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In recent months, Inrap has conducted extensive excavations in Corsica, one of which led to the major discovery of a Roman and Etruscan necropolis at Aleria. This preventive archaeological excavation uncovered an exceptional Etruscan tomb from the end of the 4th century BC. This very rich tomb (more than 200 artifacts) contained the remains of a woman and many prestige items. Today, the continuing study of these artifacts in the laboratory has resulted in surprising discoveries.
PARIS.- In recent months, Inrap has conducted extensive excavations in Corsica, one of which led to the major discovery of a Roman and Etruscan necropolis at Aleria. This preventive archaeological excavation uncovered an exceptional Etruscan tomb from the end of the 4th century BC. This very rich tomb contained many prestige items. More than two hundred artifacts have been recorded. Today, the continuing study of these artifacts in the laboratory has resulted in surprising discoveries. In the center of the tomb in a hypogeum, the deceased person was positioned on their back with the head tilted to the left and the arms extended along the body. It was decorated with a pair of gold earrings, and two rings in gold and copper alloy on the fingers. The individual was surrounded by forty ceramic recipients. Near its head, the archaeologists found, on the left, two large skyphoi a sort of goblet with large handles and, on the right, a sm ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Around the world & back in time - be amazed at the treasures you will find in Artemis Gallery's Variety Sale on Thursday, Apr 23, 2020 at 9:00 AM CDT. The sale features Antiquities & Ethnographic Art. Antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine Art, much more! In this image: Impressive Egyptian Gesso'd Wood Head of an Ibis. Estimate $1,800 - $2,700
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 | | Sotheby's announces 'Contemporary Showcase' │ A curated series of boutique "pop-up" online auctions | | Jaroslava Brychtova, creator of monumental glass art, dies at 95 | | Sotheby's online sale of Old Masters includes portrait miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection | 
Doraemon by Shin-Ei. Animation, Doraemon, Nobita and Shizuka on the Time Machine Animation Cel, circa 1970s, 28.5 by 36 cm. Est.HK$70,000-90,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.
HONG KONG.- Sothebys will launch Contemporary Showcase, a new series of boutique online auctions that adopts a dynamic pop-up shop concept, a fast-paced auction format, and exciting thematic presentations. Slated for Spring/Summer 2020, each Showcase features a tightly curated assemblage of works and runs for the duration of approximately one week. With swift turnaround between consignment and sale, the series meets the needs of both sellers and buyers in the rapidly evolving market, while allowing Sothebys to continue to bring exciting and ahead-of-the-curve offerings to clientele. The new digital initiative responds to the robust results of Sothebys online auction programme. In 2020 to date, Sothebys has conducted over 30 dedicated online auctions worldwide, achieving HK$380+ million ... More | | 
She and her husband sought to make glass sculpture that could stand alone without a pedestal. Courtesy of Heller Gallery, New York.
by Steven Kurutz
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Jaroslava Brychtova, an internationally acclaimed Czech artist who made large-scale glass sculptures with her husband and collaborator, Stanislav Libensky, pioneering new ways to work with glass, form and light, died April 8 in Jablonec nad Nisou, a town in the Czech Republic. She was 95. Her death, from what was thought to be heart failure, was confirmed by Katya Heller, whose Heller Gallery in Manhattan represents the couple. From the late 1950s until 2002, when Libensky died, Brychtova and her husband created an ambitious body of work that could be likened more to painting, sculpture and architecture than to something that rests on a tabletop. Some works topped 13 tons and towered 14 feet. Many featured negative ... More | | 
Cornelius Johnson, Thomas, 1st Baron Coventry. Estimate £30,000-50,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Following the recent success of the dedicated online sale of works from the collection of Old Masters dealer Rafael Valls, which more than tripled the high estimate to realise £1.6 million / $2 million, Sothebys will once again offer excellent examples from many of the major schools of Western European art in its mid-season sale of Old Master Paintings, open for bidding online 29 April 7 May. Led by a magnificent group of 17th-century portraits of famous Englishmen from the celebrated Clarendon Collection, the sale also features exceptional still lifes, city views and landscapes, as well as over 70 portrait miniatures from the esteemed collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl- Ströher. Since launching in 2017 Sothebys online sales have gone from strength to strength, and in the wake of widespread lockdowns due to the onset of Covid-19, have proven to be an increasingly valuable platform for both ... More |
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| | Bruce Davidson's East 100th Street highlights Bonhams Photographs Online Sale | | New Library of Congress app opens the "treasure chest' to mobile users | | Christie's to offer English & European 18th & 19th century furniture, ceramics, silver & works of art | 
Walker Evans, 1903-1975, Self Portrait, 5 rue de la Santé, Paris, 1926. Gelatin silver print, dated and notation '2' in pencil on the verso. 4 1/8 x 3 in, 10.3 x 7.6 cm. Sheet 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 in, 12.1 x 8.9 cm. Estimate: US$15,000 - 25,000. Photo: Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY.- The veteran American photographer, Bruce Davidson, has been a leading member of the famous Magnum Photos agency for more than 60 years. An acclaimed photojournalist, he is best known for his clear-eyed, but sympathetic, portrayals of communities on the margins, as in his great 1970 work, East 100th Street. A large selection of prints from the series, once owned by the legendary Magnum photo editor, Jimmy Fox, leads the Photographs Online Sale in New York, 28 April 12 May. This set has an estimate of $40,000-60,000. Bonhams Head of Photographs Laura Paterson said, East 100th Street, perhaps Davidson's most influential body of work, took two years to complete and shows life in what was then a particularly poverty-stricken part of East Harlem. Reflecting on the project, Davidson himself ... More | | 
Users can currently find the app for iPhone and iPad at the Librarys website or the iTunes store. An Android version of the app is slated for release later in 2020.
WASHINGTON, DC.- To celebrate the 220th anniversary of its founding, the Library of Congress today announced the release of the LOC Collections app, the premiere mobile app that puts the national librarys digital collections in the hands of users everywhere. In addition to providing an easy, accessible way to search and explore the Librarys growing digital collections, LOC Collections allows users to curate personal galleries of items in the Librarys collections for their own reference and for sharing with others. Items currently featured on the app include audio recordings, books, videos, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, notated music, periodicals, photos, prints, and drawings. The Library of Congress collection can now fit in your pocket, said Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. The Library started 220 years ago with 740 books and 3 maps. Today, that collection has grown to make us the largest library in the world and ... More | | 
A fine Italian steel, silver and gold damascend table casket by Antonio Cortelazzo, Vicenza, dated 1870. Estimate: $10,000-15,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies online auction The Collector will present a highly curated sale of approximately 300 lots of the finest examples of 18th and 19th century English and European furniture, porcelain, silver and works of art. The sale is now open for browsing and bidding takes place online 28 April through 7 May. With the majority of works sourced from private collections, the standout series features a selection of Grand Tour architectural models, micromosaics and sculpture; porcelain from Worcester, Meissen and Jacob Petit; silver from iconic makers Paul Storr, Buccellati, Puiforcat and Jensen; French Japonisme and Chinese and Chinese Export works of art and Persian, Chinese and Indian carpets. This season Christies partnered with interior designer Alex Papachristidis who has brought his sophisticated and eclectic vision to styling editorial images for the sale ... More |
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| | Michael Diaz-Griffith named Executive Director of Sir John Soane's Museum Foundation | | Sotheby's offers a Cartier Art Deco masterpiece in a dedicated online auction | | Marina Abramovic just wants conspiracy theorists to let her be | 
Michael Diaz-Griffith, is a member of the Society of Architectural Historians, the Decorative Arts Trust, and the Royal Oak Foundation, and he sits on the Steering Committee of the Winter Show. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from College of the Atlantic and a Master of Arts degree from Kings College London.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sir John Soanes Museum Foundation, the New York-based foundation that supports Sir John Soanes Museum in London, announced that Michael Diaz-Griffith has been selected as the Foundations new Executive Director. Previously, Diaz-Griffith was Associate Executive Director of The Winter Show (formerly the Winter Antiques Show) and a consultant for arts and non-profit organizations. In February, he was named to House Beautifuls list of 2020 Visionaries for his advocacy of historic art, material culture and preservation. Diaz Griffith is a member of the Society of Architectural Historians, the Decorative Arts Trust, and the Royal Oak Foundation, and he sits on the Steering Committee of the Winter Show. ... More | | 
Gem-Set, Diamond and Enamel 'Tutti Frutti' Bracelet, Cartier, estimate $600-800,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys announced that thee will offer one of Cartiers most iconic designs, a Gem-Set, Diamond and Enamel 'Tutti Frutti' Bracelet, in a dedicated online auction open for bidding on sothebys.com from 24 28 April 2020. This sensational jewel will be offered with an estimate of $600/800,000. Created almost a century ago, tutti frutti pieces by Cartier are joyous celebrations of texture, form and color that are coveted today as icons of the Art Deco era. The artful arrangement of carved colored stones and diamonds, together with the precise application of black enamel, uniquely illustrate the marriage between Eastern and Western influences on Art Deco jewelry design. Catharine Becket, Sothebys Head of Magnificent Jewels in New York, commented: In recent weeks, collectors worldwide have participated enthusiastically in our online jewelry sales, and we look forward to presenting a piece of jewelry history i ... More | | 
Marina Abramovic at the Museum of Contemporary Art, where a major retrospective of her work opened, in Belgrade, Serbia, Sept. 20, 2019. Marko Risovic/The New York Times.
by Alex Marshall
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- On April 10, Microsoft uploaded a film to its YouTube account about Marina Abramovic, the Serbian performance artist known for pushing her body to the limit. Abramovics work can be violent, sometimes bloody, but the Microsoft video was more innocuous: It was focused on The Life, in which museumgoers wear special headsets so that Abramovic seems to appear before them. The video was essentially some PR fluff for the tech companys role in the artwork, which is scheduled to be auctioned by Christies in October. But in one corner of the internet, it was seen as something else entirely: evidence of a Satanist conspiracy. Soon after the film appeared, it was being discussed in those terms on Reddit and other ... More |
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| | Fine autographs and artifacts featuring Civil War to be auctioned | | London Art Week launches new digital platform for summer 2020 | | Virginia Savage McAlester, 'Queen of Dallas Preservation,' dies at 76 | 
Karl Marx publishes his French translation of Das Kapital in 1872 (Estimate: $60,000+).
BOSTON, MASS.- With over 1,000 lots up for bidding, RR Auction's May Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale is the biggest thus far in 2020, with online bidding through May 13. Highlights include a book boldly signed by Mao Tse-Toung; Oeuvres Choisies de Mao Tse-Toung. Tome IV [Selected Works by Mao Tse-Toung. Volume IV]. First French edition. Beijing: Editions en Langues Etrangeres, 1962. Brown leatherette hardcover with original slipcase. Prominently signed on an opening page in black ink Mao Zedong, brush-written in 1965 shortly before the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, with an extremely rare calligraphic inscription to foreign diplomat Charles Meyer. (Estimate: $300,000+) A rare handwritten letter by Sun Yat-sen, founding father and first president of the Republic of China (1866-1925). The three-page handwritten letter in English, signed "Y-S Sen," The Republic of China, President's Office letterhead, November 29, 1921. Letter to the jou ... More | | 
A reliquary bust of one of the 11,000 Virgins. Germany, Cologne, c. 1350. Courtesy Sam Fogg.
LONDON.- London Art Week is launching a new online platform for Summer 2020. LAW Digital will take place from 3 10 July 2020, with a Private View on Thursday 2 July. The format enables London Art Week to retain its unique community of international art dealers, auction houses, museums and sponsors, all working together in the creation of a special event online. LAW Digital has been created to augment the experience of London Art Weeks in-gallery exhibitions, talks and shared scholarly values; real-life shows will take place if possible. A unique collection of enticing London Art Week virtual viewing rooms will be curated according to category of art and present works from all participants side by side. These mixed exhibitions will allow clients the chance to come across works from a wide variety of dealers as well as auction houses; presented together for the first time, the virtual presentations will create a new experience in the viewing of pre-contemporary ... More | | 
Virginia Savage McAlester sits in her living room in Dallas, Dec. 18, 2013. Laure Joliet/The New York Times.
by Penelope Green
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Virginia Savage McAlester, an architectural historian, author and preservationist who was widely known as the Queen of Dallas Preservation, died April 9 in Dallas. She was 76. The cause was complications of a stem cell transplant in 2013 to treat her myelofibrosis, a chronic form of leukemia, her partner, Steve Clicque, said. Born and raised in Dallas, McAlester was an early organizer of efforts to landmark her citys historic neighborhoods. Her delicate looks and soft voice belied the fact that she was a formidable opponent and a powerful activist in a town where demolition and development are still a religion. It looked like an episode of This Old House crossed with Cops with a little civil disobedience thrown in, is how a local TV station described McAlesters protests in 2004 to save a ... More |
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Impressive Street Art by Stik, Banksy, Haring, Shepard Fairey, D*Face
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 Galleries and art organisations across Scotland throw open their digital doors EDINBURGH.- Visual art organisations and artists across Scotland showcase a wealth of cultural experiences on a range of platforms - journey across the nation through a wide range of projects you can experience now. From an exhibition of works that will never be seen together and a performance of the Atlakim Dance of the Forest Spirits ceremony, to a nation wide photography project and an exhibition of beautiful weavings behind closed doors in the rural South West - Scotlands art scene is brimming with digital activity and visual art interactions in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Theres online films to watch, things to read, discussions and events to take part in and for those looking for artistic inspiration everything from a downloadable colouring book, weaving workshops to an online cyborg parade. You can even visit a sculpture park ... More The Florida Aquarium makes history - coral reproduces in human careTAMPA, FLA.- Scientists at The Florida Aquarium have again made history, this time becoming the first in the world to reproduce ridged cactus coral or Mycetophyllia lamarckiana in human care. The breakthrough happened over several nights earlier this month at The Florida Aquariums Center for Conservation which is located at the Florida Conservation Technology Center in Apollo Beach. The work is part of a collaboration effort to save the Florida Reef Tract from extinction with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service. Our resolve to save Floridas endangered coral reefs continues, and this historic breakthrough by our coral experts, our second in 8 months, provides additional hope for the future of all coral reefs in our backyard ... More Chinese writer faces backlash for 'Wuhan Diary'BEIJING (AFP).- After Wuhan was sealed off from the world, acclaimed Chinese writer Fang Fang started an online diary about the coronavirus tragedy unfolding in her hometown. Her journal drew tens of millions of readers -- but now that it is about to be published abroad in several languages, she is facing a nationalist backlash at home. Critics say the 64-year-old, who was awarded China's most prestigious literary prize in 2010, is providing fodder to countries that have slammed Beijing's handling of the pandemic. Fang began to document life in Wuhan, the city of 11 million where COVID-19 first emerged in December, after it was placed under an unprecedented lockdown on January 23. As authorities desperately scrambled to stop the disease from spreading across the country, she wrote about the fears, anger and hope of the industrial ... More Cheryl A. Wall, 71, dies; Champion of Black literary womenNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Cheryl A. Wall, an author and longtime Rutgers University professor who helped elevate Zora Neale Hurston and other black women into English literature curriculums, died April 4 at her home in Highland Park, New Jersey. She was 71. The cause was complications of an asthma attack, her daughter, Camara Epps, said. In a teaching career of nearly five decades, Wall championed racial diversity both in the curriculum and the classroom. She encouraged more black students to major in English and pursue postgraduate degrees. And she widened the scope of literary scholarship to include black novelists, poets and nonfiction authors as well as essayists, whom she considered central to the black literary tradition. From its earliest iteration, the African American essay endorsed the democratic ideals the nation ... More In the Netherlands, the dance festivals have gone darkAMSTELVEEN (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- It would have been a routine gig, playing electronic dance music in a sports stadium filled with 40,000 fans at a festival in Chengdu, China, last weekend. Martin Garrix, described as the worlds No. 2 DJ, performs at around 150 such events a year. But now, because of the coronavirus, electronic dance music parties and festivals across the world are over, even in Garrixs home country, the Netherlands, where they are an important export product, an $8 billion industry employing around 100,000 people, according to Event Makers, an industry group. As of Tuesday, all shows and festivals have been canceled until at least Sept. 1. Such is the prominence of the business in the Netherlands that the cancellation was announced by the prime minister, Mark Rutte, in a news conference. Dutch DJs, who normally roam ... More Record prices for vintage comic books in Bruneau & Co.'s April 4th auctionCRANSTON, RI.- Record prices were shattered in an online-only Spring Comic Book & Toy Auction held April 4th by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, based in Cranston, along with Altered Reality Entertainment and Travis Landry, Bruneau & Co.s Director of Pop Culture. Three copies of the comic book Tales to Astonish all brought record prices, for a combined $9,500. The top lot of the auction was a copy of Tales of Suspense #39 (Marvel Comics, March 1963), graded CGC 4.5 out of 10 for condition and featuring the origin and first appearance of Iron Man. The comic book had cream and off-white pages and came housed in a 12 ¾ inch by 8 inch CGC case. It went to a determined bidder for $9,250 a record falling just shy of five figures. The record-setting copies of Marvel Comics Tales to Astonish included Tales to Astonish #27 (Jan. 1962), featuring ... More Christie's Geneva announces a unique private collection of 101 Cartier Mystery Clocks GENEVA.- Christies Geneva will be presenting a unique private collection of 101 Cartier Mystery Clocks spanning more than 80 years of clockmaking at Cartier. This collection was created over a period of 30 years, with every clock receiving their rightful place in this once in a lifetime collection. The pre-sale estimate for the entire collection is CHF 3.9 million to CHF 5.7 million, with individual estimates starting at CHF 8,000. The auction will take place on 1 July at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues. At the beginning of the 20th century, the relationship between Louis Cartier and master clockmaker Maurice Coüet helped to cement Cartiers reputation as the leading manufacturer of jewelled objects. Coüet was inspired by the magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin considered by many as the father of modern conjuring and incorporated the ... More Eye of the Collector launches curated 'Eye Viewing Room'LONDON.- Eye of the Collector will be launching an online viewing room to coincide with the date of the inaugural edition which was due to open at Two Temple Place, London. The fair is now scheduled to take place from 8-11 September. Accessible from 12 - 31 May, the online viewing room at eyeofthecollector.com will reflect the fair's ethos as a celebration of connoisseurship, presenting select works of art and design carefully chosen in collaboration with participating galleries including; Thomas Gibson Fine Art, Kallos Gallery, Michael Hoppen Gallery, Dickinson, Gallery FUMI, Tornabuoni Art and Marlborough Gallery. Works will be presented in a format that juxtaposes contemporary, modern and ancient to create new dialogues, suggest new collecting pathways and that embodies the spirit of Eye ... More Morse Museum announces Dr. Regina Palm to fill new Curator of American Painting positionWINTER PARK, FLA.- The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art has appointed Dr. Regina Palm to fill the new role of Curator of American Painting. The Morse Museum, world-renowned for its collection of works by Louis Comfort Tiffany, created the post to further its mission to advance knowledge and appreciation of the Museums collection. Dr. Palm was chosen after a nationwide search and her appointment is effective immediately, working from home electronically. Dr. Palm comes to the Morse Museum in Winter Park, Florida, from San Diego, California, where she had been the Associate Curator of American Art at the San Diego Museum of Art. Formerly, Dr. Palm held curatorial positions at the Kimbell Art Museum, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, and Cincinnati Art Museum. Dr. Palm earned her PhD in art history from the University ... More Virus-hit Marianne Faithfull discharged from hospitalLONDON (AFP).- British singer Marianne Faithfull was on Wednesday discharged from hospital, more than three weeks after being admitted with symptoms of coronavirus, according to her official Twitter account. It said that staff at the state-run National Health Service (NHS) hospital had "without doubt, saved her life". "We are really happy to say that Marianne has been discharged from hospital today, 22 days after being admitted suffering from the symptoms of Covid-19," it said. "She will continue to recuperate in London. "Marianne thanks you all for your kind messages of concern which have meant a great deal through what is a such a difficult time for so many. "She is also very grateful to all the NHS staff who cared for her at the hospital and, without doubt, saved her life." Faithfull, 73, was one of the icons of the 1960s and was catapulted ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American model and photographer Lee Miller was born April 23, 1907. Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, Lady Penrose (April 23, 1907 - July 21, 1977), was an American photographer. She was a fashion model in New York City in the 1920s before going to Paris, where she became a fashion and fine art photographer. In this image: Lee Miller, Pablo Picasso and Lee Miller after the liberation of Paris, Rue de Grand Augustins, Paris, France, 1944. Photographer: Lee Miller. Negative Number: NC0002-1. Notes: DF VB>BW © Lee Miller Archives, England 2015. All rights reserved. ©Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2015.
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