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A researcher clean artefacts found amid the debris of Brazil's National Museum as journalists make their first visit since the building burnt down last September, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 12, 2019. Brazil's historic National Museum was gutted by fire last year. The 200-year-old institution was considered the main natural history museum in Latin America, and was known for its paleontology department and its 26,000 fossils. Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP).- A "significant" number of artifacts has been recovered from Brazil's National Museum which was gutted by fire five months ago, devastating one of Latin America's most important natural history collections, according to the team of experts picking through the debris. While the exact quantity saved "is difficult to establish" at this point, the team was encouraged by the finds, its leader, archeologist Claudia Carvalho, told reporters on Tuesday. The museum's director, Alexander Kellner, said 2,000 items had been recovered and registered, but explained many were fragments of one item. "Thanks to this success, we have an agreable problem: we need a lot more containers because we don't have a lot of space" to store the finds, Kellner said. He added that the museum, located in a park in northern Rio de Janeiro, soon planned ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A picture taken at the Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb on February, 14, 2109 shows a letter displayed during an exhibition of personal objects and stories of heartbreak created by artists Olinka Vistica and Drazen Grubisic. Artists Olinka Vistica and Drazen Grubisic, who broke up after four years together, launched in 2006 the project, an exhibition displaying a paean to personal objects and stories of heartbreak. Denis LOVROVIC / AFP
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 | | Early masterpiece by Paul Gauguin to be unveiled at Sotheby's Paris | | From the Tower of Babel to Brexit, Bodleian Libraries exhibition explores the power of translation | | Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac announces global representation of the estate of pioneering artist Rosemarie Castoro | 
Paul Gauguin, Le Jardin de Pissarro, Quai du Pothuis à Pontoise, 1881 (recto), Deux esquisses d'autoportrait (verso). Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm. Estimate: 600.000-900.000. Courtesy Sotheby's.
PARIS.- Sothebys today unveiled an early masterpiece by Paul Gauguin: Le Jardin de Pissarro, Quai du Pothuis à Pontoise, 1881, a highlight of the Impressionist and Modern Art sale in Paris on 29 March. Having remained in the same family collection since the 1920s, the painting has rarely been exhibited: in 1964 in Pont-Aven and, more recently, at a hugely popular exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art (Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse, 2015-2016). The work is rare in more than one respect: Gauguins paintings from this period hardly ever appear on the market, and the two self-portraits by the artist on the back of the canvas make it truly unique. Aurélie Vandevoorde, Head of the Impressionist and Modern Art Department at Sothebys France, explains: While it is always an event to see major works by the great pioneers ... More | | 
The Book of Ezra. Photo: Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford.
OXFORD.- Babel: Adventures in Translation, a new exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries, explores the power of translation from the ancient myth of the Tower of Babel to the challenges of modern-day multicultural Britain in light of Brexit. Featuring a stunning range of objects from the Libraries collections, the exhibition shows how ideas and stories have travelled across time and territory, language and medium. Babel explodes the notion that translation is merely about word-for-word rendering into another language, or that it is obsolete in the era of global English and Google Translate. It shows how translation is an act of creation and interpretation, and has been part of our daily lives since time began. Katrin Kohl, Professor of German Literature at the University of Oxford, and co-curator of the exhibition said: Babel explores the tension between the age-old quest for a universal language, like Latin, Esperanto ... More | | 
Rosemarie Castoro, Orange Ochre Purple Yellow Y, 1965 (detail). Acrylic on canvas. 212.09 à 210.82 cm (83 1/2 à 83 in) (RC 1075). © The Estate of Rosemarie Castoro. Courtesy of Anke Kempkes Art Advisory / Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, London Paris Salzburg.
PARIS.- Coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the birth of pioneering artist Rosemarie Castoro (1939-2015), Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac announced that it will represent the artist's estate globally. "One of the few women associated with Minimalism and a central figure of the New York art scene in the 1960s, Rosemarie Castoro broke the artistic boundaries of the period through her visionary engagement with scale and experimental use of materials, subverting the mathematical rigour of Minimalism. It is an honour to work with the estate of Rosemarie Castoro, building the momentum of overdue appreciation for the contribution she made to developments in both Minimalism and post-Minimalism." Thaddaeus Ropac Represented in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New ... More |
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| | | Simon Lee Gallery opens the first solo show in Asia by New York artist Sarah Crowner | | Morphy's to host exceptional March 13-14 antique toy, bank, doll and train auction | | Blum & Poe opens a selected survey exhibition of Japanese art of the 1980s and '90s | 
Sarah Crowner, Rotating Wings, 2019. Acrylic on canvas, sewn, 208.3 x 198.1 cm (82 x 78 in.) Courtesy the artist and Simon Lee Gallery.
HONG KONG.- Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong, presents the first solo show in Asia by New York artist Sarah Crowner. The exhibition comprises a series of new stitched canvas paintings by the artist, as well as a collaboration with the Hong Kong-based scenic painter and theatre set designer, Pink Lam. Paintings For The Stage is a continuation of the artists architectural and scenographic interventions, as seen most recently in her works at the 57th edition of The Carnegie International at the Carnegie Museum of Art, scenery and costume design for Jessica Langs Garden Blue for the American Ballet Theatre Company, and the commission she created for the Wright restaurant at the Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York. Crowners multi-disciplinary practice draws on art, fashion, graphic design, theatre and performance to create dynamic works that recall 20th century geometric abstraction and re-examine the principles of geometry, prop ... More | | 
Masudaya Machine Man tin-litho battery-operated robot from Gang of Five series. Near mint, one of the finest examples known; consigned by original owner. Estimate: $50,000-$80,000.
DENVER, PA.- Although Morphy Auctions is a full-service auction house that has achieved world-record prices for decorative art, fine jewelry and firearms, its roots are deeply embedded in the antique toy and bank community. Since opening its doors in 1997, Morphys has represented scores of premier collections, including the Stephen and Marilyn Steckbeck bank collection (Oct. 2007), whose $7.7 million total set a new record for the highest-achieving one-day single-owner toy collection ever sold at auction. Morphys will continue the tradition of bringing fresh, superior-quality toys, banks and dolls to the marketplace on March 13-14 with a 1,590-lot sale at their southeastern Pennsylvania gallery. All forms of remote bidding will be available, including live via the Internet through Morphy Live. Prices for cast-iron mechanical banks have remained robust at Morphy sales over the past two decades, whether the ... More | | 
Kazumi Nakamura, Broken Hermitage 15 (Mt. Okusenjyu), 1996. Oil on cotton canvas, 94 1/2 x 71 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (240 x 181.6 x 3.8 centimeters) © Kazumi Nakamura / Courtesy of Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Blum & Poe announces Parergon, a selected survey exhibition of Japanese art of the 1980s and 90s, curated by Mika Yoshitake. Focusing on the themes of abject politics, transcending media, performativity, and satire and simulation, this show presents the work of over twenty-five visual artists including Kodai Nakahara, Tatsuo Miyajima, Kazumi Nakamura, Yukie Ishikawa, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, and Yukinori Yanagi in an array of media spanning painting, sculpture, duration performance, noise, video, and photography. The exhibition title makes reference to the gallery in Tokyo (Gallery Parergon, 1981-1987) that introduced many artists associated with the New Wave phenomenon, its name attributed to Jacques Derridas essay from 1978 which questioned the framework of art, influential to artists and critics during the period. ... More |
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| | | Swann Galleries announces the Ismar Littmann Family Collection of German Expressionism and European Avant-Garde | | Museum Tinguely opens an exhibition of works by Cyprien Gaillard | | Exhibition of the artists who fled Nazi occupation opens at Abbot Hall Art Gallery | 
Otto Mueller, Lagernde Zigeunerfamilie mit Ziege, color lithograph, 1926-27. From the Ismar Littmann Family Collection. Estimate $30,000 to $50,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Galleries March 5 auction boasts property from the Ismar Littmann Family Collection, a 160-lot offering of German Expressionism and European Avant-Garde. The afternoon session of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings features an array of works from notable Modern, nineteenth-century and American artists. Compiled in a separate catalogue, the Littmann offering celebrates a singular collector. Ismar Littmann began collecting in the 1910s, and his habits and tastes were individual and contemporary to the timea parallel to the independent spirit of the Breslau art scene. The personal relationships he held with the artists, particularly Otto Mueller, had a deep influence on him and resulted in a collection with depth and insight, consisting of not only works of art, but correspondence between the collector and artists. By the end of the 1920s Littmann had acquired more than 6,000 ... More | | 
Cyprien Gaillard, Captain Bloods Moorhen, 2013, 78,7 x 94 x 111,8 cm © Cyprien Gaillard; Courtesy the artist, Sprüth Magers & Gladstone Gallery.
BASEL.- With his films, photographs, and sculptures, Cyprien Gaillard (born 1980 in Paris) describes and evokes the perpetual destruction, preservation, and reconstruction of urban spaces. From 16 February to 5 May 2019 the exhibition «Cyprien Gaillard. Roots Canal» puts on display works capturing the incessant transformation of the urban landscape, as well as that of nature and humankind. Close to tipping point, his works evoke the imminence, or the coming, of a metamorphosis. They intercept the moment of falling or remain suspended in the instability of becoming. Installed at the heart of Museum Tinguely and presented for the first time in Europe, a series of excavator heads precisely embodies this moment of suspension. A metaphor for human voracity, in the museum context these tools commonly found on building sites become fossils from the future. They are contrasted with a flight of exotic ... More | | 
Kurt Schwitters, Portrait of Edward Driscoll, 7 January 1941, Oil on panel of tea chest, Private Collection.
KENDAL.- Artists who found safe haven in Britain after being displaced by war are the subject of a new exhibition at Abbot Hall Art Gallery. Refuge: The Art of Belonging (15 February to 29 June 2019) tells the story of artists who entered Britain as a result of Nazi occupation. The exhibition is part of Insiders/Outsiders - a nationwide arts festival taking place throughout 2019 to celebrate refugees from Nazi Europe and their contribution to British culture. Refuge: The Art of Belonging runs over three galleries, and features works from Lakeland Arts collection including Kurt Schwitters, Hilde Goldschmidt, Hans Coper, Lucie Rie, Lucian Freud, and Frank Auerbach. The show examines displacement within artists work and the adoption of new landscapes. Helen Watson, Director of Programming at Lakeland Arts said: With recent WW1 commemorations and ongoing troubles in the Middle East, the issues of conflict, loss and displ ... More |
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| | | The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU announces new Director of Development: Amy Borman Somek | | Important items signed by Lincoln, Washington, others offered in University Archives sale | | Exhibition of new and recent paintings by artist John Kørner on view at Victoria Miro | 
Amy Borman Somek, the new Director of Development at the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU.
MIAMI, FLA.- The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, part of Florida International University, announces that Amy Borman Somek has been appointed as the museums new Director of Development. Prior to joining the museum, Somek was the Director of Development at the Greater Miami Hebrew Academy, the oldest Jewish day school in the state of Florida (founded in 1947). Her career includes experience in designing comprehensive development programs, annual campaign plans and strategies, corporate sponsorships, cultivation of prospective donors, and directing fundraising programs and events. She has a broad knowledge of the Jewish Communities, and the business and philanthropic arena. The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU is located in the heart of Miami Beach's historic Art Deco District. The museum serves as a major cultural attraction and source of information for a wide audience of residents, tourists, students and scholars of all ages and ... More | | 
Autographed letter, written and signed by Abraham Lincoln, on Executive Mansion stationery, dated May 24, 1864, to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton (est. $13,000-$15,000).
WESTPORT, CONN.- A signed copy of Franklin D. Roosevelts first book, authored before he became President, a newly discovered handwritten and signed letter by Alexander Hamilton, and a typewritten letter by J. Robert Oppenheimer regarding the development of the atomic bomb are expected top lots in University Archives next online-only auction on Wednesday, February 27th. Live bidding for the 266-lot auction is scheduled to start promptly at 10:30 am Eastern time. As with all University Archives auctions, this one is loaded with rare, highly collectible autographed documents, manuscripts, books, photos and relics. The full catalog can be viewed online now, at www.UniversityArchives.com. Online bidding is via Invaluable.com and LiveAuctioneers.com. Our last auction was the best one yet, with over 3,000 registered bidders from over 50 countries ... More | | 
John Kørner, Leaving the sun, 2018. Acrylic on canvas, 180 x 150 cm, 70 7/8 x 59 1/8 in © John Kørner. Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro, London/Venice.
LONDON.- Victoria Miro presents Life in a Box, an exhibition by the Copenhagen-based artist John Kørner, featuring new and recent paintings, and sculptural elements including a climbing frame that also functions as a bar. A painter of erudite, questioning canvases in which topical content is tackled with various degrees of abstraction and metaphor, John Kørner has developed a wide-ranging practice that speaks beyond the boundaries of the painted image to include installations that transform the viewers experience of three-dimensional space. He is celebrated for his ongoing problems egg-shaped forms that appear in his paintings and as sculptures created in a variety of materials, sizes and colours, which allude not to specific problems per se but to the nature of problems as they emerge, are represented and comprehended in the world. The title of this exhibition, the Danish artists fifth solo show at the g ... More |
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 Gilded world of French heritage rocked by 'grotesque' auditor reportPARIS (AFP).- One of France's most historic institutions has hit back after state auditors eviscerated it as "sclerotic" and accused "moonlighting" staff of only working a third of the year. The Mobilier National, which was set up in the 17th century to decorate royal palaces and still restores and supplies fine furniture and tapestries for the Elysee Palace and Versailles, needs to be "radically reformed", a report by the auditors said. National audit office inspectors, which found large quantities of alcohol in Mobilier National's workshops, said staff were often absent and used tools and equipment to "moonlight" on their own projects. Officials of the venerable body, whose gilded handmade furniture costs a fortune, were not able to say precisely where 7,800 objects it was supposed to be looking after were -- one tenth of its inventory. This left "a very large part ... More 'Gagging' law protecting Cuban culture draws artists' ireHAVANA (AFP).- A law obliging Cuban artists to register with the ministry of culture has created controversy on the Caribbean island known for its spontaneous musical tradition. In the historic old town of Havana, tourists amble through the colorful cobbled streets serenaded by rumba and the sounds of "soperos" -- amateur singers and musicians who can be found on almost every corner. These are the main targets of Decree 349 which bans artists from performing without official authorization, while also providing sanctions for sexist and vulgar language. The ruling socialist regime says this is to "protect culture." The decree was signed by President Miguel Diaz-Canel on April 20, one day after he replaced Raul Castro as the country's leader, but faced with the uproar it has caused he's since admitted the subject "should have been discussed ... More Exhibition at Improper Walls showcases 17 artworks by international artistsVIENNA.- LlE TO ME BABY showcases 17 artworks by international artists. It differs in medium and approach to the exhibitions main topic, which is an invitation to explore and question terms such as truth and reality, production of information, bias, trust, social media, utopias, faith (etc.). This can be through a social, personal, religious, cultural, political or physical approach. Starting with the illustration Sweet Lies by Lithuanian artist based in Vienna Ūla veikauskaite, she reminds us that a very limited and pleasant period of time, although most likely to end up in a harsh manner, seems more appealing than embracing reality. Jumping to a very different medium, we have a sculpture Boris, Dave and Maybe by British artist Ted Green. The sculpture reflects the poor attempts of securing a reasonable Brexit Deal. Maybe it was a good idea maybe it wasnt. Either ... More Kunsthaus Baselland opens a retrospective of the work of Anna WintelerMUTTENZ.- Anna Winteler is exceptional, not just in the Swiss video and performance scene. Born in Lausanne in 1954, as a young woman she completed training in music and in dance in particular. Subsequently she went to London, Cannes, Stuttgart and Paris in the early 1970s before she moved to Basel in 1978. Wintelers very first video work Le Petit Déjeuner sur la Route daprès Manet from 1979 drew significant attention. Placing herself in front of the lens, the artist walks, in the early hours of the morning, in a line from Basels Mittleren Rheinbrücke to the Wettsteinbrücke bridges, upstream and against the current, dispensing with her strikingly feminine clothing as she does so. The body and its movements in a space are indeed the key topics that define Anna Wintelers practice. The body becomes a system of coordinates for her, as well as a point ... More me Collectors Room exhibits toy animals from the Soviet Union from 1950 to 1980 BERLIN .- ZOO MOCKBA Toy Animals from the Soviet Union presents an exemplary selection of original toys produced between 1950 and 1980. Approximately 100 figures by eleven artists all sourced from the Köpcke & Weinhold Collection, which comprises more than 400 objects in total will be on view in the lounge of me Collectors Room from 15 February to 22 April 2019. During the tsarist era, Russia had no toy industry of its own. Those who could afford it spoiled their children with dolls and toys from Germany and France; everyone else made do with handmade pieces carved from wood or sculpted from clay. Such objects reflected a traditional folk art aesthetic that in many ways still characterises the broader perception of Russian toys and Russian culture in general. But in the 1930s, when the Soviet Unions first industrially manufactured toys ... More The Art Gallery of New South Wales exhibits treasures from the National Palace Museum, TaipeiSYDNEY.- The Art Gallery of New South Wales is presenting Heaven and earth in Chinese art: treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei. The exhibition is a rare opportunity to encounter some of the highest artistic achievements in Chinese history. Featuring 87 masterworks the exhibition explores the extraordinary creativity of Chinese artists over the centuries, with objects dating from 5000 years ago in the Neolithic period to the nineteenth century. Director of the Art Gallery of NSW, Dr Michael Brand said the National Palace Museum holds one of the worlds finest collections of Chinese art with the majority of its holdings originating from the Imperial collections of the Qing dynasty (16441911). One of the most-visited museums in the world, the National Palace Museum in Taipei has a collection of outstanding beauty and historical importance. ... More Irish Museum of Modern Art opens six new exhibitionsDUBLIN.- Opening on 15 February 2019, IMMA announced the opening of six new exhibitions for its spring programme. Four are solo exhibitions by Irish artists Walker and Walker, Les Levine, Fergus Martin and Janet Mullarney. Two group exhibitions are also opening on the same date. From the IMMA Collection the exhibition A Fiction Close to Reality explores how the past inhabits the present through stories and cultural traditions passed down from generation to generation. Featured artists include Bassam Al-Sabah, Geta Brătescu, Nalini Malani, Dennis Oppenheim, Mary Farl Powers and Betsabeé Romero. The second group exhibition, Process 1000/1, presents new work and research developed by artists Jenny Brady, Neil Carroll and Dragana Juriić, 2018 awardees of the inaugural IMMA 1000 residencies, while working and living at the museum. ... More Copy of Super Mario Bros. video game sets world-record price of $100,150DALLAS, TX.- An unopened copy of Super Mario Bros., the classic video game released by Nintendo in 1985, set a world record for a graded game when it recently sold for $100,150. Beyond the artistic and historical significance of this game is its supreme state of preservation, says Kenneth Thrower, co-founder and chief grader of Wata Games. Due to its popularity, Nintendo reprinted Super Mario Bros. from 1985 to 1994 numerous times, resulting in 11 different box variations (according to this visual guide). The first two variations are sticker sealed copies that were only available in the New York and L.A. test market launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1985 and 1986. Of all the sealed copies of Super Mario Bros., this is the only known sticker sealed copy and was certified by Wata Games with a Near Mint grade of 9.4 and a Seal Rating ... More Morton & Company stoneware water cooler from the early 1850s brings $30,680 at Miller & Miller AuctionsNEW HAMBURG, ON.- A Morton & Company stoneware water cooler from the early 1850s, made by Justus Morton in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, soared to $30,680 to take top lot honors in Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd.s 499-lot Canadiana & Historic Objects Auction, held Feb. 9th online and in the New Hamburg gallery. All prices quoted are in Canadian dollars. The water cooler easily surpassed its $15,000-$18,000 estimate and was elaborately decorated with applied figures, including a man wrestling with lions with fish-like heads, a man smoking a pipe, a woman taking snuff and others with Greek, Roman or biblical origins, rare for utilitarian pottery. Morton left Lyons New York in 1849 to found Canadas first stoneware pottery factory. The auction was a treasure trove of Canadian history, one that included signs and advertising, historical photographs and ... More McMullen Museum of Art exhibits works by abstract artists associated with the city of CuencaBOSTON, MASS.- Works on paper by fourteen leading Spanish abstract artists are being displayed in Cuenca: City of Spanish Abstraction, which examines many of the first artists associated with the now-renowned Museo de Arte Abstracto Español. Founded in Cuenca, Spain by Fernando Zóbel in the 1960s during the repressive regime of General Francisco Franco, the Museo became a literal refuge for artists seeking an environment of collaboration and innovation. Perched in the hanging houses of the medieval city, the Museo supported resistance against the current cultural and political climate, providing artists practicing abstraction with workshops to create prints and galleries in which to display them. It is an honor to work with the Fundación Juan March to be the first museum in America to offer a retrospective look at the genius behind the founding of the ... More Exhibition of new paintings by Mark Innerst on view at DC Moore GalleryNEW YORK, NY.- DC Moore Gallery is presenting an exhibition of new paintings by Mark Innerst, his fourth solo show with the gallery, and the first in four years. Over the course of four decades, Innerst, who began his career among the Pictures generation artists, has made urban landscape painting, largely of New York City, a central focus of his work. In the more than 25 paintings shown here, two fresh approaches to this subject dominate. In several paintings Innerst looks at urban gathering spaces, such as transit hubs and grand public halls, to explore the ordered chaos of city life. Met Museum Interior, for instance, is able to maintain the same sense of architectural immensity familiar from his urban landscapes, while incorporating a close examination to the movement of contained crowds. Platform and Transfer Downtown, both depicting ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Charles-André van Loo was born February 15, 1705. Carle or Charles-André van Loo (15 February 1705 - 15 July 1765) was a French subject painter, son of the painter Louis-Abraham van Loo, a younger brother of Jean-Baptiste van Loo and grandson of Jacob van Loo. He was the most famous member of a successful dynasty of painters of Dutch origin. His oeuvre includes every category: religion, history painting, mythology, portraiture, allegory, and genre scenes. In this image: Perseus and Andromeda.
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