| Sotheby's announces previously unrecorded Canaletto comes to light after over a century | | Sotheby's London to stage a summer exhibition of iconic Lucian Freud photographs | | Museo Salvatore Ferragamo in Florence pays tribute to Marilyn Monroe | 
Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto, Venice 1697-1768, Campo San Giacomo di Rialto, Venice (detail), pen and brown ink and grey wash, 246 by 372mm est. £300,000-500,000. Photo: Sotheby's.
LONDON.- An unsolicited phone call to Sotheby’s Paris has revealed the remarkable existence of a previously unrecorded Canaletto, Campo di San Giacomo di Rialto, to be offered in Sotheby’s Old Master Drawings sale on the 4th July. Unsuspecting its true value, the current owners have kept this rare drawing preserved – unknown to scholars - for over a century in their private collection. It comes to the market as a historic event, the first major Canaletto drawing of a real Venetian view to be offered in over 30 years. A masterful technical exposition, acutely and subtly sensitive to the fall of light, this is a drawing conceivably intended as a stand-alone work. The anecdotal detail of one day in the life of the market is offset against a backdrop of iconic Venetian architecture: the church of San Giacomo with the Ruga degli Orefici ... More | | 
Cecil Beaton, Coombe Priory, Dorset, April 1956© Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby’s.
LONDON.- Following the conclusion of Sotheby’s Summer Season of Contemporary Art Sales, the auction house will be exhibiting together, for the first time, two unique groups of photographs of Lucian Freud by Cecil Beaton and David Dawson. Spanning different periods of the artist’s life, these intimate photographs give a unique insight to Freud’s inner life. “An Artist’s Life: Photographs of Lucian Freud by Cecil Beaton and David Dawson” runs from 10th July to 11th August 2012 at Sotheby’s on New Bond Street and coincides with the Summer 2012 Cultural Olympiad. This is a never-before-staged dedicated show of portraits by two of Freud’s most significant interpreters – Beaton, the renowned photographer and Dawson, the artist’s assistant. Most of Dawson’s photographs are as yet unpublished, and a number of them have never before been exhibited. Discussing the forthcoming exhib ... More | | 
Rare self portrait of a twelve year old Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean Baker) taken in a photo booth. Photo: The Gene London Collection.
FLORENCE.- “The size of your feet, too, tells me about your character. I have divided the women who have come to me into three categories: the Cinderella, the Venus and the Aristocrat. [...] Venus is usually of great beauty, glamour, and sophistication, yet under her glittering exterior she is often essentially a home body loving the simple things of life. Because these two characteristics are mutually contradictory the Venus is often misunderstood. People accuse her of too much luxury-loving and frivolity.” This is how Salvatore Ferragamo described the women who wore a size 6 in his autobiography, but he could very well have been describing Marilyn Monroe, the most famous actress of all time, the most photographed woman in the world, a pop icon with a complex, much talked about personality, the loyal customer who made his 4-inch heel pumps famous, but whom he never met, because she bought her shoes at the Park Avenue ... More |
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| Twenty-first century American (ir)religiosity is focus of exhibition at DC Moore Gallery | | Israel Antiquities Authority announces monumental synagogue building discovered in excavations in Galilee | | Unique overview of the wall drawings by the American conceptual artist Sol LeWitt at M-Museum Leuven | 
Joyce Kozloff, JEEZ, 2012. Acrylic on panel, 144 x 144 inches. Photo: Courtesy DC Moore Gallery.
NEW YORK, NY.- One of the undeniable attractions of contemporary art is its ability to pose uncomfortable questions and provoke disturbing answers. But what questions today elicit such a response? For decades, explicit sexuality raised red flags, but after years of culture wars and censorship battles, the power of these images may have been neutralized. What aggravates us now? Religion, a taboo subject in the art world, is a strong candidate. As our elders might say, "Let's not talk about it.” But this exhibition, Beasts of Revelation, does just that. Religion is a serious matter in the United States: 83% of all Americans have a religious affiliation, and 78% of Americans identify themselves as Christian (the Pew Forum). Many political issues that might have been considered personal during another era have become rallying cries for various religious groups. Even for secular audiences, religious images are everywhere, filling museums and saturating popular culture. Centuries ... More | | 
Excavations has revealed portions of a stunning mosaic floor decorating the interior of the synagogue. Photo: Jim Haberman.
JERUSALEM.- A monumental synagogue building dating to the Late Roman period (ca. 4th-5th centuries C.E.) has been discovered in archaeological excavations at Huqoq in Israel’s Galilee. The excavations are being conducted by Jodi Magness of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and David Amit and Shua Kisilevitz of the Israel Antiquities Authority, under the sponsorship of UNC, Brigham Young University in Utah, Trinity University in Texas, the University of Oklahoma and the University of Toronto in Canada. Students and staff from UNC and the consortium schools are participating in the dig. Huqoq is an ancient Jewish village located approximately two to three miles west of Capernaum and Migdal (Magdala). This second season of excavations has revealed portions of a stunning mosaic floor decorating the interior of the synagogue building. The mosaic, which is made of tiny colored stone cubes of the highest q ... More | | 
Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #299 (detail), 1976. Collection of Levi Strauss & Company, San Francisco © SABAM – Photo: Lieven Herreman.
LEUVEN.- This summer M-Museum Leuven (Belgium) is organizing “Sol LeWitt. Colors”, a unique overview of the wall drawings by the American conceptual artist Sol LeWitt (1928-2007). A selection of over twenty wall drawings in color span LeWitt’s career, from the earliest drawings in fine pencil to his late works in acrylic paint. Conceived through instructions and diagrams, the monumental works are executed directly on the walls by professionally trained drafters from the LeWitt studio and local assistants. This exhibition constitutes the largest ensemble of LeWitt’s wall drawings ever on view in Belgium. In conjunction with this exhibibtion, Centre Pompidou-Metz presents a retrospective exhibition of LeWitt wall drawings in black and white. Reminiscent of the fresco tradition of the Italian Renaissance, from the late 1960s, Sol LeWitt's wall drawings marked a decisive development in the history of contemporar ... More |
| ARTnews publishes its list of the world's 200 top art collectors in its July edition | | Two-day sale to feature Asian art and silver at Bonhams, San Francisco in July | | First retrospective to be devoted to William Blake in Spain opens at Madrid's la Caixa | 
New York is the primary residence of 36 of the ARTnews 200.
NEW YORK, NY.- Who are the art world’s biggest spenders on art? According to the 22nd annual ARTnews 200, the Top Ten are: • Hélène and Bernard Arnault • Debra and Leon Black • Edythe L. and Eli Broad • Pierre Chen • Alexandra and Steven A. Cohen • Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder • Dimitri Mavromatis • Philip S. Niarchos • François Pinault • Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani The ARTnews 200 list––which includes notable names in fashion, entertainment, finance, technology, media, and real estate––is compiled byARTnews correspondents in 22 countries who interviewed collectors, dealers, auctioneers, museum directors, curators and consultants. It appears in the magazine’s Summer issue, on newsstands July 10. A record 22 collectors––more than 10% of the total list––are ne ... More | | 
A pair of famille noire enameled porcelain jardinières. Late 20th century. Est. $3,000-5,000. Photo: Bonhams.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Bonhams presents a large selection of about 300 lots of Asian art in its Period Art & Design auction, July 22-23 in San Francisco. The sale will also include offerings in the categories of Silver, Pacific Voyages & Hawaiiana, European Paintings, American Art, Modern & Contemporary Art, Prints, Native American Art, Wine, Rugs and Carpets and Furniture and Decorative Arts - making it one that will cater to myriad collecting interests and collecting levels. The spotlight of the auction will shine upon examples of Asian art, with such lots as a gilt laquer wood statue of a Buddha from the Edo period (est. $6,000-8,000); a contemporary patinated metal seated figure of a Chinese emperor (est. $5,000-7,000); and a pair of late 20th century famille noire enameled porcelain jardinières, whose exteriors display blossoming prunus trees and whose interiors are painted with goldfish ... More | | 
This major retrospective brings together 74 works by Blake.
MADRID.- Tomorrow, Lluís Reverter, Secretary General of ”la Caixa” Foundation, and Carolyn Kerr, Senior Curator at Tate Britain, will officially open the exhibition William Blake (1757-1827). Visions in British Art, the first retrospective to be devoted to this crucial English artist in Spain for the last fifteen years. As part of ”la Caixa” Foundation’s cultural programme, the exhibition responds to the aim of reclaiming and recognising the legacy of great artists who transcended the conventions of their day. Ahead of their times, such artists provided a source of inspiration and encouragement to future art movements. Following the shows devoted to Eugène Delacroix and Francisco de Goya as, unquestionably, precursors of modernity, this vindication of figures who marked a turning-point in art history now continues at CaixaForum Madrid ... More |
| 1947 Academy Award and Marilyn's last signed check headline Heritage Auctions' July event | | Asian Art in London 2012: A celebration of Asian art to be held in November | | Citizens Group says Barnes Foundation ex-CEO Kimberly Camp contradicts testimony | 
A Marilyn Monroe Likely Final Signed Check, August 4, 1962. Estimate: $10,000 - up.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- A 1947 Academy Special Award©®™, presented to film pioneer Thomas Armat (estimate: $60,000+), who patented the first American film projector, and the last check that Marilyn Monroe signed (estimate: $10,000+) – and possibly the last signature that she gave – are the top Entertainment-related lots in Heritage Auctions’ July 24 Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Signature® Auction, taking place at the company’s Beverly Hills location, 9478 West Olympic Boulevard. “While working with Thomas Edison, Armat refined how the film projector worked,” said Margaret Barrett, Director of Entertainment & Music auctions at Heritage, “paving the way for the then-new medium of ‘moving pictures’ to be seen by audiences worldwide. We obtained this amazing piece directly from Armat’s descendents, and we are proud to offer it as fewer and fewer Oscars©®™ are coming up on the ... More | | 
Gilt bronze figure of Amitayus, China, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Dimensions: height 46cm. A&J Speelman Ltd.
LONDON.- From 1st - 10th November Asian Art in London presents the fifteenth year of the celebration of the arts of Asia in the form of selling exhibitions at the galleries of specialist Asian art dealers and auctions at the major salerooms. Delectable works of art created during the past five thousand years in countries across Asia will be on show for visitors to admire and to buy. Whether the most luxurious objects made for emperors, kings or shahs, or the more austere religious arts for Islam, Buddhism, Daoism, or indeed Shintoism or ancient Zoroastrian belief; the modern or the ancient; charming or the curious - the wealth and variety of the arts displayed for sale at some fifty galleries will attract collectors from all over the UK and some few thousand buyers from overseas. The unrivalled expertise and knowledge of the participating dealers will showcase the ancient and modern arts from the Middle East, India, S ... More | | 
An oil on canvas portrait by Giorgio de Chirico of Dr. Albert C. Barnes hangs at The Barnes Foundation. AP Photo/Matt Rourke.
By: JoAnn Loviglio, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) .- A citizens group that unsuccessfully fought to prevent The Barnes Foundation's move from its longtime suburban home is asking to have the case reopened, because the former CEO wrote that the foundation wasn't on the verge of bankruptcy when it sought to break the founder's trust. In court documents filed Monday, the Friends of the Barnes group cites a recent blog post by Kimberly Camp, former Barnes president and chief executive officer from 1998 to 2005. "Bankruptcy was not the reason we filed the petition to move the Foundation to the city," stated the post dated June 22. "At the time the petition was filed, the Barnes Foundation had a cash surplus and we had no debt — none. But, saying so made the rescue so much more gallant." Camp's statement "is shocking because it is absolutely ... More |
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 IQ: Artist run and funded gallery opens in Montreal MONTREAL .- IQ is an artist run and funded gallery whose launch corresponds to their first large-scale contemporary art event: Rope+Thread=ism. The event will mark the debut of artist/ designer K. Atiq as he presents an innovative collection of painting, sculpture, fashion, photo, and installation. The show will also feature many inspired collaborators and a full schedule of events; dance, circus, music, film, interactive works and street performance. Located in St-Brigide de Kildaire church, the project, expressed in ideas of rope, thread and “ism”, explores connectedness as we participate in a movement. The continuity of all things, the threads of time, the evolution of the human being through history and individual experience brought K. Atiq to question the context of exhibition which, for him and Amy Lilien, both founders of IQ Gallery, needs to be expanded out of the now traditional ... More Exhibition shares the Hopi perspective on the cultural role of Katsina spirits LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Autry National Center presents a new exhibition that continues the work of highlighting stories through the Native voice. Katsina in Hopi Life is a collaboration of over six years with Hopi cultural bearers and exhibition curators Susan Secakuku and the late Hartman Lomawaima. Drawn from over 700 Katsina dolls in the Southwest Museum of the American Indian Collection, considered one of the nation’s finest collections of its kind, the exhibition will share with the public the meaning and purpose of these spiritual messengers. “The Autry is pleased to bring the Katsina exhibition to the general public using the expertise of our Hopi curators, who have spent countless hours with our Southwest Museum Collection,” said Daniel Finley, Autry President and CEO. “This is the first time our collection has been used for a comprehensive Katsina exhibition and ... More Life's work of previously unknown, self-taught, Cleveland artist tops $10,000 at Gray's Auctioneers CLEVELAND, OH .- Gray’s Auctioneers announced the results of sale for the life’s work and collection of a previously unknown, self-taught, Cleveland artist, Ronald Carvell Meaux, whose introduction to the art market sparked international interest and fiercely competitive bidding at Gray’s June 27th auction. Sold in group lots of artfully selected works, Meaux’s portfolio of imagery secured hammer prices that well exceeded estimates and expectations for this previously, completely unknown artist. Meaux’s lyrical abstractions express the pathos of an embattled, homosexual, African American man struggling with his identity in a Midwestern city in the 1960s. Featuring such fantastic titles as Bacchanale with Telepathic Window and The Metamorphosis and Influence of an Ancient Demi-God or Aphrodite Feigning Virginity, Summer 1965, his dynamically expressive paintings ... More Kinkade estate dispute to remain public for now SAN JOSE, CA (AP).- Hearings in the dispute between Thomas Kinkade's widow and girlfriend over the late artist's $66 million estate will not be conducted behind closed doors — at least for now, a judge ruled on Monday. Kinkade's widow, Nanette Kinkade, had sought to keep the matter private, asking Judge Thomas Cain to immediately send the case to an arbitration panel and not open probate court. But Cain rejected that request, saying he was being asked to make findings based on very limited information, the San Jose Mercury News reported (http://bit.ly/LsDJlW ). At the center of the dispute are handwritten notes that Thomas Kinkade's girlfriend, Amy Pinto-Walsh, says bequeath her his mansion in Monte Sereno and $10 million to establish a museum of his paintings. She was living with Kinkade and found his body when he died in April. Nanette Kinkade, ... More Gulfography.com, new online gallery of work by women photographers from Middle East's Gulf region DUBLIN, CA.- The new website Gulfography.com opened its online gallery today to showcase photography by emerging and established artists from the Gulf region of the Middle East. By primarily featuring the work of bold women artists who have broken through multiple barriers and challenged cultural norms, Gulfography amplifies the unique voices of these photographers and their visions of the Gulf’s beauty, traditions, and lifestyles. Photographers featured on Gulfography confront stereotypes and misconceptions about the region and about their own lives, in often radical ways that reveal their bravery. While most artists struggle to succeed, the achievements of Gulfography’s featured photographers have been especially hard-won given the risks they have taken for self-expression. Gulfography cofounders Shammi Samano and Asma Al-Kendi collaborated to ... More Liner Queen Elizabeth 2 to host visitors again as hotel in Dubai By: Adam Schreck, AP Business Writer
DUBAI (AP) .- The Queen Elizabeth 2's Dubai owners outlined plans Monday to turn the storied cruise liner into a dockside hotel that will keep many existing furnishings intact, ending years of speculation about the fate of the $100 million throwback. A rare tour given to The Associated Press showed that while there's still work to be done, the conversion may convince future guests they've been transported back in time. From books stacked neatly on a quarter deck library shelf to the spiral staircase leading to the intimate champagne bar, little appears changed since the vessel's final voyage in 2008. Glass doorways, wall clocks and even trash cans still carry the logo of the Cunard Line, which operated the QE2 for nearly four decades. Boxy guest room televisions ... More |
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