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It exceeds three times the size of the largest Triassic dinosaurs known to date.
BUENOS AIRES (AGENCIA CTYS-UNLAM ).- Scientists presented Ingentia prima, the first giant dinosaur that inhabited the Planet more than 200 million years ago. It exceeds three times the size of the largest Triassic dinosaurs known to date. The discovery was made at the Balde de Leyes deposit, southeast of the province of San Juan. Dinosaurs were not always giants. The evolutionary history took millions of years for some species to double the weight of a current elephant and reach between eight and ten meters in length, but that time was much less than was believed: hence the great importance of the finding of Ingentia prima, which would have had a body mass of up to ten tons. Dr. Cecilia Apaldetti, researcher at the Institute and Museum of Natural Sciences of the University of San Juan (IMCN) and CONICET, told the Agencia CTyS-UNLaM that "this new species shows a strategy of growth unknown until now and indicates that the origin of gigantism came much earlier than previously thought". "Before this discovery, gigantism was ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day This picture taken on May 15, 2018 shows former actress Grace Swe Zin Htaik viewing storage of old films at the state archive building in Yangon. The restoration of a 1934 black-and-white action movie, 'Mya Ga Naing' (The Emerald Jungle), famed for high-octane stunts including a hot-air balloon escape and a jungle shootout against teakwood thieves, has energised efforts to salvage more of Myanmar's long-neglected cinematic heritage. Phyo Hein KYAW / AFP
| Major Bomberg exhibition opens at Ben Uri | | Artist Felix Pène du Bois dies at age 61 | | Gladstone Gallery opens a group exhibition anchored by Vito Acconci's 'Voice of America' |
More than 40 works representing each significant periods of Bombergs oeuvre make up the exhibition.
LONDON.- Remarkable works never before exhibited in London are on show at Ben Uris major new exhibition reassessing the career of David Bomberg. Works from major institutions including Arts Council England, Tate, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Pallant House Gallery and The Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts are on show alongside works from important private collections and from Ben Uris extensive collection of Bombergs works. A new monograph, the first for 30 years, by Ben Uri and Bomberg curators Rachel Dickson and Sarah MacDougall is now available in hard and soft back. More than 40 works representing each significant periods of Bombergs oeuvre make up the exhibition. Key themes of the largely chronological exhibition include: Bombergs Jewish background and engagement with Yiddish culture His contribution to pre-war British modernism His role as a war artist in both ... More | |
Felix Pène du Bois, Chicken Man, 1985-87. 79 h x 55 w. © Curtis Rogers, New Orleans, LA.
NEW YORK, NY.- Born Clodagh McKenney on April 11, 1957, the artist Felix Pène du Bois died May 31, 2018, at age 61. The cause of death was suicide, committed after decades of suffering from a lack of medical treatment for schizophrenia and depression. She is survived by her husband Curtis Rogers of New Orleans, Louisiana. Felix Pène du Bois painted in a lushly fauvist style recalling that of her teacher, the painter Paul Georges. Often informed by visual elements of her life in Boston, New York City, and New Orleans, her colorful canvases combined deftly expressionistic passages with more refined imagery, evincing a classical sense of form as well as an accomplished painterly hand. They are marked by a fanciful charm, as though indicative of an inherent sense of the magical, as well as of the humor necessary to tolerating lifes extremes. Felixs maternal grandfather was the painter Guy Pène du Bois, who died of alcoholism ... More | |
Paul Chan, La Baigneur 7 (Murican Inhaler after Kelly Van Damme), 2018. Nylon, fan, dye paint on nylon, suicide cord, shoe, concrete, 64 x 130 x 62 in. © Paul Chan. Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Photo: David Regen.
NEW YORK, NY.- Gladstone Gallery is presenting Voice of America a group exhibition anchored by Vito Acconcis iconic installation of the same name. This exhibition expands on the works themes via responses by Paul Chan, Sharon Hayes, Barbara Kruger, and Rirkrit Tiravanija, each of whose practices engage in various formal and conceptual dialogue with the installation. Originally mounted at the Portland Center for Contemporary Arts in 1975, Voice of America incorporates sculpture, projected images, and sound to transform architectural space into a site of social critique. Two monumental wooden chairs sit in a darkened gallery, whose floor is latticed with rope. Images of the American landscape are projected across the floor while Acconcis own lyrical rumination on our nation ... More |
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| Stan Lee drops $1bn lawsuit against company he started | | Berry Campbell Gallery opens an exhibition of reprsented artists | | The Cleveland Museum of Art opens 'Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors' |
In this file photo taken on August 22, 2017 Comic book writer Stan Lee attends the 'Extraordinary: Stan Lee', A Special Tribute Event hosted by Chris Hardwick at the Saban Theater, in Beverly Hills, California. VALERIE MACON / AFP.
LOS ANGELES (AFP).- Comic book legend Stan Lee has terminated a $1 billion lawsuit alleging that the entertainment company he co-founded had tricked him into signing away his image rights. The complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court in May, accused POW! Entertainment CEO Shane Duffy and co-founder Gill Champion of failing to disclose fully to Lee details of the firm's 2017 sale to Camsing International. The entertainment icon contended that they took advantage of him at a time when he was despondent over the death of his wife Joan and suffering from macular degeneration, a condition affecting the eyes. "The whole thing has been confusing to everyone, including myself and the fans, but I am now happy to be surrounded by those who want the best for me," Lee said in statement circulated among US media. "I am thrilled to put the lawsuit behind me, get back to business ... More | |
Frank Stella, Iola Three IV (Circuit Series), 1984. Relief-printed etching and woodcut in colors on Tyler Graphics Ltd. handmade paper. 65 x 52 inches. © Frank Stella Courtesy Berry Campbell Gallery, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Berry Campbell Gallery is presenting its annual exhibition, Summer Selections, from July 5 through August 17, 2018. Berry Campbell presents a work from each of the gallerys represented twenty-eight artists/estates. Also, included in the show are additional works from the gallerys inventory by Elaine de Kooning, Nancy Graves, Paul Jenkins, Larry Poons, Frank Stella, and Wolf Kahn. This exhibition offers a chance to view a wide variety of paintings and works on paper by important mid-century and contemporary artists. EDWARD AVEDESIAN was born in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1936 and attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. After moving to New York City in the early 1960s, he joined the dynamic art scene in Greenwich Village, frequenting the Cedar Tavern on Tenth Street, associating with the critic Clement Greenberg, and joining a new generation of abstract artists, ... More | |
Installation view of Dots ObsessionLove Transformed into Dots (2007) at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2017. Yayoi Kusama (Japanese, b. 1929). Mixed-media installation. Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo/Singapore; Victoria Miro, London; David Zwirner, New York. © Yayoi Kusama. Photo by Cathy Carver.
CLEVELAND, OH.- Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors celebrates the legendary Japanese artist Yayoi Kusamas 65-year career. The exhibition spans the range of Kusamas work, from her groundbreaking paintings and performances of the 1960s, when she staged polka-dot Happenings in the streets of New York, to her widely admired immersive installations and the U.S. debut of her recent series of paintings, My Eternal Soul. Visitors have the unprecedented opportunity to experience seven of Kusamas captivating Infinity Mirror Rooms, including Where the Lights in My Heart Go (2016), exclusive to Cleveland. Additionally, a stunning array of large and vibrant paintings, sculptures, installations, works on paper and rare archival materials can also be seen. Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors is on view in the ... More |
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| Marc Straus expands, upwards | | Contemporary artists explore and expand on the qualities of metal | | Passing the baton: Chinese conductors seek global fame |
299 Grand Street in 1975, photo courtesy of Marc Straus.
NEW YORK, NY.- After years of planning and construction two new floors have been added to the gallery's building in the Lower East Side of NYC. Beginning with the opening of the Fall season, the gallery will inaugurate these new exhibition spaces. After seven years on Grand Street, it was time to expand. We wanted to give our artists further options to present their work, Marc Straus said. The Lower East Side was always a haven for immigrants, and my father was one. His textile store was on the corner across the street from the gallery. This neighborhood has extraordinary vitality and since opening our gallery on Grand Street a significant number of wonderful galleries have opened nearby. This is a place of risk and hope, which is what contemporary art is about. As challenging as construction projects can be, we are really happy with the outcome. The new third floor is an intimate project space with ... More | |
Rana Begum, No.546 Chevrons (detail), 2014; Paint on powder-coated aluminum, 77 1/2 x 208 1/4 x 2 in. overall; Courtesy of the artist and Kate MacGarry, London; Photo by Philip White.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Museum of Women in the Arts is presenting Heavy MetalWomen to Watch 2018, which highlights contemporary women artists working with a variety of metals and techniques to create artworks such as wall-size installations, exquisite jewelry and reinventions of familiar objects. On view June 28Sept. 16, 2018, the exhibition features 20 artists and more than 50 works of art made from silver, copper, bronze, pewter, aluminum and more. Inspired by NMWAs collection of silverwork crafted by British and Irish women in the 18th and 19th centuries, Heavy Metal seeks to further disrupt the predominantly masculine narrative that surrounds metalworking despite womens consistent presence in the field for centuries. This narrative is rooted, in part, in the gendered discourse surrounding ... More | |
This photo taken on October 14, 2017 shows Chinese conductor Jing Huan looking on during an interview with AFP prior to a symphonic concert at a theatre in Beijing. WANG Zhao / AFP.
BEIJING (AFP).- Jing Huan twirls her conductor's baton nervously in the wings while the brass and string sections of China's Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra tune their instruments. Aged 36, Jing is part of a new breed of foreign-trained conductors, as China hopes to gain recognition in the field after winning global fame for its soloists, including piano and string virtuosos. After long relying on Western conductors, a growing number of symphony orchestras around the country are now entrusting the baton to a fresh generation of Chinese music directors. Jing studied at the University of Cincinnati and served as the conducting assistant of the symphony orchestra there before joining the Guangzhou orchestra in southern China. Last year her orchestra performed on a prestigious Beijing stage as part of a "musical marathon" ... More |
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| Martin Luther handwritten letter penned by the religious reformer to go under the hammer | | Sohn Fine Art opens a camera-less photography exhibition | | New York's most prestigious design fair returns November for its seventh edition |
The letter bears several corrections in Luthers own hand. The date of receipt is noted by Buchholzer at the foot of the reverse: Received by me in Berlin on Wednesday after St Egyd [5 September] anno etc. 43.
BOSTON, MASS.- A rare handwritten letter by German theologist, monk and religious reformer Martin Luther will be auctioned by Boston-based RR Auction. The one-page letter in German, signed Martinus Luther D, circa September 1, 1543. An extensive, uncommonly well-preserved letter to Georg Buchholzer, Provost of St. Nikolai in Berlin, regarding the latters altercation with the Brandenburgian court preacher Johann Agricola from Eisleben (also known as Magister Eisleben) about the treatment of the local Jews. Prince Elector Joachim II, who in 1539 had introduced the Reformation to Brandenburg and whose tolerant politics toward Jews enraged the population, had long desired a reconciliation between Luther and his former disciple Agricola, and he must have suspected that Provost Buchholzer was poisoning ... More | |
Chuck Kelton, New Year #37. Unique Gelatin Silver Chemogram, 24 x 20 inches.
LENOX, MASS.- Sohn Fine Art is presenting Light + Dark, a camera-less photography exhibition featuring work by Garry Fabian Miller and Chuck Kelton. The exhibition is on view at Sohn Fine Art (69 Church Street, Lenox MA) June 15 September 2. One might ask, how do you make a photograph without a camera? The essence of photography lies in its seemingly magical ability to fix shadow or color onto light sensitive surfaces through exposure to light. Both artists create images directly on photographic papers, which use silver salts that darken when exposed. By filtering or blocking light, or by chemically treating its surface, the paper is transformed into an image. By removing the camera, these artists get closer to the source of what they are interested in: light, time, traces, signs and visions things which have spiritual and metaphysical rather than simply physical qualities. Across languages and cultures, the earliest ... More | |
Wexler Gallery, The Salon Art + Design 2017.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Salon Art + Design, which presents historical, modern and contemporary furniture, groundbreaking design and late 19th through 21st century art, announced the 2018 exhibitors for its forthcoming seventh edition, November 8 - 12, 2018 at the iconic Park Avenue Armory. The fair, produced by Sanford Smith + Associates, will showcase 56 galleries representing 11 countries, including 30 international galleries. Following its landmark sixth installment last November, which welcomed more than 12,000 visitors, the 2018 edition of The Salon Art + Design will bring together a diverse and international group of art and design dealers showcasing exceptional global material for every taste. In addition to 26 U.S. exhibitors, this year will include a selection of European and international galleries hailing from Belgium (3), France (12), Germany (1), Italy (3), Monaco (1), the Netherlands (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Sweden (1) and th ... More |
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Son's tribute to his late father £120,000 restoration of their Rover 95 offered at H&H Classics
LONDON.- For some car enthusiasts only the best is good enough and when you truly love a car and its former owner money is no object. This is the story of a humble Rover 95 given just that treatment, having cost £1,373 in 1963. Brian Griffiths, the son of the original owner, spent over £120,000 restoring his fathers car during 2002-2003 Damian Jones of H&H Classics comments: One can only surmise that he felt a great deal of sentimental attachment to the car and was in the fortunate position of being able to spend that sort of money on its refurbishment. Thankfully, people undertake uneconomic restorations the whole time. If they did not I might well be out of a job. For some enthusiasts the value of their car is measured in things other than money. Supplied new to Griffiths & Armour of Liverpool and bought by Brian Griffiths in 1986, the Auntie Rover (as P4 models ... More
PAD London announces gallery line up for 2018 edition EDITION
LONDON.- PAD London, the internationally acclaimed fair for art and design, returns to Berkeley Square for its 12th edition running from 17 October 2018. With the recent launch of PAD Genève, PAD reinforces its position as Europes leading cross-collecting fair group. This years London edition introduces a magnificent showcase of works staged by 68 leading galleries across art, design, decorative arts, tribal art, antiquities and collectible jewellery. Making their debut at PAD London, ten new international galleries join the fairs roster this October. In the fields of design and decorative arts, Italian designer Achille Salvagni presents an elegant display inspired by Marie-Laure de Noailles signature eclecticism, mixing cultures and genres. Using a subtle palette of earth tones, the presentation combines some of Salvagnis most iconic furniture and lighting pieces ... More
Springfield Art Museum adds Little Rock, Arkansas watercolorist to permanent collection
SPRINGFIELD, MO.- The Springfield Art Museum announced the acquisition of Reason: Pepper, a watercolor on textile currently on view in Watercolor USA 2018, by Little Rock artist Emily Wood. Wood is represented by Gallery 26 in Little Rock and Justus Fine Art in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Her work has been seen at the Arkansas Arts Center and at the Springfield Art Museum in the 4x4: 2014 Midwest Invitational Exhibition. Pepper is part of a series Wood titled, Working, that explores how, why, and for what, or whom people work. The artist asks individuals for used work shirts and why they work. In this case, it is for the individuals daughter, Pepper. Wood notes, I love the way the watercolor responds to the various fabrics and the challenge of figuring out how to make it work while also embracing the accidents and imperfections. Pepper integrates two focus areas ... More
Hazelhurst Arts Centre showcases the work of one of the most influential interior designers in Australia
SYDNEY.- Hazelhurst Arts Centre opened a new exhibition in June highlighting the work of Marion Hall Best (1905-1988), Sydneys pre-eminent interior designer of the 20th century. She was one of the first independent and most influential interior designers in Australia. We are delighted to have an exhibition from Sydney Living Museums and this is another example of how Hazelhurst Arts Centre works collaboratively with other museums and galleries to bring outstanding exhibitions to the Sutherland Shire for people to enjoy said Sutherland Shire Mayor, Carmelo Pesce. This exhibition colourfully charts the work of Marion Hall Best and displays original furniture, fabrics, furnishings and fashion over the four decades from the mid-1930s. We are thrilled to bring this vibrant exhibition to Hazelhurst Arts Centre as Marion Best was such an important designer, who many ... More
Bonhams appoints Alexis Cronin Butler as Director of Florida
MIAMI, FLA.- The international auction house Bonhams has appointed Alexis Cronin Butler as its Director of Florida. Based in Miami, Alexis will be responsible for sourcing items for auction, raising Bonhams profile, and support April Matteini, Representative of Florida, who joined the company earlier this year. Bonhams Managing Director of US Regions, Simon Cottle said, We are delighted to welcome Alexis to Bonhams and helping us expand our reach in Florida. Both she and April are a great addition to our team as we continue to grow our presence in this important state. Prior to joining Bonhams, Alexis was a specialist in the Impressionist and Modern Department at Christies New York. She holds a Bachelors degree in Art History from Georgetown University and a Masters degree in Art Business from Sothebys Institute. Alexis Cronin Butler ... More
Colombian peace allows cultural jewels to re-emerge
SAN JOSÃ DEL GUAVIARE (AFP).- Deep inside the lush green and humid Amazonia jungle, a sinewing path stops abruptly in front of a giant rock face decorated with ancient paintings of anacondas, jaguars and tortoises. For millennia, indigenous Colombians have been illustrating their mythology in rock art, but these national treasures laid hidden -- and preserved -- during decades of war between government forces and Marxist rebels. In the heart of the Guaviare jungle, a strategic area that armed groups continue to fight over, lies a UNESCO World Heritage site national park in which the Serrania de Chiribiquete table top mountains stand tall like giant drums. The rock frescoes adorning their sides occupy an invaluable place in the understanding of Amazonian settlement. "It was very difficult to work in the Guaviare because it was the epicenter... ... More
Latvian mega choir echoes Baltic state's history
RIGA (AFP).- Over 16,000 people raised their voices in song in Latvia's capital Riga on Sunday, to mark the 100th anniversary of the Baltic state's independence at a festival that has been key to Latvian identity for over a century. "After a week of rehearsals, we feel pretty exhausted," choir singer Aija Rijniece told AFP before going on stage dressed in a colourful folk costume, adding that the hours of preparation are "always worth it". Over nine days, organisers estimate that the 26th edition of Latvian Song and Dance Festival has drawn up to 500,000 people to a massive forest amphitheatre in Riga. "It's a unique experience for every concertgoer: not only does the sheer size of the performing crowd looks overwhelming, but also the artistic level is so high that it had exceeded our expectations," Aleksandrs Zeltins, who came to the festival from Germany with his wife Dina, ... More
Chinese jade boosts Heritage Auctions' Asian Art Auction to nearly $2.2 million
DALLAS, TX.- A Chinese Celadon Jade Ruyi Scepter, Qing Dynasty, 18th-19th century sold for $68,750, nearly doubling its pre-auction estimate, to lead Heritage Auctions' Fine & Decorative Asian Art Auction June 29-30 in Beverly Hills, California, to a final total of $2,178,339.25. Measuring 16-1/8 inches long, it is carved from fine light celadon nephrite and is decorated with the Eight Buddhist Emblems and adorned with a silk tassel. Another jade piece from the same era, a Fine Chinese Carved Celadon Jade Ruyi Scepter, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, brought $62,500. Ruyi scepters are symbols of authority and esteem in Chinese culture and take their shape from that of the lingzhi fungus. Formerly of the Collection of Philip Cardeiro, the 20-inch ruyi is carved from celadon nephrite with russet inclusions and decorated with auspicious bats and pomegranates. "Chinese ... More
Heritage World & Ancient Coins and World Currency Auctions reach $4.38 million
DALLAS, TX.- Led by strong bidding across the board, especially for Chinese coins and currency, Heritage Auctions' World Coins & Ancient Coins Auction and its World Currency Auction in Hong Kong combined to bring $4.38 million. With a combined sell-through rate of 94 percent by value, the events added up to the company's third-largest event ever held in Hong Kong. When combined, the two events yielded the second-highest average lot value of any Heritage event in Hong Kong: $2,946. "We continue to see solid growth in Asia going into our fourth year of holding auctions in Hong Kong," Heritage Auctions Executive Vice President Cris Bierrenbach said. "We expect to surpass the $10 million mark for the year in 2018, and are excited about adding additional categories, including Luxury Accessories, Jewelry and Timepieces, to our December event."A ... More
Festival takes music deep into Istanbul's centuries-old heritage
ISTANBUL (AFP).- It's an early summer evening at Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, the maze-like warren of alleyways crammed with shops that has been the city's trading hub for over half a millennium. But this time, there are no traders' voices beckoning to travellers to come and haggle over the price of a carpet. Nor is the air filled with the pungent whiff of oriental spices being offered to passers-by. As the evening light streams through the upper arch windows, it is music that resonates through the bazaar; oriental wind instruments like the Turkish ney and Armenian duduk, the lute-like oud and the Balkan accordion. For the first time in its history as an epicentre of trade and commerce in Istanbul, the bazaar is being used for a concert in the prestigious annual summer Istanbul Music Festival run by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) -- the city's ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Danish-French painter Camille Pissarro was born July 10, 1830. Camille Pissarro (10 July 1830 - 13 November 1903) was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas. His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. In this image: Camille Pissarro, La Place du Théâtre-Français et l'avenue de l'Opéra, effet de pluie, 1898. Huile sur toile, 73, 6 x 91, 4 cm. Minneapolis, Institute of Art, fonds William Hood Dunwoody © Photo: Minneapolis Institute of Art.
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