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Image of the exhibition galleries Marinus: Painter from Reymerswale Photo © Museo Nacional del Prado.
MADRID.- The aim of this exhibition, which is benefiting from the sponsorship of Mitsubishi Corporation and the Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado, is to introduce visitors to Marinus van Reymerswale, a Netherlandish artist who worked in the first half of the 16th century. As the exhibitions curator Christine Seidel has explained: Following their restoration, the paintings have returned to life with renewed splendour. New technical research, undertaken by the Museo Nacional del Prado, has contributed important information on the conditions and methods of production of his paintings in the emerging art market in Antwerp and in the context of the material culture of his day. The exhibition brings together 10 works by the artist, five from the collection of the Museo del Prado and 5 from other institutions including the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza and the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid and the Fine Arts Museum in Ghent. Two are particularly releva ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Tourists wearing face masks are seen at Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico on March 5, 2021. Pre-Hispanic City Chichen Itza is a symbol of the Mayan-Toltec civilization in Yucatan and is part of UNESCO's World Heritage List. Daniel SLIM / AFP
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| Banksy's Game Changer to be sold at auction: Proceeds will benefit the NHS | | ARTBnk's Richard Schulman: My Day with Willem de Kooning | | A model and her Norman Rockwell meet again |
Banksy, Game Changer, oil on canvas, 35.7/8 x 35.7/8in. (91 x 91cm.), painted in 2020. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021.
LONDON.- Banksys Game Changer will be offered at auction in Christies 20th Century Art Evening Sale on 23 March 2021, with a pre-sale estimate of £2,500,000-3,500,000. On 6 May 2020, during the first wave of the global COVID-19 pandemic, a painting by Banksy appeared in Southampton General Hospital. Banksys gift to the hospital now comes to auction, as was always the artists intention. A reproduction will remain on view for future patients, visitors and staff at the hospital. Titled Game Changer, the original will be sold with proceeds benefitting the NHS. Appearing at a time when countries across the world applauded their frontline workers from their doorsteps during the first global lockdown, and painted rainbows in support, ... More | |
Willem de Kooning | © Richard Schulman.
NEW YORK, NY.- Celebrated photographer and friend of ARTBnk, Richard Schulman has traveled more than half the world to photograph extraordinary works of architecture and design, as well as prominent cultural personalitiesartists, architects, literary figures and moresince the 1980s. This is one of his many vignettes in ARTBnk's ongoing series of articles. When the Dutch colonized parts of America in the 1600s, they paved the way for centuries of Dutch influence. There have been many hashtags indicating what/when were Americas Dutch red letter dates. One needs not to travel beyond New York to realize their influences. A simple Grand Jete from Rotterdam to New York in the late 1920s stands today as a reminder of one particular great Dutch influence. de Kooning arrives. Early in my photography career, ... More | |
Charlotte Sorenson, 81, who as a teen modeled for Norman Rockwell's Bright Future for Banking" painting, outside her home in Boulder, Colo., Dec. 20, 2020. Benjamin Rasmussen/The New York Times.
by James Barron
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Charlotte Sorenson was riffling through a newspaper one morning in December when she recognized someone in a gallery advertisement for a Norman Rockwell painting that she had not seen in years: herself. There she was, a teenager in a cluster of schoolmates in graduation-day caps and gowns. Rockwell had called the painting Bright Future for Banking. Sorenson, who is 81 and lives in Boulder, Colorado, had posed for Rockwell when she was a 15-year-old high school sophomore in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, the picture-postcard town in the Berkshires ... More |
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| Syrian heritage suffered 'cultural apocalypse' | | Smithsonian American Art Museum receives major gift of extraordinary Amish quilts | | Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Sale Week kicks off with Post-War to Present |
A picture shows a partial view of damaged Great Colonnade in Syria's Roman-era ancient city of Palmyra on February 7, 2021. LOUAI BESHARA / AFP.
by Maher al-Mounes with Jean-Marc Mojon in Beirut
PALMYRA (AFP).- A decade of war has not only destroyed Syria's present and poisoned its future, it has damaged beyond repair some of its fabled past. Syria was an archaeologist's paradise, a world heritage home to some of the oldest and best-preserved jewels of ancient civilisations. The conflict that erupted in 2011 is arguably the worst of the 21st century so far on a humanitarian level, but the wanton destruction of heritage was possibly the worst in generations. In a few years, archaeological sites were damaged, museums were looted and old city centres were levelled. Standing in front of a restored artefact in the Palmyra museum he ran for 20 years, Khalil al-Hariri remembers the trauma of having to flee the desert city and its treasures as they fell into the hands of the so-called Islamic State group. "I have lived many difficult days. We were besieged several times in the museum," he said, recounting how he and his team stayed behind ... More | |
59 Sunshine and Shadow,1930, 89 x 86 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Faith and Stephen Brown. Image courtesy of Faith and Stephen Brown.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum has received an extraordinary gift of masterpiece Amish quilts from the collection of Faith and Stephen Brown. The group of quilts is the largest and most significant collection of Amish quilts to enter any major art museums permanent collection. The quilts were made between the 1880s and 1940s and embody the astonishing design innovation and stitching skills of Amish women from communities in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania and other states. An initial group of approximately 40 donated quilts will be featured in an upcoming exhibition organized by the museum, scheduled for March 15, 2024 through Sept. 2, 2024. The exhibition and accompanying catalog will highlight the ways in which Amish quilters across the United States negotiated tradition and innovation. The Browns entire collection, approximately 130 quilts, will be donated to the Smithsonian American Art Museum by ... More | |
Derrick Adams (B. 1970), Figure in the Urban Landscape 31. Acrylic, graphite, ink, fabric on paper, grip tape and model cars on wood panel. Executed in 2019. Estimate: $100,000-150,000. Price Realized: $250,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies kicked off the week of Post-War and Contemporary Art Sales in New York with a live Post-War to Present auction, which totaled $23,087,875, selling 86% by lot, 92% by value and 123% hammer over low estimate. The top lot of the sale was Keith Harings Untitled, which achieved $3,000,000, followed by Matthew Wongs Luminous Night, which achieved $2,190,000, more than double its high estimate. The sale saw four new artist records set for Derrick Adams, Elaine de Kooning, Lucas Samaras and Jammie Holmes. Exceptional prices were also achieved by Emily Mae Smith, Salman Toor, Henry Taylor and Ruth Asawa among others. The week continues with the following sales: Contemporary Edition | LIVE | March 10 First Open | ONLINE | Closes March 11 Beeple | The First 5000 Days | ONLINE | Closes March 11 Contemporary Art Asia | ONLINE | Closes March 12 ABOUDIA ... More |
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| U.S. lawmakers suggest 25 movies about latinos to the National Film Registry | | Toledo Museum of Art approves new strategic plan prioritizing belonging and quality of experience | | Galerie Barbara Thumm announces global representation of the estate of Teresa Burga |
One of the movies nominated by the caucus last week is Frida (2002), an Oscar-winning movie about artist Frida Kahlo.
by Christina Morales
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is continuing work it started in January, when it nominated the movie Selena for the National Film Registry, with a list of 25 more films it would like to see the registry add. The movies nominated by the caucus last week are from as early as 1982, and they include films like Spy Kids (2001), a comedy featuring a Latino family, and Frida (2002), an Oscar-winning movie about artist Frida Kahlo. The registry typically adds new movies in December. It is essential that the Library of Congress National Film Registry reflect the true diversity of American culture, the chairman of the caucus, Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Calif., said in a statement. Including more Latino films in the National Film Registry will help elevate Latino stories, ... More | |
Over the next five years, TMA seeks to become the model art museum of the 21st century.
TOLEDO, OH.- On March 4, the Board of Directors of the Toledo Museum of Art formally approved the Museums next institutional strategic plan, which will guide TMA over the next five years in its aim to set the standard among art museums in the country for its commitment to quality and its culture of belonging. TMAs new strategic plan outlines a range of initiatives that focus on amplifying the Museums vision to activate its reach throughout the greater Toledo area and authentically integrate high-quality art into everyday life. The Museum will begin implementation of the plan on July 1, 2021. Through this strategic plan, the Toledo Museum of Art will reassert our investment in the community and diversify our collection, said Adam M. Levine, the Museums Edward Drummond and Florence Scott Libbey director and CEO. Since its inception, TMA has been dedicated to education and ... More | |
Teresa Burga at Galerie Barbara Thumm, 2012. Photo: Nici Wegener. Courtesy Galerie Barbara Thumm.
BERLIN.- Galerie Barbara Thumm announced the global representation of the estate of Teresa Burga. The gallery is planning a comprehensive tribute exhibition with an accompanying publication for the spring of 2021. Based on my long standing relationship with Teresa Burga of almost a decade, I am very honored to continue to secure her great legacy as a radical woman artist. Barbara Thumm Teresa Burga (Iquitos, 1935 - Lima, 2021) is an internationally acclaimed artist of feminist and conceptual art. As a co-founder of the Arte Nuevo group (1966-1967), Burga strategically used pop aesthetics to introduce a visual repertoire that questioned the predominant male canon. In the 1970s, Burgas work was as experimental as it was radical. Combining passion with scientific rigor, she devoted herself to exploring dematerialized art in dialogue with technology, communication and time. The multimedia oeuvre ... More |
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| Six artists shortlisted for Trafalgar Square's iconic Fourth Plinth | | Scottish art sells best in Scotland | | Amélie Simier appointed director of Musée Rodin |
Goshka Macuga. Photo: Kasia Bobula.
LONDON.- The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, today announced the six artists who have been shortlisted for Trafalgar Squares Fourth Plinth commission: Nicole Eisenman, Samson Kambalu, Goshka Macuga, Ibrahim Mahama, Teresa Margolles and Paloma Varga Weisz. The shortlisted artists proposals will go on show at the National Gallery from late-May to July this year and will also be available to view online. A virtual tour of the exhibition will be created in partnership with Google Arts & Culture. The public will be invited to have their say about the proposed artworks, which will inform the decision of the Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group when selecting the two winning sculptures. The two winning commissions will be announced this summer and will be unveiled on the Fourth Plinth in 2022 and 2024 respectively, following on from the current sculpture THE END by Heather Phillipson, which will remain until September 2022. The Mayor of London, ... More | |
John Houston R.S.A., R.S.W., S.S.A. (Scottish 1930-2008) Oriental Poppies 1.
EDINBURGH.- A private collection of Scottish paintings received the white glove treatment at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh on February 25. The sale of 75 works offered under the banner A Celtic Vision was 100% sold with the total doubling the pre-sale estimate. Nick Curnow, Head of Scottish Art at Lyon & Turnbull commented: Our vendor is delighted. The level of interest from bidders was thrilling and some of the sums paid were in excess of retail. It shows once again that Scottish paintings sell best in Scotland. The title of the sale reflected both content and context. The vendor, a Welshman, had begun his collecting odyssey some 25 years ago after receiving the 1917 oil Swan Lake by Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864-1933) as a gift. It had prompted a visit to Kirkcudbright and Galloway in search of information and inspiration. From then on, every holiday was spent in Scotland hunting for paintings by some of its most ... More | |
Mrs. Simier is a specialist in nineteenth- and twentieth-century sculpture and a general heritage curator. © agence photographique du musée Rodin - Jérome Manoukian.
PARIS.- Amélie Simier has been appointed director of the Musée Rodin by Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, the French Minister of Culture. She will take over from her predecessor, Catherine Chevillot, on May 3, 2021. Mrs. Simier, a specialist in nineteenth- and twentieth-century sculpture and a general heritage curator, has held successive curatorial positions as curator of the Department of Modern Sculpture at the Petit Palais in Paris, then as director of the Musée Zadkine, also in Paris. Since 2011, she has been director of the Musée Bourdelle (Paris), founded in 1949 along the same lines as the Musée Rodin: a museum dedicated to a single artist and holding his entire oeuvre, organizing exhibitions in France and abroad, protecting the artists moral rights, and funded in part by the edition of original bronzes. She also ... More |
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Egyptian Billy Elliot sets new bar for Middle Eastern ballet
PARIS (AFP).- Surrounded by little girls and mocked at school when he first tried ballet, it took serious determination for Luca Abdel-Nour to become the first Egyptian prizewinner at the prestigious Prix de Lausanne. The international competition in Switzerland has been one of the leading showcases for young ballet talent since it began in 1973. Abdel-Nour, 17, took three prizes, including second overall and the audience award, at the latest instalment in February, and hopes his success can inspire more boys from the Middle East to overcome their prejudices about dance. Born to a French mother but growing up in Cairo, he performed in dance and theatre shows with his school as a young boy. But he didn't try ballet until he took part in a summer dance school in France aged 12, and an instructor told him to give it a try. "I was like ummm 'I don't ... More
Ageing DR Congo artists keep music of the miners alive
LUBUMBASHI (FP).- The cone-shaped slag heap in the southeastern Congolese city of Lubumbashi is a mighty symbol of the time when copper was king. In that heady era, a vibrant and distinctive culture of music and dancing sprouted among miners who worked for DR Congo's state giant, Gecamines. Today, just a small number of performers are still around to play the songs and do the dances, and recount what it was like in the glory days. One of them is Marcel Tshibanda, once a guitarist with a Jecoke group -- a troupe of employees who were paid by Gecamines' social club to sing and dance for mining communities in their spare time. Their music had a distinctive, calypso-y beat and the dancers dressed in smart long-tailed suits, wowing the crowds with snappy trademark moves. The sound, said Tshibanda, was inspired by musicians in neighbouring ... More
Gap in history: Afghans recall Taliban's destruction of famed Buddha statues
BAMIYAN (AFP).- Afghanistan's giant Buddhas stood watch over the picturesque Bamiyan valley for centuries, surviving Mongol invasions and the harsh environment until the Taliban arrived with an apocalyptic worldview that did not care about one of the great wonders of antiquity. After years of scorched-earth offensives across Afghanistan, the militants -- who saw any representation of the human form as an affront to Islam -- turned their attention to the two Buddhas in Bamiyan, peppering the carvings with tank shells and rocket fire before ultimately dynamiting them in March 2001. To finish the job, the Taliban conscripted locals as porters to lug stacks of explosives to the base of the Buddhas, carved out of the cliff face in the 5th century. Bamiyan resident Ghulam Sakhi said he is still haunted by the role he was forced to play in the destruction. "It is not ... More
Rare illustrated books by Andy Warhol to be offered at Bonhams
NEW YORK, NY.- People who bought Suzie Frankfurts 1959 cookbook, Wild Raspberries looking for culinary inspiration were in for a surprise. In place of the lavish haute cuisine recipes common at the time, they found absurd concoctions such as that for Omlet Greta Garbo Always to be eaten alone in a candlelit room. They would also have discovered a series of charming illustrations by a little-known commercial artist, called Andy Warhol. A copy of Wild Raspberries signed by Warhol for D. D Ryan, the fashion guru and guiding spirit behind the creation of Eloise, the little girl who lived at the Plaza Hotel, is offered at Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts sale in New York which runs online from Monday, March 22 - Tuesday, March 30. One of a number of books in the sale illustrated and self-published by Warhol, all of which are being sold ... More
Whyte's to offer Irish & International art
DUBLIN.- Whytes spring auction of Irish & International art promises to deliver another exciting opportunity for collectors to acquire rare artworks of outstanding quality and enduring value. On Monday 22 March 2021 153 lots of Irish & International art will be offered for auction. One of top lots by value is a striking oil (illustrated above) titled Waiting for the Ferry, Low Tide, 1946 by Jack B. Yeats (lot 29, estimate 100,000-150,000). Typical of his later work, in both execution and palette, it depicts a lone figure standing at the waters edge. Behind her a steep bank of cliffs rises upwards creating a striking backdrop. The work has an interesting provenance, purchased from Leo Smith by Helen Hooker OMalley and then gifted to the actor Liam Redmond, with whom Hooker had founded the Dublin Players Theatre in 1944. An earlier ... More
William Kentridge leads Bonhams Post-War & Contemporary Art sale in London
LONDON.- For some the typewriter is simply a relic of the past, perhaps conjuring a nostalgic image in the imagination, but holding little significance. For others it is an intermediary object, allowing thoughts and words to become a tangible presence. For William Kentridge, it is a device to be used in more ways than one, and in Large Typewriters, which leads Bonhams Post-War & Contemporary Art sale on 24 March in London, he creates a dual image combining both the banal and the absurd, the real and the imagined. The imposing work has an estimate of £350,000 - 550,000. Ralph Taylor, Bonhams Global Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art, commented: William Kentridge is one of the worlds most celebrated contemporary artists, who lyrically combines the political and the allegorical in his work. Working from a variety of references, ... More
Pirelli HangarBicocca announces Bubbles, a new digital project
MILAN.- Bubbles, a new digital project that goes online today, transforms the Pirelli HangarBicocca website into a dynamic, constantly updated map of contents that revolve around art and artists. The Bubbles project is a digital environment designed to let users explore the world of contemporary art, offering a free-flowing navigation experience to access the wide range of content produced by Pirelli HangarBicocca for its exhibitions and cultural events. The new website, which goes online today, gives users an opportunity to complement or prepare their visit to the exhibition spaces. It is also a stand-alone project, an effective independent means for anyone, from art lovers to students, researchers and intrigued visitors, who wishes to stay up to date on the issues that revolve around contemporary creativity. The navigation system is designed as five ... More
New book from Taschen offers an unprecedented insight into Basquiat's art and work
NEW YORK, NY.- The legend of Jean-Michel Basquiat is as strong as ever. Synonymous with 1980s New York, the artist first appeared in the late 1970s under the tag SAMO, spraying caustic comments and fragmented poems on the walls of the city. He appeared as part of a thriving underground scene of visual arts and graffiti, hip hop, post-punk, and DIY filmmaking, which met in a booming art world. As a painter with a strong personal voice, Basquiat soon broke into the established milieu, exhibiting in galleries around the world. Basquiats expressive style was based on raw figures and integrated words and phrases. His work is inspired by a pantheon of luminaries from jazz, boxing, and basketball, with references to arcane history and the politics of street lifeso when asked about his subject matter, Basquiat answered royalty, heroism and the ... More
Christie's announces highlights included in the 'Watches Online: New York' sale
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies is presenting Watches Online: New York from March 9-23, 2021. With over 130 modern and vintage timepieces from the most celebrated manufacturers such as Patek Philippe, Rolex, Richard Mille, Audemars Piguet and many more with bids beginning at $100 and going up to $80,000. Highlights include an iconic Patek Philippe Nautilus reference 3700 in yellow gold ($80,000 - 120,000), an impressive diamond-set Richard Mille RM007 ($70,000-90,000), as well as an important double-signed Patek Philippe split-seconds chronograph pocket watch with minute repeater, circa 1905, retailed by Ryrie Brothers of Toronto ($20,000 30,000). The sale will also feature a wide range of the modern desirable Rolex Sport models, with watches known today such as the: Hulk, Kermit, Batman, Pepsi and the most recent Rolex ... More
Norton Juster, who wrote 'The Phantom Tollbooth,' dies at 91
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Norton Juster, who wrote one of childrens literatures most beloved and enduring books, The Phantom Tollbooth, died Monday at his home in Northampton, Massachusetts. He was 91. His daughter, Emily Juster, said in a statement that the cause was complications of a recent stroke. The Phantom Tollbooth, published in 1961, is the story of a bored boy named Milo who, when a tollbooth inexplicably appears in his room, passes through it into a land of whimsy, wordplay and imagination. The book was illustrated by the man Juster shared a duplex with at the time, Jules Feiffer, who was early in his renowned career as a cartoonist and author. It has sold almost 5 million copies, has been reissued multiple times, and was turned into an animated film and a stage musical. There was once a boy named Milo who didnt ... More
Hollywood directors nominate two women for top prize in historic first
LOS ANGELES (AFP).- A year after omitting women entirely, Hollywood's directors Tuesday nominated two female filmmakers for their top prize for the first time in the awards' seven-decade history. "Nomadland" director Chloe Zhao and "Promising Young Woman" helmer Emerald Fennell become the ninth and tenth women nominated for the Directors Guild of America's outstanding feature film category. "I congratulate our five nominees whose diverse and extraordinary films embodied that universal power in a year that will never be forgotten," said DGA president Thomas Schlamme in a statement. Beijing-born Zhao and British director Fennell are joined on the diverse shortlist by Lee Isaac Chung, who drew on his Korean-American immigrant family history for acclaimed drama "Minari." The category is rounded out by David Fincher -- for ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, sculptor and furniture designer Harry Bertoia was born March 10, 1915. Harry Bertoia (March 10, 1915 in San Lorenzo, Pordenone, Italy - November 6, 1978 in Barto, Pennsylvania), was an Italian-born American artist, sound art sculptor, and modern furniture designer. In this image: Since 2000, Wright has sold more than 550 sculptures by Bertoia -- more than any other auction house or gallery.
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