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| | Ashmolean Museum raises £1.35 million to acquire the hoard of King Alfred the Great | |
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British Museum conservator removing soil from the soil block to reveal objects in the hoard. © Trustees of the British Museum.
OXFORD.- The Ashmolean Museum has raised the £1.35 million required to purchase the hoard of King Alfred the Great discovered in Watlington, Oxfordshire, in 2015. More than 700 members of the public contributed to the appeal. Lead support was provided by the National Lottery through a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant of £1.05 million to acquire the hoard and fund a range of educational and outreach activities. With a further £150,000 from Art Fund and contributions from private individuals and the Friends and Patrons of the Ashmolean, the Museum reached its fundraising target within days of the deadline. Dr Xa Sturgis, Director of the Ashmolean, says: The Watlington Hoard is one of the most exciting and important acquisitions we have ever made, particularly significant because it was found in Oxfordshire. To be able to keep the hoard in the county and put it on display with the Ashmoleans Anglo-Saxon collections, which inclu ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Nicaraguan artist, Julio Moreno works on a painting at "Leonel Rugama" culture school in Esteli 150 kilometers north of Managua, on January 19, 2017. The history of the Nicaraguan revolution which overthrew the Somoza dictatorship in 1979 is reflected by hundreds of colorful murals painted on the walls of Esteli, a traditional Sandinista bastion, by national and foreign artists. INTI OCON / AFP
| Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art exhibits nine exceptional intaglio prints by Bernard Childs | | Works by 100 artists offered in support of the Saatchi Gallery's free entry and education programme | | Harn Museum of Art displays European prints that are "Meant to Be Shared" | 
Bernard Childs, New Sun, 1975. Intaglio Print. Unique work. Photo: Courtesy Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art.
NEW YORK, NY.- Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art presents an exhibition of nine exceptional intaglio prints by Bernard Childs. Childs is widely regarded as one of the finest engraver of the twentieth century and these prints offer a fascinating window onto his exacting processone defined by a spirit of experimentation and meticulous refinement. Included in the exhibition are three iterations of Holocaust, which conclude spectacularly in 1968s Holocaust I. Holocaust I is the result of a five-year meditation on the prospect of a nuclear conflagration that could destroy the planet and all that inhabited it. The impetus for this project was a 1962 visit by the artist to a nuclear cyclotron with a German scientist. As he stood inside, Childs experienced a moment of reckoning, and indeed the horrifying possibilities it brought to mind would inform much of his work in the following years. The plate for Holocaust I is a culmination ... More | | 
Matt Johnson, Malus Sieversii. Acrylic on carved maple wood, 3 7/8 x 3 ¼ x 3 3/8 in. Executed in 2008, this work is number one from an edition of three plus two artists proofs. Estimate: $5,000-7,000. © Christies Images Limited 2017.
LONDON.- Christies and Saatchi Gallery present Handpicked: 100 Artists Selected by The Saatchi Gallery, an auction of 100 artworks by 100 contemporary artists offered in support of the Saatchi Gallerys free entry and education programme. From the collection of Charles Saatchi, these works bring together some of the most compelling artistic talent working today. The selection reflects the Saatchi Gallerys commitment to provide an innovative forum for contemporary art. Handpicked features art from America and the UK as well as Europe, Canada, Costa Rica and South Korea and includes many of the most exciting names from across the globe including Julia Dault, Anthea Hamilton, Laure Prouvost and Jon Rafman. Handpicked will take place at Christies in March 2017: 50 of ... More | | 
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Colonna Trajana (Trajan's Column), from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome), 1758, Etching, Yale University Art Gallery, The Arthur Ross Collection.
GAINESVILLE, FLA.- Meant to Be Shared: Selections from the Arthur Ross Collection of European Prints at the Yale University Art Gallery is on view at the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida from Jan. 31 to May 28, 2017. The exhibition features nearly two hundred 18th- to 20th-century Italian, French and Spanish prints. These represent highlights of the more than 1,200 prints donated by the Arthur Ross Foundation to Yale University Art Gallery in 2012. Philanthropist Arthur Ross (1910 2007) frequently lent to museums, especially those on academic campuses. In the spirit of the collector, Meant to Be Shared travels to the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida this winter and then to Syracuse University Art Galleries in the fall of 2017. The title of the exhibition, Meant to Be Shared, reflects the raison dêtre ... More |
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| Jack Shainman Gallery exhibits Yoan Capote's Isla and Palangre series | | Twelve works from original collections discovered in Los Angeles estates to be auctioned | | Helen Frankenthaler Foundation announces Douglas Dreishpoon as Director of Catalogue Raisonné | 
Yoan Capote, Palangre (Despedida), 2016 (detail). Oil, nails, and fish hooks on linen mounted on panel, 35 7/16 x 47 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches ©Yoan Capote. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Jack Shainman Gallery presents Yoan Capotes third solo exhibition with the gallery, featuring the artists Isla and Palangre series, two related, ongoing bodies of work of seascapes that are fabricated from thousands of meticulously composed hand-wrought fish hooks. Viewed from a distance, the works read as classic paintings of sea meeting sky. Each one captures a distinct time of day, casting spectrums of light across the water. The sea itself is depicted in a range of rhythms, from the total stillness of Isla (Crudo) to the buoyant waves of Isla (Frio Recuerdo). Works from the Palangre series move past representation altogether, transforming scenes into total abstraction. It is only upon close examination that the perilous materials become clear, and the ... More | | 
Keith Haring, Untitled #3 (1988), est. $150,000-200,000.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Regarded as the industrys leading West Coast-based auction house, Los Angeles Modern Auctions, the premier auction house on the West Coast for Modern and Contemporary Art & Design, today announced an impressive selection of recently discovered works from original collections in Los Angeles estates for its March 5, 2017 Modern Art & Design Auction. Like farm to table, LAMA has built a reputation for digging up fresh, vintage, contemporary art and design from local estates and offering them directly to collectors, states Peter Loughrey, Director of Modern Design & Fine Art at LAMA. This sale is our best harvest yet with diverse offerings in many price ranges. The curated auction will feature works from some of the most influential artists and designers of the 20th Century with a strong core by American artists. The top lots of the auction demonstrate the rich ... More | | 
Chief Curator Emeritus at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, Mr. Dreishpoon is an art historian, curator, author, and educator. Photo: Tom Loonan, 2017.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation (HFF) today announced the appointment of Douglas Dreishpoon as Director of the Helen Frankenthaler Catalogue Raisonné, effective March 2017. Chief Curator Emeritus at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, Mr. Dreishpoon is an art historian, curator, author, and educator with special expertise in visual art from the mid- to late-twentieth century. In his new capacity, he will oversee the development and production of the catalogue raisonné of Helen Frankenthalers paintings, works on paper, and mediums other than prints*, which the Foundation intends to publish in both print and digital editions. He will additionally serve as Editor of the publication. Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011), whose career ... More |
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| Barbara Kasten's first solo presentation in the UK opens at Thomas Dane Gallery | | Tim Noble and Sue Webster present pairs of giant self-portraits at Blain/Southern London | | David Schrader appointed Sotheby's Head of Private Sales for Contemporary Art, New York | 
Barbara Kasten, Collision 1T, 2016. Image Courtesy the artist and Bortolami Gallery, New York.
LONDON.- Thomas Dane Gallery presents Intervals, the very first solo presentation in the UK of the internationally acclaimed artist Barbara Kasten (b. 1936). The exhibition displays both historic and recent works that showcase the Chicago-based artists striking oeuvre, which spans over 40 years. Kasten herself speaks of her work as Painting in motion, as it incorporates sculpture, photography and film, all of which contribute equally to the formation of her pieces. Her works are the results of extensive and carefully constructed installations, which she assembles in the studio by using props like glass, mirrors, acrylic and metal elements, meticulously set up, solely for the camera. Kastens work is strongly informed by Postmodern Design and Architecture as well as by Constructivism, not to mention the works and lives of Kazimir Malevich and Lázló Moholy-Nagy and the latters engagement with t ... More | | 
Tim Noble and Sue Webster, A Lovely Pair (Standing), 2017, Courtesy the artists and BlainSouthern, Photo: Peter Mallet.
LONDON.- Tim Noble and Sue Webster return to Blain|Southern London to present a new body of sculptural works. In their third exhibition with the gallery, Sticks with Dicks and Slits, the duo present pairs of giant self-portraits. These stickfigures are sculpted in twisted bronze, an entirely new method for the artists. Based on handmade maquettes made with electrical wire, the sculptures are an act of upscaling playful ephemera into physically domineering artworks with a permanency and scale that transcends human limitations. The artists are well known for reacting to circumstance. They find inspiration by walking city streets and making sculpture from materials closest to hand in an urban environment. In the past this has included inner city detritus, discarded personal objects and animal carcasses. However, the initial maquettes for this new body of work were created during a residency on the ... More | | 
David will join Sothebys after nearly two decades on Wall Street, most recently as a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys announced the appointment of David Schrader as Head of Private Sales for Contemporary Art, New York. David will join Sothebys after nearly two decades on Wall Street, most recently as a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan dealing with some of the worlds largest financial institutions. During that time, he also established himself as a respected collector of Post-War and Contemporary Art. In his new role, David will work with Sothebys global Contemporary art team and bring his perspective and acumen as a sophisticated collector. David successfully combined a passion for art and business to build an enviable collection, said Amy Cappellazzo, Chairman of Sothebys Fine Art Division. Over a 20 year period, he systematically refined his collection through thoughtful acquisitions and sales, gaining the respect of prominent dealers and ... More |
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| Collecting Europe opens at the V&A with 12 new artistic commissions | | Artist Jim Condron awarded $30,000 Pollock Krasner grant | | A Concrete Atlantis Revisited: Museum of Architecture opens new exhibition | 
Jasleen Kaur, 'Yoorup', The Francoise and Georges Selz Gallery, V&A © Victoria and Albert Museum.
LONDON.- As the debate about the future of Europe continues, on Wednesday 1 February 2017, 12 new contemporary art installations imagining what Europe might look like 2,000 years from now, and how our present might be viewed from the future, opened at the V&A. The installations are commissioned by the Goethe-Institut London and the V&A and went on display as part of the free week-long festival, Collecting Europe. The festival also includes a range of talks, discussions, live performances and workshops to encourage debate around what Europe and European identity means to people today, following the result of the UK referendum on EU membership in June 2016. Created in a range of media from digital and interactive installations to film, sugar sculpture, tapestry, live performance, musical interventions and pocket-sized publications, the artworks transform spaces across the Museum, including the Europe 1600-1815 ... More | | 
Picasso and the loaves, 2015. 15x18x7 inches, oil, spray paint, cloth, plastic, cement, rubber on wood.
BALTIMORE, MD.- Baltimore painter and assemblage artist, and New York Studio School alumnus Jim Condron was awarded a generous Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. The Pollock-Krasner Foundation is one of the most prestigious grants offered to established artists today. Jackson Pollock, the American Abstract Expressionist hero, with a legendary hot temper, died in a car accident while driving drunk with his mistress. His wife, the under recognized world-class painter Lee Krasner, was in Paris at the time. She was heartbroken. She loved him. Together Pollock and Krasner helped put American art on the map. Krasner was largely responsible for the great success of Pollocks drip paintings. Prior to Pollocks fame the couple had struggled financially. Krasner told her friend and adviser, Eugene V. Thaw, "but for Jackson's success, I'd have been hard up most of my life
" The couple lived to make art. Krasner explained ... More | | 
The exhibition takes Reyner Banham's 1986 book as a starting point to examine the influence of industrial architecture on the built environment. Photo: Heatherwick Studio.
LONDON.- Museum of Architecture announces its latest exhibition: A Concrete Atlantis Revisited. The exhibition takes Reyner Banham's 1986 book as a starting point to examine the influence of industrial architecture on the built environment. Starting from masters of the Modern Movement in the early 20th century - Le Corbusier, Erich Mendelsohn and Walter Gropius - the exhibition traces the role concrete silos have played in the architectural production to the present day. The exhibition is structured around three different sections: The opening section puts on display the work of architectural photographer Adam Elstein. Elstein's photographs depict the grain silos in Buffalo, New York, that have captivated the imagination and incited the theoretical discourse of Modernist architects. The second part of the exhibition traces the ... More |
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 Cleve Carney Art Gallery receives major year-end gifts of artworkGLEN ELLYN, ILL.- Cleve Carney Art Gallery located in the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) at College of DuPage (COD), 425 Fawell Blvd., in partnership with the College of DuPage Foundation, announced three major gifts of artwork in December 2016. The works will ultimately be maintained as part of the nearly 720 works currently in the College of DuPage Permanent Collection. Dr. Helge Frank and Mrs. Dolores Frank from Downers Grove donated five works with an estimated total value of $85,000. Works of special note include: Vesuvius by Andy Warhol (1928 1987); Unique color screen print, executed in 1985, on Arches 88 paper, signed in pencil lower right, a unique color variant from an edition of fifty-seven trial proofs. Estimated value $35,000. "Le reine des éphémères (The Queen of the Ãphémères) by Joan Miró (1893-1983); Color etching and aquatint, ... More Metro Pictures opens exhibition of works by André ButzerNEW YORK, NY.- André Butzer came to international attention more than 15 years ago for his audaciously colored and thickly slathered paintings of cartoonish figures. In many of these works he drew from German and American politics, art history and Disney animations, incorporating seemingly familiar characters and, over time, embellishing well-known styles of painting. He increasingly focused on abstract painting and in 2010 started an ongoing series that explored the maximal potential of paintings through apparently reductive means. Consisting of single vertical and horizontal black bars emerging from what were initially gray backgrounds, Butzer made the works in a manner that recalled the controlled lines of geometric abstraction. Neither serial nor geometric however, his paintings contribute to a tradition of handmade, nuanced abstraction related ... More Seattle Art Fair announces dealer committee and sponsors; Laura Fried returns as Artistic DirectorSEATTLE, WA.- The Seattle Art Fair, presented by AIG, announced Lidia Andich (Gagosian Gallery), Robert Goff (David Zwirner), James Harris (James Harris Gallery), William Hathaway (Night Gallery), Greg Kucera (Greg Kucera Gallery), and Elizabeth Sullivan (Pace Gallery) as the dealer committee for the latest edition of the acclaimed fair, and the return of AIG as presenting partner and Delta Air Lines and Windermere Real Estate as associate-level sponsors. The Seattle Art Fair returns to its home at CenturyLink Field Event Centers WaMu Theater this August 3 - 6. In only its third year, the fair has already established itself as a one-of-a-kind destination for the best in modern and contemporary art, and a showcase for the vibrant arts community of the Pacific Northwest. As presenting partner of the Seattle Art Fair and the fairs VIP After Party, AIG will offer a ... More Park Seo-Bo's signature 'Ecriture' series of paintings on view at White CubeLONDON.- White Cube is presenting its second exhibition by the leading exponent of the Dansaekhwa movement, Park Seo-Bo. This exhibition features Parks signature Ecriture series of paintings, which have remained his focus for the past fifty years. This exhibition focuses on one particular group within the overall series, informally referred to as the zigzag paintings, which were produced between the mid-1980s and early 1990s. A number of his most recent Ecriture works also are on display. Parks work draws on the history of Western abstraction in painting, as well as the tradition of Korean calligraphy, enabled by an introspective methodology that has its origins in Taoist and Buddhist philosophy. Begun in the late 1960s, the Ecriture series embrace this spiritual approach and are inextricably linked to notions of time, space and material, concepts which ... More Alan Turing's cryptic 'Josephus Problem' postcard to be auctionedBOSTON, MASS.- A postcard sent by Alan Turing to a psychiatrist friend in Manchester will be auctioned by Boston-based RR Auction. Addressed to Dr. Franz Greenbaum and his children, it was sent by Turing from his Club Mediterranee holiday on Corfu, in July 23, 1953. Reads in full: "I hope you are all enjoying your selves as well as I am here at Corfu. It is tremendously hot and one wears bathing things all day." The front of the rare color postcard depicts an illuminated manuscript from Flavius Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews. The first-century Romano-Jewish scholar Flavius Josephus, who commanded the Jewish forces at the Siege of Yodfat, is the namesake of the Josephus Problem in computer science. Josephus describes a counting-out game by which he and his soldiers, facing inevitable defeat, agreed upon an unusual suicide pact rather than surrender. ... More Cooper Gallery hosts first major retrospective of one of Cuba's most prominent artistsCAMBRIDGE, MASS.- The Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art presents Diago: The Pasts of This Afro-Cuban Present, the first serious and systematic look at Cubas prominent contemporary artist Juan Roberto Diago and his prolific body of work, remarkable for its number of aesthetic turns in a relatively short period. The exhibition runs February 2 through May 5, 2017. Diago has been a principal component of Afro-Cuban culture since the 1990s and is a leader in the new Afro-Cuban cultural movement that has denounced the persistence of racism and discrimination in Cuban society. The 45-year-olds two-plus decades of art-making has found him working in varied media -- from painting and photography to etching and sculpture -- and focusing on social issues from slavery to politics to poverty. While he draws significant ... More Exhibition by Brazilian artist Fernanda Gomes on view at Alison Jacques GalleryLONDON.- Alison Jacques Gallery is presenting an exhibition by renowned Brazilian artist Fernanda Gomes. Showing the most recent pieces of her investigation on painting, she worked in the gallery space for three weeks prior to the exhibition opening, using it as an extension of her studio. This is the artists second solo exhibition at the gallery, developing research that has been ongoing for over 30 years. Fernanda Gomes work reveals a renewed focus on painting, questioning not only what defines a painting, but also what constitutes a painting exhibition and how we can experience it. The artist composed and create dialogues between various autonomous pieces made of canvas, wood and paint. While colour may at first appear to be absent, by the exclusive use of white paint, the work challenges us to observe the subtle spectrum that informs our perception of colour. ... More Acclaimed local photographer Langham turns lens on Tylerites with TMA's Brickstreet AnthologyTYLER, TX.- A project more than two years in the making has come to fruition with the Tyler Museum of Arts first new exhibition of 2017. The distinct personalities of more than 50 Tylerites as captured on film are the focus of Brickstreet Anthology: Photographs by Robert Langham, open to the public Friday, Jan. 27 through May 14 at the TMA, 1300 S. Mahon Ave. on the Tyler Junior College main campus. Admission is free. Organized by the TMA, Brickstreet Anthology is the product of acclaimed local photographer Robert Langhams extensive research and travel throughout Tyler to train his lens on numerous local personalities who are as varied as they are dynamic, TMA curator Caleb Bell said. Shooting on black-and-white film rather than relying on digital imagery, Langhams subjects range from business ... More Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac opens its fifth solo exhibition of works by artist Marc BrandenburgSALZBURG.- Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac is holding its fifth solo exhibition of works by artist Marc Brandenburg, resident in Berlin. Entitled Alpha St, the exhibition comprises 24 drawings from a new series of works based on historical photographs of traditional costumes and on snapshots of young people in school uniforms. "The drawings of women enveloped in their clothes and immobilised like ghostly figures from another age show a fascination for superficial detail. The portrait drawings are based on photographs of women in traditional costumes taken in the 1940s that have been inverted and alienated by the artist through processes of copying and manipulating. Brandenburg emphasises the averted gaze and frozen gestures of the featured women, making their faces and bodies appear immobile, like those of wooden dolls. The patterns of the elaborate ... More Works from Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Collection come into new focus with "Close Up" programBOSTON, MASS.- Spotlighting single important works from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the new program, Close Up, offers a fresh perspective on hidden masterpieces. Piermatteo dAmelias Annunciation (c. 1487) debuts this initiative in February in Hostetter Gallery. Forging a dialogue between art of the past and present, Piermatteos Annunciation accompanies a video installation by contemporary artist Bill Viola titled Study for Emergence, on special loan from the Yale University Art Gallery. Each artist engaged profoundly with the Christian tradition as it was envisioned in the Italian Renaissance. In keeping with Isabella Stewart Gardners determination to create meaningful dialogues between art of all eras, the relationships in subject matter between the artworks encourage visitors to seek connections between Renaissance and contemporary art otherwise ... More Art Wynwood honors Shepard Fairey & spotlights Cuban art for 6th editionMIAMI, FLA.- Art Wynwood, the premier winter contemporary art fair produced by Art Miami, will return to Miami for its sixth edition February 16 - 20. The annual Presidents Day Weekend fair will showcase a dynamic array of works from the underground street movement, emerging young talent, and world-renowned contemporary and modern artists. This years highlights include legendary street artist Shepard Fairey being honored with the Art Wynwood Tony Goldman Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award, and a specially curated Cuban art exhibition that will feature works by both iconic 20th century masters and 21st century artists. The five-day fair, sponsored by Christies International Real Estate, will begin on Thursday, February 16, with a much-anticipated VIP Preview to benefit the Miami City Ballet at The Art Wynwood Pavilion (3101 NE 1st Avenue), before ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada, was born February 02, 1951. José Guadalupe Posada (February 2, 1852 - January 20, 1913) was a Mexican cartoonist illustrator and artist whose work has influenced many Latin American artists and cartoonists because of its satirical acuteness and political engagement. In this undated photo released by the Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes de Mexico (CONACULTA), is seen an engraving by Mexican artist Jose Guadalupe Posada. In 2013, Mexico marks the 100 year anniversary of the death of Posada with exhibitions, publications and concerts. Posada is the creator of "La Catrina", a popular engraving of a skull wearing an elegant hat.
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