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The works originally came from the studio of Orrin Riley, a superstar in the art restoration business who died in 1986, leaving everything to his partner, Susanne Schnitzer, who was killed in a traffic accident in 2009.
NEW YORK (AFP).- When an American art dealer dropped $15,000 on what he thought was "junk" in a New Jersey storage locker, he never imagined it could be the deal of a lifetime. But he now believes stashed in the unit were six paintings by Dutch-American abstract master Willem de Kooning, which could be worth millions of dollars. The auction record for a de Kooning is $66.3 million, set for large canvas "Untitled XXV" at Christie's in 2016, while another sold privately for a reported $300 million in 2015. Another piece of luck, according to New York gallery owner David Killen, is a painting by Swiss modernist Paul Klee that he says was also found in the unit. The works originally came from the studio of Orrin Riley, a superstar in the art restoration business who died in 1986, leaving everything to his partner, Susanne Schnitzer, who was killed in a traffic accident in 2009. Her executors -- friends in New Jersey -- spent years trying to find rightful owners for the art, but no one came forward to claim ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day This picture taken on July 23, 2018, shows Alabaster jar from Egypt found in the Phoenician temple by a British Museum team in Sidon, southern Lebanon. According to Doctor Claude Serhal, head of the British Antiquities Museum's archeological excavation team (working since 1998), most of the recent finds on the site of the ancient city of Sidon, a medieval defensive tower in addition to pottery, emphasized the historical richness of the city. It showed the rituals of the Canaanites, the Phoenicians and other historical tribes. Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP
| Buckingham Palace displays 100 works of art personally selected by The Prince of Wales | | The Morgan installs geometric wall drawing by Sol Lewitt | | Staatsgalerie Stuttgart exhibits a group of 81 drawings and 84 prints by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner | 
A member of Royal Collection Trust staff puts the finishing touches to an installation of ceremic bowls in the special exhibition 'Prince & Patron' at the Summer Opening of the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace, 21 July - 30 September 2018. Royal Collection Trust © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018.
LONDON.- This summer visitors to the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace will see a special display of over 100 works of art personally selected by The Prince of Wales to mark His Royal Highness's 70th birthday year. The exhibition Prince & Patron at the Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace from Saturday, 21 July presents a rich display of paintings, decorative arts, works on paper, furniture and textiles from the Royal Collection and the work of artists supported by three of The Prince's charities The Royal Drawing School, The Prince's Foundation School of Traditional Arts and Turquoise Mountain. The Prince of Wales has enjoyed a life-long passion for art and, as Chairman of The Royal Collection Trust and Patron of several arts charities, has promoted the creation and understanding of art worldwide. In a message recorded ... More | | 
Sol LeWitt (1928-2007), Wall Drawing 552D, A tilted form with color ink washes superimposed. The walls are bordered by 8" (20 cm) black bands. Color ink wash, dimensions variable. First Drawn by: David Higginbotham, Linda Taylor, Jo Watanabe. First Installation: Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland, December 1987.Gift of the LeWitt Family in Honor of Richard and Ronay Menschel. © 2018 The LeWitt Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Morgan Library & Museum announces the gift of Wall Drawing 552D by the LeWitt Family, in honor of Richard and Ronay Menschel. This large-scale drawing will be on view at the Morgan beginning summer 2018. As one of the pioneers of Conceptual art, LeWitt first became famous for his three-dimensional structures based on variations on the square and the cube. Turning to drawing shortly after, LeWitt radically transformed the medium through innovative approaches such as drawing directly on the wall. In celebration of his legacy, Wall Drawing 552D will be presented in Gilbert Court for at least two years. LeWitts tilted ... More | | 
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Rote Kokotte, 1914, Farbkreide, Tempera, WeiÃhöhung, Papier (elfenbeinfarben), 30,2 x 41 cm, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Graphische Sammlung.
STUTTGART.- Among the great treasures of the Department of Prints, Drawings and Photographs of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart is a group of 81 drawings and 84 prints as well as a few illustrated books by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938), the co-founder of the artists group Brücke. This remarkable body of work encompasses all periods of the artists work and many of the subjects that were important to him: metropolitan life, dance as well as landscapes on the island of Fehmarn and in the Alps. Kirchners prints are almost as rare as his drawings. Many were not produced in editions, but exist only in a few hand-pulled impressions. In 2018, to mark the 80th anniversary of the death of the artist, the Kirchner holdings, last shown in their entirety in 1980, are the subject of a major exhibition that is accompanied by a catalogue of the collection. In 1937, all the Kirchner prints held by the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart many of ... More |
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| The J. Paul Getty Museum opens 'Masterful Likeness: Dutch Drawings of the Golden Age' | | Tate Modern to stage historic Tunga performance Xifópagas Capilares Entre Nós (Capillary Xiphopagus Among Us) | | Bowie's first recording to go on auction | 
Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, about 1629 - 1658), Portrait of a Woman, 1658. Black chalk, 20.3 Ã 17.8 cm (8 Ã 7 in.) Accession No. 2004.57 The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- During the seventeenth century, Dutch political and religious freedom as well as maritime trade and military strength ushered in an era of economic prosperity. In this golden age, artists inspired by the everyday made vast numbers of highly finished drawings. Masterful Likeness: Dutch Drawings of the Golden Age, on view July 24October 28, 2018, at the J. Paul Getty Museum, brings together landscapes, topographical views, portraits, and scenes of daily life, underscoring Dutch artists masterful description of the world around them. The seventeenth-century Dutch Republics art market flourished as members of a rising merchant class sought luxury goods to decorate their homes and assert their status. To meet the demands of these new patrons, Dutch artists not only produced paintings but created and sold drawings. ... More | | 
Tunga, Xifópagas Capilares entre Nós (Capillary Xiphopagus among Us), 1984. Photo by Wilton Montenegro 1987. © Instituto Tunga, Rio de Janeiro.
LONDON.- Brazilian artist Tungas legendary performance featuring twins connected by their hair will be staged at Tate Modern for the first time, starting from tomorrow. The signature performance work, Xifópagas Capilares entre Nós (Capillary Xiphopagus among Us) reflects the artists fascination with the uncanny and surreal. This work demonstrates the artists desire to create unexpected and inexplicable worlds through his inventions, blurring the boundaries between reality and myth. The performance will be staged at Tate Modern at irregular times across a series of weekends in July and August. Xifópagas Capilares entre Nós was first staged in 1984 and features twin adolescent girls who appear unexpectedly and sporadically in the galleries. Tunga based the performance upon a myth of conjoined Nordic girls whose existence caused conflict in their homeland. He also published an essay of the same title, which describes the myth a ... More | | 
This rare tape, found languishing in a loft is expected to sell for £10,000 when it goes under the hammer in September. Photo: Omega Auctions.
NEW YORK (AFP).- The first-known recording by David Bowie, when he was the 16-year-old singer of a band called The Konrads, is going up for auction. Omega Auctions in northwestern England said Monday that the reel tape would go on sale on September 11, with an expected price of 10,000 pounds ($13,100). The song, "I Never Dreamed," was recorded in a studio in 1963 when The Konrads asked Bowie, then known by his given name David Jones, to sing lead vocals. A harmonious rock 'n' roll song in the vein of classic Beatles, "I Never Dreamed" was submitted to record label Decca in an unsuccessful bid for a recording contract. Konrads drummer David Hadfield said he had "decided that David was the best person to sing it and give the right interpretation. "So this became the very first recording of David Jones (Bowie) singing 55 years ago!" he said in a statement. The tape was recently ... More |
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| Christie's New York announces highlights included in the summer sale of Interiors | | Landmark Monet exhibition to premiere at Denver Art Museum | | 2018 RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist announced | 
The auction presents over 400 lots of furniture, decorative objects, and fine art. © Christies Images Limited 2018.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie's announces the summer sale of Interiors taking place on August 22, 2018 in New York. The auction presents over 400 lots of furniture, decorative objects, and fine art, led by a selection of Property from the Collection of Tom Britt. Taking place concurrently is the online sale The Collection of Melva Bucksbaum: Design and Interiors (August 1623). Both auctions will be on view at Christies New York August 17-22. Designer and collector, Tom Britts interiors are consistently dynamic, inventive, and optimistic, with palettes presenting a rainbow of primary colors often emboldened with splashes of glossy black or brilliant white. Featured in the sale are furnishings emblematic of his signature aesthetic, blending together luxuriously gilded European antiques with Indian temple fragments, Chinese tables flecked ... More | | 
Claude Monet, Boulevard des Capucines, 1873-1874. Oil paint on canvas; 31-5/8 x 23-3/4 in. (80.3 x 60.3 cm). The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Purchase: the Kenneth A. and Helen F. Spencer Foundation Acquisition Fund, F72-35. Photo courtesy NelsonAtkins Media Services / Jamison Miller.
DENVER, COLO.- The Denver Art Museum will be home to the most comprehensive U.S. exhibition of Monet paintings in more than two decades when it presents Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature, in the fall of 2019. The exhibition will feature more than 100 paintings spanning Monets entire career and will focus on the celebrated French impressionist artists enduring relationship with nature and his response to the varied and distinct places in which he worked. Co-organized by the DAM and the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany, Denver will be the sole U.S. venue for this presentation from Oct. 20, 2019 through Feb. 2, 2020. The exhibition will travel to the Museum Barberini in the ... More | | 
Bloomberg, London by Foster + Partners.
LONDON.- The shortlist for the prestigious 2018 RIBA Stirling Prize for the UKs best new building has been announced today (19 July 2018). The shortlist of six exceptional buildings comprises student housing, an office building, cemetery, art gallery, lecture theatre and a nursery school. The winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize, architectures highest accolade, will be selected from the shortlisted projects and announced on Wednesday 10 October 2018. The 2018 RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist is: A highly-innovative new workplace in the City of London, commissioned by an ambitious civic-minded client, which pushes architectures boundaries and seeks to enhance the neighbouring public realm. An extraordinary spiritual building formed of natural rammed earth walls, oak and rusted steel, with the beliefs and customs of the Jewish faith at its heart. Three new, intelligent buildings which surround the Grade II-listed ... More |
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| Lévy Gorvy opens first solo exhibition of works by Johannes Girardoni in the United Kingdom, | | Richard Strauss handwritten manuscript to be auctioned | | Art Gallery of Hamilton, the only Canadian venue for 'Vivian Maier: Street Photographer' | 
Installation view, Johannes Girardoni: Sensing Singularity: Interior of Metaspace V3, 2013/2018 Aluminium, fiberglass, resin, wood, LEDs, and sensors with Spectro- Sonic Refrequencer Photo: Todd-White Art Photography. All artwork © Johannes Girardoni Studio 2018. Courtesy Lévy Gorvy.
LONDON.- Johannes Girardoni (b. 1967, Austria) has dedicated the last two decades of his practice to a complex and precise exploration of the limits of perception through material and light. Shifting between disciplinessculpture, installation art, and photographyhis work is concerned with creating new definitions of space through digital and analogue technology. Lévy Gorvy is presenting the first solo exhibition by the artist in the United Kingdom, on view at the gallerys London location at 22 Old Bond Street. Johannes Girardoni: Sensing Singularity features three distinct bodies of work, including new sculptures and a monumental Metaspace, which collectively explore the ... More | | 
Strauss co-wrote the opera with Austrianlibrettist Stefan Zweig.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- German composer Richard Strauss manuscript for the final scene of his 1935 opera Die schweigsame Frau (The Silent Woman) will be auctioned by Nate D. Sanders Auctions on July 26, 2018. Strauss co-wrote the opera with Austrianlibrettist Stefan Zweig. The German composer handwrote the vocal score for the bass voice, which was sung by the lead character Sir Morosus, who sang, ''Wie schon ist doch die musik'', or ''How beautiful music is. The Nazis viewed Strauss as a German cultural treasure. Strauss cooperated with the Nazis and became president of the Reichsmusikkammer in November 1933. However, he did it as an opportunist and to protect himself and his family. Zweig explained Strauss actions, to be co-operative with the national socialists was furthermore of vital interest to him, because in the national socialist sense he ... More | | 
Vivian Maier (American 1926 -2009) October 18th, 1953, New York, NY. © Estate of Vivian Maier, Courtesy of Maloof Collection and Howard Greenberg Gallery, NY.
HAMILTON, ON.- The Art Gallery of Hamilton is excited to present five new exhibitions and related programs that explore and encourage discussion on a range of dynamic topics. Highlights include the only Canadian exhibition of over 100 black-and-white and colour photographs by Vivian Maier titled Vivian Maier: Street Photographer ; a thought-provoking address of the longstanding exclusion of women artists from historical and contemporary art; an examination of the deep roots of culture and creativity in Hamilton as expressed though works of eight local artists; photographic story-telling of everyday life on James Street North in the 1980s, and the third installment of The Living Room which inspires visitors to reflect and express their own views through a series of interactive ... More |
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 New Chair for The David Roche Foundation BoardADELAIDE.- The David Roche Foundation has formally appointed Julian Bickersteth as Chair of the Board of Directors. Mr Bickersteth trained as a furniture conservator after reading Theology at Oxford University and has spent more than 30 years in the museum and heritage world. He is currently President of ADFAS, the Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Societies, and is passionate about interpreting and making decorative art collections accessible to the public. He founded and manages Sydney-based International Conservation Services. The David Roche Collection is a jewel in the South Australian cultural scene. Its collection of 3600 extraordinary and diverse pieces collected from all over the world is unparalleled in Australia and a huge gift to benefit South Australia, said Mr Bickersteth. Having known David Roche and been involved ... More New Museum appoints Margot Norton and Jamillah James as Curators of the fifth New Museum TriennialNEW YORK, NY.- Following the New Museums 2018 Triennial exhibition, Songs for Sabotage, Lisa Phillips, Toby Devan Lewis Director, and Massimiliano Gioni, Edlis Neeson Artistic Director, announced today that Margot Norton and Jamillah James will curate the fifth New Museum Triennial exhibition, set to open in 2021. Norton is Curator at the New Museum, while James is Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA). Launched in 2009, the critically acclaimed Triennial is a signature initiative of the New Museum and is the only recurring international exhibition in the US devoted to emerging artists from around the world, providing an important platform for young artists who are shaping the current discourse of contemporary art and the future of culture. The Triennial series began in 2009 with Younger Than Jesus, an exhibition focused ... More Art Gallery of South Australia celebrates South Australia's living artists with five new displays ADELAIDE.- Each year for the month of August, the Art Gallery of South Australia leads the South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival by hosting the official city-wide opening, and staging displays showcasing works of art by South Australian artists, including the SALA Festival featured artist and monograph recipient. This year the Art Gallery will present five displays and offer a host of talks and events in celebration of our local living artists. Art Gallery of South Australia, Co-Acting Director, Lisa Slade says Championing South Australian artists is so important, and we are thrilled that we are able to do so every August through the SALA Festival. In 2018, the Gallery is proud to be celebrating South Australian art in all its forms from glass to photography to jewellery and desert paintings. Clare Belfrage spanning 15 years of ... More Lenbachhaus acquires works by American artist Senga NengudiMUNICH.- Lenbachhaus announced the acquisition through the KiCo Collection of three important works by the American artist Senga Nengudi: The sculpture R.S.V.P. Reverie D (2014), the photographic triptych Performance Piece (1978), and the photographic series Ceremony for Freeway Fets (1978). These works will make their debut in Munich in an extensive exhibition devoted to Nengudis work opening at Lenbachhaus in September 2019. For more than forty years, Senga Nengudi has shaped an oeuvre that inhabits a specific and unique location between sculpture, dance and theatrical performance. Before moving to Colorado Springs in 1988 where she lives until today, Nengudi spent close to four decades in Los Angeles. In the 1960s and 1970s, Los Angeles was home to an African-American avant-garde with Nengudi as one of its pivotal ... More Fresh-to-the-hobby collections, vintage unopened wax power $5 million Heritage sports card auctionDALLAS, TX.- The delectable combination of old and new paid huge dividends for consignors to Heritage Auctions Sports Trading Cards Auction July 19-20, as a fresh array of material inspired towering bids from an eager collecting audience. A new-to-the-hobby find of high-grade 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle cards added over a quarter million to the tally with a NM+ 7.5 example bringing $204,000, while a PSA EX 5 example from the same find commanded $72,000. An unopened 5-cent wax pack from that same issue, graded PSA NM 7, commanded an astonishing $48,000. For those wondering if Topps first great issue might be losing steam in its long pricing ascent, this auction clearly puts the concern to rest, said Chris Ivy, Director of Sports Auctions for Heritage. Were thrilled to have more 1952 Mantles from that amazing recent find appearing at auction ... More Deanna Griffin joins the Saint Louis Art Museum as Assistant DirectorST. LOUIS, MO.- Deanna M. Griffin will join the Saint Louis Art Museum as assistant director for curatorial affairs and museum programs, the museum announced today. Griffin will oversee the museums curators and educators as well as its Richardson Memorial Library. The hiring reflects a change in the museums management group that also included the recent promotions of Jeanette Fausz to assistant director for exhibitions and collections, and Mark Macinski to assistant director for operations and security. Griffin currently is director of registration and collections management at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Before her five years in San Francisco, Griffin spent 20 years at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in a succession of curatorial, research and administrative roles, culminating in three years as director of administration for the Art of Europe. ... More Matthew Marks opens exhibition of ten works by Vincent FecteauLOS ANGELES, CA.- Matthew Marks is presenting Vincent Fecteau, an exhibition in his gallery at 1062 North Orange Grove. Featuring ten works, this is Fecteaus first one-person exhibition in the United States in four years, and his first in Los Angeles in fifteen years. Five sculptures made from painted papier-mâché in a process developed by the artist over the last two decades are included in the exhibition. As Fecteau has described it, There are forms or curves that I can only imagine making out of papier-mâché. It's amazingly flexible and endlessly additive and reductive. Arranged on pedestals, the sculptures include some of the artists largest works to date, yet they retain the uncertain sense of scale that is a central component of his art: "I long for the form that exists free of so-called understanding and that operates in a purely abstract, maybe ... More The Leopold Museum opens first comprehensive presentation in Austria of Madame d'Ora's workVIENNA.- With the exhibition Make Me Beautiful, Madame dOra! the Leopold Museum is showing the first comprehensive presentation in Austria for 35 years on the oeuvre of the extraordinary photographic pioneer Dora Kallmus (1881-1963). Under her artists name dOra, Kallmus became internationally successful. At the Atelier dOra, the luminaries of art and fashion, of the aristocracy and politics of the 20th century were captured on camera. Her oeuvre spans the period of 1907 to 1957. In 1907 Dora Kallmus was one of the first women to open a photographic studio in Vienna. Within only a few months, the Atelier dOra had established itself as the best studio for artistic portraits in the Imperial city. Her photographs, which captivate with their elegance and flamboyance, were widely disseminated through numerous magazines in Austria and abroad. ... More Whitechapel Gallery's new late night contemporary art festival, Nocturnal Creatures, draws 6,000 visitorsLONDON.- Whitechapel Gallery announced that Nocturnal Creatures, its new free annual summer late-night contemporary art festival, took over Londons East End on Saturday 21 July attracting more than 6,000 visitors in its first year. Curated by the Whitechapel Gallery and inspired by the success of late-night cultural initiatives across the UK including the popular Art Night, local cultural and historic venues were transformed by spectacular artworks and performance for one night only. This free festival was curated by the Whitechapel Gallery and inspired by the success of late-night cultural initiatives across the UK including the popular Art Night. It featured Over 6,000 visitors across more than 33 sites. Over 55 artists participating and on show across the night A digital reach of over 122,000 on the night through Whitechapel Gallery channels New partners ... More Coeur d'Alene art auction returns to Bidsquare for the 33rd Annual Fine Western & American Art AuctionNEW YORK, NY.- Every Western art lover's attention will turn toward the same place on July 28th, as The Coeur d'Alene Art Auction holds their 33rd annual Fine Western & American Art auction from the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno. The catalog will include 315 selections of unparalleled quality, representing the most revered names the genre has to offer. Online bidding will only be available exclusively through Bidsquare. Bidsquare, the exclusive online bidding platform for The Coeur d'Alene Art Auction for the fourth consecutive year, is prepared to get back in the saddle on auction day. After generating over $6 million in bids placed during the live sale in 2017, and totaling over $1 million in online sales, Bidsquare has become a reliable spur in boot heel of the most important event for collectors of Western art. Conveniently, the online buyers premium is the same ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Czech painter and illustrator Alphonse Mucha was born July 24, 1860. Alfons Maria Mucha (24 July 1860 - 14 July 1939), known as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, known best for his distinct style. He produced many paintings, illustrations, advertisements, postcards, and designs. In this image: The "Slav Epic", a cycle of 20 allegories tracing the history of the Slavic people and inspired in part by mythology, by Art Nouveau Czech artist Alfons Mucha, at the National Gallery in Prague."The Slav Epic" by Alfons Mucha, a Czech Art Nouveau gem, went on display in Prague, fulfilling the wish of the artist who spent 18 years on the series of paintings from 1910 to 1928.
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