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Johannes Schiefer painted NEW YORK PARADE one year after he and his family fled to the states from Nazi Germany.
NEW YORK, NY.- Vallarino Fine Art has been in the art business for the past 50 years and owns everything they sell. They believe in their expertise through knowledge, scholarship and taste which is reassured by their experience and foresight within the art market. Fifteen years ago they became a private gallery because it was apparent that their audience was focused on what they owned and represented making their business intimate and personable unlike many larger galleries. VFA has a beautiful 3,000 square foot townhouse located at 222 East 49th Street in New York City, next door to Kathryn Hepburns old residence. There you will find in-situ viewing with mid-century furnishings as one would in their own home instead of a white box gallery setting. They also have a 6,000 square foot studio in Millbrook, New York 85 miles north of the city in the Hudson River Valley which was originally part of Henry Flaglers familys es ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A picture taken on October 6, 2020 in Bern at the Archaeological Service of the Swiss canton of Bern shows curator Johanna Kluegl removing sheet of plastic protecting a blackened bast-fibre, braided basket from Neolithic discovered at the Schnidejoch pass, a lofty trail in the Bernese Alps 2,756 metres (9,000 feet) above sea level. While archaeologists lament the devastating toll of climate change, many acknowledge that it has created "an opportunity" to dramatically expand understanding of mountain life millennia ago. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP
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 | | Neanderthal, knocking on Paris's door | | Christie's announces highlights included in the 20th Century London to Paris sale series | | China Guardian Hong Kong Autumn Auctions 2020 bring US$ 46.28 million | 
A team of Inrap archaeologists, geomorphologists and paleo-environmentalists is currently excavating a site in Clichy-la-Garenne (prescribed by the State, Drac Ãle-de-France). They have just discovered a prehistoric Middle Paleolithic site (350,000/45,000 BP), as well as the remains, in the ancient frozen sediments, of an elephantid tusk that belonged to a mammoth or a straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus).
PARIS.- A team of Inrap archaeologists, geomorphologists and paleo-environmentalists is currently excavating a site in Clichy la-Garenne (prescribed by the State, Drac Ãle-de-France). They have just discovered a prehistoric Middle Paleolithic site (350,000/45,000 BP), as well as the remains, in the ancient frozen sediments, of an elephantid tusk that belonged to a mammoth or a straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus). The rock and sand quarries on the Seine meander between Clichy and Levallois are well-known by prehistorians and Quaternary geologists. Between 1860 and 1870, during Haussmanns renovation of Paris, many discoveries were made there: lithic industries, ... More | | 
Pino Pascali, Contraerea (Anti-Aircraft). Estimate: GBP 2,500,000 - GBP 3,500,000 (USD 3,255,000 - USD 4,557,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2020.
PARIS.- Christies will offer 41 monumental sculptures form the fantastic collection of the art dealer Paul Haim in a dedicated auction. Since his death in 2006, Dominique, Haims daughter, has been overseeing the collection. All of these works were housed in La Petite Escalère, a secret garden nestling along the Adour, a short distance from Bayonne and Biarritz. But the road I prefer, and which I often voluntarily take pleasure in, is the one that follows the right bank of the Adour; it Is an old towpath, dotted with farms and beautiful houses. I undoubtedly love it for its naturalness, this mix of nobility and familiarity that is typical of the Southwest reports Roland Barthes, French philosopher who grew up in the area and lived opposite Paul Haim. Rarely open to the public, this garden hidden in lush vegetation was only open to a privileged few. Artists, friends and members of the association of the friends of La ... More | | 
An Inscribed Archaic Bronze Ritual Vessel, Fangding, Late Shang Dynasty. Sold for: HK$ 11,190,000/ US$ 1,434,615.
HONG KONG.- The sale of Fine Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy performed steadily, bringing in a total of HK$ 77.28 million / US$ 9.91 million with an exceptional sell-through rate of 91%. The sale received heated competitions from 4 bidding channels, a number of lots were competed for multiple times exceed its estimate. Collectors from Mainland China and overseas were actively bidding on Live Auction Platform, result in a third of lots offered in the sale were sold to online bidders. The 8 special sections and collections, including lots offered by Chung Chen Sun Private Collection, Wang Xiuling Private Collection and Important Private Collection From North America were 100% sold; Wu Qi Lou Collection achieved great results with 90% sell-through rate. Yu Fei'an's Bird and Flower was the first lot sold for more than one million Hong Kong dollars after intense bidding war. It was sold for HK$ 1.29 million/ ... More |
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| | Dorotheum to offer an extremeley rare diamond | | Vancouver Art Gallery opens fall exhibitions | | Rare and mysterious autograph album spanning 200 years hits auction block | 
A type IIa diamond ring by Bulgari, emerald-cut diamond, 6.03 ct, colour grade D, clarity grade VVS1, GIA report from 2019, estimate 200,000 300,000. © Dorotheum.
VIENNA.- Dorotheums upcoming major jewellery auction on 30 November 2020 offers an exceptional rarity a ring by Bulgari with a type IIa diamond of 6.03 carats. This emerald-cut stone tops the colour grading scale (colour grade D - exceptional white) and flaunts VVS1 clarity - which means very, very small inclusions. Dorotheum experts estimate this ring by the Italian luxury jeweller with its rare diamond at 200,000 to 300,000 euros. Only one to two percent of all natural diamonds are type IIa, by virtue of their chemical composition. They formed over long periods of time under extremely high pressure and show almost no impurities. Many of the famous large diamonds, such as Cullinan, Koh-i-Noor and Lesedi La Rona, are type IIa. Precious materials, unique design and technical precision characterise the jewellery and watch production of the top brands. A pair of earclips by ... More | | 
Takao Tanabe, Window, 1967, screenprint on paper. Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Gift of the Artist, Photo: Vancouver Art Gallery.
VANCOUVER.- This fall, the Vancouver Art Gallery presents Victor Vasarely, a selected survey of paintings, sculptures and prints by the Hungarian-French artist Victor Vasarely (19061997), internationally renowned for his colourful abstract patterns and playful, and visually engaging aesthetic. The exhibition focuses on his artistic production from the 1960s and 70s, at the height of his popularity. With the most extensive collection of Vasarely artworks in Canada, the Gallery offers a unique opportunity for the public to discover this influential artists rich and varied practice. Widely celebrated as the founder of Op Art (Optical Art), Vasarely was an innovator whose vibrant art produced the optical illusion of dynamic movement: they appear to pulse, shimmer and vibrate. Organized in conjunction with Victor Vasarely is the exhibition Op Art in Vancouvera selection of paintings and prints from the Gallerys perma ... More | | 
From industrialists to inventors, US Presidents to social reformers, authors and actors, Colorados Lafayette F. Cornwells unique album is a remarkable march of time.
NEW YORK, NY.- Lion Heart Autographs, the internationally recognized dealer of autographs and manuscripts specializing in art, history, literature, music and science has announced an extraordinary auction of the worlds most comprehensive autograph album that chronicles events penned by important historical figures whose lives collectively span 200 years. On Wednesday, October 21, 2020, beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET, Lion Heart Autographs will offer Lafayette F. Cornwells unique autograph album, an assemblage of personalities that stands head and shoulders above any other collection ever to appear on the market and offers a remarkable glimpse into one mans passion and determination to seek out the signatures and musings of prominent figures from all walks of life and who helped shape Americas rich culture. Over 400 entries have been strategically ... More |
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| | 4th annual Madison Avenue Gallery Walk welcomes all art lovers to view fall exhibitions | | Nuria Enguita named director of Institut Valencià d'Art Modern | | Exhibition considers symbiosis between artist's solo sculptural work & collaborative performances | 
Levy Gorvy Gallery exterior.
NEW YORK, NY.- The 4th Annual Madison Avenue Gallery Walk on Saturday, October 24, is one of the most anticipated highlights of the fall art season in New York. It is a must for art lovers, and free and open to the public by registration at madisonavenuegallerywalk.com. Art enthusiasts will be able to visit participating galleries to view their fall exhibitions, and attend expert talks led by artists and curators on Madison Avenue and its adjacent side streets from East 57th Street to East 86th Street between 11am and 5 pm. Over 25 renowned galleries listed below will offer this special opportunity to see premier art on view during New Yorks Art Month on Madison Avenue this October, and become further informed as to the exhibition highlights and discussions on the artists and their work. All programming details can be found on the website, making it easy to select what is of interest and schedule an appointment. There is an i ... More | | 
Nuria Enguita, Director of the IVAM.
VALENCIA.- The Institut Valencià dArt Modern has appointed Nuria Enguita as the institutions new director, after an international selection process. Enguita has been brought on board to conduct a major internationalisation project at the institution whose core will focus in a detailed work on the museum collections, the importance of research and participation along with an enhancement on the public-private collaboration and the educational activities undertaken by the Valencian institution. All this within the context of a pandemic that, according to the new director, should be used to rethink the museums mission; in this context, I think the IVAM, as an institution, must strengthen its relationship with society. We must make it more porous, to let the knowledge held outside enter inside and vice versa. We must work more than ever with face-to-face and virtual programmes, on projects that allow direct access ... More | | 
Raúl de Nieves, Sunny, 2018. Plastic beads, fiberglass, glue, 40 x 24 x 12 in. Courtesy the artist and Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles/Paris.
NORTH MIAMI, FLA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami reopened its doors to the public with the long-awaited unveiling of its exhibition, Raúl de Nieves: Eternal Return and The Obsidian Heart, curated Risa Puleo. Nieves and Puleo worked closely together to design the exhibition as an immersive experience in which individual sculptures, installations, and audio performances blend into a cohesive experience of the spiritual, familial, and self across time. The exhibition will be on display at MOCA through March 21, 2021. Eternal Return and The Obsidian Heart offers a holistic look at the ways in which Raúl de Nieves rejoins the spiritual with the material in contemporary consumer culture, said Puleo. "The exhibition is the first to consider the relationship between de Nieves sculptural work and ... More |
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| | Exhibition at the Taubman Museum of Art features works from the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection | | A new war gallery tells the story of how the men and women of London's transport played their part in two world wars | | Stages sit dark as US performance world struggles with cancelled seasons | 
Sandy Rodriguez, Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin, (age 7), 2019, Guerra de la Paz, Martyr, 2007, and Margarita Cabrera, Bicicleta Blanca (White), 2006. Courtesy of the Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia. Photo by Amy Pearman.
ROANOKE, VA.- Organized by the Taubman Museum of Art featuring works from the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, A Very Anxious Feeling: Voices of Unrest in the American Experience shines light on the widespread feelings of anxiety in contemporary art. Referencing both collective and personal anxieties, the works in this exhibition highlight intersectional voices sharing their dissent, joy, and transcendence. The exhibition amplifies the voices and experiences of Latinx and Latin American artists living and working in the United States, with all works acquired by Beth Rudin DeWoody over the past twenty years. The show includes more than 70 works by 57 artists: Farley Aguilar, Tanya Aguiñiga, Herman Aguirre, Carlos Almaraz, Candida Alvarez, Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A.), Eddie Rodolfo ... More | | 
In the Blackout, 1943 © care of London Transport Museum.
LONDON.- A new permanent gallery, Londons Transport at War, opened to the public on Saturday 17 October 2020 in Covent Garden at London Transport Museum. The new gallery, which has been completely transformed, reveals the crucial role Londons transport has played in global conflicts, from keeping civilians safe on the home front to supporting efforts on the front lines. It introduces visitors to the people behind these stories and features new posters, photographs, safety notices and wartime objects from the Museums collection. To make these important historical stories about life in wartime more accessible for visitors of all ages, including children and young people, the gallery features new interactive displays. An atmospheric and immersive sheltering experience reveals what life was like for Londoners seeking refuge in Underground stations during wartime air raids and visitors can make their own ... More | | 
A person rides a bike through the rain at Time Square on October 12, 2020 in New York City. Angela Weiss / AFP.
by Thomas Urbain and Maggy Donaldson
NEW YORK (AFP).- Recent weeks have seen the already painful situation facing live performance in the United States grow increasingly dire, with major companies along with Broadway somberly scrapping hope to re-open before next summer and scrambling to find ways to stay in the public eye. New York's Metropolitan Opera was the first top outfit to cancel its entire 2020-21 season over the coronavirus pandemic, followed by the highly bankable Broadway theater district and the city's famed Philharmonic symphony. Across the nation company directors are facing similar decisions, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra following the lead of its New York neighbors. Elsewhere many organizations are still aiming to open in January as they pilot ways to stay fresh and avoid ... More |
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 Exhibition at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft features genre-defying decorative artsHOUSTON, TX.- Houston Center for Contemporary Craft presents Breaking Tradition: Contemporary Approaches to the Decorative Arts. The exhibition features three artistsSophie Glenn, Steven Young Lee, and Beth Lipmanwho challenge the dominant cultural narratives of the decorative arts through unconventional furniture, porcelain, photography, and cast metal pieces. Historically, the decorative arts prize a strict hierarchy of material and technique set forth by a select group of arts professionals and collectors. HCCC Curator Kathryn Hall says the artists in this exhibition disrupt assumptions about the genre's history, by making it relatable to a broader audience: By recontextualizing traditional archetypes, patterns, and decorative motifs in a modern world, these three artists look critically at how they identify with these cultural artifacts." ... More "From Historical paintings to Pop Art": An exhibition at Ottocento Art Gallery ROME.- Ottocento Art Gallery is offering important masterpieces coming from several private collections gathered in the usual monthly exhibition aimed to the sale. The selection starts from an oil on canvas, made by Carlo La Barbera, Garibaldi's fight in Sicily, example of historical Italian painting dedicated to one of the heroes of Resurgence. The second important artwork offered by Ottocento Art Gallery is a remarkable oil by a Pugliese painter active in the second part of the 19th century, Enrico Castellaneta. In this painting, the main character is the landscape of Capri. The selection of the proposal displayed by Ottocento Art Gallery continues with a wonderful still life by Giuseppe Ar depicting Plate of tomatoes, basket and jug on the table. Always among the Italian paintings there is also an Homage to Van Gogh by Andrea Figari and a female ... More Heritage Auctions announces highlights included in the Ed Asner Family Center Annual Comic Art AuctionDALLAS, TX.- In the spring, there was no choice: The Ed Asner Family Center had to close its doors, the result of the global pandemic that turned an entire world upside-down. Matt Asner, son of the centers namesake and its president and CEO, turned to his wife and the centers executive director and co-founder Navah Paskowitz-Asner and asked, What are we going to do now? Since its founding in 2018, the center has provided support for thousands of individuals with special needs, everything from therapy and counseling services to vocational instruction to art and cooking classes. More than anything, the Los Angeles-based center provided a community for families impacted by autism and other special needs, and Covid-19 suddenly rendered that gathering space off-limits. In short order the center pivoted, like so many others, to the online ... More Sotheby's and The Macallan unveil The Red CollectionLONDON.- Sothebys and The Macallan unveiled The Red Collection, a new classic aged collection of single malt from The Macallan Distillery. The complete set of six whiskies is anchored by The Macallan 40 Years Old, The Macallan 50 Years Old and The Macallan 60 Years Old, which are joined by two further highly aged bottles at 71 Years Old and 74 Years Old. The sixth and final bottle in this collection has been matured for 78 Years, making it not only the oldest bottle released from The Macallan Distillery, but the oldest age statement whisky ever offered at auction. An extremely rare, complete set of The Red Collection is set to be auctioned by Sothebys in London on 31 October 2020, after being gifted by The Macallan to City Harvest to raise funds for the food charity which redistributes surplus from the food ... More Twelve artists incarcerated at San Quentin featured in new online exhibit by Museum of the African DiasporaSAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The Museum of the African Diaspora is presenting Meet Us Quickly: Painting for Justice from Prison, a digital exhibition of the work of twelve artists incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison. The twenty-one works in the exhibition include linocut prints, acrylic paintings, ink drawings on paper, and collage and are presented with accompanying statements written by each artist, allowing these incarcerated men to speak for themselves and share their vision and perspectives in their own words. The exhibition, initiated in partnership with Flyaway Productions and Prison Renaissance, is organized and curated by Rahsaan New York Thomas, well known as the co-host and co-producer of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated podcast Ear Hustle. The Brooklyn native is currently incarcerated at San Quentin from where he chairs a chapter of the ... More A feminist surrealist visual art exhibition opens at PS Art SpaceFREMANTLE.- Following its acclaimed 2018 debut Dark Swan Exhibitions takes over Packenham Streets PS Artspace in Fremantle from 17 October to 14 November, with Imaginary Territories, delivering its unique, multi-disciplinary exhibition platform of critically engaged WA artists and performers for a WA audience. This Feminist Surrealist exhibition features significant new contemporary works, by five established, female WA artists, commissioned by the Department of Local Government Sports and Cultural Industries. The works include film projection, sound, installation, photomedia, and visual art by Jo Darbyshire, Lucille Martin, Rebecca Paterson (33 POETS), Dr Toni Wilkinson, and Dr Kelsey Ashe who is also the curator. Imaginary Territories is an odyssey that travels within, yet is global in outlook, acknowledging the centenary of the emergence ... More Guggenheim introduces new audio experience NEW YORK, NY.- Reopened to the public as of October 3, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum now offers Minds Eye: A Sensory Guide to the Guggenheim New York, a new audio experience designed for blind and low-vision communities, and illuminating for all. Narrated by a diverse cast of quintessential New York voices, including both regular and renowned city dwellersamong them actors Bobby Cannavale and Maggie Gyllenhaal and Bishop Chantel R. Wrightthe Minds Eye guide transports listeners to New York City, bringing them from bustling Fifth Avenue into the uplifting space within the museum. Each of the ten tracks describes one sensory aspect of the spacesuch as sound, touch, and lightcreating a rich aural and physical experience: a new and quietly revolutionary way to explore the Guggenheim. The Minds Eye guide is free of charge ... More Out now: "Nobuyoshi Araki, Juergen Teller: Leben und Tod"NEW YORK, NY.- Leben und Tod is the latest collaboration between these two seminal photographers and is the culmination of their joint exhibition at artspace AM, Tokyo, in 2019. This intensely personal project concentrates on Tellers series Leben und Tod (Life and Death), which reflects upon the death of his uncle and step-father Artur, juxtaposing photographs of his mother and homeland in Bubenreuth, Bavaria, with symbolic images of fertility and life on holiday in Bhutan with his partner Dovile Drizyte. Inspired by this series, Araki asked to photograph Tellers childhood memory objects, items of particular emotional significance to him and his parents. Teller eagerly collected such personal gems, among them toys, a porcelain figurine and bridges made in the familys violin workshop; the resulting images by Araki are haunting yet playful, creating an intriguing narrative along ... More Ayyam Gallery opens a charity exhibition featuring Ammar Abd Rabbo's latest photographsDUBAI.- In tribute to the Lebanese people and with deep compassion, Ayyam Gallery is presenting To Beirut..., a charity exhibition featuring, Ammar Abd Rabbos latest photographs from August fourths tragedy. Together with the artists generosity, the gallery is donating 75% of the proceeds to Beit El Barakas mission to rebuild and help the vulnerable. Throughout my career as a photojournalist, Ive faced difficult and emotional moments. Whether it be shots of torn families, besieged cities, or destroyed homes, it was never my neighborhood. For the first time, the atrocity and destruction took place in a very familiar environment. Of course, I felt compelled to capture what was going on. In just a few seconds, friends were lost, families were separated, people were wounded, and not to mention the material devastation. We all bear scars from ... More Museum of Arts and Design opens first museum survey of contemporary artist Beth LipmanNEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Arts and Design presents Beth Lipman: Collective Elegy, from September 25 to April 4, 2021, a major mid-career survey that is the first to assess the remarkable achievements of the renowned contemporary artist. From sumptuous displays of excess, including provocative installations comprising hundreds of individual glass elements, to poetic and contemplative works in glass, metal, clay, video, and photography, the works on view are ethereal meditations on time and mortality and simultaneously sobering indictments of our contemporary consumer culture and its impact on the planet. For more than twenty years, Beth has built on the still-life tradition, illustrating the ability of objects to signify wealth, class, and identity. She further critiques Western societys capitalist values and the environmental consequences ... More M Leuven present's Thomas Demand's House of CardLEUVEN.- Is architecture a subject in the oeuvre of Thomas Demand? Or is it rather a system within his work, aimed at shaping space? These questions lie at the heart of HOUSE OF CARD. For the first time, this exhibition explicitly places architecture in relation to the artistic practice of Thomas Demand. It provides an overview of his different approaches to building over the past 15 years. Demand's works focus on the model, the décor or scenography, although his buildings are also inextricably linked to architecture. At the same time, House of Card highlights the similarities between Demand's projects and those of other artists or architects such as Martin Boyce, Arno Brandlhuber, Caruso St John and Rirkrit Tiravanija. The title refers to the precariousness of Demand's practice as a builder. Whereas architecture generally equates ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian painter and sculptor Umberto Boccioni was born October 19, 1882. Umberto Boccioni (19 October 1882 - 17 August 1916) was an Italian painter and sculptor. Like other Futurists, his work centered on the portrayal of movement (dynamism), speed, and technology. He was born in Reggio Calabria, Italy. In this image: Francesca Rossi, curator in charge of the Sforzesco Castle drawings collection, looks at a work by Umberto Boccioni, in the same room where sketches by mannerist painter Simone Peterzano are preserved, in Milan, Friday, July 6, 2012.
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