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NEW YORK, NY.- With UMBAU. Nonstop Transformation, gmp has been presenting the practice's approach to building conversions through specific case studies since last year. In October 2024, the traveling exhibition will be on display at Goethe-Institut in New York and at Architektur Galerie Berlin, each with different focal points. The beginnings of gmp's engagement with the topic of conversion date back much further than the current public debate about the subject. A few years after the completion of Berlin-Tegel Airport in the mid-1970s, the practice was already working on its first conversions in Hamburg. To date, the firms list of conversions includes over eighty projects worldwide, with around a quarter ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Installation view of Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet, on view September 19, 2024 - January 12, 2025 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo by Anna-Marie Kellen, courtesy of The Met.
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| A carved oak canopy bed and dresser by Charles Rohlfs combined for $86,100 at Neue Auctions sale | | Summers Place Auctions to sell Ralfe Whistler's famous Dodo Collection | | Guerin Projects to Present Solo Exhibition of James Vaulkhard at British Art Fair |
This French terracotta bust-length portrait of a young girl, 21 inches tall, was one of the true sleepers of the auction. It had a pre-sale estimate of just $500-$800, but sold for $19,680.
BEACHWOOD, OHIO.- A carved oak canopy bed and dresser by Charles Rohlfs combined for $86,100, an 18th or 19th century French terracotta bust of a young lady finished at $19,680, and an 18th century French Louis XV Chinese lacquer mounted ebonized commode brought $17,220 ... More | |
Hugh had been given the first bones of a Dodo by the founder of the Hastings Museum, Thomas Parkin, to encourage his interest in natural history.
BILLINGSHURST.- Ralfe Whistler (1930-2023) was a British naturalist whose father Hugh (1889-1943) was an ornithologist and collected 70,000 specimens of Indian birds. Ralfe was brought up surrounded by an extensive collection of stuffed birds, which were later donated to the Natural History Museum. Hugh had been given the first ... More | |
The Fisherman (150 x 100 cm, Oil on Canvas, 2023).
LONDON.- Guerin Projects Founder Marie-Claudine (MC) Llamas will present a solo exhibition of artist James Vaulkhard at the British Art Fair this September. British Art Fair is one of the leading fairs for Modern and Contemporary British Art, and returns to the Saatchi Gallery between 26 to 29 September, 2024. Marie Claudine Llamas recently presented a sell-out exhibition of James D. Kellys photography at Photo ... More |
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| Zhang Daqian's monumental masterpiece 'The Giant Lotuses' debuts in Asia at Sotheby's | | Christie's to offer selections from the collection of Laura Lee Brown & Steve Wilson | | David Zwirner presents a new light installation by American artist Doug Wheeler |
Zhang Daqian, The Giant Lotuses. Splashed ink and colour on paper, a set of six hanging scrolls. Signed Shuren Zhang Daqian, dated Gengzi (1960), the eleventh lunar month, with four seals of the artist 358 x 793.4 cm. Courtesy Sotheby's.
HONG KONG.- In celebration of the successful opening of Sothebys Maison in July, one of the most important works in Modern Chinese Art History, Zhang Daqian's (Chang Dai-chien) monumental splashed ink masterpiece, The Giant Lotuses, is available for public viewing from 14th - 25th September at Sothebys Maison at Landmark ... More | |
Nick Cave, Soundsuit. © Christie's Images Ltd 2024.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announced Selections from the Collection of Laura Lee Brown & Steve Wilson, a group of outstanding contemporary artworks coming from the expansive collection of the highly celebrated husband and wife team who founded the groundbreaking 21c Museum Hotels, which pioneered a new model of hospitality with contemporary art exhibitions and installations. The 21 artworks being offered at Christies include a diverse array of creatives, hailing from the late 20th and early 21st ... More | |
Installation view, Doug Wheeler: Day Night Day, David Zwirner, New York, September 12October 19, 2024. Courtesy David Zwirner.
NEW YORK, NY.- David Zwirner is presenting a new light installation by American artist Doug Wheeler at the gallerys 537 West 20th Street location in New York. Over the past six decades, Wheeler has become known for his innovative constructions and installations that engage with the experience of light, space, and sound. On view is an immersive environment by the artist that further expands on his groundbreaking investigations ... More |
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| London Museum Docklands announces Secrets of the Thames: Mudlarking London's lost treasures | | Tito Jackson, singer and guitarist for the Jackson 5, dies at 70 | | Art Institute of Chicago announces 'Paula Modersohn-Becker: I Am Me' |
Tudor hat examination by London Museum conservator. © London Museum courtesy of the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
LONDON.- London Museum Docklands has today announced its next major exhibition Secrets of the Thames: Mudlarking Londons lost treasures (4 April 2025- 1 March 2026). The first major exhibition on mudlarking, it will explore fascinating finds from the Thames foreshore, an internationally important archaeological site, and the role of mudlarks in uncovering thousands of years of human history. Historically a trade of the Victorian poor, in recent years mudlarking has grown to be a popular hobby for history ... More | |
Mr. Jackson, alongside Michael and his other brothers, provided a soundtrack for a generation of young listeners in the 1970s.
NEW YORK, NY.- Tito Jackson, a founding Jackson 5 member who, along with his brothers Jackie, Jermaine, Randy, Marlon and Michael, became a teen heartthrob in the 1970s and sang hits like ABC and Ill Be There, died, his family said. He was 70. His death was announced in a statement early Monday by his three sons Taj, Taryll and TJ on an Instagram account dedicated to their music group, 3T. The statement did not say when, where or how he had died. Some of you may know him as Tito ... More | |
Paula Modersohn-Becker. Self-Portrait with Two Flowers in Her Raised Left Hand, 1907. Jointly owned by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Debra and Leon Black, and Neue Galerie New York, Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder.
CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago announced Paula Modersohn-Becker: I Am Me, on view from October 12, 2024 through January 12, 2025. This exhibition marks Modersohn-Beckers first museum retrospective in the United States. Showing the full range of her achievement over her career, the exhibition includes more than 50 paintings, 15 large-scale drawings, and five etchings. Paula Modersohn-Becker ... More |
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| Foam will present the first large-scale retrospective of photographer and artist Viviane Sassen | | One of the world's finest copies of first 'Fantastic Four' realizes record $2.04 million at Heritage Auctions | | Herb Alpert's 50th album is here. What's kept him going places? |
Botter (detail), 2022 © Viviane Sassen.
AMSTERDAM.- Foam will present the first large-scale retrospective of the Dutch fashion photographer and artist Viviane Sassen in the Netherlands. The exhibition PHOSPHOR: Art & Fashion, which comprises more than 200 works, reveals over thirty years of her multifaceted career bringing together photography, collage, painting and video. The exhibition serves a significant homecoming for Sassen, following her first museum showcase at Foam in 2008 titled Flamboya. ... More | |
Fantastic Four #1 (Marvel, 1961) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages.
DALLAS, TX.- To say Heritages September 12-15 Comics & Comic Art Signature® Auction was fantastic would be an understatement, as it was a near-total sell-out that realized $19,666,768 thanks to the nearly 6,000 bidders who participated worldwide. But its also the perfect word fantastic thanks in large part to the $2.04 million realized for one of only two copies of 1961s Fantastic Four No. 1 awarded a Near Mint+ 9.6 grade by ... More | |
Herb Alpert, 89, who is about to release his 50th album, at his home in Malibu, Calif., Aug. 14, 2024. (Jake Michaels/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- For years, Herb Alpert talked by phone with Burt Bacharach once or twice a week. One day, two years before Bacharachs death in 2023, he called Alpert with concerning news. He told me he had to go to the hospital to have some fluid drained from his lungs, Alpert said. At the time, he was working with a musician who arranged a string part for him that he really ... More |
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This Roman Sculpture is NOT on display at the British Museum (currently)
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Record-setting 1895 Morgan Dollar and top-graded 1928 $5,000 note lead Heritage $22.1 million eventDALLAS, TX.- More than 30 bids poured in for an 1895 Morgan Dollar, PR67+ Deep Cameo before it sold for a record $324,000 to lead Heritages September 12-15 Long Beach Expo US Coins Signature® Auction to $11,544,441. Coupled with the $10,587,005 from Heritages September 11-13 Long Beach Expo US Currency Signature® Auction that was led by a Fr. 2220-E $5,000 1928 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ lifted the combined total for the events to $22,131,446. The result for the 1895 Morgan dollar smashed the previous record of $269,500. It is possible that as many as 12,000 circulation strike Morgan dollars were produced, but if there are any survivors, they have been kept well out of the public eye, says Todd Imhof, Executive Vice President at Heritage Auctions. This coin is one of just 880 Proofs ... More Michael Kagan's limited edition screenprint Moonwalker launches at Heritage Sept. 26DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions announced the exclusive launch, on September 26, of a limited-edition screenprint by Michael Kagan titled Moonwalker. Launch is an operative word in this case: The acclaimed New York-based artist, known for his bold and expressive paintings that celebrate the human impulse to explore and push the boundaries of experience via physical stamina and technology, creates jaw-dropping works featuring the intrepid heroes of our age astronauts, supersonic fighter-jet pilots, mountaineers, and Formula 1 drivers and this latest work is no exception. Moonwalker draws inspiration from the rich history of NASA's Apollo space missions, and here his suited-up astronaut, standing on the Lunar surface, gazes toward his mission mate who is reflected in his helmet visor. The work, created in masterful brushwork ... More Resurrecting a British company that takes ballet ... everywhereLONDON.- Once upon a time, there was a plucky little ballet company that bravely toured all over the realm, bringing swans and fairies and tutus to all. Founded by a King (Harold King), it was called London City Ballet, and a real princess, Diana, became its patron. It survived from 1978 until 1996, when wicked powers (unmanageable debts) forced it to close. Almost 30 years later, a fairy godmother appeared, and the company has returned to the stage. The new London City Ballet, which opens the Joyce Theaters season on Tuesday with an all-British bill, is the vision of Christopher Marney, a British choreographer. Marney, 45, was thinking about forming a small ensemble when an anonymous Japanese donor independently offered to fund just such a project. It started when Marney choreographed a piece in Toky ... More The POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair 2024 reports positive resultsBERLIN.- The 11th edition of the POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair successfully closed yesterday! The whole fair team looks back on four intensive days filled with stimulating conversations, exciting new contacts, and bustling aisles! We are delighted by the overwhelming response, reflected in the increased number of visitors, which reached 30,000 this year. There was a palpable interest in the artistic works presented by the 111 galleries from 24 countries. The wide-ranging spectrum of art brought by international galleries to the hangars of Tempelhof Airport this year provided a wonderful opportunity for rediscoveries and new discoveries alike. The fair's directors, Kristian Jarmuschek and Heinrich Carstens, are extremely pleased with the past few days: "Despite the well-known economic challenges facing galleries, the fair was a great success. We hosted some very ... More Tommy Cash, country singer and younger brother of Johnny, dies at 84NEW YORK, NY.- Tommy Cash, country singer and younger brother of Johnny Cash, died Friday. He was 84. His death was announced in a post on social media Saturday by the Johnny Cash Museum. No cause was given. His death was almost 21 years to the day of Johnny Cashs death Sept. 12, 2003. While his career never approached the heights of his older brothers, Tommy Cash drew inspiration from him and made his own name in country music. He performed or collaborated with Johnny Cash and other artists while making music, including hit country music singles. I probably would have never learned to play the guitar if it wasnt for him, Tommy Cash said, according to a biography in the Central Arkansas Library Systems Encyclopedia of Arkansas. He played in a band in high school and, like his older brother, enlisted in the military after high school, ... More Michaela DePrince, war orphan turned leading ballerina, dies at 29NEW YORK, NY.- Michaela DePrince, an acclaimed ballerina born during the civil war in Sierra Leone whose life story was no less fantastical than the fairy tales that inspire ballet, died Tuesday in New York City. She was 29. Her death was confirmed by her sister Mia and her brother Erik. They said the cause was not immediately clear and declined to provide further details. DePrince crammed a careers worth of achievements into the 2010s. At the beginning of the decade, she gained notice for her role in First Position, a popular documentary by Bess Kargman about a competition that propels teenage dancers into the upper reaches of the profession. She then became a principal dancer with the Dance Theater of Harlem before being recruited by the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam. She had lead roles in such major ballets as The Nutcracker and Cop ... More Who says your couch can't match your sweater?NEW YORK, NY.- Clare Vivier, founder of Clare V., a Los Angeles handbag and apparel company with a playful Francophile twist, is no stranger to collaborations. Among her first was with Mike D of the Beastie Boys, a mutual friend with whom she made her first mens capsule collection, in 2016, inspired by his need for a simple card wallet (to replace his makeshift rubber band). Vivier has since expanded beyond leather and soft goods to create eyewear with Caddis and Garrett Leight; bicycles with Linus; limited-edition drops with Mother Denim, Tracksmith, Westerlind and Racquet magazine; and graphic prints with Framebridge, to name just a few. Clare V.s team approximates the brand has produced nearly 100 collaborations to date. Most recently, the brand created apparel for the Carlyle hotel and a set of tees in support of Kamala Harris presidential ... More The 'Yellowstone effect': Cities cash in on cowboy cultureNEW YORK, NY.- It seems everyone is a little country these days: Markets for Western-themed fashion have been reenergized, and country music is hotter than it has been in decades. We call it the Yellowstone effect, said Joel Cowley, CEO of the Calgary Stampede in Alberta, one of the largest rodeos in the world. Theres a romanticism about the West and the cowboy that comes and goes. But Im not sure in my lifetime that Ive ever seen it as high as it is now. Cowboy culture going mainstream has translated to economic opportunities for cities and towns with a Western heritage. This summer, 1.5 million fans attended the Calgary Stampede to experience the annual rodeo show filled with concerts, cattle and circus performers. Those 10 days were a record turnout for the Canadian citys marquee event, and officials are trying to emulate that vibrancy ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Indian painter M. F. Husain was born  September 17, 1915. Maqbool Fida Husain (17 September 1915 - 9 June 2011) commonly known as MF Husain, was an Indian painter. Husain was associated with Indian modernism in the 1940s. A dashing, highly eccentric figure who dressed in impeccably tailored suits, he went barefoot and brandished an extra-long paintbrush as a slim cane. He never maintained a studio but he spread his canvases out on the floor of whatever hotel room he happened to be staying in and paying for damages when he checked out. In this image: M.F. Husain, India's most famous artist finishes off a canvas he painted together with Shah Rukh Khan, right, one of India's biggest movie stars, during a fund-raising auction in a central London's auction house, Thursday June 7, 2007. The pair, two of India's biggest cultural brands, painted the piece, that was to be sold in the auction along with other works by both established Indian masters and a newer generation of artists.
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