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MK Gallery exterior by 6a architects, featuring City Club by Gareth Jones and Nils Norman Photo: Iwan Baan.
MILTON KEYNES.- The new MK Gallery in Milton Keynes, designed by 6a architects, opened to the public on 16 March 2019. The original MK Gallery was constructed in the late 1990s and is located at the top of Midsummer Boulevard, next to Milton Keynes Theatre. The new development retains the first structure and adds a new one, to more than double its size. The new MK Gallery reflects the natural world in its polished stainless-steel exterior surfaces inspired by the citys original grid and the geometries of the adjacent Campbell Park. The completed development including both old and new structures provides five exhibition galleries, with a total of 500 sq metres of exhibition space; a large learning and community studio and The Sky Room, a flexible auditorium on the upper floor with 150 retractable seats and views over Campbell Park and the countryside. Integrated within the new scheme, artists Gareth Jones and Nils Norman were ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Kaikodo LLC is presenting this Asian tableau during Asia Week New York 2019. This exhibition can be seen at 74 East 79th Street, Suite 14B. In this image: White stoneware bowl, China, 10th century; Cizhou white lobed vase, China, 12th Century; Dingyao bowl, China, Northern Song 11th/12th century; Ninnami Dohachi, (1783-1855), ceramic basket decorated with a design of snow-covered bamboo, Japan, 19th century. Image: Courtesy of Kaikodo LLC.
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 | | The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao opens a survey of work by Jenny Holzer | | Sotheby's Hong Kong announces 2019 Important Watches Spring Sale | | Gladstone Gallery opens exhibition of works on paper by Keith Haring | 
Jenny Holzer, All Fall, 2012 (detail). 5 LED signs with blue, green, red & yellow diodes, 262.8 x 241.5 x 262.8 cm. Text: U.S. government documents. Courtesy the artist © 2019 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / VEGAP. Photo: Joshua White / JW Pictures.
BILBAO.- The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents Jenny Holzer: Thing Indescribable, a survey of work by one of the most outstanding artists of our time. This exhibition features new works, including a series of light projections on the facade of the museum, which can be viewed each night from March 21 to March 30. Holzers work has been part of the museums fabric since its beginnings, in the form of the imposing Installa tion for Bilbao (1997). Installed in the atrium, the workcommissioned for the museums openingis made up of nine luminous columns, each more than 12 meters high. Since last year, this site-specific work has been complemented by Arno Pair (2010), a set of engraved stone benches gifted to the museum by the artist. The reflections, ... More | | 
PATEK PHILIPPE Les Tigres, Reference 1454, A Unique And Extremely Attractive Gilt Brass Solar Powered Dome Table Clock With Cloisonné Enamel, Made In 1997 Estimate: HK$1,200,000 2,000,000 / US$153,000 255,000. Courtesy Sothebys.
HONG KONG.- Sothebys Hong Kong Important Watches Spring Sale 2019 will take place on 3 April at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Led by an exceptionally rare and highly important Patek Philippe Reference 2499 First Series, the auction also features unique and important timepieces from the leading names in horology, including Vacheron Constantin, Cartier and Piaget, as well as distinguished independent watch makers including Philipe Dufour and George Daniels. Other highlights include magnificent clocks by renowned brands, complicated pocket watches and a selection of delicate ladys watches. Sam Hines, Worldwide Head of Watches, comments, Testament to the fast-expanding watch auction market, the Hong Kong auction comes hot on the heels of a strong and successful ... More | | 
Installation view. © Keith Haring Foundation, Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels.
BRUSSELS.- Gladstone Gallery is presenting an exhibition of works on paper by Keith Haring, most of which have not been shown since they were created in the late 1980s. Made for his iconic Pop Shop, the series of drawings in this show served as the underlying artwork for prints and other Pop Shop merchandise. Depicting a variety of forms and figures in the artists signature style, these black and white compositions demonstrate Harings career-long exploration of the medium of drawing and his astute ability to create a unique version of reality using a distinct visual language. Harings drawing practice first gained widespread attention through his iconic subway artworks that began to appear throughout New York Citys transit stations in the early 1980s, but he also created a number of intimately sized drawings in his studio that were equally significant to the evolution of his career. Harings process involved an ... More |
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| | | Alexander and Bonin opens an exhibition of photographic works by 15 artists | | The Walker Art Gallery explores the life and work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh | | Exhibition examines a broad range of the work of Dorothea Lange through the lens of social and political activism | 
Peter Hujar, Night, Downtown, 1976. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 20 x 16 in/51 x 40.5 cm. Image: 14 1/4 x 14 1/4 in/36 x 36 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- Alexander and Bonin is presenting Exposures, an exhibition of photographic works by 15 artists. Works by Jonathas de Andrade, Matthew Benedict, Willie Cole, Willie Doherty, Mona Hatoum, Diango Hernandez, Peter Hujar, Emily Jacir, Robert Kinmont, Edwin Klein in collaboration with Paul Thek, Rita McBride, Annette Messager, Mark Morrisroe, and Doris Salcedo will be on view until April 27, 2019. Exposures brings together filmic works from the 1960s to the present that deploy distinct mediums and formats such as billboards, books, and collage, among others. The documentary potential of photography is largely employed to tell fictions and convey abstractions. The images by Jonathas de Andrade and Mona Hatoum included in Exposures depict the human subject. Andrades poetic images of fishermen in northeastern Brazil ritualistically embracing a freshly caught fish evoke a pathos and ... More | | 
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Stool for a dressing table for the blue bedroom, Hous'hill, 1904. c. CSG CIC Glasgow Museums.
LIVERPOOL.- The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, is holding a major exhibition exploring the life and work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) and his contemporaries, presenting many objects which have never before been displayed outside of Scotland. The Walker is the only English gallery to host the exhibition. Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Making the Glasgow Style, a Glasgow Museums touring exhibition, runs from 15 March to 26 August 2019. The exhibition takes place during what would have been Mackintoshs 150th year (b. 7 June 1868) and features more than 250 objects, ranging from ceramics and embroidery to stained glass, metalwork and architectural drawings. The Glasgow Style, a distinctive variant of Art Nouveau, grew out of the technical studios of the Glasgow School of Art and the radically original work of a group of brilliant young designers. They embraced the ... More | | 
Dorothea Lange. One Nation Indivisible, San Francisco, 1942. Gelatin silver print. © The Dorothea Lange Collection, the Oakland Museum of California, gift of Paul S. Taylor.
NASHVILLE, TENN.- The Frist Art Museum presents Dorothea Lange: Politics of Seeing, an exhibition that examines a broad range of the artists work through the lens of social and political activism. The Frist is the only U.S. venue that is hosting this exhibition after its 2017 debut in California. In addition to presenting Langes iconic photographs from the Great Depression, the exhibition features works from her early years as a studio portraitist in San Francisco, along with images of the grim conditions of incarcerated Japanese Americans during World War II, naval shipyard workers of different sexes and races contributing to the patriotic cause, and inequity in our judicial system in the 1950s. Organized by the Oakland Museum of California, which houses Langes personal archive, the exhibition is on view in the Frists Upper-Level Galleries from March 15 through ... More |
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| | | Iconic photographs and 20th century masters to be offered in Phillips' April Photographs Sale | | Game of thrones at Bonhams Fine Books sale | | Largest Ruth Bernhard Collection offered at Heritage Auctions' Photographs Auction | 
Pierre Dubreuil, Gardiens fidèles, circa 1932. Estimate: $50,000-70,000. Image courtesy of Phillips.
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips Photographs auction on 4 April will offer nearly 200 lots, featuring works by leading artists of the past century. The sale brings together a variety of collecting genres, and is led by a rare-to-the-market, exhibition-sized printing of Helmut Newtons Sie Kommen, Paris (Dressed and Naked) and a dynamic, large-scale print by Peter Beard (illustrated above). The Photographs auction will precede the previously announced Passion & Humanity: The Susie Tompkins Buell Collection. Sarah Krueger, Head of Photographs, New York, said, We are pleased to have the opportunity to offer such a remarkable selection of property in our April sale with exceptional prints that span a variety of genres of the 20th century, including Helmut Newtons Sie Kommen, Paris (Dressed and Naked) and Dorothea Langes Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California. This season, Phillips is also ... More | | 
The marriage contract of Edward III and Philippa of Hainault. Estimate: £100,000-150,000. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- The 1326 marriage contract between Edward III and Philippa of Hainault leads Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts Sale in London on Wednesday 27 March. It is estimated at £100,000-150,000. The contract, written on one skin of vellum, was the decisive factor in a carefully laid plot to invade England, raise a rebellion and depose the reigning monarch, Edward II. The prime mover of these events was Isabella, wife of Edward II who plotted to unseat her husband and replace him with their 13-year-old son, the future Edward III. Sent to France in 1325 to negotiate with her brother King Charles IV, Isabella known as the She-Wolf of France refused to return to London, established a court-in-exile and arranged for her son to join her in Paris. The marriage contract with Philippa who was around 11 years old had one purpose only: to raise the money and men ... More | | 
Ruth Bernhard, Two Leaves, Hollywood, California.
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions April 6 Photographs Auction will feature the largest group of Ruth Bernhard photographs ever to appear at auction. Born in Berlin in 1905, Bernhard moved to New York City in 1927, where she became a photographer. In the late 1920s, she became friends with photographer Berenice Abbott and her partner, critic Elizabeth McCausland. A few years later, she started photographing women in the nude, the art form for which she eventually would become best known. Shortly after she met photographer Edward Weston in 1935, she moved to California, where he lived, before moving back to New York four years later. After eight years she moved back to California, where she remained for the rest of her life, finally settling in San Francisco where she befriended photographers Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Minor White and Wynn Bullock. This is the most substantial offering of Ruth Bernard photographs ever ... More |
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| | | Solo exhibition of twelve recent paintings by artist Robert Minervini opens at Hirschl & Adler Modern | | El Museo del Barrio appoints Rodrigo Moura as Chief Curator | | Major exhibition of new work by artist and designer David Wiseman opens at Kasmin | 
Installation view.
NEW YORK, NY.- Hirschl & Adler Modern is presenting New Monuments, a solo exhibition of twelve recent paintings by Oakland-based artist Robert Minervini. This is the artists first show with Hirschl & Adler Modern and his first solo presentation in New York. Employing paint, collage and silkscreen to masterful effect, Minervinis still life paintings are beautiful and dystopian. House plants and succulents populate shelves littered with the detritus of Eastern and Western Civilizations, begging the questions of what will grow and what will not. Each rich tableau stops time as the items on display rest in the niches of a nostalgic version of the future. Caught between yesterday and tomorrow, these signs and symbols lose their significance and become nothing more than ornamentation, like the flora around them: a visual statement indicative of painting now in the post-Internet age. Recalling early computer graphics, the recesses and ... More | | 
Moura joins El Museo del Barrio after twelve years at Instituto Inhotim in Belo Horizonte.
NEW YORK, NY.- El Museo del Barrio today announced the appointment of Rodrigo Moura to the position of Chief Curator, effective immediately. In this role, he will work closely with Executive Director Patrick Charpenel and the curatorial team to create an overarching framework for the Museums curatorial department, expand the understanding and scope of its Permanent Collection, foster relationships with emerging and established artists, strengthen the Museums commitment to its mission, and deepen its relationship to Puerto Rican, Latinx and Latin American communities both locally and internationally. Moura joins El Museo del Barrio after twelve years at Instituto Inhotim in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, home to one of the largest foundations of contemporary art in Brazil and one of the largest outdoor art centers in Latin America. During his tenure, Moura served ... More | | 
David Wiseman in his studio.
NEW YORK, NY.- Kasmin is presenting a major exhibition of new work by artist and designer David Wiseman (b. 1981). Wisemans first exhibition at the gallery opened at 515 West 27th Street. Wiseman's work draws inspiration from his fascination with the natural world, global decorative arts traditions, and a reverence for honoring timeless craft techniques. Far from reproducing historic design, however, he breathes new life into interiors and environments. Porcelain cherry blossom ceilings, bronze patterned filigree folding screens, and polished marble and terrazzo inlay furniture affirm and perpetuate the relevance ornament and beauty can play in contemporary architecture and life. Wisemans exhibition at Kasmin places his work in dialogue with that of key historical figures of the 20th century and established contemporary artists with the gallery such as Les Lalanne and Mattia Bonetti whose work transcends ... More |
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 Malmö Konsthall presents three major new commissions MALMO.- SPEED 2 takes the form of three major new commissions by James Richards (b. 1983) and Leslie Thornton (b. 1951), alongside a show-within-the-show convened by Richards with works by Horst Ademeit, Tolia Astakhishvili, Adelhyd van Bender, Bruce Conner, Emily Feather, Terence McCormack, Vi Khi Nao, Jens Thornton and Thomas Zummer. In the making of SPEED 2, Richards and Thornton have been concerned with specific psychic and temporal states, rushes of interconnectedness and scientific wonder, as well as a sense of ecological dread and paranoia. The oscillation between an ordering impulse, and the relinquishing of control is a central feature of SPEED 2, one that returns in the exhibitions different modes: cinema screening, video mural, sound installation, study room and group show. Many of the works in the group exhibition were made ... More Eighteen new paintings and drawings by Isabelle Fein on view at Galerie Parisa KindFRANKFURT.- Galerie Parisa Kind is presenting a solo exhibition by the artist Isabelle Fein entitled "Show (or hide)". On display are eighteen new paintings and drawings with ink and oil paint as well as a selected series of glazed ceramics. In the exhibition, Fein's works and motifs, which can be particularly well understood in the context of the other works, form a universal cosmos. We are looking at a proud looking chicken. While its feet stalk through the lush green of the lawn, the bright yellow sun stands above it. Then, quite casually, several gestural brushstrokes in radical blue overlay the scene. They break with the illusionism of the fictional imagery and make one thing clear: real is only the image surface, what we believe to be images are projections of our own imagination. The picture title also twists the perspective. "Towards the Sun" ("Der Sonne ... More Daylight to publish 'Rome 1970s: A Decade of Turbulent Change' by Stephan BrigidiNEW YORK, NY.- In Rome 1970s (Daylight, June 2019) photographer Stephan Brigidi captures everyday life in Italy, focusing on Rome, during a time when the country moved from an innocent "dolce vita" existence to a more hardened reality. Known as the anni di piombo, or "years of lead," the 1970s was a difficult decade, full of extreme violence, political unrest, social challenges, and economic instability. Through portraiture, street work, urban views, and details of Rome and its surrounds, Brigidi's searing black and white and color photographs tell a story of how modern-day Italy came to be during a decade that is now largely forgotten. Specific events marked this turbulent period. Italian film director and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini was murdered by his lover on November 2,1975 just three weeks before the premiere of his shocking film of depravity, ... More signs and symbols opens the first US solo exhibition of English artist/architect Sarah EntwistleNEW YORK, NY.- signs and symbols is presenting the first US solo exhibition of English artist/architect Sarah Entwistle. The exhibition, titled It may prove a mere accident that we met, or it may prove a necessity, is conceived by the artist as an autobiographical exploration from within the archive of her late grandfather and fellow architect, Clive Entwistle (b.1916 d.1976, Manhattan), whom she never met. The installation responds to an image of a staged trade fair interior (c.1969) designed by Clive, and features a still life of objects ranging from marbled ink drawings on archival paper, a large handwoven tapestry, raw sheet steel wall lamps, a table and a white Persian cat. In 2011, while teaching at the Architectural Association, Sarah Entwistle received the personal effects of her late grandfather, the material having re-emerged from a Manhattan ... More Artist Samuel Levi Jones makes his major solo show debutINDIANAPOLIS, IND.- Indianapolis and Chicago-based artist, Samuel Levi Jones is making his major museum debut at the Indianapolis Museum of Art with Samuel Levi Jones: Left of Center, open from Mar. 15 through Sept. 1, 2019. In this thought provoking exhibition Jones provides visual commentary on the oppressive nature of American power structures, particularly those that substantiate our education system, the criminal justice system and healthcare system, as well as the American historical narrative. Jones does this by deconstructing materials such as encyclopedias, law textbooks, medical textbooks and football equipment and making them into abstract paintings and sculptures. His work is inspired by questions of authority, representation and recorded history. Jones rearranges the deconstructed books into grid-like compositions ... More Kiasma opens exhibition of works by Finnish artist Iiu SusirajaHELSINKI.- The exhibition Dry Joy by Finnish artist Iiu Susiraja presents a selection of her works from a period of more than ten years. Susiraja creates candid and honest photographs and videos with a sense of warmth and humour. Although she appears in the works herself, they are not simply self-portraits but rather performances for the camera. Susirajas photographs and videos are on display at Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki from March 15 onwards. The show includes both early works and more recent oeuvre. For Susiraja the act of photography is always a very private moment. This is why she does it alone and preferably in a familiar environment. She avoids taking pictures in public places or outdoors due to the risk of potential surprises or disturbances. Susiraja has chosen self-portraiture as a work method mostly because she considers ... More Almine Rech Brussels announces the first exhibition of Nathaniel Mary Quinn with the galleryBRUSSELS.- Five years ago, Nathaniel Mary Quinn spontaneously created a portrait of his brother Charles. It emerged unexpectedly on the canvas and it represented a dramatic departure from the more topical, politically-oriented work he had been doing up until that time. More importantly, it opened the door to Quinns past and to the world with which he has continued to occupy himself, a world rooted in the people who have marked his extraordinary life. Quinns story is by now well-known. It is a traumatic one involving growing up in Chicagos drug-ridden Robert Taylor Homes, being identified as a child of promise and gaining admission to a prestigious boarding school, only to return home at age fifteen following his mothers death to find his father and four brothers gone. This tale is oft repeated in Quinns press and with good reason. Indeed, ... More Martin Weinstein's debut solo exhibition at Lichtundfire opens in New YorkNEW YORK, NY.- Lichtundfire and curcioprojects are presenting Beyond A Day, Martin Weinsteins debut solo exhibition at Lichtundfire. Weinstein previously exhibited at Lichtundfire in the group exhibits Sense of Ice, Luxurious Growth and Counterpoints to the Narrative. I was an abstract painter but my love of the visible world compelled me to portray it in other work which I kept separate. Abstraction didnt satisfy my delight in seeing. Alternately, I couldnt simply paint the appearance of the world as a single reality. I gradually developed my method of painting over time in sequential layers on transparent plexiglass sheets enabling me to juxtapose visual material so that passages float upwards, influencing successive layers of imagery. Martin Weinstein, artists statement. The exhibition title references ... More Dealers debut new discoveries, fresh to market and unpublished works at TEFAF Maastricht 2019HELVOIRT.- Rarity and quality are the distinguishing features of TEFAF Maastricht that put the Fair and its 279 exhibiting dealers in an unrivalled position within the international art market. The scarcity and variety of objects for sale within the Fair provides private and institutional collectors with an unparalleled opportunity to view and buy some of the finest objects available on the market. The 32nd edition of the Fair opened to the public on Saturday 16th March, following two preview days for collectors on the 14th and 15th March. TEFAF Maastricht, which celebrates over 7,000 years of art history, takes place at the MECC Maastricht until 24th March. Heavy hitting modern and contemporary artists are represented throughout TEFAF Modern, the third largest section within TEFAF Maastricht which has seen the largest influx of new exhibitors. Themed and ... More University Archives announces online-only auction of historically important documentsWESTPORT, CONN.- Historically important letters handwritten and signed by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, Confederate States President Jefferson Davis and legendary frontiersman Davy Crockett, plus a rare patent assignment document signed by Albert Einstein, will be featured in University Archives next online-only auction, slated for Wednesday, March 27th. Live bidding for the 276-lot auction is scheduled to start promptly at 10:30 am Eastern time. As with all University Archives auctions, this one is loaded with rare, highly collectible autographed documents, manuscripts, books, photos and relics. The full catalog can be viewed online now, at www.UniversityArchives.com. Online bidding is via Invaluable.com and LiveAuctioneers.com. In addition to live and Internet bidding, phone and absentee bids will also be accepted. The March auction is ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, English fashion designer Alexander McQueen was born March 17, 1969. Lee Alexander McQueen, CBE (17 March 1969 - 11 February 2010) was a British fashion designer and couturier. He is known for having worked as chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001 and for founding his own Alexander McQueen label. His achievements in fashion earned him four British Designer of the Year awards (1996, 1997, 2001 and 2003), as well as the CFDA's International Designer of the Year award in 2003. McQueen died by suicide in 2010, at the age of forty, at his home in Mayfair, London. In this image: Burning Down the House, 1996 by David LaChapelle. ©David LaChapelle Studio.
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