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Farm in Les Landes, About 1852-67. Oil on canvas / Olie på lærred, 64.8 à 99.1 cm. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Willamstown, Massachusetts, USA © Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Photo: Michael Agee.
COPENHAGEN.- Théodore Rousseau (181267) stands among the great figures of mid-19th century French painting. This autumns major special exhibition at the Glyptotek showcases Rousseaus richly varied lifes work, where landscape painting became fertile soil for wild innovation. Featuring 56 paintings and drawings from 29 museums and private collections and from the Glyptoteks own collection, this exhibition is the first large-scale presentation of Rousseau ever in Scandinavia, and the first of its kind in Europe since 1967. Despite his considerable significance, Rousseau has long stood in the shadows of the subsequent generations of French painters particularly the Impressionists, whom he can be said to have anticipated with his dawning abstraction and daring brushstrokes. Similarly, his role as standard bearer for the so-called Barbizon school has dimmed later generations appreciation of the full import ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A baseball signed by Babe Ruth is displayed at auction house Christie's for the upcoming sale 'The Golden Age of Baseball' on October 13, 2016 in New York City. Over 400 items are up for sale, including a bat once swung by Micky Mantle and baseballs signed by Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson. Some pieces are expected to draw up to $700,000 at the auction on October 19 and 20. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP
| Artcurial to offer historic set of twenty China ink drawings by Hergé from the 'cartes neige' series | | Peter Saul painting sets world record at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers | | Christie's Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale to offer Claude Monet's "Meule" |
Herge, Tintin, Carte Neige. © Herge Moulins art 2016.
PARIS.- As part of the Tintin auction, Lunivers du créateur de Tintin, taking place on 19th November, the Artcurial Comic Strip department will offer an historic set of twenty China ink drawings by Hergé from the cartes neige series. The drawings which were ordered by a Belgian publisher, specialising in post cards and calendars, were used to illustrate the commercial coloured cards at the end of 1942 and early 1943 for Christmas and New Year greetings. The cards are considered as the first Tintin adventures marketing product to reach out to a larger public. The entire collection is estimated between 1,2 and 2,4 M. The drawings are being sold one by one and some come with the original matching Christmas card. True leaders in the field, Artcurial has decided to reveal this exceptional collection in Hong Kong in October where the auction house previously organised Asias first European Comic Strip auction. The ... More | |
The fluorescent psychedelic painting is an interpretation of Pablo Picasso¹s famed 1937 anti-war piece Guernica.
CHICAGO, IL.- The September 30 Modern and Contemporary Art auction at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers offered a monumental Peter Saul with a presale estimate of $250,000  350,000. Saul¹s Guernica, 1974, sold for $575,000, setting a record for the artist at auction. The fluorescent psychedelic painting is an interpretation of Pablo Picasso¹s famed 1937 anti-war piece, Guernica, depicting the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War. Saul¹s 1974 version, Saul¹s Guernica, is an art historical riff reflecting his own objections to the Vietnam War. Its large scale and vibrant colors showcase Saul¹s melting cartoon imagery and surrealist funk approach to painting. Alternate versions of the painting have previously sold at auction in 2007 and 2008. The painting was offered from the Estate of Robert and Lois Orchard of St. Louis, Missouri and ... More | |
Claude Monet (1840-1926), Meule (detail). Signed and dated 'Claude Monet 91' (lower left), 28 ⅝ x 36 ¼ in. (72.7 x 92.1 cm.) Painted in 1891. Estimate upon request. © Christies Images Limited 2016.
NEW YORK, NY.- On November 16, Claude Monets Meule (Grainstack) from an important American collection will be among the highlights of Christies Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in New York. This important painting is recognized as one of the culminating and finest examples of Monets Grainstack series. Meule will be on display to the public at Christies Rockefeller Center galleries beginning November 5. In advance of the November 16 sale, Christies will exhibit this painting for the first time in Asia at Christies Hong Kong October 17-19 and then at Christies London October 24-25. Jussi Pylkkänen, Christies Global President, remarked: In recent years we have been extremely aware of the growing passion for classic Impressionist paintings ... More |
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| Special exhibition features large-scale photography by Richard Mosse & Edward Burtynsky | | 'Conflicts of Interest' explores relationship between art and war in modern Japan | | The Hyde Collection displays gifts from Werner Feibes and the late James Schmitt |
Edward Burtynsky, Nickel Tailings No. 30, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, 1996 (detail), digital chromogenic color print, 38 1/2 x 60 inches. Photo © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto / Howard Greenberg Gallery and Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York.
DAYTON, OH.- The Dayton Art Institutes Year of the Classical Elements comes to a close this fall with Ravaged Sublime: Landscape Photography in the 21st Century, on view October 15, 2016January 8, 2017. Ravaged Sublime presents nearly 30 monumental landscape photographs by internationally recognized artists Edward Burtynsky and Richard Mosse. The special exhibition demonstrates the continued interest in landscape imagery, while revealing its evolution through the works of these artists. Photographs are not synonymous with truth, and landscapes similarly possess multiple meanings, says Katherine Ryckman Siegwarth, The Dayton Art Institutes Kettering Exhibition Coordinator and Curatorial Associate. Both are imbued with cultural significance that is ever changing, always evolving, and therefore always relevant. Utilizing similar visual motifs as ... More | |
Japanese Shōwa period Soldiers Saluting the National Flag with Children as Warplanes Fly Past near Mount Fuji, c.1940; color woodblock print (uchiwa‑e); sheet: 10 3/4 x 10 1/16 in; Saint Louis Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Lowenhaupt 888:2010.
ST. LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum will celebrate a gift of more than 1,400 Japanese prints and related works with the groundbreaking exhibition Conflicts of Interest: Art and War in Modern Japan. The gift has made the museum one of the worlds largest public repositories of Meiji-period military art, allowing for the creation of an exhibition that features a much wider range of modern Japanese war-related art than has ever been shown. Conflicts of Interest opens Oct. 16 and runs through Jan. 8, 2017. The exhibition is curated by Philip Hu, associate curator-in-charge of Asian art in collaboration with Rhiannon Paget, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow for Japanese Art. The exhibition highlights the intense and extraordinary relationship between art and war in modern Japan through a wide variety of 180 objects. Extraordinary examples of Japanese woodblock printmaking from the Meiji period (18681912) form the largest component of the collection ... More | |
Josef Albers, American, b. Germany, 1888-1976, Carton for Interior, 1929, gouache on paper, 13 1/4 x 10 1/2 in., The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, The Feibes & Schmitt Collection, 2015.1.1 © The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/Artists Rights Society, New York. Photography by Michael Fredericks.
GLENS FALLS, NY.- Werner Feibes and the late James Schmitt have transformed The Hyde Collection with their generous gift of Modern and Contemporary art. Beginning October 15, the Museum will display a selection from this remarkable 160-piece collection, signifying a new era at The Hyde as it expands its focus from its distinguished collection of European and American artists to include Post-war non-objective art, and other forms of abstract art. Transforming The Hyde: The Feibes & Schmitt Gift will be on view in the Hoopes Gallery through December 31, and will feature paintings, drawings, prints, mixed media, and sculpture by some of the worlds leading artists of the Modern era. In August, the Museum announced that Werner Feibes was gifting the remainder of his collection of 100 works to The Hyde, building on an initial gift of sixty works in 2015. Along with this donation, Mr. Feibes also gave The Hyde a $1 million leadership ... More |
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| Major exhibition at Haus der Kunst explores the complex histories of art of the postwar era | | Organisations launch a ten-year strategy for the contemporary visual arts in North East England | | Hauser Wirth & Schimmel exhibits works by Kurt Schwitters, Hans Arp and Joan Miró |
Jean Dubuffet, La dame au Pompon, 1946. Mixed media, oil on canvas, 84.1 x 68.6 cm (33.1 x 27 in), National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., USA, Chester Dale Fund 1986.11.1 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2016.
MUNICH.- Haus der Kunst presents "Postwar: Art Between the Pacific and the Atlantic, 1945-1965", a major exhibition that explores the complex histories of art of the postwar era. For the first time in recent exhibition history, the exhibition examines the vibrant and turbulent postwar period as a global phenomenon in which artistic perspectives were intertwined with social, political, cultural, and technological interests. In May 2014 Haus der Kunst launched its long-term research project in Munich with a four day international conference. Presenting research drawn from different regions of the world, the deliberations brought together leading and emerging scholars, historians, artists, curators, theorists, and students in order to examine the artistic forces and cultural legacies that have shaped the production of art since 1945. ... More | |
'8 Minutes 20 Seconds' - An exhibition exploring the science behind the sun, May 2015 at The Holy Biscuit.
GATESHEAD.- This afternoon NE CVAN, a network of leading arts professionals from North East England, came together to launch a 10-year strategic vision for contemporary visual arts in the region. Following Tuesdays announcement that Newcastle-Gateshead will host the Great Exhibition of the North in 2018, the strategy outlines a series of initiatives that will cement North East Englands international reputation as a centre for excellence in the visual arts. The event was led by BALTICs Sarah Munro, who spoke about the international profile and ambition of visual arts in the North East. Sarah was joined by locally based artists Louise Wilson and Matt Stokes who discussed developing their careers in the region and shifting public perceptions of art in North East England. The strategy has already been endorsed by Arts Council's Darren Henley, Tate Modern's Frances Morris and other important figures from the ... More | |
Joan Miró, Painting-Object, 1950. Oil on log with sheet of rag, string, and ripped packing cardboard thumbtacked or nailed to the wood, 30.8 x 26.4 cm / 12 1/8 x 10 3/8 in © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Courtesy Hauser & Wirth.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Beginning 16 October, Hauser Wirth & Schimmel will present a comprehensive exhibition of the renowned Dadaists Kurt Schwitters (1887 1948) and Hans Arp (1886 1966), in the context of works by the Spanish painter, graphic artist and sculptor Joan Miró (1893 1983). Schwitters Miró Arp was first curated for Hauser & Wirth Zürich in Summer 2016 to celebrate the centenary of the Dada movement in the city of its birth. The new iteration of this group show will include a significant addition of works by Hans Arp the first large-scale treatment of works by Arp in Los Angeles. On view through 8 January 2017, Schwitters Miró Arp is dedicated to the re-evaluation and rediscovery of three fascinating figures who instigated a material language that continues ... More |
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| Tradition, art blend in Morocco 'tbourida' cavalry charges | | Fairytale comes true for S.Africa opera star Pretty Yende | | Unwanted gods find new home in Hong Kong |
Moroccan horsemen perform during the 9th edition of the "Salon du Cheval" in the port city of El Jadida on October 12, 2016. FADEL SENNA / AFP.
EL-JADIDA (AFP).- The equestrian art of tbourida, inspired by the historical charges of the feared cavalrymen of Morocco, fascinated Romantic painter Eugene Delacroix two centuries ago and still draws enthusiastic crowds today. At this week's "Salon du Cheval" show in El-Jadida, western Morocco, thousands have been enthralled by the spectacle of groups of riders in colourful traditional dress charging in a line and then suddenly coming to a halt with a synchronised firing of their muskets in a deafening and pungent blast of gunpowder. The 15 finest troops of cavalrymen from across the North African country competed in the first King Mohammed VI Grand Prix of tbourida, taken from the word for gunpowder in a local dialect, at the sandy exhibition grounds of the port city of El-Jadida. The event showcased "the traditional equestrian art of Morocco dating ... More | |
South African soprano Pretty Yende performs in Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti's opera 'Lucia Di Lammermoor' at the Bastille Opera House in Paris on October 11, 2016. CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- She was a black South African girl from the back of beyond who dreamed of singing opera after hearing a British Airways advert on television. Fifteen years later Pretty Yende is one of opera's fastest rising divas, a star of Milan's La Scala, New York's Met and a top billing at London's Covent Garden. The singing "sounded so supernatural I thought it could never be human", Yende said of the "Flower Duet" from Delibes' opera Lakme which was used in the now classic airline advert. "I was 16 and in high school and my teacher told me, 'No, it's called opera.' "When she told me it was humanly possible (to sing like that), I said 'You have to teach me', and that's how my journey started." And quite a journey it has been. The 31-year-old soprano is the only singer to have ever ... More | |
Dedicated volunteer Wong Wing-pong, an 85 year old retired butcher, offers incense to unwanted statues of deities. Anthony WALLACE / AFP.
HONG KONG (AFP).- Tucked away on a coastal Hong Kong hillside is a different type of recycling point -- here, thousands of unwanted statues of deities look out to sea, gathered and repaired after their owners discard them. Dedicated volunteer Wong Wing-pong attends to the colourful collection of figures which are perched on a rocky slope running down to the sea in the south of the city. Twice daily he sweeps away leaves and burns incense sticks as offerings to the unwanted gods, ranging from Buddhist and Taoist to local deities and Christian icons. A retired butcher, 85-year-old Wong has been looking after the statues for 17 years after stumbling across a small neglected collection on the outskirts on the site, near the residential district of Wah Fu, while he was out walking. Back then there were a dozen unattended statues, some broken. ... More |
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Jerwood Gallery brings a fresh insight into the work of Stanley Spencer
HASTINGS.- When I see ordinary circumstances, I seem to see the whole of which it forms a part. All these isolated happenings touch in a conception of life which I call religious; they tell of it and there is a truth in their revealing. I like to celebrate all loveable acts. All ordinary acts such as sewing on a button are religious things and part of perfection. The ordinariness of daily life beguiled Sir Stanley Spencer RA. One of the most celebrated British artists of the 20th century; he saw joy and indeed, God, in the mundane. From his house keeper fetching in washing to a bustling wool shop, Spencer delighted in the everyday. Bringing a fresh insight into this aspect of his work, Jerwood Gallerys new one-room display, In Focus: Stanley Spencer A Panorama of Life, also presents art lovers with an opportunity to see several important works rarely seen outside Spencers home ... More
Niels Shoe Meulman's first solo exhibition at Galerie Gabriel Rolt opens in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM.- Galerie Gabriel Rolt announces Uncontrolled substances, Niels Shoe Meulmans first solo exhibition at the gallery. Over the last few years, Shoes artistic expression has radically changed. Rooted in his graffiti background, and achieving ultimate extensions of his calligraphic past, Shoes most recent works carry the traces of manual skills and techniques, that refer to letters and calligraphic shapes. The new paintings, however, express something completely new. Inspired by artists like Cy Twombly or Christopher Wool, Shoes approach to his formal language changed radically towards abstractism: the strictness and precision are now entirely gone, creating possibility for different shapes to find their own form. The free brushes of paint, applied with strength and energy, come alive like overgrown grass; like wild trees or plants, the strokes of paint seem to expand ... More
Internationally touring exhibition features photographs created in Atlanta, Europe, Asia and the Middle East
ATLANTA, GA.- The High is the first U.S. museum to present a new body of work by celebrated German artist Thomas Struth in the touring exhibition Thomas Struth: Nature & Politics (Oct. 16, 2016, through Jan. 8, 2017), which is co-organized by the High, the Museum Folkwang (Essen, Germany), and Martin-Gropius-Bau (Berlin), in collaboration with the Saint Louis Art Museum. Struth is renowned for his innovations in large-scale color photography that span subjects including cityscapes, architecture, portraits, landscapes, museums and technology systems. Nature & Politics combines various strands of Struths oeuvre in the more than 30 works on viewplacing particular focus on technology and the manufactured landscape as overarching themes. The works are global in nature, drawn from Struths travels in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and America over the past 10 ... More
Masterpieces of California art on display at the Irvine Museum
IRVINE, CA.- The Irvine Museum presents Masterpieces of California Art October 15, 2016 through January 19, 2017. The exhibition is a display of some of the most celebrated works painted in California between 1890 and 1940, and combines works from the collection of The Irvine Museum, as well as paintings from several important private lenders. Guy Rose (1867-1925), perhaps the most important of the California Impressionist painters, will be represented by two spectacular works: The Green Parasol, painted in Giverny, France, circa 1909; and Laguna Eucalyptus, painted in 1916, the signature painting of his visits to Laguna Beach. The exhibition will feature two works by the most prominent painter of Northern California, Arthur F. Mathews (1860-1945). Monterey County Landscape, painted in 1907, is a superb example of the Tonalist style of landscape painting. ... More
Phillips to offer photographs from the collection of Georges Bermann
LONDON.- Phillips will offer the photography collection of renowned video and film producer Georges Bermann on 3 November 2016 in London. Assembled over the past 20 years, and including important works by many of the most celebrated photographers of the 20th and 21st centuries, the collection reflects the distinct, cinematic eye of Georges Bermann, a visual pioneer celebrated for his music, advert and film production. The collection will be offered in the auction of Photographs and comprises 19 lots including outstanding works by Richard Avedon, William Eggleston, Nick Knight, Annie Leibovitz, Dennis Hopper, Seydou Keïta and Guido Mocafico, among others. Individual estimates range from £4,000 to £80,000. The illustrious career of Georges Bermann, one of the worlds most influential producers, was born of his combined love for photography, cinema and music. ... More
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art opens autumn exhibitions
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.- Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art presents two exhibitions for the autumn 2016 season including a collaboration with Arizona State University (ASU) Intermedia Professor Muriel Magenta showcasing works by artists who are rethinking and transforming the status quo of the place of women in todays society, and the latest in the Museums Architecture + Art series presenting Santiago Borjas response to an archaeologic landmark of the Southwest. A cross-disciplinary collaboration between SMoCA and ASU Intermedia Professor Muriel Magenta, Ph.D., Push Comes to Shove: Women and Power aims to use art as a critical catalyst in rethinking and transforming the advancement of women. The exhibition features 19 artists whose works deal with the themes and issues of how women exercise and think about power. The exhibition is grounded ... More
Portrait gallery acquires photographs saved from King's Cross warehouse demolition
LONDON.- The National Portrait Gallery has acquired a group of portraits of leading British cultural figures photographed in the 1990s - including Daniel Day-Lewis, Damon Albarn, Alan Bennett, Tilda Swinton, Bob Geldof and Salman Rushdie. They have been saved from destruction after being rescued from a condemned warehouse in Kings Cross. The important body of portraits from British photographic team The Douglas Brothers had sat in a disused storage unit in London for two decades. The Douglas Brothers began working together in the 1980s, producing photographs for the magazine press and music industry. Their photographic partnership ended in 1995, with both pursuing separate careers in the United States directing movies and commercials. They are both now based in Los Angeles. The brothers stored their photographic archive ... More
Museum decodes a masterpiece in 'Samuel F. B. Morse's Gallery of the Louvre and the Art of Invention'
SALEM, MASS.- In a single painting, Samuel F. B. Morse artist and inventor of the telegraph captured Frances greatest masterpieces and brought them to an American audience. The Peabody Essex Museum presents Morses grand canvas, Gallery of the Louvre, painted from 1831 to 1833, alongside more than 65 rare photographs from the museums collection of photographs, in an exhibition that explores the role of images in transmitting ideas and transforming communication. Samuel F.B. Morse's Gallery of the Louvre and the Art of Invention is organized by the Terra Foundation for American Art and is on view at PEM October 8, 2016 through January 8, 2017. While Morse is best known as the inventor of the telegraph and his namesake code, he first achieved success as one of the best portrait painters ... More
Alan Bean original painting 'John F. Kennedy's Vision' featured in Space & Aviation Auction
BOSTON, MASS.- The fantastic textured acrylic painting portrays Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin planting the American flag on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969, fulfilling the vision set forth by President John F. Kennedy earlier in the 1960s. Bean, of course, followed in their footsteps when he became the fourth man to walk on the moon just four months later. In creating this artwork, Bean incorporated lunar dust from surface-worn patches into the paint and texturing compound, and also pressed the surface with authentic lunar boot foot prints, impressions from a core tube-bit used to collect soil samples, and marks from a hammer used to drive the staff of the American flag into the lunar soil. Captain Bean described the history of this painting thus: At the beginning of John F. Kennedy's presidency the people of the United States of America were in crisis. Were our basic ... More
Towner exhibits Arts Council Collection touring exhibition
EASTBOURNE.- Towner presents One Day, Something Happens: Paintings of People, an Arts Council Collection touring exhibition curated by Jennifer Higgie, co-editor of frieze magazine. The exhibition reflects a personal view of a period of radical change in art, an alternative narrative telling of the development of British figurative painting over the past century. Exploring the everyday theatricality of the body, the imaginary and the real, One Day, Something Happens embraces a huge diversity of approaches to figuration drawing out common themes across the decades: work, introspection and individuality, joy and loneliness. The show spans both the historical and contemporary, and lesser known as well as famous artists including Walter Sickert, Prunella Clough, Lucian Freud, Richard Hamilton, David Hockney, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Phoebe Unwin. ... More
Museum in Lausanne opens first-ever retrospective of August Strindberg's art in Switzerland
LAUSANNE.- Internationally renowned as a writer and the author of plays like The Father and Miss Julie, August Strindberg (18491912) was also one of Swedens greatest visual artists: a self-taught painter and photographer, and a remarkable creator of images. The Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, is presenting the first-ever retrospective of Strindbergs art in Switzerland, where he stayed on a number of occasions. This is a rare opportunity to see his main masterpieces brought together in a single exhibition. From the early 1870s to the first years of the 20th century, Strindberg worked intermittently at his painting and photography, creating vigorous, powerful works that had no real equivalent at the time: landscapes in which, amid the unleashing of the elements, sea and sky seemed on the verge ... 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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