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Auctioneer and Co-Chairman of Impressionist and Modern Art Adrien Meyer selling Vincent van Gogh?s Laboureur dans un champ realizing $81,312,500, © Christies Images Limited 2017.
NEW YORK (AFP).- Christie's kicked off the fall auction season in New York on Monday a Vincent Van Gogh leading the way at $81.3 million with robust sales of impressionist and modern art. "Laboureur dans un champ," painted by the tortured Dutch genius from the window of a French asylum where he had committed himself sold to a buyer on the telephone after a frenzied four-minute bidding war having been valued at $50 million. Van Gogh began the painting of a ploughman tilling the soil in late August 1889 and completed it on September 2, the first time he picked up his brushes for a month and a half after an epileptic fit. He died the following year. Christie's said it sold for $81.3 million, including the buyer's premium, well over its pre-sale estimate of $50 million. It was just a hair's breath from the auction record for a Van Gogh, set in 1990 at $82.5 million in New York for "Portrait of Dr Gachet," although that price would be much higher if adjusted for today's inflation. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Eli Broad and Edythe Broad attend the Getty Medal Dinner 2017 at The Morgan Library & Museum on November 13, 2017 in New York City. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for J. Paul Getty Trust/AFP
| Sotheby's Dubai inaugural sale achieves $3.6m & 5 artist records | | Clark Art Institute acquires early nineteenth century French portrait | | McNay Art Museum acquires the Collection of John M. Parker, Jr. | 
Tamara de Lempicka, Indien à Turban (Indian with Turban). Oil on canvas, 1939, 55.3 by 38.5cm.; 21¾ by 15⅛in. Estimate $70,000-90,000.
DUBAI.- Tonight Sotheby's Boundless: Dubai sale achieved a total of $3.6m / £2.8m / 3.1m (pre-sale est. $2.6m 3.6m) and a sell-through rate of 80%. Bidders in the room, on the phone and online competed to buy works spanning 20th Century and Contemporary Middle Eastern and International art, Design, Photography, Jewellery, Books & Manuscripts and Arts of the Islamic World. The sale offering attracted a broad span of regional and international participation, with 30% from the UAE alone. The top lot of tonight's sale was Ali Banisadrs captivatingly explosive canvas In Media Res, an intoxicating mix of colour and exuberant brushstrokes inspired by elaborate Persian miniatures, was chased in an extended bidding battle by no less than six bidders to a final sum of $459,000 (est. $200,000-300,000). Edward Gibbs, Sothebys Chairman for the Middle East said, Tonight's strong sale result is testament to the exciting evol ... More | | 
Alexandre Jean Dubois-Drahonet (French, 1791-1834), Portrait of Achille Deban de Laborde, 1817, Oil on canvas, 59 x 39.6 in. Clark Art Institute, 2017.2
WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS.- The Clark Art Institute announced today the acquisition of Portrait of Achille Deban de Laborde (1817) by Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet (French, 17911834). The large oil on canvas painting of a young boy dressed in military regalia is a touching memorial to the sitters father, Baron Jean-Baptiste Deban de Laborde, who was killed at the battle of Wagram in 1809 when Achille was barely a year old. The portrait is currently on view in the Clarks galleries. This beautiful painting enhances the Clarks collection of early nineteenth-century portraiture, said Olivier Meslay, Felda and Dena Hardymon Director. It invites a close comparison to the Jacques-Louis David portrait Comte Henri-Amédée-Mercure de Turenne-dAynac (1816) that is in our collection, and provides a poignant juxtaposition between a Napoleonic war hero and a child ... More | | 
Donald Judd, Untitled, 1961-78 (detail). Woodcut. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Gift of John M. Parker Jr. © Judd Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- Richard Aste, Director of the McNay Art Museum, announced the transformative gift the collection of John M. Parker, Jr., to the Museum. The Parker Collection is a game changer for the Museums contemporary art collection, featuring more than 160 prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, and sculptures. A majority of the most important works can be characterized as Minimal or Conceptual art. Among artists in the collection are Alice Aycock, Donald Judd, Zoe Leonard, Agnes Martin, Robert Rauschenberg, and Frank Stella. John Parker is a very sophisticated collector, Aste said, His gift exemplifies the McNays commitment to artistic excellence and community impact. He now joins a group of collectors who were inspired by the legacy of our founder, Marion Koogler McNay, and through their own very generous spirits have enriched the collection ... More |
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| Hauser & Wirth opens its first New York solo exhibition of work by David Smith | | Bob Dylan's historic 1963 Martin guitar brings nearly $400,000 at Heritage Auctions | | Stephenson's launches holiday season with Nov. 17 auction of dolls, toys & trains | 
Untitled, ca. 1936. Oil on canvas, 29.5 x 38.7 cm / 11 5/8 x 15 1/4 in. Photo: Christopher Burke Studio. © The Estate of David Smith. Courtesy the Estate and Hauser & Wirth.
NEW YORK, NY.- Hauser & Wirth is presenting its first New York solo exhibition of work by David Smith (1906 1965). Offering a fresh, in-depth examination of his varied career, Origins & Innovations brings together the artists paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculptures of the 1930s alongside examples of his later work, for which he is best known. Instead of isolating distinctions between media or periods in Smiths oeuvre, this exhibition elucidates the connections between his earliest inspirations and his life-long investigation of their potential. Origins & Innovations will be on view through 23 December 2017 at Hauser & Wirth New York, 22nd Street. David Smith transformed sculpture by radically changing the site of its production from the atelier and foundry to the industrial factory. In making his own work, rather than relying on assistants, Smith ... More | | 
Bob Dylan Owned and Stage-Played 1963 Martin D-28 Acoustic Guitar, Serial #196405 Used at George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh.
DALLAS, TX.- Bob Dylan's Owned and Stage-Played 1963 Martin D-28 Acoustic Guitar played for more than a decade and through his entire set at George Harrison's 1971 Concert for Bangladesh sold for $396,500 Nov. 11 at a public auction of Entertainment and Music memorabilia held by Heritage Auctions in Dallas. Only the second known Dylan guitar ever to go to auction, the winning bidder has requested to remain anonymous. "It was one of his favorite instruments," said Larry Cragg, the seller and Dylan's longtime guitar technician who nicknamed the guitar "Bob" in honor of its famous owner. "It's been a pleasure owning this incredible piece of music history, but the time is right for it to find a new owner who will appreciate it as much as Bob and I did." The winning bidder will receive not only the guitar in its original case, but also the original 1977 purchase receipt stating, "Bought from Bob Dylan, Martin D-28 ... More | | 
Antique French fashion doll, bisque head, leather body, painted facial features; est. $2,000-$3,000. All images courtesy of Stephensons Auctioneers.
SOUTHAMPTON, PA.- On November 17, Stephensons Auctioneers in suburban Philadelphia will lift the lid on a holiday toybox filled with 400+ lots of dolls, toys, trains and figural cast-iron doorstops. The antique and vintage contents of the sale have come to Stephensons from various consignors and estates in the Mid-Atlantic region, including an extensive array of desirable doorstops from a private collector in southern New Jersey. All forms of bidding will be available, including absentee and live via the Internet through LiveAuctioneers, Invaluable and AuctionZip. The fun begins with a parade of wonderful dolls produced over the past 125 years. Lot 94, a 15-inch antique French fashion doll, unmarked other than a numeral 4 incised on the back of its bisque head, has a leather body, brown glass stationary eyes, and painted facial features. It is dressed in early, lace-trimmed clothing and a floral hat, and ... More |
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| Christie's announces highlights from the November - December online auctions | | Whitney opens mid-career survey of Laura Owens | | Indonesian museum removes Nazi-themed exhibit after outrage | 
Robert Henri (1865-1929), Francisco, 1922. Oil on canvas, 24 ¼ x 20 ¼ in. Estimate: USD 80,000 - 120,000. © Christies Images Limited 2017.
LONDON.- Christies second edition of Art as Jewellery is dedicated to wearable artworks by artists of the 20th and 21st Centuries. Throughout the last 100 years, artists have often created jewellery as an extension of their practice, viewing them as miniature sculptures that could be worn. A focal point of the auction is a group of objects by BillyBoy*, multi-disciplinary artist and muse of Andy Warhol, including pieces once loaned to Warhol and Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor. A group of nine Georges Braque jewels demonstrate the translation of his Metamorphoses iconography, crafted by the renowned Baron Heger de Lowenfeld, into elegant and striking pieces with several examples featuring Braques bird in flight motif; a diamond-encrusted brooch, a jasper and diamond pendant and a ruby-set brooch. In addition, two pieces by Alexander Calder are examples of his unique, hand-fashioned works that were often ... More | | 
Detail of Laura Owens, Untitled, 2014. Ink, silkscreen ink, vinyl paint, acrylic, oil, pastel, paper, wood, solvent transfers, stickers, handmade paper, thread, board, and glue on linen and polyester, five parts: 138 1/8 à 106 ½ x 2 5/8 in. (350.8 à 270.5 à 6.7 cm) overall. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from Jonathan Sobel 2014.281a-e. © Laura Owens.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Whitney Museum of American Art opened the most comprehensive survey to-date of the work of Los Angelesbased painter Laura Owens (b. 1970), one of the foremost artists of her generation. Organized by Scott Rothkopf, the Whitneys Deputy Director for Programs and Nancy and Steve Crown Family Chief Curator, in close collaboration with the artist, this exhibition is the first mid-career survey in the Whitneys new downtown home. Despite her stature as one of the most influential artists of her generation, Owenss work has never been presented in depth in New York, and this exhibition is her first major museum show in the United States since her landmark early career ... More | | 
This photograph taken on November 10, 2017 shows an Indonesian woman taking a selfie with a life-size wax sculpture of Adolf Hitler. HENRYANTO / AFP.
JAKARTA (AFP).- An Indonesian museum that allowed visitors to take selfies with a life-size wax sculpture of Hitler against a backdrop of Auschwitz concentration camp has removed the exhibit following international outrage, the manager said Saturday. De ARCA Statue Art Museum in the Javanese city of Jogjakarta drew swift condemnation from rights groups after details of the controversial display were published in foreign media. The exhibit features a sure-footed Hitler standing in front of a huge photo of the gates of Auschwitz -- the largest Nazi concentration camp where more than 1.1 million people were killed. The museums operations manager, Jamie Misbah, said the the wax sculpture had been removed after the building was alerted to criticism from prominent Jewish human rights organisation the Simon Wiesenthal Center. "We dont want to attract outrage," Misbah told AFP. "Our purpose to display the Hitler figure in the ... More |
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| Norman Rockwell discovery leads $4.3 Million American Art Auction at Heritage | | Nature's nastiest beasts on show in London | | Exhibition at Dalà Theatre-Museum features a portrait of Salvador DalÃ's sister Anna Maria | 
Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978), Lazybones, The Saturday Evening Post cover, September 6, 1919. Oil on canvas, 26 x 24 inches.
DALLAS, TX.- Recently returned to a family after it was stolen more than 40 years ago, Norman Rockwell's endearing Lazybones (Boy Asleep With Hoe), also known as Taking a Break, sold for $912,500 as Heritage Auctions totaled more than $4.3 million at its Nov. 3 auction of American art. Illustration Art swept the sale's top lots as Rockwell's Fishes Like Neckties, an interior illustration study for American Magazine, 1934, reached $200,000 and The Rescue of Theophilus Newbegin, painted by Joseph Christian Leyendecker in 1907 as a cover for The Saturday Evening Post, sold for $187,500. "Bidders responded to the incredible diversity we brought to the block this fall, as evidenced by the by the 90% sell-through rate that we achieved" said Aviva Lehmann, Director of American Art at Heritage Auctions. "We offered superb material across the board, while setting artist records in the process." The sale set multiple ... More | | 
Venom: Killer and Cure.
LONDON (AFP).- From a hairy-legged Goliath spider to a 2.5-foot (0.7-metre) Komodo dragon, a fear-inducing exhibition opened Friday at London's Natural History Museum showcasing the world's most venomous creatures. More than 200,000 venomous species live on land, in the air or in the sea -- including the huge living spider that welcomes visitors to the museum from inside its tank. "It's not dangerous, it's one of the biggest misconceptions. The little spider here is far more dangerous," explained venom specialist Ronald Jenner, pointing to a tiny "violinist spider", whose bite can cause necrosis and infection. Even cuddly creatures such as the loris, a small primate from Asia with large innocent eyes, are not what they seem, packing poisonous glands on their arms that they lick before biting rivals. It is one of the few venomous mammals, with others including the male platypus, which has poisonous spurs on its hind legs. Venom refers to the toxic substances secreted by animals ... More | | 
Figure in Profile, 1925. Oil on cardboard 74 x 49,5 cm © Salvador DalÃ. Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalà / VEGAP, Figueres, 2017.
FIGUERES.- The Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalà is pleased to inform that a temporary exhibition was inaugurated today at 11 a.m. at the Dalà Theatre-Museum in Figueres. Ms. Montse Aguer, Director of the Dalà Museums and exhibitions curator described it as a way of evoking the monographic show at Dalmau Galleries of year 1925, where Figure in Profile was exhibited for the first time and only. Its a portrait of DalÃs sister, Anna Maria, the Dalà Foundation bought last March at Bonhams London. The temporary exhibit we are presenting is entitled Salvador DalÃ, Apprentice Painter and can be seen from tomorrow 14th November until the end of 2018 in one of the Loggias Room, at the Dalà Theatre-Museum in Figueres. We wanted to coincide with the day the exhibition at Dalmau Galleries opened in 1925. On 14th November 1925, Salvador DalÃ, who was only twenty-one years old, held a solo exhibition of 17 paintings and ... More |
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 Famous opera singer's collection at Bonhams Old Master Paintings saleLONDON.- Clair de Lune, by the French 18th century painter Claude Vernet, is one of a number of works from the collection of the great Bulgarian opera singer, Boris Christoff, to be offered at Bonhams Old Master Paintings sale in London on Wednesday 6 December. It is estimated at £100,000-150,000. Christoff was known for his majestic bass voice and for his fiery temperament. He fell out with Herbert von Karajan, refused to sing at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, was sacked by La Scala in Milan, and his rows with Maria Callas - no slouch herself when it came to standing her ground - were legendary. Proceeds from the sale will help the work of the Fondazione Boris Christoff, which was established by a bequest from the singers widow.. The Fondazione which is based in Rome, supports the professional development of young singers and musicians, and ... More Skarstedt opens exhibition of Martin Kippenberger's self-portraitsNEW YORK, NY.- Skarstedt is presenting Martin Kippenberger: Hand Painted Pictures, an exhibition of the artists self-portraits on view from November 11 December 16, 2017 at Skarstedt Upper East Side, 20 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10075. Painted in 1992, the series was created on the island of Syros, Greece and in the artists Frankfurt studio.Hand Painted Pictures represents the second of three major cycles of self-portraits in Kippenbergers oeuvre and demonstrates the artists preoccupation with the subject of self-representation. The paintings were first exhibited at Max Hetzler Gallery in Cologne, Germany in October of 1992. This fall, 11 of the 23 works initially shown together in 92 will be reunited at Skarstedt, marking the first exhibition dedicated entirely to this series since their initial debut. Masterfully painted, the portraits were derived from two sets ... More Climate change imperils one in four UNESCO natural sitesBONN (AFP).- Climate change imperils one in four UN-listed natural heritage sites, including coral reefs, glaciers, and wetlands -- nearly double the number from just three years ago, a report said Monday. The number of UNESCO natural sites at risk has grown to 62 from 35 in 2014, when one in seven were listed, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which released the report at UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany. Among the ecosystems most threatened by global warming are coral reefs which bleach as oceans heat up, and glaciers which melt. "Climate change acts fast and is not sparing the finest treasures of our planet," said IUCN director general Inger Andersen. "The increase and the speed in which we are seeing this trend shift over just three years has been shocking to us, and the report warns that this number is likely to grow," she ... More VIENNA ART WEEK offers a comprehensive insight into the Austrian capital's art sceneVIENNA.- The art world has descended on Vienna once again: Already in its 13th edition, VIENNA ART WEEK offers comprehensive insights into the Austrian capitals art scene, with around 200 top-class events from 70 program partners to lead the way. Guided by the theme Transforming Technology, this years art festival focuses on the impact technical innovations and digitization processes have had on art. A press conference held this morning with artist Moon Ribas, Eva Blimlinger (Rector of Academy of Fine Arts Vienna), Hans-Peter Wipplinger (Director of Leopold Museum), Rainer Stadlbauer (Art Space SUPER), Robert Punkenhofer (Artistic Director of VIENNA ART WEEK), and Martin Böhm (President of Art Cluster Vienna) at DOROTHEUM Vienna gave an overview of the VIENNA ART WEEK 2017 program. Spanish artist Moon Ribas, a ... More Fondazione Prada opens a new exhibition project by Stefano GrazianiMILAN.- Fondazione Prada is presenting Questioning Pictures, a new exhibition project by Stefano Graziani, at the Osservatorio in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan. The exhibition is open from 9 November 2017 throughout 26 February 2018. Curated by Francesco Zanot, the exhibition includes a new body of works commissioned by Fondazione Prada that explores photography as a tool for narration, cataloguing and reinterpretation. Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in museums like the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montreal, Canada; Sir John Soanes Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy, focusing on the ambivalent relationship between ... More Exhibition at the Boca Raton Museum of Art presents rarely-seen small paintings by Alex KatzBOCA RATON, FLA.- The Boca Raton Museum of Art presents Alex Katz: Small Paintings featuring works by the renowned American artist created between 1990 and 2015. The exhibition of these rarely-seen small paintings is juxtaposed with the artists iconic large works, offering a glimpse into the full range of Katzs oeuvre. Organized by the Boca Raton Museum of Art in collaboration with the artist, the exhibition opened November 7, 2017 and continues on view through April 8, 2018. For more than 60 years, Alex Katz has produced small paintings. These preparatory sketches or studies while autonomous in their own right serve as a starting point for his larger works, for which the artist is universally known. Katzs small works present an alternative perspective to his larger paintings, and reveal a side to his process that is highly gestural and ... More New Britain Museum of American Art opens exhibition of Ghanaian paintings of Hollywood moviesNEW BRITAIN, CONN.- The New Britain Museum of American Art is presenting Ghana Paints Hollywood on November 9, 2017, a vibrant exhibition featuring over 50 hand-painted movie posters created by Ghanaian artists in the mid-1980s to the early 1990sa period referred to at the Golden Age of Ghanaian movie posters. These posters present viewers with a compelling cross-cultural conversation, exploring how other nations depict our country through avenues of creative expression. Commissioned to advertise movie screenings throughout the nations countryside, the posters included in Ghana Paints Hollywood reveal the unique artistic skills of their creators as well as the wide variety of Hollywood films that attracted the Ghanaian public, including blockbusters such as Coming to America, The Matrix, Indiana Jones, and Rocky. Starting in ... More Artpace announces new works by International Artists-in-ResidenceSAN ANTONIO, TX.- Artpace announced the Fall 2017 International Artist-in-Residence exhibition opening featuring artists Heyd Fontenot (Dallas, TX), Lili Reynaud-Dewar (Grenoble, France / Geneva, Switzerland), and Martha Wilson (New York, NY). All three artists were chosen by Guest Curator Michael Smith. An artist himself, Smith lives in Brooklyn and Austin and teaches at The University of Texas at Austin. Smith rounds out a year of practicing artists selecting residents for the International Artist-in-Residence. Drawing on backgrounds in theater and performance, our fall resident artists are bridging gaps between different modes of creative expression, said Artpace Executive Director Veronique Le Melle. Guest Curator Michael Smith had a clear vision for how these artists work would intersect with one another, and their exhibitions reveal the collaborative ... More New UNESCO chief brushes off US pulloutPARIS (AFP).- UNESCO's new chief on Monday brushed aside the United States' decision to walk out of the UN cultural body, saying the organisation had survived long periods without Washington before. Former French culture minister Audrey Azoulay, elected on Friday to head UNESCO, said the US was "not the beginning and end" of the agency. The US and Israel both announced their pullout last month, accusing UNESCO of "anti-Israel bias". Azoulay said Washington's decision was not "a complete surprise, bearing in mind the United States' current position on multilateralism". "It's a sovereign decision by a state that I respect, but which at the same time is not the beginning and end of UNESCO," she told France Inter radio. "There have been long periods at UNESCO -- more than 15 years -- without the United States, which ultimately came back." She added she did ... More West Africa's first art fair draws thousands to Lagos, NigeriaLAGOS.- Building upon its successful 2016 debut, ART X Lagos 2017 boldly reinforced Nigeria and Africas growing credentials on the global contemporary art scene. Consolidating its position as West Africas premier international art fair, 2017 saw a 50% increase in visitors. On loan from Access Bank to the fair and welcoming guests to the exhibition hall, were the famous seven wooden sculptures by Nigerias greatest modern artist Ben Enwuonwu MBE. The works were originally commission by the Daily Mirror in 1960 and had never, until now, been publicly displayed in Nigeria. This unveiling coincides with the artists 100th natal anniversary. An outdoor installation, Smile, by Olatunde Alara, commissioned by Absolut to tackle the theme Artist as Citizen, also welcomed guests to the venue. A colouring danfo, designed by Olalekan Jeyifous and curated ... More "Beth Cavener: The Other" on view at the Jason Jacques GalleryNEW YORK, NY.- Jason Jacques Gallery presents The Other, its inaugural exhibition of work by Beth Cavener, one of the leading ceramic artists of our time. The opening reception with the artist is 6 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, November 15, at 29 East 73rd Street. The show runs through December 5. Cavener, previously represented by Garth Clark the highly influential curator, scholar and gallerist has been working for several years on this highly anticipated exhibition, which crystallizes themes that she has been exploring throughout her career. The Other includes a selection of Caveners signature stoneware sculptures of ominous animals. The artist relies on animal body language as a metaphor for underlying patterns of human behavior. I fell in love with Beths work from the moment I laid eyes on one of her rabbits. It was such an honor when we were asked to represent ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Claude Monet was born November 14, 1840. Claude Monet (14 November 1840 - 5 December 1926) was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. The term Impressionism is derived from the title of his painting Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant). In this image: In this Jan. 19, 2011 photo, Dean Yoder, conservator of paintings for the Cleveland Museum of Art, gently dusts Claude Monet's vast water lilies painting at the museum in Cleveland.
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