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The exhibition presents a diversity of bronze artworks: statuettes of gods and mortals, horses, and a broad range of animals and other creatures, as well as vases and personal ornaments, such as belts, pendants, and brooches. Image (on top pedestal): Greek (Thessaly?), Helmeted Warrior, Eighth century B.C., Bronze, The Sol Rabin Collection
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.- From Chaos to Order is the first major museum exhibition in the United States, in more than 25 years, to focus on Greek art created during the Geometric period (c. 900-700 B.C.). The exhibition includes 57 objects drawn from the Sol Rabin Collection, considered the most important private collection of Greek Geometric art. With the exception of three objects, this is the first time the works are on public display. The collection presents decisive new evidence that reconsiders the contributions and innovations of Geometric art and its enduring legacy throughout classical antiquity. The exhibition is a new approach to understanding pre-classical Greek art and culture, ideologies and values both ancient and modernâand the elements of design that would be foundational for many Western civilizations. The exhibition presents a diversity of bronze artworks: statuettes of gods and mortals, horses, and a broad range of animals and ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A photograph taken on February 09, 2021 shows the part II of the exhibition with "Airship "Zeppelin" model" (1969) and painting "Instant City in a Field Long Elevation" (1969) by English architect and professor Peter Cook (aka Archigram) during the exhibition "Aerodream" at the Pompidou-Metz museum, in Metz, northeastern France from January 30, 2021 until August 23, 2021. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN / AFP
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| Jazz legend and fusion pioneer Chick Corea dies of cancer | | Christie's to offer rare illuminated manuscripts from the Collection of Elaine and Alexandre P. Rosenberg | | Shelburne Museum acquires John Singleton Copley portrait of Mrs. John Scollay |
In this file photo taken on September 13, 2014 US musician Chick Corea performs with members of the Vigil Band during a concert in the "Ajazzgo Festival 2014" at Enrique Buenaventura Municipal theatre, in Cali, Colombia. LUIS ROBAYO / AFP.
by Maggy Donaldson
NEW YORK (AFP).- Chick Corea, the American jazz composer and electric keyboard trailblazer whose visionary fusion work stretched the boundaries of genre, has died of a rare form of cancer. He was 79 years old. Corea's illness "was only discovered very recently," read a statement posted on his Facebook page Thursday. "I want to thank all of those along my journey who have helped keep the music fires burning bright," read a message the 23-time Grammy award winner left prior to his February 9 passing, which his team released in the statement. "It is my hope that those who have an inkling to play, write, perform or otherwise, do so. If not for yourself then for the rest of us. It's not only that the world needs more artists, it's also just a lot of fun." The dynamic composer and ... More | |
Master of the Paris Bartholomeus Anglicus, a Parisian Book of Hours, circa 1440, with 16 miniature paintings. Estimate: $1,500,000-2,500,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies will present one the most important collections of illuminated manuscripts and early printed books to have appeared at auction: the collection of Elaine and Alexandre P. Rosenberg, which includes 17 outstanding Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and over 200 Renaissance printed books. The auction will be held on 23 April during Christies Classic Week in New York. The highlight of the collection is a masterpiece of book painting: the best and most richly illuminated example of the work of the Master of the Paris Bartholomeus Anglicus, a Parisian Book of Hours, circa 1440, with 16 miniature paintings (estimate: $1,500,000-2,500,000). The Collection is expected to achieve in excess of $8,000,000, and all proceeds of the sale will benefit designated museums for the support of their rare book departments. All of the illuminated manuscripts will be previewed at Christies Paris galleries from 18-23 ... More | |
John Singleton Copley (1738-1815), Mrs. John Scollay (Mercy Greenleaf), 1763. Oil on canvas, 35 1/4 x 28 in. Collection of Shelburne Museum, purchased with funds from Judith and James Pizzagalli, Marna and Charles Davis, Christine and Robert Stiller, and Heidi Drymer and Peter Graham. Image courtesy Shelburne Museum.
SHELBURNE, VT.- Shelburne Museum has acquired a portrait by John Singleton Copley entitled Mrs. John Scollay (Mercy Greenleaf), a pendant painting to the portrait in the museums permanent collection, Mr. John Scollay, reuniting the long-separated portraits of wife and husband, Shelburne Museum Director Thomas Denenberg announced. John Scollay, a chairman of the Boston Board of Selectmen and member of the Sons of Liberty, commissioned Copley (1738-1815), the preeminent portraiture artist in the American colonies, for this portrait of his wife as a pendant to his own portrait. Completed in 1763, Mrs. Scollays portrait demonstrates Copleys talents and abilities as a painter as evidenced through the beautifully rendered fabric draped around the sitter. Shelburne Museum ... More |
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| George and Martha Washington's hair among Presidential memorabilia up for auction | | Exhibition presents some forty essential works by Mark Tobey | | The Met announces Alex Da Corte as artist for 2021 Roof Garden Commission |
George Washington and Martha Washington Hair Display. Estimate: $75,000+.
BOSTON, MASS.- RR Auction's February presidential sale honors America's esteemed commanders-in-chief: from the nation's founding to modern times, these are the leaders who have guided the United States through times of war and peace. Their lives and legacies are embodied in these nearly 300 items with online bidding February 11 - February 18. Highlights include Locks of George and Martha Washington's hair. The extraordinarily unique, well-documented shadowbox display featuring locks of hair from both George Washington and Martha Washington, presented in an ornate circular floral frame. The copious lock of George Washington's grayish tan hair is tied together with a fine white thread and displayed within a locket-style bezel, while the ample strands of Martha Washington's light gray hair are loosely held in a similarly ornate frame. Both are mounted on a blue navy felt base between a gilt American bald eagle, which has ... More | |
Mark Tobey, Space Rose,1959. Tempera on paper,, 40 x 30 cm. Courtesy Jeanne Bucher Jaeger, Paris © Jean-Louis Losi.
PARIS.- On the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the birth of Mark Tobey (1890 - 1976), the exhibition offers a convergence of perspectives: that of the the Galerie Jeanne Bucher Jaeger, the artist's historical gallery in Europe, that of a French private collection, the Collection de Bueil & Ract-Madoux and that of a Museum the Mnam / Cci Centre Pompidou. In addition to the previous 2010 retrospective organized at the gallery by Véronique Jaeger to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the artists birth, as well as the continuous presentations the gallery has regularly organized throughout the years, the gallery recently contributed, through the loan of works, to the important retrospective Mark Tobey: Threading Light (curated by Debra Bricker Balken) at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice and the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover in 2017-2018, as well as to his 2018 solo exhibition at the Pace Gallery in ... More | |
The Roof Garden Commission: Alex Da Corte, As Long as the Sun Lasts will be on view from April 16 through October 31, 2021. Photo by Alex John Beck.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that Alex Da Corte (American, born 1980) has been commissioned to create a site-specific installation for The Met's Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden. The Roof Garden Commission: Alex Da Corte, As Long as the Sun Lasts will be on view from April 16 through October 31, 2021. Max Hollein, Marina Kellen French Director of The Met, commented, "We are thrilled that Alex Da Corte will bring his imaginative vision to the Cantor Roof Garden this spring. The installation, which the artist initiated as the pandemic first took hold of the world, evokes notions of uncertainty, nostalgia, sadness, and hope so inherent in our turbulent times. With this commission, Da Corte has created a work of art that meets the present moment and its challenges with the promise of optimism." Sheena Wagstaff, Leonard A. Lauder Chairman of Modern and Contemporary Art, added, "By tapping ... More |
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| Britain's brass bands fear being blown away by virus curbs | | Frederick Douglass ALS leads Fine Books & Autographs at Swann | | Forgotten at home, Italian comic strip enjoys cult status in ex-Yugoslavia |
Principal cornet player Mark Wilkinson (R) and solo trombonist John Barber of Foden's Band, pose for a photograph at their practice room in Bradwall Village Hall near Sandbach on February 9, 2021. Paul ELLIS / AFP.
by Callum Paton
LONDON (AFP).- They have been central to working-class life in mining communities for decades but Britain's colliery brass bands say they are now fighting to survive due to coronavirus restrictions. With Britain again under lockdown, brass bands are struggling from the lack of opportunity to perform and drum up crucial funds, or even to practise together. Even the most famous among them -- the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, which inspired the 1996 film "Brassed Off!" starring Ewan McGregor-- has not escaped the effects. "The issue really is about survival at the moment," Andrew Coe, director of the band, based in northern England and founded in 1917, told AFP. "We were staring down the abyss of running out of money probably ... More | |
Frederick Douglass, Autograph Letter Signed, to Sallie Holley recruiting her for the Frederick Douglass Paper, 1851. Estimate $20,000 to $30,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Fine Books & Autographs are on the block at Swann Galleries on Thursday, February 25. The sale will offer a premier selection of manuscripts, documents, correspondence and more by significant figures throughout history and pop culture, as well as rare first editions and art books from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Leading the sale is an 1851 autograph letter signed by abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The letter, addressed to Sallie Holleyrecruiting her help for the Frederick Douglass Paper after his schism with Garrisonian abolitionism, and the merging of his North Star paper and the Liberty Party Paperis expected to bring $20,000 to $30,000. Additional pioneers and trailblazers feature Albert Einstein with an autograph manuscript in German, with 11 lines of equations and three lines of text relating to a static field represented by Killing Vectors ($10,000-20,000); and Florence ... More | |
Serbian novelist and musician Marko Selic poses with the "Alan Ford" comic book, in a comics shop in Belgrade, on January 28, 2021. Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP.
by Miodrag Sovilj
BELGRADE (AFP).- Alan Ford, a 1960s Italian comic strip following hapless secret agents as they battle a bizarre cast of villains, including one who steals from the poor and gives to the rich, was intended as satire. But for fans throughout what was then Yugoslavia, the black comedy and rogue characters from the series felt like an accurate description of their everyday reality. Created half a century ago by Italian comic artists Lucianno Secchi and Roberto Raviola, known by their pen names Max Bunker and Magnus, the comic still enjoys a cult status in the Balkan countries that emerged from socialist Yugoslavia's bloody collapse in the 1990s. Based in New York, the series offers, according to various fan interpretations, criticism of aspects of American society like capitalism or racism. Yet the books were never translated into English ... More |
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| Berlin film festival to spotlight pandemic-era movies | | Coin collection of the late Richard Plant is 100% sold at Dix Noonan Webb | | Leslie Robertson, who engineered the World Trade Center, dies at 92 |
In this file photo taken on February 16, 2018 The Berlinale Bear, logo of the Berlinale film festival, is pictured prior to a press conference to present the film "The Heiresses" (Las Herederas). Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP.
by Deborah Cole
BERLIN (AFP).- Berlin's international film festival next month will feature 15 movies made under the pandemic in competition for its Golden Bear top prize, organisers said Thursday. Directors including Emmy winner Maria Schrader ("Unorthodox"), German-Spanish actor Daniel Bruehl ("Rush") and French director Celine Sciamma ("Portrait of a Lady on Fire") will be premiering new work at the event, which will take place online because of Germany's partial lockdown. The Berlinale's artistic director, Carlo Chatrian, said all contenders for the top prizes at the March 1-5 event were "films that either in their production or their post-production process have endured the pandemic". "If only a few of them show directly the new world we are living ... More | |
An extremely rare penny from the reign of Alfred the Great (871-899) which sold for £3,720 against an estimate of £800-1,000 to UK private buyer.
LONDON.- A collection comprising 450 lots of British, Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Coins from the Collection of the late Richard Plant fetched a combined total of £202,895 double its pre-sale estimate - in a sale of Coins and Historical Medals on Tuesday February 9, 2021 at International coins, medals, banknotes and jewellery specialists Dix Noonan Webb. Comprising thousands of individual coins, which made up half of the entire 900-lot sale, all the coins were sold. The Reverend Richard J. Plant (1928-2020), who died peacefully at his home in Bawtry, South Yorkshire, on 2 August 2020, had a distinctive approach to writing about coins which arose from a life-long quest to make them accessible to collectors who lacked his own classical education. His articles and books, typically illustrated by his own meticulous hand-drawn illustrations brought coins to life - he focused on making connections to the history, myths ... More | |
Leslie E. Robertson in front of a model of the lower Manhattan area where the World Trade Center was being built. The Monacelli Press via The New York Times.
by Fred A. Bernstein
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Leslie E. Robertson, the structural engineer of the World Trade Center whose work came under intense scrutiny after the complex was destroyed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, died Thursday at his home in San Mateo, California. He was 92. The death was confirmed by his daughter Karla Mei Robertson. She said he had received a diagnosis of blood cancer a year ago. Leslie Robertson designed the structural systems of several notable skyscrapers, including the Shanghai World Financial Center, a 101-story tower with a vast trapezoidal opening at its peak, and I.M. Peis Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, a cascade of interlocking pyramids. His projects included bridges, theaters and museums, and he ... More |
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James Gunn, prizewinning science fiction author, dies at 97
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- In 1949, when he was in his mid-20s and studying for his masters degree in English, James E. Gunn submitted a piece of science fiction to a pulp magazine. One day, I got a letter saying, I like your story Paradox, and Ill pay you $80 for it, he recalled in a 2008 interview. My wife says it was probably the most transforming experience in our lives when we realized someone would actually pay me to sit in front of my typewriter. He remained particularly proud of the plot about a drunken bum abducted by telepathic aliens who, once they read his delirious mind, abandon their plans to subjugate humanity. Decades later, he ran into Sam Merwin Jr., the publisher who had bought Paradox, at a science fiction writers convention. He introduced himself by saying, You probably dont remember, but you bought my first story. Merwin said ... More
National Book Foundation names new leader
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The National Book Foundation said Thursday that Ruth Dickey, executive director of the literary nonprofit Seattle Arts & Lectures, will become the organizations new executive director. An award-winning poet and essayist, Dickey served as a fiction judge for the National Book Awards in 2019. For the past 25 years, she has worked at arts organizations and nonprofits across the United States, a background that she could draw on to help the foundation expand. Before she led Seattle Arts & Lectures, Dickey, 49, worked as executive director of Clifton Cultural Arts Center in Cincinnati, where she helped transform a vacant school into a regional organization, and as executive director of New Futures in Burien, Washington, a group that worked with families in low-income housing. Ruth is not just a literary leader but is someone with a track record in ... More
Review: Shakespeare's baddies convene in 'All the Devils Are Here'
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Prospero steps out onto the stage, a sturdy white staff and book in hand. He kneels, opens the book and strikes the stage three times. As the last heavy thud echoes throughout the empty theater, the lights dim to an icy, concentrated glow. This is the magician, and this is his art. But it isnt actually Shakespeares vengeful sorcerer were seeing; this is Patrick Page, and when he opens his mouth, its not Prospero but Lady Macbeth who speaks, in a jagged whisper. Its a summoning: Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts. Its enough to make you shiver, and fitting for a play called All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain, an enchanting one-man show full of Shakespeares vilest, silliest and most misunderstood characters: the baddies. Produced by Shakespeare Theater Company at Sidney Harman Hall in ... More
In Spain, virtuoso violinist pays tribute to war-torn Lebanon childhood
MADRID (AFP).- In the garage where he sought shelter from bombs in his native Lebanon, Ara Malikian discovered the power of music. The bearded and heavily tattooed 52-year-old paid homage to this childhood hiding spot in his latest album released online in January called "Petit Garage". "It was a place full of rats and cockroaches," he said during an interview with AFP in Madrid where he has lived for the past two decades. "We would hear the bombs, it was a very dramatic situation and suddenly some of us started to make music, others to sing, everyone dancing," he added. "I saw how music and art changed people's mood, gave them hope, joy. We forgot all our sorrows, the war and the bombs." Born in Beirut in 1968 to an Armenian family, Malikian started playing the violin at a very young age, encouraged by his violinist father who has performed with legendary Lebanese singer ... More
World War II Citroen truck for sale with H&H Classics
LONDON.- A British tourist visiting a French vineyard spotted a Citroen truck converted from a 1924 Citroen B12-9cv Camionnette car abandoned and rusting in a thistle and bramble patch. Now restored it is for sale with H&H Classics on April 14 at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford. It is being sold with No Reserve. Once restored in Britain the Citroen has been much used in film and television about the WW2 period in France. When the truck was recovered and brought to the UK in the early nineties it was restored...however it was subsequently sold on and in the intervening years has deteriorated and now needs restoring again hence No Reserve. The wreck came with an intriguing story that slowly emerged during a long wine tasting session at the vineyard where it was found. The Citroen car had been converted to a light truck to ensure a petrol supply from the German occupiers ... More
John Murphy named Director of Development and Donor Relations at MWPAI
UTICA, NY.- John Murphy of Clinton has been named director of development and donor relations for Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. Murphy was previously director of milestone reunions for Hamilton College, where he has secured nearly $10 million in gifts and pledges for the Colleges current campaign, and more than $16 million in declared estate gift intentions. During his 23-year tenure he has facilitated scores of new scholarship gifts and worked with hundreds of dedicated alumni donors and volunteers. MWPAI president and CEO Anna DAmbrosio said Murphy was selected after a national search. "We are delighted to have John join the Munson-Williams staff, she said. His dedication to the arts, combined with years of development and business experience, makes him a perfect fit for the Institute." Murphy has a lifetime of involvement in the arts. He has been a member of ... More
New Orleans Museum of Art announces major fund and pledged endowment from Del and Ginger Hall
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- The New Orleans Museum of Art announced a major fund and pledged endowment by Del and Ginger Hall of Chicago, Illinois, in support of the NOMA photography department. The fund will support and augment an ambitious set of exhibitions and programs in the department of photographs over the next five years, while the endowment will provide a foundation for the departments activities in perpetuity. NOMAs current exhibition New Photography: Create, Collect, Compile is the first endeavor supported in large part by the Halls contributions. Del and Gingers incredible generosity will help grow what is already one of NOMAs greatest strengths: our photography program, says Susan Taylor, Montine McDaniel Freeman Director. By providing both immediate and long-term support, Del and Ginger are ensuring the present and future success of that ... More
Timken Museum of Art names Kathleen Lundgren and Alexandra Davis Perez to its Board of Directors
SAN DIEGO, CA.- The board of directors of the Timken Museum of Art located in Balboa Park in San Diego has named bioethicist Kathleen Lundgren and interior designer Alexandra Davis Perez to its ranks bringing the total number of board members to 14. The Timkens board is led by chair Jessie J. Knight, Jr., Sempra Energys former executive vice president of external affairs and chief sustainability officer and former president and chief executive officer of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce. We are pleased to welcome Kathleen and Alexandra to the Timkens board of directors, stated Knight. They will be invaluable as the museum completes its renovation currently underway and prepares to open its doors to the public later this year. Lundgren earned her Master of Divinity from Yale University concentrating in both medical ethics and the history of psychological ... More
George H.W. Bush Letter to Mikhail Gorbachev to be auctioned
BOSTON, MASS.- "What I will never forget, Mikhail, is our partnershipand eventual friendshipas we worked to make our world a better, safer place" A George H.W. Bush letter to Mikhail Gorbachev will be auctioned by Boston-based RR Auction. The one-page typed is signed "George," personal letterhead, October 18, 2011. Letter to former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, in full: "Even though I could not be with you tonight, I wanted to help welcome you to the great state of Texas. I know our good friends at the Johnson Library will make you feel right at home. At age 87, I forget more things these days than I remember. But what I will never forget, Mikhail, is our partnershipand eventual friendshipas we worked to make our world a better, safer place. There is no doubt in my mind that history will judge you one of the great leaders of the 20th Century. I hope our ... More
Toledo Museum of Art promotes two to senior management roles
TOLEDO, OH.- The Toledo Museum of Art has promoted two staff members to newly created senior management positions. Andrea Gardner, who served as director of collections, is now senior director of curatorial affairs; and Mike Deetsch, previously the director of education and engagement, has been named the Emma Leah Bippus senior director of learning and interpretation. The combined expertise of these collaborative and innovative leaders will help TMA achieve the ambitious goals set forth in our strategic plan, said Adam Levine, the Museums Edward Drummond and Florence Scott Libbey director and CEO. Andrea and Mike will play critical roles in operationalizing our commitment to quality and developing our culture of belonging. Gardner has served TMA since 2006, beginning as an intern in the curatorial and registration departments. She was promoted to director of collections ... More
A vision of Asian American cinema that questions the very premise
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Nearly 40 years ago, the filmmaker Wayne Wang cobbled together $22,000 and shot his debut feature on the streets of San Franciscos Chinatown. The result was Chan Is Missing, widely considered the first Asian American indie film and a work that managed to be at once a vérité peek into a neighborhood, a sly neo-noir buddy film, and an experimental, complex allegory about Chinese American identity or, at least, about the ambivalence of it. That 1982 gem became an unlikely hit that broke through to the mainstream only to be followed by a decadeslong drought of similarly successful indies told with any sense of an Asian American perspective. A few studio movies made waves, like Wangs 1993 period drama, The Joy Luck Club. And then, in 2018, the blockbuster Crazy Rich Asians arrived with its all-Asian cast. The last few years have ... More
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Mental Escapology, St. Moritz
TIM VAN LAERE GALLERY
Madelynn Green
Patrick Angus
Flashback On a day like today, French photographer Eugène Atget was born February 12, 1857. Eugène Atget (12 February 1857 - 4 August 1927) was a French flâneur and a pioneer of documentary photography, noted for his determination to document all of the architecture and street scenes of Paris before their disappearance to modernization. In this image: Eugène Atget, Rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Geneviève, June 1925. Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, 6 11/16 x 8 3/4" (17 x 22.2 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden.
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