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Exhibition view "Rembrandts Amsterdam. Golden Times?" Photo: Städel Museum Norbert Miguletz.
FRANKFURT.- Amsterdam one city with many faces. In the 17th century, Amsterdam was the metropolis in Europe. The economy and trade were booming, the population rapidly increased, and the arts and sciences flourished. An influential civic society shaped the citys fortunes and glorified itself in splendid group portraits made by the greatest Dutch painters of the age, foremost among them Rembrandt, alongside Jacob Backer, Ferdinand Bol, Govert Flinck, Bartholomeus van der Helst, Nicolaes Eliasz. Pickenoy, and Jan Victors. From 27 November 2024 to 23 March 2025, the Städel Museum, in collaboration with the Amsterdam Museum, showcases portraits from the Rembrandt period in a major exhibition, with the magnificent group portraits of the Amsterdam Museum taking centre stage. These works are rarely lent out, and this is the first large-scale presentation of them in Germany. Around 100 paintings, sculptures and prints and cultural and historical artefacts from other prominent Dutch and intern ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The Museo dellâAra Pacis will showcase "Franco Fontana. Retrospective," a comprehensive exhibition that celebrates Fontanaâs career, which redefined color photography. Curated by Jean-Luc Monterosso, the exhibition offers a deep dive into Fontanaâs pioneering approach to turning everyday landscapes into vivid works of art.
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| A Sam Maloof rocking chair rises to $20,570 at Ahlers & Ogletree | | A master's palette: Discovering the secrets of color in Ian Goldsmith's new guide | | Milestone's Jan. 4 auction features samples, prototypes from storied toy factory 'morgue' |
Walnut and mixed wood His rocking chair by Sam Maloof (American, 1916-2009), executed in 1988 and signed, dated and numbered 44 to the underside of the seat ($20,570).
ATLANTA, GA.- A Sam Maloof walnut and mixed wood His rocking chair sold for $20,570 and a 1997 Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 18k yellow gold and stainless-steel watch slipped onto a new wrist for $18,150 in two days of auctions held December 4th (Modern Art & Design) and December 5th (Jewelry, Watches & Luxury Accessories) by Ahlers & Ogletree, online and live in the Atlanta gallery. The 1988 rocker by Sam Maloof (American, 1916-2009) was the top achiever of the December 4th auction. It was signed, dated and numbered 44. Similar chairs by Maloof are held in collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the White House Collection of American Crafts, and The Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. The 1997 Rolex Cosmograh Daytona 18k yellow gold and ... More | |
Color Theory for Artists: Everything you need to know about working with colour. Hardcover by Ian Goldsmith.
AUSTIN, TX.- Ian Goldsmiths Color Theory for Artists: Everything you need to know about working with colour is an extraordinarily comprehensive and practical resource, one that seems destined to become a go-to reference on every artists shelf. This beautifully designed hardcover, published by Ilex Press, manages to distill complex concepts of color into accessible, tangible lessons that artists of all levels can apply directly to their practice. From the very moment you open the book, you are greeted by exquisite, hand-painted color wheels and thoughtfully laid-out examples that introduce the fundamental building blocks of color. Goldsmith deftly breaks down intimidating topicssuch as hue, saturation, value, and temperatureinto approachable segments. He does this without ever underestimating the readers intelligence or oversimplifying the vast world of pigments. Instead, he guides you through ... More | |
Only known example of Buddy L Insurance Patrol with headlights and bumper. Estimate: $10,000-$20,000.
WILLOUGHBY, OHIO.- On Saturday, January 4, 2025, Milestone Auctions in suburban Cleveland will offer collectors the opportunity to bid on treasures from the renowned pressed-steel toy collection of the late Dr James R Reynolds (1943-2020). An esteemed heart surgeon, hobby farmer, philanthropist and South Dakota Hall of Fame inductee, Dr Reynolds lived life to the fullest, with a long and varied list of interests that included hunting, fishing, sailing, NASCAR, spending time in the field with his dogs, and traveling the world. But a visit to his spacious country home left no doubt as to which hobby consumed the majority of his free time. He loved acquiring and displaying vintage pressed-steel toys, especially Buddy Ls, and had an extensive network of dealers and fellow collectors from whom he purchased rare, immaculate examples. The decades Dr Reynolds spent in pursuit ... More |
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| Behind the ax and typewriter: Unearthing the making of The Shining | | Works by contemporary Native American artists acquired by the National Gallery of Art | | The Norton Simon Museum presents Mariana: Velázquez's Portrait of a Queen from the Museo Nacional del Prado |
Stanley Kubricks The Shining: The Worlds Scariest Movie
AUSTIN, TEXAS.- Stanley Kubricks 1980 adaptation of Stephen Kings The Shining has long been hailed as one of the most visually haunting and psychologically penetrating horror films ever made. Now, with Stanley Kubricks The Shining: The Worlds Scariest Movie, readers are invited to step behind the camera, through decades-old film canisters, storyboards, set stills, and personal recollections, to understand how this cinematic masterpiece came into being. Conceived and edited by Academy Award-winning director Lee Unkrich, with illuminating text by the late bestselling author J.W. Rinzler and a foreword by none other than Steven Spielberg, this meticulously crafted, two-volume compendium offers an unparalleled deep dive into the genesis, production, and enduring legacy of one of horrors most iconic films. From the outset, what stands out most about Stanley Kubricks The Shining is the sheer weight of scholarship and a ... More | |
Jeffrey Gibson, WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, 2024. Glass beads, plastic beads, nylon fringe, nylon thread, acrylic felt, found punch, punching bag overall: 312.42 x 38.1 x 38.1 cm (123 x 15 x 15 in.) National Gallery of Art. Gift of Funds from Reid Walker, Sasha and Charlie Sealy, Laurie Tisch Illumination Fund, and Janet Benton and David Schunter 2024.59.1
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art has acquired paintings, sculptures, a video, and several photographs by contemporary Native American artists Jeffrey Gibson, Sky Hopinka, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Dakota Mace, Eric-Paul Riege, Cara Romero, Kay WalkingStick, and Will Wilson, reinforcing its ongoing commitment to acquire major works that expand perspectives of the history of art, especially in the United States. Offering a critical perspective in contemporary artistic discourse and presenting a reflection on the history of the native lands and cultures of Indigenous artists, these acquisitions complement works already in the collection by G. Peter Jemison (Seneca ... More | |
Diego RodrÃguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 15991660), Ǫueen Mariana of Austria, 1652-1653. Oil on canvas, 92.20 x 51.97 in. (234.20 x 132 cm) Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (P001191) © Photographic Archive Museo Nacional del Prado.
PASADENA, CALIF.- The Norton Simon Museum presents Mariana: Velázquezs Portrait of a Ǫueen from the Museo Nacional del Prado. On view from December 13, 2024, through March 24, 2025, the exhibition is centered on the nearly life-size portrait Ǫueen Mariana of Austria (165253) by 17th- century Spanish painter Diego Velázquez (1599 1660). One of the highlights of the Prados world- renowned collection of works by the artist, this masterpiece has never before been exhibited on the West Coast, and its presentation at the Norton Simon Museum offers visitors a rare opportunity to see this remarkable work in person. Velázquez's Ǫueen Mariana of Austria is one of the artists most accomplished portraits, depicting the 18-year-old monarch in full splendor. She is clad in quintessential Spanish fashion, wearing ... More |
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| Christie's London announces 'Barry Humphries: The Personal Collection' | | The Walters Art Museum announces diverse array of acquisitions | | A celebration of geometric lines and vibrant colors: Franco Fontana retrospective at Museo dell'Ara Pacis |
Charles Conder, Sand dunes, Ambleteuse. Estimate: £200,000-300,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.
LONDON.- Christies will present a rare window in to the erudite collection of Barry Humphries (19342023) in a live auction in London on 13 February 2025. The world renowned Australian performer, best known for his characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson, started collecting in his teens, and over more than half a century built a collection driven by knowledge, passion and curiosity. Comprising approximately 250 lots, estimates range from £200 to £300,000. The full pre-sale exhibition will be on public view from 7 February to 12 February. Benedict Winter, Associate Director, Private & Iconic Collections, Christies London: Barry Humphries is best remembered for his comedic genius, but behind this famous figure was a true polymath and connoisseur. His passion for collecting and his insatiable appetite for deepening his knowledge was the driving force behind the acquisition ... More | |
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 16061669), Self Portrait of Rembrandt with Saskia, 1636. Etching. Gift of Sheila Murnaghan and Hugh Gordon, in memory of Diana Edwards Murnaghan, 2024. Photo © The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, MD.- The Walters Art Museum announced today that it has made several acquisitions that build upon its extensive permanent collection with purpose and depth. The historic works range from 1635 to the 1920s and come from diverse geographic origins: Baltimore, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, and India. The acquisitions include a Severn Ware vase, a Showa-era folding screen, an Edo-period Ko-Kutani porcelain bowl, two manuscripts created by widow printers, two Rembrandt etchings, and two betel nut cutters. Each acquisition reaffirms the Walters commitment to providing its visitors with free access to global art and culture, reflecting its role as a cultural community anchor in Baltimore. Art is an essential vehicle for developing ones worldview ... More | |
Los Angeles, 1990 © Franco Fontana.
ROME.- Rome will host an extraordinary journey through the vibrant and poetic world of Franco Fontana, one of Italys most influential photographers. From December 13, 2024, to August 31, 2025, the Museo dellAra Pacis will showcase "Franco Fontana. Retrospective," a comprehensive exhibition that celebrates Fontanas career, which redefined color photography. Curated by Jean-Luc Monterosso, the exhibition offers a deep dive into Fontanas pioneering approach to turning everyday landscapes into vivid works of art. The exhibition is promoted by Roma Capitale, in collaboration with the Department of Culture, the Capitolina Superintendency for Cultural Heritage, Civita Mostre e Musei, Zètema Progetto Cultura, and Franco Fontana Studio. Renowned curator Jean-Luc Monterosso, founder of the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, guides visitors through Fontanas artistic evolution, revealing new facets of his work ... More |
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| Walker Art Center presents Collection in Focus: Banu Cennetoğlu | | Van Abbemuseum seeks new Director | | V&A updates on opening of V&A East Storehouse and new 2025 exhibitions across its family of sites |
Banu Cennetoğlu, 1 January 1970 21 March 2018 · H O W B E I T · Guilty feet have got no rhythm · Keçiboynuzu · AS IS · MurMur · I measure every grief I meet · Taq u Raq · A piercing Comfort it affords · Stitch · Made in Fall · Yes. But. We had a golden heart. · One day soon Im gonna tell the moon about the crying game, 2018. Installation view, Sculpture Center, New York, 2019. Photo: Kyle Knodell.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Walker Art Center opened Collection in Focus: Banu Cennetoğlu, featuring a major video work by the artist that encompasses media pulled from her cellphones, computers, and hard drives from June 10, 2006, through March 21, 2018. Comprised of more than 127 hours of video and still photographs that unfold chronologically, the piece reflects the artists life as well as the shifting global landscape. Presented for the first time since its acquisition, the video is accompanied by a binder of metadata that serves as a map of the installation. Banu Cennetoğlus (Turkey, b. 1970) cross-disciplinary practice actively engages with the collection and circulation of data, images, and information. ... More | |
Application deadline: February 2, 2025, 11:59pm. Photo: Boudewijn Bollmann.
EINDHOVEN.- The Van Abbemuseum was founded in 1936 and is one of the first public museums for contemporary art to be established in Europe. Working with the collection and education programmes, among others, we question and perform our role in the presentation of art in society, encouraging visitors and ourselves to consider how the past relates to the present with openness and hospitality and through knowledge exchange. In understanding the collection as cultural memory and the museum as a space for the public, the Van Abbemuseum seeks to be meaningful and connected to Eindhoven while being of national interest and relevant to the international art ecosystem that is engaged with arts role in society. The museum attaches great importance to involving a diverse public in terms of origin, education, ability and social position. Its programmes are developed in collaboration with its publics. The museums collection of over 3,600 works of art includes key works and archives ... More | |
Portrait of Josiah Wedgwood I, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1782, England © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
LONDON.- The V&A shared details of sites and exhibitions opening as part of its upcoming programme for 2025. From 31 May 2025, go behind the scenes at V&A East Storehouse, a new working store and free visitor attraction, which opens to everyone as part of East Bank, the new cultural quarter in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. A world-first in size, scale and ambition, and new source of inspiration for all, V&A East Storehouse will immerse visitors in over half a million works spanning every creative discipline, from Biba and Balenciaga to the Ballets Russes and the Sex Pistols to Samurai swords. A new seven-day-a-week service, Order an Object, will make it easy for everyone to access all objects onsite at a time that suits them. Through an extensive self-guided experience, visitors will encounter experiential installations and over 100 small, curated displays hacked into the collection stores, alongside an ever-changing programme of live events and creative ... More |
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César Galicia, Davis Cone and Anthony Mitri featured in 'Twentieth Century Stories' at Forum GalleryNEW YORK, NY.- Spanish artist César Galicia (b. 1957) is celebrated for his illuminating renderings of what are seemingly ordinary objects toys, public telephones, air pumps, motorcycles. Painted from life, Galicias paintings are deeply absorbing and fascinating portraits of modern life. In Telephone, César Galicia returns to a subject that has captured his fascination since the 1980s. The wall-mounted payphone with its rotary dial and wired tether, has ceased to be a device for communication and seems more of an ancient artifact to be admired for its strange beauty. In his 2003 monograph about the Artist, author Pablo Jiménez describes such works as the portrait of an object that has been taken out of its habitual existence and brought to the art laboratory. Yet, from our vantage point in the future, with computers ... More Ten exhibitions to see at MAAT in 2025LISBON.- In 2025, MAAT will present 10 exhibitions that will take place in the various exhibition spaces of the MAAT Central and MAAT Gallery buildings. The programme reinforces the museum's identity and emphasises its international dimension, while maintaining a dedicated focus on Portuguese artists - whether they are established figures, emerging talents, or innovators exploring new avenues of experimentation and discovery. The 2025 programme also reinforces MAAT as an institution that promotes fruitful encounters, dialogues and diverse interpretations of the interplay between artistic practice and the complexities of our time. It positions the museum as a nexus connecting different geographies and cultural domains, from the popular to the erudite, from everyday experiences to the fundamental challenges of contemporary ... More 2024 National Gallery Artist In Residence Katrina Palmer: The Touch ReportLONDON.- Artist in Residence Katrina Palmer is presenting her latest work in the National Gallery. In an intimate room, the usual paintings on view from the collection are no longer visible. Instead, visitors are invited to enter a specially constructed reading room by Palmer and engage with the artists new project, a book entitled 'The Touch Report'. Named after the National Gallerys record of incidents in which works of art are touched while on public display, Palmers experimental writing explores the fragile material conditions and perceived power of historical paintings, while explicitly addressing their violent imagery. Palmer invites the public to read 'The Touch Report' and to reconsider the National Gallerys collection through the words that describe them. 'The Touch Report' narrates the experience of an artist invited to respond to a museum ... More Zhanna Kadyrova to make IHME Helsinki Commission 2025HELSINKI.- IHME Helsinki Commission 2025 is to be made by award-winning Ukrainian artist Zhanna Kadyrova (b. 1981), who lives and works in Kyiv. Kadyrovas site- and situation-specific works include sculpture, photography, video and performance. In IHME Helsinki Commission 2025, she focuses on water bodies and energy infrastructures, through which she explores the effects of progress and conflict on life-support systems. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Kadyrova fled to the Carpathian Mountains, but returned to her hometown of Kyiv a few months later. She regularly visits the war zones to see the destruction with her own eyes and to meet the people living there. In her IHME Helsinki Commission, Kadyrova will examine the consequences of Russias destruction of the Kahovka dam in the Zaporizhzhya region, ... More Search begins for a design team for the national Queen Elizabeth II MemorialLONDON.- Leading artists, architects and engineers can express their interest in designing the masterplan for the national memorial to Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen Elizabeth Memorial will be one of the most significant design projects in recent British history and will provide the nation with a permanent memorial to the UKs longest-serving monarch. The Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee, chaired by The Late Queens former Private Secretary, Lord Janvrin, is working with competition specialists at Malcolm Reading Consultants to identify a team of inspired and dedicated artists, architects, engineers, and landscape architects and other specialists who would be interested in designing the project. The Committee is urging creatives int ... More Exhibition uncovers the forgotten history held within former hotel on the GroenplaatsANTWERP.- COUR presents 'An Angels Share', a new exhibition in collaboration with GUSCH DÃSSELDORF, on view in Antwerp from December 13, 2024 - January 19, 2025. This living-room exhibition presents a collection of twenty-six objects that uncover the forgotten history held within the former hotel on the Groenplaatssomething we might call the angels share. Its a collectors dream in more ways than one. As it turns out, with every little death, a little afterlife gets its wings. Works by Ron Arad, Gaetano Pesce, Otto Zapf, Ingo Maurer, Stefan Bumm, Rich Aybar (RAWORKSHOP), Simon Ertl (Ertlundzull), Adeline Halot, Fritz Adamski, Ludovicus Van Beek, Giseok Kim & Noir Métal. While pulling a filer à langlaise can seem like a biased attempt to rebrand the French exit into something a little less, well, French, its worth noting that the French ... More Kunstmeile Krems: Program Highlights for 2025KREMS.- Stretching over 1.6 kilometers through the enchanting twin city of Krems-Stein, the Kunstmeile Krems brings together a diverse range of museums and galleries. At its cultural heart lies the Museumsplatz, home to three major exhibition venuesthe Landesgalerie Niederösterreich, the Kunsthalle Krems, and the Karikaturmuseum Krems. On Dominikanerplatz in Kremss Old Town, visitors can explore the museumkrems and the Dominikanerkirche, the latter serving as a seasonal exhibition space for art. At the western end of the Kunstmeile Krems, on the Minoritenplatz in Stein, visitors will find the Forum Frohner, completing this vibrant cultural axis. In the coming year, the Kunstmeile Krems will feature 23 new exhibitions across its five central museums, with a central thematic focus on the relationship between nature and art. The Landesgalerie ... More Nieuwe Instituut opens Future Makers! - an exhibition for, and by, childrenROTTERDAM.- Designing the future should be left up to the designers of the future. When todays adults were still children, they fantasised about a utopian future of flying cars, life on Mars and robots doing the heavy lifting. Research* shows that children today have a much less carefree view of the future. They worry about climate change, war, pandemics and inequality. Adults need to take their dreams of the future seriously and help to make them come true. This is why Future Makers! will open on Saturday 14 December at the Nieuwe Instituut, the national museum for architecture, design and digital culture in Rotterdam. This new exhibition will occupy the entire third floor of the Nieuwe Instituut for at least two years. In Future Makers! children will work on shaping the future through doing, making and discovering. They will show not what they ... More The Royal Scottish Academy announce the election of four new AcademiciansEDINBURGH.- At a recent General Assembly meeting, the Royal Scottish Academy elected four new Royal Academicians: Claire Barclay, Ken Currie, Barry McGlashan and Caroline Walker. Claire Barclay RSA (Elect) works predominantly with sculpture and print and is recognized for her large-scale installations informed by the contexts in which they temporarily exist. These include Thrum, produced for MAC Belfast and Yield Point, made in response to Tramway, Glasgow. Her work engages a wide range of hand making and machine fabrication processes to explore the nature of materials, methods of production, and relationships between people and objects. Different elements provoke ideas as to possible scenarios and interactions in relation to the human body. She is interested in how people are affected by material and form both physically and psychologically, ... More Franklin Parrasch Gallery opens an exhibition devoted to the works of Forrest Bess and his influence on contemporary artNEW YORK, NY.- Franklin Parrasch Gallery is presenting Jack was my first art collector. Forrest Bess - From the Estate of Dr. Jack Weinberg, the sixth exhibition the gallery has organized devoted to the works of Forrest Bess and his vast influence on contemporary art. The title of the show, taken from a letter Bess wrote to collector Earle Ludgin on February 19, 1969, presents for the first time, this seminal collection from the Estate of Besss psychiatrist and first patron, Dr. Jack Weinberg. The collection is focused upon works spanning the late 1940s, including several key expressionist works, formational to the artists later vision paintings, many of which he referenced in extensive letters to friends ... More MOMENTUM announces 13th edition Between/Worlds: Resonant EcologiesMOSS.- MOMENTUM, one of the most anticipated events in the Nordic art scene, returns for its 13th edition under the theme Between/Worlds: Resonant Ecologies. Opening on June 14, 2025, the biennale invites audiences to embark on an extraordinary journey of soundscapes and stories, bridging the boundaries of human and non-human worlds. Curated by Morten Søndergaard, MOMENTUM 13 situates itself as a platform for ultra-local experiences and transformative engagements with the resonant connections between art, sound, and ecology. Between/Worlds: Resonant Ecologies positions sound as the pivotal medium to explore the porous boundaries of worldshuman, non-human, and more-than-human. As curator Morten Søndergaard reflects, What happens when we transcend or transport knowledge, things, humans, ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Russian-French painter Wassily Kandinsky died December 13, 1944. Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (16 December [O.S. 4 December] 1866 - 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist. He is credited with painting one of the first recognised purely abstract works.Born in Moscow, Kandinsky spent his childhood in Odessa, where he graduated at Grekov Odessa Art school. He enrolled at the University of Moscow, studying law and economics. Successful in his profession---he was offered a professorship (chair of Roman Law) at the University of Dorpat---Kandinsky began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 30. From left to right: Wassily Kandinsky, Bild mit weissen Linien (Painting with White Lines), oil on canvas, 1913. Joan Miró, Femme et oiseaux, gouache and oil wash on paper, 1940. Alberto Giacometti, Grande figure, bronze, cast by the Alexis Rudier foundry in Paris in 1947. Courtesy Sothebyâs.
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