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Vincent Van Gogh, Paysage sous un Ciel Mouvemente, sold at Sotheby's for $54,010,000, framed by Eli Wilner & Company. NEW YORK, NY.- Eli Wilner & Company has announced new funding to support framing projects for museums and nonprofit institutions of all sizes. The funding can be used for frame restoration, historic frame replication, or mirror replication projects. Interested institutions can apply by emailing the details of their reframing or frame restoration needs to info@eliwilner.com. No project is too large. Eli Wilner & Company specializes in creating historically accurate frames for artworks, combining meticulous research and traditional craftsmanship. For both 20th-century and earlier artworks, the Wilner team carefully studies the original frame styles preferred by each artist. Using time-honored techniques like hand-carving, gilding, and delicate surface patination, they create precise replica frames one at a time, to meet the precise specifications for each project. This attention to detail allows viewers to experience paintings as the artists origin ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Roberto Matta 1911-2002 at Ca' Pesaro - Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna is the first institutional exhibition in Italy dedicated to the Chilean artist; it aims to portray his eclectic personality and the expression of a wide range of ideas and modes of knowledge: scientific, cultural and philosophical.
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Roberto Matta's global legacy on view at Ca' Pesaro | | 'Drawn from the Street' highlights Japan's Postwar social issues through Manga | | Picasso meets Koons: Mythology reimagined across centuries | Installation view. Photo: Irene Fanizza. VENICE.- Roberto Matta 1911-2002 at Ca Pesaro - Galleria Internazionale dArte Moderna is the first institutional exhibition in Italy dedicated to the Chilean artist; it aims to portray his eclectic personality and the expression of a wide range of ideas and modes of knowledge: scientific, cultural and philosophical. A citizen of the world, visionary, multifaceted artist, painter and draughtsman, architect and sculptor, as well as a militant figure, Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren (Santiago de Chile, 1911 - Civitavecchia, 2002) is certainly one of the most important artists of the twentieth century and, at the same time, among the least celebrated and represented figures in Italian museum collections. The exhibition at Ca Pesaro is thus one of the projects of in-depth study, research and rediscovery of twentieth-century artists undertaken by the Galleria Internazionale dArte Moderna di Venezia, starting with the masterpieces held in its collection - in this case ... More | | Kiriya Senrin (18771932), Temporary Refuge Near Honjo. From the series Pictures of the Taisho Earthquake, Japan, 1926. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Gift of Philip H. Roach Jr., 2010. HONOLULU.- In 2019, the Honolulu Museum of Art (HoMA) acquired the 1975 hand-drawn short story Vagabond Plain by acclaimed alternative manga artist Tadao Tsuge (b. 1941). Tsuges illustrations capture the social crisis of postwar Japan. Opening Dec. 19, Drawn from the Street: The Politics of Poverty in Postwar Manga features this milestone graphic narrative. Fourteen excerpts from Tsuges story highlight the problems of urbanization and socioeconomic disparity in Japan during the Allied Occupation (1945-1952), a story that was largely overshadowed in the media by what is known as the economic miracle. Included in the exhibition are Vagabond Plain precursors Japanese woodblock prints and woodblock-printed books from HoMAs collection that are honest depictions of poverty and houselessness from the 17th to early 20th centuries, such as the 1926 ... More | | Bernard Ruiz-Picasso and Jeff Koons in front of the sculpture "Three Graces" installed at the Palace of Charles V. Photo: LucÃa Rivas © Museo Picasso Málaga. GRANADA.- The exhibition Reflections. Picasso / Koons at the Alhambra will present five works - two by Pablo Picasso and three by Jeff Koons - which are skilfully integrated into the Palace of Charles V and the permanent collection of the Museo de Bellas Artes, establishing a dynamic conversation between past and present. Within the Alhambra the timeless beauty of Picasso and Koons works will reveal the continuity and transformation of artistic inspiration, offering visitors a unique perspective on the dialogue between tradition and modernity. The courtyard of the Palace of Charles V will house the sculpture "Three Graces" (2016-22) by Jeff Koons, a contemporary work made of polished stainless steel with a transparent coating, which offers a striking contrast and a modern reinterpretation of this classical theme. Next, two works by Picasso are displayed inside ... More |
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Pages in motion: Entering the architectural universe of Torkwase Dyson | | Exhibition provides a comprehensive overview of more than 60 years of Franz Gertsch's artistic work | | Musée d'Orsay exhibits over 130 original prints by Céline Laguarde | Composed of one bound paper book and a diverse array of unbound materials―including acrylic, vellum, acetate and accordion-folded paper, all contained in a slipcase. AUSTIN, TX.- Torkwase Dyson: A Liquid Belonging is an extraordinary publication that not only showcases the formidable visual and conceptual work of a groundbreaking contemporary artist but also reimagines how art books themselves can be experienced, handled, and understood. From the moment one encounters its slipcase and begins to interact with its surprising mix of bound and unbound materials, it becomes evident that Dyson and her collaborators have crafted something altogether different, a book that challenges conventional assumptions about the presentation of art in print form. The result is a compelling, multi-layered volume that stands as an indispensable companion to Dysons recent exhibition at Pace Gallery in New York. Dysons artistic practice has long been concerned with exploring new frontiers of shape, space, and meaning. Guided by her philosophy of Black Compositional Thoughta framework through which she articulates geometries of liberation and resistanceDyson ... More | | Franz Gertsch, in front of the painting Johanna, which he just finished, 1984 © Franz Gertsch AG. Photo: Balthasar Burkhard. HAMBURG.- Swiss artist Franz Gertsch (19302022) is regarded as a pioneer of photorealism and a master of modern woodcut. In the second half of the 20th century, he coined a new notion of realism in painting and achieved worldwide fame with his works. From 13 December 2024 through 4 May 2025, the retrospective exhibition at Deichtorhallen Hamburg provides a comprehensive overview of more than 60 years of his artistic work: On display are large-format paintings up to six meters width of the youth and music scenes of the 1970s, iconic portraits of women from the 1980s, epic landscapes and depictions of nature from the last two decades, as well as monumental woodcuts. Franz Gertsch's paintings and woodcuts appear with a spectacular size and photographic precision. In an unmistakable way and with perfect craftsmanship, his works tangle between close-up and distant effects, abstraction and representationalism offering a very special approach towards reality while at the same time always retainin ... More | | Céline Laguarde, Portrait d'homme et paysage du pays basque, entre 1901 et 1914. Musée d'Orsay. Achat, 2017 © Musée dOrsay, dist. GrandPalaisRmn / Allison Bellido. PARIS.- In the early years of the 20th century, Céline Laguarde established herself as an international figure in the history of photographys first artistic movement: pictorialism. Her body of work has finally emerged from a century of oblivion. This exhibition is an invitation to rediscover Laguarde on two levels: as a female photographer who earned a level of recognition that no woman in France had achieved since the invention of the medium, but also - and most importantly - as an artist who in her lifetime was already considered to be one of the most important photographers of her era. The exhibition has been made possible by the gradual unveiling of the artist's personal collection, which was pieced back together in the Musée dOrsay collections between 2017 and 2024. His main ambition is to spotlight a body of work of unsuspected quality, variety and longevity. The portraits, studies of figures, and landscapes give an insight into the photographer's reputation ... More |
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Exhibition at Bildhalle pays tribute to photographer Thomas Hoepker | | COL Steven K. Ellsworth collection of US large cents steps Into spotlight at Heritage's FUN US Coins Auction in Orlando | | Walters Art Museum appoints Kate Burgin as Executive Director and CEO | Thomas Hoepker (DE/US, 1936-2024), Man in White Suit, Fifth Avenue, New York, 1983. Archival pigment print. Sheet: 60 x 45 cm. Image: 54 x 36 cm. Edition of 25 © Thomas Hoepker / Magnum Photos. ZURICH.- On July 10, 2024, the world-renowned photographer Thomas Hoepker passed away peacefully surrounded by his family. Over the past 10 years, Bildhalle has been closely associated with Thomas Hoepker and has shown his iconic images in several solo exhibitions in Zurich and Amsterdam. This exhibition pays tribute to Hoepkers uvre, his life story and his warm-hearted personality with this retrospective. Born in Munich in 1936, Hoepker ranked among the foremost German photojournalists of the late 20th century. As such, he not only experienced but also played a defining role in the second golden age of photojournalism, after the 1920s and 1930s. He has made photographic history not only for his contributions to magazines such as Stern, Geo, Kristall and the Münchner Illustrierte, but also as art director, writer and filmmaker. Many of his black-and-white photo essays rank among the greatest of photo-journalism. ... More | | George IV gold Proof 5 Pounds 1826 PR63+ Deep Cameo PCGS. Photo: Heritage Auctions. DALLAS, TX.- Magnificent coins from an extraordinary collection of large cents featuring every one of the Sheldon number varieties from 1796 through 1814 will land in new collections when they are sold January 9 in Heritages The COL Steven K. Ellsworth Collection of US Large Cents 1796-1814 US Coins Signature® Auction as part of the FUN Convention in Orlando. 1796 was a transitional year in American numismatics, says Greg Rohan, President of Heritage Auctions. That was the year the Mint switched from the Liberty Capped Bust design to the Draped Bust design. This collection starts with the Draped Bust coins, and many of the coins are the finest known, or at least one of the finest known examples. A collector since he was in middle school, Ellsworth is one of the most celebrated collectors of these early large cent varieties, a longtime numismatist who enjoys a broad reach within the collecting community. Back when ... More | | Burgin currently serves as President of the Talent Stream division at Catalyte, Inc., a Baltimore-based technology services and workforce company. BALTIMORE, MD.- The Walters Art Museums Board of Trustees today announced the selection of Kate Burgin as the museums new Executive Director and CEO, following a seven-month national search. Burgin currently serves as President of the Talent Stream division at Catalyte, Inc., a Baltimore-based technology services and workforce company. Prior to joining Catalyte in 2022, Burgin served in several executive positions at the Walters beginning in 2016. In her most recent role at the Walters, Burgin was Deputy Director of the museum. She succeeds Julia Alexander, who served as director from 2013 until October 2024. Burgin will start in her new role as the Andrea B. and John H. Laporte Director in late-January 2025. I am thrilled that Kate Burgin will join the Walters as our new Executive Director and CEO, said Peter L. Bain, President of the Walters Art Museums Board of Trustees. It is truly extraordinary that among the remarkable pool of candidatesdistinguished by ... More |
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The Stedelijk Museum announces major Yayoi Kusama retrospective | | New exhibition by Kalin Lindena on view at Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe | | Exhibition at Nagel Draxler Kabinett features works by Keren Cytter | Yayoi Kusama in 'Yellow Tree / Living Room' tijdens de Aichi Triennale in 2010 © YAYOI KUSAMA. Met dank aan Ota Fine Arts, Victoria Miro, David Zwirner. AMSTERDAM.- The Stedelijk Museum announced a landmark retrospective of Yayoi Kusama, one of the most influential and pioneering artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Opening on September 11, 2026, this expansive exhibition will explore more than seven decades of Kusamas groundbreaking work. The exhibition will delve into the wide range of artistic media Kusama has worked with over the years, including painting, sculpture, installations, drawing, fashion, collage, happenings, live performances, and more. Yayoi Kusama (born 1929) is internationally renowned for her exploration of themes such as infinity, self-obliteration, and repetition. Her distinctive use of polka dots, mirror rooms, and immersive installations has become emblematic of her artistic vision. Kusamas work invites viewers into dynamic environments ... More | | Kalin Lindena, Flag (turquoise, dark), 2024. Courtesy Kalin Lindena Galerie Nagel Draxler © Udo Meinel. KARLSRUHE.- Art enthusiasts now have the opportunity to explore Shadows of Wind Kalin Lindena, a new exhibition presented by the Förderkreis of the Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, which opened on December 1, 2024, and runs through April 27, 2025. Alongside this major presentation, visitors can also experience Update! Rethinking the Collection Scene Change 2 and the dedicated artists space, Kubra Khademi. Bread, Work, Freedom (آزادی کار، نان،), both of which debuted in parallel. On the opening day, all exhibitions were accessible free of charge, allowing guests a rare chance to engage with a diverse array of contemporary works. Shadows of Wind highlights the unique and dynamic vision of Kalin Lindena, whose large-format canvases and sculptural Shapes now transform the museums project space. By moving beyond traditional ... More | | This exhibition features Keren Cytters 8 mm film trilogy Meltdown Hot Lava Night, Queens in Queens, Meltdown alongside a selection of her latest drawings. BERLIN.- In Keren Cytters video works, characters frequently appear confined within their own mental or physical spaces. Her videos often illustrate the tension between desire for change and the constraints that prevent it, reflecting a powerful sense of being caught in a neverending loop. This exhibition features Keren Cytters 8 mm film trilogy Meltdown Hot Lava Night, Queens in Queens, Meltdown alongside a selection of her latest drawings. The meltdown serves as a manifestation of the internal states of Cytters characters as well as the fragmented, chaotic world they inhabit. While the world around them draws ever closer to destruction, the characters seek a way out in their relationships, making the Meltdown trilogy a kind of love story. In Hot Lava Night radio reports depict the extent ... More |
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Architect Jenny Sabin: Nature is an Incredible Teacher
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More News | Christie's presents Cartes blanches in January: Mathieu Lehanneur and Elie Top PARIS.- Throughout the month of January, Christies opens its doors to creative figures and contemporary artists. From January 17 to 23, the public will have the opportunity to discover exclusive creations by Mathieu Lehanneur. From January 27 to 29, jeweler Elie Top, who is celebrating the 10th anniversary of his house, will unveil his brand-new collection. Dedicated to the Age of Enlightenment, Liaisons Dangereuses will be presented alongside the most iconic pieces in the houses history. Finally, from January 8 to 13, Christies France will highlight the talents of its in-house artists with the fourth edition of Le Ciel Est Par-Dessous Le Toit. For the past five years, Christies France has been deeply committed to contemporary creation. Emerging artists (Audrey Guttman, Raphaël Denis, My-Lan Hoang-Thu, etc.) as well as established ... More Parrotta Contemporary presents Timm Rautert's new series "Dots always work" COLOGNE.- Timm Rautert is widely regarded as one of the most significant contemporary German photographers, a figure who has influenced the decisive trends in photography since the early 1960s. Whether working as a photojournalist in his early career, as a portraitist, as a chronicler of a rapidly changing working world, or later as a university educator, Rautert has continually reshaped our understanding of what photography can be. Driven by the question of the power of images and their impact on society, he is constantly probing new ways to assert and examine the mediums meaning. This interrogative approach was already evident in his Bildanalytische Photographie (Image-Analytical Photography) series from 1968 to 1974. Here, Rautert began a lifelong project of encircling photography as a highly complex visual and communicative ... More Hamburger Kunsthalle exhibits the monumental work Abbild (Likeness) 2002-2005 by the Austrian artist Hanns Kunitzberger HAMBURG.- The presentation of the monumental work Abbild (Likeness) 20022005 by the Austrian artist Hanns Kunitzberger (b. 1955, lives and works in Berlin) concludes the Hamburger Kunsthalles 2024 exhibition series devoted to contemporary art. The work, which comprises 16 large-format paintings, pays homage to grand historical-painting cycles. With this show, the Kunsthalle is revisiting a tradition practised until the end of the twentieth century of mounting outstanding presentations of contemporary art in the Kuppelsaal, the domed rotunda that served as an impressive exhibition space after the museums new wing was opened. In their serial monumentality, Kunitzbergers four groups of four paintings each dominate ... More Arijit Bhattacharyya wins Ruckhaberle Award 2024 BERLIN.- In an era marked by political polarization, decreasing tolerance, and societal shifts to the right, the Ruckhaberle Award highlights the importance of open spaces for artistic expression and critical discourse. The award honors visual artists living in Germany who, through their work, find compelling ways to illuminate complex or underrepresented social contexts and contribute to a nuanced understanding of our time. This years nomineesEmma Adler, Arijit Bhattacharyya, Rob Crosse, Anna Ehrenstein, Iden Sungyoung Kim, Ronak Moshtaghi, and Beatrice Moumdjianoffer diverse perspectives on pressing topics: they explore the mechanisms of political propaganda, the spread of conspiracy myths, and the persistent threat of far-right violence in Germany. They also shed light on the complex experiences of queer Muslim identities ... More PIASA reports record-breaking 2024 results, approaching € 65 million in annual auctions PARIS.- International auction house PIASA has announced robust results for 2024, with total auction sales nearing 65 million (including buyers premiums). This figure represents an 8% increase compared to 2023, continuing the companys steady growth trajectory since 2019. Executive Management team members Marie Filippi and Frédéric Chambre highlighted several standout collections and strategic initiatives that contributed to these strong results. Notably, PIASA managed prominent estates such as the Geneviève and Jean-Paul Kahn collection in the Modern and Contemporary Art Department, and curated sales from the celebrated designer Raf Simons personal collection within the Design Department. Design Department: Leading the firms success, the Design Department achieved 39 million in sales, an 11% increase year-on-year. ... More Alzueta Gallery opens its first photography group exhibition BARCELONA.- This is How We Look, Is This Who We Are? is the first photography group exhibition presented by Alzueta Gallery. The show takes place at the gallerys location in Carrer Sèneca, 9-11, Barcelona. It wasnt so long ago that photography became part of the gallery world, which sometimes makes it difficult to find a common thread among artists working in this medium. However, many contemporary approaches share a common interest: exploring the boundaries between reality and fiction, as well as the limits between the natural and the artificial. In the case of portraits and, especially, in self-portraitsthis interest translates into an investigation of identity, using appearance as a way to question the roles we play in society. This approach is precisely reflected in This Is How We Look, Is This Who We Are?. In the pieces that form the exhibition, ... More The Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basque Country presents its 2024-2025 programme VITORIA-GASTEIZ.- In autumn 2024, the museum opened three new exhibitions: Chillida. Usos Aplicados, curated by Peio Aguirre which, on the occasion of Eduardo Chillidas 100th birth anniversary (San Sebastian, 19242002), explores his incursion into graphic design and the application of his work in the decorative arts; refugios-diarios (lerro galduak), an exhibition by Joxerra Melguizo (Vitoria-Gasteiz, 1968), curated by Enrique MartÃnez Goikoetxea (Collection Curator, Artium Museoa), in which the artist emphasises the idea of process, manifesting as a trace of day-to-day work in the studio; and El caso de l(a casa) museo(a), an exhibition by Belgian artist Joëlle Tuerlinckx (Brussels, 1958) that challenges us on such seemingly abstract issues as space and time, although translating these concerns into the viewers experience within the exhibition space and the temporalities it contains. Tuerlinckxs exhibition ... More Muzeum Sztuki publishes 'The 1982 Cultural Exchange Between Lodz and Los Angeles' LODZ.- The 1982 Cultural Exchange honors fifty artists who donated their artworks in a transatlantic museum exchange. What this book describes as a PolishAmerican exchange was in fact the initiative of a group of Warsaw-based artists who wanted to establish contact with their counterparts abroad. The art scene in Poland of the early 1980s, which was a Soviet satellite country, had its limitations, to say the least, but there were still exceptional places and people making their mark. The enterprise was based on the idea that Polish artists would offer their artworks to the newly established Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles (MOCA), whereas artists based in the United States would send their work, in turn, to be exhibited as part of Muzeum Sztukis collection. In 1982 the artworks were donated by: Stanisław Dróżdż, Zbigniew ... More Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung exhibits 'Joan Fontcuberta: What Darwin Missed' BERLIN.- The exhibition Joan Fontcuberta: What Darwin Missed presents a new series of around forty works specially conceived for the Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung by internationally recognized Catalan photographer, curator, essayist, and lecturer Joan Fontcuberta (b. 1955). The artist is renowned for his playful way of engaging audiences but also addressing the boundaries between reality and fiction. His works reflect on the role of photography in representing reality and frequently deal criticallybut always humorously and provocativelywith the image in scientific disciplines such as botany or zoology. For the current exhibition, Fontcuberta engaged intensively with the foundations archive and resumed a research project Alfred Ehrhardt had started in 1938 for the Natural History Museum in Hamburg but was unable to complete due to historical circumstances. ... More |
| PhotoGalleries Gabriele Münter TARWUK Awol Erizku Leo Villareal Flashback On a day like today, American painter and illustrator Paul Cadmus was born December 17, 1904. Paul Cadmus (December 17, 1904 - December 12, 1999) was an American artist. He is best known for his egg tempera paintings of gritty social interactions in urban settings. He also produced many highly finished drawings of single nude male figures. His paintings combine elements of eroticism and social critique in a style often called magic realism. In this image: The Fleet's In!, 1934 (cropped view).
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