| | Andy Warhol's "Sixteen Jackies" Expected to Sell for $30 Million at Sotheby's in New York
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An employee poses with artist Andy Warhol's "Sixteen Jackies" at Sotheby's auction. The piece is expected to reach up to $30million when it comes to auction in New York on May 10. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor.
NEW YORK, NY.- Painted in 1964 at the heart of Andy Warhol's most historic period, Sixteen Jackies is a complex and extraordinarily rare declaration of the twin pedestals on which Warhol's artistic genius rest: ubiquitous public icons and serial imagery. A tour-de-force presentation of one of Warhol's most poignant images –his well-known series of portraits of the First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, as seen by millions through the press coverage surrounding her husband's assassination –Sixteen Jackies is also a powerful celebration of Warhol's inspired use of multiple image repetition as a thematic device. In the early 1960s, Warhol's rows of soup cans and movie stars were screened within a single canvas. With the Jackie paintings, Warhol for the first time created numbers of small panels which he could later assemble into larger compositions. Against backgrounds of blues, white or the extremely rare gold, Warhol screened eight source images that follow Jackie from her ar ... More |
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Italian Drawings from Renowned Collection Presented at the National Gallery of Art
Ventura Salimbeni, The Birth of the Virgin, 1605/1610, pen and brown and red ink, with brown and sanguine wash over red chalk, heightened with white gouache and squared in red chalk on paper washed ocher, 337 x 231 mm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 2007.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Splendors of Italian draftsmanship from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, spanning the late Renaissance to the height of the neoclassical movement, are showcased at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. On view in the Gallery's West Building from May 8 to November 27, 2011, Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525–1835 includes 65 stunning Italian compositions and study sheets by the most important artists of the period, from Giulio Romano and Pellegrino Tibaldi to Canaletto, all three members of the Tiepolo family, and Giovanni Battista Piranesi. In 2007, the National Gallery of Art acquired 185 German and Italian works from the Ratjen ... More | | Three Major 20th Century Works to be Sold at Artcurial's Sale of Modern & Contemporary Art
Nicolas de Stael, Mediterranée (La Ciotat), 1952-53 (detail). Huile sur toile, 50 x 61 cm. Est: 700 000 - 1 000 000 €. Photo: Artcurial.
PARIS.- Artcurial | Briest - Poulain - F. Tajan announces the sale of three major 20th century works at their important Summer auction of Modern & Contemporary Art, to be held on 29 May 2011 at the Hôtel Marcel Dassault under the gavel of Francis Briest. Highlights include a very rare 1915 painting by Lyonel Feininger, Hafen von Swinemünde (estimate €1.5-2m); Nicolas de Staël's 1952 Méditerranée – La Ciotat (est. €700,000-1,000,000); and Jean Dubuffet's 1964 Le Lit I in vinyl on canvas (est. €600,000-800,000). Lyonel Feininger's Hafen von Swinemünde (1915) will be sold in aid of the Institut Curie, Secours Populaire Français and UNESCO World Foundation for AIDS Research & Prevention. The painting, to be auctioned in conjunction with Millon & Associés, has an estimate of €1.5-2m. Hafen von Swinemünde (Swinemünde Harbour) is a ... More | | 100 Years of Archaeological Research at Xochicalco Commemorated in Exhibition
The Creator, Xochicalco, Morelos. Photo: Adalberto Rios.
MEXICO CITY.- Three life-sized Prehispanic sculptures found in fragments almost 20 years ago at Xochicalco Archaeological Zone, Morelos, are exhibited in public for the first time at Cuauhnahuac Regional Museum, after having been reassembled and restored. The exhibition commemorates 100 years of exploration at the site. A jaguar, an iguana and a masculine deity denominated The Creator, approximately 1000 years old, account for the mastery of Xochicalco artists, a civilization that still keeps secrets, since until now only 15% of the area occupied by the Prehispanic city has been explored, informed archaeologist Silvia Garza Tarazona, responsible of reconstruction of the sculptures and curator of the exhibition. “Earthly and divine were mixed in this artwork, giving it great symbolic value”, mentioned the researcher at the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), adding that the sculptures dated in th ... More |
 | German Photographer Gunter Sachs, Ex-Husband of Brigitte Bardot, Dies at 78
Actress Brigitte Bardot is seen with her husband German-born photographer Gunter Sachs, in an August 1966 file photo. AP Photo.
GENEVA (AP).- German-born photographer Gunter Sachs, best known for his playboy lifestyle and brief marriage to French actress Brigitte Bardot, has committed suicide. He was 78. In a statement released Sunday by his family at his request, Sachs said he chose to end his life after concluding that he was suffering from an incurable degenerative disease affecting his memory and ability to communicate. "I have always stood up to big challenges," the statement said. It provided no details on the timing or circumstances of his death, but German weekly Focus reported that Sachs shot himself Saturday at his home in the exclusive Swiss Alpine resort of Gstaad. Sachs was born into a wealthy industrialist family in 1932, and used his inheritance and business acumen to fund a glamorous lifestyle that fascinated many in post-war Germany of the 1960s and 70s. German tabloids reported extensively on his ... More | | Cain Schulte Contemporary Art Presents Exhibition of Works by Arngunnur Yr
Arngunnur Yr, Heimat II (Eystrahorn), 2011 (detail), oil on aluminum, 43 x 61 cm. Photo: Courtesy Cain Schulte Contemporary Art.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Cain Schulte Contemporary Art presents Arngunnur Yr. Arngunnur Yr's mastery of painting and the clarity of her vision enable her to take risks that others shy away from. She does not worry about the tension between accessibility and sophistication, but simply embraces it. She looks for what is fundamental in our physical and emotional worlds, and then explores. What does Arngunnur Yr find? This is not a simple question to answer. Perhaps a better starting place would be to ask: What do we as viewers find? Technically, Arngunnur Yr's artworks tend to be oil on wood or paper. Formally, her images are most often essentialized landscapes structured around a horizon line, with a foreground, a background, and a sense of vast enveloping space. Arngunnur Yr purposely chooses this comfortable and accessible i ... More | | Acquavella Galleries Presents an Exhibition of New Work by American Artist Damian Loeb
Damian Loeb, Say Hello to the Angels, 2010 (detail). 48 in x 48 in. Oil on Linen. Photo: Courtesy Acquavella Galleries.
NEW YORK, NY.- Acquavella Galleries presents an exhibition of new work by American artist Damian Loeb, Verschränkung and the Uncertainty Principle from May 6th through June 17th 2011. The show's title refers to a term used to explain a paradox of quantum physics wherein subject and object were rendered indistinguishable (Verschränkung) and that the act of observation affects the object being observed (the Uncertainty Principle). Loeb uses this theory as a metaphor to examine the false barrier of safety imagined by observers and their culpable connection to the objects being scrutinized. The exhibition examines the inseparable connection between subject and object, model and artist and posits that voyeurism is not one sided or passive but an active relationship connecting the image and viewer. Loeb’s new paintings are ... More |
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Museum of Modern Art in New York Presents Francis Alys: A Story of Deception
Francis Alÿs, Untitled from When Faith Moves Mountains. 2002. Color photograph. 14 x 11" (35.6 x 27.9 cm) The Museum of Modern Art, New York. © 2011 Francis Alÿs.
NEW YORK, NY.- Francis Alÿs: A Story of Deception, on view at The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1, draws upon MoMA's unique and important collection of work by artist Francis Alÿs (Belgian, b. 1959), who uses poetic and allegorical methods to explore the social realities of political concepts, including the cyclical nature of change in modernizing societies, the urban landscape, and patterns of economic progress. Alÿs's personal, ambulatory explorations of cities form the basis for his practice, through which he compiles extensive documentation reflecting his process, producing complex and diverse bodies of work that include video, painting, performance, drawing, and photography. Organized in collaboration with Alÿs, the presentation at MoMA is conceptually grouped around three major recent acquisitions— Re-enactments (2001), When Faith ... More | | Sotheby's London to Sell Rare Archive Offering a Unique Insight into the Fabrication of the Kiswah
Photograph by Royal Court Photographer Riad Chehata showing the fine embroidery of Dar al-Kiswah, 1931. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Sotheby's announced the sale of important historical documentation relating to the design and production of the Kiswah. Dar al-Kiswah was the highly prestigious Cairo studio, which produced the Kiswah, the sumptuous cloth, decorated with verses from the Koran which covers the Ka’bah, between 1818 and 1961. Every piece of embroidery created by its highly skilled artisans was a work of art. The collection (estimated at £60,000-80,000*) includes 16 templates and watercolour designs, as well as rare embroidery stencils for the Kiswah. It also features a fascinating series of photographs of the craftsmen, each individually named and ranked by experience, revealing the human story of the generations of family members employed by the studio. The exquisite quality of their work was internationally acclaimed and the sale includes two certificates awarding gold medals to Dar al- ... More | | Artnet Auctions Sale Features Thomas Hart Benton's Exceptional Painting Ten Pound Hammers
Thomas Hart Benton, Ten Pound Hammers, 1965. Estimate: $200,000–$300,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- From May 3–10, artnet Auctions will offer paintings of prints of leading American Scene Painting artists including Thomas Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh, Grant Wood, and Martin Lewis with estimates ranging from $1,500–$300,000. The highlight is Thomas Hart Benton’s Ten Pound Hammers, 1965 (estimate: $200,000–$300,000), an exceptionally rich painting to be included in the forthcoming Benton catalogue raisonné. Also by Benton, a group of oil on paper Flower Studies (9 works), c.1914 (estimate: $20,000–$30,000), deconstructing the process by which the artist produced his work and The Corral, c.1930s (estimate: $20,000–$30,000), a charming pen and ink study of ranching life. Also going live is the sultry watercolor Striptease with Black Stockings by Reginald Marsh, 1938 (estimate: $30,000–$40,000), a voyeuristic look into a 1930s burlesque show. Martin Lewis’ masterful etchings Chance Meeting, 1940–41 (estimate: $15,000– ... More |
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Recently Discovered Photographs Throw New Light on Australia's World War I History
Paul Dubotzki in his barrack in Trial Bay, 1916 - 1918. Photo: Dubotzki Collection, Germany.
SYDNEY.- Recently discovered photographs of Australia’s little known internment camps operating during WWI, reveal how the internees created an extraordinary life behind the barbed wire. The photographs, of remarkable artistic quality, show groups of civilian detainees whose only crime was to be of German or Austrian descent. Taken by interned photographer Paul Dubotzki between 1915 and 1919, the photographs reveal how the 7,000 internees built for themselves a thriving working economy and cultural life that included all sorts of businesses and trades including newspapers, cafes, clubs, sporting events and elaborate theatre productions. Dubotzki’s stunning photographs feature in a new book and an exhibition opened 7 May at the Museum of Sydney, shedding new light on this fascinating era in Australia’s war time history. The Enemy at Home ... More | | The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy at Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Sculpture Mourner No. 52 from the Tomb of Jean Sans Peur (John the Fearless), second Duke of Burgundy.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy—a group of nearly 40 alabaster sculptures that have never before been presented together outside of France—on view from May 8 through July 31, 2011, as part of the first and only seven-city exhibition tour in the United States. Co-organized by the Dallas Museum of Art and the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon, France, under the auspices of the French Regional & American Museum Exchange (FRAME), LACMA’s presentation is curated by J. Patrice Marandel, department head and Robert H. Ahmanson Chief Curator of European Art. “It’s such an honor for LACMA to be a part of this groundbreaking tour,” says Marandel. “The Mourners are not only a great piece of art history, but their sorrowful expressions are known to touch audiences on a ... More | | Louisiana Museum Announces 'My Home My House Stilhouse' an Exhibition by Arne Quinze
My Home My House My Stilthouse is based on the idea everyone is setting their borders to protect themselves and look for shelter.
DENMARK.- My Home My House My Stilthouse can be seen in a multifunctional manner as the viewer can discover many different settings in the subject and its surroundings. It consists out of clear lines but at the same time these lines are an abstract entity. In leaving a certain roughness and openness in the work Arne Quinze gives the viewer the opportunity to discover how people conduct their lives, live around each other and order society. The exhibition is on view June 1 through October 2, 2011 at the Louisiana Museum. My Home My House My Stilthouse is based on the idea everyone is setting their borders to protect themselves and look for shelter. The big question is: What is my house, what is my home? In every new phase in life the search for protection and shelter is certainly a continuum. From th ... More |
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 New Works by Brian Jungen Go on View in the AGO's Henry Moore Sculpture CentreTORONTO.- Canadian artist Brian Jungen, internationally renowned for creating artwork that repurposes objects from contemporary culture to reflect aboriginal symbols and traditions, exhibits new work at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) this spring. Presented in celebration of Jungen’s receipt of the $25,000 Gershon Iskowitz Prize at the AGO in 2010, Brian Jungen: Tomorrow, Repeated features seven works by Jungen exhibited alongside works by legendary British sculptor Henry Moore in the AGO’s Henry Moore Sculpture Centre. The exhibition will be on view through August 7, 2011. The works in Tomorrow, Repeated build upon the sculptural shape-shifting in which Jungen’s previous work engaged: four works feature animal hides stretched and mounted over cut-up car parts and displayed on white chest freezers; other works include police barricades built from Douglas fir, and prints made from hide left over after the artist cut ... More DC Moore Gallery Presents Transformations: Wood Sculpture by Mary FrankNEW YORK, NY.- DC Moore’s new exhibition of Mary Frank’s work, Transformations: Wood Sculpture, 1957-1967 and Recent Photographs, features her dynamic wood sculptures, direct carvings from the 1950s and 60s that marked her emergence as one of the most innovative artists on the New York art scene. The exhibition also presents drawings from the same time, vibrant figures that both complement her sculpture and expand the range of her explorations of space, motion, and the rhythms of the human body. This is the first exhibition of these seminal works since they were originally shown over forty years ago. On view from May 5 through June 4, 2011. Most recently, Mary has been working with photography to create expressive images of installations that she makes in her studio by combining components of her sculptures and paintings with natural elements. The inclusion of photographs in the current exhibition ... More Marathon Asian Auction Brings Over 4.5 Million at Leslie Hindman AuctioneersCHICAGO, IL.- With a saleroom packed full of international buyers, the majority from mainland China, almost 600 bidders online and the auctioneers’ book full of absentee bids, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers sale which carried a pre-sale median estimate of approximately $1 million grossed over $4.5 million. Auctioneer Leslie Hindman said, “The auction market for Asian Works of Art is astounding. The prices realized today were as strong as prices realized at the spring sales in Hong Kong and New York. This market is truly global.” Asian Works of Art specialist Andrew Lick said, “Vigorous buying throughout the marathon eight-hour auction underscored the Chinese market’s strength and desire to buy traditional works of art.” The auction’s top lot, a pair of rare Chinese imperial bronze vases valued at $80,000 to $120,000, sold for $660,000 after spirited bidding by no fewer than ten bidders. An ... More Fifty-Year Career of Peter Voulkos' Work at Frank Lloyd GallerySANTA MONICA, CA.- This selected survey of 20 works spanning the fifty-year career of Peter Voulkos is presented at the Frank Lloyd Gallery during the month of May, 2011. From his earliest work to the monumental late sculpture, Voulkos established himself as a leader. Widely known for that groundbreaking work in the medium of fired clay, Peter Voulkos also made bronze sculpture since 1960, as well as etchings and monotypes. Although primarily known as a ceramic artist, Voulkos cast many works in bronze during his career, and several examples are included in this exhibit. Voulkos also maintained an interest in painting and printmaking. That interest was reflected in the interrelationship of surface quality and incised line. Voulkos' line quality, alternately sinuous and deeply incised into the etching plate, is directly related to the use of sgraffito in the surface of his ceramic sculptures. These elements convey the same ... More Legacy: A New Exhibition by Scottish Artist Roderick Buchanan at the Imperial War MuseumLONDON.- Legacy is a new exhibition by Scottish artist Roderick Buchanan which opened at Imperial War Museum London this May. Commissioned by the Museum, Roderick Buchanan’s work is a response to the Troubles in Northern Ireland, their legacy and recent social, political and economic change. The work comprises two highly immersive films, titled Scots Irish / Irish Scots, which follow two Scottish flute bands during 2009/10. Commissioned in England, produced in Scotland and filmed in Northern Ireland, the two films are being shown in the gallery space simultaneously, to give both sides equal levels of representation. They are accompanied by a series of portrait photographs of the bandsmen involved and supported by a book by the artist. The bands central to this artwork are Parkhead Republican Flute Band formed in 1978 and Black Skull Corps of Fife and Drum formed in 1981; two grass root organisations ... More Two Aston Martins Nearly Identical to the Car Used by the Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge for SaleLONDON.- Two Aston Martins virtually identical to that owned by Prince Charles which was on view after the Royal Wedding last week as Prince William drove his new bride from Buckingham Palace to Clarence House, will be on sale at Bonhams auction of Aston Martins on May 21st in Newport Pagnell, home of the marque. If the idea of having a Royal look-alike Aston in the garage appeals, Bonhams offers two in a fortnight’s time, lots 305 and 325. Prince Charles received his car as a 21st birthday present from the Queen. It started a love affair with Astons and in the 1980’s he specified a much more powerful car, a V8 Vantage Volante. James Knight, Global Head of Collectors Motor Cars at Bonhams, says: “Aston Martin’s hold a position very close to the heart of Prince Charles. He received his first - the DB6 MKII Vantage Volante - as a 21st birthday present from the Queen. In the 1980s, the V8 model was being produ ... More Eight Museums and Galleries Win Share of £75,000 to Buy New Objects at COLLECTLONDON.- On Thursday 5 May, curators from eight museums and galleries won a share of £75,000 to buy a unique object for their public collections. They were all shortlisted for Art Fund Collect, a unique initiative run by the Art Fund and Crafts Council. Art Fund Collect is a scheme aimed at boosting contemporary craft in UK collections. It takes place annually on the preview day of COLLECT, the Crafts Council’s international art fair for contemporary objects. The fair is held at London’s Saatchi Gallery from 6 – 9 May. Curators from the eight museums and galleries had special access to the fair, ahead of VIP and private buyers. They had just one hour to pick an object they wished to purchase, before presenting their se ... More 50 Years Later, Students Retrace 1961 Freedom Ride RICHMOND, VA (AP).- Charles Reed Jr. is skipping his college graduation ceremony to do something much more significant to him: retracing the original 1961 Freedom Ride and paying tribute to those who helped win the civil rights that his generation enjoys. Reed says missing Friday's graduation doesn't compare to the sacrifices the original Freedom Riders made when they challenged the South's segregation laws: quitting jobs, dropping out of college and, ultimately, risking their lives. "What the Freedom Rides did 50 years ago paved the way for what I have today as an African-American," said Reed, a 21-year-old business administration major at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg. Reed is one of 40 college students chosen from nearly 1,000 applicants who will join a handful of the original Freedom Riders on an eight-day journey from Washington, D.C., through the South. The students pulled up in their bus ... More Pair of Princess Diana's Dresses Sell for $276,000BEVERLY HILLS, CA (AP).- Two dresses worn by Princess Diana have sold for a record $276,000 at an auction in Beverly Hills. Darren Julien, president and CEO of Julien's Auctions, said Saturday that a black crepe evening gown Diana wore during a state visit in 1992 fetched the higher price of $144,000. A light blue strapless gown with accompanying stole sold for $132,000 and was worn on three occasions, including at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. The auction attracted bidders from around the world, and organizers believe the recent royal wedding between Diana's son, Prince William, and Kate Middleton helped boost the sale price of both dresses. Princess Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris nearly 14 years ago. The dresses were designed by Catherine Walker. ... More Across US, Worldwide, Free Comics for ReadersWILLOW GROVE, PA (AP).- Fans of comics basked in a bounty of free issues as retailers from Los Angeles to London handed out thousands upon thousands of free copies Saturday for the 10th annual Free Comic Book Day. Some stores opened early while others arranged for artists and writers, including top names like DC Comics' chief creative officer, Geoff Johns, Marvel writer Jonathan Hickman and IDW's Joe Hill, to not only show off their own titles but autograph and chat with fans on hand. "I think it's the single best thing retailers and publishers are doing to bring new fans to the medium," said Joe Brusha, who writes the titles "Grimm Fairy Tales" and "Neverland" for Zenescope Entertainment. He spent Saturday visiting several comic shops in Pennsylvania that were participating in Free Comic Book Day. "I'm really looking forward to it this year because we have our Discovery Channel books that will really appeal ... More |
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