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Mirrors can function as ingenious framing devices or as windows into private space, and they provide seemingly endless opportunities for the artist to present an alternate view within a design.
NEW YORK, NY.- Scholten Japanese Art announces the gallery presentation, Mirror Mirror: Reflecting Beauty in Japanese Prints and Paintings, an exhibition exploring representations of the mirror, both as a theme itself and as a visual metaphor for viewing other subjects in floating world imagery. Mirrors appear in compositions as accessories or key props in a story being told. Mirrors can function as ingenious framing devices or as windows into private space, and they provide seemingly endless opportunities for the artist to present an alternate view within a design. The use of kagami, round bronze mirrors, dates back nearly two thousand years in Japan to the Yayoi period (300 B.C. to 250 A.D.). Early mirrors were intimate, usually approximately 4 inches in diameter, with a smooth side of gilded tin which was highly polished to achieve a reflective quality. Precious for their material and their function, mirrors were used for Shinto ri ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Susan Ollemans is featuring this Navaratna Bazuband, Lucknow, India, 18th century, 7 x 4 cm. during Asia Week New York 2018.
| World-renowned exhibition featuring world heritage artifacts opens at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science | | Smithsonian reports first evidence of live-traded dogs for Maya ceremonies | | Centro BotÃn presents "Joan Miró: Sculptures 1928-1982" |
Installation view. © Denver Museum of Nature & Science.
DENVER, CO.- Dead Sea Scrolls, the exhibition that has captivated millions around the world, opened at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science on March 16. The regional premiere of this exhibition is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see authentic Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient manuscripts that include the oldest known biblical documents dating back over 2,000 years. The scrolls are being dramatically presented within a massive exhibit case featuring carefully regulated individual chambers, along with the full English translation. Ten scrolls are being displayed. Due to strict preservation requirements, 10 different scrolls will arrive halfway through the run to replace the 10 initial scrolls. This will make it possible to see a total of 20 scrolls while the exhibition is in Denver. Each rotation includes a scroll that has never before been on public display. In addition, more than 600 artifacts from the ancient Middle ... More | |
Ashley Sharpe, staff archaeologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, holding a humerus and a tibia from the dog remains found at the Ceibal, Guatemala site. Photo: Sean Mattson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Police detectives analyze isotopes in human hair to find out where a murder victim was born and grew up. Ashley Sharpe, an archaeologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, and colleagues combined clues from carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and strontium isotope analysis discovering the earliest evidence that the Maya raised and traded dogs and other animals, probably for ceremonial use. Their results are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences during the week of March 19. In Asia, Africa and Europe, animal management went hand-in-hand with the development of cities, said Sharpe. But in the Americas, people may have raised animals for ceremonial purposes. The growth of cities doesnt seem to be directly tied ... More | |
Femme et oiseau, 1965 260 x 85 x 48 cm Painted bronze Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght, Saint- Paul, France. Inv. 0012 Credit line: Photo Claude Germain Archives Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence (France). ©Successió Miró 2018.
SANTANDER.- The Centro BotÃn in Santander shall open its doors on a unique survey taking a close look at Joan Mirós (Barcelona, 1893 Palma, 1983) most outstanding sculptures and his original creative process, removed from conventional canons. The exhibition will gather for the first time more than one hundred sculptures from all Miros various artistic periods, as well as drawings, preparatory sketches for his works, photographs of the artist, videos showing the process of casting, and the objects used to create his works, many of them previously unseen and expressly restored for this exhibition. The assembly of materials which Joan Miró collected himself on his strolls in the countryside, and the transformation of everyday objects into artworks, ... More |
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| Character building: Taiwan's presidential calligraphers | | Exhibition marks the tenth anniversary of Philip Jones Griffiths' death | | TEFAF Maastricht 2018 closes with strong sales |
This picture taken on March 15, 2018 shows Taiwan presidential calligrapher Yang Shu-wan demonstrating her calligraphy skills in Taipei. SAM YEH / AFP.
TAIPEI (AFP).- Deep in the high-ceilinged corridors of Taiwan's presidential office, calligraphers craft messages on behalf of the island's leaders as they seek to keep the traditional art alive. Both the president and vice president appoint a personal scribe who creates everything from small notes to large scrolls, delivering congratulations and condolences to residents. Yang Shu-wan is President Tsai Ing-wen's calligrapher, selected after applying for the position in 2016 when Tsai came to power. Her workshop is hung with large swathes of red or white sheets, freshly decorated with traditional Chinese ink strokes and drying over metal racks. "The style of characters should mirror the personality and I want to show the frank and unpretentious side of the president," Yang, 59, told AFP. She explained that she had met the president a number of times and spoken with ... More | |
Oxford Street, London 1960 © Philip Jones Griffiths / Magnum Photos.
LONDON.- TJ Boulting and Trolley Books present an exhibition by renowned photographer Philip Jones Griffiths to mark the tenth anniversary of his death, on 19th March 2008. The exhibition is held in conjunction with the Philip Jones Griffiths Foundation and Magnum Photos. Philip created his foundation in 2000 to further education in the art and science of photography. Today its trustees are his two daughters, who also continue to represent Philip as members of Magnum, the photographer-owned agency of which Philip was president for a record five years from 1980. PJGX presents photographs from the two important bodies of work that represent Philips archive the Viet Nam war and Britain in the 1950s to 70s. They also to a certain extent demonstrate Philips belief in the power of the book to convey his work, both at the time and as an ongoing legacy. In 1971 he published his first book, the ground-breaking ... More | |
Lopez de Aragon stand 175. Photography Loraine Bodewes.
HELVOIRT.- The overwhelming sentiment at the close of TEFAF Maastricht 2018, which ran from the 10th18th March with Early Access Day on the 8th March and Preview Day on the 9th March, was that the Fair had been a resounding success, with sales reported from every section of the Fair to both private and institutional collectors. The 2018 edition of the Fair welcomed over 100 new museums in addition to the museums that already visit the Fair. The international reputation TEFAF Maastricht has for offering works of extraordinary and unrivalled quality means it continues to be a hub for collectors worldwide. TEFAF Maastricht welcomed around 68,000 visitors during the course of the Fair. Christian Hemmerle, the youngest and one of the newest Members of the TEFAF Board of Trustees said, Exhibitors make an enormous effort with their presentation every year but this year the standard of curation and the quality ... More |
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| Artist Kimsooja debuts at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts with Zone of Nowhere | | Faurschou Foundation Copenhagen exhibits Shirin Neshat's "Looking For Oum Kulthum" | | British and continental pictures and prints auction to include works from the collection of Dr Alan Borg |
Installation view.
PERTH.- Zone of Nowhere is the first solo exhibition in Australia by internationally acclaimed, New York based multidisciplinary artist Kimsooja. The exhibition features selected works from the South-Korean artists 30-year career, a major new site-specific work created for PICA as well as a public art project on the streets of Perth. Kimsooja explores the human condition through installation, performance, sculpture, video and photography and invites us to question the major challenges we face in this complex era. Heavily influenced by Buddhism, Zen, Confucianism, Christianity and the role of the artist as shaman, she creates lyrical artworks that draw inspiration from everyday activities and imagery. To Breathe Zone of Nowhere (2018) is an awe-inspiring installation of 30 large translucent flags suspended above PICAs central gallery space. It originates from her earlier video work To Breathe - The Flags (2012), ... More | |
Shirin Neshat, From Looking For Oum Kulthum series (2017) © Shirin Neshat.
COPENHAGEN.- Faurschou Foundation Copenhagen is presenting Shirin Neshat I Looking for Oum KulthumA solo exhibition, which delves deeply into the process of creating an artistic feature-length film by the visual artist Shirin Neshat. As a film within a film, Neshats Looking for Oum Kulthum renders the journey of an Iranian woman, who is making a film about the most famous singer of the Arab world; the Egyptian singer, Oum Kulthum, often referred to as the Queen of the Arabs, due to her capability of culturally uniting a diverse group of nations. Looking for Oum Kulthum is the plight of an Iranian woman artist/filmmaker living in exile, as she embarks on capturing the life and art of the legendry female singer of the Arab world, Oum Kulthum. Shirin Neshat. The film was first presented in Venice at the Giornate degli Autori film festival in 2017. Now, for the first time, ... More | |
Nicholas Spheyman (died before 1751), A Rough-Legged Buzzard. Oil on canvas, 72.5 x 59cm. Estimate: £7,000-£10,000.
LONDON.- Harry Moore-Gwyns British and Continental Pictures auction at 25 Blythe Road on the 28th March will include some intriguing groups of pictures from private and public - collectors, including works from the collection of Dr Alan Borg, former Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Dr Borgs collection of 49 lots includes prints and engravings, some alluding to his alma maters, depicting Westminster and Brasenose College. The Tower of London, where he began his career, and other buildings and places of personal interest such as the Foundling Hospital where he is Vice President, and Vauxhall Gardens, the history of which he co-authored a book in 2011 are also among these. But the largest element of the collection is in the region of 20 drawings and watercolours of designs for mostly First World War Memorials and ... More |
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| Castello di Rivoli opens first show of masterpieces by Giorgio de Chirico from Cerruti Collection | | Photo Macau to introduce global photography and digital art to the region | | Saffronart's Evening Sale sees strong demand for Modernists with sell-through rate of 80% |
Giorgio de Chirico, Composizione metafisica (Muse metafisiche), 1918 (detail). Collezione Fondazione Francesco Federico Cerruti per lArte. Long-term loan. Castello di Rivoli Museo dArte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Torino.
TURIN.- Giorgio de Chirico was born in Volos, Greece, in 1888, to Italian parents his father was a civil engineer building the new railway lines in Greece. He lived in Athens, Munich, Milan, Florence, Paris, Ferrara, New York, and Rome, where he died in 1978. De Chirico is among the most important artists of the twentieth century. After studying at the Athens Polytechnic and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where he was influenced by the symbolist painting of Arnold Böcklin and the philosophical thought of Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche, de Chirico arrived in Italy in 1909. In 1911, he spent a few days in Turin where the long shadows of the afternoon and the grid of streets, squares and arcaded galleries gave him the impression, ... More | |
Horst P. Horst, Dali Costumes, 1939.
MACAU.- Photo Macau aims to bring world-class digital art, specialising in photography, moving image and print, to one of Asias fastest growing economies along the Pearl River Delta through a carefully curated programme of select galleries, an international symposium and exclusive exhibitions from March 24 26, 2018 at the Venetian Hotel in Macau. Led by Executive Director Cecilia Ho, the programme will offer exclusive insight and a preview of the fair in anticipation of the official launch of its first edition. Based in the hub of the Greater Bay region, Photo Macau will introduce the world of photography and new media through works and leading voices in the international and regional photography community to cultivate interest and enthusiasm to visitors and collectors. In advance of the first edition, Photo Macau will present an insight into the world of photography and digital art for audiences in Macau, Hong Kong an ... More | |
Tyeb Mehtas Falling Bird led the auction results at INR 6.96 crores (USD 1.09 million).
MUMBAI.- Saffronarts Evening Sale achieved INR 27.6 crores (USD 4.3 million) last night, with 80% lots (52 out of 65) being sold. Tyeb Mehtas Falling Bird led the auction results at INR 6.96 crores (USD 1.09 million), surpassing its lower estimate of INR 5 crores (USD 781,250). Jehangir Sabavalas The Star that Beckons, 1968, surpassed its initial estimate of INR 2.5 3.5 crores (USD 390,625 546,875) and sold for INR 3.84 crores (USD 600,000). Also among the top lots was S H Razas Rajasthan IV, 1961, an important painting from an earlier phase of the artists life. Rajasthan IV surpassed its estimate of INR 1.5 2 crores (USD 234,375 312,500) and sold for INR 2.64 crores (USD 412,500). CEO Hugo Weihe commented, The works in Saffronarts Evening Sale drew attention from bidders around the world. We had strong interest before the sale, with 50% ... More |
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Executive Order: New book features images of 1970s corporate America
NEW YORK, NY.- For more than 40 years, Susan Ressler has been photographing affluence in America -- in particular, the power relations that inhere in corporate and consumer culture. In Executive Order (Daylight, April 2018), Ressler invites us to examine the executive boardrooms, private offices, and lobbies of businesses that became especially prominent during the 1970s in downtown Los Angeles and other urban environments in the Mountain West. Ressler's images provide a fascinating critique of corporate America during this period of explosive growth when profits were increasingly preempting people. Her work, which has an undercurrent of cool detachment coupled with a dose of irony, combines images devoid of people allowing us to see the hollowness of these modern work spaces, with portraits of employees playing the typical roles assigned to them ... More
Exhibition brings together sculptural works by ten artists spanning the constructivist era
BRUSSELS.- Fondation CAB is presenting The Brutal Play, a group exhibition curated by Matthieu Poirier which brings together sculptural works by ten artists spanning the constructivist era, 1960s minimalism and the present day. Working in the field of sculpture, these three generations of artists have prefigured or revisited a number of visual, spatial and technical qualities found in brutalist architecture, distinct in its intensive use of raw concrete, modular systems and simple geometry. Constructivist sculptors such as Alexander Rodchenko favoured the exclusive use of materials taken directly from industrial production processes, as opposed to marble or bronze. In doing so the artist questioned the intrinsic value of artworks that are often associated with the cost, preciousness or rarity of their material components. The Brutal Play features some rarely seen ... More
Greeks delve back into Thessaloniki's Jewish heritage
THESSALONIKI (AFP).- "The voices of 50,000 deported Thessaloniki Jews must not be forgotten. It is time for Greece to delve back into its memory." Those are the heartfelt words of David Saltiel, president of Thessaloniki's Jewish community which today numbers barely a thousand, three-quarters of a century after it was nearly wiped out by the Nazis. Sunday saw residents gather at the city's old railway station in memory of the first of 19 convoys of Jewish residents deported to Auschwitz under Nazi occupation. Thessaloniki had a population of more than 50,000 Jews before World War II some 46,000 of whom were deported and killed at German Nazi death camps. Before the deportations started 75 years ago this week the community in the city, which mainly comprised Sephardic Jews chased out of Spain in 1492, had developed to the point where it earned ... More
Miami arts leader Esther Park joins ArtCenter/South Florida as Vice President of Programming
MIAMI BEACH, FLA.- Esther Park, a South Florida arts leader known for her risk-taking cultural programming, will join ArtCenter/South Florida as the organizations new vice president for programming. At ArtCenter, Park will lead the visual arts organizations initiatives, including its new conversation series Talks, which is in partnership with Locust Projects, ArtFilms, which features movies by and about artists, as well as ArtCenters signature artist residency program and other efforts to be announced in the coming year. As ArtCenter continues to roll out ambitious programming, we sought a visionary who both knows Miami well and can imagine where it should go next, said Dennis Scholl, ArtCenters recently appointed president and CEO. Were delighted Esther will join us in fulfilling our mission to be a full-service organization for artists that helps ... More
Jim Kempner Fine Art's first exhibition with the artist Emilie Brzezinski opens in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Jim Kempner Fine Art announces Chainsaw Progression, the gallerys first exhibition with the artist Emilie Brzezinski. The works displayed are a selection of Brzezinskis large-scale wood sculptures dating from 1988 to 2018. The exhibition is on view from March 15th to April 29th, 2018. Primarily a self-taught artist, Emilie Brzezinski first gained critical attention in the 1970s when she was sculpting with a variety of media, including resins, latex, and wood fiber. In the late 1980s she turned to wood, a medium that has dominated her practice ever since. The medium of wood, which I started using seriously in 1989, was not new to me. Only the tools were new - the axe and the chainsaw. The material is warm and appealing, live, resilient and full of memories: It has grain, knots, grown-over wounds, cracks, and surprises, such as insect invasions, hollows ... More
Solo exhibition of Safwan Dahoul presenting his latest works opens at Ayyam Gallery DIFC
DUBAI.- Since the late 1980s, Dahouls ongoing Dream series has explored the physical and psychological effects of alienation, solitude, and longing that punctuate the human experience at various stages in life. Partly autobiographical, this seminal body of work uses the formal properties of painting to recreate the subconscious sense of enclosure that surfaces during times of crisis, whether in the event of mourning, estrangement, or political conflict. In his newest works, with the aptly titled exhibition Still Dreaming, the artist continues this exploration, however this time posing the question: Are we still dreaming? Dahoul explores the nostalgia of home while trying to depict a representation of both what he sees and feels. The exhibition features two large paintings and 16 identically sized works, 120 x 76 cm. In the 16 works, Dahouls recurring female protagonist ... More
Exhibition of new sculptures, drawings and videos by Nazgol Ansarinia opens at Green Art Gallery
DUBAI.- Green Art Gallery presents Nazgol Ansarinias second solo exhibition at the gallery, entitled Demolishing buildings, buying waste. The exhibition, which includes new sculptures, drawings and videos, highlights Ansarinias interest in Tehrans changing architectural landscape and its relationship to collective consciousness. Through drawings, collages, sculptures, murals and works in textile, Nazgol Ansarinia draws a portrait of everyday life in her native city of Tehran. She grows along with a city that now counts almost 14 million residents and whose face is rapidly changing. As capitalisms sway over contemporary Iranian society grows ever more pervasive, there is housing shortage, the real estate market booms, houses make way for towering new apartment buildings and shopping malls. This results in a never-ending cycle of growth and decay, or as Ansarinia ... More
Early floral still life painting by Mary B. Leisz will be sold on Auction Action on BCTV
READING, PA.- Berks Community Television has announced the next airing of its hit program Auction Action on BCTV a unique show that brings live auctions right into the living rooms of viewers. Its Thursday, March 29th, at 6 pm Eastern time. As before, the show will be hosted by Bill Howze, owner of The Renaissance Auction Group and host of BCTVs All That Stuff show. Items expected to get bidders excited will include baseballs signed by Ted Williams and Roberto Clemente, rare and valuable coins (to include a 1783 Nova Constelatio coin, produced in the US pre-Mint, plus a 1980 half-ounce .999 Krugerrand gold coin in its original South African Gold Coin Exchange holder), vintage hand-made quilts, Lionel trains, Kelloggs Pep cereal comic character pinbacks, a 1920s Atwater Kent radio and an Edison Columbia cylinder Graphophone. At the beginning ... More
Bonniers Konsthall exhibits works by the 2017 Maria Bonnier Dahlin Foundation grant recipients
STOCKHOLM.- Lap-See Lam and Olle Norås are the recipients of the 2017 Maria Bonnier Dahlin Foundation grant. The foundation was established by Jeanette Bonnier in 1985, in memory of her daughter Maria, who lost her life in a car accident at the age of 20. Since its inception, the foundation has awarded grants to young Swedish artists to support them in their work. Richard Julin, Artistic Director at Accelerator and Ben Loveless, Director at Galerie Nordenhake were guest members of the 2017 jury. The art of Lap-See Lam tells stories through the use of words, digital media and sculptural installations. She is fascinated by how myths, popular culture and fiction have the potential to control and construct notions of identity and belonging. In her more recent work, Lap-See Lam expresses her interest in rituals surrounding food and language in the Chinese diaspora. ... More
Richard Mosse among top Irish artists set to raise money for displaced families in Syria and Iraq
DUBLIN.- Irish charity, The SCOOP Foundation, will bring over 70 contemporary artworks to auction in Dublins city centre later this month. Working alongside Mealys Auctioneers, the charity art auction takes place on Sunday 25th March in Bagots Hutton, Ormond Quay and all funds raised will go towards supporting displaced families in Syria and Iraq, as part of SCOOPs Syrias Vibes campaign. The collection features work from top Irish artists including photographer Richard Mosse, David Uda (Duda), Lucy Doyle, Eamon Colman, Maser, Jim Fitzpatrick, Jesse Jones, Kate Beagan, Tim Goulding, James Earley, Nick Miller, Mo Kelly, Joby Hickey, Patricia Murphy, Aideen Barry, Eoin McCormack and Ruth Ashenhurst. One of the highlights of the art auction is a special portrait by Irish artist Duda. The portrait is of Monaleza Khalid Taalo, a girl Calvin James (founder of The ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, British painter Patrick Heron died March 20, 1999. Patrick Heron CBE (30 January 1920 - 20 March 1999) was a British abstract and figurative artist, writer, and polemicist, who lived in Zennor, Cornwall. In this image: Patrick Heron's painting "Nude in Wicker"
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