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An empty frame marks the spot where Rembrandts The Storm on the Sea of Galilee once hung in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Dec. 5, 2017. (M. Scott Brauer/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- In the predawn hours of March 18, 1990, following a festive St. Patricks Day in Boston, two men dressed as police officers walked into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and walked off with an estimated $500 million in art treasures. Despite efforts by local police, federal agents, amateur sleuths and not a few journalists, no one has found any of the 13 works lost in the largest ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day For their inaugural single artist show during Asia Week New York, Alisan Fine Arts, shines a light on the work of Lui Shou-Kwan and his Zen paintings series, a body of work for which he is best known. Guimao, a Chinese ink on rice paper painting, dated 1963. 37.5x 94 cm. Asia Week New York
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| The Museo Picasso Málaga announces a new presentation of the collection that features 141 works by Pablo Picasso | | Gladstone opens an exhibition of rarely seen works by Robert Mapplethorpe | | Exhibition at The Met illuminates commercial contexts of modernist photography |
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Paul on a Donkey, Paris, April 15, 1923. Oil on canvas, 100 à 81 cm. Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, Madrid © FABA Photo: Eric Baudouin © Succession Pablo Picasso, VEGAP, Madrid, 2024.
MALAGA.- For the next three years the galleries of the Museo Picasso Málaga will be showing the exhibition Pablo Picasso: Structures of Invention. The Unity of a Lifes Work. Thanks to a close collaboration between the museum and the Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, ... More | |
Robert Mapplethorpe, Champagne, 1975, Unique, 39 x 55 inches (99.1 x 139.7 cm). © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation.
NEW YORK, NY.- In collaboration with the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Gladstone presents an exhibition of rarely seen three-dimensional objects, photographic assemblages, and mixed media collages. Spanning from 1971 to 1984, the works in this special presentation offer a compelling new perspective into the artists deeply intertwined life and practice. Through ... More | |
Murray Duitz (American, 19172010), A.S. Beck Executive Shoe, 1957. Gelatin silver print. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of the artist, 1975 (1975.601.2.1) © Estate of Murray Duitz.
NEW YORK, NY.- On March 11, 2024, The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened The Real Thing: Unpackaging Product Photography, an exhibition exploring how commercial camerawork contributed to the visual language of modernism. The photographs featured depict the familiar trappings of everyday lifefrom toothpaste to tombstones ... More |
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| New exhibition on view at Joan B Mirviss LTD: 'Japanese Ceramics in Blue and White' | | PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai announces exhibitor line-up and programming highlights for its 9th edition | | Olympia Auctions announces 'From the Studio: Works from Fifteen Artists' Estates' |
Kondo Takahiro, Tall standing diamond-shaped form with blue-and-white marbleized sections cascading down each side and gintekisai (silver mist) beaded glazing, 2023; marbleized porcelain, "silver mist" overglaze, cast glass; 28 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 7 in. Photo by Richard Goodbody. Courtesy of Joan B Mirviss LTD.
NEW YORK, NY.- A visually striking color combination featured in the finest art across Asia for centuries, blue and white can be found effectively paired in all types of Japanese art. It is their renowned ceramics that have been the most prominent medium ... More | |
Reaffirming its position as Asia Pacific's leading fair dedicated to photo-based and digital artworks, the forthcoming edition of PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai welcomes 46 exhibitors, comprising local and international galleries, leading arts organizations, and esteemed cultural partners.
SHANGHAI.- PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai, the contemporary art fair for photography, announces today its gallery and exhibitor line-up, alongside programming highlights for its forthcoming ninth edition, including a collaborative showcase ... More | |
Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, Blonde Woman. Oil on canvas. Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800.
LONDON.- This one-of-a-kind auction focuses on the rediscovery of 20th century artists, many of whom exhibited in leading West End galleries in their day, their works featuring in museums and art galleries around the world. All now deceased, with many having suffered undeserved obscurity since, their inclusion in From the Studio: Works from Fifteen Artists Estates puts the spotlight ... More |
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| David Kordansky Gallery announces representation of Maia Cruz Palileo | | 'Reunited: The Lamentation Altarpiece' - from 19 March at Compton Verney | | The Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report 2024 |
Portrait of Maia Cruz Palileo: Sean Davidson for Plus Magazine.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- David Kordansky Gallery announced representation of Maia Cruz Palileo. Palileos work will be included in the presentation at Art Basel Hong Kong, and their first solo presentation with the gallery will be held in 2025. ... More | |
Franconian Master, The Lamentation of Christ with a Group of Donors, about 1515, National Galleries of Scotland. Purchased with Art Fund support, 1998.
COMPTON VERNEY.- Around the year 1515, at the height of the German Renaissance (circa 1470-1600), a mysterious altarpiece was created in the region of Franconia, now part of modern Bavaria. Somehow ... More | |
303 Gallery. Courtesy of Art Basel.
BASEL.- The art market remains resilient, despite a slowdown in sales. In 2023, the market value eased, decreasing by 4% to an estimated USD 65 billion The eighth edition of The Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report 2024 provides a comprehensive, macro-economic analysis of the state ... More |
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| Chenlu Hou: Memory Objects, opens to the public at Kristen Lorello | | Nara Roesler New York opens an exhibition of works by Angelo Venosa curated by Vik Muniz | | Chinese monochrome porcelain and Hasui Kawase's most iconic work head Heritage event |
Chenlu Hou, In memory of the auntie with a gold tooth who butchered a carp right in front of you, 2024. Terracotta, underglaze, industrial strength nylon and plastic zip ties, metal hooks, hand cut polypropylene, 29 x 20 x 4 inches, ChHo010, photo: Charles Benton.
NEW YORK, NY.- Kristen Lorello presents a solo exhibition of hand-built ceramic sculptures in terracotta by Chenlu Hou. This is the artist's first solo exhibition in New York City. It follows from her two-artist presentation ... More | |
Angelo Venosa, Untltled, 2018. Wood, fabric, resin and fiberglass. Edition of 3 + 2 AP. 310 x 90 x 65 cm. 122 x 35.4 x 25.6 in.
NEW YORK, NY.- In the work called Caress, made in 1932, the Swiss Sculptor Alberto Giacometti crafted an abstract organic form out of plaster and traced the shape of his two hands on its surface in bas relief. This work comes to mind because of the way it evokes the forbidden gesture of touching something ... More | |
Kawase Hasui (Japanese, 1883-1957), Zojoji Temple in Shiba (Shiba Zojoji), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo, 1925 (14th year of Taisho). Woodblock in colors on laid paper, 15-1/4 x 10-1/4 in. Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000.
DALLAS, TX.- In conjunction with this months Asia Week New York, Heritage Auctions presents a robust Fine & Decorative Asian Art Auction on March 20 led by exquisite Chinese monochrome porcelain and prints by premier Japanese artists, along ... More |
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Watts Gallery opens an exhibition of 19th-century Japanese woodblock printsGUILDFORD.- Opening at Watts Gallery on 19 March, Edo Pop is an exhibition of 19th-century Japanese woodblock prints from the private collection of art historian and writer, Frank Milner. Focusing on the period 1825 1895, this will be the first public display for a number of these works, which were hugely popular in 19th-century Japan and also in Europe, where prints were collected by artists including Rossetti, Whistler, Van Gogh and Monet. Demonstrating the enduring influence of this historic process, the exhibition also features new work by artist Hiroko Imada, who will create a site-specific installation in the Sculpture Gallery. Born in Tokyo (modern-day Edo), Imada has exhibited internationally, including at the British Museum and Coventry Cathedral. Imadas work commissioned for the exhibition, Sakura saku (Cherry blossoms are blooming), celebrates ... More High-Grade 1929 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle Gold-rushes into Heritage's US Coins AuctionDALLAS, TX.- After the conclusion of World War I, most Americans became accustomed to using the more convenient paper currency after no gold coinage was issued between 1917 and 1919, and no silver dollars since 1904. Double eagles were still produced, though, because they were better-suited for settling large accounts in foreign trade, and the government was required to back its currency with gold. The Philadelphia Mint struck nearly 1.8 million Saint-Gaudens double eagles in 1929 ... of which 1.75 million never left Mint vaults, and 74 were destroyed in assay testing. The remaining cache of 29,676 was either stored in the Mint cashiers safe or delivered to the Treasurers office to help pay depositors or supply sales to collectors. Of those, 28,500 undistributed coins from the Treasurers office, the Cashiers vault and untested ... More Now on view: Geoffrey Holder at James FuentesLOS ANGELES, CA.- James Fuentes is presenting the first solo exhibition of works by Geoffrey Holder in Los Angeles, curated by Erica Moiah James. Paintings by Geoffrey Holder and his older brother Boscoe Holder will be shown together for the first time at Victoria Miro, London, June 1July 27, 2024. Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in 1930, Geoffrey Holders prodigious and multi-disciplinary career was underpinned by his practice as a painter. Spanning over five decades of his artistic practice, this exhibition presents a selection of Holders earliest paintings from the 1950s alongside works made throughout his life and into the 2000s. The artists oeuvre demonstrates a deep interest in representing the totality of black life, registered here in compositions that move from the quiet intimacy of bedrooms and parlors to the lively ... More 'Fedele Spadafora: Carthage' exhibition opens at Iona UniversityNEW ROCHELLE, NY.- Carthage, an exhibition featuring over thirty works by New York-based American artist Fedele Spadafora is on view from March 18 - April 12, 2024, at the Br. Kenneth Gallery at Iona University. The paintings and drawings created between 2011 and 2023 focus on Tunisia and on Carthage, an ancient port city on the northern coast of Africa, the ruins of which are in a suburb of present-day Tunis. Spadafora, who divides his time between Manhattan and his wife's homeland of Tunisia, offers a unique perspective. As the son of Italian immigrants in America, his perspective underscores both an insiders and outsiders lens on the broader world and, more specifically, Tunisia. His work delves into Tunisia's post-revolutionary society, depicting the fundamental changes in its citizens' lives over the past 15 years. Spadaforas ... More 1935 Bank of Canada English Text $500 boosts Heritage's World Paper Money Auction to nearly $2 millionDALLAS, TX.- An exceptionally rare Bank of Canada $500 1935 BC-17 English Text PCGS Banknote About UNC 53 PPQ sold for $228,000 to lead Heritage's World Paper Money Signature® Auction to $1,975,746 March 7-8. When the Bank of Canada opened in March 1935, its first issues were small-sized banknotes to replace the larger format notes previously issued under the Dominion of Canada and by government-chartered private banks. It produced notes in denominations ranging from $1 to $1,000 some with English text and some with French and the $500 had the smallest print total for both languages. One of just a dozen examples believed to remain in private hands, this example is stunning, graded About Uncirculated and carrying the PPQ designation. "This auction brought exceptional results for banknotes from all around ... More Who Are You Dorothy Dean? Published 20 February, with an accompanying play, Dorothy, performed at The ICA, LondonLONDON.- Who Are You Dorothy Dean? is the first book dedicated to the life and work of the late African American writer, actress and socialite. A largely forgotten yet vital pillar of the 1960s New York experimental scene, Deans prominence and legacy is catalogued here for the first time in this unique volume edited by filmmaker and publisher Anaïs Ngbanzo. When Dorothy Dean (19321987) entered the 1960s New York underground scene, she quickly became one of its key figuresstarring in six of Andy Warhols films including Prison (1965), Space (1965), My Hustler (1965), Afternoon (1965), and Chelsea Girls (1966) and inspiring the likes of Robert Mapplethorpe and Robert Creeley. Said to be the first woman ... More Exhibition features Italian masterpieces ranging from Cimabue to VeroneseFORLÃ.- Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance marks the first multi-disciplinary exhibition in Italy to examine the profound impact of Italian Renaissance art from the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries on the British Pre-Raphaelite movement from the mid-19th through the early 20th centuries. Displayed throughout the hallowed halls of the San Domenico Museum, a restored 13th-century Dominican convent in Forlì, Italy, are 360 fine and decorative artworks ranging from paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints and photographs, to furniture, ceramics, glass, metalwork, tapestries, wallpaper, illustrated books, and jewelry. Highlights include celebrated paintings and drawings by Italian masters such as Cimabue, Daddi, Botticelli, Angelico, Gozzoli, Lippi, Verrocchio, Michelangelo, Veronese, Titian, and Reni juxtaposed with major works by British artists including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, ... More Claire Oliver Gallery presents: 'Teetering On The Brink: Femininity, Inheritance, and Disaster' NEW YORK, NY.- Claire Oliver Gallery is presenting Teetering on the Brink: Femininity, Inheritance, and Disaster, a special group exhibition marking the New York City debut of work by artists Sami Tsang, Ebony Russell, and Suyao Tian. The exhibition spans media including figurative sculpture, watercolor on paper, sculptural vessels, and installation and explores the themes of memory, childhood, patriarchal societal values, and female identity through the lens of multiple cultures and vernaculars. Teetering on the Brink: Femininity, Inheritance, and Disaster will be on view at Claire Oliver Gallerys Harlem gallery from March 15 through May 11, 2024. Im thrilled to share the work of these three incredible artists, states Claire Oliver. While completely distinct, these artists share a commonality of concept, exploring the knotty issues of childhood, ... More 1929 Whippet Model 96A roadster speeds off for $25,960 in two days of auctions NEW HAMBURG, ON.- A sporty black and yellow 1929 Whippet Model 96A four-cylinder roadster roared away for $25,960; vintage Canadian porcelain signs for White Rose service stations and Red Indian Motor Oils realized $17,700 and $14,160, respectively; and rare vintage Schuco toys fetched nice high prices in Miller & Miller online auctions held March 1-2. All prices in this report are in Canadian dollars and include an 18 percent buyers premium. The March 1st Toys auction featured the late Howard Meyer Legacy Collection. Up for bid were 180 lots, all of them toys and dominated by examples from Schuco. Condition and rarity reign supreme as the determining factors when it comes to value in toys, said Justin Miller of Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd. Many of the toys in Howies collection were exceptional examples. Mr. Miller ... More 'Bert Hardy: Photojournalism in War and Peace' on view at The Photographers' GalleryLONDON.- Bert Hardy: Photojournalism in War and Peace opens at The Photographers Gallery this spring, from 23 February - 2 June 2024. From his early career as a news and sports photographer, to serving combat cameraman and successful advertising entrepreneur, this retrospective of renowned photojournalist Bert Hardy (1913-1995, London, UK) shines a fresh light on his four-decades long career. Hardy is often associated with a nostalgic, monochrome vision of mid-century Britain from the Blitz spirit of 1940 to children playing in post-war city streets, and seaside scenes from the 1950s. Pulling together work from his archive and historical publications, this retrospective reveals another perspective on a versatile, international and entrepreneurial image-maker. Born into a working-class family in Blackfriars, Hardy was entirely self-taught ... More Richard Saltoun opens the first exhibition of the artist Fabio Mauri at the galleryROME.- Richard Saltoun Gallery is presenting the first exhibition of the artist Fabio Mauri (19262009) at the gallery, curated by Laura Cherubini. The exhibition brings together works from the 1960s to the early 2000s, including film, found-object sculpture and installation, along the central theme of cinema. Mainly concerned with the politics of visual culture and communications, Mauri's artistic practice is renownedly multifaceted, embracing performance, film, sculpture, installations, and mixed media works. His interests were widely disparate, including publishing, film, theatre, literature. The artist's youth was strongly marked by the events of the war and fascism, which had a profound impact on his artistic and intellectual legacy. As director of the renowned Bompiani publishing house (of which his uncle, Valentino Bompiani, was ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, German-American painter Josef Albers was born March 19, 1888. Josef Albers (March 19, 1888 - March 25, 1976) was a German-born American artist and educator whose work, both in Europe and in the United States, formed the basis of modern art education programs of the twentieth century. In this image: Color Study. Gouache on paper, 7 1/16 x 10 3/16 inches (18 x 25.8 cm) © 2016 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
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