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| | | Miami revs up for Art Basel: Zachary Balber's Tamim electrifies audiences | |
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Pimpy Pat, by Zachary Balber. Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle paper. Photo by World Red Eye / Misha Mehrel.
MIAMI, FLA.- The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU presents the electrifying new exhibition Zachary Balber: Tamim (on view now through March, headlines Miami Art Week). This is the first time these photographs have been exhibited in full color, some are new and have never been shown. Zachary Balber is a rising star in Miamis art scene who is fast gaining national acclaim. These portraits cut through uncharted terrain. Some of these monumental portraits were printed as large as possible, to show the subjects at two or three times their human scale. Since many of these men have serious tattoos, this creates the effect of transforming a portrait into a landscape experience for the viewer ‒ the markings across their flesh forge an explicit landscape. For this show, he uses portrait photography to uncover the camouflaged identity of some of Judaisms ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day For the first time, Rosalind Nashashibi and Lucy Skaer bring together films and works from their joint and individual practices in the exhibition ÂFuture SunÂ. The paintings, sculptures and films complement each other and add new meanings to the three oeuvres. Skaer and Nashashibi have been working together as Nashashibi/Skaer since 2005. The exhibition is on view at S.M.A.K through February 16, 2020.
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| | Painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo to headline Sotheby's Master Paintings Evening Sale | | Kyrgyz museum chief quits over feminist exhibition after threats | | A work by Master of Vissy Brod sells for 6.2 million euros |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Madonna of The Rosary with Angels (detail). Oil on canvas, 96¾ by 61½ in.; 246 by 156 cm. Estimate in excess of $15 million. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys announced that one of the greatest works by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo remaining in private hands will be offered as the headline work in their Master Paintings Evening Sale in New York on 29 January 2020. Painted in 1735, The Madonna of the Rosary with Angels is an important early work by the great Venetian artist, dating from a period that is considered one of the artists most significant and one that brought him recognition as among the greatest painters of 18th-century Europe. Other Tiepolo altarpieces from this time hang in prominent churches and museums throughout the world, establishing the forthcoming auction as a rarified event. Estimated to achieve in excess of $15 million, the monumental painting is one of the rarest and most significant works by Tiepolo ever to come to market. The painting ... More | |
Mira Djangaracheva said she had tended her resignation following threats to her and other staff.
BISHKEK (AFP).- The director of Kyrgyzstan's state art museum resigned on Monday after a feminist art exhibition that included female nudity riled conservatives in the majority Muslim country. Mira Djangaracheva said she had tended her resignation following threats to her and other staff after the museum put on an exhibition themed on women's economic freedom that prompted calls for her sacking. In a statement on Monday, the impoverished republic's culture ministry criticised the exhibit for using the "language of provocation" and disorientating visitors. Djangaracheva stressed on Facebook that she quit voluntarily following a "negative aggressive reaction on the part of national patriotic forces". "It is a pity this has been initiated by people who have never been to a museum," she said. The exhibition included a female body presented as a punchbag and opened with a nude performance ... More | |
Estimated 400,000 to 600,000, this painting ¬ by one of the most important International Gothic masters fetched no less than 6.2 million euros under the hammer of auctioneer Hugues Cortot.
DIJON.- Highly anticipated by the market, a devotional panel of The Virgin and Child Enthroned painted around 1350 by the Master of Vissy Brod and authenticated by Cabinet Turquin in Paris, was offered for public sale by Cortot et Associés this Saturday 30 November in the French city of Dijon. The work elicited a superb bidding battle between nine buyers, four in the room and five on the phones. Estimated 400,000 to 600,000, this painting ¬ by one of the most important International Gothic masters fetched no less than 6.2 million euros under the hammer of auctioneer Hugues Cortot. The successful bidder was the Benappi Fine Art Gallery on behalf of New Yorks Metropolitan Museum of Art. This result represents the second-best regional result of the year in France after a small panel painting by Cimabue fetched a stunning 24 ... More |
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| | The American Revolution Institute acquires Samuel F. B. Morse's Thomas Pinckney portrait | | Evelyne Daitz dies at 83; Ran a vital photography gallery | | After years of false starts, Geffen Hall is being rebuilt. Really. |
Samuel F. B. Morse, Portrait of Major General Thomas Pinckney of South Carolina (1750-1828), ca. 1818.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Today, the American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati announced the recent acquisition of Samuel F. B. Morses ca. 1818 portrait of Major General Thomas Pinckney of South Carolina (1750-1828). The portrait, depicting Pinckney in military uniform wearing the insignia of the Society of the Cincinnati, had been owned by the Pinckney family since its creation. The Institute bought the portrait at auction at Freemans in Philadelphia last month. "We are proud to be the stewards of this important portrait," said Jack Warren, executive director of the Institute, "and will make use of it to promote understanding and appreciation of the constructive achievements of the American Revolution. We are especially grateful to the dozens of donors who have supported this important acquisition. We couldn't do anything without their support." Pinckney was born in South Carolina and educated ... More | |
Evelyne Daitz with the photographer George Tice in 1986. Tom Groenfeldt via The New York Times.
by Neil Genzlinger
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- Evelyne Z. Daitz, who worked with Lee D. Witkin at his pioneering Witkin Gallery, generally regarded as the first commercially successful photography gallery in New York, then took it over after his death in 1984 and ran it for another 15 years, died Oct. 31 in Manhattan. She was 83. Douglas Forrest, a nephew, said the cause was cardiopulmonary arrest caused by hypertension. Daitz advanced the careers of countless photographers and helped carry forward Witkins belief in the photographic print as a collectible art form, an idea that was relatively new when he founded the gallery in 1969. She was known for an adventurous programming spirit. During her tenure the gallery exhibited established photographers like Jill Freedman, Evelyn Hofer and Mario Cravo Neto, but it also showed the work ... More | |
Exterior at 65th and Broadway.
by Michael Cooper and Robin Pogrebin
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- For years, the New York Philharmonic and Lincoln Center have struggled to do something about the orchestras lackluster concert hall. Plans came and went. Star architects signed on and signed off. The Philharmonic tried, disastrously, to return to its old home, Carnegie Hall. A $1.2 billion redevelopment gave Lincoln Center a sweeping makeover but left the hall as is. Then, in 2015, entertainment mogul David Geffen restarted the project with a $100 million donation that gave the hall his name. But construction, which was originally to have started this year, was put off as logistical problems sent things back to the drawing board. Now, officials say, the reconstruction of David Geffen Hall is finally about to happen for real, this time. A new plan to transform the acoustically and aesthetically challenged auditorium into a more intimate, ... More |
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| | V&A launch new global initiative to connect preservation projects and people around the world | | Legendary rocker Ronnie Van Zant's rare "Lucky Pants," photos & handwritten notes hit auction block | | North Carolina Museum of Art opens Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism exhibition |
The Portal enables users to quickly and easily register their preservation projects using a desktop or mobile device, making them accessible and searchable worldwide.
LONDON.- The V&A has today announced the launch of an innovative new global platform allowing individuals and organisations behind key cultural heritage projects to connect with potential sponsors, collaborators and experts. Created as part of the V&As Culture in Crisis programme, the platform is the first of its kind and is completely free to access and post about forthcoming projects. The Culture in Crisis Portal will become the worlds largest and most accessible database of cultural heritage preservation. The Portal enables users to quickly and easily register their preservation projects using a desktop or mobile device, making them accessible and searchable worldwide. When exploring the database for existing projects, the rapid intelligent search feature allows the user to search and filter by project type, location and other specific criteria; revealing synergies between ... More | |
Ronnie Van Zants rise to fame and his untimely death at age of only 29 made for the most unfortunate rock star tragedy.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- GWS Auctions, the world-renowned record breaking entertainment memorabilia auction house has announced the Artifacts of Hollywood & Music auction to take place Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. PT. In the late summer of 1974, a devoted fan named Daniel drove with friends to Louisville, Kentucky to see their favorite band, Lynyrd Skynyrd. Daniels friend worked for the limousine company that drove the band so he was assured to have some idea of their whereabouts. He knew they were staying at the downtown Holiday Inn and headed there where the tour buses were parked out back. After heading through the breezeway of the hotel, he would run right into lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, who was soaking wet and only wearing a towel. Without thinking Daniel pronounced he was his biggest fan, just wanted the bands autographs and was invited by Ronnie to follow him around the corner. Blood ... More | |
Frida Kahlo, Portrait of Diego Rivera, 1937, oil on Masonite, 18 1/8 x 12 5/8 in., The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th-Century Mexican Art, The Vergel Foundation, Conaculta/INBA, © 2018 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
RALEIGH, NC.- The North Carolina Museum of Art is presenting Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection. Few artists have captured the publics imagination with the force of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (190754) and her husband, the Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rivera (18861957). The myths that surrounded these two icons of the 20th century in their lifetime arose not only from their significant bodies of work, but also from their friendships (and conflicts) with leading political figures and their passionate, tempestuous personal relationships. Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection will emphasize a remarkable chapter ... More |
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| | Ben Turnbull mounts protest against Trump in advance of UK visit | | 'Globalism Pops BACK Into View: The Rise of Abstract Expressionism' on view at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery | | The Cleveland Museum of Art's Board of Trustees elects Scott C. Mueller as new Chairman and ten new trustees |
The posters, some of them 10 feet high, are being placed in London, Glasgow, Manchester, Brighton and other cities in prime sites.
LONDON.- British artist Ben Turnbull in collaboration with guerrilla arts organisation flyingleaps is staging a protest against Donald Trump with an agitprop poster campaign across the U.K featuring his 2019 artwork, MADe In America. The posters, some of them 10 feet high, are being placed in London, Glasgow, Manchester, Brighton and other cities in prime sites. In London they will appear outside Buckingham Palace, where the President will visit the Queen on Wednesday as well as Westminster and the U. S Embassy in Vauxhall. Trump arrived in London on December 2 for a three-day visit to mark the seventieth anniversary of NATO. MADe in America is part of Turnbulls ongoing American heroes and villains series others have included Martin Luther King and Lee Harvey Oswald and is made from the American humour magazine MAD. His face and hair are cut-outs of the publications cover boy, Alfred E. ... More | |
Norman Lewis (1909-1979), Multitudes, 1946 (detail), oil on canvas, 39 1/4 x 26 1/2 inches / 100 x 67.3 cm, signed; Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY
NEW YORK, NY.- Michael Rosenfeld Gallery is presenting Globalism Pops BACK Into View: The Rise of Abstract Expressionism. The exhibition, on view through January 25, 2020, features a selection of paintings and sculpture by the modernist artists who converged in New York City in the early 1940s and embraced artistic and political globalism. Globalism Pops BACK Into View was inspired by a series of critical articles published in The New York Times in June 1943 that used the term globalism for the first time to underscore the views of these artists. The exhibition contextualizes a world-altering time when New York became the center of contemporary arta time made particularly pertinent again by the isolationist and nationalist views that have now come to the fore in the political and social world of the early twenty-first century. The exhibition includes works by ... More | |
Mueller is CEO of Dealer Tire LLC, which he founded with his brother, Dean, in 1999 after working for the family-run Mueller Tire since 1987. Photo courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
CLEVELAND, OH.- The Cleveland Museum of Arts Board of Trustees has elected Scott C. Mueller as its new chairman at its September meeting. Additionally, the board has elected ten new trustees since June 2018: Stephen W. Bailey, Charlotte Fowler, Christopher M. Gorman, Edward P. Hemmelgarn, Douglas Kern, William Litzler, Jon H. Outcalt, Kashim Skeete, Felton Thomas, and John Walton as well as two honorary trustees, Robert P. Madison and Tamar Maltz. Scott Muellers historic commitment to the museum exemplifies the principles of philanthropy and civic commitment, and were excited to have him as our new board chair, said William Griswold, director of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Im also delighted to welcome our new trustees to the board. Their experiences and perspectives will move the museum toward the goals outlined in our strategic plan, while creating ... More |
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Nobel committee member resigns over Handke award
STOCKHOLM (AFP).- Two Nobel Literature Prize committee members announced their resignation on Monday, with one saying she opposed the view that "literature is above politics", a reference to the controversy surrounding 2019 laureate Peter Handke. The Austrian novelist has been criticised for his vocal support for Serbs in the 1990s wars in the former Yugoslavia. Kristoffer Leandoer and Gun-Britt Sundstrom both announced their decisions to leave the Swedish Academy's Nobel committee, for which they had been appointed as external members for two years. Their resignation, confirmed by the academy, came just a little more than a week before the Nobel Prize ceremonies on December 10, the anniversary of the death of the founder of the prize, Swedish industrialist and philanthropist Alfred Nobel. Leandoer said he did not have "the patience" for the ... More
Vintage and modern Patek Philippe and Rolex highlight Sotheby's Important Watches Auction
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys announced highlights from the upcoming Important Watches auction on 11 December, which features an exceptional collection of vintage and modern timepieces from Patek Philippe, Rolex, Jaeger-LeCoultre and more. The full selection of more than 270 pieces on offer will open for public exhibition in Sothebys New York galleries beginning 5 December. The December auction is distinguished by an exceptional selection of vintage Patek Philippe wristwatches, highlighted by the Ref 1518 First Series, Enamel Hour Markers, An Extremely Rare and Highly Attractive Pink Gold Perpetual Calendar Chronograph Wristwatch with Moon Phases, made in 1946 (estimate $300/500,000). Introduced in 1941, the Ref 1518 is an important part of Patek Philippes history as the firms first perpetual chronograph wristwatch made ... More
The Fundació Joan Miró and the Fundació Vila Casas sign a long-term collaboration agreement
BARCELONA.- Antoni Vila Casas, president of the Fundació Vila Casas, and Sara Puig, president of the Fundació Joan Miró, signed the agreement at an event held today in the rooms of the Joan Miró Collection of the Fundació Joan Miró. Thanks to the collaboration between both institutions, from 2020 to 2030 the Fundació Joan Miró will receive 100,000 euros a year from the Fundació Vila Casas for the conservation of the Joan Miró Collection. Thus, the Fundació Vila Casas becomes a Major Partner of the Fundació Joan Miró, and its president, Antoni Vila Casas, a member of the emeritus Fundació Joan Miró board of trustees. During the act of signing the agreement, Antoni Vila Casas praised Joan Miró as the greatest Catalan painter of the last hundred years, the number one artist in the country, and that this agreement is a gesture ... More
Christie's to offer 204 unseen drawings from Quentin Blake's studio
LONDON.- After the resounding success of 2018s Quentin Blake: A Retrospective, Christies will offer another collection of works from the artists studio, sold to benefit two charities close to Sir Quentin Blakes heart: Greenpeace and Survival International. Quentin Blake: Not in Books a dedicated online sale open for bidding from 10 to 17 December comprises 204 drawings of playful creatures, fantastical scenarios and unusual individuals, who spring directly from Quentin Blakes lively imagination, full of humour and empathy. Not in Books showcases the wide variety of work undertaken over the past decade alongside book illustration we are introduced to characters who may not be familiar to us, yet are unmistakeably Quentin Blake in their joyful execution and characteristic style: I have a lot of drawings that are not in books, but in many ways, they nearly all seem to have a ... More
Reykjavik Art Museum exhibits Olafur Eliasson's glacier melt series 1999/2019
REYKJAVIK.- In 1999, artist Olafur Eliasson photographed several dozen glaciers in Iceland as part of his on-going project to document the natural phenomena of the country; this particular series of photographs formed a work called The glacier series. Twenty years later, Eliasson decided to return to Iceland to photograph the glaciers again. A new work, The glacier melt series 1999/2019, brings together thirty pairs of images from 1999 and 2019 to reveal the dramatic impact that global warming is having on our world. The glacier melt series 1999/2019 is on view as part of the exhibition In real life at Tate Modern, London, through 5 January 2020 and at Guggenheim Bilbao from 14 February to 21 June 2020; it is also on view in an exhibition at Reykjavik Art Museum from 28 November 2019 to 9 February 2020. "In 1999 I travelled to Iceland to document ... More
Snow White, Bugs Bunny, Pinocchio, among top draws in Heritage Auctions' Animation Art Auction
DALLAS, TX.- A magnificent Master setup from Disneys first animation feature could bring $50,000 or more in Heritage Auctions Animation Art Auction Dec. 13-15 in Beverly Hills, California. The first animation to span three days, the event is the largest ever held, with 1,832 lots, and includes one of the most coveted Bugs Bunny lots of all time, the estate of the man referred to as the worlds greatest animator and lots from the Disney Renaissance that helped bring film animation back to its highest levels. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Snow White Production Cel on Master Production Background (Walt Disney, 1937) is from one of the most terrifying scenes in the film, in which the Huntsman tells Snow White to Run! Run away, hide, anywhere, never come back, go, go go, go, hide!" after realizing that he cant ... More
Eli Klein presents 'Architectural Representation in Chinese Art' at One Thousand Museum, Miami
MIAMI, FLA.- Eli Klein Gallery is presenting "Architectural Representation in Chinese Contemporary Art," a group exhibition of twenty-one artists whose works survey the multitude of approaches of aspects of architecture interplaying with Chinese contemporary art. The exhibition, held on the full-floor penthouse of the One Thousand Museum edifice, not only pays tribute to the architectural giant, but also raises more possibilities in the ever-changing linkage of architecture and fine art. The exhibition is on view from November 30, 2019 through December 9, 2019concurrent with Art Basel Miami 2019. Contemporary art and architecture have become increasingly interconnected, terms such as "deconstructivism" and "abstractionism" link the two fields. In numerous recent projects throughout China such as MOCA Yinchuan, the Harbin ... More
End of an error: full stop for UK apostrophe society
LONDON (AFP).- Britain's Apostrophe Protection Society is closing down, its founder has announced, saying it had sadly lost the fight against "ignorance and laziness". Former journalist John Richards, 96, started up the society in 2001, aiming to preserve the correct use of what he said was the "much abused punctuation mark". Richards spent the last quarter of his career as a sub-editor, preparing journalists' copy for the newspaper -- a task which often involved correcting their use of apostrophes. When he retired, he kept spotting the same glaring mistakes in daily life and decided to take action, seeing the apostrophe as an endangered species in need of protection. But Richards said that with regret, he was now closing down operations for two reasons. "One is that at 96 I am cutting back on my commitments and the second is that fewer organisations ... More
Mauritius installs ex-culture minister as president
PORT LOUIS (AFP).- Lawmakers in Mauritius on Monday picked former arts and culture minister Pritivirajsing Roopun as president of the island nation, a largely ceremonial post. His predecessor Ameenah Gurib-Fakim resigned in March 2018 after being embroiled in a scandal over her use of a credit card to buy luxury personal items. She denied wrongdoing. In Mauritius, the prime minister is head of the government and holds most political power while the president is head of state but has no executive role and is considered the guardian of the constitution. Roopun, 61, is a lawyer who was first elected to the National Assembly in 2000 and has been minister of regional administration, social integration, and arts and culture. In November, Mauritius held elections which saw incumbent Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth win a new five-year term. ... More
Belgian carnival drops UNESCO status over 'anti-Semitic' float
BRUSSELS (AFP).- The Belgian city of Aalst near the capital Brussels has pulled its annual carnival from the UNESCO world heritage list, after an uproar from Jewish groups and the EU, the mayor said on Sunday. The row erupted in March after Mayor Christoph D'Haese defended a deliberately anti-Semitic carnival float depicting puppets of hook-nosed Orthodox Jews with rats sitting on money bags. The carnival attracts tens of thousands of people over the three days leading to the Catholic holiday of Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. It takes pride in its no-holds barred sense of humour and provocation. D'Haese on Sunday said he made the decision as he expected UNESCO to strip his city of the designation later this month after both sides failed to find a compromise. "The citizens of Aalst have suffered grotesque accusations," the mayor said ... More
Collectors rush to cast bids boosting $1.22 million art glass auction
DALLAS, TX.- An impressive amount of pre-bidding activity preceded Heritage Auctions Tiffany, Lalique & Art Glass Auction Nov. 21 before sale architect and auctioneer Nick Dawes even took to the podium. More than 1,250 bids were cast before the sale even started a record amount for the 368-lot auction. The job of every auctioneer is to attract as many bids as possible, Dawes said. We did a great job. Tiffany Studios lamps took top lot honor, with a Tiffany Studios Leaded Glass and Bronze Daffodil Table Lamp, circa 1915, bringing $43,750. The auction was carefully curated to include a select group of Art Deco and Art Nouveau items of interest to fine glass collectors. The Flowers, 1898, a set of four lithographs by famed Czech artist Alphonse Mucha, sold for $22,500. Unique items commanded serious bidder interest, as a p ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter Gilbert Stuart was born December 03, 1755. Gilbert Charles Stuart (born Stewart) (December 3, 1755 - July 9, 1828) was an American painter from Rhode Island. In this image: Former President George W. Bush (L) and Mrs. Laura Bush (C) receive a tour of the Gilbert Stuart exhibition from Rusty Powell, director of the National Gallery of Art, during a visit Monday, July 25, 2005 in Washington D.C.
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