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The table of contents in A Book of Rhymes, the last of the two dozen miniature books made by the young Charlotte Bronte in 1829, which recently resurfaced after nearly a century, at James Cummins Bookseller in New York, March 8, 2022. The book, containing perhaps the last unseen poems of the future author of Jane Eyre and offered for $1.25 million at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, has been purchased by a British charity and will be donated to the Bronte Parsonage Museum in the village of Haworth, England. Clark Hodgin/The New York Times.
by Jennifer Schuessler
NEW YORK, NY.- The last of the two dozen miniature books made by the young Charlotte Brontë to remain in private hands, which resurfaced last month after nearly a century, will soon be heading home to the remote parsonage on the moors of northern England where it was made. A Book of Rhymes, which contains 10 previously unpublished poems by the 13-year-old Brontë, was a star attraction over the weekend at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, where it was offered for $1.25 million. At the fairs preview Thursday, a red dot indicating it had been sold appeared on the label inside the specially constructed display case, setting off speculations about the buyer. On Monday, it was revealed that the buyer is the Friends of the National Libraries, a British charity, which is donating it to the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth, Yorkshire, home to one of the worlds largest collections of Brontë manuscripts. Ann Dinsdale, the museums chief curator, said in a statement ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Installation view of Anicka Yi "Metaspore" at Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan.
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| Tampa Museum of Art announces historic $25 million lead gift to Centennial Capital Campaign | | Library of Congress acquires Neil Simon papers | | A fresh look at the collection at Hamburger Kunsthalle: "Impressionism: Franco-German Encounters" |
Cornie and Dick Corbett at Pavilion 2018. Photo: Bohemia.
TAMPA, FLA.- The Tampa Museum of Art has received a landmark $25 million donation from Dick Corbett as the lead donation to the Museums Centennial Capital Campaign for Renovation and Expansion, which began during its 100th anniversary celebration in 2020. This extraordinary gift to the Museum contributes a historic $25 million cash gift to our campaign for the Museums expansion. It will allow us to grow our overall area from 69,000 to 120,000 square feet and expand our exhibition and collections space from 14,800 square feet to 43,000 square feet. It will also more than triple available event space, add public restaurant and retail store space as well as a 10,000-square-foot Education Center, allowing us to serve 24,000 Hillsborough County school students annually, said Michael Tomor, Ph.D., the Penny and Jeff Vinik Executive Director of the Tampa Museum of Art. This gift from Dick Corbett makes history in Flori ... More | |
Neil Simon on stage at the Music Box Theater during preparations for his new play Dinner Party, in New York in 2000. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times.
by Sarah Bahr
NEW YORK, NY.- As Mark Eden Horowitz, a senior music specialist at the Library of Congress, was digging through playwright Neil Simons manuscripts and papers this year, he made a surprising discovery. Simon, the most commercially successful American playwright of the 20th century, could also draw. Like, really draw. Theyre almost professional, Horowitz said in a recent phone conversation of some of the pen-and-ink drawings and paintings he found tucked among the scripts. There are two watercolors in particular that are quite beautiful landscapes. More than a dozen notepads filled with drawings, cartoons and caricatures by Simon, who died in 2018, was just one of the surprising discoveries Horowitz made in the trove of approximately 7,700 of the playwrights manuscripts and papers (and even eyeglasses) ... More | |
Ãdouard Manet (18321883), Nana Close, 1877, Ãl auf Leinwand, 154 x 115 cm, © Hamburger Kunsthalle/bpk. Photo: Elke Walford.
HAMBURG.- With a new presentation of over 80 works by French and German Impressionists, the Hamburger Kunsthalle is taking a fresh look at one of the defining art movements of modernism as a European phenomenon. Paintings, sculptures and pastels are presented in new constellations in five redesigned halls in the Lichtwark Gallery. Major works by Max Liebermann, Lovis Corinth and Max Slevogt, the »triumvirate of German Impressionism«, meet up here with French icons such as Ãdouard Manet, Auguste Renoir and Claude Monet. The show also brings in artists who have not been presented at the Hamburger Kunsthalle for a long time, featuring paintings by Alma del Banco, Paul Baum, Ivo Hauptmann, Maximilien Luce, Henri Martin and Lesser Ury. Accompanying the paintings are a number of sculptures and a selection of pastels for example by Edgar Degas, ... More |
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| Christie's launches art relief initiatives for Ukraine | | Popeye And Olive Oyl Tank rolls to world-record $105K at Milestone Auctions' April 9 Antique Toy Spectacular | | Scotland + Venice presents Alberta Whittle and 'deep dive (pause) uncoiling memory' |
Kenny Scharfs Frackattack sold to benefit CORE. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
NEW YORK, NY.- This April and May, Christies will present an international program of exhibition and sales initiatives from London to New York to benefit Ukraine. Partnering with three major non-profit organisationsthe World Monuments Fund (WMF), Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort) Foundation, Christies joins together with artists, consignors and collectors to raise essential funds in support of humanitarian aid and cultural heritage preservation efforts in Ukraine. These initiatives are expected to raise around $1 million in relief aid for Ukraine, and follow Christies initial humanitarian donations to the Red Cross and the United Nations Refugee Agency announced in February and March. In London, opening April 25th, Safeguarding the Irreplaceable: A Selling Exhibition to Benefit the Ukraine Heritage Response Fund at World Monuments Fund, will debut at Chris ... More | |
Linemar Japan battery-operated Popeye and Olive Oyl Tank, 11 inches, with extremely rare original box. Very clean and bright, by far the finest example known.Excellent / Near Mint. Sold for a world record auction price of $105,000 against its pre-sale estimate of $30,000-$40,000.
WILLOUGHBY, OHIO .- Popeye toys havent seen an appreciable downturn in the collector marketplace at any point in the past 25 years. In keeping with that trend, vintage toys depicting the punchy sailor were strong to the finich at Milestone Auctions April 9 Antique Toy Spectacular, which grossed $650,000. Powering its way to the top of prices realized, a Linemar Popeye And Olive Oyl Tank with its original pictorial box sold for an astonishing $105,000, a new world auction record for a Popeye toy. Everyone, young or old, can relate to Popeye, said Milestone Auctions co-owner Miles King. Since first appearing in a 1929 comic strip, Popeye has amused and entertained audiences in a way that sets him apart from other comic or cartoon characters. Hes an ... More | |
deep dive (pause) uncoiling memory, 2022 Installation shot photographer Cristiano Corte, © Alberta Whittle. Courtesy the artist, Scotland + Venice.
VENICE.- The Scotland + Venice partnership is presenting Alberta Whittle and her new body of work deep dive (pause) uncoiling memory at Biennale Arte 2022. At a time in history when it is not enough for the world to merely acknowledge global injustice, this remarkable exhibition invites us to unravel contested and difficult histories and creates an open space for conversation, hope, healing, and reconciliation. Presented within the purple washed walls of the exhibition, her work rings out as a beacon of hope to a world crying out for change. Unveiling three new pieces of work in film, sculpture, and tapestry, deep dive (pause) uncoiling memory is an opportunity for all who enter to confront the tough realities of police brutality, colonisation, gender and race politics and climate change. In presenting us with these uncomfortable truths, deep dive (pause) uncoiling memory seeks to enable restorative justice and self- ... More |
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| Iconic Auctions to offer Jimi Hendrix's 1967 Fender Sunburst Stratocaster | | Arghavan Khosravi's potent paintings explore oppression and liberation | | West Chelsea Contemporary announces its newest exhibition: Icons and Vandals |
The auction features more than 500 lots of stage-used guitars, autographs and personal relics from many of the greatest names in rock n roll history.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.- Jimi Hendrixs personally owned and studio played 1967 Fender Sunburst Stratocaster guitar, Hendrixs handwritten working lyrics for the song Crosstown Traffic from his Electric Ladyland album, and a drum kit personally owned and played by the late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins during their 2005 In Your Honor tour are just a few of the expected top lots in Iconic Auctions online-only Amazing Music Auction (Part III). The auction features more than 500 lots of stage-used guitars, autographs and personal relics from many of the greatest names in rock n roll history. The entire catalog is up for viewing and bidding now, at www.IconicAuctions.com. The sale closes on Saturday, April 30th, which is coming up quick, so collectors or anyone wanting to own a piece of rock history needs to log on. The Hendrix owned ... More | |
Arghavan Khosravi, Boundaries, 2020. Acrylic on cotton canvas over wood panels, poplar wood frame, 28 x 34 x 2 inches. Courtesy of the artist, © Arghavan Khosravi, 2022, photo: Julia Featheringill.
MANCHESTER, NH.- The Currier Museum of Art is presenting the work of Iranian painter Arghavan Khosravi in her first museum exhibition. The artist creates surrealist images that explore themes of exile, suppression, and empowerment. Drawn from the artists memories, the enigmatic compositions center on women protagonists and allude to the restriction of human rights, particularly those of immigrants. Her work is partly autobiographical a visual manifestation of her feelings as an Iranian woman artist now living in the United States. At the same time, the work is universal in its presentation of shared struggles and emotions. Arghavan Khosravi is on view from April 15 to September 5, 2022. The exhibition features more than 20 works made over the last few years in a range of styles. In some, Khosravi ... More | |
Bob Gruen, John Lennon, NYC, 1974.
NEW YORK, NY.- West Chelsea Contemporary, the world-class art gallery offering museum quality 20th century and contemporary art in Austin and New York City, opened its exhibition, Icons and Vandals, at its New York location. First established in Austin, Texas in October 2020 under the direction of Founder and President Lisa Russell, WCC opened its second location in New York Citys Chelsea art neighborhood in November 2021. Across its two galleries, WCC offers an art-for-all approach to art education and entertainment through museum-quality exhibitions and programming in a dynamic, interactive setting. Officially open to the public beginning on April 23, Icons and Vandals marks the fourth exhibition hosted at the New York gallery. With artwork spanning 60 years, Icons & Vandals features art-world agitators from across the globe who have distinguished themselves through disruption. Beginning with ... More |
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| Freeman's revamps luxury offerings with new talent and fine jewelry and watches auction offerings | | Over The Influence presents an exhibition of new works by LA native Jonni Cheatwood | | Invisible Landscapes by Edward Hutchison opens at Bankside Gallery and The Wykeham Gallery |
Samira Mazloom joins Freemans as a specialist in the Jewelry and Watches department, where she puts her gemology, marketing, advertising, and business development skills and past experience to work in appraising, authenticating, and evaluating works.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Freemans announced the growth and development of its Jewelry and Watches and Luxury departments, from new appointments to expanded and refined auction offerings. The addition of new specialists, new outreach and marketing strategies, and a holistic reimagining of our Luxe sale brand means that consignors and buyers alike can look forward to auctions, content, and events centered around fine and brand-name jewelry, watches, fashion, culture, and craftsmanship, from both local and international perspectives. Two back-to-back auctions on May 18 and 19, Jewelry and Watches and Luxe: Boutique Jewels, highlight both the expertise of new hires and the departments focus on luxury goods across categories. From pieces by Tiffany & Co., Patek Philippe, and Hermès to classic diamond solitaires, gold ... More | |
Jonni Cheatwood, Just Times by 2 and Add 30, 2022, Oil, acrylic and alkyd on canvas sewn to primed textiles178 x 158 cm70 1/8 x 62 1/4 in (JC 22.003).
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Over The Influence is presenting The Juice Is Loose, an exhibition of new works by LA native Jonni Cheatwood. In his second solo exhibition with the gallery, Cheatwood continues to explore figuration, using it as a tool to invite viewers into an intimate dialogue that examines both the artist and viewer's inner world, bonding us through universal lived experiences. In this series, Cheatwood takes his practice to a much more personal and vulnerable level. Working off family photographs and personal stories, much of the scenes and imagery resemble experiences from the artist's life and family history, imbuing the work with a sense of authenticity and reliability. The title of the exhibition itself is a play on words that references the pop culture that Cheatwood grew up within, adding an extra degree of nostalgia to these visual vignettes of the artist's life. Cheatwoods practice is a labor-intensive process, sewing canvas ... More | |
Edward Hutchison, The Dawn Chorus, 36 x 36cm.
LONDON.- Opening this spring, Invisible Landscapes presents new work by artist Edward Hutchison which encourages us to deepen our connection with the natural environment. The exhibition, presented across two galleries, brings together over 90 paintings created by the artist over the past two years, and it will raise funds for the UN Refugee Agencys work in Ukraine (UNHCR). Moved by reports and images of the devastation that has occurred in Ukraine following the Russian invasion and as an advocate for the fundamental importance of the natural environment to our wellbeing Hutchison will donate 50% of proceeds from all sales to support the UNHCRs work in Ukraine. From the energy of complex root systems to the vigour of the dawn chorus, the life force of ancient oak trees to the harmony of wildflowers, artist Edward Hutchison works in watercolour to create evocative abstract images that shed light on intimate elements of nature. Described by Hutchison as conversation ... More |
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Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale presents Małgorzata Mirga-Tas: Re-enchanting the World
VENICE.- For the first time in the over-120-year history of the International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, a Roma artist is representing a national pavilion. The project Re-enchanting the World by Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, prepared specifically for the Polish Pavilion at the Biennale Arte 2022, is an attempt to find the place of the Roma community in European art history. The exhibition, which consists of twelve large-format textiles installation, alludes to the famous Hall of the Months fresco series from the Renaissance Palazzo Schifanoia in Ferrara, Italy, one of the most mysterious buildings in European architecture. The project proposed by curators Wojciech Szymański and Joanna Warsza was the winner of a competition organised by Zachęta National Gallery of Art. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue edited ... More
Broadway's first 'Funny Girl' revival shows why it took so long
NEW YORK, NY.- It must be a plot. Why else would it have taken nearly 60 years for Funny Girl, the hit 1964 musical about the comic Fanny Brice, to be revived on Broadway, when most Golden Age shows with even half a wit left in them let alone such a fabulous score have been revived unto exhaustion? And why does the mild version that finally made it, in a production starring Beanie Feldstein that opened Sunday at the August Wilson Theater, seem likely to prolong rather than break the spell? That I can answer in two words: Barbra Streisman. Or so Jerome Robbins, who supervised the original production, misspelled the name of an exciting young singer, then about 20, on a list of possible Fannys he drew up around 1962. That list, which also included such established stars as Judy Holliday, Eydie Gormé and Tammy ... More
In 'Lucia' at the Met, a modern woman comes undone
NEW YORK, NY.- By the looks of it, there is little in common between the Metropolitan Operas new production of Lucia di Lammermoor and the one it replaces. The old staging, which premiered in 2007 and was last revived in 2018, set Gaetano Donizettis work about a girl driven to murder by a forced marriage in the late Victorian era, with sumptuous gowns and picturesque, wintry trees. The new Lucia, which opened Saturday and is directed by Simon Stone, takes place in the present day, in a dying postindustrial U.S. town, the kind whose electoral preferences have so fascinated the world over the past six or seven years. Theres a motel, a pawnshop, liquor and drugstores, a minimart, a water treatment plant, some beat-up cars: the wasteland, as Stone has described it, of free-market capitalism. The costumes ... More
Celebrate the 200th birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted at Planting Fields' newly-restored Heather Garden
OYSTER BAY, NY.- To mark the bicentenary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted, Planting Fields Foundation will open its newly restored Heather Garden, launching a yearlong celebration of the legacy of the Olmsted Brothers at Planting Fields. This project and others commemorating Olmsted during his bicentennial underline our singular site's place in the context of that visionary designers legacy, said Gina Wouters, executive director of Planting Fields Foundation. To begin our celebrations, we have lovingly revitalized our Heather Garden and installed new interpretive signage throughout our 409-acre site, so that visitors can enjoy every aspect of their experience here and understand our landscape and its importance. The Heather Garden at Planting Fields is one of the first of several heather gardens designed by the Olmsted ... More
Turkish philanthropist is convicted and sentenced to life over protests
NEW YORK, NY.- A Turkish court on Monday convicted a prominent Turkish philanthropist of trying to violently overthrow the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and sentenced him to life in prison without parole, in a case that has been denounced by human rights organizations and has heightened tensions with the West. In a crowded and stuffy Istanbul courtroom the man, Osman Kavala, a well-known activist, was convicted on charges related to popular protests in 2013 against Erdogan, which the president still sees as among the most significant challenges to his power. The court also sentenced seven other defendants to 18 years in prison for aiding in an attempt to overthrow the government and ordered them to be immediately arrested. Among the seven is Mucella Yapici, a well known architect and urban rights ... More
'Chun Kwang Young: Times Reimagined' officially opens at the Palazzo Contarini Polignac
VENICE.- Times Reimagined is a multidisciplinary laboratory of Korean artist Chun Kwang Young who has been working for 30 years under the theme of the interconnectedness between living beings and the socio-ecological values of their relationships. In ecology, interconnectedness is an absolute factor for the reproduction and survival of all living things, as well as an essential for ensuring biodiversity and enhancing sustainability in any adverse conditions such as climate change. The project includes 40 large-scale mulberry-paper reliefs, sculptures and installations created by artist Chun and an outdoor architectural structure, the Hanji House, designed by architect and urban planner Stefano Boeri. As the prime medium of Chuns creation, hanji (Korean mulberry paper), is a champion of ecological reproduction and circulation, which ... More
'Romey Stuckart: Within and Without' honors the late Idaho artist
MISSOULA, MONT.- The Missoula Art Museum presents Romey Stuckart: Within and Without, which features large paintings and drawings by the late Idaho artist. Romey Stuckart painted expressive landscape scenes which drew on the natural world throughout her decades-long career. She said of her work: My main interest lies not in what is considered tangible, factual, logical, but in that which eludes us; the spirit, the unknown, the felt These paintings deal with the forest of the interior; being within the woods, involved with and surrounded by nature. My interest is not as much in the specific space or event, but in the subjective, psychological associations it triggers. Rosemary "Romey" Stuckart was born in Sublimity, Oregon in 1955. She graduated from Gonzaga University in Spokane and received an MFA from the University ... More
Alice Workman and Jemma Hickman join forces to launch new gallery, Bo Lee and Workman
LONDON.- Brutons burgeoning art scene is set to benefit from the opening of a new gallery founded by two of the regions most established art figures. Launching this May, Bo Lee and Workman is the brainchild of Alice Workman, former Senior Director of Hauser & Wirth, and Jemma Hickman, founder of bo.lee gallery. The new gallery will present a dynamic programme of site-specific exhibitions and collaborations in and around Bruton, and globally with an online and art fair programme. Alice and Jemma first worked together in 2010 and have continued to support one anothers professional practice ever since. It was last year, when Jemma moved to Bruton, where Alice lives, that the idea of collaborating evolved. Professionally the pair share similar interests, along with a hands-on approach, working closely with artists to support ... More
Chris Bailey, who gave Australia punk rock, dies at 65
N.- Chris Bailey, an Australian singer who with his band, the Saints, introduced their country to the raw, fast-tempo sounds of punk rock in the mid-1970s, just as the Sex Pistols were spiking their hair in London and the Ramones were donning their leather jackets in New York City, died April 9 in Haarlem, the Netherlands. He was 65. His wife, Elisabet Corlin, confirmed the death, of natural causes, but did not provide details. Bailey and the Saints did not borrow from the sounds emanating out of Britain and the United States. Rather, in a case of parallel evolution, they emerged simultaneously, shaped in their native Brisbane by some of the same forces at work in the Northern Hemisphere: high unemployment, stifling social conservatism and grungy political radicalism. They released their first hit, (Im) Stranded, in ... More
Enrico Fermi Award presented to Stafford L. Warren, inventor of the mammogram to be auctioned
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Enrico Fermi Award awarded to Stafford L. Warren, the inventor of the mammogram and member of the Manhattan will be auctioned by Nate D. Sanders Auctions on April 28, 2022. Interested bidders may participate in the auction online. The Enrico Fermi Award was presented in 1972 to Stafford L. Warren, the physician and radiologist who invented the mammogram in 1930 and also served on the Manhattan Project as Chief of Medicine, responsible for the safety of the project members. Warren then went on to become the first Dean of the School of Medicine at UCLA in 1947, shepherding the school to one of the most premier medical schools in the world. In 1962, Warren became Vice Chancellor, Health Services at UCLA in 1962. The Fermi Award, established in 1956 under President Eisenhower, ... More
'Sonic the Hedgehog' reaches $360K to pace $5 million Heritage Auctions Video Games event
DALLAS, TX.- A spectacular copy of Sonic the Hedgehog - Wata 9.8 A+ Sealed [Made in Japan, Early Production], Genesis Sega 1991 USA drew 19 bids and soared to $360,000 to lead Heritage Auctions' Video Games Signature® Auction to $4,999,504 April 22-23. The nearly-$5 million result was the third-highest of any video games auction ever at Heritage Auctions. In all, seven lots brought six-figure results; two more topped $95,000. More than 1,400 global bidders joined in on the event, which produced perfect sell-through rates of 100% by value and by lots sold. "Our team couldn't be more proud of the results of this auction," Heritage Auctions Video Games Director Valarie McLeckie said. "Wata's newly released population data allowed bidders to make better-informed decisions, and it's clear this had a major impact ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, American landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted was born April 26, 1822. April 26, 1822. Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. (April 26, 1822 - August 28, 1903), known as the father of landscape architecture, is most famous as the co-designer (with Calvert Vaux) of New York Cityâs Central Park. As detailed in the new Whatâs Out There Olmsted guide, he and his successor firms shaped cities, park and parkway systems, neighborhoods, campuses and more. Photo: Central Park, NY, photo © Barrett Doherty, courtesy The Cultural Landscape Foundation.
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