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Duncan McLaren and Daryl Fedje excavate one of the footprints on Calvert Island. Photo: Grant Callegari/Hakai Institute.
MONTREAL (AFP).- Human footprints found on an island off the coast of western Canada date back to around 13,000 years ago, making them the oldest discovered in North America, according to a study published Wednesday. The footprints are likely those of two adults and one child walking barefoot on clay on what is today a beach on Calvert Island, northeast of Vancouver Island, according to the authors of the study published in the PLOS ONE journal. A total of 29 footprints were found during excavation work from 2014 to 2016, said lead author Duncan McLaren, a professor of anthropology at the Hakai Institute and the University of Victoria. The study suggests that humans were present on the Pacific coast of British Columbia about 13,000 years ago and that the area was ice-free well before the end of the last ice age on the continent some 11,700 years ago. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A woman touches a statue of Jesus as penitents from the "Cristo Salvador" brotherhood take part in a Good Friday procession on a beach in Valencia as part of the Holy Week on March 30, 2018. JOSE JORDAN / AFP
| The Museum of Modern Art opens a major retrospective of Adrian Piper | | Numismatic Crime Information Center tip leads to arrests in the Rob Gronkowski break-in during Super Bowl | | Picasso self portrait formerly from the Ganz Collection up for auction in May | 
Adrian Piper. LSD Self-Portrait from the Inside Out. 1966. Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm). Emi Fontana Collection. © Adrian Piper Research Archive Foundation Berlin. Photography by Boris Kirpotin.
NEW YORK, NY.- From March 27 to July 22, 2018, The Museum of Modern Art presents the most comprehensive exhibition of the work of Adrian Piper (American, born 1948) to date with Adrian Piper: A Synthesis of Intuitions, 19652016. The exhibition is the result of a four-year collaboration between Piper and Christophe Cherix, Chief Curator in the Museums Department of Drawings and Prints, Connie Butler, Chief Curator at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, and David Platzker, former Curator in the Museums Department of Drawings and Prints, with Tessa Ferreyros, Curatorial Assistant in the Museums Department of Drawings and Prints. A selection of works from the exhibition will travel, under the title Adrian Piper: Concepts and Intuitions, 1965 2016, to the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (October 7, 2018 January 6, 2019), and Haus der Kunst, Munich ... More | | 
The NCIC received an email on Feb. 24 from Dave McConaghy, owner of New England Coin Exchange, who advised a high-profile client had been the recent victim of a burglary.
ARLINGTON, TX.- While New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski was busy playing in Super Bowl LII on Feb. 5, suspects were busy burglarizing his home, which he shared with three other individuals. The suspects stole safes, guns and jewelry, as well as two proof Morgan dollars. Police in Foxborough, Massachusetts, investigating the nighttime burglary had no definitive leads until March 2, when the Numismatic Crime Information Center (NCIC) shared a tip obtained through its extensive network. The NCIC received an email on Feb. 24 from Dave McConaghy, owner of New England Coin Exchange, who advised a high-profile client had been the recent victim of a burglary. Mr. McConaghy identified Mr. Gronkowski and other members of the household as victims and requested our assistance in possibly sending out an alert, since he was able to provide certification numbers on the two ... More | | 
Pablo Picasso, Le Marin, 28 October 1943 (detail), oil on canvas. Estimated in the region of $70 million. © 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- This spring, Christies will offer Pablo Picassos Le Marin, 28 October 1943 (estimate upon request), in the May 15 Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art. Executed at the height of Occupation, Le Marin, widely recognized as Picasso himself, clad in his iconic striped fishermans jersey, offers one of the most profound and revealing views into the artists wartime psyche. Adrien Meyer, Co-Chairman, Impressionist and Modern Art, Christies New York, remarked: From the depth and power of expression to his striped Breton shirt, Le Marin is an extraordinarily vivid portrait of the artist. We are delighted to debut this remarkable image in Hong Kong, which is such an integral region to the burgeoning market for the artist. Painted at Picasso and western civilizations lowest ebb in World War II, Le Marin is art history and 20th-century history writ large. That Le Marin once hung in the legendary ... More |
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| Whitney opens exhibition of photographs by Harold Edgerton | | The Morgan receives original manuscript of Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach | | Artist Jeff Koons on money, risk and acceptance | 
Harold Edgerton (1903-1990), Milk Drop Coronet, 1957, printed 1984-90. Edition 109/150. Dye transfer print: sheet, 19 15/16 à 16 in. (50.6 à 40.6 cm); image, 18 3/8 à 13 3/8 in. (46.7 à 34 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation 96.126.3. © 2010 MIT. Courtesy of MIT Museum.
NEW YORK, NY.- The photographs of Harold Edgertona pioneer of flash technology and a largely under-recognized figure in the history of twentieth century American photographyare on view in the Whitneys third floor Susan and John Hess Family Gallery. The worksa revelatory selection of about forty photographs shot from the 1930s through the 1960sare drawn entirely from the Whitneys collection, which includes 122 of Edgerton's works. The works on view include photographs depicting single and multiple-exposure images of household products, performances, sporting events, and staged scenarios. Some of the photographs were taken in controlled environments like the bullet piercing a playing card, while others were made in public spaces requiring complex lighting and logistical coordination. ... More | | 
Philip Glass (b. 1937), Autograph manuscript, Einstein on the Beach, The Morgan Library & Museum, Bequest of Paul F. Walter. Photography by Anthony Troncale. © Dunvagen Music Publishers.
NEW YORK, NY.- In 1976 composer Philip Glass and director Robert Wilson redefined opera with the debut in Avignon, France, of Einstein on the Beach. The nearly five-hour, non-narrative work broke a host of operatic conventions and would become the most celebrated of the many collaborations between these two giants of the musical and theatrical stage. Now, Mr. Glasss autograph score for the landmark work is coming to the Morgan Library & Museum as a bequest from the estate of the late New York collector and philanthropist Paul F. Walter. A longtime supporter of the Morgan who died in January 2017, Mr. Walter also bequeathed the museum scene designs and other items related to the work. Many have said that the true starting point of contemporary opera was 1976 with the production of Einstein on the Beach in Avignon, said Colin B. Bailey, director of the Morgan Library & Museum. The work was groundbreaking on so ... More | | 
US artist Jeff Koons attends the red carpet for the 2018 American Foundation for AIDS Research (amFAR) Hong Kong gala at Shaw Studios in Hong Kong on March 26, 2018. ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP.
HONG KONG (AFP).- To his critics his work is overrated, overpriced and obvious. To his fans, he is a living legend -- the incarnation of the Pop Art movement. Either way, at 63, Jeff Koons says he just wants to focus on creating the art he wants to make. Koons' works are brash, voluptuous and carry astronomical price tags but that hasn't dimmed appetite for his pieces in Asia, where he is presenting at Hong Kong's edition of Art Basel -- a top event for wealthy collectors looking to snap up new status symbols. The American pioneer has brought some of his signature mirror-polished steel sculptures to the fair as well as his Gazing Ball series, in which shiny blue spheres are inserted into reproductions of classic European masterpieces, including works by Rembrandt and Tintoretto. Koons set an auction record for the highest price paid for any work by a living artist in 2013 when his orange "Balloon Dog" fetched US$58.4 million at Christie's in New York. But he insists the monetary value ... More |
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| Exhibition brings large-scale installations from famed desert gathering to Washington | | 'Uninhabited' Amazon may have been home to a million people | | Major retrospective of works by Max Liebermann on view at Gemeentemuseum Den Haag | 
FoldHaus, Shrumen Lumen, 2016. Photo by Rene Smith.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Cutting-edge artwork created at Burning Man, the annual desert gathering that is one of the most influential events in contemporary art and culture, is being exhibited in the nations capital for the first time this spring. No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man has taken over the entire Renwick Gallery building, exploring the maker culture, ethos, principles and creative spirit of Burning Man. Several artists debut new works in the exhibition. In addition to the in-gallery presentation, the Renwick exhibition expands beyond its walls for the first time through an outdoor extension titled No Spectators: Beyond the Renwick, displaying sculptures throughout the surrounding neighborhood. Nora Atkinson, the museums Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft, is organizing the exhibition in collaboration with the Burning ... More | | 
Geoglyphs on deforested land in the Amazon rainforest, Acre. Photo: Sanna Saunaluoma/wikipedia.org
PARIS (AFP).- Areas of the Amazon previously thought to be uninhabited may have been home to up to a million people in the centuries before Christopher Columbus arrived, new archaeological research has found. Scientists from Britain and Brazil uncovered evidence of hundreds of fortified villages in the rainforest away from the major rivers -- areas long thought untouched by human civilisation before Europeans arrived in the late 15th century. The findings, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, follows the discovery of extensive earthworks and fortifications in another region of Brazil, bordering on Peru. Researchers now believe such pre-Columbian habitations could stretch over an area as wide as 400,000 square kilometres, and may have been ... More | | 
Max Liebermann (1847 - 1935), Reiter am Strand (Rider on the Beach), 1908, Oil on canvas, 71 x 89 cm, Museumlandschaft Hessen Kassel.
THE HAGUE.- Dont forget to come to Scheveningen as soon as possible, Jozef Israels wrote to Max Liebermann (1847-1935) in March 1904. Between 1870 and 1914 the German artist spent a number of summers in the Netherlands with his friend Israels. Together with Israels' son Isaac he painted the fashionable lifestyle emerging in that period: outdoor cafés teeming with patrons enjoying the sun, riders and bathers on the beach. By that time Liebermann was a celebrated artist both in his native Germany and abroad, famous for his paintings with sunspots. In 1920 he was even appointed director of the academy in Berlin, a position he would have to relinquish towards the end of his life, when Hitler came to power. Yet he continued to be a favourite with the public in Germany, even after ... More |
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| Unfolding Histories exhibition opens at Cape Ann Museum | | Drawing a crowd: Gerald Scarfe Stage & Screen exhibition comes to Hampshire | | Prague pedestrians tread unaware on Jewish graves | 
Certificate from M. E. Hayes (b. 1801) to Amanda Babson (18111857), January 1823. Cape Ann Museum. Compare to the printed reward of merit card on page 6.
GLOUCESTER, MASS.- In the first major exhibition to bring together historical and archival material from nine Cape Ann institutions, Unfolding Histories: Cape Ann Before 1900 illuminates the areas wide-ranging stories from Native American life to the first European settlers in the 1640s, the temperance movement, African American history and civil rights, womens history, the advent of railroad and mass transportation as well as work, literary, and cultural life during Cape Anns early years. As the region prepares for the 400th anniversary of the first English settlement on Cape Ann in 2023, the Cape Ann Museum seeks to highlight significant historical materials from its own collection as well as those from historical societies in the region for this exhibition. Lenders to Unfolding Histories ... More | | 
Orpheus in the Underworld - costume design © Gerald Scarfe.
WINCHESTER.- His style is unmistakable. Gerald Scarfes spiky, acerbic wit translates through his brush and directly into his cartoons. Consequently, Scarfes satirical work has established him as the foremost political cartoonist of the past five decades. But an exhibition on view now at the Gallery in Winchester Discovery Centre from Londons House of Illustration the first time the exhibition has toured outside the capital - reveals a lesser-known aspect of the cartoonist and illustrators work as a production designer for film, music and ballet. Much as Scarfe is synonymous with the Sunday Times and Private Eye, his designs for the film version of Pink Floyds The Wall and opening credits of Yes, Minister suggest a far more diverse career. Indeed, his work on the animated feature film Hercules as Disneys first ever external production designer - may be something of a surprise to many ... More | | 
People walk across pavement, parts of which were made from tombstones taken from a Jewish cemetery, in the pedestrian zone at Wenceslas Square in Prague on March 20, 2018. Michal CIZEK / AFP.
PRAGUE (AFP).- On a fine spring day in the Czech capital, a young busker draws a crowd with his rendition of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door". Little does he realise the poignancy of the Bob Dylan lyrics. Since the pedestrian zone where he's standing was built in 1985 in the heart of Prague, thousands of people unknowingly walk daily across a pavement made of tombstones taken from a derelict Jewish cemetery. The sturdy, blue-grey hued slabs that line Wenceslas Square, distinct from the finer cubic stones typical elsewhere in Prague, are a legacy of the Communist past, but no less distressing for the Jewish community. "Some things are always shocking, regardless of your faith," says Leo Pavlat, head of the Jewish Museum in Prague. "Does this barbarian act offend only Jews, or is it a matter of culture, decency, shared ... More |
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 Arts+Leisure presents an exhibition of new work by Aimee OdumNEW YORK, NY.- Arts+Leisure is presenting Infinite Infinite, an exhibition of new work by Aimee Odum. Melding video, ceramics, and fragments of a variety of sculptural and technological materials, Odum forges a dialogue between nature and technology, juxtaposing physical tactility with the conditions of the digital screen. Above all, Odums practice suggests that the natural world and that contained within our smartphones are not quite the polar opposites they may seem. Technology and digital imaging inform the ways in which we interface with nature, while the exigencies of our environment often define our technological needs, with the two ricocheting off each other in a mutually reflexive relationship. Describing her consciousness of this inseparable duality and its presence in contemporary reality, Odum writes, In terms of perception, there is little separation between ... More Plans confirmed for Wilshire Boulevard Temple's new OMA-designed building: Audrey Irmas PavilionLOS ANGELES, CA.- Plans for Wilshire Boulevard Temples new building, designed by the world-class firm Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and its partners Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas, were submitted for approval to the City of Los Angeles today, revealing the initial design and the first rendering. Pending approval from the city, and additional fundraising, the new building will break ground in late 2018 with plans to open in 2020. Named Audrey Irmas Pavilion for its lead donor, whose $30 million gift for the project launched the capital campaign in 2015, the building will be in dialogue with the 1929 Byzantine-Revival sanctuary located on Wilshire Boulevard, midway between the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Walt Disney Concert Hall. Construction of Audrey Irmas Pavilion will complete the Temples Building Lives Campaign by providing ... More New York's Met Opera to stage opera for toddlersNEW YORK (AFP).- The Metropolitan Opera of New York is wooing a younger audience -- make that very, very young. It is putting on an opera for toddlers to see how they react to the music and singing. The 40-minute show, called "BambinO", will run from April 30 to May 5, offering 10 free concerts. It premiered last year in Manchester, England. The work was composed by Lliam Paterson, a young Scottish composer, and will be performed by an ensemble of four young artists. The show is strictly for people from six to 18 months of age, plus their caregivers. The story is about a bird and an unrelated chick that hatches from a golden egg, and how the bird teaches the chick to get out on its own and fly. "In the Met's never-ending quest to develop audiences of the future, we've decided to start at the very beginning," Met general ma ... More Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth opens FOCUS: Kamrooz Aram FORT WORTH, TX.- Spanning painting, sculpture, collage, and installation, Kamrooz Aram's work investigates the complex relationship between Western modernism and classical non-Western art. By highlighting their formal connections, he reveals the typically downplayed role that non-Western art and design have played in the development of modernism and its drive toward abstraction. Challenging the traditionally Euro-centric narrative established by art history, Aram's work sets forth to disrupt this perceived hierarchy by merging and equalizing Western and non-Western forms. The artist presents all new work for this exhibition. In the painting Ornamental Composition for Social Spaces I, 2016, the foreground features black and white triangles arranged on a grid. Triangles are found in pre-modern architecture, such as Persian stucco design from the thirteenth ... More Oklahoma City Museum of Art welcomes Cannes award winner in video art exhibitionOKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.- The Oklahoma City Museum of Art is presenting a rare opportunity to view the works of Cannes Film Festival award winning filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, a leading figure in contemporary film and art. Opening Saturday, March 31, OKCMOAs Apichatpong Weerasethakul: The Serenity of Madness uniquely presents a selected survey of rarely seen experimental short films and video installations by the Thai filmmaker, alongside his photography, sketches and archival materials that explore threads of socio-political commentary. This exhibition represents the last stop in the Western Hemisphere in the international tour of these works, said President and CEO E. Michael Whittington. Its an unparalleled opportunity for us to be able to showcase this artist. Apichatpongs works push the boundaries of traditional film and contemporary ... More Sotheby's 2018 Spring Auction Wine Sales day 1: 100% sold, total US$12.9 millionHONG KONG.- Sothebys opened its Spring Sale Series in Hong Kong with the first of a two-day offering of wines and whiskeys, comprising the Cellar from the Estate of Jerry Perenchio and a various-owner Finest & Rarest Wines sale. Together, the two auctions brought an overall total of HK$101,075,865 / US$12,879,087, with 100% of lots sold. The first part of The Cellar from the Estate of Jerry Perenchio more than doubled the pre-sale high estimate bringing HK$52.8 million / US$6.7 million and is a reflection of Mr. Perenchios passion for enjoying and collecting the best of the best. He had one of the great cellars of mature Burgundy and Bordeaux, the rarity of which drew many of the worlds leading collectors, and set new benchmark prices. We hope toasts are raised to Mr. Perenchio and his Rules of the Road when these wines are opened and enjoyed, and ... More The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago opens first North American museum survey of Otobong NkangaCHICAGO, IL.- The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presents the first North American museum survey of Nigerian-born, Belgium-based artist Otobong Nkanga, whose work explores the relationship between Africa and the Western world, with a focus on the intense mining of natural resources since the rise of global capitalism. Drawing from a range of media including drawing, photography, tapestry, and installation that she activates with performances, Nkanga examines how raw minerals from Nigeria and other African countries are transported through various covert economies and transformed into desirable consumer objects. This exhibition introduces Nkanga to American audiences with the most comprehensive presentation of her works to date, in addition to the debut of a performance for the exhibitions opening. On view from March 31 to September ... More SALTS opens exhibition of works by Kasia Fudakowski, Maria Loboda, and Zoe PaulBIRSFELDEN.- Infinity has its Limits brings together works by Kasia Fudakowski, Maria Loboda and Zoë Paul. All share an interest in re-working elements of traditional sculpture, design and architecture through processes of historical excavation. What are our social norms and how do we navigate them? The exhibition investigates a certain cultural landscape, where historical signifiers are superimposed with contemporary commentaries. Experience and the memory we create thereof become the catalysts to construct, archive and suggest environments to which our human body (and mind) can relate. We see foam bodies encased in a metal cage, a fractured, figure-like fountain or a stucco corridor filled with health supplements, all of which build a long historical line. From living like a cave-woman, to the ancient Greeks all the way through the Western medieval ... More Quinn's April 14 auction features collection of Wedgwood expert and historian Adele BarnettFALLS CHURCH, VA.- In 1759, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons founded a family-owned and operated company whose distinctive wares became synonymous with fine English pottery and decorative accessories. On April 14, an important representation of 18th- to 20th-century Wedgwood blue jasperware will be offered on American shores, at Quinns Auction Galleries in Falls Church, Virginia. It is the collection of Wedgwood specialist and founder/past president of Washington, D.C.s Wedgwood Society, Adele Barnett. Barnetts interest in Wedgwood began in 1969 when her employer presented her with a birthday gift, a Wedgwood dish emblazoned with her zodiac sign. She liked it so much she decided to start a collection. She later became an active member of regional Wedgwood societies, starting with the Boston chapter, where she would serve as president. ... More Hermès gems lift Heritage Auctions' Luxury Accessories Auction beyond $1.4 millionDALLAS, TX.- Multiple bidders drove the final price for an Hermès Limited Edition 35cm Barenia Leather & Osier Wicker Picnic Kelly Bag with Palladium Hardware to $62,500 to help push the total from Heritage Auctions' Spring Luxury Accessories Auction to $1,438,852 March 25 in Dallas. The Kelly Picnic is a true collector's piece. This limited edition piece, created using wicker and leather, was introduced first in 2011. Wicker handbags are in growing demand in recent years, and have emerged as evidence of the steady evolution of Hermès handbags. "This auction represented an outstanding Hermès collection and the largest offering of Chanel exotic handbags at one auction," Heritage Auctions Luxury Accessories Director Diane D'Amato said, "and hosting our Signature Auction on Sunday really attracted the finest collectors." An Hermès 30cm Matte ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, English painter John Constable died March 31, 2018. John Constable, RA (11 June 1776 - 31 March 1837) was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home -- now known as "Constable Country" -- which he invested with an intensity of affection. In this image: A Sea Beach - Brighton, Photo: Bonhams.
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