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Picasso in Canada brings together 35 works of art drawn from eight art museums across the country and private collections, from paintings and watercolours to drawings, engravings, and ceramic works.
WINNIPEG.- Genius, lover, icon, artist. Pablo Picasso remains one of the most celebrated artists of all time. This weekend the Winnipeg Art Gallery unveils two exhibitions showcasing the art of Picasso. His best work from collections across the country is gathered for Picasso in Canada, along with Picasso: Man & Beast. The Vollard Suite of Prints, organized by the National Gallery of Canada, featuring the artist?s rarely displayed, masterpiece etchings and drypoints on loan from the national collection. With only a handful of the complete sets in existence today, The Vollard Suite is a national treasure and rarely exhibited due to its fragility and scale. Both shows run until August 13. In celebration of Canada 150, Picasso in Canada brings together 35 works of art drawn from eight art museums across the country and private collections, from paintings and watercolours to drawings, engravings, and ceramic works. Among these pieces is ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Artist Jeff Koons unveils a seated ballerina inflatable sculpture at Rockefeller Center on May 12, 2017 in New York City. Mike Coppola/Getty Images/AFP
| deFlat Kleiburg by NL Architects and XVW architectuur is the 2017 EU Mies Award winner | | Christie's to offer exemplary works of 19th Century European Art this May | | Large-scale public art installation by Jeff Koons on view at Rockefeller Center |
The Jury valued that the project is a collective effort by many people. Photo: Marcel van der Brug.
BRUSSELS.- At a press conference held today in Brussels the European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe have announced the winners of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award 2017. DeFlat Kleiburg in Amsterdam is the 2017 Winner of Prize. The architects are NL architects and XVW architectuur and the client Kondor WesselsVastgoed. DeFlat is an innovative renovation of one of the biggest apartment buildings in The Netherlands called Kleiburg, a bend slab with 500 apartmentsin Amsterdams Bijlmermeer neighbourhood. Consortium DeFlat rescued the building from the wrecking ball by turning it into a "Klusflat", meaning that the inhabitants renovate their apartments by themselves. NL architects were awarded the Emerging Architect Prize of the EU Mies Award in 2005 for their work BasketBar ... More | |
Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875), Le Passage des oies sauvages, pastel and crayon noir on light gray-blue paper, glued at extreme edges and stretched over board. Executed circa 1862-63. Estimate: USD 600,000 800,000. © Christies Images Limited 2017.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announced the sale of 19th Century European Art on May 23, which offers a strong selection of fresh to the market paintings, drawings, and sculpture by leading artists who reflect the extraordinary diversity of this pivotal period of art history. Painters of the Barbizon, French Realist and Orientalist schools are represented, as well as a strong selection of Belle Ãpoque painters and important female artists. The tightly curated sale of 88 lots is primarily sourced from private collections with lots ranging in price from $7,000 to $1,200,000. A highlight of the sale is JoaquÃn Sorollas (Spanish, 1863-1923), Algarrobo (The Carob Tree) painted when the artist was visiting the Spanish village of of Jávea, in eastern Spain (estimate: ... More | |
Jeff Koonss Seated Ballerina. Photo by Tom Powel, courtesy of Art Production Fund & Kiehls Since 1851.
NEW YORK, NY.- Kiehls Since 1851 and Art Production Fund are presenting Jeff Koonss Seated Ballerina, a large-scale public art installation, hosted by Tishman Speyer at Rockefeller Center from May 12 June 2, 2017. The inflatable nylon sculpture stands 45 feet high and depicts a seated ballerina from the artists iconic Antiquity series. Often referencing historical imagery and found objects, Koons based Seated Ballerina on a small porcelain figurine. The sculpture acts as a contemporary iteration of the goddess Venus, and symbolizes notions of beauty and connectivity. Its reflective surface mirrors its immediate environment and engages with each viewer. The work aims to bring awareness to National Missing Childrens Month this May, in an effort to support organizations like the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) that work tirelessly ... More |
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| Christie's sale of jewels in New York to offer The Rockefeller Emerald | | Six portraits of Jane Austen are the centrepiece of The Mysterious Miss Austen | | Jackie Kennedy's maternity dress and rare John F. Kennedy photographs up for auction |
An Emerald and Diamond Ring, by Raymond Yard. Set with an octagonal step-cut emerald of approximately 18.04 carats. Estimate: $4,000,000-6,000,000. © Christies Images Limited 2017.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies New York announced The Rockefeller Emerald highlighting its June 20th Magnificent Jewels New York auction. Sold on behalf of a private American Collector, this historically important gemstone is among the finest emeralds to be offered for sale at auction (Estimate: $4,000,000 $6,000,000). This stunning emerald was acquired in 1930 by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. as the centerpiece of a brooch given to his wife, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. Upon her death in 1948 the 18.04 carat emerald was bequeathed to their youngest son, David Rockefeller. Honoring the trusted relationship formed by his father, David Rockefeller called upon Raymond Yard to design a setting that would perfectly highlight the superior quality and beauty of what had become a family gemstone. Mr. Yard successfully executed one of his ... More | |
Jane Austen by James Andrews, watercolour, 1869. © Private collection, courtesy of the 19th Century Rare Book and Photograph Shop, Stevenson, Maryland.
WINCHESTER.- 2017 marks the 200th anniversary of the death of the universally admired author Jane Austen and Hampshire Cultural Trust is coordinating a yearlong series of events to celebrate her creativity and talent. The centrepiece of the celebrations is the exhibition The Mysterious Miss Austen, which opens on 13 May 2017 (until 24 July) at The Gallery in Winchester Discovery Centre. Presented in partnership with Jane Austens House Museum, this landmark exhibition explores Janes life, work and her relationship to Hampshire. The county was not only Jane Austens birthplace (and where you can visit her grave today), but its people, landscape and the society in which she moved provided inspiration for her novels, classics such as Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Mansfield Park and Sense and Sensibility. The exhibition includes around 80 items, including paintings, watercolours, prints, illustrations, ... More | |
Maternity dress worn by Jackie, two months away from delivering JFK, Jr., and her husband winning the presidency.
BOSTON, MASS.- In commemoration of JFKs 100th birthday on May 29, 2017, RR Auction has curated an once-in-a-lifetime assortment of Kennedy artifacts, signed material, and photographs to celebrate the life of Americas beloved 35th president. The more than 175 lots cover; JFKs early years, the transition to his congressional and senatorial careers, and The 1,000 Days of Camelot, Kennedys storied tenure as president. The special online offering is scheduled to begin on May 11 and will conclude on May 18, 2017. A highlight includes; Jacqueline Kennedy's gray maternity dress worn two months prior to delivering JFK, Jr., and her husband winning the presidency. The lightweight wool dress features three-quarter-length sleeves, two pocket flaps, eight double-breasted buttons, and "Lord & Taylor, Fifth Avenue" and "Ma Mere" tags sewn into the cowl neck collar. Included with the dress are two ... More |
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| Works by Carol Bove and Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler featured in Swiss Pavilion | | Exhibition at the Portland Art Museum offers a retrospective look at the work of John Yeon | | Greek Pavilion in Venice presents George Drivas' "Laboratory of Dilemmas" |
Portrait of Carol Bove at the Swiss Pavilion.
VENICE.- Curator Philipp Kaiser has invited artists Carol Bove and Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler to show their work in the exhibition «Women of Venice» at the Pavilion of Switzerland. With the project Kaiser aims to explore Alberto Giacomettis absence in the history of the Swiss Pavilion. During his lifetime, Giacometti declined all requests for him to exhibit his work there. The exhibition «Women of Venice» refers to the little known absence of Alberto Giacometti from the Swiss Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Set in the Pavilion of Switzerland, which was built in 1952 by Albertos brother, the renowned architect Bruno Giacometti, it features new work by Carol Bove and Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler created specifically for the Biennale Arte 2017 in reference to the legacy and universe of Alberto Giacometti. Philipp Kaiser, nominated as curator of the Swiss Pavilion by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, outlines his concept as follows: «The exhibition «Women ... More | |
John Yeon in 1941.
PORTLAND, ORE.- The Portland Art Museum presents Quest for Beauty: The Architecture, Landscapes, and Collections of John Yeon, a retrospective look at the work and deep legacy of an influential Oregon architect. Celebrated by the Museum of Modern Art as a young architect, John Yeon also became a respected art collector and a conservationist who left his mark by shaping and preserving some of the Northwest?s most treasured natural vistas. The exhibition of Yeon?s designs and collections opens May 13, 2017. Few architects have influenced so many facets of a region as John Yeon (1910-1994). Yeon is most widely remembered as an architect, in particular for a series of innovative housesmost prominently, the 1937 Aubrey Watzek Housethat drew an international spotlight to regional modernism in the Pacific Northwest. Yet Yeon had equal vision and influence as a planner, conservationist, historic preservationist, urban activist, and, perhaps most o ... More | |
Laboratory of Dilemmas is presented piecemeal on screens and through speakers which have been placed in an installation divided into three parts: the Upper Level, the Lower Level/Labyrinth and the Screening Room.
VENICE.- Laboratory of Dilemmas is a narrative video in- stallation based on Aeschylus theatre play Iketides (Suppliant Women) and the dilemma it poses between saving the Foreigner or maintaining the safety of the Native, which attempts to expose the anguish, puzzlement, and confusion of individuals and social groups when called upon to address similar dilemmas. Aeschyluss Iketides (Suppliant Women, 463-464 BC) is the first literary text in history that raises the issue of a persecuted group of people seeking asylum. The Suppliants have left Egypt to avoid having to marry their first cousins and arrive at Argos seeking asylum from the King of the city. The King is then faced with a major dilemma. If he helps the foreign women, he risks inciting a war with the Egyptians, who will ... More |
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| Brandeis University names Luis A. Croquer new director of the Rose Art Museum | | Khora Contemporary presents Virtual Reality commissions by Paul McCarthy and Christian Lemmerz | | Sports & leisure are focus of PDNB's summer exhibition |
Croquer is currently the deputy director of exhibitions, collections and programs at the Henry Art Gallery. Photo: Stanton J. Stephens.
WALTHAM, MASS.- Brandeis University has named Luis A. Croquer as the Henry and Lois Foster Director of the Rose Art Museum, effective July 14. Croquer is currently the deputy director of exhibitions, collections and programs at the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington in Seattle, and was previously the director and chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. A native of El Salvador who has lived and worked around the world, Croquer possesses deep curatorial expertise and knowledge of the national and international arts community. He combines intellectual rigor with boldness, and is regarded as a visionary thinker in the realm of contemporary art and ideas. With this important appointment, we celebrate the deep legacy and rich future of the arts at Brandeis, said Brandeis President Ron Liebowitz. The Rose has undergone a period of rebirth and renewal, and is now poised ... More | |
Paul McCarthy, C.S.S.C. Coach Stage Stage Coach VR experiment Mary and Eve, 2017. Virtual reality © Paul McCarthy and Khora Contemporary Courtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth, Xavier Hufkens and Khora Contemporary
VENICE.- This years Venice Biennale marks the launch of Khora Contemporary, a Virtual Reality (VR) production company created specifically for artists. Major commissions by German artist, Christian Lemmerz, and from LA-based Paul McCarthy, mark Khora Contemporarys launch, part of this summers Faurschou Foundation presentation in Venice, during the 2017 Venice Biennale. Both artists can be seen to have pushed their ideas, and ultimately their practice, through their ground-breaking approach to the use of this fast-evolving medium. Christian Lemmerzs La Apparizione, produced earlier this year, aims to disrupt stereotypes of religious imagery, engaging the viewer in a discomforting, close-up experience with a burning corpse of Jesus Christ, which rains embers. Jesus and other religious personages have ... More | |
Al Satterwhite, Muhammad Ali, Fifth Street Gym, Miami, 1971.
DALLAS, TX.- PDNB Gallery ipresents, Sports & Leisure, a summer group show that explores the icons and legends of sports, and the pleasures of leisure. This energetic exhibition will showcase the unforgettable moments in sports, from the Golden Era of motor sports to the iconic portraits of legendary boxer, Muhammad Ali and baseball player Babe Ruth. It will also include the playful, humorous, and candid images of Americans hard at play. Known as the most important motor sports photographer, Jesse Alexander's images captured the thrilling Golden Era of car racing in the 1950's and 1960's. Included in the show are outstanding photographs documenting the renowned drivers, enthusiastic spectators, and high action famous races of the Grand Prix of Monaco, 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Mille Miglia and the Targa Florio. Acclaimed photographer, Al Satterwhite, has photographed some of the most significant athletes in sports. Included in this exhibition are ... More |
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Exhibition featuring husband and wife team opens at the Anita Shapolsky Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- The Anita Shapolsky Gallery is presenting A Non-Objective Couple, an exhibition featuring husband and wife team Sonia Gechtoff and James Kelly. This exhibition features some of the remaining works of these artists oeuvres. As prime examples of the San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionisms raw, unique influence, Gechtoff and Kellys experimental approaches are exemplary of the collective coolness of the Bay Area. A focus on smooth, otherworldly strokes permeate their works, in contrast to the faster movements and more vibrant palette of New York, where much of the cultural dialogue came from and where they eventually settled. Inspired by poetry, particularly by their contemporaries of the Beat generation, Gechtoff, Kelly, and their peers viewed painting as the visual component of literature, yet unlike their New York ... More
Out with the old: 'Saigon's' disappearing colonial architecture
HO CHI MINH CITY.- They formed the charming backdrop to Graham Greene's sin-filled Saigon in "The Quiet American", but the colonial-era buildings of Vietnam's biggest city are fast disappearing -- sparking fears it is losing its unique charm. Any visitor to Ho Chi Ming City, as Saigon is now known, cannot help but notice the construction cranes dotting an increasingly crowded skyline. They are the most visible symbols of one of Asia's fastest growing economies. But like many locals, office worker Tran Trong Vu is dismayed the city's gleaming new look is so often at the expense of its colonial-era architecture. "They have cultural value, so we should preserve them, not replace them with high-rise buildings," he told AFP in the bustling commerical hub. Others are concerned the demolition of its famed French architectural gems will render Ho Chi Minh City indistinguishable from ... More
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts opens collateral exhibition at the Venice Biennale
VENICE.- The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts opened the exhibition Man as Bird. Images of Journeys organized as part of the Collateral Events of the 57th International Art Exhibition. The show Man as Bird explores the interaction between discoveries in optics and art fields that are intrinsically connected with an ambition to understand the world and to determine mans place in it. Throughout history, people have tried to push the limits of the visible and find new angles of view by carrying out expeditions to distant places or improving the very means of seeing. This historical journey can be compared to the inner transformation which humans experience throughout life. The exhibition is supported by its official partner, Mail.ru Group (My.com international brand) and presents 14 Russian and foreign artists working with different media: sound and light installations, ... More
New world records for Dale Nichols and Alice Mattern at Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers
MILFORD, CONN.- A large-format oil on canvas painting by Dale Nichols (Am., 1904-1995), titled Mid-Nation Winter, sold for $120,000 a new record price for the artist at auction at a Fine Art Auction held May 4th by Shannons Fine Art Auctioneers, online and in the gallery at 354 Woodmont Road in Milford. The work dated to a key period in Nichols successful career. The 30 inch by 40 inch painting, executed by Nichols in 1967, soared past its pre-sale estimate to finish in the six figures, shattering previous records. The work depicted a red barn in a bold and vivid snowy setting. It was in fabulous condition, which drove up the price. Nichols was a Nebraska-born Regionalist painter. Overall it was a strong night for Regionalism. An oil painting by Daniel Celentano (Am., 1902-1980), another Regionalist, titled The Potato Pickers (Homage,) achieved ... More
Museum commissions major work by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa
RICHMOND, VA.- The grounds of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has undergone a bold transformation with the installation of Chloe, a 24-foot tall newly commissioned sculpture, which is visible from both the Boulevard and Grove Avenue in Richmond. Chloe continues a long series of sculptural heads by world-renowed Spanish artist Jaume Plensa (born 1955) that feature young girls, with closed eyes, whose dream-like qualities transform their surroundings. VMFA commissioned Chloecomposed of polyester resin, marble dust, and a stainless-steel infrastructurewith endowed funds as part of its five-year strategic plan initiative to add new site-specific pieces to the E. Claiborne and Lora Robins Sculpture Garden. The sculpture has been installed in the garden, adjacent to the James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Wing. In todays increasingly cynical culture, Jaume ... More
"The Aalto Natives" by Nathaniel Mellors and Erkka Nissinen on view at the Pavilion of Finland
VENICE.- The Pavilion of Finland presents The Aalto Natives, a collaboration between artists Nathaniel Mellors and Erkka Nissinen at the 57th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia. Individually known for their irreverent and often comedic story-driven work, Mellors and Nissinen focus on various clichés surrounding Finnish history and national identity for The Aalto Natives. Conflating ideas and tropes from archaeology, anthropology and science fiction, the work re-imagines Finnish society through the eyes of two messianic outsider figures, Geb and Atum, who are represented by talking animatronic puppets. The story presents Geb and Atum as terraforming higher beings, who re-visit the Finland they have created millions of years earlier, and who try to make sense of the culture that has developed in the meantime. They are engaged in a dialogue in which ... More
Glitterati to publish "New York City Up and Down" by Jean-Pierre Laffont
NEW YORK, NY.- Renowned documentary photographer Jean-Pierre Laffont has been a transplanted resident from Paris to New York City since 1965. Organized into three parts (The City Never Sleeps, The Movers and Shakers, and The Mean Streets), New York City Up and Down is an elegant, incisive, and unexpected review of forty years of his exploration. Just as he examined the explosive, the calm, the social, the environment in his prize-winning book Photographers Paradise, Laffont has filled New York City Up and Down with the highs and lows of New York City life. Not a commentary on the high end versus the low end of lifestyles, it is instead a commentary on the ups and downsculturally, politically, and visuallythat have taken place in the city he loves so much over the past four decades. This is a book not to be missed by anyone who has ever visited, would like ... More
Don Presley Auctions presents 'Mighty Fine' antiques on May 21
SANTA ANA, CA.- Mighty fine was a favorite expression used by auctioneer Don Presley in describing the premium items in his sales. Presley passed away earlier this year, but Don Presley Auctions pays tribute to the companys colorful founder with a May 21 sale dubbed Mighty Fine May Antique, Art Deco & Porcelain. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers. Included in this diverse 500-lot auction are high-quality lamps and chandeliers, clocks, bronze sculptures, Limoges, jewelry, sterling silver, furniture and a variety of Chinese antiques. The Bowers Museum has deaccessioned matching Tang-style ceramic flasks decorated with beast masks, which are featured in the auction. The long-standing Orange County art museum has also consigned a selection of deaccessioned cloisonné items. A pair of Chinese carved huanghuali tab ... More
Masterpieces of English watchmaking highlight New York Fine Timepieces Auction June 6
DALLAS, TX.- An extremely rare and impressive timepiece, which was superbly executed and stands as a true horological masterpiece, highlights a group of masterpieces from English watchmakers at Heritage Auctions' Watches and Fine Timepieces Auction in New York June 6. "It was truly a pleasure curating this auction. The English, high-grade Swiss and rare American pocket watches stand out for their superior condition," said Jim Wolf, Director of Fine Timepieces at Heritage Auctions. "Wristwatch collectors have a terrific variety to choose from important vintage pieces of all price levels and very attractively priced modern timepieces from the best makers." All pocket chronometers are rare and the French Royal Exchange highly important and unique Eight-Day Running Silver Fusee Pocket Chronometer, circa 1826, (est. $8,000-12,000) with eight-day ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Georges Braque was born May 13, 1882. ARGENTEUIL.- Georges Braque was a major 20th century French painter and sculptor who, along with Pablo Picasso, developed the art movement known as Cubism. Braque believed that an artist experienced beauty "? in terms of volume, of line, of mass, of weight, and through that beauty [he] interpret[s] [his] subjective impression...? He described "objects shattered into fragments? [as] a way of getting closest to the object?Fragmentation helped me to establish space and movement in space?. He adopted a monochromatic and neutral color palette in the belief that such a palette would work simultaneously with the form, instead of interfering with the viewer's conception of space; and would focus, rather than distract, the viewer from the subject matter of the painting. In this image: Fruitdish and Glass, papier collé and charcoal on paper, 1912.
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