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A spectacular eight-fold coromandel lacquer screen with a scene of deer and figures in pavilions, dated to the 24th year of Kangxi (1686) (Estimate: $80,000/100,000).
NEW YORK, NY.- Having just wrapped up Asia Week New York with a successful round of exhibition previews in their New York salesroom, Lark Mason Associates announced that their Spring sale of Asian, Ancient, Ethnographic Works of Art will open for bidding on April 7th through April 26th on iGavelAuctions.com Says Lark Mason, We expect that enthusiastic response demonstrated by the collectors and curators during Asia Week New York will continue on for our superb online offerings for the next few weeks and anticipate significant attention and competitive bidding. Among the highlights of the 400 lots offered are: A spectacular eight-fold coromandel lacquer screen with a scene of deer and figures in pavilions, dated to the 24th year of Kangxi (1686) (Estimate: $80,000/100,000) A Korean Joseon Dynasty Gouache on Silk painting of Gwoneum (Estimate: $30,000/50,000) ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Fondazione Prada presents "Useless Bodies?", an exhibition by the artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset taking place in Milan from 31 March to 22 August 2022.
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| £10 million Cézanne painting at risk of leaving UK | | Vito Schnabel Gallery presents its fourth collaboration with the New York-based artist Tom Sachs | | Sotheby's unveils Philip Guston's 1950s Abstract Expressionist masterpiece with $20/30 million estimate | 
Worth £10 million, the work was once part of the most important collection of impressionist and post-impressionist paintings in the UK
LONDON.- Paul Cézannes Ferme Normande, Ãté (Hattenville) 1882 is at risk of leaving the country unless a UK buyer comes forward to save the work for the nation. It was acquired by Samuel Courtauld in 1937 and once formed part of the most important collection of impressionist and post-impressionist art in the UK, The Samuel Courtauld Collection, which played a critical role in the reception of international modern art in the UK. Ferme Normande, Ãté (Hattenville) is one of four depictions of a site in Normandy which was particularly important to Cézanne due to its acquisition by his first major patron Victor Chocquet. It is a small, simple and sublime landscape which is an early example of the artists so-called constructed brushstroke. Arts Minister Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay said: Paul Cézanne was one of the most important post-impressionist painters and influenced the likes ... More | | 
Tom Sachs, Cuckoo, 2018-2022. Plywood, ConEd and mixed media 22 3/4 x 22 1/2 x 21 5/8 inches (57.8 x 56.5 x 54.9 cm) © Tom Sachs; Photo by Genevieve Hanson; Courtesy Tom Sachs Studio and Vito Schnabel Gallery.
ST. MORITZ.- Vito Schnabel Gallery is presenting its fourth collaboration with the New York-based artist Tom Sachs, whose exhibition Helvetiaphilia opened at the gallerys St. Moritz space on April 2. The new paintings and sculptures on view find Sachs in the throes of his ongoing love affair with Switzerland as not merely a place of exquisite natural beauty, but a concept a fantasy that frustrates attempts to pierce its illusions, a global brand that obscures the desires and efforts driving it. References to the Alpine nation began appearing in Sachs art in the early 1990s. Three decades later, his Swiss obsession has matured into full-blown helvetialphilia. That the name for this self-diagnosed malady was invented by Sachs himself, is something of a skeleton key to the exhibitions intentions and feints: ... More | | 
Estimate of $20/30 million is highest ever for a work by the artist at auction. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Making its first public appearance in four decades this Friday at Sothebys New Bond Street galleries in London, Philip Gustons Abstract Expressionist masterpiece Nile from 1958 is a monumental work that represents the pinnacle of Gustons abstract practice, and is among the small group of works that established Gustons reputation as one of the premier artists of 20th century art. Coming to auction for the first time this spring in Sothebys Modern Evening Auction, Nile will be offered in tandem with several other exceptional works from the artists later, figurative period in the Contemporary Evening Auction, marking a significant moment for the market to celebrate the artists legacy as an undeniable master of the post-war period that will coincide with the highly-anticipated Philip Guston Now retrospective opening at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston this May. For more than 40 years, the painting ... More |
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| GalerÃa Hilario Galguera presents Daniel Buren's "The Boxes, situated works, 2022" | | Mendes Wood DM opens Lynda Benglis's first solo show in South America | | Marilyn by Andy Warhol for $200 K offered at Bonhams May Prints & Multiples sale | 
Exhibition view of Daniel Burens Las cajas, Trabajos situados, 2022, GalerÃa Hilario Galguera, Mexico. © Daniel Buren/ADAGP, Paris. Photo by José and Eduardo Rodriguez.
MEXICO CITY.- GalerÃa Hilario Galguera is presenting Daniel Burens solo show, Las cajas, trabajos situados, 2022 (The Boxes, situated works, 2022.) This exhibition forms part of Burens most recent body of work based on cubes, in which the interior walls of the gallery have been covered by colourful modular sculptures. The hybrid situated works along with the circulation and movement throughout the exhibition, modify the experience and understanding of architectural space. Daniel Buren is an artist who has based his practice, among other things, on the idea of the zero degree of painting, which consists of the negation of painting (on canvas) as an object and its reduction to minimal components, color and support. This concept is formally emphasized by the use and repetition of basic geometric forms and the combination of primary ... More | | 
Lynda Benglis, Houma, 2013. Glazed ceramic 38.1 x 38.1 x 25.4 cm 15 x 15 x 10 in. Courtesy of Mendes Wood DM.
SAO PAULO.- Mendes Wood DM is presenting the first solo exhibition of the seminal American artist Lynda Benglis at its São Paulo gallery, running from 2 April - 29 May 2022. Benglis has played a groundbreaking role in contemporary art through her innovative use of materials and continued refusal to submit to aesthetic orthodoxies. As the artist explains, "This show is about materials. The material is the question, the work is the answer." Bengliss exhibition in São Paulo brings together sculptures in a variety of media from the past 13 years of her career. Drawn from different bodies of work, each group of sculptures reflects Bengliss interest in material innovation and engagement with movement, light, space, form, and surface. Art historian and critic Robert Pincus-Witten coined the term "the frozen gesture" to characterise Bengliss art in his foundational ... More | | 
Marilyn (1967) by Andy Warhol (1928-1987), estimated at $200,000-250,000 at Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY.- Marilyn by Andy Warhol (1928 1987) hits the auction block at Bonhams, leading the Prints & Multiples Sale in New York on May 12. Held privately since it was purchased in the 80s, this version of Marilyn with bright blond hair, ice green eyeshadow and red lips is considered one the artists most coveted examples, created at the height of the Pop Art movement in 1967. The estimate is $200,000-250,000. Marilyn was collected in 1984 by a local patron in Philadelphia who adored the actress and was looking to support the arts. Knowing little about the artist, he bought prints of his favorite actress and a Campbells Soup for roughly $600 from The Philadelphia Museum of Arts Rental Gallery. During Warhols prolific career in the 1960s, up until his death in 1984, Warhol returned to the Hollywood icon as a subject several times. Fame, tragedy, and mass culture are represented across Warhols works, w ... More |
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| New exhibition of prolific artist Frank Auerbach opens at Newlands House Gallery | | Annely Juda Fine Art opens an exhibition of paintings by Alan Green | | Evelyn C. Hankins named Head Curator of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | 
Frank Auerbach, Bacchus and Ariadne' 1971. Image courtesy of the Tate.
PETWORTH.- Newlands House Gallery presents Frank Auerbach: Unseen that explores the evolution of the contemporary painters practice with a collection of over 65 works, including nine paintings, etchings, drawings and Drypoint prints. Presented within Newlands House Gallerys Georgian building in the historic town of Petworth, on display are works spanning from the 1950s to present day that portray Auerbach as a tireless creator, while reflecting on the influences and relationships that have informed his striking style. A collection of works by the artist, on loan from the Tate, is also being displayed together for the first time in 30 years. Frank Auerbach (b.1931) is renowned for his resonant figurative works that are defined by rich texture and depth. Auerbachs works are created by a relentless process of painting a canvas before scraping away ... More | | 
Installation view.
LONDON.- Annely Juda Fine Art is presenting an exhibition of paintings by Alan Green (1932 2003). The exhibition will offer a broad view of Greens work, charting the vitality and evolution of his paintings from the early block paintings such as Happy Christmas of 1972 through to the minimal and multi-part canvas works, the horizontal paintings and to the last disc works such as Red Over White of 2001. This comprehensive exhibition will comprise of over 25 paintings and will be spread over two floors of the gallery. Alan Green is one of the great British abstract artists whose formative years were spent in London in the 1960s, having studied at Beckenham School of Art and The Royal College of Art (in between which he served two years national service in Korea). By the mid1960s, in response perhaps to the influence of American abstract painting, Green began working on colour ... More | | 
14-year Hirshhorn veteran curated acclaimed exhibitions by artists including Mark Bradford, Charline von Heyl, Jennie C. Jones and Robert Irwin.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Evelyn C. Hankins, curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden since 2008, has been named the Head Curator. In her position as the first female Head Curator of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Hankins leads the department responsible for planning exhibitions and commissioning artworks which draw from and respond to the museums internationally distinguished collection of modern and contemporary art. With an intimate knowledge of the museums history and nuanced understanding of its role as the national museum of modern art, Hankins will continue to advance the Hirshhorns international reputation and shape the permanent collection. I am thrilled to support Evelyn as she assumes the role of Head Curator, said Hirshhorn Director ... More |
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| Almine Rech London opens an exhibition of works by Marcus Jahmal | | Danish artist Malene Landgreen opens an exhibition at Gl. Holtegaard | | Leading banknote expert Barnaby Faull to join Dix Noonan Webb | 
Marcus Jahmal, Wit of the Staircase, oil on canvas, 2022 (detail), 80''x96'' / © Marcus Jahmal - Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech.
LONDON.- The Roman emperors were batty about purple, forbidding their citizens from wearing it under penalty of death. Ptolemy of Mauretania visited Caligula draped in a majestic purple cloak, which Caligula interpreted as an act of war, and so learned this the hard way. Centuries later, Henry Howard, the Earl of Surrey, made the same sartorial miscalculation. Among the evidence presented against him on trial for high treason against Henry VIII was that he had been seen wearing purple. He was beheaded. Like most conceptions of value, purples high stock was mostly about scarcity. Unlike greens or yellows or pinks, purples do not appear so willingly in nature. They had to be coaxed out. The most prized purple dye came out of Tyre, an ancient city in Phoenicia, literally, the land of purple, where it was harvested from a single species of sea snail, its shell cracked open to reveal a purple producing ... More | | 
Malene Landgreen, Goodness Gracious, 2022. Photo: Friedrich Kreyenberg.
HOLTE.- In a major solo exhibition Danish artist Malene Landgreen occupies the architecture and gardens of Gl. Holtegaard. With Goodness Gracious! Landgreen creates a sensory counterpoint to the aristocratic, baroque surroundings of the country house with new works providing visitors with fresh vistas, a sculpturally decked long table, monumental pillars of plates, and painting en suite. For her exhibition at Gl. Holtegaard, Danish artist Malene Landgreen Malene (b. 1962) has created a series of brand-new works for the galleries and historical baroque gardens. Landgreen is one of Denmarks most experienced artists in creating large-format art commissions in private and public space alike. Focusing on an expanded concept of painting on architecture, colour, form, line and abstract compositions her works are inspired by the concrete art of the 1950s and 1960s created by Danish artists like Paul Gadegaard, Aase Seidler Gerne ... More | | 
Barnaby started his long career at Spink in the early 1970s and only retired in early 2022, having spent nearly half a century there.
LONDON.- International Coin and Banknote Auctioneers Dix Noonan Webb announced that leading Banknote expert Barnaby Faull will be joining the Mayfair saleroom from Friday, April 1, 2022 as Senior Specialist. Barnaby Faull said I am delighted to be able to come out of what has proved to be a very short retirement to join the Banknote Department at Dix Noonan Webb, where I will be working alongside an already established team of experts, all of whom I have known for many years. I am very much looking forward to doing all that I can to accelerate the momentum that they have achieved and to reconnect with the many friends that I have made over the years in the banknote world. Pierce Noonan, CEO of Dix Noonan Webb said: The appointment of Barnaby is a major new signing for us and we are delighted to be welcoming him to the DNW team. Barnaby has been at the forefront of the ... More |
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 Dix Noonan Webb to shorten its name to NoonansLONDON.- From the end of April 2022, auctioneers Dix Noonan Webb will be shortening its name to NOONANS. The internationally renowned auctioneers who have specialised in Medals and Coins for many years, and since 2015, Banknotes and Jewellery as well will continue to be based at their Mayfair saleroom (16 Bolton Street, London W1J 8BQ). Nimrod Dix, Deputy Chairman of Noonans said: When I first founded the business back in 1990 the Internet was barely a thing, customers viewed their lots in person and on sale days the saleroom was packed with eager bidders. Now, more than thirty years later our audience is spread across the globe and many of our customers interact with us solely via online technology without ever attending a sale. As a result of this seismic shift in the way that much of our business ... More  The Upshot of Trans-Affective Solidarity at Torrance Art MuseumLOS ANGELES, CA.- Generally, solidarity is conceived as an element that is essential for social structuring, both on the interpersonal and intergroup levels. If, in line with Emile Durkheim, we consider solidarity to be the totality of bonds that bind us to one another and to society, which shape the mass of individuals into a cohesive aggregate, then solidarity appears to be the basic feature of human interaction and has to be discursively conceptualized accordingly. THE UPSHOT OF TRANS-AFFECTIVE SOLIDARITY proposes to explore a new image of humanity capable of valorising solidarity and critical knowlegde coming from different contexts and cultures. The program takes its title from what scholar Anne Garland Mahler calls trans-affective solidarity" that relies on a metonymic color politics. An imagined ... More  Extended through April 24: American Black Beauty Vol. 1 by Micaiah CarterNEW YORK, NY.- SN37 announced the extension of American Black Beauty, Vol. 1 by Micaiah Carter. The work will be on view until April 24, 2022. American Black Beauty is a heartfelt exhibition that brings together Carters fashion work, recent personal work, and archival ephemera from his late father. According to Carter, the show's title is a reflection of his exploration into the spectrum of beauty within the Black community, for which there are far too few examples. In presenting his images of young family members alongside his high fashion images, Carter hopes to make children like his niece feel represented in the mainstream. Carters father, a Vietnam veteran, died of prostate cancer in 2021 and the heart of this show and Micaiahs new work is a creative response to this loss. The inclusion of Carters home videos ... More  'Suspended Landscapes: Thread Drawings by Amanda McCavour' on view at the Chazen Museum of Art MADISON, WIS.- To commemorate the Chazen Museum of Arts 50th anniversary, Toronto-based artist Amanda McCavour has created an installation in Paige Court, the heart of the museums original 1970 Elvehjem building. McCavour works with stitched thread to create embroidered installations, and developed this new, large-scale, site-specific work in response to the collection and history of the Chazen Museum and UWMadison. McCavours work is often described as drawing with thread. By sewing into fabric that dissolves in water, McCavour builds up stitched lines on a temporary surface. When the fabric is dissolved, the thread drawing holds together without a base. The crossing threads possess an unexpected strength that counters the appearance of fragility. To present these thread drawings on a monumental scale, ... More  Kate MacGarry presents a new body of sculpture and ceramic tile works by Renee SoLONDON.- Renee So presents a new body of sculpture and ceramic tile works at Cample Line in Effigies and Elginisms, her first solo exhibition in Scotland. Comprising 18 new works in stoneware, glazed ceramic and textile, Renees exhibition draws on a wide range of references, from an archaic Parisian by-law to pre-dynastic Egyptian female figurines (Effigies), and items looted from the Old Summer Palace in Beijing in 1860, during the Second Opium War, by French and British Troops under the direction of James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, who was High Commissioner to China and son of Thomas Bruce, 7th Lord Elgin (Elginisms). The exhibition is accompanied by a new short text written by Jennifer Higgie: In her sculptures, tiles, paintings and textiles, borders dissolve, animals and objects merge with humans: logic is upended in a dreamlike ... More  Heritage Auctions offers largest single-owner collection of ear clips by JAR ever to cross the auction blockDALLAS, TX.- Under normal circumstances, one must be personally approved by Joel Arthur Rosenthal in order to purchase one of the magnificent jewelry designs he produces in Paris under the name JAR. But during Heritage Auctions' Spring Fine Jewelry Signature® Auction on May 2 which features the largest private collection of composite, titanium and aluminum JAR ear clips ever to have been offered at auction bidders will have the rare chance to take home one of the internationally adored jeweler's coveted creations. Renowned for his sculptural, meticulously crafted designs, Rosenthal counts celebrities such as Gywneth Paltrow, Ellen Barkin and Elle Macpherson as fans. Born in New York ... More  Sotheby's announces appointment of Managing Director for the Middle EastDUBAI.- Sotheby's announces the appointment of Daniel Asmar as Managing Director, MENA, based in Dubai. Daniel brings with him a strong combination of experience in private wealth management and financial services in key markets in MENA, together with the entrepreneurial spirit and creative mindset that will be key to his new role. Together with the leadership team already in place, Daniel will expand on the market opportunities and build out Sothebys strategic offering across the entire MENA region. Most recently, Daniel was the Director, Cluster Head of Saudi Arabia for Credit Suisse AG in the DIFC, covering the Saudi Market and offering tailored advisory solutions to cater for the financial needs of high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Daniel was CEO of Audi ... More  Disruptive community artist Sunil Gupta headlines the Ryerson Image Centre's spring/summer seasonTORONTO.- This week, the Ryerson Image Centre reopens with a major retrospective exploring the complex and layered view of artist Sunil Guptas unique transcontinental photographic vision. This exhibition features works from his diverse series, including street photography (Christopher Street, 1976; London 1982, 1982), narrative portraiture (From Here to Eternity, 1999), using text as a graphic element (Exiles, 1987), staged and constructed scenes (The New Pre-Raphaelites, 2008) and early ventures into digital image making (Trespass, 1992-1995). The exhibition, along with a new season of shows, opens on April 6 and runs through August 6 for an extended season. Also taking place this spring/summer is a full lineup of public programming including artist talks and a book launch for the newest publication in the RIC's ... More  Anne Parsons, who revived the Detroit Symphony, dies at 64NEW YORK, NY.- Anne Parsons, who as president and CEO revitalized the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in the aftermath of a bitter strike, using education and technology to attract new audiences, died on March 28 in Detroit. She was 64. Her husband, Donald Dietz, said the cause was complications of lung cancer. Parsons, who led the Detroit Symphony from 2004 until December 2021, shepherded the orchestra through a six-month strike that began in 2010, one of its most challenging periods. She worked to ensure that the orchestra emerged from what many considered a near-death moment, reassuring donors and civic leaders as tensions between musicians and management escalated. Determined to avoid another labor dispute and eager to make the orchestra a pillar of Detroits civic revival, she spent the next decade rebuilding the ensemble ... More  Harkawik now representing Marenne WeltenNEW YORK, NY.- Harkawik is announced their representation of Dutch painter Marenne Welten, in conjunction with her first exhibition with the gallery. Welten was born in Valburg, Netherlands in 1959. She grew up in Ulvenhout, and attended secondary school in Breda where she later studied at Joost School of Art and Design. She currently lives and works in Middelburg, Netherlands. Welten's recent work explores the destruction of image and form through a protracted process of layering and coloring. Her figures often protrude from the canvas, bending their connection to their setting, and suggesting a third axis for her paintings. Her process mirrors her own reconstruction of interior space through fragmented memory, and her quotidian scenes are marked by humor, tenderness, and haunting familiarity. Solo exhibitions ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, German painter Franz Pforr was born April 05, 1788. Franz Pforr (5 April 1788 - 16 June 1812) was a painter of the German Nazarene movement. Pforr did not live long enough to see his art acknowledged. He died of tuberculosis in Albano Laziale, Rome at age 24. In this image: Portrait by Johann Friedrich Overbeck, 1810.
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