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A scene from Antik A.S. auction house.
ISTANBUL.- The leading auction house of Turkey, Antik A.S. announces Modern and Contemporary Art Auction in Istanbul which will take place on Saturday 19 March 2016. The sale will offer an important selection of works of art from the 20th centuryTurkish Art including a masterpiece by Fahrel Nissa Zeid, impressive works of Erol Akyavas, Burhan Doğançay, Abidin Elderoğlu, Ferruh Başağa, Mübin Orhon, Adnan Ãoker, Abdurahman Ãztoprak, İlhan Koman, Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu, Orhan Peker and Kemal Ãnsoy. The auction will take place in Antik Palace and will present 200 exceptional modern & contemporary art. The leading highlight of the sale is Fahrel Nissa Zeids The Reverse a large double-sided canvas with 132 x 162 cm dimensions.. The work has an estimation of 20 ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day NEW YORK.- Joan B Mirviss LTD announces the opening of A Palette for Genius: Japanese Water Jars for the Tea Ceremony, coinciding with the start of Asia Week New York 2016, In this image: Ono Hakuko (1915-1996), Kinrande floral-patterned covered porcelain water jar, Japan ca. 1985, 5 3/8 x 7 3/8 in. Photo: Joan B Mirviss LTD.
| Picasso custody battle between Qatari royal family and Larry Gagosian heats up as New York trial looms | | A hiker finds an extremely rare gold coin that bears the image of Emperor Augustus | | Asian art auctions kick off in New York after US special agents seize stolen Indian statues | 
The sculpture in question is the 1931 "Bust of a Woman (Marie-Therese)," which was on display at New York's Museum of Modern Art until last month as part of the largest exhibit of sculpture by the Spanish master in 50 years.
NEW YORK (AFP).- A custody battle for a $100 million Picasso sculpture has intensified in New York between British agents acting on behalf of the Qatari royal family and a prominent American art dealer. Unless an out of court settlement can be reached, the case is scheduled to go to trial before Judge William Pauley in Manhattan on September 19 to determine its rightful owner and to seek damages against New York dealer Larry Gagosian and Picasso's granddaughter Diana Widmaier-Picasso. The sculpture in question is the 1931 "Bust of a Woman (Marie-Therese)," which was on display at New York's Museum of Modern Art until last month as part of the largest exhibit of sculpture by the Spanish master in 50 years. The tortured legal dispute stretches from courts in France to Switzerland and America, lifting a lid on a break- ... More | | 
Israeli archeologist Donald T. Ariel, head curator of the coin department at the Israel Antiquities Authority holds up a 24 karat gold coin. GALI TIBBON / AFP.
JERUSALEM.- The famous British Museum possesses an ancient gold coin that until now was apparently the only one of its kind known in the world a coin that bears the image of Emperor Augustus and was minted by Emperor Trajan. This coin, from 107 CE, was part of a series of nostalgic coins that Emperor Trajan minted and dedicated to the Roman emperors that ruled before him. A surprising random discovery by Laurie Rimon, a member of Kibbutz Kefar Blum, who was hiking with friends in the countryside, uncovered the identical twin brother of this rare coin the second such coin of its kind now known to exist. During a recent trip to the eastern Galilee a group of veteran hikers, including Laurie, arrived at an archaeological site. Suddenly Laurie discerned a shiny object in the grass. When she picked it up she realized it was an ancient gold coin. The groups guide, Irit Zuk-Kovacsi contacted the Israel Antiquities Au ... More | | 
Buff Sandstone Stele of Rishabhanata.
NEW YORK (AFP).- New York kicks off its annual week of Asian art sales Tuesday, red-faced after stolen Indian statues were impounded from Christie's and testing the market in the face of a Chinese economic slowdown. US special agents seized the sandstone statues, dating back to the eighth and 10th centuries, from Christie's auction house following an international investigation with assistance from India and Interpol, US officials said. Both objects had been valued at $150,000 and $300,000, and were listed in Christie's sale of Indian and Himalayan art on Tuesday. "We have withdrawn the lots and we are fully cooperating with the authorities on their investigation," a spokesperson for the auction house said. US agents said both artifacts came from a specific smuggler, and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance warned art dealers and auction houses to do everything possible to avoid selling stolen cultural heritage. Christie's said the auction house would never ... More |
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| Rare Ming dynasty Buddhas sold at French auction house Briscadieu Bordeaux for over 6 mln euros | | Fundação Sindika Dokolo acquires another looted Mwana Pwo mask made by the Chokwe people | | Newly discovered dinosaur reveals how T. rex became king of the Cretaceous | 
Antoine Briscadieu manager of the auction house Briscadieu Bordeaux poses on March 14, 2016 in Bordeaux beside a set of three Buddha sculptures from the 15th-century Ming dynasty. MEHDI FEDOUACH / AFP.
BORDEAUX (AFP).- A set of three Buddha sculptures from the 15th-century Ming dynasty went under the hammer in France on Saturday for more than 6.2 million euros, over 10 times the estimated sale price, the auction house said, in a flourishing market for Chinese art. An Asian collector snapped up the three gilded bronze pieces, which had initially been expected to fetch between 400,000 and 600,000 euros. The three seated Buddhas were offered for sale along with other pieces from a private collection originating in China and Tibet between 1910 and 1925, the auction house in Bordeaux, southwestern France, said. "These works of great rarity aroused much interest from... international collectors including many Chinese," it said. "They were acquired for a sum of 6,292,000 euros ($6.9 ... More | | 
Mwana Pwo mask, c. late 19th /early 20th century © courtesy of Fundação Sindika Dokolo.
LUANDA.- Fundação Sindika Dokolo announced another momentous acquisition of a looted Mwana Pwo mask made by the Chokwe people of Angola. This important work from the 19th century was discovered in Paris and originally formed part of a collection that belonged to the Dundo Museum in Angola. The mask is one of many pieces stolen from the museums collection which has led Fundação Sindika Dokolo initiatives in recovering looted classical works with the aims of returning them back to the continent. The Mwana Pwo mask was purchased in February from a French dealer following an agreement in which this significant work will be returned to its original home at the Dundo museum. The piece was sourced by Belgian art dealer Didier Claes who traced the masks provenance having identified the work through an image from the esteemed art scholar Marie-Louise Bastins book Art Décoratif Tshokwe: Museu do Dundo ... More | | 
A fossilized tooth of the new tyrannosaur Timurlengia euotica from the Late Cretaceous Period that was found in the Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan. Photo: James Di Loreto / Smithsonian.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Paleontologists have long known from the fossil record that the family of dinosaurs at the center of the studytyrannosaurstransitioned from small-bodied species to fearsome giants like the T. rex over the course of 70 million years. But now, newly discovered dinosaur fossils suggest that much of this transition and growth in size occurred suddenly, toward the end of this 70 million-year period. The study also shows that before the evolution of their massive size, tyrannosaurs had developed keen senses and cognitive abilities, including the ability to hear low-frequency sounds. This positioned them to take advantage of opportunities to reach the top of their food chain in the Late Cretaceous Period after other groups of large meat-eating dinosaurs had gone extinct about 8090 million years ago. Until now, little was known ... More |
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| Eli Wilner re-creates a lost original frame for the New-York Historical Society | | Rarely seen Inuit art revealed by Winnipeg Art Gallery for first time in a generation | | 3D images of Syria's most spectacular archaeological treasures go online | 
Working together the NYHS curators and Wilner frame historians deduced that the original frame had an angled mahogany panel, with a reeded top rail and a strap motif at the corners.
NEW YORK, NY.- Eli Wilner & Company had the privilege of becoming part of the history of the New-York Historical Society's monumental painting, Return of the 69th Regiment, by Louis Lang. The painting depicts the "Irish Brigade" of the New York State Militia returning to the city during the Civil War on July 27th, 1861 after a 3 month tour of duty in Washington, DC. Ranks of soldiers fill the midsection of the painting having just disembarked from the steamer John Potter, which is seen in the distance docked at Pier 1 on Bowling Green, with a view of the bustling New York harbor beyond. Along with the decision to have the painting expertly conserved, the New-York Historical Society examined in detail the only documentation of the original frame: a partial view of the painting captured in a stereoscopic image of the Great Central Fair in Philadelphia in 1864. Though not a detailed image, it was clear that the frame was a wide ... More | | 
Hunter in Kayak by carver Bernadette Iguptark Tongelik (Repulse Bay) is just one piece of almost 8000 artworks from the Government of Nunavut art collection currently on loan to the WAG. Photo by David Lipnowski.
WINNIPEG.- The world got a first glimpse today at rare and valuable Inuit art some that has been in storage for decades as the Winnipeg Art Gallery began opening the 300 crates, holding nearly 8,000 Inuit treasures that the Nunavut Government has entrusted with the WAG for a long-term loan. Six high-security shipments carrying the priceless cargo travelled more than 6,000 kilometres from Yellowknife, Iqaluit, Peterborough, and Toronto to Winnipeg with the final truckload arriving last week. The Government of Nunavut has loaned the artwork to the WAG for five years so the public can experience it before a heritage centre is built for the art collection in Nunavut. As the first pieces were uncrated this week the WAG staff were reminded how extraordinary the collection is and the rare opportunity they have to showcase these artworks in the south. Today our curatorial team had another ... More | | 
Photogrammetric technology developed by the French start-up Iconem has been used.
PARIS (AFP).- 3D reconstructions of some of Syria's most spectacular archaeological sites go online Tuesday after a big push to digitalise the war-torn country's threatened heritage. French digital surveyors have been working with Syrian archaeologists to map some of the country's most famous monuments after Islamic State jihadists sparked international outrage by blowing up two temples in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Palmyra last year. The eighth-century Umayyad Mosque in the capital Damascus -- regarded by some as the fourth holiest place in Islam -- and the Krak des Chevaliers Crusader castle near the ravaged city of Homs are the two most famous buildings to have been scanned in minute detail. Photogrammetric technology developed by the French start-up Iconem has also been used to record the Roman theatre in the coastal city of Jableh and the Phoenician site in the ancient port of Ugarit, where evidence of the world's oldest alphabet was found. Its technicians have also been working alongsid ... More |
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| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts announces new acquisitions to permanent collection | | Internationally-acclaimed artist Cai Guo-Qiang returns to Doha to curate major exhibition | | NGA acquires original Tom Roberts easel and celebrates the artist's 160th birthday | 
David Johnson, The Hudson River from Fort Montgomery, 1870 (detail). Oil on canvas, 38 1/2 x 60 in.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts announced its latest acquisitions of a wide range of works that significantly enhance its renowned collection of American art. Ranging in date from 1856 to 2015 and acquired through both purchase and gift, these new additions include more than 40 paintings, sculptures, mixed media, and works on paper. Highlights of the new additions include David Johnson's finely detailed and grandly panoramic landscape The Hudson River from Fort Montgomery (1870); Harriet Hosmer's neoclassical marble sculpture Puck on a Toadstool (1856); Theodore Harris' mixed-media collages Vetoed Dreams (1995) and Cotton, Blood for Sonia Sanchez (2002); Emil Lukas' threaded work Contracting Hum (2015); Brian Tolle's mixed media sculpture No. 1 (First Inaugural Address) (2012); and a large collection of found object, mixed media and works on paper by pioneering artist ... More | | 
Liu Xiaodong, H.E. Dr. Hamad Al-Kuwari and his wife in front of Lius new painting H.E. Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari's Family at Qatar Museums Gallery Al Riwaq. Photo by Wen-You Cai, courtesy Cai Studio
DOHA.- Qatar Museums presents What About the Art? Contemporary Art from China, a major exhibition of 15 contemporary Chinese artists curated by Cai Guo-Qiang. The exhibition runs from March 14 to July 16, 2016 at the QM Gallery Al Riwaq, Doha. Following the success of his 2011 solo exhibition Cai Guo-Qiang: Saraab, the artist has returned to Qatar, this time as a curator, to present a large scale exhibition featuring contemporary Chinese artists and collectives born in Mainland China working in a variety of media: Jenova Chen, Hu Xiangqian, Hu Zhijun, Huang Yong Ping, Li Liao, Lian Shaoji, LIU Wei, Liu Xiaodong, Jennifer Wen Ma, Sun Yuan & Peng Yu, Wang Jianwei, Xu Bing, Xu Zhen, Yang Fudong and Zhou Chunya. Cai Guo-Qiang devoted three years to the curatorial research and development of the exhibition. Artworks exemplifying each artists unique ... More | | 
Louis Abrahams 1886. Oil on canvas 40.6 x 35.5 cm. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra © Christie's Images Limited (2015).
CANBERRA.- The National Gallery of Australia today announced the acquisition of an original easel owned and used by the legendary artist Tom Roberts. The acquisition announcement comes as the NGA celebrates what would have been Tom Roberts 160th birthday, with thousands of people flocking to see the exhibition in its final weeks. The historic easel has been acquired from Christine Simons, whose grandfather Eric L. Frazer purchased the easel at an auction in Melbourne in the 1930s. The easel has this is Tom Roberts outdoor painting easel painted on it, and will be on display at the entrance to the exhibition until it closes. The NGA is delighted to have acquired this piece of history for all Australians, said Gerard Vaughan, NGA Director. We are still fascinated by the life and work of this great artist, even 85 years after his death and now visitors to the National Gallery can now see one of the tools he u ... More |
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 New letter in the collection of the International Slavery MuseumLIVERPOOL.- The International Slavery Museum in Liverpool (UK) has acquired a letter written by a female anti-slavery campaigner, following a funding boost to grow collections at the Museum. It is the first example of an account by a female anti-slavery campaigner in the Museums collection. The Museum is announcing the acquisition ahead of 8 March 2016, International Womens Day, the global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. The autographed letter, dated 17 September 1837 is from Sarah Greenshaw in Liverpool, to Martha Wicksteed in Chester. It was written after The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into force on 1 August 1834, but when the practice of slavery still existed. In her correspondence, Sarah Greenshaw refers ... More Solo exhibition of seminal painter Safwan Dahoul opens at Ayyam Gallery DubaiDUBAI.- Ayyam Gallery Dubai presents Still Dreaming, the solo exhibition of seminal painter Safwan Dahoul. A selection of new works from the artists ongoing Dream series is highlighted in this large-scale exhibition, including several mural-sized canvases. Although he began the influential body of work nearly three decades ago, Dahouls featured paintings reveal several recent changes in both the narrative of the series and his aesthetic. In 2015, Dahoul began isolating his recurring figure in ambiguous settings, releasing her from darkened cityscapes and barren landscapes that resemble actual sites in Syria. This transition began with scenes of his heroine wading through a fog-covered sea and progressed to images of falling rain that indicate a raging tempest. In these examples and the works that followed, Dahoul depicts his female protagonist against a flat ... More Digital meets analog: New drawings made on the iPhone by Phillis Ideal presented at David Richard GallerySANTA FE, NM.- David Richard Gallery presents a new body of drawings, Urban Energy, by Phillis Ideal. Using the iPhone app Zen Brush, Ideal has created a series of gestural images that are then printed on 30 x 20 inch archival paper. Ideals newest artworks, iPhone Drawings: Urban Energy is being presented March 11 through April 26, 2016. ARTnews Contributing Editor Ann Landi observes They bring to mind Asian calligraphy and ink-wash drawings, though Ideals shapes and squiggles refer more to the contemporary idioms of cartoons and graffiti. What is remarkable is the range of effects achieved on a tiny cell-phone screen, from snaking lines that look like they should have been made with a sweep of the arm to subtle tones that range from pale gray to blackest black. Phillis process and methodology has always been very impressive, says gallery co-director ... More Rubin Museum of Art exhibition reveals Nepal's impact on the art and life of Genesis Breyer P-OrridgeNEW YORK, NY.- Incorporating new works produced in Nepal this fall, as well as two site-specific installations, The Rubin Museum of Art is presenting Try to Altar Everything, a selection of paintings, sculptures, and installations by the artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. On view from March 11-August 1, 2016, the exhibition explores the ways that Hindu mythology and Nepals Kathmandu valley have impacted the artist and h/er work, and offer opportunities for visitors to personally connect with the artist. In her work, Breyer P-Orridge questions the very nature of identity, and she invites transformation of both herself and her audience through her wide range of artistic endeavors. Her paintings and sculptures emerge primarily from a mythology of creation, re-creation, and sublimation of identity, and upon closer inspection, also include visual elements that relate ... More First solo exhibition of Sinke & Van Tongeren in the Netherlands opens at Kahmann GalleryAMSTERDAM.- Kahmann Gallery presents the first solo exhibition of Sinke & Van Tongeren in the Netherlands, Unknown Poses, which opened on March 12th. After making waves with their work abroad, they will finally get their own exhibition in their homeland. Jaap Sinke (1973) and Ferry van Tongeren (1967), better known as Darwin, Sinke & Van Tongeren, are famed for their extraordinary taxidermied creations. Sinke studied at Academy for Fine Art in Tilburg, Van Tongeren attended the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. Both enjoyed a very succesful career in advertising, before they left to pursue their passion for taxidermy. Sinke & Van Tongeren take the age-old process of preserving exotic animals to exciting new heights. The inspiration for their pieces comes from the masters of the Dutch Golden Age, such as Hondecoeter and Asselijn. Sinke & Van ... More Solo exhibition by Iranian-American artist Y.Z. Kami on view at Leila Heller Gallery DubaiDUBAI.- Leila Heller Gallery Dubai is presenting a solo exhibition by Iranian-American artist Y.Z. Kami, White Domes, on view from March 9th to April 25th. Best known for his largescale, seemingly floating, otherworldly portraits, Kamis oeuvre has been described by Homi Bhabha as a "mediated transmission across materials, genres, and time exposures", or a quotidian mystical. In this sprawling installation over the gallerys three exhibition spaces, the artist extends his gaze further, towards an evermore transcendental materiality with paintings, works on paper, and a sculptural intervention. Anonymity is not a condition of, but indeed a trait of Kamis practice of portraiture, which allows the artist to render tableaux of archetypal but concrete humanity: images of individuals un-idealized but none the less sublime. Each of the portraits of monumental scale presented for ... More In and Out of Context: Asia Society celebrates the collections at 60NEW YORK, NY.- On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of Asia Society, "In and Out of Context: Asia Society Celebrates the Collections at 60," commemorates the legacy of collecting and exhibiting Asian art that John D. Rockefeller 3rd (19061978) and Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller (19091992) set in motion for Asia Society. Historical and contemporary works are juxtaposed to trigger distinctive ways of thinking about the artworks, their creators, and how they are displayed. Before John D. Rockefeller 3rd established Asia Society in 1956, he was deeply involved with the arts and culture of Asia. Rockefeller firmly believed that art was an indispensable tool for understanding societies, especially in Asia, and thus made culture central to the new multidisciplinary organization that would encompass all aspects and all parts of Asia. From 1963 to 1978, the ... More CFA Berlin opens first solo show with the Shanghai-based artist Ni YouyuBERLIN.- Contemporary Fine Arts announces the first solo show with the Shanghai-based artist Ni Youyu (*1984 in Ganzhou, China). Ni Youyus artistic practice links Far-Eastern and Western philosophical and aesthetic perspectives. The theme of the perception of time plays a central role here, reflected in the genesis of his works, a process that sometimes takes years. His works unite historical elements with contemporary, current thinking, always paying attention to symbolic meaning. Big Dipper presents work from the previous three years, many of which were recently shown at his first solo exhibition at MOCA Taipei. Water Paintings, which were repeatedly washed with large quantities of water to achieve the antique and woodcut-like black contours, are by now already classics in Ni Youyus oeuvre, similarly to the Coin Paintings. The latter are coins that have been ... More UOVO expands to over half a million square feet of art storageNEW YORK, NY.- UOVO, the premier fine arts storage and collections management services provider, is proud to announce the acquisition of a new facility, located at 100 Bradley Parkway in Rockland County, 17 miles north of Manhattan. With the growth of its portfolio of storage facilities, as well as its breadth of service offerings, UOVO continues to advance its distinctive service model of unparalleled stewardship of art and collections for its diverse client base. The acquisition of 100 Bradley Parkway addresses the increasing demand for the companys revolutionary approach to fine art storage and collection services. UOVOs team of over 80 employees, including an experienced technical staff and dedicated client services team, caters to leading galleries, museums, institutions, fashion houses, estates, foundations, and individual collectors. UOVOs combination of first-class ... More Sheldon Museum of Art announces notable acquisitions of 2015LINCOLN, NEB.- From color photographs by Gordon Parks in the 1950s that document the social and economic impact of racism, to Robert Colescott's large-scale painting "The Other Washingtons," to works produced in 2015 by Nathaniel Mary Quinn and Leonardo Drew, Sheldon Museum of Art's recent acquisitions advance an ongoing commitment to collecting works that reflect cultural diversity and global connectedness. "The works acquired in 2015 contribute greatly to Sheldon's mission as an academic art museum," said Wally Mason, director and chief curator. "They enable us to further build and exhibit a collection that mirrors the time in which we live. The museum is a resource for students, faculty and visitors in the exchange of ideas on contemporary aesthetic and social issues." Augmenting its holdings in documentary photography, Sheldon has acquired ... More Texas A&M University buys early map of Texas and letter for $10,500DALLAS, TX.- A rare and early map of Texas and related historical documents once owned by surveyor James M. Manning discovered buried in a box of ragtime sheet music purchased for only $10 at an Indiana estate sale decades ago sold for a combined $10,500 Saturday, March 12 at an annual Texas history auction held by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions. Both the map and the letter were purchased on behalf of The Mary & Jeff Bell Library at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi, Texas, which maintains a collection of James. M. Manning's personal and professional documents, including maps and letters. Manning died in 1872. An 1853 edition of Jacob De Cordova's Map of Texas sold for $10,000. Signatures indicate it was once owned by Manning, the Deputy District Surveyor in Corpus Christi, Texas, who was responsible for adding crucial updates to the ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Hungarian painter Victor Vasarely, died March 15, 1997. Victor Vasarely (9 April 1906, Pécs - 15 March 1997, Paris) was a Hungarian-French artist whose work is generally seen as aligned with Op-art. His work entitled Zebra, created by Vasarely in the 1930s, is considered by some to be one of the earliest examples of Op-art. Vasarely died in Paris in 1997. In this image: Hungarian-born French Op-art artist Victor Vasarely poses between two of his latest paintings (in background) when he was honored with the "EmperorÂs Ring", the official medal of the city of Goslar, West Germany on Sept. 19, 1978.
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