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While the painting, considering its age, is in good condition and its state of preservation remains stable, its surface was characterized by severely darkened layers of varnish and old retouching  one of the main reasons to restore the painting. © SKD, Photo: Sebastian Kahnert.
DRESDEN.- The internationally well-known and venerated painting Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window by Johannes Vermeer can now, more than two and a half centuries on, be enjoyed looking just as it did when it left the artists studio. Previous x-ray examinations indicated that a picture of a naked Cupid in the painting had been overpainted. Today, new laboratory tests have conclusively determined that the overpainting was not by Vermeers hand. On this basis, the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister decided in the course of the current restoration of the work to remove the overpaint. To allow the public to participate in the process of restoration, the Girl Reading a Letter will be presented in its current intermediate state at the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in the Semperbau from 8 May to 16 June 2019. Johannes Vermeers (16321675) Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window (ca. 1657/59) has long counted among the principal work ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Artemis Gallery will hold an auction featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fossils, Fine Art, more! The sale will be held on Thursday, May 9, 2019 9:00 AM CDT. In this image: Fine Maya Carved Brownware Cylinder. Est: $2,000 - $3,000.
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| | | Gutted and broke: Brazil's National Museum pleads for money | | Exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art features 10 works by Frank Stella | | Board committee approves architect for new and expanded University Art Museum |
View of Egyptian pieces found amid the debris of Brazil's National Museum, destroyed by a fire last year, on display during a press conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 07, 2019. Mauro Pimentel / AFP.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP).- Brazil's devastated National Museum is broke and cannot afford storage for artifacts rescued from the ashes of the gutted building, its director said Tuesday. In a desperate plea for more funding, Alexander Kellner warned "there will be no more National Museum" in Rio de Janeiro unless the education ministry coughs up some cash. "We urgently need one million reais ($250,000) to be able to breathe," Kellner told reporters as the museum presented pieces from its Egyptian collection that survived the September 2 fire. "We are having difficulties in the daily running of our institution -- professors don't have places to work, we don't have space to store pieces that we rescued. We can't just leave them on the ground. "Without the education ministry, there will be no more National Museum." A faulty air conditioning system sparked a fire that gutted Latin America's main natural history museum, destroying most of its collection. After the blaze, the education ministry ... More | |
Frank Stella, Bampur, 1966, acrylic and day-glo on canvas, 108 5/16 x 83 in., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of the Phil Gersh Agency, Inc. through the Contemporary Art Council, © 2019 Frank Stella/Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presenting Frank Stella: Selections from the Permanent Collection. Organized in loose chronological order, the exhibition features 10 works many of which have not been on public view in over 30 yearsthat represent significant developments in the artists oeuvre. From an example of his groundbreaking Black Paintings of the late 1950s to his recent monumental sculpture, this exhibition presents a glimpse into the rich trajectory of Stellas career. Drawn entirely from LACMAs extensive holdings of Stellas work, this exhibition assembles seminal examples of his artistic output that have never been shown together. Frank Stella (b. 1936) has remained one of the most pivotal figures in the development of modern art since the 1950s. By the time he was 23, Stellas art was already being recognized for its innovations. Several of his paintings were included in ... More | |
The proposed University Art Museum would be located in The Arboretum at Penn State, in the open area to the right of the H.O. Smith Botanic Gardens along Bigler Road, with the exact site to be determined during the design phase of the project.
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA.- To showcase Penn States growing collection of art and provide space for a range of cultural activities and events, University leaders have proposed the construction of a new freestanding art museum on the University Park campus that would be located in The Arboretum at Penn State. The Penn State Board of Trustees approved the selection of Allied Works as the architect to design the new University Art Museum at its meeting on Friday, May 3. Allied Works was selected based on its extensive experience in the design of arts and educational facilities and for its interdisciplinary, research based, and collaborative approach to architecture. The firm, founded by Brad Cloepfil in 1994 in Portland, Oregon, is internationally recognized for its innovative arts, cultural and civic buildings, including academic art museums and art schools at higher-education institutions. Allied Works is known for architecture that is inspired by, and responsive to, ... More |
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| | | In-depth exhibition features over 40 modern and contemporary tapestries | | 18th-century map of South Carolina and a part of Georgia is acquired by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | | Modern and historical jewels and gemstones highlight Phillips Hong Kong Jewels and Jadeite Spring Sale |
Nomadic Murals: Tapestries of the Modern Era, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC, 2019, (installation view). Courtesy Bechtler Museum of Modern Art.
CHARLOTTE, NC.- The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte, North Carolina presents Nomadic Murals: Tapestries of the Modern Era, an exploration and presentation of over 40 tapestries created by artists usually associated with painting, sculpture, and architecture, including Alexander Calder, Le Corbusier, Ebony G. Patterson, and Pablo Picasso among many others. On view from April 5 to December 1, 2019, the exhibition highlights the museums in-depth collection of tapestries from the mid-20th century, as well as shed light on a unique medium that has been important to many great Modern and contemporary artists. This is the first time that the museums entire tapestries collection are on view at once. The tapestries have been hung alongside the artists work in more familiar media to demonstrate both the ... More | |
Two versions of the mapone made in 1757 and the other in 1780show growth
and westward expansion between the French and Indian War and the American Revolution.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA.- The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has recently acquired a very rare copy of A Map of South Carolina and a Part of Georgia published in 1780 by William Faden based on a 1757 version made by the cartographers William Gerard De Brahm and published by Thomas Jefferys. Although other copies are known to exist, this example, which is in pristine condition with vibrant original color, is the first known to have become available in several decades. The large-scale map (about 4½ feet tall by 4 feet wide) is a significantly revised version of the 1757 document by De Brahm, and when paired with this earlier version of the map (a copy already exists in the Colonial Williamsburg collection) the two maps tell a compelling story. Together they show a visual comparison about the extent to which the South Carolinians ... More | |
Emerald and Diamond Brooch by Cartier. Image courtesy of Phillips.
HONG KONG.- This May in Hong Kong, Phillips Jewels and Jadeite Spring Sale will present a vast range of jewels, featuring rare and exceptional sapphires, quality gemstones, fancy coloured and the unique ASHOKA® cut diamonds, iconic pieces of modern and vintage jewellery by renowned makers, as well as fine jadeites in traditional forms and contemporary designs. With such a broad array of offerings this season, these are jewels that will appeal to seasoned collectors and influential tastemakers alike. Terry Chu, Head of Jewellery, Phillips Asia: We are pleased to present a carefully curated auction showcasing both contemporary and vintage jewellery design with a modern sensibility, from the iconic Graff Butterfly Diamond brooch, to the unique Art Deco Mauboussin gem-set and diamond sautoir necklace. This season also highlights very fine and rare examples of precious gemstones and the distinctive ASHOKA® cut ... More |
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| | | Phi presents: Renata Morales and Marina Abramović during the 58th Venice Biennale at Ca' Rezzonico | | Modern sculpture meets ancient Greece in unique island exhibition | | DYSFUNCTIONAL opens in Venice and invites visitors to rethink boundaries between art and design |
Marina Abramović, Rising, Installation view at Phi presents Renata Morales and Marina Abramović, 2019, Venice.
VENICE.- Phi, a leading arts and cultural organisation based in Montreal, seeks to disrupt the cultural landscape of the 58th Venice Biennale with the immersive work of two female artists, Renata Morales and Marina Abramović. This project sees Phi establishing an ephemeral cultural centre at the Palazzo Ca' Rezzonico showcasing their commitment to the intersection between art and technology and solidifying their position at the forefront of exploration into how future generations will consume culture. The exhibition includes a mixed media installation entitled Invasor by Mexican artist Renata Morales and Rising, a virtual reality piece by Marina Abramović which explores the effects of climate change and ascending sea levels. Invasor is the culmination of a two year residency with Phi. The exhibition has been installed across two ... More | |
Antony Gormley at the archaeological site of Delos Island, SIGHT, 2019. © Oak Taylor Smith | Courtesy NEON; Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades & the artist.
DÃLOS (AFP).- A stone's throw from the Greek island of Mykonos lies Delos, an uninhabited islet a world away from its neighbour's glamorous nightlife. It is there, on an island best known for its archaeological treasures, that British contemporary artist Antony Gormley is showing 29 of his sculptures. Gormley is perhaps best known for his gigantic Angel of the North, a 20-metre high steel work that since 1998 has been an unmissable landmark in its home at Gateshead, northern England. But this new exhibition -- including five works specially created for the event -- sets his contemporary work among the remains of ancient Greece. "It's an extraordinary responsibility," Gormley told AFP at the opening. "It's an amazing privilege to occupy a site that hasn't been occupied by a living artist (for) over two thousand ... More | |
Installation view.
VENICE.- Presented by Carpenters Workshop Gallery in partnership with Lombard Odier, DYSFUNCTIONAL showcases new collectible design and artworks by 23 international artists. Breaking the boundaries between art and design, over 50 works seek to forget functionality whilst celebrating the power of artistic expression and extraordinary craftsmanship. Carpenters Workshop Gallery provides a platform for new site-specific works to complement the Renaissance and Baroque collection of baron Giorgio Franchetti which is on permanent display at the Ca dOro. Throughout the three-story palazzo, named after the gilt decorations which once adorned the façade, the sculptures are displayed to create a sense of wonder and discovery, celebrating the venues rich history. Julien Lombrail and Loic Le Gaillard, co-founders of Carpenters Workshop Gallery, comment: We decided to stage DYSFUNCTIONAL ... More |
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| | | Chile's Valparaiso, an open air graffiti and mural art gallery | | Vanja Malloy named to lead Syracuse University Art Galleries | | Phillips sale features a selection of exceptional timepieces encompassing vintage and modern sports watches |
Chilean artist Cynthia Aguilera finishes a street mural in Valparaiso, Chile, on April 09, 2019. Valparaiso is an open-air gallery of graffiti and urban murals. Martin BERNETTI / AFP.
VALPARAISO (AFP).- Creating colorful pictures of surreal human faces, marine animals or even huge owls, hundreds of graffiti artists have turned the Chilean port of Valparaiso into a gigantic open-air art gallery. Elias Street is typical of Valparaiso with its narrow sidewalks winding up and down Cerro Alegre hill, itself a tourist attraction. There are many little streets like this that surround the 42 hills overlooking the Pacific Ocean that are a striking feature of the Valparaiso skyline. Over the last few years, the walls of houses in Elias Street have been transformed into giant canvases where graffiti artists show off their skills. It was brought about by "young people's need to go out and express themselves in the street," Sammy Espinoza, a graffiti artist and graphics designer, told AFP. Hundreds of stairways, labyrinthine streets between the hills, cobbled alleyways and seemingly ... More | |
Vanja Malloy, Ph.D. is currently curator of American art at the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College.
SYRACUSE, NY.- Vanja Malloy, Ph.D., curator of American art at the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College, has been named director and chief curator of the Syracuse University Art Galleries. Malloy will be the second director of the SUArt Galleries, a member of the Coalition of Museum and Art Centers [CMAC], since its founding in 2006. She succeeds Domenic Iacono, who retired after forty years at the university last June. We are very excited to welcome Vanja Malloy as the next director of SUArt. It was an extremely competitive process with applicants from around the world, CMAC executive director Jeffrey Hoone said in announcing the appointment. Vanja stood out with her great educational credentials and experience. She has an exhibition record that displays a creative mind and an ability to connect many different collaborative partners. She has produced exhibitions and programs that appeal to many different audiences while ... More | |
Patek Philippe reference 2499, circa 1980. An exceedingly rare, highly attractive and important yellow gold perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with moonphases. Estimate: HKD 3,120,000 -6,240,000/ USD 400,000 - 800,000. Image courtesy of Phillips.
HONG KONG.- Following a series of record-breaking sales in Hong Kong over the last four years, Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo unveiled highlights from its upcoming Hong Kong Watch evening sale, Phillips & Blackbird: SPORTS. As was previously announced, Phillips & Blackbird: SPORTS is the first watch auction of its kind in Asia, with Phillips partnering with Blackbird and its founder Mr. TK Mak, marking the first ever watch auction in the world curated by an Asian collector. The watches of the sale, which are in excellent condition and all of which have notable provenance, will be sorted into 6 different categories - WIND, AIR, SNOW, TARMAC, LAWN and WATER. Taking place on 27 May, the Evening Sale will feature 82 lots of exceptional sports watches, including vintage collectors watches manufactured ... More |
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Gallery Hyundai announces new Executive Director
SEOUL.- As Gallery Hyundai approaches its 50th anniversary in 2020, a new appointment alongside international initiatives have seen the gallery further its reputation as one of the most influential and longest-running contemporary art spaces from Korea. Founded by Park MyungJa in 1970, Gallery Hyundai has continued to gain global recognition for Koreas most influential artists alongside representing prominent international artists. Today under the direction of second-generation gallerist Do HyungTeh, it continues to support pioneering Korean and international artists through exhibitions in its galleries and beyond, collaborating with museums and institutions internationally and participating in fairs. In recent years, the gallery has expanded its roster of artists, hosted the debut exhibitions of François Morellet, Ai Weiwei and Ryan Gander amongst ... More
Phillips announces highlights included in the Hong Kong Watch Auction: EIGHT
HONG KONG.- Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo, the global market leader in collectors watches, unveiled highlights from The Hong Kong Watch Auction: EIGHT. Featuring over 290 lots, the auction will be held at JW Marriott Hong Kong, starting at 12pm on 28 May, 2019. Led by one of the most complicated watches ever made, the Patek Philippe reference 5002G, the spring auction also features unique and rare timepieces from the leading watchmakers, including Patek Philippe, Rolex, Vacheron Constantin, Greubel Forsey, and Audemars Piguet. Thomas Perazzi, Head of Watches, Phillips Asia, comments: Following a strong and successful year of Hong Kong sales in 2018 at Phillips, which attracted record numbers of online and offline bidders internationally, Phillips is delighted to present the Hong Kong watch spring sale, which comprises an incredible ... More
New exhibition examines the relationship between contemporary art and the rural
LONDON.- Whitechapel Gallery morphs Galleries 5 and 6 into a giant cabinet in this exhibition spanning 16 years of artistic thinking and production in over 30 locations, all based outside of urban settings. From Ballykinlar, Ireland, to EkumfiEkawfo, Ghana, international artist collective Myvillages explore the rural as a space for radical cultural practice in Setting the Tables: Village Politics. Presenting a complex vision of the countryside that is distinctively experimental and artistically vital, the exhibition is part of Whitechapel Gallerys ongoing collaborative programme dedicated to exploring the making of art outside of so-called cultural centres, culminating in June 2019 with a major conference. Bringing together multiple global projects, the display simulates a showroom. More than 50 objects, vessels and artefacts are piled high, each representing ... More
Exhibition features twenty-five new sculptures and ten related drawings by Ron Nagle
NEW YORK, NY.- Matthew Marks is presenting Ron Nagle: Getting to No, the new exhibition in his gallery at 522 West 22nd Street. The exhibition features twenty-five new sculptures and ten related drawings. Most are no larger than six inches in any dimension, but at this scale, Nagle says, an object can allude to a much bigger place, because its so small your imagination has to fill in all that space thats not there. Nagle makes his exquisitely crafted, jewel-like sculptures by hand, and although he works in traditional mediums like ceramic and porcelain, he combines them with other materials, including epoxy resin and catalyzed polyurethane, to create forms that cannot be achieved in clay alone. This merging of incongruous elements also extends to his titles, which are loaded with puns and wordplay: Egregious Philbin (2017), for example, or ... More
Blanton Museum permanently endows Spanish Americas curatorship
AUSTIN, TX.- The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin and the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation announce the permanent endowment of a curatorial position devoted to art of the Spanish Americas, a growing field of art historical research. The Marilynn Thoma Associate Curator, Art of the Spanish Americas position is currently held by Dr. Rosario I. Granados and will solidify the museums commitment to the study of art from the Spanish and Portuguese Americas. Funded by the Thoma Art of the Spanish Americas Endowment, the position is the second endowed curatorial position for Spanish American art in the United States, and the first named, endowed position at the Blanton Museum of Art. The Blanton is immensely grateful to the Thoma FoundationCarl and Marilynn Thoma and their children Mark Thoma ... More
The Glass House announces 70th anniversary celebration, summer party and auction
NEW CANAAN, CONN.- The Glass House announces its annual Summer Party to celebrate their 70th anniversary year with a dynamic program of performance, exhibition and auction to benefit the iconic Philip Johnson designed house (built in 1949) and 49-acre site. The site will be activated by French high wire artist Philippe Petit for a site-specific aerial walk. The Glass House, since its opening 70 years ago (we are the same age), has had many, many visitors: but all used the door to come in! states Petit. I wish to change that: I will enter through the skyand offer as a birthday celebration to this iconic building an AERIAL SURPRISE! The 70th Anniversary celebration will also feature a performance by the Harlem based drumline and danceline crew, The Marching Cobras. We invite guests to celebrate with us, recline in the grass and wander the sprawling ... More
Portland Art Museum and Northwest Film Center announce new Director and Curator, Film & New Media
PORTLAND, ORE.- The Portland Art Museum and Northwest Film Center announced that Amy Dotson will be the next director of the Northwest Film Center. Dotson comes to the Film Center from the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the oldest and largest organization in the United States championing the future of storytelling on all platforms, where she served as the Deputy Director & Head of Programming for over 13 years. Dotson was selected from a national slate of candidates with members of the Portland film and arts communities participating in the interview process. In her new role, which she begins in September 2019, Dotson will be responsible for the overall vision of the Film Center, including strategic planning, fundraising, and program direction. She will also collaborate with the Museums curatorial departments as Curator of Film and New Media, applying ... More
Exhibition explores the extent to which artists avail artificial intelligence in their artistic practice
HANNOVER.- "Artificial intelligence" has become a keyword for technical progress and vague threat scenarios alike. Artistic engagement with this topic began in the early 1970s and the latest technological advances in this field have opened up not only exciting new subject areas for art, but also new ways of producing art in the first place. Now the Kunstverein Hannover exhibition Artistic Intelligence is exploring the extent to which artists avail artificial intelligence in their artistic practice. While artificial neural networks known as GANs (Generative Adversarial Neural Networks) and algorithmic processes that enable "machine learning" have long been established in industry and business and have come to dominate everyday human life, the advantages and conveniences associated with such processes are counterbalanced by forms of censorship ... More
Strauss & Co sale includes important artworks by African moderns
JOHANNESBURG.- Strauss & Co, the worlds foremost auction house for South African art, announced details of its forthcoming Johannesburg sale at the Wanderers Club on 20 May. Following shortly on the companys recording-breaking R106-million sale in Cape Town, this offering includes important artworks by moderns Alexis Preller, Irma Stern and Anton van Wouw, as well as contemporaries William Kentridge, Penny Siopis and Athi-Patra Ruga. A dedicated supporter of further education in art, having in 2018 established a bursary for postgraduate study, Strauss & Co is delighted to be offering works by Anton van Wouw representing the cutting-edge of new research. Recent scholarship by Gerhard de Kamper, chief curator of collections at the University of Pretoria, has revealed that Van Wouw worked with five Roman foundries, not three as was ... More
Leading artists come together for United Artists for Europe
LONDON.- Based on an original idea by renowned French intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy and produced by the Franco-British think tank The Hexagon Society, United Artists for Europe will demonstrate artists devotion to European ideals, values and culture, with all committed artists signing a manifesto written by Lévy. Over 30 artworks by leading contemporary artists will be exhibited at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Ely House from 21-23 May and then auctioned at Maison Assouline on June 3, in aid of projects that support an undivided Europe. The initiative is timed to coincide with the European elections, and invites the public to consider Europe as one democratic whole. On the evening of 22 May, Bernard-Henri Lévy will perform his new one-man play, Looking for Europe, adapted specifically to address the European Elections and London. Staged at Ely ... More
Austria hands over MiG 'symbol' of Croatian independence war
ZAGREB.- A fighter jet flown to Austria by a defecting Croat pilot at the start of the bloody break-up of Yugoslavia was on Tuesday sent from Vienna to Croatia, where the military hailed it a symbol of "heroism". The MiG-21 jet was originally taken to Austria by pilot Rudolf Peresin, who refused to bomb his native Croatia in the war for independence. It is due to be displayed in front of the defence ministry in Zagreb later this month. Croatian army chief of staff, General Drago Matanovic, said the plane was "a symbol of the heroism in the war for the homeland", the Hina news agency reported. Yugoslavia fell apart in a series of bloody wars in the 1990s in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo, that left more than 130,000 people dead and millions displaced. Croatia declared independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1991, sparking one of the first of the conflicts. Peresin explained his decision at the time of ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Finnish illustrator Tom of Finland was born May 08, 1920. Touko Valio Laaksonen (8 May 1920 - 7 November 1991), best known by his pseudonym Tom of Finland, was a Finnish artist known for his stylized highly masculinized homoerotic fetish art, and for his influence on late twentieth century gay culture. He has been called the "most influential creator of gay pornographic images" by cultural historian Joseph W. Slade. In this image: Tom of Finland, Untitled, c.1978. Graphite on paper, 29.7 x 21 cm; 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 ins. Copyright Tom of Finland Foundation
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