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In this file photo taken on November 3, 1998 visitors look at the painting by Edouard Manet entitled "Berthe Morisot au bouquet de violettes" (1872). A new show at the Orsay Museum in Paris puts the Morisot back in the rightful place as one of the most startling and innovative artists of her time, AFP reports on June 20, 2019. Joël SAGET / AFP.
by Jean-Louis De La Vaissiere / Fiachra Gibbons
PARIS (AFP).- The first major show of Berthe Morisot's paintings in France in nearly 80 years puts the forgotten woman of Impressionism back at the centre of the movement she helped found. One damning review of the first exhibition by the group that would revolutionise art blasted that it was no more than "five or six lunatics of which one is a woman ...[whose] feminine grace is maintained amid the outpourings of a delirious mind." That 1874 show included such soon-to-be art giants as Monet and Manet, whose brother Eugene later married Morisot. But after her early death at 54, when she caught pneumonia after nursing their daughter through the illness, Morisot slipped into the shadow of her more famous male peers like Renoir and Degas. Now a new show at the Musee d'Orsay, the first dedicated to her work by a major Paris institution since 1941, puts Morisot back in the rightful place as one of the most startling and innovative artists of her time. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Japanese architect Junya Ishigami poses with his design for the 2019 Serpentine Pavilion at the Serpentine Galleries in London on June 20, 2019. Niklas HALLE'N / AFP
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 | | Bruce Museum announces $15 million lead gift to the campaign for the new Bruce | | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston acquires iconic René Boivin starfish brooch | | PROYECTOSMONCLOVA opens an exhibition of works by DarÃo Escobar | 
Major gift from William L. Richter marks milestone toward the Greenwich Museums construction and renovation project.
GREENWICH, CONN.- The Bruce Museums capital expansion project has received a $15 million lead gift from William L. Richter. The gift, the largest to the campaign to date, will support construction of the new art wing. A longtime resident of Greenwich, Richter is co-founder of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. Said Mr. Richter: I was inspired by the Museums bold plans for the future and particularly admire the appearance of the building, as well as its functionality. Im honored by the thought that my name will be on the new art wing, and I hope that this gift to the Bruce and to the Town of Greenwich will be the catalyst for further progress in making it a reality. We are delighted to announce this substantial pledge toward the completion of the New Bruce, says Peter C. Sutton, Director Emeritus. This is truly a tipping point in the campaign. Our gratitude to Bill Richter will endure for the life of t ... More | | 
Starfish brooch. Designed by: Juliette Moutard (French). For: René Boivin (French, founded in 1890). Fabricated by: Charles Profilet (French). Worn by: Claudette Colbert (American (born in France), 1903 1996), French, 1937. 18‑karat gold, ruby, amethyst. Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
BOSTON, MASS.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, has acquired an iconic piece of jewelry: a gold, ruby and amethyst starfish brooch made in 1937 by the Parisian house René Boivin and once owned by the Hollywood star Claudette Colbert. Designed in 1935 by Juliette Moutard, the ornament is lifelike in both scale and movement, with each of its five arms fully articulated to mimic the crawling movement of a real starfish. The broochs extraordinary design, craftsmanship and history make it a significant addition to the MFAs growing collection of 20th-century jewelry. The brooch was produced at René Boivin under Jeanne Boivin, who took over her husbands namesake company following his death in 1917, making her the first woman to ever direct a French jewelry house. Madame René ... More | | 
Crash XXII, 2019. Chromed iron and steel. Dimensions: 33.46 x 59.06 x 15.75.
MEXICO CITY.- What Dario Escobar is up to becomes perfectly clear when you take the road along the Gulf of Mexico between Poza Rica and Casitas in the state of Veracruz. It's not unusual to see convoys of odd couplings, mostly two cars, two trucks or even two yellow school buses hooked up together. The one in front does the pulling while the other one, following blindly and loaded with all sorts of tools and spare parts, passively plays the trailer. The explanation is simple: Guatemala salvages unwanted vehicles from the United States, and these weird pairings making their way through Mexico are heading south to help fuel a largely agricultural economy. Guatemala recycles right, left and center, and this is the inspiration and the message of Escobar's collection of pressed-steel bumpers; he's busily turning old and drab into bright and shiny with a brand new jacket of dazzling chrome. The scintillating surfaces twist and turn under the somber gaze of white circles ... More |
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| | | Exhibition presents the lost art and forgotten story of Britain's pioneering female painters | | Amalia Pica brings interactive art installation to Kings Cross | | Auction gallery owners Wade Terwilliger and Rico Baca are wed in Palm Beach ceremony | 
Mary Beale (British 1633-1699), Self-Portrait holding a Palette, c.1670. Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 38.1 cm, Kindly lent by the West Suffolk Heritage Service, Moyses Hall Museum, Bury St Edmunds, accession no.1993.35.
LONDON.- This summer, fine art auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull bring together the work of the first British female artists for an exhibition in London. Bright Souls: The Forgotten Story of Britains First Female Artists, featuring works kindly loaned from both museums and private collections, shows how the 17th Century artists Joan Carlile, Mary Beale and Anne Killigrew managed to achieve success in an age when women had few career options, and even fewer rights. The exhibition, the first ever devoted to Britains pioneering female artists, is being held at Lyon & Turnbulls London gallery, and includes self-portraits of all three artists. The exhibition has been curated by the art historian Dr Bendor Grosvenor. Previously, the stories of Carlile, Beale and Killigrew have faded from view in British art history, not least because many of their works were later attributed to male artists such as Sir Peter Lely. Bu ... More | | 
The rooftop sculptures are based on Chappe Telegraphs and use arm-like paddles to make signs that correspond to letters.
LONDON.- Internationally renowned British-Argentinian artist Amalia Pica unveiled three major new sculptures at Kings Cross the week of 17 June 2019. Picas large-scale works, titled Semaphores, enliven Kings Cross and add a contemporary dimension to the areas historical links to communication and connectivity. Drawing inspiration from the Semaphore code that was used in early telegraphy to send text-based messages across long distances in visual form from station to station, Picas Semaphores series comprises three functioning telegraphic structures in separate locations at Kings Cross. Members of the public are invited to interact with ground-level based Shutter Telegraph on Canal Square inspired by the first optical telegraph invented by Lord George Murray in 1795. Visitors will be able to create messages by pulling ropes to flip the panels on the structure. The rooftop sculptures are based on Chappe Telegraphs and ... More | | 
(L to R) Newlyweds Rico Baca and Wade Terwilliger. Photo by Keith Bembry.
PALM BEACH, FLA.- Wade Patrick Terwilliger and Rico Ricardo Baca, co-owners of Palm Beach Modern Auctions, were married in an evening ceremony on June 15, 2019 in Palm Beach. Dr. Ann Moody Lewis, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, officiated before a gathering of 50 family members and friends at the Tideline Ocean Resort & Spa. Attendants included Wades sister, Jody Terwilliger Stacy, Esq., of Breckinridge, Colorado; Wayne Terwilliger, PE, of Grosse Pointe, Michigan; Judy DiEdwardo, of North Palm Beach; and Austin Baca of Aspen, Colorado. Wade is the son of Dr. Phyllis Boyle of Naples, Florida; and the late Rex Terwilliger of Iron Mountain, Michigan. He is the stepson of Janet Terwilliger, also of Iron Mountain, Michigan. Wade earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Michigan. Rico is the son of Ricardo and Marjorie Baca of Lake Charles, Louisiana. He previously owned ... More |
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| | | Gladstone 64 opens Dry Land: A group show | | The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston opens 'Less Is a Bore: Maximalist Art & Design' | | Trump star vandal arrested for Marilyn statue theft in Hollywood | 
Sarah Lucas, Tit-Cat Up, 2015. Bronze, 47 1/2 x 30 x 19 1/8 inches (120.7 x 76.2 x 48.6 cm). Edition of 6 + 2 Aps. © Sarah Lucas. Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels.
NEW YORK, NY.- A quantum computer can perform millions of calculations simultaneously. It has been suggested that such a device would be able to simulate paradoxes in science that occur on a scale so small that they are impossible to observe within nature. In 2003, University of Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom proposed that there are three possible futures for the human race: 1. Civilization collapses before developing technology capable of creating a believable simulation of reality. 2. Civilization exists long enough to create technology capable of creating a believable simulation, but chooses not to use it. 3. Civilization exists long enough to create technology capable of creating a believable simulation, and chooses to use it. In this scenario, multiple simulations would be run, which implies that its more likely that we are currently living within one of those simulations as opposed to living within the ... More | | 
Howardena Pindell, Artemis, 1986. Mixed media on canvas, 71 1/2 x 77 inches (181.6 x 195.6 cm) Courtesy the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York © Howardena Pindell.
BOSTON, MASS.- The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston presents Less Is a Bore: Maximalist Art & Design, a sweeping survey examining how artists have used ornamentation, pattern, and decorative modes to critique, subvert, and transform accepted histories and trajectories related to craft and design, gender, multiculturalism, beauty, and taste. Less Is a Bore begins in the early 1970s with works of art that sought to challenge established hierarchies that privileged fine art over applied art, and Western art over other art histories and traditions. The exhibition continues to the present, dipping into 1980s postmodern painting and appropriation art, multiculturalist expressions of the 1990s, and more recent craft-based practices that chart the legacy and transformation of these trajectories. The exhibition features more than 40 artists and is comprised of over 60 works, including a new site-specific, ... More | | 
The statue of actress Marilyn Monroe is missing from atop the "Ladies of Hollywood Gazebo" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California, June 18, 2019. Robyn Beck / AFP.
LOS ANGELES (AFP).- A man convicted of vandalizing President Donald Trump's sidewalk star in Hollywood last summer has been arrested for stealing a statue of Marilyn Monroe from a nearby monument. Austin Clay, 25, was identified by police from video surveillance footage. Having discovered that he was on parole after a conviction for damaging Trump's star on the famous Hollywood "Walk of Fame," investigators searched his home Friday. According to local media reports, they found evidence linking him to the theft of the statue. The statue itself -- showing Monroe in her famous flying skirt pose from "The Seven Year Itch" (1955) -- has not been found. It had been perched atop a small gazebo at the beginning of the "Walk of Fame", part of a monument dedicated to Hollywood's most famous actresses. According to authorities, a witness saw a man climbing the structure on the night of June 16 and using a saw ... More |
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| | | Qatar mega-library defies boycott and woos youth | | Philbrook opens major exhibition of Islamic Art | | Miyako Yoshinaga opens a solo exhibition of installation, drawing, and mixed media works by Joseph Burwell | 
A man uses a laptop while seated at the Qatar National Library in the capital Doha on May 19, 2019. KARIM JAAFAR / AFP.
DOHA (AFP).- The Gulf's largest book collection, Qatar's National Library, has enhanced ties with libraries outside the region and wooed younger readers in its first year, as an anti-Doha boycott drags on. Scores of children weave in and out of the banked rows of shelves or sit on beanbags clutching books at the foot of the vast columns that support architect Rem Koolhaas' 45,000-square-metre mega-structure. Every single book in the children's library was borrowed in the first six months as the QNL has sought to avoid the stuffiness of some world-class libraries and attract young readers. It has marketed itself as a "noisy" library and features a 120-seat auditorium and a special events area at the heart of the naturally lit space that is reminiscent of a modern airport. "All of the books you see in this place can be borrowed by the users," said the library's deputy executive director Stuart James Hamilton. ... More | | 
Unknown artist from Algeria or Morocco, Africa. Inscribed in Thuluth script, Hand of Fatima charm with six-pointed star, early 20th century. Brass, 7 ½ x 4. Newark Museum, Purchase, 1928, 28.451.
TULSA, OKLA.- Bringing together both historic and contemporary objects from the deep collection of the Newark MuseumPhilbrook Museum of Arts summer 2019 exhibition showcases the history and breadth of Islamic art. Featuring more than 150 works from over 1200 years, Wondrous Worlds: Art & Islam through Time & Place reflects aspects of the faith, culture, and everyday lives of Muslims across the world and throughout the ages. This exhibition was organized by the Newark Museum and opened Sunday, June 23, 2019. The exhibition features works in a wide range of media, including textiles, clothing, furniture, metalwork, paintings, photographs, and calligraphy. Objects in the exhibition reveal both mastery and depth of materials and also the integration of faith into everyday life. For example, elaborate jewelry and portraits on ivory show how artists incorporated ... More | | 
Joseph Burwell, North American Data Module, 2018/2019. 80.5 x 68 x 46 in. (204.5 x 172.7 x 116.8cm). Mixed media (wood, steel, acrylic paint, plasJc, rock.
NEW YORK, NY.- Miyako Yoshinaga is presenting (decrypted) micro-myths, a solo exhibition of installation, drawing, and mixed media works by New York-based artist Joseph Burwell, from June 20 to July 27, 2019. This is Burwells third solo exhibition at the gallery. Joseph Burwells multi-faceted presentations combine precise architectural elements with two-dimensional renderings, signs, and objects, displayed throughout the fragmented space in unconventional ways. There is no single ideal vantage point, but rather, we gain clues to the undercurrents of the work by circling its sculptural elements or peering through cut-outs that frame an opposite setting. The artists background in architecture echoes in his dexterous use of industrial materials and sharply rendered interiors, and while the work proposes settings that could be inhabited, those settings are also seemingly illogical, populated by objects that take ... More |
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 'It's a Small World' brings big price in Heritage Auctions' record $2M animation auctionDALLAS, TX.- It took a big bid for the castle façade concept art for the Its a Small World Disneyland attraction to set the all-time record for the highest grossing Animation Art auction. The sale surpassed $2 million, setting a house record with in winning bids for its June 15-16 event. An important group of rare art from Lady and Tramp proved popular. The auction successfully featured art from every animation studio, including Hanna-Barbera Productions, Warner Bros., artwork by the legendary Bill Melendez, MGM and more, with strong sale results across the board. Collectors sought early concept art for Walt Disney theme park attractions and films. Artist Mary Blairs 1964 concept painting for Disneylands famous Its a Small World attraction sold for $66,000 against a $10,000 estimate. The piece set a new world artist auction record for Blairs work, beating ... More Exhibition at Galeria Nara Roesler features work by BrÃgida Baltar, Cristina Canale and Karin LambrechtNEW YORK, NY.- Galeria Nara Roesler | New York is presenting The Woman Who Walks With Me, a group exhibition featuring work by BrÃgida Baltar, Cristina Canale and Karin Lambrecht. The Woman Who Walks With Me looks at the poetics at the core of the three artists practices as they engage the body, the notion of female identity and its stereotypes, and memory of family and origin. Baltars embroidery and glazed ceramic works reflect on the body as sensorial space, and a means of relating to oneself and the wider world. Canales paintings dialogue with the history of portraiture and representation. Lambrechts investigations of color and light approach the body as a repository of memory and a vehicle for transcendence. The exhibition title is inspired by a famous verse by Brazilian poet Hilda Hilst (1930-2004), whose oeuvre is marked by aspects of poetic ... More Group exhibition at Perrotin surveys contemporary, figurative paintingNEW YORK, NY.- Perrotin New York presents a group exhibition surveying contemporary, figurative painting that seeks to re-examine the romantic embrace. The history of painting is rife with heterosexual depictions of intimacy: couples caught in a tender embrace or in vulnerable companionship. Yet, conspicuously absent throughout, are queer examples of these same behaviors. This exhibition proposes an investigation into sensitive depictions of romance and the poetry of contemporary quotidian queer life. Homosexual love often eluded the canon, and even when not outright censored, found entrance through the usage of tempered and codified presentation. In the wake of Stonewall, and later, in response to the AIDS epidemic, a stark and necessary political turn was taken. Artists shifted their practices to create iconic, combative works, which acted as ... More Over 330,000 visitors: "The Young Picasso - Blue and Rose Periods" comes to a triumphant closeBASEL.- 335,244 enthusiastic visitors, 1,300 guided tours and workshops, 63,000 audio guides, 11,000 catalogues, 28 events and more than 1,000 media reports: the exhibition The Young Picasso Blue and Rose Periods closes with outstanding figures, becoming the Fondation Beyelers second most visited exhibition ever. The major exhibition The Young Picasso Blue and Rose Periods (3 February to 16 June 2019), which closed Sunday a week ago, drew a total of 335,244 visitors. The Fondation Beyelers most ambitious exhibition to date was devoted to paintings and sculptures created by the young Pablo Picasso (18811973) between 1901 and 1906, his so-called Blue and Rose Periods. It was the first time around 75 masterpieces from this key period, many of them milestones on Picassos path to preeminence as the twentieth centurys ... More Paris authorities to remove Notre-Dame scaffolding after firePARIS (AFP).- Paris authorities will begin the delicate task of removing scaffolding from the collapsed spire of Notre-Dame cathedral in coming weeks after a devastating fire in April, a charity said Monday. The 850-year-old church's spire was clad in scaffolding when it came crashing during the huge blaze on April 15. The cathedral's roof was also destroyed in the inferno, although the vast majority of the most-sacred artefacts and valuable items inside were saved. Shortly after the fire, French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to complete a painstaking renovation of the gothic masterpiece within five years. But that cannot begin until "essential" work takes place to secure the structure, the Notre-Dame Foundation charity said in a statement. "One of the most complex aspects of the work at the moment is removing the scaffolding, ... More Watching Socialism and Tito in Africa exhibitions open at the Wende MuseumCULVER CITY, CA.- Two new exhibitions at the Wende Museum challenge conventional notions of the Cold War as a straightforward clash between U.S.-style capitalism and Soviet-style communism. Watching Socialism: The Television Revolution in Eastern Europe and Nonalignment and Tito in Africa opened June 23 at the Wende, which pairs an unmatched collection of art and artifacts from the Eastern Bloc with contemporary art and innovative events. What was on TV in the Soviet Bloc? If propaganda is your immediate response, a new exhibition at the Wende Museum will complicate the picture. Just like in the West, television was a part of everyday life in the Eastern Bloc, with varied programming, transnational reach, and even subversive potential. Both the capitalist West and the communist East attempted to leverage TV as a medium that represented ... More Het HEM opens with 'Chapter 1NE: Edson Sabajo & Guillaume Schmidt'ZAANDAM.- Het HEM presents its inaugural Chapter 1NE, featuring a group exhibition, Boxing Clinic and public programme that highlight the institutions commitment to bring art and community closer together, as well as its focus on an inclusive, interdisciplinary and immersive cultural experience. Kim Tuin, Director of Het HEM: Culture happens in communities. Edson Sabajo and Guillaume Schmidt leave a unique mark on the cultural life of Amsterdam, always seeking adventurous collaborations in a dynamic circle of known and lesser known creatives. At Het HEM, we aim to widen these circles even more, providing an exciting platform for visitors from various backgrounds to encounter both interesting forms of art and each other. Each chapter at Het HEM is developed in conversation with an invited guest curator, whose ideas, experience and personal story can ... More The Speed Art Museum opens a major solo exhibition featuring mixed media artist Ebony G. PattersonLOUISVILLE, KY.- The Speed Art Museum is presenting a major solo exhibition featuring mixed media artist Ebony G. Patterson. Born and raised in Jamaica, Patterson currently splits her time between Chicago and her hometown of Kingston. The artist has a significant history in Kentucky, as the former tenured Associate Professor of Painting and Mixed Media at the University of Kentucky and a former Board of Governors member at the Speed Art Museum. Ebony G. Patterson
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travels to the Speed, the second venue in the exhibitions national tour. Organized by Pérez Art Museum (PAMM) Chief Curator Tobias Ostrander, this exhibition presents a survey of recent work, including artworks from nine years ago to works made within the last year. Pattersons artworks is situated within a visually dense environment designed ... More 1864 Civil War Black regimental flag rises to $196,800 at Morphy's DENVER, PA.- An 1864 Civil War flag that was carried into battle by Pennsylvanias 127th Regiment of Colored Troops led the charge at Morphys June 12-13 Edged Weapons, Armor & Militaria auction, selling for $196,800. The buyer was the Atlanta History Center of Atlanta, Georgia. The 72- by 55-inch hand-painted silk flag is the sole survivor from 11 original regimental flags created by David Bustill Bowser (1820-1890), a Philadelphia artist and son of a fugitive slave. Bowser designed a specific flag for each of Pennsylvanias 11 Black regiments. The distinctive artwork on the flag auctioned by Morphys features the image of a Black soldier bidding farewell to Columbia, the Goddess of Liberty. Above the artwork, a poignant motto reads: WE WILL PROVE OURSELVES MEN. Dan Morphy, president of Morphy Auctions in Lancaster County, ... More Helen Cammock premieres new work at Whitechapel GalleryLONDON.- Interweaving womens stories of loss and resilience with seventeenth century Baroque music by female composers, a new body of work from the seventh winner of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women Helen Cammock (b. 1970, UK) premiered at Whitechapel Gallery today. Cammock presents a film, a triptych of vinyl cut prints and a screen-printed frieze exploring the idea of lament in womens lives across histories and geographies. The exhibition is the result of a bespoke six-month Italian residency, organised by Max Mara and the Whitechapel Gallery and Collezione Maramotti, undertaken by Cammock in 2018 on receipt of the prestigious biannual prize. Travelling from Bologna to Florence, Venice, Rome, Palermo and Reggio Emilia, she set out to explore the expression of lament and uncover hidden female voices. Across the country historians, ... More Heritage Auctions presenting The David Hall T206 Collection in a series of catalog auctions DALLAS, TX.- The leading forces of the sports collectibles marketplace will collaborate for a series of special auctions as Heritage Auctions, the worlds largest sports collectibles auctioneer, presents the remarkable, personal T206 collection of David Hall, founder of Collectors Universe. Halls comprehensive premier tobacco card issue is the hobbys most complete set known to exist. The first portion of the collection will span three auctions, held in July, September and December of 2019, and the full collection is expected to command nearly $8 million in total. The uniquely tailored marketing campaign for the equally unique collection includes a nationwide tour to Heritages New York, Chicago and Beverly Hills offices, and then to sale on the industrys most heavily-trafficked website, HA.com. Halls ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter Sam Francis was born June 25, 1923. Samuel Lewis Francis (June 25, 1923 - November 4, 1994) was an American painter and printmaker. Francis was initially influenced by the work of abstract expressionists such as Mark Rothko, Arshile Gorky and Clyfford Still. He later became loosely associated with a second generation of abstract expressionists, including Joan Mitchell and Helen Frankenthaler, who were increasingly interested in the expressive use of color. In this image: Sam Francis, Untitled [Berkeley], 1948. Watercolor on paper, 19 x 25 3/4 inches. SFF4.61. © 2018 Sam Francis Foundation, California/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
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