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Large Gandharan schist Buddha head of young Prince Siddharta dressed in elaborate turban of a rajah, circa 1st century CE, 19.8 inches high [inclusive of custom stand], est. $6,000-$9,000.
BOULDER, COLO.- Entire libraries have been devoted to cultures of the past, but no book, no matter how painstakingly researched, can convey the story of an ancient society quite as vividly as the objects and art its people left behind. The tools, weapons, clothing, jewelry, implements and everyday wares of any given culture are, in the truest sense, a gift of living history for the generations that follow, said Teresa Dodge, executive director of the specialist auction house Artemis Gallery. The companys Thursday, April 5 Spring Variety Auction of Ancient & Ethnographic Art, which invites absentee, phone and Internet live bidding, is a virtual timeline of the most significant civilizations of the past 4,000 years. As with all of its sales, Artemis Gallery has organized the upcoming auction in a chronological manner, starting with Ancient Egypt and traveling through the centuries in an exploration of Greek, Roman, Near Easter ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A limestone sarcophagus fragment from Egypt is displayed at the Field Museum on March 13, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. The artifact is part of the new Mummies exhibit which opens to the public on March 16 and features mummies from ancient Egypt and Peru. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP
| Christie's New York announces highlights from the Spring sale of Prints & Multiples | | Frist Center announces new name and visual brand identity | | Gardner Museum publishes "Stolen" book about 13 works in 1990 theft |
Andy Warhol (1928-1987), The Scream (After Munch). Unique screenprint in colors, 1984. Estimate: $250,000-350,000. © Christies Images Limited 2018.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announced the two-day sale of Prints & Multiples taking place over three sessions on April 19-20. This sale includes nearly 200 lots spanning the 20th to 21st centuries and features modern works by Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, and Pablo Picassoand Post-War and Contemporary editions by Keith Haring, David Hockney, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, among others. The auction is led by an extremely rare complete illustrated book of nine signed engravings by Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010), He Disappeared Into Complete Silence, Gemor Press, New York, 1947 (pictured below; estimate: $400,000-600,000). Published by the artist herself, the project was a declaration of her own prowess in the printing studio and importance as an artist, a legacy that endures to the present day. Created in the late 1940s, the images are closely tied to Bourgeois sculptural practice during this period. Complete examples of t ... More | |
Frist Art Museum staff, board, and volunteers worked with Pentagram to develop an inviting, contemporary mark that fits the timeless appeal of the 1934 historic post office building that houses the Museum.
NASHVILLE, TENN.- The Frist Center for the Visual Arts announced today that it has changed its name to the Frist Art Museum and introduced a new visual brand identity. The change became legally effective on April 1, 2018. To celebrate the occasion and the institutions 17th birthday, the Frist Art Museum will offer free admission on April 8, 2018. As Nashville continues to grow and its reputation as a travel destination strengthens, the decision to alter the name was made to clarify what the art institution offers. Our new name clearly communicates what we are: Nashvilles art museum and a cultural anchor in the community, said Frist Art Museum Executive Director Dr. Susan H. Edwards. Our mission and vision are not changing, and our commitment to the community, education, and fellowship is the same. We are still The Frist, and to many, we are already thought ... More | |
The book includes images and the background of each of the stolen works as well as an overview with before and afterward photos of the galleries they were taken from.
BOSTON, MASS.- The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has published its first-ever pictorial book, Stolen, about the 13 works of art taken from the Museum in 1990 including essays from key staff members. Created in response to Museum visitor requests for more information on these important works, the book aims to keep the missing artwork continuously visible to the public, which has not seen the paintings or other works in 28 years. In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, a pair of thieves disguised as Boston police officers entered the Museum and left with 13 works of art including Vermeers painting, The Concert, Rembrandts Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee and A Lady and Gentleman in Black, Manets Chez Tortoni, and Edgar Degas Leaving the Paddock. The theft of more than $500 million worth of artworks remains the largest unsolved art heist in history. The Concert, one of only 36 paintings ... More |
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| 'NYPD Blue' creator Steven Bochco dead at 74 | | Chinese Calligraphy scrolls sell for $269,000 at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers' March Asian Works of Art Sale | | Galerie Guido W. Baudach exhibits works by Aida Ruilova |
In this file photo taken on April 25, 2009, producer Steven Bochco attends the National Resources Defense Council 20th Anniversary Celebration. Frederick M. Brown / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP.
LOS ANGELES (AFP).- US television writer and producer Steven Bochco, the creator of iconic shows such as "Hill Street Blues," "NYPD Blue" and "LA Law," has died at the age of 74, his representatives said Monday. The veteran creative, who died on Sunday morning surrounded by family and friends, had been battling a rare form of leukemia for several years and had a stem cell transplant in 2014. "Steven was a giant talent who changed television in a positive way. He was also a mentor to many other talented artists and was loved by many. I am very saddened by his loss," his agent Fred Specktor told AFP. Bochco, known for his risk-taking approach that brought gritty realism and large ensemble casts to the small screen, was also behind comedy-drama "Doogie Howser, M.D" starring Neil Patrick Harris. In a 2002 interview ... More | |
Attributed to Shen Quan, Cranes and Deer Sold for: $87,500.
CHICAGO, IL.- Among top results of Leslie Hindman Auctioneers March 26 Asian Works of Art auction was a Xing Tong, Wang Xizhis Shi Qi Tie calligraphy scrolls in cursive script, which sold for $269,000 following competitive bidding on the phone and in the room. It was sold from the collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, which opened the sale with 125 Chinese and Japanese paintings. The March sale at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers reflects continued momentum in the Asian art market following a strong 2017. Collectors from mainland China, Taiwan, Canada, the U.S. West Coast and the United Kingdom dominated participation in the sale and created competition for top lots, which included paintings, porcelain and jade, many selling above high estimates. In addition to the Xing Tong script, numerous items from the collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan were among top lots of the sale, including Cranes and Deer, ink on paper, ... More | |
Aïda Ruilova, leotard, 2018. Collage on paper, 91 x 67,5 cm, framed. Courtesy the artist & Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin. Photo: Roman März.
BERLIN.- Galerie Guido W. Baudach is presenting lips, pipes & banana, the fourth solo exhibition of Aïda Ruilova with the gallery. Since the late 1990s, the New York-based artist has been working at the intersection of body and image, particularly in the form of video. Both a continuation and expansion of Ruilovas artistic practice, the newest exhibition brings together a variety of media. In addition to the large-format projection of a digitalized 16-mm film, the show also features paper collages and a group of glass objects. Aïda Ruilova is especially known for her video works, which are characterized by striking images, rhythmic cuts, and sound design influenced by experimental pop music, with consistent references to the genre films of the 1960s and 70s. For the video projection in the exhibition, Immoral Tales, Ruilova restaged a short sequence from a French erotica film of the same ... More |
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| ANSORENA and PIASA to offer 1500-lots sale of beautiful items from Hotel Ritz, Madrid | | American University Museum spring shows feature science and art entangled, Zapotec myth and magic, among others | | Patrick Nagel Artwork poised to battle for top spots in April 24 Heritage Auctions' Illustration Art Auction |
Hotel Ritz, Madrid celebrated its grand Opening on 2 October 1910.
MADRID.- ANSORENA and PIASA announced the three-day, 1500-lots sale of beautiful items from Hotel Ritz, Madrid. Crystal chandeliers, four-poster beds, tables, chairs, tapestries, mirrors and candlesticks... a whole swathe of Madrids history will be coming under the hammer from 79 May 2018. A cocktail created by Salvador Dali, a piano tinkled by Frank Sinatra, a salon transformed into a hospital during the Spanish Civil War... Hotel Ritz, Madrid has a trove of treasured memories from its century-long existence. This historic landmark property, managed by Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, officially closed on 28 February 2018 for a comprehensive and careful restoration, which is expected to complete in late 2019. The extensive work will significantly upgrade the hotels facilities and services, while maintaining its unique character, with the aim of enhancing the propertys appeal to local and international guests ... More | |
Francisco Toledo, Self Portrait II (detail), 24.6 x 32.4 cm (paper: 39.5 x 47.5 cm). Etching, aquatint, sugar. Courtesy of the artist.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Spring shows at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center will be open April 3 through May 27. Carol Brown Goldberg: Entanglement offers viewers vivid evidence of the artists artmaking as the convergence of intellect, emotion, and technique. Goldbergs paintings are marked by images of dense, imagined foliage rooted in a unique interplay of tightly packed philosophical concepts and more ethereal poetic imaginings. Technically, Goldberg has successfully translated the spontaneity and immediacy of her small pen-and-ink works to largescale paintings on canvas. Goldberg was able to achieve the speedy yet controlled hand-to-brain coordination required at this scale through her discovery of acrylic paint sticks. This new medium enables her to envelop us visually, drawing us deep into the work in a way that is physical and poetic. Gallery ... More | |
Patrick Nagel (American, 1945-1984), Joanna. Acrylic on canvas, 25 x 27 in. Signed lower right. Estimate: $60,000 - $80,000.
DALLAS, TX.- American artist Patrick Nagel's Joanna (est. $60,000-80,000) is expected to vie for top-lot honors at Heritage Auctions' Illustration Art Auction April 24 in Dallas. "The work of Patrick Nagel is extremely popular with collectors," Heritage Auctions Senior Vice President for Fine & Decorative Arts Ed Jaster said. "He is a major reason why Heritage remains the No. 1 house for hard-to-source artworks from the peak of popular culture." A 25-by-27-inch acrylic on canvas, and signed in the lower right corner by the artist, Joanna is offered just six months after his Bold sold for a record $200,000. This image of former actress Joanna Cassidy, is one of the most popular by the artist who was known for balancing erotic, evocative images with unwavering respect for women. Nagel was one of the country's most successful artists before he died in 1984, when he was just 38 years old. Joanna ... More |
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| Fralin Museum of Art Director position endowed through new major gift to University of Virginia | | Exhibition of maps and books from the collection of J. C. McElveen Jr. on view at the Grolier Club | | Southampton Arts Center hires Tom Dunn as Executive Director |
Matthew McLendon, a scholar and curator of modern and contemporary art, currently serves as the director and chief curator of The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, assuming that role in January 2017. Photo: Daniel Perales.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.- The University of Virginia Fralin Museum of Art has received a major gift of $2 million from the J. Sanford Miller family to endow the directorship of The Fralin. The Bicentennial Professors Fund will match the gift with $1 million for a total of $3 million in support. This is the first Bicentennial Professors Fund endowment to be announced and fully funded since the initiative was launched last December. The Fralin Museum of Art is central to the educational mission and values of inclusion and excellence of this great public university, said J. Sanford Miller. The arts are essential to translate and humanize our shared experience in an increasingly technology-based society. Through this gift, we aim to support in perpetuity the leadership of The Fralin and their goal to foster meaningful engagement with the arts and ... More | |
Woodblock poster. Nottingham, England: Stafford & Co. (c. 1875). After the John Gast painting American Progress (1872). Collection of J.C.McElveen.
NEW YORK, NY.- Exploring and settling the American West can be seen graphically in "Westward the Course of Empire: Exploring and Settling the American West 1803-1869, an exhibition of maps and books from the collection of J. C. McElveen Jr., on view at the Grolier Club, NYC, through May 26, 2018. I have always loved American history, and maps have been a useful way for me to visualize battles, explorations and demographic changes. Maps also convey a tremendous amount of information in a very compact way, notes Mr. McElveen. Installed in the second floor gallery, the 50 maps and 20 books in the show focus primarily on those maps that illustrate who went west in the 19th century and why. The earliest map in the exhibition is Girolamo Ruscellis Nueeva Hispania Tabula Nova printed in Venice in1574. It, and other 16th and 17th century maps depict what people who had never seen the West ... More | |
Most recently, as Senior Director, Concert Halls Operations, Mr. Dunn led the effort to redesign and elevate the overall guest experience as Lincoln Center emerged from the decade-long redevelopment.
SOUTHAMPTON, NY.- Southampton Arts Center, a multi-disciplinary arts center located at 25 Jobs Lane in the heart of Southampton Village, today announced the hiring of Tom Dunn as Executive Director. Mr. Dunn comes to Southampton Arts Center from Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts where he was part of the senior management team and held a series of executive positions. We are thrilled to have Tom on board at Southampton Arts Center, said Simone Levinson, Southampton Arts Center Board of Directors co-chair. Toms deep knowledge, extensive experience and passion for the arts position him perfectly to lead Southampton Arts Centers next phase of growth. Mr. Dunn will oversee all aspects of the organization including strategic planning, expanded development capabilities, programming direction, community engagement and audience development among ... More |
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Photographs shine at Swann Galleries' African Americana Auction
NEW YORK, NY.- Institutional purchases dominated the buying field at Swann Galleries auction of Printed & Manuscript African Americana on March 29. The top lots of the auction were almost entirely manuscripts, archives, early photographs or otherwise unique material. A large percentagefour of the top five, and 13 of the top 20will be joining public collections. The auction was led by an album of cartes-de-visite featuring abolitionists and African-Americans from the Boston area. The most popular lot during the preview week, it was something like a "little sister" to the album handled by Swann in 2017 that contained a previously unrecorded photograph of Harriet Tubman. It was purchased by an institution for $47,500, above a high estimate of $9,000. An archive of six letters by Frederick Douglass, which had remained in a family collection since their receipt, ... More
New ReACT Gallery exhibition on First Amendment opened today
AMES, IA.- University Museums at Iowa State University announces its final ReACT Gallery exhibition of the spring semester, First Amendment. This exhibition reflects on the importance of the First Amendment and how its five freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition affect our everyday lives. First Amendment opens on Monday, April 2, 2018 and will run until Friday, April 27, 2018 at the ReACT Gallery, 0003 Morrill Hall, Ames, IA. Admission is free. The First Amendment reads, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." One of the most important pieces of legislation in the entire history of the United States of America, the First ... More
Milestone Auctions to host April 14 Vintage Toys & Trains Spectacular
WILLOUGHBY, OHIO .- Milestone Auctions is a full-service auction house known for its high-profile sales of every imaginable type of antique and historical collectible, but many know the company, first and foremost, as the Midwests hub for quality antique and vintage toys. On April 14th, Milestone co-owners Chris Sammet and Miles King will once again roll out the red carpet for toy enthusiasts as they present their Spring 2018 Vintage Toys & Trains Spectacular. The Saturday event will be held at the companys suburban-Cleveland gallery, with all forms of remote bidding available (absentee, phone, and live online). From pressed steel, German tin wind-ups and holiday antiques to pre-war Lionel trains and cast-iron banks, this sale includes just about every category of interest to todays collectors, said Sammet. The majority has come from estates or private ... More
"Blueprint for Counter Education" on view at Rose Art Museum
WALTHAM, MASS.- Inaugurated during the volatile and transformative late 1960s, the unconventional publication Blueprint for Counter Education introduced the tools for a radical transformation of liberal arts education. A project of Brandeis Sociology Professor and Chair Maurice Stein and his student, Larry Miller, this classroom in a box encouraged participants to shape an educational environment from their own lived experiences, bridging disciplinary divides to create a socially engaged mode of learning. Blueprints open-ended charts mapped a world of ideas, from the avant-garde to the postmodern, in a form that presaged the Internet, allowing participants to chart multiple courses of thinking and discovery that anticipated the prevalence of search engines, social media, and the quick connection of the hyperlink. On Sunday, April 15 at 1p.m, ... More
Klingon killers: Star Trek visual effects master to auction private collection
DALLAS, TX.- Creepy space worms and Klingon-killing weapons from the Emmy-winning private collection of Star Trek visual effects master Dan Curry will be offered to collectors and fans for the first time April 15. One of Hollywood's most famous visual effects supervisors, Curry won seven Emmy awards and a cult following for work on Star Trek: Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise. "It took me 18 years to accumulate the memorabilia that's up for auction," said Curry, who serves on the board of the Hollywood Science Fiction Museum. "I was part of the small number of people who made up the '18-year club' people who worked on Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise." Curry's collection of weapons, creatures, paintings, concept drawings and props cross the block in Heritage Auctions' Entertainment ... More
Bill Scott solo show features twenty five recent paintings
NEW YORK, NY.- Painter Bill Scott, who is known for his intriguing ability to dance the line between abstraction and representational in his vividly colored canvases, has recently opened his seventh exhibition at Hollis Taggart Galleries, titled Bill Scott: Leaf and Line, which runs through April 28th, and is accompanied by an exhibition catalog. The gallery is located at 521 West 26th St. on the seventh floor. Scotts new body of work is rooted in his classic vibrant palette, fluid brush strokes and masterful balance of abstraction. Propelled by inspiration from nature, Scott continues his exploration of form and color in a fresh way. The show once again is a testament to Scotts ability to create tension in the viewers mind that asks the question; do we know this scene that is depicted before us? It is through this tension and this line of questioning that ... More
"Hirshhorn in the City" debuts 1980s-inspired posters by Washington artists on streets of DC
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonians Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden will partner with the Southwest Business Improvement District to present Brand New SW, a new public art project celebrating Washington, D.C.s innovative and collaborative art scene. The museum invited Washington-based artists No Kings Collective, NoMüNoMü and SUPERWAXX to create graphic posters, inspired by Brand New: Art and Commodity in the 1980s, the Hirshhorns current exhibition exploring the connection between art and marketing in the 1980s. These limited-edition posters will be wheatpasted around select public spaces in Southwest Washington beginning the first week of April, an homage to the underground art practices of the 80s. Brand New SW is the newest project from Hirshhorn in the City, the museums initiative to bring new contemporary ... More
Exhibition presents an exceptional collection of artefacts that belonged to a powerful caste of governors
PARIS.- Palais de Tokyo, in partnership for the first time with the Musée national des arts asiatiques Guimet, presents an exceptional collection of artefacts that belonged to a powerful caste of governors who reigned in Japan between the 12th and 19th centuries: the daimyo. At Palais de Tokyo, artist George Henry Longly has created an original installation, The Tissue Equivalent [ Le corps analogue ], based on these rarely exhibited masterpieces. Everything that holds the artifact, the mechanics of display, changes the object and the understanding that we have of it. --George Henry Longly. George Henry Longly presents an unsettling sensory experience in a vast arena that plays host to eight suits of daimyo armour, bearskin spear sheaths, and banners. The British artist offers a contemporary perspective on these historical objects which here dialogue ... More
A new coffee table book of photography illuminates the stories hiding in Chicago's cemeteries
CHICAGO, IL.- Chicagos rich history comes alive through Larry Broutmans stirring photographs of grave markers, headstones, monuments, tombs, chapels, mausoleums, and war memorials in his latest book Chicago Eternal. This elegant hardcover coffee table book explores over thirty Cook County cemeteries, featuring striking images of the final resting places of the Windy Citys most illustrious leaders, entrepreneurs, entertainers, artists, and athletes, as well as notorious gangsters. Each image is accompanied by text that provides fascinating insight into the deceaseds life and historical and cultural contributions. Also included are tributes to the lesser known. These photographs and their corresponding descriptions tell deeply touching tales of children or entire families taken before their time by diseases or fire and of soldiers who identities may be unknown but whose bravery and u ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Dutch painter Melchior d'Hondecoeter died April 03, 1695. Melchior d'Hondecoeter (c. 1636 - 3 April 1695), Dutch animalier painter, was born in Utrecht and died in Amsterdam. After the start of his career, he painted virtually exclusively bird subjects, usually exotic or game, in park-like landscapes. In this image: Still Life with Cock, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.
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