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Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997) Modern Art, lithograph from 1971 (detail) edition, signed by artist and printer, 30.75 inches square (sight). Est. $6,000-$9,000.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.- If there is a consistent thread that runs through all sales hosted by Palm Beach Modern Auctions, its the level of great quality that comes from thoughtful curation. Each of their lively auction events includes the best of modern and contemporary art, furniture, and fine jewelry from consignors in Palm Beach and other upscale Florida communities, as well as the Hamptons and New York City. PBMAs June 2nd auction features more than 520 lots of expertly selected fine art, including original works, editions and sculptures; furniture by important 20th-century designers, Picasso pottery, and a single-owner collection of prestigious timepieces. Their catalog is every modern and contemporary collectors wish book, with its accurate descriptions, photos taken from multiple angles, and a strong emphasis on providing each items line of provenance. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Dr Melani Setiawan, a collector revered as the godmother of the Indonesian contemporary art scene, poses in front of Mulyana's magnificent crocheted and knitted installation "Sea Remembers" at ArtJog in Yogyakarta. The installation placed inside a purpose-built dome is on view until June 4 and is taking Indonesia by storm. This is the third ArtJog participation for Bandung-born and Yogyakarta-based Mulyana. This year's theme is "Enlightenment" and the artist-led fair takes place at the Jogja National Museum. Photo Art Porters Gallery (May 7, 2018)
| Still no home for controversial US art memorial for Paris attacks | | Russia urges harshest punishment for Ivan the Terrible painting attacker | | National Gallery of Victoria Annual Appeal: Dollars for Dalà | 
In this file photo Jeff Koons poses with his BMW Art Car.
PARIS (AFP).- A site for a controversial art installation and memorial to the victims of the 2015 Paris attacks by US artist Jeff Koons has still not been found, the culture ministry said Monday. The brightly coloured "Bouquet of Tulips", which would stand 10 metres (35 feet) tall, donated by Koons to the city after the attacks that claimed 130 lives, has been the subject of tension for months. The culture ministry confirmed that no decision had been made after a meeting with Paris city officials and the artist's representatives. Koons is known for his brash, voluptuous works of pop art which come with stellar price tags. He provoked an outcry when he said he wanted his work to be installed on the esplanade of the contemporary art museum Palais de Tokyo, which faces the Eiffel Tower. But Culture Minister Francoise Nyssen told the Figaro newspaper on Monday that "we ... More | | 
Russian State Tretyakov Gallery officials attend a press conference after Ilya Repin's world famous painting of the 16th century Russian Tsar, titled "Ivan the Terrible and his Son Ivan on November 16, 1581." was damaged in Moscow. Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP.
MOSCOW (AFP).- Russia on Monday called for the harshest possible punishment after a visitor to Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery caused serious damage by attacking a famous 19th-century painting of Ivan the Terrible. On Friday, Russian police arrested a 37-year-old man who used a metal pole to break the glass covering Ilya Repin's painting of the 16th-century tsar killing his son, damaging the work in three places. Russia's deputy culture minister Vladimir Aristarkhov told a news conference the gallery on Monday that his ministry expects the man to receive "the most severe punishment possible". Under current law, the man faces up to three years in prison. "Three years is nothing compared to the value of this painting," Aristarkhov said. "We would like to ... More | | 
Salvador Dalà (Spanish190489), Trilogy of the desert: Mirage, 1946 (detail). Oil on canvas, 35.6 x 60 cm. Proposed acquisition.
MELBOURNE.- The National Gallery of Victoria is calling on all Victorians to help support the acquisition of Australias first and only painting by Salvador DalÃ, one of the most famous artists of the twentieth century and a defining pioneer of the Surrealist art movement. DalÃs Trilogy of the desert: Mirage 1946 is currently on display at NGV International and visitors are invited to make donations of any size large or small in order to help keep this work in Victoria. Trilogy of the desert: Mirage was the centerpiece of a triptych commissioned by Shulton Cosmetics to promote a new perfume, Desert Flower. The work is a masterful surrealist composition: a female figure clasping a blooming flower is set amongst a desert landscape, complete with Renaissance architecture and a classical bust of the Apollo Belvedere. This painting ... More |
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| Lost masterpiece by Antonio Canova appears at auction | | Exhibition marks anniversary of the exhibition of the collection of Peggy Guggenheim at the 24th Venice Biennale | | Europe's largest wooden building awaits salvation off Istanbul | 
Antonio Canova (1757-1822), Bust of Peace. White marble. Courtesy Sotheby's.
LONDON.- The artist behind one of the most celebrated sculptures in Britain, The Three Graces, Antonio Canova (1757-1821) is as revered today as he was during his lifetime. Honoured in verse by Lord Byron, Canova was considered the preeminent sculptor of his time, recognised not only for his skills as a carver, but also as a diplomat and dignitary for the Papal court. Now, on 4 July in London, Sothebys will offer one of the few autograph works by Canova ever to come to auction. Long thought lost, the Bust of Peace has not been seen in public for over 200 years since it was shown for the first time at the Royal Academy summer exhibition of 1817. The sculpture belongs to Canovas celebrated series of Ideal Heads (Teste Ideale). Considered among the artists most intimate works, the Ideal Heads embody Canovas ideal of beauty, and were developed with the express purpose of gifting them to friends and patrons. ... More | | 
Peggy Guggenheim at the Greek Pavilion next to Jacques Lipchitz, Seated Pierrot (1922), behind her Piet Mondrian, Composition No. 1 with Grey and Red 1938 / Composition with Red 1939 (193839), 24th Venice Biennale, 1948. Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Venice, photo Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche. Gift, Cassa di Risparmio di Venezia, 2005.
VENICE.- This year marks the 70th anniversary of the exhibition of the collection of Peggy Guggenheim in the Greek Pavilion at the 24th Venice Biennale. In order to commemorate this milestone event in the history of 20th-century art, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection presents an homage exhibition 1948: The Biennale of Peggy Guggenheim, curated by Graina Subelytė, Assistant Curator, installed in the Project Rooms from 25 May to 25 November 2018. Peggy Guggenheims participation in the 1948 Venice Biennale was a landmark event. Not only was it the first display of a comprehensive modern art collection in Italy after two decades of dictatorial regime, but also the ... More | | 
Piet Jaspaert, vice president of Europa Nostra heritage organisation poses in front of the old Prinkipo Greek Orthodox orphanage at Princes island in Istanbul, on April 14, 2018. OZAN KOSE / AFP.
ISTANBUL (AFP).- Looking up at the giant wooden edifice looming over him, Erol Baytas shakes his head. "I don't think it will survive another winter," he says, broken tiles and boards strewn at his feet. Built at the end of the 19th century on an island off Istanbul, this unique six-storey structure once served as a home for Greek Orthodox orphans until it was shut down in the early 1960s. And more than five decades later, the now dilapidated Prinkipo Greek Orthodox orphanage is at risk of collapse. To try and save this architectural treasure -- described as the largest wooden construction in Europe and the second largest in the world -- cultural heritage NGO Europa Nostra has listed it as one of the continent's seven most endangered sites. "It's a miracle it still stays standing," said Baytas, who spent more than 30 years guarding ... More |
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| A major survey of Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's work over the past 18 years opens in Montreal | | Major exhibition explores artists' reflections on the relationship between humans and animals | | The Museo del Prado presents 'The Triumph of Death' by Pieter Bruegel the Elder following its recent restoration | 
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (in collaboration with Krzysztof Wodiczko), Zoom Pavilion, 2015. Projectors, infrared cameras, computers, infrared illuminators. Courtesy the artists and bitforms gallery © Rafael Lozano-Hemmer / SODRAC, Montréal / VEGAP, Madrid (2018). Photo: Sebastiano Pellion.
MONTREAL.- The Musée dart contemporain de Montréal is hosting the largest-ever solo show in Canada by Montreal-based and internationally-acclaimed artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Unstable Presence is a major survey of Lozano-Hemmers work over the past 18 years, bringing together 21 pieces, including several large-scale immersive installations. In his work, Lozano-Hemmer draws on science, technology, politics, sociology, poetry, music and art history, nourishing a rich conversation with the public. From May 24 to September 9, 2018, the MAC invites visitors to an unusual and unique museum experience in which they are encouraged to interact with the exhibition, becoming a part of the artworks. ... More | | 
Human-headed Bird Gessoed and painted wood, Ptolemaic Period; 332-30 B.C. Courtesy of Freud Museum London.
MARGATE.- This summer Turner Contemporary presents Animals & Us , a major exhibition exploring artists reflections on the relationship between humans and other animals. The exhibition focuses on contemporary and 20th century art with select historical artworks, new works and commissions. It comes at a time when around 38% of all known species are on the verge of extinction. With the death of Sudan, the last male northern white rhinoceros, Anim als & Us is a re-examination by over 40 artists of how humans coexist and connect with other living species. Since our prehistoric ancestors painted the creatures that shared their world on cave walls, humans have explored their relationship with animals through art. As John Berger notes, our first paintings and symbols were animals, paradoxically what ... More | | 
Detail of the tablecloth after restoration.
MADRID.- The Museo del Prado today presented The Triumph of Death by Pieter Bruegel the Elder following its restoration; one of the most important of its kind undertaken last year within the programme sponsored by Fundación Iberdrola España. Formerly in the Spanish Royal Collection, this was the only work by Bruegel in Spain until 2011 when the Museum acquired The Wine of Saint Martins Day. The Triumph of Death is a moralising work that shows the triumph of Death over worldly things, a recurring theme in medieval literature for which Bruegel was influenced by Jheronimus Bosch. The restoration of this exceptional painting, undertaken by MarÃa Antonia López de Asiain (pictorial surface) and José de la Fuente (support), has reinstated its structural stability and its original colours, composition and unique pictorial technique based on precise brushstrokes which achieve transparency in the background ... More |
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| Dorotheum's Design Auction will also feature the Teichgräber Collection | | United Talent Agency to open a new UTA Artist Space in Beverly Hills designed by Ai Weiwei | | More than just an exhibition space, the Pavilion of Turkey conceived as a meeting place | 
A Poltrona di Proust lounge chair, designed by Alessandro Mendini in 1978, manufactured in 1990, carved wooden frame in the Rococo style, the white textile covering hand-painted with a Pointillist pattern, signed: 90 A. Mendini and with a dedicatory inscription to the present owner. estimate 30,000 - 50,000.
VIENNA.- Rare classics, idiosyncratic designs, along with objects from the collection of Viennese design expert Peter Teichgräber all this and much more will clamour for attention at the upcoming Dorotheum design auction on June 6th 2018. The wide expanse of our past, remembered only in fragments - According to designer Alessandro Mendini this might sum up the meaning of Poltrona di Proust, a hand-painted Rococo armchair covered in Pointillist dots of colour: "I bought an old armchair, saw a Pointillist painting, and decided to combine the two". One such popular chair, made in 1990, enters the auction race at an estimated 30,000 to 50,000 Euro. Yet another chair with considerable 'cult cred' is an early armchair by Marcel Breuer, the seat machine ... More | | 
Ai Weiwei, Cao, 2014, Marble, Installation with 727 pieces, Installation size: 516 x 638 x 20cm.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- United Talent Agency, one of the worlds leading talent and entertainment companies, announced its new UTA Artist Space home in Beverly Hills. UTA Artist Space will take over a former warehouse that has been redesigned with the internationally renowned artist and UTA client Ai Weiwei. The 4,000 square foot space was originally constructed in 1940 to house a diamond-tooling facility. As UTA Fine Arts grows into its third year, the space will provide an expansive new outpost for exhibitions and programming opportunities. The new UTA Artist Space, located within walking distance of UTAs Los Angeles headquarters, will open in July 2018. Ai Weiwei first began working with the talent agency during the development of his acclaimed documentary Human Flow. Upon seeing the raw concrete facade of the new location, similar to his Beijing studio, the artist was moved to help execute ... More | | 
The programme begins with multi-media installations, through which visitors will be informed about forthcoming activities and workshop themes.
VENICE.- Curated by Kerem Piker and coordinated by Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), the Pavilion of Turkey presents Vardiya1 at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, taking place from May 26th to November 25th 2018. Co-sponsored by Schüco Turkey and VitrA, the Pavilion of Turkey is located at Sale dArmi, Arsenale. Responding to the Biennale Architettura 2018 theme of Freespace, Vardiya is a programme of public events that transform the Pavilion of Turkey into a staging ground for creative encounter, collaborative production and cultural exchange across borders. 122 international architecture students from 16 countries will visit the Pavilion of Turkey in weekly ʻshifts as active producers of the evolving exhibition content. They will participate in workshops, engage in roundtable discussions and hear keynote ... More |
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 Race cars on the start line at H&H Classics Motorsport Hall of Fame saleLONDON.- A fascinating group of five cars with race provenance or race linked history estimated at more than £600,000, line up for a Motorsport sale with H&H Classics on June 5th at RAC Woodcote Park in Surrey. A 1936 MG PB Supercharged racer which had a David & Goliath moment. Estimate £100,000 - £120,000 heads the pack. Specially ordered for competition usage by trials driver J. Scott-Hepburn and later raced by E.C. Harewood (nee Haesendonck), the car campaigned at Brooklands, Crystal Palace, Goodwood and the British Empire Trophy. Nicknamed the Beam Axle Bombshell after its David vs. Goliath performance at the 1953 British Empire Trophy Race it was later refurbished by Fiennes Restoration at a cost of over £77,000 in 2013-2014. Not content with outings at the famous Weybridge circuit, Haesendonck also ran chassis PB0528 at Crystal Palace. ... More New exhibition honors art advocate and collector Karen Johnson BoydRACINE, WI.- Beginning this summer, Racine Art Museum is dedicating all of RAMs galleries to artwork given by collector Karen Johnson Boyd (1924-2016) to honor her lifelong commitment to supporting the arts. Open May 27 December 30, 2018, Honoring Karen Johnson Boyd: Collecting In-Depth at Home and at RAM is the first of a series of four individually titled exhibitions to open that highlight her interests and accomplishments. Mrs. Boyd was an advocate for and a collector of art, especially contemporary American craft and works on paper. She was passionate about sharing her affinity with others and presented RAM with almost 1,700 pieces over several decades, the largest number of works given by a single donor. Her establishment of Perimeter Gallery in Chicago in 1982, with its emphasis on a broad range of artists, and her consistent patronage ... More Grand Prix exhibition at Sørlandets Kunstmuseum is an experiment and a game about societyKRISTIANSAND.- Grand Prix is an exhibition, an experiment and a game about the society in which we live, by the Danish artist Pelle Brage. Brage invites us to enter a world of sculptures, installations, costumes and other things, inciting us to get involved and play, maybe even come up with new ideas about what our society can be. What kind of game do you want to play? And what kind of life do you want to live? In Grand Prix theres no one way of doing anything. Everything revolves around a big brown sculpture, a lump of dirt, or a grotto if you like. Other sculptural elements are a big smiley-sun, colorful clouds, the directors car and the society hamburger. Children and grown-ups can play in a small factory filling bottles with SKMU-water, or go about the exhibition collecting wooden vegetables and lumps of gold. Theres also a ping-pong table, a lounge area and a ... More Galerie Max Hetzler opens exhibition of works by Rebecca WarrenPARIS.- Galerie Max Hetzler is presenting Rebecca Warren's first show in the Paris gallery. The artist describes the works in this show as falling into three broad categories: a set of small, slender, painted sculptures, homuncili-like, in various standing or dancing postures, some of which display her continuing interest in twins or doubled forms; a 1.5 metres high bronze sculpture, warrior-like, fag- or shield-bearing, incorporating strange strutting or buttressing; and some wall-mounted assemblages of varying sizes, simultaneously eerie and cute, using neon, pompoms and a range of fragments and ephemera. Recurring throughout these works are rudimentary glyphs, shapes, sometimes painted or made of neon, suggestive of a proto-language, an urge towards articulation - or alternatively of an opaque alien language. In other instances, paint is applied to suggest ... More Post War art and Charlie Brown star in Oxford saleOXFORD.- Good Ol' Charlie Brown topped Mallams sale of Design, Modern British and Post-War Art in Oxford on May 17. An original four panel Peanuts comic strip penned by Charles Monroe Schulz (1922-2000) came for sale from a deceased Oxfordshire estate. Schulz produced more than 18,000 cartoon strips over nearly 50 years of work (Peanuts made its official debut in seven newspapers on October 2, 1950) but the copyright note to this example was dated 1956 making it a relatively early example. Featuring his two best known characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy, it carried the presentation inscription 'to James Evans Jr., with kindest regards Charles M. Schulz' and included the date 2/28 (February 28). Measuring 13cm x 69cm, a combination of bidding from UK dealers and US galleries pushed the hammer to £13,000 (estimate £4000-6000). There ... More Papers of President Woodrow Wilson now onlineWASHINGTON, DC.- The papers of President Woodrow Wilson, from his time in the White House and as a scholar and governor of New Jersey, have been digitized and are now available online from the Library of Congress 100 years after his presidency. Documents from Wilson also are featured in the Librarys exhibition Echoes of the Great War: American Experiences of World War I. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced the digitization today at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, which is the nations living memorial to the 28th president and is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The Wilson papers are one of the largest presidential collections held by the Library, consisting of approximately 280,000 documents and comprising about 620,000 images. The collection reflects Wilsons innovative efforts and accomplishments and the enduring ... More The Korean Pavilion presents an archive of four projects by government-established companyVENICE.- The Korean Pavilion at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale presents Spectres of the State Avant-garde, an archive of four key state projects developed by the government-established Korea Engineering Consultants Corp. (KECC) during Koreas industrialization and modernization of the 1960s; and seven contemporary interpretations of those projects by young Korean artists and architects. Together, the archive and its reimagining form an atmospheric installation addressing the KECCs legacy and its influence on modern day Korean society. KECC enjoyed an unparalleled dominance over Koreas architecture and construction industry, and the breadth of its activities reached beyond civil engineering and infrastructural projects to include urban master plans and expo pavilions. The exhibition presents an archive of four projects by KECC from the ... More Liz Jolly to be new Chief Librarian of the British Library LONDON.- The British Library has announced Liz Jolly as its new Chief Librarian, succeeding Caroline Brazier in the role. Liz brings to the Library more than 20 years experience in a variety of institutions in the university sector, most recently as Director of a converged Student and Library Services department at Teesside University. She takes up her new role at the Library on 24 September 2018. Liz Jolly said: It will be a privilege to join the British Library and I am delighted to have the opportunity of working in one of the UKs leading cultural institutions at such an exciting time, and to build on the fantastic work of Caroline Brazier in ensuring that our intellectual heritage is available for all. Im looking forward to collaborating with colleagues and partners in the development of our national library in a digital age and in delivering the Librarys ambition ... More Montreal Museum of Fine Arts exhibits Black Canadian contemporary artMONTREAL.- The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts invites a reflection on cultural diversity through the exhibition Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art, presented alongside the exhibition From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-face Picasso, Past and Present. Developed by the Royal Ontario Museum, Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art challenges preconceived notions of Blackness in Canada through the work of eight contemporary artists, to which the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts has added three Montreal artists in its presentation: Sandra Brewster, Sylvia D. Hamilton, Chantal Gibson, Bushra Junaid, Charmaine Lurch, Esmaa Mohamoud, Michèle Pearson Clarke and Gordon Shadrach, as well as Montrealers Eddy Firmin a.k.a. Ano, Manuel Mathieu and Shanna Strauss. The artists express a multitude of viewpoints on the place of Canadians ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American artist Eva Hesse died May 29, 1970. Eva Hesse (January 11, 1936 - May 29, 1970), was a German-born American sculptor, known for her pioneering work in materials such as latex, fiberglass, and plastics. She is one of the artists who ushered in the postminimal art movement in the 1960s. In this image: No title, 1963. Ink, gouache, crayon, and graphite on paper, 22 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches. Private collection.
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