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Colette Loll, founder of Art Fraud Insights, and Herschel Hepler, associate curator of Hebrew manuscripts at the Museum of the Bible, examine an image of one of the scrolls found to be fake. In acknowledging that many of its artifacts had tainted histories and that others were fake, the Museum of the Bible in Washington hopes candor will build trust. Via Museum of the Bible via The New York Times.
by Tom Mashberg
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- For all its stated good intentions, when the Museum of the Bible in Washington was envisioned a decade ago, skeptics worried that it would favor religious proselytizing over neutral scholarship and buttoned-down collecting practices. Part of that caution grew from the fact that the museums guiding spirit was 78-year-old David Green, an evangelical Christian who founded the multibillion-dollar Hobby Lobby chain in 1972 and who had written of the Bible: This isnt just some book that someone made up. Its God, its history, and we want to show that. So it was beyond not good news for the museum last month when it disclosed, just days apart, that thousands of its Middle Eastern antiquities had tainted provenances and that its vaunted collection of Dead Sea Scrolls was fake. But in a dozen interviews in recent days, some of the institutions toughest critics said the transparency with which the museum has handled the disclosures was a positive step tow ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day German sopranist and member of the ensemble of Leipzig's opera house (Oper Leipzig), Lilli Wuenscher sings at home, where she stays confined with her family due to the pandemic of the novel coronavirus, on April 3, 2020 on the outskirts of Leipzig, eastern Germany. The gates of the Leipzig Opera have been closed for about three weeks due to the novel corona pandemic - but the voices and instruments of the artists are far from silent. Ronny Hartmann / AFP
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 | | Gagosian presents new online series 'Artist Spotlight' | | Chiswick Auctions announces rediscovery of Joseph Vivien work and its private sale | | The Hepworth Wakefield announces major gift of 100 artworks from local collectors | 
Portrait of Sarah. Photo courtesy of Sarah Sze studio and Gagosian.
NEW YORK, NY.- As the COVID- pandemic sweeps across the globe, and arts institutions and galleries worldwide temporarily close their doors to support all efforts to contain the outbreak, art exhibitions everywhere are being canceled, postponed, or curtailed. For artists who have invested time, energy, and resources for shows now directly affected by the health crisis, Gagosian is launching Artist Spotlighta new, multifaceted online program that gives undivided attention to individual artists, one week at a time. Using Gagosians extensive editorial and media channels as an open platform, artists, one by one, are invited to present their work to the world, allowing them not only to share their stories but also to continue generating support for their studios. Artist Spotlight launches on April 8, with the New Yorkbased artist Sarah Sze. On the eve of Szes exhibition opening at Gagosian, Paris, the city was shut down. While he ... More | | 
Portrait of a Lady shown in the guise of Minerva by Joseph Vivien, sold privately for £17,000.
LONDON.- Chiswick Auctions announced the private sale of a re-discovered art work by the great French master of pastels Joseph Vivien (Lyon 1657 Bonn 1735). The work titled: Lady shown in the Guise of Minerva has been acquired by the Friends of The Sinebrychoff Museum in Helsinki, through Chiswick Auctions in London. It was purchased for £17,000. Commenting on this important sale, Laetitia Masson, Head of Old Master Paintings and Drawings at Chiswick Auctions, said: I am thrilled that this rediscovered pastel portrait, which has undergone much research by ourselves and an external expert, has now found such a good home. It is one of the best examples of the mythological portrait genre that was in vogue in the early 18th century Europe and is one of the finest examples of Joseph Vivien's talent as a pastellist. When the work was brought in, its owner was unaware of who the revered artist was, however ... More | | 
Terence Bacon and John Oldham bequest / April 2020. Photo: © Nick Singleton.
WAKEFIELD.- The Hepworth Wakefield announced that two of its long-standing patrons have generously promised to bequeath nearly 100 art works from their private collection to the West Yorkshire gallery. The collection, lovingly built up over many years by Terence Bacon and John Oldham, features a significant number of vessels by many of Britains most acclaimed ceramicists, including pioneering studio potter Dame Lucie Rie (1902-95), Angus Suttie (1946-93) and Alison Britton (b. 1948). At the heart of the collection are 43 pots by John Ward (b. 1938), known for his hand-built ceramics that draw on influences as varied as ancient pre-glaze pottery to the textures of the Pembrokeshire landscape where he lives. This collection of Wards work is one of the most significant in private hands, and features examples of all of the forms developed by Ward over 50 years. The gift also includes paintings and works on paper by important ... More |
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| | Nationalmuseum acquires a model study by Akseli Gallen-Kallela | | Christie's announces new online-only sales open for browsing | | From Instagram posts to collectibles: Magnum Photos partners with The Everyday Projects for a print sale | 
Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Nude Study, 1885 (detail). Photo: Cecilia Heisser/Nationalmuseum.
STOCKHOLM.- Akseli Gallen-Kallela is one of Finland's most famous artists and commonly referred to as a master of Realism and Symbolism. He was also a courageous interpreter of the Finnish national epic Kalevala and worked with various art forms, including painting, graphics, illustrations, textiles and architecture, as well as designs for military uniforms. The newly acquired model study is from beginning of Gallen-Kallelas artistic career, when he was still studying in Paris. That same year he also painted Old Woman with a Cat, now part of the collection of the Turku Art Museum, which is considered one of his most important works. Nationalmuseum's new acquisition Nude Study by Akseli Gallen-Kallela (18651931) was painted in 1885, while the artist was studying at the Académie Julian, a private art school in Paris. He had moved to Paris in the autumn of 1884 to continue his art studies after graduating from ... More | | 
Christies Hong Kong will offer Pavilion Online: Chinese Art, a wide range of jades, bronzes, scholars objects and Ming and Qing porcelains. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announced new sales have been added to its April Calendar of Online-Only Auctions, spanning fine arts, decorative arts, and luxury categories. As art world audiences turn to digital platforms to engage and transact, Christies continues to refresh its digital offerings to provide collectors with continued opportunities to view objects, learn from specialists, browse, bid and buy. April Online Sales now include Wine & Spirits (open through 7 April) presenting a superlative offering of Californias producers alongside Bordeaux First Growths, wines from Burgundy, Rhône, Italy, Champagne, and Portugal, and impressive whiskies. Jewels Online (13-24 April) offers a broad selection of iconic designs alongside a thematic section of Spring inspired jewels spanning floral and animal motifs, colored gemstones, and gold ... More | | 
Salem bathes his 5 year-old daughter and niece in the only surviving piece of his wartorn house in Gaza. 2015. © Wissam Nassar.
LONDON.- Turning Points, the April 2020 Square Print Sale in collaboration with The Everyday Projects, will bring together a selection of over 100 images by international visual artists. The participating photographers will look over their personal archives in search of images relating to, or capturing events that changed the course of history, society, a life, or a practice. This sale represents the first collaboration between Magnum Photos the worlds longest-running photographic and artistic co-operative and The Everyday Projects, a global network that began as Everyday Africa in 2012. Everyday Africa set out to challenge the media-driven stereotypes that affect the continent by featuring images of everyday life made by a community of contributing photographers that live or work extensively on the continent. The viral success of this first iteration of the project ... More |
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| | Freeman's online-only design sale soars past pre-sale high estimate, achieves $1.2 million | | Cristina, cult New York singer, dies at 64 | | 30 extraordinary whiskies from The Macallan Fine & Rare series to highlight Sotheby's Online Wine & Spirits sales | 
Coming from a private Pennsylvania collection, this table lamp (Lot 27, $206,250) with a "Favrile Glass Ball Library" adjustable base, achieved the highest hammer price in the sale after the most competitive online bidding of the day.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Strong prices were realized throughout Freemans online only Design auction on April 3, which showcased a curated selection of 78 lots by important international designers and craftsmen. With an impressive sell-through rate of 96%, the auction achieved nearly $1.2 million, well exceeding its pre-sale high estimate. Nearly 70% of all lots offered sold for prices above their high estimate. There was strong competition between online bidders with 60% of bidders registered through Freemans LIVE, the houses free online bidding platform. The sale saw an 100% sell-through rate for a group of rare Meissen porcelain by Henry van de Velde. Samuel Yellins ironwork did exceedingly well, with most Yellin lots soaring past their pre-sale estimates. A Tiffany Studios ... More | | 
Cristina was an American singer and writer, best known for her new wave recordings made for ZE Records in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
by Jon Caramanica
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Cristina, a cult singer who brought avant-garde sensibilities to New Yorks dance-music nightlife at the turn of the 1980s, died Tuesday in New York. She was 64. Her daughter, Lucinda Zilkha Francis, said she had been suffering from several autoimmune disorders, including relapsing polychondritis, for approximately two decades. On Friday, her family learned that she had tested positive for the coronavirus. In the fertile anything-goes downtown New York of the late 1970s and early 1980s, Cristina cut a unique figure a hyperliterary, well-to-do, seen-it-all performer who taunted club music culture with songs that could be read as wry parody or progressive update. My strength is not in my voice; nor do I have sexy ankles, she told the Boston Globe in 1980. ... More | | 
The Macallan Fine and Rare 56 Year Old 1945. Estimate $38/50,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys Wine announced two exciting online auctions to be held this April: Distilled | The Macallan Fine & Rare Collection From Wing Hop Fung + More (now open for bidding through 19 April) and Vine to Online | The Old & New World (open for bidding from 13-26 April). Connor Kriegel, Head of Auction Sales for Sothebys Wine in New York, said: Following the success of our March sale series in London, which included a new auction record for any bottle of Japanese whisky, we are very pleased to present these two online auctions this month. Offering more than 300 lots, these sales will present collectors with the opportunity to acquire some of the very best bottles in both wines and spirits. The spirits auction is led by an extraordinary and rare group of 30 bottles from the legendary Macallan Fine & Rare series, on offer from specialty retailer, Wing Hop Fung. Spanning five decades from ... More |
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| | 35th London Original Print Fair goes online from 1 May 2020 | | LiveAuctioneers launches COVID-19 campaign benefiting auction houses, charities | | Phillips announces spring series of online-only auctions | 
Damien Hirst, Cure, 2014. Image courtesy Paul Stolper.
LONDON.- The London Original Print Fair which was due to take place at the Royal Academy of Arts this May, today announced plans to create an online version of the Fair. LOPF Online launches on Friday 1 May at www.londonoriginalprintfair.com and will run throughout May. To recreate this much-loved fixture in the art calendar, LOPF will launch a version that aims to simulate the magic of browsing and buying at the Fair with a series of curated selections along with tips and advice. Each exhibitor will showcase their works through individual Viewing Rooms which will enable the visitors to explore the range from newly published prints to rare old masters. A number of exhibitors will stage themed exhibitions. Hosting 51 of the best print dealers, galleries and publishers in the world, LOPF Online aims to provide a resource for collectors across the globe and to showcase the very best prints on the market. ... More | | 
Elaborately carved huanghuali lotus cabinet from Converse Auctions March 13, 2020 auction, sold to a buyer on LiveAuctioneers for $75,000. Image: LiveAuctioneers and Converse Auctions.
NEW YORK, NY.- LiveAuctioneers, whose online bidding platform is used by more than 6,000 auction houses and reaches millions of bidders worldwide, is offering special assistance both to clients and charitable organizations as COVID-19 continues to wield its devastating impact on businesses and communities. The team at LiveAuctioneers is committed to helping auction houses navigate the unprecedented circumstances that are restricting their ability to conduct in-person gallery previews and sales, said LiveAuctioneers CEO Phil Michaelson. Auction house owners are extremely concerned about the welfare of their customers, employees and communities, so many are replacing in-person sales with online-only events on LiveAuctioneers.com. Theyre taking these steps to sustain their local ... More | | 
Nicolas Party, Portrait with a Mustache, 2013. Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500. Image courtesy of Phillips.
NEW YORK, NY.- Beginning on 8 April, Phillips will host a series of themed, cross-category online-only auctions throughout April and May. An auction of Editions and Works on Paper will kick off the series on 8 April, followed by two concurrent sales Current Mood and Desktop which open for bidding on 15 April. The Editions sale, which will run online until 16 April, will feature 50 lots by both modern and contemporary masters. Current Mood will be dedicated solely to contemporary art, while Desktop will offer a selection of contemporary art, editions, and design, with works by Katherine Bernhardt, Donald Judd, and Donna Huanca, among others. Phillips has long-recognized the importance of digital engagement, and clients have embraced this new way of collecting, said Katherine Lukacher and Charlotte Gibbs, Co-Heads of Phillips Online-Only Sales. Our entire team around the globe has worked quickly to adapt ... More |
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 1960s Bond girl Honor Blackman dead at 94LONDON (AFP).- Honor Blackman, one of most memorable co-stars of the early James Bond films, has died at the age of 94, her family said on Monday. The actress shot to fame in her late 30s after playing legendary Bond girl Pussy Galore in the 1964 movie "Goldfinger", starring alongside Sean Connery. It was only the third instalment in the storied spy franchise, and received critical acclaim and box office success. "It's with great sadness that we have to announce the death of Honor Blackman aged 94," the family said in a statement. "She died peacefully of natural causes at home in Lewes, Sussex, surrounded by her family. "As well as being a much adored mother and grandmother, Honor was an actor of hugely prolific creative talent." Her family added she possessed "an extraordinary combination of beauty, brains and physical prowess, along with her unique voice ... More How a Chinese American novelist wrote herself into the wild westNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The day in 2015 that C Pam Zhang was laid off from her first job out of college, she celebrated with friends at the park, then promptly made plans to move to Bangkok. She had been working at a tech startup in San Francisco for several years, she said, kind of stress-testing this question of whether I could be happy doing something that was not writing. But the layoff felt liberating, so she decided to live off savings for a while and give writing a real shot. I was like, Im giving myself a year, Zhang said in an interview last month. Ive been complaining all this time about not having the time to write. Will I actually write when I have the time, or am I just a big fake? Over seven months in Thailand, she wrote more than a dozen short stories, in the process landing on the sort of work she wanted to do: speculative fiction ... More Off-Broadway's season shook up norms of life and theaterNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Given the indefinite postponement of the Tony Awards, critics for The New York Times recently looked back on a Broadway season that ended prematurely and decided to distribute their own set of prizes. It seemed only fair that they extend the discussion to off-Broadway which, before its houses were also shuttered, provided some of the most original, powerful and prescient theater of the past year. BEN BRANTLEY: So much of what we saw off-Broadway from last spring onward has stayed in my mind, Jesse or, perhaps, I should say, it haunted me. In many of these productions, time seemed to be torn off its hinges, and the solid floor of what we think of as normal life to have cracked open. Who knew how apt a preface such works would provide for the rudderless world we now inhabit? JESSE GREEN: Rudderless ... More Women's museum creates new portal with virtual contentWASHINGTON, DC.- The National Museum of Women in the Arts announces NMWA @ Home, a dynamic new resource for virtual activities and resources while the museum is temporarily closed due to the Covid-19 outbreak. NMWA @ Home is a portal to explore the work of great women artists with links to online exhibitions, collections, artist profiles, talks and news as well as art podcast and video recommendations. We need connection and community now more than ever, and the arts can provide that bridge, said NMWA Director Susan Fisher Sterling. Art offers powerful ways for us to visualize our shared humanity, and museums have often served as places of refuge and solace. It is truly unprecedented that when we need it most, we are unable to physically come together to experience all that great art has to offer. I am thankful for the capacity ... More EXPO CHICAGO confirms dates of ninth edition, September 24-27, 2020 CHICAGO, IL.- EXPO CHICAGO, The International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art, today confirmed its intention to present the Exposition this September in a letter to the international arts community written by President | Director Tony Karman, although it continues to closely monitor the global health situation. With its ninth edition slated for September 2427, 2020, EXPO CHICAGO is committed to serving as an active force in the recovery of the art world for its broad group of constituents, both commercial and institutional. Now poised to be one of the first leading international art fairs in the Americas held following the restrictions due to COVID-19, EXPO CHICAGO is moving forward as scheduled while it monitors recommendations from health professionals and government agencies. The health and safety of EXPO CHICAGOs ... More Kiasma Online Art: Taking the art beyond the walls of the museumHELSINKI.- Kiasma Online Art is the web extension of Kiasmas Collection. It is an internet experience and tribute to todays online art-makers. It was founded 2017 in connection of ARS17: Hello World! exhibition and is gradually growing with new acquisitions. At the moment when museums are closed in Finland, it offers audience not only representation of art, but also access to art works themselves. A growing amount of art is being created exclusively for online environments, social media platforms, blogs and mobile apps. The audience plays an active role in many of these works, which include everything from gaming-based art, a VR film and digital paintings to a Random Number Generator that writes poetry and a mixing platform inviting users to create their own soundscapes. Kiasma Online Art takes the art beyond the walls of the museum, ... More Never mind wailing puppies, Leipzig opera musicians rehearse at homeLEIPZIG (AFP).- Singing operatic arias accompanied by the wailing of a Giant Schnauzer puppy is not easy, but Lilli Wuenscher has had to get used to it. "When I sing high notes he starts to howl and cry," said the Leipzig Opera soloist about her puppy Ludwig -- named after Ludwig van Beethoven. With the opera house closed for the last three weeks as Germany battles to contain the coronavirus pandemic, dozens of dancers, singers and instrumentalists are having to find creative ways to practise at home -- while trying not to annoy their neighbours. Wuenscher lives with her husband, also an opera singer, and their three children Leyla, 12, Joshua, 10, and Josephine, three. She is spending two hours a day at the piano learning notes, as well as cramming in an hour of exercise a day to stay in shape, while also having to cook and look after the children. ... More The Southbank Centre announces new digital initiatives as it extends closure to 30 June 2020 LONDON.- The Southbank Centre and its partners announced additional digital initiatives to serve its audiences and the wider artistic community, including Shankar 100, Beethoven 250, a digital tour of Among The Trees exhibition at Hayward Gallery, and daily curated content celebrating past artistic highlights crossing decades and genres. Grace Jones Meltdown will now take place in June 2021, with Grace Jones and every act confirmed to play the new dates, 11-20 June. On Tuesday 7 April, the Southbank Centre celebrates the legacy of the seminal Indian musician, composer, educator and sitar maestro Ravi Shankar across its digital channels on the centenary of his birthday as part of Shankar 100. Audiences are invited to tune into the Southbank Centres socials to get involved, with content including exclusive video and curated playlists ... More The Alte Pinakothek goes digital with Google Arts & CultureMUNICH.- Open to everyone, experience originals online: these are the watchwords of the current collaboration between the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen (Bavarian State Painting Collections) and Google Arts & Culture. First initiated last summer with the special exhibition Utrecht, Caravaggio and Europe, the partnership is now being expanded in this important next step. With immediate effect, visitors around the world will be able to enjoy digital access to the Alte Pinakothek and its art treasures in the permanent exhibition via the international online resource, Google Arts & Culture. So, while the current health crisis has forced the Alte Pinakothek to close its doors for the time being, members of the public can still explore for themselves the museums masterworks of European painting from the 14th to the 18th century: g.co/AltePinakothek All galleries at the Alte Pinako ... More Property from the Estate of Doris Day at Julien's Auctions brings in nearly $3 million LOS ANGELES, CA.- Juliens Auctions announced that a total of nearly three million U.S. dollars was made in its two-day virtual online event Property from the Estate of Doris Day held Saturday, April 4 and Sunday, April 5, 2020. The white glove auction far exceeded its pre-sale estimates of $300,000 to $600,000. All proceeds of the sale benefit the Doris Day Animal Foundation. Over 1,100 iconic items and memorabilia owned and used by Hollywoods legendary top box office star, animal rights activist and singer in her illustrious life and career, as well as furnishings, household pieces and personal items from Days beloved home in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California went under the hammer. The top selling item was Doris Day's 1930 Ford Model A rumble seat roadster used on her show Best Friends. Affectionately named Buttercup by Day, she owned this antique ... More Delaware Art Museum offers a variety of virtual tour offerings to the public WILMINGTON, DE.- The Delaware Art Museum may be closed, but you can still visit the Museum and its collection of over 12,000 works of art through a variety of innovative tours across email and social media. The Museum recently launched The View from DelArt, an email highlights tour of the collection, in which staff, members and friends of the Museum share their favorite works of art. The tour kicked off with member Steve Greggs meditation on Water Willow by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, a popular painting from the Museums extensive Pre-Raphaelite collection. Gregg expressed his love for the painting and dropped this fun fact: The view is of Kelmscott Manor, in the 1870s, a retreat in England where Jane Morris lived with her husband William, but more importantly the site of Rossettis liaison with Jane Morris, which adds intrigue and ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian-French painter Gino Severini was born April 07, 1883. Gino Severini (7 April 1883 - 26 February 1966) was an Italian painter and a leading member of the Futurist movement. For much of his life he divided his time between Paris and Rome. He was associated with neo-classicism and the "return to order" in the decade after the First World War. In this image: A visitor looks at paintings, 'Femme a la Mandoline' (L) and 'Les joueurs de Cartes' (R) by Italian futurist and neo-classic artist Gino Severini,1883-1966, at the Orangerie Museum in Paris.
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