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In an image provided by the gallery, After Effect, 2022, a light projection by James Turrell at at Pace Gallery in New York, where Turrell is curating Ad Reinhardt: Color Out of Darkness. The prospect of Turrell, an American master of light, presiding over a show of paintings by Reinhardt, an American master of dark, offers not only two visions for the price of one, but a glimpse at the improbable ways of inspiration, Deborah Solomon writes. Pace Gallery via The New York Times.
by Deborah Solomon
NEW YORK, NY.- A compelling new show at the Pace Gallery in New York City, Ad Reinhardt: Color Out of Darkness, comes with an unusual perk. It has been curated by James Turrell, as the subtitle proclaims. The prospect of Turrell, an American master of light, presiding over a show of paintings by Reinhardt, an American master of dark, has a special allure, offering not only two visions for the price of one but a glimpse at the improbable ways of inspiration. On a recent morning, I met Turrell at the gallery with plans to see his Reinhardt show. But first he led me into a pitch-black room at street level where he had just finished installing a piece of his own, After Effect. We sat down on a plain wooden bench to watch. What appeared to be a giant screen, framed in cherry-red light, rose up the ceiling. You could see through it, to an illuminated green rectangle in the far distance. As we talked, the greens blued into ultramarine or yellowed into chartreuse. It looke ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Artemis Gallery will hold its Eclectic Works of Art, ex-Anthony Quinn Auction on Feb 27, 2022 12:00 PM GMT-6. Artemis Gallery will present an impressive ensemble of works from the collection of the late, great actor Anthony Quinn. Mr. Quinn appeared in more than 180 films in his 55-year career and his work brought him to exotic locations across the globe. His lifelong passion for collecting art fueled his creativity and helped bring to life some iconic characters like Zorba the Greek, Paul Gauguin in Lust for Life, Auda Abu Tayi in Lawrence of Arabia and hundreds more. In this image: Splendid Roman Marble Head of a Female - ex Quinn. Estimate $16,000 - $24,000.
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| Colonial furniture to carnival games: Hindman's American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts Auction | | Georgia Museum of Art receives gift from W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation | | A new exhibition space gives Prague's art scene some spark | 
An Impressive Masterwork Andrew Clemens Labeled Sand Bottle. Estimate: $100,000 - $150,000.
CINCINNATI, OH.- Hindman Auctions will celebrate four centuries of American artists and craftsmen in its March 10 11 American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts auction. Across two days, Hindman will offer folk art, glass, stoneware, furniture, antique advertising, silver, music players, and coin-operated carnival and casino machines from private and institutional collections. After setting the auction record for the form just six months ago with a $956,000 sale, Hindman is once again honored to present an Andrew Clemens sand bottle (lot 297; estimate: $100,000 - $150,000) at auction. This spectacular bottle stands 10.5 inches tall, nearly two inches taller than the record-setting bottle from September 2021, and features a label reading Pictured Rock Sand, Put Up By Andrew Clemens, Deaf-Mute, McGregor, Iowa inside the bottle under the stopper. Dated just five years ... More | | 
An archival photo of W. Newton Morris from 1969.
ATHENS, GA.- In late 2021, the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia received a gift of $4.7 million from the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation. The gift will add to an existing fund established in 2000 to support the museum. The museums relationship with the W. Newton Morris Charitable Foundation dates back to 1999, when it was created upon Willis Newton Morris death. This recent gift is an expression of confidence in everything the museum has achieved in the past 23 years and in its fiscal responsibility. William U. Eiland, the museums director, knew Morris well. He tells a story about having lunch with Morris in Atlanta, at a restaurant well known for Key lime pie. While waiting on the valet, Eiland says he leaned down to pick up a penny. Morris told him later that if he hadnt done so, the museum wouldnt have gotten a dime. Generations of students and audiences will be beh ... More | | 
A visitor at the Kinetismus: 100 Years of Electricity in Art exhibit, which features almost 100 artworks, in Prague on Feb. 20, 2022. Milan Bures for The New York Times.
by Annabelle Chapman
PRAGUE.- The Kunsthalle Praha, which opened in the former Zenger Electrical Substation here Tuesday, is not the first exhibition space in a former power station. Yet from the start, this privately funded redevelopment opposite Prague Castle is putting electrically powered art in the spotlight with its opening exhibition Kinetismus: 100 Years of Electricity in Art, running through June 20. Featuring almost 100 artworks, the exhibition shows how electricity transformed art over the past century, enabling artificial lighting and motion. With the arrival of household electricity in the 1920s, artists had new options available to them: They were no longer limited to static images and reliant on external ... More |
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| Weathervanes and windmill weights standout in Skinner auction | | Basquiat's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Derelict will lead Christie's New York 21st Century Evening Sale | | Christie's to offer masterpieces by Lucas Cranach the Elder & Jan Den Uyl from the collection of Cecil & Hilda Lewis | 
Orange-painted Cast Iron "Mogul" Rooster Windmill Weight. Image courtesy Skinner Auctioneers.
MARLBOROUGH, MASS.- Skinner Auctioneers sale of Colorfully Cast: A California Collection, the immense and delightfully rustic holdings of a California couple who spruced up their homes with incisively-chosen objects over the past three decades, attracted widespread interest with active bidding in every category. This collection was anything but predictable, reflected Stephen Fletcher, Executive Vice President of American Furniture & Decorative Arts. The couple were truly venturesome in their collecting. The sale was held online from January 31 at 12 p.m. through February 10, 2022 at 7 pm., and was highlighted by some of the sales diverse highlights: a panbone plaque carved with a ship and the initials H.M. which sold for $21,250; the unusual cast and molded Tuckerman Rooster weathervane which brought $16,250; an early 19th century floral applique textile which ... More | | 
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Derelict. triptychacrylic, oil, oilstick and hardware on hinged wood construction. Overall: 81 ⅝ x 82 ⅜ x 3 ⅝ in. (207.3 x 209.2 x 9.2 cm.). Executed in 1982. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies will present Jean-Michel Basquiats Portrait of the Artist as a Young Derelict, 1982 (estimate on request) as a leading highlight in the 21st Century Evening Sale this May in New York City at Rockefeller Center. This rare work is executed across three large conjoined panels, the construction of which was executed by the artist. Standing as both self-portrait and altarpiece, it represents a highpoint in the artists brief but explosive career. Created in the artists Crosby Street studio, this masterwork reflects the raw energy and excitement of Basquiats practice in 1982. Executed at the highpoint of his career, it was included in the artists seminal show at Fun Gallery (November - December 1982), widely considered the best exhibition ... More | | 
Jan Jansz. den Uyl (1595-1639), Pewter jug and silver tazza on a table. Painted in 1633. Estimate: £2,500,000-3,500,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
LONDON.- Lucas Cranach the Elders (1472-1553) The Nymph of the Spring (estimate: £6,000,000-8,000,000) and Jan Jansz. den Uyls (1595-1639) Pewter jug and silver tazza on a table (estimate: £2,500,000-3,500,000) from The Collection of Cecil & Hilda Lewis, will be leading highlights in the Old Masters Evening Sale on 7 July, during Classic Week London. Revered within collecting circles, Cecil and Hilda Lewis were true connoisseurs and generous philanthropists, who supported wide-ranging charitable and cultural endeavours, from the V&A and National Gallery to the Weizman Institute of Science. The Cranach will be on public view at Christies London headquarters from 24 February to 1 March, ahead of both paintings touring to New York and Hong Kong, prior to being in the pre-sale London exhibition from 1 to 7 July. The undisputed ... More |
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| Face to Face: Marc Quinn meets Franz Xaver Messerschmidt in new exhibition at the Belvedere | | 289 leading galleries to present at the Basel show in June | | Eye Filmmuseum director announces her departure | 
Marc Quinn, Emotional Detox: The Seven Deadly Sins IV, 1995 © Marc Quinn Studio. Image courtesy of Marc Quinn studio.
VIENNA.- A compelling dialogue between contemporary art and major works from the museum's collection: for the first time, the Belvedere is juxtaposing British artist Marc Quinn's suite of works Emotional Detox with the iconic "character heads of Baroque sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. Messerschmidts work has long been an inspiration for Quinn and the direct influence of the character heads on the creation of Emotional Detox can now be seen at the Upper Belvedere. Marc Quinn's eight life-size sculptural self-portraits are the product of a challenging period in the artist's life. In the early 1990's, Quinn was struggling to overcome the physical and emotional agony of alcohol withdrawal. During this period, he regularly visited the Messerschmidt sculpture The Strong Smell at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. This ... More | | 
Templon, Jitish Kallat © Art Basel.
BASEL.- The 2022 edition of Art Basel this June will bring together 289 leading international galleries to present the highest quality artworks across all media from painting and sculpture to photography and digital works by artists ranging from early 20th-century Modern pioneers to cutting-edge contemporary practitioners. A strong line-up of galleries from across Europe will be joined by new and returning exhibitors from around the world, including Africa, Asia, North and South America, and the Middle East. 19 galleries will join the show for the first time, including two first-time participants from Africa: Jahmek Contemporary Art from Luanda and OH Gallery from Dakar. Newcomers to the fair also include: Athr Gallery, with exhibition spaces in Diriyah, Al-'Ula, and Jeddah; Altman Siegel from San Francisco; GalerÃa RGR from Mexico City; Proyectos Ultravioleta from Guatemala City; Gallery Sofie Van de Velde ... More | | 
Sandra den Hamer, Director Eye Filmmuseum. Photo: Harmen de Jong.
AMSTERDAM.- Sandra den Hamer, Director of Eye Filmmuseum, has decided in close consultation with the Supervisory Board that she will step down from her position in autumn 2022. Under Den Hamers leadership, over the past 15 years, the Filmmuseum has been transformed into a vibrant centre for film culture and a contemporary museum of international standing. In September 2022 I will have been working at Eye for exactly 15 years. The first five years were at the Vondelpark Pavilion, where I started work with a fantastic team (they still are) on the preparation and construction of a new museum building, a new collection centre, the merger of a number of film institutions, the digitisation of the collection, and in particular the development of a new identity and programme. In 2022 we are proudly and happily celebrating ten wonderful years on the banks of the river ... More |
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| Gary Brooker, singer for Procol Harum, dies at 76 | | Collection of Los Angeles art dealer and patron Gail Feingarten Oppenheimer comes to auction at Bonhams | | Ana Navas wins the 15th edition of illySustainArt the award for young artists | 
The pianist and singer composed the bands music for five decades, including the hit A Whiter Shade of Pale.
NEW YORK, NY.- Gary Brooker, the singer and pianist of the early progressive rock group Procol Harum, who co-wrote songs including A Whiter Shade of Pale, the improbable but overpowering hit during the 1967 Summer of Love, died Saturday at his home in Surrey, England. He was 76. Brooker had been receiving treatment for cancer, the band said in a statement confirming his death. With his grainy, weathered-sounding voice and a piano style steeped in gospel, classical music, blues and the British music hall, Brooker led Procol Harum in songs that mixed pomp and whimsy, orchestral grandeur and rock drive. Brooker composed nearly all of Procol Harums music; Keith Reid, who did not perform with the band, provided lyrics that invoked literary and historical allusions and spun tall tales, sometimes at the same time. Although A Whiter Shade of Pale was both its first and biggest hit, and the band steadfastly avoided showmanship, Procol Harum sustained a five-decade career. It reco ... More | | 
Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966), Torse. Estimate: $40,000-60,000.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The five-decade amassed collection of Gail Feingarten Oppenheimer (1938-2021), former Los Angeles dealer of 19th and 20th Century European modern masters, comes to auction at Bonhams on March 9th in Los Angeles. This single-owner sale features significant works in a variety of mediums, including a collection of Pablo Picasso gold medallions and silver plates, impressionist and abstract paintings by artists such as Ãdouard Vuillard, Albert Gleizes, and Henri Lebasque, as well as cubist bronze sculptures from Joseph Csáky. Rising to prominence as a dealer during the burgeoning Los Angeles art scene in the 1960s, Gail continued to work as a dealer up until 2019. Her dedication to the arts led her to boldly open her own gallery within her split-level Westwood townhouse as a single working mother of two. The notoriety of 'Gail's Gallery' emerged her as a prominent Los Angeles dealer, which eventually led to her meeting Charles Feingarten ... More | | 
Ana applies both an historic and imaginative approach to question the relation between form and function and between original and copied ordinary and apparently harmless objects. With illySustainArt she has received a prize of 15.000 euro.
MADRID.- Ana Navas, represented by the German gallery Sperling, is the winner of the 15th edition of illySustanArt, the award launched by illycaffè in cooperation with ARCOmadrid for young artists from coffee producing countries, who exhibit their works at the fair. Born in Quito in 1984 and grew up in Venezuela, Ana Navas lives and works in Netherlands. The jury including Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, collector and founder of Fondazione Sandretto, curator Catalina Lozano, curator and officer in charge of culture of the Ecuador Embassy in Paris Pily Estrada and illycaffè Art Director Carlo Bach - awarded Ana Navas "for her very special way of working art with humor, erasing the boundaries between fine arts and folk art". Ana applies both an historic and imaginative approach to question the relation between form and function and between original ... More |
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 Dieu Donné announces new Executive Director Serena TrizzinoNEW YORK, NY.- Dieu Donnè announced the appointment of Serena Trizzino as its new Executive Director effective March 1, 2022. She succeeds John Shorb, who led the organization from 2018 to 2022 and will continue to have an important role as Strategic Advisor. Trizzino will be responsible for overseeing and expanding the organizations artistic and educational programming. Under her leadership, Dieu Donné will focus on serving emerging and established artists through the collaborative creation of contemporary art using the process of hand papermaking. Serena Trizzino has served as a member of Dieu Donnés Board of Directors for more than two years. She has extensive management experience in operations, sales and marketing in the art world. In 2005, she established her own art advisory firm, Serena Trizzino Contemporary Art Advisory, ... More  Christie's announces live sale of Latin American artNEW YORK, NY.- Christies presents the live sale of Latin American Art on March 11, featuring exceptional paintings, sculptures and drawings from the 19th Century to the present day. From a pristine 19th Century landscape by Eugenio Landesio to a newly rediscovered painting by Diego Rivera, Brazilian modern and contemporary works by Antonio Bandeira, Ibêre Camargo, and Tomie Ohtake; masterworks by Wifredo Lam, Matta, Claudio Bravo, Jesús Rafael Soto, Olga de Amaral, and many others, the sale offers something for every collector. The sale is led by Fernando Boteros monumental bronze sculpture, Man on a Horse (estimate: $2,000,000-3,000,000). Botero first turned to sculpture in 1972, eventually expanding his métier from wood and clay to bronze, the medium in which he has best translated the pillowy volumes of his painting into three ... More  Exposing the heart in a brutal dance of loveNEW YORK, NY.- Sometimes its hard to feel what you know a choreographer wants you to feel. In the case of Chapter 3: The Brutal Journey of the Heart, there is a lot of purposely awkward positioning of taffy-supple bodies: arched backs, far-flung arms, wide and ever-deepening pliés. This evening-length work, performed by the company L-E-V, dances and winds its way around themes related to the anguish that love brings. There is pleasure in the pain. It helps to know that "lev" means heart in Hebrew. In this final section of a trilogy exploring aspects of love by the companys artistic directors and founders, Sharon Eyal formerly a star of Batsheva Dance Company and, for a time, its house choreographer and Gai Behar, the heart is both muscular and tender. Once the chest is fully released with arms trailing behind the back, the body ... More  Frank Auerbach's Portrait of Debbie Ratclff III comes to BonhamsLONDON.- A portrait by the artist Frank Auerbach depicting the sitter Debbie Ratcliff, which was first exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1986 and which has been in the same private collection since 1984 leads Bonhams Post-War & Contemporary Art sale on Thursday 24 March in London. The work, entitled Portrait of Debbie Ratcliff III, has never before been offered at auction, and has an estimate of £450,000 - 650,000. Ralph Taylor, Bonhams Global Head of Post-War & Contemporary Art, commented: Portrait of Debbie Ratcliff III stems from one of Auerbachs most celebrated periods. It was first exhibited at the 1986 Venice Biennale the year Auerbach shared the International Prize/ Golden Lion with Sigmar Polke and has never before been offered at auction. For Auerbach, his sitters have been a constant subject of engagement ... More  Gagosian announces new shop in historic Burnlington Arcade in LondonLONDON.- Gagosian announced the opening of a new London shop located in the historic Burlington Arcade in the heart of Mayfair. The ground-floor boutique will feature an array of offerings including prints and editions, Gagosian publications, rare books, exhibition posters, and artist-designed objects and apparel such as jewellery, sculpture, and decorative items. Upstairs, on the first floor, a rotation of small exhibitions, artist takeovers, and special collaborations will be presented. Situated just steps from the Royal Academy of Arts, and off of Old Bond Street, the celebrated destination for luxury retail and fine art since the eighteenth century, the space has been designed by Caruso St John Architects, the Stirling Prizewinning architecture firm that collaborated with Gagosian on the Grosvenor Hill and Britannia Street galleries in London, ... More  Black artists pioneered electronic music. This festival celebrates them.NEW YORK, NY.- Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson had been awake since 5 a.m. It was two weeks before the return of Dweller, a festival she founded in 2019 that celebrates Black artists in electronic music, and her anxiety was palpable. Hutchinson was munching on a bowl of fruit-topped oatmeal at a Brooklyn coffee shop. She wiped sleep from her eyes as she recalled her first memories of raving in England during her college years. I used to go to these raves at the back of my school, which were just insane, said Hutchinson, who was dressed in a ripped gray long-sleeved shirt and burgundy leggings. Youre flung into a rave environment, and youre like, This is crazy, she said with a laugh. Like, white kids get a little wild to these electronic bleep bleep bleep noises. Those kinds of early encounters with nightlife incubated Hutchinsons love ... More  Art Omi appoints Sara O'Keeffe as Senior Curator of the Sculpture & Architecture ParkGHENT, NY.- Art Omi announces the appointment of Sara OKeeffe as Senior Curator of the Sculpture & Architecture Park following an extensive search. OKeeffe will oversee the contemporary art exhibitions and programming in the Sculpture & Architecture Park, working in partnership with Art Omi: Architecture Curator & Program Director, Julia van den Hout, who curates architecture exhibitions and programming. We are thrilled to welcome Sara OKeeffe as Senior Curator at Art Omi, said Ruth Adams, Co-Executive Director of Art Omi. Sara has a robust resumé of curatorial experience contemplating identity and its representations in contemporary art, and developing projects that hold dialogue and community at their center. As we celebrate our thirtieth year, shes the perfect leader to take our mission of building community ... More  Bruneau & Co. announces highlights included in the Estate Fine Art & Antique AuctionCRANSTON, RI.- An original still life painting by the French artist Roger Mühl (1929-2008) climbed to $9,375 and an interior genre painting by John Carlin (N.Y./Pa., 1813-1891) brought $7,500 in an online-only Estate Fine Art & Antique auction held February 21st by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers. Over 350 lots, from estates and collections across New England, came up for bid. The Mühl work depicted pale pink and red tulips in a celadon colored vase over polychromatic patches of color. Measuring 19 ½ inches by 20 ½ inches (canvas, minus the frame), the abstract painting was signed lower right and titled Tulipes Rouges on verso. Mühl studied at the National School of Decorative Arts in Strasbourg, and his paintings have been exhibited across the globe. The painting by Carlin showed a young boy kneeling on a cane chair, with elbows on the table, ... More  Car once owned by explorer & author Colonel Blashford Snell for sale with H&H ClassicsLONDON.- Once owned by Colonel John Nicholas Blashford-Snell CBE, British Army officer, explorer and author who founded Operation Raleigh, this lovely 1961 AC Greyhound is one of only 83 such vehicles produced. It is now offered for sale by H&H Classics on March 16th at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford. The AC has spent most of its life in the hands of just two families with the vendors father acquiring it in 1967. The Greyhound also boasts the much desired 2.2 Bristol straight six engine. According to its original buff logbook, chassis BEF2538 was first registered as RJT 999 by Dorset County Council on April 13th 1961. Finished in Silver with Red leather upholstery the same colour scheme it pleasingly sports today the AC was supplied new to Colonel George Gould DSO of Upwey whose family were prominent local landowners. Bought ... More  San Diego Symphony launches major renovation of Jacobs Music CenterSAN DIEGO, CA.- Martha A. Gilmer, CEO of the San Diego Symphony, today announced a major project to restore and renovate its historic home, the Jacobs Music Center, as a long-term commitment to the vitality of downtown San Diego and an investment in the artistic ambitions of the orchestra. The project, with an estimated cost of $125 million, will honor the history of the Jacobs Music Centers historic building, which opened in 1929 as a legendary Fox Theater, while greatly enhancing the musical and performance experience for artists and audiences alike. The revitalization of Jacobs Music Center, designed by architect HGA in collaboration with acoustician Akustiks, and theater planners Schuler Shook, will include the transformation of Copley Symphony Hall at Jacobs Music Center, including the reconfiguration of the stage; the addition of a choral terrace ... More  York Museums Trust announces move of CEO Reyahn King to a new post at National Trust for ScotlandYORK.- York Museums Trust today announced that Reyahn King will step down as Chief Executive Officer in summer to take up the position of Director of Heritage Properties at the National Trust for Scotland. Reyahn King joined York Museums Trust in September 2015, taking over the leadership of the independent charity which cares for the city of York's collections and operates York Castle Museum, Yorkshire Museum, York Museum Gardens, York Art Gallery and York St Marys. As Chief Executive Officer, Reyahn has brought York Museums Trust through one of the toughest periods in York Museums Trusts history, during the Coronavirus pandemic. During her seven-year tenure, Reyahn has achieved great change for York Museums Trust. Under her leadership she introduced a new vision and mission that puts audiences and communities ... More |
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Life Between Islands
Flashback On a day like today, French painter and sculptor Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born February 25, 1841. Pierre-Auguste Renoir (25 February 1841 - 3 December 1919), was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau." In this image: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Child with an Apple or Gabrielle, Jean Renoir and a Little Girl, circa 1895-1896. Pastel sobre papel. 560 x 760 mm. Mrs. Léone Cettolin Dauberville.
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