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Rembrandt van Rijn (160669) The Spectacles Seller (Allegory of Sight), c. 1624 (detail) Oil on panel, 38.5 x 34.5 cm Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden.
OXFORD.- Young Rembrandt is the first major exhibition in the UK to examine the early years of one of the greatest artists of all time. Looking at Rembrandts first decade at work, from 162434, the show charts a career on a truly meteoric path. How was it that in his earliest known work, The Spectacles Seller (1624-25), we find a crude, garishly coloured painting by an artist struggling with his medium; but a mere 6 years later he had completed an acknowledged masterpiece - Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem (1630)? The exhibition is the largest collection of works devoted to the young Rembrandt to date, featuring 31 paintings by Rembrandt, 13 by his most important contemporaries, and a further 90 drawings and prints from international and private collections. It also features the newly discovered Let the Little Children Come to Me (16278) on display for the first time in public. The exhibition is co-curated by Professor Christopher Brown CBE, Director-Emeritus ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Among the Trees at Hayward Gallery celebrates key works of art that reimagine how we think about trees and forests. Spanning the past 50 years, the exhibition brings together major works by 38 leading international artists from five different continents. As well as illuminating the beauty and visually arresting character of trees, Among the Trees invites us to consider trees as both symbols and living organisms. Timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the exhibition explores how trees have shaped human civilisation and how they continue to play an indispensable role in our lives and imaginations.
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 | | French culture minister tests positive for coronavirus | | Louvre restricts entry and Paris concerts cancelled because of coronavirus | | Max von Sydow, star of 'The Seventh Seal' and 'Exorcist,' dies at 90 | 
French Culture Minister Franck Riester leaves the Elysee Presidential Palace after a weekly cabinet meeting on March 4, 2020 in Paris. Ludovic Marin / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- French Culture Minister Franck Riester has contracted the novel coronavirus and is staying in his Paris home but is "doing fine", his office said Monday. "The minister tested positive today," after displaying symptoms, the ministry said. It noted that Riester spent several days last week at the country's lower house National Assembly, where five virus cases were confirmed earlier. The prime minister's office said that the rules for ministers with the virus "are the same for all French people" including acting with caution and taking measures to minimise the chances of the disease spreading. The virus has killed nearly 4,000 worldwide with the French toll standing at 25 on Monday. ... More | | 
A woman stands in front of the Pyramid, the main entrance to the Louvre museum as visitors queue outside in Paris on March 4, 2020. Philippe LOPEZ / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- The Louvre said Monday it was restricting entry to the world's most visited museum, as concerts were cancelled across France because of the new coronavirus. Only people who have already reserved a ticket online, or those who normally benefit from free entry, will be allowed into the Paris landmark, the Louvre said. The restriction comes after the vast museum was forced to close for two days last week when staff refused to work over health fears. Pop concerts across the country were postponed or hung in the balance after the government banned public gatherings of more than 1,000 people late Sunday. The final show in Madonna's "Madame X" tour at the Grand Rex in Paris on Wednesday ... More | | 
In this file photo taken on February 10, 2012 Swedish-born actor Max von Sydow leaves after a photocall for the film "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close". Barbara SAX / AFP.
by Robert Berkvist
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Max von Sydow, the tall, blond Swedish actor who cut a striking figure in American movies but was most identified with the signature work of a fellow Swede, director Ingmar Bergman, died Sunday. He was 90. His wife, Catherine von Sydow, confirmed the death in an emailed statement. No cause was given. Widely hailed as one of the finest actors of his generation, von Sydow became an elder pop culture star in his later years, appearing in a Star Wars movie in 2015 as well as in the sixth season of the HBO fantasy-adventure series Game of Thrones. He even lent his deep, ... More |
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| | Julian Schnabel opens his first solo exhibition at Pace Gallery's new Chelsea home | | Edmund de Waal's library of exiled writers goes on display at the British Museum | | Visitors vanish from Asia's most visited sites | 
Julian Schnabel, Untitled I, 2019. Ink and oil on found fabric, 84" à 65-1/2" (213.4 cm à 166.4 cm). © Julian Schnabel.
NEW YORK, NY.- Pace Gallery is presenting The Patch of Blue the Prisoner Calls the Sky, Julian Schnabels first solo exhibition at the gallerys new Chelsea home. The exhibition features thirteen recent paintings by the artist. The show is on view at 540 West 25th Street from March 6 April 18, 2020. An essay by James Nares, titled The Patch of Blue the Prisoner Calls the Sky, accompanies the exhibition. These works catalogue the possibilities of how and what to paint, revealing a new way of looking at the world that blurs the line between representation and configuration. As Nares explains, These paintings represent the evidence of their own autonomy. They are metaphoric in an open way, not to interpretation as image but as underlying principles and facets of nature. Weather-beaten fabrics provide a temporal point of departure. Julian is drawn to ... More | | 
Edmund de Waal library of exile at the British Museum 2020 © The Trustees of the British Museum.
LONDON.- library of exile the acclaimed installation by British artist and author Edmund de Waal featuring 2,000 books by exiled writers from Ovid to the present day is presented at the British Museum from 12 March 8 September 2020. The temporary pavilion is designed as a place of dialogue and contemplation, with visitors encouraged to sit and read the books almost all of which are in translation, exploring the idea of language as migration. The library will be free to visit, continuing the British Museums historic connection to libraries over the past 260 years. The library includes the works of almost 1,500 writers from 58 countries in dozens of languages. And it is still growing. The writers represented in the collection range from Tacitus, Voltaire and Dante to the Jewish-Austrian writer Joseph Roth, the German childrens writer Judith Kerr and the Chinese poet Ai Quing to Elvira Dones ... More | | 
This combination photo created on March 5, 2020 shows tourists visiting Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province on March 16, 2019 (top) and on March 5, 2020. TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP.
by Suy Se
(AFP).- As dawn breaks the unmistakable tapered towers of Angkor Wat emerge from the gloom - but for once there are no tourists jostling on its steps to capture Cambodia's most famous sunrise. Asia's most Instagrammable sites - temples, promenades, shopping streets, museums and mausoleums - are empty, victims of a virus keeping visitors at home. The usual crowds have evaporated from Sensoji temple in Tokyo to Shanghai's Bund; abandoning the viewpoint at The Peak in Hong Kong and alleviating the pedestrian crush along Sydney Harbour. Many of the now vanished visitors are from China - a country whose travellers have completely reshaped the tourist economies of Asia over the last few years, yet where only around ... More |
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| | A chatty auction site is taking the classic car world by storm | | US panel reinstates 'Stairway' ruling in favor of Led Zeppelin | | Wayne Thiebaud's $3.3 million 'Civic Center' tops Sotheby's $32 million Contemporary Curated Sale in New York | 
A Bring A Trailer employee wipes down a Porsche at the company headquarters in San Francisco, Feb. 10, 2020. Kenny Hurtado/The New York Times.
by Robert C. Yeager
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- To less experienced eyes, the Lilliputian vehicle might have seemed an unlikely prospect for auction stardom. After all, the ancient Austin Mini lacked doors, side windows or even a radio. It sat on tiny 10-inch wheels, offered occupants only hard wicker seats and was powered by a petite, motorcycle-size engine. But Mary Falvey, whose father was a prominent Michigan dealer and distributor of European cars, knew better. The Mini had been in her family since it was built 57 years earlier. Part of a British Motor Company promotion to increase Americans interest in small cars, the vehicle still in original condition was one of only 14 made. It had charm, rarity and a role in automotive history, she said. Falvey might have offered the vehicle through a traditional auction house or, perhaps, at ... More | | 
"Stairway" is estimated to have grossed $3.4 million during a five-year period at issue in the earlier civil trial.
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP).- A US appeals court on Monday reinstated a ruling that British rockers Led Zeppelin did not swipe part of the classic "Stairway to Heaven" from another band. The San Francisco 11-judge panel affirmed a 2016 judgement that found no proof the classic 1971 Zeppelin song breached the copyright of "Taurus," written by Randy Wolfe of a Los Angeles band called Spirit. In 2018 that ruling was overturned by a three-judge panel in San Francisco, which said certain instructions to the district court jury had been "erroneous and prejudicial," and failed to clarify that the arrangement of elements in the public domain could be considered original. Led Zeppelin requested that the order for a new trial be reconsidered by a larger panel, whose decision Monday, based on the 1909 Copyright Act, puts the original ruling back in place. "Stairway" is estimated to have grossed $3.4 million during a five-year period at issue in the earlier civil trial. Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy ... More | | 
Wayne Thiebaud, Civic Center, signed and dated 1986 twice, oil on canvas. Estimate $2.5/3.5 million. Sold for $3.3 million. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Last Friday in New York, Sothebys Contemporary Curated sale totaled $32 million with 79% of lots sold, and more than half of all sold lots achieving prices above their high estimates. Charlotte Van Dercook, Head of Sothebys Contemporary Curated auctions in New York, said: We are thrilled with the results from last Fridays sale, as we continued the tremendous momentum for the sale series, achieving our fourth consecutive total above $30 million. Led by exceptional examples by Wayne Thiebaud, Donald Judd, Lee Bontecou, Yoshitomo Nara and David Hockney, we saw a depth of bidding across categories, medium, and period, with particular interest from private collectors. We were also excited to see exceptional results for contemporary female artists, which attracted strong bidding throughout both sessions, highlighted by the new auction record for Simone Leigh, as well as outstanding prices for works ... More |
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| | Sales reported from the opening moments of TEFAF Maastricht 2020 | | KAWS, Shepard Fairey featured in March 24 Urban Art Sale at Heritage Auctions | | Massimo De Carlo opens Tomoo Gokita's first solo exhibition in Milan | 
The fair will run until Sunday 15 March 2020 at the MECC, Maastricht.
MAASTRICHT.- The 33rd edition of TEFAF Maastricht welcomed around 10,000 international visitors over Early Access Day (5 March) and Preview Day (6 March), with attendance continuing well over the weekend. Exhibitors saw sales achieved across all sections of the fair, with works of art going to both private and institutional collectors. The fair will run until Sunday 15 March 2020 at the MECC, Maastricht. Sales were reported from the first moments of the fair. In TEFAF Antiques, J. Kugel (Stand 200) sold to an important museum the centrepiece of their stand, The Orpheus Cup, 1641 1642. Crafted in enamelled gold and rubies, the cup is an extraordinary achievement by four distinct hands - Jan Vermeyen, court jeweller to Emperor Rudolf II; Johann Wilhelm Baur, painter of Emperor Ferdinand III; Hans Georg Baur, court goldsmith of Emperor Ferdinand III; and an anonymous Viennese ... More | | 
KAWS (b. 1974), Untitled (MBFF3), 2014. Acrylic on canvas, 58 x 48 inches.
DALLAS, TX.- Original works by leading urban artists such as KAWS and Shepard Fairey are among top highlights of Heritage Auctions Urban Art Auction March 24. A Monumental KAWS painting, Untitled( MBFF3), 2014, from the artists Mans Best Friend series playfully depicts Charles Schultzs iconic Peanuts characters Snoopy and Charlie Brown. Untitled is a classic example of the artists ability to appropriate pop culture icons to display his unique perspective on contemporary culture. Heritage will offer NO REPLY, 2015, a complete set of 10 prints by KAWS that are being offered at Heritage for the first time. The set is a classic example of the artists use of color and composition as well as his ability to straddle various media to illustrate his inimitable voice. Other top KAWS lots include his well known 4FT Dissected Companion (Black), early 21st century, a KAWS X SUPREME, 2001 skate deck, ... More | | 
Tomoo Gokita, Game Over, Massimo De Carlo, Milan/Lombardia. Installation View: Roberto Marossi. Courtesy Massimo De Carlo, Milan/London/Hong Kong.
MILAN.- Massimo De Carlo presents Game Over Tomoo Gokitas first solo exhibition in Milan, and second with the gallery. Tokyo based artist Tomoo Gokita is known for his signature painting style that marries popcultural archetypes with surreal, noirish flights of fancy. His artistic vocabulary barrels across illustration, soft pornography, abstraction and calligraphy, with perfect control, velvety surfaces and tonal range transforms ordinary scenes into warped and absurd realities. Game Over is Tomoo Gokitas first venture into painting in colour, a departure from the artists monochromatic style. In this exhibition, Gokita presents a selection of 16 paintings ranging from large to small scale, using sultry pastel colours reminiscent of spring colours or seasonal change, continues his streak of representing amorphous ... More |
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 Film producer Mike Kaplan offering fans highlights from rare movie poster collectionDALLAS, TX.- Mike Kaplan often felt he was born with a poster gene. As a child in Providence, Rhode Island, he would remove the full-page black-and-white theater ads from the Sunday New York Times for a new play or musical, color them in and then compare his choices with the final results when he visited New York. Becoming part of the film industry in the 1960s allowed his film poster collecting to begin, and now his collection is crossing the auction block in a special presentation of The Mike Kaplan Collection, March 21 at Heritage Auctions. As a noted producer of The Whales of August, the documentary director of Never Apologize and the marketing strategist behind 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange, the foundation of Kaplan's collection is built around design, rather than a film's importance. Many significant titles ... More Mart Crowley, 'Boys in the Band' playwright, dies at 84NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Mart Crowley, whose 1968 play, The Boys in the Band, put gay characters and their stories front and center in a way that had rarely been seen in a mainstream New York theater, died on Saturday night in Manhattan. He was 84. His friend actress Natasha Gregson Wagner said the cause was complications of heart surgery. Where previous plays and movies often tiptoed around a characters homosexuality or, worse, demonized gay characters, Crowleys play presented gay men talking forthrightly and in depth about their lives. It featured nine men at a birthday party in which alcohol flowed and conversation grew brutally honest as a result. The power of the play, Clive Barnes wrote in his review in The New York Times, is the way in which it remorselessly peels away the pretensions of its characters and reveals ... More Romania, Slovenia, Bulgaria limit public gatherings over virus fearsBUCHAREST (AFP).- Romania and Slovenia on Monday banned big public gatherings, while Bulgaria ordered theatre and cinema shows cancelled in increasingly stringent measures to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus. So far the three EU members have registered few cases of the virus that has engulfed numerous countries around the world. Romania -- which has recorded less than 20 coronavirus cases among its almost 20 million people -- closed schools nationwide until March 22. "Our main concern is to protect children from any risk of contagion," interim Prime Minister Ludovic Orban announced on Monday. The government also banned gatherings of more than 1,000 people and called upon more than one million Romanians living in virus-hit Italy to abandon any plans to return home for Easter. People entering Romania ... More Mophradat announces consortium commissions 2020/22BRUSSELS.- Mophradat, an international non-profit contemporary arts association that creates opportunities for artists from the Arab world, reveals the eight artists selected for the second edition of the Consortium Commissions. A pioneering model for co-commissioning ambitious new work initiated by Mophradat, the Consortium Commissions exemplify the organizations inventive approach to supporting artists from the region. A program of exhibitions, performances and music will take place from June 2020 to 2022 across nine locations including Alkantara, Lisbon; Ancienne Belgique, Brussels; The Renaissance Society, Chicago; The Showroom, London; De Appel, Amsterdam; Haus der Kulturen der Welt; Berlin; Portikus, Frankfurt; Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels; and Spielart, Munich. The 2020/22 selected visual artists are Haig Aivazian, ... More American Folk Art Museum showcases some seventy stellar works from its collectionNEW YORK, NY.- The exhibition American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection is on view at the American Folk Art Museum. It will be on display through May 31, 2020, and showcases some seventy stellar works, all carefully culled from the museums collection by Stacy C. Hollander, former deputy director and chief curator of AFAM. Beginning in 2021, the exhibition will travel to additional venues in the United States. The artworks on view in American Perspectives will reveal multiple narratives, said Jason T. Busch, director of the museum. Stacys research has led to new discoveries about our collection and builds on the deep level of scholarship that is closely associated with her work as a curator. With Stacys engaging organization, visitors will see these objects in a new light. Curator Stacy C. Hollander commented, ... More HRH Prince Charles' loan Aston Martin for sale with H&H ClassicsLONDON.- When mere mortals drop their car off for servicing they are often lucky to get a Ford Fiesta as a courtesy car, but for Prince Charles this stunning Aston Martin DB6 Vantage MK2 was brought to the forecourt when his own wheels were being sorted. It will be sold by H&H Classics on March 18th at the Imperial War Museum and is estimated to fetch £260,000 - £300,000. A long-term member of the Aston Martin Owners Club, the vendor has attended numerous AMOC events over the years and has been told on more than one occasion that LBH 100H was loaned to HRH, Charles The Prince of Wales when the latters DB6 MK2 Volante was being serviced (the car made even more famous by its usage at Prince William and Kate Middetons wedding). H&H contacted Aston Martin Heritage Trust Registrar Tim Cottingham about this scenario and he kindly ... More Monumental, complex tableaus by Elias Sime come to Akron Art MuseumAKRON, OH.- From a distance, Ethiopian artist Elias Simes artworks appear to be large-scale abstract paintings. Upon closer inspection, their complexity and nontraditional materials become apparent. Simes tableaus are not paintings at all, but breathtaking compositions assembled from thousands of motherboards, buttons, computer keyboard keys and electrical wires. Visitors to the Akron Art Museum can now experience Simes work in person. Tightrope is Simes first major traveling survey and contains two works created specifically for the exhibition, exhibited alongside several earlier stitched canvases. Curator of Exhibitions Theresa Bembnister said, Despite their massive scale, Simes works invite contemplation. Many pieces are eight or nine feet tall with some being more than 15 feet long, creating an immersive visual experience. His choice of materials ... More Group exhibition traces the resonance of Rainer Maria Rilke's poetry through artworksNEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian is presenting Duino Elegies, a group exhibition that traces the resonance of Rainer Maria Rilkes poetry through artworks spanning the past 150 years. In 1912, Rilke was invited to stay at Duino Castlea fortress just north of Trieste, Italyby the Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis. There, while standing atop a cliff overlooking the Adriatic Sea, he claimed to hear the following line: Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angelic orders? Rilke eventually used these words to open the Duino Elegies, a 1923 collection of ten intensely religious metaphysical poems. Concerned with the interplay of suffering and beauty in human existence, the Elegies also project a hopeful vision of a more peaceful world. Two decades earlier, Rilke had moved to Paris to write a monograph on Auguste Rodin, initiating a complex but lasting ... More The Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal exhibits a new major acquisition by Cyprien GaillardMONTREAL.- The Musée dart contemporain de Montréal is exhibiting, for the first time in Canada, a new major acquisition from its collection: the 3D video work Nightlife (2015) by French artist Cyprien Gaillard, recipient of the Prix Marcel‑Duchamp. Nightlife, an immersive technological work that rises to the level of cinematic production, is a stunningly beautiful film. Shot entirely at night over a two-year period in Cleveland, Los Angeles, and Berlin, it tells a story of revolution, resistance, and resilience. In fact, the MAC has taken advantage of the presentation of Nightlife to acquire a high-quality 4K projector, a first for the institution and a rare event in the museum world. From March 5 to May 3, visitors are invited to have a sensory and aesthetic experience of stunning beauty by immersing themselves in an artwork that has been acclaimed everywhere it has ... More VVA VirginiaVisualArts presents new monotype and relief works by Graham FinkLONDON.- VVA VirginiaVisualArts, a platform for contemporary art in Central London, is exhibiting new monotype and relief works by multimedia artist Graham Fink. In Transition marks a new direction for the artist who is working for the first time with monotype printing in order to further explore the concepts of pareidolia within the context of creative and dream processes. Subconscious and creativity through the phenomenon of pareidolia has been a focus of Finks practice. The term pareidolia describes the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful images within in a random or ambiguous visual pattern. Often associated with religious or intellectual epiphany, pareidolia is credited with helping the ancients to negotiate an unintelligible world through the interpretation of signs where there was merely chaos. Finks monotypes imply flux or perpetual change apparent in our visual ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, sculptor and furniture designer Harry Bertoia was born March 10, 1915. Harry Bertoia (March 10, 1915 in San Lorenzo, Pordenone, Italy - November 6, 1978 in Barto, Pennsylvania), was an Italian-born American artist, sound art sculptor, and modern furniture designer. In this image: Since 2000, Wright has sold more than 550 sculptures by Bertoia -- more than any other auction house or gallery.
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