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Edgar Payne (American, 1882-1947), Topmost Trail, Oil on canvas, 24 3/4 x 30 in. (63.0 x 76.0 cm), framed. Est. $70-90,000.
MARLBOROUGH, MASS.- Skinner Auctioneers announced an upcoming live auction of American Art on May 25, starting at 10 a.m. EDT, at Skinners Marlborough gallery, to be accompanied by an online sale of Prints & Photographs, available for bidding from May 16 to 26, 2022. Ranging across centuries from the early Hudson River School to early American Modernism, the sale features masterworks by some of this countrys greatest painters and sculptors, with something for everyone in its striking eclecticism. The live auction is notable for its collection of American landscapes, as diverse in style and provenance as the countrys own terrain. A fantastic example of Western grandeur is presented in Edgar Alwin Paynes Topmost Trail (est. $70,000-90,000). Depicting a pack rider roaming across Eastern Sierra, on the remote side of California's Sierra Nevada range, this work captures a sweeping view of one of the artists favorite regions. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Tina Kim Gallery, Frieze New York 2022 Photo by Casey Kelbaugh. Courtesy of Casey Kelbaugh/Frieze.
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| Through a lens, documenting Indigenous culture | | Human skull about 8,000 years old is found in Minnesota river | | Property from the collection of Kirk and Anne Douglas hits $343,000 at auction | 
Matika Wilbur, who is attempting to photograph every federally recognized tribe in the U.S., in Tulalip, Wash., May 14, 2022. Josue Rivas/The New York Times.
by Shane Mitchell
NEW YORK, NY.- In 2012, photographer Matika Wilbur, 38, packed her cameras, sold everything and bought an RV she named Big Girl. Wilbur, who is Swinomish and Tulalip, peoples of coastal Washington, spent the next 10 years on the road exploring contemporary Indigenous identity through portraits and oral histories a series that would collectively come to be called Project 562. (The title refers to the number of federally recognized tribes at the start of her journey. Current total: 574, though that number changes regularly.) To date, she has traveled more than 600,000 road miles and visited more than 400 tribal nations, from the Unangax on the Aleutian Islands of Alaska to the Miccosukee in Floridas Everglades. Each sitting with Wilbur is intentionally collaborative, with the goal of ... More | | 
In an undated image provided by the Renville County Sheriff's Office, part of a skull, believed to be about 8,000 years old, found in the Minnesota River in September 2021. Renville County Sheriff's Office via The New York Times.
by Eduardo Medina
NEW YORK, NY.- Two kayakers were enjoying the last glimmers of summer on the Minnesota River last September when they spotted an odd brown chunk along the bank. They paddled toward it and looked closer. It appeared to be a bone, so they called the Renville County Sheriffs Office. When Sheriff Scott Hable was told of the kayakers discovery near the city of Sacred Heart, about 110 miles west of Minneapolis, his mind raced to the first possible explanation: Maybe it was the remains of a missing person from a nearby county? I dont think anybody was anticipating the news to come, Hable said. The sheriffs office sent the bone to a medical examiner and then to a forensic anthropologist with the FBI, who was not able ... More | | 
19th century Mughal style gold overlay glass box, 2 1/8 inches tall by 2 7/8 inches wide ($6,250).
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The varied and wonderful pieces collected by the late Kirk and Anne Douglas brought out thousands of bidders to achieve white glove results in the online auction to benefit The Douglas Foundation. The sale was held on May 18th by Andrew Jones Auctions and achieved a total of $343,000. Over 200 lots of modern art, antiques, tribal works, fine and costume jewelry, personalized accessories, memorabilia, books and ephemera were offered. This was our sixth white glove sale since October, said Andrew Jones, president and CEO of Andrew Jones Auctions. The bidding was buoyant throughout, with multiple bidders for every lot. People appreciated the Douglass exquisite taste. The sale attracted a host of new clients who undoubtedly sought a memento from this legendary Hollywood couple. In the end, a great deal of money was raised for The Douglas Foundation and all of the very worthy ... More |
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| Christie's announces highlights included in the 20th/21st Century Milan Online Sales | | 'I want to live in that room': Designers on their Broadway sets | | 8th Triennial of Photography Hamburg presents its opening weekend and festival program | 
Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, (Attesa), 1964. Estimate: 800,000-1,200,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
MILAN.- Christies presents two Milan based online sales, 20th/21st Century: Milan Online Sale Part I and 20th/21st Century: Milan Online Sale Part II, focused on the work of Italian and international post-war and contemporary artists and offering paintings, works on paper, sculptures, and photographs. The auctions include works by Enrico Castellani, Piero Dorazio, Lucio Fontana, Jannis Kounellis, Christo, Wassily Kandinsky, Alighiero Boetti, Mario Schifano, Sam Francis, Gerhard Richter and Franz West among others. Elena Zaccarelli, Senior Specialist, Head of Sale, Impressionist & Modern Art, Milan: After the success of the recent 20/21 auctions in New York, we continue in Milan with the 20th/21st Century: Milan Online Sale Part I and Part II, a pair of online sales dedicated to masterpieces of the 20th and 21st century. Collectors will find a curated selection of artworks from sought after Italian and international artists, which sp ... More | | 
The set of American Buffalo at Circle in the Square in Manhattan, May 4, 2022. Vincent Tullo/The New York Times.
by Laura Collins-Hughes
NEW YORK, NY.- It was opening night of Plaza Suite, and the sets bathroom door was meant to stay shut a stubborn comic obstacle to Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, playing parents of a bride who has locked herself inside on her wedding day. Reinforced within an inch of its life, the door had held all through previews. On that March evening, though, the frame around it gave way, derailing the plot and amusing the crowd. Opening night! the sets mortified designer, John Lee Beatty, said later. I wish the audience hadnt enjoyed it that much. Of course spectators would have. One of the principal pleasures of in-person theatergoing is the ever-present awareness that the performance might somehow go awry. And in the Broadway season that followed such a long, grim pandemic intermission, simply encountering a gorgeous set ... More | | 
Album with studio portraits, city views and landscape photographs from Singapore; 1868; MARKK Photographic Collection, Inv. Nr. 84.P.1:1 © MARKK, photo: Paul Schimweg.
HAMBURG.- The 8th Triennial of Photography Hamburg announces the full program for the opening weekend from May 20 to 22, and the Festival, the Register and the Recital, from June 26, 2022. 12 exhibitions present their interpretations of the Triennials theme of Currency to explore the many ways in which photographs are produced, circulated, and interpreted. Conjuring the initial inspiration for the curatorial framework, artistic director Koyo Kouoh remarks, After more than a century of living with photography, we have learned to perceive the world photographically, with many of us seeing the world in image formats shaped by the media platforms that disseminate them. While images themselves are unstable forms, the mental repository we build through this prosthetic mode fundamentally shapes how we engage with the world around us. The present day is therefore ... More |
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| The Hunterian announced as co-commissioning partner for Imperial War Museums' art commissioning programme | | Phillips announces highlights ahead of the London Photographs Sale | | H&H Classics to offer 1960 Jaguar XK150 S 3.8 Litre Drophead Coupe | 
Cathy Wilkes, Untitled, 2018. Figure - papier-mâché, cotton and polyester mix fabric, metal armature Base - wooden frame, cotton linen fabric, 125 x 108 x 108 cm. 49.2 x 42.5 x 42.5 in. Courtesy of The Artist and The Modern Institute/ Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow. Photo Leif Anderson.
GLASGOW.- The Hunterian at the University of Glasgow has been appointed as one of five co-commissioning partners for Imperial War Museums £2.5m art commissioning programme. Brand new works by Michael Rakowitz, Heather Phillipson, Compagnie XY and Cathy Wilkes will soon span the length and breadth of the UK as part of the IWM 14-18 NOW Legacy Fund, a national programme of 22 artist commissions inspired by the heritage of conflict and created in partnership with Imperial War Museums (IWM) and 14-18 NOW, the official UK arts programme for the First World War centenary. Five major partners have been appointed by IWM as co-commissioners, each to receive £250,000: The Hunterian in Glasgow; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea; ... More | | 
Rafael Pavarotti RI$, 2020. Estimate: £15,000-20,000.
LONDON.- Phillips is pleased to announce highlights ahead of the upcoming London Photographs auction on 25 May. The Spring auction brings together a selection of artists from an impressive array of contemporary image makers, 20th Century masters, and 19th Century luminaries. The sale will feature ULTIMATE, Phillips bespoke selection of classic and contemporary rarities, and also includes a carefully curated selection of unique works by Peter Beard alongside contemporary highlights from Vik Muniz, Gregory Crewdson, and Wolfgang Tillmans. The auction is online now and on view to the public from 19 May at Phillips London galleries on Berkeley Square until the auction on 25 May at 2pm. Yuka Yamaji, Head of Photographs, Europe, and Rachel Peart, Head of Department, London, said, We are thrilled to present the 15th edition of ULTIMATE this spring which will feature 12 exceptional works available for sale only at Phillips ... More | | 
Damian Jones, Head of Sales at H&H Classics says of this car: Currently displaying a highly credible 73,000 miles, this undeniably rare and stylish Jaguar XK150 S 3.8 litre Drophead Coupe is offered for sale with V5C Registration Document and large history file. A worthy addition to any marque collection.
LONDON.- When the next H&H Classic sale at the Imperial War Museum Duxford on June 22 is complete the new owners of this magnificent race bred car will drive off with something that stamped British engineering dominance and style onto the Swinging Sixties. Its performance was on a par with rival Aston Martin, Maserati and Ferrari offerings. The 1950s saw Jaguar win the world's greatest endurance race - the Le Mans 24-hours - more times (five) than any other manufacturer. A blend of existing and new technology, the XK150 was the Coventry firm's last model to feature a separate chassis but its first to be available with four-wheel disc brakes. Unveiled in 1959, the range-topping 3.8 litre 'S' could be had in Roadster, Fixed Head Coupe or Drophead Coupe guises (the ... More |
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| The Shape of Light, co-commissioned by M+ and Art Basel premieres in Hong Kong | | Kati Heck shows a series of new paintings, drawings and furniture sculptures at Tim Van Laere Gallery | | Berry Campbell now exclusively representing the Estate of Lynne Mapp Drexler | 
Ellen Pau, Born 1961, Hong Kong, The Shape of Light, 2022. Site-specific moving image work for the M+ Facade. 13 min, 20 sec M+, Hong Kong © Ellen Pau.
HONG KONG.- M+, Asias first global museum of contemporary visual culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District, debuts The Shape of Light, a moving image work by pioneering Hong Kong artist Ellen Pau, on the M+ Facade on Friday, 20 May 2022 at 7pm. Co-commissioned with Art Basel, the work will be shown on the M+ Facade at 7pm to 9pm daily until Sunday, 19 June 2022. Supported by UBS, Lead Partner of Art Basel, The Shape of Light is a site-specific moving image work made specially for the M+ Facade. Using digitally animated special effects, the video explores the possibilities of the immaterial and the material, transforming light into digital objects. Featuring a popular sutra in Mahayana Buddhism, The Heart Sutra, here expressed through sign language, the ritualistic video meditates on the concept form is emptiness, emptiness is ... More | | 
Installation view. Courtesy Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp.
ANTWERP.- Tim Van Laere Gallery presents Kati Heck's fifth solo exhibition: Legende (Legend). In this exhibition, Heck shows a series of new paintings, drawings and furniture sculptures. Heck is known for her lucid yet enigmatic paintings, in which realism is transformed from a representative category into a fluid process. The way Heck assembles her compositions remind us of the literary genre of the legend. Legends are stories that have been retold through generations, but can also be seen as deciphering tools or as something that can offer us a foothold. Every legend is based on a core of truth, but that truth has been distorted and exaggerated in a way that it has become difficult to confirm or deny the accuracy of the story. We also find a play on reality in the work of Kati Heck. Her compositions branch out into multiple genres - where literature, history, art history, science and her own lived experiences ... More | | 
Lynne Mapp Drexler, Tree of Age, 1981, oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches. Collection of the Monhegan Museum, Maine.
NEW YORK, NY.- On April 1, 2022, Artnet News headlined an article: She Painted for Decades in Obscurity on a Remote Island in Maine. Suddenly, Collectors Cant Get Enough of Lynne Drexler.1 In addition, Drexlers Deciduous Empire, 1964 (private collection) was on the cover of Art & Antiques in December 2021January 2022, and her work was featured in an article in the issue.2 Such a recent surge of interest in the art of Lynne Mapp Drexler (19281999) is due partly to the new recognition of American women artists important contributions to the story of twentieth-century abstraction.3 It can also be attributed to the intensity, vivacity, and integrity of Drexlers work. While she adopted the methods of action painting and understood the role of gestureshe was a student of Hans Hofmann and Robert Motherwellshe was part of the second-generation ... More |
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 Graphic Turn. Like the Ivy on the Wall, new exhibition focuses on graphic art initiatives in Latin America and beyondMADRID.- At the beginning of the last decade, Museo Reina SofÃa initiated a process of collaboration with the Red Conceptualismos del Sur (RedCSur) -Southern Conceptualisms Network-, an international research platform that tries to "act in the field of epistemological, artistic and political disputes of the present", from what they describe as a "plural South-South positioning. That collaboration gave rise to the exhibition, Losing the Human Form. A Seismic Image of the 1980s in Latin America, held at the museum from October 26, 2012 to March 11, 2013, and which generated an extensive program of formative activities and editorial projects. Graphic Turn. Like the Ivy on the Wall constitutes ... More  Solo photography exhibition by Charlotte Abramow on view at Maison Guerlain ParisPARIS.- In line with its commitment to biodiversity, the protection of bees and female empowerment, the exhibition, Piquées, documents precious moments of exchange, collaboration, and complicity shared by seven women when they took part in the first iteration of the Women for Bees entrepreneurship program. With the current honeybee mortality rate standing at 30% annually, the global female beekeeping entrepreneurship program is designed to train new beekeepers and establish beekeeping operations in UNESCO biosphere reserves. The objective of the program is to replace bee stocks around the world in a bid to preserve our planets biodiversity. Delicate embroidery perforates Abramows photographs, referencing the meticulous work of the bees and their fragility. The thread also materializes the invisible yet palpable ... More  The Design Museum presents the first major exhibition on the design of the world's most popular sport, footballLONDON.- The Design Museums exhibition Football: Designing the Beautiful Game is showcasing the ways in which design has shaped the worlds most popular sport. Take a journey through more than 500 objects, films and interviews in sporting performance, kit development, stadium design and more. Become immersed in defining moments from football history, with star objects telling the stories of club legacies and game legends including Pelé, Lionel Messi, George Best and Diego Maradona and more. Featuring the master-planning of the worlds most significant football stadiums to the innovative materials used in todays boots, the graphic design of team badges and the grassroots initiatives pushing ... More  GAZELL.iO opens the inaugural solo show by its represented artist Brendan DawesLONDON.- GAZELL.iO is presenting the inaugural solo show by its represented artist Brendan Dawes. The exhibition, Moments Spent with Others, explores the beauty behind moments that may initially seem insignificant and how the concept of time and space is connected to the captivating feeling of interacting with others. His second time exhibiting with the gallery, Moments Spent with Others, is an invitation to Dawes personal stories wrapped in digital visualisations. Over the recent pandemic period, as human interaction became scarce and precious, we grew accustomed to detaching ourselves from other people. Dawes embraces these moments by recreating them into datasets, algorithms, and data visualisations by incorporating memories that are personal to the artist but are also universally enjoyed. One ... More  Bonhams to offer property from the archive of legendary DJ and broadcaster Jon PeelLONDON.- A pioneering DJ, broadcaster, producer, and journalist, John Peel (1939 - 2004) arguably did more for modern music than any single broadcaster. He helped launch the careers of countless musicians, including: The Sex Pistols, Joy Division, Nirvana, The Undertones, The Fall, Pink Floyd, T-Rex, David Bowie, The Cure, The Clash, The Damned, and Queen. Creator of the famous Peel Sessions on Radio 1, his legacy was marked with a stage named in his honour at Glastonbury Festival The John Peel Stage a tribute to the late and great DJ, commemorating his influence on new music culture. Now highlights from his personal archive, featuring radio-played test pressings from landmark musicians, rare records, personal correspondence, and memorabilia, will be offered at auction for the first time ever, at Bonhams Knightsbridge. ... More  Rare royal records made public ahead of Jubilee LONDON.- This year, Her Majesty The Queen has become the first British monarch to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee after 70 years on the throne. To mark this momentous occasion, The National Archives is digitising records from their collections about Her Majestys life, coronation and reign as well as revealing interesting and intriguing tales. One such document being made available digitally is the coronation oath with the Queens signature an iconic document that is very rarely seen. Along with a fantastic new film about Her Majestys reign, the Royalty on Record portal also features new blogs including some about the tumultuous history of the royals. One blog will look at the investiture of the Prince of Wales while another will explore the Cabinet Papers and records of the Ministry of Works to explore the first coronation ceremony ... More  Original Shepard Fairey 'HOPE' from Obama's presidential run sells for record-setting $735,000 DALLAS, TX.- Shepard Faireys iconic HOPE collage realized a new record Thursday at Heritage Auctions when one of three original works made for Barack Obamas 2008 presidential campaign sold for $735,000. Of the innumerable iterations of Faireys once-inescapable posters made to support Obamas first presidential run, there are but three original large-scale, mixed-media stenciled collages made by the artist. One is in a private collection. Another resides in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institutions National Portrait Gallery. And the third, from the assemblage of a major American Art collector, now has a new home after it set an auction record in Heritages Modern & Contemporary Art Signature® Auction, which realized a total of $2,977,438, surpassing the sales pre-auction estimate. We were honored ... More  Dancing to 'Billie Jean' led him to 'MJ.' Now he's a Tony contender.NEW YORK, NY.- Myles Frost was a college junior in Maryland, studying audio engineering, when he got the call that would change his life. Five years earlier, he had performed Billie Jean at a high school talent show, and his mom had filmed the performance on her iPad. Now an embryonic Broadway musical about Michael Jackson had lost its star, and Frosts new acting coach, who had stumbled across the video on YouTube, wanted to know: Could the 21-year-old still sing and dance like the King of Pop? The truth was, Frost hadnt revisited the material since he was 16. His only stage experience was in a trio of high school musicals. But hed wanted to be a star since he was a little boy, and hes not a believer in self-doubt. Why say I cant? he thought. Maybe I can. Frost pleaded for a day to prepare, and then he taped ... More  Artist world records for Martin Wong, Kenny Scharf, and Felrath Hines at BonhamsNEW YORK, NY.- A masterpiece by Martin Wong (1946-1999) achieved the artists world record at $1,260,375 at Bonhams Post-War & Contemporary sale on Thursday May 19. The large-scale painting, Quong Yuen Shing & Co., is a superlative example of the artists practice, which depicts the storefront of the longest continuously operating business in New Yorks Chinatown first opening in 1891. Wong was a visionary artist of the late 20th Century who captured urban life in downtown New York and in recent years has gained huge market success and institutional recognition. Wong was among the 80s art scene with artists like Warhol and Scharf, and it is due time for his career to be recognized in the market," commented Andrew Huber, Senior Specialist and Head of Sale for Post-War & Contemporary Art at Bonhams ... More  Christie's announces a special curated exhibition exploring the relationship between art and literatureLONDON.- Christies announces The Art of Literature, part of London Now, an exhibition showcasing a selection of artistic masterpieces inspired by literature through the ages. From depictions of scenes from Virgils Aeneid by the Old Masters, to the collaboration between artist Peter Doig and Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott, the connection between the visual and literary arts has given birth to extraordinary objects and texts. Artists and novelists, craftsmen and authors, painters and poets, have long referred to each others work for inspiration, creating a rich and venerable tradition which continues to this day. Curated by the next generation of Christies specialists, co-curators of The Art of Literature, Victoria Gramm (Specialist, Post-War and Contemporary Art); Mark Wiltshire (Specialist, Books and Manuscripts) and Annabelle ... More  Christie's presents 'Six Rings - Legacy of the GOAT'NEW YORK, NY.- Christies, in partnership with Sports Authority Authentication Services (SAAS), presents Six Rings Legacy of the GOAT, an online-only sale dedicated to the legacy of Michael Jordan, open from 1-14 June. All six lots will be exhibited at Christies Rockefeller Center galleries from 3-8 June. The auction presents six rare objects that tie to memorable and significant moments throughout six-time NBA champion Michael Jordans career. With every victory, be it a single shot, game, or championship win, the memory lives on in the physical objects that assisted these defining moments of sports history. Among the highlights is a pair of Michael Jordan game-worn and dual-signed Player Exclusive Air Jordan Low XIII sneakers (estimate: $500,000-750,000). Jordan wore these photo-matched and dual- ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, English sculptor Barbara Hepworth died May 20, 1975. Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth DBE (10 January 1903 - 20 May 1975) was an English artist and sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture. She was one of the few female artists of her generation to achieve international prominence. In this image:Barbara Hepworth, Photo-collage with Two Segments at Richard Neutraâs Silver Lake house in Los Angeles 1938 © The Hepworth Estate.
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