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A visitor admires the "Portrait of a Mother and Child", created by Flemish master Basile de Loose in 1841, at the exhibition called "Through the Romanticist's eyes. Nineteenth-century Dutch and Belgian Painting from Jef Rademakers's Collection" at the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg, October 29, 2010. The exhibition is a unique retrospective of 19th century Dutch and Belgian Romantic painting. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk.
ST. PETERSBURG.- The exhibition at the State Hermitage Museum showcases 70 works from the collection of Jef Rademakers, one of the largest private collections of nineteenth-century Dutch and Flemish paintings in Europe. Today it includes over 100 pictures by Romanticists, the earliest dating from 1806 and the latest from the 1870s. The paintings on display deal with the entire range of subjects that attracted Romantic artists from the Low Countries: summer and winter landscapes, seascapes and townscapes, a variety of still-lifes, night scenes, portraits and genre compositions. The core of the collection is formed by so-called “lofty” landscapes. Another noteworthy part of the collection consists of works by the Flemish painter Basile do Loose. The exhibited works are part of the private collection of the Belgian-Dutch art enthusiast and former television producer and writer Jef Rademakers. His collection, co ... More |
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1970 Masterpiece by Wifredo Lam to Lead Sotheby's November Latin American Art Sale
Fernando Botero, Nuestra Señora de Cajicá, 1972. Estimate: $600/800,000. Photo: Sotheby's
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s announced that the highlight of the 16 and 17 November sales of Latin American Art will be Wifredo Lam’s 1970 masterpiece Les Abalochas Dansent Pour Dhambala, dieu de l'unité (est. $1.75/2.25 million). The painting was one of Lam's favorite works and graced the salon of his Italian home in Albissola. It leads a group of Masterworks from a Private Collection, Aspen; select paintings from which fetched $4.3 million and were 100% sold at the Latin American Art auction in May. The November sale also honors the Mexican Revolution's bi-centennial with an exceptional group of 19th century Mexican works from the collection of Vera da Costa Autrey. Overall, the November Latin American Art sales are estimated to fetch over $20 million. Les Abalochas Dansent Pour Dhambala, dieu de l'unité comes to the market just months after Sotheby’s set a new record for Lam at auction when Sur les traces (Trans ... More | | Sotheby's to Offer Most Important Work by Titian to Appear at Auction in Nearly Twenty Years
Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian, A Sacra Conversazione: The Madonna and Child with Saints Luke and Catherine of Alexandria, Circa 1560 (detail), 50¼ by 66¾ in (127.8 by 169.7 cm). Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- A monumental work by the Renaissance master Titian will be offered early next year in Sotheby’s sale of Important Old Master Paintings in New York on 27 January 2011. A Sacra Conversazione: The Madonna and Child with Saints Luke and Catherine of Alexandria is one of only a handful of multi-figured compositions by the 16th century artist remaining in private hands and the most important to appear at auction since 1991. It will be shown the public for the first time in more than 30 years beginning 29 October in New York. Later this autumn, it will also be exhibited in Sotheby’s Paris, Amsterdam and London galleries. Demonstrating many of the hallmarks of Titian’s later works, the painting is estimated to sell for $15/20 million.* A Sacra Conversazione: The Madonna and Child with Saints ... More | | Tronies: Dialogue Between Marlene Dumas and the Old Masters at Haus der Kunst in Munich
Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem, Porträt eines Narren, um 1596. Öl auf Holz, 46,5 x 33,5 cm. Collection Theater Instituut Nederland.
MUNICH.- The dialogue-exhibition contrasts works by Marlene Dumas with historical examples of the Tronie art form. Tronies are portrait paintings that are characterized by a particularly virtuosic handling of the artistic means, intense expressiveness and individual physiognomy. It was only recently that Tronies were discovered to be an independent form of painting through art historical research. The word Tronies comes from 16th and 17th Dutch usage and means ’head’, ’face’ or ’expression’. Tronies were initially painted from life as reference models of figures in historical paintings. They were particularly coveted by collectors as examples of an artist’s signature. Tronies as a form of painting became more emancipated over the course of the 17th century: Such images were increasingly created as autonomous artworks and became ... More |
 | The Whitney Museum of American Art Presents Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time
A self portrait by Edward Hopper painted in the late 1920s. AP Photo/Whitney Museum.
NEW YORK, NY.- As American artists rebelled against the academic art and aristocratic portraiture that predominated at the turn of the twentieth century, they began looking to modern life for their subject matter. One of central figures in this dramatic shift was Edward Hopper, whose work is exhibited in relation to his most important contemporaries in Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Time, opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art on October 28, 2010. Placing Hopper beside such artists as Robert Henri, William Glackens, John Sloan, George Ault, Guy Pène du Bois, George Bellows, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, Charles Demuth, Ralston Crawford, Paul Strand, Charles Sheeler, Charles Burchfield, Ben Shahn, Lisette Model, Thomas Hart Benton, and Reginald Marsh, the show traces the development of realism in American art in the first half of the twentieth century. The exhibition, organized by Whitney curator Barbara Haskell an ... More | | Silver Commemorative John Lennon Coin Issued by United Kingdom Royal Mint
John Lennon look-a-like Alan Swoffer poses with the new John Lennon £5 coin. AP Photo/ Geoff Caddick.
By: Gregory Katz, Associated Press
LONDON (AP).- Most British coins bear the likeness of Queen Elizabeth II — but now she's been joined by John Lennon, honored Friday with a commemorative coin struck by the Royal Mint. It was a triumph for Beatle fans, who used e-mail voting and social networks to buttress support for Lennon in a public poll to determine whose face should be on the special coin. Lennon —whose songwriting credits include "Imagine" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" — came out far ahead of author Jane Austen and several other figures in the balloting. "It's entirely fitting that John Lennon has been chosen by the public in what would have been his 70th year," said Dave Knight, director of Commemorative Coin at the Royal Mint. "The massive proportion of the vote he received shows clearly just how much his untimely death still resonates with the nation. He ranks alongside, and even ... More | | Art Gallery of Ontario Acquires Record Ten Works by Four Canadian Artists at Art Toronto 2010
Mike Bayne, Untitled from the series God, Shelter, Oil Paintings and Hockey, 2010, oil on panel, 6” x 8”. Image courtesy the artist and Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects.
TORONTO.- Ten works by four contemporary Canadian artists will be joining the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario after an evening of important acquisitions at the annual art fair’s Opening Night Preview. Four works by Kingston-based artist Mike Bayne, four works by Montreal-based artist Adad Hannah, and a work each from Toronto-based An Te Liu and Vancouver-based Ron Terada were purchased with funds raised at the preview, a benefit for the AGO. “We were thrilled with the number of outstanding works by emerging and established Canadian and international artists at Art Toronto 2010,” says David Moos, AGO curator of contemporary art. “The ten works we selected stood out for their ingenuity, clarity, and the individual vision of the artists who created them, and we’re pleased that three of these artists will be represented in our collection for ... More |
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Exhibition of New Work by Photographer Abelardo Morell at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery
Abelardo Morell, Tent- Camera Image on Ground: Rooftop View of Lower Manhattan, 2010 (detail). Pigment ink print, 30 x 40 inches. Edition of 8. Photo: Courtesy Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery presents an exhibition of new work by photographer Abelardo Morell. The exhibition at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery features the most recent additions to Morell’s celebrated series of camera obscura works. Using this centuries old optical principle in combination with digital camera work, Morell blacks out windows in rooms while leaving a small hole open, the aperture, which, in effect, transforms the space into a camera, thus overlaying the world outside inside. In his most recent series of work from Florence, Rome, Venice and New York, Morell’s consistent obsession with the passage of time, becomes evident as never before. His use of traditional techniques transforms the familiar into unique contemporary perspectives. As we watch, a view of Volta del Canal in Venice is projected like a layer of vague memory or a passing hallucination on the interior of a Palazzo room painted ... More | | Ehud Netzer, Israeli Archaeologist Known for Excavating King Herod's Winter Palace, Dies
Hebrew University archaeology professor Ehud Netzer. AP Photo/Oded Balilty.
By: Matti Friedman, Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP).- Ehud Netzer, an Israeli archaeologist best known for excavating King Herod's winter palace and discovering the monarch's tomb there, has died after falling at the site this week. He was 76. Netzer led numerous high-profile digs over decades of work in a country where the ancient past plays a central part in national life and where archaeologists have sometimes become leading public figures. Israel's prime minister released a statement mourning his death. Netzer's discoveries helped expand modern understanding of ancient Israel and especially of King Herod, the extravagant Jewish proxy ruler who controlled the Holy Land under imperial Roman occupation two millennia ago. Beginning in the 1960s, Netzer took part in the excavation of Masada, one of Israel's most famous digs. There, archaeologists revealed the scene of a standoff between Roman legionnaires and Jewish rebels after the destruction of the second Jewish temple in Jerusalem — also built by Herod ... More | | Sotheby's Sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics to Be Highlighted by a Blue And White "Peony" Jar
A Magnificent Blue And White 'Peony' Jar, Guan, Yuan Dynasty, Mid 14th Century (est. £400,000-600,000). Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- In the wake of Sotheby’s record-breaking Autumn sales series in Hong Kong, which totalled over HK$3 billion, Sotheby’s biannual sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art in London will take place on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 and presents for sale over 350 lots. The auction, estimated to realise approximately £5.76 million, will be headlined by a Magnificent Blue and White 'Peony' Jar, Guan, Yuan Dynasty, mid 14th century. A magnificent Blue and White ‘Peony’ Jar, Guan, Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) comes to auction from a Private Portuguese Collection, with an estimate of £400,000-600,000 (lot 32, illustrated on catalogue cover). Blue and white wares are undoubtedly one of the greatest contributions to the art of ceramics in history. In shape, design and painting style, the present vessel is an archetypal example of the 14th century blue and white porcelain, and represents the final stage of th ... More |
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Bonhams to Sell Rifle Owned by Hunter Who Took Teddy Roosevelt on Safari
The rifle is a rare Holland-Woodward patent .256 falling-block rifle by Holland & Holland, no. 21873, generally used for small game. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- A rifle that belonged to a man who was a legend in his own lifetime, Frederick Selous, one of Africa’s greatest white hunters, will be sold at Bonhams Sporting Gun sale on December 8, in Knightsbridge. It is estimated to sell for £5,000 to £7,000. The rifle is a rare Holland-Woodward patent .256 falling-block rifle by Holland & Holland, no. 21873, generally used for small game “but in the hands of an expert capable of dropping an elephant if shot through the ear,” according to Patrick Hawes, Bonhams Sporting Gun Specialist. He adds: “This is an absolute must for anyone who loves that period of African history, and who reveres the memory of Selous. He lived at a time when swashbuckling white hunters were king of the African bush and took an American president, Hollywood stars and crowned princes on safari to shoot game animals which then numbered in the millions.” As Roosevelt wrote of Selous ... More | | Damián Ortega Finds Inspiration in a Newspaper to Create Barbican Art Gallery's Latest Exhibition
The Independent. A new commission by Damián Ortega for The Curve Barbican Project: Animal Behavorist patterns 2, 2010. Courtesy of the Artist.
LONDON.- Over the period of a month leading up to the exhibition opening, acclaimed Mexican artist Damián Ortega worked in The Curve creating new works on a regular basis in response to aspects of the daily news. Each day he took inspiration from a newspaper. This could be a news item, a photographic story or graphics selected from local, national or international press which he translated into a physical interpretation be it a sculpture, installation, proposition or prototype for a future project. The exhibition opened on 15 October. By nature the news is a fast paced, ever changing medium which is produced and consumed on a daily basis. News journalists respond to a story with an immediacy that is essential to represent the current moment. This is a very different process to most visual artists who often take months generating their ideas. For this month-long period Ortega adopts an unusual artistic approach by responding, day-by-day to the news. His playfully intelligent prac ... More | | Extremely Rare First Edition of Jane Austen's Emma to be Offered at Sotheby's London
“The authoress of Pride & Prejudice has been so good as to send me a new novel just published, Emma”, Maria Edgeworth in a letter to her aunt, Mrs Ruxton. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Sotheby’s will include two offerings intimately connected with Britain’s most beloved authoress, Jane Austen, in its sale of English Literature, History and Children’s Books & Illustrations in London, on 16th December: a first edition of Emma – arguably the author’s finest work – given by Austen to her admired fellow novelist Maria Edgeworth, and the family’s Wedgwood Dinner Set, which Jane Austen helped to choose, and would herself have used on countless occasions. Peter Selley, Specialist in Sotheby’s Books and Manuscripts Department, said: “It is extremely rare for items with a Jane Austen association to be offered for sale and this is an exceptional opportunity to acquire a unique component of Austen family life.” Emma, of which no part of the manuscript survives, and no presentation copy inscribed by Jane Austen herself is known to exist, was published on 23rd De ... More |
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New Museum to Rotate Façade Sculpture from Ugo Rondinone's Hell, Yes! to Isa Genzken's Rose II
NEW YORK, NY.- This Saturday, October 30, 2010, the New Museum will begin preparations for a new façade sculpture. Isa Genzken's Rose II (2008) will be the second work presented on the Museum's second-floor ledge, which was designed to host a rotating program of sculpture installations. Isa Genzken has a distinguished history in public sculpture, with works in public and private venues throughout Europe. Standing twenty-eight feet in height, Rose II (2008) will be Isa Genzken's first public sculpture in New York. The sculpture is scheduled to be fully installed by the end of November. The façade Sculpture Program is made possible by an endowment established by The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust. In December 2007, Ugo Rondinone's Hell, Yes! (2001) was unveiled on the façade to celebrate the opening of the New Museum's first freestanding building at 235 Bowery. The sculpture quickly became such a pivotal part of the Museum's ... More
Fair Weather at The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show
NEW YORK, NY.- Sixty-five of the world’s most influential art and antique dealers converged on the Park Avenue Armory, October 22-28, 2010 to participate in the 22nd annual International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show, a greatly anticipated event of the New York fall season. The prestigious “International Show” – which is the flagship fair organized by Anna and Brian Haughton - has retained its position as the premier showcase in America for top dealers from Europe and the United States for more than two decades. This year’s fair offered exciting panoply of collecting areas, from the Ancient World to the Contemporary, from East to West resulting in a rich multi-layered visual experience for the visitor. The fair opened to rave reviews and record crowd attended over its six day run and a sense of optimism prevailed among the dealers who brought their very best pieces to the fair. Highly coveted and ... More
Swann Galleries Sets World Record Price For Any Print by James A. M. Whistler Sold at Auction
NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Galleries’ auction of Whistler and His Influence on Wednesday, October 27 offered approximately 150 prints by James A. M. Whistler and his followers. Nearly 20 of these set world auction records, including the sale’s top lot, a very early impression of Nocturne, etching and drypoint on Japan paper, 1879-80, which became the most expensive Whistler print ever sold at auction when it brought $282,000. The luminous and richly inked etching was likely one of the first the artist made upon his arrival in Venice, and displays his sought-after butterfly signature. Todd Weyman, Swann Vice President and Director of the Prints & Drawings Department, said, “Setting the record price for any Whistler print shows the quality and scarcity of the material we have been able to gather in the past few seasons. This is the highest price for a print ever sold at Swann, solidifying Swann’s place in t ... More
David McGee's Ready Made Africans on View at the Menil Collection
HOUSTON, TX.- Ready Made Africans, a 2006 portfolio of lithographs by Houston-based artist David McGee (b. 1962), is now on view in the Menil Collection’s Surrealism galleries. Produced by the artist at San Antonio’s Hare and Hound Press, the portfolio is composed of five portraits of Hip Hop performers, including 50 Cent, Notorious B.I.G., a.k.a. Biggie Smalls, and Ghostface Killah. The name of a prominent Dada figure is emblazoned across the bottom of each sheet: Hugo Ball, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Kurt Schwitters, and Tristan Tzara. “These prints,” said McGee, “reflect my belief that the theories and principles of Dada are similar to those that dictate the theories of American-born Hip Hop, an African-American form of music whose influence crosses racial divides. These prints cross-pollinate word and image, blurring the line between Hip Hop and Dada identities.” Sometimes called “anti-art, ... More
Bud Ekins Collection to Be Offered at Classic California Sale
LOS ANGELES, CA.- With a long history of representing the legends of Hollywood at its annual Classic California Auction, Bonhams & Butterfields offers the collection of famed racer, stuntman and Triumph dealer Bud Ekins on November 13th at the Petersen Automotive Museum. Highlights from the collection include cars, motorcycles, personal never-before-seen photographs, trophies, posters, memorabilia, tools and racing jackets, as well as ephemera from best friend and collaborator Steve McQueen. Four- and two-wheeled machines on offer include several cars painted and pinstriped by famed Ekins employee Von Dutch and sidecars that were featured in classic films such as The Wild One, The Great Escape and Pearl Harbor. Highlights include: • 1905 REO Roadster, painted by Von Dutch • 1908 REO Tourer, painted by Von Dutch • 1908 Delaunay-Belleville H4 Double Phaeton, ex-Bill Harrah, painted by Von Dutch • 1915 Harley ... More
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