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Sagg Portal, 2008. Stainless steel, 144 h x 288 w x 72 d.
NEW YORK, NY.- Louis K. Meisel Gallery announced Hans Van de Bovenkamp: A Hamptons Sculpture Tour. This special and unique socially-distanced exhibition features an outdoor presentation of Abstract sculptures by the distinguished Dutch-born artist. The tour includes more than a dozen artworks that have been publicly installed in Water Mill, Bridgehampton and Sagaponack, largely along a few miles of Montauk Highway. Working primarily with bronze, nautical stainless steel, and aluminum, Van de Bovenkamps sculptures are often inspired by myth, symbol, and nature. Renowned for his monumental sculpture created primarily for open-air public locales, the artist has been described as an artist-mystic whose workwith its signature power, lyricism, and grand proportionsheightens the viewers sense of fantasy, imagination, and discovery. This tour features a variety of outdoor sculptures by the artist, including works from his Monolithic ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A picture taken on August 15, 2020 shows the town hall of Brussels illuminated in tribute to the traditional 'Tapis de fleurs' event, that was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic and would have taken place from August 13 to 16. François WALSCHAERTS / AFP
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 | | Guggenheim approves diversity plan after staff complaints of racism | | New exhibition at Amon Carter Museum explores photographic origins of the snapshot | | Christie's in aid of Lebanon's cultural community: We are all Beirut - a charity auction | 
The exterior of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, July 15, 2019. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times.
by Zachary Small
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The Guggenheim Museum has approved a plan to address complaints of entrenched racism within its walls. It is one of the first major cultural organizations to provide details of an expanded diversity effort. On Monday, the museum announced to its staff a two-year initiative to create policies for reporting discrimination and developing diversity programs. New measures include paid internships for students from underrepresented backgrounds, a partnership with historically Black colleges and universities to promote job openings, and the creation of an industrywide professional network for people of color working at arts organizations. The road map also calls for a top management-level position to oversee diversity initiatives and the establishment of a committee to examine the institutions exhibitions and ... More | | 
Charles L. Griffin, Scranton, PA, [Toddler with dog], ca. 1892, gelatin silver print, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, P2016.106
FORT WORTH, TX.- This August, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art will present Acting Out: Cabinet Cards and the Making of Modern Photography, an exhibition offering the first in-depth examination of the nineteenth-century photographic phenomenon of cabinet cards. Charting the proliferation of this underappreciated photographic format, Acting Out reveals that cabinet cards coaxed Americans into thinking about portraiture as an informal act, forging the way for the snapshot and social media with its contemporary selfie culture. Acting Out presents hundreds of photographsmany on view publicly for the first timefrom collections nationwide, including examples from the Carters own extensive photography collection. On view August 18 through November 1, 2020, the exhibition is organized by the Carter and will travel to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In the second half of the ... More | | 
This combination of pictures created on August 10, 2020 shows a view of the stained glass windows of the Sursock Museum. ANWAR AMRO, Joseph EID / AFP.
LONDON.- Due to the devastating news from the region, Christies will offer its support for the art community in Lebanon and stage a charity auction to benefit the efforts to rebuild the cultural scene in Beirut under the title: WE ARE ALL BEIRUT - A Charity Auction. The online auction will be held late October to first half of November 2020. Guillaume Cerutti, CEO Christies commented: We are committed to help and hope that many of our international clients, friends and collectors will follow our call to action. Seeing the images of devastation on Tuesday 4 August will always remain in all our collective memory and our thoughts are with all families, friends and artists who have lost so much. We hope to raise enough funds with this initiative to make a significant difference. My deepest thank you to all who have already committed or inquired about what Christies plans are to help rebuild the artistic ... More |
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| | RM Sotheby's dominates 'Monterey Week' online auctions with $30.4M in total sales | | New York's Museum of Modern Art to reopen August 27 | | Powerful Medici family behind Italy's 'plague-free' wine windows | 
Competitive bidding from across the globe saw impressive results achieved with sales led by $4.29 million Ferrari 550 GT1 Prodrive. Photo: Remi Dargegen ©2020 Courtesy of RM Sothebys.
BLENHEIM, ON.- This past week, RM Sothebys further reinforced its position as the worlds leading auction house of fine collector cars, as it grossed $30,412,810 in its Online Only: SHIFT/MONTEREY sale and established the highest price ever achieved for a car sold in a dedicated Online Only collector car auction. The incredible 2001 Ferrari 550 GT1 Prodrive, an icon of modern era sports car racing, achieved $4,290,000 in a hard-fought bidding war on the final day of the sale. Consigned to RM Sothebys Online Only auction directly by the Ferrari 550 GT1 Prodrive program promoter, Care Racing Development, single owner of the car since its race preparation in 2001, the Ferrari 550 GT1 Prodrive, serial number CRD 002/2001, is the second of ten Ferrari 550 GT1 examples built by Prodrive and it competed ... More | | 
In this file photo taken on March 17, 2020, The closed Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) is pictured in Manhattan in New York City. Johannes EISELE / AFP.
NEW YORK (AFP).- New York's Museum of Modern Art will reopen its doors on August 27, the institution announced Monday, following a five-month shutdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Entry will be free for the first month, MoMA said in a statement. State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Friday that New York's museums, art galleries and other cultural institutions will be allowed to reopen starting August 24. However, there will be mandatory face masks, timed ticketing with staggered entry and just 25 percent occupancy, he said. New York's famed Metropolitan Museum of Art, which normally welcomes seven million visitors a year, says it will reopen on August 29. The Whitney Museum of American Art will reopen on September 3. Performing arts venues will remain shut until the end of the year, however. The Metropolitan Opera is scheduled to resume on Dece ... More | | 
A waiter puts a glass of wine in the "buchetta del vino". Tiziana FABI / AFP.
by Gildas Le Roux
FLORENCE (AFP).- As 16th-century Florentines dropped like flies to the plague, survivors drowned their fears in wine, passed to them through small windows which are enjoying a renaissance during the coronavirus era. The small "wine windows" can be seen dotted around the Tuscan capital next to the grand entrances of sumptuous noble palaces, where wealthy families used to sell alcohol directly to thirsty customers, passing flasks through to eager hands. Over time, the apertures, just 30 centimetres (12 inches) high and 20 centimetres wide, fell into disuse. But the COVID-19 pandemic has seen their resurgence, with bars using them to serve ice-cold cocktails like Aperol Spritz, gelato or coffee. They offer a way for establishments hit hard by the lockdown to attract customers while adhering to social distancing ... More |
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| | Vintage Posters at Swann August 27: War posters, Sutro Baths memorabilia, Art Deco & Art Nouveau designs, & more | | Three centuries of European furniture and works of art from historic Scottish country house to be offered at auction | | Paul Holberton Publishing announces 'Elijah Pierce's America' | 
Designer Unknown, Keep Calm and Carry On, 1939. Estimate $12,000 to $18,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Galleries summer offering of Vintage Posters on Thursday, August 27 is set to bring an assortment of material, from war propaganda to advertisements for summer destinations and sporting events, as well as a select choice of Art Nouveau and Art Deco designs by notable artists. A strong selection of World War I and II propaganda posters is led by the iconic 1939 British World War II poster Keep Calm and Carry On, with an estimate of $12,000 to $18,000. Also among choice pieces from WWII are each of three sizes of Norman Rockwells 1943 Four Freedoms war bond posters, with the middle and largest sets each hand signed and inscribed by Rockwell in pen. World War I highlights include James Montgomery Flaggs 1917 emblematic image of Uncle Sam in the recruitment poster I Want You for U.S. Army is set to cross the block at $5,000 to $7,500; Laura Breys Enlist / On ... More | | 
French Florentine Marble and Pietra Dura Mantel Clock, by Hunziker, Paris. Estimate: £2000 - 3000 + fees. Photo: Lyon & Turnbull.
EDINBURGH.- This September Lyon & Turnbulls Five Centuries auction in Edinburgh will include a selection of furniture and works of art from Balcarres House, Fife, home of the Earls of Crawford and Balcarres. Balcarres House, commanding a view across the Firth of Forth, has been home to the Lindsay family since 1595. The furniture and works of art presented in the auction on 3rd September provide a cross-section of life in a grand country house. Through these pieces, a glimpse into the public and private lives of the previous generations who called Balcarres home, is offered. The collection provides us with a rare glimpse into another world and a time gone by, and it truly captures the spirit we aim to achieve in our Five Centuries auctions. From the rare and beautiful terracotta figure study of Bacchus and Ariadne by Giuseppe Piamontini (1664-1742), to the ... More | | 
Elijah Pierce (18921984) was born the youngest son of a former slave on a Mississippi farm.
LONDON.- Elijah Pierce's America presents the rarely seen works of virtuoso woodcarver Elijah Pierce (18921984). Accompanying a landmark exhibition at the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, this lavish publication celebrates Pierce's rich and varied body of work. As the first substantial book on Elijah Pierce to be published in more than 25 years, this catalogue marks a new phase of the artist's critical reception. Born on a farm in Baldwyn, Mississippi, Pierce joined the Great Migration and settled in Columbus, Ohio, in 1924. After years spent working as a barber and preacher, he opened his own barbershop in 1954, which became a social hub and functioned as his studio. A virtuoso woodcarver, Pierce created a unique body of work over the course of 50 years, producing works of art in moments between cutting hair. His work features remarkable narratives religious parables, autobiographical ... More |
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| | Exhibition at CHOI&LAGER Gallery looks at Korea's history of industrialization and modernization | | Re-scheduled auction: 5 historic Islamic coins estimated to fetch US$1million | | 1,2,3,4: Dance in contemporary artists' films at the Glucksman, Cork, Ireland | 
Jae Ho Jung, Sogong-ro 93-1, 2018. Acrylic on Korean paper, 209 x 149 cm.
COLOGNE.- This exhibition takes a close look at both collective and individual narratives within the context of Koreas history of industrialization and modernization. The show features works by the artists Kelvin Kyung Kun Park, Jung Jaeho, and Lee Taesoo. Each artist offers their own perspective on the period of rapid modernization South Korea had to endure, and offers insight into some of the effects and ramifications of industrialization, still pervasive in the country to this day. Jung Jaehos hyper-realistic depiction of dilapidated buildings serves as a record of the countrys modernization, whilst embodying ambivalent nostalgia for those times. His work is deeply entrenched in his interest in the modern cities and buildings of South Korea. His paintings are often derived from his efforts in researching and archiving a plethora of elements, present within the old city districts ... More | | 
5 Highly Important Rare Islamic Coins.
LONDON.- Five exceptionally important Islamic coins dating from the 7th century AD are among the highlights of Morton and Edens next sale of Important Coins of the Islamic World in London on Thursday 22 October 2020. Collectively these five coins provide vital historic evidence for the birth of a purely Islamic coinage and are estimated to fetch around £700,000 (US$1,000,000.) Morton & Edens Islamic coin specialist Stephen Lloyd explains: These highly sought-after rare coins, two of them gold and three silver, tell the story of the first decades of Islam in a unique way. They show how as the Islamic empire expanded both eastwards and westwards in the 7th century AD, not only were the conquered lands unified through Islamic rule and culture, a pan-Islamic coinage system provided additional cohesion. In the early years of the great Muslim conquests there was no existing tradition of coinage so the rulers ... More | | 
Jimmy Robert, Descendances du nu (still), 2016, filmed performance at Centre d'art comtemporain - la synagogue de Delme, photo - O.H. Dancy, courtesy of the artist and Tanya Leighton, Berlin.
CORK.- 1,2,3,4 presents a series of programmes of contemporary artists films exploring dance, movement and choreography. From solo performances to synchronized routines, interpretative renditions to public interventions, and featuring styles from ballet to hip hop to modern and contemporary, the exhibition offers an insight into how visual artists have conveyed dance through the lens of the camera. The filmed performances of solo and paired dancers portray intimate and elegant explorations of movement, memory, and environment. In Sriwhana Spongs work, the camera follows dancer Chiara Ferri as she moves through a number of silent, solo dances against a sparse, dimly-lit background. Sammy Balojis Mémoire, shot in collaboration with Congolese performance artist ... More |
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 Leading artists join calls for dedicated emergency funding for visual arts in ScotlandGLASGOW.- "Scotland was once of the best places for contemporary artists to live and work and now without urgent support, its world-famous art scene is teetering on the brink, says Clare Harris, Director of Scottish Contemporary Art Network as it launched the digital campaign #KeepArtInAction. Scotlands contemporary art world is facing a cliff edge without a rescue package from the Scottish government, says SCAN, the member organisation advocating for contemporary visual art in Scotland. Artist Jacqueline Donachie said: The crisis for visual artists might be harder to see than in other sectors. It doesnt become visible through mass redundancies, but it is unemployment. Artists are signing on, there is a huge loss of freelance work. So many artists fell through the net on the assessment of freelance income through the governments schemes. Duncan ... More The sun sets on another successful Darwin FestivalDARWIN.- In what has been the first major arts festival in the world to go ahead since COVID-19 drove global communities into lockdown, Darwin Festival has officially drawn to a close following 11 glorious homegrown August nights in the Top End. Navigating border restrictions and hotspots meant a reimagined shape, scale and scope for this years event with the resulting DF20 Homegrown program shining a spotlight on local Territory talent. The 2020 program featured 396 performers of which 94% were NT artists, in 253 free and ticketed performances across 38 Darwin venues. 95% of ticketed shows sold out a total of 196 sold-out performances - with the Festival scheduling additional shows to meet demand. Acting CEO James Gough said, We were very lucky in that the Northern Territory was one of the only places in the world where a physical ... More Newly released by SALT: "Cengiz Çekil: 21.08.1945-10.11.2015"ISTANBUL.- SALT presents a new print publication of two separate volumes in Turkish and English, Cengiz Ãekil: 21.08.1945-10.11.2015, as part of an ongoing effort to revisit and narrate Turkeys art scene from the second half of the 20th century onwards. Offering an in-depth survey of Ãekils oeuvre, the publication serves as a comprehensive resource, potentially leading to further research endeavours on the artist and his practice. Ãekil was born in the district of Bor, Niğde in Central Anatolia. Following his graduation from the Arts-Crafts Department at the Gazi Education Institute in Ankara, Ãekil went to Paris, where he studied sculpture at the Ãcole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts between 1970 and 1975. Upon his return to Turkey, he was appointed to teach at the Istanbul Atatürk Education Institute. In 1978, Ãekil settled ... More The spirit of carnival culture celebrated on film by Notting Hill's CoronetLONDON.- The Coronet Inside Out, a free weekly series of unique artists encounters for audiences online, specially created for Londons Coronet Theatre, will feature two films about carnival culture. They will be released online on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 August, marking a weekend which would have been a moment of celebration for the whole of London at the Notting Hill Carnival, but which this year has been cancelled for the first time in its history. Commissioned by the Coronet, the film explores the heritage of the Notting Hill Carnival, following Cyprian de Coteau, a Trinidadian living in London, as he returns to the carnival after ten years absence. In his search for the heart of the carnival, from its roots in Trinidad and Tobago to the multicultural street festival of today, he solicits differing opinions from a broad cross-section of Trinidadians: author Earl ... More Ballroom Marfa names Daisy Nam as new CuratorMARFA, TX.- Ballroom Marfa announced the appointment of its new Curator, Daisy Nam. She was recently the Marcia Tucker Senior Research Fellow at the New Museum this winter and joins Ballroom from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University where she served as the Assistant Director since 2015. Starting this August, Nam will work closely with the current team and the Board of Trustees to support the organization's mission and expand its visual arts program in Texas and abroad. Nam will broaden the dynamic curatorial vision at Ballroom, alongside Programs Director Sarah Melendez and Curator-at-Large Laura Copelin, pluralizing the organization's voice further and deepening our commitment to support artists as they make new work that enriches all of our lives. I have long admired Ballroom Marfas dedication and support ... More Steidl publishes 'Toshiaki Mori: MBT - B, drawings of abstract forms'NEW YORK, NY.- B, drawings of abstract forms consists of dynamic and perplexing collages in which photos are digitally spliced and reconfigured, then colored and overlaid with grids, shapes and text fragments. Moris underlying photos mainly depict Japanese industrial scenes and cityscapes, interspersed with close-ups of everyday objects such as light bulbs and shoes, while the text fragments include writings on the Beat Generation. Moris drawings furthermore evoke the paintings of leading Beat figure William S. Burroughs, while Mori himself refers to his book as On the Road in a Hazy Mood, a prismatic visual homage to Jack Kerouacs most famous work. Based on an open-call format, the Steidl Book Awards encourage photographers to visualize and edit their work into book form. The winners are personally selected by me and invited to make thei ... More Michael Jordan game-worn sneakers and unopened 1986 Fleer basketball cards up for auction BOSTON, MASS.- Michael Jordans game-worn Air Jordan VII sneakers from 92 lead the way in Boston-based RR Auctions Sports sale with online bidding August 13 - August 20. The incredible Nike Air Jordan VII basketball sneakers personally worn by Chicago Bulls shooting guard Michael Jordan during a game in the 1992 regular season, size 13, white/black with Cardinal red, signed on the heel counter of the left sneaker in black felt tip. Michael Jordan presented the basketball sneakers during the 1992 season to an NBA Trainer, who then gifted the shoes to the current Consignor. The 1992 season, and its subsequent Olympic summer, was for Jordan perhaps his most successful. MJs sensational play during the 1991-1992 regular season resulted in All-NBA and All-Defensive First Team honors, his eighth All-Star selection, his sixth ... More Nubya Garcia, tapping into the past to make jazz for a new generationNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- It hasnt taken long for 28-year-old tenor saxophonist Nubya Garcia to make a big impression in the acclaimed British jazz scene she came up in, and beyond. She can play one note and you can tell what her artistic intentions are, said Shabaka Hutchings, the British saxophonist known as something of a godfather to musicians on the jazz scene. Shes not trying to find her position. Shes expressing herself within a position that shes already defined. On Friday, Garcia will expand that role with the release of Source, her debut full-length album for Concord Jazz. Its her most ambitious project yet a sweeping set of jazz with Afro-Caribbean influences that funnels a lifes worth of experiences into an hourlong listen. The focus of this record is about personal power, collective power, collectivism, Garcia said ... More The Book Review in quarantineNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Theres a corner of The New York Times newsroom unlike anywhere else in the building. Each desk is covered in piles of books, galleys and bound manuscripts. Boxes filled with pages waiting to be flipped through line the floors. Sliding bookshelves are closely guarded by day and locked up at night. And yes, at The New York Times Book Review, there is always a dumpster full of galleys waiting to be recycled.But that corner has been untouched for months. The shelves are now mostly empty and remain secured. Like most New York Times journalists, the editors who work on the Book Review have been working from home during the coronavirus pandemic. The transition to a completely remote production has been difficult in a way one might expect: Access to physical books is limited. Before the coronavirus, the ... More Michaan's announces highlights included in its August 22 Gallery AuctionALAMEDA, CA.- Michaans Auction House, located near the former jetways on Alameda Island, off of Oakland, announced highlights of its August 22 Gallery Auction today. The jewelry section of the sale includes a fine pair of 18 karat white gold semi-hoop earrings, inset with diamond and yellow diamond stones, in geometric and foliate designs. Estimate: $9,000 - 12,000. This section of the auction also includes a 14 karat white gold ring centering a 7.80 karat heart-shaped Ceylonese natural color-change sapphire. The ring comes with an AGL Prestige Gemstone Report that certifies the stone is natural, unheated and untreated. The pre-sale estimate is $5,000 -7,000. The well-rounded Fine Art section of the auction includes a Fremont Ellis painting, Winter Tree Grove, an oil on paperboard. Ellis was a member of the Santa Fe painting group, ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter Jean Leon Gerome Ferris was born August 18, 1863. Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (August 18, 1863 - March 18, 1930) was an American painter best known for his series of 78 scenes from American history, entitled The Pageant of a Nation, the largest series of American historical paintings by a single artist. In this image: The First Thanksgiving 1621.
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