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A photo provided by Mexicos National Institute of Anthropology and History of an archaeologist working at a site north of Mexico City where bones of about 60 mammoths were discovered. The skeletons, mature males and females and their young, were found in the shallow areas of a former lake, and could shed further light on the hunting methods of prehistoric communities. INAH via The New York Times.
by Christine Hauser
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered the remains of dozens of mammoths in a finding that could shed further light on the hunting methods of prehistoric communities. The discoveries were made near the construction site of a new civilian airport, General Felipe Ãngeles International Airport, north of Mexico City. They give archaeologists an unprecedented opportunity to delve into more than 30,000 years of history, Mexicos National Institute of Anthropology and History said in a statement Thursday. Pedro Francisco Sánchez Nava, the institutes national coordinator of archaeology, said the remains of about 60 mammoths had so far been uncovered in three areas since exploration started late last year on the airport construction site, which was formerly occupied by the Santa LucÃa air base. One of those areas ... More |
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 | | Important article on the young Jordaens published | | A self-portrait by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry to be offered at auction | | Gagosian opens an exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Georg Baselitz | 
Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678), The Holy Family with St Anne, oil on oak panel, 111.4 x 95.3 cm, Detroit Institute of Arts, inv. no. 46.300.
BRUSSELS.- The Jordaens Van Dyck Panel Paintings Project has published a translated and updated version of an important article on the young Jordaens by the distinguished art historian Ludwig Burchard. Originally published in German in 1928, this article was the first on the formative years of Jacques Jordaens after Paul Buschmann and Max Rooses laid the foundations of modern Jordaens research two decades earlier. It is a testament to Burchards connoisseurship that all studies on the young Jordaens that have followed this important 1928 article have complemented rather than corrected Burchards groundbreaking scholarship. It is with great pleasure that we have translated the article from the original German in order to make it accessible for the widest possible audience. The JVDPPP updated Burchards article by incorporating 29 colour images of the paintings ... More | | 
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Self-portrait as The Little Prince hanged, on the Earth planet; in the background, a couple entwined on a bench, on a planet called Fox MGM » Ink and watercolor on paper | 27 x 21 cm | circa 1942/43. Estimate: 60,000-80,000.
PARIS.- Among its Books and Manuscripts auction on June 4, Auction House Kâ-Mondo will feature important drawings by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) at Drouot, Paris. The main drawing, also the most emotional, shows a self-portrait of the writer as the Little Prince, hanged, expressing the pain of a breakup. Another drawing depicts ten preparatory sketches to The Little Prince, executed circa 1942. Self-portrait as The Little Prince hanged, on the Earth planet; in the background, a couple entwined on a bench, on a planet called « Fox MGM » is an original watercolor on paper that Antoine de Saint-Exupéry drew in New York in 1942 or early 1943. It is estimated between 60,000 and 80,000 Euros. Undoubtedly, this is the most upsetting of all Antoine de ... More | | 
Georg Baselitz, Da sind zwei Figuren im alten Stil (Thats two figures in the old style), 2019. Oil and painters gold varnish on canvas, 118 1/8 x 83 1/2 in. 300 x 212 cm. © Georg Baselitz. Photo: Jochen Littkemann. Courtesy Gagosian.
HONG KONG.- Gagosian is presenting Years later, an exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Georg Baselitz. This is his first solo exhibition with the gallery in Hong Kong. Significantly, it is also the first exhibition to open to the public within Gagosian's international network of galleries since the global COVID-19 lockdown. An early pioneer of the Neo-Expressionist movement that had its origins in postwar Germany, Baselitz combines a vigorous and direct approach to art making with a sensitivity to art historical lineages. He counts Willem de Kooning and Philip Guston among his key influences, and is known for his uncompromising approach and critical stance. In 1969, he began to compose his images upside down to slow the processes of making, looking, and comprehending. ... More |
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| | Marie-Antoinette's travel bag goes for royal ransom | | Richard Anuszkiewicz, whose Op Art caught eyes in the '60s, dies at 89 | | Christie's Design Sale pays tribute to Jean Royère | 
A travel bag belonging to the ill-fated French queen Marie-Antoinette sells for more than five times its estimate in an auction of royal memorabilia near her one-time home at the Palace of Versailles. © Courtesy of Maison Osenat.
VERSAILLES (AFP).- A travel bag belonging to the ill-fated French queen Marie-Antoinette sold for more than five times its estimate in an auction of royal memorabilia near her one-time home at the Palace of Versailles. A large embroidered serviette used during the coronation of the Austrian-born monarch -- who lost her head during the French Revolution -- also went for several times its estimate. The Osenat auction house said that there had been fierce bidding late Sunday "both in the room, over the telephone and on the internet" for the relics of France's most iconic queen. The leather travel bag with the studded "Queen's room number 10" inscription went for 43,750 euros ($47,600), having had an estimate of between 8,000 and 10,000 euros. The damask serviette embroidered with the royal fleurs de lys insignia and leaf crowns ... More | | 
Richard Anuszkiewicz, Translumina Blue Tinted Red, 1991. Acrylic on wood construction, 24 x 24.
by Jillian Steinhauer
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Richard Anuszkiewicz, a pioneering practitioner of op art in the United States before that perception-altering style was even given a name in the 1960s, died May 19 at his home in Englewood, New Jersey. He was 89. His death was confirmed by his son, Adam, who did not specify a cause. Anuszkiewicz (he pronounced it ah-noo-SHKEV-ich) devoted his career to studying how some of the fundamental elements of art could be manipulated to create perceptual effects. His experiments with color led him to make paintings of geometric shapes that seem to vibrate and emanate light. And though his compositions are hard-edged, their repetition of shapes and lines and their complementary radiating hues evoke a kind of spirituality. Im interested in making something romantic out of a very, very mechanistic geometry, he once said. He ... More | | 
Claude Lalanne, Lit Hibou. Estimate: 200,000-300,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020.
PARIS.- Christie's France will hold its Design sale on June 30th and will present more than 118 lots for an overall estimate of nearly 5 million. Commissioned in 1962 and composed of 19 lots, collectors will be able to discover the unique and so recognizable universe of Royère: Sofa and armchairs called "Polar Bear", wall lamp "Liane", table "Flaque", all these works that brought him the fame we know. This commission is referenced at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in the Royère archives, a very important aspect according to collectors. Flavien Gaillard, Director of the Design Department: " We are very proud to present this season, an original commission of such quality. Collectors have preserved these works for many years with great care and it is a real pleasure to offer these pieces in an impeccable state of conservation as well as a beautiful provenance and superb documentation. Thanks to this exceptional collection, we are pleased ... More |
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| | Zurich Asia to offer rare stamps and philatelic treasures in June 2020 live internet auction in Hong Kong | | Sotheby's pioneers the first online auction of pocket watches with "Breguet: Horologist Extraordinaire" | | Pinakothek der Moderne exhibits a rare collection of vintage prints by August Sander | 
Leading the sale is a complete sheet of 80 stamps of 8 fen from 1980 Year of the Monkey (Golden Monkey). Estimate: HK$950,000-1,000,000/ US$121,795-128,205, Lot 2341).
HONG KONG.- Zurich Asia announced that its upcoming Hong Kong auction will take place on 2 & 3 June 2020, offering over 2,300 lots of rare philatelic treasures, banknotes and coins. In light of the special circumstances due to Covid-19, the auction will be held privately at Zurich Asias office. Registered bidders can participate in live Internet bidding on the website: www.stampauctionnetwork.com. Leading the sale is a complete sheet of 80 stamps of 8 fen from 1980 Year of the Monkey (Golden Monkey). In very fresh condition and with a shiny golden colour, this rare offering is one of the most highly sought-after Chinese philatelic items (Estimate: HK$950,000-1,000,000/ US$121,795-128,205). Another star lot is a 1925 inverted surcharge in red on second Peking printing Junk issue 3 cents on 4 cents slate-grey stamp. This is the rarest of the Four Treasures of ... More | | 
Breguet's Six-Minute Tourbillon Sold to General Thomas Brisbane in 1816. Estimate: CHF 300,000-500,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.
GENEVA.- Next month, Sothebys will pioneer the first-ever online auction entirely dedicated to world-class pocket watches a market that has never ceased to fascinate watch lovers and has recently seen a new surge of interest, with the return to fashion of fob watches. The sale, which will be open for bidding on sothebys.com from 3 until 16 June, is the third instalment of the legendary collection Masterworks of Time which set a swathe of records last year. Entitled Abraham-Louis Breguet, Horologist extraordinaire, the 126-lot sale will showcase one of the most comprehensive offerings of timepieces by the father of modern watchmaking to appear at auction. It will be led by a masterpiece by Breguet (1747-1823), made in 1816 for Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane Bart, the Scottish General and astronomer who gave his name to one of Australias largest cities, Brisbane (Lot 27, est. CHF 300,000 - 500,000). Alongside tre ... More | | 
August Sander, Peasant boys with a donkey, Iglesiente (?), 1927. Photo: Stiftung Ann und Jürgen Wilde, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich © Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur August Sander Archiv, Köln/VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2020.
MUNICH.- The Ann and Jürgen Wilde Foundation is showing a rare collection of vintage prints of photographs August Sander took during a trip to Italy in 1927. The show is a continuation of the long-running partnership between the Ann and Jürgen Wilde Foundation and the Collection of Photography and New Media at the Pinakothek der Moderne. August Sander (18761964) is one of the best-known photographers of the New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit) and New Vision (Neues Sehen) movements of the 1920s and 1930s. His seminal portfolio of contemporary portraiture Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts (People of the 20th Century) remains a landmark publication in the history of photography. He published the photobook Antlitz der Zeit (Face of Our Time) in 1929 as a foretaste of Menschen ... More |
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| | Live performance producers are giving up on 2020 | | Exhibition explores pleasure and gratification | | Fine Arts Paris: One of the leading events of the autumn season will be held November 18-22 | 
Lincoln Center in Manhattan, March 12, 2020. Uncertainty about the coronavirus and the challenge of protecting audiences and artists is prompting many prominent presenters to wait till next year. Vincent Tullo/The New York Times.
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- In the world of performing arts, the coronavirus pandemic has already sunk summer. Now it is felling fall. Even as reopened barbershops, beaches and bookstores herald the resumption of economic life across the United States, concert promoters, theater presenters, orchestras and dance companies are ripping up their 2020 calendars and hoping 2021 will mark a new beginning. I think 2020 is gone, said Anna D. Shapiro, artistic director of the storied Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago. Ill be stunned if were back in the theater. In pop music, superstars Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber have canceled their performances this year, and theres not much hope for other large events. ... More | | 
Will Barnet, Kite Boy, 1986. Oil on canvas, 64h x 60w in. Courtesy of Garvey|Simon, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- This Artsy.net-exclusive exhibition is an exploration of pleasure and gratification. Spanning drawing, photography, and ceramics, the media and technique are as sentimental and devious as they are diverse. From the innocuous and endearing: a wiffle ball, a boy with his kite, a pristine playground--to the depraved: worn out condoms, brothel closets, and illicit substances, Playtime has something for every whim or fancy. Each artist renders their subject with immense care, honoring the instinctual need for play and levity, regardless of its form. The dichotomy of this selection of artworks demonstrates the impact of context and tone, and excavates the underpinnings of these spaces of play. Particularly relevant during our time of quarantine and isolation, Playtime gestures towards the paradox of play: is it joy or pain, inane or momentous, sordid or simple? Furthermore, what is pla ... More | | 
Galerie Giovanni Sarti at Fine Art Paris @ Tanguy de Montesson.
PARIS.- Fine Arts Paris, an unmissable event of Pariss autumn season, will be marked by a new venue, innovative digital solutions and a special layout to conform to todays hygiene requirements. Changes in this years art-fair schedule will place the focus on this youthful event, whose fourth edition will take place in six months time long enough to give us a clearer view of how the current health crisis will develop. Fine Arts Pariss move to the prestigious Cour du Dôme des Invalides heralds the comeback of the art world after the disruptions of 2020. The fairs exacting standards for gallery selection, art-loving spirit and well-informed visitors have already won over the press and exhibitors. With its intimate atmosphere, inspired by the Salon du dessin, Fine Arts Paris brings together a maximum of 70 exhibitors. Its relatively small size makes it better suited than large art ... More |
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 The 7th Biennial of Painting will focuse on the inner spacesMACHELEN.- From 26 July to 18 October 2020, the three visual art museums at the banks of the Leie Museum of Deinze and the Leie Region (Mudel), Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens in collaboration with Sint-Martens-Latem, and Roger Raveel Museum join forces to present the 7th edition of the Biennial of Painting. World renowned artists such as Roger Raveel, Raoul De Keyser, Emile Claus, Chantal Akerman, Jan Vercruysse, Rik Wouters and Luc Tuymans are combined with up-and-coming names such as Joëlle Dubois, Bendt Eyckermans and Sarah De Vos. Under the title Binnenskamers (Huis clos, Inner Spaces), this edition of the Biennial focuses on the interior within the tradition of art history and contemporary practice. Traditionally, the interior forms the backdrop for a scene, the shell of a story a frame within a frame. The interior conceals as much ... More US writer Joyce Carol Oates wins France's richest book prizePARIS (AFP).- US writer Joyce Carol Oates, so often a bridesmaid for the Nobel literature prize, won France's richest books prize Monday. The Cino del Duca World Prize, which is worth 200,000 euros ($218,000), is often seen as a stepping stone to the Nobel, with Andrei Sakharov, Mario Vargas Llosa and the French novelist Patrick Modiano all winning it before going on to Nobel glory. Five of Oates' books, including her novel "Blonde", which chronicled the inner life of Marilyn Monroe, have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize, without ever winning. However, the 81-year-old has won the US National Book Award and a host of other accolades for her more than 60 novels, short story collections, plays and a memoir, "Lost Landscape". Regularly tipped for the Nobel, Oates has been hailed for fearlessly walking into some of the most contentious debates in US society, ... More Tai Kwun Contemporary opens new exhibition 'My Body Holds Its Shape'HONG KONG.- Tai Kwun Contemporary announces the new exhibition My Body Holds Its Shape, with newly commissioned works from five artists: Tap Chan, Thea Djordjadze, Jason Dodge, Eisa Jocson and Pratchaya Phinthong. The exhibition looks at how existing limits and constraints can emerge as artistic materials and clues for associations, with processes that embrace poetics and improvisations. Curated by Xue Tan, the exhibition is on view from 25 May through September 2020. Set in the historic F Hall a former printing facility and womens prison the exhibition takes the metaphorical shape of a body as it becomes live from the first hour with Eisa Jocsons work-in-progress performance Zoo. Sculptures, photographs and narratives cohabit the space with songs, moving bodies and an escape route. The exhibition is carefully conceived as an experience ... More The Hong Kong Art Gallery Association announces UNSCHEDULED: A showcase of Hong Kong galleriesHONG KONG.- The Hong Kong Art Gallery Association (HKAGA) is pleased to announce UNSCHEDULED, a showcase of 12 Hong Kong galleries, which will take place from 17 to 27 June 2020 at Tai Kwun as the venue partner. Organised in response to these unprecedented times and following the cancellation of the March art week, UNSCHEDULED strives to re-energise Hong Kong's art scene. Neither a traditional art fair, nor a museum exhibition, UNSCHEDULED is a platform for selling and networking that will present solo exhibitions from HKAGA gallery members, with a focus on modern and contemporary art that has a connection to Asia. Upholding Hong Kongs unique place as the art centre in Asia, UNSCHEDULEDs scope is rooted in a commitment to creativity emerging from the continent. The event will take place in the heritage-listed Duplex ... More How a pianist salvaged his lost Carnegie Hall debutNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Its a story that has become tragically common since the coronavirus pandemic brought live performances to a halt: Composer and pianist Timo Andres spent months preparing for his Carnegie Hall recital debut this spring. Then the concert was canceled. He had planned for the program to be a preview of the album I Still Play, out now on the Nonesuch label, with its brief pieces accompanied by several longer ones, including the world premiere of Gabriella Smiths restless and sparkling Imaginary Pancake. Instead, he has been homebound in New York City. He hasnt left a roughly 2-mile radius of his Brooklyn apartment since March, although he has still kept busy, teaching at the New School, composing and spending a lot of time on YouTube. I know, Andres said in a recent interview. Its like, welcome ... More Sal Capozucca, rock drummer with a real estate gig, dies at 65NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- The Rousers, a rock band formed by a couple of high school buddies from Connecticut, once veered close to stardom when a young Madonna opened for them at Maxs Kansas City in 1981, right before that incubator of downtown Manhattan cool closed. That same year, the band released a single, Party Boy. Psychedelic rockabilly is how critic Robert Palmer of The New York Times described it. After the release, the band switched out their drummer for Sal King born Salvatore Michael Capozucca a handsome, powerful player with a sparkly 1960s-era Ludwig drum kit and a florid, swing-inspired style. Like his new bandmates, Tom Milmore, lead guitarist, and Bill Dickson, the bass player, Sal had been playing since he was a child. In his case, since age 3, when an uncle gave him a drum set. Fame may have eluded ... More An African literary event for the lockdown eraNAIROBI (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- For novelist Maaza Mengiste, the coronavirus lockdowns and stay-at-home measures that have taken hold around the world bring back the sense of exile she felt when she and her family fled Ethiopia in the 1970s. So it was a welcome reprieve when she was asked to participate in and help curate a virtual literary festival focused on connection specifically between writers of African origin and readers throughout the globe. I jumped at the chance, she said in a phone interview from Zurich. Doing this online breaks a lot of boundaries that felt insurmountable. Afrolit Sans Frontieres, a series of hourlong readings and question-and-answer sessions held entirely on Facebook and Instagram, began March 23 and returned for a second edition in April. A third begins on Monday, to coincide with Africa Day, and ... More Last Paris street singer takes final bowPARIS (AFP).- Paris' last street singer -- who once competed with Edith Piaf to draw the crowds -- has died, her godson said Monday. Lily Lian, a legend of Paris working class life who was immortalised twice in full flow with her loud hailer by the photographer Robert Doisneau, died on Sunday in a hospital near Paris aged 103. A friend of the crooner Maurice Chevalier and of actor and singer Yves Montand, she was regarded as the last exponent of a 300-year-old trade, where singers sold lyrics and sheet music for their songs on the street. Known as "Lily Panam", after the slang term "Paname" for the French capital, she began her career with Piaf in its cafes and on street corners where singers were the walking jukeboxes of pre-war Paris. But with the spread of radios and record players, street singers found it hard to compete, and Lian ... More Book sales soar as French lockdown easesPARIS (AFP).- Book sales in France have soared since the country began to ease its lockdown, rocketing more than 230 percent in a week, a survey showed Monday. A study for the trade weekly Livres Hebdo found that from May 11 to 17 bookshops did a roaring trade, with readers desperate to stock up while public libraries remained shut. Many French bookshops had partially reopened in the last weeks of the country's strict eight-week confinement for takeaway or click and collect sales. Even so, overall, sales were 60 percent down compared the corresponding period in 2019. Despite the proliferation of online reading groups during the lockdown, the French publishing industry has been badly hit, with publishers claiming that revenues have dropped by 80 percent. France has more independent bookshops than almost any other European ... More Cirque du Soleil founder wants to buy back showMONTREAL (AFP).- Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte announced Sunday he intends to try to buy back the world's most famous circus troupe, which is struggling due to the coronavirus pandemic. Laliberte, a former stilt-walker-turned-millionaire who co-founded the troupe in 1984, sold his last remaining stake in Cirque in February. He announced his intention during the popular Radio Canada show "Tout le monde en parle" ("Everybody's talking about it"). "The circus has given me so much that, seeing the situation it's in, if I can help, we'll be there," he said. Cirque du Soleil has been hit hard by the pandemic, which forced it to cancel 44 shows around the world and furlough 4,679 employees, or 95 percent of its staff. Laliberte, who sold most of his shares to Chinese and American investors in a $1.5 billion deal in 2015, declined to give details on his ... More Gucci says fashion shows should never be the sameNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Gucci wants to change show business. Or, rather, the business of shows. The Italian brand has joined the chorus of brands and retailers calling for a permanent reset of the fashion system thanks to COVID-19, adding the weight of a giant global name to the movement. On Monday, Alessandro Michele, the creative director of Gucci, held a video news conference to announce that the brand will reduce the number of shows it holds each year from five to two, effectively abandoning the idea of cruise shows the far-flung midseason extravaganzas it has held at a Roman Necropolis in Arles and the Capitoline Museum in Rome (among other places). He also wants to do away with the distinction between menswear and womenswear, and the traditional appellations of fall/winter and ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American photographer Dorothea Lange was born May 26, 1895. Dorothea Lange (May 26, 1895 - October 11, 1965) was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange's photographs humanized the consequences of the Great Depression and influenced the development of documentary photography. In this image: Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), Couple Seated on Porch, Gunlock, Utah, 1953, Gelatin silver print, Brigham Young University Museum of Art, purchased with funds donated by Jack and Mary Lois Wheatley. ©Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California, City of Oakland. Gift of Paul S. Taylor.
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