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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, La Leçon, Bielle, linstitutrice et Claude Renoir lisant, 1906. Huile sur toile, 65, 5 x 85, 5 cm. Collection Nahmad, Suisse. Photo © Raphaël BARITHEL.
PARIS.- On view from March 10 through July 3, 2016, at the Marmottan Monet Museum in Paris, «Art and the Child: Masterpieces of French Painting» presents nearly 75 artworks by the likes of Le Nain, Philippe de Champaigne, Chardin, Greuze, Corot, Daumier, Millet, Manet, Cézanne, Monet, Morisot, Renoir, Bastien-Lepage, Pelez, Bonnard, Vallotton, Maurice Denis, Matisse, Picasso, Chaissac, and Dubuffet, all drawn from private collections and prestigious museums around the world. The fruit of a collaboration between historians and art historians, this unprecedented exhibition retraces the history of the status of The Child from the XIV through the XX centuries, offering a new perspective on these renowned artworks by exploring them in a new way and through a new lens. One of the Cluny Museums major works, The Presentation of the Temple, attributed to André ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day BOULDER.- Artemis Gallery's next auction of investment-grade antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art is set for Thursday, March 31st, starting at 11 a.m. Eastern time. Some of the highlights of the auction are: Roman Marble Fragment - Hand Grasping. Rome, ca. 1st century CE. Estimate: $1,800 - $2,500.
| Exhibition of drawings and watercolors by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner opens at Galerie St. Etienne | | Major Rubens-discovery leads Auctioneers Bernaerts' sale of Old Master Paintings in Antwerp | | One of Liotard's last oil paintings in private hands to be auctioned at Sotheby's London | 
Dodo with Japanese Umbrella, 1909. Lithograph in five colors. 15" x 12 3/4" (38.1 x 32.4 cm). The only known impression in these colors. Private collection.
NEW YORK, NY.- Galerie St. Etienne presents Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Watercolors and Drawings from the Robert Lehman Collection, an exhibition including 30 never-before-seen sketches by the great German Expressionist, from March 29 through July 1, 2016. Until recently, Lehmans Kirchner drawings had been on extended loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The late collector purchased the works in 1959 as a group from a German dealer who obtained them from the artists estate. The exhibition explores the relationship between Kirchners sketches and his other work, presenting more than 50 pieces that span nearly his entire career, from 1906 through his Swiss exile in the 1930s. Also on view will be a selection of larger Kirchner drawings and a number of rare woodcuts, lithographs and etchings. Because Kirchner insisted on doing his own printing, most of his editions are extremely small, and some of the exhibited prints ... More | | 
This image is found in paper from the mill in Fabriano, Italy, dated 1598 and was first identified by Uwe Westfehling in 2001.
ANTWERP.- This large double-sided pen and brush drawing with variations of a turbaned rider on a bucking horse trying to fend off enemies was recently discovered in an Antwerp private collection. Drawn freely with a medium size brush it shows no underdrawing in chalk or charcoal. The composition looks spontaneous, possibly to be used in another work of art or perhaps to capture a specific movement of a horse and rider to remember. An old annotation at the bottom of the recto attributes the study to Anthony van Dyck (15991641). Neither Van Dyck, A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, by Susan J. Barnes et al. (2004) nor Horst Veys Die Zeichnungen Anton van Dycks (1962) include images of men and horses in battle; the subject does not occur in his surviving oeuvre in which portraits and figural compositions predominate. Furthermore, the brown of the ink of the brushwork is closer to that found in drawings by Rubens. Another detail that points to Rubens is the distinct watermark ... More | | 
Jean-Etienne Liotard (Geneva 1702- 1789), A Dutch Girl at Breakfast. Oil on canvas, 46.8 x 39 cm.; 18¾ in by 15⅜ in. Est. £4-6 million. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Hot on the heels of the Scottish National Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts exhibitions which revealed the genius of Jean-Etienne Liotard (1702-1798) to a wider audience, Sothebys London will offer a rare work by the Swiss master whose pastel portraits caught the imagination of his contemporaries, from Europe to the Levant. A highlight of the recent show at the Royal Academy of Arts, A Dutch Girl at Breakfast has not appeared on the market for almost 250 years. It is one of the rare oil paintings by the celebrated artist, and the only genre scene of an interior he painted in oils to remain in private hands. Probably painted in Holland in 1755-56, the work was bought in the artists sale in London in 1774 by his long standing friend and patron, William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough who played a decisive role in the artists life and career. This magnificent painting remained in the possession of the descenda ... More |
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| Significant addition to the international auction world: Launch of AlBahie Auction House in Qatar | | Culture Minister Ed Vaizey places a temporary export bar on Veronese's Venice Triumphant | | Artcurial to offer Old Master paintings and drawings including drawings from the Georges Dormeuil Collection | 
Rudolf Ernst, Praying in the Desert, 1854-1932, oil on panel, 33 x 23.5cm, courtesy of AlBahie.
DOHA.- Under the patronage of Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (Chairperson of Qatar Museums), HE Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim al Sulaiti of the Cultural Village Foundation-Katara along with HE Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al-Thani (Chairman of Qatari Businessmen Association) officially opened AlBahie on Sunday 6th March with a preview of its first April auction. Based in Qatar, AlBahie is the first auction house of its kind in the region. Its inaugural auction will take place on 5th April 2016 and will be the first in a regular schedule of bi-annual auctions, featuring an impressive breadth of Islamic, Middle Eastern and Orientalist work, including Modern and Contemporary Art from the region, Fine Furniture, Jewelry and Watches, Decorative Arts and Orientalist Carpets and Rugs. AlBahie will cater for a broad range of collectors, answering both a growing local and regional collectors marker, as well ... More | | 
Veronese, Venice Triumphant.
LONDON.- A 400-year-old drawing by Paolo Veronese is at risk of being exported from the UK unless a buyer can be found to match the asking price of £15,400,000 (plus VAT of £154,000). To provide an opportunity to keep it in the UK, Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on Venice Triumphant. The work is a preparatory drawing for one of Veroneses most famous paintings, Apotheosis of Venice. Following two disastrous fires in 1574 and 1577 at the Doges Palace, the Venetian government commissioned Veronese and several other local artists to redecorate the Palace. The finished painting, completed around 1582, occupies one of three large ceiling compartments in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio, the Palaces most important state room. There are only three existing drawings related to the commission to redecorate the Palace and Venice Triumphant is the largest and also the most important of the only two surviving prep ... More | | 
Portrait de rabbin au grand chapeau, around 1636-1639, Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, pen and brown ink, 12,50 x 12,50 cm. Estimate: 80 000 - 120 000 / 88 120 132 270 $.
PARIS.- The prestigious first semester, Old Master and 19th Century paintings and drawings auction will take place on March 31st at Artcurial during the Salon du Dessin (30th March 4th April 2016.) It will be dominated by the exceptional collection of French 18th century drawings belonging to Georges Dormeuil which remained in his family until just recently. After the immense success of the Hebey Collection auction held on February 22nd and 23rd, we are once again thrilled to present works from exceptional backgrounds including an ensemble of drawings belonging to Georges Dormeuil some of which previously made up part of the Goncourt brothers collection and pieces from the David-Weill and Pierre Crozat collections. Their presence highlights the international importance of Paris, the capital of Drawing. Explains ... More |
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| ROM welcomes new Director & CEO with bold vision for a 21st century museum | | Exhibition of new work by New York based artist Sergej Jensen on view at White Cube | | Julien's Auctions announces extraordinary Street and Contemporary Art Auction | 
Prior to his ROM appointment, Basseches was Deputy Director of the PEM and was central to the institutions decade-long reinvention into one of Americas leading museums.
TORONTO.- The Royal Ontario Museum welcomed its new Director & CEO, Josh Basseches, today. Basseches, previously the Deputy Director of the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts, was appointed to the ROM this past November by the Museums Board of Trustees. We are thrilled to welcome a cultural leader with Josh's stature to Toronto and the ROM. Josh brings a unique mix of talent, leadership, and expertise in the art and science of museum management. The ROMs vision is to be counted among the top tier of museums in the world and to inspire visitors to experience its wonder both in person and digitally. Joshs proven leadership in both art and natural history museums and background as a strategic management consultant uniquely qualify him to lead the ROM, said Bonnie Brooks, Chair of the ROM Board of Trustees. Basseches joins ... More | | 
Sergej Jensen, £250 fifty penny, 2015. Sewn moneybags, 39 3/8 x 35 7/16 in. (100 x 90 cm) © the artist. Photo © White Cube (Ben Westoby).
LONDON.- White Cube Bermondsey is presenting Moneybags, an exhibition of new work by New York based artist Sergej Jensen. Since the early 2000s, Jensen has regularly included cloth bank bags in his work, which he sews together to make geometric paintings. Moneybags is the first exhibition to focus on this motif within Jensens mode of production, and will also include new representational works that use bank bags as their painterly ground. Jensens approach to painting is unconventional in that it can frequently involve a complete rejection of paint itself in favour of textiles found or worn materials that reflect a history of use. In this series, Jensen limits himself to one type of basic material which is uniform in style but differs in colour, weave and size. Obtained from federal and municipal banks in Europe and the USA, the bags are occasionally branded with either the name of the bank or their ... More | | 
Banksy (British, 1974), NOLA, 2009. Screen-print on paper. Signed in pencil lower right "Banksy". Numbered in pencil lower left "45/289" with POW blindstamp, 21 1/2 by 29 3/4 inches. $25,000-30,000.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Juliens Auctions, the world record breaking auction house to the stars, has announced its biannual Street & Contemporary Art auction featuring extraordinary highlights from the worlds most sought after street artists including anonymous graffiti artist Banksy, whose identity was recently revealed by scientists by using a modeling technique for tracking down and identifying potential criminal suspects. The Banksy artwork collection is a featured highlight in the upcoming Street & Contemporary Art Auction taking place on Saturday, April 30th, 2016 at the Juliens Auctions Los Angeles gallery and will feature over 200 lots. The extraordinary Banksy artwork collection, estimated to sell for over $500,000, includes Happy Choppers (2002) (Estimate: $100,000-$150,000), an original aerosol stencil of armed military helicopters dressed ... More |
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| Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux opens major Judy Chicago retrospective | | Extraordinary Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Dolphin brooch at Heritage Auctions New York | | New book explores relationship between surrealist pioneer and cancer pioneer | 
Through the Flower © Judy Chicago, 1973 Sprayed acrylic on canvas 60 x 60 in. (152.4 x 152.4 cm) Photo © Donald Woodman.
BORDEAUX.- The exhibition Why Not Judy Chicago? is a visual narrative made up of a selection of works and documents providing an overview of the more than 50 years of production by this pioneer of feminist art. By looking at the close relationship between her work as an artist, an art educator and a writer, the exhibition proposes a holistic approach to her career as much as it retains - with the intention of transforming it- the different elements of the structure of the institution of art. Judy Chicago belongs to the first generation of women who created a feminist art practice and theory within what - in the America - is called Second Wave feminism. This generation questions any inherited knowledge as it perpetuates male domination. In this political, social, intellectual and artistic context, where Chicagos career is conceived around notions of deficit and disobedience, her outright rejection of patriarchal ... More | | 
Multi-Stone, Diamond, Gold Brooch, Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co.
NEW YORK, NY.- An extraordinary, Multi-Stone, Diamond, Gold Dolphin Brooch designed by Parisian artist and jeweler Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. highlights more than 1,300 lots in Heritage Auctions' first major Fine Jewelry Auction of the year. The April 19 New York auction draws together large-carat colored diamonds, Burma rubies and sapphires, and unmounted gemstones for an auction in which color is king. "The market demand for large, colorful pieces is particularly strong and at 5.45 total carats, the iconic Jean Schlumberger Dolphin brooch is likely to spark serious interest," said Jill Burgum, Senior Director of Fine Jewelry at Heritage Auctions. "This auction is bursting with colorful showpieces." A deep selection of large-carat diamonds starts with a set of Diamond, Platinum Rings featuring a pear-shaped diamond weighing 6.69 carats (est. $90,000-$120,000), and a Fancy Deep Yellow Diamond, Diamond, Platinum, Gold ... More | | 
Author Paul Chimera met Dali and is the former publicity director of the original Dali Museum of Beachwood, Ohio.
BUFFALO, NY.- A new book that explores the unique friendship between Salvador Dali, the kingpin of surrealism; and Dr. Edmund Klein credited with a cure for skin cancer has been published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform and is available at Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com. Titled Dali & His Doctor: The Surreal Friendship Between Salvador Dali and Dr. Edmund Klein, the book presents a biographical sketch of dermatologist Dr. Kleins award-winning cancer research, while also chronicling the creation, cataloging, exhibition and sale of a unique collection of original drawings Dali did for Dr. Klein in lieu of payment for the physicians private treatment of the artist. Author Paul Chimera, who met Dali and is the former publicity director of the original Dali Museum of Beachwood, Ohio, explained that in 1972 Dalis secretary sought out the best skin cancer expert at the time to consult with the ... More |
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 The Frick Pittsburgh announces extended hours of operation, new pedestrian entrance and pathsPITTSBURGH, PA.- The Frick Pittsburgh in Point Breeze announces that it will remain open every Friday evening until 9:00 p.m., beginning Friday, April 1, 2016. All of the Frick's public venues, including the Grable Visitor Center, Clayton, The Frick Art Museum, Car and Carriage Museum, Greenhouse, Frick Museum Store and The Café at the Frick-in addition to the grounds and gardens-will remain open during extended Friday evening hours. Effective April 1, 2016, the Frick's new hours of operation are: Tuesday through Sunday: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Friday: 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. Closed Monday Admission to the Frick and gardens is free. Regarding this permanent change in hours, Frick Director Robin Nicholson remarks, "Last year we were open on Friday evenings during the summer months, and the response was overwhelmingly positive. Along with our expansion of business ... More Jennifer Bartlett's "The Mind in Action: Early Drawings and Plates, 1968-1975" on view at Locks GalleryPHILADELPHIA, PA.- Locks Gallery is presenting an exhibition of early grid drawings and plates by Jennifer Bartlett, on view from March 23rd through April 30, 2016. The Mind in Action: Early Drawings and Plates, 1968-1975 is a survey of the seminal, pre-Rhapsody grid drawings and steel plate paintings that became Bartletts trademark. The serial, systems-based constructions of dots and grids allowed for near-infinite possibilities for the artist to explore. Throughout her career, Bartletts work has resisted easy categorization. The early, investigative works in this exhibition relate to Minimalism and Conceptual Art while also quietly transgressing the rules that defined other works of this era. Akin to the process of her mentor Sol LeWitt, Bartletts plate paintings were created by following specific directions set forth by the artist herself. However, unlike LeWitt whose ... More Russia artist charged with damaging 'cultural site' for FSB door fireMOSCOW (AFP).- Russian investigators have altered the charge against a performance artist for torching the door of the FSB security service's headquarters from vandalism to "damaging a cultural heritage site," his lawyer said Tuesday. Pyotr Pavlensky will still face up to three years in jail under the new charge, lawyer Dmitry Dinze told AFP. "The maximum sentence does not change." The 32-year-old artist was detained in November after setting fire to the wooden door of the FSB's Moscow headquarters -- the infamous Lubyanka building that used to house the Soviet-era KGB -- in a performance called "Threat" to protest against state "terrorism" by the security services. He was initially charged with "ideologically-motivated" vandalism, which also carries a maximum three-year jail sentence. Pavlensky's previous radical performances have included nailing his scrotum to the cobbles ... More Art Gallery Vroom & Varossieau opens in Amsterdam with exhibition of street poet Laser 3.14AMSTERDAM.- On March 31, 2016, Vroom & Varossieau will open its doors in Amsterdam. The new gallery specializes in street art and urban contemporary art by internationally celebrated artists as well as emerging talent. Dutch street poet Laser 3.14, known for his sharp, humorous texts, will be the first artist featured, with a solo exhibition showing his latest works. In addition, work will be presented by Bansky, D*Face, Keith Haring and KAWS. The next exhibition in May and June will focus on Brazilian street artist Cranio. The exhibition Press Here for Some Counterculture, running 1st April thru 15th May, sees the artist playfully embrace the attitude of the anti-establishment while being equally wary of how easily it's coopted, manufactured and mass produced. Central to the show is the presentation of a new body of work that has the artist move beyond the short arresting statements ... More Untitled, Art expands to San Francisco in 2017 NEW YORK, NY.- Untitled, Art, the international, curated art fair announces the launch of its second location in San Francisco, CA. Untitled, San Francisco will take place in January 2017 at the historic Pier 70 in the citys arts district of the Dogpatch neighborhood. Untitleds innovative perspective on the art fair model debuted to critical acclaim in 2012 amidst the multitude of fairs in Miami Beach. For four years Untitled has consistently upped its game: increasing attendance and the caliber of visitors; raising the level of private collection and institutional sales for exhibitors; and pushing the boundaries of what makes an art fair interesting and engaging. Untitled, San Francisco will allow the fair to grow and work with new galleries it has not worked with in Miami Beach, in a setting that parallels the fairs spirit and mission. The Bay Area has always attracted visionaries and progressive ... More SMU's National Center for Arts Research releases Second Annual Ranking of Arts Vibrancy of U.S. CitiesDALLAS, TX.- SMUs National Center for Arts Research today released its second annual Arts Vibrancy Index, which ranks more than 900 communities across the country, examining the level of supply, demand, and government support for the arts in each city. This year, the report features six new communities, with three states Hawaii, Oregon and Texas appearing in the index for the first time. The new cities featured on the lists are Portland, Oregon; Austin, Texas; and Kansas City, Missouri, in the top 20 large cities list; and Maui, Hawaii; St. Cloud, Minnesota; and Medford, Oregon, in the top 20 small and medium cities list. NCAR provides rank scores on all measures for every U.S. county on its heat map. Each community in the report has a unique story and cultural landscape this report is designed to help us understand what makes a city vibrant in the arts and the different ... More Exhibition of works by Jana Sterbak on view at Barbara Gross Galerie, MunichMUNICH.- Jana Sterbak has been known since the 1980s for her conceptual objects, performances, photographs, and installations, in which she translates complex ideas into trenchant images. At the heart of her work are humans, with all of their diverse emotions and tense relationships to society and their own beings. Sterbak deals with existential themes through cryptic humor, subversively and with occasionally disturbing effects. Material is of special significance: fresh meat, bread, sweat, or human hair unsettle viewers, while directly addressing their senses. The exhibition Identity gathers works from a period of three decades, and they revolve around a category that is difficult to comprehend: identity. The clothing, objects, and photographs on display raise questions about the transformative quality of things and about human individuality. By shifting materials and ... More Joanne Dunne Murphy joins Shaker Museum boardNEW LEBANON, NY.- On March 19 the trustees of Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon elected Joanne Dunne Murphy as the newest member of its board of directors. She brings with her longtime interests in art, collections management, and exhibitions. The opportunity to join the board of Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon attracts me because the museum is at such an interesting point in its development, said Ms. Dunne Murphy. Preserving the collection, educating visitors, and enriching the region with a new site that explores our local Shaker heritage is an exciting challenge. Ms. Dunne Murphy, who moved to Old Chatham, New York permanently in May 2015 after living in Vienna, Austria for eighteen months and London for fourteen years, worked at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1985 to 1989 in the department of medieval art. She also volunteered ... More Exhibition of new works by British artist K-tee on view at CNB GalleryLONDON.- CNB Gallery is presenting an exhibition of new works by British artist K-tee. K-tee has long used weaponry in her work, and in this show she takes the distinctive American army MK II hand grenade, known colloquially as the pineapple, to create a series of small and medium scale sculptures. The first series is comprised of four grenades molded in plastic. Each of these appears to have been bitten into, and reveals a soft centre filling fondant egg, honeycomb, Turkish delight and caramel. The artist was first drawn to the idea after a friend who collects replica weapons showed her a decommissioned grenade, which she felt looked like something you might eat. The second series are the same grenades, but larger scale and bisected, which hang on the walls. Says K-tee: I love the engineering aspect of weapons in general ... they are deadly and nasty objects but not ... More Art Central 2016 takes centre stageHONG KONG.- The second edition of Art Central has been a remarkable success, with over 32,000 buyers, collectors and members of the art-loving public flocking to see Hong Kongs most dynamic contemporary art fair. With First Night (Monday 21 March) attracting 4,500 guests eager to be among the first to see the fair, Hong Kong Art Week was welcomed in style. In its second edition, Art Central displayed a distinctly Asian edge with an ambitious program that included large-scale installations, engaging panel discussions and performance art. Over 100 galleries were on show in the architect designed temporary structure on Hong Kongs Central Harbourfront, 75% of which were from Greater Asia. From the talks program to the curation of experimental film, the spotlight was firmly on Hong Kong as a global center for contemporary Asian art and visitors were encouraged ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Spanish painter Francisco Goya was born March 30, 1746. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (30 March 1746 - 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Goya was a court painter to the Spanish Crown, and through his works was both a commentator on and chronicler of his era. The subversive imaginative element in his art, as well as his bold handling of paint, provided a model for the work of later generations of artists, notably Manet, Picasso and Francis Bacon. In this image: Goya Galleries, 2nd and 3rd of May ©Museo Nacional del Prado.
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