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A visitor looks at The Rape of Tamar circa 1640, attributed to Eustache Le Sueur, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan on Jan. 24, 2020. The Met purchased it from a trio of dealers in 1984. Karsten Moran/The New York Times.
by Graham Bowley
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- For years, a large, richly colored painting depicting a moment of sexual violence has stopped visitors in Gallery 634 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan. Once viewed as an image of Tarquin attacking Lucretia, as in Roman legend, the 17th-century work attributed to Eustache Le Sueur has more recently been described as a portrayal of the rape of Tamar from the Old Testament. Now newly discovered evidence suggests the paintings history is as painful as its theme. Old court records indicate the painting, purchased by the Met in 1984, is likely the same one a Jewish art dealer, Siegfried Aram, left behind when he fled Germany as Hitler took power in 1933. The records, which recount the dealers unsuccessful effort to reclaim his painting for more than a decade after the war, were discovered by a r ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Miró: Antoni Llena Constellation is a project conceived by the artist Antoni Llena in response to an invitation from the Fundació Joan Miró. Through the selection of drawings from the Collection, the proposal was for Llena to present the version of Miró that was closest to him. Antoni Llena (Barcelona, 1942) interpreted the proposal as an opportunity to show the extraordinary drawings collection of the Fundació Joan Miró.
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 | | Antoni Llena intervenes the collection of the Fundació Joan Miró with a large mural of Miró drawings | | Artist-run galleries defy the megadealer trend in Los Angeles | | Bonnefantenmuseum opens an extensive retrospective of works by Mark Manders | 
Miró Constel·lació Antoni Llena. Installation. Photo: Davide Camesasca © Fundació Joan Miró, 2020.
BARCELONA.- Miró: Antoni Llena Constellation is a project conceived by the artist Antoni Llena in response to an invitation from the Fundació Joan Miró. Through the selection of drawings from the Collection, the proposal was for Llena to present the version of Miró that was closest to him. Antoni Llena (Barcelona, 1942) interpreted the proposal as an opportunity to show the extraordinary drawings collection of the Fundació Joan Miró, which due to its fragility has only been exhibited on a few occasions. With the cooperation of the department of Collections, the artist has worked in the Fundació Archives for almost a year, researching the holdings in copious detail and tracing out a selection of sketches, notes and preparatory drawings that cover every period of Mirós career. The Fundació Archives is home to a wide-ranging collection of work on paper and other documents related to Joan Miró. The most important part of this collection is ... More | | 
Adam Miller and Devon Oder, the artists who run the Pit, an art gallery in Glendale, Calif., with paintings by Keith Boadwee. Rozette Rago/The New York Times.
by Jori Finkel
LOS ANGELES (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- The gallery M+B sold out its show of surreal, cloud-dappled landscapes by Leo Mock over the summer. The work was enigmatic, with images of long, birdlike legs stepping through the paintings. The official artist bio was also mysterious, saying only that Mock had graduated from ArtCenter College of Design and lives and works in Los Angeles. But those in the know soon discovered that Leo Mock was actually the alias of one Steve Hanson, a local art dealer pursuing his sideline career. Leo was his uncles name; Mock, his mothers maiden name but it works as a jab at the art market, too: People dont like artists having two careers, said Hanson, a founder of the pioneering Chinatown gallery China Art Objects. Im an old punk rocker, ... More | | 
Mark Manders, Still Life with Thin Red Rope, 2015-2016. Painted epoxy, wood, painted iron, 56 x 43 x 24 cm. Courtesy Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp.
MAASTRICHT.- The Bonnefanten is starting off the new year with the extensive retrospective The Absence of Mark Manders. It is already five years since the last solo exhibition by Mark Manders (Volkel, 1968) on Dutch soil. This new retrospective shows how Manders exceptional oeuvre is continually developing organically: from revisions of older work up to his latest creations. The exhibition therefore forms both a retrospective of Manders work and a new step in his artistic process. All the work created by Manders is part of a large self-portrait: the Self-portrait as a building, his magnum opus on which he has been working since 1986. The self-portrait is added to and revised over the years. The public sees a snapshot of this oeuvre, which is continually in motion. When Manders has made a work, he leaves it behind in his building, thus forging an unbreakable bond ... More |
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| | George Washington's lasting legacy explored in new exhibition | | Great American Comic Strip Online Auction featuring Jack Kent Collection now open for bidding | | Mudam Luxembourg opens a major, new monographic exhibition of the early work of Robert Morris | 
Edward Savage, George Washington Esq., 1793. Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection AS 497. Courtesy of the George Washington University Museum.
WASHINGTON.- To mark the 288th birthday of the father of this country, the George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum opened an exhibition highlighting letters, prints and artifacts from its Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection. The objects provide new insight into George Washington as the man behind the legends. George Washington and His World demonstrates the symbiotic relationship between George Washington and three places dear to his heart: Mount Vernon, Alexandria and the Federal City (early Washington). The exhibition is on view through July 26. The museum organized the exhibition in cooperation with the Albert H. Small Center for National Capital Area Studies. Shortly after securing Americas independence from Britain, Mr. Washington planned to retire to his Virginia home of Mount Vernon. His retirement would be short-lived, however, as he was called back into public ... More | | 
Hal Foster Prince Valiant #310 Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 1-17-43 (King Features Syndicate, 1943). Pre-auction estimate of $20,000+. Imaged by Heritage Auctions.
DALLAS, TX.- Two lots of artwork from the private collection of critically acclaimed former comic artist and illustrator Jack Kent each could bring over $10,000 in Heritage Auctions Great American Comic Strip Online Auction Featuring the Jack Kent Collection, which ends Feb. 26 on HA.com. The 206-lot auction features a trove of artwork drawn by others that he had acquired. The top two lots owned by Kent were a Hal Foster Prince Valiant #310 Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 1-17-43 (King Features Syndicate, 1943), which carries a pre-auction estimate of $20,000+, and Floyd Gottfredson and Ted Thwaites Mickey Mouse Daily Comic Strip Original Art 12-31-35 (Disney Enterprises & King Features Syndicate, 1935), for which the pre-auction estimate is $10,000+. Other top lots from Kents personal collection, each with an estimate of $500+, include but are not limited to: Jack Kent - MAD Cover Preliminary Original Art, Group of 4 (EC, circa 19 ... More | | 
Robert Morris, Mirror (1969), 16 mm film. Duration: 8 minutes, 31 seconds. Collection of the Estate of Robert Morris. Courtesy Castelli Gallery, New York © 2020 The Estate of Robert Morris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
LUXEMBOURG .- Mudam Luxembourg Musée dArt Moderne Grand-Duc Jean opened a major, new monographic exhibition of the early work of Robert Morris (b. 1931, Kansas City, Missouri; d. 2018, Kingston, New York). An important figure in the history of American sculpture after the Second World War, Morris was a chief proponent of Minimal, Postminimal and Conceptual art. This exhibition, which was conceived in dialogue with the artist before his death in 2018, offers a rare opportunity to view significant works of the 1960s and 70s, including examples borrowed from major public and private collections as well as the artists estate. Presented across seven spaces on two floors of the museum, Robert Morris. The Perceiving Body focuses on the artists experiments with form, process, and acts of beholding. The works included, dating from 1961 to 1977, are largely ... More |
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| | Stephen Joyce dies at 87; Guarded grandfather's literary legacy | | Stephen Friedman Gallery opens solo exhibition of new and historic works by Melvin Edwards | | MAGA war on architectural diversity weaponizes Greek columns | 
Stephen Joyce gleefully maintained an iron grip on his grandfathers printed works, unpublished manuscripts, letters and other material.
by Sam Roberts
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- Stephen Joyce, a grandson and last surviving direct descendant of James Joyce and the formidably rigid gatekeeper of that Irish authors coveted literary estate, died Jan. 23 on Ãle de Ré, an island resort on the west coast of France, where he lived. He was 87. President Michael Higgins of Ireland, confirming the death in a statement, said Joyce had been deeply committed to what he saw was the special duty to defend the legacy of the Joyce family in literary and personal terms, although Higgins allowed that it was not a task carried out in harmonious circumstances at all times. Stephen Joyce gleefully maintained an iron grip on his grandfathers printed works, unpublished manuscripts, letters and other material, although his hold loosened somewhat on the 70th anniversary of James Joyces death, when most copyrights on his masterpieces like Ulysses and Finnegans Wake ... More | | 
Melvin Edwards, 'Maintain', 2016. Pigmented cotton on pigmented abaca, 152.4 x 101.6 cm (60 x 40 in). Framed: 160.5 x 110 cm (63 1/4 x 431/4 in). Copyright Melvin Edwards. Courtesy the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and Alexander Gray Associates, New York.
LONDON.- Stephen Friedman Gallery presents a solo exhibition of new and historic works by Melvin Edwards, a pioneer in the history of contemporary African-American art. Spanning five decades of Edwards' career, this is the artist's second show at the gallery and follows his recent solo exhibitions at the Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland (2019-2020) and MASP, São Paulo (2019). Edwards' exhibition at the gallery is accompanied by a booklet with a newly commissioned essay by Eric Booker, Assistant Curator at The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. Edwards work currently features in the new hang of the collection at MoMA, New York. His work is included in the touring exhibition Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, initiated by Tate, London, and currently on view at de Young Museum, San Francisco. Public Art Fund will present the first major survey of the artists outdoor ... More | | 
The National Museum of African American History and Culture. Lexey Swall/The New York Times.
by Michael Kimmelman
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- I was passing by the Smithsonians National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington the other afternoon when the raking winter sun made the patterned, bronzed-aluminum facade glow. The building seemed to warm its patch of a frozen National Mall, alongside the chilly phalanx of gray stone behemoths, nearly all classically designed. Style-wise, I dont know what to call the museums architecture. David Adjaye, the Ghanaian-British architect, led the design team. The building is classicizing, with its base and capital, at the same time that those patterns on the facade borrow from ironwork by Southern slaves, and the facades canted, three-tiered structure derives from West African sculptural traditions. The design is a kind of meditation on the symbolic meanings of American classicism and how style functions as a symbol of pride, or a tool of oppression and colonialism, from which modernism, with its transparent glass and technical innovation, pro ... More |
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| | Betty Seeler auction performs robust during Millea Bros Americana Week sale | | Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opens Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal... | | Detroit Institute of Arts hires assistant curator of European sculpture and decorative arts | 
The top lot of the auction was this Hannah Fairfield double oil portrait of Lucy Adams Tracy and Ellen Nichols Tracy, circa 1839, that attained $21,250.
BOONTON, NJ.- Good design never goes out of style and hot on the heels of Sothebys Mario Buatta sale during Americana Week, aka Antiques Week, was a similar auction evincing good taste. It featured fine English and American furniture, sporting art and beautiful botanical porcelains. Millea Bros capitalized on the horde of buyers descending on greater New York City for Americana Week and offered a single-owner sale January 30 of the collection of the late Elizabeth Betty Seeler. I was surprised how many parallels there were between the types of property offered in both Bettys and Marios auctions, said Michael Millea, who noted that the two apparently knew each other, not surprisingly as each was well known in New Yorks interior design circles. Seeler, 92, died in November 2018. She graciously furnished her home in Forest Hill Gardens, buying from well respected antiques dealers and auction houses, ... More | | 
Hank Willis Thomas, Branded Head, from the series B®anded, 2003. Chromogenic print, 99 x 52 inches © Hank Willis Thomas, courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
BENTONVILLE, ARK.- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art presents Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal
, organized by the Portland Art Museum, on view February 8 to April 20, 2020. Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal
, is the first comprehensive mid-career survey of the conceptual artists career, spanning 20 years of his work. The exhibition features 91 works by Thomas ranging from photography to sculpture, mixed media, paintings, video, and collaborative projects with other artists. Combining familiar sports and advertising images with histories of art and politics, Thomas examines popular culture and how art can raise awareness in the ongoing struggle for social justice and civil rights. His artistic practice centers on analyzing and dissecting the images and concepts that comprise American culture, with particular ... More | | 
Dr. Chassica (Chaz) Kirchhoff, received bachelors degrees in Art History and Studio Art from Drury University, and earned a Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Kansas. Credit: Stephen Bluto.
DETROIT, MICH.- The Detroit Institute of Arts has hired Dr. Chassica (Chaz) Kirchhoff as an assistant curator of European Sculpture and Decorative arts. She begins on February 10, 2020. Kirchhoff comes to the DIA from the Metropolitan Museum of Arts Department of Arms and Armor. There, as an Andrew W. Mellon Research Fellow, she worked to uncover and share the origin of one of the worlds foremost collections of arms and armor. Kirchoffs background as an artist working in metal and glass informs her scholarly explorations. We are thrilled that Chaz has joined the DIA, said Judith F. Dolkart, DIA deputy director. She brings with her a strong record of research and scholarship, and we look forward to her work with the DIAs esteemed collections and its visitor-centered presentations of those objects. Kirchhoff received bachelors degrees ... More |
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 Brontë Parsonage Museum presents new exhibition for Anne Brontë's bicentenaryHAWORTH.- 2020 is the bicentenary year of Anne Brontë, author of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Agnes Grey, and youngest sibling in the iconic literary family. To mark this, and the 200th anniversary of the familys arrival in Haworth, the Brontë Parsonage Museum is hosting an exhibition dedicated to exploring Annes life as well as a strand of events co-curated with their creative partner for 2020, writer, journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed. Annes life and work have had much less exploration than those of her sisters. This new exhibition, Amid the brave and the strong, will delve into key elements of Annes life, from her childhood at the Parsonage, to how her legacy has been shaped by others since her death. Throughout her life, dear gentle Anne was considered the baby of the Brontë family, but she went on to write one of the first sustained ... More Appleton Museum of Art opens exhibition on history of FlamencoOCALA, FLA.- The Appleton Museum of Art, College of Central Florida, presents the exhibition Flamenco: From Spain to the U.S., now through May 24, 2020. Passionate, fiery, sensual, intense. Flamenco: From Spain to the U.S. provides an in-depth and multi-dimensional examination of the history and culture of Flamenco dance and music. Exhibition curator Nicolasa Chávez from the Museum of International Folk Art writes, Flamenco developed as a folkloric tradition in southern Spain, beginning nearly 500 years ago. Flamenco was learned within the family and passed down through generations. By the end of the 19th century, it had become an art form presented on stage at new venues called cafés cantantes, which first showcased Flamenco in small nightclubs in Spain. The audience was comprised of tourists looking for an exotic experience and local ... More David Hockney, Gorham Silver, more at Clarke Auction Gallery Feb. 16LARCHMONT, NY.- Just about a month into 2020 and with gold and silver prices on a high, things are on a roll at Clarke Auction Gallery. Starting off the new year with a bang, Westchesters premier auction house has already ticked off fine Asian abstract paintings and gentlemans wristwatches at its January 19 auction, among many highlights. Next up on Saturday, February 16, at 11 am, will be an auction that runs the gamut from David Hockney artworks to early American Gorham silver and nearly everything in between. Our January sale was incredibly strong across the board and things conservatively estimated were blowing through their estimates. We are confident our February auction will be equally impressive, said owner and auctioneer Ronan Clarke. Buyers are always anxious to break the winter doldrums and we have curated an auction lineup ... More Bring back the color! Neue Auctions February Fine Art Auction is beautiful and boldCLEVELAND, OH.- Neue Auctions announced its February Fine Art auction on Saturday, February 22, 2020 at 11 a.m. Neue will offer a unique selection of modern and contemporary art with major bursts of color from modern masters to the mid-twentieth century to the contemporary. You can access the auction catalogue from neueauctions.com. The auction will be featured live online on three bidding websites including LiveAuctioneers, Bidsquare and Invaluable. Neues February Auction Key Dates: · Auction Preview - Thursday, February 6th through Friday, February 21st: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or by appointment. 23533 Mercantile Road, Suite 119 - Beachwood, OH 44122 · Live online auction Saturday, February 22nd at 11 a.m. EST. A few highlight lots expected to attract keen bidder attention include the following: · Lot 16 Jean-Jules Louis Cavailles ... More Skylar Brandt: A ballerina invests in herselfNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- On Mondays, the day most ballet dancers spend soaking their aching feet, Skylar Brandt, a soloist at American Ballet Theater, takes a different route. First, she has ballet class, then Pilates; next, a two-hour private coaching session at a City Center studio and, finally, a visit to the chiropractor. Sometimes my days off are harder than my days at ABT just because I make it that way, she said. Its a total investment in myself. She likes to work. Soloists, generally, have down time too much for Brandts taste. I just turned 27, and I feel like at this point I should be starting to experience more growth, she said. Or some growth. Its not just about being promoted; she really just wants to dance. At Ballet Theater, Brandt has found that her best opportunities have arisen from filling in for injured dancers in prominent parts like Medora ... More Brazilian film booming, but vulnerable under BolsonaroRIO DE JANEIRO (AFP).- Brazilian cinema is having a moment: an Oscar nod, prizes at Cannes, an invitation to the Berlinale. But filmmakers are also feeling vulnerable amid the boom, as far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's government has declared a "culture war" and slashed state support for the industry. Since the man dubbed the "Tropical Trump" took office in January 2019, directors, producers and actors have sounded the alarm over what they say are ideologically driven policies that threaten Brazilian cinema. It is an industry that employs 300,000 people and projects the South American country's soft power around the world. "Artistically, we're flourishing," said Caetano Gotardo, co-director of "All the Dead Ones," which is up for the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival this month. "We have commercial movies that are ... More Selection of photographers for the 5th edition of the International Photo Festival LeidenLEIDEN.- The International Photo Festival Leiden presents the names of the 15 selected talented photographers, who will display their work to the general public in an open air exhibition in Leiden during the photo festival from 9 to 17 May 2020. Out of 127 photo submissions from all over Europe, the professional jury, led by jury chairwoman Philippien Noordam (Art Advisor for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, jury member for the National Portrait Prize and chairwoman of the Dutch Association for Corporate Art Collections), made a balanced and well-considered choice. The selection gives a fine impression of the diverse talent of these up-and-coming photographers, originating from the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden and Germany, among others. All genres are represented: from documentary to portrait, from landscape to macro photography. ... More Statement from Australia's natural history museum directors SYDNEY.- The Directors/CEOs of Australias leading natural history museums today issued a joint statement in support of increased funding and co-ordinated national action to address the impacts of climate change on the nations biodiversity following the bushfires which ravaged the continent over the past few months. The Directors of the Australian Museum (NSW); Museums Victoria; South Australian Museum; Western Australian Museum; Queensland Museum; and Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory; whose natural science collections hold almost 60 million reference specimens said: Natural history museums are among the most trusted public institutions* playing a critical role in describing and conserving our natural history in Australia and connecting the natural environment with the public through education outreach and exhibitions. ... More Late-artist Sonya Rapoport anticipates AI in posthumous exhibitionSAN JOSE, CA.- Among the first women to earn an MA in Painting from UC Berkeley in 1949, Sonya Rapoport (b. 1923, Brookline, MA; d. 2015, Berkeley, CA) was always a step ahead of her time. Charting her transition from modernist painter to ground-breaking conceptual artist, Sonya Rapoport: biorhythm, on view February 7 through July 5, 2020, provides an in-depth look at the artists output from 197483, a pivotal decade that marked a major shift in her work from abstract painting to the incorporation of emerging computer technologies. The first solo museum show since the artists passing in 2015, biorhythm highlights Rapoports growing fascination with formal and conceptual elements of computer-collected and analyzed personal data, from her large-scale painting in the San Jose Museum of Arts permanent collection, ... More Wesleyan University presents "Guanyu (Gary) Xu: Temporarily Censored Home"MIDDLETOWN, CONN.- "Guanyu (Gary) Xu: Temporarily Censored Home," an exhibition featuring photography and video by the Chinese-born artist, currently based in Chicago, is on view in Wesleyan Universitys College of East Asian Studies Gallery at Mansfield Freeman Center, located at 343 Washington Terrace on the Wesleyan campus in Middletown, Connecticut, from Thursday, February 6 through Friday, May 22, 2020. Guanyu (Gary) Xu was born in Beijing, China in 1993 and moved to the U.S. in 2014 to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Xu is currently based in Chicago. During visits home to China, Xu created "Temporarily Censored Home," a series of photographs of interventions in his parents domestic space. Alone in their apartment while they were away at work, Xu positioned photographic images throughout their home, ... More Sterling Associates to auction fine art, bronzes, men's watches and lighting from NJ/NY estatesNORWOOD, NJ.- Sterling Associates, Bergen County, New Jerseys foremost estate specialists, will offer a diverse 216-lot selection of fine art, furniture, jewelry and lighting at their Wednesday, February 12 auction. With a strong regional following and international bidders on several continents, Sterling Associates online-only sales are unique in that all goods may be previewed ahead of time at the companys physical premises, although all bidding takes place remotely. Options include absentee, by phone, or absentee/live online through LiveAuctioneers or Invaluable. The core of the auction comes from one major estate and includes midcentury furniture and European artworks acquired while the consignor lived in Paris. He is now returning to France and has chosen to sell his collection before relocating. Several Salvador Dali (Spanish, ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, German painter Gerhard Richter was born February 09, 1932. Gerhard Richter (born 9 February 1932) is a German visual artist. Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, and also photographs and glass pieces. His art follows the examples of Picasso and Jean Arp in undermining the concept of the artist's obligation to maintain a single cohesive style. In this image: German artist Gerhard Richter gestures in front of his painting "Abstract Painting (946-3)" during a press conference before the opening of the exhibition "Gerhard Richter, New Paintings" on May 19, 2017. ROBERT MICHAEL / AFP.
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