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Leonardo da Vinci, The heart and coronary vessels, c.1511-13. Photo: Royal Collection Trust/ © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019.
LONDON.- Marking the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, the exhibition brings together more than 200 of the Renaissance master's greatest drawings in the Royal Collection, forming the largest exhibition of Leonardo's work in over 65 years. Drawing served as Leonardo's laboratory, allowing him to work out his ideas on paper and search for the universal laws that he believed underpinned all of creation. The drawings by Leonardo in the Royal Collection have been together as a group since the artist's death in 1519. Acquired during the reign of Charles II, they provide an unparalleled insight into the workings of Leonardo's mind and reflect the full range of his interests, including painting, sculpture, architecture, anatomy, engineering, cartography, geology and botany. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A person visit the exhibition " Fausto Coppi 9h19'55'' " at the Complesso Monumentale of San Francesco (St Francis Monumental Complex) in Cuneo, on May 22, 2019. The exhibition show memorabilia from the age of "Epic Cycling" of the Team Bianchi in '40s and '50s. Part of the exhibition is dedicated at the Cuneo-Pinerolo stage of June 10, 1949 when Fausto Coppi won the Giro d'Italia 1949. MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP
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 | | Exhibition offers a unique chance to view the largest set of Gerhard Richter's seascapes ever assembled | | Exhibition at Museum Brandhorst includes some 250 works by 45 artists | | Neue Galerie New York opens 'Eclipse of the Sun: Art of the Weimar Republic' | 
Gerhard Richter, Seascape (with Olive Clouds) [Seestück (oliv bewölkt)], 1969 (detail). Oil on canvas, 80 x 100 cm. Private collection, Italy © Gerhard Richter, VEGAP, Bilbao, 2019.
BILBAO.- The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents Gerhard Richter. Seascapes , a unique chance to view the largest set of his celebrated seascapes ever assembled to date. Richters seascapes are not mere depictions of nature. On the one hand, they challenge the viewers perception by painting in a way that resembles photography. Richter manages to achieve an extraordinarily smooth surface by applying highly diluted pigment, and blurs the image, as happens in some snapshots. On the other hand, Richter embellishes the landscape in his quest for perfection: in some works, the sky and the sea actually come from two different images that he fuses, becoming almost interchangeable and thus leaving the viewer to identify each of them. Gerhard Richter was born shortly before the outbreak of the World War II in Dresden, which would become a part of East Germany ... More | | 
Jeff Koons, Amore, 1988. Udo and Anette Brandhorst Collection. Photo: Sibylle Forster, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, München © Jeff Koons.
MUNICH.- A lot has happened at the Museum Brandhorst since it opened in May 2009. Along with numerous exhibitions, the Brandhorst Collection has grown dramaticallyfrom 700 to more than 1,200 artworks. It now ranks among the most important museum collections of contemporary art in Europe. The museums tenth birthday in May 2019 is the occasion for a large-scale exhibition drawn entirely from this expanded collection. Forever Young10 Years Museum Brandhorst traces an arc ranging from the 1960s to the present day. Alongside renowned and popular highlights from the collection, a particular focus is placed on acquisitions from recent yearsincluding major works by Charline von Heyl, Louise Lawler, Amy Sillman, Seth Price, Wolfgang Tillmans, Arthur Jafa, Alexandra Bircken, and Monika Baer, among othersmany of which have never been shown in Munich. The exhibition includes some 250 works by 45 artists ... More | | 
George Grosz (1893-1959), Eclipse of the Sun, 1926. Oil on canvas. The Heckscher Museum of Art © 2019 Estate of George Grosz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
NEW YORK, NY.- This summer, Neue Galerie New York presents George Groszs monumental 1926 canvas Eclipse of the Sun, which is on special loan from the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, New York. On view from May 23 through September 2, the painting is the centerpiece of Eclipse of the Sun: Art of the Weimar Republic, a focused exhibition that includes additional paintings and works on paper by Grosz, along with a selection of works by Otto Dix, Max Beckmann, Otto Griebel, Christian Schad, Rudolf Schlichter, and Georg Scholz. Many of the works are drawn from the extended collections of the Neue Galerie, and together demonstrate the artistic output that coincided with a moment of extreme political unrest in Germany. In Eclipse of the Sun, Grosz vividly captures the rampant political and social corruption that characterized Germany in the mid ... More |
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| | | Exhibition at David Zwirner presents work by German photographer Thomas Ruff | | Christie's to offer a largely unknown archive of over 50 letters from Leonard Cohen | | Kustodeiv and Vasnetsov masterpieces lead MacDougall's Russian Art Auction | 
Thomas Ruff, jpeg tr05, 2019. Chromogenic print, 95 5/8 x 74 x 2 3/8 inches. 243 x 188 x 6 cm. Edition 1 of 3, 1 AP © Thomas Ruff / VG Bild Kunst, Bonn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner.
HONG KONG.- David Zwirner is presenting work by German photographer Thomas Ruff (b. 1958), on view across two floors of the gallerys Hong Kong location. The exhibition provides an overview of the artists prodigious career, ranging from a seminal early series to two bodies of new work that were initiated in 2018, tripe and flower.s. Ruff rose to international prominence in the late 1980s as a member of the Düsseldorf School, a group of young photographers who studied under Bernd and Hilla Becher at the renowned Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and became known for their experimental approach to the medium and its evolving technological capabilities. Ruff, in particular, made a radical break with the style of his teachers, establishing a distinct approach to conceptual ... More | | 
Estimates range from $300-$12,000 and registration is open. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019.
NEW YORK, NY.- This June 5-13 Christies will bring to auction a superb and largely unknown archive of over 50 letters from the acclaimed Canadian poet, singer-songwriter, and novelist Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) to his most famous muse, the inspiration for the song "So Long, Marianne," Marianne Ihlen. Postmarked from Hydra, Montreal, New York, Tel Aviv, and Havana, and written during pivotal years in Cohen's career, these poetic letters brim with both biographical detail and raw emotion, documenting one of the most captivating love affairs of its time as well as the transformation of a young man into a great artist. Highlights from the sale include a letter written in Tel Aviv in September 1960 at the start of their relationship where Cohen writes Its hard to write you. The surf is too loud. The beach is too crowded, and youre too much in my heart to put anything down (estimate: $ $6,000-9,000), a cracked bronze bell f ... More | | 
Lot 15. Viktor Vasnetsov, Young Dreams (Tsesarevich), 1918 and 1922. Estimate: 650,000900,000 GBP.
LONDON.- MacDougalls 5 June 2019 auction offers 309 lots with the total estimate of £8.5 million including museum-quality works by Russia's most distinguished artists such as Kustodiev, Vasnetzov, Shishkin, Yakovlev and many others. The pre-auction exhibition will open in London on Saturday, 1 June. Boris Kustodievs magnificent Bakhchisarai with an estimate of £1,200,0001,800,000 leads the sale. It's an exceptionally rare and impressive Crimean view from 1917. This monumental work depicting a Tatar bazar remains the artist's only large-scale homage to an Oriental theme. The work was exhibited at the World of Art Exhibition in 1918 and the artists retrospective in 1959. Viktor Vasnetsovs Young Dreams. Tsesarvich, (estimate £650,000900,000 is an iconic portrait of Dmitry, the last Tsarevich from the Rurik dynasty. It is reminiscent of Mikhail Nesterovs St Sergius of Radonezh cycle that inspi ... More |
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| | | First exhibition to explore the use of sound in William Hogarth's art is staged at London's Foundling Museum | | Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum receives $11 million gift from Allan and Shelley Holt | | Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan writer and gay activist, dead at 48 | 
John hamilton Mortimer, Jack Broughton, the Boxer c.1767 © Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.
LONDON.- The Founding Museum is staging the first exhibition dedicated to the way William Hogarth (1697-1764) used sound in his art. Hogarth & The Art of Noise reveals Hogarths innovative use of sound, introducing audiences to a previously unexplored but important aspect of his art, and further cementing Hogarths legacy as the 18th centurys most original artist. Famed for his social commentary, no painter before or since has made such overt use of sound as a way of communicating a narrative. Taking as its focus the artists masterpiece, The March of the Guards to Finchley, the exhibition unpacks the paintings rich social, cultural and political commentary, from the Jacobite uprising and the situation for chimney boys, to the origins of God Save the King. Using sound, wall-based interpretation, engravings, and a specially-commissioned immersive ... More | | 
The space shuttle Discovery is the centerpiece of the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. © Smithsonian Institution.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Air and Space Museum received an $11 million gift from Allan and Shelley Holt made through The Hillside Foundation to support the creation of a new gallery, part of the dramatic transformation of the museums building on the National Mall. The Allan and Shelley Holt Innovations Gallery will be a dynamic space that explores how new inventions shape aviation and space exploration in this century and the next. Scheduled to open during the second half of the seven-year project, this gallery is one of the 23 exhibitions and presentation spaces that will be renovated with a contemporary design, new and freshly conserved artifacts, hands-on interactives and immersive experiences. Allan and Shelleys generous support of this new gallery demonstrates their continued ... More | | 
In this file photo taken on January 27, 2014 Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina looks on during an interview with the AFP, in Nairobi. Simon MAINA / AFP.
NAIROBI (AFP).- Internationally-renowned Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina, whose high-profile coming out in a country that criminalises homosexuality made him a revered figure for gay rights in Africa, has died aged 48, his publishing house said Wednesday. The celebrated author came to world prominence with the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2002. He died just days before Kenya's High Court was expected to deliver a long-awaited ruling on whether to abolish colonial-era anti-gay laws. "He passed on some time last night," Tom Maliti, the chairman of the Kwani Trust, a Nairobi-based publishing house founded by Wainaina, told AFP. Wainaina had suffered a stroke in 2015 and was living with HIV. His brother James told Capital News that condolences were pouring in from around the globe. "We lost Ken last night. ... More |
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| | | Phillips announces highlights from the New York Design Auction in June | | Sotheby's online sale 'The Rolex Daytona Capsule Collection' open for bidding 24-30 May | | US author Siri Hustvedt wins top Spanish award | 
Alberto Giacometti, Tête de femme table lamp, circa 1933. Estimate: $130,000 150,000. Image courtesy of Phillips.
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips announced highlights from the upcoming New York Design auction, which will take place in New York on Thursday, 6 June. Featuring the studio craft collection One of a Kind: Property from the Collection of Diane and Marc Grainer , as well as works from other notable private collections, this sale is comprised of 150 lots. Spanning key periods in this category from early 20th century masters, such as Alberto Giacometti and Eckart Muthesius in the 1930s, through to present day artists, such as Ingrid Donat and Marc Newson, the selection of works to be offered will traverse the last century in Design. Cordelia Lembo, Phillips Head of Design, New York, said, We are delighted to announce highlights from Phillips June Design sale, which will connect important works from various crucial periods in Design history from across the globe. Eckart Muthesius sideboard comes from Manik Bagh Palace, one of the most si ... More | | 
ROLEX Daytona Ref 116500LN A Stainless Steel Chronograph Wristwatch with Bracelet Circa 2018 Est. US$ 20,000-30,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.
GENEVA.- On the eve of the 90th Monaco Grand Prix, Sothebys has partnered with Bobs Watches to offer The Rolex Daytona Capsule Collection, a selection of 13 superb timepieces bearing the name that has become synonymous with the world of motor racing. From an early 1937 'pre-Daytona' reference 4500, considered to be the first Oyster Chronograph in existence, to the highly coveted Rolex Cosmograph Daytona reference 116500 which caused sensation on its release in 2016, this sale chronicles the major milestones of the Daytonas innovative history, showcasing the variety of dials, movements and materials which makes these wristwatches so desirable. Bidding will be open exclusively online from 2430 May. The Rolex Daytona 116500 is, perhaps, one of the most exciting additions to the line, bringing with it the highly anticipated ceramic, or "Cerachrom", bezel, a versatile 904L Oystersteel finish, ... More | | 
In this file photo taken on January 16, 2018 US writer Siri Hustvedt looks on in Lyon on January 16, 2018. US writer Siri Hustvedt was awarded the Pincess of Asturias award on May 22, 2019. JEFF PACHOUD / AFP.
MADRID (AFP).- US writer Siri Hustvedt on Wednesday was awarded Spain's prestigious Princess of Asturias prize for literature for her work which the jury said was among "the most ambitious on today's literary scene". "Employing a feminist perspective, she addresses a variety of the facets that sketch a convulsive, disconcerting present. Furthermore, she does so using fiction and the essay, as an intellectual concerned with the fundamental issues of contemporary ethics," the jury said in a statement. The 64-year-old is the author of a book of poetry, three collections of essays, a work of non-fiction, and six novels, including the international bestsellers "What I Loved" and "The Summer Without Men". Her works have been translated into over 30 languages. "I'm a little nuts, I am working like a maniac to get it in before I die," ... More |
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 American picked to design vast car-free garden at Eiffel TowerPARIS (AFP).- The city of Paris has chosen an American landscape architect to re-design a huge area surrounding the Eiffel Tower, a project that will banish almost all vehicle traffic near the immensely popular monument. "We can create the biggest garden in Paris... with much more biodiversity, much more ecology," Kathryn Gustafson said after Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo presented the plan late Tuesday. Gustafson has studied in France, where she has designed several parks and squares, but is best well known internationally for her memorial fountain for Britain's Princess Diana in Hyde Park, London. A total of 54 hectares (133 acres), currently crisscrossed by several roads including two major thoroughfares on each side of the Seine river, will be largely turned over to pedestrians and "low-impact transportation" such as bus and bike lanes. In particular, the heavily ... More Grateful Dead poster brings a record $56,400 at Psychedelic Art ExchangeBALTIMORE, MD.- A rare, museum-quality 1966 Grateful Dead Skeleton and Roses concert poster brought a world record price of $56,400 in an online auction held May 16th by Psychedelic Art Exchange, with offices in Baltimore and Park City, Utah. The poster had been independently authenticated and graded by Certified Guaranty Company (CGC) as 9.8 out of 10 for condition. The interest this poster received was simply staggering, said Scott Tilson of Psychedelic Art Exchange. The record price was the result of a perfect storm. It was the most iconic image of a beloved band, and in the finest CGC graded condition ever to appear at public auction. Many collectors believe 1960s concert posters represent a tremendous bargain at todays price levels. The poster was designed by the legendary concert poster artists Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse. It was ... More World famous Mexican guitarists Rodrigo y Gabriela take meditative turnNEW YORK (AFP).- Headlines have given little love to guitar heros in recent years, as streaming tastes favor rap and instruments of the greats are celebrated less onstage and more in museums. But more than a decade after soaring to global fame Rodrigo y Gabriela -- the Mexican classical guitar duo that draws inspiration as much from prog and thrash metal as flamenco and folk -- is still going strong, recently releasing their first studio album in five years, "Mettavolution," to rave reviews and embarking on a global tour. Disenchanted by the rock scene in their native Mexico, Rodrigo y Gabriela moved to Europe in the late 1990s, settling in Dublin where they began busking and playing local pubs with their fusion of metal with Latin sounds. It wasn't long before the pair -- which uses only nylon-stringed acoustic guitars to create their unique, frenetic style heavy ... More Dallas Museum of Art presents its 2019 Awards to ArtistsDALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art announced its 2019 Awards to Artists. This year, 13 artists received one of three awards: the Clare Hart DeGolyer Memorial Fund Award, the Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund Award, and the Otis and Velma Davis Dozier Travel Grant. All of the recipients this year are from Texas; four are based in the DallasFort Worth area, six are from the Austin area, and three work in the Houston area. Kristen Gaylord, the Assistant Curator of Photographs at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, served as this years guest juror. We are thrilled to continue our support for some of the most promising and dynamic artists in our community with the Awards to Artists grants, said Anna Katherine Brodbeck, the DMAs Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art. We look forward to seeing how their ... More Tim Van Laere Gallery opens an exhibition of new works by Kati HeckANTWERP.- Tim Van Laere Gallery presents Kati Heck's fourth solo exhibition: All my friends are wild. In this exhibition Heck shows a series of new paintings, textile works, photographs and a bronze sculpture. Kati Hecks masterful virtuosity is unmistakable. She portrays her figures in a photo-realistic manner with great attention to every detail. She combines that precision with abstractions and parts that are applied almost sculpturally on canvas. Most of her subjects are derived from her immediate surroundings, making most her works populated by her friends, neighbors and pets. Her works reminds us of the bars, dancers and actors of Otto Dix and George Grosz, but also refer to Jean-Michael Basquiat and the Old Masters. With her works, Heck synthesizes different styles, combining elements from expressionism and surrealism with social realism. With her new series ... More Nine Iranian artists in London: The Spark is You opens at Parasol unit foundation for contemporary artLONDON.- Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art is presenting Nine Iranian Artists in London: The Spark is You, a group exhibition of works by contemporary Iranian artists whose vision looks beyond the ordinary. Each piece was selected for the affinity with openness, respect and human interconnectedness evinced in the work. Morteza Ahmadvand | Nazgol Ansarinia | Ghazaleh Hedayat | Sahand Hesamiyan | Koushna Navabi | Navid Nuur | Sam Samiee | Hadi Tabatabai | Hossein Valamanesh The Nine Iranian Artists in London: The Spark is You exhibition, curated by Ziba Ardalan, Founder, Artistic and Executive Director of Parasol unit, is presented through a prism of classical Persian poetry and, fittingly, coincides with the 200th anniversary of West-oestlicher Divan (West-Eastern Divan), 1819, a book of lyrical poems written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ... More MAXXI opens exhibition of masterpieces from the IVAM Collection ROME.- Antoni Tà pies, Robert Rauschenberg, Bruce Nauman, Eduardo Chillida, Tony Cragg, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Richard Tuttle, Cristina Iglesias, Eulalia Valldosera These are only a few main characters from the exhibition Al Norte de la Tormenta. From Robert Rauschenberg to Juan Muñoz, The IVAM collection masterpieces, which extends MAXXI's international collaboration network. The IVAM, Institut Valencià dArt Modern, is one of the most important modern art museums in Spain and hosts significant Spanish and international works. In 2020, a MAXXI Collection focus is going to be hosted at the IVAM. The exhibition, curated by Hou Hanru and Chiara Bertini and displayed at MAXXI - National Museum of 21st Century Arts from May 22 to September 8, takes its name from 1986 work by notorious Spanish artist Juan Muñoz, Al norte de la tormenta (North of the Storm). ... More Omanis praise compatriot for 'historic' Man Booker literature prizeMUSCAT (AFP).- Omanis on Wednesday hailed writer Jokha Alharthi's "historical achievement" and praised her for bringing "honour" to their Gulf nation after she became the first Arab author to win the Man Booker International prize. "It is a huge historic achievement for the author, for Oman and for Arabic culture in general," said Saif al-Rahbi, an Omani poet, essayist and writer. "It shows that Omani literature is moving along," he told AFP. Alharthi, 40, received the prestigious prize during a ceremony Tuesday in London for her novel "Celestial Bodies" which depicts life in her small Gulf nation. The 50,000-pound (57,000 euro, $64,000) Man Booker International prize celebrates translated fiction from around the world and is divided equally between the author and the translator. The judges said Celestial Bodies was "a richly imagined, engaging and poetic insight ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Flemish Baroque painter Bertholet Flemalle was born May 23, 1614. Bertholet Flemalle, Flemal, or Flamael (1614 - 1675) was a Liège Baroque painter. His The Glorification of the Holy Cross is in St Bartholomew's Church, Liège. In this image: Heliodorus driven from the temple, 1658 - 62.
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