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Gustave Loiseau (French, 1865-1935), Le quai du Pothuis à Pontoise, 1905. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000.
CHICAGO, IL.- This month, masterworks of European art from the impressive Indianapolis estate, Linden House, will anchor Hindmans May 18th European Art auction. Highlighting the offering will be exquisite paintings by Charles Amable Lenoir, Gustave Loiseau, and Louis Valtat, among others. Overall, the auction will feature work by a wide range of artists, from Dutch Old Masters to 19th century Academic painters, to Impressionists, post-Impressionists, and European Modernists. Built by Christel DeHaan, a collector, businesswoman, and philanthropist, Linden House is the culmination of her lifelong passion for the arts. Designed by Bunny Williams and David Ellison, the 41,000 square foot house is located on a private 35-acre lake at the site of what was formerly a Benedictine monastery. The property sold for $14.5 million, a record for the highest selling residential property in Indianas history, in Septembe ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Forest Lawn Museum, in collaboration with the Velaslavasay Panorama, is presenting Grand Views: The Immersive World of Panoramas. The exhibition explores the history of panoramic paintings, an immersive, large-scale artistic format popularized in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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| Sotheby's beats world record for a Rolex Daytona John Player Special at CHF 2.2 Million | | Shelburne Museum announces major Native American initiative | | Naomi Milgrom unveils design for MPavilion 10 by Tadao Ando |
Sothebys Geneva beats world record for any Rolex Daytona John Player Special at auction by selling an Exceptional Reference 6241 in 18ct Yellow Gold for CHF 2,238,000 / $2,491,655. Courtesy Sotheby's.
GENEVA.- A new chapter in Rolex Daytonas legendary history was turned yesterday afternoon by Sothebys Geneva when a collector bid on Sothebys Important Watches Sales top lot, Lot 119 a JPS model, reference 6241 which initial estimate was CHF 600,000 1,200,000, and fought off 6 other bidders before they could claim it as theirs for nearly twice its top estimate, at CHF 2,238,000 / $2,491,655, setting a new world record in the process. The bidding battle, started at CHF 400,000 saw two online bidders, two telephone bidders and two people in the room together with the winning collector lock horns for just over eight minutes. In the end, only one online bidder remained in the way of the winning collector who clinched victory with a final CHF 100,000 bid. The final price achieved for the watch makes it the world record for any Daytona JPS model, the third most valuable Daytona Paul Newman in gold ... More | |
Artist formerly known (Acoma Pueblo), Polychrome Storage Jar, ca.188090. Perry Collection of Native American Arts.
SHELBURNE, VT.- Shelburne Museum is undertaking a major initiative that includes stewardship of an important collection of Native American art and construction of a building and integrated landscape collaboratively designed to create a national resource for the study and care of Indigenous art. The initiative will reimagine the museums role in presenting American art and material culture, announced Thomas Denenberg, John Wilmerding Director and CEO of Shelburne Museum. The Perry Center for Native American Art will be designed by internationally acclaimed Adjaye Associates and will be the 40th building on Shelburne Museums 45-acre campus. The Perry Center will house a significant collection of Native American art gathered by Anthony and Teressa Perry and gifted to the museum. When combined with the Indigenous art already stewarded by the museum, the collection will represent nearly 80 Tribes from coast to coast. ... More | |
Aerial view. Rendering of MPavilion 10 by Tadao Ando. Courtesy Tadao Ando Architect &
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MELBOURNE.- The Naomi Milgrom Foundation unveiled the design for MPavilion 10, commissioned from Pritzker Prize-winner Tadao Ando of Japan. One of the worlds leading architects, Andos design for MPavilion 10 reflects his signature use of striking geometric interventions in nature and his precise, assured use of concrete. MPavilion 10 will open this summer, kicking off the annual five-month design festival of free public programming in Queen Victoria Gardens, located in the centre of Melbourne. This will be the tenth MPavilion festival, which has grown to become one of Australias most visited and impactful festivals, attracting more than 350,000 people this past year. Conceived as a new meeting place within Melbournes cultural and botanic garden precinct, Andos design for MPavilion encapsulates his desire to create a memorable structure that responds directly to the park setting. It strives for spatial purity, employi ... More |
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| National Gallery of Art acquires work by Pietro Testa | | Jewel encrusted pocket watch is the highlight at the Bonhams Knightsbridge Watches and Wristwatches Sale | | Fern Coppedge to highlight great American landscapes at Hindman |
Pietro Testa, The Prophecy of Basilides, c. 1648/1649 (detail). Pen and brown ink with wash over black chalk with traces of red chalk, on gray-green prepared paper. National Gallery of Art, Washington. William B. O'Neal Fund and Gift of Funds from Ann and Matthew Nimetz, and from Andrea Woodner 2022.160.1
WASHINGTON, DC.- Pietro Testa (16121650) was a celebrated painter and etcher in Rome in the second quarter of the 17th century. The National Gallery of Art has acquired the late drawing The Prophecy of Basilides (c. 1648/1649), one of Testas most elaborate inventions and a unique record of his preparatory process. This drawing joins three others and 23 etchings in the National Gallerys collection. Based on an account in Petrarchs On Vespasian, which ... More | |
Joseph Martineau, fine and rare gold, and ruby set pocket watch, circa 1760, achieved £48,180.
LONDON.- Bonhams Watches and Wristwatches sale yesterday, 11 May 2023, saw exceptional results with the significant single-owner collection of exquisite 17th and 18th century pocket watches from the prestigious T.P. Camerer Cuss collection taking the limelight. The top selling lot was an exceptional Joseph Martineau, fine and rare gold, and ruby set key wind triple case pocket watch with a shagreen outer case, circa 1760, with 441 individually set rubies forming a radiating circle to the back and bezel of the middle case and further decoration to the white enamel dial. The pocket watch surpassed its pre-sale estimate to achieve £48,180. ... More | |
Fern Isabel Coppedge, (American, 18831951), Winter Scene (detail). Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000.
CHICAGO, IL.- This week, a pair of quintessential Fern Coppedge winter scenes will anchor a strong group of American landscapes in Hindmans May 19th American Art auction. The auction will provide a look at how a range of celebrated artists approached the genre. Spanning Impressionist to more abstract styles, paintings by Milton Avery, Maurice Prendergast, and Wolf Kahn are also highlights. In addition to works by Fern Coppedge, paintings and sculptures by other accomplished historic and contemporary American women artists such as, Gertrude Abercrombie, Miyoko Ito, and Harriet Whitney Frishmuth will also be offered. ... More |
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| New paintings and sculptures by Meron Engida Hawke showcase modern Ethiopia | | Phillips names Benoît Repellin as Worldwide Head of Jewellery | | Samuel Fosso wins the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2023 |
Meron Engida Hawke, Hummingbird, 2023. Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 50 in. Courtesy of the artist and Morton Fine Art.
WASHINGTON, DC .- Morton Fine Art is now presenting Hummingbird, an exhibition of mixed-media paintings and sculptures by artist Meron Engida Hawke. Made up of works from the artists series Teff Teffa, Ashenda Girl and Highlander, alongside still lifes in a muralist style, the exhibition tackles issues of migration, marginalization and resistance in contemporary Ethiopia. The artists second solo show with the gallery, Hummingbird will be on view from May 16 June 9, 2023 at Morton Fine Arts Washington, D.C. location (52 O St NW #302). A native of Addis Ababa now living in D.C., Meron Engida Hawkes artwork explores Ethiopian identity, ... More | |
Benoît Repellin,Worldwide Head of Jewellery for Phillips.
GENEVA.- Phillips announced appointment of Benoît Repellin as Worldwide Head of Jewellery. Based in Geneva, the appointment affirms the companys international investment in the category across the Americas, Europe and Asia. Mr. Repellin joined Phillips a year ago as Head of Jewellery, Europe, before stepping in as the interim Worldwide Head in the second half of 2022. During this time, he greatly contributed to the success of the Fall season that included the sale of a 4.05 carat Fancy Intense Pink oval diamond, which sold for $1.9 million, and a brilliant cut D Flawless diamond of 26.12 carats, which achieved $2.5 million. Stephen Brooks, Phillips Chief Executive Officer, said, As a seasoned ... More | |
Samuel Fosso, Self-Portrait from the series 70s Lifestyle, 1975-78 © Samuel Fosso. Courtesy of the artist and JM Patras, Paris.
LONDON.- Samuel Fosso wins the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2023. The photographer was announced as the 2023 winner of the prestigious £30,000 prize at a special ceremony at The Photographers Gallery (TPG), London by artist Zak Ové on Thursday 11 May 2023. The influential prize, in partnership with the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, rewards artists and their projects recognised as having made the most significant contribution to international contemporary photography over the past 12 months. The exhibition showcasing all four shortlisted artists is on show at The Photographers Gallery until ... More |
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| Kevin Beasley exhibition 'In an Effort to Keep' now on view at Casey Kaplan | | 'A Particular Kind of Heaven' currently on view at Parrasch Heijnen | | Shezad Dawood: Night in the Garden of Love Inspired by & featuring Yusef Lateef |
Kevin Beasley, HANGAR, 2023, Wicker and Walnut Armoire by American of Martinsville, polyurethane resin, raw Virginia cotton, hangers, baby clothes, altered Nike ACG boots, du-rags, Martin Margiela Retrofit High top sneakers, housedresses, t-shirts, dye sublimation t-shirt, 63.5 x 33.25 x 33.75 / 161.29 x 84.45 x 85.72cm. Photo: Jason Wyche.
NEW YORK, NY.- In February of this year, Kevin Beasley (b. 1985, Lynchburg, VA) prompted five performersTaja Cheek, Paul Hamilton, Ralph Lemon, Okwui Okpokwasili, and Jeremy Toussaint-Baptisteto join him in an apartment in Brooklyn. Over the course of two days, the group shared space alongside an intricate collection of over 36 microphones laced from the entryway to the kitchen and living room. Sixteen hours of the recordings of their happenings, conversations boisterous and hushed (Adrienne Edwards joined by phone), improvisations of a piano, a round of chess, periods of rest, and the movements of their bodies map a collective experience through sound.In an effort to keep, Beasleys fourth solo exhibition at Casey Kaplan, preserves an auditory ... More | |
Jennifer Bartlett, December-January Arizona #2, 1998-99. pastel on paper. 30 x 30 inches. Courtesy of the Jennifer Bartlett Trust, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Parrasch Heijnen is currently presenting A Particular Kind of Heaven, a group show curated by artist Ali Dipp which began on May 6th, and will continue through June 3rd, 2023. The title of this show references Ed Ruscha's 1983 painting of the same name to suggest a central animating impulse in the nation's history: the landscape, when looked at from afar, stirsand at times instantiatesAmerican aspiration. Affixed at a vantage point where it can be perceived, horizons often dictate the country's expanse, a people's dream, and possibility's extent. This group show at parrasch heijnen heralds a reevaluation of the landscape's cultural import by entangling the concept with a rich array of inter-generational voices. Furthermore, by conveying how artists have and continue to view the landscape, this show reckons with the environment as a subject capable of providing unforeseeable visions. ... More | |
Shezad Dawood, Lion's Foot Dancer, 2023. Acrylic on vintage textile hanging, 198 x 138 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Jhaveri Contemporary.
BRUSSELS.- Night in the Garden of Love, at Wiels, is an exhibition, 18 May 13 August 2023, developed by Shezad Dawood and inspired by the creative output of African-American musician, composer, allamah/polymath Yusef Lateef. Titled after Lateefs 1988 novella, the exhibition features music and a selection of drawings by Lateef together with five new, interconnected works by Dawood: a VR experience, a suite of painted textiles, a garden of algorithmic plants growing digitally in response to a series of live improvisational music sessions, costume-sculptures and live choreography. Shezad Dawood (b.1974) is a British artist known for his exploration of non-Western traditions that inform and intersect with established canons, whether in the field of architecture or, as in this case, music. His playful, research-driven work encompasses many forms and media, breaking down the boundaries between the analogue and digital. Since 2013, he has expl ... More |
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She wrote a blistering satire about publishing. The publishing industry loves it.
NEW YORK, NY.- Everything about R.F. Kuangs novel Yellowface feels engineered to make readers uncomfortable. Theres the title, which is awkward to say out loud, and the cover, which features a garish racial stereotype cartoonish slanted eyes imposed on a block of yellow. Then theres the story itself. In the opening chapters, a white author steals a manuscript from the home of a Chinese American novelist who has died in a bizarre accident, and plots to pass it off as her own. What follows is a twisty thriller and a scorching indictment of the publishing industrys pervasive whiteness and racial blind spots. If people in the literary world bristle at Kuangs withering depiction of the book business or cringe in recognition well, thats exactly the point, she said. Reading about racism should not be a feel-good experience, she ... More
Onstage, 'Brokeback Mountain' is still a tragedy
LONDON.- In 2016, when theater director Jonathan Butterell was considering a proposal to adapt Annie Proulxs 1997 short story Brokeback Mountain for the stage, he wondered how to translate the proses vast landscape and insular emotions into a play. Last month, in a central London rehearsal studio, Butterell and Ashley Robinson, who wrote the play, tried to answer that question. To help the cast connect with Proulxs story of a cowboy and a ranch hand falling in love against the wide-stretching landscapes of 1960s Wyoming, black-and-white photographs of American plains and mountain ranges were tacked to the walls during rehearsals. The vastness has been there from the very beginning, Butterell said in a recent interview. When it came to evoking the storys emotional landscape, the director had stuck one sepia-toned photograph, ... More
Lawrie Shabibi now representing Dima Srouji
DUBAI.- Lawrie Shabibi announced the representation of artist Dima Srouji (b. 1990, Palestine). Dima Srouji is an architect, artist, and researcher interested in the ground, objects, displacement, restitution, forgeries, and living archives. Srouji looks for potential ruptures in the ground where imaginary liberation is possible. She works with glass, text, archival materials, maps, plaster casts, and film, understanding each as an evocative object and emotional companion that help her question what cultural heritage and public space mean in the larger context of the Middle East as well as a focused lens on Palestine. Sroujis work lies in the expanded context of interdisciplinary research projects. It acts as a form of political commentary and as a place-making or unmaking tool. She questions ideas of identity and globalisation through historic strata and spatial ... More
Stephen Friedman Gallery announces New York Location
LONDON.- Stephen Friedman Gallery announced an expansion to the United States for its first gallery outside the UK. It will open at 54 Franklin Street in Tribeca, New York in late autumn 2023. Located in the historic district, the site dates from 1891 and features a Romanesque Revival façade, including the neighbourhoods ubiquitous cast iron storefront and original glass frontage. The gallery will be designed by Trimble Architecture. Stephen Friedman said: It feels like the right moment for us to be in New York. The last 28 years have led us to this point, but it was in recent times of reflection and in conversations with our artists that I felt inspired to go ahead with opening a gallery here. I have always loved Tribeca, because for me its the epitome of New York. And now with its thriving art scene, there is a palpable sense of community here which is integral ... More
Impressive results for the first Modern & Contemporary African and Middle Eastern Art Auction at Olympia Auctions
LONDON.- The African and Middle Eastern Art market has enjoyed significant growth in interest in recent years which showed with little sign of waning at the recent new auction of Modern & Contemporary African and Middle Eastern Art, run by specialist Janet Rady who joined Olympia Auctions in January this year. The sale on 11th May included property from the collection of the late Dr Mohammed Said Farsi who has been one of the most influential figures in the development of Middle Eastern visual arts and its cultural centres in recent decades. His collection garners interest from collectors and institutions alike as it comprises some of the finest examples of Middle Eastern modern and contemporary art works with ... More
Ai Weiwei's Fly finds new home in the Eden Project's Rainforest Biome
ST AUSTELL.- Internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei's Fly (2019) sculpture is now on display in the iconic Rainforest Biome at the Eden Project until further notice. The monumental sculpture, which weighs almost 1.5 tonnes, is cast in iron from a giant tree root of the endangered Pequi Vinagreiro tree, typically found in the Bahia Coastal Forest of eastern Brazil. The piece was crafted using the ancient techniques of 'lost wax' moulding and casting. Fly, from the artists Roots (2019) series, reflects theincreasing marginalisation of indigenous populations in Brazil who rely on trees and forests for their homes, sustenance and livelihoods. The sculpture was named by Ai Weiweis young son Ai Lao, based on his own personal observations while visiting the tree remains with his father. Some of the roots moulded in the series are thought to be more than a thousand years old. The piece is located i ... More
Getty presents Play and Pastimes in the Middle Ages at the Getty Center
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Getty presents Play and Pastimes in the Middle Ages, an exhibition that explores lively images of play in medieval manuscripts. Drawn from the Getty Museums collection, the exhibition goes on view at the Getty Center from May 16 through August 6, 2023. People in the Middle Ages enjoyed a variety of forms of recreation, much as we do today, says Timothy Potts, Maria Hummer-Tuttle and Robert Tuttle Director of the Getty Museum. This exhibition invites audiences to look closely at a variety of manuscript illuminations that show how images of play and games provided meaning in the pages of medieval books. All cultures and communities engage in various forms of play. In the Middle Ages, games and entertainment created potent imaginative spaces where people could learn skills, experience romance, engage ... More
Whyte's presents 122 lots showcasing very best in Irish and International art
DUBLIN.- The live auction presented by Whyte's will take place at the Freemasons Hall, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2 and online at bid.whytes.ie. Viewing takes place at Whytes Galleries in Molesworth Street from Monday 22 May to Friday 26 May, 10am to 5pm, Saturday and Sunday 27 & 28 May, 1pm to 5pm and Monday 29 May day of sale - 10am to 4pm. Bidders and browsers can avail of useful auction features on Whytes.ie such as extra photographs of each work, including in domestic settings, as well the free Art Realizer App allowing you to project pictures to scale on walls to see if a work will suit your home or office; frame sizes and condition reports for every lot are published on our website, and, most importantly, Whytes provide a lifetime guarantee for every lot in the sale. A trio of magnificent works in oil by Jack Butler Yeats will command ... More
Nancy Hoffman Gallery opens an exhibition of work by gallery artists
NEW YORK, NY.- Nancy Hoffman Gallery opened CLIMATE, NATURE NATURE, CLIMATE, an exhibition of work by gallery artists based on the impact of climate change on earth. In this era of climate change, the gallery looked to its artists for comments/images on the current state of the earth and its health, or lack thereof. Several of the artists created new works for the exhibition, and most contributed statements on the subject, and how it has impacted their thinking and their work. The exhibition will continue through the summer. In addition to the statements, the gallery created a video with important quotes on the subject. Even as we write this, the New York Times announced that sixteen youths of Montana have sued the state, arguing that support of fossil fuels violates its Constitution, and is having profound negative effects ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Polish-American painterTamara de Lempicka was born May 16, 1898. Tamara Łempicka (born Maria Górska; 16 May 1898 - 18 March 1980), also known as Tamara de Lempicka, was a Polish painter active in the 1920s and 1930s, who spent her working life in France and the United States. She is best known for her polished Art-Deco portraits of aristocrats and the wealthy, and for her highly stylized paintings of nudes. In this image: A man stands beside the painting "M. Tadeusz Lempicki" during the exhibition of works of art made by Tamara de Lempicka which opened at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City.
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