"La diseuse de bonne aventure" (The fortuneteller) by Georges de la Tour, displayed during the exhibition entitled "Bohemes" (Bohemian) at the Grand Palais in Paris. The event takes place until January 14, 2013. AFP PHOTO JACQUES DEMARTHON.
PARIS.- Bohemia is a die-hard modern myth, thriving in songs, films and poems, proclaimed dead a hundred times and forever rising from its ashes. The figure of the Bohemian first appeared in the mid-19th century, between Romanticism and Realism, at a time when the artist’s status was undergoing a profound transformation. A talented young artist no longer sought the protection of some prince or other; he was a solitary genius, impoverished and misunderstood, who anticipated social upheavals. Many of the great heralds of modernity—poets (Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine…), painters and musicians (Courbet, Van Gogh, Satie, Picasso…)—put a face on this phenomenon. For generations of budding artists, these rebellious unconventional figures, idle womanisers and drunkards scraping a meagre living, sparked the dream of redeeming glory at the risk of oblivion and death. ... More
Studio Jan van Eyck, Crucifixion of Christ, c. 1440. Gold and silver stylus, pen and brush and lead slate pencil, over a preliminary drawing in black stylus (charcoal?), 25.4 x 18.7 cm.
ROTTERDAM.-Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen announced one of the greatest discoveries in early drawing, announced in the Dutch television programme ‘De Wereld Draait Door’. A six centuries old drawing from the studio of Van Eyck has surfaced in the Netherlands and will be on show from 13 October in the exhibition ‘The Road to Van Eyck’. The drawing was bought forty years ago, at an auction of an estate in the north of the country. The buyer paid ten guilders for the drawing of the crucifixion of Christ, because he liked the frame. But it is not the frame but the drawing itself that now appears to be of considerable value. It is a work dating from the 15th century, and not a nineteenth-century copy as originally thought. According to experts, the drawing is from the studio of Jan Van Eyck (Maaseik?. c. 1390-1441) ... More
Peony Table Lamp, Circa 1910. Est. $800,000/1.2 million. Photo: Sotheby's.
NEW YORK, NY.-Sotheby’s announced that it will offer Masterworks by Tiffany Studios from the Geyer Family Collection over the course of three sales in fall 2012, spring 2013 and summer 2013. Their first sale on 15 December 2012 is comprised of more than 60 lots by Tiffany Studios, all collected and amassed by the Geyer Family, who are renowned for their discerning eye and a connoisseur’s approach to collecting. A highlight of the sale is the rare and superb “Peony” Table Lamp (est. $800/1.2 million) circa 1910. The shade was formerly in the Collection of The Charles R. Wood Foundation in Glen Falls, New York and is now presented with the striking Mosaic Turtleback base from the historic Tavern Club in Cleveland. Selections from the December sale will be on view in Hong Kong during the fall, and further details on the 2013 sales will be forthcoming. “The Geyers are the most fervent collectors of Tiffa ... More
Daniel Hopfer, Kunz von der Rosen, c. 1518. Etching (iron) possibly with drypoint on laid paper, sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 29.4 x 21.5 cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection.
WASHINGTON, DC.-The National Gallery of Art presents the first exhibition in the United States to focus on Augsburg's artistic achievements in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475–1540 is on view in the West Building Ground Floor galleries from September 30 through December 31, 2012. The last major exhibition on this subject was mounted more than three decades ago in Augsburg—one of Germany's oldest cities—whose Renaissance heritage has long been eclipsed in America by Albrecht Dürer's Nuremberg. While focusing on prints, drawings, and illustrated books, the exhibition also includes medals and one etched set of armor. Of the 103 works presented, 86 are from the National Gallery's own collection, with additional loans from the Metropolitan ... More
The total number of balls coincides with the number of days Ai Weiwei was imprisoned in 2011.
BERGEN.- Tonight, Ai Weiwei’s new installation 81 Wooden Balls world premiered at Art Museums of Bergen as part of the group exhibition Real Life Stories. The installation fills the entire Tower Room at Lysverket and consists of 81 large wooden balls which are placed in a 9 by 9 meter square. The total number of balls coincides with the number of days Ai Weiwei was imprisoned in 2011. The artist has stated that the 9 by 9 meter formation draws its significance partly from the fact that 9 is the highest one digit number in China and that it symbolizes eternity. The balls are made from Huali Wood, each weighs 35 kilograms, and their polyhedron shape is based on sketches by Leonardo da Vinci. Ai Weiwei got the idea of using this ancient shape from one of his son’s plastic toys. Together with his team, he has spent two years exploring the joining methods of traditional Chinese furniture, and the balls are put togethe ... More
The Rolling Stones during the making of Shine A Light, directed by Martin Scorsese, 2008,USA. Image courtesy of Kevin Mazur/WireImage.
NEW YORK, NY.- In celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Rolling Stones, The Museum of Modern Art presents The Rolling Stones: 50 Years on Film, November 15–December 2, 2012. This first comprehensive retrospective chronicles the band from the mid-1960s until today through documentaries, fiction features, concert films, music videos, experimental shorts, and archival footage, tracing the film careers of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, and Ronnie Wood, as well as former band members Brian Jones, Mick Taylor, and Bill Wyman, both collectively and individually as composers, performers, producers, and actors. The exhibition is organized by Joshua Siegel, Associate Curator, Department of Film. Over the past half century, The Rolling Stones have influenced music, cinema, and art, working with some of the most original and iconoclastic ... More
Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe. Each sheet 915 x 915 mm 36 x 36 in. Est. $1.4/1.8 million.
NEW YORK, NY.-Sotheby’s bi-annual Prints sale in New York on 1 and 2 November 2012 will feature 10 complete sets by Andy Warhol, comprising many of the most iconic images of 20th Century art, highlighted by the vibrant, fluorescent Marilyn Monroe (est. $1.4/1.8 million). This complete portfolio from a European Private Collector includes ten screenprints in color and is accompanied by the original stamp-numbered cardboard box from 1967. Other complete Warhol sets to be offered include: Mao (est. $400/800,000), Flowers (est. $350/550,000), Endangered Species (est. $400/500,000), Myths (est. $400/600,000), Electric Chairs (est. $80/120,000), Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century (est. $150/200,000), Hammer and Sickle (est. $30/50,000), Camouflage (est. $80/120,000), and Flash – November 22, 1963 (est. $35/45,000). Highlights from the sale will be on ... More
A Pakistani artist Salahud Deen shows samples of Buddhist artifacts he created in Taxila. AP Photo/B.K. Bangash.
By: Sebastian Abbot and Zarar Khan, Associated Press
ISLAMABAD (AP).- Lacking the necessary cash and manpower, Pakistan is struggling to stem the flow of millions of dollars in ancient Buddhist artifacts that looters dig up in the country's northwest and smuggle to collectors around the world. The black market trade in smuggled antiquities is a global problem that some experts estimate is worth billions of dollars per year. The main targets are poor countries like Pakistan that possess a rich cultural heritage but don't have the resources to protect it. The illicit excavations rob Pakistan of an important potential source of tourism revenue, as valuable icons are spirited out of the country, and destroy any chance for archaeologists to document the history of the sites. "We are facing a serious problem because Pakistan is a vast country, ... More
HAMBURG.- It could turn out an incredible yield when the rare exhibition catalog with ten original woodcuts by Brücke-artists will be called up in the Hamburg Auction of Rare Books on 19/20 November, 2012. Estimated with € 18.000, it was originally bought for a bargain of € 5. Browsing a flea market he discovered the thin brochure in a size of 20 x 25 cm. The blue firm paper wrapper carries a pink rectangle with the inscription “Brücke“. Told that it was for just € 5, the book and art lover from the Odenwald could not say “no“. Following his gut feeling, he showed the brochure, which turned out to be an exhibition catalog, to the auction house Ketterer Kunst. After some research it was clear: The man from south-western Germany had made a hell of a bargain, not only had the catalog last been offered on the German auction market some 30 years ago, on top, he had bought an extremely rare ... More
MALMO.- This autumn, Moderna Museet Malmö is presenting surrealism as it has never before been shown. In the museum’s largest ever exhibition, THE SUPERSURREALISM takes over the entire building. Visitors are invited on a voyage in time that sets off in 1591 with Arcimboldo, and ends in 2012 with new works by Carsten Höller and Magnus Wallin. In between are works by classic surrealists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and Max Ernst. THE SUPERSURREALISM looks at the time before, during and after the surrealist period, in an attempt to explore how surrealism is expressed today. Does it still have its power to shock, surprise and outrage? Moderna Museet has a substantial collection of surrealist works from the crucial years around 1920-40, comprising paintings, sculptures and objects. It includes legendary artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim, Louise Bourgeois, Max Ernst, Man Ray and many others. This co ... More
Paul Henry, Old Age Pensioners, 1911 (detail). Estimate: £100,000-£150,000. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- Two paintings by the distinguished Irish artist, Paul Henry R.H.A. (1876-1958) believed to have been presented to Clemens J. France, a member of the US Committee of Enquiry on Conditions in Ireland, by the people of Ireland in gratitude for his work on the Constitution of the Irish Free State, circa 1922, will be sold by Bonhams on November 14 in London. The subjects of the two paintings are beautiful landscapes probably showing scenes near Achill Sound and Dugort Bay, Achill Island. ’A scene near Achill sound’ signed 'PAUL HENRY.' (lower left) an oil on canvas, 40 x 60.8cm. (15 5/6 x 23 5/6in.) is estimated to sell for £40,000-60,000. Probably a scene near Achill Sound and can be dated 1916-19 on stylistic grounds. ‘Dugort bay, Achill island’ signed 'PAUL HENRY' (lower left) oil on canvas 38 x 45.7cm. (15 x 18in) estimated to sell for £30,000-50,000. It is probably a view of Slievemore, Dugort Bay ... More
Group of students shout slogans with banner reading "Shame on you" in front of National Museum, in Sarajevo. AP Photo/Amel Emric.
By: Aida Cerkez, Associated Press
SARAJEVO (AP).- It survived the breakup of the Austrian empire, two world wars, the longest city siege in modern history and a bloody war in the 1990s that killed 100,000 people. Yet after 124 years, Bosnia's National Museum closed its doors Thursday due to dwindling state funding and disputes among rival ethnic groups. Having not received their salaries for a year, employees gathered at the fountain in the museum's botanical garden and threw a coin into it, making a wish that the institution will reopen soon. Then they left the building in downtown Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital, and nailed wooden boards that read "closed" across its front door. Museum director Adnan Busuladzic says he has lost hope that politicians will solve the problem any time soon. "There are two opposing ideas on ... More
This is the highest priced item ever sold at New York's premiere auction house for works on paper.
NEW YORK, NY.- The top lot in today's auction of Fine Photographs & Photobooks was also the top lot ever sold at Swann Galleries. A set of Edward S. Curtis's magnum opus, The North American Indian, complete with 20 text volumes and 20 folios, brought $1.44 million dollars--more than any other single lot sold at Swann in its 70 year history. In 1952, Swann conducted the first auction devoted to photobooks in the United States. Daile Kaplan, Swann Vice President and Director of Photographs & Photobooks, said, "We were very pleased to have sold this iconic work by a major 20th century artist. The price reflects the rarity and beauty of this American masterpiece and the interest in photobooks as an artform." Prices for other early photographs were also strong. A multi-panel panorama image of lower Manhattan from 1876, showing a portion of the Brooklyn Bridge still under construction, brought $96,000 and ... More
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Rare century-old $5 Alaska bill to be auctioned ANCHORAGE (AP).- The $5 bill displayed for decades on Charles Fairbanks IV's wall was long a treasured family heirloom from Alaska. Now, to the surprise of the grandson of a turn-of-a-century vice president, it's also become a likely treasure trove. The rare find is expected to fetch as much as $300,000 at auction this month when a Texas auctioneer plans to put it up for bids in Dallas and online as part of the American Numismatic Association National Money Show. The bill was presented in 1905 to Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks — Theodore Roosevelt's No. 2 — and was from the First National Bank of Fairbanks, Alaska. The family has had it in their possession ever since and recently decided to auction it off through Dallas-based Heritage Auctions. "It's a wonderful, wonderful find," said Dustin Johnston, director of Heritage's currency auctions. Auction officials say the Fairbanks bill ... More
Playboy Magazine illustrator Pat Andrea exhibits at Bertrand Delacroix Gallery NEW YORK, NY.-Bertrand Delacroix Gallery presents “I R R E A L I S M”, a solo exhibition of new works by internationally acclaimed Dutch master painter Pat Andrea. This is Andrea’s first exhibition with Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, although in his forty-year career he has had hundreds of exhibitions worldwide including four retrospectives. From 1988 – 2007, he worked as an illustrator for Playboy Magazine. His work appears in some of the most prestigious collections in the US and abroad, including the MOMA (New York), Centre Georges- Pompidou (Paris), FNAC (Paris), Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires), HaagsGemeentemuseum (The Hague), the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), and the Playboy collection. Sexuality, fertility, fear and desire are conjured in Pat Andrea’s magical realist and neo-expressionist paintings. They are playful yet dark, raw yet ... More
Demonstrators to rally outside offices of developer threatening to demolish London's Cork Street LONDON.- Cork Street, the iconic, international art street, is in danger of being demolished and turned into luxury apartments and non-art retail spaces. A demonstration is being organized on Saturday 13 October, to take place during Cork Street’s annual Frieze Art Fair event, with artists, gallerists and supporters turning out to protest at the proposed developments. In under a month, over 10,800 people have signed the Save Cork Street petition set up by the Save Cork Street Committee, proving the strength of public feeling. An art world enclave for the last 90 years, Cork Street was home to Guggenheim Jeune, Peggy Guggenheim’s space, which opened in 1938 to show Duchamp, Cocteau, Arp, Kandinsky and Henry Moore. Cork Street’s oldest gallery, The Mayor Gallery (1925), launched the UK careers of artists such as Bacon, Calder, Ernst, Klee, Masson, Miro and Paolozzi. Now The ... More
Reverie by Chris Moon Curated by John-Paul Pryor at LONDONEWCASTLE Project Space LONDON.- In his second solo exhibition Reverie, celebrated artist Chris Moon invites the viewer to explore his psychological dreamtime – a twilight world of illusion and perception that offers a unique glimpse into his creative process via a radical celebration of paint and its transformative power. This exploration encourages us to question how we might consider a final painting differently if only we could examine the source material, see the stimuli, and extrapolate the painter’s emotional and technical perspective. Moon bravely and honestly unveils and de-mystifies an artist’s working process, taking the viewer on an emotional and enlightening voyage into the arena of his visions and dreams. Paint, the very lifeblood of his craft, gives him the power to produce incredible images of incandescent intensity. From original images to the final brushstroke Moon demands that we bear witness ... More
Rice University exhibits African-American art for centennial By: Jeff Falk
HOUSTON, TX.- African-American art is being exhibited at the Rice University Art Gallery this fall as part of the school’s celebration of its 100th anniversary. “Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African-American Art” is on view Sept. 13 through Nov. 18. Larry and Brenda Thompson, parents of 1998 Rice alumnus Larry Thompson Jr., have collected works by acknowledged masters and by emerging and regional artists. “Rice University is deeply grateful to Larry and Brenda Thompson for the opportunity to host this nationally recognized collection of 19th and 20th-century African-American art during our centennial year,” university President David Leebron said. “Art is one of the important ways we seek to understand our society and ... More
Portland Museum of Art installs monumental sculpture by Anthony Caro PORTLAND, ME.- On Monday, October 15 at 9 a.m., the Portland Museum of Art will install a monumental steel sculpture by celebrated artist Sir Anthony Caro. This 1500 lbs. sculpture entitled Moment (4’5” x 8’8” x 6’6”) will be lifted by a crane into the museum’s Joan B. Burns Sculpture Garden on High Street. Moment (1971) will be the PMA’s second outdoor sculpture, joining Celeste Roberge’s Raising Cairn (2000). “Moment will form the cornerstone of the museum’s story of modern sculpture,” said Jessica May, PMA’s Curator of Contemporary and Modern Art. “This work represents a critical moment for Caro’s sculptural practice, as the artist transitioned away from the brightly colored, often lyrical works of the 1960s to the varnished steel, explicitly modernist constructions that he is best known for now.” In addition to Moment, the PMA will welc ... More
Fall arms sale at Bonhams offers rare Parker Brothers A1 Special shotgun SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The fine fall sale of Arms, Armor and Sporting Guns at Bonhams, November 12, will include some 400 lots of edged weapons, armor, antique American and European firearms and sporting guns. Standing out in the sale will be a rare Parker Brothers A1 Special shotgun two barrel set, est. $60,000-80,000, and an important and previously undocumented American full stock flintlock rifle by Frederick Sell, circa 1810-1820, est. $30,000-50,000. Frederick Sell (1781-1869) of Littlestown, Pa., is widely regarded as one of the finest and most important of Pennsylvania rifle makers. He was the son of gunmaker Jacob Sell, and though apprenticed to his father, he also worked as a journeyman with George Eister, John Lechner and Adam Ernst, as noted by Joe Kindig, Jr. in Thoughts on the Kentucky Rifle in it's Golden Age. These associations helped Sell to refine his own ... More
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On a day like today, Italian painter Francesco Guardi was born
September 05, 1712. Francesco Lazzaro Guardi (October 5, 1712 - January 1, 1793) was a Venetian painter of veduta, a member of the Venetian School. He is considered to be among the last practitioners, along with his brothers, of the classic Venetian school of painting. In this image: Sotheby's employee Maria Sheremeteva studies Francesco Guardi's Venice, a view of the Rialto Bridge.
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