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The Rijksmuseum is presenting a large exhibition of works by this romantic bohemian. Photo Olivier Middendorp.
AMSTERDAM.- Mystical/fairytale-like figures, imposing landscapes and mysterious scenes characterise the work of the 19th century painter Matthijs Maris (1839-1917). Matthijs, the middle brother of the artistic Maris brothers, worked mainly in Paris and London. His eccentric lifestyle and idiosyncratic paintings provided inspiration to young artists, including Vincent van Gogh. Although his work was internationally renowned and commanded record breaking prices, he eventually led a secluded life in his studio. The Rijksmuseum is presenting a large exhibition of works by this romantic bohemian. The Matthijs Maris exhibition includes 75 paintings, drawings, etchings and craftwork. For the first time, due to unique loans including from The Burrell Collection in Glasgow, it is possible to present a complete overview of his oeuvre. In 1874, in Paris, Matthijs Maris (1839-1917) painted De Vlinders (The Butterflies), a vibrant, colourful painting of ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day From 6 October 2017 until 7 January 2018 the Rijksmuseum honors the first Northern Netherlandish painter: Johan Maelwael (Jean Malouel, Nijmegen, c. 1370 - Dijon, 1415).
| 'Clarence H. White and His World: The Art and Craft of Photography, 1895-1925' begins national tour | | Exhibition reveals new insights into Renoir's celebrated "Luncheon of the Boating Party" | | Jean Honoré Fragonard exhibition unites fantasy figures and newly discovered drawing |
Clarence H. White, American, 18711925, Fashion photograph for Woman's Home Companion, July, 1925, 1925. Palladium print. The Clarence H. White Collection, assembled and organized by Professor Clarence H. White Jr., and given in memory of Lewis F. White, Dr. Maynard P. White Sr., and Clarence H. White Jr., the sons of Clarence H. White Sr. and Jane Felix White.
PRINCETON, NJ.- The vision and legacy of photographer Clarence H. White (1871-1925), a leader in the early 20th-century effort to position photography as an art, is the focus of a major traveling exhibition organized by the Princeton University Art Museum. The first retrospective devoted to the photographer in over a generation, Clarence H. White and His World: The Art and Craft of Photography, 18951925 surveys Whites career from his beginnings in 1895 in Ohio to his death in Mexico in 1925. On view at the Princeton University Art Museum from Oct. 7, 2017, through Jan. 7, 2018, the exhibition draws on the Clarence H. White Collection at the Museum and the deep holdings ... More | |
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Luncheon of the Boating Party, 188081 (detail). Oil on canvas, 51 1/4 x 69 1/8 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, Acquired 1923.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Phillips Collection presents an exceptional exhibition inspired by the museums celebrated Luncheon of the Boating Party (188081) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Comprised of more than 40 carefully chosen works from private and public collections around the world, Renoir and Friends: Luncheon of the Boating Party explores the process by which the artist created his masterwork, while also recounting and illustrating stories of the diverse circle of friends who inspired it. As the Phillips draws closer to our centennial year, it is a very fitting time to shed new light on one of the gems of our permanent collection, said Phillips Director Dorothy Kosinski. I am delighted that Renoirs masterwork will be displayed alongside numerous other works by the artist and his contemporaries, helping further contextualize this remarkable painting. Recognized today as one of the greatest achievemen ... More | |
Jean Honoré Fragonard, Young Girl Reading, c. 1769. Oil on canvas. Framed: 104.9 x 89.5 x 2.2 cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mrs. Mellon Bruce in memory of her father, Andrew W. Mellon.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Combining art, fashion, science, and conservation, the revelatory exhibition Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures brings togetherfor the first timea newly discovered drawing by Jean Honoré Fragonard (17321806) and some 14 of his paintings that have been identified with it including the National Gallery of Art's Young Girl Reading (c. 1769). Fragonard is considered among the most characteristic and important French painters of his era, and this series casts light on the development of his career, the identity of his sitters and patrons, and the significance of his innovative imagery. Fragonard: The Fantasy Figures and the fully illustrated catalog that accompanies it not only present new art-historical and scientific research into this series but also examine the 18th-century Parisian world in which these paintings were created. The exhibition ... More |
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| Exhibition showcases rare and iconic photographs from Pink Floyd's remarkable career | | First major exhibition in Philadelphia of Chuck Close's work opens at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | | "The Wyeths: Three Generations, Works from the Bank of America Collection" opens at the Portland Art Museum |
Syd Barrett. © Andrew Whittuck.
ST LEONARDS ON SEA.- Pink Floyd is one of the worlds most iconic and influential bands. Their progressive and psychedelic music encompassing philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation and elaborate live shows has captured the hearts of fans for over five decades. Now, the Lucy Bell Gallery in collaboration with Rockarchive.com presents Shine On an exhibition which showcases rare and iconic photographs from Pink Floyds remarkable career taken by some of the worlds greatest music photographers, including Andrew Whittuck, Jill Furmanovsky, Colin Prime, Tony Collins and Storm Thorgerson. Timed to coincide with the exhibition Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains At The V&A. Pink Floyd have achieved international acclaim and are one of the most commercially successful and influential groups in the history of popular music, having sold more than 250 million records worldwide. Pink Floyd were founded in 1965 by students S ... More | |
Robert, 2001. Daguerreotype, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2. Private collection.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts presents Chuck Close Photographs, the first major exhibition in Philadelphia of the renowned American artist's work. On view October 6, 2017 to April 8, 2018, the exhibition traces Close's use of the camera throughout his more than 50-year career and features a variety of photographic media. The exhibition features 90 images from 1964 to the present, showing the full range of the artist's exploration of photography - from early black-and-white maquettes of the 1970s, to monumental composite Polaroids, to intimately scaled daguerreotypes and Woodburytypes, and the most recent Polaroid nudes. While known primarily as a painter, Close has been deeply engaged in both photography and fine art printmaking throughout his career. He used the camera to record details that the human eye couldn't capture. By drawing a grid on the photograph, he could transfer the ... More | |
Andrew Wyeth (American, 19172009), Crossed Swords, 1992, watercolor on paper, Bank of America Collection © 2017 Andrew Wyeth / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
PORTLAND, ORE.- The Portland Art Museum is presenting The Wyeths: Three Generations, Works from the Bank of America Collection. The exhibition opened October 7, 2017, and will be on view through January 28, 2018. Drawing from the Bank of America Collection, this exhibition provides a revealing survey of works by N.C. Wyeth, one of Americas finest illustrators; his son Andrew, an important realist painter; Andrews son Jamie, a popular portraitist; and members of the extended family. Visitors will explore 74 paintings and drawings by artists from three generations of the Wyeth family, all showcasing a commitment to realism, technical brilliance, and narrative sensibility. N.C. Wyeth (American, 18821945) has long been considered one of the nations leading illustrators, a versatile artist who was able to traverse ... More |
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| First U.S. exhibition of Alberto Savinio's work in over two decades on view in New York | | Julian Opie's new works seen for the first time at National Portrait Gallery | | Major exhibition pairs video installation by Elizabeth Price with artifacts |
Lannunciazione (The Annunciation), 1932. Private Collection. (c) 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS) / SIAE, Rome.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Center for Italian Modern Art is presenting the first exhibition in the United States of the work of Alberto Savinio (18911952) in over two decades. Hailed by poet and critic Guillaume Apollinaire as the paragon of a Renaissance man, Savinio was not only an exceptional visual artist and an integral member of the Parisian avant-garde, but also a gifted pianist, composer, musicologist, set designer, critic, and writer. Yet despite his brilliance and achievements, Savinio, the younger brother of Giorgio de Chirico, is today virtually unknown outside of Italy. On view October 6, 2017 June 23, 2018, Alberto Savinio features 25 works, focusing on paintings produced by the artist after his move to Paris in 1926, when he put his other creative pursuits on hold in order to devote himself fully to painting. Dating from the late 1920s through the 1930s, these are accompanied ... More | |
Julian Opie, Faime, 2016. Courtesy Julian Opie and Lisson Gallery, London.
LONDON.- New works by artist Julian Opie have been unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery to accompany the Gallerys self-portrait by Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), acquired in 2014 after a major public fundraising appeal, and returning to London for a special display following a three-year nationwide tour. In Julian Opie after Van Dyck (6 October 2017 - 7 January 2018) one of Britains foremost contemporary artists presents his work in dialogue with Van Dyck's self-portrait (c.1640) in the seventeenth-century galleries. The powerful new works shown in this free display for the first time are Lucia, back 3. 2017 and Beach Head, 6, 2017. They will be joined by two works announced earlier this year Faime, 2016 and George. 2014 together with five earlier portraits (Luisa 2, 2016; Maria Teresa with Sequined Dress, 2008 and Dimitri 3. 2016.) While, at first glance, Opies portraits are distinctly ... More | |
Jar with three handles.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World continues its efforts to illuminate ancient cultures and their interpretation through the lens of contemporary art with Restoring the Minoans: Elizabeth Price and Sir Arthur Evans. The exhibition presents A Restoration, an immersive video by artist Elizabeth Price in which images drawn largely from Evanss excavation, on Crete, of the Bronze Age culture of the Minoans are transformed into a work of art for the digital age. The video, made in response to a commission by the London-based Contemporary Art Society to create an artwork based on the collection of the Universitys Ashmolean and Pitt Rivers Museums, has been contextualized and complemented by some 60 objects. These comprise select original artifacts unearthed during Evanss excavation and later restored by Evans and his team, as well as related watercolors, drawings, photographs, and archival materials. Many ... More |
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| Exhibition restores pioneering light artist to his rightful place in the history of modern art | | Survey exhibition featuring works spanning a 30-year period by Constance DeJong opens in Santa Fe | | The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation 2017 Grants & Commissions exhibition now open in Miami |
Thomas Wilfred, Unit #50, Elliptical Prelude and Chalice, from the First Table Model Clavilux (Luminar) series, 1928. Metal, fabric, glass, and electrical and lighting elements on a maple table. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., Gift of Thomas C. Wilfred, 1983.66.1.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The groundbreaking exhibition Lumia: Thomas Wilfred and the Art of Light restores Thomas Wilfred (18891968) to his rightful place in the history of modern art. This pioneering artist invented a new art form that was among the first successful fusions of modern art and technology. Wilfreds work shared formal affinities with the early 20th-century avant-garde, and his contemporaries such as Jackson Pollock, László Moholy-Nagy and Katherine Dreier recognized him as radically innovative. Wilfred was included in the influential 1952 exhibition 15 Americans at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City alongside Pollock, Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still. His work continued to resonate with later generations of light and media ... More | |
Constance DeJong, "steppe I" square XVII, 1992. Copper, wood, 21 x 9 x 15 inches.
SANTA FE, NM.- Charlotte Jackson Fine Art is presenting a survey exhibition, Measure & Light, 30 Years, featuring works spanning a 30-year period by Constance DeJong. The exhibition runs from October 6 through October 30. There is so much noise in our world. Whether its the constant ping of a phone announcing an email, text, tweet or the hazy wall of media images and sounds that overload our senses the world has become a place where humans rarely sit in silence, hearing only heartbeat and the steady flow of thoughts through their own minds. With the art of Constance DeJong, however, we are given an opportunity not only to delve into those realms of silence where we may find both origin and evolution, but to explore the fundamental questions of who we are. DeJong achieves this experience in her work through an elegant use of universal mathematical equations, subtly nuanced aesthetic, and the physical ... More | |
Celia-Yunior, Colinas (Hills), 2017. Cinder block, vinyl, video (24:42 min). Courtesy of CIFO Collection. Photo: Oriol Tarridas.
MIAMI, FLA.- The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation is presenting No black / No white (no and), an exhibition of works by CIFOs 2017 Grants & Commissions Program Award recipients. The exhibition is on view through November 5, 2017 at CIFO Art Space in Miami, coinciding with the Foundations fifteen-year anniversary. No black / No white (no and) exhibits the work of the nine award recipients from six countries, divided into three categories: the Achievement Award, given to Mexican-American multimedia artist Daniel Joseph Martinez; Mid-Career ArtistsRichard Garet (Uruguay) and Fredy Alzate (Colombia); and Emerging ArtistsIlich Castillo (Ecuador), Alana Iturralde (Puerto Rico), Juan Carlos Osorno (Colombia), the duo Celia & Yunior (Cuba), Katherinne Fiedler (Peru) and Ulrik López (Mexico/Puerto Rico). The exhibition, the title of which references a statement ... More |
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Paintings, posters, Asian objects all do well at Bruneau & Co.'s Sept 16th auction
CRANSTON, RI.- A single-trigger double barrel shotgun made around 1915 by English gun maker Westley Richards hit the mark for $12,500 more than double its high estimate to take top lot honors at a Fall Antiques, Fine Art, Firearms & Asian Auction held September 16th by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, online and in the firms gallery at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston. The shotgun, with a 28-inch barrel and figured walnut stock, boasted a breech ornately engraved with stylized tendrils around panels of game birds and a trigger guard decorated with gold inlaid A. The top of the gun barrel was engraved, Westley Richards, 178 New Bond Street, London, Gun Marker by Appointment to His Majesty George V. All it needed was a thorough cleaning. After pulling the Westley Richards out of a collection comprised entirely of American firearms, it was the icing on the ... More
2017 Turner Prize nominee leads new exhibition at Walker Art Gallery
LIVERPOOL.- Lubaina Himid: Meticulous Observations and Naming the Money, a powerful new exhibition at Liverpools Walker Art Gallery, is presenting artwork by 2017 Turner Prize nominee Lubaina Himid MBE. The Arts Council Collection National Partners exhibition, which runs from 7 October 2017 to 18 March 2018, also includes a display of Arts Council Collection artworks selected by Lubaina. Lubainas selection features ten artworks, which are all by women, from the Arts Council Collection. These include works by Prunella Clough, Tacita Dean, Claudette Johnson, Lisa Milroy and Bridget Riley among others. They relate to a theme that Lubaina describes as being surrounded by meticulous reality. The selection she has made touches on the personal and examines how, as an artist, one can deal with and articulate the everyday. Artist Lubaina Himid said: My ... More
Photographer Jimmy Nelson opens solo exhibition at Rademakers Gallery in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM.- Rademakers Gallery in Amsterdam presents a solo exhibition of photographer Jimmy Nelson (UK, 1967). The gallery shows new images of Jimmys latest journeys for his upcoming second book which will be published in autumn of 2018. The exhibition runs from 5 October until 5 November. For his new book Jimmy Nelson plans to visit another unique 35 indigenous cultures around the globe. From the Northern reaches of Siberia with the Khanys reindeer herders, to the deep jungles of the Amazon with the Pataxo. From the Himalayas with the Laylap in Bhutan to the last hidden outposts of Africa with the Mundari in isolated South Sudan. Jimmy will not only be photographing, the people will also be filmed, interviewed to celebrate their destinctive aesthetic cultural heritage. Therefore 'Before They' Part II will be a journey, an investigation and a far ... More
The controversial role of folklore in visual arts is the subject of a new exhibition
SALZBURG.- As the eighth installment in the series of exhibitions of works from the collections in partnership with the Generali Foundation, the exhibition Folklore. A Controversy with Works from the Collections looks at questions and conflicts between tradition and renewal in art. Following this premise, the exhibition features about fifty works by twenty-eight artists that address the subject of folklore in its various and changing facets. Works from the museums own holdings as well as the Generali Foundation Collection and the Austrian Federal Photography Collection, which are on permanent loan to the museum, illuminate the topic in its complexity and from different perspectives. In a world of globalization and migration, identity and traditions take on new significanceparticularly in a place like Salzburg, where discussion of progress and modernization frequently ... More
Gallery Elena Shchukina presents the first-ever UK solo exhibition for Hermann MejÃa
LONDON.- The exhibition features works from the artists latest series Within, exploring memories, disappointments, unfulfilled dreams and frustrated lives as depicted through landscapes and animals. Inspired by struggle and conflict, Hermann MejÃa defines and communicates complex ideas and emotions through the combination of introspection, meditation and art. MejÃa believes that the relationship between these elements allows his artistic practice to act as therapy, his work demonstrating the process and results of self-discovery. Pond is an allegory for an abandoned house; a shell where the ghosts of memories, disappointments, and dreams unfulfilled are held and through the crevices, cracks and walls the grass grows giving new life and meaning. Its murky bottom allows the viewer to imagine the infinite whish symbolising the abyss. MejÃas art on display ... More
The Dayton Visual Arts Center opens a solo exhibition featuring large scale intaglio prints
DAYTON, OH.- The Dayton Visual Arts Center is presenting Art Werger: Below the Surface, a solo exhibition featuring the works of noted Ohio University professor and printmaker Art Werger. The exhibition opened October 6th and continues through November 4th, 2017. Below The Surface features several of Wergers large-scale intaglio prints and a 400-print installation. Below The Surface is a breathtaking show, said Eva Buttacavoli, DVAC Executive Director. Printmaking is a true labor of love and this exhibition showcases Wergers incredible commitment to his craft. The images are large, intense and absolutely stunning. Werger grew up in the suburbs of New York where he developed a passion for drawing at an early age. After studying illustration and painting at the Rhode Island School of Design, he switched to the field of printmaking. Over the last ... More
Modern Art opens a solo exhibition of recent paintings by Martha Jungwirth
LONDON.- Modern Art is presenting a solo exhibition of recent paintings by Martha Jungwirth. This is her first gallery exhibition in the UK. Martha Jungwirth (born in 1940) has occupied an important position in Austrian art history since the 1960s... After her studies at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna from 1956 to 1963, Jungwirth appeared in public with works in various media, such as pencil drawings, watercolors, and works in oil and ink. In 1968 she was the sole woman among the founding members of the loose Wirklichkeiten [Realities] group of artists, yet even then she pursued her own, distinctive path, oscillating between gesturally abstract and formal compositions. Jungwirths painting process emerges from a combination of intuitive spontaneity and control of her aesthetic principles at the same time. This tension between the unconscious and the ... More
Towner Art Gallery opens a major survey of over 100 works by 50 artists
EASTBOURNE.- Towner Art Gallery announced A Green and Pleasant Land, British Landscape and the Imagination: 1970s to Now, a major survey of over 100 works by 50 artists who have shaped our understanding of the land we live on and its relationship to identity, place and time. The exhibition interprets the British landscape through the ideologies associated with both urban and rural landscapes, exposing the inherent tensions between landscape represented as a transcendental or spiritual place, and one rooted in social and political histories. Though mainly photography, A Green and Pleasant Land includes film, painting and sculpture, to explore how the diverse concerns that found expression in photography extended into other art forms. Two photographers typify the counterpoints at the heart of A Green and Pleasant Land. Preoccupied with ... More
Works by legendary artist T.C. Cannon shown for the first time in 25 years
PHOENIX, AZ.- The Heard Museum is presenting Of God and Mortal Men: Masterworks by T.C. Cannon from the Nancy and Richard Bloch Collection. The large-scale exhibition of work by American artist T.C. Cannon (1946-1978Â) includes paintings not publicly exhibited in 25 years. The exhibit opened to the public October 7 through April 15. Cannon, whose Kiowa name Pai Doung a Day translates to One-Who-Stands-in-the-Sun, was one of the most significant Native American painters of the 20th century. T.C. Cannon came of age in the early 1970s after serving for two years in the Vietnam war. His vibrant, colorful imagery typically features stylized depictions of American Indians and reflects a wide range of social, political and cultural influences including the civil rights movement in the United States, new figuration movements in art of the 1970s, film, and pop art. The exhibition feat ... More
British music legend Sir George Martin Rolls Royce up for auction
LONDON.- This ultimate collectors bespoke Rolls-Royce Wraith, inspired by the legacy of the late Sir George Martins phenomenal contribution to the British Music Industry (producing the music of the Beatles and many others), is offered for auction on Tuesday 10th October at Kensington Palace Orangery. The car offered for auction by Rolls-Royce Motorcars normally sells for £350,000. It was Sir Georges wish that a proportion of the sale will be given to the charity Navy Wings, the Fly Navy Heritage Trust. The Inspired by British Music cars, created in collaboration with some of British musics most revered rock and vocal artists, are truly bespoke by design with each car, a one-off creation, hand-built by Rolls-Royce in celebration of its unique commission. This stunning copper coloured car includes many nods to Sir George with his signature and No1 hits embossed ... More
Maureen Paley exhibits works by Tim Rollins and K.O.S.
LONDON.- Tim Rollins and K.O.S. are a collaborative group. Rollins is an activist and teacher who began his career as the assistant to conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth. In 1979 he co-founded Group Material in New York and taught students at Intermediate School 52 in the Bronx in the early 1980s. He went on to create the Art & Knowledge Workshop. His highly acclaimed collaboration with the members of K.O.S. (Kids of Survival) takes the form of drawings, sculptural objects, paintings on canvas and paper. Alongside Tim Rollins, the following members of K.O.S. have been involved in making the work for this exhibition: Angel Abreu, born in Philadelphia, 1974; Jorge Abreu, born in New York, 1979; Robert Branch, born in New York, 1977 and Rick Savinon, born in New York, 1971. Tim Rollins and K.O.S. highlight quotes from books, plays, operas and prose that ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, British artist Simeon Solomon was born October 09, 1840. Simeon Solomon (9 October 1840 No. 3 Sandys Street, Bishopsgate, London, England - 14 August 1905 in St. Giles's Workhouse, Endell Street) was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter. Examples of his work are on permanent display at the Victoria and Albert Museum and at Leighton House. In December 2005/January 2006, there was an important retrospective of his work, held at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, and in London at the Ben Uri Gallery in October / November 2006. In this image: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, 1863.
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