Installation view of The Roof Garden Commission: Pierre Huyghe at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015. Photography by Hyla Skopitz, The Photograph Studio, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Copyright 2015.
NEW YORK, NY.- French artist Pierre Huyghe installed the third in a new series of site-specific commissions for The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden. Huyghe has spent the past 25 years working across media to create ritualistic situations and immersive encounters. At the Met, his project explores the transformation of cultural and natural resources through an evolving process and a complex network of elements taken from the surrounding environment. The Roof Garden Commission: Pierre Huyghe is on view from May 12 through November 1, 2015 (weather permitting). “We are proud to present this unusual new commission,” said Sheena Wagstaff, the Museum’s Leonard A. Lauder Chairman of Modern and Contemporary Art. “For years, Pierre has created thought-provoking encounters with art and exhibitions that explore the surprising mutability ... More
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890), Irises, 1890. Oil on canvas, 36 ½ x 29 1/8 in. (92.7 cm x 73.9 cm) Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
NEW YORK, NY.- The exuberant bouquets of spring flowers that punctuate Van Gogh’s work in Provence have been reunited in Van Gogh: Irises and Roses at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibition brings together for the first time the quartet of flower paintings—two of irises, two of roses, in contrasting formats and color schemes—that Van Gogh made on the eve of his departure from the asylum at Saint-Rémy. In them, he sought to impart a “calm, unremitting ardor” to his “last stroke of the brush.” Conceived as a series or ensemble on a par with the Sunflower decoration he painted earlier in Arles, the group includes the Metropolitan Museum’s Irises and Roses and their counterparts: the upright Irises from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, and the horizontal Roses from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. The presentation is timed to accord with the blooming of the ... More
NEW YORK, NY.-The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Art have each acquired a significant work by the leading visual artist of the Harlem Renaissance, Aaron Douglas (American, 1899–1979). The two paintings Let My People Go (ca. 1935–1939, Metropolitan Museum of Art) and The Judgment Day (1939, National Gallery of Art) derive from the acclaimed series Douglas created for James Weldon Johnson’s 1927 publication God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse. Together, these critical acquisitions assure that the artist’s rare easel paintings are represented in two of the nation’s most prominent public collections. Both were acquired from the private collector who purchased the works from Douglas in 1978. Let My People Go is on view in Gallery 900 of the Met’s Lila Acheson Wing for modern and contemporary art. The ... More
Auctioneer, International Director, Andreas Rumbler, takes the sale of Piet Mondrian’s Composition No. III. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2015.
NEW YORK, NY.-Christie’s Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art realized $202,608,000 (£128,721,728/ €178,022,150) with sell-through rates of 93% by lot and 99% by value. Bidders from 34 countries competed in the room and on the phone for works by Impressionist and Modern masters, including Piet Mondrian, Chaïm Soutine, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani and Fernand Léger. Bidding on Modern works was particularly active, a testament to the energy brought to the market by crossover collectors and the success of Christie’s curated week of sales spanning both Impressionist & Modern and Post-War and Contemporary categories. The sale was led by Composition No. III (Composition with Red, Blue, Yellow and Black), Piet Mondrian’s sublime square canvas from 1929 led the sale, which sold for $50,565,000 /£32,125,159/€44,429,095 setting a world auction record for the artist. An ... More
Artist David Hockney poses for photographs during a press preview of his new exhibition entitled "Painting and Photography" in central London, on May 14, 2015. The exhibition, on display at the Annely Juda gallery, runs from May 15 to June 27, 2015. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL.
LONDON(AFP).- British artist David Hockney said he would keep working "until I fall over" as he unveiled his latest show in a gallery in London on Thursday in an exhibition blending digital photography and painting. Wearing a linen cap, a red tie and a loose grey suit, the 77-year-old from Bradford in northern England told reporters that he was aiming for "a new kind of picture" intended to give perspective to photography. "I'm going to go on until I fall over... Artists don't retire. What else is there to do?" he said, speaking at the Annely Juda Fine Art gallery near Oxford Street, a busy shopping thoroughfare. Hockney, who had his first one-man show in 1963 and is best known as a leader of the Pop Art movement in ... More
Important 17th Century Large Chinese Gilt Buddha. Ming Dynasty Style, Ca. 17th Century AD or earlier. Size: 24 inches tall (61cm).
SCOTTSDALE, AZ.- Scottsdale Auctions & Appraisals a gallery specializing in Pre-Columbian, Classical, Egyptian, Tribal & Native American Art announced its latest online fine art auction - Native American, Photos, Ancient Art, Fine Art and Asian Antiquities – featuring more than 600 lots of authentic examples from around the world. Offered on Live Auctioneers auction bidding format allows bidders to register and then place bids at their own pace right up until each auction’s closing. Everything in the auction is an authentic, quality item. All art has been legally acquired and is legal to sell. All auction lots can be viewed online or by visiting the gallery now through May 16, 2015. The first part of the auctions offers numerous selections of Native American beadwork and contemporary Native American potter including three examples of Maria / Popovi, San ... More
Three lots sold for over $50 million, eight works for over $20 million, thirteen for over $10 million and 63 for over $1 million. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2015.
NEW YORK, NY.-Christie’s Evening Sale of Post-War and Contemporary art achieved US$658,532,000 (£419,714,468/ €584,662,254) with sell-through rates of 88% by lot and 94% by value. Bidders from 40 different countries gathered for the sale to compete for top-quality works by the pioneering artists of the era, including Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Lucian Freud, Cy Twombly, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Franz Kline, and Robert Ryman. The top lot of the sale was Rothko’s No. 10, an ethereal masterpiece by the artist from 1958. It sold for $81,925,000 (£52,214,786/ €72,735,198), notching the second highest price for the artist at auction. The sale established eight new world auction records for a diverse range of artists, including Lucian Freud, Robert Rauschenberg, Hans Hoffman, Robert Ryman, Sturtevant, and Giovanni Anselmo, among others. ... More
NEW YORK, NY.-Gagosian New York presents the work of legendary sculptor Michael Heizer. Heizer's first exhibition with the gallery comprises rarely or never-before-seen early paintings, the Altar series of new monumental steel sculptures, and negative wall sculptures featuring metamorphic and igneous rocks. Working largely outside the confines of gallery and museum, Heizer has redefined sculpture in terms of size, mass, gesture, and process. In the late 1960s, he relocated to New York, while continuing to travel and live in the open terrain of the American West, where he has since created awe-inspiring land artworks. Heizer draws on both ancient and contemporary architecture and art, cultivating tons of materials, including dirt, rock, and steel, in his quest to create a “permanent American art.” These influences are present in ... More
LONDON.- Frida by Ishiuchi Miyako (2013) is a photographic record of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's wardrobe and belongings. Following Kahlo's death in 1954 her husband Diego Riviera began placing her personal effects into the bathroom of their Mexico City house, "The Blue House", which later became the Museo Frida Kahlo. Riviera gave instructions that this room should remain sealed until fifteen years after his death and it in fact remained unopened until 2004 when the museum decided to organise and catalogue the contents. Ishiuchi Miyako was invited to photograph these artefacts, over 300 unseen relics of Kahlo's life. As a project Frida is both a departure from Ishiuchi Miyako's normal practice and a natural conceptual progression. While moving away from the Japanese subject matter of her earlier series, the work reveals Ishiuchi Miyako's continued obsession with the traces we leave behind both as individuals and as a ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- On May 14, Neue Galerie New York opened "Russian Modernism: Cross-Currents of German and Russian Art, 1907-1917," an exhibition devoted to modern figurative art created by leading artists from Russia and Germany during the early twentieth century. This is the first exhibition at an American museum to focus exclusively on the important artistic links between these two countries, featuring works by artists Natalia Goncharova, Erich Heckel, Alexei von Jawlensky, Vasily Kandinsky, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Mikhail Larionov, and Gabriele Münter, among others. The show will be on view through August 31, 2015. The Neue Galerie is the sole venue for the exhibition. The exhibition is organized by Russian art scholar Konstantin Akinsha, who also serves as a Research Fellow at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, ... More
Une danse de bouffons (or A jester's dance), 2013. Video still. Photo: Courtesy of David Zwirner Gallery.
ST. LOUIS, MO.- With a wink to his artistic heroes and a nod toward the captivating game of chess, internationally-acclaimed artist Marcel Dzama returns to the World Chess Hall of Fame to present his most recent works in Marcel Dzama: Mischief Makes a Move. The exhibition centers on Dzama’s 35-minute silent film titled Une danse des bouffons (A Jester’s Dance), which is inspired by the failed romantic affair between Marcel Duchamp and Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins. In this “Dadaist love story,” Martins (played alternately by Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon and Belgian model/actress Hannelore Knuts) must rescue her love from his obsession with chess. Members of Arcade Fire created the film’s musical score. Click here to watch the official trailer. Dzama is represented by David Zwirner. “Marcel’s film explores fascinating themes and art history references. He has created a world that is playful, ... More
Carlos Rojas, Untitled 6 America Horizontes Series no date (detail). Mixed media on canvas, 47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in. 120 x 120 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- Major Colombian artist Carlos Rojas’ first retrospective exhibition in New York takes place at the Nohra Haime Gallery. Considered one of the most representative Colombian artists of the 20th Century, Rojas’ constructive strength and curiosity in Nature’s mechanisms are celebrated in this striking exhibition. Carlos Rojas: A Retrospective Exhibition assembles Rojas’ transcendental artistic essence through a journey of his work, his life, and his spirit. Rojas was born in 1933 in Facatativá, Colombia. He studied Art and Architecture in Bogotá, later travelling to Rome to specialize in Fine Arts and Design. At the age of 25, he represented Colombia in both the Venice Biennale and the Mexico Biennial of 1958. During his pursuit of knowledge in natural forms and structures, and of things that move one’s spirit, Rojas ... More
Lark Mason’s stellar reputation as a leading Asian art expert, appraiser and television personality on the PBS series The Antiques Roadshow, is well-established within the art world.
NEW YORK, NY.- Lark Mason has been designated the new Chairman of Asia Week New York—the collaboration of over 40 top-tier international Asian art specialists, five major auction houses, and numerous museums and Asian cultural institutions. “I am honored to follow Carol Conover as the new Chairman of Asia Week New York, and look forward to continuing the successful paths forged by her and her predecessors,” says Mr. Mason, founding director of iGavel, the online international network of independently owned regional auction salesrooms, specializing in the sale of fine and decorative arts. Lark Mason’s stellar reputation as a leading Asian art expert, appraiser and television personality on the PBS series The Antiques Roadshow, is well-established within the art world. ... More
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Important bust of John F. Kennedy features at Bonhams NEW YORK, NY.- Headlining the June 16 Voices of the 20th Century Sale at Bonhams will be a unique plaster bust of the late John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States. It is estimated at $200,000 – 300,000. The bust is an original plaster maquette of President Kennedy, created by Felix de Weldon, best known as the creator of the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial depicting the historic raising of the American flag at Iwo Jima. De Weldon was a prolific and important sculptor in the post-war period, who completed busts of some of the most important figures of the day. His busts of Truman in 1946, and earlier in England in the late 1930s, George V, George VI, and Edward VIII brought him to the attention of Jacqueline Kennedy when she was looking for a sculptor to create the official bust of John F. Kennedy in the spring of 1963. He came to the White House for sittings ... More
Exhibition of sculptures by Thomas Houseago opens at Gagosian NEW YORK, NY.-Gagosian New York presents an exhibition of sculptures by Thomas Houseago, concurrent with and relating to his Public Art Fund commission Masks (Pentagon), on view at Rockefeller Center from April 28–June 12, 2015. The title of the exhibition evokes the snake-haired female Gorgon of Greek mythology whose powerful gaze turned human flesh to stone—a reversal of the male gaze, and an allusion, perhaps, to the sculptor's vital struggle with formal precedents in the creative process. Shifting between historical allusion and seemingly impulsive gesture, Houseago explores sculptural paradigms in terms of the uncertain realities of the present. Foregoing bronze and marble for contingent materials such as plaster, hemp, iron rebar, plywood and jigsaw-cut panels printed with drawn limbs, he secretes stylistic nuances from a broad range of influences—from classical ... More
Mick Peter creates a monumental cartoon-like illustration for new commision at Tramway GLASGOW.- Glasgow based sculptor Mick Peter transforms imagery derived from fiction, illustration and graphic design into playful installations. His sculptures resemble quick hand drawn sketches which seem to have been cut from the flatness of the paper and dragged into three-dimensional space. Influenced by editorial cartoons or the witty commercial illustration of 60’s and 70’s graphic design, Peter’s works adapt the style of his historical subject matter to conform to his own narrative. His installations combine absurdity and humour, setting up visual jokes in which fallibilities and contradictions of form and style are playfully exposed. During the process of making, Peter’s drawings are cut from paper, folded before being enlarged, a transformation that, like much of Peter’s work, explores the potential to create changes in register, situation and narrator. It is this multiplicity of perspectives ... More
Bonhams to sell contents of historic French chateau LONDON.-Bonhams is to sell the contents of the historic French house, Château Villers-Helon, in a special sale on 30 June in London. The sale will also feature a carefully curated selection of pieces from the residence of a French aristocratic family. Among the fascinating mix of paintings, furniture and objets d’art are: • Trouville, le port by the 19th century painter Eugéne Boudin estimated at £40,000-60,000 • A large and impressive 17th century bronze Buddha from Thailand with an estimate of £10,000-15,000. • An Italian mid 19th century carved giltwood and gesso console table £5,000-7,000 • An early 18th century large Rouen faience plate £12,000-18,000 • La Seine à Paris by the 20th century artist, Armand Guillaumin which is estimated at £30,000-60,000. The Château Villers-Helon was built in 1135 by a Crusader Knight, Monseigneur Helon. Since then it has served as a Templar ... More
Jessie Edelman's first solo show with Robert Blumenthal Gallery opens in New York NEW YORK, NY.-Robert Blumenthal Gallery presents Day Gazer, Jessie Edelman’s first solo show with the gallery. Edelman’s Day Gazer series are richly-colored seascapes, each featuring female figures in the foreground. In these lush frame-within-a-frame compositions, the central figure reconstructs the act of looking. Facing away from the viewer, these women gaze ponderously into both the second frame and the seascapes before us. If Cézanne’s The Bather (1885) inaugurated modern painting with its subject “stepping out” of the illusionistic space of the picture plane, today Edelman’s picture-within-a-picture renews this spatial tension through an oppositional relationship to attention, time, and screens. As Michelle Grabner notes in an essay accompanying the exhibition, Edelman “examines the suspension of time as represented by figures gazing away from the space ... More
Art Basel's Unlimited to present 74 ambitious and large-scale works spanning five decades BASEL.- Unlimited, Art Basel’s unique platform for artworks that transcend the traditional art-fair stand, will this year present 74 projects from galleries participating in the show. Curated for the fourth consecutive year by Gianni Jetzer, curator-at-large at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C., Unlimited will showcase a strong selection of works by renowned international artists including Ai Weiwei, Kenneth Anger, John M. Armleder, Ed Atkins, Kader Attia, Julius von Bismarck, Martin Boyce, Martin Creed, Olafur Eliasson, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Dan Flavin, Gilbert & George, John Gerrard, Shilpa Gupta, Jeppe Hein, Pierre Huyghe, Robert Irwin, Jannis Kounellis, Ryan McGinley, Bruce Nauman, Roman Ondák, Pedro Reyes, David Shrigley, Gary Simmons, Lorna Simpson, Sturtevant and Zhang Enli. Since first introduced at Art Basel in 2000, Unlimited has ... More
Rashid Johnson's new site-specific sculpture debuts on the High Line NEW YORK, NY.- Presented by Friends of the High Line, High Line Art announces that acclaimed artist Rashid Johnson is presenting his first public commission in New York City, a new site-specific work installed among the vegetation of the High Line at Little West 12th Street. On view this spring, the sculpture transforms as it interacts with the surrounding plant life over the course of its almost year-long residency in the park. Titled Blocks, the work is on view from May 2015 to March 2016. Inspired by a childhood steeped in African American cultural influences, Rashid Johnson creates layered artworks that engage a conversation between personal biography and the implied gravitas of larger cultural and historical narratives. Johnson works predominantly in mixed media sculptures and paintings, combining bare materials such as mirror, wood, and shea butter with loaded iconic objects ... More
UNESCO chief appeals for sparing Palmyra from Syria fighting CAIRO(AFP).- UNESCO chief Irina Bokova appealed on Thursday to Syrian troops and jihadists to spare Palmyra from destruction as Islamic State group fighters advanced near the ancient site. Syria's head of antiquities had urged international action to save Palmyra, saying the jihadists who have destroyed other historic sites had advanced to two kilometres (about a mile) from the remains of Palmyra. Bokova, who was in Cairo for a two-day conference on protecting archeological sites, said "Palmyra must saved." "It represents an irreplaceable treasure for the Syrian people, and the world," the head of the UN cultural agency said in a statement provided to AFP. "I appeal to all parties in the conflict to protect Palmyra and prevent its destruction." UNESCO describes Palmyra as a heritage site of "outstanding universal value". The ancient city stood on a caravan route at the crossroads of several ... More
John Paul II's blood-stained cassock on display 34 years after shooting WARSAW(AFP).- The blood-stained cassock worn by the late pope John Paul II on the day of a failed assassination bid on May 13, 1981 at the Vatican went on display Wednesday in the Polish city of Krakow. Karol Wojtyla, the only Polish pontiff in history, was seriously wounded in the shooting attack by Turkish extremist Mehmet Ali Agca in St. Peter's Square. Thirty-four years later, the reasons behind the attempted assassination are still a mystery. "From the stains you can tell that John Paul II was bleeding heavily ... In hospital there were moments when physicians had doubts whether he could be saved," Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, Archbishop of Krakow, told Polish media Wednesday. Dziwisz, former secretary to the pope, was standing next to John Paul at the time of the attack. Nuns caring for the pontiff kept the long, cream-coloured garment bearing a bullet hole and large blood stains ... More
Strong demand for Pop-Art and Op-Art at Bonhams Post-War and Contemporary Sale NEW YORK, NY.- There was strong demand for Pop-art and Op-art works at Bonhams’ 33 lot Post-War and Contemporary Art sale in New York on 12 May which raised more than $3.5 million. Robert Indiana’s iconic work, LOVE outstripped expectations and fetched $653,000, racing past its high estimate of $250,000. The winning bid was placed in the room after a prolonged bidding war. The image is one of Indiana’s most recognizable and is still ubiquitous even half a century after its creation. Victor Vasarely’s hypnotic optical works sold well: OND-III, a 1968 acrylic on canvas, achieved $251,000, over two times its high estimate of $120,000; and Attam, a 1979 acrylic work realized $155,000, over 2.5 times the high estimate. Jeremy Goldsmith, Director of Post-War and Contemporary Art at Bonhams commented, “We saw competitive bidding for Robert Indiana’s LOVE painting, ... More
Patek Philippe once owned by Eric Clapton sells for US$ 438,602 at Sotheby's Geneva watch sale GENEVA.- Yesterday’s sale of Important Watches at Sotheby’s Geneva realised a grand total of CHF 9,028,625 / US$ 9,753,624, setting three new world auction records for wristwatches by Patek Philippe. An exquisite and possibly unique wristwatch by Patek Philippe, previously from the collection of legendary guitarist Eric Clapton, soared to CHF 406,000 / US$ 438,602 this afternoon. Among the finest wristwatches on offer during the auction, this pink gold perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases, reference 5970, is the reflection of the exacting standards of Eric Clapton - one of the greatest watch collectors of our time. This watch is noteworthy for its probably unique dial, featuring Breguet numerals: according to our research, today marked the first time a 5970 with this configuration was offered at auction. This remarkable feature, along with a gold brick bracelet ... More
Jonathan A. Olsoff named Worldwide General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Sotheby's NEW YORK, NY.-Sotheby’s announced that Jonathan A. Olsoff has been named Worldwide General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective immediately. Mr. Olsoff will report to Tad Smith, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and will be based in New York. “With nearly 20 years at Sotheby’s as General Counsel in the Americas, Assistant Corporate Secretary and leading the Company’s global litigation team, Jon brings a wealth of expertise in the legal disciplines that affect Sotheby’s business,” said Tad Smith, Sotheby’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Jon’s deep knowledge of the Company and the art market landscape uniquely qualify him to partner with me as Sotheby’s looks to the future.” Mr. Olsoff received his B.A. from Tufts University and his J.D. from American University’s Washington College of Law. Following his graduation from law ... More
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September 15, 1923. May 15, 1923. Richard Avedon (May 15, 1923 - October 1, 2004) was an American fashion and portrait photographer. An obituary published in The New York Times said that "his fashion and portrait photographs helped define America's image of style, beauty and culture for the last half-century". In this image: Humphrey Bogart, October 2, 1953 by Richard Avedon.
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