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Queen Mathilde of Belgium wearing a face mask attends a royal visit to the 'Van Eyck in Bruges' exhibition at the Groeningemuseum in Bruges, on June 16, 2020. DIRK WAEM / BELGA / AFP.
BRUGES.- By means of archive documents and recent research results, this exhibition sheds new light on the intriguing life and work of the famous Flemish primitive Jan van Eyck. Musea Brugge holds two of Jan Van Eycks most famous works in its collection: 'Madonna with Canon Joris van der Paele' and 'Portrait of Margareta van Eyck'. Moreover, Musea Brugge recently acquired a 'Virgin with Child in an Interior', painted by a follower of Van Eyck. To mark the Van Eyck Year 2020, these three works have been brought together in this exhibition. Recent research results, re-examined archival documents, and an intriguing archaeological find shed new light on the life and world of Jan Van Eyck in the fifteenth century. Furthermore, thanks to infrared reflectograms and macro XRF images, you can also see the composition of the paint layers and the first drawing on the panel, allowing you to discover more about the painters working methods. Van Eyck cut a striking figure in lively, m ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Almine Rech Paris is presenting Summer, a group exhibition from June 13 to August 1, 2020. Echoing the Spring group show held at Almine Rech Shanghai, this new Paris exhibition focuses on some of the galleryÂs most iconic artists: Karel Appel, John M Armleder, Jean-Baptiste Bernadet, Brian Calvin, Johan Creten, Gregor Hildebrandt, Allen Jones, Alexandre Lenoir, Taryn Simon, Tamuna Sirbiladze, Thu Van Tran and Tursic & Mille. Summer at Almine Rech, Paris, June 13 - August 1, 2020 © Photo: Rebecca Fanuele. Courtesy of the Artists and Almine Rech.
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 | | Sotheby's to debut live auction of American Art | | Art and antiques consistently in high demand in the auctions at Hermann Historica GmbH | | A long revered relic is found to be Europe's oldest surviving wooden statue | 
Mary Cassatt, Mother in Purple Holding Her Child, 1909. Pastel on paper. Estimate: $400/600,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys shared highlights from their upcoming live auction of American Art, taking place in New York on 26 June 2020. The June auction features an exceptional group of paintings, sculpture and works on paper by some of the most celebrated American artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, including two works from the Collection of Marylou Whitney and a curated selection American Illustration, anchored with works by Maxfield Parrish, Joseph Christian Leyendecker and N.C. Wyeth. This June marks the return of live auctions to Sothebys New York, following the states Stay-at-Home order due to the spread of COVID-19. Remote bidding will be available in advance and during the auction via sothebys.com and on Sothebys app, as well as by phone with Sothebys specialists in the salesroom. All works are now on exhibition in our New York galleries, which are open by appointment only. Executed ... More | | 
This enchanting, circular, 17th century work of finest Flemish rustic genre painting changed hands for 57,500 euros
MUNICH.- The sale of the 717 lots on 25 May was like taking a journey through history and continents. Entitled "Art and handcrafts, antiquities", the catalogue included virtually every epoch and every region of the world, all testaments to outstanding craftsmanship in a wide variety of materials. Fantastic results were achieved, thanks to the keen participation of the bidders on the telephone and the hitherto unknown, yet extremely active community of online bidders on all six auction platforms, culminating in a sensational, thirty-fold increase of the opening price. Last year's relocation to the new, spacious premises in Grasbrunn proved to be the proverbial stroke of good luck in the otherwise unfortunate COVID-19 situation; the generous space made the pre-sale viewing possible in person and permitted direct attendance in the saleroom. Silver, glass and Asian art objects were particularly sought after, along with paintings and ... More | | 
The Volto Santo of Lucca. Photo: Joanbanjo / wikipedia.org
by Elisabetta Povoledo
ROME (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- For centuries, in a picturesque Tuscan town near the Mediterranean coast, legions of pilgrims came to venerate one of Christendoms most treasured relics an 8-foot tall wooden crucifix known as the Volto Santo de Lucca. According to the legend, The Holy Face of Lucca had been sculpted by a divine hand and remained hidden for centuries before an Italian bishop discovered it on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in the eighth century. The crucifix was put on a ship with no crew and miraculously set sail to the Tuscan coast, where an angel helped guide the relic to its final home in a cathedral in Lucca. On Friday, science provided another story and it is remarkable in its own right. The crucifix was shown to be the oldest surviving wooden carving in Europe. And it remains in remarkable condition, the downcast eyes ... More |
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| | Black cultural leaders make a unified call: 'Value our work' | | Sonia Gomes joins Pace Gallery | | Gerard Widdershoven founder of Maison Gerard passes away at 69 | 
The actress Gabrielle Union in Los Angeles, April 29, 2018. Elizabeth Weinberg/The New York Times.
by Julia Jacobs
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- A letter released Friday that carried the names of some of the most influential Black figures in film, television, visual art, music, theater, literature and other cultural disciplines called on the institutions they work with to actively fight racism by cutting ties with the police, as well as financially supporting and advocating for Black artists and their work. The letter, published online to commemorate Juneteenth, was promoted by a new organization called Black Artists for Freedom, which describes itself as a collective of black workers in the culture industries. It carries the names of hundreds of cultural leaders, including Ava DuVernay, Barry Jenkins, Lupita Nyongo and Tessa Thompson in film; Debbie Allen, Lee Daniels and Sterling K. Brown in television; John Legend, Questlove and Janelle Monáe in music; and Jamaica Kincaid, Marlon ... More | | 
Sonia Gomes, Sem TÃtulo, da série Torções, 2012. Costura, amarrações, tecidos diversos sobre arame e ferro stitching, moorings, different fabrics and laces on wire 189 x 74 x 84 cm. Mendes Wood DM and the artist. Photo: Bruno Leão.
NEW YORK, NY.- Pace Gallery announced that São Paulo-based artist Sonia Gomes has joined its roster of leading international artists. Gomes, originally from the state of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil, combines secondhand textiles with everyday materials, such as furniture, driftwood, and wire, to create abstract sculptures that reclaim Afro-Brazilian traditions and feminized crafts from the margins of history. My work is black, it is feminine, and it is marginal. I am a rebel, affirms Gomes, adding, I never worried about masking or stifling anything that might or might not fit standards of what is called art. Pace will represent Gomes in the US and Asia and will bring her art to its established audiences in both territories, working in close collaboration with Mendes Wood DM, who has represented her for over a decade, and Blum ... More | | 
Gerardus Widdershoven. Photo: Robert Levin.
NEW YORK, NY.- Gerardus A. Widdershoven of New York and Bridgehampton, New York, founder of Maison Gerard, died on Sunday, June 14 at a hospice in the hamlet of Quiogue, New York, after a valiant battle with cancer. Born in the Netherlands in 1951, Gerard arrived in New York in 1973 and began his long and illustrious career as one of the great antiquaries of Art Deco soon after in 1974. He created a welcoming environment at Maison Gerard with the finest objects, furniture, paintings and other accessories from this luxurious period at his eponymous shop on East 10th Street in New York City. Gerard welcomed collectors from all over the world who knew they would find top quality pieces within. His impressive clientele included John Lennon and Yoko Ono and many other luminaries from the entertainment world. In addition, museum curators would seek out rarities at Maison Gerard to add to their collections. These included Walter Chrysler, Jr. whose collection eventually ... More |
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| | The Glyptotek presents a series of new bronze sculptures and plaster works by Tal R | | Sotheby's Hong Kong announces Modern & Contemporary Southeast Asian Art Spring sales | | Award-winning contemporary art space Franklin Street Works permanently closing due to COVID-19 | 
Tal R, Bow and Arrow, 2019. Photo: Anders Sune Berg © Paradis/Tal R - Copenhagen.
COPENHAGEN.- On 18 June 2020, a solo exhibition of works by the Danish artist Tal R opened at the Glyptotek. The centrepiece of the exhibition is a sizeable series of new bronze sculptures and plaster works on which Tal R has been working over the past years. This is the first time the works are being presented together. Tal R (b. 1967) has always moved effortlessly between genres, including sculpture, but his bronze sculptures represent a new chapter in his oeuvre. In his own unique way, the artist tackles the great classic, figurative tradition of sculpture. It is that very tradition that constitutes the core of the Glyptoteks collection of 19th-century sculpture. Thanks to Carl Jacobsens passion for the figurative sculpture of his day, the museum owns one of the finest Rodin collections in the world, alongside impressive works by the likes of the French artists, Carpeaux and Degas. In the context of art history, in the 20th ce ... More | | 
S. Sudjojono, Self-Portrait with Rose (detail). Oil on canvas, 1957, 100 by 100 cm. Est. HK$1,000,000 2,000,000 / US$130,000 259,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.
HONG KONG.- Sothebys Hong Kong Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art Spring 2020 Sales Series, scheduled on 8-9 July, will be led by an exceptional painting by Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès that has never been seen in the market. Balinese Women in the Garden will make its auction debut after its acquisition by a close friend of the artist, and has remained in the original private collection for decades. Other highlights with impeccable provenance include Filipino artist Anita Magsaysay-Ho and Indonesia painter Hendra Gunawan. Kim Chuan Mok, Sothebys Head of Southeast Asian Art, says, This season, we are thrilled to present a selection of highly significant masterpieces by top artists from across the region, many of which are commissioned works gifted to or acquired by close friends of the ... More | | 
The two-time Andy Warhol grant recipient shut its doors to the public for good on May 17, 2020.
STAMFORD, CONN.- Franklin Street Worksa nationally recognized nonprofit contemporary art space focused on bringing forward-thinking art practices and exhibitions to suburban Connecticutcloses permanently due to financial pressures brought on by the COVID-19 health crisis. After almost 10 years of building community, mounting critically acclaimed exhibitions, and raising awareness of crucial social justice issues through those exhibitions and 130 educational programs, the two-time Andy Warhol grant recipient shut its doors to the public for good on May 17, 2020. For the last decade, Franklin Street Works created museum quality exhibitions and programming that were free to the public, fostering a thriving community of artists and art appreciators that was unparalleled in Southwestern Connecticut, says Franklin Street Works Board President Sharon Chrust. It is with a heavy heart that I ... More |
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| | Mady Mesplé, French soprano with a silvery voice, dies at 89 | | Ketterer Kunst to offer photographs by Sebastião Salgado | | Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg opens an exhibition curated by Peter Lindbergh himself | 
Mesplé was primarily associated with the music of her native country. Photo: André Cros/wikipedia.org
by Steve Smith
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Mady Mesplé, a French coloratura soprano whose technical precision and crystalline sound made her a favorite among European audiences and record collectors worldwide, died May 30 in Toulouse, France. She was 89. French news reports about her death did not indicate a cause. She learned she had Parkinsons disease in the 1990s. Mesplé was primarily associated with the music of her native country, including opera, operetta and song. The title role in Delibes opera Lakmé, with which she made her professional stage debut, in Liège, Belgium, in 1953, would become a signature part, sung by her more than 140 times. She made her Opéra Garnier debut in Paris in 1958 as Sister Constance in Dialogues of the Carmelites by Poulenc, starting a close connection with that composers music that endured for three decades. Other French roles that ... More | | 
Sebastião Salgado, Goundam region. This woman blinded by sandstorms and chronic eye infections, has reached a refugee camp. Mali, 1985. Photograph, 60 x 50 cm / 23.6 x 19.6 inches. Estimate: 6,000-8,000.
MUNICH.- His photographs are deeply touching as they show the essence of sorrow and beauty at the same time. As a plea for social justice, nature protection and peace they appeal to all of us. Now two of Sebastião Salgados great black-and-white documents will be offered in the 500th Anniversary Auction at Ketterer Kunst in Munich on July 17/18. Proceeds will go to the Wim Wenders Foundation. When Wim Wenders came across one of Sebastião Salgados photos for the first time he was immediately smitten with their intensity. He bought the picture of a Tuareg woman who had lost her eyesight and put it up in his study. Years later he met the artist personally and they became close friends. The German director and the Brazilian photographer realized several projects together, the most notable one is the documentary film The Salt of the Earth. What both artists share is an unbiased ... More | | 
Peter Lindbergh (19442019), Linda Evangelista, Michaela Bercu & Kirsten Owen, Pont-à -Mousson, 1988 © Peter Lindbergh. Courtesy Peter Lindbergh, Paris.
HAMBURG.- Untold Stories is the first ever survey exhibition curated by Peter Lindbergh himself. Born in 1944 and raised in Duisburg, the German photographer spent two years working on an uncompromising collection of 140 photographs that offer a deep insight into his extensive oeuvre, spanning from the early 1980s to the present day. The exhibition celebrates the legacy of Peter Lindbergh, who passed away in September 2019, while showcasing this masters highly personal approach to his work. The first time I saw my photographs on the walls of the exhibition mock-up, I was startled, but in a positive way. It was overwhelming to be thus confronted with who I am., Lindbergh explained in an interview for the catalogue in June 2019. The show at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MK&G) offers an extensive, first-hand look at images that are usually short-lived; being mostly commissioned and ... More |
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 Summer exhibition at Almine Rech Paris focuses on some of the gallery's most iconic artistsPARIS.- Almine Rech Paris is presenting Summer, a group exhibition from June 13 to August 1, 2020. Echoing the Spring group show held at Almine Rech Shanghai, this new Paris exhibition focuses on some of the gallerys most iconic artists: Karel Appel, John M Armleder, Jean-Baptiste Bernadet, Brian Calvin, Johan Creten, Gregor Hildebrandt, Allen Jones, Alexandre Lenoir, Taryn Simon, Tamuna Sirbiladze, Thu Van Tran and Tursic & Mille. Summer explores the artists gesture in its jubilant dimension, setting aside considerations of form and generation. There is evident jubilation in the inception and conceptualisation of an artwork, in defining its intent, deciding on its form, but also in actually making it. This enjoyment can be expressed through colour, materials, gestures and the traces they leave. It conditions a pieces intrinsic beauty, but also the emotion ... More Collection of Naval General Service Medals dating from 1793-1840 fetches £263,922 at Dix Noonan WebbLONDON.- A Collection of 55 Naval General Service Medals dating from 1793 1840 sold for £263,922 in International coins, medals, banknotes and jewellery specialists Dix Noonan Webbs live online auction of Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria on Thursday, June 18, 2020. Two medals from the collection achieved the two highest prices of the sale. A very rare 2- clasp Naval General Service Medal awarded to Carpenter Archibald Gray, who was on board the Arrow sloop on the occasion of her formidable defence on 3 February 1805; realised £39,680 double its pre-sale estimate of £14,000-18,000 [lot 415]. While a very fine 1 clasp from Sybille dating from 28 Feby 1799 (Samuel Butler) fetched £27,280 against an estimate of £16,000-20,000. Both were bought by Private Collectors [lot 374]. Also of note was the superb Great War 1916 High ... More Phillips presents Land, Sea, Sky: A no reserve online-only sale of works from Albion BarnLONDON.- Phillips announced the sale of works from Albion Barn, the renowned exhibition space situated in Oxfordshire. Land, Sea, Sky features works from a number of the collecting categories Phillips is proud to represent, including Editions, Photos, Design, and 20th Century and Contemporary Art. An ode to the surrounding countryside in which Albion Barn is situated, the works presented in this sale intersect with the landscape, presenting themes of nature and finding synergy with our environment. The carefully curated selection of objects, artworks and sculptures gathered by Albion Barn owner Michael Hue-Williams over the last decade showcase works by pinnacle international figures in art including James Turrell, Grayson Perry and David Adjaye, alongside exceptional works of design by the late Zaha Hadid and the Campana Brothers. All ... More Tate celebrates pride with Uniqlo Tate Lates Night InLONDON.- On Friday 3 July the second UNIQLO Tate Lates Night In will celebrate LGBTIQ+ culture. While the galleries are closed, Tate Moderns popular monthly event is brought direct to viewers at home, offering two digital streams of content so viewers can curate their own night. To mark the end of Pride month, this event will bring together a vibrant mix of talks, workshops, film, music, poetry and meditation centred around LGBTIQ+ people, visual activism and self-care. Hosted by Dan Vo, a leading figure in the world of LGBTIQ+ museum tours, UNIQLO Tate Lates Night In will be available to view on the Tate website from 7-9pm BST and will remain online for a week. Programme highlights include queer British artist Ajamu X discussing his practice and visual activism, an interactive creative workshop with London artist Ashton Attzs, meditation with Suhaiyla ... More Barney and Linda Ronstadt help Simpsons cel plow its way to $24,000 record priceDALLAS, TX.- Few auctions are more animated than Heritage Auctions Animation Art event, which began its three-day run Friday morning with a star-studded lineup featuring no less than Mickey Mouse, Charlie Brown, the Simpsons and a genie named Jeannie. Seven hours later, Day One was still going. The prices were still climbing. And the surprises, still piling up. One of the biggest occurred when the auction reached The Simpsons section of the sale and a production cel from the fourth-season episode "Mr. Plow sold for $24,000. What made that moment remarkable was the fact the scene features ... Barney and Linda Ronstadt lounging in a hot tub. Its sale price was 32 times its pre-sale estimate. Mr. Plow may still be a boozer, as the song says, but he is a loser no more! "Thats the highest price ever paid for a Simpsons cel featuring a ... More Tesla Cybertruck makes public debut at the Petersen Automotive MuseumLOS ANGELES, CA.- The Petersen Automotive Museum, which reopened to the public on Friday, June 19, is displaying the Tesla Cybertruck in its lobby for a limited time. For one week, June 19-26, guests of the museum have a chance to view the prototype electric vehicle during its first stationary public display since being revealed at a private event in Los Angeles on November 21, 2019. With its striking sharp-edged, flat-paneled exoskeleton made of stainless steel and armored glass, Tesla created the all-electric Cybertruck to offer more utility than most pickup trucks and more performance than many sports cars. In its Tri Motor all-wheel drive configuration, the Cybertruck can accelerate from 0-60 mph in 2.9 seconds, tow up to 14,000 pounds and travel 500-plus miles on a single charge. Production is expected to begin in late 2021. The Petersen ... More "Does where we are change how we see?" The NYUAD Art Gallery convenes Ways of Seeing curatorsABU DHABI.- The NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Art Gallery will launch its third digital archive, Ways of Seeing, as part of its virtual program, TRACE: Archives and Reunions, on Tuesday, June 23. The exhibition Ways of Seeing was curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, and premiered at Arter in Istanbul, in 2017, then reconceived for the Boghossian Foundation - Villa Empain in Brussels, and then again for The NYUAD Art Gallery. For this special TRACE event, Ways of Seeing curators Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath join Louma Salamé, director of the Boghossian Foundation and The NYUAD Art Gallery Executive Director Maya Allison to explore how the curators conceptualized the exhibition for each region. Allison notes, At a time when most travel has been curtailed due to the pandemic, will the concept of region shift in light of our heightened virtual ... More 15 essential black liberation jazz tracksNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- In the late 1960s, as Black Americans fought for equal rights, music started to reflect their calls to action. Nina Simone wondered what real freedom felt like, and James Brown encouraged Black people to proudly proclaim their race. While Black music has always been a refuge, these songs expressed a new way of thinking, combating racism with unflinching pride. Jazz musicians including Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra and John Coltrane also sought transcendence with their art, and through shrieking horns and deconstructed rhythms, they set forth a new wave of energy music. It was called free jazz, a loose, improvised blend less tied to structure, and its creation has been credited to Coleman, who started playing these frenetic arrangements on a white plastic saxophone in 1959. The music, and its focus, evolved ... More European record for Harry Potter and The Philosopher's StoneEDINBURGH.- One of the few first edition copies of Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone, inscribed and signed by J.K. Rowling was sold by Lyon & Turnbull auctioneers in Edinburgh on June 17 for £125,000. The price is a new European auction record. Famously the first edition, first impression hardback of the first Harry Potter book was only printed in 500 copies. Of these around 300 were given to libraries and schools and are typically in poor condition while of the remaining 200 copies only handful were then inscribed by the then unknown author for friends, acquaintances, and family members. This copy, surviving in fine condition, includes the note For James, Kate and Laura, with best wishes, J.K. Rowling and the date 6-9-97 (September 1997), less than three months after the books publication in June of that year. It attracted ... More Juilliard's secret weapon keeps actors on their toesNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Before actor Michael Urie studied with Moni Yakim, he would watch other Juilliard students emerging from his class in real pain, like in actual true crippling pain, he said. Yakim, who doesnt like to give his age, began teaching movement for actors at the Juilliard School in 1968, the year its Drama Division was founded. He still teaches there. In 52 years, he has trained nearly 1,000 graduates, including several constellations worth of stars. Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy, a new documentary available for streaming, goes inside his classroom as students run, leap, stretch and scream. It interviews some of Juilliards more famous graduates and uses archival footage to describe Yakims childhood in Jerusalem; his years studying mime with Ãtienne Decroux and Marcel Marceau; his time running ... More Rothschild magic casts its spell as ceramics and glass take tens of thousands at Woolley & WallisSALISBURY.- Woolley & Wallis have proved that the Rothschild name still holds extraordinary cachet as the first sale of lots from Exbury House smashed estimates to sell for tens of thousands of pounds. The June 17 auction of Venetian glass and European Ceramics in Salisbury included select items from Exbury, a seat of the Rothschilds since 1919. Leading the way among the Rothschild lots was a very rare c.1560-90 Italian façon de Venise carafe or ewer that would have been made for the Austrian market. Estimated at £2,000-3,000, it sold for £14,000. A 17th/18th century façon de Venise winged goblet, from Venice or the Low Countries, had a guide of just £600-800, but sailed to £8,500, while an Italian façon de Venise flacon and cover with matching 17th/18th century tazza pitched at £1,000-2,000 went for £5,500. Hitting ten times ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, On a day like today, American caricaturist Al Hirschfeld was born June 21, 1903. Albert Hirschfeld (June 21, 1903 - January 20, 2003) was an American caricaturist best known for his black and white portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars In this image: 2000 Academy Award Nominees for Best Actor and Best Actress [Laura Linney in You Can Count on Me, Tom Hanks in Cast Away, Russell Crowe in Gladiator, Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream, Ed Harris in Pollock, Geoffrey Rush in Quills, Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich, Joan Allen in The Contender, Javier Bardem in Before Night Falls, Juliette Binoche in Chocolat], 2001. Ink on board. Collection of The Al Hirschfeld Foundation © The Al Hirschfeld Foundation.
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