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Shilpa Guptas For, In Your Tongue, I Cannot Fit, focusing on poets who have been incarcerated, sometimes even executed, by rulers and governments, in Kochi, India, Dec. 14, 2018. In hauntingly spare artworks, Gupta grapples with questions of censorship, born from her own experiences with authoritarian limits. (Atul Loke/The New York Times)
by Aruna DSouza
NEW YORK, NY.- In 2013, after years trying to get permission from layer upon layer of authorities in India to put up an outdoor light work, artist Shilpa Gupta finally got the OK with the caveat that she take down the piece within 24 hours. That would have been impossible, but she signed the papers anyway, knowing that once the piece was up, it would take some time before anyone would come around to make her remove it. You just have to do your thing, Gupta said in a video interview from her home in Bandra, a suburb of Mumbai. Youre at the mercy of peoples whims and fancies, thats just how the system is designed. Gupta, the subject of two new shows in New York this fall including her biggest exhibition in the United States describes this way of working using a common Indian word, jugaad. Adopted over the past decade in the West by productivity gurus and business schools, the practice of jugaad means finding innovative solutions ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The statewide Tarnanthi Festival returns in 2023, with exhibitions at AGSA and at dozens of partner venues across Adelaide and around South Australia. Acclaimed across Australia, the Tarnanthi Festival showcases the latest contemporary works by hundreds of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from across the continent.
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| Kandinsky is the star of Bonhams Impressionist and Modern Art sale in London | | Cleveland Museum sues to block seizure of its 'Marcus Aurelius' bronze | | New scholarship emerges on folk art masterpiece recently acquired by Independence Seaport Museum |
Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Milieu jaune (detail). Sold for £1,076,900. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- Milieu jaune by Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was the top lot at Bonhams Impressionist and Modern Art sale on Thursday 19 October at New Bond Street, London. The work, which had been in the same important private collection for more than 30 years, achieved £1,076,900. It was once owned by Hilla von Rebay, co-founder and first director of the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Ruth Woodbridge, Head of Bonhams Impressionist and Modern Art in London, commented: Kandinskys Parisian works are amongst some of his most sought after, and Milieu jaune boasted particularly impressive provenance having been in the collection of Hilla von Rebay. Were delighted it captured the imagination of collectors. Milieu jaune was created in 1934 at the outset of Kandinskys prolific Paris period. Kandinsky had previously encouraged his students at the Bauhaus ... More | |
The lawsuit seeks to prevent the Manhattan district attorneys office from taking the headless statue, which investigators say was looted from Turkey and depicts the Roman emperor.
by Graham Bowley and Tom Mashberg
NEW YORK, NY.- The Cleveland Museum of Art on Thursday filed a court challenge seeking to block a seizure order from New York investigators who assert that one of the museums premier statues, a headless bronze valued at $20 million, had been looted from Turkey in the 1960s. In court papers filed in U.S. District Court in Ohio, the museum said that, actually, the evidence presented by the investigators from the Manhattan District Attorneys Office had not been compelling. The museum disputed that the larger-than-life statue, which investigators believe depicts the great Roman statesman Marcus Aurelius, was even from Turkey and suggested that it was really the torso of a philosopher, not an emperor. Describing the investigators ... More | |
Cornelius van Buskirk (1776-1863), Northeastern United States, ca. 1780s-1790s, Navigation Lesson. Watercolor and ink on paper. Gift of Maya Muir, 2023.010.001
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- In the late 1700s, when young boys were taught the art of navigation, it was common that they would have used a workbook to write out their examples, trigonometry equations and explore navigational theories. An especially rare example, which includes not only these materials needed for study but also exquisitely rendered watercolor drawings of people, ships, charts and a log from a voyage made in April 1799, was used by a boy named Cornelius van Buskirk (1776-1863). One such watercolor drawing, entitled Navigation Lesson, which had been removed from the workbook and retained by the artists descendent family, was recently given to the Independence Seaport Museum (ISM) to complement the actual workbook previously given to the museum by a direct descendants widow. What makes this ... More |
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| Top-shelf selections await at Quinn's Rare Books auction, October 26 | | Photography's ancient history engaged with modern painting by Abelardo Morell in 'New Ground' | | Lyman Allyn exhibition explores recent work by Elizabeth Enders |
Antoine Saint-Exupery, The little Prince, Reynal & Hitchcock, NY, 1943. Octavo first trade edition, first printing, with five-line colophon at rear. Unclipped first-issue jacket with $2 price. Translated from French. Estimate $800-$1,200.
FALLS CHURCH, VA.- Early printings, historical publications, a Poe thriller and other collectible page-turners will cross the auction block at Quinns Rare Book, Autograph and Print Auction on Thursday, October 26. In addition to top-shelf entries from the 16th through 20th centuries, the 220-lot sale also includes illustrated books, Presidential autographs and signatures; and the stamped, bookplated 1909 White House copy of The Plan of Chicago. The scientific and historical section reveals many exciting rarities, including several volumes on American exploration. A complete set of the Pacific Railroad survey, spanning the years 1853 to 1860, is estimated at $2,000-$3,000; while an early and complete (50-volume) run of the Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Reports is expected to make $1,200-$1,600. A 4- ... More | |
Abelardo Morell, Tent-Camera image on ground: Six Cypresses, Near Arles, France, 2022.
NEW YORK, NY.- Edwynn Houk Gallery has begun the presentation of Abelardo Morell's most recent bodies of tent-camera works, New Ground: In the Terrain of Van Gogh and Monet (2022-23), which opened on Thursday, October 19th. A reception with the artist will be held today from 2-4pm. Morell's signature tent-camera technique, which has evolved from his experiments with classic camera obscura optics, reinvigorates ancient discoveries with a contemporary vision. Using the earliest ancestor of modern photography, the artist has developed a way to project chosen views onto the earth beneath his feet. The resulting works reflect highly intentional marriages of the landscape with the materiality of the ground. Morell's experimental approach not only engages with photography's ancient history but also with modern painting. Inspired by the plein air practices of van Gogh and Monet, Morell made works in the same locations in France where these artists pain ... More | |
Elizabeth Enders, Fields and Sea. Courtesy of the artist and the Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York.
NEW LONDON, CT.- The Lyman Allyn Art Museum currently has on view a special exhibition that explores the recent work of contemporary artist Elizabeth Enders (American, born 1939). In vibrant paintings and watercolors, Enders depicts abstracted landscapes, inviting viewers on a wide-ranging journey. Inspired by experiential knowledge and by places and events of the past and present, Enders renders volcanoes, rivers, oceans, deserts, fields, plants, and tropical foliage, along with unusual monuments and structures found in places such as Egypt and Iceland. Such pieces consider how place is connected to meaning and narrative. Enders thoughtful visual commentary is subtle, penetrating, and often witty and whimsical, said Museum Director Sam Quigley. She still exalts the distilled beauty of places and everyday objects with seemingly effortless and spare lines. Were very pleased to present this new work at the Lyman Allyn, ... More |
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| Morphy's returns to Las Vegas auction of antique coin-op and gambling machines + advertising and store antiques | | Opening in Los Angeles! Cole Sternberg's 'a forest of thoughts in quick succession' | | Carpenters Workshop Gallery opens first solo exhibition of Polish artist Marcin Rusak in Paris |
Double-sided porcelain Peerless Stages Bus Depot sign with colorful bus graphic. Sides graded 9.0 and 8.75 out of 10. Size: 30½in x 36½in. Estimate: $30,000-$50,000.
LAS VEGAS, NEV.- After a four-year hiatus, Morphys will re-establish their Las Vegas presence with an Oct. 27-30 auction of premium-quality coin-op and gambling machines, antique advertising and general store treasures. Going forward, the companys spacious new Las Vegas facility will serve as the permanent venue for all of Morphys popular Coin-Op & Antique Advertising sales, as well as an added Automobilia & Petroliana auction in February of 2024. All forms of remote bidding will be available at these events, including live online through Morphy Live. Auction Curator Tom Tolworthy, a renowned expert on the subject of coin-operated and gambling machines, said Morphys return to Las Vegas has been very well received by collectors in the western states. The ... More | |
Cole Sternberg, possession to any large extent is a bore, 2023. Acrylic and watercolor on linen, 19 x 13 in, 48.3 x 33 cm (CS23P33).
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Praz-Delavallade Los Angeles is now opening 'a forest of thoughts in quick succession', the gallerys second solo exhibition with conceptual artist Cole Sternberg. The exhibitions epicenter is a series of 365 letters the artist wrote to Gerhard Richter in 2017 in which Sternberg explores the shifting models of parley systems, delving into an unrequested, unrequited dialogue with an artist hes never met. The epistolary series, installed in its entirety in the gallerys main room, is bookended by what is, in essence, both a prologue and epilogue to the underlying themes of the letters. The works of the front room and project space invite viewers into a multi-media expression that beckons for the same inquisitive and varying analysis as ... More | |
Marcin Rusak, Vas Florum 11. Avia Stachowicz.
PARIS.- Carpenters Workshop Gallery presents the first solo exhibition of Polish artist Marcin Rusak in Paris, alongside Paris+ in October. Marcin Rusaks artistic practice centres on the transient beauty of flowers. His family has produced and sold flowers for generations, and the artist has long considered how their value fluctuates in relation to their state of preservation. Rusaks artworks explore the connections between beauty, permanence, and decay, embedding flowers and plants within bio-resin sculptures. In this series, Rusak reinvents the idea of the vase, an item inextricably linked with flowers and their display. Conceived as time capsules, each bio-resin sculpture contains flowers that resonate with individual and collective memories. The exhibition is held across the second floor of the Paris gallery, with the scenography designed by interior specialist Jean de Piépape. The journey th ... More |
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| Gold medal award from Trinity College Dublin sells for record price at Noonans | | Two women's collections to be offered at Avignon Auction House | | Magnificent world map stars in Bonhams Islamic & Indian Art sale |
Trinity College, Dublin, a gold award medal by West & Son, bust of Elizabeth I three-quarters right, rev. arms, named (Guilelmus R. Fearon, 1915), 48mm, 21.8ct, 62.10g. Tiny obverse edge nick at 3 oclock, otherwise brilliant mint state; in original maroon gilt-blocked fitted case by West & Son, 102 & 103 Grafton Street, Dublin £2,400-£3,000
LONDON.- A gold award medal from Trinity College, Dublin that was presented to pioneering biochemist William Robert Fearon (1892-1959) in 1915 sold for a record hammer price of £6,500 at Noonans Mayfair in a sale of Historical Medals on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. Sold by an Irish collector, it had been expected to fetch £2,400-3,000 [lot 223]. Following the sale, Peter Preston-Morley, Associate Director of the Coin Department at Noonans commented: This gold award medal by West & Son of 102 & 103 Grafton Street, Dublin was decorated with a three-quarter length bust of bust of Elizabeth I. It attracted interest from all over the world and achieved a record price for any medal from Trinity College Dublin. In ... More | |
Francis Pompon (1855-1933)White Bear; version without plinth and straight legs touching each other - Estimate: 200,000 300,000 euros.
PARIS.- The sale to be hosted by the Avignon-based auction house on 2 December 2023 brings together 200 pieces selected for their importance, their uniqueness and their provenance. Patrick Armengau will orchestrate the dispersal of a number of exceptional pieces created by Diego Giacometti, François Pompon and Philippe Hiquily from the collection of Margaret Louise Brozek, née Feist, known as Peggy (born in Long Branch, New Jersey, in 1935 and died in Ménerbes, France, 2020), whose excellent taste for the decorative arts of the 20th century was illustrated throughout her highly colorful life. The sale will also include rare and refined pieces by Georges Jouve, Gaston Lebourgeois and the ceramist/sculptor Sebastian, all acquired by Lucienne Lazon (1910-2007), jeweler and creator of the first drawing of the Palme d'Or for the Cannes Film Festival in 1955. Margaret Louise Brozek led a splendidly colorful life. Born ... More | |
A 17th -century Safavid brass Mecca-Centred World Map. Estimate: £1,500,000 - 2,000,000. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- A magnificent and extremely rare Islamic Mecca-centred world map, a masterpiece from Safavid Persia, will star in the Islamic and Indian Art Sale on 14 November at Bonhams New Bond Street. The map, formerly on display at the Harvard Museum of Art, and dating from the last quarter of the 17th century, is the finest and most complete Mecca-centred world map of only three surviving examples (the other two were discovered in 1989 and 1995) and is the most important Islamic scientific instrument ever offered at auction, carrying an estimate of £1,500,000-2,000,000. Nima Sagharchi, Bonhams Group Head of Middle Eastern, Islamic and South Asian Art commented, Steeped in historical, scientific, and religious significance, this rare and captivating 17th century Islamic world map, crafted in Safavid Persia, stands as testament to the grandeur and precision of Islamic art and science. Coming to market for the first time, it has an illustrious provenance, ... More |
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Vincent Patrick, chronicler of hustlers and mobsters, dies at 88
NEW YORK, NY.- Vincent Patrick, an author and screenwriter who set pins at a bowling alley, peddled Bibles door to door and helped start a mechanical engineering firm before finding, at age 44, critical success with his first novel, The Pope of Greenwich Village, died Oct. 6 at his home in New York. He was 88. The cause was complications of Lewy body dementia, his son Richard said. The son of a pool-hall owner and numbers runner, Patrick was raised in a milieu sprinkled with the grifters, hustlers and mobsters who would eventually become characters in his novels, which also included Family Business (1985) and Smoke Screen (1999). In manner and accent, Patrick seemed like a character he might have dreamed up himself. A 1999 profile in the Los Angeles Times noted that his voice has that subterranean rumble of an accent, a sound ... More
Young applied artists award goes to Lisa Juntunen Roos
The textile artist Lisa Juntunen Roos receives the 2023 Young Applied Artists award. In her works, she explores materiality, technique, narrative, and the strong role played by tradition. The SEK 100,000 scholarship is awarded by the Bengt Julin Fund, which is administered by the Friends of Nationalmuseum, and will be presented at a ceremony at Nationalmuseum on 16 November. Lisa Juntunen Roos, born 1988 in Västerås, has an impressive artistic CV including studies at Capellagården, Handarbetets Vänners skola and Konstfack. She has participated in several exhibitions and received commissions for works such as Ne Jotka Tulivat Me Jotka Jäimme / Dom Som Kom Vi Som Blev [They Who Came We Who Stayed] for the Oxen parking garage in Västerås (2022). Speaking about her work, Lisa Juntunen Roos said: My art has multiple pillars. ... More
'Walter Quirt: A Legacy of American Painting' exhibition of artist's work to connemorate 121st birthday
SEATTLE, WA.- Frederick Holmes And Company Gallery - exclusive representative of the art-historic estate of seminal American Modernist, WALTER QUIRT (1902-1968) - announces a month long exhibition of paintings, drawings, and works on paper on the main floor of the Seattle gallery in commemoration of the artists 121st birthdate, November 24, 1902. Many of these will be the first time theyve been seen in public and available for purchase since their inception. Quirts career spanned over thirty-five years during one of the most critically influential, game-changing periods in American art history. Moving to New York in 1929, he quickly became immersed in the avant-garde movements beginning to emerge in pre-war New York. He became deeply engaged with the leftist John Reed Club, becoming its secretary and creating political cartoons ... More
Famed folk-art castle near L.A. to be preserved, led by Page & Turnbull and historic society
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Plans to preserve an iconic West Coast example of a folk art environment a monumental and idiosyncratic complex visited by such luminaries as Dwight Eisenhower and Alfred Hitchcock have been announced by the national architecture firm Page & Turnbull and the Glendora Historical Society, which operates the popular destination and backdrop for TV and film shoots. The highly anticipated conservation plan, led by John Lesak, Page & Turnbulls Los Angeles principal-in-charge, promises to both stabilize the artisan-influenced work and improve visitor engagement to the Rubel Castle Historic District. An uncommon and monumental example of construction using found objects by a self-trained craftsperson, Michael Rubel, Rubel Castle was entirely built by hand by Rubel and his pharmhands over several ... More
Statewide Tarnanthi Festival returns with survey exhibition of Western Aranda artist Vincent Namatjira
ADELAIDE.- The first-ever survey exhibition of Western Aranda artist Vincent Namatjira opened at the Art Gallery of South Australia in October as a highlight of the 2023 Tarnanthi Festival, AGSAs annual celebration of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art. Through Namatjiras paintings offering a wry look at the politics of history, power and leadership from a contemporary Aboriginal perspective, Vincent Namatjira: Australia in colour will chart Namatjiras career, featuring new works, never before on public display, and rarely seen works from national public and private collections that will be displayed across multiple galleries at AGSA. Led by the artist, he is using a thematic approach and will also be including work from the Gallerys collection by his great grandfather Albert Namatjira as he cites him as being one of his greatest inspirations. ... More
World Heritage Site debuts an exclusive 'American Icons: Wright and O'Keeffe'
SCOTTSDALE, AZ.- Following the massive success of the Chihuly In The Desert exhibition in 2022, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation continues to explore the ways that Wright connects with other iconic artists of his time through unique exhibitions at Taliesin West. As the latest iteration, the World Heritage Site debuts an exclusive American Icons: Wright and OKeeffe exhibition this fall, offering guests the opportunity to view photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright and Georgia OKeeffe two legends of American art and architecture taken by Michael A. Tony Vaccaro while on assignment for LOOK Magazine from 1957 to 1960, including some never-before-seen images. The exhibition, curated by the Foundation in partnership with the Tony Vaccaro Studio in Long Island City, N.Y., and the Monroe Gallery in Santa Fe, N.M, renowned for its unrivaled vault of historic photography, presents a behind-the ... More
Third solo show with Abstract Expressionist painter Judith Godwin exhibited at Berry Campbell
NEW YORK, NY.- Berry Campbell is exhibiting Modern Woman, its third solo show with Abstract Expressionist painter, Judith Godwin (1930-2021). With twenty-three works on display from 1954 to 1959, Modern Woman reveals Godwins distinct style of Abstract Expressionism, which synthesizes the feminine with the masculine. Godwin creates a symphony of rhythms as ethereal washes in luminous color vibrate against powerful somber tones. Works from this period draw on the female body, relationships, and nature. This exhibition is the first time in over sixty years that a show has been devoted exclusively to Godwins works from the 1950s. Over sixty years later, Modern Woman highlights Godwins relevance in todays world and furthers Berry Campbells commitment to advancing the legacies of postwar women artists. Like many other ... More
New exhibition curated by Gibbes Museum of Art to explore queer influence on Charleston Renaissance
CHARLESTON, SC.- In a landmark exhibition, the Gibbes Museum of Art is exploring the queer influences on the Charleston Renaissance, the interwar period when Charleston flourished as an arts hub, producing iconic works like Debose Heywards Porgy, which inspired Gershwins Porgy and Bess. In the exhibition, the term queer describes an expanse of cultural practices that disturb the conventions of heteronormative mores and values. By examining the stylistic affinity of a collection of works by Charleston Renaissance artist Edward Ned I.R. Jennings (18981929) and famed English illustrator Aubrey Beardsley (18721898), this special exhibition, for the first time, establishes the British Aestheticism Movement, defined by its resistance to Victorian social conventions, its call for artistic, sexual and political experimentation and its close ... More
'Is it alive?' The TextielMuseum presents the dynamic future of textiles and technology
TILBURG .- In the immersive exhibition Is it alive?, the TextielMuseum in Tilburg displays spatial textile installations that incorporate technology to vibrate, sizzle, rustle, crackle, breathe and sway back and forth. The centrepiece is the new and never-before-seen installation I am Storm by DRIFT, in which more than 20 large blades of grass sway as if caught by a gust of wind. Also presented is 'living architecture' by the Canadian artist and architect Philip Beesley/LASG and an activated look by the Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen. The exhibition highlights the creative process, emphasising the artists dual role as inventors of innovative applications. 'I am Storm', DRIFT, 2023. Film: Jip Mus Art, nature, technology and textiles: The textile installations in Is it alive? were born from a fascination for natural processes. How does somethin ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian painter Domenico Zampieri was born October 21, 1581. Domenico Zampieri (or Domenichino; October 21, 1581 - April 6, 1641) was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School, or Carracci School, of painters. Domenichino's work, developed principally from Raphael's and the Carracci's examples, mirrors the theoretical ideas of G. B. Agucchi, with whom the painter collaborated on a Treatise on Painting (Domenichino's portrait of Agucchi in York occasionally has been attributed to Annibale Carracci). In this image: Apparition of the Virgin and Child and San Gennaro at the Miraculous Oil Lamp, 1637-38, Cathedral of Naples.
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