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Chinese Gold and Silver Wire Inlaid Table, Qing Dynasty (Estimate: $30,000-50,000).
NEW YORK, NY.- One of the advantages of the online sales platform is the ability to include items that come in at the last minute. Such is the case with the latest additions to the current sale of Asian, Ancient and Ethnographic Works of Art presented by Lark Mason Associates now open for bidding on iGavelAuctions.com through April 26th. We were delighted to bring these highly desirable and rare objects to the market for our clients, says Lark Mason. Our streamlined sales process and ability to quickly pivot benefit both consignors and buyers. One of the most exciting additions to the sale is a rare Chinese Gold and Silver Wire Inlaid Table, Qing Dynasty (Estimate: $30,000-50,000). According to Mason, this masterwork was made either in the Imperial workshops in Canton or in Beijing and its journey to the United States is a mystery. How did such a finely crafted table, obviously created for a very specialized purpo ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Installation view, 'Phyllida Barlow. glimpse,' Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles, 2022 © Phyllida Barlow. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth . Photo: Zak Kelley.
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| Christie's New York announces Property from the Estate of Sondra Gilman | | Unprecedented exhibition retraces the performance of American artist Sturtevant | | Zao Wou-Ki's most valuable work from the 1960s to be offered at auction |
Ellsworth Kelly (19232015), Blue Red-Orange. Oil on canvas, 75 x 69¾ in. (190.5 x 177.2 cm.). Painted in 1964-1965. Estimate: $3,000,000-5,000,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announced Property from the Estate of Sondra Gilman will be sold during the Spring Marquee Week of sales taking place this May in New York. Highlighting the group are three works by Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, and Kenneth Noland which will be included in the 20th Century Evening Sale. An additional nine works will be sold in the Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale by leading names across the post-war and contemporary era, including Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Ed Ruscha, Lynda Benglis, among others. In total, the group of 12 works is expected to realize in excess of $11 million. Sondra Gilman was a native New Yorker, and an aficionado for art throughout the entirety of her life. Immersed in the contemporary art scene from a young age, she honed both her academic skills and connoisseurial eye through her studies in Art History at Syracuse University. After college, she ... More | |
Sturtevant, Oldenburg store object, Hamburger and Lettuce on Plate, 1967. Chicken wire, cloth, plaster, enamel. 18 x 16 cm (7.09 x 6.3 in) (diameter). © Estate Sturtevant, Paris. Photo: Charles Duprat. Photo: Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Seoul.
PARIS.- Fifty-five years to the day after its 1967 opening, Thaddaeus Ropac Paris Marais is presenting Sturtevant: Dialectic of Distance, an unprecedented exhibition retracing the performance of American artist Sturtevant (19242014) in which she recreated The Store (1961) by Claes Oldenburg. Known for her disconcerting replicas of works by her contemporaries that would become iconic, Sturtevant's practice challenges the prevailing discourse around originality and authenticity in art. The fourteen plaster objects on display were made by Sturtevant in the 1960s, based on those that Oldenburg had created for his Lower Manhattan shop. They are brought together for the very first time in the exhibition and are being shown alongside The Dark Threat of Absence, a 2002 video work in which Sturtevant re-enacts Paul McCarthy's film Painter (1995). Together, the two ... More | |
Zao Wou-Ki, 29.09.64 (detail).Oil on canvas, 230 x 345 cm. (90 1/2 x 135 7/8 in.) Painted in 1964. Estimate: HK$220,000,000 280,000,000/ US$29,000,000 36,000,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
HONG KONG.- Christies announced Zao Wou-kis 29.09.64. (estimate: HK$220,000,000 280,000,000/ US$29,000,000 36,000,000), the largest and the most important canvas of the artists Hurricane Period in the 1960s still in private hands today, which will lead the 20th and 21st Century Art Evening Sale on 26 May, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Francis Belin, President, Christies Asia Pacific, remarked, Leading our Hong Kong Spring Auctions, 29.09.64. represents Christies leading role in presenting masterpieces by Asian artists from different eras to art connoisseurs globally. Building upon the collaboration between our international specialist teams, 29.09.64. will continue our long history of establishing world auction records for prominent Asian artists, and will attract the attention of global collectors on the evening of 26 May through our wide livestreaming and soc ... More |
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| With an opera of his own, William Kentridge looks into the future | | 26th annual McNay Print Fair returns as the largest event of its kind in the Southwest | | 'Washington Crossing the Delaware' offered in Christie's 20th Century Evening Sale |
The South African artist William Kentridge works in his London studio on Feb. 25, 2022. Alex Ingram/The New York Times.
by Andrew Dickson
LONDON.- Billions of us have spent the past two or so years trying to divine the future. Will I get COVID-19? How bad will it be? When will the coronavirus pandemic end? Will it ever end? Reliable answers have been scant; even if weve been cushioned from the worst effects, many people have been camping in a sort of existential waiting room, living in near-permanent uncertainty. Appropriate timing, then, that the Barbican arts center in London is about to stage a chamber opera, by South African artist William Kentridge, about how difficult it is to see around the next corner. Titled Waiting for the Sibyl, it retells the myth of a Greek prophetess whom mortals once pestered with exactly these sort of exasperating questions. That prophetess, the Cumaean Sibyl, was said to have spit out her written answers on oak leaves, ... More | |
The McNay Print Fair is still the only event of its kind in Texas.
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- After a virtual edition in 2021, the McNay Art Museums highly-anticipated annual Print Fair is celebrating its 26th anniversary in person in the museums Leeper Auditorium. The fair is open to the public on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, May 1 from Noon to 5 p.m. Fair admission on Saturday is free for McNay members, and included in Museum admission for non-members. Print Fair and general admission is free for everyone on Sunday, courtesy of the Dickson-Allen Foundation. The McNay Print Fair is still the only event of its kind in Texas and the greater Southwest, featuring 10 dealers from across the country and hundreds of works of art for show and sale during this two-day public event. Participating dealers will have something for every taste and budget, from old master prints to contemporary drawings and photography. This event is such a highlight for the McNay because it offers an opportunity ... More | |
Emanuel Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware, signed E. Leutze (lower right) oil on canvas, 40 x 68 in. (101.6 x 172.7 cm.) Painted in 1851. $15,000,000 - 20,000,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announced that Emanuel Leutzes Washington Crossing the Delaware (estimate: $15 million 20 million), a painting of transcendent historical impact, will be a highlight of the 20th Century Evening Sale taking place live on 12 May 2022 at Rockefeller Center. The painting hung for decades in the White House and is one of two extant versions by Leutze. The other version is the centerpiece of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Leutzes powerful imagining of a key moment in American history has been a cultural phenomenon from the minute it was seen and has been reproduced more than almost any painting in American history. This picture, which defined its era and has had a profound and lasting impact on art history and popular culture, will take its place in Christies New York saleroom during the 20/21 Marquee Sale ... More |
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| Zelenskyy tells Venice Biennale that art has a role in Ukraine's struggle for freedom | | A surreal feel at a wartime Venice Biennale | | Coveted belongings of French fashion designer Christian Audigier head to auction |
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine during a news conference in Kyiv, March 3, 2022. Lynsey Addario/The New York Times.
by Matthew Mpoke Bigg
NEW YORK, NY.- Art can play a powerful role in depicting Ukraines suffering at the hands of Russia because of its unique ability to convey emotion and loss, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told an audience at the Venice Biennale on Thursday. Zelenskyy, speaking by video, added that all tyrannies oppose free artistic expression because of its capacity to illustrate moral wrongs. There are no tyrannies that would not try to limit art because they can see the power of art, he said, in a clear reference to President Vladimir Putin of Russia. Art can tell the world what cannot otherwise be shared. It is art that conveys feelings. No words, television news story or economic report could adequately capture the suffering in Ukraine, he said in the brief address, citing as examples the pain of a girl writing a letter to a mother killed by shelling in the besieged city of Mariupol, the revulsion felt by Ukrainian soldiers discovering civilian corpses in a suburb of the ... More | |
Artist Vadim Zakharov, a member of the radical Moscow Conceptualist art movement in the late 1970s, protests outside Russias pavilion during the Venice Biennale, in Italy, on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Gus Powell/The New York Times.
by Scott Reyburn
VENICE.- What happened to free speech in Italy? shouted one of the 50 or so onlookers Wednesday morning as a security guard stood in front of a lone anti-war protester at the Venice Biennale, trying to block out his message. Berlin-based Russian artist Vadim Zakharov had just unfurled a banner in front of the shuttered national pavilion where he represented his country at the 2013 Biennale. The two artists and curator who were set to present work for Russia in this years edition pulled out in February after Russia invaded Ukraine. The pavilion has been closed ever since. Standing still and silent, Zakharov, a member of the radical Moscow conceptualist art movement in the late 1970s, held a handwritten message that read in part: I protest against Russias propaganda and the Russian invasion. The Italian guard, a member of the Biennales own ... More | |
Rare belongings of the French fashion phenom Christian Audigier, who attracted A-list celebrities to popularize the Ed Hardy and Von Dutch fashion lines, will head to live online auction on May 12-13 in Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Rare personal belongings of the French fashion designer and marketing phenom Christian Audigier who attracted celebrities such as Michael Jackson, Madonna and Britney Spears to promote the Ed Hardy and Von Dutch fashion lines will be auctioned on May 12-13. Live bidding at the online single-owner sale will start at 9 a.m. PDT each day at Abell Auction Co. in Los Angeles. An eclectic collection of graffiti-inspired street art, vintage Harley Davidson motorcycles, and signed celebrity photographs and letters will highlight the sale, offering over 650 lots. Special-edition sneakers and accessories, and designer furniture and fashion from Audigiers sprawling Los Angeles-area estate also will be offered. Items range in value from $50 to $50,000. Christian selected every item with exceptional care and passion, and had a quintessential eye for fashion and design, said Vincent Audigier, nephew of the late desi ... More |
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| Paintings by Solomon and Maik reach $20,000 each at Ahlers & Ogletree sale | | Daylight Books publishes Beach Lovers by Erica Reade - intimate photographs of couples on New York beaches | | The Latvian Pavilion opens 'Selling Water by the River' by Skuja Braden |
Oil on board painting by Alfred Thompson Bricher (American 1837-1908), titled Cliff and Boats, signed lower left and nicely housed in a 14 inch by 12 inch frame ($7,500).
ATLANTA, GA.- Vivid and colorful oil on canvas paintings by Syd Solomon (American, 1917-2004) and Henri Hecht Maik (French, 1922-1993) each brought $20,000, while a classical early 20th century Continental School semi-nude female marble sculpture finished at $21,250 in Ahlers & Ogletrees two-day, two-session Spring Estates & Collections auction held April 9th and 10th. The semi-nude female marble sculpture was the auctions overall top lot in a sale that grossed a little more than $1.2 million (all prices quoted include a 25 percent buyers premium). The white marble statue depicted a semi-nude draped standing female, approximately 45 ¼ inches tall. It had a partially obscured signature (G. La .) and was probably created between 1902-1909. Syd Solomons Untitled Abstract painting, done in celadon, peach, rust and cobalt, was signed lower center and measured 28 ½ ... More | |
Erica Reade, Beach Lovers.
NEW YORK, NY.- At a time in global history when connection with others has been tested from two years of separations and quarantining, Erica Reade's photographs resonate well beyond the beach atmosphere of the image settings. Her black and white photos are focused on intimacy and physical connections between couples at beaches in New York. She focused particularly on the Rockaways, Fort Tilden and Coney Island, and has called this project "an NYC summer love story." Expressions of love and sensuality are made visible in these nostalgic black and white photographs. Reade feels a connection to beaches and is herself a surfer. The photographs in this seven year project reflect the significance of the ocean and land in providing a backdrop for people to relax and interact, and she is also aware of the uniqueness of beach culture and notes, "I pay homage to New Yorks uniquely gritty beach culture, and the street photographers who preceded me who so beautifully captured its spirit." She has written ... More | |
Skuja Braden, Selling Water by the River, 2022. Porcelain, mixed media. Various dimensions. Photo: Ēriks Bois © courtesy: Skuja Braden (Ingūna Skuja and Melissa D. Braden).
VENICE.- For Selling Water by the River Skuja Braden, an international artist collaboration born in 1999, between Ingūna Skuja from Latvia and Melissa D. Braden from California, have created a multilayered installation that maps the mental, physical, and spiritual areas of their home. In doing so they hope to offer insight into different readings of the history of the Baltic region and to test the readiness of its current society to live up to the challenges of the present day, including the growing polarization of opinion. In the exhibition, home thereof is echoed by deeply personal images in porcelain, a material that the artists have mastered. What shapes our understanding of public and private space, and what is our role in constructing these views? How can we fashion our surroundings to be as inclusive and open as possible? Where disagreements and conflicts often arise is where private and ... More |
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Refik Anadol's Living Architecture: Casa Batlló NFT will highlight 21st Century Evening Sale
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies will present Casa Batlló: Living Architecture a monumental generative artwork inspired by Casa Batllós iconic façade, created by Turkish-American media artist and director Refik Anadol as a highlight of the 21st Century Evening Sale taking place live at Rockefeller Plaza in New York on 10 May 2022. Casa Batlló: Living Architecture (estimate: $1 million - 2 million USD) is the only NFT that will be offered within the 5-day series of Christies Spring Marquee Weeksales. The auction will be live streamed to viewers worldwide on christies.com on the date of the sale. The artwork Casa Batlló: Living Architecture is the first UNESCO World Heritage Site to take the form of live (constantly changing) NFT (using climate data from the city collected in real-time and showing ephemeris being celebrated on the Casa ... More
The Pavilion of Chile officially opens "Turba Tol Hol-Hol Tol" at La Biennale di Venezia
VENICE.- The Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Chile present Turba Tol Hol-Hol Tol at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. This is a collective project which, in this age of climate crisis, seeks an experimental path toward raising awareness of preserving peatlands. The wetland ecosystem is highly efficient at capturing carbon from the atmosphere, yet it remains one of the least researched and most vulnerable. The pavilion is curated by Camila Marambio, whose work blending art, science, and traditional knowledge promotes eco-cultural research and practices transitioning from extractivist practices to environmental humanities. The project contributes to the Biennale Artes 2022 central theme, "The Milk of Dreams", with an investigation ... More
Jeffrey Epstein, a rare cello and an enduring mystery
NEW YORK, NY.- When Jeffrey Epstein died in prison in 2019, he took many secrets with him. One was how a sexual predator and college dropout managed to forge bonds with an astonishing number of the worlds richest and most powerful men, like Britains Prince Andrew and the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. Another was why Epstein owned a rare Italian cello. It was the only nonfinancial asset listed on his foundations annual tax forms, described simply as cello and carried on the books at a value of $165,676. Epstein had never played the cello or shown any interest in musical instruments as an investment. The first mystery is large, and it is still being untangled by lawyers, victims and journalists. The second is seemingly small, contained to the rarefied world of fine string instruments. But the two mysteries are connected. ... More
Tom Brady's (for now) record-holding 624th touchdown ball goes up for grabs at Heritage Auctions
DALLAS, TX.- The very football from Tom Brady's 624th career touchdown pass is a centerpiece of Heritage Auctions' May 12-14 Sports Catalog Auction. The historic pass came in the fourth quarter of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' blowout win over the Carolina Panthers on Jan. 9, 2022. Twenty yards, Brady to Mike Evans. Then, Mike Evans to lifelong Bucs fan Janice Greene, who went to Raymond James Stadium that day sporting her red Evans jersey in the hopes the wide receiver might leap into the stands and gift her the ball. Which he did. Because that's what Evans does when he scores touchdowns. And, because sometimes dreams do come true. For now, Brady's 624th touchdown throw holds the National Football League's TD record by a wide margin; Drew Brees comes in second on the estimable list at 571 TDs thrown ... More
On the menu at Buxton - Haute Cuisine autos with H&H Classics auction
LONDON.- Visitors to the H&H Classics auction at The Pavilion Gardens in Buxton on April 27th will find a menu that satisfies all tastes, with automotive starters, mains and dessert all available. At auction are no fewer than 111 classic and collector cars covering some 40 leading automotive marques. This 1972 Jensen Interceptor is one of only 25 Reef Blue cars built (from a total SP production run of 232) and is the fastest ever Interceptor with more power and torque than a Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona or Lamborghini Miura P400SV. With more grunt than such contemporary supercars, the Jensen was found capable of 0-60mph in 6.9 seconds and 143mph by Autocar magazine. This delicious SP was previously supplied and fettled by renowned marque specialist Cropredy Bridge at a cost of £71,000. Believed, but not warranted, ... More
Why libraries may never stop being people places
NEW YORK, NY.- As the first winter of the pandemic drew to a close, someone in my Twitter feed enthused about an app called Libby that made it especially easy to borrow and read library books. I downloaded it, input my New York Public Library card number and proceeded to binge. I devoured everything by and about Isaac Babel, who wrote stories based on his life in early-20th-century Odesa, and all of Mick Herrons Slough House books, about a group of sad, incompetent British spies. Libby was created by OverDrive, a Cleveland-based company that digitizes books and other publications and distributes them to 90% of North American libraries. The app debuted in 2017 but, no surprise, had its biggest bump in growth in 2020, a 33% increase in circulation compared with 2019. What distinguishes Libby from other library apps, like ... More
'Hangmen,' offering the last word in gallows humor
NEW YORK, NY.- Welcome to Broadways fleurs-du-mal moment, a rare blossoming of funny plays on deeply unfunny subjects. At Circle in the Square, theres American Buffalo, about creeping criminality; at the Friedman, How I Learned to Drive, about pedophilia; at Studio 54, The Minutes, about white triumphalism. In all of them, comedy is a top note, perfuming the odor of rot underneath. But no fleur is as mal right now as the one that opened Thursday at the Golden Theater: Hangmen, Martin McDonaghs rip-roaringly hilarious yet profoundly horrific play about the abolition of capital punishment. Or rather its endurance. For in this deeply cynical tale, set in the final days of the death penalty in England, we see how justified murder, no longer state sanctioned, survives by other means. ... More
Protest and pleasure: Riffs on classical Indian art
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Some of Jaishri Abichandanis artworks are so palpable, they evoke a strong sense of touch just by looking at them. The centerpieces of Flower-Headed Children, her solo exhibition at Craft Contemporary, are figures sculpted from polymer clay and decked in petals and jewelry. They appear handmade, with an attention to detail that seems as pleasureful as it is painstaking. Filled with color including walls painted blue and gold and traditionally beautiful materials, the show revels in visual abundance. It reminds you, in case youve forgotten amid an endless stream of Zoom meetings, of the delights of physicality. Abichandani, who is based in New York City, moved from Mumbai, India, to Queens when she was 14 and studied art as an undergraduate. If youre familiar with her, it may be for her tireless ... More
Laguna Art Museum announces Curatorial Fellows Jean Stern and Rochelle Steiner
LAGUNA BEACH, FLA.- Laguna Art Museum announces two esteemed art professionals as Curatorial Fellows through early 2023. Art historian Jean Stern and recognized curator, educator, and arts writer Rochelle Steiner will assist in developing and presenting museum exhibitions and public programs. The strong backgrounds and experience of both individuals will help define curatorial projects at Laguna Art Museum, said Julie Perlin Lee, Executive Director of the Laguna Art Museum. These collaborations will build upon the quality of museum exhibitions, scholarship and programming, and instill confidence in the museums commitment to California art and artists. Throughout the year-long fellowship, Stern and Steiner will focus on their areas of expertise, presenting programs to educate art lovers with unique presentations ... More
Without Women/Made in Ukraine, a collateral event opens at La Biennale di Venezia
VENICE.- The Visual Research Support Foundation is presenting an exhibition of Ukrainian artist Zinaidas multimedia work, Without Women/Made in Ukraine, which has debuted as a Collateral Event of the 59th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. The exhibition is curated by Peter Doroshenko. Without Women/Made in Ukraine, is an encompassing multimedia installation that Zinaida has been working on since 2017. It incorporates video, large-scale photography and perception manipulation to create a potent narrative of identity constructs, mythologies and past folklore. Filmed in the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, the artist captures traditional sheep herders and their masculine roles during their long and isolated treks through the vast countryside. The movement of the men and their labour, depicts ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, American model and photographer Lee Miller was born April 23, 1907. Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, Lady Penrose (April 23, 1907 - July 21, 1977), was an American photographer. She was a fashion model in New York City in the 1920s before going to Paris, where she became a fashion and fine art photographer. In this image: Lee Miller, Pablo Picasso and Lee Miller after the liberation of Paris, Rue de Grand Augustins, Paris, France, 1944. Photographer: Lee Miller. Negative Number: NC0002-1. Notes: DF VB>BW © Lee Miller Archives, England 2015. All rights reserved. ©Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2015.
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