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Dora Maar at Tate Modern, 2019. Photo: Tate (Andrew Dunkley).
LONDON.- Tate Modern presents the first UK retrospective of the work of Dora Maar (190797) whose provocative photographs and photomontages became celebrated icons of surrealism. Featuring over 200 works from a career spanning more than six decades, this exhibition shows how Maars eye for the unusual also translated to her commercial commissions, social documentary photographs, and paintings key aspects of her practice which have, until now, remained little known. Born Henriette Théodora Markovitch, Dora Maar grew up between Argentina and Paris and studied decorative arts and painting before switching her focus to photography. In doing so, Maar became part of a generation of women who seized the new professional opportunities offered by advertising and the illustrated press. Tate Moderns exhibition opens with the most important examples of these commissioned works. Around 1931, Maar set up a studio with film set design ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Mexican painter Frida Kahlo's "Portrait of a Lady in White" (circa 1929) is on display in New York on November 18, 2019. The painting sold at Christie's Auction House for $4.9 million on November 20, 2019. Laura BONILLA CAL / AFP
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 | | Lisson Gallery announes worldwide representation of the Estate of Hélio Oiticica | | Hitler birth house in Austria to become police station | | French museum has 'probably' found remains of philosopher Montaigne | 
Penetrável Macaléia, 1978, stainless steel, colored metal screens, sand, gravel, bricks and plants © Projeto Hélio Oiticica, Courtesy Lisson Gallery.
LONDON.- Lisson Gallery announced exclusive worldwide representation of the estate of acclaimed Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica. The gallerys first collaboration with the Estate will be the unveiling of one of the last works conceived by the artist, Penetrável Macaléia (1978) at Art Basel Miami Beach in December 2019. A presentation of Oiticicas seminal works will take place in Fall 2020 at Lisson Gallerys New York spaces. Hélio Oiticica (1937 1980) is widely regarded as one of Brazils leading artists of the twentieth century and a touchstone for much contemporary art made since the 1960s, primarily through his freewheeling, participatory works of art, performative environments, avant-garde films and abstract paintings. Even before the age of 20, Oiticica was a key member of the historic Rio de Janeiro-based Grupo Frente (1954-56), his radical play with geometric form and vibrant colors transcending the mi ... More | | 
The home where Adolf Hitler was born, right, in the downtown area of Braunau am Inn, Austria, Feb. 2, 2015. Authorities in Austria have announced plans to turn the home into a police station, in hopes of discouraging extremists from treating it as a shrine. Laetitia Vancon/The New York Times.
VIENNA (AFP).- The house where Adolf Hitler was born will be turned into a police station, Austria's interior ministry announced Tuesday, after years of legal wrangling as the government looks to prevent the building from becoming a neo-Nazi shrine. The yellow corner house in the northern town of Braunau on the border with Germany, where Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, was taken into government control in 2016. But the destiny of the building was subject to a lengthy legal battle with the family of Gerlinde Pommer, which owned the house for nearly a century. That only ended this year when the country's highest court ruled on the compensation Pommer would receive. The interior ministry will now invite submissions from architects to have the building house the town's police force. "The house's ... More | | 
Portrait of Michel de Montaigne.
BORDEAUX (AFP).- A French museum said Wednesday that a tomb opened this week in an unprecedented operation "probably" contains the remains of the great 16th-century philosopher Michel de Montaigne, but that further tests are needed to be sure. The Musee d'Aquitaine in the southwestern city of Bordeaux extracted the tomb from a basement of the museum, which occupies the premises of a convent where Montaigne, famed for his lofty but highly readable "Essays", was buried. Local authorities had announced a year ago that human remains had been discovered in the basement of the museum, which also houses Montaigne's cenotaph as one of its exhibits. This prompted the painstaking operation to discover whether the remains inside the tomb belonged to Montaigne, one of the city's most famous sons, and who served as its mayor from 1581 to 1585. "We are probably in the presence of Michel de Montaigne," the museum's director Laurent Vedrine said after the opening of the tomb earlier ... More |
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| | Cortez "New York Stories" exhibition pays homage to the Big Apple | | Noguchi Museum announces digital launch of Isamu Noguchi archive and expanded catalogue raisonné | | Mrs. Nancy Sr. and Frank Sinatra's grand piano and other items from their marriage head to Julien's Auctions | 
Manhattan in the Moonlight © by Jenness Cortez. Acrylic on mahogany panel, 36 by 30 inches.
NEW YORK, NY.- Cavalier Gallery is presenting New York Stories, a solo exhibition featuring paintings by contemporary realist Jenness Cortez. The show will be on view from November 21st December 31st at Cavalier Gallery, 4th floor, 3 W. 57th Street, New York, New York. An opening reception with the artist in attendance will be held on the 4th floor on Thursday, November 21st, from 6 to 8pm. New York Stories is a celebration of the iconic and familiar views of the city. The wonder of the bright and vast skyline of Manhattan is familiar to New Yorkers and tourists alike, but in Cortezs paintings she presents New York from an intimate perspective. In her paintings, viewers are drawn into the cozy, luxurious interiors of living rooms with nighttime skyline views, an elegant terrace viewing the Empire State building, and even the warmth of the subway on a rainy day. Also included are her signature still life pain ... More | | 
Some 60,000 archival photographs, manuscripts, and digitized drawings, along with significant new material from the digital catalogue raisonné, provide a wealth of information and images related to Noguchis life and work.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum today announced the digital launch of the Isamu Noguchi Archive and an update of The Isamu Noguchi Catalogue Raisonné. Together, these major initiatives significantly expand the Museums newly redesigned web presence, while making a vast trove of resources on the art and life of Isamu Noguchi accessible to the public. Noguchi Museum Board Chair Malcolm Nolen states, The Noguchi Museum is devoted to increasing awareness and understanding of Noguchis multifarious achievements over a six decade career. Making this rich cache of materials widely accessible, just days from the artists 115th birthday, goes a very long way toward achieving that. The Museum is deeply grateful to the Henry Luce ... More | | 
A grand piano with an ebony satin finish, serial number B 328083, dating to 1949. Together with an ebonized wood piano bench with needlework upholstered seat cushion. Estimate: $30,000-50,000.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Juliens Auctions announced Property from the Estate of Mrs. Nancy Sinatra featuring a collection of fine art, furniture & decorative art, silver, jewelry and more owned by the legendary Hollywood couple, Frank and Nancy Sinatra Sr., during their marriage as well as items collected by Mrs. Sinatra over her long life. Over 650 lots, offered for the first time at auction, will be presented on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at Juliens Auctions Gallery in Beverly Hills and live online at juliensauctions.com. Nancy Rose Barbato was 17 years old when she met Frank Sinatra, an 18-year-old singer from Hoboken, on the Jersey Shore in the summer of 1934. They married in 1939 at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Jersey City where Frank gave Nancy a recording of a song dedicated to her titled "Our Love" as a wedding present. ... More |
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| | Christie's to offer the Private Collection of Jayne Wrightsman | | Sotheby's to present inaugural online-only auction dedicated to space photography | | Hamiltons opens an exhibition of new photography by Mario Testino | 
Jayne Wrightsman was a connoisseur and patron of the arts who unequivocally revived the field of French decorative arts in America. Photo: Cecil Beaton/Condé Nast/GettyImages.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies has been entrusted with The Private Collection of Jayne Wrightsman, with live and online auctions to be held in April 2020, during the Classic Week sales in New York. A paragon of erudition and style, Jayne Wrightsman was a connoisseur and patron of the arts who unequivocally revived the field of French decorative arts in America. She and her husband, Charles B. Wrightsman, built an exceptional collection of furniture and works of art and served as Trustees of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, making transformative gifts to the Museum and establishing The Wrightsman Galleries for French Decorative Arts. The auctions will include Old Master paintings and sculpture, European furniture and ceramics, Chinese ceramics and works of art, silver ... More | | 
Vintage Silver Gelatin Print of Virgil "Gus" Grissom Taken by NASA Senior Photographer Bill Taub, ca. July 1961 Estimate $2/3,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys will present their inaugural online-only auction dedicated to Space Photography. Open for bidding from 25 November through 2 December 2019, the sale commemorates the conclusion of the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing in July 1969. The landmark was also celebrated by Sothebys earlier this year with their annual Space Exploration sale, which was highlighted by the best surviving NASA videotape recordings of the Apollo 11 moon landing that achieved $1.82 million. Spanning nearly a century until 1990, the photographs on offer in the sale illustrate the story of the momentous events leading up to Neil Armstrongs first step on the moon and the continued development of the space program that followed. The auction features photographs from the personal ... More | | 
Tokyo, 2018 © Mario Testino.
LONDON.- Hamiltons presents Mario Testino: East, an exhibition of new photography by the renowned fashion and portrait photographer Mario Testino. Featuring 18 prints, the collection comprises two subject matters; Japanese flowers on lustrous golden screens and vividly tattooed men, intricately entwined. Through the distinctive lens of Testino, these dazzling images capture two Japanese traditions at their most vibrant. The flower still lifes are inspired by traditional Ukiyo-e, or pictures of the floating world, one of the most admired genres of Japanese art and typically created using woodblock prints and painting. Each of the seasonal flowers captured by Testino in this body of work signify distinct ideas, such as truth, splendour, humbleness and sincerity, culminating in a floral display rich in Japanese heritage. The backdrop of the golden screens has a reflective effect, showcasing the delicacy of the fl ... More |
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| | Ramsay Fairs appoints Kamiar Maleki as Fair Director VOLTA and PULSE | | "Material Georgia" celebrates two centuries of craft | | The Ukrainian Museum opens 'The Impact of Modernity: Late 19th and Early 20th Century Ukrainian Art' | 
Kamiar Maleki is a Collector, Curator, Fair Director, Patron and Philanthropist with over 15 years experience in collecting, curating and managing art projects and Fairs.
NEW YORK, NY.- Ramsay Fairs announce that Kamiar Maleki has been appointed Fair Director of VOLTA and PULSE Art Fair as from 18th November, 2019. Kamiars appointment as Fair Director of VOLTA follows the decision of founding Director, Amanda Coulson, to take more of a back seat; Amanda remains on the Board of VOLTA in a non-executive capacity. He will replace Cristina Salmastrelli as Fair Director of PULSE Art Fair, who had filled the position on an interim basis and will now be able to devote herself to her role as the US Managing Director of Ramsay Fairs. Kamiar Maleki is a Collector, Curator, Fair Director, Patron and Philanthropist with over 15 years experience in collecting, curating and managing art projects and Fairs. He was Fair Director of Contemporary Istanbul from 20162018. Fluent in English, German and French, he is also Co-Founder of the Agha Khan Museum UK Patrons ... More | | 
Crawford County, Churn, ca. 1890. Stoneware with dripped alkaline glaze, 18 x 12 1/2 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Helen Plymale and family GMOA 2017.312.
ATHENS, GA.- A generation ago, few people thought much of Georgia decorative arts, but 20 years of hard work by the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia have changed that mistaken impression. As the largest state east of the Mississippi River, Georgia was historically a prominent market for American decorative products, but much of the furniture made there was shipped to wealthier urban areas in the northern US. British taste ruled in Georgia collections until collectors like Bill and Florence Griffin and dealer Deanne Deavours shifted the focus to native products. The Georgia Museum of Art presented the first formal exhibition of Georgia decorative arts in 1975, and other museums in the state followed suit. In 2000, the museum opened the Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts. The center organizes a symposium held every other year to present and publish research on the decorative arts ... More | | 
David Burliuk (1882-1967), Untitled (Portrait of the Artists Wife) 1960, oil on board, 7 ¼ x 5 ¼ (18.4 x 13.3) UM 2017/138.
NEW YORK, NY.- The new exhibition The Impact of Modernity: Late 19th and Early 20th Century Ukrainian Art presents works never before shown that were recently donated to The Ukrainian Museum's permanent collection of fine art by Dr. Jurij Rybak and Anna Ortynskyj. The artworks range from classics of the late 19th and early 20th century to avant-garde experimental art of 19101930, from works produced in Ukraine (some prior to World War I and some during the interwar period) to others produced in the United States by artists who emigrated from Ukraine. Myroslav Shkandrij, Professor of Slavic Studies at the University of Manitoba, is the guest curator. He has previously curated exhibitions of avant-garde art and written extensively on twentieth-century Ukraine. The Impact of Modernity opened to the public on November 17, 2019, and will remain on view through May 3, 2020. Dr. Rybak assembled the collection with his wife Anna Ortynskyj by ... More |
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 Artist Robert Swain creates permanent color installation for One South First in WilliamsburgBROOKLYN, NY.- Two Trees today unveiled a new commission by the renowned artist Robert Swain, a permanent installation for the lobby of One South First, the second building at the Domino Sugar Factory site in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. An integral part of the buildings architecture, Color Sensation Cube, Swains first work in glass, creates a multifaceted immersive environment located in the residential lobby. The 45-story building comprises two interlocking towers, integrating residential, recreational, office, and retail spaces across the site. Designed by renowned architecture firm COOKFOX, the buildings distinct facade is inspired by the structure of sugar crystals, honoring the sites history as one of the worlds largest sugar refineries. Robert Swain is one of the most influential artists of his generation and a key member of the Hunter Color School. ... More James Watt bicentennial display opens at Riverside MuseumGLASGOW.- Riverside Museum, Glasgow has unveiled a new display inspired by the achievements of one of Scotlands most influential inventors, James Watt. Going Green The Drive for Energy Efficiency, sponsored by Aggreko, considers James Watts pioneering spirit and his legacy in a modern-day context, where the desire to be increasingly energy efficient to combat climate change is ever-present. Over 250 years ago the Greenock-born scientist James Watt invented a device called a separate condenser. After years of experimentation, and persevering where others had failed, he successfully adapted existing technology and radically reduced the amount of coal required to drive a steam engine. In doing so he not only greatly improved energy efficiency, but helped shape our modern industrial world. Going Green The Drive ... More North Carolina Museum of Art welcomes nine new board members RALEIGH, NC.- The North Carolina Museum of Art has added nine members to its two key governing boards, the Board of Trustees and the North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation Board of Directors. These new members bring diverse professional experience and cultural backgrounds to our boards, while all sharing the same deep appreciation for the arts and determination to advance the Museums mission, said Museum Director Valerie Hillings. I appreciate their commitment and look forward to working with them. New Board of Trustees members include periodontist Carlos Garcia-Velez; Linda Shropshire, global leader for human rights at Cisco Systems; Annie Gray Sprunt; and Kimberly Daniels Taws, who runs The Country Bookshop in Southern Pines, N.C. and is president of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance. They are appointed ... More Obsession: Sir William Van Horne's Japanese ceramics on view at Montreal Museum of Fine ArtsMONTREAL.- The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts invites visitors to delve into the heart of an extraordinary collection that reflects one man's passion for intriguing Asian objects. The exhibition Obsession: Sir William Van Horne's Japanese Ceramics presents close to 150 ceramic pieces from the eminent Montrealer's collection, which today has been dispersed and now belongs to the MMFA and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). Cups, bowls and pots are accompanied by a variety of carefully written archival documents and even watercolours by Sir William Van Horne (1843-1915). For visitors who wish to enhance their experience of Japanese art, many other ceramic pieces from his collections are on display in the dedicated Japanese gallery of the new Stephan Crétier and Stéphany Maillery Wing featuring the MMFA's Arts of One World collection. Sir ... More The Institut pour la photographie presents seven exhibitions as part of its inaugural programmeLILLE.- The Institut pour la photographie, Lille, is currently holding its inaugural cultural programme, extraORDINARY: Photographic perspectives on everyday life, which is open until 15 December 2019. Seven exhibitions, an installation open to the public, as well as events and experimental workshops, cover the history of photography from the end of the 19th century to today. This new programme reflects different photographic approaches and styles, with a selection of works from around the world that explore everyday life and its banality. Throughout her career, photographer Lisette Model never ceased to affirm the importance of the individual perspective, in both her work and her teaching. The Institut pour la photographie pays tribute to her with a new exhibition bringing together four great figures of American photography who were inspired ... More Mustapha Matura, Caribbean playwright in London, dies at 79LONDON (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- In the winter of 1961, Mustapha Matura, fresh from a trans-Atlantic voyage from his native Trinidad and Tobago, a British colony at the time, arrived in London expecting a world of opportunities. He was quickly disillusioned. In a period rife with anti-immigrant hate crimes in Britain, Matura, who was about 21 at the time, had felt the sting of racism even before coming ashore, taunted by a sailor during the ocean crossing. We went to London and found out the sophistication of our dreams was just a gloss, he told The New York Times in 1977. It was very harsh on the bottom of the ladder. It was an awakening that compelled him to begin writing, distilling his experiences into plays even while holding down jobs as a garment factory assistant and a hospital porter. Troubled by stereotypes of black Britons and a British society ... More Finn Juhl for Niels Vodder chair soars to $80,000 at ClarsOAKLAND, CA.- Clars November 16-17, 2019 presented important designs in Modern furniture, an extensive collection of solid gold bars and silver and gold coins, impressive fine art and jewelry and the national and international markets responded vigorously to the investment level property that was offered. In addition, second installment of the Robin Leach featured a very select offering from his personal paperweight collection that soared to $14,000. The property to be offered at this sale comes from prominent California estates as well as museums, private institutions and special collections. The undoubted showpiece in this rare collection was a UBS one kilo gold bar, 9999 24k pure gold that sold for an impressive $43,000. The extensive numismatic collection was comprised of over 500 solid gold coins from countries around the world as well as two ... More Alexander the Great set to conquer Bonhams Antiquities saleLONDON.- An exceptionally rare Graeco-Roman bronze statue of Alexander the Great will lead Bonhams Antiquities sale on Thursday 28th November in London. The important and impressive bronze dates from circa 1st Century B.C.- 1st Century A.D. and has an estimate of £150,000- 200,00. It captures Alexander as the heroic ideal: youthful, powerful, and assured, with a meditative gaze. Even during his own short lifetime, Alexander the Great was a legendary figure. He was born into a royal Macedonian dynasty that claimed descent from the sun god Helios and from the great semi-divine hero Hercules. As king of Macedonia, Alexander spent most of his reign leading unprecedented military campaigns. He was undefeated in battle, and by the age of thirty had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world. His image has reverberated down the generations, ... More Exhibition presents significant research projects dealing with investigative form of architectureBASEL.- The architecture of territory is largely designed without architects. Nevertheless, or precisely for this reason, architects today are increasingly investigating the processes that define these territorial spaces. In the exhibition Under the Radar (16/11/2019 15/3/2020), the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum explores this theme and presents the following research projects, which deal with investigative architecture: Handbook of Tyranny by Theo Deutinger (AT), The Murder of Halit Yozgat and other investigations by Forensic Architecture (UK), Italian Limes by Studio Folder (IT), Smuggling Architecture by Kwong Von Glinow (USA), Swiss Lessons by EPF Lausannes Laboratoire Bâle (CH), Sand and Labour by Architecture of Territory at ETH Zurich (CH), Parallel Sprawl by Kunik de Morsier (CH) and Meteorological Arch ... More Philip Glass, at 82, unveils his first piano sonataNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- Thousands of people took in the bronzed, glacial grandeur of Philip Glass Akhnaten at the Metropolitan Opera on Tuesday evening. A couple of miles downtown, a far smaller group heard a very different Glass lively and sly; intimate and changeable as Maki Namekawa gave the American premiere of his new piano sonata, his first venture into that genre, at the Morgan Library & Museum. Glass may not care about his legacy, but hes hardly unaware of the dynamics that shape a composers reputation. If Im to be remembered for anything, he is quoted as saying in the program notes at the Morgan, it might be for the piano music, because people can play it. As his career took off, he was increasingly asked to play solo concerts. So, simply enough, he began to write piano pieces to perform at them. For a while, ... More Exhibition of new works by Hongtong-born and Beijing-based artist Chen Fei on view at PerrotinNEW YORK, NY.- Perrotin is presenting a solo exhibition of new works by Hongtong-born and Beijing-based artist Chen Fei, on view from November 2 to December 21. A prominent figure in Chinas post-1980s generation, this exhibition marks the artists first major presentation in the Americas. The following text is adapted from The Human Theatre by Uli Zhiheng Huang Over the past three years, Chen Fei has developed an artistic practice focusing on two genres: portrait and still life. Utilizing a unique visual language and perspective, Chen superimposes contemporary signifiers over art historical symbolism, resulting in paintings that function as containers of meaning rather than mere representations. Painter and Family (2018), the earliest work completed in this series, shares a formal vocabulary with Velázquezs Las Meninas (1656) both works ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Belgian painter René Magritte was born November 21, 1898. René François Ghislain Magritte ( 21 November 1898 - 15 August 1967) was a Belgian Surrealist artist. He became well known for creating a number of witty and thought-provoking images. Often depicting ordinary objects in an unusual context, his work is known for challenging observers' preconditioned perceptions of reality. His imagery has influenced pop art, minimalist art and conceptual art. In this image: Surrealist portrait of patron Edward James Le Principe du Plaisir (Pleasure Principle). Courtesy Sotheby's.
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