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Joan Mitchell (1925-1992), City Landscape, Oil on canvas, 64 ½ x 73 ½ in. (163.8 x 186.7 cm.) Painted in 1955. Estimate: $15 â 20 million. © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christieâs announced The Rockefeller Mitchells: Science for the Benefit of Humanity, two masterpieces by Joan Mitchell: City Landscape (estimate: $15-20 million) and Untitled (estimate: $9-12 million). The paintings, leading highlights of Fall Marquee Week, come to Christieâs from the collection of The Rockefeller University, the world-renowned New York-based biomedical research and graduate institution. Both works will be sold in the 20th Century Evening Sale taking place, fittingly, in Christieâs Rockefeller Center saleroom on Tuesday, November 19th. Proceeds from their sale will support innovative biomedical research that will lead to new treatments and cures for disease. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Exhibition view of "For My Best Family" by Meriem Bennani. Photo: Delfino Sisto Legnani - DSL Studio. Courtesy Fondazione Prada.
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| Original Christo drawing to be offered for sale in London | | A 1997 Steinway ebony Model M baby grand piano headlines Ahlers & Ogletree's Estates & Collections auction | | Tiffany masterpiece to star in Sotheby's Modern Evening Auction |
The pencil, charcoal and crayon on paper artwork for the Abu Dhabi Mastaba project has a guide of £20,000-30,000.
LONDON.- An original drawing for the project Christo intended as his only permanent, large-scale public artwork comes for sale in London this month. A highlight of the 20/21 Century Art sale at Chiswick Auctions on November 12, the pencil, charcoal and crayon on paper artwork for the Abu Dhabi Mastaba project has a guide of £20,000-30,000. Christo (1935-2020) who worked for much of his career with his life-partner Jeanne-Claude ... More | |
18th century oval giltwood George II or George III Chinese Chippendale mirror after a design by Thomas Chippendale (English, 1718-1779), 86 inches tall by 50 inches wide (est. $10,000-$15,000).
ATLANTA, GA.- A 1997 Steinway ebony Model M baby grand piano with Jansen bench, an 18th century Chippendale oval giltwood mirror and an important collection of Chinese Export armorial porcelain will headline an Estates & Collections auction scheduled for Thursday, November 14th by Ahlers & Ogletree, online and live in the Atlanta gallery, starting promptly at 10 am ... More | |
Estimated at $57 million, The Danner Memorial Window is the most valuable offering by Tiffany Studios to appear at auction. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- In a moment of great anticipation, Sothebys will present The Danner Memorial Window in its Modern Evening Auction in New York, carrying an estimate between $5 to 7 million. With its lush landscape, vivid colors, and powerful symbolism, this glass masterpiececreated at the height of the artistic careers of Louis Comfort Tiffany and Agnes Northropcomes from the esteemed collection ... More |
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| The Vancouver Art Gallery opens the first exhibition in Canada dedicated to Firelei Báez | | National Portrait Gallery and the Archives of American Art co-present "Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Always to Return" | | "For My Best Family," An exhibition by Meriem Bennani opens at Fondazione Prada in Milan |
Firelei Báez, Can I Pass? Introducing the Paper Bag to the Fan Test for the Month of July, 2011 (detail), gouache, ink and graphite on panel, Courtesy the Artist and Hauser & Wirth, New York. Photo: Mats Nordman, © Firelei Báez.
VANCOUVER.- The Vancouver Art Gallery will present the first North American solo exhibition dedicated to the work of Firelei Báez, one of the most exciting painters of her generation. Spanning nearly two decades of her career, Báezs rich and potent body of work delves into the complicated and often incomplete historical narratives that surround the Atlantic Basin and reexamines ... More | |
Installation view.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonians National Portrait Gallery and Archives of American Art are co-presenting "Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Always to Return," the largest presentation of the artists work in Washington, D.C., in 30 years. With no formal start or end point, Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Always to Return unfolds at the intersection of Gonzalez-Torres groundbreaking engagement with portraiture, the context of two Smithsonian collections and the historically significant setting of Washington. The exhibition is co-curated by Josh T Franco, head of collecting ... More | |
Exhibition view of For My Best Family by Meriem Bennani Photo: Delfino Sisto Legnani DSL Studio. Courtesy Fondazione Prada.
MILAN.- The exhibition For My Best Family by artist Meriem Bennani opens to the public tomorrow, 31 October 2024, at Fondazione Prada in Milan until 24 February 2025. On Thursday 31 October, a double screening of Bennanis videos, at 3:15 pm and 5 pm, and a conversation at 7 pm with the artist, Paolo Moretti and Katya Inozemtseva will be held at Fondazione Pradas Cinema Godard. The talk is free upon booking at fondazioneprada.org. Meriem Bennani (Morocco, ... More |
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| Frick to reopen in April 2025 | | Newly designed Gallery for Arts of Korea open at Art Institute of Chicago | | Family-friendly exhibition offers engaging exploration of Japanese culture through the centuries |
Photograph of the Frick buildings from East 70th Street, to the right of the mansion, taken during the final phases of construction; photo: Ivane Katamashvili, courtesy of Selldorf Architects.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Frick Collection announced today that it will reopen in April 2025, following the renovation and enhancement by Selldorf Architects of its historic Fifth Avenue home. The landmark occasion will invite visitors to experience the museums permanent collection anew, with its iconic masterworks reinstalled in restored spaces on the first floor, along ... More | |
Goryeo dynasty (9181392). Plum Vase (Maebyeong) with Clouds, Cranes, and Children Motifs, 9181392, late 12th century. Gift of Mr. Russell Tyson.
CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago unveils a newly imagined and installed gallery for the arts of Korea on November 1, 2024. The new installation is the first fully dedicated space to this cultural region at the Art Institute, and provides an opportunity to showcase more of the expansive collection. The arts of Korea collection at the museum comprises approximately 300 works spanning 2,000 years from the Three Kingdoms ... More | |
Utagawa Sadahide. Night Festival at Miyajima, Aki Province, 17th Day of the 6th Month, 184752. Woodblock print; 14 3/8 x 28 1/2 in. V&A: E.12166-1886. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
NASHVILLE, TENN.- The Frist Art Museum presents Journey through Japan: Myths to Manga, an exhibition that shows how imagination, playfulness, and the environment have inspired Japans folklore, design, and technology through the centuries. Organized by Londons Victoria and Albert Museum, Journey through Japan is on view from October 25, 2024, through February ... More |
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| Pace Gallery launches new online resource to mark 50th anniversary of Lynda Benglis's iconic Artforum advertisement | | Unchained.Art Contemporary Gallery opens 'Art in the Age of AI: Evolution or End?' | | The Prado Museum unveils a new depiction of The Decameron |
Photograph of the artist with mask and Artforum T-Shirt. Published in Seiberling, Dorothy. The New Sexual Frankness: Good-by to Hearts and Flowers. New York Magazine (17 February 1975): 3739, 42, 44. Photo: Steve Myers © 1975/2022 Steve Myers. All Rights Reserved. Registered with the U.S. Copyright Office.
NEW YORK, NY.- Pace, in collaboration with Lynda Benglis and her studio, announced that it will launch an online educational resource about the artists 1974 Artforum Advertisement to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the famed artwork. In November 1974, Benglis rocked the art establishment with the publication ... More | |
Jessica Jackson, AI - Things I want you to see No.1.
AUSTIN, TX.- Is tech-based imagery fine art or just another tech inc. artifact? The Austin public has the chance to see work by thirteen AI and Generative art pioneers while the paint is still wet. Viewers can decide for themselves if this entirely new art form represents a creative breakthrough or a crushing blow. Curated by Julia Morton, AI + Art columnist and former director of Generative Art Project, and gallerist Christina Hiltscher of Unchained.Art Contemporary Gallery, the show features human collaborating with code, ... More | |
Cimon Meets a Maiden Johannes Hispanus c. 1495. Oil on canvas On loan from the Centre for Hispanic Studies at the Museo Nacional del Prado.
MADRID.- The Museo Nacional del Prado has expanded its galleries with two newly deposited 15th-century paintings, showcasing the story of Cimón and Ifigenia, one of the novellas from Giovanni Boccaccios The Decameron. These paintings, created in late-15th century Florence by Spanish artist Johannes Hispanus, bring a unique blend of artistic heritage and cultural storytelling to the museum. These exceptional paintings not only highlight ... More |
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Artist Presentation: John Dilg Speaking About His Work
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 Turin's Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art opens an exhibition of Maria Morganti's workTURIN.- GAM is presenting the first major anthological exhibition of Maria Morganti's work with a wide selection of works created between 1988 and 2024. The exhibition traces an itinerary through the work of Maria Morganti whose work finds its origin in the essentiality of the pictorial gesture, in its repetition and expansion over time. Hers is an undertaking that has developed steadily over the years, to the point of outlining an architecture of thought, a space of work and storage, a physical and mental place the artists studio where time is given shape through the simplicity of daily acts that, by slow stratification and accumulation, compose the complex chromatic diary of an existence. The heart of Morganti's studio moves to the centre of the GAM exhibition space. Called Gestureplace, it is a work in itself, and comprises the Sedimentary a structure that contains all the paintings ... More Speed Art Museum announces 2025 exhibitionsLOUISVILLE, KY.- The Speed Art Museums 2025 exhibitions feature a dynamic lineup of shows that celebrate innovation, exploration, and the defiance of convention. A groundbreaking exhibition that spotlights daring American women artists who redefined their lives and set a new standard for artistic expression, and a showcase of the imaginative worlds inspired by Bosch and Bruegel anchor a series of engaging exhibitions that will supplement the Speeds diverse permanent collections and ongoing community programming and events. Alongside the Speeds permanent collection, the 2025 special exhibitions promise a vibrant and thought-provoking array of cultural experiences for all audiences. At the center of our 2025 year of exhibitions are two marquee exhibitions that celebrate the fearless creativity and visions ... More Group exhibition features the work of four artists who draw their inspiration from natureAMSTERDAM.- BorzoGallery presents 'The Nature of Nature', a group exhibition featuring the work of four artists who draw their inspiration from nature. The presentation consists of new work by Charles Popelier (*1955), alongside paintings by Paul Butti (1924-2004), matter paintings by Jaap Wagemaker (1906-1972) and photography by Jan Commandeur (1954-2024). In Paris, after 1945, a free art emerges-a lyrical abstraction that explicitly breaks with pre-war realism. In the 1950s, from this free and often colorful abstraction, a sub-movement known as 'informal art' arises, or by its technical classification, 'matter painting,' represented by artists such as Alberto Burri, Antoni Tapiès, Emil Schumacher, Bram Bogart, and Jean Dubuffet. More or less recognizable figurative forms and elements disappear from the painting, and the material ... More Robert Schuman Collection tops $1.1 million at HeritageDALLAS, TX.- The finer of just two examples of a rare 1837 Silver 25 cents token sold for $120,000 to lead Heritages Robert A. Schuman, MD Collection of Hard Times Tokens Showcase Auction to $1,130,999 October 28. The 1837 American Silver 25 Cents, Low-50, HT-74, W-NY-480-80j, R.8, MS62 NGC was produced in the alloy that Dr. Feuchtwanger referred to as American Silver Composition. The Robert A. Schuman, M.D. Collection of Hard Times Tokens included the most complete die variety collection of tokens that Dr. Lewis Feuchtwanger produced, says Heritage Senior Numismatist Mark Borckardt. Among those tokens was the finer of just two known examples of Low-50, the famous 1837 American Silver 25 Cents Token that realized $120,000 in just its third auction appearance since 1882. ... More Valuable long-lost 'Star Wars' toy packaging artwork leads Heritage's December action figures auctionDALLAS, TX.- Star Wars collectors, this is the auction youve been looking for. In May, Heritage Auctions sold one of the worlds few surviving rocket-firing Boba Fett action figures for $525,000, marking the first time the miniature Mandalorian realized more than half a million dollars at auction. As it turns out, that historic event served as a prequel to Heritages December 4 Action Figures & Toys Platinum Star Wars Signature® Auction, which counts among its legendary offerings an even scarcer and more coveted hand-painted version of the rocket-firing Boba Fett that was famously among rocker Rick Springfields collection of Star Wars action figures. But the hand-painted bounty hunter is far from the sole treasure in this auction. Indeed, collectors will discover in this event some long-lost, seldom-seen keepsakes from a galaxy far, far away: the original ... More Exhibition explores sleeping figures and dreams in artBERLIN.- The Kupferstichkabinett at Berlins Gemäldegalerie invites visitors to explore the intriguing world of sleep and dreams in art with the exhibition "Are You Dreaming? Closed Eyes in Art," open until January 9, 2025. This unique presentation uncovers the subtle allure and complex symbolism behind sleeping figures, a recurring yet unexpected motif that provides artists with a canvas for mystery, sensuality, and imagination. In visual art, sleep is not merely a physical state but also a gateway to the subconscious and the fantastic. Artists have long depicted sleeping figures to convey a state of vulnerability that heightens suspense for the viewer. Curator Mailena Mallach, an expert in early German drawings and prints at the Kupferstichkabinett, explains that sleep in art is a field of exploration for artists, allowing them to delve into the less conventional ... More Prints and Multiples sales total $17,507,992 at Christie'sNEW YORK, NY.- Christie's announced exceptional results for the New York Fall Prints and Multiples sales: Exceptional Impressions: The Alan and Marianne Schwartz Collection and Prints and Multiples. In total, the two sales made $17,507,992, with Exceptional Impressions: The Alan and Marianne Schwartz Collection totaling $9,893,182, and Prints and Multiples totaling $7,614,810. The Schwartz collection sale set 40 world auction records for prints by artists ranging from Albrecht Dürer to Pablo Picasso, Edward Hopper and Blanche Lazzell. Leading the two sales was Christ crucified between the two Thieves: 'The Three Crosses' by Rembrandt Harmensz. Van Rijn from Exceptional Impressions, which realized $1,381,000. Additional highlights from the sale include two works by Albrecht Dürer: Melencolia I, which made ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer was born October 31, 1632. Johannes, Jan or Johan Vermeer (October 1632 - December 1675) was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime. He evidently was not wealthy, leaving his wife and children in debt at his death, perhaps because he produced relatively few paintings. In this image: Participants of a press conference look at a painting, entitled Holding a Balance, by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, Germany, 16 March 2011.
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