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Robert Indiana in Vinalhaven, 2011. Photo: Paul Kasmin.
NEW YORK, NY.- Paul Kasmin Gallery is deeply saddened to have learned of Robert Indianas death this past Saturday at his home on Vinalhaven. Speaking of the artist, Paul Kasmin says: Robert Indiana will remain alive through the great legacy he has left behind. He was unlike any other person I have ever met. A genius. Born in 1928 in New Castle, Indiana, Robert Indiana was a major figure of post-war American art. He drew his subject matter from the visual vernacular of highway road signs, factory die-cut stencils and commercial logos while incorporating the cultural heritage of American Modernists such as Charles Demuth and Marsden Hartley. After finishing high school, Robert Indiana (born Robert Clark) served for three years in the Air Force and then attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1953, scholarships took him to the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine and then on to Scotland, to ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Ancient ceremonial objects, masterfully carved and painted mythical figures, and other fascinating cultural artworks will take center stage on May 24 at Artemis Gallerys Northwest Pacific Coast, Tribal and Pre-Columbian Art auction.
| Now's the time: Three bottles of 1774 vintage wine on sale in France | | Bone trove in Denmark tells story of 'Barbarian' battle | | Extraordinary rediscovery: Lost treasure of Imperial China found in an attic in France |
Two "Vin Jaune" wine bottles from 1774 are pictured on May 22, 2018 in Arbois, eastern France. Three of the 1774 wine bottles will be sold on May 26, 2018, during an auction. SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP.
STRASBOURG (AFP).- Tucked away in a vaulted cellar of eastern France for eight generations, they may be the oldest bottles of wine available for purchase: three bottles of "Vin Jaune" (yellow wine) dating from 1774 which will go under the hammer on Saturday. The bigger-than-average 87-centilitre bottles were made by winemaker Anatoile Vercel using grapes harvested under the reign of Louis XVI. They have been kept ever since by his descendants in Arbois, the capital of winemaking in the rolling hills of the Jura region near Switzerland. The three bottles were removed Tuesday ahead of Saturday's sale in nearby Lons-le-Saunier. "They are the oldest bottles of wines in the world on the market," said Brigitte Fenaux of the Jura Encheres auction house, who will lead the sale. It's not the first time the 1774 Vercel wines have been offered: a bottle sold for 57,000 euros ($67,000 at current rates) in 2001, and ... More | |
The site, which has been studied since 2009, has yielded the earliest discovery of "a large contingent of fighters from a defeated army from the early first century AD," said the PNAS report. Photo: Ejvind Hertz, Skanderborg Museum.
TAMPA (AFP).- Thousands of bones from boys and men likely killed in a ferocious battle 2,000 years ago have been unearthed from a bog in Denmark, researchers said Monday. Without local written records to explain, or a battlefield to scour for evidence, experts are nevertheless piecing together a story of the Germanic people, often described by the Romans as "barbarians" for their violent nature. Four pelvic bones strung on a stick were among the remains of at least 82 people found during archaeological excavations at Alken Enge, on Denmark's Jutland peninsula, indicating an organized and ritual clearing of a battlefield, said the report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The site, which has been studied since 2009, has yielded the earliest discovery of "a large contingent of fighters from a defeated army from the early first century AD," ... More | |
A rare Imperial Qianlong porcelain vase (18th century) is displayed at Sotheby's auction company in Paris, on May 22, 2018. The vase, which was stored in a shoebox in an attic for decades, will be sold at Sotheby's Paris on June. Thomas SAMSON / AFP.
PARIS.- Today in Paris, Sothebys unveiled an extraordinary recently-discovered treasure of Imperial China: a unique Imperial 18th century Yangcai Famille-Rose porcelain vase, bearing a mark from the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736-1795). Discovered by chance in the attic of French family home, this magnificent vase was brought into Sothebys Paris by its unsuspecting owners in a shoe box. When Sothebys specialist Olivier Valmier, opened the box to examine the vase, he was immediately struck by its quality. Further research revealed the vase to be a unique example produced by the finest craftsmen of the time for the Qianlong Emperor. Of extraordinary importance and rarity, the vase will now be offered for sale at Sothebys in Paris on 12 June, with an estimate of £430,000 610,000 (500,000 700,000 / US$ 600,000 850,000 / HK$4.8-6.7 million). Left to the grandparents ... More |
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| Spectacular rare portrait of last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, is loaned to National Galleries of Scotland | | Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck Collection of Japanese Photographs acquired by Smithsonian's Freer/Sackler | | Sotheby's Sales of European Art and Master Paintings total $23.4 million in New York |
Portrait of His Imperial Majesty Nicolai II Alexandrvitch, Tsar of All the Russias, 1902 by Valentin Serov (1865-1911). Collection: The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Regimental Trust, Edinburgh Castle.
EDINBURGH.- A highly accomplished and vibrant portrait of the last Tsar of Russia, in the uniform of The Royal Scots Greys, has been placed on loan by the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Regimental Trust with the National Galleries of Scotland, where it has gone on public display this week. In 1902, Tsar Nicholas II was portrayed by Valentin Serov (1865-1911), one of the greatest Russian painters of the pre-revolutionary era, wearing full dress uniform as the Colonel-in-Chief of Scotlands senior regiment, the 2nd Dragoons (The Royal Scots Greys). He was appointed to this position in 1894 by Queen Victoria and retained the distinction until his death. The portrait was commissioned by the Tsar and presented to the Regiment. Now its successor Regiment, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, has generously lent the painting to the National ... More | |
A substantial portion of the collection consists of vintage gelatin silver prints, as well as unique collages and chromogenic prints.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery have acquired more than 400 photographs from the Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck Collection, expanding dramatically the scope of the museums holdings in modern and contemporary Japanese works on paper. The exceptional collection features over 120 Japanese photographers from the 1880s to 2015, including internationally renowned masters and an impressive representation of female and younger-generation photographers. A substantial portion of the collection consists of vintage gelatin silver prints, as well as unique collages and chromogenic prints. The works as a whole trace the development of Japanese photography and offer an outstanding range of artistic responses to modernity in Japan. By building upon the ... More | |
William Bouguereau, La bourrique, 1884. Sold for $1.8 million. Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Todays sales of European Art and Master Paintings at Sothebys New York together achieved $23.4 million, with more than 180 works sold over the course of the days auctions. Below is a look at some of the highlights that drove these results: Mark Buck, Co-Head of Sothebys European Art Sales in New York, commented: We are incredibly pleased with the results of todays sale, which saw varied and energetic bidding from private collectors and institutions around the world. Our results demonstrate the markets enthusiasm for museum-quality, fresh-to-market material as was the case for Bouguereaus Les quatre saisons, which had been passed down through generations of the same family for more than 150 years and sold well over its estimate after being chased by bidders on three continents. Seth Armitage, Co-Head of Sothebys European Art Sales in New York, added: There was i ... More |
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| Outstanding final prices at the Spring Auction of Hermann Historica | | The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts acquires 34 artworks from Souls Grown Deep Foundation | | Clark Art Institute acquires Guillaume Guillon Lethière's masterpiece 'Brutus Condemning His Sons to Death' |
Empress Elisabeth Ottoman robes. HP: m 42000 Euros, l + r each 30000 Euros. © Hermann Historica GmbH 2018.
MUNICH.- This year's Spring Auction at Hermann Historica GmbH took place from 1 to 11 May with the usual wide range of high quality precious objects from all periods of history and originating from all over the world. Approximately 6,500 lots from all specialist areas represented by the auction house came under the hammer antiquities, arms and armour, works of art, hunting antiques, orders and collectibles from all fields of history and military history. For many years, the demand for splendidly ornate early bronze helmets and ancient swords crafted by the highly skilled smiths of yesteryear has showed no signs of waning. Once again, the antiquities section did not disappoint, presenting several acknowledged rarities beyond compare and in impeccable condition, their provenance in prestigious collections fully documented over many years. A case in point was a late Illyrian bronze helmet embellished with ... More | |
Untitled, early 1970s, Jesse Aaron (American, 1887-1979), wood, popsicle stick, dolls eyes, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund and partial gift of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation. Photo by Ron Lee/The Silver Factory © Estate of Jesse Aaron.
RICHMOND, VA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has added 34 artworks by African American artists to its collections. The works, acquired from the Atlanta-based Souls Grown Deep Foundation, are part of a gift/purchase program designed to strengthen the representation of African American artists from the Southern United States in leading art museums across the country. Since 2014, the Souls Grown Deep Foundation has transferred more than 200 artworks to the permanent collections of leading art museums. With this acquisition, VMFA joins the ranks of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and other institutions who have significantly increased their holdings through ... More | |
Guillaume Guillon Lethière (Sainte-Anne, Guadeloupe 17601832 Paris), Brutus Condemning His Sons to Death, 1788 (detail). Oil on canvas, 23.375 x 39 (59.4 x 99.1 cm.).
WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS.- The Clark Art Institute today announced the recent acquisition of Brutus Condemning His Sons to Death, an important early work by neoclassical French artist Guillaume Guillon Lethière (17601832), marking a significant addition to its permanent collection. Completed in 1788 when Lethière was at the French Academy in Rome, and subsequently displayed at the Salons of 1795 and 1801, the painting depicts a dramatic scene featuring the decapitation of one of the sons of Lucius Junius Brutus. Brutus led the 509 BC revolt to overthrow the last king of Rome and establish the Roman Republic, swearing a sacred oath before its citizens that Rome would never again be subject to the rule of a king. When his two sons were later discovered to be among the conspirators attempting to restore the monarchy, Brutus demonstrated his commitment ... More |
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| Exhibition reveals Dorothy Bohm's personal connections to the county of Sussex | | Exhibition of new works by Peter Alexander on view at Brian Gross Fine Art | | Margarita Cabrera and Cisco Jiménez exhibit at Ruiz-Healy Art |
Dorothy Bohm, The Horsham Steam In, Horsham © Dorothy Bohm Archive.
CHICHESTER.- Pallant House Gallery presents one of Britains most respected photographers, Dorothy Bohm (b. 1924), revealing her personal connections to the county of Sussex. Highly regarded for her work, Bohm is particularly well-known for her photographs of London, Paris and New York. This exhibition presents a series of black and white photographs depicting Sussex life during the 1960s and 1970s a body of work that has not previously been exhibited as a focused display. This group of images, all taken on a Rolleiflex, provide a candid and often humorous window on a bygone era of Sussex life, whilst offering a resounding sense of familiarity: people devour ice-cream on Brighton seafront, sunbathe on Worthing beach, watch the polo at Cowdray and the motor-racing at Goodwood and picnic at a Horsham steam fair. Atmospheric landscapes, taken on and near the familys working farm at Coneyhurst, Billingshurst, offer poetic but rec ... More | |
Peter Alexander, Black Stroke #68, 2017; gouache on paper; 12 Ã 9 inches.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Brian Gross Fine Art is presenting COLOR, an exhibition of new works by veteran Los Angeles artist Peter Alexander. On view are seven of his signature cast urethane sculptures, including a wall sculpture composed of 26 bars, along with a selection of recent gouache drawings on paper. Throughout his use of diverse media, Alexander creates experiential encounters with color. Alexander is associated with the Light and Space artists active in Los Angeles from the late 1960s to the present and he has gained an international reputation for his paintings, sculptures, and installations concerning the properties of light and color. The exhibition will be on view through June 30, 2018. Vibrating with the powerful sensation of color and its dissipation, Peter Alexanders works in cast urethane deliver an optically charged interplay of tonalities. Making its debut is Alexanders multicolored, monumental wall sculpture en ... More | |
Cisco Jimenez, Figura Monolitica, 2014-16. Collage with drawing, 25.5x19.75 inches.
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, Texas, is presenting two concurrent solo exhibitions featuring works by Margarita Cabrera and Cisco Jiménez. Both alumni of Artpaces International Artist in Residence program, Jiménez in 1995 and Cabrera in 2008, their works are conceptually based in Mexican cultural objects and traditions and strongly connect with concepts of the collective/community. Director of Ruiz-Healy Art, Patricia Ruiz-Healy states, I selected the work of Margarita and Cisco because of the dialogue they share with the hand-made and the conceptual way they converse issues of violence, migration, and memory. Margarita Cabrera: Collaborative Work presents sculpture, textile, watercolor and prints that highlight the artists work produced collectively. Currently, Cabrera is working on a public art piece Arbol de la Vida: Voces de la Tierra near Mission Espada in San Antonio, Texas, which incorporates up ... More |
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World record results fuel $4.2 million Heritage Sports Spring Memorabilia Catalog Auction
DALLAS, TX.- The Wizard of Westwood continued to work his magic eight years after his passing at age 99, as a jersey he wore as a member of the early 1930s Purdue Boilermakers dwarfed its pre-auction estimate of $30,000+ with a stunning top bid of $264,000 in Heritage Auctions May 17-18 Sports Memorabilia Catalog Auction. The auction price sets a world record for a college basketball jersey, besting the standing mark by over $120,000. But the top result of the auction was a $660,000 sale price for the bat used by Babe Ruth to launch his record 60th home run of the fabled 1927 season, one of just a small handful of bats ever to command a sale price north of a half-million dollars. The memorabilia market is hot across the board, said Chris Ivy, Director of Sports Auctions for Heritage, but the top end continues to enjoy the steepest ascent. Our marketing ... More
Bowdoin Museum appoints scholar of the ancient world Sean Burrus as new Mellon fellow
BRUNSWICK, ME.- Today, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art announced the selection of Dr. Sean Burrus as the next Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow, a three-year appointment. Burrus joins the BCMA from the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan, where he is currently an Institute Fellow. Burrus is a scholar of the art and archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean, with specialization in the history of Judaism and its visual culture across the Roman world. Burrus previously served as the Bothmer Fellow in Greek and Roman Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and has participated in archaeological excavations at Sepphoris, Ashkelon, and Yotvata, all in Israel. He will assume his position at the BCMA in June 2018. As the Mellon Fellow, Burrus will be responsible for strengthening the academic role of the BCMAs collections ... More
A plus A gallery opens exhibition of works by Jochen Holz, M-L-XL and Richard Wheater
VENICE.- Walt Whitmans poem I sing the body electric from 1855 celebrates the human body as a primary agent through which we experience the world; soul and body are seen as equals. This show plays with these themes and applies them to the domestic. The House electric explores two fundamental elements: neon light and furniture. Each exhibit shares aspects of the poems sensuality, equality and interconnectedness. The final part of the poem elaborates on this with a lengthy list of body parts, some obvious ones, some obscure, internal or tiny. Verbs are stripped away, leaving objects to function as the main or in some cases only part in what becomes a direct and exposed structure. Similarly, elements making up Richard Wheaters neon installations give equal importance to its parts; the housing of the transformer to celebrate the lights source, umbilical ... More
Ruby slippers return to view at the Smithsonian Oct. 19
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Ruby Slippers from The Wizard of Oz return to view Oct. 19 at the Smithsonians National Museum of American History after a year of research and conservation treatment following the museums successful Kickstarter campaign to #KeepThemRuby. The Ruby Slippers display is one of eight installations showcasing American history through culture, entertainment and the arts. The centerpiece is the museums Nicholas F. and Eugenia Taubman Hall of Music with side-lobby displays highlighting the jazz and classical collections. Visitors will begin their experience in the Gateway to American Culture with the Americas Listening exhibition that explores recorded sound and serves as an introduction to culture as a lens through which to explore what it means to be American. The permanent galleries on this floor will open in late ... More
Historic coins & medals raise $5 million at Sotheby's New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Yesterdays auction of Historic Coins & Medals at Sothebys New York totaled $5.1 million, with an incredibly strong 98.5% of all lots sold. Out of the 202 pieces offered today, 89% realized prices above their high estimates. The sale centered on the Ralph and Lois Stone Collection one of the finest collections ever formed, with exceptionally high grades of preservation of the rarest dates in the series which was 100% sold. The Stone Collection also had the two top lots of the sale; a Silver Dollar, 1884-S, PCGS MS 67 CAC (above left) and a Silver Dollar, 1893-S, PCGS MS 65 CAC (above right), each of which sold for $735,000, tying for the second-highest price ever realized for a Morgan Dollar at auction. With todays results, Sothebys now holds three of the top 10 auction prices ever realized for Morgan Silver Dollars. Richard Austin, Head ... More
Phillips expands jewelry team in the Americas: Eva Violante joins New York team as Senior Specialist
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips announced the expansion of its Jewelry team in the Americas with the appointment of Eva Violante as Senior Specialist and Vice President, based in New York. Ms. Violante joins Phillips from Heritage Auctions, where she was the Fine Jewelry Director in New York. She also spent many years in both New York and Madrid as a Senior International Buyer at CIRCA, a prominent buyer of pre-owned jewelry, gemstones and watches. She reports to Susan Abeles, who joined Phillips earlier this year as the Head of Jewelry for the Americas and Senior International Specialist, Senior Vice President. Ms. Violante will partner with Ms. Abeles, International Specialist Nazgol Jahan, and the New York team to contribute her expertise in designing and implementing a strategy for Phillips jewelry business in the Americas, one of the fastest-growing categories ... More
Women lead at LA Modern Spring Auction
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Los Angeles Modern Auctions announced the artists offered in the Spring 2018 Auction on Sunday, June 10, 2018. The auction represents a snapshot of the current collecting trends of Modern and Contemporary fine art and design. It features a carefully curated selection of works by noted artists and designers from around the world. However, especially timely are several works by traditionally underrepresented female makers. Works by Vija Celmins, Ruth Asawa, Helen Pashgian, and Mary Corse are highlights of the auction and illustrate the impressive impact women have had on the art world over the last 60 years. The painting by Vija Celmins is being offered to the market for the first time since being acquired shortly after the artists landmark 1963 graduate show at UCLA. Until recently, her early oil on canvas pieces have largely been overlooked, ... More
Exhibition of new drawings by Richard Serra opens at David Zwirner Hong Kong
HONG KONG.- David Zwirner is presenting an exhibition of new drawings by American artist Richard Serra, the first solo presentation of the artists work in Hong Kong. Richard Serra is among the leading artists of his generation. Known for his large-scale, site-specific sculptures, the artist has consistently produced drawings throughout his decades long career. Since 1971, the artist has employed black paintstick (compressed oil paint, wax, and pigment) to produce drawings that resolutely defy any metaphorical or emotive associations, yet which manifest the notions of time, materiality, and process that characterize his work. On view at David Zwirner are new drawings originating in works that were first presented in Serras 2017 exhibition at the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Describing the process by which these ... More
Over the Influence opens Nightfall: Collected photographs and video by Huang Xiaoliang
HONG KONG.- Over the Influence is presenting Nightfall, first solo exhibition of Huang Xiaoliang in Hong Kong, on view from May 18 to June 16, 2018. Featuring 23 photographs and three videos made between 2009 to 2017, Huang establishes a dialectic as the image maker with this collection, positing himself simultaneously as both observer and participant in the ordinary, quotidian routines that make up our modern existence. Huangs images depict a hazy border when dreams meet reality; they are liminal sites between slumber and waking life, between what is remembered and misremembered, how memories can shift, change, and fade. The artist purposefully plays with ambiguity and displays his visions, often devoid of color, of subjects in silhouette form lacking details that can distinguish identity, location, or specific points in time. Themes of nostalgia, transience, ... More
Armin Linke exposes contemporary challenges facing our oceans through rare deep-sea footage
VENICE.- Coinciding with the launch of the 16th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, TBA21Academy in collaboration with CNR-ISMAR presents an investigative exhibition by the filmmaker and photographer Armin Linke exploring contemporary challenges facing our oceans. Drawing upon rare footage of the deep-sea and interviews with leading scientists, policymakers, and legal experts, the exhibition scrutinizes the aesthetics of technoscientific apparatuses and grapples with the tension between ecological protection of our oceans and political and economic exploitation. Marking the culmination of a three-year research project with TBA21Academy, Linkes Prospecting Ocean presents a rich choreography of multimedia footage and archival materials exhibited in the former headquarters and laboratory spaces of the Institute of Marine ... More
Dulwich Picture Gallery opens major retrospective of work by the British artist and designer Edward Bawden
LONDON.- Dulwich Picture Gallery presents a major retrospective of work by the celebrated British artist and designer, Edward Bawden RA CBE (1903-89). It is the most wide-ranging exhibition since Bawdens death, and the first to look at every aspect of his 60-year career, showcasing a number of previously unseen works from the Bawden familys private collection as well as 18 rarely seen war portraits, displayed together for the first time. Widely respected as an innovative graphic designer, book illustrator and printmaker, Edward Bawden is best known today for his monumental linocuts and for the witty designs he made for companies like Shell and Fortnum & Mason. Meanwhile his achievements as a fine artist have been largely forgotten. Along with Paul Nash and Eric Ravilious, Bawden reinvented watercolour for the 20th century, and a central aim of this exhibition ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, Flemish Baroque painter Bertholet Flemalle was born May 23, 2018. Bertholet Flemalle, Flemal, or Flamael (1614 - 1675) was a Liège Baroque painter. His The Glorification of the Holy Cross is in St Bartholomew's Church, Liège. In this image: Heliodorus driven from the temple, 1658 - 62.
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