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The museum bought the piece in 1963 for the equivalent of around $20,000 (19,000 euros) and was seen as a striking example of ancient Mesoamerican art.
THE HAGUE (AFP).- An 800-year-old Mexican skull decorated with turquoise mosaic, for decades believed to have been a masterpiece of Mixtec indigenous art is a forgery, a Dutch museum and media said Saturday. The National Museum of Ethnology in the western university city of Leiden made the shock discovery after an intensive four-year study on the skull, one of only around 20 in existence world-wide. "Radiometric dating showed the skull and the turquoise are from the correct time period and origin and are authentic," the museum said on its website. "But alas: further investigation showed a 20th-century glue was used (to mount the mosaic)," the museum said. The teeth are also false "as it was too well preserved for a skull that lay underground for centuries," Dutch daily Trouw reported. The museum bought the piece in 1963 for the equivalent of around $20,000 ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Raphael Baumard, an heritage curator, holds a 1,500-pages and 73-cm high accounting register of the 'societe de fromage de Roquefort', weighting 76 kg on November 22, 2016 at the National Archives of the professional world in Roubaix, northern France. Five sites were supposed to be created in France but only one was opened in Roubaix. The site gathers 48km of documents coming from small and medium-sized companies, unions or associations. DENIS CHARLET / AFP
| Exhibition at the Palazzo Reale in Milan presents works by Hokusai, Hiroshige and Utamaro | | Florian Hecker presents new works at MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst | | One of the most significant collections of non-conformist art to be offered for sale at Sotheby's London | 
Katsushika Hokusai, La cascata di Yoshino nella provincia di Yamato dove Yoshitsune lavò il suo cavallo, dalla serie Viaggio tra le cascate giapponesi, 1832-1833 circa. Silografia policroma, 37,9 x 25,9 cm. Honolulu Museum of Art.
MILAN.- Men and animals, the humble witnesses of daily existence, legend and history, mundane rituals and work, landscapes of every kind, the sea, the mountains, the forest, the storms, the warm rains of solitary springtime, a lively breeze whipping around street corners, the north wind in the open countryside and the delicate visages of women. All these things, along with the world of dreams and the world of the marvellous, are the favourite subjects of the three artists par excellence of the "Floating World" (the ukiyo-e): Hokusai, Hiroshige and Utamaro. And it is the three artists par excellence of the ukiyo-e who are the focus of the exhibition on view through 29 January 2017 at the Palazzo Reale in Milan. The exhibition is a journey through 200 polychrome woodcuts and illustrated books from the Honolulu Museum of Art's prestigious collection into ... More | | 
Florian Hecker, Event Stream Object, 2010. Installation view MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main, 2010. Photo: © Axel Schneider.
FRANKFURT.- The exhibition Florian Hecker: Formulations at the MMK 3 of the MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main is a collaboration with the European Central Bank (EZB) and the Deutsche Bundesbank. The exhibition is taking place as part of the European Central Banks 2016 European Cultural Days. In recent years, Florian Hecker (b. 1975) has created a unique uvre that has received international recognition in the form of numerous exhibitions, performances and concerts. In his work, Hecker consistently forms connections between the realms of visual art, music and performance, breaking established boundaries and opening up new forms of expression and means of perception. He is thus very well-suited to the MMK programme, which pursues a transmedia approach, comments MMK director Susanne Gaensheimer. The exhibition at the MMK 3 presents fifteen extant works and two new ones executed ... More | | 
Ivan Chuikov, Window no.1 (1967) oil and wood on board, 73 by 59 by 5.5cm £25,000-35,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Sothebys will offer over 60 works from the Bar-Gera collection of Russian Non-Conformist Art in London on 29 November 2016, presented in a dedicated catalogue. Assembled over several decades by Jacob and Kenda Bar-Gera, it is one of the most significant collections of its kind. Five highlights will be shown in Moscow, including Vladimir Weisbergs White Receiver on a White Background dating from 1960 (£60,000-80,000), and a rare early work by Oleg Tselkov dating from 1969 (Circus, £50,000-70,000). Dating from the early 1960s to the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, the aesthetic value of Jacob and Kenda Bar-Geras collection speaks for itself, yet what is remarkable here is how these works collectively shine a light on a whole generation of Russian artists. Even after perestroika the couple continued to acquire works, but as a rule only those which fitted the chronology of the collection, so at pains they were ... More |
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| American contemporary artist Robert Morris opens exhibition at Spruth Magers Berlin | | Grand retrospective surveying the work of Walter Pichler spanning five decades opens in Salzburg | | Marlborough Contemporary opens a solo exhibition of new works by American artist Charlie Roberts | 
Robert Morris Arch, 2012 maple 238,8 x 142,2 x 30,5 cm 94 x 56 x 12 inches Installation view, Robert Morris, 'REFRACTIONS'. Sprüth Magers, Berlin Novenber 22 - January 14, 2017 © Robert Morris / VG-Bildkunst, Bonn 2016 Courtesy Sprüth Magers.
BERLIN.- Robert Morris is regarded as one of the most influential figures in American postwar and contemporary art. He has been heralded a pioneer of the minimalist and Anti-form movements and is also considered to be one of the most prominent theorists of art and art making of his generation, having written numerous critical essays on the subject throughout his career. His iconoclastic and interdisciplinary oeuvre spans sculpture, installation, drawing, performance, film, and dance. In his new exhibition, Refractions, Morris brings together six works produced at various points during his career the earliest dating from 1961, and the most recent from 2014. This sequence of works conveys his ... More | | 
Walter Pichler, Apparat (Prototyp 1), 1966.
SALZBURG.- The Museum der Moderne Salzburg presents a grand retrospective surveying the work of Walter Pichler spanning five decades. Crossing the boundaries between architecture, design, and sculpture, Pichler was one of the most idiosyncratic artists of his time. From his early architectural visions across the series of Prototypes to his recently realized building projects, the exhibition shines a spotlight on an oeuvre that continues to inspire artists working today. The presentation includes a wealth of previously unpublished material. A native of South Tyrol, the Austrian artist Walter Pichler (1936 Deutschnofen, IT, 19362012,Vienna, AT) first drew notice in the early 1960s with architectural designs and models that were as radical as they were utopian. The series of what he called Prototypes (1966 1969) Pichler developed over the following years laid the foundation for an international artistic career ... More | | 
Charlie Roberts, Juicy 004 2016, Gouache on paper, 59 x 84 cm, courtesy the artist and Marlborough Contemporary, London.
LONDON.- Marlborough Contemporary is presenting Juicy, a solo exhibition of new works by American artist Charlie Roberts. Appropriating its title from Notorious B.I.G's 1994 debut single, Juicy fuses elements of hip-hop subculture with myriad art history influences - from Byzantine iconography to Matisse, via folk art and comic books - representing the artist's freestyle approach to high and low culture. Featuring some 200 gouaches on paper - hung Salon-style - the exhibition at Marlborough Contemporary marks a departure for the gallery, with Juicy reimagining the space as a 'pop-up shop'. In keeping with the artist's practice and ethos - making artwork both affordable and accessible - once purchased each piece will be taken off the wall and replaced with a new one, ensuring the exhibition is in a constant state ... More |
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| Sotheby's Russian sales to offer works spanning several centuries of Russian history | | Diverse collections from all corners of the globe to be offered by Thomas Del Mar in December | | Kirsty Wark and Michael Landy announced as judges for BP Portrait Award 2017 | 
Ilya Grigorievich Chashnik, The Seventh Dimension, Suprematist Relief (est. £100,000 150,000). Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- On 29th November, Sothebys Russian sales will offer over three hundred works spanning several centuries of Russian history, including: a major work by Alexander Rodchenko, set to break the record for the artist; an important collection of ten works by Ivan Pokhitonov and rare Suprematist works by Nikolai Suetin and Ilya Chashnik. This years sale calendar also includes the Bar-Gera Collection of Non-Conformist art, a unique sale of over 60 works by Non-Conformist artists including Ilya Kabakov, Erik Bulatov, and Oleg Tselkov. Assembled over the course of several decades by Jacob and Kenda Bar-Gera, it is the most significant collections of its kind. Never offered at auction before, this collection of 23 Russian avant-garde works is tightly focused on a brief period around the 1917 revolution. It represents the leading exponents of a ground-breaking period when ... More | | 
Duke of Wellington.
LONDON.- A vast range of objects from all corners of the globe spanning 2,000 years of history will be offered in Thomas Del Mar Ltds auction of Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria at 25 Blythe Road, London W14 on Wednesday, December 7, 2016. The forthcoming sale comprises 687 lots and will begin at 11am. Viewing will take place on the preceding Sunday, Monday and Tuesday and online bidding is available via the-saleroom.com. Almost 360 items belonging to the late Stanley Victor Durrant (1931-2013), who was an avid collector and an early member of the Arms & Armour Society will be included. The collection reflects Stan Durrant's breadth of taste and appreciation of quality, with one of the most noteworthy items being a 16-bore double barrelled percussion sporting gun by London-maker Joseph Lang that once belonged to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington which is expected to fetch £350-500. As expert Thomas Del Mar said: To ... More | | 
Winner of the BP Portrait Award 2016 Visitors Choice: Jean by Jean-Paul Tibbles, 2015. © Jean-Paul Tibbles.
LONDON.- As broadcaster Kirsty Wark and artist Michael Landy are announced as judges, the National Portrait Gallery invites entries for the BP Portrait Award 2017. To enter, artists are invited to upload a photograph of their finished painting to the BP Portrait Award website, which will be considered by the judges in the first round of the competition. The entrants who are successful in this round will then be invited to hand-deliver or courier their work to a venue in London for the second round of judging and final exhibition selection. Artists can enter at npg.org.uk/bp between now and Thursday 26 January 2017. Full competition rules and guidance for digital submission can be found online. The BP Portrait Award 2017 exhibition will run at the National Portrait Gallery from Thursday 22 June to Sunday 24 September 2017. The prize winners and exhibition will be ... More |
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| Solo exhibition of worls by Laurent Montaron on view at Triple V gallery | | Sotheby's to offer a private continental wine collection | | Punk memorabilia torched in 40th anniversary statement | 
Compass Experiment, 2016. Super 16 mm film, sound Focus puller: Lucas Leglise Gaffer: Mana Kikuta With the support of FNAGP, Paris, CNAP, Image/mouvement, Paris. Production: Karo Sieben. Courtesy Triple V, Paris, Monitor, Roma.
PARIS.- Triple V gallery announces the solo exhibition of Laurent Montaron in its space on rue du Mail from 24 November 2016 to 12 January 2017. An ensemble of new creations is being presented including two unseen films. Author of a shape-shifting body of work (photography, film, sculpture
), Laurent Montaron frequently draws inspiration from the recent history of technologies, expressing in his work, in a suggestive and fascinating way, different means by which these technical inventions renew our perception and our understanding of the world, in playing with different mediums of recording reality, and these distortions or filters that they generate. The artists work has been the object of several important solo exhibitions at the IAC of Villeurbanne, the Centre National ... More | | 
Guigals Côte Rôtie La Mouline 2008, Côte Rôtie La Turque 2008, Côte Rôtie La Landonne 2008 (416, 417 and 424). Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- On 30 November 2016 in London, Sothebys will present wine lovers with an extraordinary opportunity to acquire some of the greatest wines of our time. This immaculate private collection is a feast for the senses, not only encompassing First Growth Bordeaux and top Burgundy but majestic Rhônes, dazzling Champagne and blockbuster Italian and Californian wines. Acquired by a collector with a keen sense of fun, the wines were kept in impeccable storage and are now waiting to be relished or cellared for future enjoyment. Comprising over 700 lots, A Private Continental Collection is estimated to bring a total in the region of £700,000. Serena Sutcliffe MW, Honorary Chairman, Sothebys Wine, said: This is a truly immaculate private collection of wine, amassed by a passionate wine lover with a very sensitive palate and informed views. It is a paean of praise to brilliant ... More | | 
British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood addresses a crowd next to Chelsea Embankment who had gathered to witness her son, Joe Corre, burn his collection of punk memorabilia. NIKLAS HALLE'N / AFP.
LONDON (AFP).- The son of Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren and fashion designer Vivienne Westwood torched a wealth of punk memorabilia on Saturday in protest at official plans to celebrate the movement's 40th anniversary. Joe Corre burnt the items, said to be worth £5 million ($6.2 million, 5.9 million euros), on a boat on the River Thames in London. "Punk was never, never meant to be nostalgic -- and you can't learn how to be one at a Museum of London workshop," he told onlookers. "Punk has become another marketing tool to sell you something you don't need. The illusion of an alternative choice. Conformity in another uniform." The memorabilia went up in smoke along with fireworks and effigies of leading politicians. Corre previously said he was ... More |
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 Chinese films shine at Golden Horse film awards in TaiwanTAIPEI (AFP).- Films from mainland China dominated this year's Golden Horse Film Awards in Taiwan, considered the Chinese-language equivalent of the Oscars, with two social dramas scooping up top honours on Saturday. Chinese director Zhang Dalei's black-and-white film, "The Summer Is Gone", was the biggest dark horse of the night, winning the coveted best picture award. "What should I say? I really wasn't expecting this. It's unbelievable... it's like a pilgrimage for me coming to Taipei," Zhang said. Ten-year-old Kong Weiyi was awarded best new performer for his role in the film, which follows a boy growing up in a small town in western China during the 1980s and 1990s. China's Feng Xiaogang took the best director title for "I Am Not Madame Bovary" which stars top actress Fan Bingbing playing a peasant who sues her swindler ex-husband. "I want to thank ... More Original oil of Bullingdon Club photo for auction at MallamsOXFORD.- A painting of the notorious Bullingdon Club class of 87 photo, used by the BBC and other news media to evade copyright law, comes to auction in December. Oxford saleroom Mallams expect the original oil showing David Cameron and Boris Johnson as members of the elitist Oxford University dining club to attract bids in excess of £5000. The story of The Bullingdon Club Painting by Oxford-based artist Rona begins in February 2007, shortly after the photo was first published in The Mail on Sunday. It showed the future Prime Minister and the future Mayor of London posing cocksure in tails and yellow waistcoats on the steps of Christ Church College among members of the Buller. Cameron later described it as desperately embarrassing. BBC Newsnight were keen to show the image but Gilman and Soame, the Oxford portrait photographers who hold the copyright, ... More Manifesta 12 Palermo announcement OMA as Creative MediatorPALERMO.- Leoluca Orlando, Mayor of the City of Palermo, Hedwig Fijen, Director of Manifesta, and Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, partner at OMA, announced the Creative Mediator team for the 12th edition of Manifesta, held in Palermo, Italy, 2018. The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has been invited by the Director of Manifesta, Hedwig Fijen, to mediate the complex architectural and urban structure of the city of Palermo. OMA will put together an interdisciplinary team to investigate the role of city governance and address how contemporary cities are affected by tourism, gentrification, migration and climate change. The OMA team, led by partner Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, will investigate the urban, social and cultural transformations of Palermo and will work together with specialists from the fields of contemporary art, sociology, music, cinema and architecture. Manifesta ... More JAUS opens solo exhibition of work by Nathan RedwoodLOS ANGELES, CA.- JAUS is presenting the sixth solo exhibition by Nathan Redwood in California, curated by Carl Berg. For this presentation, Redwood amasses the largest grouping of his works to date: an expansive grid of individually framed works on paper seemingly exploits every possible idiosyncrasy of his oeuvre to conjure an impression of portraits. The reductive potential of his process capitalizes on the psychological tendency to perceive patterns of the familiar, especially the face as a locus of emotion. From one head to the next throughout the grid, each painting suggests a stylistic change or departure from the previous. The overall work suggests diversity as style itself. Many of the portraits reflect the artists recent experimentation with removals his technique of removing partially dry wet paint from the surface to propel chance or accidents and promote ... More Record numbers at the 3rd Istanbul Design BiennialISTANBUL.- The 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) and co-sponsored by ENKA Foundation, Petkim and VitrA ended on Sunday, 20 November 2016. The exhibitions in Alt Art Space and Istanbul Archaeological Museums are extended until 4 December 2016. Since its opening on 22 October, the four-week long and free-of-charge event hosted over 120.000 visitors. Titled ARE WE HUMAN? : The Design of the Species: 2 seconds, 2 days, 2 years, 200 years, 200,000 years and curated by Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley, the 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial presented more than 70 projects by over 250 participants. The curators of the biennial Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley said In such a frightening moment of human history, it was deeply gratifying for us to see the daily crowds of public, ... More Exhibition of Basim Magdy's films on view at Jeu de PaumePARIS.- Some of Basim Magdys films could be described as surrealistic visual essays that capture the absorbing space between hollow desires and delusions. They are humorous reflections of scepticism towards utopian states, suspicion of scientific facts and the expectation of dystopian outcomes. The narratives in his films are usually situated at the moment just before the failure of an idealized future becomes apparent. His film The Dent (2014), for example, describes the excitement of a small town that aspires to organise the Olympics. When the prospect of defeat becomes obvious, despite a number of sacrifices made, the towns inhabitants resort to hypnotising a circus. In the film The Everyday Ritual of Solitude Hatching Monkeys (2014), on the other hand, a man calls a random number and explains how he moved to a new place in order to live as far away from water as possible, ... More Yutaka Sone transposes his Chinese and Mexican studios to AntwerpANTWERP.- On the occasion of his solo exhibition at Tommy Simoens, the internationally celebrated artist Yutaka Sone transposes his Chinese and Mexican studios including the skilled teams of craftsmen who work there to Antwerp. For 4 weeks you can see them at work in the gallery, as they produce new works for and with this multifaceted artist. Yutaka Sone (°1965, Shizuoka, Japan; lives and works in Los Angeles) trained as an architect before becoming a multidisciplinary visual artist. Moving effortlessly from one medium to another including marble and rattan sculpture to film, photography and painting - Sone keeps studios in Los Angeles, USA, in Chongwu, China and in Michoacán, Mexico. This practice often reflects and impacts upon - the socio-economical and cultural specificities of the locations in which the artist works. In close collaboration with teams of stonemasons ... More Swiss national museum exhibits Swiss Press Photo 16 & World Press Photo 16 PRANGINS .- The Swiss National Museum Château de Prangins presents the best Swiss press photographs of 2015. The first prize went to Niels Ackermann for his photographic reportage on the inhabitants of a new town built close to the contaminated zone of Chernobyl. The Geneva-based photographer paints the portrait of a young population full of hopes and dreams, determined to leave behind the problems inherited from the preceding generation. Entries in the 2016 competition 2016 came from 238 photographers. After appraising 3,620 photos, the jury awarded the Swiss Press Photographer of the Year 2015 accolade to Niels Ackermann. Born in Geneva in 1987, he spent the last year in Kiev getting to know the young adults who live close to Chernobyl, some of whom confront fate with their dreams and vitality. Rather than portray the contaminated region ... More The Armory Show announces new focus, curator, and participating artistsNEW YORK, NY.- The Armory Show announces today that the fairs 2017 Focus section encompasses 12 solo presentations of new or rarely seen work by some of todays most relevant and compelling artists. The artists are chosen by Jarrett Gregory, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The Focus section is part of The Armory Shows new vision to increase engagement with prominent international curators, emphasizing solo-artist presentations and strong curatorial viewpoints. In addition to the new Focus section, The Armory Show 2017 will include Platform, a new section for site-specific projects, curated by Eric Shiner. It is with great pleasure that we invite visitors to experience the Focus section. Promoting and supporting curators is at the core of The Armory Shows mission and we are thrilled ... More Gerhard Hofland presents series of new and monumental works by German artist Robert SeidelAMSTERDAM.- Gerhard Hofland is presenting the exhibition ZIRKEL, featuring a series of new and monumental works by German artist Robert Seidel. The paintings of Robert Seidel can be regarded as a well-balanced mix between the Leipziger tradition (visible both in his analytical style and his choice of subjects), a classical technique in egg tempera, and the creation of a visual language that is both stylistically and thematically particular to the subjective perspective of the artist. Where it is the former that makes it well possible to see in Seidel a true exponent of the traditions of his (professional) environment, the latter elevates Seidel into a unique and extraordinary contemporary painter. The examination of his surroundings is inherently connected to the way Seidel paints. Methods of deconstruction are applied in a wide variety in order to dissect the artists subjects. Vast ... 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Flashback On a day like today, Italian sculptor and architect Jacopo Sansovino died November 27, 1570. Jacopo d'Antonio Sansovino (July 2, 1486 - November 27, 1570) was an Italian sculptor and architect, known best for his works around the Piazza San Marco in Venice. Andrea Palladio, in the Preface to his Quattro Libri was of the opinion that Sansovino's Biblioteca Marciana was the best building erected since Antiquity. Giorgio Vasari uniquely printed his Vita of Sansovino separately. two restorers work at Jacopo Sansovino's Madonna and Child, which will be presented after its restoration at the Lab Opificio Pietre Dure, Florence, 10 November 2010. The sculptor's real name is Jacopo Tatti he changed his family name after becoming the apprentice of Italian sculptor Andrea Sansovino(1467-1529).
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