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Andrea Büttner, Phone Etching, 2015-17 Phone Etching, 2015-17 Phone Etching, 2015-17 Etching, Unique Loaned from Hollybush Gardens.
HULL.- The Turner Prize will be presented at the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull for the first time, with an exhibition of work by this year's shortlisted artists: Hurvin Anderson, Andrea Büttner, Lubaina Himid and Rosalind Nashashibi. The exhibition will run from 26 September 2017 to 7 January 2018, and will be a highlight of Hull UK City of Culture 2017. One of the most important art prizes in the world, the Turner Prize was established in 1984 and aims to promote public debate around new developments in contemporary British art. The winner of the Turner Prize 2017 will be announced on Tuesday 5 December 2017 at an award ceremony in Hull, broadcast live on the BBC, the broadcast partner for the prize. The exhibition features work by the four nominated artists (in alphabetical order): Hurvin Anderson was born in Birmingham in 1965. He studied at Wimbledon School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London. Selected solo exhibitions incl ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Director of the Monnaie de Paris (Paris Mint) Aurelien Rousseau, poses in his office on September 21, 2017 in Paris, ahead of the re-opening of the museum. Eric FEFERBERG / AFP
| Rarely seen sculptures by John Chamberlain on view at Gagosian | | La Monnaie de Paris: The last secret in the heart of Paris finally opens its doors | | Auction explores the breadth of the artistic endeavour undertaken at and inspired by the Bauhaus | 
John Chamberlain, Opus 16, 1998 Painted and chrome-plated steel 13 x 8 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches (33 x 22.2 x 19.1 cm) © 2017 Fairweather & Fairweather LTD/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo by Rob McKeever. Courtesy Gagosian.
NEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian presenting rarely seen sculptures by John Chamberlain. Following the New York showings of New Sculpture at Gagosian in 2011, as well as Choices, his 2012 retrospective at the Guggenheim, the current exhibition highlights a series of steel masks, the majority of which are on view for the first time since their creation in the 1990s, as well as abstract wall sculptures made between the 1970s and 2000s. Best known during his lifetime for his distinctive metal sculptures, often made of crushed and torqued automobile steel, Chamberlain used the detritus of American industry to create works that contain the bold energy of Abstract Expressionism, the pre-manufactured elements of Pop and Minimalism, and even the provocative curves and swells of the High Baroque. His multidimensional ... More | | 
The treasure of Hue, colonial warfare of French troops to the expenses of the empire Annam, which gathers 62 gold bullion, 86 gold medals and 4 silver bars.
PARIS.- After 6 years of work, the transformation works at the Parisian site of Monnaie de Paris concluded to give birth to 11 Conti - Monnaie de Paris. Completely renovated, Monnaie de Paris reveals its ambitious project and invites visitors to discover a museum dedicated to the theme of minting, artisan crafts, but also dedicate to exceptional heritage collections. Since 1775, the Parisian site of Monnaie de Paris site has been established at 11 Quai de Conti in the heart of the 6th arrondissement. Taking the name of its historic location, the Monnaie de Paris opens 11 Conti - Monnaie de Paris. The site thus becomes a new and welcoming living space that is open to the city, offering new cultural options. A new circuit: the 11 Conti Museum allows visitors to discover the artisan workshops where nearly 150 craftsmen work, as well as the heritage collections, the hidden treasures of Monnaie de Paris. ... More | | 
Marcel Breuer, Lattenstuhl, model no.TI 1a, 1922-23, Estimate £60,000-80,000. Courtesy Sothebys.
LONDON.- Sothebys presents Bauhaus_Defining a Century, an auction which demonstrates the breadth of the artistic endeavour undertaken at and inspired by the Bauhaus. Comprising painting, design, photography and metallurgy the sale intends to use the interdisciplinary nature of the school to avow the importance and influence that the Bauhaus still has on visual culture today. Bauhaus_Defining a Century heralds the wave of international events planned in celebration of the forthcoming Bauhaus centennial in 2019; honouring its creativity, innovation and legacy in the 20th century and beyond. Through 34 lots, the sale on 6 October at Sothebys in London, will tell the story a movement that came to define arts and design the 20th Century. Auction highlights include landmark works by legendary members of the Bauhaus faculty including Wassily Kandinsky, László Maholoy-Nagy, Josef and Anni Albers, Marianne Brandt, Paul Klee, ... More |
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| Fundación Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Madrid to open in 2019 | | Haus der Kunst presents a new site-specific installation by Sarah Sze | | Block Museum explores 'William Blake and the Age of Aquarius' | 
Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo.
MADRID.- On September 25th 2017, at Matadero Madrid, Manuela Carmena Castrillo, Mayor of Madrid; Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, President of Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo; Luìs Cueto, Coordinator of the City Council of Madrid, announced the birth of Fundación Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Madrid. Chiara Appendino, Mayor of Turin; Carlota Ãlvarez Basso, Director of Matadero; and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Director of the Serpentine Gallery were also there. The Fundaciòn reflects the aim of enlarging the horizons of both Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengos (established in 1995 and with more than 20-years of experience) exhibition programme and education activities, and will position itself in Madrids art and cultural system thanks to the dialogue with the local public institutions, communities, associations and firms. The Fundaciòns venue will be the Nave 9 of the Centre for Contemporary Creation Matadero Madrid, the ... More | | 
Sarah Sze, Centrifuge, Haus der Kunst 2017. Installation view. Photo: Mike Barnett. Courtesy of Tanya Bonakdar Gallery and Victoria Miro Gallery © Sarah Sze.
MUNICH.- For the fifth edition of Der Ãffentlichkeit - Von Den Freunden Haus der Kunst American artist Sarah Sze created Centrifuge, a new site-specific installation that radically transforms visitors perception and experience of the museums Middle Hall. Centrifuge commences at a fixed point. Sze has carefully organized constructed and off-the-shelf objects into a series of sculptural groupings. These objects, arranged around the installations centre, recall subatomic particles morphing and evolving within a quantum field, while also mimicking the transmutation of cells and organisms within biological life. Arranged as agglomerations, the material dynamically morphs outwards into the surrounding space, literally exploding the perceptual field within the Middle Hall. Yet, the installation seems to be caught between growth and decay ... More | | 
Clyfford Still, 1946 PH-69, 1946, oil on canvas. © 2017 City & County of Denver, Courtesy Clyfford Still Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
EVANSTON, ILL.- The Block Museum of Art is presenting a major exhibition on British poet and artist William Blake (17571827) and the 20th century counterculture artists he inspired. William Blake and the Age of Aquarius runs Sept. 23, 2017, through March 11, 2018, at the Block Museum, 40 Arts Circle Drive on Northwestern Universitys Evanston, Illinois campus. The first exhibition to consider the impact of Blake on American artists from the end of World War II through 1970, the show features more than 150 paintings, drawings, photographs, films, posters and other medium from the 50s, 60s and 70s and more than 50 rare Blake rare engravings and pages from illuminated books which have been loaned from major collections including The Rosenbach in Philadelphia and the Yale Center for British Art. In his own lifetime, William Blake was a relatively unknown, ... More |
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| Famed Ausrox gold nugget, third largest in existence, returns to Perot Museum | | Gagosian Rome opens exhibition of new works by Davide Balula | | Loring Randolph appointed Artistic Director of the Americas of Frieze Art Fairs | 
Three prospectors in Australia uncovered this rock star treasure in 2010 using a metal detector.
DALLAS, TX.- Its back!! One of the worlds most famous gold nuggets has returned to the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas. The Ausrox Gold Nugget, a true rock star in the gem and mineral world, was on loan as part of the original collection that debuted in the Lyda Hill Gems and Minerals Hall when the Museum opened to the public in December 2012. In 2015, the precious mineral headed south to the Houston Museum of Natural Science but is now back in all its glittering glory. Incredibly, this treasure, found in the Eastern Goldfield of Australia, was discovered by three prospectors using a hand-held metal detector. This is the remarkable story of three miners who, back in 2010, were in the wilderness of Australia armed with just a metal detector and a small tractor. Imagine their shock coming upon a piece of gold about the size of a basketball and weighing over 50 pounds ... More | | 
Davide Balula, BPiBP (Unrolled for Rome 16-1718), 2017. Charred wood, charcoal dust on linen. Overall Dimensions Variable. © Davide Balula. Photography by Matthew Booth. Courtesy Gagosian.
ROME.- Gagosian is presenting Iron Levels, new works by Davide Balula. This is his first exhibition in Rome. At once surreal, comical, and critically engaged, Balulas works examine the intersection of philosophy, phenomenology, and physics. For the Rome gallery, he has created an experiential trajectory that responds directly and specifically to the architecture. On entering the exhibition, visitors pass through a sculptural metal detector. A ubiquitous instrument of search and verification, the metal detector makes private belongings into objects of suspicion or potential threat. Its purpose is to reveal the metal, non-bodily material we carry with us each daykeys, coins, cell phonethat which we habitually treat as extensions of the self. The metal detector functions as a portal, further separating the idealized ... More | | 
Randolph joins Frieze from the New York-based gallery Casey Kaplan, where she was partner. Photo by Hannah Whitaker.
NEW YORK, NY.- Frieze Art Fairs announced today the appointment of Loring Randolph as the Fairs new Artistic Director (Americas), effective mid-October. In her new role, Randolph will play a key role in determining the vision, strategic goals, and content of Frieze New York, in coordination with Frieze Fairs Director Victoria Siddall. Randolph will act as a liaison for galleries, collectors and curators from throughout the Americas. Randolph joins Frieze from the New York-based gallery Casey Kaplan, where she was partner. At the gallery, she was integral in determining the strategy, concept and implementation of the gallery program; cultivating and maintaining client, curator, and artist relationships; and generating sales to private and public collections. She also coordinated and facilitated gallery exhibitions, solo exhibitions ... More |
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| Phillips announces a December auction dedicated to the works of Henri Cartier-Bresson | | Artcurial Motorcars to sell 1964 Le Mans winning Ferrari 275P at Retromobile 2018 | | Works by artist who was close to Andrew Jackson join the Colonial Williamsburg Collections | 
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow, 1954. Estimate: $15,000-25,000. Image courtesy of Phillips.
NEW YORK, NY.- On 12 December, Phillips will conclude the fall sale season with Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Eye of the Century, Personal Photographs from the Collection of Peter Fetterman, an auction dedicated to the career of the legendary photographer. The auction will offer 120 works from the personal collection of Peter Fetterman, Cartier-Bressons last dealer, who worked with the artist from 1990 until his death in 2004. An international tour of the collection will take place with highlights traveling to London (29 Sept 6 Oct), Los Angeles (12-14 October) and Paris (7-17 November). The works will be on view in New York from 5-12 December in advance of the auction. Vanessa Hallett, Phillips Worldwide Head of Photographs and Deputy Chairman, Americas, said, We are delighted to offer these spectacular images in our final auction of 2017. Peter ... More | | 
Ferrari 275 P Le Mans 1964 © The Cahier Archive.
PARIS.- On 9 February 2018, at Retromobile in Paris, Artcurial Motorcars will offer one of the most significant cars ever to come to auction: the Le Mans winning 1964 Ferrari 275 P #0816 from the Bardinon Collection. The car will take centre stage at Artcurial Motorcars renowned annual Retromobile sale. It will be the first time #0816 has been seen in public since it joined the Bardinon Collection at Mas du Clos, in France. Artcurials motoring department has established a reputation for offering the most valuable and important collectors cars at their annual sale in Paris. In 2016 Artcurial Motorcars achieved the highest price, in euros and sterling, for a car sold at auction, with another iconic race car from the Bardinon Collection: the 1957 Ferrari 335 S Scaglietti, which sold for 32 075 200 M / 24 693 782 M£ / 35 711 359 M$, including premium. During the second half of the 20th century, Pierre Bardinon assemb ... More | | 
Ralph E.W. Earl (c. 1788-1838), Thomas Claiborne, Jr. c. 1825, oil on canvas, Museum Purchase, 2017-300.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA.- While the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg are filled with extraordinary collections of works of fine, decorative and folk art, a common thread connects them: they each help to tell the story of America and its people, especially in the nations early days. Furthering this mission is the acquisition of two oil-on-canvas portraits from Nashville , Tennessee , c. 1825, by the artist Ralph E.W. Earl (c. 1788-1838) marking the first illustration of any kind from Tennessee to join the Colonial Williamsburg collections. Especially notable is that the subjects of the portraits were leaders and associates of Andrew Jackson painted by a notable artist from the region. It is exciting to add these fine examples of portraiture to the Foundations collections, said Mitchell B. Reiss, president and CEO of Colonial Williamsburg. Owning pieces of material culture from ... More |
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 Exhibition of new works by the British artist Celia Paul opens at Victoria MiroVENICE.- Victoria Miro is presenting an exhibition of new works by the British artist Celia Paul. Made especially for the Venice gallery, the portraits and waterscapes on display offer touchstones for thoughts about time, transience, spirituality and mortality. Pauls art stems from a deep connection with subject matter and is quiet, contemplative and ultimately moving in its profound attention to detail and deeply-felt spirituality. She is renowned for her intimate depictions of people and places she knows well. From 1977 to 2007 Paul worked on a series of paintings of her mother, and since then she has concentrated on painting her four sisters, especially her sister Kate, as well as a number of close friends. In Kate Receiving the Light, 2017, Pauls concerns as a painter the act of prolonged scrutiny, the ever shifting effect of light and the spiritual aspect of her work are ... More Phillips expands presence in midwest, furthering auction house's expansion in the AmericasNEW YORK, NY.- Phillips announced the expansion of the companys presence within the Americas. Carol Ehlers has been appointed Regional Director for the Chicago & Midwest, Vice President and Photographs Specialist. As Regional Director, Ms. Ehlers will partner with Phillips specialists across all departmental categories to support the auction houses business development efforts. As a Specialist, she will continue working with the Photographs team, for which she has consulted previously, facilitating the departments consistent growth. Lauren Peterson will also join Phillips Chicago office as Regional Representative, Associate Vice President, Chicago & Midwest, beginning on 11 October. In her role, Ms. Peterson will work with specialists across the company to spearhead business getting for Phillips worldwide sales and assist with business development opportunities ... More Colnaghi appoints Carlos Picón Director of New York galleryNEW YORK, NY.- Colnaghi announced Carlos A. Picón is joining the business as Director of the firms new gallery in New York. Currently Curator in Charge of the Department of Greek and Roman Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art where he has worked for almost 30 years, Dr. Picón is retiring from the position later this year. Together with his role as Director of the new gallery in New York, Dr. Picón will also expand Colnaghis expertise to include ancient art. Jorge Coll and Nicolas Cortés, Colnaghi: Were thrilled to be welcoming Carlos to Colnaghi. Not only is he a world authority in his field, he also shares our determination to champion historical art to a younger audience encouraging both new collectors, and the museum patrons of the future. This appointment coincides with our opening a permanent space in New York, a city which has played a key role in Colnaghis ... More Nicola Trezzi appointed new director of the Center for Contemporary Art Tel AvivTEL AVIV.- The board of the Center for Contemporary Art Tel Aviv has announced the appointment of Nicola Trezzi as the Centers new director and chief curator, starting at the beginning of 2018. The Centers founding director, Sergio Edelsztein, will lead the transition period and consequently stay as chairman of the board. Born in Magenta (Italy) in 1982, Nicola Trezzi has been head of the MFA program at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem since 2014 and prior to that he was US editor of Flash Art International and curator at the Prague Biennale Foundation. In parallel to these positions, he co-curated exhibitions at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, the Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, and the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art in Peekskill. He was also among the initiators of Lucie Fontaine artist-run-space ... More New-York Historical Society names Douglas Brinkley its Presidential HistorianNEW YORK, NY.- The New-York Historical Society today announced that Douglas Brinkley will become its first presidential historian. This new role―the first of its kind at the Museum―spearheads the expansion of the Presidency Project, created by New-York Historical earlier this year to educate the public about the role, powers, and responsibilities of American presidents. In addition to the presidential historian, the Presidency Project will now include a Panel of Presidential Historians comprising Annette Gordon-Reed, Jon Meacham, Sean Wilentz, Patricia OToole, and other historians to be named who will evaluate qualities and characteristics of successful and unsuccessful presidencies, provide context for past successes and failures, and develop a system for ranking past presidents in advance of the next presidential campaign season. The initiative will ... More Aerin Lauder selects day & night looks from Sotheby's Fine Jewels Sale in New YorkNEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys presents the first major jewelry auction of the fall season in New York on 17 October 2017. The Fine Jewels sale features a variety of vintage and contemporary pieces from renowned makers such as Tiffany & Co., Van Cleef & Arpels and Cartier, important mid-century designs from Trabert & Hoeffer-Mauboussin and Marianne Ostier, and an impressive array of classic white diamond and colored stone rings in a variety of shapes and sizes. With more than 300 jewels on offer, carrying estimates starting from $3,000 up to $200,000, the Fine Jewels auction provides opportunities for both new and established collectors to acquire treasures for every style and occasion. All works from the sale will be on public exhibition in our York Avenue galleries from 13 17 October. Many of Aerin Lauder Zinterhofers earliest memories are those ... More Two major UK exhibitions to open from Korean artist Kim Yong-IkLONDON.- Spike Island, Bristol and the Korean Cultural Centre UK, London announce two exhibitions from Korean artist Kim Yong-Ik (b. 1947), marking his first solo presentation in Europe. Kims 40 year career as an artist, activist and teacher spanning a turbulent struggle from dictatorship to democracy in South Korea has had a profound impact on the countrys modern art history, influencing many younger artists. The exhibition at Spike Island surveys an array of works from the 1970s onwards, whilst KCCUK focuses on Kims paintings from the 1980s and 1990s. Part of the Korea/UK Season, a programme of extensive cultural events across the UK celebrating Korean creatives, these exhibitions provide a timely insight into Kims influential oeuvre. At Spike Island, seminal early works produced under the influence of the Dansaekhwa movement (or Korean ... More China Guardian Hong Kong announces Classical Chinese Furniture 2017 Autumn Auctions HONG KONG.- China Guardian Hong Kong 5th Anniversary and 2017 Autumn Auctions announced the sales of masterworks from Wooden EleganceClassical Furniture from the Collection of Lu Ban Zhuang in Singapore and Wisdom & ArtistryClassical Furniture of Ming Style and Works of Art on 2 October, 2017 at Hall 5BC, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The collection offers a total of over 60 pieces with an estimated value of over HK$ 100 million / US$12.8million. Mr. Qiao Hao, General Manager, Classical Chinese Furniture commented: The Classical Furniture to be offered this season will be presented in two sales, namely a themed single-owner sale and a various owner sale, bringing to the market a total of 60 lots. Highlight of the season, the sale of Classical Furniture from the Collection of Lu Ban Zhuang ... More Unique exhibition of sacred Afro-Atlantic arts opens this fall at the Fleming Museum of ArtBURLINGTON, VT.- This fall the Fleming Museum of Art presents the exhibition Spirited Things: Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic, drawn from the Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic Collection (SABA) at Duke University. This collection is the product of 35 years of ethnographic research by J. Lorand Matory, Lawrence Richardson Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Director of the SABA Project at Duke University, and James Marsh Professor-at-Large at the University of Vermont. The exhibition will include sacred objects from the Yoruba religion of West Africa, as well as Haitian Vodou, Cuban SanterÃa, Brazilian Candomblé, and Caribbean Spiritism, faiths that emerged from the practices of enslaved Africans who blended their ancestral cultures with that of their captors. Counteracting the historical use of the term fetish to describe these objects, which ... 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More New book documents Hunter' Barnes' time on the road with the World of Wonders SideshowLONDON.- Hunter Barnes is one of the foremost documentary photographers working in America today, concentrating on communities and aspects of American culture often ignored by the mainstream. This October, Reel Art Press will present TICKETS, Hunters photographic account of the American travelling carnival, a vibrant community most had thought lost half a century ago. A band of nomads. Roaming in open fairgrounds, spinning with color and sound... TICKETS documents Hunters time on the road with the World of Wonders Sideshow, capturing the people and places of the travelling circuss grittier sibling. The sword swallowers, fire eaters and tattooed ladies are all here, defiant and exuberant, captured in striking portraits. The Reel Art Press book and accompanying exhibition at Milk Gallery, New York, is devoted to the people of Gibsonton, Florida, ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Théodore Géricault was born September 26, 1791. Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (26 September 1791 - 26 January 1824) was a profoundly influential French artist, painter and lithographer, known for The Raft of the Medusa and other paintings. Although he died young, he became one of the pioneers of the Romantic movement. In this image: A visitor studies a painting "The Raft of the Medusa" by French artist Theodore Gericault 1791 - 1824 with the help of the new audio guide at the Louvre Museum in Paris Thursday April 12, 2012.
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