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John Singer Sargent, Madame X, 1883-84, reframed by Eli Wilner & Company.
NEW YORK, NY.- Eli Wilner & Company revisits the reframing of John Singer Sargents Madame X, currently featured prominently in the Sargent and Paris exhibition, currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and traveling to the Musée dOrsay. As of June 2025, Eli Wilner & Companys frame funding initiative is announcing another round of $150,000 available for distribution in partial grants. Exciting new projects continue to be submitted on a daily basis by museums across the country. Remaining funds will be committed to new projects by July 31, 2025, and can be used for frame restoration, historic frame replication, or mirror replication projects. Interested institutions can apply by emailing the details of their reframing or frame restoration needs to [email protected]. No project is too large. ... More |
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| Frick debuts new special exhibition galleries with major Vermeer loans | | Export bar placed on £10 million Botticelli painting | | Re-discovered British Surrealist painter's revelatory New York work on view at Kate Oh Gallery |
Johannes Vermeer (16321675), The Love Letter, ca. 166970. Oil on canvas, 17 5/16 Ã 15 3/16 in. (44 Ã 38.5 cm) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt.
NEW YORK, NY.- In the first show to be held in The Frick Collections new Ronald S. Lauder Exhibition Galleries, three works by Johannes Vermeer will be presented from June 18 (starting at 1:00 p.m.) through August 31, 2025. The unprecedented installation Vermeers Love Letters unites the Fricks iconic Mistress and Maid with two special loans: The Love Letter from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and Woman Writing a Letter with Her Maid from the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. Displayed together in a single gallery for the first time, this trio of works will offer visitors the opportunity to consider Vermeers exploration of the theme of letter writing and epistolary exchange in the context of the seventeenth-century domestic settings for which the artist is renowned. Beginning June 23, the Frick will also welcome visitors on Mondays, extending its ... More | |
Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, called Sandro Botticelli (1444/51510) The Virgin and Child enthroned, early 1470s Tempera on panel, 83.3 x 44.9 cm.
LONDON.- An export bar has been placed on a painting by Italian master, Sandro Botticelli, which is at risk of leaving the UK. Botticelli was one of the leading Florentine painters of the second half of the fifteenth century and one of the most recognisable names in art history. Botticelli became well-known for his mythological and religious paintings, often with a focus on beauty and harmony. His most famous works include The Birth of Venus and Primavera. Valued at more than £10.2 million (£9,960,000 + £272,000 VAT) the painting depicts an image of the Virgin Mary enthroned with the Christ Child and is believed to have been painted in the 1470s, early in Botticellis career. If saved by a cultural institution, the painting would represent a significant addition to the body of work by Botticelli in UK collections. Very few early Botticellis remain in the UK and it would provide a richer and more ... More | |
American Landscape.
NEW YORK, NY.- Presented by Winsor Birch Ltd at Kate Oh Gallery, featuring Californian and New York subjects on canvas and paper by surrealist master Henry Orlik (b. 1947), absent from public discourse for over four decades. Following two sell-out shows in the UK in 2024, this is the first major selling show to take place in the US. This exhibition coincides with the centenary of both the Surrealist movement and Theo Von Harbous 'Metropolis' (1G25), whose futuristic urban visions echo throughout Orlik's prophetic canvases. ... More |
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| The North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation announces public phase of $75M comprehensive campaign | | Fondation Beyeler opens Vija Celmins' most comprehensive European solo show to date | | Ruiz-Healy Art presents "Vast and Varied: Texan Women Painters" in NYC group show |
Walkway to East Entrance from Museum Park.
RALEIGH, NC.- The North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation announces the public phase of its comprehensive fundraising campaign in support of the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA), a division of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. With an overall fundraising goal of $75M, the Foundations campaign, Reimagining the Possible, seeks to widen access to the arts for all North Carolinians, furthering the Museums direct impact across the state. To date, the campaign has raised over $64M during the quiet phase since launching in 2022. NCMA Director and CEO Dr. Valerie Hillings states, This campaign reflects one of the most ambitious fundraising campaigns ever undertaken by the NCMA Foundation. It will support the Museums efforts to make connections between art and people on our campuses and in communities across NC. Through the generous support of individuals, corporations, and foundations, says ... More | |
Installation view «Vija Celmins», Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, 2025. Photo: Mark Niedermann.
BASEL.- This summer, the Fondation Beyeler presents one of the most comprehensive solo exhibitions ever devoted to the American artist Vija Celmins (*1938, Riga) in Europe. Best known for her deeply absorbing paintings and drawings of galaxies, moon surfaces, deserts and oceans, Celmins work invites the viewer to pause, look closely and immerse oneself in their captivating surfaces. Like a spiders web, they draw the observer in, encouraging them to contemplate the tensions between surface and space, closeness and distance, stillness and movement. Organised in close collaboration with the artist, the exhibition brings together around 90 works, mostly paintings and drawings, as well as a small number of sculptures and graphic works. Born in Riga, Latvia in 1938, Celmins became a refugee in 1944 before emigrating with her family to the United States in 1948. She grew up in Indianapolis and later as an art student moved to Los Angeles, then to New Mexico, New York and Long Island, wher ... More | |
Eva Marengo Sanchez, No, I can fix it! To_ Tia Lupe, 2025, Signed bottom right, Oil on canvas, 41 x 31 in, 104.1 x 78.7 cm.
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- Ruiz-Healy Art presents Vast and Varied: Texan Women Painters, a group exhibition of works by Jennifer Agricola Mojica, Eva Marengo Sánchez, Audrey RodrÃguez, Marta Sánchez, and Ethel Shipton. The exhibition will be on view at the New York City gallery until August 15, 2025. Vast and Varied: Texan Women Painters tackles the cultural milieu through themes of cityscapes, motherhood, mementos, and domesticity. San Antonio-based artist Jennifer Agricola Mojica paints vibrant, ephemeral spaces that offer belonging in a discordant world. Her superimposed compositions cross genres of abstraction and figurative painting. By stripping and rebuilding thick layers of paint, Agricola Mojica creates visual tensions that allude to fractured memory and the deception of time. In The Sixteen Dollar Cake, a sleeping figure is positioned under a lush canopy of monstera plants as lingering smoke rises ... More |
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| Ancient DNA reveals heartbreaking secret: Sacrificed child in Paquimé was product of close kin marriage | | Contemporary Japanese art returns to Highfield Hall & Gardens this summer | | Renowned sculptor Joel Shapiro passes away at 83, leaving a dynamic legacy |
Researchers suggest the infant's sacrifice was 'a ritual carried out by an elite family to boost their social standing.'
PAQUIMÃ.- A chilling discovery from the ancient city of Paquimé, a sprawling archaeological site in Chihuahua, Mexico, is shedding new light on the lives and deaths of its inhabitants over 500 years ago. A groundbreaking paleogenomic study, a collaborative effort between Mexican and U.S. researchers, has analyzed the DNA of a young child, believed to have been sacrificed, revealing an astonishing degree of consanguinity between the child's parents. The findings, published in the esteemed journal Antiquity, edited by Cambridge University, paint a poignant picture of a society where elite families may have used even the ultimate sacrifice to solidify their social standing. "This research is a testament to the power of interdisciplinary and cross-border collaboration," explains José Luis Punzo DÃaz, a professor and researcher at Mexico's National ... More | |
KUROKI Shu, Overlap-71, ed10, cloth graph, 2024.
FALMOUTH, MASS.- Highfield Hall & Gardens welcomes back the College Womens Association of Japan (CWAJ) Contemporary Japanese Print Show this summer. As the exclusive U.S. venue for this prestigious juried exhibition, Trailblazers: Celebrating Contemporary Japanese Prints will be on view June 21 through October 26 at Highfield Hall & Gardens. Proceeds from the sale of the original prints will support Highfields cultural programs and the CWAJ scholarship fund. This marks the third time Highfield Hall & Gardens has hosted the esteemed CWAJ Print Show, said Lisa Walker, Co-Executive Director and Chief Development Officer. After pandemic-related interruptions, we are thrilled to welcome back this exceptional program in partnership with the Tokyo-based CWAJ. Trailblazers: Celebrating Contemporary Japanese Prints will feature 140 acclaimed Japanese printmakers, showcasing a range of printmaking techniques fr ... More | |
Portrait of Joel Shapiro, April 2024. Photo: Jonathan Nesteruk.
NEW YORK, NY.- Pace announced the passing of Joel Shapiro on June 14, 2025 at age 83. One of Americas most renowned artists and a major figure in the history of sculpture in the 20th century, Shapirowho also worked across drawing and printmakingpushed the boundaries of sculptural form over the past six decades with a body of work distinguished by its dynamism, complexity, and formal elegance. For over 30 years, it has been my honor to represent Joel Shapiro and to count him as a close friend. His early sculptures expanded the possibilities of scale, and in his mature figurative sculptures, he harnessed the forces of nature themselves. With endless invention, the precariousness of balance expressed pure energyas did Joel. I will miss him dearly. Arne Glimcher From the start of his career in the late 1960s, Shapiro sought to transcend the constraints of Minimalism and introduce a more referential, intimate, and psychologically charged mode of art. Though he ... More |
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| Speed Art Museum director Raphaela Platow to step down following four transformative years | | Exhibition explores the rich, complicated, and evolving topic of the American landscape | | Freeman's │ Hindman Auction Sees Soaring Bids for Iconic Jewels by Van Cleef & Arpels, Cartier, and Tiffany & Co. |
Platow is working collaboratively with the museum board to assess current and upcoming projects, determine next steps, and ensure a smooth transition.
LOUISVILLE, KY.- The Speed Art Museum announced that Raphaela Platow, executive director since 2021, will conclude her tenure at the Museum later this year. Following four years of growth and evolution under her leadership, Platow has elected not to extend her contract when it ends on August 30th of this year. The board of directors is currently establishing a succession plan and is working closely with Platow to ensure a smooth transition. Under Platows leadership, the Speed revitalized its visitor experience and community focus through its programming, exhibitions, and permanent galleries, exploring broader narratives of art and culture and engaging with contemporary issues that reflect the Louisville community. During her tenure, Platow led the first major reinstallation of the permanent collection since 2016; brought on new curators to strengthen the Museums contemporary, Native American, and African collections and scholarship; ... More | |
Albert Bierstadt (American, born Prussia, 1830-1902), In the Yosemite Valley, 1866. Oil on canvas. The Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt Collection, 1905.22
HARTFORD, CONN.- The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art presents (Un)Settled: The Landscape in American Art, a collaborative exhibition that explores the rich, complicated, and evolving topic of the American landscape, from its origins in 19th-century painting to the present. The exhibition is the culmination of a multi-year collaboration between four participating museums in the Art Bridges Cohort Programs American South Consortium. (Un)Settled is on view at the Wadsworth June 12September 14, 2025. (Un)Settled uniquely brings together artworks from each of the partners collections to broaden the story of American art. The show presents a more expansive and complex view of landscape and its relationship to identity by including artwork spanning hundreds of years and representing regions across the United States and sites in Latin America. In collaboration with our three nationally acclaimed museum ... More | |
VAN CLEEF & ARPELS, CORAL, DIAMOND, AND EMERALD JEWELRY SUITE. Sold for $343,400.
NEW YORK, NY.- Freemans | Hindmans Important Jewelry auction, held at the firms New York saleroom, delivered outstanding results, realizing $3.4 million with a strong 89% sell-through rate by lot and 129% by value. The auction drew spirited bidding from collectors and connoisseurs alike, confirming the enduring demand for exceptional signed jewelry and rare colored gemstones. Leading the sale was a striking suite of coral, diamond, and emerald jewelry (lot 122) by Van Cleef & Arpels, which soared to $343,400, far surpassing its $120,000 - 180,000 estimate. The suite exemplified the artistry and prestige associated with the renowned Maison and set the tone for a day of remarkable outcomes. Speaking to her impressions of the sale is April ... More |
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| British Library acquires rare manuscripts that shed light on medieval Britain and Ireland | | A Signac rediscovered in a private collection after more than 100 years | | Beth Lo and Adrian Arleo explore family, myth, and storytelling at Lucy Lacoste Gallery |
Richard Rolles The Form of Living and related works: Add MS 89790 © The British Library Board.
LONDON.- The British Library has announced it has acquired five exceptional medieval manuscripts from the private library at Longleat House. The manuscripts provide fresh insight into different areas of medieval life, from Jewish-Christian relations to the administration of a medieval town, theological debates and medieval devotional art. They are vital additions to the British Librarys collection that will help inform the study of the Middle Ages by researchers in the future. This acquisition has been made possible with a £1m grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and support from Art Fund, The American Trust for the British Library, British Library Collections Trust and Friends of the Nations Libraries. The works were acquired by the British Library, in negotiations brokered by Christies in a Private Treaty Sale. The Trilingual Dictionary, Psalter and Hebrew Grammar is an ... More | |
Paul Signac, Saint-Tropez, port en fête. 1895. Oil on canvas. 65.5 à 81 cm. CHF 2 000 000 / 3 000 000.
ZURICH.- Works by Paul Signac, the Giacometti family Alberto, Giovanni and Augusto, Fernando Botero, Ferdinand Hodler, Domenico Gnoli are among the selection of high-quality Modern, Contemporary and Swiss Art at Koller Auctions in June. Saint-Tropez, port en fête from 1895 is a key work in Paul Signacs oeuvre that was hidden in a German private collection for over one hundred years, only now rediscovered and for the first time at auction since 1903 (lot 3233). It was painted shortly after Signacs arrival in St Tropez, where he was inspired by the light and colours of the Riveria harbour town to free up his colour palette, marking a crucial point in his artistic development and influencing his treatment of the Pointillist style of Post-Impressionism. The work is a major rediscovery, known only from a sketch until now. It is predicted to bring between CHF 2 and 3 million in the 27 June auction at Koller. Other significant works in the Impressionist & Modern Art auct ... More | |
Beth Lo, Boy and Girl Atop Bamboo Scaffolding, 2025. Porcelain.
CONCORD, MASS.- Lucy Lacoste Gallery announce their upcoming exhibition Lore/Talk Story June 7- July 5, 2025, with the iconic ceramic sculptors Beth Lo and Adrian Arleo, both from the state of Montana. Friends and colleagues for over 30 years, each artist draws from their own family history and narrative to express themselves through the art of figurative sculpture. The title Lore/Talk Story came about with contributions from both artists. Lore refers to the collection of knowledge, traditions, and stories held by a specific society, culture, or universe, whether real or imagined. Talk-Story comes from a Chinese phrase Jiang gùshì relating to the act of storytelling, both factual and fictional narratives. With this exhibition, Beth Lo, a long-time represented artist at Lucy Lacoste, marks her fifth show at the Gallery. Lo contributed Talk Story to the title in reference to a Chinese phrase Jiang gùshì, she heard from her immigrant parents regarding oral storytelling ... More |
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 Western Maryland Fine Arts Museum hosts major Frida Kahlo exhibitionHAGERSTOWN, MD .- This summer and fall, visitors to the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts (WCMFA) in Hagerstown, Maryland, have the opportunity to view Mexican artist and activist Frida Kahlos life as she saw it not through her paintings, but through her personal photographs, as captured by friends, lovers and family members. Frida Kahlo: Picturing an Icon, on view now and running through October 5, offers an intimate view of the celebrated artists life and consists of 115 images out of the 450 images and objects acquired in 2003 by Cuban-born Vicente Wolf, a New York City-based interior designer believed to be the owner of the largest known collection of personal and family photographs of Kahlo in private hands. My intention was to focus on the most iconic and emotionally resonant imagesthose that best capture Fridas presence, her aura, and the complexity of her personal life, Wolf told the museum. I was especially drawn to those that offered an inti ... More Benjamin Franklin and Louis XVI reunited at the InguimbertineCARPENTRAS.- From June 14 to September 28, 2025, the Inguimbertine at the Hôtel-Dieu of Carpentras hosts a unique exhibition dedicated to Joseph Siffred Duplessis (1725-1802), one of the most remarkable portraitists of the 18th century, in celebration of the 300th anniversary of his birth. This event highlights the work of this exceptional artist from Carpentras and offers a unique immersion into his artistic world. The Hôtel-Dieu of Carpentras, magnificently restored, provides a perfect setting for this exhibition. Inaugurated in April 2024, this heritage site is now home to the Inguimbertine library-museum. With nearly 43,000 visitors since its opening, it has established itself as a major cultural venue in the Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur region. This unique institution in France immerses visitors in the history of Carpentras and the Comtat Venaissin, as well as in the world of an 18th-century ... More  "Wish You Were Queer" exhibit shines a light on LGBTI* history in Schwäbisch GmündSCHWÃBISCH GMÃND.- A groundbreaking new exhibition, "Wish You Were Queer," has just opened its doors at the Museum im Prediger, inviting visitors to delve into centuries of self-perception and public visibility for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI*) individuals. This compelling show, running until September 27th, offers a vital look at how queer lives have been lived, hidden, and ultimately celebrated. The exhibition powerfully illustrates the profound impact of the 1969 Stonewall Uprisings in New York. These pivotal days, when queer individuals finally stood up to violent police raids at the Stonewall Inn, marked a turning point, igniting a global movement for emancipation and fostering a growing sense of self-confidence that continues to inspire Pride demonstrations worldwide. "This invisibility," explains Dr. Martin Weinzettl, deputy museum director, "is a characteristic aspect of queer art and history." He notes that the historical pressure to conceal one's true ... More  "Radical!": New exhibition reclaims women artists' place in modernist art historyVIENNA.- Radical! launches a lively dialogue between over sixty women*artists from more than twenty countries, with paintings presented alongside textile designs, sculptures alongside prints, drawings alongside photographs and films. Regardless of their background or aesthetic idiom, all these artists are united by their search for new forms of expression and representation and by their determination to shift artistic and social boundaries. General Director Stella Rollig: With Radical! we are giving women and gender-diverse artists their rightful place in the Modernist canon, drawing attention to their systematic marginalization, and reevaluating art historical narratives. The project challenges the notion of a linear sequence of avant-gardes and extricates the presented women*artists from the traditional art historical classifications that have contributed to them being forgotten and omitted from museum collections. Instead of perpetuating stylistic pigeonholes, the exhibition ... More |
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