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Hugo Rivera-Scott, Pop América, 1968 (detail). Collage on cardboard. Courtesy of the artist. © Hugo Rivera-Scott. Photo by Jorge Brantmayer.
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- The McNay Art Museum presents Pop América, 19651975, a groundbreaking, expansive approach to international Pop art. Co-organized by the McNay and the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, this pioneering exhibition crosses American borders and positions artists from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, and Puerto Rico alongside U.S. Pop art icons such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Pop América opens to the public on October 4, 2018, and is on view through January 13, 2019. "The McNay is deeply honored to partner with the Nasher Museum on this inclusiveand historically accurateaccount of Pan-American Pop art, said Richard Aste, McNay Director. The Museum is committed to expanding the canon of modern art history by making room for those voices (here, Latin American voices) who were always there but consistently overlooked by U.S.-focused scholars and museum professionals. San ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Stephen Friedman Gallery, Frieze London 2018. Photo by Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Linda Nylind/Frieze
| Syria's recovered antiquities go on display at Damascus opera | | Sotheby's Autumn 2018 Hong Kong sales total US$466.1 MILLION | | Monaco soccer club owner sues Sotheby's for $380mn |
A rare bust dating from the 2nd or 3rd century AD rescued from the ancient city of Palmyra and restored in Italy. LOUAI BESHARA / AFP.
DAMASCUS (AFP).- Syria's antiquities authority on Wednesday unveiled an exhibition in Damascus of hundreds of artefacts retrieved from around the war-torn country. Dozens of Syria's archaeological sites have been destroyed, damaged or looted since the start of the seven-year civil war, with all sides blamed for the plundering. On Wednesday evening, golden coins, bronze statues and amphoras were among 500 artifacts on show at the Damascus opera house. Visitors could admire two rare busts rescued from the ancient city of Palmyra and restored in Italy after being damaged by the Islamic State jihadist group. The exhibits were "found by the Syrian army and its allies, and the different security forces," after they retook cities and archaeological sites from rebels and jihadists, antiquities chief Mahmoud Hamoud said. They "are from all historical eras -- from the tenth ... More | |
3,199 lots sold, at least 17 records set, 20 auctions held in just five days. Courtesy Sotheby's.
HONG KONG.- Sotheby's Autumn 2018 Hong Kong auction series concluded with a grand total of HK$3.64 billion / US$466.1 million, against a pre-sale low estimate of HK$3.1 billion / US$401 million, representing a 15% increase compared to the same series in October 2017 and flat to those last April. The series of 20 auctions was led by a monumental modern masterpiece by Zao Wou-Ki, which sold for a record HK$510 million / US$65 million. With annual sales approaching US$1 billion, Sothebys Asia is on track to have one of its best years ever, commented Kevin Ching, CEO of Sothebys Asia. Season after season, we are attracting new collectors and growing the market the result of innovative sale concepts and investment in technology. For the past 45 years, Sothebys has been at the forefront of the market in Asia and these sales are further evidence of our role in driving todays trends, s ... More | |
In this file photo taken on March 31, 2018, AS Monaco President Dmitry Rybolovlev walks onto the pitch ahead of the French League Cup final football match. FRANCK FIFE / AFP.
NEW YORK (AFP).- The Russian billionaire owner of AS Monaco football club has sued Sotheby's in New York for $380 million, accusing the auction house of helping a Swiss art dealer defraud him. The suit is the latest twist in a long-running case in which Dmitry Rybolovlev accuses Yves Bouvier of tricking him over the acquisition of 38 works of art. Rybolovlev bought the masterpieces over a decade for more than $2.1 billion. His relationship with Bouvier collapsed after he accused him of pocketing "between $500 million and $1 billion" from the inflated prices. Rybolovlev accuses Sotheby's of collaborating with Bouvier by giving him over-valued estimates to bolster Bouvier's recommended price points, according to court papers filed Tuesday in a US federal court. The auction house suggested a number of ... More |
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| Sotheby's to offer masterworks from one of the world's finest collections of Fauve, Expressionist & Modern art | | New world whisky record set at Bonhams Edinburgh | | Einstein's 'God letter' to go on sale for $1mn |
Wassily Kandinsky, Zum Thema Jüngstes Gericht (detail). Painted in 1913. Estimate $22/35 million. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys announced the sale of The Triumph of Color: Important Works from a Private European Collection in our marquee auctions of Impressionist & Modern Art this November in New York. Put together primarily in the 1970s and 80s, the collection today represents one of the finest assemblages of post-Impressionist and Modern Art in private hands. The collection is defined by three superb masterworks by Wassily Kandinsky and rare works by the key protagonists of Fauvism and German Expressionism. Several of the paintings were loaned to the Courtauld Institute of Art in London for over fifteen years, where they provided a unique display of works from the Fauve movement, the Expressionists and the route to Abstraction in the early-20th century. Helena Newman, Head of Sothebys Worldwide Impressionist & Modern Art Department, commented: Infused with an intensity of color and expression, this collection ... More | |
The Macallan Valerio Adami 1926 60 year old. Sold for £848,750. Estimate: £700,000-900,000. Photo: Bonhams.
EDINBURGH.- A bottle of the extremely rare The Macallan Valerio Adami 1926 60 year old sold at Bonhams Whisky Sale in Edinburgh today (3 October) for a new world record of £848,750. It had been estimated at £700,000-900,000. The previous world record was set by Bonhams in May this year when another bottle of The Macallan Valerio Adami 1926 was sold for £814,081 (HK$8,636,250). Bonhams Whisky specialist in Edinburgh Martin Green commented: I am delighted at this exceptional result. It is a great honour to have established a new world record, and particularly exciting to have done so here in Scotland, the home of whisky. Bonhams now holds the record for the three most valuable bottles of whisky ever sold at auction. The whisky was bottled in 1986. Macallan commissioned two world-famous Pop Artists Valerio Adami and Peter Blake to design labels for a very limited edition of 24 bottles 12 of the Adami and 12 of the ... More | |
In this file photo taken on February 14, 1950 German-born Swiss-US physicist Albert Einstein, author of the theory of relativity, declares his opposition to the "H" bomb. AFP.
NEW YORK (AFP).- A handwritten letter from Albert Einstein about his thoughts on God, religion and his search for meaning is to go on sale in New York, valued at up to $1.5 million, Christie's said Wednesday. Written a year before the legendary physicist died in 1955, his name synonymous with genius, Einstein writes in German from Princeton, New Jersey to German philosopher Eric Gutkind. "The word God is for me nothing but the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of venerable but still rather primitive legends," writes the physicist, best known for his theory of relativity. "No interpretation, no matter how subtle, can (for me) change anything about this." The one-and-a-half-page letter will go on sale on December 4, estimated by Christie's to fetch between $1 million and $1.5 million. The letter was previously offered at auction in 2008, bought by a private collector for $404,000, Christie's said. ... More |
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| Phillips announces highlights from the October Auction of Editions & Works on Paper | | Two Qianlong Porcelain masterpieces sold for over HK$100 million each at Sotheby's | | Victoria Miro opens a major exhibition of new work by Yayoi Kusama |
Pablo Picasso, Portrait de Jacqueline de Face II (Portrait of Jacqueline, Face II), 1962. Estimate: $80,000-120,000. Image courtesy of Phillips.
NEW YORK, NY.- This years final Editions sale at Phillips will take place on Wednesday, 17 October, in New York. Featuring over 400 lots in total, the auction will consist of an Evening Session at 6pm, offering 118 works of art, and Day Sessions at 10am and 2pm, featuring a total of 287 works. Included in the auction are editioned prints and multiples by modern and contemporary masters such as Pablo Picasso, Henry Moore, Louise Bourgeois, Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Cy Twombly. Additionally, the auction features over 30 complete printmaking sets by artists such as Jonas Wood, John Chamberlain, Keith Haring, KAWS, Josef Albers and Robert Ryman, allowing collectors to immerse themselves in artists masterwork with the medium. Cary Leibowitz and Kelly Troester, Worldwide Co-Heads of Editions, said, Following our record-breaking Spring season, we are delighted to bring such a strong selection of material to the m ... More | |
The Yamanaka Reticulated Vase recently discovered in a Private Japanese Collection sold for HK$149,091,000 / US$19,009,102 / £14,637,024, almost three times its pre-sale estimate. Courtesy Sotheby's.
HONG KONG.- At Sothebys Hong Kong this morning, the Yamanaka Reticulated Vase recently discovered in a Private Japanese Collection sold for HK$149,091,000 / US$19,009,102 / £14,637,024, almost three times its pre-sale estimate (HK$50-70 million / US$6.4-8.9 million). Bidding opened at HK$40 million and steadily climbed as five bidders competed for the vase. Pair to the famous Bainbridge Vase which made international headlines when it was sold in the UK in 2010, the vase had remained dormant in Japan for almost a century since its acquisition in 1924 following a public showing with Yamanaka in New York in 1905. Carved and exquisitely painted with four pairs of fish below Rococo-inspired motifs on a yellow sgraffiato ground, the exceptional famille-rose reticulated vase is skilfully modelled with an inner blue-and-white vase. It ranks among the most ... More | |
Yayoi Kusama, Installation view, THE MOVING MOMENT WHEN I WENT TO THE UNIVERSE Victoria Miro, Gallery II, 14 Wharf Road, London N1 7RW. 3 October - 21 December 2018. Courtesy Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo/Singapore/Shanghai and Victoria Miro, London/Venice. © YAYOI KUSAMA.
LONDON.- Victoria Miro opened a major exhibition of new work by Yayoi Kusama. Taking place across the Wharf Road galleries and waterside garden, the exhibition features new paintings, including works from the iconic My Eternal Soul series, painted bronze pumpkin and flower sculptures, and a large-scale Infinity Mirrored Room. Throughout her career, Yayoi Kusama has developed a unique and diverse body of work that, highly personal in nature, connects profoundly with global audiences. Continuing to address the twin themes of cosmic infinity and personal obsession, the new works in this exhibition are testament to an artist at the height of her powers as she approaches her 90th birthday. Paintings from the artists celebrated, ongoing My Eternal Soul series are on view at Gallery II, Wharf Road. Joyfully improvisatory, fluid ... More |
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| Tate acquires new works at Frieze thanks to fund supported by Endeavor | | Sotheby's Hong Kong Autumn 2018 Important Watches totals US$20.4 million | | Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum to begin seven-year renovation |
Claudette Johnson (b. 1959), Standing Figure with African Masks 2018. Pastel and gouache on paper, 1630 x 1330 mm.
LONDON.- The following works have been acquired for the Tate collection thanks to the 2018 Frieze Tate Fund supported by Endeavor: Sonia Boyce (b. 1962), The Audition 1997, printed 2018. Black & white photographs mounted on aluminium. Dimensions variable Giorgio Griffa (b. 1936), Rose e grigio 1969. Acrylic on canvas, 650 x 1010 mm Claudette Johnson (b. 1959), Standing Figure with African Masks 2018. Pastel and gouache on paper, 1630 x 1330 mm Johanna Unzueta (b. 1974), April, May 2016 NY 2016. Watercolour, pastel, pencil, needle holes on hand-dyed watercolour paper (indigo), 1320 x 900 mm It is the third year that Endeavor has enabled £150,000 to be made available for the Fund. The Fund enables Tate to acquire works by emerging and leading international artists at the Fair. To date, more than 100 works have been acquired, including works currently on display at Tate Modern and Tate Britain by artists ... More | |
Patek Philippe Pink Gold Reference 2499 Perpetual Calendar Chronograph Wristwatch with Moon Phases achieves HK$23,520,000 / US$2,998,800. Courtesy Sotheby's.
HONG KONG.- Sam Hines, Sothebys Worldwide Head of Watches, comments: With significant prices for timepieces by both established houses and independent watchmakers, the total of our autumn sale increased 15% year-on-year, making it the highest in the past five years. The records for the most valuable wristwatch sold at auction in Asia and for an automatic Rolex Daytona demonstrated that buyers are willing to pursue the hottest and most hard-to find watches available. Whether in London, Geneva, New York or Hong Kong, from sourcing to selling, this is a truly fluid and international market. We look forward to our sale in Geneva on 13 November, where we will continue to offer the rarest and most sought after watches. Demand for vintage Rolex remains high, led by a Very Fine and Rare Stainless Steel Chronograph Wristwatch with ... More | |
The Exploring the Planets exhibition will probe the science and history of our understanding of planets and moons.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Air and Space Museum will begin its major renovation of the building on the National Mall before the end of the year. The revitalization of the buildings exterior and infrastructure, and the transformation of all 23 exhibitions and presentation spaces, will take approximately seven years. Though the museum will remain open, phased gallery closures will begin Dec. 3 with the closure of the Apollo to the Moon and Looking at Earth exhibitions. Several additional galleries will close in January 2019. For the first few years, some of the most popular artifacts will remain on display, including the Spirit of St. Louis, the 1903 Wright Flyer, Bell X-1, the Apollo Lunar Module and Skylab. The first set of galleries are scheduled to reopen in 2022. The building will undergo complete refacing of the exterior cladding, replacement of outdated mechanical systems and other repairs and imp ... More |
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Ben Brown Fine Arts opens its first exhibition with José Parlá
LONDON.- Ben Brown Fine Arts is presenting Echo of Impressions , the first solo exhibition with the gallery of New York-based artist José Parlá. Echo of Impressions features a series of new large-scale abstract paintings and sculptural pieces drawing on key and recurring themes in Parlá's practice including the urban space, human markings, and calligraphy. The title refers to both the physical impressions left around the city by time and passers-by and the inspirations and experiences which imprint on our psyche. Born in Miami to Cuban parents, Parlá spent his childhood in Puerto Rico before returning with his family to Miami in the 1980s where, as a teenager, he took part in the citys street art scene. Moving to New York in his early twenties, Parlá continued to develop his signature abstract style, informed by his studies of historical landscape painting and ... More
Dana Cowen appointed first Peck Curator at Ackland Art Museum
CHAPEL HILL, NC.- The Ackland Art Museum at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill today announced the appointment of Dana Cowen, PhD as the inaugural Sheldon Peck Curator for European and American Art before 1950. In this newly endowed position, Cowen will be responsible for care, cataloguing, display, expansion, and refinement of the Acklands distinguished collection of European and American art before 1950, organizing and overseeing exhibitions, conducting research, publication, curricular engagement and public outreach, within the context of a global public research university. Cowens range of curatorial accomplishments and art historical interests make her ideally suited for this important new position at the Ackland, said Katie Ziglar, director. I look forward to her energetic contribution to our ambitious goals of ... More
The Serpentine opens a major Pierre Huyghe exhibition
LONDON.- Pierre Huyghe, one of the worlds leading conceptual artists, known for creating complex immersive ecosystems, presents a major new exhibition at the Serpentine this autumn. The Gallery becomes a porous and contingent environment, housing different forms of cognition, emerging intelligence, biological reproduction and instinctual behaviours. Throughout the Gallery, large LED screens present images which began in the mind of a human. The brain activity is captured as a person imagines a specific situation that the subject has been prompted to think of. One by one, each thought is reconstructed by a deep neural network and the images created are exhibited in the Gallery, where they are in a constant process of reconstruction, endlessly modified by external factors light, temperature and humidity levels, the presence of insects, and the gaze ... More
Art glass and Delaware Valley Modernism bring impressive results in Rago's $5M Design Auctions
LAMBERTVILLE, NJ.- Rago Auctions September 22-23 Design Sales brought in a total of $5,184,344 across four segments. The two-day auction series, consisting of segments of Early 20th Century Design, Mid-Mod, Modern Design, and Modern Ceramics and Glass, saw 1,106 lots cross the Rago auction block, including a 54-lot single-owner series of Lalique Glass from the Reese Collection which enjoyed a 100% sell-through rate. Works of early 20th century design, particularly American Arts and Crafts, made a very strong showing across this 382 lot sale. The top lot of this segment was lot 327, a large Martin Brothers bird tobacco jar which sold for $112,500. Other lots of note included: lot 170, a Gustav Stickley lantern that sold for $68,750 against a high estimate of $35,000; lot 177, a pair of monumental andirons, also by Stickley, that sold for $30,000; ... More
'Jewel of Roman Empire' faces Libya dangers
SABRATHA (AFP).- Perched on the edge of Libya's Mediterranean coast, the ancient city of Sabratha remains an awe-inspiring spectacle, the pink columns of its amphitheatre towering above turquoise waters. But the world heritage site is classed as "endangered" by UNESCO, its majestic structures pockmarked by mortar and small arms fire. Shell casings and bullets still litter the surrounding earth, a year after clashes between rival armed groups. Locals say snipers positioned themselves at the top of the amphitheatre, once a jewel of the Roman Empire. Bringing bloodshed back to the gladiatorial arena some 18 centuries after it was built, 39 people were killed and 300 wounded in the fighting. Today, the site around 70 kilometres (45 miles) from the capital lies eerily abandoned, encircled by parched grass and weeds. Since the toppling and killing ... More
Exhibition at Saatchi Gallery explores art's role in social satire
LONDON.- Saatchi Gallery is presenting Black Mirror, a major new exhibition featuring the work of 26 contemporary artists. Black Mirror explores arts role in social satire, and how political uncertainty has influenced art of recent years. Using media such as collage, caricatures, photography and installation, the exhibition shows how satire can provide both light relief as well as unsettling commentary on the tumultuous, divisive climate of modern-day politics. Black Mirror features some of the worlds most exciting contemporary artists making work about the world we live in, exposing anxieties our modern obsessions create. Artists featured include Turner prize nominee Richard Billingham, whose photography series of his parents Rays A Laugh pioneered squalid realism as he confronted the art world with the reality of poverty; Polish artist ... More
Exhibition in Colchester brings together work by ceramic artists Julian Stair and Clare Twomey
COLCHESTER.- Firstsite, Colchester, is presenting Legacy: Two Works on Hope and Memory, an exhibition that brings together work by ceramic artists Julian Stair and Clare Twomey. For Stair and Twomey, clay is a material that is deeply embedded in human existence, and one that enables them to explore social and cultural processes of exchange and consumption, memory and preservation, and ritual and touch. As 2018 marks the passing of one hundred years since the end of the First World War, this exhibition offers the opportunity to reflect on both the collective and personal impact of loss, legacy, testimony and commemoration. Whilst not directly concerned with the conflict, the two works Everymans Dream (2013) by Twomey and Reliquary for a Common Man (2012) by Stair encompass themes and ideas associated with remembrance. For ... More
Freedman Gallery opens a solo exhibition: Susan Crile "Incarceration in the Era of Impending Fascism"
READING, PA.- Albright Colleges Freedman Gallery is presenting a solo-exhibition of the work of Susan Crile: Incarceration in the Era of Impending Fascism. Incarceration in the Era of Impending Fascism focuses on the incarceration and illegal torture of prisoners by the United States Government, at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, in black sites around the world and at Guantánamo Bay Prison in Cuba. This exhibition is the first time that Criles Abu Ghraib; abuse of power and In Our Name: Guantánamo and Black Sites series have been exhibited together. The Abu Ghraib works interpret the photographs taken by US army personnel of prisoners being brutalized or sexually humiliated at Abu Ghraib prison that were subsequently leaked to the press and public in 2004. The Guantanamo & black sites series is based on testimonies of the prisoners, their ... More
The Museum of Arts and Design opens Sterling Ruby's first solo institutional exhibition in New York City
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Arts and Design is presenting Sterling Ruby: Ceramics, the artist's first solo museum show in New York City. The exhibition focuses on Sterling Ruby's large ceramic works, showcasing over twenty fired and glazed clay basins and other hand-built objects. "As an institution dedicated to championing artists who work in and expand the field of craft, MAD is a natural home for Sterling Ruby's first solo institutional exhibition," said Shannon R. Stratton, MAD's William and Mildred Lasdon Chief Curator. "Ruby's interdisciplinary and transparent exploration of craft materials and methodologies exemplifies the Museum's mission. His work both inspires and challenges, prompting audiences to question modern definitions not only of craft but of contemporary art practice more generally." Sculptures in clay have long held a fascinating ... More
Wong Ping wins the inaugural Camden Arts Centre Emerging Artist Prize at Frieze
LONDON.- Wong Ping has been announced as the recipient of the inaugural Camden Arts Centre Emerging Arts Prize at Frieze. Ping, who is represented by Eduoard Malingue (Shanghai/Hong Kong) will realise a major exhibition at Camden Arts Centre within the next 18 months. This major new annual prize offers an emerging artist vital critical exposure through their first solo show at a London institution. The prize winner will be supported by the experienced Camden Arts Centre curatorial team, and the exhibition will be underpinned by an extensive programme of public talks and events. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Wong Ping (b. 1984) is one of the citys most exciting emerging artists. His animation work explores the concept of control or limitation, looking to notions of repressed sexuality, personal sentiments and political limitations. His visual language sits ... More
District 13 - International Art Fair holds successful first edition
PARIS.- The 1st edition of District 13 - International Art Fair came to a close yesterday after four thrilling days at Drouot, iconic institution and eldest place for public auctions in the world. The Fair stood as a major rendez-vous for street art, driven by 23 of the worlds preeminent urban art dealers. The fair gathered all actors of urban art: galleries, artists, auction house and editors, creating extraordinary energy and resulting in strong sales and great exchanges. Exhibitors, collectors as well as the public have widely praised the high quality of the 500 works of street art selected for the fair which offered a global experience of the movement. Additionally, artists such as Shepard Fairey, Seth, Inti, Maye, Momies and others were present on the Fair and were pleased to share their experiences and ideas with the public. This proximity created a unique ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Jean-François Millet was born October 04, 1814. Jean-François Millet (October 4, 1814 - January 20, 1875) was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France. Millet is noted for his scenes of peasant farmers; he can be categorized as part of the Realism art movement. In this image: The Angelus by Jean Francois Millet.
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