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This file photo taken on August 27, 2007 in Bayeux shows person looking at the Bayeux Tapestry. The Bayeux Tapestry could be displayed in Britain after France agreed in principle to the historic artwork leaving the country for the first time in 950 years, according to British media on January 17, 2018. MYCHELE DANIAU / AFP.
by Adam Plowright with Robin Millard in London
PARIS (AFP).- In a gesture of abiding friendship, or perhaps a subtle act of diplomatic trolling, French President Emmanuel Macron will offer to loan Britain the famed Bayeux Tapestry, depicting the French conquest of England, during his visit to the UK on Thursday. The 40-year-old French leader likes to accompany his diplomacy with symbolic moves and gifts as he sets about trying to restore France's international prestige. On a trip to Beijing, he offered the Chinese president a French stallion, while Russian leader Vladimir Putin was given a tour around an exhibition at the Versailles Palace last year that marked 300 years of Franco-Russian friendship. In Britain on Thursday, Macron will offer to transport the 70-metre-long (230-foot) Bayeux Tapestry to Britain for the first time, in an unprecedented and technically difficult journey for the priceless thousand-year-old artwork. "It will not be before 2020 because it's an extremely fragile cultural treasure which will be subject to major restoratio ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day View of pre-Columbian pieces -which had been taken out of the country illegaly to Venezuela- and were now returned by the Venezuelan government, at the National Museum in San Jose, Costa Rica, on January 17, 2018. Ezequiel BECERRA / AFP
| Nelson's Trafalgar Union Jack sells for £297,000 at Sotheby's London | | The Yale Center for British Art expands its collection of Modern and Contemporary British photographs | | Myers Fine Art to celebrate 30th year with stellar Jan. 21 European & Asian Antiques & Fine Arts Auction | 
An exceptionally large fragment of the Union Flag believed to have flown from Nelsons ship at Trafalgar soars to £297,000 ($408,761). Courtesy Sothebys.
LONDON.- International collectors came out in full force today to testify to the enduring fascination for Britain's national hero and legend, Lord Horatio Nelson. The Of Royal and Noble Descent was spearheaded by an outstanding group of 80 objects celebrating Nelson, Trafalgar and the great British maritime tradition, almost all of which found a buyer (96%) and achieved prices well in excess of their pre-sale estimates. Many of the objects in the collection had irresistible stories to tell and would have been with Nelson at his final hour, making them even more desirable to collectors. Among such pieces were: · An exceptionally large fragment of the Union Jack believed to have flown from Nelsons ship, HMS Victory during his greatest and final victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Four bidders competed for this piece of history, driving the final price to £297,000 ($408,761), almost three times the pre-sale estimate ... More | | 
Bert Hardy, Life in the Elephant - A nose for bargains, vintage gelatin silver print, 1948.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.- The Yale Center for British Art has expanded its collection of photographs through a generous gift of 125 works from the Londonbased collectors Claire and James Hyman. The gift includes prints by famed British photographers Bill Brandt (19041983), Tony Ray-Jones (19411972), and Martin Parr (b. 1952), and it introduces works by Bert Hardy (19131995), Roger Mayne (19292014), Fay Godwin (19312005), John Blakemore (b. 1936), Colin Jones (b. 1936), Anna Fox (b. 1961), and many others who are not yet represented in the Centers steadily growing collection. A selection reflecting the range of British photographers and approaches to the medium represented in this gift will be on display at the Center beginning on Tuesday, January 16, mounted by Assistant Curator of Photography Chitra Ramalingam. This arrangement will be on view in the second-floor galleries through March 29, 2018. Claire and I ... More | | 
Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot (Dutch, 1586-1666), Golden Age oil-on-panel genre painting of peasants feasting in a village, 37 x 50.5in (framed). Est. $20,000-$40,000.
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.- Few would argue that the Florida Gulf Coast is an agreeable place to be in January. Aside from the sunshine and beaches that are free to all comers, the Tampa Bay area boasts a thriving art community and one of the nations most highly regarded auction houses: Myers Fine Art (MFA). To mark the companys 30th year at the same landmark Art Deco gallery in St. Petersburg, Myers co-owners Mike Myers and Mary Dowd have announced a January 21 auction that reflects a full year of scrupulous assessment and curation of European and Asian fine art and antiques. All of the goods set aside for the 30th anniversary auction were sourced from upscale estates in Florida, the Hamptons, and various New England regions known for their gracious, historic homes. We have always taken the same curated approach as Sothebys and Christies. We ... More |
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| Regen Projects debuts The Modernist, Catherine Opie's first film | | Exhibition of works focused on the medium paper by Dieter Roth opens at Hauser & Wirth Zurich | | Rediscovered painting by Orazio Gentileschi leads Colnaghi's spring exhibition in New York | 
Installation view of Catherine Opie The Modernist at Regen Projects, Los Angeles
January 12 - February 17, 2018. Photo: Brian Forrest, Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Regen Projects is debuting The Modernist, Catherine Opies first film. This marks the artists ninth solo exhibition at the gallery. For over thirty years, Catherine Opie has captured often overlooked aspects of contemporary American life and culture. One of the most important photographers of her generation, her photographic subjects have included early seminal portraits of the LGBTQI community, the architecture of Los Angeles' freeway system, mansions in Beverly Hills, Midwestern icehouses, high school football players, California surfers, and abstract landscapes of National Parks, among others. The Modernist presents a dystopic view of Los Angeles, a city that has figured prominently in Opies work over the years. The film is in conversation with Chris Markers radical 1962 photo-roman, La Jetée, which utilizes still photography to tell a story of ... More | | 
Dieter Roth, 13 Lollies mit Rückseiten (13 Lollies with reverse sides) (detail), 1981. 13 drawings (recto/verso), pencil, felt-tip pen, gouache on yellow paper, 29.5 x 21 cm / 11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. © Dieter Roth Estate. Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth.
ZURICH.- Hauser & Wirth Zürich is staging a presentation of works focused on the medium paper by legendary German-born Swiss artist Dieter Roth (1930 1998). Curated by Björn Roth, Dieter Roth. Paper offers a unique window into the artists explorations and expansions of the medium. Enduring curiosity and artistic restlessness led Roth to make strides in virtually all visual art forms including drawing, book-making, film, sculpture and immersive installations, but his pervasive manipulations of paper whether in cardboard, waste material, photographic paper, prints or books can be considered the crux of his oeuvre. Roths knowledge and appreciation of graphic design developed from his studies in the late 1940s and was most vividly realised in the over 200 artist books he created. Roth, alongside Ed Ruscha, is considered ... More | | 
Orazio Gentileschi (1563-1639), The Crowning of Thorns. Oil on canvas, 52cm x 41cm (20 x 16 in.).
NEW YORK, NY.- Colnaghi will show a rediscovered and previously unpublished painting by Orazio Gentileschi (1563-1639) at a spring exhibition in their newly-opened townhouse space in New Yorks Upper East Side. Taking place from 27 January to 3 February 2018 as part of Master Drawings New York 2018, the exhibition will also include a selection of works by notable artists including Pedro de Mena (1628-1688) and Luca Giordano (1634-1705). In addition, and following the arrival of Carlos A. Picón as Director of the new gallery in New York, the exhibition will also showcase a fine group of antiquities. The Crowning of Thorns by Orazio Gentileschi (1563-1639) is an important rediscovery which has been in a private collection for at least several generations, hidden from the view of art historians and unpublished to date. Orazio Gentileschi was one of the most significant and innovative artists working in Italy during the ... More |
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| Paul Kasmin Gallery opens exhibition of new paintings by Judith Bernstein | | Exhibition spans over 60 years of Douglas Kirkland's photography career | | Famed US artist's sculpture destroyed in S. Korea | 
Judith Bernstein, Money Shot - Yellow, 2016 (detail). Acrylic and oil on canvas, 104 x 90 1/2 inches, 264.2 x 229.9 cm. Image courtesy Judith Bernstein and Paul Kasmin Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- Paul Kasmin Gallery announces the exhibition of new paintings by Judith Bernstein, who has joined the gallerys roster of artists. The exhibition, entitled Money Shot, will be on view from January 18 to March 3, 2018 at 293 Tenth Avenue and features seven new large-scale paintings that emphatically continue the artists incendiary political critique of the current Trump administration. In the artists words, I am showing Trump for what he is: a fool, a monster, a jester, a sexist, a racist. Donald Trump is a con artist, using the White House as his own personal cash machine. Since graduating from Yale in 1967, Judith Bernstein has developed a reputation as one of the most unwaveringly provocative artists of her generation. Steadfast in her cultural, political and social critique for over 50 years, Bernstein surged into art world prominence ... More | | 
Marilyn Monroe, Hollywood,1961. © Douglas Kirkland/Photo Op.
MOSCOW.- The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography is presenting the first exhibition in Russia by Douglas Kirkland, a multi-award winning American photographer, lecturer and author of several books. The exhibition Behind the Scenes spans over 60 years of Douglas Kirklands photography career and focuses on its highlights. The Grand Hall of The Lumiere Center hosts on-set photography from major Hollywood movies during the 1960s-2010s and an iconic photoshoot of Marilyn Monroe in 1961. A series featuring 3 weeks of Coco Chanels life and work becomes a special part of the project and is being exhibited in the White Hall of The Lumiere Center. Born in Toronto in 1934, Douglas Kirkland started his career as legendary Irving Penns assistant, he joined Look magazine in 1960 and soon became contract photographer. A year later he had a chance to shoot a feature on Marilyn Monroe for the 25th anniversary of the magazine. An evening o ... More | | 
Art lovers have expressed shock and anger over the demolishing of "Chamber", installed next to the beach at Haeundae in Busan. AFP Photo.
SEOUL (AFP).- One of the last sculptures by US artist Dennis Oppenheim has been destroyed by local authorities in a South Korean city on the grounds that it was becoming an "eyesore". Art lovers have expressed shock and anger over the demolishing of "Chamber", installed next to the beach at Haeundae in Busan. Oppenheim, a conceptual and performance artist as well as a sculptor, has works in the collections of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and London's Tate Gallery, among others, and public art on show in several cities around the world. But that counted for nothing to the Haeundae District Office. The steel and plastic "Chamber", inspired by the structure of a flower, was more than eight metres wide and six metres high, and cost 800 million won ($750,000). Intended as a tourist attraction where visitors could walk between the "petals" and take ... More |
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| Presentation of works by the revered American artist Philip Pearlstein opens at Saatchi Gallery's SALON | | The Robin Rice Gallery opens a photographic exhibition by Mindaugas Gabrenas | | Wichita Art Museum announces appointment of new curator | 
Philip Pearlstein, Model with Speedboat and Kiddie Car Harness Racer, 2010 (detail). Oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in. (182.88 x 121.92 cm). © Philip Pearlstein. Courtesy Betty Cuningham Gallery.
LONDON.- SALON, in collaboration with Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York, announces its fourth exhibition, Paintings 1990 2017, a presentation of works by the revered American artist, Philip Pearlstein. Pearlstein, now 93, has had an active career in the US and abroad since the mid-1950s. He first studied painting at the Carnegie Institute of Technology where he met Andy Warhol. Upon graduation, Warhol and Pearlstein moved to New York together to seek work in commercial design and pursue their own fine art careers. Pearlstein worked in an abstract expressionist style in the 1950s, before shifting to realism. This show, which is comprised of eight large-scale works in oil, is a celebration of his depiction of the human nude, a subject that has preoccupied him since 1960 as he says, it is a shape that is always changing. In the 1980s, Pearlstein ... More | | 
Dream About an Empty House Lithuania, 2015. Archival pigment print.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Robin Rice Gallery is presenting a photographic exhibition by Mindaugas Gabrenas. The show will run through February 25th. In this exhibition, Mindaugas Gabrenas invites us to reflect on the poetics of place through his lyrical and surrealist imagery. His hand-printed silver gelatin prints reveal abandoned regions, wild coasts and strange territories from Lithuania to Scotland to America. As a scientific innovator, he uses unique techniques and unconventional materials in order to create his whimsical, dream photos. In Spinning The Wheel, stars trace the sky in a curved motion and meet the water below creating a sense of the infinite. As Gabrenas explores and captures landscapes through very long exposures, he actually meditates and reflects on the world around him encouraging his viewers to imagine themselves within the landscapes and dream with him.In another image Dream About an ... More | | 
Hedrick began work at WAM as a research fellow in Fall 2016.
WICHITA, KAN.- Wichita Art Museum Director Dr. Patricia McDonnell has named Dr. Tera Hedrick as Curator, effective immediately. Her appointment concludes a national search. Tera exceeded every expectation, so much so that the museum ended its national search and selected her as the WAM curator for the museums next chapter, said McDonnell. Tera is an extraordinary talent, and we are fortunate to keep her in her hometown of Wichita. Her academic credentials are sterling, and she brings erudition and buoyant enthusiasm to her role as curator. Hedrick began work at WAM as a research fellow in Fall 2016, serving as the museums lead researcher and creator of the current exhibition No Idle Hands: Treasures from the Americana Collection at the Wichita Art Museum, highlighting the museums newly acquired Americana collection of more than 450 works of folk art that reflect daily life in Americas early ... More |
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Looking up, these asylum seekers greet the effortlessly hovering drone with a mixture of relief and elation even though the drone is unmanned and not human, and even though the resulting encounter is no ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, English fashion designer and photographer Cecil Beaton died January 18, 1904. Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton CBE (14 January 1904 - 18 January 1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award - winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. In this image: Marylin Monroe. © Sotheby's Cecil Beaton Archive.
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