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| | Jitish Kallats debut solo exhibition at Sperone Westwater opens in New York | |
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Titled Decimal Point, the exhibition delves into Âideas of time, sustenance, sleep, vision and perception along with a compelling interplay of scales and proximities, and evocations of the celestial and the cosmological; preoccupations that have recurred across his wide-ranging work. Photo by Robert Vinas, JR. Courtesy the artist and Sperone Westwater, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Following his critically acclaimed mid-career survey exhibition, at the National Gallery of Modern Art (New Delhi) and his one-person exhibition titled Covering Letter at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2017, Jitish Kallats debut solo exhibition at Sperone Westwater can be described as a culmination of several strands of inquiry developed over the last few years. Titled Decimal Point, the exhibition delves into Âideas of time, sustenance, sleep, vision and perception along with a compelling interplay of scales and proximities, and evocations of the celestial and the cosmological; preoccupations that have recurred across his wide-ranging work. At the center of the exhibition is a large suite of photographic works titled Sightings that appear like telescopic snapshots of distant galaxies or faraway supernova explosions in an early universe. It is only on closer viewing that one recognizes each lenticular photo as a do ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The reflection of visitors is seen as they look at clothing in the 'Visitors to Versailles (1682-1789) exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on April 20, 2018. Thomas URBAIN / AFP
| Christie's announces full details on the Collection of Joan and Preston Robert Tisch | | In New Guinea, human thigh bone daggers were hot property: study | | Two new paintings now on display at the National Gallery | 
Pablo Picasso, LAtelier, 1955. Estimate: $6-9 million. © Christies Images Limited 2018.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announced further details on The Collection of Joan and Preston Robert Tisch, which will be offered as a central highlight of the Impressionist and Modern Art and Post-War and Contemporary Art Sales taking place in New York this May. Encompassing over 40 objects in total, The Collection of Joan and Preston Robert Tisch is expected to realize more than $80 million. Collection proceeds will go to the Tisch family foundations to continue the couples lifelong philanthropic mission. Conor Jordan, Deputy Chairman, Impressionist and Modern Art, remarked: "Joan and Preston Robert Tisch were judicious collectors, who acquired superlative examples by many of the most pioneering artists of the 20th century. The group that they assembled epitomizes the aesthetic dynamism that came to define the art of the Modern era. It will be an honor to present this collection at auction this May." While studying English at the Univers ... More | | 
On Wednesday, an unusual study concluded that human thigh bone did not make for better dagger material, but was rather a symbol of prestige.
PARIS (AFP).- New Guinea warriors harvested thigh bones from their dead fathers to fashion into ornamental but deadly daggers used to kill and maim enemies, sometimes to eat them. But why use human bone when equally lethal daggers were made from the shin bones of large, flightless birds called cassowaries -- abundant, and easier to catch and kill? Experts have long hesitated between inherent bone ruggedness and symbolism as the reason for the proclivity. On Wednesday, an unusual study concluded that human thigh bone did not make for better dagger material, but was rather a symbol of prestige. This can be deduced from the fact that daggers made from human bone were designed differently to bird ones, said Nathaniel Dominy of Dartmouth College in the United States, who co-authored a paper published in the journal Royal Society Open Science. Dominy and a team compared the strength of cassowary shin ... More | | 
John Singer Sargent, RA (1856-1925), Wineglasses. Probably 1875. Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Gallery, 2018. Oil on canvas, 45 x 37.5 cm © The National Gallery, London.
LONDON.- Long overshadowed by his more famous father, Francisco, Juan de Zurbarán (1620-1649) is one of the greatest still-life painters of 17th-century Spain. His works are extremely rare: barely a dozen paintings survive, all of them still lifes. Having trained with his father in Seville, Juans career was cruelly cut short in 1649 by the plague that halved the city's population. He was just 29 years old. In this monumental canvas, gorgeous outsize lemons fill the basket and sprigs of red lilies, blue delphiniums, red carnations and a delicate lemon blossom lean out from among them. A goldfinch perches on the lip of a Chinese imported ceramic bowl filled with water. Previously unknown and unpublished, this work was recently discovered in a Spanish private collection by Sotheby's, who negotiated its sale to the National Gallery. Still Life ... More |
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| Exhibition makes the archaeological remains of mysterious culture accessible to the public | | Martin Scorsese wins Spain's top arts prize | | Iconic Magnum photographer Abbas dies | 
Clay figurine from Gonur Depe. Tomb 73, first half 2nd Jtd. v. Ceramics, lenders: State Museum of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat © Herlinde Koelbl.
BERLIN.- Margiana around 4,000 years ago, this historic landscape in eastern Turkmenistan was the cradle of a fascinating and sophisticated Bronze Age culture. Contemporary with the civilisations of Mesopotamia and Egypt, it has nevertheless remained relatively unknown in the West. Now for the first time outside Turkmenistan, a major exhibition at Berlin's Neues Museum makes the archaeological remains of this mysterious culture accessible to a wide public. The distinguished German photographer, Herlinde Koelbl, was asked to photograph the archaeological sites, landscapes, people and exhibits. The result is a fascinating symbiosis of unfamiliar archaeological remains and photo art from a largely unknown country. Turkmenistan is the southernmost state in Central Asia. The country borders on Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and ... More | | 
Martin Scorsese attends The New York University Tisch School Of The Arts 2018 Gala at Capitale on April 16, 2018 in New York City. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images/AFP.
MADRID (AFP).- Hollywood legend Martin Scorsese on Wednesday won Spain's top arts prize, the Princess of Asturias award, for a long and varied career that makes him "an indisputable figure in contemporary filmmaking". The 75-year-old "has directed more than 20 films that now form part of the history of cinema and continues to work unceasingly, masterfully combining innovation and classicism in his films," the prize jury said in a statement. With an Oscar for best director for "The Departed" and many other prizes, Scorsese had also "undertaken intense and wide-ranging work in recovering, restoring and disseminating historical film heritage throughout the world", it said. The acclaimed director of "Taxi Driver," "Goodfellas" and "Casino" is co-founder of The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organisation which has ... More | | 
In this file photo Magnum photographer Abbas answers journalists' questions in front of some of his pictures. Eric Feferberg / AFP.
PARIS.- The legendary Iranian-born photographer Abbas, who covered wars and revolutions across the world during a glittering career behind the lens, died Wednesday in Paris, his Magnum photo agency said. Abbas, who was 74, joined Magnum in 1981 and covered conflicts and unrest in Bangladesh, Vietnam, the Middle East, Iran, Chile and Cuba as well as documenting South Africa under apartheid. "He was a godfather for an entire generation of young photographers," Magnum president Thomas Dworzak said. "An Iranian transplanted to Paris, he was a citizen of the world who documented without rest wars, disasters, revolutions and uprisings." Abbas was "a great gentleman and one of the best photographers I have ever met," Jean-Francois Leroy, director of the 'Visa pour l'image' photography festival in Perpignan, southern France, wrote on Twitter. ... More |
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| The Andy Warhol Museum appoints Demetrios T. Patrinos as new board chair | | The San Francisco Conservatory of Music announces $46.4 million gift for new building | | 'Terracotta Army: Legacy of the First Emperor of China' on view for first time in Cincinnati | 
Demetrios T. Patrinos. Photo by Abby Warhola.
PITTSBURGH, PA.- Demetrios T. Patrinos has been named the new board chair at The Andy Warhol Museum. He will work with the board to raise funds to support the museums programming and to provide strategic guidance. Patrinos is a trustee of Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and a member of its Executive Committee. He also currently serves on the boards of The Pittsburgh Opera and The Pittsburgh Glass Center. Previously, he served on the Individual Gifts Committee for Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh as well as the Building Committee for The Pittsburgh Opera. I am very honored and humbled to be selected to be associated with such a great organization and am looking forward to the challenges, Patrinos stated. Patrinos is the CEO of Patrinos Painting and Contracting Company and is an active real-estate developer in the Pittsburgh and Florida markets. He was the owner of Primanti Bros. restaurants for 38 years. During this time, Patrinos was aw ... More | | 
A rendering of the Ute and William K. Bowes, Jr. Center for Performing Arts at 200 Van Ness Avenue (night-time view). Courtesy of Mark Cavagnero Associates.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Conservatory of Music announces the expansion of its campus and the construction of the Ute and William K. Bowes, Jr. Center for Performing Arts (The Bowes Center) in San Franciscos Civic Center. The $185 million performing arts center and residential tower will be located at 200 Van Ness Avenue and construction will begin in the summer of 2018. The opening of the new building is slated for the fall of 2020 when it will welcome its first class of residents to a facility that will transform students through the study of music at the highest level. The name of the building is in honor and recognition of a financial gift of $46.4 million from the William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation, which is the largest single gift ever made to a conservatory or music school for a new facility. To date, $96 million has been raised toward a fundraising goal ... More | | 
Kneeling Archer, Qin dynasty (221206 BC), earthenware, Excavated from Pit 2, Qin Shihuangs Mausoleum, 1977, Emperor Qin Shihuangs Mausoleum Site Museum
CINCINNATI, OH.- The formation and vast influence of Chinas landmark Qin dynasty is being showcased in Terracotta Army: Legacy of the First Emperor of China from April 20 through August 12, 2018. This special exhibition includes 120 objects drawn from the collections of Chinese art museums and archaeological institutes. More than 40 of these works have never been on view in the U.S. before this exhibition. Expanding upon previous exhibitions, Terracotta Army not only includes the impressive terracotta figures, but also considers important works of art from the Qins neighboring states and tells the story of the nomadic peoples of northwestern China. Dating from 770-206 B.C., these works of art, excavated from the emperors mausoleum as well as aristocratic and nomadic tombs, richly reflect history, myths and burial ... More |
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| Kerry James Marshall's momentous 'Past Times' to highlight Sotheby's Contemporary Art Auction | | Hayward Gallery Publishing announces the release of 'Fifty Years of Great Art Writing' | | New exhibition at the British Library marks 250 years since James Cook's ship Endeavour set sail from Plymouth | 
Kerry James Marshall, Past Times (detail). Acrylic and collage on unstretched canvas, 108 by 157 inches. Estimate $8/12 million. Courtesy Sothebys.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys announced Kerry James Marshalls Past Times as a highlight of the auction of Contemporary Art this May. The most significant work by the renowned artist to ever come to market, the painting is a tour de force that captures Marshalls extraordinary vision and technical command while serving as a harbinger of his impact on the arc of art history. A centerpiece of the highly acclaimed 2016/7 mid-career survey Kerry James Marshall: Mastry at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, as well as a highlight of the 1997 Whitney Biennial where it first debuted, this spectacular painting will be a cornerstone of the Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 16 May. Past Times carries a pre-sale estimate of $8/12 million and is poised to set a new world auction ... More | | 
Hayward Gallery Publishing has produced over 350 catalogues.
LONDON.- In anticipation of the Hayward Gallerys 50th anniversary in July 2018, Hayward Gallery Publishing celebrates this milestone and its long-lasting commitment to independent art publishing with the release of a new publication. Fifty Years of Great Art Writing is a collection of the most remarkable essays about modern and contemporary art as commissioned across half a century by Londons Hayward Gallery from some of the worlds leading writers, artists and thinkers. Featuring an extensive list of reputable contributors, the texts included in Fifty Years of Great Art Writing encompass a large range of topics, perspectives and styles of writing, from the intimate and evocative voices of novelists and artists, to groundbreaking insights from eminent scholars, critics and curators of contemporary and modern art. Many of the contributors are hugely influential figures who have helped shape, and made major ... More | | 
Mouth parts of a squid, specimen from first voyage © Royal College of Surgeons.
LONDON.- Marking 250 years since James Cooks ship Endeavour set sail from Plymouth, James Cook: The Voyages (27 April to 28 August 2018) explores Cooks three world-changing voyages through stunning artworks, original maps and handwritten journals. From iconic depictions of people and landscapes by expedition artists Sydney Parkinson, John Webber and William Hodges to an evocative collection of drawings by Polynesian high priest and navigator Tupaia, which are going on display together for the first time, James Cook: The Voyages will take visitors on a journey of discovery, from the Pacific Ocean to the Antarctic. The exhibition will chart Cooks three voyages, from the Endeavour setting sail from Plymouth in 1768 to the Resolution and Discovery returning to Britain in 1780 after Cooks death in Hawaii. It will explore different perspectives on the voyages, from those on board the ships to those who saw ... More |
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 The New-York Historical Society explores the style and substance of antique shoesNEW YORK, NY.- This spring, a new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society explores how shoes have transcended their utilitarian purpose to become representations of culturecoveted as objects of desire, designed with artistic consideration, and expressing complicated meanings of femininity, power, and aspiration for women and men alike. On view April 20 through October 8, 2018, in the Joyce B. Cowin Womens History Gallery at the Center for Womens History, Walk This Way: Footwear from the Stuart Weitzman Collection of Historic Shoes highlights 100 pairs of shoes from the iconic designers extensive private collection, assembled over three decades with his wife Jane Gershon Weitzman. Walk This Way will surprise and delight visitors with its unexpected lens on women's history through Stuart Weitzman's unparalleled historic footwear ... More A beguiling exhibition of life-sized ceramic sculptures now on view at the American Swedish Institute MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Fantastical Worlds of Kim Simonsson, a new exhibition at the American Swedish Institute, showcases sculptor Kim Simonsson of Fiskars, Finland, who crafts beguiling, evocative and otherworldly life-sized ceramics figures, including those he calls Moss People. A kneeling girl talking to a two-headed bunny and a girl with a feather headdress and a boombox, backpack are contemporary creations that invite viewers into a fairytale-like world inspired by Finlands primeval forests. The exhibition, Simonssons Minnesota debut and Midwest is now on view through July 15, 2018. Nearly 35 selections of Simonssons work are on view in the American Swedish Institutes (ASI) contemporary Osher Gallery, and throughout the historic Turnblad Mansion. The Fantastical Worlds of Kim Simonsson continues the American Swedish Institutes ... More Christie's announces 'In Focus: Property from the Collection of Brad Grey'NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announced In Focus: Property from The Collection of Brad Grey, with works to be offered across Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening and Day sales on May 17-18, and the upcoming 2018 Design sale at Christies New York. Additional works from the collection will be included in the sales of American Art, Prints and Multiples, Antiquities, Photographs, and a dedicated sale of Important Works by Alberto and Diego Giacometti in Fall 2018. Ahead of the New York spring sales, highlights from the collection will be presented in a special exhibition at Christies Los Angeles from May 1-3. Brad Grey, the late Chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures, epitomized the Hollywood dream, rising through his determination to the pinnacle of one of the industrys most legendary studios. A beloved figure in Los Angeles and across the wider world, ... More Christie's Sales of Post-War and Contemporary Art in Amsterdam achieve a total of $10,333,219AMSTERDAM.- Christies Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening and Day Sales concluded in Amsterdam with a total of 8,415,813 / $10,333,219 / £7,375,603 and outstanding sell-through rates of 90% by lot and 92% by value. Registered bidders from 36 countries demonstrate the continued global appeal in Amsterdam with notable participation from Asian clients. The season was led by Jean-Michel Basquiats work on paper Untitled, which sold for 727,500 / $893,276 / £637,599, more than double its low estimate of 300,000. The work was sold from the collection of the celebrated furniture designer and curator Martin Visser. Further works offered from Vissers collection included Georg Baselitzs Vier Streifen, Die Kuh (Four Stripes, The Cow) (118,750 / $145,813 / £104,500) and Heerenlux by Daan van Golden (100,000 / $122,790 / £88,000). ... More Modern masterpieces to be offered at Cheffins' Art & Design sale next monthCAMBRIDGE.- Cambridge-based auctioneers, Cheffins, will be offering art, furniture, ceramics and glassware from some of the biggest names in the 20th Century at auction on 10th May 2018. Included in the sale will be a private collection of 54 pieces of Lalique glassware with an estimated value of £45,000 - £65,000. Included within the collection is a highly rare Madagascar pattern plaffonier, or hanging light, which has an estimate of £4,000 - £6,000 and a valuable Archers pattern vase which has an estimate of £2,000 - £3,000. Martin Millard, Director at Cheffins Fine Art Auctioneers comments: Lalique has endured as one of the ultimate symbols of French design and luxury with incredibly high demand and strong prices achieved over recent years. The market for Lalique is international, with a large pool of both private collectors and dealers from throughout ... More Seattle Art Museum presents award-winner Jono Vaughan's solo exhibitionSEATTLE, WA.- The Seattle Art Museum is presenting Project 42: Jono Vaughan (April 21August 5, 2018), the solo exhibition of the winner of the 2017 Betty Bowen Award. Jono Vaughans multidisciplinary work memorializes transgender individuals whose lives were cut short by violence; she creates handmade garments that are then used in collaborative public performances. On view at SAM are three new works from Project 42, Vaughans ongoing series begun in 2012. Named for the short life expectancy of transgender individuals in the United States, the project calls attention to the persistent pattern of extreme violence against trans people. Each work in the series is a garment that commemorates an individual transgender person who was murdered. The three garments on view at SAM memorialize the life and death of Myra Ical, Deja Jones, and Lorena ... More Walker Art Center opens Jason Moran's first museum exhibitionMINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The work of interdisciplinary artist Jason Moran (US, b. 1975) is grounded in musical composition, yet bridges the visual and performing arts through stagecraft. Moran is known for using personal experience to create dynamic musical compositions that challenge the conventional form of the medium. His experimental approach to artmaking embraces the intersection of objects and sound, pushing beyond the traditional staged concert or sculpture and drawing to amplify ways that both are inherently theatrical. This exhibition, the artists first museum show, features the range of work Moran has explored, from his own sculptural pieces and collaborations with visual artists to performances. Jason Moran will be on view April 26August 26, 2018, in the Walkers Target and Friedman galleries. In all aspects of his work, Morans creative process ... More Historic collection of emeralds and diamonds sell for £1.9 million at BonhamsLONDON.- This seasons most talked about emeralds caused somewhat of a stir when they went under the hammer at Bonhams London this week (25 April). Greatly admired during the auction houses previews in New York, Geneva, Hong Kong and London, the three pieces of Art Deco diamond and emerald jewellery, attributed to Hennell, became the subject of a bidding frenzy in Bonhams New Bond Street saleroom, eventually selling for a total of £1,928,250. Hennell was one of Britains oldest and most venerable jewellers and by the 20th century was rightly regarded as the British jeweller. During the Art Deco period Hennell was known for offering its discerning clientele jewels of superlative quality, rivalling the offerings of the best French houses. The three jewels which were offered by Bonhams hail from the private collection of Louise Stephens, wife ... More Palestinian novelist Ibrahim Nasrallah wins top Arab prizeABU DHABI (AFP).- Palestinian author Ibrahim Nasrallah has landed the Arab world's top fiction prize for his novel "The Second War of the Dog", a dystopian tale of inhumanity. Nasrallah's work won the International Prize for Arab Fiction, affiliated with the Man Booker Prize, at a ceremony Tuesday hosted by the United Arab Emirates. Set in a violence-wracked nameless country, "The Second War of the Dog" explores the moral and material avarice of humankind through the life of its main character, Rashid, who morphs from a diehard regime opponent into a corrupt extremist. "This novel aims to shake the reader, to shatter his understanding of the world, to shatter his complacency. Because no one can survive if the world around him is collapsing," Nasrallah told AFP after the ceremony. "We are subject to a sort of oppression by arrogance by the great powers of this ... More Monaco Art Week to take place between 26 and 29 AprilMONACO.- Over the years, the Principality of Monaco has hosted an increasing number of varied artistic events. Home to art galleries and internationally renowned auction houses, it has become an important place in the art world with its fairs, exhibitions and cultural events. Galleries and auction houses established in the Principality have chosen to join forces around the same objective: to promote their rich and diverse activities, and contribute to Monacos cultural reach on the local, regional and international scene. The Monaco Art Week association is the result of this shared desire. The first event initiated by the association is MONACO ART WEEK. It will take place between 26 and 29 April 2018. All the Principalitys neighbourhoods will be involved in the event, in conjunction with the artmonte-carlo fair at the Grimaldi Forum and Nomad at La ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Eugène Delacroix was born April 26, 1798. Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (26 April 1798 - 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school. As a painter and muralist, Delacroix's use of expressive brushstrokes and his study of the optical effects of colour profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists, while his passion for the exotic inspired the artists of the Symbolist movement. In this image: A man looks at the painting "Jeune tigre jouant avec sa mere" during a press visit of the exhibition "Delacroix (1798-1863)" at the Louvre Museum in Paris on March 27, 2018. The exhibition on French artist Eugene Delacroix will run from March 29 to July 23. PATRICK KOVARIK / AFP.
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