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Some of the exhibits are returning to Oxford -- where Tolkien spent most of his adult life -- for the first time since his death in the historic English city in 1973.
by Joe Jackson
OXFORD (AFP).- The University of Oxford unveiled on Friday a "once-in-a-generation" exhibition of materials related to "The Lord of the Rings" author J. R. R. Tolkien, featuring previously unseen objects from several countries. "Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth", which opened in its Bodleian Libraries, presents manuscripts, artworks, maps, letters and artefacts in the biggest display in decades on the beloved British author -- whose works gave rise to the hugely successful film series. Some of the exhibits are returning to Oxford -- where Tolkien spent most of his adult life -- for the first time since his death in the historic English city in 1973. "What we wanted to show was Tolkien's original work, stripping back interpretations to where it all started," curator Catherine McIlwaine, Tolkien archivist at the libraries, told AFP. The displays showcase the range of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien's output, from early abstract paintings and tales he wrote for his children, to material related to works publish ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A specialist assembles the bones of a skeleton of an undeterminate carnivorous dinosaur in the Eiffel Tower in Paris on June 2, 2018. The 9-metre-long, 2,5-metre-high skeleton was found in Wyoming, USA, in 2013 and is some 150 Million years old. This utterly unique object of a completely unknown Theropod, will go on auction on June 4, 2018 during an exhibition held by Aguttes auction house on the first floor of the Eiffel tower. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP
| Exhibition features the exquisite lithographic work of American artist Ellsworth Kelly | | Exhibition at LACMA explores the chiaroscuro woodcut in Renaissance Italy | | Exhibition of major works by J.F. Willumsen opens at ARKEN in Denmark |
Ellsworth Kelly, Blue Over Orange, 1964. Lithograph on Rives BFK paper, 35-3/8 x 23-5/8 in. (89.9 x 60 cm) Norton Simon Museum, Gift of the Artist, P.1969.024 © Ellsworth Kelly Foundation.
PASADENA, CA.- The Norton Simon Museum presents Line & Color: The Nature of Ellsworth Kelly, an exhibition featuring the exquisite lithographic work of American artist Ellsworth Kelly (19232015). On view are Suite of Twenty-Seven Color Lithographs and Suite of Plant Lithographstwo bodies of work made by the artist in the mid-1960s, just as he was beginning to experiment with the medium. Seemingly different in subject and styleone brightly colored and abstract, the other simple figurative forms of plants and fruitthe two suites were in fact created simultaneously and in connection with one other. Seen together, and alongside two monumental paintings by the artist from the Museums collection, Kellys works demonstrate the way he absorbed the world around him and experimented ... More | |
Ugo da Carpi, after Raphael or Giulio Romano, Hercules and the Nemean Lion, c. 151718, chiaroscuro woodcut from 2 blocks in blue and black, 11 3/4 à 8 5/8 in., The British Museum, London, 1920,0420.20, photo © 2018 The Trustees of the British Museum.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy, the first major exhibition on the subject in the United States. Organized by LACMA in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, this groundbreaking show brings together some 100 rare and seldom-exhibited chiaroscuro woodcuts alongside related drawings, engravings, and sculpture, selected from 19 museum collections. With its accompanying scholarly catalogue, the exhibition explores the creative and technical history of this innovative, early color printmaking technique, offering the most comprehensive study on the ... More | |
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ISHÃJ .- From 2 June the Danish artist J.F. Willumsens major works can be seen at ARKEN. The exhibition J.F. Willumsen - Colours & Frames invites the public on a colourful tour of Willumsens uncompromising lifes work, but also adds new aspects to our picture of the well known artist. Jens Ferdinand Willumsen is in a class by himself in the history of Danish art recognized for his stylistic new departures, but an eternal outsider on the Danish art scene. Throughout seven decades Willumsen created ground-breaking works distinctive in their radical formal idiom and intense colour palette. In a collaboration with J.F. Willumsens Museum ARKEN is showing a comprehensive exhibition of all the major works from the museums unique collection, including iconic works such as A Mountain Climber, The Riddle of the Heavens, Bathing Children at Skagen Beach and The Wedding of the Kings Son. The exhibition highlights Willumse ... More |
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| Sotheby's sale headlined by a rare Symbolist work on paper by avant-garde master Kazimir Malevich | | "Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic" makes U.S. debut at High Museum of Art | | Landmark Zurbaran exhibit travels to Israel Museum |
Kazimir Severinovich Malevich, The Secret of Temptation with Portrait of Ivan Kliun on the verso, 1908 (Lot 64). Watercolour, gouache and pencil on card. Estimate: £250,000-350,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.
LONDON.- On 5 June, Sothebys will bring to the market works by celebrated Russian artists and craftsmen from Malevich to Fabergé in the Russian Pictures and Russian Works of Art, Fabergé & Icons Sales taking place in London. With consignments drawn from prestigious collections from around the world, the sales will offer a unique opportunity to purchase works by some of the most pre-eminent creators of Russian art. A rare figurative work on paper this watercolour is one of only a dozen or so original works by Malevich to have appeared at auction in the past decade. Malevich is best-known for his ground-breaking abstract Suprematist works. The Secret of Temptation (1908) dates from the artists short Symbolist period at a time when the artist was working on a series of religious-themed works. This work however, is far from celestial. In this bright sunny picture we find an expression of his elevated feelings on sex and ... More | |
Teddy Bear manufactured by Margarete Steiff ca. 1906-1910. Stuffed and sewn mohair plush. Bequeathed by Miss Z. N. Ziegler. © Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art is the premiere U.S. venue for Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic, a playful exhibition celebrating the magical world of one of the most adored literary characters of all time. Organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (V&A), and on view at the High from June 3 through Sept. 2, 2018, the exhibition is the first of its kind in over 40 years to explore the origins, creation and enduring legacy of the classic stories by A.A. Milne (18821956) and illustrations by E.H. Shepard (18791976) that have captured the hearts of generations of readers. This exhibition brings together the most important objects in Pooh history to reveal why the loveable bear and his friends remain so compelling today, said Virginia Sweeney, the Highs co-presenting curator for the exhibition. We are thrilled to bring this exhibition to Atlanta to engage our young visitors and their famil ... More | |
Francisco de Zurbarán, Reuben, ca. 164045 (detail). Oil on canvas, 78 9/16 x 40 9/16 inches (199.5 x 103 cm) © The Auckland Project/Zurbarán Trust. Photo: Robert LaPrelle. Courtesy of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
JERUSALEM.- Extending a major U.S. tour of Spanish Baroque masterworks from Auckland Castle, United Kingdom, 12 life-size paintings by Francisco de Zurbarán (15981664) are on view in Israel for the first time. On view at the Israel Museum, Zurbaráns Jacob and His Twelve Sons: Paintings from Auckland Castle provides audiences the rare opportunity to enjoy the series, which has been presented outside of the United Kingdom only twice (199495 and 201718) since its original purchase in 1756 by Richard Trevor (Bishop of Durham 17521771). The series, which depicts the Twelve Tribes of Israel, who represent the foundation of the Jewish faith, has hung in the Long Dining Room at the castle of the Prince Bishops of Durham for more than 250 years. We are thrilled to share with our audiences these extraordinary paintings whose history has a strong connection to the Jewish ... More |
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| Christie's announces highlights from the British Art Evening Sale | | 'Peter Pan' at 65: boy who wouldn't grow up comes of age | | The art of Walt Disney's 1940 masterpiece Pinocchio to be featured in Heritage Auctions' June Animation Art Auction |
Henry Moore O.M., C.H., Head. Hopton wood stone, unique, 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) high. Carved circa 1934-36. Estimate GBP 2,000,000 - GBP 3,000,000. © Christies Images Limited 2018.
LONDON.- Christies Modern British Art Evening Sale on 19 June 2018 will launch 20th Century at Christies, a series of auctions that will take place in London from 15 to 29 June 2018. Coinciding with the centenary of the end of the First World War, two paintings by one of the leading Official War Artists, Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson will demonstrate the power of figurative painting, the development of which can be traced in the work of L. S. Lowry ad Stanley Spencer later in the 20th century. Icons of British Modernism, including a unique carving by Henry Moore and two sculptures by Barbara Hepworth, will be showcased alongside a group of artists representing Op Art and Pop Art as the pictorial landscape in the UK transformed. Comprised of paintings by Richard Hamilton, David Hockney, Allen Jones, Richard Lin, Victor Pasmore, and Bridget Riley, the group is highlighted by a rare portrait by one of the founding ... More | |
J.M. Barrie's creation may never age but this year marks the 65th anniversary of the Disney movie that set imaginations soaring with tales of Lost Boys, swashbuckling pirates and an ominously ticking crocodile.
LOS ANGELES (AFP).- Most of us need eight hours' sleep, posh skin cream and a macrobiotic diet to halt the advancing years. Peter Pan -- that lucky little imp -- gets by on a little faith, trust and pixie dust. J.M. Barrie's creation may never age but this year marks the 65th anniversary of the Disney movie that set imaginations soaring with tales of Lost Boys, swashbuckling pirates and an ominously ticking crocodile. A paean to the wonder of youth but a poignant reminder that it doesn't last forever, "Peter Pan" is steeped in "a child's imagination and where it can take us," says Disney historian Mindy Johnson. "We as adults need to return to that sometimes and this is a constant reminder of that -- to regain our sense of wonder, magic and imagination," she told AFP at the Disney lot in Burbank, California. Barrie, a Scottish writer, created Pan in stories that he told the sons of his friend Sylvia ... More | |
Pinocchio Geppetto, Pinocchio, and Figaro Production Cel Setup with Key Master Background (Walt Disney, 1940).
DALLAS, TX.- Nearly 100 rare 1940 hand-painted production cels, original animation drawings, storyboards, background layouts, production backgrounds, model sheets and key master production cel setups from the 1940 Walt Disney masterpiece Pinocchio will be featured in Heritage Auctions' Animation Art auction June 16-17 in Dallas. "Pinocchio is considered an absolute masterpiece of Disney animation," Heritage Auctions Animation Art Director Jim Lentz said. "It's almost like they learned what they were doing with Snow White, and then perfected it with Pinocchio, which inarguably became one of the greatest animation films ever made. This is one of the largest collections of orignal artwork from Pinocchio ever offered in one auction." Of the 1,144 lots in the auction, 99 relate to the story by Italian writer Carlo Collodi in which a wooden puppet brought to life by a woodcarver named Geppetto dreams of becoming a real boy. One of the most well-known charac ... More |
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| DalÃ's Champagne Standard Lamps at risk of leaving the UK | | Rare Tintin drawings sold for $425,000 at auction | | Christie's New York announces highlights from the spring sale of Design |
A Pair of Champagne Standard Lamps by Salvador Dalà and Edward James.
LONDON.- Arts Minister Michael Ellis has placed a temporary export bar on A Pair of Champagne Standard Lamps by Salvador Dalà and Edward James to provide an opportunity to keep them in the country. The lamps are at risk of being exported from the UK unless a buyer can be found to match the asking price of £425,000 + £15,000 VAT. They are a collaboration between DalÃ, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, and Edward James, DalÃs patron and a keen promoter of the Surrealist movement. In the view of the Committee, the lamps were arguably the most original and important examples of modern lighting designed in the UK. The pair are one of two designed for Monkton House, Sussex, which was built in 1902 - 03 for James parents and designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. It was home to the most important and influential Surrealist interior ever created in Britain. One pair of lamps were made to flank the marble fireplace in the dining room at Monkton and would have stood ... More | |
Hergé Tintin, Coke en Stock Planche 58 Journal Tintin du 4 décembre 1957 (Casterman - 1958).
THE HAGUE (AFP).- Two rarely-seen drawings of Tintin from the comic book album "The Red Sea Sharks" sold for $422,000 (364,000 euros) on Saturday in Dallas, Texas, the auction house selling the sketches said. A pencil-on-paper 35.2x50 cm (13.8 x 19.6 inch) design and a 30.7x47.7 cm India ink copy, drawn by the Belgian cartoonist known as Herge in 1957, however fell short of the estimated price of between $720,000 to $960,000. Heritage Auctions' spokesman Eric Bradley told AFP that the set had been bought by a Brussels-based collector who "wished not to be identified at this time". Herge, whose real name was Georges Remi was himself from Brussels, a city which also plays home to Tintin and often forms the initial backdrop to his adventures. Although Saturday's auction was held in Texas, it was livestreamed at various locations including at Heritage Auction's Dutch headquarters outside Utrecht. The two drawings depict page 58 of the intrepid boy reporter's adventures in th ... More | |
Eileen Gray (1879-1976), A 'Transat' Armchair, 1927-1930 . Original calfskin upholstery, ebonized, lacquered wood, nickel-plated brass. Estimate: $1,000,000 1,500,000. © Christies Images Limited 2018.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announces the spring sale of Design taking place on June 20, 2018, at Rockefeller Plaza. The auction is comprised of two private American collections with a curated focus on works by some of the most iconic names of French design. The artists featured include Pierre Chareau, Jean Dunand, Jean-Michel Frank, Eileen Gray, François-Xavier Lalanne, Pierre Legrain, Jean Puiforcat, Jean Royère, and Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, who are among the most representative of an era in which France led the world as a hub of creativity of the highest quality and sophistication, a period of little more than a decade through which the countrys output attracted the attention of an appreciative, elite international clientele. Beth Vilinsky, Senior Specialist, Design, remarks: The appearance at auction of two collections such as these, comprising works ... More |
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Garis and Hahn opens "Neo-American Transcendental", an exhibition of new work from Michael Maxwell
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Garis & Hahn is presenting Neo-American Transcendental, an exhibition of recent mixed-media work and a continuation of previous series from Michael Maxwell. For this solo show, Maxwell presents 12 large-scale paintings that blend digital imagery with natural mark-making, which result in heavily-layered assemblages that incorporate the artists Neo-expressionist and Abstract Expressionist influences. The new paintings build upon ideas and themes that Maxwell has introduced in three previous seriesPhosphenes, Li, and Orgoneand introduces a new series, Landscapes. Beginning with a pattern constructed digitally, the artist adds a range of organic and inorganic materials (oil paint, beeswax, clay, quartz crystal, among others) to the printed base layer. There is tension between the programmed marks and the paint strokes as he ... More
Nils Stærk opens exhibition of works by FOS
COPENHAGEN.- FOS artistic practice is characterized by a fascination for creating social scenarios in the meeting between room, object and viewer. His work has through-out time circled around and questioned what constitutes a sociality and his explorations with language. Most recently the relationship between speed and our image of the future have marked the practice. This focus was visualized in the latest exhibition Ayrton at Museo Tamayo in Mexico City in 2017, where a membrane of textile accelerated like a timeline through the space. FOS uses his objects as a tool to create a functional frame. He leads us on a journey through a set of frames, where the material is processed and continues becoming an object or a language that we in connection with one-another, create a relationship around. In particular the exhibition One Language ... More
Ripley Auctions announces session 1 of the Carole Tanenbaum vintage costume jewelry collection sale
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.- Session 1 of selected items from the single-owner collection of vintage costume jewelry collection of Carole Tanenbaum an astounding assemblage of pieces lovingly gathered over the course of 40-plus years and featuring examples from the Victorian era thru to the present day will be offered by Ripley Auctions on Monday, June 18th, at 3 pm Eastern time. Tanenbaums collection includes some of the great designers of each period names like Trifari, Coro, Haskell, Coppola e Toppo, Dior, Chanel and many more. Also sold will be pieces from her expansive vintage Scottish and Bakelite vintage jewelry collections. I have so much that a lot of it is sitting in drawers, and thats a shame, she said. I felt it was time to part with some of it. The auction will be held online and in Ripley Auctions gallery, located at 2764 East 55th Place ... More
Daylight Books to publish 'Houseraising: The Jersey Shore After Hurricane Sandy' by Ira Wagner
NEW YORK, NY.- In 2012, the Jersey Shore was devastated by Hurricane Sandy and remains under threat from storms, erosion, and rising sea levels. Most of the media coverage of Sandy focused on the event. The less sensational story of how people recovered, rebuilt, and moved on with their lives was left largely unreported. New Jersey based photographer Ira Wagner, who owns a home on the Jersey Shore, became interested in the long-term effects of Sandy on the community during the summer of 2013 when he noticed houses along the shoreline being lifted through a rudimentary elevation system referencing the age-old communal activity of barn raising. Ranging from modest bungalows to mansions, they appeared to Wagner to be sitting up in the air on wooden supports that looked so wobbly you could push them over. Fascinated by what he witnessed, ... More
Exhibition offers a selective look at the historical impact and the continuing appeal of the aerial image
EASTBOURNE.- At Altitude is a selective look at the historical impact and the continuing appeal of the aerial image. Ranging from the exhilarating viewpoints of early aviation to the all-enveloping but flattening vantage point of Google Earth, the exhibition charts these changing perspectives, illustrating how the wonder of the overhead view was transformed through advances in technology as altitudes became higher and horizons more distant. An illustration from Thomas Baldwins book Airopaidia (1786), A Circular View from the Balloon at its greatest Elevation sets the context for At Altitude. The drawing is considered to be one of the first ever real aerial views, describing Baldwins one day in the air over Chester in 1785. The aerial potential of the local landscape, famously often depicted from an elevated position by Eric Ravilious, provides another source of inspiration. ... More
World's largest freshwater pearl goes for 320,000 euros
THE HAGUE (AFP).- The world's largest known freshwater pearl, which once belonged to Catherine the Great, was sold Thursday in the Netherlands for 320,000 euros ($374,000), auction house Venduehuis said. Known as the Sleeping Lion pearl due to its distinctive shape, the pearl was likely formed in the first half of the 18th century in Chinese waters, possibly even the Pearl River. The auctioneers said the jewel weighs some 120 grams (around 4.2 ounces) and is almost seven centimetres (about 2.7 inches) long making it one of the three largest known pearls in the world. The pearl, bought by a Japanese trader for 320,000 euros, had been valued 340,000 and 540,000 euros. Around 1765, the pearl was shipped to Batavia, now known as Jakarta, by a Dutch merchant of the United East Indies Company. It was there that it came into ownership of the ... More
Last of the Jayer wine to go on sale in Geneva
GENEVA (AFP).- The last batch of late legendary winemaker Henri Jayer's Burgundies -- which include some of the world's most expensive wines -- will go on auction in Geneva next month and could rake in up to $13 million. In all, 1,064 bottles will go under the hammer at the Baghera Wines auction, which will take place at a gourmet restaurant in Geneva. They include Cros-Parantoux Vosne-Romanee Premier Cru, which ranks among the world's priciest wines. The 855 standard bottles and 209 magnums, dating from between 1970 and 2001, are from the personal wine cellar of the man broadly considered the king of the Pinot Noir. "These bottles and magnums from his personal reserve were a bit like his laboratory... A way to see his vintage wines age over the years," his daughters Lydie and Dominique Jayer, wrote to AFP in an email. "It was natural for us, since ... More
Exhibition presents works in which indispensable assistant Norm Laich has collaborated
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles will present This Brush for Hire: Norm Laich and Many Other Artists, a unique survey of an array of world-renowned artists and one indispensable assistantthe Los Angeles-based artist, sign painter, and fabricator Norm Laich. Organized by artists Meg Cranston and John Baldessari, the exhibition will consist of paintings and graphic installations fabricated by Laich over the past three decades, with an emphasis on artists based in Los Angeles. Laich has been a key contributor to the production of many iconic, contemporary works by a range of artists including Ed Ruscha, Paul McCarthy, Allen Ruppersberg, and Jenny Holzer, among many others. This Brush for Hire will be on view June 3September 2, 2018.The selected works in the exhibition include paintings and objects by ... More
Over 80 leading artists and architects unite for Cure3
LONDON.- The Cure Parkinsons Trust, in association with Bonhams and Artwise, announced Cure3 2018, the 2nd edition of the acclaimed selling exhibition devised to raise awareness and funds for Parkinsons research. Featuring original commissions by more than 80 international artists, Cure3 is an opportunity to buy covetable art whilst supporting the vital work of The Trust. Co-Founded in 2005 by Tom Isaacs, The Cure Parkinsons Trust (CPT) is a charitable organisation created by and for people living with Parkinsons. CPT has one bold aim to find a cure for Parkinsons. CPT funds and supports pioneering research into new treatments which offer real hope of a cure to the more than 10 million people living with the condition worldwide. Tom lived an inspirational life with Parkinsons, devoted to the cause of CPT. He was passionate about the ... More
Roberto Coda Zabetta realises massive public artwork on Portivys pier
SAINT-PIERRE-QUIBERON.- Cantiere 2 / Harbour sees Roberto Coda Zabetta move his studio in Bretagne to realise the massive public artwork on Portivys pier. This project is founded on the reciprocal relationship between painting, architecture, the natural environment and the landscape. For millennia the force of the winds, of the tides, the erosion of the sea, the sun, the rain, the saltiness hit the coasts of the Quiberon peninsula that stretches in the Atlantic Ocean. Kilometres of coastline called Côte Sauvage are preserved under the Conservatoire du Littoral institution. The strength, the intensity and the purity of this nature are the primordial elements that have inspired the artist; they are the themes on which his research has been focused on, for the last year. Roberto Coda Zabetta is profoundly aware of the impossibility to stem these incontrollable ... More
New Geographies announces the artists commissioned to create ten site-responsive art works
LONDON.- New Geographies and the East Contemporary Visual Arts Network announced the artists selected to create ten major site-responsive visual arts commissions across the East of England. New Geographies is a three-year project, funded by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, to create a new map of the East of England based on personal thoughts, reflections and stories of unexplored or overlooked places, rather than on historic or economical centres. The first phase of the project invited members of the public to nominate locations for the map in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, over a three-month period in the Summer of 2017. This resulted in over 270 nominations, including the Petrified Forest of Mundon (Essex), the Concrete Pyramid off Great Yarmouths coast (Norfolk), an abandoned Tesco supermarket ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Raoul Dufy was born June 03, 1877. Raoul Dufy (3 June 1877 - 23 March 1953) was a French Fauvist painter, brother of Jean Dufy. He developed a colorful, decorative style that became fashionable for designs of ceramics and textiles, as well as decorative schemes for public buildings. He is noted for scenes of open-air social events. He was also a draftsman, printmaker, book illustrator, scenic designer, a designer of furniture, and a planner of public spaces. In this image: A woman looks at differents artworks by late French painter Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) exhibited at the Beaux-Arts museum of Nice, on June 18, 2015, as part of the cultural event "Nice 2015. Promenade(s) des Anglais". AFP PHOTO / JEAN CHRISTOPHE MAGNENET.
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