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This file photo taken on June 28, 2017 shows Heritage Curator of the Centre for Research and Restoration of Museums of France (C2RMF) Alexandra Gerard examining polychrome stone statues belonging to the Museum of Cluny, the "apostles of the Sainte Chapelle" before their restoration in Paris. The C2RMF curators are investigating what were the original colors of the "apostles of the Sainte Chapelle" statues belonging to the Museum of Cluny, which restoration will begin in the fall of 2017, AFP reports on August 4, 2017. PATRICK KOVARIK / AFP.
by Pascale Mollard-Chenebenoit
PARIS (AFP).- Having lost their heads, been pulled from their plinths, smashed and even buried, things are at last looking up for some of the unluckiest statues in Christendom. For five centuries the 12 apostles looked down on the adoring hordes who marvelled at the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, arguably the greatest Gothic edifice ever build. Standing between its spectacular stained glass windows -- one of the wonders of the medieval world -- they could have been forgiven for feeling smug having survived the Reformation without a scratch. But the statues were caught in the whirlwind of not just one French revolution but two, and since then history has been less than kind. Until now that is. A team of French scientists are at last revealing their original colours and forms from 1248 when they first stood guard over one of the most revered of Christian relics, the crown of thorns that Christ reputedly wore on the cross. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A visitor looks at a display as they visit the Memorial Museum of the Vieil Armand, formely called Hartmannswillerkopf - on its opening day - situated in Wattwiller in France's eastern Vosges mountains on August 3, 2017. Some 30,000 French and German soldiers died during WWI on the Vieil Armand site, a 956 meters high mountain in the Alsace region. PATRICK HERTZOG / AFP
| Christie's to offer the collection of New York art collector and arts patron Paul F. Walter | | Contemporary art boom is 'historic change' in art market | | New exhibition at the Bruce Museum spotlights local artist |
Sol Lewitt (b. 1928-2007), Vertical Brushstrokes. Estimate: $60,000-80,000. © 2017 The LeWitt Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announcesd The Collection of Paul F. Walter will be auctioned across two days of live auctions on September 26-27 with a simultaneous online auction September 21-28. Paul Walter was known as a polymath and scholar, and through collecting and patronage including leadership roles at MoMA and the Metropolitan Museum of Art among others he became one of New Yorks most respected connoisseurs. Comprised of 560 lots across a multitude of disciplines including Post-War & Contemporary art, photographs, prints, sculpture, English furniture and decorative art, and Indian Art the items come from Walters Manhattan apartment and his Sag Harbor home. Estimates range from $1,000 to $1,200,000 and the whole collection is expected to realize in excess of $4.5 million total. Laura Paulson, Vice Chairman of the Christies Americas Advisory Board, comments: What united ... More | |
The $110.5 million (93 million euros) paid for a painting by the black New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in May was no flash in the pan, according to Artprice.
PARIS (AFP).- The art market is entering a "new era of prosperity" driven for the first time by rising prices for contemporary art, the world's biggest art market index said Friday. The $110.5 million (93 million euros) paid for a painting by the black New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in May was no flash in the pan, according to Artprice. The stratospheric price "illustrates a profound change in market attitudes", it said in its half-year report, showing that "collectors are now perfectly willing to pay equivalent sums for contemporary and historical masterpieces alike." Basquiat, who began as a graffiti artist and died at 27 from a heroin overdose, is now the sixth most expensive artist ever. He has joining a very select club of greats including Picasso, Francis Bacon, Modigliani, Giacometti and Edvard Munch whose work has sold for more than $110 million. "The new era of prosperity ... More | |
George Wharton Edwards (American, 1859-1950), The Bridge at Ronda, Pyrenees, n.d. Oil on canvas. 29 x 30 in. Purchased with the George Norris Morgan Fund, Bruce Museum Collection, 16365.
GREENWICH, CONN.- George Wharton Edwards (1859-1950): Illustrator, Painter, Writer opens on August 5 and continues through November 25, 2017 at the Bruce Museum. The show features more than thirty paintings, drawings and sketches that spotlight the art of George Wharton Edwards, a turn-of-the-century painter, illustrator and author who lived in Greenwich. Edwards was celebrated in his own day as a talented artist for his depictions of picturesque American and European scenes in a variety of media. The works assembled here from the Bruce Museums extensive collection, show that Edwards preferred an underlying technical draftsmanship in his works on paper and a more fluid treatment, in the manner of American Impressionism, in his oils on canvas, notes Courtney Skipton Long, Ph.D., guest curator and former Bruce ... More |
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| Ottocento Art Gallery unveils two masterpieces painted by the 19th century Neapolitan artist Giacinto Gigante | | First comprehensive U.S. museum survey of work by artist Anna Maria Maiolino opens in Los Angeles | | Comprehensive survey reveals the influence of artists who embarked on a new way of depicting the world |
Giacinto Gigante, The Amphitheatre of Campania in Santa Maria Capua a Vetere. Watercolor and tempera on paper cm 44 x 34. © Ottocento Art Gallery.
ROME.- The Amphitheater Campano or Amphitheater Capuano is a Roman amphitheater in the city of Capua, nowadays located in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, second in size only at the Colosseum, which probably served as a model, probably being the first amphitheater in the Roman world. It was home to the first and most revering school of gladiators. In one of the two watercolors offered by Ottocento Art Gallery, Giacinto Gigante, undisputed father of Posillipos school after the death of Pitloo in 1837, portrays the ruins of the amphitheater, exalting its chromatic values, monumentality, basing its composition on a wise use of the light and dark contrasts, realized by the juxtaposition of white lead shots. The Neapolitan painter brings the viewer to the cultural atmosphere of the Grand Tour, featuring in the picture depicted the figure of a foremost pastor and a group of visitors in the background, elements that refer ... More | |
Anna Maria Maiolino, Glu Glu Glu , 1967, acrylic ink and fabric on wood, 43 ¼ x 23 ¼ x 5 in. (110 x 59 x 12.5 cm). Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro. © Anna Maria Maiolino.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- As part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, presents Anna Maria Maiolino, the first comprehensive U.S. museum survey of work by artist Anna Maria Maiolino. The exhibition considers five decades of her varied artistic practice including printmaking, drawing, sculpture, photography, video, and performance. From her early woodcut works and performances, which spoke directly to the tense political atmosphere during Brazils military dictatorship, to introspective paper works that express the feelings of alienation and marginalization that arose from her status as an immigrant, Maiolinos work is uniquely capable of tracing the course of the movements that define Brazilian art history. She channels these through a personal, psychologically charged practice that charts her own introspective path as ... More | |
Davis Cone (American, born 1950), State- Autumn Evening, 2002 (detail). Acrylic on canvas, 26 1/2 x 46 1/2. Collection of John Gordon.
WATER MILL, NY.- The Parrish Art Museum presents From Lens to Eye to Hand: Photorealism 1969 to Today, a survey of an important contemporary art movement spearheaded by artists who employed a groundbreaking creative process to embark upon a new way of seeing and depicting the world. On view August 6 through October 15, the exhibition features 73 paintings and works on paper by 35 artistsfrom early practitioners to second and third generation Photorealistsdemonstrating that this movement remains undiluted, conceptually coherent, and consistently compelling. The exhibition brings together, for the first time in the United States, important paintings from public and private collections, and a series of watercolors and works on paper never before exhibited in an American museum. From Lens to Eye to Hand offers audiences an opportunity to see and experience photorealist masterworks, ... More |
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| Bidsquare gallops past $1M in online sales during Coeur d'Alene's $16M art auction | | Historic John Biggers Mural to come to Tyler Museum of Art | | La Biennale Paris 2017 to showcase 92 exhibitors at the Grand Palais |
William R. Leigh, A Close Call, 1943, Sold for $1,155,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- The single largest event in the field of classic Western and American art took place this past Saturday, July 29 when The Coeur d'Alene Art Auction's Fine Western and American Art auction exceeded $16M, selling over $1M to winning bidders online on Bidsquare. Bidsquare launched in Fall 2014, and since launch The Coeur d'Alene Art Auction has partnered with Bidsquare as their exclusive online provider. Bidsquare's user-friendly platform continues to grow as its high quality collector base's winning bids increase in value year after year. Bidsquare passes another milestone with Coeur d'Alene's recent sale, exceeding $1M in online sales in a single auction on Bidsquare. The top selling lot of the auction was William R. Leigh's A Close Call selling for $1,115,000. Mike Overby, Partner at The Coeur d'Alene Art Auction commented on the sale's online bidding, "We noticed a dramatic increase in both number of bidders and total sales throug ... More | |
The historic 22-by-6-foot mural, one of four painted between 1950 and 1956 in Texas African-American communities by legendary artist and Texas Southern University art department founder Dr. John Biggers, recently underwent an extensive restoration process following decades away from public view.
TYLER, TX.- The Tyler Museum of Art, in collaboration with Northeast Texas Community College, is offering a unique opportunity to view a historic work of art recently restored to its original beauty with John Biggers: A History of Education in Morris County, open to the public Aug. 20-Sept. 10 at the TMA, 1300 S. Mahon Ave. on the TJC main campus. A selection of additional Biggers works will accompany the installation of the mural in the Museums Education Classroom, and admission is free. The historic 22-by-6-foot mural, one of four painted between 1950 and 1956 in Texas African-American communities by legendary artist and Texas Southern University art department founder Dr. John Biggers, recently underwent an extensive restoration process following decades away from ... More | |
Auguste Herbin (1882-1960), Composition, 1918. Oil on canvas, 65 x 46 cm. Signed on lower left. Photo: Damien Boquet Art.
PARIS.- La Biennale Paris 2017 will be exhibited at the historic Grand Palais from September 11 to 17, marking the launch of the annual presentation of this renowned international fair. A unique celebration of the French art de vivre, La Biennale Paris has been exhibiting the finest works from some of the worlds most impressive galleries, antique dealers and jewelers for more than 50 years. The fair is overseen by the Biennale Commission, under the new leadership of Christopher Forbes. The Commission also includes six ex-officio members of the Board of the National Federation of Antique Dealers (SNA). Commenting on his new role, Forbes said, The Paris Biennale is the most important fair of its kind in France, and one of the greatest in the world, alongside TEFAF Maastricht and the Winter Show in New York. To follow in the wake of Henri Loyrette, whom I admire deeply, is at once a ... More |
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| "Art Knows No Boundaries: Cuban Art in the US" opens at Octavia Art Gallery | | Images of forgotten Mayan and Khmer ruins captured by William Frej on view at Peyton Wright Gallery | | Art tech firm Artlogic announces expansion in US |
Roberto Diago, Untitled (From the series, "Variaciones de Oggun"), 2010. Mixed media, 78 3/4 x 59 1/16 inches.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- One of the focuses of Octavia Art Gallery is emphasizing the preservation and conservation of unique and authentic cultures worldwide. In continuing this mission, we are pleased to present Art Knows No Boundaries: Cuban Art in the US. This exhibition explores the notion that through creative expression, each artists work unifies and transcends borders. Artworks featured in this exhibition are by Cuban artists: Alexandre Arrechea, Neisys González, Roberto Diago, Alex Hernández Dueñas, José Emilio Fuentes Fonseca (JEFF), Kcho (Alexis Leyva Machado), The Merger, and Adislén Reyes. Alexandre Arrecheas work explores contemporary social and economic issues such as the stock market, migrants in Latin America, and issues of accessibility and the qualities of public and private space. Within his art-making practice, he is known for his ... More | |
Tikal Temple V, Guatemala, 2016, archival chromogenic silver halide print, 40 x 60 inches.
SANTA FE, NM.- Peyton Wright Gallery is presenting Ancient Kingdoms, Hidden Realms, an exhibition highlighting Mayan and Khmer kingdoms through an extraordinary marriage of pre-Colombian and Asian artifacts and luminous black and white images of forgotten Mayan and Khmer ruins captured by photographer William Frej. Look this way is the souls summons to wonder. Every child knows the call. It is the insistent whispering voice of curiosity within that leads us, ultimately, to care about all that is mystery. From the periphery of our minds eye, through the haze of everyday distraction, we catch glimpses of the tantalizing unknown. For some, these fragmentary sightings of the possible ignite an unquenchable desire to know. Their search begins in an instant, and may last a lifetime. Time lays a blurring tint over fact. What is known slips from mind to become the past falling into rank with the rest of rumor ... More | |
The Artlogic team in London. Photo: Rebecca Rees.
LONDON.- Artlogic, the art technology company, announces its formal expansion in the United States, adding Marian Goodman, Gagosian, Paul Kasmin, Elizabeth Dee, the Marciano Art Foundation, and Jackson Fine Art to its growing client roster in North America. The company, which builds secure databases, websites, and apps for galleries, artists, curators, collectors, has invested in dedicated, regional servers in North America as an added service to clients of its integrated inventory management system in the US and Canada. This fall, Artlogic will relaunch Isaac Juliens website as a multimedia-enabled, video-rich platform and also launch a new website for Jackson Fine Art that rethinks the way photography is presented and consumed in the digital realm, among other projects. An art-tech pioneer, Artlogic was founded in London in the late 1980s and formally incorporated in 1999 by co-founders Peter Chater and David Hooper. The company ser ... More |
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Camden Arts Centre announces a new partnership to support three years of Ceramics Fellows
LONDON.- Camden Arts Centre and Freelands Foundation announced the Freelands Lomax Ceramics Fellowship, a new partnership in support of emerging artists working with clay. From 2017 2021, the Freelands Lomax Ceramics Fellowship will offer three six month part-time residencies at Camden Arts Centre followed by an exhibition the following year. The first recipient Fellow will be Jonathan Baldock beginning in September 2017. This new partnership builds on a tradition of Ceramics Fellowships at Camden Arts Centre which have supported the careers of rising artists including Katie Cuddon, Phoebe Cummings, Jesse Wine, Salvatore Arancio, and most recently Phil Root and Giles Round of The Grantchester Pottery. Thanks to the support of the Foundation, the annual Fellowship will offer mentoring opportunities, build new partnerships with organisations ... More
War posters dominate Swann Galleries' summer sale
NEW YORK, NY.- More than 600 colorful advertisements and announcements crossed the block at Swann Auction Galleries sale of Vintage Posters on Wednesday, August 2. The encyclopedic selection represented a centurys worth of development in graphic design, history and technology. In honor of the centennial anniversary of the U.S.s entry into WWI, the sale featured the largest selection of war propaganda the house has ever offered. According to Nicholas D. Lowry, Swann Galleries President and Director of Vintage Posters, the varied designs from 1917 are the result of the government giving illustrators free rein to create striking imagery that continues to resonate today. Highlights from this category include works by James Montgomery Flagg, lead by I Want You for U.S. Army, which sold for $14,300*, and Wake Up America Day ($5,250). The top lot was the iconic ... More
Paintings by Kostandi, Marsh and Pleissner will headline Nye & Company's auction
BLOOMFIELD, NJ.- Paintings by the Russian Federation artist Kharlampi Kostandi (1868-1939), Reginald Marsh (Am., 1898-1954) and Ogden Minton Pleissner (Am., 1905-1983), plus items from the collection of Academy Award-nominated actress Grayson Hall (1925-1985) and her writer-husband Sam Hall (1921-2014) will all come up for bid on Wednesday, August 16th. Theyre part of what awaits bidders at Nye & Company Auctioneers Summer Estate Treasures Auction, online and in the firms gallery at 20 Beach Street in Bloomfield, just north of Newark and not far from New York City. For those unable to attend live, online bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. Phone and absentee bids will also be accepted. Around 700 lots will come up for bid, including about 50 lots of silver, Mid-Century Modern furniture, doctors ... More
Exhibition honors Karen Johnson Boyd's generosity to Racine Art Museum's contemporary craft collection
RACINE, WI.- Long-time friend to RAM, Karen Johnson Boyd (1924-2016) was an advocate for and collector of art who had a strong affinity for contemporary American craft. Open August 4, 2017 - July 22, 2018, this Windows on Fifth Gallery installation pays homage to her role in establishing Racine Art Museums craft collection by featuring colorful, dynamic ceramic work that she donated to the museum at various points over the years. With works presented as if being pulled from crates or out of storage, Unpacking Karen Johnson Boyd's Clay Collection at RAM offers a playful take on building a collection, honoring a donor, and managing works of art, while providing a new viewing context for contemporary clay. The artwork assembled here includes a selection of contemporary artists interested in both figural and abstract clay sculpture. While some ... More
42e Art Nocturne Knocke draws a contemporary map
KNOKKE-HEIST.- Why does the art exhibition from this year look so much younger, fresher and more contemporary? Its because not only does the art world and the art market look completely different, but also do the interiors of collectors and visitors. Here and there youll notice something old, but still in the context of the Wunderkammer-perception (Cabinets of curiosities), as contemporary interiors with an art room allure are currently in. Everyone is now seeking an eclectic mix and match of objects and artworks ranging from Street Art to photography as well as vintage and artisan design. Organizers are therefore giving Art Nocturne an entirely new profile with much more art, design and original creations on an international level. For example, think of Jean Koumy Street Art (Atelier Borabeau Art Gallery) or Unga Munga and Driving Mini (Artstudio Pim Smit) or even ... More
Londinium 2017: Season of events curated by City of London Corporation this summer
LONDON.- To celebrate the unique Roman heritage at the heart of the capital, the City of London Corporation is staging a three-month season of exhibitions, walks, talks, theatre, film and special events, taking place from 28 July - 29 October 2017. Londinium reveals the hidden history of Roman London, explore the great settlements contemporary legacy, and bring the Roman spirit to life for a 21st century audience. Londinium has been organised by the City of London Corporation in collaboration with London & Partners, and brings together a number of major cultural organisations including the Museum of London, Shakespeares Globe and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Graham Packham, Chairman of the City of London Corporations Culture, Heritage and Libraries Committee, said: The Londinium season will include something for everyone. From film screenings ... More
Joe Namath Type I photo for his 1965 Topps Rookie Card auctioned for $66,000
SILVER SPRING, MD.- Joe Namaths Type I photo used for his legendary 1965 Topps rookie card was auctioned tonight for $66,000 by Huggins & Scott. It attracted 58 bids. It is the highest price ever paid for a football Type I original photo. PSA/DNA Photo Authenticator Henry Yee wrote after appraising the photo, It is without question the single most important football photograph to ever be offered in a public auction. The Type I photo was used for Namaths 1965 Topps rookie card. A Type I photograph is issued from the original negative within two years of being shot. Legendary photographer Bob Olen took the famous pose of Namath. Olen was the official photographer for the Yankees and Jets. He also was believed to have taken the photo for Mickey Mantles 1951 Bowman rookie card. The 1965 Topps Namath card has much in common with the 1952 Topps ... More
21c Museum announces summer and fall exhibitions
LOUISVILLE, KY.- 21c Museum, a pioneering new model for contemporary art institutions, is opening exhibitions at 21c venues around the country this summer and fall. Founded in 2006, 21c is a multi-venue museum with innovative programming and exhibitions, open to the public free of charge, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 21c Museum is North Americas only collecting museum dedicated solely to art of the 21st century, and its current and upcoming exhibitions explore issues of our day, ranging from the construction of personal and group identity, to race and gender, celebrity, nature and technoculture. The exhibitions offer unexpected encounters with art, breaking down the barriers found in a traditional art museum. Influenced by Romanticism and Surrealism, science and commerce, the artists featured in The SuperNatural explore the environmental, ... More
The Frye Art Museum appoints Amanda Donnan Curator
SEATTLE, WA.- The Frye Art Museum announced the appointment of Amanda Donnan as Curator, effective July 24, 2017. Donnan comes to the Frye from Seattle University, where she has served as Curator of University Galleries, in addition to holding a teaching appointment in the Department of Art + Art History, since March of 2016. We are thrilled to welcome Amanda to the Frye, said Director/CEO Joseph Rosa. I am greatly impressed with her proven track record of working on both a regional and international scale. She brings a high caliber of thoughtfulness and a true commitment to working with artists in respectful and creative collaboration. I look forward to the dynamism and vision she will contribute to the Museum and Seattles greater cultural community. The Frye occupies a special place in the art ecology of Seattle, said Donnan. ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Canadian painter Tom Thomson was born August 05, 2017. Thomas John "Tom" Thomson (August 5, 1877 - July 8, 1917) was an influential Canadian artist of the early 20th century. He directly influenced a group of Canadian painters that would come to be known as the Group of Seven, and though he died before they formally formed, he is sometimes incorrectly credited as being a member of the group itself. Thomson died under mysterious circumstances, which added to his mystique. In this image: This newly discovered Tom Thomson oil on board recently sold for $126,500.
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