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A Sotheby's specialist speaks about an untitled painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat during a media preview May 5, 2017 at Sotheby's in New York. Don Emmert / AFP.
NEW YORK (AFP).- A 1982 untitled Basquiat sold for $110.5 million in New York on Thursday, setting a new auction record for the US artist in Sotheby's flagship post-war and contemporary art sale, the auction house said. Jean-Michel Basquiat, the US wonderkid of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent, who died in 1988 of an overdose at the age of 27, has been catapulted into the rostrum of 20th century greats by the rising value of his work. A tense bidding war lasted for around 10 minutes between a client in Sotheby's New York showroom and another on the telephone, with the telephone buyer ultimately clinching the top bid. The skull-like head on a giant canvas in oil-stick, acrylic and spray paint called "Untitled" was the star lot of the May auction season in New York and had been valued pre-sale in excess of $60 million. Loud cheers and applause greeted the conclusion ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A piece is seen during a tour for the media of the "El Colorido de la Gran Tenochtitlan" exhibit at the Templo Mayor Museum in Mexico City on May 18, 2017. ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP
| Rijksmuseum acquires photo book by first female photographer | | Gianguan Auctions sale highlights early Buddhist art, jade carvings, historic paintings and Zisha teapots | | Pace/MacGill Gallery celebrates the centennial of American photographer Irving Penn's birth | 
Anna Atkins Photographs of British Algae Cyanotype Impressions. Purchased with the support of BankGiro Lottery, the W. Cordia Family/Rijksmuseum Fund and the Paul Huf Fund/Rijksmuseum Fund.
AMSTERDAM.- Rijksmuseum General Director, Taco Dibbits, said: We are very pleased with this wonderful acquisition of the first ever photo book, by the first ever female photographer. Anna Atkins work sits on the border between art and science. Apart from its historical significance, Atkins images are characterised by their timeless beauty, which looks contemporary because of the abstraction of the silhouettes on the photographic paper. The English botanist and photographer Anna Atkins produced several editions of Photographs of British Algae between 1843 and 1853. At present, about 20 complete or incomplete editions of the book are known to be in existence. Each edition differs in composition and size. The book acquired by the Rijksmuseum is a rare example ... More | | 
A gilt white jade ritual vessel that is formed by the co-joining of two mythical beasts. Estimate: $20,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- On June 10th, Gianguan Auctions brings to the podium an unusual slate of masterworks and small collectibles. Early Buddhist art and historic paintings together with outstanding artisanal works for daily lifeZisha teapots, Chinese seals, carved jades, early ceramicsgive collectors access the icons and subtle arts of the culture. Bird in a Lotus Pond, a sharp edged and spare painting by Bada Shangren (Zhu Da), the Ming prince turned monk turned professional artist, comes to the podium with a $1.5 Million valuation. The focus of the enigmatic work is an isolated, long beaked bird on a broken branch, caught between pond below and flowers above. It is Lot 80, signed with the Zhu Da characters that resemble the signs for laughing and crying, has one artist seal, and is of the period. The days other marque offering is a $1,000,000 jade jar that has survived intact from the ... More | | 
Irving Penn, Balenciaga Mantle Coat (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn)(A), Paris, 1950. Gelatin silver print mounted to board image and paper, 21 5/8 x 17 1/2 inches © Condé Nast.
NEW YORK, NY.- In recognition of the centennial of American photographer Irving Penns birth, Pace/MacGill Gallery is presenting Irving Penn 1950. Featuring both editorial and personal work from just a single year of Penns legendary seven-decade career, the exhibition explores the breadth of artistic vision and technical mastery of arguably the most prolific and respected photographer of the 20th century. Irving Penn 1950 is on view from May 3 through June 29, 2017. 1950 was a landmark year in the life and oeuvre of Irving Penn (1917-2009), of which he often spoke fondly. In Penns words, he was delighted by the fact that he never knew who was on the other end of a knock at the door: T. S. Eliot, a street sweeper, or a professional model. Beginning his photographic career at Conde Nast ... More |
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| Sotheby's unveils highlights from the Evening Sales of Modern & Contemporary Latin American Art | | White glove auction 'Picasso Man & Beast' caps Sotheby's NY Sales of Impressionist & Modern Art | | Exhibition of new paintings by Markus Lüpertz opens at Michael Werner Gallery, New York | 
Rufino Tamayo, The Bird Charmer (Encantador De Pájaros). Signed and dated 0-45, oil on canvas, 60 1/4 by 50 1/4 in. Estimate $3/5 million. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys announced their Evening Sales of Latin America: Modern Art and Latin America: Contemporary Art on 25 May in New York. Leading the Modern Art auction are Rufino Tamayos iconic The Bird Charmer (Encantador de pájaros) (estimate $3/5 million) and Diego Riveras arresting masterpiece, Retrato de la Actriz Matilde Palou (estimate $2/3 million). Both works appear in the market during a time of renewed interest in Mexican Modernism, with recent exhibitions at both the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Dallas Museum of Art in the US, the Grand Palais in Paris, and at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. Further highlights include an outstanding Surrealist sequence, topped by Remedios Varos The Troubadour (El Trovador) (estimate $1/1.5 million), Wifredo Lams Portrait de Madame Nena ... More | | 
Pablo Picasso, Vase-femme avec un bras-anse. Painted and incised ceramic: vase. Estimate: $40/60,000. Sold for $250,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys New York sales of Impressionist & Modern Art concluded today with the white glove auction (100% sold by lot) of unique ceramics and works on paper by Pablo Picasso from the collection of his granddaughter Marina Picasso. That sales stunning $10.3 million total more than doubled its high estimate of $4.6 million, and helped raise Sothebys series total to $223.1 million. Below is a look at the works that drove these exceptional results: Scott Niichel, Co-Head of Sothebys Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale, said: The phenomenal results of todays Picasso Man & Beast auction completed our Impressionist & Modern Art sales for the week, with prices far exceeding their pre-sale estimates and achieving rare white glove status, with all 111 works on offer successfully sold. Collectors from around the globe aggressively competed for the ... More | | 
Der Grosse Narziss (The Great Narcissus), 2016. Mixed media on canvas in artists frame, 63 3/4 x 51 1/4 inches, 162 x 130 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- Michael Werner Gallery, New York presents an exhibition of new paintings by Markus Lüpertz. The exhibition opens alongside two simultaneous museum retrospectives the artists first in the United States presented at the Hirshhorn Museum and the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC. Arcadia is the central theme of this latest exhibition at Michael Werner, which comprises over two dozen paintings completed in 2016 and 2017. Inspired by this Edenic, pastoral motif and its recurrence throughout the canon of art history from Greek antiquity to the Renaissance, Markus Lüpertzs Arcadia Series depicts a confluence of classical forms and mythical figures. His paintings of nudes, skulls, and still-lifes, along with images of centaurs and muses, place Lüpertz among such diverse artists as Nicolas Poussin, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, and Hans ... More |
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| Yale Center for British Art innovative online art journal wins AAM award | | Freeman's impresses with Modern & Contemporary Art Sale | | Pelli Clarke Pelli selected to design expanded Muscarelle Museum of Art at William & Mary | 
British Art Studies on several mobile devices and tablets.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.- The Yale Center for British Art and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art announced that their jointly-published, open-access digital journal British Art Studies won a gold-level MUSE Award from the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). The two institutions were presented with the award during a champagne reception on May 7, 2017, at the AAMs annual meeting in St. Louis, Missouri. Part of the MUSE Open Culture category, the award recognizes British Art Studies for its high standards of excellence in the use of media and technology for Gallery, Library, Archive, and Museum (GLAM) programs. The MUSE Awards competition received more than 200 applications from a wide variety of institutions internationally. This years entries included videos and films, interactive kiosks and installations, VR experiences, applications and ... More | | 
Lynn Chadwick's Maquette Jubilee II achieved $466,000.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Yesterday afternoon, Freemans presented an impressive collection of work for its Modern and Contemporary Art sale. The exhibition of nearly 130 pieces was well received with a number of new online bidders, callers and attendees. Several lots created particular excitement among bidders, including a Lynn Chadwick Sculpture and a Roy Lichtenstein screenprint among others. The sale began at 2pm and bidding quickly intensified. The floor was abuzz with excitement by lot 38, Indigo, by American artist Richard Anuszkiewicz. Indigo is an excellent example of what propelled Anuszkiewicz to his success as a founder and early proponent of the Optical Art Movement. Indigo realized $37,500 at auction. A color screenprint entitled Forms in Space by Roy Lichtenstein also performed quite well, going above its estimate with $62,500. Lot 107, Forms ... More | | 
Exterior shot of the Muscarelle Museum of Art at William & Mary. Courtesy of William & Mary.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA.- Pelli ClarkePelli, recognized as one the top arts architecture design firms in the world, has been selected to design expansion of the Muscarelle Museum of Art at William & Mary, museum and university officials announced. The expanded and renovated Muscarelle Museum will be part of the new, multimillion-dollar, state-of-the-art facility to be called The Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts. That facility along with new construction and renovations at the front of campus will form the William & Mary Arts Quarter. Richmond-based Odell Associates Inc., known for innovative and lasting designs, will be the Virginia firm contracting with Pelli for the Muscarelle work. Stemann/PeaseArchitecture of Williamsburg, drawing on the experience with the museum of W&M adjunct instructor of Art & Art History Edwin Pease, will be consulting. ... More |
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| Dana Lixenberg wins the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2017 | | Kathryn Haigh promoted to Chief Operating Officer at the Indianapolis Museum of Art | | Freeman's sets new standard with the Stanley Bard Collection: A Life at the Chelsea | 
Dana Lixenberg, Buddy, 2009. © Dana Lixenberg. Courtesy of the artist and Grimm, Amsterdam.
LONDON.- Dutch photographer Dana Lixenberg has won the twentieth edition of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize at Londons Photographers Gallery, for her multifaceted portrait of the residents and community of the Imperial Courts housing project in Watts, Los Angeles. She was announced as the 2017 winner of the prestigious £30,000 prize by broadcaster and writer, Ekow Eshun, at a special award ceremony at The Photographers Gallery, on Thursday 18th May. Lixenberg started her project IMPERIAL COURTS (1993 - 2015) after the Los Angeles riots and has revisited and expanded her project over the following twenty-two years. In contrast to the often one dimensional and sensationalised media coverage, Lixenberg takes a more controlled and formal photographic approach, slowing things down - as she puts it. The project includes images from different years ... More | | 
Haigh to play lead role in developing and implementing new 30-year master plan for the institution.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- Dr. Charles L. Venable, The Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, announced today that Kathryn Haigh has been promoted to the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Haigh will continue to manage the IMAs art collection, exhibitions, conservation laboratories, historic sites, security and facilities operations, while playing a leading role in developing and implementing a new 30-year master plan for the institution. Haigh joined the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) in 2007 after spending 13 years at the Cincinnati Art Museum. In 2010, Haigh was promoted to deputy director for collections and exhibitions. In this role, her responsibilities were enhanced to include logistical oversight of the exhibitions program, as well as management of art registration, photography and research departments. She was a member ... More | | 
Untitled (Eyes) by Martial Raysse. The piece sold for over five times its estimate, earning $50,000.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Freemans The Stanley Bard Collection: A Life at the Chelsea, a single-owner sale held Tuesday evening, was another success story for the historic Philadelphia establishment. Nearly 100 works were offered, each from the personal collection of the late Stanley Bard, who served for nearly half a century as the manager of the iconic Hotel Chelsea in New York. Drawing a significant amount of attention in the first moments of the auction was a painting by Karel Appel entitled Personnage. The vibrant oil on canvas had bidders engaged as it continued to soar past its estimate. Personnage was sold for $81,250. Excitement built as one of the most anticipated lots of the evening came up for sale. Face #1 by Tom Wesselmann is an important example of the artists work from the mid 1960s, a seminal period of his career. Estimated between $600,000-800,000, the painting achieved a remark ... More |
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 First European solo exhibition of young photographic talent Nicoline Aagesen opens in LondonLONDON.- Tiziana des Pallieres, founder of new creative agency Artizians, presents the first European solo exhibition of young photographic talent Nicoline Aagesen, who is represented by Artizians. Uncensored is a collection of fly on the wall photos that take a peek into the glossy lives of fashion forward globetrotting Millenials. A female Generation Z incarnation of Larry Clark, whose seminal photos of partying teenagers inspired the 90s sleeper hit Kids, Nicoline Aagesen uses her experience as a model to take control behind the lens. Nicolines images turn the tables on the male gaze by putting her friends in front of the lens and playing out her philosophy of my camera, my rules. Her images have a candy-coloured palette reminiscent of David la Chapelle, mixed with the in-control sexiness of Ellen von Unwerths ouevre. Nicolines Uncensored portfolio of candid pop ... More The Pasadena Museum of California Art welcomes Susana Bautista, Ph.D., as new Executive DirectorPASADENA, CA.- The Pasadena Museum of California Art announced that Susana Smith Bautista, Ph.D., will join the Museum as Executive Director, beginning next week! Born and raised in Pasadena, Dr. Bautista is an expert on museums, digital technology, the arts, and strategic communication. With an M.A. in Art History/Museum Studies and a Ph.D. in Communication, both from University of Southern California, Dr. Bautista has over 25 years of experience in the art world in Los Angeles, New York, and Greece, working with museums, commercial galleries, and non-profit art spaces; curating exhibitions on Latino and Latin American art; creating educational programming; lecturing; and publishing, including her 2013 book titled Museums in the Digital Age. Her background in nonprofit arts administration includes former positions at the Mexican Cultural Institute of Los Angeles ... More Tim Van Laere Gallery opens exhibition of works by Anton HenningANTWERP.- Tim Van Laere Gallery is presenting the second solo-exhibition of Anton Henning at the gallery. In contrary to his first exhibition, Henning decided to place the focus solely on his paintings by presenting them in the modernist white cube setting of the gallery-space. The titles of the works accentuate the recurring subjects in the paintings of Henning. This choice in subjects show the vast determination of Henning that not everything has been said and done in art. He begins every painting from scratch, using the unlimited range of his own imagination and pictorial knowledge to continuously reinvent the same subject. For this show he selected numerous flower still life, nudes, a portrait and an interior, which display not only his masterful technique, but also his originality with quality, sincerity and strive for his personal sense of beauty. The oeuvre of Anton Henning (°1964 Berlin, ... More AMA / Art Museum of the Americas exhibits works by Canadian artistsWASHINGTON, DC.- The Organization of American States AMA | Art Museum of the Americas in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Canada to the OAS presents its largest exhibition by Canadian artists: Punctured Landscape organized by the Canada Council for the Arts. The exhibition marks Canadas 150th anniversary of Confederation, presenting artworks that explore themes of democracy, human rights, sustainability, security and national historical narratives in Canada. These moments range from celebratory milestones to difficult moments in Canadas history, with particular attention paid to Indigenous issues. Punctured Landscape recognizes Canada as an inclusive, multicultural nation that welcomes migrants and refugees, but also grapples to reconcile its own relationship with its Indigenous peoples. This exhibition illustrates how ... More Ottocento Art Gallery dedicates an important exhibition to Pietro Sassi and Pinot Gallizio's workROME.- It is a century of distance to separate them, marked by two world wars, the avant-garde revolution, the radical social, economic, and cultural transformation that has affected their country of origin, Italy, and the whole Europe. Yet the painting by Pietro Sassi ( 1834 1905 ) and Pinot Gallizio ( 1902 1964 ), both Piedmontese - the first of Alessandria, the second of Alba - seems to be associated with a peculiar characteristic of their artistic practice: the coexistence of visceral attachment to their country of origin, to its traditions and customs, with an experimentation open to the instances of the more advanced European figurative culture of their time. If, in fact, Sassi, little more than thirty, after a first period of training in his hometown and in Turin, travels to Europe following the training stages of landscape painters of the second half of the 19th century, first touching ... More Rare map emerges showing Britain's great naval defeat as the Dutch invaded the Medway 350 years agoLONDON.- Mid June marks the 350th anniversary of arguably the most humiliating defeat of the Royal Navy in British waters. Little remembered today, the Raid on the Medway in June 1667 brought about the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War, a bitterly fought conflict over control of the seas and trade routes. The raid came after the British victory to control the Channel almost a year before on July 25-26, known as the St James Day Battle, and a devastating raid on Dutch shipping Holmess Bonfire on August 10-20. Despite these triumphs, time and money were not on Charles IIs side following the Great Plague and the Fire of London. The fleet was laid up in The Medway with skeleton crews, close to the mouth of the Thames, and was poorly defended. Despite unfavourable winds the Dutch were able to plan a tactical advance and capture the fort at Sheerness on June 10, 1667. Late in ... More P.P.O.W exhibits new work by artist and filmmaker Charlie AhearnNEW YORK, NY.- P.P.O.W is presenting an exhibition of new work by artist and filmmaker Charlie Ahearn. Since the 1970s, Ahearn has documented street culture and the rise of hip hop in New York City, capturing the excitement and raw energy that infused the movement through photography, films and slide shows. His super 8 kung fu movie, The Deadly Art of Survival (1978) was shown throughout the Lower East Side, at Fashion Moda, and in The Times Square Show (1980). At The Times Square Show, Ahearn met Fab 5 Freddy, leading him to direct his iconic film Wild Style (1983), which is recognized as the first and most beloved movie in hip hop history. The exhibition reflects the culmination of 25 years of Ahearns work mounting shows, publishing books, and making films, offering unparalleled insight into the people who defined the movement and its current ... More Monumental expressive ceramics by Darcy Badiali on view at Lacoste GalleryCONCORD, MASS.- Lacoste Gallery announces its presentation of Darcy Badiali: The Transcendental Vessel, an exhibition of the artists monumental expressive ceramics through May 27 2017. Darcy Badiali brings to New England for the first time his large scale and boldly expressive vessels. Born in Fresno, California, Badiali received his BFA at Kansas City Art Institute under the eminent ceramic artist, Ken Ferguson. He later received his MFA at Arizona State University under Kurt Weiser and taught there. Choosing clay as his primary medium the artists work consists predominantly of wheel-thrown stoneware vessels. Though the forms have their origin in function, the scale lends itself to sculptural issues of space. The passion that he has for the potters wheel provides a visceral approach to creating his art. Living on the California coast, he finds his environment ... More Lawrence of Arabia memoir reaches $62.5K at Swann Galleries' Literature AuctionNEW YORK, NY.- First editions and inscribed copies filled the shelves at Swann Galleries May 16 auction of 19th & 20th Century Literature. The sale broke several auction records and encompassed a variety of genres, dates and media. The trifurcated Books department (specializing in Art Books and Early Printed Books as well as Literature), is the oldest at Swann Galleries, which celebrated its 75th anniversary in March. The top lot of the sale was a complete privately printed edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1926, by T.E. Lawrence, the inspiration for the classic film Lawrence of Arabia. The stunning tome, bound in green leather, boasts 65 plates and color illustrations by contemporary artists. The present copy was inscribed by Lawrence and given to his dentist, Warwick James; it was purchased by a collector for $62,500*. An auction record was achieved for the ... More David Nolan Gallery opens exhibition of works by Richard Artschwager and Martin KippenbergerNEW YORK, NY.- David Nolan Gallery is presenting a two-person exhibition of works by Richard Artschwager and Martin Kippenberger. Bringing together significant examples of sculpture, drawing, and painting, the exhibition sets these two pioneers into playful dialogue. The works by Richard Artschwager (American, 1923-2013) range in date from 1974 to 2011, beginning with a ghostly drawing entitled Door Window Table Basket Mirror Rug #10 and ending with a late painting Landscape with Median in which a red road, marked with two bold yellow stripes, leads ambiguously into the middle-distance. Martin Kippenberger (German, 1953-1997) is represented by works from 1985 to 1996 the same years he undertook his famous series of drawings on hotel stationary. The group of hotel drawings in the present exhibition hint at the manifold expressions ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Flemish painter Jacob Jordaens was born May 19, 1593. ANTWERP.- Jacob Jordaens was one of three Flemish Baroque painters, along with Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, to bring prestige to the Antwerp school of painting. Unlike those contemporaries he never traveled abroad to study Italian painting, and his career is marked by an indifference to their intellectual and courtly aspirations. In fact, except for a few short trips to locations in the Low Countries, he remained in Antwerp his entire life. As well as being a successful painter, he was a prominent designer of tapestries. In this image: Jacob Jordaens. The King Drinks. c.1640.
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