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Isamu Noguchi, Little Walking Box (Arukidasu kobako), 1952 (Lot 267; $100,000-200,000)
OAK PARK, IL.- On Tuesday, December 13th, 2022, Toomey & Co. will proudly present Art & Design, an expertly curated selection of important works by artists, designers, and architects who have helped define their respective fields for more than a century. Auction highlights include: Isamu Noguchi's sculpture, Little Walking Box (Arukidasu kobako), a pair of weed holders by Frank Lloyd Wright, an early chest by Gustav Stickley, Pierre Jeanneret's Committee table from Chandigarh, and Ivan Albright's oil on canvas, Lobster Salad. The auction also features a range of exceptional works by Adler & Sullivan, Ernest Batchelder, Phillip Lloyd Powell, Jean Prouvé, Pablo Picasso, Rufino Tamayo, Teco Pottery, and many others. Isamu Noguchi created Little Walking Box (Arukidasu kobako) in 1952 while staying with his new bride, actress Yoshiko Yamaguchi, in a farmhouse owned by noted ceramicist Kitaoji Rosanjin in Kamakura, Japan. Noguchi established a studio an ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day OSL contemporary is proud to present a new exhibition by Dag Erik Elgin
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| How much would you pay for Steve Jobs' birkenstocks? | | First exhibition ever in the Netherlands examines the life and work of Anni and Josef Albers | | Natural History Museum names college leader as new chief | 
Manolo Blahnik Boston Clog by Birkenstock, which will celebrate its 250th anniversary in 2024, at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan, Nov. 28, 2022. (Calla Kessler/The New York Times)
by John Ortved
NEW YORK, NY.- How much would you pay for Steve Jobs old Birkenstocks? Id pay to look at them, Whoopi Goldberg said last week at a party for Birkenstock at Cipriani Wall Street. About 75 cents, she added. Jobs well-worn, tan suede Arizona sandals, which the Apple Inc. co-founder famously wore in the 1970s and 1980s as he developed Apple Computers in his family garage in Los Altos, California, were sold for $218,750 to an undisclosed buyer at auction last month, according to the Associated Press. The shoes were now on display in a transparent plastic box for a crowd that included an international mix of fashion editors and Goldberg at one of the first major events the company has thrown in the United States. The brand will turn 250 years old in 2024, and the party was a lead-up ... More | | 
Anni Albers, Red Meander, 1954 Linen and cotton 20 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. (52.1 x 37.5 cm) Private Collection.
THE HAGUE.- This autumn Kunstmuseum Den Haag presents the first exhibition ever in the Netherlands to examine the life and work of Anni and Josef Albers. The art and inspiring teaching of this famous artist couple had an inestimable impact on the development of modern art. Featuring over 200 works, including textiles, paintings, graphic art, photographs, furniture and drawings, the exhibition shows how Anni Albers (1899 -1994) evolved into a true pioneer of modern textile art and highlight the process of artistic development Josef Albers (1888-1976) underwent which culminated in his internationally renowned Homage to the Square series comprising innumerable colour studies in a square format. These two European artists, who were born in Germany just before the turn of the 20th century, discovered in the USA the richness of South Americas ancient cultures. They tried as teachers to convey to their students the cultural importance ... More | | 
Sean M. Decatur, president of Kenyon College, at his office in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, on Dec. 05, 2022. Decatur a biophysical chemist will become the museums first Black leader when he succeeds Ellen V. Futter. (Amber N. Ford/New York Times)
by Robin Pogrebin
NEW YORK, NY.- As the American Museum of Natural History prepares to open its new science center in February, the institution on Tuesday selected as its new president Sean M. Decatur, a biophysical chemist who currently serves as the president of Kenyon College. I have spent my career committed to access and opportunity for students and also to an understanding of science, Decatur said in a telephone interview. This feels like a natural evolution. Decatur, 54, who starts April 3, succeeds Ellen V. Futter, who will step down in March after a 30-year tenure. Given that Futter was the first female president and that Decatur will be the first Black leader, Scott L. Bok, the chair of the museums board ... More |
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| Simon Lee Gallery presents a solo exhibition of new works by Josephine Meckseper | | "Small(ish) Treasures" group show now on view at Nancy Toomey Fine Art | | First instance of brotherly affection in British art heads to auction | 
Josephine Meckseper: Object Synthesis installation view. Simon Lee Gallery. Hong Kong. Photo: Tai Ngai Lung.
HONG KONG.- Simon Lee Gallery is presenting a solo exhibition of new works by Josephine Meckseper. On view at the gallerys Hong Kong space from 3 November 2022 7 January 2023, this exhibition comprises new paintings, a vitrine, and a film work informed by the evolution and surroundings of her work practice. Throughout her career, Josephine Mecksepers large-scale vitrine installations and films have melded the aesthetic language of early modernism with her own imagery of historical undercurrents. Her works, encompassing sculpture, painting, photography, and film, simultaneously expose and encase cultural signifiers and everyday objects to form an investigation into the collective unconscious of our time. The works for this exhibition, made between 2020 2022, come together to explore the concept of recycling, tracing, and capturing matter and memory ... More | | 
Robert Sagerman 3,221, 2022, silicone and pigment on paper, 21 x 15 inches (framed).
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.- Nancy Toomey Fine Art is currently conducting a group exhibition titled "Small(ish) Treasures" that has been on view from November 17, 2022, and will continue to January 3, 2023, with works by Miya Ando, Jud Bergeron, Casper Brindle, Claire Burbridge, Eric Butcher, Brian Dettmer, Peter Halasz, Andy Harper, Keira Kotler, Chris Natrop, Damian OBrien, Maria Park, Ruth Pastine, Mark Perlman, Matthew Picton, Gregg Renfrow, Michael Russell, Robert Sagerman, Carole Silverstein, Gilles Teboul, Audrey Tulimiero Welch, and Suzan Woodruff. "Small(ish) Treasures" is a collection of works from Nancy Toomey Fine Arts roster of artists, highlighting pieces by individuals with new connections to the gallery, as well as others with long-standing relationships. These artists explore materiality, concept, and technique in a variety of mediums, with their own stories and perspectives. Color, texture, and form come together ... More | | 
Portrait of Thomas Pope, aged eight and William Pope, aged ten. English School, circa 1606. Estimate £40,000-£60,000.
LONDON.- Dreweatts auctioneers is excited to offer one of the earliest instances of sibling affection between brothers in British art. The grand Jacobean double portrait was painted in 1606 and shows Thomas Pope, 3rd Earl of Downe (1598-1668) and his elder brother Sir William Pope, 2nd Earl of Downe (1596-1624) at the ages of eight and ten. They appear to be the picture of familial harmony, which is demonstrated through their matching clothes and the holding of hands. This carried an important message for the nobility, whose portraits celebrated family lineage. Commenting on the work Dreweatts specialist Anne Gerritsen said: Such affection between siblings was rarely seen previously in British portraiture. While I am aware of a few slightly earlier examples of sisters holding hands, I have never seen such an early work of brothers portrayed in such an intimate gesture ... More |
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| Nationalmuseum acquires portrait of Marie-Gabrielle Capet | | Tampa Museum of Art receives Botero sculpture and $1 Million gift from Jorge M. Pérez | | Paul Bik expo at Modern Shapes Gallery in Belgium | 
Unknown French artist, Portrait of Marie-Gabrielle-Capet, 1780s. Oil on canvas. NM 7658.
STOCKHOLM.- Nationalmuseum has acquired a portrait of Marie-Gabrielle Capet, a French painter of pastels and miniatures. The portrait depicts the artist in the 1780s, when she was a close associate of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, one of the most celebrated portrait painters of the day, and her future husband François-André Vincent. There is ample evidence to suggest that it was Vincent who painted this portrait of the young Capet. Marie-Gabrielle Capet (17611818) was born in Lyon in humble circumstances. Thanks to well-connected acquaintances, in her twenties she became a pupil of the portrait painter Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, who was known for taking on female pupils only. Evidence of their close relationship can be seen in Labille-Guiards large self-portrait from 1785, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Capet appears beside her teacher, along with another pupil, Marie Marguerite Carreaux de Rosemond. Labille-Guiard ... More | | 
Fernando Botero (Colombian), Mujer Vestida, 1997, bronze, 126 x 62 x 62 inches.
TAMPA, FLA.- The Tampa Museum of Art announced today that philanthropist and art collector Jorge M. Pérez bestowed a monumental sculpture by Colombian artist Fernando Botero and a $1 million cash gift to the Museum. Were beyond delighted to receive this remarkable opportunity to further the Tampa Museum of Arts commitment to collecting and exhibiting artwork that represents the cultural tapestry of our Tampa Bay region, said Michael Tomor, Ph.D., the Penny and Jeff Vinik Executive Director of the Tampa Museum of Art. We share Mr. Pérezs commitment to building better cities and a better Florida, and the gift of art and $1 million donation will help the Museum continue to build art education and exhibition programming that is accessible to all community members. The towering bronze sculpture titled Mujer Vestida (Dressed Woman) formed part of the corporate collection of Pérezs real estate ... More | | 
Installation View of work by Paul Bik. Photography © Tomo Yarmush.
ANTWERP.- Modern Shapes recently welcomed artist Paul Bik to their gallery for which there was an opening weekend December 3rd and 4th in the presence of the artist. The exhibition will continue through December 18th, 2022. When the adverse forces clash, he finds harmony. Balancing between geometry and distortion, mathematical precision and intuitive finishing touches, traditional craftsmanship and creation of new techniques, Paul Bik explores what lays at the boundary between contrasts. His work, in both process and the outcome, reflects his personality. Introvert by heart, he alienates himself in the quiet, elaborate process of creating precise forms just to deharmonize them with extravert, imperfect, statement-like final gestures. Yet, the tension they bring is subtle enough not to let the imbalance dominate the final message. Duality coexists in peace, just like the one artist finds in the semi-meditative state ... More |
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| OSL Contemporary opens an exhibition of works by Dag Erik Elgin | | New exhibition of unseen Robert Smithson drawings opens at Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome | | Anthony Meier welcomes Jessie Henson and is featuring her new sculptural works at Art Basel Miami Beach | 
Flowers of Evil #9, 2021. Oil on canvas, 55 x 45 cm.
OSLO.- Treponema pallidum is the name of a spirochaete (spiral shaped) species of bacteria with its different subgroups that causes the disease syphilis. This is the bacterium that Dag Erik Elgin has bestowed a leading role upon in his recreations of Eduard Manets (18321883) final works, the sixteen still life paintings of flowers produced during the period between 18811883. Due to what was believed to have been the third phase of syphilis, in the last few years of his life, Manet was forced to retire from the bohemian life of the upper classes in Paris to a house in Rueil outside the French capital. The sixteen works Manet painted during this period are amongst
the most underrated works of art history. With vivid and sensuous brush strokes the recreation of the petals in all their vitality on the canvas are imbued with a deep sense of beauty. These are artworks that emanate ... More | | 
Robert Smithson, Untitled, 1962. Tecnica mista e collage su carta / Mixed media and collage on paper 62.9 x 45.7 cm. Courtesy Holt/Smithson Foundation and Marian Goodman Gallery. © Holt/Smithson Foundation / Concesso in licenza da / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York.
ROME.- Holt/Smithson Foundation began an exhibition late last November of Robert Smithsons early, and largely unseen, drawings at MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome. "Rome is still falling" brings together twenty-two early works Smithson made between 1960 and 1964, the majority presented to the public for the first time, from the collection of Holt/Smithson Foundation, which will remain on view through May 21st, 2023. Robert Smithson (1938-1973) was a self-taught artist whose interests in science fiction, philosophy, travel, geology, architectural ruins and popular culture informed his entire body of work. His oeuvre includes paintings, drawings, sculptures, films, photographs, writings ... More | | 
Portrait of Jesse Henson.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.- Anthony Meier announced their representation of New York-based artist Jessie Henson (b. 1977) who employs notions of labor and time in her artmaking, looking for ways that repetitive actions of daily life accrue and build meaning, while pushing material elements to the threshold of fracture and disintegration. The gallery presented eight of Hensons new works on paper at Art Basel Miami Beach this December1-3 alongside work by Etel Adnan, Saif Azzuz, Sarah Cain, Leonardo Drew, Teresita Fernández, Habuba Farah, Claude Lawrence, and othersin anticipation of her first solo show at Anthony Meier in the fall of 2023. Mining the history of embroidery, Henson uses an industrial sewing machine to draw with thread on paper. As thread accrues, tension begins to overwhelm the paper, warping its surface into furrows ... More |
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Torkwase Dyson in Conversation with Mario Gooden
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 Toronto Biennial of Art announces curatorial appointments for 2024 EditionTORONTO.- Toronto Biennial of Art (TBA/the Biennial) has announced the appointment of Dominique Fontaine and Miguel A. López as co-curators to guide TBAs exhibition for the third edition of the city-wide art event taking place from September 21 - December 1, 2024. TBA worked with a group of prominent art-world leaders including TBA 2019 and 2022 Senior Curator and current Executive Director and Chief Curator of Forge Project Candice Hopkins, to develop a list of international and Canadian curators for consideration. Toronto Biennial of Art Executive Director Patrizia Libralato said, We are delighted to welcome Dominique and Miguel, thought leaders who will contribute significant scholarship, innovation, and inspiration as we shape the upcoming Biennial edition and programming. Their areas of research and ongoing commitment to supporting ... More  Welcome Winter at Michaan's with Tiffany studios, precious coins, diamond jewelry, and fine Asian ceramicsALAMEDA, CALIF.- Michaans will hold four auctions in December 2022, beginning with the monthly Annex Auction on Monday the 12th through Wednesday the 14th. Two auctions will be held on Friday the 16th, the first of which is the Winter Fine Sale. Held annually, this sale comprises some of the most desirable fine art, jewelry, and antiques of the year, including vintage Illums Bolighus furniture, and a ring featuring a 4 carat diamond. The Coin Auction, mainly featuring gold and silver US coins, will follow at 1 p.m. Saturday the 17th will conclude the auction week with the monthly Gallery Auction. As always, this auction presents a variety of fine art and antiques, from blackware pottery to American art in a range of styles. The Winter Fine Sale will offer rare furniture and decoration, including items such as a Tiffany Studios bronze piano lamp #303 ($2,500-$4,000) ... More  Perrotin opens the second solo exhibition by Jens Fänge in Hong Kong since 2017HONG KONG.- Perrotin Hong Kong presents the second solo exhibition by Jens Fänge in Hong Kong since 2017, featuring a body of new paintings as part of greater mise-en-scene that transforms the gallery itself into a human-scale composition. When Walter Benjamin wrote of arts waning aura in his seminal 1935 essay, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, he was referring to the unique presence in time and space that is lost in the replicated image. In taking Benjamins concept as the title for his latest solo exhibition at Perrotin, Jens Fänge challenges his audience with a mind-bending conundrum: what does presence mean when time and space have no fixed reference point? What is the aura instantiated in his complex collages and assemblages, with their anachronisms and dizzying perspectives? ... More  Kirstie Alley's dance with HollywoodNEW YORK, NY.- Kirstie Alley, who died this week, was a knockout beauty with real comedy chops qualities often assumed (wrongly) to be incompatible whose self-ironic humor softened the kapow of her glamour-girl looks. Whether playing a fictional character (as in Cheers), playing herself (in interviews or in her reality TV series, Kirstie Alleys Big Life) or some version in-between (like the fictionalized version on Fat Actress), Alley infused every performance with a sly self-awareness. I know Im gorgeous, she seemed to say, but I dont take myself too seriously and you need not either. Alley was a rare standout in Hollywood for being a full-figured, at times even self-proclaimed, fat actress, who never stopped being sexy. Everything about her telegraphed lushness, abundance. She wore her dark hair in cascading waves that fell, a la Veronica Lake ... More  10 stages and screens where I saw connectionNEW YORK, NY.- I never venture too far from a theater, but when I did have some time away from New York stages, I was watching TV and movies. In so many of my favorites of 2022, theres a sense of humanity to the work, whether that means it featured people connecting or simply being honest with themselves and others. Here are the plays, musicals, shows and films that stuck with me this year. That Martyna Majoks Pulitzer Prize-winning 2018 play is written with such gut-busting empathy and humanity shouldnt be a shock to anyone whos read the script or seen the previous productions. And yet, Cost of Living was still surprising stunning, even thanks to the four actors (Gregg Mozgala, Katy Sullivan, Kara Young and David Zayas) and their portrayal of caregivers and patients in a story about the ways we look after one another and what that care costs us ... More  'Do what moves you': When the student takes over as composerNEW YORK, NY.- When tap dancer Michelle Dorrance met Aaron Marcellus more than a dozen years ago, he was a regular student in her tap classes. He always hung at the back, working hard to keep up, but during improvisational exercises, Dorrance could tell there was more to him than might initially meet the eye. Youre a musician, arent you? she recently recalled having asked him after one of those early encounters. He told her, in a downplaying fashion that she would learn was characteristic, that yeah, he was a vocalist. So she looked him up on YouTube. I was floored, she said. What was this world-class vocalist doing at the back of my tap class? Soon after that, Dorrance formed a company, Dorrance Dance, and as that group went from success to success, Marcellus was frequently with them, singing and occasionally dancing ... More  Bob McGrath, longtime 'Sesame Street' star, dies at 90NEW YORK, NY.- Bob McGrath, who played the sweater-clad neighborhood music teacher and general advice-giver on Sesame Street for almost half a century, died at his home in New Jersey on Sunday morning. He was 90. McGraths daughter Cathlin McGrath confirmed his death by email Sunday. She said McGrath died from complications after a stroke. McGrath wasnt particularly interested when an old Phi Gamma Delta fraternity brother stopped him one night to tell him about his new project, a childrens show on public television. But then he had never heard of Jim Henson, the puppeteer, and he had never seen a Muppet. After his first meeting and a look at some of the animation, he knew this show would be different. Sesame Street had its premiere in November 1969, with McGrath and other cast members gathered around an urban brownstone stoop ... More  Bernadette Mayer, poet who celebrated the ordinary, dies at 77NEW YORK, NY.- Bernadette Mayer, a poet whose unfiltered yet richly layered work starting in the 1960s brought a sense of magic to the rituals of daily life with a stream-of-consciousness approach that pushed the boundaries of poetry, died on Nov. 22 at her home in East Nassau, in upstate New York. She was 77. The cause was complications of pancreatic cancer, her daughter Marie Warsh said. Throughout her career, Mayer rejected formalism for the avant-garde. She expanded the parameters of poetry by incorporating other elements into her work, including photography, collage, letters from friends, audio recordings and personal datebooks. Mayer believed that poetry didnt have to be a thing in the middle of a page with a lot of white space around it, she said in a 2011 interview with poet Adam Fitzgerald published by the Poetry Foundation ... More  Design Miami/ 2022 concludes successful 18th edition under the theme "The Golden Age: Looking to the Future"MIAMI, FLA.- Design Miami/ concluded the eighteenth edition of its flagship fair in Miami Beach on Sunday, December 4. This years fair saw over 50 gallery and Curio presentations presented alongside a vibrant program of talks and collaborations, offering diverse and thoughtful responses to this years theme, The Golden Age: Looking to the Future. Jen Roberts, CEO of Design Miami/, said: This years edition has seen increased demand across a spectrum of collectible design works, inclusive of historic pieces from galleries such as Diletante42, Moderne and Patrick Seguin, as well as more contemporary objects from the likes of R & Company, Friedman Benda and Southern Guild ... More  Almine Rech opens George Rouy's first solo show with the galleryPARIS.- Almine Rech is presenting George Rouy's first solo show with the gallery, on view from November 26 to December 22, 2022. Recent theories suggest that our gut commonly thought of as merely a collection of unsavoury organs may function as a regulator of our emotions, alongside the brain. In every language, however, many idioms express conflict or discomfort: a knot in your stomach, gut-wrenching, and gnawed from the inside
George Rouy has portrayed such images in his paintings for many years. The belly not only affects our psyche but also is the origin of childbirth, where creation takes place. Rouy is eager to reaffirm this, loud and clear: in his mind, to paint is to give birth. The artwork thus takes on the same eminently intimate character as the body itself. The painting is revealed like an experience told, a state of health and consciousness in a particular moment ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Mexican painter Diego Rivera was born December 08, 1886. Diego MarÃa de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y RodrÃguez (December 8, 1886 - November 24, 1957) was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, an active communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo (1929 - 1939 and 1940 - 1954). His large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Movement in Mexican art. Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted murals among others in Mexico City, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City. In 1931, a retrospective exhibition of his works was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. In this image: A couple look at the painting 'Portrait of Gilda Blanca' (R) by Mexican Diego Rivera during an exhibition to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Mexican National Institute of Fine Arts in Mexico City, Mexico, 04 July 2011.
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