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Jan David Winitz, president/founder of Claremont Rug Company, identifies trends in the antique Oriental rug market, in his annual letter to clients.
OAKLAND, CA.- In his annual letter sent to clients, Claremont Rug Company founder/president Jan David Winitz, highlighted the mix of technology, artistic/investment value and the appreciation of specific Oriental rug types from the Second Golden Age of Persian Weaving, ca. 1800 to ca. 1910, as the primary factors that influencing acquisitions decision by connoisseurs. He told clients that Last year, we worked with a record number of clients who are investing strategically in a vital sector of the precious tangible asset class and building substantial collections of High-Collectible and Connoisseur-Caliber antique Persian and tribal rugs as defined by our Oriental Rug Market Pyramid. He pointed to overwhelming response to the 140-piece London Vault of Antique Carpets, a mid-year invitational private collection sale presenting the Gallerys perhaps most wide-ranging, selecti ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (R) and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (2R), view a new sculpture erected to mark the 100th anniversary of the poet Wilfred Owen's death, during their visit to Birkenhead, northwest England on January 14, 2019. The statue, by artist Jim Whelan, is entitled 'Futility' after one of Owen's poems, is cast in bronze and represents an exhausted World War One soldier. Paul ELLIS / AFP
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| | | Getty Museum acquires Spring in the Alps by Giovanni Segantini | | Israeli museum under fire over 'McJesus' exhibit | | Pace Gallery announces its representation of Lynda Benglis |
The lush mountain scene was commissioned for American collector Jacob Stern and was on public view in San Francisco for more than 70 years.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today the acquisition of Spring in the Alps, 1897, by Giovanni Segantini (Italian, 1858-1899). Originally painted for Jacob Stern, a San Francisco collector and director of Levi Strauss & Co, the painting has a long connection to California. It was on continuous loan to Legion of Honor in San Francisco from 1928 until it was sold by Sterns descendants in 1999. Giovanni Segantini was at the peak of his career when he created this luminous panoramic scene, said Timothy Potts, director of the Getty Museum. Featuring his characteristic thick brushstrokes and brilliant color palettewhich includes flecks of gold leafthe painting is among the most extraordinary and captivating landscapes produced in Europe at the end of the 19th century. It will resonate powerfully alongside our great Impressionist and Post- ... More | |
The controversy involves "McJesus", a statue of a crucified Ronald McDonald by Jani Leinonen on display at the Haifa Museum of Art.
JERUSALEM (AFP).- A fast-food clown nailed to a cross has united its Finnish creator with Holy Land Christians demanding the artwork's removal from an exhibition at an Israeli museum. The controversy involves "McJesus", a statue of a crucified Ronald McDonald by Jani Leinonen on display at the Haifa Museum of Art. It, along with a figurine representing Jesus as a smiling crucified Ken doll, has raised the ire of members of the local Christian community. The works are part of "Sacred Goods", an exhibition about consumerism running in the northern coastal city's museum since August. Images of the exhibits began circulating on social media last week, and in a Friday demonstration outside the museum protestors wounded three police officers with stones. Two molotov cocktails also hit the museum in recent days, police said. After a series of meetings with Christi ... More | |
Lynda Benglis, 2017. Photo by Billie Scheepers.
NEW YORK, NY.- Since the 1960s, Benglis has been celebrated for the free, ecstatic forms she has poured, thrown, and molded in foam, latex, beeswax, handmade paper, polyurethane, glass, bronze and neon, as well as for her monumental fountains, installations and videos. Encompassing a diverse and evolving array of materials, Bengliss sculptural practice engenders hybrid compositions, embracing the subjective touch of the artists hand and the inextricable link between process, material, and form. Simultaneously playful and visceral, organic and abstract, her work is grounded in a continuous investigation of the proprioceptive, sensory experiences of her sculptures in architecture and space, in a manner resonant with a number of artists long-represented by Pace, such as Robert Irwin and James Turrell. Amid the male-dominated world of sculpture in the 1960s, which saw artists capturing and defining space as their medium, Lynda Benglis used action, ... More |
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| | | Christie's New York to offer Old Master prints & drawings | | Laws of Motion: Gagosian Gallery opens a group exhibition in San Francisco | | TEFAF Restoration Fund announces 2019 grant recipients |
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, (1606-1669), Saint Jerome reading in an Italian Landscape etching and drypoint, circa 1653. Estimate: $300,000-400,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019.
NEW YORK, NY.- Over 500 years of European art history will be presented in two sales at Christie's in New York this January: Old Master Prints on Tuesday, 29 January, and Old Master & British Drawings on Thursday, 31 January. Together, the sales offer an overview of the graphic arts from 1466 to 1880, ranging from Albrecht Dürer's bold woodcuts to the diaphanous watercolours of J.M.W. Turner, from late gothic engravings by the Master E.S. and Martin Schongauer to the virtuoso, mannerist draftsmanship of Polidoro da Caravaggio and Niccolò dell'Abate, from meticulous 16th century studies of flowers and insects by Jacques le Moyne de Morgues to the landscape etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn. The highlights across the sales include works by some of the greatest artists of their time, such as Lucas van Leyden, ... More | |
Jeff Koons, New Hoover Deluxe Shampoo Polishers, 1980. Two shampoo polishers, acrylic, fluorescent lights, 56 x 22 x 15 in. 142.2 x 55.9 x 38.1 cm © Jeff Koons. Courtesy Gagosian.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Gagosian presents Laws of Motion, an exhibition of works by Josh Kline, Jeff Koons, Cady Noland, Rosemarie Trockel, Jeff Wall, and Anicka Yi. Laws of Motion debuted at Gagosian Hong Kong in November, and has since been expanded with additional works by Kline, Trockel, Wall, and Yi. Its title refers to Karl Marxs application of scientific laws to systems of capital. Forty years ago, the art of Koons, Noland, Trockel, and Wall merged strategies of commercial display and formalism, isolating inherent social archetypes and stereotypes. Laws of Motion begins with key artworks from the 1970s that responded to a world saturated in the aesthetics and language of advertising, exploiting its techniques while making visible its latent and subconscious pull. Koonss paradigmatic series The New ... More | |
Anthony Van Dyck, Equestrian portrait of Charles I.
HELVOIRT.- The Executive Committee of The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) has awarded a total of 50,000 from TEFAFs Museum Restoration Fund to support the distinct and complex restoration and conservation projects at the National Gallery, UK, and the Museum Volkenkunde, The Netherlands, for the benefit of future generations. At the National Gallery, the fund will support the restoration of the famous Equestrian Portrait of Charles I by Anthony van Dyck (1599 1641), a powerful painting of the King, whilst at the Museum Volkenkunde, it supports a previously unknown and entirely unique 8-fold screen by Japanese artist Kawahara Keiga (1786 c.1860), View of Deshima in Nagasaki Bay. Founded in 2012, the TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund supports the restoration and conservation of culturally significant works in museums and institutions worldwide. Museums and institutions that have attended TEFAF Ma ... More |
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| | | Burlesque museum acquires massive film collection | | Doyle Auctioneers announces new leadership | | Sculpture alluding to Saudi Arabia pulled from World Trade Center |
Of the 30-plus feature-length films and 120-plus shorts, few have been transferred and released to the public, and none has been digitized at todays high definition standard.
LAS VEGAS, NV.- The Burlesque Hall of Fame has acquired more than 150 rare burlesque films and shorts, most created between 1946-1958, from the collection of the famous (and infamous) exploitation film distributor Something Weird. The acquisition of the complete Something Weird/Sonney Amusement Enterprises/Broadway Roadshow Productions Burlesque Film Collection represents a milestone in the museums ongoing mission to preserve and share the history of burlesque. Something Weird has long been recognized by B-movie film aficionados for its collection and distribution of rarely seen and even more rarely preserved cinema, said BHoF Executive Director Dustin Wax. Were honored that the companys owner, Lisa Petrucci, has entrusted us with this enormous assortment of unique ... More | |
Laura Doyle.
NEW YORK, NY.- Doyle announced the appointment of Laura K. Doyle to the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Joanne Porrino Mournet to the role of President. The appointments mark a new generation of leadership at one of the worlds premier auction houses. Kathleen M. Doyle, who has served as the companys CEO for the past twenty-five years, will continue as Chairman, and Kenneth McKenna will continue as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Established in New York in 1962, Doyle is recognized worldwide for its commitment to providing professional auction and appraisal services of the highest standard. A vital player in the global auction market, Doyle combines vast scholarship and in-depth knowledge of industry trends with the latest digital strategies and technological capabilities. This winning strategy attracts thousands of seasoned buyers and newly affluent collectors from over ninety countries around the world, setting world auction rec ... More | |
A sculpture in the Saudi flag's colors, in the World Trade Center (AFP Photo/Johannes EISELE.
NEW YORK, NY.- A display of sculptures is being pulled from the World Trade Center after critics objected to the presence of one that represents Saudi Arabia at the site of the 9/11 attacks. The two-meter polyester resin artwork depicting a giant candy wrapped in the green Saudi flag is part of an exhibit entitled "Candy Nations," representing the G20 nations. Put together in 2011, the installation has already been shown in several countries, as well as elsewhere in New York. But some observers have been critical of the Saudi flag's presence in the WTC, home to a memorial for the 3,000 Americans killed in the 9/11 strikes. Of the 19 hijackers who commandeered four jetliners and crashed into the twin towers in New York, a Pennsylvania field and the Pentagon in Virginia -- 15 were Saudi nationals. A US congressional report on the September 11 attacks laid some blame with the US ally, but those passages were never made public, according ... More |
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| | | David Zwirner opens an exhibition of paintings by Brazilian-born artist Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato | | Estorick Collection opens the first institutional show of Fausto Melotti's work in the UK | | Nationally touring Arthur Boyd survey explores a lifetime of landscape painting |
Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, Sem tÃtulo, n.d. Oil on hardboard. Courtesy David Zwirner.
LONDON.- David Zwirner is presenting an exhibition of paintings by Brazilian-born artist Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato (19001995). Spanning two floors of the gallerys London location, this exhibition marks the first time Lorenzatos work is being shown in the United Kingdom and the first solo presentation of his work outside of Brazil. Among the foremost Brazilian artists of his generation, Lorenzato developed a singular body of paintings centred on his fastidious observations of the everyday subjects he encountered in his hometown of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, including land- and townscapes, favelas, and the people he came across in his meandering walks through town. Using a rich palette of self-made pigments to describe his surroundings, Lorenzatos distinct compositions are characterised by reduced geometric forms and richly textured surfaces that he achieved through the use of brushes, combs, and forks. Despite studying ... More | |
Fausto Melotti, In palude (In the Swamp), 1984. Brass, painted wood, painted fabric, 41 x 42 x 26 cm. © Fondazione Fausto Melotti, Milan. Courtesy Fondazione Fausto Melotti and Hauser & Wirth.
LONDON.- The harmonious and delicately-poised work of Fausto Melotti (1901-1986) is revered in Italy, yet surprisingly little-known in the UK. Informed by the languages of music and mathematics, his artistic activity spanned sculpture, ceramics and two-dimensional imagery. Organized in collaboration with Milans Fondazione Fausto Melotti, the exhibition includes key works from his entire career, from the 1930s until the1980s, and is the first institutional show of Melottis work in the UK. It reveals an Italian master whose imagery is not only infused with a sense of precision, but also a spirit of poetry, playfulness and exuberance. Fausto Melotti : Counterpoint opens at Londons Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art on 16 January and runs until 7 April 2019. Born in Rovereto, Melotti initially studied physics and mathematics at ... More | |
Arthur Boyd, Peter's fish and crucifixion, 1993. Oil on canvas, Bundanon Trust Collection.
SYDNEY.- Arthur Boyd: Landscape of the Soul, a three-year nationally touring survey exhibition organsied by Bundanon Trust, premiered at National Art School Gallery, Sydney from 10 January until 9 March 2019 before touring regional institutions across Australia until 2021. Curated by Barry Pearce and drawn principally from Bundanon Trusts own collection of the artists work, Arthur Boyd: Landscape of the Soul explores a lifetime of landscape paintings by renowned Australian artist Arthur Boyd. The exhibition features some 60 key Arthur Boyd paintings including a group of masterpieces borrowed from major state art museums, as well as 20 works on paper, letters, photographs and sketchbooks spanning almost half a century and featuring works from his adolescence through to his final years. Bundanon Trust CEO, Deborah Ely says, This exhibition explores the trajectory of one of our nations most important artists, ... More |
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The Arts Club London opens a group show of international contemporary artists
LONDON.- The Arts Club London is presenting Let Me Tell You A Story, a group show of international contemporary artists whose powerful figurative paintings explore a range of salient topics effecting us today, from race, gender, and war, to love, privacy, policy and social media. In recent years, the art world has welcomed an extraordinary resurgence in figurative painting. Let Me Tell You A Story presents works from Mequitta Ahuja, Derrick Adams, Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Lubaina Himid, Maryam Hoseini, Sanya Kantarovsky, Aliza Nisenbaum, Faith Ringgold and Christina Quarles. Collectively, the artists reveal intimate stories, both fictional and real, which invite their viewers to engage with contemporary narratives from around the world. Artist and activist Lubaina Himid won the Turner Prize in 2017 and was awarded an MBE for services to art in 2010. Her ... More
Work attributed to Albert Bierstadt will be in Bruneau & Co.'s next auction
CRANSTON, RI.- An oil landscape painting attributed to Hudson River School artist Albert Bierstadt (German-American, 1830-1902), a Cubist painting by the Russian Federation artist Frantisek Reichenthal (Slovakian-American, 1895-1971), palace-size Persian rugs, furniture, Asian arts and petroliana will all be part of Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers January 26th auction. The 373-lot Estate Antiques & Fine Art Auction will be held online and in the Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers gallery, at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston, starting at 12 noon Eastern time. A 200-lot pre-sale, beginning at 10 am, with no online bidding, will precede the main event. Were kicking off the New Year with a fun, eclectic mix for our antiques crowd, said Bruneau & Co. president and auctioneer Kevin Bruneau, from Asian arts to modern design to period furniture. Travis Landry, ... More
Paris Opera drops star dancer after homophobic rant
PARIS (AFP).- The Paris Opera Ballet has dropped controversial Ukrainian-born dance star Sergei Polunin from a production of "Swan Lake" after he made a homophobic and sexist rant on social media. The mercurial "bad boy of ballet", who was compared to Rudolf Nureyev earlier in his career, blasted gay dancers in an Instagram post last month in which he urged male ballet dancers to "man up". "Man (sic) should be a man and woman should be a woman, that's the reason you got balls," wrote the dancer, who took Russian nationality in November and is a fervent fan of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. "Females now trying to take on the man role because you don't fuck them and because you are an embarrassment," said the 29-year-old, referring to gay dancers. They "need a good slap", Polunin continued. "Man (sic) are wolves, are lions. Man are the leaders of the family." ... More
Cuaron's 'Roma' a top winner at Critics' Choice Awards
SANTA MONICA (AFP).- Hollywood's award season was in full swing late Sunday, with Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma" - an ode to the director's childhood in 1970s Mexico City - the big winner at the Critics' Choice Awards. "Roma" won trophies for best picture, best foreign-language film, and for both director and cinematography for Cuaron. "This bunch of Mexicans are not as bad as sometimes they are portrayed," said Cuaron, a reference to President Donald Trump's hardline rhetoric on immigration. Shot in black and white, and filmed in Spanish and the indigenous Mixtec language, "Roma" is a semi-autobiographical chronicle of a year in the life of Cuaron's family and his childhood nanny. "Roma" - the title a reference to a posh Mexico City neighborhood -- earlier won two Golden Globes and is a leading contender for an Oscar at the Academy Awards ceremony ... More
No theaters, no money: Haiti labors to keep cinema alive
JACMEL (AFP).- In the Haitian port city of Jacmel, watching a film is something of a labor of love. At one recent seaside showing, the shadow of a palm tree fluttered in the corner of the screen and the crashing waves could be heard during the quieter parts of the movie. But with no theaters to speak of in town, it was the best-case scenario -- and better than nothing. Jacmel is hardly alone in its struggle to keep movies alive: due to the widespread availability of pirated films, Haiti has been crossed off the list for film distribution for more than a decade. "Copies of major Hollywood studio films used to take three months to get here," explains Haitian director Richard Senecal. "By then, television networks had time to pirate the films, broadcast them and even show re-runs. The film was dead on arrival in cinemas." After that, Senecal recounts, "piracy reached the masses: ... More
Japan House London presents 'Prototyping in Tokyo: Illustrating Design-Led Innovation'
LONDON.- Prototyping in Tokyo: Illustrating Design-Led Innovation is the latest exhibition coming to Japan House London in January 2019. Showcasing the innovative designs created by world-renowned design engineer and University of Tokyo professor Yamanaka Shunji, the exhibition will explore the potential of prototypes to act as a link between cutting-edge technology and society, offering us a glimpse into the future. Forget Alexa, Siri and driverless vacuum cleaners, Prototyping in Tokyo: Illustrating Design-Led Innovation will bring to London prototypes such as Ready to Crawl, a series of robots which are 'born' fully formed just like a living thing, with all of their parts created at the same time, fully assembled, and with form and movement closely mirroring living things. Visitors will learn the stories behind the prototypes. They will be able to touch ... More
Private London collection amassed over the last twenty years to be offered in special sale
LONDON.- Chiswick Auctions has been appointed to sell the contents of a stunning private 16th century home in London. The owners passion spanned furniture, jewellery, decorative arts, fine art, lighting, rugs and objects from the last four decades, the majority of which have original receipts of purchase, therefore impeccable provenance. The sale will take place on Tuesday, February 5, 2019. Regarding the collection, Director Matt Caddick at Chiswick Auctions, stated: This is one of the most interesting collections weve had the pleasure of offering. Everything purchased by the collector was done so because he loved the piece and it was the best example of its kind, and as each was looked after so well, its meant that their condition is stunning. His house was the perfect backdrop to house such items and we hope that these works will go on to ... More
Media error draws misleading reports on sale of 1943 Bronze Lincoln Cent
DALLAS, TX.- An uncorrected reporting error republished by more than 1,000 media outlets worldwide negligently included a bogus pre-auction estimate of the 1943 Bronze Lincoln Cent auctioned Jan. 10, 2019 by Heritage Auctions. South West News Service (SWNS), a global wire service, issued an article to its subscribers stating that the coin was expected to sell for the inaccurate estimate of $1.7 million. The correct estimate from Heritage was $170,000 to $200,000. The error was simply a made-up number by a staffer at SWNS based on an internet search result of a much rarer but similar coin. SWNSs number was not in any press materials provided by Heritage to the service. The final article was never approved by or fact checked with Heritage Auctions before it was sent to the wire services customers. While the erroneous estimate was ... More
'Bohemian Rhapsody' rocks Golden Globes with surprise coda
LOS ANGELES (AFP).- "Bohemian Rhapsody" pulled a major upset at the close of the Golden Globes on Sunday, taking home the final two top prizes to put itself into the Oscars conversation along with "Green Book" and "Roma." On a night of wins for movies representing minorities, two awards favorites about white people -- Dick Cheney biopic "Vice" and musical romance "A Star is Born" -- all but struck out, with each picking up just one trophy in the run-up to the all-important Oscars on February 24. "Bohemian Rhapsody" -- which charts the rise of British rock group Queen -- picked up best actor for Rami Malek, who plays legendary frontman Freddie Mercury. It also bagged the biggest movie award of the night -- best drama. "I am beyond moved. My heart is pounding out of my chest right now," said Malek, whose list of people to thank included the ... More
MFA Boston announces partnership to develop new retail licensing opportunities in China region
BOSTON, MASS.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, has officially announced that Alfilo Brands will serve as the Museums exclusive master licensee for the Greater China Regionbuilding brand awareness and developing new licensing opportunities in the market. This partnership expands the MFAs robust licensing and merchandising program, which oversees the development of products including stationery, home textiles and décor, fashion, jewelry and wall art, all inspired by works from the Museums encyclopedic collection. We are incredibly excited about our partnership with Alfilo Brandsa collaboration that supports the MFAs mission of bringing art and people together on many levels, said Debra LaKind, Director of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at the MFA. We believe in the power of art and are thrilled that our ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, German photographer Andreas Gursky was born January 15, 1955. Andreas Gursky (born 15 January 1955) is a German photographer and professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany. He is known for his large format architecture and landscape colour photographs, often employing a high point of view. In this image: Andreas Gursky, Tokyo Stock Exchange 1990. C-Print 205.0 x 260.0 x 6.2 cm © Andreas Gursky /VG Bild-Kunst. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia. Courtesy: Monika Sprüth / Philomene Magers, Berlin London.
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