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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Henri IV recevant lambassadeur dEspagne, 1817, huile sur toile. Paris, Petit Palais, musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris © RMN-Grand Palais, Agence Bulloz.
PARIS.- The Petite Galerie exhibition for 20172018 focuses on the connection between art and political power. Governing entails selfpresentation as a way of affirming authority, legitimacy and prestige. Thus art in the hands of patrons becomes a propaganda tool; but it can also be a vehicle for protest and subverting the established order. Spanning the period from antiquity up to our own time, forty works from the Musée du Louvre, the Musée National du Château de Pau, the Château de Versailles and the Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris illustrate the evolution of the codes behind the representation of political power. The exhibition is divided into four sections: "Princely Roles": The first room presents the king's functions priest, builder, warrior/protectoras portrayed through different artistic media. Notable examples are Philippe de Champaigne's Louis XIII, Léonard Limosin's enamel Crucifixion Altarpiece, and t ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day "Max Ernst: Beyond Painting". on view now at MoMA, surveys the career of the preeminent Dada and Surrealist artist Max Ernst, with particular emphasis on his ceaseless experimentation. In this image: Max Ernst. The Hat Makes the Man (C'est le chapeau qui fait l'homme). 1920. Gouache, pencil, oil, and ink on cut-and-pasted printed paper on paper. 13 7/8 x 17 3/4". The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase, 1935. Photo: Paige Knight. © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP
| Guggenheim museum cuts animal artworks after threats | | Academy Museum receives landmark $50 million gift from Cheryl and Haim Saban | | Part I of Christie's auctions of the personal collection of Audrey Hepburn realised $6,202,299 | 
Solomon R. Guggenheim. Photo: David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York.
NEW YORK (AFP).- The Guggenheim Museum in New York has decided to withdraw three works from a hotly anticipated exhibition on modern China, after receiving "repeated threats of violence" related to the staging of live animals. Among the works in the exhibit "Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World", slated to open October 6th, were three involving animals -- sparking protests from animal rights activists. A central work that will not go on display is "Theater of the World", an octagonal installation inhabited by hundreds of reptiles and insects. The museum will also exclude the video "Dogs That Cannot Touch Each Other". Made by Chinese artists Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, the installation shows pitbull dogs placed opposite each other and tethered to non-motorized treadmills, running at each other but unable to touch. "A Case Study of Transference" by Chinese artist Xu Bing, which shows two pigs mating, will also be omitted from the show. A petition launched ... More | | 
Academy Museum, aerial view facing south. ©Renzo Piano Building Workshop/©A.M.P.A.S./ Images from LAutre Image.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announces a landmark donation of $50 million from philanthropists Cheryl and Haim Saban. This commitmentthe largest gift to the Academy Museum Campaignbrings the museums fundraising success to $288 million, nearly 75% of its $388 million goal. In recognition of their generosity, the May Company Building will now be named the Saban Building. The Museum further announces that Ron Meyer, the distinguished entertainment industry executive, will head its newly established Board of Trustees. Meyer is Vice Chairman of NBCUniversal and with 23 years as the head of the studio, he is the longest serving studio chief. He is also a co-founder and former President of Creative Artists Agency. In addition, the Museum also unveils a first glimpse at concepts for the museum content, including the permanent exhibition, ... More | | 
Live auction lasted for 10 hours on 27 September at Christies in London. © Christies Images Limited 2017.
LONDON.- Having welcomed over 12,000 visitors to the pre-sale public exhibition of The Personal Collection of Audrey Hepburn in London, Part I of Christies auctions on 27 September realised £4,635,500 / $6,202,299 / 5,270,563, selling 100% by lot and 100% by value, with registered bidders from 46 countries across six continents. Comprising 246 lots, the auction drew international interest, sparking competitive bidding in the saleroom, on the telephones and online, with 30% of lots selling through Christies Live. Adrian Hume-Sayer, Head of Sale and Director of Private Collections: We have been utterly delighted with the overwhelming response to the personal collection of Audrey Hepburn. She is one of the greatest icons in the history of film and the incredible result so far, for Part I of the collection, is a testament to her enduring appeal. Thank you to everyone who made the sale such a resounding success. ... More |
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| Adriana Varejão's first-ever West Coast exhibition on view at Gagosian | | New site-specific work by Barbara Kruger on view at Sprüth Magers Berlin | | Rutgers appoints Thomas Sokolowski as new Director of Zimmerli Art Museum | 
Adriana Varejão, Rome Meat Ruin, 2016. Oil on aluminum and polyurethane. 100 13/16 à 18 1/8 à 10 1/4 inches (256 à 46 à 26 cm). © Adriana Varejão. Photo by Vicente de Mello. Courtesy Gagosian.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Gagosian is presenting Interiors, an exhibition by Adriana Varejão, one of Brazils most renowned contemporary artists. A collateral project of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, this is Varejãos first-ever West Coast exhibition and includes important loans from Brazil and Europe in a selected survey from the last twenty years. Embodying the fraught pluralism of Brazilian identity and the diverse implications of social, cultural, and aesthetic exchange, Varejãos unprecedented artistic formswhich encompass painting, sculpture, and video installationreach across time and place, exposing the multivalent nature of history, memory, and cultural representation. In Interiors, the spatial drama of the Baroque assumes many forms: from the guise of Minimalisms cool geometries; to the ... More | | 
Installation view, Barbara Kruger, 'Forever', Sprüth Magers, Berlin, September 16 - December 22, 2017. Photography by: Timo Ohler.
BERLIN.- Sprüth Magers is presenting FOREVER, a new site-specific work by Barbara Kruger. For this installation, which occupies all four walls and the floor of the Berlin gallerys main exhibition space, the artist has created one of her immersive room-wraps and several new vinyl works. Their boldly designed textual statements on the nature of truth, power, belief and doubt embody the distinctive visual language that Kruger has developed over the course of her forty-year career. This exhibition at Sprüth Magers, Berlin, marks exactly three decades since her first solo show at Monika Sprüth Gallery in Cologne. Since the late 1970s, Kruger has established herself as one of the most influential figures in contemporary art. Beginning with her earliest works, for which she combined language with mass media imagery culled from books and magazines, she has turned a critical eye toward consumerism, desire, political will, and the often-hidd ... More | | 
From 1996 to 2010 he led the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh as its Director.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ.- Debasish Deba Dutta, Chancellor of Rutgers University-New Brunswick, today announced the appointment of the distinguished museum leader and art historian Thomas Sokolowski to serve as Director of the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, widely recognized as one of the largest and most respected university-based museums in the United States. Mr. Sokolowski will officially begin his tenure on October 16, 2017, taking charge of the Zimmerlis programs of exhibitions, scholarship, and community outreach and its uniquely important permanent collection. Mr. Sokolowski brings to the Zimmerli more than thirty-five years of experience as a museum professional. From 1996 to 2010 he led the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh as its Director, creating a strategic plan of operations, increasing the institutions visibility on the national and international stage, and deploying the museums greatest strengthits incompa ... More |
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| Manchester celebrates South Asian culture opening eight new exhibitions | | Art market soars as street art sales rocket | | Doyle's October 4 sale features a group of paintings by American artists on distant shores | 
Anwar Jalal Shemza (1928-1985), Meeting, 1963, oil on canvas. © Private collection.
MANCHESTER.- Today Manchesters cultural institutions - Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Museum, Museum of Science and Industry and the Whitworth - opened eight exhibitions by leading artists in a celebration of shared heritage and historic connections. Marking the 70th anniversary of the creation of India, Pakistan and later Bangladesh, these exhibitions present both new and seminal works, while a wider programme of music, film and performances invite audiences to experience a wealth of South Asian culture throughout the opening weekend (29 September 1 October 2017). Dr Nick Merriman, Director of Manchester Museum and spokesperson for the New North and South network said: This weekend Manchester launches an ambitious programme that shines a spotlight on South Asian art and culture through the work of world renowned artists. Thanks to our colleagues across the city and the spirit of collaboration, we are able to offer something for everyone from ... More | | 
"Vibrant, non-elitist and attractive to the mass media, street art is seducing an increasing number of collectors," Artprice said in its annual report.
PARIS (AFP).- The art market is booming fuelled by rocketing prices for contemporary art with work by street artists like Banksy among the fast sellers, according to a new report Wednesday. Four of the top 10 most sold artists at auction houses across the world over the last year were street artists -- Americans Keith Haring, Shepard Fairey, Kaws and British-born Banksy. Last year only Haring -- who died in 1990 -- made the list. "Vibrant, non-elitist and attractive to the mass media, street art is seducing an increasing number of collectors," Artprice said in its annual report. "Whether on bits of fencing or traditional canvases, works are changing hands just as much on the social networks as in galleries and auction rooms," it said. Haring's work notched up sales of near $34 million (29 million euros) over the last 12 months with works by Banksy and Kaws changing hands for around $6 million. Fairey, best known for his "Obey" and Barack Obama "Hope" murals, watched his work ... More | | 
Edmund Darch Lewis (American, 1835-1910), View of Cuba, 1860 (detail), Signed and dated, Oil on canvas, 30 x 43 7/8 inches. Estimate: $25,000-35,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- In 1872, when William Merritt Chase was asked by a group of St. Louis businessmen if he would like to study in Europe with their support, he is said to have replied, My God, Id rather go to Europe than go to heaven. He was not alone. In the last quarter of the 19th century it was considered de rigueur to travel to Europe to study at the academies in Paris, Dusseldorf and Munich, where Chase studied. Earlier in the century the founding members of the Hudson River School, while they sought inspiration and a manifestation of the divine in the pristine hills and dales of the Northeast, made their way abroad. Thomas Cole traveled to England, France and Italy. From 1840 to 1841 Asher Durand traveled in Europe with three engraver friends who would eventually turn to painting: John Kensett, John Casilear and Thomas Rossiter. Doyles October 4 sale of American Paintings, Furniture & Decorative Arts includes an abundance o ... More |
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| Exhibition of works by Tal R on view at Victoria Miro | | Donors Susan and Stephen Wilson establish engagement fund at Block Museum of Art | | Photographic portraits are explored in exhibition at the National Gallery of Art | 
Tal R, Venus, 2017. Pigment and rabbit skin glue on canvas, 122 x 88 cm © Tal R. Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro, London.
LONDON.- With their areas of flat, unmodulated colour and deceptively simple compositions, Tal Rs paintings have long questioned our conception of and presumptions about our surrounding reality what we see and where its meaning and beauty lies. In these new works he brings a quizzical eye to the largely unconscious actions of seduction, desire and gratification. Approaching his subject matter non-judgementally, Tal R sees the sex shop façade as being metaphorically allied to the function of desire within a painting. For the artist, that which is on display is only successful in as much as it activates the imagination, hinting at something tantalisingly out of reach; in the 'back room' as the artist says unseen and unknown. Keeping us on the outside is a deliberate creative strategy. ... More | | 
Steve and Sue Wilson.
EVANSTON, ILL.- A new endowed gift from Northwestern University Trustee Stephen R. Wilson 70, 74 MBA and Susan K. Wilson 70 will support the outreach efforts of the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern. The $1.5 million gift will permanently establish the Susan and Stephen Wilson Block Museum Engagement Fund. Steve and Sue Wilson are remarkable leaders within Northwestern and Evanston, said Lisa Corrin, the Block Museums Ellen Philip Katz Director. We are honored by their recognition of the Block Museum as a site of innovative teaching and learning experiences for both our students and our community. This visionary gift will help ensure meaningful engagement with art through partnerships and will expand the reach and impact of our programming. As Northwestern alumni, we have been excited by the work of the Block Museum in recent years to engage campus and community ... More | | 
James Van Der Zee, Couple, 1924. Gelatin silver print. Sheet: 25.2 x 20.2 cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, Robert B. Menschel Fund.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Posing for the Camera: Gifts from Robert B. Menschel explores posing in photography and examines how photographers have both drawn on artistic conventions and exploited the collaborative nature of the medium to create probing portraits of their subjects. A selection of some 70 photographs, either acquired with funds from Robert B. Menschel or pledged as gifts from his personal collection, examines the many forms portraits have taken throughout the history of the medium: as means to define one's understanding of another person or one's own identity, a device to elucidate cultural issues, documents of historical moments, and resources for educational and scientific purposes. It also illustrates the ways in which photographers have used a figure's unconscious pose to create striking ... More |
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 Immense trove of Tiffany silver adds weight to Sterling Associates' Oct. 4 Fall Estates AuctionCLOSTER, NJ.- On Wednesday, October 4, New Jerseys fine-estates specialist, Sterling Associates, will auction 267 curated lots of furniture, art, antiques, decorative accessories and Tiffany silver from upscale residences in the New York metro and Mid-Atlantic regions. Sterling Associates owner, Stephen D'Atri, comes from a family that has been involved in the antiques trade for more than 60 years. After graduating from Rutgers University, DAtri attended the New York School Of Interior Design, then opened his own successful firm, Sterling Restoration and Antique D'zynes. One of his areas of greatest expertise is silver and other metals, which explains why he was so pleased to be able to include such a large selection of Tiffany & Co., sterling silver in his October 4 auction. Lot 110 comprises a 5-piece luncheon service for 12 from Tiffanys Faneuil Collection. The gleaming ... More The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts adds sculpture by Henry Moore to its collectionMONTREAL.- The Museum of Fine Arts of Montreal and CIBC announced the gifting of Three Piece Reclining Figure No 1 (1961-1962), a key work of art by Henry Moore, to the Museums collection. Originally installed near Dominion Square, in the forecourt of the Montreal CIBC Tower, the artwork is now on permanent display in the Museums newly expanded Sculpture Garden, in front of the Liliane and David M. Stewart Pavilion. The donation of this large-scale bronze sculpture is a major contribution to the MMFAs extensive holding of the artists works, and marks the artists significance in the history of Montreal. Purchased from the artist by CIBC in 1962, Three Piece Reclining Figure No 1 was the first large-scale outdoor sculpture by Henry Moore to be installed anywhere in Canada. It exemplifies the English artists well-known talent for blending human and natural ... More EYE Filmmuseum stages major exhibition of work by Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Cao GuimarãesAMSTERDAM.- This autumn, EYE Filmmuseum is staging a major exhibition of work by two prominent film artists: Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Cao Guimarães. Their celebrated work evokes a world that blends dream, sensory experience and reality. Renowned for his dreamlike, sensual feature films, Thai artist Apichatpong Weerasethakul (b. 1970) also creates video installations, photographs and experimental documentaries that transcend the boundaries of cinema. Brazilian artist Cao Guimarães (b. 1965) is primarily known for his short films and video installations, but he also makes remarkable feature films and photographic works. Steeped in their local situations, both Weerasethakul and Guimarães draw inspiration from the landscapes, stories, history and socio-political conditions in their respective countries, while their work also explores memory, time, friendship ... More First U.S. museum exhibition of experimental Dutch designer Joris Laarman opens in New YorkNEW YORK, NY.- Furniture generated by smart algorithms, the worlds first fully functional 3-D printed steel bridge and a 3-D printable Makerchair that can be downloaded from the internet. These are but a few examples of the ingenious oeuvre of designer/inventor Joris Laarman, who works at the intersection of design, art and engineering. From Sept. 27 through Jan. 15, 2018, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum presents Joris Laarman Lab: Design in the Digital Age. Organized by the Groninger Museum, the Netherlands, the exhibition makes its U.S. debut at Cooper Hewitt and will travel to the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Since Cooper Hewitt first acquired Joriss design school thesis project, the Heat Wave Radiator, we have keenly watched him build a body of work that abolishes traditional distinctions ... More Major new exhibition at Saatchi Gallery features the work of thirteen contemporary artistsLONDON.- Saatchi Gallery presents Iconoclasts: Art Out of the Mainstream, a major new exhibition featuring the work of thirteen contemporary artists. Iconoclasts explores the experimental and often transformational practices of a small group of groundbreaking artists, inviting us to engage anew with what modern day iconoclasm might be. By using a myriad of unusual image-making practices - from branding imagery onto human skin to sculpting curving structures out of crow feathers - these artists are breaking the mould, ushering in a new age of artistic defiance through their resistance of typical artistic processes and their personal interpretations of cultural mores. As an act, iconoclasm historically holds both religious and progressive connotations. However, 21st century culture has eroded the radicalism of this concept, and artists are now questioning the intrinsic nature of iconoclasm ... More Sixteen contemporary artists interpret traditional Jewish stories in new, commissioned worksSAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Sixteen diverse contemporary artists act as modern maggidsinterpreting traditional Jewish folktales and characters in new, commissioned works inspired by the rich Jewish tradition of stories that incorporate cautionary tales, traditional wisdom, and the supernatural. The Hebrew concept of maggid has multiple meanings and layers. The most basic definition is that of a religious teacher and teller of stories. Contrasted with the more formally trained rabbis, the lay maggids acted as repositories and transmitters of cultural knowledge, folklore, and social norms and mores. The exhibition, co-curated by former CJM Assistant Curator Pierre-François Galpin and CJM Chief Curator Renny Pritikin, explores concepts such as transformation and metamorphosis, good and evil, moral education, political and class metaphors, the role of women, and ... More Gary Tatintsian Gallery opens exhibition of works by Keiichi Tanaami MOSCOW.- Keiichi Tanaami is one of the leading pop artists of postwar Japan and has been active as a multi-genre artist since the 1960s as a graphic designer, illustrator, video artist and fine artist. Tanaami was born in Tokyo in 1936. He was 9 years old when Tokyo was bombed during the Great Tokyo Air Raid of World War II in 1945. Images seared into the back of his mind at this time would become major motifs in his artwork: war; roaring American bombers; firebombs dropped from planes; eroticism; American consumerism; and, in a later period, philosophical reflections on the meaning of life and death. Themes in his works a dead goldfish, deformed characters, rays of light, helical pine trees, roaring American bombers, firebombs dropped from planes, fleeing masses, flashes from bombs reflecting in water reflect images from a world of dreams and childhood ... More Eiffel Tower concerts to mark 300 millionth visitorPARIS (AFP).- The Eiffel Tower will be alive with music on Thursday as it celebrates the 300 millionth visitor to the Paris landmark since it opened in 1889. "There will be drums on the courtyard of the Eiffel Tower. On the second floor the ambiance will be jazzier, and at the top of the tower it will a romantic atmosphere with a flute trio," the tower's operator SETE said in a statement. The entrance fee will be waived for the first 1,500 partiers to dance to a "DJ set" on the first floor of the tower from 6:00-11:00 pm, but they will have to climb the 328 stairs to get there. Every half hour from 7:30 pm to midnight there will be a "specially created light show for the event," SETE said. The Eiffel Tower is one of the world's most popular monuments, drawing more than 5.8 million visitors last year. ... More Ferrari F2001, Chassis No. 211 joins Contemporary Art Evening Auction at Sotheby's New YorkHONG KONG.- In a landmark moment for the partnership, Sothebys announced the addition of a 2001 Ferrari F2001 curated by RM Sothebys in the Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 16 November in New York. Unveiled during Sothebys Hong Kong Autumn Sales week at the HKCEC, the Ferrari F2001, chassis no. 211 is the most important modern Formula 1 race car and is amongst the most significant and most valuable competition cars in any collection worldwide. The F2001 is expected to fetch well in excess of $4 million. Formula 1 stands at the pinnacle of motorsport, combining the fastest, most technically advanced, and valuable cars with top racing drivers - who famously combine talent and athleticism - all in front of the largest global audience of any of its contemporaries. The 2001 Ferrari F2001, chassis no. 211, is the definitive representation of the ... More 'Action!' orders 87-year-old actress who survived Mexico's quakeMEXICO CITY (AFP).- "Lights! Cameras! Action!" laughingly orders Adela Peralta, an eccentric 87-year-old actress, from her hospital bed as she recounts the incredible ordeal she suffered under the rubble of Mexico's quake. The painful injuries she sustained while trapped for 32 hours before being pulled to safety have done nothing to dent her natural exuberance. "I'm alive and lively," she assured AFP, as she recovers from two spinal fractures and injuries to her esophagus. She even took time to apply lipstick and put on a glamorous hat and cheetah-print scarf. In her long career as a celebrity Peralta has been a comedian, a magician, a world fishing champion and a committed feminist. This mother of three children has more recently become known as Mexico's oldest clown, inhabiting the role of Tiki Tiki, whose red nose makes children laugh. ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American fashion designer Geoffrey Beene died September 28, 2004. Geoffrey Beene (August 30, 1927 - September 28, 2004) was an American fashion designer. In this image: America's foremost fashion designers get together Tuesday, February 4, 1981 for a taping of an episode of ABC-TV's "Love Boat" in which the elite group will appear, portraying themselves. The designers, from left, Bob Mackie, Halston, Gloria Vanderbilt and Geoffrey Beene, will appear on the show, to be aired in May, accompanied by models showing styles most closely identified with each designer.
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