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The woman, dubbed the Lady of Cao, belonged to the Moche culture that thrived in the northern coastal region between 100 and 800 AD.
LIMA (AFP).- Introducing the Lady of Cao: using high-tech 3-D printing and based on the skull of an ancient mummy, scientists have reconstructed the face of a woman who governed in northern Peru 1,700 years ago. The woman's mummified remains were discovered at the Cao Viejo adobe pyramid in 2006 in the Chicama Valley, just north of the modern city of Trujillo. "Technology allows us to see the face of a political, religious and cultural leader of the past," Culture Minister Salvador del Solar said when he unveiled a life-like bust of the woman on Tuesday in Lima. The woman, dubbed the Lady of Cao, belonged to the Moche culture that thrived in the northern coastal region between 100 and 800 AD. She had been buried with metal items and wooden scepters wrapped in copper that symbolized the power she wielded when she was alive. Archaeologists say she is the first known female governor in Peru. Before this experts did not belive that women had any governing or religious authority in pre-Hispanic Per ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day People visit the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum on July 6, 2017 in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski / AFP
| The Hepworth Wakefield is winner of £100,000 Art Fund Museum of the Year 2017 | | Rare handwritten notes by Chairman Mao of the utmost rarity on the international market | | Spink to sell a unique scarf knitted by Queen Victoria | 
The Hepworth Wakefield © Marc Atkins.
LONDON.- The Hepworth Wakefield was announced as Art Fund Museum of the Year 2017 this evening (5 July 2017), the largest and most prestigious museum prize in the world. The £100,000 prize was presented by broadcaster and member of the judging panel Jo Whiley at a ceremony in the spectacular setting of the Great Court at the British Museum, London. The winner was chosen from five finalists: Lapworth Museum of Geology (Birmingham), National Heritage Centre for Horseracing & Sporting Art (Newmarket), Sir John Soanes Museum (London), Tate Modern (London), The Hepworth Wakefield. For the first time this year, each of the other finalist museums receives a £10,000 prize in recognition of their achievements. Among the 470 guests at the dinner hosted by Stephen Deuchar, director, Art Fund were: Artists: Mat Collishaw, Edmund de Waal, Richard Deacon, Jeremy Deller, Tom Ellis, Maggi Hambling, Lubaina Himid, Charles Jencks, ... More | | 
The unique manuscript notes are the fruits of meetings between Mao and Di Lu, a classical Chinese scholar from Mao's native Hunan, in the final year of his life. Courtesy Sothebys.
LONDON.- A remarkable collection of handwritten notes by Chairman Mao, of the utmost rarity on the international market, will be offered for sale for the first time at Sotheby's on 11 July 2017. Dating from 1975, they reveal Maos continuing interest in and engagement with Classical Chinese Literature, a constant love throughout his life, even as his heath declined in his final years. The unique manuscript notes are the fruits of meetings between Mao and Di Lu, a classical Chinese scholar from Mao's native Hunan, in the final year of his life. With failing sight and increasing difficulty in articulating words, he had begun to find himself cut off from the cultural traditions that held such deep meaning to him. Thus, The Party Central Committee was tasked with finding someone who could read classical works to Mao, and Di Lu was ... More | | 
A 8½ inches (21cm) wide and sixty-four inches (162cm) long hand-crocheted scarf made by Queen Victoria.
LONDON.- On the 26th July Spink will be holding an auction of Orders, Decorations and Medals which will contain a 8½ inches (21cm) wide and sixty-four inches (162cm) long hand-crocheted scarf made by Queen Victoria herself. It is the only one available on the market. The eight, crocheted, woollen scarves worked in the last months of her life by Queen Victoria powerfully demonstrate the affection that she retained for the ordinary soldiers of her British and Imperial armies. That personal bond between the Queen and her sailors and soldiers was particularly manifest in time of war and exemplified, during the War with Russia of 1854-56, by the creation of the Victoria Cross - in the details of which the Queen took a personal interest - and the foundation of the Royal Victoria Military Hospital at Netley, Hampshire. The Queen made a particular point of personally awarding both the ... More |
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| Sotheby's to sell Orpheus and Eurydice by George Frederic Watts, 'England's Michelangelo' | | Exhibition at Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo honors American artist Dan Flavin | | Burrell Tapestries on display for first time in over 100 years | 
George Frederic Watts, Orpheus and Eurydice (detail). Estimate: £300,000-500,000. Courtesy Sothebys.
LONDON.- Sothebys will offer one of the greatest compositions by George Frederic Watts, Englands Michelangelo, to come to auction. A tour de force of dramatic power, Orpheus and Eurydice remained in Watts possession until his death in 1904 when it was inherited by his adopted daughter Lilian. The romantic subject matter may have been inspired by the emotions Watts was experiencing following the breakdown of his first marriage to the young actress Ellen Terry, resulting in their separation after only eleven months. The painting will be offered at Sothebys London sale of Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art on 13 July with an estimate of £300,000-500,000. Simon Toll, Sothebys Victorian Art Specialist, said: Orpheus and Eurydice encapsulates everything that made Watts art so visionary and revolutionary in the 1860s ... More | | 
Dan Flavin, Untitled, 1963 © Adagp Paris 2017.
TOKYO.- Following Pierre Huyghes monographic exhibition, the Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo honors American artist Dan Flavin and continues its presentation of previously unseen works from the Fondation Louis Vuittons permanent collection. This exhibition was conceived and produced under the artistic direction of Fondation Louis Vuitton, as part of its distinguished Hors-les-murs program, displayed in the Espaces Culturels Louis Vuitton throughout the world, in Tokyo, Munich, Venice and Beijing. Dan Flavin first used light between 1961 and 1963, with his Icons series eight square canvasses with electric and fluorescent bulbs attached leading to the epiphany moment in his career when he created The Diagonal of May 25, 1963: a long fluorescent strip with a gold-colored bulb positioned on a wall at a 45-degree angle. From then on, he worked exclusively with pre-fabricated ... More | | 
The exhibition presents nine works from circa 1350 1725.
GLASGOW.- A new exhibition Burrell at Kelvingrove: Tapestries opens today at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Giving the public the rare opportunity to see medieval and renaissance works from the Burrell Collection, the exhibition presents nine works from circa 1350 1725, including two which have not been on public display since the Glasgow International Exhibition at Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum in 1901. Over a period of 60 years, Sir William Burrell (18611958) collected over 200 tapestries, developing an enviable knowledge of their history, design and manufacture. Today it ranks as one of the most significant collections of tapestries in the world, and includes majestic French and South Netherlandish tapestries commissioned by kings, princes and bishops as well as smaller domestic tapestries woven in Germany and England for the emerging wealthy ... More |
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| Schantz Galleries presents "Lino Tagliapietra in New England 2017" | | Space Exploration Sale lands at Sotheby's New York | | The Ringling acquires Old Master painting by leading Italian Baroque painter Guercino | 
Angel Tear by Lino Tagliapietra, 2017. Photo by Russell Johnson. At Schantz Galleries, Stockbridge.
STOCKBRIDGE, MASS.- This month, Schantz Galleries will present both classic and contemporary works by acclaimed Italian glass artist Lino Tagliapietra. The exhibition, Lino Tagliapietra in New England 2017, will be on view daily, July 6 through 30, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. An opening reception with the artist will be held on Friday, July 7, from 1 to 3 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Internationally regarded by his peers as the best glass blower in the world, Tagliapietra, who is celebrating 70 years working with glass, continues to be inspired by new concepts and designs. I think that what I like to do the most is research. I dont want to represent Venetian technique onlyeven though I was born with it and it is possible to recognize it in my work. Your style is what you are, he said. Tagliapietra moves fluidly around the globe, incorporating nuance and inspiration ... More | | 
Vostok-1 Spacecraft Model. Large 1:8 scale manufacturers project presentation model by NPO Energia. Estimate $10/12,000. Courtesy Sothebys.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys will present Space Exploration, a New York auction tracing the history of human exploration beyond planet Earth. Taking place on 20 July, the 48th anniversary of the first moon landing by Apollo 11, the sale, led by the bag used by Neil Armstrong to first samples of the moon ever collected, features the personal story of the first man in space, and documentation relied upon to bring Apollo 13 back down to Earth. Open for public exhibition from 13 July at Sothebys New York headquarters, the auction will inspire explorers of all ages and backgrounds. The auction opens with a series of photographs, first by pioneers in the field of lunar photography and later by five unmanned spacecrafts launched by NASA, taken between the mid-1850s and late 1960s. Documenting both the nearside and mysterious ... More | | 
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), Fra Bonaventura Bisi, 1658-1659. Oil on canvas, 37 Ã 30 1/8 in. (94 Ã 76.5 cm).
SARASOTA, FLA.- The Ringling in Sarasota, Florida, has purchased a major portrait by Italian Baroque artist Giovanna Francesco Barbieri, better known as Guercino. Purchased at auction from Christies, Portrait of Fra Bonaventura Bisi, called Il Pittorino, is a 30.25 x 37-inch oil on canvas that dates to 1658-59. The painting is now on view at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in galleries custom designed in the 1920s to highlight the renowned European collection amassed by the couple. The portrait complements an important work by Guercino, The Annunciation, which was purchased by John Ringling. Guercino (1591-1666), who was born in Cento, near Bologna and Ferrara, moved to Rome for commissions in 1621 and eventually back to Bologna in 1642. Inventive and prolific, Guercino alongside Caravaggio, ... More |
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| Dr. John Warren's Revolutionary War Amputation Kits to be auctioned | | New Orleans Museum of Art acquires 10 works from Souls Grown Deep Foundation | | Phillips and Artsy announce Summer School: A collaborative online-only auction of contemporary art | 
These remarkable Revolutionary War amputation kits hail to a time before doctors understood the importance of sterilization.
BOSTON, MASS.- RR Auction will offer two amputation kits personally-owned and used in the Revolutionary War by Continental Army surgeon Dr. John Warren, a founder of Harvard Medical School in its July auction. These remarkable Revolutionary War amputation kits hail to a time before doctors understood the importance of sterilization, and the instruments show heavy signs of use. Wounds from musket balls were rarely superficial, and amputation was fairly common-even though as few as 35% of men survived the procedure. Amputation kits were therefore essential on the battlefield and in very high demand. The Continental Army had little in the way of surgical instruments to provide their doctors, and surgeons were forced to rely on their own personal property to make it through the war. Dr. John Warren carried these kits with him throughout his patriotic service, said Bobby ... More | | 
Qunnie Pettway (1943 - 2010), "Bricklayer" variation, 1975, 83 x 74 in. © Estate of Qunnie Pettway. Photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- The New Orleans Museum of Art announced today that is has acquired 10 works of art from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation through the Foundations gift/purchase program designed to strengthen the representation of African American artists from the Southern United States in the collections of leading museums across the country. The acquisition includes two works by Thornton Dial, pieces by Ronald Lockett, Joe Minter, and Mary Proctor, and five quilts created by the women of Gees Bend, Alabama. These works will be featured in upcoming permanent collection installations that will place them into dialogue with other exciting voices in modern and contemporary art. This acquisition builds upon the museums enduring commitment to championing emerging and underrepresented voices in American art, and marks the second time NOMA ... More | | 
Jim Dine, Atheism, 1986. Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips and Artsy announce Summer School, a co-curated selection of 45 artworks for new and seasoned collectors alike. This online-only auction is the first ever collaborative sale between the two companies. Summer School was conceived as a way to give new collectors an opportunity to bid on some of the same exciting names they'd see in a Phillips contemporary auction, yet exclusively online and at more approachable prices. Each lot in the auction will be accompanied by insights from our seasoned specialists on a range of established and emerging artists, including Tom Wesselmann, Analia Saban, Jim Dine and Katherine Bernhardt. Online bidding opens on Artsy on 7 July at 11am EDT. Additionally, from 19 25 July, a selection of works from the auction will be exhibited at Phillips New York at 450 Park Avenue. Megan Newcome, Phillips Director of Digital Strategy, said, "Online sales have become an integral part of the aucti ... More |
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 Palestinians, Israelis square off on UNESCO vote on HebronHEBRON.- The United Nations' cultural arm will decide whether to declare the Old City of Hebron a protected zone this week, the latest Israeli-Palestinian spat at the international body. Hebron in the occupied West Bank is home to more than 200,000 Palestinians and a few hundred Israeli settlers, who live in a heavily fortified enclave near the site known to Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque and to Jews as the Tomb of the Patriarchs. UNESCO's World Heritage Committee is expected to vote Friday on a resolution brought by the Palestinians declaring Hebron's Old City, including where the settlers live, an area of outstanding universal value. The resolution was fast-tracked on the basis that the site was under threat, with the Palestinians accusing Israel of an "alarming" number of violations, including vandalism and damage to properties. On Tuesday in a separate ... More Hunchback's dream: returning Paris's Notre Dame to gloryPARIS (AFP).- Victor Hugo would be appalled to see the ravages inflicted by time, pollution and weather on his beloved Notre Dame, the soaring cathedral that adorns the heart of Paris. The celebrated French novelist wrote "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", published in 1831, largely to draw attention to the glories of Gothic architecture, which in his day was often neglected or disfigured by modern additions. With its twin towers, stained-glass windows, gargoyles and flying buttresses -- a colossal achievement that took more than a century to complete -- the cathedral is a UNESCO World Heritage site that draws between 12 and 14 million visitors each year. Though the French government currently spends two million euros ($2.3 million) a year for maintenance work, the conservation to-do list is growing long. Gargoyles that have lost their heads have been fixed ... More 'Grandaddy of techno' Pierre Henry dies at 89PARIS (AFP).- French electronic composer Pierre Henry -- whose music inspired the theme tune of the American animated television series "Futurama" -- has died at the age of 89, his assistant said Thursday. Known as the "grandfather of techno", Henry's "Psyche Rock" riff was used in the Oscar-winning Costa-Gavras film "Z" (1969) and later remixed by British DJ Fatboy Slim for the 2004 Lindsay Lohan film "Mean Girls". French electronic music star Jean-Michel Jarre led the tributes to Henry, who he said had opened the way for his own music. "He wasn't just a musician and an innovator, he was a poet. All his life he tried to bring about a fusion between experimentation and poetry," Jarre told AFP. "He leaves behind an enormous and impressive body of work, and I hope France grants him the homage that he deserves." Henry's assistant Isabelle Warnier said ... More Egyptian head achieves top lot at Bonhams Antiquities SaleLONDON.- An Egyptian granite head of a priest was the top lot at Bonhams Antiquities Sale, selling on the phone for £137,000 against an estimate of £60,000-80,000. The sale made a total of £1,284,000. The Egyptian head belongs to a well-known category of sculptures, often referred to as the egg-head type, named for their depiction of priests of religious cults, instantly recognisable by their shaven heads. Elsewhere in the sale, a life-size Roman marble male portrait bust sold for £100,000. With its head turned slightly to the right, the face framed with short curly hair and a beard with a neat, bushy moustache, the bust displays a deliberate imitation of the style sported by the ruling family of the early 3rd century A.D. Bonhams Head of Antiquities, Francesa Hickin commented, The Egyptian head was the standout in todays auction. The competitive bidding ... More Vienna historic centre added to UNESCO 'in danger' listVIENNA (AFP).- The historic centre of Vienna, with its grand Baroque castles, monuments and buildings, was added Thursday to the UNESCO list of sites in danger due to a high-rise project that the body says will undermine the area's value. The project, still in its developmental phase, is set to extend over an area of 6,500 square metres (70,000 square feet) just south of the famous 19th century Stadtpark which bissects the Wien river. The plans include a huge hotel, luxury apartments in a high-rise tower, fitness and sports facilities, a new conference venue and a 1,000 square-metre indoor skating rink. Open-air areas accessible to the public are also planned, which the city said will represent an architectural "improvement" in the area, giving it an "attractive" and "modern" feel. The project, set to break ground in 2019, will also "enhance Vienna as capital of music," the city's ... More Tupac breakup letter to Madonna cites raceNEW YORK (AFP).- Rap legend Tupac Shakur broke off a hush-hush fling with Madonna two decades ago because he thought dating the white pop star would hurt his image with his fans, a letter reveals. The brief relationship between the two music icons only emerged two years ago, and now an auction house has put up for sale a 1995 letter from Tupac -- who was shot dead just a year later -- to Madonna in which the rapper breaks off the romance, saying, "I never meant to hurt you." "For you to be seen with a black man wouldn't in any way jeopardize your career, if anything it would make you seem that much more open and exciting," Tupac wrote neatly on lined paper. "But for me at least in my previous perception I felt due to my 'image' I would be letting down half of the people who made me what I thought I was," he wrote. Tupac was apparently referring to his ... More Charles V marble lions in roaring £9m London saleLONDON.- A lions sculpture from the tomb of French king Charles V sold in London on Thursday for more than £9 million, centuries after it was thought lost in the French Revolution. The 14th-century marble figures by French sculptor Andre Beauneveu sold for £9.35 million ($12.13 million, 10.62 million euros), a record for the artist, Christie's said. The auction house did not disclose who had bought the lions, a near mirror image of one another, which are believed to have been commissioned by Charles V shortly after he came to the throne. Beauneveu carved the work over two years, from 1364 to 1366, to form part of the king's tomb in Paris' Abbey of Saint Denis. "These lions are a really important document for Beauneveu, for his style, and for the whole history of patronage of these royal courts in northern Europe in the 14th century," said Christie's Donald ... More Perrotin opens Zhang Yunyao's first solo exhibition in Hong KongHONG KONG.- Perrotin Hong Kong, with support from Don Gallery, Shanghai, is presenting Chinese contemporary artist Zhang Yunyaos first solo exhibition in Hong Kong entitled Nec Spe, Nec Metu, showcasing 13 paintings and drawings created in the past three years by the emerging young artist. The title of the exhibition is derived from the baroque painter Caravaggios motto in Latin, Nec Spe, Nec Metu (Without Hope, Without Fear). Taking the theme of hope and fear as a departure point, the exhibition has turned to the vast area it opens up, suggesting the extensiveness of Zhangs art and painting practice. Today, our life is increasingly digitalized: the Internet dominates our daily lives and has affected the development of visual culture and the practice of art. Digital technology has made it increasingly easier to create, capture, and transmit images, but the time we ... More Barjeel Art Foundation exhibits 'Beloved Bodies' plus new artist commission by Sadik Alfraiji SHARJAH .- Beloved Bodies an exhibition showcasing a variety of depictions of the human form is on view at the Barjeel Art Foundation Gallery, Maraya Art Centre. Spanning the 20th Century to the present day, the exhibition is comprised of two phases: Part 1 and Part 2 (4 March 2017 4 October 2017). Beloved Bodies is presented and curated by Barjeel Art Foundation curator Mandy Merzaban, with works drawn exclusively from the Barjeel Art Foundation Collection, one of the most extensive collections of Modern and Contemporary Arab art from the region with over 1200 works dating from the late-1800s to the present day. The exhibitions title is loosely inspired by French theorist Roland Barthes writings on the dynamics of love and desire. Barthes uses the term beloved body to refer to the object of a lovers desire, whether that is a person, an object or a place. ... More Mint Cracker Jack Ty Cobb soars over $400K at Heritage Auctions' Premium Sportscard AuctionDALLAS, TX.- One of only three 1915 Cracker Jack Ty Cobb #30 PSA Mint 9 trading cards known to exist sold for an astounding $432,000, outdistancing its pre-auction estimate by more than $100,000 during Heritage Auctions' Premium Sportscard Catalog Auction June 29. The internet-online auction saw 752 lots realize $4.1 million as collectors picked up some of the highest graded examples of the most iconic trading cards. In addition to exceptional grades, the 1954 Topps Hank Aaron #128 PSA Mint 9, which realized $192,000, the 1957 Topps John Unitas #138 PSA NM-MT+ 8.5, which sold for $40,800 and 1967 Topps Rod Carew - A.L. Rookie Stars #569 PSA Mint 9, which hammered for $13,200, once again affirmed the value of scarcity to collectors. Condition did not come into play for the 1916 Famous & Barr Co. Babe Ruth #151 SGC 10 Poor 1 which ... More Chicago-based artist Anne Wilson opens exhibition at Rhona Hoffman GalleryCHICAGO, IL.- Rhona Hoffman Gallery presents a hand well trained, Chicago-based artist Anne Wilsons fourth solo exhibition at the gallery. Softly layered, richly textured, and precisely stitched, the artists textile works transform ordinary materials and inspire intimate observation. Anne Wilsons practice investigates the textile industrys social underpinnings and the politics of re-use by laying bare fabrics previous lives. The new works in a hand well trained continue her conceptual deconstruction of textile and material studies, investigation of social and labor concerns, and intersections between text and textile. In her framed horizontal material drawings Anne Wilson scrupulously stitches along the layered edges of found linen and cotton; or in works titled Draw Out, she extends a coarse, colored fiber line until it nearly disappears into the cloth like a mu ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Russian painter Marc Chagall was born July 07, 1887. Marc Chagall (7 July 1887 - 28 March 1985), was a Belarusian-Russian-French artist associated with several major artistic styles and one of the most successful artists of the 20th century. He was an early modernist, and created works in virtually every artistic medium, including painting, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramic, tapestries and fine art prints. In this image: Russian-born French painter Marc Chagall, 82, is portrayed in front of a mosaic he designed in his villa in Saint-Paul de Vence, southern France, November 25, 1969. AP Photo.
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