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Dara Birnbaum, Computer Assisted Drawings: Proposal for Sony Corporation (detail), 1992/2017. Drawings on Plexiglas in custom aluminum frames, sixteen parts, each set of four: 36 5/8 x 15 3/4 x 1 1/8 inches. Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York. Photo by Caitlin Cunningham. © Caitlin Cunningham.
BOSTON, MASS.- This winter, cultural organizations throughout Greater Boston are partnering to present an ambitious, region-wide exploration of art and technology, announced Jill Medvedow, Ellen Matilda Poss Director of the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. Aligned with the ICAs sweeping exhibition Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today, this extraordinary collaboration offers the public concurrent exhibitions, performances, screenings, and programs at area cultural organizations, all exploring the relationship between art and technology. The organizations partnering with the ICA are: Berklee College of Music Boston Cyberarts Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum Harvard Art Museums Harvard Film Archive Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum MIT List Visual Arts Center Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Museum of Science, Bos ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day This file photo taken on January 8, 2018 shows China's famous terracotta warriors pictured in the northern Chinese city of Xian. The theft of a thumb off an ancient Terracotta Warrior statue on display in the US incited a wave of criticism on Chinese social media on February 20, 2018, following China's calls to "severely punish" the thief. LUDOVIC MARIN / POOL / AFP
| 'Screaming Mummy' displayed in Egypt museum | | Getty Museum collaborates on seismic mitigation research project | | Unprecedented study of Picasso's bronzes uncovers new details |
A picture taken on February 14, 2018 shows the "Screaming Mummy" known scientifically as "the unknown man E" on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Mario GOLDMAN / AFP.
CAIRO (AFP).- The Egyptian Museum in Cairo has put on display the "Screaming Mummy" of the son of a pharaoh who may have been hanged for plotting his father's murder. Dubbed "the unknown man E", the mummy which is not usually exhibited appears to be of a man who died an agonising death. Egypt's antiquities ministry has said DNA analysis confirmed the mummy was a son of Ramses III, who ruled between 1186 BC and 1155 BC. It showed signs that the man had been hanged and shrouded in sheepskin, which the ancient Egyptians considered impure. Pentawere, the son of Ramses III, was sentenced to hang for his role in the plot, according to an ancient papyrus record of the conspiracy. Pentawere conspired with his mother Tiye, the second wife of Ramses III, to murder the king. It is not clear if Ramses III was killed in the plot, ... More | |
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LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum, the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, and the National Technical University of Athens announced today the signing of a research agreement to collaborate on a project to protect museum objects in the event of an earthquake, beginning with the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. This initiative is the latest to stem from the framework for cultural cooperation between the Getty and the Hellenic Republic Ministry of Culture and Sports signed in 2011. Previous collaborations have included the 2012 long-term loan of a Greek marble relief depicting Antiochos and Herakles; the 2014 exhibition Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections at the Getty Villa; and the loan of a number of important sculptures from Greece to the international exhibition Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World in 2015-2016. Greece is also a major lender to the Gettys forthcoming exhibition ... More | |
Pablo Picasso, Tête de femme, Mougins, fin 1962, fer, tôle, sculpture, peint, Musée national Picasso Paris, (C) RMN-Grand Palais (Musée national Picasso-Paris), (C) Succession Picasso 2018.
EVANSTON, ILL.- Musée national Picasso-Paris and the Northwestern University/Art Institute of Chicago Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts (NU-ACCESS) have completed the first major material survey and study of the Musée national Picasso-Paris world-renowned Pablo Picasso bronzes using cutting-edge, portable instruments. The international research team of scientists, art conservators and curators used the portable instruments and a robust database of alloy fingerprints to non-invasively analyze a priceless group of 39 bronzes (cast between 1905 and 1959) and 11 painted sheet metal sculptures (from the 1960s) in the Musée national Picasso-Paris collection. The researchers were able to trace five bronzes cast in Paris during World War II to the foundry of Ãmile Robecchi, a lesser-known ... More |
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| The Richard R. & Magdalena Ernst Collection of Himalayan Art headlines Sotheby's South Asian offerings of Asia Week NY | | Nationalmuseum Sweden acquires drawing by François Chauveau of Queen Kristina entering Paris in 1656 | | Macau sees future in Portuguese past |
A Thangka Depicting Four Kagyu Masters, Tibet, circa 1225, 80 by 55.5 cm. Estimate: US$600,000 - 800,000. Courtesy Sothebys.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys will present The Richard R. & Magdalena Ernst Collection of Himalayan Art. An unrivaled compilation of painting from the Himalayas ranging from the 12th through the 19th centuries, the collection is one of the most significant to come to auction in recent times. The works being offered for sale will be unveiled in Sotheby's New York headquarters on 15 March, ahead of the dedicated auction on 22 March at 10am. Richard R. and Magdalena Ernst noted: From the moment we laid eyes on the thangka of four Arhats in Kathmandu, we knew that Tibetan Art would form the heart of our collection. The regions rich culture, spontaneous nature of creativity, and philosophical strength drew us in, and has kept us firmly engaged over the last fifty years. By sharing this collection with admirers in Zurich, New York, and beyond, we hope to spread the joys that collecting Southeast Asian Art has brought ... More | |
François Chavueau, Queen Kristina entering Paris on September 8, 1656 (detail). CC by SA. Photo: Cecilia Heisser/Nationalmuseum.
STOCKHOLM.- The National Museum has acquired a drawing by François Chauveau depicting the procession of Queen Kristinas solemn entry into Paris on 8 September 1656. She was then at the height of her sovereign fame and large crowds of people had gathered on the streets of the city to get a glimpse of the Queen. Until now, the drawing has been part of a private art collection in France. Following her abdication, Queen Kristina left Sweden in the summer of 1654. A year later, just before Christmas in 1655, she arrived in Rome without any definite plans for the future. The following summer, she set off for Paris. She was officially thought to be going to Sweden to negotiate about her financial allowance but in fact, her intentions could not have been more different. She had secretely been conferring with the leader of France, Cardinal Mazarin, about launching a military attack on southern Italy, the success of which would make Kristina t ... More | |
Professor Lei Heong Iok holds what he calls "his treasure", a Portuguese dictionary, in his office at the Macau Polytechnic Institute in Macau. Anthony WALLACE / AFP.
HONG KONG (AFP).- Sitting in his university office in Macau, professor Lei Heong Iok opens what he calls his "treasure" -- a dog-eared Portuguese dictionary, its velvet cover worn and frayed. Lei's decades-long love for the language has turned him into a campaigner for its survival in the southern Chinese enclave, a former Portuguese colony now best-known for casino resorts. Learning Portuguese fell out of fashion in Macau after it was handed back to China in 1999, becoming a semi-autonomous territory loyal to Beijing and growing into the world's biggest gambling destination. Although Portuguese remained an official language and street signage is still bilingual, many in the predominantly Cantonese-speaking territory switched their study focus to Mandarin, spoken in mainland China. But Portuguese is back in vogue as China forges business ties with lusophone nations such as Brazil, ... More |
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| New chapter: A landmark move for Greece's national library | | Baltimore Museum of Art illuminates lobby of historic building with "Moon Dust (Apollo 17)" by Spencer Finch | | Fragonard's "Young Girl Reading" on special loan to Speed Art Museum |
People sit and walk at the new home of the National Library of Greece. LOUISA GOULIAMAKI / AFP.
ATHENS (AFP).- Wearing masks and gloves, specialised staff gingerly place their treasured cargo inside wheeled, shock-absorbing boxes for a historic trip to the other end of Athens in the biggest book move in Greek history. From January until April, the National Library of Greece is moving root and branch, out of its 100-year-old home in central Athens and literally into the 21st-century. "This is no simple move. It's a journey into a new era," says library general director Filippos Tsimpoglou. More than 550 staff worked on the two-year operation to clean, digitise, tag and relocate over 700,000 manuscripts and books, made possible by a massive donation from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), one of the country's leading philanthropic organisations. The foundation in 2016 unveiled the library's new home -- a 20-hectare (49-acre) cultural centre designed by famed Italian architect Renzo Piano on the Athens seafront that also hosts ... More | |
Spencer Finch. Moon Dust (Apollo 17). 2009. Installation view at Fare Mondi/Making Worlds, Venice Biennial, 2009. Collection of Joanne Gold and Andrew Stern. © Spencer Finch, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Nordenhake Berlin/Stockholm. Photography by Gerhard Kassner, Berlin.
BALTIMORE, MD.- The Baltimore Museum of Art is transforming Fox Court, the stately columned lobby in the 1929 building designed by John Russell Pope, for the next seven years with an extraordinary light work by acclaimed artist Spencer Finch. On view February 21, 2018 through October 14, 2024, Spencer Finch: Moon Dust presents an abstract sculpture comprised of 417 LED light bulbs that together represent the molecular structure of the moon dust gathered from NASAs 1972 Apollo space mission. Finchs installation conveys scientific information and offers a poetic experience as its glowing composition evokes the sensation of being immersed in a star-filled sky. This magical work of art will provide visitors with a dazzling, ... More | |
Jean Honoré Fragonard, Young Girl Reading, c. 1769. Oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington. Gift of Mrs. Mellon Bruce in memory of her father, Andrew W. Mellon.
LOUISVILLE, KY.- The Speed Art Museum unveiled a special Mystery Masterpiece, Jean Honoré Fragonards (17321806) Young Girl Reading (c. 1769). The painting is on loan from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., through May 15, 2018. The painting was most recently part of the Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures exhibition at the National Gallery of Art. The Speed is thrilled to showcase this important and beautiful masterpiece, said Erika Holmquist-Wall, Chief Curator, Speed Art Museum, and Mary and Barry Bingham, Sr. Curator of European and American Paintings and Sculpture. We are so fortunate and happy to welcome this painting to Kentucky, even for a short while. Its really a treasure and has to be seen in person. The Speed and the National Gallery of Art have participated in reciprocal loans, sending the Speeds popular ... More |
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| Ellie Goulding and Caspar Jopling annouced as curators for Sotheby's Contemporary Curated Auction | | Frye Art Museum opens exhibition of works by Seattle-based artist Ko Kirk Yamahira | | Manchester Museum appoints first female Director |
Sam Gilliam, Untitled (detail), signed and dated 68 on the reverse, acrylic on canvas, 62 by 66 1/2 in. 157.5 by 168.9 cm. Estimate $200/300,000. Courtesy Sothebys.
NEW YORK, NY.- Kicking-off our 2018 auctions of Contemporary Art, Sothebys announced the Contemporary Curated sale on 2 March, featuring works from Another Kind of Language: Drawings by Sculptors from the Betsy Witten Collection. This season, co-curators Ellie Goulding and Caspar Jopling have lent their distinct and tasteful eye to selecting 15 of their favorite works from across the sales 260+ lots. Among their top picks are works by Charline von Heyl, Ed Ruscha, Richard Serra, George Condo, Sherrie Levine and Andy Warhol. Led by Jasper Johns brilliant Untitled from 1983 and George Condos magnetic Rainy Day Butler from 2012, the sale also features exceptional works by Sam Gilliam, Wayne Thiebaud, Julian Schnabel, Isa Genzken, Christopher Wool, Andreas Gursky, and Jonas Wood, among others. Reflecting a diverse ensemble of works hand-chosen by leading figures in the spheres of ... More | |
Ko Kirk Yamahira. Untitled, 2018. Acrylic, graphite, partially unwoven canvas, wood. Photo: Mark Woods.
SEATTLE, WA.- For Seattle-based artist Ko Kirk Yamahira, the finished painting is a beginning rather than an end. Painstakingly removing individual threads from the weave of the canvas, he deconstructs his paintings, turning surface into form. He often disrupts the geometry of the support as well, cutting out sections of the wooden stretcher bars to create detached segments bound by loose thread. These remain unfixed and without prescribed orientation, free to be reconfigured over time. Each individual (untitled) work, in turn, functions as a facet of a single project that can never be finished, part of what Yamahira sees as a continuous, daily process of becoming through undoing. This exhibition, Yamahiras first solo museum presentation, samples the artist's recent outputincluding several pieces made for the occasionto offer a meditation on identity, duality, and the relativity of perception. Several works in the exhibition are obverse pairs, such as two pieces with ... More | |
Esme joined the Whitworth as its Education Officer in 1998 before becoming Head of Learning & Engagement across the Whitworth and Manchester Museum in 2010.
MANCHESTER.- Manchester Museum has appointed Esme Ward as its Director, the first woman to hold the role in the Museums 125-year history. Esme will take up her new role at the Museum, the largest of its kind in the UK, on Monday 9 April, succeeding Nick Merriman. Esme, currently Head of Learning & Engagement at Manchester Museum and the Whitworth, said: I am thrilled to be appointed the new Director of Manchester Museum. The vision to use its collections to promote understanding between cultures and a sustainable world could not be more timely or relevant. She says her career has been driven by a social purpose and longstanding commitment to make museums even more inclusive and relevant to a wider audience. These range from babies to people living with dementia. It is something Esme wants to explore even further in her new ... More |
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Cooper Hewitt announces new board appointments and newly created role of Chief Experience Officer
NEW YORK, NY.- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum announced two exciting leadership shifts on the board of trustees and the recruitment of its first-ever chief experience officer (CXO). Effective Dec. 1, Elizabeth Ainslie serves as chair, Scott Belsky as president and Todd Waterbury as a vice president of its board of trustees. The officer elections took place at the board of trustees meeting Sept. 26. Ainslie succeeds Barbara Mandel, who led the museums board for four years and will remain on the board as a trustee. Belsky assumes the role of president from Beth Comstock, who served for six years. The museum also welcomes Carolyn Royston to the newly created position of chief experience officer, effective Feb. 5. I want to express my profound gratitude to outgoing chair Barbara Mandel and president Beth Comstock, whose incredible leadership, ... More
Baltimore Museum of Art names Paula Hayes first Landscape Artist in Residence
BALTIMORE, MD.- The Baltimore Museum of Art today announced it has named visual artist and landscape designer Paula Hayes as its first Landscape Artist in Residence. In this role, Hayes will develop the overall creative direction of the museums physical environment for the next two years, reengaging audiences with the institutions landscape through her fresh vision. The BMA encompasses 7.5 acres, including two sculpture gardens, a historic building designed by John Russell Pope, several building additions, and adjacent lawns. We are very excited for Paula to lead the way in reactivating the BMAs exterior areas through her expertise and ability to create art with the natural world, said BMA Dorothy Wagner Wallis Director Christopher Bedford. We are looking forward to providing more opportunities for our visitors to gather and connect with art beyond ... More
New Orleans Museum of Art's first fashion exhibition examines archetypes of womanhood
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Showcasing rare pieces from one of the worlds largest private collections of Alexander McQueen fashion, the New Orleans Museum of Art presents A Queen Within - Adorned Archetypes, on view from February 21 through May 28, 2018. NOMAs first major fashion exhibition will feature contemporary designers showcased in an immersive gallery presentation. This exhibitions bold couture explores different archetypes of femininity, and how these mythic characters manifest through storytelling in fashion over the past decade. Designer Alexander McQueen (1969-2010) was a master of building narratives through his collections and runway shows. Inspired by his sensitivity to historical and literary research, A Queen Within uses fashion to explore seven archetypal personality types of a Queen, or metaphorically, of a woman: The Mother Earth, Sage, ... More
Charlotte Mouquin selected as new Executive Director of Pelham Art Center
PELHAM, NY.- The Board of Directors of Pelham Art Center announced that Charlotte Mouquin will succeed Lynn Honeysett as the new Executive Director of the Pelham Art Center. Ms. Honeysett is retiring March 2nd. Charlotte Mouquin (Voznesenskaya) is known as a curator and artist. She was the Director of Rush Arts Galleries of Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation for seven years. Originally from Rockland County, NY, Ms. Mouquin has been living and working in Brooklyn for the past nine years. Her goal is enhancing community through art experiences that highlight our humanity as global citizens. Her degrees include a MA in Contemporary Art from Sothebys Institute of Art, a BFA from Parsons School of Design, a MAT from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston/Tufts University. She has curated at Rush Arts Gallery, Corridor Gallery, Sensei ... More
Artist Herb Alpert's new exhibit debuts at Heather James Fine Art
PALM DESERT, CA.- Heather James Fine Art is presenting an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by artist and musician Herb Alpert. The exhibition, Herb Alpert: A Visual Melody, consists of abstract mixed-media paintings and large and small-scale bronze sculptures. Alperts expressive use of various media engage the viewer with a captivating sense of movement and form, translating into a lyrical and unforgettable experience. The collection is on view February 17 - May 31, 2018. In addition to being a world-renowned musician, Alpert has spent more than half his life as a respected abstract expressionist painter and sculptor, whose work has been widely exhibited in the U.S. and Europe. Since he began painting in 1969, Alpert has experimented with a number of different styles and materials. In 2013, Alpert was recognized by President Barack Obama with the ... More
Jillian Mayer's first solo exhibition with Postmasters on view in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Postmasters announces Jillian Mayer's first solo exhibition with the gallery, Post Posture. There is a variation of Rudolph Zallinger's iconic "March of Progress" illustration that depicts the same progression with the addition of a final figure, hunched over a keyboard in front of a computer, its posture mirroring that of the ape at the beginning of the sequence. Its titled, "Something, somewhere went terribly wrong." Mayer responds to our postural decline with a positive solution: Slumpies. These utilitarian sculptures, which the artist began producing in 2016, accommodate and encourage cell phone usage. Each anticipates a particular gesture that is the result of holding a phone or digital device, giving shape to the negative space around a bodily form. Ranging in scale from tabletop to large-scale floor and wall pieces, made primarily of fiberglass ... More
Shepparton Art Museum exhibits new and recent works by 13 Australian and International artists
SHEPPARTON .- Soft Core is an exhibition of newly commissioned and recent work by 13 Australian and International artists whose work questions the multi-faceted meaning of softness. Exhibition curator Micheal Do references the work of Soft Core artist Koji Ryui in particular who appears to imbue everyday and often found objects with a distinct sense of life, personality and possibilities. Many of the sculptures within Soft Core address us directly. This idea of anthropomorphism refers to the uncanny sense that inanimate objects can come to life and physically interact with the viewer, Mr Do said. Soft Core presents artistic practices that explore the many facets of softness - from large-scale inflatables to forms made from soft materials, to materials that simply look soft. The artists are making works that demand attention. This exhibition includes works ... More
Modern masters and Danish furniture headline Michaan's March auction
ALAMEDA, CA.- Fine Art lithographs, etchings and prints are excellent choices for those just starting a collection and for collectors eager to acquire big names at accessible prices. Miro, Chagall and Picasso are among the big names at Michaan's in March. Some of their works, from the estate of Frances and Jean Lagomarsino, will be sold in the monthly Gallery Auction on Saturday, March 10, to benefit the University of San Francisco. The large, exuberant modernist etching, LAdorateur du Soleil, 1969, is estimated at $8,000-$10,000. This dynamic composition in primary colors with black and gray is the quintessential Miro. Three works by Chagall explore religion and culture. These are his most resonant themes, and should be well represented in any art collection that includes Chagall. The etching Prophet ... More
FreedmanArt opens group exhibition
NEW YORK, NY.- FreedmanArt is presenting Colors." The exhibition features works by over twenty-five artists, including Josef Albers, Jack Bush, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Hans Hofmann, Robert Motherwell, Kenneth Noland, Larry Poons, Kurt Schwitters, and Frank Stella, among others. The exhibition is inspired by an original work of poetry, titled Colors, which was itself inspired by an original work of art. The original work of poetry is by middle school student Zoe Kusyk, age twelve. Ms. Kusyk attends Village School, an all-girls school in Charlottesville, Virginia. The original work of art is a painting by artist Larry Poons called Untitled, 77-A-9, 1977, in the collection of the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. The poem begins with the word Colors, the visual impact of which continues in our exhibition. Our selection of paintings, ... More
Capitain Petzel opens solo exhibitions of works by Karla Black and Luke Fowler
BERLIN.- Capitain Petzel announces the second solo exhibition of artist Karla Black at the Berlin gallery, running from February 17 to April 14, 2018. Her show is taking place on the ground floor of the gallerys glass encased exhibition space. At the same time, artist, filmmaker and musician Luke Fowler is presenting his first exhibition at the gallery, entitled »Electro-Pythagorus (a portrait of Martin Bartlett),« which is on view in the lower exhibition space. Karla Black has created a unique artistic language using a mix of traditional and unconventional materials such as cellophane, sugar paper, plaster powder and cosmetic products. Her sculptural works, which are often room-filling and highly colorful, operate between installation, painting and performance art, while ultimately and very definitely claiming to be separate, autonomous sculptures. Her exhibition at Capitain ... More
Adoption scheme seeks loving homes for Scottish Contemporary Sculpture
GLASGOW.- Scottish contemporary artists have welcomed an adoption scheme aimed at recovering sculpture thats languishing in storage so it can be enjoyed by the public. Sculpture Placement Group (SPG) is giving educational and health organisations, art institutions, charities, housing associations and others the chance to show high-quality works, many of which were commissioned for exhibitions at leading galleries. The scheme will be piloted at the groups Sculpture Showroom exhibition which is part of Glasgow International 2018, 20 April to 7 May, and takes place at Glasgow Sculpture Studio. A selection of works in search of new guardians will be on display and others will feature in a catalogue currently being compiled by SPG. Kate V Robertson, one of the three curators and artists behind the project, said: All over the country there are superb sculptures by respected ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy was born February 21, 1927. Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy (born 21 February 1927) is a French fashion designer who founded The House of Givenchy in 1952. He is famous for having designed much of the personal and professional wardrobe of Audrey Hepburn, as well as clothing for clients such as Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. In this image: French fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy poses at the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, on November 23, 2016 during a retrospective of the designer's work at the exhibition To Audrey With Love. Bart Maat / ANP / AFP.
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