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Museum director Axel Rüger and curator Maite van Dijk next to Edvard Munch?s portrait of Felix Auerbach (1906). The portrait is the latest purchase for the Van Gogh Museum?s collection and will be exhibited in a special new display of paintings.
AMSTERDAM.- The Van Gogh Museum has further enriched its collection with a painting by Edvard Munch. The German physicist Felix Auerbach commissioned his portrait from the Norwegian painter in 1906. The work went on public display for the first time this morning, which marks the 74th anniversary of Munchs death. The painting is the only Munch portrait in a Dutch collection and this is also the first time it has been shown in the Netherlands. The monumental portrait, painted in expressive colours, is characteristic of Munchs oeuvre and fits seamlessly into the Van Gogh Museums collection. There are striking parallels between both the work and the lives of Vincent van Gogh and Edvard Munch. To be able to enrich our collection with a marvellous painting by Munch in which his affinity with Van Gogh is also clearly visible, is the fulfilment of a long-cherished dream, museum director Axel Rüger says. The portrait of ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A monumental bust of former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin is on display at the "Stalin - The Red God" exhibition at the Berlin-Hohenschoenhausen memorial on January 23, 2018. The exhibition, open from January 26 to June 30, 2018, explores the Stalin cult in its former Communist east German context. John MACDOUGALL / AFP
| Matisse masterpiece to be offered at Phillips | | Israeli scholars decipher Dead Sea Scroll | | Sotheby's Masters Week to offer 900+ works spanning 8 centuries of European art |
Henri Matisse (1869-1954), Nu allongé I (Aurore). Patinated bronze, 13 1/2 x 19 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. Estimate: £5,000,000-7,000,000. Image courtesy Phillips.
LONDON.- On 8 March, Phillips will offer Henri Matisses Nu allongé I (Aurore), 1907-08 as a highlight of the 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale. The sculpture, an early lifetime cast, is emblematic of one of the hallmark motifs that Matisse returned to throughout his career that of the female form. Having been in a French private collection for almost seven decades, Nu allongé I (Aurore) has not been seen in public since it was last exhibited at the Montross Gallery, New York in 1915. The sculpture will be on view at Phillips Paris from 1-3 February, and Antwerp from 8-9 February 2018, before being offered for sale in London on 8 March 2018. Hugues Joffre, Senior Advisor to the CEO, said: This season, Phillips is fortunate to be able to again create a meaningful dialogue between two titans of Modern art Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse with Picassos La Dormeuse ... More | |
The Dead Sea Scrolls, which include the oldest known manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible, date from the 3rd century BC to the 1st century AD.
JERUSALEM (AFP).- Israeli scholars have pieced together and deciphered one of two previously unread manuscripts of the Dead Sea Scrolls more than half a century since their discovery, an Israeli university has said. The more than 60 tiny fragments of parchment bearing encrypted Hebrew writing had previously been thought to come from a variety of different scrolls, a Haifa University spokesman told AFP on Sunday. But Eshbal Ratson and Jonathan Ben-Dov of the university's Bible studies department found the pieces all fit together after they started examining them just under a year ago, Ilan Yavelberg said. "They put it all together and said it was actually one scroll," he said. A Haifa University statement said that Ratson and Ben-Dov were now working on deciphering the last remaining scroll. The Dead Sea Scrolls, which include the oldest known manuscripts ... More | |
Diego RodrÃguez de Silva y Velázquez and Pietro Martire Neri, Portrait of Monsignor Cristoforo Segni. Estimate $3/4 million. Courtesy Sothebys.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys annual Masters Week auctions and exhibitions open in New York this Friday, 26 January, showcasing over 900 exceptional European paintings, drawings and sculpture that span the 12th through the 20th centuries. From a 17th-century landscape by Jan Wijnants that was looted by the Nazis during World War II and later recovered by the famed Monuments Men, to the coveted collection of esteemed dealer Otto Naumann, join us this week in New York to view the following: Kicking off the sales series is a dedicated auction of drawings from the collection of Howard and Saretta Barnet. Formed over a period of some 40 years by the New York couple, this collection of 28 drawings is unique for its combination of small overall size, great chronological span and exceptionally high quality. Making their selections with razor-sharp aesthetic ... More |
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| Powerhouse mechanic leads the way for Lewis Hine archive of early 20th century views of workers and the poor | | Pace opens an exhibition featuring Tara Donovan's most recent series of works | | The Jewish Museum presents new, major collection exhibition |
Lewis W. Hine, Powerhouse Mechanic, silver print, circa 1921. Estimate $70,000 to $100,000. Image courtesy of Swann Auction Galleries.
NEW YORK, NY.- Lewis Hines photography had such an impact that it helped revolutionise child labour laws in in the United States as well as establish a stunning documentary record of the conditions of ordinary working people and migrants. Now Swann Auction Galleries are to offer 24 of his images that have never been on the market before at their Icons & Images: Photographs and Photobooks sale in New York on February 15. They include some his most iconic views, from the arrival of immigrants at Ellis Island and workers on the construction of the Empire State Building to child workers in the cotton mills of Carolina and, perhaps most famously, the unforgettable Mechanic at Steam Pump in Electric Power House, an image from around 1921 that carries an estimate of $70,000 to $100,000. Hine (1874-1940) was a sociologist and master documentary photographer who used his camera as a means of highlighting the lives of the poor and disadvantaged in Carolina, New ... More | |
Tara Donovan, Composition (Cards), 2017. Styrene cards and glue, 22-1/4" x 22-1/4" x 4" (56.5 cm x 56.5 cm x 10.2 cm) © Tara Donovan, courtesy Pace Gallery. Photography by Tom Barratt and Mark Waldhauser.
LONDON.- Pace is presenting Tara Donovan: Compositions, an exhibition featuring the artists most recent series of works. The exhibition will be Donovans first at Pace London and follows her exhibition at Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh, in 2015. Tara Donovan: Compositions is on view from 24 January to 9 March 2018 at 6 Burlington Gardens, London. Known for her commitment to process, Donovan has earned acclaim for her ability to discover the inherent physical characteristics of an object and transform it into art. Extending upon the artists core interest in investigating aggregative procedures using a singular material, the recent series is comprised of wall-mounted framed works in various sizes that explore stratification as both a sculptural technique and a means to construct a two-dimensional picture plane. The process of making comes after Ive figured out what I want the material to do, and what it is that th ... More | |
Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, Self-Portrait, 1814-16. Oil on canvas, 38 11/16 Ã 32 7/8 in. The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Anonymous Gift in memory of Curtis Hereld; Esther Leah Ritz Bequest; Fine Arts Acquisitions Committee Fund; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George Jaffin, by exchange; and Abraham Aaroni and Ruth Taub Bequests, 2008-137.
NEW YORK, NY.- For the first time in 25 years, the Jewish Museum has organized a major new exhibition of its unparalleled collection. Scenes from the Collection transforms the entire third floor with nearly 600 works from antiquities to contemporary art, many of which are on view for the first time at the Museum. Art and Jewish objects are shown together, affirming universal values that are shared among people of all faiths and backgrounds. The Jewish Museums collection spans more than 4,000 years through nearly 30,000 objects, including painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, ceremonial objects, antiquities, works on paper, and media. Viewed through a contemporary lens, the collection is a mirror of Jewish identities past and present. Scenes from the ... More |
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| Authorized printing of The Declaration of Independence leads Sotheby's $13.9 million Americana Week auctions | | Modern works from the Pinacoteca di Brera on view at the Estorick Collection | | With new partners and expanded purview, Master Drawings New York returns to the Upper East Side in January |
The sale of Fine Printed and Manuscript Americana, Including Cartography on 17 January was led by a magnificent printing of The Declaration of Independence by E. Russell which sold for $1.2 million. Courtesy Sothebys.
NEW YORK, NY.- After five days and eight sessions, Sothebys annual Americana Week sales concluded on Sunday with a total of $13.9 million and nearly 1,000 lots sold across two auctions. The week kicked off with the sale of Important Printed and Manuscript Americana, including Cartography, which was led by The Declaration of Independence printed by E. Russell that sold for $1.2 million. The Important Americana sale achieved $9.6 million and saw strong results across a diverse group of works, including American furniture, silver, and ceramics. Erik Gronning, Head of Sothebys Americana Department, remarked: We are very pleased with the results from last weeks auctions, which demonstrated wonderful depth across a number of categories, with a particular emphasis on Pilgrim century, William & Mary and Classical furniture. ... More | |
Amedeo Modigliani, Head of a Young Woman, 1915. Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm. Courtesy: Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.
LONDON.- The Estorick opens its 20th anniversary year with a major exhibition of works from one of the worlds most important collections of modern Italian art, housed at Milans Pinacoteca di Brera. Comprising paintings and sculptures donated to the museum by Emilio and Maria Jesi, it includes iconic images by Umberto Boccioni, Gino Severini and Mario Sironi, an extraordinary nucleus of Metaphysical paintings by Carlo Carrà , and important works by Giorgio de Chirico, Giorgio Morandi and Filippo De Pisis. The Enchanted Room runs at the Estorick Collection from 24 January until 8 April 2018. Like Eric and Salome Estorick, Emilio and Maria Jesi were primarily drawn to figurative art and sculpture, although their collection does include a characteristic work of geometric abstraction by the maverick painter Osvaldo Licini. On donating their works to the Brera in 1976, they stated: This collection ... More | |
Gwen John (1876 1939), Profile of Bourgeois Couple, 1910s. Gouache, watercolor, and pencil on paper, 7 7/8 x 6 1/16 inches [sight]. Stamped (at lower right): Gwen John [estate stamp]. Courtesy: Davis & Langdale.
NEW YORK, NY.- Master Drawings New York returns to the Upper East Side for its twelfth year from Saturday, January 27, 2018 to Saturday, February 3, 2018, at a time when all eyes are on the Old Masters market. Still the pre-eminent international showcase for fine drawings, even as its purview extends for the first time to paintings and sculpture, a reconfigured MDNY showcases art from the 15th to the 21th centuries. Twenty-one art dealers will participate (ten are new to the show) including Agnews and Naumann Fine Art, Colnaghi, Anthony Grant and Tomasso Brothers Fine Art. The individual exhibitions will extend from 54th to 93rd Street. MDNY is an essential event on the annual arts calendar, says Crispian Riley-Smith, chief executive of Master Drawings New York Ltd. Coinciding with the Old Masters auctions in New ... More |
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| Piero Dorazio solo show opens at Tornabuoni Art London | | National Gallery Singapore unveils Rirkrit Tiravanija's bamboo maze commission | | Exhibition of recent paintings by Hernan Bas opens at Perrotin Tokyo |
Piero Dorazio, Richiamo, 1970, oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm. Courtesy Tornabuoni Art.
LONDON.- Tornabuoni Art is hosting the first London solo show of Italian abstract painter Piero Dorazio (1927 2005) in a generation. The exhibition spans 35 years of the artists career, from his early, cubist-inspired paintings to his large-scale abstract explosions of colour. It also retraces Dorazios influences, from Giacomo Balla to the Abstract Expressionists whom he met during his numerous stays in the USA. In his lifetime, Dorazio was widely exhibited internationally, including at MOMA New York and at the Venice Biennale, where an entire room was devoted to his paintings in 1960. The exhibition at Tornabuoni Art presents monumental paintings from the 1970s, whose large format illustrates the influence of Dorazios various stays in the United States and his meetings with Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning and Barnett Newman there. As well as being exhibited in the iconic Responsi ... More | |
This deceivingly simple concept continues Rirkrits artistic focus on participatory works that blur the line between art and its audiences.
SINGAPORE.- National Gallery Singapore, South East Asias leading cultural institution, collaborates with internationally renowned artist Rirkrit Tiravanija to present his largest bamboo maze installation at its Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden from 24 January 2018 to 28 October 2018. Named untitled 2018 (the infinite dimensions of smallness), the immersive installation which stands at a towering four metres high, draws its inspiration from materials, craftwork and architecture from Asia. The maze references traditional hand-built bamboo scaffolding found across Asia, while the Japanese tea house evokes the rich culture of tea with its centuries-old ceremonies. Visitors are invited to navigate through the bamboo maze as they go in search of finding something special such as the wooden teahouse located at its centre, and along the way, ... More | |
Hernan Bas, Unlike other members of his species, camouflage is not in his favor, 2017. Acrylic on linen, 127 x 101,6 cm / 50 x 40 in. Courtesy Perrotin Photo: Kei Okano.
TOKYO.- Perrotin Tokyo is presenting Insects from Abroad, an exhibition of recent paintings by the American artist Hernan Bas. The exhibition is the artists first exhibition in Japan and his sixth exhibition with the gallery. Hernan Bas was born in 1978 in Miami, Florida, where he grew up and began painting. He currently lives and works in Miami and Detroit. Inspired by 19th century Decadent writers such as Oscar Wilde and Joris-Karl Huysmans and painters from the French group Les Nabis, Bas creates work filled with symbolism and metaphors. The paintings fluctuate between the past and present, and between the pictorial convention of landscapes and abstract color fields. Historical and mythological narratives are created with baroque colors and decorative motifs set in romantic landscapes. ... More |
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Interactive artwork by Georgia Saxelby celebrates the anniversary of the Women's March
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Phillips is presenting To Future Women, a project created by artist Georgia Saxelby, that marks the anniversary of the Womens March. The interactive artwork is on view at The Phillips Collection through February 14. The installation invites participants to write a letter to women in 20 years. Part art and part history, these letters will be archived by The Phillips Collection and re-exhibited on January 21, 2037, historicizing one of the largest demonstrations in American history while creating a time capsule for the next generation of women. To Future Women is about creating echoes. It is about generating our own histories by passing down our own stories. It is about acknowledging the women who will come after us by acknowledging our collective role in creating their future, said artist Georgia Saxelby. The Phillips is honored to host ... More
A new large-scale video sculpture by Charlotte Colbert on view at UNIT9
LONDON.- UNIT9 is presenting Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, a new large-scale video sculpture by Charlotte Colbert (b. 1985, New York). The work is from Colberts series of anthropomorphic multi-screen sculptures, which explore contemporary approaches to portraiture through moving image: I was interested in capturing the surreal intimacy of being with someone. The tiny details of silent communication. Charlotte Colbert The subject of this portrait is Sue Tilley aka Big Sue, the Benefits Supervisor launched into the public realm through a seminal series of paintings by Lucian Freud after the two were introduced by Leigh Bowery in 1990. Colberts work stages Sue Tilley within the original studio where Lucian Freud first painted her. On this Colbert comments, The paint splattered on the floorboards would have been the very paint that painted Sue. Through the decades, ... More
RM Sotheby's achieves $36.5M with 88% of all lots sold in Arizona
PHOENIX, AZ.- RM Sothebys diverse roster of blue-chip collector cars spanning pre-War American classics through iconic European sports cars and high performance modern collectibles powered its 19th annual Arizona sale to a final $36,523,620 with 88 percent of all lots sold at the Arizona Biltmore, 18-19 January. Following a very well-attended outdoor preview, the packed auction room saw high energy and spirited bidding across the two-day event, with top sale honors going to the 1966 Shelby 427 Cobra Semi-Competition, CSX 3040. Offered from an esteemed private collection and just four owners from new, CSX 3040 is one of the finest semi-competition examples in existence, and has benefitted from a restoration by leading Cobra expert Mike McCluskey. The matching-numbers Cobra eventually soared past its pre-sale estimate ... More
Plans for Thatcher statue outside UK Parliament rejected
LONDON (AFP).- Plans to erect a statue of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher opposite Parliament were blocked Tuesday due to concerns over its design and lack of support from her family. The planning committee of Westminster Council -- the local government authority in that part of central London -- unanimously rejected in an evening meeting the proposal, which would have placed the statue in Parliament Square. "The lack of family support and the committee's concerns around the design of the proposed statue were the key determining factors in turning down this application," said councillor Richard Beddoe, Westminster's planning chairman, in a statement. The Public Memorials Appeal, a British charity, commissioned the one-and-a-half times life-size bronze statue of Thatcher dressed in the robes of the House of Lords, where she sat as a baroness ... More
Bob Rauschenberg Gallery exhibits more than 75 original photographs by Jerry Uelsmann
FORT MYERS, FLA.- Florida Southwestern State College is presenting "Jerry Uelsmann: Imagemaker" - a broad survey of more than 75 original photographs including never-before seen work - at the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery. One of the most celebrated photographers of his generation, Uelsmanns work has been the subject of major monographs and exhibited in more than 100 solo shows in the U.S. and abroad over the past five decades. While Bob Rauschenberg famously focused on working in the "gap" between art and life, Jerry Uelsmann claims to work "out of himself" and often at "an almost precognitive level" - having "gradually confused photography and life." Employing as many as a dozen negatives and multiple enlargers to create a single photograph through complex and laborious darkroom techniques he pioneered in the 1950's and '60's, ... More
US fantasy fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin dies at 88
NEW YORK (AFP).- US fantasy author Ursula K. Le Guin, one of the most famous female science fiction writers in history, has died, her family announced Tuesday. She was 88. Le Guin became best known for her "Earthsea" series, which she began in the late 1960s, in which an apprentice sorcerer fights against the powers of evil, decades before Harry Potter did the same. As well as novels she also wrote children's books, short stories, poetry and essays. "The family of Ursula K. Le Guin is deeply saddened to announce her peaceful death yesterday afternoon," read a short statement on her verified Twitter account. Best-selling American crime writer Stephen King mourned her as "one of the greats," in his own tribute on Twitter. "Not just a science fiction writer; a literary icon. Godspeed into the galaxy," he wrote. Educated at Radcliffe College, Massachusetts, ... More
Carbon 12 opens exhibition of works by German artist Michael Sailstorfer
DUBAI.- German artist Michael Sailstorfer's We Love Them All tackles formalist concerns through amorphous ceramic masks mottled with glaze drips and marbling. A continuation of his 2015 metal mask series, the reductionist stylization nods towards Oceanic and African Art with slits to recall mouths, surface manipulations to indicate eyes, and pointed protrusions to suggest noses. The art historical references are layered atop Sailstorfers contemporary material play the ceramic portraiture reads Classical Primitivism, but the masks hold their own as futuristic, humanoid interpretations architectural visages equally informed by post-apocalyptic and repurposed aesthetics. We Love Them All exists in both archaic and futurist paradigms, and this dialogue can be read across Sailstorfers diverse ceramic faces. Born of individual combination processes, each ... More
Heidi Rabben appointed Curator at The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The Contemporary Jewish Museum announces the appointment of Heidi Rabben as Curator. Rabben most recently has been an independent curator and writer based in San Francisco. In 2017, she was the Banff International Curatorial Institutes Curator-in-Residence at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Alberta, Canada. Previously, she held positions as Director of Programming for the San Francisco Art Book Fair, as Director and Curator of Events and Exhibitions at KADIST, and as Curatorial Fellow at the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts. In her new position at The CJM, Rabben will work with Chief Curator Renny Pritikin to develop original exhibitions, oversee touring exhibitions, initiate and manage artist commissions and special Museum projects, and to foster institutional partnerships in the Bay ... More
Bonhams to offer Ayrton Senna's Grand-Prix winning McLaren at Monaco sale
PARIS.- The ex-Ayrton Senna, record-setting, final Monaco Grand Prix-winning, 1993 McLaren-Ford MP4/8A Formula 1 racing single-seater is to be offered at Bonhams Monaco sale on 11 May and will be on view at Le Grand Palais, Paris on 6-8 February. This startlingly well-preserved, running-order Formula 1 car won the 1993 Monaco Grand Prix - 25 years ago in the hands of the legendary Ayrton Senna. The Brazilian three-time Formula 1 World Champion Driver, rated by many as the greatest of all time, won a record six editions of the prestigious round-the-houses Monaco Grand Prix. The 1993 season was Sennas last with McLaren. The great team had just ended its long and successful partnership with Honda for engine supply, and would link up with Peugeot in a new Formula 1 racing partnership from 1994. For the interim 1993 season, a last-minute agreement had been struck with Ford to run their Cosworth-built HB V8 engines on loan ... More
South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela dies, aged 78
JOHANNESBURG (AFP).- South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela died on Tuesday aged 78, his family announced, triggering an outpouring of tributes to his music, his long career and his anti-apartheid activism. "After a protracted and courageous battle with prostate cancer, he passed peacefully in Johannesburg," Masekela's family said in a statement. It hailed his "activist contribution" to music, which it said "was contained in the minds and memory of millions." President Jacob Zuma praised Masekela as a "jazz artist, legendary trumpeter, cultural activist and liberation struggle veteran." "He kept the torch of freedom alive globally fighting apartheid through his music and mobilising international support," Zuma said. "It is an immeasurable loss to the music industry and to the country at large." ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter Robert Motherwell was born January 24, 2018. Robert Motherwell (January 24, 1915 - July 16, 1991) was an American painter, printmaker, and editor. He was one of the youngest of the New York School (a phrase he coined), which also included Philip Guston, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko. In this image: Robert Motherwell, The Hotel Corridor, 1950. Oil on masonite, 44 x 55 inches, 111.8 x 139.7 cm. © Dedalus Foundation, Inc./ Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
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