-person crowd including: Molly Ringwald (actress/singer/writer) and her husband, Panio Gianopoulus; Simmons husband, Tip Dunham and her daughter, Lena Dunham (actor/writer); Candice Bergen (actress); Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney; Zoe Buckman (artist); Richard Armstrong (director, Guggenheim Museum); Claudia Gould (director, Jewish Museum); Stefano Tonchi (editor, W Magazine); Debbie Wilpon (philanthropist); Elizabeth Mayhew (lifestyle expert); Stephanie Ingrassia (art patron); Martin Bell (filmmaker and husband of late photographer Mary Ellen Mark); Stacey Griffith (celebrity trainer); ICP Trustees Pat Schoenfeld, Caryl Englander, Bicky Kellner, Renee Harbers Liddell, Marjorie Rosen, Heather Vrattos, along with ICP Spotlights Committee Co-Chairs Peggy ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian painter Annibale Carracci was born November 03, 1560. Annibale Carracci (November 3, 1560 - July 15, 1609) was an Italian Baroque painter. In this image: Eugenio Riccomini, curator of the exhibition of Italian painter Annibale Carracci, stands next to the painting "I macellai" (The butchers) during the exhibit opening in Bologna, Italy, Thursday Sept. 21, 2006. Carracci, who lived from 1560 to 1609 was underpaid in his lifetime and undervalued for centuries after his death and at last is having a renaissance in his native Bologna. Carracci's mastery ranged from sympathetic and realistic portraits of common folk like butchers, to magnificent frescoes adorning palatial residences in Rome.
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