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Lorenzo Lotto, Portrait of a Young Man, about 1500 (detail). Oil on panel, 34.2 à 27.9 cm. Accademia Carrara, Bergamo © Fondazione Accademia Carrara, Bergamo.
LONDON.- The National Gallery is staging the first-ever exhibition of portraits by the Italian Renaissance artist Lorenzo Lotto. Lorenzo Lotto Portraits brings together many of Lotto?s best portraits spanning his entire career from collections around the world. These include such masterpieces as the 'Bishop Bernardo de? Rossi' (1505) from the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte in Naples, united with its striking allegorical cover from the National Gallery of Art, Washington; and the monumental altarpiece of 'The Alms of Saint Antoninus of Florence' (1540?2) from the Basilica Santi Giovanni e Paulo in Venice coming to the UK for the first time. In this painting Lotto not only inserted portraits of members of the commissioning confraternity, but also, highly unusually, paid poor people to sit for him. Working during a time of profound change in Europe, Lotto was remarkable for depicting a wide variety of middle-class sitters, includ ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A model parades a creation from the "Heaven Gaia" collection by Xiong Ying during the China Fashion Week in Beijing on October 29, 2018. STR / AFP
| Exhibition at Caumont Centre d'Art sheds light on an unexplored dimension of Marc Chagall | | Magritte's masterpiece 'Le Lieu Commun' will lead Christie's The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale | | Chile to ask British museum to return extinct mammal remains | 
Marc Chagall, Opera Figures, 1968-1971. Oil on canvas, 130 x 96,8 cm. Pola Museum of Art, Hakone © ADAGP, Paris, 2018 © Pola Museum of Art, Pola Foundation.
AIX-EN-PROVENCE.- Culturespaces is presenting an exhibition that sheds light on an unexplored dimension of Marc Chagall, who was celebrated as a master of colour by the artists and critics of his day. The exhibition, which is devoted to the last part of the artists career, highlights his change of style and reveals each stage in the artists creative process, from 1948 until his death in 1985. 130 works (paintings, drawings, washes, gouaches, collages, sculptures and ceramics) reflect Chagalls exploration of black and white and his subsequent mastery of particularly luminous, intense, and profound tints. Although Marc Chagall was considered a master of colour by the artists and critics of his day, they were less familiar with another approach he adoptedthe constant dialogue in his oeuvre between colour and black and white, which was a decisive phase in the renewal ... More | | 
René Magritte, Le Lieu Commun, 1964. Estimate: £15,000,000-25,000,000. © Christies Images Limited 2018.
LONDON.- René Magrittes masterpiece Le Lieu Commun, 1964 (estimate: £15,000,000 - 25,000,000), one of the finest and largest examples of his iconic bowler-hatted men, will lead Christies The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale on 27 February 2019. Never before offered at auction, and poised to set a new world auction record for the artist, the work offers a unique vision of the wandering icon in that it offers a view of the figure both full-face and hidden behind a column in an ambiguous landscape of either impossible or multiple reality. The large scale (39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in. and 100 x 81 cm.) oil on canvas, signed Magritte in the upper right corner, will be on view in New York from 4 to 11 November 2018 before touring to Hong Kong from 22 to 26 November 2018, Beijing 8 to 9 December 2018, Shanghai from 12 to 13 December 2018, Taipei from 15 to 16 January 2019, and LA from 31 January to 6 February 2019. The painting will ... More | | 
Entrance to Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London. Photo: Christine Matthews / wikipedia.org
SANTIAGO (AFP).- Chile announced on Sunday that it will ask the Naturak History Museum in London to return the remains of a mylodon, an extinct mammal that lived in Patagonia about 10,000 years ago. Minister of National Assets Felipe Ward will travel in two weeks to London for talks over the remains of the ground sloth that roamed in the southern region shared by Argentina and Chile. "We hope to have talks with the museum authorities... and seek to repatriate the mylodon's remains; these are bones and skin that are in storage, not even being exhibited," Ward told reporters. The remains of the mylodon were taken to Britain in 1897 for research but were never returned to Chile, according to officials. The mylodon was an ancestor of the sloth that measured about 2.5 meters (more than eight feet) and weighed about 3 tons. German settlers discovered in 1896 remains of the mammal in a cave now known as "the cave of the mylodon," in the region of Magallanes, about ... More |
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| TEFAF introduces a new global vetting policy | | Petzel Gallery opens exhibition of works by Sarah Morris | | The last masterpiece by Ãmile Gallé to be sold at Christie's | 
Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd. stand 310. Photography Mark Niedermann.
NEW YORK, NY.- TEFAF is introducing a new global vetting policy, which will apply across all its fairs. Following a review of legal issues relating to vetting, specifically good governance and assessment of liability, TEFAF has been advised that vetting committees should consist of experts with as little commercial interest in the art market as possible. TEFAFs Executive Committee has carefully considered this advice and has taken a policy decision that art dealers and auction house experts will no longer be voting members on TEFAF Vetting Committees. Henceforth, the voting members of the Vetting Committees will be composed of academics, curators, conservators, conservation scientists and independent scholars only. As a global organization we review our processes on a regular basis to ensure we remain the most trusted sales platform within the international marketplace. As such we have introduced a global vetting policy that is consis ... More | | 
Midtown Madison Square Garden (Stairwell), 1998 (detail). Household gloss paint on canvas, 72 x 72 inches, 182.9 x 182.9 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- Petzel Gallery announces New York-based artist, Sarah Morriss ninth solo exhibition with the gallery, and her first at their Upper East Side location. The year is 1993: Sarah Morris, mid twenties, rents a studio between Times Square and Port Authority Bus Terminal on 42nd Street, a place, she says, where urban decay and excess meet mainstream. Drawn to explore the coded relationship she witnesses between people and architecture at this nexus of pornography and the corporate world, Morris records, surveys, absorbs fragments and particles of visual information: a flâneurs view of the mapping of power. Embedded in New Yorks real estate, redolent with the artists trespassing eye, the Midtown paintings and Morriss first paradigmatic film, index the artists unique vision of the city and its future. Fast forward twenty yearsthe Midtown paintings and the eponymous nine minute, 16mm film ha ... More | | 
This commode, estimated at 200.000-300.000, is part of the last set designed by Gallé before his death in 1904. © Christies Images Limited 2018.
PARIS.- Christie's France presents in the upcoming sale Japonism on 15 November, the Nocturne commode realised by Ãmile Gallé between 1900 and 1904. Commissioned by the famous collector and magistrate of Nancy, Henry Hirsh to mark his wedding in 1903, this commode, estimated at 200.000-300.000, is part of the last set designed by Gallé before his death in 1904 and which was presented the same year at the exhibition of Decorative Arts of Nancy. During this retrospective, postponed by two weeks due to Gallés death, the Nocturne commode was presented alongside other pieces of furniture designed for Henry Hirsh as a bedroom suite for his Parisian apartment, namely: a Vitrine aux libellules (Musée dOrsay, Paris), a Aube et Crépuscule bed (Musée de lÃcole de Nancy) and a Faune et Flore exotiques wardrobe whose location still remains unknown today. The commissioner of these magnificent pieces of furniture ... More |
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| The Whitney releases Warhol video series on occasion of retrospective | | Bruce Museum receives promised gift of major collection of Native American art | | Rozhdestvensky masterpiece offered at Bonhams Russian sale | 
Still of Donna De Salvo from the WhitneyxWarhol video series.
NEW YORK, NY.- Why Warhol now? is the central question explored in a new three-part video series produced by the Whitney on the occasion of the landmark exhibition Andy WarholFrom A to B and Back Again, opening on November 12, 2018. The series of short videos, each under five minutes, takes a fresh look at Andy Warhol with appearances by notable artists, cultural producers, and influencers, along with the exhibitions curator, Donna De Salvo, the Whitneys Deputy Director for International Initiatives and senior curator. The aim is to help create a new kind of portrait of the artist that considers his relevance in our current moment. The first video will be released on November 5 on the Whitneys YouTube channel. In addition to De Salvo, interviewees include fashion designer Virgil Abloh; artists Amna Asghar, Peter Halley, Deborah Kass, Jeff Koons, and T.J. Wilcox; writer and podcast host Aminatou Sow; talk show hos ... More | | 
Looking toward the future, the Bruce Museum plans to offer an exhibition featuring significant pieces in the Chai collection to further its mission to promote the understanding and appreciation of art and science to enrich the lives of all people.
GREENWICH, CONN.- The Bruce Museum announced the promised gift of a highly significant collection of Native American baskets, textiles, and ceramics, to be donated to the Museum by Mr. and Mrs. Jay W. Chai of Riverside, CT. The Museums Executive Director, Peter C. Sutton, expressed his abiding gratitude. He characterized it as a truly transformative gift. The donation will build on the foundation of ethnographic material given to the Museum in 1967 by Greenwich resident Margaret Cranford and will enhance the Bruce Museums standing as a regional resource for scholars and aficionados of Native American material culture. The Museum's ethnology collection focuses on objects of peoples from the Americas and reflects the sophistication and diversity of the various cultures ... More | | 
Vasily Rozhdestvensky (1884-1963) Still life with a clay jug. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- The top lot at Bonhams Russian Sale is Vasily Rozhdestvenskys, Still life with a clay jug. Estimated at £150,000-200,000, it will be offered on the 28 November at Bonhams 101 New Bond Street saleroom. Rozhdestvensky's still lifes are admired by both collectors and art historians. The artist maintains a remarkable sensitivity to colour and distinctive dynamism in his compositions as demonstrated in Still life with a clay jug, in which Rozhdestvensky has applied a range of cool hues chosen for the background to contrast with the warm brown of the table with the red jug. The painting is not dominated by one overall colour but instead is a rhythmic interaction of colours. Rozhdestvensky's mission to bring enthusiasm to everyday items is met in this work. Also offered at the sale is a rare and highly important silver gilt and shaded enamel tray for calling cards attributed to Fedor Rückert, with a stamp of the ... More |
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| Detroit Institute of Arts opens newly expanded Asian art galleries | | Sotheby's unveils the sale contents of the third (RED) auction | | Delaware Art Museum exhibits works by an early female painter in the Pre-Raphaelite movement | 
Vasudhara, Goddess of Wealth and Abundance, 1100s, Nepal, copper, gold, gem stones. Detroit Institute of Arts.
DETROIT, MICH.- On Sunday, Nov. 4, the Detroit Institute of Arts debuted newly expanded galleries dedicated to Asian art in the Robert and Katherine Jacobs Asian Wing, highlighting objects and themes that represent diverse art forms, cultural practices, and systems of belief. Works span thousands of years up to the present day in galleries of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Indian and Southeast Asian art, as well as a gallery for Buddhist art across Asia. In addition to historical masterpieces, such as a graceful bronze sculpture of the Hindu goddess Parvati from southern India (13th century) and Chinese artist Wen Zhengmings hanging scroll that pairs painting and calligraphy, The First Prose Poem on the Red Cliff (1588), the galleries also feature works of modern and contemporary art. Created by artists whose work and lives span continents, these more recent artworks demonstrate changing artistic practices and the global reach of Asia ... More | | 
Marc Quinn, RED) Eclipse. Oil on canvas. Diameter: 78⅜ in | 199 cm. Executed in 2018, this painting was especially created to reflect the theme of this years auction (RED) and Light. Estimate $150/200,000. Photo: Marc Quinn Studio.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys unveiled the sale contents of the third (RED) Auction supporting the fight against AIDS, which has been curated by art and architecture stars Theaster Gates and Sir David Adjaye in collaboration with musician and activist Bono. Centered on the theme of light and the color red, the collection of contemporary art and design will be exhibited and auctioned during Art Basel in Miami Beach and Design Miami/. Sotheby's will conduct a live auction on the evening of 5 December 2018 at the Moore Building in the Miami Design District, with international bidding available in real-time on sothebys.com. Sotheby's will also hold a complementary online auction, open for bidding from 12 November 7 December. Beginning on World AIDS Day (1 December), the 50+ works on offer across the (RED) Auctions will be exhibited publicly by Gagosian ... More | | 
Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon (18271891), Wildflowers, not dated. Watercolor and graphite on wove paper, 11 9/16 Ã 8 3/4 in. (29.4 Ã 22.2 cm). Delaware Art Museum, Acquisition Fund, 2017.
WILMINGTON, DE.- Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon (18271891) was an early female painter in the Pre-Raphaelite movement and ardent womens rights campaigner. Landscape was Bodichons preferred genre, and her style reflects Pre-Raphaelite principles of careful observation and detailed rendering. Bodichon traveled widely and exhibited at the Royal Academy and Gambarts French Gallery in Pall Mall, London, among other venues. Throughout her life she was a tireless reformer and champion of womens rights. In 1854, she published her A Brief Summary in Plain Language of the Most Important Laws Concerning Women , which was later used to promote the passage of the Married Womens Property Act 1882. In 1858, she set up the English Womans Journal and in 1866, with Emily Davies, developed a strategy to extend university education to women, resulting in the founding of Girton College, ... More |
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 Inaugural issue of The Incredible Hulk to be auctionedLOS ANGELES, CA.- A high-grade issue of The Incredible Hulk #1 from May 1962 will be auctioned by Huggins & Scott Auctions from November 2- November 15. Interested bidders may participate in the auction online. This first issue is considered one of the most valuable and prestigious comics of the Silver Age. Marvel Comics published the inaugural issue of the Incredible Hulk in May 1962, which was part of an enormous resurgence of super-hero comics in the early 1960s. This comic book earned a Universal Grade of 8.5 from the leading comic book grader CGC. The consignor read this 56-year old Hulk Comic once as a youth and kept it in storage since 1962. Well known to be a super tough comic to find in upper grades, this high-demand pivotal issue continues to show astonishing sale price increases, reaching a Fair Market Value of $175,000 in recent years ... More Texas Regionalism featured in Heritage Auctions' Texas Art AuctionDALLAS, TX.- A spectacular example of Texas Regionalism is projected to vie for top-lot honors in Heritage Auctions Texas Art auction Nov. 10 in Dallas. Texas Regionalism is a very distinct style of art, one that inspires a strong base of collectors through dramatic, often stark portrayals of life in various parts of the state, Heritage Auctions Texas Art Director Atlee Phillips said. Its less about geography and more about a way of life that is captured brilliantly by several artists in this auction. Charles Taylor Bowling West Texas Tank, 1940 (est. $20,000-30,000) is an extraordinary oil-on-canvas of a West Texas tank by an artist who didnt even start painting until his mid-30s, while recovering from an illness. In this painting, he combines elements of realism, surrealism and modernism in a style that conveys his own inner vision of rural life at the end of the Great ... More Christie's announces highlights included in the December sale of Books and ManuscriptsNEW YORK, NY.- This December 4, Christies Books and Manuscripts department will be presenting two sales: Albert Einstein: The God Letter, a stand-alone sale of one of the most famous manuscripts by the 20th centurys most famous thinker (estimate: $1,000,000-1,500,000); and a various owner sale of Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Americana. The latter includes over 200 objects ranging from early printed books to 20th-century manuscripts. The public view will be open at Christies galleries in New York from Friday, 30 December to Tuesday, 4 December. Albert Einstein: The God Letter will be on view in New York additionally during 20th Century Week from 5 to 14 November. A major highlight of the science, travel and natural history section is Joan Blaeus magnificent Novum ac magnum theatrum urbium Belgicae Regiae. This is an ... More Strong results for American paintings at Shannon'sMILFORD, CONN.- Important American paintings from the 19th century through the contemporary era were available during Shannons semi-annual American and European Fine Art Auction on Thursday, October 25, 2018 in Milford, Connecticut. Featuring 237 lots, the auction included quality examples of American Impressionism, American Coastal scenes and Modernism. The top lot in the sale was a sailing scene depicting a New York Yacht Club race by Edward Moran. The price climbed quickly as phone bidders relayed bids against the internet and the room. In the end the work sold to a phone bidder for a remarkable $112,500. Shannons has historically achieved strong prices for scenes of New York City and this sale was no exception. Alfred Miras fresh-to-the-market view of Washington Square Park set a record, selling for $81,250 against a $25,000-35,000 ... More Tomás Saraceno transforms Palais de Tokyo into a uniquely sensory experiencePARIS.- Palais de Tokyo invited Tomás Saraceno to take over the entirety of the 13,000 m² of its exhibition spaces in Autumn 2018, for the fourth edition of its Carte Blanche started with Philippe Parreno in 2013, followed by Tino Sehgal in 2016, and Camille Henrot in 2017. The Carte Blanche entitled ON AIR is his largest project to date, bringing a selection of his major works together with ambitious new productions that transforms Palais de Tokyo into a uniquely sensory experience. ON AIR is thought as an ecosystem in becoming, hosting a renewed choreography and polyphony between human and non-human universes, with artworks revealing common, fragile and ephemeral rhythms and trajectories between these worlds. As a hybrid organism, ON AIR builds itself with the myriad presences, visible and invisible, that meet and cohabit within it. Some voices are ... More Sally Tallant appointed Executive Director of Queens Museum in New YorkNEW YORK, NY.- The Board of Queens Museum in New York announced today the appointment of Sally Tallant as its new Executive Director. She will take up her appointment in Spring 2019. Sally Tallant, curator, educator and artistic director, is currently Director of Liverpool Biennial. She worked as a curator at the Hayward Gallery in London in 1999 and was appointed Head of Programmes at the Serpentine Gallery in 2001. Over the next ten years, she developed and delivered an integrated programme of exhibitions, education, projects and innovative public programmes for the Gallery. In 2011, she was appointed Artistic Director and CEO of Liverpool Biennial, the UKs largest international festival of contemporary art, where she has created a pioneering model of a Biennial underpinned by research and education, with a year-round programme of permanent ... More Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour launches exhibition celebrating the influence, culture and creativity of AsiaLONDON.- Asia Week at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, in association with Asian Art in London, is a multi-dimensional exhibition that runs from 5 until 9 November 2018. Attracting top designers, architects, international collectors, art-lovers and style-seekers, it celebrates the influence of Asian art, culture and creativity from across the region. Featuring seven galleries showcasing the work of artists from China, Korea, Japan, The Philippines and Nepal, Asia Week at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour explores the enduring appeal of the Asian aesthetic and why it resonates today. Artistic interpretations of the history, philosophy and culture of individual countries offer a unique perspective to the work on show. Design Centre, Chelsea Harbours famous architecture provides a dazzling space for an impressive rollcall of emerging and established names. Work ... More 18th century Qing imperial cup is discovered in an attic after 30 yearsLONDON.- Chiswick Auctions is delighted to announce the discovery of an 18th century Qing Dynasty Imperial Cup. The stunning piece of porcelain was found in an attic, where it had been packed away with other items and forgotten about for thirty years. Decorated with a cockerel and hen group and two chicks, the cup was made in tribute to the 15th Century Imperial chicken cup, which holds the record price for a piece of Chinese porcelain (£21.5 million). It will be offered in Chiswick Auctions Asian Art sale on November 12, 2018. Lazarus Halstead, Head of Chiswick Auctions Asian Art Department, said: We are delighted to offer this Qing Dynasty Imperial interpretation of 15th Century Chenghua chicken cup. This version bears an -apocryphal Chenghua mark, but the design of the cockerel, chicken and chicks is charmingly reimagined for 18th century Imperial ... More Renowned interviewer and "Curator of Public Curiosity" Paul Holdengräber to leave NYPLNEW YORK, NY.- Paul Holdengräber, founder and director of The New York Public Librarys LIVE from the NYPL cultural series, is leaving the Library after 14 years to return to Los Angeles. He has been nominated the Founding Executive Director of The Onassis Foundation LA (OLA), an outpost of the Onassis headquarters in Athens that will begin its work as a center of dialogue in early 2019. His last day at the Library will be December 31. A curator of public curiosity, Holdengräber has interviewed hundreds of authors, poets, journalists, musicians, artists, and celebrities in his role at the Library, always working to make the Lions roar and engage thinkers from all walks of life in spirited conversations, discussions, debates, and performances. His goal, and the goal and mission of the program he founded, was to provide cognitive theatre. Over the years ... More Late 19th/early 20th century Michigan mining stock are a hit with biddersRENO, NEV.- Late 19th and early 20th century mining company stock certificates from the state of Michigan proved popular with bidders at Holabird Western Americana Collections five-day Cornucopia of Collectibles Auction, held October 18th through 22nd, online and at Holabirds gallery in Reno. More than 3,000 lots came up for bid in an auction that grossed over $500,000. Online bidding was facilitated by iCollector.com, Invaluable.com and eBay Live. Just a handful of people attended the sale in person, but 3,776 registered bidders participated online. This sale marked the start of an exciting fall and winter season for us, said Fred Holabird of Holabird Western Americana Collections. We will be offering a number of fantastic major collections. The Michigan mining certificates included examples from the American Mining Company, one of only two ... More A special exhibition featuring Virginia Lee Burton's "Little House" opens at the Cape Ann MuseumGLOUCESTER, MASS.- The Cape Ann Museum announced the opening of The Little House: Her Story, a special exhibition featuring the work of beloved childrens book author & illustrator and founder of the Folly Cove Designers Virginia Lee Burton (19091968). In addition to Burtons drawings, book illustrations and prints, an artfully-created scale model of her Little House is on display in the gallery. The exhibition opened on November 3 and will remain on view through March 31, 2019. The house was fabricated in Japan for a highly-anticipated exhibition held at the Takenaka Corporation Gallery A4 in Tokyo last summer in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the publication of Burtons famous tale, The Little House. The exhibition paid tribute to Burtons books and her work as the founder of the Folly Cove Designers, which have garnered ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian-American sculptor Harry Bertoia died November 06, 1978. Harry Bertoia (March 10, 1915 in San Lorenzo, Pordenone, Italy - November 6, 1978 in Barto, Pennsylvania), was an Italian-born American artist, sound art sculptor, and modern furniture designer. In this image: Harry Bertoia, Bush Sculpture.
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