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Love Is In The Air (Flower Thrower), 2003.
NEW YORK, NY.- Forum Auctions is taking 40 works by British street artist Banksy to New York. New Yorkers have a particularly strong affinity with the artist following his 31 day Better out than in residency in the Big Apple during 2010. The works on offer provide a solid cross section of his commercially produced prints from the earliest Rude Copper (2002) to his most recent open edition Box Set, available for purchase only from the gift shop of his Walled Off Hotel project in Jerusalem (opened 2017). Forum Auctions has become a leading auction house for Banksy editions having sold over 100 examples over the past 12 months for a total of US$ 2,000,000. All works in the sale are offered with certificates from the artists authenticating body, Pest Control Office. ... More |
| No single 'out of Africa' migration for humans: study | | New 'land and sea' velociraptor-like dinosaur discovered | | 500th anniversary of Jacopo Tintoretto's birth celebrated with exhibitions in Venice, New York, and DC | 
Inside East gallery Denisova Cave. Photo: S. Zelensky.
MIAMI (AFP).- No longer can the tale of one single human migration out of Africa 60,000 years ago be considered an accurate history of humankind, said a review of scientific literature Thursday. Rather, multiple migrations out of Africa, beginning 120,000 years ago, gave rise to the modern population of people, said the findings in the US journal Science. Advances in DNA analysis and other fossil identification techniques, particularly regarding discoveries in Asia, are helping to rewrite what we thought we knew about our origins. A "plethora of new discoveries" over the past decade has shown that modern humans, or Homo sapiens, reached parts of the Asian continent much earlier than previously thought, said the report. Remains of Homo sapiens have been found at multiple sites in southern and central China, going back to between 70,000 and 120,000 years ago. Other fossil discoveries show that modern humans reached southeast Asia and Australia prior to 60,000 years ago. ... More | | 
Reconstruction of Halszkaraptor escuilliei. This small dinosaur was a close relative of Velociraptor, but in both body shape and inferred lifestyle it closely recalls some waterbirds like modern swans. Credit: Lukas Panzarin and Andrea Cau for scientific supervision.
PARIS.- A new species of semi-aquatic dinosaurs that could kill prey on land and in water has been discovered by scientists, researchers said Wednesday. The swan-necked and flipper-forelimbed creature was related to velociraptors -- made famous by the "Jurassic Park" films -- and lived about 75 million years ago, in what is now Mongolia. "You have to imagine a mix between a velociraptor, an ostrich and a swan, with a nose of a crocodile and the wings of a penguin," said Paul Tafforeau, a paleontologist at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France, and co-author of the study. "It's a little extraterrestrial," he said. Scientists made the discovery after studying a fossil, nicknamed "Halszka" for Halszkaraptor escuilliei, which was found at Ukhaa ... More | | 
Jacopo Tintoretto, Self-Portrait, c. 1588, oil on canvas, overall: 63 x 52 cm (24 13/16 x 20 1/2 in.) framed: 93.5 x 84.5 cm (36 13/16 x 33 1/4 in.) , Musée du Louvre- Départment des Peintures.
WASHINGTON, DC.- In celebration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of the Venetian Renaissance master Jacopo Tintoretto (1518/15191594), the National Gallery of Art, Washington, will present three exhibitions in 2019 that explore the artist's achievement as a painter and draftsman as well as the great printmakers in Venice of his day. Coorganized with the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia with the special cooperation of the Gallerie dell'Accademia, Tintoretto: The Artist of Venice at 500 will open at the Palazzo Ducale, Venice, beginning in September 2018, and then travel to the Galleryits only other venuein early 2019, showcasing some 70 paintings and drawings. Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice will present some 60 sheets to explore the drawing practice of Tintoretto as well as his place in the Venetian tradition and will premiere ... More |
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| Martin Gropius Bau opens "Jews, Christians and Muslims Scientific Discourse in the Middle Ages 500-1500" | | New UBS report reveals what drives US art collectors | | Abu Dhabi authorities 'acquired' $450 mn Da Vinci: museum | 
Aristotle (384-322 B.C.), Manuscript miscellany of philosophical writings, mainly texts by Aristotle (Greek) Rome, 1457. Cod. Phil. gr. 64, fol. 8v © Austrian National Library.
BERLIN.- Todays scientific world rests upon the shoulders of the Jewish, Christian and Muslim scholars who translated ancient scriptures in the Middle Ages; first in the Middle East into Arabic, and then in Europe starting in southern Italy and Spain from Arabic into Latin. The significance of this transfer of knowledge cannot be overstated, even if it wasnt the only strand of transmission. The arrival of Aristotles writings in medieval Europe, for example, was possible largely thanks to this translation activity. The House of Wisdom was founded in Baghdad in the 9th century and became the site of much translation effort: Persian, Aramaic, Syrian, Hebrew, Indian (Sanskrit) and Latin manuscripts were translated into Arabic there by Jewish, Christian and Sabaean scholars. The polymath al-Khwarizmi ... More | | 
Image of the UBS Lounge with artwork by Shahzia Sikander on display.
MIAMI, FLA.- UBS Wealth Management Americas released today a new report that shows a majority of collectors of fine art view their art collections as a pursuit of passion rather than as an investment. In a special Investor Watch Pulse Report, released during Art Basel in Miami Beach, UBS studied the attitudes and behaviors of fine art collectors. The report, titled "For the love of art, found that despite recent high profile sales of fine art at auction houses this year, such as Leonardo da Vinci's, "Salvator Mundi, c. 1500" and Basquiat's "Untitled, 1982," 65% of investors noted they have never sold a piece from their collection, and 41% confessed they have never had their collection appraised. When it comes to collecting behaviors, art collectors find themselves driven by an appreciation for beauty (71%), a desire to follow their passions (54%) and a wish to support and nurture artists (32%). Moreover, one quarter of inves ... More | | 
Christie's employees take bids for Leonardo da Vincis "Salvator Mundi" at Christie's New York November 15, 2017. TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP.
ABU DHABI.- The Louvre Abu Dhabi said Friday that local Emirati authorities had "acquired" a $450-million painting by Renaissance master Leonardo Da Vinci, as reports swirled about the original source of funding. "Louvre Abu Dhabi is looking forward to displaying the Salvator Mundi by Leonardo Da Vinci. The work was acquired by the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi," the museum said in tweets in both English and Arabic. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman -- currently on an anti-corruption drive at home -- put up the funds for the staggering purchase. The young crown prince, often referred to by his initials MBS, used an intermediary to buy the much-sought-after painting of Christ, the paper reported, citing US intelligence and other unnamed sources. The latest tweets ... More |
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| Jon Seydl named as new Director of Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois | | Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation opens exhibition of works by three pioneers of Cuban geometric art | | Major exhibition presents 175 works by 100 artists reponding to Mississippi over two centuries | 
Jon Seydl is currently the senior director of collections and programs and curator of European art at Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.- Jon Seydl, an art historian specializing in Italian Renaissance art, has been named the new director of Krannert Art Museum. Jon Seydl is currently the senior director of collections and programs and curator of European art at Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts. His appointment at Krannert Art Museum will be effective in February, pending approval of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. I've known about KAM's work for a long time, and I'm very proud to join such a great institution, Seydl said. KAM's commitment to research, its outstanding curators and nationally recognized exhibition program, the museums wonderful team and fine collection are what drew me to this role. As a European specialist, I have long admired its works of international importance paintings by Murillo and Lancret, for example, and its African collections are particularly renowned. As a curator, Jon Seyd ... More | | 
Carmen Herrera, Tondo (3 Colors= Black, yellow, white), 1958. Acrylic on canvas, 39.63 x 39.62 in (100.6 x 100.6 cm). Courtesy the artist and the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection. Photo: Vieri Tomaselli.
MIAMI, FLA.- The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation opened Triángulo Loló Soldevilla, Sandu Darie and Carmen Herrera, an exhibition of works by three major figures of Cuban geometric art. Triángulo is on view at the CIFO Art Space (1018 N Miami Avenue, Miami, FL) from December 6, 2017 March 4, 2018. Triángulo (Triangle) brings together the works of three key figures in the genesis of Cuban abstract art. Loló Soldevilla, Sandu Darie, and Carmen Herrera are three vertices of a story that runs along parallel paths that nevertheless cross: Geometry as a common language for a bold aesthetic renewal. Triángulo presents a confluence of the symbolic values of an essential mythology of space, taken by Loló Soldevilla to their most scientific conclusions; the formal artistic rigor of a new pictorial structuralism as formulated by Sandu Darie; and the wide-ranging ... More | | 
George Catlin (1796-1872), Ball-play of the Choctaw - Ball Up, 1846-50 (detail). oil on canvas. 25 ¾ x 32 in. Collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr., 1985.66.428A.
JACKSON, MIS.- Picturing Mississippi, 18172017: Land of Plenty, Pain, and Promise, the landmark exhibition exploring Mississippi identity, commemorates the 200th anniversary of Mississippis statehood. Illuminating the perception and depiction of Mississippi over more than 200 years, the exhibition showcases 175 works by 100 artists who either resided in the state, visited, or lived elsewhere and were compelled to respond to a multiplicity of subjects. From Choctaw objects and sweeping landscapes to portraiture and contemporary work, the exhibition reveals that Mississippi has continuously resonated with artists in powerful ways as lived experience, memory, and imagination. On view from December 9, 2017‒July 8, 2018, Picturing Mississippi is the sixteenth presentation in The Annie Laurie Swaim Hearin Memorial Exhibition Series at the Mississippi Museum of Art. The ... More |
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| First museum retrospective of photographer Eugene Richards opens at Nelson-Atkins | | President John F. Kennedy painting auctions for $162,500 at Heritage | | Exhibition explores definition of American family through photographs ranging from Victorian era to today | 
Eugene Richards, American (b. 1944), Wonder Bread, Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1975. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Eugene Richards. © Eugene Richards.
KANSAS CITY, MO.- Eugene Richardss photographs speak to the most profound aspects of human experience: birth, death, and human resilience amidst dire circumstances. Unflinching yet poetic, Richardss photographs are firmly rooted in the texture of lived experience. The first retrospective museum exhibition highlighting his internationally renowned career, Eugene Richards: The Run-On of Time, features 130 photographs and opens at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City Dec. 9. The exhibition was co-organized by the Nelson-Atkins and the George Eastman Museum and runs through April 15, 2018. Eugene Richards confronts challenging subjects with an impassioned honesty that is at once controversial, lyrical, beautiful and melancholy, said Julián Zugazagoitia, Menefee D. and Mary Louise Blackwell CEO & Director of the Nelson-Atkins. His ... More | | 
John F. Kennedy: A Rare Signed Original Painting by the 35th U.S. President.
DALLAS, TX.- A rare painting completed in 1955 by President John F. Kennedy and auctioned by Kennedy family heirs sold for $162,500 in Heritage Auctions Dec. 2 Americana & Political Auction. The auction realized $1,162,777 on period presidential memorabilia ranging from pinbacks to White House china. Collectors were hunting for the unique, said Tom Slater, director of Americana auctions at Heritage. We presented some of the most unusual relics seen in recent memory, including several fresh-to-market items that had remained in the same family for decades. The oil painting Kennedy completed in 1955 is believed to be one of just two known paintings by the President, the other being in the Kennedy Library. It hung in the bedroom of Robert and Ethel Kennedys home, Hickory Hill, and was eventually presented to their son upon his marriage to Victoria Gifford Kennedy. An important Cigar Store Indian ... More | | 
Ernest C. Withers, Twins at WDIA, Memphis, about 1948. Photograph, gelatin silver print. Sophie M. Friedman Fund. Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
BOSTON, MASS.- Bringing together more than 80 pictures taken by photographers from the 19th century to today, (un)expected families at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, explores the definition of the American familyfrom the families were born into to the ones weve chosen. The photographs in the exhibition, on view from December 9, 2017 through June 17, 2018, depict a wide range of relationshipsmultiple generations, romantic unions and alternative family structureswhether connected by DNA, shared life experiences, common interests or even a social media network. Encompassing both carefully staged portraits and serendipitous snapshots, the selection of vernacular, documentary and fine art photographs in (un)expected families illustrates that the concept of family has long taken many formsa subject ... More |
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 Shaker Museum / Mount Lebanon chooses Studio Analogous to design online collections websiteNEW LEBANON, NY.- In 2016 Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon received a $750,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to fund a wide-ranging project to bring its collections online. The Museum has retained the New York City based web design firm Studio Analogous to create a website that highlights the Museums unparalleled collection of Shaker material culture, including objects, publications, and archives. Two full-time project staff have been working with existing Museum staff and Boston-based freelance photographer John Mulligan to create digital records for the entire collection and to photograph a portion of the objects. The resulting website will allow users to explore the collection in depth and discover connections between objects, archival material, photographs, individual Shakers, and the various Shaker communities. We are honored and excited ... More Vintage petroliana signs with dazzling graphics bring strong dollars at Route 32 AuctionsCRAWFORDSVILLE, IND.- Advertising memorabilia showed strong prices at Route 32 Auctions debut auction on November 25th, held at Christys of Indiana in Indianapolis. Bidders were in attendance at the venue as well as on the internet and the phones. Route 32 Auctions is headquartered in Crawfordsville and specializes in petroliana, automobilia and general store memorabilia. Nearly 350 lots of original advertising memorabilia gas station and automobile dealership signs, gas pump globes, oil cans and more were consigned in what Kevin Parker, president and founder of Route 32 Auctions, called a very successful sale. More than 300 people attended the auction in person and over 350 people registered to bid online through Proxibid.com and HiBid.com. It was a no reserve auction, with everything being sold to the highest bidder. Bidders were excited ... More Pérez Art Museum Miami launches its first-ever augmented reality exhibition MIAMI, FLA.- Pérez Art Museum Miami launched its first-ever Augmented Reality (AR) exhibition featuring works by Miami-based artist Felice Grodin during Art Week in December. Felice Grodin: Invasive Species is a virtually interactive, digital exhibition of commissioned works that employs the technology of augmented reality (AR), and is accessible to visitors using iOS devices in PAMMs outdoor areas and in the Padma and Raj Vattikuti Learning Theatre on the museums first floor. This AR project is made possible thanks to a generous grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Visitors to the museum are able to experience Grodins digital artworks, brought to life using the PAMM app, which is powered by Cuseum. Influenced by geophilosophya field of thought shaped by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari that analyzes the ... More Sotheby's New York exhibits 240+ exemplary works of 20th century design NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys presents highlights from their two 13 December auctions of Important Design and Tiffany: Dreaming in Glass. Works from both auctions will be on public exhibition from tomorrow, 9 December in their York Avenue galleries, alongside the dedicated auction Masterworks by Tiffany Studios: The William A. Richardson Collection. Together the three sales will offer nearly 250 works. Sothebys announces highlights from our 13 December auction of Important Design. A carefully curated selection of historic and postwar designs spanning from 1870 through present day will be on offer, and is led by a suite of three rare Crocodile works by Claude Lalanne. The sale is further distinguished by an important rediscovery in the scholarship of Frank Lloyd Wright, an iconic Bone Armchair by Joris Laarman, as well as property from a number ... More Delayed Bolshoi 'Nureyev' to premiere with director under arrestMOSCOW, RUSSIA.- A Bolshoi Theatre ballet based on the life of Russian dance legend Rudolf Nureyev that was abruptly pulled in the summer will premiere Saturday, despite its director remaining under house arrest. In a move unprecedented in the theatre's modern history, the Bolshoi in July cancelled the world premiere of "Nureyev" just three days before opening night, after director Kirill Serebrennikov was questioned in a high-profile criminal inquiry. Management cited an under-rehearsed cast but many suspected it had been pulled because of the investigation or the ballet's treatment of Nureyev's homosexuality. Serebrennikov was placed under house arrest in August in a fraud case that has shocked the Russian arts community. In September, the Bolshoi announced a premiere was scheduled for the end of the year. "Sadly our request to the investigative ... More Studio Drift and BMW illuminate the night sky with a performance of 300 drones flying in Miami BeachMIAMI, FLA.- On the occasion of Art Basel in Miami Beach, Amsterdam based Studio Drift, Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta, presented their latest work Franchise Freedom a flying sculpture by Studio Drift in partnership with BMW. 300 illuminated drones moved across the sky above the ocean mimicking a flock of birds and creating a performative artwork at the interface between technology, science, and art. "Everything can be simulated in animation and virtual reality, but we think there is an importance in creating real experiences that you can feel and see with your own eyes in the real world, not only through a screen", says Lonneke Gordijn, co-founder of Studio Drift, Amsterdam. Hildegard Wortmann, Senior Vice President Brand BMW says: "It was Edmund Burkein the middle of the 18th century within his well-known treatise on the sublimewho wrote ... More Contemporary Art Qatar opens in BerlinBERLIN.- The largest ever showcase of contemporary arts from Qatar, presented by Qatar Museums as the finale of the Qatar Germany 2017 Year of Culture, opens at Berlins legendary Kraftwerk space on Saturday, 9 December 2017 until 3 January 2018. The large-scale exhibition Contemporary Art Qatar, covering an area of more than 7,500 sq metres, reflects the vibrancy of Qatars flourishing arts and cultural scene. It highlights the breadth and scope of Qatar Museums offer by drawing on work from its successful artists in residence programme, its Year of Culture activity, VCUQatar collaborations, Doha Film Institute Made in Qatar programme and other initiatives undertaken by the organisation. The exhibition is a reflection of Qatars culture presented from the perspective of the countrys national and resident population and international collaborators who ... More New exhibition: Kimchi and Chips Line Segments Space in QUAD Gallery DERBY.- QUAD in Derby presents the first UK showing of a mesmerising and immersive new exhibition in December. The installation Line Segments Space, by acclaimed Seoul-based artist and technology duo Kimchi and Chips, comprises of an architectural web of threads spanning the main QUAD Gallery space. In Line Segments Space, dynamic imaginary forms are articulated into physical volume by the material of this thread, and the semi-material of the light, the visual gravity of the filaments occupying the space between. It hangs, abstract and undefined, a set of thin positive elements segmenting the dark negative space between. The installation includes a specially designed soundtrack by Junghoon Pi. The work references Picassos light painting and Reticuláreas of Gego, whose work offers a contemplation of the material and immaterial, time ... More "Off the Beaten Track: A Road Trip through the Archives of American Art" opens in WashingtonWASHINGTON, DC.- The Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, (the Archives) presents a new exhibition from its expansive collection showcasing material from every state and the District of Columbia. Opening December 8, 2017, Off the Beaten Track: A Road Trip through the Archives of American Art features video recordings, photographs, sketches, diaries, and correspondence dating from 1830 to 2006. Together they reveal how artists have shaped and are shaped by their surroundings, illuminating uniquely American narratives state by state. Fruit jars being sterilized, Conway, 1938. Photograph by Dorothea Lange. Farm Security Administration (FSA) selected records and photographs, 1935-1942. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. The selection provides unexpected insights into local and regional histories, as well ... More From classical to contemporary: Saffronart's Online Auction sees excellent results across categoriesMUMBAI.- Saffronarts online auction, From Classical to Contemporary, concluded last evening with 98 lots out of 121 lots being sold for INR 16 crore (USD 2.5 million). Offering a panoramic view of Indian art, the auction saw a strong demand for antiquities and modernists. Works by S H Raza, Akbar Padamsee, Arpita Singh, F N Souza, M F Husain, Manjit Bawa and Jagdish Swaminathan were in the top ten lots. Commenting on the sale, CEO Hugo Weihe said, We were thrilled with the excellent results for our auction spanning Classical, modern and contemporary Indian art. Demand was strong across categories, with collectors seeing the artworks in relation to each other. It was particularly encouraging to see buyers of modern and contemporary art expand their collection by acquiring antiquities from this sale. The auction opened with two early terracotta figurines of mother ... More William Kaufman Organization launches immersive art gallery at 2 GansevoortNEW YORK, NY.- With a display worthy of its spot just three blocks from the new Whitney Museum and the High Line, a large-scale gallery by The William Kaufman Organization launched a publicly-accessible art gallery within its 2 Gansevoort Street office building in the Meatpacking District. An immersive contemporary art exhibition was unveiled inside the lobby of the landmarked, nine-story office property, situated at the intersection of West 13th, Horatio and Gansevoort Streets. Upon entering the lobby, which is open to the general public, guests will encounter a floor-to-ceiling, 7-by-12-foot illuminated art portal on the sides of the entrance and on the ceiling, as well as a massive 18-by-11 foot panel behind the lobby desk. This configuration allows visitors to visually immerse themselves in incredible outdoor locales. Hamburg-based independent photographer ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, The Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum opened December 9,. NEW YORK, NY.- U.S. actress Claire Danes and Italian fashion designer Valentino arrive at a party to celebrate the opening of a virtual museum dedicated to him, in New York, December 7, 2011.
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