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Jim Schantz, Jökulsárlón Reflection, 2024. Oil.
PITTSFIELD, MA.- The Berkshire Museum is presenting Homage to the Glacier, an exhibition of glass sculptures by Peter Bremers and paintings by Jim Schantz, exploring the glaciers of Iceland and the idea of the impermanence of beauty. On view through January 5, 2025. One of the most dramatic locations in Iceland sits on her southeastern coast, where the Vatnajökull Glacier (the second largest in Europe) meets the Atlantic Ocean. Jökulsárlón, is a large glacial lagoon (currently about 7 square miles) that developed in the late 1940s as the glacier receded inland. Glacial chunks that for ages had calved directly into the Atlantic now float majestically in the lagoon. Grand slabs of ice gather at the ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Brighton & Hove Museums (B&HM) yesterday unveiled a captivating new art installation, Vanishing Forest which explores the fragility of nature through a stunning metal woodland tunnel in Brighton Museum & Art Gallery.
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| Five outstanding and specific collections will come together in an online-only timed auction | | A Bvlgari white gold and diamonds viper ring sells for $11,685 in Neue Auctions' sale | | Opera Gallery explores artist's depiction of the human form in a diverse range of mediums and styles |
The auction will include about 20 antique World War I posters, in varying degrees of condition, like this one shown. Minimum bid: $1.
AMESBURY, MASS.- An assemblage of collections found in the Massachusetts towns of Haverhill, Groveland, Georgetown, Ipswich and Newburyport will all come together in an online-only timed auction planned for Thursday, November 7th, starting at 7 oclock pm Eastern time, by John McInnis Auctioneers, based in Amesbury. Five outstanding ... More | |
Book titled David Hockney, A Bigger Book, published by Taschen (2016) on a Plexiglas and metal stand, collectors edition #6905 of 10,000, signed by Hockney on the frontpiece ($3,690).
BEACHWOOD, OHIO .- A Bvlgari 18K white gold and pave diamonds Serpenti viper ring more than doubled its high estimate to finish at $11,685; an Hermes Ebene Clemence Birkin 42 shoulder bag realized $8,610; and a mens Rolex Sea-Dweller Deep Sea wristwatch rang up $6,765 in Neue Auctions ... More | |
Antonio Saura, Portrait, 1996. Oil on canvas, 73 x 59,5 cm | 28.7 x 23.4 in.
NEW YORK, NY.- Opera Gallery will present Twisted Bodies, a group exhibition examining the artists exploration of figuration and subjectivity in relation to the human body. Framing the artists use of body as both a subject and a tool, Twisted Bodies explores the artists depiction of the human form in a diverse range of mediums and styles. Featuring works by Noel W. Anderson, ... More |
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| Important works by two artists which shaped the path of modern art will be the highlights of Koller's winter auctions | | Exhibition features 16 new multi-dimensional collages on canvas by Gert & Uwe Tobias | | The Art Gallery of South Australia unveils 2025 exhibition program |
Claude Monet (18401926). Le Bassin dArgenteuil. 1875. Oil on canvas. 54 Ã 74 cm. Estimate: CHF 2 000 000/3 000 000.
ZURICH.- When Claude Monet painted 'Le bassin d'Argenteuil' in 1875 he was 34 years old, and it was just one year since the first independent exhibition of works by 'Impressionist' artists such as Monet, Degas, Pissarro, Renoir and Manet had been held. Impressionism was thus in its crucial early years of development, and the group often painted in the countryside around the small town of Argenteuil, where Monet ... More | |
Installation view. Photo: Malle Madsen © Gert & Uwe Tobias, Courtesy the artist and NILS STÃRK.
COPENHAGEN.- Symønster, Gert & Uwe Tobias' second solo exhibition at NILS STÃRK, features 16 new multi-dimensional collages on canvas that explore the intersections of painting, drawing, and collage, while rooted in the artists' long-standing mastery of the woodcut technique. The exhibition title translating to "sewing pattern" references the precise templates used in fabric construction, drawing an analogy to the meticulous compositions on display. With ... More | |
Grace Crowley, born Cobbadah, New South Wales 1890, died Sydney 1979, Miss Gwen Ridley, 1930, Glen Riddle, Barraba, New South Wales, oil on canvas on board, 72.0 x 53.0 cm, 87.2 x 68.5 x 5.5 cm (frame); Purchased 1995 with the assistance of South Australian Government Grant, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
ADELAIDE.- The Art Gallery of South Australia has today announced its 2025 program, revealing a major exhibition of fifty trailblazing women artists, the Ramsay Art Prize 2025 and the Tarnanthi Festival - which celebrates its tenth anniversary. ... More |
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| Cats & Dogs: 'paw-some' exhibition shares our love of furry friends | | Paris Photo to showcase August Sander's monumental series "People of the 20th Century" in Europe for the first time | | Art Fund awards £1 million to support local museums |
Cats & Dogs Exhibition. Photo: Tom Ross.
MELBORNE.- From cattle dogs to lap dogs, divine felines to the black cats of superstition, Cats & Dogs, a new exhibition at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia opening 1 November 2024, explores humanitys deep connection to cats and dogs through more than 250 works of art and design. Drawn from the NGV Collection and spanning all periods and media, this cross-cultural and transhistorical examination of cats and dogs in art and design reveals how our domesticated companions have ... More | |
August Sander, Painter [Anton Räderscheidt], 1926. Gelatin silver print 1990s by Gerd Sander © The Photographic Collection / SK Stiftung Kultur August Sander Archive, Cologne VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024.
PARIS.- Julian Sander, the great-grandson of renowned German photographer August Sander, is presenting the complete series "People of the 20th Century" for the first time in Europe at Paris Photo 2024. This exhibition, housed in Paris's iconic Grand Palais, offers a rare chance to view Sander's ambitious photographic undertakinga collection of 619 portraits that meticulously ... More | |
Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill, Museum of the Year finalist 2022, © Emli Bendixen- Art Fund.
LONDON.- Art Fund, the UKs independent charity for art, today announced a total of £1 million in funding to support local museums and galleries across the country in response to the growing local authority funding crisis. Recipients include the Museum of Making in Derby, Birmingham Museum Trust and The Peoples Palace in Glasgow. Over £800,000 has been awarded to 20 museums and galleries through Art Funds Reimagine grants programme, developed ... More |
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| Asya Geisberg Gallery opens an exhibition of works by Shane Walsh | | Early pioneer of Dubai art scene, CARBON 12 turns 15 | | Wilding Cran Gallery now representing Natia Lemay |
Shane Walsh, Corsair, 2024. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 47h x 37w in. 119.38h x 93.98w cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- In a dialogue that has spanned over a decade, Shane Walsh utilizes visual leitmotifs from 80s and 90s subcultures to explore and expand the possibilities of abstract painting. Here, they act as a kind of visual mapping of the artists life where personal signifiers and subcultural iconography are deftly juggled, enough to retain a degree of the recognizable whilst at the same time avoiding the pitfalls of nostalgic ... More | |
Kourosh Nouri & Nadine Knotzer Portrait, 2022, Courtesy of CARBON 12.
DUBAI.- CARBON 12 celebrates its 15th year milestone through its continued dedication of forging dialogue between the Middle Eastern art scene and the international community, marked by the announcement of two major upcoming shows, as well as the nomination of Emirati artist Sarah Almehairi for the Richard Mille Art Prize Louvre Abu Dhabi. Established in 2008 by Kourosh Nouri and Nadine Knotzer, CARBON 12 emerged as the ... More | |
Natia Lemay, 2024. Photograph by Gesi Schilling. Courtesy of Fountainhead Arts.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Wilding Cran Gallery announced the representation of Natia Lemay
Working primarily with oil paint, Natia Lemay's canvases pull the viewer into portals of memory, rendering tactility and permanence to the transitory nature of environments inhabited throughout her childhood. Her subjects reflect early experiences with addiction, violence, and erasure, alongside intersections of race, gender, and ancestry. The ... More |
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Franklin Parrasch Gallery's first solo exhibition with painter Kristy Luck opens in New YorkNEW YORK, NY.- Franklin Parrasch Gallery is presenting One time, one time, one time..., the gallerys first solo exhibition with Los Angeles-based painter Kristy Luck (b. 1985, Woodstock, IL). At once dynamic and organic, Kristy Lucks paintings embody the rich, transcendent component of the artists practice: surrealism viewed through the lens of spiritual abstraction. Lucks luscious yet restrained palette and measured brush strokes in this new body of work reference the artists inward gaze a deep inner probing interrogating meaning and figuration. The questions they posit in the small-scale paintings that comprise this show relate to the constrictions and limits of time, space, and boundaries. Luck performs a sort of invagination as a consideration of the interior of scale the folding in of a surface into itself to form a hostile and safe as ... More Pace opens an exhibition of work by American artist Arlene ShechetTOKYO.- Pace presents an exhibition of work by American artist Arlene Shechet at its recently opened Tokyo gallery in Azabudai Hills. On view from November 1 to December 21, Arlene Shechet: Beyond Belief marks the artists first-ever solo show in Japan. Bringing together sculptures, works on paper, and tapestries, this presentation offers a broad view of Shechets diverse body of work. The exhibition in Tokyo coincides with the final days of her acclaimed presentation Arlene Shechet: Girl Group, featuring six new large-scale outdoor sculptures, at Storm King Art Center in New York. Born in New York City in 1951 and now based in upstate New York, Shechet is widely known for her genre-defying ceramics and evocatively titled hybrid sculptures that combine steel, clay, and wood. Simultaneously organic and architectural, her works invent new ... More Inaugural Eric and Wendy Schmidt Environment and Art Prize: Julian Charrière and Cecilia VicuñaLOS ANGELES, CA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) announced today two winners of the inaugural Eric and Wendy Schmidt Environment and Art Prize: Julian Charrière (b. 1987 in Morges, Switzerland; lives and works in Berlin, Germany) and Cecilia Vicuña (b. 1948 in Santiago, Chile; lives and works in New York, NY and Santiago, Chile). Each artist will receive 100,000 USD and institutional support from MOCA to develop a commissioned project addressing the critical intersections of art, climate change, and environmental justice. Established earlier this year by philanthropists Eric and Wendy Schmidt, the prize is awarded biennially to artists whose work foregrounds pressing environmental concerns and engages communities in thought-provoking, creative solutions. Charrière and Vicuña were selected by a distinguished ... More National Museum of Asian Art announces $5 million gift from Gretchen and David WelchWASHINGTON, DC.- A $5 million gift from Gretchen Welch and Career Ambassador David Welch to the Smithsonians National Museum of Asian Art has endowed the leadership position in the museums Department of Conservation and Scientific Research. This endowment will support the newly named Welch Head of Conservation and Scientific Research. The endowed position will help ensure that the department maintains its longstanding excellence and scholarship in the field and continues to advance conservation and scientific research worldwide. As the foremost center in the United States for the care and scientific study of the arts of Asia, the department plays an important role in preserving cultural heritage, bringing new insights to historic objects and training the next generation of conservators. This leadership gift benefits ... More 'Vanishing Forest' immersive art installation unveiled at Brighton MuseumBRIGHTON & HOVE.- Brighton & Hove Museums (B&HM) yesterday unveiled a captivating new art installation, Vanishing Forest which explores the fragility of nature through a stunning metal woodland tunnel in Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. Created by artists Natalie Bradwell and George Sworder of The Iron Lady | Bradwell Blacksmiths, the unique artwork was commissioned by B&HM after urgent repairs to the roof of Brighton Museum & Art Gallery were planned. As the work will mean the 20th Century Gallery is closed for around 10 months and surrounded by hoarding, B&HM decided to invite artists to create artworks to keep the museum culturally interesting in two separate spaces. Following a call out for pitches, over 90 artists, illustrators and creatives answered with a dizzying array of ideas. The selected artists, Brighton-based ... More Artist Alicia Framis will marry AI-hologram Ailex at Depot Boijmans Van BeuningenROTTERDAM.- Its almost time: next week, on Saturday November 9th 2024, a unique ceremony will take place at the Depot of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. On this afternoon, artist Alicia Framis will marry Ailex, the interactive hologram fed by artificial intelligence. This is a world exclusive event. First of all, visitors can rejoice in a ceremony that befits a wedding. Alicia will wear a dress designed by Jam Taminiau, one of the most exclusive and successful Dutch couturiers. Its a show stopper: gorgeous, deep purple fabric, especially equipped with solar panels. Its an art piece that operates on the threshold between human emotion and technology. Ailex is tailored in an outfit designed by Bonne Reijn of Amsterdam fashion brand Bonne Suits. This performance piece called The Hybrid Couple, and the wedding ceremony in particular, raised differ ... More The Third Line opens its first solo exhibition with US-based, Iraqi American artist Vian SoraDUBAI.- The Third Line opened House of Pearls, the gallery's first solo exhibition with US-based, Iraqi American artist Vian Sora. The exhibition presents new paintings and works on paper that explore pearls as a metaphor for achieving stability and the needed structural integrity for life itself to regenerate. In this new body of work, Sora an Iraqi-born artist who sought refuge in Dubai following the US invasion of Iraq explores the fundamental elements of caustic cycles: the solid and fluid violent states intrinsic to nature from which pearls grow, and examines connectivity as an essential element to humanity's collective consciousness. Drawing on her experiences as a war survivor and immigrant, Sora reflects on the uncertainty and shifting boundaries of existence, capturing the physical, mental, and emotional toll experienced across nations, ... More Feel the old-time Christmas spirit carried on the wings of drama at the Sinebrychoff Art MuseumHELSINKI.- The Sinebrychoff Art Museum is welcoming Christmas in the traditional way. The Paul and Fanny Sinebrychoff House Museum is arrayed in festive attire, the Christmas trees have been decorated, and the finest porcelain is laid out on the tables awaiting guests. Besides the festive spreads, on Christmas-season Saturdays, you can enjoy dramatic scenes acted out by our guides. The drama guides bring the museum to life and give visitors an immersive experience. The drama provides a glimpse into Paul and Fannys lives, says the Museum Director Kirsi Eskelinen. On Saturdays, in the House Museum you can meet Paul, Fanny and housekeeper Alma. They are getting ready for Christmas, each making their own preparations, while at the same time entertaining museum visitors. The drama guides enliven the museum with short ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American artist Richard Serra was born November 02, 1938. Richard Serra (November 2, 1938 - March 26, 2024) was an American artist known for his large-scale abstract sculptures made for site-specific landscape, urban, and architectural settings, and whose work has been primarily associated with Postminimalism. In this image: U.S. artist Richard Serra gestures as he talks to journalists during a press preview for his exhibition "Drawings - Work Comes Out of Work" at the Kunsthaus in Bregenz, Austria, Thursday June 12, 2008
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