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Ahlers & Ogletree to offer items owned by the late Coca-Cola president Robert W. Woodruff
ATLANTA, GA.- A vintage platinum and diamond anniversary ring given by the late Coca-Cola president Robert W. Woodruff (1889-1985) to his wife Nell, and Mrs. Woodruffs custom Art Deco platinum and diamond bracelet, combined to bring $231,750 in an online-only sale of items from the Woodruff estate held Saturday, February 26th, by Ahlers & Ogletree, based in Atlanta. The gorgeous anniversary ring boasted a 4.61-carat marquise brilliant center cut center diamond with F-color and SI1-2 clarity, plus two 0.30-carat trapezoid shape side diamonds. It was the auctions top lot, bringing $118,750. The circa 1920s Tiffany & Company custom Art Deco platinum and diamond bracelet comprised 20 ctw old European cut, modern cut and various cut diamonds with H-I color and VS-clarity. It also topped six figures, selling for a robust $112,500. Mr. ... More

With his Sci-Fi android, a filmmaker considers what it means to be alive
NEW YORK, NY.- Kogonada distinctly remembers the first time the specter of nonexistence dawned upon him. He was alone in his room, and it was a weekend. I suddenly just thought, I havent always been here what did it feel like before I was born? the filmmaker recalled recently at a park in the Baldwin Hills section of Los Angeles. A terrifying wave washed over him with the realization that whatever that is, I will have that again. Kogonada ran into his fathers room, teary-eyed. He was, he estimated, in third grade. That existential confrontation is in some ways at the root of After Yang, the melancholic, soulful sophomore feature from the sometimes cryptic filmmaker. The movie, adapted from a short story by Alexander Weinstein, follows a family in a sci-fi future as they grapple with the strangely affecting loss of their humanlike robot, Yang ... More

Carlos Barbosa-Lima, 77, dies; Expanded classical guitar's reach
NEW YORK, NY.- Carlos Barbosa-Lima, who was a virtuoso on classical guitar while still a teenager in Brazil and then spent a lifetime expanding the instruments possibilities, bringing classical techniques and sensibilities to his arrangements of Gershwin, the Beatles and especially the music of his fellow Brazilian AntÃ´nio Carlos Jobim, died Feb. 23 at a hospital in SÃ£o Paulo. He was 77. Guitarist Larry Del Casale, who had performed with him for years, said the cause was a heart attack. Barbosa-Lima recorded some 50 albums and performed all over the world, at small recitals and on prestigious stages, including those of Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. A Barbosa-Lima concert might include a sonata by Baroque composer Domenico Scarlatti, Manha de Carnaval by the Brazilian composer Luiz BonfÃ¡, I Got Rhythm and an encore of Dont ... More

Ronny Delrue's second solo exhibition at MLF │ Marie-Laure Fleisch opens in Brussels
BRUSSELS.- Nothing is final. Everything consists of so much more than defined and visible reality. Ronny Delrues drawings point to the transparency of everything that surrounds us. In Sculptures of Stones, his recent series of drawings, Delrue works on a larger format than usual. As smoothly as ever, he puts his stream of ideas down on paper. These traces testify that no form is permanent in the transience of our existence. Delrue evocatively draws a head, a torso, and breasts, with or without a face. The figures are partly made of bricks, and the title Sculptures of Stones reinforces the reference to stone busts. We see human images in the drawings, but do we really? These are men, women, sculptures, and then again, they are not. Under the surface, blurry genders, demarcations and gender issues are at play. It is indicative of how we view reality ... More

David Beckham's England scooter from 'Road to Lisbon' 2004 Adidas campaign for sale
LONDON.- H&H Classics will be selling David Beckhams England scooter from Road to Lisbon from the 2004 Adidas campaign Impossible Is Nothing for an estimate of Â£9,000-Â£10,000 at their next sale at the National Motorcycle Museum on April 6th. This is the actual scooter used in the 2004 Adidas advertisement kept by David Beckham for a period of time at his home after filming, as confirmed by the shoot production team at Adidas. Beckham liked the scooter so much he had it shipped to his house in Hampshire where it stayed for two years. The scooter was then used as a competition prize and won by a member of the public. Paul Diamond, who heads H&H Scooter Auctions, says: This scooter is of major interest to sports memorabilia, scooter, England Football and Adidas collectors. It would make a fantastic addition to ... More

PATRON announces the representation of Carmen Winant
CHICAGO, IL.- Winants multimedia work often utilizes installation and collage techniques to examine feminist modes of survival and revolt. Her most widely-known work is My Birth (2018), an immersive installation developed for MoMAs 2018 Being: New Photography that included over 2,000 photographs of women in the process of preparing for or giving birth, which was collected from books and magazines largely from the 1970s. Her practice situates itself within a lineage of feminist art production, particularly seminal figures like Mierle Laderman Ukeles and Mary Kelly whose works posited that care and the complexities of procreation have radical potential within artistic discourses. Winant joins a roster that includes Bethany Collins, Jennie C. Jones, Jamal Cyrus and Samuel Levi Jones. The announcement follows the artists first show with the gallery ... More

Damiani publishes 'Arthur Grace: Communism(s) A Cold War Album'
NEW YORK, NY.- For most people in the West, the realities of life behind the Iron Curtain have faded into caricatures of police state repression and bread lines. With the world seemingly again divided between democracies and authoritarian regimes, it is essential that we understand the reality of life in the Soviet Bloc. American photojournalist Arthur Grace was uniquely placed to provide that context. During the 1970s and 1980s Grace traveled extensively behind the Iron Curtain, working primarily for news magazines. One of only a small corps of Western photographers with ongoing access, he was able to delve into the most ordinary corners of peoples daily lives, while also covering significant events. Many of the photographs in this remarkable book are effectively psychological portraits that leave the viewer with a sense of the gamut ... More

Tilton Gallery exhibits a selection of paintings by Rebecca Purdum
NEW YORK, NY.- Tilton Gallery is presenting a selection of paintings by Rebecca Purdum. They span the years from 1986, when she first exhibited with the gallery, through recent paintings from 2021. This is her eleventh solo show with Tilton Gallery. Rebecca Purdum is an abstract painter who, from her twenties, has had a clear vision of where her calling lies and has consistently pursued her own path. As an abstract painter, Purdum creates works that are both thoroughly contemporary and uniquely distinguishable from those by other artists. Purdum searches for meaning in the very act of painting. She paints directly on the canvas surface with gloved hands, giving her, as she once said, the equivalent of ten simultaneous brushes and allowing her to work from within the painting, to become part of the painting. Purdum creates timeless, often mysterious ... More