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The great-niece and great-granddaughter niece of late Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, Mara Romeo (L) and Mara de Anda Romeo respectively, speak during an interview with AFP at a family house in the neighborhood of Coyoacan in Mexico City, on April 19, 2018. Mexican justice Thursday ruled in favour of Frida Kahlo's descendants, banning the sale in the country of a new Frida Barbie doll manufactured by Miami-based toy giant Mattel, recognizing the artist's family is the sole owner of the image rights of the renowned painter. ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP.
MEXICO CITY (AFP).- A Mexican court has barred sales of a controversial Frida Kahlo Barbie doll in the painter's home country, ruling her family owned the sole rights to her image, lawyers said Thursday. The Frida Kahlo doll, launched in March by US toy giant Mattel, has drawn criticism for putting a painter known for defying gender norms into the plastic body of Barbie. It also drew a lawsuit from Kahlo's relatives, who claimed Mattel used the painter's image without their authorization and criticized the company for lightening her skin, feminizing her features and omitting her famous unibrow. The court ruling bans sales of the Frida Barbie immediately in Mexico, or any use of the "brand, image and works of Frida Kahlo" by Mattel. It can still be appealed. The family said it would wait for the final outcome of the Mexican case, then launch a similar lawsuit in the United States. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The Schirn is presenting an extensive exhibition on the political art of the present day. Based on a wide variety of different media, such as installations, photography, drawing, painting, and film, Power to the People: PolitÂical Art Now takes stock of contemporary positions that can be read as seismographs of political activity.
| Reel Art Press to publish 'My Ramones: Photographs by Danny Fields' | | Handwritten working manuscript to Born To Run to be offered online | | Mark Rothko's monumental canvas No. 7 (Dark Over Light), 1954 to highlight Christie's sale | 
Dee Dee and his spare Rickenbacker guitar.. Image courtesy of Danny Fields and Reel Art Press.
LONDON.- Danny Fields signed the Ramones within fifteen minutes of seeing them on stage at CBGB. Arguably the most influential band of all time according to NME, the Ramones inspired the punk movement in the US and the UK. A legendary manager, publicist, journalist and label exec Danny Fields managed the band from the ground up, accompanying them across Europe and America from their roots at CBGB to the now infamous new years eve show at the Rainbow in London. MY RAMONES is Dannys personal collection of over 250 photographs of the band on stage, with fans, partying, recovering and roaming the streets. Taken between 1975-1977 the images offer a rare insight into the lives of Joey, Dee Dee, Johnny and Tommy as they embark on their first tour and record their seminal first album The Ramones. Dannys images are perfect snapshots of punk as it happened, capturing now-iconic figures ... More | | 
I wanted to craft a record that sounded like the last record on Earth, like the last record you might hear
like the last one youd ever NEED to hear. Bruce Springsteen in his autobiography, Born To Run. Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- This June Sothebys will present a handwritten working manuscript of Born to Run, the Bruce Springsteen smash that became an essential American anthem. The 1975 hit catapulted The Boss to mega-stardom and remains a beloved classic, having been ranked as the singers greatest song by Rolling Stone Magazine in 2013, used by the artist as the title of his 2016 autobiography, and featured as the finale to the current sell-out show Springsteen on Broadway. Written entirely in Springsteens hand, this early version charts the beginnings of the breakout hit. It is estimated to fetch $200/300,000 and will be offered in the Books and Manuscripts Online auction with bidding open from 18 28 June and public viewing available. After his first two albums Greetings from Asbury ... More | | 
Mark Rothko, No. 7 (Dark Over Light), 1954, oil on canvas, 90 ⅛ x 58 ⅝ in. Estimate in the region of $30 million. © Christies Images Limited 2018.
NEW YORK, NY.- Mark Rothkos monumental canvas, No. 7 (Dark Over Light), 1954, will highlight the May 17 Evening Sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art in New York (estimate in the region of $30million). At nearly eight feet tall, No. 7 (Dark Over Light) belongs to a select group of canvases that were among the largest that Rothko ever painted. Its grand scale is matched only by the emotional intensity of its painted surface. Such a highly active painterly surface is a mark of Rothkos paintings from this important period, but it is the scale on which it has been executed in No. 7 (Dark Over Light) that makes this particular work one of the most extraordinary; its broad sweeps and feathered edges reveal the artists ambition to create a pure and direct form of painting. No. 7 (Dark Over Light) is being offered at auction for the first time in over a decade. Jussi Pylkkänen, Christies ... More |
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| Exhibition at Gemeentemuseum Den Haag focuses on Art Nouveau in the Netherlands | | Gladstone Gallery opens an exhibition of new works by Carroll Dunham | | Early portraits by Picasso & Rembrandt lead Swann prints auction | 
Carel Wirtz (1884-1944) executed by Atelier Hubert Fermin, The Hague Threefold roo m divider Flower Queen, 1902 teak, embroidered silk Gemeentemuseum Den Haag.
THE HAGUE.- A new art for a new, improved society. That is what many artists and designers were striving for around 1900. After a century of styles that quoted the past, a new form language emerged, based on asymmetry, curved lines and organic motifs. The Netherlands played its own unique role in this artistic quest. Although Art Nouveau fizzed with a desire to innovate and with idealism, in this country it was also a search for the authentic. In this interdisciplinary exhibition, the Gemeentemuseum showcases fin de siècle decorative arts in a broad context, making the dynamics of the age (1884-1914) visible, tangible and recognisable in this age where authenticity and craftsmanship are once more highly prized. The art worlds urge to innovate around 1900 coincided with major changes in Dutch society. For the first time ... More | | 
Carroll Dunham, Mud Men, 2017 (detail). Urethane, acrylic and pencil on linen, 100 x 62 inches (254 x 157.5 cm) 105 3/4 x 67 x 5/8 inches (268.6 x 170.2 x 1.6 cm) framed. © Carroll Dunham, Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. Photography by David Regen.
NEW YORK, NY.- Gladstone Gallery presents an exhibition of new works by Carroll Dunham. This show features large-scale paintings from the artists Wrestlers series, which demonstrate Dunhams continued exploration of and fascination with interpretations of the nude body with particular attention to the male form. Made over the last year, these paintings reflect a clear new direction for the artist through the lens of the distinctive approach to painting that Dunham has employed and tinkered with throughout his career. Using the visual language of mythological depictions of wrestling, mined from art historical sources and his own memory, these paintings propose new through lines in Dunhams practice that are both ... More | | 
Rembrandt van Rijn, Self Portrait in a Cap, Laughing, etching, 1630. Estimate $30,000 to $50,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Galleries offering of Old Master Through Modern Prints on Tuesday, May 8 forms a comprehensive survey of Western art history and the development of the modern style. More than 500 rare and superlative multiples are expected to garner nearly $4M. Leading the auction is a drypoint executed by Pablo Picasso at just 24 years old. Tête de femme, de profil, 1905, dates to the artists Rose (or Circus) Period. Works from this era are mostly candid representations of the lives and private moments of acrobats and gypsies near his home in Montmartre. Early proof impressions such as the current work, typically signed by the artist, are exceedingly scarce; the print is valued at $80,000 to $120,000. Picasso is represented in the sale with expressive works across a variety of printmaking techniques, as well as ceramics. A gift from Henri Matisse to a favorite model, Nadia Sednaoui, will also be ... More |
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| Museum of Fine Arts Boston appoints Cameran Mason as Chief Development Officer | | Heritage Auctions' Chicago Comics & Comic Art Auction could challenge record for most valuable ever | | Christie's Classic Week totals $71.7 million | 
Over the course of a decade at Wellesley, her alma mater, Mason was part of the Presidents senior staff and the Campus Renewal Executive Committee.
BOSTON, MASS.- Matthew Teitelbaum, Ann and Graham Gund Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, announced that Cameran Mason has been appointed Chief Development Officer, effective July 9, 2018. Mason will work closely with the Director and the MFAs Leadership Team to set Museum-wide strategies and priorities in accordance with MFA 2020the Museums visitor-focused Strategic Plan. She will be responsible for institutional advancement through the direction and management of all areas of development and board relations, including fundraising, gifts of art, donor stewardship, future capital campaigns and governance. Most recently, Mason served as Vice President for Resources and Public Affairs at Wellesley College, where she led the planning and execution of Wellesleys $500 million Campaign to Advance the Wellesley Effect. At an ... More | | 
Action Comics #1, Frazetta might yield $600,000.
DALLAS, TX.- The book considered by many to be the "Holy Grail" of comics collecting is expected to compete for top-lot honors at Heritage Auctions' Comics & Comic Art Auction May 10-12 in Chicago in what could be the most lucrative comics auction ever held. "This auction has a chance to be among the largest comics auctions of all time, if not the largest," Heritage Auctions Comics Director of Operations Barry Sandoval said. "It will be in a vibrant city that is easy to reach from just about anywhere, and we have an extremely strong collection of valuable comic books that will draw the attention and interest of comics collectors from just about everywhere." Action Comics #1 (DC, 1938) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages (est. $650,000+) is among the most coveted comic books in the hobby. The issue generates major interest regardless of its condition, and this is one of the highest-graded copies ever offered by Heritage Auctions. Ernst Gerber's The Pho ... More | | 
Daniel Craig with the Aston Martin. © Christies Images Limited 2018.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies Classic Week series of sales totaled $71.7 million. The top lot of the week was the highly-anticipated Lucas Cranach the Elders Portrait of John Frederick I, which achieved $7.7 million, far exceeding the estimate of $1-2 million. The painting had been missing for nearly 80 years since it was dispossessed from the Gutmann family during the Second World War, so this result is a triumph for the heirs of Fritz Gutmann and the restitution community. Christies April 20 auction of The Exceptional Sale achieved a total of $10,624,500. The sale sold 81% by lot and 91% by value, led by an exceptional Dutch silver Ewer by Adam Van Vianen, 1619, which realized $5,375,000, and set an auction record for Dutch silver. The work was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The sale was highlighted by Daniel Craigs personal Aston Martin, a custom 2014 Centenary Vanquish numbered 007, which achieved $ ... More |
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| Dance music superstar Avicii dead at 28 | | Colby College names Smithsonian Curator to lead Lunder Institute for American Art | | Retrospective exhibition of British painter Jon Thompson opens at Annet Gelink Gallery | 
In this file photo taken on August 14, 2015 Swedish DJ, remixer, record producer and singer Tim Bergling, better known by his stage name 'Avicii' performs at the Sziget music festival on the Hajogyar Island of Budapest. AFP PHOTO / ATTILA KISBENEDEK
NEW YORK, NY.- Avicii, one of the world's most successful DJs who helped usher in the global boom in electronic music but struggled to cope in the hard-partying lifestyle, died Friday in Oman, his representative said. He was 28. Two years after his unusually early retirement from touring, the Swedish DJ was found dead in the Gulf sultanate's capital Muscat, a statement said. "It is with profound sorrow that we announce the loss of Tim Bergling, also known as Avicii," his management said without specifying the cause of death or why he was in Oman. "The family is devastated and we ask everyone to please respect their need for privacy in this difficult time. No further statements will be given." Avicii was among the first DJs to break through in the mainstream as electronic dance music grew over the past decade from ... More | | 
Lee Glazer is currently curator of American art for the Smithsonian Institutions Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.
WATERVILLE, ME.- Colby College has named Lee Glazer the founding director of the Lunder Institute for American Art. Currently curator of American art for the Smithsonian Institutions Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Freer|Sackler), Glazer is a leading scholar of American art with expertise in a range of areas, including the work of artists Romare Bearden, Thomas Dewing, and James McNeill Whistler. As founding director, Glazer will establish the institutes scholarly and creative direction and build programs and collaborations in support of that direction. This will include developing artist residencies and recruiting and selecting artists to participate, organizing symposia and conferences, leading the institutes engagement with museum and College audiences, and forging relationships that strengthen the museums and Colbys connections with Waterville and Maine. The appointment of Lee Glazer as instit ... More | | 
Jon Thompson, The Lyotard Suite, Sponge, 2015, acrylic and oil on canvas, 190 x 155 cm. © of Jon Thompson , courtesy of Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London and Annet Gelink Gallery, Amesterdam.
AMSTERDAM.- Annet Gelink Gallery announced its collaboration with Anthony Reynolds Gallery for a retrospective view of British painter Jon Thompson. Jon Thompson (UK, 1936 2016) was one of the most influential personalities of the British art scene in the past four decades. After his first solo show of paintings at Rowan Gallery in London in 1960, followed by four in London and New York between 1960 and 1967, he stopped panting for the next 40 years. As a radical educationalist he turned Goldsmiths College (1970-92) into the generator of talent that it is today, fostering the YBA generation and setting the agenda for years to come. He then moved on to become the head of the Jan Van Eyck Academy in Maastricht (1992-98) before returning to Londons Middlesex University. He also wrote significant books, catalogues and essays on the subject of art and ... More |
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 Graphic work by 20th century master Saul Steinberg on view at Carl Solway GalleryCINCINNATI, OH.- Carl Solway Gallery presents a comprehensive exhibition of 25 Saul Steinberg prints made between 1948 and 1996. Courtesy of the Saul Steinberg Foundation, the exhibition serves as a compliment the Cincinnati Art Museums recent installation of the 75 foot Saul Steinbergs Mural of Cincinnati. The artist Saul Steinberg (1914-1999) described himself as a writer who draws. Best known for his barbed and brilliant drawings for The New Yorker, he did much more. He executed public murals, designed fabrics and stage sets, was an inventive collagist and printmaker; and turned his magic touch to the fields of painting, sculpture, advertising, and even wartime propaganda. Steinberg was born in Romania. In 1940, he received his degree in architecture. In 1936, he began contributing cartoons to the humor newspaper Bertoldo. Two years ... More Alberonero's minimal, essential and synthetic forms on view at MAGMA galleryBOLOGNA.- MAGMA gallery is presenting solo show of Alberonero, "As far as the eye can see", from April 21st to June 23rd 2018. Alberonero (Luca Boffi - Lodi, 1991) works with minimal, essential and synthetic forms, reducing the elements of visual language to geometric compositions. Because of the union between his studies in architecture and the experience gained directly working on urban art projects, Alberonero proposes an original reading of space through color; he defines a new aesthetic, highlighting the emotional and energetic impact that the chromatic interactions have on the viewer. The works exhibited in "As far as the eye can see" represent the most recent production of the artist, realized after a long period spent in Argentina, facing with boundless landscapes, a spectacular and uncontaminated nature, but also with precarious architecture, ... More The Store X Berlin launches new exhibition space with European premiere of Fly Paper by Kahlil Joseph BERLIN.- The Store X Berlin officially launches its new exhibition studios with the European premiere of Fly Paper by acclaimed artist and film-maker Kahlil Joseph on April 21, 2018. The new exhibition studios will be home to a cultural programme showcasing works from todays most innovative artists, musicians and designers. The Store X Studios programme, is predominately focused on presenting original, site-specific works, commissioned and curated in partnership with The Vinyl Factory. The programme premiers commissions at The Store X Berlin, The Store X 180 The Strand in London as well as in partnership with leading institutions around the world. Fly Paper is the first The Store X The Vinyl Factory commission to be shown in Berlin, having previously debuted at the New Museum, New York in 2017 to significant critical acclaim, attracting an audience of 85,000+ visitors. ... More Exhibition features works from Amir Zaki's newest series 'Getting Lost'LOS ANGELES, CA.- Edward Cella Art & Architecture is presenting an exhibition of new works by Amir Zaki. This is the artists first solo project with the gallery and features three works from his newest series Getting Lost (2017). Using hybrid photography, or a combination of digital and analog technologies, Zaki transforms his images in color, form, and atmosphere into striking large-format compositions. In Getting Lost, Zaki pairs trees in a series of nocturnes, illuminated in conversation with one another against the night sky. The works in the series were made by using a Gigapan machine, which allows the artist to stitch together multiple photographic images. The resulting compositions, each comprised of 15 to 30 images, are meticulously printed by the artist and offer the viewer far more detail than the naked eye can see. Zakis methods, which bridge early long- ... More Daylight Books publishes 'Phantom Power' by Barbara DienerNEW YORK, NY.- The sudden loss of her father when she was 25 was a pivotal moment in Barbara Diener's life. She never had the opportunity to say goodbye or to tell him how much he meant to her. In the 10 years since his death, she has carried his memory with her, and his absence infuses her reality. The loss of her father, and her desire to reconnect with him, is the underlying theme in Diener's new monograph, Phantom Power. Diener was raised in a small town in Germany without any sense of formal religion or spirituality. While she describes herself as not having a religious bone in her body, she recognizes there is still a great deal we don't know about human consciousness and what happens to us once our bodies expire. In Phantom Power, she explores and interprets the possibilities through her photography using various techniques such as suggestive ... More PinchukArtCentre announces applications open for the 5th edition of the Future Generation Art PrizeKYIV.- PinchukArtCentre (Kyiv, Ukraine) announces the 5th edition of the Future Generation Art Prize. Established by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in 2009, it is the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Prize. The Future Generation Art Prize is a biannual global contemporary art prize to discover, recognise and give long-term support to a future generation of artists. All artists aged 35 or younger from anywhere in the world, working in any medium are invited to apply. Awarded through a competition, a highly respected selection committee appointed by a distinguished international jury reviews every application and nominates 20 artists for the shortlist. These artists will be commissioned to create new works on view in exhibitions at the PinchukArtCentre in Kyiv and the Venice Biennale, curated by Björn Geldhof (artistic director, PinchukArtCentre). The main prize winner ... More Items pertaining to Steve Jobs and Apple, Einstein, Shel Silverstein in May 8th online auctionWESTPORT, CONN.- A Betamax cassette with Apple Computers first (and now-famous) TV commercial that aired during Super Bowl XVIII in 1984, a large photo of Albert Einstein signed, dated and inscribed by the legendary physicist, and an archive of material pertaining to author, musician and creative powerhouse Shel Silverstein will all come up for bid on Tuesday, May 8th. Theyre just a few of the 255 lots of rare and highly collectible autographed documents, photos, manuscripts, books and relics being offered by University Archives, based in Westport, in an online-only auction that will open for live bidding starting at 10:30 am Eastern time. People can register and bid now, at www.UniversityArchives.com or the internet platform Invaluable.com. As with all University Archives online auctions, this one is packed with important, scarce and collectible ... More Rare Mantle rookie card sells for $2.8 millionLOS ANGELES (AFP).- A mint condition Mickey Mantle rookie card sold for a near-record $2.88 million on Thursday night, Dallas-based Heritage Auctions announced. It is the highest price ever for a Mantle card and the second-highest price ever paid for an American baseball card, coming in under the $3.12 million paid in 2016 for a 1909 Honus Wagner card. The 1952 pristine rookie card made by Topps is the first mint condition Mantle card sold publicly in 12 years. Other not so well preserved cards have sold in the past few years at auction. The Mantle card was sold by former National Football League player Evan Mathis. A Hall of Fame slugger for the New York Yankees from 1951-1968, Mantle hit 536 home runs and batted .300 or better more than 10 times in his career. ... More Cinema makes return to Saudi ArabiaRIYADH (AFP).- Saudi Arabia hosted its first public film screening in over 35 years on Friday, two days after US movie giant AMC unveiled the kingdom's debut theatre in Riyadh. Clutching prized tickets for the sold-out showing of Hollywood blockbuster action film "Black Panther", men and women walked into the movie hall with tubs of popcorn and fizzy drinks. AMC chief executive Adam Aron on Wednesday said its multiplex theatre at Riyadh's King Abdullah Financial District will for now operate one screen with a seating capacity of around 250. He said plans were afoot for three more screens in the coming months. The conservative desert kingdom lifted a decades-long ban on cinemas last year as part of a far-reaching modernisation drive, with AMC Entertainment granted the first licence to operate movie theatres. Religious hardliners, who have long vilified ... More Magali Reus's first institutional solo exhibition in London on view at the South London GalleryLONDON.- This spring the South London Gallery presents the first institutional solo exhibition in London by Dutch artist Magali Reus (b.1981). Titled As mist, description, the exhibition comprises an extensive new body of work co-commissioned with Bergen Kunsthall, Norway, and reconfigured for the SLGs main space within a bespoke architectural framework. Magali Reus creates sculptural forms, often made in series. Her works are subtly suggestive of familiar machines or apparatus whose function and identity remains intentionally ambiguous. At the SLG, a new body of meticulously produced sculptures is presented in spatial chapters and designed to appear in a state of transition frozen in progress, caught mid-function, or in a state of restoration, ruin or abandonment. Images and their representative materials are seen to move transformed between ... More Freight+Volume opens an exhibition of new work by James HydeNEW YORK, NY.- Freight+Volume announces West, an exhibition of new work by James Hyde, the artists first solo show in New York City since 2010. Fusing landscape photography with painted shapes and abstract forms, the artist explores themes of visual perception and reproduction, all the while challenging the boundaries of painting as a medium. Throughout his career, Hyde has paid especially close attention to the material components of his practice, deconstructing established techniques and employing variables such as seriality, repetition, and spatiality. Ranging from flattened compositions to glass boxes and frescoes, his work is wide-ranging and unencumbered by convention. He is attuned to the gulf between artistic intention and the viewers own comprehension, and he transforms this chasm into a discourse of sorts, using it as a source of creative ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Russian-French illustrator Erté died April 21, 1990. Romain de Tirtoff (23 November 1892 - 21 April 1990) was a Russian-born French artist and designer known by the pseudonym Erté, from the French pronunciation of his initials. He was a diversely talented 20th-century artist and designer who flourished in an array of fields, including fashion, jewellery, graphic arts, costume and set design for film, theatre, and opera, and interior decor.
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