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In an undated image provided by Christoph Piecha, Sibylle Ehringhaus, a provenance researcher. The researcher stopped working for a German museum after she says she lost faith in its commitment to return works with tainted provenances. Christoph Piecha via The New York Times.
by Catherine Hickley
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- For three years, Sibylle Ehringhaus, a veteran provenance researcher, worked with the Georg Schäfer Museum in northern Bavaria to examine the ownership history of its 1,000 oil paintings and several thousand drawings, prints and watercolors. Georg Schäfer, the industrialist whose collection is displayed there, had bought much of the art in the 1950s in Munich, then a hub for dealers who had had relationships with the Nazis. Among those from whom he purchased works was Adolf Hitlers personal photographer. Ehringhaus job was, in part, to determine just how much of the collection had a tainted provenance. But last year, she said, she began to ask herself why the city of Schweinfurt, which manages the museum, had bothered to hire her. After she had identified several plundered works, she said, no one seemed to have any plans to return them to the heirs of the original Jewish owners. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Allen Jones Almine Rech, Paris March 07 - April 11, 2020 © Allen Jones - Photo: Rebecca Fanuele Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech. On view by appointment only.
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 | | Peter Alexander Loughrey, respected art dealer and founder of LAMA passed away at the young age of 52 from cancer | | Lévy Gorvy presents its debut exhibition of Jutta Koether | | Christie's announces Spring Auction updates for Americas, Europe and Asia | 
Peter Alexander Loughrey, respected art dealer and founder of Los Angeles Modern Auctions.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Peter Alexander Loughrey, respected art dealer and founder of Los Angeles Modern Auctions, passed away on Monday, March 16, 2020, at the young age of 52 from cancer. Peter was a formidable and visionary force in the auction world. Peter and his wife of 25 years, Shannon, built the very first successful boutique auction house in the country dedicated exclusively to modern design. In addition to his role as LAMAs founder, director, and principal auctioneer, Peter was a skilled writer and curator whose passion for art and design lead him to work tirelessly to champion the stories of the art objects and artists he so admired. He was eventually introduced to the wider world as an appraiser on PBS Antiques Roadshow, a program he joined 2003. Peter was born on February 20, 1968, and grew up in Marylands idyllic Eastern Shore. His early stories paint a Tom Sawyer-esque picture of a childhood spent fishing the local rivers, r ... More | | 
Jutta Koether, Vorhang, 198889. Oil on canvas, 15 3/4 x 11 13/16 inches (40 x 30 cm) © Jutta Koether. Courtesy Lévy Gorvy and Galerie Buchholz.
NEW YORK, NY.- Lévy Gorvy is presenting its debut exhibition of Jutta Koether. The exhibition is on view by appointment only. Spanning all three floors of the gallerys landmark building at 909 Madison Avenue, the exhibition features new paintings alongside a selection of key canvases from the early 1980s to 1990. Departing from the question of what it means to paint, and to continue painting, in the present moment, Koether adopts a fluid authorial position. Mining the discourses of appropriation that shaped Cologne culture in the 80s, as well as those that she encountered when she moved to New York in 1991, she makes them her own, constructing an eclectic artistic genealogy that runs from early-modern perspective painting through Symbolism, Post-Impressionism, and Surrealism. She layers these allusions with a recurring repertoire of motifs, including pixelated grids, vibrant red paint, and unfurling ribbons. ... More | | 
David Hockney's "Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)" is auctioned at Christie's in New York, Nov. 15, 2018. Karsten Moran/The New York Times.
LONDON.- Following Christies announcement on 13 March in response to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, the company has completed the first phase of a global review to revise the Spring and Summer auction schedule in the Americas and Europe. A summary of provisional key changes: In Hong Kong, the Spring Asian Art and Luxury sales currently remain scheduled to take place 30 May to 3 June. Christie's will be consolidating international 20th Century auctions into one week in one location, New York, scheduled to take place 23 to 28 June. In Geneva, the Luxury Week is scheduled to take place 29 June to 1 July. In London, Classic week including Old Master Paintings and the Exceptional Sale will remain scheduled 6 to 17 July. Sale dates may be subject to change based on the relevant advice and the recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO). Our first ... More |
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| | The Metropolitan Museum of Art announces enhanced online programs and social media initiatives | | This artist got his start as an ICU nurse | | Metropolitan Opera cancels season over virus and faces $60 million loss | 
A sign announcing the closing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus in New York, March 12, 2020. Karsten Moran/The New York Times.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced a robust selection of online content and social media initiatives that offer ways for audiences to access and enjoy its collection, programs, and educational resources while the Museum is temporarily closed. The newly launched #MetAnywhere is surfacing content from across the Museum's deep digital reserves, while inviting creative engagement on all platforms. The homepage has pivoted from encouraging onsite visits to featuring web-based highlights, including 360-degree views of iconic spaces; behind-the-scenes videos; and dynamic explorations of exhibitions. The Met will also continue to share weekly favorites like #TuesdayTrivia and #MetSketch on its social channels, while introducing new ways to feature unique stories from the Museum's followers and for curators to share their thoughts and ... More | | 
The artist Nate Lewis works on a piece at his studio in the Bronx, March 12, 2020. Lewis left his job as a nurse three years ago, but life on the neurocritical intensive care unit produces memories that dont readily fade. Ike Edeani/The New York Times.
by Siddhartha Mitter
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Artist Nate Lewis left his job as a nurse three years ago, but life on the neurocritical intensive care unit produces memories that dont readily fade. The patients battling strokes, seizures and head injuries. The specialists debating treatment based on test numbers and images. The anxious families keeping watch, looking to the nurse for explanation and reassurance. I would show up and these families are giving me everything, telling me their life stories, Lewis, 34, recalled of his years at a hospital near Washington, D.C. I realized what an honor it was to take care of them at this time in their lives. One high-stakes drill became familiar: When a patients brain, heart or lung functions exceeded the safe range, an ... More | | 
The Metropolitan Opera in New York, March 12, 2020. Vincent Tullo/The New York Times.
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The Metropolitan Opera, the nations largest performing arts organization, announced Thursday that it would cancel the rest of its season because of the coronavirus pandemic and begin an emergency fundraising effort aimed at covering an anticipated loss of up to $60 million. The move, a day after the Metropolitan Museum of Art said that it would stay closed at least until July and expected a nearly $100 million shortfall, is another stark sign that even the countrys richest cultural institutions face a profound threat from the outbreak. The opera companys orchestra, chorus and stagehands will not be paid past March, though they will retain their health benefits. Were doing the best we can under a horrendously difficult situation, Peter Gelb, the companys general manager, said in an interview. As far as our union employees are concerned, we are trying to do the best we can by them, given the financial ... More |
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| | How to help arts workers hurt by the pandemic: Give, but safely | | Bonhams announces temporary closure of offices; Sales to be held behind closed doors | | Cannes film festival shuffles dates in bid to survive epidemic | 
An empty theatre marquee is seen on March 13, 2020 in Hollywood, California. The spread of COVID-19 has negatively affected a wide range of industries all across the global economy. Rich Fury/Getty Images/AFP.
by Graham Bowley and Peter Libbey
NEW YORK, NY (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- As the coronavirus began to shut down movie theaters across the country this past week, Nellie Killian, a 38-year-old film programmer in Brooklyn, had an idea. On Saturday she and three colleagues launched an online appeal to raise funds for laid-off theater workers in New York. You are telling these big corporations you should be closing for health reasons, but the people who are going to pay the immediate price are these hourly employees, Killian said in an interview. It really is a very small-scale stopgap effort to try to get people grocery money for this week. So Monday, she sent out a tweet, targeting the public, of course, but addressed to a few of the high-profile stars who have tested positive for the virus. Hello @tomhanks, ... More | | 
From Friday 20 March, Bonhams offices will be closed (with the exception of Bonhams Hong Kong) and salerooms in UK (New Bond Street and Knightsbridge, London and Edinburgh), New York, and Los Angeles, will be closed to the general public, with the exception of viewings, strictly by appointment. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- In light of the current situation, and in accordance with government advice, Bonhams is taking extra health and safety precautions to protect both clients and staff. From Friday 20 March, Bonhams offices will be closed (with the exception of Bonhams Hong Kong) and salerooms in UK (New Bond Street and Knightsbridge, London and Edinburgh), New York, and Los Angeles, will be closed to the general public, with the exception of viewings, strictly by appointment. The following sales scheduled to be held at Bonhams Knightsbridge, Edinburgh and Los Angeles salerooms will go ahead behind closed doors. Bids can be made on the telephone, online and as absentee bids as usual, but clients will not be able to bid in person in the room. Clients will be able to view items in advance of the sale, strictly by appointment. ... More | | 
General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival Thierry Fremaux poses in front of the Cannes offical poster during the presentation of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival Official Selection in Paris. Bertrand GUAY / AFP.
by Fiachra Gibbons
PARIS (AFP).- The Cannes film festival will not take place as planned in May because of the coronavirus, its board said Thursday, with its directors looking at postponing it until late June. While a slew of other major entertainment events including the Eurovision Song Contest have fallen victim to COVID-19, the world's biggest film festival has been bullish about its chances of survival. Director Thierry Fremaux said last week that you "cannot look at May through the lens of March". But the Cannes board conceded Thursday that in the light of the severity of the pandemic they were now looking at rescheduling the 12-day festival, which was due to start on May 12, until "the end of June-beginning of July". Several other smaller film festivals, including Tribeca, SXSW and Edinburgh have already been cancelled or put back. Doubts still remain ... More |
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| | 'Ida Kohlmeyer: Cloistered' on view at Berry Campbell | | The world of the Irish Traveller children reveaaled in new book published by Kehrer Verlag | | Foam to become content partner of Unseen | 
Installation view of Cloistered at Berry Campbell, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Berry Campbell announces a rare exhibition of paintings and sculpture by Ida Kohlmeyer (1912-1997) from the late 1960s. While known for her unique hieroglyphic painting and sculpture from her later career, Kohlmeyers work in Berry Campbells current exhibition introduces an organic geometry, recalling the work of Georgia OKeeffe, Agnes Pelton, and Hilma af Klint. This is Berry Campbells first exhibition of Ida Kohlmeyer since the announcement of the representation of her estate in 2019. Ida Kohlmeyer: Cloistered is open by appointment only and will continue through May 23, 2020. Represented in important museum collections across the country, Ida Kohlmeyer had a remarkable Abstract Expressionist pedigree that superseded her renown in her native New Orleans. Kohlmeyer received her Bachelor of Arts in in English in 1933 from Tulane Universitys Newcomb College. She subsequently studied art, enrolling ... More | | 
© Jamie Johnson
NEW YORK, NY.- American photographer Jamie Johnson has been traveling around the world for twenty years and is best known for her touching portraits of children.When she came to Ireland for the first time in 2014, she immediately felt connected to the cosmos of the Irish Travellers and would visit and photograph them time and again for five years. Fascinated by the resilience and optimism of the children,who are proud of the culture and traditions of the Irish Travellers, Johnsons portraits aim to promote the perception and respect of children as such, far removed from the common prejudices of society. The photographs have been taken in Galway, Limerick, Cork and Tipperary, Ireland. »Travellers are members of a historically nomadic and non-literate ethnic minority that has existed on Irelands margins for centuries. As a result of decades of pressure from the Irish authorities, Travellers today tend to live in houses in Irish towns and cities,though some still halt(settle seaso ... More | | 
Foam was involved in the creation of Unseen nine years ago.
AMSTERDAM.- The Unseen photography festival to be held from 18-20 September at the Gashouder in Amsterdam has entered into an intensive partnership with the Foam Photography Museum in Amsterdam. As content partner, Foam will make sure that Unseen remains in the spotlight as the leading showcase for the latest developments in photography. In line with this, the museum will be holding a seat in Unseen's international advisory committee, presenting the Foam Talent exhibition at the Transformatorhuis, located adjacent to the Gashouder, and organising the Unseen Talks. Foam was involved in the creation of Unseen nine years ago. As one of the founders, the museum was affiliated with Unseen until 2016. After the 2016 edition, Foam withdrew from the partnership. Unseen went bankrupt last February and Art Rotterdam, the contemporary art fair that had just finished its 21st edition, took over management of Unseen. Nynke ... More |
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Time-lapse: De-installation and Reconstruction of a 17th-Century British Staircase
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 Yale University Press announces new offerings on innovative digital art and architecture platformNEW HAVEN, CONN.- Yale University Press announced that it has further enriched the A&AePortal, its innovative art and architecture platform, with new offerings. The sites collection of ebooks has grown to 180 and includes approximately 33,500 related images and accompanying metadata. In addition, the Press will soon be publishing exclusive born-digital content on the site. Launched in fall 2019, the A&AePortal broadens access to key art and architectural history titles and creates unique opportunities for enquiry, research, and discovery. Out-of-print titles, key backlist, recent releases, and catalogues from some of the worlds finest academic and museum publishers are available on the site. Patricia Fidler, Publisher, Yale University Press Art and Architecture, said, "The A&AePortal is an authoritative e-resource that features important works ... More New book celebrates the eternal inspiration of a fearless, outstanding artistNEW YORK, NY.- In 1972, David Bowie released his groundbreaking album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. With it landed Bowies Stardust alter ego: a glitter-clad, mascara-eyed, sexually ambiguous persona who kicked down the boundaries between male and female, straight and gay, fact and fiction into one shifting and sparkling phenomenon of 70s self-expression. Together, Ziggy the album and Ziggy the stage spectacular propelled the softly spoken Londoner into one of the worlds biggest stars. A key passenger on this glam trip into the stratosphere was fellow Londoner and photographer Mick Rock. Rock bonded with Bowie artistically and personally, immersed himself in the singers inner circle, and, between 1972 and 1973, worked as the singers photographer and videographer. This collection brings together spectacular ... More Bancroft Prize goes to books on emancipation and urban renewalNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- A sweeping reconsideration of the complexities of Emancipation and a biography of the nearly forgotten mid-20th-century urban planner who reshaped Boston and other cities have won this years Bancroft Prize, which is considered one of the most prestigious honors in the field of American history. Lizabeth Cohens Saving Americas Cities: Ed Logue and the Struggle to Renew Urban American in the Suburban Age, published by Farrar Straus and Giroux, was cited for offering a nuanced view of federally-funded urban redevelopment and of one of its major practitioners that goes beyond the simplicity of good and bad, heroes and villains. Reviewing the book last year in The New York Times Book Review, Alan Ehrenhalt praised Cohen, a professor of American Studies at Harvard, for her incisive treatment of the entire urban- ... More Rare portrait by Irma Stern tops Bonhams Modern & Contemporary African Art saleLONDON.- Watussi Chiefs Wife, a striking portrait by the South African artist Irma Stern sold for £447,000 at Bonhams Modern & Contemporary African Art sale in London yesterday (Wednesday 18 March). The sale made a total of £1,770,000, and also established new world record prices at auction for eight artists. Bonhams Director of Modern & Contemporary African Art Giles Peppiatt said: Watussi Chiefs Wife is a wonderful and moving work that reflects Irma Sterns respect for a sitter whose innate nobility Stern deeply admired. The bidding and the final price reflected its importance. Overall, I was pleased that under such difficult circumstance we were able to hold such a successful sale. Stern (1894-1966) painted Watussi Chiefs Wife in 1946 in the Belgian Congo. The sitter was a member of the Royal Court of the Rwandan King ... More The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh exhibits works by John Halliday and Scottish painting from 1950-1980EDINBURGH.- The decades following WW2 saw artists take new forms of artistic expression. The order and rationalism that had preceded was rejected. Painting became more gestural and instinctive; this was achieved through the application of paint not just from brushes but palette knives and any other means that gave the artist the desired surface effect they sought. The materiality of paint and other substances were used to expressive ends. Paint could be piled on, scraped back and worked into. Mixed media, collage and found objects were all part of the arsenal. In this, Hang 3 // 1950-1980, are examples of work by Anne Redpath, William Gillies and John Houston who embraced an expressive and gestural way of painting in their boldly coloured work. In stark contrast to this highly figurative and representational way of painting was abstract artist Talbert ... More New book takes readers behind the scenes of China's booming movie industryNEW YORK, NY.- Mark Parascandola, a documentary fine-art photographer based in Washington, D.C., is interested in how photography and the movies shape our perceptions of history and truth, reality and make-believe. In his critically acclaimed photo book, Once Upon a Time in AlmerÃa: The Legacy of Hollywood in Spain (Daylight, 2017), Parascandola documented a bygone era of Hollywood glamour amid the geopolitics of the Cold War. Once Upon a Time in Shanghai in contrast, looks towards the future. Here, Parascandola turns his lens on the film industry in present day mainland China which already produces more films than Hollywood and is poised to take over as the world's largest movie viewing market. This beautifully designed volume presents seventy color photographs taken by Parascandola over ... More Galerie Lelong & Co. presents a solo exhibition of work created in the past year by Kate ShepherdNEW YORK, NY.- Galerie Lelong & Co. is presenting Surveillance, a solo exhibition of work created in the past year by New Yorkbased artist Kate Shepherd. Known for her richly colored paintings built with layers of monochromatic enamel, Shepherd here charts new territory in her decades-long exploration of perspectival space. Chief among Shepherds concerns in these works is their relationship to their environs; the various reflective surfaces establish a spatial discourse across the panel, the viewer, and the gallery space. Galerie Lelong & Co. is temporarily closed but can be visited by appointment only. Surveillance presents two bodies of work conceived and executed in tandem. The first group, on display in the main gallery, incorporates chromatic trapezoids that cut through the picture plane. These shapeswhich the artist calls surrogate ... More Priska Pasquer opens 'On Equal Terms II'COLOGNE.- We live in a changing world. The breakneck speed of digitalisation and globalisation processes is putting paid to familiar structures. Polarities fragment into complex diversities, while hierarchical orders crumble, only to meld into a networked coexistence on an equal footing. How can we understand this new world, which is now beyond the grasp of our old way of thinking? What questions are being asked now and what hypotheses can help us to find answers? Maybe art has the answers? After all, artists have always been the seismographs of society, responding to the challenges of radically changing times and developing alternative visions. One of the most hotly debated present-day questions is that of diversity, equality and justice. Sociologists and politicians explore this question, as do philosophers, economists and needless ... More Paintings by Indian artists Maqbool Hussain and B. Prahba top Bruneau & Co. auctionCRANSTON, RI.- Vibrant paintings by prominent Indian artists piqued the interest of bidders at Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers Estates Fine Art & Antiques auction held on March 14th, as an equestrian watercolor on paper by Maqbool Hussain (1915-2011) sold for $16,250 and a figural oil on canvas by B. Prabha (1933-2001) brought $11,875. Prices include the buyers premium. The auction was held online and in the Bruneau & Co. gallery located at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston. It was a phenomenal sale, remarked company president Kevin Bruneau. While the inhouse crowd was limited due to the virus pandemic, online and phone participation was more active than ever before. It was great to see the contemporary art perform as strongly as it did. The watercolor by Maqbool Hussain, titled Raging Horse, depicted a leaping white horse ... More Fine autographs and artifacts featuring art up for auctionBOSTON, MASS.- RR Auction's April Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is highlighted by a great selection of material from renowned artists, including Marc Chagall, Claude Monet, Georges Braque, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Charles Schulz. Headlining the sale is an original hand-inked four-panel Peanuts daily comic strip drawn by Charles Schulz for May 30, 1958, signed vertically in the last panel with his artist signature, "Schulz." The comic follows a conversation between Linus and Charlie Brown: Linus asks, "Have you ever heard of the 'Beat Generation,' Charlie Brown?" Looking forlorn, Charlie replies: "Oh yes
I'm a charter member!" Affixed at center is a 1958 United Feature Syndicate copyright notice. Includes a one-page typed letter about this strip, signed "Charles M. Schulz," personal Peanuts letterhead, ... More Newly-conserved rare dolls' house reveals 300-year-old secrets of British high societyNOSTELL.- The miniature version of Nostell, West Yorkshire, is one of only 12 surviving 18th-century dolls houses and the only one that visitors can see in the home it was designed for. The grand mansion in perfect miniature has been painstakingly conserved down to the last tiny piece of intricate furniture, lavish wallpaper and hallmarked silverware. Specialists from the National Trust, which cares for Nostell, discovered almost all the interior decoration is original, with dozens of tiny masterpieces made at great expense by specialist carvers, silversmiths, upholsterers and painters in the 1730s. Experts even uncovered a working servants bell and minute kitchen spit during much-needed conservation work to repair years of deterioration, from faded textiles and worn surfaces to woodworm-ridden floorboards the same agents of deterioration ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, British painter Patrick Heron died March 20, 1999. Patrick Heron CBE (30 January 1920 - 20 March 1999) was a British abstract and figurative artist, writer, and polemicist, who lived in Zennor, Cornwall. In this image: Patrick Heron's painting "Nude in Wicker".
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