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British artist Tracey Emin stands in front of some of her neon artwork at the Hayward Gallery, in London. The exhibition is her first major exhibition in London, and features key works from all periods of the artist's career, including seldom-seen early works and more recent large-scale installations. AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth.
LONDON.- Today the Hayward Gallery unveils TRACEY EMIN: LOVE IS WHAT YOU WANT, the first major survey in London of the work of one of the UK’s most renowned and celebrated artists. The exhibition features key works from all periods of the artist’s career, including seldom-seen early works and more recent large-scale installations as well as a new series of outdoor sculptures created especially for the Hayward. The exhibition, supported by Louis Vuitton, is on show from 18 May to 29 August 2011, and is a highlight of Southbank Centre’s celebration of the 60th anniversary of the 1951 Festival of Britain with MasterCard. It is co curated by Dr Cliff Lauson, Curator, and Ralph Rugoff, Director, Hayward Gallery. Ralph Rugoff, Director, Hayward Gallery said: “Tracey Emin is one of the most celebrated and talked about artists of her genera ... More |
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Getty Museum Displays Photographs of Cuba Before, During, and After the Revolution
Walker Evans, Coal Stevedore, Havana / Dockworker, Havana, 1933. Gelatin silver print, 20.2 x 15.2 cm (7 15/16 x 6 in.) © Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Cuba’s attempt to forge an independent state with an ambitious set of social goals, all the while moored to powerful political and economic interests, has been a source of fascination for nations, intellectuals, and artists alike. On display at the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Center, May 17—October 2, 2011, A Revolutionary Project: Cuba from Walker Evans to Now, looks at three critical periods in the island nation’s history as witnessed by photographers before, during, and after the country’s 1959 Revolution. A Revolutionary Project juxtaposes Walker Evans’s 1933 images from the end of the Gerardo Machado dictatorship with views by contemporary foreign photographers Virginia Beahan (American, b. 1946), Alex Harris (American, b. 1949), and Alexey Titarenko (Russian, b. 1962), who have explored ... More | | Egyptian Princess, Who Lived More than 3,500 Years Ago, was First to Have Heart Disease
Egyptologist Dr. Ibrahem Badr prepares a mummy from the Late Period (ca. 688–332 BC) for CT scanning. AP Photo/Dr. Michael Miyamoto.
By: Maria Cheng, AP Medical Writer
LONDON (AP).- An Egyptian princess who lived more than 3,500 years ago is the oldest known person to have had clogged arteries, dispelling the myth that heart disease is a product of modern society, a new study says. To determine how common heart disease was in ancient Egypt, scientists performed computer scans on 52 mummies in Cairo and the United States. Among those that still had heart tissue, 44 had chunks of calcium stuck to their arteries — indicating clogging. "Atherosclerosis clearly existed more than 3,000 years ago," said Adel Allam, a cardiology professor at Al Azhar University in Cairo, who led the study with Gregory Thomas, director of nuclear cardiology education at the University of California in Irvine. "We cannot blame this disease on modern civilization." The research was presen- ... More | | Rare Never Before Printed John F. Kennedy Photographs Available Now in a Limited Edition
Portrait of John F. Kennedy by Nelson Gilbert.
HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NY.- American landscape, wildlife and candid portrait photographer, author & art collector: Russ Considine is making available in a very limited edition of #50, nineteen (19) never before printed black & white photographs of John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Dwight Eisenhower, and Lyndon B. Johnson. These photos were taken over fifty years ago by the late Nelson Gilbert who was a United States Korean War hero and prisoner of war who took thousands of aerial photographs across enemy lines of North Korea’s secret weapons arsenals and military positions. On one photographic mission, Captain Gilbert’s plane was shot down, he was shot, captured, escaped, and then was kept in hiding for months by a local Korean family. Mr. Gilbert’s work was shown in The Smithsonian Museum as well as many other museums. Gilbert’s famous scene of a soldier kneeling in front of a large cross in Korea with sun rays falling down on him was the cover of a Parade M ... More |
The Metropolitan Art Show: New Art and Antique Fair Replaces the American Antiques Show
Clown Shooting Target, Fairy Land Amusement Park, Illinois, 1930s. Enamel on metal, 47 1/2 inches in diameter.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Art Fair Company, which presents the Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fairs and the Art and Antique Dealers League Spring Show NYC, will launch The Metropolitan Art Show: Art & Antiques @ The Pavilion, a new art and antique fair which replaces The American Antiques Show (TAAS), formerly organized by the American Folk Art Museum, it was announced by Mark Lyman, the company's president. "The Art Fair Company will build upon the strength of The American Antique Show, which has now ended," said Lyman. "We will add several new components to the mix of Americana and folk art, including modern design and photography." According to Lyman, the presentation of the show will be upgraded with an exciting new layout using state-of-the-art 12 foot high walls and a sophisticated lighting ... More | | Sotheby's Geneva Sale of Magnificent & Noble Jewels Sets a World Auction Record for a Tiara
A magnificent and extremely rare emerald and diamond tiara, circa 1900 sold for CHF 11,282,500 / $12,736,927 (Est. CHF 4.6-9.2 million/$5-10 million). Photo: Sotheby's.
GENEVA.- This evening Sotheby’s Geneva sold the most important emerald and diamond tiara to have appeared at auction in over 30 years for CHF 11,282,500 /$12,736,927, the highest price ever achieved for a tiara at auction. Six bidders competed for the magnificent and extremely rare emerald and diamond tiara, circa 1900, which was formerly in the Collection of Princess Katharina Henckel von Donnersmarck (est. CHF 4.6-9.2 million/$5-10 million [lot 443]); the price it fetched also represented an auction record for a piece of emerald jewellery. The total for the entire sale of Magnificent and Noble Jewels was CHF 78,944,900/$89,121,687 (est. CHF 41.9 - 69 million / $ 47.3 – 77.9 million). Commenting on this evening’s sale, David Bennett, Chairman of Sotheby’s Jewellery Department for Europe and the Middle East, said: “Sotheby’s was ... More | | Significant Unique Works by American and Contemporary Artists at Swann Auction Galleries
Alexander Calder, Untitled, painted metal stabile, circa 1943. Estimate: $300,000-500,000. Courtesy of Swann Auction Galleries.
NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Galleries’ June 9 auction of American Art & Contemporary Art offers outstanding works by important artists. A circa 1943 painted metal stabile by Alexander Calder, which comes with copies of the artist’s handwritten letter to his Parisian art dealer and illustrated instructions for assembling the piece, is the first sculpture by Calder to be offered at Swann. Designed to be displayed on a table, the Untitled kinetic sculpture sits on a newly-crafted metal base that replicates Calder’s design. The stabile is estimated at $300,000 to $500,000. Also among the stellar unique works in the sale is Siren, circa 1945, an important egg tempera painting by the magic realist American painter Jared French. In this enigmatic picture, a nude young man lies suspended above a body of water at the edge of a dock. He gazes ... More |
Christie's Chinese Imperial Ceramics & Works of Art Sales Valued at Close to HK$1 Billion
A specialist from Christie's auction house introduces a Famille Rose revolving and reticulated 'Chilong' double vase. EPA/YM YIK.
HONG KONG.- Christie’s Hong Kong Spring sales of Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, to be held on Wednesday, 1 June at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, will present over 450 rare and exquisite Chinese Imperial ceramics and works of art valued at close to HK$1 billion, which is an increase of almost 60 times Christie’s first sale of Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art in Hong Kong in 1987. Offering global collectors unprecedented breadth and depth, the sale this season is the perfect place from which connoisseurs can acquire the rarest and the best. Leading the sale is an exquisite revolving vase from the Qianlong period (1736-1795) (estimate on request). Preserved in perfect condition, the rotating vase has reticulated outer walls and painted interiors, with a complex form and structure that exemplifies the technical brilliance of the craftsmen at the Imperial kilns of ... More | | Camera Work Gallery in Berlin Presents Comprehensive Insight into Herb Ritts' Photography
Courtney Love II, Culver City, 1995 by Herb Ritts. © Herb Ritts Foundation.
BERLIN.- Camera Work presents photographs from Herb Ritts, on view from May 14 through July 02, 2011. More than 50 photographs give a comprehensive insight into the work of Herb Ritts, who passed away in 2002. All of the exhibited photographs were developed during the artist’s lifetime. In the 1980s and the 1990s, the autodidact worked together with nearly every superstar. Among the exhibited portraits one can find names such as Madonna, Mick Jagger, Dustin Hoffman, David Bowie, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Nicholson, and Cindy Crawford. Thanks to his unique vision, distinctive portraits as well as very aesthetic nude photographs came into existence. His great sensitivity and his stylistic confidence with regard to the usage of strict forms, creating a monumental sensuality, enabled Herb Ritts to create timeless icons and to influence a whole generation of photographers with his innovative picture language. Sand, sea, s ... More | | Exhibition of James Castle's Isolated World Opens at Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid
An artwork by US artist James Castle is displayed as part of the exhibition 'Display and Collect'. EPA/JUAN M. ESPINOSA.
MADRID.- Primitive, outsider, vernacular or visionary are some of the words used to define the complexity of James Castle (Idaho, 1900-1977). The artist spent his life in rural Idaho, inventing his own artistic technique while creating totemic assemblage pieces, drawings and books resembling palimpsest. This exhibition is a departure from the critical apparatus that (mis)interprets the art of the mentally ill and instead shows Castle's work as a fractured vision of the world. Born in the State of Idaho in 1899, James Castle lived in isolation from the art world until his death in 1977. His artistic production, composed mostly by drawings made with soot and saliva, coloured cardboard constructions with strings attached and handmade books, have no titles, dates or any other indication of a chronology. The questions arising from his heterodox technique and the alteration of the tools of artistic classification are ... More |
Sascha Weidner Celebrates the Beauty of the Perfect Moment at C/O Berlin Gallery
A woman walks past the art installation "Last Song" by Sascha Weidner at the entrance to the C/O Berlin gallery in Berlin. REUTERS/Thomas Peter.
BERLIN.- It’s the moment that counts. It’s the source of everything—every perception, longing, dream, and remembrance. Sascha Weidner celebrates the beauty of the perfect moment and takes hold of it, turning an unflinching eye toward himself and his environment. His radically subjective cosmos of images is the poetic film of life, in which every shot is a statement of either life-affirming exuberance or hushed melancholy. Whether in photographs of rumpled white sheets, in macro shots of veined skin, or in images of mysteriously overturned cars or of the tender intimacy of lovers—every passing nuance is critical. And although each photograph seems almost hermetically sealed within itself, in combination, his images give rise to a dramatic dialog among the individual events. The cumulative visual chaos shows how ... More | | Exhibition of Eco-Friendly and Modular Furniture at Industry Gallery in Washington
The name FlexibleLove™ is derived from the concept of a “flexible love seat”.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Industry Gallery presents FlexibleLove, on view from May 14 through July 2, 2011. The exhibition features FlexibleLove™ furniture, a collection of seating incorporating an accordion-like, honeycomb structure, made mostly from widely‐available recycled paper and wood waste that allows the works to be easily manipulated into different shapes. With a simple pull at either end, this durable seating can be extended to accommodate up to 20 people, manipulated in “ess” shapes, circles and irregular forms, and contracted into a single chair for easy storage. FlexibleLove™, manufactured by Pinzaan Company Limited in Taiwan, was first developed in 2005 by Taiwanese designer furniture Chishen Shiu while a student at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. It is now available in the United State ... More | | Sotheby's Sale to Be Hghlighted by Maqbool Fida Husain and Sayed Haider
Manjit Bawa, Untitled, Signed in English, Urdu and Devanagari 'Manjit Bawa/2003' on reverse. Oil on canvas, 141.5 by 117.5 cm. Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London announce its sale of South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art to take place on the 31st May 2011. Comprised of 62 lots, several with unprecedented provenance, the auction is expected to fetch in excess of £2.8 million. Highlighting the sale will be works by Sayed Haider Raza. His Bindu is an important 1985 work and is one of the earliest large depictions of the Bindu by the artist. Raza’s preoccupation with nature is apparent in his use of primary colours to highlight the elements of nature; red, blue, yellow, white and black respectively represent fire, water, wind, earth and the sun. It is estimated at £400,000-600,000. Another important work by Raza from his Paris period is Rue des Fossés St Jaques, an oil on canvas estimated at £300,000-500,000 ... More |
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 Bonhams to Sell Contents of the St Lucia Home of Lord GlenconnerLONDON.- Bonhams announces the sale of the contents of the late Lord Glenconner’s property, `Beau House’, St Lucia, on behalf of the Glenconner Trustees and Estate on Wednesday 28 September 2011 at 2pm in New Bond Street, London. The 3rd Lord Glenconner, formerly Colin Tennant, was best known for transforming the barren Caribbean island of Mustique into a luxurious and glamorous playground for the rich and famous. In the 1960s and ‘70s, the island became renowned for sensational parties with guest lists of aristocrats, rock stars and royalty. From Mustique, Lord Glenconner moved to St Lucia in the early 1990s, together with his pet elephant, and settled in ‘Beau House’ which is idyllically located between the two Pitons in the south-east of this exotic island. On St Lucia he was appointed Ambassador of Tourism and developed his land as a World Heritage Site The sale includes a wonderful selection of C ... More Expanded "Masterpiece London" Art, Antiques, and Contemporary Design Fair on Inaugural SuccessLONDON.- The countdown has begun to Masterpiece London, a fair showcasing the best of the best in art, antiques and collector’s items such as classic cars, jewelry, fine wines, and contemporary design, on the South Grounds at The Royal Hospital Chelsea, London from June 30 to July 5, 2011 (with a Preview on June 29). Now in its second year, Masterpiece London, which attracted over 18,000 visitors at its inaugural fair in 2010, will bring together more than 150 of the world’s top exhibitors for its 2011 fair, to present a premium cultural experience for international visitors on an unprecedented scale. Promising distinctive design and aesthetic excellence, from Bugatti to bronzes, Cartier to Cognac, Picasso to pink diamonds, Masterpiece London represents a new fair model. Distinguishing itself from other fairs, Masterpiece London will offer f ... More Dulwich Picture Gallery Receives Multiple Award NominationsLONDON.- Dulwich Picture Gallery’s recent sell-out catalogue for Paul Nash: The Elements, written by David Fraser Jenkins, has been long-listed for the prestigious The William MB Berger Prize for British Art History, in association with The British Art Journal. The five assessors are Dr Timothy J. Standring, Gates Foundation Curator of Painting & Sculpture at Denver Art Museum; Desmond Shawe-Taylor, The Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures; Angus Trumble, Senior Curator of Paintings and Sculpture at the Yale Centre for British Art; Katharine Eustace, Editor of The Sculpture Journal; and Dr. Rosemary Hill, writer and historian who also sits on the editorial board of the London Review of Books. Sarah Lawson reviewed the catalogue for the August 2010 edition of The Art Book and described the catalogue as “a bea ... More Bonhams Auctioneer to Sell Cream of South Africa's Wine at 37th Nederburg SaleNEDERBURG.- “Exclusivity”, “prestige” and “ultimate indulgence” are just some of the expressions that come to mind when a selection of more than 160 of South Africa's finest wines come together with the sole purpose of going under the hammer at this year’s annual Nederburg Auction at Nederburg in Paarl on September 16 and 17. Incredibly, the majority of South Africa’s 18 official wine routes will be represented when Anthony Barne MW, the London-based auctioneer from Bonhams, the international fine art auction house, sells off a collection of the country’s most prized liquid assets. Buyers are expected to be local and international wine buyers, including supermarket retailers, liquor licensees, restaurant owners, food and beverage buyers for hotels, guesthouses and game lodges. Anthony, who takes up the hammer for the se ... More Pug Dog Porcelain Snuff Box for Sale at BonhamsLONDON.- A very rare Schrezheim porcelain snuff box in the form of a pug dog is expected to fetch £12,000-18,000 when it goes up for auction at Bonhams, New Bond Street on 5th July in the sale of the Helmut Joseph Collection of Porcelain Snuff Boxes. Around 1740, a series of pug related items were designed as secret emblems for a German underground Masonic-styled lodge known as the "Order of the Pug." Many were created by Johann Joachim Kaendler, master model maker of the Meissen porcelain factory in Germany, but the one for sale at Bonhams is a much rarer example from the Schrezheim factory. It is believed that the Order of the Pugs was created as a fraternal group for Roman Catholics who had been forbidden to join the Masons by Pope Clement XII’s 1738 bull, In Eminenti Apostolatus Specula, and that it was thought to have started by the elector of Cologne, Clemens August of Wittelsbach. Members were ... More Centre Pompidou-Metz Presents Daniel Buren "ECHOS, Work in situ" METZ.- Daniel Buren is currently one of the most important artists both in France and internationally. For more than 40 years, each of his exhibitions throughout the world has elicited attention. The latest exhibition Échos is on view until September 9th, 2011 at the Centre Pompidou-Metz. The Centre Pompidou-Metz has, since 2009, formed a privileged relationship with Daniel Buren, first initiating projects for its pre-inauguration Constellation event: 5610 flammes colorées pour un arc-en-ciel, a site-specific work on Rue Serpenoise in Metz, and Couleurs superposées, Acte XIII, a performance he directed at the Metz Metropolitan Opera and Theatre in September 2009. A year after its opening, the Centre Pompidou-Metz has invited Daniel Buren to produce a project for Galerie 3, in a joint initiative with the Mudam Luxembourg, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean. Buren has created a site-specific piece for the Mudam ... More Halcyon Gallery Presents Pedro Paricio: Master Painters LONDON.- Halcyon Gallery present Paricio’s first exhibition in London. Pedro Paricio: Master Painters is on view from May 12th through June 17th, 2011. Tipped by international critics and curators as a rising star, Spanish artist Pedro Paricio is enjoying a serious reputation in the art world, following exhibitions throughout Spain, Europe and USA. Juan Manuel Bonet, Art Critic and former Director of Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, has described Paricio’s work as “…the freshest thing I’ve seen in the emerging contemporary art world in 30 years”. Tomas Paredes, President of the Madrid Association of Art Critics, foresees a bright future for Paricio: “Be sure that here we have a true phenomenon – a tornado – you can feel it, you can smell it, you can see it – if you miss it, you’ll regret it”. Halcyon Gallery also spotted the artist’s ... More Online Platform Connects Artists with Charities to Create Wearable PhilanthropyNEW YORK, NY.- Love and Water Designs, an online platform that connects artists with charities to create Wearable Philanthropy, is holding a special project for Japan where we are printing limited-edition t-shirts with original works of five artists, and printing only 200 of each design. They are calling it the 1,000 Prayers For Japan Project and are donating 100% of the profits to the Nagagutsu Organization, a charity that is providing rubber boots and gloves to workers and refugees in Japan right now. The first three artists, Catherine Eaton Skinner, Robert Indiana and Jane Dickson, have graciously donated designs for this amazing project, and Love and Water Designs are currently taking submissions through the website for two more original designs to print. The two artists with designs that receive the most attention through our site from our community will have their designs printed. The shirts are being sold in a ... More Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil in Mexico City Presents Siqueiros: Landscape PainterMEXICO CITY.- A term Siqueiros used to refer to the sketches that would eventually become murals, "portable paintings", are the works presented in this one-of-a-kind exhibition—consisting of approximately eighty paintings and drawings—that showcase the great muralist’s interest in, and profound study of, the elements that constitute a landscape; namely, open horizons, volcanic ranges, turgid forms, and even the first planes of telluric surfaces that are combined to render a complete emotional and dramatic experience. As with everything else in Siqueiros’ work, the landscape moves, vibrates, and its volumes become disproportionate in order to exalt the monumentality of the work. In the exhibition Siqueiros: Landscape Painter, visitors will also find an important selection of photographs and documents that ... More Phillips de Pury & Co.'s Design Auction to Present 20th Century Ceramics NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips de Pury & Company announces its spring Design auction to be held at 450 Park Avenue on May 25. The auction comprises 176 lots of 20th century and contemporary design, on view to the public at 450 Park Avenue from May 19 to May 24. The sale will include a large group of British, American and Japanese ceramics by 20th-century masters and contemporary potters. Works include porcelain and stoneware vessels by British studio greats Lucie Rie and Hans Coper, friends and former colleagues, whose concurrent careers represent a crowning achievement in 20th-century ceramics. The auction will also include postwar and contemporary Japanese ceramic sculpture by renowned artists Sueharu Fukami, Osamu Suzuki and Kazuo Yagi, among others. By turning away from canonical forms—tea-ware, rice cups, bowls—these ceramicists questioned the functionality of pots and subordinated craft ... More |
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