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Skull of Modern Human (Homo sapiens). We each share 99.9 per cent of our DNA sequence with any other unrelated human individual.
OXFORD.- From the arrival of the earliest modern humans over 40,000 years ago to the population of the present day, the story of the people of Britain is one of ongoing movement, migration and settlement. A new exhibition at Oxford University Museum of Natural History asks where we came from, and presents surprising answers through archaeological evidence, genetic analysis, and interactive data. Opening with a showcase of remains from the oldest known ceremonial burial in Western Europe, the 33,000-year-old Red Lady of Paviland (actually a man), the Settlers exhibition charts the patterns of migration that have shaped Britain since the islands became continuously inhabited at the end of the last Ice Age, around 12,000 years ago. The movement of people across international borders is the subject of much social and political debate across the world, and in Britain and Europe in particular, says Professor Paul Smith, dir ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day On Thursday, February 15, Artemis Gallery will present an important boutique auction of classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art with prestigious provenance. The highly refined, fully curated selection comprises 330 lots reflecting many of the worlds greatest cultures of the past, from Ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman to Asian, African, Oceanic and Native American. In this image: Important Aztec Quartz Eagle Labret, ex-John Deere. Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1450 CE.
| 'Lost' Klimt drawing discovered in Austria | | Art Institute of Chicago acquires Duchamp's Bottle Rack | | The Giacometti Institute to open in Paris on 20 June 2018 |
Gustav Klimt, "Zwei Liegende" ("Two Reclining Figures") detail.
VIENNA (AFP).- A drawing by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, which disappeared from a museum collection, has been found in the effects of a recently deceased secretary, authorities said on Tuesday. The drawing "Zwei Liegende" ("Two Reclining Figures") is one of four works by Klimt and fellow pioneer of Viennese Modernism Egon Schiele that have been at the centre of a drawn-out legal battle between the city of Linz and the heirs of artist and collector Olga Jaeger. Jaeger had given the works to a museum in Linz on long-term loan in 1951. But when her descendants asked for them back in 2006, they were nowhere to be found. They took the city to court and after a long legal battle were awarded damages of 8.21 million euros ($10.1m). Now city authorities say that the Klimt drawing has been tracked down. ... More | |
Bottle Rack 1914/59, signed by the artist in 1960, and owned by Robert Rauschenberg will redefine the storytelling power of the museums collection of Modern art.
CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago announced today a collection-changing acquisition of Marcel Duchamps boundary breaking readymade Bottle Rack (1914/59). Signed by Duchamp in 1960 for its ownera young Robert Rauschenbergthis ever-provocative and still-astonishing work has a deep connection to two significant artists who radically challenged and redefined our notions of art and changed the course of art history. Acquired from the internationally respected Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, through Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, Duchamps Bottle Rack will go on view today, February 13, 2018, in the Art Institutes Gallery 395B, contextualized within the museums exceptional galleries of modern art. Art ... More | |
Atelier de Giacometti Photo Sabine Weiss Collection Fondation Giacometti, Paris © Succession Giacometti (Fondation Giacometti + ADAGP) Paris 2018.
PARIS.- The Giacometti Foundation, Paris announced the opening of The Giacometti Institute, on 20 June 2018 in Paris. This will be a new space, dedicated to the work of Alberto Giacometti and to exhibitions, as well as to art historical research and pedagogy. An innovative cultural establishment, the Giacometti Institute aims to provide new perspectives on the artists work and the period of its creation. With a floor area of 350m2, the Institute will be located in the historic area of Montparnasse, where the artist lived and worked throughout his career. It will be directed by Catherine Grenier, head of the Giacometti Foundation since 2014. Accessible to the public by appointment, the Giacometti Institute will permanently present a reconstruction of Giacomettis Studio, which was ... More |
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| Two early portraits by Freud acquired for the nation and allocated to Abbot Hall, Kendal | | Rare Beethoven leaf and Newton's instructions for Philosopher's Stone lead Bonhams NY Books and Manuscripts Auction | | Christie's announces highlights from the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale |
Lucian Freud, Portrait of Lady Scott, 1952-54. Oil on canvas, 12 x 9in. Provenance: Commissioned from the artist by Sir Oliver and Lady Scott c. 1952-54, and by descent.
KENDAL.- Two early portraits by Lucian Freud, Portrait of Lady Scott, 1952-54 and Portrait of Hermione Scott, 1960 have been accepted in lieu of tax and allocated to Lakeland Arts Trust for Abbot Hall Art Gallery in Kendal. Lucian Freud was one of Britains greatest artists of the twentieth century. There are relatively few works by him in UK public collections. These two portraits have previously only been seen once in public in an exhibition in the 1990s in Tel Aviv. Portrait of Lady Scott is a sensitive and finely executed work while Portrait of Hermione is more freely painted with larger brushes, longer strokes and warmer fleshier tones. Viewed together the portraits demonstrate Freuds stylistic development over this 6-8 year period. Unusually, the paintings, depicting Lady Scott and her daughter Hermione, were the result of a direct commission from Sir Oliver and Lady Scott. Freud very rarely accepted ... More | |
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827) Autograph Manuscript, sketch-leaf part of the score of his Scottish Song, "Sunset" Op. 108 no 2. Estimate: US$80,000-120,000. Photo: Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY.- On March 9, the Books and Manuscripts auction at Bonhams New York will offer a rare autograph manuscript by Ludwig Van Beethoven, along with a number of historically significant lots including a prism belonging to Benjamin Franklin, the Bible used at the first swearing-in of President Ulysses S. Grant, an atlas by famed cartographer Ptolemy, and an Isaac Newton manuscript on the creation of the fabled philosophers stone. This is a sale packed with incredibly significant works by some of the most important figures in music, science, and history. From Newtons experiments in alchemy to music illustrating Beethovens genius, these works are truly one-of-a-kind and the rarest of the rare, said Ian Ehling, Director of Books and Manuscripts. One of the sales highlights is a Beethoven sketch-leaf from part of his Scottish Song, Sunset, Op 108, written for voice, violin, violoncello, and piano, and set to W ... More | |
Kees Van Dongen, La femme au collier - fond rouge, signed 'van Dongen.' (lower left); dated '1905' (on the reverse), oil on canvas, 39 ½ x 32 in. (100.3 x 81.2 cm.) Painted in 1905. Estimate: £5,000,0007,000,000. © Christies Images Limited 2018.
LONDON.- Christies Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 27 February will launch 20th Century at Christies, a series of auctions that will take place in London from 20 February to 7 March 2018. Works from prestigious private collections will be offered, ranging from the structured still-lifes of Giorgio Morandi in The Eye of the Architect to the early cubist composition of Georges Braque and Francis Picabias playful collage in Abstraction Beyond Borders, a collection that traces the development of abstraction across Europe in the 20th Century. These are complemented by works by Claude Monet, Théo Van Rysselberghe and Jan Toorop from The Triton Collection Foundation and a rare Oskar Kokoshka from the Reinold Collection. Alongside leading masterpieces from the 20th Century, ranging from Kandinsky to Degas and from Derain to Picasso, the ... More |
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| North American premiere of Alberto Giacometti exhibition opens in Quebec City | | Congressman Sam Johnson donates POW possessions to Smithsonian | | Christie's to offer masterpieces by Lucio Fontana, Alberto Burri and Thomas Schütte |
Installation view.
QUEBEC CITY.- The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec is celebrating its 85th anniversary this year. To launch the festivities, it is presenting in Québec City the North American premiere of the Alberto Giacometti exhibition, which enjoyed resounding success at the Tate Modern in London last summer. From February 8 to May 13, 2018, visitors can discover this major retrospective presented by Desjardins in the Pierre Lassonde Pavilion of the MNBAQ and savour the emblematic work of Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), one of the 20th centurys foremost artists. A Swiss sculptor and painter who lived in Paris, Giacometti is known for his unique sculptures of elongated subjects with especially detailed surfaces, but the exhibition also celebrates the painter. The Québec City exhibition includes about 50 paintings and original plaster casts, including several never before exhibited. The exhibition also more clearly reveals the ... More | |
Johnson gave the tin cup and toothpaste tube he used while held in one of the prisons the captives nicknamed the Hanoi Hilton. Photo courtesy Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
WASHINGTON, DC.- On the 45th anniversary of Operation Homecoming, the Smithsonians National Museum of American History accepted a donation from Rep. Samuel Robert Johnson (R-Texas), a fighter pilot who endured almost seven years as a prisoner of war (POW). Johnson gave the tin cup and toothpaste tube he used while held in one of the prisons the captives nicknamed the Hanoi Hilton. I want to thank the National Museum of American History for their work in preserving the stories of our POWs and for accepting this humble donation, Johnson said. I also want to give a special thank you to the museums director John Gray, as well as Jennifer Jones, who serves as chair for the Armed Forces History Division. Thank you for this beautiful ceremony and for helping make ... More | |
Alberto Burri, Ferro T, welded steel on wood, 59 x 55in. (150.5 x 140cm.) (1959, estimate: £3,000,000-5,000,000. © Christies Images Limited 2018.
LONDON.- A collection of artists who radicalised traditional methods for making art by pushing the boundaries of the pictorial plane, using revolutionary materials, and dismantling visual history will be a focal point of the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 6 March 2018, part of 20th/21st Century Week at Christies. The group will be led by Lucio Fontanas masterpiece Concetto Spaziale, Attese (1965, estimate: £8,000,000-12,000,000), a two-metre long white canvas cut with 24 of Fontanas iconic vertical slashes, the greatest number he ever committed to a large-scale work. To add a further dimension to the painting Fontana enshrouded it in a highly reflective black lacquer frame, and it is therefore a totally unique object by the artist. ... More |
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| US judge awards $6.75 mn in damages to graffiti artists | | 'Women Look at Women' opens Richard Saltoun's new gallery in Dover Street | | Julien's Auctions announces "Hollywood: Property from the Osianama Archives" |
This file photo taken on November 18, 2013 shows the historic graffiti mecca 5 Pointz seen after being painted over by developers in the Long Island City neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Andrew Burton / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP.
NEW YORK (AFP).- In a landmark ruling that graffiti art should be protected by US federal law, a New York judge has awarded $6.75 million in damages to 21 artists whose work was whitewashed by a developer in 2013. In a written decision filed Monday, Judge Frederic Block awarded the maximum possible amount of statutory damages, $150,000 for each of 45 works obliterated at the 5Pointz site in Queens. For 20 years developer Jerry Wolkoff had invited taggers to showcase their art on his industrial complex, turning it into -- in the words of the artists' lawyer -- the "world's largest outdoor open aerosol museum." But in 2013 he whitewashed the art before demolishing the site in 2014, making way for a planned $400 million luxury residential complex. The ... More | |
Elisabetta Catalano, Sharon Tate, 1967. Gelatin silver print on baryta paper, 30 x 40 cm. Edition 1 of 6. © Archivio Elisabetta Catalano. Courtesy of Richard Saltoun Gallery.
LONDON.- Women Look at Women explores feminine identity through the work of thirteen internationally renowned women artists. In this inaugural exhibition at Richard Saltouns new gallery in Dover Street, each of the works on show reflects a different aspect of the relationship women have with their own bodies and how they judge and respond to the physicality of other women. Eleanor ANTIN (b. 1935, Bronx, NY) lives and works in San Diego, CA. A pioneer of conceptual and performance art movements of the 1970s, Antin has worked across photography and staged performances to confront issues of identity, social structures and the role of women. Renate BERTLMANN (b. 1943, Vienna) lives and works in Vienna, Austria. In the 1970s she was considered too radical to be included in museum exhibitions. 40 years later, Bertlmann, who ... More | |
An original French Grande (style A) poster for the film King Kong (RKO, 1933). Estimate: $30,000- $40,000.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Juliens Auctions, the world-record breaking auction house, announced today that Hollywood: Property from the Osianama Archives will be heading to the auction block March 8, 2018 in Los Angeles and live online. A significant part of the Hollywood category of the Osianama Archives, an outstanding, award-winning collection of some of the worlds most important film memorabilia and artwork, will be available for auction for the first time in history in this spectacular never before seen event. From a life-size Terminator 3 screen figure to the monstrous Alien Queens maquette from Aliens to a gigantic T-rex dinosaur figure from The Lost World: Jurassic Park, the Osianama Archives features iconic production pieces, props and posters from the greatest and most influential films of all time. Some of the most prestigious original artwork representing nearly 100 years of classic Hollywood ... More |
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Rolls Royce once owned by R2-D2 (actor Kenny Baker of Star Wars fame) for sale with H&H Classics
LONDON.- H&H Classics will be selling two celebrity and VIP linked Rolls-Royces, appropriately the choice of the rich and famous for a century at their next auction at the Imperial War Museum Duxford on March 21. This Rolls-Royce, a 1982 Corniche estimated to sell for £28,000 to £32,000, was one owned by film actor Kenny Baker, R2-D2 of Star Wars fame. Kenneth George Baker (1934 2016) was an English actor and musician best remembered for portraying the character R2-D2 in the StarWars science fiction movie franchise. This fictional robot character created by George Lucas was a small astromech droid, R2-D2 is a major character and appears in all 8 Star Wars films to date. Throughout the course of the films, R2 is a friend to Padmé Amidala, Anakin Skywalker, Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker, and Obi-Wan Kenobi in various points in the saga. Damian Jones, ... More
Exhibition brings together 26 artists from the eastern Baltic Sea region
HELSINKI.- The exhibition There and Back Again brings together 26 artists from the eastern Baltic Sea region: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland and Russia. This collection exhibition of Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma explores the themes of identity, belonging and memory through the metaphor of travel. The title, There and Back Again, refers both to physical travel and to the various internal journeys traversed by working artists. The artworks in the exhibition reflect a time characterised by the mobility of people, goods and labour, but also by tensions between superpowers. The Soviet era with its restrictions, traumas and memories looms in the background. Many of the artists grew up in the Baltic region in the 1980s and 90s, and experienced their countries reindependence. Many have studied and worked outside of their homeland, some ... More
Exhibition examines the environmental, aesthetic, and technological implications of plastic
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA.- Sixty works exploring the complex story of plasticfrom drawings and photographs to video installations and sculptures fabricated from found plasticare being featured in Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials, on view at the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State, February 13 through June 17, 2018. Organized by the Palmer Museum of Art, this major loan exhibition includes work by 30 emerging and mid-career contemporary artists from around the globe, such as Mark Dion, Marina Zurkow, Zanele Muholi, Vik Muniz, Jessica Stockholder, Chris Jordan, Brian Jungen, Aurora Robson, Willie Cole, Pinar Yoldas, Tejal Shah, and Moreshin Allahyari. The artists work examines the environmental, aesthetic, and technological implications of plastic and how it infiltrates virtually every aspect of our lives. This ... More
Exhibition at Vleeshal brings together three artists with similar interests and different voices
MIDDELBURG.- Show Personality, Not Personal Items takes its title from Nora Turatos 2017 performance. These five words have been lifted out of their original context to take on a new role as the title for this show, which brings together three artists with similar interests and different voices. The second paragraph of this invitation is a compilation of their voices, which can be recognized when familiar with their respective practices. The practice of Leda Bourgogne (1989, Vienna) is informed by a wide range of influences, such as feminist theory, psycho-analysis, modernism, experimental film, literature and pop culture. Moving between the autobiographical and the fictional, Bourgogne designs worlds from a feminine interior perspective of her protagonists. She creates a poetic terrain that simultaneously reflects on the fluidity between drawing, painting, ... More
Golden Age crooner Vic Damone dead at 89
NEW YORK (AFP).- Vic Damone, whose silky baritone voice made him a 1950s heartthrob and who Frank Sinatra said had the "best pipes in the business," has died, his family announced Monday. He was 89. Ed Henry, a Fox News correspondent and family friend, said that relatives asked him to share that Damone died Sunday night in Florida. Damone was one of the top stars of a golden age of crooners, who filled nightclubs and were frequently booked to sing in front of orchestras on television shows before the arrival of rock 'n' roll. He scored his first hit in 1949 with "Again" and was catapulted to star status in 1956 with his recording of "On the Street Where You Live," a song from the musical "My Fair Lady." No less than Sinatra, whom Damone deeply respected, was in awe of his voice. "If I had one wish, it would be for Vic Damone's tonsils. Vic has the best pipes ... More
Ines Doujak transforms LENTOS Kunstmuseum into a fashion store
LINZ.- The Large Hall of the LENTOS has been transformed into a fashion store! The Austrian artist Ines Doujak presents her highly unusual fashion collections. The exhibition space mutates temporarily into a changing room: visitors are welcome to touch, try on and take pictures. Citing and at the same time calling into question the glamour of the fashion world, Doujaks works are characterized both by their determined criticism and their beauty. The artist brings into play the exploitative structures and the gender and class order hardwired into haute couture and the garment industry and deliberately blurs the demarcation line separating fashion statement and art. Ines Doujak reckons with the intrinsic power of images in developing her own compelling formal language. In doing so, she combines elements of collage with historical and political research, ... More
Exhibition presents a selection of works exploring the archetypes of good and evil characters
CORK.- The Crawford Art Gallery presents Heroes and Villains, a selection of works from the collection exploring the archetypes of good and evil characters, and the middle ground between them. This family friendly exhibition, finds its inspiration in a time when we are unsure of who or what to trust. From fallen heroes and reformed villains to accidental heroes, heroes of the moment, and villains for all time, this exhibition showcases a wide variety of real or imagined figures and the many ways that artists have celebrated or presented the shades of good or bad in all of us. This extensive exhibition draws from eighteenth-century oil paintings to contemporary prints, displaying a variety of mediums, successfully conveying the ethos of the gallery, as a delightful fusion of contemporary and historical works. Through the eclectic nature of the works on display, by artists ... More
Signed items from Jackie Kennedy, Einstein, Lincoln, many more at University Archives' Feb. 21 auction
WESTPORT, CONN.- Rare and fascinating archives of material pertaining to Albert Einstein and Gen. George Armstrong Custers wife Elizabeth, plus others, will come up for bid in an online-only auction of autographed documents, manuscripts, books and relics scheduled for Wednesday, February 21st by University Archives, at 10:30 am Eastern. In all, 249 lots will come up for sale. Bidders can view all the lots now, and register to bid, at www.UniversityArchives.com. Online bidding is being facilitated by Invaluable.com. The auction is packed with important, scarce and collectible signed documents and other items relating to some of the most important names in all of history. The archives are in the spotlight due to their rarity, importance and high estimates. Many of these archives havent seen the light of day for many years, said John Reznikoff, the founder ... More
Sotheby's acquires Viyet, the online marketplace for interior design
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys announced the acquisition of Viyet, the online marketplace for interior design specializing in vintage and antique furniture, decorative objects and accessories. Viyets business model complements Sothebys existing suite of auction and private sale services at the high end of this market, providing clients with simple, fixed price opportunities whenever they wish to buy and sell. This acquisition advances a number of strategic priorities for Sothebys including growing sales at a more accessible price point, welcoming more clients to the Company, and providing best-in-class service. Launched in 2013, Viyet serves both private individuals and the trade in the United States through its New York headquarters and a growing network of curators in 13 markets around the country. The Viyet team, led by CEO Elizabeth Brown, will join Sothebys, ... More
Nelson-Atkins hires Hathaway Maranda to lead Development division
KANSAS CITY, MO.- Following an extensive, nationwide search, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City has hired Hathaway Maranda as Vice President, Development, a position created to envelop the broad range of the museums next fundraising phase. From my first meeting with Hathaway, she articulated a powerful vision for a culture of philanthropy at the Nelson-Atkins, said Julián Zugazagoitia, Menefee D. and Mary Louise Blackwell CEO & Director of the Nelson-Atkins. In the few weeks she has been in Kansas City, I have watched her interact naturally and warmly with supporters in varied settings. Her hire signals the sweeping scope of the museums exciting future. Maranda comes to the Nelson-Atkins from Honolulu, where she was a pillar of the fundraising community since 2013. As CEO of her own consulting firm, she advised ... More
Inscribed first edition of The Great Gatsby may bring $100,000 at Heritage Auctions in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- A Signed and Inscribed First Edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby may sell for as much as $100,000 in Heritage Auctions' Rare Book Auction March 7 in New York. Signed, modern first editions are among the auction's 600 lots, many from private collections, including a rare Inscribed Presentation Copy of J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye (est. $20,000). "'Signed, first editions' is the theme of this season's auction," said James Gannon, Director of Rare Books at Heritage. "We have the great fortune to offer many of the 20th century's greatest novels signed by their authors. Nearly all come from private collections not seen at auction in decades." James C. Seacrest, a Lincoln, Nebraska, publisher and philanthropist, assembled the largest collection featured in the auction. Estimated to bring more than $440,000, all proceeds from ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, German sculptor Katharina Fritsch was born February 14, 1956. Katharina Fritsch (born 14 February 1956) is a German sculptor. She lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. Katharina Fritsch is known for her sculptures and installations that reinvigorate familiar objects with a jarring and uncanny sensibility. In this image: Katharina Fritsch, Erdbeere / Strawberry 2017. Polyester, paint, 31 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches, 80 x 80 x 80 cm. ©Katharina Fritsch / VG BildKunst, Bonn / Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery. Photo: Ivo Faber, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.
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