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MADRID.- With Meta-painting, the Museo del Prado is offering a new approach to its collection in the latest in a series of exhibitions that began in 2010 with Rubens and continued with Captive Beauty (2013) and Goya in Madrid (2014). This series has aimed to offer visitors the chance to reflect on the Museums own collections and to look at its works in a new context which encourages different interpretations. Meta-painting proposes a journey that begins with mythological and religious narratives on the origins of artistic activity at the dawn of the modern age and concludes in 1819, the year of the Prados foundation. The exhibition thus also celebrates the 197th anniversary of the Museums founding as a temple of the arts, signifying their full acceptance as disciplines of social utility. Two aspects central to the Prado the Spanish royal collections and Spanish art provide the context for the exhibit ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The Rotunda of the US Capitol is seen from the newly-restored Capitol Dome in Washington, DC, November 15, 2016. The dome underwent a three-year, $60 million project that covered 150-year-old dome in scaffolding while workers repaired 1,300 cracks and fixed or replaced scores of cast-iron ornaments and windows. SAUL LOEB / AFP
| Museum of the City of New York presents dramatic 400-year history of New York City | | One of the most comprehensive collections of South Asian art outside India featured in major exhibition | | Rare monumental sculpture by Barbara Hepworth leads Sotheby's Modern & Post-War British Art Auction | 
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NEW YORK, NY.- Five years in the making, the Museum of the City of New York opened its highly anticipated permanent exhibition New York at Its Core. This first-ever exhibition of its kind presents the full 400-year history of New York from a striving Dutch village to todays Capital of the World a preeminent global city now facing the future in a changing world. New York at Its Core is the capstone of a 10-year, $100 million renovation of the entire Museum and is sure to become a major attraction for New Yorkers, school groups, and tourists from around the world. The exhibition captures the human energy that drove New York to become a city like no other and a subject of fascination the world over. It features more than 400 significant objects from New York City icons including Alexander Hamilton, Walt Whitman, Boss Tweed, Emma Goldman, JP Morgan, Fiorello La Guardia, Jane Jacobs, Jay-Z, and dozens more. Occupying th ... More | | 
Kangra, India, Rama and Sita enthroned, ca. 1800. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Edwin Binney 3rd Collection.
PRINCETON, NJ.- One of the most significant collections of South Asian painting outside of India is on view in a monumental exhibition of narrative art at the Princeton University Art Museum. Encompassing more than 90 paintings representing the major narratives, regions and styles of South Asian art from the 16th through the 19th century, Epic Tales from India: Paintings from The San Diego Museum of Art is on view from Nov. 19, 2016, through Feb. 5, 2017. The paintings, which are drawn almost exclusively from the Edwin Binney 3rd Collection at the San Diego Museum of Art, have been arranged by book or literary category, allowing individual paintings to be seen as part of larger narratives. The art of the Indian subcontinent comprises one of the worlds richest cultural traditions, noted James Steward, Nancy A. Nasher - David J. ... More | | 
Dame Barbara Hepworth, Parent I, conceived in 1970, number 2 of the 4 individual casts that were made of each of the nine figures (est. £2,000,000-3,000,000). Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Sothebys Modern & Post-War British Art Evening Sale on 22 November will be led by an important and majestic sculpture by Dame Barbara Hepworth. One of the most groundbreaking and forward-thinking artists of her generation, Barbara Hepworth carved a path as a world-recognised sculptor a stature that no female artist had previously achieved. The monumental Parent I will be offered with an estimate of £2 3 million. Parent I belongs to The Family of Man, a magnificent group of sculptures that are undoubtedly the crowning achievement of Hepworths final years each individually titled with subjects that were clearly of intimate importance within the context of her life, such as Young Girl, Bride, Ancestor I. The series becomes a universal survey of humanity, acknowledging both the civilisations ... More |
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| United States Artists announces 2016 Fellowship recipients | | New works by Thomas Ruff from his press++ series opens at David Zwirner | | Columbus Museum of Art presents "Thomas Cole: The Artist as Architect" | 
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CHICAGO, IL.- United States Artists announced the 2016 USA Fellowship Awards. This year, 46 artists across nine creative disciplines will receive unrestricted $50,000 cash awards. The awards honor their creative accomplishments and supports their ongoing artistic and professional development. The 2016 Fellowships mark a decade of support from USA, which with this new class will have given out almost $25 million since its inception in 2006. USA Fellowships are awarded to artists at all stages of their careers and from all areas of the country through a rigorous nomination and panel selection process. Fellowships are given in the following disciplines: Architecture & Design, Crafts, Dance, Literature, Media, Music, Theater & Performance, Traditional Arts, and Visual Arts. USAs 2016 Fellows were selected from over 500 artists nominated by their peers, and chosen by panels of experts in each discipline. The Fellowships ... More | | 
press++30.18, 2016. Chromogenic print, 87 7/8 x 72 7/8 inches (223 x 185 cm). Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner, New York/London.
LONDON.- David Zwirner presents an exhibition of new works by Thomas Ruff from his press++ series. This is the artists first show with the gallery in London, and his ninth overall with David Zwirner. In his considered approach to the means and possibilities of photography, Thomas Ruff explores a breadth of themes that is reflected in the range of techniques he employs: analogue and digital exposures taken by the artist exist in his practice alongside computer generated imagery, photographs from scientific archives, and pictures culled and manipulated from newspapers, magazines, and the Internet. The works in the exhibition present a continuation of the artists press++ series, which he debuted at David Zwirner in New York earlier this year. They are photographs of archival media clippings from American newspapers across several decades. ... More | | 
Asher B. Durand (1796-1886), Portrait of Thomas Cole, 1838. Oil on canvas. Framed: 36 1/2 x 31 1/2 in. Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA, Gift of Zenas Crane, 1917.13
COLUMBUS, OH.- Columbus Museum of Art is presenting Thomas Cole: The Artist as Architect November 18, 2016 through February 12, 2017. This is the first exhibition to focus on the little-known fact that the renowned leader of the Hudson River School of American landscape painting realized three buildings and had plans for others before his untimely death. The exhibition also commemorates the recreation of Thomas Coles studio and includes paintings that reveal Coles architectural proclivity, drawings that document his recurrent focus on architectural structures, and elevations and floor plans for his built and visionary projects. The Hudson River School of art, which Thomas Cole founded, dominated American visual arts between 1825 and about 1870 and helped to stimulate ... More |
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| Groundbreaking Dave Heath exhibition opens at Nelson-Atkins | | Juergen Teller curates an exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe's work | | Tintin drawing sells for record 1.55 mn euros in Paris | 
Dave Heath, Canadian (born United States, 1931-2016). Chicago, 1956. Gelatin silver print, 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, Gift of the Hall Family Foundation, 2005.37.230.
KANSAS CITY, MO.- A major exhibition showcasing the work of Dave Heath, one of the most original photographers of the last half of the 20th century, opened at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City on Nov. 19. Multitude, Solitude: The Photographs of Dave Heath is curated by Keith F. Davis, Senior Curator, Photography, who wrote a widely acclaimed catalogue of the same title to accompany the exhibition. The Nelson-Atkins has the largest holding of Heaths work in the United States, and the exhibition was entirely assembled from the museums collection. A smaller version of the show opened at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in September 2015 to critical praise. Dave Heath has had one of the most important careers in modern photography, said Julián ... More | | 
Robert Mapplethorpe, Paris Fashion Dovanna 1984 © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission Courtesy Alison Jacques Gallery, London.
LONDON.- To coincide with what would have been the 70th birthday of the iconic American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, Alison Jacques has invited acclaimed UK-based, German-born photographer Juergen Teller to curate an exhibition of Mapplethorpe's work. Teller worked in collaboration with The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation in New York to make his selection. Considered one of the most important photographers of the 20th century, Robert Mapplethorpe is currently the subject of a major touring retrospective The Perfect Medium, which opened at the J. Paul Getty Museum and Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles in 2016. The exhibition is currently on view at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada (until 22 January 2017) and will travel to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (October 2017 - February 2018). Mapplethorpe is ... More | | 
A Tintin comic strip has been sold for 1,55 million euros, a record, announced Artcurial auction house on November 19, 2016. LIONEL BONAVENTURE / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- An original drawing from "Explorers on the Moon", widely regarded as one of the two best Tintin adventures, sold for a record 1.55 million euros at a Paris auction on Saturday, auction house Artcurial announced. The 50 cm X 35 cm drawing in Chinese ink by the Belgian cartoonist known as Herge shows the boy reporter, his dog Snowy and crusty sailor Captain Haddock wearing spacesuits and walking on the moon while looking at Earth. It had been expected to sell for between 700,000 and 900,000 euros ($741,00 and $952,000). Artcurial's comics expert Eric Leroy described the "Explorers on the Moon" as "a key moment in the history of comic book art... it has become mythic for many lovers and collectors of comic strips. "It is one of the most important from Herge's postwar period, on the same level as 'Tintin in Tibet' and 'The Castafiore Emerald'," he added. The 1954 book is viewed ... More |
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| National Portrait Gallery presents first interpretation of Bill Viola's work as portraiture | | Exhibition at Jenkins Johnson Gallery features established masters and exciting emerging artists | | Danh Vo's latest installation unveiled at National Gallery Singapore | 
Three Women, 2008/Color High-Definition video on plasma display mounted vertically on wall/61 ¼ x 36 3/8 x 5 in (155.5 x 92.5 x 12.7 cm)/9:06 minutes/Performers: Anika, Cornelia, Helena Ballent/Bill Viola Studio © Bill Viola.
WASHINGTON, DC.- In Bill Viola: The Moving Portrait, the Smithsonians National Portrait Gallery offers a new interpretation of the artists work, presenting it through the lens of portraiture and technology. The exhibition, the first of its kind for Violas work in Washington, includes 11 media pieces by the pioneering artist. Since the early 1970s, Viola has been recognized for his groundbreaking and masterful use of video technologies, creating works that explore the spiritual and perceptual side of human experience. The exhibition opened Nov. 18 and is on view through May 7, 2017. Bill Viola approaches portraiture in the spirit of the artists of the early Renaissance, where personal likeness combines with universal themes of spirituality and faith, said Kim Sajet, director of the National Portrait Gallery. His ... More | | 
Romare Bearden, The Gorge, 1956. Watercolor on paper, 26 x 20 1/4 inches (66.04 x 51.44 cm).
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- With grids, abstract figures, texts, and found objects, the artists of Viewpoints expand the parameters of expressive practice. Titles provide hints about the topics and themes that interest, if not preoccupy these makers. Yet above all, the creative imperative is to communicate ideas that can be taken in when looking at and experiencing painting, drawing, collages, sculpture, assemblage, and installation art. These projects demonstrate artistic commitment to materials, which are acted upon: strategic cuts, emotive drips, built up surfaces, and provocative juxtapositions are the outcomes of measurable activities and signs of doing." As the work of historical artists in Viewpoints demonstrates, the engagement with theoretical concepts and aesthetic problems is not a recently developed trajectory among artists of African descent. What is new is broader awareness and curiosity about it. The creative practices of the New ... More | | 
View of Danh Vo's commission, National Gallery Singapore's Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Gallery, 2016. Courtesy National Gallery Singapore.
SINGAPORE.- Award-winning conceptual artist Danh Vos largest installation in Asia to date launched at the National Gallery Singapores Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Gallery on November 4, 2016. It also marked the inaugural showcase of the Gallery's Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission series. By taking art installations out of typical gallery spaces and into public areas, this installation is one of the Gallerys initiatives in engaging visitors with more differentiated and dynamic art experiences. Visitors are invited to sit on the wooden forms and appreciate the space the artist has created; to consider the potentials in the interlocking shapes presented and to observe the architecture of the surrounding skyline. Here, the shapes of the buildings around the gallery disappear into the reflective copper surface. Yet, under the tropical Singapore weather, the artworks copper floor will also oxidise and darken over ... More |
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 Stellar Games: Marcel Jean's first solo exhibition at Gallery Wendi Norris on view in San FranciscoSAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Gallery Wendi Norris is presenting Stellar Games, a debut solo exhibition of the distinguished work of Surrealist French artist and scholar Marcel Jean (1900-1993). Stellar Games presents a rare collection of 15 intimate gouache, ink and flottage paintings on masonite and 11 India ink, graphite and gouache drawings on paper produced between the years 1939-1975. Holding a preeminent position amongst Surrealist scholars and artists, Marcel Jean was an explorer of the psyche and a pioneer of the imagination whose works convey narratives of psychic spaces and transformative landscapes. Objects, landscapes and figures flow between layers of symbolic, sexual and subconscious meaning. The motif of a head, bound, affected or abstracted, which the artist used to great success in his earlier work The Spectre of Gardenia (1936), returns in some ... More The Renaissance Society presents a new installation by artist Sadie BenningCHICAGO, IL.- The Renaissance Society presents Shared Eye, a new installation by artist Sadie Benning. In this series of mixed-media panels, images are layered and interpolated, suggesting the complexities of representation inherent in visual communications. Shared Eye consists of 40 panels that have been cut up and re-assembled. Composed of mounted digital snapshots, found photographs, objects, and painted elements, the pieces hover between mediums, often starting as a drawing and evolving into a sculptural wall work. The frame ratio of each panel and the number of panels in each of 15 sequences has been determined by the mathematical parameters of Blinky Palermos 1976 work To the People of New York City: Palermos installation is composed of 40 seemingly non-representational paintings presented in a rhythmic pattern of scale, proximity, ... More PDNB exhibits works by Fabio Del Re and Kazz MorishitaDALLAS, TX.- PDNB Gallery is featuring two artists that are new to the gallery, from Japan and Brazil. Both were discovered earlier this year at two international photography festivals. Fabio Del Re left an exceptional impression with Gallery Director, Burt Finger, during his visit to FestFoto Photography Festival in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Kazz Morishita's sublime imagery from his series, Moonlight Serenade, was found at the FotoFest Biennial in Houston. The resulting exhibition continues the gallery's pursuit of noteworthy international talent using the medium of photography. Fabio Del Re (b. 1960, Porto Alegre, Brazil) studied at the New England School of Photography in Boston in the late 1980's. His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout Brazil. Recently, he was awarded a Fellowship with the FotoFest Biennial in Houston, Texas. His photographs ... More Collab presents "Design Currents: Oki Sato, Faye Toogood, Zanini de Zanine"PHILADELPHIA, PA.- A new exhibition, Design Currents, on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art showcases the work of three international designers under the age of 40 who are charting new territories in product, furniture, and environment design. It brings together the work of Oki Sato, Faye Toogood, and Zanini de Zanine to examine the new approaches they have taken to the use of traditional craft techniques, materials, and the important question of sustainability. Each is represented by a diverse selection of works that span their still brief, but productive careers, including furniture, lighting, products, and textiles. On November 18, Sato, Toogood, and de Zanine received the first Design Excellence: New Generation Award presented by Collab, the Museums affiliate group for modern and contemporary design. Co-curator Colin Fanning, Curatorial Fellow, European Decorative ... More Sharon Jones, Grammy-nominated soul singer, dies aged 60NEW YORK (AFP).- Sharon Jones, a fiery Grammy-nominated soul and funk singer sometimes called the "female James Brown," has died after losing a battle to pancreatic cancer. She was 60. "She was surrounded by her loved ones, including The Dap-Kings," her long-time backing band, when she passed away on Friday in Cooperstown, New York, the group said in a statement. Jones had battled cancer since 2013, a fight related in the documentary "Miss Sharon Jones!" that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last year. Jones only achieved fame in middle-age, and had worked as a corrections officer at Rikers Island prison in New York and as a bank guard to make ends meet while seeking a breakthrough in the music industry. That moment came in 1996, when at the age of 40 she was performing as backup singer at a recording session for soul singer Lee Fields. She ... More Anita Shapolsky Gallery opens group exhibition of works by abstract artistsNEW YORK, NY.- Abstract art has roots in the late 19th century and reached ascendance in the late 40s 50s. Philip Pavia (sculptor), one of the leaders of the Club and his publication It is was seminal in the championing of abstract art. Our exhibition emphasizes the pluralistic nature of abstraction: gesture, geometric, and introspection. Abstract expressionism uses gesture and was an important development in abstract art (Action painting). Most of the artists began traditionally using grids and sketches, as they were taught. They went on to their individual development where the act and thought was important rather than the space that was there. Our artists are considered mainly 2nd generation abstract expressionists. They were lucky to have the guidance of the stars of the first generation. Some of our artists went to the Art Students League and others took classes ... More LeBron James contributes $2.5 million to Smithsonian Muhammad Ali displayWASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonians National Museum of African American History and Culture announced today that LeBron James will give $2.5 million to support the museum and its presentation titled Muhammad Ali: A Force for Change. On view since the museums September opening, it tells the story of how Alis contributions transcended the world of sporthis commitment to challenging racial barriers helped lay the groundwork for the successful careers of so many African Americans in athletics and beyond. James business partner Maverick Carter will also be part of the $2.5 million contribution to the Ali exhibit. With this gift, the LeBron James Family Foundation and Carter will join the list of founding donors for NMAAHC. Every professional athlete, regardless of race and gender, owes a huge debt of gratitude to Muhammad Ali, James said. His legacy ... More Sotheby's New York Auctions of Contemporary Art realize $356.7 millionNEW YORK, NY.- Johanna Flaum, Head of Contemporary Art Day Sales in New York, noted: We are delighted with the results of todays day sale of Contemporary Art, which exceeded the high estimate. Following last nights success, we offered additional works from the unrivaled Steven & Ann Ames Collection, resulting in nearly 80% of works achieving above their high estimate. We are also thrilled to have set 15 auction records today with great prices for female artists including Helen Frankenthaler, Yayoi Kusama and Amy Sillman. Sothebys set a new auction record for Deborah Butterfield, when her cast bronze sculpture Setsuko sold for $468,500, driven by four bidders on the telephones and in the room. Helen Frankenthalers mesmerizing Under April Mood soared above its high estimate of $800,000, selling for $2,532,500 the second-highest price for the artist ... More Ryan Lee presents two animations by multimedia artist Chris DoyleNEW YORK, NY.- Ryan Lee is presenting Apocalypse Management and Circular Lament, two animations by multimedia artist Chris Doyle. Apocalypse Management (2009) begins and ends its 5:33 minute loop with a man lying down in white space, his head resting on his forearms. Devastation slowly fills in the scene around him: a crumpled car and wooden beams jutting out of fallen buildings, until it becomes clear that the man is trapped underneath a mound of rubble. Other figures are similarly stuck in their predicaments, unable to climb out of a crevice or find their way to stable ground. Caught in the aftermath of a mysterious disaster, the figures of Apocalypse Management remain in the moments between shock, grief, and recovery. Apocalypse Management was commissioned by MASS MoCA for These Days: Elegies for Modern Times, curated by Denise Markonish. ... More Tacoma Art Museum announces construction contractor for Benaroya wingTACOMA, WA.- The first big moment of Tacoma Art Museums next expansion has arrived. TAM announced the selection of JTM Construction (JTM) as general contractor for the Benaroya Wing, a 6,850 gross square-foot addition. The new wing includes 4,380 net square feet to view artworks, a 23% increase in the museums gallery space. The addition will house restroom facilities, utilities and support functions. It will bring the museums total gross square footage to nearly 80,000. The project is funded through arts patron Rebecca Benaroyas generous promised gift to TAM, which was announced on her 93rd birthday─January 14, 2016. The gift includes 225 major works of art and $14 million in funds for gallery construction, a dedicated curator and the care of the collection. TAM plans to break ground on July 11, 2017, commemorating her husband Jack Benaroyas birthday. ... More Christie's 20th Century Week totals US$618.4 millionNEW YORK, NY.- One week following the U.S. Presidential elections, an engaged, confident and increasingly global community of collectors converged at Christies flagship saleroom in Rockefeller Center, driving the firms total sales of Impressionist, Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art to a combined $618,397,125 (£500,901,671 / 581,293,298) thus far. A companion online-only sale devoted to Picasso Ceramics, which is already 100% sold by lot, continues into Friday afternoon. With nearly 750 individual works sold across the week, the combined sell-through rates for Christies live auctions were 80% by lot and 86% by value, with great consistency across price levels. At the high-value Evening Sales, the majority of works offered sold within or above estimate, underscoring the firms commitment to delivering superior results for both individual sellers and estate ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico died November 20, 1978. Giorgio de Chirico (July 10, 1888 - November 20, 1978) was a Greek-born Italian artist. In the years before World War I, he founded the scuola metafisica art movement, which profoundly influenced the surrealists. After 1919, he became interested in traditional painting techniques, and worked in a neoclassical or neo-Baroque style, while frequently revisiting the metaphysical themes of his earlier work. In this image: Italian artist Giorgio de Chirico stands in front of one of his paintings in his apartment in Rome, Italy on Feb. 12, 1955.
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