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A photo provided by David Whitcomb shows some of the items he found in a building he bought last year in Geneva, N.Y. The photographs and equipment appeared to belong to James Ellery Hale, a successful portrait photographer. David Whitcomb via The New York Times.
by Maria Cramer
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- In December, David Whitcomb and a friend were on the third floor of a commercial building he had just bought in Geneva, New York, when they noticed a water-stained drop ceiling. Whitcomb, a lawyer who had bought the building to expand his practice, pushed an access panel out of the way and poked his head inside. He saw an attic with a vaulted ceiling and crawled in, thinking he might find a few items to sell at a flea market. What he discovered transported him back more than a century to an era when suffragists were campaigning for womens rights and photography portrait studios had started to crop up in American cities. Two or 3 feet away from my face were these photo frames, Whitcomb, 43, recalled. Theyre gold and theyre shining in the darkness. He looked down at his friend and said, I think we just found the Goonies treasure. Whitcomb, who bought the building in Genevas historic downtown for $100,000, found hundr ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Parrasch Heijnen is presenting Back Rub / Foot Rub, an exhibition of new works by American artist Xylor Jane (b.1963, Long Beach, CA). This is the galleryâs second solo exhibition with the artist. Concurrently on view in the front gallery is a selection of Geometric Cup sculptures (1970-73) by the late American artist Ken Price (1935-2012). These works are presented in direct historical conversation with Back Rub / Foot Rub.
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| Will money laundering laws end art world's culture of secrecy? | | The sale of Warrior by Jean-Michel Basquiat poised to become the most valuable western artwork ever offered in Asia | | Auction at Bellmans offers chance to get a step closer to Sir Winston Churchil |
New anti-money-laundering rules mean art and antiquities dealers in Britain and the EU must now record the actual beneficiaries of their sales for the first time. Photo: Sharon McCutcheon.
by Eric Randolph
PARIS (AFP).- When a Botticelli painting went under the hammer last month at Sotheby's in New York for $92 million, it was assumed the buyer was a Russian oligarch since the bidding was done by an adviser to wealthy Russians. But as art journalist Scott Reyburn told "The Week in Art" podcast, it's not always that simple: "Sometimes very wealthy collectors use telephone bidders that imply a certain nationality just to guarantee their own anonymity... to throw us off the scent," he said. The ultra-wealthy prize that sort of confidentiality, and it also helps build the mystique and theatre in which auction houses like to drape themselves. Lately, however, regulators in Europe and the United States are out to spoil the fun, arguing that this culture of secrecy is ripe for exploitation by criminals. New anti-money-laundering rules mean art and antiquities dealers in Britain and the EU must now record the actual beneficiaries ... More | |
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), Warrior, 1982. Acrylic, oilstick and spray paint on wood panel, 72 x 48 in. (183 x 122 cm.). Estimate: HK$240,000,000-320,000,000 / US$31,000,000-41,000,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021.
HONG KONG.- On 23 March, Christie's will offer Basquiat's landmark work, Warrior (estimated at HK$240,000,000-320,000,000 / US$31,000,000-41,000,000), in a live and livestreamed, single-lot evening sale entitled We Are All Warriors The Basquiat Auction, to be held in Hong Kong as a key element of Christies Spring Season of 20th Century sales. The masterpiece, which represents the pinnacle of Basquiats creative output, is poised to become the most expensive Western artwork ever offered in Asia. Painted in 1982, at the height of his artistic power, Jean-Michel Basquiats Warrior is a commanding and authoritative portrait that amply demonstrates why the artist is regarded as one of the most important painters of the last half century. The work will be offered in a sale format that highlights Basquiats international appeal, uniting collectors from different geographies and time zones. The evening ... More | |
The slippers have leather soles and are 29cm long, Albert style, and embroidered in raised gold thread with the initials WSC, leather lined and stamped N. Tuczek, 17Clifford St, Bond St, London. They are estimated at £10,000-15,000.
LONDON.- Bellmans is offering the rare chance to bid for two lots that once belonged to Sir Winston Churchill - his monogrammed midnight blue velvet evening slippers from the 1950s and a monogrammed brandy balloon from circa 1960. Both lots were soldfor the first time by Churchill's family in the Political Sale at Sotheby's on the 15th July 1998, where the present owner purchased them. He is now offering them for sale through Bellmans and reflects: "I have always beena huge admirer of Sir Winston Churchill and when Sotheby's held their first political sale in 1998, I couldn't resist bidding for a couple of lots. I put in successful bids forhis slippers and the brandy balloon and it was a remarkable feeling to hold them in my hands after the auction. Although I am sad to part with them now, I hope that they will be bought by someone who cherishes these items as much as I did. I often imagined the great man sitting in his chair with these slippers on and this very glass filled with ... More |
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| Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg presents works from the Art Bridges Collection | | Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation jacket, music video, performance costumes & more head to Julien's Auctions | | Almine Rech opens an exhibition of works by artists who explore the possibilities of painting |
Lee Krasner, Re-Echo, 1957 (detail), Oil on canvas, 59 x 58 in., Art Bridges. Photograph courtesy of Sothebys, Inc. © 2020. © 2021 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.- The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg is embarking on a year-long loan sharing collaboration with Art Bridges to present five paintings by celebrated American artists from the Art Bridges Collection. The artists represented are Jacob Lawrence, Hughie Lee-Smith, Norman Wilfred Lewis, Lee Krasner, and Marsden Hartley, each of whom advanced narratives about race, gender, and regional identity through their depictions of American life in the twentieth century. Art Bridges is a nonprofit arts foundation that creates and supports programs that expand access to American art around the country. It partners with art institutions on projects that deeply engage communities via thematic traveling exhibitions, long-term loan sharing collaborations, among additional initiatives. In addition to the ... More | |
Richard Tyler black coat stage worn on 1990 Rhythm Nation World Tour.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Juliens Auctions honors the preeminent music legend and her groundbreaking four decade career that changed music forever with their Lifetime of Treasures Auction live in Beverly Hills and online at juliensauctions.com. On offer will be a cascade of priceless treasures amassed by Janet Jackson over an esteemed career of unsurpassed and unprecedented success. Over 1,000 illustrious items owned by one of the worlds most celebrated and accomplished creative forces will be presented by Juliens Auctions in this one-time only special event. The dynamic collection spanning across Jacksons remarkable 40-year plus career includes influential and historical music video attire such as the original "Rhythm Nation Jacket" from Jacksons career defining 1989 award-winning musical film-short worn on tour plus, an array of costumes and memorabilia from each of her record-breaking ... More | |
Marcus Jahmal, Illumination, 2020. Oil on canvas, 152.4 x 121.9 cm. 60 x 48 in. Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech. Photography: Melissa Castro Duarte.
LONDON.- Marcus Jahmal brings together fourteen contemporary American artists whose works explore the possibilities of painting. Different strokes includes artists who examine the parameters of painting, not only by questioning ideas of content or form, but also through probing the nature of painting in and of itself. Marcus Jahmal, who has worked closely with Almine Rech since 2018, was drawn to the idea of how an exhibition could bring together a group of artists whose work has challenged him to consider these questions within his own artistic practice. The show functions as a hypothesis, a temporary tonic, to the concerns which continue to motivate artists to paint, whether in two or three dimensions. To that end, the presentation includes wall-based works as well as sculptures, so that painting can be imagined as a sensibility and an outlook, as well as a set of technical ... More |
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| Tanya Bonakdar Gallery welcomes Sam Rauch as Director of Commissions and Special Projects | | Six centuries of maritime masterpieces: Final Boijmans Next Door event in the Maritime Museum Rotterdam | | Jail logbook pages signed by MLK while incarcerated in Birmingham to be auctioned Feb. 24 |
A veteran of Public Art Fund, the New Museum, and Madison Square Parks Mad. Sq. Art program, Rauch has been integral to a number of the most ambitious public projects and exhibitions in New York City over the past decade and a half.
NEW YORK, NY.- Tanya Bonakdar Gallery announced the appointment of Sam Rauch as Director of Commissions and Special Projects. In this newly developed position, Rauch will work across the gallerys artistic program to oversee a global portfolio of permanent commissions, projects in the public realm, and site-specific installations at the worlds leading institutions. A veteran of Public Art Fund, the New Museum, and Madison Square Parks Mad. Sq. Art program, Rauch has been integral to a number of the most ambitious public projects and exhibitions in New York City over the past decade and a half. Working closely with Tanya Bonakdar and Senior Director Ethan Sklar, Rauch will build on the gallerys long record of supporting artists ... More | |
Ludolf Bakhuizen, Storm op de Hollandse kust, 1682 (detail), Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Foto door Studio Tromp.
ROTTERDAM.- Boijmans weighs anchor in the Maritime, where the two Rotterdam art collections come together in a new exhibition Maritime Masterpieces, the eleventh and final Boijmans Next Door show. Discover the unknown maritime world behind acclaimed works of art from Bosch to Van de Velde the Elder and other artists from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first. The seventy or so works from six centuries of art in the brand-new exhibition Maritime Masterpieces, on view in the Maritime Museum Rotterdam tell the story of shipping and ports and of the people involved. The collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and the Maritime Museum Rotterdam are coming together to shed light on new connections. A combination of paintings, drawings, glasswork and ship models will blend with art history and maritime ... More | |
Excerpts from four logbook pages.
YORK, PA.- Black History Month, observed annually in February, recognizes the African-American struggle for freedom and key events that empowered the Civil Rights Movement. In honor of Black History Month and the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Hakes will open its February 24-25 auction with a unique and highly important testament to the great civil rights leaders courage and resolve. Never before seen publicly, the lot consists of four logbook pages from the Birmingham Jail, hand-signed 12 times by Dr. King during his 1963 incarceration. In his leadership role against racial discrimination and inequality, King rallied millions to the civil rights cause, dynamically but peacefully. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and helped organize protests in Birmingham and Washington, where he delivered his immortal I Have A Dream speech. Five years before his tragic 1968 assassination, King was jailed ... More |
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| Snøhetta to lead major expansion and redesign of Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth | | Artcurial to open an exhibition of the "Artists of Le Hangar" | | Christie's announces evolved 2021 team for Spain |
Hopkins Center for the Arts. Courtesy of the Hopkins Center for the Arts.
HANOVER, NH.- Dartmouth today announced that it has selected the renowned design practice Snøhetta to lead the expansion and redesign of its Hopkins Center for the Arts. Since its opening in 1962, as the first major university-based center in the U.S. to unite the arts under a single roof, the Hopkins Center has been recognized for its groundbreaking approach to arts education and the presentation of performances by leading and emerging talents across creative disciplines. The project is part of Dartmouths expansive re-imagining of the Hops arts programs, which will encourage even more ambitious and varied creativity. While the Hop has long been recognized for bringing an incredible range of artists to our community, with the expansion and redesign of our facilities, Dartmouth will be able to more fully support the production of new works across dance, theater, music, film and more. This vision will make ... More | |
Pilipili Mulongoy, Untitled (detail). Oil on board - 79 x 67 cm. Estimate: 7 000 9 000 .
PARIS.- For the sale taking place on 18 March, Artcurial will present an exhibition of the Artists of Le Hangar on 13, 15 and 16 March 2021. These artists worked in the studio of Pierre Romain-Desfossés in the mid 20th century in Elisabethville (today known as Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo). Artcurial will present some thirty works by the masters of Congolese modern art, including Mode Muntu, Bela Sara, Pilipili, Mwenze Kibwanga and Kabinda. The exhibition of museum quality, with works coming principally from Belgian collections, reveals the connections between these self-taught artists and contemporary work. A genuine link between classical art and contemporary African art, the work of the artists of Le Hangar, which developed away from any Western influence, was not on the radar for collectors until the exhibition Beauté Congo at the Cartier Foundation in 2014-2015 ... More | |
Beatriz Ordovás, Director 20th Century Art Department. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021.
MADRID.- As Christies Spain approaches its 50th anniversary next year, established Christies colleagues MarÃa GarcÃa Yelo, Representative Christies Spain and Director of the Impressionist and Modern Art department, Beatriz Ordovás, Director and Head of Post-War and Contemporary art Iberia, and Adriana MarÃn Huarte, client liaison for 19th Century and Old Master Painting, will form an evolved team to work with their longstanding collectors while representing Christies in innovative ways throughout Spain. With significant digital advances made across 2020 including new sale formats, livestreamed sales, digital tools such as virtual viewing galleries and super-zoom photography, the team are well-placed to broaden the existing client base even further whilst continuing to foster the 1:1 client relationships that lie at the heart of Christies business. Dirk Boll, Christies President EMEA commented, Sin ... More |
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Exhibition of new paintings by Garth Weiser on view at Casey Kaplan
NEW YORK, NY.- Casey Kaplan is presenting an exhibition of new paintings by Garth Weiser, the artists eighth solo presentation with the gallery. In these new artworks, Weiser amplifies the visual lexicon of his predominately abstract oeuvre by revealing elements of representation within his dense, layered paintings. Expanding upon a unique process whereby divergent compositions are superimposed on a single canvas, Weiser has for the first time turned to appropriated imagery as primary source material. To produce the paintings, Weiser selects images intuitively from a variety of platforms, moving fluidly across niche social media forums, Fanart blogs, gaming channels, and e-commerce sites. Digital media is modified, manipulated and integrated within the textured topography of Weisers oil canvases. Each painting surface is built with contrasting layers ... More
Mississippi Museum of Art and Tougaloo College release Art and Civil Rights Initiative digital catalogue
JACKSON, MISS.- The Mississippi Museum of Art announced today it has published a digital catalogue documenting a series of five exhibitions and related public programs organized in partnership with Tougaloo College through the Museums Art and Civil Rights Initiative. In 2017, MMA and the College joined creative forces to form ACRI, a multi-layered, three-year partnership to leverage the art collections of both institutions to foster community dialogue about civil rights issues, past and present. Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation, ACRI supported work in art practice, collections development, research and scholarship, an exhibition and lecture series, and paid Internships. The topics, artworks, and programs addressed issues of race and racism at the intersection of art and civil rights in Mississippi and beyond. "Tougaloo College ... More
Exhibition brings together works by women artists with varying relationships to their Dominican heritage
NEW YORK, NY.- Jenkins Johnson Projects, New York, is presenting De Lo MÃo. A group exhibition curated by artist Tiffany Alfonseca, with an accompanying essay by curator and writer César GarcÃa-Alvarez, featuring works by Bianca Nemelc, Joiri Minaya, Monica Hernandez, Uzumaki Cepeda, and Veronica Fernandez. De Lo MÃo brings together a focused selection of works by an emerging group of women artists with varying relationships to their Dominican heritage. Originating from Alfonsecas ongoing interest in her generations evolving connections to a motherland, De Lo MÃo envisions identity not as a definable set of associations but rather as a spectrum through which multiple personal and collective pasts as well as lived experiences come to forge how people exist. The artists included in this exhibition assemble a constellation ... More
Fontaine's Auction Gallery kicks off 2021 with back-to-back auctions
PITTSFIELD, MASS.- Boasting a curated selection of fine leaded glass lamps, vases, silver, sculpture and much more, Fontaines Auction Gallery started off the new year on a high note. The two-part Fine & Decorative Arts auction that ran January 23 and 30 grossed over $2 million. It saw two Tiffany Studios lamps tie for top lot status at $87,725 with a total of nearly 40 items performing above the $10,000 mark. There was a diversified selection of 'Tiffany' items, from fine lamps to sterling silver, but we also saw strong performances across the board, including paintings, musical items and carved Black Forest pieces, said John Fontaine of Fontaines Auction Gallery. Unsurprisingly, the Tiffany name accounted for the top lots in both sessions of the auction, starting with two Tiffany Studios lamps that each fetched $87,725 on January 23. ... More
Galerie Miranda opens a solo exhibition of recent works by Chuck Kelton
PARIS.- Galerie Miranda is presenting a solo exhibition of recent works by American artist Chuck Kelton (b. 1952, USA). The exhibition title l'Alchimie du paysage (the alchemy of landscape) provides us with a direct entry to Kelton's work: exploring and working with darkroom chemicals used throughout the history of photography, the artist manipulates photosensitive paper to create abstract, emotionally-charged artworks that are reminiscent of canyons, mountains, oceans and forests. Kelton makes unique, camera-less photographs, working in full daylight outside of the darkroom and spending weeks, sometimes months, sketching and preparing each work. A master printer, Kelton is also a passionate collector of photographs, practical manuals and tools from the history of photography. He explores 19th century techniques and chemistry ... More
Moody Center for the Arts' spring season celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Rothko Chapel
HOUSTON, TX.- Alison Weaver, the Suzanne Deal Booth Executive Director, announced today that the Moody Center for the Arts spring program will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Rothko Chapel by presenting a unique group exhibition and original programs in recognition of this important milestone in the history of Houston and the arts at Rice. The season will honor the legacy of John and Dominique de Menil by highlighting the influence the Rothko Chapel has had on both artists and the public since opening in 1971, with special acknowledgement of the exhibition Marden, Novros, Rothko: Painting in the Age of Actuality mounted at Rice University in 1975. Dominique and John de Menil had a vision for Houston, as symbolized by the Rothko Chapel, that has resonated with generations of artists. After 50 years, the Chapel remains ... More
Cape Ann Museum welcomes Kathleen Cooke Ryan as new Chief Philanthropy Officer
GLOUCESTER, MASS.- The Cape Ann Museum welcomed Kathleen (Kate) Cooke Ryan as the Museums new Chief Philanthropy Officer. Ryan is a seasoned fundraising professional with deep experience in international program development and relationship management, most recently through her working with constituents around the globe on behalf of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, at Tufts University. Before joining Tufts, Ryan worked for Harvard University, where her leadership positions included Harvard Business School, the Harvard Alumni Association, The Rhodes Trust and Harvard Graduate School of Design. Prior to working for U.S. universities and colleges, Ryan taught English at the Notre Dame Seishin Women's University in Okayama, Japan. Most recently, as senior director of development and alumni relations ... More
Appleton Museum of Art features distinguished collection of African American art
OCALA, FLA.- The Appleton Museum of Art, College of Central Florida, is presenting Memories & Inspiration: The Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection of African American Art, celebrating the passion of a couple who spent more than 35 years as devoted connoisseurs, building a collection of vivid artworks that are both resonant and remarkably personal. Memories & Inspiration is on view at the Appleton now through April 4, 2021. Being shown for the first time in Florida, Memories & Inspiration: The Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection of African American Art presents 62 selected works from a body of art amassed over 35 years. Kerry, a retired mailman, and Betty, a former television news producer, gladly gave up many ordinary comforts in order to live with extraordinary paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures as their principal ... More
Brenda Ballin, who enlivened tours of the Met Museum, dies at 91
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- When Brenda Ballin led a tour at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, whatever lucky group she had in tow was pretty much guaranteed a good show. Along with an extensive knowledge of the artworks, she contributed sharp opinions and a wicked sense of humor to the proceedings, making a walk through the American Wing or a highlights of the museum tour a much livelier excursion than a museum visitor might expect. It was volunteer work, and she did it twice a week for some three decades, beginning in the 1970s. She was a natural fit for the volunteer guide program, having lived virtually her entire life on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, not far from the museum. Ballin died on Jan. 28 at her home in Manhattan. She was 91. Her daughter Leslie Ballin said the cause was complications of COVID-19. ... More
Exceptional Irish banknotes highlight sale at Dix Noonan Webb
LONDON.- An Irish £10 Banknote from the iconic ploughman series is expected to fetch £22,000-26,000 at Dix Noonan Webb in their live/ online auction of British, Irish and World Banknotes on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 10am on their website. The very fine and extremely rare Northern Bank Ltd note dates from May 6, 1929 and is being offered by a private collector. The only known example of a £50 note from the Belfast Banking Company Limited, dating from December 7, 1917 is also offered and is estimated at £8,000-10,000. An even older Irish note on sale is a very attractive £20 printed in blue, from the Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd, dating from October 20 1904, which is expected to fetch £5,000-6,000. Another Irish note of interest are the die proofs for the Ulster Bank Limiteds George Best commemorative £5 dating from November 25, 2006. ... More
Kathmandu Triennale 2077 announces new dates for the fourth edition
KATHMANDU.- Kathmandu Triennale 2077 has announced new dates for the fourth edition which will now take place from 27 October - 27 November, 2021. The Triennale, which was due to take place in December 2020, made the decision to delay due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The new dates have been finalised following conversations with partners, artists, advisors, and the team, addressing various concerns surrounding health, safety, production and participation. Organised by Siddhartha Arts Foundation (SAF), Kathmandu Triennale had named Cosmin Costinas (Executive Director and Curator of Para Site, Hong Kong) as the Artistic Director of the fourth edition and invited Nepal-based artists Hit Man Gurung and Sheelasha Rajbhandari as Curators. As an acknowledgement to the Triennales deep rooting in the art and viewpoints ... More
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Mental Escapology, St. Moritz
TIM VAN LAERE GALLERY
Madelynn Green
Patrick Angus
Flashback On a day like today, German sculptor Katharina Fritsch was born February 14, 1956. Katharina Fritsch (born 14 February 1956) is a German sculptor. She lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. Katharina Fritsch is known for her sculptures and installations that reinvigorate familiar objects with a jarring and uncanny sensibility. In this image: Katharina Fritsch, Erdbeere / Strawberry 2017. Polyester, paint, 31 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches, 80 x 80 x 80 cm. © Katharina Fritsch / VG BildKunst, Bonn / Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery. Photo: Ivo Faber, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.
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