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Visitors check out part of the Feathers to the Stars exhibit where the largest feathered dinosaur is seen on opening day for the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science on May 8, 2017 in Miami, Florida. The 250,000 square foot museum sits on four acres and is divided into four buildings: the Aquarium, the Frost Planetarium, and the North and West Wings, where guests get to see exhibits from the ocean to the Everglades, from the human cell to outer space, and the process of science and innovation. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP.
MIAMI, FLA.- The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science opened its doors to the public on Monday, May 8, 2017 at its new home in Downtown Miamis Museum Park. Designed by Grimshaw Architects, the 250,000 square foot facility combines a planetarium, aquarium and science museum on one campus, furthering Miami-Dade Countys vision of Miami as a major cultural hub with one of the most sophisticated science and technology museums in the nation. Frost Science is a leading science museum dedicated to sharing the power of science, sparking wonder and investigation, and fueling innovation for the future. The museum is divided into four buildings, the Frost Planetarium, Aquarium, and North and West Wings, where guests can learn about the core science behind living systems, the solar system and known universe, the physics of flight, light and lasers, the biology of the human body and mind, and much more. Its one of the few museum ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are presenting Stuart Davis: In Full Swing, the first major exhibition in 20 years dedicated to Davis (1892 - 1964), a key figure in the development of American Modernism.
| Bird's Hell by Max Beckmann to lead June Impressionist & Modern Art Evebing Sale | | The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute opens Rei Kawakubo exhibition | | The J. Paul Getty Museum presents "The Lure of Italy: Artists' Views" | 
Max Beckmann, Bird's Hell, Oil on canvas, 47 1/4 x 63 1/4 in. (1938, estimate on request) © Christies Images Limited 2017.
LONDON.- Max Beckmanns Birds Hell (1938) will lead 20th Century at Christies, a series of sales that take place from 17 to 30 June 2017, in the Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on 27 June 2017, when it will be offered at auction for the first time. One of the most powerful paintings that Beckmann created while in exile in Amsterdam it presents a searing and unforgettable vision of hell and is poised to set a world record price for the artist at auction. Begun in Amsterdam and completed in Paris at the end of 1938, this work ranks amongst the clearest and most important anti-Nazi statements that the artist ever made, mirroring the escalating violence, oppression and terror of the National Socialist regime. The painting will be on view in New York until 17 of May, Hong Kong from 25 to 29 May and London from 17 to 27 June 2017. Adrien Meyer, International Director of Impressionist & Modern Art, Christies New York ... More | | 
Rei Kawakubo (Japanese, born 1942) for Comme des Garçons (Japanese, founded 1969), 18th-Century Punk, autumn/winter 201617; Courtesy of Comme des Garçons. Photograph by © Paolo Roversi; Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Arts Costume Institute spring 2017 exhibition, Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between, on view from May 4 through September 4, examines Kawakubos fascination with interstitiality, or the space between boundaries. In Kawakubos work, this in-between space is revealed as an aesthetic sensibility, establishing an unsettling zone of oscillating visual ambiguity that challenges conventional notions of beauty, good taste, and fashionability. A thematic exhibition, rather than a traditional retrospective, this is The Costume Institutes first monographic show on a living designer since the Yves Saint Laurent exhibition in 1983. In blurring the art/fashion divide, Kawakubo asks us to think differently about clothing, said Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Met. Curator Andrew ... More | | 
Richard Parkes Bonington, Riva degli Schiavoni, from near San Biagio, Venice, 1826. Watercolor over graphite, heightened with opaque watercolor, 18.4 Ã 17.1 cm (7 1/4 Ã 6 3/4 in.) Accession No. 2015.51. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- For centuries, Italy has fascinated travelers and artists alike. From the crumbling ruins of ancient Rome to the crystal-clear light of Venice, artists have found inspiration not only in the cities but also in the countryside and in Italys rich history and culture. The Lure of Italy: Artists Views, on view May 9 through July 30, 2017, explores the numerous ways Italys topography, history, and culture have motivated artists to create works of extraordinary beauty and resonance. The exhibition, selected from the Getty Museums permanent collection of drawings and watercolors, includes several important recent acquisitions, including works by Francesco Guardi and Richard Parkes Bonington. For many, Italy represented and still represents today a stunningly lush treasure of scenic wonder, with picturesque ancient ... More |
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| Axel Vervoordt and Daniela Ferretti present Intuition at the Palazzo Fortuny at the 2017 Venice Art Biennale | | Stair Sainty exhibits Edgar Degas's 'Little Dancer Aged Fourteen' | | Banksy chips away at EU flag in first Brexit mural | 
Cy Twombly (1928-2011), Untitled, 2008. Oil on paper, relined on canvas, 76 x 56 cm. Collection Lambert, Avignon.
VENICE.- To coincide with the 2017 Venice Art Biennale, Axel Vervoordt and Daniela Ferretti will present Intuition at the Palazzo Fortuny. This exhibition will explore how intuition has, in some form, shaped art across geographies, cultures and generations. It will bring together historic, modern and contemporary works related to the concept of intuition, dreams, telepathy, paranormal fantasy, meditation, creative power, hypnosis and inspiration. Organised by the Axel & May Vervoordt Foundation and the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, Intuition will be the sixth, and final, in a highly acclaimed series of exhibitions at the Palazzo Fortuny, which include Artempo (2007), In-finitum (2009), TRA (2011), TÃ pies. Lo Sguardo dellartista (2013) and most recently, Proportio (2015). ... More | | 
Darcey Bussell poses with Little Dancer Aged Fourteen.
LONDON.- Stair Sainty is exhibiting a bronze of Edgar Degass iconic sculpture, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, which records the sculptures pose as it appeared at the 1881 Impressionist Exhibition. This follows the recent publication of a monograph on the work by art historian Dr Gregory Hedberg, in which he demonstrates that the bronzes known to museum visitors around the world, from the Tate, London, to the Metropolitan Museum, New York to the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, actually represent Degass reworking of the original sculpture. Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans (Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen) depicts a young student of the Paris Opera Ballet school, a Belgian girl named Marie van Goethem. The wax sculpture, found in Degass studio after his death in 1917, was cast in bronze over a forty odd year period beginning in 1922 at the Hébrard ... More | | 
The work appeared on the side of a house on Sunday in Dover. Photo: Banksy.co.uk.
DOVER (AFP).- British street artist Banksy has created his first mural inspired by Brexit, showing a workman chipping away at one of the stars on the European Union flag. The work appeared on the side of a house on Sunday in Dover, a port town just across the Channel from France that is Britain's closest point to mainland Europe. It depicts a man in overalls armed with a chisel and hammer on a ladder, cancelling out one of the 12 stars, causing cracks across the entire blue flag. An image of the mural also appeared on Banksy's official website, confirming its authenticity even though the elusive artist is still anonymous. Britain voted to leave the EU in a referendum last year and is set to do so in 2019. Negotiations with Brussels are expected to begin after a snap British general election on June 8. Passers-by stopped to look at the mural, which ... More |
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| Frieze New York 2017 expands scope and builds strong sales | | John Davis named Under Secretary for Museums and Research/Provost | | Ketterer Kunst to offer Max Beckmann's "Château d'If" | 
Sprüth Magers, Frieze New York 2017. Photograph by Mark Blower. Courtesy of Mark Blower/Frieze.
NEW YORK, NY.- The sixth edition of Frieze New York closed on Sunday, May 7, having brought together more than 200 leading galleries from 31 countries and driven exceptional sales and record collector attendance throughout the week. This year also marked the launch of new partnerships in New York, including the inaugural Frieze Brooklyn Museum Fund to support acquisitions made at the fair for the museum; the first Frieze symposium in the city held in collaboration with the Getty and the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU; and a campaign to support the Americans for the Arts Action Fund to save the National Endowment for the Arts. Bringing together collectors, curators, and art enthusiasts from around the world, Frieze New York 2017 showcased the vanguard of contemporary practice and traced its key influences, highlighting established, emerging, and re-discovered artists alongside icons of 20th-century art and tribal works. ... More | | 
John Davis is currently the Alice Pratt Brown Professor of Art at Smith College and executive director of the Terra Foundation for American Arts Global Academic Programs and Terra Foundation Europe. Photo: Jim Gipe.
WASHINGTON, DC.- John Davis, the Alice Pratt Brown Professor of Art at Smith College and executive director of the Terra Foundation for American Arts Global Academic Programs and Terra Foundation Europe, has been named Under Secretary for Museums and Research/Provost at the Smithsonian. He will be the first person to hold this position created by Smithsonian Secretary David Skorton to lead and promote multidisciplinary activities across the Smithsonian. Davis will begin July 31. He will oversee the Smithsonians 19 museums and nine research units, the National Zoo, the Office of Fellowships and Internships, the Smithsonian Scholarly Press, the Smithsonian Institution Archives and the Smithsonian Libraries. Davis will be one of two Under Secretaries reporting directly to Skorton. Al Horvath serves as Under Secretary ... More | | 
Max Beckmann, Château dIf (Port Scene), 1936 (detail). Oil on canvas, 65 x 75.5 cm / 25.5 x 29.7 inches. Estimate: 800,000-1,200,000 / US$ 880,000-1,320,000.
MUNICH.- The painting Château dIf by Max Beckmann is not only a remarkably highclass work of art but also a very profound document. It will be called up with an estimate of 800,000 - 1,200,000 in the grand summer auction of Modern Art, Post War and Contemporary Art at Ketterer Kunst from 8 - 10 June. Between the late 1920s and 1939 Max Beckmann regularly spent several months in France. His works were shown in acclaimed museums and were sold by renowned galleries. Beckmanns future seemed bright, but yet, a turning point began to show: He lost his post as professor and his works in public collections were on display less often. The artist experienced increasing defamation with the Nazis gain in power. The contemplative view of the Château d'If, a fortress on the Ãle dIf near the coast of Marseille, reveals nothing about this development at first sight. The ... More |
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| Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions announces highlights from its Fine Photographs and Photobooks sale | | Christie's New York announces highlights from its spring season of American Art | | On Kawara's One Million Years (Reading) on view at the Oratorio di San Ludovico, Dorsoduro | 
William Klein, Staten Island Ferry (detail). Est. £2,000-£3,000.
LONDON.- On 18 May Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions will hold a sale of Fine Photographs and Photobooks at their new London base, 16-17 Pall Mall, St Jamess. The auction features 175 lots with estimates from £100 up to £5,000, with works dating from the early years of the art right up to the present day. Head of Department, Justine Gruser comments, An extraordinary collection of photographs and photobooks covering an impressive range of subjects and photographers will be on offer in the sale this May, coinciding with the Photo London Fair and many satellite events related to the medium. From beautiful photographs of Japan and New York cityscapes to portraits of cultural icons including Marilyn Monroe and Madonna, the sale explores many sides of photography with several early American photographs and documentary photography. Highlights ... More | | 
Childe Hassam, Just Off the Avenue, FiftyThird Street, May 1916. Estimate $2-3 million. © Christies Images Limited 2017.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announces the spring season of American Art, with a live sale taking place on May 23 and a concurrent online sale from May 17-24. The season is led by distinguished private collections and fresh to the market works, notably Property from the Estate of Richard J. Schwartz, which includes the top lot of the sale, a rare bronze by Frederic Remington, Coming Through the Rye (estimate: $7-10 million), as well as two spectacular examples of Albert Bierstadts dramatic landscapes, and a nationalistic painting from Childe Hassams famed flag series. The sales offer a strong selection of Impressionist, American West, and 19th century masterpieces across painting and sculpture showcasing the best of each genre. With 92 lots in the live sale and 113 lots in the online sale, the combined pre- ... More | | 
On Kawara, One Million Years (Reading) at Oratorio di San Ludovico, Venice 2017, Installation photograph, courtesy Ikon. Photo by Mark Smith.
VENICE.- On Kawaras One Million Years (Reading) is an installation taking place at the Venice Biennale 2017 between 9 May and 30 July. It involves volunteers gathered from Italy and beyond reading from One Million Years, two sets of volumes produced by the artist that list dates one million years into the future and one million years into the past. Their dedications are For all those who have lived and died" (Past) and "For the last one (Future). Through their actions the readers are engaged in a meditation on the nature of time. This theme is central to Kawaras work overall, including Date Paintings of the Today series (1966 2013), telegrams with their simple message I am still alive (1970 - 2000) and daily postcards announcing when he got up after waking (I Got Up, 1968- 1979). The readings are spoken in English ... More |
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 Exhibition explores David Bomberg's enduring influence on a generation of artists LONDON.- Following the critical and commercial success of the 2015 exhibition David Bomberg and his students at the Borough Polytechnic, Waterhouse & Dodd present Beyond Borough. Coinciding with the 60th anniversary of Bombergs passing, the show explores his enduring influence on a generation of artists who were not limited to members of the Borough Group or Bottega. The exhibition still features rare and striking pieces by Bomberg and his closest pupils, including Dorothy Mead and Miles Richmond. Bombergs work is represented by a selection of works in different media, including an incisive oil painting of the architect Austen St Barbe Harrison. Also featured are works by Edna Mann, whose rarely seen paintings we were unable to source for the first exhibition. A founding member of the Borough Group, Mann was ostracized by Bomberg when she became ... More Dina Deitsch to serve as director and chief curator of Tufts University art galleriesBOSTON, MASS.- Tufts University has named curator Dina Deitsch as its new director and chief curator of university art galleries, overseeing operations at the Tufts University Art Gallery on the Medford/Somerville campus and the exhibition spaces at the Boston campus of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University (SMFA at Tufts). Deitsch will be a key contributor in developing the university's relationship with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston through collaborative exhibitions planning and public programming, while helping to inaugurate a new art-centered era at the university. She will also oversee the university's art collections to ensure professional stewardship of the works on display and in storage. The permanent art collection at Tufts includes pieces from Auguste Rodin, John Singer Sargent, Louise Nevelson, Helen Frankenthaler, Isamu Nogushi ... More Record for Agatha Christie manuscript at Swann Galleries' Autographs AuctionNEW YORK, NY.- On Thursday, May 4, Swann Galleries held an auction of Autographs, with twentieth-century highlights by authors taking the spotlight. The sale performed well overall, with 88% of items offered finding buyers. The top lot was a photograph by Elliot Erwitt of President Dwight D. Eisenhower with his successor John F. Kennedy, signed by both, during their historic transitional meeting at the White House on December 6, 1960, which more than doubled its high estimate of $15,000 to sell for $32,500. Additional material from the three branches of American government included several group portraits of Supreme Court Justices, led by a photograph of all nine justices of the 1925 Taft Court, signed by each, which reached $10,625, above a high estimate of $2,000. This was followed by a photograph of each justice of the 1939 Hughes Court, also ... More Exhibition showcases the insights and experiences of Middle Eastern women AMMAN.- Under the Patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan, the I AM exhibition global tour organized by CARAVAN premiered on 3 May 2017 at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in Amman, Jordan and was officially opened by H.R.H. Princess Wijdan Al-Hashemi. As the worlds attention is focused anew on respecting womens rights, and while there is an increasing need for developing understanding and encouraging friendship between the peoples of the Middle East and West, I AM is a peacebuilding exhibition from CARAVAN that showcases the insights and experiences of Middle Eastern women as they confront issues of culture, religion and social reality in a rapidly changing world both in the Middle East and West. Designed to address stereotypes and challenge misconceptions of the "other, the I AM exhibition will be a visual celebration ... More British talent shines at Swann Auction Galleries' Graphic Design sale in New York on May 25NEW YORK, NY.- The strength of early 20th century British design comes to the fore at Swann Auction Galleries in New York on May 25, featuring artists like Paul Nash and Edward McKnight Kauffer, the leading light of poster design, especially for London Underground. Known for his work from both World Wars, as well as his Surrealist art, Nash was one of the leading artists involved in the ground-breaking advertising campaigns for Shell oil in the 1920s and 30s, masterminded by John Betjeman and his boss in the Shell PR department, Jack Beddington. Here, Swann will offer Everywhere You Go / You Can Be Sure of Shell / The Rye Marshes, from 1932, depicting Nashs local landscape around Rye in East Sussex. It is estimated at $1,500 to $2,000. The sale offers a range of other posters from the series, including McKnight Kauffers To Visit Britains Landmarks / You ... More Modernism focus at VanderbiltNASHVILLE, TENN.- American Modernism at Mid-Century: The Work of Morris Davidson is the first comprehensive survey of a little-known yet important twentieth century American artist, presenting new research into the significance of his lifes work and using it as a lens to view many iterations of abstraction practiced from the 1930s through the 1970s. The fourth in an annual collaboration with the Department of History of Art and the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, this exhibition has been curated by Vanderbilt students who were enrolled in a related class taught by Kevin D. Murphy, Andrew W. Mellon Chair in the Humanities and Chair of the Department of History of Art. The exhibition is on view from April 28, 2017 through September 17, 2017. Morris Davidson (18981979) was an abstract painter, teacher, and writer with expansive interests that covered a wide range ... More Intrepid Museum opens first major museum exhibition on pilotless aircraftNEW YORK, NY.- Drones: Is the Sky the Limit?, the first major museum exhibition on pilotless aircraft, often called unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), will open at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City on Wednesday, May 10. The large-scale exhibition, which will be located in a 6,000-square-foot custom-designed pavilion on the Museums Pier 86, will explore the history of drone technology, from its modern origins in World War I and its military development to its current applications in solving complex humanitarian and commercial challenges. The exhibition will be open through December 3, 2017. Drones: Is the Sky the Limit? will showcase authentic drones, interactive experiences, historical artifacts, model airplanes, rare videos and immersive installations that will engage visitors as they explore the early attempts to employ unmanned flying machines to the ... More Fondazione Prada, Milan presents "TV 70: Francesco Vezzoli guarda la Rai"MILAN.- From 9 May to 24 September 2017, Fondazione Prada presents in its Milan venue TV 70: Francesco Vezzoli guarda la Rai (TV 70: Francesco Vezzoli Watches Rai), a project conceived by artist Francesco Vezzoli and developed in collaboration with Rai, Italys national broadcasting company. In between individual experiences and collective narratives, the exhibition translates the artists gaze into a visual experience that explores 1970s TV production. Italian public TV is interpreted by the artist as a driving force for social and political change in a country in transition from the radicalness of the 1960s to the hedonism of the 1980s, as well as a powerful machine for cultural and identity creation. During that decade, Rai revised its pedagogical mission and distinguished itself for the high cultural quality of its productions, such as the collaborations with film ... More Reflex Gallery in Amsterdam presents works by American sculptor Joel MorrisonAMSTERDAM.- Reflex Gallery in Amsterdam announces the first solo show in the Netherlands by American sculptor Joel Morrison. The Los Angeles based artist has earned international acclaim for his highly polished composite sculptures cast in stainless steel. Reflex presents a selection of recent work, as well as four new and unseen pieces. The exhibition runs from 6 May until 11 July. On the occasion of this exhibition the gallery has published a book with an essay written by art historian and writer Gay Gassmann. The book gives an overview of Morrisons work from 2001 to 2017. The artist will be present during the opening to sign his book. Classical busts adorned with a forest of anvils, a cheekily positioned croissant, or other incongruous street objects. A giant weather balloon stuffed into a shopping cart. A punched-in disco ball in a bear trap. Immediately funny, arresting ... More Tape Art to transform Memphis museum's facade into work of artMEMPHIS, TENN.- In May, museum visitors will be able to watch and participate in a massive public art installationand its subsequent deinstallation at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. The Rhode Island-based artist collective Tape Art, known for creating over 500 temporary murals installed around the world, including reactions to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City and the 2013 earthquake in Fukushima, Japan, will cap the museums centennial celebration with a gigantic installation on the Brooks façade. The latest installment in the museums centennial exhibition series Brooks Outside, Tape Art follows the performance of RedBall Memphis, which ran from April 28 through May 7, 2016, and Intrude, which dazzled Overton Park visitors on the Brooks plaza January 18 -29, 2017. Brooks Outside: Tape ... More Parrish Art Museum opens John Graham's first comprehensive retrospective in 30 yearsWATER MILL, NY.- The Parrish Art Museum is presenting John Graham: Maverick Modernistthe first comprehensive retrospective in 30 years of the provocative artist's work, on view May 7 through July 30, 2017. Featuring 60 paintings and a selection of important works on paper from Graham's influential four-decade career, the exhibition explores how Graham became a significant figure in the development of a distinctly American approach to art-making in the first half of the twentieth century and in what ways his continuous self-reinvention mirrored the attempts of American artists to define a new direction. "In many ways Graham has been a hard artist to pin down, eluding as he does the oft-told narratives of modernism. His protean career as painter, theoretician, and polemicist is long overdue for reconsideration and it is the aim of John Graham: Maverick ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, British archaeologist Howard Carter was born May 09, 1874. LONDON.- Howard Carter was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist, noted as a primary discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun. On 4 November 1922, Carter's water carrier found the steps leading to Tutankhamun's tomb (subsequently designated KV62), by far the best preserved and most intact pharaonic tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings. In this image:Howard Carter is shown examining King Tut's sarcophagus, date unknown.
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