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Research on this Casket by Georg Laue, Kunstkammer Ltd has established it as one of the earliest examples of Kunstkammer (cabinet of curiosities) furniture.
LONDON.- At London Art Week Summer 2019, Georg Laue, Kunstkammer Ltd and Trinity Fine Art will unveil a major Renaissance artwork: a magnificent Court Casket with trompe loeil marquetry and engraving made in Nuremberg in 1565 by The Master of Perspective. For centuries the Casket was in the famed collection of the marquesses of Lothian at Newbattle Abbey, and has not been seen in public since 1883. The cabinet will be exhibited at Trinity Fine Art, 15 Old Bond Street, from 25th June until 25th July 2019. Research on this Casket by Georg Laue, Kunstkammer Ltd has established it as one of the earliest examples of Kunstkammer (cabinet of curiosities) furniture. More importantly, it connects Wenzel Jamnitzer's newly-invented perspective machine and eleven important works of South German marquetry, including the present Casket, that feature polyhedra in a three-dimensional manner, firmly establishing that they were all made in the ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A model of the Normandie French liner is displayed in the new Marine Museum (Musee de la Mer Marine - MMM) in Bordeaux on June 18, 2019. After several delays, the Marine Museum (Musee de la Mer Marine - MMM) designed and funded by a real estate developer, Norbert Fradin, officially opens to the public on June 21, 2019 in a northern district of Bordeaux. GEORGES GOBET / AFP
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 | | The David Gilmour guitar auction achieves the highest total for a musical instrument auction at $21.5 million | | Rediscovered landscape by John Constable sells for more than ten times its estimate | | Einstein's relativity document gifted to Nobel museum | 
Kerry Keane, Christie's Musical Instruments Specialist holds the "Black Strat" (Fender Stratocaster, 1969) from David Gilmour at Christie's on June 14, 2019 in New York City. Johannes EISELE / AFP.
NEW YORK, NY.- In a packed saleroom with a record number of online bidders, The David Gilmour Guitar Collection, the largest and most comprehensive sale of guitars, was 100% sold and totaled $21,490,750 / £16,935,185/ 19,035,147, becoming the most valuable musical instruments sale in auction history. Leading the collection of 126 guitars was the iconic 1969 Black Fender Stratocaster, which achieved $3,975,000, setting a world auction record for any guitar. The iconic Black Strat was Gilmours primary performance and recording instrument integral to recording many Pink Floyds greatest albums including The Wall, Wish You Were Here, and Dark Side of The Moon, as well as his solo albums. The proceeds from the auction will be donated to the charity ClientEarth. David Gilmour provided a statement the day before the auction: The global climate crisis is the greatest challenge that humanity will ever face, and ... More | | 
Detail of A River Landscape: A group of tall trees on the left, a bend of the river with willows on the far bank on the right, in the background a hill with a castle sells for more than 10 times its pre-sale estimate.
LONDON.- A rediscovered landscape by the greatest English landscape painter, John Constable (1776-1837) sold for more than 10 times its pre-sale estimate of £6,000-£8,000. yesterday, in Chiswick Auctions British & European Fine Art sale. The pencil drawing titled A River Landscape: A group of tall trees on the left, a bend of the river with willows on the far bank on the right, in the background a hill with a castle, emerged from an important private collection in the UK. After research by Chiswick Auctions art specialist Suzanne Zack and two external art experts, it was confirmed as being by the revered English artist. The castle in the picture is thought to be Framlingham Castle, as it was thirty miles north of East Bergholt, where Constable resided. He also drew the castle many times between 1800-1815. This charming drawing was sold by Sothebys as part of the important sale of Dr. H.A.C Gregorys John Constable ... More | | 
Swedish businessman Per Taube bought the handwritten two-page document at an auction for 1.2 million krona (110,000 euros) in December last year.
STOCKHOLM (AFP).- The Nobel Museum in Stockholm has been gifted Albert Einstein's first paper published after he received the Nobel Prize in 1922 and discussing his then still controversial relativity theory. Swedish businessman Per Taube bought the handwritten two-page document at an auction for 1.2 million krona (110,000 euros) in December last year. He has now made good on his promise to gift the manuscript to the Nobel Museum, which will put it on display in a glass frame this autumn. The paper, written in November 1922 while Einstein was attending conferences in south-east Asia, was published a month later by the Prussian Academy of Sciences. Incomprehensible to many, the text is a rebuttal of an article by German mathematician Erich Trefftz debating the "large-scale geometrical structure of the universe" -- notably the forces and masses separating and enveloping celestial bodies. Trefftz claimed he had found a "static" ... More |
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| | | The Corning Museum of Glass collaborates on new Netflix art competition series | | €2,644,000 for 'Icons of glamour & style, The Leon Constantiner collection' at Christie's | | New exhibition explores 300-year relationship between British and Russian royal dynasties | 
The show follows a group of 10 highly skilled glassmakers from North America who have a limited time to fabricate beautiful works of art that are assessed by a panel of expert judges. Courtesy of marblemedia.
CORNING, NY.- The Corning Museum of Glass is collaboratoring on an exciting, new competition series, Blown Awaycreated by producers marblemedia and a co-production of Netflix and Blue Ant Media of Toronto. The 10-episode show, which will bring the art of glassblowing to a global audience through the streaming platform, will launch on July 12, 2019. The show follows a group of 10 highly skilled glassmakers from North America who have a limited time to fabricate beautiful works of art that are assessed by a panel of expert judges. One artist is eliminated in each 30-minute episode until a winner is announced in the tenth and final episode. YouTube star Nick Uhas, best known for his popular science show Nickipedia, hosts Blown Away and renowned artist Katherine Gray serves as the resident evaluator. The Corning Museum of Glass, which houses the worlds most ... More | | 
Horst P. Horst (1906-1999), Round the clock, 1987. Sold for: 25,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019.
PARIS.- The Top lot of the sale was Dovima with elephants, Evening dress by Dior, Cirque dHiver, Paris, 1955 which sold for 262,000. Assembled by Leon Constantiner, this spectacular collection focused on photography as a key shaping force within the media worlds that have, for over half a century, acclaimed fashion, style, celebrity and desire, and featured works by some of the most sought-after artists, including Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Herb Ritts, Peter Lindbergh and Norman Parkinson. International bidders from 14 countries paid a well-deserved tribute to this personal collection, recognizing the strong eye of Leon Constantiner. The artists who mattered the most for him realised strong prices for iconic images such as Dovima with elephants, by the emblematic Richard Avedon (1923-2004) which achieved 262,000, or the striking image of Laura Hutton, Great Exuma, the Bahamas, October 1968, which was acquired for 93,750 against a pre-sale estimate of & ... More | | 
Sir Thomas Lawrence, General Fedor Petrovitch Uvarov (1773/4-1824), 1818. Photo: Royal Collection Trust/ © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019.
EDINBURGH.- Three of Fabergés celebrated Imperial Easter eggs; a fashionable Russian-style dress worn by Princess Charlotte, daughter of George IV; and a portrait of the last Emperor of Russia wearing the uniform of his Scottish regiment are among more than 170 works in the new exhibition Russia, Royalty & the Romanovs, opening at The Queens Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse tomorrow (Friday, 21 June). Russia, Royalty & the Romanovs examines the familial and diplomatic links between Britain and Russia and their royal families over a period of 300 years, beginning with Peter the Greats visit to Britain in 1698. It is the first exhibition from the Royal Collection to explore these historic links through decorative arts, paintings, jewellery, costume, books, letters and photographs, many of which were exchanged as diplomatic gifts or intimate personal mementos. The majority of works in the exhibition are on display in Scotland for ... More |
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| | | Getty celebrates major advances in the protection of architecture across Latin America | | Sotheby's sets a record price for Swiss artist Fritz Glarner | | Wright to offer selections from the Collection of Pavel Zoubok & Paul A. Baglio Jr. | 
Altar of the church of Kuñotambo after conservation. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Getty Conservation Institute, in partnership with the Dirección Desconcentrada de Cultura de Cusco (DDC-C), celebrated on June 19 the results of a 10-year collaboration to seismically retrofit and conserve the 17th-century Church of Kuñotambo as part of the GCIs Seismic Retrofitting Project (SRP). The work could impact how the conservation of culturally and historically important earthen buildings is addressed across Latin America. The church was unveiled and rededicated at an event at which residents of Kuñotambo celebrated projects completion. It was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Culture of Peru, the DDC-C, James Cuno, president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust, as well as staff of the GCIs Buildings and Sites department responsible for management of the project. Earthen architecture is among the oldest and most prevalent building types ... More | | 
Fritz Glarner (1899 1972), Relational Painting, No. 60. Courtesy Sotheby's.
LONDON.- A new auction record for Swiss artist Fritz Glarner (1899 1972) was set during yesterdays evening auction of Impressionist and Modern Art at Sothebys in London. Glarners Relational Painting, Nr. 60, which had been on view at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MOMA) for the past 36 years, achieved a record £759,000 / $953,759 (est. £450,000-650,000). Speaking after the sale, Caroline Lang Chairman of Sothebys Switzerland, Deputy Chairman Europe and Chairman, Modern and Contemporary Art, commented, Everything about this work suggested that it could be a record-breaking painting: a reference not only in terms of Glarners oeuvre but indeed in the history of Constructivist art, it had never before appeared at auction and also stood out for its exceptional provenance. During his lifetime, Glarner was an influential figure in the international avant-garde and last nights result is fu ... More | | 
When New York art dealer Pavel Zoubok and his husband Paul Baglio decided to part with some of the hundreds of works of art and design in their collection, it became clear that their sale should reflect the same high-style eclecticism as their homes.
CHICAGO, IL.- Pavel Zoubok and Paul Baglio have transformed the art of collage into an experience and a lifestyle. Under their extraordinary vision, the living environment pushes the boundaries between art and design and is theatrical, curious and amusing. On July 25th, Wright presents a curated selection of fine art, furniture, objects and curiosities from their spectacular collectionThe Amusing Style: Selections from the Collection of Pavel Zoubok & Paul A. Baglio Jr. is sure to delight and inspire, plus there is something for everyone! When New York art dealer Pavel Zoubok and his husband Paul Baglio decided to part with some of the hundreds of works of art and design in their collection, it became clear that their sale should reflect ... More |
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| | | HdM Gallery London opens a solo show by artist Barthélémy Toguo | | Museum book receives national recognition | | Exhibition at albertz benda features an entirely new body of work by Timothy Curtis | 
Barthelemy Toguo, Human Nature 12, 2019. Acrylic and watercolour on canvas, 56 x 41 cm.
LONDON.- HdM Gallery London is presenting Human Nature, a solo show by artist Barthélémy Toguo and curated by Chris Spring. It is Barthélémy Toguos first solo show in London, and highlights a key player in the unfolding richness of contemporary visual practice by artists of African heritage, increasingly valued and sought after in the international arena. Human Nature opened on June 13th and will last till August 23rd. Once met, never forgotten, Toguo has made a remarkable contribution to this development, both through his own visual art practice and the creation of the extraordinary Bandjoun Station in his native Cameroon, a cultural centre which combines art, education and agriculture in and around a building which utilises the technological wizardry of the 21st century while paying homage to ancient architectural styles. Toguos new HdM show, curated ... More | | 
Cover of the book Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of Doris Ulmann.
ATHENS, GA.- The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia has received national recognition for its book Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of Doris Ulmann. The book was given an honorable mention in the art category for the Eric Hoffer Book Awards and was a finalist in the art category for the Foreword INDIES Awards. Vernacular Modernism brought well-deserved attention to a relatively unknown documentary photographer. This book, which accompanied the museums exhibition of the same name in 2018, highlights Ulmanns achievements and techniques and her photographic perspective on 20th-century life. Im deeply gratified by these institutions recognition, said Sarah Kate Gillespie, the books author and former curator of American art at the museum. It is a testament to the hard work of everyone who was involved in the project, the ... More | | 
Timothy Curtis (American, b. 1982), From Space With A Crazy Face II, 2019. Oil on canvas, 96 x 72 inches, 244 x 183 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- albertz benda presents Timothy Curtis: Things to Remember, the artists first solo show in the U.S., on view from June 20 - July 26, 2019, featuring an entirely new body of work. Curtis paintings are the product of a self-directed education received throughout his youth in Philadelphias most destitute neighborhoods coupled with a deep and extensive study of art history. Things to Remember features several recurring motifs that the artist has developed into an iconography or personal signature. Activating the entire first room of the exhibition, Curtis emotive faces cover the walls from floor to ceiling. The sheer span of expression and profusion of figures reaches for ways to define the human experience. In paintings such as Forever On Route (2019) the artist depicts the symbol of the bicycle. Curtis ... More |
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 Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art and Modern & Post-War British Art sales total $134.6m this weekLONDON.- This week, Sothebys sales of Impressionist & Modern Art and Modern & Post-War British Art concluded with a combined total of £123.7 million / $134.6 million. The sale series saw collectors gather from 44 countries across the globe for an offering of over 400 lots. Below is an overview of the sales and highlights that drove this weeks results. Never-before-seen on the market, Monets waterlilies an iconic image of his most celebrated subject made its debut at a price ranking among the highest prices ever achieved for an Impressionist painting sold at auction in Europe. This is the third consecutive Evening Sale at Sothebys worldwide this year to be led by a Monet series painting. Pursued by three bidders, this sublime portrait of an unidentified young model painted with the poignancy and serene beauty characteristic of Modiglianis most ... More Exhibition reveals the extraordinary power and potential of OrigamiST. PETERSBURG, FLA.- Origami is an ancient art form rooted in history and spirituality, but nine international artists in the traveling exhibition Above the Fold: New Expressions in Origami are using light, shadow, nature and even math and science to elevate contemporary origami to a global art form. Even the art itself is being taken to new heights from riveting pieces suspended from the ceiling to mind-bending sculptures that combine the delicacy of paper with the sturdiness of glass. Above the Fold is on view June 22 through Sept. 29 at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, and includes nearly 20 paper-based works of arts in the form of dramatic sculptures, large-scale installations, and conceptual works that express contemporary, social, political, aesthetic, and cultural dialogues. Above the Fold is the first traveling exhibition to bring ... More Family favourites lead Bonhams best-ever Fine Watches Bond Street saleLONDON.- Bonhams Watch department achieved its best ever UK sale for Bonhams Europe yesterday, 19 June, when its Fine Wristwatches sale realised a total of more than £2,600,000 and an 83 per cent sale rate. Jonathan Darracott, Bonhams Global Head of Watches, commented: We are delighted with the sale which has returned the best ever result in the UK for Bonhams Europe. There was a real buzz about the auction created by enthusiastic bidding - not only in the room but also from telephone and online bidders from around the world. The top lot of the curated sale of 109 lots, held at the Bonhams New Bond Street headquarters, was a 1947 Patek Philippe ref 1518 in yellow gold one of the rarest watches ever produced by the famous watchmaker which sold for an impressive £332,313. The watch, which has been owned ... More Almine Rech opens the first exhibition of Farah Atassi with the galleryNEW YORK, NY.- Almine Rech is presenting the first exhibition of Farah Atassi with the gallery. The exhibition is on view from June 20 to July 26, 2019. Below is an interview between Farah Atassi and Eric Troncy, director of Consortium Museum (Dijon, France) where the artist will have a solo exhibition later this year in November. Farah Atassi: I was born in Belgium and came to Paris with my family in 1990. I was nine. At 18, I enrolled in the Paris Ãcole des Beaux-Arts and tried to find my way there. I attended workshops with Jean-Michel Alberola, Bernard Piffaretti, Claude Viallat, and Fabrice Hybert. I struggled to find my place. While studying at BeauxArts, I experimented with all sorts of subjectslandscapes, portraitsalthough my paintings were originally pretty abstract. Eric Troncy: That list of professors you chose does show that you attended ... More Skin deep: Japan's 'washi' paper torn by modern lifeHIDAKA (AFP).- Once an indispensable part of daily life in Japan, ultra-thin washi paper was used for everything from writing and painting to lampshades, umbrellas, and sliding doors, but demand has plunged as lifestyles have become more westernised. Despite its 1,300-year history and UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage status, washi paper is struggling to attract consumers and the market value has dropped by more than 50 percent in the past two decades. But at a small workshop in western Japan, Hiroyoshi Chinzei, a fourth-generation traditional paper maker, creates washi with a unique purpose that may help revive interest -- both at home and abroad. Chinzei's product, the world's thinnest paper, has helped save historical documents at major museums and libraries -- including the Louvre in Paris, the British Museum and Washington's Library ... More Den Frie opens an exhibition based on the radically transformative power of storiesCOPENHAGEN.- This years big summer exhibition at Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art is curated by the internationally acclaimed artist Gitte Villesen. The exhibition, with the title I Slipped into my First Metamorphosis so Quietly that no one Noticed, is based on the radically transformative power of stories. From docufiction to total installation and sculptural forms, the exhibition reflects a fascination with stories as a direct tool for debating and changing reality, and the impact the narratives of literature, art and film can have on how we see the world. Villesens title is taken from Octavia E. Butlers ground-breaking sci-fi trilogy Lilith's Brood a complex narrative of power, oppression, dependency, solidarity, and love. The exhibition explores different approaches to everyday life from small stories, personal experiences and portraits of real people in real ... More Bonhams opens an exhibition celebrating avant-garde artists from around the globeLONDON.- To mark the beginning of London Art Week, Bonhams presents Surfaces, an exhibition celebrating avant-garde artists from around the globe. The show focuses on artists who set out to liberate art from the two-dimensional format in the post-war era. Surfaces at Bonhams will run from Friday 21 June to Thursday 27 June at its flagship New Bond Street saleroom. The exhibition will include minimalist, gestural, textured or experimental works by artists such as Pierre Soulages, Lee Ufan, Shozo Shimamoto, Carol Rama, Georges Mathieu, Antoni Tapies and Sadamasa Motonaga among others, mapping a global shift that marked art history between the 1950s and 1970s. Works in the exhibition include: Peinture 16 décembre 1959, by French artist Pierre Soulages. Known as the painter of black, the work depicts Soulages signature ... More Maharajas & Mughal Magnificence totals $109.2 millionNEW YORK, NY.- Following the success of the global tour, specially designed New York exhibition, and a marathon twelve-hour auction, Maharajas & Mughal Magnificence achieved $109,271,875 (£87,138,656 / EUR 97,508,159 / HK$ 851,519,141), with 93% sold by lot and 92% sold by value, establishing the highest total for any auction of Indian art and Mughal objects, and the second highest auction total for a private jewelry collection. Sale registrants came from 45 countries across five continents and there was extensive participation across all sale channels with notable institutional bidding. The sale was presented in partnership between Christies market-leading Jewelry department and World Art department along with the independent art advisory firm The Fine Art Group. Over the course of the sale, three world auction records were set for Indian works ... More Summer exhibitions open at The Musée d'art contemporain de MontréalMONTREAL.- The Musée dart contemporain de Montréal announced that its summer exhibitions opened with a major presentation by award-winning Anishinaabe artist Rebecca Belmore. Organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario, where it was warmly received last summer, the exhibition Facing the Monumental presents a group of strikingly visceral imagesin sculptures, videos, and photographsthat address the urgent question of our times. Nadia Myre, Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau, and Ragnar Kjartansson & The National are also included in the summer program. Finally, in August, the MAC will once again partner with the MUTEK festival by presenting the world premiere of the ISM Hexadome installation, a collaboration between MUTEK and the Institute for Sound & Music in Berlin (ISM). As the start date of the MACs transformation project ... More British Museum opens new display 'Collecting histories: Solomon Islands'LONDON.- The British Museum has one of the worlds largest collections of objects and photographs from Solomon Islands - around 4,000 items - which have been acquired in a variety of ways over the past 250 years. A new display explores some of the colonial relationships which led to a number of these important objects arriving at the British Museum. The Asahi Shimbun Displays Collecting histories: Solomon Islands focusses on how five objects from Solomon Islands came to be in the British Museums collection in London. They have been chosen to each represent a key aspect or consequence of colonialism that ultimately led to their acquisition. These interactions include the activities of colonial officials and Christian missionaries, as well as the development of a new economy post-independence. The display has been created in consultation with ... More Exhibition focuses on Wolfgang Tillmans' multifaceted approach to non-lens-based image-makingLONDON.- Maureen Paley is presenting the ninth solo exhibition by Wolfgang Tillmans at the gallery. This exhibition focuses on Tillmans multifaceted approach to non-lens-based image-making, featuring works from the mid 1980s to the present day. In the ground floor gallery Tillmans presents new Greifbar works created in the darkroom without negatives or a camera, but purely through the manipulation of light on paper. These Greifbar works mark a shift in the series by employing a new duo chromatic palette. Another series of Greifbar works that are more intimate in scale and restrained in their palette also punctuate the first floor gallery. Tillmans began using photocopies in the late 1980s, understanding the possibilities they allowed him for making pictures. He has developed a uniquely inventive approach to the medium, creating many charged images. ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American caricaturist Al Hirschfeld was born June 21, 1903. Albert Hirschfeld (June 21, 1903 - January 20, 2003) was an American caricaturist best known for his black and white portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars In this image: 2000 Academy Award Nominees for Best Actor and Best Actress [Laura Linney in You Can Count on Me, Tom Hanks in Cast Away, Russell Crowe in Gladiator, Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream, Ed Harris in Pollock, Geoffrey Rush in Quills, Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich, Joan Allen in The Contender, Javier Bardem in Before Night Falls, Juliette Binoche in Chocolat], 2001. Ink on board. Collection of The Al Hirschfeld Foundation © The Al Hirschfeld Foundation.
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