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A model of a feathered Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur stands in a new exhibit called 'T. Rex: The Ultimate Predator' at the American Museum of Natural History, March 4, 2019 in New York City. The new exhibit will open to the public on March 11. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP.
NEW YORK, NY.- Everyone knows Tyrannosaurus rex. But did you know that T. rex hatchlings were fluffy and gangly, more like turkeys than the massive killing machines they grew up to be? Or that T. rex evolved from a large group of dinosaurs that were, for the most part, small, and fast? Or how about that the mega-predator had the rare ability to pulverize and digest bones? T. rex: The Ultimate Predator, the first major exhibition of the American Museum of Natural Historys 150th anniversary celebration, will introduce you to the entire tyrannosaur family and reveal the amazing story of the most iconic dinosaur in the world through life-sized modelsincluding the most scientifically accurate representation of T. rex to datefossils and casts, engaging interactives, and the Museums first multiplayer virtual reality experience. Founded in 1869, the Museum has a long and celebrated history of international exploration and research in ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A picture taken on March 7, 2019 in Lyon shows a view of the molding collections of L'Universite Lumiere Lyon 2, covering a vast period from Antiquity to the 19th century, now presented in the beautifully renovated setting of an old factory. JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK / AFP
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| | | Sotheby's to offer the most important collection of Color Field paintings ever to appear at auction | | Exhibition of new works by Takashi Murakami on view at Gagosian Beverly Hills | | Christie's to offer the Collection of Drue Heinz |
Mark Rothko, Untitled (Red and Burgundy Over Blue). Oil on paper mounted on board, 48 by 40 ½ in. Executed in 1969. Estimate $9/12 million. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys announced that they will offer works from the esteemed private collection of Blema and H. Arnold Steinberg across a series of sales through 2019. Passionately assembled across decades by the Canadian collectors from the mid-1960s through to 2014, the 100+ works offered this year together are estimated to achieve in excess of $40 million. While representing the vast sphere of artistic innovation that took place across the United States and Canada in the post-war decades, from Abstract Expressionism to the Hard Edge and Minimalist movements, the heart of the Steinberg Collection lies in its extraordinary assemblage of Color Field painting - the finest ever to appear at auction. In addition to important works by Agnes Martin, Robert Motherwell, Helen Frankenthaler, Kenneth Noland ... More | |
Takashi Murakami, Field of Flowers, 2019. Acrylic and platinum leaf on canvas mounted on aluminum frame, 16 7/16 à 13 3/16 in. © 2019 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Courtesy Gagosian.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Gagosian is presenting GYATEI², new works by Takashi Murakami, as the 2019 Oscars show, a much-anticipated annual fixture on the Los Angeles cultural calendar. Drawing from traditional Japanese painting, sci-fi, anime, and pop culture, Murakamis oeuvre comprises paintings, sculptures, films, and a stream of commercial products populated by mutating characters of his own creation. His iconoclastic individualism continues the nonconformist legacy of the Edo Eccentrics, a group of eighteenth-century Japanese artists who constructed a powerfully imaginative world filled with bizarre and emotive imagery. The exhibition title comes from the Buddhist Hannya Shingyo (Heart Sutra), a popular sutra in Mahayana Buddhism. The incantation is often chanted by Zen groups before ... More | |
Henri Matisse, Nu à la fenêtre. Estimate: $7-10 million. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies will present The Collection of Drue Heinz, which encompasses a remarkable selection of fine art that will be offered throughout Christies New York Impressionist and Modern Evening and Day Sales in May. The collection of Drue Heinz is a reflection of her keen observation and innate eye. Heinz was married to H.J. (Jack) Heinz II CEO of the H. J. Heinz Company from 1953 until his death in 1987, and she made most of her acquisitions over the course of their three decades of marriage. Throughout her life, Heinz enjoyed nothing more than taking on new endeavors that advanced the work of emerging artists of all kinds. Her spirit is very much reflected within her collection, and as such, proceeds from its sale will go to support her beloved Hawthornden Literary Retreat among other charitable projects. From these and other benefactions one takes away the overall impression of an energetic ... More |
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| | | El Anatsui's first ever survey exhibition in Europe opens at Haus der Kunst | | Andrew Jones Auctions' first Design for the Home and Garden delivers strong results | | Exhibition at Kunstmuseum Luzern focuses on the museum's collecting activities |
El Anatsui at Haus der Kunst, 2019. Photo: Maximilian Geuter.
MUNICH.- El Anatsui's survey exhibition "Triumphant Scale" at Haus der Kunst the first ever in Europe is the most comprehensive and detailed presentation of his oeuvre thus far. Occupying the entire East Wing, the exhibition comprises key works from five decades of the artist's career. At the core of the exhibition, which focuses on the triumphant and monumental nature of El Anatsui's groundbreaking oeuvre, are the bottle-cap works from the last two decades, with their majestic, imposing presence and dazzling colors. The exhibition also presents the lesser known wood sculptures and wall reliefs from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s, ceramic sculptures from the 1970s, as well as drawings, prints, and sketchbooks. The exhibition reveals the artist's tireless preoccupation with the question of how a contemporary sculptural concept can be developed from the rich plastic innovations of classical and traditional African art. El Ana ... More | |
Italian life-size carved Carrara marble figure of a Young Columbus by Giulio Monteverde (Italian, 1837-1917), done circa 1871 ($35,000).
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Andrew Jones Auctions first Design for the Home and Garden auction of the New Year, on Sunday, March 3rd, featured about 400 lots of market fresh fine furniture, art, jewelry, silver, ceramics, decorative arts, carpets and design from prominent local collections and estates. The sale achieved a 95 percent sell-through, grossing $1.1 million. The sale was held online (via Bidsquare.com, Invaluable.com and LiveAuctioneers.com), and in Andrew Jones Auctions spacious gallery, at 2221 South Main Street in downtown Los Angeles. Previews were held on days leading up to auction, and phone and absentee bids were accepted. I really enjoyed our busy preview and discussing the whole range of property we offered, beautifully displayed, with experienced collectors, old friends and curious, new-to-auction buyers, said company president and CEO Andrew Jones, adding, Its truly a joy to share ... More | |
Léopold Robert, Kinderbildnis, 1831. Ãl auf Leinwand, 32 x 24 cm, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Leihgabe aus Privatbesitz.
LUCERNE.- Compiling a pictorial archive for the general public was one of the main objectives of the Kunstgesellschaft when it was founded in 1819. The exhibition NEWS! shows how this objective is handled today. The exhibition pays particular attention to ensuring that new acquisitions suit the Kunstmuseum Lucerne's current holdings in some way, are linked with or complement them. For this reason the exhibition focuses the museum's collecting activities on four areas which can be easily recognised in the NEWS! exhibition: 1. Art of the 1970s as a direct consequence of the legendary exhibitions under the directorships of Jean-Christophe Amman and Martin Kunz; 2. Historical art with a reference to Central Switzerland, i.e., views of the landscape, portraits of related personalities, but also works by artists living and working here; 3. Art by contemporary artists of supra-regional importance but from Central ... More |
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| | | Peabody Essex Museum names Brian Kennedy as Executive Director and CEO | | World's first graffiti-busting laser helps Florence's 'Angels' | | Worcester Porcelain Gallery reopens at Chrysler Museum |
Presently serving as the President, Director, and CEO of the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) in Ohio, Kennedy will assume his new role at PEM on July 15, 2019.
SALEM, MASS.- The Peabody Essex Museum announced today that Brian Kennedy will become the next Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Executive Director and CEO. Presently serving as the President, Director, and CEO of the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) in Ohio, Kennedy will assume his new role at PEM on July 15, 2019. Kennedy takes the helm at a momentous juncture in PEMs history as it prepares to open a new, 40,000-square-foot wing and undertakes a complete reinstallation of its galleries as part of the museums landmark $650M Connect Campaign. The museum initiated a hiring search in October 2018 following the retirement announcement of Dan Monroe, PEMs Executive Director and CEO for the last 25 years. Brian Kennedy brings global perspective and experience to PEM. He has a passion for art and culture, and for the powerful effect of art experiences on individuals and communities, says ... More | |
Paolo Salvadeo, general manager of Italian laser industry group El.En., one of the leading global players in the LASER world providing industrial, medical and conservation laser solutions, poses by graffitis on the Ponte Vecchio. Tiziana FABI / AFP.
FLORENCE (AFP).- A beam of silver light erases scrawled black letters on Florence's historic Ponte Vecchio, as "Angels" wielding a revolutionary new laser wage war on graffiti in the UNESCO site. Gold glints in the windows of the tiny jeweller boutiques that line the medieval stone bridge, but it is the scribbled messages left by tourists, and passionate declarations by would-be Romeos, that catch the eye. "My big cat, I love you," reads one, while others feature interlocking hearts or clumsily drawn flowers. Now a team of volunteers in the Tuscan city dubbed the "Angels of Beauty" is determined to restore famous monuments to their former glory thanks to a latest-generation infrared wand, donated by Italian laser developer El.En. Group. "The laser evaporates the graffiti, without damaging the stone underneath," Daniela ... More | |
Water Bottle, Queen Charlotte Pattern, ca. 176070. L80.258.27B. On loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise & Henry Clay Hofheimer, II. Photo: Ed Pollard.
NORFOLK, VA.- The Chrysler Museum of Art transports visitors to 18th-century England with the reinstallation of its porcelain gallery. Nearly 200 pieces of First Period Worcester porcelain, made in England between 1751 and 1783, are on view, including marvelous examples of tea services, tableware and decorative objects in a variety of colors and designs. The pieces are from the Hofheimer Collection. We are excited to offer a fresh perspective on these beautiful objects. The reinstallation allows us to bring each piece to life in new and interesting ways and encourages our visitors to engage with the collection. We explore themes related to the history, design and use of the pieces, said Carolyn Swan Needell, Ph.D., the Chrysler Museums Carolyn and Richard Barry Curator of Glass. The new display is organized thematically and includes in-depth information about the form and function of the objects, the distinct blue and white col ... More |
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| | | Ismar Littmann Family Collection shines in Swann Galleries' Prints & Drawings Sale | | Peter Hujar: Speed of Life completes the winter 2019 exhibition program at the Wexner Center for the Arts | | Monterey Museum of Art announces Judy Chicago acquisitions in celebration of 60th anniversary year |
Vincent van Gogh, Homme à la Pipe: Portrait du Docteur Gachet, etching, 1890. Sold for $106,250.
NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Galleries sale of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings on March 5 earned $2.7M, with property from the Ismar Littmann Family Collection of German Expressionism & European Avant-Garde forming the cornerstone of the auction. Of the Littmann Family collection Todd Weyman, Prints & Drawings Director and Vice President of the house, noted, We are very pleased with sale of property from the Littmann Family. We surpassed the total low estimate for the collection and saw active bidding for items from both American and European private collectors alike with Käthe Kollwitz, Otto Mueller, Emil Orlik and Max Pechstein being standout artists. Top lots from the collection included Sommer I, 1912, by Max Pechstein, which surged past its high estimate of $15,000, bringing $81,250, a record for the work, as well as Pechsteins Reisebilder: ItalienSudsee, 1919, which earned $25,000. A pair of color ... More | |
Peter Hujar, Gay Liberation Front Poster Image, 1969. Gelatin silver print. Purchased on The Charina Endowment Fund, The Morgan Library & Museum, 2013.108:1.76 © Peter Hujar Archive, LLC, image courtesy of Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York and Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco.
COLUMBUS, OH.- The Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University complements its exhibition of John Waters: Indecent Exposure with Peter Hujar: Speed of Life. The exhibition of 140 photographs by the enormously influential late artist was organized by the Morgan Library and Museum in New York and Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid, and is making its only Midwest appearance at the Wex. Hujars commitment to his artistic vision made everything else secondary commercial success, mainstream recognition, personal relationships, explains Curator at Large Bill Horrigan, who organized the exhibitions presentation at the Wex. Its only now, with the perspective of three decades, that hes recognized as having given form ... More | |
Judy Chicago (b. 1939). In My Mother's House, ca. 1962 - 1964, acrylic on stoneware, 24 x 18 x 6 in. (60.96 x 45.72 x 15.24 cm), ©Judy Chicago, Monterey Museum of Art.
MONTEREY, CA.- The Monterey Museum of Art announces recent major collection acquisitions of two works by formative Feminist artist Judy Chicago in celebration of the Museums 60th Anniversary year and on the heels of the Year of the Woman 2018. Newly acquired works by Chicago and other artists will be on view at MMA Pacific Street beginning Friday, March 15, 2019. Recently recognized as one of Time Magazines 100 Most Influential People, Chicago attended graduate school at the University of California Los Angeles where she developed her characteristic style. Chicago went on to become a formative artist of the California Feminist Movement, establishing the Feminist Art Program at such prestigious institutions as California Institute of the Arts and Fresno State College. Both MMA acquisitions date to this period just out of ... More |
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Works by Women Drive Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Auction
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Musical carousel highlights 100 lapidary treasures from the Estate of Gerard L. Cafesjian at Bonhams
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams Los Angeles presents 100 Lapidary Treasures from The Estate of Gerard L. Cafesjian, a personal collection that reflects Mr. Cafesjians love of gemology, color and form. Highlighting the collection is magnificent illuminated/automated musical gemstone and gold carousel by Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof, circa 1991 (estimate on request). This unique and extraordinary carousel was commissioned directly by Mr. Cafesjian from the artist, and required 960 hours of stone sculpting and cutting, 3250 hours of gold-smithing and 210 hours of stone setting to complete. In addition, there are two online-only sales: Gemstones from The Estate of Gerard L. Cafesjian and Minerals from The Estate of Gerard L. Cafesjian, which are currently open for bidding and end on March 16. Born in 1925 in Brooklyn, New York to Armenian immigrant parents, he first served ... More
Zorba composer Mikis Theodorakis in hospital with heart trouble
ATHENS (AFP).- Renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis, who wrote the music for the classic 1964 film "Zorba the Greek", has been hospitalised in Athens for over a week with heart trouble, his hospital said Thursday. Theodorakis, 93, was transferred on February 26 to the private Iatriko Kentro clinic in a northern suburb of the capital. The hospital said Theodorakis had trouble breathing and atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rate that can increase the risk of stroke or heart failure. The composer penned what is probably the best-known piece of Greek music, the theme tune to Zorba, an instrumental which is still played and danced to around the world. He has been hospitalised several times in recent years due to heart problems, including in August last year. Local media said Theodorakis had been taken to hospital in secrecy last Wednesday and that his ... More
Flowers Gallery exhibits works by Scottish artist Ken Currie
LONDON.- Scottish artist Ken Currie is renowned for his unsettling portrayal of the human figure. Depicting the damage inflicted by war and conflict, illness and decay, Currie provides a response to brutality and suffering in contemporary society. Rising to attention within a generation of painters known as the New Glasgow Boys in the 1980s, Currie is well known for his public murals commissioned for the Peoples Palace in Glasgow, as well as his enduringly popular artwork from the Scottish National Portrait Gallery Collection Three Oncologists, representing a life-long study of the fragility of the human condition. In this solo exhibition of new works, Curries rich, luminous paintings depict mysterious rites, rituals, and quasi-medical practices, offering a meditation on violence in its many guises. The monumental triptych Down in the Woods portrays a Kafkaesque ... More
Exhibition celebrates the work of beloved Bay Area artist Charley Brown
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Dolby Chadwick Gallery honors and celebrates the work of beloved Bay Area artist Charley Brown. Charley passed away in November 2018 after a long battle with cancer. Until his last day, Charley maintained that art was his sanctuary, his love. This exhibitionhis third solo show with Dolby Chadwick Galleryis a tribute to the man, the artist and his art. Just like colors or tones, shapes express different emotions, each carrying their own distinct character and sensation. In Browns work, shapes range from elemental to intricate, geometrical to organic. His bold, crisply defined shapesset in stark contrast against a white backgroundbalance and counter balance each other. They are broken up by deliberate little imperfections, empty spots, speckles, flecks and streaks in the paint that lend a tonal, intimate quality to the ... More
Eli Klein Gallery opens the first-ever survey of the historically significant Photoworks by Zheng Guogu
NEW YORK, NY.- Eli Klein Gallery is presenting a solo exhibition of works by Zheng Guogu (b. 1970), an artist whose work responds to the rapid social and economic shifts in China brought on by globalization and mass media culture. This is the first-ever survey of the historically significant Photoworks by the artist, whose treatment of photography has continued to be daring and inspirational. Curated by Christopher Phillips, a renowned curator and art critic specializing in photography, the exhibition presents a selection of Zheng Guogus Photoworks from 1993 to 2016 and is on view from March 9 through May 18, 2019. Zheng Guogu was born in Yangjiang, Guangdong Province, China. He grew up when the impact of the Cultural Revolution was waning as the country opened its door to an increasingly globalized world. As a result of this profound shift, Zheng ... More
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria examines the work of renowned British-born print-maker Walter J. Phillips
VICTORIA, BC.- Quiet Nature: The Woodblock Prints of Walter J. Phillips is the third in a trio of exhibitions being celebrated at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Season Opener on Saturday, March 9. The by-donation, Public Open House will run from 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and also marks the openings of Fiona Tan: Ascent and Landscapes of Edo: Ukiyo-e Prints from the AGGV Collection. The exhibition, on display in the AGGVs Ker Gallery until May 20, examines the work of renowned British-born print-maker Walter J. Phillips (1884-1963). Phillips emigrated to Canada, settling in Winnipeg at the age of 29, he subsequently spent many years teaching art at the Banff School of Art (now the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity) as well as Albertas Provincial Institute of Technology and Art (now the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, or SAIT,) before ... More
Museum Ludwig opens Nil Yalter's first survey exhibition in Germany
COLOGNE.- Since the 1970s, Nil Yalter has worked as a pioneer of socially engaged and technically advanced art. She is one of the first artists in France to use the newly emerging medium of video. Born in Cairo in 1938, the artist grew up in Istanbul and has been living in Paris since 1965. With Yalters first survey exhibition in Germany, the Museum Ludwig is presenting the diversity of her work, including previously little-known paintings from her early work and video installations from the early 1970s to multimedia installations in which she combines photography, video, drawings, and sculpture into collages. The exhibition traces the path of her engaged aesthetic. Nil Yalters works emerge from current political situations such as the sentencing to death of a Turkish activist, daily life in a womens prison, or the living conditions of illiterate guest workers. Language ... More
Eva Presenhuber opens an exhibition of new works by the American painter Verne Dawson
NEW YORK, NY.- Eva Presenhuber announced an exhibition of new works by the American painter Verne Dawson. This is the artists fifth solo show with the gallery. A concurrent exhibition of new paintings is taking place at Gavin Browns Enterprise from March 3 to April 14, 2019. Dawson's approach to painting is that of an anthropologist studying ancient concepts of time and space, how they have affected humankind throughout its social and technical evolution, and in what way they are still present in our contemporary, everyday culture. He bridges the gap between past and present by dealing with astronomy, numerology, and myth, as the ideas and stories behind these fields continue to impact the way we perceive and experience life. The rotation of the solar system influences the seasons and thus defines the calendar, independent of whether ... More
'Southern Constellations' exhibition opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova in Ljubljana
LJUBLJANA.- The Non-Aligned Movement was a transnational political project, a coalition of small and middle-sized states, mostly former colonies and developing countries, from the global south or the Third World. It was formed in 1961 in Yugoslavia at the Belgrade summit. The NAM represented the first major disruption in the Cold World map, a quest for alternative political alliances, for alternative mondialization. The exhibition Southern Constellations: The Poetics of the Non-Aligned emphasizes the ideas, ideals and principles of the movement, particularly in close connection with its cultural policies and place them in a contemporary context with the question: Could there be a non-aligned contemporaneity? And if so, what would it be like? However, the topics covered in the exhibition are not to be considered some kind of exoticism of the past, ... More
Rodeo opens exhibition of works by Ulrike Müller
LONDON.- Listen. Look. Yes, theres construction noise and too much untamed light at Rodeo. The acknowledgement of these factors demonstrates preoccupations and evolving challenges Müller poses to herself and her viewers. What is the structuring relation between the active destruction-construction outside Rodeo? How to bear the light? Forces are impinging on the gallery space. The aesthetic cannot easily be controlled by building extra walls and covering the windows. Like all artists, traditional and contemporary, the artist must compete or admit that theres a fast-paced world of turnover in the marketsthe marketthe same market that controls both real estate and art sales. The harsh light of right-wing parties (fascism) lamping its ways onto surfaces all over the worldhow does art stand up to that? Ulrike Müllers paintings, drawings, and textiles ... More
Pérez Art Museum Miami announces Christina Quarles as recipient of the inaugural Pérez Prize
MIAMI, FLA.- Pérez Art Museum Miami announced the recipient of the first Pérez Prize by Jorge and Darlene Pérez is Christina Quarles, in honor of her outstanding achievements and impact on the current art historical narrative. The $50,000 prize recognizes recent achievement in artistic innovation. Working between abstraction and figuration, Quarles painting style, while thoroughly contemporary, also mines histories of genres, most especially surrealism. Of Quarles work, Wendy Vogel writes in Art in America: Quarles dabbles in methods evoking those that radicalized the very notion of painting, like Helen Frankenthalers pouring technique and Lynda Bengliss usage of acrylic paint as a sculptural medium. The generous new award is funded by a gift from local patrons of the arts Jorge and Darlene Pérez, and reflects their commitment to supporting ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter and sculptor Eric Fischl was born March 09, 1948. Eric Fischl (born March 9, 1948) is an American painter, sculptor, printmaker, draughtsman and educator. He is known for his paintings of depictions of American suburbia from the 1970s and 1980s. In this image: Eric Fischl, Family, 2018.
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