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The sculpture Rumors of War is unveiled in Times Square on September 27, 2019 in New York City. Rumors of War was created by artist Kehinde Wiley and is a response to the monument of Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart in Richmond, Virginia. The monument sculpture, which is cast in bronze, depicts a young African American in urban streetwear, sitting astride a horse in a pose. In December, Rumors of War will be moved to the city of Richmond to its permanent home in front of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on Arthur Ashe Boulevard. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP.
NEW YORK, NY.- Times Square Arts, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) and Sean Kelly, New York unveiled artist Kehinde Wileys first monumental public sculpture Rumors of War in Times Square, New York on the Broadway Plaza between 46th and 47th Streets. Following its presentation in Times Square, Rumors of War will be permanently installed on historic Arthur Ashe Boulevard in Richmond at the entrance to the VMFA, a recent acquisition to the museums world-class collection. An installation ceremony will take place at VMFA on December 10, 2019. Kehinde Wiley, a world-renowned visual artist, is best known for his vibrant portrayals of contemporary African-American and African-Diasporic individuals that subvert the hierarchies and conventions of European and American portraiture. Rumors of War, his largest work to date, continues Wileys career-long investigation of the politics of representation, race, gender, and power. With this new sculpture, Wiley returns ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Heather Gaudio Fine Art is presenting Ricardo Mazal & Paul Bloch: Refined Abstractions. The show runs August 31 - October 5, 2019. Ricardo MazalÂs interest in the anthropological practices of diverse global cultures, their spiritual rites, rituals and sacred places comes to the fore in his artistic expression. Paul Bloch has been using traditional methods with hand-powered chisels and other tools to carve sculpture out of solid marble and limestone
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 | | Major new Raphael exhibition announced | | Phillips to offer property from the collection of Florence Knoll Bassett | | The Glyptotek presents The Road to Palmyra, the largest collection of ancient Palmyrene tomb sculptures outside of Syria | 
Raphael, The Madonna of the Pinks ('La Madonna dei Garofani'), about 1506-7. Oil on yew, 27.9 x 22.4 cm © The National Gallery, London.
LONDON.- A painter, draughtsman, architect, archaeologist, and poet who captured in his art the human and the divine, love, friendship, learning, and power, who gave us quintessential images of community and civilisation: Raphaels life was short, his work prolific, and his legacy immortal. In the year that marks the 500th anniversary of Raphaels death, the National Gallery will present one of the first-ever exhibitions to explore the complete career of this giant of the Italian Renaissance. In his brief career, spanning just two decades, Raffaello Santi (14831520) shaped the course of Western culture like few artists before or since. This exhibition will examine not just his celebrated paintings and drawings - but also his not so widely known work in architecture, archaeology, poetry, and design for sculpture, tapestry, ... More | | 
Louise Nevelson, Six Pointed Star, 1980. Estimate: $2,500-3,500.
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips announced the sale of Making Modern: Property from the Collection of Florence Knoll Bassett, taking place across the New York auctions of 20th Century & Contemporary Art, Design, and Editions this fall. One of the most influential architects and designers of postwar America, Ms. Knoll Bassetts enduring legacy can still be felt today, over six decades after she became president of Knoll, Inc. Comprised of nearly fifty lots in total, the collection being offered at Phillips includes works of art and design that this visionary of the 20th century chose to surround herself with over the course of her lifetime. Vivian Pfeiffer, Deputy Chairman, Americas, and Head of Business Development, said, Florence Knoll Bassett is among the most significant designers of the 20th century and can be credited with singlehandedly defining the aesthetic of the modern office ... More | | 
Buste af Yedi Bel (detail). © Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
COPENHAGEN.- Presenting the largest collection of ancient Palmyrene tomb sculptures outside of Syria, The Road to Palmyra at The Glyptotek is the first exhibition in Denmark devoted to the culture of Palmyra: an ancient oasis city located in present-day Syria. At a time where globalisation, migration and cultural conflict permeate the agenda, Palmyra attracts attention with its fascinating history as one of the ancient worlds most sophisticated and multicultural societies and the current conflicts in Syria have brought about a renewed focus on the value of its unique cultural heritage. The Road to Palmyra features a broad presentation of the areas special history and marks the return of the Palmyrene tomb sculptures from Los Angeles, where they have been on loan to The J. Paul Getty Museum since 2018. Christine Buhl Andersen, Director of The Glyptotek, says: It is with great pleasure that we will be able to welcome our co ... More |
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| | Rare Martin Lewis etching debuts at $42k in Prints & Drawings Sale at Swann | | Hauser & Wirth opens an exhibition of new work by Bharti Kher | | Global records set for four Hairy Who? Iconic Chicago artists at Hindman's Post War and Contemporary Art Auction | 
Martin Lewis, Men Working on Elevated Train Tracks, Looking at Airplane in Sky (detail), etching, circa 1919. Sold for: $42,500.
NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Galleries opened the fall season on Thursday, September 19 with a marathon sale of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings earning more than $2M. Works by Martin Lewis proved popular with collectors. Of the 16 works offered nearly all found buyers, and five works reached among the top 20 overall. Highlights included Men Working on Elevated Train Tracks, Looking at Airplane in Sky, circa 1919the rare early etching made its auction debut at $42,500; Glow of the City, drypoint, 1929, brought $40,000; and Little Penthouse, drypoint, 1931, earned $23,750. Further American artists featured Edward Hoppers 1922 etching East Side Interior, which reached $47,500; George Bellowss Dempsey and Firpo, lithograph, 1923-24, acquired by an institution at $37,500; and a 1951 complete set of 22 drypoints by Elie Nadelman which earned $22,500. Marc Chagall lead the sale with his most widely-appreciated livre dartiste, ... More | | 
Bharti Kher, As dangerous as an albatross, 2019. Clay, cement, wax, copper, 127.4 x 10.1 x 21 cm / 50 1/8 x 4 x 8 1/4 in. © Bharti Kher Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth.
LONDON.- Hauser & Wirth Somerset is presenting A Wonderful Anarchy, an exhibition of new work by Bharti Kher, following her three-month residency with the gallery in 2017. This is the artists first solo exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Somerset and marks a return to the most elemental themes within her practice. Kher, who works across a multitude of forms, will present a body of sculpture, installation and paintings. In the process of transforming found objects, and continually experimenting with materials, she layers references: to the mythological and scientific, secular and ritualistic, physical and psychological. At the centre of all works is the abstraction of shape and confluence of time in a provocative meeting of materials. This act of making and creating sculpture is borne through the act of drawing. Kher will be the first artist to continue a residency in conjunction with their exhibition an ... More | | 
This session included the top selling lot of the sale, Jim Nutts Plume, which realized $516,500 against a presale estimate of $200,000- $400,000.
CHICAGO, IL.- Hindmans September 26 Post War and Contemporary Art sale realized over $3.4 million and was led by an extraordinary session of rare and outstanding paintings by the Hairy Who? and the Chicago Imagists that surpassed presale estimates and broke four global auction records. This session included the top selling lot of the sale, Jim Nutts Plume, which realized $516,500 against a presale estimate of $200,000- $400,000. The painting broke a global record, being the most expensive work ever sold at auction by the artist. Other Chicago Imagists realizing global records include Gladys Nilsson, Karl Wirsum, and Art Green. Gladys Nilssons Dipdick...Adam and Eve after Cranach shattered expectations realizing $324,500 against a presale estimate of $20,000-$30,000. Karl Wirsums Doggerel III realized over triple its high estimate, selling for $212,500. Guarded Irregularities by Art Green, sold for almost double its pr ... More |
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| | Asian Art Museum presents drawings, prints, and sculptures that fuse East and West | | Dix Noonan Webb to sell the largest copper coin ever issued in Great Britain | | Los Angeles Modern Auctions announces top lots in October auction | 
Calligraphics, 1957, by Isamu Noguchi (American, 19041988). Iron, wood, rope, and metal. The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York. © The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York/ARS. Photograph by Kevin Noble.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- This fall, Sep. 27 through Dec. 8, the Asian Art Museum presents Changing and Unchanging Things: Noguchi and Hasegawa in Postwar Japan, an exhibition of more than one hundred artworks that tell the story of an extraordinary friendship that helped shape the iconic midcentury aesthetic. In addition to Japanese American Isamu Noguchis (19041988) renowned paper Akari lamps and instantly recognizable stone, wood and metal sculptures, the exhibition reintroduces audiences to Japanese calligrapher, painter and philosopher Saburo Hasegawa (19061957), whose contributions to a range of international artistic movements, including the Beats in San Francisco, have largely been overlooked due to his early death in 1957. Changing and Unchanging ... More | | 
The extremely rare sixpence coin which weighs 163g (the weight of 46 of todays 1p) and measures 48mm in diameter, dates from 1813 and is estimated at £2,000-3,000.
LONDON.- Dix Noonan Webb, the international coins, medals, banknotes and jewellery specialists are selling the largest copper coin ever issued in Great Britain. It will be included in an auction of British Tokens on Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at their auction rooms in central Mayfair - 16 Bolton St, London, W1J 8BQ. The extremely rare sixpence coin which weighs 163g (the weight of 46 of todays 1p) and measures 48mm in diameter, dates from 1813 and is estimated at £2,000-3,000. As Christopher Webb, Director and Head of the Coin department, Dix, Noonan, Webb explained: This coin was produced in Birmingham to be used in a workhouse, only 10 specimens are now known and this one is arguably the finest available to commerce. It is being sold as part of a group of 19th Century Tokens from the Collection from ... More | | 
Sturtevant, Study for Warhol's Marilyn, (Lot 100, Est: $400,000-600,000).
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Los Angeles Modern Auctions will be representing a seminal early work by the pioneering appropriation artist, Elaine Sturtevant (more commonly referred to simply as Sturtevant), 'Study for Warhols Marilyn' in the October 20th Modern Art and Design auction. Executed in 1965, the piece repeats a work created by Andy Warhol only a handful of years earlier, highlighting Sturtevants prescient ability to anticipate which artists and works would continue to make an art historical impact for years to come. Beginning in 1964, Sturtevant appropriated works by her contemporaries, including Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenburg, and Joseph Beuys, among others, and after a 10-year hiatus, continued her repetitions of a new group of up-and-coming artists, including Keith Haring and Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Clo Pazera, Fine Art Specialist at LAMA, writes: Its exceedingly rare to find a museum-quality work that ... More |
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| | Taipei Dangdai announces strengthened roster of 97 galleries for second edition | | Glenstone Museum Presents Fear Eats the Soul by Rirkrit Tiravanija | | Artist Alex Chinneck ties post boxes in knots across the UK for his latest public artwork | 
Robin Peckham will be closely involved in the curation of the public programming of Taipei Dangdai, joining Magnus Renfrew in spearheading the overall development of the fair as it steps towards its highly anticipated second year with 97 galleries participating. Photo by Sean Wang.
TAIPEI.- Following a successful first edition with over 28,000 visitors, Taipei Dangdai will return with a strengthened line-up of 97 leading galleries and an expanded leadership team to include contemporary arts expert Robin Peckham, who takes up the role of CoDirector, working alongside fair Co-Founder and Co-Director Magnus Renfrew. Presented by UBS and held at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1 (TaiNEX 1), the fair will run from Friday 17 January until Sunday 19 January 2020, with a VIP Preview and Vernissage on 16 January. The second edition of Taipei Dangdai builds on its mission to showcase leading galleries from around the world within the context of the very best galleries from Taipei and Asia more widely. Of the 97 galleries participating in the 2020 edition, ... More | | 
Rirkrit Tiravanija, untitled 2011. Courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, Rome.
POTOMAC, MD.- Glenstone Museum presents Fear Eats the Soul by Rirkrit Tiravanija, an installation featuring hallmark elements from the artists practice of challenging the intended use of conventional gallery spaces by removing walls, windows, and doors to create an immersive experience designed to be social, accessible, and temporal. The work is on view from September 26, 2019 through early 2020 in Glenstones Gallery building. Fear Eats the Soul by Rirkrit Tiravanija is a powerful, participatory work that engages visitors in shared experiences, said Emily Wei Rales, director and co-founder of Glenstone. As we begin our second year in the expanded Glenstone, this exhibition extends our commitment to showcasing radical artistic practices that encourage us to examine the role of art in contemporary culture. The work encourages visitors to partake in a suite of activities: a soup kitchen with a rotating menu of ... More | | 
Alex Chinneck, Alphabetti Spaghetti, Margate. Photo: Marc Wilmot.
MARGATE.- British artist Alex Chinneck returns with three identical new public artworks across the UK titled: Alphabetti Spaghetti. The sculptures which appeared overnight in London, Margate and Sheffield, resemble traditional red metal pillar post boxes which have been tied in knots. The work continues Chinnecks reputation for creating playful public artworks that transform the everyday into the extraordinary. In this new series of sculptures, which were all installed in one night, the artist turns these familiar, functional items into works of art. Red pillar post boxes are a cultural icon in the UK and there are over 115,500 across the country as a whole. A Royal Mail post box stands within half a mile of over 98% of the population and their design and colour help create a quintessentially British landscape. No variation to their design is allowed, except in very exceptional circumstances. Each of the three places chosen for the sculptures has a connection to the artist. Chi ... More |
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 World record at Bonhams for Osman Hamdi Bey masterpieceLONDON.- Young Woman Reading, a rare work by the 19th century Turkish painter, Osman Hamdi Bey (1982-1910) sold for £6,315,000 million, a new world record price for the artist at auction, in Bonhams 19th Century European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art in London today, 26 September. It had an estimate of £600,000-800,000. The sale made a total of £10,970,000. Bonhams Head of 19th Century Art, Charles OBrien said, Young Woman Reading was one of the finest of Osman Hamdi Beys paintings to appear at auction in recent years. I am not surprised that the bidding was so strong and that it set a new world record sum for the artist. The sum achieved for Young Woman Reading, and for the three works in the sale by Ludwig Deutsch, demonstrate the strength of the market for Orientalist ... More Repetto Gallery opens an exhibition of works by Pier Paolo CalzolariLONDON.- Repetto Gallery in London announced an exhibition of Pier Paolo Calzolaris singular project Muitos estudos para uma casa de limão featuring 22 works Torchon Arches paper mounted onto board. Calzolari realised them using salt, milk tempera, pastels à lécu and oil pastels. Magonza will publish an exhibition catalogue with a text by David Anfam, critic and curator of Abstract Expressionism (Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2016-17) the largest survey of its kind ever held in Europe. Pier Paolo Calzolari (Bologna, 1943), one of the most original and intransigent artists of the second half of the 20th century, began his brilliant career towards the end of the 1960s. A profound and refined interpreter of the poetics of the sublime more in its Baroque declination (theatrical and experimental) than the Romantic one the artist has always played and ... More Provocative new exhibitions at the Fleming explore identity and activism in art BURLINGTON, VT.- The Fleming Museum of Art announced two exhibitions opening this fall that explore topical themes pulled from todays headlines: identity and activism. In the East Gallery, the museum features Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul: Selections from the Light Work Collection, originally organized by Light Work, a nonprofit organization in Syracuse, New York, that provides direct support to artists working in the media of photography and digital imaging. The show was guest-curated by For Freedoms, a platform for civic engagement, discourse, and direct action for artists in the United States, co-founded in 2016 by former Light Work artists-in-residence Eric Gottesman and Hank Willis Thomas. Since then, For Freedoms has produced exhibitions, town hall meetings, and public art to spur greater participation in civic life. On ... More Rivertown presents important estate-sourced Asian art in Oct. 12 no-reserve auctionHOUSTON, TX.- Rivertown Antiques & Estate Services, one of the worlds most trusted sources of Asian fine and decorative art, will present a 202-lot auction on Saturday, October 12 featuring rarities that follow a timeline from the Shang Dynasty (2nd millennium BC) through the 20th century. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers. The carefully curated connoisseurs selection includes distinguished estate and family items from the United States, Great Britain and Continental Europe. Sources include the David Collins collection, the estate of William Nelson, the Fan Guang collection, and property from the collections of Charles George, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Johnson. No reserve has been placed on any of the lots. We are absolutely confident that the artworks and antiques chosen for this sale, which are of ... More Sculptor Mario Dilitz opens first exhibition in New York at Didier Aaron, Inc.NEW YORK, NY.- Exhibiting for the first time in New York, sculptor Mario Dilitz masterfully combines traditional techniques with a contemporary viewpoint in this significant exhibition of recent artworks presented by Didier Aaron, Inc. New York in conjunction with Sladmore Contemporary of London. Dilitz has an uncanny ability to give expression to the human form through the medium of wood. Art historian Lisa Trockner writes, Dilitzʼs people are static in their formal coherence and at the same time they express a need for orientation and a latent spirit of optimism. Through limewood, walnut, or oak, this still-young artist from the Tyrol region of Austria expresses the presence of each sculpture after thinking deeply about how to capture the inner life of his subjects. Dilitz, who actually prefers modelling to carving, and nearly always models a piece before going ... More Frist Art Museum presents vibrant installations and paintings by Brazilian artist twins OSGEMEOSNASHVILLE, TENN.- The Frist Art Museum presents OSGEMEOS: In between, an exhibition of sculptures and paintings by the Brazilian artist duo internationally celebrated for their vivid and playful public murals and studio work. The identical twin brothers Gustavo and Otavio PandolfoOSGEMEOS (the artists nom de plume; Portuguese for the twins)create imagery that blends wide-ranging influences, from Brazilian folklore to hip-hop culture. The exhibition is on display in the Frists Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery from September 27, 2019, through January 12, 2020. OSGEMEOS: In between features eight mixed-media paintings and two sculptures. Many of the works are populated with large-headed, long-limbed yellow figures in whimsical settings. The works tell storiessometimes autobiographicalof fantasy, family, social change, ... More Debut UK solo presentation by Bahia Shehab launches the Aga Khan Centre Gallery, LondonLONDON.- The Aga Khan Centre Gallery launched its new exhibition space with At the Corner of a Dream, a solo presentation by the Lebanese-Egyptian artist Bahia Shehab. The show her first solo show in the UK is comprised of five digital artworks produced by the artist in 2019 about the poetry murals she has painted in four different cities: Cairo, New York, Beirut and Marrakesh, as well as the Greek island of Cephalonia. These have been inspired by the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) the shows title is a line from one of his poems. Commissioned by the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC), the exhibition marks the publication of a book highlighting Shehabs poetry-based work published by Gingko Press in association with AKU-ISMC. The exhibition also follows the unveiling ... More CUE Art Foundation presents Hyphen, a solo exhibition by Natessa AminNEW YORK, NY.- CUE Art Foundation is presenting Hyphen, a solo exhibition by Natessa Amin, curated by Ali Banisadr. Amin creates a site-specific mixed-media installation that brings together painting, sculpture, and drawing to explore the artists experience of embodying a hybrid identity. Binding all of these materials together is a long undulating trail of hand-dyed newsprint that curves around the gallerys walls, forming a textural structure within which individual objects become intertwined as part of a larger sculptural body. Born and raised in Pennsylvania in an Indian-American family, Amin grew up navigating the complex relationships that were formed as a result of combined and contrasting cultures and religions. Her observations are recorded in colorful abstracted shapes and patterns that take inspiration from Indian and African textiles, ... More Rayyane Tabet opens first UK solo exhibition at Parasol unit, LondonLONDON.- Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art is presenting Encounters by artist Rayyane Tabet, his first major solo exhibition in the United Kingdom, with eight works from the past 13 years installed together for the first time. Rayyane Tabets works present fleeting moments in time and place, offering alternative perceptions or paradoxical views of political and personal events in an historical timeline presented here within the parameters of sculpture and found objects. Tabet explores the relationship between past and present, memory and reality. Like an archaeologist, he unearths hidden narratives in experiences and materials whose existence and content give rich meaning to his sculptural installations. His creative process often begins with a chance encounter from which a story unfolds. For Tabet, stories have layered dimensions that go beyond ... More Whitechapel Gallery explores the interest in music and sound amongst artists of the Fluxus movementLONDON.- From the snap of biting a carrot to the screech of dismantling a piano, this display explores the interest in music and sound amongst artists of the Fluxus movement. Featuring works by artists central to the Fluxus movement including John Cage (1912 1992), Philip Corner (b. 1933), Dick Higgins (1938 1998), Alison Knowles (b. 1933), George Maciunas (1931 1978), George Brecht (1924 2008), and Yoko Ono (b. 1933), it presents for the first time in the UK scores, records, performance documentation and objects from the Luigi Bonotto Collection. The Fluxus movement emerged in the 1960s as an international network of artists, musicians and performers who staged experimental happenings using everyday materials in a subversive way. They shared an attitude to creativity that was anti-academic, quotidian and open to all. Profoundly ... More Three barnfind cars go from storage to spotlight at H&H Classics Auction Online saleLONDON.- A splendid 1983 Ferrari 308 GTBi emerges from 11 years of storage for sale with H&H Classics next Auction Online on October 2nd. It is one of only seven cars to be produced in white from a run of 494 and is needing recommissioning. This manual example has done 39,196 miles and the owner states that it has had no issues whilst in his keeping. It has been with him since 2005 when the car was imported from Switzerland. It comes with extensive service history, complete toolkit, spare set of keys and original Ferrari wallet/booklets. Its Registration 'DDR 308B' will be sold with the car The car comes with fitted Ferrari lambs wool over-mats, Italien tool-kits, Rosso leather, spare keys and original Ferrari owners wallet. A barnfind Daimler V8 250 with power steering has been dry stored for the last 15 years, and has been in its current ownership since 1998, ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian painter Tintoretto was born September 29, 1518. Tintoretto (September 29, 1518 - May 31, 1594), real name Jacopo Comin, was a Venetian painter and a notable exponent of the Renaissance school. For his phenomenal energy in painting he was termed Il Furioso. His work is characterized by its muscular figures, dramatic gestures and bold use of perspective in the Mannerist style, while maintaining color and light typical of the Venetian School. In this image: A man looks at 'The Coronation of the Virgin, The Paradise' a painting by 16th century Venetian artist Tintoretto, on display at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, Wednesday, June 7, 2006.
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