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William Eggleston, Los Alamos series, 1965?1968. Dye-transfer print, 40.5 à 50.5 cm. Eggleston Artistic Trust, courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London © Eggleston Artistic Trust. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London.
PARIS.- Thirty years after the exhibition Hommage à Ferrari, the Fondation Cartier pour lart contemporain will once again focus its attention on the world of cars with the exhibition Autophoto, dedicated to photographys relationship to the automobile. Since its invention, the automobile has reshaped our landscape, extended our geographic horizons, and radically altered our conception of space and time. The car has also influenced the approach and practice of photographers, providing them not only with a new subject but also a new way of exploring the world and a new means of expression. Based on an idea by Xavier Barral and Philippe Séclier, Autophoto will present over 500 works from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. It will invite us to discover the many facets of automotive culture aesthetic, social, environmental, and industrial - through the eyes of photographers from around the world. The ex ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Last night, famed auction house Christie's celebrated the launch of its Flagship Los Angeles gallery in Beverly Hills with a cocktail reception and private viewing of its opening exhibit valued over $450 million, that includes more than 60 paintings, sculptures, photographs, and works on paper, as well as a selection of jewels, watches and private sale items. Highlights include works by Cy Twombly, Francis Bacon and Pablo Picasso.
| Christie's new West Coast flagship opens with major cross-category exhibition | | Christie's to offer Brancusi's La Muse Endormie | | Frieze Sculpture launches this summer for first time | 
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LOS ANGELES, CA.- Christies, the worlds leading art business, announces a major exhibition to celebrate the opening of its new Los Angeles flagship in Beverly Hills. From April 20 to 28, Christies opens the doors of its new West Coast arts space with a special exhibition of more than 60 paintings, sculptures, photographs, and works on paper, as well as a selection of jewels, watches and private sale items. The exhibition was curated from the auction houses signature May sales of Impressionist, Modern, Post-War, Contemporary and Latin American art, which take place in New York, and was designed to create an engaging visual dialogue between the major artists of each era, from Europe to the Americas. Among the highlights of the exhibition are masterpieces by the titans of 20th century art, including Three Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer (1962), the first triptych Francis Bacon painted of his great muse (estimate on request ... More | | 
Constantin Brancusi, (1867-1957) La muse endormie. Patinated bronze with gold leaf, Length: 10 ½ in. Original marble version carved in 1909-1910; this bronze version cast by 1913. Estimate: $20,000,000-30,000,000. © Christies Images Limited 2017.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies will offer Constantin Brancusis sculpture La muse endormie as a highlight of its May 15 Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in New York (estimate: $20-30 million). La muse endormie counts among the greatest achievements in sculptural history. Its drastic purification of form and emotional resonance mark the dawn of a new sculptural language. First conceived in marble in 1909-1910, La muse endormie was cast by Brancusi in six bronze versions by 1913. Four bronzes today are housed in museumsThe Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Art Institute of Chicago, and two examples in the Musée National dArt Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou in Pariswhile ... More | | 
Tony Cragg, Stroke, 2014. Bronze, 240 x 224 x 110 cm. © Charles Duprat, courtesy of Holtermann Fine Art.
LONDON.- Frieze Sculpture will open from 5 July to 8 October, presenting a free outdoor exhibition for London and its international visitors throughout the summer months. Selected by Clare Lilley (Director of Programme, Yorkshire Sculpture Park), Friezes first-ever summer exhibition in The Regents Park will bring together 23 new and significant works by 20th-century masters and leading contemporary artists from around the world, including Rasheed Araeen, John Chamberlain, Urs Fischer, Gary Hume, KAWS, Alicja Kwade, Michael Craig Martin, Eduardo Paolozzi, Jaume Plensa, Thomas J Price, Ugo Rondinone and Hank Willis Thomas. Programming partner Art Fund will host a series of public tours throughout the outdoor exhibition. The Frieze Sculpture Audio Tour app, also produced by Art Fund, will feature Clare Lilley talking through each of the selected works on display and will be available for download for free ... More |
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| Artcurial announces its fifth sale exclusively dedicated to Scandinavian Design | | Marlborough Fine Art exhibits 16 sculptures by American sculptor George Rickey | | Ben Brown Fine Arts opens first solo exhibition by LA-based artist Awol Erizku in Europe | 
Paavo Tynell, Rare lampe de table, circa 1950. Structure et réflecteur en laiton, diffuseur en verre dépoli. Edition Taito Oy. Estampille de l'éditeur. Hauteur: 27,50 Largeur: 16,50 cm. Estimate: 15 000 - 20 000 . © Artcurial.
PARIS.- On 25th April, Artcurial presents its fifth sale exclusively dedicated to Scandinavian Design. It will include a rigorous selection of 95 lots signed by the greatest names in the speciality. The forerunners of the Danish school, probably the better-known names, will follow suite throughout the sale, with, for example, a wool sofa by Finn Juhl or furniture by dHans J. Wegner, Frits Henningsen and Poul Kjerholm. But the talent of Finnish light designer, Paavo Tynell will be particularly highlighted with the presentation of more than 20 pieces, the majority of which had been kept by the artists family. His brass and perforated metal suspensions presented during the November event dominated the auction, such as the Snowflake model which reached 77,400 / $82,044, more than double its estimate. Collectors and enthusiasts from around the world celebrate his ... More | | 
George Rickey, One Up One Down Oblique II, 1974, stainless steel, 32 x 20 x 3 in, photo by Jeff Sturges, courtesy of Marlborough Gallery Inc. and the Estate of George Rickey.
LONDON.- Marlborough Fine Art presents an exhibition of works by renowned American sculptor George Rickey (1907 2002). On view for the first time in London, and the first time in the UK since 1982, are 16 sculptures from the private holdings of the George Rickey Estate. An iconic and influential sculptor represented in major museum collections internationally, Rickeys kinetic works developed as a result of experimenting with a range of materials during his service in WWII as an engineer in the Army Air Corps. The job required both mechanical skill and an understanding of changing air currents and their effects on ballistics, which inspired his move to sculpture from painting. Rickey, along with Alexander Calder, was a pioneer in introducing kinetic sculpture to America in the mid-twentieth century. He was also one of the first artists to create outdoor-specific work, and is well-known for his stainless steel ... More | | 
Awol Erizku, Pull Up Wit Ah Stick, 2016. Photo by Joshua White. © the Artist, Courtesy Ben Brown Fine Arts, London.
LONDON.- Ben Brown Fine Arts is presenting Make America Great Again, the first solo exhibition by LA-based artist Awol Erizku in Europe. Make America Great Again marks a departure from Erizku's photographic work, bringing together new sculptures and paintings as well as a 'conceptual mix-tape' produced specifically for the exhibition. Taking key political symbols and historical iconography whilst sampling from the urban fabric of his surroundings, Erizku combines 'high-art' references, such as the notion of the 'ready-made', with popular culture. Central to the exhibition is HOW THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? (2017), a silkscreened American flag with a black panther printed heavily across the stars and stripes. Requiring no translation, the work stems directly from what the artist describes as the current 'political turmoil' and the atmosphere of 'racism and bigotry' that he feels has aggressively resurfaced in the US. Through a combination of ... More |
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| Henri Cartier-Bresson's India photos on view at the Rubin Museum | | The legendary Patek Philippe "Calibre 89' leads Sotheby's Geneva Sale of Important Watches | | Hugo Boss Prize exhibition featuring new works by Anicka Yi opens at the Guggenheim | 
In the old town Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 1966 35 x 52.5 cm. ©Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Rubin Museum of Art will present Henri Cartier-Bresson: India in Full Frame, illustrating the pioneering photographers perspective on India in a period of political and cultural turmoil. Opening on April 21, 2017, the exhibition also coincides with the 70th anniversary of Magnum Photos, the cooperative agency co-founded by Cartier-Bresson. The exhibition features 69 photographs, selected by the artist, from his travels in India during the mid-twentieth century as well as his letters, camera, and other personal ephemera, shown in this configuration for the first time in the United States. This selection of Cartier-Bressons India work includes images of political leaders, refugees from Indias partition from Pakistan, and everyday people, offering insight into his deep understanding of issues that continue to resonate today. Cartier-Bresson is best known for his street photography that h ... More | | 
This stunning pocket watch is the most complex mechanical watch ever made by Patek Philippe. Photo: Sotheby's.
GENEVA.- Leading the spring auction of Important Watches at Sothebys Geneva is the legendary Calibre 89, Patek Philippes most complicated watch. This pocket watch in yellow gold features no fewer than 33 complications and was completed in 1989 to mark the companys 150th Jubilee Anniversary. The Calibre 89 still stands today as the brands mechanical ambassador and ranks among the most coveted prizes for the most discerning collectors in the world. The auction on Sunday, 14 May will also feature a very fine selection of wristwatches and pocket watches by renowned makers including not only Patek Philippe, but also Rolex, Audemars Piguet, Vacheron Constantin, Greubel Forsey and more. Looking ahead to the sale, Daryn Schnipper, Chairman of Sothebys International Watch Division, commented: It is a privilege for Sothebys to be offering the Patek Philippe Calibre ... More | | 
Anicka Yi. Photo: David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.
NEW YORK, NY.- From April 21 to July 5, 2017, an exhibition of new works by artist Anicka Yi, winner of the 2016 Hugo Boss Prize, will be on view at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Interweaving Yis ongoing study of microorganic forms, data collection, and sensory perception, this exhibition presents a densely layered examination of the intersecting systemsbiological, social, political, and technologicalthat define our lives. Yi is the 11th artist to receive the biennial prize, which was established in 1996 to recognize significant achievement in contemporary art and which recently marked its 20th anniversary. The Hugo Boss Prize 2016: Anicka Yi, Life Is Cheap is organized by Katherine Brinson, Curator, Contemporary Art, and Susan Thompson, Assistant Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Drawing on scientific concepts and techniques to activate vivid fictional scenarios, Yis ... More |
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| Ketterer Kunst announces auction of rare books, manuscripts, autographs, and decorative prints | | Van Gogh Museum launches collaboration with Amsterdam youths with a migrant background | | Jackie Collins' dazzling diamond watches to be sold at Bonhams LA sale | 
Book of Hours. Parchment manuscript, Paris around 1520.
HAMBURG.- The Ketterer Kunst auction of Rare Books in Hamburg on 22 May 2017 will be taking a new direction with a focus on even more quality. Following the course of the very successful evening sale, a concept unique on the German auction market, which is accompanied by an extra high-quality catalog, the main auction will also gain in importance. The presentation of all objects in the catalog will be even more appealing. Along with a high-class photographic presentation, more room for every single book allows more elaborate descriptions. A dditionally, it is going to be the first time that the entire range of offerings will be called up during just one day and one evening. The selection is lead by the work Itinerario, the very rare first English edition of the famous travelog from Jan Huygen van Linschoten. The renowned handbook for seafarers to East India takes its readers on a journey around the world on 460 ... More | | 
Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam. Photo: Jan Kees Steenman.
AMSTERDAM.- How can the Van Gogh Museum gain more relevance for young people in Amsterdam with a Surinamese, Turkish, Antillean or Moroccan background? This will be the museums focus during Van Gogh Connects (Van Gogh verbindt), a research programme that will see the Van Gogh Museum collaborate with the target group to develop 40 activities between 2017 and 2021. Axel Rüger (Director of the Van Gogh Museum): At the Van Gogh Museum, we truly want to make a difference and ensure that Van Goghs legacy is relevant to everyone. We also want to create awareness for cultural diversity within our organisation. Rüger: Our society is changing; there are now new groups, those that visit the Van Gogh Museum less frequently and that we are less familiar with. In Van Gogh Connects we will work together with youths with a Surinamese, Turkish, Antillean and Moroccan background the largest and ... More | | 
A very rare diamond and platinum wristwatch, Patek Philippe. Photo: Bonhams.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Admirers of the late best-selling author, Jackie Collins, will be offered the chance to own the very watches which inspired, and appear in, her scandalous tales of sex, seduction and the sizzling LA heat. On 16 May, 29 watches owned by Jackie, who sold over 500 million copies of her 32 novels, will be offered as part of a sale of the contents of her Beverly Hills mansion, an auction comprised of more than 800 lots including sculpture, furniture and jewellery. Some of the worlds most celebrated watchmakers are represented, including Harry Winston, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Rolex and Chanel. Leading the collection is a Patek Philippe fine and rare platinum and diamond wristwatch (US$15,000-20,000), an understated yet glamorous dress watch worthy of the most refined of Jackies characters. Harry Winston is a name synonymous with the diamonds adorning the rich and famous, ... More |
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 Norman Rockwell Museum receives donation from Chubb following return of a stolen Rockwell paintingSTOCKBRIDGE, MASS.- Norman Rockwell Museum received a contribution earlier this month from an unexpected source: Chubb Insurance presented the Museum with a $15,000 check that was the returned claims payment resulting from the discovery and return of a stolen Norman Rockwell painting. Chubb is the world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company with operations in 54 countries. The painting, Boy Asleep with Hoe, had been stolen from a family home in Cherry Hill, New Jersey in 1976. It was one of Rockwells earliest Saturday Evening Post cover paintings, completed in 1919. At the time of the theft, the family submitted a claim to Chubb, and following a claim payment, Chubb acquired the paintings title. The theft remained unsolved for four decades. But with renewed efforts by the family and the FBI Art Crime Division in ... More Beautiful Western bitters bottles from the 19th century score big at American Bottle AuctionsSACRAMENTO, CA.- A Lacours Sarsapariphere Western bitters bottle, made circa 1866-1875, the early variant number one and in a color that is highly desirable to collectors, and an E. G. Lyons & Co. Mfgrs. (San Francisco) very early Western bitters bottle, made circa 1868-1871, in near-perfect condition, one of only a handful known, each sold for identical prices of $35,650. They were the top lots in Auction #63, a two-part online and catalog auction held Feb. 10-18 and March 3-11 by American Bottle Auctions, based in Sacramento. Auction 63 was quite possibly the top Western glass auction ever presented, said Jeff Wichmann of American Bottle Auctions. We were hoping to gross $300,000 to $400,000 but ended up selling 359 bottles for $489,733. Headlining the sale were two fine collections the Vince Madruga collection of Western bitters ... More Anton Kern Gallery exhibits new paintings by the Polish artist Wilhelm SasnalNEW YORK, NY.- Anton Kern Gallery presents its inaugural exhibition at 16 East 55th Street with new paintings by the Polish artist Wilhelm Sasnal. This prescient grouping of works features portraits of prominent politicians, such as Hillary Clinton, Angela Merkel, Marine Le Pen, and former UN leaders: Ban Ki-moon, Kofi Annan, and Kurt Waldheim. Alongside these political portraits are scenes of a serene and contemplative character: a winter sky in Poland, a pile of discarded rubber tires, or rock formations near Southern Israels Mitzpe Ramon. The double histories of such political figures are explored through the depiction of Angela Merkel in her youth as an East German, Hillary Clintons past position as First Lady, and the passing of the torch from Jean-Marie Le Pen to his daughter Marine as the president of the French National Front. Sasnals attempt to connect ... More Phillips to offer David Hammons' African-American FlagNEW YORK, NY.- Phillips announced that David Hammons African-American Flag will be offered in the Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art on Wednesday, 16 May. Executed in 1990 in an edition of only five, this particular example has never been offered publicly and is estimated at $700,000-1,000,000. In 1990, it flew over Museum Overholland on the Museum Square in Amsterdam for the duration of the exhibition Black USA, and another original from the same edition has been in the permanent collection of New Yorks Museum of Modern Art for ten years. Jean-Paul Engelen, Worldwide Co-Head of 20th Century & Contemporary Art, said, David Hammons is among the most important and fascinating artists of our time, defined by his political stance and refusal to confine himself to a particular aesthetic or medium. There is, however, a unifying ... More Comprehensive solo-show presenting new works by Leiko Ikemura opens at Galerie Karsten GreveCOLOGNE.- Galerie Karsten Greve announces the exhibition Woman of Fire Dancing with Tree, a comprehensive solo-show presenting new works by Leiko Ikemura. The exhibition, is staged in celebration of the 30-year collaboration between Karsten Greve and the artist, which began with a solo-show in 1987 in the gallerys former exhibition space located at Wallrafplatz in Cologne. A publication with texts by Dr. Katharina Winnekes and Dr. Barbara J. Scheuermann will accompany the exhibition. The plethora of media in which Leiko Ikemuras oeuvre expresses itself encompasses painting, sculpture and drawing as artistic genres. Its motifs, mainly centered on themes of embodiment and transformation, reflect both the artists formal autonomy as well as flexible dexterities and artistic skillset. In her fairytale scenarios, evocative of a dream-like sensibility and inhabited by hybrid ... More 'Human hen' artist condemned after hatching nine eggsPARIS.- A French artist who hatched nine eggs after sitting on them for three weeks has been condemned by an animals rights group for depriving the chicks of a mother. Abraham Poincheval hardly slept in the 23 days he spent nesting inside a glass vitrine in a Paris art museum which he finally left Thursday after all but two of the eggs hatched. Last month the man dubbed France's most extreme artist made headlines worldwide after spending a week entombed inside an egg-shaped rock at the Palais de Tokyo. But animal rights group PETA said they took a dim view of the birth of the chicks, the first of which emerged on Tuesday. "There is nothing to celebrate in the birth of this chick born alone in a museum," the organisation said in an open letter to the artist. "Considered merely as a part of an 'artistic' performance, it will never meet its mother. "Animals have ... More Fashion icons light up NY's Empire State BuildingNEW YORK (AFP).- New York's famed Empire State Building lit up with sky-high iconic fashion photographs after nightfall on Wednesday to celebrate the 150th anniversary of style magazine Harper's Bazaar. Beginning at 8:30pm (0030 GMT Thursday) and slated to run until midnight, the north side of the building flashed iconic shoots and cultural moments from the pages of Harper's into the New York skyline. Among reproductions of the glossy pages set to shine over Manhattan, and streamed live on the magazine's Facebook page, was Barbadian superstar Rihanna sitting in the mouth of Jaws. Since 1976 the Empire State Building has traditionally changed the color of its tower lights to celebrate or commemorate different occasions and organizations throughout the year. In 2012, they installed a new computer driven LED light system capable of displaying 16 million ... More Foam celebrates its 15th anniversary with exhibitionAMSTERDAM.- Over recent years, in all kinds of places around the globe, collectives have been formed that are not tied to specific institutes or to ways of organising activities that are imposed from above. There is a growing tendency among photographers and artists as well to join forces and organise themselves. Many such collectives are based on do-it-yourself principles of cut out the middle man. Although their points of departure, artistic strategies, processes and visual end products are extremely diverse, they have in common an enthusiasm for interdisciplinary collaboration and an open view of the world. The collectives differ in organisation and form: some are no more than loose associations of varying composition without an agenda, while others operate as far more business-like undertakings. One collective might present itself as an auction ... More Karen Archey joins Stedelijk as Curator Contemporary Art, Time-based MediaAMSTERDAM.- Karen Archey has joined the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam as Curator of Contemporary Art, Time-based Media. Archey is an American curator and art critic formerly based in Berlin and New York. She comes to the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam from the New York-based organization e-flux, where she worked from 20142017 as an editor, founding the participatory web publishing platform e-flux conversations. Archeys writing and curatorial work often focus on issues relating to society and the individual, such as feminism, identity and technology. Her criticism regularly takes form as exhibition reviews, artist profiles, and thematic features in magazines such as frieze and ArtReview, as well as literary and theoretical essays published within anthologies by institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, MIT Press and the New Museum. Archey ... More Otobong Nkanga wins BelgianArtPrize 2017BRUSSELS.- Otobong Nkanga was pronounced the winner of the BelgianArtPrize 2017 at the official awards ceremony in BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts on April 19. The biennial art prize focuses on stimulating leading mid-career artists and contributing to their further career development through increased international visibility. In that respect the prize is similar to other European prizes such as the Turner Prize in the United Kingdom, the Prix Marcel Duchamp in France and the Prix de Rome in the Netherlands. The winner was chosen from the four finalists (Edith Dekyndt, Simona Denicolai & Ivo Provoost, Otobong Nkanga and Maarten Vanden Eynde) by a distinguished international jury consisting of Beatrix Ruf (Director of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam), Hans Ulrich Obrist (Artistic Director of the Serpentine Galleries in London) and Dieter Roelstraete (Co-curator of ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Brasilia was officially inaugurated April 21, 1961. The Planalto governmental palace, designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer, is mirrored in its reflecting pool at sunset in Brasilia, Brazil. The city, celebrates its anniversary on April 21, was awarded the title of Cultural Patrimony of Humanity by the United Nations in 1987 and will be one of the host cities for the 2014 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament.
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