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Seal made of carnelian stone found in cave.
JERUSALEM.- Excavations in a cave on the cliffs west of Qumran, near the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, prove that Dead Sea scrolls from the Second Temple period were hidden in the cave, and were looted by Bedouins in the middle of the last century. With the discovery of this cave, scholars now suggest that it should be numbered as Cave 12. The surprising discovery, representing a milestone in Dead Sea Scroll research, was made by Dr. Oren Gutfeld and Ahiad Ovadia from the Hebrew University of Jerusalems Institute of Archaeology, with the help of Dr. Randall Price and students from Liberty University in Virginia USA. The excavators are the first in over 60 years to discover a new scroll cave and to properly excavate it. The excavation was supported by the Civil Administration of Judea and Samaria, by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, and the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), and is a part of the new Operation Scroll ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A picture taken on February 1, 2017 shows a home made teddy bear displayed at Sarajevo's newly opened "War Childhood Museum". Ballet slippers, tinned food and drawings by a sister killed from shelling are found among the objects in a new Sarajevo museum used to tell stories of life during Bosnia's war through the eyes of children. During Bosnia's inter-ethnic conflict nearly 3,400 children were killed, including 1,500 in the capital Sarajevo. The city was besieged for 44 months by Belgrade-backed Bosnian Serb forces, who launched shells and sniper fire from the surrounding mountains. Elvis BARUKCIC / AFP
| FBI returns seventeenth century Nazi-looted painting to Max Stern heirs | | Exhibition of new shaped canvas works by Blair Thurman on view at Gagosian, Geneva | | Bilbao Fine Arts Museum opens exhibition of 64 works by Renoir | 
Young Man as Bacchus- Jan Franse Verzijl (1599-1647). Photo: Max and Iris Stern Foundation.
NEW YORK, NY.- At the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City, officials of the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) returned the Dutch Old Master painting, Young Man as Bacchus by Jan Franse Verzijl (1599-1647) to representatives of the Max and Iris Stern Foundation and its three university beneficiaries Concordia University and McGill University in Montreal and Hebrew University, Jerusalem. It is the sixteenth painting to be returned to the beneficiaries. Max Stern (1904-1987) was the German-Jewish owner of an important art gallery in Dusseldorf. With the rise of Nazism and his expulsion from the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts in 1935 due to his religion, the inventory of Galerie Stern and his personal collection was sold by force, with the remnants consigned to auction in Cologne two years later. Young Man as Bacchus had been identified in the Stern archives as the work of Salomon de Bray (1597-1664), ... More | | 
Blair Thurman, And now, a bubble burst, And now, a world, 2017. Acrylic on canvas on wood, 72 1/2 à 54 à 5 inches. © Blair Thurman. Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery. Photography by Robert McKeever.
GENEVA.- Gagosian is presenting new shaped canvas works by Blair Thurman. This is his first exhibition with the gallery in Switzerland. Thurmans influences range from Pop art and Minimalism to relics from childhood, popular music, and 1970s cinema. His standardized forms, pulled from slot-car racetracks, architectural frameworks, and found shapes from daily life take on a nostalgic register, the fascinations of boyhood working to render abstract geometries more idiosyncratic and accessible. Thurman transposes the formal details of these everyday objects into the subliminal realm of abstraction. Repeating previously used motifs and introducing new ones, Thurman produces dimensional paintings recalling the pleasures of the road or the silver screen of his childhood era. He enlarges the concave slots of model racetracks and paints them in bold colors that recall the ... More | | 
Bañista sentada, 1913 Ãleo sobre lienzo. 82 x 65,8 cm Colección privada, cortesÃa de la Halcyon Gallery.
BILBAO.- Renoir: Intimacy is the first retrospective exhibition in Spain to be devoted to the French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Limoges, 1841-Cagnes-sur-Mer, 1919). It was shown at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid last autumn, curated by its artistic director Guillermo Solana, and is now on display at the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum until 15 May thanks to the sponsorship of BBK. In Bilbao the exhibition comprises 64 works loaned by museums and private collections world-wide, including the Musée Marmottan Monet and the Musée Picasso in Paris, the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery, London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza itself. The selection of works on display aims to emphasise a characteristic feature of Renoir's style which persisted throughout his career, namely the importance he placed on the tactile values of painting. In this respect the ... More |
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| Skeletons of London's past exposed in rail line dig | | 19th-century painting of Washington and Rochambeau at Siege of Yorktown installed at museum | | Artcurial announces Sale of Old Masters and 19th Century Art | 
A skeleton beleived to date from 16-17th century and discovered during the Crossrail excavations at Liverpool Street is seen in the Dockland Museum's 'Tunnel' exhibition. BEN STANSALL / AFP.
LONDON (AFP).- Artefacts revealing 8,000 years of human history in London are going on show on Friday after being unearthed during the city's giant underground railway project. The Elizabeth Line, Europe's biggest infrastructure project, has allowed archaeologists to examine a cross-section of London life along its east-west route beneath the British capital. Now some 500 objects from the tens of thousands excavated since 2009 in building the line, also known as Crossrail, are being revealed to the public. "We've managed to take a slice down through London but also across London," said Jackie Keily, the curator of "Tunnel: the Archaeology of Crossrail" at the Museum of London Docklands. The skeletons of plague victims, humorous Victorian chamber pots, Roman horseshoes, mediaeval bone ice skates and even 1940s railway company teacups are among the relics ... More | | 
The exceptionally large painting, measuring 14-by-17 feet (16-by-19 framed), is a hand-painted copy of French artist Louis Charles-Auguste Couders Siege of Yorktown (1781). Photo: John McGinnis.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- A restored mid-19th-century copy of a painting depicting George Washington and French general Rochambeau during the last major battle of Americas Revolutionary War has been installed at the Museum of the American Revolution. The painting will be prominently displayed when the Museum opens to the public on April 19. The exceptionally large painting, measuring 14-by-17 feet (16-by-19 framed), is a hand-painted copy of French artist Louis Charles-Auguste Couders Siege of Yorktown (1781). It hangs in the Museums second floor court and can be seen from the first floor, drawing visitors up the grand staircase as they begin the Museum experience. The original 1836 Couder painting hangs in the Hall of the Battles in the Palace of Versailles. It was commissioned as part of a series of works commemorating the great moments ... More | | 
Jean-Antoine Watteau, Homme au bonnet de profil en buste, Georges Dormeuil Collection, black crayon and sanguine, estimation : 150 000 200 000 / 175 000 220 000 $.
PARIS.- The Old Master Drawing and Painting and 19th century sale organised each year by Artcurial during the Salon du Dessin (22nd-27th March) will take place this year over two days: 22nd and 23rd March: On 22nd March : The Gaston Delestre Collection, headed by an exceptional set of drawings by baron Gros will be auctioned off. On 23rd March : Artcurial will present works from the Georges Dormeuil collection, passed down from baron Gérard and other amateur collectors. The estimation is around 2,5 M / 2,75 M$ for the two auctions. "2016 enabled us to take the leading position in France for Old Master paintings and drawings and 19th Century Art and now 2017 is looking to be just as fruitful. In March we will auction the Gaston Delestre Collection boasting two centuries of family passion. This event confirms, once again the international importance of ... More |
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| Exhibition highlights forgotten aspect of Britain's First World War | | The NRW-Forum Düsseldorf exhibits works by Peter Lindbergh and Garry Winogrand | | Christie's to offer the Collection of Earl and Camilla McGrath | 
Sydney Carline, British Sopwith Camels Leaving Their Aerodrome on Patrol over the Asiago Plateau, 1918 (detail). Oil on canvas, 95.9 x 110.6 cm. Courtesy: Imperial War Museum.
LONDON.- Following its five-month refurbishment, Londons Estorick Collection reopened with War in the Sunshine, a new exhibition of 75 rarely shown artworks revealing the little-known role of British forces in Italy during the First World War. On special loan from the Imperial War Museum, they include 24 drawings, paintings by official war artist Sydney Carline, and some 50 images by war photographers W.J. Brunell and Ernest Brooks. War in the Sunshine runs from 13 January until 19 March 2017. Highlighting this forgotten aspect of Britains First World War, the exhibition showcases the enthralling drawings and paintings of Sydney Carline (1888-1929), first produced in his own time as a fighter pilot flying a Sopwith Camel in northern Italian skies, and then as an official war artist attached to the RAF. Ernest Brooks (1878-1941), an official photographer on the Western ... More | | 
Peter Lindbergh at NRW-Forum Düsseldorf © NRW-Forum Düsseldorf. Photo: B. Babic.
DUSSELDORF.- The NRW-Forum Düsseldorf is presenting two world stars of photography - Peter Lindbergh and Garry Winogrand - and a world premiere: Garry Winogrands rare colour photographs from the 50s and 60s are on show. Women on Street refers to the original title of a series called Women are Beautiful, which was published for the first time in 1975 by the Prince of the street Garry Winogrand, and is probably the most famous work by this American photographer. The exhibition juxtaposes these photographs with the On Street series created by Peter Lindbergh, one of the stars of fashion photography. Garry Winogrand, who died in 1984, ranks among the most important exponents of street photography and, from the mid-1970s, he played a decisive role in establishing photography in the context of contemporary art. His frequently falling lines, a direct and intuitive approach to his subject and an insightful view of the cosmos of the ... More | | 
Jasper Johns, Cicada, from Marginalia. Screenprint in colors, on Kurotani Hosho paper, 1979, signed and dated in pencil, numbered AP 2/10 (an artists proof, the edition was 100). Sheet: 22 x 18 in. (559 x 457 mm.) $20,000-30,000. © Christies Images Limited 2017.
NEW YORK, NY.- This March, Christies will present the Collection of Earl and Camilla McGrath. Married for 44-years, Earl was the former head of Rolling Stone Records and a bicoastal gallerist, and Camilla was an Italian countess and an exceptional photographer. The McGraths were a social power couple who counted many of the leading artists and intellectuals amongst their friends, and their collection reflects a remarkable life spent alongside the greatest creative forces of the 20th century. Comprising over 135 examples of Post-War and Contemporary art, the collection will be offered in both a dedicated eponymous auction on March 3, and within the various owner Prints and Multiples sale on March 1. Highlights from the exhibition will be on view in Los Angeles February 911 at the ... More |
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| Rare portfolios lead Swann Galleries' March sale of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings | | The Pinakothek Museums transfer archives from the Nazi era at the Doerner Institute to the Bundesarchiv | | Exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Robert Kushner opens at DC Moore Gallery | 
Marc Chagall, Four Tales from the Arabian Nights, portfolio with complete text and 13 color lithographs, 1948. Estimate $250,000 to $350,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- On Thursday, March 2, Swann Galleries will hold an auction of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings, offering rare portfolios by masters of the last two centuries. The sale is led by two vibrant lithograph sets, each with additional and complementary works. The publishers own set of the rare deluxe edition of Marc Chagalls Arabian Nights, 1948, boasts an additional thirteenth lithograph showing the King and Scheherazade under the guardianship of a glowing bird; it is expected to sell between $250,000 and $350,000. Also available is the complete set of Ãdouard Vuillards 1899 Paysages et Intérieurs. Already scarce, this portfolio of 13 color lithographs is enhanced by additional impressions of two of the plates, bringing the total number of works to 15. The set in its entirety is estimated at $150,000 to $200,000. There is an excellent selection of vibrant works by nineteenth-century masters led by Pierre Bonna ... More | | 
Some 80 files and glass plates are being transferred to the Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archives). Photo: Andreas Burmester, Doerner Institute.
MUNICH.- The internationally renowned institute that has been part of the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen since April 1947 is transferring some 80 files and glass plates to the Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archives). Preliminary talks were first held in 2007; now the processing of the material has been completed. Founded in 1937 as the State Institute for Colour Technology, the institute came under the Reichskammer der bildenden Künste (the Reich Chamber of Culture) during the Nazi era. To date, the whereabouts of the Reichskammers files is unknown. For this reason, the institutes files containing some 14,000 documents and the images on the some 1,000 glass negatives are of great importance in the field of contemporary history. The extensive holdings enabled a detailed history of events at a cultural institution in Munich during the so-called Third Reich to be made over the past few years. The two-volumed ... More | | 
Robert Kushner, Three King Alfreds, 2016 (detail). Oil, acrylic, and gold leaf on canvas, 72 x 72 inches.
NEW YORK, NY.- DC Moore Gallery presents Robert Kushner: Portraits & Perennials. In this exhibition of new paintings and works on paper, Kushner extends the boundaries of his compositions, infusing his iconic, organic imagery with vibrant color and increased geometric precision in a lyrical synthesis of styles and techniques. Underscoring the evocative title of the catalogues essay, Do REAL Men Paint Flowers?, the exhibition seeks to disrupt the narrative surrounding the decorative while exploring the importance of beauty in contemporary art. In paintings such as Bossa Nova (2015), Ahavah (2016), and NasturtiumsHot Season (2016), Kushners defining grid-like backgrounds have grown increasingly pronounced, as he employs a bold, energized palette of brilliant pinks, purples, and yellows that imbue this body of work with new vigor.
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 Heritage Auctions announces Modern & Contemporary Prints and Multiples AuctionDALLAS, TX.- Interest is growing as Heritage Auctions' Valentine's Day Modern & Contemporary Prints and Multiples Auction draws to a conclusion Feb. 14 in Dallas, Texas. Online bids already have attracted attention to a variety of pieces by international artists with the end of bidding looming. Highlighting the auction is Robert Indiana's The American Love (1975), an enamel on aluminum piece which is stamped with the artist's signature, title and date in the lower margin. Measuring 14 by 13-1/2 inches with an estimate of $2,000-3,000. "We are excited to be presenting this Valentine's Day auction, it features a diverse range of prints and multiples that appeal to both new and established collectors. People can now bid on works by their favorite artists at reasonable estimates," said Taylor Curry, Heritage Auctions Consignment Director. Additionally, four eye-catching works ... More Uecker offered at auction in Bonhams' Post-War and Contemporary Art SaleLONDON.- Two works by the Zero group founding member Günther Uecker lead Bonhams March sale of Post-War and Contemporary Art at Bonhams New Bond Street. Oval (£450,000-650,000) and Vogel (£400,000-600,000), painted in 1958 and 1962 respectively, represent a key period in the German artists early career, reflecting the dynamism of his practice in and around the time he was founding the avant-garde Zero group along with Heinz Mack and Otto Piene. Ralph Taylor, Bonhams Senior Director of Post-War and Contemporary, says We are delighted to be offering two important works by Günther Uecker. These pieces by one of the most exciting artists of the post-war era represent an exciting opportunity for collectors. Günther Uecker was born in 1930 in Wendorf, Germany, his work is included in the collections of international institutions such as the Tate ... More Public Art Fund launches 40th anniversary season with all-borough group exhibitionNEW YORK, NY.- This February, Public Art Fund presents Commercial Break, a new citywide group exhibition celebrating and expanding upon the organizations commitment to new media-based artwork. Launching Public Art Funds 40th anniversary season, and emblematic of the organizations innovative history, Commercial Break draws inspiration from the organizations seminal exhibition series Messages to the Public, which ran on the 800-square-foot animated Spectacolor light board in Times Square from 1982-1990. Similarly disrupting the daily flow of advertising, but reflecting todays visual saturation of digital screens, Commercial Break invites a generation of artists working in new media to create site-specific interventions across advertising platforms in New York City. These include a large billboard in Times Square near the site of the original Spectacolor board; ... More Major new collaborative project by Tim Etchells and Vlatka Horvat opens at Museums SheffieldSHEFFIELD.- This winter Museums Sheffield is hosting a major new collaborative project by internationally renowned artists Tim Etchells and Vlatka Horvat. On view now at the Millennium Gallery, What Can Be Seen presents a bold, playful reimagining of the citys historic museum collections alongside new work by the artists, produced especially for the exhibition. What Can Be Seen draws from the citys diverse collections to explore how we attempt to understand the world through history, science, art, narrative and the act of collecting itself. By presenting unexpected groupings of objects from across the citys collections, alongside fascinating series of similar items and drawings, as well as behind-the-scenes images taken in the museums store, Etchells and Horvat explore new relationships between otherwise unrelated subjects and areas of inquiry. ... More Artistic process of Christo and Jeanne-Claude explored through installation at National Gallery of ArtWASHINGTON, DC.- From 1958 to 1973, Harry Shunk (German, 19242006) and János Kender (Hungarian, 19382009)known collectively as Shunk-Kender, a partnership based initially in Paris and later in New York Cityphotographed the major European and American artists, studios, performances, and exhibitions of the era. A new installation from the National Gallery of Art Library presents selections from these photographs depicting artists Christo (b. 1935) and Jeanne-Claude (19352009), project staff, visitors, works of art, and related locations during the 1960s to early 1970s, including extensive documentation of two major site-specific installations, Wrapped Coast, One Million Square Feet, Little Bay, Sydney, Australia, 196869 (19681969) and Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado, 197072 (19701972). In the Library: Process and Participation in the Work of Christo ... More Julien's Auctions kicks off 2017 with property from the Estate of Patrick SwayzeLOS ANGELES, CA.- Juliens Auctions has announced the first auction event of their 2017 season Property from the Estate of Patrick Swayze. The auction will take place April 28-29, 2017 at Juliens Auctions in Los Angeles. Swayze, cherished by fans and remembered by Hollywood, is often referred to as an inspiration and a rare and beautiful combination of masculinity, grace and a tender heart. Patrick Swayze was the beloved actor and three-time Golden Globe nominee who died too early in 2009. He became an instant celebrity in 1987 when he starred as the misunderstood dance instructor Johnny Castle in the surprise hit Dirty Dancing. The movie established Swayze as Hollywoods hottest new heartthrob. The actor, dancer and singer-songwriter was married to the love-of-his-life, Lisa Niemi, whom he met when she was just 16. Together they would become one of Hollywoods ... More Telling stories of wartime childhood in Bosnian museumSARAJEVO (AFP).- Ballet slippers, tinned food and drawings by a sister killed from shelling are found among the objects in a new Sarajevo museum used to tell stories of life during Bosnia's war through the eyes of children. An unfinished letter, kept safe by a young Bosnian woman for 20 years, was started by her mother who perished when their apartment was shelled in the Balkan country's 1992-1995 civil war. To obtain such personal and treasured possessions, "you have to create trust," said Jasenko Halilovic, the 28-year-old founder of the newly opened War Childhood Museum. During Bosnia's inter-ethnic conflict nearly 3,400 children were killed, including 1,500 in the capital Sarajevo. The city was besieged for 44 months by Belgrade-backed Bosnian Serb forces, who launched shells and sniper fire from the surrounding mountains. Sarajevo still bears the scars, ... More Spectre of censorship haunts South Korea artistsSEOUL (AFP).- When a documentary opened on the deep sea divers who retrieved around 300 bodies, mostly schoolchildren, from a South Korean ferry disaster, tickets sold out -- but it played to half-empty cinemas. There was no indication at the time, but "Diving Bell" -- about the controversial 2014 sinking of the Sewol -- was a victim of the sprawling South Korean corruption and power abuse scandal that has brought millions of people onto the streets and seen President Park Geun-Hye impeached. The film's distributor Kim Il-Kwon was one of thousands of artists secretly blacklisted by the conservative government for voicing "left-wing" thoughts -- meaning criticism of the authorities. "I was so surprised" by the vacant seats, he told AFP. "The movie was the talk of the town and many people had showed interest before its release." The explanation emerged last month, ... More Danish jazz violonist Svend Asmussen dies aged 100STOCKHOLM (AFP).- Danish jazz violinist Svend Asmussen, whose long career included collaborations with Stephane Grappelli, Josephine Baker and Duke Ellington, died on Tuesday at the age of 100, his family said. Born in 1916 in Copenhagen to German parents, he started working professionally at the age of 17 and enjoyed a career which spanned eight decades. He accompanied many of the greats of 20th century popular music, including Fats Waller, Edith Piaf, Django Reinhardt and Lionel Hampton. "I am often accused of being a chameleon," Asmussen, who also acted and painted, told a Danish newspaper last year. "I must say that I broadly agree. I am always embarking on different projects." Asmussen died just weeks short of his 101st birthday on February 28. ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, German painter Gerhard Richter, was born February 09, 1932. Gerhard Richter (born 9 February 1932) is a German visual artist. Richter has simultaneously produced abstract and photorealistic painted works, as well as photographs and glass pieces, thus following the examples of Picasso and Jean Arp in undermining the concept of the artist?s obligation to maintain a single cohesive style. In this image: Christie's employees pose for photographs beside "Abstraktes Bild" by German artist Gerhard Richter at their offices in London, Friday, Feb. 8, 2013.
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