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Workers from the Israeli Antiquity Authority (IAA) clean a rare Roman mosaic from the 2nd3rd centuries at the Israeli Caesarea National Park on February 8, 2018. According to Dr. Peter Gendelman and Dr. Uzi Ad, directors of the excavation for the IAA: This colourful mosaic, measuring more than 3.5 x 8 meters, is of a rare high quality. It features three figures, multicoloured geometric patterns and a long inscription in Greek. JACK GUEZ / AFP.
CAESAREA (AFP).- Israeli archaeologists on Thursday unveiled what they called a "rare and beautiful" Roman mosaic floor excavated in the ancient Mediterranean port city of Caesarea. A statement from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said the piece, from the 2nd or 3rd century AD, measures more than 3.5 by 8 metres (11 by 26 feet). "We uncovered a mosaic floor of a Roman building from 1,800 years ago," Uzi Ad, one of the directors of the dig, said at the site. "It is a high-quality and colourful mosaic with three figures," he said. It depicts three prosperous-looking males wearing togas, one facing the viewer and the other two in profile. "We can find similar mosaics only in Cyprus and northern Syria," Ad said. "In Israel we have never before found the same quality." ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day David Richard Gallery is presenting Julian Stanczak: Dynamic Fields, the gallery's fourth solo exhibition for the artist. The current exhibition, Dynamic Fields, explores the "impact" of Stanczak's paintings on the viewer and the sensations they create from the color palettes and compositions. Stanczak was interested in creating vibrant works that convey not only energy, but the sensation of movement and motion within the paintings.
| Sotheby's celebrates Asia Week New York with blockbuster sale series | | David Richard Gallery opens exhibition of works by Julian Stanczak | | Palm Beach Modern Auctions launches Urban Culture Division |
An Exceptional and Rare Limestone Relief Carving Of An Apsara. Northern Wei Dynasty. Height 23 1/8 in., 58.7 cm. Estimate $1.2/1.5 million. Courtesy Sothebys.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys unveiled its Asia Week New York schedule of auctions and selling exhibitions. Beginning over three thousand years ago in the Shang Dynasty in China and continuing through to the 20th century in India, the 1,300+ lots of Chinese Works of Art, Classical Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art, and Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art, demonstrate the depth and diversity of the Asian Art field. Following a selection of highlight exhibitions around the world, public exhibitions in New York City open on 15 March, with auctions beginning 19 March. Christina Prescott-Walker, Senior Vice President & Division Director of Asian Art, noted: Every season the world descends upon New York for Asia Week New York, ... More | |
Julian Stanczak, Filled with Light, 2002 (detail). Acrylic on canvas, 32 x 38 inches.
SANTA FE, NM.- David Richard Gallery is presenting Julian Stanczak: Dynamic Fields, the gallerys fourth solo exhibition for the artist. The exhibition will remain on view through March 17, 2018 at the Santa Fe venue located at 1570 Pacheco Street, Suite E2, Santa Fe, New Mexico. A digital catalogue is available online. The current exhibition, Dynamic Fields, explores the impact of Stanczaks paintings on the viewer and the sensations they create from the color palettes and compositions. Stanczak was interested in creating vibrant works that convey not only energy, but the sensation of movement and motion within the paintings. Selections from certain bodies of work, such as his bound boxes, diagonal constructs as well as more lyrical and rhythmic compositions from his grass paintings demonstrate how he used a variety of methods, including angled and diagonal ... More | |
Even five years ago, street art was bringing strong prices at Palm Beach Modern Auctions. The company sold this monumental work on canvas by Barry McGee (American, b. 1966-) to an Australian bidder in 2013 for $54,120. Palm Beach Modern Auctions image.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.- Palm Beach Modern Auctions (PBMA), a familiar name to international buyers of contemporary and modern art and design, has launched a new Urban Culture division. Since our earliest days in 2010, weve included pop-culture items in our sales. But over the years, our consignments and public interest worldwide have increased to the point that it was time to open a dedicated department, which we are calling Urban Culture, said PBMA co-owner Wade Terwilliger. Urban Culture now becomes a regular highlight of PBMAs Annual Winter Auction, a favorite event with the companys regular clientele. Among the subcategories listed under the Urban Culture heading are: street art, entertainment, celebrity ... More |
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| Umberto Boccioni's seminal painting 'Testa + luce + ambiente' to debut at auction | | Loris Gréaud reconfigures Galerie Max Hetzler's Paris space as a sketch | | Antonio Banderas bows to destiny to play Picasso |
Umberto Boccioni Testa + luce + ambiente (1912) est. £5.5-7.5m. Courtesy Sothebys.
LONDON.- A leading figure among Italian Futurists alongside Severini, Balla and Marinetti, Boccioni played a pivotal role in shaping the visual aesthetic of this short-lived yet highly influential movement. The radical pictorial vocabulary of Futurism developed in parallel with other revolutionary movements, including Cubism and Expressionism, changing the course of Western art. Upsetting centuries of tradition, Boccioni led the way in an influential movement that was assertive, participatory and daring. Painted just four years before his tragic early demise in the First World War, Testa + luce + ambiente encapsulates the artistic innovation of depicting velocity and experience, which was spearheaded by the artist. This three-word title (which translates as head + light + atmosphere) captures the essence of Boccionis artistic thesis, as he takes the human figure and sets it in a direct shaft of light resulting in the ... More | |
Loris Gréaud, LADI ROGEURS, installation view, 2018. Courtesy de lartiste et de la Galerie Max Hetzler, Paris I Berlin. © Loris Gréaud. Photo: Gréaudstudio.
PARIS.- For his first solo exhibition at Galerie Max Hetzler Paris, Loris Gréaud reconfigures the gallerys space as a sketch. The sketch is a very important stage in the development of a painting, a sculpture or a book: it is through it that the author tries to fix the main lines of the work. Ample, vibrant, unruly, the vocation of the sketch, in Loris Gréauds project, is to fix in a rough and uninhibited way, by a few gestures, the formal and conceptual structure of the work: its essential intentions are thus laid down. As such it is a memory, at once schematic and transient. The idea of transition, indeed, takes on a particular dimension here. This infinitesimal passage, or rather, this continuous back-and-forth movement, between the programme and its trajectory, is for Gréaud the works true place. Therefore he uses the space of Galerie Max Hetzler in Paris as a global landscape, an incubator inside ... More | |
For years Malaga's second most famous son has been turning down offers to play its greatest, knowing that he "would be looked at with a magnifying glass."
BUDAPEST (AFP).- It was written in the stars that one day Spanish star Antonio Banderas, who used to walk to school every morning past Pablo Picasso's childhood home, would have to play the great painter. For years Malaga's second most famous son has been turning down offers to play its greatest, knowing that he "would be looked at with a magnifying glass." But finally Banderas has said yes -- twice. He's playing Picasso in a 10-part television series on the artist's tumultuous life steered by Hollywood heavyweight Ron Howard, and in a film on the 33 days he took to paint his anti-war masterpiece "Guernica" written by the Spanish great Carlos Saura. "Movies are very good for events," Banderas said, "but for somebody's life, 10 hours of TV is a very interesting vehicle."Even so, with someone like Picasso "no matter how well you do it, you are going to face ... More |
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| Movie star, ex-US envoy to Mexico John Gavin dies | | Exhibition at Nouveau Musée National de Monaco retraces Alfredo Volpi's career | | Singapore risks destroying past in race to build: top archaeologist |
With his square jaw, dark good looks and 6-foot-4 (1.93 meter) frame, Gavin was twice nearly cast as James Bond.
LOS ANGELES (AFP).- Actor John Gavin, whose handsome looks landed him roles in the 1960 films "Psycho" and "Spartacus" and was later US ambassador to Mexico, died in California, US media reported. He was 86. Gavin died at his home in Beverly Hills, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing Brad Burton Moss, manager of Gavin's actress wife Constance Towers. He gave no cause. With his square jaw, dark good looks and 6-foot-4 (1.93 meter) frame, Gavin was twice nearly cast as James Bond. Gossip columnist Hedda Hopper described him as handsome with "a silken sort of threat which gives women chills up and down the spine." Gavin gained widespread attention as the lead of the 1958 World War II movie "A Time to Love and a Time to Die," based on an Erich Maria Remarque novel. He then played opposite Lana Turner in "Imitation ... More | |
Alfredo Volpi, Sans titre, début des années 1960. Tempera sur carton sur plaque daggloméré, 90,5 x 68 cm. Collection Marcos Ribeiro Simon, São Paulo.
MONACO.- The NMNM presents the very first retrospective in a public institution outside Brazil of Alfredo Volpi: a major Brazilian artist born in Lucca (Italy) in 1896 and who moved to São Paulos Cambuci Italian neighborhood in 1898. Alfredo Volpi died in 1988 in São Paulo. The aim of the exhibition is to retrace Volpis career, starting from his early oil paintings in the 40s mostly landscapes and cityscapes to the works of the 50s, 60s and 70s, in which the same subjects are metamorphosed into colorful geometric compositions, oneiric archetypes of the façades of buildings and festive banners, and a humble and poetic algorithm that gives Volpi the chance to make infinite color variations on the same subject. The exhibition features more than 70 works retracing the history of this independent and self-taught painter, whose ... More | |
Pre-colonial arrival, theres almost zero (written history) about Singapore, the citys top archaeologist Lim Chen Sian says, adding that the little that is known has often been pieced together from items found in excavations. AFP PHOTO.
SINGAPORE (AFP).- Singapore faces a race against time to save its past, according to its top archaeologist, who warns relentless development in the land-scarce city-state comes at a heavy price. Construction work has been near ceaseless in recent years as the financial hub rapidly expands, and archaeologist Lim Chen Sian fears relics that could unlock the secrets of pre-colonial Singapore will be lost forever in the building rush. "Pre-colonial arrival, there's almost zero (written history) about Singapore," the 42-year-old says, adding that the little that is known has often been pieced together from items found in excavations. He is determined to counter the prevailing idea that little existed before Sir Stamford Raffles arrived in the ... More |
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| Exhibition celebrates stunning craftsmanship of Thomas Chippendale | | Koopman Rare Art to exhibit an array of antique silver treasures spanning more than four centuries at TEFAF Maastricht | | For the first time, Marlborough displays one artist across both the ground and first floor galleries |
Ruth Martin with the figure of a crane 1769 Gilt deal and limewood.
LEEDS.- Thomas Chippendale, 1718-1779: a celebration of British craftsmanship & design launches a nationwide programme to mark the tercentenary in 2018 of the birth of Thomas Chippendale senior, celebrating his life as furniture maker, designer and entrepreneur. The exhibition shows key pieces from the Royal Collection, Paxton House, Newby Hall, and Dumfries House displayed in a comprehensive, thematic way. The exhibition explores Chippendales rise to prominence, reflecting on the quality of his work, his workshop and techniques, his relationship with his clients and their commissions, and the legacy of the Chippendale brand up to the present day. Showing objects from his early life, alongside a first edition of The Director and beautiful hand-drawn designs, it features some of the best examples of his work, out of a country house context and many on public display for the first time. Born in Otley in 1718, he ... More | |
A striking and elegant Regency five-basket epergne centrepiece by Paul Storr marked London, 1819. Asking price in the region of £85,000.
LONDON.- Koopman Rare Art , leading London silver dealers will once again treat visitors to TEFAF Maastricht, the undisputed doyenne of international art and antiques Fairs, with a dazzling array of antique silver treasures spanning more than four centuries. Koopman Rare Art is one of TEFAF Maastrichts long-standing exhibitors. To coincide with the opening of TEFAF Maastricht, Koopman Rare Art has produced an illustrated catalogue entitled Rococo to Regency, which presents selected highlights from the companys collection of silver dating from these two exciting periods in the history of English silver. All the silver featured in the catalogue can be seen on Koopman Rare Arts stand such as an impressive George III silver gilt Ambassadorial mirror plateau, bearing the makers mark of Digby Scott & Benjamin Smith and Paul Storr, which takes a ... More | |
Jason Brooks, Sears Dreadnought, 2017. Acrylic and airbrush on canvas, 90.5 x 110.2cm. © Jason Brooks, courtesy Marlborough Fine Art.
LONDON.- Marlborough is presenting its third solo exhibition with Jason Brooks. It is the artists largest show to date and the first time Marlborough displays one artist across both the ground and first floor galleries. For over 20 years Brooks has made works that explore how the language of painting can focus on one art object and, via a journey of exploration, turn it into another. In the ground floor galleries are paintings inspired by amateur landscape artists and are titled after poems by the celebrated 19th century English poet John Clare. Out of sheer affection for these hobbyist paintings, Brooks works pay homage to the authors visions of landscape writ large. The journey from inspiration to outcome transforms each of these paintings in surface, medium, image and colour. A painters painter, Brooks uses a wide range of painting vocabulary to create works that are acutely observed, ... More |
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JoAnne Artman Gallery opens exhibition of works by America Martin
NEW YORK, NY.- America Martins compositions of poetic juxtapositions conjure a story, with the figure as a central focal point for much of the framework. Strikingly bold, the expressive lines of Martins work are an assimilation of light, color, movement and form with a unique emphasis on the narrative. The imagery is familiar and transportive, steeped in personal mythology and deeply allegorical. JoAnne Artman Gallery is pleased to present a new body of work rooted in Martins unique approach in exploring the human form and its context. New York Figurative Expressionism of the 1950s laid much of the groundwork for the re-introduction of figurative painting as a predominant mode of expression. On the heels of the pure abstraction school of thought headed by Hans Hoffman, as well as the process of gestural abstraction, came a re-emergence of figurative painters. ... More
The Julia Stoschek Collection opens Arthur Jafa's first exhibition in Germany
BERLIN.- The Julia Stoschek Collection is presenting the work of the acclaimed US filmmaker, cinematographer and artist Arthur Jafa (b. 1960 in Tupelo, Mississippi) in his first exhibition in Germany, featuring Ming Smith, Frida Orupabo, and Missylanyus. The exhibition was developed in partnership with Serpentine Galleries, London and curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Amira Gad. First presented at Serpentine Galleries from 8 June 10 September 2017. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic, multidisciplinary practice ranging from films and installations to lecture-performances and happenings that tackle, challenge and question prevailing cultural assumptions about identity and race. Jafa's work is driven by a recurrent question: how might one identify and develop a specifically Black visual aesthetics equal to the 'power, beauty and alienation' ... More
Exhibition of sculptures examines the relationship between the U.S. and Latin America
CLINTON, NY.- The Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College presents Margarita Cabrera: Space in Between, featuring sculptures that examine the relationship between the U.S. and Latin America through the stories of immigrants. Cabreras choice for the exhibition title is inspired by the term Nepantla, a Nahuatl Aztec concept referencing the space in the middle as it relates to marginalized cultures and their resistance strategies for survival. The exhibition is on view from February 10 through June 10, 2018. The works on viewsome 25 fabric sculptures that resemble desert plants indigenous to the Southwestern United Statesresult from a social practice collaboration between immigrants to the United States from Mexico and Central America and Cabrera. The works are made using traditional sewing and embroidery techniques from Los Tenangos, Hidalgo, ... More
In Between: Le Bal opens group exhibition
PARIS.- This exhibition is a poetic, abstract, fragil attempt to translate something of our times. Something indefinable, intangible but that might be recognised as the condition of one person, of several or of all: being in a state of suspension. Neither a transition towards a possible future, nor an intermediate step, this condition relates to an inability to move forward and endless repetition of the same patterns. No longer knowing where to go, feeling out of place, having an indeterminate, blurry, precarious status and repeating gestures that have no meaning or purpose are its outward manifestations. The state of suspension is often likened to being paralysed or stunned, but it is actually a constant, relentless, never-ending struggle to adapt. The threat comes into focus. Time seems to be running out. It is a struggle not to break free from temporality but to enter it. Elusive ... More
Johann Johannsson, composer of haunting film scores, dead at 48
NEW YORK (AFP).- Johann Johannsson, the award-winning Icelandic composer whose haunting yet minimalist scores instilled depth in films full of abstraction, has died, his manager announced Saturday. He was 48. Johannsson was found dead Friday at his apartment in Berlin, where authorities were investigating the cause of death, said Tim Husom, his Los Angeles-based manager. "I'm so very sad. Today, I lost my friend who was one of the most talented musicians and intelligent people I knew," Husom said in a statement. Johannsson, who blended classical form and electronic instrumentation, had become an increasingly in-demand musician for directors whose films probed more theoretical ideas. He won the Golden Globe for Best Original Score for "The Theory of Everything," about physicist Stephen Hawking. Johannsson was nominated again for "Arrival," ... More
British illustrator Quentin Blake surprised at 70-year success
LONDON (AFP).- Despite creating tens of thousands of drawings in a career spanning nearly 70 years, British illustrator Quentin Blake is still surprised at his success ahead of his latest exhibition. Most well-known for his work with children's author Roald Dahl, Blake has illustrated more than 250 books by different authors and turned his attention to large-scale works. At the age of 85, he has slowed his schedule but has definitely not put down his pencil. "I draw every day, yes, if I possibly can," he told AFP at the sidelines of an auction of literary classics with illustrated covers. Dressed in white trainers and with bushy eyebrows and a mischievous look, Blake resembles one of his famous characters. Matilda, the BFG and the Twits are just some of Dahl's creations brought to life by the illustrator. Ahead of a new exhibition at London's House of Illustration of Blake's ... More
Winner of the Royal Academy Architecture Prize and shortlist for the RA Dorfman Award
LONDON.- The Royal Academy of Arts in London announced that the renowned Japanese architect Itsuko Hasegawa has been awarded the 2018 Royal Academy Architecture Prize, honouring her inspiring and enduring contribution to the culture of architecture. The first in the annual awards, supported by the Dorfman Foundation, forms part of the Royal Academy's increased commitment to architecture and was decided by a distinguished international jury, chaired by the architect and Royal Academician Louisa Hutton. Jury members included architect Richard Rogers RA, Dean of Harvard Graduate School of Design Mohsen Mostafavi, BBC broadcaster Razia Iqbal, artist Conrad Shawcross RA and critic and curator Joseph Grima. Described by the judging panel as "one of Japans most important architects" Hasegawa has largely been under recognised ... More
Berry Campbell Gallery presents John Opper: Paintings from the 1960s and 1970s
NEW YORK, NY.- Berry Campbell Gallery is presenting a special exhibition of paintings by John Opper from February 8 through March 10, 2018. This is Berry Campbells first exhibition of Oppers work since announcing the representation of his estate one year ago. Active as a painter for over six decades, John Opper was an early member of the New York School. Over the course of his career, he evolved from creating abstract gestural works, in which he drew inspiration from the natural world, to a pure form of abstraction. He stated in 1990: I orchestrate color, line, and shape. My whole purpose is to produce an aesthetic response. He held the conviction that art is its own experience. It bespeaks a sublime relationship between the artist and his work.1 Born in 1908 in Chicago, Opper moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio in 1916. In high school, he began ... More
'House of Cards,' 'The Wire' actor Reg E. Cathey dies
LOS ANGELES (AFP).- Actor Reg E. Cathey, who had roles in the hit series "House of Cards" and "The Wire," has died, a Hollywood TV series creator reported. He was 59. Cathey's death was first reported late Friday on Twitter by "The Wire" creator David Simon. No cause of death was given. According to the TMZ celebrity website, Cathey died at his New York home of lung cancer. A nine-time Emmy nominee, Cathey won the coveted award in 2015 for a role in the Netflix series "House of Cards" as Freddy Hayes, owner of a barbecue restaurant that Kevin Spacey's character Frank Underwood frequents. In the show, Hayes ends up with a job in the White House. Cathey, gifted with a deep baritone voice, was also known for his role as Baltimore political operative Norman Wilson in the HBO series "The Wire," and as warden Martin Querns in the prison ... More
Jeu de Paume opens exhibition of photographs by Raoul Hausmann
PARIS.- To this day, Raoul Hausmanns photography has not had a dedicated museum exhibition in France. As a photographer, Hausmann has long remained underrated and unheralded. However his key position in 20th century avant-garde photography has continually been re-evaluated and his importance is widely acknowledged these days. We know Hausmann as the prominent artist of Dada Berlin, as the author of assemblages, collages, lautgedichte, etc, yet the vicissitudes of history caused the obliteration of his photography, an essential facet of his oeuvre. From 1927 onwards Hausmann became an avid and restless photographer. His photographic practice quickly became a cornerstone of his multi-faceted reflections and activities, pushing him in a new direction which culminated in his forced departure from Ibiza in 1936. Between 1927 and 1936, Hausmann ... More
Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art opens the most comprehensive retrospective to date of Ãlvaro Lapa
PORTO.- The exhibition Ãlvaro Lapa: All of Time is the most comprehensive retrospective to date of the influential Portuguese artist Ãlvaro Lapa (Ãvora, 1939 Porto, 2006). A writer and self-taught artist, Lapa was an influential Professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Porto from 1976 until 2000, where he left an indelible mark on consecutive generations of artists, while also becoming a figure of reference in Portuguese art. The exhibition at Serralves Museum brings together works from important museum and institutional collections and from private collections in Portugal, including the collections of artists, architects and writers who similarly defined the artistic and intellectual landscape in Portugal in the second half of the 20th century. Featuring over 200 works in painting and drawing from throughout the artists career brought together for the first time, ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French photographer Eugène Atget was born February 12, 1857. Eugène Atget (12 February 1857 - 4 August 1927) was a French flâneur and a pioneer of documentary photography, noted for his determination to document all of the architecture and street scenes of Paris before their disappearance to modernization. In this image: Eugène Atget, Rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Geneviève, June 1925. Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, 6 11/16 x 8 3/4" (17 x 22.2 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden.
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