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Clutch of 11 Troodon Dinosaur Eggs in Matrix. North America or Siberia, Late Cretaceous period, ca. 77.5 to 76.5 million years ago. Estimate $14,000 - $20,000.
BOULDER, COLO.- Every auction event conducted by Artemis Gallerys team of antiquities experts is a trip back in time, with exciting artifacts from scores of important cultures just waiting to be discovered. A favorite with collectors, the companys Exceptional Series features the finest consignments of investment-grade art and artifacts from Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern and Far Eastern, and Pre-Columbian cultures. The first Exceptional Auction of the new decade, boasting 351 museum-worthy lots, is slated for Thursday, Feb. 13, with absentee and live-online bidding available through LiveAuctioneers. The sale opens with a fantastic array of Ancient Egyptian pieces. A blue paste-glass heart scarab amulet inscribed with hieroglyphs (see catalog for translation) dates to circa 664 to 30 BCE, the Late Period to Ptolemaic periods. The top of the amulet displays lifelike scarab beetle details of wings, legs and head. On its undersi ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The Asheville Art Museum shared that seven artists from the opening exhibition Appalachia Now! An Interdisciplinary Survey of Contemporary Art in Southern Appalachia have entered the Museum's Collection of American Art of the 20th and 21st centuries.In this image: Lei Han, Core, 2018, edition of 2, digital video, sound by Wayne Kirby and Roy Wooten (Future Man), multichannel audiovisual installation, 5.1 surround sound, filmed with Canon 5D Mark III and Panasonic GH4 on a Canon 100 millimeter macro lens, 5 minutes, 12 seconds. Museum purchase with funds provided by the 2019 Collectors Circle, 2020.04.01. © Lei Han
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 | | 81 Leonard Gallery opens Taher Jaoui's solo exhibition Controlled Entropy | | Asheville Art Museum acquires 15 works from Appalachia Now! artists | | Exhibition presents more than 70 masterpieces by Caravaggio, Bernini and their contemporaries | 
Taher Jaoui, Me Dreaming About You, 2019. Mixed media on canvas. 71 x 63 in. Courtesy of the Artist.
NEW YORK, NY.- 81 Leonard Gallery and Uncommon Beauty Gallery announced the solo exhibition of Taher Jaoui the Tunisian-born, Berlin-based artists first solo presentation in the U.S. On view at 81 Leonard Street, New York, NY, from February 6th to 28th, Controlled Entropy features three bodies of paintings from 2019 and a new sculpture from 2020 that has never been shown before. A self-taught artist, Jaoui is not afraid of expressing himself through a full palette and a wide array of textures. In his paintings, various colors and forms sometimes abstract, sometimes semi-figurative, and sometimes mathematical signs and numbers are choreographed into a wild dance, reaching to every corner of the canvas. As highlighted in the Wall Street International Magazine, Taher Jaouis cosmos is always in motion. While his creative process ... More | | 
Jerry Maxey, Babel/Babble, 2018, wicker-weave basket, fiber-reactive dye, rattan, seagrass, and lathe-turned sweetgum on wood base, 24 à 20 à 20 inches. Museum purchase with funds provided by the 2019 Collectors Circle, 2020.06.01. © Jerry Maxey.
ASHEVILLE, NC.- The Asheville Art Museum shared that seven artists from the opening exhibition Appalachia Now! An Interdisciplinary Survey of Contemporary Art in Southern Appalachia have entered the Museum's Collection of American Art of the 20th and 21st centuries. Appalachia Now! was the inaugural exhibition of the newly renovated Museum that celebrated contemporary artists living and working in Southern Appalachia. Considering available funds, the Museum's curatorial team selected a range of works that reflect the diversity of Appalachia Now! These works were then presented to the Collectors' Circle who voted to acquire them. "Its such an honor to be a part of the Asheville Art Museums ... More | | 
Giovanni Antonio, Galli, called Spadarino Christ Displaying his Wounds Rome, c. 162535 Canvas, 132.3 Ã 97.8 cm Perth, Perth Museum and Art Gallery & Kinross Council, Scotland Inv. no. FA 192/78.
AMSTERDAM.- In the first decades of the 17th century a new generation of ambitious artists led by the brilliant painter Caravaggio and sculptor Bernini shook the eternal city of Rome from its slumber. They introduced a new language to art that dispensed with elegance and incited the emotions. This was Baroque, a spectacular artistic style charged with drama, dynamism and bravura, which sparked intimate collaborations between painting, sculpture and architecture. This was a revolution in Western art, one that started in Rome and resonated throughout Europe. Caravaggio-Bernini. Baroque in Rome is an exhibition of more than 70 masterpieces by Caravaggio, Bernini and their contemporaries. The paintings and sculptures are on loan to the ... More |
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| | Häusler Contemporary Zurich opens new exhibition with an encounter of Brigitte Kowanz and Haroon Mirza | | Rare objects discovered in the Havering Hoard reveal fascinating insights into Bronze Age London | | Christie's France announces Old Master & 19th Century Drawings Sale during the Drawing week | 
Brigitte Kowanz, Tipping Point 2018. Neon, Spiegel Ex. 3/3 60 x 60 x 60 cm / 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 inches. Photo: Studio Kowanz, courtesy of the artist and Häusler Contemporary München | Zürich.
ZURICH.- Häusler Contemporary Zurich opened its new exhibition series «Dialogue» with an encounter of Brigitte Kowanz and Haroon Mirza. The juxtaposition focusses on the artistic examination of the medium of light and the way in which its meaning for men and their perception is illustrated. With the double exhibition by Brigitte Kowanz and Haroon Mirza, Häusler Contemporary is launching a new exhibition format: at lose intervals, two or more artists are being put into «dialogue» on a specific topic. In this way, contentual, technical or conceptual approaches of contemporary art can be examined in depth, based on specific examples. The new series starts with an artistic encounter on the subject of «light», focusing on how the two different positions capture the ephemeral medium in a visible, supposedly solid shape and load it with messages. Brigitte Kowanz is one of the most important international representatives ... More | | 
Curator Kate Sumnall unveils a rare Terret Ring ahead of the upcoming major exhibition, Havering Hoard A Bronze Age Mystery, at the Museum of London Docklands. (c) David Parry PA Wire.
LONDON.- The Museum of London Docklands has for the first time revealed a closer look at the Havering Hoard ahead of the upcoming major exhibition, Havering Hoard: A Bronze Age Mystery. Among the objects revealed are a pair of terret rings, a rare discovery as these are the first Bronze Age examples of their kind ever to be found in the UK. These objects are believed to have been used to prevent the reins from tangling on horse-drawn carts, giving us a fascinating insight into how people and goods may have travelled cross-country. The discovery of these terret rings, along with a bracelet believed to be from the modern day French/German border and copper ingots possibly originating from the Alps, suggests a well-connected community of travelers and traders across Europe. Buried in four separate parts, the largest Bronze Age hoard ever discovered in London poses questions as to why ... More | | 
Simon Vouet, Portrait du cardinal Mazarin. 27,5 x 20 cm. (10æ x 7√ in.). Estimate: 100,000-150,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020.
PARIS.- As part of the Drawing week, Christies will take part in this international event by organising its « Drawing Days » on March 25 for the Old Master & 19th Century Drawings and on March 26 for the Works on Paper sales. These two auctions will precede the sale of Impressionist and Modern art as well as the sale of Greta Stroeh's Collection, "A Tribute to Arp", on March 26. Christie's annual Parisian sale of Old Master & 19th Century Drawings offers a wide variety of works on paper covering over four hundred years of design and European creativity from around 16th to the 19th century. With more than 100 lots, the auction presents an opportunity to acquire some of the most celebrated drawings of the French, Italian, Dutch and Flemish school, with estimates ranging from 1,000 to 300,000. Hélène Rihal, Head of the Department comments: Two great Venetian artists are featured with two top lots including Giovanni Bat ... More |
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| | Pierre de Coubertin's founding text donated to Olympic museum | | Nationalmuseum acquires two glass sculptures by Rasmus Nossbring | | Revitalized Seattle Asian Art Museum reopens to the public | 
This file photo taken on October 23, 2019 shows the original Olympic Games manifesto, written in 1892 by French aristocrat, educator and athletics advocate Pierre de Coubertin. Mark RALSTON / AFP.
LAUSANNE (AFP).- The original Olympic Games manifesto written in 1892 by Pierre de Coubertin has been donated to the International Olympic Committee by owner Alisher Usmanov, president of the international fencing federation. Russian billionaire Usmanov bought the 14-page manifesto at auction in New York in December for $8.8 million, a new auction world record for an item of sports memorabilia. Coubertin outlined his vision for reviving the ancient Olympic Games as a new, international competition in the manifesto. He argued that athletic endeavor had benefits for individuals and society. The manuscript is the only known copy of the speech which Coubertin delivered in Paris in 1892. Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee two years later and the first modern Games took place in 1896 in Athens. "Your generosity ... More | | 
Rasmus Nossbring, Sculpture, 19.43, (two birds, one stone), 2017. Glass sculpted by hand, coloured and blasted. Miniatures of waste: plastic, paper, metal, glue, acrylic paint, polymer clay. NMK 121/2019. Photo: Linn Ahlgren/Nationalmuseum.
STOCKHOLM.- Nationalmuseum has acquired two glass sculptures by Rasmus Nossbring. They are part of a group of five, comprising Nossbrings degree project at Konstfack in 2017. The glass sculptures are portraits of his former colleagues at Reijmyre Glassworks, capturing the everyday private moments in which the person is the most vulnerable. Rasmus Nossbring (b. 1991) started his career as a school-weary 15-year-old with a work placement as a glassblower at Reijmyre Glassworks, where he was introduced to various glassmaking techniques by the older and more experienced glassblowers. When Nossbring graduated from Konstfack in 2017, his Bachelors degree project, called Those who wait, consisted of five glass sculptures depicting his former colleagues ... More | | 
Installation view of Boundless Stories of Asian Art at the Asian Art Museum. Photo Jueqian Fang.
SEATTLE, WA.- The reimagined and reinstalled Seattle Asian Art Museum reopened to the public inaugurating a new era for one of the few museums in North America dedicated exclusively to Asian art. With an historic 1933 Art Deco building that has been enhanced by the Seattle-based firm LMN Architects, the museum now features a completely new thematic presentation of the Seattle Art Museums major collection of Asian art, in an unparalleled visitor-centered installation that makes connections across geography and embraces the complexity of its vast and profound subject. Other features include a large new gallery for special exhibitions, a dedicated education space to serve thousands of students a year, and an important conservation center for Asian paintings. We could not be more excited to open the doors of the museum and welcome everyone back, said Amada Cruz, Illsley Ball Nordstrom ... More |
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| | Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac opens Marc Brandenburg's first UK solo exhibition | | Matthew Girling steps down as Bonhams' Global CEO, Bruno Vinciguerra will assume responsibilities | | Serpentine 2020 Pavilion will be designed by Counterspace | 
Installation view, Marc Brandenburg, Snowflake, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London, 6th February 4th April 2020. © Marc Brandenburg, courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London. Photo: Ben Westoby.
LONDON.- Marc Brandenburg's first UK exhibition, Snowflake presents a series of new drawings that explore the conditions of life at the fringes of society. Referencing Chuck Palahniuks 1996 novel Fight Club in the exhibition's title, Brandenburg addresses attributes that are increasingly the object of censure and ridicule in contemporary society: sensitivity, vulnerability, trauma, a lack of stamina, and the understanding of uniqueness as innate to all individuals. Larger-than-life scenes from a protest march are presented alongside smaller images of faceless figures masked, heads bowed, or fully covered severed from their surroundings and appearing cocooned or in free-fall amidst an expanse of undefined space. With an oeuvre that encompasses drawing, photography, performance and installation, ... More | | 
Matthew Girling. Photo: Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY.- After twenty-three years at Bonhams, Matthew Girling is stepping down as Global CEO. Matthew has led the auction house since 2015. Bonhams Executive Chairman, Bruno Vinciguerra, said: We cannot thank Matthew enough for his extraordinary dedication to Bonhams. He has played a major role in the history of this auction house. His expertise in jewellery is world-renowned and he will continue to be held in high esteem by colleagues. Matthew Girling first joined Bonhams in 1988. In 1996, he became Director of Jewellery. He went on to lead the jewellery department to UK market leadership, a position that Bonhams still retains. In 1999, Matthew joined the management team, while remaining a familiar figure on the rostrum. In 2018, The Times recognised him as one of the top five auctioneers in the world. In the past decade, while Matthew was CEO, Bonhams extended its reach internationally, opening in Hong Kong in addition to its m ... More | | 
Serpentine Pavilion 2020 designed by Counterspace, Design Render, Interior View © Counterspace.
LONDON.- Johannesburg-based practice Counterspace, directed by the all-woman team of Sumayya Vally, Sarah de Villiers and Amina Kaskar, has been selected to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2020. All three were born in 1990 and are the youngest ever architects to be commissioned for this internationally renowned architecture programme, now in its 20th year. Using both innovative and traditional building techniques, Counterspaces design will be based on gathering spaces and community places around the city, folding London in to the Pavilion structure in Kensington Gardens, and extending a public programme across London. The shapes of the Pavilion are created from a process of addition, superimposition, subtraction and splicing of architectural forms, directly transcribed from existing spaces with particular relevance to migrant and other peripheral communities in London. On its 20th anniversary, more than ever, ... More |
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 Lowest-mintage circulating U.S. gold coin highlights Heritage Auctions' Long Beach Expo offeringsDALLAS, TX.- A 1875 $10 Liberty Eagle, the famous regular issue U.S. gold coin with the lowest circulation mintage ever recorded, highlights more than 2,000 lots in Heritage Auctions Feb. 20-23 Long Beach Expo U.S. Coins Auction. Graded PCGS AU50, this famous gold rarity with only a tiny 100 pieces struck for circulation is expected to easily sell well into six figures as collectors seek to add it to their collections. Fewer than 10 pieces of the 100 1875 Liberty Eagle struck for circulation are believed to have survived in all grades, said Sarah Miller, Managing Director of Numismatics at Heritage New York. There was little numismatic interest in Liberty Eagles in 1875, as the coins were too expensive for most collectors to set aside. The few numismatists who did collect large denomination gold coins simply ordered one of the 20 proof ... More Sotheby's Dubai to showcase works by renowned artists from Europe, Asia & the Middle EastDUBAI.- In the first exhibition of 2020, Sothebys Dubai galleries bring together twenty-one modern and contemporary artworks spanning genres and continents. From Pop Artist Robert Indianas instantly recognisable Love sculpture and whimsical works on paper by Andy Warhol, to Ayman Baalbakis signature expressionist freedom fighter and street artist Banksys take on military helicopters the exhibition creates dialogues between artists from across the world. The view is taking place at Level 1, Gate Village Building 3, Dubai International Financial Centre, UAE from 9 13 February, open to the public from 10am 7pm daily. The works will then travel to London to be auctioned as part of our 20th Century Art / Middle East and Contemporary Curated sales. Located in the heart of the DIFC, Sotheby's Dubai presents a vibrant, ever-evolving programme ... More Flowers Gallery celebrates 50th anniversary and expansion in 2020LONDON.- Flowers Gallery celebrates its 50th anniversary in February 2020, marking the event with a London exhibition of contemporary work by represented artists. The exhibition showcases the breadth of the programme developed over the past five decades, emphasising the ongoing focus on exhibiting contemporary works of art. It includes 50 works by 50 artists, many of which have been produced specially for the occasion. Each work will measure a maximum of 50 x 50 cm. The exhibition features works by: Glenys Barton, Glen Baxter, George Blacklock, Boomoon, Boyd & Evans, Edward Burtynsky, Aleah Chapin, Movanna Chen, Cedric Christie, Edmund Clark, Julie Cockburn, Bernard Cohen, Ken Currie, Jane Edden, Amanda Faulkner, Friedemann Hahn, Rachel Heller, David Hepher, Nicola Hicks, Carole Hodgson, Scarlett Hooft Graafland, Peter Howson, ... More Sarah Scaturro appointed Eric and Jane Nord Chief Conservator at Cleveland Museum of ArtCLEVELAND, OH.- Following an international search, the Cleveland Museum of Art announced the appointment of Sarah Scaturro as the Eric and Jane Nord Chief Conservator. She will assume her responsibilities at the CMA in April 2020. Scaturro leads conservation at the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Since 2012, she has been responsible for the preservation and conservation of the departments dress-related artifacts. During her tenure at the Met, Scaturro oversaw the Costume Institutes conservation team of five and was involved in storage facility renovations and collection moves. Her team has worked on the Mets highest attended exhibitions, including Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, which had over 1.6 million visitors. We are absolutely thrilled that Sarah Scaturro is joining the staff at the Cleveland ... More Master Drawings New York 2020 reports robust sales and record attendanceNEW YORK, NY.- A very successful edition of Master Drawings New York concluded on Saturday, February 1, with robust sales and excellent attendance throughout. The Preview Evening on January 24, drew collectors and museum curators from all over the world who converged on New York for one of the most important weeks on the fine art calendar. Continuing the tradition of presenting works of supreme quality and diversity, Master Drawings New York has maintained its position as the premier showcase for intimate gallery exhibitions displaying artworks spanning 700 years of art history. While the event focuses primarily on drawings from the 14th to the 21st centuries, there were a selection of top dealers also displaying prime examples of sculpture and painting. Originally conceived as an annual gallery-walk, Master Drawings New York has grown ... More Snow problem for Japan's ice sculpture festivalSAPPORO (AFP).- Every year, tens of thousands of tourists flock to the snow festival in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo, attracted by some 200 large, but intricate ice sculptures. But this year, there's a problem: no snow. With high temperatures that festival-goers put down to climate change, organisers were forced to truck in powder from distant towns for their signature sculptures in an unheard-of ice crisis. "This lack of snow is unprecedented," said Yumato Sato, an official in charge of organising the snow festival, which normally uses 30,000 tonnes of the stuff for sculptures ranging from anime characters to famous racehorses. "We had to bring in snow from places we had never reached out to before" such as Niseko, a town about 60 kilometres (40 miles) away from Sapporo famous for its skiing, he said. Adding to the problem ... More Mirella Freni, matchless Italian prima donna, dies at 84NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- Mirella Freni, an exemplary Italian prima donna for nearly 50 years, whose voice was ideally suited to lighter lyric roles but maintained its bloom even as she took on weightier, more dramatic repertory in midcareer, died Sunday at her home in Modena, in north-central Italy. She was 84. She died after a long degenerative illness and a series of strokes, said J.F. Mastroianni, her longtime manager. In the late 20th century, when opera was becoming increasingly internationalized, Freni was hailed as a last exponent of the great Italian operatic heritage. That tradition is ending, Plácido Domingo was quoted as saying in a 1997 New York Times article about Freni. Mirella is the end of a chain. After that, you cannot see who really follows her. Many opera lovers acknowledged Frenis special claim ... More Living it large with 1934 Delage D6-11 Saoutchik style cabriolet for sale with H&H ClassicsLONDON.- Among the most elegant 1930s French cars H&H Classics have offered is this imposing 1934 Delage, which not surprisingly was awarded first prize at the 1993 Paris Deauville Concours d'Elegance and 1994 Rallye de Lisieux. It is estimated to sell for £40,000 to £50,000 with H&H Classics at Duxford, Imperial War Museum on March 18. It was rebodied in the style of Saoutchik by coachbuilder Daniel Nantou of Bazemont during 1989. Resident in France for most of its life, the Delage spent seven years on Guernsey before entering the current UK ownership during 2013. It is believed to be one of just 18 survivors of this model from the magnificent French marque. Known to the Delage Register and Les Amis de Delage, the svelte Cabriolet boasts 'matching' chassis and engine numbers. Equipped with a more modern fuel pump and alternator, ... More Exhibition of works by Alex Frost made from products that feed our 'on-the-go' lifestyle on view a FirstsiteCOLCHESTER.- In a glass tank filled with fresh water, artist Alex Frost slowly opens consumer products, to strangely beautiful effect. In 2020, an exhibition of videos and sculptures by her made from products that feed our 'on-the-go' lifestyle is on view at Firstsite (8 February 19 April). During summer 2018, Alex Frost uploaded 48 videos onto YouTube. These videos featured ready meals, snacks, protein shakes, vitamin tablets and energy drinks, all on-the-go products, submerged and unpacked underwater. Frost called these films Wet Unboxings a nod to the online trend of Unboxing where a product (usually a high-tech consumer item) is unpacked, explained and demonstrated, all of which is captured on video and uploaded to the Internet. Taken to extremes, unboxing can almost become an art form in itself. Alex Frosts Wet Unboxings quickly went viral featuring in dozens of a ... More 'Fact and Fiction in Contemporary Photography' on view at Joslyn Art Museum OMAHA, NEB.- Photography met the twenty-first century in a precarious positionmore ubiquitous than at any point in its history, yet also less believable. Every phone is now a camera, and it is estimated that over one trillion images were made in 2018. Yet most of these are understood to be disposable, and when people view images online or in print, more often than not they are presumed to have been manipulated or altered in some fashion. Photographys veil of believability has been lifted and clicking the shutter has never meant less. That said, it is precisely the power that photography once heldthe assumption of factthat has allowed its truths to become so slippery. Where does this leave images that are meant to be more than transitory or ephemeralpictures intended to convey insight and careful observation? The majority of photographs ... More Smart Museum of Art and Wrightwood 659 present 'The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China'CHICAGO, IL.- From gunpowder to human hair, and silk to cigarettes, the materiality of contemporary art from China is on view in Chicago in The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China. Organized by the University of Chicagos Smart Museum of Art along with Wrightwood 659, a Tadao Ando-designed art space, The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China (February 7May 3, 2020) features 48 two- and three-dimensional works made from a range of unique and humble materials, including melted plastic, desiccated Coca-Cola ash, and 300,000 iron nails. The works, many monumental in scale, explore how conscious material choice has become a means of expression for a number of leading Chinese contemporary artists working over the last four decades. The artists in the exhibition range from those in the early stages of their career, including ... More Three new exhibitions ring in the new decade at the Fleming Museum of Art BURLINGTON, VT.- In a grand hall bedecked with flags and murals, costumed revelers perform a choreographed skit around a giant papier-mâché bird. Pioneering modern artists ride hobbyhorses, practice silly dances, wear clown makeup, party on the deck of a ship, and lounge together by a Maine lake. They draw and paint together, and they buy and sell one anothers art at festive auctions. This spirited social scene was an important but often-forgotten feature of the New York art world of the 1910s, 20s, and 30s. In the Fleming Museum exhibition, Lets Have a Ball! Wood Gaylor and the New York Art Scene, 19131936, viewers can discover these events as they were lovingly documented in the vibrant paintings of Wood Gaylor (18831957). Lets Have a Ball is one of three unique but equally compelling exhibitions on view at the Fleming Museum ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, English photographer Henry Fox Talbot, was born February 11, 1800. William Henry Fox Talbot (11 February 1800 - 17 September 1877) was a British scientist, inventor and photography pioneer who invented the salted paper and calotype processes, precursors to photographic processes of the later 19th and 20th centuries. His work in the 1840s on photomechanical reproduction led to the creation of the photoglyphic engraving process, the precursor to photogravure. In this image: William Henry Fox Talbot, Rev. Calvert Richard Jones, ÂThe Fruit Sellers, before December 13, 1845, salted paper print from a calotype negative, H: 6 11/16 x W: 8 1/4 in. image, Gift of the William Talbott Hillman Foundation.
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