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Artist Chuck Close attends Art Basel Miami Beach on December 6, 2017. GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP / Nicholas Hunt.
by Olivia Hampton
WASHINGTON (AFP).- The National Gallery of Art in Washington has indefinitely postponed a planned exhibition of works by artist Chuck Close due to sexual misconduct claims against him. In light of the allegations against Close and photographer Thomas Roma, "all parties involved acknowledged that it is not the appropriate time to present these installations," museum spokeswoman Anabeth Guthrie told AFP on Sunday. She noted that the museum, which has 53 Close drawings, photographs, prints, collages and paintings in its collection, has never before postponed a show over sexual misconduct claims. The Gallery also owns 87 Roma prints from his 1991-1994 series "Come Sunday" from a project that saw him photograph more than 150 religious services. Late last year, several women told US media that Close, who is handicapped and relies on a wheelchair due to spinal artery collapse, had asked them to undress and made unwanted advances and explicit comments when they visited his studio. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Visitors walk through the 'Proryv' (Breakthrough) Panorama Museum in Kirovsky District, 40km from Saint Petersburg, on January 27, 2018. Russia on January 27 marks the 74th anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad (today Saint Petersburg) from the Nazi military blockade during the Second World War and on January 18 the 75th anniversary of the breakthrough of the Siege of Leningrad. OLGA MALTSEVA / AFP
| Michel Sittow exhibition celebrates Estonian master of Early Netherlandish Art at National Gallery of Art | | Passion & desire from antiquity to the present day at Sotheby's London | | Architect Ole Scheeren completes world's first purpose-built auction house in Beijing | 
Michel Sittow, A Young Man in a Red Cap, 1490s. Oil on panel, overall: 16.4 x 12.9 cm (6 7/16 x 5 1/16 in.). Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Anne and Henry Ford II. Bridgeman Images.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Considered Estonia's greatest Renaissance artist, Michel Sittow (c. 14691525) was sought after by the renowned European courts of his day, including those of King Ferdinand of Aragón and Queen Isabella of Castile, Philip the Handsome, Margaret of Austria, and Christian II of Denmark. In celebration of the centennial of the establishment of the Republic of Estonia, Michel Sittow: Estonian Painter at the Courts of Renaissance Europe provides an exceptional opportunity to examine the rare and masterful works attributed to Sittow. The exhibition explores the artist's possible collaboration with Juan de Flandes (14601519), his relationship with his Netherlandish contemporaries, and the influence of his likely teacher, Hans Memling (active c. 14651494). Michel ... More | | 
Yves Klein, Venus Bleue (S41), blue pigment and synthetic resin on plaster, conceived in 1962 and executed posthumously in 1982 (est. £50,000-70,000). Courtesy Sothebys.
LONDON.- Artists throughout history have been drawn to the human form. In the second edition of Sothebys Erotic: Passion & Desire sale, Pre-Columbian sculpture will be paired with Picasso works on paper; masters of photography from Man Ray to Rankin will be set against 19th century marbles and antique reliefs; Gustav Klimts sensual eroticism will jostle with Keith Vaughns unrestricted erotic fantasies; each work charting the history of the subject from antiquity to modern day. The exhibition in Sothebys New Bond Street galleries, on public view from 7 15 February, takes viewers on an art historical journey. Comprising 90 lots with a combined pre-sale low estimate of £3.8 million, this years auction will be accompanied by an online sale, presenting an even wider range ... More | | 
Guardian Art Center by Ole Scheeren. Photo: Iwan Baan.
BEIJING.- The Guardian Art Center is the worlds first ever custom-built auction house, creating a new typology of a hybrid arts institution in the heart of Beijing. Offering museum quality galleries and state of the art conservation facilities, the building is also a community resource with restaurants, a hotel, flexible events spaces, and integrated public transport infrastructure. The Guardian Art Center is a lot more than just a museum, says Ole Scheeren, principal of Büro Ole Scheeren. Its not a hermetic institution, but rather an acknowledgement of the hybrid state of contemporary culture. It is a Chinese puzzle of interlocking cultural spaces and public functions that fuse art and culture with events and lifestyle. Designed as a sensitive insertion within the urban fabric of Beijing, the Guardian Art Centers architecture strikes a delicate balance of old and new and pays ... More |
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| Ikea's frugal billionaire founder Ingvar Kamprad dies aged 91 | | The UK's first major retrospective of Andreas Gursky opens at the newly refurbished Hayward Gallery | | Blackwell Auctions to offer two early works by contemporary artist Dzine | 
This file photo taken on February 11, 2015 shows Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad arriving for a dinner at the royal palace in Stockholm, Sweden. Fredrik SANDBERG / AFP.
STOCKHOLM (AFP).- Ingvar Kamprad, the farmer's son turned multibillionaire who founded the Ikea empire that revolutionised furnishing, has died aged 91, the firm said Sunday. Kamprad "passed away peacefully surrounded by his loved ones" at his home in the southern Swedish region of Smaland on Saturday "following a brief illness", Ikea said in a statement. He leaves behind a legacy of affordable interior design for households around the world, through Ikea's flat-pack furniture which customers can assemble themselves. Kamprad's close friend Bertil Torekull told the Swedish daily Aftonbladet that the industrialist died from pneumonia which he contracted after a visit abroad, aggravated by "the frailty of old age". Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said Kamprad "made home furnishing available for many ... More | | 
Andreas Gursky, Pyongyang VII, 2007/2017. © Andreas Gursky / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018. Courtesy Sprüth Magers.
LONDON.- Londons Hayward Gallery is staging the first major UK retrospective of the work of acclaimed German photographer Andreas Gursky (Germany, 1955). Widely regarded as one of the most significant photographers of our time, Gursky is known for his large-scale, often spectacular pictures that portray emblematic sites and scenes of the global economy and contemporary life. This retrospective features sixty-eight of the artists ground-breaking photographs, from the 1980s through to eight new works which can be seen be for the first time in this exhibition. Andreas Gursky also marks the beginning of the Hayward Gallerys 50th anniversary year and is the first exhibition to take place in the Gallery following its refurbishment. For the first time ever, the gallerys pyramid roof lights allow natural light into the spaces below. The exhibition includes some of the ... More | | 
Large mixed media canvas, plexiglas and board painting mounted on board by contemporary Chicago artist Carlos Rolon, aka "DZine."
CLEARWATER, FLA.- Two early works by contemporary artist Dzine (born Carlos Rolón, 1970) are to be offered for sale at Blackwell Auctions in Clearwater, Fla., in their Americana sale on February 10, 2018. One of the pieces, titled "Cracked Mindz" and dated 1991, is the earliest known example of a mixed media by the artist ever offered at auction. Measuring about 36" square, the canvas and plexiglas painting is double signed and inscribed on the back. "Admittedly this is not a piece that would normally find itself in an Americana sale," said Edwin Bailey, Blackwell's owner. "But it's distinctly and unquestionably American in every way. And I believe 'Americana' can encompass any aspect of the American experience." The second Dzine painting, acrylic with a resin clear coat, is dated 1998. Blackwell's Americana auction also includes paintings (of a more traditional nature) by Benjamin ... More |
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| The Peggy Guggenheim Collection opens the first retrospective dedicated to Marino Marini | | Mort Walker, creator of popular 'Beetle Bailey' comic, is dead at 94 | | Olafur Eliasson solo exhibition opens at Espace Muraille, Geneva | 
Giacomo Manzù, David, 1938. Bronze, 58 x 53 x 48 cm. Milano, collezione privata.
VENICE.- The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is presenting the exhibition Marino Marini. Visual Passions, curated by Barbara Cinelli and Flavio Fergonzi with the collaboration of Chiara Fabi. This is the first retrospective dedicated to Marino Marini. The show intends to contextualize Marinis work in a broader art historical context. More than 70 works are exhibited in the temporary exhibition galleries as well as in the museums Project Rooms and the adjoining veranda. Marino Marini. Visual Passions has been overseen by a scientific committee comprised of the curators and Philip Rylands, Salvatore Settis, Carlo Sisi and Maria Teresa Tosi. The intimate galleries of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, the exhibitions second venue after Palazzo Fabroni in Pistoia, allow an unprecedented, concentrated and close examination of more than fifty sculptures by Marino Marini. These are exhibited together with twenty additional works ... More | | 
Walker created the "Beetle Bailey" comic strip in 1950.
WASHINGTON (AFP).- Cartoonist Mort Walker, whose lovable Beetle Bailey character survived decades of military life at dysfunctional Camp Swampy without ever doing any real work, has died, news media reported. Walker was 94 and died Saturday at his home in Stamford, Connecticut, the National Cartoonists Society reported on its website. He died of complications from pneumonia. Walker created the "Beetle Bailey" comic strip in 1950. Bailey was originally cast as a slacker college student, but with the outbreak of the Korean War, he enlisted in the military -- and never left. Walker said he drew decades of material from his own army service during World War II -- "four years of free research," he called it. The strip, originally published in 12 newspapers, proved immensely popular with its mockery of mindless bureaucracy and pompous authority figures. It was ultimately carried by 1,800 papers in 50 countries, making Walker one of the most read cartoonists in history. ... More | | 
Olafur Eliasson in front of Black glass sun, 2018/ Installation view Espace Muraille, Geneva, 2018. Convex black glass, stainless steel, monofrequency lights, transformer ø 120 cm, 10 cm. Edition 2/3 + 1 AP. Photo: Luca Fascini. Courtesy the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin © 2018 Olafur Eliasson.
GENEVA.- Espace Muraille opened a solo exhibition by Olafur Eliasson. Founded by collector Caroline Freymond, Espace Muraille is a unique space dedicated to contemporary art, located in the heart of Genevas Old Town. Eliassons exhibition continues the spaces programme of high-calibre exhibitions, which to date have included French artist Monique Frydman, Iranian artist Shirazeh Houshiary, Argentine artist Tomàs Saraceno, American artist Sheila Hicks, and British artist Edmund de Waal. Objets définis par l'activité (Objects defined by activity) is organized around representative elements of Eliassons artistic vocabulary notably his work with perception, light, water, and colour and includes several new installations produced especially ... More |
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| Spruth Magers opens second curated exhibition of Craig Kauffmans work | | Arkansas Arts Center shines new light on John Marin drawings | | Gladstone 64 opens Mostly Drawing, an exhibition of new works by Amy Sillman | 
Craig Kauffman, Untitled, 1969. Acrylic lacquer on plastic, 185,4 x 127 x 22,9 cm.
LONDON.- Crossroads: Kauffman, Judd and Morris, is Sprüth Magers second curated exhibition of Craig Kauffmans work, displayed alongside his influences and contemporaries. The show presents six works from Kauffmans fertile period of 19661971, when he addressed the issues of structure and form in painting, the use of industrial materials, paintings relationship to the wall, and dematerialisation. His work is contextualised by the inclusion of the stack piece Untitled(Bernstein80 -4) (1980) and the floor piece Untitled, DSS 234 (1970) by Donald Judd and the two felt works Untitled (1968) and Fountain (1971) by Robert Morris, as well as supplemental materials from the Kauffman archives. The exhibition presents the three artists together for the first time in Europe, and is Kauffmans debut exhibition with the gallery in London. Although primarily known as a Los Angeles based artist, Craig ... More | | 
John Marin, American (Rutherford, New Jersey, 1870 1953, Cape Split, Maine), Buildings, Downtown New York, circa 1925, watercolor and graphite on board, 6 x 5 inches, Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection: Gift of Norma B. Marin, New York, New York. 2013.018.163 (catalog 142).
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.- The work of a great American modernist, John Marin (1870 1953), gets a revelatory new look in an exhibition originating at the Arkansas Arts Center. Becoming John Marin: Modernist at Work features never-before-exhibited drawings and watercolors from the Arkansas Arts Center Collection, illustrating the artists evolution as he transformed from intuitive draftsman to innovative watercolorist and etcher. Becoming John Marin: Modernist at Work affords a unique opportunity to see finished watercolors, etchings and oil paintings reunited with the sketches on which they were based, for the first time outside the artists studio. As the second largest repository of works by John Marin in the world, the Arkansas Arts Centers ... More | | 
Amy Sillman, SK39, 2017. Acrylic, ink and silkscreen on paper, 40 1/8 x 26 inches (101.9 x 66 cm) Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Photo: John Berens.
NEW YORK, NY.- Gladstone 64 is presenting Mostly Drawing, an exhibition of new works by Amy Sillman. This show marks the artists first exhibition with Gladstone Gallery. As the shows title self-referentially indicates, this exhibition is comprised primarily of works on paper incorporating silkscreened, painted, and drawn elements that continue Sillmans decades-long examination into the ideological underpinnings of the term Drawing itself. In each work, the artist employs formal dualities from the art historical canon namely, narration versus abstraction, color versus line, flat versus recessive space, and painting versus drawing not as a means to a conceptual end, but rather as a method to push these painterly concerns to their extremes. The works on view therefore defy easy categorization, as each one ... More |
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 Germany's oldest bookseller, 95, packs suspense in last chapterSALZWEDEL (AFP).- When Helga Weyhe began work at her beloved bookshop, the Red Army was on the march towards her east German town, Hitler still clung to power and Sartre had just published "No Exit". Fast-forward more than seven decades and the remarkably spry 95-year-old, Germany's oldest bookseller, swats away any talk of retirement, or even slowing down. Still staffing the store six days a week, Weyhe said books got her through two dictatorships and would see her through her last chapter too. "I started in 1944 and I'm still here," she told AFP with a smile, sitting in her back office stacked with handpicked volumes. "I had lots of dreams when I was young but they always involved books." Weyhe represents the third generation of her family to run the shop, which has occupied the same spot since 1840. ... More Carpenters Workshop Gallery opens the first US solo exhibition of Korean designer Wonmin ParkNEW YORK, NY.- Carpenters Workshop Gallery | New York is presenting the first US solo exhibition of Korean designer Wonmin Park, Plain Cuts, from January 24 to March 10, 2018. Launched last October at PAD London and subsequently at Carpenters Workshop Gallery | Paris, Parks new collection of limited-edition patinated aluminum extends Parks inquiry into the simplicity of forms. His practice is discernibly minimalist, and his use of light and color is radical, creating evanescent projects, which give the impression that his pieces have no limits. From his observations of the world and his environment, he proposes a contemporary design with a contemplative attitude, which finds its roots in Korean tradition and philosophy. This approach is exemplified in Plain Cuts, a new series that focuses on the abstract geometry of construction and virtual lines, which produce ... More Group exhibition at Galerie Peter Kilchmann presents international artistic positionsZURICH.- Galerie Peter Kilchmann is presenting Group Show/New Works. The exhbiition unites ten Swiss as well as international artistic positions, presenting the public a challenging visual experience with diverse works in various media such as painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and video. Through an interesting array of parallel and controversial topics, the exhibition attempts to depict the strong individual approaches of each artist, while balancing their ways and perceptions. Inherent to all artists presented is the vigor in which they communicate their standpoints and draw the observer to engage with subject matter. For her ongoing series Arts, Crafts and Facts, first shown at the Venice Biennial in 2015, Maja Bajevic (*1967, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegowina) works on playfully patterned cotton fabrics embroidered with charts of fluctuating ... More Kestner Gesellschaft opens exhibition of works by Christa DichgansHANNOVER.- Piles of plastic toys in childrens rooms, an inflatable swimming pool animal, Batman, paper planes, and mountains of sausages are the subjects of Christa Dichganss (b. 1940 in Berlin) paintings. The artist is one of the most important German protagonists of Pop Art and is particularly well known for her early work from the 1960s. At the same time, Dichganss work is also rooted in the history of painting, such as the New Objectivity and Surrealism. With the exhibition Not a Still Life at the Kestner Gesellschaft, for the first time her work is now the subject of a deep examination and a comprehensive institutional presentation. The exhibition features some seventy-five paintings created between 1963 and 2013. The title of the exhibition comes from the well-known quotation "Life is not a still life" by the Expressionist artist Oskar Kokoschka (18861980). ... More Exhibition at Kunsthal KAdE comprises new and existing work by fifteen young artists from South AfricaAMERSFOORT.- A new exhibition, entitled Tell Freedom. 15 South African artists, is being held at Kunsthal KAdE in Amersfoort from 27 January to 6 May 2018. The show comprises new and existing work by fifteen young artists from South Africa. In it, they reflect critically on the past, present and future of their country in a global context. Artists: Bronwyn Katz, Neo Matloga, Donna Kukama, Haroon Gunn-Salie, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Lerato Shadi, Madeyoulook, Buhlebezwe Siwani, Lebohang Kganye, Ashley Walters, Francois Knoetze, Mawande Ka Zenzile, Kemang Wa Lehulere, Dineo Seshee Bopape and Sabelo Mlangeni. The artists featured in Tell Freedom are inspiring representatives of a generation of South African artists who have grown up largely since the abolition of apartheid. They carry the burden of their countrys history of violence and injustice, but ... More Katie Spragg in dual Cumbria shows: Artist displays digital and ceramic worksKENDAL.- One of the UKs most exciting contemporary artists is displaying work at two Lakeland Arts venues. Royal College of Art graduate, Katie Spragg is one of the countrys finest up-and-coming talents. She combines clay with a range of processes including animation, illustration and installation. Her work is in demand; a recent piece, Hedgerow, was purchased in spring 2017 by the worlds leading museum of art and design, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Spragg is showing two digital works at Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal (12 January 28 April 2018) coinciding with the display of Claude Monets Haystacks: Snow Effect. Both works will evoke a sense of wonder about being outside in nature. Stop-frame animation In the Meadow explores memories, experiences and interactions with nature. It takes viewers down among the grass to give an insects ... More Victoria Miro Venice opens career-long exhibition of works by Mark WallingerVENICE.- Victoria Miro, in collaboration with Hauser & Wirth, presents Italian Lessons, an exhibition by Mark Wallinger. Selected by the artist especially for Victoria Miro Venice, the works on display date from 1991 to 2016 and reflect a career-long engagement with ideas of power, authority, artifice and illusion. While sources of inspiration include the Italian masters and masterpieces in Italian collections, this is the first time many of these works have been shown in Italy. In a sense, the exhibition is like my mini Grand Tour. Mark Wallinger Encompassing autobiography and art history, the Italian Lessons of the exhibition title are manifold. They refer to Wallingers own education and to his exposure to the Italian masters: via a charismatic college lecturer in his native Essex; a seminal exhibition in London; a bicycle tour from Paris to Florence. Equally, the Lessons make reference to the cornerstones o ... More Exhibition features works of art influenced by the culture and climate of Southern California in the 1960sCHICAGO, IL.- This winter, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago opened Endless Summer featuring works of art influenced by the culture and climate of Southern California in the 1960s, from the surf industry to custom car culture, characterized by slick surfaces and dreamy, atmospheric colors. Taking its title from the classic Bruce Brown surf movie Endless Summer from 1966, this exhibition celebrates the Minimalist movement on the West Coast which embraced new materials such as fiberglass, plastic, and resin, and reveled in perception rather than objective facts. Drawn primarily from the MCA Collection, the show offers a snapshot of Minimalist and Light and Space works by well-known artists such as Larry Bell, Judy Chicago, Robert Irwin, John McCracken, and Ed Ruscha. Endless Summer is on view from January 27 to August 5 and is organized by MCA Chief ... More LACMA opens an exhibition at the museum's satellite gallery within Charles White Elementary SchoolLOS ANGELES, CA.- As part of the multisite exhibition A Universal History of Infamy, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents an exhibition curated by artist and educator Vincent Ramos at the museum's satellite gallery within Charles White Elementary School. By displaying works by contemporary Latino artists, writers, and activists exploring loss, resilience, and the political potential of poetic expression alongside several pieces from LACMAs collection, Ramos exposes a shared impulse across generations to use art as a powerful method of resistance. Artists in the exhibition include Isabel Avila, Raul Baltazar, Roberto Chavez, Victor Estrada, Carlee Fernandez, Devyn Galindo, Héctor GarcÃa, Jacinta González, Raul Guerrero, Fred Lonidier, Maria de Los Angeles, Yvette Mayorga, Delilah Montoya, Jorge Orozco Gonzalez, Betsabeé Romero, ... More Exhibition focuses on our willingness to believe the stories that are conveyed by works of contemporary artLOS ANGELES, CA.- The Hammer Museum presents Stories of Almost Everyone, a group exhibition about our willingness to believe the stories that are conveyed by works of contemporary art. Exploring a dominant impulse in sculpture of the last decade, the exhibition highlights the work of artists who use found or readymade objects to convey social, political, and economic histories. Including over forty international artists, Stories of Almost Everyone is organized by Aram Moshayedi and is on view from January 28 through May 6, 2018. Working within the legacies of conceptual and post-conceptual art, contemporary artists are often interested in objects that function as evidence of research and other forms of inquiry. Whether borrowed from everyday life or sculpted into new forms, the works in the exhibition address the role of narrative descriptions that artists, curators, ... More Museum Voorlinden opens exhibition of works by American sculptor Martin PuryearWASSENAAR.- Museum Voorlinden features a solo exhibition of work by the American sculptor Martin Puryear (1941). Voorlinden presents the first museum show of this artist in Europe, with a large overview of his work from the past decades. Martin Puryear (1941) is a sculptor pur sang. The artist spends months, even years, working on a single sculpture. Wood is the material that lies at the base of his work. Martin has learned traditional methods of woodworking from craftspeople all across the globe. The elegant shapes, perfect finish and texture of every piece convey his dedication and love of the material itself. Martins experiences and broad interests in ornithology, literature, philosophy, biology and history are the reservoir from which he draws his inspiration. His work is abounding with references to natural history, cultural phenomena and historical events. Yet these ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter Barnett Newman was born January 29, 2018. Barnett Newman (January 29, 1905 - July 4, 1970) was an American artist. He is seen as one of the major figures in abstract expressionism and one of the foremost of the color field painters. His paintings are existential in tone and content, explicitly composed with the intention of communicating a sense of locality, presence, and contingency. In this image: Barnett Newman, Thirteenth Station, 1965/1966. Acrylic on canvas, 198.2 x 152.5 cm (78 1/16 x 60 1/16 in.). Collection of Robert and Jane Meyerhoff.
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