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Jan Brueghel the Younger (Antwerp, 1601 - 1678), A wooded landscape with horse-drawn carts, riders and peasants on a hillside path in the foreground. Oil on panel, 11 x 13 ½ inches (28 x 34.5 cm). Photo: Courtesy Robert Simon Fine Art.
NEW YORK, NY.- On October 25, over a dozen blue-chip galleries will open their doors on New Yorks Upper East Side to kick-off October Art Week. Organized to coincide with TEFAF New York and Christies Classic Art Week of auctions and selling exhibitions, these pre-eminent fine art dealers add to the weeks whirlwind activities by curating and hosting special exhibitionsall within strolling distance of one another. Here is an overview of some of the prime highlights that deserve special notice: Didier Aaron, Inc., showcases Study for The Greeks and Trojans fighting over the body of Patroclus by Nicolas-Guy Brenet an oil on canvas executed circa 1781. 32 East 67th Street At Ambrose Naumann Fine Art, Calumny, by Marcel Delmotte, stands front and center. This painting is an outstanding example of Delmotte's dynamic approach to allegorical subject matter. The classical nude figures in Calumny clearly reflect ... More |
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| William Glackens and Pierre-Auguste Renoir exhibition opens at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale | | World's oldest intact shipwreck found in Black Sea | | 50 masterpieces from the Philadelphia Museum of Art on view at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art | 
Pierre Auguste-Renoir, Portrait of Jean, 1897. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Gift of Isaac and Agnes Cullen Arnold; 68.55.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.- One of Americas leading modern artists, painter William Glackens (1870-1938) had a keen interest in the work of Pierre-Auguste Renoir that has long been recognized. He saw the French Impressionist's works in New York galleries as early as 1908 and had unique access to the growing collection of his friend and colleague, Albert C. Barnes. However, Glackens specific debt to the art of this important French modernist has never been fully explored. William Glackens and Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Affinities and Distinctions fills this void by bringing together 25 works by each artist that illuminate Renoirs influence on Glackens artistic development. It also reveals how changes in Glackens' work after 1920 illustrate his response to Renoir's late work, as well as that of other important European modernists in Barnes' collection in order to forge his own distinctive American ... More | | 
The vessel is one of more than 60 shipwrecks identified by the Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project including Roman ships and a 17th-century Cossack raiding fleet.
LONDON (AFP).- An ancient Greek trading ship dating back more than 2,400 years has been found virtually intact at the bottom of the Black Sea, the world's oldest known shipwreck, researchers said on Tuesday. The vessel is one of more than 60 shipwrecks identified by the Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project including Roman ships and a 17th-century Cossack raiding fleet. During the three-year project, researchers used specialist remote deep-water camera systems previously used in offshore oil and gas exploration to map the sea floor. "A small piece of the vessel has been carbon dated and it is confirmed as the oldest intact shipwreck known to mankind," the project said in a statement. The ship, which is lying on its side with its mast and rudders intact, was dated back to 400 BC -- a time when the Black Sea was a trading hub filled with Greek colonies. The team said the vessel, ... More | | 
Vincent van Gogh, Portrait of Camille Roulin, 1888, oil on canvas, 43.2x34.9. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee, 1973-129-1.
TEL AVIV.- The Tel Aviv Museum of Art is presenting, for the first time in Israel, 50 masterpieces from the world-renowned collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, following their presentation at Palazzo Reale in Milan. This is a historical and significant collection, presenting a rare opportunity for the Israeli audience to explore some of art historys greatest moments. The exhibition spans a period of 90 years of artistic development, from the late 19th to the 20th century, including canonical artists of European art such as Pierre Bonnard, Constantin Brancusi, Georges Braque, Mary Cassatt, Paul Cézanne, Salvador DalÃ, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, van Gogh, Juan Gris, Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Ãdouard Manet, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Camille Pissarro, and Auguste Renoir. With different styles, divergent time periods and art movements, the exhibition ties together landscapes, ... More |
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| Sotheby's and Pierre Bergé & Associés unveil the full contents of the sale of the Collection of Pierre Bergé | | Giant mice threaten rare seabirds on remote British island | | British Library opens largest ever exhibition on the history, literature and culture of Anglo-Saxon England | 
Proceeds to benefit the Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent and the Fondation Jardin Majorelle. Courtesy Sotheby's.
PARIS.- From 29 to 31 October 2018, Sothebys France, which has a new exhibition space, will host an important event in the art market calendar. Sothebys and Pierre Bergé & Associés will have the honour of conducting the sale of the contents of Pierre Bergés last residences. The sale of this unique collection of works chosen by Pierre Bergé, many of which were acquired with Yves Saint Laurent, will take place over three days, and offer almost 1,000 lots reflecting the diverse passions of this refined man and of the people with whom he shared his life. While a small selection of highlights from Pierre Bergés collection was unveiled this summer, now for the first time, the full scope of Pierre Bergé: Dune demeure lautre is revealed. Pierre Bergé was a committed philanthropist and wanted a portion of the proceeds ... More | | 
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said the rodents have proliferated on uninhabited Gough Island, part of a British overseas territory, and are killing two million birds every year.
LONDON (AFP).- Mice brought to a remote South Atlantic island by sailors in the 19th century are threatening seabirds including the critically endangered Tristan albatross, a British charity said on Monday. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said the rodents have proliferated on uninhabited Gough Island, part of a British overseas territory, and are killing two million birds every year. "We knew there were large numbers of chicks and eggs being beaten each year but the actual number being taken by the mice is just staggering," Alex Bond, a researcher from the Natural History Museum in London, said in a statement released by the RSPB. The predatory mice have evolved to become "two or three times larger" than the average house mouse and they attack in groups, eating away ... More | | 
St Cuthbert Gospel © Sam Lane Photography.
LONDON.- Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War, the largest ever exhibition on the history, literature and culture of Anglo-Saxon England spanning all six centuries from the eclipse of Roman Britain in the 5th century to the Norman Conquest of 1066, opened at the British Library last week. The exhibition presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to encounter original evidence from the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, a time when the English language was used and written for the first time and the foundations of the kingdom of England were laid down. Bringing together the British Librarys outstanding collections alongside exceptional loans, exhibition highlights include: Codex Amiatinus, the earliest surviving complete Bible in Latin made at the monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow in the north-east of England in the early 8th century and taken to Italy in 716 as a gift for the Pope. It will be returning to England for the first ... More |
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| Four auction houses team up to offer five new sales of items from the Aristophil Collections | | Landmark auction celebrates Annabel's, 44 Berkeley Square | | Brilliant Basquiat: TASCHEN publishes the most comprehensive edition to date | 
The first part of the sale will be devoted to rare books and first editions from the 17th to the late 19th century.
PARIS.- Following the success of the first Aristophil Collections session of auctions by the OVA last June, Artcurial, Drouot, Aguttes and Ader Nordmann have teamed up again to offer five new sales. From 14 to 19 November, the session will cover the themes of Literature, Fine Arts and, for the first time, Science. One of the June auctions was dedicated to Fine Arts, but this new auction focuses on theatre, film, and French songs. Boris Vian, Jacques Prévert, Jacques Brel, Sacha Guitry, Ãdith Piaf, and Serge Gainsbourg, to name just a few, will be the stars. The Science auctions will focus on figures whose works are now familiar, such as René Descartess Discours de la méthode, Voltaire and the marquise Ãmilie du Châtelets mathematical and philosophical treatises, Charles Darwins On the Origin of Species and works by Sigmund Freud, Pierre and Marie Curie, and Albert Einstein. The first part of the sale will be devoted to rare ... More | | 
Christie's art handler with crystal champagne coups © Paul Grover.
LONDON.- Christies will hold a landmark auction celebrating Annabels, 44 Berkeley Square ·19632018· on 20 November 2018. The legendary destination of royalty, fashion icons, recording stars and Hollywood greats alike, from Kate Moss to Frank Sinatra, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, to Jack Nicholson, Elizabeth Taylor and Leonardo DiCaprio, among many others, Annabels was founded 55 years ago by Mark Birley; Richard Caring acquired the Birley Group including Annabels in 2007. The auction comprises over 250 lots, spanning Modern British, Old Master, 19th century and Victorian Paintings and Drawings; Political Cartoons; Prints; Vintage Posters; Furniture, Glassware, Silver and Lighting; as well as a complete Annabels table setting for eight (estimate: £1,000-1,500); the sale will also feature a small number of works from Harrys Bar. Led by one of the final portraits of Henry Thomas by ... More | | 
This XXL-sized monograph gathers Basquiats major works in pristine reproduction.
NEW YORK, NY.- The legend of Jean-Michel Basquiat is as strong as ever. Synonymous with New York in the 1980s, the artist first appeared in the late 1970s under the tag SAMO, spraying caustic comments and fragmented poems on the walls of the city. He appeared as part of a thriving underground scene of visual arts and graffiti, hip hop, post-punk, and DIY filmmaking, which met in a booming art world. As a painter with a strong personal voice, Basquiat soon broke into the established milieu, exhibiting in galleries around the world. Basquiats expressive style was based on raw figures and integrated words and phrases. His work is inspired by a pantheon of luminaries from jazz, boxing, and basketball, with references to arcane history and the politics of street lifeso when asked about his subject matter, Basquiat answered royalty, heroism and the streets. In 1983 he started collaborating with the most famous of art stars, Andy Warhol, ... More |
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| Major new public artwork for Liverpool waterfront unveiled | | $750k for early printed books at Swann | | Ketterer Kunst announces Fine 19th Century Art auction in Munich | 
Artist Ugo Rondinone with Liverpool Mountain. Photo: Mark McNulty.
LIVERPOOL.- Artist Ugo Rondinones new work for the city, commissioned by Liverpool Biennial and Tate Liverpool, was unveiled today, Tuesday 23 October 2018, by the artist. The large-scale, outdoor work entitled Liverpool Mountain is Rondinones first public artwork in the UK. The 10-metre-high sculpture consists of rocks stacked vertically, each painted a different fluorescent colour, and is located in Mermaid Courtyard, next to Tate Liverpool, Royal Albert Dock Liverpool. Part of the Liverpool 2018 programme, Liverpool Mountain celebrates the citys unique association with contemporary art: 2018 marks the 10th anniversary of Liverpool European Capital of Culture, the 20th anniversary of Liverpool Biennial and the 30th anniversary of Tate Liverpool. Ugo Rondinones work for Liverpool is part of his Magic Mountains series, with similar outdoor sculptures ... More | | 
Jean de Mandeville, Reysen und Wanderschafften durch das Gelobte Land, Strassburg, 1488. Sold for $106,250.
NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Auction Galleries auction of Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books on Tuesday, October 16 garnered eager interest from bibliophiles, exceeding the sales high estimate and earning more than 750K. In a focused offering with just under 300 lots, 95% of works found buyers, with particularly active bidding for incunabula, Philippine imprints and works on science. Tobias Abeloff, Specialist of Early Printed Books at Swann Galleries, noted of the sale, Heavy bidding on illustrated incunabula and a scarce early Philippine navigation manual pushed prices well above their estimates. The top lot of the sale was a fifteenth-century edition of Reysen und Wanderschafften durch das Gelobte Land, Strassburg, 1488, by Jean de Mandeville, which sold for $106,250. The book, a seventh edition in ... More | | 
Edward Cucuel, Schöner Herbstnachmittag, circa 1915. Oil on canvas. Estimate: 50,000-70,000.
MUNICH.- Iwan Aiwasowski truly celebrates painting by putting focus on nature and, above all, the sea. His remarkably meditative painting Ruhige See will be called up in the auction of 19th Century Art at Ketterer Kunst in Munich on November 23. Iwan Aiwasowski, who is rightly called the Russian William Turner, was a true master of light. His work Ruhige See from 1887 shows a meditative scene that invites the observer to rest eyes and thought on. With feathery clouds in front of a blue sky in background, we see a large sailing boat on the horizon setting out onto the open sea, while workers on the shore load their oxcart in a light that suggests that the days duties are coming to an end. In this moment of absolute peace and harmony, Aiwasowski shows the observer the infinity of nature with the most simple means. The estimate for this priceless moment is at 120,000-150,000. Another ... More |
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 'The San Quentin Project: Nigel Poor and the Men of San Quentin State Prison' opens in MilwaukeeMILWAUKEE, WIS.- The exhibition The San Quentin Project: Nigel Poor and the Men of San Quentin State Prison, on view October 18, 2018, through March 10, 2018, at the Milwaukee Art Museum, traces the evolution of the social practiceincluding mapping exercises, essays and interviewsof contemporary artist Nigel Poor (American, b. 1963). The project highlights the power of narrative to illuminate the ways the public might perceive prison populations, and suggests how engaging in storytelling can restore dignity. The exhibition is the Museum debut of The San Quentin Project, a collaboration between Poor and men incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, in Marin County, California. It presents nearly 30 mapping exercisesvisual documents on which the men in Poors class wrote their responses to and narratives about ... More Museum Tinguely presents works of radio art from the last hundred yearsBASEL.- From 24 October 2018 to 27 January 2019, Museum Tinguely hosts a SONIC YOURNEY giving access to works of radio art from the last hundred years in a unique way. As visitors navigate the space with headphones and specially programmed smartphones, their movements act as «human radio dials», activating works (current and historical, well-known and unknown) by artists including Antonin Artaud, John Cage and László Moholy-Nagy through to Michaela Mélian, Milo Rau and Natascha Sadr Haghighian. The installation was designed by the artist, architect and musician Cevdet Erek and realized by Meso Digital Interiors. The resulting interplay of sound and space is technically sophisticated and gives visitors an immersive experience of the world of radio. In the second part of the exhibition, diverse aspects of the theme of radio will be discussed ... More Betty Cuningham Gallery opens an exhibition of new work by Stanley LewisNEW YORK, NY.- Betty Cuningham Gallery opened an exhibition of new work by Stanley Lewis. This is the artists third show with the Gallery, located at 15 Rivington Street. The exhibition features 9 paintings and 2 works on paper all completed recently. A problem solver by his own admission, Lewis works on a painting or drawing for months, if not years, struggling to grasp the detail, the little things. He paints on-site; therefore, his subjects are wherever Lewis finds himself: his studio, his backyard, the Westport train station or places he visits, abroad and nearby. It is a modest feat yet one endowed with incredible ambition. It almost kills me!, he claims. His method is complex, including hours of editing: the canvas is cut and rejoined, piled with layers of paper and canvas, unified by an active painted surface and single image. The painting, Family Group, ... More The New Orleans Museum of Art shines light on Mildred Thompson's legacyNEW ORLEANS, LA.- The New Orleans Museum of Art presents Mildred Thompson: Against the Grain, on view starting October 19, 2018, marking the first solo museum presentation of the experimental wood works of the American artist Mildred Thompson (1936-2003) in more than thirty years. The exhibition features three rare early Wood Pictures recently acquired by NOMA for its permanent collection alongside a selection of Wood Pictures and related prints from the Mildred Thompson Estate and Galerie Lelong & Co, New York that reflect Thompsons deep commitment to the language of abstraction. Made during her self-imposed exile in Europe, Thompsons Wood Pictures are only recently being rediscovered and presented in the United States, said Susan Taylor, NOMAs Montine McDaniel Freeman Director. NOMA is delighted to feature works by ... More Fierce bidding on Jindan Kaur necklace at Bonhams sale of Sikh treasures in LondonLONDON.- An important emerald and seed-pearl necklace from the Lahore Treasury sold for £187,500 at Bonhams Islamic and Indian Art sale in London today. Tuesday, 23 October. It was among a number of select Sikh Treasures in the sale, and had been estimated at £80,000-120,000. The sale made an overall total of £1,818,500. The necklace was owned and worn by Jindan Kaur, the final wife of Maharajah Ranjit Singh and the only one not to commit Sati or ritual suicide on his death. As Regent to her five-year-old son Duleep, who was proclaimed Maharajah in 1843, Jindan organised armed resistance to the British invasion but was captured and imprisoned. Escaping to Kathmandu, she was kept under house arrest by the King of Nepal, before eventually moving to England where she was reunited with her son and her jewellery, including the necklace. Bonhams ... More Art Jameel to open first public-access arts library in the United Arab EmiratesDUBAI.- Art Jameel, the independent organisation that supports arts, education and heritage in the Middle East, today announces details of the Jameel Library, an open contemporary arts research centre dedicated to cultural histories of the Gulf and its neighbouring regions, located at the heart of the new Jameel Arts Centre (opening November 11). A truly pioneering asset for the regional arts community, the specialised bilingual library is the first of its kind made accessible to the public. Reflecting Art Jameels commitment to collaboration, the Librarys collection has been in large part crowdsourced from Jameel Arts Centres extensive network of local, regional and international artists and academic, arts and cultural organisations. Experts from over 30 organisations have submitted materials that tell the story of the development of the local and regional ... More Solo exhibition of works by Markus Lüpertz on view at Almine Rech GalleryPARIS.- Almine Rech Gallery is presenting the second solo exhibition by Markus Lüpertz with the gallery, including sculptures and paintings from 2008 to 2018. Markus Lüpertz came of age in postwar West Germany during the late 1950s, fascinated by cinema. He recalls that movies inspired the serial aspect of his work, his development of individual motifs in multiple variations. Lüpertz had a surprising insight: Cinema was always painting an image several times simultaneously. He referred to the slight differences we perceive, film frame to film frame, viewed in sequenceanalogous to the material differences that appear between one of Lüpertzs paintings and another of a closely related configuration. As in cinema, so in Lüpertzs studio: One painting leads to the next. His many variations of a themesuch as pastoral scenes, figures in classical poses, or reveries on an artists palette ... More The Persistent Reader highlights Bonhams 19th century European Paintings saleNEW YORK, NY.- On November 7, Bonhams sale of 19th Century European Paintings will be highlighted by Lady Laura Theresa Alma-Tademas The persistent reader. Estimated at $100,000-150,000, it is being offered for sale for the first time since 1941. Lady Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (British 1852-1909) became an excellent painter and started exhibiting at the Paris Salon in 1873 at the age of 21 and was included in the Paris International Exhibition of 1878 as one of only two women artists. The Royal Academy and Grosvenor Academy were further venues of exhibition, as well as the World's Columbian Exhibition of Chicago from 1893. Her love for everything Dutch was conspicuous. The persistent reader illustrates figures pictured in a stylized 17th Century Dutch interior wearing period costumes. The cropped composition, the windowed light source, as ... More Frieze announces new collaboration with The Drawing Center NEW YORK, NY.- Frieze today announced a new year-round collaboration with The Drawing Center (New York), the leading museum devoted to drawing and its relationship with contemporary culture and creative thought. As part of the partnership, The Drawing Centers Executive Director Laura Hoptman will serve as the curatorial advisor for Spotlight at Frieze New York and Frieze Masters in London in 2019. Frieze will also make a significant annual contribution to support The Drawing Centers mission and programs. Building on Friezes history of supporting institutions through acquisition funds and non-profit spaces, the new partnership with The Drawing Center is Friezes first official collaboration with a museum spanning multiple fairs and with funds directly supporting the mission and programs of the partner institution. As curatorial ... More Exhibition of works by Clémentine Schneidermann opens at Sion and MooreLONDON.- Sion and Moore announces an exhibition of photographs and video by French-born, Welsh-based photographer Clémentine Schneidermann. I Called Her Lisa Marie + Bonus Track will present work made over a five-year period in Wales and America. In this considered and empathetic series, Schneidermann explores the cult of Elvis as it manifests in working-class towns in South Wales, with a focus on Porthcawl, site of the annual Porthcawl Elvis Festival, the self-proclaimed largest festival of its kind anywhere in the world. She also follows a young boy called John-Paul from Wigan who, with his mother Alison and grandmother Margaret, travels to Memphis to perform as an Elvis tribute artist under the stage name Johnny B. Goode. Additional images in I Called Her Lisa Marie were made in the towns of Newport, Cwmbran, Pontypool and Abergavenny ... More Edward Burtynsky's Global Anthropocene Project launches in LondonLONDON.- Flowers Gallery announces an exhibition of new work by Edward Burtynsky. These works, created in collaboration with Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier, stem from the artists Anthropocene Project, a multidisciplinary investigation into human impact on the planet. The Anthropocene Project debuts this fall with simultaneous museum exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada, a feature-length documentary film, and a book. The works on view demonstrate what Burtynsky calls the indelible human signature on the planet, caused by incursions into the landscape on an industrial scale. Chronicling the major themes of terraforming and extraction, urbanisation and deforestation, Burtynsky conveys the unsettling reality of sweeping resource depletion and extinction. In these photographs, taken from both aerial and subterranean ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Italian artist Andrea della Robbia was born October 24, 1435. Andrea della Robbia (October 24, 1435 - August 4, 1525) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, especially in ceramics. Born in Florence, Robbia was the son of Marco della Robbia, whose brother, Luca della Robbia, popularized the use of glazed terra-cotta for sculpture. Andrea became Luca's pupil, and was the most important artist of ceramic glaze of the times. In this image: Andrea della Robbia. Saint Michael the Archangel, ca. 1475. Glazed terracotta; wood frame. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1960.
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