| The First Art Newspaper on the Net | | Established in 1996 | Friday, February 2, 2018 |
| | | Experts discover hidden ancient Maya structures in Guatemala | |
|
|
Details of the research will appear in a documentary to air on February 11 on the National Geographic channel, said Minister of Culture and Sports Jose Luis Chea.
GUATEMALA CITY (AFP).- Experts using an aerial high-tech laser scanner have discovered thousands of ancient Maya structures hidden under the thick jungle of northern Guatemala, officials said Thursday. Some 60,000 structures were found over the past two years in a scan of a region in the northern department of El Peten, which borders Mexico and Belize, said Marcello Canuto, one of the project's top investigators. These findings are a "revolution in Maya archeology," Canuto said. The new discoveries in this Central American country include urban centers with sidewalks, homes, terraces, ceremonial centers, irrigation canals and fortifications, said Canuto, an archaeologist at Tulane University in the United States. Among the finds was a 30-meter high pyramid that had been earlier identified as a natural hill in Tikal, Guatemala's premier archaeological site. Also discovered in Tikal: a series of pits and a 14 kilometer-long wall. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A gallery assistant poses with a handkerchief with signatures of imprisoned window smashers who shared the same wing at Holloway Prison and which was presented to suffragette, Janie Terrero, during the display of The Suffragette Collection at the Museum of London, in east London on February 1, 2018. To commemorate the centenary of the first women winning the right to vote, the Museum of London is highlighting the untold stories of women in the Suffragette Movement and its impact on society and politics. Tolga Akmen / AFP
| From Beowulf to Chaucer, the British Library makes 1,000 years of rich literary history freely available online | | Pablo Picasso's 'Mousquetaire et nu assis' will be a leading highlight of Christie's sale | | Facebook denies 'censoring' 19th-century vagina painting |
Gawain and the Green Knight, considered to be one of the masterpieces of Middle English Literature (Cotton Nero MS A.X) (c) British Library Board.
LONDON.- Bringing together over 50 unique medieval manuscripts and early print editions from the 8th to 16th centuries, Discovering Literature: Medieval presents a new way to explore some of the earliest works and most influential figures of English literature. From the first complete translation of the Bible in the English language to the first work authored by a woman in English, the website showcases many rarities and firsts in the history of English literature. Featuring extracts of medieval drama, epic poetry, dream visions and riddles alongside over 20 articles exploring themes such as gender, faith and heroism written by poets, academics and writers including Simon Armitage, Hetta Howes and David Crystal, Discovering Literature: Medieval offers unprecedented access to the British Librarys collections and provides contemporary scholarly insight for young people and learners across the world. Dr Alex Whitfield, ... More | |
Pablo Picasso, Mousquetaire et nu assis, oil and Ripolin on canvas (1967, estimate: £12,000,000-18,000,000). © Christies Images Limited 2018.
LONDON.- Pablo Picassos masterpiece Mousquetaire et nu assis (1967, estimate: £12,000,000-18,000,000) will be a leading highlight of Christies Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale, in London on 27 February 2018, part of 20th Century at Christies, a series of sales that take place from 20 February to 7 March 2018. Painted with gestural, lavishly and passionately applied brushstrokes, it is among the first of the triumphant musketeers that appeared in Pablo Picassos art in 1967. This iconic figure is accompanied by a sensuous, seated nude. With her shock of dark hair, hieratic posture, and her large, all-seeing almond-shaped eyes, there is no question as to the identity of this woman: she is Jacqueline, the artists final, great love, muse and wife, whose presence permeated every female figure in this final chapter of Picassos life. With one ... More | |
This file photo taken on December 28, 2016 in Vertou, western France, shows logos of US online social media and social networking service Facebook. LOIC VENANCE / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- A long-running dispute over claims of censorship by Facebook came to a head in a French court on Thursday, with the social network denying it had deleted a user's account because he posted a picture of a 19th-century painting of a woman's genitals. "L'Origine du Monde" (The Origin of the World), an 1866 oil painting by the realist painter Gustave Courbet, might hang on the walls of the Musee d'Orsay in Paris. But Frederic Durand, a teacher, claims that its status as a cherished work of art did not stop Facebook from shutting down his account because of its ban on nude images. He accuses Facebook of deactivating his account "without warning or justification" in February 2011. He promptly sued the company in the name of freedom of expression, but the case came to court only after years of legal wrangling over jurisdiction. ... More |
|
| Brooke Lampley joins Sotheby's - Enhancing company leadership in Impressionist & Modern Art | | David Richard Gallery opens new space in New York with exhibition of works by Shane Tolbert | | MOCA announces opening date and inaugural exhibition BELIEVE |
Brooke Lampley most recently served as Head of the Impressionist & Modern Art Department at Christies Americas. Courtesy Sothebys.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys announced that Brooke Lampley has joined our Fine Art Division as Vice Chairman. Brooke Lampley most recently served as Head of the Impressionist & Modern Art Department at Christies Americas a role she assumed in 2012, after working with the department as a Specialist since 2005. As Department Head, Brooke was responsible for driving the teams overall strategy in both auction and private sales, and leading specialists devoted to business-getting on a global level. Amy Cappellazzo, Chairman of Sothebys Fine Art Division, said: Im thrilled to be working again with Brooke, whose expertise across the 20th century and keen understanding of market tastes and trends will be major assets for the Fine Art Division. Together with our widely-respected global team, led by ... More | |
Shane Tolbert, Acequia Elements, 2017 (detail). Acrylic on canvas, 66 x 48".
NEW YORK, NY.- David Richard Gallery announces the presentation, Abiquiú Paintings by Shane Tolbert at the Gallerys newest venue in Harlem, located at 211 East 121st Street, New York, NY 10035, P: (212) 882-1705. This is Tolberts debut exhibition with the Gallery and his first presentation in New York. The exhibition remains on view through March 3, 2018. A digital catalogue is available online. The spectacular and rugged landscape of Northern New Mexico, like for so many artists, informs the abstract paintings of Shane Tolbert. The big sky, bright clear days and miles of uninterrupted vistas create an inspiring environment that lends itself to a unique visual language. Tolbert, influenced by Color Field painting, brings color and a novel process approach to combining color with the extreme visuals and surface textures of his environment. Process and routine are a key ... More | |
Rendering of east entrance.
TORONTO.- The Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada will open its doors on May 26, 2018 and welcome 16 local, Canadian and other international artists with the timely exhibition BELIEVE. The world-renowned institution, which Architectural Digest has named one of the most noteworthy museums opening this year invites the public for a free day of inclusive activities for individuals and families to get to know the new cultural centre. BELIEVE will look at beliefs and systems that inform our values and behaviours while touching upon some of the fundamental issues of our times. Artists include Jeneen Frei Njootli, a Vuntut Gwichin First Nation artist who is rapidly gaining attention throughout Canada for her work using traditional materials and techniques from her ancestry. Los Angeles-based artist Barbara Kruger is internationally acclaimed for her work that encourages viewers to revisit what they believe they ... More |
|
| Dallas Museum of Art promotes Tamara Wootton Forsyth to Deputy Director | | Naumann & Barnet Collections drive day one of Sotheby's Masters Week series to $23 million | | Jamie Fobert Architects appointed to transform the National Portrait Gallery |
Tamara Wootton Forsyth. Photo: Courtesy of Dallas Museum of Art.
DALLAS, TX.- AgustÃn Arteaga, The Eugene McDermott Director, today announced the promotion of Tamara Wootton Forsyth to Deputy Director of the Dallas Museum of Art. In her more than seventeen-year tenure at the DMA, Wootton Forsyth has played a crucial role in the realization of many of the DMAs most exciting and innovative achievements. As the DMA commences a new strategic plan, Wootton Forsyth will work with Arteaga and the DMAs senior staff to strengthen the Museums position both as an international leader in scholarly research, interpretation, and stewardship of its renowned collection and as a pioneer in public engagement. She will also partner with Arteaga to build a culture of innovation, collaboration, and experimentation at the DMA. Wootton Forsyth will oversee the departments that support the intellectual and creative content generated by DMA staff, as well as the facility and infrastructures that sustain it. Tamara ... More | |
Samuel Palmer, R.W.S, A Church With A Boat And Sheep. Pen and brown ink and wash heightened with scratching out, 183 by 137 mm; 7¼ by 5 3/8 in. Estimate $250/350,000. Sold for $2,415,000. Courtesy Sothebys.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys annual Masters Week sales series kicked off on Wednesday in New York, with 210 paintings and drawings sold across three auctions for an overall total of $23 million far exceeding their overall high estimate of $16.6 million. The day was highlighted by a magnificent collection of drawings assembled over 40 years by Howard & Saretta Barnet, as well as property emerging from the gallery and private collection of preeminent dealer Otto Naumann, both of which established multiple auction records and outstripped pre-sale expectations. Below is a look at some of the highlights that drove the results of Wednesdays auctions: Gregory Rubinstein, Head of Sothebys Old Master Drawings Department, commented: We are thrilled with the results achieved by the Barnet Collection, which presented ... More | |
Exterior, National Portrait Gallery © National Portrait Gallery, London.
LONDON.- The National Portrait Gallery has appointed Jamie Fobert Architects to lead its £35.5m transformation following an international selection process, it was announced today, Thursday 1 February 2018. The London-based practice will deliver the Gallerys biggest ever development since the building opened in 1896. This includes creating around twenty per cent more public and gallery spaces, all of which will be refurbished and rehung for the first time, enhancing its entrance and creating a state-of-the-art Learning Centre. Jamie Fobert Architects recent and forthcoming projects include the critically acclaimed extension to Tate St Ives in Cornwall, a new gallery building for Charleston in East Sussex and an extension and reconfiguration of Kettles Yard House and Gallery in Cambridge. Building work on the project, Inspiring People: Transforming our National Portrait Gallery, is scheduled to start in 2020. For ... More |
|
| Robin Bell, artist and anti-Trump activist | | Moderna Museet exhibits Lygia Pape's installation Ttéia | | Koller Auctions announces early highlights of its March sales |
Bell projected the phrases "Donald Trump harassed or assaulted twenty women". Photo: Liz Gorman / Bellvisuals.com
WASHINGTON (AFP).- Robin Bell, multimedia artist and Donald Trump foe, regularly projects messages onto the facade of Trump International Hotel in Washington to "visually" denounce the American president's policies. On Tuesday, just before Trump delivered his State of the Union address before Congress, Bell projected the phrases "Donald Trump harassed or assaulted twenty women" and "Congress: Investigate Trump" on the hotel. The hotel is located on Pennsylvania Avenue, a straight shot to Capitol Hill. "The day of the State of the Union speech, it is important to highlight the fact that Trump is a sexual predator," said Natalie Green, communications coordinator at women's rights group UltraViolet, which collaborated on the project. In December, three women -- two of whom say Trump sexually harassed them -- asked Congress to open an investigation into alleged predatory sexual behavior by the president. "Congress has a constitutional duty to believe these ... More | |
Lygia Pape, Ttéia 1,C, 2003/2012 © Projeto Lygia Pape, courtesy Projeto Lygia Pape and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Paula Pape.
STOCKHOLM.- As one of the protagonists of the concrete and neo-concrete movements in Brazil, Lygia Pape has had an unquestionable impact on the development of conceptual and non-figurative art. Her Ttéias with gold or silver threads are a result of her longstanding interest in liberating the artwork from its static format. This spring is a unique opportunity to see the installation Ttéia 1,C at Moderna Museet in Stockholm. Lygia Pape (19272004) worked in several media, often simultaneously, including painting, woodcuts, sculpture, film and performance. She belonged to the Rio de Janeiro-based Grupo Frente, before signing the Neo-Concrete manifesto in 1959. Lygia Pape transcended boundaries with her occasionally provocative experiments, as in 1967, three years after the military coup, when she showed Caixa das baratas (Box of Cockroaches) in an exhibition organised by her friend Hélio Oiticica. In 1978, she began experiments with arra ... More | |
Bernardo Strozzi called Il Cappuccino (Genoa 1581 - 1644 Venice), Portrait of Paolo Gregorio Raggi, Governor of Corsica. Oil on canvas. 135 x 111 cm. CHF 180 000 - CHF 250 000.
XURICH.- Among the highlights of the Old Master Paintings auction on 23 March is Bernardo Strozzis large-format portrait of Paolo Gregorio Raggi, governor of Corsica in 1547. The portrait was painted posthumously, sometime before 1638, and was commissioned by the Raggis, an important Genovese family, for their portrait gallery of distinguished family members, including cardinals and senators. Strozzi, who was active in Genoa and later In Venice, was one of the leading figures of the Baroque period in Italy, known for his painting style of energetic brushstrokes, intense colours and the expressive rendering of his subjects all clearly present in the painting offered here. Clara Peeters, the first recorded female still-life painter, is the author of a museum-quality still life with cat, fishes, oysters and crustaceans, to be offered for CHF 100,000 150,000. Dating from the 1620s, this is the last still life by the artist with this subject still on ... More |
|
href=' href='
Kiki Smith - Studio Visit | TateShots
| More News |
Annely Juda Fine Art opens exhibition of early archival works by Roger Ackling
LONDON.- In the exhibition, Roger Ackling, Brought to Light Annely Juda Fine Art is showing early archival works alongside an exhibition co-curated by Roger Acklings long-time friends and collaborators Trevor Sutton and Carol Robertson. In the exhibition there is a selection of early notebooks, framed sun drawings, texts, photographs and works on paper that show Acklings first explorations of nature and art through the use of time and light, made concrete on found objects. In early works Ackling used the sunlight focused through a magnifying glass to record time by burning lines onto card and paper. Moving the burning line across the paper, there would be interruptions caused by clouds coming between his lens and the sun, resulting in breaks in the burnt lines. The titles of these works record their location, time and duration. Sometimes in these early works the burnt ... More
Kunsthalle Wien opens exhibition of works by one of the leading figures of the Belgian avant-garde
VIENNA.- Guy Mees (19352003) was a leading figure of the Belgian avant-garde. Although his work has been acknowledged in Belgium since the 1960s, he is still rather unknown abroad. One reason for this may be due to the fact that his uvre does not relate to common aesthetic and discursive definitions and remains rather enigmatic. The weather is quiet, cool and soft shows works from different phases in the career of the Belgian artist Guy Mees (19352003) to shed light on his intuitive and conceptual approach. The selected works range from early lace pieces generically titled Lost Space, to the films and the photographs of the Portraits series (Level differences), never before shown structuralist works from the 1970s, pastel on paper series from the mid-seventies, the Lost Space paper cut-outs from the 1980s, and his last works with watercolours ... More
Manzü, Acconci, Arad, Hadid: Big names at the Dorotheum Auction "Design First"
VIENNA.- Outstanding pieces from design history will be on sale in Dorotheums upcoming design auction on 15 March 2018. The auction highlight is a table designed in 1963 by the Italian sculptor Giacomo Manzù, for his home in Bergamo, which until now has been privately owned. The crystal glass top is supported by a frame in the form of a sweeping branch. It is made of a bronze, gold and silver alloy developed by Manzù himself, which gives the surface a shimmering golden tone. This material was used by the artist on the Porta della Morte on St. Peters Basilica in Rome and for the portrait of Pope Johannes XXIII. The estimate for this unique piece is 220,000280,000. A comparable contemporary table sculpture comes from David Adjaye, one of todays architectural pioneers. His Bronze Sniper dining table is cast from a single piece with three wide feet. The piece ... More
Heritage Auctions shatters industry record with $438 Million in online sales in 2017
DALLAS, TX.- Online sales at Heritage Auctions surged to an industry-leading $438,298,484 in 2017, marking the first time more than half of the firm's total annual sales were transacted through the internet. The total represents 53.7 percent of the firm's $815 million in total sales. The 2017 total marks the third straight year of record results for the firm, again ranking No. 1 in the auction industry as a whole. The total is a 26 percent increase over the previous record of $348,107,079 in 2016. The 2016 annual Hiscox Online Art Trade Report cited Heritage as surpassing all other auction houses in online sales. "Heritage continues to see clients routinely purchase six- and seven-figure works of art and collectibles through the internet and on HA.com," said Jim Halperin, Co-Founder of Heritage Auctions. "Without exception, no other auction house in the world is doing ... More
Haus der Kunst opens exhibition of works by American artist Kiki Smith
MUNICH.- For more than three decades, the American artist Kiki Smith (born 1954 in Nuremberg) has been creating a multifaceted body of work, in which she explores the political and social, as well as the philosophical and spiritual aspects of human nature. Unrestricted by cultural taboos or the limits of shame, Smith's analytical penetration of the body probes the conditions of human existence: age, death and dying, wounding and healing, wholeness and fragmentation, sexuality and gender, identity and memory. In addition to sculpture, Kiki Smith works in a variety of media, in particular drawing, etching and lithography, as well as books, photography and video. She employs a wealth of materials including bronze, plaster, glass, porcelain, paper, pigment, aluminum, latex, feathers, hair and beeswax. Although Kiki Smith is present in the consciousness ... More
Smithsonian names Robert J. Spiller Assistant Secretary for Advancement
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian announced today that it has named Robert J. Spiller Assistant Secretary for Advancement. Spiller will oversee the Institutions Office of Advancement, which is involved in building critical philanthropic financial support for the Smithsonian. His first day at the Smithsonian will be March 12. Spiller is currently the associate vice president for development and alumni relations at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He is part of the departments senior management team, which oversees the strategic direction of a more than 500-member staff that raises more than $600 million annually for the university. Spiller directly manages a staff of more than 100 whose portfolio includes the Whiting School of Engineering, the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Sheridan Libraries and University Museums, corporate relations ... More
Knoxville Museum of Art announces purchase of major Beauford Delaney works
KNOXVILLE, TENN.- The Knoxville Museum of Art announced the acquisition of twelve major works by Knoxville native Beauford Delaney. This landmark purchase adds to the KMA collection a broad representation of Delaneys career from the 1920s to the 1970s. The group includes a rare and enigmatic self-portraitperhaps the last one he ever producedand strong and diverse group of abstract paintings. Together with the 40+ works on paper acquired since 2014, the purchase makes the KMA the worlds largest public repository of oil paintings and works on paper by Beauford Delaney. Beauford Delaney (Knoxville 1901-1979 Paris) is considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Despite battling poverty, racial prejudice, and mental illness, he achieved an international reputation for his portraits, scenes of city life, and free-form abstractions marked ... More
1873 Carson City Gold spotlights legendary collections in Heritage Auctions' Long Beach offering
DALLAS, TX.- One of the finest coins from the rarest issues of the Carson City Mint a 1873 key date Ten Dollar, Choice AU highlights an offering of 11 high-grade collections Heritage Auctions will present Feb. 22-26 during California's annual Long Beach Coin Expo. As the expo's official auctioneer, the multi-million dollar event exceeds 5,700 lots from more than 200 individual consignors. The large number of high-value coins expands the Feb. 22 Premier floor session by two hours to accommodate 800 lots. Three particularly noteworthy collections include: · The Admiral Collection. The collection includes one of the finest early eagle and Liberty Head ten collections ever assembled and ranking among the all-time great eagle collections including Eliasberg, Warren Miller, Harry W. Bass, and Dallas Bank. It ranks among the finest specialized sets ever put together ... More
Carpenters Workshop Gallery London opens a solo exhibition by Atelier van Lieshout
LONDON.- Carpenters Workshop Gallery | London is presenting Lust for Life, a solo exhibition by Atelier van Lieshout, from February 1 to May 11, 2018. After the successful solo show Furnification presented at the gallery in Paris last fall, followed by the Domestikator, a twelve-meter high inhabitable sculpture censored by the Louvre Museum and subsequently installed at the Piazza Centre Pompidou; Lust for Life continues to explore van Lieshouts recent sculptural experiments to invent a new material vocabulary that questions civilization. Joep van Lieshout explains Lust for Life is about enjoying life and embracing every part of it. Whether it is life, death, dancing, getting old, contemplating or reproducing, all of those things are essential parts of human life. And of course, it is about having lust all your life. Featuring an ensemble of lamps from his ongoing ... More
On the road with Nigeria's first mobile library
LAGOS (AFP).- Funmi Ilori once had a dream about creating the biggest library in Africa. Now she drives vans packed with books to poor areas of Lagos to help children discover a love of reading. "Readers are what?" she asks about 15 youngsters, sitting on little plastic stools in a classroom in a small converted lorry. "Leaders!" they shout back in unison. One of Ilori's iRead Mobile Library vans recently stopped at the Bethel primary school in the working class district of Ifako, in the heart of megacity Lagos. Inside the school compound, slides and seesaws rust in the humid air. The head teacher, Ruth Aderibigbe, said her 200 or so pupils only have textbooks at their disposal. "Books cost a lot of money," she said. When iRead turned up at the school two years ago with its wide selection of books, from toddlers' colouring books to children's novels, plus a few for adults, she ... More
Smithsonian American Art Museum acquires a large group of works by Ken Ohara
NEW YORK, NY.- Miyako Yoshinaga announced that the Smithsonian Museum of American Art has acquired a large group of important works by the influential Japanese photographer Ken Ohara (b. 1940). The collection will be significant for its representation of a single Japanese photographer's body of work made in the US. The work, a set of 52 gelatin silver prints (1970/1998) from his "ONE" series of tightly cropped human faces, was donated by Kobe-based collector Setsuko Ono. Ms. Ono has been collecting Japanese photography, as well as international modern and contemporary art, for many years. When the museum's photography curator, John P. Jacob, proposed considering Ohara's work for SAAM's photography collection, Ms. Ono offered to help. Ohara, who has been working in the US for 55 years, is pleased to have his portrait ... More
|
|
href='
Flashback On a day like today, Mexican illustrator José Guadalupe Posada was born February 02, 1853. José Guadalupe Posada (February 2, 1853 - January 20, 1913) was a Mexican political printmaker and engraver whose work has influenced many Latin American artists and cartoonists because of its satirical acuteness and social engagement. He used skulls, calaveras, and bones to make political and cultural critiques. Among his famous works was La Catrina. In this image: José Guadalupe Posada, Calavera de la Catrina (Skull of the Female Dandy), from the portfolio 36 Grabados: José Guadalupe Posada, published by Arsacio Vanegas, Mexico City, Mexico, c. 1910, printed 1943, photo-relief etching with engraving, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the friends of Freda Radoff.
|
|
|
