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"In Conversation: Black" at Sheldon Museum of Art features Martin Puryearâs "The Nightmare" (2001â2002), David Nashâs âThree Charred Columnsâ (2001), and Donald Sultanâs âThree Old Limes and an Orangeâ (1988).
LINCOLN, NEB.- Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of NebraskaLincoln opens five exhibitions that reflect the world today and explore life from diverse perspectives, shedding light on issues including migration and the complexities of lived experience. The exhibitions on view from August 9 through December 31 are: Unquiet Harmony: The Subject of Displacement - Featuring works by painter Carlos Alfonzo, multimedia artist Tiffany Chung, and the artistic collective SUPERFLEX, Unquiet Harmony: The Subject of Displacement focuses on the personal, environmental, and economic factors that prompt migration. Chung and SUPERFLEX posit that finding and arriving at a new home is not always a given, and Alfonzos work presents the unquiet harmony of one who continues to feel out of place in a new home. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day An Indian artist works on a sculpture of Hindu God Lord Ganesh made with ecological materials to reduce pollution during the immersion for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, at a workshop in Hyderabad on August 19, 2019. The popular eleven-day long Hindu religious festival, Ganesh Chaturthi will be celebrated from September 2nd this year. NOAH SEELAM / AFP
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 | | Christie's celebrates 25-year presence in India | | New exhibition of works by New York artist Vito Acconci opens at Pace Gallery | | Two of South Africa's leading art institutions to host largest William Kentridge exhibition in Africa | 
Francis Newton Souza, Head of a Woman, 1952. Oil on board, 25.1/2 x 21.1/4 in. Estimate: US$180,000-250,000.© Christie's Images Ltd 2019.
NEW YORK, NY.- On 11 September, Christies New York will be holding its third auction of South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art for 2019, a year which marks the 25th anniversary of opening its first representative office in Mumbai and 24th year of holding standalone auctions of 20th Century Indian Art. The year for South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art at Christies will be closing in November in Hong Kong, where the departments participation in Christies autumn auction season was reinstated a year ago. For the past two decades Christies has led the market for South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art with a commanding 70% market share in 2018. Eight of the top ten auction prices in the category have been achieved at Christies. The exceptional growth in this field is best exemplified by our sale results. Between 1994 and 2005, Christies sold approximately $20 million of South ... More | | 
Maria Acconci, Anthology Film Archives calendar from Vito Acconci: AIR TIME (1973) © 2019 Acconci Studio, All Rights Reserved.
LONDON.- Pace Gallery presents Acconci Studios new exhibition of works by New York artist Vito Acconci at 6 Burlington Gardens. The exhibition will be on view from 27 August to 14 September 2019. It coincides with Acconci Studios film series of 27 restored films by Vito Acconci, presented at Anthology Film Archives in New York City from 5 to 15 September 2019. Acconci Studio is the ongoing design collective built for perpetual activity by its founder, Vito Acconci. Vito Acconci FAULT-LINE-ON-5 focuses on Vito Acconcis activities from 1969 to 1973. The exhibition features video, sound and objects from Vito Acconci: CLAIM (1971) and hundreds of historic documents exploring relationships between subject and object, public space and body politics, system of movements and language. Once a viewer is in the middle of things, art becomes architecture. The artistic implication is that, ultimately, art isnt necessary a ... More | | 
Titled Why Should I Hesitate, the exhibitions cover over 40 years of artistic production in drawing, stop-frame animation, video, prints, sculpture, tapestry, and large-scale installation.
CAPE TOWN.- The largest exhibition to be held in Africa in over a decade by internationally acclaimed artist William Kentridge opened in Cape Town in August. The major exhibition of his work is being hosted simultaneously in two parts by the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) and Norval Foundation. Local art enthusiasts and international visitors to Cape Town a fast-growing cultural capital can gain access to many different works, executed over decades, by William Kentridge in two of the citys leading art institutions at the same time, with the artists Why Should I Hesitate: Putting Drawings To Work on display at Zeitz MOCAA and Why Should I Hesitate: Sculpture on view at Norval Foundation. Why Should I Hesitate: Putting Drawings To Work, is being staged at Zeitz MOCAA and offers a wide survey of Kentridges work, ... More |
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| | Far-right surge rattles guardians of Nazi era remembrance | | Part II of the David Hall T206 collection supplies comprehensive, highly-graded set to Heritage bidders | | Christie's Hong Kong presents Fine & Rare Wines & Spirits | 
Visitors are seen through an iron gate carrying the German phrase "Arbeit Macht Frei" (work sets you free) at the former concentration camp in Oranienburg, eastern Germany on August 7, 2019. Odd ANDERSEN / AFP.
ORANIENBURG (AFP).- A tour group handpicked by the far-right party Alternative for Germany touched off a scandal last summer while visiting the former Nazi concentration camp Sachsenhausen north of Berlin. A few members of the delegation began asking the guide pointed questions about Allied bombing at the end of World War II, implying its impact on the civilian population was comparable to the Nazis' atrocities. "As our horrified colleague told me, the comments by obviously rhetorically trained people culminated in them questioning the existence of the gas chambers and the mass murders in them," the director of the camp's memorial, Axel Drecoll, told AFP. The guide broke off the tour and Sachsenhausen staff threw the group out. Drecoll, 45, demanded an apology from leading AfD figure Alice Weidel, who had organised ... More | | 
The auction contains nearly all of The Monsters most elusive rarities Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb with Cobb back and Eddie Plank among them.
DALLAS, TX.- The worlds largest collectibles auctioneer has launched its second offering of The David Hall T206 Collection, featuring a full set of the hobbys most celebrated tobacco issue. The auction contains nearly all of The Monsters most elusive rarities Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb with Cobb back and Eddie Plank among them with only the ultra-scarce Joe Doyle NY Natl card missing from the impressive assembly. The aggregate GPA of 6.89 ranks the No. 2 T206 set on the PSA Set Registry. David is a true hobby legend, noted Chris Ivy, Director of Sports Auctions for Heritage. Only the most knowledgeable and resourceful of collectors could piece together a T206 set of this condition and comprehensiveness. This is an event no serious tobacco card collector could ignore. An extremely rare Ty Cobb brand tobacco tin is also included among the offerings, representing the finest exemplar of ... More | | 
The Macallan 1937 Lalique Golden Age Of Travel. 1 bottle (700ml) per lot, HK$300,000 450,000/ US$38,000 55,000.
HONG KONG.- On 7 September Christies will host the first sale in the 2nd half of the year in Asia, by presenting Fine & Rare Wines & Spirits Featuring Eminent Producers & Esteemed Collections. The auction will offer 572 lots of iconic bottles from several single-owner collections, as well as the worlds most sought-after wines from esteemed Châteaux and eminent producers. Following the hugely successful inaugural sale of whisky in Hong Kong saleroom this May, this sale will present more highly collectible single-malt whisky including a selection from the world-famous The Macallan distillery. Top lot of this session is The Macallan 1937 Lalique Golden Age of Travel (estimate: HK$300,000 450,000/ US$38,000 55,000), which celebrates the partnership of the brand with Lalique and was first bottled in 1972, and rebottled in 2016. The handcrafted Lalique crystal decanter, of which only 50 have been made, features ... More |
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| | Bonhams appoints Wang Zineng as Head of Modern & Contemporary Art, Asia | | Paris marks 75 years since Liberation with Freedom Parade; new museum opens | | Edinburgh Art Festival 2019 concludes with audience and critical acclaim for 16th edition | 
Mr. Wang brings to Bonhams over a decade of wide-ranging experience in the art world. Photo: Bonhams.
HONG KONG.- Bonhams, the international auction house, announced the appointment of Wang Zineng as Head of Modern & Contemporary Art, Asia, effective from 1 September 2019. Based in Hong Kong, Mr. Wang will lead Bonhams auction and private sales of the category across Asia. He will also spearhead business and client development along with his regional team of specialists, as well as working with the wider global team on all sales and projects. Ralph Taylor, Bonhams Global Head of Post-War & Contemporary Art, remarked: We are thrilled to have Zineng joining us as Head of Modern & Contemporary Art, Asia. His appointment together with Muys Snijders recent appointment as Head of Post-War & Contemporary Art, America; and London-based Giacomo Balsamo as International Director of Post-War & Contemporary Art completes the relaunch of Bonhams global team for the ... More | | 
A visitor (L) looks at documents at the new museum "Liberation of Paris, General Leclerc and Jean Moulin Museum", in Paris. Zakaria ABDELKAFI / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- Flag-waving Parisians in period costume thronged the streets Sunday as armoured vehicles rumbled through the city in a re-enactment of the liberation of the capital from Nazi Germany 75 years ago. A column of military vehicles entered the city from the south, using the same route taken by the first Allied division -- led by French General Philippe Leclerc -- to reach the city in August 1944. To try recreate the scenes of rejoicing that their arrival triggered, some residents and business owners along the route decorated their balconies and shopfronts with French flags. Some participants in the "Freedom Parade" also gamely answered a call by the city of Paris to sport 1940s garb -- high-waisted skirts for the women and trousers with braces and berets for the men. Rene Gonin, a 99-year-old retired mason, recalled the long wait for the Allied forces to to arrive -- and the ... More | | 
Alfredo Jaar, I Can't Go On, I'll Go On. Edinburgh Art Festival Commission. Photo Keith Hunter.
EDINBURGH.- With world premieres, major retrospectives and work from established and emerging artists among more than 50 exhibitions presented by galleries, pop up venues and historic spaces across the length and breadth of the city, the 16th edition of Edinburgh Art Festival concluded on Sunday 25 August having recorded over 290,000 attendances. The diverse 32-day programme for 2019 featured the work of over 300 artists from Scotland, the rest of the UK and across the world, firmly positioning visual arts at the heart of Edinburghs world-famous summer festivals and highlighting the vibrancy of the citys year-round visual arts offering. Sorcha Carey, Director of Edinburgh Art Festival, said: From swimming pools to muted orchestras, Kate Bush videos, deer dancing, tapestries and optical illusions, our 16th edition has been a full-on immersion in the creative possibilities of our art form. It has been a privilege to ... More |
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| | Exhibition at The University of Illinois at Chicago features large-scale sculptures built as pyrotechnic scenography | | Dramatic colored diamonds, American impressionist paintings and Eames furniture at Michaan's on September 7 | | The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation exhibits works by Matthew Casteel | 
Adela Goldbard, A World of Laughter, A World of Fears, documentation from November 18, 2017, pyrotechnic performance at Pomona College, Claremont, CA. Photographs by Media Art Services, Hannah Kirby and Peter Kirby.
CHICAGO, IL.- Centered on the community interests of residents in Chicagos Little Village neighborhood, Adela Goldbards The Last Judgment features large-scale sculptures built as pyrotechnic scenography for a public pyrotechnic event to be presented in Little Village on October 12, 2019. As a multi-part project, The Last Judgment creatively draws on Mexican traditions and artistry to spectacularly address and ritually purge the challenges facing Chicagos Little Village. The sculpturesbuilt by master artisans of Artsumex collective in Tultepec (Mexicos pyrotechnic capital) derive from the struggles, life experiences, and resilience of Little Village residents, as well as concerns about environmental justice and gentrification. The sites, sets, and stories were collaboratively determined in a ... More | | 
Vintage Mickey and Minnie Mouse Fun-E-Flex Toys. Estimate: $300 / 400.
ALAMEDA, CA.- The final quarter of 2019 will be an exciting time in the auction business , says Scott Bradley, Vice President and COO of Michaans Auctions. Rare private collections, fine estates and property from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco have made Michaans monthly sales very special this year and theres much more to come. Michaans Gallery Auction on Saturday, September 7 offers exceptional property in every category. Michaans September sale of fine art will thrill collectors with a New York landscape of excellent provenance by Ernest Lawson (1873-1939), one of The Eight, a group of progressive young artists who assertively challenged the dominance of formal academic traditions in early 20th Century American painting. Lawson exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1894, where the critic William Merritt Chase called him Americas greatest landscape painter. ... More | | 
American Interiors, 2013 (detail). © Matthew Casteel.
ARLES.- American Interiors depicts the psychological repercussions of war and military service through images of the interiors of cars owned by USA veterans. Through working with veterans over five years, Casteel became aware of the subtle indicators of past traumatic experience. He also recognized that the condition in which we live can often be a signifier of our well-being and that even the state of car interiors can be a manifestation of human interiors. American Interiors explores the area between "the circumstantial and the evident," and it is in the space that separates the slickly produced military recruitment ads from the statistics about rates of veteran homelessness and suicide that this work resides. Casteel balances the empathy he feels for those who have survived the military experience, with a deep sense of outrage towards Americas industrial, military complex, and the institutionalized violence of warfare. American born, Matthew Casteel ... More |
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 One-year-anniversary art exhibition celebrates lightLOS ANGELES, CA.- Mash Gallery commemorates their one year anniversary with a celebration of light inspired art by six contemporary artists presenting a unified blend of Geometric Abstraction, Conceptual Realism, and Light and Space art. Curated by Haleh Mashian, LUMEN presents the viewer with a multi-sensory showcase that is both ethereal and atmospheric, yet geometric and analytic. Work ranges from the two-dimensional, painted canvases, to three-dimensional works composed of alternative materials, plastics, glass, and metal. The Neon Queen, Lisa Schulte, presents a site-specific installation, Color Fields, a three-dimensional greenhouse with abstract neon flowers, tools, and icons. Lisa shares, When one enters the greenhouse, my intention is to convey a feeling of peace and serenity and enchantment. Serbian light artist, Marko Gavrilovic, ... More  Contemporary Indigenous designs showcased in Ngalya exhibitionSYDNEY.- Koskela, one of Australias leading furniture, design and lifestyle brands, will present Ngalya, celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Koskelas social impact projects working with Australias First Nation Peoples. Koskela will present an exhibition including a new collection of lighting designs in collaboration with six Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art centres from around the country. The Ngalya Collection will be presented at Koskela, Roseberry, from 28 August to 18 September, before travelling to the South Australian School of Art Gallery in Adelaide as part of TARNANTHI 2019, the Art Gallery of South Australias annual Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art this October. Co-Founder of Koskela, Sasha Titchkosky said: Koskela believes that great design can be used to effect social change, and has a firm belief ... More  Marie A. Longo named Director of Development and External Relations at the Rose Art MuseumWALTHAM. MASS.- The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University announced today the appointment of Marie A. Longo as Director of Development and External Relations. Longo comes to the Rose with an impressive, two-decade career in development, including leading national and regional fundraising teams in fields including the arts, education, and social justice. Most recently she was Chief Advancement Officer at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, a private independent boarding arts high school in Natick, where she led the successful completion of a comprehensive campaign. Past positions include the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, Playworks, and the Human Rights Campaign. Longo earned a bachelors degree from Dartmouth College and a masters degree in Arts Management from American University. A ... More  Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. to offer an exciting mix of manly memorabilia NEW HAMBURG.- A 1950s double-sided, five-foot diameter Oldsmobile dealer sign, a fully restored 1942 Wurlitzer Art Deco-inspired Victory jukebox and an early 20th century Burry-patented stock ticker machine are just a few top lots in Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd.s next Mantiques! auction, planned for September 14th. It will be Miller & Millers second Mantiques! auction. The first one, held nearly a year ago to the day, on Sept. 15, 2018, was a rousing success, as men, and the women who love them, turned out in full force, in person and online. It was a one-stop shop for folks looking to equip their man caves in style and fashion. The top lot was a 1950 Plymouth woody station wagon (CA$35,400). This years auction will be more of same. The Saturday event will be held online and in Miller & Millers gallery at 59 Webster Street in New Hamburg, Ontario. ... More  Fort Lauderdale's Bonnet House Museum & Gardens celebrates its 100th anniversaryFORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.- One of the oldest homes in Florida and a popular tourist destination for locals and worldwide visitors alike, the fanciful 35-acre Bonnet House Museum & Gardens in east Fort Lauderdale is celebrating its 100th anniversary now through 2020. A part of Floridas unique history, the home was built in 1920 as the winter retreat of the Birch/Bartlett family, and is a delightful blend of art, architecture, history and ecology. A property of the Florida Trust, the 35-acre subtropical estate and historic house museum preserves the natural setting of South Florida, situated on what is one of the last examples of a native barrier island habitat in the region. The official kickoff will commence with Holiday Magic, a series of events taking place Dec. 613, 2019 that will delight all the senses. The 100th Anniversary ... More  Albright College's Freedman Gallery opens "Yeon Jin Kim: Disjointed Fables" READING, PA.- Albright Colleges Freedman Gallery presents Yeon Jin Kim: Disjointed Fables a solo-exhibition of Yeon Jin Kim, a New York City based multidisciplinary artist from South Korea. The exhibit will be on view to the public on Tues., Aug. 27 and an Artist Talk will be held the following Tues., Sept. 3 at 4 p.m. in the colleges Klein Lecture Hall. A reception in the Freedman Gallery will follow the talk from 57 p.m. However fantastical, Yeon Jin Kim states, my work springs from a fascination with the complexities of human nature and always refers back to a lived experience, much as fables do. The creation of otherworldly realms and unusual situations can often shed light on our real lives more effectively than a direct consideration of them might. A graduate of Hunter College, Kim has showcased films at numerous ... More  Two exhibitions in Berlin focus on perspectives on ecology and modernityBERLIN.- Licht Luft ScheiÃe [Light Air Shit]. Perspectives on Ecology and Modernity proposes a diverse series of twentieth-century concepts and practices that resonate with our current ideas of sustainability. They are both historical references and points of departure for novel or updated reflections on alternative ways of living in the globalised world. In light of the on-going destruction of Planet Earth we must fundamentally rethink our relationship to the biosphere and all non-human beings. The ecological question is nothing new. In response to industrial growth and sprawling urbanisation under capitalism, numerous reform movements were launched over a hundred years ago: from cooperative housing associations to anarcho-syndicalist settlements, from self-sufficient urban gardening to ecological agriculture, to concepts for recycling waste. These innovations ... More  The best of the international and Russian art worlds are coming to Cosmoscow 2019 MOSCOW.- Cosmoscow International Contemporary Art Fair announces the highlights of this years
commercial and not-for-profit programmes. The seventh Cosmoscow Fair is taking place at Moscows Gostiny Dvor on September 68 with the Privilege and VIP Preview on September 5, supported by its long-standing partners: Main Partner Qatar Airways, Strategic Partner Credit Suisse, Automobile Partner Audi, Official Partner Ruinart, Jewelry partner Mercury, Beauty partner La Prairie and Official Hotel St. Regis Moscow Nikolskaya. Cosmoscow 2019 will welcome more than 60 galleries from Russia and around the world, including art market powerhouses such as long-time influencers in Giorgio Persano (IT), Galerie Frank Elbaz (FR), and Georg Kargl Fine Arts Gallery (AT); alongside a more recent generation of players in Emanuel Layr (AT/IT); Peres Projects ... More  Donald Sutherland to get honorary award in SpainMADRID (AFP).- Canadian actor Donald Sutherland, known for films as diverse as "M*A*S*H" and the Hunger Games series, will receive a lifetime achievement award at Spain's San Sebastian film festival, organisers announced Monday. The 84-year-old actor will receive the Donostia Award, recognising "more than fifty years of excellent performances", on September 26. "Sutherland has shown great talent when embodying dozens of characters, with no regard for genre: from drama to war movies, including thrillers, horror and science fiction films," the film festival said in a statement. In 2017 he was presented with an Honorary Academy Award for his acting career. One of his early hits was his role as an army surgeon in Robert Altman's 1970 black comedy "M*A*S*H", set during the Korea War. More than four decades later he is better known to younger viewers as the tyrannical ... More  Over the Influence opens Canadian artist Andy Dixon's first solo exhibition in Hong KongHONG KONG.- Over the Influence is presenting Canadian artist Andy Dixons first solo exhibition in Hong Kong, No Big Deal I Want More, titled after the lyric from Disneys Little Mermaids iconic song Part of Your World. No Big Deal I Want More opened on Saturday 24 August and runs until 21 September 2019. Exploring themes of decadence, patronage, and the relationship between art and wealth, Andy Dixon draws inspiration from historical objects of luxury. For his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong, Dixon will exhibit 15 new works on canvas from three of his ongoing series: Auction House Objects, Paintings of Paintings, and Patrons Homes. Following a common line through Dixons practice is a series of auction house objects plucked from recent Christies catalogues and titled by their Christie's identification number, reducing them to a status ... More  Artist Robert McNeil unveils new paintings at St Mungo MuseumGLASGOW.- Artist Robert McNeil MBE has unveiled three of his paintings, recently acquired by Glasgow Museums, at St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art. Witness, Subjugation and Srebrenica Women relate to the religious and ethnic conflicts in Bosnia and Kosovo in the 1990s and help tell the story of the worst atrocity on European soil since the Second World War. The new display, Remembering Srebrenica, is the first part of a wider programme of commemorations taking place across Glasgow and beyond in 2020 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre. Councillor David McDonald, Chair of Glasgow Life, said: War and persecution motivated by religious and ethnic hatred continue to force hundreds of thousands of people from their homelands. Over the years many have sought sanctuary in Glasgow and ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian artist Titian died August 27, 1576. Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/1490 - 27 August 1576) known in English as Titian was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno (in Veneto), in the Republic of Venice. During his lifetime he was often called da Cadore, taken from the place of his birth. In this image: A woman looks at Titian's painting "Mary Magdalene in Penitence" during a press preview of an exhibition of 16th and 17th century Italian painting at the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens, Greece, on Monday Sept. 22, 2008. The exhibition "From Titian to Pietro da Cortona: Myth Poetry and the Sacred," ran until Dec. 20. On display were 24 works by Titian and other Italian masters, on loan from a score of Italian galleries and collections.
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