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Edgar Degas, French, 1834-1917; ?The Milliners?, c.1898; oil canvas; 29 5/8 x 32 ¼ inches; Saint Louis Art Museum, Director?s Discretionary Fund; and a gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur D. May, Dr. Ernest G. Stillman, Mr. and Mrs. Sydney M. Shoenberg Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. Sydney M. Shoenberg Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Irving Edison, and Harry Tenebaum, bequest of Edward Mallinckrodt Sr., and gift of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Levin, by exchange 25:2007.
ST. LOUIS, MO.- Best known for his depictions of Parisian dancers and laundresses, Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917) was enthralled with another aspect of life in the French capital?high-fashion hats and the women who created them. The artist, invariably well-dressed and behatted himself, ?was not afraid to go into ecstasies in front of the milliners? shops,? Paul Gauguin wrote of his lifelong friend. Degas? fascination inspired a visually compelling and profoundly modern body of work that documents the lives of what one fashion writer of the day called ?the aristocracy of the workwomen of Paris, the most elegant and distinguished.? Yet despite the importance of millinery within Degas?s oeuvre, there has been little discussion of its place in Impressionist iconography. The Saint Louis Art Museum brings new light to the subject with the presentation ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The painter René Magritte (1898-1967) was a conjurer of enigmatic paintings. In a concentrated solo exhibition devoted to the great Belgian Surrealist, the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt explores his relationship to the philosophical currents of his time. © Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 2017, Photo: Norbert Miguletz
| First comprehensive retrospective of László Moholy-Nagy opens in Los Angeles | | Sotheby's to offer one of the greatest works by Gustav Klimt ever to appear at auction | | Swiss archaeologist shines light on Sudan's buried past | 
László Moholy-Nagy, 19, 1921, oil on canvas, 44 à 36 1/2 in., Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, BR53.44, © 2017 Hattula Moholy-Nagy/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents Moholy-Nagy: Future Present, the first comprehensive retrospective of the pioneering artist and educator László Moholy-Nagy (18951946) to be seen in the United States in nearly 50 years. Organized by LACMA, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, and the Art Institute of Chicago, this exhibition examines the rich and varied career of the Hungarian-born modernist. One of the most versatile figures of the twentieth-century avant-garde, Moholy (as he is often called) believed in the potential of art as a vehicle for social transformation and in the value of new technologies in harnessing that potential. He was a pathbreaking painter, photographer, sculptor, designer, ... More | | 
Gustav Klimt, Bauerngarten (Blumengarten) , oil on canvas, painted in 1907. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Among the finest works by Gustav Klimt ever to come to auction, Bauerngarten was painted during the golden years of Klimts career and was a highlight of the critically acclaimed Painting the Modern Garden exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London last year. This profoundly beautiful work is to be offered at auction for the first time in over two decades, set to lead Sothebys Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in London on 1 March 2017. Helena Newman, Global Co-Head of Sothebys Impressionist & Modern Art Department & Chairman of Sothebys Europe, said: Gustav Klimt is one of the most desirable artists today and his iconic masterpieces are revered and recognised the world over. The star of this season's offering is undoubtedly Klimts luminous Bauerngarten, dating from the artists celebrated and much-loved golden period and from the same year as his famous golden Portrait ... More | | 
Swiss archaeologist Charles Bonnet speaks during an interview with AFP. ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP.
KHARTOUM (AFP).- A veteran Swiss archaeologist has unearthed three temples in Sudan built thousands of years ago, a discovery he says promises to throw new light on Africa's buried ancient past. The round and oval shaped structures dating from 1,500 to 2,000 BC were found late last year not far from the famed archaeological site of Kerma in northern Sudan. Charles Bonnet, 83, considered a master student of Sudan's rich archaeological heritage, told AFP that the sites unearthed during recent digs were unlike anything so far discovered. "This architecture is unknown ... there is no example in central Africa or in the Nile Valley of this architecture," Bonnet said as he wrapped up his months-long excavation. The temples were found at Dogi Gel -- "Red Hill" -- located just several hundred metres from Kerma, where Bonnet and his team have been digging for decades. "At Kerma the architecture is square ... More |
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| Selby Gardens' Marc Chagall exhibition features works on public display for the first time | | Exhibition at the Ashmolean tells the story of the rise of Modernism | | Art works from a century of Japanese-American cultural exchange shown at Crocker Art Museum | 
The Lovers by Marc Chagall, courtesy of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS) / New York / ADAGP, Paris / Chagall®.
SARASOTA, FLA.- Flowers have been a focus of artists worldwide throughout the history of art. Rarely, however, is the floral-inspired artwork by one of the 20th centurys most celebrated artists displayed in a garden setting while showcasing paintings never before publicly displayed. An exhibition of Marc Chagalls nature-inspired artwork is on view in a world-renowned Florida botanical garden in an immersive exhibition that introduces a new way of examining the artwork of the prolific artist. Included in the exhibition are the masterwork painting The Lovers (1937), on loan from the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, along with two additional paintings, loaned from a private collector, that have not been publicly exhibited before. For this artist, flowers were life itself, said Dr. Carol Ockman, curator at-large for Marie Selby Botanical Gardens and Robert Sterling Clark Professor of Art at Williams College. They [flowers] are a ... More | | 
Fernand Léger (18811955), Mother and Child (Mère et Enfant) c. 1949. Gouache, 58.5 x 50 cm. Private Collection. © ADAGP, Paris and DACS London 2016.
OXFORD.- The Ashmoleans spring exhibition tells one of the most compelling stories in the history of art the rise of Modernism. From the early nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, this story was played out in France and especially in Paris where international artists were drawn by salons and dealers, the creative exchange between poets and painters, and the bohemian atmosphere of such places as Montmartre and Montparnasse. The exhibition plots a course from Neoclassical and Romantic artists like David, Ingres and Delacroix, through Impressionists and Post-Impressionists like Degas, Monet and Seurat, to the groundbreaking experiments of Picasso and Braque; but it shows that there was no straight line leading from tradition to the shock of abstraction. The story is altogether more interesting as academic artists and members of the avant-garde exchanged ideas and as rivalries developed between ... More | | 
Bumpei Usui, 14th Street, 1924. Oil on canvas, 30 1/8 x 24 inches (76.52 x 60.96 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts J. Harwood and Louise B. Cochrane Fund for American Art; 2006.45. © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts/Photography by Katherine Wetzel.
SACRAMENTO, CA.- This February, the Crocker Art Museum is presenting JapanAmerica: Points of Contact, 1876 1970, a beautiful and diverse display of nearly 200 works of art and design that have played a role in artistic exchange between the two cultures. Following the opening of Japan by the United States Navy in 1853, traveling expositions introduced communities around the world to the exquisite craftsmanship of Japanese objects, with each work affording a new insight into the Japanese way of life. Focusing on Japans place in major exhibitions held on the American continent from 1876 onward, and finishing with a look at the first Japanese Worlds Fair in Osaka in 1970, JapanAmerica examines the influence of Japanese aesthetics on painting and printmaking, ceramics and metalwork, graphic design, advertising, ... More |
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| New exhibition charts science and wonder of volcanoes over the centuries | | Ottocento Art Gallery unveils important painting by Matteo Lovatti dedicated to the Royal Derby | | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts exhibition to explore transformative power of jewelry, art objects | 
William Dunns diary for July 1783, recording the putrid air across England following the eruption of Laki, a volcano in Iceland. Photo: Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford.
OXFORD.- From fire-belching mountains to blood-red waves of lava, volcanoes have captured the attention of scientists, artists and members of the public for centuries. A new exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries uses a spectacular selection of eye witness accounts, scientific observations and artwork to chart how our understanding of volcanoes has evolved over the past two millennia. The exhibition examines some of the worlds most spectacular volcanoes including the 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius, one of the most catastrophic eruptions in European history, and the 19th century eruptions of Krakatoa and Santorini, two of the first volcanic eruptions to be intensely studied by modern scientists. Today, satellites monitor volcanic activity and anyone with internet access can watch volcanic eruptions live in real time. In the past, volcanic eruptions were described in letters, manuscript accounts and early printed books, ... More | | 
Matteo Lovatti ( Rome 1861 after 1909 ), The day of the Royal Derby in Rome (detail). Oil on canvas cm 72 x 123 signed and situated ( Roma ) lower left.
ROME.- In Italian popular culture, the Derby indicates above all the soccer matches, derby marked by a strong rivalry between the supporters of the two teams. But the same definition of clear English origin, has a distinguished history also in the field of horse-racing, able to transcend national borders. If, in fact, the origins of this prestigious horse race are due to the Count of Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, who gave his name to the race reserved only to foals males of three years (the first edition was held in Espom, Surrey, on May 4, 1780 on the distance of a mile), in the space of a century, the competition took root in the culture of the European Belle Ãpoque, reaching an incredible popularity in Rome, too. Until the unification of Italy, trot races had not aroused a particular interest: considered as secondary events, to be played during folk festivals, without game collection, differed from the gallop races, in which the races companies are also involved in the managemen ... More | | 
Pectoral Cross, 1960, Jean Schlumberger (French, 1907-1987), emeralds, sapphires, aquamarines, diamonds, 18 -karat gold 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 1 in. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon (Photo by Travis Fullerton © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Object © The Estate of Jean Schlumberger).
RICHMOND, VA.- Finding inspiration for his work in nature, the French-born designer Jean Schlumberger (19071987) created jewelry and accessories that transformed 20th-century fashion. The Rachel Lambert Mellon Collection of Jean Schlumberger at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, an exclusive new exhibition on view at VMFA from February 10 to June 18, 2017, showcases a broad representation of jewelry and decorative objects from this innovative designer. Admission is free. Artist-jeweler Schlumberger (zhahn SCHLUM-ber-zhay) transformed 20th-century fashion with his creative designs for highly sculptural, vibrant and whimsical jewelry and accessories. He began his career crafting costume jewelry for the French surrealist fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli in 1930s Paris, before heading his own private salon at New Yorks ... More |
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| Lark Mason Associates announces Asia Week New York Auction preview | | Berry Campbell Gallery presents "Dan Christensen: Late Calligraphic Stains" | | 'Spectacle and Leisure in Paris: Degas to Mucha' opens at Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum | 
A large 18th century Chinese Huanghuali Veneered Square Corner Cabinet.
NEW YORK, NY.- Lark Mason, founder and president of Lark Mason Associates, has announced that he will preview his important Spring Asian art auction during Asia Week New York, March 9-19 at his New York headquarters, 227 East 120th Street. With over 400 lots for sale, the Asian Works of Art auction goes live on iGavelauctions.com on March 28 and closes on April 18th. Says Lark Mason, "We are delighted to present this important auction sale which includes Chinese huanghuali furniture, archaic and later jades, lacquer, Chinese and Tibetan bronzes, and Chinese works of art from the Neolithic to the Qing. This sale provides an excellent opportunity for the seasoned or novice collector to purchase highly important pieces at varying price levels." Running concurrently will be a sale of Korean Paintings and Works of Art, as well as an iGavel Associate Seller Asian Art Auction. Among the stand-out lots are: A large 17th/18th century Lar ... More | | 
Dan Christensen (1942-2007), Finititty, 2002. Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 in.
NEW YORK, NY.- Berry Campbell announces an exhibition of paintings by Dan Christensen (1942-2007). The exhibition, featuring nineteen paintings from his Late Calligraphic Stain period, opened on February 9, 2017 and runs through March 11, 2017. During his forty-year career, Dan Christensen employed a painting method involving a considerable amount of improvisation and experimentation.1 However, his work had a logical and systematic evolution. Using the visual language of abstractionfrom Abstract Expressionism through Color Field Painting and Minimalismhe pursued particular lines of inquiry until he felt he had exhausted them. He then changed the variables of his art to move in new directions. Yet, in doing so, he often doubled back, revisiting aspects of his earlier work to rework old themes and create new combinations. Like many artists before himPicasso and Pollock come to mindthrough such recycling, h ... More | | 
Edgar Degas (French, 18341917), Chanteuse de café-Â‐concert (The Café-Â‐Concert Singer), 187576. Pastel over monotype on paper, 6 1/2 x 4 3/4" (plate). Private collection.
ST. LOUIS, MO.- A woman peers down through round opera glasses, scanning the stage or perhaps the audience. A stiff-collared companion glances at her sideways. We the viewers look up to scrutinize them both. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrecs La loge au mascaron doré (The Box with the Gilded Mask) (1893) is a witty masterpiece of triangulated gazes, blurring the line between observer and observed. For Parisians at the end of the 19th century, to attend the opera, the ballet or the Moulin Rouge to wander the Tuileries Gardens, or to cheer the horses at Longchamp was to see but also to be seen. The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis is presenting Spectacle and Leisure in Paris: Degas to Mucha. Featuring a broad selection of prints, posters, photographs and film many of which have rarely been on public view ... More |
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 New sand sculptures and pictorial objects by Angelika Loderer on view at Vienna's SecessionVIENNA.- Angelika Loderers sculptures might be classified as media-reflective art: the characteristics of the materials she uses and the manufacturing processes are fundamental parameters informing the design process. Her sculptures are frequently made of cast metal or secondary materials from the metal casting workshopwax, for example, or special molding sand, which, because of its high level of form stability, is particularly well suited for casting. It is essential for the production of the mould proper but leaves no trace on the finished productit is effectively invisible. Loderer makes this auxiliary agent her medium to build fragile and temporary sculptures; consisting of molding sand, they allude to metalworking while also initiating an inspiring and paradoxical dialogue between the durability of the one and the ephemeral quality of the other. Her creative approach ... More "Marking the Moment: The Art of Allen Blagden" opens at the Hyde CollectionGLENS FALLS, NY.- To contemporary realist Allen Blagden, nature isn't just a place to go for a hike on a clear day. Being surrounded by the serenity of forests, lakes, seashores, and open fields is essential to the artist's creative spirit and sense of well-being. Marking the Moment: The Art of Allen Blagden, featuring forty-seven of the distinguished artist's works, opened to the public Sunday, February 12, at The Hyde Collection. "We are thrilled to have the works of one of the nation's greatest watercolorists at The Hyde," said Erin Coe, Director of the Museum. "He combines a naturalist's love and respect for his subjects with a mastery of watercolor." Mr. Blagden creates landscapes, images of wildlife, and portraits of family and friends strongly rooted in the tradition of American Realism, specifically the work of Winslow Homer and Andrew Wyeth. "He has absorbed and transformed ... More Exhibition questions relationship between objectivity and subjectivity, time and timelessnessNEW YORK, NY.- Peter Blum announces NO EXIT, on view at 20 West 57th Street, New York. The exhibition runs through April 15. What we seldom talk about in art is the desperation informing much of it, not because the artists are good at disguising it, but because we seem to not want to see what is in front of our eyes. Even in the works that might initially strike the viewer as beautifully ordered, one need only look a little longer to see how hard the artist has worked to present his or her anxiety as a moment of sublime calm. The purpose of this exhibition is to raise questions about the relationship between objectivity and subjectivity, time and timelessness. Did the rise of Minimalism and Pop supersede the subjectivity we associate with the Abstract Expressionists? Two works are key to the exhibition. The first is the exhibitions title, which comes from Jean-Paul Sartres one ... More Brazilian graffiti in the fight for respect in the countrySÃO PAULO.- The vivid colors and artsy designs present in São Paulo, Brazil, are definitely one of a kind. Crowded streets, busy life, happy night life with hundreds of friends enjoying online gaming. These are just a few of the things that remind us of how unique the South American country can be. There is art in every single corner of the biggest city in Latin America. Whether you prefer exhibits, such as the ones provided by MASP, the iconic museum of São Paulo, right downtown, or the graffiti present in several buildings and walls. The Brazilian couple of graffiti artists Osgemeos brought an unpublished solo exhibition to New York. "The Silence of Music" premiered last September 8 at the Lehmann Maupin Gallery and ran until October 22. The exhibition pays homage to the music. In the "B-Boy" room, for example, there were radios paintings with built-in speakers ... More TOTAH opens an exhibition of new works by Aleksandar DuravcevicNEW YORK, NY.- TOTAH announces Steppenwolf, an exhibition of new works by Aleksandar Duravcevic, from February 9 through April 16, 2017. Steppenwolf presents the artists latest suite of sculptures, paintings and drawings created since Duravcevics presentation for the Pavilion of Montenegro at La Biennale di Venezia 2015, entitled TI RICORDI SJECAS LI SE YOU REMEMBER. Time can vanish without trace [but the] time we have lived settles in our soul1. So describes Andrei Tarkovsky the barren landscape of time a void he contrasts with the profound depths of human memory and imagination, infusing the past with purpose. In Steppenwolf, Duravcevic returns to investigate duality and time. Here, the past though riddled with clues towards an identity seems as infinitely mysterious and unknown as the future. Steppenwolf trips through the halls ... More Exhibition of Buddhist art from the Newark Museum organized exclusively for Nashville's Frist CenterNASHVILLE, TENN.- This winter and spring, visitors to the Frist Center will enjoy opportunities to examine the art of Buddhism in unusual depth. Organized by the Newark Museum exclusively for the Frist Center, Secrets of Buddhist Art: Tibet, Japan, and Korea explores one of the great faiths of the world through paintings and sculptures by Japanese, Korean, and Tibetan artists. On view in the Centers Ingram Gallery from February 10 through May 7, 2017, the exhibition features 109 paintings and sculptures from the Newark Museums world-renowned collection of Buddhist art made between the late thirteenth and early twentieth centuries. Secrets of Buddhist Art provides a basic understanding of how these artistic objects function within the esoteric or secret Vajrayana branch of Buddhism. Between the fourth and third centuries BCE, Buddhism split into two main branches: Mahayana ... More Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions to offer artworks from the collection of Jan KrugierNEWBURY.- A superb array of artworks from the collection of Jan Krugier (1928 2008), the Polish born Swiss dealer in modern art, will be offered at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions on 8th March at Donnington Priory, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 2JE (10am). Krugiers collection features works by an eclectic range of artists dating from the early 20th century up to the early 2000s. It encompasses works from Krugiers private collection, many personally dedicated and reveals a man of diverse taste and interest from the best of European post-war modernism to Japanese works on paper and tribal art. Highlights include a group of costume and set designs by Leonor Fini (1907-1996) the Argentine surrealist painter who was quite the art-world it girl of her time (Fauconnier, Est: £400-£600 and Scène Tombée de Rideau, pictured, Est £400-600). An interesting ... More Tokyo Chuo Auction 2017 Spring Sales present superb Imperial Chinese treasures TOKYO.- Tokyo Chuo Auction will hold its 2017 Spring Auctions from 25 February to 2 March 2017 at Tokyo Dome Hotel, featuring nearly 3,000 lots of exceptional artworks. Ten sales will be featured including an Evening Sale of Important Chinese Art, Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Fine Chinese Modern Paintings, Fine Chinese Works of Art, Rare Books & Manuscripts, Scholars Objects and Ichigo Ichie - The Art of Tea Ceremony. A carefully curated selection of Chinese paintings and Imperial Chinese works of art will be offered in the highly anticipated Evening Sale. It also features the sale of important inkstones by Chinese masters from a Japanese museum collection being offered for the first time at auction. Amongst the precious art pieces that will be auctioned at the Evening Sale, the highlight will definitely be ... More MarÃa Elena González's first solo gallery exhibition at Hirschl & Adler opens in New YorkNEW YORK, NY.- Hirschl & Adler Modern is presenting Tempo, the first solo gallery exhibition at Hirschl & Adler by internationally-recognized sculptor MarÃa Elena González. The Cuban-born artist interweaves the conceptual with a strong dedication to craft in her complex installations and poetic arrangements, exploring themes like identity, memory, and dislocation. Her ongoing, multi-media project Tree Talk, which creates music for the player piano by transcribing the markings on birch trees, was presented as a solo exhibition in conjunction with the 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts at Ljubljana, Slovenia (2015). Hirschl & Adler Modern later mounted portions of Tree Talk as a monographic presentation at the 2016 ADAA Art Show in New York to critical acclaim. Riffing off of her celebrated Tree Talk series, Gonzálezs newly created works in wood, porcelain and synthetic concrete ... More The biggest street art museum in the world to open at NDSM in Amsterdam, the NetherlandsAMSTERDAM.- The city of Amsterdam is getting a new museum! The biggest street art museum in the world will open its doors at the NDSM docks (From Dutch: Netherlands Dock and Shipbuilding Company) situated on the north side of the river IJ, in the summer of 2018. With its impressive size and art collection the museum will put NDSM on the map as an international cultural destination. The former welding hangar (locally known as Lasloods) covers the surface of more than 7.000 m2 and is twice the size of the famous Turbine Hall of Tate Modern in London. Curator Peter Ernst Coolen from Street Art Today is currently working on setting up the future museum together with his team. Street art has been an inseparable part of urban life for years now. Critics consider street art one of the most significant art movements of the moment. Being made on the street, ... More Prada Foundation presents "Extinct in the Wild curated by Michael Wang MILAN.- Fondazione Prada in Milan is presenting the project Extinct in the Wild curated by Michael Wang. Extinct in the Wild, conceived by American artist Michael Wang (1981), brings together flora and fauna that are no longer found in nature, but persist exclusively under human care, within an artificial habitat. Labelled with the officially designated term extinct in the wild, these species have left nature behind to fully enter the circuits of human culture. In this project, natural beings such as plants and animals are transplanted into an exhibition and cultural space. In the age of extinction, such displacements are not only aesthetic devices but stand for actual strategies of survival. Michael Wang conceived an exhibition in which three glass and aluminum enclosures with artificial lights accomodate these extinct species within the space of the Nord gallery, where a selection of photogr ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian artist Benvenuto Cellini, died February 13, 1571. Benvenuto Cellini (3 November 1500 - 13 February 1571) was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, painter, soldier and musician, who also wrote a famous autobiography. He was one of the most important artists of Mannerism. In this image: Visitors view the Renaissance figurine "Saliera" by Italian artist Benvenuto Cellini which went back on exhibit at Vienna's Art History Museum, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006, after it was stolen in May 2003.
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