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Installation view, Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving, Brooklyn Museum, February 8 May 12, 2019. Photo: Jonathan Dorado.
BROOKLYN, NY.- Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving is the largest U.S. exhibition in ten years devoted to Frida Kahlo, and the first in the United States to display a collection of her personal possessions from the Casa Azul (Blue House), the artist's lifelong home in Mexico City. The objects, ranging from clothing, jewelry, and cosmetics to letters and orthopedic corsets, are being presented alongside works by Kahlo - including ten key paintings and a selection of drawings - as well as photographs of the artist, all from the celebrated Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection. Related historical film and ephemera, as well as objects from the Brooklyn Museum's extensive holdings of Mesoamerican art, are also included. Offering an intimate glimpse into the artist's life, Appearances Can Be Deceiving explores how politics, gender, clothing, national identities, and disability played a part in defining Kahlo's self-presentation in her work a ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day From 9 February ARKEN explores the future with the Australian artist Patricia Piccinini. Under the title Patricia Piccinini - A World of Love, the art museum invites the public to a spectacular and thought-provoking exhibition about the life-forms and collectivities of the future which is Piccinini's first solo show in the Nordic countries.
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 | | New focus on forgotten American artists Julia Thecla and Sonia Sekula | | Fossils reveal ancient history of perching birds | | Christie's continues to lead global art market: 2018 sales total $7 billion | 
Collection of ephemera related to Julia Thecla (American, 1896-1973) and the object of her affections, gallery owner and artist Edwin Porter. Myers Fine Art image.
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.- Julia Thecla and Sonja Sekula are two American artists of the early to mid-20th century who deserve the attention theyre attracting as a result of artworks entered in Myers Fine Arts February 17 auction. Theclas ethereal The Last Lover and Sekulas abstract Les Dernier Chateau, or The Last Castle, are examples of the extraordinary talent these women possessed. Theclas painting of a young woman hails from the estate of gallery owner and artist David Porter, who was a lifelong friend of Theclas. Sekulas abstract trapezium work originates from a Southold, Long Island, N.Y., estate. Southold, N.Y., is also the home of renowned artist and gallerist Betty Parsons, who exhibited Sekulas work in the 1940s. [Parsons sculpture Sea Horse is also among the artworks being offered in the auction]. Perhaps not regarded as contemporaries in the traditional ... More | | 
Fossil of Eofringillirostrum parvulum.
GREENWICH, CONN.- Paleontologists have identified two new extinct bird species that were the first to evolve finch-like beaks. Fossils of the new species, named Eofringillirostrum boudreauxi and Eofringillirostrum parvulum, were discovered in Wyoming and Germany. The exquisite fossils date to 50 million years ago, a time when both regions were covered by subtropical forests. The study, to be published in the February 18, 2019 issue of the journal Current Biology, demonstrates that these species were among the earliest members of the perching bird group (Passeriformes). Perching birds are the worlds most species rich-bird group and include many familiar backyard birds such as sparrows, chickadees, and crows. The two Eofringillirostrum species are part of an extinct family named Psittacopedidae that evolved an impressive array of beak specializations, only to go extinct and be replaced by more modern perching birds. This discovery is remarkable because it reveals that the Psittacopedidae evolv ... More | | 
Jackson Pollock, Composition with Red Strokes. Oil, enamel and aluminum paint on canvas 36 5/8 x 25 5/8 in. Painted in 1950. Estimate in the region of $50 million. © Christies Images Limited 2018.
LONDON.- Christies confirms continued global art market leadership and announces the highest art sales total in company history. 2018 sales totalled £5.3 billion, an increase of 3% on 2017 ($7 billion, up 6%) and were led by the historic Rockefeller sale, the most significant collection ever sold at auction. Global auction sales rose 3% to £4.7 billion ($6.3 billion, up 6%) with sell through rates by lot increasing to 82%, a reflection of a continued focus on carefully edited and estimated sales. Private sales realised £491.2 million, up 4% ($653.3 million, up 7%) and a total of 88 online-only sales totalled £65.1 million, up 16% ($86.6 million, up 20%). 32% of all buyers were new to Christies with spend by this group increasing by 20% across regions and price points. Online sales continue to contribute the highest percentage of new buyers (41% of new buyers joined ... More |
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| | | Luhring Augustine opens an exhibition centered around printmaking as explored by gallery artists | | Exhibition presents a selection of portraits, landscapes, and genre paintings by David Byrd | | Detroit Institute of Arts displays "Souvenir II" by Kerry James Marshall | 
Philip Taaffe, Ornamental Panel I, 2011. Screenprint. From an edition of 45 with 8 artists proofs. Image: 38 x 28 inches. Paper: 45 1/4 x 35 3/8 inches. Framed: 47 1/8 x 36 1/4.
NEW YORK, NY.- Luhring Augustine is presenting Prints and Editions, an exhibition centered around printmaking as explored by gallery artists, including Jeff Elrod, Tom Friedman, Sanya Kantarovsky, Glenn Ligon, Yasumasa Morimura, Jeremy Moon, Reinhard Mucha, Philip Taaffe, Tunga, Rachel Whiteread, Christopher Wool, and Zarina. For these artists, printmaking has provided fruitful grounds for experimentation in their varied practices. Their works collectively demonstrate the mediums versatility through its many forms, ranging from intaglio to photogravure to silkscreen and monotype. While many feature printmaking prominently within their creative process, others engage with it more peripherally as a means of expanding their practice. Zarina identifies herself as a printmaker as well as a sculptor ... More | | 
David Byrd, Max, 1968. Oil on canvas, 19 x 15 inches (48.3 x 38.1 cm). Signed and dated lower left.
NEW YORK, NY.- Anton Kern Gallery is presenting its first exhibition with New York painter David Byrd. The exhibition introduces Byrds work with a selection of portraits, landscapes, and genre paintings ranging from 1952 - 2009. Byrds style bears influence from different art historical periods: from European Post-Impressionism (ie: Seurat), to Modernism (ie: Balthus and his brother Pierre Klossowski), and Cubism (ie: his teacher Amédée Ozenfant), to American Realism (ie: George Tooker and Ben Shahn), and Regionalism (ie: Andrew Wythe). Byrd injects realistic portrayal with fantasy, creating an unsettling psychology to the otherwise tranquil compositions. His paintings have a distinct quality of light, and a harmonious palette of muted greens, yellows, greys, and browns, applied with thinned oil paint using a dry brush technique. His prodigious output demonstrates his understanding of human emotion, ... More | | 
Souvenir II, 1997 (detail), Kerry James Marshall, American, Acrylic, collage, and glitter on unstretched canvas banner. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy
DETROIT, MICH.- The Detroit Institute of Arts welcomes a piece by Kerry James Marshall, as a Guest of Honor. Souvenir II is on loan from the Addison Gallery of American Art in Boston and will be on view through August, 2019. This piece is heavily associated with the Civil Rights Movement, and features a prominent Michigan connection. Souvenir II is set in Marshalls aunts living room where a memorial hangs above the couch. The memorial reads In Memory of and features President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and centered between the Kennedys is Martin Luther King, Jr. In clouds floating above, Marshall depicts - as angels - individuals associated with the Civil Rights Movement who were violently killed between 19591970. The most prominent part of the work is that of a black angel with ... More |
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| | | Mazzoleni opens a group show curated by Giorgio Verzotti | | Paul Gauguin's artistic innovations installed in tropical setting reflecting their inspiration | | Exhibition features rarely exhibited World War II Soviet propaganda posters by the TASS Windows studio | 
Installation view.
LONDON.- Mazzoleni presents Equilibrium. An idea for Italian sculpture, a group show curated by Giorgio Verzotti. The exhibition tours from Mazzolenis Turin gallery to open in London to the public. Equilibrium. An idea for Italian sculpture investigates overcoming the notion of tutto tondo, or in the round, and examines the artists' different research where each arrives at their own unique interpretation of equilibrium. While one area of this investigation can be found in Futurist research, it is in the fil rouge from Fausto Melotti to Luciano Fabro to Hidetoshi Nagasawa through to the younger Gianni Caravaggio, Alice Cattaneo, Sergio Limonta, Filippo Manzini, that we see a clear decision to subtract body from the sculptural work to allow it to interact within the environment where it is displayed; this becomes important, as the interaction modifies the configuration and the ... More | | 
Anon., Titi & Mata, ca. 1900, printed by Frank Homes, Papeete, postcard, 5.5X3.5 in. Collection of Elizabeth Childs.
SARASOTA, FLA.- Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is offering a rare opportunity to experience a selection of captivating images by Post-Impressionist legend Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), alongside lush horticultural displays of some of the rare plants that inspired him. Gauguin: Voyage to Paradise explores the botanical world that the artist encountered during his life and travels in the late 19th century by presenting dramatic woodcuts and other seldom seen works that Gauguin created on his journeys to French Polynesia, Brittany and Martinique. The exhibition is curated by Carol Ockman, Ph.D., curator at large for Selby Gardens and the Robert Sterling Clark professor of art history at Williams College. It is on view exclusively at Selby Gardens from Feb. 10 through June 30, 2019. Gauguin: ... More | | 
Mikhail Cheremnykh (1890-1962), No. 1085 (New German Divisions), November 16, 1944. Multicolor brush stencil. Edition 537 of 1085. 51 x 41 in. (129.5 x 104.1 cm). Archive stamp on verso. Edition on verso in black ink.
NEW YORK, NY.- Nailya Alexander Gallery is presenting TASS Windows: World War II and the Art of Agitation, an exhibition of rarely exhibited World War II Soviet propaganda posters by the TASS Windows studio (1941-1945). The exhibition is on view February 6th to March 2nd. Stenciled by hand and one-of-a-kind, these posters are vital to the history of Soviet graphic design and are as much works of art as historical objects. While widely distributed during the war in the Soviet Union, Britain and the United States, few TASS posters survive to current day. The TASS Windows studio formed as an immediate reaction to Hitlers forces invading the Soviet Union during World War II. ... More |
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| | | 14a opens self-taught artist Marcin Barański's first solo exhibition in Hamburg | | Ulterior Gallery opens its first solo exhibition of work by Cati Bestard | | Subliminal Projects opens a display of new paintings, editioned works, and research materials by Chad Kouri | 
Marcin Barański, Provincial conservatism, 2018. Watercolor and gouache on paper, 100 Ã 70 cm 39 Ã 27.5 inches.
HAMBURG.- 14a is presenting Borderland, Marcin Barańskis first solo exhibition in Hamburg, Germany. Self-taught artist Marcin Barańskis visual vocabulary is rooted in his architectural background as well as in a wide array of inspirations and impressions. He considers urban design, landscape interiors, walkways, fences and decking structures to compromise an open-air space that we are located in, that we enter and leave but cannot escape. Within this space, applying his concept of symmetry, Barański builds up narratives by composing everyday objects, phenomena and cultural indicators. Fascinated by contemporaneity, he connects and at the same time juxtaposes the local with the global, as well as the simple with the refined to manifest his very own interpretation of the world. A world in which the borders between reality and fantasia coalesce. Moving in-between two worlds is a feeling that Barański ca ... More | | 
Cati Bestard, Light 3 , 2018. 20 x 16 inches / 40.6 x 50.8 cm, C-print.
NEW YORK, NY.- Ulterior Gallery is presenting decrease, the first solo exhibition of work by Cati Bestard. Taking everyday architecture and features of the spaces she inhabits as a starting point, Bestard uses photography and sculpture to explore links between physical, embodied space and its representation. She relates the immobility of architecture to that of other social constructs, such as gender. decrease is a room based on one corner of another room. In a previous work, Bestard made an eight-foot sculpture based on a photograph of a corner of her apartment. Each piece in decrease is made using that same sculpture. Bestard decided to cut this wall-like sculpture into smaller, more manageable pieces, with the intention to create something new and thus reincarnate the form once more. This deconstruction and reconstruction became the core idea of decrease. The artist writes: What if the only way to care for the world is to decrease ... More | | 
Known for his vibrant, abstract compositions, Chad Kouri (b. 1985) is a working artist based in Chicago, IL.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Subliminal Projects is presenting, The Center: New Works by Chad Kouri. Alongside a display of new paintings, editioned works, and research materials, the Chicago-based artist is reimagining the traditional commercial gallery space creating a community center for gathering, thinking and learning, encouraging viewers to spend time with the work, and with one another. Kouris color-forward works are an investigation of shape, balance, harmony and communication. The Center aims to bring the artists aesthetic practices and theories into the real world, dressing the set for a space and an experience that investigates these same ideas between people in real time, rather than compositionally.
For the duration of the exhibition, Subliminal Projects will be used as a community gathering space, meant to inspire introspection, conversation, and mindfulness with performances, workshops and other engagements in collaboratio ... More |
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The Little Gothic Bridge that Inspired Feininger's Cubist Masterpiece
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 Electronic version of Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide now available for iPhone & iPadsDALLAS, TX.- An electronic version of the resource widely recognized as the premier authority on comics collecting is now available exclusively through Heritage Auctions. A searchable electronic version of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide is available for just $29.99, and is available on Windows XP and above, and iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Mac OSX 10.7 and above computers. It will allow immediate, searchable research without requiring collectors to carry the printed version. The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide is the ultimate resource for anyone who collects comics, from the investor-level collectors to the casual hobbyist, Heritage Auctions co-founder Jim Halperin said. This new iOS electronic version extends availability of valuable information to help collectors make informed buying and selling decisions. Having access to the ... More Parrish Art Museum announces new board leadershipWATER MILL, NY.- The Board of Trustees of the Parrish Art Museum has elected Mary E. Frank as President and Interim Chair, effective January 1, 2019. We are all proud and pleased to welcome Mary as our new leader, and anticipate great things in the Museums future, said Parrish Director Terrie Sultan. Mary has a longstanding commitment to cultural philanthropy and is also a noted art historian. The experience and expertise she brings will be instrumental in helping us continue to grow and fully realize our great promise. Continuing in their current leadership roles are James Freeman, Sandy Perlbinder, and Alexandra Stanton, Vice Presidents; Jay Goldberg, Treasurer; and Timothy Davis, Secretary. Outgoing Chair Fred M. Seegal will continue to serve on the Board as Chair Emeritus. In Freds six years of service to the Parrish, the Museum moved ... More Mudam Luxembourg opens exhibition of works by Nairy BaghramianLUXEMBOURG.- Mudam Luxembourg - Musée dArt Moderne Grand-Duc Jean has launched the winter/spring season of its artistic programme 2019 with Nairy Baghramian, an Berlin-based artist of Iranian origin. Three sculptures of the Beliebte Stellen/Privileged Points series are exhibited inside as well as outside of the museum. The artwork exhibited in the Grand Hall was acquired in 2018 and its prominent display reflects the museums ambition of providing more visibility to its Mudam Collection, a crucial element of its mission. Providing a panoramic view of the City of Luxembourg, the Park Dräi Eechelen is hosting two other sculptures of the same series. By displaying artworks in the parc, Mudam is conceptualising art in a space beyond its restrictive walls. Beliebte Stellen/Privileged Points marks the beginning of a recurring series of external ... More Fine Asian Works of Art are offered at Turner Auctions + AppraisalsSAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Turner Auctions + Appraisals will offer Fine Asian Works of Art on Sunday, February 24, 2019, at 10:30 am PST. The sale features over 145 lots of art, sculpture, porcelain, jade and more. Most are from China and Japan, although Korea, Tibet, Thailand, India and Indonesia are represented as well. Highlights include important paintings by Li Keran, Qiu Ying, Yang Mingyi and Chiura Obata; an 18th-/19th-century painting of cranes; Han dynasty horses; and an 11th-century Korean bowl. The sale also offers Ming porcelain pieces; celadon items; jade carvings including buckles, bracelets, seals and a fish bowl; Blanc de Chine figures; agate pendants; snuff bottles; cloisonné; cinnabar vases and boxes; Peking glass bowls; bronze Buddhas; stone carvings and bookends; gilt panels; a Khmer head; an Indian painting on silk; and other decorative ... More Dave Persue's first solo exhibition with GR Gallery opens in New YorkNEW YORK, NY.- GR Gallery is presenting LIMINAL SPACE, Dave Persue first solo exhibition with the gallery. The show presents a new body of works, expressly designed for this event and unveils 20 new artworks including works on paper, large canvases and collaborative pieces. For this occasion, Persue also created an unrevealed site specific installation on the gallery hallway and launched a new print and some classical merchandise. A doorway, a stretching hallway, an empty bus stop, being between jobs, relationships, or homes -- Liminal Space is the emptiness that is punctuated by arrivals, departures, and events in our lives. In 2014, Persue found himself in a liminal state. Having ended his career as a commercial artist, he moved to Brooklyn in search of a clearer path for his fine art. A well respected artist in the worldwide graffiti ... More Exhibition at Portland Art Museum seeks to reconceive and reimagine the NorthwestPORTLAND, ORE.- The map is not the territory is part of a triennial series featuring regional artists exploring place and boundaries. This inaugural exhibition focuses along the eastern edge of the Pacific Ocean stretching from Oregon through Washington and Vancouver, B.C., up to Alaska. The artists in this exhibition seek to reconceive and reimagine the Northwest. What does it mean to make art in this region today, and what are the immediate inspirations and pressing concerns that drive each artists work? Through a culmination of studio visits, conversations with the artists, and shared readings, connective themes have surfaced for this exhibition. The map is not the territory is a generative conversation about our connections to the land, efforts toward decolonization, bringing indigenous values to the forefront, and a celebration of the regions ... More Evelyn Taocheng Wang wins Dolf Henkes Award 2019ROTTERDAM.- Evelyn Taocheng Wang is the winner of the Dolf Henkes Prize 2019, the biennial award given to an image-defining Rotterdam artist. Jury chair Fons Hof, director of Art Rotterdam, announced the winner on Thursday evening at TENT Rotterdam. The jury praised Wang for the depth, credibility and exemplariness of her work. The works of the winner and of the other nominees, Roxette Capriles, Priscila Fernandes and Emma van der Leest, are on view at TENT until Sunday 17 February. Evelyn Taocheng Wang wins the Dolf Henkes Prize 2019 and 12,000. The jury is delighted to see how Evelyn Taocheng Wangs work alternates between poetry and reality, combining them to create a bigger narrative, in which her personal presence is always the guiding principle. Her beautiful drawings, animations and films are credible, elusive and disturbing ... More Public Gallery opens Marroni & Ouanely's debut UK solo exhibitionLONDON.- Public Gallery is presenting Marroni & Ouanelys debut UK solo exhibition Cagnara. The exhibition unveils the Italian-French duos latest body of work, characterised by their strict collaborative process where both artists simultaneously paint each canvas using their less dominant hand. This performative practice incorporates the idea of error, scratches and scribbles on canvases recall elements of failure, rendering a narrative of abstract imperfections. Cagnara is an Italian word meaning a noisy disturbance, most often used to refer to a group of dogs barking. In this new series of paintings, Marroni & Ouanely capture this canine interaction in motion; the bodies intermingling, creating creatures with two heads, five legs, resulting in abstract totems, shapes and textures. This melee symbolises the creative process of the artists, comprising ... More 'Knights' presents late-medieval and Renaissance arms and armor through more than 100 objects SARASOTA, FLA.- The Ringling is presenting Knights, an exhibition showcasing stunning examples of European arms and armor from the renowned collection of the Museo Stibbert in Florence, Italy. Through more than 100 rare objects including full suits of armor, mounted equestrian figures, helmets, swords and other weaponry this exhibition tells the tale of the European knight from the medieval and Renaissance periods through the Medieval Revival of the 19th century. Knights enlightens visitors about the historical and functional contexts of arms and armor of this period, while also encouraging them to explore the undeniable beauty and artistic appeal of these works. Knights is on view Feb. 3-April 21, 2019, in the Searing Wing of the Museum of Art. The exhibition was organized by Contemporanea Progetti in collaboration with the Museo Stibbert ... More Gallery NAGA opens solo exhibitions of works by Rick Fox and Louis RisoliBOSTON, MASS.- Rick Fox: Edge of Structure and Louis Risoli: New Paintings are both on exhibition from February 1 through 23. Rick Fox paints landscapes almost entirely plein air. Teaching and residing on the southern coast of Maine, he is surrounded by natural beauty; he visits the same spot over and over again, never tiring of the view. The light, time of day, and season create vastly different paintings from one to the other. My initial impulse to paint the landscape is not to create a document of a meaningful place, although the process of painting does just that. When a location for a series of paintings has exhausted itself, I spend time in a blind-stumble hoping to come upon the next discovered hook; the force of three colliding shapes, a seductive pair of close tonal color relationships, or a nagging spatial sensation, etc. Whatever it is that stirs something ... More Guerilla projectionist and artist Robin Bell opens show next to White House WASHINGTON, DC.- Robin Bell made a name for himself as the artist projecting social commentary on well-known venues in the Washington area; including phrases targeting President Donald Trump on the facade of the Trump International Hotel and fossil fuel awareness on the American Petroleum Institute. Today the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at the George Washington University opened an exhibition of original lights and projections by Mr. Bell. Open: An Installation by Robin Bell, in the atrium and an adjacent gallery of the Corcoran Schools historic Flagg Building, runs until March 31, 2019. Mr. Bell is a video artist, filmmaker and street projectionist from Washington, D.C. He creates guerrilla projections that transform government buildings and hotels into conversation pieces. Though his messages can be viewed by some as controversial he ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, English photographer Henry Fox Talbot, was born February 11, 1800. William Henry Fox Talbot (11 February 1800 - 17 September 1877) was a British scientist, inventor and photography pioneer who invented the salted paper and calotype processes, precursors to photographic processes of the later 19th and 20th centuries. His work in the 1840s on photomechanical reproduction led to the creation of the photoglyphic engraving process, the precursor to photogravure. In this image: William Henry Fox Talbot, Rev. Calvert Richard Jones, "The Fruit Sellers," before December 13, 1845, salted paper print from a calotype negative, H: 6 11/16 x W: 8 1/4 in. image, Gift of the William Talbott Hillman Foundation.
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