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A view of the ground floor, which features an exhibition of the artist George Groszâs life and work, at the new Kleine Grosz Museum in Berlin, May 17, 2022. The new museum, which opened on May 14, in a converted gas station, is dedicated to Grosz, one of the best-known artists of Weimar-era Germany. Mustafah Abdulaziz/The New York Times.
by Kimberly Bradley
BERLIN.- The pictures are striking. A fat-cat factory boss holds a cigar, strategically placed below the waist. Barflies ogle women in transparent dresses. There are brawls and tawdry street scenes, and even a terrifying, glaring Adolf Hitler. Rendered in strong lines and colors, these are the subjects of George Grosz, one of the best-known artists of Weimar-era Germany. Born in Berlin in 1893, Grosz often left his birth city â heading off to study art in Dresden, and, later, to the United States shortly before the Nazis came to power in 1933. But he returned again and again, the final homecoming only six weeks before his death, in 1959. Now his art is back in the German capital, too. For the first time, a museum in Berlin is dedicated to Groszâs work and life, especially the lesser-known chapters of both: Called the Kleine Grosz Museum (âLittle Grosz Museumâ), it opened May 14. On a scruffy corner of the cityâs Schöneberg district, the museum is housed in a midcentury former gas station that w ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day © Willie Birch, courtesy of the artist and Fort Gansevoort, New York.
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| Catch a rising star at the auction house | | Fort Gansevoort extends solo exhibition of works by Louisiana-based artist Willie Birch | | Seller 'shell shocked' as 12th century Indian bronze tops Asian art sale |
Amoako Boafo (B. 1984), Yellow Dress. Estimate: USD 250,000 USD 350,000. Price realised USD 819,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
by Jason Farago
NEW YORK, NY.- When you want to determine the value of an acre of land, you call an assessor. When you want a value for your jewelry, you find an appraiser with a loupe. And when you want to know the value of a work of art well, here it gets tricky. Painting isnt priced like real estate, at so many dollars a square foot. Sculpture cant be valued against objective criteria, like the four Cs you have for diamonds. All youve got is a shared sense of the importance and rarity of some useless object of beauty. Until very recently, that value was determined by a shadowy social collectivity called the art world: curators, scholars, editors, educators, even the odd critic. Now those old gatekeepers no longer have much of a say. What can you say about the past two weeks sales of modern and contemporary art in New York except that they made even the 1980s and ... More | |
Willie Birch, Lotto Dreams, 1995. Painted papier-mâché and mixed media, 57 x 18 x 15 in. © Willie Birch, courtesy of the artist and Fort Gansevoort, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Fort Gansevoort is presenting Chronicling Our Lives: 1987-2021, a solo exhibition of works by Louisiana-based artist Willie Birch. The presentation features large paintings on paper and painted papier-mâché sculptures created between 1987 and 1996, complemented by a new monumental, mural-like work executed in black and white. Together, the thirty works on view reflect Birchs perspective on the beauty and complexities of the human experience. As a social critic, Birch dismantles the artificial construct of race and points to commonalities between visual and cultural forms throughout the world. While both the artist and his work are closely identified with his native New Orleans, the works on view at Fort Gansevoort were made predominantly while Birch lived in Brooklyn, New York, in the 1980s and early 1990s. The colorful, narrative paintings from his Folkloric series and text-driven paintings from his Dialogue series dep ... More | |
The figure made by the cire perdue (lost wax) casting process is thought to date from the 11th or 12th century, made towards the end of the Pala dynasty, which flourished from the 8th-12th century in far north-eastern India.
STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET.- A 900-year-old bronze figure of a Buddhist deity smashed all expectations to bring £273,000* at Sworders Asian Art sale in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, on May 13. The diminutive figure of the four-faced, eight-armed goddess Amoghapasa (wisdom giver) measuring just 8cm high, had come for sale from a private source with modest hopes. The Buddha was found in the bottom of a box of miscellaneous metalware by Sworders Asian art specialist Yexue Li. The rather shell shocked seller has subsequently invited specialists back to their house to look through further items. The figure made by the cire perdue (lost wax) casting process is thought to date from the 11th or 12th century, made towards the end of the Pala dynasty, which flourished from the 8th-12th century in far north-eastern India. At the time ... More |
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| Coral Gables Museum presents Ukrainian exhibition 'Painting in Excess' | | Everything Must Go! Omer Tiroche Gallery opens summer group show | | Strauss & Co to host comprehensive single-artist auction of works by Irma Stern |
Arsen Savadov, Snake Charmer, 1989-1990. Oil on canvas. Stretcher: 307.3 Ã 217.2 cm (121 Ã 85 1/2 in.). Collection Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University. Gift of Robert L. and Ann R. Fromer.
CORAL GABLES, FLA.- The Coral Gables Museum is the first stop of a traveling exhibition titled Painting in Excess: Kyiv's Art Revival, 1985 - 1993, a series of Ukrainian avant-garde works revealing freedom during the transitional time when Ukraine came out from under the rule of the former Soviet Union. The current war in Ukraine adds a unique value to these works as they are expressions of a tumultuous time that nurtured the countrys independence. The exhibition was on display at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University in New Jersey earlier this year, but many works from Ukrainian collections could not be returned because of the war. It comes to the Coral Gables Museum thanks to a grant from The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The exhibition studies inventive new art styles by non-conformist Ukrainian ... More | |
Yayoi Kusama Japanese, (b. 1929), Buds (2), 1988. Acrylic on canvas, 65.2 x 53 cm. 25⅝ x 20⅞ in.
LONDON.- Omer Tiroche Gallery is presenting a summer group show, Everything Must Go!, featuring works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Alexander Calder, David Hockney, Georges Mathieu, and Victor Vasarely among other Modern and contemporary masters. Everything Must Go! is a chance to view exceptional works by artists who have featured in the gallerys programme over the years, and showcases 80 years of art history, by pioneers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. One of the highlights is Surrealist giant Salvador DalÃs Vision de l'age atomique, created in 1948, which illustrates not only his incredible draughtsmanship but also the profound effect that the dropping of the atomic bombs had on the artist. The work presents a post-nuclear landscape swarming with floating fountains and rock formations that morph into graceful classical figures, but never touch, mirroring the fact that atomic particles never touch one another. Another k ... More | |
Irma Stern, Portrait of a Woman in a Sari: Roza. Signed and dated 1929; inscribed with the title, the date and the accession number on the reverse. Oil on canvas, 76 by 68cm excluding frame. Lot Estimate: R 4 000 000 - 6 000 000.
CAPE TOWN.- Irma Stern, South Africas most successful female artists, will be the focus of a dedicated sale Irma Stern: Time | Line staged by the leading African auction house, Strauss & Co., at Welgemeend Manor House in Cape Town on Wednesday, 8 June 2022. Comprising 140 works from the Irma Stern Trust Collection as well as other private properties, the sale will feature rare paintings, drawings, prints, books and a stoneware piece that collectively span the entirety of Sterns prolific and distinguished career. All proceeds of the 124 artworks released by The Trustees of the Irma Stern Trust from its Collection, many of which have never been exhibited before, with go to strengthen the Collection for the future. This includes making it more accessible by developing the Irma Stern Trust website into an important research ... More |
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| Freeman's American Art sale brings the best of 19th and 20th-century painting to market | | At Swann this week: Modern & Post-War art, introducing Latinx art | | Critical acclaim for 23rd edition of Art Rotterdam |
Norman Rockwells Character Study (estimate: $30,000-50,000), a signed oil on canvas that highlights the artists tremendous eye for the detail of his subjects expressions.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Freemans June 5 American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists auction is led by Childe Hassams Mrs. Hassam in a Garden, offered at an estimate of $2,000,000-3,000,000, one of the largest and most significant canvas from the artists Parisian period. Coming fresh to market from an important Philadelphia collection, the paintings masterful handling of color and light shows clear Impressionist influences from the likes of Claude Monet and Gustave Caillebotte, and is expected to set a new house record for work by Hassam. Mrs. Hassam in a Garden is simply one of the best works featuring the artists wife among geraniumsHassams signature flower, says Head of Sale Raphaël Chatroux. The subject matter, paired with its impressive scale, suggests the work was likely conceived as a major exhibition piece. Building ... More | |
Lina Puerta, Untitled (from the Botanico Series), mixed media assemblage on plywood support, 2019. Estimate $1,000 to $1,500.
NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Galleries Thursday, May 26 sale of Modern & Post-War Art is set to present a broad scope of artistic movements including modernist selections from the collection of gallerist Gary Snyder, and introducing a dedicated portion of Latinx art to the sales collecting categories. Selections From the Gary Snyder Collection form the cornerstone of the modernist lots on offer with works by American Abstract Artists group members, Museum of Non-Objective Painting exhibitors, and Indian Space painters. Highlights include a run of drawings and watercolors by Joseph Stella, two tempera paintings by Ethel Magafan: Near Monarch ($3,000-5,000), and Trout Stream ($2,500-3,500), as well as works by Wolf Kahn and Louis K. Stone. Latinx art is represented by Jaime Vazquez, Oscar Satio Oiwa, Nitza Tufiño, Carlos Osorio and Lina Puerta among many others. ... More | |
Art Rotterdam. Photo: Almicheal Fraay.
ROTTERDAM.- The 23rd edition of Art Rotterdam, conducted in a summery setting once again, was a resounding success. Held at the historic Van Nelle Factory, this annual art event experienced an artistic and commercial breakthrough. With 100 participating galleries, a record 17 large-scale works and installations on the outdoor grounds and 88 up-and-coming artists in Prospects, Art Rotterdam 2022 has once again established itself on the international map. As in previous years, Art Rotterdam was the heart of Rotterdam Art Week. Frans Hof, Direct of Art Rotterdam, explains, "What was originally established by Art Rotterdam in early 2000 as a related event for international art lovers and professionals has gradually developed into a city programme for the general public. It's fantastic to see how the entire city is pulsating with art during Rotterdam Art Week!" The NN Art Award was presented during Art Rotterdam for the sixth time. This award, ... More |
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| Perrotin opens an exhibition of new paintings and sculpture by San Francisco-based artist Koak | | Preview of the 49th Art & Antiques Fair Olympia | | Venus Over Manhattan opens an exhibition of rarely seen paintings and works on paper by Jim Nutt |
Strange Loop, 2021. Ferric nitrate patina on bronze, three figures. Overall: 70 7/8 Ã 63 Ã 51 3/16 in. Grumpy Cat : 37 3/8 Ã 28 3/8 Ã 52 3/4 in. Happy Cat:
30 11/16 Ã 75 9/16 Ã 24 7/16 in. Sleepy Cat: 70 7/8 Ã 23 5/8 Ã 43 5/16 in. Edition 1 of 7 + 1 artist proof. Courtesy of the artist, Perrotin, and Altman Siegel, San Francisco.
HONG KONG.- Perrotin announced its collaboration with San Francisco-based artist Koak with her first solo presentation in Asia, The Driver, an exhibition of new paintings and sculpture. To project feelings into outer objects is the first way of symbolizing, and thus of conceiving those feelings, wrote Susanne Langer in her vital philosophical treatise on the nature of art as a form of communication. She continues, The conception of self, which is usually thought to mark the beginning of actual memory, may possibly depend on this process of symbolically epitomizing our feelings.1 The expression of feeling is a signatory attribute of the paintings of Koak, and it is a force that she uses to articulate her ... More | |
The show runs alongside Spirit of Summer Fair and tickets will include entry to both.
LONDON.- The organisers of The Art & Antiques Fair Olympia announced exhibitor highlights for the 49th edition of its flagship fair. The Fair will take place from June 22nd (preview) to June 26th entirely on the ground level in Olympia Grand - the largest of the famous Victorian halls with the iconic domed roof. New exhibitors arriving at the west Kensington venue in June include furniture dealer and BBC Antiques Roadshow expert Lennox Cato, jewellery dealer Moira, prints specialist Isaac and Ede, Chinese ceramics dealer Santos and Antiquities dealer Apollo Galleries. Art Nouveau specialists Morgan Strickland has a stained glass panel by the Czech artist Alfonse Mucha, best known for his theatrical posters. The panel was supposedly removed from a restaurant in Buenos Aires, built in 1915. There are a number of jewellery dealers at the fair including Anthea AG, Wimpole Antiques and Grasilver. Anthea AG brings ... More | |
Jim Nutt, Plume, 1989. Acrylic on canvas in acrylic on wood frame; 25 1/2 x 21 1/2 in (64.8 x 54.6 cm). Private Collection. Courtesy Venus Over Manhattan, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Venus Over Manhattan is presenting Jim Nutt: Portraits, an exhibition of rarely seen paintings and works on paper by one of the most important artists to emerge from Chicago in the last fifty years. Comprising some twenty examples of his work, the exhibition focuses on the portrait format that has structured Nutts practice for nearly forty years. Presentations of Nutts work are exceedingly rare: Venus Over Manhattans exhibition marks the first solo presentation in New York in over a decade, and the first solo gallery presentation in the United States since the MCA Chicagos 2011 retrospective Jim Nutt: Coming Into Character. Featuring previously works never before exhibited, Jim Nutt: Portraits will be on view at 55 Great Jones Street, the gallerys downtown location, from May 24th through June 25th, 2022. Jim Nutt began exhibiting ... More |
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Decorative silk panel created for the Queen's Coronation is set to go to auction
LONDON.- A decorative portion of a historic silk panel, commissioned to hang in Westminster Abbey for Queen Elizabeth IIs Coronation in 1953, is to be offered at auction. The specially woven panel was hung as a glorious backdrop with a range of others, to set the scene for the special ceremony and can be seen in many historic photographs of the Coronation. It was produced in December 1952 by Warner & Sons Ltd. in Braintree, Essex, England and was designed by Robert Godden, the rector of the Royal College of Art. It was the first heraldic emblem of the Sovereign to show both the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, as well as the Principality of Wales. Woven in the Queensway pattern in blue, with gold lurex thread, it features a gold woven crown above a rose, thistle, leek and shamrock emblem within ... More
Nicola Vesell presents Alberta Whittle's 'Respectability won't save you: a Caribbean haunting' curated by Arianna Nourse
NEW YORK, NY.- There are Bajan people in these works and they are from town. Their own ancestors had left rural chattel houses, with siblings and parents, purpose and pride, and emigrated West, by horse, to urban Bridgetown. Alberta Whittles ancestors arrived from rural Barbados in the 1920s, and earlier; but by the 1960s, theyd truly arrived. Bridgetown was culture, Bridgetown was class. Bridgetown was respectable and respectability? Respectability was safety. For the artists grandfather, Gladstone Fitzroy Barker, there would be no combing of hair outside; no shiny clothes on his family before 6 pm; and certainly no island mysticism. In silken armour - the cousins hoped - no officer would frisk ... More
Heritage makes Disneyland auction magic with $2 million theme park sale
DALLAS, TX.- A rare Disney park car, the first of its kind ever brought to auction, and a gondola carried bidders on a trip down Memory Lane, all the way to the Happiest Place on Earth, leading Heritage Auctions DISNEYLAND: THE AUCTION Signature® Auction to $2,081,875 May 21-22. The event was a hugely popular success: All told, nearly 3,000 bidders took part, leading to perfect sell-through rates of 100% by lots sold and by value. The items were consigned by Scott Rummell, a gifted voice actor who has lent his voice to everything from Marvel movie trailers to countless commercials and, yes, Disneyland. He grew up regularly attending Disneyland with his family and then spent his adult life collecting iconic materials from the Disney theme parks. This was a fantastic auction, which featured one of the finest collections ... More
In 'Who Killed My Father,' an inquest and an indictment
NEW YORK, NY.- Its natural to wish harm on those who do harm. When something heavy falls on Eddy Bellegueules father at the factory where he works, leaving his back broyé, écrasé mangled, crushed it may seem a kind of justice. The father has, after all, left his son in approximately the same condition: mangled by homophobia and crushed by unrequited love. Or at least thats how I felt after reading the takedowns of toxic masculinity, and of the French provincial culture that produced it, in two memoirs by the boy who grew up to be Ãdouard Louis. The End of Eddy details his harrowing childhood in Hallencourt, a village about 100 miles north of Paris, where his father fumed at his sons femininity, his schoolmates beat and used him sexually, and even his mother used a gay slur to mock him. In History of Violence ... More
Taipei Dangdai 2022 closes a succesful 3rd edition
TAIPEI.- The third edition of Taipei Dangdai, the international art fair led by Co-Directors Robin Peckham and Magnus Renfrew, closed on Sunday 22 May. Held across three public days and a VIP Preview day at the Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei Dangdai 2022 brought together leading galleries from Taiwan, Asia, and beyond, along with an accessible Ideas Forum roundly appreciated by new collectors seeking to engage with contemporary art. With Taiwans borders still closed to most international travellers and social distancing measures in place, the fair closed to 22,783 visitors on Sunday night. We are extremely grateful to the many international galleries who spent time in quarantine to reach the fair or entrusted our local team with staffing their booths remotely, and would like to celebrate all of the experienced and resilient Taiwanese ... More
Morphy's secures right to auction peerless Bobby Knudsen Jr Collection of Petroliana & Soda Pop Signs
DENVER, PA.- Morphy Auctions announced that they have been chosen to auction the world-class Bobby Knudsen Jr Collection of antique and vintage petroliana and soda pop signs. The collection will be offered in a series of three no-reserve auctions over a one-year period, with Part I to take place around the time of the October 4-7, 2022 AACA Hershey Fall Meet & Show. Part II will be auctioned in spring 2023, and the third and final sale will be held on a date within close proximity to the Fall 2023 AACA Hershey event. All three auctions will be conducted live at Morphy Auctions gallery in Denver (Lancaster County), Pennsylvania, with all forms of remote bidding also available, including live online through Morphy Live. Bobby Knudsens phenomenal assemblage of 1,000+ porcelain, neon and tin signs is widely known ... More
Bonhams explores - and exposes - the male form in thematic sale this June
NEW YORK, NY.- The Male Form, a thematic sale celebrating the male body in art comes to New York on June 7. The sole subject matter is explored across categories from Old Master and 19th Century paintings to sculpture, decorative arts, and contemporary art, with each work having a unique context and significance in the history of art. Other highlights include a monumental mural of a classical dancing athlete by Frederic, Lord Leighton once housed in London's historic Belgrave Square (estimate: $200,000 - 300,000), a provocative pigment print on canvas of nude footballers by Pierre et Gilles (estimate: $40,000-$60,000), an 18K gold wristwatch of moving figures in lovemaking (estimate: $60,000 80,000), and multiple Andy Warhol works including an iconic acrylic and silkscreen, Torso ... More
Phillips announces highlights from the June Evening & Day Editions Auctions in London
LONDON.- Phillips announced highlights from the Evening & Day Editions auctions in London. Comprised of 304 lots, the auctions will present a rich selection of editions by Pop, Modern, and Contemporary artists. Led by Andy Warhols Queen Elizabeth II, the Evening & Day Editions auctions will also feature highlight works from Alex Katz, Francis Bacon, Keith Haring, Grayson Perry, David Hockney, Pablo Picasso, as well as works by two artists of the Grosvenor School: Sybil Andrews and Lill Tschudi. The Evening Sale will be held on 14 June at 5pm with the Day Sale following on 15 June at 12pm. Rebecca Tooby-Desmond, Head of Sale and Auctioneer, said, We are delighted to present our June Evening & Day Editions auctions in London, which follow the wonderful successes of our Spring auctions in New York. From ... More
Fabled sunken treasure ship's bell donated to US Naval Academy
ANNAPOLIS, MD.- The United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland has received an important piece of American and naval history, the bell from the SS Central America, the legendary Ship of Gold that was led by Commander William Lewis Herndon (1813-1857). The famous ship sank in 1857 while carrying 578 passengers and crewmembers and a kings ransom of California Gold Rush treasures. Rare coin expert, real estate developer, philanthropist, and former sports agent Dwight Manley of Brea, California donated the Central Americas 268-pound bronze bell to the Academy where there has been an important tribute monument to Commander Herndon for the past 162 years. The historic bell was formally dedicated on May 23, just prior to the 2022 annual monument climb by the Academys freshmen ("plebes"). A ... More
The 'philosopher king' of percussion starts his next chapter
SAN DIEGO, CA.- Since its first performance, in 1976, Iannis Xenakis Psappha has been at the core of the solo percussion repertory. Not that it really had competition: When it premiered, a repertory for solo percussion barely existed. But Psappha shook the nascent field with its tension between flexible instrumentation and rigorous beat, between stark rhythms and kaleidoscopic colors. The 14-minute piece, in which the player presides over a sprawling array, came across as a strikingly modern abstraction of an ancient ritual, teetering between sober and ecstatic. Steven Schick managed the precarious balance between those two qualities as he recorded the pounding final minute on a recent afternoon in a studio at the University of California campus here, where he has taught since 1991. Not even my 20- ... More
Lansbury will receive Tony Award for lifetime achievement
NEW YORK, NY.- Angela Lansbury, an acclaimed and beloved star of stage, film and television, will be honored this year with a special Tony Award for lifetime achievement. Lansbury, 96, who has already won five competitive Tony Awards, will receive the lifetime achievement award June 12, when this years ceremony is set to take place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City and to be broadcast on CBS. Lansbury first appeared on Broadway in 1957, in a farce called Hotel Paradiso, and in 1964 she starred in her first Broadway musical, Anyone Can Whistle, a flop that is remembered mostly because the songwriter was Stephen Sondheim. She was already a three-time Oscar nominee, notably for The Manchurian Candidate in 1962, when she landed her breakout Broadway role, starring as the free-spirited ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian painter Pontormo was born May 24, 1494. Jacopo Carucci (May 24, 1494 - January 2, 1557), usually known as Jacopo da Pontormo, Jacopo Pontormo or simply Pontormo, was an Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine School. His work represents a profound stylistic shift from the calm perspectival regularity that characterized the art of the Florentine Renaissance. In this image: Jacopo Carrucci, known as Pontormo (1494 - 1557), Portrait of a Bishop (Monsignor Niccolò Ardinghelli?), c. 1541-1542. Oil on panel; 102 x 78.9 cm. Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1961.9.83.
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