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Benny Andrews. Revival Meeting, 1994. High Museum of Art, purchase with funds from Alfred Austell Thornton in memory of Leila Austell Thornton and Albert Edward Thornton, Sr., and Sarah Miller Venable and William Hoyt Venable.
CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago opened Project A Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica on view from December 15, 2024 through March 30, 2025. This is the first major exhibition to survey Pan-Africanismâs widespread influence on art and culture. The exhibition gathers more than 350 objects, spanning from the 1920s to the present by artists on four continents: Africa, North America, South America, and Europe. Pan-Africanism, first named and theorized around 1900, is commonly regarded as an umbrella term for political movements that have advanced the call for individual self-determination and global unity among peoples of African descent. The objects in Project a Black Planet vary across medium and time, and span genres of fine art and popular culture, from paintings and speeches to video art, record albums, and sculptural installations. The exhibition is organized around three key Pan-Africanist movementsâGarveyism, Négritude, and Quilombismo. âMany visitors to the exhibition will ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Visitors in the Yayoi Kusama exhibition at NGV International, Melbourne until 21 April 2025. © YAYOI KUSAMA Photo: Danielle Castano.
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| A masterful journey through art: A review of The National Gallery: Paintings, People, Portraits | | MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation to present newly restored masterworks | | A wonderful rediscovery: The Age of Maturity, the iconic bronze by Camille Claudel cast number 1 |
These pages tell the history of painting in the Western European tradition through the National Gallery's collection.
AUSTIN, TX.- Few institutions encapsulate the sweep of Western European art as comprehensively as the National Gallery in London. This bicentennial celebration, The National Gallery: Paintings, People, Portraits, takes readers on a breathtaking journey through seven centuries of artistic achievement. With over 200 masterworks from the Gallerys collection and striking photographic portraits by renowned artists like David Dawson, Mary McCartney, and Massimo Listri, this book is both a visual feast and a richly informative exploration of cultural history. From its imposing hardcover format (11.4 x 15.6 inches) to the meticulous curation of content, the book exudes an air of grandeur befitting its subject. The impressive weight and dimensionsover 13 pounds of exquisite imagery and textsignal a publication designed to be cherished. This is not just a coffee-table book; its an artifact of scholarly and artistic significance. Th ... More | |
Shoulder Arms. 1918. USA. Directed by Charles Chaplin. Courtesy the Museum of Modern Art Film Stills Archive.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art announces To Save and Project: The 21st MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation, the latest edition of the annual festival dedicated to celebrating newly preserved and restored films from archives, studios, distributors, foundations, and independent filmmakers from around the world. Running from January 9 to January 30, 2025, this years festival showcases over 25 feature films and shorts programs in newly preserved or restored versions. To Save and Project is organized by Dave Kehr, Curator, Department of Film, The Museum of Modern Art, and Cindi Rowell, independent curator, with special thanks to Olivia Priedite, Film Program Coordinator, and Steve Macfarlane, Department Assistant, Department of Film. This years program will open and close with the restoration premieres of two major silent films preserved in MoMAs archives: Frank Borzages transcendent romance 7th ... More | |
Camille Claudel (18641943), The Age of Maturity, or Youth and the Age of Maturity. Model created in 1898. Bronze with richly nuanced brown patina. Estimate: 1,500,0002,000,000.
SAINT-JEAN-DE-LA-RUELLE.- Camille Claudels iconic work The Age of Maturity, lost for more than a century, has been rediscovered by Orléans-based auctioneer Matthieu Semont and will come to auction on February 16, 2025. This superb bronze, which vanished from public view after its inaugural showings at Galerie Eugène Blot in 1907 and 1908, is the most mythical and enigmatic work by renowned woman sculptor Camille Claudel: The Age of Maturity, also known as Destiny, The Path of Life, or Fatality. Matthieu Semont, auctioneer at the auction house Philocale in Orléans, found it hidden under a cloth while performing an inventory of an apartment that had been uninhabited for fifteen years, situated a stones throw from the Eiffel Tower. Le Cabinet Lacroix-Jeannest, Frances leading experts in sculpture, who have located and sold more than twenty notable works by Camille Claudel, thoroughly researched ... More |
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| Australia's largest Yayoi Kusama retrospective exhibition opens exclusively in Melbourne with new, world-premiere work | | Poul Gernes' artwork series added to the EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art's collection | | The Third Line opens a group exhibition curated by Sanaz Askari |
Visitors in the Yayoi Kusama exhibition at NGV International, Melbourne until 21 April 2025. © YAYOI KUSAMA Photo: Danielle Castano.
MELBOURNE.- From Sunday 15 December 2024, the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in Melbourne, Australia celebrates the illustrious career of iconic contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama with a world-premiere blockbuster exhibition spanning her eight-decade practice, including the global unveiling of the artists most recent immersive infinity mirror room work. Curated by the NGV especially for Australian audiences, the exhibition Yayoi Kusama features 200 works, including many never-before-seen in Australia and a record-breaking number of the artists showstopping immersive artworks. Displayed across the entire ground floor of NGV International, Yayoi Kusama is one of the most comprehensive retrospective exhibitions of the artists work ever presented globally and the largest ever mounted in Australia. The exhibition traces her entire career from her childhood in the 1930s through to the present-day through a rich selection of works drawn ... More | |
Poul Gernes, Untitled (Stripe series with red and blue as recurring colors), 1966. 4 paintings from a series of 15 © Ari Karttunen / EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art.
ESPOO.- EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art has received a donation from the New Carlsberg Foundation to acquire a series of paintings by the Danish visual artist Poul Gernes. The donation of 2.5 million Danish kroner (approximately 330,000), has enabled the purchase of this multi-part artwork, which will be showcased at EMMA in 2025, marking the artists centenary. The donation presented to EMMA is a great example of the New Carlsberg Foundation's support for the acquisition of Danish art internationally. With the donation, EMMA has acquired Untitled (Stripe series with red and blue as recurring colours) (1966) by Poul Gernes (19251996). This series consists of 15 paintings, each measuring 122 x 122 cm, featuring combinations of three differently coloured stripes. Gernes is known for his bold use of colours and geometric forms in large-scale abstract works. His art aligns ... More | |
Omar Mismar, The Path of Love (Day #16), 2013-2024, Neon, 230 x 180 cm.
DUBAI.- The Third Line is presenting Neither Here ~ Nor Elsewhere a group exhibition curated by Sanaz Askari. The exhibition brings together a diverse collective of artists from across Africa and Asia. Selected artists include Faissal El-Malak, Hayv Kahraman, Mahsa Merci, Michael Ho, Omar Mismar, Sam Samiee, Sophia Al-Maria, Soufiane Ababri, Tahmineh Monzavi, and Yumna Al-Arashi, all of whom convey narratives of identity, desire, displacement, and resistance in response to prevailing cultural and political conditions shaped by migration, censorship, and societal marginalisation. The exhibition centres on the tension between fear and fantasy, the public and the private, as experienced by marginalised bodies existing within distinct socio-political frameworks. The artists challenge social hierarchies and restrictions that limit the spaces they inhabit, pushing back against the forces that constrain their identities while revealing inner desires, embracing fluidity, and exploring the fragmentatio ... More |
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| Museo di Palazzo Grimani opens exhibition: "A Cabinet of Wonders" | | Buchmann Galerie opens Tatsuo Miyajima's eleventh solo exhibition at the gallery | | O'Keeffe companion, Pita Lopez, announces retirement from Georgia O'Keeffe Museum |
Museo di Palazzo Grimani, A Cabinet Of Wonders. Installation view. Ph. Matteo De Fina.
VENICE.- The Musei Archeologici Nazionali di Venezia e della Laguna will unveil A Cabinet of Wonders: A Celebration of Art in Nature, an unprecedented exhibition showcasing the George Loudon Collection (United Kingdom), curated by Dr. Thierry Morel. Set within the opulent Palazzo Grimani an exquisite testament to Tuscan-Roman Renaissance architecture in Venicethe exhibition also features a reconstruction of a 17th-century Wunderkammer. This installation forms a poetic dialogue between the Grimani familys historic passion for collecting and George Loudons own contemporary vision. Produced by the Ministry of Culture, the George Loudon Collection, and Venetian Heritage, the exhibition will grace the piano nobile of Palazzo Grimani from December 15, 2024, to May 11, 2025. Visitors will traverse the splendidly adorned rooms, including the Sala di Psiche, Camerino di Apollo, Camerino di Callisto, the Chapel and its vestibule, the dining room, and the Neoclassical room ... More | |
Tatsuo Miyajima, Life Face on Gold S_18, 2023. White silkscreen on embossed and gold leafed paper, 62,5 x 62,5 cm.
BERLIN.- For over thirty years, Tatsuo Miyajima has explored existential questions concerning the nature and perception of time and space, working at the intersection of technology, the digital realm, and art. Miyajimas multifaceted oeuvre has had a profound impact on contemporary art and he is considered one of the most important Japanese artists of international renown. His work is often associated with and exhibited in connection with Lee Ufan or On Kawara, including in the highly acclaimed exhibition STARS: Six Contemporary Artists from Japan to the World at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo in 2020, which, in addition to Tatsuo Miyajima and Lee Ufan, also featured Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, and Hiroshi Sugimoto. Early in his career, the artist established three ideas that serve as the central guiding principles of his work: keep changing, connect with everything, and continue forever. They form ... More | |
After caring for OKeeffe in the winter of 1974, she began to work for the artist full-time in 1978 until her death in 1986, Pita continued working with the OKeeffe Estate, and then in 1989 with the Georgia OKeeffe Foundation as its Secretary.
SANTA FE, NM.- For 50 years, Agapita Pita Judy Lopez has been a touchstone on the property Georgia OKeeffe called home in Abiquiú, NM. On December 31st her retirement from the Georgia OKeeffe Museum will be official, ending a career that started in 1974. The former personal companion and secretary to the world-renowned artist has served many roles dedicated to the legacy of Georgia OKeeffe including Director of the Georgia OKeeffe Foundation and, most recently, Projects Director for Abiquiú Historic Properties. To recognize Pitas enormous impact on the organization and to honor her contributions, Pita was named an Honorary Member of the Georgia OKeeffe Museum Board of Trustees in October. She shares this honor with former First Lady Laura Bush, Co-Founder John L. Marion, and only four others. The overarching influence Pita ... More |
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| Daelim Museum opens a large-scale special exhibition of Keiichi Tanaami | | Simone Fattal's first solo exhibition in Spain opens at Institut Valencià d'art Modern | | Andy Warhol's 1973 'Mao' realizes $3.65 million to lead Heritage sale |
© Keiichi Tanaami. Courtesy of NANZUKA.
SEOUL.- Daelim Museum will hold a large-scale special exhibition of Keiichi Tanaami, an artist who has gained worldwide fame as a pioneer in Asian pop art, for the first time in Korea from Dec. 14, 2024 to June 29, 2025. The exhibition Keiichi Tanaami: IM THE ORIGIN will showcase the artists entire creative journey, covering the artists various works. Daelim Museum has introduced creators from all over the world to the domestic public quickly and in-depth so that anyone can easily understand and enjoy art in daily life based on its vision as an art museum where daily life becomes art. Daelim Museum, which has introduced creators who cross various fields by destroying the boundaries of art, such as Ryan McGinley, Coco Capitan, Jaime Hayon, and MSCHF, will announce Keiichi Tanami, who has pioneered his own world without being bound by genre or traditional rules, for the first time in Korea in 2024. Recognized as a pioneer of Asian pop art and called ... More | |
View of Simone Fattal. Suspension of disbelief, 2024. Photo: Miguel Lorenzo.
VALENCIA.- Coinciding with her receipt of the Julio González International Prize, IVAM celebrates the work of Simone Fattal with her first solo exhibition in Spain, curated by Nuria Enguita and Rafael Barber Cortell. The suspension of disbelief is a concept introduced by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in his work Biographia Literaria in 1817. This term refers to a readers ability to unquestioningly accept fantastic or unrealistic elements within a work of fiction. According to Coleridge, readers can become wholly immersed in the narrative by pausing their critical faculties, accepting certain situations or creatures normally considered impossible, such as unicorns or magical worlds, as possible. Through this suspension, imaginary worlds can be explored, and emotional experiences otherwise unattainable under strict adherence to logic or everyday reality can be lived. For her first solo exhibition in Spain, t ... More | |
Andy Warhol (1928-1987), Mao, 1973. Acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen, 26-1/4 x 22 in.
DALLAS, TX.- On December 10, the enduring power and popularity of Americas King of Pop Art was proved once again as iconic works by Andy Warhol led Heritages Modern & Contemporary Art Signature® Auction as well as its Prints & Multiples Signature® Auction. The one-day total for the two events resulted in $8,909,376. First up: Heritages Modern & Contemporary Art event was defined by works from the artists who have shaped our Post-War cultural landscape, with an impressive number of works far exceeding their high estimates. The top-selling lot, a 1973 painting from Warhols renowned Mao series, realized $3.65 million. This example of Warhols portrait of Mao Tse-tung is one of the most desirable from the late artists iconic portrait series of Chinas Chairman. Warhols decision in the early 70s to take on such a loaded subject marked his return to form, this time with a knowing impulse to turn our ... More |
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Sophia Loren receives Books for Peace 2024 prizePARIS.- The Books for Peace 2024 Prize has been awarded to Sophia Loren, one of the greatest icons of Italian cinema, who represented the beauty, strength and elegance of our country in the world. The prestigious award was presented to Edoardo Ponti, director and producer of the film The Human Voice, to Ms Sophia Loren for the memorable and extraordinary performance in a MasiFILM production. The special ceremony took place in Paris in a magical place where not dreaming is impossible , the private apartment of Napoleon Bonaparte at the SHANGRI-LA hotel. The prize, born to be a light for those who are not seen and a voice for those who are not heard, is a symbol of hope and solidarity, illuminating those who do not shine in the spotlight. Every year, Books for Peace chooses to reward those figures who, with their talent and commitment, ... More The Peggy Guggenheim Collection announces its exhibitions in 2025VENICE.- The abstract canvases of Maria Helena Viera da Silva and the ceramic works of Lucio Fontana are the focus of the Peggy Guggenheim Collections exhibition schedule for 2025. Indeed, over the course of the year the museum will present two major solo shows that pay tribute to these two leading figures of international twentieth-century art: an in-depth exploration of the evolution of the visual language of Portuguese-born French artist Viera da Silva, opening on April 12, 2025, followed in the fall by a fascinating immersion into the ceramic production of Fontana, one of the most renowned representatives of twentieth-century art. Following the closing of the solo exhibition dedicated to Marina Apollonio on March 3, 2025, from April 12 through September 15, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection celebrates another leading female figure ... More The Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea and the National Art Museum of China present joint exhibitionSEOUL.- The Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA; director Kim Sunghee) and the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC; director Wu Weishan) co-host The Modern and Contemporary Ink Art of the Republic of Korea and the Peoples Republic of China from Thursday, November 28, 2024 to Sunday, February 16, 2025 at MMCA Deoksugung. Serving as a platform to enhance artistic exchange and mutual understanding between the two countries, the exhibition also opens a new chapter in the study of East Asian ink and color painting through various related workshops and international academic conferences. This exhibition is divided into four partstwo each devoted to the Republic of Korea and the Peoples Republic of Chinaand features a curated selection of ink art pieces and modern masterpieces representing both ... More Museum of Fine Arts, Houston announces advance exhibition schedule spring 2025HOUSTON, TX.- Established in 2015 at the MFAH, the Stuart Collection encompasses the flowering of landscape drawing in Britain in the 18th and 19thcenturies. Through the watercolors, drawings, prints, and oil sketches of such notable artists as Richard Wilson, Thomas Gainsborough, John Robert Cozens, John Constable, J.M.W. Turner and Samuel Palmer, the collection chronicles visual responses to the natural world. During this time, artists shifted from topographical and picturesque depictions to intensely personal and romantic treatments of the landscape. Also known as the golden age of watercolor, this period saw British artists innovate the technique and raise its status to a new level. The exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Born of Okinawan heritage in Hawaiʻi, Toshiko Takaezu (1922-2011) was a groundbreaking ... More National Museum of African Art opens exhibition by artist Tsedaye MakonnenWASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonians National Museum of African Art opened the exhibition Tsedaye MakonnenSanctuary. The exhibition features seven sculptures by Washington, D.C.-based Ethiopian American artist Tsedaye Makonnen, and it explores the invisibility and violence that Black women and their communities are often subjected to, finding connections in form and themes related to alternate depictions of the power of motherhood and sisterly solidarity. Makonnens seven light-tower sculptures at the center of the exhibition are made up of 50 boxes, each named after an individual lost to violence, enshrining their names with love as a form of comfort and solidarity, with a sense of hope for a different future. The artist speaks to a range of human rights issues and forms of oppression. I am interested in representing voices that are among ... More The New Britain Museum of American Art opens "David Hockney & James Sellars: Haplomatics"NEW BRITAIN, CONN.- The New Britain Museum of American Art presents special exhibition David Hockney & James Sellars: Haplomatics from December 13, 2024, through October 5, 2025. David Hockney & James Sellars: Haplomatics explores the wild realm of pseudo-scientific fantasy in the visual textual and musical collaboration between the artist David Hockney and the composer James Sellars. Their work together in the late 1980s became a synergy of art, technology, and music that resulted in a multi-media masterpiece, the animated film Haplomatics. The film introduces a genus of abstract beings called Haplomes, which come to life through Hockneys prints and Sellarss narration and innovative musical score. Haplomatics, the exhibition, features Hockneys innovations in printmaking with the thirty-five xerographic prints ... More Kunsthal Mechelen opens 'The Last Place They Thought Of'MECHELEN.- Titled The Last Place They Thought Of, this exhibition showcases installations, photography, paintings, and drawings that invite reflection on the possibility of a Black conceptualization of geography, challenging what scholar Katherine McKittrick describes as traditional geography. Traditional geography often portrays space as transparent, emphasizing rationality and Cartesian logic while prioritizing the visible and measurable. This perspective neglects the idea of spatial opacity and the narratives embedded within it, pushing them to the margins. This project, inspired by the thoughts and works of the participating artists, seeks to examine notions of territory and space through a Black female lens. Each artist approaches territory from their perspective as Black women, presenting rarely told stories and using ... More Mississippi collection of Double Eagles shines at Heritage's FUN US Coins Auction January 14-19DALLAS, TX.- Heritages January 14-19 FUN US Coins Signature® Auction will include the same array of spectacular treasures collectors have come to expect from the worlds leading numismatics auctioneer. Among the treasures that will be in play is an array of extraordinary $20 gold coins from the Mississippi Collection of Double Eagles. Condition, completeness and rarity are three of the prime criteria for any collector considering coins to add to a collection, says Sam Foose, Consignment Director of Numismatics at Heritage Auctions. The consignor, who spent more than half a century putting together this incredible collection, understood and followed those ideas. Double eagles are important coins to the most serious collectors of elite American coins, and not only does this collection have all of the rare key dates, but he also has them in top condition. ... More Great success for the sale of H.E. Ardeshir Zahedi's collectionGENEVA.- The December sales at Piguet Auction House ended last night with a total result of CHF 7.5 million for 3,500 lots. The auction house records CHF 27 million in 2024 and a world record result in June for a Giacometti floor lamp. We take a closer look at the highlighted collection of these December sales: that of His Excellency Ardeshir Zahedi. Son-in-law to the Shah of Iran, H.E. Ardeshir Zahedi was a charismatic figure and a leading politician. A key figure in 20th-century Iranian diplomacy, he served as ambassador to the United States (1959-1962 and 1973-1979), the United Kingdom (1962-1966) and Iran's foreign minister (1966-1973). He married Princess Shahnaz Pahlavi, daughter of the Shah of Iran and Empress Fawzia Fouad, herself the daughter of the King of Egypt. Resident in Montreux at the Villa Les Roses, a house ... More Exhibition features works by Bethan Hughes and Dominique HurthBERLIN.- Bethan Hughes and Dominique Hurth each draw on long-standing, research-driven practices, critically examining social norms, marginalized voices, and the materiality of objects. In this joint exhibition, the artists connect through the title To want the world in a glass hat. drawn from the poem New Year on Dartmoor, by Sylvia Plath (written 1961-62, published 1981) and reimagine the project space as a resonance chamber. In a literal sense, they engage with the project space and its architecture: the large glass fronts carry a site-specific sound installation. In a metaphorical sense, they address structural questions about normativity, who is heard and in which space, what is visible, and what remains hidden. The collaborative project To want the world in a glass hat. brings together the two art spaces/initiatives, Display ... More Teiger Foundation gifts $1 million to support MoMA PS1 curatorial visionNEW YORK, NY.- Teiger Foundation announces a $1 million gift to MoMA PS1 for the creation of the Teiger Foundation Exhibition Fund, which directly supports the MoMA PS1 curatorial team by providing funding for their exhibitionsincluding upcoming solo presentations by Julien Ceccaldi, Whitney Claflin, and Sandra Poulson. The gift is a testament to MoMA PS1s curatorial vision and Teiger Foundations commitment to supporting curatorial excellence, while also celebrating the legacy of the late Foundations founder and MoMA PS1 board member David Teiger on the tenth anniversary of his passing. In the lead-up to PS1s affiliation with MoMA in 2000, David Teiger was the first trustee MoMA nominated for the newly formed MoMA PS1 board. Throughout its history, MoMA PS1 has been an incubator for curators working ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter George Rodrigue died December 14, 2013. George Rodrigue (March 13, 1944 - December 14, 2013) was an American artist originally from New Iberia, Louisiana, who in the late 1960s began painting Louisiana landscapes, followed soon after by outdoor family gatherings and southwest Louisiana 19th-century and early 20th-century genre scenes. His paintings often include moss-clad oak trees, which are common to an area of French Louisiana known as Acadiana. In the mid-1990s Rodrigue's Blue Dog paintings, based on a Cajun legend called loup-garou, catapulted him to worldwide fame.In this image: Wendy and Me.
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