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54 larger-than-life images are affixed directly to the walls in three of the Foundations exhibition halls, reaching into the corners of the room and up to the ceiling, filling the rooms with bodies and emotions to create an imposing human landscape.
BERLIN.- Mario Testinos new exhibition explores the physical notion of undressing through photography and film that blurs the boundaries between eroticism, anatomy and art. Conceived exclusively for the Helmut Newton Foundation, this immersive, large scale exhibition is on view until November 19. Helmut Newton was a big inspiration for me. He did it all in his own way and out of his own fantasies, so it is an honour to be exhibiting at his Foundation, says Testino. Exploring the physical notion of undressing, the exhibition also acts as a metaphorical undressing of Testino, that goes beyond the public perception and delves deeper into his archive, and his working practice. 54 larger-than-life images are affixed directly to the walls in three of the Foundations exhibition halls, reaching into the corners of the room and up to the ceiling, filling the rooms with bodies and emotions to create an imposing human landsc ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day From June 2 to September 3, 2017 the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt is presenting an extensive survey exhibition of the work of the American painter Peter Saul (*1934 in San Francisco, California). Long before "Bad Painting" became a central concern in contemporary art, Peter Saul deliberately offended good taste. © Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 2017, Photo: Norbert Miguletz
| Art Gallery of NSW Grand Courts transformed to authentic 19th-century display of Victorian watercolour paintings | | Two important imperial Chinese artworks to go under the hammer | | Christie's to offer the collection of Raine, Countess Spencer | 
Publio de Tommasi, The game of chess 1882. Watercolour and gum over pencil underdrawing. Art Gallery of New South Wales. Commissioned 1881, received 1882.
SYDNEY.- Victorian watercolours were among the first works of art to be purchased for the fledgling Art Gallery of New South Wales almost 150 years ago when the Parliament of New South Wales provided a grant of £500 in 1874 towards the formation of a gallery of art. Now, after decades in storage, over 80 beautifully restored works are being presented for six months in the Gallerys Grand Courts in a crimson-walled Victorian setting complete with sash curtains, palms and period-style seating. Dr Michael Brand, director of the Art Gallery of NSW said Victorian watercolours is a celebration of these formative acquisitions for the Gallery, complimented by exciting recent watercolour acquisitions including Charles Altamont Doyles The spirits of the prisoners c1885 and Andrew Nicholls A ... More | | 
Imperial palace partition. Photo: Koller Auctions.
ZURICH.- The Asian Art auctions at Koller Zurich on 13 June will feature two important imperial artworks from China. Both works a carved palace partition, and a bronze bell inscribed by an emperor have been in a German private collection for over 100 years. The palace partition carries an estimate of CHF 800 000 1.4 million, and the bell is estimated to bring between CHF 200 000 and 300 000. Both extraordinary artworks will be offered for public sale for the first time ever on 13 June at Koller Auctions in Zurich. The auction house states that the impressive carved palace partition was very likely made for one of the imperial halls of the Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908). The bronze bozhong bell is from the 18th century, and is inscribed by the Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799). This masterfully executed room divider, with deep, pierced carving on both sides, is a characteristic element of imperial ... More | | 
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The goddess Aurora triumphs over night, announcing Apollo in his chariot, while Morpheus sleeps (detail). Estimate: £150,000-200,000. © Christies Images Limited 2017.
LONDON.- In July 2017 Christies will offer for auction the collection of Raine, Countess Spencer (1929-2016). Lady Spencer, the only daughter of celebrated romantic novelist Dame Barbara Cartland, enjoyed a position at the centre of London society for over 60 years, having been named Deb of the Year in 1947. She had an appreciation of the fine and decorative arts; 18th century France was of special interest, and she assembled a collection of paintings by some of the greatest artists of that period, including Boucher, Fragonard and Vernet. Lady Spencer also collected fine furniture on which she displayed ormolu clocks, objets dart and Chinese works of art including intricately carved jades; the Art Deco was also a period of particular inspiration. Highlights from Lady ... More |
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| Newly rediscovered sketch by Renaissance master offered at Bonhams Old Master sale | | Owner of largest Star Wars memorabilia collection robbed | | Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago gala celebrates Murakami exhibition | 
Detail of a sketch of three female nudes by Parmigianino. Estimated at £15,000-20,000. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- An exquisite study of three female nudes by the 16th century Italian Renaissance master, Parmigianino, newly discovered among an album of drawings assembled in the 19th century, is to be offered at Bonhams Old Master Paintings Sale on Wednesday 5 July. It is estimated at £15,000-20,000. The sketches relate to Parmigianino's depiction of the Wise and Foolish Virgins on the vault of the Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Steccata in his home town of Parma. The artist sought to create an illusion that the figures were lit naturally by daylight entering the church. The Three Foolish Virgins appear as if lit from the left, and the Three Wise Virgins as from the right. In 1531, Parmigianino was commissioned to paint a section of the interior of Santa Maria della Steccata for 400 scudi, but made such slow progress that in 1535, the commissioning body asked for its money back. Intervention by two of his patrons twice secured ... More | | 
This file photo taken on November 24, 2015 shows Steve Sansweet, owner and self-proclaimed CEO of Rancho Obi-Wan, the world's largest private collection of Star Wars memorabilia. Josh Edelson / AFP.
LOS ANGELES (AFP).- The owner of the largest collection of Star Wars memorabilia said on Monday a longtime friend had robbed him of more than 100 items, including rare vintage US and foreign carded action figures. Steve Sansweet, who runs Rancho Obi-Wan, a non-profit museum north of San Francisco that houses more than 400,000 Star Wars collectibles, said the theft took place over several months in late 2015 through 2016. "We're missing about 120 to 130 items worth some $200,000," he told AFP. He said the majority of the items stolen are vintage US and foreign carded action figures, many of them rare. Sansweet, a former Wall Street Journal reporter who worked for 15 years as head of fan relations at Lucasfilm before retiring in 2011, identified the suspect as Carl Cunningham, a well-known Star Wars collector and R2-D2 builder from Marietta, ... More | | 
Takashi Murakami. Photo: Maria Ponce, © MCA Chicago.
CHICAGO, IL.- The biggest names in Chicago's social scene gathered at the MCA on Saturday, June 3, 2017 for a gala to kick-off the Museum of Contemporary Art's 50th anniversary and to open the highly-anticipated Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg exhibition. Guests enjoyed an exclusive first look at the exhibition, which marks Mr. Murakami's first museum retrospective in North America in 10 years and features a never-before-seen monumental masterpiece. Over 600 guests attended, raising $3 million with proceeds benefiting future MCA exhibitions, performances, and education programming. Guests enjoyed a special video message sent by the musical curator of the evening, Pharrell Williams, who introduced his friend and celebrity performer Janelle Monáe, hot off of her 2017 Academy Award win for Best Picture in Moonlight. Monáe, decked out in her signature colors of black and white, performed a set of some of her top hits. During ... More |
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| Paddle8 launches online sale of photographs, artwork and memorabilia of the Beatles | | Winterthur Museum announces new book on curtains | | The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU names new Director: Susan Gladstone | 
Tom Murray, Martha My Dear, 1968, chromogenic print. Est. $2,800-$3,500.
NEW YORK, NY.- Paddle8 today launched The Beatles, a sale dedicated to the Fab Four and launching today, upon the 50th anniversary of the release of Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. The 80-lot sale celebrates the Beatles career with photography, artwork, and rare memorabilia including an original 1967 set piece from the cover shoot of Sgt. Pepper by pop artist Sir Peter Blake, a rare one-of- a-kind 1963 Swedish concert poster and an Andy Warhol Beatles screenprint from 1980. Highlights from the sale trace the arc of the Beatles decade-long career. Starting with a never-before-offered early concert poster from a 1963 tour of Sweden, undertaken months before their American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show (estimate $25,000-$35,000). The sale also includes the Beatles first Grammy nomination for I Want to Hold Your Hand from 1964 (est. $15,000-$18,000), and ... More | | 
The Well-Dressed Window: Curtains at Winterthur is a unique compendium of design and textile history and an invaluable resource for designers and homeowners alike.
WINTERTHUR, DE.- Henry Francis du Pont, the force behind the transformation of Winterthur from a family house to the premier museum of American decorative arts, is recognized, along with Henry Davis Sleeper and Elsie de Wolfe, as one of the early leaders of interior design in this country. Du Ponts unique talent was his ability to arrange historically related objects in a beautiful way, in settings that enhanced their shape and form through the choice of color, textiles, and style. Working with architects, curators, and antiques dealers, du Pont created some 175 room settings within the house. He assembled his rooms using architectural elements from historic houses along the East Coast and filled them with an extraordinary collection of American furniture and decorative arts. Du Pont paid particular attention to the ... More | | 
Gladstone has served in several prominent leadership positions in the U.S. and abroad.
MIAMI, FLA.- Susan Gladstone has been appointed as the new director for the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. Gladstone brings more than 30 years of executive experience at the national and global levels. In her most recent leadership positions she served as the museums acting director, and before that as the museums director of development. We look forward to Susan Gladstone leading the next era of the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, said FIU Provost and Executive Vice President Kenneth G. Furton. Her proven track record of leadership combined with her educational, cultural and fundraising initiatives on the international stage, made her the ideal leader to steer this museum, which has served as a cultural beacon for more than 20 years. The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU serves as one of Floridas cultural attractions, and is a resource for a wide audience of residents, tourists, students and scholars of all ag ... More |
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| Delaware Art Museum acquires important works of art | | ASCENT: An elegant, genre-bending meditation on beautiful Mt. Fuji, has U.S. theatrical premiere at Film Forum | | Paul Pfeiffer presents his seminal, pioneering works from the early 2000s at Thomas Dane Gallery | 
Lilla Cabot Perry (18481933), Self Portrait, 1897. Oil on canvas, 38 7/8 Ã 28 1/4 inches. Delaware Art Museum, F. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 2016.
WILMINGTON, DE.- During its annual Member's meeting in May, the Delaware Art Museum announced that it acquired 61 works of art by 37 artists over the last 18 months. New acquisitions include five costume studies by Howard Pyle for the play Springtime, an embroidered tunic and matching shoes by Pre-Raphaelite artist Marie Spartali Stillman, a large-scale painting by painter Peter Williams, and two sculptures for the Copeland Sculpture Garden. The works date from 1856 through 2016 and include photographs, paintings, prints, drawings, illustrations, sculptures, and decorative arts. "The Museum is also focused on diversifying the collection by adding work by more women artists and artists of color and continuing support of local artists. Since the start of 2016 the Museum has acquired 21 works by 16 women," explains Museum's Chief Curator and Curator of American ... More | | 
ASCENT filmmaker Fiona Tan. Courtesy of Antithesis Films.
NEW YORK, NY.- Film Forum presents the U.S. theatrical premiere of ASCENT, beginning Wednesday, June 7. Mount Fuji, Japans highest peak and still an active volcano, has long inspired artists with its dramatically symmetrical snow-capped cone, its intimations of danger, and its historical/political role in Japanese consciousness. Dutch artist Fiona Tan, clearly under the influence of Chris Marker and Agnès Varda, draws upon more than 4000 images of the iconic mountain. In a fictional narrative voiceover, in both English and Japanese (she speaks English, actor Hiroki Hasegawa speaks Japanese), the film muses upon history, mythology, aesthetics, and geology plus love and grief, Godzilla and Van Gogh, the role of the cherry blossom, and much else. This is an experimental movie in the best sense a creative fusion of words and images, historical and contemporary thought, and Eastern and Western philosophy. ... More | | 
Paul Pfeiffer, Long Count (Thrilla in Manila), 2001. Installation view. Image courtesy the artist and Thomas Dane Gallery, London.
LONDON.- The swarm of spectators and the object of their gaze: two sides of an interdependent yet ambiguous relationship at the heart of Paul Pfeiffer's work and the focus of his show at Thomas Dane Gallery, London. For the very first time in London, Pfeiffer (b. 1966, Honolulu) presents his seminal, pioneering works from the early 2000s alongside recent pieces revealing the artist's exhaustive investigation in to themes of spectatorship and identity. Through careful editing of found video clips and still imagery Pfeiffer's singular practice unpicks the mythology of the stadium to reveal disturbing aspects of the human condition and unexpected moments of extreme affect within the arena of mass entertainment. Race, gender, colonialism, camouflage, subjectivity, subjection and the quasi-religious experience of hero worship all feature prominently ... More |
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 Exhibition explores the potential relations between art, politics, and subjectivity MALMO.- The exhibition Subjektiv is curated by the editorial board of the Scandinavian art journal Objektiv. Its fulcrum is the potential relations between art, politics, and subjectivity in a time when the basis of democratic subjecthood is called into question. It brings together artworks from the last few years that speak to the current political situation through their strategic staging of subjectivity and its political potential or impotence. In this context, the usual title of the journal simply wouldnt do, hence our temporary rebranding as Subjektiv. The nine artists works are camera-based photographs and films, installations, collages, and a poster project and range from straight documentary to a post-internet aesthetic of the interface. While radically different in strategies and aesthetics, the artists all investigate the friction between the subjective, the collective, ... More Skarstedt opens exhibition of knitted works by German artist Rosemarie TrockelLONDON.- Skarstedt announced its exhibition in London of knitted works by German artist Rosemarie Trockel. Featuring iconic knitted wool paintings from the 1980s and early 1990s, this is the first exhibition in the UK dedicated to this early body of work. Begun in 1984, the Strickbilder knitting pictures represent an important part of Trockels practice which includes drawings, sculptures and mixed-media installations. Using a computerised knitting machine, these early works are characterised by their formal contrast of patterns, such as vertical and horizontal stripes and checkerboard designs taken from existing pattern books and womens magazines, as well as iconic political and commercial motifs including the hammer and sickle and playboy bunny. In choosing wool and knitting, a material and technique traditionally associated with the female domestic ... More SculptureCenter opens a temporary public art project by Alejandro CesarcoLONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- SculptureCenter announces Words Like Love: Alphaville, First Scenes, a temporary public art project by Alejandro Cesarco. Cesarcos project is the second artwork commissioned through SculptureCenters art education program Public Process. Words Like Love: Alphaville, First Scenes is installed on a 14-by-48-foot billboard over Jackson Avenue at the intersection of Queens Plaza in Long Island City. The work is a textual interpretation of the opening scene of filmmaker Jean-Luc Godards Alphaville (1965), an iconic science fiction/noir film that describes a futuristic dystopian society controlled by a supercomputer. Re-translating the film back into a screenplay, Cesarcos project stresses the descriptive and prescriptive function of scripts: the text in this case is made to both mirror its surroundings and, to some extent, dictate ... More CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts opens solo exhibitions by Patrick Jackson and Candy JerniganSAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Continuing to introduce important artists to Bay Area audiences, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts presents Patrick Jackson: KNOW YER CITY, a commissioned mixed-media installation by the Los Angelesbased artist; and Candy Jernigan: A Couple of Pencils and Some Paper, an exhibition focusing on the late artists drawings and works on paper. The two concurrent solo exhibitions are free, open to the public, and on view June 1 through July 29, 2017. Los Angeles native Patrick Jackson works as both a collector and a maker to create crowded, immersive mixed-media environments. Whether compiling found objects, setting a scene for a presumed homicide, or sculpting visceral and scarred ceramics, he is invested in narrative and conceptual installations. Jacksons work often considers the material nature of sculpture, particularly ... More The Hudson River Museum presents a 70-foot panorama painting by Sylvia SleighYONKERS, NY.- The Hudson River Museum presents Sylvia Sleighs masterwork Invitation to a Voyage, The Hudson River at Fishkill, 1979 - 1999, a 70-foot panorama painting set along the banks of the Hudson River, which depicts a summer gathering of friends and art-world figures. The work, composed of 14 panels (each 8 x 5 feet), is on view June 3 - September 17, 2017, accompanied by new interpretation, including identification of all of the people depicted in the paintings as well as a selection of photographs taken during Sleighs trips to the site. A train trip to Albany in 1961 inspired Invitation to a Voyage. Sleigh, impressed by the beauty of the river and Bannermans Castle Arsenal on Pollepel Island, began the work, which ultimately took her 20 years to complete. The Arsenal, built at the turn of the century to house part of the military surplus business ... More Solo exhibition of paintings by Monique Frydman opens at Parasol unit foundation for contemporary artLONDON.- Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art presents a solo exhibition of paintings by Monique Frydman. Shown for the first time in a public institution in the United Kingdom, this exhibition surveys over thirty years of the French artists career. Monique Frydmans abstract paintings are a vibrant embodiment of colour and light. Soft lines are produced through frottage, a technique for which the artist rubs pastel on to an unstretched canvas that has been placed over a tangle of cord or string, then often completes a work by adding pigment to the surface. The elegant arabesques of lines created by this process blend into the colour-saturated canvas. Only from the 1980s onwards did Frydman start to use intensely rich colours, especially deep dark reds and blues, in her work. By the latter part of that decade she was making works of dazzling luminosity, ... More The Calligraphy Revival 1906-2016 at the Grolier Club NEW YORK, NY.- The word calligraphy comes from the Greek for beautiful (calli) and writing (graphy). It is an art with a long and noble history, going back many centuries and spanning cultures. Exhibitions and collections of Asian art, Persian art, and even Medieval Western art have always included examples of beautiful writing, yet modern Western calligraphy has not been recognized as an art form. This exhibition, The Calligraphy Revival 19062016, on view at the Grolier Club through July 29, 2017, aims to correct that oversight. Curator Jerry Kelly, an award-winning book designer, type designer, typographer, and calligrapher, is presenting major examples of calligraphic art by more than 80 Western artists spanning the years 1906 to 2016, demonstrating how alive even thriving the art has remained in the West, even in the computer age. Surely the alphabet ... More Urban sculpture installation debut in downtown MilwaukeeMILWAUKEE, WIS.- Sculpture Milwaukee, an outdoor urban sculpture experience in downtown Milwaukee, is on view June 1 Oct. 22. Featuring 22 sculptures by 21 artists, the pieces have been positioned along Wisconsin Avenue from 6th Street to ODonnell Park and is free to the public. The installation includes internationally renowned artists such as Santiago Calatrava, Tony Cragg, Alison Saar, Joel Shapiro and Jessica Stockholder, as well as three Milwaukee-based artists Michelle Grabner, Paul Druecke and Jason S. Yi. Sculptures range in size and material, including a 40 ft.-tall stainless steel piece by Saint Clair Cemin and a concrete block sculpture by Sol LeWitt, which has been assembled on-site. Sculpture Milwaukee will be an amazing addition to the collection of activities already taking place in downtown Milwaukee this summer, said Beth Weirick, ... More Exhibition of photographs by John Simmons and Frank Stewart on view at the Wilmer Jennings GalleryNEW YORK, NY.- From June 4 to July 29, 2017, the Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkeleba, presents Time, Light and Ritual. The exhibition of photographs by John Simmons and Frank Stewart is a milestone that represents the coming together of two life-long friends who picked up cameras in their early teens. Both have devoted decades to telling the story of their lives through the lens of a camera. The more than 60 photos in black and white, taken between 1967 and 2016, capture rural and urban street scenes, family gatherings, scenes from banquet and pool halls; images of ordinary people at rest and at work and extraordinary portraits. Frank Stewart grew up in Chicago and his life in the music and art world gave him the opportunity to see and share the culture through a visual style all his own. John Simmons grew up in Chicago and spent a ... More Permanent tribute to 9/11 rescue and recovery workers is being plannedNEW YORK, NY.- National September 11 Memorial & Museum Board Chairman Michael R. Bloomberg and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo with Board Member Jon Stewart announced plans for the development of a permanent dedication at the 9/11 Memorial to recognize the rescue and recovery at Ground Zero. New York State, through its affiliates, and Bloomberg Philanthropies will provide support and funding for the permanent dedication that will be located on the Memorial Glade. For several months, Memorial and Museum officials have been exploring creating a commemorative space and walkway to recognize rescue and recovery workers. The glade is the grassy clearing on the southwest corner of the 8-acre plaza near the Survivor Tree. The Memorial and Museum will lead in the planning, design and development of the dedication with the Memorials architects, including ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England opened June 06, 1683. OXFORD.- The Ashmolean Museum (in full the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology) on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is the world's first university museum. Its first building was built in 1678?1683 to house the cabinet of curiosities Elias Ashmole gave Oxford University in 1677.
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