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Maria Prymachenko, Eared beast grasped a Crustacean, 1983.
by Matt Stevens and Graham Bowley
NEW YORK, NY.- Roughly 25 paintings by celebrated Ukrainian artist Maria Primachenko were burned as a result of Russias invasion of Ukraine, the countrys Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement posted to social media Monday. The destruction of the works has not been independently confirmed by The New York Times. In a tweet, the ministry said that the works had been housed inside a historical museum in the town of Ivankiv, about 50 miles northwest of Kyiv, the capital. Ministry officials praised the painter, known for her colorful folk art style, for having created world-famous masterpieces. Damian Koropeckyj, a senior analyst at the Cultural Heritage Monitoring Lab at the Virginia Museum of Natural History, said that satellite imagery confirmed the museum had been destroyed. The lab, a partnership with the Smithsonian Institution, is monitoring cultural heritage sites at risk in Ukraine. Video posted to social media over the weekend and reported on by the Times shows U ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Yan Pei-Ming, The Wild Game. MASSIMODECARLO, Milan/Lombardia 22.02.2022 > 02.04.2022 Installation Views by Roberto Marossi. Courtesy MASSIMODECARLO.
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| Phillips to offer $70M Basquiat from the collection of Yusaku Maezawa | | Banksy and 21st century editions live for bidding | | Legendary fashion collectors Susan Gutfreund & Jacqueline Leeds to lead March couture auction | 
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled, 1982 (detail). Estimated in the region of $70 million. Image courtesy of Phillips.
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips together with renowned entrepreneur and art collector Yusaku Maezawa, announced the sale of Basquiats Untitled, 1982. At over sixteen feet wide and estimated in the region of $70 million, this monumental tour de force is poised to lead the New York auction season when it is offered in the Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art on 18 May. In the lead-up to the auction, the work will embark on an international tour to London, Los Angeles, and Taipei, before heading to Phillips New York headquarters at 432 Park Avenue. Yusaku Maezawa said, The past six years of having Basquiats Untitled was nothing but a great pleasure and it has become a memorable piece in my collection. I believe that art collections are something that should always continue to grow and evolve as the owner does. I also believe that it should be shared so ... More | | 
Stik, Lovers (Yellow), 2011. Estimate: £20,000-30,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
LONDON.- Christies Laugh now but one day we'll be in charge: Banksy and 21st Century Editions online sale is open for bidding from 1 March - 15 March. This new auction is cheekily titled in reference to Banksys Laugh Now screenprint. The sale will predominantly feature works by Banksy, alongside editions created in the 21st century by both well-known and up and coming contemporary artists. Banksys Morons (Sepia) - Outside of the edition (2007, estimate £50,000-70,000) is part of this offering, the source image of this work is a photograph of the record-breaking sale of Vincent van Goghs Sunflowers at Christies in 1987, with van Goghs canvas replaced by Banksys text. Interestingly, this particular impression has extra areas of colour that are not often seen. Another highlight by Banksy is Choose your Weapon (VIP Gold) (2010, estimate: £200,000-300,000), the first time a gold colourway of ... More | | 
Chanel Haute Couture Wool Tweed Skirt Suit with Removable Facings, Spring Summer 1997. Est. $2,000-4,000.
CHICAGO, IL.- Hindman Auctions will present its Spring Fashion: Centuries of Style auction on March 16, featuring several private collections of significant haute couture headlined by New York fashion collectors Susan Gutfreund and Jaqueline Leeds. Through these remarkable garments, we begin to understand not only the women who wore them, but also their lifestyle and knowledge of fashion history. Gutfreund and Leeds cultivated relationships with the trailblazing designers and couturiers that created the fashions in this sale. Beginning with items that date to the 18th and 19th centuries, the women represented in this sale documented almost three centuries of fashion, through their discerning eye. The collections comprise some of the worlds most influential and inspiring fashion designers and couturiers, including over fifty haute couture creations by Chanel, Givenchy, ... More |
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| Russian artists speak out against war, but fear reprisals | | National Gallery of Art acquires works by Betye Saar and Melvin Edwards | | Metropolitan Opera says it will cut ties with pro-Putin artists | 
Alexandra Sukhareva.
NEW YORK, NY.- Young Russian artists Kirill Savchenkov and Alexandra Sukhareva were set to represent Russia in April at the Venice Biennale, the art-world jamboree that can turn little-known artists into global stars. Now, that potentially glittering future seems to have vanished. On Sunday, the pair withdrew from the event, posting a short statement on Instagram and Facebook. There is no place for art when civilians are dying under the fire of missiles, when citizens of Ukraine are hiding in shelters, when Russian protesters are getting silenced, the statement said. Raimundas Malasauskas, the curator of the Russian Pavilion where Savchenkov and Sukhareva would have presented their work, joined them in pulling out. The pavilion will now remain closed throughout the Biennale, according to a statement its organizers posted on Instagram. Many Russian artists oppose the war, but few have such high-profile platforms for protest as Savchenkov and Sukhareva. Thousands of street demon ... More | | 
Betye Saar, The Trickster, 1994. Mixed media assemblage. Overall: 223.52 x 71.12 x 33.02 cm (88 x 28 x 13 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington. Purchased as the Gift of Sharon Percy Rockefeller and Senator John Davison Rockefeller 2021.85.1 Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects Los Angeles, California; Photo Alan Shaffer.
WASHINGTON, DC.- A pioneer of second-wave feminist and postÂwar Black nationalist aesthetics, Betye Saars (b. 1926) practice examines African American identity, spirituality, and cross-cultural connectedness. The Trickster (1994), recently acquired by the National Gallery of Art, reflects Saars continued introspection, her assertion of the aesthetic and conceptual power of African cultural forms, and the belief that art can be made from anything. This is her first assemblage to enter the National Gallerys collection where it joins one print and two mixed media works by her. Made from a seven-foot-tall antique heater adorned with a necklace of bells, chains, and vintage keys, The Trickster depicts Eshu, the trickster god ... More | | 
The Metropolitan Opera in New York, March 12, 2020. Vincent Tullo/The New York Times.
by Javier C. Hernández
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Opera said Sunday that it would no longer engage with performers or other institutions that have voiced support for President Vladimir Putin of Russia, becoming the latest cultural organization to seek to distance itself from some Russian artists amid Putins invasion of Ukraine. Peter Gelb, the Mets general manager, said the Met, which has long employed Russians as top singers and has a producing partnership with the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, had an obligation to show support for the people of Ukraine. While we believe strongly in the warm friendship and cultural exchange that has long existed between the artists and artistic institutions of Russia and the United States, Gelb said in a video statement, we can no longer engage with artists or institutions that support Putin or are supported by him." Gelb added that the policy ... More |
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| Exhibition features more than twenty installations by Anicka Yi | | The Ateneum Art Museum halts the loan of Akseli Gallen-Kallela's works to Russia | | Christie's New York celebrates Asian Art Week | 
Anicka Yi, Portrait. Courtesy the artist and Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan. Photo Lorenzo Palmieri.
MILAN.- From February 24 to July 24, 2022, Pirelli HangarBicocca is presenting Metaspore, a solo exhibition by Anicka Yi, one of the most innovative and engaging figures on the contemporary art scene. In her artistic practice, Yi combines languages and themes from many fields, ranging from philosophy to biology, from politics to science fiction. The exhibition features more than twenty installations, multifaceted creations that dissolve the boundaries between science and art, organic and synthetic, and human and non-humanan investigation of the concepts of metamorphosis, interdependence, ecosystem, and symbiosis. The show catalyzes visitors sensory and perceptual experiences, through smells, mutating forms and disorienting biological elements. The colored bacterial ecosystems in the work Biologizing the Machine (spillover zoonotica), 2021, exemplify this approach. Enclosed in large ... More | | 
Ateneum Art Museum.
HELSINKI.- Russias military action in Ukraine makes it impossible for the Ateneum Art Museum to loan out works to the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. This means that the cooperation of many years is interrupted, as the safety of the works cannot be guaranteed. The Ateneum Art Museum, together with the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, has been preparing the first exhibition of works by Akseli Gallen-Kallela in Russia for several years. The State Tretyakov Gallery is one of the largest and most important museums in Russia. The plan was to loan out Gallen-Kallelas iconic landscape paintings, Kalevala-themed works, and a considerable selection of unique prints from the Finnish National Gallerys collections for the exhibition. The Ateneum Art Museum is part of the Finnish National Gallery. One of its key tasks is to make works in its collections, especially Finnish art, available to new audiences. Over the last decade, there has ... More | | 
A Rare Longquan Celadon Guan-Type Mallow-Form Dish. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announces Asian Art Week, a series of auctions, viewings, and events, from March 15-30. This season presents seven live and online auctions featuring over 1,000 objects spanning all epochs and categories of Asian art. In conjunction with the sales, Christies will also present a non-selling exhibition of Wang Fangyu: A Wenren in America, between 18-23 March. All works will be presented in an exhibition from March 18 at Christies New York. From Himalayan bronzes to Huanghuali tables and early Korean paintings, the seven distinct sales of Asian Art Week offer a wide breadth of art from across every category of Asian art. Notable collections highlighting this season include Buddhist art from the Collection of David and Nayda Utterberg, contemporary Indian art from the Collection of Mahinder and Sharad Tak, and important Chinese snuff bottles from the Rachelle R. Holden ... More |
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| James Cohan opens an exhibition of new sculptural work by Kathy Butterly | | Heritage Auctions joins Asia Week's return to New York | | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston adds 35 Martin Barooshian works to its collection | 
Kathy Butterly, Subtle Slide, 2021. Porcelain, earthenware, glaze, 7 7/8 x 6 x 5 1/2 in. 20 x 15.2 x 14 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan is presenting Color In Forming, an exhibition of new sculptural work by Kathy Butterly, on view at 48 Walker Street from February 24 through March 26. This is Butterlys second solo exhibition with James Cohan. For nearly 30 years, Kathy Butterly has created striking ceramic sculptures with a powerful individuality that evince her technical mastery of the medium. Clay allows Butterly to work with color in three dimensions, pushing her materials to their expressive and physical limits. Her unparalleled explorations of form and color continue to expand the field of contemporary studio ceramics. While Butterly works on an intimate scale, complexity, virtuosity, and rigor are condensed in her vessels, each creating an expansive universe of its own. All the works in this exhibition begin as a single cast form originating from a store bought fishbowl, akin to a readymade. Butterly pours wet porcelain clay into a plaster ... More | | 
Leading the event is a Tibetan gilt and polychromed copper alloy figure of U??ï?avijayä (estimate: $100,000-$150,000).
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions celebrates Asian Art Week in New York with a special preview at its Park Avenue galleries. From a rare screen inlaid with porcelain plaques by a Chinese porcelain painting master to a remarkable Tibetan figure of a Buddhist goddess and a collection of vibrant Japanese woodblock prints, the offerings in Heritage Auctions' March 22 Fine & Decorative Asian Art Signature® Auction include a plethora of special items spanning a variety of genres. Leading the event is a Tibetan gilt and polychromed copper alloy figure of U??ï?avijayä (estimate: $100,000-$150,000). Part of a private Southern California collection, the 18th-century figure of the Buddhist deity remains in near-perfect condition and is believed to be made in Beijing, likely for important temples in the Chinese capital city. "Usually this type of figure doesn't have a wrathful face, but this one does," says Clementine Chen, Heritage ... More | | 
Martin Barooshian, Creatures of Prometheus, 1957. Etching, engraving, and aquatint, printed in blue. Gift of Martin and Mary Barooshian in honor of Michael J. Russo. Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
BOSTON, MASS.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Martin Barooshian Art Trust are pleased to announce that the MFA has added 35 additional pieces by Martin Barooshian (1929-2022), to its collection. The acquisition includes important woodcuts and etchings as well as one monotype and three preparatory drawings. The MFA acquired its first work by Barooshian in 1950. Barooshian, a Boston native, was an American surrealist painter and an exceptionally accomplished printmaker. Barooshian rose to prominence during the 1950s and 60s, but his fame waned over time. There has been resurgent interest in his artistic contributions, including the publication of a biography and catalogue in 2020, and the MFAs acquisition represents a substantial step in his rediscovery. In a New York City art world insistent on non-figurative conformity, Barooshian struck out on his own path. The resulting abstract ... More |
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 Solo exhibition of paintings and mixed media works by Hayv Kahraman opens at The Mosaic RoomsLONDON.- The Mosaic Rooms presents Gut Feelings, a solo exhibition of paintings and mixed media works by Hayv Kahraman. In this new work, the artist delves into scientific research to situate the effects of trauma in the body and to investigate methodologies of physical healing and care. Developing from Kahramans ongoing exploration of embodied experiences of Otherness, the gut acts as a formal and material trope to investigate ideas of trauma and renewal. In this new series of paintings and drawings twisted and knotted intestine-like cords seem to engulf the female figures. Organ-like labyrinths allude to a complex web of interconnectivity, reminiscent of neurological transmitters, simultaneously entrapping and emancipating the female figures entangled within them. These repeatedly explored imageries are painted on linen canvasses, paper and ... More  Almine Rech opens its first solo exhibition of works by British-French artist Alice AndersonLONDON.- Almine Rech will open its first solo exhibition of British-French artist Alice Anderson. Dance is the original form of artistic expression. It has only one instrumentthe bodybut it creates movement, lines, forms, and rhythm. It connects us to the earth, the sky, the cosmos, Nature. By calling on the ritual of dance to generate new forms of painting and sculpture, Alice Anderson takes part in a long ancestral tradition that runs from the indigenous peoples of the Americas and Australia to the sources of modern and contemporary dance. As she puts it, Dancing means finding Nature within yourself. Her unique approach linking art and dance evokes the pioneering choreography of Mary Wigman, Loïe Fuller, and Isadora Duncan; the kinetic art of the Bauhaus; or Nicolas Schöffer, who attempted to create interactions between machine and human, ... More  Foster Wilson Size completes contemporary cultural hub and theatre in the heart of BrixtonLONDON.- Foster Wilson Size has completed Brixton House, a contemporary purpose-built theatre in south London. Brixton House is the new location for Ovalhouse Theatre, previously housed in Kennington. It is designed to retain the legacy of this pioneering theatre while bringing a new public arts space to the heart of Brixton. Brixton House features two fully accessible, flexible auditoria, seating 200 and 120 people and seven flexible rehearsal rooms. The robust performance and rehearsal spaces sit within a community driven cultural hub that also includes a large public café foyer and two floors of creative workspace. Located on the corner site of Coldharbour Lane and Somerleyton Road, Brixton House has a lightweight, anodized aluminium façade that incorporates a range of coloured LED lighting and signage. Inside, raw materials ... More  Yan Pei-Ming premieres a new body of work at MASSIMODECARLOMILAN.- Marking the beginning of the Lunar New Year, MASSIMODECARLO is presenting Wild Game, Yan Pei-Mings new solo exhibition in Milan and the first in the gallery HQ premiering a new body of work. The gallery represents Yan Pei-Ming since 1998. Known around the world for his monumental, often monochromatic canvasses, painted with vigorous, sweeping brushstrokes, Yan Pei-Ming's work is characterized by his use of a two-toned monochrome colour palette in black and white or red and white, thereby directing stronger focus towards the subject and composition of his works. In all the series, Yan Pei-Mings fluid yet precise technique, use of repetition, and shallow pictorial space infuse his images with an eerie morbidity, thus reinforcing their connection to real, indescribable, events. Renowned for his expressionistic portraits of influential ... More  New artwork inspired by fridge magnets and a Renaissance masterpiece will welcome visitors to new citySOUTHEND-ON-SEA.- Focal Point Gallery and Creative Estuary announced the commission of a new, major public artwork that will welcome visitors and residents to the UKs newest city - Southend-On-Sea. The project is the latest in a series of exciting Creative Estuary Co-commissions the initiative which aims to showcase 60 miles of the North Kent and South Essex region as one of the UKs most dynamic and creative areas in the whole of the UK. Lu Williams impactful, ambitious, and fun concept will transform the gateway to the citys famous High Street, as approached from Southend Victoria and Victoria Avenue. An unusual and very beautiful source of inspiration behind Williams winning idea are Lorenzo Ghibertis (1378-1455) doors to the baptistry of San Giovanni in central Florence, Italy. Known as the Gates of Paradise, the huge ... More  National Pavilion UAE announces publication of the first comprehensive monograph for Mohamed Ahmed IbrahimABU DHABI.- The National Pavilion UAE announced today the details on its upcoming publication accompanying its exhibition, Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim: Between Sunrise and Sunset, at the 59th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia 2022 (23 April - 27 November 2022). Titled Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim: Between Sunrise and Sunset / Works 1986-2022, the monograph will be the first comprehensive publication on the Emirati artist, covering his biomorphic abstraction paintings of the 1980s, his Land Art experiments and immersive installations of the 1990s, and the evolution of his papier-mâché sculptures over the last two decades. The monograph, co-edited by Maya Allison, curator of the National Pavilion ... More  The Jewish Museum launches new digital guide to enrich both onsite and offsite visitsNEW YORK, NY.- The Jewish Museum has launched a new, digital guide on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app created by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Bloomberg Connects app, available for download from Google Play or the App Store, makes the Jewish Museum accessible for either onsite or offsite visits through photo, audio, and video features offering insights into the Museums exhibitions, programs, and collection. The Jewish Museum digital guide features a wide array of content including: A range of Thematic Tours and Points of View that allow visitors to choose a path that fits their interest through the Museums collection exhibition, Scenes from the Collection. Thematic Tours related to this exhibition include Jewish Rituals, Kids and Families, and a Directors Tour, with new tours planned for release in the future. Through ... More  All hands on deck: Garment District exhibition spotlights artisans working on their craftNEW YORK, NY.- The Garment District Alliance announced the latest in its ongoing series of public art exhibits, showcasing a series of eight drawings titled The Infinite Land of a Thousand Dances, created by Brooklyn-based artist Nell Breyer. Located inside the Kaufman Arcade building on 139 W 35th Street, the free exhibit is accessible to the public through April 1. The Infinite Land of a Thousand Dances is part of the Garment District Space for Public Art program, which showcases artists in unusual locations throughout the year and over 17 years has produced more than 200 installations, exhibits and performances. Nells drawings feature unique perspectives of Garment District artisans as they craft their works, and we are so proud to showcase her artwork as part of our series of public art exhibitions, said, Barbara A. Blair, president ... More  House of Illustration secures resolution to grant planning permission for redevelopment of historic New River Head siteLONDON.- House of Illustration has secured a resolution to grant planning permission from Islington Council for a £12m project to redevelop New River Head into the UKs only public arts space dedicated to illustration. Encompassing galleries, a learning studio, public gardens, a shop and a café, the renamed Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration will be the national centre for illustration: a unique destination for art-lovers, illustrators, families, schools and colleges; and the catalyst for exhibitions and activities across the UK. It will also become a permanent home for the archive of the organisations founder, Sir Quentin Blake, with selections from his archive of more than 40,000 works on permanent display. House of Illustration Director ... More  Fundacion MAPFRE opens Jorge Ribalta's first retrospectiveMADRID.- Fundación MAPFRE is presenting Jorge Ribalta. Its All True: Fictions and Documents 19872020. This exhibition, Jorge Ribaltas first retrospective, traces the evolution from the illusionistic staged photographs he began taking in 1987 to the "documentary photography" he embraced in 2005 and continues practising today. In 1941, Orson Welles conceived Its All True as blend of documentary and docufiction, a feature film comprising three different segments that told three stories about Latin America. Cancelled halfway through production, the documentary has been the subject of numerous debates and was recovered by Richard Wilson in the 1993 feature Its All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles. This documentary, a genuine fieldwork exercise about a narrative, is closely related to Ribaltas working method and to the conception ... More  Magasin III Museum for Contemporary Art presents an exhibition of works by Mona HatoumSTOCKHOLM.- During the spring of 2022, Mona Hatoums works are simultaneously exhibited at two locations in Stockholm: at Magasin III Museum for Contemporary Art in Frihamnen and at the Accelerator exhibition space on the Stockholm University campus. Since the early 1990s, Mona Hatoum has been regarded as one of the most important artists of our time. Through installation, sculpture, performance, photography, and video, she consistently explores issues of the familiar and the foreign, home and exile, memory and loss. Hatoums multifaceted body of work plays on the tension between these states, as well as on their shifting boundaries. Through alterations in scale and the use of unexpected materials, an object that at first glance seems simply a household utensil can shift its associations to become a threatening tool. By constantly ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Austrian-Swiss painter Oskar Kokoschka was born March 01, 1886. Oskar Kokoschka (1 March 1886 - 22 February 1980) was an Austrian artist, poet and playwright best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes. In this image: Installation view "Oskar Kokoschka. Humanist and Rebel"© Fondation Oskar Kokoschka / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2014. Photo: Marek Kruszewski.
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