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William Cordova, left, an artist and A.I.M. Biennial co-founder, with Kristin Thiele, a participating artist in North Miami, Fla., Nov. 24, 2020. Despite the cancelling of Art Basel Miami Beach, a popular annual art show, due to the coronavirus pandemic, more galleries and shows are popping up in Miamis art world. Scott McIntyre/The New York Times.
by Brett Sokol
MILAN (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Call it the zombie version of Art Basel Miami Beach. The annual fair, originally scheduled to unfold next week with the contemporary art world converging in South Florida, was canceled in September by its Swiss-based organizers a cultural casualty of the coronavirus. Over a dozen Miami satellite fairs followed suit, all mirroring Basels pivot to online viewing rooms. The art circus, it seemed, was not coming to town. Yet this week, Miamis art scene was anything but quiet, even as the number of COVID-19 deaths rose, giving Miami-Dade the highest per capita rate of any large county in Florida. Previously closed museums announced ambitious new in-person exhibitions, from public institutions like the Pérez Art Museum Miami to the open-to-the-public privately owned Margulies Collection at the Warehouse. Galleries were likewise rolling out formidable solo shows, as were hotel lobbies and poolside bungalows. One leading fair had sprung back to life: Design Miami ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A forensic lab technician handles an ancient human skull in Lima, on November 26, 2020, which was unearthed from a crib-like tomb discovered by a crew laying a natural gas pipe under a street in the San Juan de Lurigancho district in the Peruvian capital on July, 2018. A mummified woman in her early twenties who lived over 600 years ago was called "Wayaw, the Lady of El Sauce", for the area where she was found. According to specialists, the woman lived in the times of the Ruricancho chiefdom, under the administration control of the Inca empire. Luka GONZALES / AFP
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| Artcurial announces highlights of the Impressionist & Modern Art and Post-War & Contemporary Art sales | | Rijksmuseum acquires 37 Robert Mapplethorpe photographs from three collections | | Christie's announces highlights included in the Old Masters Evening Sale |
Hans Hartung, T1934-2 - 1934, 0il on canvas, 120 x 87 cm. Estimate : 1 300 000 - 1 800 000 €
PARIS.- Artcurial will present some exceptional works of art by influential XXth Century artists in its major sales of Impressionist & Modern Art and Post-War & Contemporary Art, to be held on Tuesday 8 December and Wednesday 9 December. Odette Magliano, who was Henri Matisses assistant during the last two years of his life, until 1954, was offered a number of works of art by the master, that will be presented in Artcurials sale. This collection, comprising eight pencil and ink drawings, demonstrate the ways Matisse worked and his insatiable desire to create. They are all representations of a womans face, such as the pencil drawing on paper Profil de femme, dating from 1940. Depicted in a pure and elegant style, this classical portrayal is also remarkable for its light-hearted use of ink on cut paper. It is estimated to fetch 60 000 to 80 000 . Amongst other outstanding works on paper will be a superb watercolour by ... More | |
Self Portrait, 1980. Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery players © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission.
AMSTERDAM.- Three collectors have gifted to the Rijksmuseum a total 37 photographs by the American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. The impetus for these donations came from the major donation of Mapplethorpes work by choreographer Hans van Manen and his partner Henk van Dijk, at the end of 2019. The acquisition of these works means that the Rijksmuseum is now able to present a representative overview of this iconic photographers oeuvre. The Rijksmuseum now has 61 Mapplethorpe photographs in its collection. Arendt Brinks has transferred 33 Robert Mapplethorpe photographs to the Rijksmuseum. This collection was mostly donated by Arendt Brinks, and partly purchased with the support of BankGiro Lottery players. Former gallery owner Bram Volkers donated two Mapplethorpe portraits of him taken while the photographer was ... More | |
Frans van Mieris, The Elder, The Drummer Boy. Estimate £800,000-1,200,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020.
LONDON.- Christies announces the Old Masters Evening Sale taking place live on 15 December as part of Classic Week. The sale, which comprises 48 lots encompassing six centuries of European Art, presents a rich array of paintings, as well as sculpture and works on paper, covering a multitude of subjects and mediums. The sale is particularly strong in works by Netherlandish artists of the Golden Age, led by a monumental pronkstilleven by Jan Davidsz. de Heem (lot 10), one of the finest still lifes to come onto the market this generation, (estimate £4,000,000-£6,000,000). Among the largest and most ambitiously conceived in the artists oeuvre, this painting marks a highpoint in his career, being the culmination of a series of four monumental canvases embarked on between 1640 and 1643, which together re-defined the genre and established de Heem ... More |
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| Property of heirs of Franz Koenigs to be offered at Christie's throughout 2021 | | Van Gogh Museum welcomes three new management team members | | The British Museum to reopen in time for Great Court's 20th anniversary |
Adriaen Jansz van Ostades Kitchen interior (estimate: £200,000-300,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2020.
LONDON.- Christies will present a selection of exceptional works from the property of Heirs of Franz Koenigs in a series of sales throughout the 2021 programme. Testament to the highly selective, multi-disciplinary approach Koenigs took to building his collection, auction categories will include Old Master Paintings and Old Master Drawings, Impressionist and Modern Art, Prints and Applied Arts. An exhibition of highlights will be presented at Christies King Street as a key focal point of Classic Week from 3 to 16 December 2020. Meindert Hobbemas A wooded river landscape with a punt, Deventer in the distance (estimate: £500,000-800,000) will be on view alongside Paul Cézannes exquisite watercolour Paysage (circa 1887-90, estimate: $300,000-500,000), Henri Toulouse-Lautrecs masterful oil portrait of Miss May Milton (1895, estimate: $500,000-800,000) and his famous lithograph La Grande Loge (1897, estimate: $500, ... More | |
Yvonne Nassar, Head of Marketing & Communication.
AMSTERDAM.- The directors of the Van Gogh Museum have made three new management appointments. As of 1 January 2021, Amanda Vollenweider will become Head of Education & Presentation, and Yvonne Nassar will become Head of Marketing & Communication. As of 1 December 2020, Marije Vellekoop who has led the Collections & Research Department at the Van Gogh Museum for a number of years will also assume the role of Head of Collections. In their new positions, Amanda, Yvonne and Marije will all become part of the Van Gogh Museum Management Team. Marije Vellekoop (51) studied Art History at Utrecht University and joined the Van Gogh Museum in 1995, becoming Curator of Prints and Drawings in 1999. Marije assumed responsibility for the Collections & Research Department in 2013. As head of this department, she oversees significant core activities at the Van Gogh Museum and The Mesdag ... More | |
The Queen Elizabeth II Great Court turns 20 on Sunday 6 December.
LONDON.- The British Museums Great Court one of the most recognizable museum interiors in the world turns 20 on Sunday 6 December 2020. Due to the lifting of Englands national coronavirus restrictions and London entering Tier 2, the Museum will reopen ahead of the anniversary, welcoming the public again from this Thursday (3 Dec). To celebrate the Great Courts milestone, today the British Museum reveals that since it opened, 113 million people have now walked under the famous glass roof. The British Museum will welcome visitors again from this Thursday. Tickets are now available to book for acclaimed exhibitions Tantra: enlightenment to revolution and the Citi exhibition Arctic: culture and climate, along with free tickets to the permanent collection, where visitors can still see Grayson Perrys installation The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman and Edmund de Waals library of exile. Designed by Fo ... More |
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| Atlas of Furniture Design: A new encyclopedic publication on 200 years of furniture design | | Christie's announces Bid for the Louvre: Exceptional charity auction | | Largest-ever retrospective of Frank Uwe Laysiepen opens at the Stedelijk Museum |
3D-Cover »Atlas of Furniture Design« © Vitra Design Museum, Graphic: Kobi Benezri Studio.
WEIL AM RHEIN.- Vitra Design Museum published the »Atlas of Furniture Design«, a new comprehensive overview on the history of modern furniture design. With more than 1,000 pages, the »Atlas« will be the most extensive book ever to be published on the topic. It documents 1,740 objects by over 540 designers, and features more than 2,800 illustrations, from object photographs to design sketches and interiors as well as patents, brochures, art, architecture, and portraits of the designers. The Vitra Design Museum collection, which counts among the worlds largest of its kind with upwards of 20,000 objects, including over 7,000 pieces of furniture, serves as the basis for »Atlas of Furniture Design«. The publication includes works by the most significant designers of the past 230 years and documents all important stages of design history. This includes 19th century furniture made out ... More | |
Pierre Soulages, Peinture, 64.5 x 91 cm., 12 janvier 1962. © Christies images limited 2020.
PARIS.- The musée du Louvre and Christie's auction house, with the support of the Hôtel Drouot, join forces to organize Bid for the Louvre, an unprecedented online auction. Proceeds will be entirely devoted to projects in support of the musée du Louvre and the Studio, a new space dedicated to artistic and cultural education that will open in the fall of 2021. The catalogue of the sale will be available on both websites of Christies and Drouot. The auction will be held on Christies online platform from December 1 to 15, 2020. For the first time, the musée du Louvre is auctioning 24 exceptional lots : once-in-a lifetime experiences at the heart of the Palais, bespoke services inspired by the Louvre, exclusive experiences created by some of the worlds leading luxury brands, and unique works of art kindly given by contemporary artists close to the museum, including Johan Creten, Candida Höfer, Eva Jospin, Jea ... More | |
Ulay, The Metamorphosis of a Canal House, 1972, Series of 6 unique Gelatine Silver Prints, documentation of an environmental action: installation of a giant photo on photographic linen, showing a petrochemical refinery, 10 x 12 m 58 x 45 cm (framed), 20 x 23 cm. Courtesy ULAY Foundation.
AMSTERDAM.- The Stedelijk Museum presents ULAY WAS HERE, the largest-ever retrospective of Frank Uwe Laysiepen (19432020), known as Ulay, and the first international posthumous exhibition, including many never before seen works. While Ulays work with Marina Abramović is iconic, ULAY WAS HERE shows his impressive solo oeuvre as a pioneer of Polaroid photography and performance and body art: experimental and uncompromising. Ulays complex artistic expression is rooted in photography. He developed a novel approach in both method and subject matter, using the camera to investigate his identity while exploring socially constructed issues of gender. Over time, Ulays handling of photography became ... More |
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| Massimo De Carlo opens a solo exhibition of works by the German artist Johannes Kahrs | | Freeman's Art + Design auction introduces modern design & 20th century fine art for new collectors | | The Vietnamese designer convincing the young to choose tradition |
Johannes Kahrs, Untitled (half face woman), 2018, Ex. unique. Oil on canvas, 49 Ã 37.2 cm / 19 Ã 14 1/2 inches. Photo: Jens Ziehe ⓒ Johannes Kahrs, Courtesy Massimo De Carlo, Milan/London/Hong Kong.
LONDON.- Massimo De Carlo presents Sleep, the first solo exhibition by the German artist Johannes Kahrs - now represented by the gallery. Perceptions analysis and images manipulation are at the core of Johannes Kahrs' reflection. The subjects of the German author's artworks present themselves in all their human indecipherability, shaken by pressures and malaise: the monstrous yet familiar realism of Kahrs' paintings provokes entangled empathy and reveals the hidden and violent side of humanity. Starting from images collected from magazines, the internet, newspapers, advertisements, amateur and feature films, but also from photographs taken by himself, Johannes Kahrs releases the image from its original context, ... More | |
George Nakashima (American, 1905-1990), Fine Double Chest of Drawers. Estimate: $10,000-15,000.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- On December 1st, 2020, Freemans will present its latest Art + Design auction. The sale combines exceptional modern furniture with fine art representing the major movements of the 20th century. Works by Paul Jenkins and Claude Venard highlight the sale and are emblematic of their bold styles. Collectors will also have the opportunity to acquire several pieces by the masters Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and Joan Miró. Furniture by both George Nakashima and Vladimir Kagan combine functionality with dynamic design. Meanwhile, as part of the Artists Studio series, Seena Donneson and Dolores Poacelli will make their auction debuts. A Fine Double Chest of Drawers (Lot 55: $10,000 - 15,000) executed by George Nakashima in the early 1970s highlights the artist's command of proportions. A top overhangs the cabinet's front ... More | |
This photograph taken on November 11, 2020 shows Nguyen Duc Loc, founder of the Y Van Hien company, checking an outfit based on traditional patterns and styles at his workshop in Hanoi. Nhac NGUYEN / AFP.
HANOI (AFP).- Made from delicate silk, intricately embroidered and with vast, flared sleeves: Vietnamese 19th-century outfits do not seem a perfect fit for life in the country's hectic modern cities. But Nguyen Duc Loc, a 28-year-old entrepreneur, together with his 11-strong production team in Hanoi, is convinced the attire of their ancestors can make a return to modern-day living. "My ambition is that in any Vietnamese wardrobe, as well as suits, trousers, dresses, there will be at least one outfit based on an ancient style to wear on important occasions," like festivals and weddings, he told AFP. Based on his own research, Loc and his company Y Van Hien reproduce outfits largely from the Nguyen dynasty that spanned close to a century and a half from 1802 -- a time when ... More |
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Sabrina Amrani opens 'All that Burns Melts into Air' by Mónica de Miranda
MADRID.- All that burns melts into air by Mónica de Miranda is an exhibition composed by installation, film and photography, that presents a story told in part fictionally and part as a documentary, formulated in different chapters. The exhibition comprises plants, mirrors, sound, video and photographs. Everything formed by these elements reflects, in turn, a deep link with conflicting memories and historical factors and narratives. It is a portrait of a geographical and historical reality related to the island of São Tomé, in the West Coast of Africa. The show displays places between ruins and the forest, between the utopian visions of the modernist avant-garde and the post-fall images of Socialism and its ideologies. The past reappears, transformed into the present, in a transcendent process of rebirth that in its ethereal quality has the potential to travel again from ... More
Exhibition presents a new body of work by Nigerian artist Eniwaye Oluwaseyi
ACCRA.- After the successful inaugural opening of the gallery and sold-out inaugural exhibition, titled Gindin Mangoro: Under the Mango Tree, by portrait artist Collins Obijiaku, ADA \ contemporary art gallery presents its next show, The Politics of Shared Spaces, the debut solo presentation by Nigerian artist Eniwaye Oluwaseyi (b. 1994). From November 27 to December 27, 2020, the gallery presents the artists all-new body of work, a selection of 12 large-scale canvases that highlight the power struggles that exist within the spaces we share, whether it is a shared living space; a shared mindset; a shared community or our shared transience. The Politics of Shared Spaces is a comprehensive portfolio of work by Oluwaseyi highlighting how social and political identities are defined, while questioning the embodiment of communal arenas both physical ... More
A legendary line-up of sports rarities fills Heritage Auctions' massive fall catalog event
DALLAS, TX.- More than a dozen items from the personal collection of baseball great Jimmie Foxx, including the Hall of Famer's game-used bat and his 500th home-run ball. Keepsakes from the Chicago police detective assigned to keep Michael Jordan safe, among them a charity-game-worn jersey. A never-before-sold or even seen Babe Ruth rookie card found in a plastic bag, and other sports cards valued close to $1 million. New England Patriots Super Bowl rings. A championship-season jersey worn by Bobby Orr, one of hockey's greatest legends. In short, our Stanley Cup and everything else runneth over. From Dec. 10-13, Dallas-based Heritage Auctions will hold its latest Sports Collectibles event and the largest in the auction house's formidable history as the world's leading auctioneer of sports memorabilia. The fall auction, now open for ... More
Rare Patek Philippe with coveted black dial coming to auction for first time
DALLAS, TX.- An extremely rare watch featuring a prized black dial leads an exceptional selection of Patek Philippe timepieces in Heritage Auctions' Watches & Fine Timepieces Auction Dec. 8. "Patek Philippe always has been the highest name in terms of desirability in the collector's market, Heritage Auctions Watches & Fine Timepieces Director Jim Wolf said. "Even in a year in which it can be challenging to get top fresh-to-market material, Heritage is known as the auction house that has consistently been able to bring in top watches. Our June auction brought in more than $5 million, and the extraordinary pieces that have been consigned for this sale indicate more of the same. A Patek Philippe, Extremely Rare and Fine Ref. 2499 with Confirmed Special Ordered Black Dial, 3rd Series, Ed. Wenger SA Case, Manufactured in 1976 (starting ... More
Kim Richard Adler Mejdahl transforms Overgaden into a bizarre and musical dream world
COPENHAGEN.- Kim Richard Adler Mejdahl presents his first major solo show Lilith Grotto, a heavy-metal hymn on the Christian undertones in present-day doomsday desperation. With equal parts of black humour, poetry, and absurdity, Mejdahl transforms Overgaden into a bizarre and musical dream world where light emerges from the devastation. Our times are dominated by an omnipresent discourse on the climate crisis and it is difficult to avoid being gripped by the ensuing doomsday scenario. Kim Richard Adler Mejdahls show Lilith Grotto plays with the idea of mankind being on the threshold of a new and radically changed perception of nature where our losing control leads to a new self-perception of a powerless human being against something, which is indomitable and menacing. Via seven newly-produced works, Mejdahl asks if this ... More
London emerges from lockdown with new commission by Eddie Peake
LONDON.- For its third edition, CIRCA has invited one of Londons most seminal artists, Eddie Peake, to replace the adverts with a new commission screened every evening from 1 31 December at 20:20 - 20:22 GMT on the Piccadilly Lights giant screen. A Dream Of A Real Memory features three characters set within a green screen cyclorama. Primarily, abstract movement and dance are employed as metaphoric means to engage ideas of tension and power dynamics implicit in relationships between people, or in individuals internal pursuit of their own self-identity. The footage of the sixty-two-minute video work, screened in daily two-minute episodes over 31 days, is reversed, beginning at "the end of the performance, showing the performers' tired bodies and messy makeup, and ending at the beginning of the performance. The work employs ... More
Morris Museum opens major exhibition of works by leading contemporary tapestry artist
MORRISTOWN, NJ.- From November 20, 2020 through May 2, 2021, the Morris Museum presents an exhibition of works by contemporary tapestry artist Jon Eric Riis (b. 1945, United States). Active for nearly six decades, Riis is celebrated for his intricately handwoven, representational textiles that strike a balance between social commentary and virtuoso craftsmanship. Art, history, world cultures, and topical issues serve as inspiration to address provocative subjectssuch as race, religion, war, beauty, spirituality, humanitythrough the medium of woven silk and metallic thread. Often they are embellished with freshwater pearls, gemstone and gilt glass beads, and crystals. Dating from 2000-2020, the 58 works on view include large mythological tapestry panels, Riiss signature coat and robe archetypal forms, and experimental anatomical ... More
The Fondation Beyeler celebrates the arrival of Snowman by Fischli/Weiss
BASEL.- Snowman, a sculpture by Swiss artists Fischli/Weiss, has taken its place in the Fondation Beyelers Berower Park for one year. It represents a friendly snowman standing in a glass-fronted refrigerator. The Fondation Beyeler celebrates its arrival with free admission to the museum for all on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November 2020. The sculpture Snowman, newly installed in Berower Park, shows the friendly and familiar figure of a snowman, consisting of three stacked snowballs, the top and smallest one displaying two holes for eyes and a dash for a mouth. It stands in a refrigerator with transparent front, allowing it to exist throughout the year. Snowman illustrates the contradiction between nature and artificiality, displaying the penchant for the absurd typical of the work of Fischli/Weiss. Even though, as Peter Fischli points out, a snowman is a ... More
Dürst Britt & Mayhew opens an exhibition of works by David Roth
THE HAGUE.- After David Roth's recent successful solo presentation at Vienna Contemporary Dürst Britt & Mayhew presents Augensex, an intimate presentation in the Frontspace. David Roths artistic practice forms a long-term research into the origins, processes and manifestations of painting. For Roth the process of making and the element of chance involved are as important to notice as the final visual outcome. Therefore a so called end product as for example a painted canvas and side products as for example a palette or a piece of cloth for cleaning brushes, have the same value for him. Every surface with marks and history of the process may turn up in his works. Time and duration are important elements and the layering of materials from different periods within one work can either spark dissonance or renewal. Roths works continually ... More
Holiday Express returns to New-York Historical Society in time for the holiday season
NEW YORK, NY.- A magical wonderland awaits visitors with the return of New-York Historical Societys holiday tradition. Featuring toy trains, figurines, and miniature models from the renowned Jerni Collection, Holiday Express: Toys and Trains from the Jerni Collection (November 27, 2020 February 21, 2021) transports young and old alike to a bygone era. The exhibition includes a variety of toy train engines and stations dating from the turn of the 19th century to the WWII era, showcasing the evolving designs of American and European toymakers. Visitors are greeted by animations and fun facts about the toys on nearby screens, and kids will be delighted by a specially created bench inspired by a 19th-century sleigh from New-York Historicals collection. Holiday Express: Toys and Trains from the Jerni Collection is supported by Bloomberg ... More
Artist Ingrid Pollard and MK Gallery win £100k Freelands Award 2020
LONDON.- Freelands Foundation today announced that MK Gallery, Milton Keynes has won £100k to host a solo exhibition by artist Ingrid Pollard (b.1953, Guyana) across its 500-square-metre galleries in 2022. The fifth annual Freelands Award will enable MK Gallery to stage the first exhibition to span Pollards practice, which explores different perspectives on the human figure, as it passes through landscape, history and printed material, using photography, film, collage, sculpture and installation. For four decades, Pollards important photographic collages have offset traditionally idyllic representations of Britain with unseen legacies of xenophobia and exclusion. Pastoral Interlude (1988) places the Black figure within an imagined picturesque setting, undermining perceptions of urban and authentic rural. Seaside Series (1989) combines cyphers of coastal ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French graphic artist Tomi Ungerer was born November 28, 1931. Jean-Thomas "Tomi" Ungerer (28 November 1931 - 9 February 2019) was an Alsatian artist and writer. He published over 140 books ranging from children's books to adult works and from the fantastic to the autobiographical. He was known for sharp social satire and witty aphorisms. Ungerer is also famous as a cartoonist and designer of political posters and film posters. Ungerer received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1998 for his "lasting contribution" as a children's illustrator.
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