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British artist duo Gilbert (L) and George pose next to their works at the gallery Arndt in Berlin, Germany, 28 April 2011. Gilbert and George are presenting their artworks at the seventh Gallery Weekend that takes place between 29 April and 01 May 2011 and features 44 participating galleries. EPA/JOERG CARSTENSEN.
BERLIN.- Arndt presents the second solo exhibition with Gilbert & George featuring the new series The Urethra Postcard Art. In 2009, nearly four decades after their first exhibition of POSTCARD ART, and twenty years since their last group of pictures to be made in the medium of postcards, Gilbert & George returned to the form to make the epic and dazzling group of 564 new pieces that comprise The Urethra Postcard Pictures. This is the single largest group of art works made by Gilbert & George, and in turn comprises seven individual groups of new Postcard Pictures. Arndt will exhibit 52 of these works. The art of Gilbert & George has always described, with utmost clarity, poignancy and intensity, the unifying experiences of being alive in the modern world. The artists have addressed those subjects that are seldom considered within the language and focus of contemporary art and culture: that which is lowly, discarded, hidden ... More |
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An Exceptional Silver Drinking Cup Made Around 1180 to Be Sold at Sotheby's
A silver cup on foot, circa 1180, probably France. Est.300.000-400.000€. Photo: Sotheby's/ ArtDigital Studio.
PARIS.- Sotheby's sale of Important European Silver, Gold Boxes & Objects Vertu in Paris on May 17 will include an exceptional silver drinking cup made around 1180, probably in France (estimate €300,000–400,000*). No public or private collection holds a piece of such age and with this specific iconography. The cup's decoration is spangled with astral symbols. The eight-branch star, the two circles around the basilisk, and the moon-like shapes evoke scientific works of the early medieval period, and portrayals of the heavens by Western and Oriental astrologists. The planet-like seeds can be interpreted as pomegranate seeds symbolizing fertility. The geometric design, and the creature engraved in the centre of the goblet, are typical of the early Middle Ages. The Basilisk features prominently in 12th/13th century imagery, ... More | | Frida Kahlo Portrait to Be Sold at Sotheby's Auction of Latin American Art
A locket-size self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. REUTERS/Sotheby's.
By: Walker Simon
NEW YORK, NY (REUTERS).- A locket-size self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and a historical sweep of works by Fernando Botero will be sold next month at Sotheby's auction of Latin American Masterpieces. Sotheby's said "Autorretrato en Miniatura," or self-portrait in miniature, which sold for $225,750 in 2000, could fetch up to $1.2 million. It is Kahlo's smallest work, measuring just 2 inches by 1-5/8 inches, the auction house said. In the oval portrait, she appears youthful and serene and wears chandelier-like earrings that emit a muted sparkle. "This is one of the sexiest Kahlos I've ever seen. She is sending it to her lover, so she is presenting her best face forward," said Sotheby's Latin American head ... More | | The Highlight of Sotheby's Amsterdam Old Master Paintings Sale: A School Class by Jan Steen
Jan Steen (1626-1679), A school class with a sleeping schoolmaster, 1672 (detail). Oil on panel. Estimate €300,000 – 400,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
AMSTERDAM.- The highlight of the Old Master Paintings sale at Sotheby’s Amsterdam on Tuesday, 10th May, 2011 is A school class with a sleeping schoolmaster by Dutch Golden Age Artist Jan Steen (1626-1979). This painting may be regarded as one of Jan Steen’s finest treatments of a schoolroom interior. Furthermore, it is thus far his only known representation of a schoolroom that is both signed and dated and which has remained in private hands. The work has a remarkable provenance, going back as far as 1764, including the distinguished Baring Collection in the 19th Century. This exciting picture, dated 1672, perfectly demonstrates Steen’s mastery at depicting the humorous side of everyday life, which remains as true to life and as ... More |
 | The Design Exchange Opens Guy Tillim Exhibition as Part of Scotiabank Photo Festival
City Hall, Lubumbashi, DR Congo, 2007.
TORONTO.- – The Design Exchange, Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival and Wedge Curatorial Projects is proud to present Guy Tillim: Avenue Patrice Lumumba from April 20 to June 14, 2011. Avenue Patrice Lumumba by South African artist Guy Tillim, examines modern history and architecture in Africa, set against the backdrop of its colonial and post-colonial roots. These poignant photographs trace Patrice Lumumba’s nationalist legacy across numerous African countries, including Mozambique, Angola and The Democratic Republic of Congo. Patrice Lumumba was one of the first elected African leaders and became the first prime minster of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was assassinated a mere ten weeks after he spoke out against human rights violations, at a time when his country had just earned independence from Belgium in 1960. Today many African cities, streets, avenues and squares are named in his honor, representing ... More | | Guggenheim Appoints Catherine Carver Dunn and John L. Wielk, Deputy Directors
Catherine Dunn. Photo: Jonathan Blanc.
NEW YORK, NY.- Richard Armstrong, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, today announced the appointment of Catherine Carver Dunn as Deputy Director, Advancement. In this new position, Dunn will be responsible for directing the major forthcoming capital campaign; planning, managing, and implementing of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation’s global individual-development program; and organizing special events. Dunn begins July 1. At the same time, Armstrong announced the internal promotion of John L. Wielk to Deputy Director, Corporate and Institutional Development, effective immediately. Wielk joined the Guggenheim in 2006 as Executive Director of Corporate and Institutional Development, the chief development officer responsible for the museum’s global corporate, foundation, and government fund-raising to support the full range of museum operations. "I am extremely pleased to welcome ... More | | More than 400 Galleries from 33 Countries at the 29th Art Brussels Contemporary Art Fair
An exhibit of a crocodile made by French artist Capitaine Lonchamps is displayed at the Nadja Vilenne Gallery during the Art Brussels Contemporary Art Fair in Brussels April 28, 2011. REUTERS/Thierry Roge.
BRUSSELS.- Now in its 29th year, the Art Brussels art fair, which runs from Thursday 28 April to Sunday 1 May 2011 is already being heralded as a must-see event for all lovers of contemporary art. Art Brussels, the fair for established and upcoming talent, excels at blending both into a unique concept. Art Brussels is a global player in the contemporary art field and manages, now more than ever, to maintain itself at the top of the major international art fairs. More than 400 galleries from 33 countries have submitted an application in the hope of being selected for the exhibition. A selection which is becoming increasingly difficult every year, due to the ever increasing number of prominent galleries that apply. The international selection committee selected 170 art galleries. Roughly one quarter of the galleries ... More |
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Klemens Gasser and Tanja Grunert Present their Second Solo Exhibition of Michael Alan
Michael Alan, Collapsible Anatomy, 2011. Watercolor, ink, pen, paint on paper mounted on board, 40 x 30 inches, 102 x 76 centimeter. Photo: Courtesy Gasser Grunert.
NEW YORK, NY.- Klemens Gasser and Tanja Grunert present their second solo exhibition of Michael Alan. The exhibition is on view from April 28th through June 23rd, 2011. Collapsible Anatomy is a celebration of the universal condition: beauty, delicacy, strength and change. Assembling unusual and unique visual connections, it’s an exclamation of life at its strongest and most vulnerable state. This exhibition examines our deceptive frailty by exploring the relationship between emotional states and the physical body: how our feelings are reflected by our forms. The result is presented as an architectural, animated image. The combination of technique creates the illusion of volume and depth – by showing the inner workings, the guts and the worlds within us. Collapsible Anatomy is about the ways in which the corporeal manifests into emotional states and the intangible influences physical reality. Alan’s images are ... More | | The Mint Museum to Celebrate Romare Bearden with Major Retrospective
Romare Bearden, Profile/Part I, The Twenties: Mecklenburg County, Sunset Limited, 1978 (detail). Collage on board, 15 ½ x 20 ¼ in. Ute and Gerhard Stebich. Photo: R. Kasper Art © Romare Bearden Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
CHARLOTTE, N.C.- This fall, The Mint Museum presents a major retrospective of the work of Romare Bearden (1911-1988), widely regarded as one of America’s most pre-eminent African American artists and foremost collagists, as well as a noted writer and musician. The exhibition Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections surveys 50 years of the artist’s work, from his early abstract paintings to the influential collages that dominated his later body of work. Opening on the centennial of Bearden’s birth, the exhibition will be on view at the Mint Museum Uptown (at Levine Center for the Arts, 500 South Tryon Street) from 2 September 2011 – 8 January 2012. “Romare Bearden broke new ground with his innovative collages and left a powerful legacy to generations of American artists,” said Curator of Contemporary ... More | | The Charles Riva Collection Presents Exhibition of Selected Works by Paul McCarthy
Paul McCarthy, Silver Santa, 2007, Silver - Charles Riva Collection - Photo by Tom Powell, courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth.
BRUSSELS.- Charles Riva Collection presents an exhibition of Selected Works by Paul McCarthy from 1993 to 2009, rarely shown in Brussels. Paul McCarthy's (1945) career, spanning over forty years of production, can at once be summarized as chaotic, grotesque, and provocative. His work stems from an adolescence in American popular culture saturated with corn syrup, ketchup, and coca cola, childrens' toys and Disney - materials and references which act as sweetened and cheapened metaphors for the very most basic elements of human life: sweat, blood, sex, desire, feces. McCarthy's world -as represented through his work- is cruel and euphoric but oddly familiar, often taking the form of a skewed allegory or fairytale (Pinocchio or Heidi, for example). His adaptations of these stories methodically predict human excess, spilling proverbial guts and blood to cut ... More |
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The Fleming Collection to Open a New Gallery to Enable Rotation of Works of Art
Anne Redpath (1895-1965), The Orange Chair, c.1944. The Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation.
LONDON.- A new upstairs gallery is to be opened by The Fleming Collection, which has become an embassy for Scottish art in London, enabling it to show rotating displays of major works from its permanent holdings. The new space, above The Fleming Collection’s existing gallery at 13 Berkeley Street, London W1, will be formally launched at a reception on Tuesday 10 May 2011 and open to the public from Friday 10 June 2011. “This development is an important step for us to undertake in our eleventh year”, says Selina Skipwith, Keeper of Art at The Fleming Collection. “It will ensure that works from our permanent collection, comprising works from 1770 to the present day, are always on show, reinforcing our existing programme of exhibitions. The latter draws on pictures from a wide range of public and private collections as well as our own.” Two generous donations covering half the cost of the lea ... More | | David Goldblatt and Ivan Vladislavic Win "Best Photography Book 2011" Kraszna-Krausz Award
The watchman, Balnagask Court, Hillbrow. June 1972. © David Goldblatt.
LONDON.- David Goldblatt and Ivan Vladislavic took honours in the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards winning the “Best Photography Book 2011” award for their collaboration, TJ & Double Negative, published by Contrasto. This year’s winner was announced as part of the Sony World Photography Awards at the Odeon Leicester Square, London on Wednesday, 27 April. Judges Mary McCartney (Chair), David Campany and Yuka Yamaji said: “Goldblatt and Vladislaviċ’s ambitious project explores the relationship between text and image. A highly effective pairing of fiction and photography, this innovative collaboration redefines the possibilities for writing on and about photography.” TJ/Double Negative brings together in a sleeved collectors' edition produced in Italy two of the finest artists at work in South Africa today: the photographer David Goldbl ... More | | RM Auctions Presents a Series of English Motor Cars at Inaugural Salon Privé Sale
1926 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Experimental. Photo: Pieter E. Kamp ©2011 Courtesy of RM Auctions.
LONDON.- RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house for quality automobiles, is delighted to announce a selection of notable highlights for its forthcoming ‘Quintessentially English’ sale, at the Salon Privé luxury car show and Concours d’Elegance, 23rd June, 2011. Held at the stunning Syon Park estate in West London, the recently-launched summer sale will lift the hammer on a host of great British marques, including Aston Martin, Jaguar and Rolls-Royce among others. Max Girardo, Managing Director, RM Europe says, “We have pulled together a collection of very interesting and significant collector cars and motorcycles which represent some of the finest and most significant vehicles produced in England during the pre- and post-war periods.” “This new annual sale is wonderful ‘boutique’ style auction, which both comple- ... More |
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 Saffronart's 24-Hour 'Words & Lines' Auction Successfully Expands Online PlatformMUMBAI.- Saffronart, the world’s largest online fine-art auction house, concluded its second thematic 24-Hour Online Auction with sales totaling Rs 1.06 crore (USD 245,296). At this online-only auction, 83% of the 90 lots on offer were sold, with 48% of them exceeding their high estimates. Successfully expanding Saffronart’s online auction platform to rare books and publications, this auction saw a record 100% sale of the art books and catalogues that were included alongside drawings by modern Indian artists. The ‘Words & Lines’ Auction featured 90 lots, including a selection of fine drawings by modernists such as Ram Kumar, Nasreen Mohamedi, F.N. Souza, K.K. Hebbar, Jehangir Sabavala and S.H. Raza, and a collection of important art books by authors including Edwin Mullins, Richard Bartholomew and Shiv S. Kapur, Jacques Lassaigne, and Geeta Kapur. The success of this online auction, which was publicized ... More Iron Lady Thatcher's Famous Handbag at Auction LONDON (AP).- Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has donated one of her famous handbags to a charity auction. Christie's auction house says Wednesday the boxy black leather Asprey bag will be sold on June 27 at an auction hosted by author Jeffrey Archer. The bag was on Thatcher's arm during Cold War negotiations with former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The former Conservative leader was famously responsible as the origins of the word "handbagging," which referred to her uncompromising style. The auction house says Thatcher has selected to donate the proceeds of the sale to a British charity working with people with ... More AIA/HUD Secretary Awards Recognize Three Outstanding Housing ProjectsWASHINGTON, DC.- The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Housing and Custom Residential Knowledge Community, in conjunction with the Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), recognized three recipients of the 2011 AIA/HUD Secretary Awards. The categories of the program include (1) Excellence in Affordable Housing Design (2) Creating Community Connection Award (3) Community-Informed Design Award (no recipient selected this year) (4) Housing Accessibility - Alan J. Rothman Award. These awards demonstrate that design matters, and the recipient projects offer examples of important developments in the housing industry. The jury for the 2011 AIA/HUD Secretary Awards includes: Katherine Austin, AIA, (chair), Katherine Austin Architect; Luis F. Borray, Assoc. AIA, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development; Claire Conroy, Residential Architect Magazine; ... More Beck's Fusion Launch Gateway to 32 of this Summer's Most Exciting EventsLONDON.- AB InBev brand Beck’s has launched Beck’s Fusion, the new, limited edition product in the Beck’s range. Set to be the taste of the summer, Beck’s Fusion is Beck’s with a hint of orange zest flavour and to celebrate the launch Beck’s Fusion unveils the Beck’s Fusion Summer Guestlist. Beck’s Fusion has teamed up with 32 of the most anticipated music and art events across London and Manchester that bring to life the excitement of fusing different tastes together. The diverse range of events taking part in the Beck’s Fusion Summer Guestlist include the Stag & Dagger Festival in London, Aubin Gallery in Shoreditch, John Squire at the Idea Generation Gallery in London and entry into the infamous club XOYO in Hoxton. The Beck’s Fusion Summer Guestlist will be spanning the best music and arts events throughout London and Manchester each bringing to life the theme of fusing different tastes together. Beck’s ... More Western Artist Harry Jackson Dies at Age 87CODY, WY (AP).- Wyoming artist Harry Jackson, known for both his works of abstract expressionism and images of the American West, has died at the age of 87. Funeral home officials told the Casper-Star Tribune that Jackson died Monday at the veterans' hospital in Sheridan. He was born in Chicago in 1924 but made his way to Wyoming in his early teens to work on a ranch. He was a combat artist for the Marines during World War II. His paintings and sculptures can be found at museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum and in collections owned by the Saudi Arabian royal family and Queen Elizabeth. The Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Wyoming contains the largest museum collection of his work in the Unite ... MoreImportant William Merritt Chase Painting To Be Sold At May Fine Art Auction by Kaminski AuctionsBEVERLY, MA.- Kaminski Auctions will hold its May Fine Art auction Thursday evening, May 19th, beginning at 5:00 PM. The highlight of the sale is a William Merritt Chase painting discovered in California titled “A Spanish Dancer”, circa 1896. This work is included in Ronald G. Pisano’s The Complete Catalogue of Known and Documented Work by William Merritt Chase(1849-1916)Vol 4, F.52. “It is thought to have been painted, or inspired by Chase’s 1896 summer class, taught in Madrid, Spain. It was exhibited at the National Academy of Design in 1897. In a New York Times review the work is singled out and described “as (a) little half-length of A Spanish Dancer that has already been noticed in the general review of the exhibition, but deserves further mention this morning. It has all of Chase’s nervous force, is broadly and strongly painted, and delightful in color and movement. 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