| Sotheby's Hong Kong 2012 Autumn sale series to be held from 5 to 9 October | | Guggenheim Museum in New York acquires sculptural work by George Segal | | Getty Villa displays ancient masterpiece on loan from the Capitoline Museums in Rome | 
Sanyu (1910 – 1966), Potted Chrysanthemums, Circa 1950s. Oil On Masonite, 64 X 53 cm. Est: HK$20 – 30 million /US$2.6 – 3.9 million. Photo: Sotheby's.
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong Autumn Sales 2012 will be held at Hall 3 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 5 to 9 October 2012. The sale series will include Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Fine Chinese Paintings, Contemporary Asian Art, 20th Century Chinese Art, Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings, Jewellery, Watches and Wines. Selected highlights will be showcased in travelling exhibitions in Jakarta (31 August - 1 September), Shanghai (1 - 2 September), Beijing (4 - 5 September), Chengdu (7 - 8 September), Singapore (15 - 16 September), Bangkok (18 - 19 September) and Taipei (22 - 23 September), followed by a public exhibition of all of the properties on offer at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 5 to 8 October. Kevin Ching, Chief Executive Officer of Sotheby's Asia, said, “This season, Sotheby’s promises to bring exceptional and rare properties to the Asi ... More | | 
George Segal, The Costume Party, 1965–72. Six figures, mixed media: painted plaster, wood, glass, photo, helmet, boots, six figures, 182.9 x 365.8 x 274.3 cm. Photo: David Heald © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Guggenheim recently acquired George Segal's The Costume Party (1965–72), a gift from the George and Helen Segal Foundation. Curatorial Assistant for Collections Carmen Hermo describes the work: George Segal is perhaps best known for his whitewashed sculptural tableaux capturing quotidian American life. Associated with Pop art as well as with artist friends like Allan Kaprow—whose Happenings first took place on Segal's New Jersey farm—and composer John Cage, Segal created a distinctive style that resulted from a concerted effort to combine art and life in one space. The artist enlisted his friends, family, and associates as live models for his sculptures, using plaster bandages in place of traditional casting methods. Originally trained as a painter, he was drawn to sculpture's three-dimensional representations of reality, and around 1958 Segal ... More | | 
Lion Attacking a Horse, end of 4th century B.C. Marble. H: 149.9 x W: 137.2 cm x L: 279.9 cm. Sovraintendenza ai Beni Culturali di Roma Capitale - Musei Capitolini.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- On loan from the Capitoline Museums in Rome, the spectacular Lion Attacking a Horse will be on view at the Getty Villa from August 10, 2012 to February 4, 2013. Presented for the first time outside Rome, where it has not been on public view since 1925, the sculpture will be the centerpiece of a special installation that traces its history from antiquity to the modern era and showcases recent conservation work undertaken in Rome. Part of “The Dream of Rome,” a project initiated by the Mayor of Rome Giovanni Alemanno to exhibit timeless masterpieces from the city of Rome in the United States, the installation will also include related works from the Getty Museum and Getty Research Institute’s collections. “We are thrilled to have on view at the Getty Villa the celebrated Lion Attacking a Horse, which is one of the most storied sculptures to have survived from antiquity,” says Claire L ... More |
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| Increased turnover boosts Mallet's figures as it enters new markets for art and antiques | | Life-size 'Airfix' artwork of 1959 Le Mans-winning Aston Martin offered for sale at Bonhams | | Rare World War II naval dispatch to be auctioned at Kirk's Auction Gallery in Pennsylvania | 
One of the Chandos chairs, a historic pair of George I armchairs which are among the finest pieces of English furniture ever made.
LONDON.- Mallett, one of the world’s leading art and antiques retailers, today (Thursday 9 August 2012) announced an 8 per cent increase in turnover in its interim report for the six months ending 30 June 2012. This and savings from the reduction in rent following the London-based company’s relocation to Ely House, an elegant former bishop’s palace in Dover Street, Mayfair, in February, enabled it to show a break-even position at profit before tax in the first half of 2012. This compared to a pre-tax loss of £0.3 million in the same period in 2011. The total turnover recorded by Mallett and its subsidiary businesses increased from £6.4 million in the first six months of 2011 to £6.9 million this year, a rise of 8 per cent. Turnover for Mallett Antiques, the principal business, showed a larger rise of 19 per cent from £5.4 million last year to £6.4 million in the first half of 2012. “We have successf ... More | | 
The piece, measuring 6.35m wide by 3.3m tall, represents a life-sized model of the Aston Martin DBR1 that won the 1959 Le Mans 24-Hour Endurance Race. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- Racing fans will have the opportunity to acquire a unique work of art that combines a moment in racing history and an iconic feature of childhood at the Bonhams Goodwood Revival Sale, which takes place this year a day later than usual on Saturday 15 September. The piece, measuring 6.35m wide by 3.3m tall, represents a life-sized model of the Aston Martin DBR1 that won the 1959 Le Mans 24-Hour Endurance Race, broken up into kit form and fixed to a frame in the style of the famous ‘Airfix’ models built by many in childhood. Hand-made by the Hertfordshire-based Evanta Motor Company as a tribute to that race victory – considered the finest in Aston Martin’s history – the impressive 1:1 scale model is constructed with the finest attention to detail. Individually-labelled ‘race-ready’ components are mounted onto ... More | | 
Bob York displays a naval dispatch announcing V-J Day, the end of the war with Japan, at Col. Kirk's Auction Gallery in Millville, Pa. AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam.
By: Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press
MILLVILLE, PA.- Chief Yeomen Robert W. York knew he was clutching a piece of history as he hurried to find his boss aboard the USS Holland, which was trolling the Pacific days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In his possession was a dispatch from President Harry S. Truman's navy secretary, dated Aug. 15, 1945, that read: "All hands of the United States Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard may take satisfaction in the conclusion of the war against Japan." Japan had surrendered. World War II was over. York and his mates could go home. York kept that historic 8-inch-by-6.5-inch piece of paper in a shoebox for the next six decades. He died in February at age 91, and now his son is auctioning it off in Pennsylvania on ... More |
| Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam celebrates John Cage on his 100th Anniversary | | University of Florida's Harn Museum of Art appoints Carol McCusker as Curator of Photography | | Wang Xingwei curates new exhibition at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing | 
Sarkis - Ballads. Photo Ernst Moritz.
ROTTERDAM.- 2012 marks the centenary of the birth of the American composer John Cage. Cage is an important source of inspiration for Sarkis, the artist who this summer made an installation for the Submarine Wharf in Rotterdam’s docklands. Cage’s music plays an important role in Sarkis’s exhibition ‘Ballads’, which runs until 30 September. This summer the sounds of John Cage (1912-1992) fill the five thousand square metre Submarine Wharf in Rotterdam’s docklands. A 43-bell carillon continuously performs the composition ‘Litany for the Whale’ at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen’s summer venue. The bell tower, made from eighteen tree trunks, is part of the exhibition ‘Ballads’ by Sarkis (1938). Using large objects, coloured light and Cage’s music, the artist makes a notional link between water and air. Each Sunday the carillon in the exhibition is played live, with a select ... More | | 
McCusker joins the Harn with more than 12 years of experience in the field, including serving as the Curator of Photography at the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego.
GAINESVILLE, FL.- The Harn Museum of Art today announced the appointment of Carol McCusker as Curator of Photography. She is the first to fill the curatorship since it was endowed through a $1.5 million gift by the Mary Ann Harn Cofrin family, long-time supporters of the Harn. McCusker joins the Harn with more than 12 years of experience in the field, including serving as the Curator of Photography at the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego from June 2001 – February 2010. She is also a seasoned educator, having served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of San Diego and at the University of California, San Diego. “We are delighted that Carol will join the Harn team to fill the newly endowed curator of photography position,” said Rebecca Nagy, Harn Museum ... More | | 
Xia Guanglong, Back. Oil on Canvas, 110 x 98cm, 2009. Courtesy of Artists.
BEIJING.- The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art announced its latest exhibition Curated by Wang Xingwei: Specificity, selected artists include: Liu Weijian, Wang Xingjie, Wen Ling, Xia Guanglong, Zhan Yingxiang, Zhang Shujian, and Zhang Wuyun. In the final installment of the longrunning “Curated By…” exhibition series, the work of these seven young artists, selected by one of China’s most interesting and intelligent painters, is showcased together for the first time. Wang Xingwei, whose own major retrospective will open at UCCA in spring 2013, has assembled a group exhibition of seven artists whose works address, from different perspectives, the fraught relationship between (realist) painting and the reality it is tasked with depicting. Many of the artists hail from Wang’s home region in northeast China, and he has ... More |
| ASGARD: The conserved 1914 Howth gun running vessel goes on display at the National Museum of Ireland | | Throckmorton Fine Art exhibiting Buddhist and Mayan sculptures at Antique Ethnographic Show | | 555 Nonprofit Gallery and Studios: Ex-jail cells serve as artist studios in southwest Detroit | 
The yacht Asgard is one of the most iconic items of recent Irish history.
DUBLIN.- Seamus Lynam, Acting Director of the National Museum of Ireland announced the opening of a new permanent exhibition entitled Asgard: The 1914 Howth gun running vessel conserved at The National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks in Dublin, which was launched by Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht on Wednesday 8 August. The yacht Asgard is one of the most iconic items of recent Irish history. From her building in 1905 by Colin Archer, the great Norwegian naval architect, for Erskine and Molly Childers to her pivotal role in the 1914 Howth gun-running and her later use as Ireland’s first national sail-training vessel, the yacht has had many incarnations. Her story is intertwined with many of the wider episodes of 20th-century Irish history, and these can be explored in our other exhibitions in Collins Barracks, ‘The Easter Rising: Understanding 1916’ and ‘Soldiers and Chief ... More | | 
Diquis seated shaman with Snake Hair 600-900 CE Volcanic stone 15 inches high. Throckmorton Fine Art
NEW YORK, NY.- Kraige Block, Executive Director of Throckmorton Fine Art, says, “We look forward to seeing many long time friends a the 29th Annual Antique Ethnographic Art Show in Santa Fe August 9 – 11. Our stand this year includes an incredible group of Chinese jades and Buddhist sculpture, some fantastic Mayan sculptures from old estates that have not been on the market for years, and a wonderful group of Costa Rican figures, among many new acquisitions we are eager to share.” The 29th Annual Antique Ethnographic Art Show in Santa Fe will be held at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center in historic downtown Santa Fe. Whitehawk shows expects over 150 dealers in Oceanic, Pre-columbian, Spanish Colonial, African, Oriental, Indonesian and other ethnographic art from around the world to exhibit. Block says the show runs through Saturday, August 11th. Among highlights at the Throckmorton Fine Arts sta ... More | | 
Carl Goines, a co-founder of 555 Nonprofit Gallery and Studios, speaks in one of the studio's rooms in Detroit. AP Photo/Carlos Osorio.
By: David Runk, Associated Press
DETROIT (AP).- For Hugo Navarro, the 5-by-9-foot jail cell that serves as his studio in southwest Detroit is an admittedly creepy place to immerse himself in his work. Unlike jailhouse artists who find creative inspiration behind bars, however, the 56-year-old is there by choice. He paints at 555 Nonprofit Gallery and Studios, a decade-old arts organization that this year moved into its new home in the Detroit Police Department's former Third Precinct station. The city closed the building in 2005 as part of a department-wide reorganization, and the former lobby where residents once could walk in to report crimes now is an airy gallery. Detectives' offices now serve as classroom and studio space. And potentially claustrophobic cells — bars still on their doors — are fostering creativity. ... More |
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 Second annual Texas Contemporary Art Fair returns to Houston NEW YORK, NY.- On October 18 through 21, leading contemporary art galleries from across the United States will return to Houston, TX for the second annual Texas Contemporary Art Fair at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Embodying the pulse and vitality of contemporary art in the heart of the south, the Fair will feature sixty-five galleries exhibiting original works from the most innovative and progressive international and local artists today. This year's Evening Preview will benefit the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAHM) and is expected to raise over $20,000 to support the Museum's free admission policy and newly extended hours. The roster of exhibitors includes many leading Texan galleries such as Inman Gallery (Houston), Texas Gallery (Houston), Sicardi Gallery (Houston), Moody Gallery (Houston) Lora Reynolds Gallery (Austin), Marty Walker Gallery (Dallas), ... More Middle class ice sculptures melt away at the Republican and Democratic Conventions TAMPA, FL.- Large ice sculptures of the words Middle Class will melt away on the first day of the Republican and Democratic Conventions, in nearby public parks in Tampa and Charlotte. The work is by artists Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese. The sculptures they will install weigh over 2,000 pounds and measure 15 feet wide. Individual letters are 4 feet tall. The artists call these sculptures “temporary monuments.” After unveiling them, Ligorano and Reese let them melt away and film their disappearance, which can take anywhere from 6 to 24 hours. The dates for the sculptures at the conventions, “do not bode well,” Reese says, “for the sculptures’ survival.” “They may disappear,” Ligorano adds, “even faster than usual. It’s a tossup whether, that’s due to economic or climatic conditions.” As the sculptures disintegrate, the artists document their destruction creating still ... More Phoenix Art Museum's new Latin American photography exhibition examines politics, power of place PHOENIX, AZ.- Throughout the 20th and into the 21st century, artists working in Latin America have embraced photography as a means to capture their surroundings, document social injustice and political upheaval, and create images that define them as a people and a nation. The Phoenix Art Museum is presenting The Politics of Place: Latin American Photography, Past and Present, an exhibition of historical and contemporary photography that evokes the pivotal role of place in Latin American art and the idiosyncrasies of life in the region. The Politics of Place provides an intimate look at works that illustrate the power of place to alter the impact of an image and influence our interpretation of it, evoking the underlying politics and, at times, sociopolitical turmoil not necessarily pictured in the image itself. “What is most fascinating about these images,” says Vanessa Davidson, PhD, ... More Exhibition of young Japanese art opens at the Kunstraum Kreuzberg BERLIN.- The Echo– Although I am still Alive is an exhibition dedicated to showcasing young Japanese artists and thus updating current conventions surrounding contemporary Japanese art. Opening on August 10th at the Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, the exhibition can be regarded as a statement by a new generation of artists. Participating artists include Futo Akiyoshi, Satoru Aoyama, Ichiro Isobe,Taro Izumi, Kounosuke Kawakami, Keiko Kimoto, Kengo Kito, Kentaro Kobuke, Meiro Koizumi, Sako Kojima, Takeshi Makishima, Toshihiko Mitsuya, Nobuhiko Murayama, Kouichi Tabata, Kei Takemura, Takahiro Ueda and Shingo Yoshida. All 17 artists – out of which 10 live and work in Berlin – share similar concerns reflected in their work in various ways. They are peers growing up in Japan at a time of oscillation between cultural heritage and the prevalent zeitgeist, of defining the ... More Dennis Lee Mitchell's dark smoke patterns on paper on view at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art By: Victor M. Cassidy
CHICAGO, IL.- The three artists in this show have in common the temperament of the explorer, but they work in dramatically different ways. Olivia Petrides travels the earth’s northern latitudes and paints the natural phenomena that she sees there. Lisa Sambor explores form with her hands, often finding the new by accident and transforming her discoveries into three-dimensional pattern pieces. Using a unique method that he created through trial and error, Dennis Lee Mitchell makes dark smoke patterns on paper that recall forms in nature. Olivia Petrides paints and draws the volcanoes, lava flows, geysers, caves--and the Aurora Borealis- -that she has seen in Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and France. As the artist tells it, she ... More Baseball cards found in attic and Babe Ruth top $4.5+ million Heritage Sports Platinum Night event DALLAS, TX.- The first offerings from an historic trove of 1910 E98 baseball cards – the best near “Set of 30” ever found (realized: $286,800), the finest known Honus Wagner card of its kind (realized: $239,000) and the color variations set (realized: $40,332) – brought $566,132 combined on Aug. 2 as part of Heritage Auctions Platinum Night® Sports auction at Camden Yards. All prices include Buyer’s Premium. The complete grouping of more than 700 well-preserved, century-old baseball cards – discovered in the attic of a Defiance, Ohio house earlier this year by cousins Karla Kissner and Karla Hench and nicknamed “The Black Swamp Find” for the area of northern Ohio where Defiance is located – captured national attention this summer and drew a slew of media and well-wishers to the auction floor to see the beginning of the sale of this historic collection. “You can’t ask for a more ... More |
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