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Aftermath brings together over 150 works from 1916 to 1932 © Tate photography / Joe Humphrys.
LONDON.- Marking 100 years since the end of the First World War, this exhibition explores the immediate impact of the conflict on British, German and French art. As the first exhibition to examine the culture of memorials alongside new developments in post-war art it will consider how artists responded to the physical and psychological scars left on Europe. Aftermath brings together over 150 works from 1916 to 1932 by artists including George Grosz, Fernand Léger and C.R.W. Nevinson. During this tumultuous period, artists began to explore new imagery and new ways of making art in their responses to the experience of war, the culture of remembrance, and the rebuilding of cities and societies. To mark the centenary of the First World War, free tickets will be available for all veterans and members of the armed forces for the duration of the exhibition. The First World War began to be constructed as memory almost as soon as it had begun. During the war artists created works which reflected on its ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day This photograph taken on June 26, 2018, shows the transcept of Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral in Paris. Ludovic MARIN / AFP
| Another Spanish church sparks outrage with 'frightening' art restoration | | Hirshhorn opens first US retrospective of German artist Georg Baselitz in 20 years | | Sculptures and collections ruled Palm Beach Modern's $1.7M auction | 
The restoration was carried out "without control or professionalism" by a local crafts business.
MADRID (AFP).- A Spanish church was under fire Wednesday over the "frightening" restoration of a 16th century wooden sculpture of St. George which left it looking like a cartoon character according to social media reactions. The statue of St. George charging a horse in the San Miguel church in the town of Estella in the northern region of Navarra had turned a dark brown with age but images shared online after its restoration showed the warrior now has a pink face and sports flashy red armour. Some Twitters users likened the restored statue to Belgian comic character Tintin or Woody from "Toy Story", and compared it to the botched restoration by an elderly parishioner of the "Ecce Homo" fresco of Jesus Christ in 2012 in the town of Borja which resembled a pale-faced ape with cartoon-style eyes. The restoration was carried out "without control or professionalism" by a local crafts business, the director of the regional heritage service, Carlos Martinez Alava, told AFP. "They covered the paint from the ... More | | 
Georg Baselitz, Meine neue Mütze (My New Hat), 2003. Cedarwood and oil paint, 301.5 à 83.5 à 107 cm. Pinault Collection. © Georg Baselitz 2018. Photo: Jochen Littkemann, Berlin.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is presenting Baselitz: Six Decades, the first major U.S. retrospective in more than 20 years of one of Germanys greatest living artists. Organized in partnership with the Fondation Beyeler to mark the artists 80th birthday, the exhibition opened at the Beyeler in Basel, Switzerland, Jan. 21, before traveling to the Hirshhorn June 21Sept. 16, 2018. The Hirshhorn hosted Baselitzs first-ever career retrospective in 1996, and this new exhibition builds on that milestone with an expanded oeuvre and works never before seen in the U.S., cementing Baselitzs reputation as one of the most original and inventive figurative artists of his generation. Baselitz: Six Decades comprises over 100 works highlighting every phase of Baselitzs six-decade career, including his iconic paintings, works on paper and wood and bronze sculptures. The exhibiti ... More | | 
Deborah Kay Butterfield (American, b. 1949-), metal horse sculpture, 39.5in high x 53in wide. Provenance: The Norman S. Jaffe Art Trust, Coral Gables, Florida. Sold for $70,400. Image courtesy of Palm Beach Modern Auctions.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.- The staff at Palm Beach Modern Auctions greeted a large and extremely motivated contingent of bidders at its June 2 Spring Modern Art & Design sale, and not surprisingly so. The attraction was one of the companys finest-ever assemblages of modern and contemporary art, furniture and fine jewelry from consignors in Palm Beach and other upscale Florida communities, as well as the Hamptons and New York City. The 537-lot auction realized $1,725,000, inclusive of 28% buyers premium. The markets insatiable demand for quality art and furniture by bankable artists, especially if accompanied by prestigious provenance, was evident throughout the event. Fine collections, in particular, were the drawcards, and in quite a few instances those collections were 100 percent sold, said PBMA partner and auctioneer Rico Baca. One such ... More |
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| Louvre Abu Dhabi sets Da Vinci unveiling for September | | Major exhibition that explores religion, faith and divinity now open at Christie's London | | Hirshhorn launches new generation of museum mobile video guide | 
Christie's employees take bids for Leonardo da Vincis "Salvator Mundi" at Christie's New York November 15, 2017. TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP.
DUBAI (AFP).- The Louvre Abu Dhabi said Wednesday it will unveil its most prized acquisition on September 18 -- a very rare painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci that was bought for a record $450 million last year. The "Salvator Mundi", a portrait of Jesus Christ painted in 1500, was the only one of the fewer than 20 paintings believed to be the work of the famed Renaissance Old Master still in private hands when it went under the hammer at Christie's in November. It was only six years ago that it was declared authentic after long being dismissed as a copy by one of Da Vinci's students. "Lost and hidden for so long in private hands, Leonardo Da Vincis masterpiece is now our gift to the world," the chairman of Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism, Mohamed Khalifa al-Mubarak, said in a statement announcing the public unveiling. The Louvre Abu Dhabi has kept tight-lipped over the identity of ... More | | 
Francisco de Zurbarán, Christ on the Cross, with the Virgin and Saints Mary Magdalene and John the Evangelist, oil on canvas, 83 1/2 x 64 1/4 in. (212 x 163 cm.). © Christies Images Limited 2018.
LONDON.- As part of the June Season at Christies, Sacred Noise, a major exhibition that explores religion, faith and divinity through artists including Francis Bacon, Maurizio Cattelan, Lucio Fontana, Damien Hirst, Pablo Picasso, Gerhard Richter, Sir Stanley Spencer, and Francisco de Zurbarán, is now on view in the King Street Galleries until 21 July 2018. These themes have pervaded art throughout the centuries, and across the world. The means of expression are many and varied, and in todays multi-cultural society are more relevant than ever. Referencing key figures in Western art history, with Francisco de Zurbaráns dramatically-lit paintings as a springboard, Sacred Noise charts the reinvigoration and subversion of these themes in the twentieth century. From Francis Bacons anthropomorphic Popes writhing in existential anguish, to Damien Hirsts ... More | | 
Mark Bradford, Picketts Charge, 2018.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Visitors can come face-to-face with today's most exciting artists this summer with Hirshhorn Eye (Hi for short), a revolutionary in-gallery instant art guide that uses machine learning to deliver exclusive video to any smartphone. Starting Saturday, June 30, Hi will connect museumgoers directly with the artists behind the art on view-including Olafur Eliasson, Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, Lorna Simpson and many more - taking the viewer into their homes and studios to explore the 'why' and 'how' of contemporary art. To get started, visitors can simply type hi.si.edu in their phone's browser, no app download required. As they move through the galleries, Hi's sophisticated image recognition will scan the works of art in front of them - from Mark Bradford's "Pickett's Charge" to Yayoi Kusama's "Pumpkin" - and instantly unlock dozens of unique artist interviews and insights. "The Hirshhorn is a voice for the most important art and artists of our time," said Hirshhorn Director Melissa Chiu. "Th ... More |
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| Paul Kasmin Gallery opens a summer showcase of contemporary Mexican artists | | Rodeo Gallery opens new space in Greece with exhibition of works by Leidy Churchman | | 9/11 Memorial & Museum opens new special exhibition on sports after 9/11 | 
Mario Navarro, Future Islands, 2016, insitu intervention: columns, thonet era chairs dimensions variable. Courtesy of Paul Kasmin Gallery. Photo by Ricardo Guzman.
NEW YORK, NY.- Paul Kasmin Gallery presents a summer showcase of contemporary Mexican artists, celebrating the long history of cultural cross-pollination between neighboring nations. The exhibition brings together artists practicing in diverse media who are living and working in Mexico and further afield; several of whom have never before exhibited in the USA. Taking its title from an Ãscar Oliva poem, the exhibition explores the regions focused formal expressions and the significance of often humble, repurposed materials concrete and wood that recur in work throughout the revolution era and into postmodernism and contemporary aesthetics. Though these materials have their practical origins in construction and workmanship, ... More | | 
Installation view, Leidy Churchman, Snowlion, Rodeo, Piraeus, 2018.
PIRAEUS.- Rodeo opened the doors of a new space in Piraeus, which will run alongside the London activities of the gallery and expands to Greece for the first time. Founded by Sylvia Kouvali in Istanbul in 2007, the gallery established its HQ in London in 2014. Located just behind the port of Piraeus in an area characterised by local workshops, the gallery will operate from a former commercial warehouse, which was part of an arcade project built in 1902. Berlin-based architect Etienne Descloux has intervened in this new space, characterised by high ceilings and thick stone walls, to accommodate the activities of Rodeo, while respecting in full the unique architecture of the building that reflects the character of the time it was built. The gallery will exhibit the work of artists coming from international backgrounds as well as from ... More | | 
Comeback Season installation view. Photo: Jin Lee.
NEW YORK, NY.- The new special exhibition Comeback Season: Sports After 9/11 opened today at the 9/11 Memorial Museum, showing visitors of all ages how sports helped to inspire and heal a grieving nation after the 2001 attacks. The immersive exhibition revisits a time nearly 17 years ago when sports became a reason for people across the country to unite, celebrate again and find solace in the games they love. Through the lens of sports, this exhibition celebrates the strength of the human spirit and our capacity to come together and support one another through unimaginable grief, 9/11 Memorial & Museum President Alice M. Greenwald said. This story provides additional points of entry into the complex story of 9/11, to better understand our history and the impact it had on our world today, to reflect on our own lived memories from that time, and to feel inspired by stories about ... More |
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| Christie's announces new auction platform for masterpieces of 19th century European art | | Gagosian Paris exhibits collaborative works by Takashi Murakami and Virgil Abloh | | Banksy's Paris street art 'blitz' a tribute to rebels of 1968 | 
Vilhelm Hammershøi (Danish, 18641916), Interior with an Easel, Bregade 25, oil on canvas. Estimate: $1,500,000-2,000,000. © Christies Images Limited 2018.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announces European Art Part I, a new curated sale that will be dedicated to 19th century European masterpieces and will launch in New York on 31 October. Following recent strong prices and new world auction records achieved for Delacroix and Corot in the Peggy and David Rockefeller Collection, the sale presents a unique platform for the most renowned artists of this diverse and often revolutionary era of art. Sourced internationally from important private collections, the sale will be held during Christies Classic Week sale series, coinciding with TEFAF New York and leading into Novembers 20th Century Week ... More | | 
Takashi Murakami and Virgil Abloh © François Goizé.
PARIS.- Gagosian is presenting new collaborative works by Takashi Murakami and Virgil Abloh, following their first exhibition, future history, at Gagosian London. During their recent collaboration, Murakami and Abloh have produced works in which their respective styles and trademarks intersect in a stream of freewheeling, punkish mash-ups. In this exhibition, new iterations of the TIMES NATURE (2018) paintings include multimedia works such as animated and illuminated paintings, which play on cultural references, ideas of production and reproduction, and concepts of linear time. Two sculptures have been included in the exhibition: in LIFE ITSELF (2018), an oversize three-dimensional iteration of Murakamis smiling flower motif sits in the open doorway of a ... More | | 
Banksy took on the rat as his avatar.
PARIS (AFP).- Street artist Banksy has confirmed that he "blitzed" Paris with up to a dozen murals as a tribute to the May 1968 uprising and even taking aim at the French government's hard line on migrants. Stencilled images in the style of the mysterious British graffiti star began appearing on walls across the French capital last week. All were unsigned, leaving a lingering doubt that they might have been by a imitator. But late Monday the Bristol-based artist posted his latest two Paris murals on Instagram -- neither of which had yet been found by his fans -- and on Tuesday confirmed that another near the Sorbonne university was also his. "Fifty years since the uprising in Paris 1968. The birthplace of modern stencil art," he quipped under a self-portrait as a masked rat carrying a utility knife that he ... More |
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 Hauser & Wirth presents an exhibition of wearable objects commissioned from a range of artistsLOS ANGELES, CA.- Hauser & Wirth is presenting its Portable Art Project in Los Angeles with an exhibition of wearable objects commissioned from a range of artists works that exist somewhere between sculpture and bodily adornment. Organized by Celia Forner, who collaborated closely with the artists, the Portable Art Project includes unique pieces as well as editioned series, crafted from an array of materials ranging from traditional gold and silver with precious and semi-precious gems, to enamel, aluminum, bronze, and iron. The initiative began with an invitation to Louise Bourgeois, who in 2008 conceived different spiral-like precious metal cuffs. In the years since Bourgeois designed these first contributions, the Portable Art Project has evolved to include John Baldessari, Phyllida Barlow, Stefan Brüggemann, Subodh Gupta, Mary Heilmann, Andy Hope ... More Exhibition displays a cycle of photographs of the Bolshoi Ballet CompanyMOSCOW.- The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography presents an exhibition from photographer Sasha Gusov, which displays a cycle of photographs of the Bolshoi Ballet Company. The exhibition includes about 50 unique shots made during the period between 1992 to 2016, from behind the scenes of the "big ballet", the brand that emerged during the first and incredibly successful tour of the Bolshoi Theater troupe in 1956. After appearances on the stage of London's Covent Garden Theater, the famous Bolshoi has forever subdued the foreign audience. After the publication of photographs of the Bolshoi in The British Journal of Photography, Gusov gained a reputation of a talented photographer. Sasha Gusovs photos perfectly convey the dynamics and expressiveness of ballet dance. There are among them beautiful staged portraits and fascinating, ... More Exhibition of works by British artist Nathaniel Rackowe takes the city of Beirut as a point of departureBEIRUT.- Letitia Gallery announces a new solo exhibition by the British artist Nathaniel Rackowe, which takes the city of Beirut as a point of departure in order to investigate the ever-changing nature of cites, and their continual destruction and renewal. The Shape of a City uses industrial materials such as corrugated roofing, galvanised steel and cement blocks, and combines them with artificial light; used to soften the hard edges of the mass produced materials, allowing Rackowe to explore the ways in which urban dwellers must continually adapt their behaviour in order to successfully negotiate the built landscape. Dominating the entrance and cutting through the gallery space is a large scale installation, which invites viewers to interact with it by walking around or passing through it. The structure, LP48, combines different construction materials, which have been locally ... More New exhibition premieres photographic portraits of R&B, Funk, Soul, Afrobeat and Hip Hop pioneersLONDON.- This summer, Somerset House presents The Influence Project, a new photography exhibition celebrating the impact that leading black musicians have had on contemporary sound and culture. Congolese, London-based photographer Alexis Chabala and producer Lorayne Crawford have captured the characters of both icons and contemporary artists through captivating portraiture, film and sound, to offer visitors a unique and important interpretation of musical history. Featuring photographs shot since 2014, The Influence Project investigates the connections between these established and emerging pioneers, reaching across time to shape the sound that we hear today. The exhibition chronicles pioneering voices of the mid to late 20th century music scene including revolutionary R&B influencer and the force behind the Parliament/Funkadelic machine, ... More Book provides a vivid account of Annie Leibovitz's development as an artist NEW YORK, NY.- For more than half a century, Annie Leibovitz has been taking culture-defining photographs. Her portraits of politicians, performers, athletes, businesspeople, and royalty make up a gallery of our time, imprinted on our collective consciousness by both the singularity of their subjects and Leibovitzs inimitable style. The catalogue to an installation at the LUMA Foundation in Arles, Annie Leibovitz: The Early Years, 19701983 returns to Leibovitzs origins. It begins with a moment of artistic revelation: the spontaneous shot that made Leibovitz think she could transition from painting to photography as her area of study at the San Francisco Art Institute. The meticulously and personally curated collection, including contact sheets and Polaroids, provides a vivid document both of Leibovitzs development as a young artist and of a pivotal era. Leibovitzs ... More Auerbach, Dubuffet and Carl Andre shine at Bonhams Post-War and Contemporary Art SaleLONDON.- Figure on a Bed II, an early masterpiece by the British painter Frank Auerbach, sold for £1,448,750 at Bonhams Post-War and Contemporary Art Sale in London today (Wednesday 27 June). Offered at auction for the first time, it had been estimated at £800,000-1,200,000. Figure on a Bed II was painted in 1967, and had been in the collection of Michael Hobbs, an Australian collector, since 1967. Hobbs had acquired the work directly from Marlborough Fine Art. Mire G 13 (Bolivar) by Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) made £296,750 against its pre-sale estimate of £180,000-250,000. Part of the Mire series, created between 1983 and 1985, it was among Dubuffets final works. Other highlights of the sale included: Lichtscheibe by Günther Uecker (b.1930) which sold for £428,750. One of the very rare motorized pieces by the German ZERO artist, ... More Mehdi Moutashar and Marina Tabassum announced as first ever joint winners of Jameel Prize 5LONDON.- The artist Mehdi Moutashar (b.1943, Hilla, Iraq) and the architect Marina Tabassum (b. 1969 in Dhaka, Bangladesh) have been announced as joint winners of the £25,000 Jameel Prize 5. This is the first time the prize has been awarded to two finalists. Fady Jameel, President of Art Jameel, presented Mehdi and Marina with the prize at an evening ceremony at the V&A on Wednesday 27 June. Mehdi received the award for his four bold works of minimalist abstraction rooted in Islamic geometry, and Marina for her visionary Bait ur Rouf mosque built in 2012 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Both winners achievement has been to produce work of outstanding quality and contemporary relevance while demonstrating a profound understanding of the cultures from which they come. The judges felt that although working in very different fields, the joint winners had ... More A group photography exhibition opens at the UN Headquarters in New York NEW YORK, NY.- The Royal National Lifeboat Institution presents Just One Inch of Water, a new exhibition of the work of internationally acclaimed documentary photographers Zackary Canepari, Poulomi Basu and GMB Akash. The exhibition will open on Thursday, June 28th and remain on view through Sunday, July 29th. Exhibitions organized for the general public at UN Headquarters in New York are displayed in the Visitors Lobby, which is part of the General Assembly building. The exhibit is organized by RNLI International with the support of the UN Group of Friends on Drowning Prevention. In Asia and the Pacific, water, at once, shapes the land and its people. Every day, the rivers and oceans play a central and critical role in the support of all life. No living being can survive without it. However, a child can drown in just one inch of water. Drowning, ... More Whitechapel Gallery presents an immersive environment by installation artist Katja NovitskovaLONDON.- Installation artist Katja Novitskova (b. 1984, Tallinn) presents an immersive environment at the Whitechapel Gallery, offering an unsettling vision of the future. Novitskovas work focuses on issues of technology, evolutionary processes and ecological realities. It explores the materiality and circulation of images how they are used, recycled and re-contextualised. She is known for her dramatic, cut-out images of animals, presented alongside imagery drawn from financial and scientific sources. Using elements from her acclaimed presentation at the Estonian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, 2017, her installation at Whitechapel Gallery features sculptural cut-out figures alongside humanlike baby-rockers, mobiles and projections. The work imagines a landscape overcome by a biotic crisis, ecologically impacted by humans, where imaging and technology ... More Gallery FUMI opens an exhibition of works by Tuomas MarkunpoikaLONDON.- Gallery FUMI announces an exhibition of works by Tuomas Markunpoika, marking the artist's first solo presentation with the gallery. Unveiling a new series of works Contra Naturam explores the visually and conceptually captivating relationship between natural and artificial, craft and industrial materials. Verging on the sculptural, the works in the exhibition bear the marks of their own creation. Building layers of ancient Moroccan Tadelakt plaster on a ductile synthetic material in a labour-intensive process, the artist works and reworks the form with spatulas and palette knives, etching the powdery fragility of plaster onto the seductively tactile surface of the finished piece. Prized for its durability, owing to an entirely natural composition, the light-absorbing surface of Tadelakt seems shaped by nature's energy, as if aged, weathered and eroded by water and ... More Lieselotte Vloeberghs wins the 'Friends of S.M.A.K. Prize'GHENT.- The Friends of S.M.A.K. Prize | Coming People 2018, a joint project by S.M.A.K. and the Friends of S.M.A.K., is a biennial contest for young artists who have just graduated from a Belgian art college. These two partners intention with this initiative is to offer opportunities to up-and-coming talent that does not always easily find its way into the professional art world. Nine finalists were selected for the 2018 contest: Henry Andersen, Elias Cafmeyer, AnaÃs Chabeur, Maud Gourdon, Jonathan Paepens, Lien Van Ranst, Lieselotte Vloeberghs, Justyna Wierzchowiecka and Guy Woueté. On the basis of the finalists presentations, the jury, whose members are Sonia Dermience (director of Komplot in Brussels), Antony Hudek (director of curatorial studies at KASK in Ghent), Frank-Thorsten Moll (director of IKOB in Eupen), Niels Van Tomme (director of De ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens was born June 28, 1577. Sir Peter Paul Rubens (28 June 1577 - 30 May 1640), was a German-born Flemish Baroque painter, and a proponent of an extravagant Baroque style that emphasised movement, colour, and sensuality. He is well known for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. In this image: A visitor looks at the oil painting "Léda et le cygne" de 1600 by Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens at the Louvre-Lens museum in Lens during the latest exhibition. AFP PHOTO PHILIPPE HUGUEN.
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