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Image of the exhibition galleries SIgmar Polker. Affinities Revealed. Photo © Museo Nacional del Prado.
MADRID.- Sigmar Polke. Affinities Revealed is the first solo exhibition to be devoted to the artist in Madrid, offering a stimulating dialogue between the creative career of this German painter and the indelible mark that Francisco de Goya left on his work and thought. Polke's encounter in 1982 with Goyas painting Old Women or Time (1810-12) rapidly had figurative consequences which meant that his work was influenced from that point on with regard to both motifs and techniques and compositional criteria. In the X-radiograph analysis of Goyas painting Polke discovered much more of what his intuition had led him to look for. This revelation of what is concealed reaffirmed his vision of painting as stratigraphic layers of time and memory. The effect of Goya on Polke and the affinity he felt with him particularly relates to three areas: the artist and the man, his artistic, political and social circumstances; the objectual and anthropomorphic iconography present in both Old Women and in ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Rome is set to host an extraordinary cultural event as the Capitoline Museums welcome Pala Gozzi by Tiziano Vecellio, alongside five additional masterpieces from Anconaâs Pinacoteca Podesti. The exhibition, opening November 26, 2024, celebrates the beginning of the Jubilee and offers visitors a rare chance to experience works by Tiziano, Olivuccio Ciccarello, Carlo Crivelli, Lorenzo Lotto, and Guercino in the historic halls of Palazzo dei Conservatori.
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| Roycroft special hand-modeled leather panel screen headlines MBA Seattle Auction House's sale | | Milestone hits the mark with raft of above-estimate prices at $1.4M Premier Fall Firearms Auction | | ArtSee Project offers rare opportunity to acquire unique work by Maurizio Cattelan |
Roycroft special hand-modeled leather panel screen, 71 inches by 80 inches, one of the most important pieces of Roycroft furniture in existence, museum-quality (est. $20,000-$40,000).
RENTON, WASH.- A Roycroft special hand-modeled leather panel screen, an exceptional vertical abstract painting by Gene Davis (American, 1920-1985), and a large three-piece blown glass suite by Dale Chihuly (Wash., b. 1941) are three lots to watch in MBA Seattle Auction Houses Holiday Northwest Luxuries & Fine Arts auction slated for Thursday, December 5th. The online-only auction will start at 5pm Pacific time, with online bidding available through the MBA Seattle Auction House website (bid.mbaauction.com) as well as LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. Phone and absentee bids will also be taken. Previews will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 3-4, from 10-5 PST; and auction day, Dec 5, from 10-4; or by appointment. In addition to the aforementioned three expected headliners, the 355-lot auction will also feature a robust selection ... More | |
Circa-1890s British Bulldog revolver, .38 S&W caliber with 2½in barrel. Sold for $1,353 against a $300-$500 estimate.
WILLOUGHBY, OHIO.- Milestones October 26-27 Premier Fall Firearms event held at their spacious suburban-Cleveland gallery attracted strong bidding and scores of above-estimate prices across all arms genres. The 1,271-lot sale closed the books at a solid $1,418,000, inclusive of buyers premium. The impressive lineup of longarms was well stocked with sporting shotguns and rifles by Winchester AH Fox, Remington, Parker Brothers, Ithaca, Marlin and many other desirable manufacturers. A top entry was a Griffin & Howe classic Mauser 98 custom sporting rifle issued in 1945. Built with a 25-inch barrel and chambered in .270 WCF cartridge, this substantial gun was expertly engraved by Joseph Fugger, an Austrian-born artist who was Griffin & Howes engraver in New York from 1927-1960. The decorative program chosen for this rifle included foliate scrollwork with oak-leaf vines and detailed vignettes of whitetail deer, bighorn ram, and ... More | |
The Artist is Present (Satirical Shirt created by the artist and worn at the opening of his exhibition at the Yuz Museum, Shanghai, 2018).
NEW YORK, NY.- In an exciting development for art enthusiasts and philanthropists, the non-profit ArtSee Project has unveiled an extraordinary opportunity to own a one-of-a-kind work by renowned artist Maurizio Cattelan. This unique piece has been generously donated to support the organizations mission of making art accessible to all through its innovative mobile art platform, Mister ArtSee. The ArtSee Project is offering this exceedingly rare work as a gift to the highest donor in its 2024 Holiday Fund Drive, which concludes on December 31, 2024. Cattelan originally designed this piece for his solo exhibition The Artist Is Present at the Yuz Museum in 2018. What makes this item truly exceptional is that it was originally intended for a limited-edition run but was never produced, elevating its status to that of a unique work of art. Adding to its significance, the piece was worn by Cattelan himself during the e ... More |
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| Items signed by Dillinger, Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Babe Ruth and Abraham Lincoln headline auction | | Tiziano's Pala Gozzi and masterpieces from Ancona's Pinacoteca Podesti shine at Rome's Capitoline Museums | | Inaugural curator of East Asian art reinvigorates the Hood Museum's collection in newest exhibition |
Check (#37) signed by Marilyn Monroe, dated Oct. 10, 1958 and drawn from the Colonial Trust Company, for $108.55, made out to Dave Bernstein, Caterer (est. $3,000-$4,000).
WILTON, CONN.- It isnt often that John Dillinger, Marilyn Monroe, Babe Ruth and Abraham Lincoln all meet at the same place at the same time, but thats exactly what will happen on Wednesday, December 11th, when items signed by all four luminaries will come up for bid in University Archives Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books auction, at 10am Eastern time. A rare autograph letter signed by Americas Public Enemy Number One John Dillinger, a signed photograph of Albert Einstein, a check signed by Marilyn Monroe during the filming of the movie Some like It Hot, a Star baseball signed on the sweet spot by Babe Ruth in 1927, and an Abraham Lincoln signed Civil War draft call are just a few of the sales expected headliners. All 519 lots in the catalog are up for viewing and bidding now on the newly redesigned University Archives website ... More | |
Installation view.
ROME.- Rome is set to host an extraordinary cultural event as the Capitoline Museums welcome Pala Gozzi by Tiziano Vecellio, alongside five additional masterpieces from Anconas Pinacoteca Podesti. The exhibition, opening November 26, 2024, celebrates the beginning of the Jubilee and offers visitors a rare chance to experience works by Tiziano, Olivuccio Ciccarello, Carlo Crivelli, Lorenzo Lotto, and Guercino in the historic halls of Palazzo dei Conservatori. For the first time, these six masterpieces, each a testament to the vibrant artistic legacy of the Adriatic region, will be displayed together in Rome. The works, which include five large religious altarpieces and one smaller tempera on wood, span key periods of Italian art history from the late Gothic to the Baroque. Each painting reflects the spiritual, cultural, and artistic richness of Ancona, a city that played a vital role in commissioning some of the greatest works of the Italian Renaissance and beyond. The exhibition also em ... More | |
Haegue Yang, Sonic Egg with Enthralling Tetrad Copper Crater, 2016, powder-coated steel frame, powder-coated mesh, casters, turbine vents, copper-plated bells, split rings. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe 2015 Fund; 2020.25. © Haegue Yang.
HANOVER, NH.- The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, presents Attitude of Coexistence: Non-Humans in East Asian Art, now on view through June 29, 2025. Curated by Haely Chang, the inaugural Jane and Raphael Bernstein Associate Curator of East Asian Art, this exhibition invites visitors to reflect on representations of non- human subjects and their relationship to humanity throughout time. In East Asian art, non-humans such as deities, mythological beings, animals, natural phenomena, and machineshave been depicted with agency as they coexist alongside their human counterparts. Focusing on works from Japan, China, Korea, and contemporary Mongolia, Attitude of Coexistence explores human attitudes toward non-human subjects through their aesthetic, religious, ... More |
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| Serpentine announces 2025 exhibition programme highlights | | Three historic consignments shape Heritage's December 16 Imperial Fabergé & Russian Works of Art Signature event | | Perrotin opens an exhibition of works by Nikki Maloof |
Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, UNCOMFORTABLE HONESTY, 2024. Ink on paper, digitally enhanced, Future Art Ecosystem reports, All Media Is Training Data book.
LONDON.- Next year, Serpentine will mark a quarter century since its ambitious annual Pavilion commission began with Dame Zaha Hadids inaugural structure in Hyde Park in 2000. In 2025, Serpentine will host significant solo exhibitions by artists across generations who push the boundaries of media in todays era of innovative technology, civic conversations, and environmental emergencies. Opening in March 2025, Serpentine will present the first solo exhibition of Arpita Singh outside India, featuring key works selected in close collaboration with the artist from her prolific career spanning more than six decades. Singh's paintings draw on Indian miniatures and narratives, interwoven with immediate experiences of social upheaval and international humanitarian crises. Remembering at Serpentine North will explore the full breadth of her practice, ... More | |
Princess Maria Tenisheva (Russian 1858-1928): A Russian Enameled Gilt Bronze Box from the 'Enchanted Beasts' Series: Boar.
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions announced its second major auction of Imperial Faberge & Russian Works of Art, taking place on December 16, featuring three historic consignments: Masterpieces in Russian Enamel from an Important American Private Collection; Property of a Descendant of the Princes Troubetzkoy; and Property from the Kathleen Durdin Collection of Russian Decorative Arts. The auction, featuring nearly 300 lots, is the most important sale of Russian Enamels to come to market in almost three decades. Heritage is honored to be able to present these exceptional collections at auction, and we look forward to what has shaped up to be a significant sale, says Nick Nicholson, Heritages Director of Russian Works of Art, With almost 100 works by Fabergé and more than 75 by enameler Feodor Rückert, it is an outstanding chance for collectors to acquire ... More | |
Portrait of Nikki Maloof in her studio, USA, 2024. Photo: Guillaume Ziccarelli. Courtesy Perrotin.
PARIS.- Living with painting, and through it. For Nikki Maloof, art is a way to organize time, to inhabit it and to occupy spacesa house, a garden, a studio. When the public and private spheres are interwoven with persistent tension and anxiety, painting allows her to capture the very essence of things and beings in order to acknowledge human distress. With her exhibition Around the Clock, Nikki Maloof explores the diversity and complexity of the material and perceptible world. Each domestic scene that she represents shows the depth of daily life and shares an intimate experience of her joys, hopes, or fears. Offering an original interpretation of the still life to reflect on the state of our world 1, her audacious paintingcombining beauty, mischief, and darknessputs our relationship to the instability of life into perspective. While one thing contains so many others, everything that reconditions our connection to (re)productive time (work, parenting) participates in the emot ... More |
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| Jeremiah William McCarthy named Chief Curator at The Zimmerli Art Museum | | Timm Rautert explores photography, mirrors, and identity in new exhibition | | New director appointed to lead Art Gallery of South Australia |
Prior to the Zimmerli, McCarthy served as Chief Curator at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg, PA.
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ.- The Zimmerli Art Museum has named Jeremiah William McCarthy as Chief Curator. In this new role, effective January 6, 2025, McCarthy will serve on the Museums senior leadership team and participate in shaping its mission and vision. He will oversee the Museums curatorial department and assume responsibility for the Museums scholarly and artistic program while managing the development of the Museums permanent collection and exhibitions. Its a great honor to take on this leadership role at the Zimmerli, said McCarthy. The Zimmerlis mission to use art as a tool to educate, inspire, and challenge resonates deeply with me. I am thrilled to lead and empower the curatorial team to advance an experimental program that is diverse, accessible, and academically rigorous. Prior to the Zimmerli, McCarthy served as Chief Curator at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg, PA. There, he organized several ... More | |
Timm Rautert, Selbst mit Leica, Rom 2014, Lifetime Print, schwarz/weià Fotografie, Bromsilbergelatine, Bildmaà 21,8 x 18,2 cm.
BONN.- Bonns Burg Lede becomes a hub for photographic innovation with the exhibition Vier Spiegel und ein Stein (Four Mirrors and a Stone) by celebrated German photographer Timm Rautert. Running from November 23, 2024, to January 25, 2025, the exhibition features a deep dive into Rauterts explorations of photographys complexities, its role as a medium, and its interplay with themes of perception and identity. At the heart of this exhibition lies Rauterts conceptual installation Vier Spiegel und ein Stein. Inspired by Malcolm Lowrys novel Under the Volcano, the piece confronts the relationship between seeing and being seen. Visitors enter a room where a stone occupies the center, reflected endlessly in four mirrors on the walls. The mirrors, paradoxically, resist traditional photographic capturewhen photographed, they render only a flat, gray surface, devoid of reflection, posing questions about the nature of reality and the constructed nature of photography ... More | |
Jason Smith. Photo: Reg Ryan.
ADELAIDE.- Jason Smith has been announced as the new director of the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA). Mr Smith brings to Adelaide more than 25 years experience in visual arts curation and leadership, and a genuine passion for collections, exhibitions and programming. Currently the Director of Geelong Gallery, Smith was formally Curatorial Manager of Australian Art at Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art. He was also the Director and CEO of Heide Museum of Modern Art from 2008 to 2014, the Director of Monash Gallery of Art from 2007 to 2008 and held the position of Curator Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Victoria from 1997 to 2007.
His appointment comes at an exciting time for AGSA, following recent record-breaking exhibitions, an internationally regarded collection of historic, Australian and contemporary art and a focus on major artistic programs that celebrate living artists Tarnanthi, Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art and the Ramsay Art Prize. ... More |
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Deadpool's debut slices up the record books as Rob Liefeld's original art from 'New Mutants' No. 98 sells for $960,000 DALLAS, TX.- Maximum effort, maximum result! More than 5,700 bidders worldwide participated in Heritages $16.6 million November 21-24 Comics & Comic Art Signature® Auction. And several of them spent a long time Friday afternoon tussling over creator Rob Liefelds original art for Page 14 from The New Mutants No. 98, better known as Deadpools debut. Ultimately, the Merc with a Mouth carved out a final price of $960,000, a new auction record for Liefeld that shattered the previous highwater mark set last November, when his Captain America Heroes Reborn promotional illustration realized $132,000 at Heritage. Thats how legendary and coveted this page is, Liefelds first glimpse at Wade ... More Kent State University Museum announces partnership with the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts CenterKENT, OHIO.- The Kent State University Museum is pleased to announce a collaborative program at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center (the Kate) and Katharine Hepburn Museum in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, on Dec. 4. The program will highlight Kent State University Museums current exhibition, The Hepburn Style: Katharine and Her Designers, which draws from the museums rich collection of clothing and costumes from the Hepburn estate. The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center is beyond thrilled to partner with the Kent State University Museum for this very special event, said Brett Elliott, executive director of the Kate. Bringing together the only museum of its kind dedicated to the great Katharine Hepburn and the museum with the largest Hepburn clothing and costume collection is a match made in heaven. We look forward ... More Walter Pichler meets Frederick Kiesler in a display by raumlaborberlin at Kunstmuseen KrefeldKREFELD.- The Kunstmuseen Krefeld present two seminal positions in sculpture and architecture in a fascinating dialogue. Visionary Spaces: Walter Pichler Meets Frederick Kiesler brings together the works of the Austrian-American artist-architect Frederick Kiesler and the Austrian architect and sculptor Walter Pichler. Their experimental approaches and future-oriented concepts are shown in an innovative display by raumlaborberlin. The Berlin-based art and architecture collective takes up the utopian spirit of the artist-architects and transfers their visions into the present. The Austrian-American architect Frederick Kiesler (18901965), who after his pioneering exhibition displays and architectural visions of the 1920s turned increasingly to theater, teaching, and sculpture, meets the Austrian sculptor Walter Pichler ... More "A Visit from St. Nicholas" enters The Morgan Library & Museum CollectionNEW YORK, NY.- The Morgan Library & Museum has acquired the earliest manuscript with color illustrations of the poem A Visit from St. Nicholas (more famously known as The Night Before Christmas) by Clement Clarke Moore. The book, illustrated by Moores daughter Mary Clarke Moore Ogden, will be on view this holiday season in J. Pierpont Morgans Library along with the beloved manuscript of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol from November 26, 2024 through January 5, 2025. Clement Clarke Moore (17791863) wrote A Visit from St. Nicholas in 1822. It is believed that a family friend sent a copy of the poem to the Troy Sentinel newspaper in Troy, New York, which published it anonymously on December 23, 1823. It was attributed to Moore in 1837. In the poem, Moore ... More National traveling museum exhibition: Aminah Robinson: Journeys Home, a Visual MemoirCOLUMBUS, SC.- The Columbus Museum of Art announced the national tour of Aminah Robinson: Journeys Home, a Visual Memoir, an exhibition that celebrates the prolific life and work of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson (19402015). This posthumous, nationally touring exhibition will begin at the Springfield Museum of Art in Springfield, Ohio from February 1July 13, 2025, before traveling to The Newark Museum of Art in Newark, New Jersey from October 16, 2025March 1, 2026, and the Mobile Museum of Art in Mobile, Alabama from March 26, 2026January 9, 2027. Two remaining venues will be announced later in the year and the full tour will run through 2028. Supported by the Art Bridges Foundation, Aminah Robinson: Journeys Home, a Visual Memoir brings together a selection of profound artworks and writing from Robinson's staggering ... More Centro BotÃn opens Itinerarios XXIX, six new perspectives on the most current debates in contemporary artSANTANDER.- On Saturday, 23 November, a new edition of Itinerarios opened its doors to the public. The annual exhibition presents the works of the international artists who have been awarded a Fundación BotÃn Art Grant. Since 1993, these grants have been awarded to support artists in the training, research and production of their projects. The Fundación BotÃn Art Grants are characterised by their breadth and flexibility, as their criteria do not set limits on age, nationality or specific themes, thereby creating a broad and much-needed space for exchange, experimentation and reflection. Many of the beneficiaries have gone on to establish themselves on the international art scene and exhibit regularly at leading institutions and art events, says Bárbara RodrÃguez Muñoz, Director of Exhibitions and the Collection at Centro ... More Artist-in-Residence alumnus Asa Jackson named next President + CEO of McColl CenterCHARLOTTE, NC.- McColl Center announced Asa Jackson as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 6, 2025. Jackson, a multidisciplinary artist and accomplished arts leader, emerged as the top candidate after a nationwide search conducted by McColl Center's Board of Directors in partnership with Nexus Search Partners. A former McColl Center artist-in-residence, Jackson brings a deep connection to McColl Centers mission and a wealth of experience in nonprofit arts leadership. He co-founded and served as Executive Director of the Contemporary Arts Network (CAN) Foundation, a thriving arts nonprofit in Newport News, Virginia, dedicated to building sustainable careers for artists through community-focused initiatives, professional development, and strategic partnerships. Under Jacksons leadership, CAN ... More Martins&Montero welcomes Hiram Latorre to gallery rosterSAO PAULO.- Martins&Montero welcomed Hiram Latorre to the program. Latorre has been developing a painting practice that draws on reminiscences of places he has visited and affective memories, expressed through a poetic and evocative pictorial approach. His recent works echo themes and styles from art history, such as interior painting and still life, blending elements from diverse perspectivesranging from Matisse-inspired compositions to modernist design and pop art. These references provide a foundation for creating an intimate atmosphere, reminiscent of a 19th-century novel or a carefully curated photo album. In his interior scenes, drawn from memory or imagined settings, we recognize Eastern patterns in vases and textiles alongside Brazilian furnishings, transporting us to spaces that feel both plausible and improbable. ... More California's famous Cowboy Coin, the 1850 Baldwin $10, sets million dollar recordCOSTA MESA, CA.- The Spanish word vaquero, meaning cowboy, inspired the English slang buckaroo. A very rare coin whose design was inspired by a famous depiction of cowboys in Mexican California just sold for more than one million buckaroos in a California auction by the specialty rare coin firm Stacks Bowers Galleries of Costa Mesa on November 20th. A private collector paid $1,260,000 to own a superb condition specimen of the 1850 $10 gold coin graded MS-63+ by the third-party grading company PCGS. Worth ten dollars when it was struck by the banking firm of Baldwin & Co, in San Francisco during the height of the California Gold Rush, the coins inscriptions CALIFORNIA GOLD, TEN DOLLARS surround a detailed image of a cowboy on horseback with his lasso aloft and ready to throw. The abundance of gold found in Californias ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American cartoonist Charles M. Schulz was born November 26, 1922. Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz (November 26, 1922 - February 12, 2000) was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis. In this image: Ma Leshan, 76, holds a series of models of Peanut characters in his exhibition room in Shiqi of Zhongshan city, south China's Guangdong Province, 29 May 2003. Charles Schulz, the US cartoonist, appointed Ma as the only manual models sculptor for his Peanut series in 1978. Ma has made over 10,000 Snoopy models in the past 25 years. Manual models are the first models made according to the drawings before the mass production.
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