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The antiquarian Vito Giallo, at home in Brooklyn, Jan. 26, 2022. At 91, Giallo is looking back on a New York City life filled with treasures, from the midcentury art world to today. An object, I think, that is worth buying, it somehow talks to me, Giallo said. You have to be very curious about things. Todd Heisler/The New York Times.
by Kate Dwyer
NEW YORK, NY.- By the time the body of the stone dealer was discovered in his Upper West Side apartment, it had been decomposing for several weeks. The summer of 1969 was a scorcher, and the smell was so repellent that city officials ordered the buildings superintendent, Stanley, to dispose of everything in the unit. Stanley thought he might make some money off the mans antique furniture, so he called Wally Gibbs, an antiques dealer, who called his friend and peer Vito Giallo for an appraisal. Giallo, now 91, told this story during an interview at his home in Brooklyn. Here is what he found in the dead mans apartment: a table, a dresser, a desk, a trunk, a chair missing an arm, a stack of uncashed checks and no will. The city had tried to find the deceaseds relatives but came up short. There were no heirs. At first, Giallo doubted any of the items would sell at his tony antiques store on the Upper East Side. But when he opened the small trunk, he gasped. Inside, he said, there ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Blake Prize, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, 2022, Image Chantel Bann.
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| Archaic bronze food vessel shatters estimate in $2.2 million Chinese & Himalayan Works of Art Auction | | Monumental 1932 Picasso portrait of Marie-Thérèse to make auction debut at Sotheby's | | Major gift of contemporary soft sculpture given to Heard Museum | 
An Archaic Bronze Rectangular Food Vessel, Fangding. Price Realized: $487,500.
CHICAGO, IL.- The sale of an extremely rare archaic bronze food vessel in Hindman Auctions March 29th Chinese and Himalayan Works of Art auction capped off a successful three days of Asian Art sales. The auction achieved over $2.24 million, doubling its presale estimate. Also headlining the sale was property from the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, an admired collector and connoisseur of Asian works art. Stunning results were seen across all sales, beginning with Japanese and Korean Works of Art on March 25th, followed by Strong Diversions: Property from a Lifetime of Play on March 28th, and concluding with Chinese and Himalayan Works of Art on the 29th. A Chinese archaic bronze ceremonial fangding vessel, called a Sanji fangding (lot 1216), was the star lot of the March 29th auction, selling for $487,500, doubling its presale estimate of $150,000-200,000. The vessel was once owned by renowned official and collector Liu Tizhi, and while the ... More | | 
Femme nue couchée: A monumental achievement in Picasso's oeuvre and the history of portraiture, is poised to achieve in excess of $60 million. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Painted in April 1932, 90 years ago to the month, Femme nue couchée is one of Pablo Picassos most monumental and uninhibitedly sensual portrayals of Marie-Thérèse Walter. Appearing at auction for the first time, the large-scale painting is poised to achieve in excess of $60 million at Sothebys Modern Evening Auction on 17 May, making it one of the most valuable portraits of Marie-Thérèse Walter ever offered at auction. Marie-Thérèse was the inspiration for many of Picassos greatest works, with 1932 - the year in which he was finally able to give full painterly voice to his passion - widely regarded as his annus mirabilis. So extraordinarily was Picassos output that year, an entire museum exhibition has been dedicated to it (Paris 1932, at Tate Modern in 2018). And while the works from this moment stand out for their creativity and their joyous mood, what perhaps marks them ... More | | 
Jamie Okuma, Luiseño/Shoshone-Bannock, b.1977. Lady in Red, Lakota Woman, 2003. Hide, cloth, glass beads, hair, dentalium and abalone shells, metal, sequins, wood. Collection of Charles and Valerie Diker. Photo: Craig Smith, Heard Museum.
PHOENIX, AZ.- The Heard Museum announced today the promised gift from Charles and Valerie Diker of 23 works of contemporary Indigenous art - a selection of beaded soft sculpture figural dolls collected over the past 25 years. These examples reflect the achievements of five master artists including Rhonda Holy Bear, Joyce Growing Thunder, Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty, Jessa Rae Growing Thunder, and Jamie Okuma. It is a singular collection in the world of contemporary Native art, impossible to replicate, said David M. Roche, Director and CEO, in making the announcement. The dolls reflect customary cultural practices including painting on hide, and sewing with porcupine quills and glass beads, but at such a transcendent level that they are truly world-class works of art. This gift will immeasurably strengthen and enhance the ... More |
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| Exhibition is first dedicated to the role of found objects and unconventional materials in Basquiat's oeuvre | | Christie's announces "The Thinker" by Rodin & "Le Grand Style : An Apartment on the Quai d'Orsay by Alberto Pinto" | | Jamel Shabazz: Proud street culture on display | 
Installation view.
NEW YORK, NY.- Nahmad Contemporary is presenting Jean-Michel Basquiat: Art and Objecthood, on view from April 11 through June 11, 2022. Curated by Basquiat scholar Dr. Dieter Buchhart, the exhibition is the first dedicated to the role of found objects and unconventional materials in the artists oeuvre. Basquiat, whose artistic practice has profoundly impacted audiences on an international scale, used objects and media from his environs to proliferate messages of social justice and change. Bringing together a breadth of unconventional painted supports and found-object sculptures, Jean-Michel Basquiat: Art and Objecthood provides an innovative, in-depth look into the artists sculptural practice. In addition to painting and drawing on everything within his domestic spacesrefrigerators, chairs, cabinetsBasquiat harnessed and left his mark on items he encountered on the streetdiscarded windows and ... More | | 
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), The Thinker, conceived in 1880, cast made by Fonderie Alexis Rudier circa 1928, 9,000,000-14,000,000 © Christies images limited, Nina Slavcheva.
PARIS.- Christie's announced the sale of an exceptional collection from an extraordinary Parisian apartment designed by the renowned interior designer Alberto Pinto. This sale, entitled "Le Grand Style: An apartment on the Quai d'Orsay designed by Alberto Pinto", will take place on June 30 in Paris. The Thinker, by Auguste Rodin, will be offered in a cast dated circa 1928 (estimate 9,000,000-14,000,000). This iconic work by one of the greatest masters in the history of sculpture will undeniably be a highlight of the sale. With a great number of outstanding pieces, spanning a dazzling array of styles, periods and cultures, the 238 lots perfectly reflect the combination of the passionate search of the collector for the most beautiful works of art with Alberto Pintos masterly command of the setting in ... More | | 
The photographer Jamel Shabazz, at Coney Island in Brooklyn, March 15, 2022. Andre D. Wagner/The New York Times.
by Arthur Lubow
NEW YORK, NY.- When Jamel Shabazz was a teenager in Brooklyn, a gang member opened his eyes to the power of photography. Shabazz was introduced by a junior high school friend to one of the Jolly Stompers. During Shabazzs visit to his apartment, the Stomper, who was only 18 or 19 himself, took out thick photo albums with pictures of his confederates. They had a style I had never seen before, Shabazz said. They wore suits, and their pants had creases. You would never know they were in a gang. The encounter set Shabazz, who is now 61, on a path to become the foremost photographic chronicler of New York hip-hop culture in the 1980s. He never had the chance to express his gratitude to his mentor. Sadly, he died, Shabazz said. He had got shot and was paralyzed. ... More |
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| Banksy's 'Diamond In The Rough' will highlight Christie's New York 21st Century Evening Sale | | Veronica Roberts to direct the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford | | Bonhams announces highlights included in two sales to be held in Los Angeles | 
Banksy, Diamond In The Rough, signed and dated 'BANKSY 10' (right edge) spray paint on truck door, 75 ⅞ x 36 ⅝ x 4 in. (192.7 x 93 x 10.2 cm.) Executed in 2010. $3,000,000 5,000,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies will present Banksys Diamond In The Rough, 2010 (estimate: $3,000,000 5,000,000) as a leading highlight in the 21st Century Evening Sale in New York City taking place at Rockefeller Center this May. The work is a brilliant combination of readymade surfaces and Banksys instantly recognizable style. It leverages perceived notions of rebelliousness attached to street art in order to bring more attention to the genre. Its ingenuity lies both in the artists seemingly simple choice of subject matter and its ability to spark conversation about the art form as a whole. A cultural statement itself, Diamond In The Rough stands as testament to the place of street art in the canon juxtaposed with societys inability to completely extract it from its perceived history. Painted on a steel and glass truck door, Diamond ... More | | 
Veronica Roberts is currently the curator of modern and contemporary art at the Blanton Museum of Art. Photo: Manny Alcalá.
STANFORD, CA.- Bay Area native Veronica Roberts, the curator of modern and contemporary art at the Blanton Museum of Art, will join Stanford University on July 5 as the John and Jill Freidenrich Director at the Cantor Arts Center. During her tenure at the Blanton, Roberts played an instrumental role in helping the museum become a nationally recognized leader in the field and an admired museum within the community. Working at a museum connected to a university, she is particularly attuned to the teaching mission of academic museums, the value of object-based study, the resources an art museum can provide for interdisciplinary learning, and the importance of engaging with faculty to contextualize collections and exhibitions. I am delighted that Veronica Roberts will join Stanford arts leadership as the new director of the Cantor, said Deborah Cullinan, vice president for the arts. She brings a deep connection to her hometown B ... More | | 
Frederick Eversley (B. 1941) Untitled, 1970. Photo: Bonhams.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Two sales from the Bonhams Post-War and Contemporary Art department, Made in California and the Collection of Douglas S. Cramer, will be coming to the Los Angeles showroom this April. The collection of renowned television producer Douglas S. Cramer (1931- 2021) who worked on Star Trek and The Brady Bunch series, will be presented in an online sale from April 20 27. During his lifetime, Cramer developed an extensive collection from leading contemporary artists and was a dedicated patron of the arts, including serving as a longtime board member of the Museum of Modern Art and co-founding the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. Cramer also took his passion for the arts one step further, incorporating elements from artists in this collection into the shows he produced. Roy Lichtensteins pop-art graphics were used in Batman and Andy Warhol, who painted and photographed Cramer, guest-starred in The Love Boat in 1985. Phot ... More |
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| Dazzling Japanese treasures from the Royal Collection go on display together for the first time | | 1967 ISO Grifo series 1 GL350 ISN for sale with Silverstone Auctions | | Swiss Grand Award for Art / Prix Meret Oppenheim 2022 winners announced | 
Iwai Yozaemon, armour, c.1610. Sent to James I by Shōgun Tokugawa Hidetada in 1613. Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2022.
LONDON.- The first samurai armour ever seen in Britain; splendid coronation and jubilee gifts presented to monarchs from Queen Victoria to Her Majesty The Queen; and a never-before-seen woodcut print of Buckingham Palace are among the highlights of the new exhibition Japan: Courts and Culture, opening tomorrow (Friday, 8 April) at The Queens Gallery, London. The Royal Collection holds some of the finest examples of Japanese art and design in the western world. For the first time, more than 150 works have been brought together to tell the story of 350 years of diplomatic, artistic and cultural exchange between Britain and Japan, from first encounters under James I to the modern partnership of The Queens reign. The exhibition will display together for the first time all four suits of samurai armour in the Royal Collection. These include ... More | | 
The ISO Grifo is perhaps best known for its popularity with the Beatles, John Lennon owned a number of ISOs.
LONDON.- When race drivers from the world of F1 motor racing choose this car then you can be sure it is something very special. It goes on sale with Silverstone Auctions on May 28th at Sywell Aerodrome four miles from Wellingborough. Its estimate is £320,000 to £360,000. The ISO Grifo is perhaps best known for its popularity with the Beatles, John Lennon owned a number of ISOs. An ISO Grifo was in The Beatles film 'Magical Mystery Tour'. (possibly this car). Like the Rivolta and the Grifo, it was a favourite with the great and the good. Lionel Abbott, of Silverstone Auctions, says: One of only 26 RHD Series 1 Grifos built, superbly restored, motor sport celebrity ownership and a colourful history, this is a 'must' for any serious collector. Having spent some time driving the Grifo recently you can definitely get what all the fuss was about in the late sixties. The power is more than adequate with a ... More | | 
Klodin Erb © Lena Amuat.
BASEL.- Upon the recommendation of the Federal Art Commission, the Federal Office of Culture will award this year's Swiss Grand Award for Art / Prix Meret Oppenheim to artist Caroline Bachmann, civil engineers Jürg Conzett and Gianfranco Bronzini and artist Klodin Erb. The award ceremony will take place together with the Swiss Art Awards on 13 June 2022 in Basel. The Swiss Grand Award for Art / Prix Meret Oppenheim has been awarded to outstanding personalities in the fields of art, architecture, art education, research or criticism for 22 years. Two exceptional Swiss painters, Caroline Bachmann and Klodin Erb, will be honoured. The engineering firm of Jürg Conzett and Gianfranco Bronzini will be awarded for its unique contribution to high building culture. The Swiss Grand Award for Art / Prix Meret Oppenheim 2022 will be presented together with the Swiss Art Awards on 13 June in Basel. The public event will ... More |
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 Foam opens an exhibition of works by Ana Núñez RodrÃguezAMSTERDAM.- Foam presents the exhibition of Ana Núñez RodrÃguez. By collecting stories small and large, personal and historical, factual and fictional, Núñez RodrÃguez investigates how [t]he potato packs a universe of symbolic information on identity, domination and social differentiation. The potato is cultivated almost everywhere, and globally cherished as an important part of local food cultures. What can a potato tell us about ourselves? Tracing the trajectory of the potato across the world, Ana Núñez RodrÃguez asked herself this question. Núñez RodrÃguez set out on a quest to unearth local potato stories across the world, including her own childhood memories and her migratory trajectory between Spain, the Netherlands and Colombia. The resulting harvest of verbal and visual anecdotes, recipes, myths and memories ... More  Jewels of Golden Age idols Joan Crawford, Mitzi Gaynor shine in star-studded event at Heritage AuctionsDALLAS, TX.- During Hollywood's Golden Age, the leading ladies of the day sparkled on screen and off, often commissioning red carpet-ready jewelry for their personal collections. Some of their jewels even made star turns themselves, appearing in movies and advertising. Such was the case for the Raymond Yard citrine and gold jewelry suite commissioned by Joan Crawford and offered in Heritage Auctions' May 2 Spring Fine Jewelry event. Consisting of a statement-making necklace, brooch and bracelet, the spectacular suite (estimate: $15,000-$20,000) which Crawford wore in the 1941 film When Ladies Meet and in a print ad for Royal Crown Cola was created by Yard especially for the Academy Award-winning actress. The famed jeweler was a bit of a celebrity himself, earning renown among America's elite for his exquisite ... More  Captain America's debut comic book sells for $3.12 million at Heritage AuctionsDALLAS, TX.- A near-mint copy of 1941's Captain America Comics No. 1 sold for $3,120,000 at Heritage Auctions on Thursday to become one of the world's most valuable comic books. Not only is that far and away the highest price ever paid at auction for super soldier Steve Rogers' debut, but the Sentinel of Liberty now joins Superman and Spider-Man as the only superheroes whose debuts have sold for more than $3 million. This copy, which also introduced Cap's sidekick Bucky and their Nazi nemesis Red Skull, hails from the historic San Francisco Pedigree Collection and bears a grade of Near Mint 9.4 from Certified Guaranty Company. It's the finest copy of Jack Kirby and Joe Simon's powerhouse comic book Heritage Auctions has offered in two decades. Live bidding opened at $1,825,000, then immediately jumped ... More  Doris Derby, Civil Rights era photographer, dies at 82NEW YORK, NY.- Doris Derby, an educator, artist, activist and civil rights era photographer who turned her camera away from the violence of the times to capture the quieter moments of the movement, and in so doing documented the transformation of Black life in rural Mississippi, died on March 28 in Atlanta. She was 82. Her death, at a hospice facility, resulted from complications of cancer, said Charmaine Minnifield, an Atlanta-based artist and friend. It was the searing images of children blasted by fire hoses, of peaceful protesters set upon by snarling dogs and policemen, batons aloft, that drew the Bronx-born Derby newly graduated from Hunter College in Manhattan after studying cultural anthropology to Jackson, Mississippi, in the fall of 1963. When she began to take photos, however, her subject matter ... More  Wittgenstein's 'Private Notebooks' shed some light on an enigmatic geniusNEW YORK, NY.- Its perhaps a measure of Ludwig Wittgensteins genius as well as his enigma that the volume of writing about him is almost comically disproportionate to the volume of writing by him. Before his death in 1951, Wittgenstein had published a total of one book, one article and one book review (the review was written when he was an undergraduate at Cambridge). Described by another philosopher as a spellbinding and somewhat terrifying person, he was intensely lonely, and he dedicated his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus to David Pinsent, who died in a plane crash in 1918, calling him my first and only friend. Yet as Ray Monk observed in his biography, Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius (1990), memoirs even by those who barely knew him are countless, including recollections by the ... More  Jessica Bell Brown to head the Baltimore Museum of Art's Contemporary Art DepartmentBALTIMORE, MD.- The Baltimore Museum of Art today announced Jessica Bell Brown has been named as Curator and Department Head for Contemporary Art. In this role, she will lead a department comprising two associate curators, two curatorial assistants, and one fellow, as well as manage the rapidly growing collection and presentations of the art of our time. Brown came to the BMA in November 2019 as an Associate Curator for Contemporary Art. Since joining the BMA, Jessica has positioned artists voices at the core of her curatorial work, creating new platforms to experience art as envisioned by its makers and bridging institutional and artistic visions and approaches. Her vision, keen insights, and commitment to artists will be integral as the BMA continues to diversify its collections and expand the narratives ... More  Christie's presents Masterworks from the Alana CollectionNEW YORK, NY.- Christies announced Old Masters | New Perspectives: Masterworks from the Alana Collection, a selection of one of the most important collections of Italian Old Master paintings, sculptures, and Antiquities to ever be offered at auction in New York. The selection will debut alongside Christies 20/21 exhibition in London, presenting a fresh look at Old Masters by engaging the work in dialogue with 20th and 21st century artworks demonstrating an exceptional breadth of masterpieces throughout history. Assembled with great expertise and passion over decades, the Alana Collections Gothic, Italian Renaissance, and Baroque paintings comprehensively tell the story of the history of Italian art, and have gained international renown following the acclaimed 2019-2020 exhibition at the Musée ... More  Snøhetta reveals designs for $88M Hopkins Art Center Project at DartmouthHANOVER, NH.- Dartmouth today revealed first renderings for the forthcoming expansion and redesign of the Hopkins Center for the Arts (the Hop), situated at the heart of the colleges thriving Arts District. Led by the New York office of the renowned design practice Snøhetta, the $88 million project will create a new wing that includes approximately 15,000 square feet of entirely new space and transforms an additional 55,000 square feet of existing space within the building. The project reimagines the function and flow of the Hop, by creating open and flexible performance and rehearsal spaces that will meet artists current and future demands and enhance audience engagement; by substantially improving accessibility and technological capabilities throughout the building, and by establishing new spaces for gathering as well as connections ... More  Ulysses Jenkins: Journeys of a video griotLOS ANGELES, CA.- Two-Zone Transfer opens with a shot of artist Ulysses Jenkins waiting for the bus. Two-zone transfer, he tells the driver as his coins clink into the slot. The video ends as he disembarks. In between, however, the journey is a restive tour of what Jenkins calls the same old basic image problems that have haunted African Americans from the start. In a smoky, surreal visitation, Jenkins encounters three Black men dressed in dark suits, cotton gloves and masks of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford smeared with shoe polish. They are minstrels, and they stage a capsule history of minstrelsy in popular entertainment. As far as were concerned, says one, in a disorienting bit of racial cosplay, your culture needs our interpretation. Jenkins disagrees. Ulysses Jenkins: Without Your Interpretation ... More  A decaying art gem signifying Venezuela's divisions could now help it healCARACAS.- In a decaying housing complex filled with garbage-strewn hallways, shuttered shops and barren gardens lies one of Latin Americas greatest art treasures. The vaults above inundated basements contain the regions largest public collection of Pablo Picassos works, as well as hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of paintings and drawings by masters such as Joan Miró, Marc Chagall and Lucian Freud. Nearby, 700 sculptures by iconic artists, including Salvador Dalà and Fernando Botero, are crammed in a large room to protect them against encroaching humidity. This is Venezuelas Caracas Museum of Modern Art, or MACC, once a regional reference for cultural education, that has fallen victim to economic collapse and authoritarianism. Buoyed by Venezuelan oil wealth, the museum hosted exhibitions by internationally renowned ... More  Caribbean, African banknotes among top draws in Heritage Auctions European Paper Money eventDALLAS, TX.- An extraordinary selection of notes from nations that at times have been under Dutch control will be up for grabs in Heritage Auctions' Paper Money Fair - Netherlands World Banknote Signature® Auction April 21-22. Included in the sale are two exceptional collections of notes, one of which is perhaps the most significant assemblage of currency from the island nation of Curaçao, the other including prized notes from African nations, including Angola and Ethiopia. "The collections in this auction represent extraordinary opportunities for collectors of paper money from around the world, specifically those with Dutch history," said Dustin Johnston, Vice President of Currency at Heritage Auctions. "There are some exceedingly rare notes that will be offered in this sale, including some with low serial numbers, which always ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Spanish painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso died April 08, 1973. Pablo Picasso (25 October 1881 - 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France. In this image: Pablo Picasso, Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter), December 1937. Courtesy Sotheby's.
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