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Adriaen Frans Boudewijns, Two Houses along a Country Lane, n.d. Pen and green ink, brush and point of brush and green, blue, and brown washes, 19 x 29.9 cm. Crocker Art Museum, E. B. Crocker Collection 1871.132.
SACRAMENTO, CA.- Reuniting the Masters: European Drawings from West Coast Collections brings together related European drawings, separated over centuries and continents, that are now in the possession of the West Coasts great art collections. By coincidence or by design, drawings by the same artist, for the same project, and even from the same sketchbook, have made their way separately into galleries and museums on the West Coast. Bringing these long-estranged drawings together again illuminates the work and process of specific artists in the rich history of European draftsmanship and brings forward the history of drawings collectors and scholars in the West. "Through the generosity of our fellow West Coast institutions, we are delighted to unite these drawings, some separated for centuries, in our galleries," said Crocker curator William Breazeale. "They illuminate not only artists' working process but also a chapter in Am ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A super moon rises over the Statue of Freedom on the Capitol dome in Washington, DC November 13, 2016. The supermoon will venture to its closest point in 68 years, leaving only 221,524 miles (356,508 km) between Earth and the moon. Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP
| Pastel drawings by Jim Dine and Orientalist designs and illustrations on view at the McNay Art Museum | | Largest known intense blue topaz faceted gemstone goes on display at the Natural History Museum | | Philadelphia Museum of Art presents "Covering Letter" by contemporary artist Jitish Kallat | 
Jim Dine, Projection design for Salome (detail), 1986. Charcoal, acrylic, and spray paint on paper. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Gift of the artist. © Jim Dine/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- The McNay Art Museum recently opened two new art exhibitions featuring work from the Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts. Jim Dine: Salome Reimagined draws from a generous gift from the artist himself, consisting of 30 pastel drawings of scenic elements and watercolor sketches for costumes design. Known for innovative productions, often designed by visual artists, the Houston Grand Opera invited Jim Dine to design Salome in 1987. A pioneer of happenings and installations in the 1960s, Dine created an unorthodox but effective staging of Richard Strausss opera with familiar images from the artists non-theatrical work. The exhibition includes not only Dines designs but also invaluable documents and photographs from the Houston Grand Opera Archives. Visitors can discover how ... More | | 
It is the first large cut topaz of its kind to go on display at the Museum. © Trustees of the NHM, London.
LONDON.- One of the worlds most colourful and flawless large gemstones, the Ostro stone, has gone on permanent show in the Natural History Museums Minerals gallery. The gemstone weighs in at an impressive 9,381 carats - around 2 kilograms, similar in weight to two bags of sugar. It is the first large cut topaz of its kind to go on display at the Museum and will go on show alongside specimens from one of the worlds most important mineral collections. The Ostro stone is available for the public to view at the Museum through the generosity of philanthropist Maurice Ostro OBE. It has been in the family vaults for three decades since it was discovered in its natural form by his father gemstone pioneer Max Ostro in Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is 15 centimetres in length, 10.5 centimetres wide and its vivid blue colour is exceptional as the various treatment procedures are commonly used for such stones and rarely result in such an inten ... More | | 
View of Jitish Kallat: Covering Letter, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2016.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- On November 13, 2016, Jitish Kallat: Covering Letter, an immersive installation by one of Indias leading contemporary artists, opened at the Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The presentation of Covering Letter celebrates a recent gift to the Museum from trustee Ajay Raju and is the premiere of this work in the United States. It will remain on view until March 5, 2017. Covering Letter fills an entire gallery with a video projection onto a curtain of mist created by a ceiling-mounted fog machine. It features Mahatma Gandhis historical letter written to Adolf Hitler on July 23, 1939, just weeks before the start of World War II. In the spirit of Gandhis doctrine of universal friendship, his letter begins with the salutation, Dear friend
and offers a passionate plea to Hitler to pursue peace rather than war. In Kallats installation, the movement of the v ... More |
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| Sotheby's Hong Kong announces Important Jewels and Jadeite Sale | | Munch, Monet, de Kooning to star in New York fall auctions | | Italian, US artists to create works for Louvre Abu Dhabi | 
Gem-set and Diamond Dragon Bracelet, Early 20th Century, (Lot 1790) Est. HK$640,000 800,000 / US$82,500 104,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
HONG KONG.- Sothebys Hong Kong Important Jewels and Jadeite sale will take place on 28 November at Sothebys Hong Kong Gallery. The sale is highlighted by a tasteful selection of signed jewellery by renowned brands such as Van Cleef & Arpels and Cartier, alongside a collection of specially-curated pieces for cosmopolitan gentlemen, further complemented by an array of treasured gemstones, diamond, natural pearl and jadeite jewellery. QUEK Chin Yeow, Deputy Chairman of Sothebys Asia and Chairman of International Jewellery, Asia, said, This November, we are pleased to bring to the market a meticulous selection of iconic signed jewellery from some of the most famous brands, as well as a collection of recognisably masculine pieces designed for todays dapper gentlemen. With the festive season soon approaching, this forthcoming auction, with offerings at various price points suited for an array of occasions, will be the ... More | | 
Gerhard Richter, Ziege. Signed, dated 1984 and numbered 554-4 on the reverse, oil on canvas, 78 3/4 by 71 in. 200 by 180.3 cm. Est. $8/12 million ©Gerhard Richter, 2016.
NEW YORK (AFP).- New York's fall auction season kicks off next week with a sparkling array of masterpieces expected to draw bidders from around the world at Christie's and Sotheby's. From Edvard Munch's Expressionist "Girls on the Bridge" to Willem De Kooning's abstract "Untitled XXV," the two major auction houses have put together an impressive collection of paintings and sculptures from some of the 20th century's greatest names for the prestigious sales running Monday to Thursday. There will be dozens of Picassos and Chagalls on display in the auction houses' galleries ahead of the sales -- together with paintings by Kandinsky, Sisley, Dubuffet and Rothko -- rivaling the exhibits at some of the neighboring major museums. Starting prices are often set well below artworks' estimated values in order not to discourage anyone interested and attract as many buyers as possible, says Christie's America ... More | | 
This file photo taken on January 18, 2016 shows French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (C) and French architect Jean Nouvel (L) visiting the construction site of the future Louvre museum. KARIM SAHIB / AFP.
ABU DHABI (AFP).- Abu Dhabi's Louvre museum said Sunday it was commissioning renowned artists Giuseppe Penone and Jenny Holzer to create artworks to be displayed at its grand opening next year. Designed by French architect Jean Nouvel and built at a cost of half a billion euros, the Louvre Abu Dhabi will feature 9,200 square metres (100,000 square feet) of gallery space. "Giuseppe Penone and Jenny Holzer have worked closely with the Louvre Abu Dhabi team to develop sculptures and installations reflecting the universal stories of the museum and in harmony with the iconic building," said a Sunday statement. Penone, a member of Italy's contemporary Arte Povera movement, has created "Germination", a four-part installation that reveals his fascination with the use of organic materials, such as trees, to highlight the connection between man, nature and art. Among these installations is "Leaves of Light" -- a bronze tree ... More |
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| Exhibition of eight select images from Weegee's New York City street scenes on view at Laurence Miller Gallery | | Opulence: Christie's combines sales of Silver, Gold Boxes and 19th century Furniture | | Tina Kim Gallery opens solo exhibition of paintings by Korean artist Park Seo-Bo | 
Weegee, On top of Empire State Building, c.1942.
NEW YORK, NY.- Laurence Miller Gallery is presenting Weegee: Mayhem, an exhibition of eight select images from this artists New York City street scenes from the 1930s and 40s. The portrays NYC in all it's range: from stark and gritty urban crime to the sponaneous humor and lyricism of it's street life. Weegee was the pseudonym adopted by Arthur Fellig, born in 1899 in what is now part of the Ukraine. He and his family emigrated to New York in 1908, where he began working in a variety of photography-related odd jobs, until 1935, when he became a freelance photographer. He mostly covered crime scenes, fires, and emergencies, and had an uncanny ability to arrive at the scene before police and other emergency personnel. In the trunk of his car was a complete darkroom, to ensure that he could get his images out before other competing photojournalists. His quickness on the scene gave him the opportunity to get the first and most sensa ... More | | 
A Stein-Cabinet bonbonnière by Johann-Christian Neuber leads the sale. Estimate £250,000-350,000. © Christies Images Limited 2016.
LONDON.- Opulence is an exciting new curated sale format at Christies which selects furniture and works of art of defined by rarity and artistry with an emphasis on opulence. The sale presents a broad range of luxurious works of art, expertly crafted from precious materials, from Georgian silver candelabra, to gem-set gold boxes and gilt-bronze mounted French furniture and Italian marble statuary. Highlights include an exquisite gold-mounted hardstone Stein-Cabinet bonbonnière by Johann-Christian Neuber leads the sale (£250,000-350,000 Lot 162). A previously unrecorded masterpiece by Neuber, who was famed as court jeweller to Friedrich Augustus III (1750-1827), Elector of Saxony, the box is patterned with a mosaic of prized minerals and hardstones between strips of gold, a technique called Zellen mosaic. The top is set ... More | | 
Park Seo-Bo (b. 1931), Ecriture No. 990127, 1999. Mixed media with Korean Hanji paper on canvas, 76.77 x 63.78 inches 195 x 162 cm. Image Courtesy of The Artist and Tina Kim Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- Tina Kim Gallery presents Ecriture: Black and White, a solo exhibition of paintings by Park Seo-Bo, one of Koreas most acclaimed artists. As a founding member of Dansaekhwa and longtime professor at Koreas most prestigious art school, Hong-Ik University in Seoul, Park Seo-Bo has influenced many generations of artists. The current exhibition will focus on Parks paintings from the late 1990s until the early 2000s. Born in 1931 under Japanese occupation, Park is known as one of Koreas most significant early modernists as well as a vital interlocutor of Koreas cultural history. In the 1950s he was one of the first to introduce abstraction into what was then a very conservative art world, balancing tradition with the rising influence of the West. Parks steadfast commitment ... More |
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| New Orleans Museum of Art opens first comprehensive museum retrospective for Louisiana native George Dunbar | | Surround yourself with the sounds of Himalayan wind at the Rubin Museum of Art | | Artemis Gallery's Nov. 17 auction puts spotlight on art from world's greatest cultures | 
George Dunbar in the 1950s, Collection of the Artist.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- George Dunbar: Elements of Chance is the first comprehensive museum retrospective for the artist George Dunbar (American, b. 1927), who played a pivotal role in introducing abstract art to the South. The exhibition explores the evolution of Dunbars art from his early paintings from the 1940s and 1950s to his most recent contemporary work in clay relief. A New Orleans native, Dunbar studied in Philadelphia and New York before returning to Louisiana in the 1950s to create paintings, sculptures, assemblages, and prints that marry the stark geometry of modern art with lush, elemental materials like clay and gold leaf that call forth Louisianas distinctive local landscape. NOMA is delighted to celebrate the career of one of Louisianas most influential and talented artists, says Susan M. Taylor, Montine McDaniel Freeman Director. The opportunity to showcase the work of an artist so closely connected ... More | | 
Shrine Room.
NEW YORK, NY.- In the second iteration of its Sacred Spaces exhibition, the Rubin Museum of Art surrounds visitors with sound environments and visuals in Himalayan Wind, including a major site-specific commission from the international art and genre-bending music group Soundwalk Collective. The installation continues Sacred Spaces focus on devotional activities in awe-inspiring places, as the sounds were recorded during travels to the worlds highest monasteries in the remote Mustang region of Nepal. The immersive and meditative experience includes sounds like the whistle of strong winds at some of the highest located Buddhist monasteries in the Himalayas, the flapping of prayer flags, the chanting of blessings, the echoes of wind from the valley below, and the interplay of sound and silence. Entitled Khandroma, after a spiritual muse in Tibetan Buddhism, the piece is being presented as a multi-channel audio inst ... More | | 
Rare 12¾-inch painted wood statue of Ptah Sokar Osiris, circa 712-30 BCE, est. $7,000-$9,000. All images courtesy Artemis Gallery.
BOULDER, CO.- Artemis Gallery co-founders Bob and Teresa Dodge, both internationally acknowledged experts on cultural art and antiquities, will host an exciting Nov. 17 auction brimming with fresh-to-market ancient treasures. The 465-lot selection has all of the characteristics of a carefully curated Artemis sale: pieces of superior quality and provenance; catalog descriptions that reflect a deep level of connoisseurship, and an unconditional guarantee that each and every item is authentic, as described, and legal to acquire according to federal guidelines. A certificate of authenticity will accompany each purchase. As is the custom with all Artemis Gallery sales, the Nov. 17 inventory is arranged in time order, from the earliest civilization through New World colonies. The cultural adventure begins in mysterious ... More |
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 Turner Auctions + Appraisals to offer Southwest jewelry from a private collectionSAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Turner Auctions + Appraisals will offer the private collection of Southwest jewelry from a major dealer/collector. The extensive sale will be held in several parts: Part 1 features Native American works from the Navajo, Zuni and Hopi. Offerings include bracelets, squash blossom and other necklaces, rings, belt buckles, watch bands, earrings, ketos and more for men, women and children. Parts 2 and 3, to be offered in 2017, feature Western jewelry and artworks. Turner Auctions + Appraisals begins its online auction Sunday, December 4 at 1:00 pm PDT; sale items can be previewed online until the sale starts. The online auction will be featured live on Invaluable and LiveAuctioneers, easily accessed through Upcoming Auctions at the companys website. The owner of the collection was a major dealer and collector of Navajo, Zuni and Hopi ... More The Quilted Sky: A group exhibition on view at Charlotte Jackson Fine ArtSANTA FE, NM.- An exquisitely curated selection of work, in black and neutral tones, by seven artists is featured in the November group show, The Quilted Sky at Charlotte Jackson Fine Art. Each piece of art in this exhibition speaks to the next so that, walking through the gallery, the effect is cumulative. The experience and perspective of each piece adds and deepens as one moves around the room. The show begins with the juxtaposition of two sleek Polyester Box pieces by William Metcalf in silver and graphite black with several of Max Coles elegantly tonal works of blacks, grays, and exposed linen from the Greek Cross and Somerset series. The horizontal precision of Metcalfs bands of color, which seem almost to float in space above the stripes of polyester fabric, interact and the interwoven bands of blacks, white, grays, and linen of Coles work with its characteristic bands of vertica ... More Serena Morton opens exhibition of new works by Damian ElwesLONDON.- Damian Elwes started out painting the studios of his favorite painters in Paris as a way of learning from the artistic luminaries. This body of work has now grown into a vast collection of visually stunning paintings that will be exhibited in London from November to December. Using the artists work as a point of reference, Elwes allows their own aesthetics to guide him in recreating their studios. To research each artwork, Elwes delves deeply into history, scrutinizing photographs and literary sources as well as the masters' own paintings and drawings. He seeks out the buildings where the artists' studios were once situated. In the case o situated. In the case of Matisse, his sleuthing resulted in the rediscovery of the house in Collioure where the artist developed Fauvism in 1905. In the case of both Cezanne and Kahlo, he successfully reconstructed the original ... More Contemporary Istanbul's 11th edition a success as collectors show solidarity with the fairISTANBUL.- The 11th edition of Contemporary Istanbul ended on 6th November, having seen strong support from philanthropists, collectors and the public, strengthening the fairs vision of solidarity at this time. Bringing together 70 galleries from 20 countries exhibiting over 1,500 artworks by 520 artists, the fair attracted a record number of 90,000 visitors with 62% of exhibited artworks sold. Sales included: Jaume Plensa, White Forest (Lou), 280,000, Galerie Lelong, Paris Jannis Kounellis, Untitled, 220,000, Galeri Artist, Istanbul Wolfgang Stiller, Matchstickmen, 130,000, Galerie Mark Hachem, Paris/Beirut Wim Delvoye, Untitled (Pasion), 110,000, Galeri Artist, Istanbul Fahrelnissa Zeid, Untitled, USD 100,000, Galeri Artist, Istanbul Son Seock, 25-RHNO, 38,000, Galerie Mark Hachem, Paris/Beirut Gülay Semercioğlu, A Sip of Water, USD 50,000, ... More Egyptian actor Mahmoud Abdel Aziz dies aged 70CAIRO (AFP).- Iconic Egyptian actor Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, who starred in more than 90 feature films and worked under some of Egypt's most celebrated directors, has died aged 70. Abdel Aziz died on Saturday evening "in hospital in Cairo, at the end of his fight against illness," Sameh al-Sirity, from the Egyptian Actors' Syndicate, told AFP. His funeral was held on Sunday in a mosque in a suburb of the capital. Born in 1946 in the coastal city of Alexandria, Abdel Aziz cut his teeth in a string of television series before making the leap to the big screen. He was most known for his role in the 1991 film "Al Kit-Kat", where he played an eccentric blind man who dreams of riding a motorcycle. Although a comedy, the film, directed by Egyptian realist filmmaker Daoud Abdel Sayed, was critically acclaimed for its searing social commentary. In 2001's "The Magician", Abdel Aziz plays a single ... More A selection of denim drawings by Jim Arendt on view at UPSTATE Gallery on MainSPARTANBURG, SC .- UPSTATE Gallery on Main presents Frayed, a selection of denim drawings by prominent Conway, S.C., multidisciplinary artist, Jim Arendt. The exhibition, which opened on November 8 and runs through December 30, features approximately a dozen of Arendts recent works. An artists reception will be held from 5 8 p.m. November 17. Growing up just outside the industrial city of Flint, Mich., Arendt explores the effects of the changing industrial landscape on the working class while shattering romanticized ideals and stereotypes. In his work, he portrays both individual struggles and larger economic and sociological issues through a variety of materials, but perhaps most strikingly with the ubiquitous fabric of denim. For the works included in Frayed, Arendt cut, sewed, and glued pieces of reclaimed denim, often donated by his subjects, ... More Galerie Nathalie Obadia opens exhibition of works by Andres SerranoPARIS.- Galerie Nathalie Obadia is presenting the Torture series, which inaugurates Andres Serranos first exhibition in the gallery's Parisian space after Sacramentum: Sacred Shadows (2012) and Cuba (2014) held in the gallery in Brussels. At the same time, the Maison Européenne de la Photographie is dedicating a solo show to the artist and featuring several of his most emblematic series, only a few months after a retrospective exhibition held by the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium in 2016. Born in New York in 1950, Andres Serrano has developed both provocative and fascinating work. The artist tackles fundamental issues such as politics and society through series like The Klan (1990), Nomads (1990), America (2002), Cuba (2012), Resident of New York (2014), and Denizens of Brussels (2015); religion, with Immersions (1987-1990), The Church ... More Sotheby's to offer accessibly-priced classic, modern and vintage watches HONG KONG.- Sothebys Hong Kong presents the Fine Timepieces auction on 28 November, showcasing a fine selection of accessibly-priced classic, modern and vintage wristwatches, as well as pocket watches and clocks. Offering more than 150 lots estimated in excess of HK$10.7 million / US$1.37 million, the sale brings together the most dedicated craftsmanship of watchmaking for new and established collectors. Jessie Kang, Head of Watches, Sothebys Asia, commented, Purchasing watches at auction can be a rewarding experience, for it is where collectors discover not only unique pieces that are hard to come by on the market, but also new models that are attractively-estimated. We have garnered for this sale a diverse line-up of fine watches that is set to satisfy collectors and their loved ones in this festive time. The minimalist design of the Ref 5077P-056 dial ... More Exhibition of new work by artist Kathy Prendergast on view at Kerlin GalleryDUBLIN.- Kerlin Gallery is presenting Atlas, an exhibition of new work by the internationally acclaimed artist Kathy Prendergast (b. 1958, Dublin). Prendergasts first exhibition in the gallery since 2009, Atlas comprises of a single installation of over 100 modified road atlases each laid upon a trestle table. At the heart of Atlas are notions of settlement, migration and displacement. The artist has taken a humble, everyday resource, the AA Road Atlas of Europe, and transformed it into a complex and compelling visual statement. Over one hundred copies of the atlas have been painstakingly drawn over by the artist with black Indian ink, eliminating all geographical details except cities and towns, which appear as small, unadorned dots in a sea of black. Collectively, the atlases provide a complete (if oblique) map of Europe, its borders and landmass simplified to reveal only the sites ... More Zabludowicz Collection presents an ambitious suite of new paintings by Willem WeismannLONDON.- For his exhibition Basement Odyssey, Willem Weismann has produced an ambitious suite of new paintings which take the viewer on a journey through layers of space, time and meaning. Weismann installed a large triptych of canvases which flow around the walls of the room, responding to the proportions of the gallery and to the buildings past life as a church. The idea of discovering what lies behind facades or beneath our feet is a central motif of Weismanns work. When viewed in sequence the paintings move from an exterior view of a street, to the inside of a mysterious blue-bricked building, down into a basement space where concrete floors dissolve into lava, revealing fossilised bones, palm trees and suits of armour. Andrea Mantegnas Renaissance masterpiece The Triumphs of Caesar (c.1484-92), on view at Hampton Court Palace, is a ... More Norton showcases 2016 nominees in Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers Exhibition WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.- The Norton Museum of Art is presenting the work of the 2016 nominees for the international Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers in a special exhibition on view Nov. 10, 2016 Jan. 15, 2017. The Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers features more than 48 photographs, videos, and installation works by Clare Benson, Elizabeth Bick, Alexandra Hunts, and Wesley Stringer, who were nominated by Arno Minkkinen, Shirin Neshat, Rineke Dijkstra, and Michael Kenna, respectively. The exhibition is curated by Tim B. Wride, the Nortons William and Sarah Ross Soter Curator of Photography. The 2016 Rudin Prize nominees bodies of work encapsulate their continued growth as photographers and curiosity as observant artists, said Wride. We look forward to revealing to both the jury and visitors how these young artists have ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Claude Monet was born November 14, 1840. Claude Monet (14 November 1840 - 5 December 1926) was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. The term Impressionism is derived from the title of his painting Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant). In this image: In this Jan. 19, 2011 photo, Dean Yoder, conservator of paintings for the Cleveland Museum of Art, gently dusts Claude Monet's vast water lilies painting at the museum in Cleveland.
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