| Brooklyn Museum acquires extremely rare secular painting from colonial Peru | | New 007 exhibition at London's Barbican Centre looks at screen spy as style icon | | Swann Galleries to offer a complete set of Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian | 
A Merry Company on the Banks of the Rímac River. Peru, Lima school, circa 1780-1805. Oil on canvas, 25 x 34 in. (63.5 x 86.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Lilla Brown in memory of her husband, John W. Brown, by exchange, 2012.41.
BROOKLYN, NY.- An extremely rare genre painting from the viceroyalty of Peru and formerly in the collection of a descendant of the Peruvian counts of Guagui has been purchased by the Brooklyn Museum. The work, A Merry Company along the Banks of the Rimac River was painted in Lima in the late eighteenth century for conspicuous display in an elite home, where it would have served as a visible demonstration of the owner's power and privilege within the Spanish empire. The painting was officially accessioned by the Museum's Board of Trustees on June 21, 2012, acquired with funds from the proceeds of the sale of Vasily Vereshchagin's Crucifixion by the Romans (1887), which was sold last November at auction to benefit the Brooklyn Museum's Acquisitions Fund. A Merry ... More | | 
Visitors look at as they walk by a James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 used in the film 'GoldenEye'. AP Photo/Sang Tan.
By: Jill Lawless, Associated Press
LONDON (AP).- If there's one thing James Bond has taught us it's that behind every great spy is a great tailor. A new exhibition at London's Barbican Centre explores the style of the suave secret agent, displaying costumes, props, set pieces and design drawings from half a century of 007 films. Assembled with help from the films' producers — who have a new Bond movie to promote in the fall — the exhibition includes the spy's tuxedos, Bond girl ballgowns and villains' vestments, as well as a selection of props and gadgets. There are also sketches by the films' influential set designer, Ken Adam, whose cavernous lairs and sleek space stations did much to create the movies' modernist luster. The show is both a reflection of the remarkable staying power of Ian Fleming's fictional secret agent and a ... More | | 
Edward S. Curtis’s The North American Indian. Estimate: $1.25 to $1.75 million.
NEW YORK, NY.- On October 4, Swann will offer a complete set of Edward S. Curtis’s The North American Indian in their auction of Fine Photographs & Photobooks. The lot has a pre-sale estimate of $1.25 to $1.75 million. Consigned by well known bookman John King, this set (number 113/500), appears to be the only complete version containing a treasure trove of photogravures with Curtis’s signature. This rare and unique suite includes 722 large-format photogravures on Japan tissue, with 111 signed plates – all of the images in Folios I, IV and V. The accompanying 20 text volumes contain an additional 1,505 photogravures, 4 maps and 2 diagrams, and were produced by Lauriat from Curtis’ original copper plates. Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) was a 20-century American artist and photographer known for his images of Native-American tribes west of the Mississippi. Complete with 20 folios and 20 text volumes, Th ... More |
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| Leinster Dinner-Service sets a record price for an English dinner service sold at auction realising $2.7mi | | Major mid-career retrospective of Rineke Dijkstra on view at the Guggenheim Museum | | Sizzling prices for Gil Elvgren and Jerry Weist Collection sci-fi art in Heritage Auctions' $2.77 million event | 
The strong results of this evening’s sale build on the success of this pioneering sales platform, first established at Christie’s in 2008. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012.
LONDON.- The Exceptional Sale evening auction realised £18,065,650/ $28,182,414/€22,473,669 selling 85% sold by lot and 91% by value. The top price was paid for The Leinster Dinner-Service which realised £1,721,250/$2,685,150/€2,141,235 (estimate: £1.5 million – 2 million) – a world record price for an English dinner service sold at auction. Robert Copley, Deputy Chairman Christie’s UK, International Head of Furniture and Decorative Arts, Christie’s London: “The strong results of this evening’s sale build on the success of this pioneering sales platform, first established at Christie’s in 2008. By presenting the best examples of decorative art at a dedicated evening auction, and by exhibiting these works alongside highlights of the Old Master, Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art during the past three weeks, we have seen more and more international collectors ... More | | 
Coney Island, N.Y., USA, June 20, 1993. Chromogenic print, 117 x 94 cm. Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York and Paris© Rineke Dijkstra.
NEW YORK, NY.- From June 29 to October 8, 2012, the Guggenheim Museum presents Rineke Dijkstra: A Retrospective, an extensive mid-career survey and the first major exhibition of the artist's work organized by a North American institution. It is the most comprehensive museum exhibition of the artist's oeuvre to date. Dijkstra, born in Sittard, the Netherlands in 1959, has developed an international reputation as one of the most highly regarded photographers of her generation. The exhibition includes representative examples from the most significant bodies of work she has created over the past twenty years. The retrospective is co-organized with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, where it opened to the public in February 2012, and features more than 70 color photographs and five video installations. The exhibition is curated by Jennifer ... More | | 
Gil Elvgren (American, 1914-1980), Skirting the Issue (Breezing Up), 1956. Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in. Sold for: $176,500.00.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Gil Elvgren’s unquestioned reign as the greatest and most popular pin-up artist of all time continued on June 27 in Beverly Hills at Heritage Auctions’ $2.77+ million Illustration Art Signature® Auction, as his masterful Skirting the Issue (Breezing Up), 1956 brought $176,500 to lead the day. The painting came out of the Estate of Charles Martignette, which continues to produce spectacular results across the board. All prices include Buyer’s Premium. “Elvgren and Martignette continue to be the gold standard of not just pin-up art, but of illustration art in general,” said Ed Jaster, Senior Vice President of Heritage Auctions. “In fact, fully six of the Top 10 lots in the auction were Elvgrens, several of which – outside of the top lot – also came from Martignette.” The five other Elvgrens in the auctions’ top tier consisted of The Wrong Nail, 1967 (realized: $146 ... More |
| Nasser Azam unveils tallest bronze sculpture in the UK outside London City Airport | | Rossi & Rossi to offer possibly the earliest surviving Tibetan mandala at Fine Art Asia, Hong Kong | | Marc Maison to present artistic production under the Second Empire at the Biennale des Antiquaires | 
Athena by Nasser Azam, London City Airport approach.
LONDON.- Today, Thursday July 5th , a new 12 metre high sculpture ‘Athena’ is unveiled on the approach to London City Airport. Designed to be visible to travelers arriving into London from the air, ‘Athena’ is a celebration of heroic endeavour fit for the year when London welcomes the world, and is set to become a major sculptural landmark. ‘Athena’ is the tallest bronze sculpture to go on display in the UK, as well the largest sculpture to date by Nasser Azam, who grew up in the borough of Newham and has sculptures on display in the National Botanical Gardens in Dublin, Ireland and outside the Westminster Park Plaza in London. With a nod to the origin of the Olympic Games, the elegant form of ‘Athena’ makes reference to the present and future regeneration of East London. The sculpture was unveiled by Stephen Timms, MP for East Ham, who has been a supporter of the sculpture since its conception. ‘Athena’ was cast by Zahra Modern ... More | | 
Vajradhatu Mandala Painting, Tibet, 11th Century AD. Pigment on cotton, 125 x 125 cm (49 ¼ x 49 ¼ in).
LONDON.- Rossi & Rossi announced their participation in Fine Art Asia 2012 in Hong Kong. Committed to the growth of the collecting community in the region, Rossi & Rossi return for their seventh year at the fair, having approached major collectors and sourced remarkable pieces to showcase in Hong Kong. This year the fair sports a dramatic new design and on view in a much expanded booth Rossi & Rossi will be showing a wide range of rare Buddhist and Hindu paintings, sculptures, and ritual objects from China, India, and the Himalayas. Ranging in value from $20,000 to more than $5,000,000, each piece embodies deep religious significance and displays masterful craftsmanship. Among the highlights is an 11th century Vajradhatu mandala. Possibly the earliest surviving mandala (ritual cosmic diagram) from Tibet, it is a painting of seminal importance in the history of Tibetan art, representing a clear link between ... More | | 
Pedestal with crane of inlaid ivory, 32cm x 25cm x 4cm. Ivory, gilded bronze, wood inlay. Between 1879 and 1885.
PARIS.- Born in 1961, Marc Maison embraced the antiques dealer profession in 1979 and opened a stand at the Saint-Ouen Flea Market. Soon thereafter, he specialized in the elements of monumental architecture, an area often neglected by hiscolleagues. As a man of challenge with a drive to excel, Marc Maison is unimpressed by the technical constraints of these rare pieces of unusual sizes. As a result, he acquired the Tourny Fountain of Bordeaux in 2005, the very one that currently stands in front of the Parliament of Québec. It is a fountain of prominence as it originates from the premiere gardens at the Versailles Castle, which Marc Maison then retrieved and resold to the castle in 2009. Marc Maison is passionate about the most majestic décor: Fireplaces, fountains, wood panels, antique garden furniture, stained glass, fireplace plaques and columns. Heavily invested ... More |
| Taiwan photographer Tou Chih-kang's crusade for the past two years: Doomed shelter dogs | | Heritage Auctions eyes possible $9 million world record comics event in Beverly Hills | | Arts organisations collaborate on affordable smartphone app development for the future of festivals | 
Taiwanese photographer Tou Chih-kang calms an excited dog before trying to make a portrait in his makeshift studio. AP Photo/Wally Santana.
By: Tassanee Vejpongsa, Associated Press
TAOYUAN, TAIWAN (AP).- The photographer gingerly places a small, mixed-breed puppy on a platform in his makeshift studio at an animal shelter in northern Taiwan. The dog looks about 2 months old, with alert, trusting eyes and a shiny black coat. Tou Chih-kang captures expressions, personality. He creates the kind of photos that any pet owner would love to have. This puppy has no owner and will not get one. Once its photo shoot is over, it will be taken away by vets to be put down. Tou has been recording the last moments of canines at the Taoyuan Animal Shelter for two years. He has captured the images of some 400 dogs, most of which were pets abandoned by their owners. To him the work is distressing, but he's trying to spread a message of responsibility. "I believe something should not be told but should be felt," says Tou, a thick- ... More | | 
Todd McFarlane Spider-Man #1 Cover Original Art (Marvel, 1990).
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- The multi-million dollar Doug Schmell/PedigreeComics.com Collection, featuring the single greatest grouping of Silver Age Marvel CGC #1 Registry sets ever assembled, and the Shamus Modern Masterworks Collection of Original Comic Book Art, led by famed comic book artist Todd McFarlane’s iconic original cover from his seminal 1990 Spider-Man #1, the most famous modern comic book cover of all, form the centerpieces of Heritage Auctions July 26-28 Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature® Auction. The incredible Doug Schmell/PedigreeComics.com Collection is Silver Age comic book collection unlike any that have come through Heritage before, led by X-Men #1 Pacific Coast pedigree (Marvel, 1963) CGC NM/MT 9.8 (estimate: $250,000+). “It doesn’t get much better than this amazing, jaw-dropping pedigreed copy of the comic book that launched one of Marvel's most lucrative trademarks, the crown jewel of ... More | | 
Each of the venues in the festival is listed with their contact details. The world symbol links to GPS maps.
LONDON.- Festivals are there to be enjoyed but how often have you run yourself ragged, traipsing from venue to venue, or missed a must-see artist because of faulty timetables or that mountain of leaflets you couldn’t quite get through Logistical niggles can soon take the fun out of festivals but thanks to Apps for the Arts, a new scheme launched today 5/7/2012, future events are set to be slicker and more visitor-friendly than ever – and joining the scheme is surprisingly cost-friendly, too. Up until now, many arts organisations haven’t been able to splash out on their own smartphone app. But with Apps for the Arts, organisations can now share the development cost making it eminently affordable. Victoria Forrest, an award-winning* designer and entrepreneur who works with Arts organisations throughout the UK says: “An app of this kind can cost upwards of £20,000, making it out of reach for most Arts festivals. Much of this cost, however, falls within the prog ... More |
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 Sweden's Nationalmuseum acquires Jugendstil lamp by Orrefors STOCKHOLM.- Nationalmuseum has acquired a very rare Jugendstil table lamp from 1915. It is one of only two known objects designed by Axel Enoch Boman for Orrefors. The lamp can be seen in the exhibition Light and Darkness which runs until 3 February. The mountings are in copper with relief decoration and the electric light, a modern item at the time, illuminates both the base and the shade. The glass shade has a green background with horse-chestnut leaves in orange overlay, and is signed “ORREFORS HW”. HW stands for Heinrich Wollman, who was a talented etcher fromAustria. The difficult glassblowing work was carried out by another important craftsman at the factory – Knut Bergqvist. At the time that the lamp was made, he was developing the overlay technique that came to be known as the Ariel technique. Around the turn of the last century, Axel Enoch ... More The Council of Ministers approves the renovation of Haus der Kunst MUNICH.- In the recent cabinet session, the Council of Ministers of Bavaria approved the renovation of Haus der Kunst. State Minister of Sciences, Research and the Arts Dr Wolfgang Heubisch will now commission the planning order. Dr Heubisch emphasized: "It is imperative that we address this renovation project now. Haus der Kunst is one of the Free State's most important cultural institutions. With its unique overall concept it is highly regarded in the art and cultural scene, not only in Munich, but throughout the world. The comprehensive renovation of the 75-year old building is a prerequisite for Haus der Kunst's ability to continue to stage exhibitions on an international level." The building will be renovated step by step in order to maintain the exhibition activity continuously. The last major renovation took place between 1991 and 1994 and was concentrated on the ... More Frieze Film 2012: Participating artists announced LONDON.- Frieze Film is a programme of artist films screened to coincide with Frieze London. Curated by Sarah McCrory, this year’s commissions include five new films that will be shown in a specially constructed cinema. The artists commissioned to make new work for Frieze Film are: Bertrand Dezoteux, Patricia Esquivias, Jimmy Merris, John Smith and Wu Tsang & Nana Oforiatta-Ayim. The artists commissioned this year present a range of film-based practice that loosely deals with ideas including those of history and memory, be it personal or collective. The way narrative is conveyed and constructed around individuals, buildings or objects and place is a theme that runs through the programme via imagined journeys, fictitious events and romantic relationships. This year Frieze Film will also present an expanded programme of film co- curated by Frieze Foundation and LUX, ... More Rare portrait of artist J. W. Waterhouse among discoveries in gallery's first online catalogue LONDON.- A little known portrait of John William Waterhouse, painter of the hugely popular The Lady of Shalott, has been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery. One of hundreds of portraits from the later Victorian era fully catalogued for the first time by Gallery researchers, it goes on public display for the first time today. The story behind the mystery of who painted the Waterhouse portrait is set out in the Later Victorian Portraits catalogue, www.npg.org.uk/lvc, the first such period publication to be published by the Gallery online, launched today (5 July). As well as the portraiture of famous artists such as Beardsley, Julia Margaret Cameron, Holman Hunt, Leighton, Morris, Ruskin and Whistler, the catalogue contains a mass of hitherto untapped information on many lesser known figures of the nineteenth century art world. Gallery research has revealed great discrepancies in how often ... More London unveils Europe's tallest building - for now LONDON (AP).- Europe's tallest building has been officially unveiled in London, but its tenure as the continent's highest skyscraper will be brief. The Shard, a 95-story tower which stands at 310 meter (1,016 feet), dwarfs almost everything around it, including nearby Tower Bridge and St Paul's Cathedral. It was officially named Thursday as the highest tower in Europe, in a ceremony carried out by Britain's Prince Andrew, the Duke of York. However, it is expected to be surpassed before the end of the year by Russia's planned 332 meter (1,089 feet) Mercury City Tower. Named for its resemblance to a sliver of glass, The Shard is to include apartments, offices, restaurants and a five-star hotel. Developer Irvine Sellar says the giant building will prove to be a success, despite Britain's sluggish economy. ... More Smithsonian Folklife Festival to honor Chuck Brown WASHINGTON (AP).- The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is adding a daylong tribute to the "godfather of go-go" music, Chuck Brown, to its schedule for the weekend on the National Mall. Organizers are designating Saturday as "Chuck Brown Tribute Day" at the festival's program celebrating the arts and culture of black neighborhoods in Washington. The tributes will run from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday. Brown died in May at age 75. The tributes include musical performances, an hour-long fitness workout to the sounds of go-go, and storytelling on the history of go-go and Brown's music career. At least three bands will perform, including Cold Hearted Band, No Question Band and Junkyard Band. The festival is free and continues through Sunday. It's held outdoors between 7th and 14th streets on the National Mall. ... More |
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