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Installation view. Photo by Dave Scavone.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Showcasing nearly 100 masterworks dating from the eighth to the early twentieth centuries, the exhibition and catalog "Indian Textiles: 1,000 Years of Art and Design"--five years in the making--celebrate Indian artists' extraordinary achievements in textile production and design at The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum through June 4, 2022. Artists on the Indian Subcontinent maintain some of the world's most ancient and illustrious textile traditions. Generations of cultivators, weavers, dyers, printers and embroiderers have ingeniously harnessed the region's rich natural resources to create a remarkable range of fine fabrics. A design-focused interpretive approach provides a fresh perspective on Indian textiles by highlighting the technical and aesthetic virtuosity of their creators as well as the social, cultural, economic and political contexts that informed their design choices. Spanning time, region, technique and ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Join Artemis Gallery on Apr 28, 2022 11:00 AM GMT-5 for a special auction not to be missed ! Collectible Native American art from two major collectors. Antiquity to mid-20th century! Plus fine & folk art, fossils, and more! All legally acquired. All legal to buy/sell. Convenient and professional in-house shipping.
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| After 19 years, one of the gold boxes stolen in the Waddesdon raid is recovered, thanks to the Art Loss Register | | World's first Francis Bacon/Adrian Ghenie joint exhibition to debut in Hong Kong in May | | Exhibition at the Städel Museum features Impressionism and the French art of the 18th century | 
Recovered Waddesdon gold box © Paul Quezada- Neiman photos.
LONDON.- At about 2am on Tuesday 10 June 2003, Waddesdon Manor, the Rothschild house and garden in Buckinghamshire, experienced a dramatic break-in and theft. A masked gang in blue boiler suits smashed their way through a window, and within just minutes had made off with more than 100 gold boxes and other precious objects. The stolen items - mainly 18th-century French pieces, along with some English were of high value. Very few of them have ever been recovered. In August 2021, one of the boxes was identified by the team at Art Loss Register (ALR) when it came up for sale at a UK regional auction house which subscribes to the ALRs service providing due diligence checks on items for sale. The gold box that has surfaced is a French bonbonniere dated 1775-1781 and made in Paris, a centre for the production of gold boxes in the 18th century. These small circular boxes were personal accessories, kept in a pocket, in a boudoir ... More | | 
Francis Bacon, Seated Figure. Oil on canvas, 60 ⅛ x 47 in. (152.8 x 119.5 cm.) Painted in 1960. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
HONG KONG.- Christies, in partnership with HomeArt, announced【Flesh and Soul: Bacon/Ghenie】, a joint exhibition of over 15 masterpieces by Francis Bacon and Adrian Ghenie, to be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 21 to 29 May 2022, as a special highlight during the week of Christies Spring Preview and Auctions. Thiswill be an event remarkable for its many "firsts" the first Francis Bacon exhibition in Hong Kong, the first Adrian Ghenie exhibition in Asia, and the worlds first joint exhibition for the two iconic artists. After Hong Kong, the collection will travel to additional locations in Asia. Hailed as one of the most important painters of the 20thcentury, Francis Bacon (1909-1992) was a prolific artist who focused on portraiture that articulated violence, tension and turbulence, lifes glorious agony. His works are held in almost every major public ... More | | 
Exhibition view "RENOIR.ROCOCO REVIVAL. Photo: Städel Museum Norbert Miguletz.
FRANKFURT.- Pierre-Auguste Renoir is one of the outstanding painters of French Impressionism and far more than that. From 2 March to 19 July 2022, for the first time the Städel Museum addresses the surprising references in his art to Rococo painting in a large-scale special exhibition. Whereas Rococo painting was considered frivolous and immoral after the French Revolution, it underwent a revival in the nineteenth century and was widely visible in Renoirs lifetime. Having trained as a porcelain painter, he was also intimately acquainted with the imagery of artists such as Antoine Watteau, Baptiste Siméon Chardin, François Boucher and Jean-Honoré Fragonard. He shared the Rococos predilection for certain subjects, among them promenaders in the park and on the riverbank, moments of repose in the outdoors, and the garden party. Renoir also frequently devoted himself to the depiction of domestic scenes and family life as well ... More |
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| Museo Picasso Málaga opens an exhibition of works by Paula Rego | | Large private collection of antique musical instruments from around the world to be offered at auction | | 'Washington Crossing the Delaware' is up for sale. (Not that one.) | 
View of the "Paula Rego" exhibition © Museo Picasso Málaga.
MALAGA.- The exhibition Paula Rego (b. 1935) presents the work of an uncompromising artist of extraordinary imaginative power, Rego redefined figurative art and revolutionised the way in which women are represented. The exhibition tells the story of this artists remarkable life, highlighting the personal nature of much of her work and the socio-political context in which it is rooted. It reveals her broad range of references, from comic strips to history paintings. Featuring over 80 works including collage, paintings, large-scale pastels, drawings and etchings, the show spans Regos early work from the 1960s to her richly layered, staged scenes of the first two decades of this century. In her paintings, collages and drawings from the 1960s to 70s, Rego passionately and fiercely opposed the Portuguese dictatorship, using a range of sources for inspiration including advertisements, caricatures and news stories. She also explored folk tales as representations of human ... More | | 
One of an exceptional selection of stringed instruments, a Santal lute, known as a Dhodro Banam. Estimate £300-£500 (Lot 365).
LONDON.- One of the largest and most diverse private collection of antique musical instruments is to be offered at auction next month. The collection has been amassed over 40 years by English collector and dealer, Tony Bingham, and is unsurpassed in its variety, breadth and quality, with instruments from around the globe. This extraordinary collection will be a highlight of Olympia Auctions Asian Works of Art sale on May 11, 2022. Commenting on the collection, Olympia Auctions specialist Arthur Millner said, We are delighted to be selling a unique collection of musical instruments from around the world, as part of our sale of Asian Works of Art. This extraordinary assemblage is the result of an enthusiasm sustained over more than 40 years of travel by a London collector and dealer Tony Bingham. Almost every type of noise producing device is represented, from various types of drum from places as diverse as China, New Gui ... More | | 
Emanuel Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware, signed E. Leutze (lower right) oil on canvas, 40 x 68 in. (101.6 x 172.7 cm.) Painted in 1851. $15,000,000 - 20,000,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022.
by Maria Cramer
NEW YORK, NY.- Washington Crossing the Delaware, a painting that portrays one of the most recognizable scenes of the American Revolution, is for sale. Not the 21-foot canvas that takes up an entire wall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but the other one the roughly 3 1/2 by 5 1/2-foot version painted at about the same time by Emanuel Leutze, a German American artist, in 1851. Its the first time since 1979 that the smaller version of the painting, which hung in the White House for parts of four decades, will be up for bidding and it is expected to sell for between $15 million and $20 million when it comes up for auction next month, according to Christies, the auction house. One of the reasons why Washington Crossing the Delaware has become arguably the most iconic likeness of George Washington is because ... More |
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| Christie's announces 20/21 Marquee Week Day sales | | Early printed books at Swann features the collection of Ken Rapoport & a work from the library of Jean Grolier | | Gagosian opens an exhibition curated by Francesco Bonami | 
Marc Chagall, Le Peintre. Oil on canvas, 25⅝ x 21 in. (64.9 x 54.2 cm.) Painted in 1976. $700,000-1,000,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announced the Spring Marquee Week Day Sales taking place this May in New York. The Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale and The Collection of Thomas and Doris Ammann will lead the series on Friday, 13 May. This will be followed by the Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper and Day Sale and The Surrealist World Of Rosalind Gersten Jacobs And Melvin Jacobs taking place on Saturday, 14 May. The Picasso Ceramics online sale, which celebrates the 75th anniversary of Picassos collaboration with the Madoura studio, will close out the week on Monday, 16 May. The sales will showcase significant works from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries from a number of important private collections, as well as feature a range of groupings with proceeds generously benefiting charitable initiatives. The Post War and Contemporary Art Day sale will be led by Wayne Thiebauds Three Ice Cream Cones ($2,500,000-3,500,000) from the ... More | | 
Thucydides De Bello Peloponnensium, bound for Jean Grolier, Cologne, 1527. Estimate $30,000 to $50,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Galleries will present Early Printed Books at auction Thursday, May 5. The sale will feature part one of the collection of Ken Rapoport alongside a selection of noteworthy publications, including a book bound for Jean Grolier and works on economics, science, medicine, and travel. The first part of the complete library of noted bibliophile and collector Ken Rapoport forms the cornerstone of the auction. Over a collecting career of more than fifty years, Rapoport amassed hundreds of sought-after rarities in literature. Inspired chiefly by the works of François Rabelais, Miguel de Cervantes, William Shakespeare and Molière, the collection includes much in Spanish and English poetry and drama, as well as works that encompass the early chivalric tradition that gave rise to Don Quixote, along with the work of Spanish contemporaries of Cervantes. Highlights from part one of the collection include the top lot in the sale, Shakes ... More | | 
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, "Untitled" (Beginning), 1994, detail. Strands of beads and hanging device. Dimensions vary with installation © Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation. Photo: Kioku Keizo. Courtesy Gagosian.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Gagosian is presenting Beginning, an exhibition of painting, installation, and photography by Maurizio Cattelan, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Richard Prince, and Rudolf Stingel, curated by Francesco Bonami. Juxtaposing four key contemporary works in a spare, contemplative arrangement inspired by a 1994 exhibition of Gonzalez-Torress and Stingels work at the Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria, Beginning considers the impact of recent traumatic world events on our collective perception of art and culture. Reflecting a pervasive sense of mourningand, crucially, a resilient spirit of hopein the face of death and disaster, it invites quiet, sustained meditation on the often painful process of transition from one state of being to another. In Cattelans mural Father (2021), a colossal black-and-white ... More |
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| Xavier Hufkens opens an exhibition of works by Cassi Namoda | | Cooke Latham Gallery opens a solo exhibition by Polish artist Rafał Zajko | | Brian Calvin's sixth solo exhibition with Almine Rech opens in Brussels | 
No luck with romance in the tropics, 2022.
BRUSSELS.- For her debut exhibition with the gallery, Cassi Namoda (b. 1988, Maputo, Mozambique) presents a new series of paintings that were created in Cape Town, South Africa and in East Hampton, New York, where she currently lives and works. The title, Tropical Depression, is both poetic and ambiguous. It is partly inspired by lived experience (a bout of illness while working in Africa) but also the destructive power of nature (a tropical depression is another word for a cyclone). Equally, it speaks to recent Mozambican history and the links between colonialism, war and the status of women. This interweaving of personal and historical references is typical of Namodas practice. Several of the paintings on view were conceived in Cape Town, where Namoda confronted the theme of the nude for the first time. A key starting point for understanding the emotional thrust of these images is Mozambiques decade-long struggle for independence (1964-74). Like a geological fault line, it splits hi ... More | | 
Rafał Zajko Siren XIV, 2022, Terracotta, glaze, bronze, whistle tuner, rubber tube. Stand: acrylic resin component, pigment, 33 x 21 x 19 cm, base 1 x 15 x 15 cm. Photography by Ben Deakin.
LONDON.- Cooke Latham Gallery announces Song to the Siren, a solo exhibition by Polish artist Rafał Zajko. At the core of Rafał Zajkos practice lies a belief in science-fiction as inherently queer, an arena of otherness in which alternate futures and belief systems can be imagined and explored. In Song to the Siren the gallery becomes a forum in which unexplained action is ever-present. Punctuated by a series of intricate individual works the space nonetheless performs as a unit. The wall-hung works are embedded in a comprehensive, machine-like design that mimics a circuit board or control panel. The sculptures are sensory; they emit steam and smoke, some exude light; red, amber, green and blue. There is the implication of some unified purpose, some unidentified algorithm to which the viewer is given clues without ever being able to grasp the whole. Engaging with numerous ... More | | 
Brian Calvin, Tilt, 2022. Acrylic on canvas 101.6 x 81.3 cm, 40 x 32 in / © Brian Calvin. Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech. Photo: Joshua White.
BRUSSELS.- Almine Rech Brussels is presenting More, Brian Calvin's sixth solo exhibition with the gallery, on view from April 27 to May 28, 2022. Brian Calvin is an artist whose methods are both modest and expansive. For three decades he has pursued the representation of the human figure mainly faces, mainly women. Within these self-imposed parameters (which, of course, he periodically abandons) Calvin has created a body of work that is at once elusive and familiar, winsome and affecting, historically referential and stridently contemporary. Calvins exhibition More follows his last with Almine Rech, which was titled More Days itself a play on the title of an exhibition early in Calvins career simply called Days. Every picture by this artist builds on its precedents, both within his oeuvre and within the canon of Western and global art. He is an artist who, in his own words, sees painting as a long game. ... More |
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 British Museum announces NFT collection of Giovanni Battista Piranesi worksLONDON.- For its latest collaboration with the British Museum, LaCollection has announced a new NFT drop drawn from a selection of 20 pen and chalk drawings from the British Museums collection by the Venetian-born artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778). Piranesi is regarded as one of the greatest Italian printmakers of the 18th century, best known for his atmospheric representations of Roman antiquity, and in later years, his celebrated series of fictional prisons, La Carceri. His exceptional work as a draughtsman is less well known, yet his drawings reveal the evolution of his practice and the relentless experimentation and innovation that underpinned his virtuoso ability with the etching needle. Works included in this drop chart the evolution of the artist from early scenographic drawings to his more elaborate ... More  Another new world record for Lancia at auction?LONDON.- One of only 295 'Giallo Ferrari' Evo 1 Limited Editions with less than 17,000 miles from new, this car is expected to do well for this version of the Italian Lancia marque offered from Silverstones Auction of Supercar Fest of Iconic and Classic cars on May 28th at Sywell Aerodrome. Silverstone set the world record for one of these cars a 1995 Lancia Delta HF Evo II Integrale Edizione Finale, sold at the May Sale in 2021 for £223,100. Nick Whale, Chairman of Silverstone Auctions, says: Its the very heart of our business to know what is happening with values and its become clear that Lancia Evo prices are moving up strongly. It is hardly surprising given the 30 year record of rallying success this brand maintained and the memories of these cars leaving rival competitors eating their dust. From the mid-1960s until the early ... More  Art Basel unveils highlights of its upcoming edition in Hong KongHONG KONG.- The 2022 edition of Art Basel in Hong Kong, and second edition of its hybrid fair, welcomes 130 leading galleries from 28 countries and territories. Alongside robust presentations across Galleries, Insights, and Discoveries, this years show will offer dynamic public programs that highlight local artists and create meaningful connections in the city and across the globe: Hong Kong-based moving image pioneer Ellen Paus new, site-specific moving image work The Shape of Light, co-commissioned by Art Basel and M+, supported by the Lead Partner UBS, as well as a special tram project with artists Cherie Cheuk Ka-wai, Stephen Wong Chun-hei, and Shum Kwan-yi, commissioned by Art Basel and co-presented by the Hong Kong Tourism Board. Art Basel Live, Art Basels multichannel digital program ... More  Ewbank's celebrate Vogue model's artistic talent as they unveil her studio collection a decade after her deathWOKING.- As a model she worked with Bailey and Donovan, and once pushed Norman Wisdom into a swimming pool; as an artist she worked non-stop for decades, building a keen following in the galleries of the Riviera. Now the residual collection of art from the studio of Maggy Clarysse (1931-2011), hidden away for the past decade, will come to auction at Ewbanks in Surrey on May 26. Consigned by her family, the art displays an extraordinary range, from pointillist studies of ponds, via Cézanne-inspired landscapes to Impressionist and post-Impressionist still lifes. She was like a musician with perfect pitch. She could paint in any style, says her son, Jean-Paul. In all, the auction will offer nearly 450 works by a woman ... More  Ayumi Paul is the Gropius Bau's In House: Artist In Residence 2022BERLIN.- The Gropius Bau welcomes Ayumi Paul as In House: Artist in Residence 2022. Following Wu Tsang, Otobong Nkanga, Zheng Bo and SERAFINE1369, Ayumi Paul will present her participatory singing sculpture The Singing Project as part of the residency. Pauls work represents the latest activation of the opening of the Gropius Baus light-filled atrium space. From April 2022, The Singing Project will unfold within a dedicated room for residents, providing a setting for continuous engagement with audiences and communities. Ayumi Pauls work delves into the interconnection of bodies, rhythm and cycles of nature. Her research on the ways sound connects us all is a touchstone for the Gropius Bau, informing our approach to topics such as making space and finding common ground, and also bodily knowledge, collective ... More  Hospital Rooms announces landmark partnerships with Hauser & Wirth and Avant Arte to raise £1m LONDON.- Hauser & Wirth have been a key supporter of Hospital Rooms over the past three years through annual auctions that have collectively raised over £200,000 for the charity. The gallery is now solidifying its partnership with Hospital Rooms through a new commitment to the organisation until 2025. Commencing this Mental Health Awareness Week (9-15 May) and for the next three years, Hauser & Wirth will host a series of events and an annual major exhibition at its London gallery that feature acclaimed artists and insights by experts by experience of mental health services. This ongoing research will be supported by clinicians, university partners and representatives from the World Heath Organization. The purpose of the partnership is to raise awareness of Hospital Rooms mission to radically transform the face of menta ... More  Emanuel Layr presents an exhibition of works by Stano Filko VIENNA.- One path to truth leads through the senses: For Stano Filko the power of the colour red makes you feel how bodies may understand the world: the red way, en rose, on fire, in a hot-tempered manner and visceral key. But what now, if the body is displaced, in exile, out of sync with its surroundings? This is what the work coming out of Filko's New York years speaks of. Arriving in Manhattan, in 1982, after fleeing the ČSSR the year before, he absorbs the urban energy psycho-physically. Filko gets body-checked by USA where money talks, and sets rules for art: "Show me. Don't tell me. Where is the beef?" Filko responds, work gets fleshy, pink, red, big, and loud. In turn he wants to know from New York: "I show you. Now tell me: Where is the love?" Rolling with the punches, Filko filters the big city energy charge through his colour ... More  Barbati Gallery exhibits new sculptures by Kelly Akashi at the Palazzo LezzeVENICE.- Barbati Gallery is presenting the gallery's first exhibition, Life Forms, a solo presentation of new sculptures by Los Angeles native Kelly Akashi. Taking place at the Palazzo Lezze on Campo Santo Stefano in the heart of Venice, the exhibition is on view from April 20 through July 4, 2022. Embodied in the formation of the works in Life Forms are markers of impermanence and legacy shared through generations of material knowledge and craftsmanship. This reciprocity of ideas and techniques tethers the artist to a greater multigenerational endowment. Flanking the entrance are four glass and bronze works produced in Murano and Los Angeles. For the artist, working in Venice allowed her to experience the original rhythm, technique, and language unique to Murano and to infuse and expand the techniques she developed ... More  "Suspended Landscapes: Thread Drawings by Amanda McCavour" hangs in museum's original buildingMADISON, WIS.- To commemorate the Chazen Museum of Arts 50th anniversary, Toronto-based artist Amanda McCavour created an installation in Paige Court, the heart of the museums original 1970 Elvehjem building. McCavour, who works with fabric and stitching to create large-scale embroidered installations, developed a new site-specific work in response to the collection and history of the Chazen Museum of Art and UWMadison. The work will challenge the visual weight and dominating presence of the design and travertine marble of the Elvehjem building. Suspended Landscapes will be on view from March 11-Sept. 11, 2022. The Elvehjem Building was where our museum began, during a time of great national turmoil, said Amy Gilman, director of the Chazen. Amanda McCavours work has an assumed vulnerability ... More  Military history comes to life at Morphy's May 17-18 auction of Early Arms, Militaria, and Extraordinary FirearmsDENVER, PA.- Antique and collectible firearms of superior quality and great historical importance await bidders at Morphys mid-May auction event, with two distinct sessions that, together, offer significant firearms and militaria from the 18th century through contemporary times. For the May 17 session, Morphys has prepared a 213-lot curated selection of early arms and militaria, followed on May 18 by a 405-lot offering of fine rifles, shotguns, 19th-century Colts and other handguns; military and NFA weapons; and much more. Each and every auction item has been examined and cataloged by the appropriate specialist from Morphys respected team of firearms experts, whose catalog descriptions ... More  Detroit Institute of Arts names Elliott Broom new Chief Operating OfficerDETROIT, MICH.- Following a nationwide search, the Detroit Institute of Arts has named Elliott Broom the museums new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Broom, the DIAs current Vice President of Museum Operations, takes the new position effective immediately. Following a long career in the hospitality industry, Broom joined the DIA more than 13 years ago as Vice President of Museum Operations, leading the Security, Building Operations, Visitor Services, Environmental Services, Volunteers, Events and Food Services, and Group Reservations departments. As the division leader, Elliott played a critical role in managing the museums largest events, including many successful galas and the blockbuster exhibitions Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus, Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit, and Star Wars and the Power of Costume. ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Dutch painter and illustrator Jan van Goyen died April 27, 1656. Jan Josephszoon van Goyen (13 January 1596 - 27 April 1656) was a Dutch landscape painter. Van Goyen was an extremely prolific artist; approximately twelve hundred paintings and more than one thousand drawings by him are known. In this image: River Scene, 1652.
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