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The exhibition shows Harings stylistic development through his exhibition posters. © Photo: Michaela Hille.
HAMBURG.- Keith Haring, born in Pennsylvania in 1958, moves to New York at the age of twenty and immediately falls under the spell of the lively street-art scene. At this point, Pop Art has already been around for some time. Graffiti shapes the face of the city. It takes Keith Haring only a few years to find his artistic path. He develops an unmistakable style that, with its bold lines and singular figures, has close ties to both comics and street art. Less than a decade as a successful artist is granted to hima decade he nevertheless fills to the brim with an astonishing energy that can still be felt today. In contrast to many of his contemporaries, Haring understands himself as a political artist for his entire life, one who wants to educate others and reach a wider audience with his art. The exhibition Keith Haring: Posters brings together over 100 posters from the collection of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (MKG), Hamburg. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Archaeologist Hector Walde speaks next to one of the friezes found at the Garagay archaeological complex in Lima. In a poor neighbourhood north of Lima, Peruvian archaeologists discovered high relief friezes in a 3,500-year-old pre-Hispanic sanctuary that has survived invasions, looting, illegal construction, and dynamite attacks by the Maoist Shining Path terrorist group. Cris BOURONCLE / AFP
| Auction house pulls 'stolen' leaders' autographs from Spain sale | | Sotheby's sale offers a journey through British art | | Exhibition looks at Picasso's experimentation and collaboration in printmaking | 
An admirer of the late Yugoslav Communist President Josip Broz Tito poses for a picture at his tomb in Belgrade on May 4, 2017. ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP.
MADRID (AFP).- An auction house due to sell autographs by the likes of Mikhail Gorbachev and Yasser Arafat in Spain has pulled the lots after a Belgrade museum claimed they were stolen from the mausoleum of Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito. The pages, whose signatories include the last Soviet leader Gorbachev, late Palestinian leader Arafat and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, were among other written messages and signed pictures up for auction Saturday in the southern Spanish city of Malaga. "The mentioned lots which a Belgrade museum claimed belonged to them were all withdrawn from auction," Francisco Pinero of the Britain-based International Autograph Auctions told AFP. The documents were posthumous tributes to Tito, who led socialist Yugoslavia from the end of World War II until his death in 1980, apparently written into books during official visits by the ... More | | 
Frank Auerbach, 'Jake Seated', 2000, Estimate £300,000-500,000. Courtesy Sothebys.
LONDON.- During the middle of the 20th century, London bomb-ravaged and starving but still the capital city of a global empire had a serious competitor as the artistic capital in a small fishing village at the westernmost tip of the country. In both London and Cornwall, artists wrestled with the question posed by German philosopher Adorno how could one write poetry after the horrors of Auschwitz? For London-based artists such as Frank Auerbach, Lucian Freud and Reg Butler this resulted in an intense and forensic re-examination of the human figure and human relationships. In St Ives, on the other hand, artists such as Patrick Heron, Peter Lanyon and Terry Frost turned to abstraction Modernisms attempt to filter out much of modernity in a search for the eternal, ineffable and universal rooted in an ancient landscape untroubled by man. Taking a closer look at the artists in the sale, it is evident that the war had a direct impact on ... More | | 
Self-Portrait, (End of 1901). Oil on canvas, 31 7/8 x 23 5/8 in. Musée national Picasso-Paris, Paris. Pablo Picasso,1979, MP4. Photo: Mathieu Rabeau © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY © 2017 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS.- Picasso: Encounters, on view at the Clark Art Institute June 4August 27, investigates how Pablo Picassos (18811973) creative collaborations fueled and strengthened his art, challenging the notion of Picasso as an artist alone with his craft. The exhibition addresses his full stylistic range, the narrative themes that drove his creative process, the often-neglected issue of the collaboration inherent in print production, and the muses that inspired him, including Fernande Olivier, Olga Khokhlova, Marie-Thérèse Walter, Dora Maar, Françoise Gilot, and Jacqueline Roque. Organized by the Clark with the exceptional support of the Musée national PicassoParis, Picasso: Encounters is comprised of thirty-five large-scale prints from private and public collections ... More |
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| The British Museum brings the works of Hokusai to the big screen | | 15 designers dominate demand and dollars for vintage furniture | | From CIA analyst to beer historian: the heady resume of Theresa McCulla | 
This cinema event will be available at cinemas across the UK and around the world.
LONDON.- On 4 June 2017 the British Museum premiered a UK ground-breaking feature documentary: the first film to be made about the celebrated Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). Co-produced with NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), British Museum presents: Hokusai includes the documentary, plus an exclusive private view of the exhibition Hokusai: beyond the Great Wave created especially for the cinema audience. This cinema event will be available at cinemas across the UK and around the world. Hokusais most famous image, known as The Great Wave, is as widely known and copied as Leonardos Mona Lisa and Constables Haywain. The Great Wave, 100 Views of Mount Fuji and other Hokusai works changed modern art, inspiring European artists Monet, Van Gogh, and Picasso. Hokusai is the only artist with his own emoji, the father of modern manga, and an inspiration to artists today. ... More | | 
Mahogany cabinet by Josef Frank. Covered in Franks floral chintz fabric Fatima.Svenskt Tenn, circa 1937. Bukowskis Stockholm. Modern Autumn Sale 569. 2012. Estimate: $8,545 - $11,393 Sold for: $39,081.
NEW YORK, NY.- A new Online Auction Report from Barnebys, the leading search service for arts, antiques and collectibles, explains how vintage furniture now rivals art as a collectible investment, no matter what the price range. Strong interest and increased online access has led to massive growth in the furniture design market since the 2008 financial crisis. From 2009 2016, 15 trending designers works saw nearly 330% turnover valued at $42 million in the international auction market. Collectors are paying considerable attention to design, said Pontus Silfverstolpe, co-founder of Barnebys.com, an international online service that helps people search for, compare and buy items from dealers and auction houses around the world. Meanwhile, the mass market is exploding. Increased access means anyone ... More | | 
Theresa McCulla, the new "Beer Historian" at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, stands in front of the Food History exhibit entrance. PAUL J. RICHARDS / AFP.
WASHINGTON (AFP).- She started her career in the shadows working for the CIA, but a historian at a prestigious Washington museum has been thrust into the limelight after the American press dubbed her job researching beer the "coolest in the world." Theresa McCulla, 34, emerged from anonymity in January to be hired by the National Museum of American History as its brewing historian. As a woman catapulted into an ultra-masculine, multi-billion-dollar industry, McCulla has had to work hard to prove her credibility. "It is absolutely a cool job," she told AFP, but "there's been a sense that you really have to convince people that it's serious. People say it's a fun job. It is a fun job, but it's also a lot of work." McCulla -- who proudly identifies as feminist -- is from a middle-class family in the eastern state of Virginia, and ... More |
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| Mondrian Restoration Project leads to 'The Discovery of Mondrian' | | 50th anniversary of 'The Summer of Love' rolls out music rarities at Heritage Auctions | | Linda Pace Foundation announces groundbreaking of new exhibition space designed by Sir David Adjaye | 
Farmhouse with Trees, 1906 (detail), Oil on paper on cardboard, 30,5 x 39,5 cm. After restoration.
THE HAGUE.- The Mondrian collection is the pride and joy of the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. Consisting of nearly 300 paintings and works on paper, it illustrates the entire course of Mondrian's artistic development, offering a spectacular record of his path to abstraction. Between 2009 and 2015, all the paintings in the collection were individually examined and, where necessary, treated by a team of four conservators. Thanks to this large-scale Mondrian Restoration Project, these works can be seen and admired in optimal condition at the exhibition The Discovery of Mondrian from 3 June onwards. The painting Farmhouse among trees (1906) had not left Gemeentemuseum storage for years, and it is easy to understand why. The farm was no longer visible to the naked eye. But now that the painting has been cleaned as part of the Mondrian Restoration Project, the outcome could hardly be more surprising. In the foreground we ... More | | 
An artistic Indian-Style Embroidered Vest, owned and worn by the man who changed rock guitar forever, perfectly embodies Hendrix's Eastern-influenced hippie style (est. $15,000).
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- The original Tony Curtis Cutout from the Cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, one of the greatest rock albums of all time, is expected to sell for $60,000 in Heritage Auctions' Entertainment and Music Memorabilia Signature Auction June 17-18 in Beverly Hills. The auction offers a large range of entertainment and music treasures, including a vast collection of Beatles novelties, Jimi Hendrix regalia, unique concert posters and legendary guitars celebrating the 50th anniversary of the "Summer of Love." "This auction is all about 1967's 'Summer of Love,'" said Garry Shrum, Director of Music Memorabilia at Heritage. "That is the summer Hendrix and Janis Joplin changed music forever. Two years later, we were treated to Woodstock, but it all began the summer of '67." Among the one-of-a-kind items ... More | | 
Rendering courtesy of Linda Pace Foundation and Adjaye Associates.
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- Linda Pace Foundation announced the groundbreaking for its highly anticipated new structure, conceived by its founder Linda Pace (1945-2007), and designed by preeminent architect Sir David Adjaye. The modern crimson-hued building, a new landmark for the city, will house the Foundations growing collection of more than 800 paintings, sculptures, installations and video works by contemporary artists from around the world. The entire $16 million project is privately funded by Linda Pace Foundation. The groundbreaking took place May 31, 2017 onsite at 150 Camp Street off of South Flores Street, and hosted project and community leaders: Foundation Trustees Kathryn Kanjo, Rick R. Moore, Alexa Person and Laura B. Wright; Joe Franchina from Adjaye Associates; Irby Hightower and Mike McGlone from Alamo Architects; and other luminaries and key project contributors. The building faces ... More |
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| Anna Laudel Contemporary exhibits works by Fernando Botero | | Spanish writer Juan Goytisolo dies, aged 86 | | Japanese ceramic sculptor Shozo Michikawa opens exhibition at Lacoste Gallery | 
Fernando Botero, Woman with Her Purse, 2010. Oil on canvas, 81 x 56 cm.
ISTANBUL.- Anna Laudel Contemporary is presenting Everydays Poetry Scenes from the Fullness of Life by Fernando Botero. A multi-disciplinary exhibition that brings together a considered selection of paintings, drawings and bronze and marble sculptures by the internationally renowned master Botero on view at Anna Laudel Contemporary from 27 April to 25 June 2017. The exhibition displays critically acclaimed works by Botero which have never previously been exhibited in Turkey. This carefully curated selection reflects Boteros artistic exploration of the human experience, imbued with the artists familiar socio-political insight and characteristically subtle ironic wit, inviting visitors to participate on a journey through the intriguing images of the artists aesthetic. Curated by Dr. Klaus Wolbert, the former Director of Mathildenhöhe Institute in Darmstadt, the exhibition offers ... More | | 
This file photo taken on April 23, 2015 shows Spanish writer Juan Goytisolo. J. J. GUILLEN / POOL / AFP.
MADRID (AFP).- Veteran Spanish anti-Franco writer Juan Goytisolo, one of Spain's most celebrated writers of the postwar period, died Sunday aged 86, his agent said. The novelist and essayist, who won the Cervantes Prize -- Spain's version of the Nobel -- in 2014, died in Marrakesh, Morocco, "surrounded by his loved ones," said the Carmen Balcells agency in a statement. A member of Spain's Royal Academy, he had suffered from health problems for some months, including a fractured hip which had forced him to use a wheelchair. He was born in 1931 in Barcelona to a bourgeois family. His mother was killed when he was seven, in an air raid by the forces of right-wing General Francisco Franco during the civil war. He went into exile in France due to his "total disagreement" with the Franco regime and the censorship it imposed. He flirted ... More | | 
Triangle with Lines, 8.5 x 6.5 x 6.5, stoneware.
CONCORD, MASS.- Lacoste Gallery announces its exhibition Shozo Michikawa Solo from June 3-28, 2017 with the internationally renowned Japanese ceramic sculptor. Michikawa is highly regarded as a contemporary master of Japanese ceramics with his work found in major museums and private collections worldwide. Born on the island of Hokkaido in the most northern part of Japan, he worked in business until evening classes gave him a passion for clay. Dedicating himself to ceramics, he works from his studio in Seto, one of the sites of the six ancient kilns in Japan. His innovative works that start on the potters wheel and often twist on an internal axis are sculptural yet retain a core of functional pottery. The artist insists on this as pottery was so integral to peoples lives in Japan. Each piece is faceted and glazed to mimic the effects of nature. Michikawas work has been compared to haiku, the ... More |
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 Nationalmuseum in Stockholm will be supported by a new American Friends FoundationSTOCKHOLM.- Nationalmuseum in Stockholm has a new partner in The American Friends of the Nationalmuseum of Sweden Foundation. The Foundation, which was founded this spring, will promote Nationalmuseum's work through, among other things, support for new acquisitions of art and design. Nationalmuseum is one of the oldest art museums in Europe with the task of preserving the cultural heritage as well as promoting interest in and knowledge of art. It is Swedens premier museum of art and design. Its remarkable collections comprise older paintings, sculpture, drawings and graphic art, and applied art and design up to the present day. In its activities, the museum also integrates an international and intercultural exchange "Cooperation with The American Friends of the Nationalmuseum of Sweden Foundation will strengthen Nationalmuseum's extensive ... More Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art presents Chihuly: In the Gallery and In the Forest BENTONVILLE, ARK.- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art presents the temporary exhibition Chihuly: In the Gallery and In the Forest, on view June 3 through August 14. Chihuly: In the Gallery and In the Forest showcases over 300 objects comprised of 14 bodies of work in the gallery and 10 large-scale outdoor installations by American artist Dale Chihuly. The works are featured both in the gallery and along the newly enhanced North Forest Trail. The exhibition highlights Chihulys signature works and newest projects in a museum-wide experience of light, color, and masterful forms. This will be the first indoor-outdoor exhibition for Crystal Bridges and the first time Chihulys works are on view in a natural forest setting, said Lauren Haynes, Crystal Bridges Curator, Contemporary Art. Visitors will be delighted and surprised with the variety of media including glass, ... More Hall of Fame sportswriter Bill Madden's lifetime memorabilia collection to be auctionedCLOSTER, NJ.- In the field of sports journalism, few can rival Bill Maddens record when it comes to chalking up career highlights. A UPI sportswriter for nine years, Madden joined the New York Daily News in 1978, first covering the New York Yankees beat, then launching his own religiously followed column. He is a distinguished member of the Baseball Writers Association of America, and for the last 12 years has served on the Historical Overview Committee of the National Baseball Hall of Fame that compiles the ballots for the Veterans Committee elections. Madden also authored several books about the Yankees, including the New York Times bestseller Steinbrenner the Last Lion of Baseball and 2003s Pride of October What it was to be Young and Yankee, and is considered a top expert on the teams history. But Maddens crowning achievement was his own election ... More Cristin Tierney Gallery opens exhibition of new and recent works by Francisco UgarteNEW YORK, NY.- Cristin Tierney Gallery is presenting Three Lines, One Square, an exhibition of new and recent paintings, works on paper, and video by Francisco Ugarte. It is the artists second solo show with the gallery. The exhibition will remain on view through Friday, July 7th. The works in Three Lines, One Square revolve around one of the most basic concepts in art: the line. Created at different scales and on different supports, each is comprised of a single line placed squarely at the center of the picture field and rendered in a restricted palette of black. Although the works appear to be simple brushstrokes at first, they are actually highly finished and exact interpretations of earlier acrylic studies. Copied faithfully down to the minutest detail, the paintings transform the artists original intuitive and spontaneous ... More Julie Saul Gallery exhibits complete series of fifty-seven paintings by Maira KalmanNEW YORK, NY.- Julie Saul Gallery announced the exhibition of the complete series of fifty-seven paintings from Maira Kalmans lauded 2005 edition of the illustrated The Elements of Style shown together for the first time in New York. Kalman is the author of 25 illustrated books for both children and adults, but this is the one she holds closest to her heart. Many of Kalmans books have been exhibited at the gallery during the fifteen years we have represented her, including the Principles of Uncertainty, Food Rules, Girls Standing on Lawns, etc., and sold to individual collectors, but Kalman has chosen to keep The Elements together, and the gallery is offering this body of work in its entirety as one work. Kalman discovered the modest but revered reference compiled by William Strunk and E.B. White and known to generations of aspiring writers and English students at a used bookstore ... More Pen and ink drawings attributed to van Gogh will headline Woodshed's June 21st art auctionFRANKLIN, MASS.- A pair of pen and ink drawings attributed to the Dutch post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) one a tree study and a landscape with a haystack drawn on both sides of a single sketchbook page, the other a group of three figural studies on one page will be part of Woodshed Art Auctions online-only art sale, slated for Wednesday, June 21st. Internet bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and Bidsquare.com. Lots may be viewed on the Woodshed Art Auctions website. The van Goghs will be two offerings in a 41-lot Prestige Collection sale, so-named because they are smaller auctions focused mainly on modestly priced works by big-name artists. This auction certainly fits that bill. In addition to van Gogh, other artists will include Marc Chagall, Andy Warhol, Maurice Sendak, Roy Lichtenstein and ... More Spink to offer a 1776 pewter Continental DollarNEW YORK, NY.- On the 19th 20th June Spinks New York office will be offering an amazing item, lot 207 is 1776 pewter Continental Dollar. Newman 3-D, Breen-1095, W-8460, Low R.4. PCGS MS63. EG FECIT on the obverse. CURRENCY. Large N in AMERICAN on the reverse. Sundial / Thirteen states on linked chains. The Continental Currency pieces are mysterious, controversial, and historically important. Mysterious, because little documentation has been found concerning their origin and use. Controversy has always surrounded them. Collectors, dealers, and historians have asked Are they coins or patterns? Who made them and under what circumstances? What are they really made of? Are they Dollars or Cents? What do the symbols and mottos really mean, and who designed them? The Guide Book of United States Coins states Pewter pieces served as a ... More Museum presents exhibition featuring transformations in book publishing, 1860-1920WILMINGTON, DE.- The years 1860-1920 witnessed sweeping changes in book design, inspired by technological developments, marketing strategies, and shifting ideas about art. Commercial publishers used these advances to mass-produce books that emulated the aesthetics of private presses, with attractive layouts and decorative bindings, and marketed them to the growing literate public on both sides of the Atlantic. In 2009, Mary G. Sawyer gifted more than 3,000 books that represent this unique moment in the history of the book to the Delaware Art Museum's Helen Farr Sloan Library and Archives. This incredible collection, coupled with the Museum's strong holdings in books and renowned Pre-Raphaelite collection, inspired the summer 2017 exhibition "The Cover Sells the Book": Transformations in Commercial Book Publishing, 1860-1920, on ... More Exhibition at MCA Denver surveys the past 10 years of Jenny Morgan's painting careerDENVER, CO.- Jenny Morgan: Skindeep surveys the past decade of her painting career. The exhibition traces the development of Morgans distinctive style from traditional portraits made while she was in graduate school to recent works featuring bright, unconventional colors. It also includes the illustrative paintings of celebrity subjects that were commissioned for major American news publications, as well as more personal works for which the artist is best known. Skindeep emphasizes Morgans abilities as a formalist as much as it showcases her preternatural talent for realistic figuration. The exhibition occupies MCA Denvers first floor galleries during the summer months. Works from 2007-2009 that exemplify Morgans realistic portraiture occupy the first half of the David & Laura Merage Foundation Gallery, as well as works from the same period that showcase ... More The FLAG Art Foundation exhibits new paintings and small-scale sculptures by Rebecca WardNEW YORK, NY.- The FLAG Art Foundation is presenting the first New York solo exhibition by Rebecca Ward, featuring new paintings and small-scale sculptures, on view June 1 August 11, on its 10th floor gallery. Drawing inspiration from Minimalism, hard-edge painting, and Arte Povera, Wards banded, sewn, and deconstructed canvases explore the rich territory between sculpture and painting. Materiality and process are central to her practice, specifically the wall works, which evoke architectural garments ripped, unwoven, and re-stitched from flesh-toned canvas duck, leather hide, and silk organza. In her canvas works, the artist painstakingly removes the weft (horizontal) threads of the fabric to reveal the underlying stretcher bars, highlighting the physical structure of the painting itself. Surface gives way to structure in theory of tides, 2017, and ... More Tidalectics: TBA21-Academy's first exhibition opens at Thyssen-Bornemisza Art ContemporaryVIENNA.- TBA21Academy announced the opening of its first exhibition, Tidalectics, on Friday, June 2 in Vienna. The exhibition is timed to coincide with the first-ever United Nations Ocean Conference, held in New York from June, 5-9. Curated by Stefanie Hessler, Tidalectics presents thirteen artists whose distinctive works cast oceanic perspectives on the cultural, political and biological dimensions of the oceans, examining the effects of human-made issues, such as climate change and sea-level rise, while reimagining human and more-thanhuman relationships. The exhibition features nine newly commissioned works, many flowing from the Academys expeditions in the Pacific Ocean, alongside exceptional pieces from the TBA21 collection. It will be accompanied by a series of spoken word-performances every Friday on the TBA21Ephemeropteræ stage in ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American-Italian painter Conrad Marca-Relli was born June 05, 1913. Conrad Marca-Relli (born Corrado Marcarelli; June 5, 1913 Boston - August 29, 2000 Parma) was an American artist who belonged to the early generation of New York School Abstract Expressionist artists whose artistic innovation by the 1950s had been recognized across the Atlantic, including Paris. New York School Abstract Expressionism, represented by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Robert Motherwell, Marca-Relli and others became a leading art movement of the postwar era.
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