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Large glazed horse from the Chinese Tang dynasty (618 - 906), shown standing with a saddle and blanket.
MUNICH.- A wide lineup of rare, even unique, extraordinary objects of the highest quality and from all specialist areas represented by the auction house, is coming under the hammer in the 2021 auctions of Hermann Historica in Grasbrunn near Munich. Once again this year, the list is endless, ranging from exclusive statues from antiquity, antique arms and armour, religious depictions from the early modern period, stone artefacts from Asian culture, testaments to historical military careers and exquisite heirlooms from ruling houses, right through to extremely elaborate antique firearms. The large Spring Auction is taking place with a live audience from 26 to 28 May and on 1 and 2 June, offering customers all over the world a diverse array, from objects for first-time buyers right up to inimitable pieces rarely found on the market for the most discerning collectors. All objects will be on display during the pre-sale viewing from 19 to ... More |
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| Tina Kim Gallery opens an exhibition by one of the leading members of the Dansaekhwa movement | | Hindman's May Fine Books & Manuscripts Auction sets new company record for a various owner books sale | | Christie's 20/21 Century Auctions realize combined total of $775,272,750 | 
Ha Chong-Hyun (b. 1935), White Paper on Urban Planning No.1, 1967 (detail). Oil on canvas, 42 1/8 x 42 1/8 inches, 107 x 107 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- Tina Kim Gallery is presenting Return to Color, a solo exhibition of works by Ha Chong-Hyun (b. 1935), one of the leading members of the Dansaekhwa movement. Marking his third solo presentation with the gallery, the exhibition surveys the last decade of the artists practice with new polychromatic works that illuminate a return to color as well as a departure from his foundational, monochromatic Conjunction series first developed in the 1970s. This revitalized body of work is being exhibited alongside selections from the artists Post-Conjunction series from 2011. Shown together, the exhibition examines the artists relationship with color, and investigate the philosophy behind the pivotal transitions in Has practice. The exhibition is on view from May 8 to June 30 2021. Ha Chong-Hyun began his Conjunction series in the 1970s and has developed the techniques into a signature style. ... More | | 
The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New
London: Robert Barker, 1611. Price Realized: $52,500.
CHICAGO, IL.- On May 12, Hindman Auctions realized over $883,000 in 367 lots in its Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana sale. Active and competitive bidding led to the highest sold total for a Books and Manuscripts various owner sale in Hindmans history and a robust 96 percent sell through rate. Outstanding bidder engagement was seen throughout the entire auction, but particularly with fine collections of Bibles and Currier and Ives prints. Since March, the Books & Manuscripts Departments auctions have realized over $1.32 million. We are thrilled with the way buyers responded to the sale, and particularly to the outstanding selections of Bibles, Fine Press Books, and Currier and Ives prints, said Hindmans Director and Senior Specialist for Books & Manuscripts, Gretchen Hause. The department has seen continued growth over the last few years, and we are so pleased to have set a new ... More | | 
Gemma Sudlow selling a Basquiat. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021.
NEW YORK, NY.- On May 13, Christies 20th Century Evening Sale achieved a resounding USD $481,114,000 (£342,673,789 / 397,501,595) and sold 98% by lot. On May 11, Christies inaugural 21st Century Evening Sale opened the highly-anticipated week by realizing USD $210,471,500 and selling 95% by lot. Christies Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale totaled USD $60,149,500 with 85% by lot and achieved nine new artist records. The Impressionist & Modern Works on Paper Sale totaled USD $9,807,500 with 90% sold by lot. The Impressionist & Modern Day Sale realized USD $11,162,500. Bonnie Brennan, President, Christies Americas notes, Christies flagship May auction series in New York more than doubled our October 2020 sales total, confirming the auction markets resurgence this season. The global reach of our virtual saleroom drove exceptional prices for masterpieces by Basquiat and Picasso, as well as an abundan ... More |
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| MoMA opens exhibition of works from its collection selected by Yto Barrada | | European and Asian Works of Art Auction at Olympia Auctions to include property to benefit Cultural Institutions | | Tate Modern opens an exhibition of over 200 works by Auguste Rodin | 
Ellsworth Kelly (American, 19232015). Running White. 1959. Oil on canvas. 7′ 4″ x 68″ (223.6 x 172.2 cm). Purchase. © 2021 Ellsworth Kelly. 9.1960.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art opened Artists Choice: Yto BarradaA Raft, an exhibition of works from MoMAs collection selected by Barrada (b. 1971), an artist known for her multidisciplinary investigations of cultural phenomena and historical narratives. On view from May 8, 2021, to January 9, 2022, the exhibition brings together works in two galleries, one on the fourth floor and one on the fifth floor, connected by their own staircase, highlighting over 60 works from MoMAs collection. In this latest edition of MoMAs Artists Choice exhibition series, Barrada gathers works from the Museums collection that resonate with the ideas and work of the French social work pioneer and writer Fernand Deligny (19131996). Barradas exploration centers on Delignys work from the late 1960s, when he lived together with other volunteers and children with intellectual and ... More | | 
A Lucknow Enamel Huqa Bottle, India, early 19th century. Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000.
LONDON.- In the European Works of Art section of the sale, highlights consigned with a percentage donated to the benefit of The Wallace Collection, Westminster Abbey and The Grange Festival, a charity initiative started by Olympia Auctions following the impact of the pandemic, include an array of treasures including a fine Italian 15th century 'Embriachi' marriage casket estimated at £4,000 - £6,000. Also, a late 15th / early 16th century Limoges panel, estimate £4,000 - £6,000, a late 17th century bronze figure of Venus, estimate £2,000 - £3,000 and early 20th century cufflinks by Cartier, estimate £800 - £1,200. Other pieces in the European section include a private collection of 36 portrait miniatures from the18th/19th century as well as over 50 bonbonnieres, patch and snuff boxes, with a combined estimate of £20,000 - £30,000. A number of the small boxes are of historical significance; one particular example displays contemporary ... More | | 
The EY Exhibition: The Making of Rodin Installation views © Tate photography / Matt Greenwood.
LONDON.- Tate Modern presents a major new exhibition of Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). It shows how he broke the rules of classical sculpture to create a dramatically different image of the human body, mirroring the ruptures, complexities and uncertainties of the modern age. Featuring over 200 works, many of which have never been shown outside France, The EY Exhibition: The Making of Rodin offers a unique insight into Rodins ways of thinking and making. Thanks to a unique collaboration with the Musée Rodin, who have offered Tate unprecedented access to their collection, visitors are able to both appreciate the originality of iconic works such as the Thinker 1881 and The Three Shades 1886 as well as make fresh discoveries that reveal how the artist transformed modern sculpture. Although Rodin is best known for his bronze and marble sculptures, he personally only worked as a modeller, capturing movement, emotion, light and volume in pliable m ... More |
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| Ketterer Kunst's June auctions to offer a sensational discovery by Wassily Kandinsky | | Art Gensler dies at 85; Built a Global Architecture Firm | | Hauser & Wirth opens concurrent exhibitions in New York and London of Sir Frank Bowling's work | 
Wassily Kandinsky, Gebogene Spitzen. Watercolor, 1927, 48 x 32,2 cm. Estimate: 250,000-350,000.
MUNICH.- It was lost for more than 70 years: Now Wassily Kandinskys work Gebogene Spitzen resurfaced. Experts of Ketterer Kunst have no doubts about its authorship. The watercolor with its fascinating history will be called up in the auctions at Ketterer Kunst in Munich on June 17-19. Wassily Kandinskys strictly geometric compositions from the Bauhaus years are his most-sought after paper works on the international auction market. I am all the more delighted , says Robert Ketterer, that we were able to identify such an outstanding work. The auctioneer and owner of Ketterer Kunst explains: Many Kandinsky experts did research into the work, however, its exact appearance and whereabouts remained a mystery for decades. The only hint came from the catalog raisonné of Vivian Endicott Barnett: a tiny sketch made from memory inscribed Location: Unknown. With shows in Berlin, Paris ... More | | 
Art Gensler, an architect and entrepreneur who turned a small San Francisco architecture firm into one of the largest in the world, with projects spanning the globe, died on May 10, 2021, at his home in Mill Valley, Calif. He was 85. Via Gensler via The New York Times.
by Gillian Friedman
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Art Gensler, an architect and entrepreneur who turned a small San Francisco architecture firm into one of the largest in the world, with projects spanning the globe, died on May 10 at his home in Mill Valley, California. He was 85. His death was confirmed by Kimberly M. Beals, a spokeswoman. Genslers most prominent works include the terminals at the San Francisco International Airport and Shanghai Tower, a twisting glass structure that is Chinas tallest skyscraper and the second-tallest building in the world, at 632 meters, or 2,073 feet. (The tallest is Burj Khalifa in Dubai, at 2,717 feet.) Among the firms other projects are the 32-story Tower at PNC Plaza in ... More | | 
Frank Bowling, Piano to Guyana, 2004. Acrylic, acrylic gel and found objects on canvas with marouflage, 223 x 213 cm. © Frank Bowling. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Thomas Barratt.
NEW YORK, NY.- Reflecting the scale and scope of a prodigious six-decade career that has unfolded while criss-crossing the Atlantic Ocean, Sir Frank Bowlings inaugural exhibition with Hauser & Wirth is being presented in both the gallerys London and New York locations simultaneously. With works on view spanning over 50 years of the British icons career from 1967 to the present day, Frank Bowling London / New York celebrates the ways in which one artists inventive approach to the materiality of paint has expanded the boundaries of abstraction. The exhibition charts Bowlings life and work between the UK and the United States. Born in Guyana (then British Guiana) in 1934, Bowling arrived in London in 1953, graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1962. He later divided his time between the art scenes in ... More |
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| Swann announces Photographs & Photobook auction | | Epic film restoration for 7-hour Napoleon classic | | Moderna Museet Malmö opens two new exhibitions | 
Alma Lavenson, Pump and Trough, Hornitos, silver print, 1940. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Exploring the thematic and visual diversity of the photographic medium, Swann Galleriess auction of Photographs & Photobooks on Thursday, May 27 covers twentieth-century masters, as well as contemporary practitioners and items from the visual vernacular: albums, archives, and individual objects. Significant chroniclers of the American scene include Robert Franks Covered Car, Long Beach, California, silver print, 195556, printed 1971, which leads the sale ($50,000-70,000); Roy DeCarava with Catsup Bottles, Table and Coat, New York, silver print, 1952, printed 1982 ($20,000-30,000); and O. Winston Links Hotshot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia, silver print, 1957, printed 1988 ($7,000-10,000). Also of note are works by Diane Arbus, George A. Tice, Elliott Erwitt, and Garry Winogrand among others. Important social documentary images from Europe, as well as the ... More | | 
In this file photo taken on May 6, 2021 a film editor works on the reconstruction of the Apollo version of the Napoleon movie (1927) by French director Abel Gance in the buildings of the Cinematheque Francaise at the Fort-de-Saint-Cyr in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, near Paris. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP.
by Francois Becker and Eric Randolph
PARIS (AFP).- In a mammoth restoration task for one of cinema's most audacious and elusive treasures, a team of obsessives has spent 12 years recreating the original seven-hour cut of Abel Gance's 1927 silent classic, "Napoleon". "It's an act of madness," admits Georges Mourier, head of the 2.5 million-euro (three-million-dollar) project. When they began in 2008, he and editor Laure Marchaut had only planned to spend a few months tidying up Gance's archives in the basement of the Cinematheque Francaise in Paris. But in the process, they realised that previous restorations had mixed up two versions shown at the original premieres: a ... More | | 
Edward Munch, Girl on bedside, 1916. Photo: Prallan Allsten/Moderna Museet.
MALMO.- On May 15, Moderna Museet Malmö opened two new exhibitions. With this summers exhibition in the Turbine Hall, Winds from Jericho, Zvi Goldsteins unique work is presented for the first time in Sweden. The exhibition The Man with the Blue Face features Moderna Museets rich collection while tracing the expressionist quest of early modernism. The exhibition Winds from Jericho marks the introduction of Zvi Goldsteins unique oevre in Sweden, featuring works from the last three decades. Goldsteins artistic practice shifted focus from the centre of Western culture to its periphery already in the late 1970:s, long before postcolonialism and discussions about centre and periphery became pivotal topics in the international art world. Zvi Goldstein (b. 1947 in Romania) has lived in Jerusalem since the late 1970s and considers this to be his artistic and intellectual home. His art is rooted in both Western cont ... More |
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Monet's Giant Water Lilies is one of the Finest Ever to Appear at Auction
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 Former cinema projectionist's film poster collection takes £155,000 at Ewbank's LONDON.- The landmark Michael Armstrong film poster and memorabilia collection has proved a sell-out success at Ewbanks, taking more than three times expectations to total just over £155,000. The top price at the May 7 auction was £5,500 for two wooden Front of House card display frames from the former Regal Cinema in Wymondham, the late Mr Armstrongs home town. The estimate had been just £200-400, but such was Armstrongs standing in the local community, as well as in the film world as the champion of the movies, that this unique piece of memorabilia proved to be much sought after. Among the posters, the best seller was a 1968 British Quad example for The Beatles Yellow Submarine, which took a premium-inclusive £3,000 against hopes of £700-1,000. Beatles film posters for A Hard Days Night and Help sold ... More  James Patterson's new novel The Shadow highlights special sale of pulp magazines at Heritage AuctionsDALLAS, TX.- James Patterson, the best-selling author ever, is auctioning a signed galley copy of his new novel, The Shadow, to benefit charity as a featured lot in Heritage Auctions' May 20 Rare Pulps and Collectibles Special Online Auction on HA.com. Patterson donated the signed galley copy of the novel, which will revive the vintage crime fighter The Shadow, will be released this summer. "Who can forget The Shadow's historic tagline: 'Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?'" Patterson said in an official announcement. "Well, The Shadow knows. And soon readers will, too. I've long been a fan of The Shadow and am looking forward to bringing his legendary character to life in the modern age." In addition to Patterson's rare signed galley copy, more than 580 lots offer a number of important magazines spanning 50 years, particularly ... More  Yes we cancan: Moulin Rouge to return in SeptemberPARIS (AFP).- The Moulin Rouge in Paris will be high-kicking its way back on stage in September, it announced with a flourish on Monday, after the longest shut down in more than a century. The first cancan of the post-pandemic era is due to take place on September 10 under the iconic windmill in Montmartre. Twelve dancers, in matching masks and feathers, braved the morning chill outside the Moulin Rouge on Monday to reveal the opening date stitched into their dresses, much to the surprise of passing motorists on the Boulevard de Clichy. "I'm extremely happy," said 32-year-old dancer Mathilde Tutiaux. "It feels so good to finally have a date. We are desperate to see our audiences again. The first cancan of the restart will be something else. It's a very technical number and after a break of more than a year, we will have to ... More  Spring exhibitions at Guild Hall feature Enoc Perez and Karin WaismaEAST HAMPTON, NY.- Guild Hall opened the two spring exhibitions Enoc Perez: Paradise and Karin Waisman: The Horizon is Not a Straight Line, on view concurrently from April 24 through May 31, Friday to Sunday, 12-5pm. Both exhibitions are curated by Museum Director/Chief Curator Christina Mossaides Strassfield. I am truly delighted and honored to have been able to work with such talented artists who demonstrate the enduring creative community of the East End, said Christina Mossaides Strassfield. Each has their own voice, vision, and passion that is translated by the unique techniques of their chosen media. Enoc Perez is a contemporary Puerto Rican-born multimedia artist best known for his paintings and oil stick drawings. Perezs Guild Hall exhibition, Paradise is on view in the Moran and Spiga Galleries and explores the theme ... More  Jack Terricloth, punk rocker with a cabaret air, dies at 50NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- To old friends who met him backstage, he was Pete Ventantonio, a punk rocker from Bridgewater, New Jersey. On his records, he sometimes preferred whimsical credits like Marcello DiTerriclothia or Favorite Singer Who Goes With Everything. But to the fans who swarmed his concerts, he was Jack Terricloth: the crooning, bellowing, devilishly smarmy vocalist and ringleader of the World/Inferno Friendship Society, a band with an ever-changing lineup that melded punk defiance with the decadent theatricality of Weimar-era cabaret. Over more than 20 years, the group built a cultlike following with a rock sound embellished by piano, violin and a brass section. Its live shows featuring Jack Terricloth in a dark suit and slicked-back hair, like a 1930s dandy were key to the rise of the so-called punk cabaret ... More  Bach invented. Now a pianist is trying to match him.NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- "Of course Bach is a million times greater than me, pianist Dan Tepfer said recently. I can still have a conversation with him. That conversation is ongoing. While Tepfer, 39, is best known as a jazz artist, who has worked with giants like saxophonist Lee Konitz, he has also delved into Bach with twists. In Goldberg Variations/Variations, Tepfer performed that monumental keyboard work, but instead of repeating each variation, as Bachs score indicates, he improvised his own responses. Last year, homebound and intrigued by the idea that Bachs contrapuntal lines would work just as well inverted, he recorded himself playing the Goldbergs on a Yamaha Disklavier, a grand piano with a high-tech player-piano function. A computer program he devised Tepfer also has an undergraduate degree ... More  Tatjana Giorgadse presents new works at Archivio Atelier Pharaildis Van den BroeckMILAN.- Archivio Atelier Pharaildis Van den Broeck presents in the space of Via Bragadino in Milan the first 2021 exhibition. For the first time, the Georgian artist Tatjana Giorgadse shows her new works in an Italian institution on the occasion of the PROJECT ROOM #4 curated by Irene Belfi. Like a transformation of my perception of the world, each piece is an integral part of my reality, the artist says. This poetic vision is integrated in Giorgadses artistry through a combination of precious stones and ordinary materials. Tatjana Giorgadse spent months studying Van den Broecks paintings and jewellery sketches from the first decade of the new millennium and, under their influence, created objects that can be described as wearable artworks. Attracted by the material nature of pictorial works, Giorgadse decided to collect materials and artefacts ... More  Rolls-Royce announces Sondra Perry as winner of inaugural Dream CommissionCHICHESTER.- Sondra Perry, an American moving-image artist, has been awarded the inaugural Dream Commission, by Muse, the Rolls-Royce Art Programme. The Dream Commission is a biennial project, awarded to inspire greatness and foster creativity in the medium of moving-image art, inviting artists to investigate the idea of dreams and dreaming. Sondra Perry was unanimously selected as winner by an international Jury of leading art world individuals from a shortlist of four artists. As winner of the Dream Commission, Sondra Perry will create a new moving-image artwork which investigates the narrative of dreams. The new artwork will be unveiled at the Fondation Beyeler in Basel, Switzerland in early 2022 and exhibited at Serpentine, London in 2022. New Jersey-based interdisciplinary artist Sondra Perry works across the media of artificial ... More  Rago Design auctions bring in $10 million and set new auction record for TiffanyLAMBERTVILLE, NJ.- With a total of $10 million, more than double the high estimate, and a 89% sell-through rate, Ragos Early 20th Century Design and Modern Design auctions illustrate the continued strength of the design market. The highlight of the two-day auction event was the record sale of an important Tiffany Studios Dandelion lamp from the 1900 Exposition in Paris. One of only two known monumental examples, the lamp brought in an impressive $3,745,000, a new world record. With more than a dozen registered phone bidders and a handful of active participants on the online platforms, the energy in the room was electric with different waves of activity and three bidders contending until the very end. A set of The Pine tiles by Addison LeBoutillier for Grueby sold for $81,250, a rare Wisteria tile by Adelaide Robineau sold for $75,000, ... More  The show goes on for UK theatres as Covid rules easeLONDON (AFP).- The curtain went up again in Britain's theatres this week, after a year of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, bringing hopes of recovery for the beleaguered culture sector. College lecturer Denise O'Brien, 49, seized the opportunity to visit London's Bridge Theatre on Monday, as restrictions on indoor mixing were finally eased. "It's a really controlled environment. I've always loved the theatre -- the industry is going to die if we don't go," she told AFP. Heather Alderson, a 56-year-old advertising employee, braved a downpour and booked an hour off work to visit a theatre for the first time in more than 12 months. "You can get narrative from anywhere, but nothing beats theatre in its immersiveness and the fact that it's live," she said. Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" -- the world's longest-running ... More  AOK May 22 auction features estate property from former owners of Martin's TavernDAMASCUS, VA.- If walls could talk, Martins Tavern in Washington, DC, would be a never-ending source of tantalizing political back stories that never made it into print. Since 1933, the beloved Georgetown restaurant has been a favorite of presidents, the press corps, sports legends and visiting dignitaries. Under the watchful eye of successive generations of the Martin family, each president from Truman through George W Bush was escorted to their favorite booth or table where, on a number of occasions, history was made. It was at Martins Tavern that Congressman John F Kennedy proposed to future first lady Jacqueline Bouvier. LBJ was known to discuss pending legislation there with his closest advisers, and there is evidence to suggest that spies consorted at the establishment in the 1930s and 40s. On May 22nd, AOK Auctions of Damascus, ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, German-American architect Walter Gropius was born May 18, 1883. Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (18 May 1883 - 5 July 1969) was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture. In this image: Walter/Ise Gropius, 1928. Blick auf Lower Manhattan von der Brooklyn Bridge, New York. Bildnachweis: Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin/ © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2008.
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