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A picture taken on December 15, 2017 shows a woman visiting the Costume Gallery, a permanent exhibition highlighting the clothes dating from the 18th century, most of which belonged to the Romanov dynasty that ruled until 1917, at the Hermitage's Staraya Derevnya restoration centre in northern Saint Petersburg. From Peter the Great's doublet to the wedding dress of the last tsar's wife Alexandra, the Hermitage museum in Saint Petersburg has put on show highlights from its vast and unique costume archive. Olga MALTSEVA / AFP.
by Marina Koreneva
SAINT PETERSBURG.- From Peter the Great's doublet to the wedding dress of the last tsar's wife Alexandra, Russia's renowned Hermitage museum has put on display highlights from its vast and unique costume archive. A new Costume Gallery opened this month as a permanent exhibition in a huge modern building in northern Saint Petersburg that houses the Hermitage's conservation and restoration centre. A long gallery with panoramic glass cases features 130 mannequins wearing clothes dating from the 18th century, most of which belonged to the Romanov dynasty that ruled until the Bolshevik revolution of 1917. "The costume department takes up 600 square metres (6,460 square feet). Behind the mannequins that are on show there are cupboards and dressers where we keep our collection of 24,000 pieces," said Nina Tarasova, the display's curator. ... More |
| The Musée d'Art Moderne de La Ville de Paris announces a new presentation of the permanent collection | | Jackson Pollock's abstract expressionist painting Number 1, 1949 to undergo thorough conservation | | Queen Elizabeth I letters donation announced by British Library | 
Fernand Léger, Les disques, 1918. Huile sur toile, 240 x 180 cm. Achat à l'artiste pour l'exposition internationale de 1937 en 1937 Musée dArt moderne de la Ville de Paris © ADAGP, Paris 2017. Photo: Eric Emo/Parisienne de Photographie.
PARIS.- The Musée dArt Moderne de La Ville de Paris is presenting a new visitor itinerary for its permanent collection, highlighting such flagship items as Pierre Bonnard's Nude in the Bath and Henri Laurens' Spanish Dancer; works by Sonia and Robert Delaunay, Foujita, Amedeo Modigliani, Marc Chagall, Frantiek Kupka, Raoul Dufy and others; and rarely exhibited pieces by Laure Garcin, Natalia Goncharova and Chana Orloff, together with figurative works by Auguste Herbin and Jean Messagier. Interacting with the collection's founding works are the latest acquisitions, by Otto Freundlich, Etienne Cournault, Léon Tutundjian, Karel Appel, Jean Atlan, Lucio Fontana, Man Ray And Willi Baumeister. The itinerary opens with works marked by the quick, powerfully gestural approach ... More | | 
Jackson Pollock, Number 1, 1949, 1949 (detail), enamel and metallic paint on canvas, 63 x 102 1/2 in. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Rita and Taft Schreiber Collection, Given in loving memory of her husband, Taft Schreiber, by Rita Schreiber.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- This spring The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), will conduct a thorough conservation of Jackson Pollocks abstract expressionist painting Number 1, 1949 (1949), a treasure of MOCAs collection since it was donated to the museum in 1989 by Rita Schreiber in loving memory of her husband, Taft Schreiber. Over the course of six months, the painting will undergo a significant conservation treatment, to be conducted publicly in MOCAs Grand Avenue galleries. Working in collaboration with the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), a paintings conservator will work on-site to clean the surface of the painting, revealing brighter whites, more brilliant metallics, and a cleaner canvas, ultimately allowing viewers ... More | | 
Letter from Elizabeth I to Ralph Sadler, 31 October 1584.
LONDON.- The British Library announced the donation to its American Trust of 43 historically important letters, written by Queen Elizabeth I and senior courtiers, relating to the imprisonment of Mary, Queen of Scots. Many of the letters were written to Sir Ralph Sadler, who was entrusted with the custody of Mary, Queen of Scots, at Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire, between 1584-85, just a few years before her execution for treason in 1587. They include four letters signed by Elizabeth I, and many others in the hands of her Chief Minister, Lord Burghley, and her Secretary of State, Sir Francis Walsingham. The collection, which is of significant historical importance, has been on loan to the Library for a number of years. The letters have been gifted by industrialist and philanthropist Mark Pigott KBE to the American Trust for the British Library and will enhance the Librarys extensive collections of original correspondence of the Tudor monarc ... More |
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| Chemould Prescott Road opens exhibition of L N Tallurs work | | Tate Modern opens immersive installations by Emeka Ogboh and Amar Kanwar in the Tanks | | Exhibition at Vito Schnabel Gallery brings together the work of Dan Flavin and ceramicists Lucie Rie and Hans Coper | 
The first ever solo exhibition that Tallur held was in the small space of Gallery Chemould.
MUMBAI.- In the current exhibition titled, Smoke Out, the instruments and methods of communication are as much the subject of L N Tallurs work as its symbolic content. L N Tallur returns to Chemould Prescott Road after his last show in the gallery in 2013. The first ever solo exhibition that Tallur held was indeed in the small space of Gallery Chemould, then on the first floor of the Jehangir Art Gallery, way back in 1999. L N Tallur has come a long way having had extensive solo and group exhibitions from New York to China in the past 15 years. He shares time between Seoul in Korea and Kundapur in Karnataka, India with independent studio practices in both places. The work produced in Korea could be quite specific to the nature of production possibilities in Seoul, while his studio in India is brimming with work that is handcut, or carved or milled; sculptures that can be best made in a situation that allows one to be ... More | | 
Ogbohs The Way Earthly Things Are Going features live-streamed stock exchange data.
LONDON.- Tate Modern opened two major works in the Tanks today. Emeka Ogbohs immersive, multichannel sound installation, The Way Earthly Things Are Going 2017, fills the subterranean East Tank in the Blavatnik Building. This installation is on display for the first time in the UK following its debut at documenta 14 in Athens. In the South Tank, The Lightning Testimonies 2007, a powerful eight-channel, digital video installation by Indian artist Amar Kanwar is being exhibited. Both works will be on display until 4 February 2018. Ogbohs The Way Earthly Things Are Going, whose title is taken from a lyric in Bob Marleys So Much Trouble in the World, features live-streamed stock exchange data which scrolls along the circumference of the Tank in 25 metres of red, green and blue LED displays. In tandem, a spellbinding, ancient Greek lament, When I forget, Im glad, recorded specifically for the piece, is played ... More | | 
Installation view, Dan Flavin, to Lucie Rie and Hans Coper, master potters, Vito Schnabel Gallery, St. Moritz © Stephen Flavin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Courtesy Vito Schnabel Gallery; Photo: Stefan Altenburger.
ST. MORITZ.- Vito Schnabel Gallery is presenting Dan Flavin, to Lucie Rie and Hans Coper, master potters, the first exhibition to bring together the work of artist Dan Flavin, renowned for his work with fluorescent light, and acclaimed European ceramicists Lucie Rie (19021995) and Hans Coper (19201981). Eighteen significant light works from Flavins two 1990 series dedicated to the Vienna-born Rie and her German-born protégé Coper, respectively, are being shown in juxtaposition with a group of fifteen vessels from his personal collection of objects by the London-based potters. Organized in collaboration with Stephen Flavin, President of the Dan Flavin Estate, the exhibition has been conceived to explore affinities between three artists who employed dramatically different ... More |
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| 70 artists to present work at seven venues across Sydney over three months for the Biennale of Sydney | | The British Museum announces 10-year partnership renewal with Mitsubishi Corporation | | Rainmaker: Powerful prices for prints at Bonhams | 
Michael Stevenson, A Life of Crudity Vulgarity and Blindness, 2012. Plexiglass, cardboard, wood, steel, mirror, buttermilk, sunlight, 16 x 8 x 17 m. Courtesy the artist and Michael Lett, Auckland. Photo: Helena Schlichting.
SYDNEY.- The Biennale of Sydney today announced the 70 artists who will present work at seven venues across Sydney for the 45th anniversary of Australias most well-known contemporary art event, recognised for commissioning and showcasing innovative and thought-provoking Australian and international art. Participating artists in the 21st Biennale of Sydney hail from six continents including Africa, Asia, Australia, North and South America and Europe with a quarter of the exhibiting artists from Australia. The 21st Biennale of Sydney is a free exhibition spanning three months from 16 March until 11 June 2018. Exploring the curatorial theme of SUPERPOSITION: Equilibrium & Engagement, the 21st Biennale of Sydney will be presented at seven of the citys most respected museums, galleries and non-traditional exhibition spaces: Art ... More | | 
Kano school. Birds and flowers of autumn and winter (detail). Early 1600s. Painting on a sliding door panel (fusuma-e), ink, colour, gold- and silver-leaf on paper. British Museum 1937,1009,0.1-4, given by the Art Fund.
LONDON.- The British Museum announced a further 10 year partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation which will enable the Museum to undertake a major refurbishment of the Mitsubishi Corporation Japanese Galleries (Rooms 92 94) in 2018. The galleries will be refurbished with improvements to design and infrastructure to facilitate regular gallery rotations and showcase a range of rare and light-sensitive works from the collection. The gallery will be closed to the public from 1 January to September 2018. The refurbishment has been made possible by the generous support of Mitsubishi Corporation, who have sponsored the galleries since 2008. The sustained support provided by Mitsubishi Corporations sponsorship has successfully raised the visibility and profile of the Japanese collection with around 5 million ... More | | 
Banksys Nola (Blue and Green Rain) achieved £75,000 against an estimate of £40,000-60,000. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- Prints by Banksy were the leading lots at Bonhams Prints and Multiples sale on 18 December in a sale that made £1,148,750 with 92% of lots sold by value. In total, the 12 prints by Banksy made £279,000 the top lot, Nola (Blue and Green Rain) sold for £75,000 against an estimate of £40,000-60,0000. Other highlights of the sale included: Six linocuts by Cyril Power that achieved a total of £126,625. The Sunshine Roof was the top lot from his works, achieving an impressive £37,500 against an estimate of £25,000-35,000. The work depicts the Green Line bus from London to Hereford, driven by Powers son, Cyril Arthur Power. Another linocut from Power, Tube Station achieved £27,500 in which the work displays the characteristic, curved platform of Bank Station in London. Marc Chagalls Cirque Portfolio was the top lot of the sale at £118,750. The portfolio is a series of 38 lithographs that depicts vibrant and ... More |
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| MOCA GA opens exhibition of new works by Working Artist Project Fellow Craig Drennen | | Solo exhibition by the Conceptual artist William Anastasi on view at Ghebaly Gallery | | Carnegie Museum of Art announces recent acquisitions | 
Craig Drennen, SHELF BANDIT 1, oil, alkyd, wooden shelf, canvas bag, 32 x 32 x 10, 2017. Photo: Courtesy of MOCA GA.
ATLANTA, GA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) announces the opening reception for BANDIT, new works by 2016/2017 Working Artist Project Fellow Craig Drennen. The exhibition takes place in the upper level galleries at MOCA GA. Exhibition dates are December 2 January 27, 2018. Craig Drennen is an artist based in Atlanta, GA. He is represented by Samsøñ gallery in Boston. His recent exhibitions include "The Grafforists" at the Torrance Art Museum, in Torrance CA, and "New Mistress vs. Old Athenians" at Brooklyn Fireproof in Brooklyn, NY. His work has been reviewed in Artforum, Art in America, and The New York Times. He teaches at Georgia State University and served as dean of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Since 2008 he has organized his studio practice around Shakespeares Timon of Athens. Since 2008 Drennen has produced artworks inspired by the list of characters from Shakespeares ... More | | 
Donald Duck, 1998. Oil on canvas, 89 x 74 inches, 226 x 188 cm. Courtesy the artist; Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles; and Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris. Photo: Brica Wilcox.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Ghebaly Gallery is presenting a solo exhibition by the pioneering Conceptual artist William Anastasi, his first in Los Angeles in a decade. The exhibition brings together several key series from the past thirty years, illustrating several important modes of the artists thinking and making. Increasingly recognized for his significant contributions to the development of Conceptualism and Minimalism in the 1960s and 1970s, William Anastasi has built a lifelong practice around ideas of chance, reduction, language, and the unchoreographed movement of the body. Abidingly skeptical of conventional representation, Anastasis work bends toward a personal mantra of simple, as simple as simpleeven dumb. In groundbreaking exhibitions at Dwan Gallery in the 1960s, his self-referential paintings and sculptures embodied the core tenets of post-war Conceptual art. This exhibition ... More | | 
nendo, Japanese, 2002present, Manga chair #49, 2016, stainless steel, Edition 2 of 3, Gifts of G. David Thompson, John Baird Hudson and the Hudson Conservancy, and Reverend Alfred Duane Pell, all by exchange, © 2016 nendo, by permission.
PITTSBURGH, PA.- Carnegie Museum of Art announces highlights from its new acquisitions, which were approved on December 14. The museums collection includes over 30,000 art objects including painting and sculpture; prints and drawings; photographs; architectural casts, renderings, and models; decorative arts and design; and film, video, and digital imagery. Several highlights from the December 14 acquisitions include: nendo, Manga chair #49, 2016, stainless steel, Edition 2 of 3, Gifts of G. David Thompson, John Baird Hudson and the Hudson Conservancy, and Reverend Alfred Duane Pell, all by exchange nendo, Scale models of 50 Manga chairs, 2016, 3-D printed, thermoplastic, Gift of Allan Gerdau, by exchange Manga, or humorous picture, is a popular style of Japanese comic book art. The details of characters (eyes, ... More |
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 Exhibition at EFA Project Space functions as a site for reconciliations and communicationNEW YORK, NY.- Progeny! takes as its premise the bilateral relationships of influence, genetics, and interdependence within artistic families. Pairing a group of contemporary artists with their artist-parents, the exhibition questions conventional ideas about creative inheritance. What happens when children inspire their parents? When does the need for autonomy outstrip the demands of heredity? How might unresolved dynamics and suppressed feelings become manifest by presenting artists and their artist-parents together? Informed by therapeutic approaches, the exhibition examines emotional responses and conflicting interpretive modes, opening up the possibility for the show itself to function as a site for reconciliations and communication. Selected with their singular backstories in mind, each pair suggests both conscious and unconscious connections between ... More Winnipeg Art Gallery's Inuit Art Centre receives $10 million from Province of Manitoba WINNIPEG.- Today, Honourable Cathy Cox, Minister of Sport, Culture and Heritage, announced the government of Manitobas contribution of $10 million for the Winnipeg Art Gallerys Inuit Art Centre. The initiative now has support from all three levels of government as well as private sector funding, underscoring the value of the Inuit Art Centre for the province and country. The Centre will be home to the largest public collection of contemporary Inuit art on earth, the Centre will have significant economic, social, and cultural return for Manitobans and Canadians, now and in the future. The Centre will create jobs and training opportunities, and boost tourism and economic investment, while enhancing education and cultural understanding. QUICK FACTS: · Total funding of $10 million over five years from the government of Manitobas Department of Sport, ... More Highest-grossing sale for illustration art at Swann GalleriesNEW YORK, NY.- The grand finale of Swann Galleries 2017 roster was a successful auction of Illustration Art on December 5. Highlights of the sale ranged from large-scale oil paintings to sentimental childrens characters to wry political commentary, with works dating from the middle of the nineteenth century to early 2017. The auction was the departments most successful to date, exceeding its high estimate and twice breaking its own record for the most expensive artwork sold. The runaway top lot was a spectacular set design for the musical Manhattan Mary by the studio of William Oden Waller. The highly-detailed gouache with gold highlights, which served as the cover for the fall issue of the houses newsletter, barreled past its high estimate of $6,000, finally selling amid applause from the floor for $77,500. It was the highest price achieved by the department ... More Milwaukee Art Museum campus extendedMILWAUKEE, WIS.- The Milwaukee Art Museum announced that the acquisition of ODonnell Park parking structure and pavilion, as well as the buildings the Museum occupies, will be finalized December 19, 2017. The transaction was approved by the Board of the County of Milwaukee in March of 2016. The Museum is assuming full responsibility for the operations, capital maintenance and repair for the ODonnell park, garage, and pavilion; the Kahler building, as well as the portion of the Saarinen building occupied by the Museum, relieving the County of $28.8 million in current and future obligations. The County retains ownership of the land. This transaction truly allows the Museum to control its destiny, said Dr. Marcelle Polednik, Donna and Donald Baumgartner Director, Milwaukee Art Museum. Immediately, were able to ensure that our ... More Sage Paris presents works by Claus GoedickePARIS.- Claus Goedicke picks up a hammer. 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More Oslo Architecture Triennale 2019 curators announcedOSLO.- The transdisciplinary architecture and engineering practice Interrobang, with critic Phineas Harper and urban researcher Cecilie Sachs Olsen, will curate the Oslo Architecture Triennale 2019. Their proposal Common Futures was selected among 71 submissions to an open Call for Curator. The curatorial team comprises British architect and Interrobang founder, Maria Smith, Canadian designer educator and Interrobang associate, Matthew Dalziel, British critic and think tank director, Phineas Harper and Norwegian urban researcher and artist, Cecilie Sachs Olsen. The theme for OAT 2019 builds on the acknowledgement of a need to revise the pace and scale of extraction, production, consumption, development, and building that has driven the growth of industrialized societies and economies throughout the 20th century. «The proposal addresses ... 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More Philip Glass protegee finds music's emotion in technologyNEW YORK (AFP).- Wearing a dress made of 100 speakers might seem to be a fashion statement. But for composer Pauchi Sasaki, the aesthetic goes deeper -- it is a way to express humanity. The Peruvian artist and chosen protegee of Philip Glass, one of the world's most influential living composers, had first covered herself with amplification equipment when she played her violin in the ancient Pachacamac temple near Lima and found herself without an electrical outlet. She has since developed the concept into the "speaker dress," a shoulder-to-knee wall of 100 speakers the size found on shelf stereos, and made it an instrument itself. She performed on speaker dress as she recently premiered her latest piece, "GAMA XVI," in the presence of Glass at New York's Carnegie Hall. "I realized that it had a very iconic power and people want to reduce the object ... 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More Fashion mourns as cult Paris store Colette closesPARIS (AFP).- They may not yet be weeping in the streets, but for French fashionistas, the closure Wednesday of Colette, the concept store which has become a Paris style institution, ranks nothing short of a national tragedy. "I cannot believe it is closing," said style commentator Melody Thomas in one of a blizzard of articles and blog posts mourning the passing of the mother of all lifestyle stores, where Madonna, Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry shopped for quirky objects of desire. The three-storey boutique on chi-chi Rue Saint-Honore, founded by Colette Roussaux 20 years ago, was far more than a gadget or design store to its many celebrity fans. It pioneered limited-edition collaborations between luxury brands and street fashion stars, and cheekily poked fun at Saint Laurent with the T-shirt "Ain't Laurent Without Yves" when the label stopped using its founder's ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American sculptor and painter Beverly Pepper was born December 20, 1922. Beverly Pepper (born December 20, 1922) is an American sculptor known for her monumental works, site specific and land art. She remains independent from any particular art movement. She was married to the writer Curtis Bill Pepper. In this image: Beverly Pepper, "Ancient Silence", 2009. Carrara marble, 11 1/2 x 18 x 5 in. 29.2 x 45.7 x 12.7 cm., stone base: 1 x 18 5/8 x 10 in. / 2.5 x 47.3 x 25.4 cm. Courtesy: Marlborough Gallery, New York. ©Beverly Pepper.
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