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A 25.2 metre (83-foot) blue whale skeleton is pictured suspended from the ceiling after being unveiled at the Natural History Museum in London on July 13, 2017. "Hope" the blue whale takes over from "Dippy" the dinosaur as the centrepiece of the revamped atrium of London's Natural History Museum despite a spirited campaign to keep the much-loved attraction. Tolga AKMEN / AFP.
LONDON (AFP).- "Hope" the blue whale took over as the centrepiece of the revamped atrium of London's Natural History Museum on Thursday despite a spirited campaign to keep its much-loved predecessor, "Dippy" the dinosaur. The towering replica diplodocus skeleton had been in the museum for more than 100 years and news of its impending demise in 2015 sparked an outcry from dinosaur fans. Some 14,000 people signed a petition to stop the move, while the hashtag #savedippy trended on Twitter. But the museum said the skeleton of the blue whale, the largest animal to have lived on Earth and which has been hunted to near extinction, would better raise awareness of mankind's impact on nature. The 25.2-metre (83-foot) real skeleton suspended from the ceiling is proof that "by using science and evidence, we can make good choices about the future, about sustainability," museum director Michael Dixon told AFP. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A person looks at the self-portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci at the exhibition "The World of Leonardo", a collection of drawings of artists who appear in the book of art "The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects" by 16th-century artist and historian Giorgio Vasari, on July 10, 2017, in Biblioteca Reale, in Turin. Marco BERTORELLO / AFP
| Large round Pietà by Johan Maelwael leaving Paris for the first time in 55 years | | First retrospective to survey Hélio Oiticica's entire career opens at the Whitney | | Spanish judge schedules Dali exhumation for July 20 |
La Grande Pietà ronde, attributed to Johan Maelwael (Jean Malouel). (Nijmegen, c. 1370 - Dijon, 1415), c. 1400 (detail). © 2009 Musée du Louvre / Erich Lessing.
AMSTERDAM.- From 6 October 2017 until 7 January 2018 the Rijksmuseum honors the first Northern Netherlandish painter: Johan Maelwael This uncle of the legendary Limbourg Brothers was active as a versatile, pioneering and productive artist at the courts of the Dukes of Guelders and Burgundy around 1400. The show is organized with the exceptional support of the Musée du Louvre that lends Maelwaels most famous painting La Grande Pietà ronde that has never left Paris since 1962. The panel will make its first appearance in the Netherlands. For the first time, paintings attributed to Johan Maelwael (Jean Malouel, Nijmegen, c. 1370 - Dijon, 1415) and his workshop will be exhibited alongside medieval art treasures, illuminated manuscripts, precious metalwork and sculpture. Paintings attributed to Johan Maelwael and his contemporaries Jean de Beaumetz, Colart de Laon ... More | |
Installation view Hélio Oiticica: To Organize Delirium ( July 14-October 1, 2017). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Photograph by Matt Casarella.
NEW YORK, NY.- Hélio Oiticica: To Organize Delirium, to be presented at the Whitney Museum of American Art from July 14 through October 1, 2017, is the first retrospective to survey the groundbreaking Brazilian artists entire career, including the formative years he spent in New York in the 1970s. One of the most influential Latin American artists of the postWorld War II period, Oiticica (193780) was a tireless innovator, from his start with the Neo-Concrete movement to his groundbreaking environmental installations. Co-organized by the Whitney together with the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago, the exhibition presents a wide array of his paintings, interactive sculptures, films, audiovisual works, writings, and environments. Oiticica was one of the most daring artists to appear anywhere in the years following World War II, said Elisabeth Sussman, co-curator of the exhibition. In conceiving ... More | |
This file photo taken on November 21, 1958 shows Spanish artist Salvador Dali in Paris. Spain court orders on June 26, 2017 exhumation of Dali's remains in paternity claim. AFP.
BARCELONA (AFP).- A Spanish judge has scheduled the exhumation of the remains of Salvador Dali on July 20, the artist's foundation and a court said Thursday, although this date may change if an appeal is accepted. The remains of the world-famous surrealist, who is buried in his museum in Figueras, in northeastern Spain, were ordered exhumed after a woman who claims to be his daughter filed a paternity claim. Pilar Abel, a 61-year-old who long worked as a psychic in Catalonia, says her mother had a relationship with the artist when she worked in Port Lligat, a tiny fishing hamlet where the painter lived for years. A spokeswoman for the Salvador Dali Foundation, which manages the artist's estate and has lodged an appeal against the exhumation, told AFP they had been notified by a judge that it would take place on Thursday, July 20. A spokesman for Madrid's ... More |
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| The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum has acquired View of Bermeo (1783) by Luis Paret y Alcázar | | Pinakothek der Moderne opens exhibition of ceramic works by Beate Kuhn from the Freiberger collection | | Important black South African art in focus at Aspire Art Auction on July 17th in Johannesburg |
Luis Paret y Alcázar, View of Bermeo, 1783 (detail).
BILBAO.- The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum is presenting View of Bermeo of 1783 by Luis Paret y Alcázar (Madrid, 1746-1799), acquired from the heirs of José Luis Várez Fisa. The painting has been obtained with an interest-free loan thanks to the sponsorship of BBK, to be repaid over the following years with the contribution from the Friends of the Museum. In addition to its undoubted artistic value, View of Bermeo of 1783 is of enormous historical interest given that it is considered the first work in a series of paintings depicting the ports of Cantabria and is the first view of the Basque Country painted by this artist from Madrid. Born in the same year as Goya, various controversial events in Paret's life led to his banishment, firstly to Puerto Rico then to Bilbao, which prevented him from maintaining his prominent position at Court, a fact that to some extent favoured Goya's professional success. At that point the Basque ... More | |
Installation view, Beate Kuhn, Gruppe, 1965. Photo: Anna Seibel.
MUNICH.- With her unmistakable signature style and her inexhaustible imagination, Beate Kuhn (1927-2015) is among the most important German ceramic artists working after 1945. Using genuine pottery materials and techniques, she created an oeuvre that far surpasses functional ceramics and ties in with post-war developments in fine art from Picasso to the seriality of Minimal Art. While in the first years of her practice Beate Kuhn still worked mainly making painted vessels, artistic ceramic sculptures were later to become the focus of her output. She developed a completely independent formal idiom using basic elements such as cylinders, cones, spheres, cup shapes or discs in varying sequences. Alongside art and music, it was nature that continually provided her with new impulses for her engagement with themes such as movement, rhythm and change. Even her less ... More | |
Louis Maqhubela, Flight, 1967. Photo: Nina Lieska Repro Pictures.
JOHANNESBURG.- The upcoming Winter 2017 auction on July 17th at Aspire in Johannesburg features work by important black South African artists. Aspire is committed to exposing the work of more such artists in the local secondary market, and the upcoming auction features many fine examples of work in the modern and contemporary idioms. A major highlight is a work by the influential figure Ephraim Ngatane, Bicycle Rider, from 1968. Comments Aspire Senior Art Specialist Emma Bedford, Its astonishing to think that Ngatane produced much of his best work in his twenties a testament to a prodigious talent. Ngatane is credited with influencing and developing several major talents notably those of Dumile Feni and Louis Maqhubela however his concern was for an often politically charged, though equally often celebratory, documentary realism. Ngatane died in 1971 at ... More |
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| DeCordova installs large-scale sculptures by Aaron Curry, JaeHyo Lee in Sculpture Park | | "Irene Williams: Queen of Lincoln Road" harkens back to a more colorful time on South Beach | | Unique cultural programme attracts more than a million visitors at European Capital of Culture Aarhus 2017 |
Aaron Curry, HOMEWRECKER, 2013, painted aluminum, 11 x 10 1/3 x 5 3/8 feet, Courtesy Michael Werner Gallery, New York and London.
LINCOLN, MASS.- This summer deCordova is adding several large-scale works to its 30-acre Sculpture Park. Aaron Curry: Grovethree colorful painted aluminum sculptures ranging from 10 feet to 18 feet tallhave been installed near the Parks front entrance. JaeHyo Lees 0121-1110=113035 (Lotus)an 18-foot-tall cone-shaped sculpture made from discarded pieces of woodwill be installed on deCordovas main lawn across from the traditional nineteenth century Carriage House in late-July. Both installations will be on view for two years. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to display these monumental works of art in deCordovas Sculpture Park, as each introduces a very different element to our campus, says Sarah Montross, associate curator at deCordova. Aaron Currys trio of vibrant sculptures will add an otherworldly presence to our entrance lawn, ... More | |
Irene Williams. Photo copyright Annie Leibovitz, used by permission.
MIAMI, FLA.- She is remembered fondly and vividly for her fashionable strolls up and down her Lincoln Road runway during the 1980s and 1990s. Irene Williams handmade outfits were so eye-catching she would often turn heads, and this year she would have turned 100. The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU presents a summer pop-up show that borrows its name from the award-winning documentary by Eric Smith, Irene Williams: Queen of Lincoln Road. The installation features 33 of Irenes original handcrafted hats, historic photos and her letters that together illustrate the spirited story of one of South Beachs most beloved characters. All of the objects on view were willed to filmmaker/designer Eric Smith and have been donated to the museums permanent collection. Irene Williams was called Queen of Lincoln Road because she walked back and forth every day from one end of the pedestrian mall (where she lived), to ... More | |
Positive reviews and high visitor numbers at European Capital of Culture Aarhus 2017. The Viking saga Red Serpent sold 92.000 tickets in five weeks.
AARHUS.- Starred reviews and high visitor numbers exceed even the most optimistic forecasts of the European Capital of Culture Aarhus 2017. Halfway through the 2017-programme, more than a million visitors have attended the cultural performances, exhibitions and sparkling events in recent months. What a fantastic first half year weve had! Unique and iconic theatre, dance, music, art and thought-provoking events. Debates, which have challenged our views on nature, the arts, and each other. Sold-out shows, rave reviews, packed museums and exhibitions that have broken all previous audience records. Weve witnessed ingenious ideas from creative industries combining talents to showcase the best of our creativity and business know-how, and we have been rethinking and thinking again!, says Juliana Engberg, Programme Director at the European Capital ... More |
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| Giotto, the great artist of the fourteenth century, conveyed using contemporary means | | 'Other People's Pictures' photography exhibition offers a look at the disappearing art and charm of the snapshot | | Abbot Hall Gallery celebrates British Pop painting this summer |
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VENICE.- This is the original proposal that can be experienced at the Scuola Grande della Misericordia where, from July 12th to November 5th, Cose Belle d'Italia Media Entertainment offers Magister Giotto. Our goal, explains Artistic Director Luca Mazzieri, is to be able to communicate great Italian art around the world. For this reason, after Giotto we will be exploring Canova and Raphael, who will be the protagonists of further editions of Magister. We have chosen Venice as the starting point for this long journey of Italian art through the five continents, because this city is the perfect synthesis between a great past and the most advanced contemporary aspects of art. The format created for "Magister Giotto" has no precedent. In it, the boundaries between a great exhibition and a great show become so imperceptible as to be cancelled out. Absolute scientific rigour, however, remains th ... More | |
Untitled, gelatin silver print, Collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Gift of Peter J. Cohen, accession #2015.12.1.115.
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY.- The novelist Eudora Welty once wrote that a good snapshot keeps a moment from running away. With the advent of smartphone cameras and social media, people are capturing more moments than ever before in the history of photography, yet the vast majority of these images are made, stored, and shared digitallybut never printed. A photograph as a tangible object has become a thing of the past, a charming remnant of a time when taking a photograph was a rarified event, rather than an everyday, every hour, or every minute experience. A new exhibition at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College offers a glimpse into how the medium used to function in the lives of amateur photographers. Other Peoples Pictures: Snapshots from the Peter J. Cohen ... More | |
Pauline Boty, Colour Her Gone, oil on canvas, 1962 (detail). Courtesy of Wolverhampton Arts and Museums © the artists estate.
KENDAL.- Opening on Friday 14 July, the award-winning Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, presents Painting Pop. This must-see summer exhibition celebrates British Pop Art from the early 1960s, including work by Sir Peter Blake, Pauline Boty, Patrick Caulfield, Richard Hamilton, David Hockney and Allen Jones, borrowed from major collections such as Tate, National Portrait Gallery and Government Art Collection. The exhibition is a colourful and striking celebration of British Pop painting. It focuses on the period around 1962, a pivotal year for Pop Art in Britain, with a number of important solo and group shows taking place in London, including Four Young Artists at the Institute of Contemporary Arts and Image in Progress at the Grabowski Gallery. This was a crucial time for the general publics ... More |
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11th Rencontres de Bamako: African Biennale of Photography unveils programme
BAMAKO.- Anne Tallineau, Chief Executive Officer of the Institut français and Samuel Sidibé, Delegate-General of the Rencontres de Bamako, with Marie-Ann Yemsi, Curator, have today unveiled the programme of the 11th Rencontres de Bamako African Biennale of Photography, which will be held from 2 December 2017 to 31 January 2018. The professional days will take place from 2 to 5 December 2017. The Pan-African exhibition at the Musée National du Mali represents the heart of the event, around which the Biennale village is organised, where dialogue between artists and professionals is promoted, and which occupies the entire park next to the Musée National. The Rencontres also take place at various locations throughout the city of Bamako, such as the Musée du District and the Institut français. For the Pan-Afriacn exhibition, around 40 African photographers ... More
Turkey detains director of film 'on anti-Erdogan coup'
ISTANBUL.- Turkish police on Thursday detained a prominent film director who has made a controversial movie showing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan under gunpoint in a bloody coup d'etat, state media reported on Thursday. The state-run Anadolu news agency said Ali Avci was detained on suspicion of links to the group blamed by Ankara for the -- real life -- failed coup that sought to oust Erdogan last year. Avci's new film "Uyanis" (Awakening) is not in theatres yet but its trailer has already stirred up controversy on the first anniversary of the July 15 attempted putsch Ankara says was masterminded by US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen. Gulen denies the charges. Police also detained another man, identified as Fetullah Karabiber, who was found in Avci's house and was already wanted by authorities, it said. Uyanis's trailer features the killing ... More
Asya Geisberg Gallery presents an exhibition of contemporary ceramic sculpture
NEW YORK, NY.- Asya Geisberg Gallery is presenting "Morph", an exhibition of contemporary ceramic sculpture. Artists include: Kathy Butterly, Ling Chun, Future Retrieval, Valerie Hegarty, Cody Hoyt, Heidi Lau, Rebecca Morgan, Joakim Ojanen, Elise Siegel, Anthony Sonnenberg, Guðmundur Thoroddsen, and Cristina Tufiño. "Morph" is a snapshot of a resurgence of ceramic sculpture, and a re-contextualization borne of increasing celebration of clay's malleability and many cultural reference points. Intentionally imperfect forms, unpolished surfaces, and allusions to figuration and traditional ceramic styles are all trademarks of the included artists. Elements of Art Brut hide within even sophisticated presentations. Each artist works in multiple media, signaling that ceramic is no one's red-headed step-sister. The artists in "Morph" paint expressionistically with glaze, weave ... More
99 percent sell-through rate demonstrates market strength at Heritage's Summer FUN Auction
ORLANDO, FLA.- One of the finest known 1876 twenty cent pieces led the results as Heritage Auctions' July 6-9 auction in Orlando, Florida, realized nearly $6 million. The auction was held in conjunction with the summer convention of Florida United Numismatists and offered important condition rarities. "We are particularly proud of the auction's 99 percent, nearly complete sell-through rate," said James Halperin, Co-Founder of Heritage Auctions. "We continue to attract the type, rarity and condition collectors seek in today's market and we're eager to bring these special coins to auction." Leading the way with a sale price of $88,125 was one of the finest twenty cent pieces ever certified: an 1876 example graded a stunning MS67 by PCGS. This ill-fated twenty cent denomination lasted only four years, and only four circulation strike issues ... More
One-of-a-kind complete all-star ticket collection offered by Heritage Auctions
DALLAS, TX.- Recently acquired by Heritage Auctions, the leader in sports collectibles, a comprehensive assembly of 1933-2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Complete Ticket Run (137) (est. $150,000+) never before presented for sale will be offered during the Sports Collectibles Platinum Night Auction August 19-20. Joining the All-Star Game tickets in the auction lineup will be the 2017 Aaron Judge Mother's Day Game Worn New York Yankees Jersey (est. $20,000+). The pinstriped jersey trades its navy blue identifiers for hot pink: the classic "NY" and a breast cancer awareness ribbon over the heart giving way to the double-nines on verso. The offered jersey was worn for the Mother's Day contest at Yankee Stadium, a particularly historic day in the Bronx that saw the last single-digit jersey -- Derek Jeter's number "2" retired from the team wardrobe. "One of the ... More
17th edition of Art Santa Fe opens
SANTA FE, NM.- Art Santa Fe, the four-day juried contemporary art show in its 17th year, is open at the Santa Fe Convention Center from Thursday, July 13 to Sunday, July 16, 2017 and has announced its programming. From the opening evening where guests sip wine, enjoy hors doeuvres and mingle with artists and gallery owners from across the country, to art labs, interaction with site specific works, artist talks and demonstrations, the show has captured the essence of the dynamic art scene that Santa Fe is known for. Centered on the curatorial theme FUSION, the show is a merging of artistic mediums, exhibitors and collectors showcasing remarkable contemporary art. As one of the newest additions to Redwood Media Group, which owns and produces fine art show exhibitions including Spectrum Miami and Artexpo New York, Art Santa Fe features ... More
Frieze announces Frieze Film 2017 program: 5 artists selected to create new film commissions
LONDON.- Today Frieze announced the international artists participating in Frieze Film 2017, a series of new film commissions premiered at Frieze London and broadcast on national television. Alex Bag, Pauline Curnier Jardin, GabrÃela Friðriksdóttir and Raphaela Vogel will create new works as part of Frieze Projects, the fairs celebrated non-profit programme curated by Raphael Gygax. Taking place at Frieze London in The Regents Park from 58 October 2017, Frieze Film is supported by Channel 4s Random Acts. Featuring major artists of different generations, this years Frieze Film programme explores themes of surrealism, popular myth and the carnivalesque. Highly influential American artist Alex Bag, known for her video performances since the 1990s, subverts the vocabularies of advertising, music videos and reality TV to critique todays neo-liberal ... More
Now playing: Camille Walala puts a puzzle on the Peninsula
LONDON.- Graphic artist Camille Walala is building a labyrinth of shapes and colours on Greenwich Peninsula. Selected as NOW Gallerys 2017 Design Collaborator, Camille presents WALALA X PLAY for the gallerys summer programme an immersive, interactive installation exploring ideas of art, wellbeing and human scale. Occupying NOWs main exhibition area from 14 July to 24 September, the installation invites visitors of all ages to explore the space and themselves via a maze of geometric patterns, unpredictable corridors and Walalas distinctive bold colours. We love having colour in our gallery space, it glows through the glass and resonates on Peninsula Square. Camille Walala is the queen of colour and her patterns will create another world for all in NOW Gallery. We are creating a playful place where as is in our past exhibitions we give people time ... More
Lyons Wier Gallery opens summer group exhibition
NEW YORK, NY.- Lyons Wier Gallery is presenting the group exhibition HUMANNESS independently curated by artist Marc Dennis. The exhibition is comprised of seven emerging artists of varying technique whose depiction of the complexities of emotion explore the concept of the essential and distinguishing attributes of being human. Noah Becker uses collage, paint and image appropriation to convey the symbiotic imbalance between art historical narratives and contemporary contexts. Steve Cope paints with a virtuosity of a modern-day miniaturist, hinting at the contradictory emotions connected to states of aloneness and overcrowding in a wide range of suburban and rural environments. Jeanette Hayes cleverly paints imaginary situations where pop culture and high art collide. John LaMacchia's hand-made pristine porcelain vessels explore and ... More
CAC Malaga opens Danielle van Zadelhoff's first solo exhibition in Spain
MALAGA.- The Centro de Arte Contemporáneo of Málaga is presenting Soul Stories, a show curated by Fernando Francés. Danielle van Zadelhoffs first solo exhibition in Spain features sixty-one photographs on existentialist and religious themes that illustrate the keen sensibility which has become her trademark. Influenced by Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Murillo and other Renaissance masters, Van Zadelhoff makes extensive use of chiaroscuro or contrasts of light and shadow. The up-and-coming Dutch artist painstakingly reveals every detail of the light that falls on her sitters bodies and gazes; her subjects stare out at us, boring deep within and seemingly baring their own souls, but what we see is actually the soul of the photographer, reflected as if in a mirror. The shadow side of a person is the most interesting part and the least developed side. ... More
Gasworks opens first UK solo exhibition by Amsterdam-based artist Monira Al Qadiri
LONDON.- Gasworks presents The Craft, the first UK solo exhibition by Amsterdam-based artist Monira Al Qadiri. The exhibition comprises sculptures, videos and sound works that envisage international diplomacy as an alien conspiracy. Shown in two distinct environments an American diner a mysterious, pitch black anteroom these semi-autobiographical works of science fiction unearth the unlikely stories lurking in the shadows of the artists childhood in Kuwait. Revisiting the fantasies that she and her sister elaborated during these early years, they depict the culture and rituals of diplomacy by which they were then surrounded as literally otherworldly compared to the current rise of nationalism and political populism. Pouring petrol on the flames, the central work in the exhibition, the VHS video The Craft, asks: Were my parents conspiring with aliens behind my ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Czech painter and decorative artist Alphonse Mucha died July 14, 1939. Alfons Maria Mucha (24 July 1860 - 14 July 1939), known in English as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, known best for his distinct style. He produced many paintings, illustrations, advertisements, postcards, and designs. This is the Art Nouveau gallery at the Milestones of Modernism exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, as seen June 30, 1999. The rocking chair is from 1880, made in Austria. The poster is by Alphonse Mucha, a French painter and one of the leading artists of this period.
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