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The exhibition includes the ten silkscreens in the Andy Warhol: Endangered Species series from 1983. The Ukrainian Museum. Photo by Volodymyr Gritsyk.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Ukrainian Museum announced that it will open the exhibition Andy Warhol: Endangered Species to the public on Sunday, October 7, 2018. Commemorating the 90th anniversary of the birth of Andy Warhol (1928-1987), this is the first Warhol exhibition ever organized by a Ukrainian American organization. Endangered Species is on loan from the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming. The exhibition at The Ukrainian Museum is co-curated by Alexander Motyl, Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University Newark, NJ; Jaroslaw Leshko, Professor Emeritus of Art at Smith College in Northampton, MA; and Adam Harris, Ph.D., Joffa Kerr Chief Curator of Art at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. James Warhola, an artist, writer, and book illustrator, and nephew of Andy Warhol, is a special contributor to the displays in the exhibition. Andy Warhol: Endangered Species will be on view through February 17, 2019. The e ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A picture taken on September 1, 2018 shows an edifice at the site of the ancient Roman city of Sabratha, around 70 kilometres (45 miles) from the Libyan capital Tripoli. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared Sabratha to be at risk in July 2016, along with four other Libyan sites on its World Heritage list. MAHMUD TURKIA / AFP
| The Old Mine Center for Science and Art in Wałbrzych opens exhibition of works by Magdalena Abakanowicz | | US couple lose bid to win back WWII looted Pissarro painting | | Appeals court rules for Berkshire Museum in remaining legal action over art sales | 
Installation view - Magdalena Abakanowicz, 'Presence, Essence, Identity' at Stara Kopalnia, Wałbrzych, Poland. Image Linda Parys.
WAłBRZYCH.- Presence, Essence, Identity features a broad selection of works by Magdalena Abakanowicz, one the worlds most acclaimed Polish artists, who gained international notoriety in the 1960s for her experimental and distinctive fiber sculptures. Generically entitled Abakans, these fluid woven structures made of organic materials challenged traditional sculpture by transforming the flat surface of a tapestry into a spatial and dynamic form that triggers complex visual and tactile experiences. Throughout her life, Magdalena Abakanowicz devoted her entire creative energy to the relentless exploration of the dialectical relationship between the human being and the wider natural world, translating her understanding of the essence of things into unique sculptural representations. Resisting all categories, Abakanowiczs works are intelligent forms of physical thinking that challenge conventional ideas of art and ... More | | 
Camille Pissarro, La Cueillette des pois, 1887 (detail). Gouache, 53,3 x 64,4 cm. Bruce et Robbi Toll Archives du musée Camille-Pissarro, Pontoise / droits réservés.
PARIS (AFP).- An American couple on Tuesday lost their bid to win back a painting by Impressionist master Camille Pissarro, as a French court confirmed it must be handed to the family of the Jewish collector it was looted from during World War II. Wealthy art collectors Bruce and Robbi Toll had launched an appeal after a court ruled in November that the painting belonged by rights to the descendants of Simon Bauer, a Jewish businessman disappropriated by the Nazis in 1943. The Tolls insisted they had no idea the painting, "La Cueillette" ("Picking Peas"), had been looted when they bought it at Christie's in New York in 1995 for $800,000 (692,000 euros). But the Paris appeals court ruled Tuesday that the original court decision stood, in a move hailed by the Bauer family. The ruling "gives victims of the savagery committed by the Vichy government the right to recover ... More | | 
The museum has sold twenty works through two groups of sales, as allowed by the agreement.
PITTSFIELD, MASS.- The Massachusetts Appeals court has ruled that those filing a lawsuit to stop the Berkshire Museum from selling works to secure the museums future, do not have the right to do so, affirming earlier decisions by the Superior Court. The Appeals Court ruled that those who brought the suit, James Hatt, Kristin Hatt, and Elizabeth Weinberg, do not have standing to do so, and further, that the Attorney General alone has the authority to take legal action on these issues. The case had sought a temporary injunction to stop the sales. We are moving forward to secure the future of the Berkshire Museum and ensure it continues to be a vibrant and important part of this community, said Elizabeth McGraw, President of the Board of Trustees. And we welcome the community to support that work. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court allowed the sales of a limited number of works as expressed in a joint proposal of the Museum and the Office of the ... More |
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| Scottish Maritime Museum makes landmark acquisition of early John Bellany work | | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, announces major Vincent van Gogh survey | | National Portrait Gallery unveils newly commissioned portrait of Malala Yousafzai | 
John Bellany, The Boat Builders (detail) © Scottish Maritime Museum.
LONDON.- A painting by the Scottish artist John Bellany rarely seen before in public has been acquired by the Scottish Maritime Museum with support from Art Fund. The Boat Builders is one of Bellanys earliest works, painted in 1962 when he was attending Edinburgh College of Art. Spanning an enormous 3x5 metres, it is one of the most ambitious paintings of his early career. The paintings depiction of the construction of a boat is thought to represent Bellanys ancestry, growing up in Port Seton near Edinburgh within a family of fishermen and boatbuilders. It is also said to signify Bellanys relationship with his wife Helen, with the boat symbolising the beginning of their journey together through life. The work is an important addition to the museums collecting initiative, which aims to create a nationally significant art collection that represents Scotlands extensive maritime heritage. The work will go on sh ... More | | 
Vincent van Gogh, Portrait of a Man, end of October mid-December 1888, oil on canvas, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, the Netherlands. © Kröller-Müller Museum.
HOUSTON, TX.- Few artists have left behind as complete an account of their life and work as Vincent van Gogh (18531890). In March 2019, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents Vincent van Gogh: His Life in Art, an exhibition showcasing key passages in the artists life, from his early sketches to his final paintings, and chronicling his pursuit of becoming an artist. His Life in Art presents more than 50 portraits, landscapes, and still lifes, the exhibition will be on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), from March 10, to June 27, 2019. In a major collaboration, the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, and the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, which, together, hold the largest collections in the world of Van Goghs work, will lend pieces to Houston. This exhibition will offer visitors a vivid portrait of ... More | | 
Malala poses with the portrait on display at National Portrait Gallery, London; Malala Yousafzai by Shirin Neshat, 2018, © National Portrait Gallery, London.
LONDON.- The National Portrait Gallery has commissioned a new portrait of Malala Yousafzai, the girls education activist. The work by Iranian-born artist and filmmaker, Shirin Neshat, was commissioned with support from Outset Contemporary Art Fund. The portrait, which has gone on public display at the National Portrait Gallery, London, is the first in a series of three commissions supported by Outset over three years. The work is one of a pair of portraits of Yousafzai by Neshat, acquired for the National Portrait Gallery Collection. Neshat took a series of photographs during a sitting in London in March 2018. From this the artist and the Gallery selected two photographs, onto which Neshat has hand inscribed in calligraphy a poem, MALALA II: (Malala Yousafzai), by the Pushto poet Rahman Shah Sayel from Peshawar, written in 2011 when Malala had already become ... More |
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| Alex Hubbard joins Regen Projects | | Phillips announces highlights from the October Design Sales in London | | Valerie Hillings named next Director of the North Carolina Museum of Art | 
Alex Hubbard, Eat My Groceries, 2017. Acrylic, urethane, fiberglass and linen, 98 x 82 x 1.5 inches. © Alex Hubbard, Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Regen Projects announced representation of Los Angeles-based artist Alex Hubbard. Working across painting, sculpture, and video, Hubbards diverse practice references art history and extends the prescribed characteristics of his chosen mediums. Hubbards video works are composed like paintings a flattened plane onto which a series of actions unfold and render visible the performative nature of the artistic process. They feature sequences of simple acts of creation and destruction, often executed in a slapstick manner. In Collapse of the Expanded Field (2007) the viewer watches as the artists hands swiftly assemble a still life of flowers, chops off each bud stem by stem, and smashes the glass vase with a hammer until the constructed scene is wholly decimated and transformed. The evolving layered compositions present a visual cacophony that is the result of both deliberate ... More | | 
Diego Giacometti (1902-1985), La promenade des amis console, conceived and executed circa 1976. Estimate: £300,000-500,000. Image courtesy of Phillips.
LONDON.- Phillips brings together a broad spectrum of international names across its sales of 20th Century & Contemporary Design in London this fall. Important Design will offer works by the most respected designers from the past century, including Diego Giacommetti, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Gio Ponti, Jean Royère, Charlotte Perriand, and Jean Prouvé. A group of exceptional works by Ettore Sottsass, Jr. are included in the sale, alongside contemporary design by Ron Arad, Wendell Castle, Zaha Hadid, and Marc Newson, among others. Comprised of 166 lots, Important Design will take place at 2pm on 18 October, and will be preceded by a separate auction at 11am celebrating the pioneers of Modern British ceramics Lucie Rie and Hans Coper Potter and Artist¬. Important Design is led by Diego Giacomettis La promenade des amis console, designed circa 1976, which has ... More | | 
Hillings is currently curator and associate director of curatorial affairs for the future Guggenheim Abu Dhabi museum.
RALEIGH, NC.- The North Carolina Museum of Art has named Valerie Hillings as its next Museum director. A Duke University graduate and curator with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation (Guggenheim) for over 14 years, Hillings is currently curator and associate director of curatorial affairs for the future Guggenheim Abu Dhabi museum. She will join the NCMA on November 1, 2018, when Dr. Larry Wheeler retires after 24 years at the helm of the Museum. Valerie Hillings brings expertise and vision to her new role as director of the North Carolina Museum of Art, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said. Im confident that her leadership will help take the Museum to the next level for the people of North Carolina and visitors from around the globe. Susi H. Hamilton, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, welcomed the Museums new leader. We are elated to have Vale ... More |
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| State of North Carolina awards art museum founder with its highest honor | | Tribal arts, museum quality antiquities and interior design take center stage in Rago's October auctions | | Philippe Parreno presents three new major works at Pilar Corrias Gallery | 
Founder of Reynolda House Museum of American Art to receive North Carolinas highest honor for the museum she founded in her familys home.
WINSTON-SALEM, NC.- Barbara Babcock Millhouse, founder of Reynolda House Museum of American Art, will receive the North Carolina Award, the states highest civilian honor, at a ceremony to be held Friday, Nov. 16 in Raleigh. Millhouse is being awarded for her timeless gift to the people of the state and the nation in establishing her family home as a museum more than 50 years ago. Millhouses award, for Fine Arts, honors her many contributions to the arts and culture of North Carolina: her work as a published author and scholar; her commitment to the preservation of North Carolina history; and her foresight in forming what quickly became a renowned collection of American art and the foundation for Reynolda House Museum of American Art. Barbaras lifes work has been to preserve this historic property for future generations, said Allison Perkins, executive director of Reynolda House and Wake Forest University associate p ... More | | 
Ibibio, Ebok Monkey Statue, Nigeria. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000.
LAMBERTVILLE, NJ.- On October 19-21, Rago Auctions in Lambertville, NJ hosts three auctions that showcase both important and historic works of art and show-stopping design. This three-day auction series begins on Friday, October 19 with Tribal Art from the Collection of Allan Stone and Other Owners, featuring art from Africa, Oceania, Asia and the Americas. Remix: Classic + Contemporary, our semi-annual design sale, follows on Saturday. The auction on Sunday, October 21 is Autobiography of a Hoarder: The Collection of Martin Cohen, Part 1. It features American and European decorative arts consigned by this internationally esteemed collector, dealer and connoisseur. Allan Stone was one of the great collectors of the 20th century and tribal arts were among his strongest passions. This sale, vetted and catalogued by specialist-in-charge John Buxton, includes the Flores Island couple featured as the frontispiece in The Eloquent Dead: Ancestral Sculpture o ... More | | 
Philippe Parreno, Fraught Times, FZRA, 1998 (2018). Courtesy the artist and Pilar Corrias, London. Photo Lopez de Zubiria.
LONDON.- To mark the tenth-year anniversary of Pilar Corrias Gallery in London, Philippe Parreno presents three new major works, Fraught Times, FZRA January, 1998 (2018), Anywhen (2018) and Wallpaper, Marilyn (2018). Recalling the gallerys inaugural exhibition in October 2008 when Parreno created the first surreal Christmas tree, Fraught Times: For Eleven Months of the Year its an Artwork and in December its Christmas (October) (2008), part of what would become his Fraught Times series, the artist now presents a new sculpture in the exact same spot at the centre of the gallery, returning the gallery space to its original state. Cast in hyperreal detail, Fraught Times, FZRA January, 1998 (2018) is a polychromic sculpture representing, in raw METAR terms, a lifeless, frozen pine tree. FZRA is a Raw METAR code, one of the most commonly used formats for the transmission of observational ... More |
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 Yemen exhibition highlights human cost of warSANAA (AFP).- Images of an emaciated child crying and a boy hobbling on crutches are among more than 100 paintings on display in Yemen's rebel-held capital aimed at highlighting the human suffering of war. The week-long exhibition, inaugurated by rebel leaders, is being held at an ultramodern gallery that stands in sharp contrast to the rest of conflict-scarred Sanaa. "It's a message to all humanity," said Akram Yahya Baker, head of the People's Development Foundation, considered close to the rebels. Art enthusiast Fouad Naji sees in the exhibition a "sign of resistance despite the wounds and blockade". The show, which opened on Saturday, is the result of a workshop launched in early 2018 that saw artists visit bomb sites in Sanaa for inspiration, according to organisers. Yemen's capital, controlled by the Iran-backed Huthi Shiite insurgents, is frequently ... More Camden Arts Centre opens the first solo institutional exhibition in the UK of Amy Sillman's work LONDON.- Camden Arts Centre is presenting the first institutional exhibition of American painter Amy Sillman in the United Kingdom. Taking over all of the galleries at Camden Arts Centre, the exhibition, which includes over 30 new works, explores the breadth of Sillmans practice, encompassing gestural drawing, painting, digital and silkscreen print processes, video animation and zines, as well as a new site-specific installation created especially for the show. Over the last three decades, Sillman has interrogated the language and practice of painting, reevaluating its history and extending its reach into emergent mechanical and digital processes. Amongst the most distinctive voices in contemporary painting, she is known for challenging expectations. Having developed a wayward form of abstraction that extended the more process-oriented approaches ... More Artworks by important African-American artists will headline Gray's next big auctionCLEVELAND, OH.- A collection of fine art by prominent and important African-American artists will be a featured part of Grays Auctioneers upcoming Fine Art, Furniture, Jewelry & Decorative Art Auction planned for Wednesday, October 10th, online and in the firms gallery at 10717 Detroit Avenue in Cleveland, starting at 11 am Eastern time. Asian artworks and decorative pieces will also be offered. For those unable to attend in person, online bidding will be available through GraysAuctioneers.com, and at LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. Telephone and absentee bids will also be accepted. Grays will be open for in-person previews October 4th-10th, Monday-Friday, from 10-5; and Saturday, Oct. 6, from 12 noon-4pm. The fully illustrated color catalog is online now, at GraysAuctioneers.com. One unfortunate legacy of our countrys struggles ... More The Asia Contemporary Art Show closes its 13th edition with record salesHONG KONG.- Hong Kongs only contemporary art fair in the Fall, the Asia Contemporary Art Show, closed its 13th successful edition on Monday evening October 1st. Over four days, the Show welcomed more than 15,000 collectors and art enthusiasts (8% higher than the record-breaking attendance last Spring), with crowds swelled by visitors from China on National Day, with many taking the recently opened 20-minute high-speed rail from Shenzhen to Hong Kong. Held in 80+ intimate art living spaces at the Conrad Hong Kong, art sales were brisk and an estimated HK$32 million was reported based on an exit survey of exhibitors. We had a very strong opening night, said Director Mark Saunderson. Starting with the UnionPay Private View and followed by the UnionPay VIP Collectors Preview, the Show welcomed a steady stream of distinguished guests, ... More A complete sheet of 1980 "Golden Monkey" stamps achieves HK$1.35 million at Zurich Asia auctionHONG KONG.- Zurich Asia achieved excellent results in its Autumn 2018 auctions held on 29 and 30 September at Harbour Plaza North Point Hotel in Hong Kong. The two-day series sales offered over 2,900 lots of philatelic treasures, banknotes and coins. Stamps from the Liberated Areas of China and the Peoples Republic of China were highly sought-after in the sale. The star lot was a complete sheet of 80 stamps of 8 fen from the 1980 Year of the Monkey (Golden Monkey) in very fresh condition and shiny gold colour which realized HK$1,357,000 (US$173,974), above the pre-sale high estimate. Another highlight was an 1885 Small Dragon 1 candarin horizontal pair imperforate between variety in bright colour which achieved HK$632,500 (US$81,090). In fresh mint condition with much original gum, this great rarity is one of the only two pairs recorded. ... More Nikki Otten joins Milwaukee Art Museum as Associate Curator of Prints and DrawingsMILWAUKEE, WIS.- The Milwaukee Art Museum announces that Nikki Otten has joined its curatorial team as the Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings. An expert on works on paper, Otten was most recently at the Weisman Art Museum, at the University of Minnesota, as the E. Gerald and Lisa OBrien Curatorial Fellow. While there, Otten curated the exhibition Paper Mountains: Marsden Hartleys Landscapes, which is scheduled to open in late 2020 or early 2021. Previously, Otten served as a part-time research assistant in the Department of Prints and Drawings at the Milwaukee Art Museum for Degas to Picasso (2017) and Daring Technique: Goya and the Art of Etching (2018). Nikkis particular expertise aligns nicely with areas of strength in our collection, said Margaret Andera, interim chief curator and curator of contemporary art. Her ... More Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens announces new Director of Education Kim Kuta DringJACKSONVILLE, FLA.- Kim Kuta Dring recently joined the Cummer Museum team as Director of Education, overseeing the school, adult, family, outreach, and docent programs as well as Museum Education staff. Im honored to carry on the tradition of educational excellence that the Cummer Museum has established throughout the years. I look forward to collaborating with local organizations to provide greater access to the Museums art and historic gardens in Jacksonville and surrounding communities, said Kuta Dring. Kim Kuta Dring received an undergraduate degree in Biology from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois and a graduate degree in Biology from Utah State University in Logan, Utah. Prior to joining the team, she was the Director of Learning and Experience at Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk, Connecticut for 14 ... More Kerry James Marshall's second solo presentation with David Zwirner opens in LondonLONDON.- David Zwirner presents Kerry James Marshall: History of Painting at the gallerys London location. This is the artists first exhibition of new work since his critically acclaimed retrospective, Mastry, and his second solo presentation with the gallery. Through its formal acuity, Marshalls work reveals and questions the social constructs of beauty, taste, and power. As the artist has written, "I gave up on the idea of making Art a long time ago, because I wanted to know how to make paintings; but once I came to know that, reconsidering the question of what Art is returned as a critical issue."1 Engaged in an ongoing dialogue with six centuries of representational painting, Marshall has deftly reinterpreted and updated its tropes, compositions, and styles, even pulling talismans from the canvases of his forebearers and recontextualizing them within a modern ... More designjunction celebrates its most critically-acclaimed show to dateLONDON.- For its eighth edition (20 - 23 September 2018), leading design show designjunction celebrated its most critically-acclaimed show to date with a stellar line-up of brands, spectacular public installations and a pioneering talks programme. 200 international design brands exhibited across three key venues on Londons South Bank - Doon Street site, Oxo Tower Wharf and the Riverside Walkway - in the form of specially curated displays, exhibitions and pop-up shops, alongside bespoke restaurants and groundbreaking installations. 50 world-class speakers took to the stage in an outstanding two-day talks programme with a series of lively discussions and debates exploring crucial topics the design industry is currently facing. designjunction attracted 27,000 visitors to the cultural hub of Londons South Bank over the course of four days. Visitors ... More Rare sign used on steps when JFK disembarked at Love Field go to auction Oct 13 LOS ANGELES, CA.- Peekaboo Gallery, known as The Pop Culture Time Machine and experiential gallery has announced its inaugural pop-up auction event of rare, vintage airline memorabilia to take place on Saturday, October 13, 2018 beginning at 11:00 a.m. PT. Collectors from around the globe will have the opportunity to bid on over 150 rare and nostalgic items including a very scarce and historical piece of American history. One of the most intriguing items in the auction includes an incredibly scarce set of porcelain signs from passenger flight stairs for Eastern Airlines. The exact sign can be seen in film and photos on the flight stairs leading up to Air Force One at Love Field on November 22, 1963 when President John F. Kennedy landed in Dallas, Texas. Both he and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy can be seen exiting the Presidential plane using these ... More Swann Auction Galleries offers rarities worth thousands of dollars in October 25 saleNEW YORK, NY.- Two of the most important post-war posters promoting London will come to auction in New York on October 25 valued at up to $10,000 each. And they lead a wider offering that illustrates just how important women artists were to the early days of poster design promoting London in Swann Auction Galleries Rare & Important Travel Posters auction. Celebrating the 1948 centenary of Waterloo Station, the captivating designs for Southern Railways by Helen McKie are titled Waterloo Station, Southern Railway, War and Waterloo Station, Southern Railway, Peace. Mckie, who also designed for magazines like The Graphic, Autocar and Queen, was one of a number of women artists who became leading lights in the genre. Her inspired double portrait of the concourse and platforms of Waterloo Station depicts numerous figures going about their ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Pierre Bonnard was born October 03, 1867. Pierre Bonnard (3 October 1867 - 23 January 1947) was a French painter and printmaker, as well as a founding member of the Post-Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis. Bonnard preferred to work from memory, using drawings as a reference, and his paintings are often characterized by a dreamlike quality. The intimate domestic scenes, for which he is perhaps best known, often include his wife Marthe de Meligny. In this image: Pierre Bonnard, "Dancers," 1896. Oil on cardboard. 28 x 36 cm. Musée d'Orsay © 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
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