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Bertrand Meniel (French, b. 1961). Chevys, 2018, acrylic on linen 59 x 83 in. Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York, Promised Gift of Louis K. and Susan Meisel.
WATER MILL, NY.- The Parrish Art Museum announced the addition of significant artworks to the Museums permanent collection. The acquisitions cover a diverse range of artistic styles and eras and further solidify the Museum's commitment to presenting a comprehensive range of contemporary and historical art. Among the notable acquisitions are Suzanne McClellands (American, b. 1959) recent works, CUTS (For Never) and CUTS (AWAY) (2023). Most recently, McClelland was included in the Parrishs 125th Anniversary exhibition, Artists Choose Parrish. The Museum currently holds four works by McClellands Plot (1999), a mixed media portfolio containing photographs, drawings, and prints, documenting a project where she asked friends from all over the country, including East Hampton, to bury four of her drawings; she exhumed ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The American Folk Art Museum will present the exhibition Anything but Simple: Gift Drawings and the Shaker Aesthetic, opening on September 13, 2024. The Shakers, often celebrated for their minimalist approach to design, will be showcased in a new light with this exhibition. The âgiftâ drawings on display represent a departure from the simplicity typically associated with Shaker material culture. Made by women in the mid-19th century and believed to represent divine messages, these intricate and vibrant drawings offer a unique glimpse into the interior world of the Shakers.
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| Crescent City Auction Gallery announces Sep 13-14th Important Estates Auction | | Major works by Jacopo Bassano 16th-century master of the Venetian Renaissance at Sinebrychoff Art Museum | | SJ Auctioneers announces online-only Super Luxury Jewelry, Silverware, Toys & Décor auction |
This 19th century American cluster column mahogany full tester bed possible retailed by Prudence Mallard should find a new home for $2,500-$3,500.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- An oil on board painting by the renowned folk artist Clementine Hunter (1887-1988), a presidential campaign flag from Henry Clays 1844 unsuccessful bid for the White House, and a mid-19th century late classical mahogany armoire probably made by J. & J.W. Meeks in New York City are just a few of the expected ... More | |
Jacopo Bassano (c. 15151592), Portrait of a Bearded Man, 1570s. Museo Civico di Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza. Photo: Musei Civici di Vicenza - Museo Civico di Palazzo Chiericati / Matteo De Fina.
HELSINKI.- The Sinebrychoff Art Museum is showing paintings by a 16th-century Italian Renaissance master. This exhibition of works by Jacopo Bassano (c. 15151592) produced by the Museum is the first monographic presentation of his art in Europe outside of Italy. Although less well- ... More | |
This beautiful Graff 18k yellow gold Khanjar ladies watch has an estimate of $7,650-$10,800.
BROOKLYN, NY.- Sterling silver flatware services by Georg Jensen and Old Newbury Crafters, stunning ladies watches by Graff and IWC, beautiful and desirable majolica pieces, fine jewelry items and nice pieces from Royal Vienna, Old Paris and Meissen are all part of SJ Auctioneers Super Luxury Jewelry, Silverware, Toys & Décor auction set for Sunday, Sept. 22. The ... More |
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| National Gallery of Art receives gift of "The Nazi Drawings" by Mauricio Lasansky | | Ancient tablets foretold doom awaiting Babylonian kings | | 2 men charged with damaging ancient rock formation at Lake Mead |
Mauricio Lasansky, Triptych, 19631971. Graphite with erasures, asphaltum turpentine wash, red powdered conte crayon wash (brushed and spattered), white opaque watercolor, cut, torn, folded, and pasted newspaper and biblical scripture on card, three panels. Gift of The Levitt Foundation - Des Moines, Iowa 2024.43.30.a-c © Lasansky Corporation Gallery. Photo: Minneapolis Institute of Art / Lasansky Corporation Gallery.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Mauricio Lasansky (19142012) was an exceptional artist and printmaker who played a key role in the American printmaking renaissance following World War II. Among his best-known works are The Nazi Drawings, an extraordinary series of 30 monumental individual drawings produced between 1961 and ... More | |
A tablet dating to the Old Babylonian period, circa 1900-1600 B.C.E., one of four newly translated tablets currently held by the British Museum. (Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative via The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- It was good to be the king in ancient Babylonia, unless, of course, an eclipse occurred during his reign. Such an event foretold revolt, rebellion, defeat in war, loss of territory, plague, drought, crop failure, locust attacks or even the kings death. Should the last omen be foretold, the king would go into hiding and a substitute say, a prisoner or a simpleton would be installed until the danger had passed. To appease the gods, someone would have to die, so upon the return of the true king, the substitute would be executed. The people of ... More | |
Jutting rocks and natural caves carved out by erosion and weathering along the Redstone Trail in Lake Mead National Recreation Area. (NPS/A. Harrison via The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- Two men were indicted last week on charges that they damaged an ancient rock formation at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada in April, federal prosecutors said. A video appeared to show the men toppling some of the rocks. The men, Wyatt Clifford Fain, 37, and Payden David Guy Cosper, 31, were each charged with one count of injury and depredation of government property and one count of aiding and abetting, the U.S. Attorneys Office in Nevada said in a statement Friday. According to the indictment, on April 7, Fain and Cosper ... More |
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| Another new leader for Indianapolis museum roiled by racism outcry | | Babe Ruth's 'Called Shot' jersey from 1932 World Series sells at Heritage Auctions for $24.12 million | | The Met to present the first major exhibition dedicated to influential modernist architect Paul Rudolph |
Colette Pierce Burnette left the organization after 15 months on the job and shortly after the arrival of a new museum director. (Cheney Orr/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- The Indianapolis Museum of Art is getting its third leader in four years as it continues to deal with the fallout from a racially insensitive job posting that led to its longtime leaders departure in 2021. Newfields, whose campus includes the museum, announced Monday that Le Monte G. Booker Sr., the chief financial officer of Chicagos Field Museum, would serve as its next president and CEO. Booker replaces Colette Pierce Burnette, the first Black woman in the role, who departed in November for unclear reasons after just more than a year on the job. ... More | |
1932 Babe Ruth Game Worn New York Yankees World Series "Called Shot" Jersey, SGC Superior.
DALLAS, TX.- Almost 90 years after he retired from baseball, Babe Ruth continues to smash his way into the history books. After a thrilling bidding war that lasted more than six hours, the New York Yankees jersey Babe Ruth wore when he called his shot to deep center field in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series sold early Sunday morning at Heritage Auctions for $24,120,000 to become the worlds most valuable sports collectible. Ruth knocks fellow Yankees legend Mickey Mantle out of the record books, where hed been since August 2022. Thats when Heritage sold a high-grade example of Mantles iconic ... More | |
Paul Rudolph, Architectural model for the proposed Sino Tower (unbuilt), Hong Kong, 1989. Balsa wood and plastic, 48 x 34 1/4 x 25 in. (131.7 x 63.2 cm) Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Photograph by Eileen Travell.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present the first-ever major museum exhibition to examine the career of the influential 20th-century architect Paul Rudolph, a second-generation Modernist who came to prominence during the 1950s and 1960s alongside peers such as Eero Saarinen and I.M. Pei. Materialized Space: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph, on view from September 30, 2024, through March 16, 2025, will showcase the full breadth of Rudolphs ... More |
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| 'A box of surprises': a Rotterdam apartment that's only 74 square feet | | Brooklyn Museum announces more than 200 artists selected for The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition | | 3 Los Angeles museums team up to acquire art |
A 39-square-foot saffron living room in the tiny apartment designed by Beatriz Ramo López de Angulo and Bernd Upmeyer in Rotterdam. (Ossip van Duivenbode/The New York Times)
NEW YORK, NY.- Even Le Corbusier appreciated cabin porn. In 1952, the modernist architect built a tiny log house on the French Riviera that he could visit every summer: 144 square feet with a Mediterranean view. Outfitted with austere custom furnishings but no kitchen (it was next to a restaurant), the Cabanon, as he called it, still stands, a work of gorgeous restraint. I dont know if you have been there. He had a bed that you cannot sleep on. I mean, its, like, hard as hell, said Beatriz ... More | |
Amaryllis R. Flowers. The Girl Has Teeth and the Teeth Are Tired, 2022. Ceramic, digital video, synthetic human hair, bone, clay. © Amaryllis R. Flowers. Courtesy of the artist.
BROOKLYN, NY.- The Brooklyn Museum announced the selection of more than two hundred artists for The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition, which will open on the occasion of the Museums 200th anniversary. This extensive group show highlights the remarkable creativity and diversity of Brooklyns artistic communities. Reflecting on a rich history of fostering creativity and championing artists of all backgrounds, the Museums bicentennial is an opportunity to honor ... More | |
Torbjørn Rødland. Dry Faucet no. 1, 201618. Chromogenic print, Kodak Endura paper. 22 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (57 x 45 cm) Framed: 23 x 18 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (58.4 x 46.4 x 3.8 cm). Edition 2 of 3, with 1 AP.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- As cultural institutions are recognizing the potential for pooling resources, the Hammer Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles are establishing a joint collection of contemporary art by Los Angeles artists, to be founded through the acquisition of nearly 300 artworks from collectors Jarl and Pamela Mohn. Were all going to share the labor of it, were going to share the costs ... More |
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âWe had no idea it was going to be this bigâ | Artist Ix Shells
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Toned Morgan dollars and high-grade type coins assume starring roles at Heritage's Long Beach US Coins AuctionDALLAS, TX.- A pair of elite collections, one brimming with toned Morgan dollars and the other with an exceptional array of silver and gold type coins, will be among the top attractions in Heritages Long Beach Expo US Coins Signature® Auction September 12-15. The Puccini Collection of Toned Morgan Dollars is really extraordinary, says Todd Imhof, Executive Vice President at Heritage Auctions. Some shine a spotlight on colorful obverse toning, and some on stunning reverse Morgan toners ... and it also is extensive, basically the first truly complete toned Morgan dollar collection that includes all major varieties for both the obverse and reverse sets. It represents an extraordinary opportunity for collectors ... More Rudy Franchi, who put movies at the center of a Technicolor life, dies at 85NEW YORK, NY.- Rudy Franchi, who during a kaleidoscopic life brought French films to New York City, indulged in trysts with Hollywood stars as a publicist, operated one of the countrys largest vintage movie poster businesses and appraised ephemera most memorably, a lunch menu from the Titanic on PBSs Antiques Roadshow, died Aug. 6 in Santa Monica, California. He was 85. The cause of his death, at a nursing home, was lung cancer that had metastasized, his family said. Franchis life was highbrow, lowbrow and sometimes surreal. Along with movie posters, his store, The Nostalgia Factory, dealt in kitsch Mickey Mouse watches, British cookie tins, StarKist Charlie the Tuna piggy banks. His career included a stint at a tabloid newspaper fabricating stories, including one that claimed that President John F. Kennedy ... More Dismantling the ship that drilled for the ocean's deepest secretsNEW YORK, NY.- A global cataclysm is portrayed in black and white in the sediments off the southeastern coast of the United States. Deep below the seafloor, chalky muds evince an ancient ocean flourishing with life. But a stark black layer cuts through the pale grains, marking the moment 66 million years ago when a 6-mile wide asteroid slammed into Earth and our planet was never the same. The impact, known as the Chicxulub event, set off dramatic climate swings that sent 75% of Earths species including all non-avian dinosaurs spiraling toward extinction. Many details of the devastation come from cores long tubes of sediment or rock that result from drilling into the seafloor that were hauled onboard the JOIDES Resolution. The ship, known to those who sailed on it as the JR, was the only dedicated American scientific drill ship. Drill ... More The stuff they strut on the jellicle catwalkNEW YORK, NY.- Before anyone steps onto the catwalk in Cats: The Jellicle Ball, the wildly popular reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webbers Cats at the Perelman Performing Arts Center, a dancers silhouette appears at the back of the stage, darting across a row of windows. At first, his movement recalls the limber ballet-jazz of the original 1982 Broadway production, accented with tricks like a split leap and a back walkover. He has two little ears, a tail. He could be prowling on a rooftop at night. But then something shifts. The silhouetted dancer strips away his tail, and vintage musical theater gives way to elements of vogue: the circling wrists of hand performance; the crouched legs and flashing arms of a duckwalk; the whirl and dramatic fall of a spin and dip. Its arguably one of the most important moments in the show, said ... More CUE Art will open a solo exhibition by artist Tsohil Bhatia NEW YORK, NY.- On Thursday, September 5th from 68 pm, CUE Art opens This Fire That Warms You, a solo exhibition by artist Tsohil Bhatia with mentorship from Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo). The exhibition will remain on view at CUEs gallery space at 137 W. 25th Street until October 19, 2024. Attendance during gallery hours (WedSat, 126 pm) is free; no reservations are required. The opening reception is free and open to all; RSVPs are encouraged. This Fire That Warms You imagines the gallery as a kitchen, activating and recontextualizing its furnishings, ingredients, methods, and labor. Bhatia engages in transmodal ways of making that consider the everyday and the ephemeral. Their ongoing studio and kitchen practices converge, revealing excerpts and observations of their daily life through sculpture and installation- ... More De Pont will present the first solo exhibition of the iconic Colombian artist Beatriz González in the NetherlandsTILBURG.- From 5 October 2024, De Pont will present the first solo exhibition of the iconic Colombian artist Beatriz González (1932) in the Netherlands. The undisputed grande dame of contemporary Latin-American art, González is often referred to as the painter of Colombia's collective memory. She is known as the regions most important painter of the last half-century and has influenced generations of painters. Through her powerful, colourful and poetic paintings, she acts as a keen chronicler of her countrys often-violent history. Yet at the same time, her work displays a strong universal power of expression. War and Peace: A Poetics of Gesture provides an overview of the many decades of González impressive career, in which themes such as loss, sorrow and the human condition figure prominently. The exhibition also offers a new perspective on how González ... More Jaclyn Conley: Castles In the Air opening September 5th at Maruani Mercier in BrusselsBRUSSELS.- In her new body of work, Jaclyn Conley stages visions of life in landscape, which are at once vast and intimate. Known for her masterful portrayals of the figure, the artist here bends the depth and scale in the composition, giving the setting comparable deliberation and prominence. In each painting, Conley layers references to iconic images from art history with archival photographs documenting the back-to-the-land movement of the 1960s and 70s in America, to consider the notion of social progress, and the possibilities of turning to the landscape as a strategy of resistance. Influenced by the writings of Henry David Thoreau, the back-to-the- land movement garnered particular momentum in the late 1960s in Vermont against the backdrop of the ongoing war in Vietnam, escalating consumerism and perceived urban ... More Zentrum Paul Klee to open first exhibition in Switzerland to provide an extensive insight into the modern art of BrazilBERN.- From 7 September 2024 until 5 January 2025 the Zentrum Paul Klee is showing Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism. It is the first exhibition in Switzerland to provide an extensive insight into the modern art of Brazil, and into the countrys history, literature, music, design and architecture. The exhibition will travel to the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Brazil is by far the largest country in South America, and a country with one of the highest populations in the world. Its landscape is hugely diverse, extending from the Amazonian rain forest to the famous beaches of Copacabana. The tropical rain forest has the greatest variety of species in the world, and the countrys ecological significance for the global ... More Sebastian Gladstone announces Tristan Unrau: "Re-Enactment"LOS ANGELES, CA.- I am often asked, Why are you wandering about so much? or What are you actually trying to say here? Or I am told, Dont worry; you have plenty of time to find your style. The why is always sneering at the what. I privately think, A painting with no overriding central motivation is what I want. This declarative statement is almost a mantra for me, existing as an evergreen and deeply rooted whisper in the back of my mind. Still another answer is that I love painting, or maybe more specifically, I love the history of paintings and their beleaguered painters, one that is replete with human foible and farce and fear and comedy. Trying to image the world is a deeply humanist project and, as such, is full of the tragic and the absurd. The list is endless Van Goghs ear, El Grecos dying penniless - leaving behind 147 unsold ... More ICA/Boston presents the first U.S. museum survey of Charles AtlasBOSTON, MASS.- In October 2024, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) presents Charles Atlas: About Time, the first U.S. museum survey of pioneering interdisciplinary artist Charles Atlas (b. 1949 in St. Louis). The retrospective exhibition presents work created over 50 years, including the debut of a new, room-sized sculptural video installation that considers abiding themes of collaboration and friendship. The exhibition brings together key components of more than 125 films and videos in monumental and immersive multichannel video installations the artist describes as walk-through experiences. Encompassing themes of performance and portraiture, gender and sexuality, and collaboration and friendship, Charles Atlas: About Time is oriented around the artists groundbreaking work at the intersections of moving image, ... More Exhibition of rare Shaker drawings to open at the American Folk Art MuseumNEW YORK, NY.- The American Folk Art Museum will present the exhibition Anything but Simple: Gift Drawings and the Shaker Aesthetic, opening on September 13, 2024. The Shakers, often celebrated for their minimalist approach to design, will be showcased in a new light with this exhibition. The gift drawings on display represent a departure from the simplicity typically associated with Shaker material culture. Made by women in the mid-19th century and believed to represent divine messages, these intricate and vibrant drawings offer a unique glimpse into the interior world of the Shakers. Opening during the 250th year of Shakerism in the United States, the exhibition features drawings widely considered to be among the finest surviving examples of this rare type. These symbols of love and nature were often given as tokens ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, English photographer Mary McCartney was born August 28, 1969. Mary Anna McCartney (previously McCartney-Donald) is a photographer. The first biological child of rock photographer Linda Eastman McCartney and Paul McCartney of The Beatles, Mary was named after her paternal grandmother, Mary McCartney. In this image: British photographer Mary McCartney, daughter of Linda Eastman McCartney and Paul McCartney poses for a photograph next to her photographs during the opening of the exhibition 'From where I stood' in the gallery Contributed in Berlin, Germany.
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