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Christie's unveils Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi' (pictured) with Andy Warhol's 'Sixty Last Suppers' at Christie's New York on October 10, 2017 in New York City. Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Christie's Auction House/AFP.
NEW YORK (AFP).- The last Leonardo Da Vinci painting still in the hands of a private collector will go under the hammer next month in New York, the Christie's auction house said Tuesday, estimating its worth at $100 million. Dating from around 1500, "Salvator Mundi" -- which depicts Jesus Christ as the world's savior -- was long believed to be a copy of an original by the Italian master, until it was eventually certified as authentic. Fewer than 20 works by Da Vinci, whose art was already highly sought after during his lifetime, have survived to this day -- all of them held in museum or institutional collections, with the exception of "Salvator Mundi." As a general rule, very few pre-19th-century artworks remain in private ownership, and it is extremely rare for one of them to be offered at auction. "For auction specialists, this is pretty much the Holy Grail, no pun intended, but it doesn't really get better than that," said Loic Gouzer, co-chairman of Christie?s Americas post-war and contemporary ar ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day As a highlight of the Qatar Germany 2017 Year of Culture, a mutual exchange of arts, culture, science and sport between the two countries, Qatar Museums (QM) opened the Driven by German Design show, which celebrates the evolution and achievements of German design.
| Exceptional exhibition devoted to the unrivaled collection of the Museum of Modern Art opens in Paris | | Fossil finds reveal plot twist in Australian whale tale | | Skarstedt opens an exhibition of Willem de Kooning's late paintings | 
Roy Lichtenstein. Drowning Girl. 1963 (detail). Oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas 67⅝à 66¾ in. The Museum of Modern Art, New York Philip Johnson Fund (by exchange) and gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bagley Wright, 1971. © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein New York. Adagp, Paris 2017.
PARIS.- Organised by Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Exhibition Being Modern: MoMA in Paris draws together a superb and far-reaching representation of the highly important artworks that MoMA has acquired since its founding in 1929. Presented from 11 October 2017 to 5 March 2018, the exhibition includes masterworks ranging from the birth of modern art through trends and styles such as American abstraction, Pop art and Minimalism to the most contemporary art. A multidisciplinary selection of 200 works will occupy the whole of the Fondations building. The works are drawn from all six of the MoMAs curatorial departments, reflecting the history of the institution and the choices it had made in building its collecting. The exhibition responds to two objectives: to show a significant body of MoMAs ... More | | 
Dr Felix Marx and Dr Erich Fitzgerald with pgymy right whale specimen from Museums Victoria's Collection. Photo: Museums Victoria.
MELBOURNE.- Scientists have been astonished to discover that a whale believed to be confined to the southern hemisphere once lived off the coast of Japan and Italy. Considered one of the most mysterious living species of whale, the pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata) is now only found in the Southern Ocean, around southern Australia, New Zealand and South America. But fossils of pygmy right whales have just been identified in the Northern Hemisphere in Okinawa (Japan) and Sicily (Italy). These unexpected discoveries, published today in the prestigious scientific journal Current Biology, suggest a significant chapter in this whales evolutionary history took place in the Northern Hemisphere, and points to the potentially huge impact climate change could have on todays whales. The discovery has been made by an international team of palaeontologists from three continents including Dr Erich Fitzgerald, Senior Curator of Vertebrate ... More | | 
Willem de Kooning, Untitled XLII, 1983. Oil on canvas, 80 x 70 in. (203.2 x 177.8 cm.) © The Willem de Kooning Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York and DACS, London 2017.
LONDON.- Skarstedt is presenting an exhibition of Willem de Koonings late paintings at the London gallery in October 2017. The exhibition includes exceptional paintings created in the 1980s, during the last decade of de Koonings 60 year career. This is the first opportunity to see this body of work in the UK since the solo exhibition at the Tate Gallery in 1995, which included paintings from 1938 to 1986. Characterised by their luminosity and the fluidity of their arcing lines, the bright and often translucent colours of the works from the 1980s mark a radical departure from the dense painterliness of earlier periods. Demonstrating de Koonings capacity for renewal, this final chapter in his long artistic career was one of his most productive and as the works themselves reveal, one of his most accomplished. As Peter Schjeldahl noted: Unlike other recent de Koonings, these dont appear caught in the act of tearing th ... More |
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| Ancient pools near Jerusalem set for renovation | | Artcurial to auction off a large selection of original works by comic book artists | | Property from the Blitz Collection headlines Sotheby's Prints & Multiples New York auction | 
A general view shows Solomon's Pools in the Palestinian West Bank town of Bethlehem. Musa AL SHAER / AFP.
AL-KHADER (AFP).- Ancient pools that provided water to Jerusalem around the time of Jesus are to be restored under a $750,000 renovation funded by the United States, officials said Tuesday. The three Solomon's Pools near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank were built around the time of Jesus's birth and were key sources of water for the city, according to research from the Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS). The first aqueduct which fed the pools from the south was probably built by Herod the Great between 37 and 4 BC, the study showed. In the 2,000 years since, they have fallen into disrepair and only two of the three are full with water, with the oldest one in poor condition. At least six people have drowned in the unmonitored pools since 1993, according to the IPS. The US Consulate in Jerusalem has provided $750,000 for renovations and hopes to see ... More | | 
André Franquin, Le Marsupilami, encre de Chine, gouache et collage pour la couverture du recueil Spirou n°98, 1965. Estimate: 120 000 - 150 000 .
PARIS.- On 18th November, Artcurials Comic books department will auction off a large selection of original works by the greatest authors of the ninth art. The session will be divided into two parts, of nearly 250 lots each. The first chapter, devoted to the universe of Tintins creator, will once again present works of exception by Hergé, never before seen on the market, including a rare drawing of Le sceptre dOttocar published on the cover of the journal Le Petit Vingtième in 1939 (estimate: 600,000 800,000 / $660,000 880,000). The second part of the auction will represent the great authors of contemporary and classic comics. Among them, André Franquin, with covers for Spirou et Fantasio, including that for La Mauvaise tête (estimate: 200,000 250,000/ $220,000 265,000). The works of Tillieux, Morris, Will, Jacques Tardi, Philippe Druillet and Olivier Ledroit will ... More | | 
Edvard Munch, Young Woman On The Beach. The Lonely One. Mezzotint and drypoint with burnishing printed in colors, 1896. sheet: 390 by 298 15 3/8 by 11 3/4 in. Estimate $3/4 million.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sothebys seasonal auction of Important Prints & Multiples will be led by Property from the Collection of Catherine Woodard and Nelson Blitz Jr. this October. Distinctive for its superlative works by master printmakers Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, Jasper Johns and Ludwig Kirchner, the 22 lots on offer from the Blitz Collection are a remarkable opportunity for private collectors, institutions and print enthusiasts to view and acquire works of the highest quality. Prints & Multiples will be on public view in New York from 20 October, with the auction of the Blitz Collection taking place at 7pm on 23 October 2017. Mary Bartow, Head of Sothebys Prints & Multiples Department in New York, commented: Over the course of four decades, Catherine Woodard and Nelson Blitz have assembled an unparalleled collection of prints ... More |
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| Frieze London 2017: 15th edition sees strong sales, ambitious presentations, and robust institutional support | | Jewels worn by Vivien Leigh in 'Gone with the Wind' and other films for sale with Julien's Auctions | | Exhibition at Ordovas combines Pop Art masterpieces with Guframs iconic Cactus | 
Frieze London 2017. Photo by Mark Blower. Courtesy of Mark Blower/Frieze.
LONDON.- The 15th edition of Frieze London closed on Sunday 8th October, having brought together more than 160 galleries from 31 countries and driven strong sales across the fair and throughout the week. Frieze London 2017 welcomed record VIP attendance on Preview Day and throughout the fair, including a significant rise in international top-tier collectors. This year also saw the return of two major acquisitions funds supported by major institutions, in addition to a record 230 groups in attendance from around the world. Building on the strength of presentations across the fairs main section and the special sections - from the new section Sex Work: Feminist Art & Radical Politics to Focus - Frieze London continued to build on its role as a vital platform for engaging with contemporary art. Frieze London is supported for the 14th consecutive year by global lead partner Deutsche Bank. Victoria Siddall, Director, Frieze ... More | | 
Also worn by Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind is a gold-plated, tiered necklace.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Stunning jewellery worn by English actress, Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind and That Hamilton Woman, comes to sale with Juliens Auctions on November 18 live and online in Los Angeles. Known for their celebrity memorabilia sales Juliens are offering a huge collection of jewellery worn in the Golden Age of Hollywood, designed by legendary American jeweller, Joseff of Hollywood in a sale titled Property from the Joseff of Hollywood: Treasures from the Vault'. Martin Nolan, Executive Director of Juliens Auctions, comments: Doubtless for British collectors the Vivien Leigh pieces will hold huge interest linked as they are to films in which she made her reputation as a screen actress. The Joseff Collection that has been consigned to Juliens Auctions is the single most important collection of film-worn jewelry ever to come to the market. This historic cache, stored in a Hollywood warehouse for ... More | | 
Installation view.
LONDON.- Marilyn, Flowers, Lips, Gun, Mirror, Cactus is an exhibition of Pop Art, featuring a special collaboration with radical design company, Gufram. On free public display at Ordovas on Londons Savile Row from 29 September until 16 December 2017, the exhibition includes major works by Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Tom Wesselmann, shown among a specially commissioned limited edition of Guframs iconic Cactus®. Pop is a movement that has been explored and celebrated in many ways. For our autumn 2017 show I wanted to approach the concept from a new perspective - that of an immersive exhibition with an exciting design element, to transform the way visitors interact with the gallery space and works on display, says Pilar Ordovas. I was excited by the idea of commissioning a special edition of an iconic design and celebrating the two designers of Cactus® alongside the established canon of Pop artists. ... More |
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| Exhibition explores the multifaceted meanings of hunting and fishing in both painting and sculpture | | °CLAIR Gallery opens exhibition of photographs by David "CHIM" Seymour | | The Astrup Fearnley Museet opens a solo exhibition by the Norwegian artist Matias Faldbakken | 
Thomas Eakins (18441916), Pushing for Rail, 1874 (detail). Oil on canvas. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York. Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1916.
FORT WORTH, TX.- The Amon Carter Museum of American Art hosts the first major exhibition in the United States to explore the multifaceted meanings of hunting and fishing in both painting and sculpture from the early 19th century to the mid-20th century. Wild Spaces, Open Seasons: Hunting and Fishing in American Art is on view October 7, 2017, through January 7, 2018, and features more than 60 paintings and sculptures that together demonstrate the aesthetic richness and cultural importance of hunting and fishing in America. Admission is free. Hunting and fishing is a subject that captivated artists throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, says Amon Carter executive director Andrew J. Walker. Not mere pictures of wild game and fish, these paintings and sculpture show that the ... More | | 
Saving Children, Greece, 1949.
MUNICH.- A photographers regard is informed by a myriad of concerns, from light to line, from color to contrast. Yet how often is profound caring the defining technical element of an image? David CHIM Seymour has long been heralded for his sublime sense of humanity, but what remains underappreciated is the artistic mastery that allowed him to perfectly translate emotion into image. The Condition of the Heart exhibition delves into Seymours remarkable oeuvre and document the technical splendor that resulted in some of the most emotionally vibrant photographs of the 20th century. What is so extraordinary about Davids work is that there is a warmth and depth not found today, explains °CLAIR Gallery curator Anna-Patricia Kahn. You can feel the heart beating in these images. The Condition of the Heart exhibition is being presented within the framework of the 70th anniversary of Magnum ... More | | 
Installation view.
OSLO.- The Astrup Fearnley Museet is presenting a solo exhibition by the Norwegian artist Matias Faldbakken. With this exhibition the museum continues its exploration of the Norwegian art scene in a dialogue with the international art world. While Faldbakken has established a central position in the national and international art world, he remains engaged in a process of great creativity and continuous renewal. The exhibition Effects of Good Government in the Pit presents Faldbakkens artistic development in the current decade with works from 2011 up to today. The main focus is on works from the past few years, in addition to two site-specific works that the artist created in an encounter with the architecture of the museum. During the course of this period Faldbakken has further developed his artistic project by posing questions related to the function of objects and images in contemporary art ... More |
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 University of the Arts announces Irvin Borowsky International Prize in Glass Arts winnerPHILADELPHIA, PA.- An international panel of glass experts has awarded the University of the Arts fifth annual Irvin Borowsky International Prize in Glass Arts to glass artist and educator, Anjali Srinivasan. The Borowsky Prize is given each year to an artist whose work is conceptually daring, exemplifies technical skill and innovation, and advances the field of contemporary glass. The prize carries with it a $5,000 award and a lecture at the University. Srinivasan will present her lecture at UArts on November 9. Srinivasan has collaborated with traditional craft artisans in India since 1996 on research and design initiatives aimed at socio-economic empowerment. She studied Accessories Design at the National Institute of Fashion Technology in New Delhi and holds a BFA from Alfred University, New York. She completed her graduate studies at Rhode Island School ... More Solo exhibition of art works by Oksana Mas opens at Museo MA*GAMILAN.- Oksana Mas first personal exhibition in Italy reflects deeply on the quintessence of her journey as a seasoned artist, and also a philosopher, a subtle observer and researcher of social, cultural and spiritual connections of modern society. Spiritual cities combines very different projects and focuses on the idea of Transformation. By reliving this transformation, she appeals to her audience to analyze and see the divine transfiguration that sometimes takes place within oneself and in the world around us. Religion and confessional differences are the main subject in her research, and during the creation of Spiritual cities Oksana seriously deepened her knowledge of various cultures and theology. She poses the questions: What is spirituality of today? What are the spiritual foundations of modern society? Is there room for their transformation and use for modern ... More Germany's greatest design icons are celebrated in major exhibition in DohaDOHA.- As a highlight of the Qatar Germany 2017 Year of Culture, a mutual exchange of arts, culture, science and sport between the two countries, Qatar Museums (QM) opened the Driven by German Design show, which celebrates the evolution and achievements of German design. The opening was attended by HE Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Chairperson of Qatar Museums, former German president Christian Wulff, Hans-Udo Muzel, German ambassador to Qatar, and Matthias Müller, Chairman of the board of management, Volkswagen Group. The exhibition, running at QM Gallery ALRIWAQ in Doha from 3 October 2017 14 January 2018, brings together for the first time different design disciplines including architecture, graphic design, product design, automotive design, fashion and furniture design. It offers visitors ... More DeCordova presents a colorful look at the intersections of television, psychedelia, and visual art LINCOLN, MASS.- DeCordova is presenting Cool Medium: Art, Television & Psychedelia, 1960-1980, which explores how the emergence of color television and psychedelic cultureand the hypnotic properties of bothintersected with visual art. Drawn primarily from deCordovas permanent collection, Cool Medium includes painting, photographs, and prints that relate to the visual language of the television screen and conditions of mass media culture. The works in the exhibition mirror the saturated colors and patterns shown on television in the 1960s and 1970s, and also address cultural issues of drug use, paranoia, space exploration, and media saturation. Sarah Montross, deCordovas associate curator, explains, Some artists used the visual trickery of Op Art to simulate televisions mesmerizing qualities, while others borrowed psychedelic imagery to address ... More Rebecca Ackroyd produces installation that responds to the architecture of Zabludowicz CollectionLONDON.- The metaphoric association between body and building is a recurring motif in Rebecca Ackroyds work: pipes become limbs, vents become orifices, and frames become rib cages. For her solo exhibition at the Zabludowicz Collection, titled The Root, Ackroyd has produced a sculptural installation that responds directly to the architecture of the gallery space, covering and inverting its surfaces in a manner that suggests a turning inside out. Three graphite-grey Jesmonite sculptures cover the interior windows, evoking battered and charred shutters. At points on the torsos of these objects the monochrome shifts to rust tones, or translucent resin sections let light pass through. Calling these works Carriers, Ackroyd has pasted the top head sections with black and white images of the rough texture of London ... More TRAFO Center for Contemporary Art opens exhibition of works by Grupa BudapesztSZCZECIN.- Following the exhibition Sanyofication. The Miracle of Representation at the Muzeum Sztuki (Art Museum) in ŁÃ³dź, Grupa Budapeszt continues exploring the 2½ dimension. They look into the structure, rules of action and aporias of the world, which has existed for centuries in parallel with the three-dimensional world that we have known, and that has been theorized and practiced by dozens of scientists and artists, from Tycho Brahe to Ken Jacobs. The 2½D world is a two-dimensional world that constantly produces illusory 3D objects. And vice versa: it is a world of three dimensions which camouflages 3D objects by flattening them and merging them into the background. The exhibition in ŁÃ³dź focused on a two-dimensional world leaning towards a three dimensional one. In Szczecin, the artists go in the opposite direction, starting with the familiar 3D world and reducing ... More Lark Mason Associates achieves stunning results for Chinese snuff bottles and small treasuresNEW BRAUNFELS, TX.- The fall season at Lark Mason Association on iGavelAuctions.com got off to a strong start with its sale of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Jades, and Ceramics from a Southern Collector. The auction included 250 lots with a diverse selection of snuff bottles, small jade fittings and objects of personal use and adornment. A small circular domed Chinese Green Jade Seal Paste Box and Cover of extraordinary quality with a delicately incised gilt Qianlong mark, received determined bidding from numerous locations around the globe with 75 bids and a final result of $37,900, with bidding extended by an hour. Yuan and early Ming Dynasty carved jade hat finials designated the rank and importance of the owner for which they were created. Their importance was still evident in this sale when two fine examples formed of intertwined leafy vines and sinuous dragons ... More Dale Chihuly sculptural glass installation to grace the foyer of the Lowe Art MuseumMIAMI, FLA.- Dale Chihulys mesmerizing Mosaic Persian that was commissioned in 1998 for collectors Dale & Doug Andersons Palm Beach home will soon grace the entrance of the Lowe Art Museum. The installation comprises 32 spectacular glass elements that will be reconfigured specifically for the Lowe. The sculpture is expected to be installed by the Spring of 2018, coincident with the Museums Year of Glass, which will run through the next calendar year and will feature special glass-focused programming and exhibitions. The Andersons remarkable gift to the Lowe Art Museum is truly transformative, says Dr. Jill Deupi, Beaux Arts Director and Chief Curator of the Lowe. Not only is their stunning Chihuly installation destined to become one of the Lowes signature works of art, it will also highlight for our visitors the remarkable collections housed in our Myrna and Sheldon Palley Pavilion. T ... More Anita Rogers Gallery opens an exhibition of drawings by four artistsNEW YORK, NY.- Anita Rogers Gallery presents Works on Paper, an exhibition of drawings by Gordon Moore, George Negroponte, Morgan OHara and Joan Waltemath. The exhibition will be on view October 11 November 11, 2017 at the gallerys new location at 15 Greene Street, Ground Floor in SoHo, New York. Collectively, the works in the exhibition reflect on the intimate nature of drawing. The pieces allow the viewer to engage with the artists and their processes in an exceptionally close manner. The show aims to celebrate drawing as not only fundamental to the artists practice but as a primary form of artistic communication. Moore works in an innovative way; the grounds for his drawings are sheets of developed photo emulsion paper. He then draws on top of and in response to the elements present in the paper. There is an unusual depth to the final ... More Smithsonian documents television history with Telemundo objects, photos and oral historiesWASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonians National Museum of American History will add objects from Telemundo, one of the historic Spanish-language television networks in the U.S. whose roots go back to the 1950s, its local stations and employees to the national collections. The donation recognizes the contributions to U.S. Spanish-language broadcasting history from the network and its owned local stations: KVEA-TV, Los Angeles; WSCV-TV, Miami-Fort Lauderdale; WNJU-TV, New York; and Puerto Ricos WKAQ-TV. Telemundos donation is part of the museums initiative, Escuchame: the History of Spanish-language Broadcasting in the U.S., which grew out of the American Enterprise exhibition that opened in 2015 to chronicle the role of business from the mid-1700s to the present. More than 40 Telemundo current and former employees contributed to the initiative ... More Nicolas Grenier's first solo exhibition at Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran opens in MontrealMONTREAL.- Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran presents Nicolas Greniers first solo exhibition at the gallery, titled Precarious Geographies. A Montreal and Los Angeles-based artist, Nicolas Grenier is known for his plural art practices, ranging from painting to artist-books to architectural installations, but also comprising video works and conceptual performances. In setting up an improbable balance between form and content, his pictorial works combine an abstract aesthetic, served by a meticulous crafting of colour and light contrasts, with a diagrammatic language inspired by architecture, design and other disciplines that code the large-scale power and belief systems of our neoliberal society. His work places the viewer in a context where the borders between utopia and dystopia are blurred, in a space wavering between the pictorial and digital, between the spatial ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Scottish sculptor Benno Schotz died October 11, 1984. Benno Schotz (28 August 1891 Arensburg - 11 October 1984 Glasgow) was a Scottish artist. During his career, Schotz produced several hundred portraits and compositions including figure compositions, religious sculptures, semi-abstracts and modelled portraits. His bust of James Maxton is on public display at the Maxton remembrance garden in Barrhead near Paisley. In this image: The Psalmist (1974). Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow, Scotland.
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