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Employees of Sotheby's auction house pose with Ehrenbreitstein by British painter J.M.W Turner during a photocall to promote the forthcoming sale at Sotheby's auction house on June 30, 2017. NIKLAS HALLE'N / AFP.
LONDON.- One of the greatest works by J.M.W. Turner still in private hands will go on view to the pubic tomorrow (Saturday 1st July), prior to being offered at auction on the evening of Wednesday 5th July. Painted in 1835, Ehrenbreitstein is a late work, dating from a period that is widely considered Turner?s best: other works from this time now hang in the world?s greatest museums, with only a minute number of this importance and quality remaining in private ownership. Estimated at £15-25 million(US$18.7-31.2m / ?17.3 ? 28.9m), the painting will be offered alongside an unusually large group of ten works on paper by the artist (among them an early watercolour of Ehrenbreitstein), making for one of the largest ? and certainly the most valuable, offerings of his work to come to the market at any one time. The subject of enormous critical acclaim when it was first exhibited in 1835, the painting depicts the ruined fortress of Ehrenbreitstein near Coblenz ? a place of special significance for Tur ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Picture taken at a forest of cacti in the Tehuacan-Cuicatlan Valley in Zapotitlan Salinas, Puebla State, Mexico, on June 29, 2017. Seven natural sites, 26 cultural sites and one mixed site, among which is the Tehuacan-Cuicatlan Valley, could be added to the list of more than 1,000 places which have protected status during the July 2-12 meeting of the World Heritage Committee of the UN's scientific and cultural body UNESCO in Poland. The valley extends over 145.244 hectares between the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca and is located within a biosphere reserve recognised by Unesco in 2012. Joel MERINO / AFP
| British Museum acquires new Middle Eastern photography with help of Art Fund | | Exhibition devoted to the work of Belgian artist Philippe Vandenberg on view at Hauser & Wirth | | Astrup Fearnley Museet acquires two works by Ai Weiwei |
Emy Kat, Philby No. 1, from the Everlasting now series 2015. © The artist.
LONDON.- The British Museum has acquired photographs by nine artists from across the Middle East with support from Art Fund. This new acquisition takes the British Museums Middle East art collection in new directions capturing moments in time and engaging with recent and current histories. Syrian artist Jaber Al Azmeh (b. 1973), in his series Resurrection, invited his sitters to turn the Syrian government newspaper al-Baath upside down and make comments on it. These photographs are part of a free temporary display in Room 34 Living histories: recent acquisitions of works on paper by contemporary Arab artists, until 22 October 2017. The work is shown together with recent acquisitions of posters, prints, drawings, photographs and artists books. Many of the artists come from Syria, their work produced following the uprisings that began in 2011 that have since resulted in full scale ... More | |
Philippe Vandenberg, No title, ca. 2004 2008. Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 x 2 cm / 31 1/2 x 23 5/8 x 3/4 in. © Estate Philippe Vandenberg. Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Joke Floreal.
NEW YORK, NY.- Hauser & Wirth is presenting an exhibition devoted to the work of Belgian artist Philippe Vandenberg (1952 2009). Curated by Anthony Huberman, director of the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, the exhibition features more than 150 paintings and works on paper completed in the last years of the artists life. Unwavering in his willingness to explore even the most extreme dichotomies of human experience, Vandenberg employed a distinctive approach to gesture, color, text, and form. The result is a body of work of raw urgency that provokes a range of complex emotional responses. Philippe Vandenberg will remain on view through 28 July 2017. The exhibition is accompanied by a new illustrated publication spanning the entirety of Vandenbergs ... More | |
Ai Weiwei, Tyres (2016). Photo: Christian Ãen.
OSLO.- Astrup Fearnley Museet announced the acquisition of two new works by Ai Weiwei. The museum invited Ai Weiwei to create a work for the summer exhibition Chinese Summer and the result was a striking installation of the works Tyres (2016) and Odyssey (2017), which now belongs to the Astrup Fearnley Collection. The artist and activist Ai Weiwei (b. 1957) is probably the most internationally known of todays Chinese contemporary artists. Since the 1980s, he has been combining references from Chinese art and political history with the artistic languages of Western avant-garde art. His fusion of artistic expression with political activism, questioning and commenting on Chinese and international social issues, often results in spectacular and overwhelming installations. With Astrup Fearnley Museets two new works, the artist challenges the political and humanitarian conditions that many thousands of refugees from ... More |
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| Dadiani becomes first British gallery to accept cryptocurrency | | 'Star Wars' droid R2-D2 auctioned for $2.8 million | | Winner of the 2017 Young Architects Program on view at MoMA PS1 |
Pioneering gallery owner Eleesa Dadiani is introducing cryptocurrencies, bringing decentralised blockchain technology to the traditionalist fine art market.
LONDON.- Dadiani Fine Art is spearheading a revolution in the art world, becoming the first gallery in Britain to accept Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for works of art. Buyers at the Cork Street gallery in the heart of Mayfairs traditional art district will be able to use any of the six leading cryptocurrencies on the market: Bitcoin; Ethereum; Ethereum Classic; Ripple; Litecoin; and Dash. The gallery plans to accept more altcoins as they become more widely recognised. Bringing cryptocurrencies to the British art market is the brainchild of Eleesa Dadiani, the gallerys owner. Dadiani will also become the first gallery to develop its own cryptocurrency, DadiCoin (DDC), which will be launched soon. Ms Dadiani believes introducing cryptocurrencies to the art world will have a significant impact far beyond her own industry. She hopes that encouraging traditional businesses to adapt to this new world of trade will give smalle ... More | |
An unidentified buyer shelled out $2.76 million. Photo: Courtesy Profiles in History.
LOS ANGELES (AFP).- An R2-D2 unit used in the filming of several "Star Wars" movies has sold for almost $3 million, a southern California auction house said on Thursday. Luke Skywalker's droid sidekick was put together from parts used in the filming of the original 1977-1983 trilogy and two of the 1999-2005 prequel films, Profiles in History, based near Los Angeles, said in its catalog. While the 43-inch (109 centimeter) character played largely by English actor Kenny Baker is known for his tenacious loyalty and snarky sense of humor, there are internal mechanics in the aluminum, steel and fiberglass unit sold on Wednesday. The unidentified buyer nevertheless shelled out $2.76 million, making it the most expensive lot at a three-day auction of Hollywood memorabilia that included numerous props from the Lucasfilm franchise, raising a total of $14 million. Skywalker's lightsaber from the first two movies, "A New Hope" and "The Empire Strikes Back," fetched $450,000 while Darth Vader's helmet from the origi ... More | |
Lumen by Jenny Sabin Studio for The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1s Young Architects Program 2017, on view at MoMA PS1 from June 29 to September 4, 2017. Image courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo by Pablo Enriquez.
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- Lumen, an immersive, interactive installation by Jenny Sabin Studio, is on view in MoMA PS1s courtyard through September 4. Winner of The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1s annual Young Architects Program, this years structure evolves over the course of the day, with responsive textiles that display subtle color in sunlight and emit glowing light after sundown. Lumen serves as the setting for the 20th season of Warm Up, MoMA PS1s pioneering outdoor music series, incorporating a custom lighting program to complement these vibrant, popular events. Lumen will remain on view through the summer. Made of over 1,000,000 yards of digitally knitted and robotically woven fiber, Lumen features two large-scale canopies with 1,500 cellular components and 250 hanging tubular structures that create opportunities ... More |
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| New exhibition presents the rich, cultural diversity of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum collection | | Canadian artist Rodney Graham opens a new solo show at Museum Voorlinden | | UTA Artist Space to show paintings by Kurt Cobain at Seattle Art Fair |
Charles Lisk, Face Jug. Salt-glazed stoneware, 9 high. Gift of Edward A. Chappell, 1991.900.5. All images appear courtesy of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA.- Some pieces are pure whimsy, others are completely useful. One thing is certain: All of the objects to be featured in Americas Folk Art, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, one of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, highlight an art form as culturally rich and diverse as America itself. Through approximately 50 objects that include furniture, sculpture and paintings made between the 1700s and the present, the countrys oldest, continuously operating institution solely dedicated to the collection, exhibition and preservation of American folk art will showcase why this art form (historically aimed chiefly at the middle class) is enjoying a popularity resurgence. The exhibition, which will open on July 1, 2017, will remain on view through December 2019. Abby ... More | |
A Partial Overview of My Brief Modernist Career, 2006-2009. Rennie Collection, Vancouver.
WASSENAAR.- From 1 July, Museum Voorlinden presents a new solo show titled Thats not me by Canadian artist Rodney Graham; one of the most consistent, innovative and influential artists of the past 40 years. This is Grahams first major exhibition in the Netherlands of his recent work. With a sense of humour and wit, he constantly questions his own identity and asks himself: what does it mean to be an artist today? Thats not me invites the visitor to step into Rodney Grahams universe. The artist captures himself in various roles and disguises, such as an amateur artist, light house keeper, sous-chef, musician and antiquarian. Graham opts for fictional archetypes, often based on old paintings and films, or purely on simple observations of daily life in his hometown of Vancouver. These transformations into characters refer to the artists fantasy of living another life, had circumstances been di ... More | |
Kurt Cobain painting to be on view at the Seattle Art Fair; artwork used for cover of Nirvanas 1992 collection of B-sides, Incesticide.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- UTA Artist Space announced its booth for this years Seattle Art Fair, featuring two neverbefore-seen paintings by Nirvana frontman and Seattle grunge legend Kurt Cobain. While obviously best known as a musician, Cobain experimented with painting and drawing throughout his short life, developing an iconography and darkly humorous style mirrored in his music. At the Seattle Art Fair, UTA Artist Space will present two of Cobains paintings, paired with a selection of his notebooks, in the context of his contemporaries in the visual arts, and establish a dialogue between Cobains iconic oeuvre, those who influenced him, and those he has influencedthe artistic counterpoint to the hyperbolic, Reagan-inflected 80s and yuppie self-help 90s Cobain and his peers rebelled against. In addition to Cobain, the booth will feature works by Mike Kelley, Joe ... More |
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| Namatjira's legacy celebrated in first chapter of reimagined Australian collection | | The Museum der Moderne Salzburg launches a series of exhibitions on artists who experienced life in exile | | Major retrospective of Shirin Neshat's work opens at the Kunsthalle Tübingen |
Vincent Namatjira, Albert Namatjira in Sydney - Yeah! 'Albert's Story' 2014. Synthetic polymer paint on linen. Purchased 2014. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation Queensland Art Gallery Collection ©Vincent Namatjira/Licensed by Viscopy.
BRISBANE.- The first chapter in the newly reconfigured Australian Collection display at the Queensland Art Gallery is now open, leading with an exploration of the life and lasting legacy of Albert Namatjira. Queensland Art Gallery │ Gallery of Modern Art Director Chris Saines said 'Indigenous Australian Collection: Namatjira Story' would focus on one of the largest thematic holdings in the Gallerys Collection, including a special focus on the Hermannsburg School art movement that began at the Lutheran mission of Hermannsburg in Central Australia, also Namatjiras birthplace, in the 1930s. Namatjira occupies a significant place within Australian art history, being the first widely recognised Indigenous artist. His work Western MacDonnells c.1945 featured in the display was the first by an Aboriginal person to enter the QAGOMA Collection, in 1947, Mr Saines said. We believe this initial un ... More | |
Elly Niebuhr, Children at playing, 1954. Gelatin silver print on baryta paper. Modern print from original negative. Estate Elly Niebuhr, University of applied arts Vienna, Art Collection and Archive.
SALZBURG.- Thousands of artists and other creative professionals fled Germany after the Nazis seized power in 1933; thousands more escaped from Austria after the Anschluss in 1938. Involuntary emigration meant loss and isolation, but it also compelled exiles to work in entirely new circumstances and, as it were, reinvent themselves. Having honed their skills in the creative professions of their choice, these four Jewish women artists were forced by emigration to rebuild their lives and careers. In exile, they devised distinctive new visual idioms, in part because their circumstances made such innovation a necessity, in part as a way to work through their experiences. All four were active in various areas of design. After shining a spotlight on Charlotte Salomons oeuvre in Life? or Theatre? (2015) and forms of aesthetic and political exile in Anti:modern (2016), the new exhibition series once again focuses on women artists who experienced life in exile, Sabine Breitwi ... More | |
Shirin Neshat, Sara Khaki (Patriots), aus der Serie The Book of Kings, 2012, Tinte auf Silbergelatineabzug, 152.4 x 114.3 cm © Shirin Neshat, Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York und Brüssel.
TÃBINGEN.- The Kunsthalle Tübingen is devoting a major retrospective to the internationally renowned Iranian artist Shirin Neshat. Besides important works from her various creative phases, the show also presents others being shown in Europe for the first time. The Iranian artist, photographer, and filmmaker Shirin Neshat (*1957) is best known for her examinations of the situation of women in the Muslim world. She grew up in an affluent, Western-oriented home and attended a Catholic boarding school in Teheran. When Ayatollah Khomeini came into power in 1979 following the Iranian Revolution, she went to the United States to study fine and performing art. In 1990, one year after Khomeinis death, she returned to Iran for the first time, which had completely changed in the wake of the revolution. She responded to this transformation with Women of Allah (199397), a series of black-and-white photographs that brought her internation ... More |
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Indian teen pirouettes from Mumbai slum to US ballet school
MUMBAI.- A teenager from a Mumbai slum is closer to fulfilling his dream of becoming a professional ballet dancer after being accepted into a prestigious school in New York. Amiruddin Shah, the 16-year-old son of a welder, will enrol at the American Ballet Theatre's Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School (JKO) in August, less than three years after taking up the dance. "I come from a poor family who didn't know anything about ballet or America but they are very supportive and I am really excited to be going," Shah told AFP. The youngster had never heard of ballet when one day in 2013 he left his family's cramped shanty to sign up for hip hop classes at a dance centre offering lessons for underprivileged children. Shah had been dancing at weddings and other functions since the age of six and was proficient in backflips and cartwheels but little did he know that his visit to ... More
Evel Knievel museum celebrates American daredevil
TOPEKA (AFP).- Step through the doors of the Evel Knievel Museum in Kansas and you come face to face with a bright red, 63-foot semi-truck. It is the oversized home of the larger-than-life American stunt man when he was on tour in the 1960s and 70s. The truck is restored to look as it did decades ago, with the ramps used by the famed motorcyclist to achieve his jumps stored in the back. Knievel reached worldwide recognition with death-defying performances notable as much for unsuccessful landings as successful ones. His daredevil spirit made him an American folk hero -- wearing his trademark suit with the stars of the American flag and its red, white, and blue colors. But until now, there has been no museum dedicated to his career. "He was just a cultural leader. And I think whether you liked him o ... More
UNESCO to court controversy with World Heritage picks
PARIS (AFP).- The Old City of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and a rare collection of futuristic buildings in Eritrea are among sites hoping to gain protected status from UNESCO when it meets in Poland from Sunday. The meeting of the World Heritage Committee of the UN's scientific and cultural body in Krakow will also examine concerns about high-rise buildings that threaten the historic centre of Vienna. Seven natural sites, 26 cultural sites and one mixed site could be added to the list of more than 1,000 places which have protected status during the July 2-12 meeting. Inclusion in the coveted list is often a source of national pride and can increase tourist numbers but it can also trigger rows and diplomatic friction. Israel has already protested at the inclusion among the hopefuls of the Old City of Hebron deep in the West Bank, home to the imposing ... More
Painted huts offer DR Congo village a tourism lifeline
MAKWATSHA (AFP).- There's no electricity and only 500 residents in the Congolese village of Makwatsha, but a longstanding tradition by its womenfolk has turned it almost by accident into a star attraction for Chinese tourists. The outside walls of the huts are decorated with paintings of local life, flowers and butterflies, making "the village of the women painters" a draw also for tourists from France and Belgium. "For the colour, we use only the earth," says Prosperine Mwelma, 60, dressed in a bright blue and yellow wrap and holding a paint brush. "We dig to find the pink colour," she says, her hands covered with the village's ochre clay soil. The murals of daily village life, painted by the women during the dry season and using only natural pigments, caught the eye of the director of the local French cultural institute when he passed through on holiday -- and he decided to let the world know. ... More
Spectacular vintage beer advertising paintings will be part of Holabird's July 8-10 auction
RENO, NEV.- Fresh off a two-day, 400-lot antique bottle auction on June 16th and 17th that saw several records fall and grossed more than $120,000, Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC will climb right back in the saddle with an even bigger sale: a three-day auction on July 8th, 9th and 10th, featuring mining collectibles, numismatics, Americana, Western art and much more. The auction will be conducted online, via the platforms iCollector.com, Invaluable.com, eBay Live and Auctionzip.com, as well as in Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLCs gallery located at 3555 Airway Drive (Ste. 308) in Reno. Phone and absentee bids will also be accepted. The Saturday, July 8th session will start at 8 am Pacific time, and is packed with 729 lots in the following categories: saloon, cigar and tobacco; bottles and insulators; gaming; numismatics, coins and Western ... More
First German solo exhibition of the Canadian sculptor Liz Magor opens in Hamburg
HAMBURG.- The Kunstverein in Hamburg presents the first German solo exhibition of the Canadian sculptor Liz Magor (*1948, Winnipeg, Canada, lives and works in Vancouver). During the course of her career spanning more than forty years, Magor, who ranks among Canadas most influential artists, has repeatedly gauged the boundaries of what constitutes sculpture. Her works today play an important role in the international debate on materialism in contemporary sculpture. Magor takes common and familiar objects of our world and uses them in her installations either as ready-mades or replicates them with other materials. Transferring them to the context of art raises questions regarding the relationship between art and everyday life as well as between reality and representation. Through deliberately placed voids and misesen-scène, Magors works develop a ... More
Cats or dogs? The debate over four-legged friends heats up at the Zimmerli this summer
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ.- It is estimated that more than 60% of U. S. households have at least one pet the majority of which are cats and dogs so it is no surprise that domesticated animals have been popular subjects for American artists. In particular, illustrators of childrens books have created memorable canine and feline characters, depicting the distinct movements, expressions, and personalities that endear them to their human companions. The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University has drawn from its vast holdings in this genre to present Cats vs. Dogs: Illustrations for Children's Literature, opening July 1, featuring more than 40 drawings and collages by Frank Asch, Mary Chalmers, Tony Chen, Roger Duvoisin, Shari Halpern, Lois Lenski, Ward Schumaker, and Art Seiden. The exhibition emphasizes the strength of visual elements in storytelling, ... More
Foo Fighters to rock Acropolis
NEW YORK (AFP).- Foo Fighters will play a televised concert at the Acropolis in a rare rock show at one of the world's most iconic historical sites, producers announced Friday. The alternative rock icons led by Dave Grohl of Nirvana fame will perform July 10 at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the nearly 2,000-old stone theater on a slope of the ancient citadel that overlooks Athens. Proceeds from the concert will go to unspecified Greek charities. The concert will later air on US public broadcaster PBS as part of the series "Landmarks Live in Concert," in which artists play celebrated venues and discuss the significance with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. "I've always wanted to work with the Foo Fighters and do a show in Greece," Daniel Catullo, the director of the series, said in a statement. "We've had some incredible shows so far, but this one officially ... More
Camden Arts Centre presents an installation of new work and performance by Jennifer Tee
LONDON.- Camden Arts Centre presents a solo exhibition of new work by Dutch artist Jennifer Tee. Combining sculpture, installation, performance and collage, Let It Come Down continues Tees ongoing process of negotiation between material experimentation and philosophical practice. Often working with charged cultural artefacts and symbols, Tee instigates dialogues between Eastern philosophies and Western culture. Embracing their duality, works hover between their concrete form and their laden esoteric meaning, reflecting the intrinsic contradictions that surround us: the rational and the irrational; the informed and the unconscious; belief and scepticism; spirit and matter. The title of the exhibition, Let It Come Down, reflects how worldly events outside of personal control weigh on the artists everyday life and thought processes. Drawing from ... More
Survey of works by the 2017 Turner Prize nominee Lubaina Himid opens in Colchester
COLCHESTER.- Firstsite, Colchester, is presenting Warp and Weft, a survey of works by the 2017 Turner Prize nominee, Lubaina Himid. A key figure in the Black Arts Movement, Himid first came to prominence in the 1980s when she began organising exhibitions of work by her peers, who were under-represented in the contemporary art scene. Her diverse approach disrupts preconcep-tions of the world by introducing historical and contemporary stories of racial bias and acts of violence inflicted upon oppressed communities. Himid is best known as a painter, and Warp and Weft is comprised of three bodies of work in which the artist adopts the mantel of the History painter to question its imperial-ist tradition. By reinserting black figures into this arena of power and prestige, Himid foregrounds the contribution of people of the African diaspora to Western culture ... More
Alison Jacques Gallery exhibits works by emerging Scarborough-based artist Jade Montserrat
LONDON.- Alison Jacques Gallery is presenting Towards The Rainbow Tribe by emerging Scarborough-based artist, Jade Montserrat. This performance and project in the upstairs gallery includes a selection of watercolours and the artists new performance No Need For Clothing (2017). The work will be performed by Montserrat on the opening night and will continue to be screened throughout the exhibition. Montserrat works at the intersection of art and activism through performance, film, installation, sculpture, print and text. The artist interrogates these mediums with the aim to expose gaps in our visual and linguistic habits. Her text works take inspiration from an extensive rolling bibliography including writers Hannah Arendt, Ntozake Shange, Caryl Philips, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, bell hooks and Zora Neale Hurston. The title of the exhibition is taken ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, American architect Buckminster Fuller died July 01, 1983. Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller (July 12, 1895 - July 1, 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor. Fuller published more than 30 books, coining or popularizing terms such as "Spaceship Earth", ephemeralization, and synergetic. He also developed numerous inventions, mainly architectural designs, and popularized the widely known geodesic dome. In this image: Fuller with models of Standard of Living Package and Skybreak Dome, 1949.Image courtesy the Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller.
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