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A dedicated 35-metre long gallery lined with more than 80 recently painted acrylic portrait paintings of the artists family, friends and notable subjects including artists John Baldessari and Barry Humphries are a major highlight.
MELBOURNE.- The NGV is presenting a major solo exhibition of one of the most influential artists of the past century, David Hockney. The exhibition, curated by the NGV in collaboration with David Hockney and his studio, features more than 700 works from the past decade of the artists career some new and many never-before-seen in Australia including paintings, digital drawings, photography and video works. Exhibition highlights include more than 600 extraordinary and sometimes animated, iPad digital drawings of still life compositions, self-portraits and large-scale landscapes including scenes of Yosemite National Park. Another highlight is The Four Seasons, Woldgate Woods, a breath-taking and immersive video work showcasing the changing landscape of Hockneys native Yorkshire, each season comprised of nine high-definition screens. A dedicated 35-metre long gallery lined with more than 80 recently painted acrylic port ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Chilean anthropologist Veronica Silva shows one of the mummies from the ancient Chinchorro culture at the National Museum of Natural History in Santiago, on December 16, 2016. Chilean researchers are seeking special UNESCO world heritage status for the Chinchorro mummies, the most ancient in the world according to Chilean physical anthropologist Bernardo Arriaza. Martin BERNETTI / AFP
| Van Gogh 'lost' sketches publisher threatens legal action | | Outstanding Monet pastel acquired by National Galleries of Scotland under Acceptance in Lieu scheme | | Turkey policeman assassinates Russia envoy at art gallery in Ankara | 
This file photo taken on November 15, 2016 shows a man leafing through the pages of a book of drawings from Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh at the architecture academy in Paris. JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- The French publishers of a book of "lost" Vincent Van Gogh sketches on Monday threatened legal action against a Dutch museum that has questioned the authenticity of the works. The threat follows the publication in six countries last month of "Vincent Van Gogh, the fog of Arles: the rediscovered sketchbook" in which sketches apparently from the artist's legendary stay in the southern French city are reproduced. The Vincent Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, however, has dismissed the sketches as fakes triggering a war of words with publishing house Le Seuil. Le Seuil "intends to obtain compensation for the damage they have suffered as a result of an insidious and unfounded campaign" on the part of the Van Gogh Museum, the publisher said in a statement, without elaborating on the exact legal action they intended to take. The owner of the sketches, who is said to have ... More | | 
Claude Monet, Etretat, LAigulle et La Porte dAval, c.1885 (detail). Pastel on paper, 39 x 23 cm. Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by H M Government from the estate of Miss Valerie Middleton and allocated to the Scottish National Gallery, 2016.
EDINBURGH.- A rare pastel of outstanding quality by the great Impressionist artist Claude Monet is to be unveiled this week at the Scottish National Gallery. This subtle and atmospheric work, a quiet masterpiece produced by the artist at a crucial transitional moment in his career, has been in a Scottish private collection since the 1920s. It has been allocated to the Gallery through the Governments Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) scheme, and will be on display at the Gallery from 18 December. Brought up in Le Havre, Monet was drawn at various times in his career to the sparkling light of the Normandy coast, with its dramatic limestone cliffs. He produced this work around 1885 at Etretat, famous for its outstanding rock formations such the Porte dAval and the Needle (Aiguille), featured in the National Gallerys pastel. This small fishing village was fast developing as a tourist site, but by the 1880s Monet had largely ... More | | 
Andrey Karlov (R), the Russian ambassador to Ankara, gives a speech before being shot by a gunman (unseen) during an art exhibition in Ankara. UGUR KAVAS / DEPO PHOTOS / AFP.
ANKARA (AFP).- A Turkish policeman crying "Aleppo" and "Allahu Akbar" shot dead Russia's ambassador to Turkey in Ankara Monday, prompting a vow from President Vladimir Putin to step up the fight against "terrorism." Andrei Karlov died of his wounds after the shooting, which occurred on the eve of a key meeting in Moscow between the Russian, Turkish and Iranian foreign ministers on the Syria conflict. Dramatic footage showed the moment the veteran diplomat was shot in the back as he opened a show of Russian photographs at an exhibition hall in Ankara. Images showed the ambassador standing up to speak at a lectern, before stumbling and crashing to the ground, lying flat on his back as the attacker -- dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and tie -- brandishes his gun at shocked onlookers. The man shouts "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest") and then talks about pledging allegiance to jihad in Arabic, the images showed. ... More |
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| Amon Carter Museum of American Art announces landmark acquisition by George Bellows | | Works from the most celebrated female artist of all time in Florida's first-ever solo Kahlo exhibition | | Exhibition of abstract works by American female artists on view at Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art | 
George Bellows (18821925), The Fisherman, 1917. Oil on canvas, 30 1/8 x 44 in. Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas. 2016.9.
FORT WORTH, TX.- The Amon Carter Museum of American Art announces the acquisition of a landmark painting by acclaimed 20th-century artist George Bellows (18821925). The Fisherman (1917) is the first painting by Bellows to enter the Amon Carters collection; the museum already holds a full set of 230 lithographs by the artist. The painting will be on view beginning December 21 alongside a lithograph of the artists iconic 1909 boxing scene, A Stag at Sharkeys. This painting is one of the museums most significant acquisitions in the last 10 years, says Andrew J. Walker, executive director of the Amon Carter. Bellows is perhaps most famous for his gritty depictions of early 20th-century New York urban life, but he was equally adept at depicting the powerful force of the American landscape. This fascinating painting adds invaluable depth to our collection and will surely become a visitor favorite. ... More | | 
Frida Kahlo, La columna rota (The Broken Column), 1944. Oil on canvas. Collection Museo Dolores Olmedo, Mexico City © 2016 Banco de México Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.- The DaliThe Dali Museum. examines the strength, the mind, the loves and life of the most celebrated female artist of all time. Frida Kahlos works have achieved significant importance in art, popular culture and the politics of personal identity. The exhibition features more than 60 pieces including 15 original paintings many of them among Kahlos own favorites seven drawings, and more than 45 of her personal photographs. Running through April 17, 2017, Frida Kahlo at The Dali is Floridas first solo exhibition of works by Kahlo. The exhibition, curated by The Dalis Executive Director Dr. Hank Hine and the Museums Curator of Exhibitions, Dr. William Jeffett, celebrates the beautiful yet tumultuous life of the iconic artist. There are, in a sense, two Fridas: the suffering, pain-wracked Frida and ... More | | 
Pat Lipsky, Small Homage to Matisse, 1973 (detail), oil on canvas.
NEW YORK, NY.- Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art is presenting an exhibition of gallery selections featuring remarkable abstract works by American female artists from the 1960s and 1970s. Working across a diverse array of mediums and movements, Helen Frankenthaler, Sonia Gechtoff, Pat Lipsky, Edda Renouf and Miriam Schapiro created paintings, drawings, and graphic works that shaped the trajectory of modern and contemporary art. Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011), whose career spanned a remarkable six decades, is widely recognized as one of the most important American artists of the twentieth century. She was an enormously influential second generation postwar American abstract painter who played a vital role in the shift from Abstract Expressionism to Color Field painting. In her work, Frankenthaler united a conception of the canvas as both a formalized field and a realm for gestural expression through line. Her remarkable body of work and ... More |
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| This whimsical "Wallace and Gromit" home in Edinburgh is the 2016 RIBA House of the Year | | Major exhibition, 'Martin Scorsese,' looks at the director's work, life, and passion for cinema | | The Palace of Versailles unveiled at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra | 
Richard Murphy Architects, Murphy House. © Keith Hunter.
LONDON.- The Royal Institute of British Architects announced today (Thursday 15 December 2016) that Murphy House in Edinburgh by Richard Murphy Architects is the 2016 RIBA House of the Year, sponsored by Hiscox Home Insurance. This five-level house is a surprising addition to an otherwise conservative sandstone terraced street in Edinburghs UNESCO-listed New Town. Built on an awkward plot at the end of a terrace, Richard Murphy has designed for himself a deeply personal space filled with tricks, surprises and references to his own design heroes. From a hidden bath in the master bedroom and a folding corner wall, to sliding bookshelf ladders that glide around the subterranean library, this house is filled with a unique and spirited charm. Murphy, inspired by the work of the late Carlo Scarpa, a 20th century Italian architect has created a house full of pure, beautiful craftsmanship. RIBA President Jane Duncan said: ... More | | 
Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro on the set of TAXI DRIVER (1976). Photo: Sikelia Productions.
NEW YORK, NY.- Martin Scorsese is one of the most accomplished and influential filmmakers of our time. His wide-ranging body of work is at once distinctly personal and rooted in a profound understanding of the art and history of cinema. Museum of the Moving Image is presenting Martin Scorsese , the first major exhibition devoted to the iconic and prolific American director, from December 11, 2016, through April 23, 2017. The exhibition is organized by the Deutsche Kinemathek Museum für Film und Fernsehen, Berlin, where it originated. It has traveled to the Museo Nazionale del Cinema in Turin, the Cinémathèque Française in Paris, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, and the Provincial Cultural Centre Caermersklooster, in Ghent. Museum of the Moving Image is the first American venue for the exhibition. Drawing extensively from Scorseses own collection, the exhibition includes production material from ... More | | 
After Louise Ãlisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Queen Marie-Antoinette 1779-80. Oil on canvas. On loan from the Palace of Versailles. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (Château de Versailles) / Gérard Blot.
CANBERRA.- The National Gallery of Australia has opened the gates to an exclusive exhibition of more than 130 treasures from the Palace of Versailles. Versailles: Treasures from the Palace brings to life the extraordinary history of one of the worlds most opulent palaces, the centre of French power and taste during the reigns of King Louis XIV, XV and XVI. Featuring paintings, tapestries, sculptures, furniture and objects, this monumental exhibition evokes the sights, sounds and even scents of the French court during the 17th 18th centuries. I never imagined the exhibition would be so breathtaking, said Tina Arena, NGA Ambassador. It truly is a feast for the senses. I am honoured to be a part of it. From the massive 3m x 2m Sourches family portrait to the intricate objects and porcelain of MarieAntoinette, Versailles: Treasures from the Palace showcases many facets ... More |
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| Ronald S. Lauder joins J. Paul Getty Trust Board | | J. Paul Getty Museum acquires rare first century carved gem | | Sotheby's Fall Sales of Design in New York total $20.4 million | 
Ronald S. Lauder.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Board of Trustees of the J. Paul Getty Trust announced today that Ronald S. Lauder has joined the Gettys Board effective immediately. We are thrilled to welcome Ronald Lauder to the Getty Board of Trustees, said Maria Hummer-Tuttle, chair. He brings great knowledge and experience in art history and scholarship, collecting, museum management, philanthropy, and international affairs." A renowned art collector, Mr. Lauder has established one of the worlds greatest private collections. He was chairman of the Museum of Modern Art from 1995 to 2005 and now serves as the museums honorary chairman. In 2001, he established the Neue Galerie New York, of which he is president. Mr. Lauder established the Commission for Art Recovery in 1997, which advocates and fights for the recovery of Nazi looted art. His lifelong involvement with the arts, combined with his business and financial acumen ... More | | 
The identity of the artist is uncertain.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum recently acquired at auction a rare first-century carved gem depicting a seated nude woman and standing nude man, likely the goddess Aphrodite and her lover, Adonis. The gemmade of sard, a reddish-brown translucent quartzis exquisitely engraved. The identity of the artist is uncertain, although the scholar Marie-Louis Vollenweider has suggested it is the work of Aulos, one of the finest engravers working in the circle of the imperial court of Emperor Augustus in the late first century B.C., who signed several other gems of related style. The beautiful gilt mount dates from the eighteenth century. The gems superb quality, impressive size, and excellent condition will enhance our holdings of engraved gems, one of the strengths of the Museums antiquities collection, said Timothy Potts, director of the Getty Museum. It will go on view in the Villas reinstalled galleri ... More | | 
Wednesdays auctions were led by Tiffany Studios The Stream of Life Window, which achieved $2,652,500 more than seven times its high estimate of $350,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys fall auctions of 20th Century Design in New York concluded last week with a market-leading total of $20.4 million, including new benchmark prices for Tiffany Studios and Italian glass. Below is a look at some of the highlights that drove results this season: Wednesdays auctions were led by Tiffany Studios The Stream of Life Window, which achieved $2,652,500 more than seven times its high estimate of $350,000. This result marks both a new world auction record for a window by the legendary firm, as well as the top auction price of the year worldwide for Design. The commemorative window was commissioned directly from Tiffany Studios in 1914 by Mrs. Benjamin Whitman on behalf of Park Presbyterian Church in Erie, Pennsylvania now the First Presbyterian Church ... More |
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 3 works by California painters and an Art Deco sculpture join the Huntington's collectionsSAN MARINO, CA.- The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today it has acquired three works by important 20th-century California painters as well as a significant American sculpture. Charles Reiffels intense 1916 expressionist landscape, Bit of Silvermine The Old Farm House, Henrietta Shores lilting Clivia (1930), and Gaston Lachaises elegant bronze Art Deco masterpiece, The Peacocks (1918), were acquired in recent months. Passion Flower (1945) by modernist painter and founding member of the Transcendental Painting Group, Agnes Pelton, officially joined the collections this week. All four pieces currently are on view in the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art. Weve been looking to add paintings by Pelton and Shore to the collections for some time, and the resplendent Reiffel, on loan to us for the past few years, ... More Sensational Verdura bracelet and exquisite diamond jewelry skyrocket to over $325,000 at Clars saleOAKLAND, CA.- Clars Auction Gallerys December 10 and 11, 2016 realized exceptionally high prices on the important jewelry offered. The fine art portion of the sale resulted in three new world auction records and the Asian offerings continued to command impressive dollars. The jewelry category was expected to perform solidly in December with many of the significant pieces coming from an important Carmel (CA) estate. In the end though, the extravagant jewelry offered realized two to three times high estimate with total sales exceeding $325,000. Topping this category and the sale overall was a diamond and 18k two-tone ring centered by one (1) round brilliant cut 6.30 cts diamond accented by 43 full diamonds. Estimated to sell for $14,000 18,000, this stunning ring skyrocketed to $72,600. Achieving the second highest price was a sensational Verdura Spinel diamond ... More Detroit Institute of Arts hosts "The Edible Monument: The Art of Food for Festivals"DETROIT, MICH.- Journey back centuries for a detailed look at elaborate sculptures and monuments made of food for street festivals and royal banquets in Europe in The Edible Monument: The Art of Food for Festivals at the Detroit Institute of Arts Dec. 16, 2016April 16, 2017. The exhibition is organized by the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles and includes 140 prints, serving manuals and rare cookbooks from the Getty and private collections. It is free with museum admission, which is free for residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties. This exhibition will delight fans of cooking shows and chef competitions, which are so popular today, said Salvador Salort-Pons, DIA director. Its amazing to see the ingenuity of chefs and food designers who created these elaborate edible monuments 300 to 500 years ago, and visitors will also enjoy seeing some of the ... More Reza Aramesh's second solo exhibition with Leila Heller Gallery on view in DubaiDUBAI.- Leila Heller Gallery is presenting At 9:15 am Sunday 28 May 1967, Reza Arameshs second solo exhibition with the gallery. In titling this exhibition, Aramesh specifies the time and date of a particular event leaving out the location. His choice of deliberate geographical ambiguity invites the viewer to be part of the intimacy of the scene, searching to acknowledge the commonality of human suffering whilst immortalizing an event or Action, as Aramesh titles them, of unnamed rebellious subjects. The exhibition features two bodies of sculptural work and continues upon Reza Arameshs interdisciplinary practice of representing the abjection of human bodies sustained during armed conflict and torture. Aramesh blends classical aesthetics with anonymous figures from the contemporary moment, thereby bringing to the fore the victims who have been rendered ... More Rice University's Shepherd School of Music to break ground on new music and opera buildingHOUSTON, TX.- Rice University's Shepherd School of Music plans to break ground on a new music and opera building in September 2017, pending completion of the funding initiative. The new structure designed by Allan Greenberg Architect LLC will be connected by a plaza to the school's current facility, Alice Pratt Brown Hall and will form Rices Music and Performing Arts Center. The new building is expected to be open to students and the general public in July 2020. The new center will be "a transformative addition to the Shepherd School, the opera program and the greater university, said Shepherd School Dean Robert Yekovich. The center will energize Rices campus at the west end of its Inner Loop, he said. The center will offer premium performance space for opera, chamber orchestra, chamber music and theater; meet the growing need for rehearsal and practice ... More Nahmad Contemporary exhibits works by Andy Warhol, Christopher Wool, and Wade GuytonNEW YORK, NY.- Nahmad Contemporary is presenting WARHOL, WOOL, GUYTON, on view through January 2017. The exhibition features a selection of late abstract paintings by Andy Warhol (192887) alongside paintings by two of todays leading contemporary artists: Christopher Wool (b. 1955) and Wade Guyton (b. 1972). Produced in successive yet distinct periods between 1978 and 2010, the works converge formally through ambiguous marks and expressive gestures that summon the language of postwar abstract painting. The innovative print processes deployed by the artists operate as conceptual fibers unifying the diversity of paintings presented here. In the decade before his death, Andy Warhol defied his iconic Pop-art reputation with a foray into abstract painting. Textural and painterly, the hazy silhouetted shapes that characterize the monumental ... More Khan Lee's Red, Green and Blue lights up Vancouver Art Gallery's Offsite VANCOUVER.- Vancouver Art Gallerys new public artwork Red, Green and Blue by artist Khan Lee lights up the Gallerys Offsite in the heart of downtown Vancouver. On view from now until April 17, 2017, this movement-based sculpture installation uses filtered light to animate nature. Drawing on broad references of horizon lines and landscape, the artist allows passersby to visualize the wind. Building on a sense of theatricality, Khan Lees installation acts as an elaborate set composed of three-dimensional objects that cast larger-than-life shadows against an enormous backdrop. Red, Green and Blue draws viewers into the intersections of artifice and nature with an abundant field of transparent cones fabricated from sheets of hand-folded plastic film. It is both painting and sculpture, using light filtered through red, green and blue lighting gels to project an immersive field ... More Ubuntu Art Gallery presents "Unyielding River" by Mutaz ElemamCAIRO.- If paintings are to be compared with music then this is the closest that Mutaz Elemam has conveyed in his new body of work Unyielding River. Infatuated with the beauty and majesty of the Nile , Elemam revisits a recurrent theme that he has long and continuously explored throughout his career. Part factual and part memory , this show marks a strong and mature departure in his artistic process; more so regarding composition, colour palette and brushwork than subject matter. Culled from an extensively rich visual repertoire and gleaned from his innumerable travels , he has developed a unique vocabulary of subtle and more muted colours, free-flowing brushstrokes that capture the energy of the river and the spirit of the landscape around it. Twenty three compelling paintings in acrylic on canvas that reveal an inherent unity in this body of work where the focus ... More ROSEGALLERY opens group exhibitionSANTA MONICA, CA.- At this time, We the People must ask ourselves one question: who are we? Although it might seem like a simple question, the answer may not come so easily. When the founding fathers penned We the People, they may have meant themselves, the white men in power, but We the People of today incorporates a much wider set of individuals. When We lives to juxtapose with the Other, just as it has in our current climate, photographys unique power to democratize becomes a necessity. In our previous show HE, SHE, THEY, we explored the multifaceted ways gender, sexuality, and identity build ourselves and our surroundings. And so, expanding our notions of us, ROSEGALLERY presents We, a selection of photographs, paintings, and prints which strive to show the encompassing sense of We through our idiosyncrasies and time. To capture t ... More Fondazione Prada's new exhibition space, Osservatorio, opens in MilanMILAN.- Today a private view of Fondazione Pradas new exhibition space, Osservatorio, took place. Devoted to photography and visual languages, Osservatorio is located in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, extending across the fifth and sixth floors of one of the Gallerias main buildings, at the level of the glass and iron dome that covers the arcades. The inaugural exhibition, Give Me Yesterday, curated by Francesco Zanot, explores the use of photography as a personal diary over a period of time ranging from the early 2000s through today, and features 14 international artists. The President of Fondazione Prada, Miuccia Prada, attended the event, along with the Deputy Mayor of Milan Anna Scavuzzo, the Superintendent for Archeology, Arts and Landscape Antonella Ranaldi, the Vice President of FAI Marco Magnifico, the Director of Servizio Polo Mostre e Musei ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American sculptor and painter Beverly Pepper, was born December 20, 1922. Beverly Pepper (born December 20, 1922) is an American sculptor known for her monumental works, site specific and land art. She remains independent from any particular art movement. She is married to the writer Curtis Bill Pepper. In this image: Beverly Pepper, "Ancient Silence", 2009. Carrara marble, 11 ½ x 18 x 5 in. 29.2 x 45.7 x 12.7 cm., stone base: 1 x 18 5/8 x 10 in. / 2.5 x 47.3 x 25.4 cm. Courtesy: Marlborough Gallery, New York. ©Beverly Pepper.
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