| | "MemyselfandI: Photo portraits of Picasso" opens at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne
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A view of a photo by French photographer Andre Villers from 1958, which shows Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, in the Museum Ludwig in Cologne,Germany, 22 September 2011. The exhibition 'MemyselfandI. Photo Portraits of Picasso' shows 200 exposures, which show Picasso as the master of self-fashioning and can be visited from 24 September 2011. EPA/ROLFVENNENBERND.
COLOGNE.- Pablo Picasso was not only a great artist but also a master of self-dramatization. His face is at least as well known as his outstanding oeuvre. All of the leading 20th-century portraitists photographed Picasso - and some of these portraits went on to become icons. In the exhibition "MemyselfandI. Photo Portraits of Picasso" Museum Ludwig is showing some 250 photographs by such artists as Richard Avedon, Cecil Beaton, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Lee Miller and Man Ray. This is the first time the question of the conflict between Picasso's desire to control how he was portrayed and the creative demands of his portraitists has been addressed in an exhibition. International loans and some 40 pivotal works from Museum Ludwig's own collection allow ... More |
| Historical importance of paintings by Frank Stella Examined in exhibition at Paul Kasmin Gallery | | Recently rediscovered early body of work by Ad Reinhardt on view at The Pace Gallery | | Exhibition of Bob Dylan's drawings and paintings on view at Gagosian Gallery in New York | 
Frank Stella, Double Mitered Maze, 1967. Alkyd on canvas, 62 1/4 x 124 7/8 inches 158.1 x 317.2 cm © 2011 Frank Stella, Courtesy ARS.
NEW YORK, NY.- Paul Kasmin Gallery presents “Geometric Variations,” the first New York gallery exhibition to explore the historical importance of Frank Stella’s iconic square paintings from the 1960’s and 1970’s. The exhibition includes large single and double canvasses from Stella’s Concentric Square and Mitered Mazes series, as well as the seminal “New Madrid” painting from his Benjamin Moore series. Stella began covering square canvases in alkyd house paint in 1961. Like his earlier Black, Aluminum and Copper paintings, these new square paintings articulated the relationship between the two-dimensional picture plane and its three-dimensional support. Unlike the previous works, they were characterized by a crisp regularity, rigid symmetry and all-over flatness. As the art historian and curator William S. Rubin wrote, “In their extreme simplicity, and the absolute evenness ... More | | 
Ad Reinhardt, Untitled, 1938 (detail). Gouache on board, 4-3/8" x 5-5/16"© 2011 Estate of Ad Reinhardt / Artists Rights Socitey (ARS), New York. Photo: Kerry Ryan McFate / Courtesy The Pace Gallery. Private Collection.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Pace Gallery is showing Ad Reinhardt: Works from 1935–1945, on view at 32 East 57th Street from September 15 through October 15, 2011. The exhibition is the first public presentation of a recently rediscovered early body of work by the artist, the majority of which had been in storage since Reinhardt’s death. Nearly one hundred gouaches, drawings, collages, and works on canvas are on view. The experimental and diverse works on view shed light on Reinhardt’s development of a new—and at the time radical—language of a uniquely American Abstract Expressionism. After graduating from Columbia University, Reinhardt was admitted into the WPA’s Easel Division in 1936, where he was one of only a handful of artists working in abstraction. Immersed in a community ... More | | 
Bob Dylan in his studio, late 1980s. Photograph by David Michael Kennedy. Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian Gallery presents an exhibition of paintings by Bob Dylan. Dylan's drawings and paintings are marked by the same constant drive for renewal that characterizes his legendary music. He often draws and paints while on tour, and his motifs bear corresponding impressions of the many different environments and people that he encounters. A keen observer, Dylan works from real life to depict everyday phenomena in such a way that they appear fresh, new, and mysterious. The Asia Series, a visual journal of his travels in Japan, China, Vietnam, and Korea, comprises firsthand depictions of people, street scenes, architecture and landscape, which can be clearly identified by title and specific cultural details, such as Mae Ling, Cockfight, The Bridge, and Hunan Province. Conversely, there are more cryptic paintings often of personalities and situations, such Big Brother and Opium, or LeBelle Cascade, ... More |
| Photographer Elliott Erwitt's archive to be housed at University of Texas' Harry Ransom Center | | J. Paul Getty Trust and the Hellenic Republic sign agreement creating framework for cultural cooperation | | Boldini and Dore highlight Christie's 19th Century European art sale in New York | 
CUBA. Havana. 1964. © Elliott Erwitt/MAGNUM PHOTOS.
AUSTIN, TX.- The archive of photographer Elliott Erwitt (b. 1928), which includes more than 50,000 signed photographic prints, will be housed at the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. Spanning more than six decades of Erwitt's career, the archive covers not only his work for magazine, industrial and advertising clients but also photographs that have emerged from personal interests. Collectors and philanthropists Caryl and Israel Englander have placed the archive at the Ransom Center for five years, making it accessible to researchers, scholars and students. Born in Paris to Russian émigré parents, Erwitt spent his formative years in Milan and then immigrated to the United States, living in Los Angeles and ultimately New York. In 1948, Erwitt actively began his career and met photographers Robert Capa, Edward Steichen and Roy Stryker, all who would become ment ... More | | 
James Cuno [left], President & CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust, and Pavlos Yeroulanos [right], Minister of Culture and Tourism for the Hellenic Republic © J. Paul Getty Trust.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Pavlos Yeroulanos, Minister of Culture and Tourism for the Hellenic Republic, and James Cuno, President and Chief Executive Officer of the J. Paul Getty Trust, today signed a memorandum of understanding that ensures a clear framework for cooperation between the Hellenic Republic and the Getty Trust. The agreement builds on principles already established between the Getty and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and strengthens the opportunities for joint scientific research, exchange of cultural objects and the promotion of Greek cultural heritage. The agreement also reconfirms the commitment of both parties to deterring the illicit traffic in antiquities. “I am pleased to have the opportunity to join Minister Yeroulanos in signing this framework which strengthens an already excellent ... More | | 
Gustave Dore (French, 1832-1883), La famille du saltimbanque: l’enfant blessé, oil on canvas, 1853. Estimate: $50,000-70,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
NEW YORK, NY.- On October 12, Christie’s New York will offer an extraordinary selection of 19th Century European Art Including Orientalist, Sporting and Maritime Paintings. The sale will present exquisite examples of the classic tradition of Europe as well as the exotic allure of the Orient, and will feature some of the most sought-after artists of the 19th Century including Giovanni Boldini, José Benlliure y Gil, Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, William Adolphe Bouguereau, Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, Frederick Lord Leighton and Montague Dawson. In total, the sale will offer over 100 lots of great quality and beauty. The sale’s top lot is Giovanni Boldini’s exquisite Portrait of Marthe Régnier, 1905 (estimate: $2-3 million). Painted at the height of the artist’s career, Marthe Régnier embodies Parisian chic during the Belle ... More |
| Faces of the New China: Christie's announces the evening sale of an important private collection | | Exhibition of new paintings by Belgian painter Raoul De Keyser at David Zwirner | | Banksy's iconic Monkey Detonator sells for £97,250 at Bonhams Urban Art sale | 
Liu Ye (B. 1964), The Happy Family. Oil on canvas, 119.9 x 140.2 cm. (47 1/8 x 55 1/8 in.). Painted in 1998. Estimate: HK$ 12,000,000 - 18,000,000 / US$ 1,538,500 - 2,307,700. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2011.
HONG KONG.- Leading global auction house Christie’s presents the Autumn Evening Sale Faces of the New China: An Important Private Collection, which leads the 2011 Hong Kong Autumn season of Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art sales from 26 to 27 November. Presented as a stand-alone sale within the prestigious Evening Sale and with a total estimate in excess of HK$150,000,000, this single owner collection comprises 14 iconic works by preeminent contemporary Chinese artists including Zhang Xiaogang, Yue Minjun, Cai Guoqiang, Liu Ye and Tang Zhigang. Representing the pinnacle of the earliest years of Chinese avant-garde art, these exquisite pieces epitomize the period when the artists established their creative paths and idiosyncratic styles, vividly showcasing the conceptual origins of one of the most astonishing cultural and ... More | | 
Raoul De Keyser, No Title (8 Verticals/6), 2010. Oil on canvas mounted on wooden panel, 11 x 8 inches, 27.9 x 20.3 cm. Courtesy Courtesy David Zwirner, New York and Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp.
NEW YORK, NY.- David Zwirner presents an exhibition of new paintings by Raoul De Keyser, on view at the gallery’s 525 West 19th Street space. For nearly fifty years, De Keyser has created subtly evocative paintings and works on paper which appear at once straightforward and cryptic, abstract and figurative. Composed of basic but indefinable shapes and marks, his works often invoke spatial and figural illusions, though they remain elusive of any descriptive narrative. In this exhibition, De Keyser presents small-scale compositions that appear to be variations of an abstract idea. Certain forms reoccur across a number of works, such as a thick elongated line with a round head at its end, the porous outline of a circle, or a sketchy grid. Yet a serial logic remains difficult to pinpoint and the constancy of his works derives rather from the physical characteristics of the medium of painting itself, with the relationshi ... More | | 
Bonhams employee Victoria Livesy poses with artist Bansky's "Monkey Detonator" at Bonhams. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor.
LONDON.- Several works by the renowned graffiti artist Banksy were sold yesterday evening (21 September 2011) in a packed saleroom at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of its Urban Art sale. Leading the way was a work featuring one of Banksy’s most iconic images, the monkey, entitled Monkey Detonator, which had attracted a pre-sale estimate of £70,000 – 90,000, and was sold for £97,250. Executed in 2000, this canvas displays the typically dark sense of humour which has endeared Banksy to both art collectors and the general public. In a sale that realised £534,700 in total with 95% sold by value, competitive bidding was also in evidence on other original Banksy’s featured in the sale. Particularly impressive prices were paid for Balloon Girl (estimate £20,000 – 30,000), which sold for £55,250; Precision Bombing (£20,000); and HMV Dog (£13,750). Another star of the sale was American contemporary artist and g ... More |
| Beatles' anti-segregation 1965 contract sold for $23,000 by Nate D. Sanders Auctions | | Chinese Gilt-Bronze Bell achieves $482,500 at Doyle New York's Asian works of art sale | | Exhibition of paintings from the 1960s to the 80s by the late Milton Resnick at Cheim & Read | 
The contract, which was signed by the Liverpool group's manager, Brian Epstein, specified that they "not be required to perform in front of a segregated audience".
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS).- A Beatles contract for a 1965 California concert that reveals that the Fab Four refused to play before a segregated audience has sold for $23,033 -- more than four times its estimated price . The contract, which was signed by the Liverpool group's manager, Brian Epstein, specified that they "not be required to perform in front of a segregated audience" for their August 31, 1965, show at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California. It sold far above the pre-auction estimate of $3,000 to $5,000 at a Los Angeles auction held on Tuesday by Nate D. Sanders. The buyer was not disclosed. The Cow Palace concert was part of the Beatles' third major tour of the United States. Signed on March 24, 1965, the contract guaranteed the band $40,000 against gross box office receipts of more than $77,000. In addition to the desegregation requirement, the agreement called for at least 150 uniformed police officers for protection ... More | | 
The top lot of the day was a Chinese gilt-bronze bell that sold for a staggering $482,500, far exceeding its estimate of $6,000-9,000.
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Doyle New York's Asian Works of Art auction on September 12, 2011 attracted intense competition from an international audience of bidders in the crowded salesroom, on the telephones, and live on the Internet. In all, the sale totaled a strong $2,805,906 against a pre-sale estimate of $2,228,400-3,299,100 with 63% sold by lot and 75% by value. The top lot of the day was a Chinese gilt-bronze bell that sold for a staggering $482,500, far exceeding its estimate of $6,000-9,000. Bearing a Kangxi cast mark and measuring 11 1/2 inches in height, the bell was decorated in a pattern of horizontal tribands and raised knobs divided by four vertical columns of characters, with an inscribed interior. The bell was the subject of intense competitive bidding that narrowed down to three Asian bidders: the successful purchaser in the salesroom and two telephone bidders. A Chinese silver inlaid bronze Guanyin dating to the ... More | | 
Milton Resnick (1917-2004), STRAW, 1982. Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 in. 203.2 x 152.4 cm. Photo: Courtesy Cheim & Read.
NEW YORK, NY.- Cheim & Read presents an exhibition of paintings by the late Milton Resnick. The gallery has been the exclusive representative of the artist’s estate since 2006. Cheim & Read’s previous exhibition of Resnick’s paintings was in 2008 and focused on works from 1959-1963. This show looks to later works from the 1960s to the 80s. It is accompanied by a full color catalogue with an essay by Philip Larratt-Smith. The essay, “Play Dead,” combines art historical analysis with juxtapositions of texts and images from film, literature, and history. Born in Bratslav, Ukraine in 1917, Milton Resnick immigrated to the United States with his family in 1922, escaping the civil war of his homeland. In 1933, he left his studies in commercial art at Pratt Institute and transferred to the American Artists School in order to focus on painting; he graduated in 1937. From 1940 -1945, Resnick served in the US ... More |
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 Phillips de Pury & Company to auction historic collection of over 4350 Swatch watches in Hong Kong HONG KONG.- Phillips de Pury & Company announces the forthcoming auction of an extraordinary collection of Swatch watches. One of the most complete collections of its kind, this fascinating assembly of more than 4,350 items includes a large number of prototypes, hybrids and production variants never offered for sale. Many of the rare prototypes date from the exciting development period immediately prior to commercial release of the first Swatch watches in the early 1980s. The Blum Swatch collection sale will be held in Hong Kong on November 24 2011. The SWATCH BLUM COLLECTION will be sold as a single lot, the final lot of an 8 lot auction. Artworks from the SWATCH archives will be featured in the preceding lots, including works by Alessandro Mendini, Vivienne Westwood and Paolo Pininfarina. “When the Swatch was introduced in 1983 it was a revolutionary concept and an instant success. ... More Photos, films find profound in ordinary people NEW YORK (REUTERS).- An exhibit of photographs from the 1930s and 1940s and the work of a contemporary artist and filmmaker both show the profound in the everyday lives of ordinary people. "Signs of Life; Photographs of Peter Sekaer," which began this month at the International Center for Photography (ICP) and runs through January 8, 2012, is the first major museum exhibit dedicated to Sekaer's work. The Danish documentary photographer, who died in 1950, contributed to U.S. government photographic projects during the Great Depression after immigrating to the United States and studying photography with Berenice Abbott. "Sekaer's photographs are among the finest produced in the Depression era in the United States," said ICP associate curator Kristen Lubben. Working with American photographer Walker Evans in the South under the auspices of the U.S. Farm Security Administration, Sekaer ... More World's oldest running motor car to be auctioned at RM's Hershey sale BLENHEIM, ON.- The world’s oldest running motor car, a historic 1884 De Dion Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos Steam Runabout (pictured) will cross the auction podium next month as part of RM Auctions’ popular Hershey, Pennsylvania sale (October 6 – 7, 2011). Commissioned by French entrepreneur, Count de Dion, and built by Georges Bouton and Charles-Armand Trepardoux, the 1884 De Dion steamer was nicknamed ‘La Marquise’ after the Count de Dion’s mother. Measuring just nine feet in length, ‘La Marquise’ features twin compound steam engines, ‘spade handle’ steering and seats four people ‘dos-a-dos’ (back-to-back). The seats are located on top of the steel tank, which holds 40 gallons of water, good for about 20 miles; its sophisticated boiler, fed by coal or coke, can be steamed in 45 minutes. With just four owners from new, including 81 years in single ownership, La M ... More Newly acquired portraits of Johnny Vegas, Matt Lucas, and Jimmy Carr in National Portrait Gallery display LONDON.- Over 50 photographic portraits of comedians from the 1940s to the present day have gone on display at the National Portrait Gallery until 8 January 2012. On show for the first time are recent acquisitions of portraits of Jimmy Carr and Mitchell and Webb by Barry Marsden, Omid Djalili by Karen Robinson, Matt Lucas by Nadav Kander and Johnny Vegas by Karl J. Kaul. Charting 70 years of British Comedy the earliest portraits in the display, Comedians: From the 1940s to Now, are of comedians who began their careers while serving in the armed forces during the Second World War, including Kenneth Horne and Eric Sykes. From the 1950s a new captive audience was created with enduring radio shows such as Hancock’s Half Hour staring Tony Hancock and Sid James, and The Goon Show with Spike Milligan. This display goes on to highlight the performers from the satirical Establishment Club in the 1960s ... More Carsten Höller wins the Enel Contemporanea Award 2011 ROME.- Enel Contemporanea is in favour of the MACRO’s exhibition schedule in the autumn with one of the most important artists today: Carsten Höler, the winner of the 2011 edition. Enel Contemporanea Award 2011 is the prize promoted by Enel within its programme entitled Enel Contemporanea, which calls for the annual production of an original artwork on the theme of energy. The winning piece Double Carousel with Zöllner Stripes will be on display from the 1st December to 26th March 2012 in free access at the MACRO, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome in the space of the Enel Room on the ground floor, which is one of the biggest exhibition halls in Europe. The public will be able to interact with the two moving merry-go-rounds created by the artist. Turning slowly and in opposite directions, the merry-go-rounds allow the public to get on and off easily, as if they were enormous mills or grindstones, ... More Site specific retrospective installation by pioneering Los Angeles artist Betye Saar at Roberts & Tilton CULVER CITY, CA.- Roberts & Tilton is presenting, Red Time, a site specific retrospective installation by pioneering Los Angeles artist, Betye Saar (b. 1926, Los Angeles). An amalgamation of found, created, borrowed and recycled objects, the installation examines Saar’s past, present and future. Red Time is set to divide Saar’s practice into three categories: “In the Beginning,” “Migration and Transformation” and “Beyond Memory.” “In the Beginning” includes works from 1960-1970, exhibiting Saar’s interest in metaphysics, the occult and magic. These works incorporate Euro-centric concepts of palmistry, phrenology and astrology in addition to Afro-centric concepts of voodoo and shamanism. Works from this period take form in print, drawing, as well as Assemblage windows, boxes and alters. During this time, while mother to three, Saar became a respected member of Los ... More |
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