 | | Britain's Royal Opera House to sell Hockney painting to raise funds | | Kenzo Takada, first Japanese designer to conquer Paris fashion, dies aged 81 | | Why this artist is paying bodegas with 120,000 pennies | 
In this file photo taken on July 6, 2020 a pedestrian passes the Royal Opera House, in London's West End. Tolga Akmen / AFP.
LONDON (AFP).- Britain's Royal Opera House plans to sell a portrait by David Hockney in a bid to raise funds, as it suffers from the financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. The iconic London institution said the sale of the painting of its former chief David Webster at auction later this month was "a vital part of (our) strategy for recovery". It is expected to fetch between £11 million ($14 million, 12 million euros) and £18 million, according to the Observer newspaper. "The proceeds will be used to ensure that the world's greatest artists can once more return to our stages," said Chief Executive Alex Beard. The Royal Opera House closed its Covent Garden doors in late March as Britain went into a months-long nationwide lockdown as Covid-19 spread across the country. It reopened in June without live audiences and by streaming performances online as part of a four-pronged recovery plan which includes redundancies and other cost-cutting. It has also launched a ... More | | 
This file photo taken on November 14, 2018 shows Japanese-French fashion designer Kenzo Takada posing during a photo session in Paris. JOEL SAGET / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- Japan's most famous fashion designer Kenzo Takada, founder of the global Kenzo brand, died in the French capital on Sunday aged 81 after contracting coronavirus. Tributes have poured in for Takada, the first Japanese designer to decamp to Paris and known especially for his signature floral prints. "Today, his optimism, zest for life and generosity continue to be pillars of our Maison (House). He will be greatly missed and always remembered," the Kenzo fashion house he founded wrote on Twitter. He "helped to write a new page in fashion, at the confluence of the East and the West", said Ralph Toledano of the Haute Couture Federation. His death comes 50 years after he launched his first collection in Paris, which he adopted as his home. "Every wall, every sky and every passer-by helps me build my collections," he once said of the city. He retired from fashion in 1999, six years after selling his brand to luxury ... More | | 
The conceptual artist Jill Magid describes her art project, "Tender," at a shop in Manhattan's financial district on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. Adrienne Grunwald/The New York Times.
by Allie Conti
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- A conceptual artist walked into a bodega during a pandemic carrying a box full of pennies. The place was one of those ubiquitous New York smoke shops that uses tobacco pipes in their signage instead of the letter S. The artist was named Jill Magid, and she approached the man at the counter, giving a pitch that she didnt quite have down to elevator length. I want to pay for this in pennies, she said, picking up some Ferrero Rocher chocolates. Theyre engraved as part of a dispersed monument. See? The clerk put on his glasses and squinted at the edge of a coin. The. Body. Was. Already. So
Fragile! Magid finished for him. You have good eyes. Its too small, the clerk concluded. In the end, he seemed to understand. He accepted the pennies, and Magid strolled out with her ... More |
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| | The Städel Museum opens an exhibition of Netherlandish drawings of the eighteenth century | | Extraordinary discovery of neurons in the vitrified brain of a victim of the 79 AD Vesuvian eruption | | Victoria Miro announces representation of Paula Rego | 
Exhibition view "Passion for Pictures: Netherlandish Drawings of the Eigteenth Century". Photo: Städel Museum - Norbert Miguletz.
FRANKFURT.- The Städel Museum has in its possession nearly 600 Netherlandish drawings of the eighteenth century and thus one of the most extensive collections of its kind outside the Netherlands and Belgium. From 1 October 2020 to 10 January 2021, the museum is devoting an exhibition solely to these works. The show features 81 representative drawings by artists of whom many, though little known today, were quite successful in their time. The selection mirrors the structure and artistic quality of the holdings as well as the wide range of subjects they cover. Frequently executed as finished artworks on a par with painting, often in colour, the drawings catered to the enlightened eighteenth-century citizens passion for pictures, as well as to their thirst for dialogue and information. Art admirers cultivated the pastime of gathering ... More | | 
The guardian room. Photo: © Pier Paolo Petrone 2020.
ROME.- A new study published from PLOS ONE, an authoritative American scientific journal, reveals the exceptional discovery of human neurons from a victim of the eruption that in AD 79 buried Herculaneum, Pompeii and the Vesuvius area up to 20 km away from the volcano. Using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and advanced image processing tools Pier Paolo Petrone, forensic anthropologist at the University Federico II of Naples, and a team of archaeologists, geologists, biologists, forensic scientists, neurogeneticists and mathematicians managed for the first time to show the preservation of neuronal cells in the vitrified remains of brain and spinal cord, that Petrone discovered during his recent investigations at the Herculaneum archaeological site. "The discovery of brain tissue in ancient human remains is an unusual event - explains Petrone, team leader - but what is extremely rare is t ... More | | 
Paula Rego © Nick Willing.
LONDON.- Victoria Miro announced the representation of Paula Rego. This new collaboration with the artist will be marked by a major exhibition at the gallery during the latter part of 2021. Works by the artist will feature in the gallerys presentation for Frieze London 2020 (916 October; previews 78 October). An artist of uncompromising vision and a peerless storyteller, Paula Rego has since the 1950s brought immense psychological insight and imaginative power to the genre of figurative art. Drawing upon details of her own extraordinary life, on politics and art history, on literature, folk legends, myths and fairytales, Regos work at its heart is an exploration of human relationships, her piercing eye trained on the established order and the codes, structures and dynamics of power that embolden or repress the characters she depicts. Often turning hierarchies on their heads, her tableaux, whether ... More |
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| | Page Bond Gallery opens an exhibition of paintings and works on paper by Peri Schwartz | | French star Jeanne Moreau's dresses to be sold | | Phillips announces highlights from the October auctions of 20th Century & Contemporary Art in London | 
Peri Schwartz, Studio #22 , 2020, collage, 29.5 x 25.5.
RICHMOND, VA.- Page Bond Gallery opened Peri Schwartzs seventh solo exhibition at gallery. Schwartzs trademark tessellations of her studio environment offer a meditative entry into an everyday setting. Her oeuvre can be seen as an extended exercise that reveals a boundless reserve of compositions, colors and surfaces. These works invite viewers to enter into a compositional puzzle of sorts, as each forms history is visible in the traces of grid lines, or the ghosts of objects Schwartz has decided to obscure or remove. These paintings or vignettes of quotidian life experience prize the simple elegance of forms, color, and the extraordinary capabilities of negative space. In the 2013 video publication, A Look Into Peri Schwartzs Studio, Schwartz describes her process as a highly organized, almost obsessive gridded arrangement of objects, colors and shapes in an expanded still-life setting. Sizing up the roo ... More | | 
Goyrad, Boîte à chapeau chiffrée J.M en toile et cuir. Estimate: 200 - 400 .
PARIS (AFP).- Clothes, jewellery and photographs owned by the late French screen legend Jeanne Moreau are to go under the hammer in Paris later this month. The proceeds of the sale of the wardrobe of the star of such classics as "Jules et Jim", "The Lovers" and "Elevator to the Gallows" will go to her charitable foundation. Clothes designed by Coco Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld for Moreau, who died in 2017, will also be auctioned off in Paris at Artcurial from October 16 to 22. The sale will also include dresses made for her by Pierre Cardin, who was her lover for several years despite being gay. Photographs of the actress taken by Helmut Newton, Peter Lindbergh and Henri Cartier-Bresson are also among the 300 lots going under the hammer. "We wanted to show the timeless style and elegance of Mademoiselle Moreau, who was ... More | | 
Dana Schutz (b. 1976), Trump Descending an Escalator, 2017. Estimate: £380,000-580,000. Image courtesy of Phillips.
LONDON.- Phillips brings together a rich diversity of contemporary artists during its London sales of 20th Century & Contemporary Art this October. The Evening Sale will open with a front run of sought-after names, including Emily Mae Smith, Salman Toor, Titus Kaphar, Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe and Portia Zvavahera. German artists will form a focal point, alongside works by major figures from the 1980s, including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and Andy Warhol. Comprising 40 lots, the Evening Sale will take place via livestream to bidders worldwide on 20 October at 5pm and will be followed by the Day Sale on 21 October at 2pm. Highlights will go on view at Phillips Berkeley Square during Frieze Week from 5 to 9 October, followed by a full-scale preview exhibition from 14 to 20 October. In addition, the sale will be presented ... More |
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| | Initio Fine Arts opens exhibition of works by Anna Horváth and Reda Amalou | | Rare 13th century Islamic gold coin estimated to fetch £200,000-300,000 at Morton & Eden | | Exhibition considers artistic explorations of scale, material, and process | 
Reda Amalou, Eileen Chair. Courtesy of the Artist and Initio Fine Arts.
LONDON.- For its first London show, Initio Fine Arts is unveiling a curated universe of two unique talents of contemporary Design. The strictly geometric, yet refreshingly playful collection of the Hungarian designer Anna Horváth (AHA objects) is showcased alongside the French architect and designer, Reda Amalous (RAD) elegant and organic creations. Through the exploration of contrasting materials and forms, this unprecedented combination will create a dialogue between two distinct design aesthetics. It is with great excitement, that the exhibition will be held at London's brand-new arts hub, Cromwell Place, set in the heart of London's museum district, moments from the Victoria and Albert Museum. Initio Fine Arts has been selected to be an international member of Cromwell Palace by its membership committee, chaired by Georgina Adam, editor at large of The Art Newspaper. Initio Fine Arts emphasizes ... More | | 
Gold 10-mithqals/dinars, Balad Ghazna 601h. To be sold at auction by Morton & Eden. Estimated to fetch £200,000 to £300,000.
LONDON.- An exceptionally rare Islamic gold coin from the Ghorid dynasty, dating from the early 13th century is estimated to fetch £200,000 £300,000 when it comes under the hammer of specialist auctioneers Morton and Eden in London in London on Thursday 22 October 2020. Specially struck for presentation, the coin measures approximately 46mm (more than an inch and a half) and weighs a hefty 45g of pure gold. The reason it is expected to fetch such a high price is due to the fact that it is the only known example of one of these magnificent presentation coins to bear the sole name of one of the most famous Ghorid Sultans Muizz Al-Din Muhammad bin Sam (567-602h), also known as Muhammad of Ghor. Stephen Lloyd of Morton & Eden explains: "This outstanding, large gold coin is of significant historical importance to the Islamic world and especially to India. This is because the man who issued it, Muizz a ... More | | 
Robert Morris, Untitled (Pink Felt), 1970. Felt pieces of various sizes, overall dimensions variable. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Panza Collection, 91.3804 © 2020 The Estate of Robert Morris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- As part of the public reopening, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum presents Knotted, Torn, Scattered: Sculpture after Abstract Expressionism, an exhibition that considers the diverse ways that artists in the 1960s and 70s responded to the achievements of Abstract Expressionist painters to formulate unique approaches to sculptural practice. Knotted, Torn, Scattered features works from the Guggenheim collection by Lynda Benglis, Maren Hassinger, Robert Morris, Senga Nengudi, Richard Serra, and Tony Smith. These artists saw in postwar painting urgent questions about scale, material, and process. This exhibition is presented in conjunction with Away from the Easel: Jackson Pollocks Mural, offering a rare opportunity to view Pollocks breakthrough painting Mural (1943) in proximity to works that ... More |
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 James Cohan now represents Monir Shahroudy FarmanfarmaianNEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan announced its representation of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian. The gallery will present a two-part solo exhibition of Monirs work in January 2021. Over six decades, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922 - 2019) investigated the intricate geometries of her Iranian heritage, reconfiguring traditional craft techniques to explore the philosophical, poetic, and perceptual possibilities of interlocking primary forms. In her work, rigorous structure and repetition are the foundations of invention and limitless variation. Spanning mirrored mosaics, sculptural assemblage, drawings, textiles and monotypes, Monirs multidimensional practice centered on incorporating elements from her inherited past into her own designswhich blended a range of compositional influences, from classical Persian interior decoration to Western modernism. ... More Oil painting by David Burliuk brings $39,100 at Weiss AuctionsLYNBROOK, NY.- A beautiful oil on canvas portrait of a Japanese girl by David Burliuk (Ukrainian/American, 1882-1967) part of a fresh-to-market, never before offered collection of works by Burliuk sold for $39,100 to take top lot honors in an online Estate & Art Auction held September 16th by Weiss Auctions. Overall, the 550-lot sale grossed nearly $500,000. The portrait painting, measuring 13 inches by 17 inches on a relined canvas, was signed lower left by Burliuk and dated (1922). That painting, as well as some others, came from the estate of Ella Jaffe Freidus, a renowned art dealer who lived in Lloyd Harbor, N.Y. She was a longtime friend of Burliuks. The nephew of the consignor was, at one time, Ms. Freiduss caretaker. There were many other lots that sold in the thousands of dollars, but the Burliuk portrait took the top prize, said ... More Barack Obama's historic basketball jersey and Michelle Obama's iconic dress head to Julien's AuctionsLOS ANGELES, CA.- Juliens Auctions announced today that two spectacular and historic items from the life and legacy of the Obama family have been added to their highly anticipated auction season. The historic game worn high school basketball jersey worn by the 44th President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama II, will be sold exclusively at the previously announced Icons & Idols Trilogy: Sports, the world-record breaking auction house to the stars sports event featuring historic items from Michael Jordan, Colin Kaepernick, Kobe Bryant and more, taking place Friday, December 4th, 2020, live in Beverly Hills and online at juliensauctions.com. Barack Barry Obama wore this jersey during his senior year at Punahou School as a member of the 1979 Hawaii State Champion boys varsity team. The jersey in itself represents the leadership ... More Ideals of beauty, female figure explored in Nelson-Atkins exhibitionKANSAS CITY, MO.- The pursuit of the ideal female body was as much a preoccupation in Renaissance Germany as it is today. Like the filtered photographs we encounter today in magazines and social media posts, images of idealized women in various stages of undress also proliferated during the 15th and 16th centuries. The exhibition Perfectly Imperfect: Cranach, Dürer and the Renaissance Nude compares and contrasts the female nudes of the two most important artists of the German Renaissance. This is the museums first exhibition featuring German Renaissance paintings in 60 years. Today we find beauty in all shapes and sizes, and we seek a healthy mindset that is based on feeling comfortable in our own bodies, said Julián Zugazagoitia, Menefee D. and Mary Louise Blackwell CEO & Director of the Nelson-Atkins. During their time, both ... More Virginia Bianchi Gallery opens an exhibition of works by artists Wednesday Kim and Giuliana RossoROME.- Virginia Bianchi Gallery is presenting The Anteaters Transmutation, an exhibition of works by artists Wednesday Kim and Giuliana Rosso and the first, inaugural show taking place on the digital platform of the gallery. Through videos, paintings and virtual installations, the exhibition builds on the artists' practices and on their research in human consciousness and its shadows. The Anteaters Transmutation is a chaotic, disordered survey of what the human mind can create. Giuliana Rosso and Wednesday Kim mesmerizing practices are the starting point of the show: they both focus on subconsciousness, on that dissociated nuclei of the human mind that psychoanalysts believe is the spontaneous result of strong emotional experiences. As a mere psychological automatism, the subconscious does not function at a reality level: it lacks the power ... More 'Everything crossed over': Michael Clark's cheeky world of danceLONDON (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Dancer, choreographer, ex-heroin addict, prodigal son, perfectionist, art world darling, club world star: Michael Clark was for a long time the enfant terrible of British dance. Today he is 58 and the subject of a comprehensive exhibition, Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer, at the Barbican Art Gallery, that surveys his career and extensive collaborations. The visual splendor of the exhibition, which runs Oct. 7 through Jan. 3, vibrantly displays the pop culture thrills of Clarks arrival on the scene in London in the early 1980s. With eye-popping graphics (Enjoy Gods Disco reads an early flyer for his company in Coca-Cola red and white), film installations and highflier art world contributions, the exhibition evokes a moment in which dance wove itself into the fabric of a newly charged youth culture. The Young British Artist crowd ... 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More Artcurial to offer over 1500 items from the Roméo CollectionPARIS.- Who has not stopped in surprise and envy to study these lavish window displays, a magical array of Macassar ebony, Ceylan lemon tree wood, myrtle, shagreen, Carrara marble, black granite from Syene and precious silks
The Roméo brand is above all a taste in decor, the decorative arts and crafts. At 208 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, the styles may be diverse but they are all eclectic, opulent and fantastic, with a uninhibited approach to coordination, and guided by a quest for excellence. This legendary Parisian house, with a distinctive style drawing inspiration from many eras, offers its clientele a 3 500m2 journey through the major periods in the history of interior decoration. Amongst the myriad of rooms, one can spy a spiral staircase by Roger Tallon alongside favourite pieces from the 1970s, and walls covered from floor to ceiling ... More Sotheby's announces highlights included in its inaugural annual "Halloween" Spirits saleLONDON.- Almost one year ago, Sothebys made history in the world of collectible spirits when the sale of The Ultimate Whisky Collection achieved £7.6 million ($10 million), the highest total for any whisky collection ever offered at auction. Headlined by a bottle of The Macallan Fine & Rare 60-Year-Old 1926, which set an auction record for any bottle of wine or spirit at £1.5 million ($1.9 million), the sale was 100% sold, with all 391 lots snapped up by collectors eager to acquire sought-after and iconic bottlings. Now, on Saturday, 31 October in London, Sothebys will offer The Ultimate Whisky Collection Part II, as part of a wider sale of spirits The Ultimate Whisky Collection Part II + More that will bring together whiskies from renowned distilleries in Scotland, Ireland and Japan. The sale marks Sothebys first annual auction of Spirits to fall on day that ... More 1948 Bristol 400 for sale with H&H Classics at the Imperial war museum DuxfordLONDON.- If you are the owner of the fabled British Bristol marque and your wife asks for a new car what do you do? You provide this blood red 1948 Bristol 400! Diana Whites husband George S.M. White effectively founded Bristol Cars and remained its chairman until 1973. She was a successful artist and designer and joined Bristol's Advisory Board as a consultant. The car has been extensively restored during its current eighteen-year ownership including a bare metal repaint, interior re-trim, engine overhaul and fitment of a close-ratio gearbox. Something of a wolf in sheeps clothing with its tuned engine and close ratio gearbox, this striking 400 is made doubly special by its White family provenance. Offered for sale with V5C Registration Document and history file. The engine has been uprated by Nicholas Finburgh Ltd: nitrided crankshaft, high-lift camshaft, ... More Bodleian Libraries celebrate visionary female photographer Helen Muspratt with retrospectiveOXFORD.- A new exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries will showcase the pioneering work of photographer Helen Muspratt (1907-2001), one of Britains leading photographers of the early twentieth century. Curated by her daughter Jessica Sutcliffe, this exhibition will highlight her ground-breaking work and innovative techniques, her intimate portrayal of life in Soviet Russia and portrait work from her studio in Oxford. The exhibition tells the story of her work from her first studio in Swanage aged just 20 to becoming one of the most celebrated photographers of her age. This forthcoming display explores an extraordinary body of work in many different styles and genres from experimental photography using techniques such as solarisation, to social documentary and studio portraiture. A chance viewing of an image by Man Ray in a photographic ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian painter Francesco Guardi was born October 05, 1712. Francesco Lazzaro Guardi (October 5, 1712 - January 1, 1793) was a Venetian painter of veduta, a member of the Venetian School. He is considered to be among the last practitioners, along with his brothers, of the classic Venetian school of painting. In this image: Sotheby's employee Maria Sheremeteva studies Francesco Guardi's Venice, a view of the Rialto Bridge.
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