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| | | Asia Week New York steps into the new decade with eye-alluring curated exhibitions | |
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Wakao Toshisada (b. 1933). Mino ware, Gray Shino type covered water jar; Kitaōji Rosanjin (1883-1959) Mino ware, Oribe type square, curved platter and Arakawa Toyozō (1894-1985) Mino Ware Yellow Seto kinuta (wooden block for beating cloth)-shaped vase. Photography by Richard Goodbody. Image courtesy of Joan B Mirviss LTD.
NEW YORK, NY.- For the past 10 years, Asia Week New York has presented an abundance of magnificent treasures from every part of the Far East for the pleasure and enjoyment of Asian art aficionados. These exceptional works of art are to be found at 34 gallery exhibitions curated by prominent Asian art experts that are open to the public on March 12 to 19 (*and in some instances, until March 21). Joining in the excitement are six top-tier auction housesÂBonhams, ChristieÂs, Doyle, Heritage Auctions, SothebyÂs and iGavelÂplus numerous world-class museums and cultural institutions. Says Asia Week New York chairwoman Katherine Martin: ÂAs Asia Week New York enters a new decade, we look forward to increasing the publicÂs awareness and knowledge of the joys of collecting Asian artÂhence we are excited to present a comprehensive series of gallery talks by our esteemed experts. As always, Asia Week New York exhibitionsÂfree and open to the publicÂpromis ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day First-time Asia Week New York participant Carlton Hobbs LLC presents Asian Influence on European Decorative Art, 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries, featuring an exceptional 19th century black lacquer polychrome and two-color gilt cabinet on the original stand. It exemplifies the English revival in chinoiserie taste at the turn of the 18th to the 19th century and renewed the interest in lacquered furniture from China, particularly black lacquer enhanced with shimmering gold powder and gold leaf decoration. 60 East 93rd Street.
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| | Guatemala find reveals early Mayan writing | | Art lovers rush to Uffizi's Facebook page during virus shutdown | | Rare Gabon burial cave reveals clues to African history |
This undated handout picture by the Tak'alik Ab'aj Archaeologial National Park released by the Guatemalan Ministry of Culture and Sports shows a stone at the Tak'alik Ab'aj archaeological site, in El Asintal municipality, Retalhuleu department, Guatemala. Guatemalan Ministry of Culture and Sports / AFP.
GUATEMALA CITY (AFP).- A 2,000 year old stela recently discovered in Guatemala has revealed examples of the genesis of Mayan writing, according to experts studying the ancient civilization that dominated much of Central America. Known as Stela 87, the stone was discovered in September 2018 at the Tak'alik Ab'aj archaelogical park in El Asintal, 85 miles (140 kilometers) southwest of the capital. The stela, dating from 100 AD, provides an early example of Mayan writing, German expert Nikolai Grube told an event at Guatemala's National Palace of Culture on Tuesday. "The great importance of Stela 87 is that it is an early example of the development of writing in Mesoamerica," said Grube, speaking by video-link from Mexico. "Tak'alik Ab'aj was a place of experimentation ... More | |
The museum is one of Italy's most visited attractions and houses a priceless art collection, notably of masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance.
ROME (AFP).- Florence's world-famous Uffizi Gallery said Wednesday that art lovers had rushed to its new Facebook page as the museum -- like others across Italy -- stays shut to fight the country's coronavirus outbreak. The page, launched on Tuesday, had notched up more than 19,000 followers by Wednesday evening and the three videos it had posted had more than 300,000 views. The museum is one of Italy's most visited attractions and houses a priceless art collection, notably of masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance. But since the weekend visitors hoping to see them up close have been left disappointed by the closure of the gallery, along with all the country's cultural institutions. One of the videos to have received thousands of views is a virtual welcome to the collection from the museum's director Eike Schmidt, while another shows off a room dedicated to works by Michelangelo and Raphael. "Culture and art can be a great support and comfort at this difficult ... More | |
French geo-archeologists and anthropo-biologists study remains in the Iroungou cave, southern Gabon. AFP Photo/Pascal MORA.
LIBREVILLE (AFP).- The discovery of a 14th century underground burial site deep in Gabon's tropical forest may shed light on a little known period in Africa's history. Hundreds of mediaeval artefacts are scattered with human remains at the bottom of a cave in the southeast of the country, discovered by a French geo-archaeologist in 2018. "This is a unique discovery in Africa, because human remains are almost non-existent," said Richard Oslisly, leading an expedition financed by the National Agency of National Parks. The mission is also funded by the local environmental branch of Singapore's palm oil giant Olam International, which is well established in Gabon. There are no golden platters or diamonds at the end of the 25 metres (82 feet) of rope needed to reach the floor of the cave, but the site named Iroungou is still a treasure trove for scientists. Almost 30 skeletons have been discovered on three levels, with more than 500 metallic artefacts made mostly ... More |
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| | In 1918, it wasn't the coronavirus. It was the flu. | | As coronavirus concerns bloom, performing arts world fears major hit | | The Cleveland Museum of Art announces largest gift in more than sixty years |
In a photo provided by U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, on Sept. 28, 1918 despite warnings that the sickness was circulating, the city held the Fourth Liberty Loan Parade, a patriotic affair to encourage buying war bonds were thousands attended and within days, flu cases and deaths erupted. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command via The New York.
by Shannon Eblen
PHILADELPHIA (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- A virus makes its way around the globe causing sickness, death, and spreading panic. Avoid crowds, the public is advised. Wash your hands. Avoid spitting in public. Are you following this coronavirus thing? asked Robert Hicks, former director of the Mütter Museum, as he took a seat in an office tucked behind the rooms of antique display cases of anatomical specimens. Some striking similarities to 1918. The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-19 the subject of a new, ongoing exhibit at the Mütter, a medical history museum is often overshadowed by World War I, but it killed tens of millions of people worldwide. With nothing to offer the sick but palliative care, ... More | |
A picture taken on March 4, 2020, in Lausanne show the French classical violinist Renaud Capucon performing pieces by Beethoven, Schubert and Mozart with Lausanne Chamber Orchestra during a concert behind closed door due to the the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP.
NEW YORK (AFP).- Coronavirus angst has the world washing its hands with newfound vigor -- but the performing arts world wringing them, as directives to scrap mass events threaten the entertainment world with economic chaos. The past week has seen major events including Miami's Ultra electronic dance music fest and Austin's famed South By Southwest culture and tech 10-day event cancelled, and the spring's premier Coachella festival postponed until October. Pearl Jam, Madonna and Santana are among the A-list artists who've dropped or postponed concert dates at home and abroad over virus fears, with fine arts venues like the Boston Symphony Orchestra and New York's American Ballet Theater also cancelling tours in Asia and the Middle East. Elvan Sahin, a 32-year-old Manhattan resident, decided ... More | |
Tulips, 1914. Henri Matisse (French, 18691954). Oil on canvas; 114.3 x 90 cm. Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift.
CLEVELAND, OH.- The Cleveland Museum of Art announced the gift and promised gift of more than 100 Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and modern European and American paintings, drawings, and prints; Chinese and Japanese ceramics; and other works of art from the collection of Clevelanders Joseph P. and Nancy F. Keithley. Valued at more than $100 million, the gift is the largest to the CMA since the 1958 bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Ninety-seven of the works have come to the museum as outright gifts; another 17 are promised gifts that will enter the museums collection in the future. The gift and promised gift comprise five paintings by Pierre Bonnard; four each by Maurice Denis and Edouard Vuillard; two each by Milton Avery, Georges Braque, Gustave Caillebotte, Joan Mitchell, and Félix Valloton; and individual pictures of outstanding quality by Henri-Edmond Cross, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Camille Pissarro, and ... More |
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| | The Armory Show's 2020 edition finishes with exhibitors reporting robust sales across all exhibitor sections | | Sotheby's annual Orientalist Sale, features paintings representing North Africa, Egypt, Arabia, the Levant, Persia | | From swastika selfies to lessons on Nazism |
Nicole Berry, featuring Rudolf Polanszky presented by Gagosian, Tiffany Sage, BFA.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Armory Shows 2020 edition closed on Sunday, March 8, following a resoundingly successful five days. While introducing fresh perspectives through multiple curatorial platforms, The Armory Show proudly retained its legacy as New Yorks essential art fair and as an international destination for important collections to acquire new works. The 2020 edition saw steady VIP preview attendance comparable to its 2019 edition, including a significant presence of private collectors, museum curators, and institutional trustees. The Armory Show was pleased to hear exhibitors reports of sold-out booths and important institutional acquisitions from dozens of longstanding and first-time exhibitors alike; first-time exhibitor Denny Dimin Gallery reported over $100,000 in opening day sales to international collections and to an important American institution, while Victoria Miro, celebrating its 20th consecutive ... More | |
Raphael von Ambros (Austrian, 1845-1895), Awaiting the Prayer in the Mosque of Sultan Qalawun, oil on panel, 1887. Est. £80,000-120,000 ($105,000-157,000). Courtesy Sothebys.
LONDON.- Sothebys Orientalist Sale, now in its ninth season and held during Islamic week, brings together paintings representing the landscapes, people, and customs of North Africa, Egypt, Arabia, the Levant, Persia, and the Ottoman world during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Comprising 57 lots, the sale provides a unique window into a realm that has forever changed, capturing in technicolour detail every aspect of life in the region. The auction will take place in London on 31 March at 3pm GMT, to be followed by Important Works from the Najd Collection, Part II, at 5pm. The sale includes a rare group of four drawings by Jules Laurens that are as striking for their documentary importance as for the story of their survival of one of the most extraordinary and dangerous expeditions ever undertaken by a European artist-traveller. ... More | |
An SS Totenkopf (Deaths Head) pin worn by SS battalions that administered concentration camps and an empire of slave labor. Tamara Leigh via The New York Times.
by Geraldine Fabrikant
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Symbols of Hate at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust had an unexpected beginning. A group of high school students partying in Newport Beach, California, used red paper cups to create a swastika. They then saluted it, took selfies and circulated them on social media. The episode last March enraged some members of the community and inspired a torrent of news stories. Concerned that the students knew little about the history of Nazism, a Holocaust scholar subsequently arranged for them to visit the museum, where they met Beth Kean, its chief executive. The show was prompted by her impression that their knowledge of Nazism was limited. Kean is not alone in her efforts. Deeply worried by the surge in episodes of anti- ... More |
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| | Aspen Art Museum names Nicola Lees as new Nancy and Bob Magoon Director | | The Burrell Collection, Glasgow, continues to reach new audiences worldwide | | Ikon Gallery opens exhibition of new work by Australian Aboriginal artists |
Nicola Lees. Image courtesy AAM.
ASPEN, CO.- Today, the Board of Trustees of the Aspen Art Museum announced the appointment of Nicola Lees as incoming Nancy and Bob Magoon Director. Lees will oversee every facet of the museums programmatic and financial operations beginning April 6, 2020. Prior to joining the AAM Nicola was the Director and Curator of New York Universitys admission-free, non-profit, contemporary art space 80 Washington Square East Gallery (80WSE), where she served from 2016. Her previous experience includes tenures as Curator at Frieze Foundation (201315), Senior Curator of Public Programs at Londons Serpentine Gallery (200813), and Assistant Curator of the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) from 200608. John Phelan, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Aspen Art Museum, and Amnon Rodan and Paul Pariser, Co-Presidents of the ... More | |
Edgar Degas The Rehearsal c. 1874 (detail). The Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museums © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection.
GLASGOW.- The Rehearsal, (La Répétition), one of the indisputable iconic works by Edgar Degas, is making its final international appearance before returning home to be redisplayed at the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, as part of the museums £66 million transformation. The work is currently on view as part of the acclaimed exhibition Degas at the Opéra at The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Celebrating the 350th anniversary of the Paris Opéra's founding, the exhibition features approximately 100 of the artist's best-known and beloved paintings, pastels, drawings, prints, and sculpture. The Rehearsal (1874), is an astonishingly modern composition which draws on the influence of Japanese prints and photography to create a bold yet serenely beautiful painting. The painting is considered by many ... More | |
Judy Watson, standing stone, ashes to ashes (2020).
BIRMINGHAM.- Ikon presents exhibitions of new work by Australian Aboriginal artists Judy Watson (b. 1959) and Yhonnie Scarce (b. 1973), as part of an international tour developed in partnership with TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, Australia. Hetti Perkins, curatorial advisor on this occasion, explains that the artists are concerned essentially with Australia's 'secret war' - a battle fought on many fronts from colonial massacres to Stolen Generations to the Maralinga bomb tests. The seductive beauty of Watsons and Scarce's works belies their powerful message about the sustained campaign of the destruction of country, culture and community in Aboriginal Australia - their work is a kind of 'tender trap'. With the devastating evidence of climate change in Australia, manifest in apocalyptic wildfires and storms, these timely exhibitions deliver an urgent message. Born in ... More |
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Neue Auctions will bounce into spring with a 300-lot, internet-only Decorative Arts & Antiques Auction
CLEVELAND, OH.- Fresh off a highly successful fine arts sale in February that saw auction records fall for several prominent artists, Neue Auctions will bounce into spring on Saturday, March 21st, with an online-only Decorative Arts & Antiques auction that will feature ceramics, glass and art glass, silver, Asian works of art, jewelry and carpets, beginning at 10 am Eastern. Nearly 300 lots will come up for bid, mostly sourced from midwestern and Cleveland estates and collections. With most lots in the auction being sold without reserve, this sale will be a great way to spend a day at home bidding online, said Cynthia Maciejewski of Neue Auctions. We have something for just about everyone, from fine decorative antiques to mid-century modern. An early lot expected to generate bidder interest is lot 9, an Art Deco bronze and onyx sculpture by Marcel ... More
Poland shuts schools, theatres for two weeks
WARSAW (AFP).- Poland's prime minister on Wednesday said the government has decided to close down all educational and cultural facilities for two weeks to stem the spread of the coronavirus, which has infected 25 people in the EU member to date. "The fight against the spread of the virus is a priority for us," Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told reporters. He said all schools, nurseries, universities, theatres, cinemas, museums and operas will be closed from March 12 to 25, although parents will still be able to leave their children at school on Thursday and Friday in order to get organised for the rest of the time. "To those who will not be going to school and university: this isn't a vacation, it's not time off. It's a public quarantine," Health Minister Lukasz Szumowski told reporters at the same press conference. "We should spend this time at home, ... More
Lost, and now found, art from the Civil Rights era
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- During the civil rights movement in the mid-1950s, Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000) one of the leading black artists of his day painted a series of 30 panels reexamining early U.S. history. The series, Struggle: From the History of the American People, presented a radically integrated view of the nations founding, including unheralded contributions of African Americans in the fight to build a new democracy. But at that tumultuous time in race relations, the work was received with some ambivalence by the art world. The collection was eventually purchased by a private collector, who later resold each panel separately. The majority of these little-seen paintings have been reunited for the first time in roughly 60 years in Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle, on view at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, ... More
The South London Gallery exhibits works by Sophie Cundale and Abbas Zahedi
LONDON.- The South London Gallery is presenting the premiere of The Near Room (2020), a new film work by the artist Sophie Cundale (b.1987), whose video and performance works explore the extremity of psychological states. The Near Room is a supernatural melodrama about loss that follows the journey of a professional boxer after a near-fatal knockout. The boxers disorientations become entangled with the story of a queen living with Cotard Delusion, a rare neurological condition inducing the belief in and sensation of death. The films title is taken from the boxer Muhammad Alis description of a vivid, hallucinatory space he would enter when in the depths of a fight: a door swung half open [into a room of] neon, orange and green lights blinking, bats blowing trumpets and alligators playing trombones, snakes screaming. Weird masks ... More
Mississippi Museum of Art announces curatorial appointments
JACKSON, MISS.- Betsy Bradley, Director of the Mississippi Museum of Art, today announced two new curatorial appointments following a national search: Ryan N. Dennis, Chief Curator and Artistic Director of the Museums Center for Art & Public Exchange (CAPE), and Holly R. Harrison, Deputy Director for Art and Programs. Each has deep experience in the arts, civic and visitor engagement, fostering dialogue among a diversity of communities, and commitment to accessibility, inclusion, and equitypillars of MMAs institutional values. Betsy Bradley said, On behalf of the Museums Board of Trustees and staff, we are delighted to welcome Ryan and Holly to MMA. Each has exceptional professional experience and track records developing innovative ideas and implementing creative solutions. We are excited to further strengthen the Museums ... More
Federalist Papers, Mormon texts boost Heritage Auctions' Rare Books Auction past $1.6 million
DALLAS, TX.- An extremely rare copy of The Federalist Papers that was personally given by James Madison to an American diplomat and a strong selection of literature related to the Mormon church and its founders boosted the total sales for Heritage Auctions Rare Books Auction to $1,608,905 March 4 in New York. The two-volume copy of The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed Upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787 became the auctions top lot when it sold for $312,500. The Federalist Papers are considered by American historians as the cornerstone of the new nations theory of government, written "to meet the immediate need of convincing the reluctant New York State electorate of the necessity of ratifying the newly proposed Constitution of the United States. This ... More
Wysing Arts Centre to work with OEB Architects on £500k development in rural Cambridgeshire
CAMBRIDGE.- Wysing Arts Centre is working with OEB Architects on an ambitious £500k development of their eleven-acre site in rural Cambridgeshire to improve accessibility and environmental sustainability for future generations. Initial plans include a pavilion that will form a focal point for visitors, and a reconfiguration of spaces to increase natural light and flexibility of use. As part of their approach, OEB Architects will spend a short time in residence at Wysing - reflecting the way that artists also use the space - to evolve their initial ideas into final plans. OEB Architects said We are very excited to be working with Wysing on its next phase of works, with an approach of focused alterations and additions that help to improve the access, usability and sustainability of the site. We aim to balance the need for adaptable and undetermined spaces with legibility and ... More
Helsinki Biennial 2020 brings 40 artists and groups to the Finnish Archipelago for inaugural edition
VALLISAARI.- Taking place in the summer of 2020, Helsinki Biennial is thrilled to announce the 40 artists and groups of artists participating in the inaugural edition, The Same Sea. Located on Vallisaari, an island in the Baltic Sea, the biennial presents over 75% new commissions and site-specific works, sensitively positioned across this remarkable maritime setting. Responding to, whilst safeguarding, Vallisaaris natural environment, The Same Sea reflects upon the ever-pressing notion of interdependence. Curators Pirkko Siitari and Taru Tappola, head curators of Helsinki Art Museum (HAM), invite a dialogue between artists and collectives from Finland and Australia, Cambodia, Germany, India, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Poland, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, the UK and the USA. Welcoming both locals and visitors, this major moment in Helsinkis cultural ... More
Exhibition at Michael Hoppen Gallery offers a first look at new work by Sohei Nishino
LONDON.- Sohei Nishino has described himself as more than a photographer, and in his most recent projects he brings his cartographic vision to bear upon places which have traditionally defied definition on paper. His signature photo-collage technique pieces together thousands of images taken over the course of his travels, to construct dioramas of complex geographies which integrate human and physical landscapes. Moving beyond his earlier work in urban environments, Nishino has most recently travelled to Mount Everest, and to the sea which runs between northern Japan and eastern Russia, taking on some of the worlds most challenging environments. Nishinos Everest draws inspiration from the maps used traditionally by pilgrims to navigate holy sites. Fascinated by the historical significance and symbolism of Everest, Nishino ... More
Kai Art Center exhibits an immersive light installation by Anne Katrine Senstad
TALLINN.- Anne Katrine Senstads immersive light installation Radical Light, created especially for the newly opened art center in Port Noblessner in Tallinn, Estonia is open until April 26th. Kai Art Center and Tallinn Music Week (TMW) held an open call for the composition of a musical piece inspired by Senstads exhibition and the winning entry will be played at Kai Art Center during the last week in March and at the TMW festival, which takes place from August 26th30th 2020. 'Slender glass tubes filled with neon and argon illuminate the space at color temperatures between 3500 to 8300 Kelvin, ranging from warmer satin and egg-shell whites to colder green and icy blue hues, indicating simultaneously the physical character of the color white as well as its culturally acquired connotations. The large hall at Kai Art Center has been divided into two matrices of light ... More
Millicent Fawcett's 'Steadfastness and Courage' brooch to go on permanent display for the first time
LONDON.- A unique brooch that belonged to Millicent Fawcett, President of the National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies (1890 1919) will go on permanent display for the first time this week at the Museum of London. The brooch, on long-term loan from the Fawcett Society, is highly symbolic and represents the long struggle for womens right to vote in parliamentary elections that dominated politics in the early 20th century. The gold and enamel piece made specifically for Millicent as a gift from loyal members of the NUWSS to their inspirational leader, includes gems in the white, red and green colour scheme of the National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies. On the reverse, is the message Steadfastness and Courage, a direct reference to a speech made by Millicent in 1913. Millicent spent her life campaigning for womens suffrage and equal ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian painter and sculptor Alberto Burri was born March 12, 1915. Alberto Burri (12 March 1915 - 13 February 1995) was an Italian painter and sculptor considered a key figure in Post-War art and such artistic movements as Neo-Dada, Nouveau réalisme, postminimalism and Arte Povera. In this image: Alberto Burri, Multiplex 8, 1981. Courtesy Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini, Collezione Burri, Città di Castello, Italy, and Luxembourg & Dayan.
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