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To coincide with the publication of the first complete catalogue raisonné of Riberas drawings the Museo del Prado is presenting an exhibition that aims to reveal the variety of Riberas drawings, his technical skill and the remarkable originality of his subject matter.
MADRID.- The Museo del Prado is inaugurating Ribera. Master of Drawing, an exhibition co-organised with the Meadows Museum, which will be presented in Dallas from March next year in a reflection of this outstanding and highly productive collaboration between the two museums. Curated by Gabriele Finaldi (former Associate Director of Conservation and Research at the Museo del Prado and now Director of the National Gallery in London), the exhibition has been organised to mark the publication of the first catalogue raisonné of the artists drawings. The aim of this publication is to offer a complete vision of Ribera as a draughtsman and to catalogue all the known drawings by his hand (around 160). It marks a new high point of interest in this subject, which began in the early 20th century and has been p ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A member of the Iraqi Christian forces Kataeb Babylon (Babylon Brigades), wearing a bandana with an inscription saying "Here I am, O Mary", stands guard carrying a Kalashnikov assault rifle by the statue of the Virgin Mary, damaged and decapitated by the Islamic State group (IS), in the Mar Benham Syriac Catholic monastery in the town of Khidr Ilyas, southeast of Mosul, on November 22, 2016. Iraqi fighters battling to oust the Islamic State group from Mosul captured the Catholic Mar Benham monastery on November 20, allowing its priests to return. Dating back to the fourth century AD, the monastery lies just 30 kilometres south of Iraq's second city which became a bastion of the jihadist group which swept across northern Iraq in 2014. SAFIN HAMED / AFP
| Murillo's "Virgin and Child in Glory" leaves the Walker Art Gallery for the first time since it was acquired in 1953 | | Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art exhibits photographs of the New York art world by Christophe Von Hohenberg | | Further findings from Maidstone Museum's mummy scan | 
Murillos painted altarpiece, Virgin and Child in Glory (1673), has left the Walker Art Gallery.
LIVERPOOL.- The iconic work has travelled to the Walker Art Gallerys conservation studio where it will undergo major technical investigation work, funded by the Art Fund. This will be the first detailed conservation treatment to be carried out on the altarpiece since the early 1860s. The history of the altarpiece is an undeniably dramatic one. It was originally commissioned by the Archbishop of Seville (1670-1684), Ambrosio Ignacio SpÃnola y Guzmán, to form the centrepiece of a private chapel in his palace. The central section of the altarpiece was cut out and a copy was inserted, probably in the late 18th century. By the early 19th century, the central fragment was in the possession of a retired linen draper in London, while the rest of the altarpiece was looted by a French general and taken to Paris. In 1862, the works were reunited under the ownership of Lord Overstone, a trustee of the National Gallery, who arranged ... More | | 
Christophe Von Hohenberg, Irving Blum, ca. 1985 (detail). Gelatin silver print. Ed. 1/10, 10 in. x 8 in. Signed on recto.
NEW YORK, NY.- Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art is presenting an exhibition of black and white photography by Christophe Von Hohenberg. The exhibition celebrates the artists photographs capturing the movers and shakers of the 1980s New York art scene. Another Planet: Photographs of the New York Art World is a remarkable window into a gloriously decadent and abundantly creative time in the history of New York City, captured by a fixture on the scene. Von Hohenberg photographed many of the key players of the New York art world of the 1980s and 1990s with his characteristic élan and keen eye for composition. On view are gelatin silver prints of artists such as Robert Mapplethorpe and Peter Beard. Exhibited alongside are images of legendary dealers including Leo Castelli, the godfather of the contemporary art world, and Tony Shafrazi, its resident enfant ... More | | 
In addition to the scan of Ta-Kush, the team at Maidstone Museum was provided with the opportunity to scan a number of other items from the Ancient Civilisation gallery, scans which ultimately delivered astounding findings.
MAIDSTONE.- The recent CT scan of Maidstone Museums mummy Ta-Kush at the Kent Institute of Medicine and Surgery (KIMS Hospital) has already revealed myriad fascinating findings, but further scans on other objects within the museums Ancient Civilisations gallery have provided equally impressive insights into the collection. The initial results of Ta-Kushs scan were remarkable, said Samantha Harris, Collections Manager at Maidstone Museum. Not only did we find evidence of fully erupted wisdom teeth to help us identify that her age was probably much higher than was first thought, but also that there was evidence of a wedge fracture in one of her vertebrae a symptom of patients suffering a downward impact such as a fall. These findings as well as others ... More |
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| The World of the Samurai: The Rudolf Ott Collection gets a rapturous ovation in Hermann Historica's 73rd auction | | Taschen announces the first major publication of Sebastião Salgado's Kuwaiti oil wells series | | Gary Nader Art Centre to host auction benefiting Nader Art Museum Latin America | 
The Collection Rudolf Ott The World of the Samurai: Arm, Armour, Work of Art. Total: 306 Lots.
MUNICH.- All specialist areas represented by Hermann Historica reported excellent results, with some lots multiplying their estimated price many times over. In total, almost 6,500 collectors' items came under the hammer. Even during the run-up to the 73rd auction, the unique collection of approximately 300 objects from the fields of Japanese art and weaponry amassed by Rudolf Ott (1919 - 2010), a chemist in Munich, had attracted a great deal of interest around the world. The justifiably high expectations were not disappointed in any way and the auction concluded with a sales quota of almost 100%; overall, the collection achieved tremendous final prices, with some objects fetching up to more than sixty times the opening bid. Sensational artefacts, like a jizai okimono from the Meiji period (1868 - 1912), fashioned of hammered and engraved sheet iron plates in the shape of a fully articulated koi carp, triggered bidding skirmishes tha ... More | | 
We must remember that in the brutality of battle another such apocalypse is always just around the corner. Sebastião Salgado. © Sebastião Salgado / Amazonas images.
NEW YORK, NY.- In January and February 1991, as the United Statesled coalition drove Iraqi forces out of Kuwait, Saddam Husseins troops retaliated with an inferno. At some 700 oil wells and an unspecified number of oil-filled low-lying areas they ignited vast, raging fires, creating one of the worst environmental disasters in living memory. As the desperate efforts to contain and extinguish the conflagration progressed, Sebastião Salgado traveled to Kuwait to witness the crisis firsthand. The conditions were excruciating. The heat was so vicious that Salgados smallest lens warped. A journalist and another photographer were killed when a slick ignited as they crossed it. Sticking close to the firefighters, and with characteristic sensitivity to both human and envrionmental impact, Salgado captured the terrifying ... More | | 
Fernando Botero, Homenaje a Bonnard, 1971. Oil on canvas.
MIAMI, FLA.- Gary Nader Art Centre announced its upcoming Latin American, Modern and Contemporary Art Auction, which will benefit the Nader Art Museum Latin America. The auction will take place during Miami Art Week on Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. at the Gary Nader Art Centre in Miami, located on 62 NE 27 Street. The auction will feature a variety of important works by Latin American, Modern and Contemporary artists. Seating arrangements and paddle registration are by reservation only, and full-color print and online catalogues will be available. It will also be available through Paddle 8 website and app. The featured artwork include a number of monumental paintings, sculptures and drawings, which are now on display to the public. Nader Art Museum Latin America (NAMLA) is one of the most important venues in North America. The museum is dedicated to showcasing a myriad of acclaimed ... More |
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| Spruth Magers opens exhibition of works by Andreas Schulze | | Seeking Beauty: Vienna set off on a week-long search for beauty | | Major exhibition devoted to the work of Claude and the late François-Xavier Lalanne opens | 
Installation view, Andreas Schulze, 'Traffic Jam, Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles, November 15 -December 23, 2016. © Andreas Schulze / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016 Photo: Robert Wedemeyer.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The visible also always conveys the invisible. All the more so in the cheerful world of consumerism, in which we live today. The more perfect its surfaces, the more its opposites also seem to resonate the suppressed and the absurd. No painter has understood this better than Andreas Schulze. The Cologne based artist, who has been associated with the gallery since 1983 and a professor at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf since 2008, examines the most mundane objects from his personal surroundings. He arranges trompe loeil peas or geraniums in humorous tableaus, and places sofas, plastic windows, or Mars bars in the spotlight, gleefully distorting fundamental forms that today are usually the realm of architecture and abstract painting. With a wink and in a non- ... More | | 
Moya Hoke, MIDAS, 2016. Exhibition SWDZ.
VIENNA.- The 12th edition of Vienna Art Week came to a close last Sunday with Family Art Day. Once again, the festival showed art at its finest, with this year's motto Seeking Beauty serving as a fascinating point of departure. VIENNA ART WEEK boasted over 200 events from around 90 program partners, drawing a considerable crowd of art-interested guests and experts from all over Austria and around the world. A first highlight came at the start of the week with the multi-hour performative interview marathon Seeking Beauty, held in the Columned Main Hall at the MAK. French artist ORLAN surprised attendees with an artistic intervention after her lecture; the afternoon line-up included a series of high-caliber lectures and performances by artist and philosopher Elisabeth von Samsonow, performer Doris Uhlich, and curator Mark Evans from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. An artist talk ... More | | 
Claude Lalanne, Fauteuils Crocodile, 2014. Bronze. Photo: Capucine de Chabaneix. Courtesy of Claude Lalanne.
LONDON.- This autumn Ben Brown Fine Arts presents Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne, a major exhibition devoted to the wonderful and whimsical work of French artists Claude and the late François-Xavier Lalanne. Choreographed by interior designer Manfredi della Gherardesca, the exhibition brings together almost 30 works by both artists, including Claude Lalanne's latest creations. Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne met in Paris in 1952 and began working and exploring the natural world together through sculpture. Their early days together were marked by interactions with the thriving community of artists in Montparnasse, not least François-Xavier's early neighbour Constantin Brâncuși who inspired his transition from painting to sculpture. While very distinct in their styles, with François-Xavier's witty, bold ... More |
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| Nepal's quake-damaged Boudhanath stupa reopens | | Michael Rosenfeld Gallery to represent William T. Williams | | Exhibition of works by Francis Alÿs opens at Vienna's Secession | 
The Boudhanath Stupa on its reopening day following its renovation for earthquake damage. PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP.
KATHMANDU (AFP).- Nepal's newly restored Boudhanath stupa reopened to the public Tuesday after it was damaged by the deadly 2015 earthquake that left much of the country's cultural heritage in ruins. The white-domed golden stupa -- the country's largest and one of the holiest sites of pilgrimage in Tibetan Buddhism -- was left with deep cracks after the powerful 7.8-magnitude quake hit in April last year, devastating the Himalayan nation and killing nearly 9,000 people. Restoration work began in May 2015 and cost $2.1 million -- including over 30 kilogrammes (66 pounds) of gold -- according to the Boudhanath Area Development Committee. To mark the opening, which took place after a three-day purification ritual, colourful prayer flags and flowers covered the stupa and monks chanted prayers. "This is a proud moment for us... The successful reconstruction of Boudhanath is an inspiration for what we have to achieve in quake affected areas," Prime Minister Pushpa ... More | | 
William T. Williams (b.1942), Trane Meets Jug, 1970-71. Acrylic on canvas, 108" x 84", signed and dated. Photo: Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY.
NEW YORK, NY.- Michael Rosenfeld Gallery announces its representation of William T. Williams (American, b.1942), whose long career has produced a singular body of abstract work. As longstanding admirers of his work, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery is honored to be the first gallery since the 1970s to represent this important American artist. The gallery is currently planning a solo exhibition of his work to open in March 2017, which will be accompanied by a fully illustrated color catalogue. In December at Art Basel Miami Beach, his work will be highlighted in the gallerys presentation of jazz and improvisation in American 20/21 century art; four major paintings and a selection of works on paper spanning 1974 to 2015 will be on view. William T. Williams work ranges in style from his early geometric abstractions, to almost-monochromatic explorations of texture, to an abstraction that derives its force from productive tension among colors ... More | | 
Francis Alÿs, Paradox of Praxis 1 (Sometimes Making Something Leads to Nothing), 3:34 pm, 1997. Documentation of an action in Mexico City, video, 5 min, colour, sound. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich.
VIENNA.- Francis Alÿs is known for his discreet performative solo actions as well as for coordinating large-scale collective allegorical events. Many of these performancesboth ones in which the artist features as a protagonist and the mass actions in which Alÿs himself stays on the sidelinesare now revered as classics of the genre. In Re-enactments (Mexico City, 2000), Alÿs ambled through the city holding a loaded gun until a policeman stopped him; he then persuaded the officer to repeat the entire action and record it on videohence the title Re-enactments. The process of negotiation and interaction (with the policeman) is characteristic of the artists approach, whose site-specific projects broach specific local and political situations through dialogue with people rather than by addressing them directly. When Faith Moves Mountains, implemented in Lima, Peru, in 2002, was a project of ... More |
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 Robert Crumb and other underground comix artists soar to record prices at Heritage AuctionsBEVERLY HILLS, CA.- The world's largest collection of original Underground Comix Art crushed several artist world records when it sold for a combined $1,605,016 during Heritage Auctions' presentation of the Eric Sack Collection Nov. 17-19 in Beverly Hills. The collection set an artist auction record for Robert Crumb for his four-page complete story from Thrilling Murder Comics #1, which sold for $143,400. "After spending nearly four decades putting together my collection, I decided to entrust it to Heritage," Sack said. "I couldn't be happier with my decision. They have the best customer base and reach by far, and their website is amazing." The collection was amassed over 40 years and has been featured in museum exhibits worldwide. The one-of-a-kind collection included spanned original cover art; illustrations; complete, multi-page stories and even album ... More Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2016 opens at the Institute of Contemporary ArtsLONDON.- Showcasing new and recent fine art graduates, New Contemporaries returns to the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London from November 23, 2016January 22, 2017. The panel of guest selectors comprising Anya Gallaccio, Alan Kane and Haroon Mirza have chosen 46 artists who now join an illustrious roster of New Contemporaries alumni that includes Tacita Dean, Mona Hatoum, Damien Hirst, Mike Nelson and Laure Prouvost amongst many others. Selected artists for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2016 are: Victoria Adam, Katja Angeli, Diana Anghel, Saelia Aparicio Torinos, James Berrington, Jack Bodimeade, Anna Bunting-Branch, Leah Carless, Michael Cox, David Donald, Jemma Egan, Kate Fahey, Jamie Fitzpatrick, Harry Fletcher, Mary Furniss, Roxman Gatt, Christopher D.A. Gray, Jamie Green, Thomas Greig, Byzantia Harlow, Sebastian ... More Million-dollar Mickey Mantle rookie card propels Heritage Auctions' Sports Auction past $14M DALLAS, TX.- The last major catalog sale of 2016 has proven to be the richest of the calendar year, drawing $14,037,343 in winning bids (not counting post-auction sales, which have already surpassed $250,000 and remain ongoing through Dec. 4) and carrying the annual sales of Heritage Sports past the $56 million mark. High-grade trading card singles led the charge, with fourteen commanding winning bids in excess of $100,000, including a record $1,135,250 for a PSA NM-MT+ 8.5 example of the celebrated 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle. The card is the first $1 million auction sale of a post-World War II baseball card. "The results validate the simple formula that has made Heritage the industry leader," explained Chris Ivy, Director of Heritage Sports Collectibles. "Present the hobby's finest material to the hobby's largest bidding audience and record ... More Nassau County Museum of Art breaks ground on a dedicated education and exhibition spaceROSLYN HARBOR, NY.- Nassau County Museum of Art Director Karl E. Willers, Ph.D. announced that ground has been broken for The Manes Family Art and Education Center, a dedicated education and exhibition space that will open during 2017. The Manes Center, possible because of a generous naming grant from Museum Board Member Dr. Harvey Manes, will feature a central exhibition space to showcase contemporary art. This exhibition space will be surrounded by labs or learning spaces dedicated to promoting the highest quality art education experiences for audiences of all ages. The labs will highlight and celebrate the unique qualities of visual arts learning with programs designed to address the multiple learning styles, interests and abilities of visiting adults and children. Among the learning spaces is a multipurpose Hands-On Studio Lab that will host ... More Solo exhibition by Italian artist Omar Hassan on view at UNIX GalleryNEW YORK, NY.- UNIX Gallery, in conjunction with the Lyfebulb Foundation and Contini Art UK, presents Breaking Through, a solo exhibition by Italian artist Omar Hassan at our 532 West 24th Street location in New York. This marks Hassans debut with the gallery and his rst solo show in New York. A member of the Lyfebulb Entrepreneur Circle, Omar Hassan has used his type 1 diabetes diagnosis, as well as his former career as a professional boxer, as motivation to become an unconventional artist. The time-honored tradition of abstract expressionism can convey strong emotional intent by the artist. Using revealing color combinations and gestural actions, like splashing, dripping, and throwing, lends a protean and evocative energy to the artwork. Omar Hassan references this in his Breaking Through series by synthesizing his past experience as a boxer ... More Part one of Christie's Latin American Sale sets seven world auction recordsNEW YORK, NY.- The top lot of the evening sale was Rufino Tamayos (1899-1991) Sandias, from The Lewin Family Collection, which sold for $2,167,500. Strong results were realized for Cuban artists included in CUBA MODERNA: Masterworks from a Private Collection, with five artist records achieved, led by Mariano Rodriguezs Pelea de gallos, which sold for $1,087,500. Notable highlights included Fernando Boteros A Family, from the Collection of Ruth and Jerome Siegel, which realized $1,267,500; Sergio Camargos Untitled, which realized $1,507,000, and JoaquÃn Torres-GarcÃas Port of New York, which realized $775,000. SEVEN WORLD AUCTION RECORDS: There were seven world auction records set for artists including Pablo Atchugarry, Mariano Rodriguez, Fidelio Ponce de León, Carlos EnrÃquez, René Portocarrero, Victor Manuel, and Guillermo Kuitca. ... More Rolls-Royce unveils new work by Sudarshan Shetty for the Art ProgrammeMUMBAI.- Indian artist Sudarshan Shettys new work for the Rolls-Royce Art Programme was unveiled today at the Maker Maxity in Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai. The work, a twochannel film anchored by two wooden structures, is entitled A Song A Story and is on view from 18-25 November 2016, alongside Shettys existing Flying Bus public art project. Shetty is the first Indian artist to join the Rolls-Royce Art Programme and this commission has enabled him to explore new dimensions of his work, including an in-depth exploration of new methods of filming. The commission takes inspiration from a popular South Indian folk tale that is an allegory for artistic expression and the need to tell our stories. Two wooden structures, meticulously hand-carved by six craftspeople, represent the home and public space featured in the story, whilst the film depicts the tale of a husband and wife at a moment when a st ... More Amanda Riley to join Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco as Director of DevelopmentSAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco announced the appointment of Amanda Riley as Director of Development. Riley will oversee the fundraising program for the de Young and Legion of Honor, including annual giving, major gifts, planned giving, corporate sponsorships, grants and foundation giving, membership and special events. Previous to this appointment, Riley served for three years as the Director of Individual and Major Giving at the Asian Art Museum. Her experience spans nearly two decades in museum fundraising in San Francisco, New York and Boston. We could not have found a better candidate than Amanda to lead our Development team and engagement efforts as we embark on this next chapter of the Museums fine history, says Max Hollein, Director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. She brings ... More Jeu de Paume opens "Zofia Rydet. Record, 1978-1990"PARIS.- Zofia Rydet. Record, 1978-1990 offers the presentation of Zofia Rydets monumental photographic project Sociological Record. The artist began the development of the cycle in 1978 and continued almost until her death in 1997. Rydet began working on the cycle at an advanced age (when she was sixty-seven years old) as an established artist with a considerable exhibition portfolio. At the same time she occupied a separate position in the Polish photographic milieu, dominated at the time by male photographers and conceptual tendencies. Sociological Record abounds in contradictions rather than a cycle of research or inventory photography (as the title, originally provided by Urszula Czartoryska suggests), it is a total project that sits within the tradition of intuitive artistic atlases and catalogues. Hence the title of the exhibition, which omits the ... More First retrospective of Yakov Khalip's work on view at the Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography MOSCOW.- The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography presents the first complete retrospective of the Soviet photography classic Yakov Khalip. The exhibition is based on the Khalip family archive, collection of The Lumiere Center and private collections. The name of Yakov Khalip is famous far beyond the Russian museum world and photographic collections. The exhibition of Yakov Khalips work, as well as the serious scope of publishing efforts, should have been available in Russia years ago. However, the body of work of one of Soviet photography classics had remained unstudied for over last 35 years. The Lumiere Center for Photography strives to fill the gap and unveils the archive of the master. The retrospective exhibition of Yakov Khalip (1908-1980) gives an insight into the evolution of soviet photography - from the avant-garde 1920s to the stagnant 1970s - through ... More Exceptionaal 17 carat diamond solitaire ring leads Bonhams Fine Jewelry AuctionNEW YORK, NY.- A magnificent 17.97 carats step-cut diamond and an extremely rare Kashmir sapphire ring will lead the final Bonhams New York Fine Jewelry sale of 2016 next month (6 December). Jewelry from celebrated designers including Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Tiffany will also feature in the sale, which will consist of 179 lots in total. Gracing the catalog front cover is a truly exceptional 17.97 carats rectangular step-cut diamond solitaire ring. Estimated at U.S. $1,000,000-1,500,000, the diamond is D color, VS1 clarity, Type IIa. Susan Abeles, Director of Jewelry, Bonhams US, says: Type IIa diamonds are regarded as the most chemically pure given they often have exceptional optical transparency. This particular stone is simply stunning and is the ultimate diamond for anyone to own given its rarity and beauty. The second leading lot Bonhams will be offering ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Mexican painter José Clemente Orozco was born November 23, 1883. José Clemente Orozco (November 23, 1883 - September 7, 1949) was a Mexican social realist painter, who specialized in bold murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance together with murals by Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and others. Orozco was the most complex of the Mexican muralists, fond of the theme of human suffering, but less realistic and more fascinated by machines than Rivera. Mostly influenced by Symbolism, he was also a genre painter and lithographer. In this image: Mexican painter and muralist Jose Clemente Orozco looks over some of his drawings in his New York City apartment on Dec. 4, 1945
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