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Auctioneer Francis Briest (R) announces the sale during the auctioning of the 1882 painting by Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh "Women Mending Nets in the Dunes" at the Artcurial auction house in Paris on June 4, 2018. The first Van Gogh painting to go under the hammer in France in more than two decades sold for 7, 065, 000 euros to a US collector. GERARD JULIEN / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- A painting by a young Vincent Van Gogh was sold at an auction in Paris Monday for more than seven million euros ($8.2 million), the Artcurial auction house said. "Raccommodeuses de filets dans les dunes" (Women mending nets in the fields) dates from 1882 and was bought by an American collector in a hot bidding battle that boosted the selling price far above the estimated value of between three to five million euros. "It's a world record for a Van Gogh landscape, in the Dutch period, sold at auction," Artcurial said. "There are no more than two or three auctions of Van Gogh works in the world each year," the auction house added. In France, Monday's event was the first auction of a painting by the Dutch artist in more than two decades. Van Gogh painted the work early in his career when he was 29 years old. "We already find all the characteristics of a Vincent ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A picture taken on May 25, 2018 in Nimes, south of France, shows a Roman sculpture in the Museum of Romanity. PASCAL GUYOT / AFP
| Sir Stanley Spencer painting discovered hidden under a bed during a drugs raid | | Sotheby's unveils Matisse portrait of Bloomsbury Group's Mary Hutchinson | | Okwui Enwezor to leave Munich's Haus der Kunst | 
Five years after the theft of Cookham from Englefield, police discovered the painting hidden under a bed during a drugs raid on a property in West London.
LONDON.- Cookham from Englefield by Sir Stanley Spencer was on loan to the Stanley Spencer Gallery in Cookham in 2012 when thieves broke in through a window and removed it. The owners said they were devastated at the loss of the painting, which was of great sentimental value. However they were compensated for the loss of the painting by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport under the Government Indemnity Scheme. The scheme provides UK museums and galleries with an alternative to commercial insurance, which can be costly. It allows organisations to display art and objects that they might not have been able to borrow due to high insurance costs. Five years after the theft of Cookham from Englefield, police discovered the painting hidden under a bed during a drugs raid on a property in West London. ... More | | 
Henri Matisse, Portrait of Mary Hutchinson, 1936, charcoal and estompe on paper, 66.4 by 50cm. Est. £2,000,000-3,000,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Created in the Paris studio of Henri Matisse in June 1936, this ravishing portrait depicts the writer Mary Hutchinson, a key member of the Bloomsbury group. A fascinating, fashionable and multifaceted woman, to whom the artist Henry Tonks once said, what an unusual power you have, you are no ordinary person, Mary was an active patron of the arts throughout her life her intelligence and cosmopolitan outlook attracting a circle of notable writers and painters to her home. The magnificent charcoal drawing will be offered as part of Sothebys Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on 19 June, and is coming for sale from the estate of the late Lord Hutchinson of Lullington, QC, the sitters son. He was a renowned criminal barrister who defended Christine Keeler and Howard Marks, as well as the publication of Lady ... More | | 
Okwui Enwezor © Maximilian Geuter.
MUNICH.- The Artistic Director of the Haus der Kunst since 2011, Okwui Enwezor, is to step down from his post at the Haus der Kunst for health reasons. Cultural Minister Prof. Dr. Kiechle as Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board and the Shareholders' Meeting said: "Thanks to Okwui Enwezor´s outstanding exhibition programme, Haus der Kunst´s international reputation has been considerably strengthened. As a result of his curatorial expertise, the institution has received worldwide recognition." Okwui Enwezor said: There is never an ideal time to leave but I am stepping down when the Haus der Kunst is in an artistic position of strength. It has been a great privilege to lead this exceptional institution and work with such a dedicated and talented team. Okwui Enwezor has been Director of Haus der Kunst since 2011, joining the organisation with a strong mandate to sharpen and advance the artistic, cultural, and intellectual ... More |
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| Christie's announces highlights from the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale in London | | New book provides an overview of Van Goghs renowned collection of Japanese prints | | Exhibition of Howard Hodgkin's final works on view at Gagosian | 
Pablo Picasso, Femme dans un fauteuil, dated 24.4.42 (centre left), oil on canvas, 92x73cm. Painted in 1942. Estimate on Request. © Christies Images Limited 2018.
LONDON.- Christies Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale will take place on 20 June, part of 20th Century at Christies, a series of auctions that take place from 15 to 29 June 2018. A group of masterpieces from the late 19th and 20th century will lead the auction, including La Gare Saint-Lazare, vue extérieure by Claude Monet (1877, estimate on request), Femme dans un fauteuil by Pablo Picasso (1942, estimate on request) and Landscape by Kazimir Malevich (1911, estimate: £7,000,000-10,000,000). Further highlights include a rare Fauvist landscape by Georges Braque; a vibrant gouache depiction of horses by Franz Marc; a rare and early lifetime cast by Auguste Rodin; Paul Cézannes fantasy view of modern life; and one of the earliest representations of René Magrittes recognisable motif, the leaf-bird. ... More | | 
Van Gogh did not purchase renowned prints for pleasure, as assumed up until now, but because he planned to trade them.
AMSTERDAM.- Published today, the book Japanese Prints. The Collection of Vincent van Gogh provides an overview of Van Goghs renowned collection of Japanese prints, which contained approximately 660 works. Based on new research, the authors revise current thinking on Van Gogh: he did not purchase the prints in Paris for pleasure, the common assumption up until now, but instead acquired the prints with a view to trading them. The authors also reveal how the vivid Japanese woodcuts by artists including Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi and Kunisada became one of the most powerful, creative sources of inspiration behind Van Goghs work, and how they played a pivotal role in his artistic direction. Alongside the book, the Van Gogh Museum is launching an online overview of the complete collection of prints. The missing works from Van Goghs collection of Japanese prints are ... More | | 
Last Paintings installation view. Photo: Courtesy Gagosian.
LONDON.- Gagosian is presenting Last Paintings, an exhibition of Howard Hodgkins final works. One of Britains most celebrated contemporary painters, Hodgkin composed powerful, expressive works that, while nominally abstract, bring representation, gesture, and affect into urgent relation. Last Paintings, presented at the Grosvenor Hill gallery in accordance with the late artists wishes, includes the final six paintings that he completed in India prior to his death in March 2017, five of which are being exhibited for the first time. The exhibition includes more than twenty other paintings never before exhibited in Europe. In 1972 Hodgkin renounced working on canvas in favor of wooden panels and frames, some new and others sourced secondhand in India and Europe. The grain of the wood and the scars and scratches of the supports became integral to the paintings, affirming their physical presence ... More |
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| Rare dinosaur skeleton sells for two million euros | | Exhibition at Jeu de Paume offers a renewed reading of Gordon Matta-Clark's work | | First building by Olafur Eliasson opens in Denmark | 
A picture taken on June 2, 2018 shows a skeleton of an undeterminate carnivorous dinosaur on display at the first floor of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The 9-metre-long, 2,5-metre-high skeleton was found in Wyoming, USA, in 2013 and is some 150 Million years old. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- The skeleton of an extremely rare form of dinosaur sold for more than two million euros ($2.3 million) at the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Monday. The bones of what scientists believe to be "probably a new species" of the carnivorous allosaurus were discovered during a dig in Wyoming in the United States in 2013. The 150-million-year-old skeleton, which is 70 percent intact, was snapped up by an unnamed French art collector, who promised that the specimen will be lent out to a museum. The buyer "wants it to be on display in a French museum," auctioneer Claude Aguttes told AFP. The dinosaur, which is more than nine metres (30 feet) long and 2.6 metres high, lived during the late Jurassic period, said Eric Mickeler who works for the Aguttes auction ... More | | 
Gordon Matta-Clark, Clockshower, 1974. Courtesy The Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark et David Zwirner, New York / Londres / Hong Kong. © 2018 The Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark / ADAGP, Paris.
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PARIS.- Featuring one hundred artworks by Gordon Matta-Clark, the exhibition Anarchitect explores the importance of Matta-Clarks practice towards a rethinking of architecture after modernism. Embracing a diversity of media that include photography, film and printmaking, the exhibition features a number of works related to contemporary urban culture that further contextualize Gordon Matta-Clarks compelling critique of architecture. Soon after completing his studies at Cornell University School of Architecture (1962-1968), Matta-Clark moved to New York and started developing a series of artworks in situ that seemed to perform an anatomy of sorts on the very body of the urban landscape by literally cutting structures apart and exhibiting ... More | | 
Den indre himmel, 2018. Vejle, Denmark. Photo: Anders Sune Berg.
VEJLE.- Fjordenhus (Fjord House), the firrst building designed entirely by artist Olafur Eliasson and the architectural team at Studio Olafur Eliasson, will open on 9 June in Vejle, Denmark. Commissioned by KIRK KAPITAL, the companys new headquarters offer a contemporary interpretation of the idea of the total work of art, incorporating remarkable site-specific artworks by Eliasson with specially designed furniture and lighting. Rising out of the water, Fjordenhus forges a striking new connection between Vejle Fjord and the city centre of Vejleone of Jutland peninsulas thriving economic hubs. As one moves from the train station towards the harbour, Fjordenhus comes into view across the expansive plaza of the man-made Havneøen (The Harbour Island), a mixed-use residential and commercial area currently in development. From here, residents and visitors can access the ground oor of Fjordenhus via a footbridge or stroll alo ... More |
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| British Pavilion in Venice offers visitors a place to meet or to relax amongst the tree-tops of the Giardini | | Phillips to offer Steve McQueen's Rolex Submariner wristwatch | | Forum Gallery opens exhibition of eight new paintings by self-taught artist Stephanie Wilde | 
ISLAND at the British Pavilion: Scaffolding casts shadows across the empty rooms © British Council, photo by Hélène Binet.
VENICE.- The British Council unveiled Island at the British Pavilion for the 16th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia. The curatorial team, Caruso St John Architects with artist Marcus Taylor, have responded to Freespace, the theme of Biennale Architettura 2018 set by the curators Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara with the construction of a new public gathering space in the Giardini. This marks the first joint art and architecture curatorial team commissioned for the British Pavilion. Visitors approaching the British Pavilion will find the building covered with scaffolding supporting a wooden platform at roof-level. A staircase running the length of one side of the building leads up to an elevated piazza, a place to meet or to relax amongst the tree-tops of the Giardini, open to the sky with views across the Lagoon. Tea will be served at ... More | | 
The most important McQueen-owned timepiece to appear on the market and the only known watch engraved with his name. Image courtesy Phillips.
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo, the market leader in watch auctions dedicated to highest quality timepieces, announced the sale of a historically important and previously unknown Rolex Submariner owned and worn by Steve McQueen. Given by McQueen to his personal stuntman, Loren Janes, as a gift and inscribed on the caseback, TO LOREN, THE BEST DAMN STUNTMAN IN THE WORLD. STEVE, it was thought to have been lost in a fire. With its absolutely fascinating provenance owned until recently by the late Loren Janes himself and its remarkable tale of survival, the watch comes to auction as the single most important watch associated with Steve McQueen to ever appear publicly. Steve McQueen has long been revered as the silver screens undisputed and unrivaled King of Cool. In his twenty-six year career in Hollywood, he rose to ... More | | 
Stephanie Wilde, Daphne II, 2016. Ink, acrylic and gold leaf on museum board, 40 x 28 inches.
NEW YORK, NY.- Forum Gallery presents Murder of Crows, an exhibition of eight new paintings by self-taught artist Stephanie Wilde. The body of work presented in this exhibition speaks to the polarizing effects of race, religion and political views with a visual subtext of the historical pattern of prejudice. The exhibition title is an emblematic reference to flock behavior, herding and mob mentality, bred routinely throughout history by these deep divides. Working in ink and acrylic on museum board, Wilde adds gold leaf to her densely-layered, sumptuous imagery. Her delicate renderings reference intricate Renaissance textile designs, illuminated manuscripts, and Persian miniatures. Curator and educator Diana L. Daniels writes in the catalogue essay that the paintings aim to delight the eye, but within such delicate renderings she displays a zest for the subversive. Wilde expands upon the moralizing bent of ... More |
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 Quinn's & Waverly to auction works by Georgia O'Keeffe, Modigliani and Sam GilliamFALLS CHURCH, VA.- Quinns Auction Galleries and its specialist subsidiary Waverly Rare Books will join forces on June 7 and 9 in offering a high-quality selection of fine and decorative art, furniture, Asian antiques and modern first editions. The June 9 session features artworks by such stellar names as Georgia OKeeffe, Amedeo Modigliani, and acclaimed Washington Color School painter and lyrical abstractionist Sam Gilliam. All forms of bidding will be available to those who cannot attend in person, including phone, absentee, and live via the Internet. The June 7 session, presented by Waverly Rare Books, contains 486 lots of collectible books, prints, photos, ephemera and memorabilia. A highlight is the 150-lot collection of modern first editions, including The Great Gatsby, The Catcher in the Rye, The Grapes of Wrath, and titles by George Orwell, Jack Kerouac, ... More Extremely rare 1961 Fleer basketball card set leads Grey Flannel Summer 2018 AuctionSCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.- Sports memorabilia collectors know that as the weather begins to heat up, Grey Flannel Auctions summer catalog is right around the corner. Nearly 900 generously illustrated, premium-quality lots are available to preview in the newly published catalog online at www.GreyFlannelAuctions.com. Bidding closes on June 27. All major sports are represented, with an emphasis on provenance, authenticity and rarity throughout. The opening lot is an incredibly rare, high-grade 1961 Fleer basketball card set. Every card has been professionally encapsulated and graded by PSA at a tremendous MINT 9. This set has the second-highest-weighted GPA on the PSA set registry and is perhaps the most sought-after basketball set ever offered within the hobby. Superstars represented in the set include Wilt ... More Brendan Connell, Jr. appointed Chief Operating Officer of the Academy Museum of Motion PicturesLOS ANGELES, CA.- The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures today announced that Brendan Connell, Jr. has been named its new Chief Operating Officer. Beginning June 20, Connells duties will include oversight and management of operations, administration, and finance, among other areas. He will also serve as a core member of the Museums leadership team overseeing the construction of the new facility and is the key strategist in establishing operating procedures and processes for the museum. Kerry Brougher, Director of the Academy Museum, said, The Academy Museum is thrilled to welcome Brendan Connell to the team at this exciting moment as we approach the 2019 opening. As a seasoned museum executive, Brendan will be an invaluable asset to the institution, rounding out our leadership team with his tremendous expertise in all areas ... More Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation welcomes new Deputy Director and Chief Operating OfficerNEW YORK, NY.- Richard Armstrong, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, announced the appointment of Elizabeth Duggal to serve as the institutions Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer. Duggal comes to the Guggenheim from the Smithsonians Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, where she has served as Deputy Director since June 2014. In her new role, Duggal oversees all operations of the Guggenheims landmark museum in New York, as well as administrative responsibilities for overseas affiliate museums and global projects. She succeeds Marc Steglitz, who is retiring in June after 16 years in the position. As Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer, Duggal will report to Richard Armstrong. She begins on July 9. Richard Armstrong said, Elizabeths expertise in strategic ... More Exhibition marks 70 years since the Empire Windrush arrived carrying Caribbean migrants to BritainLONDON.- Windrush: Songs in a Strange Land (1st June 21st October 2018) is a free exhibition at the British Library marking 70 years since the Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks on 26th June 1948, carrying over a thousand Caribbean migrants to Britain, as well as the anniversary of the British Nationality Act 1948, which established common citizenship and enabled all British subjects to settle permanently in Britain. Using the British Library's unique collection of literature, sound recordings, personal correspondence and official reports, the British Library is exploring the deeper reasons why the arrival of the Windrush became a symbol for the origins of British multiculturalism. This exhibition asks where the Windrush generation came from not simply geographically but also historically and culturally, and how they shaped ... More The life and times of Kazimir Malevich at Bonhams Fine Book SaleLONDON.- An important archive of correspondence and writings from the father of Suprematism, Kazimir Malevich, leads Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts sale in London on Wednesday, 20 June. The 340-page collection, illuminating his artistic activities and personal life against the social and political background of the Soviet era, is estimated at £150,000-250,000. Kazimir Malevich was the pioneer of modern abstract painting, and his work and thinking had a profound influence on the development of non-objective art in the twentieth-century. The archive, which reveals both his personal and artistic preoccupations, dates from 1913, shortly after his return from his momentous visit to Paris, and ends just before his death from cancer in 1935. It was in Paris that Malevich explored Cubism, developing the style and theory which led to his key work Black ... More T. Rex snarls at visitors to Paris botanical gardenPARIS (AFP).- Trix, an eight-tonne Tyrannosaurus rex, will find a home at Paris' Jardin des Plantes for three months from Wednesday, greeting visitors in attack mode, with her terrifying, toothy snarl mounted at eye level. The female in her 30s, unearthed in Montana in the United States in 2013, has a fully intact skull and is among the best preserved T. rex fossils ever found -- the first real skeleton of the species ever to be displayed in France, according to the Natural History Museum behind the exhibit. At 12.5 metres (41 feet) in length and four metres high, Trix can be viewed at the botanical garden's Gallery of Mineralogy and Geology from Wednesday to September 2. "This specimen is one (of three) of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons in the world, with nearly 75 percent of the bones in excellent form," said the museum. Travelling around ... More Mughal exhibition in Kabul a reminder of the city's artistic gloryKABUL (AFP).- Disfigured by four decades of war, the Afghan capital Kabul offers few reminders of its former glory in Islamic art or religious tolerance but a rare exhibition of Mughal paintings is seeking to change that. Dozens of enlarged reproductions of miniatures -- highly detailed paintings the size of a school notebook -- that were created in Kabul during the 16th century have gone on display in Babur Gardens, where the first Mughal emperor is buried among roses and pomegranate trees. For American historian and Islamic art expert Michael Barry, the exhibition of more than 60 paintings is the culmination of a promise he made to himself while working in Kabul over the past decades. "When I was standing in this garden, shattered under mortars and rockets in the 1990s (civil war), I swore to myself that one day I would bring back its glory," Barry told AFP ... More Magnum sale offers signed or estate-stamped, 6x6" museum quality prints for $100LONDON.- 1968 was a seismic year of deep societal and political shifts - all in the name of freedom. International issues of freedom from oppression, freedom of speech, political, sexual and religious freedom all came to the fore as student protests racked cities, declarations of independence were made, and in America particularly, the civil rights movement took hold, Martin Luther King was assassinated, whilst anti-Vietnam war protests concurrently emerged. Fifty years on, the Magnum Photos June 2018 Square Print Sale examines both the definition of freedom, and the legacy of this quest for freedom through the work of Magnums photographers. Inviting a wide interpretation of the theme, the project includes iconic images that have defined and documented humanitys quest for freedom over the past 70 years, and the deeply personal images that ... More Inaugural NOVA new media interactive art prize announcedNEW YORK, NY.- The inaugural NOVA New Media Interactive Art Prize has been announced by the Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation and the Big House Contemporary Art Center, Wuhan, China. The NOVA Prize seeks to identify a visionary artist who incorporates new media and interactive methods in their work. The Prize is dedicated to uniting artistic concepts with future-oriented technologies, facilitating communication between artists and global audiences. The juried competition is open to artists around the world. The call-for-entries for the 2018 award is available at www.bcaf.org.cn/NOVA/en1.shtml through July 30, 2018. The winner will receive a cash prize of $16,000 and a three-city expenses-paid exhibition tour beginning at the 2018 Prix Ars Electronica Festival in Austria, traveling to Big House Contemporary Art Center in Wuhan, then to New York. After the jury ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American-Italian painter Conrad Marca-Relli was born June 05, 1913. Conrad Marca-Relli (born Corrado Marcarelli; June 5, 1913 Boston - August 29, 2000 Parma) was an American artist who belonged to the early generation of New York School Abstract Expressionist artists whose artistic innovation by the 1950s had been recognized across the Atlantic. In this image: Conrad Marca-Relli, "San Miguel" S-P-13-78, 1978. Collage and mixed media on canvas, 28 x 34 1/4 inches, 71.3 x 87 cm.
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