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Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, views the "Collecting Photography: From Daguerreotype to Digital" exhibition as she officially opens the new photography centre at the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in west London on October 10, 2018. Designed by David Kohn Architects, phase one of the Photography Centre more than doubles the space dedicated to photography at the V&A, spanning four new galleries. The first exhibition in the new wing explores photography as a way of collecting the world, from the mediums invention in the 19th century to the present day. JACK HILL / POOL / AFP.
LONDON (AFP).- Charting two centuries of photographic history from the early pioneers to digital smartphone snappers, London's Victoria & Albert Museum opened its new Photography Centre this week. The exhibition "tells the story of photography as a way of collecting the world, from the medium's invention to today," V&A director Tristram Hunt told reporters on Wednesday. "In an era when everyone's iPhone makes them a photographer, the V&A's Photography Centre explores and explains the medium in a compelling way," he said, showing off the four new galleries. Museum-goers enter the galleries through an installation of more than 150 cameras spanning 160 years. Visitors can handle cameras from throughout the age ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day An artifact is seen on display at Nabu Museum, in Lebanon's el-Heri village, north of Beirut, on September 27, 2018. The a new private museum, a contemporary sculpture of a mortar missile is displayed alongside millenia-old statues retrieved from the bottom of the sea. The museum's founders -- two Lebanese and a Syrian -- hope it will be a beacon of hope in a region marked by civil war and the brutal rule of jihadists. JOSEPH EID / AFP
| Paris finds spot for controversial Jeff Koons tribute | | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Board of Trustees votes to return Nazi-looted painting | | Sotheby's to offer an outstanding interior painting by David Hockney this November in New York | 
This file photo taken on November 06, 2012 shows the artist Jeff Koons poses with his sculpture "Tulips, 1995-2004" in New York City. Jamie McCarthy / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- A controversial art tribute to victims of the 2015 Paris attacks created by US artist Jeff Koons will be installed in central Paris at a site near the Champs Elysees, a city official said Friday. Koons donated the "Bouquet of Tulips" after the jihadist attacks that claimed 130 lives in 2015, but insisted it should be installed in a prominent place in the capital, preferably outside the modern art Musee de Tokyo. But it proved artistically controversial, and critics have decried the 3.5 million euro ($4 million) price tag for making and installing the work which weighs 33 tonnes and is made out of bronze, iron and aluminium. In January, a group of artists, gallery owners and officials including a former culture minister signed an open letter objecting to the work and describing Koons as an "emblem of industrial art which is spectacular and ... More | | 
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Nicholas of Tolentino and Sebastian, mid-1510s, Master of the Risen Magdalen, 15 x 11 ¾ in.
RICHMOND, VA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Board of Trustees has voted to deaccession Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Nicholas of Tolentino and Sebastian so that it can be returned to Marei von Saher, sole heir of noted Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker. The painting was among a group of more than 1,200 artworks looted in 1940 by Adolf Hitlers chief deputy, Hermann Göring, commander-in-chief of the German Luftwaffe and one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi party that ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945. Göring seized the Goudstikker gallery holdings within weeks of the dealers decision to flee the Netherlands by sea with his family in advance of the German invasion. "The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is pleased to return this painting to Marei von Saher, the paintings rightful heir and owner, said VMFA Director Alex Nyerges. It is simply the right thing to do. ... More | | 
David Hockney, Montcalm Interior with Two Dogs, 72 by 60 in. 182.9 by 152.4 cm. Painted in 1988. Estimate: $9/12 Million. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Today Sothebys announced that David Hockneys large-scale painting Montcalm Interior with 2 Dogs from 1988, a highly regarded period within the artists career, will highlight their Contemporary Art Evening Auction in New York on 14 November 2018. The work comes to auction from the collection of legendary television producer and writer Steven Bochco, who acquired it in 1997, and appears at auction for the first time this fall with an estimate of $9/12 million. Jacqueline Wachter, Sotheby's Vice President of Private Sales, Contemporary Art, said: We are thrilled to present this dynamic Los Angeles interior to collectors on the West Coast next week and to bring it to auction for the first time in November. Los Angeles has played a major role in Hockneys life and work, and this painting is an excellent illustration of that relationship. This piece is ... More |
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| Costume Institute's "Heavenly Bodies" show is the most visited exhibition in The Met's history | | Hugh Hefner's iconic items head to Julien's Auctions | | Cotsen Textile Collections find new home at The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum | 
Medieval Sculpture Hall © The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination attracted 1,659,647 visitors to The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters during its run from May 10 to October 8, making it the Museum's most visited exhibition, exceeding the prior number one show, Treasures of Tutankhamun (1978), which had 1,360,957 visitors. More than 1.43 million people saw Heavenly Bodies at The Met Fifth Avenue, and 228,737 at The Met Cloisters. In the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2018, The Met welcomed more than 7.35 million visitors to its three locationsThe Met Fifth Avenue, The Met Cloisters, and The Met Breuer. It was the highest fiscal year attendance in the Museum's recorded history, due in part to attendance for Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer, which brought in more than 700,000 visitors during its run from November 13, 2017, through February 12, 2018, making it the ... More | | 
A scarlet silk damask smoking jacket with shawl collar and self tie belt closure.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Juliens Auctions, the worldrecord breaking auction house, will celebrate the rebel, entrepreneur and activist who launched the ground breaking mens lifestyle magazine and built it into an empire by transforming Playboy into an iconic global brand. Property from the Collection of Hugh M. Hefner will take place on Friday, November 30 and Saturday, December 1, 2018 live in Beverly Hills, CA and online at www.juliensauctions.com. It was also announced today that all proceeds of the auction of the legendary magazine founder, who was recognized as one of the leading voices in the ongoing battles for freedom of expression, civil rights and sexual freedom, including reproductive and LGBT rights, will benefit The Hugh M. Hefner Foundation. Since its founding in 1964, the Foundation has supported organizations that advocate ... More | | 
Junichi Arai (Japanese, 1932-2017) for Yoshiki Hishinuma, "Yuragi" (Fluctuation), c. 1994. Heat-pleated, melt-off polyester and nylon. Manufactured by Daito Pleats Co. Ltd. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection, T-2338.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The George Washington University announced today it will receive a $18.4 million gift combining more than 4,000 textiles and an endowment and equipment to support the textile collections assembled by the late Lloyd Cotsen, former chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Neutrogena Corporation. The collections include textiles from nearly every era and every region in the world including Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the Americas. The collections will be accessible for scholarly research and will influence future educational opportunities at the George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum. The heart of the gift, from the Cotsen 1985 Trust, is the Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection, which is one of the ... More |
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| Full-scale fabric replica of Do Ho Suh's former New York City apartment on view in the Brooklyn Museum's Rotunda | | Tracey Emin wins international competition for a permanent, site-specific sculpture on Museum Island, Oslo | | "Victorian Radicals" makes first US stop in Oklahoma City | 
Do Ho Suh (born Seoul, South Korea, 1962). The Perfect Home II, 2003. Translucent nylon. Brooklyn Museum; Gift of Lawrence B. Benenson, 2017.46. Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery.
BROOKLYN, NY.- One: Do Ho Suh features a single, large-scale work by artist Do Ho Suh, whose work engages with migration and cultural displacement. The Perfect Home II (2003), a recent acquisition in the Brooklyn Museums collection of Contemporary Art, is a full-scale re-creation of Suhs former apartment in New York, where he lived from 1997 to 2016. Made with a translucent nylon material and carefully hand-sewn, the work questions the meaning of permanence, the process of finding a home, and how personal space comes to define an individualthemes that are particularly resonant at a time of mass global migration. The exhibition, part of the One Brooklyn series, is curated by Eugenie Tsai, John and Barbara Vogelstein Senior Curator, Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum. Each exhibition in the One Brooklyn series focuses on an individual work chosen from the Brooklyn Museums encyclopedic collection, ... More | | 
The 7 metre bronze sculpture The Mother will sit kneeling at the end of the Museum Island, her legs open and her hands cradling an unseen object.
OSLO.- The competition called for a newly commissioned artwork on the Oslo harbour in connection with the construction of the city's new Munch Museum, with funds reserved by the Oslo Municipality Art Programme. Emins new work will be situated at the Museum Island on the historical mouth of the Akerselva river. The commission is scheduled to be completed in time for the opening of the Museum in 2020. Proposals were invited from seven internationally acclaimed artists: Matias Faldbakken, Tracey Emin, A K Dolven, Cristina Iglesias, Olafur Eliasson, Ragnar Kjartansson and Adrián Villar Rojas. The jury unanimously decided to select Tracey Emins The Mother as most fitting proposal for the Museum Island. In Tracey Emins proposal The Mother, a seven metre high bronze statue of a kneeling naked woman will be positioned at the far end of the Museum Island, visible from the harbour promenade and neighbouring buildings, and welcoming visitors arriving from the Oslo fjord. The Jury Asses ... More | | 
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Proserpine, 188182 (detail). Oil on canvas, 39 9/16 x 24 3/16 x 2 3/16 in., Birmingham Museums Trust (1927P7). © Birmingham Museums Trust.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.- The Oklahoma City Museum of Art will be the first United States venue to host Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts & Crafts Movement. The exhibition opens Oct. 13, 2018 and runs through Jan. 6, 2019. Organized by the American Federation of Arts in collaboration with Birmingham Museums Trust, the exhibitions objects are drawn from the outstanding collection of the city of Birmingham, United Kingdom and will feature 144 worksmany of which have never been exhibited outside the UKto illuminate this dynamic period of British art. "The city of Birminghams Pre-Raphaelite collection is widely regarded as one of the best in the world," said OKCMOA director of curatorial affairs, Dr. Michael Anderson. "We are honored to be the first museum in the country to showcase part of this incredible collection. The works in this exhibition are not only beautiful, with incredible detail and rich, ... More |
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| The Phillips Collection opens a major survey of nearly 200 years of Nordic art | | First solo exhibition by Sol Calero in the Netherlands opens at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen | | Devan Shimoyama's first museum solo exhibition opens at The Warhol | 
Eggert Pétursson, Untitled, 2012-13 (detail). Oil on canvas, 11 13/16 x 11 13/16 in., Collection Seán and Tamara McCarthy.
WASHINGTON, DC.- A major survey of nearly 200 years of Nordic art, featuring many works never seen before in the U.S., will be presented by The Phillips Collection this fall. The exhibition, Nordic Impressions: Art from Ã
land, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, 1821-2018, includes works by 53 artists, spanning paintings to video installations. The exhibition will be on view October 13, 2018, through January 13, 2019. Nordic Impressions pays tribute to the artistic excellence of 19th- and 20th-century Nordic painters, such as Edvard Munch, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Anders Zorn, and Jóhannes S. Kjarval. Celebrating the considerable artistic diversity in Nordic art, the broad spectrum of works feature both the expected (sublime landscapes and melancholic portraits) ... More | | 
Sol Calero, Casa de Cambio, Art Basel. Laura Bartlett Gallery London, 2016.
ROTTERDAM.- The first solo exhibition in the Netherlands by Sol Calero opens at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen on 13 October. The installation that Calero has created for the museum will be the tailpiece of the Sensory Spaces series, which was initiated in 2013. With her colourful, space-filling installations that are causing a furore around the globe, Sol Calero is a rising star in the art world. For her first solo exhibition in the Netherlands she is creating an installation with the title El Patio. Caleros work tackles the complex Latin American identity and peoples stereotypical impression of it. She tries to disentangle cultural clichés and offers an alternative for the Western perspective on the history of art. The Venezuelan artist Sol Calero (b. Caracas, 1982) fled to Europe with her family at the age of 17. She decided to scrutinize the history of Latin America in her artistic work. ... More | | 
Devan Shimoyama, He Lies, He Cries, 2016, Courtesy of Joyce Varvatos and the artist.
PITTSBURGH, PA.- The Andy Warhol Museum announces Devan Shimoyama: Cry, Baby, opening October 13, 2018. Devan Shimoyama: Cry, Baby will mark the first museum solo exhibition of Devan Shimoyama, Philadelphia-born painter and professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Spanning his burgeoning career, this exhibition includes painting, photography and sculpture, and a series of new works that will be on view for the first time. In figurative painting and self-portraiture, Shimoyama creates vulnerable yet resilient depictions of African American boyhood and masculinity. His work challenges cliché with daring and personal representations of the complexities of race and sexuality. In his recent barbershop paintings, Shimoyama transforms the hyper-masculine social space into queer fantasy where feminine glamour and fashion take over, and tender ... More |
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 Massey Klein opens a solo exhibition of new works by Martine JohannaNEW YORK, NY.- Massey Klein is presenting Life is but a dream, a solo exhibition of new works by Martine Johanna. In Martine Johannas exhibition, Life is but a dream, six vivid paintings hang alongside six meticulous drawings of the same subject and composition. Never before has the artist created her works in pairings: first as an intimate graphite exploration, then followed by an acrylic on canvas painting, substantially larger than the drawing. Indicative of her practice, her autobiographical works, seemingly lighthearted, explore the duality between youthful naivety and anxiety-riddled adulthood. The figures, fierce but fragile, crowd the compositions and occupy the majority of the space gazing distractedly into the beyond. Each of Johannas delicately rendered figures convey a sense of immersion within their own internal psychic landscape. The work ... More Exhibition at S AM Swiss Architecture Museum reinterprets existing structuresBASEL.- From the 29th of September to the 4th of November 2018, the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum presents the exhibition "Transform", on the reinterpretation of existing structures. Over millennia, architecture has embodied the notion of continual change. Most buildings from architectural history no longer exist today in their original form because they have been relentlessly transformed over time. In this way, they have been able to outlast epochs and to fulfil changing functions, for which they were not originally planned. Thus, palaces have become residential buildings, churches have become indoor swimming pools and coliseums have become entire urban districts. From antiquity to the middle ages, through to the modern era, examples from all around the world bear witness to this self-evident transformation of structures. Modernism put an end ... More Estonia to open centre feting composer Arvo PartLOHUSALU (AFP).- Estonia next week opens a centre near the Baltic sea devoted to the archive of Arvo Part, the world's most performed living composer who is known for a minimalist style. Located in pine forests in the village of Lohusalu -- where many Estonian artists have lived -- the Arvo Part Centre will open its doors to the public on October 17. "The state of Estonia is funding practically all of the building, and this was a joint initiative," said Michael Part, the 83-year-old classical composer's son and a cofounder of the centre. Housed in the archives are thousands of pages of work by Part, who is known for drawing inspiration from Gregorian chants. The site will also host concerts in its music hall, whose acoustics are best suited for chamber music. Cartoons that Part composed for will be shown in a special children's area. Visitors will be able to use ... More Frieze London 2018: Exceptional curated sections lead to record attendance and robust sales LONDON.- The 16th edition of Frieze London closed on Sunday 7 October, having brought together ambitious presentations by 160 international galleries in The Regents Park. A new two-day Preview as well as expanded VIP programming into the weekend, resulted in record attendance of top tier collectors from the United States to South America, Europe and Asia, and sales being made throughout the week. Indicative of the fairs convening power, Frieze London 2018 saw an increase in museum presence, including strong representation from international institutions. The inaugural Camden Arts Centre Emerging Artist Prize at Frieze was launched, alongside the return of two major acquisition funds with Tate and Contemporary Art Society, demonstrating Friezes long-standing collaboration with leading institutions. Also new for 2018, the Frieze Debate ... More Modern art, antiques on show at Lebanon cube museumEL-HERI (AFP).- At a new private museum in Lebanon, a contemporary sculpture of a mortar missile is displayed alongside millenia-old statues retrieved from the bottom of the sea. Named after the Mesopotamian god of wisdom, the Nabu Museum opened in late September to showcase the cultural wealth of an ancient region devastated by conflict. Its inaugural exhibition includes 60 contemporary works, as well as around 400 antiquities from Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Egypt and Yemen. "We have a more or less complete picture of what was once the cradle of civilisation," says French curator Pascal Odille. Next to a private beach in the village of El-Heri in Lebanon's north, the museum's collection sits in an impressive futuristic cube of steel, coated with a rusty orange patina. A tall glass opening in the metal and concrete structure provides a view straight through ... More Exhibition at the Museum Ludwig traces Alexander von Humboldt's connection to photographyCOLOGNE.- The year 2019 will mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Alexander von Humboldt (17691859). The Museum Ludwig is taking this anniversary as an occasion to trace Humboldts connection to photography. People want to see, wrote the naturalist and world traveler Alexander von Humboldt. Pictures, whether drawn, printed, or painted, played a significant role in his life and research. For instance, he spoke of artistically physiognomic depictions of nature and spent enormous sums on illustrations for his five-volume work Kosmos: Entwurf einer physischen Weltbeschreibung. He was one of the first to encounter photography, at the age of seventy as a member of the three-person commission that was charged with evaluating the early daguerreotype process in 1839. It went on to become the first photographic process practiced ... More Morphy's auction of 70-year Walter J. O'Connor historical Americana collection tallies $2.3 millionDENVER, PA.- Only once in a blue moon does a collector like the late Walter J. OConnor come along. Those who attended or bid from afar as Morphys auctioned the late Mr. OConnors pre-eminent collection of historical Americana could attest to that, whether they knew him or not. The $2.3 million sale held on September 26 showcased his assemblage of early American rarities most of them antique military firearms, accoutrements and ephemera that simply had no peer in private hands. From hand-drawn Revolutionary War maps and George Washington signed letters to a grouping of late-17th/early 18th-century engraved powder horns, the 70-year OConnor collection had them all and had the best. The top lot of the sale, a 1759 French fusil de chasse, or hunting musket, had been purchased by OConnor in the 1960s as part of a New Jersey auctioneers ... More The Ringling appoints Laura Steefel-Moore as Head of EducationSARASOTA, FLA.- The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art announces the appointment of Laura Steefel-Moore to Head of Educational Programs. In this role, Steefel-Moore will oversee the diverse educational offerings at The Ringling which include docent training, museum tours, family programs, student and teacher programs, adult programs, and outreach and accessibility initiatives. Steefel-Moore joined The Ringling in 2015 as the Museum Education and Training Specialist. In this role she managed the museums active docent corps of over 120 volunteers and significantly revised the docent training program to increase visitor engagement and reflect innovative gallery teaching theory. She created ongoing series of staff and volunteer trainings to increase institutional awareness of museum content and initiatives. She has also been instrumental ... More Bonhams sets Foujita world record at Impressionist and Modern Art sale in LondonLONDON.- La fête danniversaire, a highly important masterpiece by the Japanese-French artist Léonard Foujita sold for £7,096,250 to a bidder on the phone at Bonhams Impressionist and Modern Art sale in London today (11 October), setting a new world record at auction for the artist. Unseen in public since 1950, and never before offered at auction, the work had an estimate of £900,000-1,300,000. Bonhams Global Director of Impressionist and Modern Art, India Phillips, said La fête danniversaire saw Foujita at the very height of his powers and it is an extremely important work from a pivotal time in his career. It has been such a pleasure to accompany this beautiful work on its journey, and it comes as no surprise to me that the result was so hard fought. There were eight different bidders battling it out, all on the telephone. La fête danniversaire ... More New exhibition features over 80 Hanukkah lamps from the Jewish MuseumNEW YORK, NY.- The Jewish Museum is presenting Accumulations: Hanukkah Lamps from October 12, 2018 through February 9, 2020, featuring over 80 Hanukkah lamps representing four continents and six centuries of artistic production. One of seven sections that make up the Jewish Museum's third floor collection exhibition, Scenes from the Collection, "Accumulations" spotlights an aspect of museum collecting: the accumulation of multiple examples of a given work or similar works. The Jewish Museum's collection of Hanukkah lamps is the largest in the world at nearly 1,050 pieces, and was amassed over the 114 years of the Museum's existence. The holiday of Hanukkah celebrates a successful revolt for religious freedom in ancient Israel. The eight-night holiday takes place this year from sundown on December 2 through sundown on December ... More Postmodernism inspires geometry, ornamentation & form in craft objectsHOUSTON, TX.- Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is presenting After Memphis: Crafted Postmodern, a group exhibition that traces the legacy of radical design and Postmodernism in contemporary craft. Featuring six U.S. artistsCourtney Banh, Dee Clements, Jenny Mulder, Jessica Ninci, Christin Ripley, and Erin Lynn Smiththe exhibition takes the form of a showroom, featuring objects ranging from marbled-fabric furniture and neon lighting fixtures to basket-woven rugs and ceramic vessels. Postmodernism arose in the late 1960s as a critical departure from the austerity and formalism of Modernist architecture and design. This period was uniquely defined by architects who worked in an interdisciplinary mode of object and houseware design. Collectives of radical designers and architects formed to develop an alternative visual language to Modernisms strict ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian sculptor Antonio Canova died October 13, 1822. Antonio Canova (1 November 1757 - 13 October 1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures. Often regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists, his artwork was inspired by the Baroque and the classical revival, but avoided the melodramatics of the former, and the cold artificiality of the latter. In this image: Antonio Canova (1757-1822), Bust of Peace. White marble. Courtesy Sotheby's.
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