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An inflatable, The Dream Station, by André Heller, who came up with the concept for Luna Luna, at the art carnivals revival more than three decades later, in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, Dec. 16, 2023. A long-lost art amusement park that was created in 1987 in Hamburg, Germany, by some of the most famous artists of the day has been resurrected in Los Angeles. (Chantal Anderson/The New York Times)
by Lauren Herstik
NEW YORK, NY.- The lights dimmed and a Ferris wheel designed by Jean-Michel Basquiat began turning in time to Tutu, by Miles Davis. Its like its drawn on a sheet of paper, said Ajani Purnell, 26, an executive assistant to artist Shepard Fairey, who joined the crowds at a warehouse complex in Los Angeles to gawk at but not ride the attractions at the revival of Luna Luna, a long-lost art amusement park that was created in 1987 in Hamburg, Germany, by some of the most famous artists of the day. It doesnt even look like its made out of metal. The long-delayed reappearance of Luna Luna with its Basquiat Ferris wheel, Keith Haring merry-go-round and installations by David Hockney and Roy Lichtenstein is drawing visitors from as far as Singapore, Seattle and New York, as well as plenty of Angelenos to the Boyle Heights neighborhood where it was recreated. There were art world insiders and casual fans and quite a few chi ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day This is the first major exhibition at Gallerie dâItalia dedicated to Giovan Battista Moroni, and comes after Intesa Sanpaoloâs aim to present the artistic career of the Italian artist as it has never been done before. Part of the official programme of Bergamo Brescia Italian Capital of Culture 2023, the exhibition is realised with loans from the National Gallery, London, the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, the Gemäldegalerie - Staatliche Museen, Berlin, the Musée du Louvre, Paris, the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, National Gallery of Art, Washington and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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| Palmer Museum of Art to open new building on June 1, 2024 | | The Parrish Art Museum announces the appointment of five new trustees | | Phillips' 'The New York Watch Auction: NINE' realized $26 million | 
View from the entrance of the Administrative and Education Wing of the interlocking pavilions in the Exhibition Wing of the new Palmer Museum of Art. Photo by Jeremy Bittermann/JSBA, courtesy of Allied Works.
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA.- The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State will nearly double its footprint, offer improved accessibility and debut a host of amenities when its new 73,000-square-foot building opens to the public on June 1, 2024. The state-of-the-art facility, located in The Arboretum at Penn State, will include 20 galleries, new educational and event spaces, a museum store and café, a sculpture path and outdoor terraces. Designed by Allied Works and landscape architect Reed Hilderbrand, the new Palmer Museum of Art will hold a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. The opening of the new museum will mark the debut of Dale Chihulys Lupine Blue Persian Wall, a site-specific installation inspired ... More | | 
Andrea Pemberton.
WATER MILL, NY.- The Parrish Art Museum has appointed five new trustees to its Board: Ejim Achi, Catherine Carmody, Andrea Pemberton, Charlotte Lucas Pilaro, and Donville Reid all recently joined the growing board of thought leaders and creative professionals. The trustees have committed to supporting leadership at the Parrish in a transformative era with a focus on celebrating the artistic legacy of Long Islands East End and providing diverse audiences with access to excellence in the arts, architecture, and creativity. As we wrap up an exciting year at the Parrish, celebrating our 125th Anniversary, we are thrilled to have this dynamic groupeach with a passion for art and the Museumjoin the Board as true partners on our journey toward excellence and engagement, said Executive Director Mónica RamÃrez-Montagut. Its a transformative time for the museum; we are embarking on a new ... More | | 
Paul Newmans Rolex Paul Newman Daytona reference 6239 (CHF 17,709,894 / US$17,752,500) New York Auction: Winning Icons 26 October 2017 Highest result ever achieved for any vintage wristwatch at auction.
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips has announced the results from The New York Watch Auction: NINE, which realized $26 million, selling 100% by lot and 100% by value. The sale marks the third consecutive year of 100% sold sales for Phillips Watches Department in New York, along with the highest annual total for the Department in New York at $52.3 million. Leading the auction was an exceptionally preserved Patek Philippe Ref. 1518 in pink gold, which achieved $1.8 million, the highest value lot across the industry this season in New York. Unseen for over two decades, the watch has remained in one of the most important private American collections for over two decades and is amongst the best-preserved examples of the reference ... More |
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| Ewbank's expect £8,000 bid for Holy Grail of James Bond collecting | | The Armory Show announces 2024 curators | | One of the most famous sculptures from ancient mesoamerica acquired for Renzo Piano Pavilion's 10th anniversary | 
Specially adapted attaché case from the 1963 film From Russia With Love. Image courtesy of Ewbank's.
LONDON.- Of all the items in the busy replica market for James Bond props, none is more sought after than 007s specially adapted attaché case from the 1963 film From Russia With Love, starring Sean Connery. One of the earliest and most imaginative gadgets to emerge from the brain of Q, the innocent looking attaché case has two hidden daggers with ejection mechanism (one on each side), Magnetic Talcum Powder Container, concealed Gold Sovereigns, Rounds of Ammunition and original SD Studios folder containing mission paperwork and operating instructions. This attaché case is seen as the Holy Grail in Bond collecting, says Ewbanks Partner and Head of Entertainment Memorabilia, Alastair McCrea. It was an official release, and the designers took all the measurements from the original film prop and created this replica.The exploding talcum powder created one of the most iconic of Bond scenes, the fight between ... More | | 
Robyn Farrell. Photo: Clare Britt.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Armory Show revealed its curators for the 2024 Platform and Focus sections and the Curatorial Leadership Summit. Eugenie Tsai, Independent Curator, will curate the Platform section; Robyn Farrell, Senior Curator at The Kitchen, will curate the Focus section; and Lauren Cornell, Chief Curator of the Hessel Museum of Art and Director of the Graduate Program at the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, will chair the seventh annual Curatorial Leadership Summit (CLS). Led by Nicole Berry, Executive Director of The Armory Show, the fair will take place September 6-8 with a VIP Preview September 5 at the Javits Center, New York. To commemorate the fairs 30th Anniversary and celebrate New Yorks cultural prominence, The Armory Show 2024 brings together three curators practicing in New York. As in previous years Platform, Focus, and the CLS will all be connected via a common thread, with the 2024 curated sections ... More | | 
Standing Figure Holding a Were-Jaguar Baby (c. 900300 B.C.). Jadeite. From ancient Mesoamerica. Photo by Robert LaPrelle, Kimbell Art Museum.
FORT WORTH, TX.- The Kimbell Art Museum announced the acquisition of one of the most renowned sculptures from ancient Mesoamerica, an unqualified icon of Olmec civilization. Standing Figure Holding a Were-Jaguar Baby (c. 900300 B.C.), a statuette carved in jadeite, has been at the center of Olmec studies and the subject of scholarly interpretation since the mid-twentieth century. It becomes the most significant work of ancient American art in the Kimbells collection. The superb figure was acquired in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Kimbells Renzo Piano Pavilion, where it is now the centerpiece of the museums ancient American collection since December 15, 2023. The sculpture has been frequently published and exhibited since being acquired in 1947 by Alastair B. Martin of New York City, founder of the distinguished and celebrated Guennol Collection. ... More |
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| 'Gregg Louis: No Empty Sky' new constellation paintings by Greg Louis at Nohra Haime Gallery | | World's greatest copy of 'Amazing Spider-Man' No. 1 swings into Heritage's first Comics & Comic Art Auction of 2024 | | A 1939 Indian '4' motorcycle soars to six figures in Miller & Miller's final auction of 2023 | 
Gregg Louis, Midnight in Wonder Valley, 2023. Acrylic and ink on canvas, 96 x 60 in.
NEW YORK, NY.- Nohra Haime Gallery is currently showing No Empty Sky, a solo exhibition by Saint Louis-based artist Gregg Louis. The exhibition showcases a new series of constellation paintings. In this body of work the artist explores and connects the physicality of his painting process with the mysticism of the cosmos. The work pulls inspiration from contrasting sources such as images of the solar system sent back by NASAs James Webb telescope, the grit of a dirty studio drop cloth, and the lyrical qualities of color field painters such as Rothko, Frankenthaler, and Gilliam. Twisting these influences together, Louis constructs atmospheric paintings playing with both the macro and micro nature of the world around us. His process takes place on the studio floor, applying a watery mix of inks and paints onto raw canvas. The resulting paintings are a collection of drips, stains, scratches, and spills that up close celebrate elements ... More | | 
The Amazing Spider-Man #1 Curator Pedigree (Marvel, 1963) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages.
DALLAS, TX.- The new year hasnt even begun, yet it wouldnt be hyperbole to call Heritages January 11-14 Comics & Comic Art Signature® Auction the event of 2024 or, perhaps, of a lifetime. Collectors will find among its superpowered offerings numerous iconic covers soaring alongside key Golden and Silver Age comic books in impossibly high grades, each one as stunning as it is significant. These books dont look a day older than Kal-El when he crash-landed in a cornfield or Peter Parker when he was bitten by that radioactive spider or Wonder Woman when a warplane fell onto Paradise Island. They all look like a million bucks or, likely and deservedly, much more than that. Among their historic ranks is one of only two copies of The Amazing Spider-Man No. 1 graded CGC Near Mint/Mint 9.8, an auction first at Heritage or, it appears, anywhere else, as GPAnalysis does not list a single recorded ... More | | 
1939 Indian 4 Model motorcycle, bright red, considered by many the Duesenberg of motorcycles, built by the Indian Motorcycle Co. from 1928 to 1942 (CA$100,300).
NEW HAMBURG, ON.- A red 1939 Indian 4 Model motorcycle, considered the Duesenberg of motorcycles, brought six figures, and a 1968 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 muscle car with just 42,143 actual miles on the odometer, also red, roared off for $70,800 in an online-only Toys, Motorcycles & Automobilia auction held Dec. 9th by Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. The 387-lot auction featured the late Howard Howie Meyer Legacy Collection, with categories that included toys, militaria, petroliana, soda advertising, motorcycles, cars and automobilia. Howie was known for fun, said Ethan Miller of Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. Many buyers commented on how much fun it was to participate in this auction. Howie would be smiling. The 1939 Indian 4 Model motorcycle (so-named because of its signature four-cylinder engine) was ... More |
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| National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens is now presenting 'WOMEN, together' | | A magical tour of Christmas markets along the Rhine | | Bob Dylan's original painting 'View from Two Windows' fetches more than $70,000 | 
Tala Madani, FLIGHT, 2011. Oil on linen, 61 Ã 45,7 cm. ΕΜΣΤ | Presented as part of the D.Daskalopoulos Collection Gift.
ATHENS.- From December 2023 until the end of October 2024, the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (ΕΜΣΤ) presents a three-part cycle of exhibitions exclusively dedicated to the work of women artists or artists who identify as female, under the umbrella title What if Women Ruled the World? With the re-hang of one entire floor of the museums permanent collection and a series of twelve solo exhibitions of Greek and international artists of different generations, over the course of the next seven months the entire museum will gradually be taken over by women artists. Despite recent advances, as women artists and cultural practitioners are still underrepresented in most aspects of the art world, this project, initiated by the museums artistic director, Katerina Gregos, aims to radically reimagine what a museum would look like if, instead of a few token pieces, works by women artists were the majority. ... More | | 
A handout photo shows a Christmas market stall in Kaysersberg, France, another village on the Alsace Wine Route. (Alsace Tourism via The New York Times)
by Elaine Glusac
NEW YORK, NY.- In Strasbourg, France, throughout the holiday season, Santa-capped teddy bears festoon a restaurants facade. Stuffed polar bears adorn another. In a Yuletide arms race, buildings are affixed with giant, gift-wrapped packages, glittering white deer and oversize gingerbread men. Turning the central medieval quarter into a Christmas maze, curtains of lights glow above cobblestone lanes lined with food and gift stalls. And in the central Place Kléber, lights on a nearly 100-foot-tall Christmas tree flash and glow, synchronized to carols. Across Europe, Christmas markets pop up like fairy-dusted street fairs, with temporary chalet-style shops selling everything from handmade ceramics to warmed wine and abundant food. Visitors shuffle among the merry warrens, holding their cellphone cameras high. The closer you get ... More | | 
9050. Bob Dylan Original Painting 'View from Two Windows' - created in 2007 for his acclaimed Drawn Blank Series'
BOSTON, MA.- An extraordinary original painting by Bob Dylan, 'View from Two Windows,' created in 2007 for his acclaimed 'Drawn Blank Series,' sold for $70,248, according to Boston-based RR Auction. Crafted in gouache and mixed media, the painting signed by Dylan depicts the inside of an upper-story room viewed from the perspective of a standing observer, with the foreground composed of a table, chair, and a television set, and the background featuring a large beige curtain and a pair of multi-paned windows that look down upon a house, greenery, and what appears to be a body of water. In very fine condition. Archivally framed to an overall size of 27.75 x 33.75; the frame backing bears a label from the Halcyon Gallery of London, where this painting was exhibited in 2008. The consignor notes that this painting, which appears on page 84 in the Drawn Blank Series catalog, was ... More |
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 Migrate Art presents 'From The Ashes', an exhibition and auction to raise funds LONDON.- Migrate Art, the pioneering arts organisation that harnesses the power of creativity to support the worlds most vulnerable communities, presents its latest project, From the Ashes, dedicated to raising funds for two Indigenous Associations of Upper Xingu in the Amazon Rainforest, whose land has been extensively targeted by illegal deforestation. Produced in collaboration with the London-based arts research centre Peoples Palace Projects, From The Ashes comprises an exhibition of new works by 27 contemporary artists - Indigenous and non-Indigenous - from around the world, including Cornelia Parker, Idris Khan, Loie Hollowell, Richard Long, Shezad Dawood and Tacita Dean, which will be on view at The Old Truman Brewery in London in February 2024 and go on sale as part of Christies Post War and Contemporary art auctions in March 2024. ... More  'Feature of Contemporary Figuration: Between Body & Metaphor' at JD Malat GalleryLONDON.- JD Malat Gallery is presenting the group exhibition 'Contemporary Figuration: Between Body & Metaphor'. As we approach the end of 2023, this specially curated exhibition showcases the works of fifteen artists engaging in a captivating visual dialogue. Notably, we are excited to introduce brand new artists such as Natalia Ocerin, Ur Kasin, Richard Wathen, Han Ji Min, Mark Metcalfe, and Cathy Tabbakh, who will be exhibiting for the first time at JD Malat Gallery. The body is a physical and material being. However, it can also reflect a persons spirit, sense of self or embrace metaphors of our contemporary age. This exhibition seeks to bring together the work of contemporary painters who explore the body as material, and as the embodiment of the immaterial, engaging in themes ranging from the notion of self, identity, critical race, ... More  Eight−metre−long bronze eel trap sculpture by Aunty Kim Wandin presented for NGV Triennial 2023MELBOURNE.- A monumental new public artwork created by Wurundjeri artist Aunty Kim Wandin has been installed in the moat of NGV International on St Kilda Road as part of the NGV Triennial 2023. Visible to Melburnians twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, the eight-metre-long eel trap sculpture, Iuk bagurrk gunga, was cast in bronze from an intricately woven form created by Wandin in 2023. This major new public artwork acknowledges the profound connections between Wurundjeri people and the lands and waterways that they have been custodians of for generations. The installation also highlights the migratory paths of eels, which today traverse sewers and underground waterways across and beneath Naarm (Melbourne). Commissioned by the City of Melbourne in partnership with the NGV, the sculpture is a tribute ... More  Downtown Houston+ and post Houston unveil commemorative monument at Barbara Jordan PlazaHOUSTON, TX.- On Saturday, December 2, Downtown Houston+ and POST Houston hosted the dedication of Barbara Jordan Plaza and unveiled I am Barbara Jordan, a monument honoring the iconic Houstonian and U.S. congresswoman. The event took place at the POST Front Plaza, renamed Barbara Jordan Plaza, with community leadersincluding Mayor Sylvester Turner and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Leeas well as elected officials who served with Jordan, to honor her contributions to Houstonians and to the American people. We are honored to take part in dedicating this space to the lasting impact of Barbara Jordan and to help unveil this beautiful monument, which is more than just a physical addition to our city, said Kris Larson, president and CEO of Downtown Houston+. This space encapsulates Downtown Houstons commitment to ... More  A conductor for the future at home with 'Black Panther' and ProkofievNEW YORK, NY.- Anthony Parnther has a job that routinely takes him to fantastic places. Parnther, 42, makes his New York Philharmonic conducting debut this week. His destination? Wakanda. With a wave of his hand, hell evoke lush jungles and shimmering citadels as the film Black Panther screens overhead. Back home in Los Angeles in January, Parnther will pass through idealistic college classrooms and anxious laboratories, headed to a date with destiny in Los Alamos, New Mexico, when he conducts the sweeping score to Oppenheimer. But in a recent video interview, Parnther was finding his way to someplace quite different: Whoville. Ill be very honest with you, he said in a video interview. Im sitting here trying to rapidly memorize the words to Youre a Mean One, Mr. Grinch. He was cramming for a Christmas concert ... More  Highland Park Collection unveiled at Heritage's FUN AuctionDALLAS, TX.- Turns out your teachers were right: grades do matter. A prime example is a Fr. 2407 $500 1928 Gold Certificate. PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ that will be among the top attractions in the Highland Park Collection of Small Size US Currency that will be featured prominently Jan. 10-12 in Heritages FUN Currency Signature Auction. The 1928 $500 Gold Certificate is a stunning highlight, to be sure a significant 20th-century grade rarity that carries the highest grade of any example graded by PMG. But it is far from the only prize to be found in the Highland Park Collection, a trove so vast and rich in quality notes that the 94 lots in the FUN auction will be followed by more in multiple future Heritage Auctions events. This is a spectacular collection, considered among the finest small-size collections of Federal Reserve Bank Notes, Gold ... More  Holidays a drag? Every year, thanks to Jinkx and DeLa.NEW YORK, NY.- It was half past 3 the day after the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting, and a pair of Americas most famous drag queens strode up to the spruces formidable footprint, chatting about abundance. I dont like being inundated with anything, Jinkx Monsoon announced as holiday music jingled loudly nearby. She has this conversation about Christianity, BenDeLaCreme started to explain, before Jinkx resumed her gripe: Christianity, the Kardashians and Star Wars, she chimed back in. All things that I have never asked to know about, but I know everything about. The reason for their visit, however, was indeed the season. For the fifth year, the duo both alums of the TV competition RuPauls Drag Race are presenting a live Christmas show filled with dancing candy canes, glittery gowns and songs about trauma. (In 2020, COVID forced them off ... More  One hulking, one gaunt: Two very different 'Macbeths'LIVERPOOL.- There is more than one way to tell a story. In England, two equally impressive new productions of Macbeth prove this, both featuring major stars in the title role and adopting strikingly different approaches to Shakespeares classic tale of hubris and betrayal. The first, starring Ralph Fiennes (The Menu, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar), runs at the Depot, a cavernous converted warehouse on an industrial estate in Liverpool. Despite its grittily authentic set design and costumes, it is for the most part a conventional, realist treatment. The second, at the Donmar Warehouse, in London, and starring David Tennant (Doctor Who, Des), is a rather more high-concept affair, heavy on ambience and atmospherics. The leading men are, likewise, a study in contrasts: Fiennes Macbeth is a hulking, lugubrious presence, ... More  Santa Barbara Museum of Art acquires masterpiece by Danish modernist, Vilhelm HammershøiSANTA BARBARA, CA.- The Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA)announced the acquisition of one of the most significant 19th-century paintings in its history. Acquired from Agnews, London, the painting is the first interior created by Vilhelm Hammershøi (18641916) that is entirely devoid of peoplea poetic vehicle for his nuanced psychological portraits of the experience of domestic spaces that still resonate today. Dubbed the Danish Painter of Solitude and Light by the breakthrough 1998 retrospective organized by the always prescient art historian Robert Rosenblum, the artists hauntingly melancholic, nearly monochromatic interiors have caused some to dub him the Danish Vermeer. The painting was acquired in honor of the tenure of recently retired Director, Larry Feinberg. In response to news ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian painter Masaccio was born December 21, 1401. Masaccio (Italian: December 21, 1401 - summer 1428), born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, was the first great Italian painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaissance. According to Vasari, Masaccio was the best painter of his generation because of his skill at imitating nature, recreating lifelike figures and movements as well as a convincing sense of three-dimensionality. Masaccio died at twenty-six and little is known about the exact circumstances of his death. In this image: San Giovenale Triptych (1422).
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