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Fossil finger bone of Homo sapiens from the Al Wusta site, Saudi Arabia. © Ian Cartwright.
by Mariëtte Le Roux
PARIS (AFP).- A lone finger bone unearthed in the desert suggests modern humans had penetrated deep into Arabia already 85,000 years ago, said a study Monday that claimed to advance our African exodus by millennia. The research, published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, challenged a long-held consensus that humans started to move en masse from our birthplace in Africa only about 60,000 years ago, with a few small, unsuccessful migrations before. Recent archaeological finds have started to question that idea, with some claiming evidence of homo sapiens spreading beyond Africa and the adjacent Levant region already 120,000 years ago or more. However, many of those discoveries -- including from China and Australia -- have doubts hovering over their authenticity and dating, said the authors of Monday's study. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A Franciscan friar holds a candle as he prays and sings during the daily prayer inside the latin chapel at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem, on February 17, 2018. Dispatched to the city 800 years ago by the Catholic order's founder, Saint Francis of Assisi, the Franciscans have for centuries ensured a permanent Christian presence in the Holy Land. Pilgrims know them primarily as the Guardians of the Holy Sepulchre, protecting the site where Jesus is believed to have been crucified and buried. Thomas COEX / AFP
| Historic landmark for the Burrell Collection as the Wagner Garden Carpet is to go on display at the Metropolitan Museum | | Exhibition at musée du quai Branly Jacques Chirac focuses on ghost stories from East and Southeast Asia | | Arts Minister steps in to prevent Head of an African Man Wearing a Turban by Sir Peter Paul Rubens from export |
The Wagner Garden Carpet, Glasgow Museums © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection.
GLASGOW.- The Burrell Collections Wagner Garden Carpet is to be displayed at the Metropolitan Museum, New Yorks critically acclaimed Islamic galleries from 10 July 2018 7 October 2018. The partnership between the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, and the Metropolitan Museum, New York, will provide a rare opportunity for members of the public to see the artwork. The Wagner Garden Carpet is considered to be one of the three earliest surviving Persian garden carpets in the world. However the design of this particular carpet is unique and no other examples resembling it or using part of its base-pattern have yet been identified. The exhibition will be the first time that the Wagner Garden Carpet will be on display outside of Great Britain since it was acquired by Sir William Burrell. To mark the announcement, the Lord Provost of Glasgow will today (9 April 2018) receive ... More | |
Noh mask, Japan, wood, 21 x 15 x 9 cm © musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, photo Sandrine Expilly.
PARIS.- The exhibition Ghosts and Hells: The Underworld in Asian Art presented at the musée du quai Branly Jacques Chirac focuses its attention on ghost stories from East and Southeast Asia, delving into the world of spirits, terror and fantastic creatures and their contemporary adaptations. A journey to the edges of reality, where cinema, religious art, theatre, contemporary design, manga and video games intersect. From Hokusai prints to Pac-Man, from Buddhist paintings to J-Horror Japanese horror cinema from the 1990s-2000s with the film Ring, from the Thai spirit cults to horror manga, the figure of the ghost has haunted the Asian imagination for centuries. in China, Thailand and Japan the lands that the exhibition focuses on the popular infatuation with terror is very real, and one that permeates a wide variety of cultural productions. From spirits that wander the forest, ... More | |
Head of an African Man Wearing a Turban by Sir Peter Paul Rubens.
LONDON.- Arts Minister Michael Ellis has placed a temporary export bar on a painting by Sir Peter Paul Rubens to provide an opportunity to keep it in the country. Head of an African Man Wearing a Turban is one of the few existing examples of artwork from the 17th century that records an African man in Europe. It is at risk of being exported unless a buyer can be found to match the asking price of £7,695,860. The oil sketch was used by Rubens in his 1609 portrayal of Balthazar in Adoration of the Magi, which depicts the giving of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the infant Jesus. Rubens is one of the pre-eminent painters of the 17th century and among the most influential artists of the Flemish Baroque tradition. He was knighted by Charles I and while living in London also painted the masterpiece ceiling of the Banqueting House - one of the most famous works ... More |
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| 6 centuries of furniture & decorative arts offered at Sotheby's New York | | Peana Projects opens group exhibition curated by Triumph Chicago | | Polish artist Karolina Halatek installs large outdoor sculpture Terminal in front of the Kunsthalle Bremen |
A pair of carved and polychrome Egyptian Revival armchairs with Indian silk upholstery, late 19th/early 20th century. Estimate: 5,000 7,000 USD. Courtesy Sothebys.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys presents the spring auctions of furniture and decorative arts in New York. Offering nearly 1,000 lots over the course of three days, the trilogy of sales celebrate the art of collecting through a captivating array of objects spanning from the 16th to 21st centuries. More than 500 pieces are emerging from distinguished private collections, presenting both experienced and new collectors with an opportunity to acquire exceptional works with outstanding provenance from some of the worlds most celebrated arbiters of taste. All of the works from the three sales will be on view beginning 13 April in Sothebys York Avenue galleries, alongside the exhibitions of Magnificent Jewels and Fine Jewels. Amassed over the course of 20 years, the private collection of Miami-based interior designer Victor A. Diaz showcases his fervent passion for silver. Over 150 pieces from his home will be on offer, showcasing ... More | |
Dan Devening, From Where We Came From, We Go, 2018. Wall vinyl and two works on paper, 213 x 150 cm. 83.8 x 59 in.
MONTERREY.- Dear Ana, Ryan came up with Pushing Up Daisies while I was desperately searching for a title for the show. Late at night, I was systematically going through books of poetry. Olson, Stein, Ginsberg... none of them revealed a thing to me. He came back home, took his shoes off, asked what I was doing, and came up with the title. I did not know what it meant, pushing up daisies. He explained that it's a nice way to say that someone is about to die; "soon, I will be pushing up daisies." Why death? We spoke about Ginsberg. I damaged one of his books, that is, Ginsbergs, that Ryan owns, Gay Sunshine Interview. Dipped it in water, that yellow thing. Ginsberg talks there about gayness; gayness as in sexual orientation, and as in happiness. Carefree happiness that touches madness, madness that arrives with freedom. Then he told me about that movie that Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie directed, a mediocre -though pretty fun to watch- movie with Ginsberg ... More | |
Terminal is a light space, that shines alone at night, separate from the outside world and yet open at both ends, a passage and a space of other kind at the same time, that dissolves in light.
BREMEN.- With her large outdoor sculpture Terminal, the Polish artist Karolina Halatek invites us to make a special experience in the dark: When entering the large tube, viewers are completely immersed in the bright LED, which encloses them on all sides. Due to the total illumination, bodies do not cast shadows a surreal situation, unfamiliar in everyday life. The artist was inspired by descriptions of near-death experiences in which light plays a fundamental role. Appropriately, she has chosen the title. The English term Terminal is a synonym for the last stop of a train or a bus. It is also used to describe the building where travellers wait for their next flight at the airport. Instead of imitating the depictions of the near-death experiences artistically, Halatek creates a new sensory experience which occurs between entering and exiting the tube. After having passed the tunnel, the viewer is released into the dark, urban surrounding. ... More |
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| Pace Gallery opens exhibition of new paintings and new works on paper by Loie Hollowell | | Edward Cella Art & Architecture opens Raúl Cordero's first exhibition in Los Angeles in more than a decade | | Nancy Ireson appointed Barnes Foundation Chief Curator, Deputy Director for Collections and Exhibitions |
Loie Hollowell, Linked Lingam (purple, teal, yellow), 2018. Oil paint, acrylic medium, sawdust, and high-density foam on linen mounted on panel, 28" x 20-1/2" x 2" (71.1 cm x 52.1 cm x 5.1 cm) © Loie Hollowell Photograph by Kerry Ryan McFate, courtesy Pace Gallery.
HONG KONG.- Pace Gallery is presenting the first exhibition in Asia dedicated to the New York-based artist Loie Hollowell. On view March 27 through May 31, 2018 in Central Hong Kongs Entertainment Building, Loie Hollowell: Switchback is the artists second exhibition with Pace Gallery worldwide, following her debut with the gallery in Palo Alto in fall 2017. The exhibition includes 9 new paintings and the 9 new works on paper that continue Hollowells investigation of bodily landscapes and sacred iconography through allusions to the human form, and womens bodies in particular. Drawing inspiration from artists like Agnes Pelton, Georgia OKeeffe and Judy Chicago, Hollowells works abstract the most intimate and sexually explicit parts of the human body into primal shapes that reoccur frequently throughout art history, such as the ... More | |
The Seer's Suite. Untitled (The Amusement Park...), 2018. Carved natural stone (black marble) in metal frame, 91 x 80 x 50 cm.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Edward Cella Art & Architecture is presenting an exhibition of works by Raúl Cordero from his newest series, The Seer's Suite. The artists first exhibition in Los Angeles in more than a decade features four new paintings and four carved marble sculptures that investigate a place where memory, reoccurring dreams, and fixations meet for the artist. Each painting and sculpture in the exhibition draws on Corderos encounters with clairvoyants, also known as seers, whom he describes as those who always try to see further. Recalling his fascination with his experiences he states, curiously at such meetings, one is always required by those persons to stare first at a certain object that in turn, becomes the center of the sitting. Extracting from his sessions and recurrent dreams, Cordero employs images, of chandeliers, an A-frame house, and twin cabins, that have appeared to him. The resulting mysteri ... More | |
Ireson joins the Barnes from Tate Modern, London, where she has served as Curator of International Art since 2015. She will begin her post at the Barnes in August 2018.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Thom Collins, executive director and president of the Barnes Foundation, today announced the appointment of Dr. Nancy Ireson as the Barness new deputy director for collections and exhibitions & Gund Family Chief Curator. With more than 15 years experience at some of the worlds top arts institutions including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, and the Courtauld Gallery, London, Ireson joins the Barnes from Tate Modern, London, where she has served as Curator of International Art since 2015. She will begin her post at the Barnes in August 2018. At Tate Modern, Ireson most recently co-curated two major monographic exhibitions, Modigliani and The EY Exhibition: Picasso 1932 Love Fame Tragedy, offering a fresh perspective on two of the artists whose works were collected by Dr. Albert C. Barnes. At Tate Modern, Ireson also initiated the integration of virtual ... More |
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| Whitechapel Gallery opens a new display of work by 23 international artists | | Dorotheum announces Auction Week of modern and contemporary art, jewellery and watches | | National Portrait Gallery announces shortlist for BP Portrait Award 2018 |
Huma Bhabha, Untitled, 2013. Ink, pastel on paper, 60.5 Ã 46 cm. Courtesy of Huma Bhabha and Salon 94, New York.
LONDON.- This spring the Whitechapel Gallery presents Bumped Bodies, a new display of work by 23 international artists which explores the relationship between the body, objects and the environment. Featuring work by Huma Bhabha, Tony Cragg and Sarah Lucas, Bumped Bodies is the final chapter in the ISelf Collection displays, a private collection of contemporary art which focuses on personal identity and the human condition. The display is named after Paloma Varga Weiszs Bumped Body (2007), an ambiguously gendered pregnant form. The white figure encased in a gleaming copper shell hangs from the gallery wall. It explores the idea of pregnancy as an extreme form of selfhood, examining the tension between the expectant body as a subject and an object. Works on show offer fragmented, deconstructed and visceral perspectives where the body ... More | |
Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, Attesa, 1964/65, waterpaint on canvas, pink, 46 x 38 cm, estimate 480,000 - 650,000.
VIENNA.- At Dorotheum, the 16th of May 2018 will be all about the international greats of contemporary art. Top lots include several excellent examples of the work of Lucio Fontana: two paintings from the nineteen-sixties one pink, the other green represent his Concetto Spaziale, cutting the canvas to open up the traditional panel painting to the third dimension - and push art history forward in the process. (Concetto Spaziale "ATTESA", 196465, estimate 480,000650,000, Concetto Spaziale "ATTESA", 1968, 400,000600,000). Emilio Vedova, for whose work Dorotheum continues to retain the world sales record, contributes two works which, among other venues, were on display at the Venice Biennial 1962 (Per una protesta No. 6, 280,000380,000). Likely to attract particular attention are Andy Warhol's serigraph Two Diane Keaton as well as a mirror ... More | |
A Portrait of two Female Painters by Ania Hobson © Ania Hobson.
LONDON.- Four artists have been shortlisted for the BP Portrait Award 2018 at the National Portrait Gallery, London, which will be presented on 11 June 2018, it was announced today, Monday 9 April 2018. The shortlisted portraits were selected from 2,667 entries from 88 countries, submitted for judging anonymously by a panel which included journalist and broadcaster Rosie Millard and artist Glenn Brown. The four portraits in the running for the First Prize are Miriam Escofets portrait of her mother, An Angel At My Table; Time Traveller, Matthew Napping by Felicia Forte which shows her partner Matthew DeJong asleep in bed; Ania Hobsons A Portrait Of two Female Painters, depicting the artist and her sister in law, Stevie Dix, and Zhu Tongyaos portrait of his Italian neighbour, Simone. This is the first time all the artists have been shortlisted for First Prize in the BP Portrait Award. Miriam Escofet has been ... More |
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Russell Crowe's 'Romper Stomper' Doc Martens purchased by National Museum of Australia
CANBERRA.- A pair of iconic maroon leather Doc Martens boots worn by Russell Crowe in the 1992 Australian film classic Romper Stomper has been purchased by the National Museum of Australia in Canberra, following a public auction of the actors movie, sports and art collection. The win at the Sothebys The Art of Divorce auction on the weekend also included the costume worn by Russell Crowe in the 1993 film The Silver Brumby, directed by John Tatoulis and based on The Silver Brumby novel series by Elyne Mitchell. The acquisitions deepen the institutions collection of Australian film memorabilia and National Museum director Dr Mathew Trinca said he was thrilled to acquire the objects, which will help tell the story of the national film industry. These objects highlight the success and depth of the national film industry and allow us to explore and celebrate ... More
Wordsworth Trust receive major grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to redevelop the site
GRASMERE .- The Wordsworth Trust has been awarded a grant of £4.1million by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the Reimagining Wordsworth project, it was announced today. The Wordsworth Trust is based at Dove Cottage, Grasmere, and it looks after the surrounding historic hamlet of Town End. After being awarded a first round pass* in 2016, the Wordsworth Trust has spent two years developing the project, recruiting a dynamic project team, receiving crucial planning permission and matchfunding over £1million in order to secure the grant this month. Michael McGregor, Director of the Wordsworth Trust, said: This is wonderful news. Funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund will enable us to realise our vision for Reimagining Wordsworth, creating new ways of enjoying Wordsworths poetry in the ... More
France to help Saudi Arabia set up orchestra, opera
PARIS (AFP).- Saudi Arabia will employ French expertise to set up a national opera and orchestra, under an agreement signed Monday during a visit to Paris by the kingdom's modernising Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The deal will see the Paris Opera company help the ultra-conservative Islamic nation produce its own classical music and shows, a further sign of Prince Mohammed's desire to change the image of his homeland. He has already announced the lifting of a ban on women driving, the re-opening of cinemas for the first time in over three decades and new mixed-gender concerts, despite opposition from religious hardliners. The kingdom also revealed Monday that it would enter short films at the Cannes cinema festival for the first time and send an official delegation to the celebration of often edgy and subversive silver-screen art ... More
Villa Lena Art Foundation announces over 50 artists-in-residence for 2018
PISA.- Villa Lena, the popular artist retreat in rural Tuscany, has announced 56 new artists-in-residence for its 2018 season. The not-for-profit art foundation is dedicated to supporting artists and creatives from a range of disciplines, who travel from across the world to join the unique creative community from April to October each year. Set in 500 hectares of woodland, hills, olive groves and vineyards, Villa Lena offers studios and quiet working spaces to artists from a range of backgrounds, including writers, architects, dancers, musicians, filmmakers and visual artists. The confirmed artists for 2018 will include among many others: Israeli actress and model Yanni Hen; British photographer Cyrus Mahboubian; award-winning American writer Julie Iromuanya; Russian painter Vladimir Logutov; American musician and rapper Lewis Hakeem; British artist Florence Peake; Indian ... More
Scottish football legends kit in solid gold sports sale with Julien's Auctions
NEW YORK, NY.- A stunning collection of 300 items of sporting memorabilia from some of the worlds greatest football stars of the past 100 years will be sold on May 18th at the Hard Rock Café 1501 Broadway, Times Square, New York by Juliens Auctions. Among them are some Scottish gems. For anyone who has ever enjoyed sport, followed it passionately, or simply admired the grace, courage and dedication that it takes to excel athletically at the top level, this sale offers a selection of sporting holy grails. Darren Julien, President and CEO of the company that bears his name, says: This area of celebrity sports memorabilia is one of the fastest growing areas of alternative investment collectables, their value just keeps on growing. This collection of carefully chosen items of sporting memorabilia represents the dreams and ambitions realized of the sportsmen ... More
111-year-old black veteran gets African-American museum tour
WASHINGTON (AFP).- The oldest US veteran of World War II, the 111-year-old grandson of a slave, has received an exclusive tour of the National Museum of African American History and Culture after being flown to Washington on a private jet by a wealthy benefactor. Richard Overton, who turns 112 next month is believed to be the oldest man in the United States and the third-oldest in the world. Overton grew up in Texas, where his grandfather, a former slave, settled after being granted his freedom in Tennessee. He served in the Pacific during World War II in an all-black battalion and worked in a furniture store after the war. On Sunday, Overton took a private tour of the African-American museum in Washington thanks to Robert Smith, a billionaire businessman and investor who is richest African-American in the country, according to Forbes magazine. Volma ... More
Part 2 of the Felicia Michalski Collection of Fine Jewelry goes up for bid at Turner Auctions + Appraisals
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Turner Auctions + Appraisals will offer the Felicia Michalski Collection of Fine Jewelry, Part 2, on Sunday, April 29. Presenting over 190 lots acquired over six decades, the sale offers fine jewelry for ladies, including rings, necklaces, bracelets, brooches, lockets, pendants and wristwatches, buckles, eyeglass frames and jewelry sets. Most are crafted of gold, white or rose gold, platinum or silver, with precious stones and embellishments such as diamonds, rubies, sapphires, emerald, amethyst, garnets, opal, jade, turquoise, coral, cultured and seed pearls, cameos, rose quartz, moonstone, malachite, tigers eye, tourmaline, enamel, onyx and gold coins. Also featured are a number of jewelry groupings, including necklaces, bracelets, cameos, brooches, charms, gem-set and gold rings ... More
Jackie Robinson rookie jersey resells for $2.6 million on HA.com, landing owner a tidy profit
DALLAS, TX.- The world record sale price for a post-war baseball jersey jumped by $550,000 as Heritage Auctions' "Make Offer to Owner" program recently closed a deal to sell Jackie Robinson's 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers Rookie Jersey for $2.6 million. The jersey originally sold for $2.05 million in Heritage's "Heroes of Sport" auction in November 2017. "The winning bidder in November is one of the savviest collectors we know," explained Chris Ivy, Director of Sports Auctions for Heritage. "He's a believer that if you buy the best of the best, there will always be somebody out there willing to pay more. That philosophy really paid off for him here." Heritage's Make Offer to Owner program has put over $25 million in the pockets of winning bidders since its 2009 rollout. The $550,000 increase in value of Robinson's rookie jersey is the service's single largest transaction. ... More
Horniman Museum and Gardens announces further details of new World Gallery
LONDON.- Today, the Horniman Museum and Gardens has announced that its new World Gallery will open to the public on 29 June 2018, the same day on which the museum first opened 117 years ago in 1901. The new gallery will provide a beautiful and contemporary setting for its world-class anthropology collection, with over 3,000 objects telling stories from around the world and exploring what it means to be human. Occupying one half of the Hornimans original building in Forest Hill, South London, the World Gallery is the culmination of more than five years work to transform this historic gallery and recapture the light and spirit of the Horniman when it first opened on 29 June 1901. Over 100 years later, the World Gallery will be an enriching addition to London, fulfilling Frederick Hornimans ambition to bring the world to Forest Hill. Supported by the Heritage ... More
Macron shows bare-breasted Liberty to Saudi prince at Louvre
PARIS (AFP).- French President Emmanuel Macron likes to pepper his diplomacy with symbolism and gestures. By taking Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for a tour of the Louvre, was he making a point about political freedom? Macron spent an hour on Sunday night taking his Saudi visitor around one of the highlights of the current Paris cultural diary: a new exhibition by the revolutionary 19th-century French painter Eugene Delacroix. The two men later dined together at a restaurant at the museum, spending two hours in talks that were expected to have covered wars and crises in the Middle East, as well as sources of friction between the leaders. "The president wanted to host him for a private dinner at the Louvre, a top French cultural destination, on the occasion of the launch of the Delacroix exhibition," an aide to Macron told reporters on Monday. ... More
Wind topples giant statue of China's first emperor
BEIJING (AFP).- A strong gale-force wind has toppled a giant statue of China's first emperor Qin Shi Huang and flattened its face at a popular tourist site in eastern Shandong province. The 19-meter (62-foot) bronze replica of the monarch -- who was the first to unify warring factions in China and established the Qin dynasty (221-206 BC) - was blown out of its pedestal on Friday. Cranes were immediately called in to pick up the statue, which weighs about six tonnes, according to the state-run People's Daily newspaper. Photographs showed the structure was hollow, with metal bars inside. The monument was built in 2005 to attract visitors to a local tourist resort. ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, British painter Ben Nicholson was born April 10, 1894. Benjamin Lauder Nicholson, OM (10 April 1894 - 6 February 1982) was an English painter of abstract compositions (sometimes in low relief), landscape and still-life. In this image: Ben Nicholson, 1936 (gouache) 38.1 x 50.2 cm. (15 x 19 3/4 in.). Photo: Bonhams.
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