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Pablo Picasso, Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter), December 1937. Courtesy Sothebys.
LONDON.- A painting of heightened psychological intensity, Pablo Picassos Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter) brings to a climax a turbulent and highly charged year. The great masterpiece of his career Guernica was created in 1937, and in the final month of that momentous year he painted this vivid, poignant and intense image of his golden muse Marie-Thérèse Walter. This defining work will be offered for the first time as a star lot of Sothebys Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in London on 28 February 2018. Helena Newman, Global Co-Head of Sothebys Impressionist & Modern Art Department & Chairman of Sothebys Europe, said: With such a strong appetite for Picassos work from across the globe, this defining portrait from a pivotal year in the oeuvre of the most globally recognised artist is the perfect piece to headline our first major season of 2018. It is all the more remarka ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day An Indian student reacts on a swing during celebrations for Pongal, the Tamil harvest festival, at a college in Chennai. ARUN SANKAR / AFP
| 'Paint the Eyes Softer' explores the art and science of Roman-Egyptian mummies | | Perrotin New York features over 60 works spanning seven decades of Hans Hartung's career | | Famed photographer Mario Testino accused of sexual harassment | 
Mummy portrait (of a woman), wood, 31.7x23 cm., from Tebtunis, Fayum. Courtesy of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology and the Regents of the University of California. (6-21376).
EVANSTON, ILL.- The Block Museum of Art and the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University delve into the art and science of ancient artifacts in the upcoming exhibition Paint the Eyes Softer: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt, on view through through April 22. Paint the Eyes Softer brings to Northwestern a series of mummy portraits produced in Egypt during the Roman period, a complete intact portrait mummy and other archeological finds from the Fayum region. The groundbreaking installation was co-curated by Marc Walton, research professor of materials science and engineering at McCormick and senior scientist at NU-ACCESS (Northwestern University/ Art Institute of Chicago Center for Scientific Study in the Arts); Taco Terpstra, assistant professor of classics and history in Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; and Essi Rönkkö, Block Museum curatorial associate, working in consul ... More | | 
View of the exhibition Hans Hartung. A constant Storm. Works from 1922 to 1989 at Perrotin New York (January 12 February 18, 2018 © Hans Hartung / ADAGP, Paris 2018. Photo: Guillaume Ziccarelli.
NEW YORK, NY.- Perrotin is presenting Hans Hartung: A Constant Storm. Works from 1922 to 1989, the first exhibition of Hans Hartung at the gallery, which is now the representative of the Estate. The exhibition, featuring over 60 works spanning seven decades of Hartungs career, is the most important solo presentation of the artist in New York since his solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1975. Thanks to exceptional loans from the Hartung-Bergman Foundation (Antibes), the Museum of Modern Art (New York) and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo), key works by the artist have been brought together for this survey exhibition tracing the artists development from his first abstract works in about 1922 through 1989, the year of his passing. The works are displayed in strictly chronological in order to present the successive stages and evolution of his nearly 70-year career. Seminal artworks ... More | | 
Peruvian-born Testino, 63, has photographed dozens of campaigns for big fashion houses and seen his work published in the likes of Vogue magazine over his career, which has spanned four decades. Photo: Jorge Barrios.
NEW YORK (AFP).- Veteran photographer Mario Testino -- a global icon in celebrity and fashion photography -- was accused of sexual harassment by 13 people Saturday. Fashion photographer Bruce Weber -- already sued over harassment claims in December by model Jason Boyce -- was also implicated in a New York Times article on allegations against both photographers. The allegations are the latest in a deluge of accusations concerning influential figures in entertainment, media, fashion and politics, sparked by revelations about longtime film producer Harvey Weinstein. Peruvian-born Testino, 63, has photographed dozens of campaigns for big fashion houses and seen his work published in the likes of Vogue magazine over his career, which has spanned four decades. His photograph of tennis player Serena Williams and her baby daughter appears on Vogue's ... More |
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| Rare portfolio by Ansel Adams to be offered at Clars Important Photography Auction | | Detroit Institute of Arts opens permanent gallery showcasing recently acquired artworks | | Exhibition explores a collection of original silver gelatin photographs from Man Ray's "Hollywood" period | 
The spotlight of this auction will be on this rare portfolio of fifteen (15) gelatin silver prints by Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984), titled Portfolio Four: What Majestic Word, In Memory of Russell Varian. Published by the Sierra Club of San Francisco in 1963, this lot will be offered with an estimate of $50,000-70,000.
OAKLAND, CA.- Clars Auction Gallery will present their monthly auction of Fine Art, Decorative Art, Furniture, Jewelry/Timepieces and Asian Art Auction on Sunday, January 21st at their Oakland (CA) gallery and saleroom. Each January, Clars kicks off the New Year by presenting a special Important Photography Auction and this year the offerings are exceptional, featuring numerous works by the most sought after and collectible artists of this medium. The highlight of this sale will be a rare and important photographic portfolio by Ansel Adams, plus works by Imogen Cunningham and Edward Weston from a major San Francisco estate. The spotlight of this auction will be on the rare portfolio of fifteen (15) gelatin silver prints by Ansel Adams (American, ... More | | 
Saint Benedict of Palermo, 177080, attributed to Juan Pascual de Mena, coniferous wood, pigment, gold. Museum purchase.
DETROIT, MICH.- The Detroit Institute of Arts opened a gallery dedicated to some of the museums newest acquisitions while also providing the public with a look at the art acquisition process. The gallery, called Out of the Crate: New Gifts & Purchases, opened Jan. 12. A selection of recent purchases and gifts chosen by DIA Director Salvador Salort-Pons are on view for approximately six months, after which they will be replaced with newer acquisitions. The DIA has one of the most significant art collections in the United States, and one way we maintain this quality is by acquiring new artworks every year, said Salort-Pons. Thanks to generous donors, the DIA has been able to establish funds designated for art acquisitions only, with which we are able to strengthen our collection. This gallery offers a transparent look at the DIAs collecting process and policies while giving visitors a first look at both recent pu ... More | | 
Man Ray, Man Ray with Duchamp, 1948. Vintage gelatin silver print, 3 7/8 x 3 1/4 inches 9.8 x 8.3 cm (unframed). © Man Ray Trust/Artists Rights Society (ARS)/ADAGP, Paris 2018. Courtesy Gagosian.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Gagosian is presenting an exhibition of works by Man Ray, made between 1940 and 1951. During his storied career, Man Rays work spanned a variety of media: painting, photography, sculpture, printmaking, film, poetry, and prose. His work aligned variously with Cubism, Futurism, Dada, and Surrealism, yet retains its own distinct style. Early in his career, from 1920 to 1940, Man Ray worked primarily as a fashion photographer, in Paris, shooting for Vanity Fair, Vogue, and Harpers Bazaar, as well as designers such as Vionnet, Lanvin, Chanel, and Schiaparelli. When World War II came to Paris, in 1940, he escaped to the United States, settling in Los Angeles, where he deliberately moved away from commercial photography, to focus on making fine art. This exhibition explores the collection of original silver gelatin photographs from ... More |
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| UK Art Museum presents exhibition of works by Edward Melcarth | | Exhibition of photographs by Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind on view in exhibition at Laurence Miller Gallery | | Exhibition marks the 50th anniversary of that most turbulent year in 20th century history: 1968 | 
Edward Melcarth, All Night Movie. Oil on canvas, 20 x 16 inches. The Forbes Collection, New York.
LEXINGTON, KY.- This survey of paintings, drawings, and sculpture by Edward Melcarth is a homecoming of sorts, a chance to assess and appreciate the Louisville-born artist (1914-1973) who left Kentucky to pursue his personal interests and career. Points of View looks at Melcarths subject matter and his exploration of masculinity, religion, portraiture, drug use, and the American scene. In both small and large works, the artist offers dramatic compositions, positioning bodies as interlocking elements or seen from unique perspectives. Images of men dominate the exhibition, and Melcarth revels in depicting young bodies performing tasks of physical labor and leisure, or animating scenes of group aggression. He takes obvious pleasure in transforming religious and mythological narratives for his own purposes. Additional works on view offer tender portraits and energetic scenes of American life. Director Stuart ... More | | 
Harry Callahan, Chicago, 1956.
NEW YORK, NY.- Laurence Miller Gallery is presenting When Harry Met Aaron, a conversation between the photographs of Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind. Both were masters of their medium, and developed a deep and lasting friendship while teaching together - initially at the Institute of Design in Chicago, then later at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. Their backgrounds were starkly different Callahan from the Midwest, inspired by Ansel Adams, versus Siskind from the Lower East Side, inspired by the Abstract Expressionists. Likewise, their approaches to photography were almost entirely opposite in temperament - Callahan cool, reductive, and reticent, while Siskind was hot, expansive and ebullient. Yet there is much common ground to discover in their picture-making approach, and many parallels, as each artist had an exquisite sense of form and line, combined with deep humanity. This becomes quite evident when comp ... More | | 
October 17, 1968 Tommie C. Smith and John Carlos give the Black Power salute at the medal ceremony at the Olympic Games in Mexico City. Associated Press. Courtesy Steven Kasher Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- Steven Kasher Gallery presents Day by Day: 1968, an exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of that most turbulent year in 20th century history. The exhibition presents 366 vintage black and white news photographs from a private collection, one made on each day of 1968. The prints have been mounted in calendar format, one grid for each month. The dense juxtaposition and sequencing of the images tell stories that are tragic and comic, ironic and histrionic, utopic and dystopic, and so much more. A hardcover 237-page catalog illustrating every picture has been published in conjunction with the exhibition. 1968 was a year of seismic social and political struggle and change across the globe. It was understood then to be a historic year throughout the world, and it has remained a touchstone ever since. ... More |
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| Marian Goodman Gallery opens a solo presentation of work by Cristina Iglesias | | Whyte's announces highlights from the Eclectic Collector sale | | Timeless treasures: Recently acquired folk costumes and textiles on view at The Ukrainian Museum | 
Cristina Iglesias, Phreatic Zone II, 2015. Aluminium and water, 179-15/16 x 62-3/16 x 183-7/8 x 83-7/16 in.
NEW YORK, NY.- Marian Goodman Gallery New York is presenting a solo presentation of work by Cristina Iglesias, Entwined, which opened on Tuesday, January 9th and be on view through Saturday, February 10th, 2018. Throughout her career, Iglesias has defined a unique sculptural vocabulary, building immersive and experiential environments that reference and unite architecture, literature and culturally site-specific influences. Through a language of constructed and natural forms rendered in various materials and ranging from suspended pavilions, latticed panels, passageways, mazes, to walls inbued with texts and structural and vegetative forms, she poetically redefines space by confounding interior and exterior, organic and artifice, combining industrial materials with natural elements to produce unexpected new sensory sites for the viewer. For this exhibition, Iglesias has created several mural pieces ... More | | 
2nd Millennium BC Irish bronze dagger. Est: 1,500-2,000.
DUBLIN.- The eclectic array of collectibles in this popular series of auctions hosted by Whytes includes historic artefacts, manuscripts, documents and printed ephemera, also maps, books, photographs, postcards, advertising signs and posters, jewellery and watches, militaria and weapons, coins, medals & banknotes, curios etc. One of the most profound schisms in Irish political history occurred with the signing of the 1921 Anglo Irish Treaty. Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera became bitter enemies and leaders of either side in the Civil War. Lot 148, a page from the menu of a dinner attended in happier days by both men and signed by them will be offered at Whytes Eclectic Collector auction on 3 February. Documents with the signatures of both Collins and de Valera are extremely rare. Printed on the menu are three toasts beginning with, ironically, Ireland One and Indivisible estimate 800-1,200. Lot 135 in ... More | | 
Installation view.
NEW YORK, NY.- Timeless Treasures: Recently Acquired Folk Costumes and Textiles features more than eighty exquisite textiles shown for the first time ever: twenty complete folk costumes from various regions of Ukraine, intricately woven wrap skirts, richly embroidered shirts and ritual cloths, elaborate headdresses, accessories, outerwear, and much more. Timeless Treasures is curated by Lubow Wolynetz, curator of the Museum's Folk Art collection, and guest curator, Ihor Perevertniuk, Ethnographic Researcher, Ivan Honchar Museum, National Center of National Culture (Kyiv, Ukraine). The exhibition will be open to the public through September 23, 2018. The collection, purchased from a private collector, reflects the ethnographic singularities of the mid-19th century to the first half of the 20th century. It is particularly notable in that it includes multiple examples of textiles from the major regions of Ukraine, enabling us to study not only regional variations but ... More |
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 Miyako Yoshinaga opens its first solo exhibition of the artist Karen Miranda-RivadeneiraNEW YORK, NY.- Miyako Yoshinaga is presenting its first solo exhibition of the Ecuadorian-American artist, Karen Miranda-Rivadeneira. The exhibition, In the Mouth of the Mountain Jaguar Everybody is a Dancing Hummingbird, is on view from January 11, 2018 to February 17, 2018. In the Mouth of the Mountain Jaguar Everybody is a Dancing Hummingbird features a series of photographs taken by Karen Miranda-Rivadeneira in the Andean mountains of Ecuador. Miranda-Rivadeneira explores the relationships between humans and nature through factual and fictional narratives inviting us into a fantastical world. In recalling her trip to Ecuador, the artist remarks, "The spirit of the mountains reminded me not to take photographs, the instances I capture presented themselves, and my task is to ask permission to borrow them." Her background ... More Japan sewers clean up their act with manhole artTOKYO (AFP).- Japan's sewerage industry has found a way to clean up its dirty and smelly image: elaborately designed and colourful manhole covers with 12,000 local varieties nationwide -- including, of course, a Hello Kitty design. Appealing to a Japanese love of detail and "kawaii" ("cute"), bespoke manhole covers adorn the streets of 1,700 towns, cities and villages across Japan and have spawned a collection craze among so-called "manholers." The designs represent an instant guide to a place as they feature its history, folklore, or speciality goods: a castle design for an ancient town, a bay bridge for a port and Mt Fuji for a city at the foot of Japan's iconic mountain. As for Tama City, located in the western sprawl of greater Tokyo, locals are pinning their hopes on a more modern Japanese icon -- Hello Kitty -- to attract tourists, alongside the town's theme park showcasing ... More Workplace opens a solo exhibition of new and existing work by Susie GreenGATESHEAD.- Workplace is presenting Interior Report, a solo exhibition of new and existing work by Susie Green. Green works with a range of media including painting, sculpture and performance to explore the body as a site for pleasure and politics. Central to Interior Report is a series of new paintings on paper. Acting as vignettes describing moments of intimacy and encounter, each work combines semi figurative shapes with descriptions written in pencil, inviting the viewer into a moment of erotic intimacy. Pictorially the images take an unconventional, non-perspective view, either looking down, as if floating over a scene, or looking up, to surrounding architecture, rendering the experiences as diagrams or plan views.Together the scenes portray a range of encounters with varying levels of emotional connection, from online communication to face ... More powerHouse Books publishes author and photojournalist Paola Gianturco's sixth bookNEW YORK, NY.- Wonder Girls: Changing Our World (powerHouse Books) is noted author and photojournalist Paola Gianturco's sixth book for women interested in issues that affect women and girls globally. She says, "Those of us who care about the well-being of young girls have reason to worry. Around the world, girls are trafficked, married off too young, denied education and equality -- and that's just the beginning. But there is inspiring news: girls are banding together, finding strength in numbers, and fighting against those threats." Over three years, Gianturco and her newly 13-year-old granddaughter, up-and-coming author and photographer Alex Sangster, interviewed and photographed fifteen groups of girls, all age 10 to 18, who are tackling challenges in their communities in thirteen countries in the Middle East, Asia, North and Latin America, Africa ... More Exhibition of works on paper by eighteen artists on view at Alexander and BoninNEW YORK, NY.- Alexander and Bonin announced the opening of 101 Drawings, an exhibition of works on paper by eighteen artists. Works by John Ahearn, Matthew Benedict, Fernando Bryce, Carlos Bunga, Michael Buthe, Willie Cole, Eugenio Dittborn, VÃctor Grippo, Mona Hatoum, Diango Hernández, Emily Jacir, Robert Kinmont, Stefan Kürten, Jorge Macchi, Rita McBride, Ree Morton, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, and Paul Thek will be on view through February 24th. The exhibition brings together a dynamic array of approaches to the art of drawing, from the representative and expressive to the conceptual. It presents the works of artists engaged in explorations of different materials and processes, from traditional forms of representation such as line drawing, ink, and watercolor to alternative processes that challenge conventional notions of drawing such as collage, ... More Sabrina Amrani is presenting Lodestar, the first solo exhibition by Jong Oh in SpainMADRID.- Sabrina Amrani is presenting Lodestar, the first solo exhibition by Jong Oh in Spain, which marks the beginning of the representation of the artist by the gallery. Lodestar is a word borrowed from the nautical vocabulary, it stands for Polaris or North Star, which marks the North for orientation. The discrete light of the stars in the sky are, in navigation, precise tools for sailing and help to define position and orientation: an intimate reference to the artist nomadic life but also a strong metaphore to his subtle and almost invisible sculptures and installations. Jong Oh's artistic practice is quite particular since he does not use a studio but creates minimal sculptures in situ that respond to a given spatial situation. Responding to the nuanced configuration of each site, the artist constructs spatial structures by suspending and interconnecting a limited selection of materials: ... More Asya Geisberg Gallery opens fourth solo exhibition of works by Julie SchenkelbergNEW YORK, NY.- Asya Geisberg Gallery is presenting Reliquary, the fourth solo exhibition of Julie Schenkelberg. Reliquary begins with familiar themes of American decay, and the accompanying loss of status and class embodied within domestic objects and architecture. The artist, born in Cleveland and currently living in Detroit, hones her trademark locally sourced raw materials into a more crystalline vision. The central floor installation, the eponymous Reliquary, suggests a sarcophagus of the future, where artifacts that might ordinarily lay inside the tomb are arranged rhythmically on the exterior, while the interior holds creamy wax casts of dishes, books, and a Virgin Mary altered into the artists shape. Casts of Schenkelbergs family cutlery, covered in silver gilt, simultaneously suggest contemporary cuneiform and Modernisms stacking and repetition. The orderly exterior belies th ... More Sarkis curates exhibition of works by Eugène Leroy at Galerie Nathalie ObadiaPARIS.- Galerie Nathalie Obadia is presenting Intérieurs, Sarkiss third solo show in Paris following Il Grido held in our Brussels gallery in 2016. This time, Sarkis invites Eugène Leroy (1910- 2000) in an exhibition he entirely curated to confront his own creations with the masters work he considers absolutely essential. Even though Eugene Leroy has enjoyed a growing recognition on the international contemporary scene over the last 20 years, Sarkis regrets that this genius painter has not yet been claimed as one of the most impacting artistic figures of the 20th century. In 2012, on the occasion of the retrospective exhibition Hôtel Sarkis held at the MAMCO of Geneva, the artist already paid a tribute to nearly 70 artists (architects, writers, moviemakers, painters and composers) among which were John Cage, Andreï Tarkovski, Joseph Beuys, Edvard Munch, Sergueï ... More Ciarán Murphy untangles representation from reality with his latest paintings at GRIMM GalleryAMSTERDAM.- GRIMM announced the presentation of a group of new paintings by Ciarán Murphy (IE, 1978) at the Keizersgracht space in Amsterdam. This exhibition marks a decade of collaboration between the artist and the gallery. In the introduction to his book The Order of Things (1966), French philosopher Michel Foucault (1926-1984) makes reference to the unease he felt after stumbling upon a reference to a certain ancient encyclopedia. In this encyclopedia, animals are ordered into strange, unfamiliar categories. For example some were grouped under headings such as animals that at a distance resemble flys or animals that are drawn with a very fine camel hair brush. By encountering something that confounds ones expectations, the mythic encyclopedia highlights that unbridgeable gap between things and the names we use in an effort to contain them. ... More Sapar Contemporary opens exhibition of works by Sara Berman and Heeseop YoonNEW YORK, NY.- In his book Homo Ludens, the cultural historian Johan Huizinga refers to the act of playing as the construction of temporary worlds within the ordinary world, dedicated to the performance of an act apart. In recent years, Huizingas theories have been applied by art historians seeking to understand how art practice can model constructive and free rather than oppressive forms of labor. The exhibition Solitaire at Sapar Contemporary considers how works by two artists, Heeseop Yoon and Sara Berman, relate to Huizingas characterization of play by building systematic images, each consisting of everyday objects that have been stacked and reconfigured in unfamiliar ways. Through practice that is at once playful and yet highly-structured, both Yoon and Berman create representations of temporary worlds by encoding familiar spaces and forms ... More George Adams Gallery opens exhibition of early paintings by Elmer Bischoff NEW YORK, NY.- To begin 2018, the George Adams Gallery has mounted an exhibition of early paintings by Elmer Bischoff (1916-1991), tracing his development from the mid-1940s, to the years preceding his transition to figurative painting in 1952. In line with the rapid evolution of the art scene in post-war San Francisco, Bischoffs evolution from surrealist imagery and biomorphic abstraction to the heavy, gestural abstraction reflects the various influences and personalities shaping the Bay Area artistic identity. Crucially, these years, 1946-50, align with Bischoffs first stint teaching at California School of Fine Arts and further reinforce the major influence the school and its community had on the painting in the region. As with many of his colleagues, Bischoff served in WWII and returned to art and teaching at CSFA in 46; among those on staff at the time were David ... More Rhizome awarded $1,000,000 by the Andrew W. Mellon FoundationNEW YORK, NY.- Rhizome, the pioneering organization for born-digital art and culture and longtime affiliate of the New Museum in New York City, announced that the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the organization a two-year, $1,000,000 grant to underwrite significant enhancements to Webrecorder, its innovative platform to create and share fully interactive, high-fidelity archival copies of websites past and present. This funding will support Webrecorders implementation in institutional contexts, while upgrading capture and usability for all users. Webrecorder remains the only free-to-use, open-source web archiving platform of its kind, hosted online at https://webrecorder.io/. This gift, the largest in Rhizomes history, follows a $600,000 grant in 2015 from the Mellon Foundation that launched the Webrecorder initiative. The platform represents a unique ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, German photographer Andreas Gursky was born January 15, 1955. Andreas Gursky (born 15 January 1955) is a German photographer and professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany. He is known for his large format architecture and landscape colour photographs, often employing a high point of view. In this image: Andreas Gursky, Tokyo Stock Exchange 1990. C-Print 205.0 x 260.0 x 6.2 cm © Andreas Gursky /VG Bild-Kunst. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia. Courtesy: Monika Sprüth / Philomene Magers, Berlin London.
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