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British painter Leonora Carrington sits at her house in the bohemian Roma district of Mexico City in this November 11, 2000 file photo. Carrington, one of the last surviving artists from the golden age of Surrealism, has died aged 94 on May 25, 2011, in her adopted home of Mexico City, where she had lived quietly for decades. A rebellious aristocrat, she went on to win international recognition as a sculptor, painter and writer. Picture taken November 11, 2000. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar.
By: Mark Stevenson, Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP).- British-born painter, writer and sculptor Leonora Carrington, considered one of the last of the original surrealists, has died, Mexico's National Arts Council confirmed Thursday. She was 94. Carrington was known for her haunting, dreamlike works that often focused on strange ritual-like scenes with birds, cats, unicorn-like creatures and other animals as onlookers or seeming participants. Once the lover of German artist Max Ernst, Carrington was also part of a famous wave of artistic and political emigres who arrived in Mexico in the 1930s and '40s. In the male-dominated realm of surrealism, she was a member of a rare trio of Mexico-based female surrealists along with Frida Kahlo and Remedios Varo. "She was the last great living surrealist," said longtime friend and poet Homero Aridjis. "She was a living legend." Friend and promoter Dr. Isaac Masri said she died Wednesday of old age, after being hospitalized. "She had a great life, and a dignified death, as w ... More |
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British Painter Laurence Stephen Lowry Record Set at Christie's in London
Laurence Stephen Lowry, R..A. (1887-1976), The Football Match, 1949, 28 x 36 inches. Estimate: £3.5million to £4.5 million. Sold for 5.6 million pounds ($9.2 million) Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
LONDON (REUTERS).- An auction record for British painter Laurence Stephen Lowry was set on Thursday when his "The Football Match" from 1949 fetched 5.6 million pounds ($9.2 million) at Christie's in London. The previous record for the artist best known for his industrial landscapes and tiny dark human figures was 3.8 million pounds set at Christie's in 2007 for "Good Friday, Daisy Nook" dated 1946. Thursday's price is also a new high for the entire 20th century British art sector. "The Football Match," which combines an industrial setting of rooftops, billowing chimney stacks, spires and houses with incidental scenes of domestic life, had been expected to fetch 3.5-4.5 million p ... More | | Sotheby's Latin American Art Evening Sales Achieve Highest Ever Total: $21.7 Million
Rufino Tamayo, Madre Divirtiendo a Su Hijo, signed and dated O-41 center right, oil on canvas, 43 7/8 x 33 7/8in. (101.5 by 86 cm) Est. $ 1/1.5 million. Sold for $1,370,500. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.- “We were thrilled to achieve the highest ever total for an evening of Latin American Art at Sotheby’s, exceeding the results achieved at the height of the market in 2008,” commented Carmen Melián, Head of Latin American Art at Sotheby’s. “Bidding tonight was truly global and followed a trend we have seen over the past several seasons wherein regional artists attracted international appeal. It was gratifying to witness a depth in interest across the entire category - from a record price for a bronze by Botero to yet another record price achieved for Brazilian artist Meireles. We saw particularly heated competition for kinetic and abstract works and were pleased ... More | | Broad Range of High Quality Dutch Paintings at Sotheby's Amsterdam in June
Gari Melchers, In church, estimate €50,000 – 70,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
AMSTERDAM.- Sotheby’s Amsterdam auction of 19th Century European Painting on 7 June 2011 is featuring a broad range of high quality Dutch Romantic Paintings as well as works by artists from The Hague and Amsterdam School . The paintings will be on exhibition in Sotheby’s Amsterdam galleries beginning 3 June 2011. One of the highlights is Willem Koekkoek's (1839-1895) Winter in the Streets of a Dutch Town (lot 22). After growing up in Amsterdam, Willem Koekkoek became one of the most distinguished painters of townscapes, travelling throughout the Netherlands. His paintings were greatly admired all over Europe for their nostalgic mood and uniquely refined and detailed style of painting. The present lot is an impressive example, not only because of its size, ... More |
Local Derbyshire Scene Bought for Buxton Museum and Art Gallery by the Art Fund
Wiliam Marlow, View of Matlock, Buxton Museum and Art Gallery.
LONDON.- National fundraising charity the Art Fund has helped Buxton Museum and Art Gallery acquire an important 18th century painting capturing a local scene. The Art Fund contributed £6,666 towards the acquisition of View of Matlock, Derbyshire by William Marlow (c 1780) when it was bought at auction at Sotheby’s. Other significant funding contributions were made by the Heritage Lottery Fund (£6,666) through its “Collecting Cultures” initiative, and £5,333 from the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund. The oil painting depicts Matlock Bath and the River Derwent flowing past the Old Bath Hotel, which was built in 1734. The town of Matlock became famous during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries as a spa-resort, sought out for its ailment-curing qualities. The purchase will expand the county council’s growing collection of works ... More | | Whitney Museum of American Art Presents Brooklyn-Based Artist Cory Arcangel's Pro Tools
Cory Arcangel (b.1978), Photoshop CS: 84 by 66 inches, 300 DPI, RGB, square pixels, default gradient "Spectrum," mousedown y=22100 x=14050, mouseup y=19700 x=1800, from the series Photoshop Gradient Demonstrations 2008-, 2010. Chromogenic print, 84 x 66 (213.4 x 167.6). Private collection; courtesy Team Gallery, New York, and the artist.
NEW YORK, NY.- An acknowledged master of the remix, Cory Arcangel, the 32-year-old Brooklyn–based artist, makes work across a wide range of media, including video games, single channel video, performance, music composition, sculpture, and works on paper. For Arcangel’s first major New York museum show, Pro Tools, the Whitney Museum of American Art devotes the fourth floor to a selection of recent work by the artist in a variety of scales. The exhibition, curated by Christiane Paul, the Whitney’s adjunct curator of new media arts, remains on view from May 26 through September 11, 2011. Pro Tools features ... More | | Gagosian Gallery Announces "Lindsay Lohan": Richard Phillips' First Short Film
The film depicts Lohan in a number of classical poses, with references to iconic moments in film.
NEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian Gallery announces Lindsay Lohan, Richard Phillips' first short film. In his 90-second motion portrait of Lindsay Lohan, Phillips draws on the conventions of his painting that explore the legacies of classical portraiture in relation to the mediated representations of contemporary popular culture. The film depicts Lohan in a number of classical poses, with references to iconic moments in film, such as Brigitte Bardot smoldering in Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt, or the searing psychosexual interplay of Bibi Andersson and Liv Ullman in Ingmar Bergman's Persona. To create a timeless and psychologically charged Hollywood setting, Phillips repurposed a remote Malibu mansion, but freighted it with the speculative desire of contemporary cinematic performance. Through Phillips's lens, the defiant openness ... More |
Exhibition Presents Artist Runa Islam's Newly Commissioned Film Emergence
Runa Islam. Still from This Much is Uncertain. 2009-2010. 16mm film (color and black-and-white, silent), 4 min. Commissioned by Fiorucci Art Trust with support from Vhernier. Courtesy the artist and White Cube.
NEW YORK, NY.- For Projects 95: Runa Islam, The Museum of Modern Art presents British artist Runa Islam's new 35mm film Emergence (2011), commissioned for this exhibition, alongside three of her other films selected specifically in relation to the new work: The house belongs to those who inhabit it (2008), Magical Consciousness (2010), and This Much Is Uncertain (2009–10). For these works, Islam (b. 1970, Dhaka, Bangladesh) constructs austere, minimal installations that take the conventions, histories, materiality, and grammar of film—its language of framing, panning, zooming, editing, and projection—as the bases for structural investigations and narrative experiment. Astutely aware that perception of the world is mediated by cinematic and technological representation, Islam positions her images on the boundarie ... More | | Los Angeles Modern Auction to Offer Unique Modern Art & Design Sale on June 26
Robert Rauschenberg, Untitled (Combine) 1958. Oil on Solo paper cup lid mounted on cardboard. Signature and date lower right; retains Leo Castelli label verso, 11” x 8.75”. Estimate $100,000-150,000.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- A rare Robert Rauschenberg Combine from 1958, a collection of William “Billy” Haines custom designs, and a Calder painting are among the many highlights in the upcoming LAMA June 26, 2011 Modern Art & Design Auction. Each of these highlights has come from decades-old collections and nearly half of the 452 lots have never traded hands on the open market. Peter Loughrey, Director of LAMA: “Unique design originals are disappearing quickly from view in the market and will be increasingly hard to source in the near future. Because of our past performance, we are getting access to better and better material from estates and private collections. As a result LAMA is fast becoming the preferred auction house on the West Coast.” Untitled (Combine) 1958 by Robert Rauschenberg (Estimate $100,000 – 150,000) was originally created for painter and collage ... More | | Mysterious Wanderer, The Leatherman, from 1800s Gets More Peaceful New York Grave
Soils containing the remains of the mysterious wanderer known as The Leatherman were moved from a roadside grave to more peaceful surroundings. AP Photo/Craig Ruttle.
By: Jim Fitzgerald, Associated Press
OSSINING, N.Y. (AP).- A mysterious man who wandered New York and Connecticut in a 60-pound leather suit during the 19th century became a little more mysterious Wednesday. Historians announced that all they found when they dug up the 1889 grave of the man known as the Leatherman was dozens of coffin nails. "The Leatherman was a mystery in life and he's going to be a mystery in death," said Ossining Historical Society President Norman MacDonald. The grave in Ossining's Sparta Cemetery was being relocated because it was just a few paces from busy Route 9, and recent interest in the Leatherman was bringing more visitors to his resting place. MacDonald said the grave site had become dangerous. Accounts of the nomad's all-leather outfit, his quiet demeanor ... More |
Collection of Rare Ornithological Inspired Music Boxes Highlight June Auction
The 550-lot sale will offer an array of works for varied tastes and collecting levels. Photo: Bonhams.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields is to offer a selection of unusual gem-set, singing bird music boxes during the firm’s Fine European Furniture and Decorative Arts sale on June 13, 2011 in Los Angeles. The collection is comprised of approximately ten automaton boxes made of the finest silver and multicolor enamel, some of which are set with a variety of emeralds, garnets and diamonds (estimates range from $1,000-8,000). In addition, the 550-lot sale will offer an array of works for varied tastes and collecting levels, from the 16th through the 20th centuries, with a focus on English, French, Italian, Spanish and German properties. Highlights from the auction include a strong selection of porcelain, enamels and silver from noted makers such as Barbedienne, Bayre, Buccellati, Carrier-Belleuse, Carpeaux, Christofle, Georg Jensen, KPM, Meissen, Moreau Family, Sevres and Tiffany & Co. Porcelain works of note include a ... More | | National Gallery of Victoria Celebrates 150th Birthday with a Gift of 173 Indigenous Artworks
Yunkurra Billy Atkins (Putijarra born c.1930s), Kumpupirntily (Lake Disappointment) 2005–08. synthetic polymer paint on composition board, 165.0 x 91.6 cm. Felton Bequest, 2011 © Yunkurra Billy Atkins, courtesy Martumili Artists.
VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.- On the 24th of May 2011, the National Gallery of Victoria celebrated its 150th birthday. To honour this tremendous milestone, the NGV unveiled an exceptional gift of 173 important Indigenous works of art including three by contemporary artists Vernon Ah Kee, Brook Andrew and Jonathan Jones who were commissioned to create works that pay homage to the highly celebrated Wurundjeri artist, William Barak. These pieces have been gifted by the Felton Bequest, established in 1904 by the NGV’s greatest benefactor, Alfred Felton. These gifts are on display at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia from 24 May until late 2011. The Honourable Alex Chernov, AO, QC, Governor of Victoria and Mrs Elizabeth Chernov were present at the NGV’s unveiling ... More | | ARTZUID 2011 an International Sculpture Exhibition in a Unique Cultural Heritage Setting
Dutch Queen Beatrix opens the exhibition ArtZuid 2011 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 26 May 2011. The exhibition runs from 27 May to 28 August 2011. EPA/EVERT ELZINGA.
AMSTERDAM.- In 2008 Cintha van Heeswijck-Veeger established Foundation ArtZuid. She took the initiative to draw greater attention to the urban expansion plan (1917) of architect H.P. Berlage known as the Plan-Zuid in Amsterdam, by organising a high-quality international sculpture exhibition named ARTZUID. This world-class platform for sculpture added a jewel to Amsterdam’s crown of leading cultural events. ARTZUID 2009 was successful with 90,000 visitors. The second edition ARTZUID 2011 takes place between 26 May to 28 August 2011. The opening ceremony was on 26 of May in front of the Hilton Hotel at the Apollolaan in Amsterdam. Once again, the stately avenues of Berlage, Apollolaan and Minervalaan became the unique setting for fifty sculptures by internationally renowned artists. The sculptures were ... More |
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 Material Girls Exhibition Intrigues, Amazes and Inspires at Reginald F Lewis MuseumBALTIMORE, MD.- Outside the front entrance of the museum sits Vortex, a large-sized piece of art made of volcanic stone, concrete, steel and smalti glass, by artist Martha Jackson Jarvis. This amazing sculpture is representative of the three-dimensional works in the Material Girls: Contemporary Black Women Artists exhibition at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum on view until October 16. Larger than life, eco-friendly, non-traditional and intriguing describe the works of eight women artists who shaped 38 artistic creations using a myriad of media. The artists use beads, glass, plastic combs, rubber tires, human hair, stone and more to produce innovative creations that amaze and intrigue. Works on view range from intimate, handcrafted beadwork to oversized sculptures made of industrial materials weighing over 1,000 pounds. A new addition to the exhibition is a touch panel that allows visitors to touch and feel some o ... More MoMA Presents the First American Museum Presentation of Boris Mikhailov's PhotographsNEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents Boris Mikhailov: Case History, the first presentation dedicated entirely to the artist’s seminal series Case History (1997-98) in an American museum, from May 26 to September 5, 2011. Ukrainian-born Mikhailov (b. 1938) is one of the leading photographers from the former Soviet Union. For over 40 years, Mikhailov has explored the position of the individual within the mechanisms of public ideology, touching on such subjects as Ukraine under Soviet rule, the living conditions in post-communist Eastern Europe, and the fallen ideals of the Soviet Union. Although deeply rooted in a historical context, his work incorporates profoundly engaging and personal narratives of humor, lust, vulnerability, aging, and death. The exhibition is organized by Eva Respini, Associate Curator of Photography, The Museum of Modern Art. This exhibition, which features some 20 works, is ... More Detroit Institute of Arts Presents SYNC: A Fundraiser where Art Meets TechnologyDETROIT, MI.- Friends of Modern and Contemporary Art (FMCA), an auxiliary support group of the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), is hosting SYNC: art meets technology on June 23 at NextEnergy. SYNC is a fundraiser to support restoration and conservation of the monumental Tony Smith sculpture Gracehoper, which sits on the DIA’s north lawn. SYNC: art meets technology will highlight how art and technology intersect in the 21st century and will feature five artists whose works are based in technology and science. The artists have created event-specific works, carefully designed to consider the theme and the physical environment at NextEnergy, and include outdoor ambient works to indoor sound interventions and interactive hanging sculptures. They are: Steve Coy, who presents a new augmented reality and projection work; Joel Peterson, with Grace Harper, an interactive sound ins ... More The Musée d'art Contemporain de Montréal Presents Déja - The Collection on DisplayMONTREAL.- An exhibition that fills up all of the Musée’s galleries and showcases a hundred or so major works from the Collection along a circuit that is neither conventional nor linear - that is the unique experience MAC visitors can look forward to with Déjà – The Collection on Display. These works exemplifying the history and scope of the Collection have been carefully selected, out of the 7,600 pieces listed altogether in the museum’s inventory, by Josée Bélisle, curator of the exhibition and curator of the Musée Collection. In terms of scale, this is the largest space ever devoted to displaying the Collection. The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal presents Déjà from May 26 to September 4, 2011. Montrealers and tourists alike are invited to make the most of the coming summer by taking this opportunity to enjoy a truly remarkable exhibition. The Musée has been collecting for nearly fifty years, in order ... More UK Makes Donation to Preserve Auschwitz Memorial WARSAW, POLAND (AP).- Britain says it is donating 2.1 million pounds ($3.4 million) to a fund that will help preserve the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site over the coming decades. British officials announced the decision for the donation on Thursday. Guardians of the memorial site in southern Poland launched an effort in 2009 to raise euro120 million for a so-called Perpetual Fund that will pay for preserving barracks, gas chambers and other evidence of Nazi German crimes at the site. The Auschwitz memorial museum said the donation by the government of British Prime Minister David Cameron brings the ... MoreOut of Australia: Prints and Drawings from Sidney Nolan to Rover Thomas at the British MuseumLONDON.- Out of Australia: prints and drawings from Sidney Nolan to Rover Thomas focuses on modern Australian artists of the past seventy years through their graphic art. The exhibition is on view from May 26th through September 11th, 2011 at the British Museum. The exhibition is the first major show of Australian art in London for at least a decade, and the largest and most ambitious devoted to Australian works on paper ever held outside Australia itself. The material for the exhibition comes entirely from the British Museum’s recently-formed collection of Australian prints and drawings, the most significant public collection outside Australia. The Australian prints and drawings collection at the British Museum has been built up over the past eight years through the generosity of many Australian artists, estates, collectors and supporters. The catalyst for the formation of the modern Australian collection was the g ... More Agreement Reached on the Sphinx of HattushaBERLIN.- Several days ago the conclusion in Berlin of German-Turkish expert discussions on the Hittite sphinx was reached. It has been agreed that the more than three-thousand year old sculpture which has survived only in part and which has been kept in the Pergamon Museum on the Museum Island in Berlin since 1934, is to be handed to Turkey as a gesture of German-Turkish friendship. The transfer of the statue to Turkey is due to be undertaken before 28 November. The date is important in that it will mark the 25th anniversary of the official recognition of Hattusha, where the object was found, as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The hand over is the start of a planned series of measures aimed at intensifying the partnership between the two countries concerning their museums and archaeological activities. Both sides were agreed that the sculpture is a unique object and is unlike ot ... More The Autry National Center is Recipient of a $6.6 Million Grant from California State ParksLOS ANGELES, CA- The Autry National Center has announced that it is the recipient of a $6.6 million grant from California State Parks’ Nature Education Facilities Program. This grant will provide the funding for a major renovation and reinstallation of first-floor galleries and outdoor areas into interactive exhibitions and public spaces housed within the existing museum footprint. The renovation will highlight the history and culture of Native peoples and include two dedicated California Indian galleries and an indigenous teaching garden with bioregions and interpretive centers. The new spaces are designed to educate students and visitors alike. The grant will be administered through the California State Parks’ Office of Grants and Local Services. “It is a great honor to receive the California State Parks grant, which, along with our nationally renowned Native American collection, will help us to further elevate i ... More |
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