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The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Jeenah Moon/The New York Times.
by Zachary Small
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Many anticipated some fallout for the Whitney Museum of American Art when a veteran board member, Warren B. Kanders, felt compelled to resign last year after protesters targeted him in regular demonstrations at the museum. But few probably expected the turn the case has taken: A lawyer, once the Justice Departments chief Nazi-hunter, has filed a complaint seeking to remove the museums tax-exempt status. In his filing to the Internal Revenue Service earlier this month, the former federal official, Neal Sher, now in private practice, argues that the museum mishandled the protests that ended with the resignation of Kanders, the board vice chairman, and that museum officials pressured him to leave. In his letter to the agency, Sher accused museum officials of engaging in a smear campaign against Kanders. The demonstrators, led by the activist group Decolonize This Place, had argued that Kanders was not fit to serve as a trustee because his company, the Safariland Gr ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Cerith Wyn Evans " ...the Illuminating Gas", exhibition view at Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, 2019. Courtesy of the artist and Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan. Photo: Agostino Osio.
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 | | Louis Delsarte, American muralist, painted the Black experience to convey universal themes | | Italian woman wins $1.1 million Picasso in charity draw | | The National Gallery acquires three significant 18th-century pictures | 
Louis Delsarte. Susan Ross, photographer.
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Louis Delsarte, a noted artist who celebrated African American history and culture through dreamlike paintings, drawings, prints and, above all, large-scale public murals, died on May 2 in Atlanta. He was 75. His wife, Jae Delsarte, confirmed the death, saying he had had a heart condition. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Delsarte created monumental murals throughout New York City. Among his best-known pieces is a 20-foot-long mosaic, Transitions, installed in 2001 inside the Church Avenue subway station in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn. Made of bright shards of glass, Transitions depicts sidewalk strollers, churchgoers and costumed men and women celebrating the West Indian American Day Parade in uplifting scenes of black life rendered in stunning color. Whenever I see Louis work, I see a bunch of black people looking good, from anywhere and everywhere in the diaspora, said Arturo Lindsay, an artist and professor emeritus of art a ... More | | 
The winner of Wednesday's draw at Christie's auction house in Paris was named as Claudia Borgogno, who was gifted the winning ticket.
PARIS (AFP).- An Italian woman has won a Picasso painting worth more than $1 million in a charity raffle to raise money for village water projects in Africa. The winner of Wednesday's draw at Christie's auction house in Paris was named as Claudia Borgogno, who was gifted the winning ticket. Her prize is Picasso's 1921 oil painting "Nature Morte" (Still Life), which is signed and dated by the artist. The Spanish master's geometric composition representing a piece of newspaper and a glass of absinthe had been valued at one million euros ($1.1 million). The "1 Picasso for 100 euros" project organised by French charity Aider les Autres (Help the Others) aims to raise funds for various humanitarian projects. This year's draw, the second with a Picasso prize, was to raise funds for the poverty-fighting agency CARE to finance projects improving access to water for 200,000 villagers in Morocco, Cameroon and Madagascar. ... More | | 
Thomas Lawrence, Portrait of the Hon. Peniston Lamb, about 1790. Oil on canvas, 76.2 à 63.5 cm © Christies, London, 2019.
LONDON.- The National Gallery today announced the acquisition of three significant works: Jean-Etienne Liotards The Lavergne Family Breakfast (1754); Thomas Gainsboroughs Portrait of Margaret Gainsborough holding a Theorbo (about 1777) and Sir Thomas Lawrences Portrait of the Hon. Peniston Lamb (about 1790). They will each have a dedicated artwork page on the National Gallerys website which will go live from today. All have been received by the nation from the estate of George Pinto under the Acceptance in Lieu scheme. An art lover and collector, George Pinto (19292018) was a patron of the National Gallery and a trustee of the Wallace Collection. He kept a select collection of paintings he had inherited at his homes in Kent and Knightsbridge and particularly admired the work of Liotard. His colleagues at the merchant bank Kleinwort Benson, where he was a director for many years, described ... More |
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| | Dorotheum opens its season for live auctions | | David Kordansky Gallery opens an online solo exhibition of recent Parabolic Lens sculptures by Fred Eversley | | Deeply personal collection of works by some of the greatest artists of the 20th century to be offered at Sotheby's | 
Massimo Stanzione (Orta di Atella circa 1585 circa 1656 Naples), Lot and his daughters, signed with an entwined monogram lower right: EQ. MAX./NE
, oil on canvas, 166.5 x 130.5 cm, estimate 200,000 - 300,000.
VIENNA.- The month of June will encompass the two major spring auction weeks at Dorotheum, which were postponed from April and May. They will feature Ribera, Brueghel, and Eugen von Blaas as well as Egon Schiele, Tamara de Lempicka, Hans Hartung and A. R. Penck. The two auction weeks will take place from 4 to 10 June 2020 and from 23 to 26 June 2020. The Classic Week will get things underway with Old Masters, 19th century paintings, antiques and jewellery, while the Contemporary Week at the end of June will feature works of modern art and contemporary art as well as wristwatches and pocket watches. All these auctions are now planned to take place as live auctions, in compliance with all the safety measures in force at the time in question. Bids can be placed ... More | | 
Fred Eversley, Untitled (parabolic lens), (1969) 2019. 3-color, 3-layer cast polyester 19 3/4 x 19 3/4 x 6 1/8 inches. Photo: Lee Thompson. Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES.- David Kordansky Gallery presents Chromospheres II, an online solo exhibition of recent Parabolic Lens sculptures by Fred Eversley. Each phenomenal multicolor, multilayer sculpture is among the last and most complex works Eversley cast in his storied Venice Beach studio. The show is now live and will remain on view until Wednesday, June 17, 2020. A key figure in the Light and Space movement and one of the most representative artists based in Los Angeles during the postwar period, Fred Eversley has dedicated a significant portion of his five-decade-plus career to the development of the Parabolic Lenses that are his signal achievement. These objects also constitute one of the most sustained and iconic bodies of work in American minimalism and are ravishing visual conundrums whose subjects are ... More | | 
Camille Pissarro, Femme dans le potager, est. £15,000 20,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.
LONDON.- The passion for collecting often knows no bounds. In the case of Czech-born Albin Schram (1926-2005), that passion was not only boundless, but also intensely personal. From small ink musings to studies for major works of art, the wonderful array of sketches assembled by Schram was borne out of a fascination with the lesser known personalities of historic greats. Together, they reveal the private sides to some of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, including Edgar Degas, Paul Klee, Emil Nolde, Félix Vallotton, James Ensor, Camille Pissarro, Lyonel Feininger, Alfred Kubin and countless others. Some forty works from his extraordinary collection will be offered by Sothebys later this month, in an online sale entitled The Artists Sketchbook: Where Inspiration Finds Form. Bidding will be open from 22 May until 4 June. Schram began collecting in the 1960s, following several eventful decades during ... More |
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| | High-octane petroliana sets the pace at Morphy's $1.2M Gas & Oil auction, May 13-14 | | PDNB announces the death of Bank Langmore | | Artists Leah Guadagnoli and Kenichi Hoshine join contemporary program at Hollis Taggart | 
A circa-1940s porcelain sign advertising Harbor Petroleum Products, Long Beach, California, with Boeing 314 Clipper airplane graphic, 8.9+ condition, 39 x 35 in. Sold for $44,000.
DENVER, PA.- It pays to advertise, but investing in rare oil and gas company advertising signage pays even better. Thats the conclusion that can be drawn from Morphy Auctions May 13-14 Automobilia & Petroliana sale, which garnered excellent prices across the board and totaled $1.2 million 20% more than the overall low estimate. Market prices are stronger than ever, and interest in antique and vintage gas and oil memorabilia remains very strong, said Dan Morphy, founder and president of Morphy Auctions. Our team went above and beyond in this challenging time to accommodate all customers bidding needs with absentee and phone bidding, and more importantly, online bidding through Morphy Live, where we debuted live streaming, which proved to be a huge hit with our customers. A spectacular array of 530 premium-quality signs brought color and eye appeal to the 802-lot specialty auction, which fea ... More | | 
Bank Langmore at the Witte Museum Opening of The Cowboy, 1980, courtesy of John Langmore and PDNB Gallery.
DALLAS, TX.- The wild ride that made up the life and times of renowned photographer Bank Langmore (Wilfred Bankart Langmore III), came to an end May 10th, 2020 (unrelated to Covid-19). Bank left with his daughter, Marie, and his son, John, by his side. He was no doubt immediately greeted by the only woman he ever loved, his former wife, Dorothy, and his son, Will. Born in New York on April 6th 1935, Bank was raised in a family with a legacy of adventure, and he carried on the tradition. His mother, Elinor Livingston Wetmore, was a direct descendent of Robert Livingston who was a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence and who also administered the Oath of Office to George Washington when he assumed the presidency in 1789. Banks grandfather, Robert C. Wetmore, planted the seed of adventure that Bank nurtured for much of his life. In 1898 Robert Wetmore ran a large cattle ranch in Costa Rica and while returning ... More | | 
Leah Guadagnoli, Emerge from the Blush, 2019, 55.75 x 36 x 3 inches , acrylic, canvas, pumice stone, insulation board, upholstery foam, and aluminum panel. Courtesy the artist and Hollis Taggart.
NEW YORK, NY.- Hollis Taggart announces its representation of artists Leah Guadagnoli and Kenichi Hoshine, both of whom have been featured in recent presentations at the gallery. Guadagnoli was included in the gallerys group show Breaking the Frame in the fall of 2019 as well as in its first presentation at Untitled Miami that same year, while Hoshine was the subject of a solo exhibition, titled The Magician and The Thief, at the gallery in the winter of 2020. Both artists have also participated in Hollis Taggarts popular Instagram LIVE series, Taggart Time, which is hosted weekly by the gallerys Director of Contemporary Art Paul Efstathiou. The announcement also comes as the gallery is poised to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the formal launch of its contemporary program, which has grown to include the representation of a wide range of artists, including William Buchina, Hollis Heichemer, André Hemer, ... More |
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| | Paul Britton elected Chair and Bob Rennie elected President of Tate Americas Foundation | | Historic and rare 1823/2 quarter worth six figures headed to auction | | Galerie Lelong & Co., New York to represent Juan Uslé | 
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NEW YORK, NY.- The Tate Americas Foundation Board of Trustees today announced that from 5 May 2020 Paul Britton has been elected Chair and Bob Rennie will be President of the Board. Paul Britton succeeds Pamela Joyner who has been Chair of the Board since 2017. Maria Balshaw, Director of Tate said, We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Paul Britton and Bob Rennie to further our vision to be an artistically adventurous and culturally inclusive, global art institution. Their demonstrated interest in the arts combined with impressive records of business achievement, and a long-term commitment to Tate Americas Foundation, make them outstanding choices for these roles. I would like to thank Pamela Joyner for her tireless leadership since 2017, not least for creating a new business model ... More | | 
Eare 1823/2 Capped Bust quarter worth $100,000.
SANTA ANA, CA.- Stacks Bowers Galleries, the numismatic auction powerhouse, will be featuring an extremely rare 1823/2 Capped Bust quarter worth $100,000 at its June 2020 Santa Ana auction. Few American rarities have been so carefully documented and studied for provenance as the 1823/2 Capped Bust quarters. In fact, it is posited that the four rarest U.S. silver coins are the 1802 half dime, the quarters of 1823 (all of which are 1823/2) and 1827, and the 1804 dollar, helping to contextualize the truly elusive nature of this issue. The reason for the 1823/2 date is because the mint used an 1822 die and simply superimposed a 3 over the 2 in the fourth position. If you look closely, you can still see the 2 beneath the 3. While the Smithsonian and the Durham Western Heritage Museum in Omaha both own well-worn specimens, this particular example is believed to be the fourth finest example of all surviving 1823/2 ... More | | 
Juan Uslé. Photograph: Victoria Civera. Courtesy the artist.
NEW YORK, NY.- Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, now represents Juan Uslé (b. 1954). Represented by the Paris location of the gallery since 2011, Uslés relationship with the gallery will now extend to New York. A selection of the artists recent paintings and works on paper will be presented in the gallerys online Viewing Room through June 18, 2020. In a four-decade career between Saro, Spain, and New York City, Uslé has worked primarily in painting and photography. His vivid paintings and works on paper are characterized by their entrancing rhythmic patterns. Often associated with the reemergence of abstract painting in the late 1980s and early 90s, Uslés work is widely recognized for gestural brushstrokes that are systematically applied to canvas while guided by the artists own heartbeat. The sequential rhythm resulting from this performative act generates ... More |
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 René Buch, a force in Spanish-language repertory theater, dies at 94NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- René Buch, a co-founder and the artistic director of Repertorio Español, a repertory theater in Manhattan devoted to presenting Spanish-language works in a city that was increasingly Spanish-speaking, died April 19 at his home in Manhattan. He was 94. Robert Federico, the theaters executive producer, said the cause was respiratory failure. Since 1968, Repertorio Español has reimagined Spanish classics and offered contemporary work by Latin and Latin American playwrights, always in Spanish, performed repertory-style a rare phenomenon in this country. Maintaining a repertory theater, with a nearly permanent corps of actors performing a different work every night and at matinees, is a financial and artistic challenge. But Buch was always passionate about the form. And he liked to say that the playwrights ... More The Cleveland Museum of Art launches "ArtLens for Slack"CLEVELAND, OH.- The Cleveland Museum of Art announced that it has launched ArtLens for Slack, the first virtual art exhibition app designed specifically for remote workplaces. The free Slack app connects teams to the museums renowned collection and allows them to curate an exhibition unique to their company while enriching their workspace with art and culture. ArtLens for Slack provides opportunities for recharging, exploration and discussion of works of art, and offers teams a creative moment to reset. The app unites teams through brief but significant moments of companionship, humor and serendipity woven into the workday. The Cleveland Museum of Art is a leader in the use of technology to enhance the understanding and appreciation of its extraordinary collection, said William M. Griswold, director of the Cleveland Museum of Art. While ... More Pinnacle models of world's elite watchmakers come together in Heritage Timepieces AuctionDALLAS, TX.- Theyre the most elite and desired names in watchmaking: Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe, Richard Mille, Rolex and Louis Vuitton. And some of their most prized and hardest-to-find models will be offered in Heritage Auctions Timepieces Auction June 9. "This auction has an extraordinary selection of some of the pinnacle models of some of the finest watchmakers in the world," Heritage Auctions Watches & Fine Timepieces Director Jim Wolf said. This event brings together many of the pinnacle models in each brand, watches with nearly every timekeeping complication that a serious collector would want in a selection of the best timepieces. The sale includes 21 Audemars Piguet lots, 20 of which are timepieces and one of which is a set of cufflinks. The Swiss watch manufacturer has a longstanding relationship with Michael Schumacher, ... More Camden Art Centre announces the launch of new podcast Camden Art AudioLONDON.- Camden Art Centre announces the launch of a new strand of podcast programming, Camden Art Audio, which will expand on ideas and themes developed in the gallerys exhibition programme. Martin Clark, Director of Camden Art Centre, says: I'm excited to dip our toes into the world of audio and launch our brand-new podcast programme Camden Art Audio, which will explore some of the big ideas emerging from our current programme as well as the world more broadly. Camden Art Audio will launch with a four-part series expanding on The Botanical Mind Online. The series will draw on some of the leading voices in the fields of science, anthropology, music, art and philosophy; the project will form an expanding archive, discussing ideas of plant sentience, indigenous cosmologies, radical botany, Gaia theory, quantum biology, and ... More El Perro del Mar creates music inspired by Moderna Museet's collectionSTOCKHOLM.- In empty rooms with only the art keeping her company, El Perro del Mar has created music inspired by Moderna Museets collection. The resulting work FREE LAND will be broadcast live from the museum on May 26. It is music that has emerged during the solitude of the spring with Corona, but which is firmly rooted in the universal unity of art. What does music that has been created from a museum collection of modern art sound like? On Mondays, when Moderna Museet is usually closed to visitors, Sarah Assbring - who in a music context is known by her alias El Perro del Mar - was to come to the museum on the island of Skeppsholmen in Stockholm to meet the art alone. The plan was for her to sit down somewhere in the collection and see where her inspiration took her. Sarah Assbring managed to visit Moderna Museet a few times ... More Kunstmuseum Den Haag to reopen 1 June THE HAGUE.- Kunstmuseum Den Haag will be open to the public again from Monday 1 June. Ahead of the reopening the museum is working hard behind the scenes to ensure that it will be able to comply with the social distancing rules of the 1.5-metre society. Visitors to the museum will for example be able to choose from two routes which, despite being one-way, will preserve the feeling of wandering through the building as Berlage intended. Halfway through there will be an opportunity to rest and reflect on the art in the Garden Gallery, and perhaps enjoy some refreshments. The 'Mondrian route' will feature pioneers and adventurers, and encompasses four exhibitions: A.R. Penck - How It Works, Navid Nuur - I Am Because of You, Mondrian & De Stijl and Lucassen. The 'Berlage route will showcase the pride of Kunstmuseum Den Haag and ... More Carnegie Museum of Art launches new online exhibition series PITTSBURGH, PA.- For the first time in its history, Carnegie Museum of Art launches a new, online exhibition series dedicated to the museum's film and video collection. This extension of the museum's curatorial program into the digital sphere offers a new channel for local and global audiences to experience time-based works previously only accessible in person. With this initiative, CMOA is revolutionizing how visitors can engage with its significant holdings at a time when most cultural institutions are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. "We are all looking for opportunities to be inspired and find solace and comfort during this challenging time," says Eric Crosby, the museum's Henry J. Heinz II Director. "In order to serve our visitors in new ways that are meaningful to them, we must fundamentally rethink the traditional museum experience. Regardless ... More Artists Heather Hart and Virginia Overton join Storm King's Board of TrusteesMOUNTAINVILLE, NY.- Storm King Art Center announced today the appointment of artists Heather Hart and Virginia Overton to its Board of Trustees. Both artists have presented projects as part of Storm Kings Outlooks exhibition series, which invites one emerging or mid-career artist to engage with the Art Centers landscape and history and create a new, site-specific work installed on-site for a single season. The Museums Chair Roberta Denning made the announcement, saying, It gives me great pleasure to welcome Heather and Virginia to Storm King Art Centers Board. Having artists voices on the board is critical to our efforts to ensure our board is representative of the community with whom we work and serve. I look forward to working with them and learning from the unique perspectives they will each bring to our discussions and decision- ... More Art to wear: Christie's to offer jewellery by artists selected by Didier LtdLONDON.- Christies presents an online selling exhibition of jewellery, miniature artistic expressions by leading 20th century artists. Art to Wear is a partnership with Didier Ltd, a London-based gallery that specialises in twentieth-century artist-designed jewellery. Producing pieces to adorn the body of the wearer, artists including Salvador DalÃ, Claude Lalanne, Georges Braque, and Alexander Calder found the medium provided a means to free their imagination, crafting portable artworks that are as functional as they are expressive. The exhibition will explore the creative process with photographs, sketches and texts giving viewers insight into this unique aspect of the artists oeuvre. The 17 objects presented transcend eras and channel art, innovation and technique to create luxurious and bespoke expressions suitable for daily wear. The exhibition will underline ... More Abell Auction Co. hosts important online-only jewelry saleLOS ANGELES, CA.- Celebrating its 104th year, Abell Auction Co. will hold an important jewelry sale on Sunday, June 14, beginning at 10 a.m. PDT. Featuring exquisite gold, platinum and large diamond jewelry by iconic designers, the online-only auction will be headlined by a 3.10 fancy natural grey-blue diamond flanked by two fancy natural pink diamonds (est. $225,000-275,000). All diamonds larger than 1.00 carat will be accompanied by a GIA Diamond Grading Report. Abell is offering a fabulous collection of high-value diamond jewelry that promises to attract both new and seasoned connoisseurs of fine estate items, said Abell CEO Don Schireson. We have temporarily transitioned to an online-only platform due to the coronavirus pandemic, and look forward to reopening the gallery when government guidelines allow. Our clients will ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Belgian author and illustrator Hergé was born May 22, 1907. Georges Prosper Remi (22 May 1907 - 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian cartoonist. He is best known for creating The Adventures of Tintin, the series of comic albums which are considered one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. In this image: Georges Remi aka Hergé, Le Lotus Bleu, 1936, vendu 1,1 M€ / 1,25 M$ / 9,6 MHK$ (estimate : 1 000 000 - 1 500 000 € / 8 600 000 - 13 000 000 H$K) © Hergé/Moulinsart 2015.
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