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Dale Chihuly, Sunrise Topaz Chandelier, 2016, (detail) 14 x 6 x 5½. At Schantz Galleries, Stockbridge, July 8 through Aug. 28.
STOCKBRIDGE, MASS.- Renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly will exhibit several of his works of art to include two large Chandeliers and a Persian Wall, at the Schantz Galleries, located at 3 Elm St., from July 8 through Aug. 28. While Chihuly is famous for his ambitious architectural installations in notable cities, museums, and gardens around the world, Schantz Galleries provides visitors with a more intimate setting in which to enjoy the works on view. An opening reception for Chihuly at Schantz Galleries 2016 will be held on Friday, July 8 from 4 to 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. With a background in interior design and architecture, Chihuly has always been interested in space and light. Working within the architecture of the gallery, he presents several of his well-known series along with a few large-scale installations. The centerpiece of the gallery is Sunrise Topaz Chandelier, a two-tiered Chandelier consisting of approxim ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day This file photo taken on March 30, 2016 shows a visitor looking at paintings by Hungarian-French painter Victor Vasarely at the Vasarely Foundation in Aix-en-Provence, southern France. ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT / AFP
| Demolition for giant Pancho Villa statue causes ruckus | | Vito Schnabel Gallery presents "A Selection of Works from the 1980s" | | £44.9 million Rubens leads strong results for Classic Week at Christie's | 
Doroteo Arango Arámbula (June 5, 1878 July 23, 1923), better known as Francisco or "Pancho" Villa, a Mexican Revolutionary general. National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-npcc-19554.
MEXICO CITY (AFP).- Mexico's historic sites watchdog was up in arms Wednesday after a colonial house was demolished to make room for a giant statue of revolution hero Pancho Villa near the site of his assassination. The National Anthropology and History Institute ordered authorities in the city of Parral, in northern Chihuahua state, to suspend work after Saturday's destruction of the house, built in the 17th century and remodeled in the 1800s. The house, which was a protected historic monument, is at the corner of Plaza Juarez, where Villa was shot dead while driving a car in 1923. The destruction was ordered by the city as part of a project to expand the plaza and install the more than 20-meter (65-foot) tall statue of Villa riding a horse. The history institute condemned the demolition, saying in a statement that it "did not give ... More | | 
Andy Warhol, Reflected (purple, red, green and yellow on black), 1982. Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas. 90 1/6 x 70 1/10 in. Courtesy of Vito Schnabel Gallery.
ST MORITZ.- This July, Vito Schnabel Gallery presents an exhibition of work by artists active during the 1980sincluding Laurie Anderson, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Francesco Clemente, George Condo, Keith Haring, Sherrie Levine, McDermott & McGough, Rene Ricard, David Salle, Kenny Scarf, Julian Schnabel and Andy Warhol. The signature feature of 80s painting and sculpture was a return to more figurative motifs. Expressive, gestural works are a hallmark of the period, intersecting at their extreme end with street graffiti art. These artists, known loosely as the Neo-Expressionist movement, drew upon a variety of themes, with their work characterized by bold color, aggressive brushstrokes, and, very often, a radical or at least populist political slant. Artists working at the time evolved from the styles of their predecessors, while experimenting with new techniques and crafting their ownfrom Jean-Michel Basquiats use of mix ... More | | 
Rubens's masterpiece Lot and His Daughters sells for £44,882,500/ $58,167,720/ 52,422,760. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2016.
LONDON.- The Old Master and British Evening Sale totalled £65,390,100/ $84,745,570/ 76,375,637, achieving sell through rates of 93% by value and 77% by lot. The highest price for an Old Master Painting sold at Christies was achieved with the sale of Peter Paul Rubenss Lot and his Daughters, which realised £44,882,500 / $58,167,720 / 52,422,760 in a spirited 14-minute bidding war. Henry Pettifer, International Director, Head of Old Master & British Paintings Christies London: Following the curated 250th anniversary Defining British Art sale we are delighted with the results of this Old Masters evenings auction totalling £65,390,100 which gives us a combined running total of £105,373,775, the result of strong bidding from not only our traditional collectors for the category but also new clients from Asia and collectors of 20th Century art. We are especially pleased with the sale ... More |
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| Flora, Fauna and Other Forms of Life: A group exhibition opens at Michael Werner Gallery, London | | Exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Zurich focuses on David Smith's practice between 1958 and 1964 | | Norton Museum of Art acquires mixed media painting that was the talk of Art Basel | 
Willem de Kooning "Untitled (Two Figures)", 1965 - 1969. Charcoal on vellum paper 24 x 18 3/4 inches 61 x 48 cm.
LONDON.- For summer, Michael Werner Gallery, London presents Flora, Fauna and Other Forms of Life, a group exhibition which includes important works by Hans Arp, Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Enrico David, Willem de Kooning, Peter Doig, Jörg Immendorff, Per Kirkeby, Paul Klee, Eugène Leroy, Markus Lüpertz, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, A.R. Penck, Francis Picabia, Sigmar Polke, Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern, Kurt Schwitters and Don Van Vliet. Depictions of man and his environment are our oldest and most persistent iconographic forms. Through a selection of major paintings, sculptures and works on paper spanning nearly a century, Flora, Fauna and Other Forms of Life offers a diverse sampling of the ways in which artists across generations have interpreted naturalistic imagery. Whether in service to narrative or as the departure point for abstraction, visual expression drawn from nature is the inescapable DNA of the ... More | | 
David Smith, Circles Intercepted, 1961. Steel, painted, 227.3 x 142.2 x 50.8 cm / 89 1/2 x 56 x 20 in. Photo: Genevieve Hanson. © The Estate of David Smith Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth.
ZURICH.- Hauser & Wirth Zürich is presenting a solo exhibition of works by the late American sculptor, painter and draughtsman, David Smith (1906 1965). A titan of 20th-century art, Smith transformed the innovations of European modernism into a richly diverse new artistic language. Over a 33-year career he greatly expanded the notion of what sculpture could be, its relationship to space and importantly moved the site of its production, and ultimately our experience of it, from the artists atelier and art foundry into the realms of industry and nature. Spanning pure abstraction and poetic figuration, Smiths deeply humanist vision has inspired generations of sculptors for over 50 years since his death. This exhibition marks the gallerys first presentation of the artist since beginning work with the estate in 2015, and focuses on Smiths practice between 1958 and 1964, the important final years of ... More | | 
Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Super Blue Omo, 2016 (detail). Acrylic, transfers, colored pencils, and collage on paper. 84 x 108 in. Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida. Purchase, acquired through the generosity of Jim and Irene Karp, 2016.178. Image of courtesy the Artist and Victoria Miro, London. © Njideka Akunyili Crosby.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.- The Norton Museum of Art today announced that it has acquired the painting that was the talk of the recent Art Basel art fairSuper Blue Omo (2016) by Njideka Akunyili Crosby. The mixed media painting, depicting a lone female figure, is the newest work created by the artist. It exemplifies her style, including her signature patterning made from transferring images of her own family and popular culture from her native Nigeria. Now based in Los Angeles, Crosby creates subtly subversive compositions that offer a unique perspective on her life in America and contribute to the figurative tradition. Crosby was recently announced as the winner of the Prix Canson 2016, the prestigious annual award for works ... More |
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| Abbot Hall Art Gallery explores the creativity of Winifred Nicholson | | 'WOMEN: New Portraits' by Annie Leibovitz to open in Mexico City | | Exhibition of paintings and drawings by Carlo Carrà opens at Blain/Southern | 
Winifred Nicholson, Fire and Water, 1927. © Trustees of Winifred Nicholson.
KENDAL.- An exhibition exploring the creativity of Winifred Nicholson viewed through the paintings that she made in Cumbria, (or Cumberland as it was then), where she lived for large parts of her life. The display, curated by Winifreds grandson Jovan Nicholson, will include about 45 paintings, many previously unseen from private collections, as well as some of her best loved paintings, and will draw on new research, including previously unseen archival material. The exhibition is divided broadly into three sections: Bankshead in the 1920s and 1930s, Boothby and the Lake District post war, and Bankshead again for the last two decades of her life. At the moment there is an increasing recognition of Winifred Nicholsons importance and also a growing interest in her work, both amongst the general public and artists. 'Winifred Nicholson in Cumberland' will also be the first museum exhibition to concentrate solely ... More | | 
From left to right: Damian Fraser, Annie Leibovitz and Tom Naratil. © Roberto Beltran, courtesy of UBS
MEXICO CITY.- 'WOMEN: New Portraits', an exhibition of newly commissioned photographs by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz will open to the public in Mexico City on 8 July 2016, in Proyecto Publico Prim, Colonia Juarez, as part of a 10-city global tour. Leibovitz's new work is a continuation of a project that began over fifteen years ago when her most enduringly popular series of photographs, 'Women', was published in 1999. Susan Sontag, with whom the original project was a collaboration, called it "a work in progress". 'WOMEN: New Portraits' will reflect the changes in the roles of women today and will evolve over the coming year as a body of work. The new portraits feature women of outstanding achievement including artists, musicians, CEOs, politicians, writers and philanthropists. In addition to the new photographs, the exhibition includes work from the original series, as well as other unpublished photographs ... More | | 
Carlo Carrà , Gentiluomo Ubriaco, 1916. Oil on canvas, 60 x 45 cm. Private Colletion.
LONDON.- Blain|Southern presents an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Carlo Carrà , curated by Ester Coen. The Italian avant-garde artist is renowned for his integral role in both Futurist and Metaphysical painting. At the centre of the exhibition are Carràs paintings, many from public and private collections and rarely shown publicly. Shown in the UK for the first time Il Pino Sul Mare (1921) is a work that was considered so important by influential German art historian Wilhelm Worringer that he wrote to Carrà and described it as my spiritual property. A dozen other works, including Mio Figlio (1916) and Penelope (1917), comprise a group of Carràs key paintings that have not been presented together in over fifty years. Each is a significant work in its own right, and together they illuminate Carràs intellectual journey and artistic achievements. Typified by dream-like views and unexpected juxtaposit ... More |
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| Sterling Ruby's first European survey opens at the Belvedere in Vienna | | Eleven artists from various nations and continents exhibit at Schloss Roskow | | Exhibition of notable illustrators opens in New Britain | 
Installation view. Courtesy Sterling Ruby Studio.
VIENNA.- Sterling Ruby (b. 1972) is one of the most enigmatic, controversial and unfailingly unpredictable figures in the art world. The Los Angeles-based artist works prolifically in a wide range of media, from glazed biomorphic ceramics and poured urethane sculptures to large-scale spray-painted canvases, nail polish drawings, collages and videos. His first European survey focuses on works in which military imperialism and rhetoric are analysed and investigated, representing a contrasting parallel with the military history of Prince Eugene of Savoy and his politics. Ruby will present a series of new tapestries designed specifically for this exhibition, which will be hung like Baroque tapestries in the grand rooms of the Winterpalais, thereby constructing a visual and conceptual oxymoron against the backdrop of the celebration of warfare throughout the building. The Los Angeles-based artist Sterling Ruby is undoubtedly one of the most ... More | | 
Angela de la Cruz, Box large with small box (yellow), 2015. Oil and acrylic on aluminium, 170 à 77 à 48 cm © Daniel Mera. Courtesy of the artist and Carreras Mugica (Bilbao).
POTSDAM.- Rohkunstbau XXII takes up a statement made by Kofi Annan, the former General Secretary of the UN: There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children. There is no duty more important than ensuring that their rights are respected, that their welfare is protected, that their lives are free from fear and want and that they can grow up in peace. The exhibition at Schloss Roskow considers childhood as a special state of consciousness, as a fragile and endangered form of existence, and at the same time as an individual political right, as defined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989. The title Zwischen den Welten Between the Worlds relates firstly, at a metaphorical level, to the transitional phase from childhood and youth to adulthood, a period of incubation which seems to be prolonged more and ... More | | 
N.C. Wyeth, One More Step, Mr. Hands, said I, and Ill Blow Your Brains Out, 1911.
NEW BRITAIN, CONN.- The New Britain Museum of American Art presents the exhibition Masterpieces of The Sanford B.D. Low Illustration Collection, opening on July 8. The New Britain Museum of American Arts forthcoming exhibition highlights works by the most renowned artists from The Sanford B.D. Low Illustration Collection. Consisting of over 80 works by approximately 70 artists, this presentation represents a small yet exceptional portion of the Museums nearly 1,800-piece Low Illustration Collection. The Museums first director, Sanford B.D. Low, was an advocate for illustration who led the New Britain Museum of American Art to become one of the first institutions to recognize illustration as a fine art rather than merely an instrument of commerce. American illustration has grown in popularity throughout the decades due to its typically nostalgic subject matter, displayed in works such as John Falters Boys and ... More |
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 First major UK exhibition dedicated to contemporary African fashion on view in BrightonBRIGHTON.- The first major UK exhibition dedicated to contemporary African fashion is currently on view at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. Exploring fashion and style in four cities at the compass points of the African continent Casablanca in Morocco, Lagos in Nigeria, Nairobi in Kenya and Johannesburg in South Africa Fashion Cities Africa considers recent and contemporary fashion practices in these distinctive metropoles, from couture to street style. The exhibition focuses on the style choices of individual fashion agents from each city; from designers and stylists to photographers and bloggers. Helen Mears, the Museums Keeper of World Art, Martin Pel, its Curator of Fashion & Textiles, Africa fashion specialists Hannah Azieb Pool and Helen Jennings and researcher Harriet Hughes visited the cities in summer 2015 to explore their fashion scenes and identify key ... More Exhibition aims to raise awareness of the wide-spread practice of Female Genital MutilationLONDON.- Autograph ABP presents Unsterile Clinic, a project by Aida Silvestri to raise awareness of the wide-spread practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Silvestri skillfully operates in the contested terrains where art and advocacy meet, photography and human rights converse, courageously and creatively addressing an urgent and critical condition affecting women and girls globally. Renée Mussai, Curator. As a severe form of violence and discrimination against women, the performance of FGM - which involves procedures that include the partial or total removal of the external female genital organs for non-medical reasons - has been a criminal offence in the United Kingdom since 1985. The 2003 Female Genital Mutilation Act amended the law to include UK nationals or permanent residents taking children abroad to undergo FGM, and was further strengthened ... More Olga Kisseleva's "Still Life: Psychological Portrait" on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art in KrakowKRAKOW.- The exhibition presents two series combining photographs and text. The images show carefully arranged food items and everyday objects. The series Not So Miscellany is reminiscent of traditional still lifes, whilst works from the series Hyper Reality are open compositions. In both, the visual content has been complemented by texts, attempting to fathom the symbolic links of the things to the psyches of the persons who bought or stole them. The objects become the basis of a psychological and sociological assessment. The series Not So Miscellany consists of three elements: a glossary, stories and photographs. The glossary is the starting point and is also the key to the understanding of the whole. It was prepared by the artist in collaboration with researchers in humanist fields and describes contemporary symbols; for instance, a melon as a sign of friendship, an apple ... More High-profile artist Kara Walker's confrontational prints to be exhibited at Bellevue Arts MuseumBELLEVUE, WA.- Kara Walker is arguably one of the most prominent and controversial artists working in America today. Challenging conventional (and comfortable) understandings of American history, Walker's works are intentionally confrontational and offer unflinching representations of racial and gender stereotypes from America's not-so-distant past. Emancipating the Past: Kara Walkers Tales of Slavery and Power, presents three of Walkers narrative portfolio seriesThe Emancipation Approximation (19992000), Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War: Annotated (2005), and An Unpeopled Land in Uncharted Waters (2010)accompanied by single works that highlight her use of Antebellum and Reconstruction-era imagery and themes. Walkers narratives unfold throughout these elaborate tableaux that tackle issues of race, slavery, sexuality, identity, ... More Japanese bamboo artist Nagakura Kenichi's ninth solo exhibition with TAI Modern opens in Santa FeSANTA FE, NM.- TAI Modern announces its upcoming exhibition by Nagakura Kenichi. This will be the artists ninth solo exhibition with the gallery. Nagakura has been an esteemed independent artist for more than 30 years. His organic, contemporary pieces are rooted in the functional baskets and flower arranging vessels made for centuries in Japan but also borrow from wide-ranging sources, including European sculpture, the American pop art movement, indigenous Japanese forms, and cord-patterned clay work from the 3rd and 2nd millennia B.C. His most recent artistic influences include the richly material paintings of Anselm Kiefer and the rough-hewn statues made by the itinerant 17th century Buddhist monk Enku. However, throughout the entirety of his career, Nagakuras primary inspiration has been the natural world. For me, inspiration comes from the workings ... More Korean artist Lee Sung-Kuen exhibits at Tornabuoni Art ParisPARIS.- As part of the France-Korea Year, Tornabuoni Art Paris dedicates an exhibition to this very special artist, from July 1st to September 10th, 2016. In the same way Tornabuoni Art promotes internationally known Italian artists of the 20th century, the gallery aims to show the work of international and talented contemporary artists. Tornabuoni Art works on a 4 exhibition per year program: two dedicated to Italian masters, a thematic show and a solo show where the gallery gives carte blanche to a contemporary artist. Thus, the Korean artist Lee Sung-Kuen, discovered by Tornabuoni Art during his stay in Tuscany, already saw his works exhibited in 2010 at Tornabuoni Art Milan. Lee Sung-Kuen was born in Seoul in 1954, he has been teaching at the Department of Metal Art & Design of Hong-ik University (Seoul), since 1990. He is also Director of the Cultural Foundation of the National ... More Ninth edition of the Liverpool Biennial opensLIVERPOOL.- For the ninth edition of the Liverpool Biennial, 42 artists are invited to create new work for locations across the city, alongside a showcase of ten associate artists working in the North of England. Artists from Australia, Belgium, China, France, Greece, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Palestine, Portugal, Russia and Taiwan, as well as the UK and including Merseyside-born Mark Leckey, will participate. The Liverpool Biennial exhibition has been conceived as a series of episodes, drawing inspiration from Liverpools past, present and future. The episodes are: Childrens Episode, the Biennials first comprehensive commissioning programme for artists to work collaboratively with children; Ancient Greece, the inspiration behind many of Liverpools grandest buildings; Chinatown, acknowledging Liverpools heritage as Europes oldest ... More London's Institute of Contemporary Arts exhibits imagery by photographer Alasdair McLellanLONDON.- This July, the ICA will be presenting a collection of imagery by renowned photographer Alasdair McLellan of the Palace Skateboards team. The show will include for the first time unseen and archival images including Palaces extended family, the London skate gang, The Palace Wayward Boys Choir (PWBC). A specially created video installation from Palace founder, Lev Tanju, will also accompany McLellans images. McLellan has been recording the scene around Tanju since Palace's launch in 2009. His pictures present a fascinating insight into the history of Palace and the characters orbiting the beloved brutalist home of skateboarding on Londons Southbank. With an idiosyncratically British edge, Tanjus anarchic videography and McLellan's tender portraits come together to provide a dynamic picture of London and skateboarding. The show is a celebration ... More UNESCO set to expand World Heritage list at Istanbul meetingPARIS (AFP).- UN cultural agency UNESCO will gather in Istanbul on Sunday to review candidates to join its prestigious World Heritage List, ranging from 350-million-year old fossils to works by Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier. After the June 28 attack on Istanbul's airport that claimed 45 lives, security has been stepped up for the 11-day World Heritage Committee meeting -- the panel's 40th. Though no one claimed responsibility for the attack, Ankara has pointed the finger of blame at the Islamic State group, which has wreaked considerable damage on World Heritage sites such as the ancient city of Palmyra and the citadel of Aleppo, both in Syria. "What happened in Syria and Iraq as well as in Mali and Afghanistan were so shocking that the process of preparing UNESCO's lists has become of great political importance," said the body's director general, Irina Bokova. Earlier ... More Gagosian Gallery to represent Katharina GrosseNEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian Gallery announced Katharina Grosse's first commercial gallery exhibition in New York in early 2017. Katharina Grosse is acclaimed for her immersive spray paintings that explore and expand the potential of the medium through site and circumstance. This approach combines a dynamic yet highly nuanced sense of color and event with the apparent weight and spectacle of large-scale sculpture. Parallel to her site-responsive practice, Grosse maintains a vigorous studio-based activity, producing paintings, works on paper, and sculptures. Grosse's most recent outdoor work, unveiled to the public on July 3, is the latest chapter in Rockaway!, MoMA PS1's programming in the Rockaways that began in 2013 in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. In this commission, Grosse has transformed the derelict aquatics building of Fort Tilden at Breezy Point--the former ... More Toledo Museum of Art names Halona Norton-Westbrook Director of CollectionsTOLEDO, OH.- The Toledo Museum of Art has named associate curator of contemporary art Halona Norton-Westbrook to the newly created position of director of collections. In this role Norton-Westbrook is responsible for overseeing the Museums curatorial staff, exhibitions and art conservation. A native of California, Norton-Westbrook became a Mellon Fellow at TMA in 2013. The fellowship program, underwritten by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, enables participants to gain first-hand experience in institutional management and affords them the opportunity to take a leading role in curatorial endeavors. We considered Halonas experience and research background as uniquely preparing her for a successful career in the art museum world when we chose her for a Mellon Fellowship. She has proven us right through her leadership of innovative curatorial projects ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Canadian painter Tom Thomson died July 08, 1917. Thomas John "Tom" Thomson (August 5, 1877 - July 8, 1917) was an influential Canadian artist of the early 20th century. He directly influenced a group of Canadian painters that would come to be known as the Group of Seven, and though he died before they formally formed, he is sometimes incorrectly credited as being a member of the group itself. Thomson died under mysterious circumstances, which added to his mystique. In this image: A visitor looks at Tom Thomson's paintingThe West Wind at an exibition unveiled in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Sept. 10, 2004. There were 58 paintings by Canadian Tom Thomson on display at the exhibition.
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