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A Sotheby's employee discusses the merits of the painting "La Belle Romaine" by Amedeo Modigliani during a preview of Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art auction in New York. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson.
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby's Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art is currently underway in New York and a number of exceptional prices have already been achieved: · A new auction record for Amedeo Modigliani was set tonight when the artist’s iconic Nu assis sur un divan (La Belle Romaine) sold for a remarkable $68,962,500. Five different bidders competed for the stunning nude, driving the price well past the more than $40 million* that had been expected. La Belle Romaine is from Modigliani’s most important series of nudes, all painted circa 1917. Other highlights thus far included two works sold tonight to benefit YoungArts, the core program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA): Le Bassin aux Nymphéas, a spectacular canvas from Claude Monet’s iconic water lilies series which sold for $24,722,500 and Amedeo Modigliani’s Jeanne Hébuterne (au chapeau), one of the artis ... More |
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The Giacometti Variations, an Original Project by John Baldessari, at the Prada Foundation
A man looks at a sculpture by U.S. artist John Baldessari during a show at the Prada Foundation in Milan. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini.
MILAN.- The Prada Foundation presents “The Giacometti Variations,” an original project by John Baldessari (born 1931, National City, CA), curated by Germano Celant, featured at its space in Via Fogazzaro 36, Milan, from October 29 to December 31, 2010. “The Giacometti Variations” is an installation conceived specifically for the exhibition spaces of the Prada Foundation and consists of nine sculptures made of resin and steel and sprayed with bronze, each 4.5 meters tall. Inspired by the imagery of the Swiss sculptor, the huge, oversized female figures take the slender, emaciated character of their bodies to an extreme: a vision of a monumental mannequin. Arranged in a row between the space’s columns and under its arches, the figures as a whole, in their stasis and linearity, recall a snapshot of a fashion show. Taking their cue from La petite danseuse de quatorze ans (1879-1881) by Edgar Degas, ... More | | Exhibition at the British Museum Brings Ancient Book of the Dead to Life
The coffin of Pasenhor, an influential member of the Libyan Meshwesh tribe, around the 22nd dynasty. AP Photo/Alastair Grant.
By: Jill Lawless, Associated Press
LONDON (AP).- As self-help manuals go, the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead has certainly stood the test of time. For centuries, the 3,500-year-old guidebook offered Egyptians a step-by-step guide to the journey from this life to the next. It remains famous, if poorly understood — a spooky collection of arcane symbols, crocodile-jawed monsters and jackal-headed gods. A major new exhibition at the British Museum hopes to shed new light on the book, which was not a single volume, but a series of spells and illustrations inked onto papyrus scrolls and designed to help the dead make the perilous journey to the afterlife. The show seeks to dispel the modern notion — partly created by all the tombs, mummies and funeral masks — that ancient Egyptians were obsessed with death. "They were not obsessed with death, ... More | | Memorabilia Relating to Darth Vader, Marilyn Monroe, James Bond, Tommy Cooper, King Kong and More on Sale
Seven candid photographs of Marilyn Monro behind the scenes of The Misfits, 1961 (part illustrated). Estimate: £4,500-6,500. Photo: Christie´s Images Ltd 2010.
SOUTH KENSINGTON.- This year’s Popular Culture: Film and Entertainment sale at Christie’s offers something for everyone, showcasing items worn, owned and signed by a whole host of iconic stars from the silver screen, as well as original film props and costume. Items relating to household names including Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Marlene Dietrich, and Charlie Chaplin, as well as the characters James Bond, HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey and numerous Disney characters are featured in the auction. Leading the sale is an exceptionally rare Darth Vader costume, with the main components, including the helmet and mask, considered to have been production-made for The Empire Strikes Back. The full costume is expected to realise £160,000 to £230,000 with a percentage of the proceeds being donated by the vendor to benefit Cancer Research UK. Romance, elegance and style were ... More |
 | Wallpapers by Contemporary Artists and Designers at Musée de design et d'arts appliqués contemporains
A woman looks at a wallpaper entitled 'Mao' by artist Andy Warhol. EPA/DOMINIC FAVRE.
LAUSANNE.- The mudac and the Musée de Pully have joined forces to present an exceptional exhibition devoted to wallpapers by contemporary artists and designers. Redoubling the available display wall space, these two institutions invite viewers to make highly innovative discoveries among recent creations by today’s artists and designers. An ethereal scenographic frame devoid of all furnishings or additions to the wallpapers assigns its true status and function to the medium. Over the last ten years, following upon wallpaper’s gradual loss of popularity in favor of more minimalist decors, wall coverings have made a strong come-back in our homes and on the white walls of art spaces. Artists and designers have regained interest in the medium, reverting to its colors, patterns and even forms of support: their latest creations are highly original, demanding and technological. By focusing on questions of discourse, status and ... More | | A Selection of Works from the 1960s and 70s by American Artist Michael Heizer at David Zwirner
Installation view of the Michael Heizer Works from the 1960s and 70s exhibition at David Zwirner. © 2010 Michael Heizer; courtesy of David Zwirner, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- David Zwirner presents a selection of works from the 1960s and 70s by American artist Michael Heizer (b. 1944) at the gallery’s 519 West 19th Street space. As a pioneer of the 1960s Land Art movement, Heizer has created a prolific and ambitious practice encompassing painting, sculpture, and large-scale earthworks. His paintings and sculptures, which he has produced intermittently throughout his career—manifest many of the ideas explored in his monumental works—which use land as a material form. Bringing together rarely seen paintings and sculptures from the 1960s and 70s, this exhibition reveals Heizer’s early engagement with the contrasting qualities of negative and positive forms. Heizer moved from California to New York City in 1966, where he began his career as a painter. He was attracted to the concepts and aesthetics of what ... More | | The Remarkable Journey of the Stansted Park Suite to be Offered at Christie's in New York
A pair of A George III Giltwood chairs, attributed to John Linnell, circa 1765-70. Estimate: 70,000 - 110,000 U.S. dollars. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2010.
NEW YORK, NY.- On November 23, Christie's 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe, including Oriental Carpets will include pieces from the historic Stansted Park suite of giltwood seat furniture, comprising three pairs of armchairs and a settee (estimate: $70,000-110,000 per pair of chairs and $50,000-80,000 for the settee). This sale marks the third time that Christie’s will have offered the suite in the past 100 years since it left Stansted. This elegant suite was almost certainly commissioned by the 2nd Earl of Halifax (the statesman for whom Halifax, Nova Scotia is named) for his stately mansion at Stansted Park in Sussex. It remained there until a fire consumed the building in 1900. It was sold at Christie’s in 1911 when it entered a glamorous new chapter among America’s collecting elite. Eleven chairs and two settees (including the offered lot) were acquired by Duveen’s ... More |
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Christie's Presents Rare and Exceptional Works from Its Classical and Modern Chinese Paintings Sale
A representative of auction house Christie's looks at a painting by Chinese artist Fu Baoshi entitled 'The Song of the Pipa Player'. EPA/YM YIK.
HONG KONG.- Christie’s Hong Kong will hold its Fall sales of Fine Chinese Modern Paintings and Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy on 30 November at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre. These sales will showcase over 350 rare and exceptional works from the Chinese masters, valued in excess of HK$260 million (US$34 million). Chinese calligraphy and paintings are among the most culturally rich and meaningful art forms and encapsulate the history of Chinese culture. The Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy sale will feature important works by artists spanning both Ming and Qing Dynasty (15th-19th Century), including Ming Dynasty calligraphers and painters such as Wang Duo, Ni Yuanlu, Huang Daozhou and Lan Ying, as well as important Qing artists such as BaDa ShanRen, Hua Yan and Yuan Jiang. The Fine Chinese Modern Paintings sale will present a body of magnificent works by renowned ... More | | Sir Norman Foster Designs Bodegas Portia: A New Winery for the Faustino Group
British architect Sir Norman Foster poses for photographs during the opening of the new building for Portia Winery. EPA/PACO SANTAMARIA.
BURGOS.- Bodegas Portia is a new winery for the Faustino Group in the Ribera del Duero, one of Spain’s foremost wine-producing regions. The project is Foster + Partners first winery and was an opportunity to look afresh at the building type, using the natural topography of the site to aid the winemaking process and create the optimum working conditions, while reducing the building’s energy demands and its visual impact on the landscape. The 12,500 square-metre facility has a production capacity of one million bottles per year. The building’s trefoil design expresses the three main stages of production: fermentation in steel vats; ageing in oak barrels; and finally, ageing in bottles. These are controlled by an operations hub at the core. The wings containing the barrels and bottle cellar are partly embedded into the ground to produce the most favourable environmental conditions for ageing the wine, while the fermentation wing is exposed, ... More | | Fifth Annual New York Art Book Fair Offers the Best in Contemporary Art-Book Publishing
The Fair hosts over 230 international presses. Free and open to the public November 5–7 at MoMA PS1.
NEW YORK, NY.- Printed Matter, the world’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to publications by artists, presents the fifth annual NY Art Book Fair, November 5–7 at MoMA PS1, Long Island City, Queens. Free and open to the public, the Fair hosts over 230 international presses, booksellers, antiquarian dealers, artists and publishers from twenty-one countries, offering the best in contemporary art-book publishing. Philip Aarons, Chairman of the Board for Printed Matter, said: “The NY Art Book Fair is the premier venue to find what’s new in art publishing. While it has spawned a new generation of independent art book fairs world-wide, it remains the biggest, the best, and by far the most fun.” The NY Art Book Fair includes special project rooms, screenings, book signings, and performances, throughout the weekend. Other events include the third annual Contemporary Artists’ Books Conference an ... More |
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MoMA to Present the Most Extensive Exhibition of Weimar Cinema Ever Mounted in the U.S.
Die Büchse der Pandora. Courtesy of MoMA.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art, in association with the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau Foundation in Wiesbaden and in cooperation with the Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin, presents Weimar Cinema, 1919–1933: Daydreams and Nightmares, the most comprehensive exhibition surveying the extraordinarily fertile and influential period in German filmmaking between the two world wars. It was during this period that film matured from a silent, visually expressive art into one circumscribed yet enlivened by language, music and sound effects. This four-month series includes 75 feature-length films and 6 shorts―a mix of classic films and many motion pictures unseen since the 1930s―and opens with the newly discovered film Ins Blaue Hinein (Into the Blue) (1929), by Eugene Schüfftan, the special effects artist and master cinematographer originally renowned for his work on Fritz Lang‘s Metropolis (1927). Running November 17, ... More | | Portraits of First World War Veterans Presented to The Queen Go on Display at Windsor Castle
Study of Harry Patch: ‘The Last Tommy’, 2008. © 2010, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
LONDON.- First World War veterans will be remembered at Windsor Castle in portraits by the artist Dan Llywelyn Hall. Two of the longest-surviving veterans, Henry Allingham (1896-2009) and Harry Patch (1898-2009), whose lives spanned three centuries and six monarchs, will be the subject of a small display in the Castle’s Drawings Gallery from 3 November (until 6 February 2011). The two studies for oil paintings and a limited-edition print will be shown alongside the poem Last Post by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, which was presented to The Queen last year. Henry Allingham was the world’s oldest man when, at the age of 113, he met Dan Llywelyn Hall in June 2009, a month before he died. During the First World War he enlisted as an aircraft mechanic with the Royal Naval Air Service, later the Royal Air Force, and was awarded the French Légion ... More | | Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin's Premier Contemporary Art Center, Reopened to the Public
Arthouse building image. Photo © Michael Moran.
AUSTIN, TX.- Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin’s premier contemporary art center, reopened to the public October 24, 2010, after an extensive renovation and expansion project designed by award-winning New York architectural firm Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects. Exhibitions for the reopening include commissions of new work by Jason Middlebrook, Tony Feher, and Ryan Hennessee, along with solo presentations of work by Mequitta Ahuja, Cyprien Gaillard, and James Sham. Arthouse’s new architecturally significant facility, along with its ambitious exhibitions and programming, position the contemporary art center as a major cultural destination for all visitors. Arthouse at the Jones Center acts as a cultural hub in downtown Austin, offering free opportunities to investigate and experience the art of our time. Transforming detritus from Arthouse’s building renovation into sculpture, dining furniture, and o ... More |
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Image Used in Classic British Anti-War Film for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- In its first major Prints auction since the record sale of Edvard Munch’s ‘Madonna’ for £1,252,000 in July, Bonhams is featuring a dramatic image by the renowned First World War artist, C. R.W. Nevinson, which was recreated in the classic anti-war film “Oh What a Lovely War.” ‘Nerves of An Army’, from 1918, is archetypal Nevinson. It shows four soldiers perched at the top of a telegraph pole, the angles of the men’s bodies juxtaposed with the pole’s cross struts and the communication lines they are mending. So stark is this image that Richard Attenborough used it in his directorial debut film, the classic, ‘Oh What A Lovely War’. “Certain images in my movies have been directly influenced by art,” he said. “Nevinson’s etching of four soldiers up a telegraph pole during the First World War is painstakingly recreated in my first film as a direc ... More
The Art Auction at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Raises $2.8 Million
CHICAGO, IL.- The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, celebrated its highest grossing benefit event in the history of the museum at The Art Auction on Saturday, October 30, 2010, that raised $2,800,000 for MCA programming. The highest winning bid of the night was $640,000 for a new painting by Luc Tuymans, who currently has a feature exhibition on view at the MCA. The event took place at the MCA with the artwork hanging in the museum's galleries. The 550 guests featured a who's who of Chicago philanthropists including Penny Pritzker, Desiree Rogers, Linda Johnson Rice, Neil Bluhm, Jim Gordon, Marty Nesbitt, Gretchen Jordan, Anne Kaplan, Sally Meyers Kolver, Nora Daley Conroy, and Larry and Marilyn Fields. Artist Olafur Eliasson was a special guest. The event was co-chaired by Leslie Bluhm and David Helfand, and Liz and Eric Lefkofsky. The evening began with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres in the galleries while guests b ... More
First New York City Museum Exhibition in All Media at American Folk Art Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was one of the most complex and multifaceted self-taught artists in the United States. Over a fifty-year period, between the late 1930s until his death in 1983, Von Bruenchenhein produced expansive bodies of work in poetry,photography, ceramics, painting, objects made from chicken and turkey bones, and drawing. The exhibition Eugene Von Bruenchenhein: "Freelance Artist—Poet and Sculptor—Inovator—Arrow maker and Plant man—Bone artifacts constructor—Photographer and Architect—Philosopher," on view from November 4, 2010 - October 9, 2011, marks the first New York museum presentation of his work across all disciplines. Organized by guest curator Brett Littman, executive director of The Drawing Center, the exhibition is comprised of approximately 100 objects drawn primarily from the American Folk Art Museum's extensive holdings as well as loans from several private collections. "The American Folk ... More
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