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A worker makes last touches to artwork "Sala de Juntas" of Cuban artist Los Carpinteros at Madrid's International Contemporary Art fair ARCO in Madrid February 15, 2011. The fair will be open from February 15 to 20. REUTERS/Sergio Perez.
MADRID.- ARCOmadrid opens its doors on February 16th to art world professionals from noon to 9 pm, who can now get their passes to the fair online in the Request for Professional Access section on our web. After two professional preview days, the fair opens to the general public on Friday 18th until Sunday 20th, from noon to 8 pm. The public can also get their tickets online. Vouchers for RENFE (trains) and IBERIA (airline) offering discounts on tickets between 30% and 50% can also be downloaded. Anyone interested in knowing more about the upcoming fair can find what they are looking for in INFOARCO, also available on our web. INFOARCO contains details of how to get there, admission, galleries, the different sections, awards, prizes, etc. plus lots of useful information on Madrid and what's happening artwise in the city during the fair. At the same time, this coming February 9th, ARCOmadrid is launching i ... More |
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Tate Offers a Fresh Assessment of the History of Watercolour Painting in Britain
A museum employee poses in front of "Vivace" from 1988 by Sandra Blow during a preview for Tate Britain's exhibition entitled "Watercolour". REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett.
LONDON.- Tate Britain will present a fresh assessment of the history of watercolour painting in Britain from its emergence in the Middle Ages through to the present day. This major exhibition will show around 200 works including pieces by historic artists such as William Blake, Thomas Girtin and JMW Turner, through to modern and contemporary artists including Patrick Heron, Peter Doig and Tracey Emin. Drawing out a grand history which traces the origins of watercolour back to medieval illuminated manuscripts, the exhibition will reassess the commonly held belief that the medium first flourished during a ‘golden age’ of British watercolour, from roughly 1750-1850. It will reveal an older tradition evident in manuscripts, topography and miniatures. It will also challenge the notion that watercolour is singularly British by showing some key watercolours from ... More | | Sotheby's February 2011 Contemporary Art Evening Auction Realises $71,051,252
Gerhard Richter’s Abstraktes Bild - Tonight’s Top Lot - Sells For £7,209,250 / $11,547,056 / €8,607,827. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Tonight, Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening sale realised £44,359,900 /$71,051,252 /€52,965,613 - above the high estimate (£30.4-£43 million/$48.7-$68.9 million**). With ‘Looking Closely’, this sum brings the total for Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Auction Series so far this Season to £88,022,550 /$138,728,359 /€104,465,529 (est. £56-78 million) – well above combined pre-sale expectations – representing the second-highest total for a February Contemporary Art Sales Series in London and the highest total for a Contemporary Art Sales Series in London since July 2008. More than 200 clients from all corners of the globe registered to bid from the telephones and in the standing-room-only saleroom. Enthusiastic bidding for the first lot of the sale, Ai Weiwei’s hotly contested Sunflower Seeds, set the pace of the auction which went on to establish sell-through rates of 91.5% by lot ... More | | Exhibition in Valencia Marks the Centenary of the Birth of Artist Roberto Matta
A visitor looks at one of several works by Chilean surrealist artist Roberto Matta that form part of a retrospective exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of the artist's birth. EPA/JUAN CARLOS CARDENAS.
VALENCIA.- This exhibition, organised by the IVAM, the Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao and the Sociedad Estatal de Acción Cultural, commemorates the centenary of the birth of 20th century art. The exhibition comprises 32 paintings, some large-format, including a triptych and a polyptych. Matta has been considered the last great surrealist artist because of his importance in this movement during his stay in Paris. In his years of exile in New York, he was the link between surrealism and the young American artists of the New York School, such as Robert Motherwell, Jackson Pollock, Arshile Gorky and William Baziotes. He had a decisive influence on the development of American abstract expressionism. A precursor in the relationships between art, science and nature and the primordial role of art in ... More |
 | First Major Retrospective of the Artist Arman Presented by Museum Tinguely
A detail of the art work 'La colere monte' (1961) by French born US artist Arman is seen at the exhibition 'Arman' in the Museum Tinguely in Basel. The exhibition 'Arman' runs from 16 February until 15 May 2011. EPA/GEORGIOS KEFALAS.
BASEL.- From February 16 to May 15, 2011, Museum Tinguely is showing a comprehensive survey of the work of the artist Arman (1928-–2005). The exhibition is a cooperative project with Centre Pompidou in Paris, where it was presented last autumn to resounding acclaim, attracting a large number of visitors. With some 80 works contributed by leading museums and private collections, as well as a selection of films in large-scale projection, video recordings and documents, the second installment of the show in Basel features seven thematically arranged galleries providing a unique overview of the artist’s complete oeuvre from the early 1950s to his late work in the 1990s. Museum Tinguely is placing a special focus on Arman’s artistic pursuits in the 1960s and 70s. Five years after the artist’s death, this is the first major ... More | | Bas-Relief of a Sacred Character Discovered by Mexican Archaeologists at El Tajin
A sculptural tableau that represents a character with 2 left arms. Photo: Archaeologist David Andrade/INAH.
MEXICO CITY.- A fragment of a sculptural tableau that represents a character with 2 left arms, which might have been attached 1,100 years ago to the façade of the Niches Pyramid, was discovered by researchers of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in El Tajin Archaeological Zone, Veracruz. The finding took place in late 2010 in the bed of a stream located 100 meters to the west of the pyramid, when rain uncovered a fragment of sandstone (86 by 61 centimeters and 15 cm thick) with a bas-relief scene partially eroded. Its similarity with other tableaux, the last of them found in 1980 at Niches Pyramid, point out that the one recently discovered must have been exposed at the structure in late Epi Classic period and early Post Classic, between 900 and 1200 of the Common Era, declared archaeologist David Andrade Olvera, who works at El Tajin. “The bas-relief character is depicted with his face in prof ... More | | Frick Collection Exhibition Considers Rembrandt Through the Eyes of Two Collectors
Rembrandt van Rijn, Nicolaes Ruts, 1631. Oil on mahogany panel, 46 x 34 3/8 inches (116.8 cm x 87.3 cm). The Frick Collection, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- In the century that has passed since the collectors Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) and Frederik Johannes Lugt (1884-1970) began to acquire works by Rembrandt van Rijn, the world's view of the artist has changed dramatically. In the late nineteenth century the Dutch artist was perceived as an isolated and unrecognized genius, resistant to rules and increasingly withdrawn from society over time. Today he is generally viewed as an enormously ambitious artist whose extraordinary abilities and innovative style and technique brought him spectacular market success, international fame, and numerous followers during his lifetime. This winter, Rembrandt's legacy is the subject of The Frick Collection's special exhibition Rembrandt and His School: Masterworks from the Frick and Lugt Collections, which presents a selection of paintings, prints, and drawings by the master and the diverse group of Dutch artists ... More |
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Shane Guffogg's At the Still Point Series on View at Leslie Sacks Fine Art in Los Angeles
Shane Guffogg, At the Still Point 30, 2010, 60 x 60 inches. Photo: Courtesy Leslie Sacks Fine Art.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Shane Guffogg’s At the Still Point series began with a late 2009 drawing, Xingu I (Private collection, Santa Monica, California). So, for more than a year now, Guffogg has been drilling straight down with a single minded focus and the results have been profound. The paintings in this show, oils on canvas ranging from about 2 x 3 to 5 x 5 feet, are “abstract” in the conventional sense of the word but their subject is real: energy made visible. The best explanation of this work is provided by the following statement from the artist. One of the main ideas that fueled the abstract expressionist movement was the flattening of pictorial space; the denial of the Renaissance window. My recent paintings, collectively titled ‘At the Still Point,’ are not about flattening pictorial space but rather about creating it. Having the luxury of historical time to look back on abstract painting enables me to make abstraction my subject, just as a still li ... More | | The American International Fine Art Fair Closes with Record Attendance and Strong Sales
Roy Lichtenstein, Brushstroke V, 1986, wall sculpture cherry wood, varnished and hand-painted, ed. of 10, 159 x 79 x 36 cm., 60 x 31 x 13 1/2 in. Photo: Courtesy Galerie Terminus.
PALM BEACH, FL.- The American International Fine Art Fair closed its 15th edition with record attendance and strong sales reported by a number of dealers. More than 42,500 attendees visited the 10-day event. Many dealers reported outstanding sales results. “We had the best fair in the 14 years that we have been participating in Palm Beach,” said arms and armor dealer Peter Finer of London. Italian goldsmith and jeweler Buccellati echoed these sentiments: “This was also the best year in our long fair participation as well.” In reporting multiple important sales, Jonathan Green of Richard Green commented “We were very pleased with our Palm Beach results this year.” “The US economy, the general mood of the attendees and our sales has clearly improved this year,” said Michael James of The Silver Fund. ... More | | Union Square Hospitality Group Announces Forthcoming Cafe at The Whitney: Untitled
Robert Grosvenor, Tenerife, 1966. Fiberglass, plywood, steel and synthetic polymer lacquer, 66 x 276 x 6 3/4 in. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Howard and Jean Lipman Foundation, Inc. Photo: Sheldan C. Collins.
NEW YORK, NY.- Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG) announced the name, concept and chef for its forthcoming cafe opening March 2011 at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Named Untitled, this new cafe will present a contemporary take on the classic Manhattan coffee shop, and feature the simple, comforting and seasonal cooking of Executive Chef Chris Bradley, formerly the Executive Sous Chef of Gramercy Tavern. Opening in March 2011, Untitled will primarily serve breakfast and lunch, and will be accessible to both Museum visitors and non-museum guests; Untitled will be open for dinner exclusively on Saturdays and Sundays, featuring a set menu for the whole table that will change each night based on what’s fresh in the market. Inspired by the ... More |
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Rare Burges Furniture with Literary Connections Acquired for Bedford Museum
Nacissus Washstand, from the Cecil Higgins Collection.
BEDFORD.- Cecil Higgins Art Gallery & Bedford Museum has purchased a unique piece of furniture created by one of the UK’s most celebrated 19th Century makers. The rare item is a unique Zodiac settle designed by a leading figure of the 19th century Gothic Revival movement, William Burges. Designed for his own use, the Zodiac Settle (built around 1869) is an ornate canopied bench that combines the form of an Italian Renaissance day-bed with a castellated canopy. Subject to a temporary export bar as part of the work of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest (RCEWA), this unique and experimental piece of furniture has been acquired thanks to a £480,000 grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF), £190,000 from the Trustees of the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery and £180,000 from the Art Fund. Previousl ... More | | Property From The Life and Career of Musician Slash to Be Sold By Julien's Auctions
Slash 2011 Super Bowl Performance work ensemble. Est: $4,000 - $6,000. Photo: Shaan Kokin/Julien’s Auctions.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Julien’s Auctions, the world’s premiere entertainment memorabilia auction house located in Beverly Hills, announces the sale of exclusive property from legendary guitarist and musician Slash. Included in the auction sale are some of the iconic, Grammy-winning, rock guitarist and songwriter’s famous guitars, memorabilia, vehicles and personal furniture and décor from his Hollywood Hills residence. This is the first time such items from Slash’s personal collection have been offered globally for auction. Highlights from the sale include guitars from Slash's fabled personal collection, including a one of a kind custom Stravinski Fender Stratocaster (Est: $3,000-5,000), a B.C. Rich Red Mockingbird guitar (Est: $2,000-4,000), and two versions of Slash's very own Gibson and Epiphone Slash Les Paul signature model guitars in Tobacco ... More | | Outstanding Selection of Modern Drawings at Swan Galleries' Work on Paper Auction
John Marin’s very scarce Modernist etching, St. Paul's against the El, 1930, from an edition of about 20 ($7,000 to $10,000).
NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Galleries has long been known for their auctions of works of art on paper, and the large volume of Old Master through Contemporary Prints they sell. Recently, Swann has begun to expand the number and quality of unique works they offer, and the Thursday, March 3 auction contains a particularly strong selection of drawings by famed 19th-and 20th-century artists. Among the 19th-century examples are Paul Cézanne’s Étude de Pomme, watercolor and pencil, likely from a sketchbook, circa 1890 (estimate $70,000 to $100,000); Henri Toulouse-Lautrec’s La Misère a Londres, a group of three risqué pencil sketches, 1888 ($25,000 to $35,000); and Gustav Klimt’s Frauenakt, pencil on paper, circa 1897 ($10,000 to $15,000). A rich assortment of 20th-century drawings includes Amedeo ... More |
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Celebrity Cars on the Red Carpet at Fort Lauderdale Auction
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL.- Collector cars featuring celebrity provenance, including a 1957 Chrysler Imperial Convertible (estimate: $120,000 - $140,000) once owned by Howard Hughes, and the Batmobile (estimate: $200,000 - $275,000) from the 1995 film ‘Batman Forever’, are among the over 400 quality motor cars on offer at the Auctions America by RM Collector Cars of Fort Lauderdale sale being held at the Greater Fort Lauderdale / Broward County Convention Center March 4 – 6, 2011. “This year’s Fort Lauderdale event is shaping up to be one of the best offerings in my 30 years of hosting collector car auctions in Florida ,” said Donnie Gould, President, Auctions America. “Over 100 of these high-quality cars are being offered without reserve and there truly is something for every collector’s taste and budget.” A 1957 Chrysler Imperial Convertible is a rare find yet few, if any, have the ... More
Burial Site at Combe Capelle in France is Not as Old as Previously Assumed, by Several Thousands Years
BERLIN.- A team of scientists, comprising members from Berlin's Museum of Prehistory and Early History, Universität Greifswald, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig and the Leibniz Laboratory for Radiometric Dating and Stable Isotope Research in Kiel, have managed to unlock the secrets surrounding the dating of the burial site of Combe Capelle that was discovered by the Swiss researcher Otto Hauser in 1909. Since his sensational discovery, the site of Combe Capelle has long been considered one of the oldest finds of the remains of modern Homo sapiens anywhere in Europe. Due to the individual circumstances of the find, doubt was sometimes cast on its speculated age of more than 30,000 years and its connection with the transition to the Upper Palaeolithic (Châtelperronian). In spite of this, however, the remains (buried with a chain of mussel ... More
Queensland Treasures Back on Show as Cultural Centre Reopens
QUEENSLAND.- Premier and Arts Minister Anna Bligh announced the arts heart of Queensland, the Cultural Centre at South Bank, will reopen to the public on Wednesday, February 16, after it was closed due to flood damage. “Since flood waters inundated the lower-lying facilities of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), Queensland Museum South Bank, Queensland Art Gallery, State Library of Queensland and Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), a team of contractors and staff have been working round-the-clock to get the Centre reopened,” the Premier said. “The collections were kept safe and secure from floodwaters but all of the five buildings sustained minor damage, particularly to the complex electrical and mechanical systems. “With more than 3.9 million visits recorded across the precinct annually, we wanted to make sure these buildings and their ... More
Denver Art Museum's Petrie Institute of Western American Art Reaches Endowment Goal
DENVER, CO.- The Denver Art Museum’s (DAM) Petrie Institute of Western American Art, which develops original scholarship and Western American art exhibitions and programs for the public, has reached its endowment funding goal. More than $7 million was raised in three years by a challenge grant campaign to fund collections, programs and scholarship in perpetuity. The challenge was created in 2007 by longtime DAM trustee, Tom Petrie, who with his wife Jane donated $5 million to the endowment, including a $3 million outright cash gift, and a challenge to match additional donations dollar-for-dollar up to $2 million. The successful endowment campaign ends today, with 48 donors contributing to meet the fundraising goal. “I’m pleased with the community’s response to this challenge that Jane and I put forward to endow the Institute,” said Tom Petrie. “I credit former Denver Art Museum Director ... More
Smithsonian American Art Museum Invites Public to Vote on Games to be Featured in "The Art of Video Games" Exhibition
WASHINGTON, D.C..- The Smithsonian American Art Museum is inviting the public to help select the video games that will be included in its upcoming exhibition “The Art of Video Games,” which opens in Washington, D.C. March 16, 2012. The exhibition is the first to explore the 40-year evolution of video games as an artistic medium, with a focus on striking visual effects and the creative use of new technologies. Chris Melissinos, founder of Past Pixels and collector of video games and gaming systems, is the curator of the exhibition. Voting takes place online, www.artofvideogames.org, from Feb. 14 through April 7. A valid e-mail address is the only requirement to vote. The website offers participants a chance to vote for 80 games from a pool of 240 proposed choices in various categories, divided by era, game type and platform. The winning games will be displayed in the exhibition as screen shots and short video clips ... More
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