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Flow Series, 2009 (detail). Acrylic on canvas, 72 x 72 in.
PALM DESERT, CA.- The extraordinary inaugural posthumous exhibition of Trevor Goss taking place at CODA Gallery in February of 2017 includes both retrospective works as well as his final series in its entirety, the last full series of paintings Goss completed before his death in 2012, which has never before been on view to the public. Trevor Goss was an experimental contemporary artist in painting and sculpture who graduated with distinction from the Michaelis School of Fine Art at Cape Town and studied at the post-graduate level at the Hornsey School of Art in London. His work is in collections worldwide. At various points in his five-decade career Trevor Goss had studios in Cape Town, London, Ibiza, Santa Barbara, Marina del Rey, Los Angeles and Palm Springs. During and after graduating Michaelis, he exhibited his painting and sculpture at the Wolpe ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day In a continuation of Eli Wilner & Company's latest philanthropic efforts, an exceptional frame has been crafted for the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College. In this image: Alpspitze, Mittenwald Road from Gschwandtnerbauer, c. 1933. Oil on cardboard. 17 9/16 x 29 9/16 in. (44.6 x 75.1 cm). Collection of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum at Hamilton College. Gift of James Taylor Dunn, Class of 1936. Framed by Eli Wilner & Company.
| Eli Wilner & Company gifts frame to the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College | | World's finest piece of uncut opal finds new home at the South Australian Museum | | London gallery helps solve museum's 160-year old mystery surrounding ancient Egyptian royal box |
Detail, Alpspitze, Mittenwald Road from Gschwandtnerbauer, c. 1933. Oil on cardboard. 17 9/16 Ã 29 9/16 in. (44.6 Ã 75.1 cm). Collection of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum at Hamilton College. Gift of James Taylor Dunn, Class of 1936. Framed by Eli Wilner & Company.
NEW YORK, NY.- In a continuation of Eli Wilner & Companys latest philanthropic efforts, an exceptional frame has been crafted for the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College. As a gift to philanthropists and collectors Kevin and Karen Kennedy, who generously lend their support to notable institutions such as The Metropolitan Opera and The Whitney Museum of American Art, Eli Wilner offered to create a replica frame for an artwork in an institution of their choice. They selected the Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, with which the Kennedys have worked to greatly enrich and expand their arts program. With this gift, the Wellin ... More | |
"Opal of this quality can only be created under certain climate conditions," Mr Oldman said.
ADELAIDE.- The finest uncut opal in existence, the Fire of Australia, has joined the South Australian Museums collection through the vision of a private donor and funding from the Federal Governments National Cultural Heritage Account. Valued at nearly $900,000 Australian dollars and weighing at 998 grams, the Fire of Australia is the worlds finest piece of opal of its kind on public display. The Director of the South Australian Museum, Brian Oldman said the rarity of this piece of opal cannot be underestimated. Opal of this quality can only be created under certain climate conditions, Mr Oldman said. 90% of the worlds most precious opals are found in South Australia. When our states inland sea evaporated millions of years ago it provided a unique silica-rich environment for the creation of precious opal. It is th ... More | |
Amenhotep II box.
LONDON.- Missing fragments of an ancient Egyptian treasure have been reunited with the rest of the remains 160 years after the item was donated to a Scottish museum. The move came as a result of work by noted London ancient art dealers Charles Ede, who held the fragments, and Egyptologist Tom Hardwick. Reuniting the lost fragments with the rest of the highly decorated c.1400BC perfume box at the National Museums of Scotland has confirmed its suspected royal associations after more than a century of conjecture about its provenance. It is thought to have been made for the granddaughter of Pharaoh Amenhotep II, who ruled from about 1427-1401 BC, during Egypts 18th dynasty. Bearing the image of Bes, a creature believed to be both a symbol of good luck and help ward off evil spirits, the box is also said to bear a remarkable resemblance to those found in Tutankhamens ... More |
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| IF_DO win first Dulwich Pavilion design competition | | Museum of WWII acquires noteworthy surrender documents | | Artist Christo abandons Colorado project, citing Trump |
After Image CGI render, © Forbes Massie.
LONDON.- Dulwich Picture Gallery and the London Festival of Architecture today announce that IF_DO will design the very first Dulwich Pavilion, a temporary events structure in the Gallerys historic grounds. The final design was chosen by a panel of judges including owner of the River Café, Ruth Rogers, architect Carl Turner and Dulwich Picture Gallery Director, Ian A C Dejardin. The project has been made possible through the generous support of Almacantar. The pavilion will host a vibrant programme of public events celebrating the Gallerys bicentenary year and will open to the public at the beginning of the London Festival of Architecture on 1 June 2017. IF_DO are a young architecture practice based in Camberwell, south London. The practice was established in 2014 by Al Scott, Sarah Castle and Thomas Bryans. Their design, After Image responds to the solidity and monolithic nature of Sir Jo ... More | |
German letter demanding the U.S. surrender at Bastogne in 1944 that prompted General Anthony McAuliffe's legendary response, "NUTS!"
NATICK, MASS.- The Museum of World War II has acquired two historical documents issuing a demand for surrender from World War II to add to its collection of more than 500,000 objects. Though the documents are from opposing sides of the war, they represent and epitomize the American spirit at the end of the war. The Museum acquired the English version of the German letter demanding the U.S. surrender at Bastogne in 1944 that prompted General Anthony McAuliffe's legendary response, "NUTS!" Though they were encouraged to surrender, McAuliffe and the 101st Airborne Division were able to hold Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, which is considered one of the supreme accomplishments of the American Military. This acquisition represents the first artifact from McAuliffe from during the war. It ... More | |
In this file photo artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff presents his monumental installation "The Floating Piers". Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP.
LOS ANGELES (AFP).- World-renowned artist Christo has abandoned his controversial project to drape nearly six miles (9.5 kilometers) of the Arkansas River in Colorado with silvery fabric, citing the new "landlord" in the White House. "After pursuing Over The River, Project for the Arkansas River, State of Colorado, for 20 years and going through 5 years of legal arguments, I no longer wish to wait on the outcome," the 81-year-old Bulgarian-born artist said in an online statement. The New York Times said the artist had dropped the temporary "Over the River" project because the land, which is federally owned, had a new boss -- President Donald Trump. "I came from a Communist country," Christo, who became a US citizen in 1973, told the Times. "I use my own money and my own work and my own plans because ... More |
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| Stealing Space: Annely Juda Fine Art opens exhibition by Richard Wilson | | Ackland receives gift of Dutch masterworks including 7 Rembrandt drawings | | Newly-discovered Rubens achieves $5.1 million at Sotheby's New York |
Richard Wilson, Blocka Flats, 2017. Reconfigured Furniture, 77 x 123 x 48.5 cm. © Richard Wilson. Courtesy Annely Juda Fine Art.
LONDON.- Annely Juda Fine Art announces an exhibition by Richard Wilson entitled Stealing Space. The exhibition is the artist's first at the gallery and his first solo show in London since unveiling his major site-specific work, Slipstream, at Heathrow Airports Terminal 2. The exhibition features four new works, two of which are in direct response to the gallery's internal and external architecture. Works in this exhibition dominate the gallery's space and stand, in places, above the height of the architectural beams. In the main room, Wilson has created a sculpture of a slice of the negative space or space between the hallway and staircase leading to the gallerys main entrance. Partial details of a doorway, steps or a bannister in negative form are visible on the sculpture which sits straight on the ground at a tilted angle, offering a reassessment of the perhaps completely unnoticed ... More | |
Jacob Jordaens,Flemish, 1593 - 1678: Portrait of Elizabeth van Noort, the Artist's Mother-in-law, c. 1630s; black, red and white chalks on buff paper, 12-3/8 x 9-5/8 in. Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The Peck Collection.
CHAPEL HILL, NC.- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Ackland Art Museum has received its largest gift ever, donated from alumnus Sheldon Peck and his wife Leena -- valued at $25 million. The unprecedented commitment includes an $8 million endowment to support a new curator and future acquisitions and an art gift of 134 primarily 17th-century European masterworks, valued at $17 million, including seven works by Rembrandt van Rijn. With the Peck Collection gift, the Ackland becomes the first public university art museum in the United States to own a collection of drawings by Rembrandt and only the second university art museum in the nation to do so. The masterworks are a major collection of Dutch and Flemish drawings built by the Pecks over the last four ... More | |
Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Study of a Horse with a Rider (detail). Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Yesterday, Sothebys morning sale of Old Master Drawings and evening sale of Master Paintings & Sculpture, part of the annual Masters Week in New York, together realised a total of $31.8 million. The sale was led by a newly-discovered work by the celebrated Flemish painter Sir Peter Paul Rubens. A rare example of a large-scale animal study by the artist, Study of a Horse with a Rider had been until recently described as by a follower of Sir Anthony Van Dyck. However, the authorship had been difficult to discern due to overpaint and background added later, which dominated the original scene. With the removal of these later additions, the canvas has been revealed as a work of high quality, and a typical example of the spirited and rapidly-painted oil sketches for which Rubens is celebrated. Regarding the Master Paintings & Sculpture sale, Christopher Apostle, Head of Sothebys Old Master Paintings Department ... More |
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| Exhibition of new sculptures by Italian artist Giuseppe Penone opens at Gagosian Rome | | Krannert Art Museum opens "Enough to Live On: Art from the WPA" | | Sean Kelly opens a major one-person exhibition by James Casebere |
Giuseppe Penone in his Turin studio, Italy, November 2016. Photo: Angela Moore. © Archivio Penone.
ROME.- Gagosian Rome presents "Equivalenze / Equivalences" an exhibition of new sculptures by renowned Italian artist Giuseppe Penone. A protagonist of the Arte Povera movement, Penone's distinctive oeuvre has evolved through a deeply poetic, active engagement with nature and time, and a belief in the revelatory, transformative powers of art. Beginning with the idea that sculpture originates in primal impulsesfilling one's mouth with water, or making direct impressions with the handsPenone elaborates and enriches his initial gestures through philosophical inquiry and intensive aesthetic process. In "Equivalenze," Penone uses sculptural attitude and artifice to reveal corresponding systems in organic materials and bodies. Fist-sized terracotta moldings bear the precise imprint of his forceful grip. The terracottas are appended to iron plates, which he has oxidized in areas of repeated strokes. The repetition of blots and arcs y ... More | |
Edwin Boyd Johnson, Mural Painting (detail), 1934. Oil on canvas. Allocated by the U.S. Government, commissioned through the New Deal Art Projects 1934-2-22 (c) Edwin Boyd Johnson.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.- Thousands of American artists created works that captured the state of the nation in the 1930s and early 1940s, portraying agrarian and industrial scenes, workers, class struggles and patriotic themes. The works, created through the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project, were allocated to universities, libraries and museums when the project ended. Krannert Art Museum is displaying some of the hundreds of WPA works it houses in an exhibition, Enough to Live On: Art from the WPA,. The Federal Art Project included printmakers, painters, muralists and sculptors, as well as art teachers. The artists were given broad themes for their work regionalism, which included agrarian scenes and portrayals of Midwestern life, and social realism, which included depictions of class consciousness and of working life and nightlife. The ... More | |
James Casebere, Yellow Passage, 2017 (detail). Framed archival pigment print mounted to dibond paper: 44 3/8 x 66 1/2 inches (112.7 x 168.9 cm). Framed: 47 x 69 3/16 x 2 1/4 inches (119.4 x 175.7 x 5.7 cm). Edition of 5 with 2 APs © James Casebere, courtesy: the artist and Sean Kelly, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sean Kelly announces Emotional Architecture, a major one-person exhibition by James Casebere. This is Caseberes first solo presentation of new work in New York since 2010 and his first in the gallerys new space. In Emotional Architecture, Casebere presents an entirely new body of work inspired by world-renowned Mexican architect Luis Barragán. The title of the exhibition references the name given to the style of modernist architecture conceived by Barragán and the artist Mathias Goéritz, who, frustrated by the cold functionalism of Modernism, embraced space, color and light to create buildings that engendered warmth, meditation, and reflection. In this new body of work, Casebere returns to his career-long interrogation of interior architectural ... More |
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Top Modern British and contemporary galleries report healthy sales at London Art Fair
LONDON.- London Art Fair 2017 closed on Sunday with strong sales reported across the Fair in both Modern British and international contemporary art, including painting, sculpture, photography, drawings, ceramics and more. With an attendance of 23,000, indications from the Fair, which launches the cultural calendar, are that 2017 will prove a healthy year for the UK market in spite of wider economic uncertainty as the UK prepares to leave the European Union. Hosted in a pavilion just inside the main entrance to the Fair, museum partner The Lightbox marked ten years since its opening with an exhibition of Modern British art from The Ingram Collection, titled Ten Years: A Century of Art. The Woking-based gallery introduced key works by twentieth century artists such as Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson to new audiences, alongside ... More
Daina Augaitis to step down as Chief Curator/Associate Director at the Vancouver Art Gallery
VANCOUVER.- At the end of December 2017, after more than 20 years as the Vancouver Art Gallerys Chief Curator/Associate Director, Daina Augaitis will be stepping down to pursue other professional and personal interests. As Chief Curator, Daina has been instrumental to many of the Gallerys successes over the past two decades. Under her leadership, the Gallerys exhibitions, publications and public programs have been significantly enhanced. She has also contributed enormously to the growth of the Gallerys permanent collection through the acquisition of works by established and emerging artists from around the world. In addition to leading the Curatorial department, Daina has curated numerous solo exhibitions of local artists such as Douglas Coupland, Stan Douglas, Geoffrey Farmer, Brian Jungen, Marianne Nicolson, Ian Wallace and Paul Wong ... More
La Biennale de Montréal BNLMTL 2016, Le Grand Balcon: A resounding success
MONTREAL.- Le Grand Balcon officially closed on January 15, 2017. The 2016 edition of La Biennale de Montréal has been a resounding success: attendance, critical reception and notoriety reached new heights. The event welcomed over 92,000 visitors and significantly raised the profile of Montreal as a destination for contemporary art. Le Grand Balcon was presented by La Biennale de Montréal and co-produced with the Musée dart contemporain de Montréal (MAC) in collaboration with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Galerie de lUQAM, Dazibao, and OPTICA, contemporary art centre, and in partnership with many diverse cultural institutions. The objectives of the 2016 Biennale de Montréal were ambitious, remarked Sylvie Fortin, Executive/Artistic Director of La Biennale de Montréal. Building on the success of the 2014 edition of the Biennale and ... More
John Safer: From successful entrepreneur to internationally renowned sculptor
OXON HILL, MD.- John Safer went from a lucrative entrepreneurial and banking profession to a world-class sculptor who has been described as a hybrid between Georgia OKeefe and Ansel Adams. At 90-years-old his pieces have been showcased in several prominent venues including the Smithsonian Institutions National Air and Space Museum and now MGM National Harbor a new luxury resort in his hometown of Washington D.C. Im reaching out to discuss working together on a story showcasing Safers remarkable career as an artist and his latest creation Unity which is currently on display at MGM National Harbor. Below Ive included just a brief overview of Safers career. · Unity are three arcing 60-foot-tall stainless steel sculptors which is a part of MGM National Harbors Heritage Collection, a set of artwork which celebrates the diversity and spirit of the Capital region. ... More
From robber-baron ostentation to practical simplicity: New Capitol America exhibit at New Haven Museum
NEW HAVEN, CONN.- As all states have their own character, so, too, do their capitol buildings. New Haven Museums newest exhibit, Capitol America, includes photographs of the nations capital buildings, many of them sites of both architectural beauty and historical conflict. A project by New Haven professional photographers Robert Lisak and David Ottenstein, the show opened on Thursday, January 26, 2017 and remain open through Friday, June 30, 2017. Capitol America is a show of contrastsblack and white, light and dark, workaday function and Gilded-Age splendorwith large-format photographs encircling the New Haven Museums own elegant rotunda, and a slideshow on a tablet computer. The secular, civic temples featured in the photographs range in style and feeling from classical elegance, to robber-baron ostentation, to practical simplicity, ... More
Phillips names Dina Amin Head of 20th Century & Contemporary Art Department, Europe
LONDON.- Phillips announced the appointment of Dina Amin as Senior Director and Head of the 20th Century & Contemporary Art Department, Europe, adding considerable depth to the companys work with collectors and consigners in Europe. The addition of Ms. Amin, a well-regarded industry leader, will strengthen Phillips team of international specialists and broaden the range of expertise the auction house offers collectors. She will be based in London. Ms. Amin joins Phillips from Christies, where she was most recently a Senior Director and Senior Specialist for Post-War and Contemporary Art. As Head of the Department in London, Ms. Amin will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of Phillips 20th Century & Contemporary auctions and cultivating networks among collectors, dealers, curators and others in the art world. She will report to Jean-Paul Engelen ... More
Sworders announces auction of Prince of Wales Investiture chairs
STANSTED.- Sworders will provide a timely reminder of the many talents of the late Lord Snowdon at their 20th Century Decorative Arts and Design sale on January 31. Two chairs he designed for the use of dignitaries at the Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle on July 1, 1969 come to auction at Stansted Mountfitchet. Known as the Red Chair, 4600 were made using Welsh beech and were painted red and gilt with Prince of Wales feathers and his motto ICH DIEN indented on them. They were sold off after the ceremony, with the dignitaries themselves being offered first refusal. The two on sale here are being offered with an invitation to the investiture for His Excellency the High Commissioner for Pakistan and Begum Haroun. The vendors mother was social secretary at the Pakistan Embassy and the chairs ... More
Diana Al-Hadid featured by two Bay Area museums
OAKLAND, CA.- The sculptures and paintings of Syrian-born and Ohio-raised Diana Al-Hadid (1981- ) appear to be trapped in an eternal moment of precariousness and decay. Inspired by historical forms from art and architecture, Al-Hadids highly material works are charged with drips, textures, patterns, and ornaments. Two exhibitions at Mills College Art Museum (Jan 18Mar 13, 2017) and San Jose Museum of Art (Diana Al-Hadid: Liquid City, Feb 24Sept 24, 2017) showcase Al-Hadids monumental artworks with an emphasis on her artistic process and references to Italian cultural history. MCAM features Diana Al-Hadids recent large-scale sculptures, wall constructions, and drawings which use materials that recall Arabic calligraphy and Islamic textile patterns. The works have been described as metaphorical bridges between the past and the present, ... More
"Our People, Our Land, Our Images: International Indigenous Photography" opens at the Picker Art Gallery
HAMILTON, NY.- The Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University announces the opening of its new exhibition, Our People, Our Land, Our Images: International Indigenous Photography, on Thursday, January 26, 2017. Opportunities to view Indigenous peoples through the eyes of Indigenous photographers are rare and recent. This exhibition presents the work of photographers from the United States, Canada, Peru, and New Zealand, including newly discovered nineteenth-century pioneers, established contemporary practitioners, and members of the next generation of emerging artists. Reflecting contemporary trends, the photographs vary in style, from straightforward documentary accounts to aesthetically altered images combining overlays and collage. However, the works stand united in exploring their makers connections to their lands, communities, and traditions. ... More
From Edgar Allan Poe to NASA, Swann Galleries' Winter Photographs Sale offers historic images
NEW YORK, NY.- On Thursday, February 14, Swann Galleries will offer Icons & Images: Photographs & Photobooks, with spectacular examples of the medium representing a range of styles and technological advances, from mid-nineteenth century portraiture to contemporary photocollages. The sale is led by a selection of 50 plates from Eadweard Muybridges groundbreaking series, Animal Locomotion, 1887. This collection of motion studies largely features the human form, as well as a menagerie of exotic animals. This precursor to film is estimated to sell between $30,000 and $45,000. Among early photographs is a sixth-plate tintype of Edgar Allan Poe, after the Traylor daguerreotype, taken in 1849 just three weeks before the authors death. The original daguerreotype was damaged and then lost; this rare tintype is expected to fetch between $10,000 and ... More
Jonas Burgert's first solo show in Italy opens at MAMbo
BOLOGNA.- Jonas Burgerts first solo show in Italy, Lotsucht / Scandagliodipendenza, opened at MAMbo Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna on 26 January. Curated by Laura Carlini Fanfogna, the exhibition fills the vast space of the Sala delle Ciminiere with around 40 mostly large-format paintings created by the German artist over the last decade. A master of imaginative figurative painting, with each brush stroke Burgert creates carefully constructed scenes filled with complexity. His works depict his vision of the theatre that is human existence, examining the instinctive need for humans to give sense, direction and purpose to their lives. This exploration encompasses realms of reason, imagination and desire, generating monumental landscapes crowded with fantastic figures of different proportions: monkeys and zebras, skeletons and harlequins, Amazons and children. ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Dutch painter Hendrick Avercamp, was born January 27, 1585. Hendrick Avercamp (January 27, 1585 (bapt.) - May 15, 1634 (buried)) was a Dutch painter. Avercamp was born in Amsterdam, where he studied with the Danish-born portrait painter Pieter Isaacks (1569 - 1625), and perhaps also with David Vinckboons. In 1608 he moved from Amsterdam to Kampen in the province of Overijssel. Avercamp was mute and was known as "de Stomme van Kampen" (the mute of Kampen). In this image: A Hendrick Avercamp painting entitled "Ice Scene with Golfers," more than 300 years old, showing a golfer dressed like a costumed duffer of today, is part of an exhibit at Washington's National Gallery of Art showing how the newly-rich of Rembrandt's time indulged a taste for curios as well as painting.
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