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Harts, New Dawn, a site-specific exhibition of sculpture and photography, reflects on the simultaneous organic processes of regeneration and degradation and questions if there is a point of homeostasis.
VENICE.- Kathryn Hart presents New Dawn, a solo exhibition at Palazzo Mora during the 2019 Venice Art Biennale. At the invitation of the European Cultural Centre and the GAA Foundation, Kathryn Hart (USA) is exhibiting New Dawn as part of Personal Structures Identities, an official event of the 2019 Venice Biennale. Personal Structures is presented by the GAA Foundation and is hosted and supported by the European Cultural Centre at the Palazzo Mora, and Palazzo Bembo in the center of Venice and Giardini della Marinaressa. The exhibition is on view until 24 November 2019. Harts, New Dawn, a site-specific exhibition of sculpture and photography, reflects on the simultaneous organic processes of regeneration and degradation and questions if there is a point of homeostasis. Each sculpture sways towards either becoming or eroding. Expand or contract, develop, remake or become anew individually or collectively prompted by inter ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The exhibition Vertigo. Op Art and a History of Deception 1520Â1970 on view at mumok unfurls a whole panorama of artistic works that confound the senses, ranging from panel paintings, reliefs, and (kinetic) objects to installations and experiential spaces, to film and computer generated or computer controlled art. In this image:Guido Reni Umkreis, Jesus und Maria, first half of 17th century. Oil on wood, 33,5 x 26,5 cm © Sammlung Werner Nekes.
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| | | Strike over staff shortage shuts Louvre in Paris | | Huguette Caland has her first UK museum solo exhibition at Tate St Ives | | 12th-century Afghan minaret saved, for now, after floods | 
This file photo taken from a double-deck tourist bus on February 22, 2018 shows the Louvre museum palace, the Louvre Pyramid and the Cour Napoleon, in Paris. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP.
PARIS (AFP).- Staff at the Louvre in Paris went on strike Monday, forcing the museum to close and disappointing tourists hoping to catch a glimpse of the Mona Lisa and other masterworks. The museum said staff were striking on the grounds that their numbers were no longer sufficient to cope with ever increasing visitor numbers. "Due to a strike by reception and security staff linked to high visitor numbers, the Louvre will exceptionally be closed on Monday," the museum said on Twitter. The Sud Culture Solidaires trade union said in a statement that the Louvre was "suffocating" and staff were being overwhelmed by the number of visitors. "Staff have noticed an unprecedented deterioration in working and visiting conditions," it said. "More than 10 million people visited the Louvre in 2018. Although visitor numbers have grown by more than 20 percent since 2009... staff numbers are falling," the union said. ... More | | 
Huguette Caland, Visages sans bouches, bouches sans visages (Faces without Mouths, Mouths without Faces), 197071. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut.
ST IVES.- Lebanese artist Huguette Caland (b. 1931) has her first UK museum solo exhibition at Tate St Ives. Shifting between figuration and abstraction in large, colourful paintings and detailed drawings, the works reveal the delicate balance between the suggestive and the explicit in Calands practice. Taken from the late 1960s to the early 80s, many of the works are being shown in the UK for the first time, revealing her artistic significance. Calands exploratory practice has had a key, if under-recognised, role in the development of international modern art. In the 1970s, after moving to Paris from Beirut, she created exuberant and erotically-charged paintings, which challenged traditional conventions of beauty and desire. The female physique is a recurrent motif in her work, depicted as landscapes or amorphous forms. Caland has often used her own body as a subject, and her self-representation ... More | | 
The Jam minaret, located in an area largely under Taliban control, is the world's second tallest made of bricks, reaching a height of 65 metres (213 feet).
HERAT (AFP).- The minaret of Jam, a revered Afghan historical treasure, has been saved from imminent danger after hundreds of workers diverted surging floodwaters that were gnawing at the 12th-century tower, officials said Monday. Torrential rains last week sent churning water roaring down the narrow valley that is home to the minaret, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in a remote part of the western province of Ghor. Dramatic video footage showed brown torrents crashing up against the base of the brick minaret, which was built in about 1190 and is the pinnacle of a surrounding archaeological site. The Afghan government hired a local crew who worked for three days to channel water away from the minaret. "Now the flow of water has been diverted but the flood has destroyed some 15 metres (50 feet) of protection wall around the minaret," Abdul Hai Khatebi, a spokesman for the governor of Ghor, told AFP. Fakhruddin Ariapur -- the Ghor province ... More |
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| | | Monkey experiments offer clues on origin of language | | Rijksmuseum becomes first museum to offer video tour in Dutch Sign Language | | 98,000 euros paid at Hermann Historica GmbH for the Schlüsselgerät 41 cipher machine | 
West African green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus) in Senegal. Photo: Julia Fischer.
PARIS (AFP).- Green and vervet monkeys live on either side of Africa and their evolutionary paths diverged 3.5 million years ago, and yet the two species share a hard-wired vocabulary when faced with danger, clever experiments have shown. The new research, published Monday, sheds light not only on how primates -- including humans -- respond to threats, but also on the building blocks of language itself. Vervet monkeys in the savannah of east Africa utter three distinct cries depending on whether they spot a leopard, a snake or an eagle, their three main predators. Fellow monkeys who hear the cries but cannot see the peril react accordingly: the leopard call sends them scurring up a tree, a snake call prompts them to stand motionless on two legs, and the eagle cry makes them scan the sky while seeking shelter. It's as if a sentinel is ... More | | 
Martine Wattel talks about the Night Watch.
AMSTERDAM.- Rijksmuseum has launched the first ever museum video tour in Dutch Sign Language, made in collaboration with Roos and Martine Wattel from Wat Telt! (What counts!) and Max Vonk. This digital guide to 20 objects also includes fun facts, video clips and animations to enjoy between the artworks. Its the tenth tour to be added to the Rijksmuseum app. The Rijksmuseum first offered tours in Dutch Sign Language ten years ago to accompany an exhibition by the deaf artist Hendrick Avercamp. This project involved a collaboration with the Dutch Sign Centre, which made a start on creating a lexicon of museum-related terms in Dutch Sign Language. This resulted in several new signs for restoration, depot and curator, for example. The museum also developed a course for use in education for the deaf. In 2016 the Rijksmuseum joined Museums in Sign and offers ... More | | 
In recent years no sample of this ultra rare machine in an anywhere near as good condition has surfaced on the market! Condition: II +
MUNICH.- The announcement of the highlight of the 79th Auction, a Schlüsselgerät 41, immediately attracted enormous attention all over the world. The device is so rare that even the world's most prestigious science and technology museums consider themselves fortunate if they have a heavily corroded archaeological find in their collection. However, opening at 75,000 euros, lot number 4401 revealed an absolute showstopper, in immaculate condition and fully functional. Dubbed the "Hitler Mill" owing to its crank mechanism, only a handful of functional machines still exist. The internationally renowned specialist in encryption devices, Klaus Kopacz (71) of Stuttgart, himself a telecommunications engineer, expertly opened up and inspected this completely ... More |
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| | | Christie's France announces highlights included in its Post-War and Contemporary Art sales | | Sotheby's announces highlights included in the Russian Art sales | | Joslyn Art Museum unveils five new acquisitions at reopening of Postwar and Contemporary Galleries | 
Wilfredo Lam (1902-1982), Je suis, Huile sur toile, 124.2 x 109.5 cm. Peint en 1949. Estimate: 600,000-800,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019.
PARIS.- On 4 and 5 June, Christies France will present its Post-War and Contemporary Art sales which will present a great selection of works of art coming from private collections and spanning the 20th and 21th centuries. International collectors will discover great names such as Pierre Soulages, Nicolas de Staël, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Zao Wou-Ki, Hans Hartung, Sam Francis but also more contemporary artists like Jaume Plensa and Fabienne Verdier. The preview exhibition will be open to the public in the galleries of Christies Paris from 27 May until 4 June. On June 4, the evening sale will feature a strong selection of Post-War and Contemporary works of art led by a remarkable sculpture, La Tauromachie, probably one of the most emblematic work by Germaine Richier. Conceived by the artist in 1953 and realised in an edition of 11, this bronze sculpture with a gold patina was acquired by Charles Aznavour ... More | | 
Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev, Portrait of Count Alexei Pavlovich Ignatiev, 1902 (Lot 54) Estimate: £250,000 350,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.
LONDON.- From Fabergé and Feodor Rückert to Alexei Bogoliubov and Konstantin Makovsky, works by Russian Masters will come together in London this season for Sothebys Russian Art sales on 4 June. Featuring works by some of the most well-known names in Russian art from the 1830s to the present day, the Russian Pictures sale will present a particularly strong offering of 19th century paintings, including a number of works offered at auction for the first time. The sale is led by a rare Russianperiod canvas by one of the countrys most influential avant-garde artists, Mikhail Larionov whose Still Life has not been seen in public for over 60 years. The Russian Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons sale will once again illustrate the broad spectrum of traditional Russian craftsmanship and will be highlighted by rare and sought-after objets de fantaisie created by none other than Fabergé. Exceptional examples of beautifully ... More | | 
Mickalene Thomas (American, born 1971), Din, une très belle négresse 1, 2012, rhinestones, acrylic, oil, and enamel on wood panel, 102 x 84 x 2 in., 2019.6, Museum purchase, gift of The Sherwood Foundation.
OMAHA, NEB.- Last week at a public opening event, Joslyn Art Museum unveiled five new contemporary acquisitions by American artists Rashid Johnson, Therman Statom, Mickalene Thomas, Kara Walker, and Kehinde Wiley. All fivetwo large paintings, a print triptych, and two mixed-media sculptures are the first works by these selected artists to enter Joslyns permanent collection. They are now on view in the U.S. Bank/Rismiller Gallery (gallery 16). The reopening of the four permanent collection galleries of postwar and contemporary art came following a brief closure that began May 7 at the conclusion of the exhibition 30 Americans. As that show was deinstalled, the spaces were prepared to reveal familiar favorites, as well as the new additions. Jack Becker, executive director & CEO, said, We have planned for these acquisitions for some time now, ... More |
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| | | James Cohan exhibits works by Dominican-born, New York-based artist Firelei Báez | | Bonhams Sydney Asian Art Sale results show continued market strength | | Sadequain masterpiece shines on Bonhams Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art sale | 
Installation view. © Firelei Báez. Image courtesy the artist and James Cohan, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan is presenting A Drexcyen Chronocommons (To win the war you fought it sideways), an exhibition of new work by Firelei Báez, at the gallerys Lower East Side location from April 20 through June 16. This is the artists debut solo exhibition at James Cohan. Dominican-born, New York-based artist Firelei Báez reconfigures visual references drawn from the past to explore new possibilities for the future. Incorporating subject matter from a breadth of diasporic narratives, the artists intricate works on paper and canvas, large-scale sculptures, and installations explore the ways in which personal and collective identities are shaped by inherited histories. Báez incorporates the visual languages of regionally-specific mythology and ritual alongside those of science fiction and fantasy, to envision identities as unfixed, and inherited stories as perpetually-evolving. By rendering spectacular ... More | | 
A blue-and-white dragon bottle vase. Estimated at AU$ 15,000-20,000. Sold for AU$ 42,700 inc. premium. Photo: Bonhams.
SYDNEY.- Wednesday evening 22 May saw continuing market interest in Chinese paintings at the Asian art auction at Bonhams Sydney. Collectors from around the globe participated with intense bidding with as many as eight telephones at a time on numerous lots which saw them achieve results well in excess of their estimates. The sale cleared 121% by value and 67% by lot, grossing AU$ 786,924. Featuring a number of important and previously unseen collections, the auction attracted interest internationally and bidders from 10 countries participated. With the strongest performance coming from Chinese paintings, the auctions highlights were works by artists such as Huang Binhong (1865-1955), Chen Jinzhang (b.1929) and Cheng Shifa (1921 - 2007). Held in Australian collections and discovered through the expertise and scholarship of Bonhams Asian art specialist Yvett Klein ... More | | 
Sunrise, Sadequain, oil on canvas, 1968 (detail). Estimate: £70,000-90,000. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- Sunrise, by internationally acclaimed Pakistani artist Sadequain, is the star lot of the Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art sale on 4 June at Bonhams New Bond Street saleroom. It has an estimate of £70,000-90,000. Sadequain (1937-87) is lauded as one of the greatest artists Pakistan has ever produced, despite the fact he never received any formal artistic training. His impact on the newly formed country post-Partition was profound. His natural impulses to reject the Western trend of Modernism led to his involvement with the Hurufiyah movement, a broad attempt to unify traditional Islamic art forms and draw inspiration from local cultural history. After many years on the global scene, in 1958 Sadequain retreated into a self-imposed seclusion in order to recover from exhaustion. He had always been known for his prolific work ethic, claiming he couldnt survive a single day without creating, ... More |
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Chinese Paintings from the Chokaido Museum Collection | Christie's
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 Anna Laudel opens in Dusseldorf with HousewarmingDUSSELDORF.- Anna Laudel announced the opening of its second location, featuring a four-story gallery space situated in a historic building in Düsseldorf, Germany. Aiming to promote emerging Turkish and international artists, Anna Laudel in Düsseldorf launched with an inaugural Housewarming exhibition showcasing works by Belkıs Balpınar, Ruth Biller, Flóra Borsi, Ramazan Can, Tuğçe Diri, Bilal Hakan Karakaya, Ekin Su Koç, Serkan Küçüközcü, Ardan Ãzmenoğlu, Gazi Sansoy, Daniele Sigalot, Brigitte Spiegeler and Sarp Kerem Yavuz. The new gallery is located in Mühlenstrasse 1 which has served as a hub for artists and cultural celebrities since 1960s. The building has been a lively gathering spot for well known intellectuals including Joseph Beuys, Carl Barth, Blinky Palermo, Alex Vömel, Alfred Schmela, Gabriele Henkel and Wim Wenders. The new ... More Solo exhibition of works by Riccardo De Marchi opens at The A arte Invernizzi galleryMILAN.- The A arte Invernizzi gallery opened a solo exhibition by Riccardo De Marchi under the title Â¥llai Ãpa
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More ektor garcia's first solo exhibition in a New York institution opens at SculptureCenterLONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- SculptureCenter is presenting ektor garcia: cadena perpetua, the artists first solo exhibition in a New York institution. ektor garcias work looks like things meant to connect other things, like fasteners, loops, and knots. By extension, it can look like lengths of rope and chain. His clay, metal, and leather elements conjoin loosely across many works and travel between studio and gallery spaces in changing configurations: one exhibition, clipped off with wire cutters, is tacked to another. One link in a chain, broken off, is reattached with copper wire. As such, the dimensions of garcias works are found both here and elsewhere. The disorienting sum of many visible connections invites disassociation from any one symbolic register in his materials. In spite of allusions to distance and time beyond the exhibition, garcias material transformations and juxtapositions ... More Game-worn jerseys, championship rings set hobby records in $3.4M Heritage Sports Catalog AuctionDALLAS, TX.- The world's largest collectibles auctioneer welcomed nearly 2,000 unique bidders to Heritage Auctions' latest Sports Memorabilia Catalog Auction May 17-18, dropping the hammer on more than $3.4 million of bids placed in a highly-competitive sale. Game-worn jerseys and championship rings provided many of the top results, including a wide array of record prices. Roy Campanella's 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers jersey supplied the event's top result. The $108,000 sale price was just the second gamer from the Hall of Fame catcher to reach six figures. A $96,000 sale price for a 2016 New England Patriots Super Bowl ring crushed the standing mark for a modern championship ring lacking superstar player provenance. "All that glittered came up gold in this sale," said Chris Ivy, Director of Heritage Sports Collectibles. "Ten rings commanded ... More Exhibition of new works by Portuguese artist Pedro Matos on view in ParisPARIS.- PRISME invited The Dot Project to present Mindlessness, an exhibition of new works by Portuguese artist Pedro Matos. Mindlessness, as a state of not being present - unaware, unconscious and restless, best reflects the present climate of our culture. In opposition to the notion of Mindfulness, that rooted in Zen Buddhist traditions is recently wide-spreading and infusing into social media world with the alarming dilution of its meaning; Matos finds his practice informed by the mindless gestures. The works on show are a continuation of artists Subliminal Gesture series, first executed in 2016, that references patterns found in cheap outdoor flooring common to the suburbs of Portuguese towns and cities. The use of disregarded and broken pieces of stone as an affordable and productive way of creating pavement is common practice in Southern European ... 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More Moscow 8: the North Korean filmmakers who defied PyongyangSEOUL (AFP).- As the Korean War raged eight of Pyongyang's young heroes -- all members of the North's new elite, destined for a life of privilege and power -- left for Moscow to study at a prestigious film school. They never returned. Scattered to the corners of the Soviet Union after they chose asylum and exile to denounce the personality cult around the North's founder Kim Il Sung, they lived as authors and filmmakers, forever separated from friends and family. "We call the places we are born our homes," wrote one, Han Tae Yong, in a short story. "There should be a separate word for the places we die, a word that sounds as fond as the word 'home' does." Now their lives have been made the subject of a documentary by South Korean scholar and filmmaker Kim So-young, "Goodbye My Love North Korea". In a peninsula defined by the split between North and South, ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, German painter Jörg Immendorff died May 28, 2007. Jörg Immendorff (June 14, 1945 - May 28, 2007) was a contemporary German painter, sculptor, stage designer and art professor.[1] He was a member of the art movement Neue Wilde. In this image: Jorg Immendorff, Untitled, 2007.
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