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Vivien Leigh's personal copy of Gone with the Wind. Courtesy Sothebys.
LONDON.- Hollywood icon and incandescent star of one of the most beloved films of all time, Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) captured hearts and minds with her fiery, luminous performance as Scarlett OHara in Gone with the Wind in 1939. Her legendary status in the pantheon of all-time greats was assured when she secured what perhaps remains to this day the most coveted role in cinema history. Our perception of such legends is often imperceptibly entwined with the myths they come to embody. This September, fifty years after her death, a spotlight will reveal the inner person few people really knew, in effect Viviens private life, when Sotheby's London brings to auction The Vivien Leigh Collection. Passed down through Viviens family, the collection comprises paintings, jewellery, couture, books, furniture, porcelain, objets d'art and further items celebrating all aspects of her life, from the pre-war years in London, to Hollywood and ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day An archaeologist shows a biface dated around 400,000 years old, found at the "Gran Dolina" dig, in the archaeological site of the Atapuerca mountain range, province of Burgos on July 10, 2017. Fossils and stone tools of the earliest known hominids in Europe, dating to between 780,000 and 1 million years ago, were discovered at the Atapuerca's Archaeological site which was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 2000. In 2007 the archaeological team found in the caves of the Elephant, a jaw and a human phalanx dating back 1.2 million years and considered to be the remains of the "oldest European". CESAR MANSO / AFP
| Tate Modern opens 'Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power' | | Sketches in the Royal Collection re-attributed to Thomas Gainsborough | | Christie's appoints Giovanna Bertazzoni and Adrien Meyer Co-Chairmen of Impressionist and Modern Art |
Wadsworth Jarrell, Revolutionary, 1972. Private Collection © Wadsworth Jarrell.
LONDON.- What did it mean to be a Black artist in the USA during the Civil Rights movement and at the birth of Black Power? What was arts purpose and who was its audience? Tate Modern presents Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, a landmark exhibition exploring how these issues played out among and beyond African American artists from 1963 to 1983. At a time when race and identity became major issues in music, sport and literature, brought to public attention by iconic figures like Aretha Franklin, Muhammad Ali and Toni Morrison, Black Art was being defined and debated across the country in vibrant paintings, photographs, prints and sculptures. Featuring more than 150 works by over 60 artists, many on display in the UK for the first time, Soul of a Nation is a timely opportunity to see how American cultural identity was re-shaped at a time of social unrest and political struggle. ... More | |
A squared-up study for an early painting by Gainsborough in the National Gallery, Cornard Wood. Photo: Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017.
LONDON.- An album of 25 landscape drawings in the Royal Collection, which have been contained in an album lettered 'Sketches by Sir E Landseer', have now been re-attributed to Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88). The sketches, stored in the Print Room at Windsor Castle, were acquired from the studio of Edwin Landseer (1803-73) by Queen Victoria in April 1874. In 1995, the drawings were reappraised and catalogued as 'from the circle of Gainsborough or the Norwich School', as the attribution to Landseer appeared to be 'completely unfounded'. More recently, further research by Lindsay Stainton (ex-British Museum and Gainsborough scholar) confirmed that one of the drawings is a squared-up study for an early painting by Gainsborough in the National Gallery, Cornard Wood. This discovery, combined with further ... More | |
Ms. Bertazzoni has been with Christies for 19 years. © Christies Images Limited 2017.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announces that Giovanna Bertazzoni and Adrien Meyer have been appointed Co-Chairman of the auction houses Impressionist and Modern Art department in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments and commitment to Christies. In their new roles, Ms. Bertazzoni and Mr. Meyer will focus on working with clients and collectors of 20th Century Art, and support the companys expansion of services and coverage in key growth markets. Christies is a global market leader in the Impressionist and Modern Art field, having contributed a significant portion of the companys $5.4 billion 2016 total. Over the past three years alone, Christies team of specialists has worked together to set the highest prices in the auction market for the major artists of the Impressionist and Modern movements, including Pablo Picasso (US$179.4 million), Amedeo Modigliani (US$170.4 million), Alberto ... More |
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| Met Museum welcomes 7 million visitors; Highest fiscal year attendance in The Met's recorded history | | Legendary Magnum Photos forced into historic shake-up | | Beggars Banquet - with July's major auctions, now's the time to buy rock collectibles |
The Museum also continues to be New York City's most visited tourist attraction for domestic and international audiences © The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that it welcomed 7 million visitors across its three locationsThe Met Fifth Avenue, The Met Cloisters, and The Met Breuerin the fiscal year that ended on June 30 (FY17). The increase in attendance over the last fiscal year is due primarily to the influx of visitors to The Met Breuer, which saw a total of 505,590 visitors in FY17. "The Met is thrilled to see our visitors responding so enthusiastically to our collection, exhibitions, and programs" said Daniel H. Weiss, President and CEO of The Met. "We're honored that so many people decided to spend their time with us this year." The Museum also continues to be New York City's most visited tourist attraction for domestic and international ... More | |
Chief Executive of Magnum Photos, Britain's David Kogan poses during a photo session in Paris on July 3, 2017. JOEL SAGET / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- Magnum Photos, the legendary agency set up by Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, has been forced into a major shake-up that has left it seeking private investors for the first time. The co-operative set up after World War II quickly became home to some of the world's greatest photographers including Ansel Adams, Eve Arnold, Don McCullin, Sebastiao Salgado and Steve McCurry. But its managing director David Kogan told AFP on Tuesday that now with trillions of photographs being taken every year, everyone has become a photographer. "The market has completely changed in the last 30 years," he said. "Newspapers that spent a lot on photos are no longer spending that money. So we have to invest in new projects and to think of the future." Kogan said ... More | |
Walter Fischer (1930-2000) - Mick Jagger - The Rolling Stones - Hamburg 1972. Current bid: $140
NEW YORK, NY.- If youre not heading to Europe this summer to see iconic photography of The Rolling Stones at exhibits in London and Stockholm. Rare photography of the band by the heralded celebrity photographer Terry ONeill is now up for auction at still-reasonable prices. Perfect for a starter gallery in your living room and bragging rights to a slice of rock n roll royalty. And with the Rolling Stones still alive and kicking (and soon to be touring), snatching up an iconic ONeill Rolling Stones photo now may be a smart investment. Major auctions are taking place in London and New York this month. When it comes to Rock n Roll memorabilia experts say now is the time to buy. In a world fascinated by celebrity, especially at the height of the music festival season, memorabilia from popular musical artists is now hi ... More |
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| Nanne Dekking to succeed Willem van Roijen as Chairman of TEFAF | | Exhibition of Alan Vega's final work on view at Invisible Exports | | Boogie Woogie, Baby!: Dutch infants take a shine to Mondrian |
Mr Nanne Dekking, Chairman of TEFAF. Photo: Bodine Koopmans.
NEW YORK, NY.- Nanne Dekking has been appointed the new Chairman of The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF), succeeding Willem van Roijen, effective immediately. Nanne Dekking is an eloquent advocate for change in the international art market and will provide strong and effective leadership for TEFAF and its future ambitions as the organisation continues to develop. The appointment of Mr Dekking as Chairman comes swiftly after new appointments were made to the TEFAF Board of Trustees and the TEFAF New York Advisory Board, announced in April 2017. For Willem van Roijen, finding a skillful, intelligent and charismatic successor was paramount, as it is important for TEFAF to continue to keep pace with an ever-changing art market. In a new Chairman of TEFAF, the Board of Trustees and the EC looked for a supporter of change who has broad experience in both the institutional and private sectors of the art market. Nanne Dekking has thes ... More | |
Alan Vega, Dukes God Bar, 2016. Graphite and acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 in (91.4 x 61 cm).
NEW YORK, NY.- Keep IT Alive is an exhibition of Alan Vega's final work, a suite of haunting large-scale paintings he had completed just before his death in July, 2016. The paintings, each composed of a central figure (often disfigured, deformed, or viewed askance) and presented against an obscured and chaotic backdrop, are an extension of the small-scale, serial penciland-paper portraiture that Vega produced nightly for over three decades. As paintings, they represent, too, a full-circle return for Vega who began his career as a painting student of Ad Reinhardt and Kurt Seligmann, then moved away from canvas towards sculpture and drawing and music, coming back to the medium, at the very end of his life, after working back through drawing and sculpture again. The exhibition also features three of Vega's iconic light-based sculptures, alongside the figure-based paintings. They all look different but theyre all basically me and facets of my personality," he once ... More | |
A man carries a baby though the first Baby Museum Tour on July 11, 2017 at the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague. The tour is called Boogie Woogie, Baby! and is specially created for babies between 4 and 18 months old. Robin van Lonkhuijsen / ANP / AFP.
THE HAGUE (AFP).- Ever wondered which artist is most preferred by babies? If it's up to the organisers of a tour for parents with small children in the Netherlands on Tuesday, the works of abstract artist Piet Mondrian win hands down. Eight babies and their parents were chosen from a group of 400 hopefuls to exclusively view Mondrian's paintings at the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, which houses the world's largest Mondrian collection. The babies, ranging from four months to one-and-a-half-years-old, and their parents were allowed an early morning stroll through the museum unhindered by the usual crowds, the organiser said. "From four months onwards, babies can see colours and contrast and for this purpose, Mondrian's works are the most ideal," said Brigitte Timmermans of Kunstfanaatjes ("Little Art Fanatics") ... More |
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| Rare view of 1773 Charleston, South Carolina, acquired for the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg | | The rainbow flag and David Bowie's Blackstar album acquired for the Design Museum's permanent collection | | Philippe Parreno's first solo exhibition in China on view at the Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai |
Detail of A View of CHARLES-TOWN, the Capital of SOUTH CAROLINA; engraved by Samuel Smith after Thomas Leitch; hand-colored line engraving; London, England, June 3, 1776; Museum Purchase, The Friends of Colonial Williamsburg Collections Fund, 2017-287. Photo: Courtesy of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA.- A rare, historically important view of Charleston, South Carolina, showing its appearance at the time of the American Revolution was recently purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation for its collection: A View of CHARLES-TOWN, in the Capital of SOUTH CAROLINA, engraved in London by Samuel Smith after a painting by Thomas Leitch, depicts recognizable Charleston landmarks during its peak of prosperity prior to the outbreak of the war. Acquisition of this exceptional, pre-Revolutionary view perfectly addresses the Foundations core mission, particularly since it furthers our understanding of early America and its Southern colonies, said ... More | |
David Bowie's Blackstar album. Cover used for digital and CD. Photo: Barnbrook.
LONDON.- The Design Museum in London has acquired a series of new objects for its permanent collection. New acquisitions include the rainbow flag, David Bowies Blackstar album, a coffee cup for astronauts and Oculus Rifts virtual reality headset. The Design Museum has the UK's only collection devoted exclusively to contemporary design and architecture and is an important record of the key designs that have shaped the modern world. It tells the history of mass production, from the manufacturing innovations of the nineteenth century up to the digital and making revolution of today. The rainbow flag, originally created by San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker, is the Design Museums first acquisition since moving to its new home in Kensington High Street. Identified as one of the defining designs of the modern age, the flag was part of an original series of ten that Baker designed and created in 1978. Also known as ... More | |
Exhibition view: Philippe Parreno, Synchronicity, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, 2017 . Photo: Andrea Rossetti.
SHANGHAI.- The Rockbund Art Museum presents a major solo exhibition by French artist, Philippe Parreno, his first in China. This exhibition is dedicated to Xavier Douroux whose influence on Parreno's career cannot be overstated. Curated by the Director of the museum, Larys Frogier, the exhibition occupies four of the museums six floors, also extending to its seventh floor glass rooftop. Over the past twenty years, Parreno has radically redefined the exhibition going experience by exploring its possibilities as a medium in its own right. Realised in dialogue with the physicality and functionality of the museums architecture, the exhibition alters the buildings current existence through an unexpected use of time, space, light, and sound to become a semi automated puppet, a perpetual motion of events in which Parreno subverts the conventions of the gallery space. Curator of the exhibition, ... More |
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This summer art meets history in two new exhibitions at Tacoma Art Museum
TACOMA, WA.- Tacoma Art Museum opened two exhibitions inspired by the complex history of the transcontinental railroads in the West: Zhi LIN: In Search of the Lost History of Chinese Migrants and the Transcontinental Railroads and Promoting the West: Abby Williams Hill and the Railroads, which opened June 3, 2017. Through two very different viewpoints the artworks in these exhibitions explore the impact of the western expansion of the railroads on individuals, notably the Chinese laborers who helped build them and an artist who helped shape their public image. Internationally acclaimed artist Zhi LIN has refocused attention on the forgotten yet vital history of the 19th-century Chinese laborers in the western United States. Thousands of men migrated from China to seek fortunes in the gold mines of California but, instead, only found work building the transcontinental ... More
Winning artists of the Harley Open Biennial Art Competition revealed
WELBECK.- Winner of The Harley Prize has been revealed as the painter Jéréme Crow with his piece Dom with Indian Yellow. Jéréme can now look forward to staging his work in a solo show at the gallery in 2019. He said: This is incredible news, I am absolutely thrilled to have my painting recognised in this way by the judges and especially considering all the other exceptional works in the exhibition. I had been eagerly looking forward to entering the Harley biennial open for some time and to be selected to have my painting on display within only yards of The Portland Collection and works by some of the greatest painters from the history of art is the greatest award. Describing his work, he said: I am concerned with the techniques and craftsmanship of familiar paintings and how the secondary image reproduced in print or digital media omits the artists labour. ... More
Major works by Chinese artist and political activist Ai Weiwei on view in Austin
AUSTIN, TX.- The Contemporary Austin and Waller Creek Conservancy announce a two-part outdoor exhibition of large-scale installations by Chinese artist and political activist Ai Weiwei. The works include the striking installation Forever Bicycles, 2014, installed by The Contemporary Austin at the Waller Delta (74 Trinity Street, Austin, Texas), and Iron Tree Trunk, 2015, on view at The Contemporary Austins Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria (3809 West 35th Street, Austin, Texas). Conceptual artist Ai Weiwei is considered one of the most important and influential artists working today and one of the leading cultural figures of his generation. Drawing on current global politics, Chinese culture, human rights, and more to push the definition of art into new realms, Ai consistently places himself at risk to effect social change and has amplified ... More
South Korea to build 'comfort women' museum in Seoul
SEOUL (AFP).- South Korea intends to build a museum in memory of wartime sex slaves for Japanese troops, a government minister said Monday, re-igniting perennial tensions in the two neighbours' relationship. The plight of the so-called "comfort women" who were forced into sexual slavery for Japanese troops during World War II is a hugely emotional issue that has marred ties between the US allies for decades. Mainstream historians say up to 200,000 women -- mostly from Korea but also other parts of Asia including China -- were forced to work at Japanese army brothels across the region during the 1939-1945 conflict. "We are planning to build a 'comfort women' museum in Seoul," said new gender equality minister Chung Hyun-Back at a shelter for a shrinking number of survivors, who now number only 38 in total. The "House of Sharing", in a rural ... More
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art honors Dolph Smith with new exhibition
MEMPHIS, TENN.- Art enthusiasts will now be able to experience the beauty and diversity of artists books thanks to a new exhibition opening in July 2017 at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Memphis artist Dolph Smith is recognized for his art in a variety of media, including watercolor and sculpture, but among the finest are his artists books. By the Book: A Tribute to Dolph Smith is built around six of his examples, and honors him through the inclusion of eleven artists who have worked with and admire him. Smith and his colleagues who are featured in this exhibition all share a desire to creatively explore the concept of a book through their own interests, ideas and beliefs, says executive director Emily Ballew Neff. The results are fascinating and require that viewers open themselves to thinking about booksspecifically artists ... More
Artcurial announces sale of jewellery, watches and Hermès Vintage in Monte Carlo
MONTE CARLO.- From 15th to 19th July, Artcurial will return to the Riviera. The unmissable event taking place on the rock in the heart of the famous hotel Hermitage will be held on 17th, 18th and 19th July. Three sales, Jewellery, Watches and Hermès Summer Collection will gather the most exceptional pieces from the luxury world. This year, the auction house has invited the designer, Pierre Hardy to cast his eye upon the selection and choose his favourites amongst the remarkable pieces sought out from around the world by Artcurial specialists. Pierre Hardy uses emblematic creations, from the most prestigious brands to rare anonymous works. He brings them together in a dreamlike still life setting, creating a spontaneous artistic dialogue, imagining XXith century Vanités. Ten graphic creations will thus beautifully illustrate the auction catalogue. It was when I saw the objects ... More
Jan Boelen appointed Curator of the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial
ISTANBUL.- Jan Boelen has been appointed as the curator of the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial, to be held from 22 September to 4 November 2018 by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV). Jan Boelen (b. 1967, Genk, Belgium) is artistic director of Z33 House for Contemporary Art in Hasselt, Belgium, and artistic director of atelier LUMA, an experimental laboratory for design in Arles, France. He also holds the position of the head of the Master department Social Design at Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Since the opening, Z33 House for Contemporary Art has been fashioning projects and exhibitions that encourage the visitor to look at everyday objects in a novel manner. It is a unique laboratory for experiment and innovation and a meeting place with cutting-edge exhibitions of contemporary art and design. With Z33 Research, design and art ... More
Game of Thrones ignites new collector interest in Viking jewelry and medieval relics
NEW YORK, NY.- Winter is coming. While that prospect might not be of primary concern in soaring summer temperatures, it will be on the minds of millions of fans on Sunday, July 16 as the 7th season of the wildly popular epic fantasy Game of Thrones premieres on HBO. Since the series' debut in 2011, Game of Thrones has captured an international following that averages a staggering 23 million viewers per episode, counting streaming, DVR and repeat showings. The shows appeal taps into virtually all demographics and has even attracted among its devotees such heads of state as President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard. The Game of Thrones phenomenon has wielded an impact on many aspects of pop culture, including collecting trends. Throughout the shows mythical Seven Kingdoms, ... More
Field Museum hosts 'Jurassic World: The Exhibition'
CHICAGO, IL.- Based on one of the biggest blockbusters in cinema history, Jurassic World: The Exhibition is on view at the acclaimed Field Museum in Chicago, home to one of the best dinosaur fossil collections in the world. The Exhibition immerses audiences of all ages in settings inspired by the groundbreaking film franchise, Jurassic World, blending real-world science and education with the very best in high-quality entertainment. This summer, not only will visitors be able to see real dinosaur fossils at The Field Museum, theyll be able to imagine what it would have been like to walk among these breathtaking animals. Produced in conjunction with Universal Brand Development and Imagine Exhibitions and co-produced by MagicSpace and IES, the lifelike animatronic dinosaurs were designed by The Creature Technology Company (Walking with Dinosaurs). ... More
Deutsche Bank KunstHalle exhibits works by artist and landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx
BERLIN.- The Deutsche Bank KunstHalle is presenting: Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist the first comprehensive survey exhibition in Germany of the Brazilian artist and landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx. In his native Brazil, Roberto Burle Marx (1909-1994), along with the architects Oscar Niemeyer and Lúcio Costa, is revered as a pioneer of Modernism. His garden designs for the capital BrasÃlia and, above all, his works in Rio de Janeiro have had a lasting impact on the face of these cities. Burle Marxs revolutionary landscape architecture, which is oriented to abstract painting, has an international reputation even today. During his over sixty-year career, he designed more than 2,000 gardens around the world. Among his most important are the gardens of the Ministry of Education and Health built by Niemeyer, Costa and Le Corbusier (1938), Flamengo Park ... More
1,200 Fiat 500s mass for iconic car's 60th birthday
GARLENDA (AFP).- More than 1,200 Fiat 500s from across Europe revved into the Italian foothills on Saturday to mark the 60th birthday of the iconic little car. The Italian classic took its first spin on July 4, 1957. Eighteen years later, more than 4.2 million had rolled off the factory line. Production then took a 22-year break before the model was relaunched in 2007 with some modern tweaks, although it retained its traditional curves. Since then some two million more Fiat 500s have been made, according to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). The birthday bash saw hundreds of the original models park in Garlenda, northwest Italy -- the 34th gathering of its kind, with demo events, talks and a parade for the participating cars. A cheap city vehicle that proved enormously popular in post-war Europe, the Fiat 500 had its status as a design icon sealed this week when ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, American inventor George Eastman was born July 12, 1854. George Eastman (July 12, 1854 - March 14, 1932) was an American innovator and entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. Roll film was also the basis for the invention of motion picture film in 1888 by the world's first filmmakers Eadward Muybridge and Louis Le Prince, and a few years later by their followers Léon Bouly, Thomas Edison, the Lumière Brothers and Georges Méliès. In this late 1020's file photo, Eastman Kodak Co. founder George Eastman, left, and Thomas Edison pose with their inventions in a photograph taken in the late 1920s.
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