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Susan Ball, Bruce Museum Deputy Director and curator of the exhibition "Towards Abstraction, 1940-1985: Brett Weston Photographs from the Bruce Museum Collection", looks at one of the works in the exhibition.
GREENWICH, CONN.- Throughout his nearly seventy-year career, photographer Brett Weston (1911-1993) was obsessed with abstracted micro-images of reality as well as of cities and landscapes captured by a long telephoto lens that diminished the depth of field, thus flattening the image. The Bruce Museum in Greenwich presents an exhibition of twenty-three vintage 11 x 14 and 8 x 10-inch, black and-white photographs by Brett Weston that were part of a 2015 gift to the Museum from the Christian Keesee Collection. Keesee, who is a collector and philanthropist, acquired the vintage prints from the Brett Weston Estate in 1996, then created an archive to organize and catalog the works as well as increase public awareness of the artist. The exhibition titled Towards Abstraction, 1940-1985: Brett Weston Photographs from the Bruce Museum Collection features images of architectural designs from major cities and natural elements from the desert to lush tropica ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Henri Bromberg (R) and Hertha Bromberg (L) pose with French Culture minister Audrey Azoulay during the restitution of the painting "Portrait d'homme" by Joos Van Cleve, stolen during World War II, in Paris on November 28, 2016. FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP
| Van Gogh Museum rules out debate over 'lost' notebook | | Pirelli's new 'feminist' calendar sexes up the wrinkles | | Mahler symphony score sells for record £4.5 mn | 
A man leafs through the pages of a book of drawings from Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh at the architecture academy in Paris on November 15, 2016. JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP.
THE HAGUE (AFP).- Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum ruled out Tuesday a public debate over the authenticity of a book of sketches that an art historian has said belonged to the Dutch impressionist. Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, a University of Toronto academic, has declared the apparent find to be "the most revolutionary discovery" in the history of Van Gogh's work. But the Dutch museum says the sketches, said to be from the artist's stay in the French city of Arles, are fake. Welsh-Ovcharov's French publishers Le Seuil reproduced the drawings earlier this month in a book titled "Vincent Van Gogh, the fog of Arles: the rediscovered sketchbook." The art historian says the drawings came from the Cafe de la Gare in Arles -- where Van Gogh stayed -- which "records that on May 20, 1890 ... More | | 
Nicole Kidman.
PARIS (AFP).- Pirelli unveiled its feminist-friendly 2017 calendar Tuesday with a galaxy of Hollywood stars daring to show their wrinkles and crow's feet to the camera. The arty black and white compilation is a world away from the glossy airbrushed images of naked women that traditionally graced garages and men's locker rooms. Fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh roped in veteran stars Helen Mirren and Charlotte Rampling -- aged 71 and 70 -- declaring that his calendar was "a cry against the terror of perfection and youth". Even his shots of Nicole Kidman and glamorous Bond star Lea Seydoux embraced their imperfections. "Talent is sexy," said the German-born filmmaker, who shot some of the actresses, including Julianne Moore, without makeup. "We don't do naked any more," he added as the calender was launched in Paris. "What is much more important than naked body parts is when you really show ... More | | 
This file photo taken on August 17, 2016 shows a page of the score of Austrian composer Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony. Anthony WALLACE / AFP.
LONDON (AFP).- The complete score of Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony was sold in London for £4.5 million on Tuesday, a record for a musical manuscript, Sotheby's auction house said. The handwritten 232-page score includes the composer's deletions, alterations and annotations, many of them done in a vivid blue crayon. The score was owned by US businessman Gilbert Kaplan who became obsessed with the work, known as the "Resurrection Symphony", and dedicated his life to conducting it before his death earlier this year. The only comparable sales, both sold at Sotheby's, were a manuscript of nine Mozart symphonies for £2.5 million ($3.1 million, 3 million euros) in 1987 and the manuscript of Robert Schumann's Second Symphony for £1.5 million in 1994. "The result establishes a new auction record for a musical ... More |
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| New paintings and negative wall sculptures by Michael Heizer on view at Gagosian Beverly Hills | | Centre Pompidou devotes an exhibition to the celebrated Graffiti series by Brassaï | | Sotheby's Russian Art Sales soar over estimate to £13.8m / $17.2m | 
Michael Heizer, Wet Painting no. 7, 2016. Paints on canvas with silkscreen, 109 3/4 x 89 x 3 inches. 278.8 x 226.1 x 7.6 cm.©Michael Heizer, Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian. Photo by Jeff McLane.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Gagosian is presenting new paintings and negative wall sculptures by Michael Heizer. Heizer made the paintings in New York and completed the sculptures in Nevada. Heizer began his artistic career in New York in 1966 with a series of geometric canvases painted with PVA latex, applied with a roller. He worked between the city and eastern Nevada intermittently and reopened a painting studio in New York in 2015, continuing his production of hard-edge shaped canvases and developing a new series of "wet" paintings, utilizing poured and scraped mineral pigments. Each canvas combines drawing, painting, and printmaking with seamlessly integrated results. The unique and arrestingly modern Wet Paintings (2015) employ unanticipated forms for their overall structures. Heizer poured and ... More | | 
Sans titre, de la série Graffiti [Le langage du mur], 1945-1955. Ãpreuve gélatino-argentique, 30 à 22,5 cm. Collection Centre Pompidou, musée national dart moderne, Paris. © Estate Brassaï - RMN-Grand Palais © Centre Pompidou/Dist. RMN-GP/ Adam Rzepka.
PARIS.- Drawing on its rich collection of photographs, the Centre Pompidou is devoting a presentation to the celebrated Graffiti series by the Hungarian-born French photographer Brassaï. As a nocturnal wanderer, Brassaï (18991984) took an interest early on in Pariss districts of « ill-repute » and popular culture. After his famous cycle Paris de nuit, he turned his attention to drawings, signs and scribblings appearing on the city walls. He was one of the first in the history of modern photography to think of the camera intuitively as a tool for dissecting urban life. He established a protocol, and began a systematic recording process, building up over the years a catalogue of the traces left on walls by the citys inhabitant : a book of popular images. « With the language of walls, we are dealing not only with an important social reality ... More | | 
Alexander Rodchenko, Construction No. 95 (1919), Estimate £2,500,000 3,500,000. Sold for: £3,646,250 / $4,523,173. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Alexander Rodchenkos Construction No.95, was the star lot of todays Russian Art sales at Sothebys, soaring to a record £3,646,250 / $4,523,173 (est. £2.5-3.5m). Dating from 1919, when Russia led the world in terms of artistic innovation, this is undoubtedly the most important work by the artist to appear at auction in thirty years. The previous auction record for the artist was £420,000 ($646,000), for a 1917 watercolour sold at Sothebys New York last year. This is the most valuable work of art sold in a Russian auction this year. Construction No.95 belonged to a single-owner collection of Russian avant-garde works that opened todays sale, tightly focused on a brief period around the 1917 revolution. Works by these artists caused a veritable sensation when they first appeared in public, and their reappearance represented a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire works by names seldom seen ... More |
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| New world auction record for Félix Vallotton | | The Bass installs Ugo Rondinone's Miami Mountain | | The San Diego Museum of Art acquires Spanish Baroque masterpiece | 
Félix Vallotton, Au Marché, sold for CHF 3,492,500. Photo: Sotheby's.
ZZURICH.- This evening in Zurich, Sothebys set a new world auction record for Félix Vallotton, when the Nabi masterpiece, Au Marché sold for CHF 3,492,500 following intense bidding in the room and on the telephone. This result confirms Sothebys unrivalled track record, eclipsing the previous record of CHF 2,937,500, set in December 2000*. This exceptional work drove the total of tonights Swiss Art/Swiss Made sale to CHF 7,464,875. Also tonight, Vallottons exquisite interior, La cuisinière soared above its pre-sale high estimate, reaching a final price of CHF 1,452,500. Tonights results confirm Sothebys outstanding success at auction for works by Vallotton, a highly coveted artist both on the Swiss market and the wider international stage. · New world auction record for the artist · Superb example from Vallottons most highly coveted Nabi period · Showcases the artists strong outlines and bold col ... More | | 
Ugo Rondinone's Miami Mountain, 2016.
MIAMI, FLA.- Ugo Rondinones Miami Mountain mediates between geological formations and abstract compositions. With materials originating from the Western United States, the work finds its geological inspiration in the hoodoo rock formations of the American West. Hoodoos are naturally occurring stacks of rock, which form as the silt and sediment at the edge of plateaus washed away over time, leaving only the densest earth behind. Beyond natural forces, the human tradition of stacking stones atop one another has existed across cultures for thousands of years. A common thread amongst ancient and modern cairn (stone pile) builders alike is the designation of time and place. Situated at the southeastern corner of Collins Park in Miami Beach, Miami Mountain is a singular column of five stacked boulders measuring 42 feet tall and follows in this tradition as a lone demarcation of a moment in time, frozen forever. The sublime forces of ... More | | 
Jusepe de Ribera, Saint James the Lesser, ca. 1632.
SAN DIEGO, CA.- The San Diego Museum of Art announced the acquisition of Saint James the Lesser (ca. 1632) by Jusepe de Ribera. This 17th-century work by the renowned Spanish Baroque master builds on the Museums prestigious collection of Spanish art. The painting is currently on display in the European galleries alongside other masterpieces in the collection by Francisco de Zurbarán, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and El Greco. Considered the first great Old Master of the Spanish Baroque, Jusepe de Ribera is known for his detailed, unflinchingly hyperrealistic depictions of the human body. Born in Spain, Ribera moved to Italy seeking prominence as a young artist. Known for signing his paintings Jusepe de Ribera, español, Ribera used his nationality as a marketing tool to connect to wealthy Spanish patrons in Naples; this is also what led to his nickname Lo Spagnoletto or little Spaniard. It was in Italy where R ... More |
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| Pop culture collectors unleash their buying power to push Hake's Nov. 15-17 auction to the million-dollar mark | | Karen Brosius to leave Columbia Museum of Art for new philanthropic opportunity | | Galerie Greta Meert exhibits sculptures and works on paper dating from 1967 by Fred Sandback | 
1951 A.C. Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab in colorful original box with all accessories, $12,650. All images courtesy of Hakes Americana.
YORK, PA.- Following an election campaign for the history books, Hakes Americana once again showed its strength in the field of political memorabilia and hundreds of other pop culture categories with a million-dollar auction on Nov. 15-17. Packed with collector favorites and unique historical material, the 2,700-lot sale contained scores of rare political items, including a rare Prosperity poster created for William McKinleys 1900 re-election campaign. With its dramatic image of McKinley holding an American flag and doffing his top hat while standing atop a large gold dollar coin supported by laborers, military personnel and businessmen, this impressive and beautifully preserved poster was one of the auctions highlights, selling for $13,929. All prices quoted are inclusive of 15% buyers premium. Other notable political lots included a rare ... More | | 
Under Brosius 12-year leadership, the CMA has transformed into a vibrant, essential institution and a jewel in the cultural life of Columbia and the State of South Carolina.
COLUMBIA, SC.- Columbia Museum of Art Executive Director Karen Brosius informed board members and staff today of her acceptance of the president position with a national nonprofit organization in early 2017. It has been wonderful working here in South Carolina and with the talented staff at the CMA, says Brosius. I love this museum and this community. Together, our collective team has achieved many great accomplishments, so I leave secure in the incredible future this organization has ahead of it. Under Brosius 12-year leadership, the CMA has transformed into a vibrant, essential institution and a jewel in the cultural life of Columbia and the State of South Carolina. Her vision gave rise to a dramatic increase in landmark exhibitions, signature art works and major ... More | | 
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BRUSSELS.- Galerie Greta Meert is presenting her fifth exhibition (1998, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2016) of Fred Sandback (1943, USA, 2003,USA). The present exhibition shows sculptures and works on paper dating from 1967. The works on paper share a speculative and documentary relationship with his sculptural work. From the very beginning of his artistic career Fred Sandback created multipart vertical sculptures. For instance, Untitled (Sculptural Study, seven-part Vertical Construction). The freestanding sculpture Untitled Mikado placed in the centre of the ground floor gallery is surrounded by four columns. This Mikado (pick-up sticks) construction refers to a sculpture proposed for Lannan Foundation in Santa Fe, New Mexico where the artist had a solo exhibition in 1999. Sandbacks delicate line structures sculpt space by handling the acrylic yarn as the sculptural equivalent of a N° 2 ... More |
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 RM Sotheby's partners with Ferrari for exclusive charity auction of a one-of-a-kind LaFerrariBLENHEIM, ON.- Fresh on the heels of its record-breaking Milan sale, RM Sothebys announced that it will partner with Ferrari this coming weekend (December 3) for the charity auction of a unique LaFerrari. The exclusive sale will take place during the Ferrari Finali Mondiali weekend at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. One of the Prancing Horses most coveted creations, original production of the hybrid 949hp LaFerrari hypercar was limited to 499 coupés. In August, Ferrari Chairman and CEO, Sergio Marchionne, announced the leading Italian automaker would offer one additional example to be auctioned for charity. The car on offer has been created as a gift from Ferrari to its home country of Italy, with proceeds from its sale benefitting the reconstruction of Central Italy in the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes of 2016. ... More Peru museum of Maoist rebels bears warning for futureLIMA (AFP).- In a gloomy room in Peru's anti-terrorism police headquarters lies a trove of old red flags and books of Marx, seized from jailed communist rebel leader Abimael Guzman. Now the police officers who curate this mini-museum in Lima fear a new generation could be dusting off the legacy of the leader of the dreaded Shining Path guerrilla force. In one corner, dressed in striped convict's overalls with his trademark brown sunglasses and bushy black beard, stands a lopsided effigy of Guzman himself -- shut in a cage. That is how many Peruvians prefer to think of the insurgent, who turns 82 on Saturday. His fighters waged a two-decade fight against the Peruvian state that authorities say left 70,000 dead. ... More Letters show paternal side of literary giant ZweigJERUSALEM (AFP).- A series of previously unknown letters by literary great Stefan Zweig to a young man reveals a paternal side of the Austrian Jewish author concerned with the fate of Jews. Israel's National Library, which has a Zweig archive comprised of letters and manuscripts, was recently contacted by 90-year-old Hannah Jacobson from Bat Yam, a coastal city in central Israel. Jacobson had in her possession 26 letters and six postcards sent by Zweig, born on November 28, 1881, to her late stepfather Hans Rosenkranz over a 12-year correspondence. The correspondence began in 1921 when Rosenkranz was 16 and Zweig was at a high point in his literary career, which eventually included works such as the novellas "Letter from an Unknown Woman" and "Amok" as well as his memoir "The World of Yesterday". The academic world has had almost "no access" to ... More PINTA Miami celebrates its tenth anniversary in Mana WynwoodMIAMI, FLA.- PINTA Miami is gearing up for its 10th anniversary celebration, which will take place from November 30 to December 4, 2016 at MANA Wynwood, located in the heart of the Miami Arts District. This edition will be the pinnacle of ten years that have left a mark on the world of modern and contemporary art from Latin America. In order to further our mission, PINTA Miamis curatorial committee has expanded its project to include galleries from around the globe while maintaining a conceptual dialogue across all cultures, connecting Latin America to the rest of the world. Launched in New York in 2006, the fair is considered the most important event of its kind. The founding of PINTA Miami was a milestone event in awareness of twentieth-century Hispanic-American art. It has increased the visibility in the United States of crucial figures like Julio Le Parc, José Gurvich, Jorge Eielson, ... More Sale of exquisite Japanese proof collection set to star in Heritage's NYINC 2017 Signature AuctionNEW YORK, NY.- Heritage Auctions' will be offering one of the most coveted Japanese collections at the 2017 New York International Numismatic Convention, January 8-9 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Just a handful of proof coins were produced by the Japan Mint in 1880 for use only in presentation sets. Ornate and sharply struck, they are often listed amongst the most beautiful Japanese coins in existence," said Cristiano Bierrenbach, Executive Vice President of International Numismatics. Proofs were struck for 13 types, and 11 are present in this collection. It is believed to be the most complete set of Meiji Year 13 proofs outside of the Japanese Mint Museum." A 20 Yen Gold PF64 Cameo NGC leads the consignment. It is one of the rarest Japanese coins of any era, with less than 10 of the original 103-piece mintage thought to exist. Records indicate an example of this ... More Golden/Silver Age & underground comix reset the market at Heritage Auctions' saleDALLAS, TX.- Original Underground Comix Art and key books from the Golden Age and Silver Age helped push the total value of Heritage Auctions' Comics & Comic Art Auction Nov. 17-19 in Dallas to nearly $10 million, the second-highest total ever for a comic auction. The #1 Comics auction record ($10,389,821) was set by Heritage in July 2012. "This auction was very gratifying to us at Heritage Auctions, because so many of the lots surpassed our pre-auction estimates," Heritage Director of Operations for Comics and Comic Art Barry Sandoval said. "For example, we certainly thought the Pep Comics run would sell for multiples of the Price Guide value, but we weren't expecting some to sell for as much as 12 times the Guide value!" The top lot was a rare unrestored copy of Superman #1 (DC, 1939) CGC VG+ 4.5 CGC which sold for $358,500. ... More The wonders of China: Fine watches and jewellery bring a sparkle to Piguet Auction House's Christmas saleGENEVA.- This year Piguet Auction House will hold its Christmas sale from 12 to 15 December, offering a selection of 3100 lots with a global estimate of CHF 3.5-4.5 million. This winter, the focus is on Chinese art with an exceptionally rare collection of Ming/Qing (17th century) dynasty huanghuali wood furniture from a private Swiss collection, an unseen painting from the internationally renowned Chu The-Chun (1920-2014) and original bound lithographs signed Zao Wou-ki (1921-2013). The Fine Jewellery and Watches sales echo the quality of the recent auctions held in Geneva this November. Piguet Auction House will present important sets of jewellery, collectors watches from the big names including a collection of over twenty vintage Rolex watches. The modern and antiquarian Books sale will also take place this December, alongside Russian ... More Crawford Art Gallery presents work by Garrett PhelanCORK.- Crawford Art Gallery is presenting A Voodoo Free Phenomenon Film (2014) by Garrett Phelan as part of its continuing screening programme featuring Irish and International artists. Drawing on the ambiguous relationship between fact and fiction, Phelans short film is divided between a simple, effective storytelling monologue by the artist and a dramatically filmed grouping of ambiguous luxuriant undiscovered golden artefacts. Phelans documentary style examination of the gold objects of an indeterminate provenance amplifies the phenomena of meaning and purpose we still project onto ancient monuments and ritualisation amidst the avalanche of ever-present technology questioning the paradox of power that such relics can hold over us. In the second part of the film, lurching from dark comedy to remorseful empathy, Phelan recalls his journey with his mother in his ... More Nordic painter Osmo Rauhala exhibits at Elga Wimmer PCCNEW YORK, NY.- What is consciousness and does it exist outside of the human species? Mirror Tests or Mirror Self-Recognition Tests (MSR), study whether different animals can recognize their reflection on a mirror as themselves. If they recognize themselves, they are aware or have consciousness. Very few animals have this ability: chimpanzees, elephants and dolphins do, while dogs and horses do not. Surprisingly, Rays, the fish with wing-like fins and a remnant sting barb, express this awareness. In his second exhibition at Elga Wimmer PCC since 2005, Mirror Test, Nordic painter Osmo Rauhala continues his convergence of art, science, and nature. The exhibit comprises two new series of paintings Forms of Silences and Garden of Atlantis, and paintings and a video on DNA which Rauhala calls the great narrative of modern man. The six large paintings and ... More First women owned art fair gives a voice to women and minorities during Miami Art WeekMIAMI, FLA.- CONCEPTION ART FAIR is the first art fair at Miami Art Week, owned and produced exclusively by women: Art Director, Curator and New York Business Journal's 2016 Woman of Influence, Rachel Wilkins, and co-owner and producer, seasoned New York / New Jersey Attorney, Jennifer M. Blum. Esq. CONCEPTION ART FAIR returns to the heart of Miamis Art & Design District this coming December 2016. The fair will occupy a gorgeous 7,500, two story building in the heart of the Wynwood Arts District, Dec 1st 4th. It will feature a dynamic presentation of contemporary art by artists from around the world - especially women and underrepresented minorities, having a strong focus on art for social and political change. Suzanne Scott - A New York City based, classically trained oil painter and 12 year mentee of iconic artist, Chuck Close, Suzanne was ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian architect Andrea Palladio was born  November 30, 1508. Andrea Palladio (30 November 1508 - 19 August 1580) was an architect active in the Republic of Venice. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily by Vitruvius, is widely considered the most influential individual in the history of Western architecture. All of his buildings are located in what was the Venetian Republic, but his teachings, summarized in the architectural treatise I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura (The Four Books of Architecture), gained him wide recognition. The city of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. In this image: A Royal Academy of Arts staff looks over a model of the Villa Emo at the Royal Academy in London, Britain, 27 January, 2009. The Royal Academy of Arts showed the first exhibition devoted to one of Italy's greatest architects Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) to be held in London. The exhibit follows Palladio's career, from the earlier palazzi in Vicenza, the Basilica and his innovative solutions to rural buildings.
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