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D. Elienne Basa, Afternoon Glow (Hudson Yards). Oil on panel, 12 x 12 inches. Signed.
NEW YORK, NY.- Rehs Contemporary announced the opening of D. Eleinne Basas solo exhibition, LuminoCity, which will be on view beginning November 15, 2021. As with many of her works, these 13 newly painted pieces feature intimate street scenes, oftentimes a lull within the bustle of big cities. Basa, a classically trained artist, began painting at the young age of 8. She furthered her art education after college by taking several workshops before diving into the competitive Plein Air competition scene; it was then that she began to earn critical acclaim. She is still influenced by her early experiences and is happiest when painting en plein air. As she notes, it reminds her of the time in her childhood when painting was pure and came from someplace deep within. Basa is always striving to achieve a certain timelessness to the paintings she creates. Her landscapes and cityscapes draw the viewer into the work with their radiant ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The McNay Art Museum has announced the completion of Phase I of its multi-phase Landscape Master Plan. This first chapter enhances the McNayâs outdoor experience with new sculpture, reimagined fencing, sustainable landscaping, and increased accessibilityâaffirming the McNay as San Antonioâs place of beauty and belonging.
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| McNay Art Museum celebrates completion of $6.25 million landscape transformation | | Etel Adnan, Lebanese American author and artist, dies at 96 | | Christie's to offer The Mona Lisa of the Isle de Noé castle | 
Two acres of greenspace that previously existed at the intersection of Austin Highway and North New Braunfels now connects to the grounds, extending the Museums footprint from 23 to 25 acres.
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- The McNay Art Museum has announced the completion of Phase I of its multi-phase Landscape Master Plan. This first chapter enhances the McNays outdoor experience with new sculpture, reimagined fencing, sustainable landscaping, and increased accessibilityaffirming the McNay as San Antonios place of beauty and belonging. The McNay is proud to realize a vision first introduced in 2004 by former McNay Board Chairman, Tom Frost, McNay Director Emeritus, William J. Chiego, and a forward-looking team of Trustees and staff who saw where cultural institutions around the world were headed, said Richard Aste, McNay Director and CEO. We are already seeing the positive impact of a more inclusive, open campus on our community, and were just getting started. Dense hedges along the edge of the property have been replaced with see-through fencing and native ... More | | 
Work by the writer and painter Etel Adnan at a gallery in Kassel, Germany, June 10, 2021. Andreas Meichsner/The New York Times.
NEW YORK, NY.- Etel Adnan, an influential Lebanese American writer who wrote a seminal novel about the Lebanese civil war and achieved acclaim in her later years as a visual artist, died Sunday in Paris. She was 96. Her death was confirmed by her longtime partner and only immediate survivor, Simone Fattal, who did not specify the cause. For much of her life, Adnan, who grew up in Lebanon and spent several decades in California, was an international literary figure, her lyrical prose reverberating with generations of Middle Eastern writers. Her most widely acclaimed novel, Sitt Marie Rose (1978), based on a true story, centers on a kidnapping during Lebanons civil war and is told from the perspective of the civilians enduring brutal political conflict. It has become a classic of war literature, translated into 10 languages and taught in American classrooms. Adnan also wrote numerous collections of poetry. Her latest, Shifting the Silence, was ... More | | 
Italian School 19th Century, After Leonardo da Vinci, The Mona Lisa of the Isle de Noé castle. Oil on canvas. Estimate: 60,000-100,000 © Christies Images Limited.
PARIS.- Christie's presents an undisclosed 19th century replica of the Mona Lisa. This beautiful interpretation is named after the Isle de Noé castle where it has been kept in the Gers region by Toulouse since its acquisition in 1845-1846 by William de Noé (estimate: 60,000-100,000). Unknown to the market since then, this Mona Lisa will be offered for the very first time on 23 November. This first public appearance could therefore be as sensational as its incredible rediscovering in the attic of a Nancy property in the 19th century. Pierre Etienne, International Director of the Old Master paintings and 19th century department: Art challenges, fascinates, sometimes obsesses. We are exciting to offer this Mona Lisa named after the Isle de Noé castle, where she has been kept since the first half of the 19th century. Last June, Christies France achieved a new record for a replica of the worlds most famous painting, the ... More |
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| Donors withhold gifts to protest changes at Hamptons sculpture garden | | The Cleveland Museum of Art opens 'Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia's Sacred Mountain' | | Iconic view by Constable at auction for the first time | 
Interim director of the LongHouse Reserve Carrie Rebora Barratt, a former deputy director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a president for two years of the New York Botanical Garden, speaks during a benefit dinner in New York, Feb. 19, 2020. Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times.
by Stacey Stowe
NEW YORK, NY.- With its clipped hornbeams, lush borders and meandering paths, the LongHouse Reserve is a 16-acre sanctuary on Long Islands fabled East End, a tranquil respite where visitors enjoy not just quiet garden views but sculpture by the likes of Willem de Kooning and Sol LeWitt. Created by Jack Lenor Larsen, an internationally known textile designer, the reserve in East Hampton functioned for decades as Larsens home as well as an attraction operated by a veteran executive director and supervised by a volunteer board. But Larsen died in December at the age of 93, and this fall, the harmony of the retreat he created has been ... More | | 
Groundbreaking exhibition incorporates mixed reality and reveals the CMAs newly restored Cambodian masterwork, Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan, through an integration of art and experiential digital design.
CLEVELAND, OH.- In 2015, the Cleveland Museum of Art entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Museum of Cambodia. As a result of the close collaborative relationship that resulted from this partnership, the NMC subsequently sent to Cleveland pieces belonging to a renowned fragmentary stone sculpture of about the year 600 in the CMAs collection, Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan, which was long ago broken into many pieces that were found at different times. In addition, the CMA provided the NMC with pieces belonging to a monumental broken sculpture in its collection, also depicting Krishna lifting Mount Govardhan from the same time and place. This collaborative process led to the restoration of the two Krishna sculptures, both of which are on view in their newly restored forms for the first time ... More | | 
John Constable R.A., Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishops Grounds, 1823 (detail). Estimate: £2,000,000-3,000,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021.
LONDON.- Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishops Grounds, 1823, by John Constable will be offered at auction for the first time in Christies Old Masters Evening Sale on 7 December, as a highlight of Classic Week in London (estimate: £2,000,000-3,000,000). This quietly beautiful landscape is a full-scale compositional oil sketch for a finished painting at the Huntington Library and Art Gallery in San Marino, California. Having remained in the artists family until the late-nineteenth century, where it was fondly referred to as The Vision, it is the only rendering of Constables celebrated view to remain in private hands. It is currently at Christies New York until 11 November, before being exhibited in Hong Kong from 25 to 29 November, ahead of the pre-sale London exhibition which will run from 3 to 7 December. Clementine Sinclair, Head of Old Masters Evening Sale, Christies London ... More |
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| Exceptional Sargent painting worth over £7.5 million at risk of leaving UK | | Exhibition at Pace Gallery brings together miniature artworks by 39 artists | | Palmer Museum of Art marks 50th anniversary with year-long celebration | 
A painting by John Singer Sargent representing Arthur George Maule Ramsay (18781929), the 14th Earl of Dalhousie, in front of double pillars and plinth.The painting is in oil paint on canvas and measures 150.7 x 102.2 cm.
LONDON.- Worth over £7.5 million, an outstanding three-quarter length portrait of Arthur Ramsay, the 14th Earl of Dalhousie is at risk of leaving the country unless a UK buyer can be found to save the work for the nation. The Earl of Dalhousie is hugely significant to the study of John Singer Sargents impressive legacy. Most widely known for his famous Portrait of Madame X, the international artist who spent most of his life in Europe and whose resting place is in the UK had an important role in the wider art, history and culture of the period and this piece set the stage for Sargents fame on both sides of the Atlantic. Dating back to 1899, the portrait coincides with the founding of psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud. As a result, The Earl of Dalhousie is considered exceptional for its portrayal of Arthur Ramsays character and provides a fascinating look at aristocratic ... More | | 
Alexander Calder, Bird, c. 1955. Tin cans and wire, 10-3/4" x 15" x 5" (27.3 cm x 38.1 cm x 12.7 cm). © Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Kerry Ryan McFate.
GENEVA.- Pace Gallery is presenting a two-part group exhibition that brings together miniature artworks by 39 artists from within and beyond the gallerys roster. Spanning painting, photography, textile, sculpture and video, Little Things is being presented in a site-specific display featuring bespoke plinths, shelves, and wallpaper to position the intimately scaled artworks within a cabinet of curiosities. Juxtaposing contemporary artists such as Yoshitomo Nara, Kiki Smith and Nigel Cooke, with masters of the twentieth century Jean Arp, Louise Nevelson, Antoni TÃ pies Little Things offers a unique and intimate viewing experience. United by their scale, the distinctive display provokes unexpected resonances between artists rarely exhibited side by side. On view 10 November 4 December, the first iteration of the two-part exhibition focuses on figuration, exploring the body as well as animals and various biomorphic f ... More | | 
Thomas Hart Benton (American, 18891975), Shallow Creek, 193839, oil and egg tempera on canvas mounted on board, 36 x 25 inches. Bequest of James R. and Barbara R. Palmer, 2019.31. © 2021 T.H. and R.P. Benton Trusts / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Credit: Palmer Museum of Art. All Rights Reserved.
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA.- The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State will celebrate its 50th anniversary as a leading university art museum in 2022 with an array of exhibitions, programs and events throughout the year. The festivities will be bookended by exhibitions that spotlight the Palmers collection of American art and consider the institutions public service, history and identity. The final exhibition of 2022 will close the museums current facility as the institution looks ahead to the opening of its new home that is under construction in the Arboretum at Penn State. As a vital educational resource and cultural destination, the Palmer Museum of Art, in partnership with its Penn State and broader communities, looks forward to honoring our past, recognizing those who brought us to this auspicious ... More |
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| Rare loan exhibition brings to Houston masterpieces from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | | Hirshhorn wraps its building with new site-specific public artwork by Nicolas Party | | New book paints a complex portrait of Artemisia Gentileschi | 
Vincent van Gogh, Houses at Auvers, 1890, oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, bequest of John T. Spaulding. © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston / All Rights Reserved.
HOUSTON, TX.- For the first time, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), is lending some 100 of the most significant paintings and works on paper from its renowned Impressionist collection for an exhibition that opened November 14 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, its only American venue. Incomparable Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston will trace the evolution of this 19th-century avant-garde movement, from its roots in the novel, naturalistic landscapes of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Charles Francois Daubigny, and other painters of the Barbizon School, to the early optical color experimentations in plein-air landscape painting by Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, and Camille Pissarro, to the frank depictions of modern urban life by Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, Mary Cassatt, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The exhibition highlights the ... More | | 
Nicolas Party, Draw the Curtain (2021). Commissioned by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2021. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Ron Blunt.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The exterior of the Hirshhorns iconic cylindrical building is the site of internationally renowned Swiss artist Nicolas Partys newest artwork. Draw the Curtain (2021) wraps 360 degrees around the temporary scaffolding that encases the museum building and spans a circumference of 829 feet, becoming the artists largest work to date. An original pastel painting digitally collaged and printed onto scrim, the site-specific commission transforms the Hirshhorns façade into a monumental canvas that stands out against the landscape of predominantly neo-classical buildings on the National Mall. The work will be on view through spring 2022 while the buildings envelope undergoes critical repairs. We are in the wake of a year that has challenged us to discover new potential in the outdoors as spaces for joy and connection, said Hirshhorn Director Melissa ... More | | 
This title is the second in a new series on under-recognized women artists.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The life of the Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi (1593after 1654) was as exceptional as her paintings. She was a child prodigy, raised without a mother by her artist father, a follower of Caravaggio. Although she learned to paint under father, she became an artist against his wishes. Later, as she moved between Florence, Rome, Venice, Naples, and London, her artistic style evolved, but throughout her career she specialized in large-scale, powerful, nuanced portrayals of women. This book highlights Gentileschis enterprising and original engagement with emerging feminist notions of the value and dignity of womanhood. Sheila Barkers cutting-edge scholarship in Artemisia Gentileschi clears a pathway for all audiences to appreciate the artists pictorial intelligence, as well as her achievement of a remarkably lucrative and high-profile career at a time when few women were artists. Bringing to light newly attributed paintings and archival ... More |
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Spirals (from "Eye Opener"), 1970 | From the Vaults
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 Venezuelan classical musicians play for largest orchestra record CARACAS.- Sunset in Caracas was accompanied by the sound of classical music on Sunday as thousands of Venezuelan musicians performed Tchaikovsky's 'Marche Slave' to set the record for "the world's largest orchestra". Flanked by mountains, the courtyard of the Venezuelan Military Academy hosted around 12,000 classical musicians looking to make their way into the Guinness Book of World Records. "If you break a string, don't stop. If you lose the score, go on by heart, but don't stop," conductor Andres David Ascanio, 34, said before the performance. The 12-minute piece was observed by around 260 auditors from KPMG, charged with ensuring each musician complied with the rules to set a new record, which include not sharing instruments and playing for at least five minutes during the score. Guinness will announce in the next 10 ... More  MW Editions publishes Sleeping Beauty by Lydia PanasNEW YORK, NY.- Sleeping Beauty presents acclaimed visual artist Lydia Panas psychologically charged color portraits of women and girls lying down or half-reclined in lush natural settings; a metaphor for the positions girls and women have been placed in historically. Yet, the women and girls Panas photographed on her farm in Kutztown, Pennsylvia, look at the camera and viewer directly, with keen self-awareness. Through Panas' lens their inescapable gazes signal they are working to counter the stereotypical boxes they have been forced into. These women and girls look at us in a way that implies a lack of complicity. In a role reversal from the fairytale, Panas' subjects are wide awake and exude a quiet power. Coinciding with the book's publication in December, The National Arts Club in New York City will present an in-person artist reception and book ... More  Jeanne Bucher Jaeger opens its first solo exhibition of works by the artist Georges PoncetPARIS.- As part of the 2021 Photography Month, the Jeanne Bucher Jaeger is presenting Spiritus, the first solo exhibition of the artist Georges Poncet, which is being held from November 13, 2021, to January 22, 2022. After completing his studies in the fine arts, Georges Poncet chose to focus exclusively on photography, and since the early 1980s has specialized in photographing works of art. For the past 25 years, he has been taking sophisticated pictures of exceptional works from the Louvre museum collection, in particular from the department of Egyptian antiquities. In his work for the Louvre, Poncet has also traveled through history and into the heart of diverse civilizations to evoke such extraordinary moments as the discovery of Coptic art of early Christianity, or the commission to document the tomb of Sennedjem in Luxor. Over time, his unique approach ... More  Afghanistan Conspicuous Gallantry Cross to be auctionedLONDON.- The Remarkable Afghanistan 2009 Conspicuous Gallantry Cross Group of 5 awarded to Lance-Bombardier Steven Gadsby, 40th Regiment (The Lowland Gunners) Royal Artillery is to be auctioned on line by Morton & Eden in London on 29 November 2021. The medal group which comprises the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, E.II.R., the Iraq Medal 2003-11, the United Nations Medal for Cyprus, the Operational Service Medal 2000, for Afghanistan and the silver Jubilee 2012 is estimated to fetch £100,000-120,000 (lot 1421). On 9 May 2009, Lance-Bombardier Steven Gadsby, who was 24 at the time, was serving on attachment as a Gunner and Signaller with 7 Platoon, 1st Battalion, The Welsh Guards, when his unit came under heavy fire from Taliban insurgents during a routine foot patrol near Check Point Haji Alem in Helmand ... More  Brian Gross Fine Art exhibits a series of signature frottages or mixed media rubbings by Mary IjichiSAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Brian Gross Fine Art announced its debut exhibition of Bay Area artist Mary Ijichi, with Assemblages. A longtime exhibiting artist in the United States and Japan, Ijichi is exhibiting a series of her signature frottages or mixed media rubbings. In these works, the subtleties of tonal values applied in grid-based compositions with 3-dimensional substructures transform what seemingly are rubbings on frosted mylar into drawing-constructions that display subtle shifts of light to create resonant meditative experiences. The exhibition will be on view through January 8, 2022. For Mary Ijichi, the creation of her work exemplifies the search for simplicity and unity in a complex world. Each assemblage (one or two feet square) is formed through the rubbing of frosted mylar against a plastic substructure, resulting in a complex, ... More  Bilbao Fine Arts Museum opens an exhibition of works by painter Maria Helena Vieira da SilvaBILBAO.- This year, FIG Bilbao is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a solid history in its twofold role as fair and promoter of activities that support and share the value of works on paper. This year's event features the participation of Portugal as the guest country, and for this reason the museum's activity spotlights one of the most internationally renowned personalities in twentieth-century Portuguese art: the Lisbon-based painter Maria Helena Vieira da Silva. The museum has been partnering with FIG Bilbao ever since the Festival first got underway in 2012, and since then it has hosted exhibitions every year, including Giovanni Battista Piranesi (2012); Mimmo Paladino (2014), Lucas van Leyden (2015), The Culture of Wine. Masters of printmaking from the Vivanco Collection (2016), Beyond black. The colour printing in the collection of the Bilbao ... More  He stalks delirious, unfinished New York as it risesNEW YORK, NY.- British artist Nick Relph likes to wander New York under cover of night, loitering in the vicinity of the citys ubiquitous construction fences, doing a thing that seems at first glance especially if you are a police offer immediately identifiable. He holds a dark object in his hand. He swipes it rhythmically up and down the wooden fencing and its building poster, a motion common to generations of graffitists and guerrilla wheat-paste-poster artists. Except that in place of a spray can or glue roller, his instrument is a lightweight VuPoint Magic Wand digital scanner, a cheap device about the size of an electric toothbrush, often used to digitize book pages and legal documents. And so instead of leaving art on the streets, Relph is slowly extracting it. Acting as a kind of human image-scraper, he has spent the past seven years amassing ... More  Exhibition at Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein features approximately fifty works by Rivane NeuenschwanderVADUZ.- Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein is presenting the first comprehensive solo exhibition in the German-speaking world of the internationally renowned Brazilian artist Rivane Neuenschwander (*1967 in Belo Horizonte). knife does not cut fire, including approximately fifty works, showcases Neuenschwanders diverse oeuvre with emphasis on her most recent production. On display are paintings, objects, films, textile works and expansive installations in which visitors can participate. The artist has created a number of new artworks, which continue themes explored in earlier series, especially for the exhibition at Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein. Neuenschwander is interested in the societal questions of our time and often links them with traditions from Brazilian culture. Fears and hopes are recurrent themes in her work. Poetically and ... More  Green Art Gallery opens an exhibition of works by Ana MazzeiDUBAI.- The second half of Virginia Woolf's modernist novel, To the Lighthouse (1927), unfolds over ten years of war. The characters are adrift, a state of ennui prevails. Life happens in a dream. As summer neared, as the evenings lengthened, there came to the wakeful, the hopeful, walking the beach, stirring the pool, imaginations of the strangest kind of flesh turned to atoms which drove before the wind, of stars flashing in their hearts, of cliff, sea, cloud, and sky brought purposely together to assemble outwardly the scattered parts of the vision within. In those mirrors, the minds of men, in those pools of uneasy water, in which clouds forever turn and shadows form, dreams persisted. Ana Mazzeis solo exhibition, Sleepwalk, at Green Art Gallery takes the fragmented, half-seen consciousness of waking sleep; of being in the world, but not ... More  Fondazione Memmo opens the first solo exhibition in Italy by Oscar MurilloROME.- Fondazione Memmo presents Spirits and Gestures, the first solo exhibition in Italy by Oscar Murillo, from Wednesday 10 November 2021 to Sunday 20 March 2022, curated by Francesco Stocchi. Cultural syncretism as a consequence of globalisation, along with the functioning and interplay of embedded systems of power, are recurring elements of the research of Oscar Murillo, one of the winners of the 2019 Turner Prize. The Fondazione Memmo invited Murillo to undertake research visits to Rome from 2019 with a view to creating new work for a solo exhibition, responding directly to the environs. In the intervening two years, Murillo has developed this project, working at a distance from his studio in Colombia, while the global health situation has made movement impossible. The resulting exhibition, comprising paintings created in Colombia, ... More  Norman Rockwell Museum announces special exhibition by Jan Brett, beloved children's author/illustratorSTOCKBRIDGE, MASS.- Norman Rockwell Museum announced the winter exhibition, Jan Brett: Stories Near and Far. Featuring more than 100 original illustrations, sketches, and personal artifacts, this seasonal family-friendly exhibition explores the range of Bretts art and the travel experiences that have inspired her many books and characters. Spanning twenty-five years, Stories Near and Far is the most extensive exhibition of Bretts picture book art to date, and is on view from November 13, 2021 to March 6, 2022. Brett is one of the nations foremost and most widely read author/illustrators for children, with over 42 million books in print. NRM Director/CEO Laurie Norton Moffat says Jan Brett, our Berkshire neighbor, is beloved near and far. We are immensely grateful to Jan and are honored to present the most comprehensive exhibition of her ... More  Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale achieves $94,180,125NEW YORK, NY.- Christies New York marquee week of 20/21 auctions continued its successful run Friday, November 12 with the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale, which totaled $94,180,125 selling 93% by lot and 96% by value, 155% sold by low estimate. Headlining the sale was a magnificent canvas from the grouping An Extraordinary Eye: The Distinguished Collection of June Roth, Mark Rothkos Untitled, which sold for $8,489,500 against a low estimate of $2,500,000. Fantastic results were also seen by Gerhard Richters Abstracktes Bild, which surpassed its high estimate to achieve $3,750,000 and Andy Warhols Flowers, totaling $3,330,000 against a low estimate of $1,000,000. The two-session sale featured a group of works from IMAGE WORLD: Property from a Private American Collection, which also accounted for 13 ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter Georgia O'Keeffe was born November 15, 1887. Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 - March 6, 1986) was an American artist. Born near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, O'Keeffe first came to the attention of the New York art community in 1916, several decades before women had gained access to art training in America's colleges and universities. In this image: Jennifer Shapira views three of Georgia O'Keeffe's works, from left, "No. 7 Special, 1915," "Second, Out of My Head, 1915," and "No. 2-Special, 1915" on display at Washington's National Gallery of Art during a press preview of the "O'Keeffe on Paper" exhibit Friday, April 7, 2000.
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