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In this file photo taken on February 07, 2011 the bust of Queen Nefertiti of Egypt is on display in Berlin's "Neues Museum" (New Museum). Berlin museums might house the iconic Nefertiti bust, the Ishtar gate of ancient Babylon or Rembrandt masterpieces, but they still trail global counterparts in popularity -- and the coronavirus is making things worse. John MACDOUGALL / AFP.
BERLIN (AFP).- Berlin museums might house the iconic Nefertiti bust, the Ishtar gate of ancient Babylon or Rembrandt masterpieces, but they still trail global counterparts in popularity -- and the coronavirus is making things worse. Millions of euros have been poured into the institutions, yet the 19 museums managed by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK) attracted just 4.2 million visitors last year, while the Louvre alone drew 9.6 million. Alarmed by lacklustre public interest, Germany is planning a major shake-up after a report commissioned by Chancellor Angela Merkel's government slammed the foundation as dysfunctional, outdated and out of touch. For Joerg Haentzschel, a culture journalist at the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, the capital's museums are plagued by "a persistent culture of exclusivity, lack of transparency and institutional arrogance. "Those responsible for museums are still serving their own peers first and foremost, rather than bringing everyone in -- children, peop ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Artemis Gallery will hold its American, Mexican & Spanish Frontiers sale on Thu, Jul 23, 2020 11:00 AM CDT. The sale features historical examples from the Spanish, Mexican, and American frontiers, plus Spanish Colonial, artwork, more. In this image: 18th C. Mexican Colonial Leather Petaca Traveling Trunk. Estimate $5,000 - $7,500.
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 | | Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center returns in September 2020 | | Sotheby's to offer the collection of John Richardson, celebrated Picasso biographer, art historian & artist confidant | | Gavin Brown closes his gallery and joins forces with Barbara Gladstone | 
Thaddeus Mosley, Rhizogenic Rhythms, 2005. Walnut, cherry, 84 x 36 x 30 in; 213 x 91 x 76 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Karma, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Today, Frieze and Tishman Speyer announce a special exhibition of site-specific works by six renowned artists, which will comprise the second year of Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center. Usually held in the spring as part of the wider programming of Frieze New York, Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center was postponed and readapted this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Presented in partnership with Tishman Speyer, the major public art initiative places significant sculptural works by leading artists in open, public locations throughout Rockefeller Plaza, allowing for ample social distancing space in compliance with all City and State guidelines. Offering free admission to all, Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center will be on display from September 1 October 2, 2020. Curated by Brett Littman (Director of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum in Long Island City, New York), the second edition is inspired ... More | | 
Pablo Picasso, Figure avec rayons. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys announced John Richardson: A Scholar Collects, a unique collection of more than 50 paintings, works on paper, sculpture, and prints spanning contemporary art, Old Masters, modern art, and more from the renowned art historian and award-winning biographer of Pablo Picasso. Among the many remarkable works in Richardsons collection are pieces he received personally from many of the leading luminaries of 20th century art, such as Picasso, Lucian Freud, Andy Warhol, and Georges Braque. The collection is comprised of works from Richardsons Fifth Avenue loft, noted for its aristocratically bohemian interiors that mixed antiquities with modern and contemporary art for a uniquely eclectic style, and was recently chronicled in John Richardson: At Home (Rizzoli, 2019) with photography by François Halard. The sale series will kick off with a special single-lot Prints & Multiples auction of Andy Warhols 1975 portr ... More | | 
Artist Hope Atherton, second from right, and Gavin Brown, right, at the Proenza Schouler store opening on Madison Avenue. Robert Wright/The New York Times.
by Jason Farago
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Gavin Browns Enterprise, one of the most consistently provocative contemporary art galleries in Manhattan, will close after 26 years. Its founder, British artist-turned-dealer Gavin Brown, will become a partner in Gladstone Gallery, which announced the merger. Gladstone will also represent 10 artists who showed with Browns gallery. The closing of Gavin Browns Enterprise, known as GBE, represents the most significant upheaval to the New York art market since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, which has resulted in shuttered art spaces, cratered sales and calamitous job losses. The gallery, closed to the public since March, has presented art in online viewing rooms and at digital fairs, but those measures could not offset substantial declines in revenue. By this summer, ... More |
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| | Major Pierneef landscape heads Strauss & Co July flagship auction on 27 and 28 July | | David Kordansky Gallery presents an exhibition of new sculptures and works on paper by Aaron Curry | | LeBron rookie card fetches record $1.8 mn at auction | 
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African 1886-1957), Bosveld (detail). Signed and dated 53. Oil on canvas, 75 by 100 cm excluding frame; 100 by 125 by 8cm including frame. Estimate: R 9 000 000 - 12 000 000.
JOHANNESBURG.- The cover lot of Strauss & Cos winter Live Virtual auction, due to be held over three days from 26 to 28 July, is a monumental bushveld scene by JH Pierneef. Painted in 1953, Bosveld (estimate R9 12 million) is a masterpiece from this coveted painters late period and originates from a superb single-owner collection that includes museum-quality works by Gregoire Boonzaier, Dylan Lewis, Alexis Preller, Gerard Sekoto, Irma Stern and Edoardo Villa, among others. The offering of this survey collection of important South African art from the property of a collector has been purposefully scheduled to mark the climax of our three-day sale, says Susie Goodman, executive director with Strauss & Co. The range and depth of this collection is astonishing. It charts major trends in South African landscape painting, from Pieter Wenning to Walter Meyer, and includes fine humanist figure studies, notably an ... More | | 
Aaron Curry, Body Positive Crackle-Cut Figure, 2020 (detail). Acrylic, vinyl, wood, and Plexiglas, 62 x 25 1/2 x 18 3/4 inches (157.5 x 64.8 x 47.6 cm). Photo: Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- David Kordansky Gallery presents an online solo exhibition of new sculptures and works on paper by Aaron Curry. The show is now live at DavidKordanskyGallery.com through August 12, 2020. The exhibition is on view at GalleryPlatform.LA until July 23, 2020. Featuring both floor- and wall-based compositions, the show highlights the importance of collage in Currys project, as well as the complex and playful spatial effects he generates through the combination of flat forms. Juxtaposing appropriated imagery from sources like cereal boxes, comics, and sci-fi book covers, and constructing objects from materials that include printed and cut vinyl, Plexiglas, and LED lights, Curry has produced works that synthesize a careers worth of exploration while breaking new compositional ground. Curry is one of contemporary arts most astute observers of the ... More | | 
A rare James trading card from his rookie season in the NBA with the Cleveland Cavaliers sold for $1.8 million ($1.57 million euros) on Saturday, Goldin Auctions said.
NEW YORK (AFP).- NBA superstar LeBron James is a record-setter in the memorabilia world as well as on the court. A rare James trading card from his rookie season in the NBA with the Cleveland Cavaliers -- one of only 23 manufactured -- sold for $1.8 million ($1.57 million euros) on Saturday, Goldin Auctions said. James signed the card, which features a patch from one of his jerseys, and it was graded at 9.5 -- "Gem Mint condition" according to the auction house. "The incomparable superstar has penned a vivid blue ink signature on the obverse of this ultra-premium collectible," Goldin Auctions said in the description of the item. "Its cardfront presentation also incorporates an exceptional, tri-color James-worn jersey patch relic." Bidding began on the card at $150,000. The Cavaliers selected the highly touted James with the first pick in the 2003 NBA draft. The Akron, Ohio, native scored 25 points on 12- ... More |
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| | Online exhibition features works concerned with language and communication | | 1793 Penny that sold for $862,500 to be auctioned | | New Jenness Cortez art appreciation YouTube channel "Demystifying the Masters" | 
Mel Bochner, Going Out Of Business, 2013. Enamel on canvas, 182.9 x 137.2 cm | 72 x 54 in. © Mel Bochner. Photo courtesy the artist and Simon Lee Gallery.
LONDON.- White Cube presents Babel, an online exhibition featuring works concerned with language and communication. Some of their messages take on new and unintended meanings as we struggle with silence and strive to keep connected in our current circumstances. Language is the miraculous human invention that allows us to transmit our thoughts through space and time. One origin myth, the Old Testament account of the Tower of Babel, seeks to explain how humans might be united by language, then divided by language: it is a story of the power of communication and of communication frustrated. During our recent enforced physical separation we have clung to the messages that keep us connected, the news bulletins that keep us informed, and weve struggled with silence, lapses and static. ... More | | 
In its last three sales at auction, it realized $79 in June of 1890, $414,000 in December of 2004, and $862,500 in January of 2009, each of the last two sales setting new record prices for a one-cent coin at auction.
SANTA ANA, CA.- Stacks Bowers Galleries, Americas oldest rare coin auction firm, will be featuring an historic and very rare 1793 Strawberry Leaf Cent for the third time in the firms history, an offering that represents only the fourth time this coin has sold at auction since 1890! The sale will take place August 6th in Las Vegas. Known as the finest example of just four known 1793 Strawberry Leaf Cents, this important specimen is presented as part of the ESM Collection of US Large Cents. In its last three sales at auction, it realized $79 in June of 1890, $414,000 in December of 2004, and $862,500 in January of 2009, each of the last two sales setting new record prices for a one-cent coin at auction. Among the 355 variants of early US large cents (1793 to 1814) known to enthusiasts of the ... More | | 
Introduction, Episode #1 of Demystifying the Masters".
AVERILL PARK, NY.- Internationally acclaimed contemporary realism painter Jenness Cortez announced the launching of her new YouTube channel dedicated to Demystifying the Masters. All the Cortez video episodes are entertaining investigations into the minds, hearts, intentions, and techniques of gifted artists, and into the intriguing details of times and places that influenced their work. In each video episode of Demystifying the Masters, Cortez uses one of her own paintings as her starting point. In explaining her own creation, she shares insights into the hows and whys and little-known stories about some of the worlds most admired masters like Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Frederic Remington, Norman Rockwell, Andy Warhol, Johannes Vermeer, Vincent Van Gogh, Jan van Eyck, Pierre-August Renoir, Camille Pissarro and Claude Monet. But why does the world need art? Why do ... More |
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| | Ottocento Art Gallery opens summer exhibition | | Creating Space: Design Online open for bidding at Christie's | | Hayward Gallery to reopen on 1 August with Among the Trees exhibition and offering free tickets for NHS staff | 
Group N (Padua 1960 1966), Dynamic optical survey 1964. Mixed media on panel cm 80 x 80, on the back stamp with the names of all the members of the group, label with the stamp of the Musée départemental des vosges in Epinal (1982), and inscription of Giuseppe Biasi about the restoration in 1981. © Ottocento Art Gallery.
ROME.- Ottocento Art Gallery is offering important masterpieces coming from several private collections gathered in the usual monthly exhibition aimed to the sale. The selection starts from an oil on canvas, made by Cesare Fracassini. Cesare Fracassini (or Fracassi) (December 18, 1838 December 13, 1868) was an Italian painter, mainly of large mythologic or religious topics. He was born in Rome, and studied painting there with Tommaso Minardi before enrolling in the Accademia di San Luca, where he executed several frescoes for San Lorenzo fuori le Mura. He lived alongside the painter Cesare Mariani as a young man. He often collaborated or obtained commissions with his friend Paolo Mei, as well as a colleague of Guglielmo ... More | | 
François-Xavier Lalanne, 'Singe Attablé' Table, designed 2002, patinated bronze, glass | $400,000-600,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020.
NEW YORK, NY.- Open for bidding from July 21-31, Creating Space: Design Online will present important works by the 20th and 21st centuries leading innovators of American Craft, French Art Deco, Danish Modernism, and Italian Modernism. Select highlights will be available for in-person view at Rockefeller Plaza galleries July 25-30, by appointment only. This online sale features compelling examples of François-Xavier and Claude Lalannes works, including a dynamic 'Singe Attablé' Table. Highlights a striking Peter Voulkos ceramic sculpture, an important Ettore Sottsass table from a special private commission, and an expressive burl masterwork by George Nakashima. Christies will offer exhibition viewings by appointment only in its Rockefeller Plaza galleries from July 25-30. Underscoring the sales selection is a unique sofa and pair of armchairs by Paris-based designer Maria Pergay ($120,000-180,000). ... More | | 
Ugo Rondinone, cold moon, 2011, at Among the Trees, Hayward Gallery, 2020. © Ugo Rondinone 2020. Courtesy of Hayward Gallery. Photo: Linda Nylind.
LONDON.- Following government guidelines and after making changes to the Hayward Gallery to ensure visitor and staffs safety, the Southbank Centre announced the reopening of the Hayward Gallery from Saturday 1 August. The gallery will be open five days a week (11am 7pm Wednesday - Saturday, and 10am 6pm on Sunday) with free entry for NHS workers and tickets priced at £5 for Lambeth residents and those under 30. In line with government guidelines and best practice shared from colleagues at galleries and museums across the UK and Europe, the Hayward Gallery will reopen with fully assessed and implemented health and safety measures in place. This includes operating at a reduced capacity with timed entry slots, only accepting tickets that have been pre-booked online, a one-way system from entry to exit, physical distancing measures throughout the building, enhanced and regular cleaning proce ... More |
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 Mitchell Fine Art exhibits works by Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri and Molly Jugadai NapaltjarriBRISBANE.- The spectacular ranges of Central Australia, known for their dramatic change in colour are the inspiration for the latest exhibition at Mitchell Fine Art in Brisbane, showing from July 22nd. Napaltjarri Sisters is an exhibition of paintings by sister duet Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri and Molly Jugadai Napaltjarri. Their paintings reveal the complex spiritual knowledge and relationships between the artists, their dreamings and the landscape surrounding the small community of Haasts Bluff, approximately 230km west of Alice Springs. At first view, these paintings can be perceived as charming naïve landscapes, but there is a hidden complexity. Acting as a map of country, landmarks lead the initiated around the canvas portraying journeys women have made over generations, to hunt and collect native bush food. Molly Jugadai Napaltjarri ... More The Kochi Biennale Foundation announces its 5th edition of the Kochi-Muziris BiennaleKOCHI.- Kochi Biennale Foundation announces the first list of artists for the 5th edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, beginning 12th December 2020. Curated by Singaporean artist Shubigi Rao and titled, In our Veins Flow Ink and Fire, the forthcoming exhibition embodies the pleasure of experiencing practices of divergent sensibilities, under conditions both joyful and grim. In her curatorial note, Rao invites artists and the public to explore the redemptive and revolutionary power of practice. It is a call for persistent optimism as a possible strategy to counter the direness and the tragedies of our time. It encourages us to challenge the increasingly singular narratives that surround us, to embrace the manifold stories we create and share. This edition will act as a platform to exchange ideas and debate, with the view to further conversations beyond ... More EXPO CHICAGO launches Dine& Virtual Salon series pairing multidisciplinary artists in conversationCHICAGO, IL.- On Thursday, July 16, EXPO CHICAGO, The International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art, launched its new virtual salon series, Dine&, with an artist conversation and dinner featuring artist Amanda Williams and 2020 James Beard nominee Erick Williams (no relation). A new initiative from EXPO CHICAGO, Dine& pairs bespoke culinary experiences with conversations led by prominent figures from Chicagos artistic and cultural communities. For the first event in the series, Virtual Virtue: What Black is This, You Say?, Erick Williams of Virtue restaurant designed a four-course dinner menu inspired by the many hues of black envisioned by the artist Amanda Williams in her recent digital series What black is this, you say?. Over the course of the meal guests experienced a dynamic discussion between the artist and chef ... More Neue Auctions' internet-only Summer Art & Antiques auction slated for July 25BEACHWOOD, OH.- Neue Auctions online-only Summer Art & Antiques Auction is coming up quick this Saturday, July 25th, at 10 am Eastern time. The sale is packed with 300 lots of unique treasures seeking new homes. These include art, antiques, rock n roll-signed albums, vintage posters, decorative arts, Asian objects, furniture garden items, works on paper and more. Internet bidding will be provided by the popular online bidding platforms LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and Bidsquare.com. Telephone and absentee bids will also be accepted. Daily gallery previews are being held through Friday of this week, July 24th, from 9-5 Eastern time. Anyones dining room would be enhanced by lot 92, a gorgeous set of twelve Spode Copeland dinner plates, decorated with floral baskets filled with colorful glazes against a green and white ... More Gerry Judah's touring exhibition launches at Grizedale Forest GalleryGRIZEDALE.- Gerry Judahs Bengal : The Four Elements opened at Grizedale Forest Gallery on 21st July. This solo exhibition marks a unique collaboration between Grizedale Forest and internationally acclaimed artist Gerry Judah, bringing together a striking body of work built over nearly a decade and originally commissioned by Arts Council England. Visually forceful and sensitively crafted, Gerry Judah's works poetically engage with prescient issues of climate change in India whilst also exploring the artists personal history. Drawing on essential natural elements in his exquisitely detailed sculptures, Judah constructs the intangible: clouds shift, waves splash and smoke rises. Works on display include drawings and sculptures dating from 2013- 2020. Hazel Stone, Arts Development Manager for Forestry England at Grizedale Forest said: ... More POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair and paper positions.berlin to show works from over 100 galleriesBERLIN.- The long-awaited Berlin Art Week is approaching and POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair and paper positions.berlin announced that more than 100 international galleries will present their most important positions in contemporary and modern art at this year's editions from September 10 - 13, at Berlin-Tempelhof Airport. In addition, photo basel and the second edition of FASHION POSITIONS will take place simultaneously as special guests. The spatial expansion to two hangars will enable organizers to implement the necessary security and hygienic measures in a generous manner and at the same time to create the best possible visitor experience. To give you an impression of the shown artistic positions and their quality, organizers have compiled a selection of the presented artists below. The final list of exhibitors will follow soon. In her paintings ... More Works by Sujata Bhatt and Inge Mahn on view at Gropius HouseDESSAU.- The new exhibition of the Bauhaus Residency, entitled Gropius House || Fictional, is on view until 20 September 2020 in the Directors' House of the ensemble of the Masters Houses in Dessau. The poet Sujata Bhatt and the sculptor Inge Mahn have created new works for the interior and exterior of Gropius House. In a unique way, their works Paul Klee's House, Dessau and Dwelling relate to the architecture of the World Cultural Heritage Site in Dessau and the annual theme of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation Habitat. The poet Sujata Bhatt has dealt frequently and for many years with a renowned artists colony in the history of culture: Worpswede near Bremen. With the Masters Houses in Dessau, Sujata Bhatt has now dedicated herself to the perhaps most famous artists colony of the 1920s. In the newly created poems, Bhatt examines ... More American Artist's "Looted" launches today on the Whitney's artportNEW YORK, NY.- Today, Looted by American Artist debuts on artport, the Whitneys portal to Internet art and online gallery space for commissions of net art. Looted temporarily replaces all of the images on whitney.org with textures of plywood while the webpage backgrounds change to black and the text on them fades. The artwork symbolically and literally boards up the Museum and its website in an act of both redaction and refusal. Through this project, American Artist examines the distinction and tension between protest and looting, extending this physicality to the online space, which has been the primary site for viewing art and cultural programming during the COVID-19 pandemic. As an intervention into a museum website, Looted underscores that no space can remain unaffected by the examination of and demands for racial justice. The ... More Ketterer Kunst's 500th anniversary auction: Million euro proceeds despite CoronavirusMUNICH.- With total proceeds of around 29.8 million Ketterer Kunst scored the best result of the auction season on the German market. Remaining at level with its 2019 record figures, the house confirms its role as market leader, as the total of 55 results in the 500th auction on July 17/18 beyond the 100,000 line also delivers impressive proof of. This figure is exactly the same as it was last spring.. The ranking also includes the only two results beyond the magic million euro line in Germany as well as record prices for, among others, works by Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke and Cy Twombly. Due to corona regulations access to the saleroom was limited and the audience had to be placed on two floors. However, phone bidding, absentee bids and digital participation amassed to record strength. For the first time ever a million euro bid was placed ... More Struggling Cirque du Soleil returns to MexicoPLAYA DEL CARMEN (AFP).- Using face masks, sanitizing gel and social distancing, Cirque du Soleil artists in Mexico practise before a performance -- a rare sign of hope for the famous Canadian circus company. The circus shut down 44 shows across the world due to the COVID-19 outbreak, furloughing 95 percent of its workforce and filing for bankruptcy protection. But -- after three months off stage due to the coronavirus lockdown -- performers in the "Joya" show returned earlier this month to the theater in Riviera Maya on Mexico's northeastern Yucatan Peninsula. Contortionists, jugglers and skaters rehearsed for what will be their fifth show since the end of lockdown. Attendance is limited to 30 percent capacity, or just 200 of the 650 seats. "We're delighted to be back on stage during this pandemic, to be here with the audience," said Jamie ... More Solo exhibition by Colombian artist Santiago Parra on view at JD Malat GalleryLONDON.- JD Malat Gallery is presenting Upheaval, a solo exhibition by Colombian artist Santiago Parra, from 15th July to 15th August. Following Rising Action, the ground breaking solo exhibition that took place in 2018, Santiago Parra is back with his most accomplished body of work to date. Parra has described this exhibition as being more refined and more attuned. He has changed the way paint is applied and chosen deeper blacks with subtle nuances resulting in a more defined brushstroke. The change of style can be attributed to the period of isolation enforced by Covid-19 which had a direct impact on the artists aesthetic. The exhibition consists of fourteen mid to large format paintings created in a span of six months. These paintings were produced during the Covid-19 lockdown, a time of intense emotional tension for the artist. As ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American painter Edward Hopper was born July 22, 1882. Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 - May 15, 1967) was a prominent American realist painter and printmaker. While he was most popularly known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. Both in his urban and rural scenes, his spare and finely calculated renderings reflected his personal vision of modern American life. In this image: A woman looks at the painting "South Carolina Morning" by American artist Edward Hopper during a press conference in Hamburg, Germany, on Thursday, May 7, 2009.
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