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AMSTERDAM.- At the upcoming edition of TEFAF Maastricht, Amsterdam based dealer Aronson Antiquairs will bring to market one of the best Delftware collections of the past decades. The collection, which was in a large part assembled by private Dutch collectors over a period of approximately thirty years, comprises many highlights. Although it has its center of gravity in the eighteenth century, it also contains several wonderful early objects. What we can bring to an art fair like TEFAF, really depends on what we can source in the year, or sometimes years, running up to an event like this says Robert Aronson. Although we work year round to find the best Delftware objects, good objects are so incredibly rare, that sometimes we cannot even get a hold of them Aronson continues. The collection to be seen at TEFAF this year can rival with ancients collections such as those of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Gemeentemuseu ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Designs by French fashion designer Thierry Mugler are on display during his exhibition "Couturissime" at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, on February 26, 2019. MARTIN OUELLET-DIOTTE / AFP.
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| | | Rare works by Gustav Bauernfeind and Jean-Léon Gérôme headline Christie's Orientalist Art Sale | | Nude 'Mona Lisa' may be by Leonardo, say experts | | Wim Pijbes announced as TEFAF's Global Chairman of Vetting |
G ustav Bauernfeind (German, 18481904), Forecourt of the Ummayad Mosque, Damascus signed and inscribed 'G. Bauernfeind, Damaskus-München' (lower left), 47¼ x 36¼ in. (120.8 x 92.2 cm.) Painted in 1890. Estimate on request: in the region of £3 million. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019.
LONDON.- Christies London will present a standalone auction of Orientalist Art on 29 April, 2019. Comprising approximately 30 works, the sale will be led by Gustav Bauernfeinds (18481904) monumental painting Forecourt of the Ummayad Mosque, Damascus,1890, which is arguably this German Orientalist artists most sensational work depicting Damascus remaining in private hands (estimate on request: in the region of £3 million). With the only comparable work in a museum collection, this painting presents the last possible opportunity to acquire an undisputed masterpiece by Bauernfeind depicting one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. Further leading highlights include French artist Jean-Léon Gérômes (18241904), Prayer in the Desert, one of his most compelling prayer paintings which was painted at the peak ... More | |
The large drawing has been held since 1862 in the huge collection of Renaissance art at the Conde Museum, once the home of one of France's oldest noble families.
PARIS (AFP).- A nude drawing that bears a striking resemblance to the "Mona Lisa" was done in Leonardo da Vinci's studio and may be the work of the master himself, a French museum said Monday. Experts at the Louvre in Paris, where the world's biggest collection of Leonardo's work is held, have been examining a charcoal drawing known as the "Monna Vanna" which has long been attributed to the Renaissance painter's studio. But the charcoal preparatory work for a painting of a semi-nude woman, held at the Conde Museum at Chantilly north of Paris, may now have to be reclassified. "There is a very strong possibility that Leonardo did most of the drawing," Mathieu Deldicque, a curator at the Paris museum, told AFP. "It is a work of very great quality done by a great artist," added Deldicque, who initiated a investigation over several months by historians and scientific specialists at the renowned C2RMF laboratory under the Louvre. The large drawing has been held since 1862 ... More | |
Wim Pijbes was recommended by TEFAFs Global Vetting Steering Committee, who advised the EC to appoint him to the newly created role. Photo: Vincent Mentzel.
HELVOIRT.- TEFAF announced Wim Pijbes as Global Chairman of Vetting for TEFAF, a newly created role established in line with the organizations developing vetting protocols. Pijbes, emeritus general director at the Rijksmuseum, takes over from Henk van Os who chaired the vetting committees at TEFAF Maastricht, and will chair the vetting across all three TEFAF Fairs (TEFAF Maastricht, TEFAF New York Spring and TEFAF New York Fall). This announcement comes as the vetting committees for TEFAF Maastricht are recalibrated to ensure that only experts with as little commercial interest in the art market as possible are included as voting members. As outlined earlier, following a review of legal issues relating to vetting, specifically good governance and assessment of liability, TEFAFs Executive Committee has taken a policy decision that art dealers and auction house experts will no longer be voting members on TEFAF vetting committees. ... More |
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| | | In Albania, a sole Jewish history museum on the brink | | Christie's to offer the Mopelia Collection of Fine Atlases and Travel Books | | Luke Perry, star of 'Beverly Hills, 90210' dead at 52 |
Simon Vrusho, 75-years-old, the founder of the Solomon Jewish history museum in the Albanian city of Berat, speaks with an AFP journalist on February 6, 2019. Gent SHKULLAKU / AFP.
BERAT (AFP).- On a sloped, cobblestone street in southern Albania sits a small shop, empty except for a dozen framed panels on the walls bearing photos and stories from 500 years of Jewish life. It may be modest but this is Muslim-majority Albania's only Jewish history museum. And the story it tells is exceptional: the Balkan state is the only Nazi-occupied territory whose Jewish population increased during World War II, thanks to the bravery of ordinary families who harboured hundreds of refugees fleeing persecution during the Holocaust. The tiny Solomon Museum, which opened in the city of Berat last year, was a labour of love for local historian Simon Vrusho. But his death last month at age 75 has put its future at risk, with rent only paid through to April. Until now he had covered the museum's costs with his pension and small donations from a box by the door. "Memories ... More | |
VALK, Gerard (1652-1726) and Leonard VALK (1675-1746) Orbis Terrarum Nova et Accurata Tabula. Amsterdam: [c.1700]. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019.
LONDON.- In anticipation of the Antiquarian Book Fair in New York, Christies is showcasing highlights from Beyond the Horizon: The Mopelia Collection of Fine Atlases and Travel Books. This is an opportunity for explorers, sailors, distinguished collectors and all those who love global navigation, to view and acquire some of the most valuable maps and atlases of all time. Rare and in great condition, the collection contains nearly 200 lots of important travel books covering all corners of the globe with a strong emphasis on all matters maritime. Highlights include Orbis Terrarum Nova et Accurata Tabula, a striking map of the world surrounded by allegorical scenes of the four seasons, and Johannes van Keulen's De Groote Nieuwe Vermeerder-de Zee-Atlas ofte WaterWerelt. Published in Amsterdam in 1688, the latter is a handsomely engraved and beautifully hand-coloured example with the frontispiece and maps highlighted ... More | |
In this file photo taken on March 25, 2018 actor Luke Perry attends The 2018 PaleyFest screening of "Riverdale" at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California. VALERIE MACON / AFP.
LOS ANGELES (AFP).- Actor Luke Perry, who rose to fame as a heartthrob in the hit 1990s television series "Beverly Hills, 90210," died on Monday at the age of 52, triggering an outpouring of grief from friends and former co-stars. Perry had been hospitalized last week after suffering a massive stroke at his home in Sherman Oaks, a wealthy suburb of Los Angeles. He died surrounded by his children Jack and Sophie, his fiancee Wendy Madison Bauer and ex-wife Minnie Sharp, his parents, siblings and other close family and friends, his agent Arnold Robinson told AFP. "The family appreciates the outpouring of support and prayers that have been extended to Luke from around the world, and respectfully request privacy in this time of great mourning," Robinson added, in a statement. Tributes came flooding in following news of Perry's death, led by his co-stars on "90210" and ... More |
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| | | Pace Gallery opens an exhibition of works by William Monk | | Bosco Sodi installs a monumental site-specific work along the Oaxacan coast | | Celebrate the era of opulence in Paris 1900: City of Entertainment at the Cincinnati Art Museum |
Sea of Cloud III, 2018. Oil on canvas, 280 cm à 220 cm (9' 2-1/4" à 86-5/8"), overall 140 cm à 220 cm à 5 cm (55-1/8" à 86-5/8" à 1-15/16"), 2 panels, each. No. 71272 © William Monk, Courtesy Pace Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- Pace Gallery presents A Fool Through the Cloud, the first exhibition of works by William Monk at 6 Burlington Gardens. The enigmatic title of the exhibition offers a poetic play on words reflecting the multiple readings and interpretations of Monks complex mindscape paintings. Moving fluidly between ideas of reality and mirage, and figuration and abstraction, Monks reinvention of painting lies in the physical presence of his works as object and the viewers experience within the space between them. Comprising new large and small oil paintings, the exhibition is presented as an installation. Central to this, is a suite of paintings titled Sea of Cloud, a Yellow Submarine-imbued zoetrope-like room that features three paintings depicting a montage of what could be interpreted as a cloud forming and dissipating over a swelling sea. Rather than a triptych with ... More | |
Atlantes installation view, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2019. Photo by Sergio López.
PUERTO ESCONDIDO.- Blain|Southern, Kasmin and GalerÃa Hilario Galguera announced the unveiling of Atlantes, a new monumental site-specific work by Mexican artist Bosco Sodi on March 4, 2019. Situated along the Oaxacan coast nearby to the artists foundation, Casa Wabi, in the largely uninhabited area near to Puerto Escondido, Mexico, Atlantes is the most ambitious work of land art in the region in recent years. Demanding over two years of construction, the project consists of 64 clay cubes of 7 feet x 7 feet x 7 feet; each cube is composed of 1,600 clay bricks made by hand by Sodi and a team of local craftsman in a traditional Oaxacan kiln nearby to the site. In total, the installation is the sum of over 102,000 clay bricks, weighing over 700 tonnes. Atlantes monumental scale and gridded structure form an observatory for experiencing the dramatic variance in light and landscape at different times of day, and over the course of the year ... More | |
Auguste Renoir (18411919), Madame de Bonnières, 1889, oil on canvas, Petit Palais, Paris, © Petit Palais/Roger-Viollet.
CINCINNATI, OH.- Experience the splendor of the French capital at turn of the twentieth century in Paris 1900: City of Entertainment, on view at the Cincinnati Art Museum March 1May 12, 2019. Organized by the Petit Palais Museum of Fine Arts with additional loans from other institutions in the City of Paris Museums, this exhibition presents more than 200 works of art made at the turn of the century in the vibrant and rapidly changing city. In the spirit of the landmark International Exposition of 1900 that transformed the city and drew 51 million visitors, the exhibition is intended to introduce the American public to the Belle Ãpoque (Beautiful Era) of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a period known for fantasy, excess and boundless faith in progress through technology and design. The period gave rise to forms of entertainment that remain vital today, such as cabaret, cinema and even the bicycle. Paintin ... More |
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| | | Sotheby's to offer the Cartier Wine Collection | | Miami's ArtCenter/South Florida announces new home & changes name to Oolite Arts | | Auction of Fine Paintings at Doyle on March 12 |
Champagne Salon Le Mesnil 1959. Courtesy Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Cartiers spirit of excellence and unique style are as potent around the world today as they were in Paris in 1847, the year the Maison was founded. Through stunning creations, Cartier has become synonymous with an intoxicating art de vivre. This spring, Sothebys is set to open a window onto the finest wines that France produces with the sale of the Cartier Wine Collection, as part of its Finest & Rarest Wines auction in London on 20 March. The wine collection was started several decades ago and has been enjoyed by those lucky enough to be entertained in Cartier's Paris boardroom. Now, for the first time, Cartier is offering a selection of wines from its secret cellar, with each bottle bearing a specially designed sticker certifying its prestigious provenance. The entire proceeds from the sale are to benefit the Cartier Philanthropy Foundation, the companys grant-making foundation that works to improve ... More | |
ArtCenter/South Florida will also change its name to Oolite Arts, to reflect both its South Florida roots and mission.
MIAMI, FLA.- ArtCenter/South Florida, one of Miamis largest support organizations for visual artists, announced today the purchase of a new property in the City of Miami that promises to expand its programming and better meet the needs of the citys booming visual arts community. The firm Jones|Kroloff is conducting an international search for an architect to build the new headquarters on the 50,000 square-foot property at 75 NW 72nd St., Miami. The new home, slated to open in 2022, will enable the organization to expand its artist residencies and provide local artists with a top-tier exhibition and theater space, in addition to a makerspace, and classrooms for the 200-plus annual classes already offered to artists and the surrounding community. ArtCenter/South Florida will also change its name to Oolite Arts, to reflect both its South Florida roots and mission. A sedimentary rock ... More | |
Leon Kroll (American, 1884-1974), Landscape with Bridge (detail), Oil on canvas, 21 1/8 x 25 1/2 inches. Est $6,000-8,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Doyle's auction of Fine Paintings on Tuesday, March 12 at 10am offers a wide range of traditional, academic and early Modern works with moderate estimates. Following two successful sales in this popular new category, the upcoming auction showcases over 120 affordable paintings by prominent American and European artists. Exciting opportunities abound for seasoned buyers and new collectors alike! Leon Kroll (1884-1974) was born in New York and studied at the Art Students League under John Henry Twachtman and at the National Academy of Design, later traveling to Paris to continue his studies at the Académie Julian. Likely painted in France prior to his return to New York in 1910, Landscape with Bridge reflects Krolls interest in the French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists (est. $6,000-8,000). British artist Alfred de Breanski, Snr. (1852-1928) is ... More |
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Takashi Murakami: GYATEI at Gagosian Beverly Hills
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The Cleveland Museum of Art announces establishment of $3 Million curatorship
CLEVELAND, OH.- The Cleveland Museum of Art today announced an extraordinary gift from longtime CMA trustee William Madar and his wife, Amanda. The couple has established the position of William P. and Amanda C. Madar Curator of American Painting and Sculpture through a $3 million permanent endowment fund that will advance the study and appreciation of the CMAs renowned collection of American painting and sculpture. Such endowments are vital to the museums stewardship of its collections and help strengthen its ability to retain and attract top curatorial talent. This very generous gift from Bill and Amanda Madar is the latest demonstration of their extraordinary commitment to the CMA, said William Griswold, director of the Cleveland Museum of Art. This gift recognizes the wonderful talents of our curator, Mark Cole, ... More
Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum closes for renovation
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonians Anacostia Community Museum is initiating a six-month renovation to improve the visitor experience. The $3.5 million project will enhance the museums accessibility and make major improvements to the parking lot and entrance. The scope of the project requires the installation of barriers along the exterior perimeter, resulting in sidewalk and driveway closures and limited building access. The museum building will be closed from March 15 through the summer. The reopening is planned for mid-October. The changes will improve pedestrian access, accommodate school buses and increase useable outdoor space, including a multi-functional plaza for large-group assembly and a community garden. The museum will also undergo interior lighting and HVAC updates during the closure. With this renovation, ... More
Chenn Collection highlights Heritage Auction's inaugural appearance as an Asia Week New York participant
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions inaugural participation in Asia Week New York 2019 debuts with the Chenn Family Collection of fine Chinese paintings and calligraphy. First assembled by the early Chinese Republic scholar and political reformer Chen Guoxiang, the important collection spotlights significant fine Asian Art offered March 19 in New York. Heritages Asian Art department may be young, but we feel we are capable of establishing our New York auction as one of the premier Asian market events held in the United States, said Richard Cervantes, director of Asian Art at Heritage Auctions. We are honored to be a part of Asia Week New York. A notable figure in Chinese politics, Guoxiang (1871-1919) was an organizer of the Progressive Party in 1913 and served in the National Assembly of the Republic of China. With Liang Qichao, ... More
American Swedish Institute names Ingrid Nyholm-Lange as Director of Experience
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- American Swedish Institute announced today that Ingrid Nyholm-Lange has been appointed ASI's Director of Experience, responsible for administering, directing and overseeing all museum functions including collections, exhibitions, programs and visitor services. Nyholm-Lange has worked at ASI since 2007, holding various positions of increased responsibility, including her current role as Associate Director for Programs and Community Engagement. Nyholm-Lange has more than 25 years of experience in the museum field. Her path to ASI has included collections and archives work at the Chicago Historical Society, curatorial and education positions at the Swedish American Museum Center in Chicago, and leadership positions in education/programs at the Minnesota Children's Museum. She began at ASI working ... More
Phillips' Watches Department hires Geoffrey Hess as Consultant
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo announced that Geoffrey Hess has been hired as a Consultant. Based in New York, Mr. Hess will support the Watch Departments collaborations, events, sourcing, and new business initiatives. A respected member of the watch community for many years, Mr. Hess has a longtime passion for watches, having developed thorough knowledge across vintage and modern timepieces, especially vintage sports watches. His engagement with Phillips follows the completion of his tenure as CEO of Analog/Shift, a platform for vintage timepieces in New York. An attorney by education, he was Senior Advisor to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani from 2000 to 2002 during one of the citys most difficult periods, and a Managing Partner at Giuliani Partners, where he led strategic initiatives for major ... More
Luxembourg & Dayan exhibits works by Günther Förg and Fischli & Weiss
LONDON.- Luxembourg & Dayan, London, presents Günther Förg: from and against Modernism. With a response by Fischli & Weiss. The exhibition, developed in dialogue with artist Peter Fischli, presents a group of important lead paintings and a single wall painting by German artist Günther Förg (1952-2013), including one of the largest composite panel paintings that the artist ever produced (counting thirty-two panels and measuring more than sixteen feet wide). In response to Förgs paintings, the show also includes a selection of photographs from Peter Fischli and David Weiss celebrated series of urban landscapes, Siedlungen / Agglomeration (1992). From an early stage in his career, Günther Förg established himself as a critic of Modernisms weighty legacy, dedicating his practice to the difficulty of producing art in its aftermath. Förgs ... More
The Ringling welcomes Elizabeth Doud as inaugural Currie-Kohlmann Curator of Performance
SARASOTA, FLA.- The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art has announced Elizabeth Doud as the new Currie-Kohlmann Curator of Performance. In her new position Doud will curate the performing arts at The Ringling including the New Stages series. Doud is a Florida-based arts professional, scholar and multi-disciplinary theater artist with a background in creative writing and contemporary performance practice. She has worked extensively throughout the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean in the performing arts during her 20-plus years of experience as an arts organizer, presenter and educator, with an emphasis on international cultural exchange and climate arts. It is a great honor to be joining The Ringlings curatorial staff and its incredible legacy, Doud commented. I look forward to serving this organization and Sarasota through ... More
Koyo Kouoh appointed Executive Director and Chief Curator of Zeitz MOCAA
CAPE TOWN.- The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa has appointed Koyo Kouoh as Executive Director and Chief Curator. Koyo Kouoh brings two decades of experience as an international curator and cultural producer to her new role. As the founding Artistic Director of the thought-provoking RAW Material Company, a centre for art, knowledge and society in Dakar, she developed numerous art programmes and published widely on contemporary art. She has served as Curator of the Educational and Artistic Program of 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair for eight consecutive editions in London and New York, as well as on the curatorial teams for Documenta 12 and 13. Active in the critical field of the arts community in a Pan-African and international scope, Kouoh has a remarkable list of publications under her name, including the upcoming RAW ... More
Exhibition shines light on two moments from the early stages of Rose English's career
LONDON.- 'Form, Feminisms, Femininities' is Rose English's first solo exhibition with Richard Saltoun Gallery. The exhibition shines light on two moments from the early stages of the artist's career, beginning with her experimentation with emergent processes and materials as a young artist in the early 1970s and culminating with a focus on her 1983 performance Plato's Chair, a work that marked an important turning point in English's extensive interdisciplinary practice. The exhibition will present for the first time several early works in photography, ceramics, collage and performance to camera, providing a unique opportunity to more fully engage with different aspects of the artists work. The 1970s was an era of political and social upheaval, and it was within this cultural milieu that English first emerged as an artist. She has developed a unique artistic ... More
The Collection Lambert features a group of about twenty of Francesco Vezzoli's recent sculptures
AVIGNON.- The Collection Lambert in Avignon is devoting a major exhibition to the Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli in the museums new extension, opened in 2015. Conceived with the artist, the exhibition features a group of about twenty of his recent sculptures, some created especially for Avignon. The sculptures are being presented in dialogue with series of emblematic works by Cy Twombly, Giulio Paolini and Louise Lawler, all influenced by mythology. With the grace and the force of gestures or words, Cy Twomblys paintings and drawings evoke antique myths; Giulio Paolinis collages and installations - as conceptual as they are sacred - and Louise Lawlers photos of Greek and Roman sculptures, taken with a touch of irony in the great museums that own them or in the homes of private collectors, are transported into a reflection on art history ... More
Russian theatre directors stage daring plays despite crackdown
MOSCOW (AFP).- In a Moscow theatre, an unusual adaptation of the British classic children's book "Alice in Wonderland" has the audience erupting in laughter. The musical sees Alice escaping from prison with the help of the White Rabbit and travelling through a Wonderland that turns out to be a lot like today's Russia. Nearly every scene is a parody of modern life in the country, from the Caterpillar demanding Alice hand over her identity papers to the Queen of Hearts imposing a ban on "everything". It is one of many bold performances staged in the Russian capital, where contemporary theatre with a political twist is booming despite a recent crackdown by the authorities. "It's hard to live in Russia if you have no sense of irony," the musical's director Maxim Didenko tells AFP. "If you took everything seriously, you could go mad." Didenko has staged several ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo was born March 05, 1696. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (March 5, 1696 - March 27, 1770), also known as Gianbattista or Giambattista Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice. He was prolific, and worked not only in Italy, but also in Germany and Spain. In this image: View of the ceiling of the Imperial Hall in the Wurzburg Residenz. After more than two years the frescoes painted by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo have been restored.
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