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Dacian bracelet from Sarmizegetusa Regia, ca. 50 v. Chr., National History Museum of Romania. Photo: Ing. Marius Amarie.
ASSEN.- In a shocking incident that has sent ripples through the art world, thieves executed a daring heist at the Drents Museum in the Netherlands early Saturday morning. Explosives were used to blast open a door, granting access to a display showcasing priceless artifacts from Romania's illustrious past. Among the stolen treasures is the iconic Coțofenești Helmet, a 2,500-year-old golden masterpiece adorned with intricate imagery from Getic mythology. This magnificent helmet, on loan from the National History Museum of Romania in Bucharest, is considered a cornerstone of Dacian history. Accompanying the helmet in their ill-gotten haul were three exquisite gold bracelets, crafted with meticulous detail and believed to have been worn by Dacian royalty. These bracelets, discovered in the ancient Dacian capital of Sarmizegetusa Regia, offer a glimpse into the wealth and sophistication of this long-gone civilization. "This is a devastating blow, not ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The Center for Jewish History in Union Square opened an exhibition offering a unique opportunity to step inside a full-scale recreation of Anne Frankâs Annex. For the first time ever in the U.S., visitors can immerse themselves in the very spaces where Anne and her family lived in hiding and explore over 100 original artifacts, many never before displayed publicly. Photo: John Halpern.
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| Wim Wenders photographs at Howard Greenberg Gallery | | Dalva Brothers collection of rare textiles featured at Roland Auctions NY on February 1st | | Hake's makes history with $1.45M debut sale of Jeff Jacob's Star Wars and action figure collection |
Quiet Sleep, 1983, Mojave, California. C Print on Fuji Flex, Image: 20 x 25 inches © Wim Wenders/ Wenders Images and Howard Greenberg Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- An exhibition of photography by the acclaimed German filmmaker Wim Wenders will be on view from January 28 through March 15, 2025 at Howard Greenberg Gallery. Written Once will showcase images made in the 1970s and 1980s when Wenders was researching locations for his films in the American West or traveling the country for film events. A key element of the exhibition is text written by Wenders to accompany a number of the photographs, which will be featured together with the images in the gallery. Wenders poetic stories surrounding the images give the viewer an extraordinary window into his filmmaking as well as his day-to-day life in the film world. The title of the exhibition, Written Once, is a nod to the two photographic series on view: Written in the West (1983-1987) and Once (1977-1984). In 1983, Wenders set out on a road trip of the American West, photographing the unique ... More | |
Set of 3 17th C. Continental Velvet Garments. Estimate $600-$800.
GLEN COVE, NY.- Roland Auctions NY will present vintage textiles from the Dalva Brothers Collection, including inventory from Lucien Alavoine & Co., the luxury designer for the Vanderbilts, The Plaza Hotel and others at their upcoming auction Saturday, February 1st at 10am. The preview will take place on Friday, January 31st, 10am 5:30pm at Roland. The Collection features rare and important antique textiles and embroideries, dating from about 1500 to 1900, including pieces formerly in the inventory of Dalva Brothers, Inc. The prestigious New York specialists and dealers in European fine and decorative arts of the 17th and 18th centuries, was founded in 1933 by Leon Dalva Sr. and his brothers. Also included are high-end yardage and fabric samples, ca. 1920-1950, from the New York showroom of Lucien Alavoine and Company, the luxury interior decorating firm that operated in Paris, London, and New York, and whose clients included res ... More | |
Star Wars (1978) Double-Telescoping Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi 12 Back-A action figure, AFA 85 NM+, SKU on footer. With no pre-stated estimate, bidding opened at $50,000 and soared to $105,182, landing it in the top position of prices realized. World auction record for any Double-Telescoping Ben Kenobi action figure.
YORK, PA.- Hakes debut sale of Star Wars and other action figures and prototypes from the celebrated Jeff Jacob collection crushed all expectations on January 22 as it soared to a $1.45 million finish. The initial offering of 435 lots from Jacobs 33-year collection launched a multi-part series of online sales scheduled for 2025, and in so doing, achieved a significant milestone. It marked the first time an auction devoted exclusively to action figures broke the million-dollar mark. A jubilant Alex Winter, president of Hakes Auctions, commented: When we landed Jeffs collection, we knew we definitely had something special, but we also sensed it could end up being legendary. Early on, there was so much excitement about the auction that we actually went live with the catalog a week earlier than ... More |
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| Rare Anglo-Saxon gold panel at risk of leaving the UK | | Staatsgalerie Stuttgart acquires powerful new work by Doris Salcedo | | Mexico reclaims hundreds of ancient artifacts in major repatriation effort |
Early Anglo Saxon (c. 600-670), Gold and Garnet Cloisonné Panel, trapezoidal form.
LONDON.- An export bar has been placed on a rare Anglo-Saxon, Gold and Garnet Panel (c. 600-670) to provide an opportunity for a UK gallery or institution to acquire it for the nation. The panel was discovered with a metal detector near Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, on 6 March 2013 and has never been publicly exhibited. The discovery of the panel near Pocklington is significant as it potentially offers insight into the study of artistic, political and cultural relationships between two of the most powerful kingdoms in 7th-century England, East Anglia in the east, and Northumbria in the north. The item comprises a gold and garnet cloisonné panel of trapezoidal shape and displays clear links to the significant gold and garnet cloisonné metalwork from the Sutton Hoo ship burial and the ... More | |
Doris Salcedo, Disremembered XV, 2023 24, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Loan 2024 Friends of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart e.V. Copyright © Studio Salcedo represented by Galerie White Cube, London.
STUTTGART.- The Staatsgalerie Stuttgart has made a significant addition to its collection with the acquisition of a new work by internationally renowned Colombian artist Doris Salcedo. The Friends of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart e.V. purchased "Disremembered XV," a poignant piece from Salcedo's ongoing "Disremembered" series, which explores themes of loss, grief, and social injustice. This marks only the second time a German public museum has acquired a work by Salcedo, underscoring the significance of this addition to the Staatsgalerie's collection. "Disremembered XV" is a haunting sculpture, crafted from delicate silk threads intricately woven with thousands of burnt needles. ... More | |
The pieces were recovered through the Mexican embassies in France and the consulates in Chicago, Dallas, Montreal, New York, and Vancouver. Photo: SRE.
MEXICO CITY.- In a significant victory for cultural heritage, the Mexican government has successfully repatriated 399 ancient artifacts, bringing them back to their rightful home after years of being scattered across the globe. The impressive haul, spanning centuries and diverse pre-Hispanic cultures, was recovered through the tireless efforts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture, and Mexican diplomatic missions in France, the United States (Chicago, Dallas, Montreal, New York, and Vancouver). Among the recovered treasures are: A mesmerizing Maya clay pot, crafted between 500 and 900 AD, returned from Chicago. A captivating Zapotec seal, depicting a mythical creature, ... More |
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| Major hoard of Roman-British coins found near Utrecht | | Barry Humphries: The Personal Collection of Books and Manuscripts to be offered at Christie's | | Veterans and personnel uncover Iron Age treasures at RAF airfield |
Aureus featuring Emperor Claudius | Coin of Emperor Claudius, minted in 46-47 AD. It is the 'youngest' from the Bunnik coin hoard. Photo and collection © Rijksmuseum van Oudheden.
UTRECHT.- In the autumn of 2023, 404 silver and gold coins dating back to the start of the Common Era were found in the Dutch municipality of Bunnik, not far from Utrecht. The find contains a unique combination of Roman and British coins, buried in the northern border region of the Roman Empire (the Lower German Limes). At the time, this frontier ran right through what is now the Netherlands. A Roman-British coin hoard of this kind has never been discovered in mainland Europe before. The most recent of the Roman coins were struck in the years 46-47, during the reign of the Emperor Claudius. It was during this period that Roman troops crossed the North Sea to conquer the land they called Britannia. Forty-four of the gold coins come from what we now call Britain and bear the inscription ... More | |
Oscar Wikde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1899. First edition: no 1 of 12 copies, inscribed to Wilde's publisher. Estimate: £100,000-150,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2025.
LONDON.- Christies Barry Humphries: The Personal Collection auction on 13 February 2025 will present a special opportunity to explore the literary tastes of Barry Humphries (19342023) through a selection of highlights from his extraordinary personal book collection. This rare offering provides a fascinating glimpse into the intellectual curiosity of the world-renowned Australian performer, famed for his characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. Humphriess lifelong passion for literature and history is reflected in this diverse and carefully curated assortment, featuring the best of fin-de-siecle literature including significant works by Oscar Wilde and rarities by major poets and authors of the era. Books and Manuscripts represent approximately 80 lots within the overall collection and ... More | |
2,000-year-old Iron Age artefacts declared national treasure.
LONDON.- Long-lost Iron Age artefacts discovered by military personnel and veterans have been declared as treasure. Parts of a Celtic chariot, thought to be around 2,000 years old, were discovered underneath the airfield at RAF Valley in Anglesey during an excavation by military personnel and veterans. The Senior Coroner for North Wales (West) has now declared these discoveries as treasure. They will now be gifted to Amgueddfa Cymru Museum Wales, which is home to several items from the initial Llyn Cerrig Bach hoard. The archaeological excavations took place in April 2024 and were led by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO). The investigation also included personnel and veterans from Operation Nightingale, a DIO initiative which supports the health and wellbeing of military personnel and veterans. Minister for Veterans and ... More |
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| Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson opens exhibitions by Karim Kal and Marjaana Kella | | Christie's presents the Onzea-Govaerts Collection - curated by Axel Vervoordt | | Christie's announces programming partnership with the Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 |
Mons Ferratus © Karim Kal.
PARIS.- In the collective imaginary, High Kabylia, the mountainous region of northern Algeria, is the symbol of a certain kind of resistance to imperialism, colonization, domination and terror of all ages. Itâs as if the ferruginous nature of its soil had forged the steely character of its inhabitants. Born in Geneva in 1977, Karim Kal, the grandson of Kabyle parents, is not embarking on an autobiographical or personal journey. The project he developed for the Prix HCB is rather rooted in the research he begun two decades ago in places shaped by political power â prisons, hospitals, suburbs â. Deeply influenced by the abstract painting vocabulary of the second half of the 20th century, Kal has developed an immediately recognizable style. Mainly photographing at night, using a powerful flashlight, he reveals certain details and lets others disappear into the darkness. He sculpts reality with light. Far from the informational overload to which weâve become accustomed by mainstream media, he slow ... More | |
Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, Attese Waterpaint on Canvas, 1960. Estimate: 700,000 1,000,000 © Christies Images Limited 2025.
PARIS.- Christies presents the sale of The Onzea-Govaerts Collection, curated by Axel Vervoordt, to be held in Paris on March 27. This collection of objects and works of art is as exceptional as it is varied, having been assembled from the 1970s onwards by Joris Onzea and Suzanne Govaerts. The collection is part of the history of a family of innovative entrepreneurs and is rooted in its culture and in its homeland: Flanders. One of the couples first acquisitions in 1976 and the auctions star lot is a masterpiece by Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1.5-2.5 million). The success of the Peasant Wedding in its day led to several versions of it being produced after a model by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, which today is in the collections of Viennas Kunsthistorisches Museum. The version presented in this auction is the only one known to date to be signed and dated (1622) out of four listed versions. That first acquisition sets the tone ... More | |
The location of the Islamic Arts Biennale 2026.
RIYADH.- Christieâs fine art and luxury business announces its participation as a leading Public Programming Partner at the second edition of the Islamic Arts Biennale, taking place in Jeddah from 25 January â 25 May 2025. During the Biennale, Christie's will host three insightful programmes with experts and specialists from Christieâs speaking. Each programme will take place over the course of a day on-site and are open for registration in advance to those attending the Biennale. Attendance is free. Established by the Saudi Ministry of Culture in 2020, the Diriyah Biennale Foundation organized the first edition of the Islamic Arts Biennale in 2023, providing a platform to raise international awareness of Islamic arts and an unparalleled space for learning and research. The Biennale juxtaposes historical objects from Islamic cultures with newly commissioned artworks, exploring how faith is expressed, experienced, and celebrated. This yearâs edition is entitled âAnd All That Is Betweenâ a phrase ... More |
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Fondazione Prada announces its future programs in Milan, Venice, Shanghai, and TokyoMILAN.- Fondazione Prada announces its main activities for 2025 and early 2026 within its three permanent venues in Milan and Venice and two outposts in Shanghai and Tokyo. By fostering a broad network of artists, curators, filmmakers, architects, musicians and scholars, Fondazione Prada addresses an international and plural audience. Its effort focuses on finding new and engaging ways to explore emerging ideas in the cultural field and tackle intellectual challenges beyond the boundaries of specific disciplines. As stated by Miuccia Prada, President and Director of Fondazione Prada, Also in the months to come, our institution will try to act as an observatory on the transformations of our social and cultural landscape, involving artists and thinkers of different generations and backgrounds to help us frame urgent topics from multiple perspectives ... More New exhibition offers a whimsical celebration of wildlife and artistry through the lens of chessST. LOUIS, MO.- The World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF), the leading chess cultural center in the country, is proud to announce Paws and Pawns: Exploring Animal Chess Sets, a whimsical and engaging exhibition that showcases more than 50 animal-themed chess sets from around the globe. Opening on January 30, 2025, and running through August 31, 2025, this family-friendly exhibition invites visitors to explore the imaginative ways artists have drawn inspiration from the natural world to reinterpret the familiar chess board. Paws and Pawns celebrates the creativity of chess artists and the enduring connection between chess and the animal kingdom, said Emily Allred, Curator of the World Chess Hall of Fame. This exhibition invites visitors to see chess through a new lens while highlighting the incredible diversity of wildlife and ... More Francesco Barocco: The Yellow House, a conceptual reflection on Van Gogh at Quartz StudioTURIN.- Quartz Studio presents The Yellow House, a project by Francesco Barocco (Susa, Turin, 1972) conceived specifically for the space. Francesco Barocco's yellow house in Turin is a conceptual response to Vincent van Gogh's yellow house in Arles. For his solo show at Quartz Studio, Barocco has created a new body of work in which sculpture and text reflect one another in an osmotic formal dialectic, marking the start of a new artistic line of inquiry. Barocco feels a profound spiritual and poetic connection to Vincent Van Gogh. He has sought to conceptually erase the visual imagery immediately evoked by the artist's name, appropriately only the titles of his works (often simple descriptions of the images he painted), with which Barocco has conceived semantically dense and highly sophisticated quatrains. Francesco Barocco (Susa, Turin, 1972) ... More Boscobel appoints Seamus Carroll to Board of Directors; Amber Stickle to Deputy DirectorGARRISON, NY.- Boscobel House and Gardens announced the appointments of Seamus Carroll to its Board of Directors and Amber Stickle as the organizations Deputy Director of Operations and Facilities, effective October 2024 and January 2025, respectively. Both individuals bring a wealth of experience and leadership working with a range of mission-adjacent organizations. Their appointments mark an exciting new chapter for Boscobel as it continues to expand its community impact and undergoes a major restoration of its historic house museum throughout 2025. A seasoned technology executive with a distinguished career across engineering, business, and finance sectors, Carroll has worked closely with Boscobel for years on various programs and as a board member of the Philipstown Garden Club, a key programmatic partner. ... More Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College presents Regina Agu: Shore│Lines CHICAGO, IL.- For Shore|Lines, Chicago-based artist Regina Agu (b. Houston, Texas) presents a large-scale panoramic installation at the Museum of Contemporary Photography as part of an exploration of placemaking and community memorytracing sites and legacies of historical Black North American migration through an expansive tradition of the panoramic form. This Joyce Foundation Award (2023) special project and collaboration, focuses on connecting the landscapes, materiality, and human histories of the Gulf South region to the Great Lakes. Drawing on methods of field work and landscape photography, Shore|Lines examines waterways and natural environments as defining sites of Black life and belonging. This investigation grounds itself in close conversation with Chicago-area land and Great Lakes region environmental ... More Light and perception: Casper Brindle's solo exhibition opens at William Turner Gallery SANTA MONICA, CA.- William Turner Gallery is presenting Numina, Casper Brindles first solo exhibition at the gallery in four years, excitingly delayed by numerous national and international exhibitions, including an extensive exhibition in 2022 at The Luckman Gallery, Cal State LA. Numina will run until March 15, 2025. Numina, presents two bodies of work, Light Glyphs and Veils, each of which involve dramatic investigations into light, color and the fluid, ever shifting nature of perception. The exhibition ranges from painting to sculpture, and exemplifies Brindles restless experimentation and evolving modes of expression. The works are poetic, sensual and spatially dynamic. Utilizing automotive paints and pigmented acrylic, Brindle has created works that reflect and diffuse light in ways that are nuanced and engaging. Brindles Light Glyphs, are luminescent ... More Some of sports' most memorable moments highlight Heritage's Winter Platinum Night AuctionDALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions Sports category, fresh off a record-setting $200-million season, has never forgotten the thrill of cracking that first pack of wax; getting a hero to sign a ball, a jersey, a cap, a card; seeing a legend live for the first time, whether on the grassy field, on the parquet floor, in the squared circle. That exhilaration comes rushing back in Heritages February 22-23 Winter Platinum Night Sports Catalog Auction, which is replete with coveted cards of icons, historic jerseys and jackets worn by heroes at their most majestic moments, the rings and medals of champions items enough to fill endless halls of fame and museums. Perhaps we begin at the beginning the rookie card of a man called Babe and one of the two finest examples in the world, no less. Or with the jerseys of New York Yankees greats who came ... More Through the lens: Exploring the window in American photography at the Hopper House NYACK, NY.- The Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center opened the exhibition, Portal: The Window in American Photography, featuring twenty three images by seventeen nationally and globally esteemed photographers drawn from the collection of the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY. This exhibition of gelatin silver prints and color photographs date from the late 1920s to early 2000s. Collectively, they reveal how photographers employ a window as a pictorial device to frame and anchor each image and, technically and theoretically, to employ it as a recognizable transparent space, or threshold, between figures on each side. The featured photographers are: William Anderson (American, 1932-2019), Toren Beasley (American, b. 1957), Manuel Ãlvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902-2002), Richard Buswell (American, b. 1945), Larry ... More OSL contemporary showcases the overlooked work of Aase Texmon RyghOSLO.- OSL contemporary opened an exhibition of works by Aase Texmon Rygh. A photograph of the presentation of Aase Texmon Ryghs sculptures at Documenta in 2012 shows a range of her medium-scale sculptures on a large, low plinth. Like gymnasts hitting a sprung floor, each work is caught in a different stage of energetic exercise twisting upwards, sideways, diagonally, horizontally or around in patterns of movement that seem determined by their unique, individual material and textural attributes. There is a sense that Texmon Ryghs sculpture has been anticipating just such a platform upon which to perform for some time; their vitality demanding a buoyant surface to strike, one that welcomes a rejoinder. In his 1969 book Norwegian Sculpture, Ãistein Parmann included Aase Texmon Rygh among a group of artists ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter Alice Neel was born January 28, 1900. Alice Neel (January 28, 1900 - October 13, 1984) was an American visual artist, who was known for her portraits depicting friends, family, lovers, poets, artists and strangers. Her paintings have an expressionistic use of line and color, psychological acumen, and emotional intensity. Neel was called "one of the greatest portrait artists of the 20th century" by Barry Walker, curator of modern and contemporary art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, which organized a retrospective of her work in 2010. In this image: Ballet Dancer, 1950. Hall Collection. © The Estate of Alice Neel. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London and Victoria Miro, London.
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