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The impressive ensemble of jewels to be offered this autumn has an extraordinary story. Courtesy Sotheby's.
GENEVA.- One of the most important royal jewellery collections ever to come to auction is set to capture the worlds imagination when it comes for sale at Sothebys in Geneva on 12 November 2018. Entitled Royal Jewels from the Bourbon-Parma Family, the auction will span centuries of European history, from the reign of Louis XVI to the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and will offer fascinating insights into the splendour of one of Europes most important royal dynasties. Descended from Louis XIV of France, the Holy Roman Emperors and from Pope Paul III, the Bourbon-Parma family is linked by blood to the most important ruling families of Europe - from the Bourbons to the Habsburgs. Members of the lineage include Kings of France and Spain, Emperors of Austria and the Dukes of Parma. This exceptional ancestry is evidenced in the extraordinary opulence and provenance of the pieces in the collection, led by a breath ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day French President Emmanuel Macron (L), attends the inauguration of the Clemenceau museum during a visit to the home town of Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929), a major contributor to the Allied victory in WWI, in Mouilleron Saint Germain in Vendee, western France, on June 13, 2018. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP / POOL
| UBS celebrates 25 years as lead partner of Art Basel with a dedicated presentation by Carlos Cruz-Diez | | Modern British Art Week at Sotheby's London brings $27.5 million | | Spain's new culture minister quits after one week over tax fraud | 
Carlos Cruz-Diez, Paris 2017, © Photo Lisa Preud'homme, © Atelier Cruz-Diez Paris.
BASEL.- UBS celebrates 25 years as Lead Partner of Art Basel, (14 17 June 2018), with a dedicated exhibition of work by artist Carlos Cruz-Diez from the UBS Art Collection, presented in the UBS Lounge. Cruz-Diez is considered one of the key 20th century thinkers in the realm of color, and is adept at creating participatory visual experiences. The presentation at Art Basel will feature works from the UBS Art Collection that were part of an architectural intervention by Cruz-Diez at the former Union Bank of Switzerland building on Flurstrasse in Zurich in the 1970s. Chromo-kinetic elements were integrated into elements of the building so that people in halls, corridors and common spaces were captivated by an ever-changing color scheme. Carlos Cruz-Diez said: The Environnement Chromatique [Chromatic Environment] of the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) headquarters, on which I worked over 4 years, is one of my ... More | | 
Howard Hodgkin's sumptuous deep blue Swimming made a splash at £60,000. Courtesy Sothebys.
LONDON.- This Summers Modern British Art Week at Sothebys showcased spectacular works by a roll-call of Britains most pioneering artists, from masterpieces of mid-century modernism to the avant-garde Colourists and dazzling works on paper from the collection of Howard Hodgkin. Across two days and four sales, 221 lots sold to bring £20,632,000 / $27,539,593 (est. £15.4-23.6 million). Frances Christie, Sothebys Head of Modern & Post-War British Art, said: This weeks exhibitions and auctions confirmed the pivotal role that British artists held within the broader context of the development of the international art scene. The passion for household names such as Hepworth, Moore and Nicholson remains undimmed among collectors across the globe and we were privileged to find new homes for a number of important artworks that had been cherished in private collections for decades. The universality of beloved artist Ho ... More | | 
Spanish minister of culture and sports Maxim Huerta gives a press conference at the Culture Ministery in Madrid on June 13, 2016. Spain's culture and sports minister, Maxim Huerta, resigned on June 13, 2018 after it emerged he had been fined for tax fraud last year, in a blow to Spain's new Socialist government. JAVIER SORIANO / AFP.
MADRID (AFP).- Spain's culture and sports minister Maxim Huerta resigned Wednesday after it emerged he has been fined for tax fraud, in a blow to the Socialist government that took over only last week. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez ousted conservative Mariano Rajoy with a June 1 no-confidence vote in parliament sparked by corruption convictions against former senior officials of his Popular Party (PP). Sanchez won praise worldwide for appointing a cabinet made up mostly of women as well as for offering to take in a ship with 629 migrants aboard when Italy's populist government and Malta refused them safe port. But the string of positive press coverage ended Wednesday when online daily El Confidencial ... More |
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| 'When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit': Judith Kerr turns 95 | | Blum & Poe opens exhibition of video installation and photography by filmmaker Agnès Varda | | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum takes a close look at one of its most treasured works | 
German-born British author and illustrator Judith Kerr, poses for a photograph at her home in west London on June 12, 2018. Tolga Akmen / AFP.
LONDON (AFP).- Acting on a tip-off from an anonymous police officer, Judith Kerr escaped from the Nazis as a little girl. Now, as she prepares to celebrate her 95th birthday, the celebrated British children's author thinks back to the phone-call that saved her life. It was February 1933 when the policeman called Judith Kerr's father, Alfred Kerr, a prominent theatre critic and playwright opposed to Nazism. "My father was ill in bed with flu and this man rang up and said: 'They are trying to take away your passport, you must get out immediately,'" she said. "I never knew his name and always wondered what happened to him but he saved our lives." Alfred Kerr immediately realised the gravity of the situation and took the first train to Switzerland, where his wife and two children joined him a few days later. ... More | | 
Agnès Varda, Chat dans ma cours, 1956. Vintage print 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (17.5 x 17.5 centimeters) © Agnès Varda Courtesy of the artist and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo.
TOKYO.- Blum & Poe is presenting an exhibition of video installation and photography by filmmaker Agnès Varda. The visionary creator of La Pointe Courte (1954), Varda is celebrated as the mother of the French New Wave. Films such as Cléo from 5 to 7 (1961), Vagabond (1984), Jacquot de Nantes (1991), and The Gleaners and I (2000) have won her global critical acclaim. In 2003 she transformed, in her own words, from being an old filmmaker to a young visual artist, creating sculptures and installations that play with the representation of time, space, and reality. This exhibition, the artists first in Tokyo, centers on Bord de mer (2009), a video installation which portrays three distinct dimensions of timepast, permanent, and present. A ... More | | 
Roman, Severan, Farnese Sarcophagus with Revelers Gathering Grapes: Left (detail), about 225 AD. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston (S12e3) © 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.
BOSTON, MASS.- A daring new exhibition, Life, Death & Revelry, takes a close look at one of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museums most treasured works, the Farnese Sarcophagus, widely considered the most important ancient Roman sarcophagus in America. This immersive installation explores the pieces history, including new scholarship, and features a new artwork inspired by the Sarcophagus, a 3D digital projection by Artists-in-Residence Paul Kaiser and Marc Downie of OpenEndedGroup. This exhibition traces this artworks journey from ancient Rome to nineteenth-century New England, and allows us to place it in conversation with a contemporary new media artwork, said Dr. Christina Nielsen, the William and Lia Poorvu Curator ... More |
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| Vancouver Art Gallery explores the cabin's history & cultural constructs in new exhibition | | Sofie Van de Velde wins prestigious FEAGA Innovation and Creativity Award at Art Basel | | Lucy Bell Gallery opens first exhibition of Terry Smith's unseen Blitz Club pictures | 
Cabin in Bracebridge, ON, 2016. Photo: Sam Barkwell.
VANCOUVER.- The Vancouver Art Gallery is presenting Cabin Fever, a new exhibition tracing the history of the North American cabin as an architectural form and a cultural construct, on view June 9 to September 30, 2018. Assembling renderings, artworks and commercial products as well as architectural models, plans and full-scale interventions, Cabin Fever surveys this iconic yet humble lodgings utility, adulation and prevalence in Canada and the US. From rustic sanctuary of the kind Henry David Thoreau wrote about in his book Walden (1854), to minimalist homesteads popularized by coffee table books Rock the Shack, Hide and Seek, and websites such as Cabin Porn, the cabin and its connotations have evolved over centuries. Cabin Fever explores this evolution through three key themes: Shelter, which introduces the cabin as a practical solution to patterns of westward expansion and emergency relief; Utopia, which ... More | | 
Sofie Van de Velde opened her gallery in 2013 in Antwerp.
BASEL.- On the opening of the Art Basel fair, June 13th, the Belgian gallery Sofie Van de Velde was rewarded with the prestigious FEAGA Innovation and Creativity Award. For the 14th time the European Gallery Awards ceremony took place at the opening of Art Basel in the presence of Ernst Hilger, President of the FEAGA Award, Marc Spiegler, Global Director of Art Basel and the F.E.A.G.A. Board. The European Gallery Award, founded by F.E.A.G.A. (The Federation of European Art Gallery Association*) was created to honour outstanding European galleries, make the work of galleries and their importance for art more visible and valued. The symbolic prize is an object, created by Leo Zogmayer with the words VISIBLE INVISIBLE. This year, in great respect for her creativity, new inspiration and exemplary cooperation, the Innovation and Creativity Award went to Gallery Sofie Van de Velde. Joost Declercq, Director of Museum Dhont-Dhaenens in Si ... More | | 
Terry Smith, George O'Dowd 20 x 16" Silver Gelatin Print. © Terry Smith.
ST LEONARDS ON SEA.- Lucy Bell Gallery is presenting the first exhibition of Terry Smiths unseen Blitz Club pictures, a rare snap shot of The Blitz Club while it was the hothouse for the New Romantics movement. The Blitz Kids were a group of young people who frequented the weekly Blitz club-night in London between 1979-80, and are credited with launching the New Romantic movement. Steve Strange and Rusty Egan hosted Tuesday nights at the club and imposed a strict dress code. Among core photographs are George ODowd then a Blitz cloakroom attendant, who went on to become internationally famous in his own right as Boy George/ Culture Club. The club was also a showcase for young fashion designers who set the trends in London during the 1980s, including Steven Jones, Kim Bowen, Fiona Dealey, Stephen Linard, John Galliano, Darla Jane Gilroy and Helen Robinson of PX. These rare images portray The Blitz Club at its zenith featuring Steve Strange, ... More |
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| The Holburne Museum presents Ellen Tanner's collection of Middle Eastern art | | Mitchell-Innes & Nash now represents the Foundation of Kiki Kogelnik | | Ketterer Kunst announces 1-Euro online auction with works from the Collection Günter Steinle | 
Mirror case Lacquer, Iran, 19th century. F65B. Given by Miss E.G. Tanner in 1926.
BATH.- Ellen Georgiana Tanner (1874-1937) was one of the first British women to travel solo to the Middle East. This summer, following a major conservation project, the sumptuous textiles, delicate carved woodwork and lacquer, and elaborately decorated metalwork she collected during her travels go on display for the first time at The Holburne Museum. Born near Bristol, Tanner received an inheritance of £18,000 which enabled her to travel, first in Europe and then further afield. In 1894, she travelled by steamer to Baghdad in Iraq, beginning a journey overland on horseback into Persia (now Iran) accompanied only by local guides, staying in caravanserais along the route, and exploring the bazaars of Baghdad, Shiraz, Teheran and Isfahan. She eventually settled in Bath and between 1917 and 1932, donated more than 85 items to The Holburne. The collection reflects the richness of secular Middle Eastern figurative and ... More | | 
Kiki Kogelnik, Cold Passage, 1964. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 59 3/4 by 48 in. 151.8 by 121.9 cm. © The Foundation of Kiki Kogelnik. Courtesy of the Foundation of Kiki Kogelnik and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Mitchell-Innes & Nash announced the representation of the Foundation of Kiki Kogelnik (1935-1997). Kiki Kogelnik transcended the movements of European abstract modernism and American Pop art to create a unique, forward-looking oeuvre that addressed new technologies and feminism. Incorporating a variety of often synthetic materials, irony, and humor, her paintings and sculptural work typically took their point of departure in the human form, presenting it as variously ebullient, stylized, interchangeable, fragmentary, or skeletal. Born in Austria in 1935, Kogelnik studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Art before traveling widely in London, Rome and Paris, finally relocating to New York in the early 1960s. Inspired by recent advances in ... More | | 
Frank Stella, Nemrik, 1999. Color lithograph, 112 x 81 cm. Estimate: 3,000. Starting price: 1.
MUNICH.- Günter Steinle does not only run a successful construction company, he also has a great art collection. Works by renowned artists like Gerhard Richter, Frank Stella and Günther Uecker count among the gems in his collection. He will now sell around 70 works for which bids can be placed on www.ketterer-internet-auctions.com as of June 15. The online auction of the leading German auction house, which ends July 15 at 3 p. m., is very special because every work will be called up with a starting price of 1 despite the high quality. Art and culture have always been heart matters to Günter Steinle. Early in his life he was part of the circles around the legendary Ulm School of Design. Many of its graduates became renowned artists and close friends of Steinle. He spotted their talents at an early stage and began to acquire their artworks. His close contacts with world-famous artists also helped the Ulm n ... More |
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 Christie's announces collection sales in September featuring interiors designed by Michael S. SmithNEW YORK, NY.- Christies announces two collection sales of interiors decorated by the visionary designer Michael S. Smith, Eaton Square, London, to be held on 12 September in London and A Tale of Two Cities, New York & Los Angeles, to be held on 26 September in New York. Comprising interiors from private residences situated in London, New York and Los Angeles, the auctions represent the breadth of Smiths talents, incorporating his curatorial knowledge, multicultural sensibility and his discerning eye to create distinct environments. The Earl of Snowdon, Christies Honorary Chairman Europe & UK, Middle East, Russia & India, comments: I have always been impressed and inspired by Michaels way of working. His energy, enthusiasm and easy charm mixed with his order, sense of style and good taste make him the most important interior designer of clients ... More Exhibition showcases both tradition and innovation of Japanese ceramic artistsST. PETERSBURG, FLA.- A new exhibition explores how tradition and breaking from it has influenced the work of 12 Japanese ceramic artists. From perfectly petite turquoise vases to a striking large-scale piece that resembles a human heart, the exhibition shows how artists in the 20th and 21st centuries have embraced traditional techniques with innovative forms and styles. We Do Not Work Alone: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics is on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg through Sept. 23. The exhibition provides a broad view of Japanese contemporary ceramic art through works from internationally renowned artists. For example, some Japanese ceramic artists in the early 20th century moved away from industrialization and mass production, instead embracing traditional styles and creating works anonymously. After World War II, some ... More 'The Last Three' debuts in Brooklyn at MetroTech CenterBROOKLYN, NY.- Artists Gillie and Marc today unveiled the iconic The Last Three a 17-foot-tall, bronze sculpture depicting the last three Northern White Rhinos Najin, Fatu & Sudan at Forest City New Yorks MetroTech Center in downtown Brooklyn. The sculpture aims to inspire, educate and mobilize the global community to raise their voices and affect real change against rhino horn sales. We hope visitors to the sculpture will engage with our representation of this gentle species and connect with the deeper message which is one of inspiration and change, said artist Gillie Schattner. Forest City is honored to showcase The Last Three at MetroTech Center, said John Bowen, Senior Vice President, Director Property Management, Forest City New York. Our partnership with Gillie and Marc reinforces our commitment to the arts and culture, providing a public space ... More Pablo Bronstein exhibits at London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACELONDON.- London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE today announced its latest contemporary art commission, London in its Original Splendour, by celebrated artist Pablo Bronstein. Opening 14 June, Bronsteins new installation will envelop the Bloomberg SPACE gallery in a 3D rendered wallpaper inspired by historic design and architecture. Situated on the site of Bloombergs new European headquarters, London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE returns the Roman Temple of Mithras to the location of its discovery in the heart of the City and offers visitors an immersive experience of the ancient temple as well as a chance to see a collection of the Roman artefacts found during the building excavations. Expanding on Bloombergs legacy of support for new commissions by international artists, the ground floor Bloomberg SPACE gallery aims to present lively and thoughtful ... More VOLTA14 Basel: A happy homecomingBASEL.- Theres no place like home, as the adage goes. For VOLTA, Basels art fair for new international positions, this has meant moving to three unique locations over 13 years before a warm and welcoming homecoming back to its original neighborhood, Voltaplatz. Many longtime galleries including some who have traversed several of these previous moves signed on for VOLTAs 14th edition, as well as choice newer faces. Coupled with this confidence was the collector base, a mix of international familiar faces and devoted locals, who joined in the excitement to make VOLTAs debut at Elsässerstrasse 215 a serious and selling success. While we were extremely confident with the move, there were the inevitable jitters about how it would be receivedits a bit like introducing your new boyfriend to the parents! joked VOLTAs Artistic Director, Amanda Coulson, So we were ... More Cristin Tierney Gallery opens an exhibition of new works by Malia JensenNEW YORK, NY.- Cristin Tierney Gallery is presenting Out West (Back East), an exhibition of new works by Malia Jensen. Featuring ceramic and bronze sculpture, Out West (Back East) examines themes of identity construction, human nature, and perception, especially as they relate to two places Jensen has called home: Oregon and New York City. The exhibition opened on Thursday, June 7th. Out West (Back East) continues through Friday, July 13th. A box full of snakes. Crumpled pieces of fabric. Soft dough enveloping a drooping rolling pin. A mule deer skull. The works in Out West (Back East) are part of a highly personal narrative. They tell the story of Jensens artistic and individual growth, which began in rural Oregon and followed her bicoastal moves from Portland to New York and back. Some sculptureslike Deer Skull, Pork ... More Modern Films announces the UK release of Ryuichi Sakamoto: CodaLONDON.- Modern Films announced the UK release of Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda, the directorial debut of Stephen Nomura Schible, which will open in cinemas on 29 June 2018, following its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. One of the most important artists of the contemporary era, Japanese musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, now 66, has had a prolific career spanning over four decades, from techno-pop stardom, including his membership of the pioneering and influential band Yellow Magic Orchestra and work with the likes of David Bowie, Iggy Pop and David Sylvian, to recording no less than 16 solo albums, taking in rock, classical and ambient minimalism. As an Oscar-winning film composer (for Bernardo Bertoluccis The Last Emperor ), Sakamoto has composed over 30 film scores for the likes of Pedro Almodovar to Brian de ... More Exhibition at Galerie Templon presents a series of previously unseen works by Claude Viallat BRUSSELS.- Galerie Templon, who has been working with Claude Viallat since 1973, is presenting a series of previously unseen works by the artist in its Brussels space. Les échelles de Nîmes highlights a lesser-known side of the founder of the Supports/Surfaces movements work, the pieces playing with volume and space, far from all conventional representations of how art is displayed. Yves Michaud recalls that Claude Viallat often paints on surfaces that are actually flattened or enlarged envelopes of spaces. In Les échelles de Nîmes, moving between positive and negative, canvas straps and emptiness, Claude Viallats unmistakable signature small bone shape is no longer evenly painted. With these pieces, the artist once again explores the theme of the ladder, an element (painting or object, made of rope, canvas or gauze) that links ground ... More Grosvenor Gallery opens a solo exhibition by artist Olivia FraserLONDON.- Grosvenor Gallery is presenting a solo exhibition by Delhi-based artist Olivia Fraser. Fraser, who was born in London in 1965 and raised in the Highlands of Scotland, has lived and worked in India since 1989. Deeply interested in the techniques and vocabulary of traditional Indian miniatures, she combines mineral and plant pigments and handmade paper with forms and ideas inspired by modern Western art. Olivia Fraser: The Lotus Within, runs at London's Grosvenor Gallery from 6-26 June 2018. Admission is free and all works in the exhibition are for available for sale. Following in the footsteps of her kinsman, James Baillie Fraser who painted India, its monuments and landscape in the early 1800s, Olivia Fraser set out to continue where he left off, painting the architecture and people of Delhi. James Baillie Fraser also commissioned local artists ... More Baltimore Museum of Art announces new leadership appointmentsBALTIMORE, MD.- The Baltimore Museum of Art today announced the appointments of four members to the senior leadership team guiding the museum. Chief Operating Officer Christine Dietze and Chief Education Officer Gamynne Guillotte are both internal promotions, while Chief Advancement Officer Heather Hueglin Marchese and Chief Innovation Officer Melanie Martin are new to the organization. The BMAs greatest assets are our world-renowned collection and the talented and dedicated staff who make possible everything we do, said Dorothy Wagner Wallis Director Christopher Bedford. I am extremely pleased to have this outstanding team with considerable experience in place as we embark on a new vision for the museum. Christine Dietze oversees the museums finance, human resources, retail, facility operations, program planning, and facility ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American-French painter Mary Cassatt died June 14, 1926. Mary Stevenson Cassatt (May 22, 1844 - June 14, 1926) was an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania (Now part of Pittsburgh's North Side), but lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists. In this image: Mary Cassatt (1845-1926), Mother and Two Children, 1906. Oil on canvas.
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