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Lubaina Himid. Courtesy of the artist and Hollybush Gardens. Photo: Edmund Blok for Modern Art Oxford.
by Robin Millard
LONDON (AFP).- Two artists aged over 50 were nominated Wednesday for this year's Turner Prize, after the age limits were lifted for Britain's most prestigious yet controversial visual art award. Lubaina Himid, 62, and Hurvin Anderson, 52, were joined by 45-year-old Andrea Buettner and Rosalind Nashashibi, 43, on the shortlist announced at the Tate Britain gallery in London. First presented in 1984, the award set an upper age limit of 50 in 1991 but the rule was lifted this year to recognise that artists can peak at any age, the prize jury said. This year's nominees mark a return to more traditional art forms. British painter Anderson's vibrant works use still-life, landscape and portraiture to explore themes of community and identity. He draws upon his Jamaican heritage and references the visibility of the black community, with work such as "Is It Okay To Be Black?". Zanzibar-born Himid makes paintings, prints and installations which celebrate black creativity, referencing the slave trade and colonia ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day La Légend' heart-shaped 92 carat diamond is displayed May 3, 2017 at Christie's in New York. The 92 carat D Flawless heart shaped diamond pendant, along with other magnificent jewels, is scheduled to be auctioned at Christie's in Geneva May 17, 2017. Don EMMERT / AFP
| Art New York & CONTEXT New York kick off New York Art Week at Pier 94 | | Hitler's Aphrodite 'gift' back on display in Austria | | Masters of Modern and Contemporary art & design highlight TEFAF New York Spring | 
Andy Warhol, Mickey Mouse (F. & S. II. 265), 1981, Screenprint in colors, 38 x 38 inches. Photo: Courtesy David Benrimon Fine Art.
NEW YORK, NY.- Art New York and CONTEXT New York, presented by Art Miami, the leading U.S. based producer of international contemporary and modern art fairs, kicked off New York Art Week with a VIP Preview on Wednesday, May 3rd, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM; the fair then opened to the public until 8:00 PM at Pier 94. The fairs run through to Sunday, May 7th and present important works of art from the 20th and 21st centuries from 120 international galleries, representing more than 1,200 artists from 50 countries. VIP Card holders are being offered private complimentary transportation to the fair. May has become the most important time in New York for the art market, attracting international collectors, curators and museum professionals, all looking to acquire the most important and freshest works the market has to offer, said Nick Korniloff, Executive Vice ... More | | 
The bronze work by the Nazi sculptor Wilhelm Wandschneider was brought to Linz in 1942 as a "personal gift" from Hitler. Photo: NORDICO Stadtmuseum.
VIENNA (AFP).- The Austrian city of Linz, where Adolf Hitler spent several years as a teenager, will once again display an Aphrodite sculpture offered by the Fuehrer after keeping it in storage for years. The bronze work by the Nazi sculptor Wilhelm Wandschneider was brought to Linz in 1942 as a "personal gift" from Hitler, who wanted to make the city the "cultural capital" of the Third Reich. For 65 years it stood in the rotunda of a park overlooking the city, where the German dictator lived between 10 and 18 years old. But it was quickly removed in 2008 after a group of art students revealed its unsavoury origins. Linz's Nordico museum, which had stored the work, will now add it to its collections, Doris Lang-Mayerhofer, who heads the city's culture and tourism committee, said Tuesday. A detailed explanation will accompany ... More | | 
TEFAF New York Spring - Preview - Galerie kreo. Photography: Harry Heuts.
NEW YORK, NY.- TEFAF New York Spring, May 4-8, 2017 is the second of TEFAF's debut fairs outside Europe and focuses on Modern and Contemporary Art & Design at the historic Park Avenue Armory in New York City. The Fair features 93 of the worlds most illustrious dealers in museum calibre art and design, and a small number devoted to jewelry, African & Oceanic art and antiquities. Dedication to historical importance and unrivalled quality is what sets TEFAF apart from others in the market place. From superb Post-Impressionist works and blue chip European and American Modern Masters to provocative cuttingedge Contemporary Art, TEFAF New York Spring celebrates the major artistic movements of the last 120 years in a highly-curated elegant showcase at the Armory. In the second half of the 20th century, New York as much as any city defined the art of the Contemporary ... More |
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| Massey Lyuben Gallery opens a solo exhibition of paintings by Martine Johanna | | Matthew Marks opens exhibitions of Ellsworth Kelly's last paintings and plant drawings | | Art of Africa, Oceania & the Americas to be offered at Sotheby's New York | 
Martine Johanna, Awake, 2017, Acrylic on wood panel, hand-poured resin finish, 39 x 27.5 inches.
NEW YORK, NY.- Massey Lyuben Gallery presents Somethings Wrong, a solo exhibition of paintings by Martine Johanna. This is the artists first solo show with the gallery. Grief. The sense of impending doom is being fulfilled in "Somethings Wrong". Embodying a disappointment in dreams of past times in the harsh light of reality. Where nothing of what we felt like as girls has come to be. The works portray idioms of youth that melt away, while other scenes feel like being swept away by dreamscapes. Naively drawn totem animals work as figments of the imagination. There is a distinct feeling of loss coupled with a gratifying effect of color, composition and light. For the first time, several figures confront the viewer with a mixture of anger, coldness, grief, persistence, and distance. Martine Johanna is an artist known for her vivid paintings with both figurative and abstract elements. ... More | | 
Ellsworth Kelly, Diptych: Green Blue, 2015 (detail). Oil on canvas, two panels. 80 x 114 1/2 inches; 203 x 291 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- Matthew Marks announces Ellsworth Kelly Last Paintings and Ellsworth Kelly Plant Drawings, the next exhibitions in his galleries at 522 and 526 West 22nd Street. The nine canvases in Ellsworth Kelly Last Paintings, made in the months leading up to Kellys death in December 2015, are the culmination of his seven-decade pursuit of a singular artistic vision. As John Coplans once wrote, Kelly is quite likely to delve into any part of his repertoire and at any time add variations that may have been conceived months or years previously. This practice continued until the end of Kellys life, and several of his last paintings are either variations of earlier works or based on studies he made not just months or years but sometimes decades before. A new diptych revisits a single-panel 1963 painting, eliminating the background and ... More | | 
The sale is led by The Chokwe Princess: A highly refined & extremely rare Chokwe female statue from 19th century Angola. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys announced their annual auction of Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas in New York on 15 May 2017. The sale offers a diverse group of more than 120 works of art, carefully selected for their quality and provenance, with estimates ranging from $2,000 to $1.5 million, providing an exciting opportunity for new and established collectors alike. Sothebys is the only major auction house holding regular worldwide auctions in all of these categories, including the classical art of Sub-Saharan Africa and the Pacific Islands, Pre-Columbian Art from Central and South America, and North American Indian Art. The pre-sale exhibition will open in their New York galleries on 5 May, alongside the marquee spring auctions of Impressionist & Modern Art and Contemporary Art in a celebration of the historical ... More |
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| Wall of Sound Editions publishes new Bruce Springsteen book with photographs by Frank Stefanko | | Exhibition of recent and new work by Jeff Koons on view at Gagosian Beverly Hills | | Cortesi Gallery launches a new space in Milan with an exhibition dedicated to Nicola De Maria | 
'Springsteen. Further Up The Road. Stefanko' Deluxe box cover
NEW YORK, NY.- Wall of Sound Editions announced that it will publish a phenomenal new limited edition book of photographs of Bruce Springsteen taken by Frank Stefanko. Bruce Springsteen. Further Up The Road will be published in November 2017 and is an astounding anthology of over 40 years of largely unseen images of Springsteen, all shot by Stefanko throughout Springsteens epic career. Frank Stefanko has spent over four decades working closely with Bruce Springsteen. He shot the iconic covers for Darkness on the Edge of Town and The River albums as well as the cover shot for Springsteen's best-selling Born To Run autobiography and accompanying album Chapter And Verse. The new hardback collectors edition features a personal introduction text by Bruce Springsteen himself and is packed full of unseen photos and features, with image captions and text by Stefanko and forewords by fellow Springsteen photographers Eric Meola, who shot the ... More | | 
Jeff Koons, Balloon Rabbit (Magenta), 200510. Mirrorpolished stainless steel with transparent color coating, 168 x 107 x 80 3/4 inches, (426.7 x 271.8 x 205.1 cm) © Jeff Koons. Courtesy Gagosian.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Gagosian is presenting an exhibition of recent and new work by Jeff Koons. Making use of conceptual constructs including the ancient, the everyday, and the sublime, Koons creates luxurious icons and elaborate tableaux, which, beneath their captivating exteriors, engage the viewer in a metaphysical dialogue with cultural history. Koons draws attention to the continuity of images as they pass through time. The Gazing Ball series is grounded in distinctive narratives and art-historical precedentsfrom ancient classical sculpture to Rubens and Manet. In each work, a blue mirrored, hand-blown glass gazing balla convention from eighteenth century garden designreflects its surroundings, uniting painting, sculpture, and architecture in order to multiply sensory experience. Balanced on the shoulder of Hercules, or introducing a dose of the surreal to the suburban harmony of a row ... More | | 
Nicola De Maria, Testa Orfica I, 1990, pigment and resin on canvas, 300x565 cm Courtesy Cortesi Gallery London Lugano
MILAN.- Ahead of the opening of the 57th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, Cortesi Gallery announces the launch of a new space in Milan, with an exhibition dedicated to Italian Transavanguardia artist, Nicola De Maria. The show brings together the five monumental canvases created by De Maria on the occasion of his participation at the Venice Biennale in 1990, and pays tribute to the biennial and the artists who took part in it over the years. Milan is the third location of Cortesi Gallery. Founder and director Stefano Cortesi, together with his sons Andrea and Lorenzo, opened the first branch in Lugano in 2013, followed by a gallery in London in 2015. The decision to open in Milan draws on the necessity of meeting Italian collectors needs and tap into the ever-expanding international audience, attracted to the city by its wide offering of popular events and the growing number of museums and priva ... More |
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| An important early work by Eugène Delacroix is donated to the Neue Pinakothek | | Exhibition of the fine art works by architectural photographer Timothy Hursley opens at Garvey Simon | | New lease of life for Ukraine's war-torn mountain observatory | 
Eugène Delacroix (17981863), Two Farm Horses by a Barn, c. 1825/27 (detail). Oil on panel, 40.5 x 63.5 cm © Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Neue Pinakothek, Munich.
MUNICH.- Christoph Heilmann, a curator at the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen from 1975 until 2000, has presented the Neue Pinakothek with an important painting by the French Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix. The picture depicts two horses in front of a stable, set in an expansive landscape, and may have been painted during the artists trip to England in 1825. As such, the collection of French Romantic painting at the Neue Pinakothek has now been further expanded to include a major work from the artists early period. Eugène Delacroix is one of the most important French artists of the 19th century. Born into an educated family in Paris in 1798, he trained in the studio of the history painter Pierre-Narcisse Guérin where he met Théodore Géricault, several years his senior. In 1822 Delacroix celebrated a considerable success ... More | | 
Timothy Hursley, Rev. H.D. Dennis Chapel Bus, Vicksburg, Mississippi (detail), C-print, 35x34'.
NEW YORK, NY.- Garvey Simon presents Timothy Hursley: Tainted Lens, an exhibition of the fine art works of this sought-after architectural photographer. His body of commissioned work includes Philip Johnsons AT&T building; Yoshio Taniguchis MoMA; Frank Gehrys Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, Spain as well as his California Aerospace Museum; and both I.M. Peis Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland and his Miho Museum in Shigaraki, Japan. More recently he has been engaged by virtuosos such as Moshe Safdie and Marlon Blackwell. But it is the work that Hursley does in between assignments, while roaming around cities and more frequently on long drives throughout the rural south and other parts of the country, that Garvey|Simon is highlighting. With a few exceptions, the works on view have been neither previously exhibited nor published. The selections have been culled from several series born of Hursleys ... More | | 
Igor Tsependa, a rector of Ukraine's western city Ivano-Frankivsk university and project curator speaks to AFP. Genya SAVILOV / AFP.
CHORNOGORA MOUNTAIN (AFP).- Perched spectacularly 2,000 metres up on a snowcapped peak in Ukraine's Carpathian Mountains, the Bilyi Slon observatory has stood empty and battered by the elements for some seven decades. Abandoned only a year after it was built in what was then Poland due to the outbreak of World War II, it became a carcass of thick sandstone walls and missing windows that looked more like a ruined castle than a scientific outpost. Now, with efforts under way to raise around $1 million (920,000 euros) in funding, scientists aim to restore the wreck and transform it into a learning centre for young researchers studying wildlife, plants and weather patterns. "There was no roof, all the floors were warped," local mountain rescuer Vasyl Fitsak, part of a small crew stationed there, told AFP as icy winds swirled outside. "There were piles of bricks, stones ... More |
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 The Marcy Carsey collection of American furniture and Folk art to be offered by Lark Mason AssociatesNEW BRAUNFELS, TX.- The Marcy Carsey Collection of American furniture and folk art, one of the most notable collections of Americana brought to auction in recent memory, will be presented by Lark Mason Associates on the iGavel Auctions website between May 16 and June 6, 2017. Assembled by Marcy Carsey with the help of her friend and business partner Susan Baerwald, the collection contains works purchased over the past 25 years featuring 19th and early 20th century furniture, weathervanes, trade signs, anniversary tin, quilts, hand-hooked rugs, toys, whimsical pieces and hand-made musical instruments. The well-known and respected experts and gallerists, opened Just Folk, in 2007 in Los Angeles. Appearing at the top folk art and Americana shows in the United States., ... More Anish Kapoor sculpture gifted to major Dutch museumTILBURG.- This year, Museum De Pont celebrates its 25th anniversary. To mark this occasion, and in recognition of Kapoor's longstanding relationship with the museum, the British artist will create a six-meter-high sculpture made from stainless steel, which will be placed in the public space in front of the museum. In conjunction with the unveiling of the new sculpture, on Saturday 16 September, Museum De Pont will present ReView, a group exhibition celebrating the artists in the museums collection. Kapoor says of the museum, De Pont has allowed me, over many years, to show my practice as it really is. For an artist, it is not just a question of making a display of the work, great museums allow artists to use their work to explore new ideas. De Pont maintains a balance between the experimental private world of the artist and the public world of exhibitions. Kapoors ... More Exhibition dedicated to rare and curious objects from over 5,000 years of civilisation opens in LondonLONDON.- Oliver Hoare presents Every Object Tells a Story, a public exhibition on view from 4 May to 5 July 2017 at 5 Cromwell Place, London. The exhibition is dedicated to approximately 400 rare and fascinating objects spanning five millennia and representing countless civilisations, each selected on the basis of their backstory and historical interest. Leading highlights and curiosities of the exhibition include a 13th-century silver drinking vessel bearing the seal of Mongke Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan and ruler of the Mongol dynasty at its peak; an exceptional group of objects from the Indus Valley civilisation, probably the finest in private hands; a silver skull pomander believed to have been owned by King James II; a rare group of votive figures from ancient Bactria; a 2000-year old Mexican stargazer; and sections dedicated to magic, myths, meteorites, ... More Littlejohn Contemporary opens a solo exhibition of new paintings by Mayme KratzNEW YORK, NY.- Littlejohn Contemporary is presenting a solo exhibition of new paintings by Mayme Kratz, Dust to Dust. The show is up from May 3rd through June 17th. This is the artists first solo exhibition at Littlejohn Contemporary. Mayme Kratz is a mixed-media artist best known for creating art inspired from the natural life of the desert that surrounds her Phoenix, Arizona home and studio. A passionate wanderer and garden lover, Mayme Kratz creates sculptures using found organic fragments, desert ephemera and resin. Foraging the landscape on hikes through the high deserts of the American Southwest or in her own backyard, she collects seeds, flower pods, bones, wings, vertebrae, shells, as well as birds nests, twigs and branches--all dried and preserved in the harsh desert environment. With great reverence for the natural world, Kratz creates ... More Hundreds of bidders vie for gold nuggets, petrified wood specimens at Heritage AuctionsDALLAS, TX.- Over two days, nearly 500 bidders purchased some of the worlds most significant fossils and mineral specimens including important pieces from the incredible Lewis Goodman Collection during Heritage Auctions Nature and Science Signature Auction April 29-30. Bids from the auction floor, over the internet and via HALive!, claimed nearly 250 lots for $622,626, with spirited bidding for a number of rare pieces driving prices well above pre-auction estimates. A high quality and collectible specimen of Crystalline Gold on Quartz, from the famous American locality for Gold the 16 to 1 Mine, realized $35,000. It exhibited a unique shape, weighing 356 grams and containing 10.1 troy ounces of gold. Two specimens of Australian gold from Bendigo, including one dubbed the Big One, a Gold Nugget realized $32,500. At a robust 554 grams, it has a tested gold content ... More Phillips announces Sale of Photographs, led by Richard Avedon, John Baldessari, and Henri Cartier-BressonLONDON.- This Spring, Phillips presents Photographs in London, showcasing many of the key moments in photography over the past century, and bringing to the fore notable contemporary artists of today. Available for sale only at Phillips is ULTIMATE, a multifaceted selection of exclusive works ranging from rare masterpieces to unique works and sold-out editions. Following on from the success of ULTIMATE VOGUE last year, ULTIMATE CAMPAIGN champions advertising photography by todays leading forces in fashion, from legendary photographer Bruce Weber to rising star Tyrone Lebon. The Photographs sale showcases the legacies of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Seiji Kurata and John Baldessari, among others. Comprising over 90 lots, the Photographs sale will take place on 18 May at Phillips London. Genevieve Janvrin, ... More Dickinson's stand at the inaugural TEFAF New York Spring fair celebrates the centenary of De StijlNEW YORK, NY.- The year 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of De Stijl (style), a Dutch art and design movement founded in 1917, and one that has exerted a lasting worldwide influence on modern art. Much as Mondrian and the other pioneers of De Stijl travelled from the Netherlands to America, the TEFAF brand is now crossing the Atlantic. To honour the centenary of De Stijl, and to mark the inaugural TEFAF New York Spring fair at the Armory, Dickinson devotes its stand to the De Stijl ethos and the artists who followed its fundamental principle of the paramount importance of line and colour. De Stijl encompassed painting, sculpture, furniture, architecture and design, and its central philosophy of neoplasticism was summarised by Piet Mondrian, who declared: Art
should find its expression in the abstraction of form and colour, that is to say, in the straight ... More 'Love locks' on the block in Paris charity auctionPARIS (AFP).- Amorous couples, here's your chance to own a piece of the world's most romantic city: Paris is selling off the "love locks" that lovebirds attached to the city's bridges before officials cracked down on the practice. For years tourists inscribed their initials on the locks and hooked them to the railings of bridges, most famously the Pont des Arts near the Louvre, throwing the key into the Seine to express their undying devotion. But the tradition turned into a menace -- one section of the Pont des Arts collapsed under the weight of thousands of locks -- as well as an eyesore for many residents. The city began removing the locks in 2015 and replaced the metal railings on the Pont des Arts with acrylic glass panels to ward off the public displays of affection. But on May 13, the Credit Municipal de Paris will sell 150 bunches of the locks mounted on displays of wood ... More MOCA LA raises over $3 million at 2017 GalaLOS ANGELES, CA.- Patrons and supporters of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles arrived at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA on the evening of Saturday, April 29 to honor Jeff Koons at its 38th annual star-studded galaraising over $3 million to benefit the museum's exhibition program and growing collection. For this year's gala, co-chaired by MOCA Trustees Lilly Tartikoff Karatz and Maurice Marciano, the museum transformed The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA into an immersive setting inspired by Koons's vibrant, highly polished, and meticulously crafted artworks including a bright purple carpet, reflective magenta tables, and hundreds of metallic magenta balloons. Koons's Celebration series, which delights in the rituals and images surrounding birthdays, holidays, and other special occasions, served as a particular point of inspiration for the evening. ... More Stephen Friedman Gallery exhibits a new series of unique woodcut prints by Mamma AnderssonLONDON.- Mamma Anderssons fifth exhibition at Stephen Friedman Gallery focuses on a new series of unique woodcut prints. This will be the artists first solo presentation dedicated to this technique and marks an exciting development in her practice. These prints are emotive scenes and portraits of
characters who will not be pinned down: fleet of foot, they move swiftly across centuries, indifferent to mortality and geography (Jennifer Higgie, 2017). Andersson is known for her evocative paintings, creating worlds that have a near-hypnotic sense of familiarity with little trace of modern life. In addition to the prints, three large paintings on canvas expand upon the same stories and mysteries. This is the first time that Andersson has reimagined her unique visual language through woodcut print. Each depicts an animal, person, place or object delicately and laboriously ... More Archives of American Art launches online guide documenting American art in ChicagoWASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian's Archives of American Art and the Terra Foundation for American Art announced on Friday, April 28, 2017, the launch of a new online guide to American art-related archival collections in the Chicago area. A $413,000 grant from the Chicago-based Terra Foundation supported a comprehensive survey of art-related archives in more than 75 Chicago-area institutions. This new resource has been published on an interactive platform on the Archives' newly redesigned website. Complementing the survey are 10 new oral-history interviews with influential art world figures in Chicago, as well as extensive documentation of the Archives' holdings of Chicago-related materials, also funded under the grant. This project is part of the Terra Foundation's Art Design Chicago initiative, an exploration of Chicago's art and design history ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, the U.S. Supreme Court building was designated a National Historic Landmark May 04, 1987. WASHINGTON, DC.- The Supreme Court Building is the seat of the Supreme Court of the United States. It is situated in Washington, D.C. at 1 First Street, NE, on the block immediately east of the United States Capitol. The building is under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol. On May 4, 1987, the Supreme Court Building was designated a National Historic Landmark.
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