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Installation view.
AMSTERDAM.- When we, the Herman Krikhaar Foundation, proposed François Bard to exhibit at our foundation, his first reaction was to signal his agreement and continued: "Yes, but then together with Varozza". Given the pictorial practice of each, this choice may seem surprising. On second thought, the "review," this choice is quite consistent to the point of titling the exhibition « Birds of a feather flock together». This exhibition proposes to demonstrate the development of the artistic field, from Hyperfiguration to Préfiguration, in a dialogue that reveals the essence of the two artists. The Hyperfiguration (and not hyperrealism) of François Bard (1959) who states: "I try to find the myth in the most immediate, almost banal daily life. An icon is a form accessible to all and eminently contemporary of our huma ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Artemis Gallery will hold Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional art from around the world on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 9:00 AM CDT. In this image: Anatolian Bronze Axe Head w/ Gold. Estimate $30,000 - $45,000.
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| | | Denver Museum of Nature & Science confirms dinosaur fossils unearthed at Highlands Ranch construction site | | Galleria Borghese opens 'Lucio Fontana: Earth and Gold' curated by Anna Coliva | | Dutch landscape painting that's never been publicly displayed allocated to Barber Institute of Fine Arts |
Dr. Tyler Lyson, curator of paleontology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, brushes dirt away from a newly uncovered horned dinosaur fossil at a construction site in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. © DMNS/Rick Wicker.
DENVER, CO.- The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is exploring a Highlands Ranch construction site where dinosaur fossils have been uncovered. The fossils were discovered near Wind Crest, a continuing care retirement community developed and managed by Erickson Living in Highlands Ranch. A limb bone and several ribs from a horned dinosaur were the first fossils uncovered. Work will continue for the next several days to weeks at the secured construction site to determine the size of the bone bed. We are so grateful to Wind Crest and Brinkmann Constructors for allowing us the opportunity to evaluate this potentially important scientific find, said George Sparks, president and CEO of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Its always exciting to get a call about possible fossils, and I cant wait to share more ... More | |
Lucio Fontana, Spatial Concept. Quanta, 1959, oil and cut on canvas, gold, 40,6 x 38 cm, CR 59 Q 4b, Prada Collection, Milan. Photo by Roberto Marossi © Fondazione Lucio Fontana by SIAE 2019.
ROME.- The Lucio Fontana. Earth and Gold exhibition, curated by Anna Coliva, is dedicated to two specific modes of Lucio Fontanas production, ceramics and paintings, selected among his Crucifixes and his works employing gold, respectively. Fontana is the first twentieth-century Italian artist to be exhibited inside the Museum, after the retrospectives dedicated to great figures such as Bacon, Giacometti, and Picasso, to continue the series of exhibitions conceived to familiarize visitors with the Galleria Borghese through the sheer vividness of the works, and not only through captions and explanations. There are about fifty works executed mainly in the decade between 1958 and 1968 mounted in an itinerary that includes two rooms on the sculpture floor and six rooms in the painting gallery. The exhibition is part of the research project on key concepts of the collection and the place. ... More | |
Salomon Van Ruysdael, A Cavalry Travelling through a Wooded Landscape, 1653 (detail). © The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham.
BIRMINGHAM.- A Dutch landscape painting that has never been publically displayed before has been acquired for the nation and allocated to Birminghams Barber Institute of Fine Arts via the Acceptance in Lieu scheme. A Cavalry travelling through a Wooded Landscape by Salomon van Ruysdael (c.1600-3 1670), one of the pioneering painters of naturalistic landscapes in Holland during the 17th century, will go on display from Friday 24 May. Ruysdael was a prominent painter of the Dutch Golden Age, and one of its pre-eminent exponents of landscapes. Frequently his work depicts a large body of water, whether a river, lake, or the sea, with vast mirrored skies. JMW Turner was among those inspired and influenced by Ruysdaels expansive natural scenes. He was born around 1600-3, in Naarden, Holland, before moving to Haarlem. By the 1620s he was painting landscapes, and by the 1630s was an important emerging artist ... More |
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| | | Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons show opening at Museo Jumex | | Unique California Gold Rush shipwreck coin sets record auction price | | MOCA Board President Carolyn Clark Powers pledges $10 million for free admission |
Installation view: Appearance Stripped Bare: Desire and the Object in the Work of Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons, Even Museo Jumex, 2019. Photo: Moritz Bernoully.
MEXICO CITY.- Museo Jumex is presenting the first major exhibition to bring together the work of two highly influential figures in modern and contemporary art, Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons, on view from 19 May through September 29, 2019. Appearance Stripped Bare: Desire and the Object in the Work of Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons, Even is guest curated by Massimiliano Gioni, Artistic Director of the New Museum in New York, and features more than 70 works by the artists, drawn from more than 30 collections in Europe and the Americas. Included are Duchamps complete set of his 1964 edition of the legendary readymades (Bicycle Wheel, Bottle Rack, and Fountain, among others) and Koonss Rabbit, Balloon Dog, Moon, Play-Doh, Hulk, and selections from series such as The New, Banality, Made in Heaven, Celebration ... More | |
Most beautifully toned gold coin ever seen was purchased for $282,000.
LINCOFT, NJ.- A rare U.S. gold coin struck at the San Francisco Mint in 1857 and recovered five years ago from a world-famous California Gold Rush shipwreck set a record price for any 1857 San Francisco Mint $20 denomination gold coin. It was sold for $282,000 in a public auction in New Orleans, Louisiana conducted by Legend Rare Coin Auctions of Lincoft, New Jersey on May 16, 2019. The coin was recovered in 2014 from the S.S. Central America, the fabled Ship of Gold, that sank in the Atlantic Ocean in 1857. The Supernova was discovered on the ocean floor among piles and stacks of coins that originally were in boxes of Double Eagles being shipped to New York by San Francisco businesses. Described by Legend President Laura Sperber as the most beautifully and amazingly colorful toned gold coin we have ever seen!, the sunken treasure Double Eagle was independently graded Mint State 67 (on a 1 to 70 scale) by ... More | |
Carolyn Clark Powers. Photo by Emily Shur.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- During The Museum of Contemporary Arts Benefit on Saturday, May 18, 2019, MOCA Board of Trustees President Carolyn Clark Powers announced that she has pledged $10 million to fund free general admission to the museum. The museum will immediately begin working on a roll-out plan to implement this gift as soon as possible. Carolyns gift is an inspiration to us all! says MOCA Board of Trustees Chair Maria Seferian. We have aspired to be able to provide free general admission for some time, and it is only with this incredible gift that we can now make it a reality. This is a major moment in the life and history of MOCA. We hope to increase accessibility and engagement with our visitors. Free general admission is a step towards making the museum a more inclusive cultural and civic hub. What a great 40th birthday present! Powers is a longtime resident of Los Angeles and her expansive charitable focus include ... More |
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| | | 'Developing Abstraction through Collage: Paintings of the 1930s-1940s' on view at D. Wigmore Fine Art | | Pioneering Harlem Renaissance artist Augusta Savage showcased at New-York Historical Society | | Eiffel Tower climber grabbed after sparking evacuation |
Jean Xceron, Peinture No. 211, 1937. 25 3/4 x 21 3/8 inches, oil on canvas.
NEW YORK, NY.- Our exhibition hopes to tell how America went abstract with a particular focus on the use of collage by artists to develop purely geometric compositions. The history of the American experience with abstraction begins with the 1913 Armory Show, which created the first public awareness of European Modernism and its abstract artists. The next major event was the founding of the American Abstract Artists group in 1936, when artists practicing in New York banded together to push for broader acceptance of their style. Between 1913 and 1936, a significant number of American artists traveled to Europe. Some lived there for extended periods, including John Ferren, Balcomb and Gertrude Greene, A. E. Gallatin, Carl Holty, George L. K. Morris, Charles Green Shaw, and Jean Xceron. Josef Albers, Werner Drewes, Ilya Bolotowsky, and Esphyr Slobodkina were recent immigrants from Germany and Russia. Periodicals like Cahiers dArt and exhibitions of European modernists by Alfred Stieglitzs 2 ... More | |
Augusta Savage (18921962), The Diving Boy, c. 1939. Bronze, 33¾ x 8 x 9¼ in. Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida, Bequest of Ninah M. H. Cummer, C.0.602.1. Public domain in practice.
NEW YORK, NY.- The New-York Historical Society presents the work of Augusta Savage (1892-1962) in Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman. Savage overcame poverty, racism, and sexual discrimination to become an instrumental artist, educator, and community organizer during the Harlem Renaissance; yet her work is largely unknown today. On view May 3 July 28, 2019, the exhibition features more than 50 works of art and archival materials that explore Savages legacy through her own sculptures as well as the work of the emerging artists she inspired, including Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight. Organized by the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, where it was curated by Jeffreen M. Hayes, Ph.D., Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman is coordinated at New-York Historical by Wendy N.E. Ikemoto, Ph.D., associate curator of American art. Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman celebrates art, activism, ... More | |
A man (C) climbs up to the top of the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, without any protection as a firefighter (R) looks down at him from the top, on May 20, 2019. FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- A climber who sparked an evacuation of the Eiffel Tower on Monday was grabbed after clinging to the famous Paris landmark for more than six hours, officials said. The man, who was not immediately identified, "is in the hands of the emergency teams" deployed to the tower, which will reopen to visitors as normal early on Tuesday, the company operating the structure said in a statement. It said firemen who had rappelled down from the tower's third-floor observation deck to near the black-clad climber managed to "talk the individual down". The man "has been grabbed," a police official added. Emergency procedures triggered by the man's unauthorised climb forced an evacuation of the iconic monument, the esplanade underneath it and a large section of the adjacent Champ de Mars park mid-afternoon Monday. The abrupt closure of one of France's biggest tourist draws frustrated visitors who had been ... More |
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| | | Sotheby's celebrates 40 years of Swiss art sales in Zurich | | Bonhams announces the spring sale of Modern Decorative Art + Design sale | | The Royal Tompion: One of the world's most valuable clocks leads sale at Bonhams |
François Diday, Gelmerhorn. Est : CHF 40,000 60,000 / EUR 35,100 53,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.
ZURICH.- One the 25th of June, Sothebys will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its first Swiss art auction in Zurich. Since 1979, Sothebys is the only auction house to hold twice-yearly sales dedicated to this category. In todays international market, there are very few countries whose art constitutes a standalone category. Swiss Art is one of these and this is no coincidence. The success of auctions centred around Switzerland is a testament to the countrys vital position and role in the world of art, going back centuries; the deep and enduring interest of Swiss collectors; and the passion of international buyers. The growth of these sales, which in 2015 were expanded to thematic sales under the title Swiss Art / Swiss Made, has demonstrated the appeal of the category, as well as its rich diversity covering art from the 18th century to the present day, created by Swiss artists as well ... More | |
Yayoi Kusama (born 1929), Golden Spirit, 2005. Estimate: $20,000-30,000. Photo: Bonhams.
NEW YORK, NY.- Bonhams announces the spring sale of Modern Decorative Art + Design sale on June 7, which includes an extensive range of 145 rare and bold works by some of the most iconic names of design. The artists featured include François-Xavier Lalanne, Philippe Hiquily, Maria Pergay, Gino Sarfatti, Paul T. Frankl, Paolo Venini, amongst many others. Highlighting the sale is François-Xavier Lalannes Tortue Topiaire (estimate: $80,000-120,000). Created in 1987, this patinated copper tortoise sports a whimsical topiary shell. It has been in the same French private collection ever since it was acquired direct from Les Lalanne in the late 1980s. Also featured is superbly crafted brass fountain, Fountaine Mobile II, 1979, by French modernist sculptor and designer, Philippe Hiquily (1925-2013) (estimate: $100,000-150,0000). Other highlights include a rare ... More | |
The King William & Queen Mary Royal Tompion. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- One of the most valuable clocks ever to appear at auction, The King William & Queen Mary Royal Tompion, leads the sale of The Clive Collection of Exceptional Clocks in London on Wednesday 19 June. The table clock made by master clockmaker Thomas Tompion for Queen Mary II in 1693 is expected to fetch in excess of £2,000,000. Long regarded as the Father of English Clock Making, Thomas Tompion (1639-1713) was responsible for some of the finest clocks ever made. This silver-mounted, quarter-repeating miniature table clock that he made for Queen Mary is also known as The Q Clock, and accompanied the campaign clock Tompion made for her husband King William III. The clock, which is numbered 222 in the Tompion inventory, is mentioned in the diaries of his patron Robert Hooke the entry for Friday 16 June, for example, reads Called ... More |
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British artist Noj Barker's first solo show in London in ten years opens at The Club at Ivy, London
LONDON.- British artist Noj Barker is to stage his first solo show in London in ten years at The Club at Ivy, London, opening 22 May 2019. In the same way Giorgio Morandi (1890 - 1964) painted different arrangements of the same set of vases, bowls and pots, Barker paints dots. Into these he incorporates smaller dots, creating intense, intricately configured compositions. The resulting works, which are all rendered in acrylic, can be austere or flamboyant; singular monochromes or psychedelic, trippy whirligigs of colour. BLINK - Barkers first solo exhibition in London since his Saatch Gallery presentation in 2010 - is formed of three parts. Arrayed on the Ivys rear walls are the most recent works, three silkscreen prints that has been created through digital manipulation of images of original paintings. Barkers Radstone series, executed between 2018 and 2019, ... More
Exhibition of new works by the Austrian artist Josef Fischnaller opens at Cadogan Contemporary
LONDON.- Cadogan Contemporary is presenting an exhibition of new works by the Austrian artist Josef Fischnaller. Fischnallers artfully constructed photographs are inspired by the compositional styles of Old Master and Renaissance painters; to these, he incorporates modern clothes, products and affectations, such as playmobil models and body piercings, to give them a wry, contemporary twist. Past works by the artist have included Blumenkaiser (2009), which he based on Friedrich von Amerlings Portrait of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (c. 1832). For this, Fischnaller updated the work by having the subject seated on a 1970s shag pile carpet with a copy of the German lifestyle magazine, Quality, placed satirically at his feet. Entitled, Prächtig a German word meaning magnificent Cadogan Contemporarys exhibition features two series, ... More
Young urbanites help revive Poland's mazurka folk dance
WARSAW (AFP).- Couples spin to the lively tempo of Poland's mazurka folk dance in scenes reminiscent of peasant life from centuries past. To rhythmic violin and accordion, they could almost be back in the simple cottages of Mazovia, the region around the Polish capital, Warsaw, for which the dance and music were named. Taken across Europe and beyond by Polish soldiers and migrants some 200 years ago, the traditional mazurka evolved, before later almost vanishing. But now it is making a comeback and not only in Poland, putting a spring in the step of urban youngsters and getting pulses racing and hearts pumping. "It was forgotten, but when I see all these young people who come to learn from me, I forget I'm old," says fiddle player Jan Kmita, 83, one of the last surviving masters of the mazurka. He has spent hours teaching youngsters the up-tempo ... More
Perrotin Paris opens a new exhibition of works by French painter Bernard Frize
PARIS.- Perrotin Paris is presenting a new exhibition of French painter Bernard Frize, simultaneously to his personal exhibition Bernard Frize. Without Remorse at the Centre Pompidou Musée National dArt Moderne (May 29 - August 26, curated by Angela Lampe). Featuring a wide range of paintings, including new productions, this exhibitions mark 25 years of collaboration between the artist and the gallery. The artist, who recently exhibited in Japan (Perrotin Tokyo and Kaikai Kiki gallery), will also be exhibited this Fall at Perrotin New York. « While regularly revisiting various moments of his past practice, Frize has never stopped exploring new concepts, inventing novel ways to paint (starting with the development, 10 years ago, of processes based on the creation of one painting by multiple people simultaneously), but he has also, since the mid-1990s, abandoned ... More
Christie's announces highlights included in the London Luxury Week auctions
LONDON.- Christies London Luxury Week auctions from 5 to 12 June will present collectors with the very best in wines and spirits, extraordinary jewels from the leading jewellery houses and exceptional handbags from Chanel, Hermès and Louis Vuitton. Comprising four remarkable auctions, highlights of the week include a superb single-owner collection of fine Bordeaux, Burgundy and Italian wines, champagnes from the regions leading producers, a suite of Himalaya Birkin and Vert Celadon Kelly, and rare antique and modern jewels. The week will conclude with the online sale of important Kashmir Shawls, open for bidding from 11 to 18 June. Perhaps the most significant collection of shawls ever to be offered at auction, these hand-woven, decorated Kashmir shawls date from the 17th to the late 19th century. On the 5 and 6 June, Christies Luxury Week ... More
Freeman's Important Design to showcase Pennsylvania artists and more
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Freemans will hold its Important Design sale on June 10, a carefully curated sale featuring 44 lots of important furniture and design, with an emphasis on Pennsylvania artists such as George Nakashima (American, 1905-1990) and Paul Evans (American, 1931-1987). A noteworthy collection to be offered is the Fry Family Collection (Lots 1-13), which features several exemplary works by Paul Evans and Phillip Lloyd Powell (American, 1919-2008). George Fry Jr. (American, 1941-2018) was a studio assistant to both Paul Evans and Phillip Powell during pivotal production years. Fry, an innovative designer and craftsman, is largely credited with developing the Sculpted Bronze series, and most of the Fry collection was gifted directly by the artists to Mr. Fry. The pieces have since remained in the familys collection, and Freemans ... More
Yorkshire Sculpture Park wins three RIBA Yorkshire Awards
WAKEFIELD.- Yorkshire Sculpture Parks new £3.6million visitor centre, The Weston, was announced as the winner of RIBA Yorkshire Award 2019 and RIBA Yorkshire Building of the Year Award 2019. YSP also received the special category award for RIBA Yorkshire Client of the Year 2019. Shortlisted among other exceptional projects in Yorkshire, YSP one of the worlds leading open air galleries, set in the grounds of the stunning 18th century Bretton Estate received the prestigious awards for the new visitor centre designed by London-based architecture practice Feilden Fowles, which opened on 30 March 2019. Built on a historic quarry site within the estate, The Weston, which is a result of significant support from family grant-maker, The Garfield Weston Foundation, has upgraded the visitor experience at the East Entrance and increased essential capacity ... More
Galerie Krinzinger opens exhibition devoted to Mark Wallinger's paintings
VIENNA.- Mark Wallinger, born 1959 in Chigwell, Essex, is one of the most important artists of his generation. Widely known for his sculpture Ecce Homo, the first sculpture presented at the fourth plinth at Trafalgar Square in 1999, also exhibited in the British Pavilion at the 49th Venice Biennale in 2001 as well as in a solo exhibition at the Secession in 2000 in Vienna. In 2007 he won the Turner Prize for his installation State Britain. The exhibition, entirely devoted to his paintings, is the artists third solo show at Galerie Krinzinger. Upside Down Inside Out Back to Front brings together paintings made since 2015, incorporating three distinct, but related bodies of work, entirely hand-made and related to the proportions of the artist. The id Paintings (2015/2016) are black-and-white monochromes that grew out of the extensive Self Portrait series (exhibited at Krinzinger ... More
Phillips' June Jewels Sale to be led by a Fancy Intense Orangy-Pink Diamond, estimated at $1.2-1.8 million
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips announced highlights from the upcoming Jewels auction on 7 June in New York. Comprised of over 130 lots, the auction will include a variety of fancy and colorless diamonds, high-quality gemstones, timepieces, and signed pieces by Van Cleef & Arpels, Cartier, and Bulgari, among others. The auction will be led by an exceptional 6.01 carat fancy intense orangy-pink diamond, estimated at $1.2-1.8 million. In addition to the live auction on Friday, 7 June, an online-only sale will run concurrently and will be open for bidding from 28 May to 11 June. The rare and fancy intense diamond leading the sale displays a well-saturated and delicate balance of orange and pink color, good clarity, and an exceptional crystalline quality, with its shape and cut also capturing its unique color blend. Natural pink diamonds are amongst the rarest colored ... More
Lois Lambert Gallery opens an exhibition of works by mixed media artist Carol Coates
SANTA MONICA, CA.- Lois Lambert Gallery is presenting mixed media artist Carol Coates and her latest series on perception and choice, MindsEye. MindsEye developed out of Coates earlier series Dissonance. Dissonance featured fabricated characters in unsettling situations that stimulated questions of how they could, would, or should respond to their environments and influences. Coates developed this idea further in the MindsEye series by changing the focus from the situation the characters were in, to how an individuals identity is perceived. The subjects of these paintings include people of different ages, sexual orientations, gender identities, races, personalities, and cultures yet are all simultaneously bold and playful, flaunting vibrant expressions and saturated colors. These pieces challenge the viewer to abandon their preconceived judgements ... More
MOCAD's summer 2019 season features KAWS, Eddie Martinez, and Nicolas Lobo
DETROIT, MICH.- For its summer 2019 season, " target="_blank">MOCAD presents the first US museum solo presentation of Bailey Scieszka and the Detroit museum premieres of Mary Helena Clark and Helina Metaferia, along with an exhibition of Eddie Martinez and a new installation in Mike Kelleys Mobile Homestead by Nicolas Lobo. These exhibitions join KAWS: ALONE AGAIN, the Museums lead exhibition of the season. KAWS: ALONE AGAIN, is a solo exhibition of the Brooklyn-based artist KAWS (American, born 1974), organized by the Museum of the Contemporary Art Detroit's Executive Director Elysia Borowy-Reeder in close collaboration with the artist. Featuring five sculptures, a site specific wall work, and three paintings, this highly anticipated exhibition occupies the main exhibition space of the museum. ALONE AGAIN showcases ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Henri Rousseau was born May 21, 1844. Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (May 21, 1844 - September 2, 1910) was a French post-impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier (the customs officer), a humorous description of his occupation as a toll and tax collector. He started painting seriously in his early forties; by age 49, he retired from his job to work on his art full-time. In this image: Henri Rousseau, known as The Douanier Rousseau (1844 - 1910) Le Rêve [The Dream], 1910, oil on canvas, 204.5 x 298.5 cm New York, The Museum of Modern Art, gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 252.1954 © 2016. Digital image, The Museum of Modern Art, New York / Scala, Florence.
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