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John Singer Sargent, Madame X, 1883-84, reframed by Eli Wilner & Company.
NEW YORK, NY.- Eli Wilner & Company revisits the reframing of John Singer Sargents Madame X, currently featured prominently in the Sargent and Paris exhibition, currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and traveling to the Musée dOrsay. As of June 2025, Eli Wilner & Companys frame funding initiative is announcing another round of $150,000 available for distribution in partial grants. Exciting new projects continue to be submitted on a daily basis by museums across the country. Remaining funds will be committed to new projects by July 31, 2025, and can be used for frame restoration, historic frame replication, or mirror replication projects. Interested institutions can apply by emailing the details of their reframing or frame restoration needs to info@eliwilner.com. No project is too large. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The Modern Institute. Courtesy of Art Basel.
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| Artis-Naples, The Baker Museum announces major gift of contemporary glass and ceramics | | Rare Picasso ceramic pitcher in the spotlight at Roland Auctions NY June 28th Multi-Estates auction | | Almine Rech Shanghai explores Southeast Asia's "Archipelagic Imagination" |
Hidenori Tsumori, Remains of the Day, 2012. Pate de Verre glass and hand formed clay, 17 x 15 ¾ x 10 in. ArtisNaples, The Baker Museum. Gift of Dr. Laurence and Rita Sibrack.
NAPLES, FLA.- ArtisNaples, The Baker Museum announced a major gift to the museums permanent collection: The Dr. Laurence and Rita Sibrack Collection of Contemporary Glass and Ceramics. Donated by longtime Naples residents and passionate collectors Dr. Laurence and Rita Sibrack, the collection comprises 74 works by 60 renowned artists, significantly expanding the museums holdings in contemporary studio glass and ceramic works. This transformational gift includes works by key figures in the studio glass movement, such as Dale Chihuly, Amber Cowan, Preston Singletary, Judith Schaechter and Lucio Bubacco, among many others. The collection embraces every major process of glass and ceramic art, including flame-worked, blown and cast, and is distinguished by its rich focus on form, color, texture, shadow ... More | |
Pablo Picasso Earthenware Pitcher, Femme du Barbu (Bearded Man's Wife), 1953.Estimate $5,000-$8,000.
GLEN COVE, NY.- Roland Auctions NY will present its first auction of the summer season on June 28th, 2025, with a rare Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) Earthenware Pitcher taking the spotlight. The Picasso pitcher is part of a private collection being included in the Multi-Estates auction, along with hundreds of other impressive items from multiple prominent estates, being offered along with Fine and Contemporary Art, Antique furniture pieces, 20th Century Modern, Silver, Decorative Arts, Asian Arts, Textiles and Lighting. Previews will be held on Thursday, June 26th & Friday, June 27th from 10am 6pm. Highly notable lots include the Pablo Picasso Earthenware Pitcher, Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) Femme du Barbu (Bearded Man's Wife), 1953, (A.R. 193), terre de faience pitcher, partially glazed and painted, from the edition of 500, inscribed Edition Picasso, Edition Picasso and Madoura stamps, Estimate $5,000-$8,000, ... More | |
Tia-Thuy Nguyen, In this moment forever, 2023. Oil and embellishment on canvas, 119 x 90 cm. 47 x 35 1/2 in. 122.5 x 93.5 x 5 cm (framed), 48 1/4 x 36 3/4 x 2 in (framed).
SHANGHAI.- Almine Rech Shanghai is presenting 'The Archipelagic Imagination: Seaport', the first chapter of a two-part group exhibition curated by Zong Han, featuring works by Kawayan de Guia, Davy Linggar, Tia-Thuy Nguyen, Sylvia Ong, Citra Sasmita, and Jakkai Siributr. The exhibition convenes contemporary artistic positions rooted in Southeast Asia and its global dispersals. Departing from Glissants notion of archipelagic thinkingwhich privileges relation over root, opacity over transparency, and networks over hierarchiesthis exhibition reimagines Southeast Asia not as a fixed region, but as an unfolding matrix of routes, fragments, and entangled affiliations. In this vision, the archipelago is not merely a metaphor, but a historical infrastructure: a living network of seaports, river deltas, and inland uplands that have long shaped the ... More |
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| New exhibition at Hamburger Kunsthalle: Rendezvous of Dreams: Surrealism and German Romanticism | | Monographic exhibition with Hanna Hirsch Pauli opens at Nationalmuseum | | Exhibition unveils major Austrian art trove at Lentos Museum |
Marion Adnams, Eine Kerze des Verstehens in deinem Herzen (A Candle of Understanding in Thine Heart), 1964.
HAMBURG.- The major exhibition Rendezvous of Dreams at the Hamburger Kunsthalle commemorates the 100th anniversary of the founding of international Surrealism by examining its striking affinities with German Romanticism. Taking as its starting point a novel comparison of two paintings in the Kunsthalle, the show places over 230 iconic works by both great and lesser-known Surrealists among them Max Ernst, Meret Oppenheim, René Magritte, André Masson, Salvador DalÃ, Dorothea Tanning, Paul Klee, Valentine Hugo, Victor Brauner and Toyen in new contexts as well as stimulating juxtapositions with more than 70 masterpieces of German Romanticism, including works by Caspar David Friedrich and Philipp Otto Runge alongside examples of Romantic poetry. Themes that fascinated German Romantic artists and writers, such as the ... More | |
Hanna Hirsch Pauli, Peasant Girl, Study of a Model, 188185. Oil on canvas. Nationalmuseum.
STOCKHOLM.- This summer, Nationalmuseum will be presenting the first monographic exhibition on Hanna Hirsch Pauli. It will provide a comprehensive overview of her long life as an artist, including her most famous paintings and works that have never been exhibited before. In Hanna Hirsch Pauli The Art of Being Free, her art is exhibited in its own right for the first time. Hanna Hirsch Pauli is one of the most popular and well-known of the Swedish artists who were active at the turn of the 20th century. When she broke through as an artist in the 1880s, her style of painting was regarded as radical and innovative in terms of both choice of subject and stylistic execution. She painted iconic works such as The Artist Venny Soldan-Brofeldt and Breakfast Time. She was neither marginalised during her lifetime nor forgotten after her death. Yet much of her output is unknown to a wider audience, and her fascinating life story has remained largely unexplored. The exhibition features ... More | |
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, The curious Gaze, 1821. Private Collection Erwin Hauser.
LINZ.- Erwin Hauser, Vice President of the Lentos Friends Association, donated his art collection of around 3,000 works to the City of Linz and the Lentos Kunstmuseum in 2024. To mark this occasion, the Lentos is now presenting a first best of, showcasing key highlights of this outstanding collection with a focus on Austrian artists. The Erwin Hauser Collection is one of Austrias most important private collections. It comprises paintings, sculptures, photographs, and graphic works by around 770 Austrian artists from the 19th century to the present day. With Cool. The Erwin Hauser Collection, the Lentos offers, for the first time, an in-depth look into this extraordinary trove of works, assembled by the Linz-based entrepreneur over a period of 25 years with trained discernment and great passion. Approximately 200 works from the collection, which comprises 2,994 objects in total and was entrusted to the City of Linz and the Lentos, are on display. A ... More |
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| New book explores the Chichimeca roots of Mexico's serpent-woman myth | | When past meets present: Artus Quellinus and the Art of Nation-Building | | Christie's Magnificent Jewels achieves $87.7 million |
The work, edited by INAH, was authored by researchers Patricia Cruz Sarmiento and Jesús Evaristo Sánchez Sánchez.
MEXICO CITY.- A fascinating new book is shedding light on the ancient origins of La Atlanchana, a mythical serpent-woman figure deeply embedded in Mexican folklore. Titled La Atlanchana de Metepec. GenealogÃa de un mito chichimeca (The Atlanchana of Metepec: Genealogy of a Chichimeca Myth), the book was recently launched at the 12th University Book Fair at the Autonomous Metropolitan University, Iztapalapa Unit (UAM-I). Published by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), the book is the work of INAH researchers Patricia Cruz Sarmiento and Jesús Evaristo Sánchez Sánchez. It dives deep into the lore of this aquatic deity, described as a supernatural being that's part woman and part serpent, though some accounts even suggest she's half-axolotl. The publication is a comprehensive collection, gathering an impressive 49 different versions of the legend. Most of these tales were compiled from communities stretching from Metepec, Amanalco, and Valle de Bravo ... More | |
Reinier Craeyvanger (Utrecht 1812 Amsterdam 1880). The Sculptor Artus Quellinus I in his Studio (Detailed), signed and dated R. Craeyvanger 1869 in the lower right, oil on panel, 17 ¾ x 25 ¼ inches (45.08 x 64.14 cm.). Image: Lawrence Steigrad Fine Arts.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sometimes, past and present seem to echo each other in unexpected ways. Lawrence Steigrad Fine Arts originally chose to highlight this painting in honor of an exhibition celebrating Artus Quellinus I, one of the greatest Northern Baroque sculptors, opening this week in Amsterdam. However, as the gallery looked deeper, the story that emerged wasnt just about a brilliant artistit became a reflection on identity, history, and nationalism. Artus Quellinus was the leading sculptor of his time in the Dutch Republic. He was especially known for his monumental contribution to the building now known as the Royal Palace on the Dam, inaugurated as Amsterdams new town hall in 1655. From his large studio on the Keizersgracht, Quellinus worked on the buildings elaborate sculptural program for fifteen years, proudly holding the title Sculptor of Amsterdam. He became one of the key artistic voices of the Dutch ... More | |
The Marie-Thérèse Pink, a rare 10.38-carat kite-shaped fancy purple-pink diamond, mounted by JAR sold for $13,980,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2025.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies reaffirms its leadership in the global jewelry market with todays historic Magnificent Jewels auction. A packed salesroom of collectors fueled fierce bidding in person, on the phone, and online for the sale's legendary stones and storied treasures, which offered celebrated provenance, unparalleled quality and rarity, and timeless glamour. The sale was 100 percent sold by lot and achieved a total of $87.7 million. At the heart of the sale were two extraordinary highlights: The Marie-Thérèse Pink, a rare 10.38-carat kite-shaped fancy purple-pink diamond, mounted by JAR and wrapped in the mystery and romance of the French Royal family, achieved $14 million and set a new world auction record for a JAR jewel. The Blue Belle, a mesmerizing 392.52 carat Ceylon sapphire of royal grandeur and luminous intensity sold for $11.3 million. Colored gemstones drew significant attention and interest, setting the stage for a season of record-setting results and global participation ... More |
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| Speed Art Museum director Raphaela Platow to step down following four transformative years | | Raymond Saunders' first major U.S. retrospective on view at the Carnegie Museum of Art | | Nikolaus Kratzer takes the helm at Landesgalerie Niederösterreich |
Platow is working collaboratively with the museum board to assess current and upcoming projects, determine next steps, and ensure a smooth transition.
LOUISVILLE, KY.- The Speed Art Museum announced that Raphaela Platow, executive director since 2021, will conclude her tenure at the Museum later this year. Following four years of growth and evolution under her leadership, Platow has elected not to extend her contract when it ends on August 30th of this year. The board of directors is currently establishing a succession plan and is working closely with Platow to ensure a smooth transition. Under Platows leadership, the Speed revitalized its visitor experience and community focus through its programming, exhibitions, and permanent galleries, exploring broader narratives of art and culture and engaging with contemporary issues that reflect the Louisville community. During her tenure, Platow led the first major reinstallation of the permanent collection since 2016; brought on new curators to strengthen the Museums contemporary, Native American, and African collections and scholarship; ... More | |
Raymond Saunders, Red Star, 1970, Corcoran Collection (The Evans-Tibbs, Collection, Gift of Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr.), National Gallery of Art, 2014.136.158, © 2025, Estate of Raymond Saunders. All rights reserved.
PITTSBURGH, PA.- Raymond Saunders: Flowers from a Black Garden is the artists first retrospective exhibition at a major American museum and the most comprehensive consideration of his practice to date. Since the 1960s, artist Raymond Saunders (b. 1934) has developed a painting practice rooted in improvisation. Working across mediums, he combines everyday objects, found imagery, drawing, notational markings, and text in constellated compositions that blend abstraction and figuration against the complex backdrop of American history. Saunders was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, where he participated in Carnegie Museum of Arts still ongoing Saturday art classes for young people. His mentor, Joseph C. Fitzpatrick, the instructor of the museums Saturday art classes and the director of art for Pittsburgh public ... More | |
Nikolaus Kratzer. © Kunstmeile Krems.
KREMS.- Change is coming to the Landesgalerie Niederösterreich as Nikolaus Kratzer is set to become its new artistic director in January 2027. He will succeed Gerda Ridler, who has decided not to renew her five-year contract, despite a highly successful tenure that significantly boosted the gallery's profile. Kratzer, an accomplished art historian and curator, currently heads the Lower Austrian State Art Collection. His appointment signals a strategic move to unite the leadership of both the museum and the state's art collection. This dual role aims to seamlessly integrate the gallery's exhibitions with the extensive collection, promising a cohesive and long-term vision for future displays. Kratzer will maintain his current position while taking on his new responsibilities at the Landesgalerie. This integrated approach has already proven successful in other institutions within the NÃKU group, like the Roman City Carnuntum and the Museum Niederösterreich. Nikolaus Kratzer plans to build on the ... More |
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Dundee teachers learn lessons in craftDUNDEE.- An ambitious teacher development project, designed to embed new skills and learning across school planning, and involving 12 teachers across six primary schools in Dundee, comes to completion at the end of this month. MAKE with the Knit Shop (MWTKS), is a partnership between MAKE, Knit Shop and Dundee Creative Learning Network, led by Craft Scotland and Panel. It began in Autumn 2023 as a pilot project funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation, to support numeracy skills development in the classroom, and explore the value and potential of teaching craft across the curriculum. Key to this was equipping teachers with the skills, knowledge, confidence, and resources, to teach craft, and create high-quality craft and making opportunities for all. Led by Craft Scotland and Panel, and working with pupils from six primary schools in Dundee (Ancrum Road, Claypotts Castle, ... More Elizabeth Xi Bauer announces a new solo exhibition by Antonio PichilláLONDON.- Elizabeth Xi Bauer announces Umbilical Cord, a new solo exhibition by Antonio Pichillá QuiacaÃn, running from 20th June to 2nd August 2025 at the gallery's Exmouth Market space. This exhibition marks an exciting milestone in Pichillás ongoing exploration of Maya heritage, cultural resistance, and the intricate relationships between Indigenous traditions and contemporary art practices. Elizabeth Xi Bauer also announces the representation of Antonio Pichillá QuiacaÃn as part of the gallery's roster. This upcoming exhibition will coincide with the release of Ombligo Tierra (Navel-Earth), a major new publication curated by Pichillá himself. The book offers an in-depth examination of his artistic journey, providing new insight into his innovative work. Featuring contributions from leading scholars in the fields of art and anthropology, the publication highlights the artists deep engagement ... More Prehistoric Elephant Relatives Discovered in Guerrero, MexicoCHILACACHAPA.- A remarkable discovery in the small community of Chilacachapa, northern Guerrero, has brought the distant past to life. On October 8, 2024, construction workers stumbled upon fossilized bones of a gomphothere, an extinct relative of today's elephants that roamed the Earth over 16,000 years ago during the Pleistocene epoch. The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) quickly stepped in to recover these invaluable remains. The fossils, belonging to a single animal, include pieces of tusks, ribs, a shoulder blade, and leg bones. While some fragments are still being identified, the find offers a rare window into the prehistoric creatures that once rohabited this region. Local villagers are now safeguarding these ancient treasures. The Union of Farmers Collaborative Committee in Chilacachapa, located in the municipality of Cuetzala del Progreso, has taken ... More La Ferme du Buisson presents its 2025 exhibition programNOISIEL.- In 2025, La Ferme du Buisson launches its exhibition season with Tactical Specters, a collective exhibition that conjures the spectral as a site of political urgency and historical entanglement. Building upon Vinciane Desprets Les morts à luvre (2023), the project asks how the dead continue to inhabit our present and how relationships with them unfold beyond disappearance. The specter, unlike the ghost, does not simply hauntit demands. It resurfaces to insist and to reclaim as long as the unresolved question at the heart of its haunting remains open. While trauma freezes and isolates, the specter is an agitator: it returns from the past to activate us in the now, exposing the latent forces that shape our imaginaries and reminds us of our unfinished tasks: reconciliation, repair, and reckoning. The title of the exhibition draws inspiration from the work of British poet Sean Bonney ... More From the Cosmos to the Commons inaugurates Hamburg City Curator's programHAMBURG.- On the midsummer weekend, Hamburgs fascinating history of public art writes a new chapter with a constellation of projects: From the Cosmos to the Commons, which inaugurates the program of Joanna Warsza, Hamburgs new City Curator. Conceived in close cooperation with Kunsthaus Hamburg as the umbrella institution, this multifaceted endeavor unfolds across Planetarium Hamburg, Stadtpark, Kunsthaus Hamburg, and Warburg-Haus. From the Cosmos to the Commons is a constellation of three exhibitions and a symposium reflecting the human need to look up to the stars to understand life on Earth, while proposing new forms of planetary publicness. At the heart of the program is the remarkable rediscovery of Aby Warburgs Image Collection on the History of Astrology and Astronomy, developed with Gertrud Bing and Fritz Saxl in 1929 as his last exhibition. ... More Nara Roesler announces representation of Asuka Anastacia OgawaSAO PAULO.- Nara Roesler announced the representation of Asuka Anastasia Ogawa (1988, Tokyo, Japan) in collaboration with BLUM. Born in Japan, Ogawa spent part of her childhood and adolescence in Brazil, completed her studies in Sweden, and graduated from Central Saint Martins College in London. The cultural diversity that permeated her formative years greatly impacted her artistic production, incorporating different visual references, religions, and traditions. Ogawas dreamlike paintings characteristically depict androgynous children with almond-shaped eyes that gaze far beyond the limits of the canvas and are set against vibrant monochrome backgrounds. Though the compositions do not have definite themes, Ogawa's images mainly refer to her Japanese and Afro-Brazilian ancestry, in her words: "Although I don't have a specific theme in mind when I paint, ... More  Somerset House announces new artists and public programme for Virtual Beauty exhibitionLONDON.- Today, Somerset House announces the full list of contributing artists and the complete public programme for Virtual Beauty, including panel talks, exclusive curator tours, and special events. As part of Somerset Houses 25th birthday programme, Virtual Beauty explores how digital culture is reshaping our understanding of beauty and identity - offering fresh perspective on an urgent subject. Curated by Gonzalo Herrero Delicado, Mathilde Friis, and Bunny Kinney, and featuring over 20 international artists working across sculpture, photography, installation, and video, Virtual Beauty delves into the influence of artificial intelligence, social media, and digital avatars on self-image, and questions who holds the power to define beauty. Joining previously announced artists such as ORLAN, Amalia Ulman, Hyungkoo Lee, Minne Atairu, Qualeasha Wood, Ben Cullen Williams and Isamaya Ffrench, Aleksander Nærbø, Ines Alpha, Bunny Kinney, Angelfire, Harriet ... More Exhibition featuring Henna Asikainen and Roua Horanieh opens at BalticGATESHEAD.- An exhibition of new work by Henna Asikainen and Roua Horanieh will be presented at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, as part of Refugee Week 2025. The project has been developed with the participation of a group of people with experience of migration and displacement, who now live in Gateshead and Newcastle. To Own Both Nothing and the Whole World has been co-commissioned and co-produced by Counterpoints Arts and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, and made possible by the support of Moomin Characters Ltd. It is part of celebrations marking 80 years since the publication of the first Moomin story by Tove Jansson, which had a focus on displacement. The title is a quote from Snufkin, one of the characters in the Moomin stories. The project explores ideas of home and belonging, reflecting on the impact of displacement on both human ... More Faktura 10 and RIBBON International present The Stammering Circle and public programme Chalk Circle throughout LvivLVIV.- On 21 June, Faktura 10, a core initiative of RIBBON International, will open a major international exhibition and discursive platform curated by Marta Kuzma, Artistic Director and Chief Curator of Faktura 10, to include: Nobuyoshi Araki, Gregori Warchavchik, Francisco Goya, Moyra Davey, Trisha Donnelly, R. H. Quaytman, Frederick Kiesler, Yana Kononova, Kateryna Kopeikina, Anna-Mariia Kucherenko, Clarice Lispector, Boris Mikhailov, Noel Nutels, Janina Pedan, Julie Poly, Charlotte Posenenske, Walid Raad, Oleksiy Radynski, Yaroslav Solop, Taras Spivak, Harun Farocki, The Centre for Spatial Technologies With works co-commissioned by Faktura 10/ RIBBON International, and Jam Factory Art Center, The Stammering Circle is a distributed ... More  Jewish Cultural Quarter launches series of current affairs programmes with interactive installationAMSTERDAM.- The Jewish Cultural Quarter is launching a series of programmes exploring contemporary issues relating to Jewish identity, bringing together both public, social and cultural partners, thinkers and artists. These programmes explore different perspectives and is developed through exhibitions, public events, podcasts, publications and online content. The programme kicks off with an interactive installation in the Jewish Museum that opens on June 19. The installation Imagining Futures. The power of futures thinking in uncertain times explores how people, in times of crisis, have the ability and the courage to imagine different futures - and what that can mean for them. The installation presents several people who live in the Netherlands and have family in Israel, Gaza, or the West Bank. They took part in a futures-thinking workshop in Amsterdam led by Israeli designer and peace ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter Lee Krasner died June 19, 1984. Lenore "Lee" Krasner (October 27, 1908 - June 19, 1984) was an American abstract expressionist painter in the second half of the 20th century. She is one of the few female artists to have had a retrospective show at the Museum of Modern Art. In this image: Installation view. Photo by: Diego Flores / Paul Kasmin Gallery. © 2017 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
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