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A visitor looks at an art installation 'Untitled (Hold no. 1) by Turner Prize 2010 shortlisted artist, Angela de la Cruz. AP Photo/Sang Tan.
LONDON (AP).- The Tate Britain museum is to exhibit works being considered for this year's Turner Prize. Four artists are competing for Britain's best known contemporary art prize, which in the past has often been controversial. The exhibit will open Tuesday, with the winner to be announced at the museum in early December. The four artists on the shortlist include painter Dexter Dalwood, painter and sculptor Angela de la Cruz, sound artist Susan Philipsz, and the artist-led collective The Otolith Group. The competition is open to artists under 50 who were born, living or working in Britain. It carries a 25,000 pound ($39,600) prize. ... More |
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A Life-Size Bronze Sculpture by Henri Matisse Could Fetch $35 Million at Auction
Henri Matisse, (1869-1954), Back IV (Nu de Dos, 4eme etat), Conceived in Nice, 1930. Estimate: $25,000,000-35,000,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.
By: Chris Michaud
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- A life-size bronze sculpture by Henri Matisse, which has never been sold at auction, is expected to be the star of the autumn art sales and could fetch up to $35 million, art experts said. Matisse's "Back IV (Nu de Dos, 4eme etat)," circa 1930 is being sold at Christie's on November 3 by a private European collector, whom the auction house declined to name. But Christie's said the owner recognizes the tremendous market opportunity for modern sculpture at this time. "Conceived on an epic scale, Back IV is a powerfully reductive expression of the human form that stands as a milestone in the evolution of modernist style," said Conor Jordan, the head of Impressionist and Modern Art for Christie's Americas. Another life-size sculpture, Alberto Giacometti's "Walking Man I," briefly ... More | | The Grammy Museum Premieres Its Latest Exhibit: John Lennon, Songwriter
An outfit worn by John Lennon on the cover of the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album. REUTERS/Fred Prouser.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The GRAMMY Museum® today debuts its latest exhibit, John Lennon, Songwriter, in association with Hard Rock International, in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the legendary artist's birth on Oct. 9. The exhibition will pay tribute to the seven-time GRAMMY® winner's songwriting genius, his roots and influences, and will explore various elements of Lennon's songwriting history. "We are privileged and honored to open our newest exhibit, John Lennon, Songwriter, in commemoration of one of the most prolific and profound songwriters of our time," said Robert Santelli, Executive Director of the GRAMMY Museum. "Lennon's songs are as insightful and empowering as ever, and they continue to inspire and change the world. We are grateful to Yoko Ono for choosing the GRAMMY Museum as a temporary home to display some of these memorable and important pieces that illustrate the breadth of her late husband ... More | | La Belle Romaine to Lead Sotheby's November 2010 Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale
A visitor looks on a painting by Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani entitled 'Nu Assis Sur un Divan (La Belle Romain)'. EPA/YM YIK.
NEW YORK, NY.- Amedeo Modigliani’s Nu assis sur un divan (La Belle Romaine), the finest painting by the artist to appear at auction in recent years, will lead Sotheby’s 2 November 2010 Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in New York (est. in excess of $40 million**). La Belle Romaine ranks among the definitive nudes in the history of Western art, continuing in the tradition of Botticelli's Venus, Velazquez's Rokeby Venus, Ingres' Baigneuse turque and Manet's Olympia. The work will be on view in Sotheby’s Hong Kong and London galleries before returning to New York for exhibition and sale*. Simon Shaw, Head of Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Department in New York, said, “La Belle Romaine is a true icon. Alongside other nudes in the series, she represents Modigliani’s greatest achievement in painting. The work and artist both have a distinguished history at Sotheby’s. La Belle Rom ... More |
 | "Father of Indonesian Modernism" - S. Sudjojono's A New Dawn Sold for an Impressive US$1.4 Million at Sotheby's.
There was particularly strong interest in top-end Southeast Asian contemporary paintings. Photo: Sotheby’s.
HONG KONG.- Following the tremendous success of the Spring sale, Sotheby’s Autumn sale of Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings today commanded a stunning total of HK$78 million / US$10 million (high estimate: HK$45 million / US$5.7 million*), the highest sale total for a various owners sale in this category at Sotheby’s Hong Kong. Today’s sale provoked active participation in the room and over the phone. There was particularly strong interest in top-end Southeast Asian contemporary paintings, which led to two auction records set for two artists - S. Sudjojono, Father of Indonesian Modernism, and Filipino artist Ronald Ventura. S. Sudjojono’s A New Dawn sold for HK$10.7 million / US$1.4 million (high estimate: HK$2.5 million / US$322,000*) to a phone bidder after a few minutes of intense competition. Ronald Ventura’s contemporary work – Natural-Lies - spurred over 30 furious bids from ... More | | Exceptional Painting by George Stubbs to Be Offered for Sale at Sotheby's London in December
George Stubbs, Brood Mares and Foals (detail), Oil on canvas, Estimate: £10-15 million*, 100cm by 187cm. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- On Wednesday, December 8, 2010, Sotheby’s London will present for sale arguably the finest painting by the British master George Stubbs (1724-1806) ever to come to the market: Brood Mares and Foals, estimated at £10-15 million. Painted in 1767, at the height of the artist’s career, the mares and foals scene is a superlative example of Stubbs’ talents as both a horse and landscape painter. Never before offered for sale, the painting has remained in a distinguished family collection for all of its life to date and its appearance at auction therefore represents an exceptionally rare opportunity for both equestrian and British art collectors alike. The painting was probably commissioned by Colonel George Lane Parker, the second son of George Parker -- the second Earl of Macclesfield of Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire -- and an important owner of Stubbs’ work. It then passed to Thomas Parker, the third Ea ... More | | Chinese Collectors Smash Estimates At Sotheby's Contemporary Asian Art Auction In Hong Kong
This rare painting by Zhang Xiaogang sold for nearly US$7 million in Hong Kong. Photo: Sotheby's.
HONG KONG.- After strong showings at this year’s spring auctions in Hong Kong, we expected new Chinese collectors to dominate at Sotheby’s Contemporary Asian Art auction today in Hong Kong as they have at other recent wine, jewelry and jade sales. Apparently these collectors were in a buying mood today, as they pushed prices for top blue-chip contemporary artists — including Zhang Xiaogang, Fang Lijun and Liu Yue — beyond already high expectations, bringing the auction’s grand total to HK$210 Million (US$27 Million), comfortably above pre-sale estimates of HK$150 million (US$19 Million). Much as they have in other auctions over the past 18 months, collectors mainly from the Chinese Mainland showed a strong preference for works by increasingly scarce Chinese artists like Zhang Xiaogang, whose rarely seen early painting “Chapter of a New Century – Birth of the People’s Republic of China II” (1992) sold, apparently ... More |
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Painting by Marc Chagall Breaks Record at Seoul Auction's Modern and Contemporary Art Sale
Bestiaire et Musique by Marc Chagall - sold for HK$32,172,000.
HONG KONG.- Seoul Auction held its Modern & Contemporary Art Autumn Sale today in Hong Kong at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong. 60 superlative works by celebrated Western, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese artists were offered and a total of HK$78.52 million/ US$10.21 million was achieved. Discerning collectors from around the world congregated to compete for artworks of superb quality and rarity, leading to spirited bidding throughout the day. The top lot, Bestiaire et Musique by Marc Chagall, sold for an exceptional price of HK$32,172,000/ US$4,183,615 to an Asian buyer after heated competition. It set a new record as the most expensive painting by a Modern Western artist ever sold at auction in Asia. Misung Shim, Managing Director of Seoul Auction Hong Kong Ltd. said, “We are very thrilled by the results of our auction today. The exceptional works by renowned ... More | | Christie's Hosts a Public Art Exhibition Showing Highlights of Modern Middle Eastern Art
Director of Christie's Middle East, Isabelle de La Bruyere (R) stands in front of a painting by Iranian artist Farhad Moshiri. EPA/STR.
DOHA.- Christie’s shows its support for Doha: The Arab Capital of Culture 2010, the initiative undertaken by the Arab League and Unesco to promote and celebrate Arab culture in the region. As part of the series of events planned, Christie’s international senior management team is hosting a public art exhibition over three days from 3-5 October, 2010, showing highlights of modern Middle Eastern art from the Collection of Dr. Mohammed Said Farsi, the first Lord Mayor of Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and one of the Middle East’s great patrons of visual arts. The exhibition is being held at The Four Seasons Hotel and open to the public on 4 and 5 of October. "We are delighted to see the presence of Christie's in Qatar, since their sales events are opportunities for learning, appreciation and acquisition. Their forthcoming ... More | | Muhammad Ali Memorabilia to Raise Over £7K for Parkinson's United Kingdom at Bonhams
A Muhammad Ali hand signed boxing glove. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- A collection of Muhammad Ali memorabilia, hand-signed and donated by the celebrated former boxer to Parkinson’s UK, a Parkinson’s disease charity, is to be sold at Bonhams, Chester as part of the Sporting Memorabilia sale on 20 October 2010. The three-time World Heavyweight Champion was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a degenerative disorder of the nervous system, in 1984, aged 42. He has donated 22 lots to Parkinson’s UK to aid the research and support provided by the charity. One of the highlights is a boxing glove (estimate £600 – 800), on which he has written: “Service to others is the rent that we pay on earth for our room in heaven.” Other important items include a sketch by Ali (estimate £300 – 400); a black and white signed photograph of Ali (estimate £150 – 200); a collection of six pictures and associated letters (estimate £400 – 600); and ... More |
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Fine Art Asia 2010: A Bridge between Tradition and Modernity, East and West Returns for 6th Edition
A woman walks past a painting, entitled Blackglama (Judy Garland), by US artist Andy Warhol at the Fine Art Asia 2010. EPA/ALEX HOFFORD.
HONG KONG.- Fine Art Asia 2010 returns to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 3-6 October 2010. The fair is now recognized as Asia’s premier annual art fair presenting a unique combination of Art and Antiques. Rare Himalayan bronzes, Chinese ceramics and works of art, furniture, textiles and jades will be featured in the Antiques section; while this year the Art section has expanded to showcase an exceptional selection of art from the 17th century to the present day. Highlights include important Old Master Paintings, and outstanding Modern & Contemporary works of art by celebrated artists including Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Emile-Antoine Bourdelle, Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst. Andy Hei, Founder and Director of FINE ART ASIA 2010, said: “FINE ART ASIA 2010 is the only fair in Asia where the link between tradition and modernity, East and West, can be ... More | | First Solo Display of Work by Photographer Mary McCartney at the National Portrait Gallery
Gwyneth Paltrow as Madonna by Mary McCartney, London, 2004 © Mary McCartney.
LONDON.- From Where I Stand is the first solo display of work by photographer Mary McCartney at the National Portrait Gallery. The display celebrates the publication of McCartney's first book, From Where I Stand, selected from her complete archive from the 1990s to the present. The display of 12 portraits will include portraits of well-known British figures from the worlds of art, film, fashion and music alongside portraits of McCartney's family. Photographs of PJ Harvey and British film directors from the Gallery's Collection will be on show besides portraits of Helen Mirren, Gwyneth Paltrow as Madonna, Sam Taylor-Wood and the Chapman Brothers, Tracey Emin as Frida Kahlo, Vivienne Westwood and Lily Cole amongst others. In an insight to Mary's world, both public and private, intimate portraits of Stella and Linda McCartney will also be exhibited. Mary McCartney ... More | | Exhibition at the Museo Picasso in Malaga Explores the Toys of the Avant-Garde
Toys of the Avant-garde will examine the hitherto little-explored relationship between art and teaching.
MALAGA.- Toys of the Avant-Garde will illustrate at the Museo Picasso Malaga early 20th-century interest in making children familiar with the shapes and ideas of modern art. Pablo Picasso, Giacomo Balla, Alexander Calder, Fortunato Depero, Alexandra Exter, Paul Klee, El Lissitzky, Joan Miró, Alexander Rodchenko, Oskar Schlemmer, Edward Steichen, Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Joaquín Torres-García are among the numerous artists and authors whose work will be shown. With nearly six hundred objects on show, play serves as the narrative thread for an exhibition that covers such diverse disciplines as art, literature, theatre, photography, graphic design and film. Toys of the Avant-garde will examine the hitherto little-explored relationship between art and teaching, in the numerous projects for children that appeared in Europe during this revolutionary period. Nowadays, they are seen as ... More |
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Inverted, Upside-Down, Contorted: Mirror Images in New Exhibition at Phæno in Wolfsburg
WOLFSBURG.- Phæno is showing fascinating mirror images in its new exhibition. Mirrors are among the most familiar everyday objects we have, over which we no longer waste a second thought. Nevertheless, if we look a little closer, they are by no means just functional objects but in many ways thought-provoking and inspiring as well. Kaleidoscopes, distorting mirrors and the perfect shopping mirror – phæno has gathered together a wide selection of mirror exhibits in collaboration with the Swiss Science Centre Technorama. More than 40 exhibits provide a sim-ple yet intriguing and aesthetically pleasing access to the world of mirrors. The exhibits are different and varied and are therefore impressive from a variety of perspectives: not just adults, with or without interest in the physics in-volved, but also children find it fun and challenging to lose themselves in the distortions and multiple reflections. The ... More
Christie's Presents the Stuart Collection of Magnificent Regency Silver
NEW YORK, NY.- On October 19, Christie's will present an exquisite group of Regency and George IV silver from The Stuart Collection. Assembled by a gentleman from Louisiana, this superb assortment of over 50 works from celebrated artists such as Paul Storr, Philip Rundell, and Robert Garrard II, encompasses an impressive range of style and forms that captured the opulence of England in the early 19th century. Leading the collection is a monumental pair of George IV silver-gilt double wine coaster wagons, mark of Edward Barnard & Sons, London, 1829 (estimate: $400,000-600,000). These magnificent wine trolleys, or "jolly wagons," are exceptionally large and sculptural examples, with a silver content of over 354 ounces. Each wagon would have held decanted wine and port and was passed to guests along the dining table. ... More
Scotland + Venice Announces Karla Black to Represent Scotland at 54th Venice Biennale
EDINBURGH.- Scotland + Venice announced that Karla Black has been chosen to represent Scotland at the 54th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale, the world’s largest and most prestigious showcase for contemporary visual arts. The exhibition will be curated by The Fruitmarket Gallery and will, as in 2009, be presented at Palazzo Pisani (S. Marina), Venice , from 4 June – 27 November 2011. Karla Black makes sculpture which she has described as “actual physical explorations into thinking, feeling, communicating and relating; parts of an ongoing search for understanding, through a material experience that has been prioritised over language”. She works most frequently with loose materials - plaster, chalk dust, pigment, soil, sawdust - and with ... More
100-Year-Old Pennsylvania Museum Time Capsule Found Spoiled
PITTSBURGH (AP).- Western Pennsylvania officials were hoping for a grand unveiling of a century-old time capsule over the weekend, but they say both the capsule and their plans were spoiled. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review says the copper container was removed from the cornerstone of the 100-year-old Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh last week. But inside, officials found 11 cents in change, two lead soldiers, a tattered silk flag — and rotted news pulp, Confederate currency and photographs. Officials say the lid of the cornerstone was apparently never soldered shut so moisture got in. Museum officials plan to try to save what they can, and next year entomb a new capsule to be opened by Pittsburghers of the early 22nd century. ... More
Well-Known Austrian Architect Dies
VIENNA (AP).- An influential Austrian architect has died a few days after his 90th birthday. The Austrian Museum of Architecture in Vienna says Johannes Spalt died Saturday, three days after his birthday. Spalt, whose death was announced Monday, was considered one of the greatest post-war Austrian architects. While still at university, he co-founded the now famous "arbeitsgruppe 4", which shaped the architectural landscape in Austria's rural regions with churches and other public buildings that promoted the modern approach in traditional landscapes. Spalt was rector at the University for applied arts and was awarded the order of merit of Vienna and other prizes for his outstanding contribution to the field of architecture. ... More
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