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A photo provided by Randall Haas shows excavations at the Wilamaya Patjxa site in Peru, where archaeologists recovered roughly 20,000 artifacts, including the remains of six people, one of whom was a female hunter. Randall Haas via The New York Times.
by James Gorman
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The discovery of a 9,000-year-old female skeleton buried with what archaeologists call a big-game hunting kit in the Andes highlands of Peru has challenged one of the most widely held tenets about ancient hunter gatherers that males hunted and females gathered. Randy Haas, an archaeologist at the University of California, Davis, and a group of colleagues, concluded in a paper published in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday that this young woman was a big game hunter, who participated with her people in the pursuit of the vicuña and deer that made up a significant portion of their diet. The find of a female hunter is unusual. But Haas and his colleagues make a larger claim about the division of labor at this time period in the Americas. They argue that additional research shows something close to equal participation in hunting for both sexes. In general, they conclude, early females in the Americas were big game hunters. Other scientists found th ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day This photo taken on October 12, 2020 shows gardeners removing tree saplings from the exterior of the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province. Stacking a ladder against the towering spires of Cambodia's archaeological marvel Angkor Wat, a crack team of gardeners gingerly scales the temple's exterior to hack away foliage before it damages the ancient facade. TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP
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 | | Significant works by Hodler, German Expressionists and Christo to be offered in Koller's December auctions | | Dispute over Pissarro painting looted by Nazis is back in court | | Hyde announces unexpected new acquisition | 
A charming painting of a young girl busily writing by Albert Anker (lot 3014, CHF 450 000/650 000).
ZURICH.- Koller's Swiss Art auction on 4 December will feature an exceptional number of artworks by Ferdinand Hodler from several important collections. Among the nine lots by the Swiss master in this sale is an enchanting view of Lake Thun with the Niesen, 1912-13, one of the relatively few examples of this subject still available on the market, as most are in museum collections (lot 3031, CHF 1.2 - 1.8 million). Another iconic image by Hodler, "The Reaper", circa 1910, was illustrated on the Swiss 100-franc bank note from 1911-1958. Formerly in the collection of Karl G. Steiner, one of the most important collectors of Hodler's work, it is expected to realise between CHF 800 000 and 1.2 million (lot 3037). Also painted in 1910, "Pine by a stream" is a vibrantly coloured work with a long provenance that includes the legendary Berlin art dealer Paul Cassirer, promoter of Van Gogh and Cézanne (lot 3039, CHF 750 000/950 000). A female hea ... More | | 
Camille Pissarro, Shepherdess Bringing In Sheep, 1886.
by Sarah Bahr
(NYT NEWS SERVICE).- When Léone Meyer discovered in 2012 that a painting Nazi looters had stolen from her father was in the collection of an American museum, her first instinct was to demand its return. But Meyer, who lives in Paris, and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma struck an agreement in 2016: The 1886 painting, La Bergère Rentrant des Moutons, or Shepherdess Bringing In Sheep, by Camille Pissarro, would be displayed at a museum in France for five years, then would rotate every three years between the university and one or more French institutions of Meyer's choosing. Meyer, who is 80, also agreed that, during her lifetime or in her will, she would give the painting to an art institution in France. In 2018, Meyer, a Holocaust survivor who owns the painting, tried to donate it to the ... More | | 
George Bellows (American, 1882-1925) Freeman Youngs Place (Matinicus Island, Maine), 1916 (detail), oil on plywood, 22 x 28 in., The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, Bequest of Evelyn G. Muller, 2020.1. mclaughlinphotography.com
GLENS FALLS, NY.- Thanks to the gracious bequest of former trustee and longtime Hyde Collection supporter Evelyn Evie Muller, who passed away in March, the Glens Falls museum has acquired a second work by American realist George Bellows, entitled Freeman Youngs Place (Matinicus Island, Maine). The colorful landscape has not been seen publicly since 1923, shortly before the artist's untimely death in January, 1925 at the age of 42. The painting is one in a series that Bellows completed during a 1916 trip to Maine, where he painted a small holding of an island fisherman named Freeman Young on Matinicus Island. Bellows was influenced by the uses of color by Post-Impressionists and Fauvists, as well as by color theorist Hardesty Maratta (1864-1924). With Freeman ... More |
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| | Baron Wolman, whose photos helped start Rolling Stone, dies at 83 | | Brian Eno's music for anxious times | | With new show, Tschabalala Self explores Black American identity | 
Mick Jagger, Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, 1969.
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Baron Wolman, Rolling Stone magazines first photographer, liked to tell of the time he took a picture of something that wasnt there. It was in 1969, and he was photographing Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. When Garcia held up a hand, Wolman thought he was just waving or some such. But when Wolman printed the picture, he noticed that much of Garcias middle finger seemed to be missing some kind of trick on Garcias part, he assumed. I kept thinking, How did he do that? Wolman told the California newspaper The Marin Independent Journal in 2011. How did he make it look like he made it look? Only later did he realize that the finger really was missing, and that Garcia had given him a scoop of sorts at that point, he generally hid the fact that he had lost a piece of the finger as a child. Jerry usually kept that missing digit out of sight, Wolman wrote in Baron Wolman: The Rolling Stone Years (2011), ... More | | 
Brian Eno near his home, in Norfolk, England on Oct. 7, 2020. Kalpesh Lathigra/The New York Times.
by Lindsay Zoladz
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- In 1976 three years after he left Roxy Music, one year after he released his dual solo landmarks Discreet Music and Another Green World, and a year before he expanded the horizons of art-rock with his work on David Bowies Low Brian Eno put together an album called Music for Films. I should have called it Music Looking for Films, the English musician, 72, said with a genial laugh more than four decades later, video chatting from the home in Norfolk County, England, where hes been riding out the pandemic. Music for Films was partly an experimental foray into the new genre Eno was in the process of creating, ambient music, and partly a commercial gambit: An initial pressing of 500 copies were distributed to various film and television production companies. In 1978, ... More | | 
Tschabalala Self in her New Haven studio with Sill, left, in New Haven, Conn. on Oct. 22, 2020. Josefina Santos/The New York Times.
by Robin Pogrebin
NEW HAVEN (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- It was warm for October, the sun flooding Tschabalala Selfs paint-splattered studio in New Haven, Connecticut, and the last piece left to finish for her first major gallery exhibition in New York City was giving the artist a lot of trouble. The painting featuring a woman with exaggerated proportions who is shooting a gun in hot shorts, a Western hat and cowboy boots wasnt legible to Self in the way she needed it to be. Its formal qualities were not quite lining up with the overarching themes of her project, which include identity, mythology and pop culture. But Self seemed unconcerned about getting it done. Nor did she seem preoccupied by the Black Lives Matter movement churning in the country; she has been dealing with issues of race ... More |
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| | New book from Thames & Hudson explores sculpture as a transnational art form | | The Snite Museum of Art adds a compelling Dutch, 17th-century still life to its European collection | | TEFAF Online concludes with high engagement and remarkable sales | 
Shaping the World: Sculpture from Pre-History to Now. By Antony Gormley and Martin Gayford. Published by Thames & Hudson, 7 November 2020. £40.00 hardback.
LONDON.- In this wide-ranging, thought-provoking and sometimes provocative new book, leading sculptor Antony Gormley, informed and energised by a lifetime of making, and art critic and historian Martin Gayford, explore sculpture as a transnational art form with its own compelling history. The authors lively conversations and explorations take us beyond the conventional boundaries of what is usually labelled sculpture as they make unexpected connections across time and media. Sculpture has been practised by every culture throughout the world and stretches back into our distant past. The first surviving shaped stones may even predate the advent of language. Evidently, the desire to carve, mould, bend, chip away, weld, suspend, balance to transform a vast array of materials and light into new shapes and forms runs deep in our psyche and is a fundamental part of our human journey and need for expression. With more than 300 spectacular illustrations, ... More | | 
Follower of Osias Beert I (Flemish, ca. 15801624), Almonds, Oysters, Sweets, Chestnuts and Wine on a Wooden Table, ca. 160530 (detail). Oil on panel, 18 1/8 x 25 ¾ inches (46.1 x 68.5 cm) W. L. Travis Fund 2020.008.
NOTRE DAME, IN.- The Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame has added an important Dutch still life by a follower of Osias Beert I to its collection of seventeenth-century European art. "It is a great pleasure to welcome this fine painting into the permanent collection as it fills an important cultural and art historical opportunity we have long researched," said Director Joseph Antenucci Becherer. "In addition to playing a prominent role among our collection of European paintings, it makes dynamic connections to our renowned decorative arts holdings," he noted. The Snite Museum's painting reprises a portion of a work jointly executed by Osias Beert I and Frans Francken I entitled Still Life with the Rich Man and Poor Lazarus, which depicts a parable about greed and charity. Themes and variations of this kind were typical of artistic practice at the time. Almonds, Oysters, Sweets, Chestnuts and Wine on a Wooden ... More | | 
Master of the Chronique Scandaleuse (Paris fl. ca. 1493-ca. 1510 ), Octovien de Saint-Gelais, Epistres dOvide, Octovien de Saint-Gelais or François Robertet, three French poems. Illuminated manuscript on vellum. Tempera, ink and gold on vellum. 59 leaves. 8 full-page illuminations, some with pictorial borders. 26.5 x 19 cm. ii paper, 59 vellum, ii paper leaves (complete). c. 1493. Photo: Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books AG
NEW YORK, NY.- This past week, the European Fine Art Foundation welcomed tens of thousands of visitors to the inaugural edition of TEFAF Online, marking the first time the full breadth of TEFAFs exhibitor community and their strictly-vetted works were available for sale on a single digital platform. The Fair, which offered just one masterpiece from the diverse collections of each of its almost 300 specialist exhibitors, yielded several important multi-million dollar sales and unprecedented exhibitor engagement. Dealers reported an exceptionally positive fair experience in which they connected live with new and established collectors alike. "TEFAF Online has proven an outstanding experience for the more than 30 thousand art lovers and collectors ... More |
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| | Tiancheng International announces highlights included in the Jewellery and Jadeite Autumn Auction | | Rare British coin sells for £156,000 at auction in London | | Family of Robert J. O'Brien donates collection of Shakespeare recordings | 
Lot 66: 6.70-Carat Natural Fancy Deep Yellow VS1 Clarity Excellent Polish and Symmetry Diamond Ring.
HONG KONG.- Tiancheng International Jewellery and Jadeite Autumn Auction will take place on 28 November, offering a dazzling array of treasures. Leading the auction is a 6.70-Carat Natural Fancy Deep Yellow Diamond of intense colour and vivacity. Another star item is a 10.18-Carat D Colour Internally Flawless Type IIa Diamond that boasts superb clarity and luminescence. The sale will also showcase a stellar line-up of jadeite pieces, including a pair of Jadeite Double Hoop Earrings and a Jadeite Guanyin Pendant, which would undoubtedly be worthy additions to any prized collection. Ms. Connie Huang, Head of Tiancheng Internationals Jewellery Department, remarks, While the market readjusts in the current economic climate, Tiancheng International has spared no effort in sourcing refined jewels for the autumn sale. Apart from exquisite gemstones ... More | | 
The two day sale made an overall total of £1,940,040.
LONDON.- An exceptionally fine William III (1694-1701) gold five-guinea coin dating from 1701 sold for an outstanding £156,000 at auctioneers Morton & Eden. It had been expected to fetch up to £50,000. It was bought by an anonymous bidder. Auctioneer James Morton said: It is a particularly beautiful and superbly preserved coin of the celebrated Fine Work style, with a bold portrait of William III in high relief. It was last sold at auction in 1986 when it made £8,250." In the same sale a proof gold five pound coin of Una and the Lion showing the young Queen Victoria as Una guiding the British Lion also sold above estimate for £156,000. The coin is considered one of the most noteworthy of British coins and was designed by William Wyon in 1839 to commemorate the beginning of Victorias reign. Another highlight of the sale was a rare Austrian gold coin dating from 1631, issued by Albrecht von Wallenst ... More | | 
Scholar and author Robert J. O'Brien at his record player. Photo: The Robert J. O'Brien family.
by Jim Logan
SANTA BARBARA, CA.- It would be fair to say that few men had as great a love of voices especially those reciting Shakespeare as Robert J. OBrien. The scholar and author amassed a collection of more than 1,400 theatrical recordings of the Bards works. Now, thanks to the generosity of his family, that collection has a home at the UC Santa Barbara Library. Margaret OBrien, his daughter, donated The Dr. Robert J. OBrien Shakespeare Recording Collection to the librarys Special Research Collections and established a legacy endowment, The Dr. Robert J. OBrien Shakespeare Recording Fund, to promote the use and accessibility of the collection. My dad was passionate about preserving voices, Margaret OBrien said. Looking at a photo, my dad ... More |
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 After a decade of silence, a composer reappearsNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- In 2011, the Israeli novelist David Grossman published Falling Out of Time, a haunting fable about a grief-stricken father who sets out on a journey to connect with his dead child. Five years earlier, Grossmans son Uri had been killed during his countrys war with Lebanon. As he embarked on what he thought was a work of prose, Grossman had the uncanny sense of being forced to write shorter sentences. The story began to take shape as poetry. Suddenly it felt so precise, he said in a recent phone interview. When I told my wife, she said, Maybe because poetry is the closest art to silence. Once published, the book found its way into the hands of Osvaldo Golijov, a composer who was then struggling through his own painful silence. Around the turn of the millennium, he had been one of the most feted ... 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More The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art opens exhibit featuring Oklahoma expatriate artistsNORMAN, OK.- The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, located on the University of Oklahoma Norman campus, opened a new exhibition titled OK/LA featuring Oklahoma artists Patrick Blackwell, Joe Goode, Jerry McMillan, Ed Ruscha, Paul Ruscha and Mason Williams. These six friends came of age in the 1950s and 60s Oklahoma City metro and subsequently moved to California to follow their individual artistic paths. This is the final exhibition curated by Mark White, executive director of the New Mexico Museum of Art and former director of the Fred Jones. This is the first exhibition to examine both the lifelong relationships between these artists and the influence of their home state, Oklahoma, on their respective careers, White said. Although each of the artists has received and will continue to receive critical and popular attention, it is an unparalleled ... 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More Miller & Miller announces Watches, Jewelry & Decorative Arts auctionNEW HAMBURG, ON.- An online-only Watches, Jewelry & Decorative Arts auction featuring the single-owner lifetime clock collection of Bruce Walsh will be held on Saturday, November 21st, by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd., based in New Hamburg. The 298-lot auction will begin at 9 am Eastern time, with online bidding via LiveAuctioneers.com and the Miller & Miller website. Phone and absentee bids will be taken. The auction is a collectors dream, filled with luxury watches by makers such as Rolex, Omega and Patek Philippe, fine jewelry and a nice mix of decorative art, including the Bruce Walsh clock collection. Offered will be Pairpoint lamps, silver by Buccellati and Georg Jensen, glass by Lalique, paintings and fine art, Asian objects, silver, carvings, decoys, art glass and art pottery. Unlocked from old collections and estates is an impressive ... 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More The Warburg Institute creates a digital afterlife for two exhibitions on Aby Warburg's Bilderatlas MnemosyneLONDON.- The Warburg Institute today launched a new virtual tour that makes available to a wide international audience two major exhibitions devoted to Aby Warburgs magnum opus, the Bilderatlas Mnemosyne. The virtual tour, which sits on the Warburg Institute website and Haus der Kulturen der Welts exhibition website, has been launched to provide a digital afterlife to the exhibitions, which have enjoyed critical and public acclaim since they opened this autumn. With the early closure of the Berlin exhibitions on 2 November due to a new lockdown in Germany, the publication of the virtual tour provides an enduring and accessible resource. Aby Warburg: Bilderatlas Mnemosyne - the Original, curated by Roberto Ohrt and Axel Heil was a collaboration with the Warburg Institute, at HKW. An accompanying exhibition, Between Cosmos and Pathos: Berlin Works from ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian artist and designer Harry Bertoia died November 06, 1978. Harry Bertoia (b. March 10, 1915 in San Lorenzo, Pordenone, Italy. d. November 6, 1978 in Barto, Pennsylvania, United States), was an Italian-born artist, sound art sculptor, and modern furniture designer. In this image: Bertoia's "Textured Screen" caused much controversy when it was unveiled for the Dallas Public Library in 1954.
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