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A curator concluded that a piece featuring thick, colorful tape had been hung at her museum the wrong way around. But its difficult to truly discern Mondrians vision for an unsigned work.
NEW YORK, NY.- About a year ago, an Italian artist wrote to a museum in Düsseldorf, Germany, to share a nagging feeling he had about an abstract work that had been at the institution for decades. The artist, Francesco Visalli, had been researching the work of Piet Mondrian, the Dutch painter known for gridlike works with geometric pops of primary colors. The artwork in question was an unfinished piece called New York City I: a canvas layered with crisscrossing red, blue, yellow and black lines of tape. Whenever I look at this work, I always have the distinct feeling that it needs to be rotated 180 degrees, Visalli wrote to a museum leader. I realize that for decades it has been observed and published with the same orientation, yet this feeling remains pressing. Visalli also presented evidence to support his hunch: a photograph, from a 1944 issue of the American magazine Town & Country, that showed the work resting on an easel in Mondrians studio shortly after ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day View of exhibition Jumana Manna: Break, Take, Erase, Tally on view at MoMA PS1 from September 2022 to April 17, 2023. Image courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio.
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| New works from Rana Begum highlights interplay between light and form, nature and architecture | | Adam Pendleton presents new work at Galerie Eva Presenhuber | | King Tut died long ago, but the debate about his tomb rages on |
Rana Begum.
HOUSTON, TX.- The ambitious, site-specific installations No.1187 Mesh and No. 1193 Mesh by Rana Begum (b. 1977, Sylhet, Bangladesh), commissioned by the Moody Center for the Arts, push the material and conceptual possibilities of public artwork. On view at Rice University in Houston, Texas, until December 17, 2022, Begums work is the latest installation in the Moodys Platform series which has featured artists Jarrod Beck, Nina Katchadourian, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Edra Soto, and We Make Carpets. A continuation of the artists focus on the interplay between light, color, and form, these immersive assemblies blur the boundaries between sculpture, painting, and architecture. As in previous installations at the Botanic Square, London City Island and Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, London, Begums use of industrial materials, repetitive geometric patterns, ... More | |
Untitled (WE ARE NOT), 2022. Silkscreen ink on canvas, 127 x 152.5. cm. © Adam Pendleton.
ZURICH.- Galerie Eva Presenhuber is presenting Adam Pendleton: Toy Soldier, the artists second solo exhibition with the gallery. Featuring new work, including three paintings, five collages, and a video, the exhibition is on view concurrently with Adam Pendleton: In Abstraction at Pace Gallery, Geneva. Together the two exhibitions speak to the range of his practice. Adam Pendleton: Toy Soldier, installed in three black-box spaces, integrates multiple ongoing flows of writing and reading. In a new set of small collages, Pendleton combines geometric formscircles and triangleswith metallic sprays, drips, and other shapes, conducting an improvisatory play of shadow and muted light. Opaque black cut- outs dance across the foreground of each work. Spray-painted gestures, here rendered in silver and obscured to near illegibility, create a through line with the spray-painted text ... More | |
In a photo provided by Yumiko Ueno shows, Nicholas Reeves, third from right, evaluates documents inside the tomb of King Tutankhamen in Luxor, Egypt. Reeves, a former curator at the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, posited a tantalizing theory that there were rooms hidden behind the northern and western walls in the treasure-packed burial vault of Tutankhamun, otherwise known as King Tut. (Yumiko Ueno/The New York Times)
by Franz Lidz
NEW YORK, NY.- More than three millenniums after Tutankhamen was buried in southern Egypt, and a century after his tomb was discovered, Egyptologists are still squabbling over whom the chamber was built for and what, if anything, lies beyond its walls. The debate has become a global pastime. At the center of the rumpus is confrontational enthusiast Nicholas Reeves, 66, who shares a home near Oxford, England, with a nameless house cat. In July 2015, Reeves, a former curator at the British ... More |
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| Nationalmuseum acquires painting by Jean-François Raffaëlli | | Hake's Nov. 15-16 auction lineup underscores rock-solid market for Star Wars & surging popularity of vintage video games | | Roland Auctions NY enjoys high-profile month in November along with Fall Estates Auction |
Jean-François Raffaëlli, View from Suresnes near Paris (detail). Photo: Anna Danielsson / Nationalmuseum.
STOCKHOLM.- Nationalmuseum has acquired a landscape by the French naturalist painter Jean-François Raffaëlli, one of the foremost role models for the Swedish artists who travelled to Paris in the 1880s. Measuring only 9 x 16 cm, the painting nevertheless encompasses an entire microcosm, filled with the contrasts between idyllic scenery and factory smoke along a bend of the river Seine. Jean-François Raffaëlli (18501924) was one of the French naturalist painters, who portrayed realistic scenes of everyday life on large canvases. Their motifs were often drawn from rural life, which they depicted with near photographic sharpness. Their main inspiration came from writers such as Ãmile Zola and Gustave Flaubert, who sought to portray their characters inner lives by describing their external circumstances. Raffaëlli occupied an unusual position on the Parisian art scene. Among the naturalists, he stood out on account of his rather di ... More | |
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1984) Princess Leia 3.75in sample figure in solid pink poncho (as opposed to later camouflage poncho), affixed to Imperial Stormtrooper/Snowtrooper blister card because cards for Leia figure had not yet been completed. Card advertises Free Nien Nunb offer. AFA 60 Y-EX. Comes with notarized CIB LOA. Estimate $20,000-$35,000.
YORK, PA.- The quest for early Star Wars collectibles has reached a fevered pitch, but the auction market tells us the journey is just beginning. Interest in Star Wars items is stronger than ever, especially for prototypes and samples, rare variations, and toys produced in low numbers or no numbers at all. To some, it may seem that Hakes the auction house holding numerous world records for Star Wars material has already sold the ultimate rarities from that wildly popular category. But exciting surprises continue to emerge, some from unexpected sources, and those fresh consignments and new discoveries will be front and center at Hakes November 15-16 pop culture auction. The high-end selection of elusive action figures is led by a carded double-telescoping Ben (Obi-Wan) ... More | |
Emilio Grau Sala (Spanish, 1911-1975), Mother & Child. Oil on Canvas. Est. $7-8,000.
GLEN COVE, NY.- Roland Auctions NY in Glen Cove, NY will enjoy a very high-profile month in November, while they also present their upcoming Fall Estates Auction on Saturday, November 5th at 10am. William Roland, Co-Founder of Roland Auctions NY, will be the recipient of the 2022 Appraisers Association of America Directors Award at the National Appraisal Conference being held November 9th and 10th at the New York Athletic Club, followed by their involvement and exhibitor visibility at the November 11th Art Law Day event, also being held at the New York Athletic Club in Manhattan. This internationally attended event brings together art world estate attorneys and planners, insurance experts, shippers and affiliated professionals. The auction will feature hundreds of lots of Fine Art, Decorative Arts, 20th Century Modern, Antique and Vintage Furniture, Textiles, Silver, Jewelry, Rugs, Collectibles, Asian Art, Decorative Arts, and Lighting. Previ ... More |
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| Rare miniature portrait of an American Indian dignitary acquired by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | | Marina Abramović and Ron Arad launch new initiative to raise funds for Ukrainian cultural institutions | | Why Russia stole Potemkin's bones from Ukraine |
Portrait of Kinheche, Caroline Dudley (1802-1832), Franklin, Tennessee, 1830, watercolor on ivory, Museum Purchase, The Friends of Colonial Williamsburg Collections Fund, 2022.300.1.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA.- An extremely rare miniature portrait of Kinheche, a Chickasaw dignitary, was recently acquired by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. The painting is exceptional not only because early portraits of American Indians are scarce but because this example is of a named sitter and not merely a generalized likeness. It is also remarkable because it was painted by a female artist, Caroline Dudley (1802-1832). We work diligently to ensure that the Foundations portrait collection represents the full range of early American society, but images of known American Indians from this early date are extremely rare, said Ronald L. Hurst, senior vice president for education and historic resources and chief curator. The Portrait of Kinheche provides a compelling human face that will be an invaluable aid in telling the stories of Indigenous peoples ... More | |
Piet Mondrian © Courtesy of Iryna Ozarinskaya.
LONDON.- The United Artists collective announced a new major initiative, the United Artists For Ukraine. The project will raise vital funds and awareness for Ukrainian cultural institutions and cultural projects in Ukraine severely impacted by the ongoing war. According to UNESCO, over 150 cultural sites have been partially or completely destroyed in the Russo-Ukrainian War. The collectives initiative, United Artists for Ukraine, aims to help rebuild Ukrainian Culture and to preserve the conditions for art and culture to blossom once more. The collective is an international community of collectors, curators and leading contemporary artists such as Marina Abramovic, Ron Arad, Luc Tuymans, Francesco Vezzoli, Douglas Gordon, and Ivan Messac and galleries including, Thaddeus Ropac, Perrotin and Nahmad projects, first launched during the Brexit campaign to champion European culture. A new digital membership card is being launched through LaCollections platform from ... More | |
Portrait of russian fieldmarshal Grigory Potemkin (1739-1791). After Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder.
KYIV.- With Ukrainian forces bearing down on the occupied port city of Kherson this week, the Kremlins puppet rulers dispatched a team to an 18th-century stone cathedral on a special mission to steal the bones of Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin. The memory of the 18th-century conqueror is vivid for those in the Kremlin bent on restoring the Russian imperium. It was Potemkin who persuaded his lover, Catherine the Great, to annex Crimea in 1783. The founder of Kherson and Odesa, he sought the creation of a New Russia, a dominion that stretched across what is now southern Ukraine along the Black Sea. When Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in February with the goal of restoring part of a long-lost empire, he invoked Potemkins vision. Now, with Putins army having failed in its march toward Odesa and threatened with ouster from Kherson, his grand plans are in jeopardy. But among Kremlin loyalists, ... More |
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| Toshi Ichiyanagi, avant-garde composer and pianist, dies at 89 | | Art Basel announces further show highlights for its largest edition yet in Miami Beach | | Langson IMCA launches interactive digital experience of California impressionist landscape paintings |
A former protégé of John Cage who was once married to Yoko Ono, he was part of a lively experimental music scene in New York and became a leading modern composer in Japan.
NEW YORK, NY.- Toshi Ichiyanagi, an avant-garde pianist and composer whose works mixed international influences, made unusual use of musicians and instruments, and combined music with other media, died Oct. 7 in Tokyo. He was 89. The Kanagawa Arts Foundation, where he was general artistic director from 1996 until last year, said he died in a hospital. No cause was given. Ichiyanagi came to New York from Japan in the 1950s to study at the Juilliard School. While there he met Yoko Ono, whose parents had moved the family from Japan to Scarsdale, New York, in the early 1950s. Ono was also interested in experimental music and had studied briefly at Sarah Lawrence College. She and Ichiyanagi eloped in 1956 and immersed themselves in the experimental art and music ... More | |
Art Basel in Miami Beach 2021.
MIAMI, FLA.- The Meridians sector, curated for the third time by Magalà Arriola, Director of Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, will feature 20 large-scale projects by renowned and emerging artists 29 galleries will present specially curated installations within their main booths in the Kabinett sector Art Basel's Conversations series will return to the fair with of 35 speakers across nine panels to provide insights into the evolving global art scene Art Basel, whose Lead Partner is UBS, will take place from December 1 to December 3, with preview days on November 29 and November 30 at the Miami Beach Convention Center (MBCC) Since its launch in 2002, Art Basel Miami Beach has served as a dynamic platform uniquely bridging the art scenes of North and South America, Europe, and beyond. The edition marking its 20th anniversary will be the largest to date, featuring 282 exhibitors from 38 countries and territories more than half of ... More | |
Harry Cassie Best, Redwoods, circa 1910, Oil on canvas, 36 x 20 in., UC Irvine Langson Institute and Museum of California Art, Gift of The Irvine Museum.
IRVINE, CALIF.- UCI Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art (Langson IMCA) announced the launch of Beyond the Frame: Impressions of California, an interactive, digital experience showcasing a selection of Langson IMCAs collection of California Impressionist paintings. Images of 28 paintings by 25 artists are accompanied by new insights about the genre, background information about each of the artists and their times, art historical context, and environmental history. Archival images, audio files, and literary texts from a variety of sources enliven visitors explorations. Langson IMCA commissioned Imaginary Places Studio to create the digital presentation to tell varied stories of the depicted landscapesincorporating updated research and alternative narratives that bridge the 19th century to present ... More |
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Antique glass auction including pieces by Hawkes, Meriden, Libby and others will be sold by Woody Auction on Nov. 12th
DOUGLASS, KAN.- An antique glass auction featuring more than 400 quality lots that include Aztec goblets, Waldorf stems, an Isabella tankard and a stunning 16-inch signed Hawkes Panel pattern tray will be held on Saturday, November 12th, beginning at 9:30 am Central time, by Woody Auction. The sale will be held online and live in the Woody Auction hall located at 130 East Third Street, Douglass. This auction has developed over nearly twelve months of accepting collections from around the country and the world, declared Jason Woody of Woody Auction. Some had just two or three items, while others had 70-80 items. And dont forget, there will be a special Heartland ACGA chapter meeting at 4:30 pm during preview on Friday, November 11th. ... More
IFPDA celebrates return of in-person fair with record attendance and strong sales
NEW YORK, NY.- With overall attendance up 45% since its last in-person fair in 2019, the IFPDA Print Fairs triumphant return to the Javits Center was a resounding success, attracting nearly 16,000 visitors over its four-day run. The Fair generated significant sales across exhibitors, including at Hauser & Wirth, Lelong Editions, David Zwirner/Utopia Editions, Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl, Marlborough Graphics New York, Highpoint Editions, Peter Blum Edition, Universal Limited Art Editions, Susan Teller Gallery, Wildwood Press LLC, C.G. Boerner, Josh Pazda Hiram Butler, Catherine Burns Fine Art, Dolan/Maxwell, Hill-Stone Inc, Galerie Maximillian, Tandem Press, Childs Gallery, Durham Press, Inc, Gilden's Art Gallery, Harlan & Weaver, PolÃgrafa Obra Gráfica, Burnet Editions, Mixografia®, and Scholten Japanese Art. ... More
James Cohan opens an exhibition of new paintings by Firelei Báez
NEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan is presenting Americananana, an exhibition of new paintings by Firelei Báez, on view from October 27 through December 21, 2022 at the gallerys 48 Walker Street location. For over a decade, Báez has painted transcendent chromatic interplays of abstract gesture and symbolic imagery directly onto found maps and printed materials to disrupt the boundaries they serve to delineate. For her third solo exhibition with the gallery, Báez presents a group of immersive large-scale canvases that continue and deepen her ongoing exploration of narratives of Euro-American exceptionalism. In her vivid new paintings, Báez ruminates on the foundational mythologies that have come to form a uniquely American brand of nostalgia, one shaped by the projected desire for an idealized past that never was. ... More
Royal College of Art announces £6.1 million Märit Rausing Scholarships in Ceramics & Glass
LONDON.- The Royal College of Art announced a significant new scholarship endowment that will award six annual scholarships of £35,000 each year over the next two decades - the Märit Rausing Scholarships in Ceramics & Glass - thanks to the remarkable generosity of Julia and Hans Rausing. The scholarships will be open for the next academic year and will be for suitably qualified UK students who apply to study MA Ceramics & Glass at the RCA - a one year, 45 week course. They will cover full fees, as well as contribute towards living expenses and materials, opening up higher level study in this area to people from a wide range of financial backgrounds. The scholarships have been made possible by a generous donation of £6.1m from Julia and Hans Rausing, in honour of Hans mother Märit - motivated by a desire to support and enhance the great tradition of British ceramics ... More
The Freedom Sculpture gifted by Iranian-Americans to los Angeles takes on a new meaning during Iranian protests
LOS ANGELES.- The current uprisings in Iran have inspired local artists to revitalize a city landmark, the Freedom Sculpture, gifted by Iranian-Americans to the city of Los Angeles as a symbol of the universal ideals of human rights, that started with Cyrus the Great of ancient Iran, and were enshrined in the U.S. constitution by the Founding Fathers of America. A few simple acts have transformed this iconic Los Angeles landmark into a living symbol of solidarity with the Iranian people who are fighting for their freedom in Iran. It started with Los Angeles-based artist and activist Kurosh ValaNejad who pasted decals on the base of the Freedom Sculpture that read SAY MY NAME: MAHSA AMINI, BE MY VOICE. ... More
West Chelsea Contemporary mounts second annual Concrete to Canvas Exhibition
NEW YORK, NY.- West Chelsea Contemporary (WCC), the world-class art gallery offering museum quality 20th century and contemporary art in Austin and New York City, is presenting Concrete to Canvas, the second annual exhibition celebrating the artists born from the graffiti and street art movements. Epic in scope and visceral in feel, Concrete to Canvas began with private viewings on October 28, and opened to the public October 29. With works by over two dozen artists, spanning over four decades, Concrete to Canvas features the stylistic range, immense influence, and immersive experience of street art. Graffiti pioneerssuch as CRASH, Delta 2, and DAZEcreate studio works that both pay homage to their roots and represent the diverse aesthetic they found within the movement. Contemporary street artistssuch as RETNA, OSGEMEOS, ... More
Takeoff, of Atlanta rap trio Migos, shot dead at 28
NEW YORK, NY.- The rapper known as Takeoff, a subtle vocal technician and one-third of the chart-topping group Migos, whose singsong flow helped define Atlantas ever-evolving, influential rap sound, was shot and killed overnight outside a Houston bowling alley, authorities said. He was 28. Chief Troy Finner of the Houston Police Department confirmed the rappers death at a news conference Tuesday afternoon. A 24-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man were taken to hospitals with injuries that were not life-threatening, police said. Police said the shooting occurred after a private party had ended at 810 Billiards & Bowling, as a large group of about 40 people gathered near the front door on the third level. An argument ensued and shots were fired from at least two weapons, they said, leading to many people fleeing. We have no ... More
Nahmad Contemporary to open 'Every Kind of Wind, Calder and the 21st Century'
NEW YORK, NY.- Nahmad Contemporary will present Every Kind of Wind, Calder and the 21st Century, on view from November 3, 2022, through January 28, 2023. Organized by guest curator Kelly Taxter in collaboration with the Calder Foundation, the exhibition showcases the pioneering role Alexander Calder (18981976) played to carve out essential space for innovative artistic approaches and methodologies. Calder invented the mobile nearly 100 years ago. In its indeterminacy and implication of the audience in constituting the artwork, the mobile set the stage for a range of radical developments in 20th-century art that continue to unfold. Calders endless curiosity about sculptures fundamental propertiesmaterial, weight, and scaleyielded an unprecedented break with tradition that was as much about the medium as it was ... More
Bertoia's to auction 3 legendary toy collections + bonus robot collection, Nov. 17-18
VINELAND, NJ.- Those who were immersed in the toy-collecting hobby as far back as the 1970s, 80s or early 90s a golden era for toy buying have fond memories of that time and often can recall exactly where and when they acquired certain prized pieces for their collections. The fun was not just in the acquisition of the toys, but also the friendships that developed. That sentiment certainly applies to the four individuals whose blue-chip collections are featured in Bertoias November 17-18, 2022 Annual Fall Auction. Over the two-day period, the spotlight will shine on Bob Bradys private reserve of antique toys, the entire mechanical bank collection of the late Jack White, and the superlative Christmas collection of Linda Smith and her late husband Curtis Smith. Additionally, a late consignment of top-tier robots will be offered. ... More
Bread, pastrami and cocktails: Museum shows focus on food
NEW YORK, NY.- Food a subject of universal appeal is a big deal in many cities and especially in New York. There are delis, lots of them, and the city has a long history with the oyster. Food in New York: Bigger Than the Plate is among the many food-related exhibitions on display around the country, while others on food-related artwork from the collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer and the rise of Jewish delicatessens across the United States are traveling to various institutions. The New York show, which opened last month at the Museum of the City of New York and is on display through Sept. 30, 2023, was inspired by a 2019 exhibition with a similar name at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London that explored current experiments at every stage of the food system, from compost to table. ... More
Apollo Art Auctions unveils magnificent trove of curated, fully authenticated ancient art and antiquities
LONDON.- Apollo Art Auctions, the connoisseurs choice for authentic, expertly vetted ancient art and antiquities, takes pleasure in announcing highlights of its November 13 gallery auction, with all forms of remote bidding available, including live via the Internet. The sale is divided into three sections encompassing a diverse range of premium-quality artifacts from Classical Europe, Egypt and the Near East, as well as many select items from India and China. The 455-lot auction includes such coveted rarities as a Roman Imperial marble bust of Empress Julia Domna, a Rodin painter Apulian krater, a Lucanian red-figure hydria and Attic black-figure oinochoe; as well as a Chinese terracotta camel, seated Gandharan Buddha, and inlaid Viking sword. From the Roman Imperial period, late 2nd century AD, a beautifully carved marble bust is likely a representation ... More
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The Global Life of Design
Flashback On a day like today, American artist Richard Serra was born November 02, 1939. Richard Serra (born November 2, 1939) is an American minimalist sculptor and video artist known for working with large-scale assemblies of sheet metal. Serra was involved in the Process Art Movement. He lives and works in Tribeca, New York and on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. In this image: U.S. artist Richard Serra gestures as he talks to journalists during a press preview for his exhibition "Drawings - Work Comes Out of Work" at the Kunsthaus in Bregenz, Austria, Thursday June 12, 2008.
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