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Digital Bid Room desktop view.
CHICAGO, ILL.- Today, Hindman announced the launch of the Digital Bid Room, a new dynamic online and mobile bidding platform fully integrated with the Hindman website. This platform is designed to create a more streamlined experience and will be directly synced with clients accounts. Clients will now be able to livestream auctions and place bids from anywhere in the world. The unveiling of this platform builds on Hindmans growth strategy by expanding the auction houses digital capabilities. The introduction of the Digital Bid Room is a critical and exciting next step for Hindman as we work to provide our clients with an efficient and outstanding digital bidding experience, said Maggie Porter, Hindmans Vice President of Sales Strategy. We continue to see increased online engagement in our auctions, and this new platform has been designed with the client experience top of mind. As part of the Digital Bid Room launch, Hindman will also introduce an app for ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Overlapping Magisteria is the second edition of The Macfarlane Commissions, a biennial exhibition at Australian Centre for Contemporary Art supporting ambitious projects by emerging and mid-career contemporary Australian and international artists.
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| Joan B Mirviss and Asia Week New York present an Insider's Look at the Iconic Great Wave | | Documentary about M.C. Escher opens in New York, Los Angeles and other cities on February 5 | | Six Philadelphia cultural institutions jointly announce reopenings | 
The expert panelists will delve into the history versus the legend, the myths and misconceptions, and the technical variations present in impressions in prominent collections.
NEW YORK, NY.- Joan B Mirviss LTD, along with Asia Week New York, will host a Zoom panel discussion on the influence and legacy of Hokusai's most celebrated woodblock print, "The Great Wave." The presentation takes place on Thursday, January 7 at 5:00 pm EST. To register for this free virtual event, please email director@mirviss.com. Space is limited. The recent record-setting $1.1 million sale of an impression of "Under the Wave off Kanagawa" from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (ca. 183032) by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) more commonly known as "The Great Wave" has proven once again the enduring impact of one of the world's most recognizable artworks. The Christie's New York sale in September 2020 has prompted numerous questions from within the art world, from collectors, and the general public. To address those questions ... More | | 
"Waterfall" by M.C. Escher © The M.C. Escher Company B.V.- Baarn the Netherlands.
NEW YORK, NY.- Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber will present the US theatrical (and virtual theatrical) release of M.C ESCHER: Journey To Infinity, a documentary film directed by Robin Lutz. The film will be released virtually on February 5th, 2021 at the New Plaza Cinema in New York, at Laemmle Theaters in Los Angeles, and in over 45 additional cities. M.C ESCHER: Journey To Infinity is the story of world famous Dutch graphic artist M.C Escher (1898-1972). Equal parts history, psychology, and psychedelia, Robin Lutzs entertaining, eye-opening portrait gives us the man through his own words and images: diary musings, excerpts from lectures, correspondence and more are voiced by British actor Stephen Fry, while Eschers woodcuts, lithographs, and other print works appear in both original and playfully altered form. Two of Escher's sons, George (92) and Jan (80), reminisce about their parents while musician Graham Nash ... More | | 
The Philadelphia Museum of Art, one of Americas oldest and most esteemed museums, in Philadelphia, March 2, 2020. Michelle Gustafson/The New York Times.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Following the recent temporary closures mandated by state and city officials to limit the spread of COVID-19, in effect since November 20, 2020, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, the Barnes Foundation, The Franklin Institute, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), and the Philadelphia Museum of Art have jointly announced plans to reopen in January with continued health and safety measures in place for staff and visitors. Eastern State Penitentiary plans to reopen in March and the Rodin Museum will reopen later in the spring. The Franklin Institute plans to reopen on Wednesday, January 6, followed by the Academy of Natural Sciences on Friday, January 8. The Barnes Foundation also plans to reopen on January 8, with extended hours on select days to provide additional opportunities for visitors to ... More |
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| Gerry Marsden, a hitmaker with the Pacemakers, dies at 78 | | Artpace at 25: New book captures Artpace's International Artist-in-Residence program from 2008-2019 | | UK music festivals face 'existential crisis': industry body | 
In this file photo taken on April 15, 2009 Gerry Marsden sings 'You'll Never Walk Alone' during a memorial service to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster at Anfield in Liverpool. Paul ELLIS / AFP.
by Jim Farber
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Gerry Marsden, whose band Gerry and the Pacemakers proved to be formidable rivals to the Beatles in the early Liverpool rock scene of the 1960s, scoring smash hits like Ferry Cross the Mersey, Dont Let the Sun Catch You Crying and Youll Never Walk Alone, died Sunday in the Liverpool area. He was 78. His death, at Arrowe Park Hospital in the Merseyside metropolitan area, was confirmed by his family in a statement. British news outlets said the cause was a heart infection. Gerry and the Pacemakers were the second band signed by the Beatles manager Brian Epstein, but they earned a No. 1 single on the official United Kingdom singles chart before ... More | | 
Marie Lorenz, Flotsam and Derelict, 2015. Originally commissioned and produced by Artpace San Antonio. Photo: Mark Menjivar.
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- Artpace San Antonio announced the release of the landmark publication, Artpace at 25. In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Artpace San Antonio has published a 272-page volume of never-before-published curatorial essays and full-color images of every exhibition created through its International Artist-in-Residence program from 2008 to 2019. Artpace at 25 is now available for purchase. As Artpace's 25th Anniversary year comes to a close, Artpace is thrilled to celebrate it with the release of Artpace at 25. According to Artpace Director Riley Robinson, "Artpace has long wished to publish another volume of this importance and magnitude. Artpace at 25 picks up where both Dreaming Red and the 2007 curatorial essays left off." The book traces how the organization evolved from the singular vision of its founder Linda Pace to become one of the worlds ... More | | 
Courtney Love, 1999 © Ann Cook.
LONDON (AFP).- Coronavirus has plunged Britain's summer music festivals into "existential crisis", the umbrella organisation for the UK music industry warned on Tuesday and called for greater government support. In a report, UK Music said Covid-19 had caused an "existential crisis for the live sector and UK music festivals" and that the 2020 season had been "wiped out" by the virus. "There is a real threat that the vast majority of the 2021 season will not happen either," the organisation said. Every year, thousands of Britons and tourists flock to the country's summer music festivals, which UK Music argued were "pillars of our culturally rich live music scene and showcase an incredible variety of musical genres". The country's famous Glastonbury music festival, for instance, generates over £100 million ($136 million 111 million euros) for the economy of the south-west of England, UK Music said. Music festivals as a whole employ 85,000 people directly each year, it said. Britain ... More |
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| Baronian Xippas Gallery exhibits works by Mitja Tušek | | Marianne Boesky Gallery presents a solo exhibition of new works by Donald Moffett | | Finnish metal guitarist Alexi Laiho dead at 41 | 
Mitja Tuek, Nasty, 2020. Acrylic on canvas, 180 x 140 cm.
BRUSSELS.- The exhibition Complementary Colors occupies two spaces in the Baronian Xippas Gallery that are separated by a public road, the rue de la Concorde. The website of the lInventaire du patrimoine architectural de la Région Bruxelles-Capitale tells us that it was originally called rue de lUnion. The existence of a rue de la Discorde (now rue de Venise) was probably the catalyst that prompted the name change in around 1860. Like its topographical location, the exhibition is twofold and contradictory. The works presented in the space on the rue de la Concorde could be grouped under the title Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft, and those presented in the space on rue Isidore Verheyden, which bears the name of a painter associated with the XX group, could be grouped under the title Life and Death. The paintings in the rue de la Concorde evoke groups of individuals. Each painting is a gathering of a small society of ... More | | 
Donald Moffett, Lot 101220 (open orange), 2020. Urethane paint, UV clear coat, wood panel, steel, 12 x 6 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. 30.5 x 16.8 x 14.6 cm.
ASPEN, CO.- Marianne Boesky Gallery is presenting The Hollow, a solo exhibition of new works by Donald Moffett. The exhibition marks his ninth solo show with the gallery and is on view November 27, 2020 January 18, 2021 at the gallerys space in Aspen, Colorado. The Hollow continues the artists interest in minimalist, abstract forms that simultaneously carry personal and metaphorical meaning. As art historian Kate Nesin recently wrote, Moffett tends to work in series, and often in rhythmic alternation, oscillating not only between formal positions but also between conceptual modes, micro- and macro- points of viewconsiderations of the particular body
and of the body politic. 1 The works on view in the exhibition include a grouping of Moffetts extruded and resin techniques from the glory hole series. In his extruded paintings, the artist methodically extends individual ... More | | 
A picture taken on August, 23, 2019 shows Finnish singer and guitarist Alexi Laiho of the Finnish black metal band "Children of Bodom", as he performs at a concert in Helsinki, Finland. Roni Rekomaa / LEHTIKUVA / AFP.
HELSINKI (AFP).- Finnish heavy metal guitarist and singer Alexi Laiho, frontman of the group Children of Bodom, has died aged 41, the group announced Monday. The cause of death was not revealed, with other members of the group saying in a social media post that "Laiho had suffered from long-term health issues during his last years". "We lost a brother. The world lost a phenomenal song writer and one of the greatest guitarists of all time," his former band mates Henkka Seppala, Janne Wirman and Jaska Raatikainen said in the post. According to the post, Laiho -- who formed Children of Bodom together with drummer Jaska Raatikainen in 1993 -- died in his home in Helsinki last week. The group sold more than 250,000 records in Finland alone, according to their official website, ... More |
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| A year of scandals and self-questioning for France's top publishers | | Galerie Ron Mandos exhibits works by a selection of established and emerging artists from Brazil | | Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art announces hire of Curator Pamela Meadows | 
Hugues Jallon, the head of Seuil, at his home in Paris on Dec. 12, 2020. Andrea Mantovani/The New York Times.
by Norimitsu Onishi and Constant Méheut
PARIS (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Frances publishers are usually cloistered in newspapers genteel book sections or discussed with near reverence on television literary programs. But for the past 12 months, they have been under the harsh spotlight of muckraking online investigators and police blotters. The Paris headquarters of publisher Proust and Céline was raided in February by police officers seeking documents incriminating a pedophile writer, Gabriel Matzneff. A powerful editor was caught in a scheme that handed Matzneff a prestigious literary prize, awarded by a jury that included the 2008 Nobel laureate in literature, an immortal member of the French Academy and some of Frances bestselling writers. Those developments and others painted a broader picture of an insulated, out-of-touch literary ... More | | 
Maria Nepomuceno, Untitled, 2016. Ropes, beads, ceramic and braided straw, 200 x 100 x 90 cm.
AMSTERDAM.- Galerie Ron Mandos is presenting Já estava assim quando eu cheguei, a group exhibition curated by Frederik Schampers and co-curated by Sebastiaan Bremer. The exhibition includes a selection of established and emerging artists from Brazil. For many of them, it is the first time they are having their work on display in The Netherlands. Ja estava assim quando eu cheguei is an exploration of Brazil from an outsiders perspective. It functions as a personal travel log that highlights first encounters with Brazils nature through contemporary art. Given the immenseness of the history, culture and land itself, it merely is a personal reflection of memories, discoveries and ideas of the country and its art. Frederik Schampers Participating artist in the Brazilian group exhibition: Rodrigo Andrade, Lucas Arruda, Sebastiaan Bremer, Carlito Carvalhosa, Leda Catunda, chameckilerner, Desali, Fagus, Cao Guimarães / Riv ... More | | 
Curator Pamela Meadows. Image courtesy of University of Northern Colorado.
BOULDER, CO.- After completing a comprehensive, nation-wide search, BMoCA announced the hire of Pamela Meadows as Curator of the museum. Meadows, who has extensive curatorial experience and previously served as the Director & Curator of the University of Northern Colorado Galleries in Greeley, CO, begins her new role at BMoCA on January 4, 2021. Meadows will oversee the continued growth of the museums exhibition program by providing leadership, strategic direction, and managerial oversight. I am thrilled to welcome Meadows as the newest member of the BMoCA team, noted David Dadone, Executive Director + Chief Curator, in announcing the appointment. She brings expertise and vision as we continue to grow our exhibitions program. I am confident that her commitment to contemporary artists, site-specific/conscious art, and immersive experiences will build upon the museums strengths and advance the ... More |
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 Hazelhurst Arts Centre announces 2021 exhibition programSYDNEY.- Hazelhurst Arts Centre announced its 2021 exhibitions which will present a rich program of contemporary art for the 21st year of Hazelhursts exhibitions said Mayor of Sutherland Shire, Councillor Steve Simpson. Hazelhurst is a much loved part of our local cultural landscape, with staff at the centre having welcomed more than 3.5 million visitors through the doors of this incredible arts centre since it first opened 20 years ago, Mayor Simpson said. Director of Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Belinda Hanrahan said We are delighted with our program for 2021 particularly our exhibition Wuliwulawala where Dharawal Women share their stories and the hugely popular Archibald exhibition later next year. Curated by Hazelhurst, this popular annual showcase of outstanding art will be selected from the 2020 Higher School Certificate practical ... More  Calligrapher leaves a lasting mark on SunderlandSUNDERLAND.- For almost two decades world-renowned calligrapher Dr Manny Ling has made it his mission to create a hub for the traditional letter-making skills on Wearside. But the University of Sunderland Programme Leader for MA Design will be leaving his academic post after Christmas for pastures new in Vietnam. After 22 years at the University, setting up the regions International Research Centre for Calligraphy (IRCC), hosting numerous exhibitions, curating and seeing hundreds of his students graduate, Manny will take up a new post with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, based in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. Its a decision he admits is bittersweet; I have really enjoyed my time at Sunderland and have some incredible memories, but an opportunity has arisen and I felt the time was right to take up the next challenge in life, he says. ... More  Centre d'Art Santa Monica presents 'Right Now All is to be done, and everything is possible'BARCELONA.- Right Nowthe title of this collective exhibition, comes from a poem by Catalan writer Miquel Martà i Pol, written in 1981: Ara mateix tot està per fer i tot és possible / Right now all is to be done and everything is possible This exhibition embodies reunionthe possibility of meeting and exhibiting in spite of the current reality of strict restrictions in Barcelona. Through talking online and exchanging ideas about the work, to analyzing the space to the detail to see if, with some effort, a friendly environment could be created, a graphic design accommodating current circumstances. Each step in the making of an exhibition became more conscious, and also more precious. Coming closer to artists where one isthis is what this exhibition is about. To be near to artists requires understanding their language, their inspirations, but also the context ... More  Bond actress, 'That '70s Show' star Tanya Roberts in 'critical' conditionLOS ANGELES (AFP).- Former Bond actress and "That '70s Show" star Tanya Roberts was battling for her life in a Los Angeles hospital Monday, her publicist said. Her publicist Mike Pingel was earlier quoted by US media saying Roberts had died. But he told AFP the reports were the result of a "miscommunication" with Roberts' partner Lance O'Brien. The actress remained in "critical" condition at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, the publicist said. A Cedars-Sinai spokeswoman said the hospital does not confirm or deny the identity of patients as a matter of policy due to privacy laws. Roberts is best known for her role as geologist Stacey Sutton in the 1985 James Bond film "A View to a Kill," which starred Roger Moore in his last appearance as 007. Beside her Bond outing, Roberts starred in the 1982 sword-and-sorcery fantasy "The Beastmaster" ... More  Kim Chernin, who wrote about women, weight and identity, dies at 80NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Kim Chernin, a feminist author and counselor who wrote with compassion about female body dysmorphia and its cultural causes, as well as her own upbringing as the daughter of a fiery Communist organizer jailed for her beliefs, died Dec. 17 at a hospital in Marin County, California. She was 80. Her wife, Renate Stendhal, said the cause was COVID-19. Chernins mother was Rose Chernin, a labor organizer and Communist Party leader who was convicted with others in the McCarthy era of attempting to overthrow the government. (The government would also try twice to deport her to her native Russia.) In 1957, in a landmark case, the Supreme Court overturned the convictions, ruling that merely encouraging people to believe a certain doctrine was not a crime. It was a seismic moment for the country, and ... More  Exhibition surveys a particularly productive decade in Joan Brown's careerNEW YORK.- Venus Over Manhattan is presenting Joan Brown, the gallerys first exhibition devoted to the work of the late California figurative painter for whom painting was a vehicle for exploration of the self in all of its physical, emotional, and spiritual wonder. Comprising a dozen major paintings, many not seen for decades, the exhibition surveys a particularly productive decade in Browns career, from the late 1960s through the late 1970s, and features key loans from the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art in Napa, as well as a number of important private collections. On view through January 16th, Joan Brown has been complemented by an illustrated catalogue featuring new scholarship, as well as excerpts from archival interviews with the artist. Joan Brown achieved national notoriety by the time she was twenty-two years old, for work that melded ... More  Exhibition of 24 outstanding works by visual arts students opens at HazelhurstSYDNEY.- Art Rules 2020 showcasing the work from 24 HSC Visual Arts students opened at Hazelhurst Arts Centre December 19. The works comment on the impact on their lives and important issues of this past year, including natural disasters and environmental change, the impacts of Covid-19 and lockdown, multiculturalism, as well as personal interests and passions such as space exploration, film, celebrities and dance. In Australian Resilience: From the Ashes, Zoe Ball from Bethany College Hurstville has produced a triptych painting that focuses on the impact of this years devastating bush fires. Ball has conveyed the different stages of regeneration of Australias flora after the destruction of the fires with the middle panel depicting a dramatic scene of fire fighters hosing the flaming landscape. Cronulla High School student Yumiko ... More  François Ghebaly exhibits works by acclaimed multidisciplinary artist Christine Sun KimLOS ANGELES, CA.- François Ghebaly is presenting Trauma, LOL, an exhibition by the acclaimed multidisciplinary artist Christine Sun Kim. Rooted in visual communication systems like musical notation, infographics and internet memes, Kims work explores broad conceptual terrain, from celebrating the complexity and elegance of American Sign Language (ASL) to considering the cycles of oppression and trauma inflicted upon marginalized groups like the Deaf community. The exhibition opens with America the Beautiful and The Star-Spangled Banner (Third Verse), two drawings derived from Kims experience performing the songs in ASL at the 2020 Super Bowl in February. This performance and its related drawings call up the question of patriotism, and what it means for oppressed Americans to take part in patriotic action. Her drawing ... More  Michaan's Auctions caps 2020 with a big finishALAMEDA, CA.- Fine art and fine jewelry of exceptional quality and diversity were stars of Michaans Winter Fine Sale on December 18, the highlight of a year like no other for the Alameda, CA auction house. In spite of its challenges, 2020 brought to Michaans Auctions a wealth of fine property from remarkable estates and collections. These included jewels from the estate of Mr. & Mrs. Mortimer Fleishhacker, Jr. and other Bay Area luminaries such as the late Sylvia Blumenfeld, and from the Amir Mozaffarian collection, esteemed San Francisco jeweler since 1883. Specialist and GIA Gemologist Elise Coronado presented these and many other fine jewelry consignments at Michaans monthly Gallery Auctions and special sales. Property deaccessioned from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and from the historic Filoli Estate ... More  Blake Prize finalists announced from record-breaking pool of entriesSYDNEY.- Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre has announced 88 talented finalists for the 66th Blake Prize Australias longest standing and most prestigious prize. Hailing from all over the world and across Australia, the finalists were carefully selected from a record 1,200 entries, a massive 56% increase on the 2018 submissions. The Blake Prize is a biennial event that engages local and international contemporary artists in conversations on the wider experience of spirituality, religion, and belief. The selected finalists will have their work shown at The Blake Prize exhibition on 13 February 2021 at CPAC. Were thrilled about the record number of entries weve received this year from such talented artists. An overwhelming majority of finalists came from Australia, proving what an incredible pool of talent we have in this country. Better still, this years finalists include artists from every Australian st ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, French-American painter Yves Tanguy was born January 05, 1900. Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy (January 5, 1900 - January 15, 1955), known as Yves Tanguy, was a French surrealist painter. Tanguy, the son of a retired navy captain, was born at the Ministry of Naval Affairs on Place de la Concorde in Paris, France. His parents were both of Breton origin. In this image: A pair of earrings, painted by Yves Tanguy.
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