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Temple's father bought the ring in 1940, while World War II was raging in Europe, for the then princely sum of $7,210 around the time of her 12th birthday. The 9.54-carat deep blue diamond ring will be auctioned in New York on April 19. Donald Bowers/Getty Images for Sotheby's/AFP.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys 19 April 2016 auction of Magnificent Jewels in New York will be led by a 9.54-carat Fancy Deep Blue diamond ring owned by Shirley Temple throughout her long life from a child star lifting Americas spirits out of the Great Depression, to her decades of service as an American diplomat (then Shirley Temple Black). Shirley Temples father purchased the diamond ring in early 1940, around the time of her 12th birthday as well as the premier of her film The Blue Bird. That film may have served as inspiration for purchasing a blue stone specifically, as colored diamonds were not as coveted at the time as they are in todays market*. The traditional cushion-cut stone remained in Shirley Temples collection until her passing in 2014, and it is offered this spring in its original Art Deco-inspired setting. Temples father paid $7,210 for the ring in 1940. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day CETINJE.- Charles, Prince of Wales, and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, visit the Cultural heritage festival at the National Museum "Vladin dom" in the historical capital Cetinje on March 18, 2016. After visiting Croatia and Serbia, Prince Charles and his wife, arrived for a two-day visit to Montenegro, as part of a regional tour that will include Montenegro and Kosovo. SAVO PRELEVIC / AFP
| Hitler copy of 'Mein Kampf' sells for $20,655 at Alexander Historical Auctions | | Sotheby's to offer unique Cy Twombly 'Blackboard' painting in the Contemporary Art Evening Sale | | Eva 'Evita' Peron's presidential Cadillac offered at Bonhams' Goodwood Members Meeting Sale | 
A copy of Nazi leader, Adolf Hitler's, political manifesto Mein Kampf, discovered at his Munich apartment and signed by eleven American officers, is on display March 18, 2016 before auction at Alexander Historical Auctions in Chesapeake City, Maryland. Jim Watson / AFP.
CHESAPEAKE CITY (AFP).- A copy of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" owned by the Nazi leader and found in his Munich apartment sold for $20,655 in the United States on Friday, an auction house said. The book, which is bound in red leather, was discovered by US soldiers who liberated Munich at the end of World War II, said Alexander Historical Auctions. It was likely kept by Hitler for his own use or as a potential gift for an admirer, the auction house said. The flyleaf is signed by 11 officers from a US field artillery battalion of the 45th Infantry Division, the first soldiers to liberate Munich. "From Adolph Hitlers apartment in Munich on May 2 1945," wrote one officer followed by his signature and that of 10 others. An August 20, 2015 letter from the daughter of ... More | | 
The sale will also include a major late Twombly: Untitled (Bacchus 1st Version V). Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- On 11 May 2016 Sothebys New York will offer Untitled (New York City) by Cy Twombly in the Contemporary Art Evening Sale. The work is the only painting from the famed Blackboard series executed with blue loops on grey ground and boasts a remarkable history. It was acquired by the current owner from the artists studio immediately after it was executed in 1968, and has not been seen in public since. Untitled (New York City) is expected to fetch in excess of $40 million; it goes on view at Sothebys Los Angeles on 24 March before exhibition in Hong Kong and London. Grégoire Billault, Head of Sothebys Contemporary Art Department in New York commented: As a unique example from Cy Twomblys most celebrated series, that boasts unbeatable provenance, and appears at a time of unprecedented auction interest in the artist, Untitled (New York City) is set to be the outstanding highlight of the May ... More | | 
The Cadillac, an archetypal head-of-state vehicle, was used by Evita and husband, President Juan Perón, for state functions. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- A 1951 Cadillac, formerly the transport of Eva Evita Duarte de Perón, will be offered at Bonhams Goodwood Members Meeting Sale, taking place 20 March 2016. MarÃa Eva Duarte de Perón, affectionately remembered as Evita, is an icon of popular culture after her lifes story was famously retold in the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical, Evita, as well as the 1996 film of the same name, starring Madonna and Antonio Banderas. The film was a big commercial success, for which Madonna won her first Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Evita was the first lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She was seen as a champion for the working classes of Argentina, and an active campaigner for womens rights, founding the countrys first significant womens political party, the Female Peronist Party. The Cadillac, an archetypal head-of- ... More |
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| New exhibition presents Scottish masterpieces acquired by monarchs over 250 years | | Exhibition of important paintings by the Macchiaioli and others on view at Chiostro del Bramante | | Hidden panel revealed in restored, rare 17C Mortlake Tapestries at Chatsworth | 
John Pettie, Bonnie Prince Charlie Entering the Ballroom at Holyroodhouse, 1891-2. Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2016.
LONDON.- The finest Scottish works from the Royal Collection acquired by monarchs since George III went on display in a new exhibition opening (Friday, 18 March) at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace. Scottish Artists 1750 1900: From Caledonia to the Continent brings together over 80 works of art by some of Scotland's most celebrated artists, including Allan Ramsay and Sir David Wilkie. From romantic Highland views to vibrant Spanish street scenes, the exhibition shows the range of subjects and styles adopted by Scottish artists in the 18th and 19th centuries. Allan Ramsay was the first Scot to be appointed to the royal role of Principal Painter in Ordinary and was commissioned to paint George III's State Portrait following the King's accession in 1760. As well as producing what was to become the most widely copied ... More | | 
Federico Zandomeneghi, Il giubbetto rosso, 1895. Olio su tela, 80x70 cm. Collezione privata.
ROME.- The exhibition 'The Macchiaioli. The Collections Revealed' opened at the Chiostro del Bramante in Rome on 16 March and for the first time offers the public the chance to see important paintings by the Macchiaioli and others, within the context of the collections that originally held them. The works that belonged to great collections of the past for example those of Cristiano Banti, Diego Martelli, Rinaldo Carnielo, Edoardo Bruno, Gustavo Sforni, Mario Galli, Enrico Checcucci, Camillo Giussani and Mario Borgiotti are now mostly in private collections and represent the core of the most important 19th-century Italian movement in painting. The over 110 works on display are the gems of the rich collections of great art patrons of the period. They were extremely interesting personalities who shared a great passion for painting, entrepreneurs and businessmen in love with beauty, without whom we ... More | | 
Mortlake tapestries during restoration. Photo: Shephard Travis Conservation Studio.
CHATSWORTH.- Two extremely rare and important 17th century English tapestries will be going back on display at Chatsworth from March 19 following an intensive two-year conservation programme. The important Mortlake Tapestries from the 1630s represent the birth of the English tapestry industry and are based on Renaissance painter Raphael's cartoons of Acts of the Apostles. It is believed that Chatsworths tapestries were acquired from the Mortlake workshops by the 3rd Earl of Devonshire (1617-1684) and moved into the State Drawing Room by the 5th Duke (1748-1811). As well as the panel depicting 'Healing of the Lame Man', another section was found folded back behind the seam of the tapestry when the lining was removed. The rehang will see the 'Sacrifice at Lystra' reunited with 'Healing of the Lame Man' covering more than 50 sq metres of the back wall ... More |
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| $30 million endowment challenge grant awarded to National Gallery of Art, Washington | | Dale Chihuly's "Golden Teal Chandelier" comes to the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento | | Getty Trust and Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum sign agreement to pursue digital innovation | 
Sir Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley, (British, 1880 - 1952), Andrew W. Mellon, 1933. Oil on canvas, overall: 133.4 x 105.4 cm (52 1/2 x 41 1/2 in.), framed: 162.6 x 134.6 x 10.1 cm (64 x 53 x 4 in.). Gift of Mrs. Mellon Bruce 1941.9.1.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Gallery of Art announced today that The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the museum an endowment challenge grant of $30 million on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. The endowment challenge grant will reinforce the Gallery's leadership role as the nation's art museum by strengthening four crucial areasdigital programs and collaborations, education and outreach, conservation and conservation science, and the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA). The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation was formed on June 30, 1969, through the consolidation of two existing foundationsthe Avalon Foundation and the Old Dominion Foundation. The Avalon Foundation had been established by Ailsa Mellon Bruce, Mellon's daughter, and the Old Dominion Foundation had been ... More | | 
The colors, subtle tones of blue-green, blue-gray and gold, suit the contemporary look of the Teel Family Pavilion.
SACRAMENTO, CA.- The Crocker Art Museum has acquired artist Dale Chihulys Golden Teal Chandelier as part of its permanent collection. The 8-foot long, 6-foot wide chandelier now hangs in the front entrance of the Teel Family Pavilion and is on view beginning March 18. The colors, subtle tones of blue-green, blue-gray and gold, suit the contemporary look of the Teel Family Pavilion, which opened in 2010, and complement the hues of the Museums historic building. The aqua and gold tones further allude to Sacramentos rivers and the gold found therein, referencing both regional history and the artwork for which the Crocker is most famous. We have long believed that the Crocker should have a statement piece in the Museums foyer and have wanted a Chihuly chandelier in this location for many years. We have been looking for the right one: the right shape, the right height, the right ... More | | 
The Dutch document signing on March 16, 2016, in Los Angeles, California. From left to right: James Cuno, Dr. Jet Bussemaker, and Dr. Robert van Langh. Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Trust and Netherlands Institute for Conservation, Arts and Science (NICAS) under auspices of the Rijksmuseum announced they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding that outlines a future of digital innovation in the visual arts and pledges the shared strengths and commitments of both organizations to help develop the tools, techniques and training to achieve it. Dutch Minister of Culture, Education and Science Dr. Jet Bussemaker was on hand for a brief ceremony at the Getty Center that also included Dr. Robert van Langh, Head of Conservation and Research of the Rijksmuseum, and Prof. dr. Robert G. Erdmann, Senior Scientist at the Rijksmuseum and Professor of Conservation Science at the University of Amsterdam. We are delighted to join the Getty in pursuing this vision ... More |
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| Forty years of painting by artist Julian Schnabel on view at Blum & Poe in Los Angeles | | Modern and Contemporary Art spring sale at Heritage Auctions moved to New York | | Koller Auktionen to offeran important work by Giovanni Giacometti: The Flims Panorama | 
Julian Schnabel, Resurrection: Albert Finney Meets Malcolm Lowry, 1984. Oil, spray paint, modeling paste on velvet, 120 x 108 inches © Julian Schnabel Studio, Collection of the artist. Courtesy of the artist and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Blum & Poe presents forty years of painting by artist Julian Schnabel. This exhibition marks Schnabels first solo presentation with Blum & Poe. After a hiatus from the West Coast art scene for nearly a decade, this first exhibition at Blum & Poe takes the form of a concise overview of an exhilaratingly divergent painting practicemaking a forceful case for the historical importance of Schnabels oeuvre as well as his ever-growing relevance to a new generation of artists. Twelve important paintings made between 1975 and 2015 will be displayed in the gallerys ground floor. Together these paintings make manifest the scope and depth of Schnabels workhis groundbreaking material experimentation, his exceptional formal range and simultaneous mastery of both figurative and abstract idioms. Not only will ... More | | 
Fernand Léger (1881-1955), Composition, 1925. Watercolor on paper, 14 x 10-3/4 inches.
DALLAS, TX.- Following the success of Heritage Auction's first evening sale of Modern and Contemporary Art last season in New York, the Dallas-based auction house has announced it is moving its spring offering of Modern and Contemporary Art to New York. The May 2 event is presents important artworks by American and European, Modern, Post War and Contemporary artists including an iconic 1922 watercolor by Wassily Kandinsky (est. $400,000-$600,000). "New York welcomed Heritage with open arms and last season's $7.3 million Modern & Contemporary auction set a record," said Frank Hettig, Director of Modern & Contemporary Art at Heritage. "We are answering our clients' call to return this spring and our selection is ready to impress bidders once again." The auction will offer Modern painting and sculpture, including a large selection of European masterpieces such as Le peintre à la palette, 1983, by Marc Chagall (est. $200,000-$300,000) and ... More | | 
Giovanni Giacometti. The Flims Panorama. 1904. The painting will be auctioned on 24 June 2016 at Kollers Swiss Art auction in Zurich, and is expected to realize between
3 and 4 million Swiss francs.
ZURICH.- This June, Koller Auctions will offer the Flims Panorama, an important and well-known work by Giovanni Giacometti. Giacometti, the father of artists Alberto and Diego Giacometti, painted the three-part oil on canvas in 1904 for the luxurious Hotel Waldhaus, now called Waldhaus Flims Mountain Resort & Spa (Waldhaus Flims), to mark the opening of the hotels new casino. The painting remains one of Giacomettis seminal works. The Waldhaus Flims is visible in the central section of the painting, nestled in a light-filled spring landscape depicting the Flims valley against a majestic backdrop of the Swiss Alps. The right-hand section shows the Caumasee lake with its bath house, constructed in 1880, and the left-hand painting depicts another view from the upper part of the lake of the Waldhaus and Bellavista ... More |
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 Cambodia a canvas for North Korea's grand mastersSIEM REAP (AFP).- In a vast parking lot outside Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temples complex stands a new museum built by North Korea, part of a lucrative charm offensive by a hermit state exporting its monumental art to a handful of foreign allies. "When people come here sometimes they cannot believe their eyes," beams Yit Chandaroat, of the Angkor Panorama Museum, which opened in December after a construction process shrouded in secrecy. "They really feel like they are back in the time of Angkor", he added, referring to the world heritage site which comprises the remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire, dating from the 9th to the 15th centuries. Behind him stands the museum's piece de resistance, an enormous 360-degree panorama that 63 North Korean painters from the state-owned Mansudae Art Studio toiled away on for more than a year. The mural, ... More World's first Pele shrine shines in war-torn UkraineLUGANSK (AFP).- In the heart of an eastern Ukrainian city shaken by echoes of guns stands the world's first shrine to football legend Pele that miraculously survived nearly two years of war. The creator of the unlikely Lugansk museum -- painted in Brazilian gold and green and adorned by a bronze statue of Pele and a giant football at its front door -- is a humble 55-year-old balding man who follows his hero's example by never lighting up a cigarette or drinking alcohol. "Family, football and Pele. That is my life," says museum founder Nikolai Khudobin as he sits surrounded by dozens of tributes to the football great. "I have never even tasted beer because Pele leads a healthy lifestyle. And that is what inspired me," says Khudobin. Football's governing body FIFA recognised Khudobin's creation as the world's first museum dedicated to the man widely regarded as the 20th century's ... More Exhibition of paintings by Raoul De Keyser opens at David Zwirner in New YorkNEW YORK, NY.- David Zwirner presents an exhibition of paintings by Raoul De Keyser at its 537 West 20th Street location in New York. The show was on view at their London gallery in the Fall of 2015, and here features additional works by the late Belgian artist. Raoul De Keyser: Drift is organized around a group of twenty-two works completed shortly before his death in October 2012, and known as The Last Wall. Together, they revisit some of the major subjects that occupied the artist throughout his nearly fifty-year long career, including the landscape of the Belgian lowlands where he grew up and lived his entire life, the inconspicuous things close at hand, and the partition of the picture plane. These paintings, which were shown together for the first time at David Zwirner in London in 2015, will be accompanied by a careful selection of works from the 1990s onwards ... More Nancy Toomey opens new gallery space with group exhibitionSAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Nancy Toomey Fine Art announces its inaugural exhibition at Minnesota Street Project with a group show entitled Gathering Light, featuring the work of Larry Bell, Lisa Bartleson, Casper Brindle, Mara de Luca, Gregg Renfrow, and Suzan Woodruff. Gathering Light is a group exhibit that is loosely affiliated with the Light and Space Movement that gained predominance in the early 1960s and 70s in Los Angeles. Though the exhibit will include Larry Bell (considered to be one the movement's pioneers and originators), the show's focus includes a newer generation of artists working within this aesthetic. This movement is characterized generally by a Minimalistic emphasis on perceptual phenomena--i.e., abstracted, atmospheric shifts in color and light derived from nature. With the use of translucent or reflective materials, the viewer's experience ... More New-York Historical Society presents the world of children's book artist Mo WilliamsNEW YORK, NY.- This spring, the New-York Historical Society celebrates Mo Willems beloved childrens book characters, including The Pigeon, who is bus-obsessed; comedy duo Elephant and Piggie; and famed Brooklynites Trixie and Knuffle Bunny. On view March 18 through September 25, 2016, The Art and Whimsy of Mo Willems follows a multifaceted journey across a career that started on Sesame Street and led to award-winning books like Dont Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (2003). Organized by The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA, and recently on view at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, GA, the New-York Historical Societys unique presentation of the exhibition highlights particular elements of Willems life and career in New York to show how the city influenced the creation of his iconic characters. Mo Willems work boldly and artfully melds ... More Dayton Art Institute announces Kettering Postdoctoral Curatorial Assistant in Asian ArtDAYTON, OH.- In anticipation of its centennial in 2019, during which the museum plans a major reinterpretation and reinstallation of several areas of its collection, The Dayton Art Institute announces the appointment of Peter L. Doebler as Kettering Postdoctoral Curatorial Assistant in Asian Art. The endowed position is a two-year term, with a possible renewable third year, during which time Doebler will undertake two significant installation projects that will advance our understanding of the Asian collection. In addition to developing these installations, to be unveiled during the centennial year, he will be fully immersed within the Curatorial Division and assist in the development of Asian exhibitions and their related publications, as well as collections research. He will also work with Education Division to develop interpretive materials for the Asian collection. Doebler received his doctorate ... More So I turned myself to face me: Marlborough Contemporary opens group showLONDON.- Marlborough Contemporary presents So I turned myself to face me, a group show that explores how a work of art reflects back on the viewer in an act of self contemplation. Taking its title from David Bowies song Changes, the exhibition examines the vernacular through which artists interpret contemporary culture whilst re-evaluating established genres and conventions. Jackie Saccoccios work follows the tradition of action painting and abstract expressionism, reclaiming the masculine territory that is commonly associated with the genre. David Czupryns paintings revisit surrealism; their flatness and digital aesthetic executed by hand, using a traditional painterly technique. Tony Matelli subverts the logic of classical sculpture with formally unexpected juxtapositions and Charlie Roberts contemporary figurative watercolour paintings refer to a range of sources ... More Reflex Gallery presents the work of Paris-born Romanian photographer Irina IonescoAMSTERDAM.- In collaboration with ZOO Studio and Mulholland International, Reflex Gallery presents the work of Paris-born Romanian photographer Irina Ionesco (*1935). More than 100 unique vintage prints will be on show starting March 19, 2016. Reflex Gallery proudly stands as the new representative and exhibition space for Irina Ionesco. This particular exhibition is a unique solo presentation of the artists work. The new exhibition will be divided into four different themes: Fafa", Muse, Mort de lArt, Théâtre and Miroirs. Dubbed the grande dame of photography erotica by The Independent, Ionescos work is a tribute to femininity in all its meant theatrical excesses. Ionesco, who lacked technical knowledge but admired highly skilled luminaries such as Cecil Beaton, and later Robert Mapplethorpe, achieved to turn this initial problem into an adva ... More Poly Auction Hong Kong announces 2016 Spring AuctionHONG KONG.- The Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2016 Spring Auctions will take place from 2 to 5 April in Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, with preview from 2 to 5 April and auctions from 3 to 5 April. Poly Auction will present more than 1,600 exquisite artistic gems worth an estimated auction value upwards of HK$700 million. The Spring Auctions will be an artistic feast for collectors and art aficionados. Mr Alex Chang, Managing Director of Poly Auction Hong Kong, said, In the four years since Poly Auction, a pioneer among Chinese auction houses to expand into the international market, was founded, we gain the support of more collectors by each series of seasonal auctions. The 2015 Autumn Actions were concluded with a total sales of HK$914 million / US$118 million. Riding on the brilliant results from last year, Poly Auction Hong Kong is confident that the 2016 Spring Auctions ... More Daisuke Yokota wins Foam Paul Huf Award 2016AMSTERDAM.- Japanese photographer Daisuke Yokota (b. 1983 Saitama) was chosen as the winner of the tenth Foam Paul Huf Award 2016. This annual prize, given to a photography talent under 35 years, consists of 20.000 Euro and an exhibition in Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam. The Foam Paul Huf Award continues to attract portfolios from all over the world. The jury chose Daisuke Yokota from a pool of 97 nominated photographers, from 29 countries worldwide. Simon Baker (Tate London, chairman of the jury): "Daisuke Yokota is one of the most innovative and experimental young photographers working in the world today. The jury were unanimous in their decision that he win the 2016 Foam Paul Huf Award, in recognition of his complex, sophisticated practice. Yokota has established a formidable reputation as a young artist who has the ability to take photography forward ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, French artist Georges de La Tour was born March 19, 1593. Georges de La Tour (March 13, 1593 - January 30, 1652) was a French Baroque painter, who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was temporarily absorbed into France between 1641 and 1648. He painted mostly religious chiaroscuro scenes lit by candlelight. In this image: Harald Marx, left, director of the Old Masters Painting Gallery Dresden, and Stephane Loire, curator of the Louvre, inspect the oil painting "L' adoration des Bergers" (The admiration of the herdsmen) made by George de La Tour in the 17th century, in a studio of the Old Masters Painting Gallery in Dresden, Germany, Friday, Oct. 21, 2005.
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