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Lampronti Gallery, Frieze Masters 2022. Photo by Michael Adair. Courtesy of Frieze and Michael Adair.
by Elizabeth Paton
LONDON.- It was a crisp and sparkling fall morning in London, and within the Black Chapel designed by artist Theaster Gates for the Serpentine Gallery in Hyde Park, a show was underway. Art world luminaries such as Michael Craig-Martin, Eva Rothschild, Rana Begum and Hans Ulricht Obrist surveyed striking sculptural ensembles in shades of amethyst, coral, aquamarine and chartreuse. But the event wasnt part of Frieze London, the recent glitzy and gargantuan contemporary art fair. Instead, it was the latest runway show for Roksanda Ilincic at her spring 2023 runway show. Ilincics show was originally planned for London Fashion Week, but it was postponed for Queen Elizabeths state funeral. That turned out to have a silver lining. Many of my clients come from the art world, Ilincic said at her studio before the show, leafing through the ruffles of taffeta that later bloomed on the catwalk like rose petals. Usually they are not in a position to come to my shows, but ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The next exhibition at Alexander Berggruen will be a solo show with Gabriel Mills (b. 1992, New Rochelle, NY). The works in the exhibition span a wide range of image and non-image as the artist explores time, divinity, and the multi-faceted dimensions of the self.
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| Sotheby's unveils The Golden Canary: A yellow diamond weighing over 300 carats | | The CoBrA movement makes grand tour of Europe at Bonhams | | Eli Wilner & Company restores original Annie Snyder frame for Clinton County Historical Society |
At 303.10 Carats, The Golden Canary is The Largest Flawless or Internally Flawless Diamond Ever Graded by the GIA. Courtesy Sotheby's.
DUBAI.- Combining great rarity, beauty and intensity, coloured diamonds are continuing to make history this year, headlining Sothebys flagship jewellery auctions in Hong Kong, Geneva and New York. Today, Sothebys has unveiled to the world another landmark gem: The Golden Canary. Weighing a colossal 303.10 carats, the Fancy Deep Brownish-Yellow Diamond is one of the largest polished diamonds in the world and the largest flawless or internally flawless diamond ever graded by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA). The miraculous diamond also boasts a peerless history and provenance formerly weighing just over 407 carats as the Incomparable Diamond. Recut from its original shield-shape into a classic pear-shape, the Golden Canary is now deeper in colour, brighter in hue and more elegant in profile, rightfully claiming its spot in the pantheon of exceptional diamonds. The Golden Canary is set ... More | |
Asger Jorn, "Together but not content", Oil on canvas. 54 x 45 cm. Estimate: DKK 400,000 500,000 (50,000 - 60,000). Photo: Bonhams.
PARIS.- Having acquired the Swedish auction house Bukowskis in January, the Danish auction house Bruun Rasmussen in March, and the Franco-Belgian Cornette de Saint Cyr last June, Bonhams presents CoBrA a sale reflecting the presence of the international auction house in Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam. This sale will take place at Bruun Rasmussen in Copenhagen on 6 December. A travelling exhibition presenting a selection of paintings from the sale will begin in Paris (running from 19-21 October), before going on view in Amsterdam (3-5 November) and Brussels (17-20 November), then returning for view on 24-28 November to Copenhagen for the auction on 6 December. The CoBrA group was created by the Danish artists Asger Jorn and Carl-Henning Pedersen, Dutch artists Karel Appel and Constant Anton Nieuwenhuys as well as Belgians Corneille, Pierre Alechinsky and Christian Dotremont. The group ... More | |
"Woman in a White Scarf" by Annie Snyder, circa 1895-1905, reinstalled following frame restoration by Eli Wilner & Company in the Poorman Gallery at Clinton County Historical Society in Lock, Haven, PA. Image courtesy of Clinton County Historical Society.
NEW YORK, NY.- Eli Wilner & Company recently completed the restoration of the original frame on a rare tondo painting by Annie Snyder (American, 1852-1927) in the collection of the Clinton County Historical Society in Lock Haven, PA. The artwork Woman in a White Scarf, circa 1895-1905, is a unique and important part of the Clinton County Historical Societys Annie Snyder Collection of 33 paintings. It is the only round three-dimensional piece of art known to have been created by the artist, and was housed in an intricate carved and gilded frame, with a matching gilded spandrel that doubles as a spacer to accommodate the original glass. When it was acquired by the museum, the frame was unfortunately in extremely bad condition, with severe losses to the delicate outer carved ornament and ... More |
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| The Winter Show announces exhibitors for 2023 edition returning to the Park Avenue Armory | | Dorotheum uncovers lost paintings: works, previously considered lost, to be included in Old Master Paintings sales | | Tampa Museum of Art announces acquisition of new Haitian art collection and accompanying $1,000,000 gift |
View of The Winter Show 2019. Photo by Matthew Gilbertson, courtesy The Winter Show.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Winter Show has shared details of the participating exhibitors for its 69th edition, returning to the Park Avenue Armory in New York City on January 20 and running through January 29, 2023. The multidisciplinary show will feature curated exhibitions by more than 66 dealers presenting a dynamic mix of fine and decorative arts from around the world, dating from ancient times through the present day. The 2023 edition welcomes new exhibitors from Europe, South America, and the United States, expanding the shows breadth of esteemed dealers and experts. The Winter Show is Americas leading, and longest-running, art, antiques, and design fair, established in 1954 by East Side House Settlement, a community-based organization serving the Bronx and Northern Manhattan. All ticket proceeds directly fund East Side Houses life-changing programs. We are thrilled to return to our home at the Park ... More | |
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Il Guercino (15911666) and Benedetto Gennari (16331715) Neptune, estimate 200,000 300,000, Old Master Paintings auction, 9 November 2022.
VIENNA.- Following the sensational sale result achieved at Dorotheum for a previously missing Titian Penitent Magdalen which sold for 4,818,000 in May, the autumn Old Master Paintings auctions, on 9th and 10th November, will once again offer previously lost and unpublished works from private collections which are unknown to the market.
A significant work by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Il Guercino and Benedetto Gennari Neptuneis a celebrated composition by the artist which was only previously known for workshop copies (estimate 200,000 300,000). It was rediscovered in a collection where it had been unobserved for several generations - the exceptionally well conserved painting was for some time even considered to be a 19th century copy due its excellent condition. Further rediscovered ... More | |
Andre Pierre (Haitian, b. 1914), Erzulie, 1973, oil on canvas, 37 x 26 inches. Tampa Museum of Art, Gift of the Arthur Albrecht Revocable Trust.
The Tampa Museum of Art announced today that it has closed on a gift of 88 pieces of Haitian art and a $1 million gift in support of the collection. The paintings, sculptures, and framed maps, along with the cash gift, were bequeathed to the Tampa Museum of Art by the Arthur R. Albrecht Revocable Trust. Albrecht was a devoted collector of Haitian art and was also active in philanthropy on behalf of the country. Florida is home to one of the largest Haitian diaspora communities in the world, and we are thrilled to make this distinctive collection available to our visitors, said Michael Tomor, Ph.D., the Penny and Jeff Vinik Executive Director at the Tampa Museum of Art. Mr. Albrecht built a superb collection surveying the rich cultural themes, landscapes, and communities on the island, and this exhibit will add to the increasingly global and dynamic exhibitions we have available ... More |
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| Collection of era-defining photographs by Philippe Halsman lands at Heritage Auctions | | Spectacular pieces of Mars and the Moon among natural history wonders in Heritage's November Nature & Science Auction | | Original art for 'Thunderball' poster sells for a record $275,000 at Heritage Auctions |
Marilyn Monroe, Jumping, for LIFE, by Philippe Halsman, 1959, Gelatin Silver Print, 14" x 11".
DALLAS, TX.- When Philippe Halsman said, "Jump," some of midcentury America's most famous movie stars, athletes, politicians, artists and authors jumped. Some jumped with childlike abandon, arms and legs wide, wild and free; others with more reserve, hands by their sides, their faces unsure. But jump they all did. During Halsman's portrait sessions throughout the 1950s, the celebrated photographer asked his subjects to jump as a way to capture their true essence or, more specifically, "their ambition or their lack of it, their self-importance or their insecurity." The results ranged from an all-smiles Marilyn Monroe and an equally gleeful Jack Dempsey to an utterly charming Grace Kelly and an absolutely surprising Richard Nixon. The Latvia-born photographer who created a record 101 covers for Life magazine dubbed this practice "jumpology," which he outlined in Philippe Halsman's Jump Book, a 1959 collection that includes more than 200 midair portraits of some ... More | |
NWA 12269 Martian Meteorite. Martian (shergottite). Northwest Africa. Found: 2018.
DALLAS, TX.- How much would you pay for a piece of Mars? A piece of our Moon? The skeleton of a "cat" that roamed our own planet 20 million years ago? How do we measure the value of mind-boggling time and distance? And how profane is the question of price when we attempt to value the seemingly invaluable? Again and again, humans wrestle with the inevitability of gathering and, ultimately, evaluating and distributing the true marvels of our Earth and cosmos. It's not a job for the faint of heart. Collectors, scientists, students and institutions continue to invest time and energy in these objects because they give us a clearer picture of who were are, where we came from, and where we're headed. "We have been working for months to put together a stunning assortment of rare, unusual, and, of course, highly collectible specimens from a number of natural history and scientific categories," says Craig Kissick, Heritage's Director of Nature & Science who als ... More | |
Robert McGinnis (American, 1926), James Bond: Thunderball, movie poster illustration, 1965. Gouache on board, 11-7/8 x 18-5/8 inches. Sold on Oct 7, 2022 for: $275,000.00
DALLAS, TX.- Add a few more zeroes to 007, as one of the most famous images of James Bond is now among the most valuable. Bidders were shaken and stirred Oct. 7, when Robert McGinnis's original painting for the 1965 Thunderball poster sold for $275,000, which not only topped Heritage's Illustration Art Signature® Auction but set a new auction record for the 96-year-old artist. This celebrated and oft-imitated rendering of Sean Connery's Bond sparked a bidding war that helped shoot the work well past its high estimate. But that happened early and often throughout the event, which realized $1,739,130 and attracted more than 1,600 bidders from around the world. Indeed, the nearly sold-out auction began when nearly every lot selling for well above high estimate, including Virgil Finlay's "Living Portrait" from the Nov. 1949 issue of Fantastic ... More |
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| Apollo Theater's longtime president will step down | | Anna May Wong will be the first Asian American on U.S. currency | | 1980s Italy featuring Italian artists from Transvanguardia and Arte povera on view at Nohra Haime Gallery |
In a photo provided by Nicole Mondestin Photography shows, Jonelle Procope, the president and chief executive of the Apollo Theater in Harlem, who will step down from the organization in June 2023. Nicole Mondestin Photography via The New York Times.
by Sarah Bahr
NEW YORK, NY.- Jonelle Procope, who has served as the president and CEO of the Apollo Theater in Harlem for nearly 20 years, will step down in June, the theater announced Tuesday. The Apollo is in such a strong position now financially stable, with all the pieces in place for the future, said Procope, who has led the nonprofit since 2003 after joining as a board member in 1999. Its a great time for the next leader to be able to step in and take the Apollo into the future. Procope has overseen a transformation that has taken the theater from a struggling nonprofit to the largest African American performing arts presenting organization in the country. On Tuesday, the Apollo also announced it had raised $63 million in a capital campaign to fully renovate ... More | |
The reverse side of the Anna May Wong quarter, part of the U.S. Mints American Women Quarters Program. The quarter, set to be released in late 2022, honors 20th-Century movie and TV icon Anna May Wong, considered the first Chinese-American movie star. Wong was born in Los Angeles in 1905 and died in 1961. U.S. Mint.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- As a 14-year-old girl, the daughter of immigrants in this citys Chinatown, Anna May Wong talked her way into her first role in a movie. Over the decades-long career that followed, she rose to become the first Asian American film star in Hollywood. When Wong died in 1961, The New York Times called the actress, known for her large, expressive eyes and flapper-era styles, one of the most unforgettable figures of Hollywoods great days. Now Wong is gaining another coveted role on the quarter. Part of a new effort that also put writer Maya Angelou and astronaut Sally Ride on currency, the U.S. Mint on Monday will begin producing coins pressed with Wongs image, a close-up of her face resting on an elegant, manicured ... More | |
Installation View of 1980s Italy on view at the Nohra Haime Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Nohra Haime Gallery began its presentation 1980s Italy, this past October 17th, where it will remain on view through November 5th, 2022. The exhibition features Italian artists from the 1980s, an exciting time in Italy where Arte povera, conceptual art and the Transvanguardia movements converged. The exhibition features the most prominent artists from the times. Alighiero Boetti and Laura Grisi, both included in this exhibition, exemplify the influence Arte povera had on their works, however they are also considered original examples of international conceptual art. Boettis Cinque X Cinque = Venticinque epitomizes his interest in systems of classification and non-Western traditions. The Transvanguardia artists represented in this exhibition: Francesco Clemente, Sandro Chia, Enzo Cucchi, Piero Gilardi and Mimmo Palladino, wanted to return to the past, to figurative painting. One of the first exhibitions they had a ... More |
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President Bill Clinton joins Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts for announcement of opening exhibitions and artist commission
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.- Simultaneously in New York City and Little Rock today, the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA) revealed the exhibitions and site-specific commissions slated for its grand reopening on April 22, 2023. The oldest and largest cultural institution of its kind in Arkansas, AMFA has reimagined its building and 11-acre campus in downtown Little Rock. President Clinton joined AMFAs leadership team and Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. for todays New York announcement at The Pool at the Seagram Building in Manhattan. My predecessor as governor, Winthrop Rockefeller, was right to call the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts more than a museum. Im thrilled that with this transformation, visitors ... More
Stephenson's to auction single-owner estate collection of silver, gold and rare US coins, Oct. 23
SOUTHAMPTON, PA.- Before offering someone a penny for their thoughts, it might be wise to examine the penny first. Even a humble one-center can be worth a fortune if its the right type, like the 1943-D Lincoln penny that sold for $1.7 million in 2018. Coin collecting is one of the worlds most popular hobbies and a favorite category with Stephensons Auctions nationwide bidding audience. The next chance to go coin-hunting at Stephensons, whether for fun or investment, comes on Sunday afternoon, October 23rd, at the companys sale of an estate collection from Bucks County (suburban Philadelphia). The 322-lot in-gallery sale features many US large coins, silver coins, gold coins, albums, and more. For those who cannot attend in person, all remote forms of bidding will be available, including absentee, phone and live via the Internet ... More
Clars Auction Gallery garnered local and international attention in its October 15th & 16th event
OAKLAND, CALIF.- Clars fine art section featured this monumental work by Nathan Oliveira (American, 1928-2010) from the series commissioned by Stanford University in the 1990s titled, Wing-Owl (1996), caught the eye of a private collector and outperformed its estimate selling for $28,750. This painting was also featured in the December 1999 issue of Architectural Digest magazine. A rare suite of prints by Richard Diebenkorn (American, 1922-1993) titled, "Six Soft Ground Etchings, sold for an impressive $16,250. This was the first time the complete set was offered at auction. In addition to the exciting sale of prints and oil on canvas, Clars October auction saw auction success from European and Japanese artists. These included two screenprints by, Yayoi Kusama (Japanese, b. 1929), "A Pumpkin YB-D," 2004 and "Pumpkin (RYSQ), ... More
For Broadway's '1776' revival, the drama is offstage
NEW YORK, NY.- The current Broadway revival of 1776 was hoping to spark a conversation about power and representation. And it has, if not quite in the way it intended. It assembled a diverse cast of female, nonbinary and transgender actors to play the white men who signed the Declaration of Independence, as a way of highlighting those whose perspectives were not considered. The show, which has been in the works for several years, made adjustments after the police murder of George Floyd prompted intense debates over race, justice and hierarchy in the theater business. A new co-director, Jeffrey L. Page, who is Black, was added to shape the work alongside its original director, Diane Paulus, who is Asian American. But now, just two weeks after opening on Broadway to mixed reviews and soft sales, 1776 has become the talk of the industry ... More
Jeff Weiss, an unconventional theatrical force, dies at 82
NEW YORK, NY.- Jeff Weiss, a playwright and actor known for innovative, offbeat shows in out-of-the-way New York theaters as well as for roles in mainstream productions, including more than a dozen on Broadway, died Sept. 18 in Macungie, Pennsylvania, near Allentown. He was 82. His brother, Steve, said the cause was metastasized prostate cancer. Weiss was an important figure in the experimental theater scene in New York, beginning in the 1960s. His plays were seen at Caffe Cino in the West Village, La MaMa on the Lower East Side and other Manhattan spots known for the provocative and the outlandish. Those include his own Good Medicine and Company, a Lower East Side storefront theater that he ran with his partner in theater and in life, Carlos Ricardo Martinez. His plays were also sometimes staged in Allentown, where he grew up. The ... More
Review: In this 'Wuthering Heights,' music, moors and untamed spirits
NEW YORK, NY.- With a whip in one hand and a wind-bent tree in the other, the barefoot girl makes a taunting entrance, radiating caprice like some malicious sprite. This is Catherine Earnshaw, wild thing of Wuthering Heights, and if she is faintly ridiculous in her menace, it is menace nonetheless. Landing a first impression that distills the essence of a character is a rare art, and one of many things that the quick-witted, nimble-bodied company of Wise Childrens wondrous Wuthering Heights does exceptionally well. Adapted by British director Emma Rice from Emily Brontës 19th-century novel, this music-filled version is an embrace, an envelopment: a feat of storytelling that wraps itself around the audience, pulling us into its silliness and sorrow. As besotted with the gale-tossed Yorkshire moors as Catherine and her tormented ... More
'Hedda Gabler' and 'The Winter's Tale': 2 takes that shout subtext
NEW YORK, NY.- Forgoing subtlety onstage has its advantages. Exaggeration leaves little room for doubt, obvious feelings burn hot, and in-your-face humor doesnt risk flying over your head. At least, thats the idea. But in the Bedlam theater companys productions of Ibsens Hedda Gabler and Shakespeares The Winters Tale, now playing in repertory at the Irondale Center in Brooklyn, subtlety isnt just dead, its the devil in need of exorcising. Take the newlywed Hedda Tessman, sunk low in a chair, coolly lighted at center stage as the 1891 play that bears her maiden name begins. Portrayed with viscous, palpable disaffection by Susannah Millonzi, she is a woman so unsuited to domesticity that her chair is leopard print. And when Hedda greets her doting, unrefined aunt (Visiting us so early thats so very kind of you) her expression ... More
Patti LuPone says she resigned from Stage Actors' Union
NEW YORK, NY.- The much-honored stage actress Patti LuPone said Monday that she resigned from the labor union Actors Equity months ago, revealing the news after her history of reprimanding cellphone-using audience members was invoked in a new controversy about the policing of electronic devices. The drama that consumed the corner of social media obsessed with theater began to unfold last week when a Hadestown audience member with hearing loss said she had been reprimanded by one of that shows current stars, Lillias White, while using a theater-approved captioning device mistaken for a cellphone. On a daily basis, actors are confronted with digital devices illegally capturing their work, the musicals producers said in a statement Monday. In this case, following a terrible miscommunication, in the middle of a live performance, ... More
In New York, masks will not be required at the opera or ballet
NEW YORK, NY.- Masks are no longer required in New York City schools, gyms, taxis and most theaters. But a night at the opera or the ballet still involves putting on a proper face covering. That will soon change. Several of the citys leading performing arts organizations including the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, the New York Philharmonic and New York City Ballet announced Monday that masks would now be optional, citing demands from audience members and a recent decline in coronavirus cases. The time has come to move on, Peter Gelb, the Mets general manager, said in an interview. The Met, Carnegie Hall and the Philharmonic will end mask requirements Oct. 24, along with Film at Lincoln Center and the Juilliard School. The David H. Koch Theater, home to City Ballet, will follow Nov. 1. Two venues on the Lincoln Center ... More
Outstanding Chris Wynn collection of early Purdeys offered at Bonhams
LONDON.- Bonhams announces the sale of the Chris Wynn collection of early Purdeys to take place in London on Wednesday 9 November. The outstanding collection has been described by Nick Harlow, the Gun Room Manager at James Purdey & Sons Ltd, as: The result of a lifetimes dedication, it covers almost every aspect of our early production. David Williams, Bonhams Director of Arms and Armour, said: James Purdey and Sons Ltd can trace its origins to 1814 and guns from the early years of production under James and his son, James the Younger, are highly prized by collectors and enthusiasts. Chris Wynns collection is truly outstanding and comprehensive and the roll call of those who originally commissioned these firearms shows how quickly Purdey established its reputation ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Dutch painter Aelbert Cuyp was born October 20, 1620. Aelbert Jacobsz Cuyp (October 20, 1620 - November 15, 1691) was one of the leading Dutch landscape painters of the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th century. The most famous of a family of painters, the pupil of his father Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp (1594â1651/52), he is especially known for his large views of the Dutch countryside in early morning or late afternoon light. In this image: The Negro Page circa 1652, oil on canvas; Royal Collection.
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