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From left: âMusic Lesson,â âFlockâ and âScholar,â all 2023 works by the artist Derek Fordjour in his exhibition, âSCORE,â at the Petzel Gallery, in New York, Nov. 24, 2023. The artistâs show demonstrates his skill and vision across various mediums, but hard questions hover beneath his exuberant works, writes the New York Times critic Yinka Elujoba. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
by Yinka Elujoba
NEW YORK, NY.- If you have ever wondered what driving through a country with a changing landscape â deserts, rivers, swamps, mountains, valleys â in a single day feels like, then Derek Fordjourâs exhibition at Petzel gallery is the answer. The show, titled âSCORE,â is an excellent mash of what may be described as multiple mini-exhibitions, with new works demonstrating the breadth of this New York-based artistâs skill and vision across various mediums: sculpture, painting and performance art. Fordjourâs signature painting style involves hundreds of paper strips glued onto his canvases to create a distinctive texture before he paints over them with vibrant colors. The seeds for this approach were planted during his childhood in Memphis, Tennessee, when he began dabbling with crayons on cardboards that his Ghanaian parents used for keeping laundered clothes flat and crease free. Although he did not attend art school until his late 30s, Fordjourâs foray into the art world began when he was a teenager und ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day What a find ! Just in time for Christmas, this rare vintage Papier Mache Santa Claus figure from the 1930's sold at Belle Epoque Auction in New York City on December 2nd for $1280. He stands 25 1/2 inches high, is wearing the traditional Santa outfit of the time, and is electrified so his head nods back and forth when you turn it on. Still works beautifully.
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| Ernest and Ella Brummer Collection quadruples estimate selling prices in Hindman's auction | | Getty acquires three captivating paintings | | Painting by Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949) coming to sale at Olympia Auctions |
A Hellenistic Bronze Hypnos, Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D. Sold for $138,600.
CHICAGO, IL.- Objects from the collection of Ernest and Ella Brummer more than quadrupled its presale estimate selling for a combined total of over $2 million at Hindman on December 5. All 38 lots from the legendary collection sold on the day with lots fetching as much as 25 times their presale estimates. The Brummer collection was offered as a single-owner session to begin Hindmans Antiquities & Ancient Art auction, which achieved a sales total of $2.95 million. The results today show just how impactful the Brummer legacy remains even decades after their legendary gallery closed its doors, said Jacob Coley, Hindmans Director and Senior Specialist of Antiquities & Ancient Art. The carefully curated collection, spanning various artistic periods and styles, embodied the Brummers' discerning taste and passion for art. We are thrilled to have played a part in continuing the legacy of appreciation and scholarship t ... More | |
Portrait of Friedrich Christian, Prince of Saxony, 1751, Anton Raphael Mengs. Oil on canvas. 61 1/4 x 43 1/4 in. Getty Museum, 2023.100.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today the acquisition of three important paintings, enhancing its collection of European art. The works include The Holy Family by Netherlandish artist Gerard David; Bouquet of Flowers in a Two-Handed Vase by German artist Ludger tom Ring the Younger; and Portrait of Friedrich Christian, Prince of Saxony, by German artist Anton Raphael Mengs. The three paintings were purchased individually on the European art market and will go on display at the Getty Center this week. We rarely are able to acquire three such significant works of art at the same time, says Timothy Potts, Maria Hummer-Tuttle and Robert Tuttle Director of the Getty Museum. These paintings will considerably enhance our presentation of northern European paintings, adding depth and variety across the genres ... More | |
Elizabeth (Bessie) Manicol (Scotish 1869-1904) Phyllis With a Bouquet of Flowers, signed B. MacNichol lower right, oil on panel 23 x 17.5cm; 9 x 7in , 38.5 x 32cm; 15 1/4 x 12 1/2in (framed). Property from a Distinguished Private Collection. Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000.
LONDON.- Pictures spanning three centuries with strong links to Scotland are coming to the Fine Paintings, Works on Paper & Sculpture auction on Wednesday 13th December in London. The highlight is a striking painting Mixed Flowers in a Black Jug by Sir William Nicholson (estimate: £60,000 - £80,000) which is first recorded in the collection of Sir James Murray (1850- 1933) when exhibited at the City Art Gallery in Aberdeen. Titled Sir James Murrays Collection of Pictures, 1920 the exhibition showed part of the large art collection hanging in his London and Aberdeen homes. A beautiful composition of colouring declared the Aberdeen Press and Journal reviewing the 1920 exhibition. Having prospered in the Aberdeen meat trade Murray, pictured right, became ... More |
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| A breathtaking private French collection of nine Pre and Post WW2 French classics to be offered at Osenat | | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts welcomes Elie Glyn as new Director of Exhibition Design and Production | | Now on view 'Candida Alvarez: Multihyphenate' at Monique Meloche Gallery |
This collection plunges us back into an era when the great automobile brands all bore the name of their coach- builder.
PARIS.- Osenat auction house and its Collector Cars department will take over the Retromobile show from January 31 to February 4, 2024, to exhibit on their booth nine jewels of pre-war and immediate post-war French motoring that have been carefully assembled over decades by an enthusiast with exacting standards and passion. The cars will be auctioned on Saturday February 3 in Paris at Osenat, avenue de Breteuil. Insiders aside, few people today remember that France was one of the pioneering nations of the automobile in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In fact, before the Second World War, the automotive industry was France's leading engineering industry. Delage, Delahaye, Talbot Three names that have made the French automobile famous, and that still resonate today in the minds of enthusiasts and collectors alike.
The collection that will be presented for sale is the work and passion of a man who wished to pass on his l ... More | |
VMFAs new Director of Exhibition Design and Production Elie Glyn. Photo by Sandra Sellars © 2023 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Glyn brings more than 13 years of experience in exhibition design to the position.
RICHMOND, VA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has announced the appointment of Elie Glyn as the museums new director of exhibition design and production. In this key role, Glyn will lead the exhibition design and production team, contributing to the museums commitment to delivering innovative and immersive art experiences for visitors. We are delighted to welcome Elie Glyn to the remarkable exhibitions team at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, said VMFAs Director and CEO Alex Nyerges. His extensive background in creative leadership and interdisciplinary design will undoubtedly contribute to the museums continued success in producing captivating shows. We look forward to the transformative impact he will have on our exhibitions and future installations of the permanent collection. Glyn brings more than 13 years of experience working as a multidisciplinary leader, ... More | |
Installation view of SUNNY, 2023, Flashe paint and pencil on yupo paper, 10 framed works, dimensions variable, Candida Alvarez: Multihyphenate at Monique Meloche Gallery, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Monique Meloche Gallery, 2023. Photo: Robert Chase Heishman.
CHICAGO, IL.- Candida Alvarez: Multihyphenate, the artists second show with the gallery, is on view at Monique Meloche Gallery through January 6, 2024. This solo exhibition presents a series of new large-scale paintings on linen, intimate paintings on dinner napkins, and framed drawings. Alvarezs complex and colorful works delicately balance abstraction and representation, interweaving the artists daily observations with material life. Multihyphenate represents a mashup of how experiences are accumulated and what stays with us, visualizing our evolving histories and the shapes that come from the world. The exhibitions origin begins with Alvarezs mother, who has been living in the US since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. In a long-standing practice of capturing the world around her, Alvarez takes photos ... More |
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| Gallerie d'Italia's tribute to Joseph Rebell and the enchanting beauty of 19th-century Naples' | | Who's a 'Colonizer'? How an old word became a new weapon | | 'IX' solo exhibition of large canvases by Richard Zinon on view at Cadogan Gallery |
Joseph Rebell, Porto.
NAPLES.- Intesa Sanpaolo is currently hosting the exhibition Naples at the time of Napoleon. Rebell and the light of the Gulf, on view since the end of November at the Gallerie dItalia in Naples. This exhibition aims at celebrating both the Viennese painter Joseph Rebell and the lively and vibrant cultural atmosphere of the city of Naples from 1808 to 1815. In those years, Naples was ruled by Joachim Murat and Carolina Bonaparte, who addressed the arts as the most effective tool to promote the development of the Neapolitan society. Curated by Sabine Grabner, Luisa Martorelli, Fernando Mazzocca, and Gennaro Toscano, the exhibition is realised in partnership with the Belvedere Museum in Vienna, in the collaboration with the French Institute in Naples, and is also sponsored by the Municipality of Naples. Gathering works both from the Intesa Sanpaolo collection and from important national and international cultural institutions ... More | |
A rally and march in support of Palestinians in Brooklyn, Dec. 2, 2023. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times)
by Roger Cohen
JERUSALEM.- The colonial era entered its death throes after World War II. From 1945 through the 1960s, a global order in which European powers took political control of other countries occupying them with settlers, subjugating the local populations and exploiting the land and its inhabitants for economic gain unraveled. Dozens of states in Asia and Africa threw off colonial overlords. Colonialism, once equated by the West with civilizing progress, became synonymous with iniquity. More than a half-century later, a broad battle over colonialism and its legacy has restarted. The polemics reflect a world where wars rage in Ukraine and the Middle East, the Global South has risen, and study has intensified in the United States and elsewhere of how different forms of domination ... More | |
Richard Zinon in his studio. Freddie Burness. Courtesy: Cadogan Gallery.
MILAN.- Cadogan Gallery has announced the opening of IX, a solo exhibition of British artist Richard Zinon's work on view in the Milan premises starting today. On show are a selection of large canvases where more and less incisive brushstrokes are layered on warm-toned backgrounds, creating profoundly dynamic compositions. Number 9 in numerology is powerful. It represents completion, but no final end. More like the fulfilment of one cycle so that you can prepare to initiate the next one. It is an affirmation of the constant ebb and flow of life.' Richard's series of works embody a spacious field of compositions. The canvases display an ensemble of both solid and subtle marks, showing movements with powerful brushstrokes, either stretched out in the far or in more concentrated form. The compositions are drawn over warm undertones; the depth in the backgrounds is built up by many layers, creating the base of a lively ... More |
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| A world map with no national borders and 1,642 animals | | Arms & Armour sale at Olympia Auctions ends the year with strong prices | | Royal College of Art announces Pokémon Scholars for 2023 |
Anton Thomas, a self-taught artist-cartographer and outdoorsman, at his home studio in Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 21, 2023. (Abigail Varney/The New York Times)
by Natasha Frost
MELBOURNE.- In July 2020, his universe shrunk to a two-bedroom apartment by a rattling train line, Anton Thomas pulled out an H pencil and opened a portal to the world. At once, his days of solitude were filled with New Zealands native birds; cavorting dolphins, turtles and whales; and polar bears on ice floes. Three years, approximately 2,602 working hours and 1,642 animal species later, Wild World is a hand-drawn map of our planet that both inspires and celebrates wonder. Thomas, an exuberant New Zealander living in Melbourne, initially anticipated spending less than a year on the project. But as the months wore on and he sank deeper into the opportunity to escape spiritually, and to not go mad, he said, the scope of the task grew. It was sometimes a wrench to drag himself away at the end of the day. A ... More | |
A Karabela marked for the reign of Sultan Mehmet IV (1648-87). It was being sold by a private collector and fetched £40,000 against an estimate of £12,000-18,000.
LONDON.- A wide variety of swords, firearms and armour from important collectors achieved strong prices in Thomas Del Mars sale of Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria which was held on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at Olympia Auctions, 25 Blythe Road, London W14. The highest price of the sale was for a fine Ottoman silver-gilt mounted sabre otherwise known as a Karabela, which was marked for the reign of Sultan Mehmet IV (1648-87). It was being sold by a private collector and fetched £40,000* against an estimate of £12,000-18,000 was bought by a Private collector [lot 161]. More than 100 lots from the third part of the Roy Elvis Collection of Indian Arms & Armour were offered with the highest price being paid for a fine 16th/ 17th century South Indian dagger or katar from Tamil Nadu that sold for £12,500 more than 8 times its pre-sale estimate of £1,000-1,500 to a private collector [lot 36]. ... More | |
Betty C Fan, Isle of Reverie, 73 x 73 x 110 cm. Steel, clay, epoxy, recycled plastic, acrylic paint.
LONDON.- The Royal College of Art and Pokémon with You Foundation today announced the winners of the sixth Pokémon Scholarship: MA Sculpture student Betty C Fan and MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering student Lucie Legrandois. The annual Pokémon Scholarship for the academic year 2023/2024 provides full-fee support to two pioneering RCA students who demonstrate the potential for breaking new ground in visual arts, design and communications. As well as receiving scholarships for their 2023/2024 studies, the pair will be invited to visit the Pokémon Company in Japan. Betty C Fan is a multimedia artist based in London and Hong Kong. Her background in architecture and design has equipped her with skills in 3D modelling, materiality, and spatial design which inform her current art studio practice. Fan explores the intersection between urban architecture and evolving global cultures, rendering architectural elements and textures from urban environme ... More |
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Maria Emilia Martin, creator of Public Radio's 'Latino USA,' dies at 72
NEW YORK, NY.- Maria Emilia Martin, who founded Latino USA, which is now the longest-running public radio show in the country covering Latino communities, and who trained and mentored hundreds of journalists in Central and South America, died Dec. 2 at a hospice facility in Austin, Texas. She was 72. The cause was complications of surgery, said NPR arts correspondent Mandalit del Barco, a protégée of Martins. Martin had not been planning on a career as a journalist. Like many of her peers, she had been inspired by the civil rights movement to think about organizing on behalf of her cultural heritage as a Mexican American. In the early 1970s, when she first heard KBBF, a Latino-owned and Latino-operated public radio station broadcasting out of Santa Rosa, California, where she was a social worker, she signed ... More
CCP and MMCA present "Wonders and Witness: Contemporary Photography from Korea"
TUCSON, ARIZ.- The Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona is co-present Wonders and Witness: Contemporary Photography from Korea with the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), curated by MMCA, from Nov. 18, 2023, through Jan. 27, 2024 in the Center Galleries. Wonders and Witness: Contemporary Photography from Korea presents more than 80 works of 12 Korean photographers, including Bang Byoungsang, Chung Chuha, Gwon Doyeon, Kim Mi-Hyun, Kim Oksun, Kim Seunggu, Kim Taedong, Nikki S. Lee, Lee Sunmin, Oh Heinkuhn, Area Park, and Yoon JeongMee. Step into the changing world of contemporary Korean society, where tradition meets rapid modernization and Western influence. Wonders and Witness: Contemporary Photography from Korea is ... More
'Bzzz' turns art forms of solo virtuosity into a group affair
NEW YORK, NY.- Acclaimed tap dancer Caleb Teicher and world-champion beatboxer Chris Celiz might seem to belong to very different tribes. But when they met a few years ago while separately performing at a conference in Miami, they started talking about what their art forms had in common. Theyre both body music, Teicher said recently. And they use parts of the body feet, the mouth that you might consider limited or niche. You could argue that tap dance has tonal limitations, and you could say the same about beatbox. But theres no limit to how they excite our imaginations. Both styles, they realized, grew out of Black American traditions: jazz and hip-hop. And so they share ideas of call and response, virtuosity, competition, humor, Teicher said. All these things are kind of in the same cauldron. What might happen, they wondered, if they combined their skills? ... More
Review: In 'How to Dance in Ohio,' making autism sing
NEW YORK, NY.- It would have been enough of a first for a Broadway musical to tell a respectful or even vaguely authentic story about autistic people. On the rare occasions we have seen such characters represented in commercial productions, they have mostly been objects of pity, mockery or fear. So, it is a welcome change that the seven autistic characters in How to Dance in Ohio are presented, without condescension, as young adults a lot like most others, albeit with unusual gifts and challenges. That they are also played by autistic performers makes the feel-good show, which opened Sunday at the Belasco Theater, more than a first: Its a milestone. With all that groundbreaking, perhaps it is no surprise that the production is otherwise very conventional, sometimes dispiritingly so. Just as the characters struggle to conform to the expectations ... More
Jon Fosse wants to say the unsayable
OSLO.- When Nobel Prize-winning author Jon Fosse was 7 years old, he had an accident that would shape his writing life. At home one day on his familys small farm in Strandebarm, a village amid Norways western fjords, Fosse was carrying a bottle of fruit juice when he slipped on ice in the yard. As he hit the ground, the bottle smashed and a shard of glass slashed an artery in his wrist. Fosses parents rushed him to a doctor and, in the car, Fosse recalled recently, he had an out of body experience. I saw myself from outside, Fosse said in an interview. He assumed he was about to die, but he was also aware of a kind of shimmering light, he said. Everything was very peaceful, Fosse said: He felt no sadness, but rather a sense that there was a beauty, a beauty to everything. ... More
Phillips expands 20th Century & Contemporary Art leadership team in Asia
HONG KONG.- Phillips recently announced the expansion of its 20th Century & Contemporary Art leadership team in Asia. After more than six years with Phillips, having grown the companys business in Taiwan and contributing significantly to some of the most successful 20th Century & Contemporary Art sales in the companys recent history, Meiling Lee, currently Senior International Specialist, is appointed Head of 20th Century & Contemporary Art, Asia. With Meiling Lee relocating to Hong Kong in January 2024, she will take on the role previously assumed by Jonathan Crockett, who will remain dedicated to his leadership position as Chairman of Asia, working with the companys global management and focusing on the overall growth strategy in the region. Meiling is a renowned expert and 30-year veteran in the field of 20th Century ... More
28th edition of miart in Milan aims to confirm central role in art market and expand boundries
MILANO.- miart - the international modern and contemporary art fair organised by Fiera Milano - returns to Milan (Allianz MiCo) from 12 to 14 April 2024, and for this edition will borrow the words of a famous song by Franco Battiato, a master of feverish imagination and endless curiosity. As a matter of fact, no time no space will be the title of the twenty- eighth edition of the exhibition, thus underlining the intention to extend its boundaries even further, both in terms of time - further widening the offer of artworks from a chronological point of view - and geography - increasing its presence into the urban fabric through unprecedented collaborations with the city's main institutions. This ideal expansion is related to the steady growth recorded by miart, which in recent editions, under the direction of Nicola Ricciardi, has seen an increase ... More
'Body Sculpture' new animatronic sculpture commissioned for the National Gallery's collection
CANBERRA.- Jordan Wolfson is an artist whose work reflects the situation of the world today. Acting as a witness to the shadow forces within the human condition, Wolfson positions the audience in a physical and moral confrontation with issues facing society and our own place within them. Wolfsons animatronic sculptures stage the artists desire to reach a deeper register of audience feeling. His works reside at the interface of art history and new technology, drawing from a formal lineage of twentieth-century sculpture as well as images and motifs from the mass media, popular culture and the internet. This is the first solo presentation of Wolfsons work in Australia and will feature the world premiere of Body Sculpture a major acquisition for the National Gallerys collection. As with Wolfsons previous animatronic works Female Figure ... More
Somerset House Studios announces the relaunch of project space G31
LONDON.- G31, previously named Gallery 31, relaunches as a project space dedicated to the work of artists who are a part of Somerset House Studios, as well as work developed through its residency programmes. Its new evolution will refocus its efforts on connecting ongoing work - at all stages of development - in the building to audiences, allowing them an opportunity to look behind the curtain and to interact with the risk taking work thats flourishing within the building. Open year-round, it hosts a programme of installations and durational activities, most of which are free to attend, as part of the wider Somerset House Studios programme. The work to be shown in the space will vary in its development from work in progress to final commissions, and premieres with long-standing Studios resident Libby Heaneys new VR installation, Heartbreak ... More
Gordon Parks's mid-century aesthetic exhibition curated by 2022 Genevieve Young Fellow Nicole R. Fleetwood now open
PLEASANTVILLE, NY.- The Gordon Parks Foundation is honoring the legacy of Gordon Parks with a photography exhibition curated by 2022 Genevieve Young Fellow, Nicole R. Fleetwood. The exhibition, titled Gordon Parks's Mid-Century Aesthetic, celebrates Parkss mid-century modern design and aesthetic on the heels of the emergence of the Civil Rights movement, socio-economic and political uproar, and the revolutions within the entertainment industry. Opened December 6 at the foundation gallery, located at 48 Wheeler Ave in Pleasantville, NY, Gordon Parks's Mid-Century Aesthetic Exhibition features photographs from Parks' 1944/46 Grease Plant series, fashion images from 1949/50, and several ... More
Luxembourg Pavilion welcomes over 102,000 visitors at the 18th Biennale di Venezia International Architecture Exhibition
VENICE.- The unmissable Biennale di Venezia has drawn to a close with the Luxembourg Pavilion Down to Earth designed and curated by Francelle Cane and Marija Marić, a confirmed hit with the public. Officially opened on 18 May 2023 in the presence of HRH the Great Duchess, the Minister for Culture Sam Tanson, Luxembourg's Ambassador to Rome HE Michèle Pranchère-Tomassino and over 200 guests, the Luxembourg Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale has been packed ever since. The Down to Earth exhibition welcomed a total of 102,118 visitors during the entire Biennale which itself recorded over 285,000 visitors, along with 14,150 visitors to the preview, making it the second ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Norwegian painter and illustrator Edvard Munch was born December 12, 1863. Edvard Munch (12 December 1863 - 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter and printmaker whose intensely evocative treatment of psychological themes built upon some of the main tenets of late 19th-century Symbolism and greatly influenced German Expressionism in the early 20th century. His best known work is The Scream, painted in 1893. In this image: Edvard Munch, The Artist and His Model, 1919 - 21; oil on canvas; 47 7/16 x 78 3/4 in.; photo: courtesy the Munch Museum, Oslo.
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