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Team leader Chris Clarkson with Richard Fullagar and Elspeth Hayes examining a rare grindstone from the lowest layers of the excavation. Picture by Dominic O'Brien. Copyright Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation 2015.
by Martin Parry
SYDNEY (AFP).- Aboriginal people have been in Australia for at least 65,000 years, longer than previously thought, roaming the area alongside giant megafauna, scientists said in a finding that sheds fresh light on when modern humans left Africa. Australian Aborigines are believed to be custodians of the oldest continuous culture on the planet, but when they first arrived has been a contested issue. Previous estimates have ranged from 47,000 to 60,000 years ago. A key site in the debate is Madjedbebe, a remote rock shelter in northern Australia's Kakadu region that is the oldest-known human occupation area in the country. New evidence uncovered by a team of archaeologists and dating specialists during a dig there, including the oldest ground-edge stone axe technology in the world, has pushed back their presence even further. The findings, published in the journal Nature this week, set a new minimum age for the dispersal of modern humans out of Africa and across south Asia. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day French President Emmanuel Macron looks at an exhibition of photographs by US photographer Annie Leibovitz during a visit to the LUMA Arles Foundation in Arles on July 19, 2017. LUMA Arles is a new experimental contemporary art center that brings together artists, researchers, and creators from every field to collaborate on multi-disciplinary works and exhibitions. JEAN-PAUL PELISSIER / POOL / AFP
| Queensland Art Gallery opens major exhibition of Indigenous Australian art | | Exhibition at Christy's Art Center in Sag Harbor chronicles the filming of the 1962 film 'Lolita' | | Archaeology South-East uncover 200-year old burial site at Brighton Dome | 
Jack Wunuwun (Murrungun/Djinang people), Barnumbirr Manikay II - (Morning Star Song Cycle) Wardawarda - Spear Tree 1988. Janet Holmes à Court Collection.
BRISBANE.- A major exhibition of Indigenous Australian art, Sung into Being: Aboriginal Masterworks 1984-94 including more than 100 paintings and sculptures by eight Australian Aboriginal artists from the Janet Holmes à Court Collection opens at the Queensland Art Gallery from 22 July until 22 October, 2017. Premier and Arts Minister Annastacia Palaszczuk said 'Sung into Being: Aboriginal Masterworks 1984-94' was a free, exclusive-to-Queensland exhibition. This exhibition of important works from the Janet Holmes à Court Collection is another great addition to the Queensland cultural precinct program, which offers wonderful and varied cultural experiences for local, interstate and international visitors, the Premier said. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Director Chris Saines said Sung into Being celebrated songs and ... More | | 
Bert Stern chronicled the filming of the 1962 film 'Lolita' directed by Stanley Kubrick.
SAG HARBOR, NY.- 'Bert Stern: Lolita in Sag Harbor' is an exhibition of photographs by world renowned photographer Bert Stern chronicling the filming of the 1962 film 'Lolita' directed by Stanley Kubrick and staring Sue Lyon, parts of which occurred at the American Hotel in Sag Harbor. It was Bert Sterns humble beginnings when he was promoted from mailroom boy to the design department of Look Magazine. That is where Bert met Stanley Kubrick, who was the youngest photographer on staff. Bert and Stanley loved women, lived in their heads, and loved fantasy. It was the late 40s, early 50s and it was a creative time full of possibilities, America was entering into The Golden Age of Advertising, so naturally Bert and Stanley became good friends. Stanley decided to leave Look Magazine to pursue a career in film making and bought the rights to Lolita from Vladimir Nabokov. Bert Stern had just completed reading the novel Lolita, and had been thinking that the profession ... More | | 
The human remains are thought to be from a Quaker burial ground that existed before the Royal Pavilion Estate was built. Photo: Brighton Dome/Carlotta Luke.
BRIGHTON.- Archaeology South-East have helped uncover a 200-year-old burial site found during recent redevelopment work at Brighton Dome Corn Exchange. The human remains, which have now been exhumed and will be analysed to determine more about the deceased, are thought to be from a Quaker burial ground that existed before the Royal Pavilion Estate was built. As Darryl Palmer (ASE) indicated: "The Quaker meeting house and cemetery at the Dome is recorded on the Bishop's map of 1803 and absent by the OS town plan of 1876. The best clue as to when worship and burial ceased is when the Quaker meeting house moved to the current location on Meeting House Lane in 1805. This is a significant find that shines a light on an important historical moment in the city." The work at the historic Corn Exchange is part of an ambitious project to restore and reunite the Royal Pavilion Estate buildings ... More |
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| J. Edward Barth named new Oklahoma City Museum of Art Chairman of the Board of Trustees | | Old Masters art work from across five millennia attracts high profile buyers across the globe | | Artist Tim Bavington joins the roster at David Richard Gallery | 
Barth has over 30 years experience in law and currently represents clients throughout the world for Andrew Davis.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.- The Oklahoma City Museum of Art Board of Trustees announces the appointment of J. Edward Barth as Board chair. Judge Jerome A. Holmes is the outgoing Board chair. "I am honored to begin my service during the Museum's 15th year in downtown Oklahoma City," said Barth. "We are looking forward to another incredible year of exhibitions including the current 'Kehinde Wiley' retrospective that opened recently to a wonderful response from our members and the community. It has been exciting to see our membership and visitor base grow as downtown Oklahoma City has become a magnet for dwellers, workers and visitors. The Museum's exhibitions and programming have been integral to this new energy. It is a great time to be part of the Oklahoma City Museum of Art." "I would like to sincerely thank Judge Holmes for his service to the Museum as Board ... More | | 
Detail of 'The Capture Of Christ', Matthias Stomer, 1649, oil on canvas.
LONDON.- The new-look summer instalment of London Art Week concluded on the 7th July, during which time unprecedented footfall was recorded to the partner galleries across the city. The event attracted visitors from across the globe, with buyers travelling from as far afield as Saudi Arabia and North America, as the art world descended on the capital for the week-long celebration of Old Master art. Participating galleries reported a strong level of confirmed sales across a broad spectrum of taste and price levels, with a significant number of major works also under reserve. Pieces sold varied greatly in price, starting in the £100s and reaching over £18 million. The diverse range of art at such differing entry points helped to make Julys London Art Week one of the most accessible and successful iteration of the event to date, attracting well-versed art collectors and first time buyers as well as curators and directors from the worl ... More | | 
Tim Bavington, Wildwood Flower, 2017 (detail). Synthetic polymer on canvas, 64 x 64". © Tim Bavington. Courtesy David Richard Gallery, LLC Santa Fe.
SANTA FE, NM.- David Richard Gallery is representing Tim Bavington and his spectacular color-based abstractions rooted in Rock and Roll music, color and visual perception. Bavingtons first solo exhibition with the gallery, Sunshine Maker, will survey new and earlier works with a selection of greatest hits from 2002 to 2017. Sunshine Maker will be presented August 5 through September 2, 2017 with an opening reception on Saturday, August 5. Music and color are the core of Bavingtons paintings. He translates music into a visual experience with his unique system of pairing musical notes with specific hues in the color wheel. Colored stripes are his musical notes that allow him to playback the base lines, rhythms and string plucking guitar solos in his stunning retinal compositions that challenge visual perception. His love of 1960s ... More |
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| PIASA to offer the Collection of François Dautresme | | The Robin Rice Gallery opens its annual Summertime Salon | | Loyola University Museum of Art presents three summer exhibitions | 
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PARIS.- On 10 October 2017, PIASA will offer for sale the Collection of François Dautresme (1925-2002) founder of CFOC (Compagnie Française de l'Orient et de la Chine, or French Company of the Orient & China) in 1966. The 7,500 everyday items and objects of curiosity that form this remarkable ensemble were patiently assembled by François Dautresme during 35 years of travel, exploration and discovery. These objects are inscribed in the natural chain of what man can produce if he is respectful of his past, with its extraordinary manual dexterity and possessed by the rhythms of nature' --François Dautresme This China pioneer was keen to share and talk about Chinese popular art in his collection, creating a private museum unique in Europe. From ancestral tradition to the art of the everyday: François Dautresme collected a whole swathe of Chinese culture during his journeys around China. His collection has been the ... More | | 
Robert Stivers, Hive, 2005. Gelatin Silver Print.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Robin Rice Gallery is presenting the annual Summertime Salon, a photographic exhibition. The show will run through September 10, 2017. For many, Summertime is a fondness brought on whilst relishing in the lingering mist of the crispy ocean breeze. Each summer, Rice curates her favorite show, The Summertime Salon, and transports us to a world where we can delve into this very summer sentiment. With its smells, sounds, and architecture New York City might redefine what we know as a summers day, but Rice, with her intricate curation, brings our classic understanding of summer to the city. The two, long walls of the gallery are mosaicked, top to bottom, and from side to side, and photographs, are stacked to cover the gallery walls. Each year, the Summertime Salon matures and Rices annual masterpiece is revealed to showcase an exhibition stronger than the year before. The show ... More | | 
Responsive Beauty explores the complexities of creating abstract work that is sociopolitical in content.
CHICAGO, IL.- Loyola University Museum of Art focuses on the art of photography this summer and features three new exhibitions: Susan Aurinko: Searching for Jehanne The Joan of Arc Project, Jeffrey Wolin: Pigeon Hill: Then and Now, and Michelle Murphy: Responsive Beauty. On display through Saturday, October 21, this collection of exhibitions showcases the work of local artists exploring issues of identity, struggle, and perseverance. To celebrate these Chicago photographers, LUMA is offering free admission through Saturday, November 11. In 2013, Chicago-based artist Susan Aurinko went on a photographic expedition to France. While in the Loire Valley, she visited a 12th century chateau that was once the temporary home of St. Joan of Arc. Captivated by the legend of the saint, Aurinko repeatedly returned to photograph the places ... More |
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| Judge halts auction after Madonna objections | | Kayne Griffin Corcoran opens exhibition of works by Jiro Takamatsu | | Massey Lyuben Gallery opens summer group exhibition | 
US pop star Madonna (L) hugs her Malawian adopted daughter Mercy James after she made a speech during the opening ceremony of the Mercy James Children's Hospital. AMOS GUMULIRA / AFP.
NEW YORK (AFP).- A judge on Wednesday halted an auction of intimate items of Madonna including a breakup letter from Tupac Shakur after the pop superstar said her privacy was violated. New York Justice Gerald Lebovitz ordered a hearing on the dispute for September 6 and barred the auction house, Gotta Have Rock and Roll, from holding the sale in the meantime. Madonna on Tuesday asked the court to intervene, saying that the items were taken without her permission. "The fact that I may have attained celebrity status as a result of success in my career does not obviate my right to maintain my privacy, including with regard to highly personal items," the Material Girl told the court in a statement. The items include a letter from Tupac Shakur, one of the defining figures of hip-hop, with whom Madonna had a relationship ... More | | 
Natsuyuki Nakanishi on the t rain during Yamanote Lin e Festival, 1962. Gelatin silver print, 24 1/2 x 30 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches. 62.2 x 77.5 x 3.8 cm © The Estate of Jiro Takamatsu.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Kayne Griffin Corcoran is collaborating with The Estate of Jiro Takamatsu on the gallery's second annual commemorative presentation of Jiro Takamatsu's work. The exhibition features photographs documenting actions and events staged by Hi-Red Center, the experimental art collective officially co-founded by Takamatsu in Tokyo in 1963. Previously exhibited in Hi-Red Center: Documents of Direct Action at the Nagoya City Art Museum and Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo, the pieces are being shown in Los Angeles for the first time. A concurrent exhibition, Hi-Red Center through photographs and works continues at Yumiko Chiba Associates, Tokyo, through August 5. Hi-Red Center sought to take art beyond the confines of traditional commercial and institutional settings, collapsing ... More | | 
Garrett Klein, Blue Reveal, 2016. Acrylic on panel and plexiglass, 24 x 18 inches.
NEW YORK, NY.- Massey Lyuben Gallery presents Summer Group Exhibition featuring works by Giulia DallOlio, Garrett Klein, and Stephane Joannes. Giulia DallOlio, who lives and works in Bologna, Italy, paints mystical utopian landscapes rich with abstraction. Her engraved oil on panel paintings are dense with layered visual material: murky trees are disrupted by meandering carvings and beautiful washes, as if theres a gentle rain veiling the composition. The works are polished but purposefully obscured and draw upon the classical genre of landscape painting. Garrett Klein works primarily with acrylic paint, panel, and plexiglass to create his mixed-media paintings. Kleins physical layering of materials lends an approachable yet mysterious quality to his paintings. The interaction of each layer creates energetic movement: zig-zags and slaloms of color ground the airy plexiglass. The artist is currently in- residency at ... More |
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 Amazing collection of former chief engraver of the Monnaie de Paris will be auctioned offLONDON.- The collection will be sold at two auctions co-organized by London-based Spink and Taisei Coins Corporation, to be held November 26, 2017, and April 29, 2018, during the Tokyo International Coin Convention in Tokyo. This collection is a vivid memory of my time at the French Mint, starting when I was just 23 years old. I am thrilled that Spink decided to include it in their upcoming auctions in Tokyo, Lariviere said. I am happy to know that my collection and its provenance will be preserved for future generations thanks to its encapsulation in NGC's protective holders." Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) has posted an online image gallery of the NGC-certified collection of Hubert Lariviere, the former chief engraver of the Monnaie de Paris.. In 1969, Hubert Lariviere started working at the Monnaie de Paris, the national mint of France. He served ... More Evan Roth announced as Artangel open call winnerLONDON.- Evan Roth has been awarded the Artangel Everywhere commission for a ground-breaking new project which will materialise throughout the world in 2018. Artangel Everywhere is an open call for groundbreaking new ideas for a networked world. Currently based in Paris, Roth has achieved international prominence for a body of work which draws equally on activism, technology and art history and considers the profound implications of power and control in a networked world. Roths proposal was chosen from 530 ideas submitted to Artangel, and reviewed by a panel comprising artist and writer James Bridle, technology journalist Jemima Kiss, Artangel Co-Directors James Lingwood and Michael Morris, and Artangels Head of Digital Charmian Griffin. Artangel Everywhere asked artists to propose ideas that inhabit a networked space and that could ... More Winners of the Magnum and LensCulture Photography Awards announced LONDON.- Twelve international photographers have been announced as the winners of the 2017 Magnum and LensCulture Photography Awards. The legendary photography agency, Magnum Photos, and LensCulture have joined forces for the second time to produce this opportunity to recognize, reward and support photographic talent. Each photographer will be awarded a cash prize and will also receive international exposure through Magnum Photos and LensCultures combined audience of over 6.5 million. The winning projects will be shown in a digital exhibition at The Photographers Gallery in London later this year and exhibited at photography festivals worldwide. Furthermore, the laureates will be awarded access to expert guidance from Magnum and LensCulture. The twelve winners of the prestigious award hail from all over the world and deal with ... More Crane Kalman Gallery opens exhibition of works by Karine LavalLONDON.- Karine Laval: Reflections celebrates 15 years of work by the contemporary French photographer, Karine Laval. The exhibition, organised to coincide with the publication of a major new book on her work by Steidl, charts the evolution of Lavals images from sun-drenched, bleached-out European lidos to darker, more abstracted dystopian landscapes. The exhibition will bring together two connected bodies of work The Pool (2002-2005) and Poolscapes (2009-2012) focused on the motif of the swimming pool and realised over ten years. Presenting public pools in urban and natural environments throughout Europe and private pools in the US, the work shows an evolution in tone and depth, from the real to the imagined, from the photographic to the painterly. The Pool series invites the viewer into a sun-bleached public pool, evocative of childhood ... More Group exhibition of mixed-media works on view at Pavel Zoubok Gallery NEW YORK, NY.- Pavel Zoubok Gallery is presenting Supernature, a group exhibition of mixed-media works that explore the myriad ways in which artists interpret nature through the layered use of material and meaning. Many of the works on view capture the abundance, grandeur and sometimes-apocalyptic qualities of nature through richly textured collages, assemblages and works on paper. This is epitomized in Vanessa Germans we are the animals are us too, two power-figures densely adorned with cast-off relics that are at once seers, protectors and gatherers. Another example is Zachari Logans surreal hybrid forms, which explore, as the artist states, the queer embodiment of nature: a fusion of the body and nature. Both artists explore nature as a mode of self-care and a catalyst for personal transformation, a theme that comes up in the work of Frank Moore, ... More Elliot Gruber named Director of the Smithsonian's National Postal MuseumWASHINGTON, DC.- Elliot Gruber, the chief development and external affairs officer for the Jewish Social Service Agency, has been named director of the National Postal Museum, effective Sept. 5. Gruber has more than 30 years experience in the nonprofit sector. As chief development and external affairs officer for the Jewish Social Service Agency since January, Gruber is responsible for the organizations philanthropic revenue, marketing and communications. Under his leadership, the agency launched a $6 million capital campaign to renovate one of its buildings in the Washington, D.C., area. The Jewish Social Service Agency is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, client-focused health and social service agency helping individuals and families meet emotional social and physical challenges for more than 120 years. Before joining the Jewish Social Service Agency, Gruber was ... More David Kordansky Gallery opens exhibition of new work by William E. JonesLOS ANGELES, CA.- David Kordansky Gallery is presenting an exhibition of new work by William E. Jones. The show opened on July 15 and remains on view through August 26, 2017. The exhibition features a major new video, Fall into Ruin, in which the artist gives a personal account of the life, home, and collection of Greek art dealer Alexander Iolas. It also includes a series of still photographs of Iolass villa taken by Jones on the occasion of his first trip to Greece in 1982. For over three decades William E. Jones has been producing films, videos, photographs, and books that re-examine and repurpose existing cultural materials. While some of his sources are images and texts housed in archives, he is equally at home out in the world taking pictures and conducting interviews. He has explored the decline of Americas industrial Midwest, the representation of gay ... More Elgiz Museum opens summer exhibitionsISTANBUL.- Elgiz Museum announces the 5th anniversary of the Terrace Exhibitions with a unique selection of works, titled Homage to Masters of Sculpture. Since 2012, the terrace exhibitions hosted 186 artists within an open-air space of 1500 meters square, encompassing the mission of supporting and motivating young artists. The Terrace Exhibitions have been held by the Elgiz Museum to improve and increase the visibility of sculpture as an art form, which needs strong support in terms of both space and production. The exhibition series enables and strengthens the communication between sculptors and the art enthusiasts. In the 9th Terrace exhibit, 14 artists have been selected by the museums Sculpture Advisory Board comprised of Seyhun Topuz, Rahmi Aksungur, Nilüfer Ergin, Haşim Nur Gürel ve Can Elgiz. The Board evaluated the proposals from ... More The Collection de l'Art Brut opens major retrospective of works by the Czech creator Anna ZemánkováLAUSANNE.- The Collection de lArt Brut proudly presents a major retrospective of works by the Czech creator Anna Zemánková (1908 1986). The event has been set up in close conjunction with this creator's family who, for many years now, has sought to promote Zemánková's oeuvre. To that end, the Collection de l'Art Brut has assembled a large selection of nearly 130 drawings from both its own holdings and the family's private collection: many of these are being shown for the first time. Works from a private Czech collection also are on display, together with archival documents, a to-date unreleased film on Anna Zemánková and a major monograph. Anna Zemánková was born in Olomouc (Moravia) in 1908: at a very young age she was already attracted to drawing, but found no encouragement for that love within her family circle. Wedded in 1933, she and her husband ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, British painter Lucian Freud died July 20, 2011. Lucian Michael Freud, OM, CH (8 December 1922 - 20 July 2011) was a German-born British painter. Known chiefly for his thickly impastoed portrait and figure paintings, he was widely considered the pre-eminent British artist of his time. His works are noted for their psychological penetration, and for their often discomforting examination of the relationship between artist and model. In this image: A Sotheby's employee holds British Artist Lucian Freud's 'Self-Portrait with a Black Eye' during a Sotheby's auction preview in London.
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