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Italian 19th Century Savonarola Open Armchair, Renaissance revival style. Estimate $300 500.
NEW YORK, NY.- New Yorkers and auction lovers can now welcome back and once again enjoy La Belle Epoque Auction House, the eye catching, yet welcoming, neighborhood jewel at 71 8th Avenue on the border of the Meatpacking District and the West Village in Manhattan, for their upcoming Grand Reopening Multi-Estates Auction on Saturday, March 18th at 11am. Their first new auction will offer an impressive collection of fine art, antiques, silver, mid-century modern furniture, jewelry, fashion, lighting, memorabilia, collectibles, decorative items and more. Previews will be held Thursday March 16th 12-5pm and Friday March 17th 12-5pm. Leading the way at the La Belle Epoque Auction House Grand Reopening auction is an exquisite early 18th Century French Regence Period Commode, finely carved fruit wood commode with a thick mol ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The automotive and art scenes have converged with the Petersen Automotive Museums new exhibition Arsham Auto Motive, a collection of vehicle sculptures and posters created by renowned interdisciplinary artist Daniel Arsham.
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| John Stobart, world renowned maritime artist, passes at 93 | | Historically significant Goddard Collection comes to auction at Bonhams Skinner | | David Chipperfield wins Pritzker Prize |
John Stobart.
NEW YORK, NY.- It is with great sadness that Rehs Contemporary Galleries, Inc. announces the passing of John Stobart, one of the world's most renowned maritime artists, on March 2nd, 2023. He was 93 years old. John Stobart is widely celebrated for his breathtaking depictions of historic maritime scenes both at sea and important port cities. His works can be found in the collections of museums, corporations, and private collectors around the world. Born in Leicester, England, John was surrounded by the beautiful countryside and developed an early appreciation for the landscape he always considered himself a landscape painter at heart. But at the age of 8, a visit to his grandmother's home in the north allowed him an excursion to the port of Liverpool - at the time, the busiest port in England. This sparked his lifelong desire to capture the excitement of world trade that comes to life in a port. Stobart ... More | |
Blue and White Covered Jar. Estimated at $2,000 - 3,000. Photo: Bonhams.
BOSTON, MA.- Bonhams Skinner will close out March with four auctions featuring important collections and significant works from around the world. American Indian & Tribal Art brings to auction artifacts encompassing many of the worlds tribal cultures from North American indigenous tribes to objects from Africa, the South Pacific and South-East Asia. The Goddard Family Collections is highlighted by a Philadelphia Chippendale Carved and Figured Mahogany Dressing Table, c. 1765. Finally, the Asian Art department will present several notable collections across two sales. The Bonhams Skinner American Indian & Tribal Art auction, online from March 20 - 30, features artifacts encompassing many of the worlds tribal cultures from the North American indigenous tribes to objects from Africa, the South Pacific and South-East Asia. Highlights range from ritual figures from ... More | |
The architect David Chipperfield, winner of the 2023 Pritzker Prize. (Courtesy of The Hyatt Foundation/The Pritzker Architecture Prize via The New York Times)
by Robin Pogrebin
NEW YORK, NY.- If uneasy lies the head that wears a crown, David Chipperfield is feeling somewhat uncomfortable about having been awarded architectures highest honor, the Pritzker Prize. That is not because hes ungrateful; its nice to be recognized, Chipperfield, the 69-year-old British architect, said in a telephone interview from Spain. It is because he has long thought that architecture is more important than architects and because he believes that were facing two existential crises: social inequality and climate collapse. Those priorities are partly why the Pritzker board selected Chipperfield as its 2023 laureate. He has in every case skillfully chosen the tools that are instrumental to the project instead of those that might ... More |
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| Exhibit celebrates automotive history with a collection of full-size car sculptures | | An architect applies her skills to giving back | | Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist, dies at 71 |
2021 Bronze Eroded DeLorean. Photo: Moneeb Nain.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The automotive and art scenes have converged with the Petersen Automotive Museums new exhibition Arsham Auto Motive, a collection of vehicle sculptures and posters created by renowned interdisciplinary artist Daniel Arsham. Now open to the public in the Armand Hammer Foundation Gallery, this contemporary showcase provides a time capsule of automotive history. Arshams personal passion for cars and fascination with archeology takes form through the presentation of four full-scale vehicles in his signature eroded fictional archeological technique. Daniel Arsham crafts objects which investigate ideas of history, symbology and pop culture through the selection of vehicles featured in notable Hollywood films. Presented in geological materials, these familiar objects act as remnants of the present through the eyes of future audiences, providing an alternative lens to some of the worlds most promin ... More | |
The architect Diana Kellogg, who designed the Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls School, at the school in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Kellogg specialized in high-end New York residences now, she has designed a girls school in India and is pursuing other projects that address social change. (Deepti Ashtana via The New York Times)
by Shivani Vora
NEW YORK, NY.- Diana Kellogg is the founder and principal of Diana Kellogg Architects, a firm that specializes in high-end residential projects in New York. Most recently, she has shifted her focus more toward nonprofit work, conceptualizing and designing the GYAAN Center in the Indian state of Rajasthan, home to the Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls School. Approaching the anniversary of its opening in June, the school serves about 120 girls in a region of northern India where their literacy rate is barely 36%. Kellogg is now designing the GYAAN Centers next two elements: a womens community ... More | |
He played the soaring slide guitar solo on Free Bird, co-wrote Sweet Home Alabama and survived the 1977 plane crash that killed three members of the band.
by Neil Genzlinger
NEW YORK, NY.- Gary Rossington, an original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, the quintessential Southern rock band, whose guitar helped define its sound and who was a key figure in the groups eventual rebirth after a plane crash in 1977 killed three of its members, died Sunday. He was 71. The band posted news of his death on its Facebook page but did not say where he died. No cause was given, although Rossington had had heart problems for years. He was the last surviving member of the original band. Growing up in the Jacksonville, Florida, area, Rossington got the rock-star bug when a friend, Bob Burns, was given a drum kit in the summer of 1964. The two teenagers decided they would become rock drummers. The practical limitations ... More |
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| Ancient landscapes are reexamined in 'Roman Landscapes: Visions of Nature and Myth from Rome and Pompeii' | | Crescent City Auction Gallery announces highlights included in its Important March Estates auction | | Marie Bovo presents a new series of photographs at OSL Contemporary |
Torso of Diana, 1st century AD, marble, 29 3/4 x 13 15/16 x 8 7/8 in. (San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., 86.134.109) (Photo: Peggy
Tenison) Image courtesy of the San Antonio Museum of Art.
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- The San Antonio Museum of Art recently opened Roman Landscapes: Visions of Nature and Myth from Rome and Pompeii, the first exhibition in the United States to explore landscape scenes as a genre of ancient Roman art. Serving as a contrast to the archetypal works of antiquity with which most museum audiences are familiarthe larger-than-life statues venerating gods or heroes, or scenes of battle or ritual found on friezes or potterythese works instead depict artists idyllic visions of a countryside dotted with seaside villas and rural shrines, where gods and mythological heroes mingle with travelers, herdsmen, and worshippers. Organized by and presented exclusively in San Antonio, Roman ... More | |
Circa 1910 Tiffany Studios bronze and favrile lamp, 15 inches tall, with a 7-inch diameter shade engraved L.C.T. Favrile, stamped with Tiffany Glass and Decorating logo (est. $3,000-$5,000).
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- A rare ladys platinum dunner ring with a lovely 7.96-carat Indian oval alexandrite stone, an oil on canvas painting by New Orleans artist George Valentine Dureau, and circa 1910 Tiffany Studios bronze and favrile glass lamp are just a few of the expected highlights in Crescent City Auction Gallerys Important March Estates auction slated for March 17th-18th. The auction, starting at 10 am Central time both days, is loaded with over 700 choice lots in a wide variety of collecting categories. Bidding is available online, as well as live in the Crescent City gallery at 1330 Saint Charles Avenue in New Orleans. In-person gallery previews will begin on Wednesday, March 8th, from 10-5 Central time. Phone and absentee bids will be accepted. The stunning and exceedingly rare ... More | |
Installation view.
OSLO.- Marie Bovo, whose family is from a village near Grenada, was marked by the religious icons of her childhood. The sculptures, texts, and colours that she saw in the churches fascinate her. She takes a direct approach in her work, lifting ordinary reality out of its continuum, rendering it holy. This ode to the everyday already appears in earlier series of hers, like Cours intérieures. For her fourth exhibition at OSL Contemporary, Marie Bovo is pursuing this spiritual dimension with a new series of photographs made in November 2021 during a residency at Valparaiso. The diptychs of La luz o la sombra were taken at dawn and at sunset, continuing until nightfall. These moments of ambivalent light, which Bovo has captured like epiphanic instants, evoke the magic of emergence, the fleeting apparition in which everything is illuminated: But these moments are discreet, fragile, like the fleeting immobility of the dog emerging from ... More |
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| Page & Turnbull earns honors for innovation, design, preservaton and social progress | | Art Brussels 2023 announces content of its 39th edition | | Kehrer Verlag publishes 'Duologues by Nina Welch-Kling' |
The Tioga, Photography by Chad Davies. With renewed recognition as a most innovative firm and a national leader in work with historic fabric, Page & Turnbull is meeting todays needs, from climate action to social justice.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Earning acclaim for architecture, preservation architecture and for unique services that benefit people and places, Page & Turnbull has announced recent awards and new commissions transforming buildings, cities, and open places by focusing on their historic fabric and new architectural opportunities. Recent honors include a ranking of third for Fast Company Magazines top 10 Most Innovative Companies in architecture, as well as project awards for design and leadership from the California Preservation Foundation and the Chicago Athanaeums American Architecture Awards, dedicated to the recognition of excellence in architecture and urbanism in the United States. Leaders of the majority women-owned firm have also assumed prominent positions on the boards of American Institute of Architects (AIA) ... More | |
Galerie Lange+ Pult: Artist - Christian Herdeg, Round about Midnight, 1986. Argon and neon light tube, acrylic glass, 40 x 40 x 40 cm.
BRUSSELS .- Art Brussels is delighted to announce the content of its 39th edition. With 152 participating galleries from 32 countries, the fair will feature works from established and emerging artists from around the world, providing a platform for collectors, curators, and art enthusiasts to discover - and rediscover - new and exciting artists. The fairs diverse, rich programme will bring together 800 artists, showcasing the best of the contemporary gallery scene and proving that Art Brussels remains as forward- looking and innovative as ever. The Preview and Vernissage: Thursday 20 April 2023, and event will be Friday 21 Sunday 23 April 2023. Art Brussels: One fair, four different sections: The participating galleries are divided into four different sections according to the artists exhibited: PRIME (for mid-career and established artists), DISCOVERY ... More | |
Duologues is a rich collection of photographs made in this tradition by New York City-based photographer Nina Welch-Kling.
NEW YORK, NY.- At its best, a photograph made in the street photography genre holds the energy of spontaneous caught moments of humanity and the world intersecting. Nuances of expressions and gestures contribute to an authenticity in the imagery, and seemingly random moments within the picture carry meaning by their juxtapositions of people and place. Duologues is a rich collection of photographs made in this tradition by New York City-based photographer Nina Welch-Kling. For this project, she paired two photographs to create diptychs, evoking a dialogue between them. This format allows for the display of her particular talent for noticing aligned colors, patterns, or narrative elements between images and pairing them to create yet another layer of contextual definition in the conversation between the two images. Her curated diptychs ... More |
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A conductor's battle with a classical music gender barrier
NEW YORK, NY.- The baton-waving bully conductor played by Cate Blanchett in Tár has earned a series of Oscar nominations and captivated audiences worldwide. That may be, in part, because of her novelty: Until recently, conducting was almost exclusively a male profession. French conductor Claire Gibault has spent a lifetime battling that gender barrier. In 2019, she co-founded La Maestra, a biennial international competition for female conductors in Paris that draws more than 200 contestants from some 50 countries. Giving confidence and visibility to the talented women who are emerging as orchestral conductors is a cause La Maestra will continue to champion with commitment and passion, said a news release inviting contestants for the next competition, in March 2024. The competition, founded with the Philharmonie de Paris, awards prizes ... More
MACRO - Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome opens an exhibition by Hervé Guibert
ROME.- MACRO presents Hervé Guibert: This and More, an exhibition featuring a selection of photographs by the French writer, journalist and photographer Hervé Guibert (1955-1991). The show curated by Anthony Huberman has been produced in collaboration with CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts in San Francisco, where it was on view from 9 June to 30 July 2022, and with the KW Institute for Contemporary Art of Berlin, where it will be presented from 9 June to 20 August 2023. While the photographic work of Guibert is generally associated with portraiture, in this case the exhibition explores a body of works in which he instead captures the absence of the physical body: the images do not contain faces, but inanimate objects, interiors and domestic spaces laden with memories and emotions that suggest the presence of people ... More
Duong Tuong, who opened Western works to Vietnamese readers, dies at 90
BANGKOK.- Duong Tuong, a prolific translator who for more than half a century introduced a wide range of Western literature to Vietnamese readers, died Feb. 24 in Hanoi, Vietnam. He was 90. His daughter, Tran Phuong Mai, confirmed the death, from respiratory infections, at a military hospital. A poet who turned to translation to support his family, Tuong translated more than 50 books, large and small, from English and French, as well as performing secondary translations from Russian, German and several other languages. He brought the magic of the worlds most famous books to Vietnamese readers, said writer and journalist Ngo Thi Kim Cuc. Tuongs interests were eclectic, and he said he liked challenges, taking on difficult writers like Marcel Proust, Vladimir Nabokov, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Emily Brontë, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, ... More
Rare 120+ year-old coin collection to be auctioned for the first time ever
COSTA MESA, CA.- Stacks Bowers Galleries is presenting for the first time the collection of James Allaire Millholland (1842-1911), a coin collection valued at over $1 Million that has been locked away for more than 120 years ("Millholland" in Upcoming Lots | Stacks Bowers). The Millholland Collection brings us back in time for a rare glimpse at old-school collecting, when coins were acquired one per date and beautifully laid out in custom-built wood trays and cabinets. Stacks Bowers Galleries expects there to be great excitement when the approximately 550 coins in the collection cross the auction block in their Official Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Spring Expo in Baltimore on March 21st, providing collectors the opportunity to acquire a piece of this numismatic time capsule. James Allaire Millholland, born in 1842, was an active participant ... More
Otobong Nkanga now represented by Lisson Gallery
LONDON.- Lisson Gallery recently announced its representation of Otobong Nkanga, one of the most recognised artists working internationally today. The artist will present a number of works for Lisson Gallerys upcoming exhibition, Matter as Actor, including a new tapestry alongside the renowned series, Solid Maneuvers, referencing excavation of resources and wounded landscapes, inspired by a tour of a railroad in Namibia. The show, curated by Lisson Gallerys Greg Hilty, runs across 27 Bell Street & 67 Lisson Street from 3 May 24 June. Her work also features in the Hayward Gallerys major exhibition in response to the climate emergency, Dear Earth: Art and Hope in a Time of Crisis (21 June - 3 September 2023), inspired by Nkangas suggestion that caring is a form of resistance. Her forthcoming survey show in Spain at IVAM, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (13 July 5 Nov ... More
Novelist Toni Morrison is celebrated on Postal Service's latest Forever stamp
NEW YORK, NY.- Toni Morrison, an acclaimed author who became the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature, will be memorialized on a Forever stamp, which was unveiled Tuesday by the United States Postal Service. The portrait featured on the stamp with Morrison smiling, looking straight into the camera, against a yellow backdrop was part of a 1997 photo shoot by Deborah Feingold for the cover of Time magazine. The Postal Service made the announcement at a ceremony at Princeton University, where Morrison taught from 1989 to 2006. The event was part of a series throughout the 2022-23 academic year dedicated to Morrisons work, including lectures and an exhibit of her writing, said Gene Jarrett, dean of faculty at Princeton. In a letter read at the unveiling, former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama said Morrisons writing challenges readers cons ... More
'Crumbs From the Table of Joy' review: Dreams on the cusp of womanhood
NEW YORK, NY.- If Ernestine Crump were a Hollywood actress, she would change her name to something suitably alluring. Like Sylvie Montgomery, she says. Or Laura Saint Germaine thats French. At 17, on the verge of graduating from high school, Ernestine is given to celluloid dreams and other flights of fancy. But dont you worry yourself, she says, all teasing practicality. When Im on-screen I sure can act very white. Thats why Im a star. In Lynn Nottages bittersweet memory play Crumbs From the Table of Joy, at Theater Row, the year is 1950. Ernestine (a terrific Shanel Bailey), our narrator, is a recent transplant to Brooklyn, where she lives in a basement apartment with her rigid father, Godfrey (Jason Bowen), and impish sister, Ermina (Malika Samuel). They are a Black family on a largely white block; few of the neighbors will even speak to them. ... More
Bonhams announces Michael Goedhuis: Brush and Bronze sale in May
LONDON.- The Michael Goedhuis: Brush and Bronze sale will take place at Bonhams New Bond Street on Thursday 18 May 2023. It offers a selection of Chinese ink paintings by more than 20 key artists of the last four decades (Brush) and bronze sculptures and vessels produced from the Song dynasty (960-1279) to the Qing (1644-1911) (Bronze). The sale is led by a magnificent work by the internationally renowned ink painter Liu Dan (b.1953), Old Cypress from the Forbidden City, 2007, with an estimate of £200,000-300,000. It was in 1975 that Michael Goedhuis left a successful career in investment banking to pursue his interest in art. Dealing initially in Persian, Mughal and Islamic art he later expanded his activities to cover India, Japan and China. Since the early 1990s he has concentrated on Chinese Modern and Contemporary art and has played a key role in throwing light on the relevance of Chinese Ink art to modern aesthetics. Interviewed by art ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter and sculptor Eric Fischl was born March 09, 1948. Eric Fischl (born March 9, 1948) is an American painter, sculptor, printmaker, draughtsman and educator. He is known for his paintings of depictions of American suburbia from the 1970s and 1980s. In this image: Eric Fischl, Family, 2018.
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