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Paul Gauguin's "Jeune tahitienne", a sculpture carved during the artist's first trip to Tahiti between 1891 and 1893, is seen at Sotheby's in New York. The intricate wooden bust is expected to sell for as much as $15 million when it is auctioned on May 3, according to Sotheby's. It depicts a young, unidentified Tahitian woman and includes jewelry which Gauguin made himself using seashells and pieces of red coral. REUTERS/Mike Segar.
By: Bernd Debusmann Jr.
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- An intricate wooden bust carved by Paul Gauguin is expected to sell for as much as $15 million when it is auctioned on May 3, according to Sotheby's. "Jeune tahitienne," which was carved by Gauguin during his first trip to Tahiti between 1891 and 1893, depicts a young, unidentified Tahitian woman and includes jewelry which Gauguin made himself using seashells and pieces of red coral. A piercing left on the ear is believed by experts to have once held a flower, and two foxes carved in the back of the neck represent a sort of signature Gauguin often used, with the foxes being representative of sexuality. "It's rare to see a piece of art of such great quality and with such a great story," said Simon Shaw, Sotheby's head of Impressionist and Modern Art. "It's truly unique." The 9.5 inch-high carving, which has not been seen in public since 1961, was given as a gift to then 10-year old Jeanne Fournier, the dau ... More |
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DC Moore Gallery Announces Acclaimed Painter George Tooker Dead at 90
George Tooker, The Subway, 1950 (detail), egg tempera on gesso panel, 18 1/8 x 36 1/8 in. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchased with funds from the Juliana Force Purchase Award, 50.23. Photograph courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- One of the most acclaimed painters of his generation, George Tooker (1920-2011) possessed an originality and depth of vision that is unsurpassed in modern American art. For over sixty years, he has been highly regarded for his luminous and often enigmatic work. His themes range from alienation and the dehumanizing aspects of contemporary society to personal meditations on the human condition. By reducing action and anecdote to subtle gestures and juxtapositions that carry meaning and express essential truths, Tooker created modern allegories without traditional narrative content. Tooker died at his home in Hartland, Vermont, on Sunday, March 27 at the age of ninety. The cause was kidney failure according to DC Moore ... More | | Getty Museum to Return Looted Painting Previously Owned by Jacques Goudstikker
Pieter Molijn and Jan van Goyen, Landscape with Cottage and Figures, about 1640 (detail). Oil on canvas. 175.3 x 228.6 x 12.7 cm (69 x 90 x 5 in.) No. 72.PA.27. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES (AP).- The J. Paul Getty Museum has agreed to return a 370-year-old painting that once belonged to an art dealer who fled Holland when the Nazis invaded in 1940. Jacques Goudstikker was the Netherlands' biggest art dealer in the 1930s. He was fleeing the Nazis with his wife and young son at the beginning of World War II when he fell through a trap door on an outbound ship and died. His collection was looted, with some works claimed by Adolf Hitler chief deputy Hermann Goering. Goudstikker's daughter-in-law, Marei von Saher, has spent years trying to track down the works. Her successes have been on tour around the country in an exhibition that ends Tuesday in San Francisco and featured 45 recovered pieces from the collection. The Getty bought the 1640 Pieter Molijn painting titled "Landscape With Cottage and Figures" in good faith ... More | | The Whitney Explores New Narratives through a Multi-Year Series of Collection Exhibitions
Preston Dickinson, Industry, c. 1923. Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 1/4 in. (76.2 x 61.6 cm) Whitney Museum of American Art; gift of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney 31.173
NEW YORK, N.Y.- This spring, the Whitney Museum of American Art inaugurates a multi-year exhibition initiative aimed at reassessing the Museum’s collection and, by extension, the history of twentieth- and twenty-first-century American art. As we approach groundbreaking for our downtown building project, the Whitney’s curatorial team has devised a series of collection installations that will serve as a laboratory for possible approaches to displaying the Museum’s holdings in its new building. From late April 2011, through the end of 2013, each of six consecutive exhibitions on the second floor of the Whitney’s Breuer building will present a focused look at roughly one to two decades of American art seen through a novel, sometimes revisionist lens. These exhibitions, unfolding in chronological order as part of a larger “exhibition in time,” collectively offer a panorama of a century of art in the Un ... More |
 | UC Berkeley Art Museum Receives Grant To Conserve Hans Hofmann Collection
Hans Hofmann, Sanctum Sanctorum, 1962; oil on canvas; 84 1/8 x 78 1/8 in.; gift of Hans Hofmann.
BERKELEY, CA.- The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is the recipient of a $93,825 award from the federal grant program Save America’s Treasures to conserve the museum’s remarkable collection of paintings by German-born artist Hans Hofmann (1880-1966), one of the most significant figures in the development of Abstract Expressionism. The grant supports essential conservation work on forty-eight paintings to resolve threats ranging from accumulated dust and debris to paint loss and instability, discoloration, and abrasions. Conservation work will take place over two years in collaboration with conservators at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Plans are currently under way for future exhibitions and a possible international tour following completion of the conservation project in 2013. A gift from the artist to More | | Getty Brings Together Over 40 Drawings, Predominantly Recent Acquisitions
Carl Barth, Portrait of Peder Hjort, about 1818 - 1819. Graphite and ink, 9.5 x 9.3 cm. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- In the past few years, the Getty Museum has focused on building its holdings of German and Austrian drawings from the 18th through the early 20th centuries thanks to important acquisitions and gifts, which is unveiled for the first time. Spirit of An Age: Drawings from the Germanic World, 1770—1900, on view March 29 through June 19, 2011 at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, brings together more than 40 works from the Museum's superlative drawings collection which highlight this new area of collecting and celebrate an era when drawing was an essential expression of the age. The exhibition highlights a period when the Germanic world underwent profound intellectual, social, economic, and political changes. Events such as the publications of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), the Industrial Revolution, ... More | | Property of a Palm Beach Private Collector Brings $8.4 Million at Sotheby's New York
A Rare Chinese ‘Famille-Rose’ ‘Millefleurs’ Altar Garniture, Qianlong Seal Marks and Period (detail). Estimate: $500,000-700,000. Sold for: $2,098,500 (£1,309,843). Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Following the success of last week’s Asia Week sales series at Sotheby’s New York, which brought an incredible $71.3 million for Chinese porcelain and works of art, today’s auction of Property of a Palm Beach Private Collector achieved $8,397,649, almost double the pre-sale high estimate*. The auction was led by a strong group of over 80 pieces of Chinese porcelain and works of art, most notably A Rare Large Chinese ‘Famille-Rose’ ‘Millefleurs’ Altar Garniture bearing six character Qianlong marks and of the period, which more than doubled it’s high estimate in selling for $2,098,500. The garniture has provenance going back to England at the end of the 19th century, and is further distinguished by the fact that all five pieces have survived together. Other highlights ... More |
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Acte2Galerie Presents Photographer Albert Watson in Solo Show at ArtParis 2011
Laetitia Casta by Albert Watson. Photo: Courtesy acte2galerie.
PARIS.- Acte2Galerie for ArtParis+Guest 2011 presents Albert Watson for the SOLO SHOW art fair. ArtParis+Guest is on view from March 31 to April 3, 2011 at le Grand Palais. Albert Watson has made his mark as one of the world's most successful fashion and commercial photographers during the last four decades, while creating his own art along the way. Over the years, his striking images have appeared on more than 250 covers of Vogue around the world and have been featured in countless other publications, from Rolling Stone to Time to Vibe many of the photographs iconic portraits of rock stars, rappers, actors and other celebrities. Albert was the official Royal Photographer for Prince Andrew's wedding to Sarah Ferguson.
Albert also has created the photography for hundreds of successful advertising campaigns for major corporations, such as the Gap, Levis, Revlon and C ... More | | Artspace.com Closes a $1.2 Million Round of Investment Financing and Launches Today
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NEW YORK, N.Y.- Artspace, the premiere online marketplace for contemporary art, announce the closing of a $1.2 million round of financing from professional and super-angel investors. Launching today, Artspace offers collectors and art enthusiasts the ability to discover, learn about and collect art from world-renowned contemporary artists and emerging talent at affordable prices ranging from $200 - $10,000. Artspace curators collaborate directly with artists, prominent cultural institutions and top commercial galleries to offer the best selection of limited edition and original works of art. In addition to the pieces available for purchase, Artspace, a trusted source for information and collecting, provides discovery tools and extensive material on artists, institutions, galleries and more as a way to help users make educated and inspired purchase decisions. Artspace partners include many of the most prestigious organizatio ... More | | Zoom: Italian Design and the Photography of Aldo and Marirosa Ballo at the Vitra Museum
Marco Zabuso's armchair Lady (1951). EPA/GEORGIOS KEFALAS.
WEIL AM RHEIN.- In the second half of the 20th century, Italian design attained worldwide recognition. The Milanese photographers Aldo Ballo and Marirosa Toscani Ballo played a considerable part in this success - there is hardly a design icon from that era which was not photographed in their studio. The exquisitely precise, dispassionate shots of the Ballos emphasized the beauty and functionality of the objects. This helped to convey their message: in the context of discussion of the relationship between object and medium, these images have influenced our perception of Italian design. Today, the archive of Studio Ballo documents an important chapter in Italian design history, of which it forms a significant part. Presenting outstanding objects with the Ballos' photographic interpretations, the exhibition presents this story as a discourse of empathy and interpretation, of the ... More |
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Madison Square Park Conservancy's Mad. Sq. Art Premieres Commissioned Film
Kota Ezawa’s City of Nature (2011). Courtesy of the artist and Madison Square Park Conservancy.
NEW YORK, NY.- Madison Square Park Conservancy’s Mad. Sq. Art announces the premiere of City of Nature, a new film by artist Kota Ezawa to be on view in Madison Square Park March 31 – May 15, 2011. Knitting together fleeting, split-second excerpts of popular films in which flora and fauna are the featured characters, the artist’s new animated video offers a six-minute cinematic comment on the juxtapositions between nature and culture in narrative mass media. Incorporating re-interpreted scenes from renowned films including Ang Lee’s iconic Brokeback Mountain to the Guy Ritchie directed, Madonna starring, Swept Away, the new Mad. Sq. Art commission will be screened continuously daily from 11am to 9pm. The artist, Kota Ezawa, comments, “City of Nature is an alternative to the mainstream nature film in that it weaves together 70 nature scenes from 20 different pop culture films through animation. T ... More | | The Collection Of Sir Daniel Donohue for Sale at Bonhams & Butterfields In Los Angeles
A French Gothic carved limestone figure of the Virgin and Child Normandy second half 14th century. Overall height 37in (94cm); Est. $4,000-6,000. Photo: Bonhams & Butterfields.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams announces the upcoming sales of the Collection of Sir Daniel Donohue. The extraordinary Collection is that of a true antiquarian, a manner that is rarely seen today. The offering is all encompassing and features more than 1,000 works, ranging from antiquities to 20th century decorative arts. Sales will begin with a two-day single owner auction on April 4-5, 2011, at the Los Angeles salerooms of Bonhams & Butterfields. Among the early works of art to be offered are a number of important religious pieces, including a Florentine carved marble tympanum from the late 15th/early 16th century in the style of Francesco de Simone Ferrucci (est. $25,000-35,000) and a large Italian Renaissance polychrome decorated terracotta figure of the Virgin and Child, possibly Siena, 15th century (est. $18,000 ... More | | Rare Work that Sheds Fascinating Light on British Delegation to China in 1954 to Be Shown
Stanley Spencer’s Ming Tombs (detail). Photo: Sotheby's.
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s announces the Hong Kong exhibition, between 1 – 6 April 2011, of a rare work that sheds fascinating light on a little-known British delegation to China in 1954 – just five years after the new People’s Republic of China was established – and well before the famous Nixon visit of 1972. The painting, Ming Tombs (estimated at £80,000-120,000/ HK$1-1.5 million*), by celebrated British artist Stanley Spencer – who came to be regarded in China as an English equivalent of Qi Baishi - forms part of the greatest collection of 20th-Century British Art ever to come to the market: The Evill/Frost Collection. The auction will be held as a stand-alone three-part sale which launches with an Evening Sale on Wednesday 15th June 2011 at Sotheby’s London. This incomparable collection comprises outstanding works of the highest calibre by Modern British masters including the most important & ... More |
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 New York Based Painter Edward del Rosario Opens 4th Solo Show at Richard Heller GallerySANTA MONICA, CA.- Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, presents the fourth Los Angeles solo exhibition for New York based painter, Edward del Rosario. The exhibition is on view from March 26th through April 30th, 2011. Del Rosario started his artistic practice as a performance artist and his sense of theatrical staging still influences the work. The actions and interactions of his cast of children, reptiles and animal human hybrids are carefully choreographed and suspended in space. The work is skillfully executed with a fine sense of balance between comedy, tragedy and the absurd. To quote the artist: “When I was younger, there was a time when we (my family) would say the rosary to a giant doll during the months of May and October.” For the past eight years I have been using painting to explore a narrative that deals with power struggles and the aftermath of a post post-colonial world. My paintings, o ... More Sotheby's to Offer The Greatest Collection of Domaine de la Romanée Conti and White BurgundyHONG KONG.- Sotheby’s April wine auctions in Hong Kong will present the most important collection of fine and rare wines to have appeared as a single sale at Sotheby’s for over a decade - The Ultimate Cellar, which will be auctioned over two days on 2 and 3 April 2011 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The Ultimate Cellar is breathtaking in its range and quality; nearly 11,000 bottles, including an exceptionally rare number of large formats, grouped into just under 1,300 lots will be offered and is estimated at HK$55 – 80 million (US$7 - 10 million),* making this sale the highest-value wine auction ever held at Sotheby’s Hong Kong. At a time when Asian collectors are buying the wines of Burgundy in ever increasing numbers,the sale offers the largest collection of wines from DRC, ever to be sold at auction. There are 2,800 bottles and 383 lots of DRC, spanning 60 years from 1942 to 2005. In ... More Ornamentum Gallery Chosen as Premier Contemporary Jewelry Exhibitor at Design Miami/ Basel 2011BASEL, SWITZERLAND.- Ornamentum Gallery will be the first and only contemporary jewelry gallery to be accepted as an exhibiting design gallery Design Miami/ Basel– the sister fair of Design Miami/, June 15 – 19, 2011. Ornamentum Gallery joined the roster of the world’s most important design galleries at Design Miami/ in 2008, by introducing the exciting medium of contemporary jewelry and jewelry derived-art objects. The gallery’s booth highlighted works from significant names in the field. “The momentum has been growing over the past three Design Miami/ exhibitions. We felt that it was the right time to take this step and introduce the gallery, and the field of contemporary jewelry to the Basel edition of the fair,” states Ornamentum co-director Stefan Friedemann. The vetting committee for this highly competitive fair agreed. They ... More The Katonah Art Center Encourages "Grownups" to Paint, Sculpt, or Play with ClayKATONAH, N.Y.- When do “grownups” get to play with art materials? Katonah Art Center’s directors Loren Anderson and David Hughes have the answer: The Katonah Art Center’s Art Day. On Saturday, April 3 from 12 – 3:00PM, Ms. Anderson and Mr. Hughes will encourage everyone—not just children—to try something new. Participants can draw, paint, sculpt, animate, create cartoons, or play music…all for FREE. For those who want to try drawing from life, there will be a model dressed in costume in one of the studios. Although the event is free, donations for the day will be accepted. All proceeds will go to the Katonah Art Center 131 Scholarship Fund, which raises money for disadvantaged children. “This is a great way to give something back to our community,” says Ms. Anderson. Adults and children can have fun creating; and we help underprivileged kids at the same time.&# ... More Visual AIDS Presents: A Special Viewing of Eric Rhein: "Transmutation" and "Between The Lines"NEW YORK, N.Y.- Visual AIDS and BoxoFFICE are pleased to present a special viewing of Eric Rhein: Transmutation and Between The Lines, readings by Bill Kushner and Dan Fishback. These events will take place on Saturday April 2 from 4- 6pm at BoxoFFICE, 421 Hudson Street, New York. Between The Lines readings will begin at 5pm. Eric Rhein, a native of New York's Hudson Valley, and resident of Manhattan, is known for his refined and passionate wire drawings which combine human forms with animal and plant life. He weaves personal stories, experiences, and mysticism into explorations of the powerful connections among man, nature, and the spiritual world. Transmutation, which is on view through April 9, 2011, features Rhein's own photographs, as well as vintage photography of male nudes, combined with found objects and bronze and silver castings of leaves and twigs. B ... More The Creators of the Grammy Nominated Her Morning Elegance Launch the First Global Excision Art ProjectSANTA MONICA, CA.- The Her Morning Elegance Gallery has, for the first time ever, taken a music video apart frame by frame and begun to distribute the video as photography all over the world. Through the online Her Morning Elegance Gallery, each photo-quality 'excised' frame is being offered as a single edition, signed and numbered photograph. With over 18 million YouTube views, Her Morning Elegance is the most successful stop-motion video ever made. It has been screened at The Cannes Lion International Festival of Creativity, Pompidou Center, Le Hors Piste Film Festival, SXSW and The Los Angeles Film Festival. It has inspired the art community and in return gained a nomination for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. Together with the music video's success and the opening of the Her Morning Elegance Gallery, a new form of art has been born. "The video was created using a tec ... More Phillips de Pury & Company Announces the Highlights from Design AprilLONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company announce the highlights from its Design London April auction featuring 154 lots with a low estimate of £1,934,500/ $3,140,500 and a high estimate of £2,912,500/$4,728,202. Phillips de Pury & Company’s Design department continue to demonstrate leadership in presenting important French, Italian, American and Scandinavian 20th-century design to the market. “The current London Design auction builds on our recent successes by focussing in on a number of key areas of the market. Notably we are offering a particularly strong mid-century French group from pioneering Designers such as Jean Royere, Serge Mouille, Jean Prouve and Charlotte Perriand. We will also be showing some spectacular Italian works by Franco Albini, Anna Castelli Ferrieri, Gio Ponti and Max Ingrand and actual trends will be reflected with a selection of pieces by Contemporary Design superstars such as David Adjaye ... More |
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