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Nicki Green, Morel Figure, 2016. Glazed earthenware with felt. 41H x 30W x 21D. Photo: Courtesy Jordan Reznick.
BOSTON, MASS.- LaiSun Keane announces a solo exhibition of Nicki Green titled Between Washing and Unwithering from October 8 to November 7, 2020, online and in person at 460C Harrison Ave Boston MA. Nicki Green is a transdisciplinary artist working primarily in clay who is originally from Massachusetts, and now lives and works in California. Her work carves out spaces for LGBTQ+ people and reimagines a world that centers their life experiences. Informed by her Jewish faith, her work explores practices and mythologies steeped in an inclusivity that is often not seen in more traditional settings. For Green, clay is the perfect medium for its malleability and transmutational qualities - a metaphor for her life journey and a statement of her resiliency. This exhibition provides a survey of her major bodies of work - Morel Figures, Bricks and her latest series, Pillar of Earth. A reading of her art practice is put in context within the canon of art ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Installation view, Alexandre da Cunha: Arena, Thomas Dane Gallery, 29 September - 12 December, 2020. © Alexandre da Cunha. Courtesy the artist and Thomas Dane Gallery. Photo: Maurizio Esposito.
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| | Artists have final victory in a case of destroyed graffiti | | The Snite Museum of Art announces important acquisitions to its Mesoamerican collection | | Seen Jurassic Park? T-Rex skeleton brings $31.8 million at Christie's |
Murals at the 5Pointz complex in Long Island City, Queens, are whitewashed on Nov. 19, 2013. Todd Heisler/The New York Times.
by Maria Cramer
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from a New York City developer who had been fined $6.75 million for destroying the works of 21 graffiti artists at a Queens warehouse known as the 5Pointz complex. The decision Monday shut off any more legal paths for the developer, G & M Realty, which had tried to argue that it was not liable for the destruction of 45 murals in 2013. The Supreme Court did not explain why it chose not to hear the case, but lawyers for the artists said the decision essentially cemented a landmark ruling by the lower courts that stated graffiti a typically transient form of art was of sufficient stature to be protected by the law. The decision furthers the idea that street art is to be cherished and protected, not destroyed, Eric Baum, a lawyer for the artists, said in a statement. The significance of this decision is that federal law now protects not only artwork exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art or the Louvre but also publi ... More | |
Maize Goddess Effigy Urn, 500 BCE700 CE. Monte Alban IIIb Zapotec culture, 500 BCE700 CE. Oaxaca, Mexico. Earthenware, 13 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (34.29 x 23.5 x 21.59 cm) Gift of Mrs. William J. Gallagher Jr. 2020.010.001
NOTRE DAME, IN.- The Snite Museum of Art announces five gifts to the Museums distinguished Mesoamerican collection. Mr. William. J. Gallagher Jr. ND1950, was one of the original lenders of Pre-Columbian objects to the Snite Museum of Art when it opened its doors in the fall of 1980. These early loans from the Gallagher Family were foundational objects to the development of the Pre-Columbian and Mesoamerican collection during the Museums first years. All five gifts, four on long-term loan, will increase the number of works in their respective cultural groups in the collection. William J. Gallagher Jr. passed away in the fall of 2017. His widow, Maureen Smith Gallagher, remarked that "Notre Dame was always central to my husbands life, and he ended up becoming friends with Doug Bradley, the late curator of Mesoamerican art at the Snite Museum of Art. As a result of this friendship, Bill developed an interest in Mesoameri ... More | |
In this file photo ta Tyrannosaurus rex (T-Rex) skeleton, named STAN is on display during a press preview at Christie's Rockefeller Center on September 15, 2020 in New York City. Angela Weiss / AFP.
by Zachary Small
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- A creature from the late Cretaceous period smashed sales records Tuesday in an auction that also included works by Picasso, Pollock and Monet, leaving auction watchers wondering which anonymous buyer now owned a multimillion-dollar Tyrannosaurus rex. The T. rex skeleton, nicknamed Stan, closed the 20th Century Evening Sale, nearly quadrupling its high estimate of $8 million to bring in $31.8 million, with fees. In the 20-minute bidding war that ended with buyers on the telephone in London and New York, the price rocketed up from a start of $3 million, with the final bid ultimately taken in London by James Hyslop, head of the auction houses Scientific Instruments, Globes and Natural History department. The buyer has not been identified. Its rare that paleontologists find Tyrannosaur fossils as complete as Stan, according to Hyslop, and even rarer that such ... More |
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| | Replacement objects in "Good as Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women" at the North Carolina Museum of Art | | Brooklyn Museum unveils new Decorative Arts Galleries | | Blood, passion and captivity: Gentileschi's life is in her paintings |
Due to travel restrictions due to the pandemic, the couriers from the Smithsonian Museum of African Art were unable to attend to install more than 20 objects.
RALEIGH, NC.- The North Carolina Museum of Art has opened and extended two new special exhibitions that were originally planned for spring: Good as Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women and Leonardo Drew: Making Chaos Legible are on view through January 3, 2021. The two join previously opened exhibitions Front Burner: Highlights in Contemporary North Carolina Painting and Christopher Holt: Contemporary Frescoes/Faith and Community. With creative adjustments to the challenges of the pandemic, including reproductions of works that couldnt be installed made accessible through QR codes and virtual exhibition options, visitors can now enjoy this trip around the world through art in person and online. Good as Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women, with more than 150 objects, is the first major exhibition of Senegalese gold jewelry that focuses on the history of Senegals gold, from past to present, and the beauty and complexity of the way Senegal ... More | |
Ãmile-Jacques Ruhlmann (French, 18791933). Corner Cabinet, circa 1923. Kingwood (amaranth) veneer on mahogany, ivory inlay, 49 7/8 Ã 31 3/4 Ã 23 1/2 in. (126.7 Ã 80.6 Ã 59.7 cm). Purchased with funds given by Joseph F. McCrindle, Mrs. Richard M. Palmer, Charles C. Paterson, Raymond Worgelt, and an anonymous donor, 71.150.1. Photo: Brooklyn Museum.
BROOKLYN, NY.- The Brooklyn Museum draws from its rich holdings of decorative objects and unveils newly-renovated Decorative Arts galleries to present Design: 1880 to Now. This is the wings first renovation to take place since its galleries opened in 1971, and the installation similarly reimagines the collection and looks beyond traditional Eurocentric narratives with a display of works from the 19th century to the present day. Design: 1880 to Now is organized by guest curator Aric Chen, independent curator and Curatorial Director of Design Miami, with Shea Spiller, Curatorial Assistant, Arts of the Americas and Europe. Additional curatorial contributions are provided by Catherine Futter, Senior Curator, and Elizabeth St. George, Assistant Curator, Decorative ... More | |
Artemisia Gentileschi, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, about 1615-17. Oil on canvas, 77 à 63 cm. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence (8032) © Gabinetto fotografico delle Gallerie degli Uffizi.
by Eleanor Nairne
LONDON (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The National Gallery opted for a one-word title for its new blockbuster show: Artemisia. The name of the exhibition, which opened Saturday and runs through Jan. 24, has a pop-star ring, befitting the most celebrated female artist of the 17th century. In her lifetime, Artemisia Gentileschi was lauded by artist Jérôme David as a miracle in painting, more easily envied than imitated. Today, she is the subject of feverish new scholarship, not to mention films, plays, novels and even a cameo in a 2017 childrens book, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. But why does first-name familiarity seem to be so often applied to female artists but not males? Kahlo is endlessly referred to as Frida, but only Kanye West takes the liberty of calling Picasso just Pablo. Perhaps the title is intended to distinguish Gentileschi from ... More |
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| | Freeman's auction for the collection of Dr. Henry & Mrs. Fannie Levine achieves just under $1 million | | Georgia museum makes major American folk art acquisition | | Hindman breaks record for top lot sold at auction as results soar beyond pre-sale estimates |
Karel Appel, Big Boy Blue (Lot 19) achieved $75,000.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Freemans announced the results of the single-owner sale of The Collection of Dr. Henry & Mrs. Fannie Levine. The 46-lot sale achieved a sell-through rate of 100% and realized $942,315, well surpassing its pre-sale low estimate, with 95% of bidding taking place online. The stellar result for this sale is a testament to Freemans expertise in marketing single-owner collections and responding to the demand for fresh-to-market material. Other examples of successful single-owner sales conducted by Freemans include: The Collection of Robert J. Morrison and The Collection of Heidi Bingham Stott which achieved sell-through rates of 99% and 100% respectively, with both sales comfortably surpassing their pre-sale estimates. Said Head of Sale, Dunham Townend: Freemans was honored to bring this treasured family collection to the market and to present such exceptional and fresh examples from ... More | |
William O. Golding (1874-1943), Untitled, c. 1932-39 (detail). Photo: Telfair Museums.
SAVANNAH, GA.- Telfair Museums in Savannah has acquired 17 drawings by important American folk artist William O. Golding (1874-1943), giving the museum one of the two largest collections of his work in the world. Golding created the 17 maritime drawings in his signature pencil-and-crayon style from 1932 through 1939, during his time as a patient at the U.S. Marine Hospital in Savannah. The newly acquired drawings include a diverse cross-section of Goldings travels and experiences, depicting sail and steam ships, whaling vessels, a Chinese port, the Rock of Gibraltar, Cape Horn, France, and Tahitiand possibly the artists only known self-portrait. Were excited to acquire the largest known group of remaining works by Golding, which span his entire active period and the full gamut of his subject matter, said Harry DeLorme, Telfairs senior ... More | |
Simon-Joseph-Alexandre Clément Denis oil on panel, A View to the Cascades of Tivoli from 1790 (detail). Estimated at $10,000-15,000, this work realized more than twelve times the estimate, ultimately selling for a total of $125,000.
CHICAGO, IL.- Hindmans fall fine art auctions shattered expectations, once again, selling above and beyond presale estimates. The four sales together sold over $7.5M across three days, led by the sale of two works by American master, Alexander Calder. We were delighted by the performance of the sales last week - the success of these auctions once again proves the art market is stronger than ever, said Joe Stanfield, Director of Fine Art for Hindman. Strong bidder engagement and impressive prices realized continue to drive the market, and the caliber of works we are offering are benefitting greatly from this highly performing market. Hindmans Post War and Contemporary Art auction was an outstanding success. Led by two works by ... More |
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| | Bonhams promotes Jacqueline Towers-Perkins to Vice President, Director of Contemporary Art in New York | | Boxed Machine Man sets new world auction record at $160,000 | | Sotheby's Hong Kong Jewellery Autumn sales total US$55 million |
Jacqueline Towers-Perkins was previously Head of Sale in New York and is an experienced auctioneer. Photo: Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY.- Bonhams has promoted Jacqueline Towers-Perkins to the position of Vice President, Director of Contemporary Art in New York with immediate effect. She was previously Head of Sale in New York and is an experienced auctioneer. Since joining Bonhams in 2017, Jacqueline has been involved in many important sales and events. As Head of Sale, she brought the first mural by Keith Haring to market, achieving a new world record for the artist; she conceived and executed 'Paper Jam' - the New York CTP departments first curated selling exhibition, and devised and coordinated the exhibition of the collection of visual arts patron and hip-hop icon Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest. Jacqueline has also been on the rostrum for major charity auctions including Prince Charles Princes Trust in London; Jay-Zs Shawn Carter Foundation in Florida; Childrens Burn Foundation in L.A.; Columbia University, New York; The Ordway Cen ... More | |
Very rare Masudaya (Japan) Machine Man robot, lithographed tin, battery operated. VG-NM condition with very seldom-seen original pictorial box. Comes from original owner who received it as a child. Sold for $160,000 against an estimate of $60,000-$90,000.
DENVER, PA.- After languishing in an attic for 60 years, an extremely rare battery-operated Machine Man with its original box rolled into the auction spotlight at Morphys September 23-24 auction and knocked down a world-record auction price for a toy robot. Estimated at $60,000-$90,000, it swiftly made lift-off and swept past expectations to land at $160,000. The boxy, 15-inch-tall robot is one of few surviving examples of its type from Masudayas revered postwar robot quintet known collectively as the Gang of Five. Its bright red body features lithographed rivets and convoluted gears on its chest plate, and its eyes and ears illuminate through colored plastic. When activated, it has a bump-and-go action. The robot itself is the most sought-after of all space toys, but the addition of its original box with bizarre graphics put ... More | |
Imperial Green Jadeite Bead and Diamond Necklace fetches HK$62,963,000 / US$8,124,258. Courtesy Sotheby's.
HONG KONG.- Two days after the landmark sale of the 102.39 carat D Colour Flawless Oval Diamond which sold for HK$121.6m / US$15.7m, Sothebys Magnificent Jewels auction tonight sold further exceptional gemstones, led by Imperial Green Jadeite Bead and Diamond Necklace, bringing this seasons jewellery sale total to HK$426 million / US$55 million. Wenhao Yu, Deputy Chairman, Jewellery, Sotheby's Asia, commented: We are encouraged by this seasons jewellery auction results. Travel restrictions were no impediment to this October sale, with two-thirds of our buyers participating from outside Hong Kong, a result that is testament to our digital platform and outreach. Collectors taste in the region remains selective, with eyes focusing on rare, top-quality investment grade jewellery whether diamonds, gemstones or jadeite and pieces with a strong design appeal, whether antique, period, contemporary ... More |
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Orange County Museum of Art celebrates major building milestone "Topping Out"
COSTA MESA, CA.- The Orange County Museum of Art this past week celebrated a major construction milestone, Topping Out, which marks the placement of the final structural beam for the museums new building at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa. Additionally, the event recognized the generosity of nine lead donors who have given major gifts to the project. On the occasion of the Topping Out ceremony, the Museum announced that it has raised $53 million toward construction of the new building, which is now scheduled to open in 2022. The generous donors who have made major gifts include Noella and James Bergener; Henry Davis and Christina Fazzone; Cynthia and Stephen Fry; Jennifer and Anton Segerstrom; The Segerstrom Foundation; Jim and Pam Muzzy; Jeri and Danny McKenna; Hal Struck; and a donor ... More
Dallas Museum of Art names Paintings Conservation Center to honor conservator Inge-Lise Eckmann Lane
DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art today announced the naming of its paintings conservation studio as the Inge-Lise Eckmann Lane Paintings Conservation Center, as dedicated by lead donors to the Museums conservation program. The Conservation Center, which was established at the DMA in 2013, is named in honor of Inge-Lise Eckmann Lane, a nationally recognized paintings conservator who worked in Dallas from 1999 to 2011 as an independent conservator of modern and contemporary art. Through her dedicated and exemplary work leading the field, Eckmann Lane was foundational to the growth of the DMAs conservation program. The Inge-Lise Eckmann Lane Paintings Conservation Center serves as the Museums base for the study and treatment of works of art, as well as research into cutting-edge conservation ... More
NGV announces more than 100 artists and designers for NGV Triennial 2020
MELBOURNE.- Exploring some of the most globally relevant and pressing issues of our time, including isolation, representation and speculation on the future, the NGV Triennial will present a large-scale exhibition of international contemporary art, design and architecture. Featuring 86 projects by more than 100 artists, designers and collectives from more than 30 countries, the NGV Triennial will open at NGV International on 19 December 2020. Comprising an ambitious and diverse selection of works showcasing the vanguard of contemporary practice, the exhibition offers a visually arresting and thought-provoking view of the world at this unique moment. Featuring works by Aïda Muluneh (Ethiopia) Alicja Kwade (Germany), Cerith Wyn Evans (Wales), Dhambit Mununggurr (Australia), Faye Toogood (England), Fred Wilson (USA), Hannah Brontë ... More
Yinka Shonibare CBE announced for Government Art Collection commission
LONDON.- Leading British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare CBE has been awarded the Robson Orr TenTen Award 2020 by the Government Art Collection. The new work was unveiled at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office on Tuesday 6 October 2020 by Caroline Dinenage MP, Minister of State (Minister for Digital and Culture) and Penny Johnson CBE, Director of the GAC. The Robson Orr TenTen Award is presented jointly by the Government Art Collection with Outset Contemporary Art Fund and is sponsored by leading philanthropists Sybil Robson Orr and Matthew Orr. Every year a British artist is commissioned to create a unique, limited edition print to be shown in diplomatic buildings across the world. A small number are available for purchase through a collaboration with the pioneering philanthropic arts organisation Outset to raise ... More
Renowned author and Holocaust survivor Ruth Klueger dies at 88
VIENNA (AFP).- Prize-winning author and Holocaust survivor Ruth Klueger has died aged 88 at her home in California, her Austrian publisher said Wednesday. The Zsolnay publishing house confirmed to AFP that Klueger had passed away on the night between Monday and Tuesday after a long illness. Klueger, who received many prestigious awards for her writing about her experience during the Holocaust, was also known for her outspoken stance on Nazi Germany's atrocities. "We survivors are not responsible for forgiveness. I perceived resentment as an appropriate feeling for an injustice that can never be atoned for," Klueger once told Austrian media. Born in Vienna in 1931, Klueger was 10 years old when the Nazi regime separated her from her father, a Jewish gynaecologist, and deported her and her mother, a nurse, to the Theresienstadt ... More
Philbrook Museum of Art opens groundbreaking exhibition of Native women artists
TULSA, OKLA.- Philbrook Museum of Art presents Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists, the first major traveling exhibition exclusively devoted to Native women artists from all over the United States and Canada, ranging across time and media. Organized by the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) and developed in close cooperation with leading Native artists and scholars, the exhibition offers multiple perspectives to enhance understanding of Native art practices and the role of women in Native communities. Hearts of Our People will be on view in the Helmerich Gallery October 7, 2020 through January 3, 2021. As the primary makers of ceramics, basketry, textiles, and bead- and quillwork in their communities, women have long been the creative force behind Native art; however, their significant cultural influences have often overlooked. Hearts ... More
Johnny Nash, who sang 'I Can See Clearly Now', dies at 80
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Johnny Nash, a singer whose I Can See Clearly Now reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1972, helping to bring reggae music to a mainstream U.S. audience and over the decades becoming an anthem of optimism and renewal, died Tuesday at his home in Houston. He was 80. His son, John Nash III, confirmed the death but did not specify a cause. Nash was a singer, an actor, a record-label owner and an early booster of Bob Marley in a varied career that began in the late 1950s when, as a teenager, he appeared on Arthur Godfreys CBS-TV variety show. He also sang on Godfreys popular radio broadcasts. Nash, who sang in a clear, smooth, emotive high-tenor voice, was signed to ABC-Paramount Records and initially marketed as a crooner in the Johnny Mathis mold. He recorded several ... More
Steve McQueen opens London Film Festival with racially-charged drama
LONDON (AFP).- Steve McQueen's latest film "Mangrove" opened the London Film Festival on Wednesday, with the Oscar-winning UK director calling it a "love letter to black resilience". "Mangrove" is the first in McQueen's five-film "Small Axe" anthology, focusing on the decades-long struggles of London's West Indian community against racial injustice. It chronicles nine black protest leaders battling police discrimination in the streets and courts in the 1960s and 1970s. The eventual acquittal of the group, who became known as the Mangrove Nine, is seen as a key moment in British race relations but their story is not widely known. McQueen -- the first black director to win the best picture Academy Award in 2014 for "12 Years a Slave" -- said making the anthology was "a celebration of all that that community has succeeded in achieving against ... More
Thomas Dane Gallery opens an exhibition of works by Alexandre da Cunha
NAPLES.- For centuries, Italian sculptors have practised the art of rendering the gentle folds and sensual drapery of cloth into hard marble. To conjure an impression of both a vital presence and the softness of the fabric covering it, using only one material, requires enormous skill. In Naples, a famed example of such mastery can be found within the Cappella Sansevero. Carved from a single block of marble, Giuseppe Sanmartinos Veiled Christ depicts the dead body of Jesus shrouded in a twisting flow of cloth; its contradictions of stillness and movement, lightness and weight, imbues the sculpture with humanity and a sense of compassion. The sculptural properties of Alexandre da Cunhas work, Marble (2020), are difficult to determinecertainly on first sight. What appears to be a solid and weighty, fleshy-pink form is in fact an inflatable rubber ring ... More
Collection of Beethoven bronzes by Antoine Bourdelle come to auction for first time
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- On October 21st, Freemans will celebrate Ludwig van Beethovens 250th birthday by offering a collection of 12 portrait bronzes of the composer by French sculptor Antoine Bourdelle, one of the most talented pupils of Auguste Rodin. This one-of-a-kind collection traces his evolution as an artist. What better way to celebrate Beethovens legacy than through the sculptures of Antoine Bourdelle, says Freemans chairman Alasdair Nichol, one of the artists who was the most influenced by the music, and overall persona, of the composer. Freemans will present these bronzes, which have never been on the market before. Collector Robert A. Becker began acquiring them in the early 1970s when he met the artists daughter, Rhodia Dufet-Bourdelle, in Paris. She sold Becker and his wife one or two bronzes every year after. This culminated ... More
Yemen's mini-libraries: 'a candle in the dark'
SANAA (AFP).- "It is lighting a candle in the dark," says Fawzi al-Ghoudi in Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa, of his initiative to reignite people's interest in books, as an escape from the grimness of war. The idea for the "Yemen Reads" campaign is simple -- to establish mini-libraries across the city where people can borrow books for free, the 30-year-old told AFP. The initiative dates back to 2013, a year before the Iran-backed Huthi rebels seized control of Sanaa, igniting an all-out war with the government which is supported by a Saudi-led military coalition. Many of the project's volunteers escaped at the time, fearing for their lives, but Ghoudi and four other companions revived it in 2019 after obtaining permission from the Huthi authorities. They have so far set up five small booths with shelves full of books in public places in Sanaa, including ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter and activist Faith Ringgold was born October 08, 1930. Faith Ringgold (born October 8, 1930, in Harlem, New York City) is an artist, best known for her narrative quilts. RinggoldÂs artistic practice was extremely broad and diverse, and included media from painting to quilts, from sculptures and performance art to childrenÂs books. She was an educator who taught in the New York city Public school system and on the college level. In 1973, she quit teaching public school to devote herself to creating art full-time. n this image: Faith Ringgold, American People Series, The Flag is Bleeding, 1967, oil on canvas. Collection of the artist, c. Faith Ringgold. Courtesy ACA Galleries, NY.
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