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Sotheby's Chairman and Auctioneer Oliver Barker fields bids in Sothebyâs Modern Evening Sale. Courtesy Sotheby's.
by Scott Reyburn
NEW YORK, NY.- Some might consider blockbuster auctions of impressionist and modern art a thing of the past, but the most famous names of the European avant-garde can still attract imposing prices â if not new collectors. On Tuesday night at Sothebyâs in Manhattan, a Pablo Picasso painting of his young lover and muse Marie-Thérèse Walter, from the fabled year 1932, sold for $67.5 million with fees to Amy Cappellazzo, co-founder of Art Intelligence Global, an advisory firm based in New York and Hong Kong. She was the only bidder. Estimated to raise at least $60 million, it topped a 58-lot auction in Sothebyâs updated category of modern art, which has dropped less fashionable impressionist pictures. The Picasso had been entered by New York mega-collector Steven A. Cohen, according to Artnet News, and had never appeared at auction before. âItâs voluptuous, sexy and surreal,â said Guy Jennings, a senior director at the Fine Art Group, a New York-based advisory company. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Triennale Milano and Memphis Milano present Memphis Again, directed and curated by Christoph Radl. The exhibition will remain on show in the Curva gallery at Triennale until 12 June 2022. © Delfino Sisto Legnani e Alessandro Saletta - DSL Studio.
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| Lady Diana's wedding tiara to star in Sotheby's Jubilee tiara exhibition | | Claude Monet's masterful View of Venice sells for $56.6 million at Sotheby's in New York | | Michelangelo's first nude sells for $24.4 million |
The Spencer Tiara, Garrard, mid-1930s, Tiaras exhibition at Sothebys, June 2022. Courtesy Sotheby's.
LONDON.- As part of its Jubilee Season, a month-long programme of exhibitions, auctions and events celebrating The Queens reign, Sothebys will open the largest tiara exhibition to be staged in the UK in 20 years paying homage to one of the most symbolic signifiers of the monarchs perennial style: the tiara. The exhibition will feature some 50 tiaras of aristocratic and royal provenance, with some pieces to be exhibited publicly for the first time. Virtually all of the tiaras in the exhibition were made for and owned by British nobility and together they offer a dazzling and comprehensive review of all major tiara design styles, through some of the genres most exemplary exponents. A number of tiaras in the exhibition were worn for the Queens Coronation in 1953, such as the Anglesey Tiara thought to have been made around 1890; the Derby Tiara initially created for the Duchess of Devonshire in 1893 ... More | |
Claude Monet, Le Grand Canal et Santa Maria della Salute in-situ. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- In its very first auction appearance, Claude Monets luminescent 1908 view of Le Grand Canal et Santa Maria della Salute sold for $56.6 million becoming the most valuable painting of Venice by the artist ever sold at auction*, and the most valuable view of Italy by any artist sold at auction. The painting now joins a series of Monet masterworks that have sold for more than $50 million in consecutive New York sales at Sothebys: the exceptional $50.8 million result achieved last November for Monets Coin du bassin aux nymphéas from 1918, and Le Bassin aux nymphéas, which sold for $70.4 million in May 2021. The work stands as one of the finest paintings ever created by the artist, and the pinnacle of the series produced during the artists Venetian sojourn. Channeling the magic of the city on canvas, Le Grand Canal showcases a breath-taking view pure brushstrokes of ... More | |
A nude young man (after Masaccio) surrounded by two figures by Michelangelo. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
PARIS.- Christies Paris Old Masters sale began with the momentous sale of A nude young man (after Masaccio) surrounded by two figures by Michelangelo, selling for 23,162,000 / £19,645,462 / $24,380,019, establishing it as the most expensive work by the artist to have ever sold, the highest price ever achieved for a work on paper offered on the European continent, and the third highest price for an Old master Drawing ever sold. This sale rounds out a series of recent landmark auctions at Christies setting new records in various categories, including the Violon dIngres by Man Ray, the most expensive photograph since 14 May ($12,4 million), and the Shot Sage Blue Marylin by Andy Warhol setting a new record on 9 May for a 20th century work of art ($195million). Stijn Alsteens, International Head of Department - Old Master Drawings ... More |
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| 'Outlaw' art: LAMA to auction the modified Porsche 356 Speedster of Robert Morris | | Comrades in art: Shared studios nurture emerging artists | | Women artists set to take the market by storm at Sotheby's tomorrow |
Robert Morris's Porsche 356 Speedster.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Los Angeles Modern Auctions announced the headlining lot of Art + Design on June 23rd will be a truly singular Porsche, the Modified 356 Speedster from the Collection of Robert Morris. The 1956 automobile was purchased by the renowned Minimalist sculptor in the 1970s and the artist went on to implement his own series of customizations, bringing it firmly into the realm of art. Most recently, the spectacular vehicle was celebrated at the invitation-only Bridge V automobile event in the fall of 2021, where it was exhibited among more than 250 rare cars of remarkable provenance. The Morris Speedster will be estimated at $250,000 to $350,000. Morriss 356 Porsche Speedster comprises a unique and perhaps uniquely American intersection of art and design. A leading proponent of Minimalism, Morris was a conceptually driven artist and thinker whose sculpture and sculptural installations of the 1960s and ... More | |
Sonya Sombreuil, one of many painters sharing a studio in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, April 29, 2022. Philip Cheung/The New York Times.
by Robin Pogrebin
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Their dogs play together among the canvases, drop cloths and spray cans. They crowd into cars on road trips to one anothers far-flung exhibitions. They sometimes share paint supplies. In an art world that is often competitive, the painters who have come to share a studio in the Boyle Heights neighborhood represent an unusual model of how artists can nurture and support one another. Before I didnt feel connected with other artists, said Alfonso Gonzalez Jr., one of the studios tenants. Then I met these guys. They get it. Over the last couple of years, Gonzalez, Mario Ayala, Devin Reynolds, Rafa Esparza, Sonya Sombreuil and others mostly in their 30s have found their way to a nondescript ... More | |
Simone Leigh, Birmingham, est 150,000 - 800,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- For the first time in history, women artists will outnumber their male counterparts in a Sothebys Evening Sale. Almost 60% of the works on offer in this seasons The Now Evening Auction have been created by women, a 55% increase on the equivalent sale last November. The auction, which celebrates the very best artists working today, even opens with ten consecutive lots by women a clear signal of the desirability: the opening sequence in any sale generally reserved for works guaranteed to excite the market. Women artists have been recently making their presence felt ever more strongly at auction: last year Sothebys Mei Moses Index found that over the previous five years, prices for female artists had grown by 32%, outpacing growth for male artists by 29%. The Index also found that the growth for Contemporary female artists over that period had grown by a staggering ... More |
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| Miller & Miller announces results of Canadiana & Decorative Arts Auction | | A rare imperial Qianlong porcelain vase sold at Dreweatts today for £1,449,000 | | Smithsonian names Christopher Browne Director of National Air and Space Museum |
Oil on Masonite board painting by the Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis (1901-1970), titled Black Truck (1967), measuring 11 inches by 14 inches, artist signed (CA$413,000).
NEW HAMBURG.- A pair of oil on board paintings by the Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis (1901-1970) blasted through their pre-sale estimates to finish at a combined $501,500, and a group of letters written by Lewis to a fellow artist and confidante hit $82,600 in an online Canadiana & Decorative Arts auction held May 14th by Miller & Miller Auctions. Ltd. All prices quoted in this report are in Canadian dollars. Easily the top lot of the 407-lot auction was Lewiss Black Truck, painted in 1967, an oil on Masonite board measuring 11 inches by 14 inches. The springtime painting, showing a black truck, daffodils, blossoming cherry trees and a house, had an estimate of $30,000-$35,000, but aggressive bidders ultimately bested even the high estimate figure tenfold. In a time of great turmoil and change, the art world lived vicariously through Maud ... More | |
A Chinese Imperial vase bought for a few hundred pounds in the 1980s and found in a kitchen in England, sold at auction today for £1.5 million against a pre-sale estimate of £100-£150,000.
LONDON.- A rare Chinese vase created in the 18th century for the court of the Qianlong Emperor and bought for a few hundred pounds in the 1980s, sold at Dreweatts auctioneers today for a staggering £1,449,000 against a pre-sale estimate of £100,000-£150,000. It was found in a kitchen in England, with its owner not realising its true value, as it had been inherited from his father. It was only when a visiting antiques specialist spotted it, that its true value and history was revealed. The colossal vase is two feet tall and bears the distinctive six-character mark of the Qianlong period (1736-1795) on its base. It is believed that its Imperial past and exceptional quality and craftsmanship, is what caused such spirited bidding today, with interest peaking from around the world. It was an international buyer on the telephone that won out in the end. Commenting ... More | |
Browne is currently a director on the boards of the Space Foundation and Aero Club of Washington.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Christopher Browne has been named the John and Adrienne Mars Director of the Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum, effective immediately. He has served as acting director since January 2021. Browne first joined the museum as deputy director in 2017, and he has helped lead the museums multi-year renovation of its flagship building in Washington, D.C. As director, Browne will oversee the museums two public facilities: the building on the National Mall in Washington, which opened in 1976 and houses many icons of flight, including the original 1903 Wright Flyer and Charles Lindberghs Spirit of St. Louis, and the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, which opened in 2003 and holds many more artifacts in an open hangar-like setting. Browne will oversee a staff of about 320 full-time employees, an annual operating budget of over $49 million and the care of a collection of more than 60,000 arti ... More |
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| Science Gallery launches with interactive, inaugural exhibition 'HOOKED' | | Exhibition of new works by William Mackinnon opens at Simon Lee Gallery | | The Momentary announces summer exhibitions now open: "A Divided Landscape" and more |
Its Whats Inside That Counts, 2016, Rachel Maclean, 8k still.
ATLANTA, GA.- Science Gallery at Emory University launched its inaugural exhibition, HOOKED: When Want Becomes Need, May 14, 2022 at Pullman Yards in Atlantas historic Kirkwood district. This free, world-class, interactive experience blends science, art, technology, and design to provide a visually compelling and thought-provoking look at the world of addiction and recovery. HOOKED speaks to young people ages 15-25 and all of those with a curiosity for science, art, and the social contexts and consequences of addiction and recovery. The exhibition uses engaging mediums, scientific research, and provocation to educate and inspire guests, encourage them to form their own opinions, and challenge conventions. Leading researchers at Emory University are asking cutting-edge questions about addiction and recovery, says HOOKED co-curator, Hannah Redler-Hawes. HOOKED b ... More | |
William Mackinnon, Modern family (6), 2021 Acrylic, oil and automotive enamel on screenprint on copper, 100 x 70 cm (39 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.).
HONG KONG.- Simon Lee Gallery is presenting Modern Family, an exhibition of new works by William Mackinnon. For his first solo show in Hong Kong, Mackinnon presents eight paintings depicting trees. With this body of work, the artist continues a long-standing investigation into the motif, which takes on new meaning as the tree becomes the sole protagonist. Painted during a period of profound change in his personal life, these works are imbued with a new sense of growth and direction. In this body of work Mackinnon directs his attention to the anatomy of the tree, zooming in on branches, trunks, and leaves. In addition to his oft-used media of oil, automotive enamel and glitter, the artist explores screen-printing techniques, a practice new to him and for which he takes sections of his own existing paintings as a starting point. Using linen, jute ... More | |
Installation view of Rashawn Griffin's exhibition. Photo: Ironside Photography.
BENTONVILLE, ARK.- As summer sweeps in, the Momentary offers visitors the opportunity to experience art in all of the galleries as well as outdoor spaces on the campus with three exhibitions: A Divided Landscape an original group exhibition featuring work from seven contemporary artists alongside a selection of historic works from Crystal Bridges and solo exhibitions Esteban Cabeza de Baca: Let Earth Breathe and Rashawn Griffin: we no longer recognize the backs of our hands. In a season when many will be traveling to explore new destinations, camping and hiking, or playing tourist in their own city, works on view at the Momentary provide new ways of seeing art and a range of perspectives on human interaction with the land and nature. All three exhibitions have free admission and are presented in both English and Spanish. This collaboratively conceived ... More |
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Everard to auction fine art from estates and collections of prominent Savannah residents
SAVANNAH, GA.- On June 1-2, 2022, Everard Auctions will present a diverse selection of fine and decorative art, featuring property from the Estate of Murray C. Perlman of Savannah, Georgia. Perlman was a prominent Savannah resident who supported numerous organizations dedicated to local historic preservation, including the Historic Savannah Foundation. He was also an owner and partner of Savannah Galleries in historic downtown Savannah, which started selling fine American, English, and French antique furniture in 1968. The auction also features property from the collection of Alex Raskin, a Savannah native who has been in the antiques business since the 1970s. He purchased his first storefront on Whitaker Street in historic downtown Savannah in 1978 and moved to the present location on Monterey Square ... More
Enter stage left: A donkey debuts at the Met Opera
NEW YORK, NY.- Backstage at the Metropolitan Opera, before the curtain rose on Monday on a revival of Puccinis La Bohème, a donkey in a pink jesters hat waited patiently for her cue. This was Wanda, a 15-year-old, with handsome brown stripes running down her back and onto her tail. Making her Met debut this season, Wanda plays a brief but notable role in this romantic, tragic opera: During the grand Café Momus scene, she pulls a brightly colored cart full of toys, which the peddler Parpignol hands out to excited children. In Franco Zeffirellis lavish production, the moment is an awe-inspiring spectacle, evoking the Latin Quarter in Paris and bustling with some 250 people onstage and a donkey and a horse, who pulls a hansom cab onstage for a dramatic entrance. Wanda has big hooves to fill. For 16 ... More
Triennale Milano and Memphis Milano present "Memphis Again"
MILAN.- Triennale Milano and Memphis Milano present Memphis Again, directed and curated by Christoph Radl. The exhibition will remain on show in the Curva gallery at Triennale until 12 June 2022. The exhibition presents more than two-hundred pieces of furniture and objects (bookshelves, dividers, vetrines, toilette furniture, dining tables, countertop tables, coffee tables, desks, chairs, couches, sofa beds, table lamps, appliques, floor lamps, chandeliers, ashtrays, flower pots, fruit bowls, fabric accessories, rugs) in the most diverse selection of materials (wood, plastic, laminate, glass, ceramic, porcelain, silver, steel, fabric) produced between 1981 and 1986 for the Memphis collection. In the Curva gallery, which is more than 100 meters long, the objects are displayed in chronological order. Just like in a fashion ... More
Be kind and rewind as sealed VHS tapes make their blockbuster debut at Heritage Auctions June 9
DALLAS, TX.- One of the earliest known VHS copies of the Back to the Future trilogy, a pristine set owned by one of the stars of the films, will grab its share of the spotlight in Heritage Auctions inaugural VHS and Home Entertainment Signature® Auction June 9. The event includes 262 lots of some of the most popular films over the last several decades, and celebrates the dawn of the ability for viewers to watch films over and over, in the comfort of their own homes. Everyone has a favorite movie, and so many of them were discovered by people because of VHS, Heritage Auctions VHS and Home Entertainment Consignment Director Jay Carlson says. They are artifacts, a piece of our history with these beautiful covers that transport us back to the first time we could own a movie and watch it as much as we wanted. The advent ... More
The Phillips Collection announces new Chief Curator Elsa Smithgall
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Phillips Collection announced that twenty-five-year Phillips Collection veteran and Washington, DC, native Elsa Smithgall has been named Chief Curator. Smithgall will be responsible for the management of the curatorial department, including curators, registrars, art preparators, and conservators. I am delighted that Elsa Smithgall has accepted this important responsibility to lead the curatorial division as the Phillipss next Chief Curator, says Vradenburg Director and CEO Dorothy Kosinski. She is a visionary leader and strategic thinker with a depth of knowledge of the collection and a DEAI-centered curatorial practice that will be invaluable to the Phillips as it charts its next vibrant chapter. Smithgall recently served as project director for the Phillipss centennial project. During a challenging ... More
'Will You Come With Me?' review: Love in the age of revolution
NEW YORK, NY.- In May 2013, a sit-in over the demolition of Istanbuls Gezi Park gave rise to a nationwide movement after police intervened with tear gas and water cannons. Protests rocked Turkey for months as a flood of grievances against the government boiled over into the streets. Love in the age of revolution is the time-honored subject of Will You Come With Me? a diaristic two-hander by playwright Ebru Nihan Celkan that opened at MITU580 in Brooklyn on Monday night. Translated from Turkish by Kate Ferguson, the PlayCo production aims to put viewers on the ground of the Gezi Park conflict and into the hearts and heads of two women brought together and torn apart during its turmoil. The story begins with Umut (Layla Khoshnoudi) recording a video message for a distant lover on the occasion of their first anniversary, ... More
The 'Hamlet' chord: A composer's music of indecision
NEW YORK, NY.- One of the boldest things about Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyns Hamlet, which runs at the Metropolitan Opera through June 9, is the way that it treats some of the most famous lines in English. Moments into the piece, we meet Hamlet (tenor Allan Clayton at the Met), muttering a bare fragment of his monologue, or not to be. / or not to be. / or not to be. When the time comes for the great soliloquy, though, it takes a strange form. Jocelyn, the librettist, uses text from the untraditional first quarto version of the play, and rather than To be, or not to be, Hamlet sings: or not to be. / or not to be. / or not to be. To be. Ay, theres the point. If the libretto mutes some of the prince of Denmarks turbulent vacillation, the music restores it. High from the balcony boxes whisper tuned gongs, a pair of percussionists ... More
Revealing the labor of dance through constant motion
COLUMBUS, OH.- Abby Zbikowskis voice can cut through the loudest drums. It was a Friday morning in April, and a thunderous beat reverberated through a spacious, window-lined studio in the dance department of Ohio State University. Zbikowski, a choreographer and teacher, stopped the beat for a moment to ask her students a question that seemed at odds with the high-powered phrase they were performing. How, she said, do you make yourself relax? While dipping forward, could they release their hair in order to feel the weight of their bodies? Could they find a moment in which they didnt have to push? How could a sauté jump, nestled into a lateral, forceful twist, not look quite so much like a sauté? She demonstrated the feel of what she was after less polished, more wild. Because you are swinging and ... More
Workplace now representing Katinka Lampe
LONDON.- Workplace announced representation of Dutch painter Katinka Lampe following the artists UK debut which took place at its space on 40 Margaret Street from 10 March - 29 April 2022. The artist is represented in collaboration with Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam. Katinka Lampes heavily mediated portraits are an exploration into the masks people wear to fit in, and the challenges of looking past the surface both in paintings and in human relationships. Interested in portraiture as a means to reflect on the legacy of painting as well as important societal themes relating to identity, diversity and gender representation, Lampes uncanny depictions of people never strive to achieve an accurate representation of their subjects. By guiding her models to play specific roles and manipulating their poses and expressions to resemble ... More
He might be the most influential director you've never heard of
NEW YORK, NY.- Since comedy is often overlooked at the Oscars, why doesnt it have its own awards show? Its been tried, but the self-seriousness of such events can be an odd fit. So when Netflix started an awards show celebrating the greats in stand-up who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame being built at the National Comedy Center it was inevitable that a participating comic would make fun of the whole thing. At the recent Los Angeles taping of that awards show, The Hall: Honoring the Greats of Stand-Up, which premieres Thursday, Richard Pryor, Joan Rivers, George Carlin and Robin Williams were inducted with speeches by Dave Chappelle, Chelsea Handler, Jon Stewart and John Mulaney. When Mulaney introduced Williams by reading a letter from the late comics daughter, he appeared momentarily emotional ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Flemish painter and illustrator Jacob Jordaens was born May 19, 1593. Jacob (Jacques) Jordaens (19 May 1593 - 18 October 1678) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and tapestry designer known for his history paintings, genre scenes and portraits. After Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, he was the leading Flemish Baroque painter of his day. In this image: Jacob Jordaens, The Tribute Money - Peter finding the silver coin in the mouth of the fish, 1630-1645, Collection Rijksmuseum.
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