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For F VI, 1996 (detail), monoprint (copperplate intaglio and woodcut hand-inked by the artist and dusted with pastel; monotype from additional washes on Plexiglas) on Arches paper, 29 1/2 x 35 1/2 in, edition of 9 monoprints.
NEW YORK, NY.- Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art is presenting Joan Snyder: Six Chants and One Altar, featuring Chant/Forever, a recent series of monoprints. In addition, the show includes three early monoprints?Candles for Clem, For F and Prayer? and Apple Tree Mass, an iconic painting from 1983. The exhibit also celebrates the publication of Molly Snyder-Fink?s essay ?My Mother?s Altar: Joan Snyder Paints to Face Herself? in the 2018 Fall/Winter Woman's Art Journal. Snyder-Fink, a filmmaker and writer, offers a unique and illuminating exploration of her mother's artistic and creative trajectory. Snyder?s new series Chant/Forever (2018) is the latest product of her decades-long collaboration with master printer Andrew Mockler of Jungle Press. The three earlier monoprints memorializing loved ones, Prayer (1996), For F (1996), and Candles for Clem (1998), were printed in collaboration with Master Printer Robert Townsend. Snyder?s monoprints complement ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A picture taken on January 4, 2019, shows a bronze sculpture by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin titled "The Walking Man" at the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi . GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP
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 | | Exhibition tells the fascinating story of Genghis Khan | | Worldwide celebration of John Ruskin | | The Cleveland Museum of Art debuts new Northern European Galleries | 
Installation view.
AARHUS.- The new international special exhibition at Moesgaard Museum tells the fascinating story of Genghis Khan and the nomads of the Mongolian steppes. For more than a millennium, Mongolian nomads made their mark on contacts between East and West, through belligerent expansion and by controlling trade routes across steppe and desert. The story of Genghis Khan and his ravaging horsemen, who, by brilliant military strategies, created the foundations for the greatest empire the world has ever seen, is well known. Through his enormous conquests in the early 13th century, this commander from the Mongolian steppes forged an empire that stretched from China in the east, westward to what is now Eastern Europe. The special exhibition On the steppes of Genghis Khan Mongolias nomads takes visitors on a journey in the company of Mongolian nomads and their animal herds. It reveals a life on the move, where Genghis Khan is ever- ... More | | 
Ruskins talent as artist and art critic will be celebrated in a series of exhibitions.
LONDON.- To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the influential writer, thinker, artist and social reformer John Ruskin (1819 -1900), galleries, universities and cultural institutions across the world will celebrate his work, ideas and influence in a year-long programme of exhibitions, conferences and events. Ruskins 200th birthday on 8 February 2019 will be celebrated at the Royal Academy, London with: All Great Art Is Praise, readings from Ruskin by Michael Palin and Dan Draper, with settings by Sarah Rodgers of his words, and music performed by tenor Richard Edgar-Wilson and the Coull Quartet. Ruskins talent as artist and art critic will be celebrated in a series of exhibitions: Radical Victorianism: Progressive Achievements in the Age of Ruskin, Houghton Library, Harvard University, 1 Jan 31 May John Ruskin: The Power of Seeing, 2 Temple Place, London, 26 Jan - 22 April Parabola of Pre-Raphaelitism: Turner, Ruskin, ... More | | 
Violin Player with a Wine Glass, 1623. Dirck van Baburen (Dutch, c. 15951624). Oil on canvas; 80.4 x 67.1 cm (31 5/8 x 26 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 2018.25.
CLEVELAND, OH.- The Cleveland Museum of Art today announced the opening of its reimagined Northern European galleries (21315) featuring art of the Netherlands, Germany, Central Europe, and France from about 1600 to 1725. The completely redesigned galleries feature a selection of beloved masterworks from the permanent collection as well as several important new acquisitions on view for the first time. The installation also explores the context in which these works might originally have been displayed: an upper-middle-class Dutch home; an ecclesiastical setting, such as a church or private chapel; and an aristocratic French collection. The re-installation of the Northern European galleries is made possible with support from the newly created Sally and Sandy Cutler Strategic Opportunities ... More |
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| | | Anastasia Mityukova's first museum exhibition on view at Museum Folkwang | | PDNB Gallery opens a survey of domestic domiciles that offer comforts of home | | Exhibition at Centro BotÃn shows twenty-three works by Cristina Iglesias | 
Anastasia Mityukova, aus Project Iceworm, 2018 © ECAL/Anastasia Mityukova.
ESSEN.- Museum Folkwang is showing the first museum exhibition by Anastasia Mityukova (born 1992). In Project Iceworm, the Swiss-Russian photographer takes a look at the tumultuous history of the town of Thule in Greenland, a site that remains contested to this day. By way of anonymous archival images and private photographs of Inuit people living in the area, in 22 photographs, Mityukova sketches a portrait of a geopolitically charged place that even today cannot be entered or photographed. Following the end of World War II, the northern region of Greenland around Thule was chosen by the American government to host a strategic military base and airport. The construction of the airport led to the local population being forcibly resettled without prior consultation, something for which they only received compensation decades later, after the end of the Cold War. In 1957, the ... More | | 
Ben Marcin, Row Houses, Camden, NJ, 2011 (detail).
DALLAS, TX.- From the country to suburbia to the New Jersey Shore, this exhibition is a survey of domestic domiciles that offer comforts of home, even in the most questionable settings. PDNB Gallery artists, and some artists new to the gallery, are being featured. The photo essay, Last House Standing, by German born artist, Ben Marcin, is represented in this group show. Marcin documents isolated, decaying two and three floor walk-ups found in Baltimore and Philadelphia. The old buildings stand alone on the street, waiting next in line to be demolished. The old-age metaphor is quite graphic. Actor and photographer Jason Lee's road trip around Texas, recently culminated in the book, A Plain View. Included in his colorful Texas series are homes like Marcin's, worn and haggard, some empty of life. These structures, found in the landscape of country towns, each have long stories to tell. Ira Wagner's 10-year document of raised houses on the ... More | | 
Installation view.
SANTANDER.- Centro BotÃn presents, from 6 October 2018 to 3 March 2019, the retrospective exhibition Cristina Iglesias: Interspaces. The show, curated by Vicente TodolÃ, chairman of the Artistic Committee, comprises twenty-three of the artists works created between 1992 and 2018 of which some are typically monumental in size. Cristina Iglesias has close ties with Fundación BotÃn and its new art centre in Santander, having specifically conceived her sculptural project From the Underground, a work in stone, steel and water comprising four wells and a pond, for Centro BotÃn and the Pereda Gardens. A renowned visual artist, recipient of the National Visual Arts Award in 1999, her work has been influenced by the time spent in London in the 1980s, where she came across much more all-encompassing sculpture production processes. Furthermore, it was in the United Kingdom that she began to connect not only ... More |
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| | | National Museums Scotland acquire rare sea clock | | The Art Gallery of South Australia exhibits Pablo Picasso's The Vollard Suite | | Exhibition on Theodoor van Loon's work highlights his exceptional talent | 
The Bruce-Oosterwijck longitude pendulum clock © National Museums Scotland.
LONDON.- The Bruce-Oosterwijck longitude pendulum sea clock is one of only two examples of a clock of its kind in the world, and represents the first attempt to solve the the longitude problem, the issue of measuring longitude which scientists tried to solve as people began to make transatlantic voyages. Alexander Bruce, Earl of Kincardine and one of the founding members of the Royal Society, commissioned the mechanism for this clock from the Dutch maker Severyn Oosterwijck in 1662. Bruce also worked with the Dutch mathematician and astronomer Christiaan Huygens, who invented the pendulum clock in 1656, on the project. Although the sea clock was ultimately unsuccessful in accurately measuring longitude, it was a significant attempt and represents a pivotal moment in maritime history. It would take 100 more years before the longitude problem was famously solved by English carpenter and clockmaker John Harrison. The Bruce- ... More | | 
The Vollard Suite is Pablo Picasso's most celebrated series of etchings.
ADELAIDE.- The Art Gallery of South Australia presents Picasso: The Vollard Suite from 17 November 2018 to 3 February 2019. This National Gallery of Australia touring exhibition explores the inner musings of the most famous and influential artist of the twentieth century through 100 etchings produced over a 7-year period from 1930 to 1937. The Vollard Suite is Pablo Picasso's most celebrated series of etchings. The suite takes its name from Modern art dealer and print publisher Ambroise Vollard, who gave Picasso his first Paris exhibition in 1901. Vollard commissioned Picasso to make the series of etchings in exchange for a selection of French Impressionist paintings from his private collection. The Vollard Suite represents a critical point in Picasso's career and has been perceived by historians and critics alike as a summation of Picassos lifes work, providing insight into his ideas about art, life and mortality. Prevalent ... More | | 
Theodoor van Loon, The Martyrdom of Saint Lambert, ca. 1616-1617 © KIK-IRPA, Brussels, photo: Philippe De Gobert.
BRUSSELS.- Theodoor van Loon (1581/82-1649) was one of the first painters in the Southern Netherlands to be heavily influenced by Caravaggios work and style. Like his contemporary Rubens, he was inspired by the Italian masters, developing his own powerful and unique style. Van Loon was one of the most prominent painters of his generation, executing prestigious commissions for the court of the Archdukes Albert and Isabella and for various religious orders and churches in Brussels and the surrounding region. Over time, his work and career were overshadowed however. Nowadays, the work of the Brussels master is no longer well known. By joining forces, BOZAR and the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium want to reverse this evolution. This very first exhibition on Van Loons work highlights his exceptional talent, giving visitors the opportunity to (re)discover this unique artist. Van Loons ... More |
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| | | New book release from STEIDL, America's Stage: Times Square by Betsy Karel | | Heather Gaudio Fine Art opens exhibition of works by Jae Ko | | Patricia Piccinini presents an immersive installation of hyper-realistic sculptures at Hosfelt Gallery | 
America's Stage: Times Square by Betsy Karel.
NEW YORK, NY.- In Americas Stage: Times Square, street photographer Betsy Karel uses five New York City blocks as a metaphor for urban America today. Her premise is that many of the major trends of our society are present in Times Square: globalism, consumerism, ubiquitous sexualization, hucksterism, surveillance, narcissism. All are compressed and amplified here. In Karels photos fantasy parades as reality, corporate interests invade almost all public spaces, and Times Square becomes a vivid, almost hyper-realistic, form of theatre. Karel is a native New Yorker who haunted Times Square to find what most of the citys dwellers seek to avoid: the tourists and everything that exists for them in that historic mecca. She records the intermingling of those responsible for the cacophony, those reacting and those who appear oblivious. She recognized the sadness that ... More | | 
JK112, 1996/2012 (detail). Rolled paper and Sumi ink, 48 x 144 x 3 inches.
NEW CANAAN, CONN.- Heather Gaudio Fine Art is presenting Jae Ko: 漂流 Drift, the artists first solo exhibition at the gallery. In addition to showcasing recent wall and free-standing sculpture, Ko will create a site-specific installation consisting of 50-60 industrial sized rolls of recycled paper. The public is invited to witness the artist at work and view the installation as it takes form. Born in Korea, Ko grew up in Tokyo and was formally trained as an artist at Wako University before moving to the United States. She earned her MFA and went on to develop a highly personalized technique to create the sculptural work for which she is today known. Early explorations working with water and paper (submerging utilitarian Kraft paper into ocean-soaked sand) led her to test the physical properties of the material and combine these with ... More | | 
Patricia Piccinini, The Loafers, 2018, fiberglass, silicone, hair, 10 5/8 x 10 3/8 x 9 7/8 inches; Courtesy of the artist and Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- In her second solo exhibition at Hosfelt Gallery, Patricia Piccinini presents an immersive installation of hyper-realistic sculptures probing the increasingly permeable boundaries of humanness. For more than two decades, Piccinini has explored the potentialitiesboth liberating and threateninginherent in our advancing capabilities in genetic engineering and artificial intelligence. Her meticulously-crafted sculptures envision a co-mingling of animal, plant, machine and human, questioning the otherness of creatures, cyber-forms, and humans who dont resemble the norm. These imagined beings are nearly possible, embodying and reflecting the complex ethical issues of our times. Connection and empathy are at the heart of Piccininis ... More |
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 TASCHEN publishes 'The Art of Packaging: 2017 & 2018 Pentawards Winners'NEW YORK, NY.- Attract, protect, inform, collectgood packaging is synonymous with multitasking. Creating these ultimate all-rounders calls for a deep understanding of the good, the market, the customer, the environment, the flow of tradeno easy task. Each year, the Pentawards spotlight the ingenious masterminds behind these complex containers and grant their coveted trophies to the cleverest and most innovative designs in the field. This latest edition of The Package Design Book rounds up the winning designs from the 20172018 competitions. With introductory essays, product descriptions, and plenty of images, this book features more than 400 winners from over 40 countries across five main categoriesbeverages, food, body, luxury, and other marketsand no fewer than 57 subcategories. The result is an authoritative survey of the best of the best, ... More Euqinom Gallery opens solo exhibition of the work of Michael LundgrenSAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Euqinom Gallery is presenting its first solo exhibition of the work of Michael Lundgren. On view from January 5 - February 23, 2019, Geomancy, features photographs taken in the American Southwest and Mexico in the last few years. A metaphysical term, geomancy references the relationship between matter and the spiritual realm through a connection of divination and interpretation. The ability of photography to both resemble and transform the natural world reveals itself as a central inquiry in this body of work. Whereas landscape photography has long been devoted to expansive vistas and grandiosity, Lundgren focuses on the unseen and the unaccountableobjects and spaces that seem outside the field of time yet reference the history of an occupied landscape. The photographs imbue monumentality and wonder: are we looking ... More First West Coast exhibition of New York-based artist Wardell Milan opens at Fraenkel GallerySAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Fraenkel Gallery is presenting the first West Coast exhibition of New York-based artist Wardell Milan, on view from January 3 to February 16, 2019. Incorporating drawing, painting, photography and collage, Milans Parisian Landscapes: Blue in Green introduces the artists figurative works in a variety of media. In scenes of freedom and desire, conflict and violence, Milan situates fractured bodies in ambiguous spaces. Often titled after songs, and using the color blue, Milans Parisian Landscapes reference sources as wide-ranging as Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and Maggie Nelson's lyrical essay bluets. Milans blue also alludes to the historical use of lapis lazuli: from Egyptian tomb paintings to illuminated Renaissance manuscripts, as well as to the Talibans current control of lapis lazuli mines in Afghanistan. Other intensely hued works inspired ... More Royal Academy of Arts announces Young Artists' Summer Show LONDON.- To demonstrate the Royal Academy of Arts ongoing support of art education for young people, the RA is launching a new initiative in 2019 entitled the Young Artists Summer Show, supported by philanthropist Robin Hambro. The project, which will be open to all UK primary and secondary students aged 7-19 (key stages 2-5), will comprise an online and on-site exhibition, providing a unique opportunity for students to showcase their work. The project will coincide with the Royal Academys Summer Exhibition and the 250th anniversary of the RA Schools in 2019. Students will be able to enter their artworks via digital submissions in any media including painting, drawing, print, photography, sculpture and video. These works will then be judged by key stage and the final selection of works will be available to view in an online exhibition through the RA website from ... More Jennifer Georgescu awarded The John Chervinsky Emerging Photographer Scholarship 2018WINCHESTER, MASS.- Photographer John Chervinsky, whose work explored the concept of time, passed away in December of 2015, following a typically resolute battle with pancreatic cancer. The modesty and unassuming character John conveyed in life belies the extent to which he will be missed, not only by his family and friends, but also by the entire photographic community of which he was so proud to be a part. The John Chervinsky Emerging Photographer Scholarship was announced in June 2016 to recognize, encourage and reward photographers with the potential to create a body of work and sustain solo exhibitions. Awarded annually, the Scholarship provides recipients with a monetary award, an exhibition of their work at the Griffin Museum of Photography, and a volume from Johns personal library of photography books. The Scholarship ... More 'Ugly' French town hits back at writer HouellebecqPARIS (AFP).- The French town of Niort, described by the protagonist of Michel Houellebecq's latest novel as "one of the ugliest" he has ever seen, invited the gloomy author to visit on Friday to sample its local "happy" herb. Residents of Niort were surprised to learn that the town of 61,000 people near the western city of La Rochelle had made it into "Serotonin", Houellebecq's seventh novel which was released on Friday in France. The book is seen as foretelling the "yellow vest" protest movement that has swept France since November because of its depiction of a rural France on the brink of revolt. The main character, an agricultural engineer, describes arriving "in a state of advanced exasperation in Niort, one of the ugliest towns I've ever seen" and says his stay there was a "humiliation". While some residents called for a boycott of the book, the mayor of the town ... More Bailey Scieszka's 'The Truth Remains that No One Wants to Know' opens at LarrieNEW YORK, NY.- Larrie is pleased to present The Truth Remains that No One Wants to Know, a solo show by Bailey Scieszka opening January 6, 2019. Scieszka is not one to shy away from dark and difficult ideas and in order to pry out the truths of history. Scieszka arrived at her latest body of work after reading Edward Dolnicks, The Forgers Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century. Ruminating on who, and what, made up the great in the sentiment of America, Scieszka plunged into the topic of stolen and lost art and went on to read titles about looted and lost art during WWII including, The Monuments Men, The Rape of Europa, and A Tragic Fate: Law and Ethics in the Battle Over Nazi-Looted Art.The truths within these accounts, characterized by greed, hate, and violence gave Scieszka a new perspective on the familiar themes ru ... More Ink Art Week Brussels 2019 will be held from May 6 to 12BRUSSELS.- The Ink Art Week Brussels 2019 (Semaine de lEncre - 布鲁塞尔水墨周), to be held from May 6 to 12, combines conferences and workshops in the field of Chinese contemporary ink art held at the Faculty of Architecture, La Cambre Horta ULB, in Auditoire Victor Bourgeois and Espace Architecture, in place Flagey. This week of theoretical and practical events introduces the quest for abstraction in Chinese calligraphy and painting to the Belgian public, offering the opportunity of direct contacts between the public and invited artists and scholars. After a first edition in Venice, Italy, this is the second edition of a travelling event that functions as a collaborative enterprise between ink artists, curators and academic or cultural institutions in the host country. Paysage écrit/Ecriture peinte, a collective exhibition of ink artists combining contemporary ... More 2 million 152 thousand people visit Auschwitz in 2018OśWIęCIM.- In 2018, 2 million 152 thousand people from all over the world visited the sites of the former Auschwitz and Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp preserved by the Museum. It is about 50,000 more than in the record-breaking 2017. As many as 80% of them got to know the history of the German Nazi camp with one of over 320 guides-educators of the Museum conducting guided tours in 20 languages. "Such a high percentage of those who choose to learn the history of Auschwitz in guided groups is of great significance. It is the most valuable educational form, which does not only provide more in-depth knowledge and understanding but also allows visitors to engage in a dialogue and ask questions about selected aspects of this tragic history. No automatism, no printed form or electronic equipment can substitute ... More Record-breaking attendance for Pointe-à-Callière in 2018MONTREAL.- After reaching record attendance rates in 2017 during the celebrations of its 25th anniversary and Montréals 375th anniversary, Pointe-à -Callière hit a new peak in 2018 by attracting 527,216 visitors, a 14% increase compared to the previous year. This remarkable rise in attendance attests to the great interest generated by the new historical sites bequeathed to Montrealers, Quebecers and Canadians, namely the Fort Ville-Marie-Quebecor Pavilion and the Memory Collector, the sound and light experience presented in North Americas first collector sewer. The popularity of the temporary exhibition Queens of Egypt presented during peak season also greatly contributed to the success of 2018. This exceptional exhibition, which combined an original theme, high quality objects shown for the first time in North America and extraordinary museography ... More Striking statement pieces abound at Fontaine Auction Gallery Jan. 19 PITTSFIELD, MASS.- Traditional and sumptuous antiques will be at the forefront at Fontaines Auction Gallery on Saturday, January 19, at 11 am. Auction previews the week of the sale are Friday, 10 am to 5 pm, and Saturday, 8 am to 11 am. From highly carved furniture to elaborately worked gilt bronze pieces, this auction will feature 450 lots of antiques and fine art, including American Victorian, Gothic, figural carved and Arts and Crafts furniture, 19th and 20th Century lighting by Tiffany Studios, Duffner and Kimberly, Handel and John Morgan; fine clocks and music boxes, paintings, Royal Vienna and KPM porcelains, gold and diamond jewelry, fine silver, gold coins, art glass and cameo glass, Galle pottery, bronze and marble statuary, Black Forest items, Asian and Russian items, Oriental rugs and more. We are starting off 2019 with a compelling ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter and sculptor Gustave Doré was born January 06, 1832. Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré (6 January 1832 - 23 January 1883) was a French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist and sculptor who worked primarily with wood engraving. In this image: Gustave Doré, Souvenir of Loch Lomond, 1875. Oil on canvas, 131 à 196 cm. French & Co. LLC.
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