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New Tate Britain display offers an extensive survey of art in Britain over the past 500 years
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Gallery staff pose for a picture as they hang a painting by British artist David Hockney entitled "Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy" during a press preview at the Tate Britain in London on May 13, 2013. The preview was held ahead of the opening of an exhibition showcasing 500 years of British Art. AFP PHOTO / ANDREW COWIE.
LONDON.- A new Tate Britain will be unveiled during 2013. In May, a new chronological presentation of the world’s greatest collection of British art opens, and in November, the building project by Caruso St John Architects will be completed. From 14 May, visitors can experience the national collection of British art in a continuous chronological display – a walk through time from the 1500s to the present day. BP Walk through British Art will comprise around 500 artworks over a newly configured sequence of over 20 galleries. The displays include works by major artists such as Francis Bacon, John Constable, William Hogarth, Thomas Gainsborough, George Stubbs, J.M.W. Turner, Gwen John, Stanley Spencer, L.S. Lowry, John Everett Millais, Bridget Riley, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, and Rachel Whiteread. This display offers an extensive survey of art in Britain ... More |
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Sotheby's Spring Auction of American Art to offer rare painting by John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent, Marionettes. Painted in 1903. Estimate $5/7 million. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s annual spring auction of American Art in New York will feature an important, highly personal painting by John Singer Sargent, which remained in the artist’s collection for more than 20 years before descending through his family to the present owner. Marionettes (est. $5/7 million) is a rare and dynamic example of the artist’s work outside of society portraiture, depicting a group of men from the large Italian American community of Philadelphia at the turn of the 20th century performing Sicilian puppet theater. The American Art auction also will be highlighted by a wonderful selection of property that has not been seen previously on the market, and has emerged from notable private, corporate and museum collections, with important works that span the many periods and styles offered by the category. The full sale will be on view in Sotheby’s York Avenue galleries beginning 18 May, with the auction on the 2 ... More |
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The fashionable world of the Tudors and Stuarts revealed at The Queen's Gallery
Joos van Cleeve, Henry VIII, c.1530-35. Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2013.
LONDON.- A diamond ring given by Charles I to his 19-year-old wife, the armour of a fashion-conscious 13-year-old boy who should have been king, and the diamond-encrusted box in which a queen kept her face patches are among the highlights of a new exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace. In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion provides an insight into the world of the rich and famous of the 16th and 17th centuries. The exhibition includes over 60 portraits from the Royal Collection, as well as rare surviving contemporary examples of clothing and accessories. A number of works go on display for the first time. For the Tudors and Stuarts, jewellery was the ultimate in conspicuous consumption. Although relatively little survives from the period, two important pieces went on display for the first time in the exhibition. One of these is a gold and diamond signet ring bearing the royal coat of arms and th ... More |
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Groundbreaking Virginia collections displayed in permanent galleries at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954) Lorette, 1917. Oil on panel. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. T. Catesby Jones Collection. Photo: Katherine Wetzel © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
RICHMOND, VA.- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts opened its permanent early 20th-century European art galleries on May 4, showcasing French and German art from the first half of the 20th century. The galleries, also known as the Deane & Goodwin Galleries, are located on the Atrium level of the museum. “It’s noteworthy that the galleries will house the collections of two visionary Virginia collections, Ludwig and Rosy Fischer and T. Catesby Jones,” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Director Alex Nyerges said. “Both collections represent internationally significant artists and open important dialogues with the Sydney and Frances Lewis Family collection of mid to late 20th-century art as well as the Lewis Art Nouveau and Art Deco Decorative Arts collection.” The Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection, which came to VMFA as a gift-purchase in 2009, was assembled by the couple in Frankfurt, Germany, ... More |
Ketterer Kunst to offer Ernst Ludwig Kirchner masterpiece painted on both sides
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Zwei mit Katze spielende Mädchen, 1907, 56 x 57 cm (22 x 22.5 in), oil on canvas (painted on both sides). Provenance: acquired right from estate of previous owner. Estimate: € 600.000-800.000.
MUNICH.- “The German art market had to wait quite some time for this“, says Robert Ketterer about Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's masterpiece with painting on both sides. He continues: “Works like this are usually sold in London and New York, if they appear on the market at all.” On 8 June the exceptional work will be called up in Munich with an estimate of € 600.000-800.000. A sensational result of € 1.740.000 was achieved by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's 1906 oil painting “Kinderköpfchen“ in the Ketterer autumn auction in 2010. Similar to that one, in “Zwei mit Katze spielende Mädchen“ the inspiration from his great idols Vincent van Gogh, Edvard Munch and the French Impressionists can be clearly observed. The easy but yet precise style, with every stroke of the brush in its perfect position, requires tremendous concentration, as later ... More |
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Successful Asian Art Auctions at Koller Zurich: A four-armed Tibetan goddess makes just under 630 000 Swiss francs
Four-Armed Goddess, probably Tara or Prajnaparamita, Nepalese school, Tibet, 14th/15th c. Gilt copper. H 30 cm. Sold for CHF 629 500.
ZURICH.- Koller Auctions has again enjoyed a successful Asian Art auction. Of the works of art from China, Tibet and Nepal, this, the largest Swiss Auction house, sold 75% of approximately 250 objects. Good results were spread evenly amongst all periods and price segments. The highest final price went to a 14th/15th century four-armed goddess from Tibet, but the Thangkas and selected ceramics also reached high prices. The Asian Art auction at Koller yet again attracted the attention of numerous Chinese bidders. The first bidders were already in the room by 8 o’clock, the auction starting punctually at 10 o’clock with Lot 101 and a series of around 40 Tibetan figures. Lot 103 brought a surprise with the first long bidding war in which a 9 cm copper sculpture of a female Nepalese deity from the 14th century, estimated at CHF 3 000, saw a final price of CHF 45 600. Lot 108 also went for many times its estimate, this being a Praj ... More |
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Complete Andy Warhol Endangered Species and Ads 1985 portfolios offered at Heritage Auctions
Andy Warhol, Endangered Species, 1983. Portfolio of ten screenprints on Lenox Museum Board, 38 x 38 inches. Estimate: $250,000 - $350,000.
DALLAS, TX.- A portfolio of 10 screen prints from Andy Warhol's Endangered Species, 1983, may bring $250,000 to lead Heritage Auctions' May 22 Modern and Contemporary Art Signature® Auction in Dallas. Each signed and numbered in pencil, the portfolio is presented in a single lot and is one of eight lots featuring the Master of Pop Art, to include Ads, 1985, ($200,000+), Liz, 1967, ($5,000+) and Teddy Roosevelt, from the Cowboys and Indians portfolio, ($12,000+). "The fine Warhols are just a few of the more than 200 lots of fresh to market paintings, sculpture and photography offered in this auction," said Frank Hettig, Director of Modern & Contemporary Art at Heritage. "This is a powerful selection." Ed Ruscha's Rustic Pines, 1967, ($150,000) created using gunpowder on paper makes a rare auction appearance from a private collection, as does his color screen print Double Standard, 1969, ($40,000+). ... More |
Smithsonian American Art Museum launches touring exhibition "George Catlin's American Buffalo"
George Catlin, Ee-áh-sá-pa, Black Rock, a Two Kettle Chief, 1832, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr.
WASHINGTON, DC.- American artist George Catlin (1796–1872) journeyed west five times in the 1830s, traversing the Great Plains where he visited and painted more than 140 American Indian tribes. The exhibition “George Catlin’s American Buffalo” presents 40 original Catlin paintings from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection to show the crucial role of the buffalo in Plains Indian culture. The museum holds the nearly complete surviving set of Catlin’s first Indian Gallery—more than 500 works—painted from life in the 1830s. The exhibition is organized by the museum in collaboration with the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Adam Duncan Harris, the Petersen Curator of Art and Research at the National Museum of Wildlife Art, is the guest curator. The exhibition debuted May 10 at the National Museum of Wildlife Art and will remain on display through Aug. 25. It then travels to the Pa ... More |
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Rare furniture with links to the Forbidden City for sale at Bonhams Chinese Art Sale in London
An 18th century rare Imperial double-gourd gilt-bronze zitan and hardwood ‘Da Ji’ plaque is estimated at £15,000 – 25,000. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- Historical pieces of Chinese furniture, which include a pair of gilt-lacquer cabinets and an Imperial gilt bronze zitan double gourd plaque are due to be sold in Bonhams Chinese Art sale on 16th May in London. These objects possess a significant and impressive provenance, once belonging to an important Spanish diplomat who witnessed the Boxer Rebellion in China and which remained with succeeding generations of the nobleman’s family. Luis Valera y Delavat, a Spanish nobleman, was sent to China in order to protect Spanish interests. As a great art collector, he acquired rare and interesting Chinese works of art in addition to writing books, including one of his more important works entitled Shadow Plays in which he recounts his perilous journey from Hong Kong to Beijing a few days before the end of the siege of the Diplomatic Legations and its immediate aftermath. Offered ... More |
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LACMA to host free, participatory art and film programs in nine southern California communities
Rendering of the LACMA9 Art + Film Lab, 2013, © Jorge Pardo Sculpture.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents a new outreach initiative that brings an array of interactive art and film programming to nine communities in Southern California, including Redlands, San Bernardino, Altadena, Monterey Park, Hacienda Heights, Montebello, Compton, Inglewood, and Torrance. The LACMA9 Art + Film Lab is a participatory and interactive space that provides an opportunity for the public to learn and experiment with art and filmmaking processes. The LACMA9 programming, all of which is free to the public, include an opening night celebration, hands-on art and filmmaking workshops, weekly outdoor film screenings, and the gathering of oral histories from community members. At the conclusion of each five-week residency, residents will be invited to a special community day where visitors will receive free admission to the museum. The LACMA9 Art + Film Lab is supported by a grant from The ... More |
Over 60 artists instructions interpreted as sculpture, performances, and events at Socrates Sculpture Park
Ilya Kabakov interpreted by Kat Kohl.
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- In collaboration with Independent Curators International (ICI), Socrates Sculpture Park presents do it (outside), an exhibition conceived of and curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist. With historical antecedents in Dada and Fluxus, do it (outside) is a selection of artists' instructions interpreted by other artists, performers, community groups, and the public. The instructions and resulting works are presented outdoors utilizing a site-specific design by the New York-based architecture and design studio of Taryn Christoff and Martin Finio at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City. In the last 20 years, versions of do it have been presented in over 50 venues worldwide, giving new meaning to the concept of the “Exhibition in Progress.” do it (outside) at Socrates Sculpture Park is the first presentation of the exhibition in New York City and the first to be presented completely outdoors in a public art venue. The ... More |
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Sotheby's announces sale of photographic artworks from the former Soviet Union
Mikki the chimpanzee, a popular performer at the Moscow Circus, was trained by Russian born artists Vitaliy Komar and Alexander Melamid to take photographs. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- On 5 June 2013 in London, Sotheby’s will present for auction ‘Changing Focus: A Collection of Russian & Eastern European Contemporary Photography’. This private American collection of over 800 photographs taken by artists living within the former Soviet Union is the first of its kind to be offered for sale on the international auction market. Comprising works dating from the early 1960s onwards, it showcases the work of blue-chip Russian and Baltic artist-photographers. These pioneering artists worked in the Soviet ‘underground’, operating beneath the radar of the Soviet government to document ordinary life in an experimental and avant-garde way. Like their artist contemporaries, cutting-edge photographers of this era worked on the very fringes of official art and culture, ... More |
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MIT List Visual Arts Center opens an exhibition of the work of artist Alan Uglow
Alan Uglow, Portrait Of A Standard #3 (Silver), 2000. Silkscreen on canvas, 84 1/4 x 72 inches (214 x 182.9 cm). Courtesy the Estate of Alan Uglow and David Zwirner, New York/London.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.- The MIT List Visual Arts Center presents Alan Uglow: Standards and Portraits an exhibition of the work of Alan Uglow (1941-2011). The exhibition is comprised of two of Uglow’s most important series, his Standard(s) paintings and Portrait(s) of a Standard, both centered on his decades-long investigation into the medium of painting. Uglow’s work is marked by a keen sense of proportion, structure, form, and surface. Working in series that evolved gradually over decades, Uglow maintained an abiding focus on formal economy, using simple geometrical shapes to structure the surface of his canvases and emphasizing the materiality of painting rather than direct pictorial content. Perhaps his two best-known series, Standards and Portraits of a Standard reflect the artist’s commitment to exploring the formal ... More |
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 US returns more Mongolian dinosaur bonesNEW YORK (AFP).- Mongolia may need to rustle up some more glass cases for its first dinosaur museum after US authorities announced Friday they will hand back a large new collection of stolen fossils. At a ceremony on Monday, officials had turned over the nearly complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus bataar, a cousin of the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex. It had been found in the Gobi desert and illegally sold at auction for $1.05 million in the United States last year, before authorities intervened. Now, the federal prosecutor's office in Manhattan says that a herd of other prehistoric remains is due to be surrendered. These include two more Tyrannosaurus bataars, a Hadrosaur, at least six Oviraptor skeletons, and fossils including several Gallimimus skeletons. Mongolia's minister of culture, sport and tourism, Oyungerel Tsedevdamba, said this ... More Project/Number presents a project by Simon Liddiment and Lawrence WeinerLONDON.- Project/Number presents COVERED BY CLOUDS, a project by Simon Liddiment and Lawrence Weiner. For his solo exhibition at P/N, Liddiment was invited to use a work submitted by Weiner, COVERED BY CLOUDS, as the title for the show. To accompany the exhibition there is an essay, Things Pushed Down to the Bottom, by writer and critic Jonathan P Watts. Threshold (FALLOW) is a work introduced from another context. Eight years ago, on the occasion of his first exhibition in ten years, at OUTPOST gallery, Norwich, Simon Liddiment employed a professional road marker to execute this particular piece of work. The word FALLOW incongruently spanned the gallery space, finishing just inside the foyer. It was an anxious architectural intervention. The thickness of the paint - a flattened, industrial impasto - enabled it to ‘do’ things: hold open the gallery doors, trip ... More Stylish Italian collection owned by former Vogue editor comes to Christie's South KensingtonLONDON.- An exquisite private collection of antique paintings, sculpture and furniture owned by one of Europe’s most accomplished former fashion editors will be offered at Christie’s on 1 July 2013. La Rosa di Montevecchia: An Italian Villa will comprise over 200 lots reflecting the collector’s passion for the natural world. An experienced editor of luxury fashion magazines including Harper’s Bazaar Italy, Vogue Italy and Vogue France, she had an eye for design and a talent for mixing different periods and styles. The eclectic nature of the antiques collection, with items ranging from £500 to £25,000, will offer inspiration to interior designers as well as private collectors. The sale is estimated to realise a total in the region of £360,000. Between the bustling city of Milan and the rolling countryside around Lake Como, the majestic 18th Century villa is set within a spectacular garden, ... More Rochelle Fry with Squares and Triangles in first solo exhibition at 43 Inverness StreetLONDON.- Rochelle Fry has paired two new large wood and clay sculptures with sounds created by the band Squares and Triangles for her first solo exhibition in London. On each of 43 Inverness Street’s floors is placed a 1 meter square wooden box filled with clay and an amplifier. Fry has dug by hand to nearly the bottom of the clay to create a horn-like clawed-at hole. With an intensity of material surface, each of these clay absences is mated to a soundtrack provided by Squares and Triangles. This exhibition continues Fry’s interest in pushing the basic properties of sculptural mediums to the extreme. In The Idiot, a solo exhibition at The James Hockey Gallery in Farnham, sculptures were cast in bronze using a technique which pushed the ability of casting to its limits; leaving spindly melted-looking post-geometries of metal as a testament to failure. Yellow silk banners ... More First U.S. exhibition of French artist Pierre Antoniucci opens at ModernismSAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Modernism presents the first U.S. exhibition of French artist Pierre Antoniucci. Drawing from sources ranging from antiquity to modernism, Antoniucci melds these together, dissolving the classic periods of chronological history in favor of an unbroken layer of globalization that stretches back to the dawn of human history, which day by day gets denser and more tightly woven than the previous day. The current exhibition features two major bodies of work by Antoniucci from the past ten years, both examining the theme of time, yet via different paths. In Antoniucci’s most recent series, the paintings take inspiration from French author Alain Borer’s (recipient of the Prix Apolllinaire for Icare & I don’t) dramatic work Le Quadrige Invectif (The Unruly Four-In-Hand—soon to be published in English by Martin Muller Books). Here, Borer’s text itself sparks a cavalcade ... More New exhibition at Wolverhampton Art Gallery explores global climate changeWOLVERHAMPTON.- An exhibition exploring the effects of global climate change opened at Wolverhampton Art Gallery on Saturday 11 May. Featuring artistic responses to this environmental issue, Tipping Point includes work by highly acclaimed international artists such as Turner Prize-winner Simon Starling and former Prize nominees Darren Almond and Anya Gallaccio, along with an exciting new commission by sculptor Gerry Judah in association with Christian Aid. Tipping Point focuses on the ways that artists have chosen to highlight key issues surrounding climate change, and its repercussions for both the environment and humanity. The exhibition continues Wolverhampton Art Gallery’s commitment to presenting art which is socially relevant, and to use contemporary art as a vehicle for exploring challenging issues. Simon Starling reflects on energy efficiency and ... More The Jewish Museum presents first American retrospective for Jack GoldsteinNEW YORK, NY.- The Jewish Museum in New York presents Jack Goldstein x 10,000, the first American museum retrospective devoted to the work of Canadian-born artist Jack Goldstein (1945-2003). This comprehensive exhibition brings to light Goldstein’s important legacy, revealing his central position in the Pictures Generation of artists of the 1970s and 80s. The impressive range of the artist’s imagination is explored through Goldstein’s influential films and paintings as well as his pioneering sound recordings, installations, and writings. Ten years after his untimely death in 2003, Goldstein’s work is exerting fresh influence, especially among younger artists. With Jack Goldstein x 10,000, The Jewish Museum provides audiences who may not be familiar with his work an in-depth understanding of an extraordinary art innovator. Jack Goldstein x 10,000 will remain on view through ... More |
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