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Image of the exhibition galleries. Photo © Museo Nacional del Prado.
MADRID.- Velázquez, Rembrandt, Vermeer: Parallel visions is an exhibition that encourages visitors to not only appreciate the quality and importance of the 72 works on display, some by the most admired painters of 17th-century Europe, but also to establish points of comparison between them. The traditional and long-standing idea of the art produced in different parts of Europe is that it is notably different: that Velázquez, for example, is very Spanish and Rembrandt very Dutch. This viewpoint is based on the excessive influence that 19th- and 20th-century nationalist mindsets and ideologies have had on our way of understanding art. Studies from that period placed enormous importance on the idea that every nation had a different national character, as a result of which the notion that these differences were manifested in the art of each country became widespread. This perspective functioned to minimise the traits shared by European artists. The case of 17th-century Spa ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day This picture taken on May 17, 2019 shows a worker removing roots at a restored part of the Great Wall in Xiangshuihu in Huairou District, on the outskirts of Beijing. Workers painstakingly reinstall large stones that had fallen off the Great Wall as mules bring them sacks of building material up a steep mountainside on the outskirts of China's capital. The old school method was implemented in January to preserve the original look of China's famous landmark after public criticism that shoddy restoration work in the past had disfigured parts of it. Fred DUFOUR / AFP
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 | | Historic Pride Sale at Swann achieves auction records | | Cyprus discovers 'first undisturbed Roman shipwreck' | | SFMOMA announces new acquisitions to strategically diversify the collection | 
Peter Hujar, David Wojnarowicz: Manhattan-Night (III), silver print, 1985. Sold for $106,250, a record for the artist.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Pride Sale at Swann Galleries on Thursday, June 20 offered a curated selection of LGBTQ+ art, photography, literature, autographs and ephemera from the past 200 years, with many first-time appearances on the market. The sale was a resounding success with 75% of the lots finding buyers, bringing a total of $950,833. Topping the sale was Peter Hujars portrait of David Wojnarowicz. The 1985 silver print sold after aggressive bidding between two collectors on the phone for $106,250, a record for the artist. Hujar's compelling portrait captures an intimate moment in 1985, a few years after the couple first met. Hujar, who was 20 years Wojnarowicz's senior, was initially a mentor, introducing him to photography and darkroom practices; soon after they became lovers. The strong bond between the two is encapsulated in David poignant statement, Everything I made, I made for Peter. It was ... More | | 
Ancient shipwreck in the sea off Protaras, Cyprus, 2019.
NICOSIA (AFP).- Cyprus has found its first undisturbed Roman shipwreck complete with ancient cargo off its southern coast, the antiquities department said Thursday, noting the discovery could illuminate regional trading history. "The site is a wreck of a Roman ship, loaded with transport amphorae, most probably from Syria and Cilicia," the antiquities department said in a statement. An amphora is a narrow necked Roman jar designed to hold liquid products including oil and wine. "It is the first undisturbed Roman shipwreck ever found in Cyprus, the study of which is expected to shed new light on the breadth and the scale of seaborne trade between Cyprus and the rest of the Roman provinces of the eastern Mediterranean," it added. The wreck is located off the Mediterranean island's southeast coast, near the popular beach resort of Protaras. It was spotted by volunteer divers from a University of Cyprus archaeological research team. The antiquities department ... More | | 
Mickalene Thomas, Qusuquzah, une très belle négresse 1, 2011; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, purchase, by exchange, through a gift of Peggy Guggenheim; © Mickalene Thomas / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; photo: Katherine Du Tiel.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art today announced 11 new acquisitions by 10 artists: Rebecca Belmore, Forrest Bess, Frank Bowling, Leonora Carrington, Lygia Clark, Norman Lewis, Barry McGee, Kay Sage, Alma Thomas and Mickalene Thomas. Acquisition of these works was funded by the deaccession and sale of Mark Rothkos Untitled (1960) earlier this spring. These acquisitions are part of an ongoing program funded by the sale of this painting with the goals of broadly diversifying the collection, enhancing modern and contemporary holdings and addressing historical gaps. The proceeds from this sale also will be used to create a new endowment fund for future acquisitions. This is just the beginning of what we will be able to accomplish with this fund, which allows us ... More |
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| | | BOZAR exhibits 150 works of art from Congolese art collector Sindika Dokolo's impressive collection | | Christie's celebrates space exploration 50 years after Apollo 11 with sale | | Lévy Gorvy opens an exhibition curated by the celebrated artist Pat Steir | 
Luba Headrest, Luba Headrest, Democratic Republic of the Congo © Paso Doble - studio Philippe de Formanoir.
BRUSSELS.- South-African artist/curator Kendell Geers and Congolese art collector Sindika Dokolo selected together 150 works of art from Dokolos impressive collection. Their aim is to lead the visitor towards a change in the perspective on ancient and contemporary African art, by focusing on the spirituality that binds them. IncarNations is at once a mix and exchange between classical and contemporary art from Africa and its diasporas. The masks, images and historic objects act as milestones, anchoring contemporary works in the ancient context of live creation. For the first time, the classical and contemporary works of this art collection are presented together to the general public. The scenography, a vibrant compilation of image, sound and colour, evokes associations with the dynamic bustle of an African metropolis and underpins the vitality of the works on display. The exhibition includes works by William Kentridge, Tracey Rose, Wangechi Mutu, Otobong ... More | | 
Fred Haise's Apollo 11 backup lunar module pilot cap. Estimate: USD 3,000 USD 5,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announced One Giant Leap: Celebrating Space Exploration 50 Years After Apollo 11, which will include nearly 200 artifacts across NASA missions of the Sixties and Seventies including the Gemini and Apollo programs. The sales highlight is The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Timeline Book (estimate: $7- 9 million), which was used by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to navigate the lunar module Eagle onto the surface of the moon in July 1969. The Book includes traces of moon dust and almost 150 handmade notes and annotation including the Eagles coordinates on the lunar surface within moments of landing, marking the first writing by a human being on an extraterrestrial body. Because future manned missions will be more fully digitized, there will likely never be created a more significant document of space exploration history. Additional lots include a Large United States Flag Flown Aboard Apollo 10 (estimate: $25,000 & ... More | | 
Mary Heilmann, Night Swimmer, 1998. Oil on canvas, 50 1/8 x 40 1/8 x 1 3/8 inches (127.3 x 101.9 x 3.5 cm) © 2019 Mary Heilmann. Courtesy of the artist; 303 Gallery, New York; and Hauser & Wirth, London.
NEW YORK, NY.- Lévy Gorvy is presenting Visible Traces (Mountain Water Air), an exhibition curated by the celebrated artist Pat Steir. The exhibition includes a selection of Steirs paintings alongside numerous works the artist has said she hums to in her mindart from centuries past, such as historical Chinese scrolls and Kongo sculpture, and works by artists with whom Steir has engaged in ongoing and inspiring dialogue. Following the January 2019 opening of Pat Steir: Silent Secret Waterfalls at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, and in anticipation of the artists site-specific suite of works to be unveiled in October 2019 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., this exhibition spans the two main floors of Lévy Gorvys landmark gallery at 909 Madison Avenue. Central to the works Steir has selected for this exhibition are questions regarding the nature of abstraction. At what point d ... More |
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| | | PEER presents a group of sculptural works by Serbian artist Olga Jevrić | | Dispute blocks reopening of revered Jerusalem archaeological site | | Apple's star designer Jony Ive to set up own firm | 
Olga Jevrić, Astatic Composition IIa, 1969/75. Ferric-oxide, Iron, 33.5 x 25 x 23 cm.
LONDON.- This summer PEER presents a group of sculptural works produced between the late 1940s and early 1990s by acclaimed Serbian artist Olga Jevrić (1922 2014). After studying at both the Belgrade Academy of Fine Arts (1943 48) and the Belgrade Academy of Music (1942 46), Jevrić initially pursued a traditional artistic path by creating figures, portraits and reliefs in the realist tradition of the time. By the mid 1950s however she began to move away from figuration and developed a unique language of abstraction, which had no sculptural precedence in Yugoslavia at that time. Jevrić worked primarily with a mixture of cement, iron dust, rods and nails, to create a range of distinct forms that investigate the relationship between solid matter and void; weight and weightlessness; containment and release. The surface of the works are roughly textured and pitted as if created by nature, rather than the artis ... More | | 
Visitors walk at the Tombs of the Kings, a 2,000-year-old archaeological gem in the heart of Jerusalem owned by France, as it reopens for the public on June 27, 2019 for the first time since 2010. MENAHEM KAHANA / afp.
JERUSALEM (AFP).- France reopened a revered but long-closed archaeological site in the heart of Jerusalem on Thursday, but a dispute over access immediately caused its re-closure. France, owner of the site in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem known as the Tomb of the Kings, had agreed to resume public access after having kept it closed since 2010. But concerns that it would become more of a site of Jewish religious pilgrimage than a purely archaeological site immediately reemerged. Around 15 people who had pre-registered online as required were allowed access, but a group of more than a dozen ultra-Orthodox Jews, to whom the site is holy, tried to enter and pray there despite not having signed up as requested. They were prevented from entering since French officials had limited ... More | | 
In this file photo taken on June 3, 2019 Apple CEO Tim Cook (L) and Apple chief design officer Jony Ive (R) look at the new Mac Pro during the 2019 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference. JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP.
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP).- Apple's longtime design chief Jony Ive, who played a key role in the development of the iPhone and other iconic products, is leaving the tech giant to set up his own firm, Apple said Thursday. Ive will depart later this year "to form an independent design company which will count Apple among its primary clients," Apple said in a statement. Ive will pursue "personal projects" but also continue to work closely "on a range of projects with Apple," the California tech company said. "Jony is a singular figure in the design world and his role in Apple's revival cannot be overstated, from 1998's groundbreaking iMac to the iPhone and the unprecedented ambition of Apple Park, where recently he has been putting so much of his energy and care," said chief executive Tim Cook. "Apple ... More |
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| | | Exhibition brings together a dozen artistic voices for a conversation about exile as a political and existential reality | | Exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture examines the collection of Gordon Matta-Clark | | Photographic journeys past and present show China in a new light | 
Erkan Ãzgen, Wonderland, 2016. Single-channel HD video, Duration: 3 54 Video still. © Erkan Ãzgen.
HUMLEBÃK.- Taking up themes of exile and expatriation, the Louisiana over the summer is presenting a number of exceptional international artists, whose work speaks directly to our conflict-ridden times. Hailing from countries as diverse as Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Algeria and Kosovo, the artists work from their own stories and experiences, which they examine and treat in art that is both topical and timeless, universal and highly personal. Homeless Souls brings together a dozen artistic voices from around the world for a conversation about exile as a political and existential reality. Presenting both personal and collective stories, the exhibition adds new perspectives to subjects like exile, demarcation, citizenship, cross-border movements, secret journeys and identity. How are todays great conflicts interpreted in the visual arts? How does art relate to the pain and suffering caused by war and persecution? ... More | | 
Yann Chateigné, curator of Material Thinking.
MONTREAL.- The Canadian Centre for Architecture launched Material Thinking: Gordon Matta-Clark selected by Yann Chateigné, its latest Out of the Box project, which in 2019-2020 examines the collection of trained architect and conceptual artist, Gordon Matta-Clark. The Gordon Matta-Clark collectioncomprised of writings, photographs, films, correspondence, and select artworks donated to the CCA by the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clarkis a fundamental repository of documents and materials connected to finished projects and unrealized pieces. While Matta-Clarks works were a clear product of his time and environment, the themes he addresses in relation to architecture and urbanismneglect and speculation, questions of access, corporatization and gentrification, history and memoryare as relevant now as ever. In the first exhibition, Material Thinking, which opened 6 June and runs through 8 September 2019, curator and art hi ... More | | 
Luo Dan, Simple Song No. 4 (Yang Du Lei and Her Sister Yang Hua Lin, WaWa Village), 2010. Inkjet print from collodion negatives. © Luo Dan, Courtesy of M97 Gallery.
SALEM, MASS.- The Peabody Essex Museum presents a voyage into 19th-century China through one of PEMs photographic treasures, John Thomsons rare album Foochow and the River Min. More than forty striking landscapes, city views, and portrait studies are on view, captured by Thomson as he traveled in the Fujian province in Southeast China from 1870 to 1871. These prints are complemented by a selection of photographs by contemporary artist Luo Dan, who was inspired by Thomson to undertake his own journey in southwestern China in 2010. A Lasting Memento: John Thomsons Photographs Along the River Min is on view at PEM from June 1, 2019 through May 17, 2020. From 1870 to 1871, Scottish-born photographer John Thomson traveled 160 miles up the River Min to document ... More |
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 Creative Time appoints Deputy Director Natasha LoganNEW YORK, NY.- Creative Time announced the appointment of Natasha L. Logan as the organizations Deputy Director. In this position, Logan will help further Creative Times mission of presenting timely public art projects that amplify artists voices, inspire publics, and spark dialogue. It is an honor to have Natasha L. Logan in the role of Deputy Director at Creative Time. She brings such inspirational vision to the position and the organization at large, said Creative Time Executive Director Justine Ludwig. Her passion, as well as her breadth of knowledge and experience, will drive Creative Time forward. Logan joined Creative Time in February 2016, and has held numerous roles, ranging from Project Manager to Director of Programming. She has contributed to iconic Creative Time projects such as Duke Rileys Fly by Night, overseeing Pedro ... More The Huntington installs monumental site-specific installation by Tang QingnianSAN MARINO, CA.- A special installation of a new work by visual artist Tang Qingnian 唐慶年 is on display in The Huntington's Chinese Garden through Sept. 23. "Tang Qingnian: An Offering to Roots" 唐慶年：根之祭 features full-size prints of five monumental banner paintings, the largest of them 18 feet in length, suspended from a bamboo framework above the water of the Chinese Garden lake. Two years in the making, Tang's series of ink paintings memorializes the devastating wildfires that ravaged California in 2017 and 2018. In addition to the banner paintings, which have been printed on weather-proof material for outdoor display, a small selection of original hand-scrolls and albums by the artist are on view inside the adjacent Waveless Boat Pavilion.Tang is the 2019 Cheng Family Foundation Artist-in-Residence at The ... More Petzel Gallery opens a para fictional exhibition produced by Dana HoeyNEW YORK, NY.- Petzel Gallery is presenting Dana Hoey Presents, a para fictional exhibition conceptualized, produced and directed by Hoey, in which the artist will show her own photographic work, the performance and sculpture work of Marcela Torres, and a live ladies Muay Thai fight night that will take place in a 20 x 20 boxing ring installed inside the gallery. The show, which challenges and confronts preconceived ideas and realities of feminism, combat, violence, self defense and the martial arts, is on view from June 27 until August 2 at the gallerys Chelsea location. During the run of Dana Hoey Presents, my role will be that of Svengali, Hoey says. Although I make work as a single subjective, expressive artist, I prefer to emphasize my position as a participant in a larger social construct. For her own work, Hoey presents Ghost Stories, highly ... More Selfies and the self: what they say about us and societyRIO DE JANEIRO (AFP).- The selfie craze speaks volumes about the era in which we live: how images race around the globe and can dominate public discourse, eliciting strong emotions and even blurring the lines of reality. Sometimes, that can be a very toxic mix, experts say. "We are truly in the age of the picture, of the fleeting image," said psychoanalyst, essayist and philosophy professor Elsa Godart. "The selfie marks the arrival of a new sort of language that plays on the way we see ourselves, on our emotions." Selfies are everywhere you look on social media. Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook and Twitter are flooded with the knowing poses: a teenager with her kitten, a Chinese man in front of the Eiffel Tower, newlyweds at Disneyland, a fan with a movie star. Selfies "put us in touch with a lot m ... More Panzano Arte presents an oenological and artistic trail in Tuscany with Nathalie Decoster PANZANO.- Panzano Arte is presenting the first edition of its art trail set in the heart of the Italian region of Chianti. It features sculptures by French artist Nathalie Decoster, who has been invited from June 22nd to September 18th 2019. The magical village of Panzano in Chianti between Florence and Sienna nestles amidst the rolling green and yellow hills of the Chianti region. This authentic village is also the starting point for a pebbled path that winds its way between rows of cypress trees and takes you to visit the regions vineyards. What could possibly be better for an artist than to contribute to this dream with a selection of works that are both contemporary and humanist? --Nathalie Decoster. The world-renowned sculptor Nathalie Decoster explores the human condition through her art, creating a universal language all of her own. The philosophy ... More gallery neptune & brown exhibits Chinese Art Deco posters & Dennis Lee Mitchell's smoke drawings WASHINGTON, DC.- The early 20th century saw an influx of international companies eager to break into the expansive Chinese market, selling textiles, tobacco, chemicals, insurance, and pharmaceuticals. The advertising poster, widely used in Western markets, became ubiquitous in China with the arrival of the West's most famous corporate names, such as British-American Tobacco, Standard Oil of New York (Mobil), Colgate Palmolive, and Eveready Batteries. From the early 1900s until the mid-1930s, commercial artists in Shanghai were hired to create vibrant lithograph posters to advertise this wide variety of newly available products for daily use, including batteries, cloth, cigarettes and soaps. Stylistically, advertising posters drew on realistic representational techniques concurrently popular in Western art. The visual language ... More Exhibition recreates acclaimed curator Harald Szeemann's apartment in BernNEW YORK, NY.- Swiss Institute presents Grandfather: A Pioneer Like Us, a restaging of the 1974 exhibition by acclaimed curator Harald Szeemann (1933-2005), who is known for his innovative and radical approach to working with artists. This exhibition recreates Szeemanns apartment in Bern, Switzerland, where he organized the original show, an all-consuming investigation of the life and work of his grandfather Ãtienne Szeemann, a famed hairstylist and inventor. Grandfather: A Pioneer Like Us, includes approximately 1,200 objects from the Getty Research Institutes Harald Szeemann Archive and Library and private collections. Harald Szeemann began his work as an exhibition curator in 1957, and in 1961, at age 28, was appointed director of the Kunsthalle Bern, becoming one of the youngest museum directors in the world. He transformed ... More FOMU - Fotomuseum Antwerpen opens three new exhibitions this summerANTWERP.- On 21 July 1969, at 2.56 UTC, Neil Alden Armstrong was the first person to ever set foot on the moon. 50 years later, the exhibition MAAN/MOON takes you on a photographic odyssey to our closest celestial neighbour and back. The object of dreams and fantasies, but also the catalyst for a global space race, the moon leaves no one unmoved. FOMU goes in search of the stories engendered by this elusive white disk in our firmament, and reconciles its scientific, political and poetic facets. MAAN/MOON takes us back to the early days of photography with images by John Adams Whipple (1852), Warren de la Rue (1866-1880) and Lwy & Puiseux magnificent lunar atlas (1896-1910). Contemporary artists also shine a light on the moon, with photographs from Apollos pivotal year, 1969, and the Cold War period. The result is an evocative stream of images ... More The Ernst Leitz Museum opens retrospective devoted to Dr. Paul Wolff and Alfred TritschlerWETZLAR.- The Ernst Leitz Museum opened the first major retrospective ever devoted to Dr. Paul Wolff (18871951) and Alfred Tritschler. The museum is being developed into a central cultural institution of national and international importance where the public can discover the many different facets of photography. The focus is on researching and communicating to the public the past, present, and future of modern photography. The initiator and main sponsor of the Ernst Leitz Museum is Leica Camera AG Wetzlar. With this first major retrospective devoted to Dr. Paul Wolff (18871951) and Alfred Tritschler (19051970), the public now has a chance to rediscover two of the best-known German photographers circa 1930. Dr. Paul Wolff & Tritschler are known today in photography circles mainly as pioneers in the use of the ... More Exhibition at Blain│Southern features key works from the 1950s and 1970s by Herbert ZangsNEW YORK, NY.- Blain|Southern New York is presenting Plus Minus, an exhibition of work by Herbert Zangs (1924- 2003 Krefeld, Germany), the first in New York for fifty years. The exhibition features key works from the 1950s and 1970s, including his monochromatic Whitenings paintings, object-collages and works that demonstrate his frequent use of mathematical signs. Herbert Zangs first Whitenings date from the 1950s, a time of new beginnings in the German art scene. During his studies at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (under Otto Pankok) he had become friends with fellow students Joseph Beuys and the writer Günter Grass. His use of monochrome and the serial nature of his work both anticipate the Zero movement, which emphasized art about the material itself, not the artists hand. Zangs began working with found materials ... More Rafaël Rozendaal solo exhibition opens at Postmasters' new permanent space in RomeROME.- PostmastersROMA, under the directorship of Paulina Bebecka, announced the opening of its new permanent space located on via G. Mario Crescimbeni, 11 in Rome, just next to the Colosseum. The first exhibition is a show of haiku wall paintings by Rafaël Rozendaal. Rozendaal started writing poems in the style of the traditional Japanese haiku on his phone in 2013. They took the shape of website posts and tweets, finally morphing into a publication and non physical artworks - the wall paintings on view at the gallery. Nervous, is an exhibition of 13 unique Haiku works, directly painted onto the wall; each comprising a standard color (five to choose from) and a broadly available font (Trebuchet). Accompanied by a sales contract, the works can only exist in one location at a time. They are transferable, in a similar fashion to the Sol Le Wit drawings; erase, ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian architect Domenico Fontana died June 28, 1607. Domenico Fontana (1543 - 28 June 1607) was an Italian architect of the late Renaissance, born in today's Ticino. He worked primarily in Italy, at Rome and Naples. He was born at Melide, a village on the Lake Lugano, at that time joint possession of Swiss cantons of the old Swiss Confederacy, and presently part of Ticino, Switzerland, and died at Naples. In this image: Domenico Fontana by Federico Zuccari.
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