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The ghostly image of a woman, which shows compelling similarities to other, near-contemporary depictions of the queen, was revealed by X-ray photography during an examination of a portrait of Sir John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, which is attributed to Adrian Vanson (died c.1604-1610).
EDINBURGH.- An unfinished portrait of a woman believed to be Mary, Queen of Scots has been found hidden beneath another 16th-century portrait during a significant research project recently conducted at the National Galleries of Scotland and the Courtauld Institute of Art. The ghostly image of a woman, which shows compelling similarities to other, near-contemporary depictions of the queen, was revealed by X-ray photography during an examination of a portrait of Sir John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, which is attributed to Adrian Vanson (died c.1604-1610). The portrait was one of a number of works by the portrait painters Adrian Vanson and Adam de Colone, two Netherlandish artists who worked in Scotland at the end of the 16th century and beginning of the 17th century, to be examined by conservator Dr Caroline Rae, the Courtauld Institute of Arts Caroline Villers Research Fellow, who recently undertook a collaborative ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A picture taken on October 27, 2017 shows construction works at the archaeological site of Umm el-Qanatir, dated to the 6th-8th centuries, located south of the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights, after the site had been damaged by an earthquake-induced landslide. JALAA MAREY / AFP
| Exhibition at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection focuses on The Salon de la Rose+Croix in Paris 1892-1897 | | The greatest work by Britain's leading war artist comes to auction | | Phillips to offer landmark Pablo Picasso painting | 
Henri Martin, Young Saint (Jeune sainte), 1891. Oil on canvas, 65.4 x 49.3 cm. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Brest, France. Ph: © Musée des Beaux-Arts, Brest, France.
VENICE.- The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is present Mystical Symbolism: The Salon de la Rose+Croix in Paris, 18921897, the first museum exhibition on this revelatory and significant yet frequently overlooked series of Salons. Mysterious, mythical, and visionary themes, often drawn from literature, prevailed in the art of the six exhibitions, which were held annually in Paris from 1892 to 1897. Images of femmes fragiles and fatales, androgynous creatures, chimeras, and incubi were the norm, as were sinuous lines, attenuated figures, and anti-naturalistic forms. Featuring highlights from the Salons, this exhibition includes approximately forty works by a cross section of artistssome familiar, others less soand invite a fresh look at and new scholarship on the legacies of late nineteenth-century Symbolist art. The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is the second venue of the exhibition, after the Solomon R. Gugge ... More | | 
Unseen for decades, rediscovered in a private collection. Courtesy Sothebys.
LONDON.- One of the most powerful and arresting images of the First World War ever painted, A Dawn, 1914 hails from a landmark moment in the career of C.R.W. Nevinson, widely considered as the British artist of the First World War. The work perfectly encapsulates the best of Nevinsons Vorticist style of the period 1914-1916, depicting a seething mass of soldiers reduced to mechanical forms. The painting was first exhibited at Nevinsons acclaimed 1916 solo exhibition at the prestigious Leicester Galleries, attended by the likes of Sir Winston Churchill and G. Bernard Shaw, and is one of very few paintings from this landmark show still in private hands. Appearing on the market for the first time since it was acquired in 1964, A Dawn, 1914 will be offered with an estimate of £700,000-1,000,000 as part of Sothebys Modern & Post-War British Art Sale on 21 November. It happened that I was the first artist to paint war pic ... More | | 
Pablo Picasso, Sleeping Nude, 13 March 1932 (detail). Oil and charcoal on canvas, 51 1/4 x 63 3/4 in., 130.2 x 161.9 cm. Estimate: $15 - 20 million. Image courtesy of Phillips.
LONDON.- Phillips announced that Pablo Picassos monumental Sleeping Nude will be sold as the centerpiece of Phillips 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale in London in March 2018. This extraordinary large-scale portrait of Picassos muse, Marie-Thérèse Walter, was executed in 1932 and remained in Picassos own collection until the end of his life, when it was inherited by his widow, Jacqueline Roque, and subsequently by her daughter. Sleeping Nude is emblematic of an iconic period of Picassos oeuvre that was shaped by his devotion to Marie-Thérèse. The work was acquired in 1995 by the present owner, a European private collector. It will be on view at Phillips New York from 3 November, and Hong Kong from 23 November 2017. Hugues Joffre, Senior Advisor to the CEO, said: Sleeping Nude depicts one of Picassos greatest muses: Marie-Thérèse ... More |
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| Major enhancements unveiled on 'Closer To Van Eyck' web application | | The Free State of Saxony returns human remains to Hawai'i | | Comprehensive survey exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe's work opens in Sydney | 
Detail of Erythraean Sibyl, before and after restoration, change of colour.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Getty Foundation and the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA, Brussels) announced today the launch of major enhancements to the website Closer to Van Eyck, which provides breathtaking details of one of the most important works of art in the world, the Ghent Altarpiece. Enhancements include new images of the work under various stages of conservation treatment, a larger range of technical images, and the ability to see and compare multiple views of the painting at the same time. Located at St. Bavos cathedral in Ghent, Belgium, The Mystic Lamb of 1432 by Hubert and Jan van Eyck, also known as the Ghent Altarpiece, is a stunning and highly complex painting composed of separate oak panels. Since 2010, several Getty Foundation grants have supported the conservation planning, examination and training related to the altarpiece as part of its Panel Paintings Initiative. A collaboration among the Flemish government, the Royal Institute ... More | | 
The importance of this restitution for the Hawaiians was also shown by the fact that high-ranking representatives of Hawaiian organizations came to Dresden for the ceremony in the Japanisches Palais.
DRESDEN.- Last week, for the first time in its history, the Free State of Saxony has returned human remains to representatives of the remains' country of origin. The remains were stolen from burial caves in Hawai'i between 1896 and 1902 and were sold directly to the Museum of Ethnology in Dresden and Arthur Baessler, a patron of the museum. Between 1896 and 1904, they became part of the anthropological collection of the Museum of Ethnology in Dresden, which, since 2010, belongs to the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden State Art Collections). When these human remains were removed from their final resting place for the collection one hundred years ago, the deceased were transformed into objects. Now the museum itself is reversing the process of dehumanization; i.e., these remains are being rehumanized by not only being designated as objects with inventory numbers but as deceased ... More | | 
Robert Mapplethorpe, Larry and Bobby kissing 1979. Gelatin silver photograph, 50.48 à 40.16 cm. Gift of The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and to The J Paul Getty Trust © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission.
SYDNEY.- Robert Mapplethorpe: the perfect medium is a comprehensive survey exhibition of one of the most influential American artists of the late 20th century. Showcasing an extraordinary selection of Robert Mapplethorpes work, from floral still lifes to portraits, figure studies and erotic imagery that charted his involvement in New Yorks gay scene, this exhibition includes a selection of archival material providing insights into the artists working methods and private life. Inspired by classicism, and with a meticulous eye for detail, Mapplethorpe used photography to pursue a unique form of visual perfection that has cemented his place in art history. Mapplethorpe captured and shaped an era with portraits that immortalised the cultural idols of the 1970s and 1980s, moving seamlessly as he did between the uptown New York art scene and the underground queer ... More |
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| Prince show opens in London with Paisley Park treasures | | Photographs profiling site of manufacturing innovation on view at the Princeton University Art Museum | | Property from the Estate of Mitch Mitchell hits the stage at Julien's Auctions | 
The exhibition features the guitar used in his 1980 US national television debut, and charts Prince's rise to stardom with clothing worn on his "Purple Rain" and "LoveSexy" tours in the same decade.
LONDON (AFP).- An exhibition showcasing the life of pop legend Prince opened in London on Saturday, unveiling previously unseen treasures from his legendary Paisley Park studio complex. "My Name Is Prince" sees hundreds of items on display at The O2 entertainment complex, the first official retrospective since the US artist's death aged 57 in April last year. Memorabilia on display include a diamond-studded cane and a diamond vest, while the show also includes awards, instruments and handwritten song lyrics. The exhibition features the guitar used in his 1980 US national television debut, and charts Prince's rise to stardom with clothing worn on his "Purple Rain" and "LoveSexy" tours in the same decade. "This is the first time we've taken any items out of Paisley Park," said Tyka Nelson, Prince's only surviving ... More | | 
Michael Kenna, British, born 1953, The Rouge, Study 18, Dearborn, Michigan, 1993. Gelatin silver print. Princeton University Art Museum. The Ford Rouge Complex Collection, gift of the Ford Motor Company. © Michael Kenna.
PRINCETON, NJ.- A selection of photographs from Michael Kennas Rouge series forms an exhibition that underscores the sites legacy in U.S. and world history. The exhibition, curated by James Steward, Nancy A. NasherDavid J. Haemisegger, Class of 1976, Director, is on view at the Princeton University Art Museum through Feb. 11, 2018. The Princeton University Art Museum is the only institution to hold a complete set of the Rouge series, which is available in its entirety online for the first time on the Museums website. Michael Kennas compelling Rouge series is an extraordinary artistic achievement, and its exhibition a timely reminder of what was once the worlds most advanced industrial site, said Steward. As the sole museum with the entire Rouge suite, we take seriously ... More | | 
A 1960s multicolor shag coat from the wardrobe of Mitch Mitchell. Estimate: $2,000- $3,000.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Juliens Auctions, the world-record breaking auction house, has announced that Hendrix Era: Property from the Estate of Mitch Mitchell will hit the auction stage for a special one time only engagement on November 4, 2017 in Los Angeles and live online. Hailed by Rolling Stone as one of the greatest drummers of all time, Juliens Auctions will pay tribute to The Jimi Hendrix Experience legend by offering this collection of Mitchells fine instruments including, his famous drum kits, memorabilia, gear, wardrobe and ephemera as part of their recently announced Idols & Icons: Rock n Roll auction. A former child actor in British television and film turned drummer, John Graham Mitch Mitchell developed his signature jazz rock drumming style and skills as a touring and session musician playing from 1962 to 1966 with the likes of the Riot Squad, the Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames. In Septembe ... More |
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| John Lennon's personal copy of Yesterday And Today "Butcher Cover" may bring $200,000+ | | Exhibition at Loyola University includes more than 35 works of art by Jim Condron | | Major exhibition and film series at MoMA celebrates Post-Punk club | 
The album was given to Dave Morrell, a Beatles fan and collector, who was in a studio showing Lennon some of his memorabilia and bootleg material.
DALLAS, TX.- Possibly one of the world's rarest pre-production albums John Lennon's personal copy of Yesterday And Today "Butcher Cover" Stereo Prototype is expected to sell for as much as $200,000 in Heritage Auctions' Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Auction Nov. 11 in Dallas. Beatles collectors are well aware of this rare album, which comes directly from the Stan Panenka Beatles Vinyl Collection. "The term "world class" is probably a bit over-used in describing collectibles, however, labeling this unique, rare, and desirable Beatles item as "World Class" is not hyperbole," said Garry Shrum, Director of Music Memorabilia at Heritage Auctions. The album was given to Dave Morrell, a Beatles fan and collector, who was in a studio showing Lennon some of his memorabilia and bootleg material. Lennon essentially traded the album for a reel-to-reel tape of the Beatles ... More | | 
He's a bloody four-letter man, oil, cloth, plastic, wood, acrylic, rubber, 6x10x3 inches, 2016.
BALTIMORE, MD.- Julio Fine Arts Gallery presents the exhibition Picking Up Pieces from October 27 November 22, 2017. The show includes more than 35 works of art by Jim Condron, one of this years top Pollock-Krasner award winners. The artist draws on humor and memory, and finds unexpected beauty in juxtaposing everyday objects and cast-off remnants with the traditional medium of paint. Condron picks up bits of physical objects that draw on the mental images preserved from his personal life and from his engagements with art history. Mundane fragments from everyday life, such as a 1970s tennis-ball can, candy wrappers, or a shovel handle, find new meaning in his surprising conflations. (The tennis-ball can, for instance, is at once banal and poignant, since the artist spent countless hours as a child by the courts as his mother played.) Condrons huddles of broken materials break from abstract ... More | | 
Tabboo! (Stephen Tashjian) (American, born 1959). Self-Portrait, 1982. Acrylic on found advertising paper. Courtesy the artist and Gordon Robichaux, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art announces Club 57: Film, Performance, and Art in the East Village, 1978 1983 , a major exhibition examining the scene-changing, interdisciplinary life of downtown New Yorks seminal alternative space, on view from October 31, 2017, through April 1, 2018, in The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater Galleries. The East Village of the 1970s and 1980s continues to thrive in the publics imagination around the world. During the pioneering years of the neighborhoods evolution as a center of social life and creativity, Club 57 was a core institution. This exhibition will explore that legacy in full for the first time. Club 57 is organized by Ron Magliozzi, Curator and Sophie Cavoulacos, Assistant Curator, Department of Film, with guest curator Ann Magnuson. Located in the basement of the Holy Cross Polish National Church ... More |
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 Exhibiton of photographs and collages by Keith Vaughan on view at Austin/Desmond Fine ArtLONDON.- Austin/Desmond Fine Art is presenting an exhibition of rare vintage photographs and collages by the British artist Keith Vaughan (1912-1977). Dating from the 1930s, the majority of these images have never previously been seen or exhibited. Recording the visits made by the artist and a close coterie of male friends to Pagham Beach (located near Bognor Regis in West Sussex), these works were known to have existed and were often alluded to in published studies on the artist, but their whereabouts have always remained a mystery. The re-emergence of this remarkable collection confirms the central role that photography played in Vaughans artistic development. As a self-taught painter and photographer, many of these vintage photographs are the source material Vaughan used for drawings, ... More Maxfield Parrish's 'Study for Janion's Maple' highlights Bonhams American Art SaleNEW YORK, NY.- On November 20, Bonhams will offer Maxfield Parrishs Study for Janion's Maple (Under Summer Skies), dated circa 1956, as a highlight of the American Art sale. Maxfield Parrish is a name synonymous with the Golden Age of Illustration in American Art. His body of work represents some of the most widely recognized images of the 20th century, including his public mural commissions and his familiar storybook illustrations. The sale will also feature vibrant works by Tomas Moran, Marsden Hartley, and Sanford Robinson Gifford. For nearly thirty years beginning in 1934, Parrish was a contributing illustrator for Brown and Bigelow, the calendar and greeting card company in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The featured painting (estimate: $120,000-180,000) is a richly-colored preliminary oil study for a larger work produced in 1956 and published in the 1959 Brown ... More Sotheby's announces highlights from its Autumn Sale of Important Watches in GenevaGENEVA.- Sothebys upcoming auction of Important Watches in Geneva will bring together a particularly attractive selection of fine and rare timepieces to suit every collecting style. Highlights from the sale, to be held on Sunday, 12 November at Mandarin Oriental, Geneva, include a very fine selection of vintage and modern watches from the most prominent brands, including Patek Philippe, Rolex, Audemars Piguet, Vacheron Constantin, F.P. Journe and Richard Mille. Furthermore, Sotheby's will present a highly interesting collection of Urban Jürgensen watches which will be auctioed for the first time. Standout wristwatches by Patek Philippe include a 1974 example of the reference 3448 - the first automatic perpetual calendar ever made in series a highly attractive reference 2526 in pink gold with enamel dial and a spectacular Astronomical watch, the reference ... More Victoria and Albert Museum acquires Wilton's Music Hall ArchiveLONDON.- The Victoria and Albert Museum, London has acquired the archive of the worlds oldest surviving grand Victorian music hall, dating from 1871 to the present day. Wiltons Music Hall extensive archive features an array of material including an 1871 sketch of the interior, a campaign poster to save the building from destruction and handmade tickets constructed from old beer boxes that record the history of the building and its most famous performances. In 1853, five houses located on Grace's Alley in Londons East End were combined into one venue by John Wilton, becoming a Music Hall attracting the greatest talents of the day. Over the next 100 years Wiltons Music Hall had a varied career becoming a Methodist Mission from 1888 and, surviving the Blitz, standing in as a rag sorting warehouse in 1956. The threat of destruction loomed in the 1960s ... More Exhibition at S.M.A.K. aims is to gauge the present significance of photographyGHENT.- The Photographic is a group exhibition in two parts spread over two years; its aim is to gauge the present significance of photography. The first part, Other Pictures, comprises new and existing work by around 20 international artists and photographers ranging from the 1960s to the present. The selection demonstrates a lively interest, across generations, in the power of the still image as a means of examining the world. It concentrates on indefinable images with an open view, whose multi-layering requires slow reading. In this first part, S.M.A.K. focuses on images that arose out of an extreme, more intense view of the world. They analyse reality both intellectually and instinctively and in their turn make us look more intensely at the world. In addition, Other Pictures also studies the way artists and photographers have continually renewed the relationship ... More Classics Dracula, Casablanca headline Heritage Auctions' Movie Posters AuctionDALLAS, TX.- Collectors will have a chance to bid on more than 1,000 lots of the rarest and most beautiful posters ever offered by Heritage Auctions at its Movie Posters Auction Nov. 18-19 in Dallas. Highlights include the very rare Style A one sheet to the 1931 classic horror film, Dracula (est. $150,000), in which Bela Lugosi brought to life the vampire count of Bram Stoker's gothic horror novel. This is only the second known copy of this beautiful poster. Also offered for the first time is a glorious large French poster for the first release of Casablanca, the great wartime romance Academy Award winner. With magnificent artwork by Pierre Pigeot, this outstanding poster also has a chance to realize a six-figure return, with a pre-auction estimate of $100,000. A Style L one sheet to the 1925 Lon Chaney silent classic, Phantom of the Opera (est. $50,000-100) is another ... More Jill Bernstein appointed Board President of the American Friends of the Israel MuseumDALLAS, TX.- The American Friends of the Israel Museum announced today that Jill Bernstein has been named its next Board President. In this role, Bernstein will continue to build upon the strength of the Israel Museums network within the United States and will join the leadership of 16 International Friends organizations that comprise the Museums global foundation of support. She succeeds Stacey Bronfman following her three-year term as President, during which AFIM raised $54,000,000 for the Museum and helped to grow the Museums encyclopedic holdings across all of its collecting areas. In addition, AFIM is expanding its Board with the appointment of new members Chella Safra and Pam Sanders. On behalf of the American Friends of the Israel Museum, I want to thank Stacey Bronfman for her visionary leadership as we welcome Jill Bernstein as our new ... More Scientific illustrations of flora and fauna by the Von Wright brothers on view at the Ateneum Art MuseumHELSINKI.- The artist brothers Magnus, Wilhelm and Ferdinand von Wright are known as painters of portraits, landscapes, and nature subjects, especially birds, and as creators of scientific illustrations of flora and fauna. New contemporary works by Sanna Kannisto and Jussi Heikkilä complement this colourful major exhibition. The exhibition introduces new perspectives, as it explores the historical significance of the von Wright brothers for Finnish art, culture and science. The exhibition features more than 300 works from the Ateneum collection, and from Finnish and Swedish public and private collections. The exhibition, occupying the entire third floor of the museum, features oil paintings, watercolours, prints and sketches. Exhibits also includes birds stuffed by Magnus von Wright, courtesy of the Finnish Museum of Natural History. The chief curator of the ... More MACBA and Han Nefkens Foundation present 'The Maids' BARCELONA.- The Iranian collective formed by Ramin Haerizadeh (Tehran, 1975), Rokni Haerizadeh (Tehran, 1978) and Hesam Rahmanian (Knoxville, 1980), group of artists established in Dubai who collaborate since 2009, won the 2nd Han Nefkens Foundation-MACBA Award for Contemporary Art. On show at MACBA is their artistic proposal The Maids, a multi-part exhibition created in response to the city of Barcelona, and the result of a two-year process the artists call an assembling of a collective body. As artists, collaboration is central to their practice. Their goal is to create more equitable forms of artistic exchange by inviting different makers to contribute freely and independently to ongoing works in progress. For their MACBA project, the artists sought out Joan Baixas, the famed Catalan puppet artist and stage director ... More Highlights of the Central Saint Martins' Postgraduate Art Auction announcedLONDON.- The Central Saint Martins Postgraduate Art Auction brings together work by the colleges celebrated alumni, friends of the college and current students (fresh from the studio and often previously unseen) with all proceeds contributing to the Postgraduate Art Programme students fund. Regular donors such as Antony Gormley, Mona Hatoum and Yinka Shonibare MBE, are joined by Jake & Dinos Chapman, John Stezaker, Mark Titchner, Shezad Dawood and Joseph Kozuth among others. Recent graduates of the post graduate programme include Rolina Blok (2016) and Michael S. Bryan (2017), recipient of the Daniel Ford Award for Innovation. Rana Begum, fellow Kings Cross inhabitant in the form of her installation No 700 Reflectors Rana Begum, has donated a two-panel work. Alongside the Live Auction there is a Silent Auction comprising work ... More Turner Auctions + Appraisals to offer The Patsy Lee Donegan Collection of Asian AntiquesSAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Turner Auctions + Appraisals will present The Patsy Lee Donegan Collection of Asian Antiques on Sunday, November 19, 2017, at 10:30 am PST. Ms. Donegan has recently decided to retire after collecting Asian antiques for over 60 years and running her eponymous antique business for over 30 years. Offering 120 lots, the online auction features a range of eclectic items, including paintings, framed textiles, Japanese woodblock prints, rugs, small furniture, and an assortment of decorative items. Turner Auctions + Appraisals begins its online auction on November 19, 2017, at 10:30 am PST; items can be previewed and bid on now. The sale is featured on four platforms: LiveAuctioneers, Invaluable, eBay, and Turner Auctions + Appraisals free mobile app, which can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Apps ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer was born October 31, 1632. Johannes, Jan or Johan Vermeer (October 1632 - December 1675) was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. Vermeer was a moderately successful provincial genre painter in his lifetime. He evidently was not wealthy, leaving his wife and children in debt at his death, perhaps because he produced relatively few paintings. In this image: Participants of a press conference look at a painting, entitled Holding a Balance, by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, Germany, 16 March 2011.
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