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Camille Pissarro, Plum Trees in Blossom, Ãragny, 1894. Oil on canvas, 60 x 73 cm. Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen. Photo: Anders Sune Berg.
OTTAWA.- A landmark show opens at the National Gallery of Canada: the first and only presentation in North America of paintings from the world-renowned Ordrupgaard collection. Impressionist Treasures: The Ordrupgaard Collection, on view until September 9, 2018, offers a survey of leading artistic movements in French painting from the beginning of the nineteenth century through to Impressionism and Post-impressionism, as well as works from the Danish Golden Age. In one compelling presentation, the luminous landscapes of Camille Corot, Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro and Paul Cézanne, are displayed alongside the realist landscapes and hunting scenes of Gustave Courbet, the still-lifes of Ãdouard Manet and Henri Matisse, the intimate portraits of Edgar Degas, Berthe Morisot and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Paul Gauguins sensual paintings, as well as the unparalleled works from the Danish Golden Age, including those by C. W. Ecke ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Part of a sculpture is seen at the new archaeological discovery at the Tak'Alik A'Baj archaeological site, in Asintal municipality, Retalhuleu department, 125 km southwest of Guatemala City on July 20, 2018. JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFP
| First moonwalker Neil Armstrong's private collection to be sold at Heritage Auctions | | Robin Williams possessions up for auction in New York | | Russian Gulag museum forced to shut by authorities | 
Fragment of Wright Brothers Flyer wing from Armstrong Family Collection. Photo: CAG.
DALLAS, TX.- The vast personal collection of Neil Armstrong, who as the first man to walk on the moon changed the course of human history, will be presented in a series of auctions beginning November 1-2, 2018 by Heritage Auctions. The Armstrong Family Collection will offer never-before-seen artifacts from his momentous lunar landing to private mementos including pieces of a wing and propeller from the 1903 Wright Brothers flight that Armstrong took with him to the moon, a gold pin from Gemini VIII, Armstrongs first mission, and historic correspondence about the planning that went into the moon mission. The auctions will coincide with the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission. There will be flown items, autographed items and items of historical significance, son Mark Armstrong said. There will be items that make you think, items that make you laugh and items that make you scratch your head. On July 2 ... More | | 
Robin with Thinker © Arthur Grace.
NEW YORK (AFP).- Art work, film memorabilia and personal items owned by the late actor Robin Williams will go under the hammer in New York this October, more than four years after his death, Sotheby's announced Friday. The Oscar-winner, movie veteran, stand-up comedian and television star was one of Hollywood's most popular entertainers whose tragic death in August 2014 triggered an outpouring of emotion the world over. Items owned by Williams and his second wife, film producer and philanthropist Marsha Garces Williams, will go on sale on October 4 with proceeds going to charities they championed, Sotheby's said. The dedicated sale will include autographed scripts, awards, props, street art by Banksy, more than 40 watches, bicycles and sports memorabilia, furniture and art, the auction house said. Lots include a Hogwarts school robe worn by Daniel Radcliffe in the 2001 movie "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," valued ... More | | 
In this file photo a visitor examines the multimedia displays showing Stalin's funeral, during the opening ceremony of a museum dedicated to the Soviet Gulag labour camp system, on the National Day commemorating the victims of Stalin-era repression on October 30, 2015 in Moscow. AFP PHOTO / VASILY MAXIMOV.
MOSCOW (AFP).- A Russian museum dedicated to the Gulag has been forced to close, its director said Friday, in the latest case of authorities putting pressure on those researching the Soviet-era camps. "We no longer have access to the museum, and yesterday there was an attempt to seize the exhibits, probably at the request of the town hall," Nikolai Arakcheyev, director of the institute in Yoshkar-Ola, western Russia, told AFP. A source in the local culture ministry told AFP on condition of anonymity that the building had been closed because it was in a state of disrepair and was "a danger to visitors". The ministry was not immediately able to provide a comment on the record. The ... More |
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| Rare Bob Dylan handwritten letter sold for nearly $30,000 at auction | | Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills opens exhibition of works by Tom Wesselmann | | Taiwan protesters pelt paint at famous Chiang Kai-shek statue | 
The one-page letter postmarked July 26, 1975.
BOSTON, MASS.- A rare handwritten letter by Bob Dylan to an old Greenwich Village friend sold for $29,645 according to Boston-based RR Auction. The one-page letter postmarked July 26, 1975. Letter to musician Debbie Green Andersen, in part: Usually I write songs and put it all there so I don't write too many letters. Are you still in New York? I am. If you are, I am making a record starting Monday. You can sing on it if you want. Columbia Studios. 50th and Madison. Studio E. If not maybe next time. The recipient, Debbie Green (1940-2017), was a talented folk musician who taught Joan Baez the guitar and later toured and recorded with her husband, singer-songwriter Eric Andersen, as part of the Greenwich Village folk scene during the 1960s. The couple moved to California in 1970, had a child, and then separated. In early 1975, after a dinner with Eric Kaz in the Village, Green made an impromptu vocal performance at The Bitter End in what turned o ... More | | 
Tom Wesselmann, Wesselmann: 1963-1983, Installation View, 2018. Artwork © Estate of Tom Wesselmann/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo by Jeff McLane. Courtesy of The Estate of Tom Wesselmann and Gagosian.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Gagosian is presenting Wesselmann: 19631983, an exhibition of seven monumental paintings made by Tom Wesselmann over a span of two decades. This is the first time this group of works has been shown on the West Coast. During the 1950s, when Wesselmann was a student at Cooper Union in New York, his drawings often took the form of hybrid collages that incorporated sketches and scraps of wallpaper and advertisements that he found in the New York City subway. As experimentation evolved into technique, his early assemblage paintings, which included functional objects and gadgets, gave way to shaped canvas paintings in which objects are arranged in space as tableaux. Diverging from the Abstract Expressionist principles that reigned ... More | | 
Red paint is seen on the exterior of the Chiang Kai-shek memorial hall in Taipei on July 20, 2018. SAM YEH / AFP.
TAIPEI (AFP).- Protesters threw egg shells filled with red paint onto a statue of former leader Chiang Kai-shek at one of Taiwan's best-known landmarks Friday, as the island grapples with its authoritarian past. The imposing Chiang Kai-shek memorial hall in the capital Taipei is a popular tourist attraction and the bronze 6.3-metre-tall (20-feet) seated statue is its centrepiece. Police said two people were detained after the sculpture was left smeared with red paint and egg shells strewn around its base. Chiang is seen by many as symbolic of a brutal military regime which purged thousands of opponents until his death in 1975 and it is not the first time his statues have been targeted. For many youths on the island, Chiang is also synonymous with the authoritarianism that wary Taiwanese now equate with mainland China, which still views the self-ruling island as part of its ... More |
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| Exhibition of new sculpture by Charles Long inaugurates Tanya Bonakdar Gallery's space in Los Angeles | | Martin Luther King Jr. letter on Vietnam & more added to Guernsey's auction | | Sri Lanka's Galle stadium faces axe over Dutch Fort | 
Installation view.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Tanya Bonakdar Gallery opened its doors in Los Angeles with husbands sons fathers brothers, an exhibition of new sculpture by Charles Long, marking the artists twelfth solo presentation with the gallery. The four works which make up the exhibition were born within the circumference of the artists major installation, paradigm lost, currently on view in the Hammer Museum's Made in LA. If paradigm lost offers a place to contemplate a new paradigm amidst the aftermath of an imagined patriarchal apocalypse, husbands sons fathers brothers presents the prologuethe paradigms of identities we still must contend with before they can be properly abolished and transcended. What these two distinct bodies of work do share is a relentless common denominator: a sole motif divined by Long from an anatomical cross-section of human male genital anatomy, which also resembles a kind of ancient mask. Each of Longs four ... More | | 
A powerful letter from 1964 in which Martin Luther King Jr. speaks of his opposition to the Vietnam War. Estimate $15,000 - $25,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- The auction features 700 lots comprised of cultural and historical documents, manuscripts, African American movies and music, with a focus on the Civil Rights movement. Three exciting new items were just added to the block including: A powerful letter from 1964 in which Martin Luther King Jr. speaks of his opposition to the Vietnam War stating that it is his deep belief that every citizen of this country should speak out against this intolerable war
not only is the war reprehensible on moral grounds, but practically, it is draining billions of dollars from urgently needed federal assistance programs for our own citizens, black and white
I encourage you to speak out. Est. $10,000 - $20,000 The legendary wooden upright piano from the iconic Motown Records Recording Studios which was used in recording sessions by many of the era's greatest musicians: Marvin ... More | | 
In this file photo taken on March 10, 2017 Sri Lankan schoolchildren stand on top of a 17th century Dutch fort overlooking Galle Stadium. LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI / AFP.
COLOMBO (AFP).- Sri Lanka's picturesque Galle cricket stadium could be demolished because its pavilion stand violated heritage laws protecting a 17th century Dutch fort, the government said Friday. Cultural Affairs Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe told parliament the fort risked loosing UNESCO World Heritage status because of unauthorised construction, including the 500-seat pavilion. "We have to decide if we want to remain in the World Heritage list or keep the pavilion," Rajapakshe said. The Galle stadium is one of the most renowned in the world because of its setting. Rajapkshe noted however that the government plans to build another stadium in Galle, 115 kilometres (72 miles) south of Colombo. "We could have another cricket grounds in Galle soon," he added. The Galle pavilion was built in 2008, four ... More |
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| Sondra Perry's first major U.S. museum exhibition opens at ICA Miami | | Exhibition forges individual and collective identities across diasporas, dislocations, and reformations | | All-new contemporary galleries open at Carnegie Museum of Art | 
Sondra Perry, Typhoon coming on (still), 2018. Courtesy the artist.
MIAMI, FLA.- The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami is presenting the countrys first solo exhibition by rising American artist Sondra Perry. Featuring work recently shown at Serpentine Gallery in London in a completely new exhibition design for ICA Miami, Typhoon Coming On explores Perrys use ofvideo, media, installation and performance to create powerful narratives that explore the intersection of black identity, digital culture and power. The exhibition opened this summer at ICA Miami on July 13. Perry creates work about blackness, black femininity and African American heritage. Through her use of digital tools and platformsfrom blue-screen technology and 3D avatars to found footage from the Internether works reflect on the ways digital technology can shape identity and representation. Net neutrality and principles of open access are key to Perrys practice. Promoting ideas of collective production and action, ... More | | 
Didier William, We Will Win, 2017. Ink and wood carving on panel, unframed: 24 x 18 in. (60.96 x 45.72 cm.).
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is showcasing the work of artists Didier William and Nestor Armando Gil/Taller Workshop in the exhibition SWARM., on view from June 30 September 9, 2018 in both the Fisher Brooks and Morris Galleries, across the campus of PAFAs Samuel M.V. Hamilton and Historic Landmark Buildings. To swarm is to teem, to converge and to confront en masse, period. SWARM. beckons viewers, as an imperative, to physically and intellectually swarm conceptions of colonialism in order to disarm narratives of power. SWARM. is organized into five thematic sections which explore revolution, spirituality, process, migratory identity, and affect, in which William and Gil reveal their multilayered Haitian and Cuban heritages, respectively, inflected by the diasporic communities they call home in the United States. Viewers will encounter ... More | | 
Cindy Sherman, Untitled #147, 1985 (detail). Chromogenic print, Carnegie Museum of Art, Courtesy of the Artist and Metro Pictures.
PITTSBURGH, PA.- Carnegie Museum of Art announces Crossroads: Carnegie Museum of Arts Collection, 1945 to Now, a major reinstallation of the museums galleries dedicated to postwar and contemporary art. Opened to the public on July 20, Crossroads mines the collections depth, diversity, and eccentricities, situating the work of artists at the intersections of history, society, politics, and biography. Instead of a strictly chronological hang, each gallery represents a chapter in the larger story of CMOAs world-class collection. Andrew Carnegies mandate to acquire the art of our time has resulted in a collection that is more than the sum of its parts, says Eric Crosby, CMOAs Richard Armstrong Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. I hope Crossroads will allow visitors to see art of the recent past through the lens of the present and to connect with themes and ... More |
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 "Mindbender Mansion," a unique experience for all ages, opens at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science DENVER, COLO.- Enter Mindbender Mansion, a quirky place full of puzzles, brainteasers and interactive challenges that put minds of all ages to the test. This unique, high-energy experience opened at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science on July 20. Mindbender Mansion is a series of thematic rooms filled with dozens of puzzle stations and challenges that get your whole body and brain moving. The activities combine the best of childhood playfulness, mental acuity and teamwork in a lively atmosphere. The exhibition is free with general admission. The slightly mysterious and distinctly wacky Mr. E, a member of the Mindbender Society, greets you in a video introduction and guides you through the mansion. You will be encouraged to gather clues at puzzle stations and secret vaults in the rooms. Once you have gathered enough clues, ... More The Baltimore Museum of Art opens 'Maren Hassinger: The Spirit of Things'BALTIMORE, MD.- The Baltimore Museum of Art and Art + Practice are presenting a solo exhibition by artist Maren Hassinger in Baltimore from July 18 to November 25, 2018. Maren Hassinger: The Spirit of Things features a career-spanning selection of sculptures, drawings, photographs of performances, and videos that explore the emotional dynamics of relationships amongst different communities of people and the environments in which they live. The exhibition is being presented in the BMAs contemporary wing. This is the third exhibition the BMA has co-organized with Art + Practice, said BMA Dorothy Wagner Wallis Director Christopher Bedford. With her Los Angeles roots, her ties to Baltimore through the Maryland Institute College of Art, and a distinguished and varied career, Maren Hassinger is the perfect subject for this bi-coastal presentation ... More Jennifer Klahn joins deCordova as Deputy Director for External Affairs, Sarah Montross appointed to CuratorLINCOLN, MASS.- DeCordova announced that Jennifer Klahn has joined deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum as Deputy Director for External Affairs. In this role, Klahn will be responsible for the growth and success of fundraising programs and the increased visibility of the Sculpture Park and Museum. Additionally, deCordova has appointed Sarah Montross to Curator, for which she will continue organizing exciting indoor and outdoor exhibitions, sculpture projects, and programming. As Deputy Director for External Affairs, Klahn will lead the strategic growth of the development, membership, corporate art loan program, and marketing functions in support of deCordova's advancement and greater prominence within the regional, national, and international contemporary art communities. To this position, Klahn brings over 15 years of development ... More Toledo Museum of Art engages the senses and the natural world in new gallery installation TOLEDO, OH.- A multisensory art installation of video, new media and works on paper by artists from around the world launches a recently renovated gallery dedicated to contemporary art at the Toledo Museum of Art. Sights & Sounds: Art, Nature and the Senses presents modern and contemporary works of art in a variety of media that explore and relate to the natural world. Many of the works are recent acquisitions installed for the first time, while others from TMAs acclaimed collection have only been shown occasionally. The installation, curated by TMA Director of Curatorial Affairs Halona Norton-Westbrook, will be on view exclusively at TMA from July 21, 2018, through Feb. 24, 2019. Admission is free. Sights & Sounds: Art, Nature, and the Senses is the first in a series of contemporary installations planned for the newly renovated TMA gallery space. The diversity ... More Illustrations of Robert McCloskey on view at the Cincinnati Art MuseumCINCINNATI, OH.- The Cincinnati Art Museum celebrates Hamilton, Ohios own Robert McCloskey (1914-2003) with the special exhibition Make Way for Ducklings: The Art of Robert McCloskey, on view July 20September 9, 2018. The exhibition delves into the life and legacy of the writer and illustrator of numerous classic childrens books that have captivated readers of all ages for generations. The recipient of two Caldecott Medals and three Caldecott Honors, McCloskey was a major force in twentieth century childrens literature. Organized by The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts, Make Way for Ducklings consists of over 100 original artworks, ephemera and rare preliminary book materials. While emphasis centers on the classic picture book Make Way for Ducklings (1941), the exhibition considers McCloskeys entire body of work. ... More Seattle Art Fair announces acquisition gift to Frye Art MuseumSEATTLE, WA.- The Seattle Art Fair, presented by AIG, announced a new partnership with the Frye Art Museum, which will expand the Museums permanent collection and further the Fairs engagement with Seattles cultural community year-round. "It was the intention of our founders to have an inclusive mission, to provide the residents of Seattle with free access to the arts. We strive to fulfill this vision in a way that remains relevant today, so we are thrilled with this opportunity to expand and diversify the Fryes contemporary holdings, said Joseph Rosa of the Frye Art Museum. In keeping with our goals to support the local artistic community as well as to bring global perspectives to the region, we will acquire works that add new important voices to our collection. The Frye Art Museum is a free, public museum with approximately 1,500 artworks ... More Three barn-finds shake off the dust to sell at H&H Classics car sale in BuxtonLONDON.- H&H Classics sold an absolute gem at its Buxton, Derbyshire, auction yesterday July 19th - a 1962 E-Type Jaguar, which has been in storage for 35 years in Moray, Scotland. It has just 66,551 miles on the clock and will make the perfect restoration project. It achieved almost twice its pre-sale estimate of £40,000 after brisk bidding to make £77,000. This delightful sleeping beauty is totally original in every way. The barn find 1962 3.8 E-Type Coupe, matching numbers, complete, heritage certificate, V5C, reg no 399 ELC was sold at NO RESERVE. Roger Nowell of the H&H Classics sales team was the lucky man to discover this gem sitting quietly in its garage where it has been parked for the past 35 years! The joy of this job is that now and then you stumble across a car that you just know is going to excite other car lovers ... More A rarely seen painting makes its West Coast debutRENO, NEV.- Simon Dinnersteins tour de force The Fulbright Triptych makes its West Coast debut in a traveling exhibition this summer. The Lasting World: Simon Dinnerstein and The Fulbright Triptych presents the noted New York artists rarely seen magnum opus, and several works that illustrate the breadth of his five-decade career. The exhibition explores Dinnersteins creative arc from early, hyperrealist works to introspective and fantastical later works. Organized by the Museum of Art & Archaeology, University of Missouri, in collaboration with the Nevada Museum of Art, The Lasting World launched an American tour in July 2017. It will make its way to the Nevada Museum of Art later this summer, where it will be on view July 21, 2018 through January 6, 2019. The Lasting Worlds centerpiece is The Fulbright Triptych, a monumental three-part work ... More Drawings from best-selling book '101 Things to Learn in Art School' donated to Luther W. Brady Art GalleryWASHINGTON, DC.- Kit White, author of the best-selling book 101 Things to Learn in Art School, gifted 82 of his original drawings from the book to the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery at the George Washington University in honor of the gallerys namesake, Luther W. Brady (BA 46, MD48). The gallery recently relocated to the historic Flagg Building, home of the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design. In the book, Mr. White develops art school lessons and offers both technical advice and educated concepts. A drawing, based on historical or contemporary works of art, complements each concept. The highly detailed drawings, in the style of well-known artists may be used by fine arts faculty and students at the Corcoran. It was always clear that [the drawings] had a role in the pedagogy of art, and I conceived of them as illustration not just of ideas, but of the ... More Tom Marioni's famous beer salon comes to Colorado Springs in special exhibition at the Fine Arts CenterCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO.- The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College is presenting special exhibition Tom Marioni: The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends is the Highest Form of Art, on view July 14-Sept. 9, 2018. In 1970, California-based conceptual artist Tom Marioni invited 16 friends to have a drink with him at the Oakland Museum of California, the museums curator provided the beer, and a tradition was born. By 1973, the artist was hosting weekly salons in his studio and staging the still-ongoing participatory and social piece at designated times, presented in various contexts and by museums across the globe. Though superficially lighthearted, this installation suggests that communion with others, conversation and open dialogue, the exchange of ideas, knowledge, information and philosophies, and shared experiences are the greatest possible ... More Commonwealth and Council opens group exhibition at 47 CanalNEW YORK, NY.- Commonwealth and Council is a gallery in Koreatown, Los Angeles. Its program is rooted in it commitment to explore how a community of artists can sustain our co-existence through generosity and hospitality. Commonwealth and Council celebrates our manifold identities and experiences through the shared dialogue of artchampioning practices by women, queer, POC, and ally artists to build counter-histories that reflect our individual and collective realities. In October 2010, the living room was cleared in an apartment on Commonwealth avenue and Council street for Gala PorrasKims solo show, I Want to Prepare to Learn Something I Dont Know. Porras-Kim charted her efforts at learning Korean, her mother tongue which was foreign to her due to her growing up in Colombia before moving to the U.S. as a political refugee. She tried to dismantle her ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American model and photographer Lee Miller died July 21, 1977. Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, Lady Penrose (April 23, 1907 - July 21, 1977), was an American photographer and photojournalist. She was a fashion model in New York City in the 1920s before going to Paris, where she became a fashion and fine art photographer. During the Second World War, she was a war correspondent for Vogue, covering events such as the London Blitz, the liberation of Paris, and the concentration camps at Buchenwald and Dachau. In this image: Pablo Picasso and Lee Miller after the liberation of Paris, Rue de Grand Augustins, Paris, France, 1944. Photographer: Lee Miller. Negative Number: NC0002-1. Notes: DF VB>BW © Lee Miller Archives, England 2015. All rights reserved. ©Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2015.
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