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Frieze Masters 2018. Photo by Mark Blower. Courtesy: Frieze/Mark Blower.
by James Pheby
LONDON (AFP).- The art world descended on London this week for the Frieze Art Fair, with over 160 top international galleries making their pitch to dealers, artists and assorted eccentrics. Alongside the US and European powerhouses are scores of galleries from outside the traditional hubs of the industry, flexing their increasing muscle on the world stage. "The presence of non-western art is very strongly felt across the fair," Shanay Jhaveri, a curator at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, told AFP on Thursday. "There is a gradual shift that is taking place, there is growing integration of non-western work." The event at Regent's Park in London comprises the main Frieze, which focuses on contemporary works, Frieze Masters, which showcases more traditional art, and Frieze Sculpture -- with over 1,000 artists on display in total. The event attracts dealers looking for the ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Syrians view artefacts recovered by the government from archaelogical sites affected by fighting across the country, on display at an exhibition titled "Syria's Recovered Treasures" at the Damascus Opera House in the capital on October 3, 2018. The exhibition showcases about 500 pieces of antique ceramic pots, bronze statues, jewelry, and coins dating back to various periods. LOUAI BESHARA / AFP
| Joan Mitchell realizes $1.2 million, setting auction record for a work on paper by the artist | | Exhibition at the Holburne Museum explores Thomas Gainsborough and the theatre | | The tricky process of returning Nazi-looted art | 
Untitled (Pastel), 1991, sold for $1,212,500, the highest price realized for a work on paper by the artist ever sold at auction.
CHICAGO, IL.- Leslie Hindman Auctioneers October 2 Post War and Contemporary Art auction featured Untitled (Pastel), 1991, by Joan Mitchell, the largest and only double sheet drawing from her last important body of work. Selling for $1,212,500, the drawing set a global record for the artist, being the highest price realized for a work on paper by Joan Mitchell ever sold at auction. Untitled (Pastel), 1991, has been in possession of a single owner since 1995, when it was purchased from Robert Miller Gallery in New York. Bidding on the work took place in Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Chicago saleroom, online and over the phone. With over ten phone bidders competing for the drawing, it eventually sold to New York art dealer and consultant Anthony Grant. Strong phone bidding caused the Mitchell to surpass presale expectations, selling for over double its presale estimate of $400,000 - $600,000. ... More | | 
Thomas Gainsborough, Thomas Linley the elder, c. 1770, oil on canvas, 76.5 x 63.5, DPG140. By Permission of Dulwich Picture Gallery, London.
BATH.- For theatre lovers, portraiture aficionados and fans of 18th century history, the Holburne Museums new exhibition, Gainsborough and the Theatre (5 October 2018 to 20 January 2019) is essential viewing. Bringing together some of Gainsboroughs finest portraits of leading actors, managers, musicians, playwrights, designers, dancers and critics of the 1760s-80s, this exhibition explores themes of celebrity, naturalism, performance and friendship. Gainsborough and the Theatre includes 37 objects, including 15 oil portraits by Gainsborough, works on paper (including satires, views of theatres and playbills) and ephemera from public and private collections across the UK. Following the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, theatre became an increasingly popular pastime, with existing playhouses enlarged and others newly commissioned throughout London ... More | | 
A French appeals court ruled Tuesday that a painting by impressionist master Camille Pissarro must be returned to the family from which it was stolen.
PARIS.- The Nazis stole thousands of artworks from Jewish families during World War II and their restitution has been a slow process, involving legal battles, complex searches and some stunning finds. After a French appeals court ruled Tuesday that a painting by impressionist master Camille Pissarro must be returned to the family from which it was stolen, here is some background. The art plundered by the Nazi regime was intended to be resold, given to senior officials or displayed in the Fuehrermuseum (Leader's Museum) that Adolf Hitler planned for his hometown of Linz but was never built. Just before the end of the war, the United States dispatched to Europe teams of experts -- museum directors, curators and educators -- to find, protect and rescue cultural treasures. Known as the Monuments Men, they were honoured in a 2014 George Clooney film of the same name. Their efforts enabl ... More |
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| Rare original Star Wars concept art unseen for 35 years may bring $100,000 at Heritage Auctions | | Indianapolis Museum of Art opens exhibition of works by photographer George Platt Lynes | | Hannah Perry presents a new body of work at Somerset House | 
Ralph Angus McQuarrie (American, 1929-2012), Y-Wing Fighters in the Rebel Hangar, Star Wars movie concept art, 1976 (detail). Gouache on board, 8 x 16 in. (sight). Signed lower left.
DALLAS, TX.- A painting of rebels preparing a hanger of Y-Wing Fighters for a battle against Darth Vaders empire a rare piece of Star Wars movie concept art created by artist Ralph McQuarrie to help George Lucas create his space opera may sell for $100,000 at auction Oct. 12. The auction marks the first time the original 1976 painting will be seen by the public in 35 years. Titled Y-Wing Fighters in the Rebel Hangar, the gouache on board is one of just a handful of original paintings and drawings McQuarrie and fellow artist Colin Cantwell produced in 1976, as Lucas perfected his idea of good vs. bad set against space as a battlefield. "Ralphs contribution to the Star Wars world is incalculable, Lucas once stated, identifying McQuarries art as instrumental in securing 20th Century Foxs financial support for the first film. "McQuarries early ... More | | 
George Platt Lynes (American, 19071955), Tamara Toumanova, 1941, gelatin silver print, 10-1/4 Ã12-1/2 in. From the Collections of the Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. © Estate of George Platt Lynes.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- Explore the artistic legacy of renowned American photographer George Platt Lynes through this exhibition of photographs from the collection of the Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. Sensual/Sexual/Social: The Photography of George Platt Lynes runs from September 30 through February 24, 2019 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. Lynes visionary work catapulted him to notoriety as a New York-based commercial fashion and ballet photographer, but he drifted from the spotlight when it was revealed that he also photographed male nudes. Lynes also turned his lens on his social circle, many of the artistic and literary minds of the mid20th century, who accepted him as a gay man during a period of harsh anti-LGBT oppression in America. This timely exhibition explores the life ... More | | 
Hannah Perry © Thierry Bal.
LONDON.- This Autumn, Somerset House showcases a new body of work by British artist and Somerset House Studios resident Hannah Perry, in her first major UK solo exhibition since 2015. GUSH presents a captivating and poignant exhibition featuring large-scale dynamic sculpture, sound and film, in a candid and personal exploration of mental and emotional health in our contemporary, hyper-networked society. Central to the exhibition is an immersive film, created using a custom rigged 360° camera built by Perry, that surrounds viewers with the contorted, continuously shifting movement of bodies. The film is narrated with fragmented spoken word that ebbs and flows with the images, summoning the highs and lows of both the everyday and life changing events, including the impact trauma and grief can have on our physical and mental state. In an intensely personal yet universal exploration of the experience of loss, the installation ... More |
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| Los Angeles Modern Auctions sets new world auction records by Corse, Ruscha, Feuerman, and Warhol | | Swann Galleries to offer full deluxe Curtis set at $1-1.5 million | | DORF opens Figures: A female-centric exploration on identity, memory and trauma | 
Carole Feuerman, Bibi on the Ball, Realized $118,750.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Los Angeles Modern Auctions announced the results from the September 30, 2018 auction of Modern Art and Design. Along with several new world auction records for Mary Corse, Ed Ruscha, Carole Feuerman, and Andy Warhol, LAMA achieved the highest sale total in company history with $5.17 million in sales achieving 125% over the low estimate. The top lot in the auction was a recently rediscovered masterpiece by Brazilian artist Sergio Camargo that brought a total of $1,165,000, including buyers premium. The painting Untitled (Relief No. 261), was sold on behalf of a Los Angeles collector who owned it for 48 years and was purchased at the auction by a Los Angeles collector, showing that the local market is both a rich area for sourcing material as well as a leading marketplace for selling exceptional works. The result is now the third highest price for a single work sold at LAMA. Several iconic prints, drawings, and collages by A ... More | | 
Edward S. Curtis, The North American Indian, complete with 20 volumes & 20 folios, set #11, volume one signed, 1907-30. Estimate $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- On Thursday, October 18, Swann Galleries will offer the auction Artists & Amateurs: Photographs & Photobooks. A million-dollar lot leads the wide-ranging and high-value sale, which features historical and contemporary fine art photographers alongside standout vernacular material. The sale is led by Edward S. Curtiss The North American Indian. Complete with 20 text volumes, in original deluxe Levant binding, and corresponding portfolios, this set, #11, was among those reserved for J.P. Morgan, who later gifted it to the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. It is one of the earliest editions of Curtiss magnum opus to be offered at public auction. Curtis traveled extensively throughout the continental U.S. and Alaska and lived among Native peoples, which allowed him special access to document rituals ... More | | 
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AUSTIN, TX.- DORF announces Figures, an exhibition of new and existing works by Gabo Martini, Barbara Miñarro, Teruko Nimura, and Maja Ruznic, four artists who address memory, identity, history and transgenerational trauma. Memory is complicated and powerful; it helps, haunts, and hinders us. Since as early as the 1800s, psychologists have studied intergenerational transmission, examining trauma as it relates to the handing down of neurotic traits from parent to child. Through sculpture, installation, and painting, these women reveal their personal and collective memory as first and secondgeneration immigrants and explore how their family histories are ingrained in their identities and psyches. Gabo Martini presents a selection of large vessels adorned with hand carved poetry addressing trauma and shedding light on truth. Barbara Miñarro creates a site-specific installation utilizing the tactile memory of clothing, earth, and ... More |
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| Group exhibition critiques gender hierarchies and social structures | | Freeman's announces results from its Books, Maps & Manuscripts auction | | Focus Stand Prize awarded to blank (Cape Town) selected at Frieze London by international jury | 
Beatrice Dreux, Flowers for Medea 2, 2015. Oil, spray, glitter on canvas, 70.9 x 57.5 inches (180 x 146 cm). Courtesy Smolka Contemporary.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Austrian Cultural Forum New York is presenting Women.Now., a group exhibition showcasing contemporary female artists based in Austria and the United States, curated by Sabine Fellner. This transmedial show unites artists from different generations, commenting on womens role in society and the arts. The exhibition pays homage to two major anniversaries. 2018 marks the hundredth anniversary of womens suffrage in Austria. This movement allowed women to formally participate in political practices. Second, it remembers 1968, a year in which social norms defined by patriarchal structures were put under radical scrutiny as the feminist avant-garde was formed. In Women.Now., curator Sabine Fellner sheds light on the legacies of these monumental time periods and how they impact current artistic discourse . The contemporary art scene is still struggles with gender disparities, ... More | | 
A first edition of Winnie-The-Pooh by A.A. Milne, signed by both the author as well as Ernest H. Shepard, the illustrator behind the darling characters in the Hundred Acre Wood, sold for $9,375, more than doubling its high estimate.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Freemans September 27 Books, Maps & Manuscripts auction, brought close to 500 lots of rare and important books, historical documents, prints, maps, and related ephemera to buyers and collectors. The sale, which was the first under new Department Head Darren Winston, totaled $342,550, with 80% of the lots sold, and 100% by value. The days highlights included Lot 291, a first English edition of Common Sense by Thomas Paine, bound with his Plain Truth and several other complementary titles, which more than doubled its high estimate, selling for $28,750. Lot 58, An early 19th century complete collection of symphonies by Mozart and Beethoven soared past its presale estimate of $500-800, eventually selling after a spirited round of bidding for $12,500. The two volumes, which also included ... More | | 
blank, 2018 Focus Stand Prize Winner, Frieze London 2018. Photo by Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Linda Nylind/Frieze.
LONDON.- Frieze announces blank (Cape Town) as the winner of the 2018 Focus Stand Prize, which is awarded to an outstanding gallery presentation in the Focus section at Frieze London, dedicated to providing a platform for galleries 12 years or younger. This years jurors of international curators included Margot Norton (Curator, New Museum); Victor Wang (independent curator); and Christina Lehnert (Curator, Portikus Frankfurt). blank has mounted a group presentation of wall- and floor-based wire sculptures by Bronwyn Katz; works by Donna Kukama that recount the number of years and bodies lost to slavery; and figurative self-portraits in oil painting by Cinga Samson that address themes of youth, masculinity, and spirituality within the narrative of Post-Colonialism. Jurors commented that that blanks presentation highlighted the strength of each individual artist working in a variety of mediums, but also b ... More |
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More Reciprocity Design Liège: 40 days of international designLIÈGE.- Reciprocity Design Liège: the international triennial that offers a different angle on design from the perspective of social innovation. Reciprocity is the result of a joint organisation of the department Culture of the Province de Liège, the Office provincial des Métiers dArt de Liège (OPMA) and Wallonie Design, an initiative of Paul-Émile Mottard, Provincial deputy President in charge of Culture. Giovanna Massoni is its artistic director. Since 2005, she is curator of exhibitions of Belgian and international design and is also consultant and journalist. From 5 October until 25 November, Reciprocity proposes a unique programme : exhibitions, workshops, seminars & debates, research/ actions, events in the neighbouring regions and collaborative projects. This 2018 editions has three major axes Design faced with fragility and precarity The teaching of desig ... More Jerwood Charitable Foundation announces UK tour of artist nominated survey exhibitionLONDON.- Jerwood Charitable Foundation announces that Survey, its major new group exhibition, will tour the UK in 2019 following its debut at Jerwood Space, London from 3 October to 16 December 2018. Presenting new works by 15 early-career artists from across the UK, Jerwood Charitable Foundations largest review of contemporary art practice in 12 years of programming will then tour to g39, Cardiff (2 February-3 April); Bluecoat, Liverpool (Spring 2019) and Baltic, Gateshead (5 July 29 September). The tour will showcase this selection of the most dynamic and promising artists to a national audience and further contribute to their growing reputations. Marking a departure from Jerwood Charitable Foundations 17 year support of the Jerwood Drawing Prize, and coinciding with Frieze London 2018, Survey takes a non-institutional approach to selection ... More Ali Banisadr's first exhibition in Germany on view at Blain│SouthernBERLIN.- For his first solo exhibition in Germany, The World Upside Down, Ali Banisadr presents twelve paintings on canvas and twelve works on paper. Banisadrs new body of work demonstrates a change of direction for the artist, showing a looser, freer depiction of space in the paintings, as well as a shift in palette and tone. The new work exhibits a perspective that is more intimate and direct, yet with greater freedom and openness in his brushwork. The result is a more evocative sense of narrative compared to much of his earlier work, where Banisadr painted from a broad, birds-eye perspective, suggesting a relatively detached view of his subjects. In paintings such as Language of the Birds or Riders on the Storm (both 2018), Banisadr composes his visual drama like a theatre director or musical conductor orchestrates the interweaving voices or the stage scenery, ... 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Flashback On a day like today, Italian painter Francesco Guardi was born October 05, 1712. Francesco Lazzaro Guardi (October 5, 1712 - January 1, 1793) was an Italian painter of veduta, nobleman, and a member of the Venetian School. He is considered to be among the last practitioners, along with his brothers, of the classic Venetian school of painting. In this image: Francesco Guardi, Venice, a View of the Rialto Bridge, Looking North, from the Fondamenta del Carbon, oil on canvas, 120 x 203.7cm. Estimated at £15-25 million. Photo: Sotheby's.
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