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"Quai de Clichy. Temps gris" by Paul Signac was handed back to the family of French real estate broker Gaston Prosper Levy, in the sixth such return from Gurlitt's trove.
BERLIN (AFP).- Germany on Wednesday returned a painting looted by the Nazis which ended up in the spectacular art hoard of Cornelius Gurlitt, the son of a Third Reich-era art dealer. "Quai de Clichy. Temps gris" by Paul Signac was handed back to the family of French real estate broker Gaston Prosper Levy, in the sixth such return from Gurlitt's trove. Investigators looking into the provenance of paintings in the stash left behind by Gurlitt found eyewitness accounts of German soldiers seizing the Signac work from Levy's property in France in 1940. "A countless number of the mostly Jewish collectors of art and cultural goods like Gaston Prosper Levy were persecuted, robbed or expropriated by Nazis," said Germany's Culture Minister Monika Gruetters. "Others have had to sell their property far below its value or leave it behind while fleeing or emigrating. We can never make good on the suffering and injustice." Such returns are important, the minister said, as they offer "at least a little bit of histo ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The Smiths, Marlborough London, Installation view. Courtesy Luke Walker.
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 | | St Fagans winner of £100,000 Art Fund Museum of the Year 2019 | | Highest price for a watch at auction this year: George Daniels' Space Traveller I rockets to a sky-high $4.6m | | Auction record for a drawing by Canaletto | 
St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff 5 © Marc Atkins.
LONDON.- St Fagans National Museum of History, near Cardiff, was announced as Art Fund Museum of the Year 2019 this evening (3 July 2019), the most important museum prize in the world. David Anderson, Director General of National Museums Wales, was presented with the £100,000 prize by artist Jeremy Deller at a ceremony in the spectacular setting of the Science Museum, London. St Fagans is the first Welsh winner of Art Fund Museum of the Year and Wales most visited heritage attraction. The winner was chosen from five finalists: HMS Caroline (Belfast), Nottingham Contemporary, Pitt Rivers Museum (Oxford), St. Fagans National Museum of History (Cardiff) and V&A Dundee. Each of the other finalist museums receives a £10,000 prize in recognition of their achievements. Among the 400 guests at the dinner hosted by Stephen Deuchar, director, Art Fund, were: Artists: Ruth Beale, Zarina Bhimji, Sonia Boyce, Michael Criag-Martin, Edmund De Waal, ... More | | 
The Space Traveller I sold for CHF 220,000 / $151,000 at Sothebys in Geneva in November 1988. Courtesy Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Today in London, Sothebys set a world auction record for an English watch, when George Daniels legendary Space Traveller I rocketed to a sky-high £3,615,000 ($4,561,407) - over 30 times the price set by the watch 31 years ago, and the first and only time the watch had appeared at auction until today*. The result is also a record for a timepiece by an independent watchmaker and the highest price achieved for a watch at auction this year. The watch had been estimated at £700,000-1,000,000 / $905,000-1,300,000. Daryn Schnipper, Chairman of the International Watch Division, said: George Daniels was a revolutionary a visionary who enabled todays independent watchmakers to rise and thrive. The record price achieved by the Space Traveller I is both a tribute to his genius and the supreme quality of this watch. One of finest timepieces of the 20th century, the Space Traveller I ... More | | 
Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, The Presentation of the Doge in S. Marco. Pen and brown ink and three shades of grey wash, heightened with touches of white over black chalk within original brown ink framing lines, 381 by 550 mm. Courtesy Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Today, in Sothebys Old Master & British Works on Paper Sale, a rare drawing by Canaletto realised £3.1m/ $3.9m, setting a new auction record for a drawing by the artist. A superbly preserved pen and brown ink drawing which ranks among the greatest that the artist ever made, The Presentation of the Doge in S. Marco belongs to a highly original series of twelve depictions of the ceremonies and festival of Doges, the Feste Ducali, the majority of which now reside in museums around the world. Imposing in scale and composition and brilliantly accomplished in its virtuosic lighting and handling of the media, the drawing is a masterpiece in the art of perspective and though unusual in the artists canon of work, is very definitive of his genius. Earlier in the sale, a newly-discovered 16th century work by Rosso Fiorentino sold for £471,000 ... More |
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| | | Frieze Sculpture the free summer display of international outdoor artwork opens in Regent's Park | | Exhibition at Marlborough consists of over 30 artists with the surname Smith | | Gunnar B. Kvaran steps down as Director of Astrup Fearnley Museet | 
Peter Buggenhout, On Hold #9, 2019, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Frieze Sculpture 2019. Photo by Stephen White. Courtesy of Stephen White/Frieze.
LONDON.- Today Frieze opened Frieze Sculpture in London, selected by Clare Lilley (Director of Programme at Yorkshire Sculpture Park) and presented in collaboration with leading galleries from around the world. Creating a major public art display at the heart of London, Frieze Sculpture brings together more than 20 international artists to present new and modern artworks in monumental scale, all placed around the English Gardens of The Regents Park. Building on Friezes commitment to emerging artists, logistics partner Mtec again supported the installation of two works presented by young London galleries. Frieze Sculpture opens in The Regents Park at the heart of London, from 3 July to 6 October 2019, with free admission to all. Selected by Lilley from an open call for gallery applications, the participating artists for Frieze ... More | | 
Michael Bell-Smith Yes, And, 2017. Machine cut vinyl on Dibond, 54 x 45 in. (137.2 x 114.3 cm). Courtesy of The Artist and Foxy Production.
LONDON.- Marlborough presents The Smiths, a group exhibition inspired by a typically stimulating and amusing conversation with the artist Maurizio Cattelan. As per his imagining, the show consists of over 30 artists with the surname Smith. It spans multiple generations, styles and mediums and includes artists that are both famous and some who are less familiar. As the works are effectively self-selected, the show forces un-premeditated connections between artworks and artists. The overall effect of what may be an unlikely dialogue between objects, are unexpected and allow for a kind of a fortuitous dynamism. For example, a stately ink drawing by the legendary David Smith, occupies a space with a small oil on canvas by up-and-coming painter Emily Mae Smith, which, alongside work by the young self-taught Philadelphia sculptor ... More | | 
Gunnar B. Kvaran.
OSLO.- Gunnar B. Kvaran (64), the director of Astrup Fearnley Museet, is resigning his position as of the beginning of 2020. Kvaran has been director since 2001. Earlier this year he informed Hans Rasmus Astrup, who owns the Astrup Fearnley Collection and who established the museum in 1993, that he wished to leave at the end of 2019. When Hans Rasmus Astrup stepped down as chairman of the museum board in 2018, I felt it was the end of an era, and after 19 intense years as director, its time for me to hand over the responsibility to a new generation, says Kvaran. These 19 years have been wonderful. Im enormously grateful for the collaboration with Hans Rasmus. The museums journey from its relatively small building in Dronningens gate to the present, when its collection fills one of Oslos landmark buildings, has been fantastic, both for the museum itself and for contemporary art. But Ive alwa ... More |
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| | | Ketterer Kunst announces online-only special theme auction 'Art for the Smallest Collectors' with around 50 works | | Phillips names Jamie Niven as Senior Advisor to Chief Executive Officer | | Sam Moyer is now represented by Kayne Griffin Corcoran | 
Alexander Calder, Hommage to the Pyramids. Color lithograph. Around 1970, 78 x 58 cm. Starting price: 1,870.
MUNICH.- At first sight the wicked Capitano by HAP Grieshaber and Dodos elfish Figurine do not have much in common, however, both are bound to take a childs heart by storm. So it might be a good idea for parents to have a look at www.ketterer-internet-auctions.com from July 15 on. Up until August 15 at 3 pm the Ketterer Kunst ONLINE-ONLY special theme auction offers Art for the Smallest Collectors starting at pocket money prices of 1. Nowadays art is everywhere. It makes our lives richer, more colorful and more exciting. But what about the rooms our children live in? Are the kids really too young to be surrounded by fine arts? Exactly the opposite is the case, as we approach new things with a lot of curiosity, creativity and impartiality at a young age, abilities that often wane in the course of time. What could be a better way to improve a childs perceptio ... More | | 
Mr. Niven spent almost 20 years at Sothebys, rising to the position of Chairman of the Americas, which he held from 2006 to 2015. Image courtesy of Phillips.
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips announced that Jamie Niven has joined the company as a Senior Advisor to Chief Executive Officer Edward Dolman. He is based in New York. Mr. Niven spent almost 20 years at Sothebys, rising to the position of Chairman of the Americas, which he held from 2006 to 2015. At Sothebys, Mr. Niven used his extensive international experience to develop and implement client management and salesforce strategies to expand the companys global reach. He is currently a member of the Leighton Candler Group at Corcoran and, until recently, served as Chairman of Athena Art Finance, which recently merged with the digital investment platform YieldStreet. Prior to joining Sotheby's, he was Chairman of Global Natural Resources, an oil and gas company based in Houston, and he started his career in the corporate finance division of ... More | | 
Sam Moyer, Sun on Sunset, 2019. Stone, painted canvas mounted to MDF panel, 62 x 49 inches, 157.5 x 124.5 centimeters.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Kayne Griffin Corcoran announced representation of artist Sam Moyer. The artist's first solo exhibition with the gallery, Flowers, is currently on view through July 6th 2019. Kayne Griffin Corcoran will also be presenting new work by Moyer at West Bund Art and Design which runs from November 7th to the 10th 2019 in Shanghai, China. Born in Chicago in 1983, Sam Moyer received her BFA from the Corcoran College of Art and Design and an MFA from Yale School of Art. Moyers work abstracts the languages of painting and sculpture through a diverse practice that draws inspiration from architectural space and natural materials. If a piece balances the physical density of sculpture while echoing the speed or lightness of a drawing, it is an experiential success for me, says Moyer. Over the past five years, the artist has embraced the tension ... More |
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| | | Mark Handforth produces seven new sculptures for exhibition at Modern Art | | Exhibition of new work by Berlin-based artist Daniel Richter opens at Regen Projects | | Group exhibition at Braverman Gallery draws attention to parallel worlds to our reality | 
Mark Handforth, TRASH CAN CANDLES, exhibition view, Modern Art, Vyner Street, London, 27 June -14 September 2019. Photo: Eva Herzog. Courtesy the artist & Modern Art, London.
LONDON.- Modern Art is presenting a solo exhibition of new work by Mark Handforth. This is Handforths first solo show with Modern Art, and his first in London. Mark Handforths sculptures imbue the almost-invisible features of our lives street lamps, road signs, fluorescent lights and fire hydrants with formal properties that make them strange, larger than life and enigmatically off-kilter. They are meticulously crafted, but deliberately imperfect, often containing a wry humour and poetry in their references and arrangement in space. Handforths objects collage elements together in alluring compositions; an early sculpture of a Vespa is covered in burning candles and becomes an altar; a street lamp is twisted into the shape of a five-pointed star, and a piece of drift wood is cast in concrete and juxtaposed with fluorescent lights. His works have both a sense ... More | | 
Installation view of Daniel Richter H.P. (jah allo) at Regen Projects, Los Angeles, June 29 - August 17, 2019. Photo: Marten Elder, Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Regen Projects is presenting H.P. (jah allo), an exhibition of new work by Berlin-based artist Daniel Richter. This is his fourth solo show at the gallery. One of the most influential painters of his generation, Richters work continues the lineage of post-war German painting that includes artists such as Werner Büttner, Martin Kippenberger, and Albert Oehlen. In the 1990s he gained critical acclaim for his colorful abstract paintings and large-scale, psychedelic figurative works. Combining elements of pure formal abstraction with representational images culled from popular culture and the media, his striking compositions pushed the limits of his chosen medium and posited a new approach to the genre of contemporary history painting. The exhibition presents a selection of paintings that continue to explore Richters new methodology, which he adopted in 2015, marking ... More | | 
The Haas Brothers, Bill Nyeland, 2015. Courtesy of Braverman Gallery Tel Aviv.
TEL AVIV.- Dont brood too much [
] on the superiority of the unseen to the seen. [...] Our business is not to contrast the two, but to reconcile them Such is the advice that the wise protagonist, Margaret Schlegel, of E.M. Forsters 1910 novel Howards End gives her younger sister Helento merge the real and the imagined, the spiritual and physical realms. She encapsulates this idea in a mantra, Only connect! that she repeats throughout the book and which served as my inspirational springboard for this show. Margaret calls to unite the beast and the monk, the prose and the passion, while emphasizing the importance of putting forward the greatest energy into human connections. Margarets mantra responds to a world that parallels our current moment: a sharply accelerating, uncertain, and increasingly hyper-rational society migrating in great waves from the countryside into the bustle of big cities. In her refrain to Only connect! she re ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter Barnett Newman died July 04, 1970. Barnett Newman (January 29, 1905 - July 4, 1970) was an American artist. He is seen as one of the major figures in abstract expressionism and one of the foremost of the color field painters. His paintings are existential in tone and content, explicitly composed with the intention of communicating a sense of locality, presence, and contingency. In this image: Barnett Newman's masterpiece Stations of the Cross is focus of exhibition at National Gallery of Art
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