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Mike Mitchell poses next to his images of the Beatles taken in 1964 which are part of a collection on sale comprising 50 lots of unpublished and never-before-seen photographs of the Beatles' first visits to the US in 1964 on display at Christie's in New York. The works will go to auction at Christie's in New york on 20 July. The complete collection is expected to reach a price of 100,000 dollars or 70,000 euros. EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT.
NEW YORK, NY.- On July 20, Christie's will present The Beatles Illuminated: The Discovered Works of Mike Mitchell, a sale comprised of 50 lots of unpublished and never-before-seen photographs of the Beatles’ first hysteria-inducing visits to America in 1964. Shot in black and white by photographer Mike Mitchell when he was just 18 years old, the images have been filed away for nearly fifty years. The complete rediscovered collection is expected to realize in the region of $100,000. On February 11, 1964, just two days after their momentous American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, the Beatles performed their first US concert at the Washington Coliseum. The DC native shot dozens of intimate and thrilling photographs capturing the excitement of this first British Invasion. Mitchell had exceptional access to the events including their arrival at Union Station, the press conference preceding the performance and unrestricted ... More |
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New Mexico Uses Wild West Gunslinger Billy the Kid's Legacy to Draw Tourists
Henry McCarty, a.k.a. Billy the Kid, is pictured in this undated photograph obtained by Reuters. REUTERS/Library of Congress.
By: Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE, N.M. (REUTERS)- Wild West gunslinger Billy the Kid was shot and killed in southern New Mexico 130 years ago, but state officials still can't seem to let him rest in peace. Last year, then-Governor Bill Richardson made headlines by suggesting he might pardon the 19th-century outlaw, only to decide against it on his last day in office. This year, Richardson's successor, Governor Susana Martinez, has launched a statewide "manhunt" for the Kid in a campaign to boost tourism to the Land of Enchantment. The promotion offers a $10,000 grand prize reward to the search "posse" that first completes a prescribed series of challenges in a scavenger hunt-like contest to slap the Kid with a symbolic arrest warrant. The prize is based on the $500 reward posted for ... More | | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Acquires Important Early Structure Work by Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt, Wall Grid (3 x 3), 1966. Painted wood, 71 x 71 x 1 5/8 in.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) recently announced the acquisition of Wall Grid (3 x 3) (1966), an important early work by Sol LeWitt, one of the key artists of the postwar period. Wall Grid (3 x 3) was purchased through the Phyllis C. Wattis Fund for Major Accessions. Melding form and idea, LeWitt's works are organized around principles set by the artist establishing procedures, materials, and boundaries that structure the work of art. By subtly shifting his own rules within each work, LeWitt invites viewers to explore the psychology and the flexibility of vision. LeWitt worked in a wide array of materials and mediums but is probably best known for what he called the "wall drawings," works executed directly on walls at an architectural scale, which he initiated in the fall of 1968 with pencil drawings and later created with crayon, india ink, and acrylic paint. From 1964 to 1968 ... More | | New App Instantly Connects Art Lovers to New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
The Metropolitan Opera House in New York's Lincoln Center. AP Photo/Matt Moyer. By: Bernd Debusmann Jr.
NEW YORK, NY. (REUTERS)- Patrons of the arts can now be instantly connected with New York City's famed Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts thanks to a new app. "We are trying to transform the way a cultural institution engages patrons with new technology," said Peter Duffin, Lincoln Center's vice president, brand and marketing. The free app enables users to keep an eye on current and coming events and to buy tickets directly from their phone. "It's the digital equivalent of collecting the playbill of shows you get to see," Duffin said. Users unfamiliar with Lincoln Center's 16-acre campus will also be able to explore maps that include restrooms, subway stations and dining options, which can be reserved through the app. The map portion of the app includes little-known facts - called "secrets" - about Lincoln Center. "For example, you can learn how many gallons gush through our fountain in a minute, or that the new film ... More |
Rude and Reckless: Punk/Post-Punk Graphics, 1976-82 at the Steven Kasher Gallery
Anonymous, Blondie, 1976.
NEW YORK, NY.- Rude and Reckless: Punk/Post-Punk Graphics, 1976-82 is the first New York exhibition surveying the extraordinary diversity of Punk and Post-Punk graphic design. The exhibition showcases a wide range of American and British artistry, with influences that include the Bauhaus, Futurism, Dadaism, Pop Art, Constructivism and Expressionism. The exhibition features over 200 rare posters, along with fanzines, flyers, clothing, badges and stickers. Rude and Reckless documents an era that produced a great burst of applied graphic-design creativity, one of the most subversive of the 20th Century. Vivid, violent and frequently acid tongued, the works in Rude and Reckless represent one of the truly authentic DIY youth culture movements of the Western World. The exhibition is timed to coincide with the 35th anniversary of Punk Rock; both the release of the first Ramones album, and the mythical (and notorious) Anarchy in the UK Tour ... More | | Frida Kahlo Never-Before-Seen Artist's Book to be Sold at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Frida Kahlo covered the book with doodles, inscriptions, paint and collaged leaves.
CHICAGO, IL.- A beat-up copy of The Works of Edgar Allan Poe is expected to sell for over $20,000 at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers on August 9th. It is no ordinary used book – it belonged to the celebrated Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo, who covered the book with doodles, inscriptions, paint and collaged leaves. To Frida, the book provided an outlet for her to engage in dialogue with the Poe’s mysterious and macabre poetry, and the result is one of the most intriguing artist’s books to appear on the market. The most interesting inscription appears at the beginning of the book, where Frida has the written following in crayon: Pues si, Frida Kahlo, Auxocromo Cromoforo, 1922, 1945, 23, 12, 35, always. A close reading, offered by Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernist expert, Luis-Martin Lozano, points directly to Frida’s relationship with her husband, Diego Rivera: Frida Kahlo met Diego Rivera in 192 ... More | | Amon Carter Museum of American Art Announces New Online Collection Database
Willard Metcalf (1858–1925), Pond Lilies, 1905. Oil on canvas. Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas 2010.12
FORT WORTH, TX- The Amon Carter Museum of American Art announces it has recently launched a digital collection database, which includes more than 7,500 artworks from the museum’s permanent collection. Easily searchable by artist, artwork or medium, the database can be accessed from the museum’s website at www.cartermuseum.org/custom. The process to create the digital database began in 2009, when the museum received a $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to photograph and catalog the works on paper collection. Because the painting and sculpture collection was previously cataloged and digitized, the museum focused its efforts on its 7,000 watercolors, prints and drawings. The museum completed digitization of this area of its collection in December 2010. Also in 2010, the museum received a $150,000 grant from the ... More |
Billionaire Ron Burkle Buys Architect Frank Lloyd Wright's Landmark Ennis House
The 1924 Ennis House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. AP Photo/Philip Scott Andrews.
By: Jacob Adelman, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, CA (AP).- Billionaire Ron Burkle has snapped up Frank Lloyd Wright's landmark Ennis House at the relative bargain price of about $4.5 million, the building's sellers announced Friday. Ennis House Foundation chairwoman Marla Felber said Burkle, a supermarket tycoon, would continue rehabilitating the 1924 concrete block home, on which the foundation had already spent $6.5 million for repairs. "Mr. Burkle has a track record of preserving important historic homes, and we know he'll be an excellent steward of the Ennis House," Felber said in a release announcing the sale of the structure, the last and largest of four homes Wright designed in an experimental "textile block" style. Inspired by Mayan ruins in Uxmal, Mexico, the 6,000-square-foot estate is built from 27,000 blocks featuring 24 design variations and has breathtaking ... More | | Sticky Fingers: Photographs from the Lost Session by Peter Webb on View at Snap Galleries
Detailed scanning of the negatives reveals a collection of previously unpublished photographs of The Rolling Stones.
LONDON.- Itʼs a story that would give any photographer sleepless nights. A classic photo-session for one of the biggest bands on the planet, The Rolling Stones, for the cover of one of their most critically acclaimed albums, Sticky Fingers. Disaster then strikes, as British photographer Peter Webbʼs negatives go missing soon after the 1971 shoot. Then, out of nowhere, they are discovered again after almost 40 years. Detailed scanning of the negatives reveals a collection of previously unpublished photographs of The Rolling Stones, group shots and solo portraits, in black and white and colour. Many of these are now to be shown together in a gallery exhibition for the first time at Snap Galleries space in central London, some in sizes up to 6ft wide. Snap Galleries owner Guy White admits “While lost negatives are every photographerʼs nightmare, this a story that any gallery owner dreams about, and I am ... More | | Recently Discovered Old Master "St. Joseph and the Infant Jesus" at Auction in New Orleans
School of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, St. Joseph and the Infant Jesus. Oil on canvas, 49 ¼" X 32". Estimate: $8,000 to $12,000.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- A recently discovered and undocumented Old Master painting of "St. Joseph and the Infant Jesus" from the School of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo is coming to auction in New Orleans at Crescent City Auction Gallery on Saturday, July 23. The Baroque painting portrays St. Joseph as a young father and the baby Jesus as a toddler holding a branch of lilies. According to David J. Goldberg - the appraiser who discovered the painting in a private collection in New Orleans, http://www.appraisalgroupusa.com - the oil on canvas bears the characteristics of a 17th Century work of art. It is painted on a fine broad weave canvas, probably better than most of the period. The painting appears to have been relined and the support stretchers replaced sometime during the 19th Century. The overall size of the oil painting is 49 ¼" X 32" (124.46 cm X ... More |
Leading Indian Modernists at Saffronart's 24-Hour Auction '99 Modern Paperworks'
F. N. Souza, Untitled, 1956. Mixed media on paper. Estimate: $20,000-$30,000.
MUMBAI.- Saffronart, the world’s largest online fine-art auction house, will showcase a significant selection of works on paper by 22 Modern Masters at its next 24-Hour Auction. The selection includes works by leading Indian artists Tyeb Mehta, V.S. Gaitonde, F.N. Souza, Nasreen Mohamedi, Arpita Singh, Jogen Chowdhury and more. The auction, which begins on July 20, 2011 at 8.00 pm (IST), will take place online at www.saffronart.com. The aesthetic quality of the lots in this auction, coupled with their competitive estimates, offers young collectors a unique opportunity to acquire their first significant modern Indian artwork, and established collectors a chance to enhance their holdings with a range of works on paper by leading modernists, including an important selection of drawings by founder members of the seminal Progressive Artists’ Group F.N. Souza, M. ... More | | The Only Way is Londinium, Roman London is Revealed with Augmented Reality in New App
Roman gladiators fight in Guildhall Yard. © Museum of London.
LONDON.- Following on from the success of award-winning app Streetmuseum™, the Museum of London has joined forces with AETN UK ’s flagship channel HISTORY™ to develop a new app which gives users the opportunity to see Roman London as it was 2,000 years ago. Streetmuseum Londinium will direct users to locations across London where they can immerse themselves in the sights, sounds and remains of Roman life. At the city’s peak in AD 120 approximately 25,000 Romans lived in London , leaving much behind to explore today. Users can digitally excavate Roman artefacts, including leather bikini briefs and an ancient manicure set, which tell the stories of life in Londinium. Using their finger to dig and by blowing on their iPhone, users will gradually reveal the objects where they were first found in the capital. Key Roman sites in London , such as the amphitheatre at Guildhall, will be brought to life t ... More | | Abbey House Sets Out to Conquer World Markets; will Open Four Branches
Stanislaw Mlodozeniec, “Inspirues”, 2010, 145 X 145. Photo: Courtesy Abbey House S.A.
POLAND.- In a month’s time it is going to open a gallery in Berlin, and soon afterwards in Los Angeles, London and Dubai. Abbey House SA operates in the very niche market of works of art, currently estimated at 300 million zlotys. In a few years’ time, however, it may grow up to 6 billion zlotys. The total figures related to sales of paintings in Q1 2011 in Poland raise optimism. Works of art worth over 10 million zlotys have been sold, which makes it possible to predict a year-end result of 40–50 million zlotys, i.e. 40 per cent higher than last year. The strategy of Abbey House SA consists in the close collaboration with a group of selected artists with which the company signs agreements for several years. The company promotes the artists and their work and earns money selling it. Only one painting is put up for sale each month, however, while the others remain in the Abbey House safe and their value gro ... More |
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 Important 1792 Fusible Alloy Cent, One Of Less Than 10 Known, In Heritage Auctions' Chicago EventROSEMONT, IL.- An important 1792 P1C One Cent, Judd-2, Pollock-2, Low R.7, Fine 15 NGC, CAC, one of the great rarities of early American numismatics will cross the auction block on Aug. 11 as part of Heritage Auctions Chicago Signature® U.S. Coin & Platinum Night Auction . “Less than 10 of these great rarities are known to exist,” said Greg Rohan, President of Heritage. “When one comes on the market it constitutes a real numismatic event and we expect collectors will respond accordingly when it comes time to bid.” The 1792 pattern cents, Birch cent, half disme, disme and quarter were the prototypes for what later became the cent, nickel, dime and quarter, all still staples of commerce today. These patterns were essential to the development of United States coinage. The smaller cents from 1792 are all related, although their presentation differs. The best known of these coins is the silver center cent proposed by ... More Roger M. Buergel Appointed the Artistic Director of Busan Biennale 2012KOREA.- The Busan Biennale Organizing Committee has appointed Roger M. Buergel (artistic director of Documenta __ Kassel) as the artistic director of Busan Biennale 2012. Buergel is a seasoned exhibition organizer born in 1962 in Berlin. He received his education from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and studied under the Australian artist Hermann Nitsch for 3 years. He served as a guest curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art Barcelona and the artistic director of Documenta __ Kassel. He also curated exhibitions that won critical acclaims, such as "Barely Something. On Ai Weiwei" (2010, Museum DKM), "The Government" (2003__2005, University Art Gallery Luneburg, Museum d'Art Contemporari de Barcelona, Miami Art Central, Witte de with Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam Secession) and "The Subject and Power" (2001, Central House of the Art). He taught in Luneburg University (2002__2005 ... More Asif Khan to Design Future Memory Pavilion in SingaporeSINGAPORE.- The British Council, in partnership with the Royal Academy of Arts, London and the Preservation of Monuments Board, Singapore, today announced a programme of events entitled Future Memory in Singapore. The programme will culminate with a temporary pavilion designed by award-winning UK architect Asif Khan as part of Singapore’s annual architecture festival ArchiFest in October 2011. The theme of Future Memory, which forms the basis for a platform of activities in Singapore, derives from a series of discussion-based events (RA Forums) created by the Royal Academy of Arts in early 2011 in London. The platform will be launched in Singapore on 13 July 2011 with an RA Forum. The event will feature speakers Liu Thai Ker (architect and an important figure in Singapore’s urban development); Eric Parry RA (London-based architect whose work includ ... More SC Johnson to Display Frank Lloyd Wright Artifacts RACINE, WI (AP).- The SC Johnson company plans to display a collection of artifacts highlighting Frank Lloyd Wright's influence on families at the home starting next spring. The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation said Thursday that it is providing a long-term loan of drawings, models, furniture, fixtures, photos and personal items to the Racine, Wis.-based company. The exhibition will start next spring and doesn't have an end date. Frank Lloyd Wright, who grew up in Spring Green, designed the company's Administration Building in 1936 and Research Tower in 1944. "SC Johnson is a natural fit for such a robust exhibit on home and family, and this is a wonderful opportunity for the foundation to continue educating the public about the works and legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright," Jeff Grip, chairman of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Board of Trust ... More Nottingham Contemporary Presents Two 'Acts' Dedicated to Jean GenetNOTTINGHAM.- This summer Nottingham Contemporary presents a major and unconventional exhibition in two 'Acts' dedicated to Jean Genet, the celebrated poet of revolt. Act One is a solo exhibition by Marc Camille Chaimowicz, the influential London-based artist who was born in post-War Paris. New works in film, slide projection and sculpture evoke the early Genet—the former prisoner, thief, army deserter and vagabond who turned brutal experience into sexually fevered poetry. Chaimowicz's exhibition focuses on Genet's The Maids (1948), about two servants who revolt against their mistress. His installation takes the form of a strange ornate domestic interior that suggests a space Genet might wish to inhabit. It hosts several 'guests', principally Alberto Giacometti, who is represented by six major sculptures and paintings, together with drawings and furniture, generously lent by Fondation Giacometti, Centre Pom ... More Visions of an Ancient Land: A Gift of 47 Black-and-White Photographs by Neil Folberg to the EversonNEW YORK,NY.- The Everson recently received a gift of 47 black-and-white photographs by Neil Folberg entitled Celestial Nights: Visions of an Ancient Land. Celestial Nights is a stunning portfolio of nocturnal landscapes and star-filled skies set in ancient ruins found in the Middle East. A selection of these photographs are exhibited at the Everson from July 16, 2011 through September 18, 2011. The artist skillfully captures a spectacular world of nocturnal landscapes in Israel and the Sinai where the horizon is not always definitive. The earth and heavens are mingled in this series of arresting images, which to Folberg represents a blurred division between present and eternity, substance and spirit, and knowledge and imagination. Folberg writes, “In landscape I see a revelation of how pure spirituality has descended into physical existence… These are the scenes, on the human edge of the cosmos, that I am showing i ... More African American Civil War Museum Reopening in WashingtonWASHINGTON, DC.- 2011 ushered in the beginning of a four-year celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War and the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement. For more than ten years, the African American Civil War Monument and Museum has stood as a testament to the struggle of African Americans and others to rid this nation of the scourge of slavery and racial bias. There is no doubt the fact that America is a much better place for all having shed itself of its slavery and Jim Crow past and come closer to living out the meaning of the words ‘One Nation, Under God, Indivisible, With Liberty and Justice for All’. Today, the museum had its Grand Opening of the new and permanent site of African American Civil War Museum. The New location is 1925 Vermont Avenue NW, directly across from the African American Civil War Monument. The new location of the museum has over $5 million of modern, highly ed ... More Pearl Harbor Memorial to Host Japan Tea CeremonyBy: Audrey Mcavoy, Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP).- For the first time, one of the most traditional and symbolic of Japan's art forms, the tea ceremony, is due to be performed at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor. The event this week is being planned to honor Americans who died when Japan attacked Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941. Organizers hope it will serve as a gesture of reconciliation between two nations that once fought fiercely, but which now are close allies. Genshitsu Sen, the 88-year-old grand tea master of the Urasenke School of Tea — which is the largest of the three schools of Japanese tea ceremony — is due to perform the ancient ritual Tuesday morning within the white structure that sits above the sunken battleship. Two Pearl Harbor survivors are expected to participate, along with the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Adm. Patrick Walsh. Yoshihiko Kamo, the Japanese consul general in Honolulu, is also du ... More |
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