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In this file photo taken on December 11, 2013, the skeleton of a neolithic man who was buried around 5,500 years ago in a long barrow 1.5 miles from the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge, a world heritage site, is displayed next to a reconstruction of the man's face at the new Stonehenge visitors centre, near Amesbury in south west England. Changes to the human diet prompted by Neolithic advances in agriculture played a role in human jaw evolution that allowed people to pronounce the consonants F and V, researchers say. Their work -- which combines linguistics, speech science and paleoanthropology and appears in the Thursday, March 14, 2019 edition of the US journal Science -- indicates that language is not merely a random product of history but was also linked to biological changes at the time. LEON NEAL / AFP.
WASHINGTON (AFP).- Changes to the human diet prompted by Neolithic advances in agriculture played a role in human jaw evolution that allowed people to pronounce the consonants F and V, researchers say. Their work -- which combines linguistics, speech science and paleoanthropology and appears in the Thursday edition of the US journal Science -- indicates that language is not merely a random product of history but was also linked to biological changes at the time. The Neolithic era -- spanning from 6,000 to 2,100 BC -- was when wheat and barley-based farming took root and animals such as goats, sheep and cows, were domesticated. "Language is not usually studied as a biological phenomenon and it does not normally figure in, say, the curriculum of biology," said Balthasar Bickel, a researcher at the University of Zurich. "If you think about it, however, ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day One of eight paintings mounted as an eight-panel bamboo screen -- dated 1526 -- by Shin Jam (1491-1554), a well-known Korean painter and poet from the early Joseon dynasty specializing in bamboo, call for special regard in Korean ScholarÂs Objects and ChÂaekkori, the exhibition at HK Art & Antiques LLC. Works by Shin Jam are exceedingly rare. 49 East 78th Street, Suite 4B. Photo: Courtesy of HK Art & Antiques LLC.
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| | | One of the finest examples of Claude Monet's Haystacks series estimated to sell for in excess of $55 Million | | Curator and former director of the Haus der Kunst Okwui Enwezor dies in Munich | | TEFAF Art Market Report: The Chinese Art Market released |
Claude Monet, Meules. Oil on canvas. Executed in 1890, signed and dated by the artist in 1891. Estimate in excess of $55 million.
Sothebys announced that an enduring symbol of Impressionism from Claude Monets iconic Haystacks series will lead an important private collection of eight Impressionist masterworks on offer in our Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art on 14 May in New York. Of the 25 canvases that the artist created in the early 1890s, Meules from 1890 is one of only four works from this series to come to auction this century and one of only eight remaining in private hands. The other 17 examples reside in the distinguished collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Musée dOrsay, Paris and, perhaps most notably, six in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Meules is further distinguished by its illustrious provenance, having been acquired by wealthy Chicago socialites and fervent collectors of Impressionist works, Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, directly ... More | |
Okwui Enwezor © Maximilian Geuter.
MUNICH.- Okwui Enwezor, the distinguished curator, writer, teacher, and former director of the Haus der Kunst in Munich, died in Munich on March 15. Born in Calabar, Nigeria in 1963, Enwezor lived in Munich and New York. One of the most charismatic figures in the panorama of contemporary global art, Enwezor ascended to the peak of curatorial practice with firm conviction and phenomenal drive, rewriting the ground rules and insisting on an inclusive global perspective for postwar visual arts. In 1994, in collaboration with Salah Hassan, Olu Oguibe, and Chika Okeke-Agulu, he founded NKA Journal of Contemporary African Art, now published by Duke University Press. Following the groundbreaking exhibition "In/Sight" on African photography, co-curated with Octavio Zaya at the Guggenheim Museum of New York, he was appointed Artistic Director of the Second Johannesburg Biennial in 1996. In 1998, Enwezor surprised the western art world by being appointed Artistic Director ... More | |
TEFAF Maastricht 2019. Photo:Loraine Bodewes.
HELVOIRT.- TEFAF Art Market Report: The Chinese Art Market, the new report written by Kejia Wu, Professor at Sothebys Institute New York and Columnist for FTChinese, was released at TEFAF Maastricht 2019 this morning, at TEFAFs Art Symposium. The report is viewable now at www.tefaf.com. The art market in China has achieved extraordinary growth over a 40-year period to become the second largest market in the world. Its two largest local auction houses, Poly Auctions (founded in 2005) and China Guardian (founded in 1993) are now ranked as the third and fourth largest auction houses globally after Christies and Sothebys. This report, through in-depth research and conversations with key market players, aims to elucidate this phenomenon by presenting an historical review of how art commerce in China started in the modern era and eventually developed and evolved into the market we recognise today. The report includes a survey ... More |
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| | | V&A acquires pair of Champagne Standard Lamps designed by Salvador Dalà and Edward James | | Sam Gilliam, Barkley L. Hendricks and Charles White included in gift of 78 works to PAFA | | Major museum designed by V&A Dundee's architects to open in Turkey |
Johanna Agerman Ross examines the Champagne Standard Lamps. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
LONDON.- The V&A announced that it has acquired one of the most important examples of modern lighting ever designed in the UK. Purchased with support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund and the V&A Members, this pair of lamps were the joint creation of artist Salvador Dalà (1904-1989) and his most important British patron, Edward James (1907-1984). Each lamp is made from ten oversized brass champagne coupes, one stacked on top of the other, standing on a base in the form of a Victorian papier-mȃchè tray decorated with gold ivy tendrils, berries and leaves. Following the sale of the pair by the Edward James Foundation in 2017, a temporary export stop was placed on the lamps after the buyer applied for a licence to remove them from the UK. The Champagne Standard Lamps were designed for Jamess Monkton House in West Sussex, which he renovated in the mid-1930s as part of his ... More | |
Claude Clark (1915-2001), Men and Drill Press, 1999. Oil on board, 17 x 14 in. (43.18 x 35.56 cm.) 2019.3.11
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts announced that it has acquired nearly 80 artworks by gift from the collection of prominent American educator, civic leader and arts advocate Dr. Constance E. Clayton. The works to be added to PAFAs permanent collection are by African American artists, many with ties to PAFA, including notable alumni Henry O. Tanner, Barkley L. Hendricks, and Laura Wheeler Waring. The collection, which spans the late 19th to the late 20th centuries, includes an early charcoal study by Hendricks (circa 1960s), an intimate 1934 pencil drawing by Charles White and an oil painting from 1999 of two workers by Claude Clark, among others. Many of the artists are new to PAFAs collection. The gift was approved by the Board of Trustees at its most recent meeting on March 7, 2019. Dr. Clayton (b. 1933 in Philadelphia) was the first woman and African American to serve as superintendent of the School District of P ... More | |
OMM. Photo: Courtesy of Kengo Kuma and Associates.
ESKIşEHIR.- Odunpazari Modern Museum, a major new museum designed by Kengo Kuma and Associates, will open in Eskişehir, a university town in the northwest of Turkey, in June 2019. Founded by Erol Tabanca, an art collector and businessman, OMM will welcome international audiences to discover its significant collection of modern and contemporary art spanning the 1950s to the present day. With its distinctive stacked timber design by Kengo Kuma and Associates (KKAA), the 4,500m2 building draws inspiration from Odunpazaris traditional Ottoman wooden cantilevered houses that are synonymous with the district, and pays homage to the towns history as a thriving wood market. Along with several other city museums in the surrounding area, OMM will create a museum square and public meeting place in the town. Split over three floors, visitors will journey through a variety of exhibition spaces, with the large spaces at ground level echoing the rhythm and scale of the surrounding ... More |
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| | | Van Gogh & Japan: New film explores the career-defining impact Japan had on Van Gogh | | Mexican Folk paintings explore migration, faith and human vulnerability in the 20th century | | Exhibition at Kasmin presents three bodies of work by Naama Tsabar |
Van Gogh & Japan is on limited release in 250 cinemas across the UK, including all major cinema chains.
AMSTERDAM.- Exhibition on Screen, the award-winning series that explores the biographies of historys most revered artists, concludes its sixth season with Van Gogh & Japan, in cinemas nationwide from 4 June. Van Gogh & Japan journeys from the critically acclaimed exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, to the beauty of Provence, and the enigma of Japan itself. Featuring Van Goghs personal letters and written accounts by friends and contemporaries this moving film reveals the story of Van Goghs deep connection to Japanese art, despite never travelling to Japan himself, and the role it has in understanding his most iconic works. As well as investigating the expression of Van Goghs japonisme, the film explores how Japanese society have developed an affinity to Van Goghs work as a result of his engagement with their culture. Featuring insights from contemporary ... More | |
Retablo of Paula MartÃnez, 1964. Oil on metal. Arias-Duran d Collection.
PRINCETON, NJ.- More than 50 Mexican retablos folk paintings dedicated to Christ, the Virgin Mary or saints to commemorate a miraculous event will be presented in a profound and timely exhibition this spring and summer. Vibrant and emotive, the small-scale paintings on metal span the entirety of the 20th century, serving as both historical documents and as eloquent personal expressions of suffering, insecurity and salvation, particularly in regard to the challenges of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The works in Miracles on the Border: Retablos of Mexican Migrants were offered by Mexican migrants at churches and pilgrimage sites throughout western Mexico and the United States. On view at the Princeton University Art Museum from March 16 through July 7, 2019, Miracles on the Border will be presented in both English and Spanish. The exhibition is curated by Juliana Ochs Dweck, the Museums Andrew W. Mellon ... More | |
Naama Tsabar, Melody of Certain Damage #12, 2018, broken electric guitar, strings, microphone, screws, and amplifier 73 x 41 x 3 inches, 185.4 x 104.1 x 7.6 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Kasmin Gallery. Photo by Christopher Stach.
NEW YORK, NY.- Naama Tsabar employs performance, sculpture, and photography to subvert the gender roles historically associated with musicianship. In her second exhibition at Kasmin, Dedicated, Tsabar further explores these themes by expanding the borders of movement of the female body. For the duration of the exhibition, Tsabar and a group of female musicians will explore a new vocabulary of movement and sound, culminating in a performance with Tsabar and her collaborators on the exhibitions closing night, May 4, between 4-6pm. This will be her first performance in New York City since 2017. The exhibition presents three bodies of work that weave together iconic actions and objects from rock music with a more intimate portrayal of the artists body and its movement ... More |
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| | | Julien's Auctions announces highlights included in its Street and Contemporary Art Auction | | Gemeentemuseum Den Haag shows installations by seven Dutch artists | | Lebanese artist turns shrapnel into sculptures |
Banksy, Hayne Street Ghetto Rat. An original aerosol stencil on concrete. Estimate: $60,000-80,000.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Juliens Auctions has announced the spring edition of its triannual Street and Contemporary Art Auction which will take place Thursday, April 25, 2019 live at Juliens Auctions in Beverly Hills and online. The collection will include a world class array of works by some of the most talked about and renowned artists and icons of today including Banksy, Invader, Mr. Brainwash, KAWS, Damien Hirst, Shephard Fairey, Sandra Chevrier, Takashi Murakami, Ai Weiwei, David Hockney, Alec Monopoly, RETNA, D*Face, FAILE, Max Zorn, and more. Considered one of the most controversial street artists and activists of all time, Banksys socio-political commentary and the remarkable auctions of his artworks continue to make headlines around the world, most notably the sale of Girl With Balloon which shredded itself seconds after the gavel came down for £1million pounds and ... More | |
Gijs Assmann, Harmony, 2018. Photo: Friso Keuris.
THE HAGUE.- At the Europees Keramisch Werkcentrum (EKWC), known since 2011 as Sundaymorning@ekwc, renowned artists and promising new talents have the opportunity to experiment with clay to their hearts desire. In honour of the institutes fiftieth anniversary this year, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag is showing installations by seven Dutch artists whose time at the centre had a major impact on their work. Dick Verdult, Gijs Assmann, Jennifer Tee, Helen Frik, Koen Taselaar, Maartje Korstanje and Thijs Jaeger all embarked on an adventure with ceramics, based on their own autonomous artistic practice. The Gemeentemuseum will show a world by each of these artists, an installation that is testament to the versatility with which they have used ceramics. In some cases other work, including drawings, will be shown with the ceramic works. The main focus of the exhibition will be the pleasure of making and experimenting. The choice ... More | |
Lebanese Artist Charles Nassar inpsects of his sculptures made out of artilley shrapnels in the village of Remhala, South of Beirut. JOSEPH EID / AFP.
REMHALA (AFP).- There is a violinist, a farmer tilling his field, and a cockerel with a propeller for a head. All were once rockets, artillery shells, or bullets falling on Lebanon's battlefields. Artist Charles Nassar has been transforming their dark, wrangled remains into sculptures to celebrate tradition and memory. "I hate shrapnel, but I also love it at the same time," said the 54-year-old with a neat salt-and-pepper beard, in a garden south of Beirut. A series of conflicts have rocked the tiny multi-confessional country in recent decades. Metal rained down during the 1975-1990 civil war, the 2006 conflict between Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah and Israel, and during clashes in a Palestinian camp the following year. Nassar was forced to flee Lebanon during the civil war, and his grandmother was killed in the violence. But she and other ... More |
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NHM publishes 'Wild L.A.: Explore the Amazing Nature In and Around Los Angeles'
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Los Angeles is the second most densely populated city in the U.S., and a major biodiversity hotspot. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) wants to show Angelenos that their urban world is teeming with naturenot only in parks, but in backyards, apartment courtyards, and schoolyards. On March 18, NHM publishes Wild LA: Explore the Amazing Nature In and Around Los Angeles, a book equal parts local nature stories, field guide, and trip planner. Wild L.A. was co-written by an eclectic group of writers: NHM Community Science Senior Manager Lila Higgins, NHM Herpetology Curator and UNRC Co-Director Greg Pauly, along with science journalist Jason Goldman and poet/naturalist Charles Hood. The book begins with 10 short chapters focused on major themes that structure which species are found in the L.A. area, ... More
The Royal Air Force Museum launches new Dambusters Virtual Reality Experience
LONDON.- The Royal Air Force Museum invites you to take a seat on board a Lancaster during the legendary Dambusters raid of 1943, using Virtual Reality technology. The Dams Raid was the greatest feat of arms performed by the Royal Air Force and one of the key stories of the Second World War. Its success captured the public imagination at the time and over the next 70 years inspired a multitude of books, films and documentaries. Dambusters: Immersive Histories at the RAF Museum London, is the newest part of the Dambusters offer that also includes a replica of the bouncing bomb, Barnes Wallis office and the original moulds of the first test bombs. The Virtual Reality Experience (VRE) puts the user inside a moment in history. For the first time ever, visitors to the Museum can step inside the story of the iconic operation through an authentic, interactive ... More
Crescent City Auction Gallery announces Important Spring Estates Auction
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- An unusual, 1880 American carved mahogany cabinet desk executed in the style of Wooten, two bird depictions by New Orleans artist George Louis Viavant and three wonderful objects by Fabergé are just a few of the expected highlights in Crescent City Auction Gallerys Important Spring Estates Auction, scheduled for the weekend of March 23rd and 24th. The 942-lot, weekend auction event is being held online as well as in Crescent Citys spacious gallery, located at 1330 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, starting at 9 am on Saturday, March 23rd (lots 1-550) and 10 am Sunday, March 24th (lots 551-942). Both times are Central. Internet bidding will be provided by the two popular platforms LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. The two bird depictions by George Louis Viavant (New Orleans, 1872-1925), titled Natur Morte of a Snipe ... More
Exhibition draws attention to forgotten aspects of Jewish history in Austria
NEW YORK, NY.- The Austrian Cultural Forum New York announces the exhibition VOID, uniting two photographers, Yvonne Oswald and Tatiana Lecomte. The show, curated by the Jewish Museum Vienna, marks the first under the helm of new director Michael Haider. On view from March 12 to June 16, 2019, VOID draws attention to forgotten and repressed aspects of Jewish history in Austria. The exhibition juxtaposes Yvonne Oswalds photographs of deserted rooms of a former grand hotel in the Austrian Alps with Tatiana Lecomtes images of mounted birds from the collecÂtions of the Natural History Museum in Vienna. Curators Danielle Spera and Astrid Peterle, Director and Chief Curator of the Jewish Museum Vienna prompt a discourse about commemoration, its representabilÂity and communicaÂtionaspects of the work of remembrance with which ... More
Anna Bülow leaves the British Museum to join the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM.- On 18 March 2019 Anna Bülow joins the Stedelijk Museum as Head of Collection Management. Bülow succeeds Daniëlle Lokin, who filled this role on an interim basis. Prior to the Stedelijk Museum, Dr. Bülow worked as Head of Conservation and Scientific Research at the British Museum and as Head of Conservation and Head of Preservation at The National Archives in the United Kingdom. She graduated from the Hochschule der Kunsten in Bern, and completed a PhD dissertation entitled Preservation of library and archive collections. Jan Willem Sieburgh, interim director of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam: We are delighted to welcome Anna Bülow as our new Head of Collection Management and MT- member. Her expertise and international network are a valuable addition to the Stedelijk Museum. Anna Bülow: When it comes to issues relating ... More
Museum of Russian Icons announces partnership with The British Museum
CLINTON, MASS.- The Museum of Russian Icons has been selected by The British Museum to host their online catalogue for Byzantine and Greek icons, featuring 32 historically significant works created between the 13th and 19th centuries. The catalogue features photos and object entries generated directly from the collection database, reflecting the most current research and study of these important works. The only museum in the U.S. dedicated to Russian icons, MoRI holds the largest collection of icons outside of Russia; and serves as a leading international center for research and scholarship through the Center for Icon Studies (CIS). This prestigious partnership is the result of a long-term relationship which started in 2010 with the collaborative exhibition Saints and Dragons: Icons from Byzantium to Russia, that featured works from the British ... More
'A Tale of Two Collections' exhibition opens at the Mississippi Museum of Art
JACKSON, MISS.- The Mississippi Museum of Art and Tougaloo College present A Tale of Two Collections, the third joint exhibition in its Arts and Civil Rights Initiative, a partnership between the Museum and the College that leverages the art collections of both institutions to foster community dialogue and interpretation about civil rights issues, past and present. A Tale of Two Collections was organized by Dr. Redell Hearn, Curator of Art and Civil Rights for the Museum and the College. This exhibition offers one chapter in the visual story of how the Museum and the College have maintained a decades-long relationship centered on sharing their art collections, said Dr. Hearn. By showcasing works from eight artists held in both collectionsPablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Marie Hull, Hale Woodruff, Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Benny Andrews, and ... More
Exhibition at S.M.A.K. includes about 200 works from the collection
GHENT.- On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, S.M.A.K. is presenting The Collection (I): Highlights for a Future. This exhibition includes about 200 works from the collection and, like the opening in 1999, it will occupy the whole museum. In this exhibition, S.M.A.K. wants to look mainly at the present and the future. The exhibition is intended to make use of art history and the DNA of the S.M.A.K. collection as an undercurrent in gauging how the museum and art position themselves in todays social reality and art scene. The works are not displayed chronologically and are not shown only for their possible iconic significance. Well-known classics, outstanding newer works and also recent additions to the collection are to be used to show the position of the museum and of art in contemporary reality and to make new links with other, sometimes surprising and ... More
'A Tale of Hidden Histories' opens at Eye Filmuseum
AMSTERDAM.- Truth, facts, memories, reality: are they all constructions? Artists Broomberg & Chanarin, Omer Fast, Chia-Wei Hsu and Meiro Koizumi show how film, video, but also slide projection, photos and sound can be used to study and 'unmask' the past. Reportage, re-enactment, documentary and cinematic techniques are some of the strategies used by these artists to expose the subjectivity of historical sources and the limitations of memory. In tales set in different parts of the world they examine the construction of stories and how stories change when they are told and retold from different perspectives. The works presented expose the history in conflict areas; those parts in the world where the focus on truth and fiction is sharpened. And where the small-scale histories of individuals are often exemplary of a larger socio-political reality. Broomberg ... More
Winterthur acquires rare 1927 Rolls-Royce
WINTERTHUR, DE.- A rare 1927 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Pall Mall phaeton S 123 PM was recently given to Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, a gift that allows the institution to show how motoring guests of founder Henry Francis du Pont would have arrived on his estate in its heyday. The historic vehicle joins Winterthurs Phantom I Ascot, S 379 FM. Both vehicles tell the story about the design and craftsmanship of luxury vehicles of their era. Both cars will be on view at Winterthur events this spring. The American-built Pall Mall had been in the du Pont-Lunger family since it was ordered by Philip Francis and Elizabeth Braxton du Pont in 1926 and delivered in 1927. It has been in operation ever since. It was most recently registered by David Lunger, grandson of Philip. It may be the only Phantom to have remained in the same family for so long. The car was moved ... More
Exhibition revisits the creative and civic-minded projects conceived by artist Elvira Leite in Porto
NEW YORK, NY.- The Mishkin Gallery presents Pedagogy of the Streets: Porto 1977, an historic exhibition that revisits the creative and civic-minded projects conceived and implemented by artist Elvira Leite in Porto, Portugal in 1977. The exhibition in on view from March 13 May 9, 2019 and has been curated by Lúcia Almeida Matos and Susana Lourenço Marques (Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto). Pedagogy of the Streets: Porto 1977 showcases photographs taken by Leite that document various phases of her 1977 collaboration with the children of Portos Pena Ventosa community. The images reveal childrens attitudes towards public space and the development of experimental teaching methodologies that resonated throughout Leites life. Before social practice became a popular term in art circles, Leite was developing a form ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Romanian-French artist Constantin Brâncusi died March 16, 1957. Constantin Brâncusi (February 19, 1876 - March 16, 1957) was a Romanian sculptor, painter and photographer who made his career in France. Considered a pioneer of modernism, one of the most influential sculptors of the 20th-century, Brâncusi is called the patriarch of modern sculpture. In this image: The 1911 gilded bronze sculpture "Prometheus" by Constantin Brancusi is displayed during a preview of "Brancusi Serra" at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
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