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Roy DeCarava, Kids God Bless, 1960. Large-format flush-mounted vintage gelatin silver print, 14 x 19 7/8 in.
NEW YORK, NY.- Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art is presenting the exhibition New York 19 consisting of eight vintage photographs by Roy DeCarava. Roy DeCarava was born in Harlem in 1919. He began his career as a painter and printmaker and then shifted to photography in the 1940s. Instead of using the medium for visual documentation, DeCarava created fine art photographs. He viewed his photographs as artistic expressions in their own right. DeCaravas New York 19 photographic series was used in a CBS television special broadcast on Sunday, November 20th, 1960. Entitled Belafonte: New York 19, the musical special was a celebration of Postal Code 19, the citys midtown melting pot of diversity, culture and the arts. In addition to Belafonte, the hour-long program featured jazz singer Gloria Lynne, John Lewis and the Modern Jazz Quartet, and Arthur Mitchell, among ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day WATERBURY.- The Mattatuck Museum is showing the acclaimed exhibition Victor Vasarely: The Absolute Eye. The exhibition of 60 serigraphs and objects is on loan from the Herakleidon Museum in Athens, Greece. The exhibition has been organized by PAN ART Connections. PAN ART Connections offers museums and institutions a selection of high-profile, ready-to-exhibit, single-source collections.
| National Gallery of Art launches online edition for Italian Paintings of the 13th and 14th Centuries | | Exhibition at Lisson Gallery focuses on visionary Conceptual artist John Latham's spray painting practice | | Survey of Stan Douglas's photographic works on view at David Zwirner in New York | 
NGA Online Editions is part of an ongoing effort to digitize and provide open access to the Gallery's permanent collection catalogs
WASHINGTON, DC.- On March 21, 2016, the National Gallery of Art debuted the second release in its Online Editions series, Italian Paintings of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries by the late Miklós Boskovits, one of the leading scholars of early Italian art. More than a decade in the making, this catalog offers a fresh examination of this collectionwhich has not been published in its entirety since the 1979 Catalogue of the Italian Paintings by Curator of Paintings Emeritus Fern Rusk Shapley. The catalog is made possible through the generous support of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. Additional funding is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation through a special endowment for scholarly publications supported by the Getty Foundation. NGA Online Editions is part of an ongoing effort to digitize and provide open access to the Gallery's permanent collection catalogs and will eventually document more than ... More | | 
John Latham, Sleep, 1955. Emulsion and spray paint on board. 91 x 122 cm © John Latham Foundation. Courtesy of Lisson Gallery.
LONDON.- A decade after his death, the visionary Conceptual artist John Latham (19212006) remains a vital force and influence. Coinciding with a trio of museum exhibitions that reveal his exceptional legacy, Lisson Gallery presents its seventh solo show of Lathams work, focusing on an aspect of his practice that revolutionised the artists outlook: the spray painting. Far more than just a medium, spray painting was a discovery that proved revelatory. Latham acquired a spray gun in 1954 from a local ironmonger shop and later that year executed his first piece with the device: a mural in the home of Clive Gregory and Anita Kohsen, two scientists whose concept of psychophysical cosmology a theory that aimed at unifying mind and matter was to have a profound impact on the artists own philosophy. For Latham, the qualities of spray paint opened new approaches to form by breaking through the imp ... More | | 
Stan Douglas, The Second Hotel Vancouver, 2014. Digital chromogenic print mounted on aluminum, 96 x 60 inches (243.8 x 152.4 cm). Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- David Zwirner is presenting a survey of Stan Douglass photographic works spanning his career. Held in conjunction with the United States premiere of the artists new film installation The Secret Agent, the exhibition on view at the gallery in New York shows significant series of works from the late 1980s to the present, including Television Spots (1987), Malabar People (2011), among others. The exhibition also marks the New York debut of Douglass most recent large-scale photographs, which further the artists ongoing investigations of photographys complex and layered relationship to documentation, place, and history. In this series of dark, nearly indiscernible images, Douglas reimagines the postwar urban spaces of his native city of Vancouver, as it existed in 1948, when thousands of people exploited ... More |
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| Marty de Cambiaire exhibits works ranging from the 16th to the 19th century | | Contemporary visual artist Ernesto Neto's major exhibition BOA on view in Kiasma Helsinki | | 20-strong group of activists hold "disobedient exhibition" targeting British Museum over BP links | 
A very impressive painting by Luigi Miradori, called Il Genovesino (circa 1610-1657), which represents the Sacrifice of Isaac.
PARIS.- Marty de Cambiaire is exhibiting for the second time at the prestigious Salon du Dessin. The fair is taking place in Paris from March 30 to April 4. On this occasion, a bilingual exhibition catalogue Paintings & Drawings has been published, and it is available at the exhibition booth 17. The drawings are being exhibited at the Salon whereas the paintings are on view at the Gallery. The gallerys tenth catalogue is dedicated to a selection of 37 works, ranging from the 16th to the 19th century, most of which come from private collections. Among the selected works, a few deserve a particular mention. 1/ The first is a recently rediscovered very large and impressive gouache on paper by Ambroise-Louis Garneray showing The Astrolabe caught in the Antarctic ice near Adélie Coast. This beautiful gouache illustrates one of the most dramatic and the ... More | | 
Ernesto Neto. KUVA | Photo Petri Virtanen, Kansallisgalleria | Finnish National Gallery.
HELSINKI.- Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto (b. 1964) is one of the brightest names in the international contemporary art scene. In his installations, Ernesto Neto continues the tradition of Brazilian modernism, an approach strongly characterised by the viewers presence and participation. Through his art, Neto offers a moment of respite from the bustle of everyday life, calming the mind and tuning the senses. Organised by Kiasma, the exhibition comprises works from 2009 to 2016 and is Netos first solo exhibition in Finland. Individual works by Neto have been shown in Kiasma previously in group exhibitions in 2001 and 2003. In recent years Neto has had extensive one-man shows in Europe: in 2014 at the Guggenheim in Bilbao and at the Arp Museum in Remagen, Germany, and in 2015 at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary in Vienna and in Kunsthalle Krems. In recent years, Ernesto Neto has found strong resonance for his art from his ... More | | 
This file photo taken on September 13, 2015 shows protesters taking part in a flashmob performance, protesting against British Petroleum's (BP's) sponsorship of the British Museum. NIKLAS HALLE'N / AFP.
LONDON (AFP).- Activists staged a demonstration inside one of London's biggest museums on Sunday in protest at its sponsorship links with energy giant BP. A 20-strong group of activists held what they called a "disobedient exhibition" inside the British Museum in central London. The mock exhibition was entitled "A History of BP in 10 Objects", a play on "A History of the World in 100 Objects", a recent British Museum show. "It features objects sent from all over the world by communities impacted by BP's environmental destruction and human rights abuses, including crude oil from the Gulf Coast spill," the activists said in a statement. They claimed BP's support -- largely focused on special exhibitions -- represented 0.8 percent of the central London museum's annual income. Last ... More |
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| Michael Douglas donates personal film collection to the George Eastman Museum | | Italy and the U.S. present MOU on import restrictions of archaeological material to fight art trafficking | | Peace and love live again as nearly 70-year-old folk singer Donovan hits the road | 
Michael Douglas has brought to the screen some of the most memorable characters in modern Hollywood, including Gordon Gekko, the ruthless corporate raider in Oliver Stones Wall Street (1987).
ROCHESTER, NY.- Academy Award winner and George Eastman Award recipient Michael Douglas is donating his personal collection of 35mm and 16mm prints to the George Eastman Museum. Douglass collection consists of 37 film prints, including more than thirty titles that star or were produced by Douglas over the course of his career. When Mr. Douglas visited the museum last spring to receive the George Eastman Award, he saw firsthand the work we are doing in film preservation, said Bruce Barnes, Ron and Donna Fielding Director, George Eastman Museum. He expressed appreciation and understanding of the long-term care the Moving Image Department staff expertly provide for our collection and felt confident that the Eastman Museum would ensure a safe archival environment for his films. This is an exciting addition to our prestigious cinema collection, and we are deeply grateful to Mr. Douglas ... More | | 
Recovered archaeological artifacts are pictured in Rome, on March 22, 2016. ALBERTO PIZZOLI / AFP.
WASHINGTON, DC.- On March 23 at the Embassy of Italy in Washington D.C. Italian and U.S. officials, joined by representatives of the private sector, will present to the public the Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of Italy and the United States concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Categories of Archaeological Material Representing the Pre-Classical, Classical and Imperial Roman Periods of Italy. The agreement, which was first adopted 15 years ago, was extended again for an additional five year period on January 19, 2016. The initiative will be part of the Protecting our Heritage series of events organized by the Washington cluster of the European Union National Institutes of Culture (EUNIC) under the 2016 Italian rotating presidency held by the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington DC. The agreement continues to provide the legal tools to fight art trafficking, and at the same time offers a unique framework in which to strengthen cultural cooperation bet ... More | | 
This file photo taken on March 22, 2016 shows British singer Donavan posing, on March 22, 2016 in Paris. The folk singer Donovan has a secret plan for world peace. It involves ukuleles, meditation and his old friends Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- The folk singer Donovan has a secret plan for world peace. It involves ukuleles, meditation and his old friends Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. "We are helping a great guy who is getting Israeli and Palestinian children together to play ukuleles for peace," he told AFP on a visit to the French capital. "Imagine if we could get them to meditate together too. That is our secret weapon for peace. We are already doing it with Catholic and Protestant kids in Belfast." The sixties ended nearly half a century ago but its utopian dreams of a better world burn on in the man who penned such psychedelic hits as "Mellow Yellow" and "Sunshine Superman". At nearly 70, Donovan is on the road again, playing to audiences across Europe in what he calls his "Retrospective" tour. Sitting on stage crossed legged on a pile of sheepskins with ... More |
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| Sotheby's to offer a portion of the cellar of entrepreneur and collector William I. Koch | | First solo exhibition in Cape Town of photographer Roger Ballen on view at Gallery MOMO | | Michael Bell-Smith's first solo exhibition with Kayne Griffin Corcoran on view in Los Angeles | 
Approximately 2,700 lots (20,000 bottles) Offered Over Three Days: 19 21 May 2016.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys announced that it is to offer selections from the cellar of one of Americas foremost collectors, William I. Koch. The unprecedented three-day sale will feature over 20,000 bottles grouped into approximately 2,700 lots. With an estimate of $10.5/15 million, the sale is set to bring one of the highest totals for a Sothebys Wine auction. Mr. Koch assembled a cellar of almost unprecedented breadth and quality, with top Bordeaux and Burgundy from some of the most highly regarded vintages of the 20th century including ten bottles of Château Mouton Rothschild 1945 estimated to fetch $80/120,000. William I. Koch said: My cellar is the result of nearly four decades of collecting. I aimed to assemble the very best Bordeaux and Burgundy where you could taste the love and the passion that the vintner had in making it. With around 43,000 bottles, I could not possibly consume ... More | | 
In the Mind's Eye, 2007.
CAPE TOWN.- Gallery MOMO in Cape Town is presenting The House Project, the first solo exhibition in Cape Town of American-born photographer Roger Ballen who has lived and worked in South Africa since the 1970s. In collaboration with Didi Bozzini (Parma based, Italian curator, critic and writer) The House Project draws on Ballens fascination with the subconscious mind focusing on a sense of the absurd and the exploration of a world on the fringes of society and rationality. The House Project references the analytical psychological theories of Carl Gustav Jung; using his analytical insights into the symbolic imagination, which according to Jung is situated in the collective unconscious of the mind, the psychical sphere that houses the archetypes. In addition to the psychological theories of Jung, Ballen also acknowledges French philosopher Gaston Bachelards reflections on the material imaginary and the ... More | | 
Michael Bell-Smith, Flames Clock (Left), 2016 (detail). Custom software Scale variable: 9:16 ratio. Courtesy of the artist and Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Kayne Griffin Corcoran is presenting The Diet, Michael Bell-Smiths first solo exhibition with the gallery and in Los Angeles. The Diet uses the ideals of strict, regimented eating habits as its catalyst. At its core, a diet is what one consumes to achieve a desired effect: input becoming output. It is often driven by trends and constantly changing. Working across video, vinyl paintings and custom software, Bell-Smith has produced three different series under the umbrella of these intersecting ideas. In De - Employed_2016 , Bell-Smith revisits his 2012 work De - Employed . The original video was created from a selection of templates used by creative professionals to create slideshows or promotional videos. Isolating and recombining elements from these templates, Bell-Smith created a structure of his own, an ... More |
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 Exhibition of works by Débora Bolsoni opens at Galerie Jacqueline Martins in Sao PauloSAO PAULO.- A neologism brings to a close Débora Bolsonis recent procedures, some of them gathered in this solo exhibition, many others not, as they remain in waiting. The title Descaracter [Mischaracter] does not lend its name to any of the works or pay tribute to verses of the popular chansonnier, although it could well do so. Its a feeling that fills the chest, sometimes the stomach, and soon slips through the fingers. It manifests itself as intuition, will, searching and living in generous harmony with the unknown. It has an abstract and often inexplicable form, but emerges with force and urgency, leaving no doubts about the doing. Between the artists body, the architecture and the other bodies with which it relates to exist, the word and everything that is made from it become Absent from the dictionaries and in debt to sensitive experience, they break away from language as convention ... More Sculptor/painter Eleanora Kupencow set to open exhibition at Anderson Contemporary GalleryNEW YORK, NY.- In the first solo show since her extraordinary 2011 Italian exhibition at Galerie Pananti in Florence, celebrated sculptor/painter Eleanora Kupencow will be featured at Anderson Contemporary Gallery, 180 Maiden Lane, New York 10038 in lower Manhattan, April 8 May 1, 2016. Eleanora Kupencow: Body Parts is presented by Susan Davis Eley and Anderson Contemporary with an opening reception on Friday, April 8, 6-8 p.m. at the gallery (South Street entrance). The exhibition showcases a selection of Kupencow's recent paintings, sculptures and Fun Seetz (sculpture for sitting, relaxing, climbing). Important paintings in the exhibition are: "Acrobats," depicting a large field of active figures seemingly defying gravity; "Noah's Ark," a majestic, multi-piece painting resplendent with creatures great and small, each inhabiting a little painted cage all its own; ... More Margot Bergman, Anna Glantz, Philip Hanson, Gavin Kenyon, and Grace Weaver exhibit at Simone Subal NEW YORK, NY.- The works in Surface Tension directly address the viewer, and open often surreal and at times haunting emotional landscapes. Most of the pieces play with a particular surface tension, as if the layers of paint, concrete or metal hold back a welling intensity of sensation. Each work complexly presents the inner lives of individuals and things; it is never one sentiment but rather many, all of equal value, all scratching to break through the visceral plane of the painting or sculpture. Gavin Kenyons sculptural and wall-based works are deeply physical gestures that balance moments of chance and control. They present a sense of containment: either in the way the quilted fabric on the wall has been solidified, or how the specific form of the sculptures envelops a particular object. In all of his pieces there is the palpable sense of torqued energy waiting to explode. ... More Solo exhibition featuring the mind bending sculptures of Yi Hwan Kwon on view at CMay GalleryWEST HOLLYWOOD, CA.- CMay Gallery is presenting Sight Lines, a solo exhibition featuring the mind bending sculptures of Yi Hwan Kwon. In addition to the concurrent public installation "Bus Stop" at West Hollywood Park, the exhibition features 16 artworks by the artist, including new works. Yi Hwan-kwons eccentric and arresting sculptures and environmental installations are both the sites and the triggers for an explosion of cognitive and visceral dissonance. Cheerfully brimming with paradox, his distorted statuary of modern people have the immediacy and surprise energy of Pop Art, but none of its flashy, high-calorie excesses. Instead, these object-images offer nuanced disorientation; they are as much about direct experiential materiality as they are about deracinated, mediated perceptions. They offer poetic personal narrative and socio-political analysis. They speak ... More Opera Gallery celebrates presence now in 12 international cities worldwideMIAMI, FLA.- Opera Gallery, one of the worlds leading dealers in modern and contemporary art with international presence in 12 cities worldwide, celebrated its grand opening in the Miami Design District on Thursday, March 24. The gallery opened its doors to more than 300 luminaries from the art, design and social circles for a first look of the 1,500-square-foot gallery space which showcased modern masters as well as contemporary works by Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Marc Chagall, Keith Haring, among others. Opera Gallery Group Founder & Chairman Gilles Dyan welcomed guests and mingled with VIP attendees, including: Romero Britto, Justin and Soledad Lowe, Barbara Hulanicki, Ana Sophia Tarbay, Benoit Izard, Carole Seikaly, Danny Santiago, David Flo, Helga Piaget, Elena Aleksandrova, James Wark, Jonathan Loubens, Malinka Max, Alena Graff and Maria ... More New works by Kwan Sheung Chi and Mariana Hahn weave a city tale of Hong KongHONG KONG.- MILL6 Foundation (formerly known as The Mills Gallery) presents Social Fabric: New Work by Mariana Hahn and Kwan Sheung Chi, a duo exhibition bringing together new works by German artist-in-residence Mariana Hahn and Hong Kong artist Kwan Sheung Chi, guest curated by internationally renowned curator David Elliott. With reference to the symbolic icons of the city, the two artists share in lamenting the irrevocable loss of memories in the relentless march of progress, while questioning the future of Hong Kong amid its current context. Juxtaposed against each other, the duo weaves a vivid picture of Hong Kong across space and time. Social Fabric runs from 22 March to 21 April, 2016 at The Annex in Central. MILL6 will be seen in other pop-up spaces until the completion of the heritage conservation project of its permanent home in Tsuen Wan in 2018. Inaugurating ... More Charlotte Jackson Fine Art opens exhibition with Edith BaumannSANTA FE, NM.- Charlotte Jackson Fine Art is presenting a solo exhibition of new work, Painting the Unseen, by Edith Baumann on view through April 25. The gallery is located in the Railyard Arts District at 554 South Guadalupe Street. Blue that moves. Orange that vibrates. Red that enters the eye and plunges straight down into the gut. Color is alive in the paintings of Edith Baumann. And yet it is not just color that is so alluring in her work. What keeps us riveted to the spot, keeps us looking, keeps us contemplating, is the intimation of the unseen. The title of Edith Baumanns first solo exhibition at Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Painting the Unseen, hints at more than Baumanns meditative painting process. The unseen in Baumanns work also incorporates the multiple layers of various colors which combine to create an illusion of monochrome. Beneath a blue plane ... More Citywide initiative Month of Photography Los Angeles kicks-off its month-long programmingLOS ANGELES, CA.- Month of Photography Los Angeles, a collaborative, citywide initiative, kicked-off its month-long programming on March 31 which continues through April 30. This year's theme, DIVERSE/CITY, explores diversity in photographic styles and genres, and celebrates the concept of exploration within photography. Lucie Foundations unique and innovative programming includes the return of Instagram Jam, multiple photographic projections, and a unique collaboration between sculptor Robert Graham and a variety of street artists, photographed by renowned Los Angeles photographer Jim McHugh. Week 1 exhibits, events and discussions are highlighted below: The Analogue Portrait Project (Thursday, March 31, 6-9pm), is a submission-based competition presented by AESTHESIA STUDIOS in partnership with MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY LOS ANGELES, ... More Argentine jazz great 'Gato' Barbieri diesNEW YORK (AFP).- Argentine-born jazz saxophonist Leandro "Gato" Barbieri, who won a Grammy for music in the 1972 film "Last Tango in Paris," died on Saturday, New York's Blue Note Jazz Club said. He was 83. "Today we've lost an icon, pioneer and dear friend," the legendary club said in a statement posted on Twitter. "Gato's significant contributions to music and the arts were an inspiration to us all." Barbieri, born on November 28, 1932, recorded 50 albums during his long career. His last performance was on November 23, 2015, Blue Note said. He began to play saxophone professionally as a teenager in clubs in Buenos Aires. His nickname "Gato" -- cat in Spanish -- came early on and his long career "covered virtually the entire jazz landscape," according to his Blue Note biography. Barbieri became known to a wider audience when director Bernardo Bertolucci chose ... More Kerry to visit Hiroshima nuclear memorial: officialTOKYO (AFP).- US Secretary of State John Kerry and fellow envoys from the G7, including nuclear powers Britain and France, will visit Hiroshimas Peace Memorial Park this month, Japan announced. Kerry will be the first US secretary of state to have ever visited the iconic park, where he is set to lay flowers at the memorial dedicated to the victims of the world's first nuclear attack on August 6, 1945. Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said late Saturday: "Foreign ministers from the G7 countries will all visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and offer flowers at the cenotaph for the victims on April 11." The visit will take place on the sidelines of a foreign ministers' meeting this month, where the envoys are scheduled to hammer out the agenda for the G7 summit in May. US officials are still considering a possible visit to Hiroshima by President Barack Obama during his trip to Japan ... More Controversial Hong Kong movie wins 'Best Film' awardHONG KONG (AFP).- A controversial movie about the future of Hong Kong won the top prize at the city's film awards Sunday, after being a local box office hit but antagonising Beijing over its portrayal of the semi-autonomous territory in 2025. "Ten Years" scooped the "Best Film" prize at the Hong Kong Film Awards, following a short cinema release that was widely believed to have been curtailed for political reasons. The film is made up of a series of five vignettes that tap residents' worst fears for the future of the southern Chinese city as Beijing's grip tightens. The film had only a short general release, while some cinemas refused to screen it altogether, and it raised heckles on the mainland with China's state-run Global Times newspaper describing it as "totally absurd" and a "virus of the mind". "The meaning of this prize is that it shows Hong Kong still has hope. It reminds ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Maurice de Vlaminck was born April 04, 1876. Maurice de Vlaminck (4 April 1876 - 11 October 1958) was a French painter. Along with André Derain and Henri Matisse he is considered one of the principal figures in the Fauve movement, a group of modern artists who from 1904 to 1908 were united in their use of intense color. In this image: A member of public reads the information panel for the Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958) painting titled 'Le Jardinier' during a pre-sale preview held in London, Thursday June. 16, 2005.
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