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Jim Schantz, Housatonic Evening Reflection. Oil on canvas, 48 x 48".
BOSTON, MASS.- "My intention within the subject matter balances two arenas-the environment and the spirit. The Housatonic River has inspired artists and poets for generations, offering a place for quiet meditation. It continues to be a source of inspiration for me, and a symbol of hope. This resource, once on the verge of destruction due to PCB pollution, has through environmental efforts led by the Housatonic River Initiative rebounded as a resource for wildlife. Our efforts to protect the environment are more important than ever and water and air are of prime concern. Rivers are a source for life, from which a healthy evolution depends, and a reminder of how we must be vigilant with protecting our natural resources." - Jim Schantz The Eternal Source: New Work by Jim Schantz opens this weekend at the Pucker Gallery in Boston and runs from 15 October through 27 November 2022, with a Public Opening Reception at the Gallery on Saturday, 15 October from 3 to 6pm. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day From left: Michael Potts, John David Washington and Danielle Brooks in the Broadway revival of August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson" at the Ethel Barrymore Theater in Manhattan, Sept. 19, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
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| British and Continental Pictures and Prints Auction on 19th of October at Olympia Auctions | | Solo exhibition by Nathaniel Mary Quinn opens at Almine Rech London | | Formative early painting by Mark Rothko anchors Heritage's November American Art Auction |
Julian Trevelyan on the Beach, Mary in the Background, By Mary Fedden, R.A., O.B.E. (1915-2012), Signed l.l. 'Fedden / 1987', watercolour. Image size: 14 x 19 cm (5½ x 7½ in), Framed size: 31 x 39 cm (12¼ x 15¼ in).
LONDON.- The British and continental pictures and prints auction on 19th October 2022 at Olympia Auctions will include a collection of over thirty mainly maritime watercolours, drawings, prints and etchings the Wyllie Gallery Collection of Maritime Pictures and works by established British artists from Mary Fedden ra o.b.e. (1915-2012) to Frederick Goodall ra (1822 - 1904). The group will include works by George Weatherill (1810-1890), Elijah Walton (1832-1880) and David Cox (1783-1859). Modern British pictures coming to the sale comprise works by Augustus John O.M., R.A. (1878-1961) as well as John Piper (1903-1992). A charming watercolour by Mary Fedden R.A., O.B.E. (1915-2012) titled Julian Trevelyan on the beach, Mary in the background, painted in 1987 has an estimate of £5,000 - £8000. In 1951 Fedden ... More | |
Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Homelander, 2022, oil paint, oil, pastel, gouache on linen canvas stretched over wood, panel - 121.9 x 121.9 cm, 48 x 48 in / © Nathaniel Mary Quinn - Courtesy of the artist and Almine Rech - Photo: Charles Roussel.
LONDON.- On October 11th Almine Rech London inaugurated SCENES, a solo exhibition of recent works by Nathaniel Mary Quinn. This will be Quinn's third solo show at the gallery and will be on view through to to November 12, 2022. This new body of work presented at Almine Rech London consisting mostly of paintings on linen canvas reflects my enduring love for movies and in particular, memorable scenes that resonate with me. It is also influenced by the seemingly thematic nature of social media, and more specifically the tales or narratives discussed and dissected on Instagram and YouTube. The process carried out is not defined by consciously duplicating any given scene or narrative but instead is governed by a present, subconscious, and visceral response to visions that reflect memories and ideas as they ... More | |
Howard Finster, (American, 1916-2001). Youth Of Elvis, Elvis Seen in Paradise Garden, September 15, 1997.
DALLAS, TEXAS.- The artist Mark Rothko is widely known for his color-field paintings, which in turn are known for their power to inspire spiritual contemplation in their viewers. Many of Rothkos followers are not familiar with his earlier figurative works, which sprung from the upheaval of World War II, which set Rothkos moral and aesthetic course for the coming decades. An essential work in Rothkos evolution as one of Americas foremost Abstract Expressionists is his A Last Supper from 1941, which, in a modern painting vernacular, depicts five men seated at a table. The most prominent artists of the era especially those of European descent grappled with the atrocities of the two world wars via radical new forms and languages, and Rothko was no exception. At the time, the still-young Rothkos paintings reflected his concerns about both the spiritual vacuum faced by humanity and the genocidal atrocities taking place in Europe. He leaned into European Expression ... More |
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| Rare Posters Auction presents 510 rare works including early Amerian, European Art Nouveau, and Art Deco | | The Morgan gives a first-time look inside the world of Enheduanna and women of Mesopotamia | | Ink, Paper, Stone: Six Women Artists and the Language of Lithography began yesterday at the Norton Simon Museum |
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Yvette Guilbert: Ceramic Tile. 1895. Est: 200,000-$250,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- The 88th Rare Posters Auction from Poster Auctions International on Sunday, November 13th features rare and iconic images from a century of poster design. The collection includes Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modern and Contemporary lithographs, as well as decorative panels and maquettes. All 510 lots will be on view to the public October 21st to November 12th. The auction will be held live in PAIs gallery at 26 West 17th Street in New York City, as well as online at posterauctions.com, beginning promptly at 11am Eastern time. Jack Rennert, president of Poster Auctions International, Inc., said, Our 88th auction includes the esteemed works that collectors expect to see at our salesbut rare and little-known works are also well represented. From early American lithographs to European Art Nouveau and Art Deco images, there is truly something for every collector here. ... More | |
Fragment of a vessel with frontal image of goddess, Mesopotamia, Sumerian Early Dynastic IIIb period, ca. 2400 BC. Cuneiform inscription in Sumerian basalt, 9 7/8 Ã 7 5/16 Ã 1 9/16 in. (25.1 Ã 18.6 Ã 4 cm). Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum; VA 07248, acquired in 191415.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Morgan Library & Museum presents She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia, ca. 3400-2000 B.C opening October 14, 2022, and running through February 19, 2023. The exhibition brings together for the first time a comprehensive selection of artworks that capture the rich and shifting expressions of womens lives in ancient Mesopotamia during the late fourth and third millennia BC. It centers on the high priestess and poet Enheduanna (ca. 2300 BC), the worlds first author known by name, who wielded considerable religious and political power. Displaying a spectacular collection of her texts alongside other works made circa 34002000 BC, ... More | |
Ruth Asawa (American, 1926-2013), Poppy, 1965, lithograph, sheet: 30 x 20-1/2 in. (76.2 x 52.1 cm). Norton Simon Museum, Anonymous Gift. P.1966.07.135. Artwork © Estate of Ruth Asawa.
PASADENA, CALIF.- The Norton Simon Museum presents Ink, Paper, Stone: Six Women Artists and the Language of Lithography, an exhibition that began yesterday and will continue through to February 13, 2023,is featuring works on paper by six critically acclaimed artists: Ruth Asawa, Gego, Eleanore Mikus, Louise Nevelson, Irene Siegel and Hedda Sterne. Each of them received a two-month fellowship at the famed Tamarind Lithography Workshop, founded by the visionary printmaker June Wayne in 1960. Although they had established their reputations in other media, including painting, sculpture and installation art, all of the artists in this exhibition found that lithography offered fascinating new possibilities for exploring their aesthetic interests. The more ... More |
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| Artist Andreas Angelidakis transforms the historic Espace Niemeyer in first solo exhibition in Paris | | First Joseph Stella exhibition to examine artist's portrayal of nature starts today at Norton Museum of Art | | PHILLIPS X presents The Virtues of Rebellion: Modern and Contemporary Surrealisms, centered on surrealism by women |
Andreas Angelidakis, Center for the Critical Appreciation of Antiquity (2022). Audemars Piguet.
PARIS.- Artist Andreas Angelidakis first monographic exhibition in Paris, Center for the Critical Appreciation of Antiquity (2022), opened on October 11th at the historic Espace Niemeyer. It is his largest and most ambitious artwork to date and the first commission by Audemars Piguet Contemporary to premiere in Paris, coinciding with the programmes 10th anniversary year. The curatorial team at Audemars Piguet Contemporary worked closely with Angelidakis to realise this large-scale commissiona playful, hypnotic present-day study centre for antiquity. The artwork, on view with free admission until 30 October, highlights Audemars Piguet Contemporarys legacy of collaborating with artists to commission new works that are exhibited to a wide audience, nurturing each artists creativity and expanding on their practice. Center for the Critical Appreciation of Antiquity (2022) has transformed the interior dome of t ... More | |
Albert Watson (Scottish born 1942), Sebastian Issey Miyake, New York City, 1989.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.- The Norton Museum of Art is currently conducting two major presentations as part of its diverse line-up of special exhibitions. A Personal View on High Fashion & Street Style: Photographs from the Nicola Erni Collection, 1930s to Now (October 8, 2022 February 12, 2023) showcases highlights from the Nicola Erni Collections unparalleled holdings that trace the origins and development of fashion and street photography, and Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature, starting today (October 15, 2022 January 15, 2023), is co- organized by the Brandywine River Museum of Art and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta and debuting at the Norton, focuses on an underexamined facet of the artists career with a display of Stellas paintings of the natural world. The Nicola Erni Collection is a globally-celebrated collection that brings together the divergent worlds of fashion and street photography, ... More | |
Portrait de MarÃa Félix II (Detras de la Puerta), Leonor Fini. Image courtesy of Phillips.
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips announced The Virtues of Rebellion, an upcoming exhibition through PHILLIPS X which will explore the creative output of women Surrealists from the first half of the 20th century and the artists working today that mine this rich legacy. Coinciding with the marquee 20th Century and Contemporary auctions across all three major houses in New York, artworks for sale and on loan will be displayed in our 432 Park Ave galleries from 21 October 22 November. Jeremiah Evarts, Deputy Chairman, Americas & Senior International Specialist, said, André Bretons seminal movement, which first took hold in the late 1920s in Paris, served to inspire a generation across the globe, many of whom did not receive the cultural or institutional recognition they so rightly deserved at the time. Recent exhibitions, including Surrealism Beyond Borders at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Tate as well as Milk ... More |
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| Children's Museum of Manhattan names Dava Schub as its Chief Executive Officer and Director | | 1875 Liberty Eagle reached $1.02 million to lead Heritage Long Beach U.S. Coins Auction above $17.8 million | | Phillips appoints Andrew Massad as Senior International Specialist |
Dava Schub. Photo by Deborah Copaken.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Childrens Museum of Manhattan announced today the appointment of Dava Schub as its Chief Executive Officer and Director. A visionary leader, strategic fundraiser, and community advocate, Schub brings more than 25 years of experience leading and growing cultural organizations and nonprofits that serve as cornerstones for family and community life. She will assume her new role at CMOM on January 2, 2023. Currently the Chief Executive Officer at the Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington, DC, Schub previously led the programmatic vision and direction of the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan for more than 15 years, helping to expand the nonprofits physical footprint and strengthen its impact. At CMOM, Schub will work together with the Board of Directors and the executive leadership team to advance CMOMs mission as the museum moves forward with its plans for its expanded future home at 361 Central Park West. ... More | |
The 1875 Liberty Eagle, AU53 that drew a record winning bid of $1.02 million at Heritage Auctions Long Beach Expo US Coins Signature® Auction.
LONG BEACH, CALIF.- An 1875 Liberty Eagle graded AU-53 by Professional Coin Grading Service drew a record winning bid of $1.02 million to lead Heritage Auctions Long Beach Expo U.S. Coins Signature Auction to $17,875,326 during October 6-9, 2022. The event was part of an extraordinary week of Heritage Long Beach Expo auctions. The Harry W. Bass Jr. Core Collection Part I U.S. Coins Signature Auction reached $20,459,645, then the Long Beach Expo U.S. Currency Signature Auction Long Beach brought $10,682,19. Last but not least, the second Long Beach Expo U.S. Coins Signature Auction finished at $17,875,326, boosting the three events to $49,017,169, setting a new all-time record for any Long Beach Expo numismatic auction total. The latest U.S. Coins auction alone drew more than 3,000 global bidders in their pursuit of 1,529 lots, several of which ... More | |
Andrew has become a central figure in the market during the three decades he spent at Christies. Image courtesy of Phillips.
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips announced the appointment of Andrew Massad as Senior International Specialist. Based in New York, Andrew has become a central figure in the market during the three decades he spent at Christies, as well as his recent time as an art advisor and private dealer at Massad Fine Art. Jean-Paul Engelen, President, Americas and Worldwide Co-Head of 20th Century & Contemporary Art, said, At Phillips, we have spent the last few years broadening our pool of talent, leading to a string of record-breaking results for the company. Andys depth of knowledge and unparalleled experience, especially with works created between 1970 2010, will complement the expertise of our strong and accomplished team. Robert Manley, Deputy Chairman and Worldwide Co-Head of 20th Century & Contemporary Art, added, Joining Christies in ... More |
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After decades, the Philharmonic's hall sounds and feels more intimate
NEW YORK, NY.- Raise your hand if you ever thought you would go see the New York Philharmonic, Americas most venerable orchestra, by entering off Lincoln Centers plaza through a wide-open garage door. No one? But yes: The main entrance of David Geffen Hall the Philharmonics home, newly, completely and happily renovated after a wait of decades is now a big glass wall that can swoop up in good weather. And the past week has been bright and mild in New York. So as audiences drifted in for some of the first concerts in the revamped hall, the lobby inside and the plaza outside merged, without any barrier. Its a new degree of informality, matched once you get into the transformed auditorium. The vast, drab shoe box that the city knew as Avery Fisher Hall after 1973 a few years before a major remodeling attempted to fix the acoustics ... More
Jack Brogan, quiet force behind Light and Space artists, dies at 92
NEW YORK, NY.- They were the men and women behind Southern Californias Light and Space movement. Some of them were called the Finish Fetish artists because of their manipulation of surfaces. Starting in the 1960s, Robert Irwin, Larry Bell, Peter Alexander, Helen Pashgian and other artists began experimenting with new materials and technologies including acrylic, urethanes and resin that were often polished to a high sheen or rendered so that they disappeared altogether. Jack Brogan, a laconic, denim-clad craftsman raised in Tennessee, was their all-important collaborator and fabricator, even if his contributions often went unrecognized. When Alexander began to make his luminous resin cubes, he turned to Brogan for help. For John McCrackens high-gloss fiberglass and resin plinths and planks, Brogan pushed the artists already ... More
Geffen Hall commissions new art that honors Black and latino history
NEW YORK, NY.- Public art commissions are tricky. The creator has to make something thats accessible but enduring, relevant to the site but also able to stand on its own. Still, Jacolby Satterwhite and Nina Chanel Abney, tapped by Lincoln Center, the Public Art Fund and the Studio Museum in Harlem to celebrate the reopening of David Geffen Hall with a pair of major new installations, make it look easy. Satterwhite, 36, a Brooklyn-based artist, works in performance, 3D animation and sculpture, often incorporating drawings by his mother, Patricia Satterwhite, into elaborate installations. Abney, 40, best known for painting, also lives in New York and is a public art veteran. (Their pieces will stay up 18 months before giving way to new commissions.) Between them, the artists incorporate the history of the Lincoln Center and its performing companies, and also ... More
Off Frieze's beaten path in London
LONDON.- Visitors to Frieze have an embarrassment of other attractions to choose from in London. All they need to do is step off the fairgrounds in Regents Park and roam the capitals many museums and galleries. Here is a selection of exhibitions taking place during Frieze week. Queens Gallery Ever wondered what treasures were contained in Britains Royal Collection, which Queen Elizabeth II had custody of for seven decades until her recent passing? Regular glimpses into the collection are provided by the Queens Gallery, part of Buckingham Palace. (It originally served as Queen Victorias private chapel before it was left in ruins after a World War II air raid and was turned into a museum in 1962.) Currently on display is Japan: Courts and Culture, a selection of more than 150 exquisite Japanese treasures received by the British court over ... More
Kate Nash keeps getting back up. This time, Off-Broadway.
NEW YORK, NY.- What stuck out at a recent rehearsal of the new musical Only Gold was how little Kate Nash stuck out. It wasnt just that her hair was not its signature fiery red anymore, but a shade of auburn. Nash, who wrote the score and plays the narrator, quietly melded with the rest of the cast, as director-choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler, of Hamilton fame, fine-tuned a couple of numbers. When not actively participating in a section, she tended to stand against a wall, her eyes intently tracking the dancers. The London-born singer-songwriter spent a decade and a half releasing records and touring the world in 2007, her debut single, Foundations, was No. 2 in Britain while her debut album, Made of Bricks, hit the top spot of the charts there and she also acted in the Netflix wrestling comedy GLOW. But despite Only Gold ... More
Eleven paintings by Canadian artist Maud Lewis bring a combined $559,510 at auction
NEW HAMBURG.- Eleven original paintings by the acclaimed Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis (1903-1980) sold for a combined $559,510 in an online-only Canadiana & Folk Art auction held October 8th by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd., based in New Hamburg, Ontario. Overall, 344 lots came up for bid in the auction, which grossed a robust $871,695. All figures quoted in this report are in Canadian dollars. Of the eleven Maud Lewis paintings in the auction, Winter Sleigh Ride was an expected top earner, with a pre-sale estimate of $20,000-$25,000. It ended up selling for $100,300. The signed, circa 1955, 9 inch by 11 inch mixed media on beaverboard was a delightful and early Christmas season scene, similar to a later image used for a series of Canadian postage stamps. Maud Lewis was one of Canadas most renowned artists, the subject ... More
Studio ceramics highlight Bonhams Los Angeles Design Sale
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams Modern Design | Art auction will present an important collection of museum-quality studio ceramics on October 25 in Los Angeles, included in a selection of over 300 lots spanning Art Nouveau and Mid-Century Modern to Arts & Crafts and Contemporary Studio Design. Of particular note is the collection from renowned artist Vicci Sperry (1990-1995). Immersed in the Abstract Expressionist movement of the 20th century, Sperry worked in a largely male-dominated field, exploring abstraction and spiritualism through a new modern approach to painting. She studied under Hans Hofmann and exhibited her work in galleries in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, where she eventually settled in 1960. Sperry was an avid collector and patron of the arts, noted for purchasing Jackson Pollocks last known painting, and her collection ... More
Steinbeck's letter offering advice on love sold for $32,426 at auction
BOSTON, MASS.- A John Steinbeck handwritten letter offering his wise, fatherly advice on matters of the heart sold for $32,426, according to Boston-based RR Auction. The remarkable two-page draft letter to his 14-year-old son, Thomas, is dated November 10, 1958. In it, Steinbeck's sage advice to his love-torn son, in part: "if you are in lovethat's a good thingthat's about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don't let anyone make it small or light to you." On losing, Steinbeck said, "If it is right, it happensThe main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away." The text of this famous letter has been widely circulated in print, Steinbeck: A Life in Letters, published by Penguin in 1989, and by outlets large and smallthese enduring words thus form a bridge between one of America's greatest writers and contemporary pop culture. It is a marvelous ... More
Masterpieces by Emily Carr, Paul Kane, Tom Thomson expected to fetch upwards of $8M at Cowley Abbott Auction
TORONTO.- One of Canadas preeminent, largest and most exhibited private collections of historical Canadian art will go under the hammer in a special series of three landmark live auction events held by Cowley Abbott. Expertly curated over a period of 60 years, the collection of rare and remarkable artworks features prime example, museum quality paintings, drawings and sculptures by Canadas most celebrated historical artists including an Emily Carr masterwork (The Totem of the Bear and the Moon, 1912, auction estimate: $2 million $3 million), that could challenge the current artist record at auction, and an extraordinarily rare and stunning Paul Kane canvas (Ojibwa Camp in the Spider Islands, c. 1845, ... More
Chaucer the rapist? Newly discovered documents suggest not.
NEW YORK, NY.- For nearly 150 years, a cloud has hung over the reputation of Geoffrey Chaucer, the author of The Canterbury Tales long seen as the founder of the English literary canon. A court document discovered in 1873 suggested that around 1380, Chaucer had been charged with raping Cecily Chaumpaigne, daughter of a London baker. In the document, Chaumpaigne released Chaucer from all manner of actions related to my raptus a word commonly translated as rape or abduction. In recent decades, the suggestion that Chaucer had been accused of rape helped inspire a rich vein of feminist criticism looking at sex, power and consent in stories such as The Wife of Baths Tale and The Millers Tale, which contain depictions of sexual assault (or what to modern readers appears like it). But this week, two ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French artist James Tissot was born October 15, 1836. James Jacques Joseph Tissot (15 October 1836 - 8 August 1902) was a French painter, who spent much of his career in Britain. Tissot exhibited in the Paris Salon for the first time in 1859, where he showed five paintings of scenes from the Middle Ages, many depicting scenes from Goethe's Faust. These works show the influence of the Belgian painter Henri Leys (Jan August Hendrik Leys), whom Tissot had met in Antwerp in 1859, over his work. In this image: Le Balcon du Cercle de la rue Royale (The Circle of the Rue Royale), 1868.
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