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Andy Warhol, Debbie Harry, 1980. Acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen. The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. 1998.1.564.
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- This summer, the McNay Art Museum presents two innovative and inclusive exhibitionsAndy Warhol: Portraits and Transamerica/n: Gender, Identity, Appearance Todayfrom June 20 to September 15, 2019. Andy Warhol: Portraits features over 120 paintings, prints, photographs, films, and videos that depict the artists favorite genre. The exhibition presents a vibrant snapshot of New Yorks art and social scene from the 1960s through the 1980s with portraits of Warhols inner circle; among them Joan Collins, Debbie Harry, Dennis Hopper, Mick Jagger, Robert Rauschenberg, and Andy Warhol himself. Andy Warhol: Portraits invites the viewer into Warhols world by examining the artists personal life, studio process, and use of a variety of mediums. A substantial media experiencenine different video, television ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (C) attends the opening of the renewed museum De Lakenhal, in Leiden, on June 19, 2019. patrick van katwijk / ANP / AFP
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| | | Exhibition connects the work of Cristóbal Balenciaga to the tradition of Spanish painting | | Bonhams Australia offers final Sidney Nolan works from estate of Lady Nolan | | Gun 'that ended Van Gogh's life' sells for nearly triple estimate |
Ramón Casas y Carbó, Julia, circa 1915. Oil on canvas, 85 x 67 cm. Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection on loan to the Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga.
MADRID.- The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza presents an exhibition that connects the work of Cristóbal Balenciaga, the most admired and influential fashion designer of all times, to the tradition of Spanish painting of the 16th to the 20th centuries. This is the first major exhibition on this Basque designer to be held in Madrid in almost fifty years and the first that brings together his designs and a selection of paintings by leading names in the history of Spanish art, which was one of his principal sources of inspiration. The exhibition is curated by Eloy MartÃnez de la Pera, who has selected a total of 90 items of dress from the Cristóbal Balenciaga Museoa in Getaria, the Museo del Traje in Madrid and the Museu del Disseny in Barcelona as well as from numerous private collections in Spain and elsewhere, many of them never previously exhibited in public. With regard to the paintings, ... More | |
Sidney Nolan, Kelly on Horseback, 1965. Estimate: AU$15,000 - 20,000. Photo: Bonhams.
SYDNEY.- Bonhams Australia announced the sale of works from the Estate of Lady Nolan and the Australian arm of The IBM Collection, to be offered in the Important Australian Art Auction in Sydney on Wednesday 26 June 2019. Highlights include 120 works by acclaimed Australian artist Sidney Nolan including his 1964 Antarctica series; three early works by one of Australia's most desirable contemporary artists Cressida Campbell; a unique and impressive large-scale Susan Norrie tapestry; a recently re-discovered Ian Fairweather work and notable works by artists such as Paddy Bedford, Arthur Boyd, John Mawurndjul, Margaret Olley, John Olsen, and William Robinson. Director of Bonhams Australia, Merryn Schriever, said, "Our Important Australian Art Sale 2019 presents an exciting and diverse offering with the largest number of Sidney Nolan's Ned Kelly pictures from Lady Nolan's Estate, key Australian artists from The IBM Collection and the ... More | |
In this file photo taken on June 14, 2019 a revolver believed to be the gun Dutch 19th century painter Vincent Van Gogh used to kill himself on 27 July 1890 is on public display at Paris' Drouot auction house. FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- The revolver with which Vincent van Gogh is believed to have shot himself sold for 162,500 euros ($182,000) at a Paris auction on Wednesday -- nearly three times the estimate. Billed as "the most famous weapon in the history of art", the rusty 7mm Lefaucheux revolver was bought by a private collector with a telephone bid. The troubled Dutch painter died in July 1890 and experts believe he shot himself with the revolver in a field near Auvers-sur-Oise, a village north of Paris where he spent the last few months of his life. Discovered by a farmer in 1965 in the same field, the gun has previously been exhibited at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. But the sale was hit by controversy on the eve of the auction as the Van Gogh Institute, which looks after the village inn where the artist spent his last days, ... More |
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| | | Versailles' Royal Chapel gets painstaking restoration | | Dulwich Picture Gallery opens first major show of work by artists from the Grosvenor School of Modern Art | | Thief saws off Marilyn Monroe statue in Hollywood |
Catherine Pegard, President of the Versailles castle delivers a speech about the restoration of the Royal Chapel of Versailles, in the grounds of the Palace of Versailles, some 20 kilometers southwest of the French capital Paris on June 18, 2019. Dominique FAGET / AFP.
VERSAILLES (AFP).- The Royal Chapel at the Palace of Versailles, the final great building work undertaken in the reign of Louis XIV, is undergoing a painstaking restoration that is expected to be finished within 18 months. The intricate work to clean and restore its extraordinary windows, statues and other features is being carried out under the strictest security measures to avoid any repeat of the fire that severely damaged Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in April. The chapel was completed in 1710 after over a decade of work during the final years of the reign of Louis XIV, the so-called Sun King who ruled for 72 years and was famed for the splendour of his court. The restoration includes the roof timbers, decorative lead work, the statues and stained glass windows. Workers restore ... More | |
Lill Tschudi, Gymnastic Exercises, 1931, Photo Bonhams/ © The Estate of Lill Tschudi, courtesy of Mary Ryan Gallery New York.
LONDON.- This Summer, Dulwich Picture Gallery shines a spotlight on a brief but intense period of dynamic printmaking during the interwar period, with the first major show of work by artists from the Grosvenor School of Modern Art. Celebrating 90 years since the inaugural exhibition on British linocuts at the Redfern Gallery in London, Cutting Edge: Modernist British Printmaking will bring together 120 prints, drawings and posters to highlight a radical movement that incorporated metropolitan and rural life, men and women, as well as British and international students. It reveals the unified commitment by the artists of the Grosvenor School to champion and progress the medium of linocut printmaking with key works by the influential teacher and artist, Claude Flight, and nine of his leading students including Cyril Power, Sybil Andrews, Lill Tschudi, William Greengrass and Leonard Beaumont. A number of loans are ... More | |
Tourists visit the "Ladies of Hollywood Gazebo" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California, June 18, 2019. Robyn Beck / AFP.
LOS ANGELES (AFP).- A statue of Marilyn Monroe that sat atop an artwork in Hollywood that celebrates women in film has gone missing in what authorities are calling the "Marilyn caper of 2019." The statue, which illustrates the legendary actress in her iconic pose from "The Seven Year Itch," was perched atop the Ladies of Hollywood Gazebo on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Authorities said a witness saw a man climb the Eiffel Tower-shaped structure late Sunday and use a saw to remove the statue. Police said investigators had recovered some prints at the scene but had yet to make any arrests on Tuesday. The artwork located at the beginning of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, features large statues of Mae West, Dorothy Dandridge, Anna May Wong and Dolores Del Rio -- women from different cultures who influenced the film industry. The statue of Marilyn Monroe striking a pose in her flying skirt sat atop the installation. ... More |
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| | | Almine Rech announces new gallery in Shanghai | | Playing of sculptural instruments is the focus of exhibition at Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt | | Donna De Salvo to bid farewell to the Whitney |
Almine Rech. Photo: Jouk Oosterhof.
NEW YORK, NY.- Almine Rech will inaugurate its new Shanghai gallery with a group show opening July 12, 2019, featuring a selection of artists from the gallerys roster. The presentation coincides with a special exhibition opening July 20, 2019 at the Song Art Museum (Beijing), titled Abstraction(s). Presented in partnership with Almine Rech and curated by Nicolas Trembley, Abstraction(s) will bring together 13 artists from different generations, each who embrace and renew the heritage of abstraction, thus evidencing its vivaciousness, diversity and relevance. The show will comprise works by artists working with the gallery, including: John M Armleder, Jean-Baptiste Bernadet, Ha Chong-Hyun, Sylvie Fleury, Günther Förg, Mark Hagen, Alex Israel, Xu Qu, Anselm Reyle, Turi Simeti, Vivian Springford, Kim Tschang-Yeul, and James Turrell. In September 2019, the gallery will open its second exhibition, a solo show of works by Genieve Figgis (b. 1972 ... More | |
Big Orchestra. Exhibition view © Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 2019, Photo: Marc Krause.
FRANKFURT.- Sound is an essential part of contemporary art. Yet musical instruments, which are simultaneously sculptures, represent a recent development in contemporary art that is still relatively unknown. From June 19 to September 8, 2019, the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt is presenting the international group exhibition Big Orchestra with artworks that also perform as musical instruments. The show includes works by 16 artists: Doug Aitken, Nevin Aladağ, Allora & Calzadilla, Carlos Amorales, Tarek Atoui, Cevdet Erek, Guillermo Galindo, Hans van Koolwijk, Constantin Luser, Christian Marclay, Caroline Mesquita, Rie Nakajima, Carsten Nicolai, Pedro Reyes, Naama Tsabar, and David Zink Yi. The playing of these sculptural instruments is the focus of the exhibition, a concept that is itself in a state of flux. For the duration of the show, the Schirn will become a temporary concert hall in which the works are activated and visitors can ... More | |
Installation view of Andy Warhol From A to B and Back Again (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, November 12, 2018March 31, 2019). Photograph by Matthew Carasella Photography. © 2018 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Adam D. Weinberg, the Alice Pratt Brown Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, today announced that Donna De Salvo has decided to leave her current post as Deputy Director for International Initiatives and Senior Curator, effective July 1, 2019, to pursue other interests. She most recently organized the critically acclaimed and immensely popular exhibition Andy WarholFrom A to B and Back Again, which premiered at the Whitney in November 2018, is currently on view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and will travel to the Art Institute of Chicago in October 2019. De Salvo also led the Whitneys curatorial team for America Is ... More |
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| | | Matadero Madrid becomes a loud hailer on the climate crisis with the international Eco-Visionaries exhibition | | Contemporary Fine Arts Berlin opens exhibition of work by Max Beckmann in dialogue with three artists | | William and Mary Royal Tomplon clock achieves £1.93M at Bonhams |
Installation view.
MADRID.- Forty visionary artists and architects respond to the urgency of the environmental crisis threatening our planet and are occupying Nave 16 of Matadero Madrid to take part in the international Eco-Visionaries project, an exhibition-cum-manifesto that condemns the situation but first and foremost presents proposals. Eco-Visionaries is the shared title of an international exhibition project originally organised by the MAAT (Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e TecnologÃa) in Lisbon (Portugal), Bildmuseet de UmeÃ¥ (Sweden), House of Electronic Arts (HeK) in Basel (Switzerland) and LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial in Gijón. It was conceived as a work in progress to which new contributions have been added by the Centro de Creación Contemporánea Matadero Madrid and the Royal Academy of Arts in London (United Kingdom). In Spain, Matadero Madrid and LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial in Gijón are working ... More | |
Max Beckmann, Sitzendes Paar, 1938. Water colour and gouache on hand made paper, 61.5 x 48.5 cm. © Privatbesitz Deutschland, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2019. Courtesy Contemporary Fine Arts.
BERLIN.- Max Beckmanns Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) is exemplary of the dialogue this exhibition stages. One of the first works he painted after arriving in the United States in 1948, it depicts Beckmanns first wife Minna Tube, who was an opera singer, as the lead in Wagners opera Die Walküre. The eponymous painting of a warrior opera singer was an emancipated portrait of a woman for the time. United States-based artists Cecily Brown, Ella Kruglyanskaya and Dana Schutz, who have each been great admirers of Max Beckmann since the beginning of their careers, respond here to the work of that most German of all painters, as Beckmann was often called abroad. We are incredibly grateful to the institutional and private collection loans that have made this dialogue between Beckmann and three of the most exciting ... More | |
The King William & Queen Mary Royal Tompion. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- The smallest clock made by master clockmaker Thomas Tompion sold for £1,935,063 at The Clive Collection of Exceptional Clocks sale in London today, Wednesday 19 June. With exceptional royal provenance it was made for King William and Queen Mary it is now the most valuable clock by Thomas Tompion ever sold at auction. Long regarded as the Father of English Clock Making, Thomas Tompion (1639-1713) was the creator of some of the finest clocks ever made. This silver-mounted, quarter-repeating miniature table clock that he made for Queen Mary in 1693 - also known as The Q Clock - accompanied the campaign clock Tompion made for her husband, King William III. The clock would have originally taken pride of place in the Royal Apartments at Kensington Palace. Head of Bonhams Clock department James Stratton said, This is an exceptional clock, and one of the finest ever to appear ... More |
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New display dedicated to trailblazing automotive engineer Dorothée Pullinger opens in Glasgow
GLASGOW.- Riverside Museum, Glasgow has unveiled a new display celebrating the achievements of British engineering pioneer, business woman and racing driver Dorothée Pullinger. Driving Force: Dorothée Pullinger and the Galloway Car marks the centenary of the Womens Engineering Society (WES), which Pullinger co-founded. The centrepiece is a rare Galloway motorcar built in 1924 at the Heathhall factory Pullinger managed, which was legendary for the large number of women engineers it employed. Pullinger led by example paving the way for women in engineering as well as in motor sport. She defied the conventions of the time by becoming a young engineer, but in 1920 she came up against the prevalent gender-bias of the time when she applied to join the Institution of Automobile Engineers and was turned down on the grounds that the word person ... More
Exhibition examines how artists depicted and interpreted animals in their drawings
LONDON.- Omer Tiroche Gallery is presenting the exhibition, Animalia, which aims to explore and examine how prominent artists of the 20th and 21st centuries depicted and interpreted animals in their drawings. Through the works of fifteen leading Modern and Contemporary artists, the show illustrates how animals, whether used literally or symbolically, play a pivotal role in art history, as well as confirming our relentless association and allure with both domestic pets and wild beasts. Our fascination with animals has been longstanding; the earliest known images to exist were found on the walls of prehistoric caves and depicted a variety of animals, many of which are now extinct. These cave paintings provided not only great historical insights into the discovery that animals were living amongst humans for millennia, but also that the detailed depictions illustrate mans ... More
Lafayette Anticipations presents Interlace, Textile Research by Hella Jongerius
PARIS.- Throughout summer 2019, Lafayette Anticipations invites the Dutch designer Hella Jongerius. She uses the building's performative qualities to transform the interior space into a vast, constantly shifting loom; a giant textile studio, open to the public. Hella Jongerius is one of international design's most influential figures. Working from her Jongeriuslab in Berlin, her theoretical and experimental research explores multiple themes, often addressing the significance of colours and materials. The project she has imagined for Lafayette Anticipations is centred around textile and weaving. In the world of fast fashion, textiles have become a throwaway product. This exhibition questions how we consider textiles within our lives, and the cultural, social and economic implications of textile production and consumption today. Over recent decades, we ... More
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago opens a dance-based installation by Brendan Fernandes
CHICAGO, IL.- This summer, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presents Brendan Fernandes: A Call and Response, a dance-based installation comprised of interactive sculptures and a series of prompts for audiences to perform choreographed movements in the museum's Commons. Visitors respond to cues such as, "hide in the landscape," "make eye contact," "call and respond," or "sway, softly," encouraging spontaneous interactions with other visitors. The installation's built structures such as swings and a plinth invite participants to explore the ways that daily movements can convey meaning and move other bodies in social spaces. Professional dancers join visitors in open rehearsals, creating new choreography throughout the run of the exhibition, in addition to scheduled performances and dialogues. Brendan Fernandes: A ... More
The Shed's summer exhibition features new commissions by Tony Cokes and Oscar Murillo
NEW YORK, NY.- This summer, The Shed premieres three distinct yet interrelated new commissions in an exhibition that explores social and cultural confrontations and alliances. Collision/Coalition pairs new work by artists Tony Cokes and Oscar Murillo, on view June 19 through August 25, 2019, with screenings of a new documentary film about artist Beatriz González, directed by Yanina Valdivieso and Vanessa Bergonzoli, July 31 through August 25, 2019. Varied in medium and approach, the commissions will be on view in The Sheds Level 4 Gallery. Collision/Coalition is organized by Emma Enderby, Senior Curator, with Adeze Wilford, Curatorial Assistant. Collision/Coalition asks, What is the role of art in the face of political, social, and economic power? said Emma Enderby. The Shed is a place for conversation and reflection and by interconnecting three ... More
Guild Hall opens groundbreaking exhibition Tony Oursler: Water Memory
EAST HAMPTON, NY.- Guild Hall is presenting an exhibition of works by the renowned multimedia artist and pioneer of video art, Tony Oursler from June 8July 21. Fresh off of his dynamic Public Art Fund Commission, Tear of the Cloud, which was on view at Riverside Park this past October, Tony Oursler takes over the entire Guild Hall Museum to delve into the subject of water and magical thinking as it relates to the East End. Water Memory features the first time presentation of a new process of projection on mist that the artist has worked on creating and mastering over the past 18 years. The exhibition also features micro computer monitors set into hand blown glass heads, as well as projections onto unconventional surfaces, and gallery walls. Through his inventive technological approach, Oursler explores the ubiquitous elements of water as ... More
Rhodes Contemporary Art presents a collection of works, artefacts and photos of artist Keith Haring
LONDON.- ICON coincides with the first major retrospective of Harings works at Tate Liverpool, offering a chance to celebrate the artists profound legacy. The exhibition comprises a collection of paintings, posters and prints by artist, as well as a selection of artefacts and ephemera such as a doodled pair of trainers and an NYPD report on Harings graffiti. The show also features the photography of Martha Cooper, a collaborator of Haring, documenting his historic painting of the Bowery wall, NYC. ICON is a portrait of Haring; his lived experience, timeless imagery, message and character. Born in Pennsylvania in 1958, Haring developed an early love for drawing, partly taught by his father and taking inspiration from both popular and underground culture. Despite a brief spell training to be a commercial graphic artist, Haring truly honed his skills upon moving to ... More
Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson presents items from the Collection of the Estate of Wright Morris
PARIS.- A respected writer in the United States, the American Wright Morris (1910-1998) adopted an experimental approach to photography, seeking very early tocapture the essence of what is visible. For the first time in France, the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson is offering a chance to share his vision both photographic and literary of America. This exhibition includes prints, books and documents from the Collection of the Estate of Wright Morris in San Francisco. Wright Morris spent his childhood shunted between Nebraska, Chicago, his uncles farms and accompanying his father on long trips across America. At 23, he travelled through Europe and on his return decided to dedicate himself entirely to writing. He quickly realised that photography could seize what he had until then been attempting to capture in words. This formal research led ... More
Eight new members join The Art Dealers Association of America
NEW YORK, NY.- The Art Dealers Association of America today welcomes eight new member galleries confirmed by the organizations Board of Directors: Avery Galleries (New York and Bryn Mawr), Kavi Gupta (Chicago), David Kordansky Gallery (Los Angeles), Monique Meloche Gallery (Chicago), Carolina Nitsch (New York), Gallery Wendi Norris (San Francisco), Ricco/Maresca Gallery (New York), and Leon Tovar Gallery (New York). They join the nations leading nonprofit organization of fine art dealers, which comprises nearly 180 members from 30 cities in the U.S. and is a leader in upholding professional standards for the field and advancing scholarship and connoisseurship. The greatest strength of the Association is the depth and breadth of our members collective expertise, relationships, and advancement of scholarship, said Andrew ... More
Turner Auctions + Appraisals to offer the Peck Family Historical Collection
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Turner Auctions + Appraisals will present the Peck Family Historical Collection on Sunday, June 30, 2019 at 10:30 am PDT. The sale offers very diverse and eclectic items acquired by three generations of Peck family members, from the late 1880s to present day great-grandfather Dr. Albert Peck, long-time a medical missionary then physician for China's first president; grandfather Llewellyn Peck, who was born in Tienstin (Tianjin), China, and became editor of the Northern California newspaper Saratoga Star; and Llewellyn's son, Willys and his wife, Betty Wesson Peck, a Renaissance man and woman who were vital, esteemed and beloved members of the town of Saratoga, California. Offering over 215 lots, this sale features artworks, autographed letters or photographs, collections of photographs and postcards, militaria, ... More
Exhibition reconstructs Maria Lai's complex and fascinating biography and approach to creativity
ROME.- MAXXI, the National Museum of XXI Century Arts is devoting a major exhibition entitled Tenendo per mano il sole to Maria Lai (1919 - 2013), one of the most original voices in Italian contemporary art. An artist with extraordinary generative capacities, ahead of the artistic research of her time, which would catch up only later, she succeeded in creating a different and original language while being aware of the long process of decantation that her art would have to undergo before it achieved recognition. Today that process appears to be complete: over the last few years there have been numerous initiatives devoted to her, and her works have recently been displayed at Documenta 14 and the 2017 edition of the Venice Biennale. In 2019 - states Giovanna Melandri, Fondazione MAXXI President - we chose to focus substantial ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, German painter Kurt Schwitters was born June 20, 1887. Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters (20 June 1887 - 8 January 1948) was a German artist who was born in Hanover, Germany. Schwitters worked in several genres and media, including dadaism, constructivism, surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, sculpture, graphic design, typography, and what came to be known as installation art. He is most famous for his collages, called Merz Pictures. In this image: Kurt Schwitters, Mz 302, Linden, 1921. Collage on paper, 7 1/8 x 5 5/8 in. Private collection. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.
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