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Ancient Roman marble head of Venus, circa 1st century CE (Imperial Period), ex La Reine Margot collection, Paris. Est. $22,000-$33,000.
BOULDER, COLO.- Fresh consignments from seasoned private collections will take the spotlight on Thursday, August 30 as Artemis Gallery presents a 376-lot auction of fine antiquities, Asian and ethnographic art. The expertly curated selection includes treasures from the worlds most fascinating cultures, going as far back as the Ancient Egyptians and other early Middle Eastern civilizations. As is the case at each and every Artemis Gallery event, all lots are guaranteed to be authentic, legal to purchase and, if desired, resell. A letter of authenticity will accompany each auction item. The journey through time begins in mystical Egypt, with a pre-dynastic buffware jar slated as the sales opening lot. Dating to circa 3400-3200 BCE, the terracotta vessel of globular form is decorated throughout with red pigment in a series of panels. Formerly auctioned at Sothebys and si ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day To kick off its tenth anniversary celebrations, the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU presents the premiere of Deconstruction: A Reordering of Life, Politics and Art featuring the work of twelve Miami artists: Eddie Arroyo, Zachary Balber, Frida Baranek, Christopher Carter, Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova, Yanira Collado, Gonzalo Fuenmayor, Pepe Mar, Glexis Novoa, Sandra Ramos, Jamilah Sabur and Frances Trombly.
| Nari Ward's first exhibition in Korea opens at Lehmann Maupin Seoul | | Meadows Museum acquires suite of drawings by JoaquÃn Sorolla | | News of Rembrandt discovery premature | 
Nari Ward, Swing Low, 2015. Bronze, rope, 28 x 27 x 13 inches (tire), 71.1 x 68.6 x 33 cm. Rope length variable. Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, and Seoul.
SEOUL.- Lehmann Maupin announces an exhibition of new and recent work by Nari Ward at Lehmann Maupin, Seoul. Launching the gallerys official exhibitions program at its Seoul location, CORRECTIONAL will feature sculpture, painting, and drawing for the New York-based artists first exhibition in Korea. The works in the exhibition, along with the title, offer critical insight into the multiple associations and meanings derived from the term correctional, which can be interpreted as both punitive and altruistic. Renowned for his ability to marry political concepts with personal identity and historical context, Ward brings forth new meaning to notions of truth and punishment, and a true understanding of correction. The gallery will host an opening reception for the artist on Tuesday, August 28, from 6 to 8 PM, at 74-18, Yulgok-ro 3-gil, Seoul. Early in his career, Ward garnered acclaim ... More | | 
JoaquÃn Sorolla y Bastida, Clotilde Reading, c. 1903 (detail). Pencil on paper. Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Museum purchase with funds from Elizabeth Solender and Gary L. Scott and Cheryl and Kevin Vogel, MM.2018.03.A. Photo by Kevin Todora.
DALLAS, TX.- The Meadows Museum, SMU, announces the acquisition of ten drawings on six sheets by celebrated Spanish artist JoaquÃn Sorolla y Bastida (18631923). The drawings range in technique from rapid, plein air sketches to a finished composition and a study for a well-known painting, and incorporate a variety of media, including ink, pencil and charcoal. The suite of drawings reflects some of the artists favorite themes, and the diverse subject matter includes standards of Sorollas oeuvre not yet represented at the Meadows. Nine of the drawings were purchased directly from the family of the artist, and funds for their purchase were generously provided by Elizabeth Solender, Gary L. Scott, and Cheryl and Kevin Vogel. The tenth was acquired from a private collector, and funds for its purchase were provided by Elizabeth Solender ... More | | 
Museum De Lakenhal is currently closed due to extensive restoration of the 17th-century building and the addition of a new exhibition wing.
LEIDEN.- In todays news there have been reports of a possible newly discovered work by Rembrandt. Unfortunately, these reports are somewhat premature. Museum De Lakenhal has issued the following statement to explain the matter. The oeuvre of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn has always been rather fluid. Various attributions were made to paintings at different times, and these were frequently complicated by the fact that Rembrandt worked very closely with painters in his immediate environment, such as Jan Lievens and Gerrit Dou. The quest alone, for a new discovery, reads like an exciting adventure story, and that appeals to the imagination of many people. The preparations for the Young Rembrandt exhibition, which will be on display from 3 November 2019 in the completely renovated Museum De Lakenhal, were preceded by years of intensive research into art history. The debate concerning ... More |
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| 12 Miami artists headline major show at the Frost Art Museum FIU | | French spy Mata Hari's handwritten letters to her lover to be auctioned | | The J. Paul Getty Museum presents "All that Glitters: Life at the Renaissance Court" | 
Frances Trombly, Loose Canvas with Pink Embroidery, 2016. Handwoven cotton and hand-embroidered, hand-dyed silk, 48 x 48 x 2 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Emerson Dorsch.
MIAMI, FLA.- To kick off its tenth anniversary celebrations, the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU presents the premiere of Deconstruction: A Reordering of Life, Politics and Art featuring the work of twelve Miami artists: Eddie Arroyo, Zachary Balber, Frida Baranek, Christopher Carter, Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova, Yanira Collado, Gonzalo Fuenmayor, Pepe Mar, Glexis Novoa, Sandra Ramos, Jamilah Sabur and Frances Trombly. "Some say Miami's vibrant art scene can be overshadowed by the art fairs that descend upon our destination every December, and the question looms large: what is the real visual arts landscape like in Miami during the other 51 weeks of the year? As this city experiences a major growth boom, working artists in Miami have a broadening range of opportunities and challenges," said Dr. Jordana ... More | | 
Being offered at auction are 10 letters Hari wrote to her lover, the then unknown artist Piet van der Hem.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- World War I French spy Mata Haris series of love letters will be auctioned by Nate D. Sanders Auctions on August 30, 2018. Hari was accused and killed for being a double agent, though many historians now believe she was scapegoated by the French to shift blame for their military blunders during World War I. Hari was born in 1876 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. She received acclaim as a circus performer and exotic dancer around the turn of the century. She was recruited by France to spy on Germany during World War I. In December 1916, Hari was given permission from the French Second Bureau of the French War Ministry to obtain the identity of six Belgian agents. Five agents were accused of submitting false material and collaborating with the Germans. The sixth agent was accused of being a dual spy for France and Germany and was executed. The other ... More | | 
Jörg Ziegler (German, early 16th century - 1574/1577), Eitelfriedrich I Hohenzollern, about 1572. Pen and ink, colored washes, tempera, and gold paint on parchment Dimensions: Leaf: 35.2 à 27.8 cm. Accession No. 83.MP.154.18 Object Credit: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig XIII 11, fol. 1.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Courtiers feasting at elaborately set tables, knights in gleaming armor, a richly clad monarch presiding over elegant festivitiesthese are the images often associated with the medieval and Renaissance courts of Europe. For rulers and members of the nobility at the center of these privileged spaces, the visual artsilluminated manuscripts, paintings, drawings, enamels, and textileswere central aspects of their political and cultural identities. All that Glitters: Life at the Renaissance Court, on view from August 28 to December 2, 2018 at the J. Paul Getty Museum, focuses on court culture during the transition between late medieval and Renaissance (or early modern) Europe. During this critical period, the court ... More |
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| Franco's family to 'take care' of remains after exhumation | | Gillian Laub's Southern Rites begins tour this fall | | Gordon Gallery and Alon Segev Gallery are relocating to South-West Tel-Aviv | 
In this file photo taken on July 15, 2018 people wait to enter the basilica at the Valley of the Fallen in San Lorenzo del Escorial near Madrid. JAVIER SORIANO / AFP.
MADRID (AFP).- The family of Francisco Franco will take possession of his remains after they are exhumed, one of his grandchildren was reported as saying on Saturday. Spain's Socialist government under Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday passed a decree allowing for the exhumation of the dictator's remains from a vast mausoleum in the Valle de los Caidos (Valley of the Fallen) near Madrid. "Of course we will take care of the remains of my grandfather, we will not leave them in the hands of the government," Francis Franco, one of the general's seven grandchildren, told conservative daily La Razon. The decision to exhume his body -- probably by the end of the year, according to Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo -- has divided Spain and opened old wounds. Critics say it is unacceptable to give such ... More | | 
Gillian Laub, Niesha with her children, Vidalia, Georgia, 2011. © Gillian Laub, Courtesy of Benrubi Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- The International Center of Photography announces details about its traveling exhibition, Southern Rites, featuring work by American photographer and filmmaker, and ICP alumna, Gillian Laub. The show will be on view in the Lamont Gallery at Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH) from October 26 through December 15, 2018; the Chazen Museum of Art at University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI) will follow from January 25 through May 12, 2019; and the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (Portland, OR) from February 5 through May 24, 2020. Southern Rites is available to travel through 2023. Organized by the International Center of Photography and ICP Consulting Curator Maya Benton, Southern Rites is a provocative and timely visual study of one communitys struggle to confront longstanding issues of race and inequality. The project began as ... More | | 
Opening on August 30th, both galleries will operate in adjacent and sizeable exhibition spaces at the corner of Hazerem and HaManoa Streets, Tel-Aviv.
TEL AVIV.- Two of the leading art galleries in Israel are defining a new art district in the south-west part of Tel Aviv. Opening on August 30th, both galleries will operate in adjacent and sizeable exhibition spaces at the corner of Hazerem and HaManoa Streets, Tel-Aviv. The facade of both galleries was designed by international artist and designer Ron Arad. The facade is a kind of shell with windows that serve as bulletin boards for the exhibitions inside. The exhibition spaces are 400 square meters, each. Opening receptions will host 2 solo exhibitions for Israeli Artist Ofer Lalush at Gordon Gallery and for American artist Joel Morrison at Alon Segev Gallery. After 40 years of activity in Ben Yehuda Street in Tel Aviv, the Gordon Gallery is relocating to a new space in south Tel Aviv, 5 Hazerem Street The new Gordon Gallery will open with a sculpture exhibition by the artist Ofer L ... More |
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| United States Mint seeks artists to design coins | | Fire forces brief Statue of Liberty evacuation | | Galerie Urs Meile opens exhibition of works by Swiss emerging artist Rebekka Steiger | 
U.S. Mint sculptors-engravers translate the line art to a sculpted form, either in plaster or digitally.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The United States Mint announced a call for artists to participate in its Artistic Infusion Program (AIP). Established in 2003, the AIP serves to enrich and invigorate the design of United States coins and medals by developing a pool of outside artists in graphic design, sculpture, engraving, drawing, painting, and other visual arts. These artists work closely with the United States Mints staff, including Sculptor-Engravers, to create and submit new designs for selected coin and medal programs throughout the year. Interested artists are invited to submit applications for consideration. The designs of AIP artists adorn many United States coins and medals, such as America the Beautiful Quarters® Coins, Native American $1 Coins, Commemorative Coins, Platinum Proof Coins, Congressional Gold Medals, American Liberty Gold Coins, and various silver ... More | | 
Coast Guard boat cruises through New York Harbor after Liberty Island was evacuated when several propane tanks caught fire near the Statue of Liberty, August 27, 2018 in New York City. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP.
NEW YORK (AFP).- More than 3,000 tourists were evacuated Monday from the island where the Statue of Liberty stands, after propane cylinders caught fire at a construction site near the iconic landmark, officials said. Liberty Island, which welcomes thousands of visitors a day during the busy summer season, was evacuated for more than two hours, before the fire department announced at around 2pm (1800 GMT) that the blaze was under control. Jerry Willis, a spokesman for the National Park Service that manages Liberty Island, confirmed to AFP that tourists were able to return to the monument, which is accessible to the public by ferry. One construction worker was slightly injured in the fire but did not require hospital treatment, a fire department ... More | | 
Rebekka Steiger, blind bend, 2018, oil, tempera on canvas, 190 Ã 240 cm.
BEIJING.- Galerie Urs Meile is presenting the first solo exhibition 猫头鹰virages nocturnes in China by Swiss emerging artist Rebekka Steiger (b. 1993, Zurich, Switzerland). The gallery presents recent paintings and works on paper created during her residency at Galerie Urs Meile in Beijing. The Chinese part of the title is the mandarin word for owl but literally translates into cat-headed hawk. The artist got across this word when she was looking for the historical meaning of a little bronze figure that she bought on the Beijing antiques flee market. The sculpture reminded her strongly of her often painted figures, meanwhile virages nocturnes is a colloquial term in French that describes a nightly stroll or being up in the night, meaning a nightly bend, turn or shift. This combination of the title coincides with what the artist wants to depict and deliver through her imageries. Through layer-by-layer c ... More |
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 Cottone Auctions sale to be headlined by the collection of Dr. Gregory Alan Zemenick, AKA Dr. ZGENESEO, NY.- Cottone Auctions upcoming Fine Art & Antique Auction, slated for Friday, September 28th, will feature an extensive variety of first-time offerings, including the impressive collection of Dr. Gregory Alan Zemenick, an orthopedic surgeon from Troy, Michigan with a passion for collecting Americana, Tiffany lamps and antiques spanning a wide range of interests. The auction will start at 12 noon Eastern time. The Cottone Auctions gallery is located at 120 Court Street in Geneseo, southwest of Rochester. For those unable to attend the auction live and in person, internet bidding will be facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and the Cottone website, www.live.cottoneauctions.com. Phone and absentee bids will also be accepted. Dr. Zemenick is known affectionately in the antique world as Dr. Z. Highlighting his vast collection ... More With new album, Elza Soares celebrates status as an 'incredible woman'RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP).- Time seems to run at a different pace for Elza Soares. The Brazilian samba legend is 81 but on the eve of a Rio de Janeiro concert for her recent album "Deus e Mulher" ("God is a woman"), you wouldn't think so. "Let me tell you, my age has nothing in common with the way I feel," she told AFP by telephone ahead of Tuesday's show in her native city. In her unmistakable tone, Soares described herself as excited as ever to be going on stage, even if she now sings seated. "I consider this a good moment, an extraordinary one in my career. I don't know if it's the best. The best was when I started. Things are always marvelous when you start," she said. Soares's powerful voice is an integral part of Brazilian music. She embodied samba and went on to play a major role in cutting edge modern interpretations of the sensual, rhythmic Brazilian ... More The fighting is real at Serbia's medieval festivalDESPOTOVAC (AFP).- Dressed from head-to-toe in knight's armour, fighters thrashed each other with steel swords in high-octane duels at a Serbian chivalry festival on Saturday. These were not staged re-enactment shows but full-contact fights in a combat sport known as historical medieval battle. Around 60 fighters from European countries spanning France to Romania participated in the tournament, wielding blunted weapons as they skirmished across a grassy pitch in the shadow of a 15th century fortress in eastern Serbia. The intense, highly-physical matches -- best described as mixed-martial arts but with medieval weapons -- are refereed and scored based on a point system. "I have a background in boxing and I love history, so for me (this sport) is a good mix," said 28-year-old French fighter Victor Rousseau, 28, as he prepared for a group ... More Rago Auctions announces highlights from its auctions of Early 20th Century and Modern DesignLAMBERTVILLE, NJ.- On Saturday, September 22 and Sunday, September 23 the Rago Auctions will hold its auctions of Early 20th Century and Modern Design. Featuring the fifty-four lot Reese Collection of Lalique Glass. Immediately following are ceramics by George Ohr, Newcomb College, Rookwood, Marblehead, Adelaide Robineau, Grueby, Brouwer, Tiffany Studios, Charles Binns, Fulper, Teco, Van Briggle, Grand Feu, Redlands, Arequipa, and more. Eleven lots of Martin Brothers ware, including two bird tobacco jars and two creature jars. European pottery by Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat, Zsolnay, Moorcroft, Pilkington, Amphora/RSTK, and Clement Massier. A single-owner collection of Boch Freres pottery by Charles Catteau. Furniture by Louis Majorelle, Emile Gallé, Eugene Gaillard, Jacques Gruber, Gustav Stickley, Roycroft, L. & J.G. Stickley, and Stickley ... More Minneapolis College of Art board of trustees appoints Karen Wirth as Interim PresidentMINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Minneapolis College of Art and Design Board of Trustees has named Karen Wirth to serve as Interim President of the college, effective September 15. Wirth will serve in this role while MCAD conducts a nationwide search for a new permanent president. Karen Wirth brings a wealth of experience to the Presidents position. She is uniquely qualified for this leadership role as she has served as the Vice President of Academic Affairs for the last seven years overseeing faculty, curriculum, and academic facilities, staff, and budgets, said Greg Heinemann, Chair of the MCAD Board of Trustees. Karen will complement the strategic initiatives that are already in place and move the institution forward with a thorough understanding of the challenges ahead. We are confident that Karen will ensure a seamless transition, maintain the momentum ... More Princeton University Art Museum names Stephen J. Kim Associate Director for Information and TechnologyPRINCETON, NJ.- The Princeton University Art Museum announced that Stephen J. Kim will join the Museum staff as associate director for information and technology beginning Sept. 4, 2018. Kim will join the Museums senior management team and will be responsible for setting the direction for a sustainable integrated technological program and information management strategy. As associate director for information and technology, Kim will lead the team that supports public-facing digital initiatives, collections management, digital asset creation and management, information architecture and systems integration, application development and all matters relating to the Museums online presence. To promote use of the Museums collections and exhibitions in teaching and research, he will direct initiatives focused on providing complete digital access to students, ... More Painting and calligraphy by Zen masters on view at the New Orleans Museum of Art NEW ORLEANS, LA.- The New Orleans Museum of Art presents Teaching Beyond Doctrine: Painting and Calligraphy by Zen Masters, on view through January 20, 2019. Featuring forty paintings and works of calligraphy by Zen masters of the Edo period (1615-1868), Teaching Beyond Doctrine highlights important new acquisitions to NOMAs permanent collection, as well as significant loans from the Gitter-Yelen Foundation of New Orleans. One of the most notable features of NOMAs Japanese collection of Edo-period painting is its emphasis on Zen painting, said Susan Taylor, NOMAs Montine McDaniel Freeman Director. Visitors will have the opportunity to directly encounter works by recognized Zen masters, who express their authority and insight through brush and ink. Zen (meaning meditation) does not rely on the written word, but rather on a direct mind ... More 108/Contemporary announces new Executive DirectorTULSA, OKLA.- 108|Contemporary announced that Susan Baley, Executive Director of the Swope Art Museum, has been selected as their new Executive Director. Baley will assume the position in November. During Baleys tenure at the Swope Art Museum in Terra Haute, IN, she expanded the museums audience by adding several ongoing programs, including Art Start for children ages 3 to 5, Second Saturday Studio for visitors of all ages, and Museum on the Move for underserved families. Under her leadership, the museum increased attendance by over 66%. From 1998 to 2015, Baley served as Director of Education of the Fred Jones Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, developing programs such as Art After Noon, Sooner Museum Quest, and FREDtalks: Creative Conversations, Meditation in the Museum. She also held many offices ... More Russia under fire over jailed Ukraine filmmaker at European court STRASBOURG (AFP).- Ukraine has made a new application against Moscow at the European Court of Human Rights over the detention of hunger-striking film director Oleg Sentsov and dozens of other Ukranians jailed in Russia, the ECHR said Monday. The Ukranian government lodged the "inter-state" application on August 11 highlighting the fate of Sentsov, who last week passed 100 days of a hunger strike. Kiev alleges Moscow is violating numerous articles of the European Convention on Human Rights including a ban on torture and inhuman or degrading treatment, the right to a fair trial, freedom of thought, conscience and religion, freedom of expression and assembly, an ECHR statement said. Arguably Russia's most prominent prisoner, Senstov, 42, was arrested in Crimea after Moscow's 2014 annexation of the peninsula and has been languishing in a Russian ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, English artist Edward Burne-Jones was born August 28, 1833. Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet ARA (28 August 1833 - 17 June 1898) was a British artist and designer closely associated with the later phase of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, who worked closely with William Morris on a wide range of decorative arts as a founding partner in Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. In this image: The Rose Bower, 1885-90. Oil paint on canvas, 1250 x 2310 cm. The Faringdon Collection Trust.
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