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Diego Rivera, Despues de la tormenta, 1910. D.R. © 2017 Banco de México, Fiduciario en el Fideicomiso relativo a los Museos Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo. Av. 5 de Mayo No. 2, Col. Centro, Del. Cuauhtémoc, C.P. 06059, Ciudad de México.
MEXICO CITY.- The Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL, National Art Museum of Mexico) presents Melancholy, an exhibition that delves into the manner that melancholy, commonly characterized by reflecting the darkest human sides of passion and affection, is represented in Mexican art through a selection of 137 works of art including paintings, etchings, sculptures and writings. The exhibits can be visited through April 9th of July, 2017, in the rooms on the first floor of the site. Under the curatorship of Abraham Villavicencio Garcia, and comprised of the work of nearly 80 Mexican artists, this exposition reflects the way that human feelings are explained, interpreted and represented - revealing melancholy as a possible source for inspiration and artistic creativity. In Villavicencios words, This exhibition seeks to exalt the emotional charges evoked in the works of important novohispano, modern, and contemporary artists t ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day French artist Prune Nourry poses on March 23, 2017 at her workshop in Paris, as she prepares her exhibition titled "Holy" to be held at the Guimet museum from April 19 to September 18, 2017. JOEL SAGET / AFP
| Christie's to offer property from the Estate of Ronald P. Stanton | | MOCA in Los Angeles opens Carl Andre retrospective | | Exhibition at MoMA presents new works from the collection |
Camille Pissarro, Prairie de Bazincourt (detail). Oil on canvas. Painted in 1885. Est: $1,000,000-1,500,000. © Christies Images Limited 2017.
NEW YORK, NY.- This Spring, Christies will offer Property from the Estate of Ronald P. Stanton. Highlights from the collection will be featured in the Evening Sales of Post-War and Contemporary and Impressionist and Modern Art in May 15-17. The collection will feature works by Edgar Degas, Auguste Rodin, Camille Pissarro, Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso and Isamu Noguchi. Having fled Germany as a boy prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, Mr. Stanton studied in New York and served in the United States Army. In 1965, he founded the international fertilizer and chemicals firm Trammo (formerly Transammonia), which under his leadership grew to become one of the worlds largest and most successful private companies. Yet for all his tremendous success in business, Mr. Stantons philanthropic generosity is the cornerstone of his legacy. Ronald P. Stanton dedicated his life to the continued vibrancy and vitality of ... More | |
Installation view of Carl Andre: Sculpture as Place, 19582010, April 2July 24, 2017 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, photo by Brian Forrest.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Tracing the full evolution over five decades of the work of Carl Andre, a crucial figure in the redefinition of contemporary sculpture, MOCA presents Carl Andre: Sculpture as Place, 19582010. The retrospective, which premiered at Dia:Beacon in 2014, includes sculptures; poems and works on paper; a selection of rarely exhibited assemblages; and an unprecedented selection of photographs and ephemera. This is the first museum survey of Andres entire oeuvre, and the first retrospective in North America since 197880. The exhibition represents all major historical and aesthetic shifts in Andres career, from his early exercises to his most recent work. The main stages of Andres mature oeuvre are represented by a large selection of sculptures, including the artists defining sculptures made out of modular arrangements of unaltered building and industrial ... More | |
Installation view of Unfinished Conversations: New Work from the Collection. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 19-July 30, 2017. © 2017 The Museum of Modern Art. Photo: Martin Seck.
NEW YORK, NY.- Juxtaposing significant works by emerging and mid-career artists all made in the past decade and recently acquired by The Museum of Modern ArtUnfinished Conversations: New Work from the Collection is on view from March 19 through July 30, 2017. The exhibition considers intertwining themes of social protest, the effect of history on identity, and how art juxtaposes fact and fiction, through works by more than a dozen artists. The exhibitions title is inspired by John Akomfrahs three-channel video installation The Unfinished Conversation (2012), which chronicles the life and work of the cultural theorist Stuart Hall and is on view in the final gallery of the exhibition. Unfinished Conversations is organized by Klaus Biesenbach, Chief Curator at Large, The Museum of Modern Art, and Director, MoMA PS1; Lucy Gallun, Assistant Curator, Department of Photography; Thomas ... More |
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| Dallas Museum of Art mounts a new installation of one of the world's leading Islamic art collections | | Jewels with celebrated provenance lead Sotheby's NY Magnificent Jewels Sale | | 50th anniversary exhibition on view at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf |
The "Homberg Ewer", Syria, 1242. Brass inlaid with silver. Overall: 15 1/2 Ã 8 1/2 Ã 8 in. (39.37 Ã 21.59 Ã 20.32 cm). The Keir Collection of Islamic Art on loan to the Dallas Museum of Art, K.1.2014.82.
DALLAS, TX.- One of the worlds most important private collections of Islamic art receives the largest public presentation in its history when the Dallas Museum of Art inaugurates The Keir Collection of Islamic Art Gallery. Opening on April 18, 2017, the long-term installation will showcase over 150 works from the Keir Collection, including a substantial number of works that have never previously been exhibited. Assembled over the course of five decades by the noted art collector Edmund de Unger (19182011), the Keir Collection of Islamic Art is recognized by scholars as one of the most geographically and historically comprehensive of its kind, encompassing almost 2,000 works spanning three continents and 13 centuries of Islamic cultural productionfrom rock crystal to metalwork, ceramics, textiles, carpets and works on paper. The Keir Collection ... More | |
A highlight of the spring season is the Magnificent and Legendary Stotesbury Emerald. Estimate $800,000/1.2 million. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys annual spring auction of Magnificent Jewels in New York will be held on 25 April 2017. The sale features a wonderful array of historic designs by Louis Comfort Tiffany, JAR and Suzanne Belperron, alongside jewels with exceptional provenance. The sale is distinguished further by signed and iconic jewels from renowned design houses including Harry Winston, Cartier, Tiffany & Co. and Bulgari., as well as exceptional diamonds of every color. A highlight of the spring season is the Magnificent and Legendary Stotesbury Emerald (estimate $800,000/1.2 million) whose exceptional size, extraordinary shape and rich hue alone distinguishes it from the rest of its class. However, enclosed in this hexagon-shaped, Colombian emerald weighing approximately 34.40 carats is an extensive history spanning the 20th century and including: three renowned American jewelry collectors Evalyn Walsh McLean, ... More | |
Yves Klein, Niké von Samothrake, 1962, 53 x 26 x 24 cm. Plaster, Pigment. Sammlung S.M.A.K., Gent © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2017. Photo: Katja Illner.
DUSSELDORF.- Since its founding in 1881, the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf has been devoted to current artistic production. In addition to renowned artists such as Cézanne, van Gogh, Monet, Renoir, Rodin, Kirchner, Kandinsky, and Matisse, the legendary Sonderbund exhibitions also took place at the museum in 1909 and 1911. In 1967 the building was torn down and rebuilt as a brutalist concrete cube slightly set back on Grabbeplatz by the architects Konrad Beckmann and Christoph Brockes. On April 30, 2017, the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary in the building. From the beginning, the museum was conceived as an institution for very different and idiosyncratic exhibition formats, which have focused on an expanded concept of art and interdisciplinary approaches under the aegis of Karl Ruhrberg, Jürgen Harten, Marie-Luise Syring, Ulrike Groos, and Gregor Jansen. The museum has viewed itself both as a venue f ... More |
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| Exhibition presents what constitutes a magazine that accompanies a national newspaper | | British Library announces partnership to extend its iconic London building | | Exhibition presents new works by Los Angeles based artists Shaun McCracken and Manfred Müller |
Maurizio Cattelan, Pierpaolo Ferrari Objectively hot, Zeitmagazin Ausgabe, issue 26/2016 Inkjetprint © Maurizio Cattelan, Pierpaolo Ferrari.
HAMBURG.- What constitutes a magazine that accompanies a national newspaper? What are its characteristics, how do its topics arise, and why do photographs play a very different role than they do in newspaper format? The exhibition showing at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg is concerned with questions such as these. How does such a magazine come to be, what are its constitutive elements, what varies from issue to issue, what is always changing? And how does it differ from magazines that are sold individually at newsstands? In short, the focus is on the concept and specific characteristics that make up a magazine, seen through the example of Zeitmagazin, a supplement of the German national weekly newspaper Die Zeit. The exhibition looks primarily at the use of images and illustrations. The magazines special features, from individual sections to prominent photo series, are laid out like a ... More | |
Aerial shot of the British Library at St Pancras. Photo: Tony Antoniou.
LONDON.- The British Library has selected a consortium led by property developer Stanhope, working with architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, as preferred partner for a project to develop a 2.8 acre site to the north of its Grade I Listed building at St Pancras in London as a major new centre for commerce, knowledge and research. At the heart of the development will be 100,000 sq ft of new British Library spaces for learning, exhibitions and public use, including a new northern entrance and a bespoke headquarters for the Alan Turing Institute, the national centre for data science research. The development will also include new commercial space for organisations and companies that wish to be located at the heart of London's Knowledge Quarter, close to the Francis Crick Institute and the other knowledge-based companies, research organisations, amenities and transport links located at Kings Cross and St Pancras. The Stanhope consortium wa ... More | |
Shaun McCracken, Untitled #393, 2016-17 (detail). Egg Tempera on panel. 20 Inches Diameter.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Using the traditional medium of egg tempera, McCracken makes complex geometric abstract paintings. Hard-edged, luminous colour shapes and lines overlap, outline and crisscross the multi faceted colour field, creating new interwoven geometric spaces. Flowing painted lines, tracing pathways, travel across the painting, draw the viewers gaze around the panel. The viewer is encouraged to take time and traverse the unique pictorial universe existing within the edges of the panel. Starting without pre planning or drawing, each painting evolves and becomes a conversation between artist and the painting, mapping the artists studio practice, creating a visual diary and illuminating the history of its making. Individual pieces can take several months to complete and as they progress they develop their own unique dialogues, creating a distinctive micro macro visual experience. Through multiple layers, the evolution of the painting is ... More |
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| Director of the Fundació Joan Miró awarded the rank of Knight of the National Order of Merit of France | | Hans P. Kraus Jr. Fine Photographs to exhibit early photography at TEFAF New York | | First solo presentation by Abdulnasser Gharem in the U.S. opens at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
Edouard Beslay, French Consul General in Barcelona, presented the insignia of Knight of the National Order of Merit of the French Republic to Rosa Maria Malet, director of the Fundació Joan Miró. Photo: Pere Pratdesaba.
BARCELONA.- Edouard Beslay, French Consul General in Barcelona, presented the insignia of Knight of the National Order of Merit of the French Republic to Rosa Maria Malet, director of the Fundació Joan Miró, during a ceremony at the Consuls residency, attended by the Miró family and the Board of Trustees of the Fundació Joan Miró, among others. Rosa Maria Malet has expressed her gratitude. The aim of this distinction is to acknowledge the work of Rosa Maria Malet at the Fundació Joan Miró in promoting relations between France and Spain in the fields of art and culture. The distinction, which together with the Legion of Honour is one of the greatest French National Orders, may be awarded to citizens of any country in the world who have distinguished themselves in their field of work. It was created in 1963 as a recognition of services ... More | |
William Henry Fox Talbot (English, 1800-1877), Oak tree in winter, probably 1842-1843. Salt print from a calotype negative, 19.5 x 16.6 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- Hans P. Kraus Jr. Fine Photographs will exhibit iconic images of early photography at TEFAF New York on May 4-8, 2017, at the Park Avenue Armory. The photographs begin with the dawn of photography and reach beyond 1900, telling the story of the mediums short but extraordinary early history. Among the highlights will be William Henry Fox Talbots stately Oak tree in winter, c. 1842-1843, considered a prime example of the British inventor of photographys mastery. Devoid of leaves, it towers over the other trees along the horizon to emphasize both the oaks size and structure silhouetted against the clear light of a winter day. A striking ocean view by Gustave Le Gray, Effect of the sun in the clouds Ocean, 1856-1857, is one in a series of poetic and meditative seascapes that brought the photographer international acclaim for technical and artistic achievement. ... More | |
Abdulnasser Gharem, Hemisphere, 2017, © Gharem Studio, photo courtesy Oak Taylor-Smith, Factum Arte.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art announces Abdulnasser Gharem: Pause, marking the first solo presentation by the artist in the U.S. The exhibition is curated by Linda Komaroff, curator of Islamic art and department head of art of the Middle East at LACMA, and includes 11 remarkable works of sculpture, stamp paintings, prints, and filmall of which were created in the aftermath of the tragic events of September 11, 2001. For Gharem, seeing the World Trade Center destroyed on television was a horrific moment that seemed to make the world standstill, or pause; he learned soon after that two of the hijackers were former classmates. The fact that Gharem is a Muslim, an Arab, and a lieutenant colonel in the Saudi Arabian army will likely provide added resonance for an American audience, while serving as a reminder that terrorism is experienced on a global scale. Gharem deeply absorbs the notion of pause into his work as ... More |
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Exhibition in New York to present emerging and established artists
NEW YORK, NY.- MAAC on the Map is a contemporary art exhibition series that aims to give a platform to emerging and established artists at The Manhattan Art & Antique Gallery - one of the nation's largest fine art and historical design centers. MAAC on the Map is a movement to give contemporary artists a new home on the Upper East Side and an opportunity to expose their work to a different audience. The injection of these vital contemporary artists reinforces that the Upper East Side is a potent destination for innovation, a creative hotspot where experience meets a new breed of artistic disruptor. April 22, 2017 will mark the opening and reception of Maac on the Map Edition II, featuring the artistry of Alexis Duque, Alicia Degener, Allan Gorman, Christina Massey, Lavinia - Iulia Falcan, Sarah Whalen and Yikui Gu. The exhibition will be open daily to the public until May ... More
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao premieres in Spain Pierre Huyghe's Untitled (Human Mask)
BILBAO.- The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao premiered in Spain Pierre Huyghes Untitled (Human Mask) (2014). This is the tenth piece presented in the Film & Video Gallery since it opened in 2014 as a showcase for video art, video installations, and the moving image. Pierre Huyghe (b. Paris, 1962) conceived Untitled (Human Mask) in 2014 after learning about two trained monkeys who served and entertained patrons at a traditional sake house in Japan. Huyghes film is shot in a location ravaged by the recent tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster at Fukushima. A singular inhabitant wanders through a gloomy interior wearing a traditional Japanese theater mask, a womans wig, a white shirt, and a dress resembling a school uniform. We soon realize it is a monkey, although the creatures attentive, anxious attitude and body language suggest an ambiguous humanity. ... More
Veronica Mainetti photographic exhibit on view in the historic Flatiron Building
NEW YORK, NY.- Awakening a poignant photo and video graphic exhibition by Veronica Mainetti is on view at the iconic Flatiron Building in New York City. Located in the ground level glass-walled prow of the internationally-acclaimed landmark tower, Awakening, the first photographic show by Mainetti, runs until June 2, 2017. Awakening spotlights Mainetti herself and the many stages of an ethereal out-of-body experience she documented in photographic and video form. The conceptual image chronicles the soulful inner journey of self-examination by Ms. Mainetti, attesting to her desire to question, explore, and wonder about the world within herself and around her. "I love to capture the present, and make it eternal moments, ideas, and possibly dreams, says Veronica Mainetti. Presenting this work in such a historic building, one that speaks so strongly to ... More
Art Cologne collaborates with Daata Editions in this year's edition of Film Cologne
COLOGNE.- The Film Cologne section is dedicated to the medium of moving image and was introduced at Art Cologne three years ago. With the special exhibition A Goth Life, this years edition of Art Cologne will show a compilation of artwork editions curated by and selected from Daata Editions. A Goth Life is a selection of artist works that, when compiled together, create a composite tale of our joyously soulless, self-reflective, insular, tension and angstridden times. The use of the internet is our guide, confidante, entertainment, mirror, window and general outlet, which has created an alternative social reality, with artists commentating on and providing a contemporary anthropology for this coming of age. This will play throughout the days of the art fair. A Goth Life is playing each day on a repeated cycle. Artists in A Goth Life include: Larry ... More
Retrospective of Ebrahim Alkazi's theatre work on view at Jawahar Kala Kendra
JAIPUR.- Jawahar Kala Kendra is presenting an exhibition focused on the work of eminent theatre exponent of India - Mr. Ebrahim Alkazi. The exhibition The Theatre of E. Alkazi (27th March- 6th May, 2017) is a retrospective of Ebrahim Alkazis theatre work, spanning a period of 50 years, curated by Amal Allana and designed by Nissar Allana. Amal Allana, curator and daughter of E. Alkazi shares a personal glimpse into the life of her father, A hushed silence enveloped our home. Beethoven, Stravinsky, Begum Akhtar, Ravi Shankar - the gramophone playing 45's winds on. My father absorbed in the music, eyes shut, a notebook and a well-sharpened pencil are neatly placed in front of him, aligned at a perfect 90-degree angle to the corner of the table! His body, in the pose of Rodin's "Thinker", is relaxed, but at the same time suffused with a contained energy. ... More
Seven women artists chosen for "Five" initiative
SAN MARINO, CA.- In 2016, The Huntington launched Five, a five-year contemporary arts initiative focused on creative collaboration. The plan? Each year, a different arts or cultural organization is selected to bring in artists to create works in response to The Huntingtons library, art, and botanical collections in new and unforeseen ways. The inaugural year brought JPL/NASAs Orbit Pavilion here. In 2017, we chose the Los Angelesbased Womens Center for Creative Work (WCCW) to explore the theme of collecting and collections. WCCW is a nonprofit organization that cultivates feminist creative communities and practices. Close to 100 artists answered WCCWs call for proposals, seven of whom were chosen to conduct research at The Huntington and produce original work inspired by the collections. The WCCW collaboration will culminate in an exhibition opening ... More
Historic Artists' Homes and Studios program names Curator Valerie Balint as new program manager
STOCKBRIDGE, MASS.- The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced that Valerie Balint will join the organization as the new program manager of the Historic Artists Homes and Studios (HAHS) program, based at Chesterwood in Stockbridge, Mass. Balints mission is to enhance the relevance and reputation of HAHS member sites in their communities so as to contribute to a national conversation on the arts in American public life. With Valeries strong curatorial expertise and interest in working in artists homes and studios, she will be a great asset to the HAHS program and its membership, said Donna Hassler, executive director of Chesterwood and administrator of the HAHS program. The HAHS program manager is a new, full-time position with a three-year tenure, funded by the Henry Luce Foundation. Balint will be responsible for implementing a new strategic ... More
KP Projects exhibits the work of Lola Gil
LOS ANGELES, CA.- KP Projects announced its exhibition, Outside In Doors, a series of new works from painter Lola Gil. Outside In Doors is a story of exploration, discovery, enlightenment and growth, as well as messages of comfort and reassurance from experiences gained and lessons learned. A two-year process, Lola began painting this series in January of 2015, inspired by a journey into the subconscious to deepen the enlightenment of self, and chronicle her metaphysical voyage through visual narrative. Although the outset of each works comes from a personal place, each painting expands beyond the scope of individual experience. As a vessel for lucid dreaming and a means of collective imagination, each composition invites the viewer to step outside of their own reality and in through the door of each painting. Viewing their dreamlike world, while wondering whats ... More
First major institutional exhibition by emerging British artist Holly Hendry on view in Gateshead
GATESHEAD.- BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead is showing the first major institutional exhibition by emerging British artist Holly Hendry. Holly Hendry (b. London, 1990) presents an entirely new body of work for her exhibition Wrot for the BALTIC level 2 space. Using a variety of materials, from Jesmonite and plaster to foam, wood, steel and water-jet cut marble, she creates a geology of oozy forms peppered with comic elements, such as dog chew bones and spinning plaster teeth. She investigates the underneath and backsides of things, using cross-sectional cuts that make insides become edges, revealing their dirty innards. Her works talk about absence through presence and offer intimacy without proximity. Her sugary colours and cartoon content examine the very human aspects of laughter and death. The works in the exhibition, including ... More
Queens Museum exhibits works by artists who took part in its studio program between 2015 and 2017
QUEENS, NY.- The Queens Museum is presenting Nine, which features the artists who are taking part in the Queens Museum studio program between 2015 and 2017. In the first gallery, Andrew Beccone, Chris Bogia, Karolina Sobecka, and Alina Tenser each re-envision objects from the realm of learning and display to ask questions about the limitations of the body and of knowledge. In the second gallery, formal issues in artmakingsuch as surface, dimension, monumentality, movement, and materialmix with questions of identity in works by ruby onyinyechi amanze, Gloria Maximo, Denniston Mikalson, Tuo Wang, and Bryan Zanisnik. In the case of almost all of the artists, the artworks on view were made while they were part of the Studio Program. The most recent cohort of artists were selected by curator Sarah Demeuse and artist Prem Krishnamurthy in dialogue with ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Gustave Moreau died April 18, 1898. Gustave Moreau (6 April 1826 - 18 April 1898) was a French Symbolist painter whose main emphasis was the illustration of biblical and mythological figures. As a painter of literary ideas, Moreau appealed to the imaginations of some Symbolist writers and artists. In this image: Visitors look at the painting 'L'Age de Fer, Cain, Le Soir, La Mort' by French artist Gustave Moreau on display during the exhibition 'Crime and Punishment' at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, France, 15 March 2010. The exhibition is based on a project of Robert Badinter, a French lawyer who succeeded in abolishing the death penalty in France while being Minister of Justice, and includes paintings, sculptures and other works of art or artifacts related to the subject.
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