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The landscape painting, "Bay, Sea, Green Cliffs", dates from 1895. It measures 27 centimetres by 40 centimetres (10 by 15 inches) and was valued at 120,000-160,000 euros ($136,000-180,000). Photo: Dorotheum.
VIENNA (AFP).- Police are searching for three men after the theft of a painting by French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir from an auction house in central Vienna, police said Wednesday. The landscape was due to go under the hammer on Wednesday but is thought to have been taken from the Dorotheum auction house late on Monday afternoon. Police have released security camera images of three men who entered the auction house at around 5:15 pm (1615 GMT). After making straight for the painting on the second floor they are thought to have left through different exits. "They were probably professionals," Vienna police spokesman Patrick Maierhofer told the APA agency. The landscape painting, "Bay, Sea, Green Cliffs", dates from 1895. It measures 27 centimetres by 40 centimetres (10 by 15 inches) and was valued at 120,000-160,000 euros ($136,000-180,000). ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The vintage Underwood Standard Portable typewriter used in college by late Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner is displayed as part of Julien's Auctions upcoming sale of his belongings on November 26, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. Items from the personal collection of the American publishing icon will be sold at auction November 30-December 1, 2018. Hugh Hefner died at the age of 91 on September 27, 2017. Robyn Beck / AFP
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| | | Long lost painting by Daniel Ridgway Knight surfaces | | Lark Mason Associates reports 96% sale rate for European and Other Works of Art | | Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac opens the first UK exhibition dedicated to Robert Rauschenberg's remarkable Spreads series |
Daniel Ridgway Knight (1939-1924), In Winter, 1880.
LONDON.- Rehs Galleries Inc., a New York gallery specializing in 19th and 20th-century works of art, sells In Winter, a long-lost painting by the American artist Daniel Ridgway Knight (1939-1924). Born in 1839, Ridgway Knight received his formal training at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts where he was a classmate of Mary Cassatt and Thomas Eakins. In 1861 he continued his studies in Paris under Alexandre Cabanel and Charles Gabriel Gleyre. Knight returned to the United States in 1863 to serve in the Civil War and then traveled back to France in 1872, where he would remain for the rest of his life. Once Knight settled in France, he befriended Renoir, Sisley, and Meissonier. In 1874, he traveled to Barbizon to visit Jean-Francois Millet whose peasant subject he admired. During his visit, Knight realized that Millets depictions and views of French peasant life were a bit too fatalistic. Instead, Knight chose ... More | |
Portuguese Colonial Parcel-Gilt Ivory Figure of the Virgin Mary, 17th century. Estimate: $3,000-5,000. Realized $15,000.
NEW BRAUNFELS, TX.- The recent sale of European and Other Works of Art offered by Lark Mason Associates on the iGavel Auctions platform contained 133 lots with 128 selling with a 96% sale rate for a total of $158,466. Many of the items had an excellent provenance, having been formerly sold by Sotheby's or Christie's in New York. The realized prices of many of these works was a fraction of the amount that had been formerly achieved when purchased originally, reflecting the changes that have roiled traditional antiques in recent years. Commented Lark Mason, "Astute buyers are seizing this opportunity to buy items that in years past would have been out of reach. We were particularly pleased to see a number of young buyers who saw the quality and value in the works in this sale." Highlights of the sale included a rare Russian presentation ... More | |
Lipstick (Spread), 1981. Mixed media on two attached panels, 246 x 188 cm (96,85 x 74,02 in) Signed, titled and dated in verso. Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg © Robert Rauschenberg/DACS.
LONDON.- Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac London, together with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, presents the first UK exhibition dedicated to the American artists remarkable Spreads, a series that occupies an important position in his oeuvre. The large-scale Spreads (197583) encapsulate many of Robert Rauschenbergs best-known motifs and materials. Twelve key works from the series―the largest of which stretches to over six metres wide―are on view at Ropacs London gallery. An integral series of paper collages from the same period is also being exhibited, incorporating fabrics and techniques that relate to the Spreads series. One of the most influential artists of the post-war period, Rauschenberg revolutionised ... More |
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| | | Steven Kasher to close his gallery at the end of the year | | Luxurious royal robes adorn Gianguan Auctions December 12 sale | | Andrew Jones Auctions' Design for the Home & Garden Auction is a success |
I am thrilled and honored to be joining what I consider to be the finest ensemble of artists, gallerists and collectors in the art world today.
NEW YORK, NY.- Im writing to tell you my big news. I have decided to close Steven Kasher Gallery at the end of this year and join David Zwirner as a Director. I do this with tremendous excitement. I am thrilled and honored to be joining what I consider to be the finest ensemble of artists, gallerists and collectors in the art world today. Some of you will know that my background is in painting, sculpture, theory and art history as well as photography. So I am cherishing this opportunity to work with many important artists and estates rooted in all of these disciplines. David Zwirner represents many of the greatest photographers of our times, so my specialty of the last 25 years will continue to be put to service. One of my tasks will be to source the best vintage photography not to mention painting and sculpture from the secondary market, for our international clients. I will miss collaborating with the wonderful artists and estates I have been representing. ... More | |
An antique Chinese garment made for a noblewoman. Overall length: 39 1/4 (99.7 cm) X 23 1/4 (59 cm), estimated at upwards $1,500.
NEW YORK, NY.- Two antiques Chinese garments made for a noblewoman and a high ranking child come to the podium at Gianguan Auctions on Wednesday, December 12. Chinese robes have long been held in esteem as the some of the finest textile art in the world. Generally of silk, which was first woven in China more than 6,000 years ago, the elaborately decorated robes often give insights into their wearers status. A fine example of this is the xiapei featured in Gianguans upcoming sale. The loose waistcoat features a Second Civil Rank Pheasant badge on front and back, denoting the wife of a man of the same rank. As the golden pheasant soars on white wings towards a bright red sun it is surrounded by an elaborate tableau of auspicious symbolsflowers and clouds above roiling waves. Additionally, the back of the waistcoat displays the face of a dragon. On the front are two crouching five-clawed dragons. The symbolic decoration is ... More | |
Oil on panel landscape painting by Albert Bierstadt (German-American, 1830-1901), titled Valley of Meringen (sic), Switzerland (1858), inscribed with location and artists name ($8,750).
LOS ANGELES, CA.- A striking pair of Art Deco silver mounted ruby glass vases by Jean Puiforcat sold for $28,750, a pair of retro Van Cleef & Arpels gold, diamond and ruby ear clips fetched $13,750 and a Rolex Steve McQueen Explorer II stainless steel wristwatch hit $17,500 at Andrew Jones Auctions Nov. 18 holiday edition of the Design for the Home & Garden Auction. The auction was held online, via LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com, and in the Andrew Jones Auctions gallery at 2221 South Main Street in Los Angeles. Featured were several private collections, notably the collection of world art from David and Barbara Hart of Palos Verdes Estates, which was 100 percent sold. Overall, the auction had a little something for everybody. The relaxed atmosphere and friendly staff welcomed a full in-room audience, as attendees enjoyed coffee, snacks and a box lunch. Company president and ... More |
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| | | 'The Monarch of the Glen' is the centrepiece of a focused exhibition at the National Gallery | | Eli Klein Gallery opens a solo exhibition of work by Shanghai-based artist Shen Fan | | Christie's sets a new world auction record for Bernardino Luini |
Edwin Landseer, The Monarch of the Glen, about 1851. Oil on canvas, 163.8 à 168.9 cm. © National Galleries of Scotland.
LONDON.- This autumn, arguably the worlds best known animal painting is coming home to Trafalgar Square for the first time in more than 160 years. 'The Monarch of the Glen' is the centrepiece of a focused exhibition of 14 works that for the first time explores the close connections between its painter, Sir Edwin Landseer (18021873) and the National Gallery. Today Landseer is not a household name; however, he was one of Victorian Britains most renowned artists. He was Queen Victorias favourite artist (she bought dozens of paintings from him) and prints of his works could be found on walls of homes across the globe. During the 20th century, when some aspects of Victorian culture were dismissed as old-fashioned,' The Monarch of the Glen' intriguingly survived this shift in taste, assuming a new purpose as an extremely popular marketing image. Today, the story of how it was originally created is lon ... More | |
Shen Fan, ShanShui-C-06, 2009 (detail). Oil on canvas, 37 3/4 x 37 3/4 inches (96 x 96 cm).
NEW YORK, NY.- Eli Klein Gallery is presenting a solo exhibition of work by Shanghai-based artist Shen Fan, a pioneering figure of abstract painting in China. A leading Chinese artist whose career spans nearly 40 years, Shen is an artist who defies being categorized into a certain style or school. The upcoming exhibition will survey a wide range of his works and examine his own unique takes on Chinese abstraction. Titled, Shen Fan: Works in Abstraction 1992 2017, the exhibition includes a range of works that illustrate Shens ability to combine Western expressionism with Eastern philosophy and traditional Chinese art practices, to pave a unique path for contemporary Chinese abstraction. The exhibition will be on view from November 29, 2018 through February 16, 2019 and will feature twelve works from three important periods of Shen Fans career from 1992 to 2017: oils on paper from the early ... More | |
Bernardino Luini, Une figure de sainte, en buste, avec une palme et lisant les Ecritures. Sold for 1,207,500. © Christies Images Limited 2018.
PARIS.- Christie's France is pleased with the results realised yesterday, especially for the masterpiece by Bernardino Luini which established a new world auction record, selling for 1,207,500, more than three times its presale estimate. This painting, unseen since 1865, is coming from the former collection of the Duchess of Berry and was always known as being executed by Leonardo Da Vinci himself until 1956, when the art historian Ottino Della Chiesa published a monograph on Luini in which the painting was represented. Pierre Etienne, International Director of Old Master Paintings: I am very proud to have defended such a strong picture to a very high level despite the fact that it was classed amongst the Monuments Historiques: French and International collectors fought for this painting and were ready to keep it in France. Christie's France is also proud that the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, ... More |
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| | | Sotheby's announces highlights included in the Swiss Art/Swiss Made sale | | Christie's Sales of Post-War & Contemporary Art in Amsterdam total $9,162,813 | | Louvre to open one Saturday night a month for free |
Albert Anker, Fleissig/Appliquée, 1886. Estimate: CHF 1,000,000-1,500,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.
ZURICH.- This winter, Sothebys Zurich will host Swiss Art/Swiss Made, a traditional auction held twice a year, bringing together the very best of Swiss creativity over the centuries. The sale is highlighted by a group of museum quality works, led by Albert Ankers signature painting Fleissig/Appliquée (1886), as well as masterworks by Ferdinand Hodler and Ernest Biéler. The selection of works on offer goes beyond conventional boundaries to embrace a diverse range of art by international artists with a connection to Switzerland alongside todays exciting emerging talent. Featuring an eclectic array of art from paintings and works on paper to sculpture, design and photography ranging from the nineteenth century through to the present day, Swiss Art - Swiss Made will offer collectors the opportunity to discover the rich diversity of Swiss artistic production. For the first time, the sale will also ... More | |
Georg Baselitz (b. 1938), Sujet populaire contraire (Contrary Popular Subject) signed, titled and dated 'G. Baselitz 6. VIII, 2007 "Sujet populaire contraire"' (on the reverse) oil on canvas, 300 x 250cm. Painted in 2007. Estimate 150,000 - 200,000 Euros. Price Realized 391,500 Euros. © Christies Images Limited 2018.
AMSTERDAM.- Christies Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening and Day Sales concluded on the 27 November in Amsterdam. The sale total was 8,078,500 / $9,162,813 / £7,180,888 with strong sell-through rates of 88% by value and 82% by lot. Registered bidders from 36 countries demonstrate the continued global appeal in Amsterdams sales held at De Westergasfabriek, with enthusiastic bidding from the U.S. and Europe, particularly from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. New Christies clients accounted for 19% of the online registrants for this sale. The season was led by German Post-War art, with strong prices achieved for works by Georg Baselitz, whose monumental canvas Sujet populaire ... More | |
The Louvre Pyramid is illuminated in the night. Bertrand GUAY / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- The Louvre museum in Paris has announced it will open its doors for free one Saturday night a month to attract younger, less wealthy visitors. Home to the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo, the world's most-visited museum previously opened for six free Sundays a year, but a statement published Wednesday said this was failing to bring in visitors from a broad spectrum of society. The new nocturnal openings, set to begin on January 5, are to include activities such as a board game area and reading corner to attract families. The Louvre is also hoping to appeal to more people living in poorer Paris suburbs as well as to young adults and families with older children with the initiative. The museum's statement said that the Saturday nights were a bid to underpin the "democratisation" of the Louvre, where a full-price ticket costs 17 euros ($19). "The number of French ... More |
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Chinese Ming Dynasty carved wood figure sells for £19,456 at Catherine Southon Auctioneers & Valuers
LONDON.- A large Chinese Ming Dynasty lacquered carved wood seated figure of Guan Yin sold for £19,456 in Catherine Southon Auctioneers & Valuers sale today (Wednesday, November 28, 2018) at Farleigh Court Golf Club, Selsdon in Surrey. Measuring 66cm high, the seated figure, had been estimated to fetch £200-300 [Lot 183]. Another highlight of the sale was a rare bronze hand held mirror by René Lalique circa 1910, which sold for £8,755 more than 17 times its estimate. Cast with three graces on the circular section among swirls and the handle cast with a devil figure, the mirror was stamped on the side Lalique and was expected to fetch £300-£500. It sold to a collector [Lot 24]. As Catherine Southon said, after the sale: The Lalique bronze mirror was certainly an astonishing price and not what we were expecting. I knew that in ... More
Mickey Mouse's 90th birthday to be celebrated in Heritage Auctions' December Animation Art Auction
DALLAS, TX.- Among the highlights in Heritage Auctions Animation Art auction Dec. 8-9 in Beverly Hills, California, will be a trove of memorabilia celebrating the 90th birthday of Mickey Mouse and the one of the largest collections of artwork by Mary Blair ever offered, many of which come directly from the Mary Blair Family Trust. The industry that is Disney, evolving to printed and animated comics, television shows, movies, theme parks and endless merchandising opportunities first took off because of the enormous popularity of Mickey Mouse. In honor of his 90th birthday, the auction includes 66 lots relating to the comic icon, including what is believed to be the single largest collection of artwork from his earliest films, including Steam Boat Willie (estimate: $10,000+), Plane Crazy (estimate: $5,000+), Barn Dance (estimate: $1,000+) and The Opry House (estimate: ... More
With three museum exhibitions, artist Bouke de Vries makes his U.S. debut
NORTH ADAMS, MASS.- For years the work of celebrated artist Bouke de Vries has been shown all over Europe in museums, galleries, castles and palaces. America won't be left behind. Now and through the middle of 2019, several sculptures by Dutch-born de Vries will be making their stateside debut at museums in Hartford, Conn., Montgomery, Ala., and Nashville, Tenn. Foremost among them is his pièce de résistance: War and Pieces, a 26-foot-long installation inspired by the lavish decorative centerpieces of 18th-century European banqueting tables. The first venue is the Wadsworth Atheneum, in Hartford, Conn., where de Vries is the featured artist in the 180th installment of the museum's MATRIX contemporary art exhibition series, running from October 4, 2018, to January 6, 2019. "Because the Wadsworth Atheneum possesses such an outstanding collection ... More
Daria Martin wins Film London Jarman Award 2018
LONDON.- Daria Martin has won the 2018 Film London Jarman Award, it was announced this evening at a special event at Londons Barbican Centre. Daria Martin works across moving image and performance. Her enigmatic films mix the naturalistic with the surreal, creating multisensory spaces of the imagination. Her subject matter has ranged from her grandmothers dream diaries to working with robots, choreographers and card magic. Her works are beautifully composed with an ethereal quality and an aesthetic that moves from cinema to 1960s instructional film. She has frequently worked in collaboration with scientists and has twice won Wellcome Trust awards. In her 2017 work A Hunger Artist, Martin retells Kafkas 1922 short story. Set in a fantastical Victorian fairground it is a macabre tale of a sideshow artist who joins the circus, and having ... More
Wexner Center for the Arts appoints Johanna Burton as new director
COLUMBUS, OH.- The Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University has appointed Johanna Burton as its next director. Since 2013, Burton has served as Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education and Public Engagement at the New Museum in New York, and she is also series editor for the museums Critical Anthologies in Art and Culture. Burton steps into the director role in March 2019, succeeding Sherri Geldin, who has served as Wex director for 25 years. Johanna is the perfect leaderintelligent, inquisitive, collaborative, and ambitious. We couldnt be more thrilled that she will guide the arts center into the future, while building on the superb work of Sherri Geldin and the talented staff, said Abigail Wexner, center trustee and cochair of the 16-person selection committee. Burton is an active scholar, curator, and educatorher previous ... More
Theodore Earl Butler's Flag Day achieves top lot at Bonhams American Art sale
NEW YORK, NY.- Strong results were realized across all genres, as well as two world auction records for Thomas Hill and Dawson Dawson-Watson were achieved at Bonhams American Art sale in New York on November 19. The top lot of the sale was Theodore Earl Butlers Flag Day, a significant work by the artist, sold for $552,500. Flag Day depicts the Fourth Liberty Loan parade in New York City, which was led by President Woodrow Wilson in October 1918, as the end of the war approached. The large-scale composition focuses on the striking flags of the Allies soaring down Fifth Avenue that were interspersed with dazzling red Liberty Loan banners. The spires of St. Patricks Cathedral are seen in the background, placing the viewpoint at 53rd street and 5th Avenue looking South. In the autumn of 1918, Fifth Avenue was coined the Avenue ... More
National Gallery opens a display of film and photographs by artist Rachel Maclean
LONDON.- A display of film and photographs by artist Rachel Maclean opens at the National Gallery where her themes of national identity will relate to the exhibition Landseers The Monarch of the Glen (Room 1, also opening 29 November 2018.) While English artist Edwin Landseer created a romanticized view of the Scottish Highlands, Scottish artist Rachel Maclean uses nostalgic stereotypes to explore how we portray ourselves. While English artist Edwin Landseer created a romanticized view of the Scottish Highlands, Scottish artist Rachel Maclean uses nostalgic stereotypes to explore how we portray ourselves. Maclean (1987) is one of the most sharply satirical artists in Britain today. Using elaborate masks, grotesque prosthetics, and gaudy scenography, her caustic and darkly comical films explore both collective and individual identities. 'Rachel ... More
Friedrich von Borries develops an intervention in Die Neue Sammlung - The Design Museum
MUNICH.- The exhibition Politics of Design, Design of Politics continues the series on contemporary positions in design hosted in the Paternoster Hall which Die Neue Sammlung The Design Museum launched in 2015. Each year, international design protagonists (such as Konstantin Grcic, Werner Aisslinger and Hella Jongerius) are invited to contribute and expansive, multipartite installation. In 2016, Friedrich von Borries 2016 programmatically addressed the relationship of design and politics in his literary novel project RLF. Das richtige Leben im falschen and in his manifesto Weltentwerfen. Eine politische Designtheorie (Suhrkamp Verlag). And he has now, at the invitation of Die Neue Sammlung The Design Museum developed an intervention in the museum space on this topic. The exhibition conceived by architect and design theorist Friedrich von ... More
Stairs from Eiffel Tower sell for 169,000 euros
PARIS (AFP).- A section of stairs from the Eiffel Tower in Paris sold for almost 170,000 euros on Tuesday, auctioneers announced, around three times the pre-sale estimate. More than two dozen wrought-iron steps from the original spiral structure, from between the second and third floors of the Paris landmark, were sold to a Middle East collector for 169,000 euros ($190,000) after a bidding-war in the French capital. Auction house Artcurial originally estimated the sale price to be between 40,000 and 60,000 euros. The stairs, which stand 4.3 metres high (13 foot) and were part of a private Canadian collection, date from 1889 when the legendary French engineer Gustave Eiffel built the 324-metre edifice as the centrepiece of the Paris Universal Exhibition. It soon became the most iconic feature on the Paris skyline and is France's most visited monument despite ... More
Rita Moreno, 86, set for 'West Side Story' remake
NEW YORK (AFP).- The 86-year-old American actress Rita Moreno, who won an Oscar in the original film version of "West Side Story," is being cast in Steven Spielberg's hotly anticipated remake. Her publicist announced that Moreno, who played Anita the first time around, will this time play the role of Valentina -- a reconceived version of a corner store owner. She will also get an executive producing credit. Back in May, the Puerto Rican-born actress confessed that she was anxiously awaiting the Spielberg remake, which has advertised for Latino actors in all the main roles -- not the case for the 1961 original. "I am very curious to see what he does with it. I am nervous about it. Listen, we did very cliched things in 'West Side Story' but I am sure he's going to avoid that because times have changed," she told AFP. "From our earliest discussions, we wanted to include ... More
Michael Werner Gallery, New York opens an exhibition of works by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
NEW YORK, NY.- Michael Werner Gallery, New York is presenting an exhibition of works by French painter Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898), opening 30 November. Comprising loans from private and public collections, this exhibition presents a selection of works on paper and paintings by a seminal artist of the late nineteenth century. The exhibition is curated by art historian and former National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa curator Louise dArgencourt, and Bertrand Puvis de Chavannes, the painters great grandnephew, an art historian, and the President of the Comité Puvis de Chavannes. DArgencourt also organized the first posthumous Puvis de Chavannes retrospectives at the Musée du Louvre, Paris (1976), and the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (1977). Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was born in Lyon, France in 1824, ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter James Rosenquist was born November 29, 1933. James Rosenquist (November 29, 1933 - March 31, 2017) was an American artist and one of the protagonists in the pop art movement. Drawing from his background working in sign painting, Rosenquist's pieces often explored the role of advertising and consumer culture in art and society, utilizing techniques he learned making commercial art to depict popular cultural icons and mundane everyday objects. In this image: James Rosenquist, Brazil, 2004. Oil on canvas, with acrylic fiberoptic element, 236,2 x 732,5 x 17,8 cm (92,99 x 288,39 x 7,01 in) 5 panels 4 panels: 93" x 57 5/8" x 1 3/4" EACH 1 panel is 93" x 57 5/8 x 3". Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris/Salzburg © James Rosenquist / VAGA, New York / ADAGP, Paris. Used by permission.
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