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A visitor takes pictures during a press preview for the upcoming "Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas" exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on February 26, 2018 in New York City. ANGELA WEISS / AFP.
NEW YORK, NY.- A major international loan exhibition featuring luxury arts created in the ancient Americas will go on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning February 28. Showcasing more than 300 objects drawn from more than 50 museums in 12 countries, Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas will trace the development of goldworking and other luxury arts from Peru in the south to Mexico in the north from around 1000 B.C. to the arrival of Europeans in the early 16th century. Emphasizing specific places and moments of extraordinary artistic achievement, as well as the exchange of materials and aesthetic ideas across time and place, the exhibition will present a new understanding of ancient American art and cultureone based on indigenous ideas of valueand cast new light on the brilliance of ancient American artists and their legacy. The exhibition will feature spectacular works of art from recent archaeologic ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The Städel Museum in Frankfurt is dedicating a comprehensive special exhibition to the world-renowned artist, which is on show from 8 February to 21 May 2018: "Rubens. The Power of Transformation" comprises about one hundred items -- including thirty-one paintings and twenty-three drawings by the master -- and explores a hitherto little-regarded aspect in his creative process. In this image: Exhibition view of "Rubens. The Power of Transformation" Photo: Städel Museum
| "A Century of Asian Art at Oberlin" exhibition series continues with Japanese prints | | Salvador Dalà painting rediscovery announced by Heather James Fine Art | | At the start of the Year of the Dog, Asia Week New York dealers offer an enticing array of canine works of art |
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797-1858), Fuji from Surugacho, no. 8 from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo, 1856. Color woodblock print. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Mary A. Ainsworth Bequest, 1950.1383.
OBERLIN, OH.- Major donations of Japanese prints to the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College have roughly paralleled major movements in Japanese printmaking from the early 18th through the late 20th centuries. Through July 1, the exhibition A Century of Asian Art at Oberlin: Japanese Prints presents works by master printmakers from several periods. Curated by Kevin R. E. Greenwood, the Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art, with the assistance of Oberlin College senior Elka Lee-Shapiro, the exhibition comprises more than 100 woodblock prints that span 270 years of history, and offers a dual chronicle of both this printmaking history and the growth of the museums collection. The year 1950 marked the earliest and most significant major contribution of Japanese prints to the Allen: more than 1,500 ... More | |
Salvador DalÃ, Untitled, 1932 (detail). 9 x 6 in. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left, "Gala Salvador Dalà 1932". Provenance: Pericles Embiricos, Greece (Gifted from Pericles Embiricos in 1966, Private Collection). Courtesy of Heather James Fine Art.
NEW YORK, NY.- An unpublished painting from 1932 by Salvador Dalà has been rediscovered in a private collection. Authenticated last year by Dalà expert Nicolas Descharnes, the oil on canvas is currently on view at Heather James Fine Art New York, a new private gallery on the Upper East Side. Heather James Fine Art also operates galleries in Palm Desert, California, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Extensive study including infrared photography, signature and pigment analysis, and archival research led to the painting's certification as a work by Salvador Dalà by Descharnes (who, in 2014, authenticated DalÃ's The Intrauterine Birth of Salvador DalÃ, circa 1921) and registration in the Archives Descharnes. Untitled, 1932, depicts a flagpole and/or a boat mast emerging outwards from a darkened window, casting a shadow ... More | |
A Ming bronze dog, 16th 17th Century. Height 3 1/8 inches (7.9 cm). Photo: J.J. Lally & Co.
NEW YORK, NY.- In Chinese tradition, when a dog enters a household, it symbolizes good fortune. Asked to present examples of dog-related works of art to celebrate The Year of the Dog, several dealers of Asia Week New York came forth with a selection of beautiful canine objects that are bound to bring prospective buyers good luck. Here are some dog-themed works of art they're offering: At Bardith, Ltd., a pair of intricately sculpted dogs sports a rich layer of yellow and green Sancai glaze and vivid facial expressions that lend them an irresistible sense of liveliness. They were made more than 200 years, about 1800, during the Jiaqing reign, of the Qing dynasty, and they are almost 16 inches tall. From J.J. Lally & Co. comes bounding a Ming gilt-bronze heavenly hound with a tongue of flame! He dates from the 16th-17th century and sits three inches high on a stepped pedestal. The representation of a golden dog raised on a pedestal and seated in a ... More |
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| Bonhams announces highlights from its Asia Week New York sales and exhibitions | | American outsider art joins Tufts University permanent collection | | Crow Collection of Asian Art announces expansion and unveils new name: Crow Museum of Asian Art |
A gilt copper alloy figure of Avalokiteshvara Sahasrabhujalokeshvara attributed by inscription to Sonam Gyaltsen (A. 15th Century) Central Tibet, Tsang Province, circa 1430. Estimate: $1,000,000-1,500,000. Photo: Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY.- Bonhams New York will present six carefully curated auctions during their celebration of the 10th anniversary of Asia Week New York in March. Featuring outstanding works of Chinese Paintings and Works of Art, Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art, and Japanese and Korean Art from several notable private collections, the auctions are set to take place at the Madison Avenue galleries from March 19-21. Touring highlights from upcoming sales at Bonhams Hong Kong will also be on view, as well as a special non-selling exhibition of Japanese art. This season Bonhams has once again partnered with Asia Week to present exceptional works of Asian Art. We have put together some of our best sales in recent history, filled with ... More | |
B.F. Perkins (American, 1904 1993), Statue of Liberty, 1989. Oil on canvas. Tufts University Permanent Collection. Gift of Linda and Andrew Safran. 2017.024.
MEDFORD, MASS.- Tufts University has added a collection of 38 pieces of American outsider art to its permanent collection, thanks to the generosity of Andrew and Linda Safran. A public exhibit, "Expressions Unbound: American Outsider Art from the Andrew and Linda Safran Collection," opens in August and will run at Tufts University Art Gallery during the Fall 2018 semester. The exhibit will include educational components designed to introduce art and art history students and scholars to American contemporary self-taught work often referred to as "outsider art." The exhibit will also include a 50-page full-color catalog showcasing each piece. Artists such as William Hawkins, Thornton Dial, Sr., Howard Finster, Bessie Harvey, Purvis Young, Mary T. Smith and Jimmy Lee Sudduth, are included in the gift. They join other artists in Tufts' ... More | |
Stair rendering by Oglesby Greene Architects.
DALLAS, TX.- The year 2018 will bring major changes to the Crow Collection of Asian Art as the museum undergoes a multi-million-dollar expansion including a new gallery, reimagined Lotus Shop, interactive street-side art studio and Center for Contemplative Leadership. In addition to this expansion, the Crow Collection is taking the next step into the future as a museum transitioning more fully into the publics trust. Upon completion of the construction in October, the nonprofit organization will launch its next chapter as the Crow Museum of Asian Art, a name that reflects not only the breadth of the collection and programming but also the museums wide and diverse community support. After years of thoughtful planning and development, construction is now underway as the museum dramatically expands its footprint along the southwest corner of Harwood and Flora Streets in the Dallas Arts District. Oglesby ... More |
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| Luxembourg & Dayan opens exhibition dedicated to the development of René Magritte's word-pictures | | Bacon and Freud portraits of George Dyer on display side by side for the first time | | Solo show of iconic works by the American artist Sturtevant on view at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac |
René Magritte, Les amants, 1928 (detail). Oil on canvas, 21¼ x 28¾ in. (54 x 73 cm.) Photo: Damien Griffiths Courtesy of Galerie Haas AG, Zürich. © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2018.
LONDON.- Luxembourg & Dayan, London, announced the opening of René Magritte (Or: The Rule of Metaphor), an exhibition dedicated to the development of Magrittes word-pictures during his years in Paris between 1927-30. To produce a metaphor is to borrow a semantic unit - be it work, or image - from its habitual context and transpose it into a new one. Red lips become cherry, the night is a curtain, and the world a stage. This transition, Aristotle tells us, can be made from genus to species, from species to genus, or in the form of analogy. But what if a word was to replace a picture, or vice versa? Such a transition would cancel the most basic material, formal, and conceptual distinctions between literal and figurative languages. Can such a metaphor ... More | |
Lucian Freud, Man in a Blue Shirt, 1965.
LONDON.- London Painters brings together works by the core proponents of the so-called School of London: Michael Andrews, Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, David Hockney, R.B. Kitaj and Leon Kossoff. Through a selection of self-portraits, depictions of their loyal, sometimes shared sitters and London scenes, the show explores the artists dedication to the figure and cityscape, at a time when abstraction prevailed. The story of the supposed School of London is a story of friendships, an intimate tale. With that in mind, London Painters unites pictures that highlight these relationships and the circles of shared acquaintance, as well as London itself, the city that provided such a thrilling backdrop to so much of their work says Pilar Ordovas. Man in a Blue Shirt, 1965, one of two portraits that Freud made of Francis Bacons partner, George Dyer, will be displayed ... More | |
Installation view of Sturtevant's Vice Versa at Thaddeaus Ropac, London. Photo: Tom Carter.
LONDON.- Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac is presenting Vice Versa, a solo show of iconic paintings, photographs, installation, videos and wallpaper by the American artist Sturtevant, who has been represented by the gallery for over 25 years. Taking place from 23 February to 31 March 2018, this exhibition is her first posthumous London showing and the most recent in the UK since 2013. Curated by Julia Peyton-Jones, Senior Global Director: Special Projects, in dialogue with Loren Muzzey, Sturtevants daughter, it consists of works from the Estate and private collections. Sturtevant has been acknowledged as one of the most important artists of the 21st century, having presaged the endlessly repeating, unattributed imagery that characterises the digital world of today. All reality is now virtual reality, said Sturtevant. There is a unique blend ... More |
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| New immersive exhibition from British artist Bob & Roberta Smith on view at Von Bartha, Basel | | Getty Museum opens "Cut! Paper Play in Contemporary Photography" | | India Phillips promoted to Bonhams Global Head of Impressionist and Modern Art |
Bob and Roberta Smith, All Schools should be Art Schools, 2012, signwriters pint on board, 90 x 48 cm, courtesy of the artist and von Bartha.
BASEL.- Von Bartha, Basel is presenting a new immersive exhibition from British artist Bob & Roberta Smith, running from February 3 March 24, 2018. Titled THE WHOLE WORLD IS AN ART SCHOOL! , the show transforms the gallery space into an art school and visitors into art students, asking them to confront the motives behind artistic practice and celebrate the often nonsensical purposeless of the inspiration-finding process. New works include artistic propositions and provocations designed as calls to action, instructing visitors to take part in several creative activities within the gallery space; these include making pink on pink or grey paintings, build your own blob and painting with both hands. With artist tools, media and workspace provided by the gallery, including new benches painted with slogans by the artist, the exhibition is an organic, creative space that develops ... More | |
Christiane Feser, Ohne Titel, 2014. Pigment print. Framed: 140 à 100 à 3 cm. EX.2018.5.3 © Christiane Feser. Promised Gift of Sharyn and Bruce Charnas.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- For most people, a photograph is fairly straightforward an image on a piece of paper with four straight edges and four corners. But for some photographers, paper is not merely the end result of developing a photograph it is a material that can be activated in a number of ways. Cut! Paper Play in Contemporary Photography, on view February 27-May 27, 2018, at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center, looks at the work of six contemporary artists who expand the role of paper in photography. Many of the works in the exhibition have been borrowed from Los Angeles-based collectors, institutions, or galleries, while others are from the Getty Museums permanent collection. Within the Gettys very extensive collection of photographs from the birth of the medium to the present day, are a number of works that blur the line between photography ... More | |
India Phillips has been promoted to be Bonhams Global Head of Impressionist and Modern Art. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- The international auction house Bonhams, has promoted India Phillips to Global Head of Impressionist and Modern Art with immediate effect. India has been Head of Bonhams Impressionist and Modern Art Department in London since 2014. During that time, she has been responsible for the sale of many remarkable pieces including Figura de perfil (La Hermana Ana MarÃa), a rare and important work by Salvador Dali), and Auguste Rodins LEternel Printemps, which set a new world record at auction for a second state casting of the statue. Bonhams Global CEO, Matthew Girling said, Under Indias leadership, the Impressionist and Modern Art department in London has gone from strength to strength. I am delighted that we can now draw on her experience and sense of strategic direction for our sales worldwide. India Phillips said, This is an exciting opportunity to create ... More |
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Property from the Collection of Richard Petty to be sold At Julien's Auctions
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Juliens Auctions announced the ale of Property from the Collection of Richard Petty to take place May 12th live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas and online. The NASCAR Hall of Famer and the most decorated driver in NASCAR history, "The Kings" spectacular collection of race-winning cars, trophies, racing suits, memorabilia and more will stand atop the auction podium in this grand prix auction event of the season for motorsports fans and collectors. In celebration of this auction event, The King will make a special appearance with one of his historic carshis 1992 Pontiac Grand Prix with his hallmark No. 43 that Petty drove during his 1992 Fan Appreciation Tour before he retired from racing at the end of the yearand other highlighted items, at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on March 2nd at ... More
Visually striking old firearms and gunpowder posters will be part of Showtime's April 20-22 auction
BELLEVILLE, MICH.- Showtime Auction Services will hold its first big auction event of 2018 at a new venue and with new show dates. The auction will be held the weekend of April 20th, 21st and 22nd, about three weeks later than usual, at the Wayne County Fairgrounds, located at 10871 Quirk Road in Belleville, Mich. Belleville is located east of Ann Arbor (the site of Showtime Auction Services previous auctions), right off Interstate 94 only about 5 minutes from the airport (DTW). The auction will be headlined by the lifetime collections of Thomas and Gloria Terry, who amassed a diverse mix of merchandise over the course of many years. More than 50 antique categories will be in the sale. Internet bidding will be facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. Typically, we feature one or two major collections in an auction, with the main emphasis on one ... More
Hilma af Klint on world tour and new agreement with Moderna Museet
STOCKHOLM.- The world tour of Hilma af Klints works starts at Pinacoteca in São Paulo, where the exhibition will be curated by the Pinacotecas director, Jochen Volz, and Daniel Birnbaum from Moderna Museet. It then goes on to the Salomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and MOCA in Los Angeles. The Hilma af Klint Foundation and Moderna Museet have also signed a long-term cooperation agreement, ensuring that Hilma af Klints works can be shown continuously at the Museum from now on. In 2018, Hilma af Klint will cross the Atlantic to be presented in extensive solo exhibitions at leading museums. On 3 March, the major retrospective Hilma af Klint: Mundos PossÃveis (Hilma af Klint: Possible Worlds) opens at the Pinacoteca in São Paulo, Brazil. The exhibition is curated by the museums director, Jochen Volz, and Daniel Birnbaum, director of Moderna Museet ... More
Sotheby's to present the Chew Family Collection of Chinese paintings & calligraphy
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys announced the addition of an evening sale this Asia Week New York dedicated to The Chew Family Collection of Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy. Taking place on 22 March in New York City, the auction will feature seventy-six paintings and calligraphy acquired directly from trusted collectors across the Americas and East Asia. Curated by two generations of the Chew family, with the personal touch of one of Chinas foremost modern painters, Zhang Daqian, the offerings include rare works from the 15th through 20th centuries. Proceeds from the sale will benefit two trusts established by Frances Chew prior to her passing to continue her mission and to benefit those in need. Xian Fang, Head of Sothebys Classical Chinese Paintings Sales in New York, stated: We are privileged to present the Chew Family Collection this March. Thoughtfully ... More
Centre Pompidou opens a large-scale retrospective of photographs by David Goldblatt
PARIS.- For the first time in France, the Centre Pompidou is staging a large-scale retrospective on South African photographer David Goldblatt. The exhibition takes visitors through the entire output of the photographer (b. 1930), and features over two hundred photographs, a hundred-odd previously unpublished documents (taken from the artists archives), lesser-known early works, such as the first pictures he took at Randfontein, as well as his most recent photographs. Seven short films, made by the Centre Pompidou especially for the event, are being screened in the different sections of the exhibition. In them, David Goldblatt comments on his photographs, providing insights into a fascinating body of work and encouraging an aware and analytical eye. Since the 1960s, David Goldblatt has tirelessly explored his native country through his photographs, ... More
George Washington button sets $225,000 world record at Heritage Auctions
DALLAS, TX.- Not only did the earliest artifact referring to George Washington as the "Father of His Country" set a world record when it sold for $225,000 in Heritage Auction's Feb. 24 American & Political Auction, but the sale itself set a world record as the highest grossing auction of political memorabilia collection ever offered. The David and Janice Frent Collection of Political & Presidential Americana, Part II, realized a record $1.2 million from 641 bidders. The sale eclipsed the previous world auction record when The Frent Collection debuted at Heritage in October 2017, generating $911,538. "To say this auction was a pulse-pounder is an understatement," said Tom Slater, Director of Americana Auctions at Heritage. "It's been a career highlight bringing this collection to auction and the results have just been astounding." The rare Washington artifact is now the world's ... More
Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders donate artifacts to National Museum of American History
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonians National Museum of American History has accepted several items donated by the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. The items, including game-day uniforms and a 1977 poster, highlight the cheerleading teams rise to fame in the sports world and beyond. The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders have been a part of National Football League history since 1961, when they were known as The CowBelles & Beaux. Todays Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders uniform of a blue, star-spangled vest, white shorts and boots, designed by Paula Van Wagoner, is recognizable worldwide. In 1972, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders were the first to introduce choreographed dance routines that required rigorous physical training and hours of practice before every game. Three years later, the cheerleaders appeared at the 1975 Super ... More
Multiple world records shattered in Heritage Auctions' $9.3M Winter Platinum Night event
DALLAS, TX.- Elite collectors of game used material were out in force on Saturday night as Heritage Auctions dropped the hammer on millions of dollars of high-end collectibles, with 20 lots commanding sale prices in excess of $100,000. The auction set nearly one-dozen world records across game-used jerseys, bats, and rare sports cards. The only known Hank Aaron game used rookie bat dwarfed the standing world record for Hank's hammers, selling for $132,000 price nearly quadrupling the former auction price realized. Mel Ott lumber likewise found a new champion as a rookie gamer set a world record when it more than doubled the former record with a $168,000 result. In addition, Johnny Unitas' 1959 championship game jersey narrowly topped the standing record for postwar NFL models (likewise held by Heritage) selling for $96,000. Rare ... More
Museum opens first major monographic presentation of Keith Smith's work in five decades
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents Keith Smith at Home, the first major monographic presentation of the artists work in five decades. Spanning his entire career, the exhibition brings together over 60 exceptional and varied examples of his handmade artists books and experimental photographs, prints, collages, and fabric pieces made over the last half century. The exhibition places special emphasis on his artists books, the work for which he is best known. Many of these works are from the artists collection and have not been exhibited publicly before. Smith is an especially private person, and one whose life at home has been the inspiration for much of his art. Central to the installation is Book Number 82, Keith Smith at Home (1982), showing a sequence of views of his residence in Rochester, New York, where he has lived since 1975. Page ... More
Marta Moreira de Almeida appointed Deputy Director of Serralves Museum
PORTO.- Marta Moreira de Almeida (Porto, 1968) has been appointed as Deputy Director of the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, responsible for the area of Exhibitions. The museums director, João Ribas, commented: Marta has been working in Serralves for over 25 years and has worked directly with all the previous Museum Directors. This gives her in-depth knowledge of the institution and the team at Serralves. Over the years she has demonstrated outstanding commitment, creativity, an excellent relationship with artists, and a tremendous capacity to implement ambitious projects. She will undoubtedly make a very important contribution to our future plans for the Museum. With a B.A. Hons degree in History of Art from the University of Porto, Marta Moreira de Almeida has worked as a curator for the Serralves Foundations Fine Arts Service ... More
Exhibition explores appropriation and transformation in music and art since 1900
BASEL.- This interdisciplinary exhibition at the Museum Tinguely will be devoted to the multi-faceted subject of creative adaptation in 20th-century music and contemporary art. From 28 February to 13 May it will present music manuscripts and art works that adopt, recast, paraphrase or even dismantle existing works in their content, structure or conception. The exhibition comprises two segments. Its main focus on music is divided into four sections on non-authorial arrangements, authorial arrangements, borrowings from folk music, and popular adaptations. This unique show will present 180 music manuscripts, letters, photographs, sound recordings, films and instruments from thirty-two collections preserved at the Paul Sacher Foundation, one of the most renowned research centres for music of the 20th and 21st centuries. The exhibits on display stem from ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Spanish painter JoaquÃn Sorolla was born February 27, 1863. JoaquÃn Sorolla y Bastida (27 February 1863 - 10 August 1923) was a Spanish painter. Sorolla excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes, and monumental works of social and historical themes. His most typical works are characterized by a dexterous representation of the people and landscape under the bright sunlight of his native land and sunlit water. In this image: Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, (1863-1923). Las Tres Velas (The Three Sails) 3,000,000 - 4,000,000 USD. Photo: courtesy of Sotheby's.
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