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Will Barnet, Self - Portrait, 1981. Oil on canvas, 31 ⅛ à 45 ½ in. National Academy of Design, New York © 2018 Will Barnet Trust / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Courtesy American Federation of Arts.
DAYTON, OH.- The Dayton Art Institute begins its centennial season of special exhibitions with For America: Paintings from the National Academy of Design, on view from February 23 through June 2. The DAI is the debut venue for this new touring exhibition, organized by the American Federation of Arts (AFA) and the National Academy of Design (NAD). For America is the first exhibition to highlight the fundamental characteristic of the National Academys collection: the joint presentation of an artists portrait with her or his representative work. The exhibitions 100 extraordinary paintings present not only a visual document of the Academys membership, but also a unique history of American painting from 1809 to the present. For America offers a nuanced story of American art, said Pauline Willis, Director and CEO of the American Federation of Arts. The exhibitions national tour will bring these importa ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Models, including skeletons and life-sized recreations, of Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaurs stand in a new exhibit called 'T. Rex: The Ultimate Predator' at the American Museum of Natural History, March 4, 2019 in New York City. The new exhibit will open to the public on March 11. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP
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| | | Exhibition of paintings and significant works on paper by Alice Neel on view at David Zwirner | | First solo exhibition in Russia of Rasheed Araeen opens at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art | | Algeria museum vandalised during protests: ministry |
Alice Neel, Degenerate Madonna, 1930. The Estate of Alice Neel. Courtesy The Estate of Alice Neel and David Zwirner © The Estate of Alice Neel.
NEW YORK, NY.- David Zwirner is presenting an exhibition of paintings and significant works on paper by Alice Neel (19001984), on view at 537 West 20th Street in New York. Spanning six decades of the artists career, Alice Neel: Freedom is organized by Ginny Neel of The Estate of Alice Neel. The exhibition focuses on the artists portrayal of the nude figure and the ways in which Neel resolutely challenged traditional perceptions of sexuality, motherhood, and beauty. One of the foremost American figurative painters of the twentieth century, Neel was a humanistshe was fascinated by people. She loved to paint them in all their complexitiesto penetrate and reveal their fears and anxieties, their defiance and survival. She also loved to paint the unadorned human figure, and her nude portraits explore the body with frankness while celebrating the ... More | |
Rasheed Araeen. Photo Socrates Mitsios.
MOSCOW.- This spring, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art presents the first solo exhibition in Russia of Rasheed Araeen (b. 1935, Karachi, Pakistan), presenting six decades of work by the seminal practitioner who has had a profound influence on generations of artists, writers, and thinkers around the world. Known for his strident critique of the ideological and political assumptions of Western modernism, Araeen trained as an engineer in Karachi, before moving to London in 1964 in pursuit of an artistic career. There, he first became known as a pioneering sculptor and installation artist in the (then) emerging field of minimalism, receiving the prestigious John Moores Prize for sculpture in 1969. Against the tumultuous background of financial crisis and increasing hostility to immigrants in the 1970s, Araeens art took a sharp political turn, addressing head-on the problems of Britains institutional racism both outside and within ... More | |
An Algerian youth carries a tear gas canister fired by anti-riot policemen on the fringes of a demonstrate in the capital Algiers against ailing president's bid for a fifth term on March 8, 2019. RYAD KRAMDI / AFP.
ALGIERS (AFP).- Algeria's oldest museum, home to some of the country's most valuable art, was vandalised during protests against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term, the culture ministry said Saturday. "Criminals" took advantage of thousands-strong demonstrations on Friday to break into the National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Arts in Algiers, founded in 1897, the ministry said in a statement. "Part of the museum was ransacked, objects stolen and administrative offices burned, as well as documents and records being destroyed," the ministry said. Firefighters arrived promptly and prevented the blaze from spreading, while police had managed to retrieve a sabre dating from the time of the Algerian resistance to the French conquest of Algeria in the early 19th century, it said. Tens of thousands protested ... More |
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| | | Sotheby's strengthens its commitment to luxury in the Middle East | | Exhibition explores Lee Mullican's sustained interest in the universe as source material for his creative voice | | Kerlin Gallery opens an exhibition of new paintings by Liliane Tomasko |
Sophie Stevens has been appointed Jewellery Specialist for the MENA region, having consulted for the company in Dubai since 2016. Courtesy Sotheby's.
DUBAI.- Following the successful launch of new watch sales in Dubai this autumn and building on its tradition of world-class jewellery exhibitions going back 15 years, Sothebys is further strengthening its commitment to luxury in the Middle East in 2019 by appointing two leading watch and jewellery specialists. Based in Dubai, Watch Specialist Frederic Watrelot and Jewellery Specialist Sophie Stevens will travel throughout the region to meet collectors, advising them on selling and buying jewellery and watches and developing business opportunities for the company. Both of them will work closely with Katia Nounou, Head of the Dubai Office and Sothebys MENA teams. Their appointments come as Sothebys continues to grow its global watch and jewellery division, which includes many of the foremost experts in the field, and continues to broaden its activities with a wide range of new services and innovative online sales. These no ... More | |
Lee Mullican, Portrait in Answer, 1948 Oil on canvas 36 x 27 in. 91.4 x 68.6 cm
NEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan is presenting Lee Mullican: Cosmic Theater, curated by Michael Auping at the gallerys Chelsea location, on view from March 7 through April 20, 2019. The exhibition Lee Mullican: Cosmic Theater explores the late artists sustained interest in the universe as source material for his creative voice. Mullican was a seeker and tirelessly pursued a form of abstraction that connected nature and spirituality. Pulling from a wide range of influences he created works that found new meanings through formal explorations of composition, color, and mark making. In his conversation with Joanne Phillips from 1976, he recalled the push and pull between abstraction in the purest sense and what he explained as his need for some kind of image. Through a close examination of his paintings and drawings we begin to understand that these patterns, shapes, and figure-like forms reflect his deep and abiding interest in th ... More | |
Liliane Tomasko, a dream of: A RED THREAD, 2018. Acrylic and acrylic spray on linen, 215.9 x 190.5 cm / 85 x 75 in
DUBLIN.- Kerlin Gallery is presenting The Red Thread, an exhibition of new paintings by Liliane Tomasko. Liliane Tomaskos abstract paintings employ a distinctive, bold lyricism, with an equally unabashed sense of colour. The artist often begins with a study of the personal effects of everyday domesticity such as bedding or clothing to create work that suggests a gateway into the realms of sleep and dreaming; delving into the gulf between what we understand as the conscious and subconscious. This new series of paintings display an increasing vitality and assertiveness, articulating an abstraction that is rooted in the physical realm but attempting a departure from it. Intense colour, subtle tone, shadows and painterly gesture are woven together in such a way that space comes in and out of focus, suspending ones perception of them and emulating the clarity or lack thereof of dreams and memories. Recent solo ... More |
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| | | San José Museum of Art presents a new exhibition featuring unseen works by local artist Jay DeFeo | | New York's iconic Chrysler Building to sell for $150 mn: report | | Sara Baras, the flamenco superstar wearing the pants |
Jay DeFeo, Untitled, 1971. Gelatin silver print, 2 5/8 x 4 3/4 inches. Estate no. P1284. Courtesy of The Jay DeFeo Foundation; Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles; Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York; Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris & Dallas © 2019 The Jay DeFeo Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
SAN JOSE, CA.- The San José Museum of Art presents a new exhibition with previously unseen photographs by the artist Jay DeFeo. Though she is well known for her monumental painting The Rose (195866), DeFeos visual and poetic associations play across a remarkable array of media and material. Using four DeFeo works in SJMAs permanent collection as the organizing catalyst, Undersoul: Jay DeFeo explores DeFeos prolific use of photography as a critical facet of her process within the context of her multimedia work, deepening and extending her important legacy beyond painting and drawing. Undersoul: Jay DeFeo is on view from March 8July 7, 2019. Organized by the San José Museum of Art, and curated by Lauren Schell Dickens, curator and Kathryn Wade, curatorial associate, the exhibition is accompanied by ... More | |
This file photo taken on April 11, 2018, shows The Chrysler building in New York City. HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP.
NEW YORK (AFP).- The owners of the Chrysler Building have reached a deal to sell the iconic New York City building for "a little more than $150 million," The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. The sale price of the tower in midtown Manhattan, considered an Art Deco masterpiece, marks a significant loss for Emirati investment firm Mubadala, which paid $800 million for a 90 percent stake in 2008. Real estate group Tishman Speyer, which had bought the building outright for a reported $210-250 million in 1997, retained a 10 percent stake. The Journal reported that the building's owners do not own the ground beneath it and pay annual rent that went up from $7.75 million to $32 million in 2018 and was set to increase again to $41 million in 2028. Citing brokers, the newspaper said those fees "have eaten away at much if not all of the building's revenue." The building also has some 400,000 square feet (37,160 square meters) of space that is either ... More | |
Flamenco dancers from Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras performs a scene from "Shadows (Sombras)" during their opening night at the City Center on March 7, 2019, during the 2019 New York City Centers Flamenco Festival. TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP.
NEW YORK (AFP).- A seductive Spanish art form characterized in the popular imagination by a bright frilly dress, the tradition of flamenco is fast becoming an arena for innovation. And flamenco superstar Sara Baras is at the forefront, using her heels to pierce gender stereotypes by trading the ruffled gown for a pair of pants to dance "farruca" -- a style normally limited to men. The 47-year-old from the southwestern Spanish city of Cadiz, who is starring in New York's Flamenco Festival USA series this weekend, says she enjoys the traditionally masculine style farruca because she "likes the risk, it makes you grow." "It's an elegant, sober style; it's a trouser and a shirt, not your dress or your flowers or anything." "You cannot hide. You have to have truth." Baras begins her show in a shirt with black pants, before transitioning to a spectacular dress with undulating folds. Today, ... More |
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| | | Georgia Museum of Art examines love in the Renaissance | | Cosmoscow 2019 edition and new appointments to strengthen the fair's programming | | Agnes Pelton's first survey in more than 23 years opens at Phoenix Art Museum |
Possibly Deruta manufacture, pharmacy vase, 1566. Majolica, 7 11/16 x 4 3/4 (diameter) inches. Museo Stibbert, Firenze, 11161.
ATHENS, GA.- Marriage chests from Renaissance Italy are on display at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia from March 9 through May 26, 2019. The exhibition (Life, Love and Marriage Chests in Renaissance Italy) is organized by Contemporanea Progetti in collaboration with the Stibbert Museum, in Florence. The curator is Martina Beccatini, curator of decorative arts and paintings at the Stibbert. During the Italian Renaissance, cassoni, as the elaborately decorated wedding chests of the time are known, were an important part of marriage rituals and were perhaps the most prestigious furnishing in the house of newlyweds. Typically, they were commissioned in pairs by the brides father as part of her dowry and to hold her trousseau. They were very much an expression of the familys wealth and position in society. It is truly a rare occasion for Italian ... More | |
Margarita Pushkina, Founding Director of Cosmoscow Fair.
MOSCOW.- This year, the 7th Cosmoscow International Contemporary Art Fair will take place at Moscows most distinguished venue, Gostiny Dvor, on September 6-8 with the Collectors and VIP Preview on September 5, starting the international art calendar. Cosmoscow will be supported by its long-standing partners: Main Partner Qatar Airways, Strategic Partner Credit Suisse, and Automobile Partner Audi. Simon Rees, Museum professional and Curator, has been appointed as a new Art Director of the Fair, while Alistair Hicks, Curator and Author, has joined the Cosmoscow Advisory Board, to further develop the Fairs programming. Margarita Pushkina, Founding Director of Cosmoscow Fair, says: I am very glad that as an international art platform we are reaching a brand new level. We have made this possible through constant efforts to improve and expand the Fairs main programming, as well as by recruiting ... More | |
Agnes Pelton, Fires in Space, 1933. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY.
PHOENIX, AZ.- Organized by Phoenix Art Museum, Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist is the first survey of the obscure American modernist painter in more than 23 years. Although she painted conventional landscapes and portraits, Pelton (18811961) is most celebrated for her abstract compositions that reflect her interest in esoteric subjects, including numerology and Agni Yoga with its principal focus on fire as a guiding force. The exhibition of more than 40 works from various private and museum collections, including the permanent collection Phoenix Art Museum, sheds light on Peltons artistic contributions to American modernism, a movement more commonly associated with artists such as Georgia OKeeffe (18871986) in the Southwest and Marsden Hartley (18771943) in New England. Furthermore, Peltons interest in spirituality ... More |
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David Nolan Gallery opens 'The Eighties', a survey of drawings by an international group of artists
NEW YORK, NY.- David Nolan Gallery is presenting The Eighties, a survey of drawings by an international group of artists who received particular attention during this decade in New York. On view from February 28 through April 13, the exhibition follows Drawing Space: 1970-1983, which the gallery presented in 2018, and focused primarily on art from the previous decade. Like Drawing Space, the exhibition does not purport to offer a conclusive overview of a given period, but rather brings together key figures many of whom have been foundational in the gallerys history who are known for their contributions within the medium of drawing. In the early 1980s, New York City retained its grittiness in many neighborhoods, including below 42nd Street. At the same time, business began expanding and money began to flow more freely. Art making during ... More
Arts+Leisure announces the gallery's debut exhibition of paintings by Miles Debas
NEW YORK, NY.- Arts+Leisure announces Blind Spot, the gallery's debut exhibition of paintings by Miles Debas. Incorporating elements of collage and shaped and unconventional supports, the works on display reflect a deep engagement with Modernist traditions. Cubism and Fauvism are refracted through the artists more contemporary handling of form and space. Debas deftly glides from figuration and narrative to abstract studies of space and color. These are underscored by a quality of painterly fluidity that unites the paintings in the exhibition. Working with a variety of materials including ink, acrylic paint, and muslin, Debas draws out richly textured, highly corporeal surfaces and hues that are at once luminous and restrained. The breadth of Debas eclecticism is itself striking, encompassing glimpses of Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, and Cubism, along ... More
i8 now represents B. Ingrid Olson
REYKJAVÃK.- i8 announced that they now represent Chicago based artist B. Ingrid Olson. Her first solo show at the gallery will open in June. B. Ingrid Olson implements elements of photography, sculpture, and performance in an ongoing exploration of the boundaries between body and space. Within the confines of her studio, she records her body as it moves shifting in relationship to its surroundings. The results of this process are multidimensional objects and images that re-imagine the capacities of the body and the structuring of space. In her photographic works, fragmented views of Olsons body oscillate between a pictured subject and a subjective perspective, creating tensions between interior, direct experience and exterior, mirrored existence, and giving the artist full control over what the viewer is allowed to see or not. Olson draws the viewer in, but only ... More
Matching pair of samplers, beautifully executed by Ohio children in 1806 and 1808 sells for $10,000
CRANSTON, RI.- A matching pair of samplers, done by young sisters in Ohio in 1806 and 1808, sold as one lot for $10,000 at an Antique, Fine Art & Jewelry Auction held March 2nd by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, online and in the firms gallery at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston. A live-only pre-sale auction with just over 150 lots and no online bidding preceded the main sale. The samplers were beautifully executed in Wallingford, Ohio by the Kirkland sisters Nancy, age 7 in 1808, and Sara, age 8 in 1806. Each sampler was decorated with a central home motif, surrounded by birds with strawberry bushes and trees. They were done on silk and linen, with both measuring 14 inches by 11 inches. Both were framed, with no glass in one of the frames. What a thrill it was to hammer down the samplers for $10,000, said Travis Landry, a Bruneau & Co. specialist ... More
Museum curators receive £200,000 to boost research through Headley Fellowships with Art Fund
LONDON.- The Headley Fellowships with Art Fund is a new funding programme to give curators the opportunity to further develop specialist knowledge relating to the collections in their care. It enables curators to take time away from their day-to-day responsibilities to embark on a period of in-depth research into their museums collection, with funding provided to backfill their post either full-time for six months or part-time for a year. The scheme responds to Art Funds own research, published in a 2017 report, The 21st-century curator, which found that almost three-quarters of museum curators (72%) spent 15% or less of their time on collections research. It also comes at a time when public spending on museums and galleries in England has declined in real terms by 13% over the last decade museums reliant on local authority funding have been hit ... More
On March 17, Japanese prints go up for bid at Turner Auctions + Appraisals
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to feature Japanese Prints on Sunday, March 17, 2019, at 10:30 am PDT. The sale offers over 95 Japanese woodblock prints and etchings, including single prints, triptychs and groupings. A highlight is a rare shunga print by Eiri. Among the other leading artists in the sale are Hiroshige I & II, Utamaro, Jacoulet, Yoshida, Hasui, Keinin, Hokusai, Koitsu, Kasamatsu, Kuniyoshi and others. Other artworks in the sale include several watercolors and a hand scroll. Turner Auctions + Appraisals begins its online auction on Sunday, March 17, 2019, at 10:30 am PDT; sale items are available for preview and bidding now. The auction will be featured live on three platforms: LiveAuctioneers, Bidsquare and Turner Auctions + Appraisals free mobile app, which can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Apps ... More
Metro Pictures exhibits Isaac Julien's visionary ten-screen film installation 'Lessons of the Hour'
NEW YORK, NY.- Isaac Juliens visionary ten-screen film installation Lessons of the Hour explores the incomparable achievements of Americas foremost abolitionist figure. After escaping slavery in Maryland, Frederick Douglass gained celebrity on the abolitionist circuit as an extraordinary orator, becoming the most photographed American of the 19th century. Juliens project is informed by some of Douglasss most important speeches, such as Lessons of the Hour, What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?, and Lecture on Pictures, the latter being a text that connects picture-making and photography to his vision of how technology could influence human relations. Julien's immersive work gives expression to the zeitgeist of Douglasss era, his legacy, and the ways in which his story may be viewed through a contemporary lens. Created in consultation ... More
John Michael Kohler Arts Center awarded accreditation from American Alliance of Museums
SHEBOYGAN, WI.- The John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wis., has achieved accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the highest national recognition afforded the nations museums. Accreditation signifies excellence to the museum community, to governments and funders, and to the museum-going public. AAM accreditation brings national recognition to the Arts Center for its commitment to excellence, accountability, high professional standards, and continued institutional improvement. Developed and sustained by museum professionals for over 45 years, the Alliances museum accreditation program is the fields primary vehicle for quality assurance, self-regulation and public accountability. Preparing for and successfully completing the accreditation process has taken the focused efforts ... More
Newark Museum's revitalized galleries spotlight American Modern and Contemporary artists
NEWARK, NJ.- The Newark Museum reopened its re-envisioned permanent galleries of modern and contemporary American art on March 9. The culmination of a two-year project supported by the Henry Luce Foundation, the new installations create open and inviting spaces to showcase the Museums world-class collections, and promote a more expansive view of American art. Titled Seeing America, the new modern and contemporary galleries complete the reinstallation of the American collections that began with the addition of Native Artists of North America in 2016. Works by well-known American artists such as Max Weber, Andy Warhol and Helen Frankenthaler are spotlighted alongside contemporary works by living artists, including Willie Cole, Mickalene Thomas and many others. The project encompasses an extensive remodeling of the permanent ... More
Exhibition at the Bruce Museum showcases masterpieces from the Museum of Cartoon Art
GREENWICH, CONN.- Masterpieces from the Museum of Cartoon Art showcases more than 100 original works celebrating the history of this unique art form in America. Among the many items on display are an early editorial cartoon by Thomas Nast, a spectacular Prince Valiant Sunday page by Hal Foster, and a witty New Yorker gag by Peter Arno, as well as classic Peanuts, Doonesbury, and Calvin and Hobbes comic strips. Treasures from this rich and varied repository represent all of the cartoon genres, including comic strips, newspaper panels, comic books, editorial cartoons, magazine cartoons, caricature, illustration and animation. The artwork is on loan from The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. The centerpiece of the exhibition is a recreation of the Museum of Cartoon Arts Hall of Fame. Thirty-two artists were ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, sculptor and furniture designer Harry Bertoia was born March 10, 1915. Harry Bertoia (March 10, 1915 in San Lorenzo, Pordenone, Italy - November 6, 1978 in Barto, Pennsylvania), was an Italian-born American artist, sound art sculptor, and modern furniture designer. In this image: Since 2000, Wright has sold more than 550 sculptures by Bertoia -- more than any other auction house or gallery.
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