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Morino has received countless prestigious awards and his ceramics have been featured in over 150 exhibitions worldwide.
NEW YORK, NY.- Joan B Mirviss Ltd. announces the opening of The Resonance Between Form and Color II: Ceramic Art of Morino Hiroaki Taimei. Widely celebrated for his ability to create elegant and original forms, Morino Hiroaki Taimei (b. 1934) returns after more than ten years since his first highly successful solo exhibition with Joan B Mirviss LTD to present richly colored vessels and sculptures that explore the boundaries of ceramic art. Although based in utility, the stunning vessels featured in this show are equally strong as non-functional works. They transcend their traditional purpose into the realm of avant-garde with features such as extended conical tops, spherical ears and winged bases. Similarly, Morino?s innovative slab-built sculptures are riddled with pipe-like appendages that arch in and around central perforations. Using these cutouts, he incorporates the concept of ma into his artworks, a conscious use of negative space that commu ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Around 170 works from the collection of the Herakleidon Museum, Athens, are at Palazzo Chiablese, Turin, from 22 October 2016 to 5 March 2017 in a major retrospective devoted to Toulouse-Lautrec, the aristocratic bohemian considered the greatest creator of posters and prints between the 19th and 20th century.
| Exhibition brings to Los Angeles some of the greatest achievements of German Renaissance art | | Stuart Davis exhibition opens at National Gallery of Art, Washington | | Norman Rockwell's 'Which One?' leads Sotheby's $28.6 million American Art Sale |
Lucas Cranach the Elder (Workshop of), Portrait of Martin Luther, 1532, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, © Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister/Hans-Peter Klut.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is presenting Renaissance and Reformation: German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach. Coinciding with the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the exhibition brings to Los Angeles some of the greatest achievements of German Renaissance art. As the only U.S. venue of the exhibition, LACMA offers a unique opportunity to view masterpieces of this period, which have rarely been displayed outside of Germany. The period under consideration (14601580) was marked by conflicts, civil wars, and complex relationships with neighboring countries, but it also witnessed a flourishing of many states and cities, reflected in the skills of their craftsmen. Additionally, the era was characterized by profound changes in thought, ... More | |
Stuart Davis, Odol, 1924. Oil on cardboard. Overall: 62.2 x 44.7 cm. Cincinnati Art Museum, The Edwin and Virginia Irwin Memorial. Art © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo: Bridgeman Images.
WASHINGTON, DC.- One of the most important American modernists, Stuart Davis blurred distinctions between text and image, high and low art, and abstraction and figuration, crafting a distinct style that continues to influence art being made today. On view at the National Gallery of Art, West Building, from November 20, 2016 through March 5, 2017, Stuart Davis: In Full Swing features some 100 of his most important, visually complex, jazz-inspired compositions, offering a new exploration of his working method. In Full Swing is the first Davis exhibition at the National Gallery of Art and the first major Davis exhibition anywhere to consistently hang later works side by side with the earlier ones that inspired them. From the paintings of tobacco packages ... More | |
Norman Rockwell, Which One? (Undecided; Man In Voting Booth), 1944, oil on canvas. Estimate: $4,000,000 - 6,000,000. Sold for: $6,537,500 (£5,293,951).
NEW YORK, NY.- Todays sale of American Art at Sothebys New York totaled $28.6 million, and was led by Norman Rockwell's Which One?, a painting that appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post prior to the 1944 presidential election between Democratic incumbent, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Republican challenger, Thomas Dewey. Making its auction debut, the striking depiction of a Cedar Rapids resident contemplating his nominees was pursued by three telephone bidders before selling for $6.5 million (estimate $4/6 million). With his inimitable combination of warmth, wit and humor, Norman Rockwell informed and captivated the average American in 1944, and continues to do so today. In fact, four paintings by the artist collectively brought $10 million today. Liz Sterling, Head of Sothebys ... More |
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| Jeff Koons gives sculpture to Paris to honour attacks victims | | Huge interest as Anne Frank poem goes up for auction | | Giorgio Vasari's 'The Last Supper' returns to Santa Croce Basilica |
In this file photo Jeff Koons poses with his BMW Art Car.
PARIS (AFP).- American artist Jeff Koons on Monday announced he would give Paris a "Bouquet of Tulips" sculpture as an offering of remembrance for the victims of the November 2015 jihadist attacks, city hall said. The monumental work, which has yet to be built, will be 10 metres (34 feet) high, and be made of bronze, stainless steel and aluminium. The sculpture will represent a huge hand holding out a multicoloured bouquet of tulips, the contemporary artist said at the US embassy in Paris, a statement said. Once it is completed in 2017, it will be set up in front of the City of Paris Museum of Modern Art and the Palais de Tokyo building. The sculpture will cost some three million euros ($3.2 million) to make. Financing will come from private donors in the United States and France. Koons said the sculpture was designed as an offering in memory of the victims and as a symbol of optimism, in an effort to help Paris overcome the tragedy that struck the French capital on November ... More | |
A rare handwritten poem by Anne Frank. Maude BRULARD / AFP.
HAARLEM (AFP).- A very rare handwritten poem by Jewish diarist Anne Frank goes under the auctioneer's hammer Wednesday, amid a flurry of interest which may push the price well above the 30,000 euros ($32,000) reserve. "These things are so rare that I've never seen anything like it," said Thys Blankevoort, co-director of the Bubb Kuyper auction house based in the western Dutch town of Haarlem. "Any document that's written by Anne Frank is rare," he told AFP Monday, adding only about four or five items signed by her had come to light in the past 40 years. "There are some chance finds, some books from the libraries. But these are not manuscripts, they are owner entries," he added, referring to books which have been found with Frank's name written inside. Dedicated to "Dear Cri-cri," the poem, written in Dutch in black ink on a notebook-size piece of white paper which has slightly discoloured with age, is signed "in memory, from Anne Frank." Frank wrote ... More | |
Giorgio Vasari, Last Supper, 1546, Florence, Santa Croce Photo: ZEPstudio/Opera di Santa Croce.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- On November 4, 1966, flood waters rushed through the city of Florence, Italy, destroying thousands of priceless artworks in museums and churches. Santa Croce Basilica became a leading symbol of this destruction, as water and mud engulfed the historic structure, severely damaging several treasured paintings, among them Giorgio Vasaris monumental 1546 panel painting The Last Supper. Now, fifty years after the flood, Santa Croce welcomes The Last Supper back, newly conserved through an international collaboration between the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, the Getty Foundation, Prada, and Protezione Civile. The structural conservation of the painting was funded by the Getty Foundation as part of its Panel Paintings Initiative, a program that was launched as a joint effort in 2008 between the Getty Foundation, Getty Conservation Institute, and J. Paul Getty Museum. The initiative advances the knowledge of current experts ... More |
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| First U.S. museum survey of kinetic artist Julio Le Parc opens at Pérez Art Museum Miami | | Painted study for Francesco Trevisani painting gifted to Old Masters Picture Gallery | | Shortlist announced for $100,000 Future Generation Art Prize |
Julio Le Parc.
MIAMI, FLA.- Pérez Art Museum Miami presents the first U.S. museum survey of Argentine artist Julio Le Parc. On view through March 19, 2017, Julio Le Parc: Form into Action features over 100 works that spark a variety of visual and physical experiences. Including major installations and rarely seen works on paper and archival materials, the exhibition is a long-overdue exploration of Le Parcs central role in twentieth-century art history. Julio Le Parc: Form into Action is organized by guest curator Estrellita B. Brodsky. Julio Le Parcs investigations into ways of engaging and empowering the public have redefined and reinterpreted the experience of art, says curator Estrellita B. Brodsky. Driven by a solid utopian ethos, Le Parc continues to regard art as a social laboratory, capable of producing unpredictable situations and of playfully engaging the viewer in new ways. ... More | |
Detail of the study for the painting and gift.
DESDEN.- The Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery) at Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden is receiving a unique gift from a group of private owners in New York. It is an oil study by the Baroque artist Francesco Trevisani (16561746) painted in preparation for his enormous painting "Massacre of the Innocents", which was on display in Dresden for more than 200 years. The particular significance of this gift is in the fact that Trevisani's painting was destroyed by fire in Dresden in the Second World War. This oil study is the only known artistic document depicting the entire painting. Francesco Trevisani is considered one of the central Roman Baroque painters of the first half of the 18th century. He created the "Massacre of the Innocents" in around 1714 for Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (16671740), one of the most influential and innovative art ... More | |
Sol Calero. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Alex Coggin.
KIEV.- PinchukArtCentre today announced 21 artists shortlisted for the 4th edition of the Future Generation Art Prize, established by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in Kiev, Ukraine in 2009. Selected from 4,421 entries by artists from 138 countries, they are: Nijdeka Akunyili Crosby, 33 (Born: Nigeria 1983, Country of residence, United States) Iván Argote, 32 (Born: Colombia, 1983. Country of residence: France) Firelei Báez, 35 (Born: Dominican Republic, 1980. Country of residence: United States) Dineo Seshee Bopape, 35 (Born: South Africa, 1981. Country of residence South Africa) Phoebe Boswell, 34 (Born: Kenya, 1982. Country of residence: United Kingdom) Vivian Caccuri, 30 (Born: Brazil, 1986. Country of residence: Brazil) Sol Calero, 34 (Born: Venezuela, 1982. Country of residence: Germany) Asli Ãavuşoğlu, 34 (Born: Turkey, 1982. Country of residence Turkey) ... More |
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| The exhibition "Ricardo MartÃn. Photographer and Observer" recalls an author who marked an epoch | | Colonial Williamsburg Foundation board approves $40 million expansion of its art museums | | Nassau County Museum of Arts devotes all galleries to the art of photography |
Ricardo Martin. Josephine Baker, 1930. Kubo-kutxa Hall. San Sebastián.
SAN SEBASTIAN.- The Kubo-kutxa gallery in San Sebastian is devoting the fourth exhibition within the special programming to mark the year of San Sebastians designation as European Capital of Culture to the photographer Ricardo MartÃn. Comprising 98 black and white images, the exhibition is recalling a photographer whose work is well known because he photographed the city of San Sebastian during one of its golden eras, but who went unnoticed as an author. Curated by Juantxo Egaña, the exhibition was inaugurated on 3 November and will remain open until 22 January, 2017. Thanks to the collaboration of the Filmoteca Vasca (Basque Film Archive), the screening of a short film of the 1920s is included; entitled San Sebastián y Lasarte, it contextualises and completes the exhibition by allowing one to see MartÃns scenes in motion. Ricardo MartÃn embarked on his professional career in 1914 when the illustrated magazines were at their pea ... More | |
Rendering of new retail store in the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg. Courtesy of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA .- The first large-scale expansion and upgrade to the building that houses the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum and the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum since its opening in 1985 is slated to break ground in April 2017, marking the conclusion of a $40 million capital campaign announced two years ago. The project has been the primary capital priority of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundations $600 million Campaign for History and Citizenship. To date, all but $1.6 million has been raised, and the remaining amount is anticipated to be raised by the end of 2016. Both the Boards of Trustees for the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg (as the two museums are collectively known) and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation gave their final approvals of the expansion plans when they held their respective meetings on November 17 and 19. The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg are home ... More | |
Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, 1936, gelatin silver print. Collection of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts; Gift of the Photo Guild.
ROSLYN HARBOR, NY.- Through March 5, 2017, all of Nassau County Museum of Arts galleries are devoted to the art of photography. On view in the Main Galleries on the first floor are two exhibitions drawn from the collection of the Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts (KIA), Kalamazoo, Michigan: "Ansel Adams: Sight and Feeling" and "Light Works: 100 Years of Photos." On view in the Second Floor Galleries is "New Photos: Long Island Collects," important photographic works of the last half century from private Long Island art collections. Ansel Adams' ability to create photographs with a remarkable range and subtlety of tones is legendary. Yet for all his technical mastery, Adams recognized that what made a compelling photograph was far more elusive. This exhibition of Adams' photographs from the KIA collection suggests how his intuitive and emotional response to the landscape resulted in powerful and enduring photographs. ... More |
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A Postwar Bentley of a type Prince Philip did not want to give back to its maker for sale at H&H
DROITWICH SPA.- The H&H Classics year end auction at Chateau Impney, Droitwich Spa on December 7th is something of a Christmas treat with a great selection of cars, any of which would make your day if it came gift wrapped. There is a brace of Bristols, a great Austin-Healey, stunning Bentley Continental R in British Racing Green, and for those minded to buy a car for the London to Brighton Run there is an 1899 Phebus 2.25hp that is just the ticket. This H&H sale includes an intriguing 1952 Bentley R-Type Straight 8 Special The Fire Engine in black and light blue. Its mechanical specification was inspired by an experimental car that the Crewe manufacturer loaned to Prince Phillip, some decades ago, which he did not want to give back. The four-seater Tourer is estimated to sell for £60,000 to £80,000. Built by a former director of Rolls-Royce motorcars, and a ... More
Spectacular result for the Elegant Home Sale at Bonhams
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams Elegant Home auction on 14-15 November exceeded expectations by achieving $3.3million in sales as a result of vigorous worldwide bidding across all genres. Fine Silver began the sale with highlights including a Tiffany & Co. Chrysanthemum pattern pitcher and a pair of Belle Ãpoque five-light candelabra, both designed by Charles Grosjean, which fetched $18,750 and $31,250 respectively. The top lot of silver was offered on the second day of the auction, the pair of Important Regency covered entrée dishes by Paul Storr from the dinner service of the 12th Duke of Norfolk, bringing $81,250. We saw buoyancy and strength in the more traditional decorative arts collecting categories which is encouraging for the market going forward. A great number of private collectors were reinvigorated by the offering of exceptional pieces with interesting ... More
Christie's to offer exceptional vintage and modern fresh-to-market watches
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies New York will conclude the international fall watch season with Important Watches, Including Nautilus 40 Part IV, on Tuesday December 6, 2016. Fresh-to-market watches, presented in near mint condition, include limited edition models and unprecedented historical discoveries. More than 250 watches will include modern, vintage and sport watches from Audemars Piguet, Cartier, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Vacheron Constantin, Omega, Patek Philippe, Rolex, and many more. Christies will also present one of the most important collections of pocket watches offered in recent years with two unprecedented lots leading the selection. The Patek Philippe 18k Gold Hunter Case Minute Repeating Perpetual Calendar Split-Second Pocket Watch, commissioned in 1904, is a highly exceptional timepiece of unique provenance. Bespoke for an esteemed ... More
The Whitney installs 142 new works from its collection in its portrait exhibition
NEW YORK, NY.- Drawn entirely from the Museums holdings, Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitneys Collection features 230 works made from 1903 to 2016 by an extraordinary range of some 170 artists, more than half of whom are living. Over the past two months, 142 new works have been installed in the exhibition, allowing the inclusion of many artists not on view when the first phase of the show debuted last spring. Organized in eleven thematic sections on two floors of the Museum, with works in all media installed side by side, the exhibition is considerably transformed from its initial installation and will remain on view through February 12, 2017. Floor Six of the exhibition predominantly focuses on art since 1960, while Floor Seven includes works from the first half of the twentieth century alongside more contemporary offerings. Artists newly added to the exhibition include ... More
Phillips announces highlights from the December Design Auctions in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips announces highlights from the December Design auctions. The Design Evening S ale , which will take place at 5pm on 13 December, is comprised of 47 carefully chosen lots that represent the very best examples of the category, across the 20th century. The sale offers a strong showing of French and Italian design, with important American pieces, as well. Works by Carlo Mollino, Gio Ponti, Marcel Coard, and Isamu Noguchi, among others, will all be included. Desi gn will be held earlier the same day, at 10am, and will feature important works by Paul Dupré-Lafon, Donald Deskey, and Ettore Sottsass, Jr. among the 111 lots. Among the highlights of Phillips Design Evening Sale on 13 December are two extraordinary works by Carlo Mollino from the Ada and Cesare Minola House in Turin a unique specchio-armadio and a pair of lounge chairs. ... More
World's most valuable Pokémon card sold at public auction brings $54,970 at Heritage Auctions
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- A mint condition example of the elusive Pokémon "Pikachu Illustrator" trading card sold for a world record $54,970 during a public auction of comics and comic art held by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hills, California, November 18, 2016. "The Pikachu Illustrator Card was given in January of 1998 to winners of the CoroCoro Comic Illustration Contest," said Barry Sandoval, Director of Operations for Comics at Heritage Auctions. "Only 20-39 copies of this card were released, 10 of which are graded in top condition and it is unknown how many still remain with the public." According to Sandoval, the Pikachu Illustrator first sold in the early 2000s for around $23,000. The Pikachu Illustrator Card is considered the most valuable and iconic Pokémon Card among collectors. The illustration was designed by Atsuko Nishida, one of the ... More
Sworders to sell outstanding group of medals and awards to Nobel Laureate Sir Robert Robinson
STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET.- A Nobel laureates extraordinary group of awards and medals, including an extremely rare Order of Merit insignia, will come to auction on 6 December at Sworders of Stansted Mountfitchet, UK. The group, which also includes a copy of the Nobel Prize Medal for Chemistry, belonged to Sir Robert Robinson OM FRS (1886-1975), the pioneering organic chemist, whose work led to the successful production of anti malarial drugs. He was knighted in 1939 and awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1947, gaining the Order of Merit in 1949. Two papers he published in the 1920s remain major source works today on electronic theory. The second of these introduced the curly arrow symbol as a device to represent electron movement in conjugated organic molecules. And he also invented the symbol now used for benzene. ... More
Richard J. Urban hired as Digital Asset Manager and Strategist for The Corning Museum of Glass
CORNING, NY.- The Corning Museum of Glass today announced the hire of Richard J. Urban Ph.D. as its new digital asset manager and strategist. Urban brings more than 20 years of experience working in museum, library and cultural heritage informatics. He most recently served as an assistant professor at Florida State Universitys College of Communications and Information. In his new role, Urban will direct the implementation of the new Piction digital asset management system, and collaboratively set and implement a strategic vision for how these assets can benefit CMoGs current and future audiences. Urban will begin his new position on December 19, 2016. Ive been a long-time fan of Richards leadership in the cultural heritage informatics community and Im so thrilled to have the opportunity to work together and bring his vision ... More
ICA Miami to open new permanent home on December 1, 2017 in advance of Art Basel Miami Beach
MIAMI, FLA.- The Institute for Contemporary Art, Miami announced today that it will open its new, permanent home on December 1, 2017, with a major group exhibition exploring the significance of the artists studio, from the post-war period to the present day. Encompassing some 100 works in painting, sculpture, video, and installation, The Everywhere Studio brings together over 50 artists from the past five decades to reveal the artists studio as a charged site that has both predicted and responded to broader social and economic changes of our time. The inaugural exhibition reflects ICA Miamis expanded curatorial purview in its new home, which will create intergenerational dialogues between post-war and contemporary artists, and champion new narratives that provide insight into the most innovative artists working today. Marking the most ambitious and broad-ranging survey ... More
NTSUSA raising funds to conserve Charles Rennie Mackintosh's domestic masterpiece The Hill House
BOSTON, MASS.- Fresh off a successful appeal to support the restoration of the 19th-century walled garden at Culzean Castle & Country Park, The National Trust for Scotland Foundation USA is embarking on an even more ambitious effort: raising funds to conserve Charles Rennie Mackintosh's The Hill House. Located high on a slope overlooking the Firth of Clyde, the property is widely acclaimed as the Scottish architect's finest domestic creation. Mackintosh conceived of the whole building as a single work of art, incorporating architecture, interior design, and decorative arts into a unified whole. "We are thrilled to have the opportunity to help the National Trust for Scotland preserve Mackintosh's masterpiece The Hill House, truly one of the most remarkable early modern houses in Europe," said Kirstin Bridier, Executive Director of NTSUSA. "Mackintosh was a ... More
Thomas J. Perkins Estate shatters world auction record for Bo Barrett at Clars November 2016 Sale
OAKLAND, CA.- Clars Auction Gallerys November 12 and 13, 2016 sale featured a major installment of the property from the Thomas J. Perkins Estate (San Francisco and Belvedere, CA and his famous Maltese Falcon yacht). The impressive results of this sale were driven in great part by Perkins colleagues and friends plus collectors worldwide who came out to bid on items from his extraordinary lifestyle and collections. The sale earned over $2.5 million and was Clars strongest November auction in their history. After the sale, President Redge Martin said, Clars was very honored to have been selected to represent this important estate. It was very exciting for us to see the number of Thomas Perkins friends, acquaintances and business associates who were familiar with the exceptional property he had and their desire to own a piece or pieces from his amazing lifestyle. ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Mexican architect Luis Barragán died November 22, 1988. Luis Barragán Morfin (Guadalajara, March 9, 1902 Mexico City, November 22, 1988) was a Mexican architect. He studied as an engineer in his home town, while undertaking the entirety of additional coursework to obtain the title of architect. In this image: This view shows the upper level of Mexican architect Luis Barragan's home in Mexico City July 13, 2004. Barragan built the house in 1948 to serve as a peaceful refuge in the hectic capital city. UNESCO has added the home to its list of World Heritage Sites in recognition of the worldwide influence of Barragan's work.
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