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A Christie's employee is pictured with Auguste Rodin's Le Penseur, taille de la porte dit "moyen modèle" (L) and Pablo Picasso's Le Marin during a media preview at Christie's May 3, 2018 in New York. Don EMMERT / AFP.
by Thomas Urbain
NEW YORK (AFP).- Six months after selling a Leonardo da Vinci for half a billion dollars, New York art auction season is back, gearing up to break new records with a magnificent Rockefeller collection and a Modigliani. The collection was amassed by the late billionaire banker David Rockefeller, who died last year aged 101, and his wife Peggy. In all, Christie's is selling 1,600 items over three days, with an expected take of $600 million. The proceeds are going to charity. The jewel in this collection's crown is Picasso's 1905 masterpiece "Fillette a la corbeille fleurie" ("Young Girl With a Flower Basket"). Its purchase by Gertrude and Leon Stein, along with two other Rose Period paintings, helped jumpstart the artist's career. The Picasso alone is valued at $100 million, but the combined total is expected to smash the previous record for a collection set by that of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge, which fetched $484 million in 2009. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Waddington Custot, stand 1 TEFAF New York Spring 2018. Photography: Kirsten Chilstrom
| Barnes Foundation opens exhibition exploring the artistic relationship between Jean Renoir and Pierre-Auguste Renoir | | Exhibition focuses on Chaim Soutine's intense paintings of slaughtered animals | | Tests show no hidden Tutankhamun chambers: ministry | 
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Artist's Family (La Famille de l'artiste), 1896. Oil on canvas, Overall: 68 1/8 x 54 in. (173 x 137.2 cm). The Barnes Foundation, BF819.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- On view now at the Barnes Foundationhome to the worlds largest collection of paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoiris a major exhibition examining the artistic exchange between the renowned impressionist painter and his son, celebrated filmmaker Jean Renoir. Renoir: Father and Son/Painting and Cinema brings together over 120 works,including paintings, films, drawings, ceramics, costumes, photographs, and postersmany never before shown in the USfor an illuminating exploration of Pierre-Augustes role in his sons oeuvre and the relationship between painting and cinema. The exhibition is curated by Sylvie Patry, Consulting Curator at the Barnes and Chief Curator/Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Collections at the Musée dOrsay, and is organized by the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, and the Musées d'Orsay et de l'Orangerie, Paris, in ... More | | 
Chaim Soutine, Hanging Turkey, c. 1925, oil on millboard. The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation, on long term loan to the Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Jewish Museum presents an exhibition of 31 paintings by Chaim Soutine (1893-1943), the Expressionist artist known for his gestural and densely painted canvases, from May 4 through September 16, 2018. Chaim Soutine: Flesh highlights the unique visual conceptions and painterly energy that the artist brought to the tradition of still life. Soutines remarkable paintings depicting hanging fowl, beef carcasses, and rayfish are now considered among his greatest artistic achievements. These works epitomize his fusion of Old Master influences with the tenets of painterly modernism. Virtuoso technique, expressive color, and disorienting and unexpected compositions endow Soutines depictions of slaughtered animals with a striking visual power and emotional impact. Chaim Soutine: Flesh presents works from the artists early years in Paris through ... More | | 
In this file photo Egypt's former antiquities chief Zahi Hawass poses with the linen-wrapped mummy of King Tut from his stone sarcophagus.
CAIRO (AFP).- Egypt's antiquities ministry said on Sunday that tests had debunked a theory that there are hidden chambers next to the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings. Experts used ground penetrating radar (GPR) which provided "conclusive evidence of the non-existence of hidden chambers adjacent to or inside Tutankhamun's tomb," the ministry said in a statement. More details will be announced in a speech later in the day by the head of an Italian scientific team, Francesco Porcelli, of the Polytechnic University in Turin, the statement said. It said Porcelli had submitted a report that "concluded, with a very high degree of confidence... the hypothesis concerning the existence of hidden chambers or corridors adjacent to Tutankhamun's tomb is not supported by GPR data." Previous scans had suggested the possibility of hidden chambers, although experts disagreed on the results. British Egyptologist ... More |
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| Kahmann Gallery opens a solo exhibition of renowned American photographer Marvin Newman | | TEFAF New York Spring 2018 opens to strong attendance and robust sales | | Ketterer Kunst announces highlights from its Modern and Contemporary art sales | 
Broadway Bookstore, 1954 © Marvin Newman / courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery NY. © Marvin Newman / Howard Greenberg Gallery.
AMSTERDAM.- Kahmann Gallery announced the opening of the solo exhibition of renowned American photographer Marvin Newman. As the gallery's location on the Lindengracht 35 is being renovated due to water damage after a leak, this exhibition takes place at 5&33. In the 1950s, a time when almost all art photographers worked in black and white, only a few pioneers dared to experiment with color. One of them was Marvin Newman (US, 1927). Inspired in part by magazines, Newman was one of the first to take color into the streets. Times Square and Wall Street looked more lively than ever when saturated with colour. However revolutionary his street photography, Newman wasnt one to be restricted to any genre. Art, fashion, advertising, portraiture, social issues: he has done it all throughout his career, which spans over half a century. His sports photographs have become ... More | | 
Andy Warhol, Brillo Soap Pads Box, 1964-69. Photo: Levy Gorvy.
NEW YORK, NY.- The second edition of TEFAF New York Spring opened on Friday, May 4, 2018 at the historic Park Avenue Armory, following a packed preview day on Thursday, May 3. In the first two days, the Fair saw the attendance of major collectors and international institutions, resulting in significant sales across the Fair. The opening coincided with the launch of the TEFAF Art Market Report: Art Dealer Finance written by Anders Petterson of ArtTactic. Focused on art dealer finance, the report is the first survey of its kind, and the second edition of TEFAFs new in-depth reports that concentrate on a variety of subjects in the art market. New to TEFAF New York this year is the installation of five monumental works in the public spaces of the Armorys Drill Hall, utilizing the buildings unique architectural elements. These are Anselm Kiefer's (b. 1945) Merkaba (Nr. AKl-1063) (2004) from Beck & Eggeling (Germany; stand 2), acquired d ... More | | 
Karl Hofer, Im grünen Kleid, 1943. Oil on panel. Estimate: 80,000 - 120,000 / $ 96,000 - 144,000.
MUNICH.- To Günther Uecker the primal force of a wave is an allegory of the creative process, a Hurricane of the Possible. His work Woge, Japan is a boisterously stirred masterpiece in which the artist unleashes his creative powers like a storm. The work will be called up in the auctions from 7-9 June at Ketterer Kunst in Munich. Both the nail picture Sturz (Kamakura), today part of the collection Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn and Woge, Japan, which has never been on the market before, were made under the spell of his journey through Japan. They are the two only works of the topic that is so important to the artist. Subtle allusions to an icon of Japanese woodcut art reflect the transboundary dimension in the artists creation and emphasize his special affinity to Asian culture and philosophy. Only the auction day will show whether the estimate price of 600,000-800,000 for this high ... More |
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| Artists for Artangel: New Artangel fund created through artists' gifts | | Luci Creative contributes to Smithsonian's "Destination Moon" traveling exhibit | | New exhibition explores how photography from the past impacts photos in the present | 
Roger Hiorns, Seizure, 2008. An Artangel commission. Photograph by Marcus J. Leith; courtesy of Artangel.
LONDON.- Internationally acclaimed artists Francis Alÿs, Jeremy Deller, Robert Gober, Antony Gormley, Roni Horn, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Taryn Simon, Wolfgang Tillmans and Rachel Whiteread are among the 37 artists who have given works to create a major new fund " target="_blank">Artists for Artangel. The fund will allow the celebrated arts commissioning agency to continue to produce extraordinary works by artists in unexpected places in London, the UK and around the world. A number of works given by the artists will be presented in a special exhibition opening in Cork Street in London on 7 June 2018 and be offered through an online auction from 8 27 June. New commissions by artists including Roger Hiorns, Douglas Gordon, Cristina Iglesias, Michael Landy and Susan Philipsz, are also being offered. The silent auction will culminate at a celebratory evening at Banqueting House in Whitehall on the evening of 28 June 2018, when ... More | | 
"Destination Moon" at Saint Louis Science Center, courtesy of collectSPACE.com.
ST. LOUIS, MO.- "Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission" is a celebratory 50th anniversary exhibition of the Apollo 11 mission, organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), that is traveling to top museums across America. Beginning on April 14, the Saint Louis Science Center became the only museum in the Midwest to host this very special exhibition. The exhibition will run on through Sept. 3. "St. Louis played a vital role in the Space Race, with the city being home to the development of Mercury and Gemini technology and components of the Apollo program," said Bert Vescolani, President and CEO of the Saint Louis Science Center. "We are honored to have the opportunity to host this exhibition in St. Louis. We know that for many people this will be a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see these historic artifacts." Part of Science Center's preparation for hosting "Destination Moon" involved the ... More | | 
Joel Sternfeld, Canyon Country, California, June 1983 printed August 1987 (detail), Gift of Irwin Reichstein, Ottawa 1996 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa © Joel Sternfeld Photo: NGC.
OTTAWA.- The Canadian Photography Institute of the National Gallery of Canada presents a new exhibition that explores the evocative juxtaposition of works made more than a century apart. The Extended Moment: Fifty Years of Collecting Photographs, on view from May 4 to September 16, 2018, features the work of more than 100 artists, Henri Cartier Bresson, Edward Burtynsky, Julia Margaret Cameron, and Lisette Model. The photographs, some on display for the first time, reflect the human impulse to capture seen and unseen worlds. Photography is among the most transformative inventions of the Industrial Revolution, said NGC Director Marc Mayer. Both art and communication were changed forever by its advent. For the fifty years since 1967, what has now become the Canadian Photography Institute has been ... More |
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| Sarah Anne Johnson's new landscapes on view at Julie Saul Gallery | | Anya Gallaccio brings a sea of colour to the Holy Island | | Exhibition reconstructs and reinterprets a seminal presentation of 20th-century painting at the Royal Academy of Arts | 
Sarah Anne Johnson, Yellow Glow Sunset, 2018. Chromogenic print with holographic tape and adhesive, 30 x 20", edition of 3.
NEW YORK, NY.- Like the goddess of daybreak in Homers Odyssey, Sarah Anne Johnsons new landscapes recur with beauty and wonder, in a multitude of guises. In her eighth solo show at Julie Saul Gallery, she is taking a more general approach, not limiting herself to a specific place or distinct history. Shes focusing on photographic tropes- landscape scenes from a variety of places that depict sublime natural beauty. But as always, the artist is concerned with the loop between photographic object and reality. She poses serious questions, and answers with seductive playfulness. Once again she is trying to bridge that space through the psychology of place, and the dividing line between what is real and what is felt- a quality that remains a balancing act in all of her projects. Johnson has added materials that undermine the seriousness of these scenes, and with humor she mocks our traditional sense of beauty and high ar ... More | | 
Anya Gallaccio at Lindisfarne Castle © National TrustNorth News & Pictures.
HOLY ISLAND .- A new exhibition by internationally renowned artist Anya Gallaccio brings a landscape of colour to the newly-restored Lindisfarne Castle from 5 May. Featuring a combination of dyed blankets and geometric oak sculptures throughout seven rooms of the castle, dreamed about the flowers that hide from the light is inspired by the architecture of the former 16th-century Tudor fort later redesigned by renowned architect Edwin Lutyens for Country Life founder Edward Hudson and the Gertrude Jekyll-designed garden it looks down upon. Located on Holy Island in Northumberland, the castle has recently reopened following an 18-month closure for repairs and conservation. Inspired by the architecture inside and landscape and garden outside the castle, Gallaccios installations reflect on the recent history of the castle, suggesting both a house shut up and protected for winter, and the transition the building has been th ... More | | 
Maria Lassnig, Innerhalb und auÃerhalb der Leinwand I (Inside and Outside the Canvas I), 1984/85. Oil on canvas, 47 1/4 x 39 3/8 inches; 120 x 100 cm © Maria Lassnig Foundation.
NEW YORK, NY.- Almine Rech Gallery is presenting A New Spirit Then, A New Spirit Now, 1981-2018. Curated by Norman Rosenthal, this exhibition reconstructs and reinterprets A New Spirit in Painting, a seminal presentation of 20th-century painting at the Royal Academy of Arts in London co-curated by Rosenthal with Nicholas Serota and Christos Joachimides in 1981. The original exhibition embraced paintings capacity for representation, playfulness, and experimentation, showcasing several generations of artists who largely operated outside the New York art worlds sphere of influence. With A New Spirit Then, A New Spirit Now, 1981 - 2018, Rosenthal revisits this conversation in a contemporary setting, featuring works by artists included in his original presentation, with the addition of Maria Lassnig. In the early 1980s, the relevance of painting was in question. ... More |
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 Julien's Auctions serves the most iconic royal wedding cakes of all time at Hollywood Legends auctionLOS ANGELES, CA.- In celebration of the upcoming royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Juliens Auctions, the world recordbreaking auction house, has announced that five cake slices from the most iconic royal weddings of all time will be offered as part of their grand auction extravaganza of the year, Hollywood Legends taking place June 23, 2018 in Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas and online on juliensauctions.com. A slice of cake from the legendary royal wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana on July 29, 1981 will be presented. The cake contained in a white box with silver printing that reads CD/ Buckingham Palace/ 29th July 1981 and wrapped in a paper doily comes with an original transmittal envelope to "Mr. and Mrs. M.J. Waite" with Queen Elizabeth's royal stamp. The piece is estimated to sell $800-$1,200 The marriage ... More Mannequins exhibit their 'Morning Routine' in the Garment District NEW YORK, NY.- The Garment District Alliance unveiled the latest in its ongoing series of public art exhibits, showcasing an installation entitled, The Morning Routine, created by New York City-based artist Deric Carner. Located in a street-level window at 215 West 38th Street, the free exhibit is accessible to the public through June 1st. The Morning Routine is part of the Garment District Space for Public Art program, which showcases artists in unusual locations throughout the year, and has produced more than 200 installations, exhibits and performances. Deric Carners unique exhibit, which is particularly poignant here in Americas fashion capital, is a creative and thought-provoking piece that were excited to showcase as part of our Garment District Space for Public Art program, said Barbara A. Blair, president of the Garment District Alliance. We encourage ... More Wanås Konst kicks off summer season with shows by Chiharu Shiota, Katarina Löfström and Poul Gernes KNISLINGE.- Sculpture, both what it is and what it can be, is being explored as WanÃ¥s Konst kicked off summer starting May 6. Chiharu Shiota (JP/DE) and Katarina Löfström (SE), who have created new artworks both indoors and outdoors in the surrounding landscape, are presented in two solo exhibitions. In different ways, the artists combine subtle reflections and observations with mesmerizing details and large-scale formats. In a special project in the sculpture park, Poul Gernes (DK) Pyramide, a six meter high wooden sculpture is a special project that emphasizes his thoughts on the social role of art. In addition, starting July 20, Xavier Le Roy and Scarlet Yu invites us to participate in Still Untitled embody your sculpture to show and share for anyone, anywhere, at anytime based on workshops at WanÃ¥s Konst. We encounter kilometre of red yarn and a black ... More Exhibition at Kunstmuseum Basel features early and recent works by Martha Rosler and Hito SteyerlBASEL.- The exhibition War Games at Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart features early and recent works by Martha Rosler and Hito Steyerl. Earlier as well as recent works appear in a dialogical arrangement conceived in collaboration with both artists. As well as being their first joint show, this is the first major exhibition in Switzerland for both artists. In addition to numerous works on video, photographs, photomontages, banners, and objects, the presentation on two floors of the museum includes expansive multimedia installations that confront the visitor with spectacular dramatizations of high-tech imagery. Both artists oeuvres address themselves to the intersections between politics and mass media. In their art and theoretical writings, Rosler and Steyerl reflect on how audiovisual media act as coodinates that control and shape our perception of social reality. ... More Sotheby's Important Watches sale in Geneva to present rare and collectible timepieces GENEVA.- Sothebys spring sale of Important Watches in Geneva will present a selection of rare and distinguished timepieces, led by an extraordinarily rare Rolex Daytona Paul Newman wristwatch, reference 6239, with highly-coveted tropical subsidiary dials. Beautifully aged dials such as this one are given the nickname by collectors because their colours fade over time from black to rich brown, and are so rare that the effect now ranks among the most exciting features on todays market (estimate CHF 200,000 $ 400,000 /210,000-420,000). Alongside this exceptional piece, the auction on 13 May at Mandarin Oriental, Geneva will also include rare vintage and modern wristwatches by Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet and Richard Mille. Of historical significance and showcasing Swiss crafstmanship, we will also present a museum-quality enameled musical fruit knife ... More Artworks by Pal Fried, Rhoda Stokes, Marietta Berman at Crescent City's May 19-20 auctionNEW ORLEANS, LA.- A gorgeous 19th century American Classical carved mahogany full tester bed and an exceptional French bronze and black marble figural mantel clock from around 1880 are expected star lots in Crescent City Auction Gallerys upcoming Important Estates Auction, set for the weekend of May 19th and 20th, online and in the gallery at 1330 St. Charles Avenue. Offered will be over 1,000 quality lots, to include items from the estate of Dr. Charles Tony Currier, former councilman from Baton Rouge, La.; art deaccessioned from the private collection of Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. in New Orleans; and items from the collection of a New Orleans antiquarian. Start times are 9 am on Saturday and 10 am on Sunday (both times Central). Featured will be period American and French furniture, original artwork (to include paintings by New Orleans and other regional ... More Henrik Olesen opens exhibition at Galerie Chantal CrouselPARIS.- The German word Icht means any thing, or any such thing. The word has nearly vanished in modern language, having survived only in Nichtsnothing, (or no-thing), which was formed out of the two words in (meaning no) and icht (any such thing) as in-icht. If we subtract the T from Icht, the Ich remainsthe German equivalent to the I. Embedded and included in Icht, in any such thing, is the I, the inherent I of any such thing. The subtracted T is also the mathematical nomen for transcendental numbers, numbers that have been first suspected to exist by the mathematicians Leibniz or Euler, who wrote that there must be numbers that exceed algebraic calculation, numbers that are impossible to grasp. Known transcendental numbers, proven to exist in the middle of the 19th century, are at the same time rarethe most famous being Piand supposedly many, ... More DC Moore Gallery opens exhibition of works by Katia SantibañezNEW YORK, NY.- Katia Santibañezs work utilizes grid structures to examine the intricacies and minutiae of organic forms. Beginning with a grid, she approaches the canvas precisely and allows every inch to have its own expressive quality. Santibañez examines how objects of nature can be structured to magnify a canvas. Layers of sharp, kaleidoscopic patterns come together to create hypnotic, yet tranquil abstract canvases. There is a vibrancy reflected through the order. She draws individual shapes resembling leaves, flower petals, or shells onto a grid, and continually repeats the shape, slightly shifting the position to create a mesh of crisp, angular forms. Each shape is then filled in with paint, which develops into an intuitive process for the artist, deciding the colors as she goes. The meticulous layers transform, through color, into something ... More Fredrik Söderberg's first solo show at Cecilia Hillström Gallery opens in StockholmSTOCKHOLM.- Cecilia Hillström Gallery is presenting Fredrik Söderbergs first solo show at the gallery. In the exhibition Sol och stÃ¥l krigarens väg / Sun and Steel The Warriors Path, a tension is created between Söderbergs violent, meticulous watercolours based on Japanese woodcuts and the serenity of large-scale abstract oil paintings. In life and art, Fredrik Söderberg has always taken a keen interest in questions of faith, ethics and the shortcomings of human beings, searching for a deeper understanding of the mechanisms behind human behaviour and its implications in a historical context. Art history, philosophy, spirituality and existential queries infuse Söderbergs artistic process and serve as a backdrop for his work. His oeuvre encompasses skilfully executed watercolours, abstract paintings and richly illustrated publications. ... More Contemporary art exhibition of Latvian exile and émigré artists opens in RigaRIGA.- Portable Landscapes dedicated to the centennial of the Republic of Latvia organized by the Latvian Centre of Contemporary Art is on view at the main building of the Latvian National Museum of Art in Riga (Jaņa Rozentāla laukums 1) from 28 April to 17 June 2018. The exhibition Portable Landscapes, being a part of the Latvias Centenary programme, is a new research project on art processes within Latvian exile and emigrant communities from the beginning of the 20th century until nowdays. It follows yarns, which, through various corners of the world, take us to the stories of several creative, often relatively unknown Latvian émigré and exile personalities and informal groups, placing them in a broader context of art events, migration and globalization and revealing them as a polyphonic landscape. If we take a longer look back, ... More One of the oldest wines in the world from 1774 expected to sell for €15,000 - €20,000LONS-LE-SAUNIER.- On Saturday the 26th of May, the last 102 bottles from a famous wine cellar of Arbois in France will be sold at auction by Jura Encheres in Lons le Saunier (Jura). These bottles have been preserved till now in a protected place called the Tabernacle, in the Jura region of France. Among the last bottles of this collection are three bottles of Vin Jaune d'Arbois, millésime 1774, carefully kept by eight generations of celebrated wine maker, Pierre Vercels heirs (1694-1754), a family of winemakers from Arbois known since the fourteenth century. The three bottles are estimated to sell for 15,000-20,000 each. This extraordinary amber and old gold coloured wine has been described as one that gives you goosebumps. This Vin Jaune of 1774 is one of the oldest preserved wines in the world. Its exceptional longevity comes from the particular ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, German painter Caspar David Friedrich died May 07, 1840. Caspar David Friedrich (5 September 1774 - 7 May 1840) was a 19th-century German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation. He is best known for his mid-period allegorical landscapes which typically feature contemplative figures silhouetted against night skies, morning mists, barren trees or Gothic or megalithic ruins. In this image: Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), Giant Mountains, not dated, Oil on canvas, 73,5 x 102,5.
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