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Exhibition view of With New Splendour: The Restored Crucified Thief by the Master of Flémalle in Context Photo: Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung.
FRANKFURT.- The Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung is presenting a special exhibition revolving around a work of key significance to the history of European art: the so-called Crucified Thief by the Master of Flémalle, one of the most enigmatic figures of Early Netherlandish painting. Comprehensive examination and restoration of the fragment got underway at the Städel Museum in October 2014. Painted on both sides, it is the only surviving section of a large-scale triptych of the Deposition that was among the most prominent and influential works of Netherlandish painting at the beginning of the fifteenth century. Now that the conservation and restoration measures have reached completion, the precious work literally shines with new splendour. The exhibition sheds light on the procedure and spectacular outcome of the technological examination and the restoration. It also features thirteen selected comparanda in the mediums of sculpture, ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Harmon-Meek Galleries of Naples, Florida will host a major exhibition by internationally acclaimed still life artist Jenness Cortez whose paintings will honor a variety of Western masters. These will include Camille Pissarro, Jan Vermeer, Leonardo DaVinci, Rembrandt van Rijn, Jean-François Millet, Henri Matisse, JohnSinger Sargent, Frederic Remington, Andy Warhol and Norman Rockwell. The exhibition will run February 11 through April 7, 2018. Cortez has been working on "His Face" for three years. The artist describes her painting as, "an homage to the painters who shaped the universally accepted image we still recognize today as the face of Jesus the Christ."
| Rembrandt's 'Self Portrait at the Age of 34' on loan to the Norton Simon Museum | | Exhibition of new works by the American artist Robert Irwin on view at i8 Gallery | | Daniel Buren & Bettina Pousttchi open exhibition at Kunsthalle Mainz | 
Self Portrait at the Age of 34, 1640, Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669), oil on canvas, 102 x 80 cm, © The National Gallery, London.
PASADENA, CA.- The Norton Simon Museum presents an installation of Rembrandts striking Self-Portrait from 1640, on loan from The National Gallery, London this winter season. Titled Self Portrait at the Age of 34, the painting captures the image of the artist in his middle age: affluent, self-confident and wise. Its installation at the Norton Simon Museum marks the first time the painting has been on view in the U.S. and is part of a loan exchange program between the Norton Simon Museum and the National Gallery that began earlier this year, with the London installation of the Museums The Repentant Magdalene, after 1660, by Guido Cagnacci. Self Portrait at the Age of 34 has been installed in the Museums 17th-century art galleries, alongside the Simons own collection of Rembrandt paintings: Portrait of a Bearded Man in a Wide-Brimmed Hat from 1633, Portrait of a Boy, ca ... More | | 
Robert Irwin, #3x 6'D Four Fold, 2016. Grey #3 / Red TWS / Grey #3
182.9 x 41 x 11 cm.
REYKJAVÃK.- i8 Gallery is presenting an exhibition of new works by the American artist Robert Irwin. This is the artists first exhibition with the gallery. For the exhibition at i8 Irwin has chosen several works that expand on his use of fluorescent light, a material that Irwin first started working with in the 1970s and returned to prominence in his overture of works in the past 10 years. The works have all been selected with the gallery in mind. The light fixtures, some bulbs turned on, others turned off, can be perceived as pure abstract sculptures, dependent on the viewers perception of light, shadow and reflection. The works invite the viewer to engage with a certain sense of sensibility and perception. Irwin has exhibited site-conditioned fluorescent works, which now belong in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, ... More | | 
Daniel Buren, Quand les trous font des pleins, Arbeit in situ Kunsthalle Mainz, 2017. © DB/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2017. Photo: Norbert Miguletz.
MAINZ.- This exhibition by Daniel Buren (born 1938) and Bettina Pousttchi (born 1971) was initially inspired by the work Conversations in the studio 3. This saw Pousttchi recording her exchange with the French conceptual artist Burena conversation between artists from two entirely different generations about public art and its limits, but also about points of view and what the artists have in common. Based on their earlier work, Bettina Pousttchi und Daniel Buren are now not only continuing their cooperation for the exhibition in Kunsthalle Mainz, theyre even ramping it up a notch: by coordinating with each other, two artists who work with space and location are establishing a relationship between new site-specific works and existing works. As a venue with exceptional architecture and history, Kunsthalle Mainz is the ideal setting for this project. It opened only nine years ago after an extensive facelift, having been origina ... More |
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| Century of art patronage at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to be celebrated in exhibition | | Etchings by Renoir featured in new exhibition at Polk Museum of Art | | Los Angeles Modern Auctions announces date for Winter Auction | 
Beauford Delaney (American, 1901-1979), Marian Anderson, 1965. Oil on canvas. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; J. Harwood and Louise B. Cochrane Fund for American Art.
RICHMOND, VA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will showcase a century of art patronageincluding some of the most important and recognized pieces in its collectionsin a special exhibition at the Winter Antiques Show, the leading art and antiques fair in the United States. Collecting for the Commonwealth/Preserving for the Nation: Celebrating a Century of Art Patronage, 1919-2018Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will be on view January 19-28, 2018. Held at the historic Park Avenue Armory in New York, the Winter Antiques Show invites one institution to showcase its collection during the show, which benefits the East Side House Settlement. Among cherished VMFA works to be on display are Fabergés Imperial Peter the Great Easter Egg, Paul Storrs stunning Figure ... More | | 
Pierre Auguste Renoir, Louis Valtat, Image courtesy of The Art Company.
LAKELAND, FLA.- The Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College opens two exciting new exhibitions this month, including works by one of the worlds most iconic artists. Renoir: Les Ãtudes opens on Dec. 26 and shows a lesser-known side of 19th-century French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Although Renoir was typically known as a painter, Renoir: Les Ãtudes explores the artists sketches and his use of the art of printmaking, a medium he discovered in the 1890s. The exhibition includes drypoints, etchings and lithographs based on drawings of different forms, such as nudes on beaches; bathers; portraits of artists Berthe Morisot, Richard Wagner and Louis Valtat; and Renoirs son Claude. Etchings were significant for artists because of their reproducibility and flexibility as a medium, says Alex Rich, the museums curator and director of galleries ... More | | 
Frederick Hammersley,
Home Run, 1967-1968.
Oil on linen
Signed and dated lower right; retains artist's label verso
Linen: 41.75" x 41.75"; Frame: 42.625" x 42.75"
. Estimate: $50,000 70,000.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Los Angeles Modern Auctions announced the date of its Winter auction: Sunday, February 25, 2018 at 12pm (PST). The February 25, 2018 auction will represent a wide range of modern and contemporary fine art and design from some of the most important names of the last century. The auction will feature strong representation from New York contemporary and Pop artists, the Cool School, and Light & Space, as well as modern European masters. Specifically, artists such as Frank Stella, Nicole Eisenman, Ed Ruscha, Fred Eversley, and Alexej von Jawlensky will all be represented in LAMAs Winter auction. A bold chair by Wendell Castle, classic designs by Charles & Ray Eames, and designs by Hans J. Wegner will also be featured in the upcoming auction. The curated ... More |
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| In rubble of Aleppo souk, tablecloth shop makes solitary comeback | | Exhibition at Howard Greenberg Gallery focuses on the immigrant experience | | Lund Humphries monograph on Winifred Knights wins William MB Berger Prize for British Art History | 
A picture taken on July 22, 2017, shows 62-year-old Mohammad Shawash sitting outside his textile shop amid the destruction in the old city of Aleppo. George OURFALIAN / AFP.
ALEPPO.- It used to be one of the most vibrant marketplaces in the Syrian city of Aleppo, but today, the bombed-out streets of Khan al-Harir are home to a solitary shop selling tablecloths. Mohammad Shawash's partly restored storefront stands amid a sea of smashed concrete and debris-laden roads. The 62-year-old with a snow-white beard and glasses decided to return to the historic souk five months ago to reopen the shop he had managed for years. "I cried when I first came back. I found total destruction all around me. The stores were destroyed, the streets covered in rubble and rocks, and the buildings collapsed," he told AFP. "So I repaired it myself, to prove to the whole world that Aleppo's Old City still has a soul." Khan al-Harir, or the Silk Market, lies in the celebrated Old ... More | | 
Bob Gruen, John Lennon, New York, 1974 © Bob Gruen, courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Issues relating to immigration have been front and center in the news, from the recent travel ban to the border wall to the uncertainty of the Dreamers. From December 14, 2017 through January 27, 2018, Howard Greenberg Gallery focuse on the immigrant experience from hardship and sacrifice to pride and achievement. The Immigrants surveys the work of more than 40 photographers from the 1860s through 2015, exploring issues of labor, education, and poverty as well as discrimination, assimilation, and a sense of belonging. More than 70 images exploring these important topics are on view by Ansel Adams, Boushra Almutawakel, Margaret Bourke-White, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Edward Burtynsky, Robert Capa, Imogen Cunningham, Bruce Davidson, Robert Frank, Ernst Haas, Lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange, Alex Majoli, Ruth Orkin, Bill Owens, Dulce Pinzón, Augustus ... More | | 
This landmark publication provides the first full account of Knights life and work.
LONDON.- Independent researcher and curator Sacha Llewellyn has been awarded the prestigious William MB Berger Prize for British Art History for her book Winifred Knights 1899-1947, published by Lund Humphries in May 2016, in association with The Dulwich Picture Gallery, to coincide with the first major exhibition of Knights work, which Sacha Llewellyn also curated. The Prize was presented by Christopher Le Brun, President of the Royal Academy of Arts, at a reception in London, 30 November 2017. The judges commented: There could not be a better example of how to re-establish a reputation that urgently needed it, a triumph of rehabilitation that will open up a whole group of neglected artists for future study and a tradition that has been written out. Extraordinary research from scratch. This landmark publication provides the first full account of Knights life and work, and ... More |
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| Heide Museum of Modern Art exhibits works by leading Australian artist Jenny Watson | | SUPERFLEX's work One Two Three Swing! expands at Tate Modern | | George Eastman Museum exhibits recent acquisition of a collection of contemporary Indian films and posters. | 
Jenny Watson, Rock Star (detail) 2014. Oil, synthetic polymer paint and Japanese pigment on rabbit-skin-glue-primed damask; found toy. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Transit, Mechelen © the artist.
MELBOURNE.- Jenny Watson is a leading Australian artist whose conceptual painting practice spans more than four decades. This exhibition, drawn from the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia survey Jenny Watson: The Fabric of Fantasy, features works from the 1970s to the present, including examples of Watsons early realist paintings and drawings, and a number of key series of works on fabric. Heide Director & CEO, Dr Natasha Cica said: Were delighted that this wonderful show travelled to Heide. Jenny Watson is one of Australias leading contemporary artists, and much of her work is powerfully grounded in suburban and subcultural Melbourne. MCA curator, Anna Davis said: Inspired by both punk and feminism, Watsons work uses distilled imagery and abbreviated text to create an intimate interior world. She has travelled widely since the 1970s and employs textiles ... More | | 
Hyundai Commission: SUPERFLEX One Two Three Swing!, Installation views, Photo © Tate / Andrew Dunkley.
LONDON.- Tate Modern unveiled 11 swings outside the gallerys Blavatnik building, as part of a large-scale interactive installation by Danish collective SUPERFLEX. One Two Three Swing! is the first Turbine Hall commission to extend beyond the gallery walls. An orange line connecting dozens of three-seated swings weaves through the Turbine Hall and has now emerged onto the landscape outside Tate Modern where it will activate the space and continue to extend over time. Conceived as an assembly line for collective movement, the work invites audiences to combat social apathy through collaborative action, joining together on the count of three One Two Three Swing! This is the third annual Hyundai Commission, a series of site-specific works created for the Turbine Hall by renowned international artists, as part of the partnership between Tate and Hyundai Motor. One Two Three Swing! challenges societys apathy ... More | | 
Promotional poster for Jodhaa Akbar (Ashutosh Gowariker, India 2008). Color offset. George Eastman Museum, gift of Mark and Arman Gabay.
ROCHESTER, NY.- Stories of Indian Cinema, which comprises two exhibitionsAbandoned and Rescued and Nandita Raman: Cinema Play Houseis on view at the George Eastman Museum. Abandoned and Rescued tells the intriguing story behind the Eastman Museums recent acquisition of a collection of contemporary Indian films and posters. Ramans Cinema Play House series features photographs the artist made in various single-screen cinemas in India, many of which are threatened by the emergence of multiplexes. Both exhibitions are on view in the museums main galleries through May 13, 2018. Between 2006 and 2009, Nandita Raman traveled throughout her home country of India creating Cinema Play House, a series of photographs depicting the countrys slowly disappearing single-screen theaters. Raman, whose family once owned one such theater in Varanasi, India, focuses her lens on the architectural ... More |
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 Exhibition traces the current trends in the field of metal art and designRIGA.- The exhibition Synergy. Contemporary Trends in Metal Art and Design is on view at the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Riga from 15 December 2017 to 28 January 2018. The exhibition traces the current trends in the field, the artists working directions and creative endeavours for experimental and classical forms in jewellery art, objects and design, aiming to highlight peculiarities and specifics in synergy with the material, which can reveal itself in form, structure, rhythm, colour, light, visual, spatial and psychological perception of the object as well as the synthesis of various senses. The realisation of the project was motivated by the fact that there has been a lack of exhibitions that would popularise contemporary trends in metal art and provide a broader overview of the work of a group of artists engaged in this sphere. Therefore, one of the goals ... More De Buck Gallery opens exhibition of works by Anton YelchinNEW YORK, NY.- De Buck Gallery is presenting Anton Yelchin: Provocative Beauty. The exhibition is on view until Saturday, January 20, 2018. The selection of 54 images spans from a productive 6-year period of photographic exploration. At the time of his tragic passing at the age of 27, unbeknownst to most of his friends, Anton was pursuing a second career as a photographer. During this period, he documented a wide range of subjects using a Leica camera as well as disposable cameras. This exhibition focuses on portraits, self-portraits and interior images that Anton captured while exploring this private world. These photos include many intimate portraits of friends, family and also complete strangers. All of these people trusted Anton to convey his intimate interactions with them. Anton was known primarily for his work as an actor in films such as Star Trek, Green ... More ICA at VCU appoints Assistant Curator and Curator of Film ahead of April 2018 openingRICHMOND, VA.- The Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) at Virginia Commonwealth University announced the promotion of Amber Esseiva to Assistant Curator and the appointment of Enjoli Moon to the newly created position of Adjunct Assistant Curator of Film. Both Esseiva and Moon will work alongside ICA Director Lisa Freiman, Chief Curator Stephanie Smith, and Curator of Education and Engagement Johanna Plummer to advance the institutions mission to present the art of our time and provide an open forum for dialogue and collaboration across the region and throughout the world. In their respective curatorial roles, Esseiva and Moon will contribute to a dynamic slate of exhibitions, performances, films, and interdisciplinary programs. Esseiva has served as the ICAs Curatorial Assistant since 2016 and has been integrally involved with the ICAs inaugural program. ... More Exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presents the work of Paul PfeifferCHICAGO, IL.- In December, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presents the work of Paul Pfeiffer, who is best known for manipulating media footage from sports and music culture to expose the absurdity, complexity, and violence of popular spectacles. This exhibition highlights Pfeiffers recent work Three Figures In A Room, which is an edited version of the infamous 2015 boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao known as the Fight of the Century. The video of the match is projected in silence next to another video that is a recording of two sound effect artists who, using props and their own bodies, re-create every sound made by the boxers movements. The two-channel installation is presented alongside works from the MCA Collection selected by the artist in collaboration with MCA Curatorial Assistant Grace Deveney, who organized ... More PHOTOFAIRS / San Francisco announces key artists, galleries and public programming for its 2nd editionSAN FRANCISCO, CA.- PHOTOFAIRS | San Francisco announced select galleries, exhibitions and public programming for its 2018 edition, alongside the work of cutting-edge artists who will be available for purchase for the first time on the West Coast. Highlights include new works by artists Alec Soth (Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis); the West Coast debut of French visual artist Noémie Goudal (Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris); a female-focused presentation featuring Ruth van Beek and Eva Stenram from The Ravestijn Gallery (Amsterdam). Mandy Barker (East Wing, Doha), Mishka Henner (Bruce Silverstein, New York) and Cuban artist Abelardo Morell (Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York & Zurich) will present works at the fair in addition to speaking in the Fairs Conversations program. The 2018 of PHOTOFAIRS | San Francisco will feature the debut of a roster of globally ... More HO HO HO, Christmas in July: Frutta Gallery opens group exhibitionROME.- Frutta is presenting HO HO HO, Christmas in July, a group show curated by Alek O., Gabriele De Santis, Santo Tolone and Spring. The exhibition features work by Ditte Gantriis, Elisabetta Benassi, Enrico Benassi, Gundam Air, Holly Hendry, Jacopo Miliani, Jonathan Monk, Jeremy Hutchison, Lauren Keeley, Marco Giordano, Roberto Coda Zabetta, Ryan Gander and Sol Calero. During the show, The artists will designate part of the gallery as a Free Store, where visitors are invited to bring in belongings that they wish to leave behind or take away anything that they like. Anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss writes, During both Christmas and the Saturnalia, society functions according to a double rhythm of heightened solidarity and exaggerated antagonism and these two aspects act together in balanced opposition. The Saturnalia was an ancient Roman ... More Commissioned exhibitors and selected projects for the extended program of the Dutch Pavilion announcedROTTERDAM.- Het Nieuwe Instituut, the commissioner of Work, Body, Leisure, the official Dutch contribution to the 16th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, announced the commissioned exhibitors at the Rietveld Pavilion in the Biennales Giardini, and selected projects for the extended program. The curator of the 2018 Dutch Pavilion, Marina Otero Verzier, has invited a group of architects, designers, historians and theorists, whose work is a reference for a critical understanding of emerging technologies of automation, and their spatial implications. Each of the contributors will conceive an intervention inside the Rietveld Pavilion as part of the collective exhibition Work, Body, Leisure, and will be in dialogue with the projects developed as part of the extended program: Amal Alhaag, curator, cultural programmer and radio host, will address technologies ... More The LA Art Show: Los Angeles' largest international art fair, returns for 23rd annual showcaeLOS ANGELES, CA.- The LA Art Showwill return to the Los Angeles Convention Center on January 10 - 14, 2018. Already the citys largest international art fair, for its 23rd edition, the showcase is continuing its expansion into the global art market with a new partnership with The Museum of the Arts of Guadalajara. The fair will host even more international exhibitors than last year, with over 100 galleries from more than 18 countries with an emphasis on the Pacific Rim, including China and Japan, as well as France, the United Kingdom and Mexico. Returning exhibitors so far include heavyweights Patrick Painter, Timothy Yarger, SM Fine Art and more. ROOTS, a section devoted to historical works, returns for the second year in a row with exhibitors such as MS Rau Antiques, Rehs Gallery and Maxwell Alexander, to name a few. Littletopia will return with the rising ... More North American Print Biennial to be held at Lesley UniversityCAMBRIDGE, MASS.- Lesley University will host the Boston Printmakers 2017 North American Print Biennial exhibition and a companion student show, Jan. 27 to March 4. The biennial is a juried show open to artists across North America. This year the biennial received more than 1,900 entries, from which 86 pieces were accepted for exhibition. Juror Judith Brodie, curator of the National Gallery, Washington D.C., reviewed the works to produce an exceptional collection of prints made within the past two years. The selections cover traditional and innovative media and the prints range in scale and dimension. One print will even grow grass during the five-week exhibition. Judith Brodie selected works that are bold, broad-minded and intelligent, says Renee Covalucci, president of The Boston Printmakers international association of artists, which is celebrating ... More 20th century Asian artists and American modern masters lead Michaan's first auction of 2018 ALAMEDA, CA.- The art of Chinese painters Liu Jiyou and Huang Leisheng will ignite bidding at Michaans January 13 Gallery Auction, which opens with fine jewelry and timepieces. The excitement extends well into the fine art category where Robert Motherwell, Dale Chihuly, and Californias Millard Sheets are featured. Liu Jiyou (1918-1983) is best known for spirited works in which traditional Chinese painting techniques are invigorated by a modern, global point of view. Most often centered on animals and figural compositions, Jiyous paintings are striking for their freshness, achieved by quick brushwork and naturalistic rendering of lively subjects. Several fine works by Liu Jiyou will be sold on January 13, at estimated prices ranging from $10,000 to $100,000. Also offered are paintings by Huang Leisheng (b. 1928) and Li Kuchan (1899-1983), student of Qi ... More The 7th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture unveiled in Nantou Old TownSHENZHEN.- The press conference of the 7th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture was held at the Da Jia Le Stage Auditorium in Nantou Old Town. Xu Songming, Deputy Secretary-General of Shenzhen Municipal Government, Xue Feng, Deputy Director of Urban Planning, Land & Resource Commission of Shenzhen Municipality, Zhou Baomin, Director-General of Culture and Sports Bureau of Nanshan District, and the chief curators of 2017 UABB (Shenzhen) Hou Hanru, Liu Xiaodu, and Meng Yan were present at the news conference and announced the opening of the 7th Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB) (Shenzhen). Themed as Cities, Grow in Difference, 2017 UABB (Shenzhen) is jointly curated by curator and critic Hou Hanru and founding architectural partners of URBANUS Liu Xiaodu and Meng Yan (in alphabetical order by surname). It ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, sculptor and painter Louise Bourgeois was born December 25, 1911. Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (25 December 1911 - 31 May 2010) was a French-American artist. Best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, Bourgeois was also a prolific painter and printmaker. She explored a variety of themes over the course of her long career including domesticity and the family, sexuality and the body, as well as death and the subconscious. In this image: Louise Bourgeois, The Found Child, 2001. Black fabric, 30.5 x 68.6 x 40.6 cm. Collection The Easton Foundation. Photo: Christopher Burke, (c) The Easton Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, NY.
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