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Leroy Almon, Heaven, Earth, Hell, c.1987, acrylic on canvas 33 1/2 x 41 1/2 in. (85.09 x 104.14 cm). Courtesy Gordon W. Bailey Collection.
BILOXI, MS.- The Ohr-OKeefe Museum of Art in Biloxi, Mississippi announced a major donation of 50 artworks by Los Angeles-based, advocate and collector Gordon W. Bailey. The transformative gift features African American artists Leroy Almon, David Butler, Richard Dial, Thornton Dial, Minnie Evans, Roy Ferdinand, Sandy Hall, Clementine Hunter, Charlie Lucas, Juanita Rogers, Sulton Rogers, Welmon Sharlhorne, Herbert Singleton, Willie White, and Purvis Young; Native Americans, Silas and Bertha Claw, Betty Manygoats, Elizabeth Manygoats, Wallace Nez, and Lorraine Williams; and Southern potters, Burlon Craig, Cheever Meaders, and Lanier Meaders. "On behalf of the board and the OKeefe family, I would like to express my deepest appreciation to Mr. Bailey for making this generous donation of important artworks, said Jeffrey H. OKeefe, In addition to enriching the museums permanent collection by adding Native American an ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Artemis Gallery will hold its Art of Asia | Antiquity to Present sale on Thu, May 06, 2021 9:00 AM GMT-5. The sale features antiquities and works of art ranging from the third millennium BCE to the present. From West to East including the Near East and Central Asia, China, Japan, Korea and South and Southeast Asia. Including jades, bronzes, lacquer, textiles, paintings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, metalwork, and other art forms in other media. In this image: Ancient Near Eastern Elamite Bronze Axe Head. Estimate $1,200 - $2,000.
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| MSU Broad Art Museum prioritizes inclusion and equity in 2021 acquisitions | | Christie's Classic Week Old Masters Evening Sale includes masterpiece from Belloto's early career | | Hindman to present important jewelry and timepieces auctions this month |
Betsabeé Romero, Eterno peregrinaje (Eternal Pilgrimage), 2014.
EAST LANSING, MI.- The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University announced 11 new acquisitions to its permanent collection. Expanding on the museums mission to amplify the voices of underrepresented communities, all of the artworks acquired this year were by women artists, Indigenous artists, and artists of color. Among the acquisitions is work by Christina Kahlo, great-grandniece of artist Frida, Métis artist and MSU faculty member Dylan Miner, and two works by Mexican artist Betsabeé Romero, both of which were purchased through the generosity of MSU alumna Adrienne Johns and Jim Whitely. A healthy future for museums relies on embracing and preserving in perpetuity the richness of diverse cultures through our collections, said Director Mónica RamÃrez-Montagut. We are particularly proud of our current roster of acquisitions focused on work by women and artists of color, which will move our institutional ... More | |
Bernardo Bellotto (1721-1780), View of Verona with the Ponte delle Navi, circa 1745-47 (detail). Estimate £12,000,000-18,000,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021.
LONDON.- Christies announced Bernardo Bellottos majestic View of Verona with the Ponte delle Navi as one of the leading highlights in the forthcoming Old Masters Evening Sale, taking place live on 8 July at Christies King Street. This is part of a marquee series of sales comprising this seasons Classic Week calendar. Bernardo Bellotto painted View of Verona with the Ponte delle Navi in circa 1745-47, when the artist was still in his mid-twenties. This work is the supreme masterpiece from the artists early career, along with its pair Verona from the Ponte Nuova looking upstream with the Castel San Pietro (Powis Castle, the National Trust). The prodigiously talented nephew of Canaletto, Bellotto is celebrated as one of the greatest topographical view painters, instrumental in the development of the genre across Europe in the eighteenth century. This painting ... More | |
Tony Duquette, Opal, Rock Crystal And Moonstone Necklace. Estimate: $12,000 - $18,000.
CHICAGO, IL.- Hindmans spring Fine Timepieces and Fine and Important Jewelry auctions will be presented on May 17 and 18, and will showcase stunning antique keepsakes and modern pieces by designers including Van Cleef & Arpels, Bvlgari, Hemmerle, Evelyn Clothier, Tony Duquette, and Nicholas Varney, and wristwatches by Longines, Breitling, Omega, Jaeger-LeCoultre, and Patek Philippe. The timepieces auction will include a variety of pocket watches, ladies dress watches by Cartier and Chopard as well as mens sports watches and collectible timepieces. The jewelry auction will feature property from a private collection with several floral plique-á-jour enamel and gemstone brooches by Evelyn Clothier. Notable lots in the Timepieces auction (May 17) include a limited-edition 'Quantieme Perpetuel Automatique' wristwatch (lot 60; estimate: $8,000-12,000) and a piquet, sapphire and diamond wristwatch (lot 19; estimate: $6,000-8,000), both b ... More |
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| Sotheby's collaborates with Coinbase to accept cryptocurrency for Banksy painting in contemporary art auction | | Vaccination can be relaxing. Just ask these museum visitors. | | Billie Eilish and Timothee Chalamet among young Met Gala co-chairs |
Banksy, Love is in the Air. Estimate $3/5 Million.
NEW YORK, NY.- In a world first for a fine art auction house, Sothebys announces an innovative new payment option in which, for the first time at a major auction house, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) will be accepted as payment for a physical artwork. This groundbreaking development will be made possible thanks to a collaboration with Coinbase, one of the worlds largest cryptocurrency exchanges. Fittingly, the pairing brings together the biggest disruptor in finance with one of the most notable disruptors in the art world Banksy, whose iconic protest image, Love is in the Air, will be offered in Sothebys Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 12 May in New York. Bidding for the work, estimated at $3/5 million, will be conducted in USD, as is customary at Sothebys New York, but now the buyer will, for the first time, also have the option to pay the hammer price with cryptocurrency. This market-defining new arrangement ... More | |
Marco Bottaro, an office worker who lives in nearby Grugliasco, at a COVID-19 vaccination site at Castello di Rivoli, a contemporary art museum in Rivoli, Italy, April 29, 2021. It was a very striking experience, said Bottaro. Alessandro Grassani/The New York Times.
by Elisabetta Povoledo
ROME (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- These days, visitors to the website of one of Italys most renowned contemporary art museums are met with a twofold invitation: Book your visit in advance and Book your vaccination. Castello di Rivoli, once a palace owned by the Savoy dynasty, recently became one of several Italian museums to join the countrys vaccine drive, following in the footsteps of cultural institutions throughout Europe. With the rallying cry of Art Helps, the museum near Turin has set aside its third-floor galleries for a vaccination center run by the local health authorities. During their shots, patients can enjoy the wall paintings by Claudia Comte, a Swiss artist. Comte worked with composer Egon Elliut to create ... More | |
In this file photo taken on February 09, 2020 US singer-songwriter Billie Eilish arrives for the 92nd Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California. Robyn Beck / AFP.
NEW YORK (AFP).- New York's star-studded Met Gala will focus on youth and diversity this year, with four co-chairs under the age of 30 -- actor Timothee Chalamet, poet Amanda Gorman, singer Billie Eilish and tennis player Naomi Osaka. Normally held in early May, the charity ball was postponed to September 13 in the hope that many Covid-19 restrictions will be lifted by then. The 2020 edition was canceled due to the pandemic. The honorary co-chairs will be Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue who has turned the gala into a global event, designer Tom Ford and Adam Mosseri, director of Instagram, sponsor of the event. The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute relies on the Met Gala to fund its work including exhibitions and acquisitions, and the cancellation of last year's event badly damaged its finances. A regular on red ... More |
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| Latinx Lowrider car culture photographed in Kristin Bedford's 'Cruise Night' | | Edward Tyler Nahem relocates to 980 Madison opening May 8 with group show | | What doomed a sprawling city near St. Louis 1,000 years ago? |
Kristin Bedfords Cruise Night (published by Damiani), takes us behind the curtain of this misunderstood subculture.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Kristin Bedfords new photo book Cruise Night pulls back the curtain on LAs Mexican American* lowrider car culture, aiming to tackle the misconceptions and celebrate the uniqueness of this marginalized community. Bedford is the first woman to create an original large-scale body of work about this American movement. Cruise Night is available to purchase from Tuesday May 4, 2021. Since its beginnings in the 1940s, the prolific lowrider tradition has provided a platform for Mexican Americans to have a voice and be seen. Today there are tens of thousands of lowriders in Los Angeles, still, lowriding is often pigeonholed as craft or folk art and stereotyped as crude and dangerous. Through intimate and unstaged photography, Bedford reveals a different reality a tradition of self-expression that is passed down between generations. Bedfords fascination with lowriding began wh ... More | |
George Condo, Midnight Lighting, 2012, Oil on canvas, 70 by 60 inches (177.8 by 152.4 cm), Courtesy Edward Tyler Nahem.
NEW YORK, NY.- Edward Tyler Nahem announced its relocation to 980 Madison on New Yorks Upper East Side. Placing the gallery at the heart of this renowned arts building, the new space opens May 8 with a group show of leading Post-War and Contemporary master works. The exhibition includes Jean-Michel Basquiat, Alexander Calder, George Condo, Anselm Kiefer, Joan Mitchell, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, Frank Stella, and Kenneth V. Young. The relocation coincides with the appointment of Roxana Bruno as new Senior Director. Highlights of the grouping include Frank Stellas striking double concentric squares painting, Gray Scramble, 1968. Previously part of the seminal collection of renowned art collector and architect Graham Gund, the painting has been in the same collection for thirty years. Synonymous for using optically rich color palettes ... More | |
Monk's Mound at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Cahokia, Ill., on May 14, 2019. Whitney Curtis/The New York Times.
by Asher Elbein
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- A thousand years ago, a city rose on the banks of the Mississippi River, near what eventually became St. Louis. Over miles of rich farms, public plazas and earthen mounds, the city known today as Cahokia was a thriving hub of immigrants, lavish feasting and religious ceremony. At its peak in the 1100s, Cahokia housed 20,000 people, greater than contemporaneous Paris. By 1350, Cahokia had largely been abandoned, and why people left the city is one of the greatest mysteries of North American archaeology. Now, some scientists are arguing that one popular explanation Cahokia had committed ecocide by destroying its environment, and thus destroyed itself can be rejected out of hand. Recent excavations at Cahokia ... More |
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| $100K Vargas pinup art leads $2.3 million Heritage illustration auction | | A panorama of design | | H&H Classics announces partnership with fast growing Youtube vlog 'Petrol Ped' |
Alberto Vargas (Peruvian/American, 1896-1982), Mara Corday, True Girl, February 1952. Watercolor on board, 30 x 20 inches. Sold for: $100,000.00.
DALLAS, TX.- One of the most iconic and important pinup images ever created, Alberto Vargas Mara Corday, True Girl, February 1952, sold for $100,000 to lead Heritage Auctions April 30 Illustration Art auction to $2,297,692 in total sales. The model in the image, Mara Corday, is captured in the signature V-leg pose that was Vargass calling card in her second sitting for the artist he lost the rights to the first, and other images he signed as Varga, in a years-long legal battle with Esquire magazine. Esquire sued the artist for the works signed "Vargas" in True but ultimately failed. This win and the publication of his nine True Girls including the present work revitalized the artist and his career. The Mara Corday Vargas was the quintessential example with his iconic V-leg pose. We could not be happier that this work received the attention it deserved, with 15 bidders and resulting in fourth- ... More | |
Andile Dyalvane, an artist in Cape Town, South Africa, with his terra-cotta chair "Mpepho (Clary Sage)." Dyalvane molds terra-cotta chairs and stools in the shapes of oversize glyphs, symbolizing Xhosa words for fundamental concepts like "home" and "sustenance." Adriaan Louw/Southern Guild and Andile Dyalvane via The New York Times.
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- In 2019, Joseph Vidich and Kira de Paola, who are metalworkers, first cousins and co-founders of the New York design studio Kin & Co., organized a show on a Brooklyn promenade of creative outdoor furniture, called Inside-Out. They didnt expect to see so many visitors testing the displays and gabbing with strangers, so they planned a sequel for 2020 that paid attention to social interaction but had to rethink the event when the pandemic hit. The second Inside-Out was held online and brought renewed appreciation for a category often dismissed as banal or frivolous but lately identified with a breath of fresh air. Who knew that outdoor furniture was so ... More | |
The first H&H Classics sponsored video will air on Friday 7th May.
LONDON.- H&H Classics, the distinguished 28 year old auction house that is one of just two auctioneers to have sold a car for over $10m and a motorcycle for in excess of $500,000 has just announced its brand partnership with Petrol Ped, the brainchild of broadcaster Peter Greaves. As an Automotive Influencer Peter Greaves, is the restless spirit behind the Petrol Ped vlog on YouTube. He writes, shoots, edits and publishes car reviews and films of motoring events for his rapidly growing YouTube channel. He works with the majority of leading car brands, as well as a large number of dealer networks to review new cars to market and special cars with great stories to tell and the many celebrities who are themselves petrolheads. H&H Classics are delighted to announce their partnership with Petrol Ped, specifically his flagship Friday Feature, Powered by H&H Classics. it will air at 6pm every Friday. This new ... More |
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Modernity and Patriotism In Childe Hassam's Iconic Flag Paintings
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Exhibit on view at Missoula Art Museum showcases entirely new work by Aaniiih artist
MISSOULA, MONT.- Sean Chandler (Aaniiih) presents his first solo exhibition at a Montana museum and first significant exhibition in over a decade. His work infuses experiences from his childhood in Eastern Montana, including his love of Major League Baseball, and the history of Native assimilation into white culture, as well as teachings from his father. His father, Al Chandler, grew up on an Indian Residential School near Pierre, South Dakota, and was later the focus of a 1983 PBS documentary short called I'd Rather Be Powwowing. Sean Chandler: New Works features entirely new pieces by this talented Montana artist. Chandler grew up in Glendive, Montana, and his family was among the only Native family in the community. He received his B.A. in Art and M.A. in Native Studies at Montana State University in Bozeman. He later earned an Ed.D. in Educational ... More
Items hand-selected from estates across the South will come up for bid at Stevens Auction Company
ABERDEEN, MISS.- A yellow 1965 Pontiac GTO classic car in excellent condition inside and out, a magnificent pair of carved wooden pedestals depicting cupids holding shells, an 1870s US Colt single-action .44 caliber Army pistol, and a historical piano manufactured by Alois Kern circa 1870 are just a few of the many fine items slated to come up for bid Saturday, May 15th by Stevens Auction Company, online and live in the Aberdeen gallery at 609 No. Meridian Street. The Spring Antique Estate Auction will kick off at 10 am Central time and features lifelong collections from three of the finest estate homes across the South. Rare examples of glassware, porcelains, cars, Persian rugs, furniture, early lighting, collectibles, original works of art and hundreds of hard-to-find items will cross the auction block around 500 lots in all. This ... More
'La Bamba' and the lives it changed
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- When La Bamba premiered in the summer of 1987, the expectations for its success were low. The film was based on the life of Ritchie Valens, the Mexican American teenager (birth name: Richard Steven Valenzuela) who was one of the first Latinos in rock n roll. It covered his beginnings as a farmworker in Delano, California, his bond with his contentious big brother, Bob, and the complexities of having to hide his background to make it in the music business with hits like the title tune. At its core, it was the story of two brothers working to achieve the American dream, a dream that was usually reserved for white Americans. Valens died in 1959, just a year after being signed to Del-Fi Records, in a plane crash that also killed two other stars, Buddy Holly and J.P. Richardson, better known as the Big Bopper. The short- ... More
Metro Pictures opens "Louise Lawler: One Show on Top of the Other"
NEW YORK, NY.- Louise Lawler presents two exhibitionsone on top of the other. Distorted for the Times is a selection of Lawlers works that have been digitally altered to render a sense of unease, as what is to be seen is abstracted into something illegible. Lawler has taken photographs of artworks in various locations and recontextualized them throughout her career. In 2011, she began making works that are "adjusted to fit"meaning the photographs original aspect ratio has been adjusted to match the dimensions of the wall on which it is installed, allowing the scale, location, and environment to directly transform the artwork. In 2017, she began applying digital filters to distort selected images. Three of these distorted and/or adjusted vinyl works are on view here, along with a selection of mounted photographs including Hair and Fur (both ... More
Spelman College Archives to house African Voices magazine
ATLANTA, GA.- The Spelman College Archives will be the new repository for African Voices, a literary magazine devoted to publishing emerging writers and visual artists of color from the diaspora. Founded in 1992, African Voices Communications, Inc., a nonprofit arts institution, publishes one of the few surviving print magazines documenting Black art, literature and culture. Past editions of the magazine, along with organizational records, videos and digitized photographs that span three decades, will be preserved by Spelman College, alongside a historical archive of the Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series, the first Academy Awards qualifying film festival dedicated to providing opportunities to women of color in the film industry. Through this partnership, which will be funded by a grant from the New York Community ... More
Springfield Art Museum announces appointment of Museum Affairs Officer for Development and Fundraising
SPRINGFIELD, MO.- The Springfield Art Museum announced the appointment of Kate Francis as Museum Affairs Officer for Development and Fundraising. Effective June 7, 2021, Francis will lead the Museums expanding annual fundraising efforts as a key member of the leadership team. In addition, Francis will work closely with the newly-created Springfield Art Museum Foundation, which aims - among other things - to complete funding for the Museums ambitious 30-Year Master Plan, already underway on the Museums grounds. A seasoned non-profit fundraiser with over two decades of arts administration experience, Francis previously served as Chief Development Officer for The Phoenix Symphony. Her professional career is marked by successful roles with ... More
Jacques d'Amboise, 86, dies; Early, charismatic star of City Ballet
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Jacques dAmboise, who shattered stereotypes about male dancers as he helped popularize ballet in America and became one of the most distinguished male stars at New York City Ballet, died Sunday at his home in Manhattan. He was 86. His daughter, actress and dancer Charlotte dAmboise, said the cause was complications of a stroke. DAmboise embodied the ideal of an all-American style that combined the nonchalant elegance of Fred Astaire with the classicism of the danseur noble. He was the first male star to emerge from City Ballets affiliated School of American Ballet, joining the companys corps at the age of 15 in 1949, and his expansive presence and versatility were central to the companys identity in its first decades. He had 24 roles choreographed for him and became the foremost interpreter of the ... More
Whyte's announces highlights included in its annual "Eclectic Collector" auction
DUBLIN.- Whytes annual Eclectic Collector auction is eagerly awaited by collectors worldwide, containing as it does a most intriguing mix of historical artefacts, manuscripts, books, maps, militaria, coins, banknotes, tribal objects, rare whiskies and more. The oldest object in the sale is a Bronze Age sword, made about three thousand years ago [lot 1], found about 70 years ago in Co. Fermanagh, and valued at 4,500 to 5,500, while the youngest is a 1998 Good Friday Agreement signed by many of the negotiators [lot 265] and expected to bring 5,000 to 7,000. The most valuable lot in the sale is the last letter written by Kevin Barry, hours before he was executed [lot 173]. Written to Kathleen Carney it finishes poignantly "Say a little prayer when I cash in, your pal, Kevin". About eight hours later the 20-year-old Irish Volunteer was ... More
Red Hot Chili Peppers sell song catalog for $140 mn: Billboard
NEW YORK (AFP).- The Red Hot Chili Peppers are the latest high-profile act to sell their music publishing rights, in a deal reportedly worth $140-150 million struck with the British investment firm Hipgnosis. Industry tracker Billboard cited anonymous sources in first reporting the sale of the catalog that includes hits like "Under The Bridge," "Californication" and "Snow (Hey Oh)." Neither Hipgnosis nor the band's representatives immediately responded on Tuesday to AFP requests for comment. As most of the songs were written collectively by band members Flea, Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante and Chad Smith, the purchase required joint approval. According to Billboard, Hipgnosis sold nine million new ordinary shares at $1.66 per share on April 29 to finance the deal, which brought in $14 million. The company headed by music magnate ... More
'There is no end' for Afrobeat legend Tony Allen
PARIS (AFP).- Legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, who pioneered Afrobeat alongside his old band mate Fela Kuti, was knocking out rhythms right up until his death last year at the age of 79. And as shown on a new album out this week, Allen never stopped pushing boundaries and promoting young talent. At the time of his death in April 2020, he was deep into a new project that aimed to showcase a new generation of stars. "Tony wanted to do a rap album, to feature some young rappers, boys and girls, but outside the norm," the new album's co-producer Vincent Taeger told AFP. His friends and collaborators decided to complete the work he had started, resulting in "There Is No End", which is released on Friday. "When he left us, it was very hard," Taeger said. "A month later, his record label and manager contacted me to say: 'You made ... More
Strawser Auction Group announces four-day antique auction
WOLCOTTVILLE, IND.- A four-day Antique Auction bursting with nearly 2,000 lots of quality items, including important collections of majolica, Pickard china, World War II collectibles, Fenton glass and more will be held May 26th through 29th, by Strawser Auction Group, live in the gallery at 106 East Dutch Street in Wolcottville, as well as online via LiveAuctioneers.com. Of special interest is the Ann and Robert Fromer collection of majolica, assembled over the course of more than thirty years. The Fromers were avid collectors, said Michael Strawser, the president of Strawser Auction Group and founder of the Majolica International Society. The pieces in their collection are outstanding. The estate collection of Pickard china is also superb. Day 1, on Wednesday, May 26th, at 3 pm Eastern, will feature militaria (to include ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Russian painter and architect Viktor Hartmann was born May 05, 1834. Viktor Alexandrovich Hartmann (5 May 1834, Saint Petersburg - 4 August 1873, Kireyevo near Moscow) was a Russian architect and painter. He was associated with the Abramtsevo Colony, purchased and preserved beginning in 1870 by Savva Mamontov, and the Russian Revival. In this image: The Paris Catacombs.
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