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An Egyptian decorated sarcophagus case made for Psammetique, son of Seba Rekhyt, is displayed as part of the 'Serve the Gods of Egypt' exhibition showing at the Museum of Grenoble, southern eastern France. Based on the Grenoble collections and supplemented by 200 works from the Louvre Museum and others loaned by European museums, the exhibition offers an approach to Theban society during the Third Intermediate Period (1069-664 BC), around the temple of Karnak, the main place of worship of the god Amon. JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT / AFP.
GRENOBLE.- The Musée de Grenoble is presenting an exhibition-cum-event devoted to ancient Egypt, organized with the Louvre. It proposes an archaeological plunge into the powerful city of Thebes 3000 years ago, by way of its necropolis and the monumental temple of Amun. Relying on the Grenoble collection, complemented by almost 200 works from the Musée du Louvre and other loans from European museums, the exhibition introduces visitors to the intimate life of Theban society in the Third Intermediate Period (1069 664 BCE). That society paying allegiance to the deity Amun-Ra in the temple at Karnak found itself, for those 500 years, at the heart of major political and economic challenges. In particular, the exhibition emphasizes the important role played by women at that time. A novel subject especially devised for Grenoble. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day This photo taken on December 30, 2018 shows a vendor waiting for customers at her market stall ahead of New Year's day in Shenyang in China's northeastern Liaoning province. STR / AFP
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| | | Florence museum demands Germany return artwork stolen by Nazis | | Argentine judge orders Kirchner's artwork be confiscated | | Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art presents Dutch masterpieces in a new light |
In this file photo visitors observe Michelangelo's painting Doni Tondo. Photo: Petar Miloević.
ROME (AFP).- The Uffizi Gallery in Florence on Tuesday appealed to Berlin for help in retrieving a stolen 18th century Dutch painting from a German family. "An appeal to Germany for 2019: We wish that the famous 'Vase of Flowers' by Dutch painter Jan van Huysum that was stolen by Nazi soldiers be returned to the Uffizi Gallery," the museum's German director Eike Schmidt said. According to Schmidt, the oil painting is "currently held by a German family who, after all this time, has still not returned it to the museum despite many requests by the Italian state." Before it was stolen during World War II, the still-life, which measures 47x35 cm (18x14 inches), was part of a collection owned by another well-known Florence museum, the Palazzo Pitti. After being shipped to Germany the work's whereabouts remained unknown until 1991, after Germany was reunified, Schmidt said. ... More | |
Kirchner is leading polls alongside Macri ahead of presidential elections next October.
BUENOS AIRES (AFP).- An Argentine judge has ordered the seizure of more than 30 pieces of art owned by former president Cristina Kirchner, currently awaiting trial for corruption. Argentine media said the artworks were worth $4 million. The seizure took place on Thursday night, judicial sources said, at Kirchner's Buenos Aires residence in the trendy Recoleta neighborhood. It had been ordered in August when judge Claudio Bonadio gave investigators the green light to search Kirchner's three properties after parliament had partially lifted the immunity her current role as a senator affords her. She is accused of receiving tens of millions of dollars in bribes and running a criminal network related to the infamous "corruption notebooks" scandal -- revealed through the meticulous records of millions of dollars in bribes paid by businessmen to government officials kept by ... More | |
Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, Delft 1632-1675 Delft). Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, ca. 1662. Oil on canvas, 18 x 16 in. (45.7 x 40.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889.
NEW YORK, NY.- Dutch paintings of the 17th centurythe Golden Age of Rembrandt, Hals, and Vermeerhave been a highlight of The Metropolitan Museum of Arts collection since the Museum's founding purchase in 1871 . The exhibition In Praise of Painting: Dutch Masterpieces at The Met brings together some of the Museums greatest paintings to present this remarkable chapter of art history in a new light. Through 67 works drawn exclusively from The Mets permanent collection and organized thematically, the exhibition orients visitors to key issues in 17th-century Dutch culturefrom debates about religion and conspicuous consumption to painters fascination with the domestic lives of women. The Mets rich holdings of 17th century Dutch ... More |
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| | | World's leading fine art dealers announce highlights for Master Drawings New York 2019 | | Artcurial announces its fourth Winter Session including Jewellery, Important Watches and Hermès Vintage | | Smithsonian announces 2019 as the Year of Music |
Edouard Vuillard, (1868-1940), Portrait of an Actor or Self-Portrait Caricature, c. 1890. Pastel on grey paper, 30.5 x 21.9 mm (12 x 8 5/8 in.). Photo: Courtesy Jill Newhouse.
NEW YORK, NY.- Thirty of the worlds leading international art dealers have announced highlights to be exhibited at the highly-anticipated 2019 edition of Master Drawings New York. The event takes place from Saturday, January 26th through Saturday, February 2nd on Manhattans Upper East Side. Some of the most influential names in the business, some exhibiting for the very first time, are dedicated to drawings, paintings, watercolors, sculpture and oil sketches from the 14th to the 21st centuries. Now in its 13th year, the annual week-long event presents an exciting showcase of concurrent pop-up gallery exhibitions by visiting dealers from London, Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam, Brussels and Vienna, and special presentations mounted in private gallery spaces by top New York specialists. These take place in galleries mostly along Madison Avenue on Manhattans Upper East Side. Last year, MDNY ... More | |
Boucheron, Platinum, grey gold, diamond and emerald draped necklace from the 1930s. Estimate: 50,000 - 60,000.
MONACO.- On January 21st 2019, Artcurial will host its fourth Winter Session including Jewellery, Important Watches and Hermès Vintage lots which will be auctioned from 23rd to 25th January, at the Yacht Club in Monaco. Leaders in the Principality (+ 30% in January 2018 compared to the 2017 edition), Artcurial maintains its ambition to help Monaco achieve the position of unchallenged international capital for luxury auctions. Each session is the opportunity to discover unparalleled lots gathered by the 3 departments, in order to satisfy the ever-growing number of Monegasque and international clients. Julie Valade, Director of the Jewellery department will launch the auction week on 23rd January at 3pm, followed by the 24th at 7pm with a magnificent selection spanning the centuries. The creations on display will range from the Victorian era - an incredible shaped-gold necklace set with sapphires ... More | |
North-facing view of the Enid A. Haupt Garden and the south facade of the Smithsonian Institution Building ("The Castle") in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian announced at its Board of Regents annual public forum that 2019 will be the Smithsonian Year of Music. The announcement featured musical performances, and an interview between David Rubenstein, the chair of the Board of Regents, and singer Dionne Warwick. The Institution-wide initiative will celebrate the Smithsonians vast musical collections, with music-related events every day of the year, including performances, exhibitions, lectures, educational programs and workshops. When combined, the Smithsonians musical holdings, activities and events make it the largest music museum in the world. In addition to the hundreds of thousands of musical artifacts in its collections, the Smithsonian has the Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, the Chamber Music Society and runs a record label, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. The Year of Music will spotlight and share with the public those vast musical resources, including: ... More |
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| | | The Armory Show announces 194 premier galleries participating in the 25th anniversary edition | | MoMA presents Park McArthur's first solo museum exhibition in New York | | First comprehensive survey of Rasheed Araeen's work on view at BALTIC |
Elmgreen & Dragset at König Galerie. Photograph by Teddy Wolff | Courtesy of The Armory Show.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Armory Shows 2019 edition will present 194 galleries from 33 countries, bringing together an unparalleled presentation of international galleries in central Manhattan. Staged at Piers 92 & 94, the upcoming fair will feature a diverse breadth of compelling artworksfrom new discoveries to historical masterpieces. The Armory Show, supported by Lead Partner Athena Art Finance, will open to the public March 710, 2019 with the VIP Preview Day on Wednesday, March 6. Marking the fairs 25th Anniversary and reflecting its heritage in New York, The Armory Show welcomes back several exhibitors who participated in its earliest editions at the Gramercy Park Hotel, including 303 Gallery (New York), Tanya Bonakdar Gallery (New York, Los Angeles), Galerie Krinzinger (Vienna), and Zeno X Gallery (Antwerp). Building on a strong contingent of international exhibitors, the 2019 edition will feature 59 new and first-time ... More | |
Installation view of the exhibition Projects 195: Park McArthur. October 27, 2018-January 27, 2019. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Digital Image © 2018 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo by Denis Doorly.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents Projects 195: Park McArthur, the artists first museum solo exhibition in New York, from October 27 through December 16, 2018. Taking shape alongside the Museums current building and expansion project, the exhibition focuses on the social realities and possibilities within the architectural parameters of site and scale. Projects 195: Park McArthur is organized by Magnus Schaefer, Assistant Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints, with Tara Keny, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Drawings and Prints. The exhibition comprises works on paper, an audio guide, and a modular, stainless steel structure that will be rearranged periodically throughout the exhibitions duration. This structure doubles as an exploratory design for a multistory, ... More | |
Installation view.
GATESHEAD.- BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art is presenting the first comprehensive survey of Rasheed Araeens (b. 1935, Karachi) wide-ranging artistic and academic practice, in collaboration with Van Abbemuseum. Spanning 60 years, the retrospective encompasses Araeens art, writing, editing and curating, displaying a body of work that has had profound influence on generations of artists, writers and thinkers. Having premiered at Van Abbemuseum in December 2017, BALTIC is hosting the only UK iteration of Rasheed Araeen: A Retrospective, until 27 January 2019. Araeen is a leading voice on the subject of Eurocentrism within the British art establishment. In 1972, Araeen joined the Black Panther Movement and was subsequently the founding editor of the journal Black Phoenix which, in 1987, was transformed into Third Text often acknowledged as the most important journal for Postcolonial art and theory. In 1989, he curated the se ... More |
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| | | Mona submits Motown development application | | Switzerland's new concert hall in Andermatt to open in Summer 2019 | | MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst presents 'Because I live here' |
Motown (render). Image courtesy of Fender Katsalidis and Mona.
HOBART.- Monas development application for Motown has been submitted to Crown Land Services and Glenorchy City Council. Once Crown approval has been granted, the development application assessment process will formally commence with Glenorchy City Council. When the Glenorchy City Council assessment process begins, members of the public will have the opportunity to comment. This is expected to take place in the new year. Motown will include a five star, 176-room hotel, 1075-seat theatre, a new multi-purpose conference centre (with capacity for 1000 people for a banquet-style gala dinner and 1600 people for a plenary-style event), a spa designed by artists James Turrell and Marina Abramović, playgrounds designed by Toshiko MacAdam, Tom Otterness and Daily tous les jours, more gallery space, and office space for Mona staff. The centrepiece of the Motown experience will be a library, ... More | |
ANDERMATT.- The new Andermatt Concert Hall, a world-class centre for music which will establish the Swiss Alpine village of Andermatt as an important cultural destination alongside its celebrated sports facilities, will open in June 2019. The concert hall is designed by Studio Seilern Architects led by Christina Seilern. The London based architects have just completed a performance centre in the UK the Annenberg Centre at Wellington College. Andermatt is a mountain village and municipality located in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. A major development by BESIX and the Andermatt Swiss Alps Development is transforming the village into one of the worlds finest year-round destinations. New facilities include a new village square at the heart of which is the new concert hall is located with new hotels, residential and chalet facilities. Christina Seilern said: It has been an honour for us to work on this exceptionally unique project, says Seilern. The Andermatt Concert ... More | |
Installation view TOWERMMK, Azin Feizabadi, Cryptomnesia, 2014, © Azin Feizabadi, photo: Axel Schneider.
FRANKFURT.- For the purposes of a film shoot, the staircase of the building in Metzstrasse 11 in Munich becomes a transit space of West Germany in 1975. Inventory (Metzstrasse 11) by elimir ilnik portrays the residents the majority of them so-called guest workers who, one after the other, introduce themselves, say where they come from, when they arrived and a little about their situation in Germany. In-Formation (2005) by Harun Farocki, on the other hand, revolves around the power of representation manifest in statistics about migrants and the stereotypes they create. A wide range of charts and diagrams on migration and immigration from statistical surveys, official publications and textbooks are mounted as a visual vocabulary of our perception. The montage makes the seemingly neutral information of the diagrams appear as one-dimensional clichés ... More |
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The inaugural edition of Frieze Los Angeles announces Frieze Projects
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Frieze announced the artists participating in Frieze Projects at the inaugural edition of Frieze Los Angeles, taking place at Paramount Pictures Studios and celebrating Los Angeless position as a global arts capital. Launched with the first Frieze fair in 2003 and renowned for its bold, innovative interventions at the Frieze London and Frieze New York editions, Frieze Projects is an independently curated platform for artists to show ambitious, experimental work beyond gallery booths and outside the fair tent. At the inaugural edition of Frieze Los Angeles, artists will respond to the Paramount Pictures Studios backlot set, tangling with the dichotomy of artifice and reality in an environment built to look authentic on film. Frieze Projects Los Angeles will create an immersive art experience for visitors to explore this interplay, radically expanding ... More
Light to Night Festival returns with new sensorial art experiences
SINGAPORE.- The Civic District, where modern Singapore started, invites visitors to embark on experiential journeys to gain deeper insights into who we are and the world around us come January 2019. Spearheaded by National Gallery Singapore together with its precinct partners, Light to Night Festival returns for its third year with a bumper edition across an extended six weeks from 18 January to 24 February 2019. With close to 50 programmes, the Festival promises to immerse audiences in an adventure filled with thought-provoking art and historical encounters from day to night. Responding to the theme Traces and Echoes, visitors are invited to go beyond the role of a visual spectator to one who interprets art and history with their five senses. This Festival experience spans two unique editions. The first, as a marquee event of Singapore ... More
Milestone to 'present arms' and important militaria in premier January 19 auction
WILLOUGHBY, OH.- Some of the highest-quality firearms and most important historical relics ever to pass through Milestone Auctions doors will be presented in a January 19 sale comprising more than 800 lots. Many of the items chosen for the suburban Cleveland companys first event of 2019 are fresh to the market from private collections. Bidders are warmly invited to attend in person at the gallery or to participate by phone, absentee or live via the Internet. The auction was intentionally designed as a one-day affair. Were a boutique auction house and take a different approach as to how we market consignments. I think its especially evident with our firearms sales, said Milestone co-owner Chris Sammet. While a marathon sale of three or four consecutive days may work quite well for some auction houses, we prefer not to conduct massive multiple-day ... More
Tim Peake's spacesuit will go on display at the National Space Centre, Leicester
LEICESTER.- The Science Museum Group announced the Sokol space suit worn by ESA astronaut Tim Peake during his Principia mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will go on long-term display at The National Space Centre, Leicester. The Sokol KV-2 emergency suit, which was acquired on behalf of the nation by the Science Museum Group with support from the UK Space Agency, will go on display in Leicester next summer following its appearance on the hugely successful UK tour of Peakes spacecraft Soyuz TMA-19M, presented in partnership with global technology innovators Samsung. The latest stop on the tour saw Soyuz touch down at Peterborough Cathedral, which won a national competition to host the spacecraft. The Cathedral which is celebrating its 900th anniversary has seen an incredible 800% increase in visitor numbers since the spacecraft ... More
Jean-Luc Mylayne exhibits at the Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles
ARLES.- Jean-Luc Mylayne has spent his life going out into the world to photograph birds in rural settings, where he invests weeks and indeed months in order to obtain the composition he seeks. The Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles presents an ensemble of 39 works created between 1979 and 2008, organised into nine sections according to their relationship with the light and the locality, and playing from the start on a progressive invasion of the azure blue of the sky. Printed as a single original, each photograph is silent about the place it was taken, but gives its date, underlining the length of time needed to gain access to the other that is the bird. And as the artist explains, the bird is the proof that harmony exists on this earth, providing we take the time to tune in to the mysteries that surround us. Born in 1946 in France, Jean-Luc Mylayne has enjoyed numerous exhibitions abroad, chiefl ... More
Exhibitions coincide with the publication of Mistral: The Legendary Wind of Provence by Rachel Cobb
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Over the past forty years, photographer Rachel Cobb has regularly visited and, at times, lived in Provence, where she experienced firsthand what it is like to endure the mistral, the fierce wind that funnels down the Rhône Valley, occasionally gusting to hurricane strength. No one who spends time in the region can escape it. It is everywhere, yet always unseen. Photographing the impact of this relentless force of nature on life in Provence has been Cobb's mission for the last fifteen years. As she became sensitive to the rhythms and effects of the mistral, she realized it was not just a weather phenomenon, it was an integral part of the fabric of Provençal life, impacting its architecture, agriculture, landscape and culture. Houses have few or no windows on the northwest, windward side and the main entrance on the southern, sheltered side. ... More
Discover collectable works at new dealer-run co-operative art fair
LONDON.- Connect The Independent Art Fair will be held at the Mall Galleries, a stone's throw away from Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace and the art hub of Mayfair & St James's, from Tuesday, 29th January until Saturday, 2nd February 2019. The new art fair is aiming to fill the sudden gap in the fair calendar created by the absence of fairs focusing on the discerning, entry and mid-level, collector. The cooperative event has been initiated and is run by independent art dealers to connect exhibitors and art buyers and help them discover new works as well as showing long-established artists. Matthew Hall of Panter & Hall, one of the initiators of the Fair, says: This will be an opportunity for seasoned collectors and beginners alike to access an area of the market neglected by most other art fairs. The aim is to connect buyers with dealers not normally ... More
Artist Shu Lea Cheang to represent Taiwan at the 58th Venice Biennale
TAIPEI.- Taipei Fine Arts Museum, along with artist Shu Lea Cheang and curator Paul B. Preciado, announced 3x3x6, the new project representing Taiwan at the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019. Expanding on the artists practice over the last three decades, Cheang presents a new multimedia research project, including images, installations, and computer programming, in which past and present, virtual and real worlds converge. Born in 1954, Cheang grew up in Taiwan and developed an artistic practice in the US and Europe, putting into dialogue Western and Eastern contemporary approaches to the body, desire, affect, and technology. Internationally recognized as an Internet art pioneer, Cheang explores the changing relationship between technology and living bodies in the age of late capitalism and globalization, and its impact on body politics. ... More
Extensive private collection of Cuban prints shown at Springfield Art Museum
SPRINGFIELD, MO.- El Grabado: Contemporary Cuban Printmaking, an exhibition of over 70 prints by 33 Cuban artists pulled entirely from the private collection of Doctors Antonio and Luz Racela, opened Friday, December 7 and will run through March 17, 2019. The 33 featured artists have all worked, at one time or another, at the Taller Experimental de Gráfica de Habana the oldest, continuously running print workshop in Cuba. The Taller was established in 1962 by muralist Orlando Suarez with the help of Che Guevara, who was then Cubas Minister of Industry. From its inception, the workshop has focused on connecting artists with traditional printmaking techniques and fostering a dynamic artistic community based on the sharing and exchange of ideas, experimentation, and art criticism. This supportive community has allowed Cuban artists ... More
Winner of the Theodora Niemeijer prize 2018 shows winning design
EINDHOVEN.- THE TICK by Josefin Arnell is on show in the Van Abbemuseum's The Eye (Het Oog). Last June, Arnell won the Theodora Niemeijer prize 2018, a prize especially for female visual artists in the Netherlands. The jury was inspired by the world Arnell tries to create, the tension between the playful and youthfulness on the one hand and the darker side which draws into human fear on the other side. Arnell received a check for 10,000 euros for her work. In addition, Van Abbemuseum offers a platform for her project until 28 April. With THE TICK, Arnell plays with a horror scenario in which blood sucking ticks have taken over the world. They want to infect all humans with viruses. The artist draws attention to ecological threats, such as global warming by emphasising our complicated coexistence with these creatures. In doing so, she indicates ... More
Koloman Moser: Universal artist between Gustav Klimt and Josef Hoffmann
VIENNA.- To commemorate the centennial of his death, the MAK is honoring Koloman Moser (18681918), one of the great visionaries of Viennese Modernism, with one of the most comprehensive solo shows on his diverse oeuvre to date. The MAK exhibition KOLOMAN MOSER: Universal Artist between Gustav Klimt and Josef Hoffmann delves deep into the creative work of this exceptional artist and demonstrates just how instrumental Moser was in influencing the search for a new, modern language of form in fin-de-siècle Vienna. This is the first time that many of the 600 or so exhibits, largely taken from the MAK Collection, have been made accessible to the public. Structured chronologically, the MAK exhibition recalls every step of Mosers unusual career: from painter to all-round designer and finally back to painting. His oeuvre holds an enduring attraction ... More
China saddles up with exclusive riding clubs, horse towns
SHANGHAI (AFP).- Leather riding boots are neatly lined up on a carpet, a picture shows blood-thirsty hounds on a fox hunt and a fountain spews water from the mouths of stone horses. It may have the trappings of upper-class Britain, but this is in fact suburban Shanghai and the County Down Club, the self-styled first exclusive membership club in China for horsemanship and fox-hunting. The club, which takes its name from a county in Northern Ireland, was founded three years ago and owner Steven Sun says equestrian sport "has developed rapidly in China during the past five to 10 years". "I think it's a change in awareness," said the 32-year-old, whose interest in horses was triggered while studying in Britain. Rising numbers of Chinese are taking up sports such as horse riding as the country's growing economy -- now the second biggest after ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian painter Piero di Cosimo was born January 02, 1462. Piero di Cosimo (2 January 1462 - 12 April 1522), also known as Piero di Lorenzo, was a Florentine painter of the Italian Renaissance. He is most famous for the mythological and allegorical subjects he painted in the late Quattrocento. In this image: Piero di Cosimo, Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Elizabeth of Hungary, Catherine of Alexandria, Peter, and John the Evangelist with Angels, completed by 1493. Oil and tempera on panel, 203 x 197 cm (79 7/8 x 77 1/2 in.). Museo degli Innocenti, Florence.
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