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Installation photo of the gallery show "Minyades: Richard Hoglund & Carl Andre," on view now at The Bonnier Gallery through Feb. 26.
MIAMI, FLA.- Drenched in Dragons Blood. Dusted with pulverized bone and marble. Scored in silverpoint. Richard Höglunds new series of paintings are dark excavations that come through to the other side of the pandemic. The gallery show entitled Minyades premiered at The Bonnier Gallery during Miami Art Week and Art Basel Miami Beach, runs through Feb. 26 and is curated by Grant Bonnier. The exhibition also features the southeastern premiere of a rarely seen, major sculpture from 1991 by Carl Andre. Richard Höglunds new paintings have a lot to tell you right now, says Jill Silverman van Coenegrachts, the renowned art writer, gallerist, and curator. Here is the type of paintings you can sink your teeth into. Reminding us that painting can still take us to uncharted, uncomfortable territories, she writes, in ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Anke Eilergerhard, Hysterical Balance, Anna Laudel Düsseldorf, 2021
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| Construction begins on a new home for the Princeton University Art Museum designed by Sir David Adjaye | | Andrew Jones Auctions announces results of "Part 2 of the John Nelson Collection" | | Brooklyn Museum announces nearly 500 recent acquisitions and gifts |
The future main entrance to the Art Museum, with a signature lens moment above, spilling light onto the terrace below. Design rendering by Adjaye Associates. © Adjaye Associates.
PRINCETON, NJ.- Construction has begun on the new Princeton University Art Museum, an entirely new building on the site of the former Museum, at the heart of the Princeton campus. Roughly doubling the square footage of the existing facility, the 144,000-square-foot facility significantly increases spaces for display, learning and visitor amenities. The Museum, which will occupy three stories, will insert itself dynamically into campus life with key pedestrian pathways flowing into and through the building via two art walks thoroughfares that function as the new buildings circulatory spine. A grid of nine pavilions breaks down the scale of the complex into more intimate modules and allows for deeply varied gallery experiences. The buildings exterior will be characterized by rough and polished stone surfaces ... More | |
George I Chinoiserie decorated japanned cabinet on later stand, the cabinet early 18th century ($27,500).
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Andrew Jones Auctions had great expectations going into Part 2 of the John Nelson Collection, held December 12th. After all, Part 1, in October, more than doubled its presale estimate to total $1.6 million. Part 2 did not disappoint, as 18th century European style from England to Italy led the 271-lot white glove auction to a $1.1 million gross. We welcomed many new faces to our gallery for the busy auction preview for Part II of the John Nelson Collection, said Andrew Jones, president and CEO of Andrew Jones Auctions. The word was spreading about the rare and unique works being offered, and collectors didnt want to miss out. It was like turning back the clock to the halcyon days of antique auctions. Following are highlights from the auction. All prices quoted here include the buyers premium. The top lot of the day was an elegant George I chinoiserie decorated cabinet on later stand th ... More | |
Unknown , probably Venetian, Italian. Portrait of an African Man, ca. 1600. Oil on canvas, 29 1/4 Ã 25 in. (74.3 Ã 63.5 cm). Gift of Mrs. Watson B. Dickerman, gift of Mrs. Felix M. Warburg in memory of her husband, and gift of Mrs. Ernest T. Weir, by exchange, Lydia Richardson Babbott Fund, and Museum Collection Fund, 2021.7. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum).
BROOKLYN, NY.- The Brooklyn Museum announces nearly five hundred new acquisitions that span from the sixth century to today and include Korean objects, Italian Renaissance portraiture, and contemporary works. The additions collectively illustrate the Museums evolving approach to collecting that aims to critically interpret the art historical canon and facilitate meaningful conversations among people of different perspectives. The artworks were acquired between December 2020 and October 2021 and expand the Museums holdings of some of todays most influential artists, welcoming to the collection, for the first time, works by Laura Aguilar, Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A.), Jonathan ... More |
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| Lidewij de Koekkoek appointed new Director of Frans Hals Museum | | The Bodleian Libraries and Jane Austen's House acquire prized Jane Austen letters | | The Renaissance women who painted against the odds |
Lidewij de Koekkoek. Photo: Anouk van Kalmthout.
HAARLEM.- The Frans Hals Museums Supervisory Board appointed Lidewij de Koekkoek as Managing Director. Lidewij will succeed the outgoing Managing Director, Ann Demeester, as of 1 March, 2022. Ann is leaving the museum to assume the position of Director of the Kunsthaus Zurich. Lidewij de Koekkoek: This exciting new step comes after more than five exhilarating years at the Rembrandt House Museum, where I experienced major successes, such as the Year of Rembrandt 2019, and faced a number of tough challenges, including the ongoing corona crisis. The Frans Hals Museum is a veritable treasure trove of old, modern and contemporary masters; a museum with a global reach, rooted in Haarlem. Its above all, a museum of our times; topical and relevant. I attach great importance to the museums societal role. It dares to speak out on a variety of topics, including widening the Canon of Dutch History, polyphonic perspectives an ... More | |
Jane Austen Autograph letter signed, to Cassandra, January 1796, on her romance with Tom Lefroy. Photo: Courtesy Jane Austens House.
OXFORD.- A collection of manuscripts written by Jane Austen, which were this week saved in an unprecedented literary acquisition, has been donated to the Bodleian Libraries and Jane Austens House in Hampshire by Friends of the National Libraries, the literary charity dedicated to preserving the nations written and printed heritage. The campaign to save the Honresfield Library, a private collection of manuscripts and printed books associated with some of the greatest writers in English literature was led by Friends of the National Libraries, in partnership with a consortium of research libraries and authors houses, including the Bodleian Libraries and Jane Austens House, amongst others. The campaign involved an intensive public appeal to generate donations to save the works from being dispersed through auction sale. It reached a satisfying conclusion ... More | |
Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, c. 162325. Oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. Leslie H. Green.
HARTFORD, CONN.- As early as 1971, with her landmark essay Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? the art historian Linda Nochlin made it clear that if you go hunting for forgotten female equals to Michelangelo or Poussin, you are going to be disappointed. European women were of course painting, drawing, sketching, weaving, but much more than their literary counterparts female artists faced institutional obstacles to their development that outweighed any individual gift. No admission to life drawing classes. No apprenticeships in large studios. No easy hobnobbing with patrons. No access to prizes or residencies, or even sometimes paint. If the sexism of art was structural, then the solution would have to be structural too. Raising a few lesser-known (and, to Nochlins eye, less significant) women to the canon of old masters was not going to cut it. A ... More |
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| The Darwin Family microscope achieves $791,816 - A world auction record for a 19th century microscope | | 'Vivian Maier Developed,' an intimate biography of a very private photographer | | Bruce Springsteen sells music catalog in massive deal |
The Darwin Family Microscope: A Gould-type microscope by Cary, with accessories in original mahogany box. Estimate: £250,000-£350,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021.
LONDON.- The only Darwin Microscope to have ever been offered at auction was sold in Christies Valuable Books & Manuscripts auction on 15 December 2021, achieving £598,500 / $791,816 / 702,041. The Gould-type microscope by Cary (estimate: £250,000 350,000) was gifted by Charles Darwin (1809-1882) to his son Leonard Darwin (1850-1943) in 1864. It had since passed by descent through the family for nearly 200 years. James Hyslop, Head of Department, Scientific Instruments, Globes & Natural History, Christies: The Charles Darwin Family microscope achieved a record price for a 19th century microscope at auction, and we would like to thank the Darwin Family for entrusting Christies with this hugely important piece of scientific history. The microscope was acquired for the successful collector through Gurr Johns advisory, who hopes many more Darwin enthusiasts will be able to enjoy the microscope on display in ... More | |
"Vivian Maier Developed: The Untold Story of the Photographer Nanny" by Ann Marks. Illustrated. 357 pages. Atria Books. $40.
NEW YORK, NY.- If a picture were still worth a thousand words, wed know more than enough by now about Vivian Maier, the so-called photographer nanny whose vast trove of images was discovered piecemeal and not fully processed, in all senses of the word, after her death at 83 in 2009, just as the iPhone was going wide. Long before we were all carrying around those little wafers of pleasure and misery, Maier made constant companions of her Brownies, Leicas and Rolleiflexes. The ensuing record of her movement throughout the world at least 140,000 negatives of landscapes, common folk, celebrities, children, animals and garbage has more range and rigor than any influencers. Despite recurring selfies, some in noirish shadow, Maier was in fact the anti-influencer: Her startling compositions were not only largely unshared and unsponsored during her lifetime she made abortive attempts to start a postcard business but almost entirely unseen. Their posthumous airing, and a ... More | |
In this file photo Bruce Springsteen performs during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Dave Sanders/The New York Times.
by Ben Sisario
NEW YORK, NY.- Bruce Springsteen has sold his music rights to Sony Music Entertainment in what may well be the biggest transaction ever struck for a single artists body of work, according to two people briefed on the deal. No public announcement has been made about the transaction, which closed in recent weeks, and specific terms were unknown. But its value may exceed $500 million, according to the two people, who spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to discuss the matter. Representatives for Sony and Springsteen declined to comment Wednesday night. News of the sale was first reported by Billboard. The arrangement, which has been gossiped about in music industry circles for weeks, includes both Springsteens recorded music catalog and his body of work as a songwriter. It will give Sony ... More |
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| Largest private mineral collection finds a new home at Queensland Museum | | Nile Rodgers Collection sold to benefit We Are Family Foundation totals $1,640,500 and 100% sold by lot | | Phillips announces new headquarters in Hong Kong's West Kowloon |
Spinel ('ruby spinel') on Quartz. Mogok, Myanmar. Image courtesy of Queensland Museum.
BRISBANE.- One of Australias largest and most significant mineral collections, by a private individual, has found a gem of a new home at Queensland Museum. This exceptional private collection with more than 8000 objects was amassed over 50 years by the late Joe Francese, from North Queensland, who was an avid amateur mineralogist. Aptly named the Joe Francese Collection, it is one of the largest private collections amassed by an individual collector, and features a wide range of Australian and international minerals, gemstones, jewellery and carved stones that were accumulated through collecting, exchanging and purchasing specimens. Queensland Museum Network CEO Dr Jim Thompson said the mineral collection ranks among the most comprehensive, well documented and scientifically substantial collection of its kind in Australia. Queensland Museum is delighted to secure this collection on behalf of the people of ... More | |
A Solid-Body Electric Guitar. Telecaster, Serial number 6619. Fender Electric Instrument Company, Fullerton California, Circa 1954, length of back 15 3/4 inches. Estimate: $15,000-25,000. Price Realized: $93,750 © Christie's Images Ltd 2021.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies auction of The Nile Rodgers Collection achieved a total of $1,640,500, over the course of 6.5 hours of competitive bidding from collectors participating from 16 countries via phone, online and in person. The sale was 100% sold by lot, 193% hammer sold above low estimate and 76% of lots sold above high estimate. Nile Rodgers comments, Thanks to the teams at Christies, We Are Family Foundation and all the bidders who helped us achieve a 100 percent sold auction. The top lot of the auction was a rare Porsche 911 Slantnose Turbo Targa (Flachbau), one of only nine made, which sold for $200,000. Leading the instruments in the auction from the legendary and multiple GRAMMY-winning composer, producer, arranger and guitarist was a 1957 Fender Stratocaster Solid-Body Electric ... More | |
Rendering of Phillips new exhibition space in the WKCDA Tower. Courtesy of Phillips.
HONG KONG.- Phillips, the global auctioneers, announced today its relocation in Hong Kong in Fall 2022 to the WKCDA Tower located in the heart of the vibrant West Kowloon Cultural District (the District), one of the largest and most ambitious cultural projects in the world. Situated immediately opposite to the newly opened M+ and neighbouring the Hong Kong Palace Museum scheduled to open in mid-2022, Phillips spectacular new Asia headquarters will complement the iconic exhibition spaces Phillips has opened in London in Berkeley Square, and most recently in New York at 432 Park Avenue. Reinforcing its commitment to the Asia Pacific region, and responding to global market demands, Phillips will have a permanent purpose-built exhibition space and saleroom in Hong Kong, allowing for year-round events and auctions in its own space. Its new headquarters in the WKCDA Tower features over 48,000 square feet spreading over a total of six floors, in ... More |
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Art Fund Museum of the Year 2022 open for application
LONDON.- Art Fund Museum of the Year, the worlds largest museum prize, is a celebration of the UKs museums and galleries. It is announced today that the UKs 2,500 museums, galleries and heritage sites have from 5 January 2022 until 8 February 2022 to apply for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2022. The 2022 prize will be more important than ever in championing the UKs vital museums, and Art Fund is seeking applications from organisations whose achievements tell the story of the creativity and resilience of the sector, with a particular focus on engaging audiences of today and the future in ways that can be sustained. Jenny Waldman, Art Fund director and Art Fund Museum of the Year chair of judges, said, Throughout the pandemic museums have been a source of great inspiration, joy, and support for many people. Organisations have shown ... More
When the show doesn't go on: Broadway is rattled by COVID cancellations
NEW YORK, NY.- Theater actors have long prided themselves on performing despite infections and injuries singing through strain and dancing through pain. No more. The coronavirus pandemic has upended the theater industrys long-standing show must go on philosophy, supplanting it with a safety-first strategy. The result: a raft of cancellations unlike any in history. On Wednesday, Tina, a jukebox musical about Tina Turner, canceled both of its performances; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, a stage sequel to the novels, canceled its matinee; and Hamilton canceled its evening performance. A new musical adaptation of Mrs. Doubtfire had already canceled four performances between Sunday and Wednesday, while Lin-Manuel Mirandas improv troupe, Freestyle Love Supreme, canceled three, and Aint Too Proud, the Temptations jukebox musical, ... More
NGV International opens "Bark Ladies: Eleven Artists from Yirrkala in Northeast Arnhem Land"
MELBOURNE.- Bark Ladies: Eleven Artists from Yirrkala is a major ground floor exhibition at NGV International that celebrates the NGVs extraordinary collection of bark paintings and larrakitj (painted hollow poles) by women artists working out of the Yolŋu-run art centre, Buku Larrngay Mulka Centre (Buku), situated in Northeast Arnhem Land. Before 1970, no Yolŋu women painted sacred themes on bark or larrakitj in their own right; however, in recent decades, a number of women artists have taken to these media, becoming renowned both nationally and internationally for daring and inventive works that challenge tradition. The NGV has been acquiring important works on bark by artists from Buku for more than two decades, establishing one of the most significant collections of work by Yolŋu women artists. Buku is located in a small Aboriginal community ... More
BRAFA opens a new chapter in its history
BRUSSELS.- On November 29th, the Board of Directors of the ASBL Foire des Antiquaires de Belgique decided to postpone BRAFA in view of the deteriorating health situation in Belgium and in Europe. This Tuesday, December 14th, the ASBL Foire des Antiquaires de Belgique, meeting in Extraordinary General Assembly, unanimously decided that BRAFA 2022 will now take place at Brussels Expo (Heysel) from Sunday, June 19th to Sunday, June 26th. Being able to meet and discover the works face-to-face in an elegant setting is one of the great assets of BRAFA. A fair has no equal to bring together the main market players: exhibitors, collectors, and art lovers who particularly appreciate BRAFA for its eclecticism and its friendly atmosphere. We therefore felt it was essential to find a suitable place in an events calendar disrupted by the pandemic. ... More
Paul Holberton publishes "A History of Arcadia in Art and Literature"
LONDON.- Through a close and thorough examination of a great number of original texts of classical and early and later modern pastoral poetry, literature and drama in ancient Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, German and English, and of a wide range of visual imagery, ending just before 1800, A History of Arcadia in Art and Literature analyses the development of pastoral as, primarily, a means of representing human happiness on this earth in the requited wooing of girl and boy. Of course, pastoral has come to embrace many other motifs, notions and ideas, which are here also ordered, explored and dissected or, in the case of myths, dispelled. With its numerous quotations and illustrations, the book constitutes an anthology as well as a commentary on what was once an important strand in European culture, now often misrepresented. Subtitled the qu ... More
That viral Harry Styles cardigan just got auctioned as an NFT
NEW YORK, NY.- The love affair between fashion and NFTs shows no sign of abating. The latest nonfungible token to get everyone tingling with excitement: a perfect 3-D digital replica of the patchwork JW Anderson cardigan that became a viral hit during the pandemic when Harry Styles wore it. Created with xydrobe, it sold at auction Tuesday for two Ether (the cryptocurrency), or approximately $7,500. Thats a lot less than the records set by Beeple, or even Dolce & Gabbana, but still almost four times the price of the original garment IRL, making Jonathan Anderson the latest designer to join the metaverse collectors club. (All proceeds will be donated to AKT, a charity that supports LGBTQ+ youth.) Here, Anderson explains how the partnership came about and where he thinks its all going. This conversation has been edited and condensed. ... More
New Caillebotte acquisition Young Man at His Window now on view at Getty
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museums recent major acquisition Young Man at His Window by Gustave Caillebotte goes on view at the Getty Center December 16, 2021, through January 9, 2022. After that, the picture will undergo conservation before installation in its permanent home in the Museums West Pavilion. Young Man at His Window will be incorporated into the ongoing exhibition, Getty Highlights: 19th-Century Paintings and Sculpture, which features works by Van Gogh, Monet, Rodin, and many others in a special presentation of 19th-century European paintings and sculptures from the permanent collection. Prompted by the temporary closure of the West Pavilion paintings galleries for renovations, this exhibition is on view adjacent to the acclaimed exhibition Holbein: Capturing Character in the Renaissance. Both exhibitions ... More
Met Opera to mandate booster shot for staff and audiences
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Opera in New York announced Wednesday that it would require all eligible adult employees and audience members to get a COVID-19 booster shot in order to enter the opera house, making its safety measures stricter than those on Broadway or at other venues. The Met is the first major performing arts organization in the city to announce a booster shot mandate that will apply to audiences as well as staff members; the new rule will take effect Jan. 17. The policy was announced as concern about rising caseloads and the spread of the omicron variant is mounting. The average daily number of coronavirus cases in the city has more than doubled over the past two weeks. We think we should be setting an example, said Peter Gelb, general manager of the Met. Hopefully we will have an influence on other performing arts companies ... More
Vintage Spider-Man comic books, even ones in poor condition, sell for $36,562
CRANSTON, RI.- Vintage Spider-Man comic books even ones in poor condition can still bring dizzying prices at auction, as was proven in Bruneau & Co.s Comic, TCG, Toy & Sports Auction held December 11th, online and live at the Cranston gallery. Two early 1960s comics featuring Spidey one graded CGC 1.0 and the other CGC 2.0 brought a combined $36,562. The top lot of the 545-lot sale was a copy of Marvel Comics Amazing Fantasy #15 from August 1962, featuring the origin and first appearance of Spider-Man and the first appearance of Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Despite its CGC grade of 1.0, bidders saw it for what it was: a great entry-level copy to the undisputed fan favorite book from the Silver Age of comics. It sold for $25,000. Marvel Comics, quickly realizing it had a winner on its hands, gave Spider-Man his own comic in March ... More
North Carolina Museum of Art receives grant from the Mandell Foundation
RALEIGH, NC.- The North Carolina Museum of Art has received a $50,000 grant from the Samuel P. Mandell Foundation to support the 2022 reinstallation of the Peoples Collection, specifically the Judaic Art Gallery. The grant will support digital labels and hardware, reinstallation, new cases, updates to the gallery walls, key loans, and conservation related to the reimagined gallery. The Samuel P. Mandell Foundation is pleased to be able to support the expansion of this collection of Judaic art," said Robin Mandell Green, a Raleigh resident and trustee of the foundation. "My grandfather Samuel, who started this foundation in the late 1950s, was an avid supporter of Jewish causes and, in my opinion, would be thrilled with this donation. I cannot wait to see the final display late next year. The NCMAs galleries are set to undergo a transformation, ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter and illustrator Paul Cadmus was born December 17, 1904. Paul Cadmus (December 17, 1904 - December 12, 1999) was an American artist. He is best known for his egg tempera paintings of gritty social interactions in urban settings. He also produced many highly finished drawings of single nude male figures. His paintings combine elements of eroticism and social critique in a style often called magic realism. In this image: The Fleet's In!, 1934 (cropped view).
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