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'Monochrome: Painting in Black and White' guides visitors through seven rooms, each addressing a different aspect of painting in black, white and grey, also known as grisaille.
LONDON.- At the National Gallery this autumn, journey through a world of shadow and light. With more than fifty painted objects created over 700 years, Monochrome: Painting in Black and White is a radical new look at what happens when artists cast aside the colour spectrum and focus on the visual power of black, white, and everything in between. Paintings by Old Masters such as Jan van Eyck, Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt van Rijn, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres appear alongside works by some of the most exciting contemporary artists working today including Gerhard Richter, Chuck Close, and Bridget Riley. Olafur Eliassons immersive light installation 'Room for one colour' (1997) brings a suitably mind-altering coda to the exhibition. With major loans from around the world, and works from the National Gallerys Collection, 'Monochrome' reveals fresh insights into the use of colour as a choice rather than a necessity. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A picture taken on October 28, 2017, shows sculptures on display at the Egyptian Museum during the "Night of Art" exhibit in the capital Cairo. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP
| Crocker Art Museum shows drawings by exceptional 18th-century Venetian masters Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo | | Christie's announces Sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art | | Exhibition at Di Donna Galleries highlights the early career of the Italian artist Nuvolo | 
Domenico Tiepolo, Anna meets Joachim at the Golden Gate, n.d. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown washes over black chalk, 19 1/15 x 14 7/8 in., Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, The Anthony Moravec Collection of Old Master Drawings, 2010.111.
SACRAMENTO, CA.- This fall, the Crocker Art Museum brings to Sacramento an exhibition of master drawings by two of 18th-century Italys most famous draftsmen, the father and son Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo. Masters of Venice: Drawings by Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo from the Anthony J. Moravec Collection offers an engaging experience of luminous compositions, as the Tiepolos splendid drawings and the works of other Venetian artists provide a unique view into the distinctive art of Italys lagoon city. On view from October 29, 2017 February 4, 2018, Masters of Venice provides new insight into two of the city's most important artists. Eighteenth-century Venice was not only home to a lively community of artists and the finest publishing and printmaking industry in Europe, but its unique architecture and ... More | | 
A late Shang dynasty (1600-1100 BC) bronze ritual wine vessel and cover (estimate: £80,000-120,000). Christie's Images Ltd.
LONDON.- On 7 November 2017 Christies Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art auction will present a carefully-curated sale showcasing works of art spanning three millennia of Chinese art. Highlights include important archaic bronzes from the distinguished German collector Michael Michaels (1907-1986), exquisite imperial ceramics, fine jade carvings, huanghuali furniture, paintings from renowned modern Chinese artists, textiles and Buddhist art. The auction will take place during Asian Art Week in London and will be on view and open to the public from 3 to 6 November. The sale will be led by an extremely rare pair of huanghuali horseshoe-back armchairs, Quanyi, dating to the Ming dynasty (estimate: £800,0001,200,000). Displaying the grace and finesse of Ming artistry, this pair are among eight known and published chairs of this design. Of this eight, a set of four, formerly from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection, ... More | | 
Nuvolo (Giorgio Ascani), Untitled, 1961. Dyed and sewn deerskin, 80.3 by 60.8 cm (31⅝ by 24 in.). Private collection
NEW YORK, NY.- Di Donna Galleries is presenting Nuvolo and Post-War Materiality 19501965, an exhibition curated by Germano Celant that highlights the early career of the Italian artist Nuvolo (né Giorgio Ascani; 19262008). Nuvolo and Post-War Materiality 19501965 features 20 works by Nuvolo, most of which have never been seen outside of Italy, contextualized by important works by other artists working in Italy, Spain, France, and the United States following World War II, including Alberto Burri, Ettore Colla, Pietro Consagra, Jean Fautrier, Lucio Fontana, Addie Herder, Piero Manzoni, Conrad Marca-Relli, Manolo Millares, Mimmo Rotella, Angelo Savelli, Salvatore Scarpitta, Toti Scialoja, Antoni Tà pies, and Cy Twombly. Nuvolo was born in the town of Città di Castello in northern Umbria; he moved to Rome in 1950 at the suggestion of Alberto Burri. After World War II, the artistic culture in Italy was characterized ... More |
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| Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveils first public art plan for the City of Chicago | | Incomparably rare desk and bookcase shatters records selling for an astonishing $498,750 | | Sotheby's Scottish Art Sale includes Joan Eardley, the Scottish Colourists & strong Post-War group of works | 
Mayor Emanuel and DCASE have designated 2017 the Year of Public Art, providing a unique catalyst for the launch of the Chicago Public Art Plan.
CHICAGO, IL.- Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events announced Chicagos first Public Art Plan. The plan lays out recommendations that will help shape the future of public art in Chicago and shift how the city talks about and supports public art. The full Public Art Plan can now be downloaded at cityofchicago.org/yopa. The Chicago Public Art Plan is an innovative blueprint that builds on Chicagos cultural legacy and will inspire ongoing support for public art in neighborhoods throughout the city, said Mayor Emanuel. We will continue to support the gifted artists, working across all mediums that add to the cultural fabric of the city and inspire the next generation of talent. In order to guide a new vision for public art in Chicago, the Chicago Public Art Plan outlines a series of recommendations that are ... More | | 
The Chippendale desk and bookcase of Captain John Cowan (1748 1823) sets the new standard for Kentucky furniture after an exhilarating 10-minute bidding war.
CINCINNATI, OH.- The most significant piece of Kentucky furniture to ever come to market shattered the record for furniture made in the Bluegrass State when it sold for $498,750 at Cowans Auctions on Saturday, October 21. It was also the second most expensive piece of Southern furniture ever sold at auction. This was the first time the desk had been available to the public in over 220 years after remaining in the family of Kentucky pioneer Captain John Cowan for six generations. "We're thrilled," said Wes Cowan, Cowans principal auctioneer and executive chairman (no relation to Captain John Cowan). "But more importantly, the piece demonstrates conclusively that the market recognized this as an incomparable rarity. For scholars of Kentucky furniture it is validation for what some have said for years: that great ... More | | 
Joan Eardley, Boy in a Red Jumper, pastel on glass paper, est. £15,000-25,000. Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's.
LONDON.- This is one of our strongest offerings of Scottish art in years. Were thrilled to be able to present one of the most significant and diverse groups of works available on the market by Joan Eardley, whose recent retrospective at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art was a clear indication of how highly revered this visionary artist has become. The Scottish Colourists are headlined by truly great examples by all four proponents, including one of the best still lifes ever painted by George Leslie Hunter. An exciting post-war section includes an absolute masterpiece by Anne Redpath, a top notch example of one of Robin Philipsons paintings of red poppies, and a fantastic group of works by John Bellany from the 1970s. Last, but not least, one of John Laverys coveted golf course scenes make a welcome appearance, following the success of a painting from the same series in our sale last year. Thomas Podd, Sothebys ... More |
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| Once a shrine to Lenin, his birthplace city seeks a new identity | | Shin Gallery opens a solo show of the influential German artist Joseph Beuys | | Pérez Art Museum Miami appoints new Board President and welcomes a new Trustee | 
This picture shows the Lenin Memorial museum former director Valery Perfilov, 70, speaking to AFP journalists. Vasily MAXIMOV / AFP.
by Anna Malpas
ULYANOVSK.- Crowds are sparse these days at the world's biggest Lenin museum in the Russian city of Ulyanovsk, which has fences round it to protect visitors after several massive panels dropped off its facade. A giant topiary sign still spells "Lenin" near the white stone box of the Lenin Memorial Museum on the bank of the Volga River, but the former Soviet leader's home city is in search of a new identity 100 years after the October Revolution. The city of Simbirsk 700 kilometres (440 miles) southeast of Moscow, where Lenin was born and lived until he was 17, was renamed Ulyanovsk in his honour after his death in 1924. It became a mecca for tour groups of Lenin lovers from socialist countries. To communists, Lenin is still the best thing to happen to Ulyanovsk, and local 68-year-old communist activist Yevgeny Lytyakov says the city owes its growth and status ... More | | 
Joseph Beuys (1921 - 1986), The Orwell Leg - Trousers for the 21st Century, 1984. Denim jeans with circular hole cut in knee, 35.4 x 17.7 in. (90 x 45 cm.).
NEW YORK, NY.- Shin Gallery is presenting a solo show of the influential German artist Joseph Beuys (1921-1986), Fat for Heat, Felt for Warmth. This exhibition featuring Beuys' major sculptures and drawings challenges the viewers to understand the depths of his thoughts beyond the palpable and tangible. This artist that created new paths and ideas during the late 20th century helps define the innovative beginnings of Shin Gallerys new space at 68 Orchard Street. Joseph Beuys began dedicating his life to art after surviving an airplane crash in Crimea (1943) during World War II. He believed that nomadic tribesmen wrapped his broken body in animal fat to regenerate heat and felt to insulate warmththus saving his life. This narrative turned out to be false, but Beuys believed that that powerful myth contained more truths than everyday reality. This became the inspiration for him to incorporate materials such as felt, lard, wood, and o ... More | | 
Greg Ferrero manages the domestic and Latin American Wealth Management business in Florida. Photo: Lazaro Llanes Photography.
MIAMI, FLA.- Pérez Art Museum Miami has appointed Gregory C. Ferrero as president to its board and has named Alia Tutor as a new trustee. "The PAMM family is thrilled to have Greg Ferrero as its new president. Greg is a trusted advisor to some of the wealthiest families in the world. He has always been dedicated to helping the community as a volunteer. His dedication to the arts will help PAMM and all of the cultural institutions as they work together to make South Florida a better place to live, said Aaron Podhurst, PAMM Board of Trustees chairman. Ferrero is preceded by Jeff Krinsky, who served as president for three years. During that time, PAMM acquired a number of significant acquisitions, the creation of several endowments for strategic acquisitions, the successful integration of new technology in PAMMs digital spaces several technological strides in the museum spaces, and a milestone attendance mark of one-million ... More |
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| Staple SF gallery moves to critically hailed architectural gem next to SFMOMA | | Gagosian opens a wide-ranging exhibition of works by Los Angeles-based artists | | First New York museum exhibition of important Uruguayan artist in nearly 50 years opens at the Noguchi Museum | 
Installation view. All images courtesy of Hackett Mill.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Hackett Mill is presenting Decades in the Making, a group show of seminal artists from the twentieth century. This special exhibition marks the opening of the gallerys new location adjacent to SFMOMA in San Franciscos thriving downtown district. Curated by gallery partners Francis Mill and Michael Hackett, Decades in the Making is a retrospective survey of the gallerys own programming history and brings together masterful artists who each challenged the status quo of the art world in their respective time and place in profound and trailblazing ways. Designed to parallel the Hackett Mill curatorial philosophy of confronting the myth making of the mid twentieth century avant-garde, Decades in the Making presents unique and surprising juxtapositions of artworks crossing genres and eras, and a re-examination of how these artists made history by working against tren ... More | | 
Jonas Wood, Landscape Pot 2, 2014. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 120 x 76 inches. © Jonas Wood. Photo by Brian Forrest. Courtesy Gagosian.
NEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian is presenting LA Invitational, a wide-ranging exhibition of works by Los Angeles-based artists Chris Burden, Frank Gehry, Piero Golia, Mark Grotjahn, Thomas Houseago, Alex Israel, Mike Kelley, Nancy Rubins, Sterling Ruby, Ed Ruscha, Robert Therrien, Jeff Wall, Mary Weatherford, and Jonas Wood. Many works have been made specifically for this exhibition, while others are being shown in New York for the first time. In the popular imagination, the cultural motor of Los Angeles has always been rooted in Hollywood. The exchange between the movie business and the visual arts, however, has had notable impacts on both worldsclearly discernible in the works of artists such as Kelley, Ruscha, and Israel. From the 1950s, as the entertainment industry increasingly required industrial, ... More | | 
Gonzalo Fonseca, The Regent, 197577. Persian travertine. 11 13/16 x 35 1/16 x 16 15/16 in. Collection of the Estate of Gonzalo Fonseca. Photo by EPW Studio/Maris Hutchinson.
LONG ISLAND CITY.- The Noguchi Museum presents a retrospective exhibition of the sculptural work of Gonzalo Fonseca (192297), an important Uruguayan-born modernist who for forty years was based in New York City, where he created some of the most enchanting, idea-rich sculptures of the second half of the twentieth century. The exhibition encompasses some 80 objects dating from the mid1960s to the 1990s, primarily works in stone carved with his own hands in studios in Lower Manhattan and Tuscany, complemented by a selection of drawings and sketchbooks. Organized by The Noguchi Museum in partnership with the Fonseca Estate and curated by the Museums Senior Curator, Dakin Hart, the exhibition is on view from October 25, 2017, through March 11, 2018. ... More |
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 PinchukArtCentre's Research Platform presents two new exhibitionsKYIV.- The Research Platform of the PinchukArtCentre presents two exhibitions Anonymous Society and Misplaced Touches by Anna Zvyagintseva. With the aim to generate a living archive of Ukrainian contemporary art from the early 80ties till present, Research Platform visualizes the results of its work through constant exhibition practice. Anonymous Society features works by Sergei Anufriev, Yevgenia Belorusets, Sergey Bratkov, Oleksandr Chekmenev, Oksana Chepelyk, Zhanna Kadyrova, Victor Palmov, Evgeny Pavlov, Serhiy Popov, Kirill Protsenko, Roman Pyatkovka, Larisa Rezun-Zvezdochetova, Oleksandr Roitburd, Vasyl Tsagolov, Leonid Voitsekhov. The exhibition explores the period of anomie that Ukrainian society was plunged into after the collapse of the Soviet Union (1991), and that it languishes in to this day. The term anomie, coined by the ... More PIASA announces highlights from its American Selected Design SalePARIS.- On Thursday 16 November, PIASA will be staging a sale devoted to American Furniture from the 1940s to the 1980s. The rigorously selected works offer a fresh opportunity to explore the wealth of American Craft via iconic works of the New Hope School and its leading figures, such as Paul Evans, George Nakashima or Philip & Kelvin Laverne. The auction will also cast the spotlight on Transatlantic high-end craftsmen or artist cabinet-makers,' led by Tom Tramel, J.B. Blunk and David Ebner. Sale highlights include an exceptional chaise longue by Franck Gehry, for whom furniture Design was a quick fix' from his architectural practice and a perfect forum for exploring his architectural concepts. His chaise longue shows his over-riding desire to exploit basic but unconventional materials to produce functional and striking objects. Starting with his earliest designs, ... More Leonard Bernstein keeps star billing century after birthNEW YORK (AFP).- Decades after his death, Leonard Bernstein may still be the most identifiable conductor in the public imagination -- dramatic on-stage, bold off-stage and succeeding unlike so many others in making classical music accessible. But although Bernstein hardly needs rescue from obscurity, the breadth of his work is rarely considered in its totality. Ahead of next year's centennial of Bernstein's birth, the New York Philharmonic -- where he was music director from 1958 to 1969 -- is putting on a wide-ranging festival that explores Bernstein as a composer, conductor and public figure. The festival will of course include "West Side Story," Bernstein's Broadway musical whose tunes have entered the US popular songbook. But the Philharmonic, bringing in star conductors and soloists, is also showcasing his concert works including all three of his symphonies. ... More Sam Bailey wins the £10,000 HIX AwardLONDON.- Sam Bailey was presented with the HIX Award by Tracey Emin at HIX ART gallery in Shoreditch, London. In addition to the £10,000 first prize, Bailey, who triumphed over 17 other shortlisted artists, was also awarded a solo show at HIX ART in 2018, as well as the opportunity to design a limited-edition silk scarf for luxury bespoke clothing brand Turnbull & Asser, one of the awards sponsors. Restaurateur and author Mark Hix founded the HIX Award five years ago. The prize was created to support emerging artists that are currently studying or have graduated in the last 2 years from UK art colleges. This year saw over 700 applications for the prize from young artists seeking a platform to showcase their work and to support their first steps in their professional careers. This years judges include artists Gavin Turk and Charming Baker, Editor-in-Chief of GQ ... More James Baldwin, Lou Reed, Kara Walker, Tom Wolfe in new exhibition at NYPLNEW YORK, NY.- The New York Public Librarys exhibition, Whats New? Recent Acquisitions, presents the latest additions to its ever-growing collection. The items on display represent highlights from a diverse and exciting range of materials obtained over the past several years by all four of NYPL's research libraries: the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; the Library for the Performing Arts; and the Science, Industry and Business Library. The free exhibition, which opened October 13 at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building and is on display through February 11, 2018, contains more than 150 items and occupies the Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Gallery in Astor Hall and the Rayner Special Collections Wing on the third floor. Each gallery introduces a wide array of materials selected by curators from 25 departments ... More The Frick Pittsburgh presents "Undressed: A History of Fashion in Underwear"PITTSBURGH, PA.- The Frick Pittsburgh invites visitors to discover the fascinating history of underwear design from the 18th century to the present in Undressed: A History of Fashion in Underwear, a blockbuster exhibition organized by Londons Victoria and Albert Museum. The Frick is the exclusive North American venue for this exhibition that takes a serious look at an alluring subject. Undressed features more than 200 objects that tell the story of the ongoing evolution of underwear, from its origins as a basic layer between the skin and clothes, to its use in fashion and as fashion. The exhibition beautifully illustrates how undergarments reflect societys changing ideas about the body, morality, and sex, and how underwear styles reflect and shape the body to societys current fashionable ideal. Undressed remains on view at The Frick Art Museum through January ... More Exhibition at Middelheim Museum focuses on table-top sculptures from the 1950s to the 1970sANTWERP.- Recall Sculpture is an exhibition of table-top sculptures from the 1950s to the 1970s. The works come from the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), and were purchased at the biennials the Middelheim Museum organised since its inception. These 41 small sculptures bear witness to the renewed creative and artistic freedom discovered by post-war artists. In addition, they are precursors of contemporary art, not least through their choice of subject and material. The sculptures are therefore coming home to the Middelheim in more ways than one. The museum is hosting the exhibition as part of the Dicht maar dichtbij (Closed but close by) programme of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp pending its reopening in 2019. Curator of the exhibition is Greta Van Broeckhoven, conservator of 20th century art, KMSKA. ... More Saturday Evening Post cover art by Joseph Leyendecker from 1922 will be auctioned Nov. 15-16LYNBROOK, NY.- A never-before-seen cover painting for The Saturday Evening Post from Dec. 30, 1922 the New Years issue by Joseph Leyendecker (Am., 1874-1951) is expected to soar to $100,000-$150,000 at a two-day auction of iconic collectibles planned for November 15th and 16th by Weiss Auctions, online and in the firms gallery at 74 Merrick Road in Lynbrook. Joseph Leyendecker was one of the most influential American illustrators of the early 20th century. Between 1896 and 1950, he painted over 400 magazine covers; 322 of those were for The Saturday Evening Post. No other artist, until the arrival of Norman Rockwell, was so solidly identified with one publication. He virtually invented the very idea of modern magazine design. The auction will also feature a photo from 1960 signed by all five Beatles (The Fab Four plus Pete Best); a rare ... More Tim Van Laere Gallery opens its first solo exhibition by German-American artist Anke WeyerANTWERP.- Tim Van Laere Gallery presents its first solo exhibition by German-American artist Anke Weyer (°1974, Karlsruhe). Featuring the artists large-scale oil and acrylic paintings, the exhibition also includes a series of pastel drawings. Dismantling false dichotomies such as abstraction versus figuration, accident versus intention and confusion versus order, Anke Weyer has developed a practice where anything is possible, where confusion is as marvelous as it is treacherous. Uninhibited and instinctively, Anke Weyer paints with a certain urgency, a speed that keeps the painted picture honest and pure. Speed triumphs over composition. Her compositional choices are made in the moment, very consciously or impulsive, each decision has a different meaning and magnitude. The paintings document Weyers proces: applying layers of paint, taking ... More Solo show of new work by filmmaker, artist and performer Wu Tsang opens at FACT LIverpoolLIVERPOOL.- Emerging filmmaker, artist and performer Wu Tsangs new solo show Under Cinema investigates how artistic practice and its products are positioned to challenge dominant narratives. The world premiere of a new commission film, Under Cinema, features the acclaimed American singer-songwriter Kelela, and was conceived as a site-specific installation for FACTs Gallery 2, which is located under a cinema venue. The exhibition investigates issues of voice and representation through innovative filmmaking methodologies, questioning the reliability of the fixed image, as well as the viewers gaze. Alongside the new commission is the UK premiere of We hold where we study (2017), a two-channel projected film which takes a choreographic approach to image-making and mourning. The film enacts a series of duets, both within and between images. ... More Akron Art Museum and J.M. Smucker Company partner to broaden access to artAKRON, OH.- The Akron Art Museum and The J.M. Smucker Company announced a $1.125 million gift in support of the museums endowment and Free Thursdays. The gift provides important financial assistance and will help to make the museum accessible to more people, supporting both enhanced programming and extended hours of operation in service of the museums mission to enrich lives through modern and contemporary art. Smucker Company President and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Smucker said "We are proud of our long-standing partnership with the Akron Art Museum and are pleased to provide support that makes arts and culture available in our communities. We are honored to make world-class art accessible to more people." The generous gift from the Smucker Company builds upon their legacy of supporting the museum, ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, French sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle was born October 29, 1930. Niki de Saint Phalle, born Catherine-Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle (29 October 1930 - 21 May 2002) was a French sculptor, painter, and film maker. In this image: French-born artist Niki de Saint Phalle presents her sculpture "L'Ange Protecteur," 'Guardian Angel' in the main hall of the central train station in Zurich, Switzerland on Nov. 14, 1997.
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