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Image of the exhibition galleries. Photo © Museo Nacional del Prado.
MADRID.- Fra Angelico and the Rise of the Florentine Renaissance, an exhibition sponsored by the Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado, analyses the artistic importance of the early Florentine Renaissance between approximately 1420 to 1430, with a particular focus on the figure of Fra Angelico, one of the great masters of this period. The exhibition, which includes 82 works loaned by more than 40 institutions in Europe and America, centres on The Annunciation in the collection of the Museo del Prado, which is now presented in all its splendour following its recent restoration. Shown alongside it are The Virgin of the Pomegranate, which recently entered the Museums collection, and an extensive group of works by the artist and by other painters of this period such as Masaccio, Masolino and Filippo Lippi, as well as sculptors including Donatello and Ghiberti. ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day French and Italian technicians are at work to install three leaflets of Leonardo de Vinci's Codex Atlanticus i during the preparation of the exhibition "Chambord, 1519-2019, Utopia at work" as part of the celebrations of the castle 500th anniversary on May 24, 2019 in Chambord castle. GUILLAUME SOUVANT / AFP
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 | | Marble sculpture by Michelangelo to remain at The Met for another 10 years | | Smithsonian Regents name Lonnie Bunch 14th Smithsonian Secretary | | The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum opens a major retrospective devoted to the painter Ignacio Zuloaga | 
Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 14751564). Cupid, ca. 1490. Marble. Overall (wt confirmed): H. 37 x W. 13 1/4 x D. 14 in., 177lb. (94 x 33.7 x 35.6cm, 80.2867kg). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lent by the French State, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (L.2009.40)
NEW YORK, NY.- The Cultural services of the French Embassy and The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced the renewal of a loan agreement pertaining to one of the earliest known works by Michelangelo Buonarroti (14751564) that is also his sole marble sculpture on view at a museum in North America. Originally loaned to The Met in 2009 for a 10-year period, Cupid will remain at the Museum for another decade. "Michelangelo's Cupid embodies a beautiful relationship between The Metropolitan Museum of Art and France," stated Bénédicte de Montlaur, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy. "We are thrilled to renew this partnership as we believe that no U.S. institution could better highlight the beauty of the Michelangelo sculpture than The Met." Max Hollein, Director of The ... More | | 
Bunch is the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened in September 2016.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian Institutions Board of Regents announced today it elected Lonnie G. Bunch III, director of the Smithsonians National Museum of African American History and Culture, as the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian, effective June 16. Bunch is the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened in September 2016. He oversees the nations largest and most comprehensive cultural destination devoted exclusively to exploring, documenting and showcasing the African American story and its impact on American and world history. Bunchs election is unprecedented for the Smithsonian: He will be the first African American to lead the Smithsonian, and the first historian elected Secretary. In addition, he will be the first museum director to ascend to Secretary in 74 years. Lonnie Bunch guided, from concept to completion, the complex effort ... More | | 
Ignacio Zuloaga, Self-Portrait, 1908 (detail). Oil on canvas, 112 x 71 cm. The Hispanic Society of America, New York.
BILBAO.- This summer, the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, with the sponsorship of BBK, presents a major retrospective devoted to the painter Ignacio Zuloaga (Eibar, Gipuzkoa, 1870Madrid, 1945), who in his day was regarded as the most important Spanish artist with the greatest international fame. In the early 20th century, Zuloaga's painting ushered in a new way of understanding figuration, with a highly personal aesthetic that merged popular elements and classical references using the languages of the avant-garde and the tradition of the Spanish school. Made up of almost 100 paintings, the exhibition is the first retrospective held on the painter's entire career since 1990, showing examples from his early years until the time he earned domestic and international renown. The in-depth research carried out in recent years has made it possible to show many of the artist's unknown works and facets to the public for the first time. The pain ... More |
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| | | Galerie Templon marks Philip Pearlstein's 95th birthday with exhibition | | Ketterer Kunst's Rare Books department realizes its best result ever | | Exhibition features significant portraits from private collections by the artists Alice Neel and Pablo Picasso | 
Philip Pearlstein, Female Model Reclining on Indian Rug, 1974 (detail). Oil on canvas, 122 x 152,4 cm. 48 x 60 in.
PARIS.- I meant to create strong aggressive paintings that would compete with the best of abstraction. So speaks one of the great masters of American figurative painting, Philip Pearlstein, who is choosing to celebrate his 95th birthday on 24 May 2019 in Paris. To mark the occasion, Galerie Templon is taking a look back over the journey of a deeply original artist: despite studying alongside Andy Warhol in his youth, he took a totally different path, with a return to studio painting and the exclusive use of live nude models in complex yet incongruous compositions. Over a dozen paintings, produced between 1969 and 2018, reveal a principled approach that has always been innovative despite the apparent simplicity of his subjects. As early as the 1960s, Philip Pearlstein defined a radical protocol that he still follows today, as part of his daily ... More | | 
Marc Chagall, Daphnis & Chloé, Paris, 1961. Estimate: 100,000. Sold for: 148,000.
HAMBURG.- No other auction house has implemented more radical changes than Ketterer Kunst. That pays off now: With total proceeds of more than 2 million* the Rare Books department realized its best result ever with yesterdays auction in Hamburg, Germany. This outstanding result was realized with just 488 lots, that is just one third of the range of offers in former auctions. It clearly shows that our concept of a sharp reduction of objects works out well, explains company owner Robert Ketterer. He continues: With this innovative step into the future our house also manifests it leading position as trend-setter. According to Christoph Calaminus, auctioneer and department head, it was a fantastic auction. The top class range of offerings convinced book lovers all over the world. Four lots even crossed the magic 100,000 line. The auction was led by what ... More | | 
Pablo Picasso, Homme assise les bras croises II, 1964. Oil on canvas, 36 ¼ x 28 ¾ inches ©2015 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sara Kay Gallery is presenting Neel / Picasso, on view through July 20. The exhibition features significant portraits from private collections by the artists Alice Neel (1900-1984) and Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Neel and Picasso were contemporaries who transformed and revitalized portraiture. Through select paintings by both artists, this exhibition offers a revealing parallel view of two key 20th century painters. Neel, a self-described painter of people, chose not to idealize her subjects. Instead, with bold strokes, an imaginative line between the interior experience and the outward appearance of the sitter is revealed. In her portrait of Lida Moser from 1962, Neel focuses on facial expression, body language and clothing, illustrating the overlapping of inner essence and ... More |
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| | | $2.4 million Lalanne Sheep Series leads Sotheby's $20.3 million Design Sales in New York | | Blickachsen 12: International Sculpture Biennale in Bad Homburg and Frankfurt Rhine-Main opens | | Digital technology at the Cleveland Museum of Art enhances visitor engagement | 
François-Xavier Lalanne, Singe Avisé (Grand). Estimate: $900,000 - 1,500,000. Sold for: $2,240,000 (2,015,240). Courtesy Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys New York auctions of 20th Century Design concluded last Thursday with an impressive total of $20.3 million. The sales series saw the highest-ever total for a various-owner Design auction at Sothebys worldwide, and were a strong 82% sold overall. Below is a look at the important pieces that drove last weeks sales in New York: An unprecedented offering of sculptures by François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne were led by Three "Grands Moutons de Peter", which bested their $1.8 million to sell for $2.4 million. Marking the first time and only time that works from this series have appeared at auction, the trio of sheep comprising two rams and one ewe were inspired by famed architect, Peter Marino a close friend of the legendary duo, who encouraged François-Xavier to execute a new sheep series: an original variant made entirely of gilt bronze, inspired by the story of Jason and the Golden F ... More | | 
Winter/Hoerbelt, Donnerstags ist alles gut, 2019, Blickachsen 12 (2019) Bad Homburg, courtesy Blickachsen Foundation and artist
BAD HOMBURG.- For the twelfth time now, Blickachsen transforms Bad Homburg and the Frankfurt Rhine-Main region into an international hub for contemporary art thereby continuing the successful history of the sculpture biennale founded in 1997 by Christian K. Scheffel. Every two years, Blickachsen attracts visitors from all over the world to the metropolitan region, presenting ever new facets of three-dimensional art in a dialogue with the public space. Long established as the most important sculpture biennale in the German-speaking world, Blickachsen has for over 20 years now shaped the cultural identity of the spa and conference city of Bad Homburg, and of the region. From 26 May to 6 October Blickachsen 12 takes the stage in six locations, with a total of 60 works by some 30 artists from around the world. Traditionally, Bad Homburg has been the core and starting point for the exhibition. ... More | | 
76% of participants agreed that their visit to ARTLENS Gallery enhanced their overall museum experience. Photo by Howard Agriesti. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
CLEVELAND, OH.- The Cleveland Museum of Art released findings from a two-year study that measures the impact of digital technology on art museum visitors experiences and learning. The resulting white paper, Art Museums and Technology: Developing New Metrics to Measure Visitor Engagement, explains the potential benefits for art museums that are adopting digital technologies such as the CMAs ARTLENS Gallery. A multifaceted, innovative digital experience, ARTLENS Gallery is designed to enable the visitor to look closer, dive deeper, and have fun discovering the museums collection. ARTLENS Gallery opened in 2012 thanks to leadership funding from the Maltz Family Foundation and was re-imagined in 2016 with additional support from the Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation. The CMAs Research and Evaluation team conducted the research in ... More |
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| | | Vienna Biennale For Change 2019 opens | | Wrightwood 659 opens groundbreaking exhibition on Stonewall Rebellion | | Period costume ball brings France's Sun King back to life in Versailles | 
Exhibition view of Uncanny Values: Artificial Intelligence & You: Rachel Ara, This Much Im Worth (The self-evaluating artwork), 2017. MAK-Exhibition Hall © Aslan Kudrnofsky/MAK.
VIENNA.- We are living in a new era, which is changing our lives fundamentally: will we surrender to this Digital Modernity with no ifs, ands, or buts, or will we make use of the magnificent possibilities of digital technologies to keep developing as human beings? Human superspecialization seems obsolete as intelligent machines are becoming increasingly better at it. We now have the chance to rediscover ourselves as human beings and to use our most valuable qualities to shape the future. This will not happen automatically, we will need to change our lives. Which values will we need for a (digital) future we really want? A future in which the utopia of social and economic justice and ecological sustainability can become reality? We dared to approach a sensitive topic with our search for new values for a digital world. The result is a Vienna Biennale For Change 2019 inspiring ... More | | 
Deborah Kass, Daddy I Would Love to Dance, 2008, acrylic on canvas, 78 x 78 in. Image courtesy of the artist.
CHICAGO, IL.- Wrightwood 659 hails the Stonewall Rebellion on its 50th anniversary with About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and New Queer Art. This major exhibition, which occupies all four floors of the new Tadao Ando-designed Wrightwood 659, features nearly 500 works that seek to reframe the traditional view of the uprising. Rather than claiming Stonewall as the beginning of the gay and lesbian liberation movementas is customarythis exhibition focuses on a rejection of the traditional binary view of sexuality and gender identity, exploding the very idea of gay and straight, woman and man, minority and majority, or feminine and masculine. In the works on view in the exhibition, sexuality and gender identity, far from clear categories, bleed and overlap to the point that queerness becomes a verb, not a noun. Centered on the idea of resisting these structuring binaries, the exhibition celebrates a pluralistic, intersectional r ... More | | 
People dressed in period costumes take part in the "Fetes Galantes" fancy dress evening in the Chateau de Versailles on May 27, 2019. Ludovic MARIN / AFP.
VERSAILLES (AFP).- Nearly 700 people in period costume paraded through the sumptuous apartments of France's Louis XIV at his palace in Versailles just outside Paris late Monday for the fifth edition of the "Fetes Galantes". The annual fancy dress ball aims to re-create the baroque splendour of the Sun King's dazzling court feasts held to show off the wealth and power of France's longest-reigning monarch, who was born in 1638, ascended to the throne at the age of four and remained king until his death in 1715. "The Duke and Duchess of La Malmaison... welcome to Versailles!" two masters of ceremony call out at the foot of the grand staircase as guests arrive in lavish costumes, rented for the night at a price of several hundred euros (dollars) or meticulously sewn by hand. The theme of this year's ball is "Marie-Antoinette and fashion". Daniel, in his 50s, said he spent more than 500 hours making his cardinal's outfit ... More |
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Visions of the Self: Jenny Saville on Rembrandt | Gagosian Quarterly
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 'Confederates in the Attic' author Tony Horwitz dead at 60WASHINGTON (AFP).- Tony Horwitz, author of the book "Confederates in the Attic" about US Civil War reenactors and other bestsellers, has died at the age of 60. Horwitz, who won a Pulitzer Prize with The Wall Street Journal before becoming an author of historical non-fiction, died suddenly in Washington while touring for his latest book. His publisher, Penguin Press, said Horwitz had died on Monday of an apparent heart attack. As a Wall Street Journal reporter, Horwitz won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for stories he wrote about income inequality and working conditions in low-wage America. His national bestseller "Confederates in the Attic" about the men and women who reenact battles from the 1861-65 Civil War was published in 1998. Horwitz' latest book, "Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide," about ... More Paintings by noted, listed artists will headline Bruneau & Co.'s Antiques & Fine Art saleCRANSTON, RI.- An antiques and fine art auction featuring 325 lots from estates across New England many of them wonderful examples of fine art and art glass will be held on Saturday, June 8th, by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, online and in the Cranston gallery at 63 Fourth Avenue. The sale will start at 12 noon. Previews will be held June 6th and 7th from 9am-5pm Eastern time. A live-only pre-sale auction, featuring around 150 lots and with no live bidding, will begin at 10 am. That will be immediately followed by the main event at noon. This auction is sure to appeal to art aficionados, ranging from works by American artists John George Brown, Jeremiah Wilson and Antonio Cirino to the Norwegian Impressionist Frits Thaulow, said Travis Landry, a Bruneau & Co. specialist and auctioneer. Im sure bidder tensions will be high on who is taking what ... More Albright College announces acquisition of Jesse Amado for Freedman Gallery permanent collectionREADING, PA.- Albright College has acquired mix-media artwork I am not your Mexican (Harlot) by Jesse Amado, for the Freedman Gallerys permanent collection. One of the pioneers of working with Latino identity politics in a conceptual manner, Amados artwork is found in the collections of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington D.C.; El Museo Del Barrio, New York, NY; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, among others. I am not your Mexican (Harlot) is mix-media artwork made from le Corbusier acrylic on canvas with elements of wood, chicharrón (pork rind), and felt. The acquisition is made under the new curatorial leadership for the Freedman Gallery, Alana J. Coates. Working closely with the Freedmans Visual Arts Committee, I selected Amados work feeling strongly that it is time to increase our holdings, display ... More Attack of the killer lobsters: 16th century Dutch map makes its mark at Swann Auction GalleriesNEW YORK, NY.- It looks like a scene from a 1950s Hollywood B movie, but this attack by giant lobsters actually features on one of the earliest detailed maps of southern Africa, dating to 1592-94. Swann Auction Galleries will offer it for sale as part of an extensive auction of rare and unusual Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books on June 6. Attributed to the Dutch mapmaker Petrus Plancius, it is one of the oldest printed Dutch charts of coasts outside of Europe. The title at lower left of the map offers a description of the area of focus, roughly translated: Depiction of the coastal strips of Manicongo, Angola, Monomotapa, Natal, Zofala, Mozambique, the Abyssinians etc., together with the shallows and sandbanks along them. And also of the big island that is usually called Saint Laurentius or Madagascar that is counted among the very largest ... More Carlos Barrios returns to Brisbane with a series of works on view at Mitchell Fine ArtBRISBANE.- Central American figurative artist Carlos Barrios returns to Brisbane with a series of works exploring the undefinable nature of dreams. Showing at Mitchell Fine Art from 29th May, Barrios solo exhibition Undefined Dreams, blurs the realms of consciousness and unconsciousness as he tries to capture the elusive images that have come to him in a dreamlike state. This exhibition celebrates Carlos Barrios process as much as the subject. Working emotively, Barrios has no preconceived notions of what an artwork will look like until it has finished; As Barrios explains, I dispose myself before a blank piece and let it come - colours and shapes, lines and dots. Each piece takes on a life of its own. The process is quite an enjoyable one but not without moments of doubt. The imaginary takes shape and follows a pattern that sometimes remains a ... More Historic building in small town Texas now home to immersive art installationsCORSICANA, TX.- Reenactments of a Perpetual Cycle is the first collaborative exhibition between artists Rachel Wolfson Smith and Edison Peñafiel, and is being held at 100W Corsicana, an artist residency one hour south of Dallas, TX. On May 25th the artists invited the public to navigate through the renovated historic 100W building, where they experienced site-specific drawing and video installations in the buildings upper levels. The exhibition focuses on movement in the landscape; interpreted by Peñafiel as a backdrop for human migration, and by Wolfson Smith as expansive hand drawn environments. Echoing the buildings ritualistic legacy as the home of the International Order of Odd Fellows, the duo transforms the enormous space into settings for physical exploration and contemplation of timeless realities. Rachel Wolfson Smiths immersive drawing ... More Bauhaus women in the spotlight TILBURG.- The TextielMuseum in Tilburg is presenting a new exhibition next month: Bauhaus& | Modern Textiles in the Netherlands. While male Bauhaus icons such as Marcel Breuer and Wassily Kandinsky have long been a focal point, now the museum is putting the women of this famed institute in the spotlight. The exhibition reveals how weavers Kitty van der Mijll Dekker, Greten Neter-Kähler, Lisbeth Oestreicher and Otti Berger have influenced Dutch textile design. Textiles have traditionally been seen as the domain of women. Despite striving for equality in the choice of occupations on offer at the Bauhaus, female students were strongly encouraged to opt for the weaving department. This can be attributed to the idea of women as having innate handiwork abilities and a practical approach. Crafts and working with soft materials were considered ... More In Syria's Maalula, fear for survival of language of ChristMAALULA (AFP).- Hunched over a thick book, George Zaarour uses a magnifying glass to decipher Aramaic script -- the biblical language of Jesus that is starting to disappear from everyday use in his village. The 62-year-old is one of the last in Syria to specialise in the ancient language, which has survived for 2,000 years in the village of Maalula -- one of the world's oldest Christian settlements. In the mountain village, Aramaic was once widely used, but today few people still speak the tongue. "Aramaic is in danger," Zaarour said. "If things continue like this, the language will disappear within five to 10 years." Zaarour collects books and encyclopedias on Aramaic in his small shop, where he sells religious icons, crucifixes and even household products. He spends his days studying and translating this ancient Semitic language, which was widespread in the ... More Storytelling, games make Iraq comeback on Ramadan nightsMOSUL (AFP).- "Once upon a time" tales and folksy games from the pre-television days are making a comeback in Iraq during the long nights of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Traditional storyteller Abdel Wahed Ismail, a red fez atop his head, yellow scarf draped over his shoulders, in a black gallabia gown, captivates audiences in the northern metropolis of Mosul. As in other Muslim countries, the annual month of dawn-to-dusk fasting is a time for evening gatherings in restaurants, coffee shops or homes of family and friends across Iraq. While many spend the night in prayer at mosques between an evening feast and pre-dawn snacks, others take part in games that in Iraq are reserved for Ramadan-time. Up until one or two generations ago, Ramadan nights were the preserve of the hakawati, or Arab storytellers, regaling audiences with fables as well as local ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, American artist Eva Hesse died May 29, 1970. Eva Hesse (January 11, 1936 - May 29, 1970), was a German-born American sculptor, known for her pioneering work in materials such as latex, fiberglass, and plastics. She is one of the artists who ushered in the postminimal art movement in the 1960s. In this image: No title, 1963. Ink, gouache, crayon, and graphite on paper, 22 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches. Private collection.
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