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Rachel Whiteread, English, born 1963; Detached III, 2012; concrete and steel; 77 1/4 à 67 1/2 à 115 3/4 inches; Saint Louis Art Museum, Museum Purchase 35:2017 © Rachel Whiteread.
ST. LOUIS, MO.- Ranging in scale and effect from the monumental to the modest, Rachel Whitereads sculptures capture the rich human histories contained within familiar objects. The Saint Louis Art Museum is presenting the first comprehensive survey of the British sculptors work. Rachel Whiteread includes 96 objects from throughout the artists 30-year career. The exhibition previously has been shown in London, Vienna and Washington, DC, where it has impressed visitors and critics alike. In a review of the recent presentation at National Gallery of Art, the Wall Street Journal described Whiteread as the greatest living British artist. Since winning the United Kingdoms coveted Turner Prize in 1993, Whiteread has received many honors and major commissions, including the Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial in Vienna. Her works have been shown extensively in museums around the world. In 2017, the Saint Louis Art Muse ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Confluences Museum employees assemble the restored skeleton of a whale in Lyon on March, 25, 2019, ahead of its exhibition to the public. JEFF PACHOUD / AFP
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| | | Stolen Picasso unearthed by 'Indiana Jones of art' | | Palmer Museum of Art announces major gift of the John Driscoll American Drawings Collection | | Christie's to offer prints from the collection of the late Larry Saphire |
In this file photo taken on January 20, 2019 Dutch art detective Arthur Brand poses during an interview with AFP in north London. Niklas HALLE'N / AFP.
THE HAGUE (AFP).- A Dutch art detective dubbed the "Indiana Jones of the Art World" has struck again, finding a Picasso painting worth 25 million euros stolen from a Saudi sheikh's yacht on the French Riviera in 1999. Arthur Brand said he had handed back the 1938 masterpiece entitled "Portrait of Dora Maar", also known as "Buste de Femme (Dora Maar)" to an insurance company earlier this month. The discovery of the rare portrait of Maar, one of Pablo Picasso's most influential mistresses, is the culmination of a four-year investigation into the burglary on the luxury yacht Coral Island, as she lay anchored in Antibes. Two decades after its theft and with no clues to its whereabouts, the French police were stumped -- and the portrait, which once hung in the Spanish master's home until his death in 1973, was feared lost forever. But after a four-year trail which led through the Dutch criminal underworld, two ... More | |
John William Hill (18121879), Under the Falls, Niagara, c. 1870, watercolor on paper, 29 x 21 1/2 inches. Palmer Museum of Art, John Driscoll American Drawings Collection.
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA.- The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State today announces a transformational gift of 140 American works on paper, recently donated by Penn State alumnus Dr. John P. Driscoll. The expansive gift, one of the most important in the forty-seven-year history of the Universitys art museum, establishes a significant American drawings collection at the Palmer Museum of Art. The John Driscoll American Drawings Collection spans more than 150 years of American art history from 1795 to 1950, and in many ways, reflects the wide-ranging scholarly and collecting interests of its namesake. Highlights of the collection include a rare and early charcoal sketch by the neoclassical painter John Vanderlyn, important Hudson River School drawings by Jasper Francis Cropsey, Sanford Robinson Gifford, David Johnson, Jervis McEntee, and ... More | |
Salvador Dalà (1904-1989) Tête de jeune fille etching, 1924. Estimate: $30,000-50,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019.
NEW YORK, NY.- On 18th April Christies will hold an intriguing auction entitled The Arrogant Eye: Prints from The Collection of The Late Larry Saphire as part of our Prints & Multiples auction. The collection includes over 150 works on paper by modern masters such as Picasso, Braque, Miro, Matisse, Dali, Chagall, Léger, Ernst, Giacometti, Matta, and Masson. Larry Saphire is best known for being the author of the catalogue raisonnes of the prints of Fernand Leger and Andre Masson, compiled whilst running the Blue Moon Gallery in New York. Larry was a Renaissance man and the quintessential collector-dealer. His extensive knowledge of the print medium meant he could spot a diamond in the rough and acquire art that he loved. His wife Tricia Saphire observed that [Larrys] cordiality, his avuncular camaraderie, his intellect, mantled his acquisitive passion. If it was good, or rare he wanted to own it. The nominal ... More |
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| | | Major gifts and new curatorial position in Latin American art at the Dallas Museum of Art | | Sports history you can touch at Julien's Auctions Sporting Legends Memorabilia Sale | | From bodybuilders to biker chicks: Classic & contemporary photographs at Swann |
Roberto Matta, The Sword and the Word, 1944. Pastel, chalk, and graphite on heavy board, 34 x 27 5/8 in. (86.36 Ã 70.17 cm) Dallas Museum of Art, anonymous gift in memory of Ana Trottner and Josefina Cesarman
DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art announced today the significant expansion of its commitment to Latin American art through a group of extraordinary gifts to the Museum, reflecting the Museums focus on inclusivity across its collection, programming, and audiences. They include a major gift to support the creation of a new curatorial position; the establishment of a new fund dedicated to the acquisition of Latin American art; and the addition of five works by key Latin American artists to the Museums collection. These visionary gifts enable the DMA to dramatically strengthen the exhibition, programming, and study of Latin American art. The establishment of this dedicated department is part of the DMAs strategic plan to diversify the illustration of artistic influence and dialogue across the world and throughout time, and to deepen the DMAs representation of the culture ... More | |
1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics relay used torch, signed by Muhammad Ali.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Three pairs of football boots used by star players at the height of their powers go on sale with Juliens Auctions on April 25th along with FIFA World Cup Gold winners medals, an Olympic torch carried by Muhammad Ali and Peles Brazil passport. For baseball fans there are items from legendary players Willie Mays and Babe Ruth. To hold these revered objects is to feel some of the energy and charisma that still surrounds them. Thanks to the men who stamped their mark on these games with these items, touching them is to be transported to the center of our love affair with sport, if only for a moment. On offer is Lionel Messis 500th goal match worn gold boots: $6,000-$10,000, Cristiano Ronaldos Real Madrid debut match worn boots: $5,000-$7,000 and Kylian Mbappés match worn Team France boots 2017: $6,000-$10,000. Bidders for this trio of famous boots are expected to be out in strength to claim them for their collections. ... More | |
Alfred Stieglitz, Camera Work, Number 36, New York, 1911. Estimate $18,000 to $22,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Classic & Contemporary Photographs will be on offer Thursday, April 18 at Swann Galleries. The auction features diverse images from twentieth-century artists pushing the limits of the medium and its intended use, including Wilson A. Bentley, Dorothea Lange, Robert Mapplethorpe and Alfred Stieglitz. Robert Mapplethorpes oversized silver print of Lisa Lyon, 1980-82 is a stunning example of the artists portraiture. Mapplethorpe met Lyon in 1980 after she became the first World Womens Bodybuilding Champion; the duo would collaborate on numerous sittings in the following years, which included portraits as well as full and fragmented body studies. The photograph captures a confident Lyon in profile as she holds her veiled head high and flexes her right arm, and is estimated at $50,000 to $75,000. Additional Mapplethorpe silver prints include a 1981 Untitled male nude, and Boot Fetish, 1979 (Estimates: $7,000-10,00 ... More |
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| | | Exhibition questions notions of utility, rationality and progress | | Tanya Bonakdar Gallery opens a solo exhibition of works by Haim Steinbach | | Exhibition features works by masters of early 20th-century Soviet photography |
Wim Devoye, Cloaca Travel Kit, 2009-10. Mixed media.
BRONX, NY.- The Bronx Museum of the Arts is presenting Useless: Machines for Dreaming, Thinking and Seeing, on view through September 1, 2019. The group show features works by artists Jairo Alfonso, Wim Delvoye, Juan Downey, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Algis Grikevičius, Rebecca Horn, José Iraola, William Kentridge, Arnaldo Morales, Chico MacMurtrie, Stefana McClure, Roxy Paine, Adriana Salazar, Fernando Sánchez Castillo, Shyu Ruey-Shiann, Shich Chieh Huang, Johanna Unzueta, and Simón Vega. Useless: Machines for Dreaming, Thinking, and Seeing questions and examines the value of utility in a world that is increasingly automated. It has been a long tradition among philosophers and writers to praise uselessness as a means to stress the importance of spiritual activities and creations without clear functional aims. Aristotle, for one, was one of the earliest proponents of uselessness, establishing that knowledge was valuable for and ... More | |
Haim Steinbach, Untitled (duck, owl, alexa, kong), 2019. Plastic laminated wood shelf; plastic soap dispenser; ceramic owl; Amazon Echo smart speaker; rubber dog chew, 20 7/8 x 42 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches; 53 x 107 x 24.1 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Tanya Bonakdar Gallery is presenting appear to use, a solo exhibition of Haim Steinbach, on view from March 16 May 18, 2019 at the gallerys Los Angeles location. For his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles in over a decade, Steinbach presents a new body of work including objects, sculptures, site-specific installations, wall paintings and language-based work. Since the 1970s Haim Steinbach has developed a widely influential practice that redefines structures of presentation and investigates the relationship between object and art, object and architecture, culture and language, and collection and display. With nods to the tradition of Duchamp and the conceptual logic of Minimalism, Steinbachs work ... More | |
Alexander Rodchenko, Portrait of Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1924. Vintage gelatin silver print. © Alexander Rodchenko Estate, Courtesy of Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- In celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of the opening of Nailya Alexander Gallery, the gallery opens two exhibitions: Masters of Early 20th-Century Soviet Photography, on view from Wednesday March 27 to Saturday May 11, followed by a group exhibition of the gallerys contemporary artists, on view from Wednesday May 15 to Friday July 12, 2019. Nailya Alexander Gallery was founded in New York in 2004 after several years of private work in Washington, D.C. For the past decade and a half, the gallery has prided itself on its diverse roster of contemporary fine-art photographers as well as on its collection of rare and vintage gelatin-silver prints by the great pioneers of the Russian avant-garde. Masters of Early 20th-Century Soviet Photography presents a rare selection of vintage gelatin-silver ... More |
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| | | Denver Museum of Nature & Science to hosts most comprehensive exhibition about Leonardo ever presented | | Miller & Miller Auctions announces Advertising & Nostalgia Auction | | Pace Gallery opens an exhibition of works by Chinese contemporary artist Xiao Yu |
Anatomical drawings: Leonardo was fascinated by the mechanics of the human body. His detailed anatomical drawings inspired the style in Grays Anatomy, the most well-known anatomy textbook in the world. © Grande Exhibitions.
DENVER, CO.- Inventor, artist, scientist, anatomist, engineer, architect, sculptor, philosopher. Although Leonardo da Vinci died in 1519, his influence has endured. His extraordinary legacy comes to life in the exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: 500 Years of Genius, on view at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. The story of Leonardo is told through a variety of experiences that illustrate why the ultimate Renaissance man remains an inspiration for the ages. Although Leonardo is one of human historys most famous people, he left behind very few tangible examples of his studies and works. Surviving artifacts are in private collections or on permanent display in a small number of renowned museums around the world. Fortunately, the creators ... More | |
Rare, 1930s-era En-Ar-Co Motor Oil rack made for the Canadian market, among the finest ones known, with two wire bottle carriers and 16 En-Ar-Co bottles (est. CA$15,000-$18,000).
NEW HAMBURG.- A rare, 1930s-era En-Ar-Co Motor Oil rack made for the Canadian market, a 1989 Rolls Royce Silver Spur car with 100,000 original miles and a 1967 Triumph TR6R Trophy Sport 650 motorcycle in perfect running condition are a few expected top lots in Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd.s upcoming Advertising & Nostalgia Auction slated for April 6th. The 595-lot live auction will have a start time of 10 am Eastern time, in the Miller & Miller Auctions gallery located at 59 Webster Street in New Hamburg, Ontario. Online bidding is open now, on LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com, as well as the Miller & Miller website, at www.millerandmillerauctions.com. Phone (519-662-4800) and absentee bids will be accepted. Headlining the event is the lifetime collection of Ryan McNabb, ... More | |
Installation view.
HONG KONG.- Pace Gallery is presenting BB, an exhibition dedicated to renowned Chinese contemporary artist Xiao Yu; it is the artists first solo show at Paces Hong Kong gallery. The exhibition showcases the artist's latest work, including five representative "bamboo" sculptures, as well as three video works, continuing his ongoing contemplation of the human condition and the ecology of the art world. The exhibition is on view at Paces gallery in the Entertainment Building from March 26 May 11, 2019. The term "BB", with its duality of simple appearance and overabundance of connotations, bears the artist's reflection on the phenomenon of over-interpretation in the contemporary art world. Xiao Yus homonymic BB series of bronze sculptures is an extension of his past "bamboo" sculptures that emphasize the violent deconstruction of traditional symbols. Having evolved from that, the new series ... More |
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Frank Lloyd WrightÂs Drawings for the Kalita Humphreys Theater and the Gillin House in Dallas
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Chenn Family Collection boosts Heritage Auctions' Asian Art Auction beyond $2.2 Million
DALLAS, TX.- Multiple bidders drove the price for Wu Changshuo Peony, Bottle Gourds, and Loquats, Dingzi, 1917 to $399,000 to claim top-lot honors in Heritage Auctions Asian Art Auction in New York. The final total for the sale, Heritages first as a participant in Asia Week New York, climbed to $2,235,135. The four ink-and-color-on-paper works that made up the top lot enjoy strong provenance that began with a gift by the artist in 1917. The lot is one of 23 lots in the sale from the Chenn Family Collection of fine Chinese paintings and calligraphy that brought a total of $587,275. It is an honor to be counted among so many prestigious collectors and sellers who convene each in New York each March, Heritage Auctions Asian Art Director Richard Cervantes said. In this week, when both attendance and prices for fine Chinese and Asian works of art were ... More
Monumental Iraqi Modernist painting to lead Sotheby's 20th Century Art / Middle East auction
LONDON.- Appearing on the market for the first time since it was acquired directly from the artist in the 1980s, this powerful masterwork by celebrated Iraqi artist encapsulates the artists avant-garde style and unique subject matter rendered on an impressive scale. The poignant painting will now be offered as a highlight of Sothebys bi-annual 20th Century Art / Middle East sale on 30 April, with an estimate £350,000-500,000. Born in Baghdad in 1927, Sabri took a subversive stance against the eras repressive Baathist regime, writing a manifesto that would lead to a long period of exile for the artist. His openly political works provide insights into the socio-political issues of the time, as he engaged in several paintings that sought to depict the suffering and plight of the Iraqi populace. Sabris focus was on the harsh realities of daily life, simplifying ... More
Art Central opens today at Central Harbourfront
HONG KONG.- Art Central, presented with Lead Partner United Overseas Bank (UOB), today launched the fairs fifth edition with the strongest presentation of Asian and global contemporary art to date. Featuring 107 international galleries, 75% of which hail from the Asia-Pacific region, the fair is set to showcase the most exciting and the best of contemporary art practices. Staged in a custom-designed 10,000 sqm structure on the Central Harbourfront, Art Central is open for public view from Wednesday, 27 March to Sunday, 31 March 2019 [VIP Preview & First Night 26 March]. Charles Ross, Managing Director, Art Central said, Now in its fifth year, Art Central has firmly established itself as the region's leading event during Arts Week. This year, we are proud to present the strongest programme to date, with pioneering 20th century artists and exciting emerging talent ... More
Waverly Rare Books explores subjects of travel and the natural world with April 4 auction
FALLS CHURCH, VA.- On April 4, the Waverly Rare Books division of Quinns Auction Galleries will present a 262-lot catalog auction of rare and important books, prints and maps on the subject of travel, exploration and the natural world. Titled Exploring the Globe Prints, Maps & Books, the auction features the personal library of William E. Davies (1917-1990), a former U.S. Geological Survey geologist, polar explorer and recipient of the Antarctic Medal from the U.S. Congress. His collection of books from the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration includes John Ross A Voyage of Discovery (1819). The travel and exploration portion of the catalog will include works from the Middle East, the archive of author Jane Geniesse (with 70+ letters by British explorer Freya Stark), maps of early America, circa-1856 watercolors of Pacific ... More
Chicago Symphony musicians perform for free as strike lingers
CHICAGO (AFP).- The striking musicians of the venerable Chicago Symphony Orchestra put on a free concert Monday for fans, as an impasse with management that is being watched closely by the classical music world entered its third week. Approximately 800 people gathered in a union hall belonging to the Midwestern city's school teachers, to hear one of the world's great orchestras in a performance for the first time since the strike began. The musicians and the orchestra's association, which runs its affairs, are at odds over pay and -- most importantly -- over the future of the musicians' pension program. There have been no new negotiations in more than a week, and no further meetings planned. "We had no idea that the association was not going to return to the table," said Steve Lester, chair of the musicians' negotiating committee. "So, we're disappointed." ... More
Bare-breasted mermaids get covered up in Indonesia
JAKARTA (AFP).- A pair of bare-breasted mermaid statues have been given the family values treatment at an Indonesian amusement park where officials slipped golden tube tops over their chests. While the nude statues have been on display for years at Jakarta's Ancol Dreamland, a recent policy aimed at respecting "Eastern values" has seen the mermaids get an official cover-up. The statues were initially just covered with gold fabric, but they've now also been moved to a more secluded area after visitors kept pulling the coverings down, park sources told AFP. Ancol Dreamland spokeswoman Rika Lestari insisted no outside agitators were behind the cover-up. "There was no pressure from any group," she said. "Ancol is trying to become an amusement park and vacation spot for families." That didn't stop the park's move from being widely mocked. "Thanks ... More
Exhibition presents art that addresses machine intelligence and the social role of the human body
PURCHASE, NY.- What makes us human? That is a question for the ages. But with the advent of artificial intelligence, contemplating the essence of humanity has become even more urgent. The artist team of Lilla LoCurto and Bill Outcault have wrestled with this question for the past twenty-five years through their photographs, video animations, and installations. Using advanced technologies, they have taken their ongoing investigations to a new and profound place. Lilla LoCurto & Bill Outcault: Much Madness is divinest Sense, on view from March 27-June 30, 2019, at the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, College, SUNY, presents the artists groundbreaking new work and considers the correspondence between the body, language, and technology, leading one to ponder humanness versus machine intelligence. In addition to the teams recent single- ... More
Rare collection of 1840-1940 couture and accessories comes to auction at Ewbank's in Surrey
LONDON.- The ultimate dressing up box an Aladdins Cave of vintage costumes with a stunning history is coming up for auction at Ewbanks Auctions in Surrey on April 11. Originally from the wardrobes of a stately home in Bedfordshire, the rare Victorian, Edwardian and early 20th century couture, dating from 1840-1940, later became the property of the Palm Court Orchestra, to be worn during performances of period music. The story goes back to 1990, when Hinwick House, a 50-room Grade I listed Queen Anne country house built in 1709-10 as the seat of the eminent Orlebar family, was being prepared for sale. The lady of the house, wishing to find a suitable home for a large and well-preserved wardrobe of period clothing for men and women, approached Patricia Godwin, the director of the orchestra, to see if she would buy them, ... More
Curator Miranda Lash loins Joan Mitchell Foundation Board
NEW YORK, NY.- The Joan Mitchell Foundation announced today that Miranda Lash, currently the Curator of Contemporary Art at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, has been appointed to its Board of Directors for a three-year term. Prior to joining the Speed, Lash was the founding Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), beginning in 2008. During her tenure in New Orleans, she experienced firsthand the impact of the Foundations Creating a Living Legacy (CALL) initiative, while organizing the Museums Mel Chin: Rematch retrospective exhibition. As part of that process, Lash and Chin worked closely with the Foundation to see how the CALL approach to studio organization and documentation could be applied towards preparing for a major exhibition. We are excited to have Miranda bring her significant ... More
Jerwood Gallery relaunching as Hastings Contemporary
HASTINGS.- Seven years after opening on the historic Stade on the seafront in Hastings, the Director and Trustees of Jerwood Gallery today announce that the gallery will become Hastings Contemporary - a new, independent modern and contemporary art gallery. Since opening in 2012, the gallery has built an acclaimed exhibition programme and has been a cornerstone of the cultural renaissance of Hastings, welcoming over 300,000 visitors. Hastings Contemporary will have a refreshed curatorial direction under Jerwood Gallerys founding Director, Liz Gilmore. Hasting Contemporarys expanded programme will explore all forms of modern and contemporary art, as well as continuing to champion the medium of painting, for which it has built a strong reputation. The opening programme will feature new works by the contemporary international painter, Tal R, ... More
Hales announces representation of the Estate of Anwar Jalal Shemza
LONDON.- Hales announced representation of the Estate of Anwar Jalal Shemza, following two celebrated exhibitions with the gallery at Hales Project Room, New York and Hales London in 2018. Currently, thirteen historical works by Shemza are included in Making New Time, curated by Omar Kholeif, part of the Sharjah Biennial 14. Anwar Jalal Shemza is an artist whose experience of multiple cultures informed a practice dedicated to exploring shape and colour. Shemzas diasporic perspective, as an artist with a deeply studied understanding both of Islamic aesthetic principles and the tradition of geometric abstraction in the West, allowed him to explore modernism through a uniquely doubled prism. Anwar Jalal Shemza (1928 1985) was born in Simla, India, to Kashmiri and Punjabi parents. He attended Mayo School of Arts in Lahore, Pakistan, graduating ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, painter and photographer Edward Steichen was born March 27, 1879. Edward Jean Steichen (March 27, 1879 - March 25, 1973) was a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter, and art gallery and museum curator. Steichen was the most frequently featured photographer in Alfred Stieglitz' groundbreaking magazine Camera Work during its run from 1903 to 1917. Together Stieglitz and Steichen opened the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession, which eventually became known as 291 after its address. In this image: Edward Steichen, White, 1935, Gelatin Silver Print. Courtesy Condé Nast Archive, New York. © 1935 Condé Nast Publications.
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