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Taking the Young Rembrandt exhibition as an opportunity to re-examine the painting, Curator An Van Camp and Conservators Jevon Thistlewood and Morwenna Blewett, brought the picture out of the stores to analyse it with the help of Professor Peter Klein, an internationally renowned dendrochronologist.
OXFORD (AFP).- The Ashmolean has uncovered a painting in its stores, bequeathed to the Museum in 1951, which can now be confirmed as having been painted in RembrandtÂs workshop in c. 1630. The tiny picture, Head of a Bearded Man, is a portrait study of an old man with a downcast gaze, typical of RembrandtÂs work at this time. The painting will be put on display in the critically acclaimed Young Rembrandt exhibition where it can be seen alongside other works of the same period, before undergoing further study and conservation in the AshmoleanÂs labs to determine whether there is evidence of RembrandtÂs own hand in the work. The painting was bequeathed to the Museum by a British art collector and dealer and entered the collection as an early Rembrandt. A printed label stuck to the back of the painting has been cut out from the catalogue of a Paris auction which took place on 25 February 1777. The text reads: ÂA Head of an Old Man, painted by R ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day Artemis Gallery will hold its auction All That Glitters | Ancient & Ethnographic on Thursday, Sep 03, 2020 11:00 AM CDT. Think glass, silver, gold, bronze, brass, wearable, decorative, worth owning! Unique finds from Egypt, Greece, Italy, the Near East. Asian art from east to west. Pre-Columbian. Spanish Colonial. Russian Icons. Ancient / Ethnographic jewelry, and more. In this image: Huge Campo de Cielo Meteorite - 61.5 Pounds. Estimate $9,000 - $12,000.
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 | | Clyfford Still: The Late Works catalog investigates the artist's late works in painting and drawing | | This unsung genius has a solo show in Georgia | | City of London reviews monuments linked to slavery | 
Clyfford Still: The Late Works cover.
DENVER, CO.- A revelatory monograph, Clyfford Still: The Late Works investigates Abstract Expressionist Clyfford Stills late works in painting and drawing. With essays by Dean Sobel and David Anfam, along with forewords by artists Alex Katz and Dorothea Rockburne on the notion of late work, Clyfford Still: The Late Works offers a thoughtful look at one the most influential and enigmatic painters of his time. This publication represents a significant milestone in the understanding of an artist who, over the course of the last 20 years of his life, shrouded his production in mystery, said Dean Sobel, Clyfford Still Museum director. Presented in depth for the first time, Stills late paintings and drawings reveal a body of work that is far richer and more complex than previously understood. The catalog will accompany the groundbreaking exhibition, The Late Works: Clyfford Still in ... More | | 
Carl Holty (American, b. Germany, 19001973), "Two Women Bathing, 194850. Oil on Masonite, 55 3/4 x 47 3/4 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Charles B. Johnston. GMOA 1950.330.
ATHENS, GA.- The University of Georgia has had notable artists in residence for a long time. One of the earlier ones was Carl Holty, a German-born American artist who made both figurative and abstract art and taught at the university in the late 1940s. From August 29, 2020, to January 17, 2021, his art is being displayed at the Georgia Museum of Art at UGA in the exhibition Carl Holty: Romantic Modernist. Throughout a career spanning more than five decades, Holty investigated the evolving language of 20th-century modernist movements and shifted with them as he moved from realism to cubism and finally into abstraction along with his friends and mentors Hans Hofmann, Piet Mondrian, Stuart Davis, Joan Miró and Mark Rothko. ... More | | 
Statue of William Beckford atop the huge monument in his memory, Guildhall, London, by John Francis Moore.
LONDON (AFP).- The City of London Corporation, which runs the British capital's historic financial district, launched a public consultation Tuesday on whether to remove or re-label monuments with links to slavery. The corporation that runs the so-called Square Mile, which includes the Bank of England and St Paul's Cathedral, said it wanted people's views on "which landmarks they think are a problem and what action they would like to see taken". There have been nationwide calls to remove monuments linked to Britain's colonial past following the toppling of a statue of Bristol slave trader Edward Colston during an anti-racism protest in the southwestern city in June. It was one of many demonstrations around the world against discrimination and social injustice, sparked by the death in US police custody of an unarmed black man, George ... More |
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| | Gandhi's iconic glasses sell for $340,000 in UK | | Tom Joyce joins Gerald Peters Contemporary | | Rothschilds' portrait of young Elizabethan adventurer falsely accused of being part of the Gunpowder Plot comes to aucti | 
"We found them just four weeks ago in our letterbox, left there by a gentleman whose uncle had been given them by Gandhi himself," East Bristol Auctions wrote on Instagram after the sale late Friday.
LONDON (AFP).- A pair of gold-plated glasses worn by Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi has sold in Britain for £260,000 (about 288,000 euros, $340,000), the auction house said. "We found them just four weeks ago in our letterbox, left there by a gentleman whose uncle had been given them by Gandhi himself," East Bristol Auctions wrote on Instagram after the sale late Friday. "An incredible result for an incredible item! Thanks to all those who bid." Gandhi was known for giving out old or unwanted pairs to those in need or those who had helped him. The non-violent protestor gave the glasses to the vendor's uncle while he was working for British Petroleum in South Africa during the 1920s or 30s, said the auction house. The sale price smashed the original estimate of around £15,000. Auctioneer Andrew ... More | | 
Tom Joyce, Stack IV, 2013-2015, forged stainless steel, 64 x 36 x 32 inches, 7,730 lbs.
NEW YORK, NY.- Gerald Peters Contemporary today announced exclusive worldwide representation of artist Tom Joyce. The announcement was occasioned by the completion of Joyces boundary-breaking commission Berg XX. The 101,400 pound sculpture joins the prestigious collection of patron and Cleveland Art Museum trustee Scott Mueller. Since its launch in 2014, Gerald Peters Contemporary has championed innovative artists whose works distinguish them within their respective fields―a status Joyce attained for his contributions to the integration of fine art and blacksmithing. I have known Tom for the better part of forty years, and it has been a privilege to witness his growth as an artist, said Gerald P. Peters, President & Founder. Tom has expanded the technical capacities of blacksmithing and harnessed the power of his materials to extraordinary results. We welcome Tom with great excitement and ... More | | 
Portrait of Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, (1560-1639) consigned from Exbury House with an estimate of £10,000-15,000. Painted by George Gower (c.1540-96), the 23¾ x 20in oil on panel is inscribed for 1580, when the sitter would have been aged 20.
SALISBURY.- He was created a count by the Holy Roman Emperor for heroics against the Turks, thrown in prison by Elizabeth I, disinherited by his jealous father and unfairly accused by Guy Fawkes of being part of the Gunpowder Plot. Now the striking portrait of the young Elizabethan adventurer Thomas Arundell (1560-1839) comes to auction in the Old Masters, British & European Paintings sale at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury on September 8. One of 18 paintings consigned to the sale by the Rothschild family, this marks the culmination of the dispersal of part of the collection from Exbury House at a series of auctions in Salisbury over recent months that has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds. Pictured at the age of 20 in 1580, Arundell was the eldest son of Sir Matthew Arundell ... More |
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| | Roanoke's 'lost colony' was never lost, new book says | | The Chinese Art Market: Christie's Education announces virtual international academic conference | | Joe Ruby, a creator of 'Scooby-Doo,' is dead at 87 | 
A new book about the colonists, The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island, published in June and citing 10 years of excavations at nearby Hatteras Island, aims to put the mystery to bed.
by Alan Yuhas
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- In 1590, the would-be governor of a colony meant to be one of Englands first outposts in North America discovered that more than 100 settlers werent on the small island where he left them. More than 400 years later, the question of what happened to those settlers, who landed on Roanoke Island, off the coast of modern North Carolina, has grown into a piece of American mythology, inspiring plays, novels, documentaries and a tourism industry in the Outer Banks. Stories have taken root that the colonists, who left no clear trace aside from the word Croatoan carved on a tree, survived somewhere on the mainland, died in conflict with Native Americans or met some other end. A new book about the colonists, The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island, published in June and citing 10 years of excavations at nearby Hatteras Island, aims to put the mystery to bed. The books author, Scott Dawson, a researcher from Hatteras, argues that the ... More | | 
This conference is intended for art historians and art professionals focused on Chinese art, the Chinese art market and its ecosystem, as well as for those interested in historical and current perspectives of Chinas contribution to the arts in a global context. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies Education announced its first-ever virtual international academic conference on 26 to 27 November 2020. This conference will be the third in its International Art & the Market Series, which launched in 2016 in London with Creating Markets, Collecting Art, followed in 2018 in New York by Celebrating Female Agency in the Arts. The conference will explore the global impact of the Chinese art ecosystem from both historical and current perspectives. Sara Mao, Director of Christies Education Asia: Together with my co-conveners, we are delighted to be presenting the third Christies Education academic conference following Female Agency in the Arts in New York, and Creating Markets, Collecting Art in London. Through this global virtual conference, I am excited to explore exchanges and conversations around Chinas contribution to the arts throughout the centuries, its influences and as well as the many exciting recent changes from ... More | | 
An undated photo via the Ruby family, Joe Ruby, co-creator of the Saturday morning TV staple Scooby-Doo. Via Ruby family via The New York Times.
by Penelope Green
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! the ghostly, goofy animated mystery series featuring a ragtag quartet of teenage sleuths and a cowardly Great Dane with a gruff bark who leads the gang in and out of trouble, was a hit from its first episode in 1969. It would become a Saturday morning staple at a time when broadcasters gave parents a break, and advertisers a bonanza, by devoting programming to children in the early hours of the weekend. And it would grow into one of the most lucrative franchises in the history of animation, making the reputations (but not the fortunes) of its creators, Ken Spears and Joe Ruby. Ruby, a longtime writer and producer of animated television shows, died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 87. His death was confirmed by his wife, Carole. Ruby and Spears had been working mostly as editors at Hanna-Barbera, the leading TV animation studio, when they were charged with creating a show that was a mashup of I ... More |
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| | Aldir Blanc, lyricist who pushed Samba's boundaries, dies at 73 | | The 1938 Superman comic book that helped take down a cheap imitator called Wonder Man heads to auction | | There'll be a theater season. But how and where and when? | 
An undated photo via the Menes family of Aldir Blanc, a prominent Brazilian lyricist and opponent of the countrys junta whose songs reflected the hardscrabble lives of the working-class neighborhoods where he lived. Via Mendes family via The New York Times.
by Stephen Kurczy
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Aldir Blanc wanted to be a doctor and was studying psychiatry in Rio de Janeiro. But he also dabbled in music, and in 1970 he had a chance encounter with a guitarist named João Bosco that changed the course of his life. That meeting led to a collaboration that would reimagine the boundaries of samba and help turn Blanc into one of the most revered lyricists of his generation. The two men began working together, with Bosco writing the music and Blanc the words, and helped develop a new form of samba that delved into social issues and politics during the restrictive years of Brazils military dictatorship. Blanc ... More | | 
Action Comics #7 Court Copy (DC, 1938) CGC FN- 5.5 Off-white to white pages.
DALLAS, TX.- Action Comics No. 7, published in December 1938, is noteworthy for a few reasons, chief among them it marked only the second time Superman appeared on a comic book cover. This was the issue that launched Supermans bow as Actions main attraction, per the orders of Detective Comics publisher Harry Donenfeld. That alone makes it a treasured milestone; that alone lands it at the No. 7 spot on Overstreet's Top 100 Golden Age Comics list. Its also rare in any grade. CGC, the comics-grading company, has seen and slabbed but 50 copies and few higher than the FN- 5.5 Action Comics No. 7 thats being offered as part of Heritage Auctions Comics & Comic Art event Sept. 10-13. It has been more than a decade since the Dallas-based auction house has offered an unrestored copy in such good condition. But what makes this particular issue of Action Comics so special a rarified piece of comic-book history ar ... More | | 
Maria Manuela Goyanes, artistic director of the Woolly Mammoth Theater Company in Washington, which announced with deep humility and cautious optimism several commissions for remote work and a robust slate of seven shows, in Baltimore on Dec. 10, 2018. Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times.
by Alexis Soloski
NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- In April and May, as reliably as cherry blossoms flower and songbirds lay over in Central Park, the season announcements appear. To announce a theatrical season, which runs from September through May, give or take, is to broadcast values, bolster a brand, woo a subscription base. Each poised message operates as an advertisement, a promise, a reiteration of artistic and commercial creeds. But this spring, pretty much no one hit send. Because how can you build a season when you dont know when your theater can reopen, or how many employees you can afford to pay, or why anyone would want to see ... More |
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 Adirondack Experience Museum announces building project to create new space for fine art collectionBLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE, NY.- The Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake, today announced a $4M campaign for its Adirondack Creativity initiative, which includes the renovation of its original buildingnow one of 24 historic and contemporary buildings on the museums campus. The renovation will establish a 5,800-square-foot exhibition space dedicated to the museums fine and decorative art collection. Once completed in 2023, the building will provide the first permanent galleries dedicated to this approximately 5,000-object collection and allow for the most comprehensive showing of the material in the museums 60-year history. ADKX also announced that it has received a $250,000 grant from the Museums for America program of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a federal agency. The IMLS ... More Fairuz: the Arab world's most celebrated living voiceBEIRUT (AFP).- The Arab world's last living music legend Fairuz, whom French President Emmanuel Macron visited Monday in Beirut, is a rare symbol of national unity in crisis-hit Lebanon. Since the death of Egyptian diva Umm Kulthum in 1975, no Arab singer has been so profoundly venerated as 85-year-old Fairuz -- a stage name that means "turquoise" in Arabic. For decades, she captivated audiences everywhere from her native Beirut to Las Vegas, including the grand Olympia in Paris and the Royal Albert Hall in London. She has sung of love, Lebanon and the Palestinian cause, in ballads that have revolutionised Middle Eastern music. Fairuz is "certainly one of the greatest Arab singers of the 20th century," expert in Middle Eastern music Virginia Danielson told the New York Times in 1999. When she sang, she appeared as if in a trance: eyes ... More Bruneau & Co. announces results of Estate Fine Art & Antiques AuctionCRANSTON, RI.- A painting by the Dutch Impressionist Siebe Johannes Ten Cate (1858-1908) sold for $4,688, and a jazz-themed lithograph by the renowned African American artist Romare Howard Bearden (N.Y./N.C., 1911-1988) hit $2,125, in an Estate Fine Art & Antiques Auction held August 27th by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, live in the Cranston gallery and online. The Siebe Johannes Ten Cate painting was the surprise of the day, said Travis Landry, a Bruneau & Co. auctioneer and the firms Director of Pop Culture. We knew the subject matter was strong for the artist but recent records had been depressed. This certainly shows the market is there for good imagery. The painting was the top earner of the 344 lots that came up for bid. The work, a fine example of Dutch Impressionism, depicted a fisherman on the bank of a river outside a city beneath ... More Petzel appoints Ricky Lee as Director of CommunicationsNEW YORK, NY.- Petzel announced the appointment of Ricky Lee to the role of Director of Communications, responsible for the strategic planning and implementation of the gallerys PR/media relations, publications and external messaging. I am delighted that Ricky Lee has increased the visibility of all the Petzel artists since he invigorated our press department, says Friedrich Petzel. Rickys leadership in navigating us through the COVID-19 crisis has given us confidence about the future, both in real life and online. Lee joined Petzel in 2019, after serving as Press and Communications Officer of Perrotin New York, and after working for over 15 years as an independent advisor, cultural programmer and event producer for various artists, galleries, museums and art institutions. He has directed public relations and marketing campaigns for publishers ... More Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino's new gallery tower to feature expansive, interactive art programLAS VEGAS, NEV.- Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino has secured its first two artists that will bring their talents to the art program featured throughout the new Gallery Tower and existing areas of the property: multimedia artist Camila Magrane and muralist Josef Kristofoletti. Contributing to the multiple pieces that will adorn the new hotel tower, including an interactive augmented reality in-room experience, the group of independent artists will help Downtown Grand lead the westward extension of Downtown Las Vegas art scene. Additional artists and collaborators are to be announced. The centerpiece of the Gallery Towers art program will be an extension of Magranes Virtual Mutations series that will utilize augmented reality to create an interactive experience exclusive to certain rooms. Entitled Transmigrations, a custom app created by Magrane ... More The Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson presents a new commission from Jibade-Khalil HuffmanTUCSON, AZ.- The Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson is presenting a new commission from artist and writer Jibade-Khalil Huffman, on view at the Museum from August 14 through September 27, 2020. Action Painting is a large-scale multimedia artwork installed on MOCAs facade that includes a bold vinyl collage, multi-channel video projections and composite sound work. This commission enabled the expansion, literally and conceptually, of an image and constellation of ideas Huffman has been building over the past year. This complex piece presents an open-ended exploration of the layers of violence, disenfranchisement and joy that mark the history of racism and resistance leading up to this time of mass protest against police violence and white supremacy culture in the United States. This new, major work from Huffman is visible from the street, ... More Up on the roof, flesh and blood dancers move and connectNEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE).- Dancer Chelsea Ainsworth stood before a small outdoor audience Friday night, about to perform live for the first time in 25 weeks. Beneath her tap shoe-clad feet was a plywood stage that she and her husband, visual artist Kyle Netzeband, had spent the past two days constructing by hand. The elevator in their East Village building was broken, so they had to lug materials up six flights of stairs. But that wasnt going to stop them: They were determined to bring dance to a live audience, on the rooftop where the finished stage now stood. Its time to put people in front of other people and really connect with one another, even if that means were 6 feet apart and wearing masks, Ainsworth, 32, said in an interview earlier that evening. Thats what were good at. In just a few minutes, she would change into costume ... More Whimsical, romantic exhibit opening at Missoula Art MuseumMISSOULA, MONT.- Missoula Art Museum invites the public to experience Doug Turman: Curious, the first solo show of Montana artist Doug Turman at MAM. This survey of various works on paper includes Turmans Love Notes series, whimsical etchings, and an array of paintings on paper. A master of the small, almost incidental, work on paper, Turman works with obsessive precision and a categorical knowledge of art history. Together, these works present a picture of a sustained artistic vision that has been steadfast for nearly forty years. A postmodernist at core, Turman re-contextualizes his source material, juxtaposes text and images, appropriates at random, dabbles in tromp loeil, and throws in a variety of painterly and cultural references to make satisfying works that are firmly rooted in play, irony, satire, and fun. Turman says, Each painting ... More Guild Hall announces outdoor installation by inaugural community-artist-in-residence Monica BanksEAST HAMPTON, NY.- Things are looking up. At least they are in Guild Halls gardens. Cloud Garden, a site-specific outdoor installation and community project by East Hampton artist Monica Banks, features delicate, ethereal tangles of wire, deer fencing, and other materials, coupled with multicolored artifacts from the artists everyday life, to create mobiles that bring together the childlike love of cloud gazing with the poignancy of art created during a pandemic. When Christina Strassfield invited me to do something to activate the Furman Garden, it seemed natural to incorporate the trees somehow, said Banks. Ive installed outdoor clouds in private settings before, and was thrilled to have this opportunity to do a larger installation in a public space. Theres an optimism and freedom about the treesthe ever-changing light, the gentle breeze, ... More New Orleans Museum of Art unveils commissioned work by Roberto LugoNEW ORLEANS, LA.- In 2019, the New Orleans Museum of Art commissioned Philadelphia-based artist Roberto Lugo to create the "Stunting" Garniture Set, a set of porcelain covered vases and sculpture that expands the parameters of NOMA's ceramics collection to highlight New Orleans music icons Louis Armstrong, Lil Wayne, and No Limit Records. "Stunting" will be on view in the museums Elise M. Besthoff Charitable Foundation Gallery from September 2, 2020 through April 18, 2021 before becoming a permanent installation within the decorative arts galleries. Best known for cultural mashups that blend contemporary social issues with traditional porcelain pottery, Lugos powerful commentary on poverty, inequality, and racial injustice has made him a defining artist of the moment. My 'Stunting' Garniture Set references influential members ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Henri Rousseau died September 02, 1910. Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (May 21, 1844 -September 2, 1910) was a French Post-Impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier (the customs officer), a humorous description of his occupation as a toll collector. Ridiculed during his life, he came to be recognized as a self-taught genius whose works are of high artistic quality. In this image: Employees of the Grand Palais museum in Paris take Henri Rousseau's painting "Foret tropicale avec singes," (1910), away for packing Thursday June 22, 2006, for transportation to the U.S. for the "Henri Rousseau: Jungles in Paris" exhibit, the first all-Rousseau retrospective in two decades which opened Sunday, July 16, 2006, at the National Gallery of Art's East Building in Washington.
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