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Dale Chihuly, Copper Ruby Persian Wall Sconce (detail), 2019, 61 x 83 x 14" © Chihuly Studio. Courtesy Schantz Galleries.
STOCKBRIDGE, MASS.- A new exhibition by Dale Chihuly at Schantz Galleries in Stockbridge runs through September 22, 2019. The gallery will host an opening reception on Friday, August 9 from 3-5pm. Chihuly is an American artist noted for revolutionizing the studio glass movement and elevating perceptions of the glass medium. His ambitious architectural installations have been placed in notable cities, museums, and gardens around the world, and his work is in the perm¬¬anent collections of more than 200 museums. Schantz Galleries provides visitors with a more intimate setting in which to experience Chihulys work. Chihuly has mastered the alluring, translucent, and transparent qualities of glass, ice, water, Polyvitro, and neon, to create works of art that transform spaces to create new viewer experiences. With a background in interior design and architecture of the gallery, he and his team have desig ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Artisan globemaker, Peter Bellerby poses for a photograph at the Bellerby and Co Globemakers' workshop and headquarters in Stoke Newington in north London, on July 19, 2019. In 2008, Peter Bellerby set out to buy his father a high quality handmade globe as an 80th birthday present. When he could not find one, the Briton decided to make it himself -- and, in the process, catapulted himself into a new profession. Niklas HALLE'N / AFP
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| | | Israel gets missing Kafka papers, ending long legal battle | | New dinosaur discovered after lying misidentified in university's vaults for over 30 years | | Phillips announces highlights from the Evening & Day Editions Auctions in London |
National Library archival expert and Humanities Collection Curator Stefan Litt reveals manuscripts by novelist Franz Kafka, during a press conference at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem on August 7, 2019. MENAHEM KAHANA / afp.
JERUSALEM (AFP).- The Israel National Library on Wednesday unveiled a missing batch of Czech Jewish writer Franz Kafka's papers, ending more than a decade of legal wrangling over ownership in Israel and Europe. As he battled with tuberculosis in an Austrian sanitorium, the author of "The Trial" and "The Metamorphosis" asked his close friend Max Brod to destroy all his letters and writings. After the writer's death in 1924, Prague-born Brod, also Jewish, felt he could not carry out his friend's wishes and in 1939 he fled Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia for Tel Aviv, carrying Kafka's papers in a suitcase. Brod then published many of the works and played a key role in establishing Kafka's success as one of the 20th century's key literary figures. Brod's own death in 1968 ushered in what library spokeswoman Vered Lion-Yerushalmi called "the Kafkaesque story" of the ... More | |
The skull of Ngwevu intloko is remarkably well preserved © Kimberley Chapelle.
JOHANNESBURG.- A PhD student of the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, has discovered a new dinosaur species in the Universitys vaults, after it has been laying misidentified in a collection for 30 years. The team of scientists, led by PhD Student Kimberley Chapelle, recognised that the dinosaur was not only a new species of sauropodomorph, but an entirely new genus. The specimen has now been named Ngwevu intlokowhich means "grey skull" in the Xhosa language, chosen to honour South Africa's heritage. She was joined in the research by her PhD supervisors: Prof Jonah Choiniere (Wits), Dr Jennifer Botha (National Museum Bloemfontein), and Professor Paul Barrett (Natural History Museum, London). Together, Kimberley and these world-leading researchers have been improving knowledge of South African palaeontology for the last six years. Professor Paul Barrett, Chapelles PhS supervisor and researcher at the Natural History Museum i ... More | |
David Hockney, Lithographic Water Made of Lines and Crayon, 1978-80. Lithograph in colours, on TGL handmade paper, with full margins. S. 74.3 x 86.5 cm (29 1/4 x 34 in.) Estimate £25,000-35,000. Image courtesy of Phillips.
LONDON.- Phillips announced highlights from the Evening & Day Editions auctions in London. Comprised of 250 works, a rich selection of editions by Modern, Contemporary, Pop and British artists will be on offer. The Day Sale [lots 60-250] will be held on 12 September at 2pm with the Evening Sale [lots 1-59] following at 6:30pm on the same day. Among the Modern highlights is an exceptional group of portraits by Pablo Picasso, led by two important, and rare to auction, linocuts of his second wife, Jacqueline Roque: Portrait de Jacqueline au chapeau de paille multicolore and Portrait de Jacqueline au cheveux lisses, both 1962. Created whilst in his 80s in the South of France, these works demonstrate Picassos adroitness with the linocut process and his impressive ability to master a variety of printmaking techniques throughout his life. Two further examples demonstrate this ... More |
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| | | Blue Star Contemporary presents work by Berlin Residency Artists in exhibition titled Fünf | | Evidence of 'Herculean' parrot found in New Zealand | | Morphosis unveils design for the new Korean American National Museum in L.A. |
Ethel Shipton, You Just Have to Hear It.
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- San Antonios first and longest running contemporary art non-profit, Blue Star Contemporary (located in the heart of the Blue Star Arts Complex), presents Fünf, on view June 7September 8, 2019. This exhibition highlights the fifth year of Blue Star Contemporarys Berlin Residency program and features artworks from 2017-2018 artists Amada Miller, Andrei Renteria, Ethel Shipton, and Jared Theis. Blue Star Contemporary annually selects four artists residing in Bexar County to take part in three-month residencies at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Germany. While in residence, the artists are given a studio and living space, as well as access to workshops, exhibition opportunities, and studio visits with international curators. The exhibition titleFünf means five in Germancelebrates the fifth year of the Blue Star Contemporary Berlin Residency, which concluded in July of 2018. The ... More | |
Reconstruction of the giant parrot Heracles, dwarfing a bevy of 8 cm high Kuiornis small New Zealand wrens scuttling about on the forest floor. Illustration by Dr Brian Choo, Flinders University.
WELLINGTON (AFP).- The remains of a super-sized parrot that stood more than half the height of an average human and roamed the earth 19 million years ago have been discovered in New Zealand. Judging by the size of the leg bones, the bird would have stood about one metre (39 inches) tall and weighed up to seven kilograms (15.5 pounds), according to a report by an international team of palaeontologists published in the latest edition of Biology Letters. "It could have flown but we're putting our money on it being flightless," Paul Scofield, the senior curator of natural history at Canterbury Museum, told AFP Wednesday. When the bones were found in 2008 no one was certain what they were, and they spent 11 years gathering dust on a shelf until the team looked at ... More | |
Roof garden and terrace with iconic Korean plants provide a space for events and gatherings. Image: Morphosis Architects.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The new design for the Korean American National Museum was unveiled today at an event held at the institutions future address in Koreatown, on the southwest corner of 6th Street and Vermont Avenue. Attended by California State Assembly member Miguel Santiago, Senator Holly Mitchell, Senator Maria Elena Durazo, Assembly member Sharon Quirk-Silva, and Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson, the public event celebrates $4 Million in funding awarded to the museum by the State of California to help support the creation of the museum. Architectural models and renderings for the building were presented by members of the architectural team from Los Angeles-based Morphosis Architects. Jae Min Chang, Board Vice Chair for the Korean American National Museum, says, We are thrilled ... More |
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| | | The J. Paul Getty Museum presents 'Blurring the Line: Manuscripts in the Age of Print' | | $1 million penny & "funny money" at Chicago World's Fair of Money | | Captain America #1 soars to $915K, lifts Heritage Auctions' Comics & Comic Art auction above $9.3 million |
Master of James IV of Scotland, The Way to Calvary and Saint Veronica with the Sudarium, about 1510 - 1520. Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment. Leaf: 23.2 Ã 16.7 cm (9 1/8 Ã 6 9/16 in. Accession No. 83.ML.114.8v. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig IX 18, fol. 8v.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Throughout the Middle Ages (about 500-1500), texts and images were disseminated primarily through handwritten and hand-drawn materials. In the 15th century, with the invention of new printing technologies, a revolution swept through Europe giving rise to a rich cross-fertilization between mechanical innovation and painterly tradition. Including both printed and illuminated masterpieces, Blurring the Line: Manuscripts in the Age of Print (on view from August 6 through October 27, 2019 at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center) challenges the assumption that printed media immediately replaced the production of handmade books, revealing instead a convergence of technology and artistry during the Renaissance. An innovation of the medieval world, print was ... More | |
The finest known surviving example of a Lincoln cent, which sold for $1 million last year, will be publicly displayed in the Midwest for the first time during the ANA 2019 Chicago World's Fair of Money. Photo: American Numismatic Association.
CHICAGO, IL.- The public can see more than $1 billion of historic rare coins and colorful currency, including a Lincoln cent that sold for $1 million, a famous $3 million nickel and a U.S. Treasury Department display that includes $100,000 bills, at the Chicago Worlds Fair of Money® in the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, August 13-17, 2019. Visitors also can find out what their old coins and currency may be worth. Its a family-friendly, educational event sponsored by the non-profit American Numismatic Association, explained Gary Adkins, president of the 25,000-member organization. This will be the first display in the Midwest of a mis-made, World War II era Lincoln cent that sold for more than $1 million last year. Money is history you can hold in your hands, and you can see more than a billion dollars of historic ... More | |
Captain America Comics #1 San Francisco Pedigree (Timely, 1941) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages.
DALLAS, TX.- One of the finest known copies of one of the most sought-after comics in the hobby exceeded its lofty pre-auction expectations to lead Heritage Auctions Comics & Comic Art Auction to $9,330,161 Aug. 1-3 in Dallas, Texas. The sale boasted near-perfect sell-through rates of 99.8% by value and 99.7% by lots sold. Nearly three dozen collectors made bids for Captain America Comics #1 San Francisco Pedigree (Timely, 1941) CGC NM 9.4 Off-white to white pages until it sold for $915,000, $165,000 over its pre-auction estimate. The book comes from the storied San Francisco pedigree collection, a trove many Golden Age collectors rank among the very best, arguably behind only the Edgar Church/Mile High collection. We thought this Captain America #1 was one of the most desirable comics we ever had offered, Heritage Auctions Vice President Barry Sandoval said, and the bidders obviously agreed. Frank Frazetta Creepy ... More |
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| | | 'Otherwise' explores the influence of LGBTQ+ culture on art | | Seven world auction records achieved at Bonhams Los Angeles sale | | Contemporary Arts Center appoints Amara Antilla as Senior Curator |
Martine Gutierrez (b. 1989 Berkeley, CA). Indigenous Woman, 2018. Digital C print. 16 1/2 x 11 inches (41.9 x 27.9 cm). Museum purchase, TD. 2019.6.1. The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia. © Martine Gutierrez; Courtesy of the artist and RYAN LEE Gallery, New York.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.- The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia will offer its own contribution to a nationwide exploration of LGBTQ+ history and culture with a new exhibition opening Aug. 8, 2019. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City, which became a rallying cry for gay rights activists. Otherwise, on view Aug. 8, 2019-Jan. 5, 2020, utilizes more than 40 modern and contemporary works from The Fralins permanent collection, along with two exciting new acquisitions, to examine the influence LGBTQ+ culture has had and continues to have on artistic production from the early 20th century to the present. It showcases works by artists who identify as LGBTQ+ as well as those who have dealt significantly with LGBTQ+ issues within their work. The exhibition is curated by Hannah Cattarin, the Museums curatorial ... More | |
Joseph Raphael (1869-1950), Tea in the Orchard, oil on canvas. Painted circa 1916. Price realized: $548,075. Photo: Bonhams.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The August 6 sale of California and Western Paintings and Sculpture achieved seven world auction records for artists including Joseph Raphael, Chester Beach, Barbara Beretich, Charles Griffin Farr, Raimondo Puccinelli, Po-Pin Lin, and Francis Sinnett. The top lot of the sale was Joseph Raphaels exceptional painting of Tea in the Orchard, which realized $548,075. Painted circa 1916, this work is considered one of Raphael's best post-Impressionistic paintings. The work also has the distinguished provenance of having been gifted to the San Francisco Museum of Art by the avant-garde collector Albert M. Bender. The 173-lot sale achieved a total of $2,362,193 was sold 75% by lot and 87% by value. Scot Levitt, Bonhams Director of Fine Art, said: The new record achieved for Raphael was certainly a highlight this evening. This was a superb painting and one of the finest works by the artist to ever appear at auction. After competitive bidding in the auction room, the work finally sol ... More | |
Antilla comes to the CAC following eight years at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, most recently in the position of Assistant Curator. Photo: David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York.
CINCINNATI, OH.- The Contemporary Arts Center announced today that Amara Antilla has been appointed Senior Curator. In this position, Antilla will work closely with Raphaela Platow, the Alice & Harris Weston Director and Chief Curator of the CAC, and the curatorial team, to develop a multi-faceted exhibition program that builds off of the institutions long history of engaging with the art, artists, and ideas of our time. Antilla will begin work at the CAC on September 1, 2019. Specializing in international postwar modern and contemporary art, Antilla comes to the CAC following eight years at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, most recently in the position of Assistant Curator. With curatorial and scholarly experience at major museums and cultural organizations around the world, Antilla brings to the CAC a global perspective and expertise in working with a diverse group of emerging ... More |
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GOST to publish 'Bitter Leaves' by Rocco Rorandelli
LONDON.- Over the course of 10 years, photographer Rocco Rorandelli, travelled to India, China, Indonesia, USA, Germany, Bulgaria, Nigeria, Slovenia and Italy to document the impact of the tobacco industry on health, the economy and the environment. In Bitter Leaves, the resulting photographs are presented alongside texts by scientist Dr Judith MacKay, collectively examining the complexity of this global industry and the influence of corporate mechanisms and power. Cigarettes are one of the most marketed consumer products in history. Their apparent simplicity and design - tobacco leaves, paper and filter - hides both the chemical toxicity of smoke, and the socio-economic and environmental negative aspects linked to their production, marketing and use. Rorandellis thorough investigation of the industry led him from the tobacco fields to medical ... More
Art Gallery of Hamilton presents a survey of artists working in the genre of cartooning
HAMILTON, ON.- This is Serious: Canadian Indie Comics presents a survey of contemporary Canadian artists working in the expansive genre of cartooning and indie comics. On the international stage, the comic arts are highly regarded, but in Canada, it is arguable that cartoonists dont receive the same level of art world recognition. Despite this, Canadians make considerable contributions to the greater field of international comics, and Toronto, Montreal, and Hamilton are all significant centres of comic art production. In response to this void in the Canadian museum context, This is Serious takes the energy of underground artistic production and indie publishing as its impetus to make visible the breadth of activity by a diverse range of artists working in this genre, throughout Canada. Co-curated by award-winning graphic novelist Joe Ollmann and ... More
Shin Gallery opens a solo exhibition of paintings by Korean artist Keunmin Lee
NEW YORK, NY.- Shin Gallery is presenting a solo exhibition of paintings by Korean artist, Keunmin Lee. Conceptually related to earlier works with regards to depictions of his mental health, Keunmin Lee invites audiences into the most private realm of his psyche. The viewer an interloper of Lees hallucinations- witnesses a reality that forces them to think outside of their own. Through weaving in personal experiences from the depths of his mind, Lees art serves as an archive for the most honest expressions of his mental trauma. The gallery will have an opening reception on Thursday, August 8 from 6-8 pm. Since the beginning of his artistic career and mental health diagnosis, Lee has recorded his encounters with hallucinatory figures. Although he has now gained respite from these experiences; the poignancy of his visions were so captivating that Lee ... More
Tulane School of Architecture launches its first-ever Research Studios
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- On August 23rd, Tulane School of Architecture debuts an array of in-depth Research Studios, scheduled to launch in Fall 2019. These nine multi-year studios follow the schools hands-on, interdisciplinary educational approach covering top priorities in todays global architectural agenda. Tulane School of Architecture launches the new programming with a roundtable discussion between the Research Studios lead instructors themselves, including Dean Iñaki Alday, and moderated by Susan S. Szenasy, Director of Design Innovation and past Editor in Chief at Metropolis Magazine (New York). Starting Fall 2019, students at Tulane School of Architecture will be part of design research that tackles some of the worlds most pressing contemporary problems through architecture. The school recently selected its first-ever Research Studios that will focus ... More
RxART to complete six artist commissions in children's hospitals across the U.S.
NEW YORK, NY.- RxART will unveil six new artist commissions at pediatric hospitals around the country, from this fall 2019 through spring 2020. Championing a holistic model of care, RxART partners with medical facilities and leading contemporary artists to create site-specific interventions, installations, and works of art, introducing beauty, humor, and comfort into once sterile and intimidating spaces. Starting this fall with the completion of unique wallpaper designs by Derrick Adams for six treatment rooms at NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem, through the installation of a 207-foot-long mural by Nicolas Party and launch of Urs Fischer-designed FIGS pajamas at the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), the projects of the upcoming season demonstrate the depth, range, and impact of the nonprofits work. Fall 2019 will also feature the publication ... More
Curatorial 'rising stars' receive £300,000 to build museum collections
LONDON.- Today Art Fund announced the seven curators to receive funding through its New Collecting Awards programme. Now celebrating its fifth year, the programme supports focused projects by curators with the aim of developing museum collections into new areas or expanding existing collections. Over the past five years the scheme has awarded over £1.5 million to support 30 UK curators build museum collections in imaginative and visionary ways. These have included the formation of a fine art collection of LGBT+ culture and history, a collection of work exploring war and the digital, and the acquisition of work by black artists exploring issues of race and diversity. This years winning proposals include a project at the Sainsbury Centre to acquire sculptural works on paper by international women artists and a project at the V&A to collect key examples ... More
GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art announces new Executive Director
GREENSBORO, NC.- GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art announced that Barbara Richter has been named Executive Director effective August 1, 2019. Richter most recently served as President of her own consulting practice in Cleveland, Ohio and has led strategic initiatives across multiple industries, government entities, and on behalf of non-profit organizations. Im confident that Barbaras leadership, broad perspective, and innovative thinking will help grow GreenHills visibility in North Carolinas visual arts community said GreenHill Chair, Bert Davis, Jr. She will work closely with me and our Board of Directors to build upon our strong legacy and refine our vision for the future. Barbaras non-profit focus has largely been with arts organizations undergoing transformational change. We are thrilled to have her join GreenHill at such a crucial ... More
Gray's Auctioneers sale will feature fine art, furniture and decorative art
CLEVELAND, OH.- Fine art, furniture and decorative art from estates across the country will be on full display at an auction planned for Wednesday, August 28th, by Grays Auctioneers, online and in the Cleveland gallery at 10717 Detroit Avenue. In all, 380 lots will come up for bid, beginning at 11 am Eastern time. The full catalog is up now and pre-bidding is open at GraysAuctioneers.com. All lots can be viewed now, at GraysAuctioneers.com. Bidding is also available on LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. Phone and absentee bids will also be accepted. Previews will be held Monday thru Friday, August 22nd-28th, from 10 am to 5 pm. The Saturday, August 24th preview is from 12 noon to 4 pm (all times Eastern). Highlights from this remarkable sale will include a Floridian coastline by Harold Newton, one of the founding members of the Florida ... More
In a London workshop, artisans craft bespoke globes
LONDON (AFP).- In 2008, Peter Bellerby set out to buy his father a high quality handmade globe as an 80th birthday present. When he could not find one, the Briton decided to make it himself -- and, in the process, catapulted himself into a new profession. Just over a decade later, his company Bellerby and Co claims to be the finest globemaker in the world, selling tailor-made products to an array of international buyers. They include heads of state and big companies as well as everyday people wanting to mark a special occasion. "There's no one really making bespoke globes like this, with the involvement we have with customers," Bellerby told AFP, during a tour of his 4,000-square-foot (370-square-metre) manufacturing studio on a quiet London backstreet. It was littered with half-finished globes as his team of two dozen illustrators, painters, cartographers, ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, portrait painter Sir Godfrey Kneller was born August 08, 1646. Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (8 August 1646 - 19 October 1723) was the leading portrait painter in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to English and British monarchs from Charles II to George I. In this image: Sir Godfrey Kneller - Self portrait.
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