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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 16061669), Christ Healing the Sick (The Hundred Guilder Print), ca. 1648. Etching, engraving, and drypoint on Japanese gampi paper; second of two lifetime states. Collection of the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College; Mrs. F. F. Prentiss Bequest, 1944.64.
ITHACA, NY.- The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University presents Lines of Inquiry: Learning from Rembrandts Etchings, on view from September 23 to December 17, 2017. Jointly organized by the Johnson with the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, the exhibition was cocurated by Andrew C. Weislogel, Seymour R. Askin, Jr. 47 Curator of Earlier European and American Art at the Johnson, and Andaleeb Badiee Banta, curator of European and American art at the Allen. The exhibition will be on view at Oberlin February 6 to May 13, 2018. The show highlights a unique collaboration, said Stephanie Wiles, the Richard J. Schwartz Director of the Johnson Museum. Both of our museums have strong holdings of Rembrandt etchings. We saw an opportunity to bring them together with works of the highest quality in multiple states, mainly from other academic collections, to consider them as inspiring tools for rese ... More |
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| Fair and just solution for the painting "Mercury Carries Psyche to Mount Olympus" by Bartholomäus Sprangers | | David Geffen pledges historic $150 million to the Building LACMA Campaign | | Roy Lichtenstein's Female Head to feature in Sotheby's New York Evening Auction of Contemporary Art |
Bartholomäus Spranger, Mercury Carriers Psyche to Mount Olympus (detail).
NEW YORK, NY.- The painting Mercury Carries Psyche to Mount Olympus by Bartholomäus Spranger was rediscovered in a private collection. Following a just and fair solution between the private collectors and the heirs of the former owner Prof. Dr. Curt Glaser, the artwork will be auctioned at Christies in London in December. The painting Mercury Carriers Psyche to Mount Olympus by Bartholomäus Spranger (1546-1611), a court painter to the German Kaiser, which for a long time was believed lost, has been rediscovered in a private collection by the art historian and internationally renowned Spranger expert Sally Metzler. It is a landmark painting by the great mannerist artist, which has previously only been known to scholars by virtue of an old black and white photograph. Spranger painted it around 1576 during the hiatus between the arrival of Rudolf II in Vienna and the death of Emperor Maximilian. Spranger presented the painting to Rudolf II where it ... More | |
David Geffen has made an indelible mark on many fields, including film, theater, and, most notably, music. Image: Bruce Weber.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced today that philanthropist and entertainment executive David Geffen has pledged $150 million toward the museums new galleries. The largest single cash gift from an individual in the museums history, Geffen's philanthropic support also makes him the largest individual donor to the Building LACMA campaign. The new Peter Zumthor-designed building will be called the David Geffen Galleries in honor of his extraordinary gift. David Geffen said, I am excited to see the positive effects this new building will have on Los Angeless art and architectural communities. This innovative addition to the LACMA campus will ensure ongoing and expanded access to their permanent collection. LACMA will be able to touch millions of lives and create an even healthier and more vibrant community for everyone. He continued, At ... More | |
Roy Lichtenstein, Female Head. Signed and dated 77 on the reverse. Oil and magna on canvas, 60 by 50 inches. Estimate: $10/15 million. Courtesy Sothebys.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys announced that Roy Lichtensteins Female Head will be featured in their Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 16 November in New York. This superb example of the artists most iconic subject matter the female head will be unveiled in Sotheby's London galleries this Friday, and on view through 8 October. Acquired from Leo Castelli Gallery in November 1977, just months after it was painted, the bold, vibrantly colored and beautiful painting will carry a pre-sale estimate of $10/15 million when it makes its auction debut this November. Grégoire Billault, Head of Sothebys Contemporary Art department in New York, noted: To stand in front of this painting is to understand and appreciate Roy Lichtensteins enduring engagement with beguiling blondes, as well as his brilliance as one of the trailblazers of Pop Art. Vividly combining his favorite subject with his distinctive ... More |
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| Science Museum season celebrates global impact of India's scientists and photographers | | Major Bowie exhibition to close in New York | | Private collectors using online appraisal platform to get multiple estimates from top auction houses |
Bhugola or Earth-Ball by Ksema Karna, India, 1571 [Inv.51703] © Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford.
LONDON.- This autumn the Science Museum presents an international perspective on the remarkable contributions of the Indian subcontinent to global science and culture over the last 5000 years. Illuminating India is a season of two major exhibitions, specially commissioned artworks and a high-profile events series opening during the British Councils UK/India 2017 season: a celebration of the long-standing relationship between the UK and India which sees cultural events, exhibitions and activities taking place in both countries. It tells the stories of the Indian innovators and thinkers who have often been overlooked or written out of Western narratives of history. One exhibition, Illuminating India: 5000 Years of Science and Innovation, celebrates Indias central role in the history of science and technology by exploring ... More | |
David Bowie, 1973. Photograph by Masayoshi Sukita © Sukita / The David Bowie Archive.
NEW YORK (AFP).- An exhibition on David Bowie's creative origins, which has pulled in major crowds around the world, will end next year in the late rocker's adopted home of New York. The Brooklyn Museum announced Wednesday that it will be the final site of the exhibition "David Bowie is," which has drawn nearly 1.8 million visitors worldwide since it opened in 2013 at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The Brooklyn exhibition will span Bowie's entire life through his death in 2016 and will include objects that did not appear in previous cities, the museum said. "Bowie himself left England in 1974 to eventually settle in America, so we could not be more delighted that the final leg of the tour brings the show back to New York, where Bowie made his home," Victoria and Albert curator Victoria Broackes said in a statement. The exhibition includes videos, ... More | |
Johan Laidlaw (left) and Mads Hallas.
COPENHAGEN.- Ever wondered what your old chinese vase is worth? Or that vintage design chair you have inherited from you granddad? To get your item appraised from a leading auction house can feel intimidating and at times cumbersome. Mearto.com, a new appraisal service, has streamlined this process and helps private collectors around the world with free auction estimates, by joining all auction houses on one platform. When your item has been submitted, multiple auction houses can appraise the item, which gives the user a much more precise estimate of the item. Today auction estimates serve to create a context for the private sellers when they want to sell their arts and antiques. It helps them understand the potential value of their item. Many collectors contact a single auction house and believe it is indifferent to contact others. It is a grave mistake. Says Mads, With the rise of the online art market, collectors ... More |
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| The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston opens major, mid-career retrospective of Mark Dion | | DC Moore Gallery opens exhibition of works by Joyce Kozloff | | The Warhol expands award-winning technology-based accessibility initiatives |
Mark Dion, Memory Box (detail), 2016, woodand-steel shed with door, wooden shelves, found objects, and lightbulb, 114 à 113 à 125 inches (289.6 à 287 à 317.5 cm). Courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York. © Mark Dion.
BOSTON, MASS.- The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston presents the first U.S. survey of the American artist in Mark Dion: Misadventures of a 21st-Century Naturalist. Dion has forged a distinct, interdisciplinary practice by exploring and appropriating scientific methodologies to question how we collect, interpret, and display nature. On view October 4, 2017 through December 31, 2017, the exhibition covers the last 30 years and brings together several hundred objectsincluding live birds, books, curiosity cabinets, plant and animal specimens, vintage photos, and much moreoffering a rare look at the unique course of the artists practice. The exhibition is organized by Ruth Erickson, Mannion Family Curator, with Jessica Hong, Curatorial Associate, and Kathrinne Duffy, Research Fellow. Dions sculptures and installations are full of the wonder ... More | |
Joyce Kozloff, Art Girl, 2017. Acrylic, collage, and found object on canvas, 65 x 54 x 6 1/2 inches. Courtesy of the artist and DC Moore Gallery, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- This October DC Moore Gallery presents, Joyce Kozloff: Girlhood, an exhibition that unites the artists ongoing mixed media cartographic art with recently unearthed childhood drawings. Kozloff discovered folders containing her carefully preserved grade school art during the emotional process of packing up and closing her parents house after their deaths. Her occasionally phantasmagorical and meticulously painted archaic charts offer a dialogue between the youthful wonderment preserved in her elementary school drawings and adult geographical knowledge. These works bear a riveting similarity to her oeuvre of the last 25 years maps, charts, decorative flourishes, information organized in graphs, and vignettes that expand the worlds depicted. As an artist immersed for decades in feminist and political activism, Kozloff analyzed the observations and curiosity of her childhood, stating: The worldview of my ... More | |
A museum visitor touches a tactile art reproduction piece in one of The Warhols galleries while using the Out Loud inclusive audio guide.
PITTSBURGH, PA.- The Andy Warhol Museum announces the launch of a fully redesigned website and the installation of tactile art reproductions in its galleries with a focus on accessibility. Through these projects as well as the Out Loud inclusive audio guide, the museum is leading the way in its field by combining technology and enhanced museum experiences to overcome barriers for people with disabilities. In May, the audio guide received the American Alliance of Museums gold MUSE award for mobile applications, one of the nations highest honors for projects of its kind. The Warhol worked with Spellerberg Associates and Everything Type Company for development and design of The Warhols updated website at warhol.org. The museum also worked with Prime Access Consulting, Inc., led by Sina Bahram, president, to make the site accessible to users with a wide range of abilities and preferences. The website achieves WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Gu ... More |
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| Kurkihar Buddha leads Bonhams Images of Devotion Sale in Hong Kong | | rosenfeld porcini opens the first ever UK solo exhibition by the Chinese artist Lu Chao | | Exhibition of paintings by Barbara Takenaga opens at the Williams College Museum of Art |
The Crowned Kurkihar Buddha (HK$21,900,000). Photo: Bonhams.
HONG KONG.- The standing 11th century Crowned Kurkihar Buddha, a canonical image in Buddhist art, from Collection FKH, USA, reached the highest auction price at HK$21,900,000 (US$2,329,600) after a bidding battle at the Bonhams Images of Devotion Sale in Hong Kong on 3 October. In total, the sale made more than HK$72,235,000 (US$9,102,080). The rare jewel-like 15th century Tibetan bronze depicting Akshobhya, the Buddha of the East, with a powerful frame and commanding posture from an American private collection fetched HK$18,060,000 (US$1,920,000). Another masterpiece from a private European collection, a bronze Mahakala from the Dali Kingdom originating from the late-12th to early-13th century sold for HK$10,620,000 (US$1,126,400) and was acquired by the Long Museum in Shanghai, China. Commenting on the sale, Bonhams Global Head of Indian, Himalayan ... More | |
Lu Chao, Black Ceremony, 2017, oil on canvas, 60x45cm.
LONDON.- rosenfeld porcini is presenting the first ever UK solo exhibition by the Chinese artist Lu Chao (*1988). Despite his young age, the artists work has already been extensively presented internationally and Black Silence signifies an important development in his practice, both from a narrative and a formal point of view. Chaos earlier works concentrated on the passiveness of normal human beings, huddled together in tightly packed groups, when confronted with terrestrial power. Growing up in China, this was, at its inception, a comment on his homeland. However, having now lived in the U.K., he feels that this idea achieves a far wider relevance. In Black Silence, his attentions have turned to our relationship with extra-terrestrial power and what, if anything, is controlling our existence. Is the large black sphere hanging in the air, towering over the tiny humans below, a manifestation of a h ... More | |
Barbara Takenaga (American, b. 1949), Sphere/Horizon, 2012. Acrylic on linen. Collection of David and Ashley Kramer.
WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS.- This first in-depth assessment of Barbara Takenagas work includes approximately sixty paintings made over two decades that trace the artists ongoing preoccupation with forms evoking celestial bodiesgalaxies, exploding stars, and resplendent orbsvariously allied by critics with Big Bang theory, the mid-western night sky, and psychedelic experience. The exhibition will be on view at the Williams College Museum of Art from October 5, 2017 through January 28, 2018. At once conceptual and emphatically ornamental, Takenagas painting has always thrived on contradiction. Combining aspects of Japanese printmaking and Tantric painting, as well as modernist developments such as op art, her work has enriched the languages of abstraction, deftly elevating aesthetic territory that is still thought of as either decoration or illustration. "Barbara's work has ... More |
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Visual artist David Shrigley announced as Brighton Festival 2018 Guest Director
BRIGHTON.- Brighton Festival announced that the 2018 Guest Director is the Brighton-based visual artist David Shrigley (b.1968). Best known for his distinctive drawing style and works that make satirical comments on the absurdity of 21st-century society, Shrigley's darkly humorous compositions reflect the inconsequential, the bizarre, and the disquieting elements of daily life. While drawing is at the centre of his practice, his work spans an extensive range of media including sculpture, large-scale installation, animation, painting, photography and music. Widely admired by the art world and public alike, David Shrigley was nominated for the prestigious Turner Prize in 2013 for his solo show David Shrigley: Brain Activity at the Hayward Gallery. In September 2016, Really Good, a 7metre-high elongated bronze sculpture of a thumbs-up, was unveiled ... More
Tate acquires new works at Frieze
LONDON.- The following works have been acquired as gifts to the Tate collection thanks to the 2017 Frieze Tate Fund to benefit the Tate collection: Dorothy Iannone (born 1933, Boston, USA), Wiggle Your Ass For Me 1970. Acrylic on canvas, mounted on canvas, 1900 x 1500 mm. From Air de Paris, Paris Mary Beth Edelson (born 1933, Indiana, USA), Selected Wall Collages 1972-2011. Ink, marker and paper mounted on canvas. Dimensions variable. From David Lewis, New York Hannah Black (born 1981, Manchester, UK), Intensive Care/Hot New Track 2013. HD colour video with sound, DVD and file on USB : 5 minutes 36 seconds. Edition 1 of 3. From Arcadia Missa, London Lawrence Abu Hamdan (born 1985, Jordan), Earshot (installation including the video Rubber Coated Steel) 2016. Video (Rubber Coated Steel 2016), loudspeakers, c-type prints ... More
Anh Do takes out 2017 Archibald Prize Anz People's Choice Award
SYDNEY.- Painter, comedian and author Anh Do has taken out the 2017 Archibald Prize ANZ Peoples Choice award with his portrait of Indigenous actor, Jack Charles. Do first heard of Charles in a newspaper article that introduced him as esteemed actor, former heroin addict and jailbird, member of the stolen generation, gay man and latter-day Indigenous activist, and later went on to interview him and paint him in the latest season of his popular ABC TV show Anh's Brush with Fame. I feel very lucky that Jack let me paint his portrait for the Archibald prize. Hes an extraordinary Australian with a great face full of character. Jack has lived a big life and I enjoyed getting to know him and painting his portrait immensely, Do said. Now a legendary figure and role model to many, Charles tumultuous life story is vibrantly depicted in the winning ANZ Peoples Choice portrait. Charles ... More
Champion for world peace: Norman Cousins' papers debut at Heritage Auctions
DALLAS, TX.- The personal archives of activist Norman Cousins, who dedicated his life to nuclear disarmament and world peace, offers an historic look at his role as a private citizen in bringing about the Nuclear Test Ban treaty in 1963. Never before offered at auction, his correspondences with world leaders, including several American presidents, will be offered in Heritage Auctions' Historical Manuscripts auction on Oct. 19 in Dallas. "The material shines a light on the immense accomplishments of this quiet hero," said Sandra Palomino, Director of Historical Manuscripts at Heritage Auctions. "Cousins' role behind the scenes of the negotiations of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty cannot be overstated." Cousins' response to the bombing of Hiroshima was immediate. He wrote an editorial for the Saturday Review on August 6, 1945, the same day the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. ... More
Solo exhibition of rare ballet and theatre designs by Dorothea Tanning on view at Alison Jacques Gallery
LONDON.- Alison Jacques Gallery presents a solo exhibition of rare ballet and theatre designs by Dorothea Tanning, dating from 1945 through to 1961, in the upstairs exhibition space. Last shown in a solo exhibition with accompanying catalogue at The Drawing Center in New York (2010), this body of work has previously not been exhibited in Europe. The series of ink, gouache and watercolour works on paper shown in London feature over twenty costumes and two set designs. While renowned for her painting, Tanning was also commissioned to create costume and set designs for a number of ballets choreographed or produced by the co-founder of the New York City Ballet, George Balanchine. Tanning had met Balanchine at the Julien Levy Gallery, which was a popular gathering place for Surrealists living in New York at the time and home to her first solo ... More
Exhibition narrates the evolution of Racine Art Museum's Wustum Museum through art
RACINE, WI.- Throughout 2017, Racine Art Museum is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its forebear, the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Artsestablished in 1941. Open through December 30, 2017, 75 at 75: Significant Works from RAMs Collection reflects over seven decades of building relationships. This exhibition reflects the dynamic growth of the collection over an extended period of time as told through objects. The artworks included outline the depth and richness of RAMs holdings. The sculptures, vessels, art jewelry, furniture, and two-dimensional images also highlight compelling stories about the works themselves, how they came into RAMs possession, or the people who owned or created them. RAMs Wustum Museum began as a community arts center that offered studio classes, exhibitions, and community and art activities. Without a permanent ... More
Belgian artist van Eetveelde shows Ilk at Museum Folkwang
ESSEN.- The Museum Folkwang is devoting an exhibition to Catharina van Eetvelde. Ilk shows van Eetvelde's multifaceted oeuvre which draws on the formal elements of scientific illustrations. For years, Belgian artist Catharina van Eetvelde (b. 1967 in Ghent) has made a vital contribution to the evolution of the medium of drawing in a contemporary context. Expanding the traditional method of drawing on paper to include new possibilities created by digital technology, she has made the use of PC and drawing tablets an integral part of her work. This has fundamentally altered her process: "To draw with vectors means for me that time and space collapse. Every line I draw becomes a potential fraction of time, which means that I cannot only freely iterate back, forth, zoom etc. within a drawing, but also that a drawings saturation is never reached" (Catharina van Eetvelde). ... More
Milestone to auction Charlie Schalebaum Legacy Collection of cars, automobilia & antiques
WILLOUGHBY, OH.- On Saturday, October 14, Milestone Auctions of Willoughby (suburban Cleveland), Ohio, will transform its premises into a motorheads dreamscape, as it presents the Charlie Schalebaum Legacy Collection of fine automobiles, automotive art, and antiques. The nearly 500-lot auction with highlights that include two Rolls-Royces and three Mercedes-Benzes represents the crème de la crème of a collection amassed by the dealer and car enthusiast known far and wide as the king of Hershey. Charles Schalebaum Jr, who passed away last May, didnt give himself the royal title by which he was known in the trade it was bestowed upon him by classic car fans who always looked forward to visiting his tempting booth at the Hershey Car Show. Charlie was one of the most respected antique dealers and collectors of his time, said Milestone ... More
Carter Burden Gallery opens three new exhibitions
NEW YORK, NY.- Carter Burden Gallery presents three new exhibitions: In the Dark: Packages & Shadows in the East Gallery featuring Werner Bargsten and Charles Ramsburg, Carts in the West Gallery featuring Danny Turitz, and On the Wall featuring Edward Fausty. The reception will be held October 5, 2017 from 6 - 8 p.m. The exhibition runs from October 5th through 26th at 548 West 28th Street in New York City. The gallery hours are Tuesday - Friday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Werner Bargsten presents clay sculptures bound in copper in the exhibition In the Dark: Packages & Shadows. Much of Bargstens ceramic work is inspired by childhood memories of the rich, black, Iowa dirt of his familys farm. The Iowa farm was fluid and constantly morphing into something else from early spring to the middle of winter, much like my own interior ... More
Apollinaire Fine Arts pays homage to the written word in exhibition
LONDON.- Apollinaire Fine Arts pays homage to the written word in Calligram, an exhibition presenting work by five artists inspired by text as a physical, visual object. The word calligram (calligramme in the original French) was coined by Guillaume Apollinaire through his poetry collection of the same name, in which eschewing poetic and typographical convention he set his words free to float, twist and create works that spoke as much to the eye as to the ear. The artists in Calligram have also taken the written word as the basis for their work, playing with the physical forms of text to create a new and expressive visual language. In this varied yet cohesive showcase, Calligram brings together paintings, works on paper, sculptural forms and performance to result in a thematic line that is at times subtly pervasive, at others deliberate and commanding. From Stuart Sheldons ... More
The Contemporary Art Society acquires major installation by Dineo Seshee Bopape at Frieze London
EASTBOURNE.- The Contemporary Art Society has acquired an installation by Dineo Seshee Bopape at Frieze London for Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne, inspired by her South African heritage and the artists spiritual and physical relationship with her surroundings. This year Bopape has won the Pinchuk Future Generation Art Prize, the Sharjah Biennial Art Prize and last year had a major solo show at Palais de Tokyo, Paris. The Towner has a significant collection of works that explore notions of the 'edge in landscape', including those by Yael Bartana, Tacita Dean, Olafur Eliasson (a Contemporary Art Society acquisition in 2004), Omer Fast and Isaac Julien. The museum is located on the southern coast of England, along the constantly changing boundary between land and sea. Sedibeng, it comes with the rain, 2016, was purchased through the Contemporary ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian painter Francesco Guardi was born October 05, 1712. Francesco Lazzaro Guardi (October 5, 1712 - January 1, 1793) was a Venetian painter of veduta, a member of the Venetian School. He is considered to be among the last practitioners, along with his brothers, of the classic Venetian school of painting. In this image: Sotheby's employee Maria Sheremeteva studies Francesco Guardi's Venice, a view of the Rialto Bridge.
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