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Daniel Weiss, the chief executive of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at the museum in New York, June 12, 2017. The compensation packages of museum directors are drawing scrutiny as their institutions try to fill budget holes with cutbacks that have included layoffs and furloughs of lesser-paid staffers. Joshua Bright/The New York Times.
by Robin Pogrebin
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Many of New Yorks museum leaders have taken pay cuts to offset some of the financial damage their institutions are suffering from their COVID-related closures. But at a time when museums are facing their most severe financial downturn in decades, one that has led some to make painful cuts in staff, critics are questioning whether such reductions go far enough. At the Guggenheim, the director, Richard Armstrong, took a 25% cut in pay. But the group A Better Guggenheim made up of current and former staff members in a July 23 Instagram post called on Armstrong, who earned $1.4 million a year in compensation in 2018, to take a deeper cut instead of continuing to target the museums most vulnerable staff with furloughs. In June, after the Asia Society considered furloughs that were later avoided, staff members complained in a letter to the board that the 50% pay cut taken by its president and chief executive, Josette Sheeran, who earned $937,000 in compe ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Artemis Gallery will hold an auction of Ancient & Ethnographic Jewelry on Thu, Aug 20, 2020 11:00 AM CDT. Treat yourself, treat your loved ones to gorgeous jewelry dating back to the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Vikings, as well as Pre-Columbian and other ethnographic cultures. In this image: Byzantine Gold & Emerald Necklace, ex-Christie's. Estimate $25,000 - $35,000
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| | Lévy Gorvy opens exhibition of Waterfall paintings on paper by Pat Steir | | Christie's announces fall calendar of private and iconic collection sales | | Fossil bonanza from Bayside Melbourne reveals Australia's most ancient and smallest seals |
Pat Steir, Untitled, 2008. Oil, pencil, ink, and acrylic on paper, 20 x 15 inches (50.8 x 38.1 cm) © Pat Steir. Photo: Farzad Owrang.
NEW YORK, NY.- Lévy Gorvy opened the exhibition Pat Steir: Waterfall Paintings on Paper, at the gallerys New York City location. Working on paper has been a quintessential aspect of Steirs acclaimed practice since the 1970s. The artist has produced drawings and prints alongside her paintings for decades, but has rarely released them from her own collection. When she does so, it is almost always for acquisitions by foremost museums: the Museum of Modern Art in New York is home to more than twenty of Steirs works on paper. The publication Pat Steir: Drawing Out of Line highlights the artists extensive work on paper. Produced in conjunction with Steirs 2010 survey exhibition at RISD, the catalogue also features illustrated essays by co-curators Susan Harris and Jan Howard. Together with her careful study of Chinese landscape paintings, Steirs affinity with Eastern spiritual and philosophical traditions has figured ... More | |
The Collection of A. Jerrold Perenchio will be offered in a two-part landmark online sale from 1-16/17 September. Photo: Jim Bartsch.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announces a fall auction calendar of distinguished private collections offering an outstanding season of fresh to the market fine and decorative arts from four of the most renowned names associated with collecting, philanthropy and defining taste in 20th Century America. With a decidedly European thread, three of the four collections are marked by a collaboration with the French interior designer Henri Samuel. Estimates range from as little as $500 to $1 million. The French Heritage Society, in collaboration with Christies Education, are offering a four-part series of complimentary online conversations on the decorative arts entitled HAUTE HOMES, coinciding with each of the sales. Gemma Sudlow, Head of Private and Iconic Collections comments: In time-honored tradition, this season sees Christies offering the most storied and prestigious collections to come to market. The enduring ... More | |
Museums Victoria and Monash University PhD candidate James Rule holding ancient seal vertebral column fossil. Photo: Yestin Griffiths | Source: Museums Victoria.
MELBOURNE.- New research 88 years in the making reports nine new fossils of ancient seals, more than doubling the known fossil record of seals in Australia and revealing that our ancient seals were much smaller than what we see today. Published today in the prestigious Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society and coinciding with National Science Week, new palaeontology research lead by Museums Victoria and Monash University PhD candidate James Rule has scientifically described nine ancient seal fossils collected from the bayside suburb of Beaumaris over a span of 88 years by scientists and keen-eyed members of the public. Analysis of the fossils, which range between 6 and 5 million years old, has shown that most ancient prehistoric seals in Australia were unrelated to those living here today, and much smaller in body size than their closest modern relatives. These ... More |
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| | Indian Muslim artisan fights virus slowdown with Hindu idols | | New Museum plans to reopen on September 15 | | White Cube opens an online exhibition of works by Antonia Showering |
In this picture taken on August 11, 2020, an artisan prepares a clay idol of elephant headed Hindu god Ganesha at Muslim potter Yusuf Zakaria Galwani's workshop at Kumbharwada inside the Dharavi slums in Mumbai. INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP.
by Vishal Manve
MUMBAI (AFP).- Since the coronavirus pandemic clobbered his pottery business, one Muslim artisan from India's largest slum has turned to a Hindu god to revive his fortunes by making environmentally friendly Ganesha idols for an upcoming festival. Potter Yusuf Zakaria Galwani works with his two brothers in the Mumbai shanty town of Dharavi to create 13-inch-tall statues out of terracotta clay, counting on the god -- who is revered as the remover of obstacles -- to give his business a much-needed boost ahead of the celebrations. Ganesh Chaturthi -- which kicks off on Saturday -- is embraced with gusto in India's financial hub. The Hindu festival traditionally ends with devotees leading massive processions to the Arabian Sea ... More | |
The New Museum is committed to providing an environment that ensures the health and safety of visitors and staff.
NEW YORK, NY.- The New Museum announced today that it will reopen to the public on September 15, 2020, following a six-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To celebrate the reopening, admission will be free to all visitors, through Sunday, September 27. Upon reopening, the Museum will resume its normal days and hours of operation, though admission will be through timed ticketing and visitorship will be limited to less than 25% of capacity. All visitors will be required to reserve admission tickets in advance online at newmuseum.org, beginning August 31, 2020. At the time of reopening, the New Museums acclaimed exhibitions will remain on view, Peter Saul: Crime and Punishment, Jordan Casteel: Within Reach, and Daiga Grantina: What Eats Around Itself. The Peter Saul and Jordan Casteel exhibitions opened on February 11 and 19 respectively, just weeks before the COVID-19 closure. The exhibitions will r ... More | |
Antonia Showering, Cat and Mouse, 2020. Oil on linen, 160 x 130 cm | 63 x 51 3/16 in.
LONDON.- The gulf between accurate recollection and false memory is explored in the richly toned and layered paintings of Antonia Showering (b. 1991). Combining elements of her cultural heritage with personal experience, the paintings fluid forms, both figurative and abstract, point to the deeply-subjective nature of representation. Introductions | Antonia Showering is curated by Susan May, Global Artistic Director. Showerings process begins with the application of distemper onto raw canvas placed flat on the floor, loosely brushed across the surface. The first coats of paint pigment react with this ground, creating fluid, abstract forms in pools of colour. Rather than work against these, Showering uses them as the basis for scenes that emerge through subsequent layers; sometimes suggestive of landscapes that meld her Swiss and Chinese heritage, at others, evocations of domestic scenes or events. Pentimento the visible trace of earlier marks that ... More |
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| | Check your basement for old fishing gear | | Global superstars BTS join infinite exhibition do it | | Bonhams appoints Michael C. Hughes as Head of Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art for the U.S. |
In an undated image provided via Langs Auction, a reel and rod set from 1876 inlaid with gold and topaz; if found, its expected to sell for more than $100,000. Via Langs Auction via The New York Times.
by Ezra Marcus
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Ellis Whiteaker, 11, didnt know what he might find when he went hunting in his basement in Fayetteville, North Carolina. But he had seen a call for fishing antiques on a social-networking app he uses (he has been an avid fishermen since age 4) and knew that his grandfather, a former Air Force pilot who passed away before Ellis was born, had left some very old stuff in boxes. What he found were six antique rods one with a handle carved in the shape of a baseball bat. He looked it up, and a similar model on eBay was selling for around $700. It was really neat-looking, said Elliss mom, Sarah Whiteaker. And, of course, the value of the item made him feel excited. Vintage fishing gear falls into a category of collectibles sometimes dubbed mantiques, ... More | |
These short instructions from artists are designed to be simple enough that anyone can interpret, recreate and rephrase freely in their own way at home
LONDON.- Pioneering global superstars BTS join the line up for do it (around the world), a new chapter of Hans Ulrich Obrists exhibition-in-progress, which for 27 years has tapped creative luminaries to share simple instructions for how to make an artwork that anyone can do. BTS do it conveys the importance of connecting beyond boundaries. It resonates with the message BTS has been sharing through their music and other activities, including the UN Speak Yourself speech and CONNECT, BTS project. BTS join creative figures across disciplines who have shared their own do its. Other musicians contributing so far include Arca and Kelsey Lu; artists include Olafur Eliasson, Oscar Murillo, Precious Okoyomon, Shawanda Corbett, Patrick Staff and Ian Cheng; designers include Virgil Abloh and Es Devlin. These short instructions from artists are designed to be simple enough that anyone can interpret, recreate ... More | |
Michael joins Bonhams from his own company Michael C. Hughes LLC, as a specialist in Chinese art based in New York City. Photo: Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY.- Bonhams has appointed Michael C. Hughes to be Vice President, Head of Department, Chinese Ceramics & Works Art for the U.S. He takes up his new position on September 1 and will be based in Bonhams, New York. In addition, Bruce MacLaren has been promoted to Vice President, Senior Specialist, Chinese Paintings, US, and Chinese Works of Art. Michael joins Bonhams from his own company Michael C. Hughes LLC, as a specialist in Chinese art based in New York City. He is the current President of the Board of Asia Week New York, as well as a Board Member of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, headquartered in Baltimore. Prior to founding his company, Michael spent over 16 years as a Chinese specialist with Christies in London, New York and Los Angeles. He has appraised a wide range of Chinese art for many of the worlds finest private collections, institutions ... More |
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| | Freeman's Luxe: Boutique jewels sale to feature collection by acclaimed Brazil jeweler Haroldo Burle Marx | | Street art thrives in Sao Paulo despite pandemic | | Champion Porsche triumphs at Bonhams Quail Motorcar auction |
This auction will feature a collection of twenty pieces by the Brazilian Modernist jeweler, Haroldo Burle Marx.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- On Thursday, August 20th, Freemans will hold its Luxe: Boutique Jewels auction. It is the latest in Freemans online Luxe Sale Series, which aims to bring high-end jewelry and lifestyle objects to beginning and lifelong collectors alike. The 158-lot sale features diamond, colored gemstone, gold, and signed jewelry spanning 100 years of design. Makers such as Tiffany & Co., Buccellati, Hermés, and more are represented. Gentlemens and ladies wristwatches by Rolex, Omega, and Breitling will be offered, as well as twenty exemplary pieces by Brazilian jeweler Haroldo Burle Marx. Freemans online Luxe Sale Series allows bidders from across the globe to compete for jewelry, watches, handbags, and other designer pieces. Introduced in 2020, the series is set to be a mainstay in Freemans sales calendar. Younger buyers enthusiastic about luxury items will find pieces ... More | |
In this file photo taken on August 13, 2020 aaerial view of graffitis on buildings as part of the first edition of the NaLata International Art Festival which has 15 national and international artists of urban art at Largo da Batata, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Miguel SCHINCARIOL / AFP.
by Florence Goisnard
SAO PAULO (AFP).- Perched atop a platform swaying in the air 10 stories high, Paola Delfin is putting the final touches on a giant graffiti mural in the sprawling concrete jungle of Sao Paulo. The Brazilian mega-city is known as a world street-art capital, and not even the coronavirus pandemic has stopped graffiti painters. Delfin and 14 other artists are painting 12 giant murals on the facades of a series of buildings around a square in the chic neighborhood of Pinheiros. The work is part of the NaLata urban art festival, an event that had to be mostly canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic -- except for the murals. Together, they cover 3,689 square meters (40,000 square feet), the ... More | |
1959 Porsche 718 RSK Spyder, sold for $2,232,500. Photo: Bonhams.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- An ultra-rare and champion racer 1959 Porsche 718 RSK Spyder took the chequered flag at Fridays (August 14) Bonhams Quail Motorcar Auction, selling for $2,232,500, the top lot in the auction houses live and online sale hosted in its Los Angeles saleroom. One of only 34 built, this rarity was ordered new by noted New Jersey motorsport enthusiast, Bernie Vihl. It was extensively campaigned by legendary Porsche driver Bob Holbert at numerous SCCA and international events, securing multiple wins, including the 1959 Bahamas Speed Week, where the Giant Killer as it was known stormed to first place in the debut Governors Trophy race. The Spyder was offered in the sale following nearly 50 years in the possession of its third owner. It remains in the U.S. following a tense bidding battle at the Bonhams sale. Joining the Porsche on the saleroom podium was a classic of the future, a 2014 Bugatt ... More |
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Now Live: Artist Mina Cheon's 'Eat Chocopie Together' with Asia Society Triennial
NEW YORK, NY.- The Asia Society Triennial has launched a new digital initiative: Eat Chocopie Together, presented in collaboration with Korean artist Mina Cheon as a response to the physically distant conditions of the pandemic by inviting anyone, anywhere to extend love and peace by sharing virtual Chocopies with friends and loved ones. The project premiered on Korean Liberation Day, on August 15the only national holiday celebrated in both North and South Korea, commemorating the end of the decades long Japanese occupation of Korea. Eat Chocopie Together is accessed at the website www.EatChocopieTogether.com. Chocopies, a South Korean chocolate-covered, marshmallow-filled snack cake, became one of the most desirable consumer products in North Korea after South Korean workers gifted them to their North Korean ... More
Nye & Company Auctioneers announces highlights included in its upcoming Estate Treasures auction
BLOOMFIELD, NJ.- Nye & Company Auctioneers upcoming Estate Treasures auction will be held just before the Labor Day holiday and offers a wide variety of fine and decorative arts. The auction is scheduled for Wednesday, September 2nd, online-only, starting at 10 am Eastern time. Internet bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and the Nye & Company website. We will prepare an exhibition and will open our doors to the public by appointment, said Andrew Holter of Nye & Company Auctioneers. Clients will enjoy a seamless online experience, with accurate condition reports and detailed images for all the items in the offering. Disparate material comprises the first fall auction and has pieces coming to sale from all over the Tri-State area. The beauty of estate property is that the pieces have been in private collections and out of circulation ... More
The Driehaus Museum to reopen with exhibition exploring the history and legacy of the magazine PAN
CHICAGO, IL.- The Richard H. Driehaus Museum in Chicago has announced that it will reopen to the general public on Saturday, August 29, following its temporary closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Museum also announced a members-only preview on Saturday, August 22 and Sunday, August 23. To ensure the health and safety of visitors and staff, new measures have been put in place. This includes operating at reduced capacity, enhanced cleaning protocols, and new directional signage indicating appropriate social distancing. Visitors are strongly encouraged to purchase timed tickets in advance to secure entry for their preferred dates and times. The Museum has also adjusted its days and hours of operation: Friday hours are now 11AM to 7PM, Saturdays are 11AM to 5PM, and Sundays are 11AM to 3PM. The Museum will ... More
El Museo del Barrio opens first online exhibition
NEW YORK, NY.- El Museo del Barrio announces Popular Painters and Other Visionaries, the museums first online exhibition, which examines the work of 30 artists from the Americas and the Caribbean. Curated by El Museos Chief Curator, Rodrigo Moura, and originally planned as an in-person experience, the exhibition was adapted as a virtual presentation that will be on view until November 8, 2020. The show departs from the term popular painters to identify artists working on the margins of modernism and the mainstream art world between the 1930s and 1970s, and will feature nearly 30 works from El Museos Permanent Collection, several of them presented for the first time. Popular visual sources provide the narrative thread of the exhibition, which is divided into thematic sections around labor and daily life; street festivities and gatherings; ... More
Monterey Museum of Art announces Interim Executive Director, Corey Madden
MONTEREY, CA.- The Monterey Museum of Art has engaged Arts Consulting Group (ACG) to provide executive transition leadership services and is pleased to announce that ACG consultant Corey Madden became Interim Executive Director effective August 10, 2020. Madden comes to MMA from the Kenan Institute for the Arts at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem where she has served as Executive Director since 2013. During her tenure at MMA, Madden will continue build its virtual platform for education and collective experiences and strategize future facilities and program growth in a post-COVID-19 world. MMA Board President Adriana Hayward states, "Corey is a strong, compassionate and unifying leader with impressive skills in strategic planning, marketing, fundraising, and operations. We look forward to welcoming ... More
Moss Galleries launches inaugural online viewing room with rare paintings by Lynne Drexler
FALMOUTH, ME.- Moss Galleries presents its first-ever online viewing room with the show Lynne Drexler: Bathed in Color. On view beginning August 18, the online exhibition explores the early work of Maine painter Lynne Drexler (1928-1999) with rare, never-before-seen paintings of her work from the 1960s and 70s. Ten percent of sales from the show will benefit the Monhegan Museum of Art & History on Mohegan Island, the remote retreat off the coast of Maine where Drexler summered beginning in 1962 and later became a year-round resident. The exhibition will be on view through November 21, 2020. Lynne Drexler: Bathed in Color features twelve works painted by Drexler from 1968 to 1971. On view to the public for the first time, these lush colorful abstract workselements of which recall the work of Vincent Van Gogh and Gustav Klimt ... More
'Chariots of Fire' star Ben Cross dies aged 72
LOS ANGELES (AFP).- British actor Ben Cross, best known for his starring role in the 1981 Oscar-winning sports drama "Chariots of Fire," died Tuesday aged 72. Cross, who portrayed Jewish sprinter Harold Abrahams's battle to overcome anti-Semitism and triumph at the 1924 Olympics, was also known to younger fans as Spock's father in the 2009 reboot of "Star Trek." "Ben passed away suddenly today following a short illness," Cross's agent in Los Angeles told AFP. He was reportedly living in Vienna at the time of his death. Cross, a veteran stage actor born in London, made his big-screen debut alongside Sean Connery and Michael Caine in Richard Attenborough's 1977 World War II epic "A Bridge Too Far." After a successful turn in the London West End debut of the musical "Chicago," he was cast in "Chariots" along with Ian ... More
Fine and decorative arts sale to conclude summer at Fontaine's Auction Gallery
PITTSFIELD, MASS.- Fontaines Auction Gallery will shine a spotlight on Tiffany Studios and other fine lighting at its auction on Saturday, Sept. 12, at 11 am, as well as fine antiques from such coveted makers as Stickley, R.J. Horner and Majorelle and renowned artists like Diego Rivera. This auction will feature over 450 lots of fine and decorative arts, including art glass by Tiffany Studios, Quezal, Durand, Daum Nancy, Gallé, Trevaise, Steuben and Kew Blas, 19th and 20th Century lighting by Tiffany Studios, Duffner & Kimberly, Handel, Pairpoint, Wilkinson, Suess, Daum Nancy and Gorham, American Victorian, Arts and Crafts, figural carved and mid-century furniture, leaded glass windows, bronze hanging fixtures, fine clocks, paintings, Royal Vienna and KPM porcelains, fine silver, cameo glass, bronze and marble statuary. Weve been ... More
Oolite Arts launches collection with acquisitions from seven Miami-based artists
MIAMI, FLA.- Oolite Arts announced today it has acquired new works from seven Miami-based artists, launching the organizations first collection. To further the artists careers, Oolite Arts will eventually donate the works to museums across the country, so that more Miami-based artists will be represented in major collections. At a time when our visual arts sector is in need, were delighted to further invest in the careers of talented artists who make Miami home, said Dennis Scholl, president and CEO of Oolite Arts. As we continue to face the Coronavirus pandemic, we felt that now was the right time to launch this program, and get these funds to the artists. The artists, who represent the diversity of the community and of artistic practices in South Florida, include Yanira Collado, Gonzalo Fuenmayor, Adler Guerrier, Diego Gutierrez, Karen ... More
1854 Media announces the 33 winners of Portrait of Humanity 2020
LONDON.- Culminating in one of the largest-scale collaborative exhibitions in history, Portrait of Humanity is a global photography award conceived to show that across oceans and borders, there is more that unites us than sets us apart. 1854 Media and British Journal of Photography are delighted to announce the 30 single image winners and three series winners of Portrait of Humanity 2020, selected by an international panel of judges including Caroline Hunter, picture editor the Guardian; Mallory Benedict, photo editor at National Geographic and István Virágvölgyi, curator at the Capa Center, Budapest. The winning work will be exhibited as part of the Portrait of Humanity 2020 Global Tour, opening at Capa Center, Budapest, on 4 September before moving to Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad, on 12 November. Now open for entry, the third ... More
Indian classical maestro Pandit Jasraj dies at 90
NEW DELHI (AFP).- Music lovers in India have paid glowing tributes to the classical maestro Pandit Jasraj, who has died at the age of 90. The vocalist suffered cardiac arrest early Monday in New Jersey, bringing an end to a pioneering musical career spanning eight decades. Jasraj had stayed with his children in the United States after India imposed an international flight ban in March as part of a coronavirus lockdown, according to the Press Trust of India news agency that quoted a family member. Born into a family of musicians in the northern Indian city of Hisar in 1930, Jasraj started performing on stage at the age of 11. He received his initial training in classical music from his father, who performed in royal courts. Jasraj is credited with bringing niche Indian classical music to the masses with his innovative style that enthralled audiences across ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Gustave Caillebotte was born August 19, 1848. Gustave Caillebotte (19 August 1848 - 21 February 1894) was a French painter, member and patron of the group of artists known as Impressionists, though he painted in a much more realistic manner than many other artists in the group. Caillebotte was noted for his early interest in photography as an art form. In this image: An employee looks at a painting 'Oarsmen' of 1877 of French Impressionist Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) in the Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany, Thursday, June 26, 2008.
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