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Exhibition view EN PASSANT. Impressionism in sculpture. Photo: Städel Museum Norbert Miguletz.
FRANKFURT.- Even today, a century and a half after its emergence, impressionism still fascinates people worldwide. Especially the paintings, with their loose, sketchy brushwork, bright palette and depictions of everyday scenes, are familiar to us all. The diversity of impressionism in sculpture, on the other hand, is a subject that has received far less scholarly attention to date and is unknown to the broad public. The Städel Museum is presenting the first major exhibition ever to explore the question of how the attributes of impressionist painting such as light, colour, movement and even ephemerality found expression in sculpture. The show revolves primarily around five artists Edgar Degas (18341917), Auguste Rodin (18401917), Medardo Rosso (18581928), Paolo Troubetzkoy (18661938) and Rembrandt Bugatti (18841916) whose oeuvres represent the various manifestations of impressioni ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Members of the restoration team clean 'Hope', a skeleton of a blue whale, hanging in the main Hintze Hall of the Natural History Museum in London on July 27, 2020, before it re-opens to the public on August 5, 2020, after being made to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Galleries and museums across the country were shut in late March as the coronavirus outbreak took hold and the public was told to stay at home. Britain has suffered the deadliest coronavirus outbreak in Europe. DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP
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 | | Senate report: Opaque art market helped oligarchs evade sanctions | | Mystery solved: Scientists trace source of Stonehenge boulders | | Adding a new name to the canon in clay: Doyle Lane | 
A new bridge to the Russian mainland can be seen from hills near Kerch, on the Crimean peninsula, Sept. 3, 2017. Denis Sinyakov/The New York Times.
by Graham Bowley
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Companies linked to two Russian oligarchs exploited the opaqueness of the art world to buy high-value art, bypassing U.S. sanctions, according to a report by the U.S. Senates Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations that was published Wednesday. American companies are barred from doing business with sanctioned individuals. But the report said the oligarchs, Arkady and Boris Rotenberg, two brothers who are close to President Vladimir Putin of Russia, were able to hide behind an intermediary who made the purchases on behalf of companies owned or funded by the Rotenbergs. The purchases of works at auction houses and through private art dealers in New York totaled $18.4 million in value and were made after the Rotenbergs came under U.S. sanctions in 2014. The report said the financial transactions were enabled by the secrecy and anonymity with which the art market operates, and it called for tighter rules to force greater transparency. The investigators concluded that the auction hou ... More | | 
In this file photo revellers watch the sunrise as they celebrate the pagan festival of Summer Solstice at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, southern England on June 21, 2018. Geoff CADDICK / AFP.
by Issam Ahmed
WASHINGTON (AFP).- Stonehenge, a Neolithic wonder in southern England, has vexed historians and archaeologists for centuries with its many mysteries: How was it built? What purpose did it serve? Where did its towering sandstone boulders come from? That last question may finally have an answer after a study published Wednesday found that most of the giant stones -- known as sarsens -- seem to share a common origin 25 kilometers (16 miles) away in West Woods, an area that teemed with prehistoric activity. The finding boosts the theory that the megaliths were brought to Stonehenge about the same time: around 2,500 BCE, the monument's second phase of construction, which in turn could be a sign its builders were from a highly organized society. It also contradicts a previous suggestion that one large sarsen, the Heel Stone, came from the immediate vicinity of the site and was erected before the others. The new paper appeared in the journal Science Advances. Lead author David Nash, a professor of ... More | | 
The Australian sculptor Ricky Swallow examines one of the Weed pots, ceramic vessels by Doyle Lane, on display at David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles, in a show curated by Swallow, July 20, 2020. Rozette Rago/The New York Times.
by Jonathan Griffin
LOS ANGELES (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- One afternoon in the early 90s, the banking consultant Rudy Estrada returned to his mansion in Pasadena, California, to find two members of the local sheriffs department standing over a lightly built African American man spread-eagled on his front lawn. Estrada immediately recognized the man as his friend Doyle Lane, a mild-mannered ceramic artist whom he had known since childhood. Growing up in the 1950s and 60s in the working-class neighborhood of El Sereno, in East Los Angeles, Estrada and his schoolfriends used to visit Lane at his hillside home studio to watch him throwing pots. Now Estrada was a collector of Lanes work, and Lane had come to his house to install a tile mural. In this affluent, predominantly white neighborhood, the officers had assumed he was an intruder. (A few months later, Estradas father, who is Hispanic, was similarly harassed.) Once the sheriffs had departed, Estrada was astonished ... More |
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| | Artist Concha Jerez presents 'Our Memory Is Being Stolen' at Museo Reina SofÃa | | Christie's presents Trespassing, an online-only sale including cross-category selections by KAWS and Banksy | | 'Solidarity', the Magnum's Square Print Sale, in collaboration with Vogue supports NAACP | 
Concha Jerez, Our Memory Is Being Stolen, July, 2020. Exhibition view (Limit of Ordinariness). Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. Photo: Joaquin Cortes/Roman Lores. Photographic archive of Museo Reina Sofia.
MADRID.- Concha Jerez presents Our Memory Is Being Stolen (Que nos roban la memoria), an exhibition structured by the concept of memory, an ever-present topic throughout the artists career. The show presents work from the 1970s to the present day, retrieving and revising the artists oeuvre from a perspective in which personal memory and collective memory intersect. Jerezs conception of the show as an in-situ revision of her essential ideas and projects has led her to occupy exhibition galleries but also previously unused spaces, with installations that combine pre-existing works and new elements. Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 1941, Concha Jerez studied Music and Political Science before training as a conceptual artist in 1970. A forerunner of conceptual and sound art in Spain, her work is particularly appreciated for its critical nature and its experimental ... More | | 
KAWS (b. 1974), Untitled (Astro Boy), hand painted resin, 18 ½ x 12 ⅝ x 4½ in. (47 x 32 x 11.2 cm.) Estimate: $150,000-200,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies presents Trespassing (5-19 August), an online-only sale curated together with Ronnie K. Pirovino. Trespassing features a groundbreaking selection of over 90 lots and traces graffitis influence on contemporary art and embraces the energy, spontaneity and humor of artists inspired by the medium. Trespassing highlights works across collecting categories by leading names such as KAWS, Banksy and Invader juxtaposed with works by Jonas Wood, Julie Curtiss and George Condo among others that share the same dynamic spirit. Lindsay Griffith, Head of Department, Prints and Multiples, New York, commented: We have really enjoyed the experience of working with Ronnie to put this exciting sale together, Trespassing is a convergence of emerging trends in our market and is designed to entice both brand new buyers and those who are familiar with our sales. Ronnie K. Pirovino, ... More | | 
Christopher Anderson, President Barack Obama in the private dining room of the White House. Washington, DC. USA. 2016.
NEW YORK, NY.- Solidarity, the July 2020 Square Print Sale, sees Magnum Photos supporting the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in collaboration with Vogue. The selection brings together over 100 images and texts by international visual artists. In a year of global societal and political upheaval that has seen the Black Lives Matter cause taken up around the world as well as hundreds of millions facing government restrictions on movement, this theme challenges participating photographers to reflect upon the power of togetherness in tumultuous times. While acknowledging the daunting divisions and fault-lines running through society, the selection examines a simultaneous human yearning for commune and connection, aiming to explore the strength of both the individual and collective, as well as the interdependence of peoples around the world in the face of adversity and oppression. Everyday demonstrations of ... More |
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| | Karyn Olivier is now represented by Tanya Bonakdar Gallery | | Marilyn Monroe's personal pearl necklace and private letter at Heritage Auctions | | Gil Elvgren pinups make auction debut in October | 
Fortified 2018-2020, Installation view from ICA Philadelphia, 2020.
NEW YORK, NY.- Karyn Oliviers artistic practice merges multiple histories and collective memory with present-day narratives. Through the slight manipulation of familiar objects and spaces, such as coffee tables, playground slides, or grocery stores, the artist re-contextualizes the viewers relationship to the ordinary. Questioning what we presume to be the function or facts of an object or space, she asks us to reconcile memory with conventional meanings, ultimately revealing contradictions as well as new possibilities and ideas. Oliviers work often reflects on public versus private space, recalling communal nostalgias connected to social and physical experiences and how those phenomena relate to inclusivity and acceptance. How we interact with and dissect conflicting narratives and their representation in art are core ... More | | 
A Marilyn Monroe-Owned and Worn Pearl Necklace With Photo Match. Estimate: $5,000+.
DALLAS, TX.- A letter handwritten by Marilyn Monroe to explain why she bowed out of a commitment to visit a U.S. Air Force base in Greenland leads a group of five lots in Heritage Auctions' Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Auction from arguably the most popular starlet of all time. The event will be held Aug. 8-9 in Dallas, Texas. "Marilyn Monroe took the concept of the Hollywood starlet to new levels she made men around the world swoon, Heritage Auctions Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Director Garry Shrum said. "Her appearances on USO tours were huge events for those military bases, and when she was unable to go, that was an enormous disappointment. That she took the time to hand-write this letter is remarkable, and speaks to the fact that her beauty ran far deeper than what was seen in photos and ... More | | 
Gil Elvgren, Bow Spirit, circa 1960. Estimate: $50,000-75,000.
DALLAS, TX.- An outstanding private collection of pinups will be offered in Heritage Auctions' Illustration Art Auction Oct. 16, including five paintings by widely renowned pinup artist Gil Elvgren that never have been offered at auction. "Heritage is excited to be offering this collection of pinups," Heritage Auctions Senior Vice President Ed Jaster said. "The consignor is not only a Formula One driver, but also an avid classic car collector. It is no coincidence that many of the works in his collection feature classic cars." The quintet of Elvgren paintings includes: · Bow Spirit, circa 1960 (estimate: $50,000-75,000) · Let's Go, 1957 (estimate: $50,000-70,000) · Low Down Feelings, circa 1955 (estimate: $40,000-60,000) · I've Been Spotted, 1949 (estimate: $30,000-50,000) · Trophy Girl - A Winner, 1960 (estimate: ... More |
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| | A new day dawns at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg with an expanded building, new exhibitions and more | | QUINT Gallery opens new gallery space devoted to showing one artwork at a time | | Artist utilises 3D modelling and rendering software to imagine artworks within exhibition spaces | 
In addition to the physical enhancements to the Art Museums building, there are four new exhibitions that await guests.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA.- The first large-scale expansion and upgrade to the building that houses the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg since they were first joined under one roof in 2007 is complete. Guests at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum are now able to enjoy an enhanced visitor experience through a new wing that adds 65,000 square feet to the building, numerous improved amenities as well as several new exhibitions. Colonial Williamsburgs collection reflects the scope and diversity of our shared history, and its objects tell remarkable stories that allow us to interpret that history, said Ronald L. Hurst, Colonial Williamsburgs Carlisle H. Humelsine chief curator and vice president for museums, preservation and historic resources. Weve been successful over the years in engaging guests ... More | | 
Robert Irwin, Zephyr, 2020. Shadow+reflection+color, 72 x 97.50 x 4.75 in. Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann.
SAN DIEGO, CA.- QUINT Gallery opened a new venue; ONE, devoted to showing one artwork at a time. ONES inaugural artwork, ZEPHYR, is by one of the most important artists of our time, San Diego-based Robert Irwin. ZEPHYR is from Irwins DRAWINGS series, a body of work that the artist has been working on the last 5 years. The word "drawing" implies a sense of improvisational playfulness and is an appropriate title for this series which are basically made of non-electrified fluorescent light bulbs, wrapped in layers of theatrical gels and placed on top of areas directly painted on a wall. By using sculptural elements, paint, color and line, this work challenges the traditional media and idea of drawing-making. ZEPHYR is a forever changing myriad of shadow, color, light and form depending on the angle from which one approaches it. Robert Irwins art demands ones attention. As the writer Lawrence Weschler wrote abo ... More | | 
Eye of Newt 2020. PVC. 300cm Diameter
NOTTINGHAM.- The eye motif first appeared in digital renders on the artists instagram (@bruceasbestos). These experimental renders depict the motif in a variety of media and collections, in imagined exhibition spaces. The first render, portrays a pile of multiple, globular eyes, titled Eyesbourne (2020), presented in the fictional gallery Los Angeles Museum of Aphids, Animals and Amphibiousness. Asbestos explains: I wanted to imagine everything, including the name of the institution and curator, trying to use this time when galleries are closed and exhibitions delayed to make new artworks, and imagine artworks on a massive scale The floating work draws on his experience of visiting the pond in the local park, looking at the frogspawn and wondering about the potential of frogspawn as a symbol for collectivity, community or possibility, all of which are desperately needed in these strange times. As ... More |
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Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist - A Conversation with Michael Zakian
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 Carlo Mollino's Casa del Sole side chair could bring $50,000+ in Heritage Design AuctionDALLAS, TX.- A chair designed by Carlo Mollino for use in the Alps could bring $50,000 or more in Heritage Auctions' Design Auction August 18. The auction, which features works from private collections, was added to the schedule in response to the strength of Heritage's auction market and the success of Heritage's spring Design Auction. "This auction really is a result of us drawing on the strength of our spring sale, Heritage Auctions Design Director Brent Lewis said. "This sale includes both iconic works of 20th century design, as well as a compelling selection of art and objects. It includes a private California collection, featuring Carlo Mollino's Casa del Sole chair as well as a unique pencil drawing of a radio for one of Mollino's most important commissions. Mollino is regarded as the mythical polymath of 20th-century architecture and design ... More Christie's handbags online: Summer in the City sale achieves $2.26 millionNEW YORK, NY.- Christies New York online sale of Handbags & Accessories: Summer in the City (14-28 July) totaled $2,266,750, achieving the highest total for an online Handbags sale at Christies, with 88% sold by lot and 117% hammer compared to low estimate. There was global participation with registered bidders from 29 countries and the sale attracted over 40% first-time registrants and 34% new bidders. The top lot of the sale was an extremely rare Hermès Diamond Himalaya Birkin 25the first ever offered in a New York online salewhich realized $300,000, setting a new record for a handbag sold in an the U.S. and the highest price achieved for a handbag sold in any online-only auction. Other notable results included a rare matte white Hermès Himalaya Birkin 30, which sold for $150,000; a delightful Hermès Mini Picnic Kelly 20 II that ... More When a quarantine Comic-Con keeps fans at a distanceNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Every year, for several days in late July, the San Diego Convention Center is usually animated with people taking part in Comic-Con International. During the last few years, more than 130,000 convention attendees lifelong fans, collectors, artists and culture vultures swarmed the city for the event. Its nerd heaven: exclusive panels and screenings from big studios like Disney and FX, interactive fan experiences like gaming centers and meetups, vendors with discounts and deals and more. But this year, for the first time in the 50-year history of Comic-Con the oldest pop-culture convention in the world there was no gathering. Instead, there were prerecorded panels on shows and movies on YouTube and a virtual exhibit hall. Comic-Con was online. Because many fandoms have at least in ... More Has the lockdown forever changed the art, vintage and antiques industry?CHICAGO, IL.- In 2019, close to two billion people purchased items online but most of the sellers of art, vintage, and antiques lost out. Why? Because the vast majority of the art and antiques industry are not online. Worse, as a result of recent events, their stock is now locked in warehouses, galleries and closed shops. This industry, like many others, was dumbstruck in the first weeks of the global lockdown, worried about their near- and long-term future. Leading auction houses and fairs quickly moved to replace live events with virtual ones, auctions, and showcases. The results were greatproving that people are not only interested in looking but also purchasing online. One recent example was Sothebys game-changing $300 million-plus online auction launched on June 29th. Another is Artsys significant increases in both gallery adoption and in-platform ... More Gropius Bau's Yayoi Kusama exhibition postponed to March 2021BERLIN.- The first comprehensive retrospective in Germany of Yayoi Kusamas work will now take place at the Gropius Bau in spring 2021 due to scheduling changes necessitated by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Spanning almost 3000 m², the exhibition will offer an overview of Kusamas central creative periods across the past 80 years, including a number of new works by the artist as well as a newly realised Infinity Mirror Room. The retrospective will focus primarily on tracing the development of Kusamas creative output from her early paintings and accumulative sculptures to her immersive environments, as well exploring her lesser-known artistic activity in Germany and Europe. Since the 1960s, the artist has been actively engaged in realising exhibition projects outside the former centre of her life in New York and showing her work in a European ... More Bent Fabric, pianist and composer known for 'Alley Cat,' dies at 95NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Bent Fabricius-Bjerre, the Danish pianist who, as Bent Fabric, composed and recorded the ubiquitous instrumental hit Alley Cat, died Tuesday. He was 95. Danish news outlets, citing a statement from his family, said he died after a short illness. The reports did not specify the illness or say where he died. Fabrics lengthy career spanned numerous musical genres and idioms. The composer of music for more than 70 movies and television shows (he also wrote for theater and ballet), he was regarded as the grand old man of Danish pop music, and his tunes are ingrained in Danish culture. But to the rest of the world he was best known for Alley Cat, a simple, almost lackadaisical piano tune with a light, old-time feel. Released in 1961, it was an earworm for the ages, a melody heard once that could easily embed itself in the listeners mind and repeat itself ... More Exhibition commemorating the centennial of the 19th Amendment opens in Kansas CityKANSAS CITY, MO.- The National WWI Museum and Memorial commemorates the centennial of the 19th Amendment, prohibiting the denial of voting rights on account of gender, with a new exhibition dedicated to telling the story of the womens suffrage movement. Votes & Voices explores the history of the fight for womens right to vote, largely from the perspective of those who fought for enfranchisement more than 100 years ago. Presented by PNC Bank, the exhibition opens Wednesday, July 29 at the Museum and Memorial. World War I and the womens suffrage movement are inextricably tied together, National WWI Museum and Memorial President and CEO Dr. Matthew Naylor said. These two events changed not only the role of women in American society, but also set the stage for the next century of activism. ... More Christie's Magnificent Jewels New York achieves $28.1 millionNEW YORK, NY.- Christies New York July 29th auction of Magnificent Jewels totaled $28,142,500 with 87% sold by value and 83% sold by lot. The sale had global participation with clients registered from 34 countries. The top lot of the sale was a sensational diamond necklace suspending a pear-shaped diamond of 115.83 carats, F color, VVS1 clarity, which realized $6,290,500. Colored diamonds also led the sale, with a fancy intense blue diamond ring of 7.16 carats, Internally Flawless selling for $3,855,000; and a fancy light purplish pink diamond ring of 7.65 carats, which sold for $819,000. Additionally, gemstones achieved high prices with a sapphire ring of 53.48 carats selling for $615,000; a Colombian emerald ring of 35.77 carats realizing $399,000; and a sapphire and diamond necklace that sold for $325,000. Important signed pieces offered within ... More Columbus Museum of Art announces 'No Mere Button Pressers'COLUMBUS, OH.- Columbus Museum of Art announces a new exhibition, No Mere Button-Pressers: Clarence H. White, Ema Spencer, and The Newark Camera Club, a joint production by CMA and The Works: Ohio Center for History, Art & Technology. No Mere Button-Pressers will be on view at CMA from August 1 through December 13, 2020 and at The Works from July 18 through December 28, 2020, though The Works is currently closed until further notice due to Licking Countys Level 3 Public Health Emergency. Before Clarence H. White became a leading Pictorialist photographer and co-founder of the Photo-Secession movement, he was a young grocery store bookkeeper in Newark, Ohio. The joint installations explore the time White spent in Newark, Ohio (18871906), before he left for New York. CMA will focus on work ... More Sotheby's Wine presents The Scholarly Cellar of Dr Gordon Ku HONG KONG.- Sothebys Wine will present a spectacular selection of wines from the private cellar of Dr. Gordon Ku on 5 September at Sothebys Hong Kong Gallery. Comprising over 850 lots estimated at HK$27-38 million / US$3.5-5 million, the sale will offer some of the worlds most revered wines amassed during fifty years of collecting. This is the collection of a connoisseur, for connoisseurs, while it is also a collection to take hedonists to heaven. Exploration is what can be done here by those who are lucky enough to acquire wines from the collection. --Serena Sutcliffe, M.W., Honorary Chairman, Sotheby's Wine It is with immense pleasure that Sothebys Wine will offer The Scholarly Cellar of Dr Gordon Ku this September. This sale is a special celebration of Dr Kus fifty years of wine collecting, and testament to the passion and devotion that ... More Jenny Holzer and Avant Arte launch limited edition in collaboration with the New York City AIDS MemorialNEW YORK, NY.- On July 29, 2020, American artist Jenny Holzer and Avant Arte, the worlds largest online community of art lovers, launched an edition in collaboration with the New York City AIDS Memorial. The piece, titled URGE AND URGE AND URGE, consists of condoms in a handblown recycled-glass pharmacy jar. The condom wrappers feature some of Holzers signature phrases, such as PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT, EXPIRING FOR LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL BUT STUPID, and MEN DONT PROTECT YOU ANYMORE, as well as excerpts from Walt Whitmans Song of Myself. A majority of the proceeds from the sale of this edition will benefit the New York City AIDS Memorial, with which Holzer has long been involvedmost notably as the designer of the granite paver installation at the memorial and as the instigator of Light the Fight, ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, English sculptor Henry Moore was born July 30, 1898. July 30, 1898.- Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA (30 July 1898 - 31 August 1986) was an English sculptor and artist. He was best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. In this image: English Sculptor Henry Moore stands beside his sculpture "Seated Nude" on display as part of the "Art 70" show in Basel, Switzerland, June 9, 1970. Moore represented Britain in the show.
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