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| | Joan B. Mirviss Ltd. presents works by Takegoshi Jun and Nakamura Takuo | |
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Nakamura Takuo, Vessel that is not a Vessel in screen-like form decorated with irises, 2016. Stoneware with polychrome under and over glazes, a. 10 5/8 x 16 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.; b. 10 1/4 x 13 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.
NEW YORK, NY.- The first-ever joint exhibition of the two celebrated and innovative ceramic masters, Takegoshi Jun and Nakamura Takuo, both inspired by traditional kutani ware, opened at Joan B Mirviss LTD. Titled Beyond Kutani: Innovation in Color and Form, the much anticipated show will feature both functional and sculptural forms, all boldly decorated with polychrome under-glazing and overglaze enamels. Drawing from the traditional ko-kutani palette of emerald green, mustard yellow, peacock blue, brick red and eggplant purple (go-sai) that is further heightened with a vast array of colorful and metallic glazes derived from classical rinpa decorative traditions, these artists cover their white porcelain or white and red stoneware surfaces with designs based on ancient literature and painting with a strong to nod towards nature. Featuring over 40 new works created expressly for the occasion, this exhibition highlights these two ceramists uni ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Madonna arrives for the Costume Institute Benefit on May 1, 2017 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. ANGELA WEISS / AFP
| First major exhibition in 20 years dedicated to Stuart Davis on view in an Francisco | | First exhibition to focus solely on Arbus photographs made in Central Park opens in New York | | Sotheby's to offer two rare surviving 17th-century wall maps of Australia and Asia | 
Stuart Davis (18921964), "Owh! in San Pao," 1951. Oil on canvas, 52 3/16 x 42 in. (132.6 x 106.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 52.2. © Estate of Stuart Davis/Licensed by VAGA, New York.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are presenting Stuart Davis: In Full Swing, the first major exhibition in 20 years dedicated to Davis (18921964), a key figure in the development of American Modernism. Approximately 75 works reveal Daviss unique ability to assimilate the imagery of popular culture, the aesthetics of advertising, and the rhythms of jazz into colorful works that hum with infectious energy. Loans from the Whitney Museum of American Art, New Yorks Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden among others, allow West Coast audiences the rare opportunity to see career-spanning works by this enterprising modern painter, who ranks with Georgia OKeeffe and Edward Hopper as among the most important American ... More | | 
Diane Arbus, Two friends in the park, N.Y.C. 1965 (detail) © The Estate of Diane Arbus.
NEW YORK, NY.- Lévy Gorvy announces the exhibition Diane Arbus: In the Park, on view in New York beginning May 2. The exhibition will be the first to focus solely on Arbus photographs made in Central Park and Washington Square, theaters of public interaction that provided fertile territory for the creation of many of her most striking and original images. All of the works on view were made within four miles of where they will now be exhibited. For Arbus, the citys parks were arenas of rich and unpredictable encounter. The exhibition will interweave rarely seen photographs, such as A very thin man in Central Park, N.Y.C. 1961, and Couple talking on a path, N.Y.C. 1970, alongside well-known images such as Child with a toy hand grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C. 1962, and Young man and his pregnant wife in Washington Square Park, N.Y.C. 1965. The majority of these works were the result of a single chance meeting between Arbus and her subjec ... More | | 
Blaeu, Wall Map of Asia. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Two rare wall maps from the 17th century have been rediscovered in a private Italian residence in Italy, where they are believed to have remained since the late 19th century. Both maps are by Joan Blaeu (1596-1673), who, like his father before him (Willem Jansz. Blaeu, c. 1570-1638), was the leading atlas and map publisher of his generation in Amsterdam, the European centre of cartographic publishing at the time. Willem and Joan Blaeu were successively the official Cartographers to the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie), and as such were given unfettered access to the Company's archives of unpublished manuscript materials. They were able to incorporate this privileged information, assembled from the many voyages made by the companys ships, into their elaborate and highly-prized maps which were often given as prestigious official gifts by the Dutch Republic to foreign dignitaries. The rarest and most important part of their output was ... More |
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| Paul Kasmin opens two-venue exhibition of recent sculpture by Roxy Paine | | Galerie Max Hetzler exhibits ceremonial masks and wooden sculpture | | Houghton Hall opens exhibition of sculptures by Richard Long | 
Roxy Paine, experiment, 2015. Steel, maple, fluorescent lamps, acrylic prismatic light diffusers, aluminum and oil paint, 96 3/8 x 106 3/8 x 71 3/8 inches. Photo: Copyright The Artist. Courtesy of Paul Kasmin Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- Paul Kasmin Gallery announces Farewell Transmission, a two-venue exhibition of recent sculpture by Roxy Paine. The exhibition will be on view from May 2 to July 1, 2017, spanning the galleries at 293 and 297 Tenth Avenue. This is the artists first major New York solo exhibition in three years and the first of his sculpture at Paul Kasmin Gallery. Over the past 25 years, Paines sculptures ruminate upon the clash of the human and the natural worlds, and the warring of chaos and control that result from humanitys attempts to manage the process. Fusing organic forms, such as trees, flowers, and fungi with man-made structures and materials among which include stainless steel, epoxy, and polymer, Paine invents, distorts, surprises and confounds our perception of the natural and inorganic and the real and artificial. ... More | | 
Spirits and Ancestors, Ethnographic art curated by Jonathan Hope, Installation view, Galerie Max Hetzler Berlin, 2017. Photo: def-image.com. Courtesy Jonathan Hope and Galerie Max Hetzler Berlin I Paris.
BERLIN.- Galerie Max Hetzler announces the exhibition Spirits and Ancestors, curated by Jonathan Hope in Bleibtreustrasse 45. Jonathan Hopes exhibition demonstrates an eclectic vision. On show are animist artefacts in the form of ceremonial masks and wooden sculpture made by the traditional communities of many different geographical regions, from the Himalayas to South America and Africa. The exhibits inform us of a surprising universality amongst these cultures. There is always a reverence for nature and the ever-present ancestors. The two large and striking figures from Borneo (Kalimantan) were made by distinctly different ethnic groups, as their contrasting styles demonstrate. One male figure holds a sword and bears the form of a crocodile on his back. The other stands with out-stretched arms gazing into the far distance, imbued with a timeless serenity. ... More | | 
A Line in Norfolk by Richard Long, 2016 © Pete Huggins.
NORFOLK.- A major exhibition of new works by the internationally celebrated British sculptor Richard Long opened at Houghton Hall in Norfolk on Sunday 30 April. The exhibition, EARTH SKY: Richard Long at Houghton, including new work specially commissioned for the grounds at Houghton, will run until 26 October 2017. Richard Long is one of the most influential figures of conceptual and land art, one of a generation of distinguished British artists who have extended the possibilities of sculpture beyond traditional materials and method. His work is rooted in his deep affinity and engagement with nature. The artists new works in the grounds of Houghton Hall use a variety of materials, including local Carr stone, flint from East Anglia, tree stumps from the Houghton estate, as well as slate from Cornwall. They accompany his permanent sculpture Full Moon Circle, which was commissioned for Houghton in 2003. The exhibition also includes lar ... More |
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| Phillips announces highlights from the Evening and Day Sales of 20th Century & Contemporary Art | | 35-year retrospective of painter Kerry James Marshall on view in Los Angeles | | Prints & Multiples brings $10.8 million at Sotheby's New York | 
Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild (811 - 1), 1994. Estimate: $15-20 million. Image courtesy of Phillips.
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips announces highlights from the Evening and Day Sales of 20th Century & Contemporary Art. The Day Sale will take place on Wednesday, 17 May, followed by the Evening Sale on Thursday, 18 May. Comprised of 40 lots, the Evening Sale is expected to realize in excess of $107 million and will offer works by Peter Doig, Gerhard Richter, Roy Lichtenstein, and Willem de Kooning. The Day Sale, offering 185 lots, is estimated to achieve over $15 million, the highest pre-sale estimate for a Phillips Day Sale to date. The sale will include important artworks by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Donald Judd, and Louise Bourgeois, among others. Jean-Paul Engelen, Worldwide Co-Head of 20th Century & Contemporary Art, said, Our May sales of 20th Century & Contemporary Art mark one of the most significant and comprehensive offerings that Phillips has ever ... More | | 
Installation view.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- MOCA is presenting a 35-year retrospective of painter Kerry James Marshall, co-organized by the MCA Chicago, MOCA, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art under the leadership of MOCAs Chief Curator Helen Molesworth. Marshalls figurative paintings have been joyful in their consistent portrayal of African Americans. The now nearly 600 year history of painting contains remarkably few African American painters and even fewer representations of black people. Marshall, a child of the civil rights era, set out to redress this absence. You cant be born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1955 and grow up in South Central [Los Angeles] near the Black Panthers headquarters, Marshall has said, and not feel like youve got some kind of social responsibility. You cant move to Watts in 1963 and not speak about it. That determined a lot of where my work was going to go
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Led by $1.1 million Andy Warhols Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn) (F. & S. II.23-31) Top price of the season in New York. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys New York auction of Prints & Multiples achieved $10.8 million, with a strong sell-through rate of 84.3%. The top lot of the sale, and across all Prints & Multiples sales in New York this season, was Andy Warhols Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn) (F. & S. II.23-31) from the collection of Margot Hahn, which fetched $1,092,500. Robust prices followed for works by fellow contemporary artists, such as Jasper Johns and Yoshitomo Nara, as well as for collections of prints and ceramics by Pablo Picasso and the Grosvenor School. Mary Bartow, Head of Prints & Multiples, Sothebys New York, noted: We are delighted with the results of our April auction, which highlighted the strength of this market and the demand for top quality prints and multiples. Private collections of Picasso ceramics and Grosvenor School ... More |
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| Almine Rech Gallery in Brussels presents works by Brian Calvin | | Words and Stars: Mart in Rovereto exhibits works by artist Grazia Toderi and writer Orhan Pamuk | | Fresh to the market paintings lead Bonhams American Art Sale | 
Brian Calvin, Pinky, 2016, Oil on canvas, 137,1 x 121,9 cm © Brian Calvin - Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech Gallery - Photo: Hugard & Vanoverschelde photography.
BRUSSELS.- In his book Take a Closer Look (On ny voit rien) the art historian Daniel Arasse invites interlocutors to scrutinise paintings by Titian, Tintoretto, Velázquez and Bruegel in order to discover certain details that initially went unnoticed. When taking a first glance at Brian Calvins work one might think the complete opposite: everything is visible. But what can we see? Several close-up portraits, faces, eyes, mouths and noses on solid colour backgrounds which set off placid expressions and emphatic hand gestures. Since the 1990s, the California-based artist has been perpetuating the age-old tradition of portrait painting in art history. Brian Calvin does not deny paying homage to certain artists and although less prevalent in ... More | | 
Words and Stars, installation view. Photo: Mart, Jacopo Salvi.
ROVERETO.- After four years of conversations, meetings and correspondence, the Mart in Rovereto presents the eagerly awaited project by artist Grazia Toderi and writer Orhan Pamuk. Words and Stars (2013-2017) is an interweaving of art and literature, the visual and the narrative. From 2 April, curated by Gianfranco Maraniello. In 2009, during a visit to the Venice Biennale, looking for ideas for the Museum of Innocence in Istanbul, Nobel prizewinner for literature Orhan Pamuk came upon the work Orbite Rosse by Grazia Toderi. Toderi was among the major international artists there and had already received the Leone dOro award in 1999. Deeply affected by the work, he wrote a significant article in praise of it in La Repubblica newspaper, where he declared: ... I was struck by a sensation of ... More | | 
Robert Henri's Portrait of Miss Mildred Sheridan, estimated at US$ 150,000-250,000. Photo: Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY.- Fresh to the market works by Marsden Hartley, Henry F Farny and Robert Henri lead the American Art Sale, 24 May 2017 at Bonhams New York. Top lot Landscape No. 39 (Little River, New Hampshire) by Marsden Hartley, estimated at US$ (400,000-600,000), appears at auction after 42 years in a private collection. Hartley's colorist work is one of approximately 26 paintings the artist produced during the summer and fall of 1930. Landscape No. 39 captures the long-anticipated changing of the seasons in the region surrounding Franconia, New Hampshire. Henry F Farny's Cheyenne Scout, estimated at US$ 150,000-250,000, also appears on the market for the first time, having remained with the same family since the first half of the 20th century. The painting depicts an indigenous American scout, standing alongside ... More |
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 NADA announces Max Warsh as Associate Program Director, launch of member exhibition guideNEW YORK, NY.- The New Art Dealers Alliance welcomes Max Warsh as Associate Program Director starting today, May 1. The appointment reflects NADAs commitment to supporting its members year-round. In his new position, Warsh will collaborate with Executive Director Heather Hubbs to develop membership initiatives and fundraising efforts, as well as contribute to strategic planning for both NADA Miami and New York by working directly with exhibitors. Warsh will also be contributing to NADAs Exhibition Guides, which launches today, May 1 to coincide with Frieze New York. Working with its Gallery Members beyond the context of art fairs themselves, it will include all NADA Members in New York with exhibitions on view today through September 2017. The Exhibition Guides will be part of a broader effort at NADA to develop resources and public engagement ... More Exhibition places work by Elaine Sturtevant among examples of nineteenth-century Salon caricatureLONDON.- Sturtevant & The Salon Pour Rire places work by Elaine Sturtevant (1924-2014) among examples of nineteenth-century Salon caricature, a genre of caricature that comically reproduced paintings in the booming Parisian illustrated press from the 1840s until the end of the century. The Salon, then Frances and arguably Europes central exhibition of contemporary art, opened its doors annually or biennially to the public in the spring; not long after, the pages of the press filled with comic miniature versions of the paintings concurrently on display. Salon caricature was often titled le Salon pour rirethe Salon to laugh at. Sturtevant, who worked between Paris and New York and relocated to Paris definitively in the 1990s, developed practices of remaking (or replicating) the art of her contemporaries, including Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol, ... More Galerie Urs Meile opens exhibition of works by Li GangLUCERNE.- Li Gang (*1986, lives and works in Beijing) digs deep into everyday life to find materials that make the strongest statements. Out of these he produces his thoroughly classical-looking works of art. He works with exhaust pipes, cement, rebar, jade bracelets, plaster, human hair, hemp rope, bank notes, stones, and rubbish. Our exhibition in Lucerne features sculptures and oil paintings from a variety of series. For the sculptural piece False or True (2014 2016, cement, lime, stainless steel, dimensions vary from 12 x 16 x 16 cm to 24 x 26 x 23 cm [sculptures], 50 x 45 x 50 cm [stainless steel structures]), which is now in its final stages, Li Gang has built a machine that draws humidity out of the surrounding air and transforms it into cement by constantly dripping it into a container full of cement. Atmosphere is made visible. These accidently beautiful, solidified ... More Galerie Rabouan Moussion exhibits works by Mehdi-Georges LahlouPARIS.- If we need to talk about Mehdi-Georges Lahlous origins, it is because they are at the core of his work. This Franco-Moroccan artist plays to unbraid his genealogy in order to underline its melting pot, and he does that with cleverness. His Moroccan roots influence his choices in matter of themes to approach and materials and motives to employ. He enjoys confusing the codes associating images that evoke pity, wether Catholic or Muslim: Virgins with Child in mashrabiyas, prayer stools, stained-glass windows with Maghreb soldiers
In a larger extent, he interrogates on the permanence of cults and cultures, doomed to disappear but still subsisting thanks to the works that remain, as traces and signs allowing us to conceive them in spirit. Carried in the beginning of his career by the gender studies and pushing his own body to the limit during performances, ... More Exhibition of three films by artist Cameron Jamie on view at Gladstone GalleryNEW YORK, NY.- Gladstone Gallery presents an exhibition of three films by artist Cameron Jamie, spanning a decade of work. This installation marks the first time that Jamie has programmed these films, including BB (1998-2000), Kranky Klaus (2002-2003), and Massage the History (2007-2009), to focus on the theme of the home as a site of intersection between public and private rituals. In each of these works, the proximity to his subjects allows him to reveal the uncanny in the cultural fabric. Finding subject matter in diverse fields of playfrom the suburban backyards of Los Angeles, to the living rooms of the American South and Alpine villages of Central Europethese three works investigate the ritualized performativity of violence, arcane tradition, and sexuality. Moving between interior and exterior spaces, the film program traces a mental map connecting ... More Exhibition brings together a selection of works inspired by the figure of the CowboyBRUSSELS.- Riva Project presents an exhibition which brings together a selection of works inspired by the iconic figure of the Cowboy in contemporary art. The exhibition is rooted in a dialogue between works and artists, which explores references to the genre of the western movie. Art historian Pierre-Yves Desaive has been working alongside the collection to curate the exhibition. The exhibition presents a critical engagement with the figure of the cowboy, taking the work of Cécile Defforey as a starting point. The cowboy is a recurring element in her work. Appearing in free-form compositions which suggests a reinterpretation of the figure and bears witness to the persistence of the myth of the Wild West in contemporary art. The show stages a dialogue between contemporary works around this figure, which evokes countless legends as well as the wide open ... More Exhibition of works by Stefan Kürten on view at NextLevel GaleriePARIS.- Stefan Kürten (born in 1963) deals precisely with this longing for a private refuge1 . Almost always, his works feature isolated buildings surrounded by strictly designed gardens or a wild, natural setting, guiding our gaze towards the only piece of architecture. By constantly avoiding the representation of people living in or near the house, he gives his subjects a feeling of neutrality, a subtle way of attracting our attention into his pictorial spaces, as it were. He does not try to tell a story that leaves viewers free to create their own stories by proceeding through associations of ideas. Thus, the intention is not to depict reality, but to evoke an idea of reality that offers each viewer the opportunity to imagine him- or herself in the picture, to get lost inside of it2. Whether starting with his own photos or in his immediate environment, in books and magazines, Kürtens ... More Offer Waterman to show works by Hockney, Moore, and Auerbach at TEFAF New YorkNEW YORK, NY.- Offer Waterman, one of Londons leading galleries for 20th Century British, Post-War and Contemporary Art, announced their participation at TEFAF New York. The gallery will be presenting a selection of exceptional works by influential and internationally acclaimed British Masters including Frank Auerbach, David Hockney, Henry Moore and William Turnbull. The gallery is widely acknowledged for its expertise with important, historic works by David Hockney, opening their new Mayfair gallery space in 2015 with an acclaimed exhibition of early works on paper by the artist. To coincide with the current Tate retrospective, Offer Waterman will be exhibiting three rarely shown drawings and one painting, including Viareggio (1962) and Coloured Head with Straight Black Hair, Egypt (1963). These formative works both date from the period after Hockney ... More Art Gallery of New South Wales announces Tomislav Nikolic as recipient of the Bulgari Art AwardSYDNEY.- Art Gallery of New South Wales director Dr Michael Brand this evening announced that one of Australias finest colour painters, Tomislav Nikolic, is the recipient of this years $80,000 BVLGARI ART AWARD for his painting Just before the most significant events, people are particularly prone to deny the possibilities of the future. (cause all we're doing is learning how to die) 2014 2017. The Bulgari Art Award is awarded annually to support mid-career Australian painters. Sponsored by Bulgari, the award consists of $50,000 for the acquisition of a painting for the Gallerys collection and a residency for the artist in Rome, Italy, valued at $30,000. The Bulgari Art Award, now in its sixth year, is one of the most valuable and prestigious art awards in Australia. We see the Bulgari Art Award as both a celebration of, and support for, Australias visual artists and ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation May 02, 1808. Francisco de Goya witnessed first hand the French occupation of Spain in 1808, when Napoleon used the pretext of reinforcing his army in Portugal to seize the Spanish throne, leaving his brother Joseph in power. Attempts to remove members of the Spanish royal family from Madrid provoked a widespread rebellion. This popular uprising occurred between the second and third of May 1808, when suppressed by forces under Maréchal Joachim Murat. In this image: The Second of May 1808, also known as The Charge of the Mamelukes, a painting by the Spanish master Francisco de Goya.
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