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Constantijn Daniel van Renesse & Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Die Verkündigung an Maria, um 1652. Feder und Pinsel in Braun, schwarze und rote Kreide, braun und grau laviert © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett / Jörg P. Anders.
BERLIN.- Rembrandt or not Rembrandt? Drawings by the celebrated Dutch master have always been mixed up with those by his disciples and assistants who worked in the same style. Research carried out over the last years has led to a fundamental reappraisal of Rembrandts drawings that also affects the outstanding holdings of the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett. The exhibition presents approximately a hundred of the best drawings by artists in Rem-brandts circle as well as several originals by Rembrandt from our own collection and from other museums. In recent years, the authenticity of Rembrandts drawings has greatly ex-ercised the few experts working in this field with astonishing results: More than half of the drawings listed as autograph in the magisterial cata-logue raisonné compiled between 1954 and 1957 by Otto Benesch, the Viennese art historian and director of the Albertina, are now regarded as works by students and assistants. This has a major ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Visitors coming into the entrance hall of the Kunsthaus Bregenz this summer will face a large screen. A sequence of images fades into the soft ambient light of Peter Zumthor's famous building. The video work The Quiet Shore, 2011, seems as if it were made for this place. It is a work by David Claerbout, one of the most renowned and significant contemporary artists. This year's summer exhibition at the Kunsthaus Bregenz focuses on his video and sound works.
| Old Master discoveries revealed in Koller's Autumn Auctions | | 'DRAG: Self-portraits and Body Politics' opens at HENI Project Space, Hayward Gallery | | Sotheby's to offer property from the Joseph & Brenda Calihan Collection | 
Simon de Vos (1603 Antwerp 1676), The Visitation. Circa 1639. Oil on panel. 23 x 17,3 cm. Estimate: CHF 10 000 / 15 000.
ZURICH.- A series of discoveries highlight the Old Master & 19th Century Paintings auction at Koller on 28 September. Perhaps the most exciting is a small oil study of the head of a monk, which was recently identified as the model for the head of St Dominic in Peter Paul Rubens 1618 altarpiece Saints Dominic and Francis Saving the World from Christs Anger, today in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon. The painting on panel is striking in its use of minimal brushstrokes and highlighting to create a striking portrait, which still after four centuries appears distinctly modern. A second small-format oil painting also turned out to be an important art historical find. Depicting the Visitation, its composition is identical to an altarpiece in the church of St Jacob in Antwerp. This parish church serves as a Pantheon for many famous Flemish artists, housng the tombs of Peter Paul Rubens and his wife among others. Painte ... More | | 
Ulay, Renais sense (White Mask), 1974/2014. Giclee print. 94 x 74 cm. Private collection, London.
LONDON.- DRAG: Self-portraits and Body Politics is the first institutional exhibition to expand on the traditional representations of drag, involving drag queens, drag kings and bio drags from different generations and backgrounds. The exhibition focuses on self-portraiture from the 1960s to the present day including work by artists who have used drag as an artistic tool to explore or challenge preconceptions of identity, gender, class, politics and race. Featuring the work of key established figures such as Pierre Molinier (b.1900-d. 1976), VALIE EXPORT (b.1940), Robert Mapplethorpe (b. 1946d. 1989), Ulay (b. 1943) and Cindy Sherman (b. 1954), as well as self-portraits by a younger generation of contemporary artists who have recently embraced drag as an art form like Adam Christensen (b. 1979), Oreet Ashery (b. 1966) and Victoria Sin (b. 1991). The exhibition explores drag from a contemporary perspective in light of current debates on ... More | | 
Daniel Maclise, The Ballad Seller, oil on canvas, 1858, Estimate £30,000-50,000 / ?33,900-56,500. Courtesy Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Sothebys Irish Art sale in London on 11 September 2018 will be distinguished by a major single-owner sequence, Property from the Joseph and Brenda Calihan Collection. In 16 paintings, the Calihan Collection represents a superb distillation of Irish art across a hundred-year period, from the mid-19th to the mid-20th centuries. Led by Jack B. Yeats timeless and romantic Sunday Evening in September, the group is characterised by the exemplary and individual qualities of each work. Acquired by the Calihans in the 1990s, the paintings are estimated to bring a combined total in the region of £1.4 million (1.6 million). Charlie Minter, Head of Irish Art, Sothebys, said: Rarely does one come across a collection that has been put together with such clear thought and such a discerning eye. It is an exceptional achievement, testament to the Calihans guiding principle to seek out superior examples by Ireland& ... More |
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| Rare Abraham Lincoln photograph among items in Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction | | Chase F. Robinson named Director of Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Galleries | | Sotheby's to offer Irish art from the collection of Brian P. Burns | 
154-year-old exceptionally large photograph of Abraham and Tad Lincoln one of only three known specimens of this particular size and pose to be auctioned.
BOSTON, MASS.- An extremely rare copy of the iconic photograph of Abraham and Tad Lincoln from February 1864 will be auctioned by Boston-based RR Auction. This exceptionally large example, unlike the more common cartes-de-visite (one of which recently fetched over $90,000), is one of only three known specimens of this particular size and pose. Of the other two, one is in an institution, and the other sold for $325,000 in 2002 as part of the Forbes Collection. The photo was taken on at Matthew Bradys Washington D.C. gallery many consider Brady the nations first photojournalist, but his eyesight was beginning to fail, so he asked his superintendent, Anthony Berger, to photograph Lincoln. Berger took at least seven poses of the President, both alone and with ten-year-old Tad. The images taken that day have formed the basis for Lincolns image on the penny and both the ... More | | 
Chase F. Robinson, currently president of The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) and distinguished professor of history, will become the Dame Jillian Sackler Director of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art at the Smithsonian. He assumes his new position Dec. 10. Photo by Paula Vlodowsky.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Chase F. Robinson, currently president of The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) and distinguished professor of history, will become the Dame Jillian Sackler Director of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art at the Smithsonian. He assumes his new position Dec. 10. Together, the two museums comprise the Smithsonians national Asian art museums with a total of more than 41,000 works. As director, Robinson will oversee 115 full-time employees and manage an annual operating budget of $23 million. Robinson, a highly regarded scholar of Middle Eastern history and culture, has served in leadership roles at The Graduate Center for a decade. He served as provost and senior vice president ... More | | 
Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957), A Misty Morning, 1942 (detail), oil on panel, Estimate: £150,000-250,000 / $212,000-320,000 / 170,000-280,000. Courtesy Sotheby's.
LONDON.- More than forty years ago, Brian P. Burns made a bet with himself: Isnt it possible that the Irish could be just as brilliant in the visual arts as they have been in music and literature? The Brian P. Burns Collection of Irish Art, spanning artists from the 18th century to the present day and reaching nearly 200 works at its peak, is the remarkable personal response to that challenge, constituting one of the greatest collections of Irish art in private hands. Through Mr Burns generous loan of the collection to exhibitions in America and Ireland, the artworks have been enjoyed by visitors in their thousands, creating and inspiring new audiences for Irish art. Now, on 21 November in London, Sothebys will offer 100 works from the collection, estimated to realise £34.5 million ($4-6 million / 3.4-5.1 million), with estimates ranging from £1,000 to £300,000. A preview exhibition of ... More |
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| Exhibition at the Bruce Museum traces the history of the Navajo weaving tradition | | The Winter Art & Antiques Fair Olympia returns for 2018 | | National Museum Zurich showcases images captured by the famous Eastern Swiss pilot Walter Mittelholzer. | 
Saddle Blanket, c. 1900 - 1910 (detail). Gift of Margaret Cranford. Bruce Museum Collection 19822.
GREENWICH, CONN.- The Bruce Museum is presenting A Continuous Thread: Navajo Weaving Traditions. This exhibition traces the history of the Navajo weaving tradition from the earliest Mexican-inspired Saltillo serapes, c. 1880, to mid-20th century pictorial rugs. Featuring a dozen items from the Museums Native American ethnographic collection some of which have never been publicly exhibited the exhibition is on display in the Bantle Lecture Gallery through November 25, 2018. Navajo rugs are unique because their warp (the vertical strings on a loom) is one, long continuous piece of wool thread. Once the warp is set on the loom, the size of the rug cannot be altered. This weaving method requires the weaver to plan the design and pattern of the rug to fit precisely into the predetermined length of the rug. The ability to conceive and execute two-dimensional designs in extraordinary patterns and colors ... More | | 
Charleston Dancer by Fritz Ferdinand Preiss - £ 8,500 - 37 cm High - Circa 1925.
LONDON.- The acclaimed Winter Art & Antiques Fair Olympia will return from October 29 to November 4 on the Gallery Level on the National Hall of Olympia London. The Fair takes place alongside Spirit of Christmas and the Luxury Travel Fair. The fair is the last important art and antiques fair before Christmas and attracts thousands of collectors, connoisseurs, interior designers and canny Christmas shoppers. There are over 20,000 objects of outstanding quality and the winter nights give the event a seasonal sparkle and luxurious atmosphere. There will be 70 of the UK's top dealers selling everything from diamonds to dining tables and from clocks to ceramics. Visitors can buy truly one-off pieces from famous names such as Lalique, Matisse, Meissen, Cartier and Asprey. There will be furniture dating from the 16th century to 20th century as well as Art Deco furniture and objects, Asian antiques, textiles ... More | | 
The pilot and entrepreneur Walter Mittelholzer, born in St. Gallen in 1894, was renowned for his adventurous expedition flights. © ETH Library, Zurich - Image Archive.
ZURICH.- A new exhibition at the National Museum Zurich is showcasing images captured by the famous Eastern Swiss pilot Walter Mittelholzer. The St. Gallen native combined flying and photography into one lucrative line of business. He was a pilot, author, entrepreneur, media star, photographer and co-founder of Swissair. Mittelholzer was a man of many talents and wasnt afraid to exploit them. Thanks to his acute business acumen and plenty of self-confidence, he not only produced books, reportages and films, but also captured countless landscapes from a birds-eye view. Yet not content with Switzerland, Mittelholzer was drawn to the big, wide world. In 1926, he was the first person to fly in a seaplane from Zurich to Cape Town and flew over Mount Kilimanjaro in 1930. A world first! The flying photographer always documented ... More |
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| Rare Meerbach clavichord at 8th Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival | | Display of Sung-Kook Kim's 'Mercury_Dark Knight' on view at The Fitzrovia Gallery | | Amanda Penrose Hart opens 'Beautiful One Day, Perfect the Next' at Mitchell Fine Art | 
Clavichord by J.C. Meerbach, Gotha, c. 1800. Performed by Sander Ruys (clavichord builder / restorer and administrator Dutch Clavichord Association) during the Geelvinck Fortepiano Symposium 2018 at the Geelvinck Music Museum Zutphen. Photograph: Dunya Verwey, Geelvinck Music Museums.
ZUTPHEN.- During the 8th edition of the Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival in Zutphen for the first time since about half a century a rare Meerbach clavichord from the famous Colt Collection today in the collection of the Geelvinck Music Museum in Zutphen was brought to live again. At the scientific symposium, which is the kernel of this festival, Peter Bavington presented his research on this charming clavichord, which was built by Johann Christian Meerbach (1738-1824) in Gotha (Germany) around 1800. As far as we know, only four clavichords by Meerbach survive, the three others now in museums in Germany and the USA. The one in the former ... More | | 
Mercury Dark Knight image. Photo: Callum Baker.
LONDON.- London's The Fitzrovia Gallery is presenting a display of Sung-Kook Kims 'Mercury_Dark Knight' throughout the month of August. Korean artist Sung-Kook Kim (b. 1982) completed a Masters Degree in painting at the Royal College of Art, London, in June 2018. As part of the course, Kim produced a series of large scale paintings exploring the relationship between figures and space a theme inspired by personal observations of the coexistence of multiple cultures in London. Seeking to articulate the harmony that prevails in a multicultural society, Kim depicts domestic interiors using strict compositional rules including grid-patterns. The London-paintings are recognised by their stage-like composition and often surrealist nature. With a red brick-building as its point of departure, a scenario which mingles the general with the personal unfolds. The brick-building is moreover one of many unassuming shapes that rea ... More | | 
Amanda Penrose Hart, Adventure Bay, 2018. Oil on Canvas. 46 x 61 cm.
BRISBANE.- Returning home to Brisbane for the first time in over 13 years, landscape painter Amanda Penrose Hart will exhibit a series of new works for her inaugural exhibition at Mitchell Fine Art. Predominantly a landscape painter, Penrose Hart travels extensively in search of inspiration. Painting in situ and later referencing from memory, Penrose Hart aims to capture not only the physical landscape but also the essence or feeling of a place. To paint is to unravel, deconstruct, explore and repack the truth. To look isnt to see to see is what is most important sounds obvious, but to see is everything, says Penrose Hart. Originally living and studying in Brisbane, Penrose Hart is now based between her home in Sydney and her studio nestled in extensive acreage in country New South Wales. It is the rural property with quirky caravans and rugged bushland that has inspired many of the works in this e ... More |
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More Ukrainian filmmaker Sentsov enters day 100 of hunger strikeMOSCOW (AFP).- Western governments and activists on Tuesday stepped up pressure on Russia to free jailed Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov as he reached day 100 of a hunger strike. Ten protesters were also arrested by Russian police in Moscow on Tuesday in a demonstration to show support for Sentsov, according to the independent monitor OVD-Info. The 42-year-old Kremlin opponent was arrested in Crimea after Moscow's 2014 annexation of the peninsula and has been languishing in a Russian Artic prison with little hope of release. He announced the hunger strike in May demanding the release of all Ukrainian political prisoners being held in Russia. Sentsov's cousin Natalia Kaplan was among several dozen people demonstrating in front of the Russian embassy in Kiev Tuesday. Sentsov "does not intend to give up his strike, nor ask (Russian ... More The 1792 gold piece that might have once jingled in George Washington's pocket sold for $1.74 millionPHILADELPHIA, PA.- A one-of-a-kind 1792 gold coin believed by its previous owner to have once been a cherished memento of U.S. President George Washington sold for $1,740,000 Thursday, Aug. 16, in Philadelphia by Heritage Auctions. This is the first time the 1792 $10 Washington President gold eagle pattern coin appeared at public auction since 1890; 100 percent of the net proceeds will benefit charitable causes. It also holds the historic distinction as the earliest gold pattern coin submitted for consideration as a United States coin. "Numismatic researchers widely agree it is one of the most important coins in American history," said Jim Halperin, Co-Founder of Heritage Auctions. Since 1792, the coin has been owned by just eight elite numismatists, who traded it privately for 128 years. Prominent collector and author Eric P. Newman acquired ... 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More Rose Art Museum announces three new staff positionsWALTHAM, MASS.- Luis Croquer, the Henry and Lois Foster Director and Chief Curator has announced that three new staff membersAnthony DiPietro as Associate Director of Administration and Operations, Kate McBride as Assistant Director of Communications, and Bess Paupeck as Manager of Academic and Public Programswill be joining the Rose Art Museum. I am excited to welcome Anthony, Kate, and Bess to our team at the Rose, said Croquer upon the announcements. With the addition of these new staff positions, the museum will have the resources to not only more effectively manage our day-to day operations, but to focus on programming and outreach initiatives in order to increase our visibility both on campus and amongst the many art lovers in Greater Boston. Anthony DiPietro, Associate Director of Administration and Operations, is a New ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American artist Alexander Calder was born August 22, 1898. Alexander Calder (July 22, 1898 - November 11, 1976) is widely considered to be one of the most important American sculptors of the 20th century. In this image: Prima Donna, Woman with Bow, and Horse from Calder's "Circus" 1926-31. Mixed media , dimensions variable. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 83.36.17, 83.36.60, and 83.36.61 Photo © Whitney Museum of American Art. Alexander Calder © 2008 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins.
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