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A 700-year-old standing statue of the Buddha, that was returned to Nepal from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, is pictured in its delivery crate at the Department of Archaeology in Kathmandu on April 4, 2018. A pair of rare idols stolen from Nepal three decades ago were returned to the country April 4 by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The two statues -- one of the Buddha and the other of the Hindu god Shiva and his wife Parvati -- were stolen from Nepal in the 1980s when rampant looting saw many important artifacts whisked out of the country and into the hand of private collectors. Gopen RAI / AFP.
KATHMANDU (AFP).- A pair of rare idols stolen from Nepal three decades ago were returned to the country Wednesday by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The two statues -- one of Buddha and the other of the Hindu god Shiva and his wife Parvati -- were stolen in the 1980s when rampant looting saw many important artifacts whisked out of Nepal and into the hands of private collectors. "The government was unaware of the whereabouts of the statues until historian Lain Singh Bangdel mentioned (in a book) that the statues were on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York," Shyam Sundar Rajbanshi of Nepal's Department of Archaeology told AFP. The 11th-century Shiva statue, known as the Uma Maheshwor idol, was given to the Met in 1983 while the Buddha -- estimated to be around 700 years old -- was donated by a private collector in 2015. The two statues were removed from display after the Met learned they were stolen, local media reported. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day View of the general atmosphere at "Love, Liza: The Exhibit Spanning Liza Minnelli's Entire Career" at the Paley Center for Media on April 3, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. VALERIE MACON / AFP
| Häusler Contemporary Zürich opens exhibition of works by Jürgen Partenheimer | | Skeleton of a new species of carnivorous dinosaur to be sold by Auguttes auction house | | Pace Gallery opens an exhibition of new works by David Hockney | 
Juergen Partenheimer, 100/32 Giuseppe Ungaretti Carme. (Flüchtige Federn) (Nr. 7) 2017. Oil on canvas, 50 x 45 cm / 19 5/8 x 17 3/4 inches.
ZURICH.- Häusler Contemporary Zürich presents exclusive insight into Jürgen Partenheimers ongoing project «One Hundred Poets». It is based on the artists personal selection of 100 poems, visualized in his unique imagery. He thus points to the equal relevance of different artistic genres in his oeuvre while simultaneously paying tribute to his favorite poets. Jürgen Partenheimer (*1947, Munich) is known for his contentual interpretation of abstraction, which he calls »metaphysical realism«. It finds its expression in a complex oeuvre of drawing, painting, sculpture and installation. Furthermore, collectors and admirers of his work are familiar with his affinity to poetry and literature and also with the artists own writings. In our exhibition, Partenheimer now again provides insight into the development of his work series «One Hundred Poets» that he first presented at our Munich gallery in 2016. The drawings and ... More | | 
Kimmeridgian, Late Jurassic (157152 million years ago) Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA
Length: 8.70 metres end-to-end, approx. 9 metres laid flat Height: 2.60 metres.
NEUILLY SUR SEINE .- The sale of a skeleton of a newly discovered species of carnivorous dinosaur to be sold by Auguttes auction house in Paris this June offers the opportunity to name a dinosaur after yourself. This single lot Aguttes sale in France on June 4th is unusual for a number of reasons: this is a unique, recently discovered skeleton of an unknown theropod and is the first auction of such a specimen destined for scientific study. Eric Genest of Auguttes says: My estimate for this dinosaur is 1.2m to 1.8m. But this is only an estimate. The price for such a rare item can climb very fast because this is a still unknown dinosaur to which the buyer can give his name. The nine metre long skeleton still has 70 % of the original bone conserved. It was discovered in the course of excavations a carried out in 2013 at a site on ... More | | 
David Hockney, Walk Around Hotel Acatlan, 2017 (detail). Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 72 (hexagonal). No. 17A21 © David Hockney. Photo: Richard Schmidt.
NEW YORK, NY.- Pace Gallery presents an exhibition of new works by David Hockney. Following the artists celebrated traveling retrospective at Tate Britain, the Centre Pompidou, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Paces exhibition Something New in Painting (and Photography) [and even Printing] will be on view from April 5 to May 12, 2018 at 508/510 West 25th Street, with a public opening held on Thursday April 5 from 6:00 8:00 PM. Pace will publish a catalogue to accompany the exhibition that includes an essay by art historian and Hockney scholar Lawrence Weschler. The exhibition includes 18 new paintings, the majority of which are painted on hexagonal canvases. The works depict a wide range of subjects from the deck of the artists Hollywood Hills home to Nichols Canyon all the way to the Grand Canyon and East Yorkshire with fantasy landscapes along the way. The varying subject matter, ... More |
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| Hauser & Wirth London exhibits works by Matthew Day Jackson | | American paintings, furniture & decorative arts to be offered at Doyle on April 18 | | Replica of bedroom in "2001: a Space Odyssey" on display in Washington | 
Matthew Day Jackson, Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase, 2017. Formica, silkscreen, lead on panel, stainless steel frame, 125.7 x 103.5 x 5 cm. Photo: Matthew Kroening. © Matthew Day Jackson. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth.
LONDON.- Hauser & Wirth London is presenting Matthew Day Jacksons exhibition, Still Life and the Reclining Nude. The artists interdisciplinary practice explores a myriad of aspects of human experience and draws from sources that reveal both our intrinsic inventiveness and its counter-point, our ongoing capacity for destruction. The exhibition features an entirely new series of still life paintings and bronze sculpture. As Jackson explains, I am interested in exploring how certain ideas, forms, images, narrative structures and traditions are manifest in the present. The process by which they are severed and dismembered from the past is how they are enlivened. Utilising the conventions of still life and the reclining nude figure in combination with a precise use of material and form, Jackson critiques these traditions, their cultural placement and his own authorship in relationship to these ways of workin ... More | | 
Mary Elizabeth Price (1877-1965), Flower Border I and Flower Border II, Signed and inscribed, Oil with gold, silver and copper leaf on board, 50 x 19 1/2 inches. Est. $60,000-100,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- On Wednesday, April 18 at 10am, Doyle will hold an auction of American Paintings, Furniture & Decorative Arts. The sale showcases 18th and 19th century American furniture and decorative arts, including silver, ceramics, mirrors, folk art, Chinese Export porcelain and rugs. This auction category is Doyles premier venue for 19th and early 20th century American paintings, with the current sale showcasing over 90 examples. Included are Hudson River School landscapes, Western and Regional art, still lifes, portraits, nautical scenes and Folk paintings. The daughter of a Quaker family with roots in the Shenandoah Valley, Mary Elizabeth Price (1877-1965) is best known for her highly decorative paintings of floral panels, often with metal leaf backgrounds. For much of her adult life, Price lived in a cottage on the banks of the Delaware River and was an active member of the vibrant artists community in Bucks County that also included Dan ... More | | 
The Barmecide Feast is a fully realized, full-scale reflection of the iconic, neo-classical hotel room from the penultimate scene of Stanley Kubricks and Arthur C. Clarkes landmark film, 2001: A Space Odyssey. This immersive art installation will be on view at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the film.
WASHINGTON (AFP).- Film buffs can now visit a replica of the bedroom depicted in the penultimate scene of "2001: A Space Odyssey" on the 50th anniversary of its release. It has been set up in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington. In the neo-classical bedroom, the spaceman Dr. David Bowman sees and then becomes older versions of himself, ending up as an old man in bed and then, as he reaches for a black monolith, a fetus. The exhibit will be open to the public April 8May 28 and serve as the centerpiece of the museums celebration of the films 50th anniversary. The installation is called "The Barmecide Feast." One thing that stands out is the bright lighting, just like in the film. That way viewers can "appreciate the physical environment around the artifacts" in the exhibit such as the bed, chairs, paintings ... More |
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| Mahatma Gandhi: An Immigrant - new exhibition opens at Melbourne's Immigration Museum | | Hirshhorn presents Tony Lewis' comic strip-based "Anthology 2014-2016" collages together for the first time | | Chase Langford solo show opens at Foster/White Gallery Seattle | 
The exhibition is curated from more than 1,000 photographs, plus rarely seen archival footage, inspiring voice recordings of speeches and other objects on loan from the Mahatma Gandhi Digital Museum in Hyderabad, India.
MELBOURNE.- Gandhi's years as a migrant in South Africa and the methods of non-violent resistance he developed during this time will be the focus of a digital exhibition opening at Melbourne's Immigration Museum on Thursday 5 April. Mahatma Gandhi: An Immigrant explores key events that served as turning points in Gandhis life, and subsequently awakened him to the fight against social injustice. Behind this fight is a complex man whose time in South Africa was a period of particular personal transformation. The discrimination he faced led to learnings that influenced both Gandhi as a person, and India more broadly. The exhibition is curated from more than 1,000 photographs, plus rarely seen archival footage, inspiring voice recordings of speeches and other objects on ... More | | 
Tony Lewis, Maybe, 2015. Pencil, graphite powder, and correction fluid on paper and transparency. 11 x 8.5 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
WASHINGTON, DC.- This spring, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is presenting Tony Lewis: Anthology 20142016, an installation of original collage-poems by the Chicago-based artist, on view March 6May 28. Comprising 34 black-and-white collages, each constructing a new narrative using material sourced from Calvin and Hobbes cartoons, Anthology 2014Â2016 marks the artists first showing in Washington, D.C., and the first time the series is being exhibited in its entirety. Lewis has quickly established himself in the contemporary art world by forming a distinct visual vocabulary that integrates poetry and text with the properties of abstraction. He primarily creates monochromatic drawings that pull from various visual and linguistic sources, ranging from the personal to the political. Separating, rearranging and erasing text, he ... More | | 
Chase Langford in his Los Angles studio, March 2018.
SEATTLE, WA.- As a cartographer, Chase Langford knows the rules of spatial science. As an artist, he knows how to exquisitely break them. From southern California to the Pacific Northwest, Langfords latest body of work delivers an idiosyncratic survey of places re-imagined. Abstract forms and rich textures merge in otherworldly portrayals of real geographic forms, rendering landscapes at once familiar and elusive. Reminiscent of sedimentary cross-sections, Langfords canvases are confidently tactile. Generous paint application paired with a bold, earthy palette evoke the rich strata of the Earths crust while speaking to the incipient creative act of the artist. In Calcadia, Langford brings focus to the physical landscape of the American West Coast just as so much of it is changing. In doing so, he asks us to see that landscape not only for the wonder it is, but for what it has been and what it might be years, centuries, eons from now. Chase Langfords artistic ... More |
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| Exhibition at S.M.A.K. provides an insight into Teresa Burga's conceptual work from the 1970s | | Rare furniture, studio glass among highlights at Heritage Auctions April 16 Design Auction | | Exhibition celebrates the screen history of Lewis Carroll's timeless stories | 
Teresa Burga, Ilusión óptica, undated (Gallery archive no.:TBu-ed-068) From the series: Serie Op Art. Pen and felt pen on paper, 21 x 29,9 cm. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin.
GHENT.- Teresa Burga (1935, Iquitos, Peru) commenced her activities in 1960s Peru as a pop artist and later turned to conceptual art. In this given context, she seemed to be doomed to remain invisible or to quickly fade into oblivion: she was an artist, a woman and Peruvian under a military regime, and a rebel in a traditional patriarchal system. In addition, her work did not have the figurative, folkloric character that was expected, but was conceptual, immaterial and leaned more towards academic research than free artistic imagination. In 1966-67, Teresa Burga was a member of Arte Nuevo (New Art), a group of artists that radically redrew the artistic map of Peru. Following two years at the Art Institute of Chicago with a Fulbright Scholarship (1968-70), she returned to Peru, ... More | | 
Paul Evans' 1967 Unique Cabinet (est. $50,000-75,000).
DALLAS, TX.- Exceptional furniture and objects by renowned international artists and designers, including rare and important studio glass sculptures by such masters as Dale Chihuly and William Morris are expected to be among the most heavily pursued lots in Heritage Auctions' Design Auction April 16. Among the contenders for top-lot honors is Paul Evans' 1967 Unique Cabinet (est. $50,000-75,000). This welded, gilt and enameled steel cabinet, with wood and electrical lighting, is being offered by the original owner. Dale Chihuly's 2005 Chandelier (est. $30,000-40,000) is a spectacular marriage of steel and studio glass that measures 25 inches high and 41 inches through the diameter, and is attached to a spiraled armature with two LED lights. The auction also includes an extraordinary collection of rare studio furniture ... More | | 
Alice, 1988. Directed by Jan vankmajer.
MELBOURNE.- In 2018 ACMI invites you to venture down the rabbit hole into an enchanted world, where expectations are upended and curiosity is rewarded. A world premiere as part of the Victorian Governments Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series, ACMIs newest creation, WONDERLAND, will celebrate the screen history of Lewis Carrolls timeless stories Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There in an entirely original experiential exhibition. The enduring fascination with Carrolls stories and characters uniquely traces the evolution of filmmaking, providing the perfect subject matter for Australias national film museum, ACMI, to illustrate our ongoing fascination with new visual technologies over more than a century. From the earliest optical toys to silent film, animation, puppetry, liveaction cinema, videogames, CGI, 3D and beyond, WONDERLAND explores ho ... More |
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 ArtFields competition & exhibition celebrates sixth edition in South CarolinaLAKE CITY, SC.- The sixth annual ArtFields competition and exhibition, sponsored by the Lake City Creative Alliance (LCCA), will return to Lake City, S.C. April 20-28, 2018, where it will showcase the works of more than 400 Southeastern artists, who are competing for prizes totaling $120,000, including a grand prize of $50,000, which will be awarded on the final day of the event. During the art celebrations nine days, the town transforms into one of the most gallery-dense spaces per capita in the nation as works are exhibited in 40 venues across the downtown area including renovated warehouses, a Smithsonian-qualified art gallery and upscale restaurants and boutiques in a mutual celebration of art and community. For the sixth edition, the esteemed judges, comprised of acclaimed visual arts professionals, received an astounding number of submissions ... More Acclaimed photographer Deana Lawson shows never-before-seen works in new exhibitionPITTSBURGH, PA.- Carnegie Museum of Art presents Deana Lawson, a new exhibition of never-before-shown photographs by Lawson (b. 1979). The Brooklyn-based artists growing body of work addresses critical issues surrounding representations of African Americans and the African diaspora. The exhibition is the 80th edition of CMOAs dynamic Forum series, uninterrupted since 1990, bringing the work of extraordinary artists to Pittsburgh. Few photographers working today unpack complexities of race and identity like Deana Lawson. Her strikingly-arranged portraits are packed with details that invite contemplation and close inspection. Lawson depicts people and interiors she encounters in her daily routines and travels, from her own neighborhood in Brooklyn to Soweto, South Africa, and beyond. She also appropriates photographs from other sources ... More Asya Geisberg Gallery opens fourth solo exhibition of Angelina GualdoniNEW YORK, NY.- Asya Geisberg Gallery presents Casa della Nuova Strega, the fourth solo exhibition of Angelina Gualdoni. An artist whose work vacillates between poured inchoate spaces and articulated objects, Gualdoni draws connections between textile dyeing, staining and mid-century color field painting, and continues to plow the fertile ground of still-life and interiors. By applying painted patterns by avante-garde female artists from the early twentieth century to the alternate side of the canvas, Gualdoni conjures ghostly afterimages as background, adding yet another layer to the lack of strict boundaries of time and space. These artists embody multi-disciplinary practices in theater, costume, and fashion along with traditionally fine-art pursuits and have become role models for a peripatetic and utterly contemporary multi-tasking life. From well-known ... More New international art fair to launch in Taipei January 2019 under direction of Magnus RenfrewTAIPEI.- A new international art fair, Taipei Dangdai will open in Taipei in January 2019. The inaugural edition of the fair will bring together 80 exhibitors from Asia as well as strong selection of leading galleries from outside the region that have shown a continued commitment to showcasing their programs on the continent. Overseen by Magnus Renfrew, Taipei Dangdai will be a world-class art event, providing exhibitors the opportunity to broaden their collector base and giving international exposure to a growing number of artists and galleries from across Asia. The inaugural edition of Taipei Dangdai will be held at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, and is presented by UBS. The name of the fair captures this spirit, as dangdai in Mandarin means "the present moment." Held annually, Taipei Dangdai will constitute an accurate and immediate survey of what is occurring ... More Palais de Tokyo opens exhibition of works by Kader Attia and Jean-Jacques LebelPARIS.- LUn et lAutre [One and the Other] is not an exhibition but a research laboratory. It is the result of an exchange of our perspectives, of a partnership underpinned by our deep friendship. We present here a selection of our work linked to the major questions of our civilization, which are approached principally through two installations. The first addresses the fabrication in and by the dominant media of the absolute Other, a violent and warlike entity that never fails to inspire fear: the Satan, the Savage, the Terrorist. The second concerns the persistence throughout history of humiliation, rape and torture in imperialist war crimes. As a counterpoint to these installations, we present some of the enigmatic and polysemic objects that we have collected over the years, objects charged with spirits that are invisible to the naked eye, which speak to us all, which transmit ... More De Pont Museum exhibits works by 2017 Hasselblad Award winner Rineke DijkstraTILBURG.- In October 2017 the Hasselblad Award, one of the most prestigious international prizes for photography, was granted to a Dutch photographer for the first time: Rineke Dijkstra (Sittard, 1959). De Pont is therefore showing the work of Dijkstra in a major retrospective. The international jury commended Dijkstra as "...one of the most significant contemporary artists working in photographic portraiture. Her large-scale photographs focus on the thematics of identity, typically capturing her subjects at moments of transition or vulnerability. Working in series, Rineke Dijkstras images recall the visual acuity of seventeenth-century Dutch portraiture, offering intimate portrayals of her sitters whilst also suggesting the situated aspects of their being. Rineke Dijkstras investigations in portraiture also include video. Her fixed-camera video studies yield ... More Daylight Books to publish 'Female' a book of photographs and interviews by Pilar VergaraNEW YORK, NY.- Chilean photojournalist Pilar Vergara captures the uniqueness and diversity of transgender women and their vital contributions to our world from a human rights perspective. Four years in the making, her photographs and accompanying interviews reveal women of all ages, races, backgrounds and interests in settings where they can feel comfortable -- in their homes with loved ones and outside in parks and other public spaces within their communities. While trans people are often sensationalized in the media, Vergara sets out to quietly show their individuality through intimate portraits taken in natural light and with a black-and-white approach that allows the viewer only to see what matters most: glimpses of who these women truly are. We meet computer engineers, a musician and composer, a hairdresser, an interior designer, an eye surgeon, students ... More Nationally touring exhibition, Spirited: Prohibition in America opens at the Lyman Allyn Art MuseumNEW LONDON, CONN.- During the era of Prohibition, Americans no longer could manufacture, sell, or transport intoxicating beverages from 1920 until 1933. Spirited: Prohibition in America, a new exhibition opening at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum explores this tumultuous time in American history, when flappers and suffragists, bootleggers and temperance lobbyists, and legends, such as Al Capone and Carry Nation, took sides in this battle against the bottle. The exhibition will be on view from April 5 through May 25, 2018. Organized by the National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA, in partnership with Mid-America Arts Alliance, Kansas City, MO, Spirited: Prohibition in America explores the era of Prohibition, when America went dry. Visitors will learn about the complex issues that led America to adopt Prohibition through the 18th Amendment to the Constitution ... More Phillips announces highlights from the April Design Auction in LondonLONDON.- Phillips will offer works by the most respected designers from the past century, including Alberto Giacometti, Diego Giacometti, François-Xavier Lalanne, Jean-Michel Frank, Gio Ponti and Wendell Castle, among others in its first Design auction of 2018. A group of works by Ettore Sottsass are included in the sale, as well as ceramics by Hans Coper and Lucie Rie. Comprised of 171 lots, Important Design will take place on 26 April at Phillips London. As part of a unique collaborative project between Phillips and ARTinD, eight leading international architects have designed a silk carpet, taking inspiration from the Golden Section. The eight unique carpets will be exhibited during the Important Design preview, and sold online between 19 29 April. A strong feature in the sale is a group of 16 works by Ettore Sottsass, who has lately garnered a great deal of attention, ... More China Guardian HK 2018 Spring Auctions results: 28.9% up from Spring 2017HONG KONG.- China Guardian Hong Kong 2018 Spring Auctions concluded on 3 April with remarkable results. Seven sales encompassing 4 categories over 2 days brought a total of HK$ 420 million / US$ 53.85 million, an impressive 28.9% increase from Spring 2017. Ms. Hu Yanyan, President of China Guardian (HK) Auctions Co., Ltd, says, The numerous art exhibitions, art fairs and auctions that take place in Hong Kong in March and April have brought to the city collectors and art lovers from around the world. After four days of previews and auctions, China Guardian Hong Kong Spring Auctions 2018 achieved a total of HK$ 420 million, exceeding expectations with a 28.9% increase comparing to Spring 2017. Our Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy sales went from strength to strength to achieve superb results and we are especially excited to see Asian 20th ... More PBS/BBC announce Civilizations: New series on worldly art, history & cultureNEW YORK, NY.- Civilizations is a gorgeously filmed epic that celebrates how important art, music, creativity, beauty and aesthetics are to the core of who we are as a species. Whether expressing spirituality, political power, or the beauty of nature or the human form; whether through sculpture, architecture, painting or music, art is the foundation of every civilization in every corner of the globe and continues to be central to who we are and how we relate to one another. It is inspired by Kenneth Clarks landmark 1969 series Civilisation. While that series focused exclusively on western civilization, the new nine-part series expands well beyond the limits of that construct, and examines the relationship between art and civilizations across the globe and how these two pillars have shaped each other. Joining the hosts on this journey are the some of the worlds leading ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, German painter Franz Pforr was born April 05, 1788. Franz Pforr (5 April 1788 - 16 June 1812) was a painter of the German Nazarene movement. Pforr did not live long enough to see his art acknowledged. He died of tuberculosis in Albano Laziale, Rome at age 24. In this image: Portrait by Johann Friedrich Overbeck, 1810.
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