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In an undated image provided by Mitchell-Innes & Nash, from Art Basels new Online Viewing Room, the virtual exhibition by Mitchell-Innes & Nash gallery of Keltie Ferriss Cloud Line. After canceling its fair, Art Basel Hong Kong will present more than 2,000 works online with an estimated value of $270 million thats just the beginning as the art world goes virtual in response to the coronavirus. Via Mitchell-Innes & Nash via The New York Times.
by Robin Pogrebin
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- In 2017, having realized how much business his gallery did through online previews before art fairs, dealer David Zwirner decided to develop virtual viewing rooms. Now, as art fairs are canceled, museums close and auction houses consider whether to call off their spring sales in response to the coronavirus, Zwirner seems prescient. This week Art Basel will, for the first time, offer online viewing rooms to replace the Hong Kong fair that was canceled this month because of the pandemic. More than 230 dealers who planned to bring work to Asia will instead offer some 2,000 pieces through the virtual fair with an estimated value of $270 million, including 70 items over $1 million. And galleries throughout the United States are considering web-based works and curated online exhibitions. The future has arrived so much sooner, Zwirner said. If galleries are closed, how can we sell art? The online platform is something we have envisioned as an important part ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Artemis Gallery will hold its Art of Asia - Antiquity to Present Day on Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 10:30 AM CST. The sale features antiquities and works of art range from the third millennium BCE to the present from China, Japan, South and Southeast Asia, and Korea. Including jades, bronzes, lacquer, textiles, paintings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, metalwork, and other art forms in other media. In this image: Chinese Han Dynasty Terracotta Ram - TL Tested. Estimate $1,500 - $2,000
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 | | Amazon bans, then reinstates, Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' | | Burglary at Christ Church Picture Gallery | | London's cultural landmarks shutter amid coronavirus threat | 
A copy of Adolf Hitlers Mein Kampf on display in The Documentation Center in Nuremberg, Gemany, Nov. 4, 2012. Russ Juskalian/The New York Times.
by David Streitfeld
SAN FRANCISCO (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Amazon quietly banned Adolf Hitler's manifesto Mein Kampf late last week, part of its accelerating efforts to remove Nazi and other hate-filled material from its bookstore, before quickly reversing itself. The retailer, which controls the majority of the book market in the United States, is caught between two demands that cannot be reconciled. Amazon is under pressure to keep hate literature off its vast platform at a moment when extremist impulses seem on the rise. But the company does not want to be ... More | | 
Annibale Carracci, 'A Boy Drinking,' c. 1580.
OXFORD.- At around 11pm yesterday (14/3) offenders broke into Christ Church Picture Gallery in St Aldates. Three high value paintings were stolen in the burglary: Salvator Rosa, 'A Rocky Coast, with Soldiers Studying a Plan,' late 1640s. Antony Van Dyck, 'A Soldier on Horseback,' c. 1616. Annibale Carracci, 'A Boy Drinking,' c. 1580. No-one was injured during the burglary. Investigating officer Detective Chief Inspector Jon Capps, said: The paintings which have been stolen are very high value pieces dating back to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The artwork has not yet been recovered but a thorough investigation is underway to find it and bring those responsible to justice. There will be an increased police prese ... More | | 
The Great Court in the British Museum in London, on Monday, March 16, 2020. Mary Turner/The New York Times.
by Alex Marshall and Nancy Coleman
LONDON (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Last week, the lights went out on Broadway. On Monday, Londons West End the last global theater stronghold to remain open through the growing coronavirus pandemic went dark. Londons performance spaces were some of the last to shut down among their international counterparts, as arts institutions across the United States and Europe New Yorks dozens of theaters, Italys famed Teatro alla Scala opera house, Paris Louvre museum all shut their doors amid the virus rapid spread. But after Prime Minister Boris ... More |
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| | Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna publishes a research project on the burial of Emperor Frederick III | | Show must go on: Classical music goes free to console virus-hit music lovers | | Boost in amount of finds discovered by public in another highly successful year | 
Complete view of the mitre-crown placed over a piece of red fabric on the skull of the deceased emperor © Dombauhütte zu St. Stephan.
VIENNA.- Both robbers and historians have always been interested in the tombs of former rulers. Only one from the fourteen burial sites of late-mediaeval kings and emperors of the Holy Roman Empire was never looted, disturbed or altered: that of Emperor Frederick III (1415-1493) in St Stephens Cathedral in Vienna. In 2013 a tiny camera was inserted through a small opening in the outer wall of this famous sarcophagus. These sensational photographs document the most elaborate interment of a medieval European ruler ever discovered. Three curators of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna Katja Schmitz-von Ledebur, Heinz Winter and Franz Kirchweger - were invited to collaborate on the study of this first-ever documentation of the tombs funerary equipment. Together with photographic material, most of which has never been published, the projects most important findings have been published in a ... More | | 
A picture taken on March 4, 2020, in Lausanne show the French classical violinist Renaud Capucon (C) performing pieces by Beethoven, Schubert and Mozart with Lausanne Chamber Orchestra during a concert behind closed door due to the the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP.
by Rana Moussaoui
PARIS (AFP).- The conductor at Royal Opera of Versailles strode up onto the rostrum baton in hand to attack Beethoven's Fifth, before turning to bow to the audience. Except there was no one there other than his orchestra. Such is live music in time of the virus, as governments across the world close down concert halls to try to contain the pandemic. But for Francois-Xavier Roth and the musicians of Les Siecles orchestra at the beautiful opera house next to the Palace of Versailles near Paris, the show had to go on, Saturday, even if only for the cameras. They were not alone. Many of the world's greatest orchestras and opera houses are also streaming their production free as a consolation ... More | | 
Copper alloy radiate coin of Emperor Carausius from Headbourne Worthy, Hampshire. Roman Britain AD 286293 © The Trustees of the British Museum.
LONDON.- The British Museum today reveals that the number of Treasure finds made by members of the public has once again hit a record level. Treasure generally defined as gold and silver objects that are over 300 years old, or groups of coins and prehistoric metalwork reached a preliminary figure of 1,311 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2019. Some of the most significant recent Treasure finds include a beautifully preserved 1,100-year-old medieval brooch, unearthed in Norfolk after a tipper truck delivered spoil to a new location. The brooch is a rare type for this period, and is intricately decorated with plants and animals in the lively Trewhiddle style. Another find is a well-used Iron Age drinking set, including a 2,000-year-old bucket adorned with mythical creatures and an unusual humanoid face. Other finds of note include a Roman Britain coin minted with an earlier coin die, making it a unco ... More |
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| | Lyndsey Ingram announces representation of celebrated British artist Tom Hammick | | Andrew Kreps Gallery presents Kevin Jerome Everson's exhibition Westinghouse | | Handmade visions on the crafts trail in Mexico | 
Full Sail (Passacaglia), 2018.
LONDON.- Lyndsey Ingram announced that the gallery now represents the artist Tom Hammick (b. 1963), an important figure on the British art scene over the past two decades. Due to the current health crisis, the gallery will host Atlantica, a virtual exhibition of Hammicks sea imagery. Originally planned for the now-cancelled London Original Print Fair, this exhibition will be staged on all of the gallerys online platforms for three weeks beginning on 14 April. Lyndsey Ingram comments, At this difficult time, we aim to creatively develop our presence in the virtual space and we hope Hammicks show will offer inspiration and a sense of escape, as people may be increasingly confined to their homes. In this show, Hammick explores the infinite nature of the sea something everyone knows, yet remains beyond our control and understanding.' Lyndsey Ingrams major solo exhibition of Tom Hammick Beneath ... More | | 
Kevin Jerome Everson, Westinghouse 1, 2019. Video, black and white, no sound; Six rubber irons, 3 minutes. Edition of 5 with 2 APs.
NEW YORK, NY.- Andrew Kreps Gallery is presenting Kevin Jerome Eversons exhibition Westinghouse, on view at 55 Walker Street through April 11. The gallery is currently open by appointment only Since the late 1990s, Kevin Jerome Everson has created a singular body of work that conflates archival, documentary and scripted footage, blurring the distinctions between what is real, and what is simulated. His films demonstrate a concise focus on moments from lifes inevitable cycles, from celebrations to scenes of labor. These are then subject to a variety of formalist techniques, including extreme duration and editing, as well as the constraints of film itself. Through this, Everson works to obstruct the narratives he presents, which in turn shifts his films from representations of the everyday to a meditation on the abstract and ... More | | 
Tomasa Gonzalez Sánchez at her workshop in Ocumicho in the Michoacán region of Mexico on Aug. 13, 2019. She makes clay masks and figurines painted in acrylic. Felipe Luna/The New York Times.
by Michael Snyder
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Clambering down into the half-buried ruins of San Juan Paringuricutiro, past stone archways subsumed in lava less than 80 years ago, I glanced up over jagged spires of black basalt to the ash cone of ParicutÃn, one of the worlds youngest volcano, hovering like a specter on the horizon. Id seen views like this one before, rendered in expressionist shades of cobalt and eggplant gashed with dazzling flares of orange by the painter known as Dr. Atl. Starting in 1943, when the volcano emerged from a cornfield here in the western Mexican state of Michoacán, Atl, along with dozens of artists and scientists from around the world, spent years recording this geological miracle. ... More |
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| | Group exhibition celebrates the 10-year anniversary of Paradigm Gallery + Studio | | Elinor Ross, Met soprano with illness-shortened career, dies at 93 | | Fondazione Prada expands its cultural program on digital channels | 
Liam Snootle, Birthday, Acrylic on cradled timber panel, 2020, 12"h x 12"w.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Paradigm Gallery + Studio is presenting TEN, a comprehensive, group exhibition curated in celebration of the gallerys tenth anniversary. TEN features the work of over 120 artists, who have presented at Paradigm over the last 10 years. The work included in the exhibition spans across mediums, featuring painting, drawing, sculpture, fibers, craft, mixed media and everything in between. To mark this exciting milestone, a majority of the artists have created new work specifically for this exhibition. TEN is on view through March 21, 2020. Over the last decade, the award-winning Paradigm Gallery has become internationally known as a Philadelphia mainstay. Locals and visitors alike have come to cherish the vision of powerhouse duo, Jason Chen and Sara McCorriston. Not only known for curating exciting and unique group exhibitions, the Paradigm team has helped emerging artists in their roster grow to international prominence. The ... More | | 
Elinor Ross in costume as Tosca for performances at the Met in 1972. Louis Melancon/Metropolitan Opera Archives.
by Neil Genzlinger
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Elinor Ross, a soprano who made a dramatic Metropolitan Opera debut in 1970 as a last-minute replacement in the title role of Turandot, but whose career was over by the end of the decade, cut short by an illness that paralyzed her facial muscles, died March 6 in Manhattan. She was 93. Her son, Ross Lewis, said the cause was renal failure. Ross, who began singing professionally in the late 1950s, was best known in regional houses and overseas until June 6, 1970, when she stepped in at the Met for Birgit Nilsson, who was sidelined by a virus. There are few sopranos in the world who could or would choose the title role of Puccinis Turandot for a Metropolitan Opera debut, Allen Hughes wrote in The New York Times, but Elinor Ross made her first appearance with the company ... More | | 
Exhibition view of The Porcelain Room Chinese Export Porcelain. Curated by Jorge Welsh e LuÃsa Vinhais. Fondazione Prada, Milan. 30.1 - 28.9.2020. Photo: Delfino Sisto Legnani. Courtesy Fondazione Prada.
MILAN.- Fondazione Prada increases and reimagines its digital presence in response to the temporary closure of exhibition spaces due to the current health emergency. With the aim of transforming a period of crisis into an opportunity for study and analysis, we experience new ways of operating and communicating. The question that moves us -What is a cultural institution for?- becomes a new challenge, in a context where culture is not only useful and necessary, but must be experienced as something engaging and attractive by remote visitors. Without a physical audience, it is essential to create new languages so as not to remain silent. Fondazione Pradas website (fondazioneprada.org) and its social media channels (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, and Youtube) turn into a laboratory ... More |
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 Taschen publishes a companion volume to Peter Lindbergh's first self-curated exhibitionNEW YORK, NY.- The first-ever exhibition curated by Peter Lindbergh himself, shortly before his untimely death, Untold Stories at the Düsseldorf Kunstpalast served as a blank canvas for the photographers unrestrained vision and creativity. Given total artistic freedom, Lindbergh curated an uncompromising collection that sheds an unexpected light on his colossal oeuvre. This book, the official companion to the landmark exhibition, offers an extensive, firsthand look at the highly personal collection. Renowned the world over, Lindberghs images have left an indelible mark on contemporary culture and photo history. Here, the photographer experiments with his own oeuvre and narrates new stories while staying true to his lexicon. In both emblematic and never-before-seen images, he challenges his own icons and presents intimate moments shared with ... 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Flashback On a day like today, Dutch painter Cornelis Ketel was born March 18, 2019. Cornelis or Cornelius Ketel (18 March 1548 - 8 August 1616) was a Dutch Mannerist painter, active in Elizabethan London from 1573 to 1581, and in Amsterdam from 1581 to the early 17th century, now known essentially as a portrait-painter, though he was also a poet and orator, and from 1595 began to sculpt as well. In this image: Woman Aged 56 painted in 1594.
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